"After tho torpedo boat destroyer
what?" asks a London paper. The
Gloucester.
t
With a few battleships as interpre
ters Admiral Dewey can make himself
understood iu any language.
It is perfectly sate to assume that
the flag of the United States looks
remarkably handsome floating over
Santiago.
The chief imports into ChiDa from
the United States are cotton goods,
cigars and cigarettes, flour, ginseng,
machinery, medicines, kerosene oil
and timber.
Heroes are as thick as grasshop
pers in the army and the navy. If
the hand of authority is laid upon any
common-place fellow unknown to
fame, he responds with some start
ling deed of valor.
The aggregate of subscription for the
war bonds was 51,365,000,000. It is
interesting to compare this fine large
sum of available cash with the scanty
coins which were fished out of stock
ings and old teapots by the people of
Spain.
The spectacle of Captain Glass be
ing obliged to courteously inform the
Governor of the Ladrone Islands that
Spain and the United States were at
war before demanding his surrender
imparts tCat touch of humor which is
rarely lacking in even tho most tragic
occurrences.
A little girl in Kansas City found a
pocketbook containing $l5O in cash,
and S6OO in promissory notes, and
returned it to the owner. Instead of
Bending her away with the usual
thanks, accompanied with good ad
vice, the owner presented her with a
fine bicycle. This action was a tan
gible acknowledgment of honesty.
General Miles ordered veterinary
surgeons to accompany troops into
action, so that the sufferings of the
horses and mules injured in battle
might be ended. That may seem like
a small matter, but it shows that in
small things, as in great, Americans
are kind hearted, and it helps to make
the world understand that we are really
capablo of carrying on a war of hu
manity.
According to conservative estimates,
nearly one-third of the native popula
tion of Cuba perished during the threo
years that have elapsed since the in
surrection was born. What does this
mean to the Cubans? It means pre
cisely what the loss of 20,000,000
Americans by battle, disease and star
vation would mean to tho Republic.
It is a blow equal iu proportion, tri
fling as it may appear by comparison
of figures.
The New York Tribune observes:
Some German missionaries went to
China and got killed by a mob; where
upon Germany, byway of indemnity,
seized a Chinese port and the adja
cent territory. And now a German
Consul-General, in an official report,
dwells upon the desirability of getting
still more Chinese territory, and says
the easiest way to do so is to send
more missionaries! Talk about cold
bloodedness! That suggestion is
enough to send cold shivers down the
tpine of the most heartless cyuic in
the world.
According to tho revised report of
the Census Board of the Russian In
terior Office, the Empire of the Czar
has a population of 129,000,000 in
habitants, of whom 91,000,000 are in
European provinces. China alone sur
passes this number, having from 350,-
000,000 to 100,000,000 of population.
According to area, the provinces
which have tho greater populations
are Caucasia, with 9,000,000, and
Poland, with 9,500,000. Since 1885
the population of the Russian Empire
has increased from 108,000,000 to
129,000,000, or at the rate of over
1,500,000 a year.
Learned men have been discussing
the question for ages whether any
thing in the way of hospitals was
known to the ancients. Now it is an
nounced that one has actually been
discovered at Baden, Germany, con
taining fourteen rooms, supplied with
many kinds of medical, pharmaceuti
cal and surgical apparatus, probes,
tubes, pincers, cauterizing instru
ments and even a collection of safety
pins for bandaging wounds. There
are also medicine spoons in bone and
silver, measuring vessels, jars and
pots for ointment, Borne still contain
ing traces of the ointment used. The
latest date of the coins found appears
to be the reign of Hadrian, who was
Emperor A. D. 117-138, from which it
is inferred that it was a military hos
pital. Verily there is nothing new
under the sun.
HE'S THE HIRED HAND.
Jim Tflompson, tbehlred hand,
He's with us clean from spring to fall,
And through the winter, understand,
Them cold days when the wood's to haul;
He rousts out early, hitches up
Theru clay-bank mules, and makes 'ein
stand
Till he climbs In and hollers "IIup!"
Jim Thompson, he's the hired hand.
Jim Thompson ho don't say much
As some folks do—he's sorter slow—
An' yit he's got an awful clutch v
In them air hand o' his. you know;
•Pears like they're iron, say, er steel,
Au' come right down on you korslup!
