' DIUALMAGE,
.! I8COCB8K.
nnr Nntlon'n Neade-We Blionlil
"I" More Onttltade to God For nil
- Onr Lank of Appreciation
...-.Toif, n. -D.r- Tal.e
"" . discourse ot inrminn patriot
W the resource of our conn-
K j nrpdictn the time when all the
r 10 it hnre the nie lilcRaimra. Hi
111 fill nT 1 ,,; . !-(
t lire. leviam-un aai. iu,
ih thrV" gates;" J'imlm exlvii, 20,
'wh not Henlt to witn any ration.
' r-ntet necrla of our coiin-
"Ve Vnt'""10 to God for the un
"'. i .neritv bentowed upon un.
1 J ml ten'" ralla u to international
r nn What nation on all the plan-
. l,rl aiich en nreeincnt ol
,1.1 opportunity is now opening
"Thl nation? Cuba and l'orto Rico
. okilinnine Island" hrmiiilit into
F Ultart with n1 through steal-
, he afforded by Conptreaa. all the
,3 of South America will be brought
j nctive traie wun me t.niwMi
f "On the aouth three Rates."
konr neit-'loor neighbors, the south
'itiMi lin'1 neinliborinn colonics,
I from European eonntries 3000
"t T Jl75.noO,nOO worth of poods in
', ionmlnOO worth went from
-if' mft nno ftno nr ftiTS .
'nilffl Males r iu,.n'u,-"jv. ... v"".
only one-fifth of the trade ours,
... n.tinnn taking the four fingers
na the noor thumb. Xow all
I '.to be changed. There ia nothing
. (ompnraine i.-...r
which have recently come under our
' . .. .A nnlv a ferrv between u
Hiliria. Terii, Taraguay, Uruguay,
Kllifui. i 1 it...:i ...u;l
. --. moine was and long voyages bo-
Ihfm and Europe. Uy the mandate
i. TnitPil States all that, will be
irfd through new facilities of trnnspor-
. j he j 1 1 S 1R1J ' 1 1 1 1. nil i.uiiki vnn,
L.A t Madrid, will fail in its at-
U to divert all the trade of South
Una irnm " """ "i":
mtiein.ition oi wnat is mire vo come
I on the front door of this nation an
.rtiwment:
,,,) (me nnnnren tnousana men
nld railroads through South America
the islands of the sea under our pro-
utfd-A thousand telegraph opera-
;atAOne hundred million dollnrs
,-h of dry goods from the great cities
I'nitod States.
.-tedAll the clocks you can make at-
t HAven. and all tne Drains you can
i from Boston, and all the bells you
ilH it Trov. and all the MeCovmiek
myou fashion at Chicago, and all the
y JOU Can lUlll Ulll. at vtnviumni, iiiiii
in railroad iron you can genu irom
ibnrg, and all the statesmen that you
iture Irom wasiungion.
ittfd liight away, wanted by new
iwifter steamers, wanted by rail train,
Jmn to plead our causes.
iated Doctors to cure our sick.
uwd-Ministers to evangclir.e eur
Tutfd Professors to establish our
iriities.
S 'he three south gates! xea, n
nd gates! South America and all
alands of the sea approximate are
fully our commercial domain, and
fenfress of the United States will see
: that we get what belongs to us.
id then tides of travel will be some-
k diverted from Europe to our islands
I j- nouth and to the lnnd of the Az
l Much of the $125,000,000 yearly ex-
fii by Americans n Europe will he
Med in snnthern exploration, in look
iii some of the ruins of the forty-seven
y which Stephens found only a little
1 ipart, and in walking through the
t doorwavs and over the miracles of
fc and along by the monumental glo-
I another civilization, and ancient
.-f will with cold lips of stone kiss
nnn lips of modern America, and to
Wn the Andes and Popocatepetl
be deemed as important as to have
the Alpine and Balkan ranges. And
r will be fewer people spoiled by for
F travel and in our midst less of the
'indnauseating; imitation of the French
stud the intentional hesitancy of a
m foreign swell. The fact is that
ire made vain by European travel,
mouflli sensible when they embarked.
return with A cnllnr nnrl ft prnvnt. nnil
inda coat and a pronunciation and
..npt lor American institutions and
od of the elbow that make one be-
in evolution backward from man to
Of the many thousands who now cross
'iinnuallv thousands will on nlcasuro
ibasiness visit southern lands, and so
ind merchants and scientists and
iitt will all help in this national de
t. "On the south three gates."
rtat other nation has such openings
mercinl enlargement as ours?
w. in this international comparison
- uw nappy condition of our country
mpared with most countries. Hum-
wt the shadow of the dreadful ill-
Her great and good emperor, who
ri than any man in all the world
huh "peace on earth, good will to
and whose emnrona npRP Va mnuf
R hour that ever comes to a wom-
is anxious for him to whom she
fin hand and hpfirt- not fnr t,,,lilirnl
N. hut through old-fashioned lovu
P u blesses our humbler dwellings;
M. under the agonies of a famine which
wmewnat lifted has filled nun
r 01 thousands of graves and thrown
' into orphanage; Austria only
H for her croninl Wwtninia .TDant. tr.
