Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, June 26, 1893, Image 2
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." Pur-iusd by Fat e. An American paper published In Paris recently contained the follow ing unique advertisement: "A young man of agreeable prcscuco, and de* sirous of getting married, would Ilka to make the acquaintance of an aged and experienced gentleman who could dissuade him from taking the futU step." Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who livo bet ter than othera and enjoy fife moro, with less expenditure, by moro promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest tho valuo to health of tho pure liquid laxative principles embraced in tho remedy, Syrup < f Figs. Its excellence is duo to its presenting in tho form most acceptable and pleas ant to tho taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a jierfect lax ative; effectually cleansing tho system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. - It has given satisfaction to millions and met with tho approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, I.iver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly freo from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs : s for salo by all drug gists ill 50c and $i bottles, but it is niafi (ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed,"vou will not accept any sub3tituta if oflcred. P NU 21 ~ MIIS. MILLY FERGUSON, Troy, N. Y. The following tribute to DANA'S power over OLD CHHONIC COM PLAINTS, wan sent us by IFm. Groom of the well-known "OSOOM'S PHAII UIACY," 129 Congress St., Troy,N.Y.: GENTLEMEN I have been troubled with I.IY I) It COMPLAINT, CONSTIPA TION anil I>YNPKPNIA for a long time. 1 employed tho best Hectors In the city; they told me 01<1 Chronic Complaints were hard to cure. Their medicine did me no i;ood. 1 stopped tnkinr It nud bought a bottle of DANA'S BAIISAI'ARIL LA. Before 1 hud tuken half of it I felt better. I have taken three bottles of DANA'S SARSAPARILLA! and am better than for years. IT HAS DON E WOXDEHN tdlt 31E. I can eat anything I want did It does not dlatrean ine in the least. Yours truly, Troy, N. Y. MRS. MI r LY FERGUSON. DANA SARSAPARILLACO., BELFAST, ME. D TONIO, byDr u ffgista or sent by mail. 250., GOo. * Dd &LOO per parkftfTO. Samples free. ST A T&TA The Favorite TOOTH WWWI AV ISv fojtbeTeethand Hrc^tlqlOa,