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A hundred years ago what optimist would have surmised that the dawn of the twentieth century would see •'American competition" become the great European hobgoblin? A quarter of a century ago realism was announced as that which was henceforth to prevail in literature; and, behold! never bad the romantic novel such vogue as it has to-day. The Kansas City Star thinks that •'the luckiest person, probably, who has ever lived on this old round earth, is the American citizen who, in this year of grace 1901, is near to middle age. That condition affords a stand point for comparison that is well nigh priceless." Harper's Bazar records that a move ment originates among the equal suf fragists of Illinois to add another eliair to the Cabinet of the President of the United States, and install therein a wornau. Believing that home interests and children are subjects of impor tance to the nation no less than war, finance, diplomacy, agriculture, at the thirtie.il annual session of the Illin ois Suffrage Association a resolution was passed defining a plan for de manding of the next Congress the es tablishment of a domestic science de partment of the administrative func tion of government, with a woman at the head of it. The output of coal in France annu ally falls about ten million tons below the quantity required for consumption; hence that country has long been England's best customer. It is evident, then, that the French railroads and navy would be crippled if in the event of war the usual fuel supplies should be withdrawn by Great Britain before France should have an opportunity to accumulate a reserve elsewhere. If the French Government could be made to see the advantage of buying Ameri can coal it is likely that the prejudice which now undoubtedly exists against our product 011 the Continent on ac count of its friability would he over come, and that, under favorable con ditions of transportation, the great in dustrial interests would also make use of it. The establishment of a steady and profitable trade would speedily follow, remarks the Philadelphia Rec ord. All All-British Pacific Cable. The new all-British Pacific cable has been definitely decided upon, and a tender of $8,985,000 for furnishing anil laying the same accepted. The cable will he 7000 miles in nil. The longest link, approximately 3500 miles, will be the longest single section in the world. The route taken by this new cable from Canada to Queensland, will be via Fanning Island. Fiji and Norfolk Islands, but tne exact route will be kept secret in order to enhance the difficulty of cable-cutters in war time. As a matter of fact the cable is being laid with the idea of affording greater security to, Great Britain and her col onies in times of war by ensuring un interrupted cable communication by morns of a cable touching only at British ports. It will be laid largely in deep water, and Is to be completed before the end of 1902. A Pat Ooea Mart. Cats are subject to madness as well as dogs, as a French woman found to her cost the other day, when her feline pet attacked her and her child, biting them severely. The cat was killed by a gendarme and mot bee and daughter t at to the Pasteur Institute. Crfd S'Lffrago Requirements. Until a few years ago Minnesota ac corded the right of suffrage to civiliz cd Indian certified by district courts tc be fit for the exercise of the suffrage, [r Florida a requirement of suffrage waf enrollment in the local militia. Tcnnes see provided that persons of color whe were competent witnesses in a court o* iusticc aeainst a white man might vou in that State.—New York Sun. A HOOK, A PIPE, A FIRE. Frank L. Stanton. Let all the Northland breezes blow; I've all that I desire Here sheltered l'rom the storm and A book, a pipe, a tire. Old saws of sages songs of lovers- Old friends beneath its friendly covers. This little room a world shall seem With many a merry party; Before a tire a man may dream. And toast his friends right hearty! Friends that wear out their welcome never, But, friends for once, are friends for- And this one's faults I may condemn— These virtues may admire, And get no praise nor blame from them— My guests before my tire. Night's dragon wings and hearts may tire. But I'vo a book, a pipe, a fire. Five Dollars, BY ALFRED TURNER YATES. (Copyright, 1900: Daily Story Pub. Co.) When Walter McDowell had lost his last bet on the faro table, he pulled himself away from the chair. He felt dizzy. A sickening nausea swept over him; his eyes danced in his head. He lay down upon one of the sofas and asked the waiter to bring him a drink of brandy. He knew ho could get that even if he had no money. He drank the spirits and settled his head back on the leather. Presently he felt better. Then his eye 3 wandered aim lessly about the room; took in the ex cited players, the shifting of feet; hoard the muttered oaths