Freeiand Tribune 1 Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. CY THE fRIEONE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited OrncE: Main Stiiket Above Centre. FREE LAND, PA. St'UaCUIITION ItATES: Ono Year $1.50 Blx Month* 73 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 The date which the subscription Is paid to Is on tne address label of each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date be- 1 oomes u receipt for remittance. Keep thi figures in advance of the present date. Its* . port promptly to this ofliee whenever paper 1 Is not received. Arrearages must he pail When subscription is dlscoaunued- Maie all mon■ y orders, checks, etc., payable to the Tribune printinj Company, LninleiL Some inventions are still in their | infunoy, and the inventors are in tkeir second childhood. —a The great American ticket specula- ' tor has descended upon tho Paris ex- | position. We still have a thing or ! two up our sleeve to show the French, i An American palmist has been sen- j tenced to five years' imprisonment in England for stealing. Evidently he ; couldn't read his lines well enough to I tell where the police would he waiting. I Trustees of Princeton college arc 1 considering the advisability of a de- | partmeut for the systematic study of j the principles of disputation, to pre- j pare young men for political und pro- i fossioual life. If the plan of thy Toadiers' club I meets with success, school children j in the city may have a chance to study j the process of farming and agrieul- i tore almost at their very doors. The i plan of the club is to raise grain and j vegetables in the public parks, where ! the pupils can watch how seeds are planted, and learn by practical dem onstration the art of plowing and other mysteries of gardening. According to the annua] reports of the Indian ageuts which have just been received at Washington and com piled the aboriginal population of the country at the close of last year was 207,505. Of these 43,507 can read and 53,314 can speak English well enough to hold an ordinary couversa- j tiou. Over $32. ,000 has been con- I triimted by religious societies and in- i dividual. l ! for their instruction, which ! Is ( allied out by 407 missionaries. j A no able feature of .Massachusetts ' statistics of crime is the comparative- . ly recent marked decrease in theuum- ' ber of prisoners. Speculating on the ' causes for tho decrease, the Boston . Herald assigns the war as a prominent ane. It turned attention to new and . exciting subjects, and many young men addicted to drink enlisted in the | army. The improvement of business has also been a factor in tho redac tion. The more general employment of men has taken them out of templa tion and reduced the amount of over indulgence. Up to the time when the United Statos took control of Cuba it ' was a continental hotbel of yellow fever. Santiago was its home, Ha vana its export port. This year there has heen practically no yellow fever in Cuba. General Wood not only pre vented its outbreak at h'antiago until he left there for a brief visit to the United states, but when it broke out in his absence he hurried back and exterminated it. Havana is today al most as healthy a city as New York City, and under General Wood's ad ministration it promises to become even a healthier one. For he knows how to rid it of zymotic disease, and it is naturally not subject to consump tion or pneumonia as New York City is. This is our best gift to Cuba, claims the New York World. It is also the best result to Americans ol otir deliverance of that island. For there is not the slightest doubt that every yellow fever epidemic that has scourged this country has come direct ly from Cuba, and that with Cuba san itated we shall be freed once and for alt of that danger. All this is a tri umph of that common sense which for convenience we .'ail science. Fii.ni l ost. StrV.vn.l „r stntnn. The Bangicok Times announces that I large floating island on the Mekong or Cambodia river, in Siara, recently slipped its moorings, and has not been seen or heard of since. There were a number of trees chree feet In diameter on the island, and the land was under cultivation. The owner has been hunting diligently for his property, but has not been able to hear any tid ings of It. It undoubtedly went, down the river with a freshet and has either itrauded or gone to pieces. In his state clothes, including the :rown. the Sultan of Jahore wears dia monds worth $12,000,000. His collar, his epaulets, his girdle, his cuffs, sparkle with precious stones. *ONC OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL. We ftro tha fcow whom God Wo tiro tho hnrd-lnok follr, who strove burred Zealously, but in vain: Tho gifts that are good We lost and lost, wliilo our comrades Wo meant full well and wo tried full throve, hard, And still wo lost again. And our failuros were mauifold. Wo are the doubles of those whoso way tud we are the clan of those whoso kin Was festal with fruits and flower?; Were a millstone dragging thera down. Body and