Freeiand Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. LimM OFFICE: MAts STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FHEELAND, FA. SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year $1.50 oix Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Tho date which the subscription is paid to l on the address label of each papor, the ohange of which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advunce of the present date, He port promptly to this ofliee whenever paper Is not received. Arreiirages must be paid When subscription is discontinued. Make all mon>y orders, checks, etc.,payable to the Tribune printing Company, Limited. The "voice of the people" oc casionally goes wrong when it speaks in French. The Spanish are among the most charitable people on earth. Without a poor tax, Spanish communities of 50,000 self-supporters feed a pauper population of 5000 or more. Six thousand acres of land opposite St. Louis, Mo., that only a lew years ago was a marshy body of water called Big Lake was drained and reclaimed, and is now according to the St Louis ! Globe-Democrat, the banner cornfield j of America, with a productivity of one hundred bushels to the acre. The automobile will certainly bring about great changes among all sorts aud conditions of men. The machine is but in its infancy now, it may bo called a mere baby in comparison with what invention and progress will make it. In our rural districts it is a great curiosity now, but before many years have passed away a horse in these same districts will be a far greater curiosity thau an automobile. Croquet "as moderuly played," to use the picturesque words of one of its most eminent practitioners, is un doubtedly a game of many and high merits, and just why the very mention of it is sufficient to make the average worldling smile with a contempt not the more kind because it tries to bo tolerant is a question not easy to answer. As between golf aud croquet, any disinterested observer—that is any observer who, without the help of experience in either, should try to compare them—would almost inevita bly declare that croquet "had more to ] it" than golf, gave more opportunity j for the display of intelligence aud skill, developed more directly the joys of battle, aud in a dozen other ways | was the better game. A remarkable work is being done by A young mau in Chicago, and the recital of it may be an inspiration to others. Mouroe F. Clark is his name, and he is a full-blooded negro, 23 years old. He went to Chicago from Kentucky iu the world's fan year, with no money, but with a fairly good education for one of his meagre opportunities, and with good morals and ambition. He became a newsboy, and his attention to business and his I thrift soon enabled him to buy a ! horse and wagon to use in his growing I news business. Now he owns and uses eight carts and horses, and has a j smart trap in which to drive around, j He owns real estate in the city worth some thousands of dollars, and also ! 160 acres of land in Kentucky. Clark ! is also a philanthropist in a small way. 1 Three years ago he established a home for his newsboys, now numbering 50, the great majority of them negroes. He couldn't bear, he says, to see the little fellows "goiug straight to the reformatory and to the penitentiary," so he renovated a rente I barn, and provides their board, lodging, and recreation. He is ambitious now to build a good house for his boys. lie has the money, and is only waiting to secure the right piece of ground. "It eats up a good deal of my profits," he says. "It costs me more to feed and clothe these boys aud send tliem to school in winter thau it would to hire them and let them shift for them selves. Hut I'm not very hungry for money—never was." From Hid Point of View. "I understand that there are some firms that give a young employe a raise of salary when he marries," she said. "It is a strange fact," replied the cynical bachelor, "that there are men so constituted that they enjoy encour aging other men to get into trouble." She Knew Wliat That Meant. Little Helen—Boo-hoo! I don't want to take that nasty, bitter stuff. Her Mamma—But how do you know It's nasty and bitter? You haven't tasted It. Little Helen —You said It would be good for me,—Stray Stories, HOW WE LEARN. Great truths ar doarly bought. The com mon truth. Such as men give and take from day to day, Comes in the common walk of easy life. Blown by the careless wind, across our way. Great truths are greatly won, not found by chance, Nor wafted on the breath of summer But grasped iu the great struggle of the soul, Hard buffeting with adverse wind and stream. 