It In grnmt tight to tea Franc rising jip out of the Dreyfus mire, nd takiug her place again it nation with conscience, exclaim Life. When it romos to trying to put book into a single word the Germans certainly tnke flint prizo. They hnve mil oil their new electric cnbs "auto-mobiletnxameterdrnschken." Htriking proof of the growing popu larity of automobiles in foil ml in the way women well known in society nre taking them up. Those machlnos have already become n craze in New port, whore several women hnve shown grent proficiency iu running thorn. At tlio recent annual moeling of the Society for the Employment of Women, in London, Sir Owen ltob erts, who presided, said that iu l'ng 1 uid there nre two million women in excess of the in. lie popuhition, while in the colonies tho surplus of mnles is about the same. A capital of f"0, 00(I100 is now en gaged and 50,000 people are employed in the various clipping huronus of the world. The business consists in milk ing and distributing newspaper clip pings among those whom they con cern. Thin in n very clear indication that a great many individuals take a deep interest iu themselves. Mrs. Emmons Blaine's model school will be erected in Chicago during the coming year in the vicinity of Hull house. While the two institutions will have thecommou purpose in view of elevating mankind, they will be different in that the model school w ill eudeavor to occupy the same relation toward the children of the crowded district that Hull house has tnkeu toward thoir parents. One hundred thousand dollars will be devoted by Mrs. Maine to the founding of this school as a sort of adjunct to the col lege for teachers which her philan thropy has assured for Chicago in the near future. There is an old rule for finding the length of n man's lifo if the present age lies between 12 nnd 80 years. Subtract the present age from 8.1, and divido the remainder by two; the re sult will give the number of years yon hnve yet to live. This old rule was discovered by the mathematician He Moivre, who emigrated to England from Frnuce in 18H.1, nnd became n member of the Royal sosioty. SI. Hchooling, who endorses the rule, af firms from his calculations that of 1000 individuals of CO years 00!) will live to be 70, 120 to be 80 years, and 17 to be 00; whilo of 1000 nonagonn riaus fonr will reach their hundredth year. We may add that for mon of l. the avernge expectation of lifo is 10 1-3 years. A government official is causing trouble because he will not draw his pay. He does not need the money and allows it to accumulate, using the treasury as a sort of bnnk, till ho has thirty warrants ahead, nmouuting to several' thousand dollars. And this mixes up the bookkeeping of the gov ernment badly, liuce it is unaccus tomed to, and has made no provisions for, this kind uf an olllceholder, fa cetiously observes the New York Com mercial Advertiser. It really seems as if he ought to be put out and his place given to a man that will appre ciate his pay enough to take it out on pay day. There are plenty of worthy men that would be glad to agree to this stipulation; many, indoed, would oil their warrants months iu advance, and at a discount. The government has worries enough without having to trouble over men that will not draw their pay when it is due. The collection of mail in Hartford by trolley-oars, operative t-iuce April 1, has been highly satisfactory, and has benefited the service in many ways. Prompt advantage of the opportunity was taken by the people, and duriug the first month of the service, 22,200 letters and cards were collected from the boxes in the cars. This number was increased to over 80,000 in the second month, and1 in that number were 2211 special-delivery letters. This was an increase of more than one fourth in the number of special-doliv-ry letters over May in the preceding year, showing ready appreciation by the publio of this method of quick communication. From the extremes of the trolley-car routes a letter ar rives at the postofflce in a half-honr, nd the subsequent immediate deliv ery of a special-delivery letter affords obeap substitute for other messen ger service. The