FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND TIIUKSDAY. 'rnos. A. BUOKLEY! EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year no Six Months 75 Four Months _ 50 Two Months 25 Subscribers are requited to observe the flate following the name on the labels of their papers. By referring- to this they can tell at a glance how they stand on the books in this office. For instance: lirover Cleveland 13Uune05 means that Grovcr Is paid up to June 28,1836. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this oillcc when your paper is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will t>u made in the manner provided by law. A "WHITER says if the horse could talk he would ask for a drink the first thing in the morning. At sup per, during the night, and at break fast, he usually fills up on dry feed, and when led to the trough (ills his stomach so full that undigested food is forced out of it. Health and hu manity demand that you water the horse bcfoie he eats in the morning. A FEW years ago a portion of the pavement in Uroswell road. London, was lifted out of its place in some mysterious way. Before the work men wore sent to repair it numerous toadstools made their appearance in the cracks between the misplaced stone and its fellows. Investigation proved that the stone, which was two feet one way by four the other, and weighed 212 pounds, had actually i een lifted out of place by the resist less growing force of these soft and spongy fungi. ONE THOUSAND sheep of selected Hampshire and Southdown stock are to lie kept on the mammoth sheep farm of Mr. Edmund Wood, of \at- Ick. Mass. The run will comprise 850 acres. IT is intended to raise lamb and mutton for the market, the wool being a secondary consideration, and those two breeds are considered the most profitable as breeders, as well as furnishing the choicest quali ty of food, and their early maturity and fattening powers are, in Mr. Wood's opinion, unsurpassed. The tract of land includes a pond seventy acres in extent. IT is extremely difficult to induce any class of people to see the special advantage of occupations with which they have always been familiar. They know all the drawbacks of the busi ness and fail to realize the good points, which they merely take for granted. Hence, in a farming vil lage. or in any other community where nearly all pursue the same calling, the business of farming is seldom esteemed so highly as it actu ally deserves. A talk with a few city clerks and mechanics would arouse many a farmer to the-conviction that the evils of life are not all 'in the country. IT is true as a general principle that a railroad company is liable for injury to live stock from any unius tillablo delay on its part. Vet the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas holds, in Cue case of the Interna tional and Great Northern Kailroad Company vs. Ritchie, recently de cided that a party injured by delay mu~t not remain supine and inactive, but must make reasonable exertions to avert the loss and prevent the damage to his property, and if he failed to do this, and tlie injury re sulted by reason of his negligence, hi! could not recover. But here the court also holds that a shipper who put his cattle into pens without food or water, because that was the place provided for them, when lie was ex pecting promised cars at any hour in the day, and was not informed that they were not coming until the next day until late in the afternoon, was not blameablo, and could recover the damages sustained. TUB question of the punishment of children has been settled in a novel way by a Lamed (Kan.) judge, as the following shows: "Kay Vaughan, aged 11 years, pleaded guilty to the charge of petty larceny In Judge Van Diver's court, and re ceived a novel sentence. It was six months attending the city schools, and if without an excuse he absents himself from school he is to betaken into custody by the sheriff and incar cerated in the county jail for the full period named in the sentence." There is much in this decision that will commend it to the public, it provides for the proper education of wayward boys and girls, but it also opens up another question that is worthy of thought. How are the different degrees of criminality to be decided and treated? In case of a particularly atrocious crime is the culprit to be sentenced to school for life or will the punishment simply lie changed from a school to a university sentence? Is the time approaching when a judge, alter hearing all the evidence, wi 1 solemnly announce: "Seven years in Yale"? | TOWN OF BIG TRUNKS. I GROWTH IN CHICAGO OF A GREAT INDUSTRY. i ' I Chariot. 