brain wo were sound as they, Tea, wo had to sweat for our mother's uut the prizes were not ours, sin, And lose tho victor's crown. A mighty army our full ranks make, We shake the graves as we go; The seeming-able, who all but scored, The suddou stroke and the slow heart- From their teeming tribe we come; break, What was there wrong with us, O L<ir,| t They both have brought us low. That our lives wore dark and dumb? And while wo nro laying life's sword aside Che men teu-taleuted, who still Spent and dishonored nud sad, Strangely missed of the goal, Our epitaph this, when onco we have died; Df them we are: it seems Thy will "Tho weak lie here, and the bad." To harrow some in soul. We wonder if this can bo really tho close, He are tho slnuers, too, whose lust Lire's fever cooled by death's trance; Conquered tho higher claims; And we cry, though it seem to our dourest Ne sat us prone in the common du3t of foes: And played at the devil's games. "God, give us another chance!" —Richard Burton, in the Outlook. M'/ c/r/r/r/r/ r mi m w.xx.u.xr.xx.Yi.M.vi.Yi.xx.iiXAi.W.xx.Av.xv.AXAv.W.ivxx.W.WtxC.Vx.AA.W.Nxu&M I The Itinerant Parsonage. | >.< By C. A. Stephens. fF any one bail Jfc. a3ked me, twen ty years ago, to pick from all ■." the young men '.£ l of my aequaint- V ance the one fjSfe least likely to M'SQ become a rninis . ter of the Gos- C' SSRW l' eI 1 "hould, without liesita tiou, have named Jackson Williams. For Will iams was a very plain youth, of a shrewd, practical turn of mind, sharp at a bargain and giveu to acquiring property. He was of that type of youug man who eventually becomes wealthy in small village communities; he was afflicted, moreover, with a con tinued defoct of speech, which iu it self would seem a fatul obstacle to suc cess as a elergymau. At the age of twenty-two, "Old Tacky," as we called him, married Rosillu Cahill, whom we all knew as the brightest, quickest-witted girl in town, although not, perhaps, the most beautiful. In miud she was not a lit tle like Jackson, but was more merry hearted and humorous. In discuss ing, at their wedding, their prospects iu life, their friends were agreed that they were certain to prosper; or, as one expressed it, "Nobody need worry about Jack aud Rosy! Why, they will own the whole town by the time they are fifty!" A few months later Jackson Will iams attended a series of meetings, presided over by a great revivalist. He experienced a profound change in his convictions of duty, and deter mined to devote his life to the active promotion of religion. In the fol lowing autumn he began to study for the ministry at a seminary, and indue course entered on his labors as an itinerant minister. It was suspected that his young wife was much dissatisfied with their changed prospects; but if so, she re frained from expressing her feelings, even to her intimate friends, and set herself faithfully to become a help meet to her husband iu his chosen vo cation. The ideal, popular clergyman of the present generation appears to be a personally graceful, eloquent, 01110- tioual mau. Jackson Williams was no such mau. In the pulpit he was con servative and dry in all that he said or advised, and his defect of speech helped his cautious words iu making him appear lacking iu zeal aud elo quence. The ideal minister's wife, too, seems to be an easygoing woman of a social, sympathetic nature, not much distressed about bouse or home, but inclined to take life calmly tuid float with the tide. Rosy Williams was the reverse of that type. She longed for something permanent aud stable in life, and lay awake nights planning how she might save twenty-five dol lars a year from her husband's meagre, uncertain salary. When their chil dren, Doily aud Jackson, Jr., began to go to school, she became even more solicitous to shield them from the ill consequences of their itinerant life. But fate seemed against her. Jack son Williams rarely remained for more than a year on one "circuit" or par ish. The presiding elders of his con ference had discovered his useful qualities as well as his defects as a preacher. Wherever there was a church which was financially weak or lacked a parsonage, or was in need of repairs or of reorganization, there they sent Jackson Williams. In such a place his shrewdness, j thrift and good hard sense came iuto play, with tho result that often in a single year, always in two, the church was repaired or rebuilt, or a new par sonage erected or the church com mittees reorganized and stimulated to activity, as the case called for. But as a consequence of the expenditures which he got his parishiouera to make 011 the church, he usually left to go to another similarly degenerate place, with half his small salary in arrears and his wife iu despair. For there were numerous "run down" churches in our State, and the presiding elders kept my poor frieud going. 