If the fad among American girls for marrying foreign princeikeepi np the enltnn of Snln will bo sending over presently for quotations ou half-dozen lots. Tbo government of Knssel.Germany, Is evidently determined to pnt down trnin-wrocking. For the capture of ninn who recently mado on attempt in thot direction a reward of $21 was offered. It is donbtloss nn indiscretion for ft public man to say privntoly whnt won J cause tronblo if spoken oponly. But tho man who gives to the world what has been said to hiin iu private confidence commits somotliing more Vhan a indiscretion, nnd little less than a crimo. The old-fashioned toy house thnt told ns it wa going to be fair because the woman enmo out of tho honso, and that it was going to be stormy because tho inau stood to tho front, gave ns the natural idea of tho wife's n ml the husband's place. Iu matters fair and gentle and domestic! the .wife is properly the head; in stormy, stern, and especially in ont-of-doors affairs, the husband is the best head of the bouse, or bis wifo is unfortunate. Au item of interest is reported in the Woman's Tribune from tho little Nebraska town of Cnlbortson. There tho women living in the town bave furnished a waiting room with easy chairs and toilet conveniences for the comfort of women coming in from the country. "Nothing conld be more sisterly and humanitarian," says the Tribune. "Women usually come in the farm wagons to the town to do their shopping and bave to bang aronnd the stores waiting for the men to have finished their business which nsusally includes settling the political affairs of tho untion." Oeoige Dowey may have begun to be a hero Into in life, as be says, bnt be is a real hero, because be is so human, observes the New York Sun. We know from his manner of speech, bis sympathies, bis toleration, bis brave natural carriage and the bold bnt gentle light of his eyes that be must have been the same Dewey all bis life that be is today. The man was always ready for the opportunity to be great, but it did not come to him until the first of May, 18.18. It has probably puzzled him to find that he has grown so famous, aud that iu the estimation of tho world he is to take bis place among its great men for nil time puzzled him because ho is so modest and so incapable of being anything bnt the plnin, unaffected character whose worth his friends, nud whose great qualities bis brother officers, have known nil along. The higher education of women is a recout thing. It never bnd anything that could be called a start until the present ceutury wns well advanced. But though this uiovemont begun late, it has made a phenomenal progress. Womon seomed determine.! to make up for lost time in the matter of educa tion. It appears that the women are being educate, I away from the men. Within the memory of muuy persons now living there was not a college for women, or a school for their higher education, iu this coantiv or any where iu the world. Now these schools of this character are to be fonnd in every state and torritory, in very city aud iu most of the towns of considerable size, iu the United States. Thero are fur more girls than boys in attendance upon schools for higher educntiou in this country. It will be interesting to see what the relative proportion of tho two will be wbou it is ascertained by the next census, bnt it will certainly show the girts to be fur iu the lead. There is always something interest ing iu the discovery, or eveu the sup posed discovery, of a new malady. The race rejoices in nothing so inuutt as in tnlkiug about its physicul disa bilities'. We have a long succession of troubles iu couueotiou with the bicycle. It U only natural thnt the new rival of the wheel should keep in the swim nud produce its own peculiur troubles. A piece of dialogue iu the Antomobilo Magazine shows that the expected Las happened. A young woman is the subjeut of tho conversation " 'Puts on a good many airs,' said one neighbor to another, as they walked home after the rapidly disappearing automobile. Tou'd think that ahe invented the horseless carriage and owned the ouly oue iu nse, instead of tuking a few rides by special iuvitatiou. And did you notice that she's getting the automo bile face?' 