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Male all money orders, clecks. etc. f pay iblt to thi 'Tribune J'rinling Company, Limited. Professor Clark, of the Chicago Uni versity, thinks that the popular ora tors of to-day have too little dignity. American excursion steamers on the Thames next summer will be apt to give English capital another cold wave. During the last year 3,309,751,007 letters and 507,515,250 postal cards were sent through the United States mail. Croat men cannot see all alike all at once. The Duke of Wellington, though he could win at Waterloo, could uot see the good of the penny post. Arizona newspapers declare that deer, antelope and mountain sheep will soon he exterminated there unless im mediate steps are taken for their pres ervation. Making fair allowances for the prob abilities of life the next rulers of Eng land, after Edward VII., will he King George V„ now Duke of Cornwall and York, one or the other of his young sons, and, in turn, some son or daugh ter of one of these heirs. Hugh 11. Smith, United States Pish C nitnlsslcn expert, declares that among the fishery developments ear -11 •■. ly desired by many people, which will not be achieved in the new cen tury, is the boneless shad, and that we shall have to content ourselves with a tisli that is already good enough for mortal man. A French writer Is advising his couutrymen to take lessons in cable cutting. He points out that in case of war the ocean cables would lie Eng land's vulnerable points, and that the gentle art of severing them "requires ability which it would be too late to acquire by the necessary practice when the war should have actually broken out." As foreign nations become acquaint ed with the numerous but modest mer its of the American mule his popular ity Increases. In 1899 (fiscal year) the total value of American mules ex ported to foreign countries was $310,- 000. In the fiscal year ol' 1900 It was $3,919,000, aud as tho American mule becomes better known he gets to be more in demand, and a larger foreign trade in American mules scorns to be already foreshadowed. Paris now prefers to have its daily bread made daily from flour from the mill. After a time we may by the aid of our physicians and scientists catch up to the early inhabitants of the United States, who pounded their own com or wheat to flour as tlicy needed it for use, sometimes bending down a sapling and tying a heavy stone to it and making It do the hardest part of the work. Man seems to progress in a circle in a good many times. Henry D. Lioyd predicts that cities will eventually disappear and the people be "educated back to their old home, the soil." Rider Haggard in forms the Londoners that "if the race Is to thrive and Britain remain mighty In years to come, say good-bye to towns and get back to the land, which bred your fathers." It seems that the native-born Londoner becomes extinct in the third generation, a fact which lends point to Mr. Haggard's warning. Rum and poor food and tho resulting anaemia put the finishing touches ou degenerate families in short order. Ti has been discovered that (lie Tici way to break a horse from kicking ij to give liim an electric shock. If prop er';. administered, it does not injure the animal and it supersedes the brutal whipping. TV.if nr.it-s are on the increase in Germany. I here no few -r than (i --?= "' . in-iitiri- wlv.-rc deaf mute arc . y instructed. MY WORK. My work, however small, No hnnris can do but mine; It is God's special mil To me, a voice divine. —Harper's Bazaar. ? THE f {STENOGRAPHERS' PRANK{ I AND f {ITS ROMANTIC RESULT. } There is no telling what put it into their heads. Perhaps it was a remark thoughtlessly made by William, the office boy. William is not a dull boy, but he hardiy weighs his words as carefully as lie may do when he gets older. He said: "I bet them delegates won't tell their wives all of the procedin's when they get back home." Both Miss Purdue and Miss Benedict heard him say that. They may not have paid any particular attention to it, William being in the habit of say ing precocious and absurd things. The idea may have been suggested by the overcoats of the delegates them selves, which hung in a tempting row in the main office, while their owners were consulting with Mr. Davis, the president of the association, in the big committee room. The fact that Miss Benedict rejoices in a wealth of golden hair no doubt had something to do with it, taken either by itself or in conjunction with other facts and circumstances. Miss Purdue and Miss Benedict are stenographers in the employ of the association, which has its offices in town and sends up its delegates from the country about every three months. In strict confidence they call them selves "stenogs," though that is a mat ter of slight importance