PRESIDENT LOUBET'S we- loubet, the awher ooooooooooooooooooooooooq "M0TnERL0UDET.M The Venerable Peasant Woman Whoit Bon Itulee Prance Still Managee tier Farm jOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOO 1 Abore is published a cloture whioh tells at a glance why the monnrohlunl press of England and the Continnnt thinks and says and shouts that the Frouoh people are orazy and iu the last stages of political oud soainl chaos. It is the picture ot the mother of the new President of the French Ho puhlio. What but tho gloomiest view could monarchists, and especially titlo bnnting journalists, take of a nation that would select as its leaders the sons of such women as plniu old "Mother Loubet," when it might be led by the sons of noble aud even royal mothers? ,. But as Americans look into the face of this woman of tho people they be gin to realize the truth about Frauoe, the real Franoe, the France that is filled with just such plain people ns our own, toiling aud struggling "that their children may inherit the . promise." We see that France has shaken off the traditions of caste and nd privilege, that she has become a , land of, for and by the plain people. And we know that through snoh homely virtues as shine from Mother Lioubet's face the virtues ot sim plicity, shrewdness, frugality and in dustry Franoe is and will remain great. Mme. Loubet is living in the South ern ooantry distriot whioh has always been her home a typioal peasant 'mMMfMmm&K TH&-PRESIDENTO WS lBl" Mai ran cTr&pfrfpHA Nl WHEP.E FRANCE'S PRESIDENT WAS BORN. (The old farmhouse at Marianne, where bts widowed mother still lives.) woman of the most prosperous class. ' In spite of her eighty-sis years, she is robust, aotive and still prepossessing ' in appearance. Ever siuoo ber sou was ohosen to his high office his ven erable mother has been fairly besieged by reporters from all parts of the . ooantry, anxious to talk with and make known to the French people a woman who has suddenly become person of great pnblio interest. Her maiden name was Marie Marguerite Nioolet. She is a typioal landlord-peasant of Franoe simple, -frugal, expert in husbandry, hard-headed, with knockof driving bargain. . The rise in her son's fortunes has not altered ber. She has refused to live iu Paris or to change her mode of existonce. Her portrait, whioh the newspapers have managed to obtain in her ordin ary workday dress, is said to be an excellent likeness. The short gown, tie hint Untn apron. th auaint whit MOTHER AND WIFE. cap and the clumsy, shapeless shoes are the characteristic garb of the country women of Houthern France, and Mmo. Loubet Booms to look over her spectacles in mild wondor that any one should think them worthy to be photographed and published all over the world. The house in which Mme. Lonbot lives, and iu which the President him self was born, is noar tho little village of Marsanno, a district of tho town of Montolimar. A narrow rivor-path, bordored with poplar trees, leads from Marsanuo to the Loubot farm, at the end of the valley. There are two groups of square buildings, the rustic arrangomoiits of which include stablos, cattle sheds aud barns on tho ground lloor, while abovo aro the rooms of Mr.io. Loubet. Iu the yards surrounding the house pigs, sheep aud chiokous wandor about, enjoying themselves iu sociublo fashion aud making the grounds of "LaTorrosse," as the farm is called, very lively at all times with their various cacklings, gruutings and blentiiigs, Tho bright, warm suushiue of the South is re Hooted daz.liuglv from the red-tilod roofs and whito plastored walls of tho buildings. The wholo farm has an air of prosperity and industry, and is a conspicuous witness to the vigilance and capabilities of its tuistress. Feudalltui Iu Hungary. Inconceivable as the anachronism may seem to the Western mind, tho agrarian system ot Hungary has not yet issued from the foudal form. The Hungarian farmer of to-day is virtually a serf, bound to his innster, the hereditary owner of the soil whioh the peasant tills, by the tangible