'I noticed she looked kiud of quesr.' 'les proud 'aud . puffed up, as if ahe were romoboly better'n any other woman. That's the way they oil look."' THE RAINY DAY. Tskln' things easy an' driltlo' along i Horryln' some wnm the ourrant la strong Listlessly lyln' an' Roln' to sleep W hore Time's mighty river flows silent and deep. I Jos' wsiit to dream far away frura the throng, Takln' things easy an'drlftln' along. Tnkln' things easy an' drlftln' along - '1 ho plnstur's nnnw down au' the roof lias gone wrong ! Wlsht I'd a' Hint 'em. I reckon we'll drown Unless wh nil hustle an' wnlk Into town. It's no good In (net, though It's tine In a smiif. This takiu' things easy sn' drlftln' along. Trunk L. Htnnlnn. COMPROMISED. "ion," said Miss Isidora Ives, "the Tower is mine still, and I intend to keep it. Kvorything else they have tnkou away from me, because some loggerhesded old ancestor of mine signed his unme to a deed 'John B. Bobinson' instead of 'John C. Robin son.' As if one letter of the alpha bet conld make any difference! I've no patience with people 1 The majesty of the law, indeed! l'slinwr "But if the rest of the property be longs to your I ousin Kobinson, so does the tower," suggested Mrs. Mil roy. "1 can t help that, said Mis Isidore. 'Here I hid, nnd here I mean to stay. law or no law." Mrs. Milroy opened her weak eyes. Feoble as a kitten herself, she could scarcely comprehend sneh valiant re solution in another. "Bnt if they come bere with the sheriff, nnd a posse coinitotus, and a writ of bis babeaa corpus?" she fal tered. "Then," said Miss Tsi lore, "they'll have to clear out .again. Common sense is common sense. The house is mine, and I mean to keep it. I've got new bolts and bars to all the doors, aud I keep a kettle of boiling water on the stove night nnd dny, and my friond, Mr. Jeffreys, who is clerk in a law office, has given me the bint never to let in a man witu a bag." "Why not '"breathlessly questioned Mrs. Milroy. "Don't yoa see?" said Isidore, snap pishly. "Because it will be full of law papers. Writs and summouses, and all that sort of thing." "Oh!" said Mis. Milroy. The Tower was hers, and the tower she meant to keep. And Hebeccn, her little maid, was stricken with breathless admiration for ber warlike qualities. "But, of course, ma'am," said Rebeeeu, "nobody can stuad against the law." "I'll seo whether they con or not!" said Miss Isidora Ives. "Be sure yon keep the kettles well filled, Bebecca, and don't let the fires go out day or night." Aud whenever she recoived through the mail a lotter with a legal appear ance, or au envelope crested with the firm address of Messrs. Tape & Htr iughum, her cousiu Bobinson's lawyers, she invariably j oked it be tween tho bars of the grate, and smiled vindictively to see the blaze. "What are we to do with such a case as this?" said Tape, when he beard all this. t "But in a sheriff's officor at once," said Striughnm. "The woman is a trespasser, nud has been all her life." "No, no, no!" said Mr. Tape, bland ly, "obe a a womau. No harsh mea sures. It is Gideon Bobinson's ex press injunction that all courtesy be shown to the defendant. We'll try something else before we proceed to extremities." And one pleasant October afternoon when the air was all blue mist, aud the setting sun shone as if through a medium of opaqne gold, the landlord of the Toplady Arms came puffing up the bill witn a stout pleasant-faced geutlemnn, and rang the bell, which echoed like a double chime through the tiny tower. "ito nwayr said Mibs Isidora, from the window, spying the tops of two hat. Oh, ma'am!" squeaked Bebecca over her shoulder, "shall I get the gun?" I beg pardon, ma am," said the strauer, "bnt " "Go away, I say!" sternly repeated Miss Isidora Ives. "Bebecca, bring iu thnt kettle! I'll have you to under- taud that I am not to be trilled with." But by this time mine host of the Toplady Arum bad stimnltaneously re covered his breath and his presence of mind. "Miss