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of all sorts.
Southern Railway's Service for the
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This popular route announces for the com
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between New York and the South, via Wash
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The proportion of Latin students In ele
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The proportion of female to male teach
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Feed your nerves, also, on pure blood if
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•women *who Are nervous Are so becAuse
their nerves Are stArved. When they
mAke their blood rich And pure <with Hood's
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A Progressive Barbarian Monarch.
The King of Somaliland is in Lon
don to promote the interests of his
domain. His subjects are chiefly half-
barbarians, but he is highly
cultured, speaking English, German,
French, Italian and Spanish. The
purpose of the Emir Soliman—for so
he calls himself—is to civilize his peo
ple, an end for which he seeks British
aid in the development of Somaliland.
He confesses that five years ago he
was with the Dervishes, fighting
ag-iinst England, but he has since be
come king, and has come to the con
clusion not only that the British are
not only to be supreme in Africa, but
also that they ought to be, because, to
use his own words, they are "the great
people." Coffee, corn, ostrioh feath
ers, sheepskins, gum, india rubber,
ivory and mines of silver and gold are
all, according to the Emir, to be had
in Somaliland; but there are no en
gineers, no machinery, no capital, and
he wants these.
WOMEN do suffer!
Even so-called healthy women suffer!
But they are not healthy!
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Island Semi Three Times In 100 Tear*
Among the places visited by the
German exploring ship Valdivia, re
cently returned from the Antarcti<
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though discovered in 1739, is knowr
to have been sighted only twice sine*
and until the Valdivia's visit had not
been seen for more than seventj
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volcanic mountain rising 3000 feet
above the sea. Its crater is entirely
covered with ice, which caves down ir
a steep wall to sea level. It is about
1800 miles west of south from the
Cape of Good Hope.
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The "Blasting" Was Good.
"The guides who pilot visitors
about in Norway," said a tourist who
has just returned from a summer
spent in that picturesque land, "are
a pleasant, intelligent set of men.
They have had so many associations
with English and American travellers
that they speak our language fairly
well, and are always on the alert to
pick up new words. Sometimes this
desire leads to funny mistakes, too.
While exploring some of the wild and
precipitous cliffs one day with my
guide, we came upon a spot which
looked like an abandoned quarry.
"'What is this, Karl?' I asked;
'have they been getting out stone
here?'
" 'Yes, sir,' he answered; 'it is
where some time ago they hive been
shooting the rocks.'
" Oh, yes; blasting,' I said, smiling,
and Karl's quick ears caught the new
word for 'shooting.' I heard him
murmuring it to himself two or three
times afterward.
"The next day our journey brought
us into a large tract of magnificent
forest. 'Karl,' said I, 'there ought to
be fine hunting here in the season.'
" 'Yes, sir,' was the prompt reply, I
'very good hunting.' Then, with the
air of a man who seizes an opportun
ity, he added proudly, 'lndeed, it is
near here, sir, that we blast manj j
bears.' " —New York Tribune.
Clarinda, lowa, has an insane asy- 1
lum which costsl,ooo,ooo. It is said
by experts to be the finest building ol
the kind in the country.
THE ELFIN.
1 sit In my high-backed, oaken chair
Iu the dusky twilight tima.
And, waiting, nod as I lieur the clocks
MakA distant, dreamy chime.
Then, just as the last faint stroke dies out
In a sweet, m«tallio hum,
rfcere comes a patter of two wee feet,
And I know the Ellin's come.
I make no sound, nor move a hand,
Nor open my fast-closed eyes.
Yet riotous joy within my breast
Demands to olasp its prize.
She's looking at me so gravoly now—
I feel the wond'rlnß gaze—
Anil now warm lingers with velvet touch
My eyelids strive to raise.
A dart of the hand and I have her fast;
With a cry half mirth, half Tear,
She springs to my lap and kisses my lips
And nestles my bosom near.
What greater joy can the future hold,
Or mein'ry's mind recall?
My »weet little, dear little Ellin Queen,
My darling, my love, my all!
These arms were made to encircle her,
This breast to support her head.
There's a strange, dull pain iu my lonely
heart
When the Ellin goes to bed.
I've hoard them say that the Ellin died
Long years ago—long years!
They say I ain but a poor old crone
Alone with my hopes and fears.
They say—l caro not what they say,
For 1 know my hive's not dead;
She'll come tomorrow whon twilight falls —
She's only gone to bed.
*****
They found her sleeping her last long sleep
In her high-backed, oaken chair,
And marveled to see the heav'nly smile
Iu plaoe of the lines of care.
