A Texas connty clerk estimate tha I
(here are 800 weddings day in
Texas. This record tells Its own story
of present joys and future responsi
bilities. '
'In denying a citizen the right to
work for a living," says Mayor Jones
of Toledo, Ohio, "we are conspiring
to destroy him. If wo have not work
enough that all may work a ten-hour
day, let us divide the work we hove
among all, thnt all may live."
In Stockholm a policeman's lot is
thnt of a dignitary. He must pnss an
extensive examination, after which he
wear a handsome uniform and occu
pies quarters provided with flno fur
niture, hot and cold Whs and a
piano, with free singing lessons. The
Swedish police system of telephones
and electric bells is hardly equaled
anywhere elso in the world.
It the last session of the New Zea
land parliament an act was passed
giving to certain municipalities the
power to adopt w hat lias come to be
called by single taxers in this country
local option in taxation, under which
a majority of electors of the munici
pality may by popular vote determine
whether or not they will exempt per
sonal property and improvements
from taxation.
The gunners of the French navy
are certainly not to bj congratulated
on their marksmanship, if the results
of the target practice of three of the
larger war vessels at Toulon a few
weeks ago are to be taken as a crite
rion. The guns of the threo vessels
blazed away at the old wooden dis
patch boat Petrel, utilized as the
target, which was sent about 4000
yards (two miles) away, until three
hundred charges were expended,
enough to have sunk a whole squadron
of such vessels. The Petrel is still
float, thanks to the gunners.
Fanatical eeal often overreaches
itself, muses the New York Observer.
The vandalism of the Muhmund tribes
men who the other dny on tho taking
of Fort Shabkadr burned tho sacred
books of the Sikh tomple there, may
prove to ' be worth a hundred regi
ments to the English arms. A coali
tion of Moslems and Hindus, which a
short time ago seemed not improba
ble, would have made the Indian
situation extremely difficult for the
British, Butjthat single act of intol
erant seal at Hhabkadr may serve to
confirm the loyalty of the whole Hindu
population of India, on the principle
not that they love England so much as
that they hate the Moslem more.
Should this country ever get into
war again, all its warships aud cruis
ers will be atonee painted olive green.
It has been found that this color is the
least easily seen in a greater propor
tion of conditions than is any other.
In daytime it harmonizes so well with
the grayish color of the atmosphere
near the ocean's surface that the ves
sel is much loss liable to be soen than
blaok. - Drab is also hard to distin
guish by day, but with a searchlight it
can easily be seen at a great distance
at night. White is easily seen with a
searchlight at night. The experiments
which have resulted iu deciding what
is to be Uncle Barn's fighting oolors
for the navjr were made on the torpedo
boat Cushing and the Ammen ram Ka
tahdin. It is of some importance that
this country has made these investi
gations first, and is therefore entitled
to first choice of colors for war vessels.
It makes much difference to the safety
both of vessels and seamen that they
be able to get as close as possible to
their enemy before being fired upon.
A complaint of too mauy foxes in
seotions within a few miles of Boston
is rather surprising to the New York
Post. ' It is, nevertheless, true that
in the Middlesex Fells and the Blue
Hills reservation the number of foxes
is plaguing the park commissioners.
A few foxes are not objectionable, but
their rapid increase is fatal to the de
sired increase in the uumber of ruffled
grouse, quail, and other ground birds.
The foxes have no natural enemies,
and it is a puzzling question how to
lesseu their number. Hunting them
with firearms cannot be permitted, as
that would open the way for poaching
on the bird.- With the strict en
forcement of the rule against carrying
gun into the reservation, it is com
paratively easy to prevent all shoot
ing, but if shooting ot foxes were al
lowed the game birds would suffer.
One plan that has been discussed it
that of runuiug the foxes with dogs
by the employes, of tie park commis
sioners, or under their supervision,
and it is probable that this oould be
done with as little disturbance to the
other wild inhabitants of the Fells' as
would result from following any other
THE LAND OF "MAKE BELIEVE."