Ives," be puffed, stertorous ly, "dou't be fluetrated! It's only Israel Jonkius." "Bless the man's heart!" said Miss Isidora, "why didn't ho say so before? And what on earth did yon wunt here, Jenkins?" "It's a lodger, Miss Ives," said Jenkins, who had married Miss Isi dore's old nurse, and somehow felt himself to be connected with the family. "A lodger?" repeutod Miss Ives. "This isn't a lodiughouse, niau alive!" "Yes'm I'm qnite aware of that," said Israel, meekly. "And where no onense is intended, it s noped ns none will be took. But, knowing as you was aloue aud unprotected " -m auu i Know wnut you cull un protected," brusquely interrupted Miss Ives. "I've got a loaded gun aud a six-gallon kettle of boiliug water nere. "And," mildly went on Israol Jen kins, "ibis 'ere geutlemati, a Mr. Marshall of Alabama, wanted a pleas ant lodging in the neighborhood, which meals could be took at the Top- lady Arms though our apartments It all occupied with the gentry as come to fish and shoot, through October aud November and it might be a con eolation to yon, Miss Ives, to have a gentleman about the premises." Mr. Marshall proved himself a qniet nnd peaceable momber of the little household. He liked dogs, nnd allowed Miss Ives' King Charles spaniel to sleep, undisturbed, amid the papers on his table. He was partial to birds, and entered at once into the most friendly of alli ances with the parrot and the macaw. He grafted Miss Isidore's mango tree for her, and showed ber a new way to train her wax plants. And at tho end of fonr weeks Miss Isidora put into execution a plan which she had been forming. "Mr. Mai shall," she said, "it's a great deal of trouble for yon to go three times n dny tramping down that long hill to tho Toplady Arms and back again. Von are no longer a stranger to ns bere. We have learned to respect nnd trust you. If you choose to tnke your meals with us bere, I shall be quite willing to sub mit you to my frugal table, as a friend." Mr. Marshall's countenance changed oddly. He made a curious sound in bis throat as if he were swollowing something. "Miss Isidora," he said, "I can't." "Can't 1" repented the lady. "Nothing could induce me to eat salt under this roof," said Mr. Mar shall, incoherently. "Bless and save nst Is the man mad?" cried Miss Isidora Ives. "I am, socially speaking, a fraud," said the stranger, "a forgery." Miss Ives sat down on the sofa in a helpless way and stared at bim. "But your sweet gracionsuess and kindness bave conquered me," added Mr. Marshall, "What do you mean?" laid Miss Ives. "Just this," said the stranger. "I am bere ou false pretenses. 1 am your cousin, the plaintiff. i:y name isn't Marshall, but Gideon Marshall Robinson." "Ma'am," whispered the heartless maid, who turned absolutely green on bearing tne name of the family eneuiv, "shnll I bring the kettle of boiliug water? "Bebecca," says Miss Ives, "hold your tongue aud go out nnd feed the young turkeys, l ain fully competent to manage this mutter myself. And Kebcccii, feeling herself put down, depai ted. "I came here," went on Mr. Bobin sou, "to look into the facts of the case myself. I have heard of your pre judices ugainst me " "Ye, 1 think so," interposed Miss Ives. "And I do not blame you for them," said Mr. Bobinsou. "Now thnt I am personally acquainted with you. Miss Ives notliiug could induce me to pro secute this " "Iniquitous claim!" interposed Isidore. "Iniquitous claim!" acceded Mr. Robinson, with a repetition of the swallow ing sound. "JuBt what you please to call it. I respect yon as a lady, but 1 appreciate you as a rela tive; but, of course, knowing who I am, you caunot tolerate me any longer as your friend. I will pack my bag nud depart at once. I can only feel regretful that I hove deceived you so long. I feel myself to be a hypvocrite aud a swindler!" He waited meekly to receive the full tide of Miss Isidora's curbed wrath. She put out her plump little ban 1, with four dimples iu the four joints. "Don t go! she soul in a low voice. "What!" cried the inotedulons plaintiff. "Iheres no reason why we shouldn't be friends," said