It all the railroads were placed end | to end and side by side there would be ! seventeen tracks oil the way round 1 the world, und enough left to put in side tracks at all important points. ' A Fayette. County (Pennsylvania) board has adopted this resolution: I "Teachers must not make love while employed by the board or during school hours. The violation of this ' rule will be sufficient cause for dis- ; missal." That there may justly be hope, even when all seems hopeless, in the case of a person overcome in the water, re- ! ceived a fresh illustration a few days j ago up iu Ashland, Wis. August An derson, ten years old, was pulled out of the water after he had been sub- j merged for five minutes, and he re- 1 covered consciousness after an hour. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat ex claims: What a system of fireproof j building is worth to a city is shown by the fact that the Fire Department of I Paris costs Soli,ooo a year, while tha ! i>fXew York City requires nil outlay ! of $2,315,355. To this must be added the losses caused by the far more numerous aud extensive conflagrations ; in the American city aud the heavier 1 premiums on insurance. The American Federation of Labor i and the Laboring Men's Protective Association in the city of New Orleans j are disturbed at the rapid immigration of Italians, and have protested to the | authorities at Washington against the I violation of the Immigration law, | which, tliey say, has been going on for some time. They charge that Italians are brought into Louisiana through 1 Ihe port of New Orleans for the sugar eeasou only. Contracts, they say, are made with the Italian laborers in Italy, gaarauteeing]them the payment of their passage to America and return to Italy ; and work at seventy-five cents a day during the sugar season. Emperor William's effusive speeches In Russia contained one passage which lias set everybody wondering what he I could have meant, states the New York i Post. He spoke of some mysterious "disturber of the general peace," ! against whom or which William was determined to take a firm stand. He was not afraid of it. The malign in fluence, or Nation, or whatever it was, had no chance of succeeding against I his resolute purpose to keep the peace, even if lie had to kill 100,000 men to doit. But which is the wicked, war like country which the good und peace loving William, armed to the teeth, had (has to rebuke? Is it England? Is It France? Some able journalists champion one view, some another* In speaking of the unimportant place I which women have occupied in tlie world of affairs iu years past and gone, j a well-informed and observant woman was recently heard to remark that the advancement of women in lines of business aud practical affairs can be traced by noting the evolution in pockets. Time was, and is not wholly past, either, when it was not deemed proper for a woman to have any sort I uf receptacle about her gown in which to carry the various traps which mark an independent career. As civiliza 1 tion advanced women gradually in- , fiisted on at least one pocket, even if it was hidden and wellnigh inaccessi ble. An ordinary man's suit has fif- I teen pockets, of all sizes and in every ! conceivable place, and is it any won der that, with the wide latitude al lowed in that particular direction, men | have taken similar freedom in other lines and refuse to be bound by eon- j ventionalities? Dr. David Starr Jordan, chief of the American Commission to investi gate the seal fisheries of Bering Sea, j has just returned from those waters, j and his report confirms the predic- ' tions that were made a year ago with | reference to the effects of pelagic fish- ( ing upon the seal herds. The animals on tho breeding grounds, he says, j have decreased fifteen per cent, in number, and those in the hunting ! grounds have decreased thirty-three j per cent, in the lust twelve months, all j because of the destructive methods j employed by lawless fishermen. The decrease, he argues, will be still : greater during the present year, and even if pelagic fishing were totally ! suppressed this season, he believes ' that the shrinkage in numbers would i continue until 1900 because of the de- i structive work which has already been I done among the infant seals. These statements fully confirm the report made last year by tho American Com mission, and they emphasize the con tention, so strenuously urged by this j Government, that unless more effective measures for protecting tho seals are speedily provided tho herds are doomed to total extinction. THE OLD SPINET. T It IF Film and trim and ppnre Like the slender Lady Claire In the gowns they used to wear Long ago; And it stands there in the gloom Of the gabled attic room, Like the ghost whose vacant toinb None may know. I can see the lady's lmnds. White as lilies, as she stands Strumming fragments of Durand's On the keys; And I hear the thin, sweet strain Of the Plymouth hymns again, Like the sob of windless rain In the trees. f HeRLO^^ ||| 13y REBECCA BARRETT. ||| one matter I} that I want to speak about in time, and j that is when we COmG S*- tester bedstead," rs * Redfern V j leaned forward in } the carriage that she might get her i J~\ J l° n 8 crepe veil in place. "It's the ■S only piece of furni ture that came from Uncle Abner's home, and I'd prize it above every thing else." The funeral procession had gone some distance bearing the remains of I Mrs. Desire Boutwell toward the I country cemetery, three miles off, I when the foregoing remark was made. J These mourners in this first carriage had talked over many things as they slowly jogged along over the rough rutted road. How, just live years pre vious, even to the month, they had buried their uncle. Then they dwelt at length on the last illness of their aunt and had brought up many of the events that had taken place in that long life of eighty-one years. Mrs. Boutwell was deeply loved by all, and many tears were shed by these relatives as they thus conversed to gether of her. For, having no chil dren of her own, her heart had gone out in double interest toward the children of her brothers and sisters and their families. But besides being ! so universally loved, the Coles family, one and all, looked up to this relative in consequence of being connected with one of the most aristocratic fam ilies in Mount Otto. Desire Coles had married Abner Boutwell, the sou of Judge Boutwell, the latter of whom was prominent in the early history of I the town. In fact, so important was i this personage in the affairs of the village that there was a saying that ' when Judge Boutwell took a pinch of snuff all the inhabitants sneezed in sympathy. Now, it did not matter to the Coles family that this son bad amounted to little—that he had always been con tent to live upon the money liis wife bad inherited—and that he had been somewhat intemperate all bis life; they bad all regarded him as a gentleman and overlooked these shortcomings. The Coles family had been pioneers in Mount Otto, too, but they had sim ' ply been known for their thrift and their ability to make money. But all of this they would gladly have ex changed for just one of the rampant i lions, of which the Boutwell coat-of ftims boasted four. "The tester bedstead! Why, I al ways supposed I was to have that. I was with Uncle Abner more than any jof the other nieces, and I'm sure it would be his wish," and Mrs. Gauson's pale and usually placid countenance was flushed and disturbed. She had 1 seen a great deal of trouble in lierlife time—had lost her home and property —but had borne it all with such pa tient resignation that the family had come to believe that she was above caring much for material things, i "Well," spoke up n third occupant 1 r>f the carriage, who was designated in ihe family always as "Abner's wife," | "it has never even occurred to me,but that tester bedstead would naturally ! come to our branch of the family, Abner often spoke of it, when lie was ! alive, that of course it would fall to bim for his name, and then, as we called oiir only son the same, it does , seem to me as if there should be no doubt as to where the bedstead be j longs." j The Coles family was a most united j family, who seemed to see only the good in one another, but tliey had | found it very hard to overlook one trait in Abner's wife. That was her seem ! ing disregard for the name of Bout j well. And she had even been known i to laugh at her husbaud and bis rela | tives that they had paid such homage |to it. And now here she was putting i in her claim for the only article of fur i niture that had come from Judge Bout well's home. There was still another murmur in the carriage—an old lady who had : been weeping silently all through the dialogue. She had sat almost iramov j able, excepting as she from tiruo to time nervously clutched her black bordered handkerchief. Now she aroused herself, and said iu a voice ( that trembled with emotion: I "I've never had any other thought if I outlived sister Desire but that that high post bedstead would come to me. J wasa little gill twelve years old when Desire was married, and the very next winter after .1 came out from the farm ito stay with her and tend school. I'll | never forget how pleased I was.when brother Abner told me I was to sleep in the high-post bedstead up in the spare room. I can remember jist as well as if it was yisterday how Desire used to iron the bed every, night with She would play the minuet For the stately-stepping set, While the ardent dancers met. Hands and hearts. Old the old-tiine spinet eare If Dan Cupid unaware Pricked the breasts of brave and fair With hi 9 dart? Now the spiders with their floss Up and down the keyboard cross And the strings are dull as dross, Once so bright; No one cares to touch the keys— Stained old yellow Ivories- Save the ghost some dreamer sees In the night. —Jumes Buokham, the warming pan. I haven't got long for this world—l'll be seventy-five my next birthday—and it does seem to me that 1 should have the