The Empress Dowager of Chiua has
demonstrated that the woman iu poli
tics can command unlimite d considera
tion under certain conditions.
Six of the foremost colleges report
that their freshmen classes this term
are the largest they have ever received.
There is undoubtedly a boom in edu
cation as well as in business.
Thirty-three schools have been
opened in Santiago Do Cuba aud these
are to be conducted on American lines.
The pupils will be instructed in the
English language and American his
tory.
Broadminded educators are striving
to establish special classes for deficient
chidren. The idea deserves careful
consideration. Tho pitiful sight is
often witnessed in our public schools
of the teacher who never looks below
the surface of thing 3 holding up to
admiration the bright pupil at tho ex
penso of the child whoso dormant
faculties, if properly developed, miglil
in the end win tho race of life.
Means taken by the Maryland
Board of Health to insure a good
water supply at places of public resort
in that State would be very efficient il
the majority of people had learned to
take seriously the warnings of sanitary
science iu thi3 respect. It has ordered
that examinations be made from tim®
to time by the chemist aud the biolo
gist of the Board of the water sup.
plies of such resorts, aul that the re
salts be reported to the owaors of the
resorts aud he made public. This is
not altogether a new liue of sanitary
work in Maryland. Tho Health Board
has the power to inspect water
sources, and has done so, reporting
the condition to the owner, aud if the
source was found to be faulty has
suggested that it be abandoned. It
has no farther power iu the matter,
however, except iu the presence of
epidemic disease, an! as it 3 sugges
tions have been disregarded in some
instances, it ha 3 adopted the plau of
publicity. This may influence the
proprietors of public resorts,'and tku3
the people may be protected against
the consequences of their own care
lessness.
Manchester, England, is now con
fronted with a serious problem iu con
nection with its ship canal, says Brad
street's. When that undertaking was
begun, twelve or fifteen yeai*3 ago,
provision was made in the construc
tion of tho canal for steamships draw
ing about twenty-two feet of water
and of a capacity of not over 3000 tons.
Since then there has been a steady
increase in the capacity and draught
of ocean-going steamers, aud the canal,
owing to the lack of foresight of its
projectors, is unable to accommodate
the new class of ocean tramps, to say
nothing of the liners which the san
guine do not despair of seeing setting
forth from Manchester on transatlan
tic voyages. It is also pointed out
that if Manchester is to succeed in
building up a direct trade in' cotton
with American ports there must be
more dock and warehouse accommoda
tions. It cannot supersede Liverpool
B3 a cotton port when there is no ade
quate provision for storing the staple
a3 it arrives, It would seem that this
•ack of capacity in the canal itself and
the want of warehouse facilities are
affecting the growth of the caual busi
ncss. In the first half of 1898 its rev
enues increased about $15,000, hut in
the corresponding half year of 1897
the increase was SBO,OOO, and, in 1996,
$90,000.
What is probably the most radical
departure from the old system of trial
by jury is under test in Louisiana.
Tho change is by authority'of the re
cent Constitutional Convention in the
Btato. That body, in addition to other
remarkable acts, provided that in
criminal cases where the punishment
may not be imprisonment at hard labor
the trial may be by tho judge, without
a jury; if the punishment may be im
prisonment at hard labor, the case
must ho tried by a jury of five; and if
the punishment must be bard labor,
theu the jury shall consist of twelve,
the concurrence of nine of whom is
eufticient for a verdict. As explained
by a' Louisiana paper, the purpose of
the enactment was to get rid of the
Ifelay and expense of long jury trials
and of disagreeing juries. Iu this re
spect it is a success. The courts have
been able to dispose of much moro
business, aud at lessened cost, the re
duction in expense at a single term of
ono court beiug S2OOO. It remains to
be seen, however, how the change will
affect the prisoner. Oil this point the
framers of the consiitutional clause ap
peared to entertain doubts. They
made its place iu the constitution tena-'
tive, by a provision that the Legisla
ture may change it after 1901, and re
turn to the old system if the new on®
is found not to work well.
GREEN WOODS,
Oh, sweet It wns, ant fair It was,
In the green woods to-day.