1 At Link's Mills, where the Will iamses were stationed during tho year 1808, tho condition of affairs had, as usual, been bad. The old parsonage had burned iu October, 1807; and after the tire it was discovered that, owing t<? Abe neglect of the church | stewards, the insurance had been al lowed to lapse mouths beforo. < Yet during that year Jackson Will iams had contrived to get a snug little parsonage of five rooms built and paid for, at a coat of only five huu- '• "• //. //.* Cna I tired dollars besides his own labor. On the other hand, when lie went to : attend the annual conference at Lan caster 011 April 4th, his salary was fully five hundred dollars in arrears. Hrs. Williams stayed at home to care for her family, in some faint hope that they would not bo sent to an other circuit, since they had but re cently moved into the new parsonage. These hopes were short-lived. On the evening of the seventh a letter from Williams informed bin wife that she must again pack their household goods. "But vve have not far to move this time," he added. "It is only five miles. They are going to send me to Marston, down at the foot of the lake. But the church there has no parsonage," he added, "audi suppose that we shall rent a house until I go ahead and build one, as I did at the Mills." It would be difficult for auy one, except an itinerant minister's wife, to realize tho bitterness of soul which fell 011 Mrs. Rosy Williams as she re folded her husband's letter. But as calmly as possible she explained to Dolly, aged fifteen, aud Jacksou, Jr., aged thirteen, that they must stay at home from school on tho next day to h dp her in packing. Dolly burst forth iu lamentations. "Our new, pretty house that papa made! Have we got to leave it, mother?" she cried. "Yes," replied the mother, sadly, "aud leave the most of your father's salary, too, I fear." "And live in some old dirty place down at Mnrston, as we did a year ago ut Simoutou!" cried the little girl. "I don't care! I think it is too bad! I think this house belongs to us—or ought to!" Mrs. Williams thought so, too. Something of her girlish spirit sud denly revived, and it bore fruit that evening iu an exploit which will not soon be forgotten iu that part of the State. The weather was still very told. Snow lay on the ground, and the two feet or more of ice on the lake had not as yet been broken up, or thawed perceptibly. Just across the lake from Link's Mills, a crew of loggers with their teams were "browing" spruce logs. At sunset they were not a little surprised to see the minister's wife approaching on the ice. Her errand was soon made known. She wished to hire tUew to draw the new parsonage to Marston, and she want ed to have the job done before six o'clock on the following morning! The foreman of the craw laughed, and returned an evasive answer. Find ing that the men could not be induced to attempt such a queer and doubtful job, merely for hire, Mrs. Williams then told the whole story, and ap pealed to them to help her through with her project. This appeal put a different complexion on the affair. Tt tickled the humor and, no doubt, touched the hearts of the lumbermen. "We'll do it, ma'am!" exclaimed the foremau, grinning broadly. "You get your crockery down off'u the shelves and your stovepipo cool. We'll be over by nine or ten, aud fetch chains and skids and a couple of logs for 'shoes' to haul it on." The church at Link's Mill stands a little apart from the village proper, and is separated from the rest of the place by a pine grove where there is a cemetery. The new parsonage stood a few rods beyond the church. If passers along the road saw teams ar riving there late in the evening, they paid little attention. Loggers' teams often passed. The loggers worked quietly and quickly. Before eleven o'clock the little new parsonage, with the minis i ter's wife, family and household goods still in it, started on its singular jour ney—tirscdowu to the lake shore, then out on the ice, and so onward to Mars ton, where the people were greatly astonished and mystified next morn ing to see it,set close to their weather beaten meeting-house, and making it look like an old soldier who has sud denly married a very youug wife! Smoke was rising blithely from the chimney, and all cuiious inquirers at the door were met by Mrs. Williams iu porson, who cheerily informed them that she was their new minister's wife, and brought her parsonage along with her! The people of Mar a toil could find no fault with such a windfall, but tho people of Link's Mills were greatly agitated. A member of the church, a farmer, driving into the village with vegetables next morning, was the first to notice the abseuce of the parsonage. "Wal, I'll be planted and hoedl" he gasped. "What's iniseia'?" "Brother Blodgett, d'you know our J parsonage is gone?" ho asked of tli<j first person lie met, who chanced tc be one of the church stewards. "Gone?" was the surprised ejacula-1 tion. "Where could it go to?" "Dunno; but it aiu'tthere, sartin. N | The steward hastened to the church. Sure enough, all traeo of the par- j souage had disappeared! With dar>ed ! faces, the two then went 111 que?'