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Roys' Star Sblrt Waists. Men's Wtilte and fancy Shirts. Our I. ace t.'urtalu Catalomie Is ready. We send samples niui puces promptly. Dress Tr'niinlniM, CJnnks, SulU, Wrap. Jackets, in largest variety. Address letUjrsto JOS. HOME & CO., G09-()21 Tenn Ave, P1TTSBUUG, PA. ;tU (...-I, mly. fwlldM written at hurt nottc. In th. OLD RELIABLE "iETNA" lid Attirr t'irat liwa Cmpanle. T. W. DICK, til.NT FOK THE OLD IIAIITFORI) FIREIMIRAA'CECIMIT. 1704. Kecnurv. July m. Constipation PcmnniN pr-i-j-t tr. :Tincnr. Tlio rw ul's oi neglect iiinr lo serious. Aroi.l b:irv!i jind tlrastie piirativrs, the) tendem-y f nh;,-h Is to weaken the) I'UffH. Tho Lost remetly Is Ayer'a l'llls. !. inr Jun-ly v. -et.iMe, their H. t .'ii is pruinpt nud, their tHoet always t i. 1'.. i.i!. They nro an admiral. le I. ntr an t A.'r. i-.laiuer pill, nu.t evtry- re i.d rse.l hy tli profession. 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Bathtob 1- :ea. :... ..,!!' '," 'r ' ,hr" l't pertactly " ' '" a srav.iaj.TT. ft -v.!a44iAC - JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Tr-T TT"TT7 AT TT T VvJljUlT-llj -A. A. -I J. 1 Hi" tre;itiii !it f.f lrinj- l.i .ii.:n'ls .,f ciist g Of tin.- rhroi.e: s- s siei oistp'seMiir niinmiit-t p ir t (.r.r. , ur th.- In alula 1 1 . t l t n;i ! S:r-;.i: l:..t t'.:e. HutTuio. lma air.r-lil a vest cijx-i ence In ni-.-ely n. 'upt ime ami tlrouy..lr P r tu a.ea lor tl cll' f 'MifiT) : ( il.:r t.uiireljiil. lr. Ilcrt en Lnorllt I'rrcr I p Ion Is tne (uicT'ovt'i. 1 r rt 'i.l. of t!rs tn:.t und vnlunPle x t ri 'iieo. 'i i...i,.-ni..ls of l.-tti;i-Biui. rociMv.-'l Irt.ui pet: iit liud from pin sl tiitns who tune toM.'.l it in the Du.rr nrm ute. m:d i.-!i:mto -.!.! U:uti hal l ulll.l the:r nk.Ul. ir.o :t to l- the unfit wo!1i-rf 11! remedy ever UV ise-1 for the reiu f ati4 cure of eutl-i .eir wni:i.n. It not ri-rviiimeinl.'il aa a "tiiri-I," Pur a n most iKtfcct npeeiuo for w i.:iH p'eul..l! :iiltui tita. 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Their eoinfunnj uou aNo reiuov.ri t.liMd taints, un.l aNilisliea ran., rou and aerofiiloim hntn u-s from the av iii. favorite I'rr.rrlpllon " 1 . the rnly tnedieine f. r ..mi n. ;! I ilru-'irist . under at oaktle anurtilee. fr..m tlie cianu-tn-iuriT!i, th.it it in.l Kive :irii-t.i(-tiun In every cas- or money w:ll be it-fun. !.!. This irnnran tee baa be.il pr:nr.l on the tu-- mper, and faithfully enrr:.sl ,ut for innnj years. f.araje boll Ira d'O (iun-sl 1.00. or alz botllea for .. Iror larire. illustruteil Treatiueon DIseaiMSIof Women ( l'a putrea, Puim t-i o-. eredj, scud tea CeulS in stamps. AiMress. Warld's Dispensary Ksdical A:sociation, 6C3 JliUii S,t ill H ALO, N. IT ELrs- Catat?rH .aaal ravaamarea. Alley Pat I a aad 1 n O a an uaallaa. Meal tbo Korea. Reatwrea lb Men fi af Taale aid Smell. TUT THE (T RE. m FEVER g. 4J w C WsaV a.l 1 viva. I HAY- ER A particle I applied Into eacn noatiils and la J aicresanie. rric. fto renu at Irumliit ; by mall reif.trd, W ou. fci.Y BKoS, i Warren su. New York. iST. CHARLES Charles S- Gilt. Proprietor. Tnble unsurpjisseil. Remodel cil with oflicc on ground floor. Natural and incamlescent liirlit in all rooms. New steam laundry attached to house. Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. NATURE'S CURE FOR CONSTIPATION. KrlMBLE RISE D f or Mrk Miiaara. Vr Tarpl-4 l.l.rr. BMloa H.adarke. t'oaliveaeaa, Tarrant's Effrrvrar.at Slt:r Aieriit. It Is certain In lu effect. It I nentla In lt actl n. It I pahvtaable t. the Mfte. It can be relied up..n to rurp, and It cure by assuring, not by outraa Inrf. nalara. IK tot tak. Intent panratlvet yuaf iielTe or allow yonr chil dren to take them, alwaya U" t.lln elea-ant phar rovreotlrnl pretation. which ha been lor mora than lorty year a pnh't l:iv.,rl:e. Sold of drvqyittt rvrryvktra. ,.y SiCo-Kcaiachs, OTSPEPSlft. ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE, LORKTTO, TA, n. CRAnr.B c FRANCISCAN BKOTIIERS. Board and Tuition for the Scholastic Year. $200. Marc a jetn. ir. SALESrV?EH WAHTB Tt S,l,tt Qtn far ser C't N"m S'-"k ii; wvrB r a.tawt. mnmt. ta4.urtM. mi Salary aad i ipwlM. ar Cwim.ai.a. if Pr.f.rr.d W. arv a tu. . ..a. at fnwl aae bar .raaaa..al aik la SM.itu.Mwul rmfMrta. C-riiiarwi.v m-Sa. S.tiamoa Cuaranta.d to Ctotnar. aad Ag.nta. TU. tnjina knaitvaaavi: i-i.l. at a. ftmm taaiTA . iUnk.ll.fH'll III.. laJU Boa lb fmaa auavra. PlUdal()kia). Pa. VDVKRTiar.RM by alJra.ir)na; .. R. ell . a., 10 Sprae. M N.w York ean I ar a th. .taet coat a any pritoaet lis o AI LliriINi in American Newapapaia. loaf raaxa Patatpbl.t "tlhea yn want pou'ers printed call at thl 1 ? v.m".. a 1 ii - r y Publisher. THE LESSON OF THE BIRDS. What do the birds do when the winter neareth. And dead leaves drop downward, and every bough la bare. And the pools are, ico-crnstad, and ha who liatena hcarrtb. The rustle