Attempt the end, and neverstand to doubt;
nothing so hard but search will find it out,
~Herriok.
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Music on the Battlefield.
The first use of field music of which
we have absolutely authentic informa-
tion was at the battle of Bouvines, that
victories—Phillp Augustus
Otto IV. of Germany there in
Philip of Valois defeating the English
there in 1340, while in 1794 the French
defeated the Austrians at the
place. It was at Bouvines, in 1214, that
victorious French charge, the first au-
thentic instance of a command given
by a trumpet call.
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Should Be Too Quick for It
“If 1 should try to kiss you I sup-
pose you would call for help,” he said,
inguiringly. “If you are so everlast-
ingly slow that a call for help would
jo any good,” she replied, "it would
Post.
SINGULAR STATEMENT.
From Mrs. Rank to Mrs. Pinkham.
The following letter to Mrs, Pink-
ham from Mrs. M. Ras, No. 2,354
East Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia,
Pa., is a remarkable statement of re-
lief from utter discouragement. She
says:
* I never can find words with which
to thank you for what Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me.
** Some years ago I had womb trouble
and doctored for a long time, not see-
ing any improvement. At times I
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
what, but kept getting worse. 1 can
time. I was so depressed in spirits
that I did not wish to live, although I
had everything to live for. Had hys-
teria, was very nervous;
sleep and was not safe to be left
wlone.
** Indeed, I thought I would lose my
mind. No one knows what | endured.
“1 continued this way until the last
of February, when I saw in a paper a
testimonial of a lady whose case was
similar to mine, and who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
ble Compound. 1 determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose. |
continued taking it, and to-day am a
well woman, snd can say from my
heart, ‘Thank God for such a medi-
cine.””
Mrs. Pinkham invites all suffering
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass. ,
for advice. All such letters are seen
and answered by women only,
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NINE TOPICS.
Attractive Garaitures—American Women's
lafluence —Photography for Women—How
the Aigrette isWorn—Etc,, Etc.
ATTRACTIVE GARNITURES.
Steel beads, buttons and ornaments
are among the most attractive of gar-
nitures, but they rust at the first at
tack of dampness, and then are not
only extremely unsightly to look at,
but are a menace to everything in
their vicinity. Handkerchief, collar or
any portion of the dress material com-
ing in contact with them is hopelessly
discolored, Efforts have been made
to coat steel with some preparation
that will prevent such damage, but
thus far with very little success,
LADIES GUIMPE
This form of waist
WAIST.
and stylish. The guimpe and
The
a neat ruche of mousselline de sole,
The walst Is made with a fitted lining.
the vest and collar closing at the left
invisibly at one side of the bodice Le
ing left free so us to form the closing
the shoulders. A belt formed of oval
dises of gold and enamel with a set.
ting of bright in the center
the latest fad in belts—is worn at the
Stones
inch material are
Two yards of 44
of wediom size,
No. 2394 is cut in sizes from 32 to 8)
inches bust measure,
WOMEN'S INFLU-
ENCE.
“The Woman's
Ada Cone has
the dress of
AMERICAN
ber article on
* in Scribner's,
say regarding
In
to
of the fashionable young American is
assorted to dress of the elegant
Paris recognizes, how-
dress are
the
that their motives for
If in the fashions she imitates,
tor; she is a witness to Parisians that
choose to wear novel
hurt the tender, soft flesh of baby feet,
The shoes that are gotten for the
very little baby are often actually In-
struments of torture because of some
roughness or pressure,
If the shoe fit snugly. no matter how
soft it is, the sole Is sure to press Into
the sensitive flesh and irritate the
temper, If not actually Injure the
nerves, Baby flesh Is so soft that
mothers or nurses often do not notice
how badly the little foot is being
crowded until impeded circulation tells
the story of suffering.
And small stockings are as frequent-
ly a means of injury as are small
shoes. Always buy both shoes and
stockings at least one size larger than
the so-called “easy fit.” This rule
should hold good until the foot has
ceased to grow. The result would be
a generation of healthier, better-tem
pered and more graceful men and we-
men.—Demorest’'s Magazine,
.
LACE AND NET GOWNS,
Lace or net gowns are economical in-
vestments, for they can do duty for
different occasions with other
waists. Of course there is no limit to
the amount of money that can be
spent on lace, whether it Is a lace edz-
ing or bought in a plece by the yard,
Net Is less expensive, and often
quite as effective, A charming gown,
| many
is
black net
the skirt,
of the ordinary open-work
over a black taffeta lining:
and trimmed with rows
three rows about the flounce
itself, and two just where the flounce
| joins the skirt. A pretty way to make
{ the walst to have it over a fitted
| lining. with the lace put on full from
{| around the shoulders, but the
drawn down on lining. Around
| the shoulders two rows of velvet rib.