of losers, the exclamations from winners, the hoarse, mechanical voices of the call ers at the roulette wheels. In thi3 room McDowell had spent the best of his youthful days. He had forgotten duty, friends, reputation, so ciety, honor. He had gambled away d vast estate; he had borrowed until there were none to lend. Now he was fit liis row's end. He bad no relatives whom he could call upon in this hour of his direst want. The last penny was gone! The men who came in and went out, passed him, looked coldly at his prostrate form, but never said a word. Many of thein were as help less as he. The lights glared; the wheels of red and blue turned swiftly upon their axles; the clink of ivory rattled away. The room was tilled with smoke; the air was foul. Pres ently McDowell, overcome with fa tigue, dropped asleep. At midnight he awoke with a start. He stared at the clock. Then he jump, d to his feet and asked the waiter for another ilrink. Swallowing this, he thanked the servant and walked down the steps. Outside the snow was falling. The wind blew in iitful gusts. The tink ling of bells told tj | him the electric cars had stopped 1 {ji L and their places mora • i. - taken by horse, or W§ygL || "owl," cars. The | cool air of the R; I iy ' , street somewhat '-9 "Sa-'i braced him. He 0J? sbook his head to HTffi <J~' drive away the B clinging dizziness. , Soon he felt re bhe was asleep. . „ , vived. He walked onward, not knowing, nor caring, where. Vaguely he had in his mind a saloon some blocks away. The barkeeper had known him in his palmier days, and he had never asked him for a favor. Perhaps he could get enough for him to pay for a night's lodging. If that were de nied —well, there was the river. He turned into a street running at right angles with the one he had been tra versing. Almost at the corner, and quite hidden in a doorway, was a little girl, a waif, who eked out a precarious existence by selling gum and matches. She was asleep. Her wares were scat tered about her feet. The snow had made little mounds near her. Some times a flake would fall on her face. But the poor child felt them not. Mc- Dowell halted and looked at the peace ful face. A smile was on her lips. Around the shoulders was a thin shawl. She did not look cold. "Ah," he thought, "if I was as contented." He moved away, but before he had made throe steps his eyes became riv eted to the sidewalk. Something which threw back the rays of the corner light lay near the sleeping figure. Stooping down and picking up the ob ject McDowell's hand trembled. It was a $5 gold piece. Evidently some kind soul, seeing the child, had placed it in her lap—some of the wandering alms-givers whose names never get in print. He, this blessed giver, had in tended the money as a surprise to the waif. He would not awaken her, but, when Bhe opened her eyes to stare at a cold world again, the gift would he in her lap. For these—well, there is the kingdom of God. McDowell could scarcely contain himself. Vague emotions went through his mind with the swiftness of clee- op) trlclty. Would ha Vgjv take the money? rfta. s /WS The child would never know. No, &'• he was not a thief Rl;"yj / Bj|f —not yet. And ./ () hgd? when he became g&icSSjj--- j one, if ever, he E would spare chil- , - J® dren and the help- ' less He stood, „ drank hesitatingly. The child did not move. The street was perfectly still. Far away came voices of a drunken crowd. No one was watching him. He and the child and the money were alone in that part of the big city. * * Yes, yes. He almost flew back to the gamblers' den. He laid his money, down—the child's money—on the green table. The cards were shuflled and he won. He doubled. He let the tet lay. He won again. Hiß hands shook so he could scarcely remove his winnings. He put the money down recklessly. He scarcely lost a single wager. The ] dealer looked on with amazement, softly odding once in a while, "Seem 1 to be aiming your way after all, Mac." j The minutes passed into an hour. ■ Still he was lucky. Ho threw his i chips with a gesture of certainty and contempt. But all during this time there was a red-hot iron before his I eyes, that and the sleeping waif he j had robbed. He cashed his chips. The bills were I piled high before him. He had never i had so much at one time in three j years. He crammed the money in his : pockets. To the street he ran. Out- J side his feet moved as rapidly as the | slippery walk would permit him. He j turned the corner. In the distance he i saw the child. It is wonderful the j thoughts that can come to a mind in , a second. McDowell's moved with all , the motion of his excited faculties, i God bless the child! He would take J her in his arms. He would take her i to a convent. He would see that she ; wore beautiful clothes. He would wait until she was grown and he would marry her. Then he would tell \ her the story—tell her how he had ' lobbed her one night and the theft had been the means of his fortune. ! He would never drink again, never gamble again—never, never, never! | Now he was at her side. He picked i her up, he put the shawl closer around her little body. He kissed her on the lips. A shiver ran through him. How very cold the lips were! God, could ; she He had moved farther down the! street. It was dark around him. A j light was burning r3 Ph (■. , at the corner and I lak. IiJL hastened to it. |1B& lj m He pressed her 98881 iSXrak closer to his ilpß# JjjfflßGft breast. Ton more r-icNTSM steps and he was !