Miss Ives, in ber odd, brusque way. "Things seem so very different, now that we are acquainted with each other. Couldn't we compromise?" "iBidora," said Mr. Bobinsou, we're cousins, you know, twice re moved, I may call von Isidora?" "Oh, certainly!" said Miss Ives. "We are the two last seeming heirs," "I laiutiff nnd defendant, nodded Isidore. "Exactly so. Now it has just oc curred to mo I mean, I've been thinking of it for some time that if we were to uuite our claims " "To get married, do you mean?" said Isidora, bluntly. "Yes, precisely. It would put au end to all litigation," pleaded Mar shall Kobinson. "Would you be will ing to marry me?" said Mr. Gideon Marshall Robinson. "Y-yes!" said Isidora. "I tujuk I should. I'm not young, but then six-und-thirty is not absolutely old." "You are a rose in full bloom," said Mr. Bobinson, enthuiastically, "and I myself am not a mere boy, it must be remembered." "And if people should laugh at ns, why we'll let them laugh," said Isi doru. "Aud we'll laugh, too," said the middle-aged lover, cheerfully. The lire was allowed to go down, the kettle cover taken off, the charges drawn fro n the gun, and the Tower pronounced to be uo longer in a state of siege. Aud this is the way in which the famous case of Bobinson vs. Ives, which bad promised to swell the fees of lawyers innumerable for the next ten years, was removed from the court of records. Aud no one was so ry except the legal gentleman aforesaid. Extrania FiHtlhardlnaM. "Oi like courage," said Mr. Buf fer ty, "but I don't like recklessuesa wid it." "I told Casoy, the conthractor, the same t lug, ' replied Mr. JJolan, "wan clay when be wor thryiu' to abow bow brave be could be iu au aigymint wid 'is wife." Washington Star. NEW YORK Designs For Costumes That Have Be- m como Popular in New York Citt (Special). On the street it is now possible to take stock of the new coats, and a great many full-box shapes with Bnglnu shoulders certainly are worn. Of course the? should be the exclusive property of the youthful and slender, for ample proportions find no strength or refuge in their straight trying lines. Every thing except a dress coat, that fairly lays itself ont in its gorgeous revere, buttons well up onto the chest, with a miNCESS DUEKS. COSTUME I fly front, too, and there, only n few inches below the chin, opens back with modestly small silk-faooa lapols. Attain, everything except a dress coat, the eccentricities aud preroga tives of which will be dwelt tipou later, has pockets, plenty of thorn, and for trne service designed. A Bnglnu pocket, for instance, when it is nobly planned, has a right-hand slip iu its skirts that opeus into a capacious silk lined pocket, aud then thero is, on the same side, a breast pooket. A ticket packet is its descriptive title given by the tailor men, and if this coat is used for traveling the virtues of that upper pocket can be tested and appreciated. Three of the Sanson's Triumph. Ou many models lace motives are mingled aud form part of the appliquod garniture. The arrangement requires taste, but when properly treated the effect is absolutely cbarmiug. To look its best tho shade chosen for this stylo of trimming must not correspond ex aotly with that of tho dress, but iu preference be a shade or two lighter when the lace which accompanies it is white, and darker in the case of blaok laoe being chosen. One of the most striking costumes of the season is shown in the large engraving. It is a piece-dyed robe with scarf draporios of fanoy material, aud is from the Dry Goods 'Eoouomist. The costume ou the left of the large engraving repre sents a tailor-made prinoess robe of Dresden-blue satin de laine, trimmed with a scroll design iu steel beads. A similar adorumeut conceals the back seam on the skirt and corsage. The centrul figure shows a rioh silk visiting dress of "roseau" green, with side panels of handsome cream-colored renoissanoe laoe, framed on either side by three folds of dark green velvet. The bodice, which bulges slightly in frout, but without fullness, has bretelles and opaulottes of the same laoe, which