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HAS SURPRISED PARIS. At the gay French capital, which during the exposition is even more productive of novelties and big events in society than in an ordinary year, a sensation is being created by the magnificent entertainments provided by an American couple, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. One week it is a magnificent entertainment on one of the Seine river boats, the next some grand excursion for the American colony in Paris, or a gorgeous feast; a week or two ago it was a dinner party at Belgium, wnere the Walshes sat next the king, and after that a unique trip in a sumptuous special train of five palace cars. In short, the society of the French capital has no greater lion than Tom Walsh. That the Walshes are not endeavoring sim ply to get into society by their lavish expenditures is evidenced by the fact that no particular class of society at tends. All —high and low and be tween —are made to feel welcome, and In doing the honors, Tom Walsh de rives his chief pleasure. Mr. Walsh is immensely wealthy. His success can hardly be attributable to luck, but rather to his own hard work and enterprise. He has never had any sympathy with idleness, hav ing continually recognized the dignity and deserts of honest labor. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1851, where, after receiving a fair educa tion, he worked for several years as a millwright. He came to America and settled in 1870 at Worcester, Mass., for a few years. Then he went to Colorado, Mid was a carpenter and building contractor at the new camp of Central City. He had always been interested in mining, and from this time on he began to study up the subject during his spare time. He was fortunate, and eventually struck it rich. Now he is owner of a mine which he refused to sell a short tim* since for $35,000,000. His income is approximated at SIOO,OOO a month. The friends of his poorer days are not neglected now that wealth has come to Mr. Walsh and his charity and friendly loans—or gifts—are known to many of his old associates. Mrs. Walsh's health failed three years ago, and she was advised to try a lower altitude. It was then that he concluded to go to Washington, where he purchased a most luxurious home. Ever since the public has made itsell free therein. Mr. Walsh has no "functions," nor "events," nor "soi rees," nor "pink teas." He hates for mality of any kind. It is this demo cratic way of doing things that has surprised the Parisian world. They open their French eyes with astonish- THOMAS F. WALSH, ment and sometimes a visible shrug is manifested at the ease with which Mr. Walsh invites high and low to his ball or banquet. Created a New lu.lmtry. About the middle of this century il •was the universal custom to face the white keys of pianos and organs with ivory, and to make the black ones ol ebony. Long age ivory became too ex pensive for any but the finest key boards, calluioid taking its place. Now ebony also has advanced in price, so that a substitute for it is in demand. Dogwood hns been found to serve the purpose excellently, and It can be stained a fine black and oiled and pol- until it quite equals ebony both in durability and appearance. The Industry of cutting and marketing dog wood. once a valuable tree, for this purpose, is already giving employment to a considerable number of people. If c £g s kept in cold storage arc in the vicinity of spoiled fruit, they will taste of spoiled fruit, because tlie •hell of the egg, being porous, absorbs *dors rapidly. } THE MISSING FREIGHT, jj BY HAROLD NAEMANSSON. Rodney Graham was well thought of in Creseeiitville. His father, Nelson Graham, had run the general store there for many years, and was rated in ••Dunn's" ns "G. S. M. 3„" which cabalistic letters established the Gra ham credit on a solid foundation throughout the Vnited States, so that whenever a salesman happened to stop at Creseeiitville. he always made a call at Nelson Graham's. Creseentville, Illinois, was a flourish ing city of over 2000 inhabitants, and, of course, things were just rushing. Tlie city contained two manufactur ing plants, a brewery, a First Nation al Bank of Creseentville, an Electric Light and Power Company, and a rail road depot. Also, various stores and siniill industries according to Its needs. The railroad was a loop of the B. It. & C. S., the main line ten miles from Creseentville. Nelson Graham, as the proprietor of the general store, was quite an in fluential citizen, and it was under stood that his son, Rodney, was In a position to pick the profession of his choice. The law, medicine, art, music, poetry, stenography, bookkeeping, were all within his reach; he consid ered them all from different points of view (very differently from most peo ple! and then deliberately chose the profession of stoking a freight engine. The masses of Creseentville resented Ills choice. They were surprised and displeased. They discussed it over tea tables, drug counters and saloon bars, and decided that Rodney, though smart, was born without ambition. For this reason they voted against Nelson Gralinm when he ran for may or, and defeated him, which shows how the slas of the sons are visited upon their fathers. Rodney Graham was peculiar in many ways. He came home to Cres eentville once a week, and