of the snow-wings, la theupper airf Oh I the birds they ar brave ; their fine per Taaive senses Dtseern the distant warmth and balm beyond the frost aud stintr: The old ones tell too young ones in secret con ferences. And the younir ones learn the) lesson, and trust in the spring. In the close pine corerets they crowd for pro tection The left-behind who cling to homo aad will not aouthward go. They know the hardy berry-beda, and Deed no direction To seek tut drlnkinff-baains In the hall melted snow. When the sunshine warms the world the birds rehearse the r s nidng; Low trills and twitters break the qnlet of the woods. Z And whde spring Is yet a long way oft, they see her and come winding. -Biuebitd and thrash and robin In Joyous brotherhoods. Teach us your lesson, dear birds of bright en durance. To face the cold and face the gloom, and bravely wait and sing. And trust the love that never fails. In confident aasumnce That out of wmter'a deepest drifts shall bloom the spring! Susan Coolldfje, In S. S. Times. CHINESE BANKS. Their Peculiar Method "of Trans acting Businosa. . The Mirer F.irhan of rrklug-How a lilllonalre Oil nam an 8av.il Canton Tbo Carrier I'lgtroM aa the Chinese "Ticker." There is at present no national brink in CLina. Tho Chinese, however, l.avo thousands of private banks. Tht.ro arc three or four hundred brinks in IYkinp, three hundred native banks in Titnt.-i:i. and Cunton hns banks and pawnshops by the hundreds. Th rates of interest are high and short loans in tight times reach thirty-threo per cent. The pawnbrokers chnrg-e thirty-six per cent, a year, or three per cent, a month, and tho r.ites of ex change from one province to another are very heavy. China has no na tional currency, and each bank issues its owa notes- These are much like our notes. 6are they are in Chinese characters and on cheap white pajH-'r. The only coin of the country is the cash, of which it takes from a thou sand to fifteen hundred to mako a dol lar, and which, Bmall as it is, is counterfeited. The cash is a thin, round coin a lit tle larger than one of the big American cents of a century ajo, and bometimes no bijrer than a nlckle. It has a square hole in the center and is usually carried in strings of one hundred or one thousand each. Gold bricks and silver nuptrets are used in making larpe purchases, and the unit of weight is tho teal or ounce- Oue ounce of silver or a teal is worth about one dollar and forty cents Mexican, and a common denomination is a ton teal piece, which is a chunk of silver cast in the form of a Chinese shoe. I saw some of these silver shoes at the Hong Konfr and Shanghai bank in 1'eking. They aro stamped with marks denoting tho linenes of the metal within them, and they contain from 97 to 99 per cent, of pure silver. Gold bricks are of the size of littlo cakes of India ink. and these, like the silver, are subject to counterfeit. The business of the treaty ports, which in cludes that of all foreigners with tho Chinese, is done in Mexican dollars, and each business house has a man called a shroff, who does nothing else but count money and pass upon its genuineness. The Chinese are the greatest swind lers in a small way in tho world. Thoy appreciate the accumulating proprieties of little drops of water and little grains of sand better than any other people, and they will shave a bit of silver dust off of every dollar so small that you can not perceive tho loss until they havo saved enough to havo made quite a profit. They bore holes in the coin, fill them with lead, and cover them with silver, and in taking money from tho banks here it is necessary to ring every coin. Tho Chinese do all their business with foreijrners on a cash basis, though the credit system prevails largely among themselves. Taey are honest in their dealings and merchants tell me they stick to their bargains even if they lose by them. China has r.o bankrupt laws and debtors aro lia ble to corporal punishment from their creditors. By not paying their debts they lose caste and are practically drummed out of business. It is a dis grace la China not to pay your debts, and. as a rul the whole nation settles up at New Year's day, w hich comes in February. The result is that China never has a panic, and in tho case of famine or failure of crops the Govern ment sometimes loans money to tho l eople. The silver dollar varies in value, and the Chinese now regulate 'h value of a dollar by tho rise and fall of silver ia the market of the world. The biggest of the Chinese citiea have their atock exchangos, and the queerest sight I have seen was tho sil ver exchange In Feking. In company with Mr. Charles Denby, the son of our Minister, I went at seven o'clock one morning into the crowded Chinese city. Wo wound our way through streets so narrow that only donkeys nnd men could pass through them. through passages where men had i lo walk sidewise ia order to 1 get by cch other and finally found ourselves ia a long, low build ing which looked more like a cattle-shed than & business room. It wa lighted from the roof and was filled with from 600 to l.OuO round-headed, pig-tailrd. yellow-faced men, each of whora seemed to bo yelling at the top of hi voicu and each pushing his) fin gers Into tho faou of his neighbor. These men eno buying and selling silver dollars, just as onr brokers do In 1 Wail street, aad they ma4 more fuss j thanall JhobulNJgU.