1 THE IRON OF REMORSE. I $ B A Story of the In dian Trail. • <f> § 1 By QWervdolerv OVertorv. w j"\ nEYER is it well to KM A be too sure what iiA I\\ you would do un fi \\ del- given circum \ stances, until you have tried and JIII found out. A jjlpi course of action ill ill which you know to |l|f he absolutely for eign to every in stinct within you —w hen you sit down to reason about it, after the manner of the age— may he the very one you will follow when there is no time for reason. If any one had told Mackworth that un der fire he would he a coward, Mack worth would have knocked the in formant down then and there, and have rellected upon tho danger to his commission afterward. Mackworth had been graduated, too, but being a right minded boy, he remembered that it was to Horatius that tho molted image was made, and not to the fellow who built the bridge; so he very properly chose the cavalry, and heaven rewarded him by sending him straight to tho frontier. And this was in the days when there was a frontier; when men endured discom forts that they sigh to know again, as none ever sigh for the luxuries of the past; when the Apache and the Chiri cahua wore in the laud, aud still struggling to be masters of it; and when a woman was truly a blessing of the gods, and might, even under dis advantages, have hor pick of the de partment. But as there is 110 woman in all this, that is irrelevant. Except after the manner of cadets —which is not to be taken seriously— Mackworth had not let women enter into his scheme of existence. His ideals were of another sort, just then. Ho was young and full oi belief and things, and he thought that the way to win the approval of the War De partment and the gratitude of Uis country was to avoid wire pulling, and to kill Indians. Therefore he rejoiced greatly when, after only six weeks of liis thoroughly undesiruble garrison, Chatto took the Chiricahuas on the warpath, and he was ordered out in tho field. Ho had had his kit all rolled in a rubber poncho, and his mess-chest pretty well stocked for the whole of the six weeks. Ho believed that a soldier should he always in readiness. He believed so many things then— though, before long the bottom fell out of his universe, and ho was filled with an enduring skepticism. And this was how it came about: The first time he was under fire was when they were caught at rather a disadvantage among the pines in the Mogollous. The light began about dusk and lasted well into the night. It may have been the result of some bugaboo stories of his babyhood, which had fostered au unconquerable fear of the dark; it may have been some lurk ing instinct, or it may have been just blue fnnk which overcame him. Any way, he hid behind a bowlder,crouched And cowered there, trembling so that his carbine fell from his hands. And Morley, his captain, found him so. "What are you doing?" he de manded. He was an Irishman and a soldier of the old school, but he did not swear. Mackworth knew, from that, how had it was. He scrambled up and babbled. "Get out of there," the captain said, ne would have used a better tone to one of the troop curs. Mackworth felt for his carbine and got out, staggering, hut no longer afraicl only ashamed—sickeniugly ashamed—beyond all endurance. He tried hard to get himself killed after thai. He walked up and down in front of his men, giving orders and smoking cigarettes, and doing his best to serve as a target. The captain Watched him and bogan to understand. His frown relaxed. "You'd better get under cover," he suggested; "you are taking needless risks." Mack- Worth looked at him with wide, blank eyes, and did not answer. His face was not only white now, it was gray and set, like the face of a corpse. Motley's heart softened. "It's only a baby, anyway," he said to himself, "and it is unhappy out of all propor tion." And presently he went to hiin again. "Will yon get under cover, Muckworth?" he insisted. "No," said the lieutenant, "I won't." 'The captain swore now, fierco oaths and loud. "I order you hack under cover, sir." Mackworth glanced at him and went on smoking. Morley did not fancy his own position, arguing withngreeu boy, fully exposed to an invisible enemy, lie knew that wasting officers is pretty, but is not war. "I shall order you to the rear under arrest, unless you get back there with the men immediately." Mackworth retired, with a look at his superior for which he should have been conrt-martialed. After that the icont went the way of most scouts, be- But In the day of conflict, fear and grief, ' When the strong hand of God, put forth in migbt, Flows up the subsoil of the stagnant heart, And brings the imprisoned truth-seed to tho light. Wrung from the troubled spirit, in hard hours Of weakness, solitude, perchance of pain, Truth springs like harvest from tLe well plowed field, And tho soul feels it has not wopt in vain. ing a chase of the intangible, up mountain ranges, when you pulled your horse after you; down them, when he slid atop of you; across mal pais and desert, from the level of the mesquite and the greasewood to that of the piue and the manzanita. Chat to's band was at the north, to the south, to the east and west; but when the troops got