tie of personal liability. The Hungarian foudal lord of the endof-the-coutury it entitled to fifty days' labor from eaoh male adult who dwells on his land. The seignior is at liberty to demand this feudal contribution at whatever time may seem best to him, with the frequent result that the tenant farmer is employed in gather' ing his master's harvests t hile his own orops are rotting after a rainfall, or are being consumed by an early frost, or suffer damage from one or more ot the many possible causes whioh render destructive the slightest delay on the part ot the harvester in gathering the fruits ot a year's labor, S. Ivan Tonjoroff, in the Arena. Handle's Conjecture. Maudie's papa is night editor on a newspaper, afaot which Maudie appar ently hasn't learned; for when some one asked her a few days ago what her father did for a living, she re plied: "I div it np. I fink he's a burglar, 'tans he's out all niftht." Tit-Bits. THE REALM OF FASHION.. 1- Kr w Yon Citt (Special). One of the handsomest shirt waists shown this season is bore illustrated, in pink piqne.with bauds of white embioidord Insertion, whioh Is firmly stitched on each edge aud then has tho Material out away from nndnrnoath, with tho exception of that in onntre front. Five Imigtbwiso bands aro thus applied on the fronts and throe on the backs, the pattern giving the correct lines for tho placing. The closing is niadn through the centre front with small pparl but tons and buttonholes worked through the insertion or through the hoiu un derneath. The back tits smoothly, and comos woll forward and moots tho gathered shoulder edges of the full fronts. (lathors adjust tho fulness at the neck, which is completed with a col lar band, over which a donp stook is worn that closes in centre back. The sleeves are in regulation shirt waist EFFECTIVE "AT style, gathered at the top and bottom, where they are completed with straight link ouffs. Openings are finished with overlaps at the baok in tho usual way. Shirt waiBts of fine white lawn, tncked all over and united with insertion in this style, make wonderfully attractive summer waists, whilo both taffeta and wash silks may be used to develop haudsome waists by the mode. The insertion may also bo omitted if a plainer waist is desired. To make this waist for a woman of medium size will roquire two and three-fourths yards of materia), thirty iuohes wide. A Simple lint Slyllef Gown. An exceedingly effective disposition ot ribbon velvet is used to decorate the simple but stylish gown by May Mantou, shown in the largo engraving. The material is Cuban red wide wale diagonal, on which tho blaok volvet shows advantageously, the fiounoe being lined throughout with blaok taffeta. Three round crystal buttons deoorate eaoh front. Fitted linings form the foundation over whioh the waist is arranged. The plastrou vest is inoluded in the right shoulder seam and hooked over ou the left. The fronts are nnderfaoed with the ma terial and roll back in broad pointed lapels at the top, disolosing the prettily trimmed vest. The seamless back is smooth across the shoulders, the fullness at lower edge being laid in overlapping plaits and stitohed Brmly to linings.' A close-fitting col lar shaped in points that rise behind the ears finishes the neok, closing ia centre baok'. The sleevos in latest mode hare the fullness at top gathered and arranged over fitted liniugs, the wrists being shaped to point over the hand. A daintily shaped girdle thut dips in front oloBes iuvisibly at the left side. The shirt has a narrow front gors and two wide circular portions that meet at the centre baok. The placket may be finished at the left front seam under the fiounoe. Short darts fit the top closely over the f'itJeliuiuH JH A nAMDROMH SIIII1T WAIST. iff . mmmmmi hips, and the fullness tn baok is laid In backward-turning plaits nt eaoh side of the onntre scam. The skirt is of Jashlnnabln length and measures about four yards at the foot. The circular flounce is applied over the lower nilgn and ripples slightly at tho front edges, whnre it