s i'i WOMAN'S WOULD. SHE IS CALLED THE "END OF THE CENTURY COLOR BEARER." T Care of iawr dotal-: Aa dlru KArm In Easlaaa At ike M4rn "Swrll I)larr A Flacks lf We nut a. Mrs. Mada Paddock Pprague, foaod n of i new philosophy which Bet Itoston astir, has taken her permanent residence In Chicago. Mrs. Spraue's fascinating theme Is cl.n meter reading ly color vibrations, iL : already Chicago clubwomen are arranjr'.ng for her tt-etrts before thero In the autumn, and she will give prac tical demonstration of li-r power by reading impromptu the names of mem ler and guests. Her extraordinary gift Is as captivating as palmistry. "I cannot remember." Raid Mr. Fprarue. "when I did not pee names words and combinations of figures In colors. All my life every letter of the alphabet and each of the nine symbols for fl.'mentary numbers has had Its distinctive coloring. They vary In tone arc t " ;- r r- VKS. MAl PAlt(CK SPrUCfE. and quality In combinations of words, names or numbers, but there has never loea any varutiou from the original color tones which have been familiar lo me from uiy earliest recollection. As a child, when thrown ujmu my own resource. I could always entertain mvsclf with a ineatal kalt-idoscox of lueihausiUble variety by permittin;; words to pass before my mental vision. I'miKT uaiues gave me the greatest de light, because the colors were so c !Uisitely Individualized by tlie capital letters. "Every printed page Is aud always has betu 1 1 1: e an illuminated manu script of the middle ages. 1 have been to accustomed to it that I gave It no more conscious thought than one In voluntarily gives to the coloring of fcky aud landscape, and not until I was a woman did I know that it was not universal for people to see names lu color. One day 1 mentioned it inci dentally, and my statement occasioned to much surprise that I attempted to prove it. and the more 1 talked the more skeptical my listeners became, until 1 feared 1 was a mental freak and resolved to keep silent on the sub ject forever. However, as the years passed my curiosity tempted me to refer to it, that I might . determine whether or uo I was au isolated case." Mrs. Sprague has leen called the ""end of th century color learer," for the leauty of her philosophy lies in forewarning aud giving a scientific understanding of present and future conditions. By her wonderful inter pretations she strengthens the weak tide of a character aud directs vibrat ing currents into channels that lead to success. The phenomenon of her color readings has been explained physio logically by a distinguished physician, who affirms that it is caused by the brain throb forces at the primal gland Wing unusually tine and correspond ing to the higher plains of vibration in the ether, thus producing color and form to an extraordinary degree. She has read many celebrated names, the president, governors, politicians, for eign potentates and church dignitaries, who pronounce her color character leadings so true as to be almost un canny. She is the widew of the late Colonel Ppragne of iM-troit aud before her mar riage was one of the lxst known edu cators in the west, having taught for years In the Cook County Normal school. he is a granddaughter of the noted Methodist preacher, Father liowcn. affectionately called "Hallelu iah lUtwen," who died two years ago. aud is a woniau of charming address and wide culture. Chicago Times-IIer-!d. Tbe Care of Snmrnrr Clothing. How many women know how to pre serve sweet and clean their summer dresses, shoes, corsets aud so on? Not liiauy. 1 fancy. As soon as the corset Is taken o!T it should lc sprinkled with roxide of hydrogen aud allowed to lie In the sun and air for several hours. Ribbed cor sets are more difficult to mauage. but st no time should they be rolled up or f ung in a heap into some tight shut ti rawer. There should be an alternation of corsets, to do away with the putting on of the mime one each day. and two or three inexpensive ones treated this way will help to make the summer en durable in ppite of the sun. Shoes, if they are high, should, when taken olf, l; placed. Inners out. on the window sill or iu some breezy place to get the sun and air. The tops should 1 turned back aud the air allowed to circulate in the crevices and luto the soles as far as it -.ssi!!y can. This will not only preserve the shae aud contour of the shoe, but it will lieln rt keep It from getting "leathery. Shoes tre porous skin themselves and won derfully susceptible to influences of cli mate and heat. Blouse waists should have the shield riipped out at once, after removiug from the body, and they should W sponged with alcohol and water and hung in the air to dry. The sleeves of the waist should !e turned roug side out and allowed to air at some screen Dear a draft aud uot put on again for Borne days. A system of rotation will le found convenient for such fabrics as are lia ble to 1 hurt by the absorption of jkt splration and should le sparingly treated on particularly hot days. A spriukle of orris root iu the lining of a dress, to be shaken out before the dress is worn again, will be found an excellent thing. Uibbous should be ro'.led up imme diately when taken off the neck and waist, aud if treated thin way will last a great deal longer and look a great deal daintier. Care of the skirt is most important. Skirts should have small loops sewed In under the ruffles where the heels of the boots or slippers will not catch, and they should be hung up npKil down every night, or as soon as they are taken off. If they are t.