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Make all money orders , checks, etc. t pnyabl4 to the Tribune J'r,nting Company, Limited. According to the Western sage who insists that what electricity has killed it can restore, the man is unfortunate whom lightning refuses to strike twice. That a bachelor should leave a largo sum of money in his will for the purpose of encouraging matrimony perhaps only goes to show that some men are never contented. To have the Bible read with elocu tionary effect by a Harvard professor and its literary and artistic features explained to a fasionablc audience has become the society fad of the moment in Boston. The Mojavc and Colorado deserts which were once considered irreclaim able and valueless are proving to be wonderfully rich in minerals and an energetic and industrious population is now permanently established in them. Chicago society women are accused of taking silverware and articles of table decoration home with them as souvenirs of notable occasions. But Chicago hopes its best society is rich enough not to mind about a few spoons and candlesticks. The first Sunday school was estab lished by Robert Raikes at Gloucester, England, in 17S0. Now there are 110,000 Sunday schools in the United States, with 2,G00,000 teachers and 0,000,000 pupils. A movement is on foot to employ paid teachers in the Sunday school. A publication recently asked a great many of the most distinguished people of the world what was the "greatest menace" of the new century. There proved to be almost as many greatest menaces as there were answers. Either people are growing very origi nal or this is to be a strenuous period. Great Britain turned the century dis tinctly under a cloud. Her immediate embarrassments are considerable, but It is the future to which her leading statesmen and industrial authorities look with an apprehension which they do not conceal. They dread lest tjie conditions which carried England to the pitch of prosperity and greatness in the nineteenth century have so changed and are changing that a de cline must set in. Here is a problem for lawyers to solve. An Englishman, recently de ceased, had three children, one son and two daughters, and he mentioned all of them in his will. The first clause is: "I leave my piano to Mary Eliza beth when Arthur has done with it." The other clause is: "To Susan Jane —she may take whatever Arthur wishes to give to her." There is no doubt of Arthur's standing in the docu ment, but are Mary Elizabeth and Susan Jane beneficiaries under the will? America's command of the steel markets of the world, which only a year or two ago was regarded by Englishmen as extremely improbable, if not altogether impossible, is now calmly, if regretfully, admitted by the English newspapers as an existing fact. The London Telegraph regards it as certain that the United States will keep the lead in steel, and will increase it, and at the same time warns British manufacturers that they must be more willing to imitate the methods of their rivals if they cannot outstrip them in original invention. The first currency issued by the whites within the "limits of the United States was wampum, which was adopted by the Massachusetts colonists in 1607 in their intercourse with the Indians. Mrs. Priscilla Shoenbcrgcr nearly met death in a fire which consumed her borne at Warren. Site was asleep and was awakened by a pet dog. The CrHie for Veiling. The craze for veiling has reached such a degree that one sees women with throe veils. One is the grenadine draped around the hat for no apparent purpose, then comes a thin white or black veil, then a dotted veil with figured edge. The oculists are happy. Fern Initio Zlorliaitlo.. English women are turning their at tention to mechanics during the iast few years, and the record of the patent office for last year showed that out of 2600 applicants 574 were women, and the greater number of the inventions of women have been successful ones. Most of these inventions are of small articles, 149 of them being improve ments for dress and 40 patents were for cycling inventions. An Entni-tiri.lng W'omno. Miss Celia Holbrook, a Massachu setts woman, has since the death of her father, two years ago, supported the family of one brother and three sisters by carrying on his blacksmith shop. In addition, she has a govern ment contract to take the mail twice a day to and from the railroad station and postoffice. During the summer months she carries the mailbag on her bicycle. In the winter she makes the journey of a mile on foot. Miss Hol brook is in her twentieth year. The I.ale.t Nursn. In the line of trained nursing a new departure lias been taken which will appeal to the housckaeper who has struggled with the question of home nursing, or its alternative. Convales cent nurses are trained to take care of the patient during the last weelts of a fever, or other lingering sickness, before he is well enough to go out and yet demands companionship. The duties are light, consisting merely of reading aloud, giving tonics, keeping the depressed spirits up. seeing that tho invalid does not overdo, and all the hundred and one things which the occasion demands. Of course, the salary is not so great an it would be if more detailed atten tion were required, but by means of this change many a nurse who could not spend tho time and money neces sary to take the full course at a train ing school and hospital is enabled to begin her duties in this way, while the boon to the average income is a great one, enabling a nurse to be re tained during tiie trying weeks which succeed a dangerous illness, when otherwise the family would ho obliged often to do the hundred and one little things which a querulous patient de mands, and which are so fagging. While the salary of the expert nurse is from $25 a week up, that of tho convalescent nurse is about $8 or $lO, and yet her work may bo as satisfac tory as that of the other.