With only tree-tops bonding near,
And ali tiio world away,
When fearing not, and caring not,
And hoping, hoping all,
Mv heart danced as the shadows danco
The swaying boughs let fall.
Ob, balmy was the pine-tree's breath,
Htirring its tassolled plumes;
The slender birches, maiden-white,
Leaned thro' the forest glooms;
And blrob, and beech, and bending bu9b,
And brook and blossomed spray,
Were childhood voicos long forgot,
In the green woods to-day.
Oh, sweet It was, and fair it was,
In the green woods to-day,
To hear the birds trill out their tunes,
And all tho world away;
And fearing not, and caring not,
And hoping, hoping all,
In notes they stole from out my dreams
To hear them call and call.
!NDi ; 1 LYNC^eS?!
at ABBIELLE always
S J remembered the
"Vn day when the ring
\£'V master of the cir
cus came to see her
j /jjoViv) pony jump. She
I — YS'nftljy !F\ was P °' " er
pony, who was
dapple gray and
/111 Welsh, and could
111 J ifU'yytJSf jump nine inches
I'/ I ttrv VI higher than liim-
J 1 Ml t' j Belf -
I 1 hit' '3 Gabrielle was
L |>V, Ge, and had rid
'i mm 'i den without alead
ing-reiu for two
years, but her father never let her
jump Roland, tho pony. So the pony
jumped by himself, greatly to the
edification of the ringmaster, who had
been bidden to see the feat.
While all this was going on, Nana
called her to nursery tea, and as she
trotted down the long yard, past the
stables, and toward the drive, the ring
master turned to Jack Ainslie,
Gabrielle's father, and said:
"Has the little missie hurt her foot?
She's a thought lame."
Jack Ainslie looked hastily after the
idolized little figure, aud noted that
the ringmaster was right. She was a
thought lame.
Hastily excusing himself ho ran
after the child.
"Have you hurt your foot, dar
ling?" he asked anxiously. "You're
limping a little. Did you twist your
aukle?"
"Oh, no, Daddy dear, I'm not hurt.
I'm going to tea."
Gabrielle put up her face for the
ever-expected kiss, aud ran after her
nurse. Jack Ainslie dismissed the
subject from his mind and showed the
ringmaster the rest of the horses.
From that day, however, things
changed for Gabrielle. Other people
noticed the little limp, and her parents,
terrified aud distressed, sent for the
family doctor. He discovered that in
some way, probably at birth, her hip
had been dislocated, aud had formed
a new socket for itself, aud that hence
forth she would limp unless—and here
all the mischief began—something
could be done. Her father was fran
tic. Of coarse something must be
done. That his Gabrielle, his dainty
little lady, with her pretty face, her
quick intelligence and her gracious
ways, should bo lame—oh, it was in
tolerable! He was broken-hearted and
rebellious, aud oven his wife's stead
fast patience and unchanging tender
ness could not make him resigned.
Then began for Gabrielle a series of
visits to London. She wa taken from
one great doctor to another till she
grow quite used to marching about on
thick piled carpets, clad in nothiug
but her bonny hair, while ttiey dis
cussed her interesting "case."
"Doctors are chilly men," said
Gabrielle; "their bauds are always
cold to my body.".
An operation was arranged, hut at
tho last moment Jack Ainslie drew
back, for the surgeons would not guar
antee success, and the family doctor
said grave things about Gabrielle's
constitutional delicacy. So it was de
cided that more gradual means must
be tried to bring about the desired re
sult. The "gradual means" assumed
the shape of an instrument, hideons
to behold and painful to wear. It
broke Jack Ainslie's heart to see his
little lady cabined and confined in Buch
a cruel cage, and for the little lady
herself, it blotted out the sunshine
aud made life very gray and terrible.
Ono thing was quite plain to Gabri
elle, and that was that evidently
nature was very much to blame in
having provided a new "socket" for
the poor little dislocated bone. That
impertinence must be interfered with
at all costs—the doctors seemed to
agree upon that. And Gabrielle won
dered why it was so wrong to have no
pain, to bo perfectly unconscious in
her "affliction," as her nurse called it,
aud so interesting (to tho doctors),
and right, to bo uncomfortable aud to
wear a hideous high-soled boot aud an
iron cago, with crutches under the
arms that pushed her shoulders up to
her ears.