-hamed with long farthingale flounces, the flounces will have to be carefully pin ned to the foundation, aud they wiU, by hanging 12 hours in the opposite direction from which they are worn, regain some of their original freshness and charm. Hats will retain their Fprueeness and elcgauce if carefully placed In their own lox after blowing the chiffon and laying the feathers several times over the fingers in the direction they ure disposed to lean. The riblnHis shaft can also be straightened, and the hat w ill be ready for use at once. Hose should be filled w iih crumpled tissue paper and huug In pairs Id the most excluded window to let the air t.iatw through them. iioves must be biown op Cy the breath immediately after stripping froni the hand, then filled with a light hake of glove powder ana laid away unfolded, and not palm to palm, but separately, la tissue paper. San Fran Cisco CalL As Adtnlra Ke la EaffUad. The Eng'ish peeress who has given her name to the Lady Warwick hostel believes that a certain, though moder ate, means of livelihood can be oh taiued bv women In dairying, the growing and marketing of flowers and fruit, the cultivation of tomatoes and mushrooms and the keeping of bees and poultry. This is the first section of her agri cultural scheme; the second and ul terior object Is the formation of set tlements of women in different parts of the country to carry out la practice what they have learned at the hostel and thus Infuse new vitality and Inter est In rural districts. Adandess Edens these settlements will probably be characterized, but as a surplus niillloa of women will ap pear in the next English census some Eves must be Adamless, and surely tney will be happier in commuulties than alone. "Lady Warwick's Nuns" Is a title al ready bestowed upon the prospective agriculturists. The leading characteristic of the La dy Warwick hostel is that it gives practical training. At the dairy insti tute. Heading, students will learu all alfout the treatment of milk and cream, the making, tracking, preserv ing aud marketing of butter, the mak ing of lard and soft cheeses and the treatment of byproducts of tbe dairy. The same plan precisely is followed In poultry raising. Horticultural students will each have a "practice plot" In the garden, also a piece of wall and a jHJrtlon of green house, and they will cultivate, on a small scab?, vegetables, salads, cucum Iters. tomatoes and mushrooms. Bush fruits and orchard trees will also come in for a share of attention. Neighbor ing fruit farms, market gardens and seed grounds will often be visited, as well as the museums at Oxford and London, the latter for the punose of acquiring knowledge In horticultural entomology or the identification of in Juriotis aud other iusects. Bees are kept in the hostel gardens for practical object lessons In the study of apiculture, with demonstra tions by ex',K.-rts and visits to their es tablishments. The students will also learn all about the chemical character of soils, the prierties of good and bad drinking water, the composition of sandy and clayey rocks, drainage, weather and Its relation to crops. Bookkeeping, too, is taught, with due attention to the preparation of the profit and loss ac couut aud the balance sheet. The hostel is a charmingly commo dious ami spacious dwelling, with a large refectory, library, drawing and common rooms, dormitories divided Into cubicles, and bathrooms. Students can have separate bedrooms by the payment of an additional fee. A well built Iron room, about 40 by -"0 feet. In the garden is fitted up as a gymna tiiiiu. and there are a grass tennis lawn and a field of one acre, with an asphalt tennis court The fe. inclusive of board, tuition and residence, are $2."0 a year. Four hundred dollars to $G(iO a year Is paid by those who take special courses and occupy separate !edrooais. There are three terms in the year of ten weeks each. At tbe Madera "Swell" Dlaaer. The serving or "place" plates, as they are often designated, are the most beautiful and costly used throughout the entire dinner. 1'resent form ennits these to le put at each cover when tie table is laid, the plates for the two tirst courses (oysters and soupi resting upon them. They are then removed, having served their purpose as ornamental. At the left of the plate Is tbe nap kin, within its folds the diuner roll. Directly lu front of the plate is the Individual salt, now (small as It Is) an appointment of great beauty and ex pense. Sometimes a cut glass boat on silver waves, the salt spoon posing as an oar; again a half oicn crystal rose on a leaf of the wonderful It.us.slan euaincL The water goblet and wine glasses stand at the left and are either grouped or "spiked," which means placed iu a row diagonally out from the plate, begiuuing with the largest and ending with the tiny glass for cordial. Thus arranged, under arti ficial light they take up and flash back the rays with great brilliancy, making them very ornamental. It Is now the rule to use a fork In stead of spoon wherever possible, o that the latter is almost banished from the modern table. Each course, how ever, requires a particular fork, mak ing it a line point with the uninitiated to determine lt-tween them when laid in a long row beside the cover. From this probably the method now adopted, which saves many mistakes and con sequent er.Tbarrassmcnt. When the table Is laid, the fish, meat aud entree forks are placed at the left of each cover, at the right the meat knife, soup spoon, a smaller knife and the oyster fork. For all courses which follow the roast the silver for each Is passed on a tray just before It is served. After the dessert, or "service of sweets, as it is now termed, after dinner coffee, fruit aud finger bowls are brought on. The coffee Is put at the right and the finger bowl at the left of the fruit plate, the fruit knife and fork passed on the tray, lu Eng land butter is never used at dinner end seldom of late years this side of tUe water. If served, a tiny pat or ball on individual butter plate is put in front of each cover. Besides the foregoing items of cor rect service. Table Talk says as to din ner etiquette: The refusal of wine needs no excuse. A looJi at the wait ress will answer the same purpose as a temperance lecture and will le iu better taste. It Is bad form to refuse a course, however distasteful it may be. It is courtesy to the hostess to take, taste and trifle with it until removed rather than attract attention by declining it. The little after dinner coffee spoon, when uot in use. Is placed at the right of the cup In the saucer. Iip the soup spoon from you in the plate and lift the side toward you (never the j,o!nt) to the lips. If an accident occurs (an overturned glass or the breakage of some piece of glass or chiu.it. express regret, but do not overwhelm yourself or the hostess with ai, logic. A ate Lad. A young Iri.