and arrest the chair in its descent.
THE NEW LEADER OF THE SENATE MINORITY.
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A TREE IN A
MILLSTONE.
The photograph presents an interesting and unique illustration of the
latent force in a growing tree.
Apparently the seedling sprouted
within the square central opening of
the old rejected millstone, and after the growth of the trunk had filled the
hole, the stone was lifted from the ground, and is now about two feet above
the surface. .
The curious rustic seat thus formed would be prized on many lawns or
in parks, but serves no such purpose in the location bordering a stream in
a sparsely settled district of New York.—Forest Leaves.
Prevents Child Falling,
Two Indiana inventors deserve
credit for an attachment for -chil-
dren’s high chairs, which they re-
cently designed. As shown in the
accompanying illustration, this at-
tachment prevents the chair from
falling, should it be accidentally
knocked or otherwise tilted. Every
one knows how easily a baby’s high
chair is upset. The child itself very
often endeavors to squirm out, there-
by overbalancing the chair and caus-
ing it to fall. The addition of this
support or prop prevents such acci-
dents. The prop consists of a pair
of legs connected by a crosshar and
pivoted to the sides of the chair near
Improved Nipple Grip.
When one wishes to replace a few
broken spokes in a bicycle wheel, he
often finds that he has no nipple grip,
while a bicycle wrench proves to be
too long to get in around the spokes.
the top. When the chair is in its
normal position the ends of the prop,
are quite a distance above the floor. |
Should the chair be suddenly tilted,
the prop will naturally swing outward
an
Improved Nipple Grip. 3
A good nipple grip can be made ‘by
putting two nuts on one bolt, as
shown in the accompanying engrav-
ing.—Thomas De Loof, in Scientific
American.
A Fire Chief, Maybe.
One day a sympathetic old German
gentleman was leisurely strolling past
one of the city fire houses, when he
was moved by tears of the captain.
Stopping to offer consolation, he said:
‘“‘Say, for what you grief?”
“Oh,” replied the captain, with a
fresh gush of tears, “my poor father
is dead. If he had lived just one
more day he would have been Chief
of the whole fire department, just
think.” :
“Do not so bad feel,” said the
friendly old German, patting the fel-
low on the shoulder, ‘maybe he is a
fire chief now.”’—Providence Journal.
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HERNANDO DE SOTO MONEY
Was recently chosen by the Democrats in the United States Senate as their
Ieader, in place of Senator Culberson, who resigned the post because of poor
health. Senator Money hails from the State of Mississippi, lives in Missis«
sippi City, and is named after the discoverer of the Mississippi River.
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New York City.—Such undergar-
i ments as this one are needed by every
girl. It is dainty and attractive and
girlish at the same time that it is en-
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inently practical. There is no bulk
over the hips or at the waist line, and
the flounce provides pretty fulness
and flare at the lower portion. Ba-
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Mauve and Brown,
The woman with the skin like a ca-
melia and warm brown hair should be
decked in warm mauve and browns.
Leather Linings,
Many of the new rough ulsters and
blanket coats are lined with leather,
either a soft suede or even the
harsher skins.
Buckles to Match.
Square or oblong buckles of mar-
quisette, matchingone’s evening gown
in color, are an effective adjunct to
many a costume, )
Black Fishnet.
Black fishnet, in coarse, heavy silk
mesh is used for the all-black blouse
and trimmed with black grosgrain
ribbon in several widths, advancing
from a quarter to an inch. The dull-
ness of the ribbon and the extreme
plainness of these little models pro-
claim them correct mourning for the
younger woman. They are lined with
lusterless black silk, except their col-
lars and wristbands, which are left
transparent.
A New Combination.
‘The upper part of the combination
garment may now be a full-fledged
winter or autumn weight vest, while
the lower part is a fine nainsook or a
lightweight longecloth. The drawers
are joined below the hip line by a
well-faced seam, and are bloused over
below the knees. There is a beading
at their lower edge into which the
nainsook is gathered, and the bead-
ing is, in turn, drawn in with a white
or a blue wash ribbon to produce the
bloomer effect,
tiste with banding and trimming of
embroidery make the one illustrated,
but all the materials that are used for
underwear are appropriate. Dotted
and cross-barred muslins are liked by
some girls. India silk is used beneath
the finer dresses and simple plain
lawn and nainsook are equally desir-
able. The petticoat can be made eith-
er trimmed or plain, and consequently
model is adapted to the
everyday frock and to the one de-
signed for party wear.
The petticoat is made with long
body portion and the flounce. The
body portion is cut with a front that
is fitted by means of darts, backs and
side-backs. The flounce is straight
and joined to its lower edge. The
trimming, when used, is arranged on
indicated lines.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (fourteen years)
is three and a quarter yards thirty-
six, three yards forty-four inches wide
with sixteen and a half yards of inser-
tion, five and three-quarter yards of
embroidery 'four and a half inches
wide, three yards of edging and two
and three-quarter yards of beading,
for fourteen-year size.