and signi ficant in only a email degree. Yet it may bo said that stenographers would never have clone such a thing, while it was only v. hat might have been expected from a pair of "stenogs." At first Miss Benedict wished Miss Purdue to contribute some of her crowning glory to the scheme. Miss Purdue has brown hair. She said: "There isn't the least bit of sense in that. You can take any novel you like and the brown-haired woman is the devoted wife and mother, with all the steady domestic virtues. I'll bet you the candy that nine out of 10 of them have got brown-haired wives. A brown hair on their coats would oj. cite no notice whatever. It wouldn't be seen, and if it was seen it would look all right No. my dear, if you want to make trouble take your own hair. It's the kind that naturally be longs to sirens." "I'm sure I'm very much obliged to you," said Miss Benedict. Nevertheless she submitted to the dominant will of the other and for the next five minutes she exclaimed "Ouch!" at intervals of two or three seconds. Then the delegates began to come in and bang up their coats. There were perhaps 30 of them, altogether. As soon as they wore all comfortably behind the closed door Miss Purdue rose from her typewriter and beck oned to licr friend. Miss Benedict, however, refused to be enticed from her work. She said. "I'll keep right on so as to avert sus picion." Whereupon Miss Purdue ac cused her of being a " 'frald cat," and opening the little drawer of the type writer stand look from it a respectable hank of golden hair. She then went over to where the coats were hanging and proceeded to deck them with tho shining strands. She did it artistically—not so that the hairs would be at once perceived, but that from their concealment be neath the collars, behind lapels and under pocket flaps they would work Out in time to the confusion of those who had unknowingly harbored them. Here and there she tucked a few in the sleeve linings. It was this that betrayed them. They should have waited until the ast day of the session. As it was. the dele gates had one more day, possibly two, to attend. The clay after the bur nished threads had been placed tho two young women heard a sudden burst of laughter from the committee room. This was so strange, so en tirely without precedent, that they looked at each other in amazement. William, the office boy, came out of the room at this time, and Miss Pur due instantly pounced upon him. "What are they laughing at. Wil liam?" she said "Tell us!' commanded Miss Bene dict. William indignantly shook himself free from their clutches. "Aw. say!" he exclaimed. Then he grinned and added: "They picked a woman's hair ofC'n Mr. Ibu rner's coat. They've got it on him. all right.. It's a cinch, none of them others don't have to pay for any drinks or KP< yars as long's they're in town an' keep close to him. Oh, say! It was a peach—as long as your arm and—" Here ho stopped, his eye encounter ing Miss Benedict's massy coiffure. His grin widened and he suddenly put his hand before it and doubled him self up in an ecstacy of mirth. Miss Purdue promptly cuffed him and ho fled, pursued by the two. and took refuge in the telephone cabinet. In about five minutes the committee room door opened, and the delegates came out. Their faces were wreathed in smile?, and r.a mar.;- as could get near Mr. Harmer wore amitinz him on the back and addressing to him sundry plecsant; i -s. It was net hard to distinguish Mr. Harmer. His smile was altogether different to those I of the others. Miss Benedict did not | see him, for she was clattering away j on her typewriter at a furious rate.' Indeed, her exertion was so great as | to bring quite an unusual color to her j cheeks. Miss Purdue saw him and said afterward that ho was quite nice looking. Further, she said that he did not look like a married man. though ! how she differentiated is a mystery. ] The point of the matter is that as the delegates were putting on their J coats one of them, a man with a double chin and four creases in his | neck, happened to notice Miss Bene- | diet rather more particularly than usual, and he was instantly struck with the similarity in tint and texture of her hair and the anonymous fila ment that had been discovered on his colleague's coat. He at once called the attention of the rest of the dele gates to this circumstance. Miss Benedict could not hear what they said, but she know that it was horrid. Her back was turned to the ' corner where the coats were kept, but she could feel the glances that were directed at her and her cheeks burned distressingly. One of the dele gates railed out. "What time was llarmer here this morning? Does any one know?" "He was here when I got here," i said another. "I guess I was here he- j fore any of the rest of you." Miss Benedict