NOBILITY.
It is ant that the mountains make the men,
In solitary grandeur. but apart —
The towering hilltops cv but serve to start
A sleeping nobleness to life again.
The great-sailed natures Unci their province
wher
Tb:>y join tlie tollers in the street, the mart,
Their honest, rushed stunliuess of hoart
Kindling responsiveness unstirred till then.
For sueh is not the narrow, binding creed,
Nor straggle to excel at others' cost —
The bickeriug seltlsh strife to w.iu who can.
On them the Pharisaic cult is lost:
Theirs is to seek and help the crying need,
To stir in all the majesty of man.
—Frederick illiatu Memmott, in the
Cpringtleld Republican.
| A PHILOPENA WOOING,}
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I Miss Harlowe's Love Story. |
John Armstrong took Miss Harlowe
out to dinner, and neither the dinner
nor the diners received any of his at
tention. for it was entirely occupied
by Miss Harlowe.
He could not have told what was
the first course, nor what was the
last, nor what had been said by the
lion of the evening, Lieut. Barnum of
Cuban fame; but he knew at just what
droop Miss Harlowe's curling lashes
looked prettiest, he knew every de
tail of her gown, he knew just how her
brown hair turned to gold where the
rays of the electric globes fell upon it.
Miss Harlowe held out a twin nut
in her pretty palm. "Will you eat a
philopena with me, Mr. Armstrong?"
she said.
It was marvellous what a softening
effect those lashes had on her brilliant
eyes, one felt the difference when she
looked straight at one and when she
looked up from under their silken
fringe. Some people said she had
hard eyes. Armstrong did not think
so. He bent over the small hand and
took up the nut as if it were a jewel.
"I will do anything that you ask me
to do," he said. "But what happens
when one eats a philopena'.'"
"Oh, you cannot accept, anything
from me and I cannot accept anything
from you. If one of us does and the
other cries 'philopena!' the unfortu
nate is obliged to give a pawn."
"Those are very hard conditions,
altogether unfair," said Armstrong.
"Eat it!" Miss Harlowe commanded,
imperiously. Then she looked down
at her plate. "There is always a way
to get around the hardest conditions,"
she said, softly.
"Phillipa carried on as usual this
evening," remarked the hostess to her
husband when the last guest had
gone. "I declare, that girl is simply
dreadful. She is the dearest, prettiest
thing, but she seems to think that all
men were created solely for her
amusement."
Mrs. West had a tender heart, and
all the evening she had carried with
her the recollection of the pathetic
gratitude in John Armstrong's eyes
■jrhen she told him that he was as
signed to Miss Harlowe. She gave an
unoffending yellow soft pillow a vicious
dig, which might have led one to sup
pose that for a moment she had trans
formed it into Miss Harlowe's golden
head. Then she gave her husband a
hug and a kiss as if to atone to all
men for the cruelty of all women.
"My dear," said he, "John Arm
strong is able to take care of him
self."
But Mrs. West knew he wasn't.
Phillipa was sleeping the sleep of
the just. Probably it was the sleep
lessness of the unjust that John Arm
strong was experiencing.
He had been warned. Other moths
who hail fluttered about the flame ex
/1 lifted their singed wings, or expati
ated on the altogether vingless con
dition of still more unfortunate vic
tims. But where is the moth that was
ever saved by good advice?
"She is as beautiful as a picture,
ind with about as much heart," said
Travers.
"She is beautiful, and she has a
heart to match her face," replied
Armstrong. "You fellows have never
been able to reach it, that's all. She
isn't a woman to be lightly won, and
* I like her for it."
"Lightly won! Good heavens!
That's just it; she doesn't want to be
won; she only wants to be wooed.
John, my boy, I admire your delicious
self-conceit and your stubbornness,
but I tell you she is just playing with
you."
"I do not care to discuss Miss Har
lowe any further," said Armstrong
coldly. And Travers knew that he
had said as much as he dared.