is graduated n very narrow width at the top. Tho front gore presents n panel effect that is exceedingly stylish. The costume mny be suitably made of any season able material in silk or wool, and a charming offocl is produced when the front gorp, vest and lapnls aro of con trasting fabric in harmonious coloring. The decoration mny be as plain or ns olabornto ns desired, the varioty of trimming this season being almost unlimited. To mako this waist for a lady of medium size will require two yards of material forty-four inches wide. Tn mnke the skirt will require six and three-fourths yards of matcriiil the same width. Millions anil Ititrklea lite Vngne. ISnttous and buckles aro both worn by women, but must havs a reason for thnir lining, either as objects of nso or decoration; they aro not to be put on nt haphazard, but givon something to apparently hold in plneo. ie jeweled buttons may he found to mat oh almost any gown, as tliey are made to roprnsent amethysts, carbuncles, em eralds, turquoises, opals, sapphires, orystals, etc. The one-sidad blouse fronts fasten with four snoh buttons, and the velvet belt has a bnckle to match. Ladies' Homo Journal. Wnlst With IHstlnctlm Featnres. A woman cannot possibly have too) many shirt waists, and so a variety in style of shaping as well as tnatorinl is HOME" TOILETTE. always acceptable. One of fie latest designs is here represented in Delft bine and white Frenoh peroale, a ma terial that is shown in all the riohest new colorings. The distinctive fea tures are found in the groups of tuoki and pleats in front and back, and in the shaping of the yoke that follows the shoulder-line, extended back and meet at the neok in centre. This gives slender, long-woisted appearanoa that is new, the ordinary shirt-waist yoke being objectionable on many for the reason that it onts off the length. The leather belt is fastened with the useful covered harness buokle. The full fronts are olosed in centre through a box pleat of medium width. At the neok and shoulder edges are groups of three forward-turning pleats, whioh are stitohed a short distance from the top to hold them in place. The back is laid in three backwurd-turning pleats at eaoh side of centre that taper from shoulders to waist, where they lap closely. The stylish shirtsleeves are gathered top and bottom. To make this waist for a woman of medium size will require three and one-fonrth yards of material thirty inches wldo. THH LATEST BISION. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. House. In lit" house Tuesday a bill provid ing fur the care nntl attention of em ployes Injured In and about nnthrn elle mine was defeated on final pas en ge, Annie Mil crentlng a rlvll service board In Hfcmid-clna cities for thr ex iimlnnllon nnil regulation of firemen nnd policemen wn read the second time on special order. Tlie bill nmendina: I he net of Mny 14, 174, relating to the taxation of public property for public purposes and places of religious worship, so ns to Include nil assessments for pnvlng, sewers, witter pipes mid other tnunlcl pnl charges, nns defentcd. Before the bribery Investigating commit lee Thursday Kcprcscntnllvn ti'ltrlen of Schuylkill testified Hint Immediately nfter the house ndjoutned to prevent reconsideration of the Me fnirell bill he was told bv Iteprescn1 tntlve Crist of Northumberland that there was lots of money In the house lo-ibiy and Hint there wn $1,000 for someone. This Is the day Mr. Crist I alleged to have refused nn offer of l IH, tn move to reconsider the bill. Txvenly-flve additional memhets were culled and answered the list of formal (imsllnns In Hie ncK'ttlve. I'M to the present time the house has passed nrid sent tn the senate tho following bills: Imposing n lax upon beer of of a cent per gallon; ImpositiK n bonus up on foreign corporations of one-third of I per cent upon the capllnl actually employed In Ponnsylvnnlit ; providing for the payment of bonus upon char ters and the authorized Increase of capital slock; providing for the pay ment of bonus upon Hie bonds which corporations