Germany's Leading Woman Novelist. Clara Vlebln. is the most widely read of Germany's women novelists. She Is a pitiless realist, yet her work rings true and has much artistic worth. A certain portion of the press and the public affect to decry her and to look upon her as great talent gono astray and wallowing In the ml re. But what ever the soul of the woman may have ufterod from those attacks, hor work bas shown a steady line of upward development, and unflinching holding to artistic sincerity and high purpose. Does the Piano Ruin the Nerves? An eminent Berlin nerve specialist, who had his attention attracted to the chronic nervousness of many pianists, bas been studying the piano from the pathological point of view. Out of 1000 young giris whom he examined, each of whom had brgun to study the piano under ths age of 14, no less than COO had some nervous malady, while out of 1000 who had never studied that Instrument only 100 were afntctcd. The Berlin specialist has promulgated tlio theory that no child should be allowed to leara the piano before the ago of 10. Sssrpalogy. A new method of character Inter pretation called aoarpology Is attract ing attention in Europe. The art Is based on the assumption that the con dition of the shoes of any person will toll the wearer's character. A few of the principal rules are as follows: When the heel and solo of the shoe re equally worn the s-arpololut may be confident that the wearer of the hoe, If he be a man, Is energetic and endowed with good business ability; It a woman, that she la loyal to her husband and a good housekeeper. When tho outer edge of the sole is much worn a wayward and fantastic disposition Is indicated. If It is the Inner edge that is worn, the wearer Is timid and irresolute. When tho shoes are m'uch worn along the edges and the leather around tho toes looks shabby, the other parts of the shoes being as good as new, tho wearer you may be sure is a rogue. New York American. The Treatment of Wrinkles. Our grandmothers used to dute the period of their lost girlhood by the first wrinkle, but the woman bas to be seen nowadays who would have the courage to say that with her first wrinkle comes old age. She would tell you she Is proud of that little faint linn. But as rule Ill-health is answerable (or those disagreeable little linos, and, Indeed, when they are many in number they are disfiguring. Divers are the methods that have been tried to make the skin smooth and fair again. Some use cold water to wash with, others will use hot, and some begin with hot and end with cold. All those methods are good, but as no two sklna are alike, each requires a different treatment. There Is a great deal In the way you wash your face. Instead of washing It downward, as 99 out of every 100 do, It should be washed upward, and gentle friction given to the parts most likely to wrinkle. Spraying the face with soft, hot water at night Is good. The best plan of all Is to nourish the body with good wholesome food, which will in Its turn nourish the skin and fill out the face In the parts where wrlukles generally come. Here la a good recipe which will do much to prevent wrinkles: One ounce simple tincture of benzoin. One pint pure alcohol. Add one tablesponnful of this to a pint of rosewater, and bathe the face with it twice or three times a day. Edna Burd. Showering Bath Brush. Tho shower bath Is now in more gon eral use than It has ever been before, for the reason that It is regarded us more sanitary and loss wasteful of wa ter than the so familiar tub, and, nt the same time, the invigorating effects of the bath under a sprinkler is tald to be much greater. Another advantage is that the bath Is always ready, and to those who make it a rule to take a bath each morning upon arising this saving of time is a matter of considera ble moment. A now shower bath and flesh brush combined recently brought out consists of a loop of pipe which has two straight and parallel parts forming the handles and at the same time being the means for distributing the water through the length of the pipe, from which It Is sprayed at the pleasure of the operator. One end of this piece of pipe Is plugged while the other Is pro vided with means of coupling a piece of hose thereto and thereby making a connection with the spigot. The brush is held firmly In place by the loop passing around It and fitting Into a groove around Its edge for the purpose and is instantly removable when it Is desired to make use of either part separately. ' The advantage of a supply of water applied as the brush la moved back and forth over the surface of the skin will be apparent to any one. Take ths I brush out and there Is a shower at tachment which can be held, over the' head or directed as desired by the bather to any portion of the body. Philadelphia Record. Built Sun Room In Her House. A woman who is superintending the building of a new home Is adding a sun-room to the apartments of ths house. When her friends have asked her who Is the invalid of tho family for whom it is