No one seems to know Bernlmrdt's age, but all agree that she doesn't look It. The Monroe doctrine is the American doctrine. It can't be arbitrated, but it may be fought for. England pays her poet laureate £.".0 j a month. Queen Vie occasionally j drives a mighty poor bargain. We don't blame Spain for getting j mad; she will now have to borrow more j money to continue the drubbing she is • getting in Cuba. Professor Garner is merely wasting time in South Africa. If he really' wants to study monkey talk he should i go to London or Berlin. The Spaniards are going to change their plan of warfare. The Cubans don't have to change theirs; they have won all the victories thus for. When a transatlantic liner's captain is so ambitious to make a record that he forgets to shut eft steam and runs into dry land it is time to stop. A New York paper wants to know "whether the new woman when she proposes will go upon her knees." Well, we'll rather bit that she will go on his knees. We believe that an investigation of the story that a lloosier laughed him self to death on seeing a Chicago co medium will prove that the visitor had heart disease and was scared to death. The trouble in the case of the steamer St. Paul, which grounded off Long Branch, is that the I'uitcd States had been carelessly left in her way while she was earnestly trying to break a record. England doesn't indorse the views of the S. C. P. A. that "the practice of docking is cruel and inhuman." If the British lion's tail had been docked years ago it couldn't be twisted now by ev erybody that comes along. A St. Louis man objects because when he went back to a dry goods store to complain that he had been overcharged, a shop girl kicked his hat off. Didn't he get the worth of his money then? Does he think he lias another kick coming? A floating news note says that "Jim Cash-Cash, a rich and influential Piua tillu Indian of Oregon, is suing for .t divorce oil the ground that his wife paints her face." Such a ground for divorce, if given a standing in court, might uncouple nine-tenths of the mar ried palefaces. New York conn s forward with a woman who has eleven husbands and California claims a man with fourtern living wives. What is really im< ded in this country is some means of bring ing the sections closer together. A ' great deal of trouble might have been prevented if this enterprising couple had arranged a pair awhile ago. Some idea of the atrocities in Ar menia may be obtained from the slat • j ment of Itev. Dr. Barnum, who write ; from Ilarpoot that in tin 4 immediate vicinity of that town 17." villages have been plundered and burned, 7,000 hour, es have been destroyed and 1.7,000 Christians slain. What would happen In this country if the Sioux wen* to go 1 upon the warpath and equal that ret old? The Minneapolis Tribune asserts that "a young woman who married a disreputable young man a year ago in the confident hope of reforming him has been sent to a reformatory for help ing her husband steal poultry." our contemporary therefore argue that the experiment has proved a failure. Per haps not; if she hadn't married him probably he would have progiv- far enough in crime to be stealing horse* now. An exact definition of international law has been in request since Lord Salisbury declared thai it does not in clude the Monroe doctrine. In a letter to the London Saturday Review, Prof. Goldwin Smith, tin- Canadian writer, supplies one in tins, words: "Interna tional law is a law without a Logisln- j rure, without a policeman, and without j a judge. Its highest court of appeal is the cannon." As long as the Fnited States hacks it up the Monroe doctrine will be as good international law as any. A young American woman engaged In missionary work at Van, Turkey, writes to her friends in Massachusetts that 277 villages In that district have been plundered by the Turkish fanat ics, and that 8,000 refugees are in Van to be fed and clothed. Her brother is afraid to have his house in Bitlis. where 700 Christians were recently slaughtered by a totally unexpected rising of lite Turks. The world is full of rumors of war, but the Armenians alone are the victims of its savageries in the most awful form, with the fleets of Europe idly looking on. There is a pleasing barbaric flavor in the manner of treatment employed by the English in the ease of King ITeni peh, of Ashnnti. Tliey hold him for ransom, after the manner of those gen tlemen who haunt the mountain side; in Italy, coin moid v known as brigands. The first of their ..pedition was punitive, but it is to be observed that ! England invariably associates punish ment with the payment of money, when Q military or naval expedition is con cerned. And yet John Bull wonders why he is criticised, and goes about the world asking, "Why does everybody hate uie?" LITTLE MAID-O'-DREAMS. Little Maiil-O'-Dronms, with your Eerie eyes so clear and pure Gazing, where we fain would see Into far futurity— j Tell us what you there behold, In your visions manifold! What is on beyond our sight, Bidding till the morrow's light, Fairer than we see to-day, i As our dull eyes only may? L'.ttlo Maid-O'-Dreams, with face j Like as in some woodland place ! Lifts a lily, chaste and white, I From the shadow to the light;— Toll us, by your subtler glance, ! What strange sorcery enchants You as now, here, yet afar | As the realms of moon and star?