struck the keys of her typewriter with vicious energy, and the resulting clatter drowned the rest. It is unnecessary to say that Miss Benedict bitterly reproached Miss Purdue or that she spent subsequent hours of repentance and humiliation. She wont to the office, however, and had been at work for half an hour be fore Mr. Mordant, the president of the association, arrived. She fancied Mr. | Mordant looked at her curiously and j rather severely, but that may have ; been imagination. But there was no question about the way the dele- j gates comported themselves. They ! may not have meant it at all. but they j were insufferable. Some of them j looked at her laughingly; others with j a dreadful austerity that Miss Bene dict know was deserved. Three or , four of them did not look at her at all, and she felt that was worst of ' all. One by one they came, each as j unpleasant as possible in his peculiar way, until at last Mr. Harmer arrived. And then somebody coughed, and they all coughed. Miss Benedict said she simply would not stand it another day. nor another hour, for that matter. Therefore she called William to her and bribed him to tell Mr. Mordant how, why and under what circumstances the hair had been distributed. Then she went home and telephoned down to the office that she had a sick headache— which was perfectly true—and could riot come to work. The headache lasted for three days, at the end of which time Miss Bene dict went back to the office. She had seen Miss Purdue twice before, but all Miss Purdue knew was that Mr. Mordant maintained a grave sileneo. William had said that Mr. Mor dant just nodded and said "Hm-m-m!" when ho told, and that soon after there was more laughter in the committee room. As soon as the ; meeting was over there had been a general overhauling of overcoats, and Mr. Harmer had gathered up the hair. Miss Benedict had made up her mind just what penitential pose she would adopt when Mr. Mordant called her into his office. She had determined at what point in her excuses she would allow her voice to break and a pearly tear to roll down her cheek. She had got her defensive campaign mapped out. Then Mr. Mordant, in stead of calling her in. came out and. pausing in front of her desk, said: "Don't let that occur again. If you please, Miss Benedict." And. hardly \ looking at her, went into the tele- j phone room. And now the young women are wondering why Mr. Harmer gathered ! up the hair, and what he intends to I do with it, and whether he will be at the next meeting, and all sorts of ! things.—Chicago Record. How H Vol lull City Aim It* IVoplp. For 10 copecks (5 cents) everything that Praga park, in Warsaw, affords is yours. There are open-air theatres, Punch and Judy and other sideshows, outdoor attractions, such as walk 3, groves, fountains, boating of every conceivable kind, merry-go-rounds, swings, dancing pavilions, lunch coun ters, athletic courts, soft drinks, but not a drop of alcohol in any form whatever. For the very little ones there are inclosures where they may make sand pies, play games of all kinds, learn to sing popular and folk I songs, train themselves physically— under the direction of a graduate kin dergartner. The older boys have races and other athletic contests. Prizes are | given for good deportment and profi- ' ciency in the games. In less than two j years, the authorities say, this park j has already accomplished an appre ciable amount in elevating the tone j of living among the lower classes of j the city.—Cosmopolitan. I'Hlil I lie Doctor to Keturn. A physician in Scott county, Kan-! sas. recently moved to another part I of the stale because he could not make both c-nds meet in his practice, but his services were so badly needed in the old field that the citizens circulat ed a petition asking the county com missioners to appropriate a bonus of j PSOO annually to the doctor on condl-1 tlon that he should return. The com- i missioners niacin the appropriation and (lie doctor has gone back to his former i home. —Chicago Chronicle. Hi THIS Perfuming Glovei. To perfume your gloves mix well to gether half an ounce of essence of roses, a drachm each of oil of cloves and mace and a quarter of an ounce of frankincense. Place this in tissue paper and lay it between the gloves. Beautiful In Spile or A C e. The Princess cf Montenegro, who will celebrate this year her fortieth wedding anniversary, is said to be still one of the most beautiful women in Europe. She is highly educated and greatly beloved for her benefac tions to the needy and afflicted. Her husband, Prince Nikita, has reigned 40 years. They have had ten chil dren. Tlio New Itlouse*. Tight fitting "liodicea a'ltd Etons ac company tailor skirts. The blouse, too, 13 very popular, but in a more glorified condition, for it is made on to a