An' when they grip you, seems they feel
bo mo tighter than a muskrat trap.
|IN BALLAST. I
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*> hare ever read
■'4 hare been written
in a kind of nau
tieal jargon. So
far as I know, it may be correct
.nougb, though upon this point I con
fess I have my doubts. Of course, we
are all aware that every Englishman
is a born sailor—a circumstance which
is conclusively proved by the fact, so
well established on the Channel boats,
that no Englishman is ever seasick.
But 1 question very much if even
Britons can thoroughly understand
nautical terjns, unless they have 'en
joyed the benefit of a special educa
tion, and I have, therefore, deter
mined to tell my little Bea stories in
plain, homely English.
I am quite aware that to some of
my readers this may come as a disap
pointment. Only last night I told a
lady, a great friend of mine, that I
was going to make the attempt. Her
face fell.
"Oh," she said, "won't there be
anything about a belaying-pin?"
"Certainly not," I replied.
"I'm sorry for that," she said. "I
always attach so much importauco to a
belaying-pin."
"What is a belaying-pin?" I asked.
"I'm not quite sure," she answered,
with a little hesitation; "but I rather
think that the captain uses it to stick
in his neecktie."
I don't pretend to know whether
she was right iu her conjecture or
not. But I shall not make use of the
term. And I shall also avoid such
expressions as "Avast!" aud "Ahoy!"
which always strike me as being par
ticularly offensive. I don't objectj to
plain, oommonsense words, such as
as mast aud deck; aud this, I think,
should be accepted as a guarantee
that the method which I propose to
adopt is not the outcome of mere
wriggishness; but an honest endeavor
to make myself understood.
Georgo Williams is a captain in the
merchant service. I know him well.
At the time of which I am writing he
was a young officer, full of courage
aud resource, aud, in spite of this, a
great favorite with his employers,
Messrs. Evans aud Harbison. He had
lately beeu given the command of a
ship called the Crocodile, and he
therefore went to see the owners, at
their officb in the city, in order that
he might re :eive his instructions.
"Morning, Williams," said Mr.
Harrison.
"Morning, sir," said Williams.
Crocodile is to go to Naples
with a cargo of "Well, it doesn't
really matter what tho cargo was; it is
sufficient for my 6tory that it was a
cargo of something. George Williams
was quite satisfied, so we need not
trouble about it any further. Why
should we be bothered about matters
that do not concern us? Mr. Harri
son continued: "I don't think that
you will be able to find a cargo for the
return journey at Naples; so you will
have to como away from there in bal
last." .
lam obliged to use this term be
cause I know of no other that exactly
conveys the meaning that I wish to ex
press. But it is a most ridiculous and
misleading phrase. When a ship is
without a cargo, it has to carry some
dead weight to prevent it from being
too high out of the water, and this
dead weight is called ballast. And
then the sailors tell you that the ship
is in ballast. Of course, what they
really mean is that the ballast is in the
ship, not tho ship in the ballast. This
I believe to bo the true explanation,
though I know it is dreadfully confus
ing.
Mr. Harrison went on to say that
Williams would have to look into one
or two ports on his way homo on the
chance of picking up a cargo. And he
named the places at which he was to
call.
Then it was that a brilliant idea
struck George Williams. Coal would
be much more expensive out at tho
foreign nations than it was in Lon
don. Why not take out sufficient for
the whole journey, and use it as bal
last before consuming it? I cannot
say that I think very highly of the no
tion myself. It seems to me that the
ship would be continually rising im
perceptibly out of the water, squeezed
np like an orange pip between one's
finger and thumb. But, then, I know
nothing whatever about such matters;
so possibly my opinion is not entitled
to much respect. Anyhow, the sug
gestion commended itself to Mr. Har
rison, and, between them, they de
termined to adopt it.
Jim Thompson's this way—can't b
drove
An' don't set much on clothes or style;
Ho git's 'round by the kitchen stove
'Au smokes his old cob pipe a pile;
When anyone talks politics
Or how the 'lection's going to go,
An' how the country's In a fix,
Jim Thompson says: "D'ye reckon so?"
Jim Thompson, lie's tho hired hand,
Au' he can husk an' pitch an' plow,
Er tell you what's tho best of laud,
Er drive a team or milk a cow;
And if youast him here some day
Jist keerless-likc, you understand,
'Pout who ho was, he'd up and say,
"Jim Thompson, I'm the hired bund."
—Chicago Evening Post.
"There i 3 one thing," said Will
iams. "We shall not be able to put
all the coal into the eoal cellars."