to the spot, after forced marching, there was nothing. It went on for two mouths; and all the while Mackworth's despondency grow. The weight of years was upon his yet barely squarred shoulders, the troubles of a life-time were writ upon his fuce. And it was a pitiably young face, despite the growth of yellow beard. He would not be comforted. He was silent and morose. He would not lift up his beautiful baritone in song, be the camp never so dull. Only bis captain knew why, of course—and be didn't tell. Neither did be attempt consolation. He thought the remorse healthful, aud be knew, besides, that in such cases a man has to work out his own conclusions and salvation. This is the way Maokworth eventually tried to work out his. There came one day a runner from the hostiles—a dish-faced, straight locked creature of sinews—who spoke through the White Mountain inter preter of tho troops and said that his chief was ready to go back to the res ervation, but that he must go upon his own terms. And the chief stipu lated, moreover that one white man one, alone aud unguarded—should go to the hostile camp and discuss those terms. If a force attempted to come he would retreat with his braves and stay out all winter.! Morley made answer that he bad no fear of the chief staying out all winter among tho mountains when the agency was so comfortable, but that if he did the white mau could stand it as long as could he. Moreover, he said that none of his soldiers had any intention whatever of walking into a death-trap of the sort. Then Mnckwortli spoke up. "I have," he said. "Get out," said the captain, incred ulously. "I mean what I say," said Mack worth, "aud I shall consider your per mission to go the greatest and the only favor you can do me. Something may be effected by it." "Your death, that's all; and a little preliminary torture." The lieutenant shrugged his shoul ders. "Shall you let me go?" he in sisted. "Not by along sight." "I wish to go, Captain Morley." Morley considered, and he decided that it might not be wise to rofuse. There was no kuowing just what the set-faced boy migbt do. So they par leyed together for a time, then Mack worth mounted his horse and went. He did not expoct to come back, and the ofllcers aud men did not expect to see him again. They watched him go off into the distance of the plain, toward the mountains, following the hostile, who swung on at the long, untiring dog-trot. After four hours they came to the mouth of a narrow canon. The run ner had given no sign or sound, and the fixed look had not gone from Mackworth's face. Well within the canon the hostiles were in camp. Thoy had hobbled their lean little ponies, the squaws were, gathering wood, and the bucks were squatting upon the ground or playing monte with cards of painted hide, around a cow-skin spread undor a cedar tree. Four of them rose aud slouched for ward. There was a prolonged scrutiny upon both sides. The chief waited for Mackworth to begin; but the whito man's instincts were good. He beat the sullenly silent redskin at his own game, anil iu the end the chief spoke. The runner displayed for the first time his understanding, and interpreted. Mackworth made answer with de cision, offsetting his own terms. The bucks scowled, and the chief began to argue. The white man, with the nnllinchiug eyes, would not compro mise. "Tell him," Mackworth said, "that this is my will. If he will not do this, Igo back to tho soldiers and we follow you and kill you all, mau and woman." The face of the chief grew black, a growl rose from the crowding bucks, and the watching squaws began to chatter in voices sweet as the tinkle of glass bolls. The chief stepped suddenly forward and caught the bridle above the curb shanks. Not so mncli as an eyelash of the stern, white, young face quivered, aud the heart of the red man was filled with admiration. One movement of fear would have cost Mackworth his life then; but he was not afraid, not though he knew that torture might await him. He sat looking coolly down at the lowering, cruel faceß. The chief turned and spoke to the bucks, and there was a growl of protest; the squaws joined with a shrill little chorus Bcream. But the chief flung away the bridle, with a force which made the horse back. "He do same you say. He go back to reservation to-day. He say you ukishee quick," said the interpreter. Mackworth turned deliberately and ukisheed, with no show of haste and without a backward look. Ho reported his success and went to his tent. His look of stolid wretch edness was unchauged. Morley be gan to be nervous. He went to the tent himself and found the lieutenant writing a letter by lantern-light. It was not a normal opportunity to take for that, so the captain, being filled with misgivings, trumped up an errand and sent him off on it. Then he looked at the letter. It was to Mack worth's mother. Morley did not read it, but he guessed the whole thing in a