12. Nixon Give* Sonic Interesting | Inforni-.it ion Concerning the I'rcy of the the An t'qvio Choit to the Moil cm Trunk. (i en - HIH of the Trade* ! The lively panorama presented in a railway station with the arrival of j I a train is never tailing, ever cbang- ; iug, in its human interest. The I blase traveler, the tired tourist, the j bustling man of business, the tin de j | siecle girl, tlie bride of yesterday. ! mothers with frightened little ones clinging to their skirts, and patri- ' arehs with silver hair, all mingle in ' l lie restless throng that have peopled the train. I'p next to the locomotive that stands languidly pulling on the tra k after its long run is the bag- | gage car, tilled with travelers, inani mate, hut quite individual in their way, all having the. distinction of a check in addition to a came painted or tntooed with tacks on their person. Now the luggage van in Europe is very dilferent from the baggage car in America. Our trans-Atlantic cous ins travel, comparatively speaking, baggage light: a pair of potters (per sonally conducted) carry the hampers and the little Hat trunks from the baggage room to the van, carefully depositing it, and the car man there upon decorates the end of the trunk with a little "paster" indicating its destination, llcrc in America we • Z \ A HUHEAU TUUNK. rush into a baggage-rcom, shout at the imperturbable attendants, try to railroad three or four trunks through on a single ticket, frown audibly when the bags and boxes were | dumped in the scales and wo get a bill for "excess" over I'd) pounds of | personal baggage. Then we pocket I jur jingling brass checks and let i those trunks alone until we arrive in I the place of destination, possibly ' 1,000 miles away. In the interim that blessed bag- j gage has many adventures that no society for prevention of cruelty takes cognizance of; it is thumped and hanged, compressed and crushed, Hung about, the sport of the cyclonic baggageman, who appears to take a demoniacal delight in toying with his | charges. The little brown paper I trunk with tin trimmings, that be gan its travels in New York with a j great steel-shod sample trunk, is suf- j leriug from acute appendicitis when it reaches Chicago, and by the time j it is Hung out in Kansas City It is in ! almost a complete state of collapse, j The humanitarian who presides over j llie baggage department of the Union i Depot in that city has almost made j a fortune in the Samaritan-like actof "roping" shattered trunks. It takes a stalwart to get away from his bailiwick without getting 25 cents worth of rope at every throw. This wear and tear of traveling paraphernalia necessitates large sources of supply. Chicago is the | great center of travel: last year Frank I'armeleo handled in transit j I j_ /.~2 faggf j CAR a 1 AGE AMI STEAMEIt TRUNKS, over half a million trunks. It is per- | haps interesting to know that right ; here is the greatest trunk and trav eling supply renter in the world. [ <v, r a million trunks and hand-hags! arc manufactured In Chicago each year, exclusive of the enormous quan- j titles brought in from other points. Tie market extends into New York oil the East and covers the entire West to Asia, Africa and Australia. While the business in Chicago is ! comparatively new, a number ol j trunk makers have grown rich enough to retire. Of course, there are trunks; and again there are trunks: and it may bu leniarked without feat: or favor, the vast, majority of them are short-lived; the intense rigor ot 1 their exercises would knock out the j most robust constitution, and many trunks have outward show, rather than groat structural strength, j lb-nee the merriment of the baggage smasher and the activity of the ! trunk producer. The great A men i can public must have trunks and plenty of them, for there are raulti- | tudes of trunk-dwellers in this land of the iree. When our ancestors sailed ovei from England they brought will j them a great supply of chests. A-j Chester was a p'ace noted for carved chests perhaps some of the most ar tistic came from that section, hut j they were most noted as features for i household adornment rather than for their peripatetic powers. It is a his torical fact that our good grand fathers traveled with saddle-bags long before Saratogas were dreamed of; their sons began to assume the coaching and canal-boat facilities, convenience of the carpet-bag, and the dignity of the portmanteau, and eventually dropped into the raw-hide trunk habit. This in brief is the genesis of the fashion that lias in spired the great industry of to-day, undcrconsideration. Common leather hand hags, or [intent veneered paper | hand bugs, may lie had cheap enough A WARDROBE TRCNK. of the jobbers. The liner goods of fancy leathers, alligator, seal, ltus sian, or lizard, may be furnished with gold, silver, ivory, or pearl llttingsto