Married School Teachers. Borne married teachers attend to their duties as faithfully and conscien tiously as, if not moro so than these who merely think of wedlock. Those who do not ran be dismissed for cause. Boards of education, like other public bodies are concerned with results, not with alleged tendencies. And the facts are OKaliiHt the theory that marriage . necessarily destroys the usefulness of the woman teacher. Chicago Evening Post. Plants for Table Decoration. Tbe woman who entertains much (or little, for that matter) should grow two or three plants for table decora tions. Ami n g those suitable for this purpose Kuril E. liexford names the arauraria or Norfolk pine, when small; the Jerusalem cherry, small ferns, es pecially young plants of the Boston fern and Its two new vnrletles, the Foster and Plerson, which have leaf lets divided Into mlnaturo fronds in such a way as to give an airiness and grace the parent fern does not pos sess. A few carnations or roses, ar ranged among the ferns give color and beauty, and a handsome decoration is made at a slight coat. Detroit Free Press. American Girls and the Nobility. There could be no greater mistake than the belief that the marriages of American girls with foreigners of rank are mainly confined to England, says a writer In Harper's Weekly. Up to a quarter of a century ago, it ap pears, there were at leant three such lnternatltnal marriages in France for one, in England. Dozens of American girls have married French nobles of the anclen regime, to say nothing of those who obtained their titles from Napcleon. Among these may bo men tioned the Due de la Rochefoucauld, the Due ilo Pino n:id the Due de Decaices. Many nn ItRlInn noblo from Prince Colonna down, has married nn American ycung woman. There aro examples of men ninrrlnges in the Spanish peerage clso: the Puchcsso d'Arcos i?i an American. Many Amer ican girls have married German no bles, and one of them. Miss l.oe. of New York, at present the wife of Count ven Walclerseo, had for her first husband a reigning prince, the Duke cf Angustenburg, who was eli gible for lntermarrlago with any Im perial family in Europe. The truth is that the number of American women who have married European nobles would be found, upon a complete enu meration, to havo exceeded consider ably a hundred. The Duty of Mothers. ' A mother and a wife should not Tor get that she owes some duty to her self. In the BtroBS of family life. In the cares of bringing up children, manyi women do forget thlB. They fancy' that they must shield the poor, bnrd-working, bread-winning husbands from all the troubles and anncyances of the home. For him there should be alippors at the fire and a cushion on the chair. And the children? Of course, they must be clothed Just as well as the neighbors' youngsters, even though the mother goes without a new win ter coat. And the daughter must go to as many dances in the week as she likes, else where will be her place in the young society? And so the moth er slays at home to wash the dishes and mend the stockings. It is all very fine for the husbands and the chil dren; and the mother, bless her! en Joys It. But isn't she a little unfair to herself, and Isn't It her own fault? Bhe takes It for grantea that she should sacrifice herself, and tbe oth ers take it for granted, toot But everybody bos some right to a certain amount of living for his own ends. Everybody has a right to a lice of bis owq life to spend as he or she chooses. And the mother should take It. Not only she herself, but tbe whole family, would be bettered if they. were not allowed forever and eternally to lean . on the mother. It is not because they are close-hearted tbat tbey do It; It is because they do not think, and In the mother's love he does not think, either, but cheer fully gives herself, when it would be better to require a little of the others. Woman's Home Companion. To Oust Male Clerks. All schools In London that make a feature of training girls and ycung women in shorthand, typewriting and other commercial pursuits report a great Increase in the number of their pupils compared with this time last year. Tbe demands on tbe part of fe males to learn typewriting at the evening schools has lately grown to such an extent that the school board Is to be asked to supply 118 wore ma chines, making a total of 463. Any fe male, Irrespective of age or social condition, may now acquire an expert knowlodge of typewriting ait these schools for 25 cents, providing she can write shorUiand at tbe rate of 40 words a minute. There are at pres ent something like 1700 fmle pupils under the tuition of school board type writing experts, who hold certificates of proficiency from the 8cclety of Arts or the London Chamber of Commerce. Instructors are at present teaching shorthand and typewriting to 2800 girls, and have turned out over 20,000 female experts, who