In his con versation frequently cursed the freight engine. Instead of having a consuming affection for It—as all well regulated stokers arc supposed to have— he shamefully abused and (metaphor ically) despitefully used it. He said tlie boilers were bad—the brakes were no good—the engineer was crazy— and that were it not for Ids untiring zeal and sleepless watchfulness, fast frieght Number Forty-Six of the great B. R. & C. S. R. R. would be con tinually jumping off the track and having to be lifted on again at great expense of life and money. He said that all stokers were excused from pur gatory; but notwithstanding all the things he said he stuck to his job, and when his father solicited the votes of his fellow citizens for the honorable position of alderman, his fellow citi zens elected some one else. In addition to running the Creseent ville general store. Nelson Graham was interested in the First National Bank of Creseentville. lie had always deposited his receipts there, and as they had grown in volume he had in vested what he could spare and was now vice-president of the bank. It was In the fall of the year that the free silver agitation hurst forth In all its virulence. The Democratic party would surely win the elections, and the value of the dollar would he cut in half. The farmers all around Cres eentville wanted their money before the dollar depreciated. The Creseent ville bank had money loaned out to a number of neighboring mnnufneto rles on easy terms, and this money could not be called In. Therefore the Creseentville bank was in difficulties, and the farmers came up and besieged It If the hank suspended, Nelson Gra ham would go with It If the bank pulled through, Nelson Graham would pull through. The bank wanted $30,- 000 to meet tlie demands upon It, hut no one knew where to get the money In time. These were the circumstances when Rodney Graham departed from Cres eentville one afternoon, to stoke fast freight Number Forty-Six, which he would join at St Louis, stoking It to Chicago and hack. The station agent was on the platform at Creseentville, and saw Rodney Graham get into the enh of the train which left Creseent ville for St. Louis nt. a quarter before six. The frieght agent at Mattoona saw Rodney Graham In the cab of Number Forty-Six when it stopped for water. It left Mattoonn on time— passed Kalakokaontime. Built did not reach Dalnbeke. It was signalled to Dalnbeke, and the operator-there wait ed for it, because after it had gone It was his intention to get his supper. Number Forty-Six was 15 minutes lute; 30 minutes late; 45 minutes late; one hour late—clearly it must have met with some accident since it left Kala koka. The Dalnbeke agent (Dlmkins), wired Chicago that fast freight Number Forty-Six had met with an accident and was delayed. Then he arranged with some one to watch tlie depot, went home and took a hasty mouthful, collected two or three people and a doctor, and started up the track to ward Kalnkoka, a distance of about five miles. The doctor's report of the adventure is as follows: "After ascertaining at the depot that no train of any kind had passed, we walked along tlie tracks to Kalnkoka, expecting to discover tlie wreck of fast freight Number Forty-Six at nay moment To our great surprise, how ever, we saw no signs of the train anywhere, on nceount of which Dlin klns said that Tompkins (ths Kula- koka agent) must have been mistaken in signalling the train to Dalabeke. "On arriving at Kalakoka we found tlie station deserted. We then went to Tompkins' house and found liim in bed. On rousing him, he stated that fast freight Number Forty-Six most certainly passed through Kalakoka on time, and distinctly insinuated that, if Dinkins didn't see it pass through Dalabeke, Dimkins must have been the worse for something—perhaps liquor. "Mr. Dimkins hotly resented this imputation, and the two men were lighting before we had an opportunity to interfere. The Kalakoka police man unfortunately happened to Is 1 near, and rushing up, began clubbing us all, under the impression, I suppose, that we were an organization of bandits about to make a raid on the village. After an extended period of general misunderstanding, altercation and per sonal injury, the tumult was stilled, and we all returned to the depot. Here Dimkins wired St. Louis, only to he in formed that fast freight Number Forty-Six had left that city on time and that nothing unusual had tran spired. "As nothing could be made of it we started back along the tracks to Dala beke, where we arrived without inci dent of any kind. Part of the railroad ran through a wood which was fenced oft' by posts and barbed wire. The rest of the way the railroad ran through open prairie. "It was ridiculous to suppose that a fast freight train could have utterly disappeared between Kalakoka and Dalabeke and the only probable hy pothesis seemed to be that Tompkins was mistaken in some way in suppos ing that the train had passed Kala koka." Thus ends the doctor's narrative. The next morning it became evident, that fast freight Number Forty-Six had in some way disappeared. Chica go, however, took it as a joke. The newspaper reporters went down to see Tompkins, who had seen the miss ing train pass Kalakoka. Tliey plagued and exasperated him to such an extent that lie resigned his position in disgust. A