bedstead while I stay. I'm sure if Desire could speak this minute she'd tell me to take it." "Aunt Hester, whereon earth could you put it in your little house, I'd like to know?" spoke up Mrs. Red fern, excitedly. "Such a bedstead, with its tester aud valauce needs a very large room, and it seems to me our house is the oue most fitting in which to show off Judge Boutwell's bedstead." Mrs. Redferr. was the richest mem ber of the Coles family. Her husband had made a fortune from a fertilizer. They owned one of the most preten tious homes in Mount Otto, and were slowly, by persistent efforts, working their way into the aristocratic society of the village. "Why, it'll go nicely in the parlor bedroom," proceeded Aunt Hester, not seeming to notice the slur on her small house. "I've got it all planned. I'll shut up the closet, I don't use it for much, and then move the bureau out into the parlor." "Well!" exclaimed Mrs. Redfern. "I should say so," echoed Abner's wife so loudly that Elder Cheesbro leaned out of tho buggy and looked back to ascertain the cause as the fun eral procession turned into tho ceme tery. The Boutwell lot was the only one in the cemetery divided off by aii iron fence. Even hero the family showed their cxclusiveness, and the huge pad lock hanging to the gate told plainly that they wished no intruders. On tlie way home hardly a word was spoken by these mourners in the first carriage; each drew her veil over her face and wore a much-abused air. One remark, however, was ventured by Abner's wife, which she designed to be very cutting. "The Boutwell family can fence people out of their cemetery lot, but they can't fence out the mullein. There was a stalk half as high as the monument on Judge Boutwell's grave. No one condescended to reply to this observation, but a very percepti ble "lieh" came from Mrs. Redfern's corner. In the carriage just behind the csn versation had been of a very different nature. The harmony of the Coles family had formed the principal topic among the occupauts as they rode out to the cemetery, and coming home they had dropped into the same sub ject again. "Ma was saying this morning," re marked Augusta Ganson, "that our family hadn't missed coming together for thanksgiving dinner in over twen ty-five years, and that's a pretty good record. She said, too, she didn't be lieve ;\ve'd ever bad what could be termed a family quarrel. Once, you remember, Aunt Hester made some trouble for ma over that swarm of bees,' but ma let it all go. Then, you know, wheu Cousin Jaue coaxed the side-sad dle awav from Aunt Desire to send to the missionary, Cousin Car'line got awful touchy, and was going to make a great ado about it, for she wanted the saddle herself for one of the girls, but somehow it all blew over and nothing caine of it. Ido hope there won't be any trouble now when we come to divide Aunt Desire's things." "Oh, there won't be," answered Abner Coles, confidently, "for there isn't one of the family but would give up for the sake of peace. The only thing that I am particularly anx ious to have is Uncle Abner's tester bedstead, but that would naturally come to me anyway for my name." At this Augusta Ganson straightened herself up. She had a pale, ashen complexion, but it turned crimson when her cousin made this announce ment. "The tester bedstead! Why, it doesn't seem to me as if ma, if any one, ought to have that. She was Uncle Abner's favorite niece, and then she has so little to make her happy, anyway, in comparison to what the other relatives have." That the other two occupants of the carriage were not indifferent as to who should have the ownership of the bed stead appearances plainly indicated. The pink and white faces of Julia and Carrie Redfern, which had remained almost expressionless during the ride, uowjshowcd signs of great emotion. "Mamma has always supposed she would be the one to inherit Uncle Ab ner's bedstead," spoke up the oldest of the two girls, "and when we had our lovely spare room done over last spring she sent to Buffalo and liad some old-fashioned wall paper made to order, that it would harmonize with the bedstead when it came to be hers." "Yes, and then we entertain the Boutwell girls," continued the second i daughter, "and I'm sure they would i wish to see their grandfather's bed ' stead la our house." j They had reached the village, and i the carriage stooped before Mj-s. Bout well's bouse. The executor had | thought it best, as there were a num ber of heirs and several legatees many of whom were from out of town ] —to adopt the old-time custom of reading the will directly after the fu- ; neral. Accordingly, all assembled for that purpose. Mrs. Boutwell had not j a large property, but she had cut it I up pretty well, going down even into i the third generation with her legacies. I And what was quite remarkable about it all was, with the numerous bequests, there was no fault found with any por tion as assigned in the will. All ex- j pressed themselves satisfied. But before Exeoutor Hanford left the