* ol other brethren and told the strange news. Few would believe it until they had gone to view the vacaut site for themselves. A crowd gathered, wondered and searched. It was not until nearly noon that the facts becamo known. ! Many were very angry, and a meeting of the church-members was held that evening to decide what should be done,; Legal proceedings were talked of, buf meantime the story had gone abroad, ! and the public generally applaudcc the exploit. When the Rev. Jackson Williami returned from conference, Saturday j to preach his farewell sermon at Link'* Mills, he was as much astonished a! anybody to find his family moved tc ; Marstou, and he ottered to restore the parsonage; but a certain indulgout re ' gard for Mrs. Williams's "cuteness' at length led the church members tr 1 offset the house against their late min- ! ister's unpaid salary. Mrs. Williaws ' now regards this parsonogo as her OWE | exclusive property, and has beeu heard to say that if their next circuit i 3 not more than twenty miles from Marstou she shall take it along with her.—Youth's Companion. MAN NEEDS A THIRD HAND. Showing That Nature Failed to I'rovlde For Modern Itcifiiireineuts. When nature gave us two hands she gave us all that was wanted at the time, but we have moved on, and na- I ture has remained stationary, says a writer in Pearson's Magazine. We have the trolley car to take us down town. We carry with us a hat (which blows off when there is a slight breeze and is ruined by a shower of rain), an : umbrella to protect the hat, and a small black bag containing papers. On our way back wo have in addition in another bag a piece of fish which wo havo purchased iu the market and are taking home to our residence. Laden with these impediments, we at tempt to board a car in motion. At first sight it would appear that one bund is necessary to catch 011 to j the rail, another band to secure the ! hat, another hand to hold the black bag and another to hold the fish bag. ' But this is not so in practice. One j hand can satisfactorily account for a i black bag, an umbrella and a fish ! basket. The trouble begins when we try to hold on the hat with tho same ! hand with which we are gripi>ing on to the rail. And in the case of the two-handed man this happens every day. As at present constructed, we lose our hat or our balance, or both. ! The third baud would rnako all se cure. Go downtown at midday and enter any of the popular restaurants and you will be faced at once, with the ' great luncheon difficulty. There is a long counter and a number of men seated at it ou high stools. Tho counter itself is crowded, aud there are many waiting for their chance at : it, and wasting valuable time. Now there is room and to spare, but not ; against the counter. The third hand blots out all tho difficulties of the rush luncheon at once. The third 01* middle baud j spread out fiat would hold tho plate i ou which was the cut from tlie joint. I The right baud would hold the knife J aud the left the fork, as now. The j counter could be removed entirely, j thus giving more space. Every man ' would bo his own counter. When the j human race first started with the ! original couple there was plenty of ! room and two hands sufficed, but iu j the crowded condition of the metro- ' politan luncheon the third hand, to i hold tho plale, has become a neces- ! sity. Having acquired tho rush ! luucheon, we must inevitubly acquire the third hand. XVhere tho Tramp Worked. The prisoner was making his ap- ! pearance before the magistrate for the hundredth time. "Well," said the magistrate, "you here again?" "Yes, your worship," responded . the prisoner. "What's tho charge?" "Vagrancy—same as before, your worship." "It seems to mo you are here about half your time." "Yes, about that, your worship." "Well, what do you do it for? Why don't you work?" "I do, your worship, more than half 1 my time." "Ah, now," said the magistrate, sur prised, "if you can tell me where you | have ever worked I'll let you off." "In prison, your worship," answered the prisoner, brazenly; aud the Judge kept his word. A I niquo Aboriginal Alphabet. In a recent number of the French publication Anthropologic, M. M. Delaposse gives au interesting ac count of the Vai language. This is the only indigenous written language known among negroes. These negroes occupy a territory on the confines of ►Sierra Leone and Liberia. Tho al phabet is syllabic, and it is the only syllabic alphabet existing in Africa. Tho author considers it at least two hundred years old, and perhaps older; it is not even certain that it was in vented by the Vai themselves. Of the 225 characters iu the alphabet, twenty-five resemble Berber con sonants in form, and tweuty resemble European letters and numerals; but these may be purely superficial re semblances, as the sounds do not cor rospond. Professor Delaposse does uot consider that the Vai alphabet has been derived from these sources. I WOMAN'S WORLD. J ONE WOMAN'S PROFESSION. She l-arim a Comfortable Income Arrang ing iSrlilal Fluery. Miss Eleanor Burweli is a young wqinan who dresses brides. That is the way she makes her living, aud a very good