Then softly murmured a woman's voice:
"Hho has left all care and wrong
And gone to the land where the Ellin went,
To be with her all day long."
—H. Arthur Powell, in New York Observer.
| A Love Story I
Of the Rain. |
They had walked,strangely enough,
half way home in complete silence
whou a man and a woman passed, like
them, under oue umbrella, but, un
like them,the woman was held snugly
close to the mail's side as she clung
to his arm.
As they passed, Robert Courtright
said, half thoughtlessly, perhaps:
"Tliey are sensible. If two are try
ing to use oue umbrella, they are
surely to be commended if they strive
to take up as little room as possible.
Eveu if it be noon, won't you take
my arm?"
"But they are plainly not such
strangers as we," she returned, con
scious that both were treading ou dan
gerous ground.
"Are we strangers?" he asked
quickly, turning his eyes seurchiiigly
to lier.
The pretty face grew a trifle pale
against its light brown hair. A lump
seemed to climb to her throat,but she
returned bravely: "Yes—that is, we'll
always bo strangers compared with
the Ji."
Eight years went by and found Ga
brielle Vatighue alone in the world,
with necessity for keeping up a life in
vrliich all interest and all energy were
dead. She had at last arisen from a
tedious illness, and the nur.so herself
hardly recognized the tall, pale, sad
faced womau with the s-liort, dark
curls ns the bright-eyed,light-hearted
girl of six months before.
She knew where he was; she knew
that he hud married three years after
that bitter morning in the rain, ami
had married a wealthy wife. That was
the reason that she had thrust him
back from her long ago because of his
poverty.
She had known his ambitions and
his capabilities; knew hie dreams of
success, and she realized his ability
to turn the drea ns to realities. She
was poor. Would she permit herself
to hang a millstone about his neck?
No; she would hurt his heart before
she would ruin his life.
Time had proved that she had been
right. He had risen—and now that
she scarcely was able to know herself
she would venture into liisjworld and
see for herself how happy and pros
perous he was.
She sjepped into Langingliam one
spring evening, steeling her heart to
what might follow. The next evening
she had walked past his great house
and was starting back when a sudden
shower burst upon her. She was
hurrying along when all at once she
was conscious of a sharp, childish cry
at her side. Turning, she beheld a
tall, sad-faced man trying to quiet a
fretful baby of about two years, which
held out its dimpled hands to her and
cried: "Mamma, mamma!"
"I must bog your pardon, madam.
His mother has just died, and toine
thing about you seems to have re
calle 1 her to him."
Gabrielle's heart softened at once.
Going straight up, she took the tiny,
out-stretched hands in her own and
murmured: "Poor, motherless little
one!"
Tbe father hold out his umbrella
over her, and for the first time she
looked at him. The face was Robert's.
She was glad for the excuse of turn
ing to the baby ag tin and murmured
something unintelligible.
"If you will walk uuder my um
brella, as lam going your way, you
can keep dry. / '.d. too, I fear baby
won't like to part with you now,"
As they reached the foot of tho
broad stone steps she stopped.
But a perfect shriek from baby
arose when he fouud himself deserted
in this fashion. Gabrielle could not
"Will yo'i please co:no into the
house with Kim? Mrs. Clarke may
there be better able !o get him away
than L"
So Gabriollo, carrying his child,
Leslie, euteied the bouse, unknown,
but welcome, even then.
A bold idea euteied Gabrielle's
bond. She tried three or four times
to speak and ber voice failed. Finally
she choked back tbe lump iu litr
throat and said: "Would it be pre
sumptuous in mo to otter myself as
nursemaid. I can show you some ex
cellent references and I am looking
for some such position."
One eve uiug two years later found
Gabrielle alone in the dimly lighted
room when Mr. Courtright entered.
".Shall I call Mabel?" she began,
starting from her station at tbe win
dow.
"No, Miss Yarney; stay. I have
something to say to you. You remem
ber how moved I was the lirst time
Leslie called you 'mamma?' You
thought then, no doubt, that it was
because of the memory of my wife.
Partly so, but mostly because I
thought for an instant that you were
the woman who—who might have
been his mother if the fates had been
kinder. Do you know, Miss Varney,
that you often remind me cruelly of a
woman I loved better than the world?"
"Your wife?"
"No. One I loved before I met
my wife. Ca'i you, will you, hate me
if I ask you thus to be Leslie's
mamma in truth as well as iu word?"
