Young gentlemen who think of
pending the guy winter fMon on the
Yukon will do well to remember that
totem pole cannot be utilized for the
manufacture of soup.
It may have been only a coinci
dence, but it wan just about the time
the Czar sent that little present of
40,001) rifle to Servia that Abdul
Hamid concluded he had no present
use for Thessaly.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
commend the example of the Ken
tnckian who started out to walk to
the Klondike gold field.' "That is
the est way to atnrt now, because
you won't get there."
The earthquake which made a cir
cuit of the globe have got back
to their starting point in the West In
die. A general hope will obtnin that
their globe-trotting will now cease.
That sort of a pint hue unnettle real
estate too much to be encouraged.
The coolie whom jealousy drove in
sane in British North Borneo so that
he ran amuck and killed fifteen peo
ple, would make a good subject for
Professor Lombroso's analysis. These
Malays who seize their knives and
dash forth to slaughter any living
thing in their path are good examples
of the criminal type that "sees red"
when the lust of murder comes upon
it
It is estimated that the turkey trade
of the United States exceeds 12,000,
000 annually. The greatest of the
turkey growing states are Illinois,
Pennsylvania, New Yolk, Ohio, Indi
ana, Iowa, Miasouri, Kansas, Ken
tucky, Tennessee and Texas. Rhode
' Island produced but 11,050 turkeys
in 1890, but the flavor of the bird
raised in that little state is well
known to epicures.
The pension roll soon will reach the
million mark, predict the New York
Press. Commissioner Evans has is
sued a statement showing that at the
beginning of the fiscal year the pen
sioners numbered just 083,528, an in
crease in twelve mouths of 12,850.
In that time 50,101 new pensions
were granted and 3,071 persons were
restored to the rolls. There were
31,950 deaths in the year.
The manufacture of bi-products from
citrus fruita is obtaining some hold in
Southern California. There is a plant
in San Diego, and another in Los
Angeles, and Ontario is to have one. It
is not likely that these establishments
can pay much more for cull oranges
than the cost of picking and delivery,
but they will make market for a
great deal of labor. As a matter of
fact the oranges themselves are mostly
stored labor. Anything which gives
Anybody something to do is a benefit.
A critic of the piano has come out
with the statement that the instru
ment in question is the greatest social
nuisance of the age, inasmuch as "it
utterly ruins rational conversation."
He adds: "The unhappy visitor is
doomed to undergo a tinkle-tanklo of
the keys, whioh falls short, in soul
and spirit, of the performance of a
street urchin on an old kettle. With
pianoforte teachers on every stair in
town, the temptations to the evil are
numerous enough. For the sake of
mercy, let us keep it oat of the
schools."
The department-store question has
taken' new phase in Toronto, Can
ada, where retailers doing business
in speoifio lines propose to seek legis
lation at the session of the Provincial
parliment, having as its object the
imposition of a tax on the tarn-over.
The New York Press' thinks this is
departure savoring very much of
the Henry Oeorge idea, which in
praotioe will mean a comparatively
small tax ou-a business turn-over up
to, say, $5000, but on large turn-overs
tip to $100,000 or $200,000 the tax
would be very heavy,
A new study of human develop
ment has been published by Ger
man author, . Hahn. He maintains
that primitive man was an omnivor
ous feeder upon whatever could be
picked np, and thai he then became
severally a hunter, a fisher, a planter
nd herder, bat that those modes of
gaining a livelihood were not taken up
successively as an evolutionary series.
He finds barley to be the first cereal,
and wheat the latest. Cattle were
first domesticated as draught animals,
especially to draw the plow.aud their
milk was not used as food uutil long
afterward. The wagon is assigned
religious origin. It is believed to
have had four wheels derived from
spindle whorls, and to have first trans
ported effigies of the goddess of fer-iUtjr.
IF WE
Could wa but draw the curtain
That surround each othnr' live,
Bee the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often wh should II nil it better,
1'iirnr than we Judge we should
We should love wh other better
" It we only understood.
Could we Judge all deeds by motives,
Kee the Rood and bad within,
Often we should love the sinner.
All the while we loathe the sin I
Could we know the powers working
To overthrow Integrity,
We should Judge each other's errors
With more patient charity.
A ' The Colonel's Daughter.