"Coal cellars" was not the expression
which George nctually used. He said
"bunkers." But such a word as that
would convey nothing to people who
had beeu carefully brought up, and I
should not think of employing it my
self.
"We shall liavo to put some of it in
to the hold," continued Williams. I
am sorry to say you can only have lit
tle slices cf this conversation at a time.
It requires so muoh comment and ex
planation.
The hold is that part of the ship in
which the cargo is put. It did not
seem to me to have been quite the
proper plaoe for coals. I only hope
that George was careful to have the
hold washed before the next cargo
went in. It may have been fruit, you
know, or ladies' hats. However, I
have no wish to find faulk No doubt
George Williams kuew his own busi
ness.
The Crocodile made a successful
journey to Naples, and the cargo was
landed there. As Mr. Harrison had
foreseen, the Neapolitans had nothing
which they wanted to send back, and
so Georgo Williams begau the return
journey with his ship in ballast. Ac
cording to his instructions he called
at Cartagena, a Spanish port, in the
hope of finding a stray cargo there.
As soon as he arrived he went to the
custom house and explained that, as
he had not brought any merchandise
with him, there could not be any duty
for him to pay. I think that this
showed great politeness and good
feeling on George's part, but I am
sorry to say, the custom house offi
cials did not meet him iu anything
like a friendly spirit. They were not
content to accept his word, but asked
him to produce his papers. For
tunately, George happened to have
these with him, aud so ho very kindly
allowed the chief custom house offi
cer to look at them. A ship's papers
givo a number of statistics as to cargo,
destination aud so forth, calculated
to satisfy even the most inquisitive
mind. Iu the case of the Crocodile
the papeis contained nothing that
George Williams did not know by
heart. So, after all, they might have
taken his word. As it was, however,
the chief custom house officer ex
amined the papers with an eye keen
to detect the slightest irregularity.
Among the first things to attract his
attention were those unlucky coals.
The quantity carried wa3 evidently
far more than the cleverest captain
could have squeezed iu the ship's coal
cellars.
"Olio!" lio exclaimed, ia excellent
Spanish.
Many writers in recounting a con
versation of this sort, would endeavor
to heighten the description by putting
in a number of Spanish words, and
assuming that their unfortunate read
ers understood the meaning of them.
In my opinion this is bad art. I never
assume that my readers understand
anything. It is safer not to do so.
Therefore, although the customhouse
officer spoke in Spanish because he
knew no other language, and George
Williams got as near to it as he could,
I shall not give the conversation as it
was spoken, but carefully translate
every word.
"Oho!" said the cnstoru house
officer. "What is this?"
"Coals," said George.
"You have large cellars."
"Yes," said George.
"But not large enough for all this
coal."
"No," said George.
"Where, then, have you put it?"
"In the hold," said George.
"In the hold! Aha! Then it is
merchandise. You are going to sell
it. It is smuggled! Your must pay
a fine."
"A fine!" shouted George. "What
for?"
"You have endeavored to deceive
the custom house. You are a smug
gler! You will have to pay three
times the value of the coal!"
"I shall do nothing of the kind,"
said George.
"Then I shall put your ship under
arrest," said the custom honse officer.
And, sure enough, when George went
back to luncheon he found two Span
ish officials in chargo of the vessel.
The Crocodile was a prisoner until
the fine should be paid.
George Williams was annoyed. It
was bad enough to be fined when you
were guilty, but to be fined when you
were innocent was simply disgusting.
Besides, the fine was a heavy one, and
if the owners had to pay it, their feel
ings toward hint might undergo n
change. This would be unpleasant.
To pay the fine himself would be more
unpleasant still. What was] to be
done? There was a Spanish man-of
war lying in the harbor, and George
knew that any appeal for help on the
part of the custom house officials
would receive immediate attention in
that quarter. So he determined to
proceed with the utmost caution. He
sent for the engineer, and asked him
how soon he could get up steam.
The engineer replied that he could be
ready in about an hour's timo. You
see this was really a most important
matter. If a ship's boilers are once
allowed to become cold, it takes, as a
rule, a good four and twenty hours to
get up steam again. But tiro Croco
dile's iires had been banked up, so
the engines could be made ready to
start again at comparatively short
notice. Having given his instruc
tions to tho engineer and mate,
Georgs turned to the custom house
officials and commenced a fluent con
versation with them in his best Span
ish. Ho began by observing that he
thought he had been foolish; and that
it was useless to struggle against
properly constituted authority, and so
he had made up his mind to pay tho
fine. He then remarked that the en
gineer had discovered a leak in one
of the boilers and had been busy re
pairing it. Ho now wished to give
the ship a short run just to see if
everything was all right again. Pro
bably they would not object to this.
