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The Chicago Tribune has compiled
a table showing the character of the
weapons used by women In several
hundred cases of assault and battery
which were brought to the attention of
the magristrates during the past year.
A hypnotic Institution in Chicago
calling itself a school of psychology
claims to cure merely by suggestion,
and even claims to have effected a
cure of a young man who had been for
two years a victim of what was sup
posed to he an incurable aversiou to
work.
A Chicago woman has been driven
mad by the noises of the streets, es
pecially the cable-car gongs. The won
der is that the number of cases of
stark insanity from street noises is so
small relatively to the number of cases
of nervous frenzy and nervous exhaus
tion which they produce.
A prize of 1000 francs has been
offered by a French society for the in
vention of a glove. Manufacturers of
kid gloves, however, are not likely to
compete for the award, as the glove
required is one which will safeguard
electrical workmen from accident, not
adorn the hand of the American
woman.
The labor bureau of France shows
that more than one-third of the in
dustrial products of that country is
the work of women. The American
women have 110 large industrial pro
duct to show, as only about 1" per
cent, are employed In handicrafts of
this sort, hut happily their career has
broadened into the most diverse paths
of life, so that nil exhibition of wom-
Jn's work in this country means much
more than excellence in art Industries.
Affairs in Persia are in a deplorable
condition and small revolts are break
ing out in many cities that have been
impoverished by robbery, which is
legalized under the name of taxation.
For several months the organization
of a strong revolutionary force has
been going 011. although there has been
tranquillity on the surface. The cen
tral committee of the revolutionists
look to Hussia for relief, and the
Russian consul in Ispahan has been
begged to intercede for them with his
government.
The most remarkable feature of the
western states, through the corn belt,
in winter, has been the interminable
stretch of unused stalks, standing In
the snow, and liable in the spring to
be in the way of the plow. These
stalks do not easily rot, and there
fore remain in the way of future
efforts of the agriculturist. They are
more than a dead waste, they are a
hindrance. Millions of tous of this
material have been burned, or other
wise lost to human welfare. The
great agricultural discovery of the
closing years of the century is the
fact that all this material can be util
ized. every ounce of it. The shredding
machines slit it into flue fodder, which
the farmers report is not only well
relished by cattle, but is as good as
clover bay for horses and costly
mixed feeds for cattle. It is not only
fed from the fields, but is preserved in
6llos, and fed the whole year around.
It is as good a food for sheep as for
cattle, and lowers the cost of fatten
ing these animals nearly one half.
Shredded corn costs not above $2.75
per ton when stored. So the farmer
has a new feed at half the cost of
hay, and almost unlimited in its sup
ply. It is made of one of the wastes
of the farm, at the same time convert
ing a nuisance Into a blessing. Ameri
can agriculture has a grand opening
before it as the old century passes
Into the new, reflects the New York
Independent.
Trouble On Rebel Greek.
BY JAMES NOEI, JOHNSON,
Author of "A Romulus In Kentucky,"
"One Little Girl in Blue," Etc.
(Copyrighted 1900: Dally story Pu*>. Co.)
I was riding up Rebel Creek, in Bell
county, Kentucky, last August, when,
suddenly, thero came to my ear com
mingled voices—one passionately de
nunciatory; one of wailing and plead
ing.
Turning a sharp angle in the road, I
beheld a log cabin a short distance
ahead, hugged by a rail fence.
Before the door I saw an under
sized man, hopping up and down in
front of an over-sized woman. There
seemed an intimate relation between
the time of the leaps of the man and
the falling of a hickory in the good
right hand of the woman.
"This will teach you, you deccptlous
dog, how ter put up another job on a
pore, innocent, motherless gal; won't
it, eh? (Whack, whack). Won't it,
eh? I think sorter it will!"
The poor fellow, now with a wail of
agony, broke from the woman, and
ran toward the fence. She followed
like a maddened bovine, and, just as
he reached the rails, her foot caught
him with a force that sent him spraw
ling five feet on the outside. He arose
instantly with an agonized groan, and
a whirl of dust down the road quickly
swallowed him.
The Amazon gazed a second in the
direction he had gone with crooked
brows, then from her stern lips broke
such a laugh of cold malignancy that
my blood was chilled.
I started to ride on, but she shouted:
"Hold up, thar, stranger!"
I obeyed—l feared not to.
"Mister," she said, fanning her hot
face with a calico sunbonnet; "that
was my ole man, who, as you see, has
just now picked up an* left me all
alone in the world.