— llave you magic lamp and ring, And genii for vassaling? I Liftl • Maid-O'-Dreams, confess j You're divine and nothing less, — For with fhortal palms, we fear, Yet must pet you, dreaming here — Yearning, too, to lift tho tips Of your lingers to our lips; Fearful still you may rebel, High and Ileav'niy oracle! Thus, though all unmeet our kiss. Pardon this! -and this!—and this! Little Maid-'O Dreams, we call Truce and favor, knowing all! All your magic is, in truth, Pure foresight and faith of youth— You're a child, yet even so, You're a sage in embryo— Prescient poet—artist—great As your dreams anticipate— Trusting God and man. you do Just as Ilcaven inspires you to. —Ladies' Home Journal. A FANCY FAIK. "Couldn't we get up a subscription or something for the widow?" "Of course we must do something; in one's own hotel it is too dreadful!" and Mrs. Wihlover shuddered and her com panions did the same; in fact, the whole Hotel de Flandres had had its withers wrung and its nerves shaken in a sin gularly ghastly fashion. One of 'lie waiters, while handing around a dish at the dejeuner, had suddenly turned white, reeled, and then, in sight of all the guests, fnlh n down in a heap upon the polished floor. "Yes, we must undoubtedly do some thing," continued Mrs. Wihlover; "but it's a pity it can't he something mine general than a subscription among our selves. Couldn't we organize some kind of abe nellt—of entertainment i' "A fancy fair!" exclaimed two or three ladles in n breath. "It would be a splendid idea! But who is to organize it ?" "Oh, you—you, Mrs. Wihlover! Oh, Mrs. Wihlover smiled modestly. "Oh, but I'm afraid I shouldn't bo able I " "Yes yes, you would." "But you'll all help, won't you?" asked the lady, looking around. "I think we'll keep it strictly among our selves; only the English ladies of the hotel must be allowed to take an active part in the bazaar." Iler audience gave a rapid assent, and Mrs. Wihlover immediately plung ed into plans and projects. Mrs. Wild- over was fat, -10, and, thanks to True -1111" also fair; but had there not existed a meek, timid-eyed little creature known as Mrs. Wildover's husband, it is certain that she could have had as many suitors as she wished, for Mrs. Wihlover was ridiculously, fabulously rich. The fact had come upon her as rather a surprise some half dozen years earlier, when she had fainted on her drawing-room sofa in the little house at I'eekham after reading a law yer's letter which informed her that an almost forgotten uncle in America had died, leaving her not only Ids whole fortune, but his share in some petro leum springs down country. From that moment it had been Mrs. Wildover's not unnatural desire to soar above the musical evenings and card parties of Beckham and New Cross. She went everywhere, was indefatiga ble in all charitable undertakings, her shrewdness telling her that they often proved the thin edge of the society wedge. Now, at the Hotel de Flan dres, there was staying at this particu lar moment a singularly beautiful dow ager-countess. a lady most popular in London society, and one whose broad wings could, and they would, help poor Mrs. Wihlover In her flight. "Do you suppose Lady Lothair would help lis?" she asked, tentatively. No body seemed quite sure, but everyone thought that Mrs. Wihlover would ask Lady Lothair was cordial and sympa thetic, promised to attend the fair, and even volunteered t> allow some of her photographs t: be sold there. In fact, plump Mrs. Wihlover, who was usually very sure of the ground she trod on, scarcely felt her feet as she left Lady Lot hair's room. It was the beginning of her success, she thought, anil think ing so, she collided heavily with some one coming in the opposite direction. "1 beg your pardon." "Indeed, it was my fault." Ami both j : ssed on in their several The perso who had gone to the wall in t he collision was a slight girl dressed in deep nnmming. She turned into a •lour to 1: r Lit. and. closing it behind her. tossed her hat petulantly on to the "Is Hint you. Nell?" called n voice from the balcony. "Yes; come in, I want to talk to you." The oilier woman entered. She also was dressed in deep mourning. "What's the matter?" she asked, glancing at her companion. "Nothing more than usual. Why will you insist on staying here, and like this? it's awful." "You are always so