And he finished up by inviting them
to step down stairs into his private
sitting room and drink a bottle of wine
with him.
Whether it was that these poor
Spaniards wero guileless souls, or that
offer of a drink was one that could not
be declined, I know not, but the invi
tation was accepted with avidity.
Hospitality is one of George's strong
points, and it is needless to say that
he spent a delightful time with his
two new friends. After a while the
steady, regular throb of the engines
began to make itself felt, but this in
no way interrupted tho harmony of the
proceedings. Presently, however, the
merry little party was startled by the
boom of a gun. They all rushed up
stairs on to the deck.
The Crocodile was steaming as fast
as she could toward the mouth of the
harbor. George turned and looked at
the Spanish warship. An angry puff
of white smoke appeared on her side,
and the screeching of the shot as it
passed overhead told him that she was
really in earnest this time. Ono of the
unhappy custom house officers gave a
yell and leaped into the sea, where he
was presently rescued by a friendly
boat. The other, having a distaste
for cold water, ran down stairs and
hid!
George Williams at once made his
way on to the bridge. This is another
of those perplexing nautical terms. It
means a sort of perch near the middle
of tho ship, from which tho captain is
accustomed to give his orders. An
other gun from the warship, and this
time the shot fell into the sea quite
closo to them.
"Steward," said George, "fetch me
my glasses. You will find them on
the table in my sitting-room."
It was the binocular glasses that he
meant, not the other ones. But there
was no time to explain. Fortunately,
the steward was a clever man and un
derstood perfectly. He ran down
stairs, found the glasses and came
back ns quickly as ho could. While
ho was making his way up on the
bridge the warship fired again. The
shot just whisked off the steward's
cap, and passed on without doing
further damage,
A friend of mine has asked mo to
suppress this fact on tho ground that
in a story of this kind some such inci
dent invariably occurs. There is a
great deal of force in this criticism,
but I cannot comply with my friend's
request. I feel bound to tell the story
as George Williams told it. And he
assured me that it was true.
The Crocodile had by this time got
clear of the harbor and, though the
man-of-war continued firing for some
little time longer, none of the shots
took effect. But George Williams
knew very well that ns yet he was by
no means out of his difficulty. He
had seen that tho Spanish battleship
was getting up steam as fast as she
could, and he was quite aware that
once started she would gain upon hiiu
steadily. So he steamed away west
ward as fast as his ship could carry
him. It was all in vain. Far away
in the distance a black smudge of
smoke on the horizon told him that his
enemy was in hot pursuit.
Hour after hour passed, while the
Spanish warship came gradually nearer
and nearer, and George Williams was
enabled to experience those delight
ful aensations which all true sports
men declare that the fox so thoroughly
enjoys when he hears the hounds iu
full cry. At length Gibraltar ap
peared in sight. George, in his play
ful way, told me that he "made the
Rock." But, of course, this was only
his humorous exaggeration. George
is a high-minded gentleman, and in
his more serious moments I have
never known him to deviate from the
truth—except when he wa3 talking
Spanish. And that is a language
which lends itself to allegory.
When ho was within a mile or two
of Gibraltar, George suddenly stopped
and allowed all his steam to blow off
through something which, I believe,
is called the exhaust pipe. I have not
an idea what this is, but I do know
that tho noise was simply hideous.
The captain of the Spanish battleship
very naturally concluded that the
Crocodile's engine had broken down
and prepared iu triumph to seize upon
his helpless victim.
Meanwhile, George was making
figns to the lookout station at Gibral
tar. He asked for no sort of help. All
he said was
"Please make a note of the exact
position of this ship, the Crocodile.
And the officer in command of the
lookout station very kindly signalled
back to say that he had done so.
Then tho Spanish man-of-war came
up in all her majesty, and immediately
took possession of the Crocodile.
There was nothing for George to do
but to submit, and so he and his ship
were taken back to Cartagena.