cost upward of SI,OOO. When it became fashionable to take "outings" at summer resorts, the demand for trunks grew cor respondingly, and the Saratoga with the swell top swept Into fashion after the war. Even in the earlier days, when sole-leather trunks and port manteaus were the proper and sen sible style, base imitations began to creep in, and a Philadelphia lirm begun to make hull-leather trunks strengthened with llat steel ribs. Ilaek in the '4o's, the majority of trunks were made from pine and whitewoodcovered with muslin. This was lamp blacked, coated with var nish, and hound in green bands with bright brass rivets. Prior to this was the old hair-covered trunk (hides tanned with hair on), with red leather trimmings, then followed the sheep skin trunk era; then catno split from sheep, russet, creased, bound with black leather, and fastened with Boston rivets. Then there were bridle-leather tiunks, known as "the live-hand trunk." Some of the sole ieather trunks made away back in the 'sos, stitched with French edge or riveted, have survived the wear and trouble of time and are still bravely going the rounds. Very few if any. genuine sole-leather trunks have been made in this country in the past lifiecn years. The trunks from 1850 to 18(10 seldom exceeded .12 inches in length. In tire next decade, the Saratoga period, they THE OLD BRIDLE LEATHER TRUNK. expanded from 3(1 to 42 inches in length and were 28 to 30 inches deep, and in order to he distinctly "swell" had a hark hum red likeadromedary. This justly aroused all the pent-up enmity of the baggage master, and he lias never quite recovered from it. The fashion in trunks changes al most every Uve years; the immense arched top tin trunk, so popular a few years ago, is now archaic, and tire Hat-topped canvas-covered trunk is the proper tiling, with the carriage and steamer trunk in favor. Even the veteran sole-leather trunk is not proof against voracious and mischiev ous rats and mice. It is remarked that well-made trunks trutn here have defied the assaults of the terrible ants of equatorial Africa, one of the best tests that eould ho put upon them. The heaviest trunks are carried by the jewelry drummers. They are so well fiaaieJ and securely bolted and cross-riveted that they might fall off a sky-scraper without breaking. Tiro trunks of commercial travelers are built to battle with the world, and are very strong and substantial, bound with' rawhide, cornered with drop-b it steel, and painted a dark hut modest red. The old-time com mercial traveler trunks u .ed to weigh 115 to 130 pounds, now they range from 70 to 100 pounds, and outwear their weighty predecessors. Tne model modern trunk is to com bine lightness, strength and durabil ity with comfort, and the internal economy of his trunks is remarkable, lie has a place for everything, and 1 everything should te in its place to | carry with absolute security, from Hligrco feathers and silk hats to curl ing tongs and small bottles. He does A BICVCLE TRUNK. not guarantee to carry dynamite, hut 1 he can pack his hunting-trunk with I a veritable arsenal, most inviting in its internal arrangement. Devices j for the. comforts of all conditions ol travelers have been studied out and elaborated in detail, all subservient to strength and simplicity. There is a trunk for everything nowadays, I from the giant "samplers," with an 1 assortment of fine watch movements. to the bulky bicycle. While we were going to Europe for locks and lind ings twenty years ago, the European trunk men arc now adopting Ameri | can improvements and devices. Tho hand bags and line leather goods made in America are moro durable and for general taste quite as line as those made in England and France. A well-known theatrical man, and he is certainly good authority, states that the best trunks in the world are made in Chicago. The life of a good trunk from the jobber is limited from one to throe joars, but there aro plenty of trunks that have been pur chased there that have scon Hie to tlfteen years active service. There are well preserved old sole leather heirlooms that have seen half a cent ury of wear, but it has naturally been intermittent. The World's Fair furnished a par ticularly lino showing in our favor. Compared with loose-woven hampers of England, the showy French trunks in checkered patterns with frail brass trimming, the nQtique, raw-hide, carved boxes from Brazil, our trunks ranked easily first; in point of light ness, convenience and durability. So much for the grand trunk center. Ciia:-. E. NIXON. NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE. A I*ew I'rivato Life Which DrfemlH tho Aft of Separation. A great deal of sentiment has been wasted over Josephine and her di. voice, but tho author of