as clerks are earning from 95.73 a week to $1500 a year. Situations are being found for the pupils at the rate of ten per week, but the majority find places for them, selves. One school 1ms 100 female type-writing pupils. Several smaller Institutions are now teaching type writing to girls, and the London rep resentatives of the various machine making firms are giving freo tuition. A fair estimate puts the total of girls who today are quallflng for clerk ships In London at 6350. The number has increased 100 percent. In four years. In a few months' time all these girls will be seeking situations. "And they will get them, too," said the principal of one of these schools. "In fact, the demand for girl clerks who can do something more than mere writing machines far exceeds the supply. As for the ordinary male clerk, his day is obviously drawing to a close. Like the malt-shop assistant, he will have to seek another and perhaps a man lier occupntlon." London Daily Mall. Pay of College Women. A question arising every school year and never exhausted is: Does it pay to send boys and girls to college? The answer is another question: What do you mean by "pay"? If you mean that you will pay for tuition, board and books as an Invest ment and then wait for a return in money when a position is obtained, then you will be disappointed. If you mean that it adds to the chances for real and efficient work in the world on the part of the man or woman, then It "pays." The college graduate today does not make as much money on first leaving college as does the skilled laborer. This low wage rate is particularly noticeable in the ranks of the girl graduates. After four years of study the girl who takes a position to teach is for tunate if she can earn $.00 a year. If she be steadily advanced she may reach $1000 or $1200 salary at the end of five years. Abovo that limit, unless she takes a principal's or president's position, Bhe Is nut likely to go. In oilier lines cf work she may fare somewhat better, but her ualary is sel dom up to the standard of men's pay In the same position. And men In academic positions are not today paid as well at master mechanics and .lumbers. Some fisuros gathered by the Asso ciation of Collejrlalo Women brings out this fact very forcibly. Of tae 451 replies from college graduates, women, it Is fcund that "there are 238 who receive less than $73 a month, and 1B3 who receive from $75 to $:100 and over. Perhaps the profession of tearhlng deserves to be especially con sidered. Of the 161 teachers who re plied to this question, 24 received un der $50 a month; C4 receive between $50 and $75; 42 recolve between $75 and $100; 29 between $100 and $200; one between $200 and $300, and one over $300. Thero Is but one otier woman who receives between $200 and $300 a month, and she is an editor." Charlotte Teller in Pittsburg Dis patch. Fashion Notes. Silver gray is classic. Iron gray is more fashionable than for years. Stone gray Is another revival much esteemed for tailor rigs. Stoel gray is one of the very great ly favored tones of this color. Dove gray is favored, providing It does not get Into the blue tone. Passementeries will be used In trim ming many of the fur garments. Oyster gray Is especially beautiful In broadcloth or silk for evening wear. White lace Insertions five inches wide are greatly In demand for lace waists. . Nearly all these shades are exquis ite in that wonderful new fabric, chif fon velours. The turban which extends out over the face in a point has been styled tbe "torpedo ' hat. Ribbon embroidery is so light and soft that it makes nn especially appro priate trimming for chiffon. In the delicate tints gray shows well for evening, while in the dark tones It is very smart for the street. A dainty collar and cuff set is of white linen with the scalloped edges bound with a band of vivid blue linen. Plenty of fine millinery and access ories generally stand ready to gladden the woman who elects to clotne her self In gray. i A typical toque has a crown of white fur and a brlra of mole. Tbe toque is trimmed with folded scarf of a soft shade of light blue satin. Blonde filet laces are among the newest trimmings for costly gowns, and these go well with blonde inser tions, the lace patterns darned with a color. There's Just one trouble with this color which always enjoys a certain vogue, and every now and then be comes a furore, and that Is that not all of us can wear It. The belt or girdle (according to width) is the feature of the present day gown and it begins to look as if the larger the bucklo the more de sirable It was. On tbe girdle the rib bon bows take the place of the buckles and then the ends bang far down on tho skirt New York City. Minuses shirred to give a broad effect nt the shoulders make one of the fentnres of the season, and are shown in many variations. MS SniHRED BLOtSB. This Mny Munton one