Clucago*u mortality statistics bLvw
that a BTirprisingly large number of
residents of the lake city live to bo
over ninety.
A capital of $25,000,000 is invested
in the nursery interest in 172,000 acres
of land. In all horticultural pursuits
the entire capital is estimated at over
&1,000,000,000 by the census of tha
Agricultural Department.
The New York Herald notes that tho
instalment plan of selling bicycles,
which all the leading manufacturers
have adopted, has vastly increased tho
number of devotees of the silent steed
and to the same extent the advocates
of good roads.
Frances Willard, temperance advo
cate, has somewhat astonished English
people by suggesting in all seriousness
that the "grill" behind which all wo
men except peeresses have had to con
ceal themselves to listen to the debates
in the House of Commons, be placed
in the British Muaeuin as a relic.
A Mr. Snashall, of Washington,
D. C., has recovered from the Metro
politan Street Railway Company of
that city $143 as a recompense for the
loss of the services of his wife, through
an injury that she received in 1888 on
the cars of that company. He is said
to be a wealthy gentleman from Wis
consin, and his wife did the family
washing. Of course her services were
very valuable.
In 1892 the total number of person*
•mployed in and about all the mines of
the United Kingdom was 721,808, of
whom G099 were females, working
above ground. There were 862 acci
dents during the year, occasioning 1034
deaths; one death for every 679 per
sons employed, as against one for every
668 in the preceding year.
The sibilants in the language of the
Northwestern tribes cannot fail to be
noticed by the traveler in Washington
and British Columbia, although their
speech is described as "a choke and a
splutter." The Indian names of places
that are still preserved there are full
of hisses and s's. Examples:
Squallyamish, Spatsum, Spuzzum,
Scuzzy, Snohomish, Similkameen,
Sumass, Sweltcha, Skomekan, Hyosk
wahaloos, Squim, Swinomisli, Skagit,
Samamish, Snoquaimie fnd Snokomisli.
That versatile and industrious statis
tician, Edward Atkinson, has made c
calculation as regards the "bill for our
Civil War." He figures up, as the ex
penditure for war purposes and re
construction, so mm $4,000,000,000;
and as to the probable cost of war, in
money, to the South, of $2,200,000,-
000. To these he adds the pension
roll at $1,800,000,000, and the esti
mated cost of future pensions, accord
ing to life tables, at about $2,000,000,-
000 more. This, together with the in
terest allowance yf about $2,000,000,.
000, swells the total cost of the Civil
War to the sum of $12,000,000,000.
An examination of the statistics oi
horses, horned cattle, sheep and swine
of the country shows some surprising
things to the American Dairyman.
Placing our population at 65,000,000
we find that there is but one horse for
every four and a small fraction of our
per capita. That there are but a trifle
over three-fourths of horned cattle for
every unit of population, while therj
aro about two-thirds of a sheep for
every person of the population. Prom
this we eftn gather the importance ol'
the labor of the farmer. Without hie
crops wc should soon be on the verge
of starvation. With this condition con
fronting us, civilization would soon
disappear and man become a barbarian
if he did not descend still lower in the
scale of life. This should teach us the
importance and dignity of the farmer'*
calling and our absolute dependence on
his labor.
County names in New England and
middle Atlantic States are almost ex
clusive!'* of English or Indian origin.
In the border States of the South they
are chiefly English ; in the gulf States
English and Indian, with French in
Louisiana and traces of Spanish origin
in Florida and Texas. In the Missis
sippi Valley they are again of English
and Indian origin, with some. French
names coming down from the Jesuit
explorers. In the Rocky Mountain
States they are again English and In
dian, with a larger proportion of tho
latter than elsewhere, and on the Pacific
coast of Spanish County names agaiu
crop out. Texas has a Deaf Smith
County, about tho only instance of a
nickname having been fixed upon an
important political division. The Chi
cago Herald thinks a pretty fair history
of the political and social influence at
work in tho early development of a
State could be written from a study of
pounty namcg,
THE OX TEAM.
I sit upon my ox team, calm.
Beneath the lazy sky.
And crawl contented through the land
And let the world go by.
The. thoughtful ox has learned to wait
And nervous Impulse smother,
And ponder long before he puts
One foot before the other.
And men with spanking teams pass by
And da.,h upon their way.