! bon wider than that used on the skirt
{ can rathered and then put
down the front again. With this may
be worn an unlined yoke and long
sleeves of black net, with a black vel
vet high collar, or, If desired, a white
one; but the last is hardly to be re
commended rashly, as it is not always
{ becoming, If the all black looks
| sombre, a bertha of white lace may be
! added, or a band of jet passementerie
put the Jet
{ up an all black gown amazingly
a gown as one just
quite
pleated,
velvet
is
the
Liat
De on,
00
ights
Such
around shoulders
described is
wear
the
in the
With a
or with
enough to
evening with a low walst
high waist of black taffeta,
one of the little black taffeta coats that
are fashionable this year, it is smart
enough for afternoon amd
wear, Another.point is that almost all
the nets that are worth wear
well, and when they do look tumbled,
after a time, can freshened and
pressed 0 that they look almost like
i new. A beautiful woman never looks
more distinguished than in an elegant
black gown. It is alike becoming.
| when well designed, well made, and of
good material, to old and young. and
has the advantage of never seeming
too pronounced. Harper's Bazar,
sunrt
church
onuying
be
BOY'S DRESS,
This Is a suit for a little boy who
does not think he is too big for skirts,
it is represented to be made of blue
storm serge and trimmed with braid.
The blouse is composed of the fronts
amd seamless back, the sallor collar
and the one pieced sleeve whose ful
ness is gathered at the arm's eye and
stitched in tiny tucks af the
heart.”
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR WOMEN.
er declares that if he could obtain the
eye
which pecul-
iarly render her fitted for the work of
photography.
The official photographer of Wash-
ington is a woman; the head of a large
a woman, who has reproduced with
the Boston Library decorations, and
there seems to be no reason why wo-
men in general should not succeed in
this direction. They have naturally
all the requisites essential to success,
~New York Tribune.
HOW THE AIGRETTE IS WORN.
that algreties should be placed In the
center of the front of the headgear.
They start mostly from a jewel, and
while pure white is much worn, black
and white is newer still; that is, white
flecked with black circular discs, A
distinctive mode of the season is the
or chiffon, having a fiat crown, as oft-
en as not worked in silver or In black
and silver, and all the pecessary
beight imparted by the feathers in
front. Another style has, however,
come to the fore, which recalls the
chapeau, bras; it is long across and
narrow in the width, for from the
front to the back it would hardly ex.
ceed four and a half inches. The
shape is most piquant, for it rises in a
polut over the face, stands well out at
the sides and generally forms the
foundation for some five or six ostrich
plumes, the longest turning in a neg
lige style towards the back, while the
rest radiate In'many directions,
WHY BABIES ARE CROSS,
It seems almost absurd to advise
mothers not to pinch bables’ feét, and
yet physicians say that much of the
fretfulness and irritation of babyhood
Is due to tight shoes and stockings.
Not tight, perhaps, from a grown-up
standpoint, but sufficiently snug to
sleeveloss walst which closes in the
center back. This waist shows In
front at the opening where the blouse
is left open at the peck and is decora-
| ted to match the collar. This drew
| may be developed in flannel, cashmere
or the heavy weight cotton goods.
Four yards of 27 inch goods are re.
quired to make this suit for a boy 4
years.
No. 372 is cut in ses for 2 and 4
years,
THE SEASON'S HOSIERY,
Pretty hoslery for this season is
startlingly brilliant, whether the mate.
rial Is silk, Hsle or wool. New golf
stockings are made of camel's hair
yarn, showing in sharp contrast the
three highest tones of green, red and
brown, and in the fine lisle, for dally
use, is flaunted before us in black shot
with scarlet, There Is a new way of
marking stockings in lines, and a very
bewildering effect Is given by a sober
dark blue silk hose having a dozen or
more thread-like lines of yellow turn.
ing around the leg like the twist of a
corkscrew. She who has a thick ankle
and a thia calf will take kindly to the
blue and black stockings, striped fine-
Ay In white, the pinlines converging
from the length of leg very close to-
gether at the ankle. By this manoou-
vre the eye 1s deceived, and great com-
fort given the wearer. By yet another
device rows of white dots begin, the
size of a quarter of a dollar, up near
the knee, growing to the dimensioas of
+
ment it has been found that a lasge
foot and thick ankle lose, to the most
er'tienl gaze, one half thelr clumsiness
when swathed in a figured stocking,
and as but a minority of women enjoy
the faultless extremrties, the plain
dark bose are at a discount momen.
tarily, for these dazzling, deceiving
foot masks carry the trade before
them,
FASHION AND FANCY.