As for that instrument, it was de
signed ami ordered by three famous
surgeons, and it cost the price of many
ponies. Gabrielle tried to be brave.
Hlio was curiously conscious tbat the
pain her parents suffered was far
greater than her own. The instru
ment was adjusted in London, and on
tho way home iu the train her mother
asked her mauy times, "Does it hurt
you, my darling?" And Gabrielle al
ways answered bravely, "I can bear it,
mother dear; I can bear it!"
When she got home that night the
poor little leg was black from the cruel
pressure and Mary Ainslie brc ke down
and cried till she could orv no looser.
Of fairy pfpe9 the wood was full,
And stir of airy feet;
Tho nesting robin to his mate
Sang only, "Sweet, sweet, swoct!"
And far and high the hermit-thrash
Thrilled his ecstatic note,
As if the song of love and death
Lived in his slender throat.
Ob, sweet it was, and dear it wa9,
In the green woods to-day,
The echo of a silent voice,
Aud all the world away.
For fearing not, and loving much,
And hoping, hoping all,
Across tho cloudy silences
I felt her presence fall.
They ma lo her grave the other day,
Aud yet it well may bo
That all ulong that woodland path,
Viewless, she went with me;
For life is stronger still thnn death,
And lovo will find away,
Aud heaven aud earth were all as one
In the green woods to-day.
—.Martha Baker Dunn,
Gabrielle tried to walk bravely in lier
cramping irons and to smile at her
parents when she met their troubled
eyes. At first she broke tho thing
continually, for she was an active
child, much given to jumping off chairs
and playing at circus on the big old
sofa. But by and by all her desire to
jump and run left her. She grew high
shouldered aud would sit very still for
hours, while her Daddy told her
stories, or drove her behind Bolaud in
a little basket carriage he had bought
for her. Truly the iron had entered
into her soul, the cruel iron that
cramped tho child's soft body; and
Gabrielle's eyes grew larger and larger,
and her chin more pointed, while the
once plump little hands were white as
the petals of the pear blossom outside
the nursery window.
"I wish people wouldn't ask me
about it; they are kind, but I wish
they wouldn't," Gabrielle would say.
"I'm tired of telling them about the
sooket, and I'm not 'a poor little soul'
—l'm Daddy's little lady!"
There came to Jack Ainslio a very
old college friend, a doctor, Gabrielle'B
godfather, aud devoted to her, and he
was supremely dissatisfied with her
treatment and implored them to take
her to see a young surgeon, a friend
of his own, who was making a great
name and doing wonders for everyone
who came under his care. Jack Ains
lie and his wife needed but small per
suasion, and it was decided that Ga
brielle should go to London as soon
as possible.
What hastened the visit was this;
Gabrielle was devoted to fairy lore
and a favorite play of hers was to bo a
beautiful princess who is freed from
giants and dragons and lions by tho
gallant "Boots" of the Norse tales.
Her father always acted the part of
that redoubtable third son and was
wont to kneel before her, making ex
travagant protestations of his devo
tion, which she accepted with gracious
condescension. On this particular af
ternoon, just after tea, her father pro
posed to play tho favorite garno, but
Gabrielle would have none of it.
"I can't be a princess any more,
Daddy; I'm sure no princess ever
wore an instrument!" she said. "I
don't feel like a princess any more at
all."
Het father caught her up in his
arms with a great hard sob, which
frightened her, aud she stroked his
face, saying tenderly:
"Don't he sorry, dear, dear Dad! I
didn't mean to hurt you. I'll be a
princess; I will indeed I I will feel
liko a princess, really 1"
Tho next day Jack Ainslie and his
wife took Gabrielle up to town. They
did not even take the faithful Nana,
for Gabrielle's mother could hardly
bear to let any bauds but hers touch
her darling, over since tho day that
tho ringmaster had mado his sad dis
covery.
