Tao ronutatio •/ o a car tain well
known "prophet" in London, who but
lately announced positively the end ol
tao world in 3900, has been seriously
impaired by the hie that a fortnight
ago it was discovered that he had
since pai d a high premium to secure
the lease of business premises for fif
teen yearr.
take pride in ancestry that was hon
est, clean and industrious, in men who
hewed and plowed and paid their
debts and prayed and loved t'aei •
wives and children, is one thing; but
this indiscriminate and silly worship
of ancestry is quite another and ;
seems about the most ridiculous vug- :
ury of this fad-pestered r.ge.
The term "bordereau." used in tho j
Zola trial to designate the incriminat
ing paper alleged to have been written j
by Dreyfus, has puzzled a good many i
people not familiar with French idi- j
oms. The New York Times has tho |
grace to add the English equivalent I
(memorandum), very much to the re
lief and gratification of its readers as
well as that of the public a. largo.
Near Hoibrook, in Apache County, '
Arizona, is the largest forest of jietri- |
fled wood in the world and Land
Commissioner Hermann is preparing !
n special report to the Secretary of i
the Interior recommending that it bo
a forest reserve and placed under the !
protection of the Government. Tho
material is rapidly being used up for
commercial purposes, and unless steps
are taken fonts preservation will soon
disappear.
According to a cable correspondent
of tho New York Tribune, "the tone of
tho English pros 3 toward the crisis I
brought on by the destruction of the j
Maine at Havana is sympathetic and
cordial, and its just admiration for tho
self-restraint, moderation and conser
vatism of President McKinley and the
American press is unbounded. Tho
American people are credited with a
nplendid exhibition of ono of the best '
traits of tho Anglo-Saxon character,
that of coolness and self-possession in
a momentous crisis, which is an unan- ,
swerable proof of their capacity for self
government. Tho common comment
i j England is that Americans can stand
ou the verge of a precipice and not lose
their beans nor show any symptoms of
giddiness."
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Tha Chicago Post sajs: On the first
trial tho jury in tho case oi' Lnctger;
stood nine for conviction to throe l'o: -
aaquitial, although : .i ono hallo: tho
number for conviction rose to ton.
The jury on his second trial brought
in a unanimous verdict of guilty. .1
also stood 11 to 1 for the death pen
alty, fiualiy compromising on impris
onment for life. Out of twenty-four
racn chosen with infinite pains who
heard all tho evidence, twenty-ono
have been convinced beyond a reason
able doubt of Luctgert'a guilt, one
was in doubt and two would have ac
quitted him. The final verdict is a
grateful relief to the community and
tho character of tho penalty saves to
all thoso who cherish auy doubt as to
Mrs. Lueigert's having been mur
dered at all, an anticipation of un
availing remorse should she reappear.
r.ear-Admiral James E. Jouett, of
the United States Navy, declares his
belief in the New York World that "the
heavy coast-defonse monitors arc tho
most powerful and bent lighting ships
in the navy, and I believe that cue of
them conhl whip auy two of the heaviest
battleships alloat. If war was declared
I would guarantee to take the Puritan
and tho Terror and defend New York
Harbor against nil comers, and I am
confident that I should win. While
they would afford me an excellent tar
get, with their lofty sides and heavy
upper works, my vessels would offer
them, as did the Monitor at Hampton
Roads, practically no target at all. I
think llio United States should have
many more heavily armored cruisers,
the most efficient vessels for attack,
and next to the monitors tho most re
liable for defense. The fact that bat
tleships, owing to their size and weight,
are ponderous affairs and difficult to
move makes them au easy prey for tor
pedoes and torpedo boats. The Uuited
States should, in my opinion, confine
itsolf to a fleet of heavy monitors, a
powerful flying squadron of heavily
armored cruisers, enough light cruis
ers to represent our country and carry
our ilag into the ports of foreign Na
tions, ami a large number of torpedo
boats and torpedo catchers to operato
in conjunction with the monitors. Yv'e
can do better without the battleships
in pursuing our course of abstaining
from entangling foreign alliances and
minding our own business than with
any other class of vessels. Give us
low. free-board monitors and torpedo
lioats for coast defense and cruisers
Vir operations abroad."
