Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVEBY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TI3F. fRIEUNE PRINTING COMPANY, LilM OFFICE: MAIN SrKEur ABOVE CENTBE. FREELAND, FA. . SUBSCRIPTION KATES; One Year 81.50 •Six Months • Four Months 50 Two Months 25 The date which the subscription is paid to is on the address label of each paper, the change of which to u subse.iueut date be- j comes a receipt for remittance. Keep tha Ugures in advance of the present date. Re port promptly to this office whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. monty orders, checks, etc,,payable to the Tribum Frintinj Company, Limited. It is said that the Iveeley motor was worth to its inventor, during the last thirty years, five hundred thousand dollars in cash receipts. The inventor has died apparently without divulg ing the great and profitable secret of , his SUCCORS. Treasury statistics go to show that | during 1808 we exported about double the amount of our imports, and that I the balance of trade in our favor will pay the war bill, including the Philip pine item, with a tidy surplus left over. It is interesting to read that the light-draught gunboat Wilmington is to make an extended cruise through the interior of South America, using the three great river channels, the Orinoco, Amazon and La Plata. This is the purpose for which the Wilming ton and her sister gunboats were built, though they were diverted from it by the needs of the war. In the proceedings of the boards of education of New York and Chicago much attention has been given of late to the question as to whether married women should be permitted to remain as teachers in the public schools. In Chicago, where l)r. Andrews is now nuperintendent, he has expressed the opinion that "each application of a married woman should be decided on its merits," a statement which means that if she has a husband living and if who ought to be with him, it is her duty to stay there. In New York, however, the rule is hard and fast that married women cannot be employed in the public schools. The proposition of a local architect, says the Philadelphia Press, to con struct a playground on the roof of a public school building is an unusual proposition, thought not absolutely new. It is the adaptation on a large scale of an idea that has been worked out to perfection in the crowded tene ment districts cf every great city. If it. is possible to make a back yord for kite Hying and clothes-drying on the roof of a tenemeut, why is it not pos sible te create a playground space on the root of a school building? It is argued that it would tire the children to climb up to it. Such critics forget that thousands of children on rainy clays climb up to their rooms from basement playgrounds. The develop ment of the idea will be watched with interest. The experience of centuries has demonstrated that where a reasonably convenient harbor gives access to the great ocean highways of the world where there has been the intelligence to note its possibilities and enterprise to grasp the opportunity, there mari time commerce has invariably built up a splendid city. To such a city natur ally gravitate art, literature, science, wealth and luxury. No such city grows of its own accord. The great seaports of both ancient and modern days have owed their successful de velopment to the energy of their mer chants in establishing maritime inter course with the outside world. The harbor was but the fortuitous inci dent. Babylon, Carthage, Tyre, Alex ander, Ostia, Venice, Genoa, London, Marseilles, Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, Liverpool, and New York—all trace their prosperity to the intelligent and enterprising use of the facilities for maritime commerce with which nature had endowed them. Oo to Sleep Oood-Niitiirert. Now, one word of warning. Try to keep your face as reposeful as possible when sleeping. This is the time that nature repletes the waste of the day. And if you would be pretty you must help her. She cannot do it unassisted. If she wants to fill up tho tissues of the skin at night try to remember that when you go to sleep you must do so with a reposeful smile on your fare. •Verbatim. Pugnot—"Say, did you tell Hasklll that T was an inveterate liar?" Pax nit —"No." Pugnot—"Well, It's a good thing you didn't." Paxnit—"No, I Bald 'chronic.' "—New York World. | HOW WE HID THE NIHILIST. S fDy a riarine Engineer. •w TJT* < >W we came to \ §8 be let in for the job of hiding a "V- ill Nihilist, and briu?ing h 1 m ■5- '''>'J/fw 1 H!l hdy to Eng- Wif iSmt 1 1 ne> ; er £ cTJW m km "<v exaotly. 