Hoi ao
- ns
“WOMAN'S WORLD.
MISS CHAMRERS, WHO HAS WON LAU-
RELS AS AN ARTIST.
cf several prom: Lent osw
have taken the matter
subject of fartore tors was: dis-
ot ih 1 + of tha social
Determined BOFONOR ROC § bye ivie 10!
in liand.
: Lonssedd
Boelety ooding Its Ways
Philadelphia Women ~0da Waists and
Skirts - Tho
Book Rack The Colorado Assembly.
,, and
Modern NHoxtess ~The Spool
: 2: Ey % been mmforme i
In one of the now studios at Carnegie tabiletey
“hall the walls are adorned with
very worthy cxamples of a woman's
work in pastel and oil.
It 13 the wark of Miss Ada Campbell | hav bo reconsidered, and that in con
- Chambers, who has recentiy come 10 ) formity with the principles of civil
‘New York from Paris. Miss Chambers | oi coform good and competent offi.
is an English woman, a connection of | (0 thall not Le dismissed unless they
the intention of the present o
tion to make a change in the
gpec.ion force of the state,
gOme
srt ory
fi
and wo Leg
.
the well known literary family of that
‘ameliorate tha condition of those who
work in factorizs and sweat shops is
plainly shown b+ the organized efforts
iations which
Tie
disenssion tha
Crovernor
fad
most respectfully that such a measure
i lh A ——— A —— ————L i —— inn mis
sizes of spodle
in producing
i=olutely necessary
: rtistio book rack de-
al ose of
hich they
use,
i} ‘
¢ Ny,
1
Ling of
rr vie
I !
‘tiral
ror (ats of :
The Colors sembly.
YiYuo
jes liair
fim nupar
f tha?
propouns for ;
tenth general assombly
three women
sentatives, Every sentence of
“‘he or she,’ “his or |
her, ** until the ears and
that ti
aon jis
repro-
ands with
radn hans
brains of the
tive purposes in virions ways Two |
r.'! *hiva or
name. who were the founders of Cham-
bers" Journal, nh
She began her art career in Calderon's
school in London, where she remained
| have failed to perform their duties in a
| satisfactory manner. There is a pro-
{ vision in our factory laws for women
| inspectors, and we aro informed on ru-
| liable authority that good work has
representatives are weary.
The three women who are members |
of the Colorado legislature: are Mrs. |
Carrie Holly, Mrs. Frances Klock and |
for several years, and for the past three
years she has been in Paris under the
divection of MM. Bouguereau, Lefebre,
Fleury and Ferrier. Before studying in
Paris, Miss Chambers ‘had exocuted would thereforo espocially ack that she
Some 50 portr ts in b Tp and white of : be retained; also that if possible more
the nobility in the iniiland counties of | wo inan inspectors be given to our part
England. : : 1 of the state, as there are many factories
In the past two ars Miss Chambers’ :
portraits held ajlace of honor in the
- Paris saion, and especially at the last
been done by Mies llary O'Reilly, and
and is a credit to the city of Philadel
| — Philadelphia Press.
1 Odd Walsts and Skirts,
i © As odd waists and skirts are the fea-
| ture of the season, new ideag in both are
: writes Emma
ma Joar-
inrd and
ita. The
the
t known.
f laos or not
OY Hr
constantly cropping up,
M. Hooper in The Ladies’ Hi
nal. This «livia 18 now stu
s for time inde
gmmer promises to ba
N Ast wins 11} 5
ATing them
y 1 5
I, Rau Z« LAP
at, the = finished
figured
tafTetas and a foo plaids in
t and sili. All eclors
nations are worn in this usefo
wrist or
1
cy collars and
ind combi
garment
bow and
ribbon
Hlesves are to the
very large. - Fm
belts are worn, Guipure lace yokes and
cpanlet rufiies abound, and in many
instances a tiny for edging finishes the
Jace trimming. Velvet and chiffon aro
Ceombined with any material. Jet and
ribbon are commonly used trimmings
Some of the combinations ara a silk
ADA CAMPRELL CHAMBERS waist, velvet sleeves, narrow belt and
. exhibition, where they wore classed and o,lar and yoke of lace vandykes.