Mary Ainslio took Gabriolle to the
new doctor the following morning,
while Jack sat in the smoking-room of
the hotel, lighting innumerable cigars
which he did not smoke, and turning
illustrated papers which he did
not see. Theu ho turned out of the
hotel and walked down Piccadilly,
blundering into the pasßers-by, and
when he crossed the road was nearly
ridden over by an omnibus, BO blind
and stupid was he in hiß heavy sor
row. Poor Jack! His honest heart
was very full of grief, for he loved his
little lady dearly, ami he felt that un
less something were done quickly he
would soon have nothing but a tender
memory to love.
Gabrielle and her mother were
shown into the new doctor's consult
ing-room at once. He was a tall young
man with red hair and keen green
eyes. Her mother uudressed Gab
rielle, all but the "instrument," which
clasped tho tender little body and
seemed so cruelly unnecessary. The
young doctor frowned when he saw
it; then ho took it off himself, and
Gabrielle noticed that his touoh was as
gentlo as her mother's aud that his
hands were warm. She gave a happy
little shake when she was free of it—
a little wriggle aud jump of relief.
Thou the doctor made her walk, and
felt her all over, after which he rolled
her up iu a big fur rug, to sit in front
of the fire, while he went into the next
room with her mother. They were
not long away, aud on their return
Gabrielle looked at the doctor with
bright, curious eyes.
"Does the instrument hurt you?"
he asked.
Gabrielle looked at it as it leaned
! feebly against n chair, aud said:
"It does, rather; butit does its best
uot to. I tbiuk "
"Well, any way, you're not going to
wear it any more; aro you glad?"
1 "But what will the socket do?"
I "-Bless the child: tbev've talked
about you far too ruucb. The socket
will do beautifully—ruucli better with
out it tbauwith it!"
"May X wear shoes like other little
girls?"
"Certainly; the prettiest shoes that
can be got!"
"Not compensntum shoes?"
"No; ordinary shoes, exactly alike!"
By this time Gabrielle had been ar
rayed in some clothes. She noticed
that her mother's hand 3 trembled, but
that her eyes were glad. Tho child
looked up at the tall, young doctor
who was watching her with his keen
green eyes, and said:
"My daddy will be so glad. He
will look at me and not look so sorry,
and there will be no hard things to
stick into him when he cuddles me!
Ho will be so glad!"
The doctor made a queer little sound
in his throat; then he lifted Gabrielle
in his arms and carried her to the win
dow.
"Do you see the end of this street,"
he asked, "where the roar and the
rnmbliug sound comes from? That's
Oxford street. Well, in that street is
a beautiful shop full of shoes—shoes
for little girls—and you are going there
directly to get the nicest shoes we can
find for you."
"May they have silver buckles?"
Gabrielle asked eagerly.
"I think it extremely advisable
they should have big silver buckles.
You will walk both fast and far in
buckled shoes, and you must learn to
dance tho tarantella and all the dolls
will sit in a row to watch you!"
Gabrielle gave a delighted laugh.
"Will the leg that wore tho irons
get fat again, like the other?"
"Oh, dear, yes! You mustn't think
about that leg any more, but you must
do all the exercises mother is going to
show you, and when you can hang on
a trapeze for twenty minutes without
falliug off you must write nudtell me."
Then Gnbrielle's mother finished
dressing her, all but her boots. The
hoot with the eompensatum sole lay
near the instrument. Gabrielle
looked at it with great aversion.
"It's a very dry day," said she.
"May I go to the cab in my stockings,
and not put no shoes till I have my
new ones?"
The doctor pushed tho little boot
out of sight under the chair with his
foot, and said:
"I'll carry you to tho cab, and
mother or the cabman will carry you
to the shop across the pavement, and
yon shall never see that iron horror or
that boot again!"
As the doctor carried her across
the hail Gabrielle put both her arms
around his neck and kissed him on
both his eyes.
"Your eyes taste very salt!" she
said. "But you are the best man
in the world!" —London Outlook.
A liarbarous Exhibition.
The seventy-two-hours bicycle race,
which ended at the Velodrome of tho
Bare des Princes, Paris,was concluded
amid scenes that can only bedoscxibed
as sickening. The agony suffered by
the competitors owing to the terrifio
heat may readily be imagined, and
their condition toward the finish, and,
indeed, long before it, was pitiful. On
tho last afternoon Frederick, who ul
timately came in second, fell off his
machine five times in quick succes
sion, but each time, in spite of his pro
tests, he was lifted back on his seat
and mado to continue by his manager.
