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A new association lias been formed in Gem any for the cultivation of closer relatious with Brazil, aud as a result German enterprise in South America will surely be stimulated. From Alabama comes the report of the death of a distinguished lawyer caused by over exertion at golf. This may be regarded as the exception that proves the rule that golf ip a game in which one has enough and nut too much work to do. The automobile will not prove less interesting or less vivacious than the horse. It will never kick tho dash board into the ntmosphere or shy at a wind-blown newspaper, but it can got its lever jammed, run away, blow up its gasoline tank and catch fire' with bewilderiug cheerfulness on occasion. Views of men everywhere differ in many respe -ts as to extent aid the direction that public education should take, but all, or nearly all, will agree that if public education is to proceed further than providing facilities for a rudimentary English education it should be iu the direction of manual training. With a trade or a to.*huical knowledge iu some special line a man is always self-supporting, ami in near ly every case is sure of lucrative em ployment. There is a great or greater field for the achievements of fame or wealth in the mechanic arts as in the overcrowded, so-called learned pro fessions. A remarkable applicitiou of the principles of the telephone and the phonograph jointly is cluime 1 for a Danish engineer by Engineering. Ho has invented what is practically a phonograph which will take t lephono messages. Unlike the phonograph now in use, it has no wax plates, the impression being recorded on a steel baud which m iy be used an indefinite number of times, as tho records can be wiped off like writing off a slate. If this invention is practicable it will be a boon to the busy ollice man to whom there is no greater pest than his read it over aguin, after I have grown cold." "You will never make a success of literature unless you get over that, Alcott. AYiiat would a lawyer amount toil' lie could not tiro out a jury by repetition, or an actor, or, iu fact, any pro.cssiunal man? But authors seem to think tlu v can say a tiling once aud have tho win Id at their foot." I was glad to get away. The very thought of death disturbs me. It makes 1110 ask myself how long am I to live, and as I cannot seo myself, I torture my.i-if iu futile questionings of tile future. About a year later t mot Mr. King, the editor, on the street. "i had a strange dream, last night," ho said. "J thought I was dead, aud that you said you had known about it long ago. What do yon think of it?" He tried to smile, but I saw lie was scared. Death daunts all when looked at face to face. "I don't have much fnith in dreams," was my reply. "If you had failed in as mauy things as I have yon would welcome death as a change." One says these things to others but | they are falsehoods. I fear death. "I tried to s\>t you oil tho right road to succeed iu literature, but you wouldn't follow my advice." "How could I? Am Ito go on kill, ing people in fiction, and finding corpses behind doors, und marrying poor girls to rich men, and all that sort of hprror, just to amuse a lot of idle or weary mortals, and earn per haps two dollars a weekiu money? It's all very well for you editors, who have a regular salary, but for us outsiders, it's rough riding." "You little know of tho trials of an editor's life if you think you have all the bitterness of a literary career," retorted King, gloomily. "Between the practical joker who wants to get up a quarrel with any one, and the crank who is driven by a strange mad ness to 'pitch iu' to somebody all tho time, there is less peace and less sat isfaction iu editing than in any other profession in modern days. lam think ing of taking a sea voyage." I wished to warn him of the danger of snch a change, bnt could I say that his fate might bo escaped on land any better than at sea? "I've a good mind to go with you," I remarked. "Come on," he replied with alert ness. "As a writer you have your defects, a too caustio pen, but as a oompagnon do voyage I would choose none more desirable." It was somo months before wo started upon our travels, first to Mouth Africa, then to Australia. Mr, King enjoyed the best of health. I tried to believo I had deceivod my self. I resisted tho temptation to fly from his presence, to forsake hira, in spite of the dread which a coming death always excites in me. Wo reached San Francisco in safe ty. We started east across the con tinent. One evening as wo sat at dinner in tho dining car a gentleman ap proached us and asked me politely: "Is this Mr. King?" I pointed 'to my companion and reached for tho salad dish. "You are the editor of King's Monthly." "I