It lies In the distance dim ami sweet, ,
On the bonier of I.onK Ako,
Anil the rond Is Worn hy tho little foot
That hnve Journeyed there to and frot
And though you nuiy seek It ly nltflit or dny
Thn tk you will nover achieve,
For only thn little ones know tho way
To the lund ot "Make llellovo."
Clad In their nrmor of Faith they rldo
On thn wIiik of ihelr fiinoy fleet.
And we hour, ns w listen mid wnlt outside,
The echo of laughter sweet,
It lighten the, burden of toll wn boar,
It brighten the lii-nrt tlmt grieve
Till wn wish wo could follow snd enter there
In the land of "Make Dolleve."
And oh. the wonderful tales thnt are told
Ot the miirvelloii xlglit they oo !
For the wenk grow stroug aud the young
grow old.
And are each whnt they wlh to b,
Oh the deed of valor, tho mighty things
Too bold for mind to conceive. !
Hut these nre everv-dnv happenings
la the laud ot Muk'o lloliuve."
Would you follow tho print of tho tiny feot?
You mut walk a they, uiiilellled,
Would you join iu their fuucles pure and
sweet?
Yon must h a a llttln child.
But In vnlu should we soelt it by night or
dny,
The tiiKk we should never achieve;
For only tho little ones know the way
To the land of "Make Hcllere."
Ida O. Morris, in Youth's Companion.
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Full twenty miles from headland to
headland Hamortin bay curves in a
silver-green crescent, spotted with
rocky islcts,utiinhabitcd except by the
gulls aud guunets which wheel and
flutter all day long about and above
their barren, seagirt villages. Thore
is neither town nor hamlet nor so
much even as a fisherman's hut upon
t lie whole extent of the shores. For
the bay is too shallow and too thickly
besot with shoals and lodges to render
safe tho visit of the smallest trawler
or smack. As you stand upon the hill
overlooking the narrow, ill-kept road
which leads from St. Giles to Windsor,
along the shores of the bay, you may
watch the white-winged sloops and
schooners going freeor tacking against
a head wind, but you will never see
one of them making a reach into Ba
inortin bav.
It is indeed an ill-omened placo, and
more than one mnckcrclcr, loaded to
the hatches, has grounded upon these
evil shoals, and gono to pieces iu the
next northeast gale.
But what was chiefly given Bamntin
bay its ugly reputation is n apace of
beach covered only at extreme high
tide and bare nt all other times, known
as the Hundown Hnnds. It is a wide
grayish-hued surface, running out ward
some forty yirt'ds to the fringe of
tumbling turf, which, during most
seasons of the year, approaches no
nearer the road, a mero wagon track
skirting the shore at this point upon
an ancient stone, wall. A perilous spot
it is, too, for the highway, abuts
sharply upon the sands, without rail
ing or parapet, scarce rive foet above
the grim expanse, which quakes and
trembles from moment to moment,
with mysterious hissings and groan
ings, which seem to proceed from un
seen coverns below. Thore are grew
some stories of foot pnsscngers who
have fallen off the wall and been swal
lowod up, thoir piteous cries mingled
with the eerie shrieks of the night
boron, or the far-hoard, melancholy
whoopings of the owl among the
brauches of the blasted cypress upon
the adjacent hillside. It is said, too,
that an honest farmer, driving home
ward from Kt. Giles' market by this
road, lost his way in the darkness, and
was never more heard of neither
man nor horse nor vehicle
Standing upon the ancient wall you
might throw upon the smooth surface
of the Hundown Hands a pebble, a
J button, a twig, and as you gazed it
would sink from sight in a moment,
leaving all as blank and seoret as be
fore. A sad and desolate spot it in. even
npon the brightest midsummer noon
day. The storm-writhon cypress on
the hillside is tho only thing resembl
ing tree or ahrnb in sight. Sparse
mottlings of whithored grass find
wretched sustenance among the rocks.
Dank clumps of blubber weed and
clots of sprawling algae cling upon
the surf-worn rocks beyond the rim of
the Suudown r-'uiids. Naught else has
nature all beuutitlor as she is boon
able to work upon this mournful
place.
