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Make all money orders, checks, etc. ,pny -.hie to the Tribune J'rinting company, JAmited. | It Is alleged tlmt a New Yorkwotaan who attended the recent horse show J In the metropolis wore a costume j made of the skins of unborn lambs. | Yv'e guess old Nero might learn a few j things i.f he could come back and get into New York's swell set for a little | while. llerr von KardolT, of the German Reichstag, seems to be a Teutonic economist who knows a thing or two. i He is quoted as saying that the de pression of German industries in iron j and steel is due to the gigantic growth j of American metal works, llerr von Kardoff has sounded the keynote of j the situation. There is a good deal of talk about ! the wily Turk which really does the j "befezzed" gentleman too much credit. ; The aptitude he shows in dodging his ; creditors is not such a rare quality. There are others who are not one- ; tenth as much talked about who play I the role of protracted debtor with as j much success as the Turk, even though they do not live on the shores of the j Bosporus. A now source of supply for gutta perclin has just been discovered in Zanzibar, East Africa. It comes front n fruit that looks like a peach, hut is as large as the average cantaloupe. It. is wholly unlit for food, but through experiments it was found that the milky juice, when thrown into boiling water, would harden into a substance so nearly like gutta percha as to be al most impossible to tell the difference. Nature seldom puts all her eggs in the same basket. It is significant that such subjects as the conditions under which coal is subject to spontaneous combustion when in process of shipment are now attracting a great deal of attention in the United States. The scientists who dial with such matters find that the increasing exports of mineral fuel to Europe make their remarks more in teresting than formerly, aud, as a eon que lice, American scientific journals are printing numerous articles which may assist practical men in their ef forts to guard against the dangers which attend the transportation of coal by sail or steam vessels. Cave nr 111.' King', Beard. King Leopold of Belgium is more particular about his toilet than proba bly any reigning monarch. It is stated that when he retires at night he has his luxurious beard carefully encased in a sort of siik bag to keep it from getting snarled or crumpled. The doctor lias ordered him never to eat rich food, and the nobleman whose principal duty in life is to see that Ilis Majesty does not overeat has anything hut an easy time of it. One day re cently, at a big dinner, a tempting dish of grouse was set before the king, whereupon the nobleman gently but firmly seized the royal disli and placed it beyond the roach of ids royal mas ter. "Oh, please let me have a little of the breast," pleaded the king, quite like a spoiled child begging liis mother for cake. "No, Your Majesty," was the reply. "You would only he ill to-morrow." The king heaved a sigli and turned his attention to some plain roast beef. Even kings, you see, can't always have what they want. Complexion* la Great Britain. In 100 Britons you will find only forty-three light coraplexioned against fifty-one dark. The other six are red haired. Feeding the Elephants. Elephants in the Indian army are fed twice a day. When meal time arrives they are drawn up in line before a row of piles of food. Each animal's break fast includes ten pounds of raw rice, done up in five two-pound packages. The rice is wrapped in leaves and then tied with grass. At the command, "At tention!" each elephant raises its trunk and a package is thrown into its capa cious mouth. By this method of feed ; -g not a single grain of rice is wasted. —Chicago Chronicle. jj —/ . ~ WOMAN. r :t I Sh# raid "What is..there that I would not 1 I I " For ,\'4rr dear YnkeV What change of t it liiinkl or hukft I t,„. i.rtib,: in any. eviy part ! if Love but say . nis lit- . Lo. j This oniv '; "nut love. when i ,v enu be ' Doth pi'uiid ami humble in reunllty. | The.'i! •in Dickering tlani HI. in the | New Lippincott. ' CO❖C-OOC O y 000 C $C 3s> II BECAUSE. | t It I *<3 ooc oceoo cc-s "Ycu are too provoking for any thing, Jennie Norton. The very idea oi your giving up Mrs. Preston's recep tion for an old tiresome prayer met t ing. Why, you can go to a meeting I every week, but it isn't very often one has the streak of good luck to be in j vited to a brilliant reception." j "I don't blame you, Alice, for be- ! ! ing surprised at the turn of affairs. ; It seems that Miss Rice had to go i away suddenly and was unable to en- i j gage a substitute to play at the Fri- ! day prayer meeting. Mr. Allen asked | me as a last resort, and after a great j i deal of teasing I consented to give | up the reception for a plague old pray lar meeting. Now. Allie, dear, if you tease mo any more, about it I'll give j n the very last minute and disappoint I the Rev. Sydney Allen. And you'll ! admit that would be rather hard on j | a new minister. "I suppose all the girls will think ; I've turned goody goody when they ; hear of it. but it's no such thing. 