KINDLY WORDS. "•
- i
A spar!; may to a fire grow, A frlnd upon his dying had
A'ld so another heart may alow Hns fell asleep, nnd you have said
From ono kind word you've said. So many kindly words.
I'noa life's Held some hare been slain Hut hnvo von, when the road was hard
By those who from thoir hearts disdain And ho seemed drifting from his God,
Xo say a kindly word. Said any kindly words?
—Adolph A. Kuestor, in Now York Tribune,
| IN THE NAME OF THE LAW. |
£S|
jg| r?y BELLE MOSE3,
i O!#® ELL, Miss Doris,
* ve come for my
M anßwer > how's it
jjji f Doris viewed
the intruder with
suppressed dis
('/'fy ERKjHjj* favor. He was a
,/W-j > tall, loosely
:i ft strung individual,
C *'<'v,&T'<4wG?j/* whose bare pres
~ enco seemed to
Gil every nook and corner of her rath
er cramped quarters, and although he
only stood carelessly against the open
door, ho hid from sight the imposing
shingle, "Doris Woodford, Attoruey
at-Law," which was that young wom
an's especial pride.
"Come in, Mr. Watt," she said
resignedly; thankful at last that the
swinging door would close behind
them, and so shut out tho result of
their interview from the gaze of the
curious.
He obeyed her, carrying his whole
length across the little office in ono
big step. Doris pointed to a chair,
while she leaned back in her own.
Ho took it, farmer-fashion, legs astride,
his gaunt arms folded over the back,
his watery blue eyes full on the bloom
ing face ill front of him.
"Well, he reiterated, his leathery
countenance wrinkling into something
like facetiousness, "what be the ver
dict of the court—that's the lawyer's
term, ain't it, Miss Doris? Though
it 'pears to me that another kind of
court-in' would likelier come your way.
Ha, ha!" Farmer Watt exploded with
laughter, aud slapped his thigh in
huge enjoyment, while Doris bit her
lip angrily, and pulled an aggressive
brown lock until her head ached.
"Please bo brief," she said with
dignity, "I am very busy to-day. No
doubt you have considered the matter
aud will allow me to take the case on
my own terms."
"Oh, comejnow, not too fast; I ain't
thinkin' but what you're in tho right,
I own to that; but, on the other hand,
I'm riskin' purty considerable in fae
in' the law behind a toddler like you.
I know I ain't got much of a ease "
"Not the ghost of one," said Doris,
decisively.
"Well, all the same, I ain't goin' to
pay that money to Widder Barnes.
Her cow had no business in my pas
ture: I said I'd shoot her, and I done
it. Now, i£ you want tho case, jest
for practice, tako it, or leave it, as
you like, 'tain't none of my business.
I'll put up ton dollars on the job; it's
all I'm willin' to pay. Of course, if
the law sits ou mo an' makes mo hand
out the cash to Widder Barnes, it fol
lows that you don't get none. See?
I can't spend but a 'tenner' on this
concern, whichever way you fix it."
"Which means, if I don't win my
case I receive nothing," observed
Doris, in her chilliest tones.
"That's about it. You must take
your risks, too. But I was thinkin',
and so I said to my old woman this
very morning, it would bo a good
thing for you to come for'ard and
make your bow before them big guns,
even if you didn't go off no louder
than a firecracker; you'd have your
sizzle and bang, anyhow, through my
helpiu'."
"You are very kind," said Doris,
sarcastically.
"Don't mention it. Tho p'int i 3,
will you take it or no?"
"Yes; for the glory," with a grim
smile.
"That's right, that's right," he said
genially, uncoiling himself from about
the chair. "It won't come off, that
case won't, till next week, and as, I
dessav, you're not too busy, you'll
have time to look it up. Good mora
in'."
After he had slouched away, Doris
rose with a swift, sudden movement,
and looked the door; then blio flung
herself into her chair, leaned both
arms upon her desk, rested her pretty
chin upon her upturned palms, anil
lost herself in gloomy meditation.