"u to let Hungary rise in rebellion
me paiace ot Vienna qua.. tvith
Ktion; Spain in Carliat revolution
wpenzed as seldom any nation hug
1 'I'JDcnzi-H Ttl ..,!,.. ii.. i .
. t .v..j ..mv.i liiv nut i...a
''tinffS Aniuaainafi.n. f'Uin al....l-
ith a fear of dismemberment, her
possession of foreign nations.
1 review of the conditions in other
f Tou find a more appropriate ut
:f Kurd to our country than the
-non of the text. "Ha hath not
with anv nation V"
Va' a,ltlnal report of har-
-..,,C, W,. ypar ,, te ,mr.
wail. I.nt ,,,,.,. t .o,.,l thi.
l!lof Europe .twice, and I saw no
.7'!." ore spoken of in this
near it, all you men and
"o want everybody to have
t and wear. I have to tell
Hie corn crop of our country
m U ,one of the four largest
record, 2,10S.OO0,0O0 bushels. The
tk '' .lnouKri smaller than at
Vih ' W1" 0n that "ccount bring
Sour 0 ao ctton planters of
: are prosperous. The wheat
"'e orov K-.-j u j
n. uicau cnuuuu nun
e nni... . . 7 ..
' crop one ot tne nve
nips on record, 211,000,000 bush-
ii tw' "'"on two nunurea
jtifi;"19 "'ain, and yet so many
'udiiglve yu tm comparative ex
J imports, which tell the story of
, .spenty as nothing else can.
u1 exports n aej .u, .
1 tL i 1 Pessimists hide them
:,,."le U"na and i-iv.. n( tl.o
Uio'xt801118 fi" the churcthes
Ntiee also that wljile
fr 's are at their wits' endsj as
, . ''"noes thig nation has monejl to
'ji """"ly. wa are glad to see lyou
"'tii' borrow motiey
r Rp r-a,y- now mucn wui ou
fw1' ,w also Mclcomo you i uto
;ymi, 'le. Denmark, will vou pie xse
1 ti on ,of M-000.000 for the islind
oi I bearers, there is no
N!!"rth wiHl such healthy con Ii-
.'Uto,-, "B wicKeuiy waBteun
.o,. u"' mnnl'v tni counuYy,
''"m,!, " ,ai'' il easier to nitin-
V, an'ohe,t. , .)
not a nistnrnance Inim
i ,id. i!,ver to Key West or fnlm
P. ':cew Jersey to Gulden IfoJn
Ti.J ; Sectional controversii'S
orth and Socith ..hrouJlit
InM complete accord ny tne Upanish war",
which put the Lees and the Grants on the
some side, Vermonlers and Georgians in
the same brignde. And since our Civil
War we are all mixed up. Southern men
have married Northern wives, and North
ern men have married Southern wives,
and your children are half Mississippian
and half New Englander. and to make an
other division between the North and the
South possible you would have to do with
your child as Solomon pronot,ed with the
child brought before him for judgment
divide it with the sword, giving half to
the North and half to the South. No;
there is nothing so hard to split as a cra
dle. In other lands there is compulsory
marriage of roval families, some bright
princss compelled to marry some disa
greeable foreign dignitary in order to keep
the balance of political power in Europe,
the ill-mntched pair fighting out on a
small scale that which would have been
an international contest, sometimes the
husband having the balance of power and
sometimes the wife.
If there is anything that stirs my ad
miration it is a man without any educa
tion himself sending his sons to college,
and without any opportunity for luxury
himself resolved that thouph he shnll have
it hard all the days of his life his children
shall have a good start.
And I tell you that though some of our
peojTle may have great commercial strug
gles there is going to be a grent opening
for tneir sons and dnnghters as they come
on to tnke their places in the world.
Continuing this international comparison
I have to say to you that, we have a bet
ter climate, than is to be found in any
other nation. We do not sutTor from any
thing 'like the Scotch mists or the English
fogs or the Russian ice blasts or the ty
phus of Southern Europe or the Asiatic
cholera. Epidemics in America are ex
ceptional, very exceptional. I'lenty of
wood and eonl to make n roaring lire mid
winter. Easy access to scabeneh nr mount
ain top when tie ardors of summer come
down, Michigan whent for the bread,
Eong Island corn for the meal, Carolina
rice for the quet i of puddings, Louisiana
sugar to sweeten our beverages, Georgia
cotton to keep vs warm, in our hand all
products and nil climates. Arc your nerves
weak? (io north. Is your throat delicate?
Go south. Do you feci crowded and want
more room? Go west.
I decjare it, this is the best country in
all the world to live in. How do I know
it? I have fi."0.0i)0 new reasons for saying
it; (TiO.OOO ncople in one year came from
tho other side of the Atlantic to live in
America, and they came because it is the
verv best country to live in.
While making this international "com
parison let us look forward to the time
which will surely coine when nil nations
will have as great advantages ns our own.