&<. if ' ' under the glaring jSf. fcfef} lamp. Ho looked j ,Jmva iut " ILU '" and saw with ter- j Jrl ror that the eye- ! lids were half open ! and permitted the ] "You extravagant eyes to show fixed and glassy stares. I lie put his mouth quite near hers. She was not breathing! Choked with an awful anguish Mc- ( Dowel 1 awoke. There he was on the . sofa where he had fallen asleep two ; hours before. He arose and went to his rooms. The next morning he en- I listed in the army. Last week he came home —back to his mother and to his I friends. His uniform is not that of a j man in the ranks. He is a captain,' and with the small salary attached to that office he supports his mother in ' splendid style. But he does not gam- j ble. During the Christmas holidays! he was walking along a street which long before had almost been deserted. He was witli his sweetheart. Passing a doorway he saw a sleeping newsgirl and he put a gold piece in her lap. "You extravagant man!" exclaimed the woman. But then she did not know. ZANZIBAR IVORY. One of tile Oiliest of Ivory Markets — Higher I'rlros Than on IVost Coast. Zanzibar continues to send import ant quantities of ivory to Europe. It is one of the oldest ivory markets and I was formerly one of the largest, but is j now surpassed in the quantity of ivory collected by Matadi on the lower Con go. Elephant tusks are gathered in i the far interior und brought to the l coast on the backs of men. Sometimes j business is good and sometimes it is J poor according to whether good luck attends the Ivory collectors. Now and then they are so fortunate as to come across some native who has a large quantity of ivory buried in the ground; then again they will find a good many tusks in native villages, where it is often used to form a part of the forti fications which every village must pos sess. Few animals are killed to in crease the present ivory supply, but most of the tusks are those the native! have been collecting for years. The profits of the business depccul in part upon the ignorance of enlight enment of the native seller. Not a few of the chiefs of east Africa are still ig norant of the fact that ivory is highly avlued by the whites. If they have not learned this fact they will sell their ivory very cheap. The quality of the east African ivory is for some reason or other considered superior to that of the Congo or west coast ivory. It brings a somewhat higher price in the market. In order to indicate the place of origin the cus tom house at Zanzibar affixes its stamp to each tusk and makes a small charge for thus guaranteeing to purchasers of the commodity is cast African ivory. New York Sun. Milking I lipnc In PI ancle ro. The manufacture of cheese is one of Holland's staple industries, and yet the two Belgian provinces—East and West Flanders —have come to the front in this business recently, and even export some of their cheese to the Nether lands. Of course the Belgian cheese will never he able to eompeto with the famous Holland varieties—Leyden, Goiula and Edam. As there is practi cally no duty on Belgian cheeses enter ing Holland. French and Swiss cheeses are often sent here byway of Belgium to escape duty.—A. F. J. Kiehl, in Chi cago Record. Germany anil Franco Compared. French census figures for 1899 report births as 817,G27, which i 3 10,000 less than the average for the past decade. The excess of births over deaths was but 31,394. M. Bertillon, in an essay on these figures, says grimly that France is in the position of a man dying under the influence of chloroform. Germany now has 55,000,000 inhabitants and Franco but 38,000,000. I THE HEROM AS A SENTINEL. Otlior Birds Have Implicit Confidence .a Hi* Yl'alclifuliieKft. One of nature's sharpest sentinels is the blue heron. Not only tloes he stand ; guard for himself and immediate rela j tives, but he is unwittingly a sentry j for other birds. Ducks and geese use | him. and I have often wondered why j sportsmen, particularly duck and geese j hunters, do not employ a decoy re- I sembling a heron, or crane, as they are | often erroneously called. | I can assure the readers that the j common wooden or canvas decoy is not to be compared with a neatly i mounted blue heron as a lure for the ! feathered gobblers. Not far from where I boarded one autumn was a reedy, muddy lake, a | perfect paradise or water fowl. Where 