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That Italian brigand who has killed off the judge who tried him, the wit nesses who appeared against him, the jurors who convicted him and the soldiers who guarded him, ought to go far in rescuing his profession from its comic-opera condition. A Kansas Indian claims to be the original Belgian hair-raiser of the Uni ted States. More thau 30 years ago he met a native of Belgium, owing to the fact that the latter had been look ing the other way. Upon that occa sion the first Belgian hair was raised in America. Compared with other countries few papers are published in Russia. A to tal of 1770 periodica la is reported, print ed in eight languages. Russian ab solutism does not thrive where free dom of the press is allowed. In this respect Turkey is only too faithful an imitator of Russian methods. The broom-handle seems to have been the favorite weapon of offense, said instrument having been wielded by ISO women. Hair brushes, hat pins, stove lid lifters and rolling pins figured ! conspicuously in the feminine armory, j and even the innocent nursing bottle was effectively employed by one Ama- \ zon. Uncle Sam launched a new torpedo ! boat the other day at Elizabethport, ' N. J. It is painted green, and called the O'Brien. Incidentally it is the first vessel in the new navy named after an Irishman. If it lives up to the repu- j tatiou of its name it should be a first i class fighting machine. Faugh-a-bal- ; lagh! The Japanese are making rapid strides in their march towards West ern culture. The latest innovation is the formation of commercial schools for the training of female clerks, and , one of the largest railway companies ; in Nippon has intimated that after a certain date women only will bo em ployed in the clerical department. The discovery of the North Fole itself will settle the problem as to tho ellipti clty of the earth's surface, which en ters into every computation of area or direction. Until the exact figure of the earth is known no boundary lines can be run with precision and dangerous i rocks and shoals cannot be indicated with accuracy. Until then tables in nautical calculations cannot be settled. In i practical article In a current periodical, a well known specialist dis cusses the human eye and how to care for it. He urges suitable care in the arrangement of light for reading and studying both in schoolrooms and in houses, and points out the future eye ills bestowed upon helpless children through the ignorance of their guard ians from infancy and on through childhood. Babies wearing sbadeless 1 caps and riding in perambulators with- j out parasols, or with those of dazzling white, the sun blazing into their shrink- \ ing eyes, are a daily sight in the streets. School-children are subjected constantly to a worse eye strain. Light should come upon work or book over the left shoulder, artificial light prefer ably from n little above and at tho left Incandescent light Ls the best of the artificial lights. In coal-oil lamps the variety known as the student's is recommended. Train robberies have become so frc nuent in the West that one railroad, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com pan)', regards an investment in blond hounds advisable. A litter of puppies has been distributed among the agent- j along the line, with instructions to rear ; them for the sole purpose of man-catch ing There are 20,000 locomotives on tlr I railways of the United Kingdom, and I their cost has been about £60,000,000. 1 THE PIE HABIT. _ In spt-ing men sigh In chilly fall For cherry pie For pie they rail. To soothe their tastes capricious; But this time it is noted 'Tis with delight They want the kind They slowljr bite. In which they find And say that it's delicious. Sweet pumpkin thickly coated. But later on. In winter drear Ere spring is gone, They persevere, They want a change from cherries, For pie they still are scheming; And then they try But when it's brought The fragrant pie They want it hot, That's stuffed with luscious berries. And packed with mincemeat steaming. In summer days Thus all year round The same old craze Can pie he found, For pie a new trick teaches; And men are quick to grab it; With strong desire Advice thev spurn, Men then inquire For pie they yearn, For pastry filled with peaches. And won't give up the habit. —Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, I MISS ALLYN'S MATCH-MAKING, | j!