Chicago paper printed a funny article in regard to Tompkins, entitled, "The Freight That Didn't Ma terialize." The Federal Express com pany's representative called on the president of the B. It. & C. S. It. It. and was Informed that freight Num ber Forty-Six had not yet left St. Louis. The Federal Express com pany's representative expressed his satisfaction and inquired when fast freight Number Forty-Six had not yet left St. Louis. The Federal Express company's representative expressed his satisfaction and inquired when fast freight Number Forty-Six would leave St. Louis, because she had $50,000 in currency aboard, and the Federal Express company was anx ious. The president of the B. It. & C. S. It. It. answered that the $50,000 was all right, and that the disquieting rumors were nonsense. Then he wired St. Louis that fast freight Num ber Forty-Six must be found at once. St. Louis replied that they would im mediately put on a tracer, and there after maintained silence. At Crescentville, Illionis, there were sensational doings. The bank had just managed to bold its own for the day by the method of taking an unpre cedentedly long time over doing every thing. When the hour for closing came there were certainly over 2(H) ex cited clients of the bank waiting their turn to withdraw tneir money, and these people camped in the street for the night, making all kinds of treats, and vowing all kinds of vengeance against everybody connected with the bank if they should not be paid promptly the next morning. The offi cers and employes of the bank stayed inside and did not venture out. About 4 o'clock in the morning an extraordinary thing occurred. A posse of men rode into Crescent ville, well armed and wearing masks. They rode straight to the bank, were ad mitted after a short parley, and did not come out again. But at nine in the morning the bank opened its doors, and tlie run began anew with great desperation. De positor after depositor was paid off un til scarcely any were left, and the peo ple stood around and talked about it. There seemed to be no end to the bank's resources, and at last a large and influential customer exclaimed— "The bank is all right and we are a pack of fools. I am going to de posit my cash again!" There was a murmur of approval, and then everybody began to laugh. Right after the influential man fol lowed a long line of people desiring to re-deposit tlie money they had only just withdrawn. Such a day of busi ness the Crescent ville lmnk never had before, and it is not at all likely ever to have again. An enthusiastic meet ing was held at tlie Masonic hall that evening, at which it was unanimous ly resolved to nominate Nelson Gra ham as next mayor of Crescentville. In the meantime, the B. It. & C. S. R. R. people were still hunting for fast freight Number Forty-Six. They hunted for it in the train yard in and about St. Louis. Single cars had been lost in those yards in great profusion and never found again, but when a whole train could get lost like this It was evident tluit there must be care lessness somewhere. During the search a reporter discovered engine Number Forty-Seven in a neglect-£ looking roundhouse and promptly wired the news to Chicago where the information was considered as quite important, although in what exact re lation 110 official could say. It was quite possible, Number Forty-Seven having been found, that Number Forty-Six might not be far off. unless it had accidentally plunged into the Mississippi, or strayed to Kansas City by means of a misplaced switch. Dimkins of Dalabeke had accepted the explanation that the train could not have left St. Louis, and that Tompkins and others must have been mistaken. On the second night after the train was lost, Dimkins was quiet ly playing his usual game of checkers in the depot with a friend. Dimkins was in a terrible position where one wrong move would lose him the game, and lie was intently studying the ab sorbing problem, when his friend said— "What's that?" Dimkins paused on the brink of de struction and looked up aghast. He put his hand to his ear and—there was no doubt about it—he heard the slow puffing of an engine coining to ward Dalabeke. Dimkins says he shall never forget the sensation. "It's Forty-Six's schedule," said Dimkins, deliberately, "but it ain't Forty-Six." Therefore, speaking very slowly, "therefore, it must be Forty- Six's Ghost!" Even as lie spoke, the puffing of the engine grew nearer and nearer, and slower and slower, until at last it ceased entirely. "She's gone!" whispered Dimkins in horror-stricken tones. • Then the sound of a yell came from somewhere. Dimkins got lip and crept carefully along to the window, while his friend watched intently, as though he expect ed the ghost of fast freight Number Forty-Six to jump suddenly through the window at any moment. Then— "Ilallo!" said Dimkins. "Come here. Tom!" "What fur?" demanded Tom, very doubtfully. "It's Forty-Six!" said Dimkins. "Her light's a-burnln'!" "Oh! her light's a-luirnin'!" repeats Tom, dogged and immovable. But out flew Dimkins, racing at top speed down the track toward the train. When he reached it there was no engineer, stoker, brakesman, nor any kind of living soul to be seen. But there was a fearful racket going on in the third box car. "What's the matter there?" shouted Dimkins, from what he