probability of the establishment of like service iu o'ber cities of the relative size of . Hartford is increased by the good re ports from that city. THE ISLE OF SLEEP. Ta td tropically lang uorous is of sleep There stretches a enral strand. Where the moonlight plays 'mid the leafy rnlms grow In the dream-world land. And here It Is that fond dreams meet And dance on the snmls of golds Wlillw the misty shapes wo alinte In sleep Within our arms wo hold. A Innd where the gold-hrown I'" ITT hud Hways gmitly In th night, Anil with Its oilitin-lnien breath Lulls us ta realms of light. There are no sins, there nre no fears, No sorrows or vein regrets 'TIs n silent kingdom of hnpplncss Where wo wonder nnd-forget. Kdyth W. Hknrrott, In Life. ONE 1ST ECO ill 9 BY HELEN O. FORREST. "I renlly don't know what I shnll do nliinit it," snid Mrs. 1'everll. She wassitting on the arm of a sofa, in her own room, coulldentially dis playing the treasures of her wardrobe to Miss Hully Hiphon, who hud been her bridesmaid, just two years before And the particular article which in spired so modi doubt in her mind lay on a chair opposite a soiled, white silk dies, with tho goies out of fash ion, a wino-stni.i iu the front breadth and the long train bearing evidences of considei utile wear. "No, I renlly don't," continued Mrs. 1'everil, surveying the garment, with her head on one side. "It's too passe to wear, and yet it's too good to give away." "Why don't yon soil it?" snid Miss Bully Siphon, biiskly. "Hell it?" Mrs. I'everil opened her blue eyes iu surprise. "Ves,"uodded Miss Sally. "People often do. I know a very respectable woman who makes n regular business of buying ladies' cnnt-olV dresses; nnd she gives yon a good price for 'em, and you know that's so much toward a new one. One must economize iu these bard times." "Oh, thnt would be charming!" said Mrs. I'everil. lint but I'm afruid Horace wouldn't like it." "Don't say anything nbout it to Hors.ce," said Miss Kiphon, iu a whisper. "I won't," snid Mrs. Peveril. "Shnll I send Mrs. Isaacs to you denr?" "Do," snid Mrs. Peveril. Miss Sully Siphon took leave accord ingly; nnd Mrs. I'everil took her silk dress, and laid it carefully away iu a bureau drawer. "It's very stylish-looking yet," snid Mrs. I'everil to herself, ' "nnd I shouldn't wonder if I g. t a decent price for it." Mrs. Isaacs made hor appearance that afternoon. "1 uiidorstitud thnt yon hnvo sonic thing in my wny, niu'nm," said she, courtseying nnd smiling. "Miss Siphon menti incd " "Yes," snid Mr . revo.il, "u white silk dross!" "Dear me, ma'am," snid Mrn.lsniics, "I could have wished it hud been blnck, or garnet, or plum color, or some o' them neutral tin's. White is the unsnlnblost color us we hnve iu stock. Hut I'll look nt it, mn'aui. I never refuse anything in the way of trade. " And Mrs. Isaacs seated horsolf, smiling, until she soemel all whito teeth and led lips, while Mrs. I'everil brought out the depreciated silk dress. "Uh,"said Mrs. Isaacs, with a glass at hov eye; "old-fashioued, soiled.and good deal worn!" "The fashion is a littlo old," snid Mrs. I'everil, feeling the color mount to her fnce. "It may be slightly soiled, but I hnve only wont it nbout 'dozen times." "1 kuow lots of Indies as only wears their dresses once or twice, and thou gives oin to their mnids," snid Mrs. Isaacs. "Then wo cau afford to pay a good price for 'em " "What will you give me for this?" interrupted Mrs. I'everil, shortly. "1 couldn't say more than ten dol lnrs,"replied Mrs. Isaacs, with another displny of the white teeth. "If it was plum color, or myrtle greon " "Ten dollars!" eeliool Mis. Peveiil. "But it cost a hundred!" "When it was new," said Mrs. Isaacs. "But one cnu renlly got noth ing for second-hand goods. I shnll lose on it at ten dollars, but I would like to obtuiu your custom for the future." "Tuko it!" said Mrs. Pevcril, abruptly. She was almost sorry thnt she had sold the dross when Mrs. Isaacs had courte-ued herself out of the house, with the bnudle projecting itself be neath the imitation shawl, and she was a littlo ashamed. Bnt there was a ten-dollar bill, and she could have one of those exquisite