presumably designed, she has replied: "There Is no Invalid, and I am hoping, by means of this very room, that there may be none. We build greenhouses for the plants we love, because they grow best In the sunlight, but the human plants of our household, those we love the dearest, are often Ignorantly tucked away In north, sunless rooms, and we wonder that they languish. This sun-room which we have made, is on the second floor, facing east and south, and the architect has worked It into a corner of tho house-plan by which the numer ous windows that are especially large and close together are set in a sloping roof. The room is arranged so that in case of llmess It can be convenient ly used independently of the rest of thai house. The walls are painted and the floor is of hard wood, and will, of course, have no carpet, or even rugs, to gather dust and germs. Where the floor and walls Join the builder has made a curve, as Is done in modern hospital buildings, lnstend of the usual right angle. The furniture is to be very simple. Borne comfortable cane chairs and settees and a few cushions with washable covers. We mean to use the room as much as possible each day. The children can study there, and In winter particularly I hope for good results to us all from much liv ing In my sun-parlor. For this reason I have had It placed near the other rooms of the hoine that we may get In the way of going there." Thcodosia Morgan, In Table Talk. i The New Little Girl. We have, sir, within the past half century effected an enormous advance In many lines. We have women's col leges, we have kindergartens, we have flats, we have bridge whist and automobiles, we have clubs for tlio purpose of obviating the frightful necessity on tho part of men and wom en to live at homo. Countless diver sions and dissipations obtrude them selves upon lives which might be earnest, and render them frivolous and empty! Hired nurses reare the child ren of the opulent. Where, meanwhile, Is the rod without which In my youth the child spoiled? Where is childish modesty, parental instruction, the salutary enforcement of obedience? Do we by craning fear from our dom estic systems Insure for the future anything more promising than ungov ernable, ungoverned and ungoverning maturity? . A femnlo child approached me not long ago on tho street. An air of refinement and good breeding attended her. I pau30d and pleasantly observ ed her. "Hello, grampa," the child ex claimed. "Has anybody seen our cat?" I made no reply. "Speak up," said the child, "If you don't happen to have amputated your voice. I've lost kind of a tall cat, done off In a tortoise-shell finish. Her feet don't track, but she's sound and kind, city broke, stands without hitching and answers to the name of Laura Jean Llbbey. Whore is she?" "Young woman," said I, "I am not aware that I have the honor of your acquaintance." "Don't let that cause you any Insomnia, grampa," said ths female child. "I'm not trying to make a hit with you. Either you've soen my cat or you havn't. If you havn't, we'll part la a friendly way, with no clothes torn. If you have, I would like you to produce, dig up and relinquish the cat. Is It a go? Is there anything do ing in the feline 'way?" "No." said I. "Then so long," said the female child. This, sir, I presume. Is the result of our system of allowing children to (Uivtlop along tho lines of loast resist ance. Syracuse Post-Standard. Fashion Notes. Initial sash pins represent a recent fad In jewelry. Seaweed is the name given a new reddish color of decidedly unusual ef fect. Tho long round length skirt is hot ter style at presout than one with ths dip back. Sets of crush girdles and fancy stocks to match are iudispcusable to the complete, wardrobe. Jet, rhluestono or steel ornaments are the standard thing for brighten ing a black house gown. Whatever tho shape of style of hat worn, fashion's mandate is that it shall be lifted high from the head. The beaver hat for utility wear is a much "woolior" sort this season than the kind in vogue several years ago. Velvet rlrdles and collars are now correct when they match instead of contrast with the ( material house gowns. For evening wraps the new zibellne and plush cloths In white have the preference, althogh silver-gray is a much admired tint Fringes are knotted Into the heavy laces and into passementeries, and not only fringes, but all swaying and dang ling trimmings are popular. The shirred velvet skirt probably represents ths extreme of tbs mode. The skirt may be shirred at the waist and twice below, and end In a full flounce. Ths flounces am sometimes edged with fur. I New York '-'Ity. Military coins itp penr to have taken tho world of fash ion by storm and are cxrwdlugly clilc. This one, designed by May Manton, is misses' military coat. peculiarly well adapted to girlish lis ures and Includes the deep cape that Is a marked characteristic, with wide sleeves gathered Into flaring cuffs. As Illustrated the material is military blue Cheviot stitched with Cortlcelll silk, piped