a now pri vat life of Bonaparte by Sim on and translated from the French by Arthur Levy shows that Napoleon was fully justilied, apart from reasons ot state, in taking the steps of separtion. At the t me of his marriage and for a long time afterward he worshiped her, b it she was always cold and in different, seldom writing to him dur ing his absence, continually and se cretly contracting debts for jewelry and dress, and dually compromising licr reputation by her relations witli an otlicer, Hipp dito < baric-, who had been expelled from the army oi Italy by the Emperor. This scandal oc curred while Napoleon was in Egypt, and was kept from him as long as possible, lie was at last told or it by Junot, and determined on an im mediate divorce. On his return he was met by Josephine with such a show of humiliation and sorrow and with so many vows of future devotion that lie forgave her and continued to live with her, although his love for her was dead. Later a genuin ■ af fection seems to have grown up be tween them, so that at last, when the divorce was decide I upon it was a matter of pain to both. Napoleon never, oven alter his marriage with Marie Louise, lost interest in Jose phine. The second marriage was even more unhappy than the Hist. Marie Louise was a weak creature, with no pr.nciplo, and when the Em peror was hanishe I to Elba, she look up witha lover with whom she had long bad relations. Both wives, whom ho had striven by every means in Ills power to make happy,deceived him. with this difference; while Josephine was unfaithful to him from the start. Marie Louise only deceived him after several years of marriage. In each of these unions he tried to found an exemplary and peaceful home governed by the sim pliest habits. Neither tho splendor of his career nor the pride of State had any inlluo.iee upon his character as husband and father. Several chapters aie devoted to the relation of what Napoleon did for his otticers and relatives, and the in gratitude shown by thorn in return. We arc inclined to think that Mr. Levj does not suHiciently icgard loth sides of tlie question. As a general thing when Napoleon bestowed a favor upon anyone of liis relatives it was saddled with conditions vvliic i wore often difficult and irritating; and, besides, any recipient of bis favors was never allowed to forgot the obligation. THE MAGIC PURSE, It Is Easily Opened Wlii'ii You Know How to l)o It. The purse shown in the picture is of kid, strongly sewed, its four semi circular sections constituting a com mon central pocket o l ' considerable capacity. It is also easily opened when one "knows how," but other wise I his is a matter over which one may long puzzle in vain, for the parts are apparently so put together as to afford no access to the inside without cutting the leather or ripping the seams. For the bencllt of tho curi- TIIE MAOIC pease. ous, or those who may wish to become possessed of a "secret" with which to entertain a friend, we will explain. Of the four central seams separating the sections one scam is formed of transverse threads, the ends of which are in the semicircular edge of the section on either side, so that bv crimping inwardly the outer edges of these two sections the seam at the bottom may be separated, allowing an-css to the Interior by inserting the lingers between the crossing threads, these threads again drawing tho edges of the seam together when tho cuter edges of the sections are returned to normal positioq. Tliji DOCTOR'S PROFESSION. EXPENSES OF MEDICAL EDUCA TION IN NEW YOEX. They Range From S9OO to slsoo— Will Blake a Blan r. Doc tor in Three or Four Years. T~ T is supposed to a largo extent in I the country nnd in small cities I that the expense of acquiring a medical education in Now York is a serious obstacle to students of mod erate means. Nothing could be erroneous. The unequalled advan tages which the metropolis affords for the study of medicine aro not accom panied bv extraordinary expense. To appreciate how reasonable the expense of studyiug medicine in Now York is one must consider that hero the stu dent lias the advantago of enormous hospitals in direct connection with the lending colleges, where an endless supply of cases is drawn upon for clinics conducted by muuy of the lead 'nK physicians and surgeons of tho country. And in the most expensive college in the city, whero the term of study is four years, the student can acquire his medical diploma at a total cost of SISOO, including hoard and lodging during term time, while a di ploma conferring tho same degree can lio had after three years at an expense slightly over S'Jtlf). Women students can be graduated still more cheaply. It is very common for young women students to club to gether and hire a