| by marjorie burns, Jjl I r-r IIE little china clock 011 the I , mantel chimed fonr, and | Etnel and Edith Adrian i "g" rustled down stairs, all ready for Mrs. Campbell's garden party. They were tall, slender girls, with he-frizzled yellow hair, and looked like twin Undines in their pale-green lawns, lit by the moony gleam of fish scale jewelry. "All ready, girls?" said Daisy Dncre, blithely, as she sprang up, shaking scraps of colored paper from her limp lawn dress, dotted with rosebuds that were vanishing like phantoms with much washing. "There, now, you're going to leave me!" whined a sickly-looking child, wi tli slender yellow braids and large, sullen, brown eyes. "Ma said you must amuse me, for I'm so delicate, l'ou've got to stay aiul make my paper-dolls some more dresses. So, now, Daisy Dacre!" "I've made your dollies dozens of dresses already. Won't you let cousin go just this once?" pleaded Daisy. "If you go ouce, you'll want to be going again. I think you're very sel fish to want to go and leave your little sick cousin," said Rosabel, reproach fully. "I don't see how you can reconcile it to your conscience to go and leave that child, when she begs you to stay with her," chimed in Ethel, severely, "Come, Edith, let's go. Mrs. Campbell said that Miss Allyu's nepliew, from Boston, Hoy Fabian, would ho there to-day. You know he's quite a cele brated artist and as handsome as a prince, they say." And Ethel and Editli went down the front walk, with their rose-lined parasols tipped at the most becom ing angle, leaving Daisy to whisk away a surreptitious tear or two, swal low a couple of sobs, and give all her energies to the task of entertaining n spoiled child. She was Mrs. Adrian's orphan niece, pretty and poor, and lind impercepti bly glided into the position of genteel drudge in her aunt's family, with a salary of east-off dresses and fault finding. But she had a loving nature, which twined itself around even her domes tic tyrants, and she had grown up among her petty persecutions as daintily-sweet as a brier—rose among Its besetting thorns. After their early tea, in-door enter tainment waxed tame. "I think we'll go to walk. Mamma says I need exercise. Not too much, hut just enough to relax my nerves and give me an appetite," said Rosa bel, who had all her mother's pet phrases at her tongue's end. "Very well, dear. Shall we go to the cemetery?" inquired Daisy, who was well acquainted with Rosabel's ghoul-like proclivities for roaming among the tombs and meditating on an early death. "Yes," assented Rosabel, "I should like to look at the stone they have just been putting up at Julia May berry's grave." It was only a short distance to the beautiful old cemetery, which over looked the valley of the river with low-lying blue hills beyond, and the two girls soon reached it. Rosabel proceeded at once to the giave of Julia Mayberry, the patron child-saint of the neighborhood, and seating herself 011 the base of the stone, began slowly tracing the in scription with a sallow little finger-tip, while Daisy took possession of a rustic seat, and bent in absorption over a hook of poems. It was only a cheap paper-bound edition, but Daisy looked quite as pretty bending over it as if it had been bound in blue velvet and studded with diamonds. And so thought nt least one of a pair of unseen spectators. They were an oddly-assorted couple. Tho man was young, tall, straight as a dart, and singularly handsome, with hazel eyes that could glow Into gold and Hash into black, and crisp, dark hair. The woman—a quaint, pretty, rich ly-dressed, little old lady, with a brisk walk and eyes that flashed like black diamonds— had her thick knot of silver hair fastened with n gotd comb, and carried a gold-headed eanc in one of her little, withered, ivory hands. "Just look at that girl sitting there, reading! Isn't she a beauty, with her fluffy, red-gold hair lit up like a saint's halo by the sunset?" "It's just like you, Roy, to be falling in love with every pretty girl yon see!" laughed Miss Allyn, "With whom should I fall in love, auntie—the homely girls V" was the saucy answer. "But hasn't she lovely eyes, though? Just look at them as ! she raises them from her book! " 'Blue, blue, as if the sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall.' 