1 A STOST or THS Mtvnl.t-TMM. W
It wa hot hot hot everywhere
on June 20,1778. Kven Colonel Win
throp'a leaf-embowered house in the
beautiful valley of the Shrewsbury
w a at least 20 degree w aimer than
the comfort of the occupant de
manded. Mistress Hetty Winthrop, followed
by a colored lad, walked slowly up
through the shrubbery. She had been
out on the river, in search of a stray
breeze. Mistres Hetty wa the one
thing on the Winthrop place whoso
appearance the elevated temperature
did not a fleet unpleasantly. Indeed,
if anything, it served to heighten her
charms, deepening the rose on her
softly rounded cheeks, intensifying
the blue of her eye and caused the
tendrils of gold-brown hair to curl in
closer rings
She was a pretty picture a alio sat
in the shade, her white hands clasped
about her knee, and so thought the
shabbily dressed young man who rode
up the long avenue leading from the
high road. He dismounted at the foot
of the piazza steps and, throwing the
bridle to a bov, stood and looked ir
resolutely at her for a moment, then
passed quickly np to the front door
and disappeared into the house.
Hetty glanced carelessly at him and
resumed her reverie, of which so un
inviting looking a person could form
no possible part.
Suddenly the voice of Don Carliw,
her father's valet, broke up hor
dream.
"Missy, de cnnnel done want yo"
"Who wa it that went into the
house awhile ago, Carlos?" she askod,
rising slowly.
"I dunno, missy. Hut I hear him
say somethin' or 'nother 'bout a big
battle dat was fo't yest'dy up at de
Monmouth co't house"
"What! Where?"
Miss Hetty's cheeks were white
enough now.
' The colonel awaited his daughter
on the piazza. He was a tall, spare
man and walked with a limp.
"Father, is it true what Carlos tells
me? Are you sure there ha been a
battle at Monmouth courthouse ami
and that many of our men and
officers are killed? Oh. father!"
"Come here, Hetty. Fie, child;
don't be foolish. A soldier's sweet
heart and frightened, because, per
chance, he has had to do a little fight
ing. Lucky dog to have a strong
right hand with which to strike a
blow for hi country," and the colonel
looked ruefully at hi own right wrist,
from which the haud had beeu sev
ered. "Oh, father, those horrible, battles
" But at a glance from her father
she stopped, compressed her lips and
straightened her shoulders. "Do yon
believe, sir," she continued in a culm
voice, yet with a look of intense anx
iety in her beautiful eye, "that many
of our men have been killed do you
think"
The colonel patted her cheek reas
suringly. "Don't fret, my love. We
have lost some brave men, I fear ;
though for the brave man in whose
welfare you are particularly inter
ested I fancy he is safe enough. But
gentleman arrived here 20 minutes
ago who saw the whole encounter.
Yon shall hear from his own lips what
he has already told me."
The colonel led the way into the
house. Father and daughter paused
at the drawing room door. - The man
whom Betty had seen from the lawn
stood in one of the deep windows. His
back was toward them. He still wore
his hat, and from beneath its brim a
shook of black hair straggled down
upon hi shoulders. One arm wa
raised and rested against the window
frame, and Betty noticed with sur
prise that the loose sleeve of his coarse
gray jacket, which had fallen back at
the wrist, reveulel a bit of what looked
like a military coat sleeve underneutb,
"Sir," begun the colonel, "I have
told my daughter "
At the sound of his voice, the man
at the window turned hastily.
"My father," said Betty.aud paused,
looking curiously at the slouch hat,
which he did not remove, though his
hand sought it involuntarily. Home
thing in the stranger's eyes was famil
iar, and she proceeded in a puzzled
tone: "My father tells me that you
bear tidings of the great battle fought
at Monmouth courthouse. I am most
anxious to hear them; but methinks I
could listen with more comfort, sir, if
you would remove your bat."
"Madam.I will,"' he responded and,
flinging it off, along with a mass of
black hair, revealed the face of Frank
Balfour, a lieutenant in Washington's
army and the affianced lover of Mis
tress Betty Winthrop,
"Frank!"
"Betty I"
Colonel Wiuthrop chuckled : "You
see, my love, there is still a remnant
of our army left."
"Thank God!" murmured Betty,
whose face was. hidden against Bal
four's breast !
"Amen," echoed her loyer and the
oolonel in a breath.
Then the oolonel saidi "I was
right is thinking that you would prs-
KNEW.
If we knew the earn and trial,
Knew the efforts all In vain,
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and (tain
Would the grim, external roughness
Heetn, I wonder, lust the same?
B.loiild we help, where now we hinder?
Hhould we pity where we blame?