As If it were their hope to ilnd
The world's end in a day,
And men dash by in palace cars,
On me dark frowns they cast.
As the lightning-driven Present frowns I
Upon the slow old Past.
What do they chase, these men of steam
Their smoke-flags wide unfurled,
Tulled by the roaring flre-Jlend
That shakes the reeling world?
What do you seek, yn men of steam,
So wild and mad you press?
Is this, is this the railroad lino
That leads to happiness?
And when you've swept across the day
And dashed across the night,
Is there some station through the hill
Where men can And delight?
Ah. toward the Dpot of Conteui
Where no red signals stream,
I go by ox-team just as quick
As you can go by steam.
Sam Walter Foss, In Yankee B'ado.
A PATIENTTIIAT PAID.
K. STRUTHF.ES
/Vl wonted patients.
f r] He could not get
J J J thera—because,
fj y7/ y.'Hj firstly, the ink on
WJv ~J' diploma not
i'W i/ >' et dry, and, sec
\ \ l,udl . y ' because he
/i') could not raise a
fkvVL ,M ' ar(1 \ He was
* fitting idle iu his 1
office chair on- ]
deavoring to conjure up some means
of increasing his income. He thought
of starting a medical institute and of
inventing a patent medicine, but he
had no capital. To remove to a smaller
town was retrograding, and he dis
missed it angrily from his mind.
Two patients were the extent of his
practice. One of them would die soon,
and the other was nearly well. The
income from them was hardly sufficient
to pay his rent. Tho last two letters
from his father, inclosing much needed
checks, had been very curt. One of
them had said : "It eeems you are old
enough now to have an income of your
own."
In fact, young Dr. Strutters was at
his wits' end. He was not the man to
worry over anything, however. There
would be away out; he was sure of
that. He lighted a cigar, puffed at it
a time, walked over to a mirror and
looked at himself.
I m not bad looking. I'm dressed
well enough. But I'm so deuced young j
they won't put any confidence in me. I
have half a notion to go to my friend
Boutley of the Academy Company, have
him make me up, put some lines in my j
face, so I would look about thirty-five. |
Then I'd require a brass-buttoned
lackey to receive the patients. If I
could only capture one millionaire
dyspeptic, one over-worked capitalist
and one aged dowager with the heart
disease—um—um—l'd risK the rest. j
"Well, there's nothing to do but to '
wait for them," he said, sitting down
again. "I sometimes feel like hiring
a canvasser to solicit patients. 'A ;
handsome, capable young doctor, care- i
ful attention given to gout and dyspep- |
sia; mild medicines used.' That doesu't j
sound badly. Hump! Medical dignity j
prevents it, though. I must sit here
patiently and trust to that little nickel
plated sign to do the rest."
At that moment a carriage drove up i
in front of tho house. The footman j
alighted ami opened the door for a !
handsome young woman to step down
upon the stones. She gave the foot- '
man a signal, he climbed upon the box I
and the carriage wheeled about and I
drove away.
She rang the bell and called for Dr. '
Struthcrs. The doctor heard her call j
and it gave him time to make a pass at '
liis hair with a brush, to tidy up his
clothes a bit and to mutter :
"Here's a patient at last--.! hope.")
"Are you Dr. Struthers?" she asked,
standing in the doorway, a picture of
loveliness and stylish clothes.
"Ie?, I am. Will you come in and
be seated?'
She sat down listlessly in the chair j
provided for her, uttering a despairing |
little sigh as she did so.
Dr. Struthers mustered all of his i
dignity, solt possession and wisdom.
As he looked at her for a moment be- ;
fore she spoke, he wondered if she
could be ill at nil. r-liy was apparently ,
to rosy cheeked and healthy.
"lou see, doctor," she said, "heart
disease is hereditary in the Tyler fam- i
ily and—and I've got it." This with
another despairing little sight.
Heart disease? Fortunes had been |
made out of heart disease. Tlie doctor ]
took hope.
"A#," lie sau l , slowly, waiting fori
her to go on.
' Aou see bkuyler said it was all my ;
imagination, ' *he continued between 1
gasps for breath. •' They said I thought
I had it when I hadn't it." There was \ 1
the suggestion of a pout en her pretty •
lips.
"Very presuming of them,l am sure," i
interposed Struthers.