living at that. Tho other day a friend of mine was married, aud ouo morning, about two weeks before the eventful day, a card was sent up to her, aud I went down to see the caller, a Miss Burweli, whose name neither of us had ever heard before. ►She explained her business and my friend engaged her. Early ou tho morning of the wed ding Miss Burweli appeared with her assistant. Tho entire trousseau, and, I might say, the bride herself, was turned over to her. She first iuvesti- 1 gated the wedding outfit and saw that everything was as it should be. She insisted 011 the bride's remaining quietly iu bed until 10 o'clock, tho wedding not being until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Then she had her out j and tried ou tho wedding dress, gloves j and slippers. Some alterations, only j a few stitches, were necessary, aud ! she took them. Next she turned her j attention to packing the trunks, and | in less tban two hours tho task was J accomplished aud a little book con taining a complete inventory was put iu the bride's traveling bag. This in ventory gave not only tho list of articles, but told exactly wbere the* could bo found. By this time the bride had finished her luncheon aud was persuaded to take a nap aud re main in bed until called by Miss Bur well, who, with her assistant, left the house, to appear again promptly at 3.80 o'clock. Then a tepid bath was prepared; the bride awakened, aud while she ; was taking it they straightened up the j room and laid out the bridal costume. Tho dressing of the bride was accom- 1 plished without the slightest hurry aud iu ample time. But best of all was the fresh, rosy face that was aeen through the bridal veil. It was so different from the haggard, nervous girl wo had all expected. She was not a bit tired or worried, aud, feel ing that she was looking her very best, womanlike, she was supremely contented. Miss Burweli accompanied her to tho church door, guarded against soiling her gown in the car riage and gave the final touch to her veil and train as she entered. After the ceremouy she returned to the house, superintended the ex change of tho bridal for the going away gown, gave the final arrange ments to the last trunk and the traveling beg, set the room to rights an.l left as quietly as the proverbial mouse. The next day I saw her again, and asked her to tell me about her work. "I bogau four years ago," she re plied, "by dressing a friend of mine, and I thought her mother, who was a very delicate woman, would never get through thanking me. She said I was just tho right person in tho right place on such an occasion, and as I had left school aud was ou tho lookout for something to do to earn a living, I de cided to try dressing brides as a pro fession. I came to New York as our nearest big city and affording the largest field. Of course I had a few letters of introduction and a small amount of money, less than £SO, in my pocket. "While they pay me well for my ser vices they do not feel that they can afford to keep expensive servants. Of course I am compelled to keep up with tho latest styles, and for that purpose I spent two mouths in Paris last sum mer. August and September are the poorest months in the year for wed dings, while October, February and June are about the most popular. Often during these mouths I have as many as two brides a day to dress, aud several times I could have had as many as four, but was obliged to re fuse many engagements for want of time.—Lafayette M. Laws, in Chi cago Record. A Pretty lloitlce Novelty. There is a new note in the bodices of fashionable gowns these days, and although one that would have seemed incongruous to our grandmothers, it is extremely pretty. It is double zephyr worsted, used to lattice work and embroider certain parts of fancy shirts instead of the Roman silks and fiosses that have been familiar so long. One distinctive usage is seen in bodices of a black satin or liberty silk, made over white linings. If it is arranged with tucks—either bias or straight, the interspaces are decorated with a working of the double zephyr. The decoration never represents flowers, leaves or similar designs. Usually it is worked in a eat stitch aud, as ail added touch, when the needle points out of each sido of tho goods the zephyr is thrown about it several times and fastened so as to form a French knot. The dress goods under the worsted is then cut away aud allows the underlining to show through only slightly as the catstiteh iug was very closely done. The worsted was of many mixed colors through which yellow aud purplo pre dominated. Auother charming bodice was of cherry-colored liberty silk made over cream white. It was elab orately worked with black double zephyr. On rather fancy shirt waists this work, though slight, gives them a touch of style and novelty. The edges, also of fancy and adjustable collars, with ear points and pointed cuffs, are being finished with double zephyr. At first they are edged with u satin ribbon of some color in con trast to tho collar and on the ribbon the worsted