bits of honiton laco, like Mrs. Chesterfield tit. John's. "And I'll coax another dress out of Horace," said she to herself. "Good ness niel wouldn't he be angry if he kuew I had sold anything to one of those secoud-hnud dealers?" "Dearl" said Mrs. I'everil to her husband, that evening. "Well, ducky?" responded the un suspicious victim. "I want a uew white silk dress to wear to Mrs, Jennings's reception next week." Mr.Povoril pnt down the newspaper and twisted himsolf around iu his easy chair, to obtain a better viev of his wife's smiling face. ''Another white silk dross!" said he. "Why, you've got oue already, baveu't you?" "Oh, that's worn out long agol" promptly responded Mis. I'everil. "Times are hard,Rosabel,"said Mr. Peveril, impressively. Mrs. Feveill felt fot her bandker chief. "Von wouldn't have your wife go into society looking like a dowdy, would you?" said she. "Can't you wenr some of vour oilier silk frocks? ' "I'v f et my heart on a white groa grain," said Mrs. I'everil, plaintively. Mr. I'everil took up tho newspaper again, nnd his wife had the good seuse to sav no tuoie. "lie'll get It for me," thought she; nd she chuckled to herself iu n secret sort of way, at she thought of the ten dollar bill she had made out of the old dress. Mr. I'evorll stopped nt a dry goods palace the next day, and priced white gri s-graiu. It was four dollars s yard. "And how mnny yards does it lake to make n dress?'' usked he. Tho polite clerk really could not say. It depended so lunch on the height nud proportion of the lady. From twenty-five to thirty ynrds, was, however "And tho dressmakers' bill on top of thnt," almost shouted Mr. I'everil. "No, I won't tnke it today!" And ho strode nwny, muttering dire ntinthcmns on tho extrnvngnnco of the ago. How ho came to select Illossington street as the espeelnl down-town route for thnt particular dny heuever knew, but select it he did. And in front of nn establishment which was half con cealed by a grovo of dresses swinging from above, as if half a dozen Indies bad committed suicide by wholesale, he espied the following placard: "llnrgains iu ilull-di esses. Inquire Within." "Hy Jove!" snid Mr. I'everil, star ing up at the fluttering flounces and the empty slooves, which sonmed to beckon at every gust et wind, "I uever thought of that!" The next instant he felt himself taken insinuatingly by the arm and hurried into the store, with a persua sive voice in his ear, begging to show in whnt way they could possibly serve him. "(lot any white silk ball dresses?" domniided Mr. 1'ovoril. How fortunnto it was protested Miss Naomi Isaacs (who was exactly like her mother, only a size smaller), thnt they had just received an invoice of that very article from l'nris! "They must be gros-grnin!" added Mr. I'everil, remomberiug hie Instruc tions. "(Iros-grnin in the exnet mntorlnll" cried Miss Naomi, with cluspod bauds and uplifted eyes. And she brought nut n white silk dross, trimmed with cheap Spanish blonde, and smelling rather strong of benzine. "Hint's the article," said Mr. I'everil, his face glowing with cotisfne tion. "Almost exactly like the Inst one she had. What is tho price of that dress?" Miss Naomi, nfter referring to the books of the establishment, answered that the dross was dirt cheap nt seventy-five dollars. "i-'evciit.v-ilvo dollars!" repealed Mr. I'everil. "Isn't that rnthor steep, now, for n second-hand dre s?" "lint look at the material," smiled Miss Naomi Isnncs. "And then, you know, sir, tho dress is nil mndo nud trimmed so exquisitely. You hnve no dressmaker's bill of thirty or forty dollars to pay!" "That's very true,"said Mr.Pevevil. "In hard times oue must economize." Ho he paid down the poventy-flve dollars, and walked out of the store with tho "bargain," neatly foldod in a mouster paste-board box, under his arm. And all the dny he smiled mysteri ously to himself whenever he thought of the agreenble surprise which he had in store for Mrs. I'everil that night. "Well, darling," mid he.ns he came into his wife's sitting-room boudoir, Rhe culled it. "Well," she answered, with a re sponsive smile. "I've got it!" "(lot what?" "The whito silk pown," flinging