9 Sullice it to say that it caused rfrrj'jy my fellow-en gineers an-1 myself a period of great anxiety. Our steadier was loading at Odessa in October, 188.), and the Chief, the Fourth, and myself (I was acting as third engineer at the time) were ashore one evening, in a ship chandler's shop, in company with many other engineers of different steamers lying in the port. The pro prietor of this establishment (whom for the jmrpose of this tale I will call George Dimetri) was a man well known to seafarers trading to that part j of the world. I Several of those present, who know tho Greek better than I did, had re marked that lie seemed to be in a most uncomfortable mood that night, and ; he had evidently tcld them the cause of his troubles, for much whispering had been going on between the Eng lishmen. Our Chief, who appeared to he "in the know," later on proposed that we should go for a walk, in the course of which he explained that a certain Nihilist, who had been cap tured by the Russian Government, and sent to Odessa for transportation to Siberia, in one of the volunteer fleet, had escaped, and was actually at Dimetri's shop in hiding. We were told, further more, that Dimetri had bogged us Englishmen to get the man safely out of the country. The Chief asked our opinion on the matter; sounded us, in fact, and I, for one, was strongly against having auytliiug to do with the affair. I cannot say whether I was won over by the pitiful yarn that was spun about tho poor fellow's condition, or tho fact that it was understood that money was no object; sullied it to say, that at last wo three engineers con sented to smuggle this Nihilist to England. It had been decided that the representatives of those steamers in port should draw lots as to which one was to undertake the risk, for risk it undoubtedly was. We fully understood that to be caught aiding this man would bo a serious business for us. Well, our Chief lost the toss, aud we had to arrange tho matter as best we could. I may mention here that tho looks of the fugitive himself (we could never grasp his crack-jaw name, and so always referred to} him as "Him") were not i>y any means pre possessing, and so repelled was I when I first crawled into the hole un der Dimetri's roof, and was intro duced to the man as one ot his would be saviours, I could have recalled my decision there and then to aid aud abet his escape. You see, there's no getting away from facts. In fiction tho fugitive would bo a really noble looking fellow, possessed of every at tribute that commands one's admira tion. "Him," however, was fully six feet in heighT, with a shaggy head of hair, reminding one of the tradi tional pictures of poets; a beard that covered the whole of his chest, and had apparently never been trimmed, and a face that generally seemed never to have known the cleansing proper ties of soap. His clothes, which had evidently at one time been Dimetri's, and were ridicuously too smnll all round, by no means improved his ap pearance. Such were our first impres sions of our romantic hero. In dismay, we decided to leave "Him" where he was, for that night, at any rate, and hold a consultation with our second engineer, who was aboard tho ship, before doing anything further in the matter. Perhaps it would be as well to state here how matters stood in our steam er. The C was a new vessel, owned by a Greek firm, and flying the Greek flag. The whole of the crew, with the exception of the four engiu-1 eers, were Greeks, and we were put on board by the builders of the ma chinery, a well-known north-country firm, as their guarantee men. Now, four English engineer, all fellow-townsmen, and ail likely to bo employed on this same steamer for about six months only, and then to re turn to the same engine-shop together, were more than friends. As a fact, we were more like four brothers. There fore, when we told our second engin eer what had occurred, he readily ac quiesced, and we all four sat down in tho mess-room and worked tho prob lem out. I will not weary you with an epitome of the suggestions offered; let it suffice to say we decided that the best place to stow "Him" was in tho evaporator. Without diving into technicalities, let me say that the evaporator is a machine used in modern marine en gineering for making fresh water (in the form of vapor) by boiling Fait water. A powerful jet of steam is run through a series of coils. When tho dome is raised, these coils can be re moved. and then a cylindrical space is left, some six feet in height by three feet six inches in diameter. Of course, the machine can bo worked or left un used as required, all ingress of steam and water being regulated by valves. When we started work as usual next morning at seven o'clock, I got rnj men **> raise the dome within; wo then took out the coils, which, when clipped, I put carefully away iu the looker in the Chief's cabin. At dinner- I time tho Chief himself, who had been l ashore all the forenoon, came on board with a stranger. Believe me, I should never have recoguized the un couth, weird-looking "Him" in the person that now stepped aboard. Our Chief had evidently not wasted his time, for ho had taken a comb, a pair of scissors, and a razor ashore, and cut off all the Nihilist's superabundant hair. Much soap had evidently been used 011 the large person of "Him," and now ho really looked a smart fel low, arrayed in naval clothes. Old Mac, our beloved chief, had bought a Biiit of clothes from u very tall en gineer belonging to a Swedish ship