Moment after moment went by. At
last she said:
"I, too, have loved long ago. And
I can never in auy way love another
man. But "
".Miss Varney"—he broke in.
"No, let me finish," she continued,
"lake an umbrella and go down to
the east gate. Do not ask a finest ion,
but take the umbrella and wait
there."
Then she sped upstairs. He was
dazed; maybe that was the reason that
he, as in a dream, did as she had bid
and took his station down at tue r is tic
gate, where the softly falling rain
dipped through the leaves on the gra
vel of the walk.
Snddenly he was co scions of a
rustle at his sido, and, turning, there
stood a tall girl with a loving smile
beaming above the same dark collar,
with a sweet face sbiniug from be
neath the same velvet bonnet remem
bered so well from long ago, and an
old-time voice murmuied;
"Robert!"
"Gabrielle?"
When they walked up to the house
that night she clung lovingly to his
arm under the narrow umbrella, for
they were starngers no longer.
A QUEER CAROLINA ELECTION.
I*eople Vole at* to Which of Them Shall
Leave a Hamlet for It* Goo.l.
The most remarkable election siuc«
the time of Aristides is reported from
Judge's store in the hamlet of Lauds
ford, S. C. Its object was to deter
mine which citizens should be invited
to leave the neighborhood for the im
provement of its moral tone. An in
vitation to leave means "leave!" and
is never disobeyed, the man to whom
it is given choosing whether he will gc
over the stato line or "through the
gates ajar."
There has receutly been much ille
gal liquor selling about Laudsford,
and the presence of some undesirable
women w as supposod to be encouraged
by the persons couduciing the liquor
traffic. Constable J. L. Rape seized a
bnggv and mule and fifteen gallons of
liquor, which he intercepted in the
night. Under the state dispensary
law property used in conveying liquor
unlawfully is confiscated. The man in
charge of the outfit escaped. A night
or two later au attempt was made to
kill a mule belonging to a prominent
citizen, who was supposed to have in
stigated the coustable to the seizure.
This brought matters to a point.
Every white man in the neiglib >r
h >od was summoned to meet at Judge's
stoie, and they gatherod to the num
ber of fifty. All their names were
enrolled, and the secretary then au- J
liounced that there was lo be au elec
tion, and put the question as follows: i
"If yon conscientiously believe 1
there are any person or persons whose :
presence is contaminating to the moral I
and social atmosphere of this commit- i
nity, then write his or their names on ;
a piece of paper, fold, and deposit in !
billot box. On the contrary, if you
conscientiously do not believe there j
are any such person or persons in the
community, then so write it."
A box was opened, ballots were dis
tributed, and mauagors were ap
pointed. The voting proceeded si
lently, and there wore no quarrels or
threats. The man known to be the
owmr of the whiskey-laden mule the
constable bail captured was present j
and voted like the others. When the I
box was 01 ened it was fouud that he \
had carried the precinct by a majority
which did not seem to gratify him.
His uamo was on most of the ballots.
It is not known whether lie voted foi
himself or cast a courtesy ballot foi
some other man.
Several other men of those present
received such liberal support that thej i
began preparations next morning tc !
finish picking out their cotton in t .
hurry. It was understood that those i
invited to depart will do so "as soot
as practicable," and the only limit pul
upon their destination by the sense o)
the meeting is that it shall bo ''else
where"—Now York Times.
FlrciiiK from Electricity.
The rapid spread of electric tram
ways and electric light systems is
driving magnetic observatories froir
the neighborhood of large towns anc
cities. The delicate instruments em
ployed in such observatories lose tlieii
usefulness when extensive electrii
plants are in operation near them
Oue of tli3 latest instances is that o
the magnetic ob-ervatory of Vienna
which has been abandoned. The Aus
trian government has been asked t«
provide a new observatory situated a'
a distance fro .i the capital. !
r" ! 4
} FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT, 112
Women to Be Recognized.
Sixteen windows in the dome of the
capitol at Denver, Col., are to have
portraits of leading citizens of the
state, and the women have demanded '
of the managers that their sex shall !
be represented in at least five of them.
Among the women suggested are Mrs.
Angusta Tuber. Mrs. Albert G. Boone,
wife of the scout, and Chippeta, wife
Chief Ouray of the Utes. The Wom
an's Journal suggests as one of these
portraits that of Margaret W. Camp
bell, a former resident of Colorado,
through whose efforts in 1876 woman
suffrage was authorized by the state
constitution.
The Queen Ten<lfl to IVer Household.