work is executed. This work is quickly done, aud it is greatly in its favor that no advance design-1 ing is necessary. A straight eye and an adaptability in designing is all that is neoessary. It is also feasible to fill in many sharp little corners on gowns with a fan-shaped bit, the stitches being long and graduated. Acain the old Itoman block design is used on straps to cross over the vests of bodices. By those that know about up-to-date gowns, it seems as though even more attention was paid to what is new in wrinkles, as such little points as this one about worsted are called, than to the excellence of the quality of the goods. N>ce*Aitleft Created ly New Fashion*. New fashious often create new ne cessities, and the train skirt is n w to many of the younger women. They find it difficult to manage, and accuse themselves bitterly of awkwardness when they find themselves entangled in its clinging folds. Iu point of fact, the mere phrase "manage the train" definitely conveys the idea of difficulty, and since trains first wore worn novel ists have laid stress upon their hero ines' grace iu managing them,and the atrical critics comment upon it in like manner. The novice in train gowns, there fore. does not need to feel badly over her deficiency, but simply apply her self to remove it. It is not weakness and affectation to try to acquire grace of movement. It is duty. The way to seat one's self is to catch the skirts lightly in one hand, bend one knee, and so slide down into the chair, at the same moment releasing tho draperies, with an imperceptible swing that throws them iu sweeping folds almost into a semicircle. In ris ing catch the skirts in the same way, aud with a dexterous twist of the wrist and slight backward movement of the foot spread the train iu its proper fau shape. It is difficult to de scribe, but a little practice will accom plish the trick, and it i 3 well worth acquiring. Smaller Culling Car.ls. The big pooketbook has been re placed by the purse of gold mesli, netted silk and beads, suede and jewels, and the very long and unhand ily broad eardcaso has given way to the easily carried case of convenient size and weight. The change has necessitated a change in the size of visiting cards, and these are smaller than they have been for many years. A few years ago misses not yet "out" used cards the size of those now cor rect for their mothers. Some of the new cards are almost square, others just a trifle longer than they are broad. With an address intone cerner and an at-home day iu auother there is not much fair white space left upon which the indolent woman can scrawl a message instead of writing a note, but these small cards are very liandy for the little reticules and small card cases. PRGTTY §> gjHINGS TO Cluny lace is used for many kinds of gowns this year, aud is charmiug with all. A satin ribbon worn around the neck and tied in a trim bow at the throat should have the two ends long aud tucked in at the belt. A panne velvet parasol has rather a j warm look for summer, but it is beau tiful. One with a white ground, with the most delicate pink roses iu clus ters upon it, is charming. A woolen gown which has a narrow panel front has a solid mass of tucks or folds going around horizontally over the hips from the panel. Large women will have to tight shy of such gowns. Some of the bodices seen are made to blouse decidedly back and front, as pronounced a blouse effect as has been worn iu any of the time of the recent popularity of the bloused garments. Some of the bloused waists are plaitec iu close small plaits. One pretty little silk gown ba9 tin. fullness given it by fine tucks set iu around the waist. These are stitched down five or six inches to form three points in the front and at the sides, aud below this the tucks flow out iuto the skirt. The fine tucks are £3t in plain at the back. An Eton jacket on a pretty little light stuff frock opens at the side, and is fastened across with narrow black velvet ribbons. There are three of these fastenings, each with two straps of the black \ el vet, with bunchy little rosettes of the black velvet on either end. It makes rather a pretty finish. Panne velvet is combined with satin ribbons. A sash that is worn with a light stuff gown has a black panno velvot centre, with brilliant colored llowers on it, aud wide edges of black satiu ribbon. This is a narrow sash width, aud is tied once around the waist and fastened a little at the side of the front with a big bow. , The new stockings are gorgeous to behold. Black silk stockings are cut out on tho iustep to show appliques of lace. Others have the holes worked around with button-hole stitch, and underneath are set pieces of bright colored taffeta. Black stockings are embroidered with dots and small flowers. Tho open-work stockings are of exquisite delicacy. A unique belt is made of three nar row straps of white kid over black velvot ribbon. The black velvet is rather wide, crushed together at the ends in front, where the three straps of the kid are also brought close to gether, and