She liked him for his .sympathy and :
she became more confidential.
"I know I have it. Why, when Igo
up stairs it beats so fast and I can't
get my breath just the way poor dear j
mamma said her own uid." She
reached for her handkerchief and j
wiped away two small tears with it.
"Papa—l beg your pardon for not
telling you before, papa is Mr. Cort- j l
land Tyler— papa says it's all nonsense j <
just because D;\ Skuyler saya eo r Jf !
Dr. Skuyler told papa he was going to ]
die to-morrow papa would believe it,
he's such a goose." She stopped an(l
blushed, astonished at herself. "Oh!
I didn't mean to soy that, but I'm sure
I've got tho heart disease, so I came to |
a new doctor who would know that I
had it."
"If you will please let me examine I
shall be able to tell you in a moment,"
the young physician said sagely. He
moved his chair over to her side and
bent his head down so that his ear
would be directly over the heart of his
beautiful patient. A little thrill passed
through Miss Tyler's heart and made it
beat faster as she felt his head touch
her coat and looked upon his handsome
stock of light hair. A young doctor
was much nicer than an * old one she
thought. He listened to tho pit-pats
for a moment, and found that the beats
were perfectly regular, but were faster
than normal.
When he raised liis head Dr.
Struthers looked serious and a little
alarmed.
"What is the matter? Tell me!
Don't keep me in suspense!"
"I trust you are a bravo woman—"
"I knew it! I knew it!" she cried.
"You have a very serious heart
trouble," ho continued gravely. "If
you have patience, courage, and will
follow my instructions you can be
cured."
"Do you think so, doctor?" There
were tears and an appeal in her eyes.
"Yes."
"Tell me what I shall do. I'll do
• just as you say. I—l don't want to die."
"I'll not let you," he said, encourag
ingly, reaching over to his table lor a
prescription blank.
There- was nothing organically the
matter with Miss Tyler's heart. It un
. doubtedly did palpitate rapidly at times
when Miss Tyler took over exercise.
, But this wafl due to poor digestion
caused by overeating—sorry but true
( accusation against so pretty a woman—
, i and ennui and luck of regular occupa-
I tion.
11 The doctor wrote out some hiero
| glyphics on his blank, which inter- j
' preted meant plain pepsin compound I
with some ingredient which made it I
good to take.
"Now if you will take this to your
druggist, Miss Tyler, end follow dircc*
! tions on the label."
"Yes. And what am I to do to show J
that I am courageous?" she asked anx- ,
iously.
"I would like you to get a pair of
dumb bells."
"But that would make my heart beat,
doctor."
"Use them very moderately each j
day, increasing as you find you can.
Also diet yourself."
"And Dr. Struthers, you don't think
that—that—" she said as she arose to
go, looking into his eyes appealingly.
"Bo cheerful, do not get down
i hearted. Come and sec me every day.
lam sure I can cure you. I am also
very glad that you came eo soon. De
lay would have been dangerous."
"Do you know I think young doc
tors"—she was standing by the door
with her hand on the knob by this time
j —"are better than old doctors. They
i are just through studying, and they are
; better informed about—about hearts.
I am going to send a lot of 'our set' to
j you."
When the realized what she had eaid
| she blushed.
I The doctor felt like playing leapfrog
over the table he was so excited, for he
was as young as he looked in manyre
epects. He contained himself, not
; withstanding, and bowed her out very
igravely.
. After she has gone ho threw himself
j in a chair, clapped liis hands upon his
I knees loudly and repeatedly, and gave
! vent to a low whistle to express his dc
j light.
"At last! At last!" ho muttered.
| Then he ran to the window, and as
j he watched the receding carriage pass
i ing along toward Fifth avenue he cried
| out:
; "Goodby, thou angel of mercy, of
: grace—you're my savior. You'll send
: your 'set' to me--and I'll take care of
j your dyspeptic dowagers and your gouty
j millionaires. Jove, I'm as good as in
| a paying practice already. Six months
from now I'll bring pater down to the
city and take him out to ride in the
| Park."
i Extremes meet. The smoker tugs
viciously at many cigars both when in
. trouble or desperation and when iu
I good prospects of joy. Dr. Struthers
made a furnace of himself that after
noon. He thought of his fair patient
and contemplated a more luxurious
office nearer Fifth avenue, because he
had nothing better to do.