Was it for this that she had studied
and won her laurels, to defend n
niggardly farmer on the wrong side of
the ease? It was a mean, contemptible
deed, the shooting of the poor widow's
cow, which had inadvertently strayed
into a disused pasture, and she had
expi eased her opinion pretty freely,
half hoping that Mrs. Barnes would
employ her to recover damages; but
women lawyers were as yet a rarity in
her native town, and Mrs. Barnes had
held to tho beaten track, securing
Howard Peyton, as Doris feared she
would.
Now this vonng man was eager to
embrace the law, iu the person of Miss
Doris Woodford, and even went so far
as to hint at the rendering up of this
case into her very capable hands; but
Mrs. Barnes set her broad foot flat
upon such an idea, and Doris horself
recoiled in high dudgeon.
"Think of it!" she said to her sym
pathizing family, "after the kindness
I've shown to that hateful old woman!
I wouldn't take her case if sho wero to
beg me on her bended knees."
But Mrs. Barnes entertained no such
abject notion; on the contrary, Farmer
Watt brought his eloquence to bear
upon the irate young professional, and
the bargain was concluded in the man
nar just set forth.
That night at dinner the family raved,
each member according to his or her
views of the subject. Paterfamilias
shook bis head, Jack asserted that she
hadn't a leg to staudon, Marcia sniffed
disdainfully over the shadowy ten dol
lars, and the "mater" expressed her
self gravely and disapprovingly.
"You shouldn't go against your
moral conviction, Doris; that is what
belittles the law. I'd rather have you
lose your case, than sacrifice a princi
ple," said this unwordly womatf.
"But, mamma, legally, tho man has
right on his side. The only trouble
is, Mrs. Barnes has Howard Peyton
ou her side, and—and—l'm no match
for him."
"I faucy he thinks differently," said
Marcia in her slow way.
Doris disdained this little side re
mark, though her cheeks llaraed; she
valiantly returned to the question in
hand.
"In tho name of the law, the case is
mine," she declared. "Onecau'thelp
one's moral convictions, mamma; but
my maiden speech may spoil every
thing. I confess, I'm very badly
scared."
"Thai's tho least part," said Jack
sontentiously. "Just get up nnd tire
away; nobody's going to eat you."
This very wholesome advice Doris
stowed away as a text. She went
bravely to work on the defense, being
materially assisted by the anxious
farmer, who was continually "drop
pin' " iu to make suggestions and cre
ato new perplexities.
"Look hero, Miss Doris, I've got a
p'int for you," he said one morning in
high glee, "as purty a piece of legal
reasouiu' as you ever seen, an'l heard
tell, the other side's goin' to use it as
one of their trump cards. It 'pears
that Jimmy Ilarroway seen me shoot
that thoro cow, an' ho up au' says,
the beast hadn't nothin' but her
forelegs, au' her head an' shoulders in
my pasture. Now what you got to
prove is, in the first place, that Jimmy
is a liar. Give him the lie right bold
out in the court. He's a kind of soft
chap; ho'd never dnro to say 'no' to a
lady. Then you can go ou to prove
that tho head is always the biggest
part of any animal—the thinkin,' feel
in' part, you know. You can inako
that great, and you can upset little
Jimmy clean into tho ditch. Ha, ha!
I think we'll pull through nil right; 1
ain't afeard," he remarked with a con
descending chuckle, as he went away.
Yet, in spite of her bold front. Doris
was afraid. She went over and over
the scanty evidence she had in hand,
trying in vain to evolve therefrom some
point which might appeal to the jury;
but a week's untiring work forced her
to the sad conviction that there was no
hope for either client or herself. Old
Watt was too unpopular in the neigh
borhood, and she too uowly Hedged,
to make much impression upon tho
court; and the loss of a good cow un
der such circumstances was such a
serious consideration that it well might
influence the most unprejudiced juror;
aud thus, in the very teeth of defeat,
poor Doris armed herself.