1 | never felt so rebellious and wicked in i all my life as I did yesterday, when I ! promised to play on Friday evening. | "I don't think I would have given I in if grandpa hadn't come In and said i I to Mr. Allen, 'Of course Jennie will j gladly accommodate you.' I knew | then it would be useless to refuse, j so I said yes in my snappiest tone, j What can't be cured must be endured, j I do hope that you will have a lovely | time at Mrs. Preston's, and when you | ! are enjoying yourself do not fo r gct ' poor little me listening to hallelujahs | and loud am ens." | It was Friday night, and the ves- , try of the Methodist church on Shir iey avenue was pretty well filled with : worshippers. They were just singing J "How Firm a Foundation" when a j finely built young man entered the | room ami took a seat in the rear. His magnificent baritone joined in the hymn. Somehow it must have reached the ear of the player, for she glanced j up quickly. As if by magic eye met 1 eye. A clashing discord made Jennie ( Norton realize that she must attend | strictly to business, so with height ened color and somewhat unsteady j fingers the hymn was finished. At the close of the meeting Jennie Norton chatted with several, but I kept out of the way of Mr. Gordon. | She spent fully five minutes talking j pleasantly with the pastor. Gerald j could harly keep his patience under I coutrol as ho noticed the look of honest admiration in the eyes of Mr. i Allen. Old Deacon Norton was much ; amused at the actions of the young I people. He well knew that his grand daughter Jennie was simply using her I coquetry on the young minister to ; arouse Gerald Gordon's jealousy. Two years ago young Gordon had ; proposed to Jennie, but just for the 1 fun of it, as she afterward told her most intimate friends, she gave him ! "no" for an answer. I "Love is blind," or else the young man would certainly have seen the love in Jennie's sparkling eyes. Men in love will always have the sad les son to L ani that, as a rule, a woman's "no" moans "yes." Swallowing his disappointment as be. t. he could, Mr. Gordon went abroad, and for two ! yeais Jennie had heard from him only through his sister Alice. Poor Jennie often regretted her . foolishness, but was too stubborn to ' let Gerald know. On the day of the j reception the Gordon family were sur | prised at the arrival of Gerald. At the | dinner table Alice was telling the 1 i family how poor Jennie was obliged ' jto give up the reception. The result i 1 was that Gerald found his way to the ; ! prayer meeting that night. No wonder the young man could hardly restrain himself when he no ticed how Jennie avoided him and yet lavished her smiles and honeyed words on others. "Gerald, my boy. where have you been keeping yourself all this time? • lam glad to see you in Boston again. , It has been very lonesome at the , house since you went to Europe. Jennie hasn't seemed like the same girl, and I almost think that you managed to take the sunshine with I you. I am sure I don't know what's keeping the naughty puss tonight. She [ Is usually only too anxious to get away from the meeting, but this even ing she is bold enough to flirt even with the new parson. Young man, r you'd better put in an oar. or some \ one else will win the prize. I'm going. . Tell Jennie that I asked you to see hor home. Remember. Gerald, 'faint heart never won fair lady.' " With this particular advice Jennie's i grandfather left the encouraged 5 suitor. / With a determined look on his handsome face Gerald Gordon strode up to the pair and delivered to the now trembling girl Deacon Norton's 1 message. Miss Norton welcomed him < home and accepted his escort. She then introduced the somewhat embar . rassed minister. He. seeing how things stood, said a few words of wel- ' come to Gerald and, thanking Jen nie for her assistance, quietly left ; them. | On the walk home Jennie asked her companion about his trip. Not a : word of love is spoken between them. ; Gerald realizes that the golden mo- ; | menta are speeding away, but some- | j how he docs not have the courage to j tell of his love. To again hear "No" I would be terrible, but Deacon Nor ton's words still rang in his ears, j "Faint heart never won—" I "Jennie, two years ago today I i asked you to be my wife. You refused, and I went away to try and forget ' you. Distance only made me realize | how dearly I loved you. My darling, j I loved you then, 1 love you now. j Again I ask you, will you be my j wife?" With white, anxious face the young man bent to get his answer. Was he dreaming? Surely his ears did not deceive him, for he most certainly j heard a faint, but a "yes," neverthe- j Straining the young girl to himself, | Gerald showered kisses upon the yielding lips of the lovely girl, who , nestled so lovingly on his breast. ! After a few minutes of lovemaking the man puts his hand under Jennie's chin and, looking straight into her | eyes, asked this question: "Jennie, j ! my dear one, two years ago why did you say no? Answer me honestly; j I did you love me then?" I "Gerald, I loved you then with all 1 i my heart, but I said 'no' well, 'be- , j cause' " | And with that woman's reason j | Gerald Gordon had to be satisfied.—• j Boston Post. WHAT IS LLOYD'S? i The Place Where You Cnn lie Insure* Affit I nut Twins. I "Most of the members of Lloyd's ' I carry on easiness as brokers or under- j writers on their own responsibility. | j As a corporation, Lloyd's assumes no financial liability for the failure of I any of its members or subscribers, i But it admits to membership only | : men of reputation and means, who ; | must deposit a pecuniary guarantee j ; In order to become an underwriting and non-underwriting member, an an- | j nual subscriber, or an associate. An ! ; underwriting member must deposit with the committee of Lloyd's £SOOO j j or £GOOO, on which ho receives inter i est and which may he returned to him ! three years after he ceases to be an | underwriting member. He pays an I entrance fee of £4OOO and an annual subscription of 20 guineas. An an- j nal subscriber pays no entrance fee, i , but an annual subscription of seven 1 . guineas; an associate member pays • five guineas. "There were in 1771 only 79 sub j scrlbers to Lloyd's. There are now | nearly 1000. The subscribers in the j j < Iden tim*', as now. did not confine ' ; * homselvib to marine insurance. They ■ j were will'ng to take a risk on almost i anything. There is still preserved *t I T loyd's a policy on the life of Nap > ! leon Bonaparte for one month at a ; premium of three guineas percent. ! Bank dep- sits arc insured in Lloyd's; j also race horses, and the lives .f j threatened monarchs. An odd case ; j was the covering of a risk on a glass ; bed packed 20 cases for acer- ' , tain sultan. Lloyd's Insured the I Prince of Wales jubilee stamps, guar- ; | anteelng that the issue would be suc cessful. The voice of a prima donna has been insured. A tradesman in a | London street who has an impression ; that a monument may fall on his j shop, has taken out a policy at the I nominal premium of two shillings and | six pence percent. Gate money for ! | cricket and football matches; animals I of all sorts ashore and afloat are sub j jects for Insurance; policies against ! twins is a favorite form of insurance. I A well-known underwriter is said to I he always ready to lay a thousand to i one against twins. Lloyd's issues in | surance against burglary. Elephants | are insured regularly. The life of the ! great Jumbo, who came to New York on a Monarch line steamship, was in- | ! sured in Lloyd's for the voyage to I j New York. He was not insured when the life was knocked out of him by a locomotive on an American railroad whose tracks he was crossing. A cele- ; brated singer recently took out an in- . surance in Lloyd's on the life of Queen Victoria. She paid a big pre mium on account of the age of the Queen. The reason the singer did this was not because she cared any- ] thing more than most folks for the ' Queen, but because her contract to sing would have been abrogated by the Queen's death, which would have ' plunged England into mourning and prevented the singer's appearance in , opera."—S. A. Wood, in Ainslee's. Surgery in Old Pompeii. A recent discovery in the excava tions going on at Pompeii shows in a very striking way the iruth of the j old adage that there is nothing new ' under the sun. The find consisted of a number of surgical instruments. Among them was a collection for use in a special branch of surgery, which, with the exception of fine work manship and finish, are almost exact j duplicates of those now used by sur geons. There is an instrument considered indispensable today by the gynecolo gist, from the invention of which Mar ion Sims the famous American sur geon, made a great deal of reputation, ' and money some years ago, but this name speculum was in use in Pompeii in 79 A. D. Most of the others, supposed to he the result of modern knowledge and ingenuity, were found in this urst cen tury surgeon's instrument case, and it Is quite evident that so far as in struments are concerned, this branch of surgery has made little advanc* during the last 2000 vears. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A geological commission i 3 at pres ent endeavoring to prove that a val uable and workable coal seam ex tends beneath the sea at a point on the northeast coast of England. The use of superheated steam in stationary power plants has proved highly economical, and of late the ex periment of putting superheaters on locomotives has been tried in Ger many. At least two such engines are now in service on the state railways and a third has been exhibited at the Paris exposition. The typhoon of the Orient is an own sister of the West India cyclone. It is generally in low latitudes, late in the summer or early in the au tumn, at the western edge of the Paci fic, not far from the Philippines. It begins its career by moving westward, but in time returns to the coast of China and Japan. M. Pierre Baudin, minister of pub lic works, is preparing a list of all the paved roads which are now im practicable for the bicycle or automo bile, within a radius of 40 miles around Paris. According to the indi cations thus furnished, which are to be checked up on the spot, he is to commence a series of improvements in the roads, beginning with those which seem to be the most urgent or offering more interest for touring or circulation. A cap nut lock for propellers has been invented by Captain Lewis Davis of Liverpool, and is intended to pre vent the loss of blades at sea. The centre of llie cap nut and the centre of the fixed stud or bolt are bored, and a left-handed flat-head bolt is In serted. Through the head of this bolt and on the cap-nut are a number of holes, so arranged that locking pins can be inserted. A fiat cap piece is also screwed into a recess made on the head cf the bolt, and again through the centre of this is screwed a small-headed screw. The worming of each bolt or nut is contrary to that preceding, so as to check any loosen ing tendency. A rubber washer is placed under the flat cap to prevent the entry of water. In a recent lecture at the Royal In stitution, London, Sir Andrew Noble mentioned that in experiments with high power explosives used in guns a chronoscope had been employed which registered the velocity of the projectile at 16 successive points be fore it left the bore. It was possible with this apparatus to register time to the millionth of a second. In the older experiments, where the velocity did not exceed 1500 or 1600 feet per second, the projectile recorded its time by knocking down a series of steel triggers projecting into the bore. But with velocities of 2500 feet and more per second, the trigger, instead of dropping, frequently plowed a groove in the projectile, and another device was necessary. Mr. James Judge, an engineer of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, has in vented a gun which, whatever its practical value may be, is certainly a new and ingenious application of centrifugal motion. The contrivance consists of a disk, so connected to an electric motor that it can be revolved at an exceedingly high rate of speed. Bullets are introduced into the in terior of the disk at the centre; and travel along specially arranged curved chambers to the circumference, and from here ore thrown with great velo city through the barrel of the gun. The disk it is claimed will rotate at the rate of 12,000 revolutions in a minute, and will eject bullets from the muzzle of the gun with an 'nitial velocity of 2000 feet per second. The bullets ore spherical and measure 3-1G of an inch in diameter. Parcel Post Oilditic*. Referring to some of the contra dictory mles of the British postofflce, J. Henniker Heaton, M. P., writing in Pearson's, says: No living creature, "except bees," may be sent by post (although in France crabs and in Germany human beings, may be so forwarded). The prohibition of liv ing creatures is no doubt due to the experience of the officials charged to open parcels forwarded by entomolo gists, rat catchers and other scion tists, though one Is puzzled to account for the toleration of bees. Perhaps some postmaster-general was an ardent apiculturist; but anybody who has ridden in the Australian bush would certainly back a swarm of bees, irritated by several hours' jolting in a freight train, to clear a sorting office in record time. Arms may not be sent to "prohibited districts" in Ireland in a parcel, and "the expres sion 'arms' includes any cannon." It may seem to follow that a can non may be sent by parcel post to any other part of the United Kingdom. Eggs may be sent by parcel post, but no compensation will be given for injury to them, though payment will he made if the parcel be lost. This is | why, when all the egg 3 in a box have been smashed into fragments, and j the liquid contents have oozed out, | the box containing the empty shells is invariably delivered with scrupu lous care to the addressee. One "Now that you are married," said her intimate friend, "do you intend to hyphenate your name and call your self Mrs. Plumb-Duff?" • "No," replied the lovely bride, with a shy glance at her fond and proud young husband. "This is not a con solidation. It's an absorption."