hung on the line. One was a fine pastel other has pink chiffon over “pink silk,
‘of a vary pretty French girl, Mlle, Bri. with pink satin ribbon bretelles and
_ gaud, and the other was a beautifal head ‘hows, as well as belt, and a light green
of an old comtesse. The first salon pic- | gollar. - Mink cdges the collar and out.
ture was bought by a daughter of Sir [ines the bretelles and belt. Black chif-
Edward Leighton, bart. re _ fon, net or gauss waists are made over
One is impressed by the bold and vig- colored silk and trimmed with black
orous stroke in Miss Chambers’ work, gatin ribbous and a oolored volves col-
and it has been frequently commented jar The waists are full in effect,
upon that while she is so gentle man- ghongh made over a boned lining. Bix
nerd and thoroughly feminine in ber yards of silk aro now allowed for a
ways ‘she paints like a man.” Oneex- waist and the same of chiffon.
- ample of her work is very impressive. :
Is pictures a peouliar type of an old
man, a model at once recognized by all The modern hostess is overadvertised,
artists of Paris. The canvas is barely. like the modern actress. She has be.
eonees od, and yet the portrait is there come indolent and fails to do her duty.
ip its ful stronoth, with its wonderfol She loves flattery and the daily mention
‘high Michie 5d shadows. When the of her jewels, clothes and entertain-
master Loic eam tw eriticise it, Miss ments, but she has no thought of her
Chambyrs gan ta explain that it was duties as a hostess. She is posing bafore
still unfinisiwd, Lat Fafibraant rrupted a larger andienca. “The effect on the
ber at onoe with un emphatio command: younger women is deplorable, and man-
“Not another stroke. Yon would ruin :
ft. It is now complete.''—New York invited to entertainments that fail to en-
Recorder. tertain, and the lady of the house seems
unconscious of the fact. New York, for
— ; : its size and wealth, 1s not a gay city.
Until recently moro than three-fourths ha privata balls 1
of all mistressos who did not wish tO teen, the
see callers instructed the maid or {oot- are economically administered,
man to say ‘not ut home,’ and the He gan004 in private houses far ton fow.
The Modern Hostess.
Society Siencing Its Ways.
a white ona. if anv kind of : ;
was called a *hite one, if any kind of 8 (Were the city as gay as it ought to be, |
: ote, HY, ow used -on tho ground that reporting theater clubs and laticheons |
not at home’ was merely a formula would be an impossibility. Fvery larga |
for saying not at home to callers.
This winter the attendant is bidden
40 gay, “Yes, Mrs. Blank is at home,
. but begs to lv excased.
peddler thinks of arguing the matter ow harens this cheap form of entertain-
- fer this. A card is left, and the caller pene js closely allied to a hotel hop
_xetires with no thought of a slight, on- The fact is that Americans are losing
derstanding that the message is Riven their Jove of home and its seclusion.
am good faith, for one of a great mMaDY . We must return to the old fashions and
. lpossible excellent rewsons, and not £0 414 manners, and bejicve with me that
Wn Bim ot he exclusively, but to all who ' 44 goon as a reporter enters the house
dinner is chronicled and the guests men-
tioned as if the event was unique and
not soon to be repeated. Dancing classes
when they are at home to all callers are
‘obliged to deny themselves at nearly all | How ore
‘ether times in order to reserve time The Speol Nook Rack.
needed for their thousand and threes Upright and crosswise wires of proper
other duties or pleascres, whether so- length that are tightly secured provide
“¢ial, domestic or what not. a foundation for this rack, which ia
People who Ao not call upon regular | very artistic and effective, particularly |
visiting days cannot be disappointed at at the ends, where the tiniest spools
mot finding a friend free to receive
Adhem. And, whether one has or has not
a visiting day, it is so polite and houest
and ¢xensable withal to plead an en- |
. gagemont of some sort that requires one |
to be excused {rom seeing chance callers |
the latter cannot possibly take offense if |
they aro sensible. And those who are
pot seusible will be mollified by the!