1 the wood road bordered 011 the lake ; was a small brook that often afforded a good bag of game. 1 would reach the brook some mornings perfectly cer tain that 110 one had preceded me, yet would not hear a solitary quack. I i would also notice that there would not be a heron on guard. At other times I the reeds would be alive, and I could not get a shot, for the blue heron sen try would give the alarm, spread his j broad wing in his slow, clumsy fash- I ion, and ducks, geese and all would fol low him out of reach. Repeated disap pointments of this kind showed me that j wittingly or not the ducks were mak j ing good use of the long legs and keen | eyes of the heron. He was able to see over the rushes, while their vision was completely cut off. When he was in clined to visit the brook to get a frog or a ii h for breakfast, they gathered round liim. feeling perfectly secure. So long as he was throwing his search light glances over tae reeds and into the bushes. When his hersonship took occasion to visit other scenes not a liv ing paddle would disturb the placid j eddy at the mouth of the brook. | I watched the situation carefully and found the heron one morning en . tirely alone. I sat down where 1 could ; get a good view without being seen and ' awaited developments. A flock of | ducks came winging their way down j the lake, casting glances on all sides as if uncertain, where to go. They were j swinging their long line for a sandy ! spit away down at the southwest cor ] ner of the lake, when the heron saw , them and uttered one of his lonely yet ; complacent calls. Immediately the | ducks swerved and circled into the | cove where the heron was on guard and settled down quite contentedly j around their sentinel. The thought struck me to use the heron for a de coy. I drew a bead on the guard, and | a couple of days after he again visited j the lake, only this time I carried him ; under my arm. and his eyes were made lof glass and his body of excelsior. 1 I placed him on a tussock as natural j looking as possible and had all the shooting I wanted. Whenever I de- I sired water fowl all I had to do was to ; put my heron in position and I had not long to wait before he was surrounded. | Try it.—A. H., in Forest and Stream. Fat Man Got. a I.chnoii. There was a trifling Are in a west side street the other day which caused a good deal of excitement and inci dentally gave a fat man a lesson in I courtesy. The fire started in the j apartments where the man and his | mother Jived. The man started about | the time the lire did and got down i four flights of stairs to the street be | fore ills mother knew what was up. j When she discovered the fire she ! promptly fainted. ! Meanwhile the fat man stood in the street yelling, "Save mv mother! Save my mother!" A messenger boy, who was passing, stopped, saw the smoke, ran up the stairs, aroused the woman and brought her out in safety. The neighbors cheered and the fat ; man looked uncomfortable. "Here, boy," he whispered. "Here's a quarter for you." The boy's face expressed his dis gust. "Aw. save it," he said, "and buy yourself some nerve food." The crowd laughed, the fat man blushed and the boy went whistling down the street. He didn't know that he had been a hero, and the fat man felt himself a coward.—New York Mail and Express. BrirUft In Moscow. In a recent report the French consul genera! in Moscow writes of the scarc ity of bricks in that city, owing to the extensive building now going on. The supply is not equal to the demand, and bricks which formerly sold at $lO per 1000 are now worth $11.20, The factories from which the supply Is drawn are spread over an area of 20 miles. Some of the works are of con siderable size, and employ the most modern machinery. But the supply of dry clay is giving out and thus the domestic manufacturers are handi capped. Manufacturers are now on the lookout for machinery for the making of bricks not of clay. It is likely that bricks of sand will be largely employed when the machinery is once set in mo tion. In the meantime, there is a good opportunity for American brick manu facturers. An Invention Probably I.oKt. John G. Carter, the inventor of the process of making a substitute for rubber from cotton-seed oil, died re cently at Savannah, Ga. The process was known only to Mr. Carter, and un less it is found that he left Instructions and directions for the continuance of the work, it is probable that the secret died with him. This is a valuable Il lustration of the wisdom of paten' >g all inventions of any commercial value, and not leaving the matter a secret. Very valuable inventions have been lest to the world owing to a mis taken belief that our patent laws do not give adequate protection. MPSi^ CREPE DE CHINE'S POPULARITY. %Vorn in All Shades For Street and Even ing Gowns. Crepe fie chine is having its innings this year and throws into the shade some old favorites in