-iiuian once "s-ctt t. i kind btartcd old t-qr.rre for a t.icii: inundation. An elal.oii.te one wa i '.vtit Un and read to him. lie took itv.nl thanks, bet did Dot 1!;Vf. "Wbat's the matter with it?" fount; the tqaire. "Oh, ijotbin. sorr," eaiJ tbe lad quickly. "Well, then, why don't yon go?" "Sure, sorr, I thought on tbe '.ricsth of a recoiainind like that yoa'd be waDtin to hire tae," San Francisco Argon act. Soaad Tranamisnloa. Water is a very good tracomittee of sound. A scientist of the name of Ctl ladoj made some exneriments on Lak. Geneva, Switzerland, to demoDhtratl- ' the power of sound to travel a long way 1 in water. A clock was made to strike under tbe water and was heard to a . distance of 12 miles. In a second ex ! periiLent tbe striking of a clock was , beard to a distance of 2? miles. ' Australia, It is estimated, is capable ' of supporting at least 100.0C0.0o0 lo- ' habitants. THE. DORTZAL STYLE. t. Unit H a Beaatr That Co aid lime Won In the Paris Ceateat. If Mrs. Frederick SohoGeld of St. Louis had been entered hi the Iarls beauty contest. In which Ille. Jeanne iHirtzal carried off the honors, the award of the judges might have been different. Mrs. Schofield Is of the iuinie type as the girl just crowned the qneen of beauty of the world. She is strikingly handsome. Her hair Is dark, rich an: wavy. Her eyes lire large and fine. perfect match to her hair, and every one of the features of her face Is clas sically perfect. Tbv contour of her fft V 7 "Yl lAv.- It US. rr.EDEHICK 6CBOFIELD. cheek is as soft and round as a child's. She is perfect In figure as she is In face. So clear aud fresh Is her skin, and so faultless every outline of her face, thront and shoulders, that the retouch er of Mr. Strauss' gallery found abso lutely no blemish and did not change the negative In the least. To quote the photographer, not the size of a en cil's iHilnt had to Ik? touched up. This Is a very rare occurrence Iu the experi ence of a photographer. Mrs. Scbofield was one of the expert stenographers In the city and held for several years the most responsible po sition In the stenographic departaient of one of the largest business concerns of St. Louis. She was private secretary to one of the proprietors, who, the whole year around, manages the gigan tic business and is seldom absent from his Important posh She received prob ably the largest salary paid for such work in St. Louis. St. Louis Republic. Fleaa or Padding. "Goodness gracious," said the slen der girl, "don't I wish I were not so thin this hot weather. All my plump relatives are groaulug and declaring that 1 ought to be thankful, but that Is simply because they dou't know auy thing about it- If I'm slender, of course 1 remain slender, and nothing could induce me to get any additional roundness by artificial means, but my dressmaker is not troubled with any scruples. Just let my plump friends look for once at the nice tailor made jacket of silk that Is so becoming to me. The fashionable figure Is so and so, and the two do not agree, but 1 must be fashionable. Hence there Is not a policeman or a military man wJio carries around so much cotton batting in the lining of his coats as I do la mine. Now, If it is any more uncom fortable to wear flesh than it Is cotton batting I should like to have some one try it. Fortunately, I don't have to wear that jacket all the time." W ana h Oatalde of Home. Edna I .vail, the uovellst, takes a keen interest in jKditics. The London Chronicle says: "She is a very useful aud inspiring member of the East bourne branch of the Women's Liberal association aud does not hesitate to show the courage of her convictions by speaking a word in seasou to en courage women to come forward aud help in the work of l;leralism. To the argument that "women are better at home' she replies that, although the home is undoubtedly woman's work ing place, jet if she never stirs from It she will In-come an Ignorant drudge, quite unfitted to advise her children as they grow up. Feople might with equal reason tell a man he must not Interest himself In anything outside his otHee or counting house." Cod Bleu Home!" "In a home in the country,' not far from town." says the Catlettsburg (Ky.) Independent, there may be seen quite a pile of sewing'lying on the floor, nearly In the middle of the room. that has been undisturbed for more than six mouths. At that time the head of the house wanted a chair, and, seeing but oue handy, he dumped to the floor the sewing which lay upon It. His wife asked hliu to pick it up. H said he wouldn't do it. She told him, as he threw It there, it could remain until he got ready to pick it up. She would never touch it. And there it re mains, a memorial to an Incompati bility of disposition." Kralta Replaeo Klowera. Very pretty is the new fashion cf fruit dinners, which replace purely Cower dinners during the hot months. It Is a mixture which at once delights the heart and oioub the apietlte, for It Is to be noted that nothing gives an appetite like a clean, graceful and well laid table. Fruits, then, are replacing flowers as decorations for the table, and for this purpose are used, not fruit lought by the pound, but fruit on Its branches. These branches are iiitwiucd In the Hinging lamps, forming a sort of cra dle, whence hang fresh currants, shin ing cherries, plums with the bloom on them, golden apricots, etc. On the ta ble, in l.ttie. fiat glass dishes shaped like leaves, are arranged cherries, cur rants and other fruit lu season. These cut glass dishes are made in a very practical form, with a second compart ment, in which are placed jowdered sugar and a little spoon. There may be four or six of them, of fairly large size, or else little ones may be chosen. la which case there should be one to each guest. New and iigenlous Ideas for laying the table are being continually intro duced. Thus beside the plates are placed small crescent shaped plates for salad, and sometimes delicate little sil ver knives aud forks, used only for this purfKise as In the case of fish knives are added. Mode Fraueai.se. Poor Babjt There Is a physician in West Phila delphia who has a son 1 year