—Chi cago Tribune. LITTLE INSECT PESTS ARE THE BNEfIY OF COfl/ION HOUSE PLANTS The arch enemy of the window gar den is the insect pest. Tliey spoil a plant's good looks and lower its vital ity until it either dies outright or ceases to bloom or make active growth. Probably not one woman in twenty takes fcer plants through a winter without having them attacked sooner or later by insects. Once on the spot and unmolested, they increase like the hordes of Egypt, eating the leaves and sucking the sap until they quite ruin the little garden. The reason insects are worse on house plants than in the garden iB be cause the first are grown under highly artificial conditions. Living rooms are unhealthfully hot; the potted plants are cramped in root and subject to water gorge or thirst starvation if the watering pot is in careless hands. Moreover the atmosphere is surcharg ed with dust and coal smoke. And as insects always attack first weak and dirty foliage there is a special attrac tion to them in every struggling house plant. The common houao insects arc aphis,, or green plant louse, the scale and the red spider. The aphis is the most common. The usual recommended keroecne emulsion will kill them read ily enough, hut the trouble ia that at the first sprinkle they drop off and fall to the earth. Hero thay hide, ready as soon as the flurry is over to climb up to the stems and go sucking the plant's juices again. To avoid this lift the plant from the shelf with great care, so as not to jar or dislodge them. Wrap a cloth around the top of the pot and close to the plant's stems, ao the earth in the pot can neither tumble out nor the insects tumble in. Then quickly Invert the plant's top fnto a pan of water, and if the water la quite warm so much the better. Lift the plant out and shake vigorously. Dip again in the water, then again shake, and so continue until every tiny louse ANTI-PROFANITY CONFERENCE An anti-profanity conference was re cently held in Albany, N. Y., under the auspices of the Holy Name So ciety, a Roman Catholic organization. The Holy Name societies of Brooklyn recently assembled in that city, and marched through the streets in a great procession. The thousands of men in line represented no less than sixty so- THE PISTOL HABIT. One the OoirU Should I)u Their I!et to Discourage. The courts are not severe enough it would seem from the unremitting ac counts of crime and accident, in pun* ishing the pistol carriers. The law against the bearing of concealed weap ons is susceptible of much more effec tive application than is usually given to it. The habit of carrying "gun 3" still clings to the inhabitants of cities, and the death record is swelled annu ally as a result. A tragedy In New York the other day illustrated the evil (forcibly. A man was kneeling on the jsidcwalk in front of his place of em ployment, marking a packing case, (when another man chanced to pass tjust as the worker turned his head and expectorated 011 the sidewalk. The pedestrian was angered at a supposed Insult, and after the exchange of a few words, drew a pistol and fired a fatal shot into the kneeling man. Within a minute two lives were ruir.eil for a trifle. The man with the pistol never had the slightest legitimate need for the weapon. Doubtless never in bis life had he been in such danger as to warrant its use or even display, par ticularly while proceeding through the streets of a city in broad daylight. It is with the pistol carriers engaged in otherwise proper pursuits just in large measure as it ie with the burglars, ob serves the Washington Star. They are potential man-slayers, and as such are amenable to severe punishment when detected. If the courts were to insist upon proper verdicts in the homicide cases which so often the ju ries will leniently term manslaughter or justifiable killing, and were to im pose the maximum penalties whenever pistol bearers are convicted of the of fense, this "habit," a relic of the fron tier days and the wild times of war, would be discouraged. Cornstalk* Tolson Cattle. Cattlemen in the vicinity of Kim ball, S. D., are much exercised over losses of cattle which have been graz ing in fields of cornstalk 3. Nearly ev ery cattle raiser has lost from one to twenty head, and examination of the stomachs of the dead animals shows no unusual conditions. Sometimes a steer will drop