Phillipa sat in her drawing room,
waiting lor John Armstrong. She was
smiling to herself as she remembered
that she had told three men that she
would not he at home tonight.
"He comes out of his shell when
there is no one else here," she said
to herself. "What a great, noble head
he had! And what a will! I will tell
him about the other men."
He came directly, and she wel
comed him very sweetly; but as she
looked in his face she saw a certain
firmness about the lips and a steady
light of purpose burning in his eyes,
and she shivered a little. Like Tra
vers. she knew that she had gone as
far as she dared.
She became desperately gay, but
Armstrong was in no mood for rail
lery. He sat silent and watched the
play of the light on her hair, the deli
cate rose color that burned in her
cheeks, the quick drooping and curv
ing of her lips.
Tuen he leaned suddenly over her.
He was tremendously in earnest, his
straightforward nature could brook
no preamble. She certainly under-
Stood him by this t;mp.
"Phillipa." he cried, "you know that
you are dearer than life to me! Do
not put me off any longer. I cannot
bear it! You are very beautiful, dear,
like some exquisite flower, with all
your gifts and graces, and I am only
an awkward, abrupt fellow. I hava
nothing much to offer you, I know I
am not worthy of you, but I can give
you a heart that is all yours and a
lifetime of love and devotion. Will
you accept it, Phillipa?"
Phillipa laughed nervously. Then
she furled and unfurled her fan and
looked up archly.
"Accept anything from you? Why,
you must think I have forgotten our
philopena! Besides, if I did accept,
you know, I shouldn't have a thing to
give you for a pawn."
"Phillipa. do not trifle with me."
"You are very unreasonable!"
Phillipa cried, conscious, however,
that her eyelashes were failing her
for the first time. "You ask me to
accept a —a gift just as if there never
was such a thing as a philopena."
Armstrong rose. His lips were
white, his eyes full of pain. He looked
down on her a moment, then he said,
quietly: "Goodby, Phillipa," and
strode from the room.
He took his overcoat from the hall
tree and dragged it on deliberately.
"Like many another poor fool, I see
that 1 have endowed a beautiful doll
with a soul," he said to himself with
a bitter smile.
He jammed his hat down over his
head and slid back the chain of the
door, then he felt the touch of a hand,
and he turned and saw what no one
had ever seen before —Phillipa's bril
liant eyes all soft and misty with
tears. She laid her cheek against his
sleeve.
"John, John, forgive me!"
she cried with a little sob. "I do ac
cept, and here, I will give you the
pawn in advance."
She drew his head down and kissed
him, and Armstrong folded her in hia
arms without a word.
"You see, dear," whispered Phillipa,
"I couldn't give you my heart for a
pawn, because you already had it,
long ago."—Venita Seibert in the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
FISSURES IN VESUVIUS.
Suspiciona That Another Bijj Eruption U
1 in pending.
Professor Matteticci, the careful stu
dent of Mount Vesuvius's vagaries,
predicts that a new eruption will take
place in a short time, and from vari
ous indications he feels satisfied it
will be no slight one.
He has considered it well to utter
a timely warning, as eperience has
shown that Vesuvius, when it vents
its wrath unexpectedly, does a great
deal of damage to persons and prop
erty in the vicinity.
Professor Matteucci is no alarmist,
but bases his prediction on the fact,
which he has noticed, that various
new fissures are now being formed
near the summit of the mountain, and
this in his opinion is an unquestion
able proof that masses of lava and
other matter soon will be again
belched forth.
His close study of the volcano dur
ing the recent eruption confirms him
in this opinion.
Day after day he continued his in
vestigations, often at the peril of his
life, and as a result the account of his
work, which he has just forwarded to
the French Academy of Sciences, con
tains more facts about Vesuvius than
ware ever known before.
He noted the daily changes that
took place in the crater during the
eruption, and he even measured the
height which was attained by the
great masses of igneous matter after
the mountain had vomited them forth.