nre authorized to Issue; Imposing it mercantile license tax on venders Hnd dealers In goods, wares nnd merchitndlse; tnxlng foreign cor pornllons coming Into the state. It Is estimated that the corporation bills providing for bonus on bonds, In crease of capital stork nnd taxing for eign corporations will yield the state .',00.00 per annum. The I r bill, In troduced by Mr. Hoaack, would bring a net gain to the commonwealth of about $f.oo,ooo. The men not lie license tax Mil, It In estimated, will Increase tho revenue about $750,000. The Creasy hill, which Is n general revenue Mil, Its supporters claim, will yield over $2,000,000. Tho order of business In tho House Thursdny was the consideration of ap propriation bills, the following passing llnnlly: Appropriating $175,000 to tho Krle Soldiers nnil Sailors' Home; I0. 000 to the Phlllpshtirg hospital; $12,000 to the state hoard of health; $:0f to Joseph Knopper. mine Inspector of the eighth district: $125,000 to the Western penitentiary; $2,000 to the state asylum for chronic Insane; $l10.ooo to the Huntingdon reformatory; $LT.,000 to the Working Home for llllnd Men; :..000 to pay the expenses of taking the vote of the Pennsylvania soldiers In the Held; Jlii.OiKI ti the board of public charities; 1200,000 to pay tho deficiency of the fund for the care nnd treatment of the Indigent Insane. Appropriating 1104. 000 to the Knstern penitentiary; tlO.Ooo to the State hos pital for Injured persons of the middle c-il Held; ISK.400 to the Pennsylvania Institution for the mind; 11.'. (mil to the State Insane hospital at Warten; 1:17, 0"0 to the Home for Ieaf Children, Philadelphia; $110,000 to the State In sane hospital nt Norrlstown: $!i!t.filS M for reiinlformlng and re-eiulpplng the national guard of Pennsylvania; tlK. OOO for the support of the national guard of Pennsylvania; $111,000 to the Connellsvlllo hospital; $70,000 to the State Insane hospital nt Danville; 100. 000 to the Pennsylvania Slate college; $:i,()00 to the Mercer hospital; $,.r,(ix to defray the expenses of Oov. Stone's Inauguration; IC'.Ooo to the lllossburg hospital; $I.V).000 to the House of Refuge: $210,000 to the training school for feeble-minded children at K.lwyn; $100,000 to the Western Pennsylvania Institution for the Denf and Dumb; $1,600,000 for the tare and treatment of the Indigent Insane; $2.r,000 for the propagation of fish, $r,5.000 to the West ern Pennsylvania Institution for the llllnd at Pittsburg. The most startling testimony pro duced at the bribery Investigation Thursdny was that given by Represen tative Wilson (anti-Quay) of West moreland, who said a friend told him he could get $.p.000, $!00 tn be paid at once, If he would change his vote. He snld that the party was a personal friend, nnd asked that he be shown the courtesy of not being required to fur nish hlH name. The committee de. elded to allow Mr. Wilson until the next meeting to disclose tho pnrty's name. If he refused then he Would be placed In the custody of the sergeant-nt-nrms for contempt. Etnate. In the senate Tuesday Mr. Fllnn called up the bill making the minimum school term seven months, and Its passage was opposed by Mr. Hertxler, who declared that the farmer already has enough burdens to carry. On the other hand Mr. Cumlngs said he be lieved In legislating for brains and he saw no good reuson why the bill should not pass. After further debate the bill passed finally by a vote of 30 to 10. These gubernatlnnal appointments were received by the senate: Wm. 8. Perry, Jr., to be justice of the peace for the borough of Cross Creek, Washington county; Marvin D. Pat terson to be justice of the peace for Woodbury, Dlalr county; Caleb H. Hrlnton to bo justice of the peace for Carlisle. These appropriation bills passed finally: Florence Crlttendon home at Wllllamsport, $2,000, Adraln Hospital association of Jefferson county, $13,000; Phoenlxvllle hospital, $25,000; state commissioners of fisheries for the pur chase of property and the erection of buildings In Salisbury township. Le high county, $15,000; Valley