Impatient, Nell. I toll you that —" A sharp knock at the door interrupt ed her. "Eutrez!" called the girl curt ly. and then, to both women's astouish ment, the big form of Mrs. Wlldover loomed U]K>n them. "Can you spare me five minutes, Mrs. Seymour?" asked she beamingly. "Oh, certainly! I>o sit down," said Mrs. Seymour, while Nell drew for ward a chair. "I've come to ask you if you would care to help us," continued Mrs. Wild over, as she proceeded to unfold the scheme of the fair. Mrs. Seymour and her daughter had been at the Hotel de Flandres for over a week, but somehow they seemed to have assimilated with none of the sets. Perhaps their deep mourning isolated them, as it prevented their joining the cerelc des etrangers, but Mrs. Wild- over felt that it would be sweet and condescending of her to take them un der her protection and to patronize them. "And now. what will you both do?" concluded the good lady, beaming on them good-naturedly. "Will you take a stall, Miss Seymour, or will you sing in the concert, or play, or what?" Miss Seymour hesitated and glanced at her mother. "I'm afraid my sing ing and playing don't amount to much," she began, "but " "But she dances nicely. Mrs. Wild over, it' that is of any use to you." Mrs. Wihlover gave a little gasp, and then suddenly recollected that skirt dancing was one of the recognized ac complishments. "That will be charming!" she ex claimed. "And you don't think you will be nervous?" Nell shook her head decidedly. "Then that's all right. And won't you help us at all, Mrs. Seymour?" "Oh, I'll sell programs, take tickets, anything you like," replied the lady, laughing; "make myself generally use ful, in fact." "Well, anyway, that's something to do!" exclaimed the girl when their vis itor had departed. "Exactly!" "But whether the game is worth the candle; whether it's worth while vege tating here for a fortnight for the pleasure of showing one's ankles at a fancy fair, I'm sure I don't know." "Neither do I as yet, my dear. Wait till the time comes. We'll soon see. But you are certainly right in one tiling, Nell; black does not show you off." The girl gave something between a grunt and a laugh and glanced at herself in the long mirror, the invaria ble adjunct to an apartment in a for eign hotel. She was tall and very slight, with a clear, colorless complexion and crisp red hair; her eyes wore heavily lidded, and when she took the trouble to raise, them they were of a curious changeful tone. In her black gown no one would have called her pretty; yet to an ob server there were great possibilities about her. She recognized the fact bet ter than most people, and therefore there was some excuse for her petulant turn from the glass. Mrs. Seymour, on the other hand, was short and plump and comfortable looking, neither plain nor pretty, and gifted with little appealing, helpless ways which usually stood her in very good stead, Indeed. "I wish you would not sit smiling there like that!" ejaculated Nell, im patiently. "I can't see what 3*oll want ed to c ome to Spa for." "I am consumed with a desire to make Mrs. Wildover's acquaintance," quietly replied her companion. "Then why on earth " "Ilush!" said Mrs. Seymour. "Lot us go down to the salon and talk about the fancy fair." For a week little else was spoken ot among the English colony at Spa. In all likelihood Mrs. Wildover had nevei been so happy in her life. She spent her whole time in bustling and fussing among her helpers, and the name of , Lady Lotlialr was scarcely ever off her ! lips. Her constant companion and right hand was little Mrs. Seymour. "I really don't know what 1 could do without you," she said on the even ing preceding the eventful day. "You seem to think of everything, dear Mrs Seymour " "Oh, 1 am so pleased to be of use tG you in anyway!" exclaimed her com panion, eagerly, "and so is Nellie " "lias her dress arrivedV" asked Mrs. Wildover. "Yes I fancy she is trying it on now. Would you care to see it?" With good-humored condescension Mrs. Wildover agreed, but she started back with a cry of genuine amazement when Mrs. Se.vmour threw open hei sitting room and she realized that it was indeed "that insignificant girl In black" who stood before her. She saw a vision of diaphanous dra peries, a maze of flimsy silk and lace, and a face pale as a lilly, but radiant under a glory of bright hair. "Why—why, my dear girl, I never realized how lovely 3*oll were before!" exclaimed the good lady as she sank into a seat. Nell made some demure reply, and ex ecuted a few graceful steps. "Your gown is perfect, my dear, per feet." "Oh, no. It Isn't!" said Nell, with a laugh. "It wants your diamonds, Mrs. Wildover, to be that," she added, with a glance at the beautiful stones lavish- I 3* displayed on the lady's ample bosom. "Let us try the effect," said Mrs. Wild over, graciously. In a second the girl's white