The largest of these masses ascend
ed to a height of 537 metres, and when
it fell it occupied a space of 12 cubic
metres, and was found to weigh 30,000
kilogrammes.
It traveled through the air at the
rate of 80 metres a second, and it is
estimated that a force equivalent to
600,000 horse power must have been
required to send it on its skyward
career.
This enormous mass fell dangerous
ly near the professor. This was not
the only occasion, however, on which
he almost lost his life, and his friends
are still wondering how he managed
to escape the constant shower of fiery
rocks that threatened him during the
entire eruption.
At one time it was rumored that he
had been killed, but happily this
proved to be false, and now many are
congratulating him, not only on his
good fortune, but also on the skill and
forethought which have enabled him
to ascertain the time when the next
eruption may be expected.—London
Mail.
An Old Spß-noe on I.Rvryern.
There is a passage of curious inter
est in the will of the late admiral of
the fleet, Sir john Commerell. He
wrote: "Having had fatal experience
of the iniquity of the law in certain
cases, when derisions have been given
against common sense and justice, it
is my directions that my two nieces
w.ho are intended to benefit by the
death of my child or children mean the
the two eldest children of my sister
at the time this will was made, name
ly, Edith Bloomfield and Kate Bloom
field, and I entreat the parties inter
ested in my will not to appeal to the
law if any difficulty may arise, but
to arbitration. Having been swindled
myself by every lawyer that I ever
bad anything to do with makes me
offer this advice to my heirs, execu
tors and assigns."—Westminster Ga
zette.
In Algiers a motor vehicle transport
now makes a daily run of 106 miles
between two towns where vehicular
traffic of no kind has ever before beeu
nossible.
Now York City.—Tucks, for from
losing favor, appear to be steadily
gain ins ground and will lie correct
for the next, as well as the present
TUCKED SHIRT WAIST.
season. The novel Slay Manton shirt
waist shown is of white taffeta; silk,
and is made over the fitted lining, but
nil waist materials are appropriate
and the lining can be omitted when
washable fabrics are used.
The foundation fits snugly and closes
at the centre front. On it are arranged
the portions of the waist proper. The
ETON JACKET.
fronts are tucked to yoke depth, then
full free to form soft folds, but the
backs are tucked for their entire
length and are arranged to give a
tapering effect to the figure.
The novel yoke extends over the
6leeves, but can be cut off at the arms
eyes when preferred. The sleeves are
In bishop style, tucked for nearly their
length, but left free to form puffs
above the narrow pointed cuff bands.
At the neck is a regulation stock collar
with which is worn a tie of black
velvet to match the belt.
To cut this waist for a woman of
medium size, three and seven-eighth
yards twenty-one inches wide, three
and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven
inches wide, three and five-eighth
yards thirty-two inches wide or two
and one-fourth yards forty-four inches
widi lie required.
Woman's Eton.
Etors remain first favorites for light
weight jackets and will extend their
popularity into the coming season.
No other style has so firm a hold on
tlia fashionable world and no other
is so generally becoming and useful.
This latest design possesses many ad
vantages and is admirable both for
the entire suit and the separate wrap.
Tlie May Jlanton original shown in
the large drawing is designed for the
latter purpose and Is of black cheviot
with stitched taffeta bauds
and handsome crochet buttons, but
Oxford cheviot, taffeta, covert cloth
and all jacket cloths are equally ap
propriate and nil suiting materials are
correct when the little coat is part of
a costume. As shown, the big sailor
collar is used, but when preferred this
last can t e omitted aud the neck
finished with a stitched baud extended
from the revers.
The back of the Eton is smooth and
seamless. The fronts are fitted by
means of single darts and are turned
back to form the pointed revers that
meet the collar which is joined to the
neck. The sleeves are plain in coat
style, trimmed to.simulate cuff:-.