-ar9 of New j i 'r 8$$a f w- 1 if fi if i 'HI IB A rHKB-AJT TTIOM TSK TRUTH EBENSHURG, PA.. York. At ei-fht o'chx-k tho rato was fixed for the day and the news was "telegraphed"' by means of carrier pigeons to tho various banks of tho city. Tho pigeons of Pekin are large ly used for messengers, and they are, perhaps, tho only pigeons in tho world that whistle. As they fly through tho air they make a whistling sound which, in the case of a flock, sounds like a whole school of boys operating tin whistles at the same time. This noise comes from actual whistles which are tied to their tail-feathers by their own ers, and tho noise of which scares away the hawks from them. It is a curious sound and I heard it many times before 1 could find out whence it came. They aro the tickers of the Chinese banker, and they givo him all the quotations. . Tho foreign banks which do busi ness in China have largo capital stocks, and they pay big dividends. The Hong Kong i Shanghai Hanking Company, for instance, has a paid-up capital of 7.500,000. It has a surplus of l,000,000, and its proprietors are liable for f 7,500.000 in addition to tho capital. It pays interest on deposits of six months at the rate of 4 per cent, and 2 per cent, per annum on daily balances. Il has immense es tablishments throughout tho Kast, and its banking office hero at Shang hai will compare in size and appoint ments with the best banks of Wall street or London. It is the same with a number of other great banks hero in China. English and French capital manages them, but a Chinaman al ways counts the money and figures up tho promts and 1o.-ub cu one of the.e littlo boxes of buttons fctrung on wires whivh makes up the Chinese calculat ing machine, and upon which all China dots its arithmetical problems. Thee banks w ill fcivo you drafts on any part of the world, or letters of exchange and credit, which will be good any where. Their chief officers are among the leading business men of tho East, and they ail seem to bo making money. Speaking of the credit system, there are laro stores run by foreign mer chants at Shanghai, Hong Kong. Tientsin and at all of the ports of Japan. These have stocks of good which would sell in any American city, and tho most of their business is with tho foreigners. It is nearly all done on credit- Tho silver dollar is so heavy that it takes more than a pouud of silver to pay a ten-dollar gold purchase, and tho result is. every thing is charged and settled at tho end of the month. Tho purchaser fcigns what is called a "chit," a little slip of paper stating th&t ho has made the purchase, and these aro kept until the account is rendered by the proprietor. If tho foreigner takes a drink at a bar or treats hU friends he will write out a chit. If he plays a game of billiards another chit, and if he buys shoes or sugar he renders the accounts in chits. That you are unknown to the store keeper makes no difference. Any man looking half decent can get credit in China, and I am surprised at the care lessness manifested in such matters, a carelessness which, however, does not extend to Chinamen. The Chinese themselves do business largely on credit and every Chinaman of note has his bank account. The honesty of tho Chineso in their business dealings is shown in tho ac tions of Hou Qua. the Canton million aire who died a few years ago, leav ing at least foO.000,000. One of the Chineso firms of Canton had failed, owing a great sum to foreigners. Hou Qua got up a subscription and paid the whole indebtedness- He headed the list of subscribers with tl.000.OtX) out of his own pocket, saying that "Chineso credit must remain untarnished." This is the same man who, when the English were about to bombard Can ton unless their demand of $6,000,000 was paid within forty-eight hours, headed tho subscription list with the sum of $1,100. 