Half a mile over the hill there is an
ancient many gabled dwelling, sur
rounded by evergreens, facing upon
the main road. From the upper win
dows a glimpse of the Suudown Sands
and the old road skirting thorn may.be
obtained.
The young girl that stood at one of
these windows, marine glass iu hand,
scanned the section of the road, visible
from her position, with pale face and
breathless anxiety. She was tall sud
sleuder of figure, with something com
manding in the attitude she had un
consciously assumed, which matched
the firm yet gentlo aspect of her
beautiful features. What first struck
the observer was her magnificent hair.
Bed brown, shot with glints of gold,
like the hair Titian was so fond of
painting, but with a glory and a bril
liancy never represented by pigment
on canvas, it was gathered in a superb
knot at the back of her shapely head.
Duriug the brief winter visits to the
metropolis Berenice Tolland's hair had
become famous iu the small circles
she frequented. And indeed it was
glorious, wpudorful hair, worthy of a
gouuess oi me Arcadian days.
Suddenly she dropped theglass with
a cry of dismay.
'They are quarrelling!" she ejacu
lated, in a smothered voice. "I must
part them, or something terrible may
happen."
As. she turned hastily about, th
fastenings or ner hair gave way and
Wis glittering coil unrolled aid fell,
sweeping the floor in a thick, gold-
necked mass. Hwiftly she twisted it
up, and, throwing a shawl of lace over
her head and shoulders she harried
out of the house, taking the rough, ,!
descending slope of the hill as more
direct than the roundabout curve
of the rond.'
"Let ns pause here a moment,
Cousin Geoffrey. I have something
serious to sav to you.".
"What is U.Consin Boger? I must
say yon have chosen an unpleasant
spot for a talk. I never take this road
if I can help It; for those ugly looking
sands give me the horrors."
"As good a grave a4 any other,"
muttered Boger, gazing over the edge
of the wall with a gloomy brow. "A
man might lie as comfortable under
those sands as in a churchyard. "
"Look you, Boger, my boy," said
Geoffrey, with an attempt at gayety.
"If you dragged me out of my com
fortable bed this morning to listen to
disquisitions npon the grave and the
future state, I wish yon had let me
speep an hour longer."
"Geoffrey," returned Boger, raising
a face whoso expression startled his
companion. It was deadly pale, and
a lurid gleain shot from his eyes, in
dicative of such hatred and despair as
appalled Ujs cousin. "Geoffrey, yon
have taken from me all that makes life
valuable. You have destroyed all my
hopes of the future. You have con
demned mo to hell, when, but for yon,
I might have had heaven."
"Cousin Boger," replied Geoffrey,
his natural spirit beginning to over
come his amazement, "I hope you are
talking mere nonsense. But if you
mean anything by this rigmarole I ex
pect you to explain it at once. Speak
out, maul"
"Yon have robbed nie of Berenice
Tolland's love," said Boger, with a
lowering eye. "Had you not come
here she would have accepted me.
Now she has put me aside for you."
"Boger," returned Geoffrey, seri
ously, tell me, on your word of honor,
were you sure that Berenice loved you
before I came?"
Boger paced to and fro along the
edge of the sea wall, looking gloomily
down upon the quaking sands, answer
ing nothing for some moments.
"No," he muttered, finally, ns if
preforce. "No; she refused ine more
than once. But, nevertheless, i should
have conquered her opposition in time
but for you; you who have won her
awav from ine. " "
Geoffrey confronted him with an
angry frown. "And you, whom she
has never liked; whom she lias refused
again and agnin, even according to
your own story.wish to drive me away
make me relinquish my hopes of
happiness, thnt you, who have not
been able to win her, with all your
opportunities, may continue to perse
cute her I No, Boger, understand me
plainly. If I were to crawl away
niennly nt your request, and, as I take
it. your threats, I should be a low a
coward as you nre."
The cousins, were standing facing
each other upon the very edge of the
sea wall, against which throbbed and
bubbled the fatal Sundown Hands,
"Yon refuse to go away and leave
Berenice Tolland to me?" Boger's
voice was scarcely audible, but the ex
pression of his face was terrific in its
malignity.