As surely ns the Hible is true the whole
earth is to be gardenized and set free.
Even the climates will change and the
hents be cooled and the frigidity warmed.
Many years ago in this city I gazed upon
a scene which for calamity and grandeur
one seldom sees equalled. I mean the
burning of the Smithsonian Institution.
Tt was the pride of our count ry. In it art
had gathered rarest specimens from all
lands and countries.
U was one of those buildings which
seize you with enchantment as you enter
anil all the rest of y. ur life holds you
with a charm. I happened to see the first
glow of the fires which on that, cold dny
looked out from the windows of the costly
pile. I saw the angry elements roar and
rave. The shout of affrighted workman
and the assault of lire encines only seemed
to madden the rage of the monsters that
rose up to devour all that came within
reach of their chain.
Up nlong the walls and through the
doors were pushed hands that snatched
down all they could reach and hurled it
into the abyss of flame beneath. The win
dows of the tower would light up for a
minute with a wild glare and then darken,
as though fiends with streaming locks of
(ire had come out to gaze on in laughing
mockery of all human attempts and then
sunk again into their native darkness.
The roofs began here and there to blos
som in wreaths and vines of flame. Up
and down the pillars ran serpents of fire.
Out from tho windows great arms and
fingers of flames were extended, as though
destroyed spirits were begging for deliver
ance. The tower put on a coronet of flame
and staggered and fell, the sparks flying,
tho firemen escaping, the terror accumulat
ing. Hooks, maps, rare correspondence, auto
graphs of kings, costly diagrams burned to
cinder or scattered tor many a rood upon
the wild wind to be picked up by the ex
cited multitude. Oh, rt. seemed like some
great funeral pile in which the wealth and
glory of our hind hud leaped to burn with
its consuming treasures. The heavens
were blackened with whirlwinds of smoke,
through which Bhot the long red shafts of
calamity.
Destruction waved its fiery banner from
the remaining; towers, and in the thunder
of falling beams and in the roaring surge
of billowing lire 1 heard the spirits of ruin
and desolation and woe clapping their
hands and shouting, "Aha! aha!"
I turned and looked upon the white
dome of yonder capitol, which rose
through the frosty air as imposing ns
though all the white marble of the earth
had come to resurrection and stood be
fore us, reminding one of the great white
throne of heaven. There it stood, un
moved by the terrors which that day had
been kindled before it. No tremor in its
majestic columns, no Hush of excitement
in its veins of marble. Column and capital
and dome built to endure until tho world
itself shatters in the convulsions of the
last earthquuke. Oh, what a contrast be
tween the smoking ruin on the one hand
and that gorgeous white dream of archi
tecture on the other! Well, the day speeds
on when the grandest achievement of mun
will be consumed and the world will blaze.
Down will go galleries of art and thrones
of royalty and the hurricane of (Sod's
power wiil scatter even the nshes of con
sumed greatness and glory. Not one tower
left, not one city uueonsumed, not one
scene of grandeur to relieve the desola
tion. Forests dismasted, seas licked up,
continents sunk, hemis iheres annihilated.
Oh, the roar and thundering crash of that
last conflagration! Hut from that ruin
of a blazing earth we shall look up to see
the temple of liberty and justice rising
through the uges, white and pure 'and
grand, unscarred and unshaken. Founded
on the eternal rock and swelling into
domes of infinitude and glory in which the
iialleluliuhs of heaven have their reverber
ation. No flame of human hate shall
blacken its walls. No thunder of infernal
wrath shall rock its foundations. Jly the
upheld torches of burning worlds we .hall
read it on column and architrave aud
throne of eternal dominion. "Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but truth and lib
erty and justice shall never pns auuv."
LABOR WORLD.
The Ormnn Umpire In 100 Und ISHC
Mrilu'H.
A -otili'inent of. 11m woodworker
slriko In t'hkiitfo is tmid (J lit." n.iKiu'ed
lu Toledo. Oliid. till of the fily tie
UnrlmenU arc working undue ilio tdylu
hour rule.
Minors nt die Simpson con) mine",
nt LnfayetU', Col, have sttu.k for
Wilier wages.
Tlio Intonmllonnl Jewelry Workei i
Union 1ms oi'siini.i'd ft branch with 10(1
members lit X'hlltuiolplilu.
Tho Clfe'iir Milkers' Intpnin.tlon.it
Union now line a nicmberslili) ot over
a 1,000. nutl la Browing rapidly.
The servniit girlH of Minneapolis,
Minn., fire being organised Into n union
by the trade itud labor council of '-loci
I y.
The products of Amriioitn work
shops exported during the uine month
ended September 30 lat. were valued
nt $33S.U78,-M.
Ko great Is the boom in the pattern
making branch of the irou-workiiije. in
duatry that employer! llterully l:v
had to htiut for workuieu.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 23.
fluhjeett Christmas I.paann, Matt. II., 1.
II (lolilen Test: It. Cor. I in
Memory Verses. 4-0 Commentary on
the Day's Lesson.