I Now Mr. Cortland Tyler was an un
| commonly practical and shrewd man
in his business affairs and a sentiment
al and devoted man in liis private af
fairs. He worshiped his daughter
Clara as any worthy descendent of the
good old Dutchmen of Sir Peter Stuy
i vesant's time would a beautiful and af
! feotionate girl who was his only kin.
But Mr. Cortland Tyler had very little
nonsense about hiin even in private
: life, and when poor old Dr. Skuyler
| told him • that his daughter's heart
j disease was imagination he was in
j clined to believe it.
As to the new doctor, Struthers, Mr.
! Tyler disapproved of him, and at flrtt
forbade her to see him again. Miss
' Clara knew her father pretty well (that
; was why she had so many luxuries and
knickknacks), and she suggested that
possibly Dr. Skuyler was not infallible,
although an excellent physician she
admitted, and that, perhaps, if she did
have heart disease the new physician
might be the means of saving her life.
| Her father was powerless against such
( arguments as these. The thought of
his daughter having heart disease and
leaving him us his devoted wife had
| done, made him shudder. When he !
I discovered that after two weeks of Dr. I
j Struther's treatment that Clara was
| certainly none the worse oft', and ap- j
I parently better, Itj was quite won over, I
Miss Tyler did send some of her
"set" to the handsome and learned
young doctor with good results. Dr.
Struthei's practice began to be a prac
| tice. Colonel Torrence, whose gout
| had been going on for years from'bad
to worse, for the tirst time admitted
1 there WUH improvement. Mrs. Arthurs
, looked at the young man sharply
i through her lorgnettes, and confessed
| openly that, . although she detested
dieting, she had not been so comfortable
for years.
Prosperity, however, had not
brought peace of mind to Dr.
Struthers. His new cases were not
worrying him or puzz.liug his medical
resources except one particular case—
the first one, the author of his good
I financial fortune—and that was an af
i fair of the heart. Jt was at the end of
the fifth week of his treatment of his
j fair patient that he stood, his hands in
' his pockets, looking into his mirror.
The doctor had away of looking into
: his mirror when he wished to be per
fectly frank and honest with himself,
j Perhaps he was a little vain.
' The doctor had to face a fact this
| morning—namely, he was deep in love
' with Miss Tyler. He had sense enough
to know that, although ho was of a
good New England family from a good
! New England town, ho could scarcely
j presume to an alliance with a Tyler of
New York for years and yeafs. Be
sides, he had only met the young
woman professionally, and ho was as
sured by the confidence she placed in
him that she regarded him highly in
that light. <
"But, but"—ho looked at himself
closely in the glass to see whether ho
was really a r raud or not--"I have de
ceived her. There is really no organic
trouble with her heart. I am curing
her of the palpitations, and in that
sense lam earning my pay. As to the
others of her 'set' they are all conval
escing through the use of plain medi
cal sense. lam sure I'm not half so
much of a fraud as that venerable old
Dr. Skuyler, who charges $lO a con
! sulfation for hoodwinking his pa
tients. "
| Dr. Struthers was an impulsive man,
j and his indulges were often good ones.
Ho had made up his mind that ho had
not beon treating Miss Tyley justly,
and having reached this conclusion he
proceeded to right matters so much as
ho could.
' 'There's but one thing to do and that
is to write to her," he said. "That I
will do, telling her that if she continues
the present prescription she will soon
bo well, and that she need see me only
occasionally—yes, I can't forbear occa
sionally. Then if she really thought I
was—well, was proper form—sho would
invito me to call. If she only would."
The doctor ran his hands deeper into
his pockets and looked ravenously at
the figure in the carpet in contempla
tion of that joyful state of affairs. He
seized a pen and started at least five
different notes, taking four times five
minutes before he reached anything like
the expression he wished to use.
The note completed at last, so that it
partly suited him, WHS quickly borne
to the residence of Mr. Cortland Tyler,
where a maid carried it-up to the room
of Miss Tyler, who was the only repre
sentative of the family at home. This
young woman was lying on her coueli
thinking—thinking of Dr. Struthers.
She had greatly enjoyed her morning
callp, and her heart itself sincerely
trusted that it would not mend too
rapidly.