old, aud this baby Is probably the strongest human being for its age and weight lo the world. Its father will hold a cane lu his two hands, and the baby, grasp ing It, will draw Itself up to its chin three times. That is but one of Its numerous feats of streugth. The physician says that Ids boy's uuusuil muscular development is due to a daily massage treatment. Every morning he lays the little fellow, naked, on a blanket snd kneads bis muscles for 30 minutes. Once a month be weighs the baby aud measures its calves. chest, arms, etc. The monthly in crease of weight and girth Is remark- hie. The baby has never had shoes or stockings on 1 feet or a bat oa Its Lead, and in the summer it wears only a little sleeveless dress that comes to Its knees. It gets a cold bath every morning. "If nothing goes wrong," the physi cian often d ?clare, "this child will be oue of the strongest men tbe world has eve; seen. He will never get bald, and he will never lose a tooth. As for his muscle, with massage and a course of exercise that I have la I1 out, they will be big and supple all over his body. All his flesh will be, when tense, as hard as steel and when re lated as sol t as the flesh of a young a-brL"-rbihidelpHa Record. If" A I'laekr loang Wmi. There are several Interesting Illustra tions of the advanced new woman In Arizona, Including women ranchers, Taqueros, bank cashiers, stable keep ers and butchers, but the one whose occupation most thoroughly Interests newcomers to the territory Is Miss Sarah M. Burks, a Jolly, sturdy and brave little woman about 25 years old who carries the Cnlted States mall over the star route from St John to JItntown, and it requires a good deal of stout heartedness, a liberal supply of self confidence and a dash of love of adventure for auy one to make the trip. M Iss Burks' mall route leads through as wild and desolate a region as one ran well Imagine. Rocky, barren, moun tainous, bleak and blasted are weak adjective for description. What tiny streams there are are poisoned with alkali. Navajo Indians and occasion ally an Apache who has left the reser vation are somewhat plentiful in th.it region, but white men very seldom go there and then only to get the gold, sil ver and copper which have been liter ally Btrewn throughout this blighting, fierce region. Nothing In the way of vegetation can grow there. Aloug the western border of this desolate, uncanny wilderness Sarah Burks rides twice a week. Generally she is alone, and if she has a com panion he Is either a miner, a com mercial traveler or a territorial law yer who has rented a horse from Miss Burks' father, aud she is to collect payment for the same and see to it care. She says she Is a fatalist, and no matter how much danger may en viron her she will not come to her death until the appointed hour. She is al ways armed, aud when a mere child she was the crack shot of the mining camp at Harqua 1 1 a la. She rode the route first in LS!S, when her father, who was the mall carrier, was taken 11L He has never recovered, and the plucky daughter has filled his place ever since. After washing and drying table nap kins. Instead of starching them dip them luto boiling water and tightly wring" them out between two cloths that have been starched. Iron with Irons as hot as can U used without scorching; then they will be Just right, neither too stiff nor too soft and with I beautiful gloss. Mrs. Laura Hanbeck has been ap pointed KiiKriutendeut of the (JirW Reform school at Bclolt, Wis. Mrs. Uanltcck was a matron of the Topcka, Insane asylum at the time of the ap pointment. She Is the widow of ex Congressman Lewis Ilanlieck. An English writer says that the Ideal draping of tne smart figure of today makes it look like a loosely roll-d um brella, only with the outward flow at the base, as an umbrella would be with a frill around it. Let baby sleep In his little carriage out of doors if he wants to. It Is not true that a child takes cold more easily when asleep; on the contrary, he will grow stronger aud be less liable ti take cold. Xoae of Tbelr Baalaeaa, "Funny, Isn't It," said the woman, "that the men who are discussing iu old maidenly fashion whether or not women shall or shall not wear divided skirts and whether they shall or shall ot ride a drop frame wheel or the man's wheel never seem to think that they are discussing something with which they have absolutely nothing to do any more than a woman has a light to decide whether a man shall wear a negligee shirt or a swallowtail coat on the street. That was a satis fying auswer that Henry Ward Beech er gave to the man who met him on the street and asked concerning his spiiitual condition. " 'Are you a Christian? asked the man who had nothing to do but look after other people's affairs, speaking with great solemnity. 'That,' said Mr. Beecher cheerfully. ts none of your business.' "New York Times. bold Statae of Mlaa Maode Adams. A report says that the solid gold statue of Miss Maude Adams, to be ex hibited at the Paris exposition, will be cast. That was settled at a meeting of the Colorado commissioners and the sculptor, Higlee, when the contract was signed. Twelve huudred pouuds of gold avoirdupois will be required to make the figure. Mr. Higbee, who represents the American Gold Statue company of New York, agrees to purchase the bul lion, complete the statue aud deliver it to the Colorado commissioner at the rarls exposition not later than April 1, 10O0. Xo Famllr Lire la America. Gertrude Atherton, In The Young Woman, published In London, has this to say on tbe subject of American wives; "Except In the south there Is little real family life as It Is under stood in Englaud. The American man's concern Is to make money and then to give his wife everything in the world she wants, and that is the end of it. Englishmen, when they are foi'd of their wives, make companions of them. This an American rarely does. He hasn't time." Smart Women Copy tbe Celaba. Mrs. James Brown-rotter and Ladv Randolph Churchill have adopted the fashion of wearing ear bouquets of Izaleas, such as are worn by the Geisha. Sarah Bernhardt wore bunch es of flowers just above her ears when she played Gismonda, and to some faces the mode