000. "I give." said he. "$sX),000 as a thank offering for tho business prosperity I have had. I give $100,000 as a testimony of the fidelity of my son. And $200,000 as a mark of the affection which I bear my wife." TEis man Hou Qua, though dead, is still greatly honored in Canton. His gardens there are among the sights of the city and his name is synonomous with business honor. A few of tho rich men among tho Chinese aro Christians, and I visited ono of the most noted of such at Foo Chow the other day. It is a city big ger than Chicago, and it is one of the" chief tea centers of China. It lies in the mountains about four hundred miles south of here, and it is in what is called the Switzerland of China. It has a bridge of solid granite running across the river which flows by the city, twelve hundred feet long and containing fifty arches. It is called tho bridge of ten thousand ages. Its pathway is twelvo feet wide. It is moro than ono thousand years old, and is as solid to-day as the granite of which it ia built Tho city has a wall six miles in circumferenoe, and its wholesale fish market is equaled by no place, not even Billingsgate in London. This rich man of Foo Chow is known as Ah Hok, and ho gave $10,000 not long ago to found a school or college to teach Chinese boys the science and culture of Christendom. He U a Christian himself, and just be fore I arrived in Foo Chow our Bishop Fowler, of the Methodist church, per formed the marriage ceremony which united his son to a Chineso maiden. The ceremony was tho Christian cere mony adapted to the Chinese, and the Bishop tells mo h had great trouble In getting the young lady to say that she would take this young man to be her wedded husband. It is Chinese etiquette that tho bride keep perfectly silent on such aa occasion, and the coy damsel would not open her lips. The Bishop refused to go on with tho cere mony, and the young lady finally com promised the matter by nodding her head. "It was not embarrass ment," said tho Bishop to me, ,4that mado tho pirl tongue-tied, for 1 felt of her hand and it was warm and moist as yours ormine.A Ilad ehe been -w Tj:m.- mr. . MASKS TBKE, IKS ALL ARK BLATZB BXBIDX.1 FRIDAY. MAY 31. ISSfl. troubled it would have been cold and clammy. She thought it would be im proper to answer, and she refusod to do so." As evidence of the genuine ness of Ah Hok' s conversion h'e had long since destroyed his idols, and he gave the gold crown which covered tho head of one of thom as a present to Mrs. Fowler. He is a bright mer chant and a good business man, and his home is one of the most comfort able in China. Frank G. Carpenter, in St Louis Fost-Dis patch. BULLYING LAWYERS. How They Harass and Nnnpltu fTltneasee tu Croae-Kxaintiiatiofi. Thert aro many standard tricks of cross-examination that will disconcert most witnesses. One of these is the plan of making a witness fix a time when he has declared that ho can not recollect The examiner begins: Wan it a hundred years? Fifty years? Forty years? Was it more than it day? Moro than a month?" and so on, narrowing the timo so that the average witness will not know how to protect himself. This always amuses tho audience. Another torture of witnesses is to be compiled to repeat conversations; to give tho exact words; to say it over and over again. If there is any dis crepancy the examiner glo'ats in tri umph. If there is no discrepaney then tho examiner hints that the story has been learned by heart and recited. Most witnesses get restless under persistent cross-examination as to their previous hb-tory, particularly if there happens to be any thing un savory about the events referred to. Sometimes counsel wiil a-k a line of most offensive questions of women that give food for the gossips. But, as a rule, counsel aro rather tender with women, and fearful of arousing the prejudices or sympathy of a jury for the softer sex. Once in awhile an eminent cros-ex-aminer metd his mutch. This hap pened to Henry L. Clinton in the Van derbilt will case. Among the wit nesses who testilied to the queer class of people who used to go to tho Com modore's offlco was Miss Susan King, a wealthy and highly-respectable lady of this city, a sharp business woman of mature yoars. who has traveled around tho world, and yet happened to bo unknown to Mr. Clinton or any of tho sharp detectives employed by William IL Vanderbilt to trace the witnesses of tho other side. Mr. Clin ton was, therefore, not well equipped when ho tackled Miss King, and he went at her rather roughly, and this is what happened: Q How did yon come to be at the Commo dore's office? A. I want to buy stock in the New York Central railroad. Q. Oh. luJe.d 1 Uow were you to pay for ltf A. With money. Q. Ah. How much did you propose to buy? A. Thirty thousand dollar' worth. Q. Ha, ha! And where did you expect to get t).uuu? A. I had the money in my pocket. Q. Bo you go around with i3n.0t.iu in your pocket? How did you get this money? A. I made it in real-estate transactions. Q. And how did you make it in real-estate transactions? A. I bought real estate when nobody wanted It, and I sold it when every body wanted It. It is not only in exposing rogues and spiking false swearers that cross examination is effective. By its in genious use tho most honest witnesses are often harassed and nonplussed, and made to appear in a ridiculous light Few