flat where they live in comfort and arc able by doing tbeir own cooking to keep their expenses far below boarding house rates. Women can live in this manner at $1 a week each. This system of living in clulis and occupying Hats is almost entirely confined to women students, however. One thing tho medical student in New Y'ork must not look for to any great extent is tho opportunity to earn money in the line of his work while studying, either in his college or else where. There are few chances of that sort. Now and then a student will get a chance to earn a few dollars helping in a drug store, hut if he is not a graduate in pharmacy, as fow are, this will not amount to lunch. Hero and there a wealthy physician in practice hires a student to help liim about his practice, but there are few of thorn. On this point Professor Charles Inslie Pardee, M. 1)., deun of the medical department of the University of tho City of New Y'ork, says: "There is no provision hero for a stu dent to reduce his expenses liy earn ing anything und I do not advise any. young man to come here who is obiiged to rely on earning money dur ing his attendance in order to pay liis way. All tho work about the college is dono by experts. Borne of our pro fessors gave lectures hero for some time before they received any com pensation. A student here needs his entire time for his studies. Wo are making tho requirements of tho course more exacting year by year, and cal culating very closely how much time a student can devotu to his work. Nearly every hour in the day is ac counted for, and a student who is un able to devote his entire time to his studies is in danger of being unable to pass his examinations. The stu dents have live months in tho year to themselves, and it is then that they should earn what money they require to carry them through the course." Twenty years ago a young man en tered Bellevuo College. He lived at a cost of $2 a weckali through his course. He hired u room for 81.25 a week, and lived on boiled ham,with an occasional dietary diversion in the way of a po tato. He would buy a half ham, boil it in a kettle he brought with him from his home, keep it sweet l>y bung ing it out of his window in winter and in somebody's refrigerator in warm weather, and on this alone ho lived. Once in a while ho would buy a loaf tif bread when his appetite craved variety. 11l summer he had a job in the country, and earned more money than he spent in tho winter, so that ho made money taking tho yoar us a whole. His homo uiudo diet seemed to agree with him, for ho left the in stitution as stout as ho entered it, and that meant a weight of over two hun dred pounds. Now ho has an inde pendent fortune, has for yearn en joyed a practice paying several thou sand dollars a year, and lias been May or of his home, a city of interior New York. At Bellevuo Hospital Medical Col lege the course is throe years, eaeli college year consisting of ono term of twenty-six weeks, with intermissions at Thauksgiviug and Christmas. Stu dents who have not also studied with a practicing physician for ono year liavu u special course provided for them—an extra spring term of twelve weeks. They are required to take the spring term, but many other students take it from choice, on account of the excellent advantages for quizzing it affords. Tho fees at Bellevuo are: First year, matriculation, $5; dissect ing ticket, $10; fee for tho course, $150; total, $lO5. Second ye ar, matri culation, 85 ; dissecting ticket, $lO ; fee for the course, $150; examination at the end (of the term, sls; total, SIBO. Third year, matriculation, $5 ; use of Curnegie laboratory, S2O ; fee for the course, $150; annual examina tion, sls ; total, SIOO. This makes a total of $505, which sum represents 111 tho fees required of all tho students at Bellevue. Tho fee for tho spring term is $lO, with a matriculation feo of $5 and a charge of $lO for a dissecting ticket. The two latter aro also good for the ensuing winter term, and so do not form an additional expense. Students are required to have attended at loast six obstretrical casesbeforegraduation, and those who have not had this prac tice with their preceptor take it at tho Lyiug-Iu Hospital of the City of New York on Broome street ft.t a cost of S2O. The cost for books at Bellevue varies according to the student's means and his methods of study. Students 3n the first and second year require books on anatomy, physi ology, materia medica and chemistry. These books cost $15,60. There is very little chance of reducing these figures, because it is important to the student to have tho latest editions, and the chance of picking up copies used by students in previous*classes is small. When a young doctor is grad uated ho generally wants