But directly they arrived there,
George telegraphed the British earn
bassador at Madrid to say that the
Crocodile had been illegally arrested
by a Spanish man-of-war. For tho
sea within three miles of the coast is
held, by international law, to belong
to the nation which owns that coast ;
and, as George had been within three
miles of Gibraltar at the timo when ho
was caught, his ship had been seized
in British waters. He also seut a
similar one to Messrs Evans and Har
rison in London.
In matters of this kind the British
foreign office acts with great prompti
tude and firmness. They communi
cated at once Ivith the authorities at
Gibraltar, who confirmed George's
statements in every particular, and in
less than forty-eight hours the Croco
dile was released. In addition to
this, the Spanish government had the
pleasure of paying twenty-five thou
sand dollars' damages for illegal cap
ture ans detention.
And, fitrange to say, George Will
iams is still a great favdrite with his
employers, Messrs. Evans and Harri
son.—To-Day,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The heart weighs nearly twelve
ounces.
Milk is not rendered less favorable
to digestion by being sterilized.
Fine coal or slack coal has proven
very eflective in England as a filtering
material for sewage.
A person walking at the rate of four
miles per hour consumes 2300 cubio
inches of air per minute.
Tho cost of fuel on steam railroads
is about ten per cent, of the operating
expenses and on electric roads it is
about five per cent.
The Austrian Government serutq
factory in Yienna for the treatment of
diphtheria disposed of 30,434 bottles
of the remedy last year.
In Germany, 50,000 acres are usefl
for growing willows for basket-making,
and in France willow culture is a still
more important industry.
A simple method of cleaning iron
from rust, suggested by M. Carl Her
ing, is to immerse it with a rod of
zinc iu an acid bath, the two metals
being electrically coupled.
The tip of the tongue is chiefly sen
sible to pungent and acid tastes, the
middle portion of sweets or bitters,
while the back is confined entirely to
the flavors of roast meat and fatty sub
stances.
A French experimenter, Camillo
Dareste, has found that the germ in
the hen's egg is not destroyed by an
electric current that would kill an
adult fowl, but that the germ is so
modified in mostcases that a monstros
ity will bo hatched.
Tho human system can endure heat
of 212 degrees, the boiling point of
water, because the skin is a bad con
ductor and because the perspiration
cools the body. Men have withstood
without injury a heat of 300 degrees
for several minutes.
Was a Highly Esteemed Friend. '
"A Worcester man," says tho Wor
cester Gazette, "who makes frequent
trips to Europe fell in with a fascinating
stranger the last time he was across.
The stranger, who may be designated
ns Ferguson, because that does not
sound at all like his real name, was an
American, his manners were those of
a gentleman, and he seemed to be well
supplied with money and to know a
great many people worth knowing. Iu
conversation with the Worcester man
one day Ferguson said: 'Worcester
is a charming city, and I have some
very dear friends there. I presume
you know Colonel E. J. Russell? Ho
is an old and highly esteemed friend,
to whom I am deeply indebted for
many favors.' When the Worcester
mau returned home he met Colonel
Russell one day, and iu course of con
versation remarked that he had met a
man in Europe who said that ho was
an old friend. Colonel Russell thought
for n moment, and then he replied:
'Oh, yes, I remombor Ferguson very
well. I ought to, for he lived with
me for seven years onqe. It was when
I was harden of the State prison at
Char'o.itown, and I will say that Fer
guson was one of the quietest and best
behaved prisoners that I ever had.'"
A Welsh Name Translated.
A correspondent of a London paper
says: "I met recently with a transla
tion into English of the name of the
village in Anglesey which boast the
longest name in the United Kingdom.
I send you a copy below, thinking it
may interest your readers:
Llan - fair - pwil - gwpn
Church | Mary | a hollow | white |
gyil - goger - y - chwyrt -
hazel | near to | the | rapid |
drobwll - Llan - Disilio
whirlpool | church | (saint's name) |
gogo - goch
cave | red
—that is, tho Church of Saint Mary
in a hollow of white hazel near to the
rapid whirlpool, and to St. Disilio
near to a red cave."
Snakes as Rat Catchers.
They appear to be turning snakes to
a good account in Brazil, for rats havo
become so abundant there that a do
mestic snake, the giboya, which has
about the circumference of the arm, is
sold in the market place in Rio Janeiro
to be kept in the house as a protection
ngainst rodents. It would Becm that
the serpent pnrsues its prey more for
the pleasure there is in it than from a
sense of hunger, since it is said it rare
ly eats the rats caught. Similar in its
habits and attachments to the domes
tic cat of our more Northern latitudes,
the giboya will, it is said, find tho way
back to the house of its master eveu if
transported to a considerable distance.
roekottiooks Of Monitor Shin.