am," replied Mr. King, with dignity, "the oditor-iu-ohief. We have a number of departments and each has its special editor." "Perhaps you can tell me why this story was declined?" He drew a rather bulky package from his coat pocket and oponod it beside the oditor's plate. "I have been away frcm the olfioe •marly r. year," began Mr. King, i'hen he stopped and looked at the manuscript more attentively. "Why, this is one of Mr. Kipling's stories." "It's a lie! I wrote it myhelf," ex claimed the stranger, suddenly dis playing great excitement. "You may have copied it. Yes, that is tho way of it." Mr. King tried to assume an air of genial humor, at the same time sig naling to mo to got assistance. We both recognized the crank whose in sanity takes the form of believing himself somo famous writer or of try ing to dispose of copies of published stories of celebrated authors as his own. But the madman suspected tho ed itor's intention and sprang Upon him, bending his head backward and aim ing at his throat with tho first knife his hand could got hold of. Before I could come to my friend's assistance all was over, aud tho assassin had es caped to tho oud of tho car. A chasm several hundred foot iu depth was be side the track hero, but into this he leaped with a cry of triumph at hav ing revenged himself upon his fancied enemy. WISE WORDS. Love constrains to consecration. Tact is not another name for trick ery. True love is the seoret of full conse cration. Death is darkness, because it leads to dawn. What yon are within, that you will bo without. The world-spoiler has no use for the steady toiler. Most men begin to snve after they have spent all. Practico what yon pray—particular ly at the ballot-box, Tho first thing you see in boiling water, is tho scum. Caro-not is a greater hiudranoe to success than cannot. Self forgetfulness is only acquired by remembering others. Songs of triumph are possible only to the sons of tribulation. Wo nro wielded by our wishes, rather than by our wisdom. The world is a vessel in whose hold tho fire is already burning. Some graves are move potent to por suude men than mauy pulpits. Your life will strike no higher note in public than it is keyod to in pri vate. When a man shows his goodness in his home, the chances are that good ness has it 3 homo in him. The worldly nro spending tho win ter of life in collecting scow-balls, forgetting that the summer comes.— Barn's Horn. Wonderful lutellectiinl Orat-p. "It is a constant wonder to me," said tho student of human nature, "to SGQ how quickly the minds of some men act. I mot a man the other even ing who had an intellectual grasp that was astounding. I mot him in ;lie hall just as lie was reaching for an umbrella. 'ls that your umbrella?* ho inquired. 'No,' I replied. 'ln that case,'£he answored, 'it's mine.'" —Argonaut. ; Not Up to the Times. This is such a fast ago that even the meteors are charged with being slow. —Sioux City (Iowa) Journal. | N EWS AND NOTES 1 H FOR WOMEN. I xete?;?* sotcsoieteioKstetoieteK l'iifihnrnto Ornsimen tntion. The evolution of style from severity to extreme elaboration and back again to plaiuuess can always be described in a wave-like motion. Starting somo two years ago with most severe tailor made plain costumes, we have ascend ed the acclivity until to-day the heap ing 011 of handicraft and trimmiugs has seemingly reached the uppermost limit. The New Skirt. The sheathlike skirt which fits the figure liko a glove is one which should be avoided by every woman with the slightest tendency to embonpoint. But the poor stout woman cries out in her perplexity, "What am I to do?" There is something else, a style which will just suit her, and which seem? to have \pjjen modelled es pecially for her. The modistes are clever enough to know that the stout woman is as much to be considered as the slim one, and with this object iu view has been designed a skirt which is built upon lines certain to appeal to the woman who continues taking on fiesk. This new and probably permanent wrinkle in skirt topography is intend ed for women whose form is such that a certain amount of drapery is essen tial. It is a skirt with a triple box plait, folded narrowly at the placket and flowing out wide and gracefully into the train, and promises to be a boon which will be eagerly welcomed by women of ample build.