Is extremely becoming. The severe type and the genial, smil ing. iimk)U faced woman had better not meddie with these rather bizarre orna- meuts. Lady Carsoa'a Phllaat bropjr. Lady Curzon has entered actively upon philanthropic work In ludia. As vicereine she Is president of the Lady Dufferin fund for providing hospitals for women aud training medical at tendants. Ijrdy Curzon has visited the wards in some of the hospitals, and she and her husband have subscribed lib erally for the medical work among na tive women. tier Deeoratlon. Mrs. Esther Herrmann of New York city, in consideration of her many charities, hjs re-eived the decoration of the International Society of Lea Sauveteiirs of France. The decora tion, a gold cross and star, with the motto. "To Save or Perish," and a trl- colored button were granted on the re port of Tello d'Aiery. the society's New York agent. She Is also chairman of tbe charity committee of Sorosis anil ha contributed largely to Its funds. She Is an active member of the New York City Woman Suffrage Ieague. Oae Pteaaare Wltbta Rraea. "Nancy, you ought not to attempt jrolf. You don't like exercise, and 1 luow yon can't manage the dialecL No, but I can have my picture taken in my golf suit." Chicago Record. A Trial Culaeldeaee. An almost incredible triple coinci dence was noted in France a few years ago. In ls9'4 the deputy for the Ar dennes was M. Ferry ; for Loir et Cher, M. Brh-soD. and fur tbe Vosges. M. flngo. In 1793, 101 years earlier, each district bad been rt presented in tbe chamber by a man of exactly the same name. San Francisco CalL Xot ller Style. Tbe idea!" exclaimed the sensa tional actress as be beat sn angry tat too n the floor with ber slipper. . "What s the trouble t Can't yon get your divorce?" "Yea, bat tkt Iswver has offered to seenre it without publicity I" Wasb-Uu.t-0 Star. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. AN ESKIMO LAD. Gettlap- Edaealloa la Aa.erlea fi lie la Ilia TtallTO Laad. Mene. the 10-vear-old Eskimo boy whose Dleture Is shown here. Is study Ino In an X hip Mean scbooL and hi drawlus and penmanship are as good flint tt mr American boy of his age. He wns brought to this country long time ago by Lieutenant l'eary, MVKX. the great explorer, and ieaks good English. U'heii he glows up he lu tends to go buck home to the laud where the days and the nights are six months long to teach his eopto the things he learned iu this country. Tbe Peralatent Boy. At times persistency Is very tiresome. At others it Is a 7'iltie. The boy who doesu't iK-rslst lu the right direction does uot succeed, but he should first be sure that he has the right to persist. A Chicago paper tells of a persistent Ikv who has the rivht Idea. It seems that a young man came out of a little tailor shop in that city recently with a hammer and a niece of loard In his hands. It was ii o'clock in the morn lug. and the thoroughfare was crowded. After a brief survey he turned to the doorway agaiu and producing a nail from his (wicket lx'gan to fasten the Iwiard to the door frame. Then It was seen that It wh a sign, and It bore the magic words, "Boy Wanted." The young man had struck the nail aliout four feeble blows when he felt his striking arm plucked by the sleeve. He turned hi head. There stood the boy who wauted the Job for which a boy was wauted. "Did you hire a boy yet?" he asked. "Great Scott, no!" said the tailor's assistant. "I haven't got the sign up yet." "Well you don t need to put It up now," said the small boy. "I'm here. What do you want of the sign?" The young man thought awhile, looked at the I my once or twice aud then took the board down. "I gues you are right," he said. "Come in." The boy got the position. He was quick and he was crslstcnt at the right time. Of such Is the kingdom of success. Some "Bor Proverba. "Boys will be boys" Is a mighty poor excuse for auy act that Is unworthy of a loy. Boys will be men Is what should be borne In mind, and If they are manly Imys they will be brave, generous gentlemen, and there's only one thiug better a true gentlewoman. There Is lots more courage iu being whipped by a larger boy than yourself iu a good cause than there is In whip ping a little fellow. It marks the dif ference iK-tweeu a loy aud a bully. Iou't kick your dog because you know he will forgive you. A boy that takes a mean advantage of a dog's good nature Is never the kind of a fel low to take on a camping trip. The real hunter or sportsman always treats a gun a If it were loaded, even If he knows to the contrary. Toeaa; Patrlota. What do you think Mother Rutin found I' pun the ground Whea fehe wu j., vainly vorkinf auiy. One bright apring day. Building a cor.y lummer Dent Fur many a Utile iunjr gurtt Strip of red and stripe of white In the Minshine bright. With shining uu ui a Held of blue. She tound. Don't you Think she was very ie, and more. To fly that tta; brude hex doort And so, aa you'd naturally think. Hie earliest blink Out from undt-r their mother's wings By the running things Waa straight at those uriprs and stars so fair. Beaming on thrm as tiiry nestled tbtre. BeUVie it or not. as pleases you, Eft this is true: When thou young robins forsook their home, Ani'lJ to roam, Twas Fourth of July, and away they flew. Binding "'fbe Sou Spangled Banner" tool Sidney Dayre. A Drummer Boy'a Courage. A drummer boy by his presence of mind and Indomitable courage saved the lives of a number of soldiers at a certain military post during the civil war. Some ammunition had been cov ered with cottou to protect It from a sudden rainstorm. After the storm had passed the cottou became Ignited in some way. The soldiers all took to their heels with the exception of the drummer boy. He climbed up, tore away the cotton and averted all dan ger. He Is now a prominent business man in a large city uukuown as a hero of war. Old Glory Flower. A strange flower has lieen found on the Isthmus cf Tehauutepee. It grows on a small tree and gives forth a per fume only at noon. But t.iis Is not the queer part, for In the morning It Is pure white, at noon red and in the evening blue. If this red. white and blue blossom ouly grew thlcl.ly lu the Vnited States it would perhaps be the