witnesses have the pres ence of mind to defend themselves against the insidious or sudden at tacks to which skillful cross-examination may subject anybody. Jay Gould has stood about as severe cross-examination as anybody, and it is rarely that a lawyer can corner him. He testifies in a clear, distiuct and per fectly responsive way, and seems to make it a study to answer quickly, so as to keep the lawyer hard at work and gain time for himself. He gen erally has his side of the caso well in hand, and doesn't allow himself to get excited, and never makes the mistake of trying to get in testimony winch is not responsive. There is not generally so much buliying of witnesses as there used to be. Tho courts will generally protect a witness Against insult or badgering. But tho field of cross-examination is so wide that it affords ample oppor tunity for tho annoyance of most wit nesses and tho amusement of tho audi tors, w ho don't caro a rap so long as somebody gets hard knocks N. Y. Sun. M Profitaole Use of Apples' Somo of us aro feeding our apples to stock. I feed them to horses, pigs and poultry. For tho general purposo horse of tho farmer I know from ex perience that apples are a valuable food. I have had horses that were in a very low condition from worms en tirely freed from this trouble by tho use of apples, and my horses always improve in the fall when running among apple trees, where they ate all they want I believe that a horso not at bard work would do as well on 4 quarts of oats and a peck of apples as on a peck of oafs. If this were bo. it would give apples a feeding value of about 24 cents per bushel. Now, if the windfalls and refuse apples aro of any value, why should not good sound fruit bo of still greater food Talue? pi?3 eat apples when they don't eat ineaL To about 60 hens I feed 2 or S quarts of apples daily, crushing them a little v. iW the food. The hens seem to fairly revel in them. E. IL Hutch inson, in Farm and Home, i- The Living Church remarks : "This is a curious world. One new development of curiousness is a serv ice of a sheriff's notice upon tbo pas tor and session of tbo Presbyterian church, restraining them from visit ing a sick member. This action was taken at the instance of the husband, who claimed that his wife's recovery was . retarded by the visits, and. finally, he had recourse to law when his remonstrances failed. Let this case of church faithfulness in visita tion bo recorded. The complaint is unique. When that husband falls ill, probably he will not have to call in sheriffs help for the eame cause. SI. SO and TWO INTELLIGENT DOGS. Ooa Hired a Boat and the Other ltoda lloiuo la a Cab. A story is told of a dog which lived on a ship. The vessel was anchored in the harbor of a foreign port The dog often went ashore with tho offi cers, nnd being occupied w ith various dogg'h amusements often was left be hind when the officers returned in their boat to the ship. Tho first Lme this occurred the poor dog know not what to do when he found tho ship's boat gone. He ran up and down the wharf barking aud whining. A boat was lying at the wharf in which a native was sitting. Tho do? suddenly stopped, jumped into 11 boat, and gave several short barks, as if to say: "I want to go to that ship out there." The man knew tho dog, took in tho situation, and. doubtless, thin .ng of a fee, ho rowed the dog to the ship's side. Tho man got his fee, for the of ficers were glad to have their pet re turned to th-m. After that the dog often got buc to the ship in tho same manner. The following anecdote Is somowh::. similar in character, and spcuks we,, for the dug's intelligence: . :. "You know how much I i-u.sh nbimt In hansom cabs," said the narrator, "and Seoii, my collie dog, always goes with mo wo travel manyrrr'tn iu a week together in this way; i. . on one occasion I was walking and missed aim. "Senrch as in vain. Tho crowd was great, traffic drowned tho fcoui.i of my whistle. After waiting awhile and looking elsewhere I returned to my suburban homo without my com panion, and sorrowful, yet hoping luat he might find his way back. "In about two hours after my ar rival a hansom cab drove up to the door, and out jumped ScotL The cab man rung for his faro, and thinkii)te' he had somehow captured the rni away, I inquired how and where he found him. Oh. sir,' said the cabby, I didn't hail him at all. He hailed me. I was standing close by St James Church a looking out for a fare, when in jumps the dog.' "Like his impudence," says I. So I shouts through the window: but he wouldn't stir. So I gets do. n and tries to pull him out and 6hovs him my whip; but he sits still and barks, as much as to say: "Co on, old man." As I sei7.es him by the collar 1 reads his name and address." " 'All right, my fine gentleman.' fays I, 'I'll drive you where you . o a wanted, 1 daro say! So I shut tlio door, and