"I want you to hear the cause of our
little rupture, for I don't want no lyin
tales to go out that I treated him so
mean he had to leave me. No, sir.
I'm a true, good woman—who longs to
be a kind, lovin' an' gentle compan
ion. I was forced into what I done.
I'm gentle as dew in er morning glo
ry's throat, when treated right, but
people must not play no scaly tricks
on me." Here she lifted her apron to
swelling eyes.
"That thing come in here from Ten
nessee about a month ago. He sot his
deceptious eye on my little home here,
my two milk cows, and three acre
cjop of terbacker. He come to see me
every day or two, an' I soon seed that
his love for my baked sweet taters,
butter an' sweet milk was a growin'
violent in him. When I'd cut all my
terbacker, an' got it hung in the barn,
he proposed to me. I feared his love
didn't reach across the 'tater dish and
rich, sweet butter, an' so I tole him
'No.'
"Then, Sal Patton —a gal what's bin
a hatin' me all her life, jlst cause my
pore ole dad killed her n for informin'
on him—this Sal Patton, I say, took to
goin' with him, an' she appeared to
lean to him like er sick kitten to a
hot jam rock. Woman like, when I
seed my enemy so dead stuck on him,
he appeared a heap purtier to me, an
my heart begin to whisper things that
my brain wouldn't listen to.
"One day a stranger stopped at my
house to rest an' git some water, an'
this thing happened to go by, leaniu'
on Sal Patton's arm. The stranger
looked out, an' his eyes sorter bulged
when he seed the thing, an' he turned
to me an' sed: 'Ain't that Hon. James
P. Saddler, son of Judgo Joe Saddler,
a wealthy citizen of Carter county,
Tennessee?' I tole him the thing
"I crept down through the thick brush
just as easy."
callod himself Saddler, but I didn't
know about him bein' a son of er
wealthy Judge.
" 'Well,' smiled the stranger, 'he 1b
Jlst who I thought. He allers was an
odd chicken. He Is the pride of Ten
nessee, an' the pick of all the gals, but
he waived 'em all aside. He sed the
gals wuz only arter him for his wealth
an' position, an' that he never Intend
ed to marry no one that knowed of his
high station. He would go far, far
away, somewhere an' marry some poor
gal who could love him for himself
alone. Don't you say nothin' about
what I say, though, good woman. Let
him have his way an' marry that gal
If she is worthy of him—an' she's a
fine lookin' gal—ef that's any sign of
worthiness—no, say nuthln' about
what I've sed, for It wouldn't be
treat In' him right, an' it would make
him angry at me for meddlin' in his
worthy scheme.'
| "I pledged him my honor I'd say
nothin', an' he went off. But he drop
i ped a seed that found rich lodgment
|ln my simple, innocent heart. The
I next day, the thing come back, an'
| staid for supper. He wouldn't hardly
, taste none of my fine baked swiet 'ta-
ters, and ffrainy butter. He'd sot an'
roll his eyes about, here an' thar, an'
would sigh like he was in deep misery.
He'd hardly look at mo when he
knowed I'd see him, but from the tail
of my eye, as I swept about the room,
I cud see his eye was jist fairly eatin'
me.
"Finally, Jist as dusk was beglnnln'
to creep up the holler, an' the chickens
begun to chat under the roostin' tree,
he cum up softly to whar I wus leanin'
over the banister, an' sighed mighty
heavy three times hand runnin'. Then
he cleared up his throat er time er two
an' sed: 'Gal, I love ye! Oh, ye cudn't
have no idee how my pore heart's a
hurtin'. Once more I come back to
see ef ye won't take pity an' recon
sider your death sentence! Ef ye
won't have me, I propose to Sal Pat
ton on the ides of termorry. I like
"Won't It. eh?"
the gal mighty, but, oh, my love, mj
burnin', heatin' all-devourin' love it i
fer you, my sweet —all fer you.'
"Wal, I turned terward him, an' h< 1
read my honest, Innocent eyes. Sa j
Patton shouldn't have the dear little j
man. His hunt fer a gal to love bin: ;
for himself alone, an' not fer his nam, 1
and wealth should be rewarded.
"Wal, we spliced the very next day |
Comtn' home from Parson Smont's i
whar the knot was tied, we met Sa: i
Patton. I sent a proud smile at her I
an' she busted out in er giggle, an' jisi \
kept it up till we rode out o' hearin','
I couldn't understand it then, but I dc
now, stranger.