house he learned of the storm brewing over who should be the pos sessor of the tester bedstead. "I'm not surprised," he remarked to the younger executor, as he drew his fingers through his long gray hair, j "for in all my years of experience in f settling estates, I've known of more family quarrels over n few old house hold things than over the division of | the property many times over; and the very worst feud of all commenced over an old brass kettle." The contention, thus begun in the Coles family, created rancor, bitter ness and suspicion, so that when the : inventory came to be made and the ! thingß assigned, nothing could be j divided satisfactorily. Aunt Hester and Mrs. Ganson re newed hostilities over a feather bed. | "You've got the bed Desire meant! for me to have," Aunt Hester com- j plained, bitterly. "I've heard sister j say time and time again that mine was j to be the one with the goose quill in ; each corner, and youru's got 'em in and mine hasn't. That one they've given you is made of live geese feath- 1 ers, and the one I have is nothin' in ! the world but hen feathers." Abner's wife and Augusta Ganson [ quarreled like two children over which i one should come to own a little china ' lamb that had stood on Aunt Desire's | what-not. And Mrs. Redfern, finding two cus tard cups missing from the set of china assigned her, Hocused one of the j other heirs of being the thief, and even threatened tojmnke serious trou ble if said cups were not returned. And so one strife after another fol lowed nlong until it was hard to find a more bitter family, one toward an- ! other, than the Coles family. Meantime Thanksgiving came and I went, and no one even thought of a I family dinner. The executors found the disposition of tlio household effects of Mrs. Desire Boutwell a long and tedious proceed ing, but finally, after much wrangling, a division of all the articles had been made. All but the tester bedstead— the settlement of that remained as far off as on the day of the funeral. Not one of the claimants showed any sign of surrendering. There the bed stood up in the spare room, the only article of furniture left in the house. What to do in the matter the execu tors were at a complete loss to decide. But one day the affair settled itself. ' The several heirs to Mrs. Desire Bout- j well's estate had been summoned to , Lawyer Hauford's office. While the I business was going on a little dried-up ! old lady, in n rusty black silk, came into the office. Some of the heirs | recognized her as their Uncle Abner's sister, who had moved West a number of years before, and who had wounded the Boutwell pride considerably by marrying a poor tradesman. "You'll see by reading this," she j said, handing the lawyer a letter in Abuer Boutwell's handwriting, "that my brother gave ine a long tinre ago a tester bedstead that he had in his house." At the mention of this coveted ar- I tide of furniture many of the heirs j gave a start. "It never belonged in father's fam ily—Judge Boutwell's"—she continued byway of explanation, "but was one my brother took on a debt just before | he was married. It was owned by a ! man named Lon Johnson. He and my brother got into some trouble to gether over money matters—and the bedstead came into Abner's hands. "Lon Johnson!" echoed the lawyer. "The man died up herein the poor- [ house not long ago. So the bedstead 1 belonged to his family?" "Yes; it hasn't much of a history, to be sure, but I thought as I was down here on a visit I had best take it home with me, although it's altogether too j high for my bedroom, and I've got to i have those big high posts sawed off." , This remark caused a perceptible shudder among some of the heirs here assembled, but there was nothing to be said. Mrs. Redfern was the first to speak after the old lady had gone out. "It's just as well after all that I did j not get the bedstead," she said, loft ily, "for now my husband will buy me the beautiful rosewood one that he has : talked about." "Such possessionsdo notmake much difference to me on* way or another," j observed Mrs. Ganson, sighing heav ily. "If the Boutwell family would pay me what they owed Abner , when he I was in the grocery business. I could own a tester bedstead myself,"i spoke up Abner's wife, sarcastically. "As for me," piped Aunt Hester, "I've come to think, after all, it's just as well I didn't get the high-post bed stead, for I see now it would have turned everything around so in the parlor bedroom." "Well, [ nni glad you are all so well satisfied," observed Lawyer Hanford, i as he tied up his legal papers with a piece of red tape, "for now I consider the only obstacle to the settling of the estate of Mrs. Desire Boutwell has been removed." Tin? Creamerj'* The largest creamery in the world is located near St. Albans, Vt., convert ing the milk of 12,000 cows into 10,000 j oounds of butter daily. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Plants grow more between 4 and 6 a. m. than at any other time of day. ; Professor E. C. Pickering, of the Harvard Observatory, announces the discovery of 142 new double stars in the Southern skies. The speculative astronomers are now : arguing that the moon is in the shape of a plumb bob, and that the large end I is always towards the earth. The teeth of inseetivora are sharp and pointed, nud so disposed that they keep each other sharp by wearing , against each other instead of coming in j diroot contact. Evidence of the complexity of cathode rays is found by M. H. Deslandres in the fact that when a ray is turned aside by n neighboring body it is di vided into several unequally deviated } rays. j Anthropologists have ascertained i that the Andaman islanders, the small est race of people in the world, nver j age less than four feet in height, while a few of them weigh more than seven ty-six pounds. The fruit-eating bats do not live on insects, nor attack animals and suok blood, as do the vampires. The vam : pire is a small bat, with exceedingly | sharp front teeth, making a slit in the | sleeper's leg and sucking the blood. ; They are seldom dangerous to human ! beings, but are to cattle, j AVhen you pinch your finger you | think you feel pain the very same in- I atant, but really the hurt and the pain are not quite simultaneous, although j they seem to be so. If a person had an ! arm long enough to reach the sun, it would be 132 years before he would j feel the pain of the burn. | The depth to which the sun's rays | penetrate water has been recently de [ termiued by the aid of photography, j it has been found that at a depth of i 133 feet the darkness was, to all intents and purposes, the same as that on a 'lear but moonless night. Sensitive plates exposed at this depth for a con- I siderable length of time give no evi dence of light action. It has been known for some time that red hot iron is pervious to carbon dioxide. M. Grehant has found by experiment that the carbon dioxide 1 does not only freely pass through the j iron, but is decomposed, carbon mon ! oxide being set free. This may ac j ?ount for some of the accidents whioh l the monoxide has caused. Rooms must uot be heated by a red hot iron stove. Have Tor I.ifc In a Tunnel. The story of an unhappy bride- I groom, whose hair grew gray in a sin gle morning, and that the morning of bis marriage, is reported from Zi grad, in Hungary. Mitru I'opn, born in Teregovn, sou of a small i farmer, and affianced to a daughter of a prosperous citizen of Zigrad, recently started for Zigrad, there towed and bring home his bride. The place can be reached in two hours by the mountain road. There was, i however, a short out; it led through j the railway tunnel with a single line of rail, Popa laid ear to the ground | and listened. As there was not the j slightest vibration he took courage ] and ventured into the dark passage. Here, the report goes on, he had l>een I stumbling along as best he could, when, after ten minutes passed in the total darkness, and being, as he judged, near the centre of the tunnel, i he heard the distant rumbling of an ! approaching train. | The noise grew loader behind him, 4*d Popa run; louder still, and Popa raced. It was a via dolorosa with the small point of daylight-far off amid the darkness, nud if he could win it, then j it meant life, safety and bride, but the I thunder of the train grew ever nearer. ! Fortunately the gradient was a steep one, and the express was called ex press by courtesy only, and the race between the man and death terminated at the tunnel's outlet, the man win ning by about his own length. The mercifully sluggish "sclinell zug" passed into the daylight as the bridegroom fell prostrate on the bank, j When he had started he had dark brown hair; when he arrived at the | bride's house it was white as the j bride's veil. The lady, however, ac ' cepted him on the somewhat dubious i grounds ' 'that the hair would come all right in time, nnd that the injury was oovered by insurance." A fioltl Mining; Story. i At Ballarat, Australia, a ruined gold j miner once committed suicide in a i dramatic manner. During the time I of the gold rush a certain deserted claim was for years held sacred, and the tools left strewn about the wind lass were left to rust away untouched, j A party of 'varsity men, old school i fellows, and of gentle birth, hod sunk their shaft there and worked without ] success until all their money was spent. ; One evening, one of them, at work at the bottom of the shaft, shouted; j "Haul up,-boys, the time has come at last!" They hauled tip, and when it came to the top they found their com ! rade's lifeless body hanging from the ! chain. He had detached the bucket, j tied a noose about his neck, fastened J the noose to the chain, and was hanged ! by his dearest friends. The party had been much liked and respected by the other miners, who would readily have subscribed 1000 ounces of gold dust to give them a fresh start, but ere the dawn of the next day the whole party had disap peared, leaving their clnim in the same state as it lay at the time