the way of dress goods. Tlie favorite material is worn ill all shades and appears in street as well as evening gowns, house gowns, and in everything in the way of a gown that a clever modiste can sug gest. The identical material, shade and all, may masquerade in any num ber of different gowns, tlie simplicity or elaborateness of the making de termining tlie position of the gown in tlie wardrobe of the wearer. There is not a shade that can be mentioned that is not being worn, though black and white vie with each other for the first rank in popularity The pastel shades are as popular in the crepes as in other goods of all kinds and descriptions. There are the tans and grays, the browns aud blues, In the latter the bright marine blue, the electric, and the navy being popu lar. Other shades are coming in in tlie spring, rumors which are well grounded say, and a bright red of near ly the golf shade will he among them, and a cerise red. Crepes come in all prices as well as in all shades and range from $1 to .$3 a yard. There is not as great a varia tion as might seem in these prices, for the lower priced goods are from twen ty-one to twenty-four inches wide, while tlie more expensive goods come at fifty-four inches aud cut to infinite ly better advantage. It hardly pays to buy the cheapest goods, as they are lighter iu weight aud have not the wearing qualities of the heavier or the the body to give them good lines. Tlie plain colors have ttie advantage this season, and they are more popular in all goods than fancy designs. With the plain crepe de chines art the satin finished, erepe motiores, tlie crinkled crepes, and crepe acoune, or broche, with figures of pretty rosebud designs and various medium and small figures. These latter crepes, which ore exceedingly attractive, range at about $!) a yard, which is high for a popular material, the medium-priced goods being always more in demand. Crepe de chines this year are takiug the place of the satin duchesse and even of the peau de sole. Chiffons c-ome in in the history of crepe de eliines, for they go into the make-up of so many of them, varying according to tlie character of tlie gowns. The chiffon is not used to any great extent for entire gowns. It is too fragile and its beauty depends upon its freshness. It is charming in accordion pleated gowns, but it takes at least forty yards to make a frock of that kind. Chinchillas For Pots. Of the thousands of women wearing chinchilla hats, muffs and trimmings how many know anything about the history of these costly fragile skins? Yet it is unusually Interesting. The chinchilla is a pretty, nimble-footed liule creature, no larger than a small rabbit, and is found in the South American highlands. The districts it inhabits arc practically rainless, which accounts for the damage done to chin chilla fur by fog and showers in this country. Until lately the Indian trap era used to spear the little creatures at the bottom of their hole.? Willi long cactus prongs fastened to a rod. This punctured tlie skins, however, and lessened tlicir value; so smoking out was tried. That also had to be given up as smoke turned the fur yellow, and yel lowed chinchilla is unsaleable. Nowa days dynamite is used to ccare the creatures out of the holes. A chinchil la warren is fenced In, and a big cart ridge exploded in its midst by a fuse. Tlio chinchillas, terrified out of their wits, rush from tlieir burrows, and are promptly clubbed on the head—Ugh!— by the Indians. Even in South Ameri ca, the roughly cured skins bring the hunters from twelve shillings to three pounds apiece. The chinchilla, by the way, makes a very charming, though timid, pet, aud one or two society women have pro vided themselves with them as a pleas ing novelty. The fur of the little creatures Is much more fluffy and silky In life than in death, and their beau tiful large dark eyes add to the charm of their dainty appearance. They arc clever, self-indulgent little beasts, fond of fruit and sweets, and much given to lying in Ihe blaze of a good fire, or rolling in the sun on some velvet win dow seat covering.—Modern Society. College Girl 1,1 fe. 'Tlie idea that there is anything ab normal in a college life for girls is fast passing away. The college girl may still be a problem to some persons, she is not in tlie least one to herself, or to those who know her best. The average girl goes to college for the reason that her brother goes, to get a little longer training of mind and dis cipline of character before tlie work of life, whatever that may be, is en tered upon. Matt hew Vassar, in estab lishing tlie college which bears his name, had a sharp appreciation of the value of knowledge, but his apprecia tion was equally keen of the value to the world at large of the true woman. Mis ideal was to develop a strong woman who should yet be gentle, fe he knew, as other perceiving m!tnl have known before and since his time, that strength without gentleness is odious, while the gentleness that misses strength is Intolerable. The institution was, perhaps, some what handicapped in the early year* of its life because of its very leader ship in 1 lie college movement f<o- wr itten. If, however, it has had oc casionally, in the more distant past, to make a stepping-stone of its "dead self" it. has always been, truly, to reach "higher things."