None too soon the public gave ex
pression to its disgust at this inhuman
spectaole. Frederick was at last car
ried ofl'thejeourse more dead than alive.
Several of the men had attacks of de
lirium. Fischer suddenly jumped off
his machine, and out of the course, and
climbed a chestnut tree before any
body could imagine what he was about.
"I am hungry, and want to eat chest
nuts," he cried to his manager, who
had the greatest difficulty in persuad
ing him to come down from his perch.
Another competitor, in a fit of mad
ness, seized the umbrella of a specta
tor, opened it, and proceeded to cut
frantio capers round the course. The
press is almost unanimous in describ
ing the race as a monstrous exhibition,
and it is hoped that Paris will be
spared similar spectacles for fu
ture.—London Post.
The Mad House of the Laplander.
The most pretentious habitation the
Laplander knows is a mud house.
These, at a distance, look like small
hillocks, and remind one of the relics
of the mound builders. The floor of
the hut (or gamine) is the hard trod
den bosom of mother earth. There
are no chairs, no tables, and no beds.
The hut is one Compartment, aud in
the center, within a rude hearth of
stones, is a fire, and all of the smoke
that cannot manage to stay in the room
goes up through a hole in the roof.
Bags stuffed with straw and skins for
robes, are the only comforts for sleep
ing. A very odd kind of bundle often
forms a stumbling block to locomotion
about the room, for the baby, done up
iu a tight leather case, papooso fash
ion, is usually cradled on the floor.—
Detroit Free Press.
Youngest Dally Editor.
The Tuscaloosa Daily Herald is e
new enterprise at Tuscaloosa, Ala. II
has the youugest editor ever known in
the daily journal field. He is Frank
Lawrence, and is twelve years old. He
writes tho locals, sets tho type, prints
tho paper, and then delivers it. The
paper has quite a number of subscrib
ers and a fair amount of advertising.
The Herald is a three-column four
page sheet aud is making excellent
progress.
Itlcliea on a lleggnr.
A well-known beggar who for more
than twenty years has frequented tho
neighborlioodjof tho Paris Opera House
and the Church of St. Rock, was the
other day prostrated by sunstroke,
lie was taken to tho hospital of La
Charite, where banknotes amounting
to SBO,OOO were discovered in a leath
oru holt fb® mAnd'oant. notion* wm-e.
Ornamented Toilet Appointments.
Very charming toilet appointments
In glass, including boxes for powders,
pomades, creams, etc., have the now
popular silver gilt top with some
daiuty design, such as tho wild rose,
enameled in colors.
A Fashionable Ilat.
Three-cornered hats are coming into
fashion. Theso are trimmed with os
trich plumes and rosettes. There is
also a tendency towards the scoop hat,
which resembles a small inverted but
ler bowl. One of the most attractive
of these models is a hat of butter bowl
shape, tho top fairly loaded with nas
turtiums, and the brim underneath
tilled in with ruchiugs of diaphonous
fabric, flowers and foliage.
A Woman's Carriage. 5
Much of au Englishwoman's beauty
lies in her proud carriage, the erect
ness of her figure and the poise of her
head. The aristocratic carriage is
within the reach of every girl who will
take the trouble to have it. It i 3 a
question of a few years of vigilance,
(luring which she should never relax
the watchfuluess over herself. Sitting
or standing, the erectuess nnd pose
must he preserved. The result will
be that at the eud of that time it has
become second nature to her. In this
way tho figure is also preserved, the
muscles aro kept firm aud well strung,
and the sinking down of the flesh
round tho waist and hips is prevented.
—New York Ledger.
Marvellous Hat Ornaments.
Hat ornaments are enormous. It is
going to be a marvel how the heads
upon which they are to appear will
support them. It will require some
management of tho bead to obtain an
equilibrium. Mauy of these enormous
club 3 are of jet, aud two stylish ones
seen iu one hat—big pins with enor
mous round heads, in the front of it—
were of dull black, ornamented with
cut steel. Many pretty bonnets are
made of slung jet, or blaok sequins, as
many people would say. All colors are
combined with the black. A beautiful
shade of orange that appears in mil
linery might be called frosted orauge
iu contradistinction to the burnt
orange which has been so much used.