terminate at the shoulder seam. Cuffs of the same at the wrists. Small embroidered catnbrio collar with long "Begoia" cravat of roseau-green ailk. Black Valval Much ired. Blaok velvet is seen iu some form ou nearly all light gowns. Bands inB KEW ItAOLAV. ,it jjj ',11"" " FASHIONS. the Metropolis. across the front, in mony coses, ap pear to fasten the skirt. Others, again, have a wide black velvet band from the centre of n high stock, secured in front by a buckle. Tho favorite way, however, is to thread white lace with narrow velvet and use the loco as trimming. Entire gowns are made of this velvet, threaded with insertion, sewed deftly together. A beautiful toilet of ecru gnipnro has two small capes coveriug the shoulders, the one over the other. These and the standing collar, also of guipure, are threaded with very nar row block velvet. A tornodo of block velvet descends in front to the waist, whila black velvet bows continue the effect on the front of the skirt. llnng Are llecoinlns; Popular. Bangs are slowly but surely super seding the pompadour. The most novel feature of the coiffure is the pouch at the back. It is often so ex aggerated that it hangs over the col lar. The scold locks are caught up the middle of the pouch with a dainty bit of a gold laco pin and a luxurious bend of hair is affected by padding the pouoh with a wide pompadour roll. How Skirl Am Made. Skirts are still made to touch in the) frcnt and sides, -with quite a dip in tho back, but have plaits at the waist line, rather than the perfectly plain effect. None of the uew gowns are gathered at the bock. Two Pretty HoTeer. A pretty effect in braid is shown in its application on a blue cloth tailor made suit. The tunic appears in this instance, which is taken from the New York Sun, over a very plain overskirt and trimmed with black braid in con ventional designs. The coot is one OF 8ILK. iscAnr DiurF.MES. of the shortest, nnd short even ns re cards the elongated frout, whioh can I be colled ljng only because the hack An MIL ii u iu tuctv. a.io ..J au which the braid is applied seems more in keeping with the idea of the tailor-made gowu than does the wandering tloral pattern that is often used. Mink fur lines the high collar, and mink plays an important part ou the bat, where it forms the crown. The charms of blaok and white are to bo soon in an extremely plain but very fetching gown. The skirt of blaok cloth is unrelieved with the ex ception of a row of white stitching. The duinty little bolero ie bordered by a row of the white stitching, too, aud is fastened with buttons of black and white. On the revers nud collar another note is brought to bear, for they are faced not with white, but with a delicato corn-colored material. The toque brings the black, tho white and tho yellow into combination by using black and white plaid with a narrow line of the yellow running through BLACK CLOTH TAILOR BLUB CLOTH OOWN. MADE. the whole. Yellow is a wonderfully beoouiiug oolor to most persons, whereas pur white belongs to the few. BORROWERS. "Msn wants bnt little hers below Nor want that little Ion-." tft. some there bs. It seems to me, Thst know not right from wrong I And henna 'tis mine to quite despise Tha meanness of th rasa Who, when he borrows "anything," Will keep It II be can. Books by the snore, I In my day Have kindly lent, to lind ' My shelves now bnre, Indeed of rnuuh Thnt fed my youthful mlndi Thus, nono may wonder II I here - Confess thnt I have Brown Full weary of the msn who keeps mm wuion is not ins own. Agnln, e'en If the wish Is vain, I want restored to ma Tha "trllles" which, within an honr, Itiumid were sure to bei But hero tho maxim W"ll anpllos, "To borrow not, nor lend:" For oft when wo the latter do Wo los both cash and "friond. rerehnnen 'tis wiser and humans r.neh borrower to forgive. filnee "momory" falls nnd weaker grows The longer that they live; Ht til, 1 may not tha while forget The meanness of tho msn Who, when lin borrows "anything," Will keel) It If heenn. Hubert llnln, In Homorvllle (Mass.) Jour Ukl. HUMOROUS. "Ever up in n bnlloon?" 