my gentleman settles hi. self with his head just a-look: -"g out. and I drives on till I stops at this here gate, when out jumps my ti sen ger, a-clearing tho door, and walks in as calm as though he'd been reg'i.ir fare.'" St Louis Globe-Democrat NOVELTIES IN SHOES. The Kind of Foot-Gear Which Ladle W1U Wear This Summer. Just what to wear is a question of hardy perennial growth. Tho modiste, tho milliner and tho dress-goods men havo done their best to solvo tho ques tion, from their stand-point and the shoo artist not to bo outdone by his followers, has brought his skill and in genuity into play and tho result has been a large and varied addition to styles of foot-gear. At an exhibition which has recently been held at Baltimore, over one thou sand different patterns in shoes and slippers were 6hown, and a study of their points of similarity or difference is quite interesting. There aro shoes of high degree and shoes of low de gree, so far as pattern go es, yet all bear the stamp of excellence in quality. One of the novelties is the "Hading" red low shoes. Fashion, it seems, has decreed that red shoes and red slippers will be worn with black net dresses this season, con sequently thero is a great demand for tho Hading stylo of footwear. An other pretty and popular fancy is the Russian low shoe, replete with metal embroidery in quaint mediaeval de signs, tolerably high heel and dainty littlo toe. The latest Parisian styles of low shoes, French kid bronze with real gilt embroidery, tho latest London styles of black canvas low shoes with patent leather trimmings, the newest Vienna fancy, a colored gantdo suede, square cut with buckle trimming, will bo popular this season, judging from tho demand. Tho "Langtry" Is a low, rod gant de suede 6hoo, with red leather trimmings, and is as stylish and hand some as its illustrious namesake. In addition to theso leading novelties, there were blue suedo Oxfords, golden brown ooze ties, gray undressed kid ties and violet gant de suede ties with out number. Thero vvero mountain shoes and seaside shoes, tennis shoes and ball-room shoes, and shoes for al most every thing under the sun. The lines of slippers which show the most recent results of inventive in genuity and taste in this direction are marked even lower than this, and con sequently disappear with great rapidi ty. There are slippers innumerable, of every style, shape and color. The new creations of art in the direction of out-of-door shoes, shoes for the tennis court, for the yachting trips, for boat ing, riding and driving, for picnicing in the parks and tramping through the mountains, are marvels of neatness and grace, breathing of rosy cheeks and laughing eyes and healthful sports in every supple line. Shoe and Leather Review. Keep up a high standard of prin ciples; your children will be your keenest judges in tho future. Do be honest with them in small things as well as great If you can not tell them what they wish to know, say so rather than deceive them. Household. The school banking system was introduced in the public schools of Long Island City, L. I, about three years ago. and already the pupils in the nine schools have $10,791.95 to their credit A recent week's deposit amounted to $-30, 41 postage per year In advance. NUMBER IS. A LITTLE CHILD. Years and years have passod away, Alas, can I force tf Though baby comes no more to play I play with b:iby yet! I hear her chil lihh prattle still. One l.tiie litsl crave. Although I know beyond the hill Tho f now Pes on her grave. And when the tcara till in my eyes This thought to mo Is given: For crcry little child that dies An angel blooms in Heaven. Sweet thourht that consolation bring To hearts whoso cup of sorrow Fin;ts t.o relief in earthly things. Hut look for life's to-morrow; When all this grief and pain and woe With which this world is nfo Shall find release nn.l we shall know, God's overlap ng life. . And -o for those w ith tear stained eyos Th s sacred thought Is given: For every little child that dies An unccl blooms in Heaven. Gcorjre WUmot Harris, in Chicago Times. DOMESTIC FINANCES. Why May Not tho -Wifo Bo a - Broad-Winner? Margnret K. Sangtcr Iiiscnsars a QueUoti l'-rtiiien t tt ThU Iay anal Cer.oratiou Suggostlvo Heading for Tliouj;it l.iet II u.liaixlii. HrsEAXn, Jo7. "I buy every tiling that is nco;!ed in the hous and you havo only to t,penk to mo if you ara iu war.lof pin-money. That doesn't seem to bo a great hardship. I wouldn't mind atkinj for money, if I was sure' of e-ettin it without any further exer tion." Ah! wouldn't you, good sir? Sup pose ynnr.iolf in tho plf.ro of a wife, who, however petted and indulged, is expected to render a strict account of every trifle she buys, or rather fancy yourself telling her, beeau-o compelled by the necessity of tho case, of every cent you end on personal luxuries? She may dip into her