When tho morning came Doris was
considerably "flustered." She showed
this in a very ominous calm when sho
joined tho family at the breakfast
table. They were all in holiday trim,
for to them "the case" was a grand
event, aud Doris' professional debnt
was quite as exciting as hor first ball.
But in her secret soul their evident
intention to be present at tho conflict
only added now terrors to tho situa
tion. Still they were most consider
ate, making very little fuss over her,
and allowing her to set forth to the
scene of action quite alone.
Tho courthouse was crowded. Not
only had tho caso itself excited unu
sual interest through tho lamentations
of Widow Barnes and the dogged de
fiance of Farmer Watt, bat Doris her
self was too well known in the little
community to escape the general atten
tion, so when the case was called, aud
sho led the way to the space reserved
for tho cwmbatants, closely followed
by her beaming client, there was a
murmur and a stir, which might have
impressed her at any other time. As
it was, sho merely bon ed gravely to
the opposing lawyer and the fat plain
tiff, and began to arrange her papers,
and prepare for battle, with business
like precision. Then she leaned back
and studied tho audience.
The front rows held the town sup
ply of lawyers, old fellows, most of
them, who benmed upon her with
fatherly interest, and brought pain
fully to her mind the not very distant
days of sugar candy and gingerbread
babies. Even the heavy watch-chaiu
that Colonel Stokes fingered so pom
pously, recalled tho times when sko
had besioged that stately stroughold ot
legal lore, and grabbed the sacred
links with tho irreverence of privi
leged childhood.
She wondered, while the court was
being called to order and the prelim
inaries wore arranged, if she looked as
ridiculously young ns she felt; if she
seemed as unchanged to tho peoplo
who were looking at her, as they ap
peared in her eyes; and then the case
was opened by tho plaintiff.
Doris forgot her nervousness for a
while as she watched Howard Pey
ton's fine figure, or istened to his
Jew well-chosen words. She owned
to a secret admiration for this young
man, his manner was convincing, his
delivery excellent, and his method of
handling witnesses iucomparablo.
But then, to begin with, his case was
a strong one, the judge aud the jury
were plainly with him, and Mrs.
Barnes's funereal aspect helped him
greatly, indeed, if people had not
known that her widowhoofl wan of
many years' standing, they might
naturally have concluded that her
weeds were assumed for this occasion
—iu memory of the defunct cow.
But the strongest evidence was that
of little Jimmy Harroway, all starched
aud laundered for this public exhi
bition, who "seen it done," as he as
serted from the stand.
At this point Doris received a poke
in her back—Farmer Watt was lcan
iug over her chair.
"Here comes your p'int," ho whis
pered. "Watch out, you can trip him
up by them greased boots of his. He's
skeerod iuto what he's sayin' now.
You can skeer him t'other side. You
won't have many witnesses to bother
with—there was only me and the cow
left—which last party can't appear.
Ha, ba!" laughed Farmer Watt. "Just
you keep them purty ears well cooked,
aud we'll beat 'em yet."
He gave her a little friendly pat on
the shoulder, as he subsided, which
tilled her with suppressed fury, aud
roused a faint titter from some corner
of the room. Doris caught the sound,
and her soul was sore with indigna
tion; but the plaintiff's lawyer was
closing his side of the argumsnt, and
hurling his seutenees straight into the
jury box, with the true aim of long
practice. Doris felt her ground slip
ping from under her; all her cleverly
planned defenses were swept away by
this masterly eloquence. What could
she say—how could she refute those
solid points which ho was driving in
with all his strength? Once the jury
laughed, to a man; even the judge
smiled at some droll allusion—there
was an art iu provoking laughter. She
would never bo able to do that; she
could only go through her speech,
stolidly, and thank her stars when the
ordeal was over.
When Doris rose there fell a husa
over the room. She may not have
known it —this fair, slim girl—blither
presence alone sent a telling thunder
bolt into the jury box. It was their
first public tussle with a woman, and
they were making ready for the fray;
but the sight of her standing there, so
pretty and so earnest, touched a
chord in their flinty hearts, and scored
one iu her favor.