the box toward her. "Just from Paris, All mndo and trimmed, and rendy to put on I" "Oh, yon dnrlingl" cried Mrs, Feveril, effusively, as she jumped up and kissed hor liogo lord on each tide of his countenance, aud then iu the middle. And then she cut the string with bur scissors, and opened the paste board box, expecting to behold some marvel of Worth's or exquisite crea tion of Madam Kline's. "Oh, my goodness gracious!" said Mrs. I'everil, recoiling. "What is it, my deur?" questioned Mr. Peveril. "Take it away!" sail Mrs. Peveril. "Whnt for?" said Mr. Peveril. "it's the same one!" sobbod the lady "with the grense-spots taken out by nasty benzine, and a few yards of cotton blonde basted aarons the front. Horace Peveril, where did yon get it?" "At Madam IsRacs' on Blessington street, said Mr. Peveril, beginning to realize that there was some terrible mistake somewhere. "And I gave seveuty-flve dollars for it." "Seventy-five dollars!" shrieked Mrs. Peveril. "And I sold it to her, yestorday, for ten. " Aud then Mr. Peveril went into hysterics in rood earnest, Mr. Peveril went down to tho dry goods emporium, the uext day, and ordered twenty-four yards of the four dollar silk ; aud Mrs. Peveril eco nomizes no more in the cast-off-dress direction. Aud both of them are par tioulurly anxious to avoid the subject "Because," says Mrs. Peveril, "I was snob, a goose!" "And I was the biggest fool in New York I" tays her husband, Saturday Night. MW YORK Designs For Costumes That Havo Do como Popular in tho Metropolis. Nsw Yon. (Jitt (Special). rink dimity Is here prettily united with line lawn, tucking and Inee insertion, the trimming being ruche of tho mate rial, edged with Valenciennes laco. A sash of pink taffeta ribbon is dniutly bowed iu back. The full waist is sim ply gathered top and bottom, and ar ranged ovor fitted linings. The waist may bo made without lining and fin ished with a low, round neck, the lin ing and sleeves being used separately as guiiupn. The closing is made in centre back, nnd the neck is completed with a standing collar. Theone senm sleeves are gathered at the upper and lower edges, tho wrista being finished with bauds of insertion edged with a tiny frill of laco. The frill around skirt is doeply hemstitched at the foot, the top being gathered and sewed to the lower edge of waist. Whilo suitahle for all thin wnsh fa brics with dainty yokes and sleeves of tucking or euibroidory, this stylish little dress may also be of oas'imere veiling, camel's hair and all soft wool, silk or mixed fabrics. The yoke may be of any suitable contrasting mate rials, such as velvet, silk, corded or tucked taffeta, or "all over" Ince. If made all of one material the yoke, wrist bands nud collar may be attrao tively trimmed with ribbon, braid, gimp or irregular insertion. To make this dress for a girl eight years of age will require two and one quarter yards of thirty-six-inoh mate rial. The Admnred Hlilrt Waist. The shirt waist is an institution that has come to stay. It has its subscrib ers in the homes of tho poor and the mansions of tho rich. Its praises are snug by the women who have cents and by the women who have dollars. Tho popularity of the convenient arti cle of dress plaoes it on a pinnaole from which it will take lots of time to drag it, if it ever comes clown at all. The shirt waist belongs to no class, to no chine, so far as America is con cerned. It has covered the upper of the Southern as well as that of the Northern woman, and that of the Western as well as that of the Eastern woman. Four dozen is very ordinary num ber toown and the collection possessed by some reads like the extraordinary number of toilets listed iu the royal wardrobes. There are bonnd to be at least two thirds of the lot tha't are white. That goes without saying this year. There is pink and white giughaiu fine as gossamer, pale blue, medium blue, a deep blue with round yoke of em broidery. There are at least two eorns with embroideries to lighten them and lavender ones, and white ones these in silk, aud solid grounds with nar row stripes and broad and narrow stripes alternating. The bewildering variety of designs