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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,