considered a safe distance. "Break open the car and let lis out!" responded a number of voices. "Get a rail and knock the—lock off!" "It's us!" shouted another voice, which Dimkins recognized at once as the voice of Rodney Graham, stoker. So Dimkins followed directions, got a rail, broke the box car, and found the entire train crew laying on the floor of the car, bound hand and foot. Whether it was sheer bewilderment that caused it, or whether the subtle and pervasive odor of the box ear was responsible, Dimkins says he doesn't know, but he says that altogether he felt so dazed that he hadn't the slight est recollection the next morning of the explanations that were hurled at liim by the imprisoned men as to the cause of their extraordinary condi tion. Fast freight Number Forty-Six puffed out of Dalabeke station en route to Chicago shortly afterwards, and was respectfully signalled, and notified, and switched, and o. k.'d through by operators. The train dis patcher, thinking he must have made a mistake, altered his schedule and said nothing. The next morning the Federal Ex press company received their $50,000, and they said nothing. But a day or two afterwards the general manager of the B. R. & C. S. R. It. fished a memorandum out of some forsaken pigeon-hole and said— "By the way, what has become of this freight Number Forty-Six?" The clerk looked lip the records and found that It was at St Louis. "Where ought it to be?" demanded the general manager. The clerk looked up more records and reported that St Louis was where freight Number Forty-Six ought to be. So the general manager tore up his memorandum. Critical persons may talk about the train's way bill and other railroad red tape that is supposed to keep track of trains present or missing. In re gard to this we have nothing to sug gest, except that if one studies the records of some politicians there will appear many a hiatus irregularly filled in. We look askance, like good Samaritans, and pass by on the other side. Dimkins sat in the depot, playing checkers with his friend, one night, when fast freight Number Forty-Six came thundering by. Said Dimkins— • "That's no ghost!" Said Tom— "Queer go, that!" "You may say that!" responded Dimkins. "I've heard of ghosts' walks in my time," continued Tom. "but, you know, that was the first time I ever saw one." "Ah!" murmured Dimkins. resting his finger on a checker. "Right over behind the pond in Eli jah Baker's wood," said Tom. "west of the tracks, old Walker keeps a shooting box, and there's a lot of rails there and a switch." Dimkins nodded inquiringly. "The mark of them rails is on the grass yit!" concluded Tom. "Oli, it's rank!" "So it Is!" assented Dimklnr- "1 seen 'em myself."—Waverley jWuga-> zine. . Nature LPMII'IH Out of iopi . Nature classes that meet In the open air are sources of delight to the youngsters who are fortunate enough to belong to them. In a lesson over heard recently, the small lniy's pro verbial curiosity was satisfied by talks upon how the insects hear, where tlie grasshopper's ears are situa ted, what makes the locust sing, how the crickets chirp, how many legs a spider lias, where the butterflies come from, and what makes the katy did's song.—New York Tribune. ITntiflunl Field for a Woman. Miss Caroline Van Brunt, secretary of a large copper company, is also one of tlie directors and corporators of the company, and is said to know more about copper, nickel, the general mining of ores, the source of supply, production, consumption, tariff, state of trade etc., than any other woman in this country, and probably more than many men who claim to be ex perts on the subject. Miss Van Brunt has studied the problem of rendering copper fumes Innocuous, and it was largely through her presentation of the subject to Congress that to those establishments requiring it. was given an opportunity to experiment further with patent smoke consumers and odor contractors. Women of Atlanta. A large body of the women of Atlan ta, Gn., attended a mass meeting re cently in the rooms of the Atlanta Woman's club for the purpose of or ganizing a Business Woman's league, which promises to be the greatest and most Important organization in that city. The promoters are a number of Hie leading and professional women of Atlanta, who realize tlint the increas ing numb rs of women who work make such an organization necessary. The immediate objects of the Atlan- ! ta Business Wowan's league are to se cure a rest room and restaurant, a gymnasium and eventually a club house where _ working women may have access to all the comforts of women of leisure and a chance for self-culture through lectures, music, etc. The organization will include those who, having been in business, are in sympathy with the needs and aims of those who are now self-sup porting. I-ooKi* Sleevog Acilin, The tight sleeve has had but a brief existence in its last revival. All ru mors hint that larger sleeves are on the way, and already there is n dis tinct fulness at the shoulder. The elbow sleeves Hare more and more and are in many eases slashed al most to the shoulder on the outer side, over a full soft undersleeve. The loose dust cloaks with their volu minous sleeves have prepared the way for larger coat sleeves, which will be seen on the fall and winter conts. Panne velvet is the milliner's de cree to be