Ah! we Judge esch other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force
Knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid st Its source.
Boeing not among the evil
All the goldon grains of good
Oh I we'd love each other better
If we only understood !
fer to liear w hat thin gentleman had to
toll from hi own lips, we I not?"
and without waiting for a reply to this
evidently needles question, he con
tinued: "I menu to send Carlos out
to watch lest some stragglers from the
king's troop get wind of your pres
ence here alone and take it into their
head to pay us an unexpected visit.
We are not fur out of their line of
march, if thev are en route for Sandy
Hook." With a kindly nod to the
young people the colonel left the
room.
"To think that I should not have
known you from the flrt, Frank."
"And to think what a strug
gle I had to keep from running to you
at once, when I saw you on the lawn,
instead of revealing myself to vour
father first."
Sitting beside hi sweetheart, her
hand clasped in his, the young lieu
tenant told her how Clinton's army,
with its horde of camp followers, had
swept down through New Jersey, with
Washington close in their wake; of the
desperate battle fought the day be
fore, near Monmouth courthouse. "We
lav," said he, "within earshot of the
British lines; our sentries patrolled
close to their outmost pickets; and
yet, when day broke and we looked
across to where the night before a
grent army had been encamped, lo, it
bad disappeared a completely as if
the earth had opened and swallowed
it up. Our consternation knew no
bounds, for wo had gone to sleep with
our hand on our sword hilts, ready
to finish carving up the redcoat on
the morrow; but they had outwitted
us.
"This is all very wonderful and very
interesting," said Hetty, excitedly,
"but how came you here?"
"Happily for me, sweetheart, I was
one of a small detachment detailed to
follow and keep watch on the enemy's
movements. Hy the time we had com
pleted these discoveries we wore with
in a few mile of my dearest girl and
my longing to see her became irresisti
ble. So 1 confided to my superior
olticer somewhat of my anxiety and
begged leave of a short absence, prom
ising to rejoin the company tonight at
a point half way between here and
Monmouth courthouse, where a few
hours' halt will be called. This he
kindly granted, but urged me to as
sume some disguise, as the country
about hole is filled with British strag
lers, scouts and rcconnoiteriug par
ties, and were my identity tj become
known my freedom, to say nothing of
my life, might pay tlio forfeit. As
luck would have it, we came upon a
farmhouse that had been ransacked by
tho redcoat in passing. The place
wa deserted, and I appropriated the
materials for my disguise. I trust
their owner will not begrudge them to
me. The lust part of my way I was
somewhat disconcerted by the pres
ence of a fellow who insisted upon
joining me. His attentions and con
versation were highly annoying, for
he spoke disparagingly of our beloved
Washington, so that my blood boiled
within me, and I had much ad to
keep from striking him down. As we
parted at the foot of the avenue the
fellow said, with a grin: 'Farewell;
I see thou art as prudent as thy fel
lows.'" "What did he mean?" asked Betty,
fearfully.
"I know not, sweetheart, nor did I
hoed the impudent varlet. I am here
with you for the rest I care not."
Here the colonel joined them, and
the three Nat and talked happily. So
absorbed were they that they did not
hear the sound of hurrying footsteps
in the hall, and Carlos, who had been
running with might and main, appeared
unexpectedly iu their midat.
"Mussa cnnnel," he exclaimed,
breathlessly, "dey is three men on
horseback a piece down de road two
ob dein am redcoats. Dey's comin'
fo' de l'utenant, sho dey ain't no
scape!"
"Bo quiet, you fool!" commanded
the oolonel, fiercely, running his fin
gers through his hair.
Balfour's hand had sought his
sword hilt.
"That fellow I met on the high
road must have given the alarm,"
said he. "Well, it's too late to run
away now, for, look! they've come in
side the grounds."
"I'll be I swear I'll shoot the first
man who attempts to search my house, "
said the oolonel, fiercely.
Botty stood with compressed
lip and bent brows, Suddenly she
said, in a quiet voice,', as if thinking
out every detail of her speech as she
uttered It:
"Frank, I have a plan for your es
cape. But you must follow my direc
tions implicitly. Conceal yourself in
the shrubbery at the back of the house
until Carlos brings you word that the
coast is clear. Tlieu follow him. He
will take yon by a short cut to the
river, where you will find my canoe
moored. Let him paddle you up
stream to the Griggs farm; the people
are well knowu to us. From them
you can procure a good horse and"
"But, my dearest Jove, what " be
gan Balfour.