All the new shoulder-capes are made
with deep backs, curving down much
like the old-fashioned mode of wearing
n shawl
Whalebones soaked in bolling water
can be easily sewed on the garmen:,
and will keep the form of the seam
longer than when sewed in with tape,
In spite of efforts to abolish thom,
the full drooping waists continue,
some of the finest Imported modes
having this style running almost to an
extreme,
Little narrow ribbons are put on
hats in the form of scrollwork. Dain-
ty bonnets are sometimes made entire.
ly of shirrings of this narrow rib-
bon.
Among new fashions comes that of
making out-of-door coats and lkew sa
jacket bodices for Indoor wear quite
of taffeta snk are made
plain band with a buckle on
with a bow or rosette at the
back, and forming a regular
with a small bow at the front
In the new cravats may
wide scarf of black surah
tied under the chin in a big bow, the
ends turned under in sallor fashion
and passed through a flattened ring
A new and popular shirt in
England Is made of striped or plain
silk, opening to show a white vest 4nd
collar, and others are fashioned of
French madras and Scotch gingham,
In the display of models for winier
toilets princesse dresses are very ouch
in but so and f-
proved by their sleeve and corsage dec
scarcely
Collars
with a
1
Stock,
be seen nt
hie
silk 10
waist
evidence, modified
orations as to be
ble,
Another bangle
tipped with
tangle ornament
the centre.
recogniza-
has a pendant star
small diamonds, apd one
in
The new curb chain brace
have
lias threes stolies
lets are mere bangles and many
the lucky bean as a fastening,
Chip of the Old Block.
of Corporal Doyle,
Fifth Northuamberiand
fell at Omdurman, served
in gam» regiment in the Indian
mutiny and actually saved the life of
Lord Wolseley, who had been severely
wounded in the fighting around Cawn-
pore, and would bave ben left for
dead on the field of battle bad not
Doyle, whose kindly heart led him to
whether ther: were any living
the wounded, found fu-
ture commander-in-chilef, although
badly living, and handed him
over more dead than alive to the am.
bulance corps. Old Doyle bas been
many years the pews agent in
charge of the bookstall at Nenagh
Rallway station. When Lord Wolse
ley visited Nenagh on a tour of In
spection Doyle attracted his attention
as descended from the train by
standing at salute with his medals
on his braast. Lord Wolseley recog.
nized with delight his old friend,
whom he had not seen since the days
of the Indian mutiny, and entered into
a long and cordial conversation with
the veteran, which was resumed after
the work of inspection had been con
cluded. When bidding the old man
good-by as the train moved off, Lord
Wolseley sald: “Doyle, if there is any-
thing I can do for you, you have only
to name it” Doyle's reply was: “I
thank your lordship. I want for noth-
ing. My son is in my old regiment
and will soon be a corporal” Lord
Wolseley wrote to him a letter of con-
dolsnee the other day on his son's
death.—London News.
The father
the
one
of Fuasi-
f
fliers, who
the
gop
among the
hart,
ior
he
The Secluded Chinese Emperor.
The Emperor of China bas been the
most seclodad monarch in the world,
living as he has in the third or sacred
or forbidden city of Pekin. The first
city Is surrounded by a wall sixty feet
thick. being the outer or Tartar city.
The second city Is protected by a wall
of the same dimensions, as is the third
or sacred city, in which the emperor
lives. For twenty-seven years hs: has
been secluded within the walls of this
city. He bas seldom left it, and on
these tars occasions such preparation
has been made over the route he was
to travel as to change its aspect so
greatly as to give the young sniperor
no correct Idea of the country over
which hie has ruled. He bas seen al-
most nothing of China. Unlike most
princes of the royal blood of the na.
tions, he wag not reared with any idea
of making him an intelligent head of
the military service of his country.
He knows practically nothlag of the
soldiers of China. Once a year he
leaves the sacred city and proceeds to
the Ming tombs, the tombs of his an-
cestors, where he goes to worship. On
all occasions he Is surrounded by a
number of officials, whose special duty
appears to be to deceive him regard.
ing the true condition of affairs.