lying close to us, and had equiijjjed "Him" in them. That evening, wiien the men had left work, and our steward, who was also a Greek, had gone, as usual, to gamble on the fore hatch, we took "Him" down into the engine-room, and silently placed him on the evaporator base, finally covering the dome over him. Next morning I didn't forget to explain to the stokers that I had had to lower 'the dome my self, as the Chief didn't like to see it haugiug in the slings all night. We next put in the bolts and fastened down the dome as if ready for use. No one would ever dream that the coils of the evaporator were not in the machine, their place having been taken by a stalwart Nihilist, whom we were kidnapping, so to speak, in this very extraordinary manner. This evaporator was fitted with a safety valve on top; this I took out, so as to give our captive fresh air. Through the hole food was also lowered to him, but we couldn't send down very large parcels because the hole was only thirteen inches in diameter. 11l the course of the day wo recoived a visit from the ltussiau police. They ■ had been to other ships also; and let me tell you they scurched our steamer from end to end almost as thoroughly as English Custom-house officers would do, but no one dreamt of look ing into the evaporator. I really thought we had got off very nicely when we sailed for Antwerp that night; but we soon found out that our troubles had only just begun. Of course, we had fully intended to liberate "Him" as soon as the ship | was fairly at sea; according to our calculations, he was then to be located in tho store-room, which, as it was only used by ourselves, would have made "Him" a comfortable home for the three weeks'run. The ship rolled so heavily, however, that the Chief would not allow us to raise tho dome; ho was afraid, and rightly so, too, that it would carry away and either smash something, or kill poor "Him" in its mad movements. But what were we to do with "Him?" We understood that he had been used to roughing it, and could stand pretty nearly anything. As a fact, he had to, whether he liked it or not, before he finished that journey, at all events. We passed as much food down to him as we could, and al though he didn't uuderstannd a word of English, we cheered him un con stantly. Forty hours' steaming brought us to the Bosphorns, and as we had to coal here, aud should be very busy ou deck, we pulled up the dome, and dragged poor "Him" out. 'Oh! what a sight ho was. Ho had beeu very seasick, poor wretch, while the heat had made him lose much flesh, even in that short time, so that his clothes liuug about him like sacks. I think our sense of pity at liis condition made us fairly wild at our folly iu leaving "Him" there so long; we really hadn't calculated on the heat of his prison, for you must re member that he was in a part of the engine itself. We batheil him, how ever, and changed his clothes as far as we could: wo fed him en beef-tea and arrowroot biscuits; walked him gently up and down the engine room door, and dually when we thought he was coming round a bit, we locked him up in the store-room, and went on deck to see that we were not robbed of coal by those rascally Turks. The usual bustle and excitement were at their height, when the stew ard ran up to me and said ho had been into the engine-room, and that a strage man was walking round examining everything. Could "Him" have got out, I won dered, crossly; "what a fool he must be thus to expose himself to danger." Hastily I told the Chief the news, and ran down to the engine-room to expostulate with "Him." You may judge of my amazement on seeing quite another individual caliniy walk ing the "staring platform," as though to the manner born. At lirst I thought be was a thief, but he politely informed me that he had booked a passage to Antwerp in this very boat, and he went on to apologize for going into the engine room without leave. I might, lie said, be quite sure that he was doing nothing wrong. The fellow evidently understood modern machinery, for he calmly asked me wbere the evaporator coils had got to. I was so thunder struck that I couldn't reply for the momont, for there was the evaporator dome still in the slings—you see, we had been so horrified at our charge's condition when we dragged him out, that wo forgot to put it down again. Noticing my embarrassment, he smiled and said: "So the bird lias flown, eh?" Without waiting for an answer, the strauger quickly ascended the engine-room ladder and was rowed ashore. I did not know what to i make of the affair. It was evident that "Him" had been betrayed, how ever. At any rate, I though we had got rid of our mysterious visitor pret ty easily, and I was complimenting myself on not being quite such a fool as he had evidently taken me for, when, to my dismay, on leaving the Golden Horn behind us, I saw the same man talking to the captain on on the poop. Evidently he had fcund out that no one had left our steamer at Constantinople, and so had hurried back, determined not to be baulked of his prey. Wo hold