flash. He took up Mackworth's car bine and slid it under the tent-flags into the outer darkness. Also he broke the Colt's, which had been thrown down upon tlie bedding, aud put the cartridges in his pocket. Then he replaced it in the holster, and going out picked up the carbine and hid it in the brush. After the camp was all asleep and Morley snoring loudly across the tent, Mackworth groped under his pillow and brought out the revolver. He cocked it and waited a moment; then he placed the barrel well in his mouth and pulled the trigger once—and then again and again. At first call for reveille Morley awoke. Mackworth was already up, aud turning he studied his captain's face with the faintest aud most unwill ing of smiles twitching the corners ol his mouth under the beard. It was the most natural and healthy look his face had worn in weeks. "Well?" said Morley. "Well," answered Mackworth, "I should like my carbine and the loads of my Colt's, please." Morley's face broke into a broad grin. "Will you be good if I let you have them?" he asked. "I'll be good," promised the lieu tenant.—San Francisco Argonaut. Short Cl)*ts 011 Advertising* The local weekly is the best med ium for the local merchant. It is easier to write au "original" advertisement than a good one. Local topics, deftly touched, are likely to gain regular readers for any advertising. The successful advertisers are known more by their method than by the amount they spend. Don't be tedious in your advertis ing talk. Better leave a little to be said to-morrow than to be tiresome to-day. No one person in Ave thousand reads au advertisement twice. You must impress with the first reading or the effect will be the last. The hardest thing in adwriting is to write a plain, common sense, every day talk. It seems easy to write thiß kind of an ad., but when one attempts to co it be soon learns how difficult it is. The advertiser must keep the fact in mind that it is very easy to fall out of the prooession and get lost. Let any man retire to some place and keep his friends in ignorance of his whore abouts, and within three months they will have ceased to think of him or speak of him. Advertising is a great deal like eat ing. You can not eat a very large meal and expeot to go without eating again for the next week or ten days; neither can yon advertise successfully by using a medium one issue and then dropping out of sight three or fonr issues. Advertising is not a "gamble," nor is it a "speculation." There is no more risk in it than in "keeping store," or manufacturing plows or harrows, or clothes, or sending men on the road, or the thousand and one other things that every business man does for the furthering of his bus ness. Advertising is as recognized a branch of business as the buying or manufacturing of goods. AVhen one neglects it, or mismanages it, he is as the man who buys injudiciously, or as one who manufactures unsalable wares. .lust as the merchant studies his goods and learns where and how to bay to best advantage, so it is his duty if he would succeed to learn what advertising means and use printers' ink carefully. How to Walt. Onr English proverb says that "Everything oomes to him who waits;" but the French saying reads with ad ditional words, "Everything comes to him who knows how to wait." And according to psychology, whioh is fast becoming an exact science, thanks to at least one American, Professor Will iam James, of Harvard, this addition is most important. Common-sense should teach us that no matter how much we may desiro a thing wo will never attain it so long as we are recon ciled to u rocking-ohair philosophy of life and continue to sit in resigned ex pectancy. Whenever we sincerely wish to obtain an end we, uncon sciously perhaps, bend our actions to the attainment of that result. In this connection our distinguished com patriot says: "Whatever determines attention determines action." It may bo years before the wish is au ac complished fact, and we may be much occupied with other inure pressing matter, nevertheless sooner or later it arrives. A perfeotly honest retro spection of ono's own life will be am ple verification of this fact. The way to hasten the coming is to use all spare moments in wisely directing our thoughts and onergy to the louged-for object.