—New York Herald. Mr?. AlcKiiilcy'g Aversion to Yellow. Each mistress of the White House has had her favorite flower, except Mrs. who expresses little preference, except an aversion to yel low flowers and a great love for blue ones, iu which the President joins her. A largo bunch of flowers is cut from the conservatory every morning and sent to adorn the President's table, while others go to Mrs. MeKin ley's apartments. The plants that adorn the domestic part of the White House are frequently changed, to give her the benefit of the rare and beautiful variety that Alls the great conservatories. All of tho finest plants share her admiration, each for as long a time as it can stand to be kept from real hothouse atmosphere. Neither Mrs. MoKinley nor the President visits tho conservatories regularly, though before the busy days of the war v. ere thrust upon him they both loved tho care aud cultiva tion of plant life. Now the President has no time to watch the gentle un folding of nature placed for his pleas ure under the vast area under glass to the west of tho White House. —Wash- ington Slar. Pay of tin Army Nurse. For service in the United States a nurse receives S4O a month, which is $lO more than is paid by tho hospi tals which employ graduate nurses. The pay of a graduate serving iu tho operating rooms of a city hospital ranges from $25 to SOO per month, out of which she must, like the army nurse, supply her own wardrobe. The chief nurse in au army hospi tal corresponds to the superintendent of nurses in a civil hospital. Where leas than five nurses are serving un der tho chief nurse, she receives the same allowance as they. Where from fivo to ton are serving the chief nurse receives $lO a mouth more than the other nurses; where ten or more are serving, she receives $25 more than the others per month. For service iu Porto Itico, Cuba, the Hawaiian Is lands or the Philippines, nurses re ceive SSO per mouth instead of S4O, aud transportation to and from the United States when on leave of ab sence. The total leave of absence, with pay, does not exceed one month during the year—the time spent in traveling to aud from the United States not being counted. The hours of ward duty are usually twelve iu army service, aud, if the climate requires, the chief nurse may, with tho approval of the medical offi cer in charge, amend these to ton or eight hours.—Boston Budget. Linion? F or Former*' Daughter*. The girls on a farm should learn to miln as well as the boys, even if they are not expected to take a full share iu such work. In many countries milking is thought to bo essentially a woman's work, not only because it requires little physical strength when one is accustomed to it, but because girls generally are quieter, and do not got angry with the cow, aud be cause they are naturally neater and tho milk is cleaner. We believe tho farmer's daughters should know how to milk, and to harness and drive a horse. Occasions frequently come, perhaps iu cases of an accident,when it is very importaut that a woman should ride or drive a horse perhaps to the village for a physician, and to find her ignorant and helpless at such a time may cause the loss of a life, and a lifelong regret to her and to others. Wo know on many farms their education goes much farther than this, and that many girls aud young women can drive the team and manage the mowing machine, horse rake, seed drill, or other machinery on the farm as well as their brothers if they have any, and we know no good reason why they should not do so, as well as to ride a bicycle, if tliey will learn, though we do not care to advocate tho regular employment of women iu farm labor. But we have seen a woman, New England born and bred, who couul handle the scythe and pitchfork in the hay field, or the plow or hoe in cultivated fields,better than most men, and do it all day, too. Yet sho was as capable of doing good work in the houee or dairy room as she was out of fioora. We knmr a Germau iu western New York whose "boys were all girls," as he said. There were some half dozen of them, well educated, graduates of a high school in a neighboring city, accomp lished musicians, reCuedand ladylike, and yet any one of them could go into the harvest field and do a day's work that would compare iu amount or neatness with the best of farm hands. And they were also skilled in house work and dairy work.—American Cul tivator. Women Here und There. There are over 300 women dentists iu America. Frances Hodgson Burnett was born at Manchester, England, in 1819. Mrs. Dewey, the wife of our gallant Admiral, is about forty-three years old. Not six per cent, of all the women in America spend as much money as SSO per year on their clothes. Mrs. Ei Hung Chang has a more extensive wardrobe than any other woman. Her dresses number three thousand. It is announced that Miss Maud Gcmne, the Irish agitator, will soon return to the United States to work and speak for the Boers, John D. Kockefeller's private sec retary is a woman, Miss Harfis. She is said to be very clever, and she must be, for she can keep a secret. Dowager Queen Emma of Holland has contributed five hundred dollars to the Amsterdam Red Cross fund intended for the relief of wounded