a hasty consultation as to what was to be done with "Him" under these very alarm ing circumstances. The " captain would undoubtedly search the engine room and stoke-holds, and, if found, put both "Him" and the Kussian officer, for such the polite sti-anger was, on to the first steamer we passed bound for Russia. "X'ut 'Him' in the evaporator again," said the Second. "What! and boil him to death?" said X, horrified. "Not at all," said No. 2. "We can run a jet of water over it, to keep it cool. The water will only wash the bilges out, and that they sadly uoed." "Good," said the Chief. "And we'll raise the dome every night when wo have an opportunity, and let 'Him' have a walk around." These plans were oarried out at once. "Him" protested violently, poor chap, but we thrust him into his ghastly tomb, with all the food we could lay our hands upon. It seemed partly like burying a man alive, and partly like thrusting him into an oven. All. went well till the mid-day watch next day, by whioh time we had left the mouth of the Dardanelles far be hind us. X fancy our captain didn't want to start the search till we were quite beyond the power of the Turks, who will do anything for Russia in a matter of this kind. About two o'clock in the afternoon the captain, aceompauied by the Rus sian, came to the engine-room door, and said he was about to search the whole place. I called the Chief, who was lying down just then, but before he could come to my assistance the Russian had got round the evaporator (I had shut oil' the water as soon as I saw them com ing) and, good heavens! I saw with beating heart and feeling of inde scribable horror he was going to open the steam valve on to the coals, and boil poor "Him" to death. I was about to shriek out, so great was my excitement, when a noise overhead attracted my attention. The Chief with magnificent presence of mind had dashed on to the boiler top and shut oft' the auxiliary valve, a thing which I had been told to do, but hud forgotten in the excitement. Quick as lightning, however, the Chief did it, and our poor, bottled-up fugitive was saved. The ltussiau police officer deliberately opened the valve, and then, turning round on me, laughed sardonically in my face. There was no longer any doubt in my mind that the whole of our plot had somehow been given awy to the Russian police. In his pride at hav ing, as he thought, baffled us, how ever, ho forgot to feel the dome to see if it were getting hot. I should say that the anxious look on my face had told its own tale. The officer at any rate had fairly done his work, for when he had kept me talking for some time, he said, bland ly, "Well, Mr. Engineer, you are now at liberty to have what is left of that fellow. Good afternoon." And walk ing out of the engine-room, he never troubled us again that run. Wo had a good laugh'at his expense, though, when, later on, wo again re stored "Him" to liberty. He was an awful wreck when wo lugged him out and made a nice bed in the waste locker, for we now wanted the evapora tor to do its own legitimate work. Our next port of call was Algiers, and we spent our spare time here in maturing a nice little surprise for our ltussiau enemy. We created a lino, stalwart looking man out of waste, using an old fire-bar for a backbone. This dummy was about the same build as "Him." We reach Algiers after dusk, too late to coal that night, [but the agent at once came on board with our let ters. Wo begged the loan of a boat, and then, lowering our dummy care fully into it, three of us jnmped in, and pulled quickly for the shore. But, as we intended, our spy saw us as we passed the stern of [the steamer, and we snw him running frantically to tho captain for a boat to be sent in pursuit. When close to the quay, we quietly dropped the dummy overboard, anil pulling round some coal-lighters glided swiftly back alongside our ship; we then climbed aboard and awaited the result. All night long that Russian searched Algiers for "Him," but of course in vain, and next day we saw the inde fatigable officer dragging the harbor. It had evidently leaked out that a man had been thrown from our boat. It was a good job for us, by the way, that the relations between France and Russia were not so cordial then as they are now, otherwise we might have had to bid good-bye to the good ship C at Algiers, and accompany our Russian back to Odesßa. The latter suddenly declined to. prooeed any farther on his eventful voyage to Antwerp, and we afterwards learned that the dragging operations were crowned with overwhelming suc cess during the evening, with the natural result that the Russian be came the laughing-stock of the entire oity. Putting into Bartsmonth for a further supply of fuel, we smuggled "Him" ashore, and the Chief and I were not sorry when his train left for the Metropolis. On arrival at Ant werp a letter was put into the Chief's hands; it contained no communica tion. but twelve £5 bank-notes, and I confess that my share came in very handy. But the most extraordinary part of the whole story I learned the follow ing year when again at Odessa. Poor "Him," it appeared, was, after all, a mere scapegoat for a far greater Nihilist than he—a "political" of high rank. "Him" was deliberately smuggled out of Odessa on board our ship, not so much because it was necessary that he himself should escape (though be certainly was very much wanted) as to throw the Xvussiau police off the track of the more im portant conspirator.