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The Chicago Tribune has compiled j
a table showing the character of the j
weapons used by women In several
hundred cases of assault and battery
which were brought to the attention of
the magistrates during the past year.
A hypnotic institution in Chicago
calling itself a school of psychology
claims to euro 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 be an incurable aversion 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 exliaus-!
tiou 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 no largo industrial pro
duct to show, as only about 17 per
ceut. are employed in handicrafts of
this sort, but happily their career has
broadened into the most diverse paths
of life, so that an exhibition of worn-
Jn's work in this country means much
more than excellence in art industries.
Affairs in Persia arc 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 lias
been going on, although there lias been
tranquillity on the surface. The cen
tral committee of the revolutionists
look to Russia for relief, and the
Russian consul in Ispahan lias 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 tons 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 tills material can be util
ized, every ounce of it. The shredding
machines slit it into fine fodder, which
the farmers report is not only well
relished by cattle, but is as good as
clover hay for horses and costly
mixed feeds for cattle. It is not only
fed from the fields, but is preserved in
silos, 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 lias a grand opening
before it as the old century passes
Uito the new, reflects the New York
Independent.
Trouble On Rebel Creek.
BY JAMES NOEL# JOHNSON,
Author of "A Romulus in Kentucky,"
"One Little Girl in Blue," Etc.
(Copyrighted 1900: Dally rtory Piro. Co.)
I was riding up Rebel Creek, in Bell
county, Kentucky, last August, when,
suddenly, there 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 deceptions
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 J
ran toward the fence. She followed i
like a maddened bovino, 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 aroso
instantly with ail agonized groan, and
a whirl of dust down the road quickl>
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.
1 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 mo 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
j 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
crop 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, jist 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,
i he appeared a heap purtier to me, an
my heart begin to whisper things that
my brain wouldn't listen to.
i "One day a stranger stopped at my
house to rest an' git somo water, an'
i this thing happened to go by, leanin'
!on Sal Patton's arm. The stranger
| looked out, an' his eyes sorter bulged
i when he seed the thing, an' he turned
to me an' sed: 'Ain't that Hon. James
P. Saddler, son of Judge Joe Saddler,
a wealthy citizen of Carter county,
Tennessee?' I tole him the thing
"I crept down through the thick brush,
just as easy."
| called himself Saddler, but I didn't
know about him bein' a son of er
wealthy judge.
" 'Well,' smiled the stranger, 'he Is
jist who I thought. He allers was an
odd chicken. He Is the pride of Ten
nessee, an' the pick of all the gals, hut
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 nothln' 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 nuthin' about
what I've sed, for It wouldn't be
treatin' him right, an' It would make
him angry at me for meddlin' in his
worthy scheme.'
"I pledged him my honor I'd say
nothln', an' he went off. But he drop
ped a seed that found rich lodgment
In my simple, innocent heart. The
next day, the thing come back, an'
staid for supper. He wouldn't hardly
taste none of my fine baked swiet 'ta
tcrs, and grainy 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 me 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, Jlst as dusk was beglnnin'
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 u
liurtin'. 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 Fat
ton on the Ides of termorry. I like
"Won't it, eh?"
the gal mighty, but, oh, my love, mj
burnin', heatin' ali-devourin' love is
fer you, my sweet —all fer you.'
"Wal, I turned terward him, an' h<
read my honest, Innocent eyes. Sal
Patton shouldn't have the dear little
man. His hunt fer a gal to love hire
for himself alone, an' not for his name
and wealth should be rewarded.
"Wal, we spliced the very next day
Comin' home from Parson Smoat's
whar the knot was tied, we met Sa
Patton. I sent a proud smile at her
an' she busted out in er giggle, an' jisl
kept it up till we rode out o' hearin'.
I couldn't understand it then, but X dc
now, stranger.
'That night he told me the story th
stranger had. I tole him I was almosl
sorry he was great an' wealthy. 1
feared I would be away out of place as
a grand lady. He said, 'No, my little
pet, you would adorn the palace of ei
emperor!'
"The next day he proposed that we
go back to his wealthy home in Ten
nessee. I consented, of course, an' he
commenced contractin' the sale of at
my stuff for ready money. He went
to town and contracted my terbaekei
at a good ligger."
Here the poor woman brought the
apron to her eyes again, and held II
there for more than a minute.
"Yesterday arternoon, I started out
to hunt one of the cows that had laif
out fer a night or so. I wandered ovei
the hillside, down to the road, but 1
couldn't find her. About a mils
abovo here, when, lookin' througt
a hole in the brush, I caught
sight of my husband an' a stranger
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 'em ther,
an' I crept down through the thick
bresh, jlst as easy till I 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' glvo my man sich a fine pedergree.
They was comparin' notes an' makin 1
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 off vmth 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. Big 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 J2.000 in our pockets—
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,
Ab's the bizncS3 they follered. 1
never hcarn of no sich er perfession
before. They worked tergether in
foolin' orphan gals an' widders with
cash. One would go ahead an' spark
a gal, the other would foller 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
lie mout die suddln, 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 pass. Hit passed, an' 1
sed nothin' till this morning - , and you
hearn enough then.
"AH I want is that you will not go
oft an' tell that I'm a cruel-hearted
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, iovin', honest heart, ef he does
wear No. 13's on his kidney feet."
Some men are always wanting peo
ple to tell them how good-looking they
are, but a woman will stand up in
front of a mirror and see for herself.
PRINTING A SECRET PAPEh.