It has a pretty white frosted effect.
Mt&n'd Gifts to Womanhood.
Au English writer points out the
fact that tho most generous gifts to
women in America have all come from
the libel'ality of men. Vassal' College,
tho pioneer of women's universities,
was the gift to American womanhood
of Matthew Vassar; tho women's de
partment of Cornell was built and en
dowed at great expense by Kussell
Sage, and in almost every other of the
mauy cases it is men who have made
the munificent gifts to the future girls
iu American colleges. It is stated
further that the same rule holds good
of Great Britain. Mr. Holloway left
a magnificent sum, however unwisely
arranged, with the best of intentions,
to erect and endow for women's higher
education the pile bearing his name
near Windsor. But a few weeks since
iu England it was recorded that a
Scotchman had left a bequest of many
thousand pounds for the purpose of
building a woman's medical school iu
Glasgow. The Pfeiffer bequest of
8250,000, to be divided at the discre
tion of Sir Josiah Finch between sev
eral great educational institutions for
women aud of incalculable service to
them—the new buildings of tho Lon
don School of Medicino for Womou
opoued by tho Princess of Wales on
July 14 being au illustration of how
the money has benefited the recipients
—was iu the most part the property
of Mr. Pfeiffer, aud it was his will that
actually so bequeathed it, though it
had been his wife's idea, as well as his
own, that their money should be so
dispensed. Iu both countries, there
fore, it would seom to be a case of man's
generosity to woman, iu face of which
Smith College, the gift of a woman to
women, appears to be unique.
How to Teach Children.
A mother sees au entirely new side
of her child's character when tho lit
tle one is with other children. A sel
fish or domineering or obstinate spirit,
utterly unknown before to the loviug
parent, is apt to manifest itself. With
older people a child is more or less re
strained, but with little people of his
own age he feels perfectly free to do
as he pleases.
Companiousbis is au excellent thing
for ohiidron. It uot only makes thorn
happier, but they are observing little
morlnls, aud quick to imitate. The
rough boy will try to be geutle to his
timid littlo cousin if he is stirred by
tho idea that he must protect her
the little tomboy will try to follow the'
geutle graces of her pet friend, seeing
how much she is loved for hor quiet'
sweetness; while the bashful, shrink
ing littlo lassie will strivo to emulate
the strength aud good seuso of her
lively comrado. Let the mother wel
come her children's little guests cor
dially, observe their characters, and
encourage her children to follow their
virtues.
A little pained expression at some
discourtesy will often do more than a
sovero scolding, aud a quick, cheerful
"Thank you," or "How thoughtful,
dear," will work wonders. Praise
freely the kinds acts; show the r:<ht
path to the ignorant little ouo, anxious
to please; reprove gently the thought
less one.
Little bovs should very early be en
couraged to protect their sisters and
mothers, they should be allowed to
pay the omnibus or tram faro, and to
hold tickets; they love responsibility.
Accept their little services gratefully,
and never forget to say "Thank you."
They are conscious of trying to
pleaso, and appreciate acknowledg
rnent.—London Mail.
The Wedding Refreshments.
At tbo wedding reception or nbreak
fast tbe forms aro very mucb aliko
Tbo bride and groom stand among
flowers and greens, to receive congrat
ulations witb tbe bridemaids at tbe
bride's side, tbe bride's mother and
father receiving near, and tbe groom's
people not far oft*. The ushers have
plenty to do. They must bo careful
to guard against crowding or confu
sion, and be alert to act as escorts to
the guests. But after tbe formal part
of tbe reception is over, comes a jolly
time. Tbe majority of tbe guests take
their departure when they have giveu
tbo young couple their good wishes
and partaken of refreshments, and
only those nearest and dearest to tbo
bride stay. A sit-down repast is now
served to tbe bridal party, oven if tbo
others have not been served at small
tables, but have eaten, sans cereuionie,
standing about tbe room where a large
centre-table is spread and decorated
fittingly for tbe occasion. Here i 3 a
modern weeding repast:
bouillon.
Lobster Newburg. Salmon with mayon
naise.
Chicken croquettes.