—Wide World Magazine. COMMON SENSE_ON PUNCTUATION. A llatch of It,iles That Are In Accord With Modern Methods. "Whose punctuation doyou follow?" The answer is, our own. Unlike D'lsraeli's alleged "sensible men" who, when asked what their religion is, "nevei tell"—we are willing and glad to tell what our rule of punctua tion is. Here you have it in a few words; X. Never use a comma if "the way faring mnu, though a fool," can grasp the meaning of the text without it. 2. Nevei use a semicolon when a comma will serve the author and the reader as well. 3. Never use a colon when a semi colon will serve as well. 4. Wherever there is no climacteric effect to be preserved, out up your semicoloned and coloned sentence in to short sentences. 5. Use commas and periods as your standbys. 6. Use the semicolon chiefiy to bet ter express antithetis, and to group phrases and clauses. 7. Use the colon chiefiy in formal enumeration, after "viz.," "asfollows" and the like. 8. Use the dash to indicate an ab rupt break in the sentence, an after thought, and, in many instances where in olden times the parenthesis was UHed, to indicate that the words in cluded are parenthetically employed. 9. Use the parenthesis only when you find dashes are not sufficiently exclusive. 10. Ksver use braokets except where you in sAt some word of your own in a quotesfcu from some other author. 11. Never use an interrogation point except when your question is direct; e.g., it would be improper to use it after "girl" in this sentence: "He asked what ailed the girl." These are our rules to-day. To morrow, if we see any new light, we shall follow it. But we are not likely to stray away from the course above marked out. Punctuation, like sen tence-making, becomes second nature after awhile. In punctuation, as in sentence-making, we do well or ill as we sucoeed or fail in presenting our thought in fewest words. The words should be ohosen and arranged as to develop our meaning, our whole mean ing, and nothing but our meaning.— Midland Magazine. After tile Catccliiam. She—"Will you love me always." He—"Passionately, my darling." She —"And you will never cease to love me?" He—"Never, my darling." She—"And you will save your money?" He—"Every penny." She—"And you will never speak harshly to me?" He —"Never." She—"And you will give up all your bad habits?" He—"Every one of them." She—"And you will get along with mnmma?" He—"Yes." She—"And papa?" He—"Yes." She—"And you will always do just what mamma wants you to do?" He—"Y'es." She—"And just what papa wants you to do?" He—"Yes." She—"And just what I want you to do?" He—"Of course." She—"Well, I will be yours, but I fear I am making an awful mistake." —Tit-Bits. l'carla Made to Order. M. Boutin, of the Sorbouue, sinee the announcement of hie successful production of pearls in the Roscofif laboratory, has been inundated with letters from fashionable ladies who either want to know where they oan buy these artificial products or whether they should lose no time in disposing of valuable pearl ornaments. To the trade, however, M. Boutin's discovery causes little agitation, for the dealers well know that he lias merely done what has been for years a familiar trick with the heathen Chinee. A lit tle pellet of some foreign substance introduced between the shells of the oyster will in the course of a few weeks become coated with the beautiful iri descent material known as mother-of pearl. But the result is not a genuine pearl of any value, for that is a growth which only comes to perfection after a considerable lapse of time. Such a process of nature cannot bo hurried.— London Chronicle. Striking Contrail lotions, A great contrast will often be found to exist between authors and their works, melancholy writers being the most jocular in society usually, and humorists in theory the most lu gubrious mortals in practice. "The Comforts of Humau Life," by R. Heron, was written in prison under the most distressing circumstances. "The Miseries of Human Life," by Beresford, was, on the contrary, com posed in a drawing room where the author was surrounded by the best of everything, and Burton, the author of the "Anatomy of Melancholy," was extremely facetious in conversation. Eirae: ,sc-:;:: aeie(eie(etaeie3ie! 3taciem EWS AND NOTEsI FOR WOMEN. 