fitted lining and becomes more of a bodice. Tucks, frills, lace insertion, turn it into a thing of beauty, and, being made up over a tight fitting lin ing, it seems anomalous to apply the appellation blouse to such a dainty confection. Now is the time when one or two flannel blouces are so con venient to take in turn with those of silk or cambric. The fronts of such blouses can be made quite dressy by means of machine stitiched tabs, with a tiny enamel button at the end. Rib bon velvet is another pretty trimming for them, and made with a sailor col lar of guipure lace they form very ftressy wear. i or White Itun.l*. Cleanliness is the first esentlal, and therefore when rough work has to be done it is well, if possible, to put on gloves. Prevention is better than cure; and as nothing spoils the hands like getting them grimmed, this should be avoided as far as possible. It is, however, not always possible to wear gloves for dirty work, so one must be prepared for one's hands be ing sometimes very much soiled. When this is the case, don't go to work upon them with soda, soap and brush, for that would roughen them dread fully. Instead, take some vaseline, lard or oil and rub it into the hands, and then wash them Thoroughly with a good toilet soap and a piece of flannel in warm water. The flannel will soon clean tlicm and without in juring the skin in any way. It is far better than a nailbrush for ordinary use, and, if used regularly, a nail brush will he fouhd almost if not en tirely superfluous. That Is a thing to lie remembered, for the use of a brush roughens the finger tips and nails and makes them more liable to become soiled than need be.—Washington Star. FimMoii* In (iloveit. Glace kid, buttoned, gloves are the correct ones for church, with two or four buttons, and of white or a light tan. If tan a heavier kid Is used, and one or two buttons are sufficient; In fact, a regular h'avy walking glove is the smartest. Many women always cling to a Suede glove of the mousque taire style with two buttons only. Theso are of a lighter shade of color than the gown or of black. Of course this does not refer to a red, or a green, or a blue gown—simply to the brown or gray. A white Suede glove Is absolutely inappropriate, however. So much depends upon the lining of the muff as to what gloves can lie worn from a practical point of view that it is as well to buy one with refer ence to the other. The present fashion of the white lining or the fur lining for the very rich fur muffs makes it possible to wear white or light gloves, whereas the dark linings so soon soil the glove 3 that it is generally silly to follow slavishly the fashion of wearing white gloves, especially If economy has to be consulted. As the church costume is emphatically a walking costume, heavy walking boots or boots of kid and patent leather are correct. The fancy dress boot or shoe is not then sensible or in good taste. —Harper's Bazaar. Cllildrnn and the Use or Money. Two extremes have been taken by parents with regard to children's handling money. Some give their chil dren all the money they want, while others never give their children a cent. In the first case the children grow up without any ideas of the value of a doiiur, and are often obliged to learn later in life, through failure, the value of money. In the second case. A3 soon as the child reaches an age to earn anything, he wishes to enjoy the luxury and free dom of spending it as he chooses, affil | often doo3 so with about the same re sult as in the first instance. Neither method is wise nor just to the child. A great deai of his future happiness as well as that of those connected with him depends upon his ability to earn and manage an In come. Whenever the child can earn money honorably, let him do so. Give a child a certain amount of allowance. As soon as he Is old enough, tench hlin to keep a little biok account. Let him spend some of his money. Ho will make mistakes, of course, but bet ter learn to use good judgment , through a 5-oent mistake when a child j than through a SSOO one when ' grown. Advise a child how to spend it, but if possible mike him feel that he is responsible for the result. Every time that he makes a poor bargain, let him suffer the natural conse quences. Teach him system in financ es. One of our wealthy men made it a rule to always lay by one-fifth of his income for a nest egg. A certain pro portion should be given to benevolent and religious purposes. By teaching a child honor and good judgment in the use of money, you teach him much that goe3 into the making of a good citizen.- -Good Housekeeping. Woman'* I-ove of Jewel*. 