'That night he told me the story th
stranger had. 1 tole him 1 was almoßl
sorry he was great an' wealthy. 1
feared I would be away out of place ai |
a grand lady. Ho said, 'No, my littli I
pet, you would adorn the palace of el
emperor!"
"The next day he proposed that w<
go back to his wealthy home in Ten
nessee. I consented, of course, an' h
commenced coutractin' the sale of ali
my stuff for ready money. He wenl
to town and contracted my terbackei
at a good llgger."
Here the poor woman brought th
apron to her eyes again, and held 11
there for more than a minute.
"Yesterday arternoon, I started oul
to hunt one of the cows that had laid;
out fer a night or so. I wandered ovei i
the hillside, down to the road, but 1 j
couldn't find her. About a mill
above here, when, lookin' througt I
a hole In the brush, I caught
sight of my husband an' a stranger j
laughin' an' talkin' under a tree jist
across the road from whar I stood. 1
don' know why, but strange suspicions
come up in me when I seed 'cm ther,
an' I crept down through the thick
bresh, jist as easy till 1 got whar 1
cud see 'em plain, an' hear every word
they spoke. The stranger was the man
who had stopped at my house that day
an' give my man sich a fine pedergree.
They was comparln' notes an' makin
other plans.
" 'I will have all her stuff converted
Into ready money in ten days,' sed my
men —thet thing—'then I'll make an'
excuse to git oft \wth it, an' Jine you
where you say.'
" 'The gal I've got haltered,' said the
other, 'is er high-toned sort of gal.
She's got lots of stuff. A monied man
don't catch her. Dig family is what
she's arter. Make me a grandson ol
Robert E. Lee and the favorite nephew
of Stonewall Jackson when you stop
to boost me up. That will clinch her.
That will spill $2,000 In our pockets— i
the best pile since I got you married \
to that Georgia widder as the son in
disguise of Lord Lansdowne.'
"Well, sir, stranger, that kind o' |
talk went on till it was plain as A, B, j
Ab's the bizness they follered. 1
never hearn of no sich er perfession j
before. They worked tergether in'
foolin' orphan gals an' widders with
cash. One would go ahead an' spark !
a gal, the other would toiler on in a
few weeks an' make the first out to be
sich a mighty man in wealth or sta
tion as would make the woman feat
he mout die suddin. afore she cud git
haltered to him! It was all I cud do
to keep from klllin' 'em both. I had
a pistol, an' I jist had to worry, in
prayer, that the Lord would make the
cup of murder pa3s. Hit passed, an' 1
sed nothiu' till this morning', and you
hearn enough then.
"All I want is that you will not go
off an' tell that I'm a eruel-heartec
woman. An' I know you can't think 1
done much wrong arter all I've tole ye.
Wasn't it enough to rile me, stranger?
Wal, I arter be thankful any how. My
property ain't sold, thank God! an'
I've learned sumthin'. No more wealth
an' greatness in disguise for me! Ole
Widderwer Jim Stacy will do. He's
got a good farm, lots of stock, an' a
big, lovln', honest heart, ef he does
wear No. 13's on his kidney feet."
Some men are always wanting peo
plo to tell them how good-looking they
are, but a woman will stand up in
front of a mirror and see for herselt
PRINTINC A SECRET PAPEh.
flow Clever IluFtMan Itevolutlonl.t, ISaf
fled the Spies.
To set up and print a four-page pa
per in Uussia where Government spies
are as thick as flies without being dis
covered was a task which a party of
revolutionists successfully accom
plished in 1884.
The person selected for the position
of editor was Mile. Sladkova, a physi
cian. She routed a suite of rooms in
the most open manner and apparently
entered upon the practice of her pro
fession.
All the materials were smuggled in
to the house under the eyes of the
house porter, who apparently was giv
en every opportunity to see what was
going on. Mile. Sladkova's assistant
was a young student selected for the
purpose who applied for lodgings in
response to an advertisement written
by her and submitted to the porter for
approval.
The difficulty experienced in bring
ing into the house a heavy cylinder
weighing over 100 pounds and the iron
chase without detection can be im
agined. The printing proper was al
ways done in the evenings or at night.
All the windows were heavily cur
tained, so that the impression con
voyed to the outside observer was that
sleep reigned within the lodgings.
Among the furniture there was a
table with a marble top. This served
as the base of the printing press. On
other occasions, however, a more per
fectly even surface was secured in the
form of a large, thick looking-glass,
which usually hung on the wall.
In this case the table mentioned
above was put 011 pieces of India-rub*
ber and the looking-glass placed on ths
table. On its even surface the four
pages of print was then placed. A
pair of small iron rails, a trifle lower
than the type, were put close to the
form and had upturned hooks at each
end.