the most popular material for autumn and winter hats; and French makers are showing wonder fully beautiful velvet flowers, as n hint of what is to lie expected later. A model hat is of panne velvet in Jacqueminot color, trimmed with Re naissance lace and a mass of velvet roses, shading from darkest Jacque minot to Im France pink. Necktie clasps are very much In evidence on the Inll street costumes. The fashionable Jravat which appears upon nt least t'.ree out of every five of these gowns and is most frequently of black velvet or soft black sntin, Is much more effective when drawn through such a clasp, than when tied, and the touch of gold harmonizes with the gold buttons and brnld which are tolerably sure to lurk somewhere about the gown. Flat and heavy dead gold, dull silver or gun metal rings are perhaps the most knowing of these clasps; hut the jewelers, in response to the demand, are now bringing them out in jewelled de signs, and in the antique gold work that Is a present fad. The latter are good in style and a single cnbulehon gem set deeply in the gold and agree ing with the color scheme of the gown adds to the effect, but the heavy jew eled clasps are a trifle too pronounced and rob the cravat of distinction. The U.e of Vrnicrnt Salt.. Women of today are not as liable to faint as their grandmothers were, because they dress more sensibly and do not wear as tight dresses or as tight shoes and gloves, but it is a wise and sensible precaution to keep fragrant salts 011 hand. Any salt loses Its strength in a short time. The 1 simple lavender salts are the most de- ! sirnble of all perfumed salts. These are easily prepared at home. While you are preparing a portion of these salts It is as easy to make several ! bottles or vinaigrettes as one, and tlie cost is small. Procure half a dozen small, clear glass bottles, with close cut glass stoppers if you wish. A pretty stopper costs very little pur chased with the bottles by the half dozen, and adds considerable to the value of the vinaigrette as a gift It is desirable that a vinaigrette lie small, so it may he easily enrried in the pocket. Vinaigrettes are often vary elaborate, decorated with silver, j gold and evon precious stones, but ft tiny bottle of clear glass with a pretty •topper is always in good taste and as useful as a more ornate one. To pre pare the salt, procure from a trust worthy druggist half a pound of car bonate of ammonia and an ounce and a half of the best oil of lavender. Crush the two together in a mortar, or in any dish that will mix them. Set the mixture in a large howl, which should be put In a pan of warm water, covered and set in a moderate oven lor about an hour. Stir the mixture several times while it is heating. It is not necessary for the ammonia to be crushed line. If it is in broken lumps it lasts longer. Do not get in the foolish habit of using a vinai grette continually. Cases of obstinate deafness have been ascribed to this case. The salts are also said to have an injurious effect on the vocal cords as well as on the auditory nerve* when used continually. Even the odor of flowers, notably the odor of violets, has been known to cause a singer temporarily to lose her voice. Hemming Stylet* of Coiffure. We are abandoning the pompadour, says a Paris correspondent, and for a truly enchanting fashion—the curl in the middle of the forehead. The hair is curled right up in one twist from the center of the forehead in this new style, wee teiulrills playing lightly up on the temples. The hair at the side* is carried to the back of the head, leaving only the tiniest possible puff* 011 caeh side of the face. On the crown of the head the hair is slightly parted 011 one side—merely a sugges tion of a parting, not a hard line. The coil at the back is worn much lower than heretofore. Coiling it up. how ever, suits so many faces that thi* fashion will probably not be univer sally adopted. Another style of coiffure consist* in parting tlie hair in the center and waving it in large undulations, which lend themselves to the slightly puffed sides and upright loops 011 the top. and which proclaim their emanation from the empire period. A very light, fine curl on either side soften* the outline of the forehead. It should be noted that extreme smoothness* and a glossy look are essentials; n> fuzzy or fluffy appearance is to be tolerated. A long comb should adorn the base of the structure; for the day time it is of plain tortoiseshell, but for full dress an adornment of jewels i* permitted. Small side combs set out the side puffs, which, however, should not be exaggerated. As for the ondu lee, 01* waving, it is now an Atlantic billow compared with the little lake ripples It used to be. We are promised a return of the em pire curl. To many women it is emi nently becoming, and as to those of us whom it does not suit, we may ig nore the curl when it conies, if come it does. An especial coiffure has been designed for those no longer In the first bloom of youth. After being waved, the hair is combed back and arranged In coils at the crown of the head, not quite 011 the top. A very becoming way for a girl to arrange her hair is to pull a ribbon through a small diamond buckle, and to tie it round the coil, so that it just stands up a little wee bit above the fringe. The ribbon should either bo white or t