Washington Star,
Sn;
Morals of the Russian Laps.
The tife of the Russian Lapps is
abous balf pomadie. For the most
part they are fishers, a fact very much
to the'r advantage, considering the
many fasts required by the Greek
Church, The morals of the Russian
Lapps are e Dela the Average, They
have a reputation lying,
drunkenness and general
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A LITTLE PRBSIMIST,
“The sad little Princess sat by the
sen,
““Alas,” she sighed, *‘and alacka-
day 1”
knee,
And her eyes gazed dreamily for
Away.
“All of my fairy tales end the same—
They lived, and they loved, and
then they died
The wicked enchanter's always to
blame;
Ob, for something quite new,”
cried.
she
“I'm sick of my dolls with their china
eyes,
“I'm sick of reading of giants and
things,
1 hate my crown and my golden
rings.”
And then her nurse felt of the Royal
head,
Looked at her tongue in a knowing
way,
“Your Highness
home to bed,
You've eaten too many plum tarts
to-day,"
Isabel De Witte Kaplan.
had better
BEELETONIZING LEAVES,
Bkeletoniziug of leaves is an excel-
lent entertainment for the young-
sters. lipe, firm leaves must be
gathered for this purpose and put in
a fiat basin of rain-water, care being
taken to change the water frequentiy,
This basin should be pluced either in
the garden or else on the window sill
outside, as there is apt to be an un-
pleasant scent when the pulp of the
leaves begins to decay.
After they have been thns treated
for about a fortuight the leaves may
be taken out and gently rubbed with
the finger stemwise, when it will be
found that the green flesh separates
from the fiber quite easily aud rolls
off, leaving the stem and tendrils of
the leaf perfect. These must
bandled with extreme care, so that
they will not be injured, Pat them
upon a board and place in the sun to
bleach. When firm, they cau be
made up into quite pretty sprays and
will delight the hearts who
bave taken suck an interest in them
for weeks past,
be
of those
LOOK OUT FOR THE COMMAS.
Some boys and girls find it difficult
to learn the proper use of commas,
periods, semicolons and other pune
tuation marks, and as a consequence
are apt to become discouraged and
say: ‘Ob, well, what's the use, any-
way?" But when they see the ab
surdity of some sentences whose
meaning has been totally changed by
improper punctuation, they will per-
haps become imbued with new energy
and resolve to stick to the little dots
and dashes until they are mastered
The example herewith given was
“set up” by an English compositor.
Whether he punctuated as he did
through ignorance or pure malicious-
ness it would be hard to say. Which-
ever it was, this is the way the pars-
graph read when the printer got
through with it
“Cwsar entered on his head; his
helmet on his feet; armed sandals
upon his brow; there was a cloud in
his right hand; his faithful sword in
his eye; an angry glare saying noth-
ing, he sat down.”
What the author really meant to say
was—well, yon can easily find that
out for yourselves,
A TACKLE IN TIME,
Charles Bryant Howard contributes
a seasonable story under the title of
““A ‘Tackle’ in Time,” to the St,
Nicholas. Mr. Howard tells of two
young football players who were with
their father, a sea-captain, in the
Philippines:
Suddenly, amid a clatter of wheels
on the rough pavement and the be-
wildering babel of Spaniards, natives,
creased as it approached to shouts
and yells of excitement or fear; the
people stopped and turned their
eads; somebody shouted “Uno loco
{A madman)!” and at that everybody
began dodging into doorways and
fleeing around corners, as if possessed
by a deadly terror.
“What is it ?” exclaimed Jack.
“Blessed if I know,” said Harry;
‘“‘some row up the street, I guess
Let's wait and see what father does.”
And then they saw a strange sight:
a half-naked, villainous-loaking
“Filipino’’ (native) tearing along the
sidewalk toward where their father
stood, flourishing in one hand a sold.
jer's belt, with a heavy buckle, «wu
tomed hands,~~while the people made
way for him right and left in mad
haste, tumbling cover one another,
with shrieks ann screams of fear; evi-
dently he was a soldier from a native
regiment, who had been sentenced to
punishment for some misdemeanor,
and having managed to , Was
endeavoring to reach the native quar-
ter of the town, he was pursued at
some distance a native
and several soldiers and
(native icemen), whose
“Ouidado! Para [Look out!
mn added to
o
ts of
Stop
hon father” sam
flying across the street toward the
two boys, They heard their father
give a warning shout. Harry instine.