How Clover Russian Revolutionists Baf
lletl tlie Spies.
To set. up and print a four-page pa
per in Russia 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. Shulkova, a physi
cian. She rented 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 i#lo 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
veyed to the outside observer was that
sleep reigned within the lodgings.
Among the furniture there was n
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 on pieces of india-rub
ber and the looking-glass placed on tin
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 tho
form and had upturned hooks at each
end.
After the ink had been put on the
type, by means of a "gelatine hand
cylinder," and a wet sheet of paper
put on it, the heavy metallic cylinder,
coated witli india-rubber, wus placed
on the rails at one end of the form. A
vigorous push would enable it to jump
on 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
lcova 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 brenk up
was effected spies were posted on the
stairs of the lodging, others were In
the courtyard, at (lie gates, and In the
street, yet the person who conducted
the connection betweethe 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 tlie spies, and, though
closely followed, escaped. Mite. Slad
kova also got away.—Fourth Estate.
Arabic Typewriters,
One of the most interesting of recent
inventions is an Arabic typewriter,
which lias just been patented. Inas
much as Arabic writing has no fewer
than 038 distinct characters, the diffi
culties to be overcome are obvious.
There are, however, in Arabic only
twenty-nine letters, eacli letter hav
ing many different forms. One letter,
for example, has sixty-four forms, the
purpose of tills 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, anil which would at tlie
same time be satisfactory to tlie read
ers of the written language. Tills lias
at length 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 anil 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.
j 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
! tors are in accepted use among the
educated. Philadelphia Saturday
I Evening Post.
Pointed I'arngrnphs.
A man is a miser; a woman is a
mystery.
The richer a man's food the poorer
his appetite.
The ice man's bill is the blow that
cracks the joke.
Feathered bipeds of similar plumage
congregate gregariously.
What 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 slieds a tear
on account of a man doesn't love him.
Unfortunately the chronic bore nev
er leaves a hole in his victims mem
ory.
The only objection the average man
had to hard money is that it is hard
to get.—Philadelphia Record.
fatten Clerk Sue a tile ctinrcli.
The parish clerk of Sulgrave, Eng
land, has again successfully sued the
church wardens for the payment of
his salary of 13 a year. He said, that
he had on several occasions provided
the communion wine out of his paltry
salary.
THE REALM OF FASHION. 1
New York City.—No coat yet devised
suits the small hoy more perfectly
than the box model with coachman's
capes. The smart Hay Manton de-
BOY'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 are 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 seaui. The
left front laps over the right in
double-breasted style, and is held by
handsome smoked pearl buttons and
'
buttonholes, a second row of buttons
being placed on the left front. Pock
ets are inserted nnd 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, nnd the neck
is finished with a turn-over collar.
The sleeves are two-seamed in regu
lar coat style, nnd 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 be re
quired.
A Popular Short Skirt.
The popularity of the short skirt for
walking, shopping and all the out-door
occupations increases with each 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 shared facing of the same, tail
or stitched in evenly spaced rows,
nnd falls to the instep, but it can bo
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 tho
ground to the one that falls to the
ankles only being worn. While other
styles are used, tills special model lias
advantages of its own nnd can bo
used for remodeling with peculiar suc
cess.
The skirt given la 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 tits 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 Hares 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 facing
can be omitted and the edge finished
with a narrower faced hem.
To cut this skirt for a woman of me
dium size four yards of material forty
four inches wide, three and n half
yards fifty inches, or three and a
quarter yards fifty-six inelies 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 i • of black velvet*
unrelieved by any trimming whatever,
made princess fashion. The rich!
tones of the velvet bring out with all
possible effect the red gold hair and
cream complexion of the wearer. The
shoulder strap:, are emerald and dia
mond chains, and the decollctage s
bordered with soft folds of creamy
white chiffon.
Overdoing the Gold FH<l.
The present gold craze carries with
it a warning, for, while there is no
doubt thnt a dash of gold, on certain
shades especially, adds general attrac
tiveness to the costume, the great dan
ger is thnt It will he overdone. There
n're so many objections to mock finery
that ere long the fashionable world is
going to turn against the gold fad witli
a vengeance.
White 1M Very Popular.
White has not been so popular in
, years as now. It takes the lead in
evening gowns, and much jeweled net
and brilliant passementerie are used
for Its decoration. Green spangles on
white n'' among the newest decora
tive devi..s,
Tho Latent Street Glove.
The In test street glove Is of heavy
skiu, fastened with one large pearl
stud. Sometimes gold studs are used.
Child'n Night Garb.
Comfortable, roomy drawers that
still fit sufficiently well to nTold clum
siness, make the best sleeping gar
ments for little folk, both girls and
boys. The attractive little design
shown fulfills all requirements ami
can be made from heavier or lighter
material ns circumstances demand.
In Scotch or outing flannel it is
adapted to cold weather wear; in mus
lin to warmer nights. It can lie made
with feet, as in the drawing, or cut
oil at the ankles as shown in the out
line.
The fronts are cut in one piece from
the shoulders to the feet, hut the hack
includes a waist and drawers portion,
which are buttoned together. The
waist portion closes at the centre with
buttons and buttonholes, and extends
below the waist line, being included
in the under arm seams and forming
a triangular underlap at each side, as
indicated In the small drawing. This
arrangement prevents the waist roll
ing up and provides a strong underlay
without additional lnbor, 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 underlaps and is buttoned into
place. The sleeves nre 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.