1. "When Jesus was born." Tho dale
of the birth of Christ is uncertain, but the
generally accepted date is December 2",
J I. (.'. 6. He was born four years before
the time from which wo count His birth
in our common reckoning. "In ltethlo
hem of Juden." To distinguish it from
Jicthlchem in (iulilce, mentioned in
Joshua 11): IB. "In the days of Herod."
Herod the (ircat. He was nn Kdomite,
nnd, although a proselyte to the Jewish
religion, was notorious for his wickedness
and cruelly. He reigned thirty-seven years
in Judca, and died a few months after the
birth of Christ. "Wise men." Or magi.
Much learned and interesting discussion
has arisen with respect to the "wise men"
and the "star." Augustine and Chrvsoa
torn say there were twelve lnngi, but the
common belief is that there were but
three. "From the Fast." Perhaps front
Media or I'crsia, or, possibly, from Arabia.
2. "King of the Jews." There wns at
this time a general expectation through
out the 1'ist that on; would be bom in
J udcu who should possess universal do
minion. This was a title unknown to the
earlier history of Israel and applied to no
one c:;eept the Messiah. It reappears in
the inscription over the cross. "His star."
Many interpreters, especially those who
Heck to eliminate the supernatural, explain
the "star," or "sidereal appearance," by
n conjunction of Jiipitermid Saturn, which
occurred in May, II. ('. 7, ami again in De
rember with Mara added. It ii, however,
much more in harmony with nil I he facts
to believe that the star which attracted
the attention of the magi, was supernat
ural. "In the Kant." In the country east
of Palestine, from whence they came. "To
Worship Him." (lod had inlliienccd these
wise men to take this journey to lind and
pay their homage to the Saviour.
3. "Had heard these things." The
Tiiagi had created no small stir by their
inquiries, which immediately attracted the
attention of the king. "Was troubled."
Herod, now sunk into the jealous decrep
itude o. his savage old age, was residing m
bis new palace on ion, when, half mad
dened us he was already by the crimes of
his past career, he was thrown into a
frssli paroxysm of alarm and anxiety by
the visit of these magi, bearing the strange
intelligence that they had conic to wor
ship u new-born king. , Herod feared a
rival. "All Jerusalem with him." Fear
ing that he would make this an occasion
of renewing his acts of bloodshed.
1. "The chief priests." This expres
sion probably comprehends the acting
high priest and his deputy. "Scribes."
The 'icribes were the learned interpreters
of the M.isaic law, and the collectors of
the ti iditionn of the elders. Many ol
them were Pharisees. "Demanded of
them." liccnuse they would be most like
ly to know. "Where the Christ should be
born" (II. V.) The wise men had said noth
ing about the Christ or the Messiah,
but only about the King of the Jews. Hut
Herod saw that this king must be the ex
pected Messiah.
0. "ly the prophet." Micah S: 2. Mat
thew docs not quote the exact words
found in Micah, but the sense is given.
They did nut need to take a long time to
search out the answer to Herod's ques
tion, for it was uu accepted truth that the
Messiah must come from Itcthlchcm.
0. "Thou itctlilchein." ilethlchcm sig
nifies the. house of bread, the fittest place
for Him to be born in whom is the true
bread which came down from heaven.
"Art in no wise least" (K. V.) Micah
says, ''Though -on he little among the
thousands of Judith, yet out of thee shall
He come forth unto me that is to be
ruler in Israel." "The princes." "The
thousands." Micah 5: 2. The tribe had
been subdivided into thousands, mid over
each subdivision there was a chieftain or
prince. "A governor." To control and
rule. "Which shall be shepherd" (It. V.)
To feed und care for, us a shepherd his
lloek.
7. "Privily called the wise men." He
desired to keep the time of his birth as
secret as possible lest the Jews, who hated
him, should take occasion to rebel. A
short time before this IHWU l'hamecs had
refused to take the oath of ullegiiiucc to
him. "Inquired of them diligently."
Learned of them carefully. (K. V.)
8. "He sent them." Ho assumed con
M jI, but they followed the directions of
the Lord. "Search diligently." Herod
was honest in making this charge to them;
he greatly desired to receivo definite word
concerning the new King. "And worship
Him nlso." What hypocrisy! He only
wished to find out tho Child in order to
murder It (vs. 1:1, Hi); ho was crafty and
subtle, saying one thing and meaning an
other. Hut tiod did not permit hint to
tarry out his purpose. The win; men,
warned of Cod in a dream, returned an
other way, and Joseph, warned in the
Fame maimer, took the young Child uud
Its mother and lied to F.gypt.
I). "The star went before them." The
same star which they had seen in their
own country now again appears. The star
hud disappeuied for a time, and this led
them to inquire in Jerusalem for the
young King whom they sought. Kxtraor
ilinary helps are not to be expected where
ordinary means are to be had, but now
they had traced the matter as fur as they
could, and were at a loss what to do. Hut
they believed Ciod, aud He who had led
them thus fur still continued to direct
their steps. "Stood over." This should
settle the mutter that the star was super
natural. We will honor Cod by believing
llis word. The star pointed out the very
house.