mot that the usage, in good society, has
‘ome ia with a vim that promises per- |
maneney,
*_In cddition to saving consciences |
‘some ight shock the new regime of |
asking to be excused instead of saying |
one is out is a decent consideration for |
the morals of the servant The most |
fmpassivo servant always betrays the |
lie in repeating a ‘‘not at home’ order |
when it -is untroe. Moreover, not in- i
frequently the family carriage at the !
door or soma other sign betrays the
presence of the mistress within, though |
Bhe is invisible. : 2]
All society is miending its ways It!
has just set its fashionable face against |
any entertaining op Sunday other than |
"a dinner strictly en famille, and now
right and left it is telling the truth po- |
Jitely to callers whom it is not possible |, "p04 and are strung on very fine
or convenient to Facel v6. etaabh tel i
| Mit shoald become fas 1:onah © ° ‘ heavier wire that supports the large
only the truth, the whole truth and [poo gpoiveq of moderate width are
nothing but the truth—but there, the | ooo 04) the upright wires It will
millennium has not got here yet. I'6 [4 5 ig hae the wires which rapport
merely dawning. —Dinah Sturgis In, 0400s of large spools aro extend-
Chicago Becord. | ed at the top, and a small loop is form-
"Determined Philadelphia Women.
That the women of Philadelphia have
‘determined to do all in. their power w
good plan to save empty spools
siges, as they can be utilized for decors:
that as an offiginl £ho has no snyrerior
| phia and the #t 110 of Poonsylvania. We
here employing women and children.” |
An- |
ners are getting to bo a lost art. One is
are few and far be- |
public subscription affairs
and |
Nobody but & gra raised to the distinction of balls, |
- ., | elegance and refinement fly out of the |
Many hostesses who ‘have a day’ window.—A Lady of the Old Sehool in |
produce a spindle effect. These spools |
are the smallest twist spools that can |
| wire that is twisted at each end to the
: | ed at each side far suspension. It isa
of all
Mrs Clara Croesingham. They are sald |
to be a credit to their sex in the way |
they accept their unique situation. They |
tock the oath of office’ with dignity and |
with far more ease than some of the |
‘ yonthful masculine legislators. They |
ware not overcome when their brethren,
| in a spirit of jooularity, appointed them
{ to tha chair.
{
| hind their big desks from the time the
| speaker's gavel calls them to order until
it iz time to go home —Chicago Post
Women Artiste,
In “Making a Newspaper,
dress delivered by Mr. Charles A
iniredd In
from 820 to R100 a weil
pictures so. that they
to the plate, and t
Ve Now York Ti
oop sd
$131 IN
3
di Tribunus
i That Corly Dang Again.
| Rumars from across the water int
mate that the curly bang will soon |
Sno
| receiving the old time homage
white brows will soon be hidden fron
view, and thick corls will take the plac
of the demure and simple part. Ti
only redeeming featore of the rumor i»
that it further states that the bang wil!
‘not fornt » solid mass of ourls straight
across the forehead, bat will have more
bangs may soon be considered fashion-
able should be regarded with horror by
all women, and aa far as possible the
fashion should be killed by the lack of
patronage and favor before it has time
to grow. — Exchange.
A Dhininutive Woman's Marriage.
wedding in Eastport,
the four Harris sisters, who are known
all over the country on account of their
I smallness in height. Two of the sisters
{ two 42 inches. They are all over
| the four is 90 poands each
| the one who was married, Esta
Mary Ann, it is said, are considering
| proposals of marriage. — Boston Herald,
and
Minn Majendie.
Queen Victoria's newest maid of hou-
! or, Miss Majendie, owes her entrance to
i royal favor to a curious hit of chapee.
| She happenad to be singing in a church
| ent at divine service, and her mo jesty
{ was so greatly pleased with the fresh
| aweetness of the girl's face and volee
| that she invited her to fll the place
| coveted by the young girls of the Eng-
| lish aristocracy. The offer was the last
| thing Miss Majendie herself expected.