To come to the* point at once, she
was in love with him. The servant
handed Miss Clara the note just at the
moment she was wondering if it were
possible he could care anything for her.
She opened the note, read it and gave
a little scream.
To thin day it is a question whether
or not Miss Tyler actually fainted. It
is certain that she came very near it.
It is also certain that had not Mr. Ty
ler arrived at that moment the be
fuddled servant would have been as
liable to have rushed into the street
and cried "fire!" as to have done any
thing else. As it was Mr. Tyler was
very much frightened when he Raw his
daughter gasping for breath. By the
time he had recovered from his as
tonishment sufficiently to begin to con
sider whether to send for Dr.- Struthers
or Dr. Bkuyler her woman's diplomacy
and intuition had returned sufficiently
for her to say :
"Don't be frightened, father. It's
not so bad as it formerly was. I—l
didn't want you to know it."
That settled it. Mr. Tyler at once
jumped into his carriage and drove as
fast as he could to Dr. Struthers's
office, where the young physician had
been indulging in the pastihie of calling
himself an ass ever since one moment
after he had placed the note in the
messenger boy's hands. On learning
what Mr. Tyler had to say, he seized
his medicine case and hat, jumped into
his overcoat, and was in the carriage at
the millionaire's side in a moment. He
asked a few questions of Mr. Tyler,
which were answered to the extent of
Mr. Tyler's knowledge, and to which
he said "Yes," quietly, as if he had
expected it, and perfectly understood
the situation. The old gentleman liked
that "yes" so well that he asked
whether his daughter was dangerously
ill or not in a tone that plainly showed
he considered the anbwer was to mean
life or death for her. The doctor told
him that there was no danger, and
without doubt she would be entirely
recovered within three months.
"I thank yon, sir," Baiil the father
in a trembling voice.
When they arrived at tho house Mr.
Tyler sat down before the grate and
tried to read the evening paper and
made a failure of it, while Dr.
Struthers was shewn up stairs to see
the patient by the servant, who had re
sumed the normal state of her indif
ference and the turn up of her nose.
The physician prescribed, and then,
somehow or other, ho came to take
both of her bonds within his own apd
look into her eyes intently while he
said :
"Yes, yes. Of courso I came. 1
think the world of you."
"And I of you."
Hope Hprang'again into tho young
doctor's breast.
"May I—may I some day—" Ho
stumbled a little, but she helped him
out with
"Yes."
There was silence for a moment.
"Doctor, don't you think my heart
is nearly well ?"
"I hope it hasn't had a setback to
day, dear. But your father?" His
countenance darkened.
"I'll attend to him. When I am
cured, as you saved my life, he should
be willing to give me over to my res
cuer."—New York Press,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The hairsprings for watches are
| made principally by women on account
I of the delicate handling required.
I Camille Flammarion has arrived at
the conclusion that in less than ten
million years the laud on our planet
will be covered by water.
An American, Mr. Henry, in Lon
guyon, France, lias constructed a clock
entirely of paper, which has run
regularly for two years, with no greater
variation than a minute a month.
! Persons whose temples are fuller
! above the eyes than below, whose heads
enlarge above the ears, aro usually
moro gifted with musical taste than
those with contrary characteristics.
A new kind of wire for telephone
use, having an aluminum-bronze core
with a copper-bronze envelope, is being
experimented with in Germany. It is
said to have a low resistance and great
tensile strength.
From statistics covering the last
twenty-two years it is computed that
the average life ot women in France
lias been thirty-eight years and men
thirty-six years. During last year,
however, tho average rose to forty
years for both sexes.
Tho electrical fountains and other
artistic electric lighting effects at the
World's Fair surpass anything of the
kind heretofore attempted. It is owing
solely to the beauties of the electrical
exhibit that the fair is opened every
evening instead of ODiy occasionally,
as at first planned.
Charcoal is v aluable as fuel, but it
has other uses which make it one of the
most serviceable of articles. When
laid flat, while cool, on a burn, it
causes the pain to abate; by leaving it
on for an hour the burn seems healed
when the wound is superficial. Tainted
meat surrounded with it is sweetened.
Strewn over heaps of decomposed
pelts, or over dead animals, charcoal
prevents unpleasant odors. Foul water
is purified by it.