10. "They rejoiced." The Greek is very
emphatic. Tlvy rejoiced exceedingly, be
cause they saw they were about to lind
the child, and because they had such uti
niiitakable proof of being in divine order.
11. "Into the house." They had left
the stable that they were forced to tempo
rarily occupy at the time of Christ's birth
(I.uke 2: 7), and were living in a house.
"Fell down." They prostrated themselves
L-fore Hun according to the Kastern cus
tom, "(.lifts." The people of the Fast did
not approach into the presence of kings
without bringing them presents. The cus
tom still nrevails in many places. "Gold,"
etc. Gold would always be useful, while
frankincense and myrrh were prized for
their delicious fragrance.
Horse Is Stag; Struck,
A hansome usually stands at thi
corner of Broadway and 29th street,
where passengers wait for the cross
town cars. They always have to wall
and so havo time to make friends wltb
an intelligent hansom horse, who
feigns to be asleep until he Is patted
on the nose, when he comes back to
earth apparently with a stagy start
The fact Is that the theatrical neigh
borhood In which the cab has Its stand
has affected tho horse and has taught
him to dlselmllate. He has becomi
such a pet with waiting passenger!
that they carry sugar and apples In
their pockets with which to feed him
He never refuses anything. He calm
ly consumes a i bunch of violets, fin
ishing to the last Inch of ribbon, unt
would doubtless eat the pin that hat
held the bunch If It were offered tc
him. He also eats cigarettes, artificial
flowers, candles, peanuts and theatei
programs. Now York Sun.
Bt that caanot fargrr others break!
the brUtge over which he bhbH fM
hlmsftlf. lsrbrt.
TIIE ORIGIN OF STYLES
CAUSES THAT MAKE FOR AND
ACAINST NEW FASHIONS.
now (he Kfw Modes Are Created Influ
ence of American Ideas and Demand
t!ion Parisian Productions Inartistic
Innovations No Longer Accepted.
Fashions and styles arc never formed
"out of thin nlr;" they nre always
brought into being- from a definite
cause or for a certain purpose.
Just why a mode Is born Is rarely
thought of by the majority of produc
ers nnd wenrcrs, especially on this side
of the water.
Some of the fashions of bygone flays
reached us In so concrete a form and
were so directly related to the Influ
ences that gave them birth that their
origin was unmistakable. In more re
cent days we have had to thank the
FTcneh stage for tho majority of new
forms. Going back, we readily recall
the advent of Lohengrin, of I,u Tosca,
of Cleopatra, nnd of a variety of Bern
hardt Ideas, reaching from hnt to shoe
nnd comprising every article of wear,
including even accessories aud Jew
elry. ,The world lind been satisfied for so
many years to look to Furls and Its
cosmopolitan nnd high-pressure exist
ence ns the birthplace of nil that was
particularly Interesting In art nnd style
that the linbit became second nature.
Taris wan regarded by the too enthusi
astic nnd possibly not ever-Intelligent
buyer of other countries, os well lis
America, ns the only birthplace of
style flie only centre where Ideas of
value took a concrete form. For many
years the entire world accepted rr
Itdau dictates, unpractical, grotesque
even, as they sometimes were, without
n inuruitir.
Thus the American buyer of former
days, with nn eager, consuming popu
lation behind him, ready to take even
ridiculous merchandise nt n profit,
needed to know so little that he failed
to make a study either of necessities
or merits of style or merchandise. All
that was necessary to insure a sale
was an exhibition of tho merchandise.
Ho the question of style real style and
real taste was an unimportant one,
except with a limited portion of the
population of our greater cities peo
pie who reolly "knew a thing or two."
The tendency of such a period was
eatlroly guided by the whim and fancy
of foreign manufacturers, who founded
their ideas upon historic precedents
and traditions rnther than upon neees
slly, progress and good Judgment
There were always recurring period
for each class of merchandise. For In
stance, the whole rrorld was eager dur-
liiK the days of the Second Empire to
adopt anything French, and readily
acceded to the undoubted supremacy
or trench fashion Ideas.
The French taste of that period was
decidedly erratic and anything but
practical or artistic. But It was the
only taste, the only Authority of the
day. Paris then being the ceutre of the
world lu dead earnest, the centre to
which all eyes and minds turned as
the source of all that was truly beauti
fill and Inspired. The consequence was
that the chignon, the hoopsklrt or
crinoline nnd oilier monstrosities were
easily foisted upon an eager world, to
the great profit of shrewd French
manufacturers nnd dealers.
Then followed styles In which untold
yards of goods were draped Into the
costume, simply to make a greater
fenst for French woolen and silk mun
ufacturers.
The form or figure cf the wearer
was rarely considered In these mat
tors. 'Women had little to say about
the numerous disguises and freakish
arrangements which were heaped
upon lliem, and which only extreme
grace and artistic sense permitted of
being worn successfully, even In l'nrin
Itself.
Think of transplanting to America
wllh Its then unpaved streets and pe
culiar conditions, styles contrived only
for the ncme of ineironolltanexlHtence
Yet every woman, poor uud rich, from
end to end of our broad States, had
her chignon, and fat women waddled
through the foot-deep mud of Western
cities holding up their hoop skirts.