purse for cara mels, perfumes and flowers; your cigars, luncheons :.nd other marginal exjterises foot up a far la'-ger bilL But this is all apart from tho question with which wo begin: "Sha.il tho wife bo a bread-winner?'' First and last In many otherwLso happy homes, thero is a good deal of friction and consequent discomfort with regard to the management of tho finances. Either thero is not money enough to warrant the style assumed or attempted, or olso husband and wife do not agree perfectly about the spending of it. or again, thero is a lack of open ness about the resources of the married partners. Among wage-earning clases this does not so often occur, whero tho husband quite often puts his week's salary without reserve in the hands of his wife, taking what she chooses to givo him for 6pendino-monoy, and leaving to her the disposition of what ever his hard hand labor lias gained. Where, however, there is a fluctu ating ineor-- and a man desires that his home 'I present a brave front to tho world, making, for business rea sons, or those of personal pride, a goodly show in the eyes of his towns people and acquaintances, thero is often gTeat injustice done to wives. Their extravagance is taken for granted by the uninformed. How shall the wife of a lawyer, doctor, or business man know precisely how to arrango her expenses, if she is treated like a child or petted dependent told to buy w hatever 6he pleases and send tho bills to her husband, she, in the meanwhile, uncertain how far she may go, till somo day there is a mut ter, a rumble, or a storm, when pay ment is asked; or, when a crash comes, sho finds that sho has been walking heedlessly on a lava crust with ruin seething undor her feet? Entire and candid explanation of the finances of tho business firm, in which husband and wifo are partners, and the management of homo affairs according to business methods and in a common-sense way, would relievo a great deal of embarrassment and pre vent no end of annoyanco and pain. The most considerato of husbands do not dream, dear, generous souls, of the dislike which the most trustful and loving wives feel whan obliged to ask for money, unless it be directly for purposes of household economy. It is the exception that proves the rule, when, even after years of happy mar riage, a wifo is found who owns to no dread in this regard, is conscious of no I reluctant aversion feels about her husband s purse as 6he would about her own. Within tho past year tho wifo of a man who spends thousands annually in tho elegant and lavish support of his family, gratifying their tastes in tho most delicately thoughtful man ner, and furnishing tbo home in tho most sumptuous 6ty le tho wifo of such a man has 6aid to me: . "If I could earn a few dollars a year of my own to do as I please with I should be perfectly happy." Another, married for many years to a merchant of largo means, con fessed to a relative that sho had taken a heavy cold and incurred tho risk and agony of pneumonia, with the expense attendant upon a physician and trained nurse, because sho had imprudently taken a long walk on a windy day, when she was already overtired. 'Could you not havo called a cab, or gono in tho cars?" was the natural inquiry. "I hadn't car fare!" was the amaz ing reply. "And if Eugeno can not divine when I am out of money, I will never 6toop to beg for it I never havo asked him for waoney, and I never will!" Absurd! Illogical! Utterly un reasonable and silly! Of course, and on no ground which the observer can discover in tho least defensible. Nevertheless, there hundreds and thousands of women, happy, petted and adored in their wifehood, who thoroughly understand tho case. They know that to them, easeful and beautiful as their outward lives ap peir, it would be" a luxury untold could they but subscribe for a maga zine, contribute to a charity, take a d outing; or assist a poor relation, Wtl vortislnj; Katcv. The larva and reliable elrculatton e th Ci. HitiA FnitSMAit commends It to th. t.Tormo n, n. fkleraUon of advertiser. -h.e In tot will b,n sorted at the following low rate : 1 Inch, S tfcnes. ........................ ...... 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Don't you lor-e It. w-ithout having to ask Jonathan whether or not thoy might do tho one thing or tho other, and wliether he would supply tho needed fund9 to do so. : Many husbands who are generous la the qxtremo when their own buying of family stores is involved, or when tho question is one of liestowing a gift on their wives, havo on uncon scious drawing of tho purse-strings when their wives' spending is con cerned. 