11l all countries and in all ages women seem to have inherited a love for precious stones, says the Chicago Chronicle, and it is no wonder that these gems are popularly supposed to exercise some subtle magnetism that influences their nature. This inherent passion may account in a measure for the recent craze for some mascotic jewel, a survival of medieval super stition. Upon impressionable people certain gems appear to wield a potent influence. Who has not listened to weird tales of some heirloom talis man, which, when lost or stolen, pres aged the ruin of a noble house? A per son with a vivid imagination might even believe in the theory of the Pythagoreans, who formulated the doctrine that inamimate things are endowed with souls. Certain evolu tionists of today trace the origin of man bach to stones, asserting that in their adamantine bosoms they con tain the all-prevading essence of spirit, and that the spark emitted from their crystalline hearts is the rfevelation of the imprisoned soul within. From time immemorial jewels have served as propitiatory offerings at holy shrines, as token of amity from one crowned head to-nnothor, as mys tic messages of affection between dis tant friends, as pledges of constancy exchanged between plighted lovers. Men have bled and died, kingdoms have crumbled, families have been rent assundor, husband and wife parted over the disputed possession of some coveted jewel. Perhaps poor Marie Antoinette of ill-starred mem ory might have kept her pretty head upon her shoulders had it not been for the unfortunate affair of the diamond necklace. Women in all ages have succumbed to the temptation of gems. The Oollege Girl. Tile college life of American girls today is all and more than its best friends hoped for it in the days when the higher education of women was still experimental. The girls who are now in llarnard, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, {ladcliffe or Wellesley were in their cradles then. They have grown up since the days of alarm that college life would ruin the health and detract from the womanliness of women. Modern college girls have been reared in good health, and in the spir it of outdoor life; bicycling, walking, swimming, tennis, rowing, basketball and gymnasium exercises are becom ing more and more integral parts of their lives. They have never been called "tomboys," as outdoor girls used to be. More of them dance than former ly; girls from evangelical households also are allowed to dance by thous ands nowadays, and this, too, is to their advantage. College girls may now spend their four years of study with increasing good health and strength, and also with increase of so cial grace and knowledge. It is found by a comparison of cus toms in half a dozen of our leading colleges for women that even the haz ing which is given the freshman is of a sort to straighten out any chanc9 unsocial kinks they may have, and teach them the amenities of inter course. This has been well described as "intellectual hazing," since it is rather by stings of words than more ' palpable means that correction is ad- ! ministered. Th clubs and societies in the women's colleges all tend to fit a girl for the larger life of society when i she leaves college, and in most of them there is much more dancing than ' would once have been thought aca- : demic. This is especially the case with I the "co-eds" in universities for men. The overwhelming courtesy of sen- ' iors, juniors and sophomores to fresh- i men in more than one of the women's ! colleges is a curious ordeal for a shy j girl. She is made to feel at once by many attentions that she belongs to I an important body social, and that ! only by swift rising to meet the de mands upon her can she show her j worthiness to cuter into the life of I the community. There are times when ' the spirit of class contest waxes warm j in an interclass game of basketball or an interclass boat race. But in gen- ' eral the college spirit and the spirit ! cf personal friendliness and good will i are so strong that rivalry is consist- I cntiy ,-portsmanlikc. In the same spirit as the gymna- i Blum exercises the Intellectual gym- j nasties are carried on. Girls make j I high jumps cr swift rushes and go I through ground and lofty tumbling, ] both mental and physical, with a sim- j plicity, an insouciance, an utter ab- j sence of conceit nowadays; this was | not quite true of the pioneers in the 1 higher education for women. Life | was more strenuous for them. The I new girl thinks little or nothing of : competition with men—a topic that i occupied the thoughts of her forbears, j Her place is made for her in the col- ! lego world as completely as it was in ! the high school. She fills it with grace ! and strength and goes forth from it to meet the duties of life with trained ' faculties, with a lack of self-con- j sciousness and Immense potency fo: 1 ! good.