of the tragedy. —Weekly Telegraph. An Electric Experiment. The Illinois Central Railway is aboul to experiment with electricity as a mo* . live power, with a view to its adop • : tion on all the suburban lines of Chi cago. It is said that both the third I rail and overhead trolley system will , be tried exhaustively before a decision ! is come to on equipment. Hitting a Royal Scar. When the Duchess of York was a little girl she fell and made a very ugly scar upon her forehead. It is to hide the scar that H. B. H. always ar ranges her hair iu a j>oint upon her forehead. One of the SeaHou's Freitk Gown*. Braiding is put to all sorts of uses 1 And abuses this season. Why a wo man wants to get herself up in a series of geometrical problems passes all un derstanding; nevertheless she does, and enjoys it, to judge by some of the advance fall styles. The woman of good taste, however, will eschew gowns covered with "fancy work."— St. Louis Star. Mrs. Cleveland'* Guest. One of the observed of all observers at a recent tea given by Mrs. Cleveland to a number of ladies, gentlemen be ing barred, was Mrs. Pak Ye, wife yf the Minister from Korea. She was clad in a quaint gown of dark blue brocade and wore a curious headdress which sparkled with jewels. Mrs. Pak didn't know a word of English, and could only look on, but seemed to enjoy the occasion as much as lier more loquacious sisters.—San Fran cisco Chronicle. Renounced Gown*. Have you hidden awny among your most precious possessions three lace flounces by any chance? Because, if so, the time has come to revive the fashion of sewing them on the skirt of your best ball gown. Cliantilly, point d'Alencon, Honiton and all the other priceless hand-wrought laces that once flounced the dresses of royalty are now returning to favor, and by another yeay the great dressmakers will force their customers to give up their heirlooms for trimmings, and at the same time will take shawls and veils to eke out the short lengths. Tho Princess of Wales has been the first to approve of this lace-flounced skirt. Her own set of magnificent round point was mounted 011 a white satin gown for Lady Londonderry's ball, and so immediately the cachet was given for lace flounces. The ef fect, which was thought to bo wonder ful, will, of course, be imitated in less regal fabrics, but ladies possessing "real lace" flounces need not be afraid of any reproduction or imitation.— New York Mail and Express. I.Htrst Cape* for Women. Autumn lints will be fashioned of mauckou braid, which is really a cylin der of felt. It can be sewed into any shape and consequently made becom ing to all faces. Stiff felt bats will not be in vogue. Hats of gray will be trimmed with white and harmonies in violet, mixtures of green and black, gray and rose color will also be in evi dence. Beige color will be fashiona ble, especially in the soft Tyrolean shape, with n wide band of gros grain ribbon around the crown and a bunch of quills. The' new models are considerably smaller than those worn this summer. Low crowns are in favor and toqnes are slightly smaller than they were last year, and most of them are turned up abruptly on one side. Velvet and fancy woven ma terial, lace and soft silks will be used for puffed toqnes. Velvet will be much used ns n trimming and plumage of all kinds will be much in demand. The ostrich plumes will be deemed the smartest. Jet and lace will be em ployed on many of the handsomest hats. Capes will be larger and a little fuller. The collars will be cut in one piece with the garment. Braiding is used extensively as a decoration for these graceful garments. A dainty cape cut on the new lines is built of Boft gray, braided with a little darker shade in a simple but effective pattern and lined with rose pink taffeta. Braiding with silk cord numbers among the latest fancies of fashion. Still an other new braiding is to be used on short jackets. It consists of an out lino of silver or gold braid.—Chicago Times-Herald. Housekeeping; Schools. The Belgians have a good idea which would be worth adopting in this and every other country. Les eeoles men ageres, ns the housekeeping schools are called, nre conducted on practical principles. The girls are taught house keeping iu all its branches. They are sent to market in town, and nre ex pected to provide a dinner for six per sons upon a limited sum, so that they are first required to get the (best arti cles in vegetables and meats for a small cost. When they return they are taught to cook the dinner, and af ter they become proficient as to mar keting and cooking they are allowed to order others nud superintend the I cooking. In this way they are gradu ally fitted for their duties as future housekeepers. This is the kind of in struction that the everyday girl needs who cannot tell good meat from had nor fresh vegetables from stale ones. The students nre also taught how to set a table, how to mend, how to sew, and they aro required to attend lectures 011 hygiene, so that they may under stand the simple chemical laws that unturally enough come into the notice of every housekeeper. Theyjalso learn how'to take care of and to manage children. A real, live bnbv is sent by its mother (usually a working-woman), who is only too glad to leave her child iu the care of some one. The mem bers of the class bathe ib dress and -- 1 r undress it, and are taught all theproo | tical rules which should govern its diet and general healthfulness. There 1 are also classes in dressmaking, and in every useful thing that may render a household comfortable and health ful.