"I do refuso, Roger," was the firm
reply, "and you ought to understand
that ! should be less a man to do
otherwise."
"Then die and find your grave in
the Sundown Sands," cried Boger,
flinging himself upon Geoffrey and en
deavoring to hurl him over the wall.
ButGooffrey.had been, in a measure,
prepared for tho onslaught, and the
cousins, locked in a desperate embrace
swayed to aud fro upon the very brink
of the fatal quicksand. The struggle
was as silent as it was deadly. No
word, no sound, excopt the hoarse
gasps of the combatants interrupted
the fatal contest. Finally, Geoffrey's
foot slipped over apelible and he stag
gered backward. With a bitter curl
of the lip, and a savage heave of the
shoulders, Boger cast liis opponent
toward the edge of the wall.
Geoffrey fell backward, and, with
wild clutch, found himself hanging
half over the wall, with his feet within
an inch of the deadly sands. Dragging
himself desperately up, be fell pant
ing upon the edge of the parapet.
Kitting to his knees and looking
about him he was amazed to find his
enemy nowhore in sight. Getting
upon his feet, ho rubbed his crumped
limbs and cried out:
"Cousin Boger! Whore are you!"
"Here, Cousin Geoffrey," was the
sad reply, "where I deserve to be."
Looking over the sea wall he beheld
Boger standing aukle deep in the Sun
down Hands.
"Oh, Boger!" cried Geoffrey, "I
must rescue yon, or you w.il be
swallowed up." '
"What! whon I tried to throw you
itito the sands," said Boger. "That
is too much. Let me die, constat I
tried to put yon where I am now. For
give mo, and let me go."
"Oh, there must be some means,"
cried Geogrey, looking , wildly about.
"Home branch, some"
"None, dear Geoffrey," replied
Boger, who had now sunk half way to
his knees.
At that moment a girl came racing
ltfie a deer down the stony side of tl
hill.
"Oh! thank God you are Bafe!'" she
cried, as she fell upon Geoffrey's
breast.' "I was so afraid that awful
lau might injure you."
"Here is that awful inun, Berenice,"
said a mournful voice below the sea
wall. "His power to do harm is nearly
over."
"Cousin Boger!" exclaimed the girl,
bending over the wall. "Oh, save
him, Geoffrey; save himl"
"Ho I would," replied Geoffrey, "if
I had a stick, or a rope, even of five
j feet length, But what can I do?
Long before I can rnn to the house, li
Will be swallowed np. '
"Five feet, yon say!" cried the girl.
"Here, here!" and with a gesture she
unbound her magnificent hair and cast ,
the glistening rope over the wall.
"Catch hold I Catch . hold, Cousin
Boger!"
The sunny coil fell within the reach
of the imperilled man, who clutched
it with the grasp of desperation.
Slowly he was drawn out of the fright
ful sands, nntil his feet were free, and
ho could meet the clasp of the hands
extended to him with the friendly grip
which hail forgotten the touch of
anger in the joy of rescue.
As Boger stood upright and shook
the sand from his feet, he extended
both hands toward Geoffrey, who took
them heartily.
"Geoffrey," said Boger, "I have
been very near death in a most terrible
form, and it has taught me a lesson.
iorgive.me and be happy."
' And yon, cousin, "replied Oeonrey
"if yon are ever disposed to envy our
happiness remember that you were
saved by Berenice's hair." New
York Journal.
CURES FOR INSOMNIA.
"Don't Keep Yourself Awnke In Tryl ns to
Oo Asleep' I One.
One of the 'gastronomio magazines
has an article giving some comprehen
sive directions regarding the cure of
sleeplessness. It is sensible in admit
ting tho complexity of a case of in
somnia and of the doubts often con
nected with its origin. A man may
apply all hia own knowledge nnd that
of his medical adviser and yet be un
able for a time to overcome the
tendency of the mind to drift along in
helpless consciousness . through the
long hours of the night. But there
must be a cause for this perverseness
nnd a remedy for it, though the cure
may not be found without a persever
ing quest. The American needs a full
share of sleep. He works hnrd with
brain and nerves, and is apt to play
as hard as he works. To lie in bed
with the wheels of thought running
on waste material is a sort of torture
as well as a danger to health. Napo
leon's faculty of going to sleep on tlie
instant was one of the greatest ad
vantages he had over the commanders
on the other side.