—Harper's Baz ar. Good Taftto In Stationery. Wlilte paper, of medium thickness, rough or smooth, according to individu al choice, and oblong rather than square, ts in favor at present. A mono gram in gold, silver, or some delicate tint may be used, but must not tie too large. The street and number of one's city home, or the name of one's place If the residence bo In tlie country, may | be engraved in black, blue, silver or gold at the top of the note-paper, and in the middle of the sheet. Eccentrici ties in shape and style are to lie sedulously avoided; they are never in good taste for a lady's correspondence, * A broad, flat-topped desk with draw ers to hold letters and papers is now an ordinary feature of a well-furnished morning room, and as part of every woman's day is taken tip with writing and answering her letters, a portfolio 011 the lap is hardly sufficient to ac commodate her paper, pens and envel opes. Tlie Glorified Shirt Walit, An odd waist for evening wear is of the new water sill; gatize, soft and filmy as eliiffon, patterned witli a light tracery of seed pearls. Made simply— .tnst pouched and drawn into a waist band of gold tissue at tlie waist, with the neck veiled in folds of deep-toned lace, and a pink rosebud tucked away among tie lace—this blouse is one. In deed, to covet and acquire. Almost, if not quite, on a par with it are blouses of white chiffon, traced Willi gold thread. A change of slips under neath these transparent blouses ad mits of great variety, such as white under black, or vice versa. Blues and pinks under white muslin are not fav orites, being suggestive to many of a draped toilet table. Helen Gould's Attractive Ilandshake. Miss Gould lias an Interesting Utile handshake. She has evidently learned that to protect and preserve her own hand when giving it to hundreds of others, she must do most of the slink ing herself. She takes the proffered hand firmly in her own at about elbow level, holds it there for an insiant, then raises it quickly in an almost exactly perpendicular line, then slid denly releases It. She looks d'ieetly into the eyes of the person she is meeting, and probably not one in a hundred passed 011 without carrying with him the conviction that the jolly faced young woman he has just left sincerely enjoyed the meeting.—Boston Tost. Tlio lleiiiKtitclif'rf IMgp, A broad hemstitched edge adorns the newer chiffon veiling, and distin guishes it from last season's :yl-s. One inch is the standard width of the horn. Black, blue and brown chiffon show this fancy border. It is sur prising what amount of wear one can pet out of a really good chlffou vei l . It doesn't seem to tear or split like the tulle and silken tissues, and it. can bo laundered like a pocket handkerchief. It seems thin, but it proves an ef fectual protection from the cehl or dust or raw wind upon a disagr -•able day. It feels soft 011 the face, which is more tuau can be said of thicker veils. Cold tissue roses are a stylish touch of color in the all black huts. Writing with white ink on blue pa. per is said to be one of the ultra fash ionable fads in Paris. Accordion pleated chiffon finds many uses this season, one of which is tlie entire lining of an evening cloak over another lining of silk. High crowned and broad trimmed hats are in prospect for tlie coming season as a suitable accompaniment for the wide lace collars. A yoke of fur shaping down to the Holt as a vest in front is the novel feature of a velvet blouse and the new lace collar falls from underneath this* all around. French knots in either black or white silk beautify some of the narrow gold braids. Tlicy are done by band and one row through the centre is siulicient for the narrow widths. Chiffon, net and gauze with narrow bands of silk stitched iu at intervals make very pretty vests. One row of embroidered polka dots down the cen tre of tlip bands is an effective addt t ion. A pretty blouse to wear with a cloth skirt is made of meteor crepe match ing tlie cloth in color. Lines of lace f; insertion are set in intervals all around between groups of tucks and small' gold buttons decorate the front pleat. $ Pretty trimmings for collar bands. | wrist bauds and waist decorations of various sorts are made by joining | runs of braid witli a lace stitch, or al- 1 ternating narrow ribbon with braid and joining tlieui in the same manner. Crepe de cliine is one of the most popular materials for the bridesmaid's .own
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