Boers. Mrs. Jefferson Davis is a good Greek scholar and her favorite read ing is among the classics of that lan guage, a volume of which she has al ways at hand. Miss Helen Gould's present attitude toward Mormonism is no new thing with her. Eevoral years ago she was a warm supporter of Kate Field iu a similar movement. The first woman doctor admitted to general practice in Germany by the authorities is a Berlin girl, Agues Nncker. It has taken the Prussian Cabinet two years to deoide her case. Mrs. John M. Thurston, the bride of the Nebraska Senator, is described as of medium height, graceful, with changeful dark gray eyes, occasionally Hashed with blue, perfect figure and mobile features. Rev. Bessie Velvick i 3 a young woman of about twenty-five and is iu charge of a Wesleyan chapel in Bethersden, England. She is very successful in her ministry, preaching weekly to largo crowds. It is said that the widow of General "Stonewall" Jackson is in sore straits financially and that [her health is very poor. She is now old and nearly blind. Her home is near the towh of Charlotte, N. 0. Some Englishwomen, grieved at the lack of rational amusements among the children of the present day, have formed themselves into t. body for visiting board school playgrounds iu order to teach children how to play. Tama, the Japanese wife of Sir Edwin Arnold, is said to look like a Parisienne. She speaks English fluently, but with a slight accent. Her letters show that she has been easily able to adapt Herself to Eng lish modes of thought aud expression. Now Fashion Fancies. Untrimmed dresses are now limited almost altogether to street gowns for morning wear. So mauy cheap imitation furs are used for the fur toaues that their career may be a short one. Adjustable guimpes, yokes, plas trons, rovers, and collars are made of guipure in Honitou, Venetian, or Flemish designs. It is quite the thing this season to have the underskirt of a costume made of lighter iuoteadof darker fabrio than the long overdress or rediugotc. One of the fads of youthful women this winter is that of wearing a very long round bou of cinnamon-bear fur, with a huge direct oire muff to match. Violets are very much worn, both real and artificial, and the latter sprayed with the perfume of Rhine violets are quite as sweet as the genu ine. The new variety of taffeta silk has the pilablo qualities of a soft foulard, while it is much heavier und more suitable for gowns than tho thinner kind. Tiny tucks Have taken a fresh lease of life, and upon the newest waists they are used diagonally, meeting in a point down tho middle of tho back and front. A rather striking costume worn by a young woman of fashion, is a black cloth skirt, a bright but rather a rose red cloth jaoket aud u white cloth waistcoat. The real Persian lamb, the beautiful and most lasting of all rich furs, the otter, and the oiunainon bear are ac counted the most fashionable of all the fnrs of the winter. T Graduated friuge is one of tho nov elties, and far more graceful than tho straight-around variety. It is long and short, formin ;■ broad jioints, and has a kuotted beading. A pretty shirt waist has three nar row box plaits on either side of the front, eueh covered with embroidery, and small tucks fill in tho centre of the back. A yoke in tho back is no longer considered indispensable and the prettiest are made without this ugly feature. A striking new girdle is in the form of a gold serpent, which is pinned a( tho waist and extends from one side to the other. A row of diamonds down the serpent's back and two large rubies for the eyes make tho ornament a brilliant sight. ! TALES DF PLDCK ! : AND ADVENTURE. | FIIIIIUKII Lee's Arrow Wound. IT his often been noticed that whenever General Fitzhugh Lee visits the White Honse he stops to have a chat with Captain Loef fler, who stauds guard at the Presi dent's private olfieo and the Cabinet room. This is geuerally attributed to Lee's pleasant way of treating eve ryone, but it hu3 another origin. Before tho Civil War Leo was a Lieutenant in the old Second Cavalry, afterward reorganized as the Fifth. Laelller was a trooper in this regi ment aud later a non-commissioned officer. His compauy was one of the two which were engaged in a sharp light with the Kiowa and Comanche ludians in the Cimmaron country in Texas in 1350. The Indians had taken refuge in a narrow cauon which could be entered only from one end, and there had tjiroivu up a fortifica tion of logs, Iroiu behind which they poured a hot lira into the troops. The character of the cauon was such that the horses of the cavalry were useless, aud they were left outside, the men advancing on foot. Only a few of the Indians had firearms, the rest had bows aud arrows. Had the the Indians been as well armed as they have been iu