Then followed another era of Idiocy
the bustle and pad period. Great ex
tensions In the buck composed of wire
with horse hair puds ut the top, holding
straight out voluminous draperies.
Ihls was the last quiver of dying sluv
ery to fashion. Of course, women re
belled, men swore, and people of
sense, born under American freedom,
began to think and determine. Still,
accustomed as they were to take fash
ion religiously, as a doctrine handed
down to them by certain authorities
at home aud abroad, the Idea of de
parting from tho faith was regarded
as llttlo short of treason or heresy.
No woman of twenty years ago would
have thought of expressing her own
opinion or suggesting the form of dress
suited to her wants. She took fashion
plates as If they were edicts. The
dressmaker's advice was followed as
closely and ns carefully as that of the
physician.
Even to-day the smart woman be
lieves In her dressmaker, especially If
she bus a good dressmaker to believe
in. But in tb.jKe days she took all
kinds of medicine, whether it suited
her case or not, as far as dress was
concerned. s
America changed nil this. The free
dom of expression, tho education and
courage of Its women, and tho great
mercantile sense of Its men soon In
sisted upon more practical forms -for
American consumption. The unneces
sary, the tawdry, the meaningless
were eliminated from dress so sud
denly and ruthlessly as to astonish the
entire manufacturing world. Freakish
things found few Admirers nnd no safe.
The stylo of Purls had ti lie practical,
graceful, artistic, beautiful, attractlva
and suited to the occasion or It did not
"go" hero.
Then, by and by, tho French dress
maker began to learn a few things
from his wealthy American customer
who visited him in Tarls. lie found
the American, woman an attractive,
graceful, magulticent creature, full of
nerve, chic as any Frenchwoman, pos
sessing 'natural ruce and real personal
.beauty, as well as uu Independence of
1 8plrlt nd 0 c,pflr knowledge' of whot
ne wanreu onu Used.
Usually the possessor of a good
figure, and proud of it. this customer
demanded simpler styles, smoother
outlines, freedom of movement and
some artistic reason for the embellish
ment of i.er costume. The French
man Is quick to learn. Ho takes bis
suggestions where he gets them, and
from this American woman and the
American buyer whom the American
woman had already educated at home
he began to formulate a new set of
more severe, more simple, yet most at
tractive garments, whose lines the
whole world, Including Tarls itself,
has willingly followed.
So Paris, w!th Its little circle of un
crowned kings and queens of the cos
tume and millinery world, Is still tho
royal centre of style. But tho monar
chy is no longer absolute. No longer
do tyraunlcal mandntes issue to be ac
cepted or tob-rated by a long-suffering
and patient army of slaves the world
over.
Woman to-day has a vote thot re
ceives consideration In every atelier
and workroom at home and abroad.
Paris listens Intently for the voice of
the woman, nnd eagerly watches for
her expression of pleasure or dissatis
faction at the presentation of each
new robe nnd gown. Dry Goods Econ
omist. RAPID CROWTH OF CITIES.
liovclatlons of the I.nst Census Wlifire
the Increase Is Moat Marked.
The rapid growth of the cities of tho
New England nnd Middle Atlantic
States is, perhaps, tho most striking
revelation that has yet been made by
the twelfth decennial census. Of the
irl cities of the country having a
population of more thnn 25,000. about
eighty had made n greater numerical
ffnln In the ten years Just closed than
lu the ten years preceding. Since it
goes without saying, also, that about
the same number grew faster thnn the
average-32.5 per cent. it Is Interest
ing to ascertain that n study of the
bulletin where these cities are. con
sidered by sections. This study af
fords an admirable test of urbnn
growth, and reveals in n striking man
ner tho remarkable progress of the
northeastern part of the country.
Of the eleven cities In the South At
lantic group of States only three grew
faster than the nverago for the coun
try. These were Atlanta. Norfolk nnd
Jacksonville. In the South Central re
gion only seven out of eighteen grew
faster than the average. In the West
ern group there were six out of twelve
In tho North Central group, comprls
lug the States north of the Ohio, most
of the old free States, with the addi
tion of Missouri, twenty-two cities out
of forty-eight made more than average
progress. With the country thus di
vided Into five great sections, none of
the four so far mentioned shows a
group of cities lu which more than half
were growing faster than 32.5 per
cent. In a decade of years. The re
maining section hi the North Atlantic;
lu it forty-two out of seventy cities
have grown faster than tho country's
average. In Connecticut nil five of
the cities of more than 25,000 Inhabi
tants made a showing above the aver
age. In New Jersey seven out of ten
were above tue average; In Pennsyl
vania, eleven out of eighteen; m
Maine, one out of one Portland; fib
Rhode Island, three out of three. nCtl
In Massachusetts, eleven out of tweu
ty.
It should bo borne In mind that the
actual growth of the cities In the
North Central region was faster, owing
to the presence of a few cities on the
great lakes; but the number of cities
to show this tendency was, ns already
indicated, less than In the North At
lantic States.