uat'cuai Cower. He Xotlced tbe Llkeaess. A Parisian twell recently had a crayon picture of himself made, which he afterward pretended to find fault with. "It does not bear tbe slightest reseui .'ance to me," said be, "and I will not take it." The artist protested, but all to do avail. After tbe dandy had left the painter added to tbe portrait a magnificent pair of ass' ears and exhibited it in the win dow, thus altered, to th'a gaze of the enrions public. It hadn't been long exposed when tbe dandy entered the artist's studio in a towering rage, and, finding that threats amounted to nothing, be at last offered to buy it, even at a considerable ad vance npon the original price. "It wasn't strange you didn't recog nize your resemblance to the picture at first," said tbe painter, "bat I knew jon'd notice the likeness a? soon as I added those ears." Spare Momenta. Marrlaare by Halter. Among ignorant people of English birth it is fully believed that a wife bought with money or goods is legnlly married if the purchaser leads her all the way home by a halter. Mr. Baring Gould, the English anti quarian, tells of a village poet known to him wbo bought a wife for a half crown and led her 13 tsiles to bis cot tage. Tbe squire and tbe rector pretested to tbe villnge poet that he was not legally wedded. "Why, yeelba." he replied. "I'll take my Bible oalb I never ence ti.olc the halter off till the'd crossed the door sill and the door was shot." The latest inttancesof snch wifeailes occurred in ISoS and 18,19, when wom en were sold in Little Morton and in Da!cy. In these cases a bine ritbon took the place of the straw halttr. Bat. gentle ladies, the symbolic idea wss the same. J-f : s. If '--V- ..ar4f ..- 1 Kot a Cleae Obwerrer. It seems alrunst incredible," said tbe railroad luat, "but I saw a man the other day tbiit couldn't give an in telligent dercriptiou of his wife. He came to the uflicH to get transportation for her, to which he was e ntitled. and under tbe prew-nt rnlea we muut have a description of the person that U goinjj to nse tbe tram-p'aTtation. On the margin of the ticket are places where the aent can punch ont a very good description of the person that is entitled to nse the ticket tn bis pctsestion. I asktd tbe man first bow old his wife was. He could not tell within five years. "Next I asked Lim how tall she was. Tbe best I eonld ascertain was thut fhe was net very tall, neither was she very short. I priDched out the word 'wedinm' and let it go at that "Next I asked the man what the col or of his wife's eyes was. He studied for a fall half minnte and said be be darned if be was sure whether they were light blue or gray. "When it came to the color of tbe woman's hair, he was again in a quan dary. He was not di ad sure whether it was dark brown or black. "The only thing this husband was sore of wsa that his wife was slim." Dulutb News. Ilook'a Lordly Tip. It required snch a man as Theodore Hook to cope successfully with the ra pacity of the gentlemen of the ball, in contradistinction to the road, and on cue occasion, at all events, be iiove himself eqnal to the task. It is related that once when dioinj? out he. before the entertainment camo off. provided himself with several bright farthings from the mint and that when proceeding after the festivities to bin carriage bs discovered several i-ervanU. including the cook awaiting him in the hall, be forthwith flipped a coin into the hand of the latter. Tbe man glanced at it. noticed the nze ana bowed low in thanks, nnd-r the impres sion that lie was a sovereign richer, while Theodore, dispensing largesse of a like natnre to the other servants, went on bis way rejoicing, nor did he cease doing so when, as he stepped into bis carriage, cne of the footmen, who bad discovered the real value of the jonrboire. ran ont. saying. "Sir. I tbink yon have made a mistake!" "Not at all. uiy good man." replied the humorist, with a gracious wave of the band. "I never give less. Coach man, drive on." Tbea He Waa Mad. A Scotch university rrofesxir. irritat ed to find that bis etn.lciit had got into tbe habit of placing their hats and canes tin bis desk instead of iu the cloakroom, annonnced that the next ar ticle of the kind placed there would lie destroyed. Some days later the proftss or was called for a moment from the clHNeroom. A stadeut slipped into his private rorm and emerged with the profei-sur's hat, which he placed con spicuously on tbe desk, while his fel lows grinned aud tremblwl. Tbe professor, on retnrning. saw tbe hat. thought some rashly cbstinate stu dent had been delivered into bis bands, and, taking out his knife, be cnt the offending article to pieces, while vainly attempting to conceal tbe smile of tri umph that played aboot his counte nance. He was in a very bad temper the next day. I.ikea to Be K Irked. Hall Calne confesses that be likes to be kicked, 89 long as the thing is done in public and makes him conspicuous or notorious. He says an the London Mail: "Even the eilliest personal refer ence 1 ever tee, However inspired oy paltry feelings, seems to me by implica tion a tribute and compliment, being a recognition of tbe fact that 1 am a factor worth counting with and an ad versary worth fightiug. And when tbe most false, tbe niobt mean and tbe most belittling of tbe kind has ceased to ap pear I shall know that I am no longer of the leat account. A Cold Maht la Chlaa. One of the facts that we ineffaceably cut into my memory during my first winter in Xewcliwang was tbe finding on one iuorniug sbjnt New Year's time S3 masses of ice, each mass having been a living man at 10 o'clock the preced ing night. Tbe thermometer was a good bit be low zero (F. ). The men had just left the opium decs, ivhere tbey had been en joying themselves. The keen air sent t hem to sleep, and they never wakened. North Cbiua Herald. t Ity Boy'a Idea. A Gallatic connty farmer hired a boy from the city to assist bim tbrongb tbe summer. Tbe farmer told tbe kid to go ont to tbe barn lot and salt tbe calf. Tbe kij took a quart of salt and industriously rnbbed it into tbe calf's hide, Tbe colU got after the calf f r tbe salt and bad about all the bair licked off the animal before its condi tion was discovered. Montgomery (Ills. ) News. Kirn Wkat Poterty Meaat. "You have never known tbe pangs cf poverty!" be exclaimed bitterly. The heiress eyes softened, tbongh liquid to begin with. "Indeed I have," said she warmly. "1 went to a bargain sale where no one knew me and found I bud left my purse t borne.' Indianapolis JonrnaL Tbelr l.lmltat loua. "Some of those postofhee people are very ciever. Ihey can read illegible writing and deliver letters when the address is worse than a Chinese puzzle. " "Yes. but they can't help out the man wbo fcrgets to mail bis wife's let ters." Brooklyn Life. The Hope of the Koto re. There is uo other educational insti tution eqnal to a well regulated borne. Dallas News TESTS PATIENCE. The Most Patient People Must Show Annoyance at Tinr.es. Nothing tpo.'