throat and arms were gleaming and flashing. "I will lend them to 3*oll, If 3*oll like, and you must have some for your hair, too; I'll send them to you to-morrow." Miss Seymour's thanks can easily be Imagined, and Mrs. Wildover felt more like a beneficent fairy than ever. The whole town would be raving about the little English dancer to-morrow, and it would be to Mrs. Wildover that all the credit would come. When she left mother and daughter together, both sat for a moment silent "I)o you suppose she will really ieud them?" asked Nell, doubtfully. "Why not?" "Then " "Then, my dear child. I suppose you will be a little reconciled to our vege tation V" The girl'laughed, and the mother be gan to turn over a "Bradshaw" in a businesslike fashion. The fancy hair was not to be opened until the evening. A great number of tickets had been sold, and there was quite an imposing list of figures in the account-book Mrs. Seymour carried, for she had arranged to relieve Mrs. Wild over of all the more business part of the affair, and was really secretary and treasurer rolled into one. "I>o you know that Harry Is here?" exclaimed Nell, in a low voice, as she burst into Mrs. Seymour's room on the afternoon of the great day. "Of course he is. I sent for him " "But " "How silly you are, Nell! You are delicate, I could not allow you to dance unless there were an efficient medical man 011 the spot Suppose you were to faint?" "But if Harry forms one of our party " "That would be absurd; no, lie will merely be there In case of an emer gency." At that moment Mrs. Wlldover's maid appeared at the door, with her mis tresses' compliments and several mo rocco cases, and a message that that lady would like to see Miss Seymour when she was quite ready. "You are positively charming, iffy dear!" ejaculated Mrs. Wildover, when the girl stood before her dressed, "and let me tell you that you look worth more hundreds of pounds than you have lived years." It soon became apparent that the at traction of the fair was in the little yellow-curtained booth, where a stage had been erected, and where several people were content to crowd together and endure the efforts of several sing ers in order to enjoy the sight of Miss Seymour's dancing. Nothing was spoken of but her grace, her cliarm and ilie magnificent diamonds which Mrs. Wildover had lent her. Mrs. Seymour had. however, been so busy looking after other people, taking charge of their stalls during their tem porary absences, that it was late before she was able to get near the place where her daughter was dancing for the sixth or seventh time. The mother stood just inside the door, conspicuous In tiie black gown which slio still wore; Nidi was floating across the stage, her draperies weaving fan tastic figures around her, when sud denly her steps grew uncertain, her arms dropped limply to her side and she fell like a log upon the stage. A cry ran through the little booth; Mrs. Heymour pushed quickly for ward. "She has fainted!" she cried in alarm. "A doctor! Is there no one who will fetch a doctor?" "I am at your service, madam," said a young man, making his way rapidly to the stage. The next moment he had raised the fainting girl in his arms and was carry ing her to some quiet spot. Kveryono was lost in pity for the poor widow, who was beside herself with grief and ala rm. In a very short time, however, a mel ancholy little procession left the bazam by a side entrance. The men carried the still unconscious girl on a species of improvised hammock, and Mrs. Sey mour and the doctor walked sadly by iter side. They all entered the hotel; the servants placed her on the bed, and then the doctor declared that they could do nothing more for their patient. They were, in fact, few hands to be spared, and the busy hotel-keeper was delighted when Mrs. Seymour declined all offers of help, and declared that she would nurse her daughter herself. It was fully 2 o'clock in the morning when the strange doctor left the hotel; tiie night porter who let him out asked for news of mademoiselle. Iler med ical attendant shook his head: "Don't let anybody go bothering there in tiie morning to inquire after her; ev erything depends oil keeping her quiet. At midday, however, Mrs. Wildover would take no further denial, and in sisted on going to inquire for lier friends. Several time she knocked in cfltectunllj*; at last, growing alarmed, she tried the door. It was looked. After considerable delay the door had to be forced open, and, white as death, Mrs. Wildover rushed in before anyone else. It was, indeed, her cry which made the others follow her with a rush, expecting they hardly knew what trag ic spectacle. As a matter of fact, noth ing met their eyes but a couple of mourning costumes, neatly folded on :\ chair and the diaphanous dancing dress lying in a heap on the floor. For the rest—nothing—nobody. The