According to the magazine authority
the worst enemies of sleep are worry
ing, overwork, overeating, indigestible
suppers, and the habitual use of stunii
hints and drugs. The cure includes
strict ntteution to diet, a well
ventilated sleeping room, some light
exercise, liko n walk, an hour after
the evening meal, and freedom, of
course, from worry. Napoleon had as
many cures, and perplexities as the
next man. but arbitrarily stmt them
off. It is not well to go to bed hungry.
A cup of hot milk or a light sandwich
is advised when that sensation is felt.
Yet it is necessary to remember that
insomnia and an overloaded stomach
nre closely acquainted. Stimulants
nnd narcotics in the end are sleep des
troyers. The condition they induce
is not refreshing sleep. Sleepiness is
an indication of the need of sleep and
mnst not be combatod too far. People
who aleep but little should not be
permitted to disturb those who are
differently constituted.
When the whole subject is weighed
the main remedy is seen to be good
habits and a tranquil mind. Some
who resolve to discard worry contiune
the habit over insomnia. They must
be philosophical over that as well as
all elso. "-Don't keep yourself awake
in trying to get to sleep" is the in
junction. It would be far better to
revert to some mild abstraction, such,
for instance, as the many fine things
that have been said of sleep. Think
of Leigh Hunt's definition of it as
the time whon the mysterious spirit
goes to take its airy round; of Words
worth calling it a captive never wish
ing to be free; of Scott's advice to
sleep inpeace and wake in joy, which
necessarily involves good health and a
good conscience; of Bulwer's tribute
to "the happiest of earthly boons;" of
Milton nodding under the timely dew
of sleep,-and of Emerson's thought
that "Sleep lingers all our lifetime
about our eyes, as night hovers all
day in the boughs of the fir tree."
The right frame of mind' and body is
the cure for insomnia. St. Louis
Globe-Cemocrat.
Colors or Plants.
Miss Esther Thompson in the Asa
Gray Bulletin, disputes ,the dogma
that color in flowers is solely the prod
uct of light; and also the dogma that
color is given to flowers for the pur
pose of attracting insects, and thus aid
ing in cross-fertilization.
In defense of her view, she points
out that there is as much variation in
color in roots in the darkness of un
derground life, as in the flowers ex
posed to the full light above.
She refers to white and yellow car
rots, purple beets, red onions, the
golden fibres of the Coptis, commonly
called gold-thread; and she gives
numorous other instances. In the
black, upturned mud of a swamp, she
collected among the network of roots,
ivory white, brown, black and yellow
tinted fibres, belonging to various
species of plnuts.
.She further oonteuds mat so great
is the difference iu the color ot roots
that species and even varieties can
often be readily distinguished by the
shades of oolor aloue. She sums up
by objecting to the general theory that
color iu flowers and foliuge ia a devel
opment to serve some special purpose
in the individual's ."struggle for life."
HI Treaiture.
"Youug man," said the elderly
gentleman, ln a choking voice, "she is
the only dutighter I have."
"Yes," acknowledged the young
man, "that is one reason I thought I
would like to marry her. "-Indianapolis
Journal.
Krnnnmjr In Corset.
Here is a hint for the woman who
is obliged to be economical: When
your corset seems to be losing its
shapeliness, steam it until the bones
are soft and pliable, and then over a
flat-iron yon can restore them to their
correct shape; this, of course, where
whalebone is nsed. Woman s Home
Companion.
The Pnpnlnr .lurlcet for Next Winter.
"The tendency of the winter jacket
is toward the blouse effect, which is
obtained by darts." writes Isabel A.
Mull on in the Ladies' Home Journal.
"Yokes, collars, cuffs, pipings in fur,
whether it be mink, Persian lnmb,
ermine, sable, silver and black fox, or
monkey, will be popular. Velvet and
silk braid of all widths are much used.