later wars, the loss of the whites would have been very large; as it was only four or five sol diers wore killed, though the Indian loss amounted to nearly fifty. A charge was made on the log fort, lud Lee, who was a dashing officer find a wonderful favorite with his men, was the first to scale the breastwork. The arrows were whizzing all about him, and one struck him in the breast, inflicting a very ugly wound. As he (ell the confusion was so great about Uim that tho arrow was pulled out of his flesh aud thrown to the ground among other arrows, whole aud bro ken, so that no ona could tell after ward whether the head had remained iu the wound or been drawn out with the stick. It was impossible, there fore, to say how seriously he had been hurt, and he was carried at once to tho rear, where a litter was impro vised of saplings aud boughs. He was laid upon this, whioh was swung between two horses, aud thus he was carried back to the wagon traiu, a distance of more than 150 miles through a rough country. Probing showed that the head of tho arrow had fortunately beeu drawn out, aud iu due time good nursing put the Lieutenaut on his feet again. This is an incident ic Lee's career which is apparently known to very few. It is of interest to know that the old .Second Cavalry had for its Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston aud for its Lieutenant Colonel Bobert E. Lee, and that Hardee,'of "tactics" fame, and George H. Thomas were two of its Majors. Tho Captain of the company iu which Fitzhugh Lee was First Lieutenant was Kirby Smith. Loeffler served with great credit in the Union Army during the Civil War, was given his White House detail by Prosident Grant, aud was appointed by President McKinley as "military storekeeper" iu the regular army, with the rank of Captain, The Gordon IllKhlanderH' DIIRII. The war correspondent of the Lon don Standard writes as follows of the last battle with the Boers; The air seemed thick with bullets, while above our heads the shriek of the shells aud tho thunderclaps of the bursting shrapnel made a din that was appalling to those who had not had previous experience of the modern projectiles. So keen were the rank and file of the Devoushires that more than one man exposed himself lo the deadly aim of the Boers merely in order to satisfy himself as to the progress of the fight. I heard one Boldier invite his comrade to put up his head and see how the Boors were getting ou. "1 will as soon as there is room for it," was the reply—a very natural one, considering that the ail seemed to consist of flying lead. The Gordon Highlanders wort especially anxious to treat the enemy a lesson. Their regimeut was repre sented at Majuba Hill, aud the Boers had afterward roferred to them iu de lisou as "Kaffirs clothed iu kilts." The men were keen iu wiping out the insult, aud to this end bore them selves with tho most reckless courage. Nor wore the Mauckestors one whit less ardent or determined. It was a magniheeut and soul stir ring spactaclo as our gallant fellows dashed straight at the enemy, driving them irresistibly trom point to point. The Boers stood their ground to the j last with the courage of despair. But J they were no match for our men in ' personal combat, aud were driven ] back in hopeless coufusiou. Fitly or ' sixty of them, mounting their horses, I made oft'at full speed over the hills' toward the east. Another fifteen j minutes of deadly work aud the last shot had been fired. With a loud cheer aud a shout from ; the Gordon Highlanders of "What ! priue Majuba?" our men dashed down j the opposite incline right into the i ■ heart of the Boer position, with bayo- ■ nets fixed. But the white flag, stuck j into the muzzle of a Mauser, was al ready llyiug in the laager aud the officers checked their men in mid- j career. i No praise cau be too high for the I courage aud self-saoriflce of our offi cers. Their behavior was worthy of the finest traditions of the British Irmy. Their courage was not mere reck lessness, but deliberately calculated Vitli the object of eucouraging aud directing the men who followed them. ! Yet it is only just to the rank and file to say that they would have advanced as steadily on their own initiative. Kan n Have With Death. A high trestle bridge more than a quarter of a mile long, supporting the single track of the Nickel Plate Rail road, spans the valley of Grand River, east of Painesville, Ohio. The bridge is little wider than the distance be tween the rails, and the ties are placed eight or ten inches apart, the space between being open to the river below. A young man who crossed recently had a thrilling experience ou tue bridge. He had just passed the centre when a fast train rounded the curve behind him. As die engine whistled ho quickened his