Is peculiarly chic, and forms a yoke of shlrrlugs and lace that is exceedingly smart. In the case of the original the material Is Utilize colored crepe do chine combined with chiffon velvet of the siiiup color and cream luce, but all materials soft enough for shlrrliuts nre appropriate. The narrow vest, covered with frills of tho chiffon edged with ruches. Is a noteworthy feature and the sleeves are among the most graceful of tbe season, while the wide belt is both new and becoming. The waist Is made over a fitted lining that closes nt the centre front. Moth the fronts and back are slilrred to yoke depth and are combined with the luce to give thcacffcct of straps over the shoulders. Tho vest is narrow, faced with luce to form the square, and cov ered with frills below. At the edges of the fronts, which tire outlined witb ruches of clilffon, are narrow exten sions of velvet thut give the effect of a plain waistcoat over the full frills. The sleeves are shirred to lit snugly below the shoulders and luclndo shirred cuffs, but form full puffs be tween the two. The belt la wide, shirred at tbe centre front. The quantity of material required for the medium nlzo is six yards twenty one inches wide, five yards twenty seven Inches wide or three and a quar ter yards forty-four inches wide with one-half yard of bias velvet, three eighth yards of all-over lace, three quurter yards of clilffon or luce frilling and one and a quarter yards of niching to make as illustrated. Mnleakln For Winter Wear. Moleskin Is the latent fur craze for the coming winter. It bns all tbe soft, smooth bceouiingiiss of sealskin, and Its quiet unobtrusiveness when un mixed with another fur commends It. While as a Toll to ermine. It not only is Itself beautiful, but adds to tbe white ness of ermine in a most attractive way. . Moleskin also enters Into mil linery trimmings with great success and is used for the foundation of fur hats, relieved by ermine brims and rosettes of tails of tbe same. An Krenlnt Down. A charming evening gown Is of helio trope crepe de chine, only slightly trained. The skirt is accordeon pleat ed, the edge of each plain lined with Iridescent beads. The low-necked waist Is also pleated, and there Is a deep bertha of yellow lace combined with an Iridescent galloon. V'r'T.B "ill ?-T 1 A Late Design by May Manton. Skin Bus. The reindeer sUiu bags, which loot like suede, come in tan, gray and black, and the watch Is set at the top on one end. Watches are also to be seen in the walrus bags. Long purses with a flnp Instead of a clasp also have watches set In one end. Raveralhle (Inrmftntft. Another new and Ingenious Idea Is making reversible garments of a dark fun lined with a light-colored one, In order that tbey mny serve In the dou ble capacity of day and evening wraps. lllue I yn. Blue lynx Is of a very beautiful gray blue shade, lias long, fluffy, silky hair and is quite delicate. The black has a brilliant Jet black lustre. Wrap Ar Hlinrtrr. The loose eouts are all shorter than of late years. Three-quarters, or an even shorter length, seems to be popu lar. . Tlffnr Skin. The newest Importation In dress and millinery velvet goes by the name of "tiger skin." Rlnuao With dip Cotlnr. Cnpe or yoke collars and all devices that give n broad shoulder line are to be noted on the latest waists and are singularly graceful. The May Munton model shown is extended to form a narrow plastron and Is among the best seen. The waist, as illustrated. Is of striped French flannel stitched with cortlcelll silk and trimmed with small buttons, but the design Is suited to all the materials of the season, and to both the odd wnlst and the gown. The full, soft fronts are peculiarly becom ing, and tho capo cellar Is shaped to lull well over tbe sleeves where it is open to allow perfect freedom of move incut. The waist consists of tho fitted lin ing, the fronts, back and cnpe collar. The portions of the waist are arranged over tbe lining and the cape collar over both. At tbe neck is a standing collar that is closed with the waist at tM centre front. Tbe sleeves are the new ones with the deep pointed cuffs and n'" nrrnncd over fitted linings. To the lower edge of the waist is attached a basque portion that extends below the bolt and serves to keep It In place, so avoiding all bulk beneath tbe skirt The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and three- quarter yards twenty-one Inches wide, four and a quarter yards twenty-seven Inches wide or two and five-eighth yards forty-four lncb.es wide. ttovas waist with CArm, PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Meekness Is might with right Work alone gives value to rest. Reproof Is the proof of a friend. A prejudice cannot be a principle. The strait gate Is for straight men. Manliness depends on moral muscle. Tho wise futlicr makes A glad eon. He cannot give who will not for give. Pardon may