'lf you know her, do, do introduce me, auntie!" begged Itoy, In an atti -1 tude of melodramatic pleading. "You bad boy, you know very well that you ve made such a fool of your aunt that she can't refuse you any : thing. Come along!" said Miss AS ' lyn, playfully tapping her nephew's broad shoulder with her cane. ' The introduction was soon accom plished, and then Roy noticed the meditative little figure at Julia May • berry's tomb. "How do you do, 'Patience on a ' monument'?" he said, playfully. • "You are mistaken in the person, sir -my name is Rosabel Adrian," said > Rosabel, with much dignity; "and I , don't do well at ail. 1 don't expect to live very long, and I've been thlnk ' Ing about what I want put on my tombstone. Which do you like best— " 'Sister, thou wast mild and lovely, Gentle as the summer breeze;' "Or, " 'None knew her but to love her, None named her but to praise?'" , she added, appealing to the company at large with would-be melancholy sweetness. "I think you will have to grow con l sldernbly more angelic than you are , now before either of those inscrlp tions would be appropriate. Oh, I've heard of you!" said Miss All yn, wax ing wrathful. "You and your sisters , make your pretty cousin a slave to all your whims. I'll wager that she had . to stay away from Mrs. Campbell's party to amuse you. Confess, now! Didn't she?" "Yes," blushed Rosabel. "Well," said Miss Allyn, "I don't know that I should lecture you, for I'm a selfish old thing myself. I know that all tiie girls at the garden-party were dying to see this handsome nephew of mine, but I kept him at home to talk to me, and then we thought we'd stroll out here to see the sunset. Come, we two selfish things will go off, and I'll tell you a story of a lovely princess, who was kept In captivity by an ogress and her three daughters, while we leave these two generous souls to talk about the sun set and poetry anil all the pretty tilings young folks like." So Rosabel went eagerly away with Miss Allyn, to listen, with tear dimmed eyes, to the sorrows of the captive princess, in whom she did not recognize her pretty cousin, and Daisy and Itoy were left to talk. And they took full advantage of their privilege. Daisy hungered fop all beautiful things, and Roy had traveled extensively anil seen all the Old World loveliness with the eyes of an artist, and could talk about it with the tongue of a poet. "llow beautiful it is!" Daisy's heart kept saying, in the pauses of their talk, as they watched the sunset fling , its surplus roses into the river and drape the pale-blue sky with pink and-gold banners. llow beautiful she is!" Roy said to himself a dozen times, before the pale moon crept up behind the pines like a ghost, and Miss Allyn returned with Rosabel and said it was time to go home. The twins were at home when Daisy and Rosabel returned, and Rosabel i immediately proceeded to empty her bursting budget of news. "So that's the reason you didn't I want to go to the lawn-party—you i preferred a moonlight tete-a-tete with I Roy Fabian? Oh, you sly minx!" said I Ethel, white with wrath. And she and Edith swept from the • room like two pale-green storm clouds, utterly ignoring the fact that . Daisy had been very anxious to go f to the party. The next day Miss Allyn came, and > personally invited the three girls to a , lawn-party, insisting that Daisy should go. "I've been a selfish old thing, never i giving a party, beeause it was too . much trouble; but I must brighten up t things a little for tnnt nephew of mine. I Besides, I owe him amends for keep > Ing him at home from Mrs. Cnmp r bell's." So Miss Allyn's beautiful ombruid , ered furniture emerged from its - shroudings, the two stately peacocks i that had the great lawn to themselves gave place to rainbow-hued groups of ; daintily-dressed ladies, and the old ' elms ring with merry laughter. But Roy Fabian had eyes only for , a girlish figure iu faded lawn. Miss Allyn bloomed out unexpect edly as a projector of all sorts of gaieties. I'lcnlcs, teas and dances fol lowed each other in short and sweet sequences, and in all the merry pub lic meetings, the sweeter and quieter private ones, Daisy's heart was slow ly opening "its red leaves lovelore" be neath the sunshlno of Roy's hazel eyes. "Daisy Daere is the sweetest girl in the world! I made up my mind, that first night in the cemetery, that you should marry her, if she'd have you; and if you don't propose to her before you leave, I've a mind to cut you off with a dollar!" said Miss Allyn to her nephew, one evening, when the heavy scent of tube-roses betokened sum mer's death and Roy's flitting. "For once 'great minds run in the same channels,' auntie!" laughed Roy. "I think that Daisy Dacre is the sweet est girl in the world! I made up my mind that first night in the cemetery that I'd marry her if she'd have me. And I've already proposed to her and been accepted!" he concluded, triumph antly. "Bless you, my darling boy!" And Miss Allyn threw down her cane and half smothered Roy in an ecstatic embrace. But the Adrians were not so well pleased with the turn events had taken. "How selfish of her to get married and leave me when she understands my ways better thau any one else!" moaned Rosabel. "So she had to have an artist, and that rich Miss Allyn's heir. As if any one wouldn't have been good enough for that little beggar—" sneered Ethel. "Warm a serpent in your bosom, and it will turn and sting you," moralized Edith. "Ungrateful as she has proved, I shall never regret what I have done for her," said Mrs. Adrian, witli pious satisfaction. But little care Roy and Daisy for unkind comments as they walk in love's paradise.