.i t good deposition qj.cktr. Nothing 'axes a mar.'s pitien.e Lis asv itchiness of the skin. I chins i.ci a!mo: drive yo-i crity. All uay it make you tiiitersb;. An eight it keeps you awa. Ilea. I:cu. Itch. With bo relief. Just l&e sin e wi'ii Eotrr.a. Can hardly keep from scraUhipg it. You would do so, but you kaow it make it worie. S n.li miseriM are daily decreasing. Pe'.pie are learning they cao he cured. Learnn.g the sntrits of Iiuin'i Uicrstat. Pleir.y of proof that loan'a Ointment ill cuie pilts, eczetna, or any itcbibets of the skin. Mr. I. G Kiie, of 817 Commerce street, Canirisburc, Pa., dealer in pianos, organs and masicid instruments, says: "1 was greatly anaoed with an irritation or break ing oui of tbe cuticle, called by some tetter or eczerr.a. 1 read about Doao'a Ointment and on inquiring of a fnend if it was reliable I was told that everybody wbo had used it was much pleated and spoke highly of its curative effects. Proc-irin a boa, an ippli eat.oii or two stopped the itihing nd finally dried up the luthoiierf piatts. It ha Lr'ikrn out 1.11 hit fa'je and on my breast ba; n-t a lr.e:e of it remair.el. I loan's Oiu'ti.ent ci'i de;i.dtd upon, for it eif.t m- ;hr -eiy i.:n ele failed. ' lew.' 0 iMi. ni. er sa by ail dealer. i.v- c 11 ;h.-i n-.s .Ma'.e.j (,r. cceip1 M urn 1 o l! fulo, N .:t.cl. f . Scotland has 14U parities without paupers, poor rates or public houses. lDe "brteticecf the last, pcrhapa. accouu- ing for thut of the first two. W ben one grows weary c( tbe eternal Ices, blancmanges, charlottes scd pud dings served to ne year in and year ont for deert, it is pIeaot to bear of sn Innovation. A traveled American re marked that sbeonce had the felicity of eiUm down to a Japanese dinner at which were servnd snch dnicties as melons, iced, fruits and sea frog's. Tii-re was in addition to tbese sweets a cov ered dib. into which, at tbe beginning of tbe dinner, a bottle of wine had been poured. . Wben the sea frogs and other dainties 1. .. .i;.nul thn rover of tnis Dan utcm , . i?. . . iu w reunited, and a number sandbopp?rs. hilarion.ly intoxicated and jumping- about in tbe wildest manner, were presented to the gaxe of tbe aUn hihed American goest The lively des- !. fair traveler savs. wan cangbt by the Japanese with little bamboo iticks anil eaten wuu Bt gasto. - Chlaes Tortara. The Jnennity of the Chinese in de- i0ir,,r iHinishuieut for offenders sur passes that of the most croel people of tbe middle aes. rme u"" aBo 7 was kidnaped from a village about 3d miles from Chln-Kiang and brongbt to that city to be told. The kidnapers were arrested and retnrnea to me vil lage, where tbe people dag a bole in tbe ground, like a grave, abont three feet deep, covered tbe bottom and sides with unslaked lime, placed tbe offend er, with his hands and feet tied, opon the lime and covered his body with tbe same material. Then tbey filled tbe bole full of water and as tbe lime slacked be was roasted alive and bis body consumed. Tfce Srw Way. The cannibal chief stood with bi band shading bis eyes. A solitary figure was timidly creeping toward him from ro lunate. Suddenly the old chief started. He look a quick step forward "It h, " he cried, "it is my son I tie is coining home again!" Then with bis eyes still Used on tbe sloncbing fipruia be shrilly called to his bead hunter "Mtongwa. the prodigal in retnmini, . Kill tie fatted Kaflirl" Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Ltltl Mailer Ataonar s-'rleBda. Two boy were in fighting atfitnde like hantaine; another and a smaller cne stood watching theui. wiping bis eyes, sobbing the while. "What did yer bit hiin for!" said one. 'Tain't none of your business." "Yts. it is; he's my friend." "Well, he's my friend too." New York Commercial Advertiser. Aa iBdralrro Ally. "How in Mnd Sliner going to side in this nice? Is he fur yon?" 'That's what's worrying me," re plied the candidate for office. "If 1 thought be was goin to lie against me. I would -tl snrer of election." Col tnibas (O.) State JonrnaL Ilia llefeeeaee. Chief (to commercial traveler seek ing a place) Do yon know how to talk op goods to cnKtomer? Applicant Allow me to tnrn on this phonograph with a conversation be tween a customer and myeelf. Flie ende Blatter. Tbe title of "majesty" was first giv en to Louis XI of France. Before that time sovereigns were usually 6tyled "highnc'S. " A bezgar is usually a touching ob ject Berlin (MJ.) Herald. IENN3YLVANIA RAILROAD. IN EFFECT JUNE 27, 1898 OOWDBKSCD SCHCDUL. Trains arrive and depart from the station at JohoaUtwn aa follows .- WE WAJ19. Western Express. , Sooth western Klpretw JohDHtown AccomniixlatluQ.. JobnHtown ArcorunuHlaUon.. 4:5S 6:US sa SfclO S: . 2:'rl -I t Ml xll S-..15 Pacific Kxprvw... Way PaHenV Pittsburg- KxpreHM..... .... Fast Line Johualowa Aocuuimuliiiioo.. p. m. SA8TV1RD. Atlantic Express.. 4:48 a. m 5. 40 " H:M - - .li15 " liiB p. m 4:13 " :i0 " 7:11 - ..aotao - sfc-bore Express AlUxina Accommodation..... l'ay KxpresH Main Line Kxprew AlUtoua Accommodation .Mall Exprewi Jobmrtown Aceommodulion. Philadelphia Jxpreaa.... Faal l-in- , ,,,,,, JJOMERSET MARKET HJiPOKT J COKKtCTfcO WEEKLY BY Cook & Beerits, Wtulnesday, July ir,lg99. f Dei bu. .-50-7T Applea dried. t (vaporaUfcl tb Apple Buiu-r.per l ( roll, per to Butter. -j freiih ker;,: per . (creamery, per to.. .l:tc -40 to SHv I'c 1:1c ..IN: or wu per m.. (country nam, per B 10 to IJe 1 sujrar cured tim, per tb UV e '1 side, per fb Ho it: lah.tiil.l..,. n. ... . . Bacon, , .ll' UJ sc Beans. I wb" nav?