his text books for his library. In the third year the stuidonfc re quires books on surgery, tho jpractico o f medicine, obstetrics and diseasos of women, costing in all JplO.Bo, making $35.40 for the course. What aro called "Quiz Componds," or handbooks of questions for tho student to drill himself on for recita tions and examinations, arc useful, though not necessary, ac.d will cost about $5 if used in all tho studies. Tho student requires a case ofv dissecting instruments, which will/ cost $2, though better and more mostly cases may be procured. To sum up, tho cost of from Bellevue amounts to t5535 fees, $35.40 for books, $2 forUlissocting tools and, at $5 a week,, s3llO for board, or a total of $902x10. Or if tho student succeeds in kioeicug his board and lodging down tofacost of $1.50 a week, or a total'for tho threo years of $351, the entire expuuso of his education will be<Ks923.4o. And students who have notsibtudied uiuler a preceptor have S6O : additional. ex penses for tho spring * term and 1 the obstetrical practice. Tho College of Physicians and Surgeons, tho medical department of Columbia College, lias just increased its course from throe yoairs to four years, the change taking effect with the class that enters this fall. Tho fees are : Matriculation $5, fees/ for all required exercisoss2oo a year,, and examination fee $25. A student lioro will require about the same books, as at the other leading colleges, andfwill be able to procure all bis books,, dis secting instruments and other sup plies needed at an estimated exDouse of SSO. Some students here have beftu known to go through the eollage with out buying any text books, relying wholly on their notes of the lectures, but this method isionly practicable/to students of unusual cleverness*and.'in dustry, and is not recommended to any. The year islthirty-four weeks long, making an expense, at $5 a week, of SOBO for boara i during tho *jur years, or a total ncWexpense of $1570. 11l the medical tdopartniant of tho University of the vCity of New York the course is threoj years. The fees tire: Matriculation,' $5 each year; term fee, $l5O a year'; dissecting, $lO ; laboratory fees, $25;. final examina tion, S3O ; total, $530. Text books, extra parts for dissecting ami dissect ing tools will come to about.soo, and board for the three years of twenty nine weeks each at $5 aweek comes to $435, making a total of st/ 025. Students who have not attended, ut least six eases of obstetrics in private practice will need to add S2O to this total for the two weeks course atvthe Broome street institution.—New York MaiL and Express. WISE WORDS. Tho dying have dry eyes. A kiss is Cupid's starting point. Write your love-letters oiiluslate. A poor excuse is worse than mono. No man ever stole money *to hoard it. Necessity is tho mother of preven tion. Temptation will sit up all night with a man. A million dollarsiclarifies the< matri monial atmosphere. Compliments ury healthful wlion taken in moderation. Very few persons have opportunity delivered at their doors. It is easy to forgive your enemies if they are stronger than you. Depravity in men.and women would bo about equal if women had the force. Marriage is the hereafter of court ship, and people never know what it will bo till they go there. Beauty of mind is far nobler than symmetry of form or face. No sane man need be mentally ugly. Some men are so lierytfoolish that, in attempting to enlighten others, they only mystify ami lead astray. Lot common report oftyou be good. Like fame, it gathers f-4rength as it proceeds and swells as it♦ roljs along. There is no harm iu alfellow being just as funny as his nature prompts him ; ouly bo must stick to the truth. Au unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he that is upright in the way is au abomination to the wicked. The man who is ulways fiery and untamed in his efforts to convince is like one planting flowers on a barren soil. Reason and good address can fre quently accomplish good results where violence and force would bo disas trous. If one wishes to always remain com mendable in tho eyes of others let | him strive to do only that which is I useful. Had it not beon for the inspiration of impending reforms fully a third of our best literature never would have been penned. Coat-of-arms were first employed in England during the reign of Richard 1., and became hereditary in families in the following century. They origi nated from the painted banners car ried by knights and nobles Mrs. Robert Goelet, of New York, is"said to pay taxes on 83,000,000. The favorite daughter of the late Professor Helmholtz, of Berlin, is the wife of the eminent Dr. von Siemens. Mrs. C. P. Huntington has the cost liest ruby in this country, and Mrs. Marshall