After the ink had been put on the
type, by means of a "gelatine liand
cyliuder," and a wet sheet of paper
put on it, the heavy metallic cylinder,
coated with india-rubber, was placed
on the rails at one end of the form. A
vigorous push would enable it to jump
011 the type, traverse the whole of it,
and jump off; but it would not fall on
the floor because of the hooks.
The printing office worked very suc
cessfully, and the police were for a
long time at a loss in trying to dis
cover it. The student and Mile. Slad
kova became the objects of close es
spionage, which was so stringent that
to bring in or out the necessary
amount of printed or imprinted pa
pers became impossible, and it was de
cided by the revolutionists to abandon
the printing office.
On the day on which the break up
was effected spies were posted on the
stairs of the lodging, others were in
the courtyard, at the gates, and in the
street, yet the person who conducted
the connection betwee". the printing
office and the outside world went into
Mile. Sladkova's rooms, secured and
put under his garments those imple
ments which were of particular value
and could be taken away, successfully
slipped past the spies, and, though
closely followed, escaped. Mile. Slad
kova also got away.—Fourth Estate.
Arabic Typewriters.
One of tlio most interesting oT recent
Inventions is an Arabic typewriter,
which has just been patented. Inas
much as Arabic writing lias no fewer
than 038 distinct characters, the diffi
culties to he overcome are obvious.
There are, however, iu Arable only
twenty-nine letters, each letter hav
ing many different forms. One letter,
for example, has sixty-four forms, the
purpose of this variety in forms being
that each letter shall join with the ad
jacent letters, whatever their shape.
This condition of affairs, obviously.
Is hard on the typesetter, and for a
long time past Arabic scholars have
desired to contrive compromise charac
ters, so to speak, which would join
well enough, and which would at the
same time he satisfactory to the read
ers of the written language. This has
at lengtli been accomplished, and. as
one of the results of the chirographic
reform, an Arabic typewriter will soon
be placed on the market. Thus Arab
merchants in this country and all over
the world will be able to conduct their
correspondence much more easily than
hitherto. The Arabic language is In
use to-day in Egypt, Persia and Ara
bia.
Such an achievement gives hope that
there may yet arrive a Chinese type
writer, notwithstanding the fact that
in that language 2-1,000 distinct charac
ters are iu accepted use among the
educated. Philadelphia Saturday
Eveniug Post.
Pointed ParaffrnpltH.
A man is a miser; a woman is a
mystery.
The richer a man's food the poorer
his appetite.
The ice man's hill is the blow that
cracks the joke.
Feathered bipeds of similar plumage
congregate gregariously.
AVhat a woman says goes—when she
talks into a telephone receiver.
No man is capable of ruling others
who is unable to rule himself.
The woman who never sheds a tear
on nceount of a man doesn't love him.
Unfortunately the chronic bore nev
er leaves a hole in his victims mem
ory.
The oniy objection the average man
hud to hard money is tlint It is hard
to get.—Philadelphia Record.
PiiriNli Clerk Bue the Church.
Tlie parish clerk of Sulgruve, Eng
land, lias again successfully sued the
church wardens for the payment of
his salary of £3 a year. He said that
he had on several occasions provided
the communion wine out of his paltry
salary.
THE REALM OF FASHION.
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New York City.—No coat yet devised
suits tlae small boy more perfectly
than tlie box model with coachman's
capes. The smart May Manton de
coy's COAT.
sign here illustrated combines ele
gance with simplicity, and Is adapted
to cloth, velvet and corduroy, all of
which materials are In vogue. As
shown, however, it Is made of beaver
broadcloth in hunter's green, and is
finished with tailor stitching and
lined throughout with silk of the same
shade. Wise mothers include the silk
lining even if economy must be prac
ticed In other ways, as nothing else
allows the coat to be slipped on and
off with ease.
Both fronts and back are loose fit
ting in box style, and hang stylishly
from the shoulders. The underarm
seams nre provided with underlaps
and left open for a few inches at the
lower edge to allow greater freedom,
and the stitching of the back holds
the overlap in place to the seam. The
left front laps over the right in
double-breasted style, and Is held by
handsome smoked pearl buttons and
SKIRT.
buttonholes, a second row of buttons
being placed on the left front, rock
ets are inserted and finished with laps,
and should be deep enough to make
the little wearer happy. Two capes
fall over the shoulders, either one of
which may be omitted, and the neck
is finished with a turn-over collar.