To cut this Eton for a woman of
medium size, three and one-huli* yards
of material twenty-one inches wide,
two and one-half yards twenty-seven
Inches w!d<. two and one-eighth yards
thirty-two inches wide, one and onc
lialf yards forty-four inches wide or
one aiid three-eighth yards fifty inches
wide will lie required, with two yards
of stitched bands to trim as illus
trated.
Tlie Parasol of Many Colors.
Among novelties from Faris is tlia
sunshade with a movable cover,
achieved in an ingenious and perfect
ly simple manner so that the cover can
be put on instantly, and, naturally,
can be varied as much as liked, so
that each one will harmonize with a
different dress. It used to be the cus
tom to give as a present a valuable
parasol handle, but instead of that it
is uow fashionable to present the
frame, accompanied by several covers.
A sunshade covet- painted by the giver
forms a lovely gift.
Sapphires and Emeralds.
Sapphires and emeralds may be set
around with diamonds if you can af
ford the extravagance. If not, you
may have opals and turquoise set ifl
sold. .... . , . v ,j*v ■<*
Girl's Dress.
Little girls are best dressed when
wearing simple little frocks that are
quite free of fuss. The very charm
ing May Manton model shown is ad
mirable in many ways, including the
latest feature in the novel plastron
bertha that finishes the low neck. The
original is of China silk, with blue
figures on a white ground, and is
made with short sleeves and worn
without the guimpe; but can be varied
and made high by the addition of the
latter, while countless materials are
equally appropriate. For warm
weather, dancing school or party
wear the design is admirable as it
stands and childish, simple silks, pale
tinted cashmeres and the like are ap
propriate. For simpler occasions
washable materials and darker colors
can be used either with or wlthour the
separate guimpe. Or the waist can be
made with high yoke and long sleeves.
The waist is simple and full, closing
at the centre back, and is finished at
the low neck with the plastron-bertha.
The skirt is straight and full gathered
at the upper edge and joined to the
belt.
To cifl» this dress for a girl of eight
years of age, five yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, four and
three-eighth yards twcnty«eveu inches
wide, three and one-fourth yards
thirty-two inches wide or four yards
forty-four inches wide will be re
quired; with short sleeves five and
five-eighth yards twenty-one inches
wide, four aud seven-eighth yards
twenty-seven inches wide, three and
three-fourth yards thirty-two inches
wide or three and one-eighth yards
forty-four inches wide; with long
sleeves one and one-half yards thirty
two inches wide, two and oue third
yards twenty-one inches wide for
GIRL'S DRESS.
guimpe. two and one-fourth yards of
edging aud three and three-fourth
yards of iusertion to trim as illus
trated.
I'lain Furniture In Favor.
The plain, simple furniture, solidly
made in weathered oak and ash, in
simple lines, is increasing in popu
larity. Its practical usefulness
pleases many people; it has an artis
tic side, which pleases others, and
there are no crevices for the secretion
of dust, a point which is important to
the housekeeper. It is comparatively
inexpensive, and the heavy leather
upholstery used on many pieces, be
sides its style, as it is put on with
large dull gold nails, has wonderful
wearing qualities, and will not be
come shabby. The shapes of the din
ing tables are particularly good. They
have a number of straight sides, and
can accommodate a number of people
without crowding. A small one will
have six straight sides, the supports
passing from the corners to the cen
tre, leaving pie-shaped openings,
which give ample room for each per
son at the table. When used for the
libraries these tables are also covered
with leather, secured with big-headed
tacks. —New York Times.
flow to Clean Wool.
Greasy and resinous spots, as those
of machine oil. wagon grease, tar, pine
and cedar resins, ought to be also
cleaned right side down on the fold
ed cloth. Wet thfm first with alcohol,
next very plentifully with turpentine,
and last of all with benzine. Between
each wetting shift the spots over a
clean pla«'e. Pour everything In a
very small, but steady stream, no It
shall go right through the spot, but
not much outside it. After wotting
rub hard a minute with a soft rag.