The Dear Old Woman Questiom
Governor Greenhalge comes right out
for munieipal suffrage for women, which
| fact furnishes ample assurance that the
dear old woman question will come up
ers. No session of the legislature would
be complete without this feature. — Bos-
| ton Herald.
| The Atlanta exposition will have a
| woman's building. Mrs. Joseph Thomp-
| son is president of the board of mana.
| gers. Miss Elise Mercur of Pittsburg
i will be the architect of this woman's
i
| building. in
| Mrs. John L. Rontt, wife of the ax-
| governor and president of the Colorado |
| Equal Suffrage association, has been
| appointed a member of the state board
of agriculture by Governor Melntyre.
The supreme court of Indiana has de-
{ oided that it is nntawful for a woman
Lin that a saloon license,
and wo del contracted by a woman in
| that boagness 1a valid,
» } 1:4
state oO hod
A ‘bill baz been igtroduced in the
i New Havre legislature from the
| judiciary comiaiifee allowing women to
| serve as notaries publie
i
| The
twunbmit
liaho lomidiature bas voted to
at the
{ suffrage to women.
i -
Miss Davenport Hill has been ‘elected
' to the London school beard by a good
| majority over her competitor; the Duke
| of Newcastle on
4
| . Municipal suffrage for women 1s one
1of the things the governcr definitely
“1tholds to. '—Boston Globe.
A joint eelect committee on woman
suffrage has been appointed in the Con-
necticut legislature.
| a committee to “escort the new speaker
They are self possessd.
| and very watchful. They sit quietly be- |
the effect of fall, curly mantagnes That |
thero is danger that the disfiguring
i moment 1 mado a vicious Swipe at hip
There was an unusually interesting |
Ma, recently, |
{ froin the faet thet the bride was ane of |
f At th
| are only 40 inches tall and the other
an
ol) quite a distancs belore the winploash un
{ years of age, and the average weight of |
Matilda was |
Wins surprised.
choir one day when the Guocs was pres.
| for a hearing again before the lawmak- |
£
|
| -
§
next general election a’
constitutional omendaient giving full i
t
“FOLLOW ME ‘CME.
t
There was no'one like’ “ese or foo
Nisr any o the gas 1a:
Andl because it was ro, Wii, *
ar dled:
Wich is fulst what the boot moen
:
Lik anit
Centres |e wer
3i'a k
An it’
ri Very few pec’
¢ 4 just what o least would dog
is wirl she goes with a bor hardier
Bofore ‘er montls is throngh,
An the banns are up in church
begwar hociged, :
Which is just what a girl would do.
. :
JJapehe's got}
We fought "bout a dog- last week It were
Ni more than a round or twa,
But I stroock “im cruel ‘ard, an I wish I adn’
now,
Which is jut what a man can’t dn,
'E wis sll that I ‘ad in the way of a friend,
An ve ‘sd 10 find one new,
.But 1*1 give ay pay an stripe for to get the
r lack, :
Which i's [ust too late to dn,
Bo (1's knock ont your pipes an follow me,
An it's ih off your swipes an follow me.
Oh, ark io the fifes a cfawlin,
Follow ine-follow me "omel
: Take im aways! "E's gone where the best men
go.
Take “im awa! An the
Take *
* {WIT
¥
Take imawa’
|
|
DIAMOND POLISHING.
PUTTING A LUSTER
FIERY STONE.
CUTTING. AND
| ON THE
An Tr dustry Not Known In This Country
a Fe Vegrs Axo. Now Onur Cutters Hx-
cel Tho: » of Most Every European Conn.
try
Hows
© Smmonds Made of Chips,
fortunnte
diamonds
» who are
ienongh to ba abic to wear
| know what amount of Inhar has been
| expended upon them from the time they
wera mined until finally they appear in
f
the showcases «
that the labor of the cutter and polisher
adds at least £10 a earat to the valoa of
the uncut diamond. These would squirm
the jewelers ready for |
use. Fewer still are aware of the fact |
Tino pg (I ———_ a, fp ng gO
THE SNAKES AT THE ZOO.