The sleeves are two-seamed in regu
lar coat style, and include turn-over
cuffs that are slashed at the upper
side.
To cut this coat for a boy of four
years of age five yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, three and
three-quarter yards twenty-seven
inches wide, or one and three-quarter
yards fifty inches wide, will JO re
quired.
A Popular Short Skirt.
The popularity of the short skirt for
walking, shopping and all the out-door
occupatious increases with eacli week.
As some one has wisely said, it makes
the first step in real dress reform.
To be without it means to be out of
style, and to endure discomfort with
out end. The May Manton model il
lustrated in the large drawing is cut in
five gores, and is essentially practica
ble as well as smart. As shown, It is
of double-faced golf cloth with an ap
plied shaped facing of the same, tail
or stitched iu evenly spaced rows,
and falls to the Instep, but It can be
made shorter if desired, and of any
sufficiently heavy cloth or cheviot.
Fashion leaves the exact length a
matter of discretion, all variations
from the skirt that just clears the
ground to the one that falls to the
ankles only being worn. While other
stylos are used, this special model has
advantages of its own and can lie
used for remodeliug with peculiar suc
cess.
The skirt given Is cut with n narrow
front gore, wider side gores and nar
row backs, and can be trusted to hang
with perfect evenness. The upper
portion fits snugly, there being a
short hip dart In each side gore, and
Is laid in a deep Inverted pleat at the
back. The lower portion flares grace
fully and allows ample freedom for
the feet. The front gore Is especially
designed with reference to the popular
long-waisted effect, and can be cut
round or with the dip, as preferred.
If desired the applied band or faciog
can be omitted and the edge finished
with a narrower faced hem.
To cut this skirt for a woman of me
dium size four ynrds of material torty
four Inches wide, three nnd n huif
yards fifty inches, or three and a
quarter yards fifty-six Inches wide,
will be required when facing is used;
without facing, three and a quarter;
yards forty-four Inches wide, three
and an eighth yards fifty inches wide,
or two and seven-eighths yards fifty-,
six Inches wide, will suffice. '
A Black Velvet Evening: Gown.
An evening gown 1' of black velvet,
unrelieved by any trimming whatever,
made princess fashion. The rlchi
tones of the velvet bring out with all
possible effect the red gold hair and
cream complexion of the wearer. The
shoulder strapr are emerald and dia
mond chains, and the decolletage s
bordered with soft folds of creamy
white chiffon.
Overdoing the Gold Fad. ,
The present gold craze carries with
it a warning, for, while there is no
doubt that a dash of gold, on certain
shades especially, adds general attrac
tiveness to the costume, the great dan
ger is that It will be overdone. There
are so many objections to mock finery
that ere long the fashionable world Is
going to turn against the gold fad with
a vengeance.
White Is Very Popular.
White hns not been so popular ID
years as now. It takes tlie lead in
evening gowns, and much jeweled net
and brilliant passementerie are used
for Its decoration. Green spangles on
white a r e among the newest decora
tive devils.
The Intent Street Glove.
The latest street glove is of heavy
skin, fastened with one large pearl '
stud. Sometimes gold studs are used.
Child's Night Gnrb.
Comfortable, roomy drawers that
still fit sufficiently well to avoid clum
siness, make the best sleeping gar
ments for little folk, both girls ami
boys. The attractive little design
shown fulfills all requirements nrnl
can be made from heavier or lighter
material as circumstances demand.
In Scotch or outing flannel it is
adapted to cold weather wear; in mus
lin to warmer nights. It can lie roade
with feet, as in the drawing, or cut
off at the ankles as shown in the out
line.
The fronts nre cut in one piece from
the shoulders to the feet, but the back
Includes a waist and drawers portion,
which are buttoned together. The
waist portion closes at the centre with
buttons nml buttonholes, and extends
below the waist line, being included
iu the under arm seams and forming
a triangular underlnp at eueh side, as
Indicated in the small drawing. This
arrangement prevents the waist roll
ing up and provides a strong underlay,
without additional labor, and means
both comfort and warmth. The draw
ers portion is seamed at the centre and
opened at the sides, where it is finished
with uuderlaps and is buttoned into
place. The sleeves are two-seamed
and In coat style, the gathers at the
arm's-eyes being stitched flat onto the
under side.
To cut these night drawers for a
child of six years of age three and a
THE BEST SLEEPING GARMENT,
half yards of material twenty-seven
inches wide, or two and a half yards
thirty-six inches wide, will be re
quired.