Betty interrupted him imperiously1.
"I know what you would say but
you must do as I tell yon trust all to
me and go." The girl's voice was
almost stern, but her eyes were very
tender.
"As you will," he said and stooped
and kissed her. "Good by, Colonel
Winthrop."
"Goodby and God be with yon,"
responded the colonel, solemnly.
"What plan my daughter ha for your
escape I know not, but "
"It will not fail, father. Frank, dear
Frank, go," and Betty fairly pushed
him out of the room and house.
"Hemember my directions," she
said to Carlos in the hall. "Keep
watch on the three horsemen, and when
you see them gallop away run to Lien
tenant Balfour instantly. Go now,
and order the big brown horse sad
dled in haste for a gentleman who will
ride from here. He will mount in the
stable ynrd. . Hurry!"
Then Betty sped upstairs to the
garret to a chest that contained cer
tain relics of her father's regimental
career.
Five minute later the colonel, who
had been watching tho movements of
the men on the avenue, wa filled with
consternation at sight of a young man
dressed in the blue and huff of a con
tinental officer, riding leisurely away
across the lawn to the high road.
"What foolhnrdiness! What stu
pidity! That idiot Frank. He shan't
marry my girl to ride right down
their throats without so much as his
disguise. Fool fool I Poor Betty!"
Meantime, one of the three horse
men who were advancing np the drive
caught sight of the uniformed figure
and with au exclamation turned his
horse across the lawn and started in
pursuit, followed by his companions.
For an instant the young officer
paused as if undecided, the next he
struck spurs to bis horse' flauk and
plunged away over the green. Leap
ing the hedge that inclosed the colo
nel's place at this point, he turned
iuto the road. The colonel watched
the flying figure until they were lost
to sight in the dusty distance, then
turned away with an impatient sigh.
Through the lengthening shadows
pursued and pursuer sped on. The
brown horse, fresh from the stable,
was swift and sure of foot and his
rider handled him with consummate
skill, holding him at a steady gait that
neither lost nor gained upon the men
who followed. Up geutle undulations,
down little hill, through patches of
shady wood and out again iuto the sun
shine. Mile after mile slipped away
uuder the flying hoofs. The throe
horsemen and their horses were get
ting blown.
"Halt!" yelled the foremost. The
road led iuto the depths of a pine for
est. "Halt, or we shoot!" he cried.
The young officer sped around a
curve in the road and was lost to sight.
When his pursuers agnin caught sight
of him the brown horse showed signs
of flagging, and they had gained per
ceptilily. "Halt, or we shoot!" rang out the
command again.
"Shoot if yon dare, cowards!"
called back a clear, dauntless voice.
A bullet whizzed past the fugitive's
ear and lodged in the trunk of a pine
tree. The brown horse plunged and
reared and galloped on. Another bul
let tore a hole in the blue coat sleeve.
The three men leaned forward in
their saddles and urged on their labor
ing steeds. The pine trees hung
heavy and low across the path.
"Stop, and you are safe go on, and
we'll shoot you down," panted the
leader.
Another instant and the fugitive
had drawn rein, so suddenly that his
horse fell back upon his haunches.
His hat, caught by a drooping pine
bough, had been dragged from his
head. The foremost of the pursuers
saw a white hand raised hastily, as if
to stay the flood of golden glory that
tumbled down in many a shimmering
ripple and sunny curl ujion the fugi
tive's shoulders; saw him turn about
his exhausted horse and saw odds
guns and pistols! that the young
officer wa no young officer at all,
but a lovely girl, with flushed cheeks
and bright, exultant eyes olad in an
ill-fitting uniform of a colonel in the
continental army. As the three drew
up almost abreast in the road facing
her, she said, smilingly:
"Gentlemen, the chase is over. Yon
have done bravely, but Lieutenant
Balfour has escaped you."
"And you, madam," said one of the
horsemen sternly, "had you no scru
ples in misleading us and hindering
his capture? And do you know that
there is a penalty attached to volun
tarily aiding in the escape of a trai
tor?" "La, is there?" said Betty, sauci
ly. "It concerns me not, for I haye
aided no traitor to escape. And, pray,
siuce you are so learned in law, what
is the penalty attached to such a
crime as that of galloping ten miles
after a defenceless woman, because,
forsooth, she has a fancy to ride forth
attired in her father's old uniform?