with velvet and trimmed with the brass buttons of the nrniy. Vary ing shades of blue are. however, equal ly correct and nil colors are soen. while truooth faced cloths ns well as rough A Late Design are used. The original Is made with a velvet standing collar, but one of the material can be substituted or the roll -over collur can be used if pre ferred. The coat consists of the fronts, back, side backs and undcr-nrm gores. Both fronts and back are laid in outward turning tucks which are stitched tint for their entire length, those of the back lapping over onto the side backs and concealing the seauis. The cape Is cut in two portions nnd is shaped to fit smoothly over the shoulders with extensions that lap over below that point. The full sleeves are gathered to form puffs above the wrists and are held by the wide cuffs. The closing li. made in double breasted style. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is two nnd three eighth yards forty-four Inches wide, or I two and one-eighth yards fifty-two Inches wide. KxtiuUlta Tnllrta. Two really exquisite toilettes shown recently are worth hearing ubout. but they were so lovely that it Is difficult to do Justice to their beauty In sober black and white. The first was In the costliest satin In the palest shade of lime-leuf green, enriched with gigantic sprays of foliage shimmering with crystal beads, lined with silver und embroidered In silver und pule green cheullle. The seams were ull outlined with tho crystal and silver beads, nnd lace. The bodice was in pale green chiffon veiled with white luce, and the decolletuge edged with the passemen terie folluge had a fairy bow of green chiffon lu the centro. The sleeve was principally made of two glittering : joulder straps, with a full of delicate lace beneath. The second toilet was In water-blue satin, almost covered with an embroidery of little Japanese lilies, rendered in silver and lrrides-j cent "looking-glass" sequin. The flowers wore raised, after the fashion of the pretty chiffon flowers which we UFed to admire in the season, only these were made In chenille and bends and sequins, so that the effect was Infinite. Iv prettier. The skirt was cut In pan els over white lnce, and the back was also In lnce. A Sfnllrvnhlo Feature. The prevalence of kid, gun metal, gold, silver and fancy jnttons of all kinds is a noticeable feature In the fashions of to-dny. Braids too. of a quiet order, with a fnlnt suggestion of gold or silver therein, lend them selves admirably to the trimming of handsome cloth gowns, and there is a strong endeavor to reintroduce gold braid and cords. C.ohl ribbon, so pop ular a few years ago, Is seen on some very pretty l:nts. tlold tassels, also for hat trimming, ore extremely Miit.rt, and there Is even n revival of the gold rose, which was so favored in millinery a few son sons since. KftwMt Wattrmi llntn. Wnttonn hats In drawn wine-colored velvet, with massed crowns of shaded roses, represent novelties of Interest In tho world of dress. Ml Horn' WM.t. Young girls nlwnys look well in walKts that Include broad collars giv ing a sailor effect. This May Mantou by May Manton. one is peculiarly desirable and Includes, besides that feature, tucks which give tapering lines at the back and a box pleated effect at the centre front. As Illustrated It Is made of white corduroy with a collar of silk and trimming of applique, but can be reproduced In al rrost any of tho season's waist or dress materials with equal success, and the collar can bo either of the same or contrasting material. The waist consists of the fitted lin ing, which closes et the centre frout, the smooth back nnd tho full f routs which nre arranged over It. the closing of the waist being made Invisibly bo reath the edgo of the box pleat. The wide collur Is cut with stole ends and nrranged over the waist. The neck can be finished either with tho stock, as illustrated, or with tho collar nlono. The sleeves are the favorite ones of the reason that nre snug above tho elbows and form full puffs nt the wrists. The quantity of umteiial required for the medium size is three nnd five eighth yards twenty-one, three and one fourth yards twenty-seven, or two and misses' waist. one-eighth yards forty-four . Inches wide, with five-eighth yards for. col lur, and two and one-quarter yurds of applique to trim as illustrated. PEARLS Of THOUGHT. The great artist is the slave of his Ideal. Bovee. Toleration Is good for all. or It Is good for none. Burke. Too elevated thoughts often unfit a man for society. Cbainfort. Pleasure Is a bubble that never lasts as long as it tafces to make It. A clear conscience Is of Inestimable value; Its worth is above rubles. The power of man can hang no weight on the pendulum of time. There Is a difference between be ing overcome of sin and coming over to sin. The greater the vanity of a man's pretensions the more vain be will ta of them. To misjudge another Is an awful shock to the vanity of the average In dividual. Adversity Is the diamond dust heaven polishes Its