The family, over in tho corner, was
visibly agitated. Doris would not
look that way; she faced the judge,
and brought her mind sternly to bear
upon the subject. She had declined
to cross-examine tho plaintiff's wit
nesses, preferring to score thom well,
in her speech, and so when Farmer
Watt had given his broad and humor
ous view of the tragedy, it remained
only for her to provide the jury with
the last threads of tho narrative.
But tho mind is peculiar, a most
erratic bit of mechanism, and Doris,
who filled all tho little recesses of
hers with such persistent care and
energy, began suddenly to gropo iu
tho dark, and not to find what she
wanted. Hhe ransacked the corridors
of her brain, only the echoes mocked
her—there was a huge undetinable
void. Thought was 110 more, mem
ory was vanished, words seemed mere
ly a chaotic mumbling. What was
the meaning of it all? What was sho
doing in this crowded room, facing
thi3 strange assemblage? Sho must
go, she could not stay here; but she
was rooted to tho spot, her limbs
were deprived of motion; sho tried to
speak, but her tongue seemed para
lyzed; sho passed her hand over her
eyes—sho must do somothiug, but
she could not see, a great mist rolled
between her aud all that outer life—
a horrible, swirling, engulfing mist; a
frightened gasp, a little cry, u pa
thetic stretching out of Rinall hands,
and—she burst into tears!
Of course, after that, all was emo
tion. The family, in consternation,
clustered round and hid the attorney
at-law from public view. Tho judge
briefly summed up the case and Laud
ed it over to the jury, and the court
took a recess.
Farmer Watt stormed up and down:
"If I ever put my trust in a woman
again. Twice I done it to rue the
day. Here we are, clean swamped in
them waterworks. Why, it's wuss
than a pipe Austin' in winter. How
are you now?" lie snapped, pausing
iu front of poor Doris, aud glaring at
her.
"Better, thank you," she said,
meekly. "I—l'm sorry, Mr. Watt."
"Well, you couldn't help it, I sup
pose. Bein' sorry don't mend the
pitcher, howsomever. "It's a pity
you're built that way; your j'ints ain't
seasoned yet."
"I guess I'll go," said Doris;
"there's no more harm to be done."
"Humph!" said Farmer Watt.
"The jury is coming in," observed
Marcia; "they didn't take long to
consider."
And, sure enough, they wore filing
into their box. Tho court was quickly
called to order, aud the foreman
stepped forward after tho usual for
malities.
"A verdict in favor of the defen
dant, your Honor!"
For one moment there was dead si
lence, then, despite the efforts of the
zealous clerk, paudemonium broke
forth.
Farmer Watt stood stock still, his
hands in his pockets, As eyes and
mouth wide open with amazement,
then he uttered a strange whoop of
triumph, and scattered the family
right and left, as ho plowed through
them, in his frantic efforts to get at
Dorris.
"You done it; you done it!" he
cried, making a dash for her hand,
and chummg it up aud down with
great force. "Blest, if you didn't
play that little game well. Great
guns I I might have leaked buckets
ful of salt water and it wouldn't ha'
made no difference; but you just
squirted a few drops of brine out of
them eyes of yourn, and you clean
melted then soft fellows up there.
Hooray!"
Howard Peyton jumped to his feet
aud cut him short. "Your Honor,
I object to the verdict. I consider
that the jury lias been unduly influ
enced, and that the case, as they re
ceived it, was clearly in favor of tho
plaintiff."
The judge frowned down upon the
yonng lawyer.
"Mr. Peyton, you are out of i rder;
but this peculiar case calls for pecu
liar treatment. State your objections."
Howard Peyton glanced sidewise at
Doris, but that young lady, now quite
recovered, kept those dangerous eyes
of hers glued to the floor.
"I think," said Peyton, slowly,
"that tho resort to tears was unfair
on the part of tho defendant's lawyer.
They are a weapon of which I have no
knowledge, and I am bokl enough to
say, that it was bribery and corrup
tion to those 'twelve good men and
true.'"
"Gently, gently, Mr. Peyton, you
are excited, we will argue this, if you
please. Miss Woodford, be so good
as to ahswer a few direct questions."
Doris rose obediently.