'Me? No. Bnt 1 have been in love." Boss Here, Johnny, hurry up aud tnke these pills around to old B.own, and collect before he dies. "Vmi niin'l Lao,, m ami at ItfrnMA ' "Yes, lean, but 1 mivays happen tt toll things Xo other girls who can t. y Briggs Nice suit you've got Griggs Yes. How much do yon s pose thnt suit cost? Briggs You the tailor? 'To the pure nil things are pure" Ah. this Is true no more, For the nura Ret left nj otoers do When they tnoklo tha grocery store. Doctor I will leave yon thin medi cine to take after each meal. Mike Aud will yea be koind enough to leave the meal, too, do j tor? "I've always given Lot credit for one thing." "Whut s thnt?" "When bis wife looked back be was too much of a gentleman to say "rubber neck!" "Home day," said the high browed young mnn, "I expect to have the world at my feet." "What liavo yon been doing all this time," suarled the cynic, "walking on your hands?" "Liquid air is nothing new," said Dukaue, after Unswell had been tell ing him of wouderfnl discoveries. "What do yon mean?" "There lion,, been soda-water ever since I can- re member." Ball to tha glorious frnme of Rolf!! Hluna Its arrival you will strike. Soniatunus, a youth or a lass who'lr tnlk Of something other tbau tba "bike." Married Friend My husband says ntock speculation is very datwerous if you get ou the wrong Bide of the mar ket. Fiancee But George has prom ised to be very careful not to get on the wrong side of the market. Mamma What is my Tommy going to do when he is a man? Tommy (aged 4) Oh, I suppose I shall do the siiiiio as the rest of the men tie my self to some womau. Dad set me the exumple, aud I'll have to follow it. The Sentinieutnlist Poets, you know, are lioiu, not made. I be Ma terialist Oh, yes, I know: but if there were any demand for the goods a poet factory would bo started inside week. "Will von be mi wife?" nsknd tli impecunious bnt noble Count de Kak ink. "I will," replied the American heiress; "not because I love you, bnt becauso the good book says a good name is rather to be chosen than greut How the lfor Died. IIavinr reached the firing-line, many olllcors left their horses tied to the brush on the sands of Sun Juan river. Baggage and gu i mules were tinned loose, and stood stupidly about. There m a constant tweet of bullets coming through the trees from the Spanish position. Oue horse caught three almost iu a bunch; an other passed through them, and lie lay down on his side, pnntiug desper ately. A big gnu-mule lay on his side gasping, aud ' another horse snt dowu like a dog, giving every evulenoe of great pain. A ball out the skin nn a lunlo's kuco, but he only stamped the leg as though to get rid of a trouble some fly. The thing about it which wa strange to lue was that the horses which were nntoiichod seemed sleepy they gave no evidence of excitemeut except a slight pricking of tbo ear toward the hill. One aim st wondered if they suspectnd thut things were not right. Even the blood which was all about ou the Baudn, from horses aud men, did not have its general effect of scaring them. Why do not horses die fr their country? They do not have pre vious intention of so doiug the act is not voluntary. Well, possibly. Neith er does a conscript du voluntarily, or a man put war-stnaips on checks vol untarily, but it's for. the country just the same. A mule does more work for his conn try nud more suffering than a man. It also takes more reve nue stamps to keep him going. But why speak of these things? It is snf- flcent to know thnt all soldiers respect and honor all mules. Frederic ltom iugtou, iu Harper's Weekly. A school for Kdnratln; Parrot. An elderly Philadelphia, couple earn their living by educating parrots iu the polite use of language. They oc cupy a tiny house iu a side street, the lower floor of whi h is filled with par rots in cages. The old couple ara quite expert in their management of the pupils, mauy of whom are being trained to order aud are taught to call their owners' names iu sentences like "Good morning," "Good uig!if' avail "Thank you."
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