Notwithstanding the great amount
of business with which she has to ;
deal, the Queen is to a large extent '
her own housekeeper. The first thing
every morning a paper of suggestions
from the clerk of the kitchen is placed
before her, from which, in her own
hand, she orders the menus of the
day, both for herself and such of her
grandchildren as may bo with her.
The Queen's chef receives a salary of
82001) per annum, and has as satellites [
four master cooks, two yeomen of the '
kitchen, two assistant cooks, two S
j roasting cooks, six apprentices and i
! six kitclienmaids, besides pantrymen
| and other lesser lights.
A Runcli of Charma Now.
The proper wrinkle for the wearer
! of charms and bar aric jingles is a
bunch of amulets, and the smart bau
\ ble shops cater to this new fad by
making thirteen diminutive and dainty
toys of gold, silver and crystal, all at
tached to one short chain from which
they can serve rs watch foil orua
j inent, chatela no or bangle adorn
ment, or as a play toy for the long
neck chain. Each charm is a symbol
of some blessing or virtue. The tiny
amethyst heart in its rim of gold sig- 1
uifies happiness, the golden filbert
long life, the bit of heather pressed
within a flat crystal locket life-long
happiness, the shamrock good luck,
etc. A beau, a sprig of silver mistle- j
toe, a tiny pig of bog oak,a violet and
an anchor are among these charms,
Mine. Labor! and the Cat.
Mine. Marguerite Labo i, before
( her first marriage, was a professional
\ pianist. On a tour in England she
was for a week the tenant of a hand- |
some apartment belonging to another .
musician. During this time the latter
called ami the fair pianist said:
"I have fallen in lovo with your j
cat. It is a musical prodigy. I never
practice but it comes and sits down
near me and looks at nie with au ex- j
! pression that is almost human. As
long as I play it keeps quiet, as if its
soul were lost in the pleasure of the
performance. The moment I stop it
wails as if to beg for an encore."
"I dislike to destroy a romance,"
replied her friend, "but for the last,
live years I have made it a rule to feed
the cat the moment my practicing was
over."
Mate.»Labori spent many years in
Bost«y„- Mass., and became a social
favorite at the Hub. She met her
present husband after her return to
the Continent, where she was en
gaged in professional music work. Jn
appearance she is a typical Anglo-
Saxon, with a well-knit frame, show
ing a love of outdoor sports. Her
coinplexiou is pink and white, and her
bright dark eyes show an inheritance
of health and vigor. Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
Wave tlie llalr Naturally.
Most importaut in waviug the hair
In the great undulations which are so
popular for the pompadour efl'aci just
at ire-eut is to make it look as nat
ural as possible. The point of difl'er
euce between naturally wavy hair and
waves created by the curling iron is
that the former undulate evenly and
match all over the head, no matter
from what part the hair is combed.
The waves fit into each other. The
artificial wavelets are all sizes, and
jog at every inch or so, showing an
uuevenuess of heat in the iron and
no regard for making ends fit to- i
gether.
While it is not possible to perfectly
counterfeit nature, still, having de
cided upon the sort of coiffure de
sired, the waves can be manufactured
surprisingly even. The first lock hav
ing been waved, all others must match
it in size and direction as if the whole
head were waved in one impression of
the hot iron. This can bo done ac- j
curately by taking a few hairs from
the first lock and combing it with the
second to measure the waves. This
must be c mtijued all around the first
lock, and extend all around the head.
Only in this way can a waved coill'ure
be made effective. The iron must also
be of even temperature throughout
the whole process, otherwise one wave
will be tighter than auother. When j
properly done the most simple ar
rangement is beautiful,
I.utrftt Fnnrlm in L.incerl«.
The fondness that women have for
dainty lingerie not infrequently leads
them into grave mistakes in purchas
ing it. The cheap garments, with
their Huffy lace, while so attractive on (
the bargain table, lamentably fail to
keep their character after one lauu
deiing.
The cambric umbrella skirt, four
and a half yards wide, with four in
sertions of Valenciennes and a wide I
lace rnfHo is fashionably. Another
favorite is a skirt of the same style
with a two-inch Point de Paris inser
tion aud a full lace ruffle, protected
by a dust rufe.
The must desirable nightgowns are !
made of fine French cambric, in p'.alu
white or with pink or blue dots. Col
ored batistes in delicate tints are much
used for all undergarments, and are
trimmed with tine thread laces. These
materials launder well and are \ery
durable.