"Did you, with willful intent, seek
to influence the jury by that startling
burst of tears?"
"No; oh, no."
"Did you come into this court re
solved at all odds to play this trump
card, which, according to your op
ponent's expressed opinion, has clear
ly won this case?"
"Indeed not," said Doris indignant
'y-
"l'll bo hanged if she did!" ex
claimed Farnior Watt. "Ain't I been
watchin' her all mornin', and tryin' to
boost her up? Didn't I see her get
tin' white, au' I up an' sez to her "
"Order there!" cried the clerk.
"Order bo blowed! I ain't goin' to
pay my money on t'other side if I can
keep it on this bank, you bet I ain't."
"Order, or leave tho courtroom!"
cried the clerk again.
"Iu view, then, Mr. Peyton," con
tinued the judge, "of this unpremedi
tated move on the part of your oppo
nent, I fear the decision of tho jury
will have to rest. Tears are not sche
duled under tho head of bribery and
corruption. Any play upon tho emo
tions is authorized in the sotting down
of a legal point. It is a well-known
fact that lawyers seek to influence the
feelings of their hearers. Laughter
and tears often find their way iuto a
courtroom, aud no matter through
what medium, they are entitled to fair
consideration. Aud I put it to your
candor, Mr. Peyton, had you bocu in
the jury box, could such an appeal
have loft you quite unmoved?"
At this there was an unmistakable
sound of suppressed laughter. But
Doris still kept her eyes on the floor,
and Howard Peyton colored to the
root 3 of his hair.
"I withdraw my objections," he
said, with a low bow, and the case
was ended anndst a rijiplo of merri
ment. Widow Barnes alone held
back, like the woman in the Bible,
"She lifted up her voice and wept."
Doris was escorted homo in state by
Farmer Watt. As they parted at her
door he put his hand in his pocket
and fished out the promised fee.
"You done mo proud, Miss Doris."
he said, iu his heartiest way. "I
never had 110 doubt of you. I own to
bein' skeered at tho end, mind, but
that was from not knowin' that tears
was a legal p'int. Oh, the way the
judge set down on that there Peyton
feller was great—l say, great!" and
Farmer Watt tramped off, well pleased
with himself aud the world.
But tho famous "tenner" in some
miraculous fashion found its way, iu
spite of everything, to Widow Barnes,
and although Dame Rumor is dis
creetly silent, it would not surprise
that small world very greatly if one
of these tine days tho imposing
"shingle" disappeared from the little
office, and "Doris Woodford, At
torney-at-Law," accepted* a partner
ship.—Short Stories.
Tfffnty-onn ?Illliona of Candles.
In St. Nicholas there is an article
entitled "A Giant Candle," by W. S.
Harwood, describing one of the sights
of the Stockholm Exposition. Mr.
Harwood says:
It seems strange in this day of elec
tricity that there can be found in a
part of the world where civilization
has gone a people who are so generally
given over to candle-light as are the
inhabitants of Sweden. In one year
one firm in Sweden manufactures, for
the trade of Sweden almost exclusively,
twenty-one millions of caudles of all
sizes, from two or throe inches in
height up to sevon feet. In spito of
tho introduction of electricity into the
cities, the people keep using candles,
and they even seem to think them a
necessary part of their household ef
fects.
During the weeks from the latter
part of May to the first of July you
will rarely find auy one during the
night using au artificial light of any
kind, for the nights are almost as
bright as day. If you choose to stay
up all night during the period of long
est days, you can read the finest print
with ease at any time in the twenty
four hours, aud you can make photo
graphs, if you so wish, all the night
long, with capital results. Up in Lap
land, as late as the twenty-fifth of July,
I had excellent results in making pho
tographs at twelve o'clock at night,
and at one and two o'clock in the morn
ing; and the only failure I had was in
one case when I gave even too much
time to the exposure.
I Twe smallest humming bird known
weighs only twenty grains.
Shopping Tour on a "Wheel.
Oqo of the common Mights in Lon
don's smartest shopping districts now
adays is that of a woman cyclist at
tended on her shopping tour by a page,
also ou a bicycle, weaving the regula
tion costume of tall hat cockade and a
plenitude of buttoup.