—Harper's Bazur. HOUSEHOLD At-FAIRS. Pear Meringue. Divide the pears in halves, remove the cores and stems and steam them until tender; then put them in a bak ing dish, put a little preserved ginger into each pear, add a little lemon juice and sugar, and cover the top with a meringue made of the beaten whites of three eggs and three tablespooufuls of powdered sugar. Bake in a quick oven until a light brown. Chocolate Gingerbread. Mix in a large bowl one cupful of mo lasses, half a cupful of sour milk or cream, one teaspoonful of ginger; one of cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of salt. Dissolve one teaspoonful of soda in a teaspoonful of cold water; add this aud two tablespoonfuls of melted butter to the mixture. Now stir in two cupfuls of sifted flour, and finally add two ounces of good powdered chocolate and one tablespoouful of butter, melted together. Pour the mixture into three well buttered deep tin plates, and bako in a moderately hot oven for about twenty minutes. Boiling Starch. "More starching is a failure from the starch being half cooked than fror any other cause," said a capable housowife who was complimented or tbo perfection of the starched good? that came up from her laundry. "/ make it a rule to have the etarcr boiled steadily an hour before it is strained. After this somo of it is thinned to the proper condition for dresses, shirt waists and other pieces that require light starching." Starch that is not boiled enough will stick to the iron. If starch is not strained there will be uneven places in it. It is very little trouble to boil starch. It needs to bo stirred a few times after it begins to boil. Stretch a triangular bag across a pail and pour the starch through it. It will nearly all soon drip through, and it requires very little squeezing to press the re mainder through. There is always some starch left in the strainer that cannot be used. It saves time to skim off the film that gathers over starch that has been boiled for a considerable length of time. Nut and Apple Salads. A salad suitable for the season is made of nuts, apples and celery. Cut the apples iu thiu slices, shell aud boil the chestnuts fifteen minutes, or until soft; drain, and when cool cut the chestnuts aud celery in slices. Moisten with a part of the dressing and put iu a salad bowl, with the remainder of the dressing on top. Garnish with celery tips. The dressing is made by creaming one-fourth of a cupful of but ter, seasoning it with one-half tea spoonful of mustard and one salt spoonfnl of paprika. Add the beateu yolks of two eggs and one-fourth of a cupful of vinegar, winch must be hot. Cook this over boiling water until very thick, stirring often. Whip one half pint of cream aud add it to the cold dressing just before serving. A chicken and walnut salad is made by adding to au ordinary salad a couple of dozen English walnuts which have been parboiled and skinued. In boil ing the nuts a slice of onion, a sprig of parsley aud a little of the chicken liquor should be added to the water. When the skins have been removed add the nuts to the chicken salad, gar nish with celery and cover with mayon naise dressing. Hoiiacltolri llint*. Breathing the fumes of turpentine or carbolic acid will relieve whooping cough. Green cucumber parings strewn arouud the kitchen aud cupboards will put an end to roaches. Rub acetic acid well into a slimy r ponge and then rinse in several lots of warm water and it will be as good as new. Fresh eggs sink when put in water. Bad ones float. Those that are neither real fresh nor thoroughly bad act suspiciously. Bits of'silk or woolen cut into strips and sewed together hit or miss, or in solid colors, can be sent to the weav ers to returu as portieres or rugs. Mayonnaise made by stirring olive oil into the beaten yolks of eggs will never "turn" if the oil has been placed on ico for some time before using it. The common moth will not approach red popper, nor those shiuy, silvery pests that frequent damp places, but the more formidable buffalo bug isnct to be affrighted by either. Charcoal is a useful article about the house aud can be used to great sanitary benefit. A piece of it should always be left in the ice-box, aud in the pantry, as it will absorb all ob jectionable odors. Keep a little package of absorbent cotton in one of the sideboard drawers. If oil, milk or cream is spilled 011 a woolen dress or coat a bit of the cot ton instantly applied will remove all traces of the stains. If whipped cream is wanted quickly, and no churn or egg boater is at band, have the cream very cold, put in a cold glass fruit jar, with an airtight cover. Half till the jar with the cream, fasten the cover tightly, aud shake the jar vigorously. Camphor, if applied thoroughly, will kill mothfc iu carpets. The safest way to do is to take :ut the tacks, turn back aud wash the baseboard in strong camphor water. Replace, saturate a towel with the solution, lay on the edge of the carpet aud press with a very hot iron. If a child needs nourishment, one of the simplest forms in which it cau be taken is by the raw whites of eggs. These are nutritious aud easily di gested. The white is broken into a jar with what miik is desired and the two shaken thoroughly together. A pinch of salt may be added before drinking, if preferred. $ NEWS AND NOTES! I FOR WOMEN. | itroochcH For tle Hair. Brooches for holding up the strag gling hairs at tho back are growing more and more elaborate. A pretty one for evening wear is a five-petal flower form of opals surrounded by diamonds meeting