pace. With every step tho train was rushing nearer and there was not a moment to lose. Onoe the young man stumbled and seemed about to fall, but quickly re gained his balance and hurried ou. As he reached the place for which he had started tho train was close behind and he had just time to swing himself over the side of the bridge ns tho lo comotive thundered by. The ends of the ties were slippery with grease from dripping axle boxes and his foot slipped wide as he left the track. His right hand, stretched blindly out be fore him, touched a round iron by, bracing two parts of the bridge, and with a grip like that of a drowning man his fingers clasped arouud it. For a moment he swung in empty air. j In another his left hand had found a place beside his right and his feet touoked tne welcome edge of a brace below. With bleeding fingers clutch ing the slender iron bar that vibrated widely from side to tide moments seemed hours. v At last the train passed, and the youug man was able to climb slowly to the track above. Unnerved by the trying experience, he lay for a mo ment stretched acioss the rails, and then rising to his feet, with blanched faoo and unsteady limbs, made his way to firm ground. Two Tumles With lirirtcren. Alfred Pilkington owes his life to the strength of the fabric of which his coat is made. Pilkington is a carpen ter employed in the Pennsylvania Railroad's repair department. He was sent to do some work on the high bridge which spans the Schuylkill River at Manayunk. Late in the afternoon, as he wa3 hammering away, with no fear for his safety, a shifting engiue backed rap idly down the track and started across the bridge, with hardly any noise to give warning of its approach. Pilk ington saw it, but too late. As he hurried to get off tho track, it struck him a glancing blow, which lifted him off his feet and sent him toward the side of the bridge. A hundred foot below flowed the turbid waters, a fall into which meant almost certain death. On the engine was a shifting orew, and as soon as possible the moinbers hurried back to pick up what they supposed would be a dead body, for the bridge is guarded by a picket fence on each sido, aud they never thought of the mau being hurled over it. But he was. The engine had lifted him over the fence, and he began to fall, with one hundred feet of space between him and the water. But here a strange thiug saved his life. His coat caught on a picket of the fence, and there he hung suspended, fearing to move lest tho garment give way and allow him to take the fatal plunge. There the shifting crew found him calmly facing whatever might be in store for him. They brought him back to safety and hurried him to St. Timothy's Hospital. The physicians found that tho engiuo had bruised I him, but that he was suffering more from shock than from nuything else. Pilkington resides at Norristown, Peun., and is thirty-eight years old. Eighteen mouths ago he fell through the Pencoyd trestle bridge at West Manayunk aud was severely injured. AHcriheA IIU Kscikpo to Prayer. 0. H. Amberman is suffering from a badly strained neck ns the result of hanging iu the belfry of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hempstead, Long Island. Mr. Amberman, who is sex ton, went to the belfry to make some repairs, and when he started to de scend lie slipped and would have fallen to the lower floor had not tho trap 'door fallen with him and caught him by the neck aud wedged him against tho hatchway. Amberman's hands wore below the trapdoor, his feet were dangling in the air and his breath' was cut off. He prayed to heaven for help, and as he was about to give up in despair one of his feet found a resting plaoe and hope revived. He set his foot firmly, managed to summon strength to force his head up a little, and open j the trapdoor again. He believed that | his prayer was answered, and he I bowed his head aud gave thanks to I God for sparing his life. Over Hie Falls. i A Wisconsin paper reports an In diau's remarkable escape from death. !He was one of a driving crew that j broke a big jam above Sturgeon Falls. I Ho attempted to oross the river on a | log, and, to the horror of the specta tors, was carried over the falls, j The falls are forty feet high, and | consist of two pitches and the rapids, j Of course the man was given up for dead, aud the driving crew thought it J useless to search the river for his ; body, as the logs were piling over the j falls at a rapid rate. The next morning, however, the Indian walked into camp for break fast. He had been swept down the river and up against the bank, where he mauaged to crawl out. Finding only a few scratohes and bruises, but being, as he remarked, "rather tired," he lay down and slept until day light, and was none the worse for his adventure.