Odd Placo For u Sign.
A woman who is a member of tho
Household Economic Association and
consequently has advanced ideas about
domestic science, has begun a reform
in her housohold by having a sign
which reads "No Thoughfare" nailed
up over the outside of the kitchen
door.—New York World.
Patches Beturn.
Patches are now worn by New York
beauties not only on the face but on
the neck. As yet they are only cut
square, but in time the fair necks and
faces will be decorated with hearts,
diamonds and other devices, and every
chie woman will carry her enameled
or jeweled patch-box, as they did in
the time of Mme. do Maintenon.
Patches are now universally worn in
Paris.
Blue For the Golrien-TTnlred.
Blue suits tho golden-haired girl and
makes her hair look more beautiful,
but it seems to destroy all the beauty
of some gray-eyed maids, aud it is
most unbecoming to those of at all sal
low complexion. Now, gold in some
form will conceal any little yellowness
of the skin, and white coming in con
tact with the face subdues the ill ef
fects of blue and preserves its good
ones. Only to the youngest and fair
est do pink and white seem suitable,
and yet white is much used by tho old,
aud soft white laces are becoming even
to the grandmothers.
Silent Women.
A New Yorker who has been spend
ing the winter at Biarritz tells of a
convent near that place which throws
completely in the shade all the stories
oi tho Trappists. The silent sisteid
ls iver speak except to their mother su
perior, and then only upon necessary
business. When they aro at meals a
book is read, and every Friday they
cat their dinner kneeling. If one of
t to loses her father or mother
slie is not told of the loss. The mother
superior sim|)ly assembles tho com
munity and says: "Tho father or
mother of ono of you is dead." In
this way the silent women cease to
have individual interest in auyfching,
or anything to talk about.—New York
Press.
Women Typewriters Must Go.
President Burt, of tho Union Pacific
Railroad Company, is not a woman
hater, but ho has very decisive views
on some subjects. That is why the
women typewriters of tha Union Paci
fic headquarters must go. Tho nu
| nouueement of this decision on tho
part of the President was made this
week. When questioned on the sul>-
j ;ect ho said that women could not do
fiood work where men aro employed,
and men could not do good work
where women are employed. For this
reason he will discharge the women.
They will not be discharged without
notice, but will be dismissed from time
to time, beginning with ths lirst of
next month, or probably a little soon
er. Of course, other stenographers
will havo to be employed to fill their
places, and those employed will have
to lie men.—Omaua (Neb.) telegram
to the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A Culinriry Kindergarten.
It is au excellent tiling to interest
the little girls early in affairs of cook
ery. Girls of eight or ten years old
can easily be tanglit to make simple
cakes and desserts for those juvenile
tea-parties which such girls nlwnys de
light to give to their companions. In
order to prevent waste of materials,
the caps used may be the miniature
toy t affairs, holding about half a gill,
and the spoons the small spoons that
come with children's tea sets. The
egg used is usually a divided one.
Children will learn a great deal in a
practical cooking lesson of a few hours.
The manufacture of a small cake, the
"brewing" of a cup of tea, tho prepa
ration of an omelet or of a simple des
sert aro tho things which are most
valuable for the foundation of n taste
in housewifery and oooking. An hour
n week spent in this way by a mother
or oldor sister will intcrost these little
womeu in culinary matters, aud lay a
foundation for useful knowledge. It
is the foundation knowledge of cook,
ery that many women are compelled
to learn late in life, and from repeat
ed failure in matters of which they are
often nshamed to admit their igorance.
—New York Tribune.
"Occupation" tho Keynote.
Occupation is rapidly becoming tho
lieynoto of tho modern woman's life.