The fashionable leather for pocket
books and bags is monkey skin.
A Novelty in Taffeta.
A charming novelty is the use of
regular clan plaids in taffeta for shirt
waists. These waists are worn with a
linen color, gold studs, and a black
ribbon belt with a gold buckle. The
skirt is usually of navy, black or darh
greeii serge.
Tho Autumn Jacket.
Jackets for fall wear are to be made
longer tliau last year. Flat bands are
the most appropriate trimmings for
heavy goods. Costumes are made of
two shades of cashmere, cloth and
other heavy goods; tho darker color
forms the side seams and upper part
of skirt. Tho jacket may be finished
with bands of velvet or fancy goods.
Tho rest is of satin or brocade.
Shirt Waists Tor Little Girls.
Shirt waists are now part of every
little girl's wardrobe, and certainly
they look much better on children
than they do on older women, who
have the shirt waist habit to an alarm
ing extent. It is a mistake to have too
elaborate shirt waists for children.
The prettiest are really very simple,
and look best worn with a ribbon
around the throat instead of a collar.
Cycling to Church at Eighty-four.
Mrs. Badle, a widow eighty-four
years old,living in the eastern suburbs
of tho town, purchased a bicycle re
cently, and it is said that she has been
making rapid progress in learning to
ride. For years she has walked to
North Dorr to attend church services,
bat on account of her declining
strength, she has now adopted the
wheel as tho easier means to get to
church.—Dorr (Mich.) Becord.
Woman's Work in Prague.
Mme. Peskovn, of Prague, was re
cently decorated by the Emperor of
Austria in acknowledgment of her
great work among women. It is said
that she is the second Austrian woman
to be thus honored. She is a poet,
editor and writer on educational mat
ters, but her chief work has been the
building in Prague of a magnificent
woman's building, which cost 3200,000,
and which is the centre of woman's
activities in the Austrian Empire.
Hero two thousand young Bohemian
women are prepared each year for tho
University of Prague.
A Stylish Dress.
A dress in a stylo which promises
to bo very popular in the autumn is of
softest tan color. Tho short jacket,
which opens in front to display a vest
of white laco over pink silk, has six
pieco3, one placed over the other liko
so many little square boleros. The
belt is of the lace and silk, but a tiny
basque formed by two frills of the
cloth gives breadth to tho top of the
skirt. The skirt has the same effect
as the jacket, opening in front to show
a panel of pink silk under laco and
having five overskirts, the top one at
about tho height of the knee. The
neck is finished by a Medici collar and
a soft cravat of pink and white mous
selino de soie.
Tho Graceful Sash.
Nearly all the dressy toilets this
season display a sash worn at the left
side, directly in front, or in tho centre
at the back. Chiffon sashes accom
pany many of the chiffon-trimmed
evening gowns, but the worst of these
niry and graceful sashes of transparent
textiles is, that after short wear,
especially at the seashore, they get
into a stringy condition that is any
thing but decorative. Sashes of Swiss,
organdie, and other muslins, as well
as those of sheer grass-linen, are open
to the same objection. In their per
fect lies all the charm of
such materials, and much greater
caro is neoessary to keep these in an
unrumpled condition than the more
familiar sashes of satin moire and faille
ribbon.
■ v * American Engagement..
The American custom of a purely
sentimental engagement frequently
discourages all considerations of the
everyday needs and conditions of life
that young people must meet after
marriage. The mention of finances is
too frequently ignored.
After tho betrothal the young wom
an finds herself an idol in the eyes of
her fiance, and unless she has a firm
mental equipoise aud great common
sense there is danger that this adula
tion will turn her head and that she
will become affected and conceited.
The result, if she is a weak woman,
will be that all the selfishness that
lies within her will come to the sur
face, aud that in the wedded life she
will be unwilling to assume the euer
getio housewifery duties, and all
probability will sink into a complain
ing, petulant woman, who missing the
constantly expressed adoration of her
engagement days secretly blames her
husband for tho result.