Pleated Rufiles.
The lingerie ruffle on the last
French petticoats and on the pantalon
combinations are no longer invariably
gathered to the beading whieh joins
them to the garment. Pleats fre-
quently are substituted for the old
gathers. They are laid regularly or
in bunch pleats and, again, in pairs,
and since the pleats are very shallow
the flounce requires only the usual
amount of material or a very little
more. The material is never meas-
ured three times round the space.
Tucked Tulles Going Out.
Beaded and embroidered tulle and
silver and gold gauze are taking the
place of the tucked tulles which have
so long been in favor for the necks of
semi-tailored and other dresses. Un-
fortunately the pretty tucked mate-
rial has become too available for the
popular buyers. Now the fastidious
are turning to shirred tulle or to the
plain metallic fabrics. Shirred tulle
sleeves come together over the arm in
a double ruching that forms a line
from shoulder to wrist, or a band of
embroidery breaks the plain round
effect.
GOOD PROFITS IN
TRAPPING MUSKRATS.
Traffic in Fur and Mleat an Ims= :
portant Industry cn Eastern
Shore of Maryland.
Trapping the little muskrat and
selling his fur and meat form a thriv-
ing industry on the eastern shore of
Maryland. The trappers will receive
about $500,000 this year for their
catch of the furry denizens of the
swamps, says the Fur News.
In Dorchester County alone the
muskrat dealers have been paid
$100,000 for this season’s pelts, to
say nothing of what they received
‘from the sale of the meat, this alone
more than paying the rental of the
marshes, the cost of the traps and the
expense of looking after them. The
prices offered by buyers this season
ranged from thirty to seventy-five
cents a hide, the hide from the kitten,"
or young rat, which had been consid-
ered almost worthless, bringing the
former price. :
The big black rat commanded. the
top of the market always, the black
fur being considered the finest as well
as the most durable. The fur cof the
brown rat is less valuable because of
the color and coarseness of the hair.
It generally brings from fifteen to
twenty-five cents less than the fur of
the black rat.
There are few sections of the Uni-
ted States where the meat of the
muskrat is used as food as it is on
the eastern shore of Maryland. In
sections of the country the little ro-
dent is looked upon with disdain by
those who claim to know a good thing
when they see it, but when they talk
of it as being an unciean animal and
unfit for the table, it shows now little .
they know of this, the cleanest of all
animals that live. :
The great majority of people are
prejudiced against the muskrat be-
cause it. bear the name of rat. BY
any other name it would be eagerly
sought after by epicures. The roots
and herbs of the marshes, on which
alone it subsists, are tboroughly
scrubbed by the little animal before
it will allow them to come on its ‘‘ta-
ble.” :
WOMAN GETS NEW OFFICE.
Miss Sharlot Hall Appointed Hise
torian of Arizona.
Governor Sloan, of Arizona, made
himself most popular with certain
people of his Territory and incidental-
ly exalted the cause of woman when
after an exciting contest he appointed
Miss Sharlot M. Hall Territorial Hos-
torian. :
The office is of great importance to
the future, says Van Norden’s Maga-
zine, because now the records of a
State in making as well as the data of
a passing race—the Indian—will be
kept by her.
Miss Hall should know of the In-
dian and of the pioneer. She was
born in Lincoln County, Kansas, in
1870, when the old Santa Fe trail
was a reality and the aborigines still
ranged the prairies of her own State.
She moved with her family to Ari-
zona when very young and the method
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of travel was a prairie schooner. “vag
From early youth she has taken a
great interest in the history of the
frontier, and most of this she received
at first hand from the participants. in
the great events. She made a close
study of the Indian and has written
many papers on the subject.
Uncovered the Guldensuppe Murder.
"Dr. O’Hanlon uncovered the Gul-
densuppe murder. After the dismems
bered body of Guldensuppe had been
found the police advanced the theory
that the dismemberment was the
work of medical students, who had
thought to play a joke on them.
When performing an autopsy Dr.
O’Hanlon discovered a black spot on
the neck. He took it out and ascer-
tained positively the mark had been
made by powder. Immediately he
anncunced that the dismembered
body did not represent a medical
student's joke, but a fiendish crime,
and that the victim had been shot
in the back of the head and killed
before dismemberment. Further con-
vincing proof to him that his theory
was right was that there was no evi-
dence of flow of bleod in any dis-
membered part of the body. Follow-
ing that announcement the police be-
came active. The result was that
Martin Thorn and Mrs. Knack were
arrested, tried and convicted of the
murder. Thorn was executed and
Mrs. Knack served a long term in
prison.—New York Press.
Nearest They Come,
“Does anybody ever really try to
lick an editor?” :
“Can’t say they do,” replied the
proprietor of the Plunkville Pal-
ladium. “Sometimes they threaten
to lick us—over the telephone.”’—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
To keep the rivers of the country
free from snags and other impedi-
ments to navigation, the Government
maintains a fleet of thirty steamboats
and spends $500,000 a year.