Satin cloth is really the novelty of the
day, and obtains in holiotrope, green,
mode, golden-brown, silver-gray, royal
blue, dove and Lincoln green. On
this are seen, not only the fur decora
tions mentioned, bnt also a very thick,
coarse, black woolen braid, and tiny
straps of leather matching or contrast
ing with tho ' cloth in color. Collars
contiune high, are gored and undulat
ing, and may bo lined with fur, vel
vet or lace. . Wattean effects are seen.
Capes will continue to be worn. The
novelty in their trimming is a flounce
of the same material about the edges,
described by the French modiste as
'cut in round."
Whnt Women liny II air Dye.
"Who are the people who chiefly
buy hnir dyes?" asks the Hospital.
"Most people will answer, 'Fading
beauties, who ace in their gray hairs
the threatening termination of their
empire; women of fashion who insist
on their gowns being of the tint thnt
is in the latest vogue, and must, there
fore, color their hair nnd complexion
to harmonize with it if they are to
present a apleasing appearance; ac
tresses whose counterfeit presentment
of the part they play must be complete
in every detail.' So far as the widely
advertised 'restorers' go thisi surmise
would be correct but the clremists in
the poorer quarters of London could
tell another tale. There the chief pur
chasers of hair dye are not womon.bnt
men, and it is not vanity that prompts
them to hide the signs of age. In the
incessant competition that goes on
among the unskilled, the younger
claimants, who are presumably the
stronger, are preferred, and gray hairs
may mean starvation. It is pitiful
that such a dread of old age should
bang over many. But, as the body
ages soiiiier than the mind, it is inevi
table that this should be so wherever
man contributes more of brute
strength than of intelligence to the
performance of his task. The clever
man has become an overseer by the
age his fellow is dismissed, and looks
forward to years of usefulness. There
fore, let us pray that men may more
and more come to contribute the in
telligent and not the mechanical force
to our industries."
Chang's Female Pltysirlan.
The first Chinese lady to practice
medicine in her own land is Dr.
Bacbel Q. Benn, of Tien-Tain, who
was appointed physician to the women
in the household of Li Hung Chang
after his recent trip around the world,
says the Independent. There are two
other Chinese women who stand pre
eminent aa leaders in this new revolt
against the subjection of women,
Miss Wang and Dr. Eng, who have
just been appointed delegates to the
women's congress to be held in Lion
don in 18'JH. The latter was born of
an aristocratic family in Fuchau, her
father being a mandarin. He became
converted to Christianity, aud with
him his two sons, who for the past
thirty years have been Methodist
preachers and presiding elders. When
a child Miss Eng was placed in a girl's
boarding school, where she evinced
such marked ability that in her fit
teenth year she was sent across the
seas and entered Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity, being graduated four years
later. Three years more of study and
the degree of doctor ot medicine was
conferred on her by the Woman's
Medical college of Philadelphia, and
also, after a brief post-graduate course,
by the Philadelphia Polyclinic. When
she returned home the mandarins and
coolies, high and low, met the ship,
eager to pay their respects, for her
fame had traveled before her. One
instance is related ot a coolie wheel
ing her blind old mother iu a wheel
barrow 100 miles to consult her. She
performed such remarkable cures in
the eyes of her countrymen that she
is now known as the "Miracle Lady."
Armenians Doing Housework
During the last eight months be
tween 100 and 200 Armeniau refuges,
unable to find work at their own
trades or professions, have gone into
situations to do housework, and Miss
Blackwell of Boston, who found them
positions, has yet to receive the first
eomplalut from any employer of dis
honesty or any serious misconduct,
even iu the case ot those who proved
onsuited to the work aud had to be
sent back, A year's experience with
due of these men, who arrived entire
ly ignorant of our language and
custom s.enables one to subscribe most
heartily to Miss Blackwell' recom
mendation. Never was help more sat
isfactory. Wonderfully quick in move
ment, strong and active, and rarely
needing more than one showing, always
uiincriiiii, wining nuu uuiiguip;, uuiicni
beyond all question and devoted fr
his employer's interest, he ha proved
himself almost invaluable. In the
kitchen neither grit nor stickiness
mars the fair cleanliness .of Philip's
dishes; no smelly milk pan or greasy
dish towel betrays the sloven, while
his pots and kettles smile approval at
their treatment. Economical by nature,
his potatoes are pared without a bit
of waste; coal and kindling are used
with discretion, and the soap is never
left to waste its substance in dish pan
or cleaning pail. He is the first to
rise in the morning and the last to
leave work at night. Nor does he con
fine bis attention to the kitchen alone.