There is no doubt that a great deal
of tho unhappiness of married life is a
result of the selfish bathos of senti
ment and self-adulation into which the
woman allows herself to sink during
the engagement. If she is naturally
inclined to indolence, this tendency
will be greatly fostered, for sho will
see her life smoothly mapped out be
fore her by another and herself de
livered from the neoessity of exertion
—her entire future painted in the at
tractive but evanescent "couleur de
rose." Because alio is nble to sink
into a state of inaction she does so,
and thus lets herself drift toward the
saddest and most hopeless of a s- an
empty life.—Chicago Times-Herald.
Gossip.
In Maryland in 1820 women who
were property owners and had no lnjs- t
bands were entitled to vote.
According to tho registrar-general's
latest blue book, Scotland still con
tains many more women than men.
Spain has only seventy-fonr women
classed as literary writers and only
seventy-eight women physicians.
Mrs. L. P. Johnson, a leading busi
ness woman of Idaho Falls, has been
nominated for Governor by the Pro
hibitionists of Idaho. ;
Anywhere from 300 to 350 women
journalists and authors of London
meet once a year at some popular re
sort for a swell dinner.
The Army and Navy League of At
lauta, Ua., Mrs. William Y. Atkinson,
President, has raised a fund to bo ap
plied for the relief of soldiers and
saflors and their families.
It is reported that of the eighty
four women admitted to tho St. Louis
(Mo.) Insane Asylum last year, sixty
eight were those who had been en
gaged in domestic service.
At the University of Berlin, Ger
many, female students are not per
mitted to wear their hair in braids
down the back. The young ladies
who persisted in doing so were dis
missed.
Miss Anna E. Mitchener is the
superintendent 'of the Tuscarawas
Electric Boad, which is ten miles long
and connects tho twin cities of Ulirich
ville and Deunison with New Phila
delphia, Penn.
In tho five years since Yale Uni
versity opened its graduate depart
ment to women 170 have availed them
selves of tho opportunity and nine
teen have taken the degree of Ph.D.,
for which the requirements are becom
ing more stringent each year.
Mrs. Henry Nash, of Slado End,
Wallingford, England, has been elect
ed church warden of tho parish of Sot
well, Berks, for the seventh time.
Mrs. Nash i 3 an active member of the
parish council, a supporter of woman
suffrage and an earnest philanthro
pist.
Tho first kindergarten school was
founded in 1833 by Miss Caroline
Louise Frankeuberg, at Columbus,
Ohio. Ten years later, Miss Eliza
beth Peabody, of Boston, who is gen
erally regarded as tho founder of tho
American kindergarten system, went
to Germany to etady tho system un
der Froebel.
The London School Board has de
cided that one of the two medical
practitioners to bo provisionally ap
pointed for <sho year to examine de
fective children shall be a woman,
who, as part of her dnties shall be ex
pected to examine such of tho Board's
women applicants for teaching posts
as prefer the services of one of their
own sex.
Fashion's Fancies.
The apron-front effect in trimming
is still the correct thing.
A pretty way of making blacA shirt
waists is to cross-tuck them.
Extremely large white chenille dots
aro seen on colored veilings.
Many of the new coats have the re- J
vers turned back and covered with
lace.
Cloth walking gowns are being np
pliqued with ribbon in bowkuot ef
fects.
Embroidered chiffons are being
much used for veils and hat trim
mings.
Long sashes with lace edging are to
be worn in all colors with white
gowns.
Cloth gowns trimmed with straps of
the same material are still stylish and
pretty.
Beading with ribbons run through
it makos a nice trimming for gowns of
wash material.
Standing collars for dressy waists
have a fall of silk and open in the
back, and are ornamented with lace.
Waists trimmed with ribbon-velvet
are pretty with steel buttons at regu
lar intervals on the velvet. Exoen- .
sive waists have a yoke of contrasting \
color.
Hats of mixed straw, prettily
trimmed with loops of net and jaunty
wings, and the sailor shape, with a
plain black baud, are much in favor,
for both bicycle and street wear. j
Wash silks nre great favorites for
children's dressy costumes. Blue i
and pink, pink and green and yellow
and black aro pretty and effective!
combinations when trimmed with nar
row velvet or lace.
The new blouse waists have large
rovers, edged with narrow lace inser
tion over a foundation of chiffon puff
ing. Silk waist, veiled with chiffon of
the same color, have the waist body,
basque ami epaulets decorated in this
manner or with baby ribbon.
Sweethearts' Trial* in Borneo.
All the suitors for a girl's hand in
Borneo tuu expected to be generous in
their presents to her. These presents
are never returned; therefore the wily
young lady defers as long as possible
a positive selection of the happy man.