—Saturday Night. STATUES OF SNOW. Effects I'rodnced l>y Copper Pipes and Liquefied Carbonic Acid., A Paris sculptor, with an apprecia tion for and the power to satisfy the demand of the minute, has hit upon the novel scheme of turning out "snow statues" for such of his patrons as lean to the unique in art Statues of any required shape are made and add greatly to the appearance of drawing rooms in the French capital. To all intents and purposes these statues are carved out of the compactly welded fleece. As a matter of fact, tlicy are only coated with snow, the under part being made up of copper pipes, thin and light. The discovery, which has resulted in a mass of orders reaching the sculp tor and a consequent substantial in crease in his revenues—for he charges "top story" prices for his products came in the nature of an accident. It was while the artist was being shown the method of lee making by machin ery that the plan presented itself to him. The liquefied gases, ho noticed, in their trip through the copper pipes produced on the outside an appearance unmistakably that of snow. This had been caused by the disposition of the water vapor of the atmosphere on tlie metal and freezing of it by the action of the acid. This system, reasoned the sculptor, might be applied to statuary. And he applied it. A statue of thin copper was quickly constructed and a box of liquefied carbonic acid placed in the case. When this gas evaporated the effect of freezing was produced, the moisture in the air attracted to the copper sides and quickly frozen into the semblance of snow. Many beauti ful designs have boon turned out iu pursuance of this principle, and the sculptor is said to be reaping a golden j reward for his snow discovery. Factß About Contemporary Bnsinens. j Facts prove that about ninety-five per cent, of business men fail to sue- < ceed, and only five per cent, of the whole have sufficient "all round" busi ness ability to sustain themselves iu- , dependency. Severe competition has forced the large business concerns to j be co-operative in their methods. The modern establishment is so co-opera tive ic its workings that most success- j ful business men must frankly admit that their success lias been due to it. j Statistics show that the best organ ized and most favorably located manu facturing and mercantile institutions do not make over two and a half to three and a half per cent, on sales. I Even If they give the customers goods at cost, they would not benefit them much in a pecuniary way. If a straightforward customer be comes Involved, we endeavor to assist him as far as we can consistently. If a firm meets with adversity and makes an honest failure, it is almost the uni versal custom for mercantile credi tors to say: "Pay what you feel you are able to. Attempt no more."— A St. Louis Business Man, in the In ternational Journal of Ethics. Follow ltnco Homes In an Automobile. The latest and most novel use to which the automobile is being applied comes from St. Louis. It is proposed at the new race track in that city to have the patrol judge follow the horses entirely around the course in a motor vehicle. For this purpose It is proposed to build an elevated track entirely around the track, near the in side rail, and it is said the vehicle will have rio difficulty in keeping pace with tlie horses. Under this plan the pa trol judge could keep his eye on the jockeys and horses all the way around, and it would seem thai much truer racing is likely to be the result.