An event has oeenry od of the zoo,
Very bizh sree oerved rank i
There's i rentile res oilers whe
Ageiden vil bis blanked
wie 61d,
int hop,
Vir are
: i rie
Would be follow
By a fit of acuts
And, moreoeer, although on
pig ;
10 be free from (nternal «
Brill a ruptare tsapt to attewd
such a stramming of friend iy relation
But thera's no such sesinit we can find,
Though the former bas swaliowixd the lad
el :
Bo we say it's a trigmnh of ming
Or alwencs of Bind over aatief
§
fhonld there still at the >.
$i ho may wish that the “vox on Lenten
at the idea of taking even a seemingly | - snake
finished and polished brilliant and split- Be mast swallow himeedf br Homi
ting it into two pieces, donbling the ex- | And pretend not to know what Les eaten.
pediéncy of the act on common sense | C.J. Boden in ~ Gectator
——————
the value of the diamond that. a stone
hapa $40, would sell for 110 when cut
and polished, apd the or leav-
ings from the cutting might bring a
tidy sum besides. The value, however,
does not depend alone upon the weight
of the stone, bot it is affected also by
blemishes and impurity of color. lt is
rifuse
Forit's 7
An’
Uh, p
. Fi
it's
t%
WIP Once LIE ow Loe Cuan!
canven, throagh which the road
waonnd, wo hid a little experiences that |
was thrilling for the mament. It was
absent 10 o'clock and a moonlight night. |
[ was just patting the horses through. |
Vive stage was full of passengers, and |
th ro was a heavy treasure box.
“Just as I got around » bend in the |
road I saw a figure of a man on horse
brok standing by the side of the road
Heo yelled to stop, and 1 saw a gun har-
rel gleam in the moonlight. The horees |
were going at a speed that might be|
called breakneck, and I just made up!
my mind to take the chance of getting |
through. I saw the gun raised to the
fellow's shou der as we approached I
bad my long whip in my hand, and |
i
with a desperation born of peril af the
range
i
“1 don’t know how it occurred, buat |
I the lash wound itself around the gun, i
and as wu dashed by the whip was |
drawn taut, and I koew it had caught,
so hold fast, I was nearly pulled out of |
my seat, but the gui was dragged from |
the rotiber’s band and {ell to the groand. |
amin time it was discharged by
the shook, 1 rattled along tie road for
tae
Ta
wound itself
i don't kuow what
highwavinan i
but ji
—~tagdt BP Tancises Ualk
thauht, iwrt
Trouble In the Browning Society,
A reading of a line of Browning's
P which I don't think has ever presented
| itself to tho Browning society was offor-
Led in all hanesty the other day by a
young gentleman reading aloud to a
young lady, at her roquest—need [say |
she was a DBastonienne?—the ‘Une
.Werd Mare” with which Browning
dedicated. his “Men and Women’ ®
his wife. aid {
He who blows through bronze may breathe i
throngh silver . ;
| the reader gave forth with cadenced
correctness, but
He who paints in fresco takes a hairbresh
{ wan too much for an honest, literal soul
He read it ‘‘hair-trush’ —hyphenized,
acoant on ‘‘mir''—too ovidently under
standing and unquestionably accepting
it not as a refined implement of art, but
i as he homely adjunct of the dressing
| table. Nothing can ever make thas line
| again, for that young woman, fit into,
! a poet's dream. Nor will he ever be
asked to read Browning to her more. —
Boston Transcript i
The Growth af Eleetrie Railroads.
**The growth of the use of electricity
| as a» motive power is remarkable,’ said
PE. Lo Carson, an electrician of Boston,
| “Two years ago there were only 16]
electric railways in the United States
t afford to wet
matter Or
the stone with a blemish, which is some
times left in it in the hope that the
iepnorant and inexperie need rnrolnger
may, not diseoy it, which goes to th
1416 0 Seon rt , that tha
¢}s wl 3 '
2% lily 3d WTI { ni
vr diamonds should boowill-
pay high for the privilege. This
f duty paid to the customs offi
cers an incentive to the dia
mond eatting profession, and the pum.
ber of workmen was lnicreased and the
inventive genius of oar bright Ameri:
can inventors set at work to maka labor
saving machines for cotting and polish
ing diamonds
Another fact
:
ing to
became
that increased the incen-
grounds’ The loss in woigfit from cut-
ting is over one-half rut it so adds to |
of ope carat, costing in the rongh per- |
CLEVER AMERICAN: MECH AMICS
| Their Ingenuity In Woodwork Al! racting
Attention In Foreign Ceoantries,
The mighty advance in woe! working
machinery in the United tates has
| evoked surprise everywhere In Amer.