in the white ones almost takes even the owner's breath away as she views them for the first time buried in tissue papers of deli sate tints. The most advanced of oint-s' tokr enrcss. . . S FASHIONS. these, llko the one shown in the large engraving, hns all-over embroidery for the fabrlo, with stripes mooting in points alt tho way down front and back. It is stunning and dashy, and It is hard pushed by the lovely nain sook one with the short yoko of em broidery and Ince running down into the top of the sleeve. The finish of the bottom of the sleeve of this one is uniqno too, with its long pointed cuff falling over Hie hand and making no end of a becoming Map to the very knuckles. For the whilo wnists there are at least three ties for each, wide, long, soft flairs to wind around the throat and tie in a short bow with long float ing euds. For the silk waists the neckwear is white or rose color, blue or violet Iu chiffons or gauzes, with ends finished with crimped chiffon, or having striking patterns iu rich luce ppliqued on. lints Joyful In Look Upon. Tnlle hats nre airy, fuiry nothings, joyful to look upon. Iridescent ef fects in thnso dinphanons materials are delightful. Combine pulo blue, Nile green, pink and lavender, wiih butterflies for trimmings. Spangles should not he used, as their brillianc would ruin the effect. " Ksrrlnsa to lleappear. It comes from very good authority that earrings nre to reappear, not the simple solitaire or plain unobtrusive form of eardrops alone, but pendant ornaments, such an (jiiocn Victoria wore in her early years, and nt times still uses. tlnrket For Autumn. Fawn-colored vicuna mndo th! stylish uiitnmn jacket, the lower oni line oi which is characterized frrAenful tlin fronts sn Ttnrmlsr last o I I --- . 'ri.. t t I : ..1. 1 1 I . .a row of flat rnnnd.al.anad crvstal bnt- tons. Machine stitching finishes th edges in strict tailor style. The bo fronts mny be fitted with single bn da'ts, if so preferred. Under arr and side back gores with a curv centre neam in back contribute trim adjustment, coat laps and. pressed plaits being arranged vNI tfli-niinnl. inn nt tha Itnnlc ftpnmfl. - ''0 fronts reverse at the tops nnd forfdt pointed lapels that meet the rolling collar in notches. Pockets are in serted in the fronts, over which laps are stitched to oonceal the openings. The fashionable sleeves are correctly shaped with upper and nnder por tions, the fulness of the uppor being takon np in four short darts or dis- fmmk ?ra-a hisses' nssriB jackkt. posed in gathers, if so preferred. A double row of stitching ut ouff depth finishes tho wrists. This jacket may form part of suit of cheviot, serge, broad, Venetian or covert cloth, or iu light or dark shades be worn with separate skirts. Braid or strapped seams cau be effectively nsed in its completion, aud silk liuingwill pro vide a dainty inside finish. To make this jacket for miss of fourteen years will require one and one-half yards of material fifty-four inches wide. A line oi which is characterized by I I WAIST OF A roPCLAR TYPK. J 7J n 1 ap TALKING WISE When the daylight fndes away And the sunset colors piny O'er I lie mountain In the west That's the time 1 like the besti When I've done up every chore, (Inthcrlii' Jnt outside the store, With the good old chums I prise, Hettln' 'round sn' tnlkln' wise. 't.netlnns nn' monopolists, Jlnso hnll gam s nnd llghtswlth flstf, Navnl victories, war on land, Trusts, Imperialism nnd All the rest! If you'd oomn 'round You'd enjoy It, I'll be bonnd. It 'ml till you with surprise If you heard us tnlkln' wise. Oolf Is whnt some people like. Others fish or rhlo a Mkei Home piny hull or snll a bnntt Rome sing t,jr enr or note, ilut us folks our pleasure finds .l"s' Imiirorln' of our minds, When the busy daylight dies, Heltlu' 'round an' tnlkln' wise. flours", we're nmnehoors. That's all. Hut I've henrd big men sn' small Mnntln' to dehnte fur pny Made their dnlly bread thnt wny. "I'wnn'l no more eoiivlneln' than Whni'll pn from men to mnn When wit folks extern porlze Hettln' 'round nu' tnlkln' wise. Washington Star. HUMOROUS. Tommy Ray, pnw. Mr. Flgg Well? "How big is tho nniverse?" "As