Forge commissioners for the acquisition of additional ground. $10,000; Chester county hospital. $15,000. Among the bills which passed finally were these: Constituting a board ot commissioners to promote uniformity of legislation: to enable cltlxens and corporations to hold and convey title to real estate which Is now held by un authorised aliens: to regulate naviga tion on Inland waters; to enable tax collectors to collect delinquent taxes for which they are responsible: to limit the amount of loans to officers and directors of banks, trust com panies and savings Institutions; regu lating the declaration of dividend In banks. Governor Btone Friday morning notified the senate that he had signed the bill empowering the president of the board of public education In cltlti of the first clasa to adopt and use a rubber stamp signature on city war rants and the amendatory act reg ulating the charges made by pilots o.i the Delaware river. Mr. Mitchell, of Jefferson, read In ploco a bill giving t) all employes In civil action against any person, n-m. company or corporation a I the rlphts in such notion ss persons not ro e n ployed. This bill was at once r.p rt d out of committee with a favorabl: recommendation, but later, upon mo tlun of its author. It was recommitiel to the committee on judiciary p:c a'. m sthte mi coira FATHER KILLED. ltd News Awalte Flr Orphsna Wtiin Thty AirlvtinNtw York-Monty Had Btes Forwardtd to Unlta a Family. Flvn motherless children aro now crossing the ncenn from (lermany 10) meet their father, Vincent Btrelt, whi was killed last week while walking on the Pittsburg Western track near Kllwnod City. Ktrelt enrnn to this) country three years ngn, leaving be hind his wife and five children, hoping tn send for them ns Soon ns he had saved the money. Inst month the money was forwarded. Later word was received of the death of his wlf , nnd the five children were stnrted nntl expected to meet their father In New York the coming week. , The following nenrlons were fsueiT Inst week: John F. YonklnS. Irennn. Westmoreland. $H; Tnvlor M. McKnr- Innd, Monongnheln. $12 to $14; Iwls Meyerly. I,ntta drove. Huntingdon. $12 to $11; Jacob Market, Newport. $1:1 to i; Kdwnrd J. Miller, Kverett, $ 0; Aaron Vanscovoc, Tyrone, $17: Anna M. Obcrllll. It'M'hester Mills. Indiana. $12; I.uey A. Duirnn, Clarion, $; minor of Ilrltton Longwell, Itutlnnd. Tlegi, $10; llnnna H. Slee, Knlty slntfon, Al legheny, $S; Charles Heed, West Mo- ravin, Lawrence, $; J. J. Iiomls, North Knst. $0: William Clnrk. Pitts burg, $0; James K. Wltson. Panic, Jef ferson. $S: Alexnnder Krnxer, Ilutler, 1 to $S; .lames M. Marshall, Keller, Iteaver. $n to H; Klwnod P. Pent ten, Altoonn, $0; William Pierce. Nelson. Tioga, $10 to $17: Dewltt J. McCoy. Meadvllle, $12; Matthew Sharp, Htts- tontown, Fulton. $17; Charles M. Zuh cr, Itenovn. Clinton, $10; Flnnna K. Sheldon, Union Cltv, $S; Wllllnm Roe, wnyncstmro, $X to $10; Steven M. Ma- ryott, (luys Mills, Crawford. $rn to $12; Joseph It. Johnson, Mills, Potter. $17 to $.!4; Ira II. Cole. Frnncls. Krle. $1 . to $12; Thomas H. Hell, Sharon, H; Albert I.. Mnglll, Hrapevllle, $12; John Strain, Allegheny $d; Krra O. Iti'limp, Soldiers' Home. Krle, $!t; Francis Mr- Mantis. West Kllxnheth. $10 to $12: John Decker, dead, Conner, Somerset, $2; Joseph Moses, Unix. ken, $fl to $18: (leorge Smith, Yellow Creek, Bedford, $13 to $.10; (leorge W. Newman. Jr.. Hradford. $0 to $tt; Ttichnrd Kennedy. Cnnonsburg, $0 to $10; Thomas Heplor. Hawthorne. $10 to $12: John Hunt-r, Franklin, $IA to $24; Anron Foster, Six Mile Kim. Hedford, $12 to $17; minor f Joseph Cnmpsey, Washington, $10; Kllznhcth Itoss, Krle, $ft; Martella A. Smith, Llncolnvllle, Crnwford, $S. The lllevlns murder la still being In vestigated nt New Castle, the detec tives employed working very cautious ly. The city authorities; hnve looked Up the numbers on the seven $"i0O bonds which aro supposed to have been stolen by the murderer, who ran sacked the vault. These bonds were- made payable to bearer, nnd If pre. si-nted for payment