The Parisian scientist, M. Chiffanjor.
not long ago discovered the faef that
the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers havo
the same source, and that tho Rio
Cassiquiari, a stream two hundred
miles long, connects the Upper Orinoco
with the Rio Negro tributary of tho
Amazon. If a few sand-bars, etc.,
were taken away a light-draught
steamer could go from one river to the
other, and thus cross the continent
twice, by different routes.
A correspondent at P.osario, Chile,
telegraphs that the observation of the
total eclijjse of the sun by the Argen
tine expedition was not entirely satis
factory. It was discovered on the day
previous that tho 15ig telescope had
oeen injured. The Professors immedia
tely began to make repairs, but,
though they worked all night, they
were not. completed until the first con
tact. The duration of the eclipse
lasted from eight hours, seventeen
minutes and ten seconds until ten
hours, twenty-seven minutes and forty
five seconds. A largo spot about thirty
four minutes in magnitude was die
covered near the centre of the sun.
Covering a Bald Head With Frog Skin.
Doctor John Ege, Beading's skin
grafting specialist, who a year ago or
more gained considerable notoriety by
successfully transplanting skin from
the forearm of a colored man to the
leg of a white man, and who subse
quently manufactured a dime-museum
freak by planting a flowing mustache
upon the upper lip of a hnndsomo
young woman, is continuing his ex
periments in that direction. The doc
tor's latest achievement, performed
with every evidence of success, is that
of supplying a baldlieaded man with a
covering of hair that a football player
might envy. The patient upon whom
this operation was performed is Charles
Mueller, of Washington, and the sub
ject from whom the material was drawn
to cover the bare spot on the patient's
head was a Mr. Gertiesu.
Doctor Ege removed from the head
of Gertiesu a piece of scalp 1} inches
wide by 2} inches long, well covered
with hair, and replanted it upon the
head of Mueller. The sorenesss created
by the removal of a portion of Ger
tiesu's scalp is almost healed, the doc
tor having so okilfully drawn the lacer
ated scnlp together as to almost remove
all evidence of its removal with the ex
ception of two small spaces, which he
purposely left with the view of further
experiments. He will cover those spots
with hair-covered skin taken from some
animal, and upon the successful at
tachment of that transplanted animal
skin upon the head of Gertiesu de
pends the fato of the future baldheaded
men.
If the doctor be successful the bald
heads will no longer be compelled to
hide their baldness under the old
fashioned uncomfortable wig, but can
simply surrender themselves to the
doctor and have transplanted to their
pates the covering of some other fel
low who is willing to surrender his
head for a golden salve, —Philadelphia
Record,
Women chemists are becoming more
numerous.
Gloves should naxxnonize with the
dress and hat.
If you would be correct, tho veil
must match the hat.
Wedding presents should alwnys be
addressed to tho bride.
Whit 3 suedes are preferred to all
others for evening wear.
Some of the handsomest new capes
are lined with bright colored brocades.
Ruchings for the neck are very pop
ular, but are rather smaller and nar
rower.
Traveling wraps of gloria with hoods
are among tho private orders for tho
season.
Dresses to the knee and dresses near
ly to the ankle are both worn by little
misses.
George Sand used to take to sowing
to sooth her nerves when excited by
writing.
A tawny orange is the latest" thing in
n'ltra-fashionable notepaper. It is called
4 'lndian gold."
Mahogany, ox-blood and the medium
and dark browns head the list of mod
ish street shades of gloves.
Queen Victoria's hand is not of fairy
like proportions by any means. She
wears gloves of the size of 7s.
Sashes of China crape or India silk
arc draped in soft folds about the waist,
and fall in long ends at one side.
Mrs. Bradley-Martin expended $60,-
000 on her daughter's wedding to the
Earl of Craven in New York City.
Ruchings of gauze or tulle, inter
mixed with white or colored feathers,
make exquisite garnitures for ball
dresses.
All shades of mauve, from palest wis
taria, through violet, to bishop's pur
ple, are shown in materials for gowns
and garniture for hats.
Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon, a well
known woman lawyer on the Pacific
coast, has filed her application for the
Consulship at Honolulu.
Tho newest sleeves have ruffles.
These ruffles commence at the hand
and extend to the elbow. This sleeve
is the old "bell" sleeve revived.