Methiuks it should be heavy. And
do you know, sirs, that one of your
bullets pierced a hole in my father's
coat sleeve aud came near to shatter
ing my arm? Fie, fie upon you I"
And, chirruping to her horse, Betty
rode fearlessly through the midst of
her lute pursuers, unchallenged and
unmolested. And Lieutenant Balfour,
15 miles up the river, galloped away
to safety through the deepening dusk.
Frances A. Schneider, in Chicago
Record.
Only Hint.
Mr. Gotrox What -would you ex
pect me to do for my daughter if you
married her?
Georgie Goodthing (slightly ' em
barrassed) You ejr wouldn't be
willing to die for her, would you?
Judge.
First Chinese Women Itortor.
Hu King Eng, the first Chinese
woman doctor, is a great success in
the Flowery Land. Having studied
and taken the degree of M. D., after
seven years' hard work, she is now in
charge the Siang-Hu Hospital at Foo
Chow. A story is told of a coolie who
wheeled his blind old mother a thou
sand miles on a barrow to take her to
the woman doctor. A double opera
tion for cataract was the resnlt, and
the old woman can see as well as ever,
New York Sun.
lie Was at the Front.
The only American woman who was
at the front during the actual fighting
between the Turk and the Greeks
was Mine Harriet A. Boyd of Boston.
She wa a student at the American
Archaeological School at Athens when
the war broke out, and she volunteered
her services a a nurse. They were
at first refused, but through Queen
Olga's influence she was put in charge
of a hospital in which were more than
fifty wounded soldier. Large sums
of money were offered to her to send
dispatches to English and American
war correspondents, and such money
a she received from this souree she
gave to Greek hospitals.
The Athletic Girl.
Says the Lady Cyclist: "I the ath
letic girl a marrying girl? This has
long been the question, and needs
little answering. She who is happy,
metry and energetic in the fields and
lanes will be just the sort of compan
ion that a man needs to brighten up
the place at home. A man who is a
man does not marry solely for his
domestio comfort he could get a
housekeeper if that wan all that is
necessary. The manly man nowa
days wants a helpmeet and companion
some one who is his intellectual
equal and sharer in his outdoor sports.
And the athletic girl generally answers
to all this, a thing that her ancestors
failed to do."
Indian Women Who Farm.
In the Indian village on the banks
of the Minnesota river, about one mile
downstream from the city of Shako
pee, lives a band of Dakota Indians
who till the soil, make bows and ar
rows and moccasins, aud trade with
the neighboring farmers. Among the
villagers are some interesting women,
one of them being Mrs. Otherday, the
sister of Shakopee, of Little Six, one
of the most noted chiefs of the Sionx
nation. The women of the Shakopee
colony assist in the farming and make
beautiful beadwork, which they sell at
the summer resort hotels. Mrs. Other
day is a strong, well-preserved, elderly
woman, much looked up to by her own
people and her white neighbers.
Couldn't Cora Her If She Wore Mark.-
A Philadelphia physician said re
cently to a patient of his, a lady of
wealth, that he would refuse to treat
her further if she did not give up
wearing black.
It was not, however, until the dis
cussion ensued that he found out how
muoH he was asking; not only were
gowns black, but her underwear
throughout was of the same color.
The doctor then remarked that be had
considered the alternative he offered
her, to abandon black gowns or find
another physician, au extreme meas
ure, and only justified because of her
peculiarly nervous and neurotio state;
but when it came to discovering that
she had nothing but black clothes
npon her person be would refuse to
treat anybody so dressed.
The "peculiarly nervous and neu
rotio stute" he considered largely ex
plained by this dress alone.
He succeeded in effecting a change
in bis patieut's attire throughout, in
sisting on white, all white under
clothes, and as much use of white in
the outer garments as wus practicable.
There are hundreds of women sim
ilarity ill aud dressed as she once w as,
who have no idea that anything but a
question of taste is involved in the
color of their garments. They would
not expect a plant covered up from the
sun by repeated layers of black cloth
to flourish, but they do not know that
light and sunshine are necessary to
their bodies. New York Journal.
Women as 1'lano Tuners,
A new profession for women seems
to be open in piano tuning. This
business pays well and offers many
inducements to women in preference
to others. There is a very much more
pronounced demand for piano tuners
in the country districts than in the
cities, particularly in this country.