in the centre, with one diamond of larger size. A tiny Rtem and bud, diamond incrusted, adds to tho suggestion of flower form. Queen Victoria's Usual Garb. The Qufeen is simply attired in a black dress, not always of silk, and wears a widow's cap with small lap pets at the back, her silver hair plain ly brushed on either side her temples. Upon her fingers are plain memorial rings, and she invaribly wears a brace let having the portrait of her latest grandchild or great-grandclild placed in it as a medalion. The Queen al ways has a handkerchief bordered with lace resting in her hands as they lie folded in her lap, the survival of an ancient fashion. Honor to n French Woman. In the list of the Chaucellerie of tho Legion of Honor appears the name of Juliette Dodu, the ouly woman who has been awarded the Cross of tho Legion in addition to the military modal. In 1870 Juliette Dodu was a telegraphic clerk at Pithiviers and on the Germans taking possession of that place during the Franco-German war a message was given to her to send to Prince Charles Frederick. Realizing that this meant disaster to a portion of the French Army, she tore up the message instead of sending it, aud for this act was condemned to be shot. However, when the Prince arrived, she was released and complimented on her courage, for lior daring act had saved a whole French Army Corps. Fur Wet Weather Wear. Dark blue aud gray will be popular for mackintoshes, but drab is about the smartest color, after all. Perhaps this color is a trifle loud, but Fashion says it is all right, aud that, to most most people's minds, settles the af fair absolutely, though oue must sa that personal appearance aud goon taste should have at least equal weight with being up to tho latest mode. This sac will never be improved upon for this garment. It is a good idea to have epaulettes on the shoulders, and a cape collar, from which the water runs off easily, but if the sao hangs out in a pleat at tho back, it accom plishes this. Walking in the rain with the wet trickling off one's mack intosh and getting iuto one's boots, to say nothing of spoiling one's shirt, is an exceedingly tiresome process. "Mother." One of the first words that a baby I says is mamma, or mother, and it is not strange, therefore, to flud it one | of the first aud simplest words in | every language. There is no word ' easier for a child to say than "ma," j unlees it be "pa." In Hebrew and i Arabic mother is "em" and "am;" it is "mam" in Welsh and "rnoder" in Anglo-Saxon. In other languages it ] is slightly different, but near enough like our own word "mother" to make it an almost universal word, so that a | child crying in any language could be | understood iu almost any other lan guage. Here are a few of the names: Madr in Persian; Matr in Sanscrit; Meter in Greek; Mater iu Latin; Madre in Spanish; Mero in French; Moder in Swedish; Moder in Danish; Moder iu Dutch; Mutter in Germau; Mate in Russian; Mathair in Celtic, How to Dross Your Ilair. All the latest hair-dressing shows that the Pompadour is to be the fash ion for tho winder season. To arrange the hair after this style, divide the front part into three pieces, combing the hnirforward, aud then turn it back to the crown of the head. The hair should be slightly waved. For the new hats, and also for every day occasions, have the hair coiled high ou the head in a figure eight, I with tho top raised to bo like a loop. The front iu Pompadour, aud at the back of the coil or twist put iu a Poin i padour comb to keep the twist above the crown of the head. This style of hair-dressing is suitable for women of from twenty to forty-five years of age. | Elderly women generally wear their hair nigh on the head, hut below the crown. The front is parted and ar ranged in soft waves that are drawn down over tho forehead, giving a more softened look. lor young girls there are two styles of hair-dressing. One way is to part the hair iu front, tor-ll it at the sides, and to arrange it low iu the neck at tho back. This is particularly pretty for curly hair, as the knot at the back of the neck is very becoming. Y'onng girls also wear their hair iu Pompadour with a bow on the top of the head, the ends braided and turned up, and tied at the nape of the neck with another bow of ribbon. Some times the very end of the braid is put up back aud fastened under the bow ou the top of the head. All these methods of dressing the hair are the best styles for the coming season. Harper's Bazar. Women UA Practical Opticians. Despite its apparent fitness as a pro fession for woman, who is credited with quick perception, dexterity aud gentle touch—attributes necessary to success iu this particular calling op tics is practically shunned by her. In the entire State of New York there are but two women opticians, and New York Gity does not boast one. The maxim Nu number of women opticians in the United States does not exceed thirty. "One