—Chi cago Inter Ocean. [ About * Wtimankind^ - Old Styles In Sleeves Revived. u Two old styles of sleeves are being ■1 now revived—the bishop sleeve of mus lin, with fuelling round the wrist, and n the pagoda Sleeve, of a thicker mate t rial, which is worn over it. Jackets u also are now seen with pagoda sleeves, r made somewhat large and short, to slip e ' easily over the bishop sleeve of the Y dress bodice beneath. Jeweled sleeves r of lace are also seen with some even v ing dresses and are fastened to the shoulders with jewels. This is much prettier than the "no-sleeve" style, which some women continue to adopt , for evening. Velvet Bow s and Rosettes. y I The up-to-date woman keeps on hand r j a collection of velvet bows and rosettes '. i for wear with her different gowns. I The rosettes are placed on one side of i- the neck on the bodice at some becom ing angle or on the waist line, wher ever they can add to the beauty of a e gown. The large ones used at the c j waist line have a series of irregular ! loops and ends hanging half way down !1 the skirt. In Paris it is the fashion j to tag these loons with tiny crystal j drops, cut jewels, pear shaped pearls 1 aud siieli-likc. The smaller bows are s more effective when wired. , , SOUK- Beautiful Diamond" ! Lady Loudoun has some very beau- j 1 tiful jewels. The Loudoun diamonds V are very liue, nrul on gala occasions 1 seem almost overwhelming for their mlgnonne wearer. There is a parure 1 of particular beauty, quite three-qunr -1 ters.of a yard long, of large pausies and leaves, each of which separately I forms a more than ordinary large or ? noment for the front of a dinner i dress. Lady Loudoun, however, is not fond of loading herself down with jew r ois, and only displays her diamonds on i very rare occasions. She is a great gardener, and spends much of her time I supervising gardening operations.— j Loudon M. A. P. Helen of Troy's Seeret. I Tradition says that no woman who ■ ever lived had such a beautiful com plexion as Helen of Troy, and now we are informed she attained this distinc tion by using a very simple salve or lotion on her skin. The Ingredients of ' this salve are ail egg, a citron and some seltzer water. llow the beauteous Helen contrived to obtain seltzer water we are not told, but the discoverer of the recipe assures *.'3 that a water very similar to it was well known iu ancient times. The citron, after being cut in two lengthwise, is freed from its pulp, and the two halves are put together so ds to form a small cup, into which the yolk of the egg is poured after being carefully separated from the white. The mixture is allowed to stand for •11 hour and is then put on the face, where it should remain for half an nour, after which time it may be re moved by spraying the skin with the contents of a siphon of seltzer water. By repeating this operation daily wrin kles will soon be removed, and the complexion will become fair and bril liant. How One Woman Karat a Living. A young woman living in a town in which one of the largest American uni , rerslties is situated has hit upon an excellent method of earning her own living. Her skill in making "fudges," those toothsome chocolate sweets that are said to have originated at Vassar, had often ueen praised by her friends, and it occurred to her one day that what she did for pleasure might be turned to profit. She made a few boxes of the sweetmeats, and induced a neighboring druggist to let them bo on sale in his store. The first boxes, and afterward a second and larger lot, I were quickly disposed of, and orders 1 for more were received, chiefly from j the collegians. Her next step was to ! get some plain wbito boxes, pack the fudges iu them and tie the boxes with a broad ribbon of the college color. Having some little skill witli the brush she decorated each ribbon band with the college name, uud put this fudge on the market. j An assistant helps In the •unskilled 1 part of the process, and she herself 1 works every day, and often until late i in the night in an effort to supply the j demand for her bonbons. She has cs j tablished agencies throughout the town I and in a neighboring cilj', and is prob | ably building up a permanent and ex cellent business. An Amusing Indoor Diversion. A pleasant way for a party of young people to entertain themselves at an informal gathering is for them to try to distinguish each other by seeing the eyes alone, says the Philadelphia In quirer. Pin a shawl across the door way about five feet from the floor. Cut two holes in a large sheet of wrapping paper, or a newspaper will answer the same purpose, which will show the eyes distinctly, but will not expose any pther part of the face. - If any one present possesses a talent for drawing, the paper which is to serve ns a mask could lie decorated with a mouth and nose, put on with a brush dipped in India ink. This would add to the grotesque appearance which the sbnwl, surmounted by the 1 mask, will present. Eyebrows might also be painted. Wlie the paper is pinned above the shawl the company should be divided into two -nrties, one to remain in the room as spectators and guessers, and 1 the other to go "behind the scenes" 1 (otherwise the shawl) as