big as all out doors, of courst.'L He I wish I could be kissing hni ...no wune. nue wn, well, therl might bo little kissiug bee, yot now. i Williams Tho baseball profess! seems to lie getting overcrowdd HollkillS Yns. the oi.llaoaa era In) t ... . w iug out more players than the clnl enn use, "Do von mean to sav that von will recognize Aguinnlilb ns a dielatir?" asked the rebellion! Filipino. "I can't help myself," was (he sorrowing re ply, "I'm the officii stenographer." Mr. Kiddbv Will Is mnklnn lhar infernal jangle on flie piano? Mrs. Kiddbv That is f (jjnstanre at her ex Well, for heaven's I lher exercise some l .!,. Mr U l,l,V" sake, tell her to', other way, "When man Ui attention liew.Muiiayunk to woman," says the Phil- osopber. "it's genei ullv a'sian that he HTB tllC.JIIUIinVMIlK 1 Dll wishes to marry licji, and when be doesn't pny atteutiobi to her it's often a sign unit he hns nlarried her," "Freddie," said ads mother, severe ly, "didn't I teH you thnt you honliln t rido your bicycle todny, be ause you wero naughty?" "This isn't my bicycle," sftiid Freddie;"it's Tommy Jones's. Wo)' ve exchanged iust for todny." I "Your hair isn't Ivet, nncle, is it?," asked little Tommy "No, of course not," replied the I amuse I relative; "what makes you jthiuk my hair is wet?" "Because I beard mamma sav you had a hard time, to keep your head ubovo water." Miudie's pnpn in night editor on newspaper, a la-st w hicii Maudie ap- purently hiian'tloitriiHd,forwhen some one naked her a fewJdays ago what her father did for a living, she replied: "I div it up. I fink hei a burglar, 'tans he's out all ni,'lit." j Little four-yeay-old Flossie was looking at a pictnrX book and finally said: "Mamma, wy do men hunt lions and tigers?".' "Jiecause they are cruel and kill sll icop and poor lit- tie innocent luinj mother. "Tlieu w' Iih," replied her Uiy don't they hunk the butchers, too?' she asked. Mrs. Xewham-J-Oli, John, there- was such a tender lenrted tramp bere toduy! Mr. Newhmii Tender-hearted! Mrs. N. Yes. I Jinked him to weed the garden to pay for the dinner I had given him, an lie said he was botanist, and that h hnrt hi. feeling. ,u "oy "v.ug pJlS. "When I can't sleep at night," said she, "I say to my liuHband, 'Oh, read :ne one of rny (le js- minister's ser nons!' And he I lis not read five- ninutes when I nnti sound asleen!" 'he "denr minister)" said, of course. iut he was deli Alited to bear it; al though it was not wholly for that pur pose the sermons wbie published. wjirs j To Work Cleopiutra's Mines, "Yes, we ve got 'a concession from the Egyptian govei ns the right to ruin ment, which gives for emeralds and other precious sto es on the coast of the lied Sea for th said a well known "I have not yet next five years,"' ond street jeweler. signed the couces- sion. but it's all1 right. Egyptian emeralds? Here's a basketful, or at lenst of ore or tnlfcose schist, from, which the emeriilds are derived. Here's a tine piece) of emerald, now, and here, and here' To the nninitiujed eye they were not exactly Hashing green fires, an tha reporter wanted to know if the color was coming br a luter mail. "Color? Some. of these have been lying out there in. the region of the Nile these two thousand years, and the sun's taken the color out of them, as it will out of everything. And it is a sun there. "We expect to get some good stones, of course, or else we shouldn't have made the arrangement. Why, Cleopatra's famous jewels were mined there, and you will remember she gave as presents to ambassadors por traits of herself engraved on emeralds. The stones during her reign were re garded as strictly royul property, an? Egypt was described by Mandeviilo t onto 500 years aja a. 'a country of fair emeralds.' "Where are tho mines? In the centre of a great uaiiierul field formed by depression in a long range of mountains which ran all along the lied Sea coast. There are two main emerald mining centres. That of Sikail, approached from the sea by the Wadi Jamal, is the largest ami most extensive, and some ten miles north of these are the Jabel Abbar mines. "London Leader.
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