—Household Queen. Ooill]!, The medical department of the Uni versity of Illinois has decided to admit 1 women. Trilby hearts, tliat American fashion , which was debarred by the age limit , several seasons ago, is now the raging fad in London. It is said that another attempt has been made in England by the Vio torianites to revive white stockings, but without any effect so far. ' Geneva, N. Y., has a woman under taker, Batavia a woman lawyer, many ; towns women doctors, but Ovid takes the prize by having a woman butcher. A monument to the memory of Lu ' cinda Horn, who went through the Civil "War with her husband, has been placed above her grave in South Caro lina. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Beed,of Chicago, has been elected a member of the Boyal Asiatic Society of London, this in honor of her successful work in Hindoo and Persian literature. A prosperous farmer is Mrs. Ade laide E. Sherry, of West Point, Ind. She is a young widow, and owns and manages a farm of 1000 acres a few miles north of Baden Baden Spring. Mrs. Mildred A. Charlesworth and Miss Julia H. O'Brien have been ap pointed by the Secretary of Agricul ture as assistant microscopists iu the Bureau of Animal Industry, in Chi cago. The Queen of Madagascar has been exiled to the Island of Beunion. It is said of her, "She was passionately de voted to her country and showed a strong sense of justice in her public duties." Miss Mary McLean, daughter of the Bev. J. C. McLean, of the Pacific Theological Seminary at Oakland, has accepted the chair of Professor of English literature in Stanford Uni versity. Mrs. M. A. Bates, of St. Louis, who is a grandmother and an invalid, in tends to go to the Klondike in the spring. She says she will open either a boarding house or a bakery at Daw son City. Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Gov ernor-General of Canada, is one of the few women in the world upon whom the degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred. Mrs. Eieanor C. Bansom, deaconess in the Nntionnl W. B. C. Home, at. Madison, Ohio, is eighty-two years of oge, and was a nurse during the war. She attended the G. A. B. Encamp ment at Buffalo. Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House* has been recently appointed Postmis" tress of sub-station No. 10, in Chi" cago. Sho did not ask for- the place. She gets S2OO per month salary, and the public seems much pleased with her management. Mrs. Jernie Benson conducts a large store in Omahn, Neb., and employs only women and girls in the establish ment. She has managed her business alone for nearly ten years, and comes to the East regularly to select and pur chase her stock. Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, wife of the English Secretary for the colonies and daughter of W. C. Endicott, Mr. Cleveland's first Secretary of War, as a special evidence of the favor in which Queen Victoria holds her, has received from Her Majesty the gold instead of the silver jubilee medal. The gold medal was conferred, as a rule, only on royal personages. Fashion Notes. Bugs and wraps for travelers are in Scotch and fancy plaids. Bows of No. 2 satin baby ribbon fin ish neck ruches of mousseline and chiffonette. White spots in four sizes are printed on navy blue Japanese silks for tennis shirt waists. Black satin and black lace can be used with lovely effect on yellow or gaudie, dimity or lawn. Plaitings of white ribbon are an ex pensive but beautiful trimming for frocks of printed silk. For evening dress young girls wear wreaths of flowers in their hair, which is arranged high on the head. Forget me-nots are very pretty and a narrow wreath of green leaves is often very becoming. A smart gown of white is lightcloth, the skirt trimmed with bias bands of satin, quite narrow, put on in garlands and knots. The waist, a jacket blouse, is lined with green taffeta, and is worn open to show a smart green taffeta silk blouse, which has a collar fastened with a gold buckle, and an other gold buckle to fasten the belt. Duck suits nre highly approved, and many Indies prefer them to itargo on account of the ease with which they are freshened up. It is possible to se cure a good laundress when one could not find a first-class professional cleaner, and the comfort and luxury o) a clean white dress is so highly appre ciated that the extra trouble and cost of doing dresses up is not to be taken I into consideration.
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