Fields of labor are invaded not only
by women who have to bo bread
winners, but by those who follow
various branches of indnstry for the
mero love of work. Dairy maids have
always been known to the world, and
their praises have ever been sung by
poets, but it remained for a nineteenth
century woman of culture and cosmo
politan advantages to take up the work
on a scale consider-4 heretofore beyond
the ability of a woman, alias Anna
! 31. Litchworth, representing one of
the oldest families in New York State,
is the young woman who is affording
this last notable instance of the capa
bilities and energy of the American
girl. Miss Litchwortk has had every
advantage of foreign travel, and a de
lightful social position. After her
father's death she decided to take her
summer place at Willow Brook and
turn it into a model dairy. She has
now sixty cows, mostly thoroughbred
Jerseys, and the care she lavishes
upon them is so exceptionally good
that the Practical Farmer says: "When
I find such a marked instance of clean
liness, comfort, and tidy management,
and that run by a woman, I cannot re
frain from letting the public know of
it." Miss Litchworth is a close
student of improved agriculture; she
attends all the farmers' institutes near
at hand, and gives her iiersonal atten
tion to the management of the farm
and dairy. lier stables are large,
light and well ventilated. She keeps
the stable flue whitewashed, and the
floors are cleaned twice a day, and the
cows are well bedded. The men em
ployed as milkers wear white linen
suits, and all the utensils are kept
chemically clean. Chicago Times-
Herald.
Women as Compose™.
liupevt Hughes contributes an arti
cle to the Century on "Women Com
posers," in which he says:
A prominent publisher tells me that
where, some years ago, only about
one-tenth of the manuscripts submit
ted were by womeu, now their manu
scripts outnumber those of the men
two to one. While this ratio will not
hold in published compositions, the
rivalry is close even there. Women
are writing all sorts of music. A few
of them have already written in the
largest forms, producing work of ex
cellent quality and still better prom
ise. It is in the smaller forms, how
ever—in instrumental solos and short
songs—that they have naturally found
their first success. So good has their
work been here that honesty compels
the admission that hardly any living
men are putting forth music of finer
quality, deeper sincerity, truer indi
viduality, and more adequate courage
than the best of the women composers.
Besides these, there is a number of
minor composers writiug occasional
works of the purest quality; and in art
quality is everything.
As to nationality, one finds best rep
resented the threo countries that are
now working along the best lines of
modern music: Germany, of course
(whose Clara Sohumanu wrote much
that was worthy of serious considera
tion), France, and America; for Amer
ica, whatever its musical past, is sure
ly winning its right to the placo in
tnis triumvirate of modera music. Its
teuueneies are toward the best things.
Italy hns recently had a Hurry of new
life and of growth away from the de
bilitating mawkishness into which it
had drifted, but has not yet produced
a notublo woman composer. The
other Continental countries seem oven
more torpid;and though Englishwom
en havo written much, they have not
got beyond the prevailing cheapness
of the English school, except, perhaps,
in certnin of tho compositions of Mrs.
Marie Davics and Miss Maud Valerie
White.
raslilon Funcies.
Lawns having a cord effect.
Stocks of gay plaided silks.
Printed mulls, dimities and Swiss.
Striped organdies on light grounds.
Black gowns covered with half-inch
tucks.
Colored crepons naving a bayadere
effect.
Black satin ribbon having plaid
edges.
Silk and cotton mixed mousseline
de soie.
Checked silks with a white brocad
ed flower.
Scarfs of mousselino edged with
marabout.
Silk ties of a color edged with baby
satin ribbon.
Black patent-leather slippers having
red heels and bows.
Black, red, white, green and blue
Ascot ties for womeu.
Black net veils having a chiffon ap
plique or chenillo border.
Gowns showing a princess back and
apron front, with blouse above.
"Straw walking hats of two colors
trimmed with black and white braid.
Band trimmings of black and white
silk embroidery, with gold beads and
spangles.
Cloth Eton suits having the skirt
front, upper half of sleeves and entire
jacket in tucks.
Double-breasted cloth blouse suits
trimmed with fancy silk braid and
buttons to match.
Light felt hats profusely trimmed
with flowers and the favorite geranium
velvet as a facing.
Ostrich feather boas fastening with
a steel or stress buckle in front and
with two to six short ends.
Black dresses of crepon, serge,
cashmere, whipcord, etc., trimmed
with frills of Do. 12 black satin rib
bon, and a vest of colored velvet.