Jewels with. Lelghton. There are many things In which our senses are like a sun-dial at night Ram's Horn. The only trouble with using one's common sense is that one may be con vinced that one hasn't any. All love literature to the contrary notwithstanding we must look upon broken hearts as Imaginary Ills. An average convalescence Is a series of more or less successful attempts to again catch onto life's merry-go-round. LITERATURE AND WALKERS. Where Many Writers Drew Their Inspirations. If ono comes to think of It, how much literature owes to the country walk, writes Arnold Haultaln In Atlantic Monthly. It was to that long walk outsldo the wall of Athens and to the long talk of Socrates held with Phae drus under the plane tree by the banks of the Ilssus that we owe one of the most beautiful Dialogues of Pinto. There had been no Gecrglcs had not Virgil loved the country. Hornco must as often have circumambulated his Sabine farm as he perambulated the Via Sacra. Chaucer must sometimes have pllgrimed afoot, and Spenser trode as well as pricked o'er the plain. Shakespeare's poaching episode gives us a glimpse into his youthful pur suits. Milton oft the wcods among wooed Philomel to hoar her even song; and oven after his blindness not the moro ceased he to wander where the muses haunt clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill. The Traveler of Goldsmith waa the out come of a walking tour; so was Rob ert Louis Stevenson's Travels In the Cevennes with a Donkey. To how many mlndo walks about tho green flat meads of Oxford havo been a quiet stimulant we may get a hint from Matthew Arnold. Was It to Newman that Jowett, meeting him alono and afoot, put the query: "Nunquam minus solus quam quum solus?" Of Jowett's walks many a talo is told; of De Qulncey, who spent his youth In wanderings; of William Cowper, the gentle singer of the winter walk; of Thoreau; of Mr. John Burroughs; of the prince of walkers, cf whom The Spectator said It was "half a pity that such a man could not go walking about forever, for the benoflt of peo ple who are not gifted with legs so stout and eyes is discerning" I mean that erudite nomad, George Borrow; of these and many another lover of outdoor nature It Is needless to speak. Presidential Baby Naming. President Roosevelt has' been more "namod after" than any president In the country save Washington. If the present ratio of naming babies for our strenuous chief executive contin ues, for ten years; Theodore Roosevelt will be more deserving the title oi "father of his country" than any of bis predecessors. Massachusetts' quota of babies who bear the presidential name Is estimat ed at 40. New England's entire con tribution Is placed at 100, and during the past two years, he has received letters from at least 600 people In forming him that his name la now on the family roll call. This is one of the ills to which pres idential flesh Is heir. He dees not need to suggest, and he cannot refuse the honor that is thrust upon him. He must smile and boar It, and If conven ient acknowlodge the tribute that la conferred. However, If President Roosevelt were to answer the letters ol all those who have used his n&iue as a stimulus for babyhocd, be would have to quadruple his present clerical staff. Ho has always had the regard of a vast majority of the fathers In the country. But tho unanimity with which the mothers endorse him by Imprinting his name upon their off spring for lire is not tho loast remarka ble fact in tho history of this remark able man. Boston Advertiser, Fire 8et by Sun's Rays on Glass, A correspondont, commenting on paragraph recently published in tho San Francisco Chrcnlcle reporting the burning of a haystack near Montan ban, France, through the focusing of the sun's rays by an empty glass beer bottle left on the spot by some plo nlckors, says: "It might Interest you to know that such a thing as that is very common In some countries. I spent some years In North Queensland In the 'Never-never land,' and in the summer time we were careful not to leave any glaas lying around after breaking camp, as destructive busb Bros were often . so caused." There is no doubt that many of the forest and pcaslbly some of the grain field Ores which spontaneously break out In this state every summer are started by a similar cause. nmmninmnnmmmnnnmmimnninimnininiinmK r THE JEFFERSON . f SUPPLY COMPANY I TMng ths largest distributor of General lindlse in this vicinitj, it always ia i don to civa the bent aualitr of rood. ta aim it not to tell when quality it considered tht once will ak ways be found right. Its departments are all well filled, and among the specialties handled may be m ra tioned L. Adler Bros., Rochester, N. Y., Clothing, than which there it none betttr made; w. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton, Maes,, Shoes: Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour. This is a fair representation of the class of goods it is selling to its customers. liiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiammiiiiiiuimuuiuiuuuiiuuuuiiuiuuiK WORLD'S FAIR TOPICS. The thirty-fire miles of roadway nt the World's Fair have been practically finished. November 15 has been offtolally de cided upon as Brooklyn Day at the Exposition. Sculpture will be n feature of Okla homa's exhibit at the St. Louis World's l'nlr. The New Jersey World's Fair Com missioners havo decided to make Octo ber 5 New Jersey Day at tho Louisiana Purchase Kxposition. The Louisiana Purehnse Exposition rovers two square miles 1240 acres. It Is larger than the Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo and Paris expositions com bined. A model police station 'rill be one of tho St. Louis exhibits in the Ideal city which will be built nt the fair by the twenty-five largest American munici palities. The British nnrlonnl pavilion nt Uie World's Vair will bo a reproduction of the Orangery, or banquet hall, of the Kensington Palace, in Kensington Gardens, London. The St. Louis Fair appropriations In the States nnd Territories amount to $l,107,!jOO. or 707.!liJ moro thnn tho total from similar sources at the Chi cago Exposition. The Chamber of Deputies of Paris has unanimously ndoptod a credit of $10,000 to permit the French labor or ganizntionn to participate in the World's Fair nt St. Louis. Texas' unique star-shaped building at the World's Fair is receiving Its staff ornamentation. Ito peculiar shape and its great dome renders it conspicuous among the State structures. The design for the Russian building it the St. Louis Kxposition has been spproved. It will bo a handsome struc ture, on the stylo of tho Pnlaco of Romanoff lloynrds, at Moscow, und wlU cost $130,000. . NEWSY CLEAN INCS. TJnclo Sam's printing bill amounts to $0,000,000 a year. , Florida's orange and pineapple cror Is esUmnted at S 2,600,000. Tho Republic of Panama bas re duced Its postal rates fifty per cent French officials made a strong denial of the report that France intended to Interfere In the Far Eastern situation. Tho arbitration treaty b-iween I'Vance and Italy Is said to be practi cally Identical in terms with the Anglo French convention. The Pennsylvania Railroad will shortly establish Its own sales depart ment for the disposal of the products cf coal mines owned. According to figures for eleven months the total commerce of the Uni ted States for 1003 ill be greater than In any previous year. President Dins agrees to extradition from Mexico of Charles Kratss, a for mer Councilman wanted lu St. Louis, Mo., on a bribery charge. The Board of Education of New York City has passed resolutions to discon tinue playgrounds and vacation schools and to cut expenses In other lines. The new warships that nro under contract to bo built In private yards are from twelve to fifty-three mouths behind the contract date of completion, A recent report of the Census Bureau shows that nt tho present time there are 22,577 miles of electric railway li tho United States, operated by 0S7 companies. The heirs of Isaac Goldflam, who was murdered iu Chicago, III., twenty-two years ngo, havo Just learned of his death nnd fortune, and now lay claim to his $5,000,000 estate. Andrew Carnegie has set apart $1, 0(H), ouo, the interest upon which is to form a fund to relieve workmen in jured In the Carnegie Steel Company plants, and to aid the heirs of those killed while at work. Peril In the Handkerchief. It is In fact a grave sanitary ques tion whether the handkerchief does not do more harm than good, as it is ordinarily used. When we assume that the hoalthy nose docs not need to be wiped, we face a reasonably broad proposition as to the danger of the handkerchief as a disoas-e propagator. Most nasal catarrhs are of an infec tious character, notably those of grip origin. Contrary to a general law of adepsis). tho handkerchief sattir&tted with disease germs, instead of being promptly washed, Is stowed for hours In the pocket, with a result that can be easily Imagined. Is it any wonder, then, that catarrhs are constantly fostered by a system of auto lufec Hon? Medical Record, All the seven Islands of Hawaii . Connected by wireless telegraphy. ou cocao roods bat 3 BUSINESS CAKDS. Qa a. McDonald. ATTORSET AT LAW. Untary Puhllfl, teal mitK (nt, PtBt "ourftil, coilfM-flntir ii.jvih promi-tlr OflM In By ml lent bullilinv, lifrnolilavllln, Pa. JJR. B. K. IIOOVKH, RET.NOLDfVlI.LE, PA. Rwtlnt dontlKt. 1, urn IlnATnr bnlldlEf Main trt. f.rntl-ni In onrattnt . Jja L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, OOm ea Meond floor of First Rational uUdlBC, Main atrwl J)R. R. DcVERE KINO, DENTIST, One n aaoond floor ReyaoMsrfll Rwl faff Mat. Malatrt Rjrnoldnil. Pa. TJR, W, A, HENRY, DENTIST OSVm m Mooed floor ef HtmrJ sum, Maa sulldlas. Mala itr , E. "TT JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Ral Katate Afamt, BaraeldaTtUe, Pa, gMITH M. MoCKEIQHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LATf. flotjwv Poblle and Raul Rtt Aiea. Ona. lactlona will rwal prompt attention. Otto !7bIUtI1U Pa. 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