be the opposite of mer cy. Life will give out what you live into It. You cannot kick back and pull for ward. The restless are ,not likely to be re sistless. The self-sacrificing are never self satisfied. Men mistake the glory of gain for the gain of glory. The enlarged soul will not be swoll en with conceit Ram's Horn. Where Men Have Proposed. On ono occasion a balloon ascent took place at tho Crystal Palace. Four or five passengers were to be car ried, among them being a young bank clerk with good prospects, and an un married lady possessing considerable means. These two knew eacli other slightly, but the young gentleman was much In love with his fair fellow passenger, though he was by no means sure as to whether he had the slight est ground for hope. For some Inexplicable reason a panic broke out among the passen gers when the balloon had attained a considerable altitude; and then and there the faithful swain dared to pro pose to the lady, and was accepted. It Is interesting to note that there was but the slightest reason for alarm, and the couple were married soon af ter. Propsals on the stage during lore scenes are far from uncommon. One well known actress was proposed to during a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" "I really thought," nhe re barked, "that my poor Romeo was the worse for drink. The way tie stut tered over his linos! And yet the energy Infused Into them!" Then, too, the occasions when the Great Wheel has stuck, both at the Chicago World's Fair and In London, are said to have been seized upon as opportune times for declarations of love, while prisoners In tha dock have often been the recipients of slllmar offers. Proposals of marriage have also been made on steam tenders convey ing passengers to outgoing liners, and In diving bells beneath the water. New York News. Superstition In British Qulana. A woman In the Essequlbo district gave birth to twins. At tho time there was a considerable amount of sick ness prevailing in the district, and a pulman was called in to give his deci sion as to the cans? He unhesitating ly declared the cause to be one of the unfortunate woman's twins, who, he said was the child of a kanalma, as a woman could not naturally produce two children at a birth. The particu lar child was sick and fretful, and one night on the cry of an owl or other night bird It woke and commenced to cry. The pulman, who was present, declared tlje cry of the bird to be the kanalma father of the child calling to it, and the child's wailing Its answer. The next day, at his instigation, a large bote was dug In the ground and a fire wns built in It When it was well ablase the infant was thrown In and roasted alive a sacrifice to an offended dotty. But this did not suf fice to appease the wrath of the spirits and the pulman advised a further act of propltatlon. The mother was taken and similarly burned to death. The authorities havo taken the matter in hand, and the pulman and his accom plices have been brought to tbe capi tal for trial. From report of Commis sioner McTurk. Queen Bess' Wardrobe. Every school boy has read of Queen Elizabeth's extravagance in the mat ter of dress, but her wardrobe must have been about the most varied and extensive ever recced ed In royal an nals, to Judge from a list of her wear ing apparel gathered from the state papers. Even when the Maiden Queen was sixty-eight, and might therefore have been supposed to have outlived some of her youthful vanity, she pos sessed 89 complete official costumes, 102 French gowns 100 robes with trains and 67 without 126 antique dresses, 126 bodices and 125 tunics, not to mention such trifles as 96 man tles, 85 dressing gowns and 27 fans. With all these dresses, however. It is curious to note tbat Queen Bess only owned nine pairs of shoes. When ahe died, In 1603, 3000 articles of apparel were found In ner wardrobe, duty cat alogued. New York News. Distilled 8cents. Those exquisite perfumes sold aa genuine lily cf the valley, violet, and Jarmine are as a matter of fact not quite the real article. Lily of the val ley cannot be distilled, neither can violets or Jasmine; In fact, the number of flowers tbat lend themselves to tbe process of distillation Is comparative ly few. The cheaper scents claiming to be, the real extract from such flow ers aa lily of the valley or violets are as a rule a horrible compound of cheap chemicals but slightly resembling In smell the flowers whose names they b6ar. Lavender lends Itself very readily to the work of the distiller and can be bad In the purest form at com paratively email cost. Loudon: Tatler. iniintnintninmmnimmmnimmnimniinnimninnnf i THE JEFFERSON j SUPPLY COMPANY f Being tbe largest distributor of Otatral Merchandise ia thia Tidnitj, it always is osition to girt the beet quality of good, t aim U not to tell jou cheap foods but when quality it eontidered the price will al ways be