astonishment was so great that it was fully a minute before anyone grasped the situation. "Gott in himmel! My bill! They are swindlers!" gasped the hotel-keep er, finding his wits lirst. "Swindlers!" ejaculated Mrs. Wild over. "Ah, my diamonds!" Everyone gazed at her speechless; in a moment the whole thing was as clear as noonday, and, in the confusion of the fair, their mourning garb doffed, they had escaped, ami won a good twelve hours' start. Mrs. Wildover startled everyone by a peal of hearty laughter. "She's mad!" screamed one in horror. "The loss of her diamonds has turned her head." "The diamonds," she gasped, after n second. "That's just it! I left them at my banker's in Loudon. Those the girl had were paste." No one ever quite knew what the exact figure of the receipts of the fancy fair amounted to. Mrs. Seymour might have told, hut she omitted to leave her account book and cash box behind. And one thing is tolerably certain— that never again will Mrs. Wildover in terest herself in widows or orphans at a continental hotel.—Loudon World. | CAN TALK FOR MILES. I j WONDERS OF THE LONG-DIS TANCE TELEPHONE. By the Use of Prof. Bell'n Invention Forty Millions of People in the United States Are Now Within Speaking Distance of Knch Other. L'nbcd by u Copper Wire. By the use of the loiig-(ligt&nce tele phone 40,000,000 people are within speaking distance of each other within the United States. Science has nothing more remarkable to offer than this achievement. When Alexander. Gra ham Bell sat down at the instrument in New York and installed the service be tween that city and Chicago ho had linked the people together in a bond closer than anything else could have done. There is satisfaction in writing to the distant friend. There is comfort in reading the letters that friend writes. There is a better pleasure in the mes sage some mutual acquaintance brings us from that loved one far away. There is a resource in the telegraph when the stroke of trouble or the rush of business makes communication im perative. But there is nothing like the sound of a human voice in friendship, nor the personal spoken assurance of a business correspondent. In 187G Professor Bell exhibited to the public at the centennial exposition in Philadelphia his patented telephone in strument. It was the beginning of a new era. That the human voice could bo projected to a distance seemed one of the marvels of the ago. And it was. But that modest beginning held small promise of the astonishing results that have followed. Vet the beginning was a foreshadowing of a greater occasion; for if voices could be heard half a mile, why not ten miles? And if so far, why not for a hundred? It is likely there was a limit even in speculation. But that limit has constantly grown until to-day there is a direct telephone com munication between both places and Pulaski, Tenn., which is far down toward the Alabama bor der. And within this triangle, between what is for the pres ent. the limits of the service, there are means of intercommunication, in every city and almost every town. And as the greater portion of the population of the country lies east of the Rocky Mountains, it is 110 exaggeration to say that two-thirds of all the people in the country are within easy speaking dis tance of each other. 11l Chicago alone there are 4,000 long distance telephones, for every telephone connected with the "central" may be switched at once on the long-distance, wire, and a man may sit in his office m '■-mm ■ ■ 3 ; sr mi Q. | y i ;'./$•• I k isf OPENING TitK NEW VOIIK-CIIICAOO I.INK. 1 and speak as to a man across the room with a man in New York, or in a New England town, or in the sunnier pities of the South. In a great many business houses there are what are known as long-distance booths. They are simply little rooms that have been especially constructed for the exclusion of sound. And there the business man who does not care to have even his own employes heat him may retire and hold the most con fidential conversation with the most distant correspondent. lie may be as sured not only that no one in his office, but that no one along the line will hear him. There are but two persons in the world to whom the substance of that talk is known, and they are the two who were intended to know it. There are a good many towns out of Chicago where the old style of wire is still in use, and these are, for all prac tical purposes, deprived of the u*e of the long-distance service. It is Impos sible to get good results with any but the double metallic wire, which is used by the long-distance people. But. as the old-fashioned "grounded wires" arc fast passing out of use all over the country and as the copper wire is being substituted in their place, the time i not far distant when the long-distance service will be coextensive with the dis tribution of the telephone from