The stagnant cities were lu eastern
Nebraska, northern Michigan, and at
the headwaters of the Hudson. Oma
ha, Lincoln and Sioux City belong to
the first group, Saginaw' aud Hay City
to the second, and Troy nnd Albany
to the third. As a general rule, the
cities have grown faster In the re
glons of coal-beds or of well-utilized
water-power. New York Post.
Warship Are All Hut Dnsliikahle.
The fact that tho Yusemite, whicii
wns wrecked in a typhoon off the const
of Guam, nfter having her bows stove
In, her stern bnttercd and her bottom
torn, remained utlont for two days
hears out the statement recently made
by Lieutenant-Commander Kelly that
a modern war ship Is practically uu
slnkable, unless her bottom is ripped
open.
The Iron bulkheads cut up such a
vessel's hold into many water tight
compartments, which gives the ship
buoyancy, though the water comes In
in various places.
An even better example of this wits
the cruiser Maria Theresa, which was
floated after being sunk .it Santiago
and abandoned in a big storm ns it
was being towed to the United States.
The Spanish ship was thought to be
sinking then, but It floated five hun
dred miles nfter being abandoned, flu
ally going ashore ou Cat Island.
Duke Rebuked Ills Alilerinen.
The governments which make of
Loudon several cities within a city
have been organized. The Duko of
Norfolk, us Mayor of Westminster,
presided over the city fathers who gov
ern that section of tho metropolis. A
continuous raising nnd lowering of
hauds Is necesKary In electing commit
tees, nnd some members flagged pal
pably.
"I wish," remarked the Ducal Mayor
sternly, "that some of you gentlemen
wouldn't scratch your noses with tho
same hands you hold up for me to
count."
Thereafter the city fathers went
through their manual exercises wltb
the smartness of guards nt drill. Lon
don Correspondence New York Sun.
A New Vsa for Ilngplpes.
A new use for the bagpipes has been
found by a Scottish Highlander, who
owns a sheep farm in a mountainous
district of California, ami Is lu the
habit almost dally of playing his pipes
all over the ground. The skirling bus
had the happy effect of scaring eagles
out of the locality, in which birds o
prey had formerly 'If .tie considerably
damage by carrying olf lambs, aud had
even attacked vowt
sh"en.v
A Hu?tlnn fnr 1PT14,
Wo would suggest to the brethren
who are so anxious about 1904 a
rhango of subject.
The quadrennial meeting of the
Olympian games will lie held In the
t'nited States during that year. It Is
as yet uncertain whether the srenp
will bo In New York or Chicago.
Wherever the games are held we ran
find In their anticipation more enjoy
ment than in the contemplation of a
political campaign.
The game's the thing.
t'lensnnt t veiling.
Mrs. Wiggles Did you have a good
time at the Watsons playing whist last
evening?
Mrs. Waggles We had a perfectly
lovely time.
Mrs. Wiggles Which beat?
Mrs. Waggles Well. we didn't
either of us beat. The fact is, we spent
the whole evening talking about our
children.
Poetry.
The Night Wind stirs uneasily.
"Why do you croon?" asked the Owl
In fretful cadence.
"Well, I hnve to do something thBt
rhymes with moon, of course?" sighs
the Night Wind.
There Is poetry In nature.
IOO Itewaril. SI 110.
The renders of tills nsper I1I he pleased to
team tout ttiere Is it least mm drenileil dis
c.'tsc thst fc.lenee Ins been nlile to cure In all
it stipes, nn.l thst. IsCutnrrli. Hall's fntiirrh
I'nre Is tlie only p'isitlve enre now knowa to
the medledl 1 nil'-rnitv. Cittarrli belim ncoti
s.itntinnnl li-e;w, require n cotititn(lonnl
tii-ntment. Il.ill'si't-irrli Cnrei. tiikenlnter.
imlly, net im; dire.-tly upon the blood nnd mu
ciiisui'luee of tltcs-t.em. t hereby destroy.
I114 tho fotiniliUion of the dlsesne. rind k I v I ti st
the piiilent stiviu-th hy ImiMtnit up the con
stitution nnd n-xKrint: iint'trc in doinir its
work. The proprlctnrs Imve so much fnltli In
P. eiirstlve powers tlmt they filler Oni Hun
dred Dollsrs for nny cste Unit It fulls to cure.
Bend for list of t st.imonliils. Address
K. .1. t'liFNF.r .V Co., Toledo, O.
fiiM by II rmcit I t.-.
Hull's I'liinlli Tills nre the best
Africa contains 20.000.000 Moham
medans to about 2OO,000,ou0 inhabi
tants. nest For tlie IJowels.
No mntter whnt nils you, hsailnohs to
CRiicsr, you will nvr get wll until your
bowels aro put right. Cahcakits Imlp
nature, cum yr.u witiiout it grips or puln,
product Susy nsturul niuvnmsnts, cost you
just 10 omits to stnrt getting your lisslili
bsok. Cascaketb Ciuidy Uiithnrtlii, thn
genuine, put up In metiil boxes, every tab
let bus I). CO. stumped on it. Uxwure ot
Imitations.