—New York Herald. Tint Chinchilla in Its I,all'. No fur seems quite so soft and fine and poetic to the average woman as chinchilla. It has all the impractical attributes to recommend it to the elegante. Its color is so delicate that it soils quickly, and thus it is a con stant care and expense, it is so soft and fine that the slightest ill usage ruins it forever. It is expensive and fino pieces are difficult to buy even if one is willing and able to pay exorbi tant prices. It is not as costly as sable, 'tis true, but it does not last so well, so the scales are pretty evenly balanced. Taking all these tilings into con sideration is it not painful to hear the chinchilla called brutally "a little ro dent," to trap which the Imcha and Amana Indians of tho Bolivian Andes devote the best part of their lives? This "rodent" looks "something like a squirrel andalsolikea rabbit" and likes high mountains. It prefers elevations of from 6000 to 16,000 feet. The In dians trap these creatures at night and the skins are handed over to tho chief of the tribe, who disposes of them and divides the proceeds among the tribesmen. One chief received SBO,OOO at a single sale a few months ago. Those Indians, besides trapping chinchillas, go to church, drink potato alcohol and—it seems too dreadful to tell, but the potato alcohol is said to be at the bottom of it—occasionally kill and eat some unwary traveler who may he hunting chinchillas on his own account.—New Y'ork Commercial Ad vertiser. Feminism In Kngtmid. The tide cf feminism has at length invaded the law. A Scots lady has petitioned the court of session to he admitted to the solicitors' examina tion, and, as apparently she "means business," that tribunal will have sol emnly to decide tnc question of wom en's rights in this form. In this coun try there have not been wanting cham pions of this cause on the bench. Campbell says of Chief Justice Lee in 1737 that "his fame may have increas ed from his having had the good word of the fair sex-. He certainly stood up for the rights of woman more strenu ously than any English judge before or since his time." It appears that there were two candidates for the office of parish sexton of St. Botolph's in tho city—namely: John Olive and Sarah Bly. Per Sarab 169 men voted and 40 women, while John got the suffrage# of 174 men and 22 women—and the place. The question was as to whether he was properly sworn in, and Lee thought he was not, holding that a woman might be sexton of a parish, and adding, "It would be strange if a woman may herself fill the office and yet should be disqualified to vote for it." So he further decided that the women's votes were good. "Women," he remarked, "have held much higher offices and, indeed, almost all the of fices of the kingdom, as queen, mar shal, great chamberlain, great con stable, champion of England, commis sioner of sewers, keeper of a prison, and returning officer for members of Parliament." If this particular lady's attempt is successful it will be a signifi cant mark of the now century, the end of which may be familiar with the sight of lady barristers—a new race of "bar-maids," as Punch calls them. A hundred years hence the toast of "Our Mothers-in-I.aw" may be quite popular.—Pall Mall Gazette. To Save Tears in the Nursery. Many wise people have exclaimed: "Children need discipline." True, and yet with young children to avoid a coniilct is often the best way to man age. Their opposition to a plan of pro cedure is overcome and yet they scarcely know it. A dear young girl, relative to an overtaxed mother, volunteered one evening to put the overtaxed mother's little ones to bed. It was a mild even ing in spring. A little four-year-old | boy, who In the winter had had his j bed warmed with a hot brick, cried out, "I want a brick! I want a brick!" The child, sleepy and tired, was in no ! mood to hear opposition nor even to hear reason. The amiable young vol unteer nurse seemed to understand all this, and very gently she said: "Well, you may havo a brick." Then going to the closet where she knew the cold brick was kept, she took it and wrapped it up and laid It at the foot \ of the child's crib; and the little lei : low went to sleep contentedly. I A woman who loves children and loves to see them happy, took two lit tle brothers, her friend's children, to their bed chamber to superintend their going to rest. The elder boy kneeled down and said his prayers. At this : the younger (four years younger than i his brother) began to cry, because Elmer had said his prayers first. The mother was not at hand, and the good friend was at first perplexed, but, i brightening up after a moment's thought, she said: "We'll fix that; Dudley may kneel down and say his ' prayers, and then Elmer may say his over again." This was satisfactory to the beligerent one, and peace reigned where a storm threatened to disturb ! the scene. A little two-year-old demanded more | salt on her food. The father, by whoso side she sat, shook a saltceller over the baby's plate, taking pains to not invert it. It was amusing to see (he contented mien of the child after the performance. Surely It was better I than to contradict or ruffle so young a member of the human family.