dead almost immedi- EGYPTIAN WOMEN The condition of women in Egypt has greatly changed since the old days when Cleopatra reigned supreme upon the Nile and had the whole world at her feet. Miss Carrie Buchanan.a mis sionary of seven years' experience, testifies that woman's lot is, perhaps, the most deplorable feature of the country, "They are rated below has been dislodged. Rinse the top well in clean water and return to the window. If a thorough job lias been done there will be no more trouble, but the plant should be examined again in a couple of days and, if need be, the treatment repeated. Scale insects stick to the bark or leaves as though they were glued there. Dislodge them with a wooden toothpick, keeping a close lookout for them and finish.by washing the plant well in soapy water. This must be repeated every few days until no more scale can be found. They are not over-common, but a peculiarly stub born pest. Red spider is almost as common as aphis, but so tiny that few know that this is what is the matter with their plants. When without any apparent reason leaves turn a sickly color or show little yellow specks all over them, or begin to curl at the edges, we may suspect little Mr. Red Spider, no bigger than a grain of red pepper and camping with his wife and babies, his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins on the under side of the plant's leaves. Too hot and too dusty air is the cause of the red spider. Thero is one sure and simple remedy for him and hi 3. It is water. Have it warm and plenty of it, and see that the under side of the leaves get as much wetting as the upper,and this foe is soon vanquished. A plant can be dipped in water as hot as the hand can be borne in it and It will not hurt in the least, if not kept longer at a time beneath the water than two or three seconds. That degree of heat kills the red spider quickly. Dip half a dozen times in the hot water in quick succession and the work is done. Wash all plant leaves often. A clean plant is not inviting to insects. Kill the first foe that makes his ap pearance and you have solved the se cret of keeping house plants free from insect pests of all kinds. cieties of the Holy Name, attached to as many churches. At the conclusion of the exercises a cablegram was read from Leo XIII. bestowing the Papal blessing on the members. The streets were crowded along the line of march: and the influence of the demonstration reached far beyond the considerable membership of the societies which participated in 'lt. ately after being turned in among tho stalks. Several animals may thus 1)3 lost, yet when the herd is turned into another field of stalks close by no evil results may show themselves. . i Walks with a Broken Back. A case that is attracting attention in the surgical world is that of Michael Kepler of Raveno, Pa., who is suffer ing from a broken back. Five years ago he fell and sustained tho injury. The local doctors did not give him much relief, and after two years he went to Blossberg. Since then he has undergone fourteen operations. He was discharged from several hospitals as incurable and was told to prepare for the end. Kepler never became dis couraged, and about a year ago ho commenced to gain strength and for several months he has been able to waik. His health Is excellent, but tho pain in bis back is intense. The bone is decaying, and a large amount has been cut away. He is one of the most jovial, good natured young men in the town. He has gone to Kane for another operation.—Philadelphia Led ger. Sonrllng Mrtcarlnp* to Army. . Those who wish to send magazines and other reading matter to the sol diers in the Philippines can avoid transportation charges by forwarding the books to any commissary depart ment of the army. These books must be in good condition and the literature of a wholesome character. The book 3 and magazines must be packed in sub stantial boxes, but not addressed to any individual. They should be ad dressed to hospitals, commands or brarles. Geian Improved by Gitfdlght. The appearance of all fine gems Is improved by gaslight. A perfect emerald, despite its color, which in anything else would turn to a dull bluish hus, is only intensified in bril liancy of color by artificial light. The blue sapphire, though darkened, re mains true to its color, as by daylight. The alexandrite is the only gem that changes, turning from a dark olivine to a brilliant blood red by candle or gas light. brutes," she says. "A man might speak of his domestic animals, but to mention his wife's name in public is a breach of etiquette in its worst form. If it does happen that by a slip of the tongue tho wife's name is spoken the husband spits on the ground im mediately afterward, to show his tempt and eleanse his mouth.