performers. If there are over half a dozen of the 1 latter a line should be formed; the one at the head stands behind the mask, so that his eyes are distinctly seen by those in the room, and another of the performers asks: I •'Who owns the eyes?" T If a correct response is given the per formers clnp their hands. Then the one who has taken his turn goes to the foot of the line, and number two takes his or iier place behind the screen. Afteratime the parties change places, and the fun is renewed. spgrreovdoiV CHAT Women have been made eligible to serve on the new labor councils jus! established by the French Govern ment. China has produced a woman dra matist, tVionew. She is under thirty years of age and has already written several plays. There are not many people aware of the fact that the beautiful Couutess of Warwick owns a millinery and dressmaking establishment in London, Miss Louise Traux, a seventeen year-old great-great-grandniece of ' Ethan Allen has captivated New York society with her ability as a whistler and imitator of birds. Lady Itnndolph Churchill, who re cently married young Lleutennut West, announces that she will drop her title, and will be known henceforth as Sirs. George Cornwallis West. Mrs. James Brown Potter's latest claim to fame is as the inventor of a j new pocket handkerchief. The idea is to have one small enough to tuck iuto the wrist of the new waistband sleeve. .Miss Cowen, daughter of the late millionaire, Joseph Cowen, of New castle, England, is to have the sole charge of the business and editorial departments of the Weekly Chronicle, formerly owned by her father. Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman, a -w --daughter of former Governor Bullock ' of Massachusetts has just completed a bicycle tuor of the ludiau jungle country, and last year made a record in climbing among the Himalayas. It was a famous milliner of Paris. Mile. Bertin, who flourished in the reign of Louis XVI., that was the au thor of one of the truest of all say ings In regard to fashion: "The new est things are only the old conic back." Mrs. John Freyer, of San Francisco, is probably the only American woman who ranks as the wife of a Chinese mandarin. Mandarin Freyer is an Englishman, and was given this rank because of valuable translations made by him. Mrs. Freyer lived in China with her husband twelve years. "The Academy of Lost Arts" is the name given to n school where the young women of the University of California are taught sewing and other domestic occupations, which Mrs. llcarst has established at Berkeley. It is intended to make the institution self-supporting by selling the work ac complished by the students. One of the champion swimmers of England is Lady Constance Mackenzie, who is sixteen, pretty and petite. She swims under water for a length and a half, waltzes and excels in the ex tremely difficult feat called "shadow swimming," which consists of swim ming under water aud keeping perfect time with another swimmer above. imsrfops Double circular capes of scarlet ker sey. Figured cheviot plaid in bright color ings. Waistcoats arc rapidly gaining in -i favor. Camel's-hair ziboline in the new self colorings. Turquoise holds its place, even in creases in favor. Epinglinc is the foremost dress ma terial of the season. Pebble granite in weaves more pro nounced than formerly. One of the newest of cheviots is called cheviot sanglier. Chiffon capes for evening wear in new and pretty patterns. Velvet is seen on all sides as a trim ming, either in folds or ribbon. Skirts with shaped flounces, some times plain or pleated, are shown. Silk and wool brocade velours, in combinations of black and colors. New hatpins have huge globular heads, covered with gold or jet scales. > Eight button mousquetaires will be very fashionable befoVe the season is over. Gold and steel ornaments are used to weight drooping bows aud ribbon ends. J Accordion and side pleatlngs of silk net with various trimmings are much used. New golf suitings in slate gray with reverse side In small black and scarlet plaid. Wale diagonal Cheviot, very attrac tive on account of the boldness or twills. Fur jackets are either Eton or blouse shape, and combinations of furs are popular. A beautiful ornament is a quill effect in jet long enough to surround a hat completely. Figured priinelln cloth In combina tions of black mohair flgures on col ored grounds. Heavy pique gloves are the most stylish for street wear in a pretty shade of tan. Guimpes, collars, vests and cuffs, also front and side panels on skirts, are made of velvet.
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