When the cloth, underneath shows
white, turn the spot over and wipe
the right side quickly with a clean,
rag wet in alcohol. Dry quickly. In
the stin if possible; let the garment
air for six hours, rhen cover the spots
upon the wrong side with a damp, not
a wet. cloth, and press with a very
hot iron. If the spots v/ant stiffening
(lip a tooth brush lightly in the gum
arabio hold it six inches above the
wrong side of the cloth, and pass the
finger across it, so as to spatter the
gum in fine spray where it will do
most good, then let the garment lie
a few minutes before ironing.
Care of f;ln«s Brlc-a-Krac.
Glass, though provetbi.ally brittle,
will stand any amount of hard usage;
but once it is broken the only thing
that remains to be done is to throw it
away. Cementing will not do much
good. Glass that has been properly
annealed will stand variations of tem
perature perfectly well; but if this
ha"»ni been done it is likely to break
instantly and without apparent rea
son.
Glass vases used for flowers fre
quently become coated with an un
pleasant deposit in the inaccessible
parts of the inside. This is due to de
cayed stems of flowers that are left
too long in the water. This deposit
may be removed by cleaning with a
cloth that has been dipped in pumice
stone powder. Cane, if beaten flat
with a hammer and dipped into the
powder makes an excellent brush and
holds the pumice-stone in position be
tween the fibres.
Hydrochloric acid, one part acid to
eight parts water, will remove any
ordinary deposit. If this does not
have The desired effect the quantity
of acid may be increased.
It i3 advisable to keep the hands
out of the acid as much as possible, a.t
it is injurious and often cracks the
finger nails.
/JK KZC/PES
Graham Muffins —One and a half
cups sour milk; one egg; one tea
spoonful,soda; a little salt; two ta
blespoonfuls of molasses, and thu
same quantity of melted butter. Make
stiff enough with graham flour to drop
from a spoon. Bake 20 minutes. Nice
for breakfast.
Potato Shells—Add to a quart of hot
mashed potato a tablespoonful each of
butter and cream half a teaspoon of
celery salt, quarter teaspoon of papri
ka and the stiffly beaten whites of
two eggs. Press firmly into buttered
shells; unmoht carefully. Flush the
corrugated side with beaten yolk, lay
on a buttered pan and bake brown.
Minced Meat Browned—Mince cold
roast beef very fine; add to it one tea
spoonful of chopped parsley, a little
salt and pepper, one teaspoonful of
minced onion, one cupful of grated
stale bread, a little lemon juice and
stock or gravy. Stir this over the firt
until very hot; putin a lettered bak
ing dish; cover with buttered bread
crumbs, place it in the oven till
brown. Serve with thick toruato
sauce.
Lisbon Sauce —Two tablespoons of
butter, one tablespoon of chopped on
ion. the same amount of green pepper,
one cup of tomatoes, two drops of to
basco and one tablespoon each of
chopped capers and pickles. Melt the
butter, add onion and pepper and fry
tw minutes; add the rest of the in-
and cook five minutes; sea
son v.iih a scant half teaspoon of salt.
Pour over poached eggs, served in
heated shredded wheat biscuit.
NICHT WORKERS IN NEW YORK.
Flgurea That Show tlifl Number of Tlunu
to lie Up nurd of 4U.0U0.
There are 800,000 persons, men and
women, employed in what the law de
scribes as gainful occupation—v dik
ing tor others for compensation —in
New York City, says the Sun. It has
heretofore been supposed that about
5 percent of these were employed at
night, wnich would give a total of 10,-
000 night workers in the city
Recently a table has appeared in
tended to show how many night work
ers there actually are in the four
boroughs, and this estimate gives 3200
poncemen, 3000 railroad employes,
3000 bakers, 3000 newspaper em
ployes, 2500 engineers and firemen,
2500 actors and musicians and 1000
restaurant employes. The total is 20,-
000, the balance being made up ol
butcners, pedlers, steam railroad em
ployes, telegraphers, watchmen, elec
tricians and miscellaneous workers.