1 once heard a gent'eman (?) make this ungracious speech, tlis playing tho while a watch-chain and seals just bestowed upon hi in by his wifo on their wedding anniversary .' "Pretty littlo plaything, isn't It? Juliet gave it to me this morning. It's very much, you know, like taking a fellow's money out of his pocket to buy him something ho doesn't want, when his wifo fits him out in thia fashion." At henrtMiiat man was a cad. But he expressed a feeling, dormant in some of his sex. who would bo shocked if informed that they wore selfish and coarse in tin ir assumption that a wife is herself only part of their personal assets. Said a jeweler onco In my hearing: " I have been very much touched, now and then, when wiveshave paid mo for presents bought for their husbands, tin price hud so manirestly been saved up, bit by bit, from the housekeeping money." "By good management end con trivance, snippinrr here, cutting", ofl there, doing without butter aud sugar myself for days together, I got the money to buy books for my own littlo library," was the confession of a lady to whom books aro us the brcalli of life. She is tho presiding genius of a homo where tho carpets and curtains, the pictures and sofas are a dream of luxurious ease. But Mr. sees no use for literature beyond tho daily journal. . , ,.:. ... . In many cases, and especially dur ing tho child-bearing years, tho wifo can not well be a bread-winner to any great extent But, granting that tho conditions are favorable, or that they may bo made so, what reasonable ob jection can bo urged to a wife's adding her share, pecuniarily, to the stock in trade of the family, increasing di rectly, so to speak, its available cap ital. It is not that men wish to be mean or churlish. They simply do not ap preciate tho situation. Were it re versed, and themselves compelled lo ask for every dollar and shilling from tho best of wives, how soon they would rebel again3t tho teasing tyr rany of such a fate. Again, it is urged, and with much truth, that all women do not know the. value of money. Women will be la boriously frugal in one direction and ridiculously extravagant in another. They aro often Insensible to tho just laws of proportion, and, though they play at keeping accounts, aro not moro brilliantly successful in that rolo than was tho child-wifa of David Cop perfield. . . -t.-r.i r?'.-'- -nj YA again, a man's sense of the fit ness of things, his sturdy independ ence, is sometimes scandalized at tho notion that ho can not by his own right arm. his own good brain and hand support his wifo and children.' "I don't want her to do work while I can work for her," ho protests, with eagor and almost wounded fueling al the bare suggestion. "It will bo time enough for my wifo to earn money when I am laid by, or am a hblplese. cripple on her hands." , Suppose wo put it in this way: Thor wife had acquired, beforo her mar riage, somo bread-winning art or ac complishment as indeed every Ameri can girl ought to do, in those days of changeful circumstances. Sho sells her pretty decorated cups and saucers, her embroidery, her designs, her poems or stories, and has a small but regular income from that source. Per haps sho puts her artistic skill to tho trimming of hats and the making of. gowns. Possibly sho had a wonderful knack at making pickles and pre--serves, or was famous for her bread or homa-mado cake. There nro a dozen occupations which a woman may carry on. never leaving home, nor neglecting a solitary ono of its dutk-s, while her nursery, her kitchen and her drawing-room nro tho n.oro carefully looked after, that sho has systematized her timo aud cut off ex traneous pursuits. If sho have tho trained facility, tho discipline of eyo and head, for tho finer tasks, why not exercise that mar ketable f kill, while by tho additional means thus gained she hires another servant to perform what to her is drudgery? - - - - - If, with many young people just starting in life, the family aro board ing, it is a distinct advantage to the wife to have somo money-making avo cation, savingther from tho tempta tions to idleness and gossip which lie at tho root of much mischief when women havo tho leisure of a boarding houso on their hands. . That which cost us effort wo prize. Tho penny saved may bo a jienny earned, but in the caso of a woman loyally working to help her husband along, tho penny earned is likely to bo tho penny 6avod, and thriftily put at interest La6t a husband's respect is in creased, not lessened, if he see in his wifo tho ability to produce that which stands tho commercial test of availa bility. Ono perilous rock is removed from tho channel of life, and with "Hope at tho prow, and Pleasure at tho helm," and Love, the captain, di recting all, the good ship Home swings cheerily from her moorings when the wife, as well as tho husband, is a bread-winner. M. E. Sangster, in Onco a Week. The school work in Japan, mainly controlled by women, has 29 boarding schools, with 2.707 pupils, ami pupils more in dy schools, making iu all 6,60i under lady teachers. - "
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