of the reasons why women do not appear to succeed is because they seem unable to master the mathema tics pertaining to optics," said an au thority upon the subject, who trains many pupils for the business. "In five years I have had but eight women students, and although all took a full course, only two have become success ful. The opportunities for entering the profession are limited, as there is no college or medical school where optics is taught. One can get the training and knowledge only from the customers themselves. It is neoessary to follow up quickly an idea conveyed in a patient's remark until clear de ductions are made. It is proverbially true that woman's perception and in tuitions are quicker than inon's, and there is nojreason why a quick, intel ligent woman of a mathematical turn of mind cannot succeed as an optician. "There is one woman in Charleston, South Carolina, who has had extraor dinary success as an optician. She studied here in New York under me. I am told by wholesale dealers in glasses that her orders are the heavi est of any individual optician doing business with them from the same town. "Ninety-eight per cent, of all eye troubles are due to refractive errors and not to disease, and, by the way, half of the few cases where the trouble is posterior, are incurable. So, you see, the optician's work is distinct from the oculist's, aud the training re quired is almos't entiroly to be had in active business. With a certain nat ural aptitude I see no good reason why women cannot succeed as opti cians. The business is certainly profit able and attractive."—New York Com mercial Advertiser. Feminine Chit Chnt. A Louisiana woman supports her self by raising mint. Women are not permitted to be photographed in China. Of the 4000 employes of the In terior Department at Washington 1000 are women. The wife of the fourth Emperor of China invented silk weaving and was worshiped in consequence. There are fifty-six deacouess insti tutions in tho world, comprising over 800 deaconesses and probationers. There are in Washington probably 3000 feminine employes in the depart ments, drawn from all parts of the laud. Tho landladies of Anu Harbor, Mich., aud the girl studeuts are mak ing a tight against the tobacco smoke of the college boys. A woman in Bradford, England, has invented n marvelous machine for the removal of wool from skins with the aid of electricity. - Tho clerk of the Supremo Court ol South Dakota is Miss Jessie Fuller. North Dakota is one of the North western States in which women have no votes. Mrs. Ellen S. Mussey, who has ob tained a high reputation as a practic ing lawyer at Washington, is conduct ing the Washington College of Law, principally for women students. A Non-Sentimental Club, with the motto "Woman should not wear her heart on her sleeve," has been organ ized in Denver, Col. Its origiuator is Mrs. Cowles, formerly Superin tendent of Publio Instruction. Lady Londonderry, who is con sidered one of the most beautiful women in England, prefers pearls to all other gems, aud seldom wears any thing else except diamonds, and these are almost always combined with pearls. In tho old Swedish university town of Upsala a special institution has been opened for educating young women as household help, lessons being given in cooking and other domestic labor, as well as nursing aud sanitary science. Lndy Roberts-Austen, the wife of Sir William Hoberts-Austen, chemist and assayer at the Royal British Mint, hns been appointed Chairman of tho Wonersh Parish Council for the ensuing year. This is said to be the first time a woman has been elected to a similar position in England. CILEIINIIIKB From the SIIOJIH. Wired satin ribbon bows for the hair in ail colors with aud without aigrettes. Many Spanish turbans having tho brims overlaid with glittering pail lettes. Many styles of bodice garnitures embellished with heavy appliques of silver spangles. White cashmere habit skirts show ing mauy rows of machine stitching above the hem. Many large girdles showing jet and steel headings, paillettes and variously colored jewels for winter wear. Entire gowns of plaited tissue ma terials in the brightest shades of red trimmed with black velvet and cream lace. Felt golf hats with gracefully curved Uriin and tam o'shanter crown surmounted by whole birds, quills or wings. Many novelties in quaint fichus having extremely long ends tastefully trimmed with application of lace or plaitings. Many corded taffetas with rows of hemstitching or other open effects variously arranged for waists and en tire gowns. Guimpe styles in dresses for young girls fashioned from the finest nain sook or organdie and elaborately trimmed with lace or embroidery. Many velvet, satin and silk stock collars fashioned with points either ut the side or in the back trimmed with rich real lace in white or cream.—Dry Goods Economist.
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