England's Postal Department for
warded last year 2,225.000,000 letters
and 100,000,000 postal cards.
Thirty minutes Is nil thn time required to
dye with I'dtsam Kahbi.ksb liits. Sold ly
II druggists.
There are about 117.000 novels in
Iho Parts National Library, and near
ly 69,000 volumes of French poetry.
The Rest Prescription for Chills
nd Knr Is n bottle ot Hiiovk's Tastsi.ks
t'mi.I. Tonio. It Is simply iron end quinine Io
e tasioless form. No euro no pity. l'rh-e Ma
The percentage of illiteracy in Kan
sas is less than It is in any state In
this I'nlon. or in any country on the
globe save Belgium.
Uncle Shiii'm Soldiers
Will ertt I.lbbv's Plum Pudding for Christ
mas dinner. The (I. S. Itovernniout lifts .hiit
purchased n Ihi'KO conslnmneiit of l.llihy,
McNeill &- l.lbliy's famous plum ptiddluu,
which will be unpolled to American Soldiers
In the 1'hHlpplno Islands and I'libji.
Tho owners of the tramway In
Greece, connecting Athens and Plre,
havo been given three years In which
to convert the lino Into un electric
system.
A Colonel in the llrltlsli South African
nrmy says that Adams' Tut' I Iruttl was a
blessing to Ills men while mnrelilug.
Chinese women believe that the evil
spirit holds possession of all the high
points of the earth, and that is why
no Chinese women ran ever be In
duced to climb a mountain.
Inm sure I'iso's t'uro lor C.ot-iimpl (on saved
mv life throo venrs itio, Mrs. J ii'-s. bm.
lUNS, Maple Kt..'Nor'leli, N. V': 17, lVOll.
A permanent life-line, conclBtlng of
a strong wire cable, has been stretched
along tho entire distance of the Chi
cago drainage canal. .14 miles, to be
used In case of accident.
M rs. WlnsloivVSoolhlinr Syrup for eblldreri
teethlmr.solt-iih theifiims, r-duciukdntlnuimv
i;i.ii.nUuys pain, eu res wind colic. '.i:-.a boUlc.
The American quail Imported Into
Sweden some time ago seem to thrive
and Increase. In number. It remains
to bo seen, however, whether the birds
can stand the long winters there.
In Cure ft Cnlil In One fifty.
Tske t.AXATIVS llROMO (jl'ININK Taiii.kts. Alt
drmr'Xl-t-. roftlll'l lll'i m ltoy If it Pills to cure.
B. W. tiuovs'd sltfiluture Is ell eneti box. -.'hi.
The apartment which the late King
Humbert of Italy used to occupy nt the
Qiilrlnal has been shut. Nothing will
bo changed In It, and none but mem
bers of the royal family will bo al
lowed to visit It
f f)-.111 Slrl, ""rent cure fbf
LT. L LI 1 1 Su" ",ru,t ml
" T" w troubles i'ruplr pi sue
Coush Syrup gSKTeK
Refute feubittitulcs. Gcilii . Bull's Cough bvtuu.
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The Queen bsvlng departed sfter
having deposited with her royal con
sort s piece of her mind, the court Jes
ter remarked:
"Sire, you remind me of King Henry
VIII."
"Too nun h wife?" asked the mon
arch, In haste to get a horse on the
Jester.
"That ain't bad for an amateur," re
plied the court Jester, "but I was al
luding to the fact that he was called
the bluff King, (limine a cigar, will
you?"
Feeds
the
air
Have you ever thought why
your hair is falling out? It is
because you are starving your
hair. If this starvation con
tinues, your hair will continue
to fall.
There is one good hair food.
It is Ayer's Hair Vigor. It
goes right to the roots of the
hair and gives them just the
.food they need. The hair
stops falling, becomes healthy,
and grows thick and long.
Ayer's Hair Vigor doe3
another thing, also: it always
restores color to faded or gray
hair.
One dollar kottic.
It your rtriijtpl.t ennnn! supply yon, srn4
us i.m and we will express a bottle to you,
all charRrs prepaid. He tuie and giva us .
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. C. Ay Kit Co., Lowell, Mass.
Send for out handsome book on The Hair.
Two hundred bushels of po
tatoes remove eighty pounds
of "actual " Totash from the
ji soil. Unless this quantity
i.; is returned to the soil,
the following" crop will
4.'.v materially decrease.
.r--i we have boot, trIHpf nhotit
v--ap competition, uo and vulua of
'f"fi 'fjWV'N lertili-crt tor varicui crops.
-Sin GERMAN KALI WORKS,
We make a specially of mince
meat employ tlie best skill use
the b;st materials.
, Wc "take oar iimie on it. We
use it to advertise the many other
j.'j good things tlwt we make.
MINCE MEAT
' A p.ukapc make two large, pies.'vj
our grocer will liirimli it if you
nsk him. Vou will find it better
than homc-maile better than any
mince meat you ever tasted. You'll
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