Creamed sweetbreads and mushrooms.
Sandwiches.
Linls. Jellied gamo. Salad.
Individual lees. Cake.
Candied fruit. Bonbons. Fruit. CoHoo.
When tbe bride's cake bad been cut,
and tbe wedding feast is over, tbe
young couple disappear for a while to
reappear in street dress. Then
showered witb rice they take flight to
the carriage; amid cheers and shouts,
witb at least one slipper thrown after
them, they roll ofl* and aro lost to view.
—Harper's Bazar.
Goiiiilp.
Princess Cavlotta Iturbide, daugh
ter ol' Priuce Iturbide of Mexico, pre
sides over a lemonade stand in the
City of Mexico.
Mrs. M. S. Warren, of Colorado, is
one of the few womou foremen who
ever served on a jury. She is a bright
young womau, aud is gifted with cool
judgment and a reasoning mind.
Miss Martha Partington, who is the
assistant clerk of the Court of Special
Sessious, Second Division, has the
distinction of being tho only womau
in New York City who is a court
clerk.
It is said that the Governors of New
Jersey, Kentucky, Maine and Illinois
have volnutarily offered their co-op
eration in furthering the work of tho
women's organizations in their respec
tive States, particularly those ojuueet
ed with tns library movement.
Two young Englishwomen are con
templating establishing a Hindoo eon
vent at Calcutta for the spiritual re
generation of Hindooism. One of
these women is a graduate of Cam
bridge, while the other has been iden
tified with the suffrage movement.
The highest honors at the com
mencement exercises of the Kansas
City College of Pharmacy were con
ferred upon Miss Harriet Bcuton, of
Odessa, Mo. She received a diploma,
and also a gold medal, which was tho
first prize for the highest grado in all
tho branches taught at the oollege.
Mrs. Diekins, wife of Captain F.
W. Diekins, who is acting chief of tho
Bureau of Navigation, has reoently
been appointed chairman of the sub
committee of tho District of Columbia
Belief Committee. This committee is
an organization for the relief of dis
tressed soldiers and their families.
Mrs. Diekins was actively employed
during the war in aidiDg the soldiers
in at Camp Alger.
Gleanlnc. Prom the Shop..
Tapestry curtains in Oriental, Em
pire aud renaissance colorings.
Net and lace robe 3 in beaded, ap
plique and beribboned effects.
Dress skirts having simulated over
skirts, espeoially the apron front.
Light shades of gray, tan, blue and
brown cloth for the season's wear.
Persian cross stripes on plain
grounds for dressy wool costumes.
Bodices and belts of cut steel alone
or stoel on a black velvet foundation.
Black satin stocks with short string
ends crossed aud held by a fancy pin.
Hats trimmed with a rosette in
front and feathers spreading on either
aide.
Poplin weaves having velvet and
chenille stripes, figure, and hair
lines.
Flannels for shirt waists with white
dots woven or embroidered on the
fabric.
-Infants' first cloaks of cashmere,
eiderdown, flannel, ladies' cloth or
Bedford.
Coats in tho Eton and tight-fitting
stylos of colored taffeta, green, bl.ee
and brown.
Stamped linen pieces for embroid
ering with a hem already buttonholed
by machinery.
Marseilles counterpanes with a
white centre and colored flowers in the
border. —Dry Goods Economist.
NO UNPLEASANT THINGS PRINTED#
An English Newspaper Called the "Ov
trlch" Conducted on Peculiar Lines.
Oao of the queerest publications in
the world is a newspaper called the
Ostrich, printed in Cornwall, Eng
land. The paper, according to the
New York Sun, is issued and dis
tributed gratuitously throughout
Cornwall twice a week. Its object is
unique—to make its readers happy
and healthy. The system of the pub
lisher is based on the science of sug
gestiveness, and the Ostrich is so ar
ranged that only the most agreeable
things are suggested. It is printed
on delightful pale rose colored paper,
and certain words like happy, good,
peace, success, amiable, health, beau
tiful, etc., are printed in heavy type.
All such words as death, paiu, killed,
misfortune, horrible, etc., are avoided.
In the entiro paper, with the excep
tion of one column, not a single dis
agreeable word is printed.