will form a clew. The bonds were of the funding Issue ' of lSKrt, bearing 4 per cent. Interest. They were owned by Hugh Martin of Petersburg, ., who died Inst July, and were In the hands of tho treasurer for nnfe keeping. They were numbered successively from S7 to 7J, Interest payable seml-nnnunlly. The Inst In terest on the bonds was drawn two weeks before the murder, and Interest will ngaln be due about the 1st of July. Firms dealing In securities all aver tho country hnve been notified. Tho Marcti statement of State Treasurer llencom shows a balance In the general fund of $'i12,ri52.4S, tho smallest balance In the state treasury since tho close of the civil war. Mr. Ileacom says the claims now doe nnd payable aggregate st least fonr times this amount, nnd that It will be Im possible to accumulate enough money by June 5, when the school appropria tion of $ri,MK,000 for the fiscal ynr be comes due, to pay any part of tho ap propriation during that month. Ho also says It will bo fortunate If the re ceipts are sufficient to pay the ex pense of the legislature, make the quarterly payments to the charitable Institutions and return toe personal property tax yet due to Philadelphia and Allegheny county. United States Marshal Machnrach and Secret Service Detective f. O. Ilarker arrested Charles Mosh or counterfeiting, at Wllkesbarre last week. He was sent to Jail In default of $0,000 ball. A big counterfeiting out- fit was found hidden In an outhouse at his home. It Is the apparatus used by a gang of men who have Hooded New Jersey nnd the eastern part of this state with counterfeit dollars and half dollars, fienrge S. Cxephias, tho alleged leader, was captured some time ago and Is now In Jitll at Pitts burg. More arrests are expected. Mrs. Henry Young, living near OH City, aged abopt 45 years, for 10 years has been suffering from atomach trou ble that has failed to yield to treat ment. Mr. Young wan advised tn take his wife to Buffalo and have an X-ray examination made. The Buffalo phy sicians discovered a live snake about five feet long In the woman's stomach, and Informed her husband that they were powerless to relieve her. Th woman Imagines she ran feel the reptile moving In her stomach, and suffers great agony. Halph W. Wlrebnck, condemned to be hanged May 17 for tho murder of Bank President D. B. Lnndls, Wed nesday attempted to commit suicide In hi cell In the county jail at Lan caster. His cell had been stripped of everything except a mattresa. From this the murderer managed to take several straws. These he lighted at a gas Jet, and before the death watch could Interfere set nre to tho mattress. He stood over the blaze that resulted, but was rescued before being serlouiily Injured. The prevalence of cerebro spinal meningitis, or spotted fever, which has assumed epidemic form, la causing serious alarm at Lancaster. At a special meeting of the board of health strict sanitary regulations and private funerals were advlned. During the past week nine deaths have occurred, several of tho victims dying within a (ew hours after being stricken, and all experiencing the most excruciating pain. In some cases the bodies turn ing black at death. James J. Miller, one of the ten vic tims of the frightful scalding accident at the Cambria steel works, at Johns- town last week died, aged 21 years. William Fisher, aged j8, was In stantly killed the other evening at Harrisburg by coming In contact with a cut-off box belonging to the electrlu light company. The box was on fir and Fisher lighted a match and in trying to see the number and name, touched the box and at the same time stepped into a pool of water. He re ceived 2.000 volts. Two children of Robert Jamison, aged I years and IS months, were al most burned to death at New Cast e, last Saturday. While playing alonj the elder one set fir to his clothes. Their mother smelled the smr.ke and went upstairs to find her little one unconscious and the room filled wl.h moke. They were rescued In tlma to save their Uvss.
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