ocean to ocean. Many stories are told of the strange uses of the long-distance telephone The day the line was opened to Mor rill. Wis., a Chicago man, hunting in the Northern woods, came into town ami learned of the innovation. lie went intc one of the "sound-proof" booths and ha 'i I himself put into communication wit I: liis family. As they had a telephone in the house, the task was a small one lie chatted with his wife, told her a fish story at which she might smile without embarrassing him, since lie could not see the sign of incredulity talked with Ids boy and girl, and then called for "Gyp." "Gyp" was a setter, a great famllj pet.which bad been left behind because of an accident which rendered it lauie "Gyp" was called to the telephone, and be stood on n chair, his fore feet on tin . back, and his mlstj'csj held the trans milter to his ear. "Hello, Gyp!" called the master from Morrill. And the doj? in Chicago prick ed up his ears and whined. The master whistled cheerily, and the setter hark ed directly into the receiver. He knew his master's voice, and the whistle as well; and the master cheered him by ready laughter at the prompt and eager reply. It was worth the $2.40 it cost. In a business way the benefit is plain. A patron may be assured he is getting the person for whom ho calls; so that a contract made over the wire will be as binding as if made nearer at hand. 11l mechanical operation there is lit tle new to tell. A telephone is a tele phone. A telephone exchange is as much a place of business as is a store. A patron walks into the telephone com pany's office in Chicago, and asks to be put in connection with a certain man in Harrisburg, Pa. He takes a seat, and the telephone operator at the desk calls up the operators in the ad joining room and tells them to get the Harrisburg man. They call Harrisburg as quickly as they could call the Ilari son street station. The telephone op n i jwwji WIIKHE "CENTRAL" SPENDS HER TIME. era tors there find the number of the man in their directories, if there be an instrument in his place of business, or send for him if he be not a patron. As soon as he is ready to take his place nt the wire the attendant in Chicago indicates a certain booth to which the patron may retire, and as he closes the door and takes the transmitter he hears the voice of his friend. Between Chicago and New York the line is 050 miles long. The poles are of cedar and chestnut, thirty-five feet in length, and average forty-five to the mile. The use of cables is avoided as much as possible, as the wrapping diminishes the effectiveness of the serv ice. Leave the hard-drawn copper wire absolutely free and it will bring together the most distant points. This rule has to find some exceptions in cities, and one of the common sights is the drawing of cables through con duits by a number of men working a windless above one of the openings in the street. Yet once away from the trammels of the town the line is car ried high and free, unprotected from weather and unshielded from attack. Even the chance of accident is not great enough to warrant inclosing the line. There seems really to be no limit in point of distance, as there was none for the telegraph. Whether in time a telephone cable may be laid under the ocean, that princes abroad mr.;* court rich American heiresses without . annoyance of a trip to tlio "States," i;? a question which only time may solve. But it seems the heavier part of tin problem is a thing of present demon* stration. There Is no doubt wires will be stretched all over the country, and that the Atlantic and the Pacific may soon be nearer neighbors than they have been in the past. There are spec illative possibilities without limit When the "long-distance" shall h:iv< penetrated the wilds of Africa, thou Bishop Taylor, of that diocese, may sit in his home at N.vack, N. Y., and preach to the kings of the jungle. Missionaries who feel called upon to speak to tin Arabs in Asia Minor may fill all tin requirements of their call and run small risk of a Mussulman uprising One is permitted to fancy a congrega tion of Armenians listening with re ceivers pressed to their ears while fer vid proselyters address them from the comfort and security of a study 11. Chicago. Our ambassadors may listen to the directions of the President A the United States or the Secretary of State, and our Consuls may receive without a moment's delay the coin plaint of American merchants for a failure to bolster up business enter prises. The Marquis of Salisbury may // jjj 0 " i ' LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE LINES. speak in direct conversation with oui authorities about affairs in Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine may be quar reled out without the intervention ol antiquated postoffiec methods. The long-distance telephone is bound to be come a big