- Pr b" 1 Lima, per lb .. Coffee. - l-'ioc e .. iu u ue Cement ) umUrlaDd, per Mil... 11 .ut to l.iM 1 Portland, per bul UJU to 4.ne Corn meal, per B i , !, pel U ox ZZT.r.Z. ... i fish, lake berrlnt-. h: Honey, white clover.per k Lard, per t. 1 7to'lOe Lime, per bbl . Jl Moluaaea, N. Om per gal P0e Onions, per Wi 7?, to ',, , Potatoes, per bus lu(j0 r-wcoes, evaporated, per 1 g to j. Prunea.per!f , Pittuburg per bbl.111 1 'X) Dairy, W bus sacks ZT-ilc " X " . .- sue baa sacks. (round alum. 1m) k sacks ( Salt, uutpie, per x 7 10 liW?1 ye"'Lw- ' 5 white, A. per t S:-v,e granulated, per tb &Wc Cuue or pulverised, per ft ! gc per aal ix n 1 M ! . n.r .... ! . 1 . ... So far. Syrup. Stoneware, eallon jj. ikiiow, per B , X to ie Viie-ar. per ral 4 uuiuiuj, per uua... fi n) clover, per bua. . i " criuixon, per bus Z x alfaifk, per bus Seeds. ij, per oua 7.30 -Ulet, German, per bus Z J; ricy wnite beardleaa, per boa. 1 H buckwheat, p-r bua 5, corn shelled, per bus K to 4-e U'Jerkm to-'Wc rye, per bus .- wheat, per bua " k-c bran, per I UK ta ZZ n , corn ud oat chop, per loo d Bour, roller pmcewi.per bbl 3 t) I" aprl-ir, patent and fancy ' Grain A Foed Flour. 'Je tl M 75 1 n 1 1 1 . p 1i.wa.v.... , . . . .. MlddUuis. I "h,lte- PT'" I red, per 1UJ a -85 CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltiinor. and Ohio Railroad Somerset and Csmbrla Branch. SVXTHWilS. Johnstown Mall Fxpm.-Rockwood 11 10 a. ..... rnei 1 1 at, moyestowa lU' Hoov aravllle l.t, Jouustown Lw p. ru. Johnstown Accommodation. PJ', ,,.M??lrT't soye"twuo;07, Hoov arevlilHUo, Johnstown 7a, SOCTHWAKQ. Mall Johnstown 8:a.m.,noovevllle:19 ilhi oomerel lot Kockwuod EiSl?'rJoh."tOWf 1:31 D- ra- Koover-vllle. wmKl tU. Hock. Daily, IP T f- TTnn .. -. D. B. MARTIN'" r,r' Paw vuf ar Tra flic Manager. j Snyders Pharmacy It requires a good selected stock and a neatly arran! room to do a brisk business. I 1 WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. I EE 1 Pure Drugs B Louther's Drug Main Street, Somerset, Pa. j This Model Drug Storsis Rapidly Bsccaizgij1 Favorite mih Pecpls in Search, cf j FEES! . AID . PURE . DBU Medicines, Jye S tufts, Sponges, Tn! Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. 1 TBS DOCTOR GIVErt PK-tVOAL ATT-CNTION TO TU E COM POL N DIM. OF mMi PrescriptionsIFaiaily Rece; OK -AT CARS MKISQ TAKES TO 0S ONLt WtLtHH AKO rCH ARTICLB, ; SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES,! And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. Froa ! THE FIHEST BBAEDS OF CIGAE: Uwajs on hand. It is always a pleasnre to display ora i to intending purchasers, whether they buy ! from us or elsewhere. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. Somerset Lumber Ya.; UAircrACTUBKB aho Dbl aud Whou salk aud RrAiLia or ; r Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and SoJrt "Wocd Oak, Poplar, Kldinxs, Pickett, nui Walnut, Yellow Pine, Flooring. Sah, MarlL Clierry, KhlngleH, Doors, Italn titers. Ialh, M kite Pine Blinds, Newel Vot, l.te. A f eneml line of all grade of Lnmber and Building ateiial and Roor.nr '-' Block. Also, can furnish anything In the line of oar businrss toordt-r Willi rm sr ' bl prumptneaa, sach.aa Brackets, odl-sed,wor Jew. Elias Cunningham, Office and Trd Opposite S. k C. K. R. 81aUb, NEARLY Fiftv-eight Yea s Old !!. acknowledged the country over as the leading; National Family New-pap- -Recognizing- Its value to thoae who desire all the news of the State and N- publisher of The Somkr-skt Hkrald, (your own favorite homepapen b into an alliance with "The New-York Tnoune" which enables them to for1; papers at the tri.iing cost of JiOO per year. Every farmer and every villager owes to himaelf, to his family, and to : inunity in which he lives a cordial support of hU local newspaper, as it stantly and untiringly for hl intere'U ia every way, lirirg to hi btm'' newsand happening of hi neighborhood, the doings of hia fritrd". tt- . and prospects for different crops, the prices lo tone nailils. d. iD ; weekly visitor which should be found in every ide-ake, prrgrive -a Just think of it! Both of these papers for only fZCO a year. ' Heod all orders to THE HERALD, somcrsct. pa. IT WILL PAT YOU TO BUY TOOK -Tleniorlal Work WM. F. SHAFFER, BOMERflET. 1'N A. MaaiLfisctorersf and Dealer in Eaatern Work r-rnlsh-d on Short NoUe HI EHSIIMII Alao, Agent for the WHITE BHONZE ! Per-ons In newl of Monument Work will And It to their luu-rmi to call at a; sIm.v wn-rea prup-rshowina will be given them ill l trli.tn ,.iir.nil I . . . llltT" IOW" 1 'UVlU 'P:-' ait-Uon lo WhJtt Bri, Or Pure Zin Monuments. pro.Juel by Rv. W. A. Rln. as a drtdw hiiprovement lo th- point of Material an I loi,Birm tio.i,nd which lsdeatluetl lo U tie pooular M irnimni Utr oar chatiis.b'e t 11. UlvansaealL Vm. F. Shaffer. I make it a point to large line oi Uru in . Vi s w-v y , fresh and good condition. In the way of ' j Prprrintinn Coffipundin- ve neiCJ 1 1 CO Ul ly LiUlI Anything not advertised, a, fj we are sure to have it You are always sure of getting Optical Goods Call and have your ejej u". i Trusses Fitted. All of the beat and moat approved Xr.l kept in stock. Satbfactior. guaranteed. JOHN N. SNYDER, Druarist. SOMEIISKT. p. - Sta large aasortment all can be suited. I J. U. LOUTHER M. D. It's a lonir life, V.ut devotion to Interests anil prtperity of 'fii? , . t . . e e'n.tu y 1 -ji1 .a"ra 1 wne uaa wou itr 11 new i.i--- '-----i Tears rl!J by and tbe uriuinal rz" its family pawd U their rewarj, admirers are loyal and jiteadfa- ' with faith iu iU teachings, and ivo----; the iufuriuation which it trii!t' homea and firesides. As natural connequecce it wj'T' old 8f all the vitality and v-jrerof".' strengthened and ripened by theM of over half century. It has lived on its merits , aud on -; dial support of progressive Auierk-3 . It is "The New-York Wee-iyT: r.'.,r;nr' - Tfr-Vrt sr. liv.uiu.C - -T' ; : J 7 - - ' j- --. 7- r t - i. seautifu' Designs. V-SiUV.e'iTA. BHOHZid , a.tr!aecT , ' j I i a" 1 IS. I --. f . ' ' i?tcSbS i I f 1 i . yr . ? m 1 ; the ntti' 3 Tn- ' '. y tfc.!r ; Mr. Set) h ' f i 2iJ. rr pi'"6