‘fea the idea is to make everything of
wood withoat hand labor, automstical
‘ly where possible. This desire has been
ro successful that it is a ros option
a factory is found emitloviny work
Every known deseription of work,
ott of every kind of wood
at
ery Fila ¥
{ wackin
eq are veritable wand
their work withgs readin
ew that excite the most pro
icin Some of the LE
in ive
jdity
nn. and
tain
viton and
i oat by
experionoe it has npn
sively that the lat st ug d Ameri
can machines are just as strong aud jost
as capable in durabilit~ as those made
by the English makers’
Progressive English manufacturers
and there are a few of them—are gradua-
ally waking up to the fact that if they
want to hold thelr own in the commerce
of the world they will be compelled,
throogh necessity, to employ the later
cand ors economical methods to pro-
' duce their manufactures To do this
they will have to turn to the Ameri.
{ tive to encouraging Amarican diamond | cans, much as it may be against their
{ conclg- *
cutters was that the work on the bril- | inclinations American furniture, made
liants was too frequently done in a care- | entirely with machinery, is now getting
less manner in Europe, particularly out- | a foothold in England and attracts the
sido of the Dutch city of Amsterdam, | admiration of English buyers nos only
and that American workmen oould | for its beautiful designs and finish, bus
much better satisfy the critical taste of for tho superb construction, and lastly
our people who deal in and wear pre- ' it can be obtained at a moderate prica
‘all the diamonds
EY ark, and
| their work was recognized bw all deal-
lems and became the envy of the older
{warkers tn Holland, who had heretofore
f wel
that time the difference between a dia--
mond imported and one cut and finished
{ hero was so marked that the demand for
| stones finished bere was greatly in.
1 ereased, and within five years some six
mora damond enters had established
in New York, and all had
more work than it was possible for them
tod The eight diamond outters dressed
shed at. least ong-twentisth of +
themselves
and pols
tha superior exeellenve of
had{aimost a complete monopaly of the
trade. This showed that some things as
as others might be done on this
sido of the water better than the work-
men of Europe could do :
Diamonds are imported, as a rule,
| from Sonth Afries, where as large andi
! as fine stones are found as in all of the: ;
'| East Indies and Brazil, although many | 8Woke with a smiling face and a cooing
of ths African diamonds are off color.
They come to this oountry is the rough
in all sorts of shapes and almost always
uneven in shape. These Jack cutirely
that luster which is the beauty of the
brilliant and attaches to sho name so
closely, for it is the brilliamcy and los-
ter which make the diamond most vala-
abla, added, of course, to the fact of its
bardness and consequent ability to take
and keep a very high polish. By the
process of ‘‘cleaving’’ the irregularities
of the rough stones are chipped off, and
the general form of the diamond is se-
cured, bus withcut its. possession of any
of the circles which separate the face.
These chipped off pieces, if of suitable’
color and without flaws, are used for
while now there are over 500. Six years
Iago an electric car with two motors cost |
| $4,500, while the bids for the last con.
Frrace I knew to be given ran from $0640
to #1, 500, and the former was the price
i at ‘which it was given, the manufactur.
| ers wing reliable men. It seenms singular
that with such a constantly increasing |
demand there should be sach compety
tion as to ran priecs down to eone-sevenin
of what was paid six years ago,
is the bofors 1t
case, and stops
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Costly Opinion,
Judge Ira Perley believed in the jus
tice of his client's cause. He would not
enlist in it otherwise. At one time un
“sharper tried to retain him amd was
smoothing over his crooked conduct a
well as he knew how, when the judge
"astonished him by exclaiming, ‘I think
you have acted like an infernal seovn
| dral, sir!’ :
*‘Is there any charge for that opin-
{ fon?’ : :
“You, sir; $3!" —San Francisco Ar
gonaut. :
— —
but such | ance of ; the
thre | Times :
will be very few lines of street railroad |
in the conntry not ran by electricity. = |
ficiently rubbed down they resemble two |
irregular glass pebbles, but ground on !