Tuning is an art eusy to acquire, and
the learning of this profession requires
neither time nor groat expense. Any
piano maker of a woman's acquaintance
will be glad to explain to her the in
tricacies of the piuno and make her
familiar with its construction, particu
larly when he thinks she might iu
return be able to sell Boine of her cus
tomers a piano, for which, by the way,
she would get a commission. Small
repairs are also easily taught; the
stringing of the piano and the leather
ing of the hammers can be done by
auybody clever with tools, and, after
a short course of practice on some old
piano standing in the back of a store,
a piuno tuner ran start ont on hef
career. What is absolutely necessary
is a good ear. That cannot be pur
chased, nor can it be acquired by in
struction. The tools necessary will
liot go into money very much. A key,
a tuning fork, a few pieces of hard
felt covered with leather to place be
tween the strings aud a few ordinary
tools, like hammers, tongs, pliers,
screw driver, etc., ore all that ere
necessary, and can be carried in
small satchel. Piano tuning does not
demand great strength, aud without
doubt it can be made to jay well,
since, according to the condition of
the piano, from $1 to $3 are paid for
putting the piano in order, and three
hours, on the outside, is all the time
necessary to put the piano in perfect
condition. Philadelphia llecord.
Mountain Climbers.
Miss Anna Peck, the woman cham
pion mountain climber of America,
must look to her laurels, as danger
ous rivals have appeared in the past
few days in her pet field. These are
Mrs. Eli Llewellyn and Mr. Schn-luan-Warthman
of the San Francisco
Sorosis, who are spending their sum
mer among the Mexican Andes.
Both ladies are known iu New York
club circles aud the literary world.
They are robust, vigorous and athletio,
as well as cultured and clever. They
believe in the gospel of exercise and
open air, and have already performed
many notable feats. Their last achieve
ment was climbing Mount Popocata
petl, one of the high peaks of the
American continent. It has an alti
tude of of 17,000 feet, more than three
miles high, and if put in Europe
would tower over any and every peak
of that continent.
It is marvelonsly beautiful, being a
symetrical cone, of which the upper
part is perpetually covered with snow.
In summer the snow melts from the
lower edge and gradually recedes up
ward, while in the early autumn it be
gins to grow downward, aud in Feb
ruary often nearly covers the entire
visible surface.
The mountain is a volcano, but has
been in a passive state for many years.
It is not extinct, because there is still
great heat in its crater, and at times
smoke issues from the crevices in the
crust.
It has all the charms and difficulties
of other mountains, so far as the sport
of climbing is concerned, but Increases
the obstacles by the hardened snow
and ice, by the avalanches and land
slides, and above all, by tho rarity of
the atmosphere.
At the three-mile point the breath
no longer refreshes the clincher, and
man and beast and bird are compelled
to pant or breathe rapidly to supply
the body with sufficient oxygen. De
spite all these difficulties the two la
dies managed to reach the summit of
the mountain.
In cloudless weather, which is not
rare upon the Mexican plateau, it is
possible to see peuks more than a
hundred miles away, and to have in
full view a circle of the earth more
than thirty-two thousand square miles
in extent, probably the largest view
in the world. The two explorers
were deprived of this wonderful vi
sion by clouds, which formed below
them when they were halt way up.and
which were almost an impenetrable
layer when they reached the summit.
New York Mail and Express.
Fashion Notes.
Hosiery and ribbons in all plaids
are among the desirable novelties for
the little folk.
Enameled silver corners decorate
some of the newest leather cardcases
and pocketbooks.
Golf scorebooks are provided with
all Bilver covers and with leather cov
ers with silver mountings.
French traveling clocks in leather
cases afford excellent timekeepers at
a comparatively smull cost.
Nothing can exceed the splendor of
some of the silver gilt jewel boxes
elaborate with colored gems.
Skirts for little tots are made short
and junnty looking and rather full,
but are fitted well at the top.
Provideut housewives delight in the
enduring qualities of silver plated pie
plates and pudding dishes with fancy
fireproof linings.
There are flower vases made to re
ceive small flower groups in the
French style. These sre graceful in
shape and come iu decorated glass and
china.
A handsome pillow receutly seen
was made of black sateen, with Tur
key red imps and goblius and little
devils appliqued on in all manner of
grotesque and fanciful positions.
The old-style jewelry is cowing
into fashion again. Women are haunt
ing the old curio shops trying to find
the beautiful old cameos like those
worn by our mothers aud grand
mothers years ago. The old fashioned
setting is rarely changed, the quaintly
carved and twisted gold beiug con
sidered very beautiful. The old
brooches and rings are especially
sought for, and bring remarkable,
prices when found.