tively sprang in front of Jack, and,
not knowing just what was the mat
ter, but feeling that the man ought to
be stopped somehow, he proceeded
to de so in his own way. BStooping
quickly with bent head and out
stretched right arm as the msn came
rushing up, be “tackled” him around
his brawny waist as he had tackled
many an opponent on the foothall
field at home, and almost expected to
hear the familiar roar of applause
from the spectators as he and the
“Filipino” came down with a crash
and a whirl of arms and legs, rolling
| over across the hard sidewalk till
{they brought up with a prodigious
{thump sgainst the building, the ua-
| tive struggling atop; but in another
minute Jack had hurled himself atop
of him, involuntarily shonting
“Held!” as soon as he could catch
{ his breath.
| At this point a ‘‘referee’” turned np
| in the shape of the big native corporal,
| who promptly grabbed the desertar
and “‘vanked’ him to his feet; hold.
ing him, writhing and hissing, in a
grasp of iron,
‘Buen muchachos
said the great brown-faced
“Ingleses [| English.”
*“No, amigo; Americanos,” an-
swered Captain Hale, who had now
arrived on the spot, still minus his
stick,
“Por supnesto [of course
the corporal
5.9
[(Geod } ve
soldier.
,” granted
“I might have known
it, senor, ‘lhis isthe man in
the regiment; he would have killed
you ifhe could. ig
worst
Cohardes cowards |!
he growled at the gaping people, who
were timidly peering from various re-
treats. “These two American chil
dren are heroes, and you-—carabaocs
tare buffaloes)!” And with that ex-
pression of contempt, the worst that
can be applied to a Philippine native,
he twisted one powerful hand in his
prisoner's long hair, and marched him
off to cool hisexcitement in the guard-
house,
The Groom's Trying Ordeal
horrible situation to be
arried man, as
1 his pocket to
of eatables that
newly
wedding,
many fool
interest
was that the best man take
of onr journey, and
Wer 10 Know where we
going be Landed
tickets at the train.
“1 objected to
wife
“My wife wanted a unique
and she got it. Among the
propositions put forward by
ed friends
Harge
that we
were
wedding
not
the
ser tired
us
at the
the idea right
thought it would
well, what 1 said
no figure,
irain was
congratulations, old
that the man for-
ur tickets, and 1 didn't
itil 1 saw the
before me with
be so romantic
and
against it seem ad
“When
such a sh
to Cu
we took the there
wer of
rice
ROL 10 give Us oO
shoes and best
notice the oversight unt
conductor standing
outstretched hand
“Then 1
the
were in
goat that
know where we
that
as
realized
condition
we didn't
we
saine the
Aloe ag
were going.
“I colored up and tried to explain
fhe situation to the grinning ape of a
conductor, while my wife shook the
rice from her clotheg and the passen-
gors roared.
“It was simply Impossible to remain
on board, off at the firs:
| stop.
“My wife thought it was a good
Joke, and that we had made the hit of
the season. until it suddenly dawned
tipon her that all that precious trous.
seau that she had working so
many months on and which was to
be a dream forever, was in our trunks,
checked to some unknown destination.
“Then my troubles began in earnest
and it was lucky for the best man taat
ha wasn't around at the time.”
tw
50 We got
heen
Cambon's Cow Was Sold for Taxes
Years ago. when Jules Cambon, the
Frepch ambassador who sigued the
| peace protocol in Spain's behalf, was
| a newspaper man in Paris, Gustav
| Renoult, then a subject of the last
| Napoleon, but now an American citi
| zen, knew him. Mr. Renoult’s recol-
{ lection of M. Cambon is very amus-
{ing. “It was through a peculiar epi
| sode,” sald he, “that the present am-
| bassador was started on the ladder
of prominence. M. Cambon has al
ways been an enthusiastic Republi
can. His newspaper was Republican
and did not hesitate to express its
opinion of the way things wer: going
in France. In 1860 Emperor Napol
eon needed money, and to get it lev
jed a special tax. M. Cambon was
indignant. He held that the tax was
illegal, and when the government of-
ficial came to collect his assessment
M. Cambon, with more emphasis than
grace, refus:d to pay. In those days
the ambassador was not so very well
suppiled with this world’s goods, and
the few that he did possess M. Cam-
bon did his best to keep ont of the
way of the officer.
“One piece of property, however, M.
Cambon could not hide. It was his
cow, and the government promptly
seized in defanit of the tax. Protests
mad: no difference to Napoleon and
his crew, so the cow was sold and the
procecds conldiscated. The affair was
.