thing. Family of Long Lives. Out of a family of nine at Newcastle eight are still living. Tho eldest is 03 and the youngest 70. The average of the family is S2. TRANSFORMING FEATURES. Hideous Become Beautiful Under tlic Skill of the Human Sculptor. What seem to be almost miracles are now performed in the operations of plastic and dental surgery. If a man is not satisfied with his nose; if it bo too much of a Itoman to suit his face, lie can have it made over into a deli cate Grecian. As regards the face, the hare lip is the most common defect. This trouble is due to the failure of union between the margins of the maxillary and the front nasal bone. It not only causes a total disfigurement of the face, but It makes speaking an unpleasant matter, both for the speaker and the hearer. The de fect is ordinarily seen in the upper lip, and is often double, the lip on both sides of the center being painfully drawn up. Bad as it looks ami incon venient. as it is, the remedy is as simple as can be Imagined. It merely consists of a triangular incision made under the nostril. A silk ligature is then pul ddik REPAIRING A CROOKED NOSE. through the incision and drawn down ward. This inverts the flap and bring* together the opposing surfaces, which may at once be secured with sutures A slight projection is left on the border of the lip, but it soon disappears. The operation for the double hare lip is prac tically the same, simply entailing a lit tie more work for the knife. The bare lip deformity is seldom found on the lower lip, and when it is it extends down on the chin, practically dividing it. This, however, can be remedied as easily as the other. Next to the hare lip in the line of fre quency comes the absence or the de formity of the nose as a congenial de fect. In the making of the nasal organ plastic curgery has achieved wonders , \ f C f STRAIGHTENING A PUG \'OSE. The bow in a Roman nose can be effec tually reduced. This operation is per formed entirely from the inside. The instrument is introduced into the nos tril and thebone cut away, great care being taken not to fracture the skin The surplus cuticle readily contracts, and, accommodating itself to the re duced space. It is required to cover, the bridge of the nose Is left entirely smooth on the surface, while a straight and comely organ has been produced. The same operation can be performed on a pug or upturned nose. This work is also done from the inside. Enough of the cartilage 011 the tip is taken away to reduce the excessive protuberance and the same result as in the case ol the bow is attained. But the making of a new nose to tako the place of the missing one is a differ < nt matter. It is easy to form the organ in any shape or size desired out of cellu loid or aluminum, or even pasteboard and have them fastened by adhesion 01 held on by spectacles, but they are no good noses. The owner cannot blow them, and if some one should, in a mo ment of excessive hilarity, tweak one, it would he likely to come off. Sur geons, however, now make noses that perform all the functions of the nutura organs. After the solid portion is com pie ted it is, of course, necessary to have it covered with cuticle. This is done in various ways. The most ordinary manner is to cut a triangle of skin from alio forehead and bring it. down over the false bridge. The edges are inserted in slits made on each side, when, in the courseof time, being alive and retaining life from the natural circulation of the blood, the piece grows fast and a per feet nose is the result. Another cause of the defects in the mouth or the jaws is the absence of the proper number of teetli or in having toe many. But whatever the trouble may be the expert dental surgeon can re move it, and a distorted, homely face M v, fP 4 # rr.OJKCriNO t'NIIKIt JAW. can be made into a fairly good-looking one. Experts says the best time to oper ate on such a deformity, in the case ol children, is between the ages of 10 and 1 years. While the Held for the dentist is nol , so extended as with the general stir goon, the progress made in ids profes slou is so pronounced and lias brought as much joy to humanity as lias the former. Changes in the human face have been wrought by the dental sur geon that seem almost beyond belief, and when to-day a person is seen in so ciety with any deformity of tho teeth it is safe to say that the parents were cither indifferent to the matter or were unable to have the proper care taken in time, or perliaps'they were ignorant ol the possibilities science offers. Greatness to Come. "Pat, who, in your opinion, was tho greatest man that ever lived?" "Faix, an- at tho rate we're goin' it's me own opinion he hasn't been born J"it, at all, at all."-Waverly Magazine. Every boy wonders why a girl's hais doesn't become hopelessly tangled. 4 #
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