the whole fastened with a small gold clasp. As the straps pass around the waist they are separated about their own width apart, aud held in place by little crosspieces of gold filigre 1 work. THE GIRL WHO'S BEEN ABROAQfc She spent six mouths in Europe, About tan years ngo, And now finds Mluktown Contro too slow; She never bus stopped talkiug Of lands across the sou. And how she did the town ones Of beuutiful •'Puree." When she is r.t a party, To make her feel ut home, The hostess says: "Now toll us About your stay tu Home!" And one day in our dry ROOIIS store She asked old Hiram Hanks If he would kindly Rive lier The price of things In "liaulcs." I'd like to buy her ticket And send her far away On that ship she cull 4 the "Grocer" (If I was sure she'd stay); Ami I know the folks nr .und her Would gladly help her pack- That girl who's been to Europe And can't seem to got back. —Puck. PITH AMD POINT. Tommy—"Pop, what's a wooden wedding?" Tommy's Pop "When a chip marries a fellow who is a perfect stick." "Miss Bird seut two dollars lor 'a sure method to preserve the voice.'" "What was it?" "Sing into n phono graph."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Despite the price of giddy bonnet, When woman sets her mind upon ic, It i3u't long before you find The bonnet set upon her mind. Clara—"l have mv photograph taken every three years; I think it's BO interesting." Fanny—"Ob, what ever do you do with them all?" Pic k He—"Will we announce our en gagement on Wednesday?" She—"l'd rather not; I have an important en gagement for that day."—Youkers Statesman. Customer—"Give me ten cents' worth of paregoric, please." Druggist —"Yea, sir." Customer (absent mindedly)—"How much is it?" Drug gist— "A quarter." Smiles—"l'm glad I wasn't Shakea pere." Giles "Why are you?" Smiles—"Because I should be dead now." Gilos—"Yes, that's true—and Shakespere would be forgotteu." "Why stand ye idle here all the day?" asked the taxpayer, who is fond of quotations. "Because," re plied the party of the second part, "I am a city employe."—Chicago News. "I will admit," said the Corufod Philosopher, "that oratory is mostly gas, but even gas is illuminating— not the way it rips thiugs open sometimes." lndianapolis Press. Prospective Purchaser—"l thought you said this place would make a good poultry farm. Why, it's almost com pletely under water." Ileal Estate Agent—"Just the thing for ducks, my dear sir." Condemned Mar (to lawyer) "lt's a long sentence, sir, to bo seut to prison for life." Lawyer (inclined to be more hopeful)—" Yes, it does seem long, but perhaps you won't live a great while."—Tit-Bits. "It's no trouble at all to get mar ried," remarked the girl with the new engagement ring. "No," replied her married sister, with a sigh. "The trouble doesn't begin until shortly after the ceremony."—Chicago News. "You're looking kind of green, Bill," said the Half-Eagle to the Dol lar Note; "you need change." "No, thank you,"repliedthe other, "change would break me up completely, aud probably make me look like thirty cents." "Well, gentlemen," remarked tlia president of the club, "motions are in order. It has been suggested that we have a banquet. "What shall be done?" "Mr. President," spoke up the man who-was-seldoni-heard-froui. "I move we dispose of it by laying it on the table." The motion was carried.— Philadelphia North American. Absolutely Powerless. Ho walked up aud dowu tho room, gestioulatiug excitedly, and raying uncomplimentary tilings about his rival. "It is terrible!" he said. "What is terrible?" they asked. "Talk about the problem of tho Man ill the Iron Maskl" ho exclaimed, ig noriug tho question. "Why, this is a thousand-fold worso than that!" "What is it?" they asked. "My rival has been carrying false stories about mo to the girl I love!" he cried. "Aud wlmt did you do?" they asked. "Nothing," he answered. "I was powerless." They laughed scornfully aud made merry jests at his expeuse. "What would you have me do?" he inquired. "Kill him!" they replied. He shook his head. "At least," they insisted, "yon could thrash him within nu inch of his life; you could resout au insult by pounding him until he would figure principally as a nonentity for the next six or eight weeks." "You forget," he said. "Forget what?" they demanded. "He carries botli an accident ami life insurance policies in the company that I represent." A IJicr Hotel's Economy. "You would be surprised," sai l the steward of a loading Now York hotel recently, a house that has risou to great fame on both sides of the water "that iu th.s house we are as careful to see that the potato parings are thin and that the least possible waste pre vails in the kitchen as if we conducted a private household." This steward is said to receive the second largest salary of any man holding a similar position in the city. The moral to be learned from this is that in evei the most fashionable establishments tho small aud seemingly insignificant items are worthy of consideration.— Th> Hotel World.
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