— Christian Intelligencer. Irish lace is very popular for millin ery as well as gown trimmings. There is a gold embroidery done on : black net in a heavy way that suggests a cross patch, which is in great flavor. I An adorable petticoat lately shown j was made of white gros grain silk | with ruffles of black velvet ribbon on a circular flounce. A lovely bathrobe is of crepe do chine lined with albatross and made with a Watteau pleat. In the back, a surplice front and "kimono" sleeves. One of the prettiest novelties is a plain gray suede pocketbook, simply stitched around the edge and fastened with a buttonhole and jewelled but ton. Dainty waists of India mull in pale tints are worn with the tailor-made skirts and coats. They are finely tucked and finished with a lace yoke, belt and cufT. A dainty gown is made of white silk, pale turquoise velvet, and small silver buttons, the lower half of the fronts faced back with narrow shaped lapels of blue and white spotted vel vet. It is said that the surah silk so fashionable some years ago will return to favor with the spring. Taffeta has been used so long that people are turning to the soft silks in plain ef fects for variety. The Raglan overcoat, so fashionable for men, appears among the tailor gar ments for women. In fact, there has never been a season when these coats have been such a universal feature of women's wardrobes. The ordinary gold tags and spikes are giving way to the more elaborate enameled ones. Some are in the shape of pansios, daisies and violets, others are conventional scroll designs but decorated with jewels and enamel. Turnover collars, to be worn with silk, satin or velvet stock 3, are more popular than ever. Fine lawn, lace trimmed and hemstitched, delicate em broidery, silk, satin and crepe de chine are the principal materials used. Dark blue, emerald green and deep mauve taffetas, with stitched collar and cravat of white satin; the buttons c-f burnished gold and the vest full gathered mousseline, set into a deep pointed collar band of tinted guipure, form a lovely combination. Folly'. Flan. "I rail nhvnys work when I play,*' Said Polly to Molly one day. "But work all alone isn't fun. So I thought of a plan not to shirk. It's pretending to play when I work; And, before I know it, it's done!" —The Churchman. Hnrstlng a Bomb. Fill an iron shell quite fool of water, plug it very tightly, and then place it in a temperature cold enough to freeze the water —and what will happen. Like most bodies, the iron will shrink at the cold, and there will be even less room for the water; but water when it freezes expands, and the liquid in the shell when it becomes solid will need one-fifteenth more space than it had at first. One of two things must there fore occur; either the plug will be ex pelled or the bomb will be burst. In one case an iron plug weighing more than three pounds, was actually ejected to a distance of 328 yard3.—Cassell's Little Folks, r Ten KUIOH of Politonesn for Children. 1. To be polite is to have a kind re gard for the feelings of others. 2. Be as polite to your parents, brothers, sisters and schoolmates as you are to strangers. 3. Look people fairly in the eyes when you speak to them or they speak to you. 4. Do not bluntly contradict any one. 5. It is not discourteous to refuse to do wrong. 6. Whispering, laughing, chewing gum or eating at lectures, in school, or at places of amusement, is rude and vulgar. 7. Be doubly careful to avoid any rudeness to strangers, such as calling out to them, laughing, or making re marks about them. Do not stare at visitors. 8. In passing a pen, pencil, knife or pointer, hand the blunt end toward the one who receives it. 9. When a classmate is reciting, do not raise your hand until after he has finished. 10. When you pass directly In front of any one or accidentally annoy him say "Excuse me," and never fail to say "Thank you" for the smallest favor. On no account say "thanks."—School Rules of Santa Barbara, Cal. He Anton tailed the Old Admiral. The old admiral, whose long sea service had given his legs a decided outward curvature, once had a singu lar adventure on this account with a ship's pet. The crew of the ship owned a large black spaniel, and took great pains in teaching him to jump. A man standing up would put one foot against his other knee, thus making a hole for Nep, the dog, to make his leap through. The dog always jumped through the aperture readily, though if his trainer's legs happened to be short, it was a tight squeeze. One day the admiral came aboard from the flagship on a visit of inspec tion. Happening to walk to the for ward part of the ship, he stood there for a few minutes conversing with the officer who had attended him. Here he was spied by the dog. Nep stood a moment surveying the admir al's bow legs. Suddenly the dog made a rush at the legs and a mad leap through the tempting gap. In astonishment at the black torna do that had passed beneath liim, the admiral whirled quickly about to see what was the cause. The dog took his action as a signal for an "encore," and jumped again. Once more the admiral turned and again the dog jumped. The bewild ered face of the admiral and the seri ous attention of Nep to what lie im agined was his business were too much for the gravity of the bystanders, and, forgetting the respect due to rank, they all roared with laughter. A sailor, however, had presence of mind enough to break from the crowd and catch the dog by the collar. He led him off, and Nep seemed to won der why he did not receive the praise due to such spirited efforts. The excited admiral got but an im perfect explanation of the affair from tho spectators, for they could hardly tell him that his legs had been used as a circus hoop for a forecastle dog. Perhaps to his dying day tho occur ence was a mystery.—San Francisco Argonaut ftoorge WaliiiiK'