found right. It department! are among the specialties bandied may be mav tioned L. Adler Bros., Rochester, N. Y., Clothing, than which there it none better made; w, L. Douglass 8hoe Co., Brockton, Mass,, 6hoes: Cnrtke Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y., Canned Goods; and Ptilsbury's Flour. This is a fair representation of the class of goods it is selling to its customers. iiaaiiiiuuiUiiiiiiiiiiaiuiuiiaiiiiumuiiiiiimimmiuiiuK THE LITERARY OUTPUT. Year's Production of Cooks and Pel iodlcala In Various Countries. Mr. Orowell, editor of the Publish ers Weekly, has contributed to the current number of the Independent an Interesting statement of the literary production of tbe world, says the Chi cago Tribune. Such statements, of course, are never entirely accurate. Some general stattnents of meas ureabto accuracy, however, are possi ble. Germany and German-Austria, collectively, lead the world each year In the point of literary output. Then follow France, Italy, England, the United States and the Netherlands. England leads the world in creative work, having by far the largest out put of novels, romance, and works of pure Imagination. Germany leads In educational and theological works and bocks for the young, Italy in relig ious publications, and France In his torical works. "Tbe largest number of books published In the United States fall In the department of fic tion, but works of fiction are generally duplicated in the English and Amer ican statistics, as novels of merit written In the English language al most Invarlubly appear on iboth sides of tho Atlntlc." Stalled In figures, the average of books produced to every million ln hnltants Is as follows: German em pire, 354; France, 344; Switzerland. R38; Belgium, 337; Italy. 309; Swe den, 3O0; Norway, 2fi2; Great Britain, 175; .Russia, S5; United States. 81; Spain, 66. On the other hand, In an average of periodicals to a million of Inhabitants, the United States Is far ahead, having 510, and Switzerland coming next with 320. Germany 161, Frace 156, and Great Britain 113. Thus It Is clear that, while Germany leads the world in book production, the Uni ted States leads it In the production of 'periodical literature. Otlet, the secretary of the Brussels International Bibliographic Institute, has estimated that fJnce the inven tion of printing to 1600, the number of printed books was 12,163.000 sep arate works, and for tbe next four years be adopts 200,000 at the yearly tverage. MILLIONS OF BIBLE8. The Holy Book Has Been Printed In 370 Languages. To show its appreciation of the part being taken by Canada In the cele bration of tho centenary of the Brit ish and Foreign Bible Society, thro of its ablest and most eloquent sup porters are in Canada as special del egates. They are the Venerable Arch doacon Madden, of Liverpool; tbe Rev. G. II. Bondfleld, tbe society's rep resentative In China, and Sir Alger non Coote, premier baronet of Ireland and one of the society's vice presi dents . Sunday evening Archdeacon Mad den epoke In the Church of tbe Epiph any, saying that the Bible Society during the hundred years of Its exist ence had distributed throughout the world 180,000,000 Bibles, printed in 370 different languages. Last year It gave out 6,000,000 Bibles and portions of Bibles. The enormous work of this society was apparent when It was known that a century ago only 4.000, 000 copies of the book were In exist ence. Now there are 200,000,000 copies of it in the world. The Rev. O. H. Bondfleld spoke at the Metropolitan church and at West minster Presbyterian church. Among the significant facts he presented was that notwithstanding the 370 lan guages in which the Biblo is circulat ed, there are In India 102 languages into which no part of the Scriptures has been translated. In the south sess, out of 127 languages the Bible has been translated Into only 46 of them. Similar conditions were true of China, South America, where there are 300 Indian dialects, and of other portions of the world. Toronto (Out.) Mall and Empire. A Primitive People. If ft Is hard to know anything about the surface life of the Bigoudines, it Is still more difficult to penetrate their thought; to know whether their braina are agitated by anything ibut the sim ple ideas of the very primitive peo ples, the naive reveries of children, or whether they have preserved some vague traditions of the upheavals of humanity which have ended by cast ing them upon this extreme point of land. Tbey speak a language which has no affiliation with any ordinary tongue. It is Breton, but a Breton full of unknown words and strange Idioms, as yet unstudied by any philol ogist. Aa to the French language, they ignore It, Intentionally Ignore It. Century. all well filled, Si 3 BUSINttMB CARDS.' Q "at. McDonald. ATTORNHTATLAW. s?otird, eollftatlnnft ta.4 promptly. 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