The table, accurate in many respects
fans short ot completeness as to the
total number of persons employed
at night in New York. There are in
New York and Brooklyn 2167 Raines
law hotels which are open all night,
in each of which there is at loast one
man employed and usually two. Thi3
figures up 3500.
The table docs not include the mar
ket men, a considerable group of night
workers, who number at least 1000,
the men who work along shore load
ing or unloading boats to the num
ber of 1000 additional, and it does
not take into account either those em
ployed on or connected with the ferry
business of the city, which is carried
on all night, in which there are at
least 500, a total of 6000 additional.
The number of watchmen is esti
mated at 400, actually it ia nearer
2000, for there are watchmen of build
ings under construction, watchmen of
office buildings, watchmen in care of
material, factory watchmen, private
watchmen and ordinary night watch
men.
There are 250 hotels in New York
City and the number of night em
ployes of these —clerks, porters, eleva
tor men, watchmen, hell boys, ga3
men and cleaners is 2500, or an aver
age of about 10 for each hotel.
Another considerable item of night
workers is made up of the employes
}f apartment houses, elevator men and
janitors, and still another of city em
oloves connected with the water sup
ply department, which is going all
night, and in charge of public build
ings.
Gashouses in New York do not shut
down at night time, but employ night
ihifts of men, and the same is truo
)f the foundry business, and there are
:he all night drug stores as well a3
:he all night saloons, and the night
nawk cabmen, whose chief time of
profit is between midnight and day-
Oreak.
Taking all these classes together, it
*.s probably no exaggeration to Bay
'.hat there are 40,000 night workers in
\'ew York, exclusive of physicians and
clergymen.
Bolivar Srareil Him.
The life of a photographer is not
p'lways a happy one. He has to in
vade precincts which are almost sacred
in nis efforts to get a snap shot, and
sometimes he literally takes his life in
his hands when he has to set up his
machine in dangerous quarters. A
well-known artist had an exciting ex
perience the other day when he
essayed to make a pnotograph of Boli
var, the huge elephant at the Zoo.
Getting inside the cage in which Boli
var has been confined for so long, the
photographer set up his machine aud
awaited a favorable moment.
Bolivar seemed to be disturbed by
the presence of the strange apparatus
in his cell, and, suddenly whisking
around, managea to snap the chains
by which he is always bound. The
frightened photographer made a dash
to one side to escape the waving trunk
which he saw coming his way, and in
his confusion made a misstep which
landed him, camera and all. in a pit in
which the waste hay and refuse of the
.-age are kept. Luckily for him the
keepers rushed to his "assistance and
draggeu him out before the angry ani
mal could get at him. His camera waa
nadlv damaged, and nearly a week
passed before he could muster up suf
ficient courage to renew his attempt.—
Philadelphia Record.
Tlio Arm* of Wales.
The king is said to be favorably
disposed to the inclusion of the arms
jf Wales in those of the future Princes
3f Wales. It is to be hoped that the
dragon will not be used as the symbol
of this inclusion, for nothing, heraldi
:ally, could be more absurd. The
dragon does not occur in the coats
of arms of any of the ancient Welsh
princes or in those of any of the old
Welsh families. It is sometimes spok
en of as the emblem of the Tudors;
but Owen Tiulor, the founder of the
Tudor family, was not armigerous;
and the red dragon which Henry VII.
adopted was not that of the Tudors,
hut was a compromise between the
white bull of York and the red lion
and greyhound of Lancaster.
l»i;j Window, No Harmony.
The Builders' Trade Journal says
;hat plate glass, the creation of com
paratively recent times, is responsible
'or many of the enormities which ren
der the street architecture of today so
devoid' of grace and harmony. Those,
nowever, who contend that a house
window glazed with small panes—even
chose so popular at tlie beginning of
he 19th century, about 12x15 inches—
s much more pleasing In appearance
han one glazed with one great sheet,
ire. we think, quite in the right