{ the fasces so that there is no sign nor.
| any suggestion even of brilliancy.
‘fact, they are entirely without luster or
{ beauty, and to the inexperienced eye
| worthless pieces of glass. But when the |
In
polishing of these dull looking stones is |
concluded, |
finished, and the process
{there is a vast difference in the appear-
dimmoends. — Philadelphia
Electricity and Leather.
leather more quickly and deeply. The
| hide is stretched on a metailic table and
eovered with the coloring liquid. A
pressuru of a few volts is then applied
between the liquid and the table, which
the color to sink in. — New York Ledger.
A marble statue, life size, cost during
the reign of Commodus about §1, 500;
| in the time of Chariemagne, neaxly §3,-
000. :
sald in thredty of New |
making what are denominated ‘‘rose’ |:
diamands. What sve called, in the par- |
lance of the trade, *‘fasces’’ of the dia- |
mond are cut by the rubbing together | : 2 .
of two stones, and when this process is | French entertain toward Britain and the
completed and the stones have: bean suf- |
Electricity is now used for coloring |
opens the pores of the skin and allows |
| cious stones, for the trade takes W all Other articles of wood for domestio
precious stones as well as diamonds. At venicles, agricuitaral, voilding uses,
ete., aro fast creeping in to the disad-
vantage of the Eaglishi manufacturer.
Indeed wherein the American manufac.
turer succeeds it is only through the use
of machinery, and therofore the Eng-
lishman, ih order to protect bimself
from encroachinfent, must adopt the
American idea by osing American ma-
chivery, for is is not a fact -that the
Buglishman is behind the times in get-
ting “up to date’” wood working ma
cainery? If this statement is not oor-
rect, shot us the fallacy of it. Machin.
ery saves tinio and labor, consequently
money. — Cincinnati Commercial Ga:
zatte, Er :
‘ables and Bables.
. “Ivomember very well when Charlie,
| my oldest, was a baliy he was simply
angelic. [ was sometimes tempted to
| pinch Lim, just so see if ho could ory.
He slept hour after hour and always
-voiloe. ~ And 1, silly young thing that L
lent mother 1 was and felt & deop con.
tempt for all mothers of babies.
. But | was doomed to have a Iail. When
| Willie came, I don’t think Where was
. ever a more sensitive bunch of nerves
! existed. He cried, it seemed to we, con
tinaally and woke from his fitful slum-
| burs on the lightest pretext, and I was
| ready to an to the gate when I saw
| visitors eoming to apologize for whas
{ I had said in the past and to ask them
| please to walk woftly. I then leasmed
| that there are babies and babies, and
{ physical conditions have everything to.
' do with a child’s temperament. ''— Wo-
| mankind.
| Wremchmen With English Wives
| It is a curious fact that, notwithstand-
| ing the strong prejudice which the
British, the French gentlemen have a
| decided prefervmoe to Dritish Indios
when they mean to marry. An English-
namber of English ladies with French
hushands whom he meets in society. If
' a British lady of passable appearance re-
mains long unmarried in Paris, the pre-
sumption is thas the fault is her own.
wand, that a Briton resident in Paris
‘very rarely marries a French lady. —
t French Letter.
Another Vietim.
Colleetor— Sed here, when are yon go-
ing to do anything on this account?
Mudge—I don't know. . [ have been
hypnotized so that 1 can’t go through
' the performance of paying even when I
| have the money. I'm awfully sorry, I
i assure you. — Indianapolis Journal
| Several knives, evidently intended
| for table use, have been found in the
| catacombs near Memphis 23
i .
| The Greeks had oats B. C. 300, but
| sed them only ns food for their horeea
| Muncy, Pa. wae named from
Minsi Indians Pr
was, plumed myself on whet an excel- .
man visiting Paris is surprised at, the
It is worthy of remark, on the other
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