Roberts Vivian the best col lection of pearls. Miss Mary E. Wilkins, tho New v England author, says: "They call me a fad, as though I were a new plaid gown or a Queen Anne house." Isabella 11., of Spain, has now been in exile for twenty-four years, her long-suffering subjects having sent her into onforced retirement in 1870. A King's Daughters circle in San Francisco is composed of eight Chi nese women, two Japanese, two Syri ans und their two American teachers. Suit lias been entered against a Bos ton architect who built a house and forgot to put any closets in it. The prime mover in tho legal action is a woman. Tho clerks of tho Bank of England aro holding angry meetings of protest against the recent admission into the service of the bank of two batches of women clerks. The lovely limp, willy-wnlly pose is no longer iu great demand in these athletic days, when every girl rides, drives anil fences, and disports herself like a young Amazon. Miss Annie Thomson Nettleton has resigned her position in Vassar College to become presiding officer of Guilford Cottage at the Woman's College of tho Western Reservo University. By n recent ordinunco of tho Scot tish University Commission tho uni versities are empowered to throw opeu to women such bursaries, scholarships und fellowships as they may see lit. Tho Empress of Austria is a great iinquist. Her latest study is Greek, which she now speaks und writes fluently, although six years ago tho was ignorant even of the alphabet of that language. Miss Catherine Power, of Jackson, Miss., is President of the Mississippi J Woman's Press Club. She is a daugh- Vl ter ot Colonel J. E. Power, ot the Clarion Ledger, and is associated with him in his business. Mrs. Myra Gaddings, of Liverpool, England, has invented a reversible bonnet. It is so constructed that it can bo changed in two minutes from a ■ Gainsborough flaring brim to a dainty toque or widow's cap. Tho Bennett rose is Mrs. Alfred ' Stevens s favorito flower, apropos to which blossom, when it was intro- h duped in t'tiiß country, 810,000 was i paid for it, tho highest price ever ku()w11 in the itower trade. In New York there are more than a score of "trained janitresses" who aro i able to command SIOO a your and up- , ward. Tho first woman janitor began her work about two years ago. She took care of an apartment house. Russia's Cross of St. George is given only for bravery on the field'of battle, but the Order lias one woman mem- J ber, tho ex-Queen of Naples, who won it by ber gallant defense of Gaota, the last stronghold of the Bourbons in Italy. Made birds will outsell the natural models. A pair of wings or a tail and head only pro-suppose the body. These aro in many ensos plucked from the feathers of chickens, and ean be worn even by a member of tho Audu bon Society. Tho physician in charge of the i Woman's Hospital iu Soo Chow, China, is Dr. Anno A\ alter, a Mississippi ' woman. There is no country on earth now where tho plucky American woman is not doing missionary work of some kind. Mrs. Green, the nurse who had been attended tho infant Prince, lately re ceived from Queen Victoria a ' ruby Tiroohe; from tbo Duke and ' Duchess a diamond and sapphire one, and from the Dnko alono a gold one containing a lock of the baby's hair. Abdul Aziz, the young Sultan of Morocco, does nothing without con sulting his mother, who is a woman of tact and talent. After the discovery of the recent conspiracy at Fez sho persuaded him to spare the lives of tho culprits of lower rank and to par don his brother, who was involved. The bang of old has almost disap peared, the nearest approach to it be ing a half-inch fluffy fringe worn straight across tho forehead by the girl whose brow is so expansive that she dare not completely uncover it, and who adopts this fashion as a sort of compromise. But this hang is so light that it scarcely makes any difference whether it is curled or not. Miss Maury, a relative of the well known physicist Maury, has remained in Cambridge during tho summer to finish a pieco of original research work in Harvard observatory iu con nection with spectrum analysis of the starlight, a subject in which she is greatly interested. She left Cam bridge recently for Cape Breton, where her family have been spending tho summer. The Queen of Italy speaks Italian, French, German and English fluently, and her boudoir table is generally strewn with books and magazines in all four languages. Sho is especially fond of books of travel, and regrets deeply that she has never been able to gratify her taste for foreign journey, ings. Her chief expeditions outside her own country have been her moun tain trips through Switzerland and tho Austrian Tyrol,
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