He cleans the porches, tends the
flowers and chickens, gathers the fruit
and vegetables and runs the lawn
mower. He has already made great
advance in speaking the language
and in the evenings has learned to
read and write. Nor is Philip a nota
ble exception. In Turkey the best
house servants one can possibly nnd
are Armenians, owing to their capa
bility and trnstworthiness;and in this
country the housekeeper, willing to
make a new departure and give them'
a trial, bids fair to find her reward in
a satisfactory solution of the vexed.
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Rome Poetlo Queen.
A clever Englishwoman, Mary E.
Garton, has called attention to the
large number of women of royal blood
who have been hymn writers of some
sort. Hhe awards the palm to Carmen
Sylvia, the famous poet queen of Bou
mauia. This distinguished singer in
herits much of her talent from her
mother, the princess of Wied, who, in
her time, wrote some very touching
and impressive hymns and chants.
Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia, who
was grandmother of George I and a
direct ancestress of Queen Victoria,
wrote excellent religious poetry when ,
at home in Scotland before her ninr
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adopted country. Another one of the
Stuart family, Mary Queen of Scots, is
also said to . have composed several
verses upon church topics of consider
able beauty. A royal singer of more
that average ability was Marie, queen
of Hungary. Her life waa one of great
trouble, and what little joy she found
was in religious activity, or contem
plation. Her stanzas express the
emotions which would be born of so
sad a career. A poet whose name is
found in many German anthologies is
the Princess Louisa Henrietta, elec
tress of Brandenburg, who was one of
the forebears of the present emperor
of that land. She was a woman of
strong character, who frequently con
ducted religious exercises, aud then
writing her own prayers, sermons and
hymns. The mother of Emperor Wil
liam I, the Princess Louisa of Meck-lenburg-Strelitz,
in credited witn two
or three beautiful hymns. That bril
liant writer, Queen Margaret of Na
varre, wrote several religious poetical
compositions of great beauty and
force. The Empress Catherine of Bus
sin is said to have composed many
lines marked' by grim humor and
satire, rather than sweetness or senti
ment, while the virgin Queen Eliza
beth wrote and destroyed many re
ligious verses, of which a few have
come down to the modern age. New
York Mail aud Express.
Fniililnn Notes.
"Feather plush" garments are
heralded by a noted New York firm.
A handsome costume for a young
ladv is made of crenez-surfaced arooda.
The skirt is trimmed with seven bands
of bias velvet.
There is a bolero jacket of velvet,
and the shoulders are covered by a
little velvet cape with silk ruffles.
-41 utiles lined with crinoline are set up
around the back of the neck around
the outside of the dress.
Fancy bonnets are composed almost;
entirely of flowers. These are ar
ranged in little clusters. Almost all
of these bounets have knots and loops
of ribbon either at the sides or the
back of the crown. Some of them have
luce flowers aud ribbon with wire
loops.
Among the new autumn ribbons are
fine and beautiful qualities' iu taffetas,
gros grains, velvets, high-class fancies,
satin plaids, Pompadour patterns, tri
colored satin stripes on plaiu repped
grounds, aud every width from the
bebe weave "No. 1" to ribbons from,
one-half to live-eighths of B yard,
A dress for a young girl is a plain
skirt and a waist made with a blouse
front which falls over a girdle of silk.
The upper part of the waist is in round
yoke shape, and ia made up entirely
of lace insertion and tucks, From the
lower edge 'of this yoke, deep wide
lapets of silk fall over the front ot the
tops of the sleeves. These lapets are
trimmed with laoe set on very full;
the sleeves have wide tops and tit the
arms closely below the elbows.