1 aoK>ioie(6)e)OK)emsi:;G!ao(Gieiei^ The Style In Braiding. The military style of braiding and embroidery ia very popular for cloth coats. An Kmpress and Her Ob<*itr Specific. The Empress of Germany for some time has been using, as regular treat ment for obesity, tablets containing the active principle of the thyroid glands of sheep, which is a specific for this trouble. While she has succeed ed in reducing her weight, she has been suffering seriously in general health, is becoming nervous and is threatened with heart trouble. The Emperor, therefore, has induced her to stop using the remedy. A Tale of a Bonnet. Recently a lady of fashion received a visit from a country cousin, who came from a very out-of-the-way part of the world. "Goodness gracious, my dear!" ex claimed the lady, examining her visit or's bonnet. "Wherever did you man age to pick up such an antiquity?" "I had it made a week ago by the best modiste in the town." "Incredible! Why, it is at least twenty years since that shape was in fashion. You must corae with me to ray modiste, who will turn you out something worthy of you." On arriving at the modiste's the establishment was found to be full of people, and the new customer, leaving her bonnet in an outer room, went into an inner department to try on a new one. The headgear suggested suited her admirably. With a few touches it was perfection. The lady and her friend prepared to leave, when, lo and behold, the first bonnet was nowhere to be found. Search was.mado everywhere, till at last one of the head shopwomen, blushing up to the eyes, came forward and confessed with extreme regret that she had sold the bonnet for $25 to a lady who wished to purchase it on account of its shape, which she found all the more charming since she believed that it was quite new.— Trenton (N. J.) American. For Curling the Ilatr. Curling iron manufacturers wi'l not begin to believe it, but there are quite a few women left who curl their hair on hairpins or curl papers over night. That's all right as long as a woman's single, so the married ones assert, but they do say that this method won't do at all after a woman is married. Why? Because there is nothing that the average mau dislikes more than curl papers, unless it is the horns which appear after a woman has skew ered up her front hair on a lot of barbed-wire fence hairpins. An in ventive genius has made it possible for woman to do her hair up, as the overnight curling process is called, and at the same time "to enhance her beauty, if anything. This is done by the use of a set of hairpins and small rods and a few bits of baby ribbon. The hair ifi wound in and out on a hairpin and a piece of ribbon which has its two ends left out. When this is completed the two euds of ribbon are tied in a pretty little bow, the hairpin slipped out and there you are with your hair done up 011 ribbon. The rods are used to wave the hair in the much-desired pompadour style and there are other little instruments in the outfit which make the most natural curls on the forehead and neck. Think how much more comfortable, as well as becoming, to sleep with the hair done up on ribbon than on steel or wire. And then it is mere child's play to accomplish this, for the outfit is simple and perfect as well as inex pensive. TVluflfo of Old-Time Damps. Like many another article of dress, the muff was at first the exclusive property of the nobility, but when it appeared in Venice it was carried by women of the highest rank. The first Venetian muffs were very small, made of a single piece of velvet, brocade or silk, lined with fur, the openings fas tening with exquisite buttons of gold and silver enriched with precious stones. By 1662 the muff seems to have been recognized as a necessary ad junct of the wardrobe of a lady of fashion. In Evelyn's "Mundus Mu- Uebris," written at this time, num bers of gowns, "boddices," shoe buckles; of perfumed gloves, "jon quil, tube rose, frangipan, orange, violet, narcissus, jessamin, ambrett, and some of chicken skin for night to keep her hands plump, soft and white," are enumerated, and also "three muffs of ermine, sable, gray." At the time of the national convention in Paris the muffs were large and flat, fantastic as were all the fashions of that time. In colonial days in Amer ica they were also very large, but round. About 1830 the muffs were princi pally of chinchilla, of moderate size, and were often used with what would seem to us au incongruous combina tion of straw bonnets and thin slip pers. In an old "Dictionaire Amoureux" the muff is defined as a "letter box lined with white satiu."—The Cosmo politan. Woman's Advance. In the Woman's Journal the ad vancement of woman in fifty years is summed up by Colonel T, W. Higgin sou, and it is found that woman has very considerably assimilated herself to mauiu her education, employments, financial condition and social habits. No more is heard of the old argument that woman is unfitted for collegiate education. The old prejudice against girls' schools of high grade has van ished co-educatiou has gained wide acceptance in all parts of tlie country. In employments women have invaded man's sphere. They almost displaced men as teachers in the public schools of some cities. In library work, bookkeeping and type writing woman begins to hold the field, and there are very many lines of busi ness in which she is numerous. Our census reports show a perma nent