The motto of the Ostrich is: "Even
of truth one-half is falsehood." One
column bears the title, "What Would
S. H. D. Say to It?" S. 11. D. stands
for Sir Humphrey Davy, and he is
taken as the model of all human be
ings, the yardstick u ith which every
thing is measured.
Certain kinds of news are printed
with a commentary in this column.
For example: "At a banquet at Birm
ingham Lord Salisbury declared that
the situation of the Armenians was
such that demanded serious consider
ation.
"S. H. D. would say: "The con
sideration only becomes serious by
Lord Salisbury's calling it so. There
may be less in the matter than one
would expect.'"
Another columu bear 3 the head,
"The Demented of To-Morrow."
Under it all important political news
is commented upon and corrected.
The corrections of the Ostrich are
considered sound.
"How Does This Concern Me?" is
the head of a third department, in
which all the news from foreign coun
tries is grouped.
Under the head "We Do Not Be
lieve in It," all accidents, shipwrecks,
earthquakes, murders, famiues, etc.,
are colleoted. The Ostrich does not
believe in such things, and in print
ing this class of news deprives it of
all shocking features. For instance,
a doublo murder, the result of delirium
tremens, bears the harmless title.
"More Milk," conveying the idea that
the murderer needed more milk than
brandy. The report that a member of
| Parliament fell from his horse and
I broke his leg is headed "At Lawn
j Tennis," and it begins: "At lawn ten-
I nis it could never have happened th&t
Sir Bobert Harconrt, member of Par
liament for Dunbar, would fall from
his horse," etc. A flood is called
| "surplus water," a famine is referred
| to as "a general frugality," in a rail
■ way collision twenty persons are
j "cancelled," a train is not derailed,
but "glides from the track," and in
[ the South 110 yellow fever breaks out.
| but a "yellowish" one. A building
burns down and of 400 persons 277
perish. The Ostrich doesn't mention
them, but says, "Not less than 123
were saved."
Very sad news is printed in the
smallest type, so the experienced
reader is warned. No unpleasant de
tails are given. After a mere state
ment, the paragraph ends with "Con
j tinuation on page 13." There is no
thirteenth page.
The man who has invented this
peculiar newspaper is JohnGillis. He
was a school teacher, published some
essays, and then became a journalist.
He studied the population of London
and Bristol and gradually formed his
opinion of what sort of a newspaper
would be appropriate for their health,
doing it from purely humanitarian
motives.
Tho paper is a favorite all along the
roast. The words printed in heavy
type were popular from the begin
ning. Children learned to read tho
couspiouous words for thomselves and
tho mothers were rejoiced that their
little ones learned first of all to read
of joy, of happiness and beauty.
Two Narrow Buildings.
Philadelphia may not be able to
boast tho tallest buildings in the world,
but she surely has her share in the
narrowest. On the corner of Chest
nut and American streets is located a
building that at first glance would
seem to refleot seriously on tho sanity
of the projector, but the multitude of
prosperous tenants form a monument
to the fiuaucial shrewdness of the
owners. From outside to outside of
the walls the structure is exactly five
feet wide. It is 150 feet deep, and
there are four stories. Every room in
it is occupied by a shop of some kind
or by families, who seem to be con
tented with their lot. The walls are
over one foot thick, and this leaves
less than one yard for the inside
space. Therefore, it is a physical im
possibility for the tenants to occupy
a full-sized bed. If they desire to
sleep it must be on a cot, and tho
slooper oxtenJS his body from north
to south. Among the numerous in
dustries in this contracted building
area tailor shop, a restaurant, apriu£
ing office, n sign-painting establish
ment and a cigar store. Another nar
row building is at Market and Lctitia
streets. It is five stories high, and
sit feet three inches wide. In its
original state this building was
feet wider than at present, but a city
improvement cut it down to the
present size.-—Philadelphia Becord.
Marly In tho rleltl.
Clareuco B. Martin, of Battery A,
Missouri Volunteers, First Army
Corps, has begun the publication of a
newspaper at Guyama, Porto Kico. In
hi 3 introductory editorial Mr. Martin
says his editorial staff is completed
with one exception, a circulation
swearer. The paper is called the Porto
Bico Pioneer Press.