Nightgowns are trimmed with Point
de Paris lace, and have large revers
trimmed with tine tucks and inser
| tion. Gowns with the square yoke
; effect are elaborately ornamented with
dainty satin bows of white, pink, lav
ender or blue. The empire gown does
not lose its popularity, audit is m< st
effective when trimmed with fluffy
lace and dainty satin bows.
Some of the best shops are showing
petticoats made to fit snugly over the
hips and flaring full at the kuee.
These are designed to be woru with
the new box-plaited skirts.
The finest corset c >vers are no
longer fitted to the figure, but are
drawn into place at the neck and waist
jby tiny strings, Home exquisite crea
; tions in this line are fashioned of
white silk aud trimmed with creamy
silk lace and insertiou. Others a e
elaborately trimmed with white lace
and baby ribbon. These special con
fections, however, command as high a
price as the average woman pays for u
bilk shirt waist, and consequently are
withiu the reach of ouiy a favored
i few.
Creations in the line of silk petti
; coats are becoming more elaborate
! daily. As much labor is frequently
1 expended in making one of them as
would be required to turn out a com
plete costume. Accordion or knife
plaited ruffles adorn all of the latest
petticoats and where insertions of silk
lace are added an appeal auce of ex
treme airiness is produced. The up
per parts of many of the skirts are
trimmed with lovers' knots of lace.—
New York Tribune.
Womanly Kxeroise Not New Willi U*.
Susan, Countess of Malmesbury,
I seeks to rid the mind of the fallacy
that outdoor exercise is a special at
tribute of the women of the presont
day. Our mothers and grandmothers,
| she reminds us, cjitld sit a horse,
wield a salmon rod or use an oa". We
know, too, that Mary Queeu of Scots
never could keep her health unless
she rode twenty or thirty miles a day,
i and that the ladies of her court ac
companied her when she went out
j hawking.
Both the women and the men of
j past days led, forcedly, lives which
! were in the main quieter than ours,
locomotion b3ing so much more ex
pensive, fatiguing and difficult.
| Many things'which formerly were
j done at home by the mistress of the
house aud her maid servants now are
accomplished best elsewhere.
The doctor and the chemist of today
are more reliable than those of the
past, therefore the mother of the fam
ily does not find it necessary or even
advisable to concoct medicines for
those about her.
Certainly the principles and prac
tice of today appear to have create 1 a
race of tine upstanding young women,
many of whom leave their homes,
where they have been loved and deli
cately nurtured, to follow tlrnr hus
bands, enduring all manner of hard
ships without complaint.
Many of these women, who have
never done a hard day's work ill their
lives, goto the colonies, and what
their hands find to do that they brave
ly undertake. Their mental training
would be of the wrong sort indeed
had it not taught them the dignity of
the necessary labor of a woman for
those she loves.
Careful diet, continues the count
ess, and everci.-e specially adapted tt
the needs of each individual are the
ino.-t powerful —indeed the only last
ing— remedies we possess against the
enervating effect of luxury or high
pressure, and the sedentary existence
which the stern necessity of earning a
living has imposed on too many of
our sex, and thev are remedios which
cannot be replaced by medical treat
ment.
Almost every woman might, if she
had the time at her disposal, derive
benefit from the bringing iuto active
use of some oue set of muscles, sup
posing that her efforts were directed
lightly. The Swedish system of gym
nastics fully recognizes this fact, and
it is well known that there are special
movements which improve the actiou
of the heart or of the digestive facul
ties, as the case may be.
The whole secret lies in knowing
what to do, but in not overdoing it,
and in developing side by side the
mental and physical qualities of our
young girls as the} - are growing up.
GlraniiiKA from the Shops.
Separate skirts of corduroy in staple
colors, to bo worn with flannel shirt
waists.
Separate skirts in various plaid com
binations to be worn with black velvet
jackets.
Whip belts made of Mexican cinch
leather fastened with a trace buckle
and strap.
Many mottled green and brown
woolen materials for golf suits and
sej>arate skirts.
Many chemisettes aud detachable
guimpes of lace aud some tissue ma
terial combined.
Practical needlework cases of leathei
haudsomely appointed with sterl.ng
silver accessories.
Imperial ties of rich faille irau
caise with silk-embroidered ends' it,
patriotic emblems.
Sheath petticoats of taffeta finished
around the lower edge with a mass
of points, tlntes or frills, below whick
is a deep flounco of crepe de chine.
Black taffeta jackets in Eton font
finished with levers and high Medio
collar, decorated with white sill
guimp threaded with narrow blacl
ribbon.—Dry Goods lico.i ..mist.