change of habits iu the direction of substituting women for men in va rious occupations. As women have become bread-winners they have be come much more self-reliant than for merly. Women aro found to make good treasurers of societies. They now more frequently have au allow ance and keep bank books, even when uot bread-winners. The legal position of women as respects property has been greatly changed in their favor. The movement has, perhaps, gone too far in States where husbands are still liable for wives' debts, while wives are not liable for husbands' debts. Socially woman hafi held her own and taken something of man's cus toms. She has her clubs in some sections in great numbers. These have given great opportunity of work, study and mutual co-operation among women. They have accustomed wom en to leadership, to rules of order, and to business methods. Much of their work may bo thus far elemen tary and superficial, but this evil will cure itself.—Baltimore Sun. The n.iirtlrertftinc of To-Duy. It is sad to relate that on the whole this end of the century has nothing characteristic in the way of hair dress ing to show. Our great grand-chil dren will uever hark back to 1898, as we do in 1798, for some lovely style to adopt with a fancy dress or borrow an idea from us. Go to the theatre or opera if you like, for eveu bonnets are no longer de rigeur, and you will be sure to observe that the rule of head dressing is "go as you please." With three horizontally fixed rear puffs the hair ia well arranged for the street, though the majority of women prefer to roll up the length of their tresses in a heavy long lump aud fasten that us low as possible on the neck. With some women this bag of hair lies even out on the shoulders, and with a loug short-toothed comb, that crosses the base of the head behind the ears, everything is somehow made fast. These combs are nothing more than the old round pompadour combs put to a new use. One drawback to this headdress, as adopted by day, is that it can rarely be kept tidy; it is lu dicrous with the new lmts, and the natural hair grease rubs off on the sliouldera of the gown. In the even ing it is very pretty, for a mass ol blight, black, yellow or brown hair down on white shoulders is becoming to most women, while some of these combs are topped with brilliants, and at either end the jewels form a sort oi rosette, or two big glittering buttons behind the wearer's ears. Not a wisp of a bang is seen feathering out on any thoughtful white forehead, and only one new hair ornament is talked about. This is a little jeweled'chain about eighteen inches loug, haviug a fuschia in diamonds or a daisy at either end. The chain is meant to be woven among the coils of hair, and the flowers oi brilliants peep out at any poiut de sired. Over in Paris a number of these hair chains are worn. Some of them, draped over the coiffure, are punctuated with small jeweled flowers at evory inch, others consist of a chaiu of small curved gold bells that tinkle musically at every movement of the head they adorn.—New York Sun. Gossip. There are said to he 500 women who practice law in the United States. Lady Cook, formerly Miss Teunie Claflin, announces that she will be come a stockbroker in London. Queen Victoria has presented Mme. Albani with a very handsome crystal umbrella handle studded with dia monds. Mme. Algeria de Rayne Barrios, the widow of the late President of Guate mala, has arrived in San Francisco, where she will make her home. American women in Paris have sub scribed to present Paris with an eques trian statue of Washington by Mr. French. It will probably be erected in the Place d'Jera. Mrs. Anna B. Averill, of Chicago, has given $50,000 to the Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago. She has an nounced her wish that the money be an endowment for ten beds, which are to be used for men. The Czarina of Russia has become quite proficient in using her type writer. She can write fifty words a minute. The frame of the machine which she is using at present is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and the bars are of gold. The Rev. (Mrs.) Nellie Mann Op dale, of Racine, Wis., has been called to the pastorate of St. Paul's Univer salist Church, La Crosse, Wis. She has beeu an accepted preacher in tha Universalist denomination for a num ber of years. Sister Polycarpa Staigle, a nun ol the Order of St. Dominic, who has been made the postmistress of St. Joseph, a small village near Monti cello, is # thought to be the only woman belonging to au ecolesiastical order who occupies a post under the Gov ernment. The Woman's Institute in London has published a "Lexicon of Employ ments for Women," from which it ap pears that there are in England fe male cab and omnibus drivers, street porters, "walking posters," cattle dealers, auctioneers, and one locomo tive engineer. About three seoonds are occupied in transmitting a message from one end of the Atlantic cable to the other. This is about 700 miles a second.
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