Kansas has an attractive, unmarried
young woman preacher of the Univers
alis! faith. She is a regularly ordained
minister and an eloquent aapstle.
A collection of the work of native
Ceylon women will be exhibited at the
YVorld'e Fair. Exquisite specimens of
anciont wood carving will be included.
A soft, thin frizz encircling the face
is good form. The long point in the
middle of tho forehead is very trying
to most faces, consequently little worn:
Mark Twain's eldest daughter, Miss
Clara Clemens, not yet twenty, has
written a play of an allegorical charac
ter, which is said to ho entertaining
and clever
While rarrow-toed shoes are seen in
the best shops they are not by any
means meeting with the favor that
those who make a specialty of them
would like to believe.
Medium tan remains tho favorite
color for gloves. While other shades
are sold this is the standard, and there
is more demand for it than for all the
other colors combined.
The bonnet of 1830 is in fancy straw
in shades of green and gray with band
rnd trimmings of eminence velvet,
cluster bouquets of violets with aigrette
of humming birds breasts. Ties of
eminence ribbon-velvet.
Some of the new models suggest the
probability of the absence of wraps.
Elaborately trimiqed dress waists are
usually forerunners of this style.
Draped waists and puffed sleeves are
trimming enough, without either capo
or mantle.
Gloves of moderately heavy kid are
shown for tourists' use and shopping
and driving gloves. They aro much
more serviceable than lighter ones,
and seem to be brought out especially
with a view to hard service during ex
position year.
Wide ribbon strings on bonnets are
once more to the front. They are of
shot and brocaded ribbons, and tie be
neath the chin in the old fashion. New
widows' bonnets havo strings of corded
white ribbon, dull in finish and nearly
a fipger broad.
Several accomplished "young women
are earning good salaries in New York
for coaching society women in the
topics of the day, the new books thai
ore being talked of, new works of art
that are attracting attention, and in
teresting novelties in other lines.
Gowns that are still good as regards
material, but that have no longer a
stylish look, can be rejuvenated with
small expenditure. If there is a basque
it should be cuk off and corded around
to prevent stretching. A folded belt
of velvet—made upon a well fitted lin
ing—revers and sleeves of velvet, are
all that is necessary.
Mrs. Rachel Lloyd, formerly Miss
Holloway, of Ohio, is one of the most
accomplished chemists of the day, and
took her degree as doctor of philosophy
at the University of Zurich, Switzer
land, an honor which only two women
have been accorded. Mrs. Lloyd is
now professor of chemistry at tho Uni
versity of Nebraska. '
' The German Empress is a real "house
mother," as much as may be, to all of
her kingdom. Sho spent an hour quito
unannounced in- the Children's Hos
pital in Berlin the othor day, taking to
and playing with the unfortunates, and
conferring special pleasure by leaving
a scrapbook of gay pictures, put to
gether by one of her own little sons,
Fringe Qgcar, only six years old.
Brigbest Part of My Trip.
The New York fashion correspondent of M
Southern paper gives out the following :
• A lady writes : " I have read your letters
for a long time, and have often envied you
the opportunity you enjoy of seeing the beau
tiful things you describe. I used to think,
when I read of those charming dresses and
parasols and hats at Lord & Taylor's, that
theirs must be one of those stores w here a
timid, nervous woman like myself, having but
i few dollars to spare for a season's outfit,
would be of so little account that she would
receive little attention ; but when you said,
In one of your letters a few months ago, that
foods of the same quality were really cheaper
there than elsewhere, because they sold more
roods in their two stores than any other firm
In New York, and that because they sold more
they bought more, and consequently bought
cheaper, I determined, if 1 ever went to New
Vork, I would go to I.ord & Taylor's.
44 That long-waited-for time came in the
early autumn, and I found myself standing
before that great entrance, with those won
derful windows at either side. I summoned
my courage and entered, as I suppose tens of
thousands of just such timid women as I
have done before. My fears were gone in an
instant. The agreeable attention put me at
my ease at once, and I felt as much at home
as though I were in the little country store
where my people have * traded ' for nearlv a
quarter of a century.
44 And now, as 1 wear the pretty things 1
purchased, or see them every day and find
them all so satisfactory, I think of my visit
to this great store as the brightest part of my
trip to New York."
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