--New York Mail and Express, i fjg. ths Cliildrmr* Nlglitwear. Don't let the little ones sleep in cot> , ton or linen night garments in wiit | ter. If you can't afford flannel make ! them some flannelette sleeping suits I or night gowns. If you do this, have I warm, light clothing on the beds and keep the windows open, whatever the weather. You will find that the little ones will very seldom be troubled by colds or coughs. A screen between the bed and window will prevent ail dan ger from draft, but remember there is more draft from a slightly opened window than from one wide open, so don't be satisfied to have it open oniy a tiny chink. Inmy Photograph Holder*. Fancy photograph holders may he made of carved wood or of pasteboard. | covered with embroidered pieces of | lihen. They are sometimes made of watercolor paper painted and mounted on a heavy foundation of wood or cardboard. Fancy silk or cretonne covers are easy to make, a ribbon bow at each end of the holder serving to I ornament them. These holders con | sist of a hack and front glued or sewed together below, so that the pho ; tographs may be inserted in the open j space above. The edges are usually j cut in symmetrically curved lines or I scallops. Moth* in the Carpet*. 1 It is of special importance to see that there are no moths in your car pets before they are put away in the spring, and also before they are re laid in the fall. Should there be any doubt about it, lay a wet towel over the suspected place, cover it with a ; piece of heavy paper, press with a hot | iron, and the steam will effectually j destroy any eggs, larva or insects that • have escaped notice. After the carpet j is thoroughly cleaned and renovated ; roll and wrap in a tight cover. When | it is to he put down again brush the , edges of the floor with turpentine or I coal oil, being sure to get in all the cracks. Sprinkle salt plentifully over | the face of the carpet next to the : washboards and on any edges that are :to be turned under. From experience It has been found that salt effectually ! prevents the carpet from being eaten ! by moths, buffalo bugs or any such I "varmints." It has no odor, does not | discolor, is easily appned and is an i excellent preventive. Cleuiillno** 111 tile Sick Komn. Even in the ordinarily well man aged household, according to a phy sician, there is little idea of the per fect cleanliness that is required in the sick room. Old furniture, old pa per on the walls, old carpets are sources of impurity and consequently dangerous to a marked degree. Some- • times the wall paper, while fresh and new in itself, has been put on over an old layer, thus providing an eco nomical resort for germs. Old carpets are cleaned superficially with a broom, which at the same time scatters the dust through the air to settle on the furniture and pictures and to he waft ed off into the air again by means of the feather duster. Old upholstered easy chairs or couches are hound to encourage disease, a3 is anything which provides a lurking place for dust. Descending to the kitchen, look well to the state of your dish rags. These should be washed and dried in the open air as religiously as if they were napkins or table cloths. A dish rag or cloth that does service day af ter day and is simply rinsed out after dish washing and hung up in the house till after the next meal Is hot. safe. The good housekeeper rotates the dish cloths as well as the drying towels.—New York Sun. cjS£tfe> Lj Dough Cake—One pint of milk mixed j over night, as for bread, but with the dough somewhat stiffen. In the morn ing mix thoroughly a pint of sugar and a pint of butter. Stir this well Into the dough, and add three well beaten eggs, half a pint of stoned raisins, half a teaspoonful each of cin namon, nutmeg and saleratus. Bvke in a slow oven without further rais ing. Turnip Souffle—Cook a quarter cupful of flour In a third of a cupt-j of melted butter; add slowly one-half pint of scalding milk, season with pep per and salt and cook until thick and smooth, then add one scant cupful of mashed turnips. Now add the beaten yolks of three eggs, then the whites beater, until stiff; turn Into a but tered dish and bake, standing in a dish of hot water, for about 20 min utes. Serve immediately. German Potato Salad—Prepare in a deep howl a dressing of half a pint of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of olive oil, a saltspoonful of salt a dash of pepper and a large onion sliced thinly. Boil in their jackets eight good size; potatoes and while yet very hot ski) and slice them rather thickly into tin dressing. Celery, cut Into quartor-incl dice, may be added if desired. Gar nisli with hard-boiled eggs and pars ley. The hot potatoes absorb the dress ins. and being sliced thickly, they an not so apt to break in being mixet through the dressing.
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