VILLAGE INDUSTRIES. REVIVAL OF WOMANLY CRAFTS A NOTABLE MOVEMENT. lntere.i ing Kxlill.it or the Products Re cently Ileltl in Minneapolis —Sensation Caused by Some New Hampshire HUBS —Coverlets from Kentucky Mountains. The arts and crafts exhibit recently held in Minneapolis brought together from various parts of the country specimens of handiwork which are of interest and value from a sociological and ethical standpoint, as well as from the standpoint of the artist and the craftsman. The establishment of village indus tries in various parts of the country is a notable movement of the time. By means of these industries, most of which have been established and car ried on by women, the people of the small villages are given profitable em ployment at home, and thus kept from entering into the competition of the already overcrowded centres of trade. While the exhibition brought to gether many beautiful examples of craftsmanship from all over the coun try, including leather and metal work, needlework and ceramics, the feature of broadest interest was that of the textiles of various sorts which are the product of the village industries. Probably the greatest interest cen tred in the rugs sent by Mrs. Albee of Pequakee, N. H. These rugs are made by the village women under Mrs. Al bee's direction and according to her designs. The patterns are adaptations of Oriental rugs and the effect pro duced is remarkably good. The fin ished rugs are soft and velvety in ap pearance and look much liko Axmin stcvs. One would never suspect their manner of making except upon the closest inspection. Rags of uniform quality are cut in narrow strips and hooked through a heavy foundation of burlap, leaving a very short loop upon the upper side. The rags are dyed With vegetable dyes of home manufac ture. All are soft and rich in tone, giving a subdued color scheme which Is artistic and pleasing in effect. The rugs sell for very moderate prices considering their beauty and inde structibility, and a thriving industry has been established among these vil lage women. Another industry carried on along as homely lines as the one just de scribed is the coverlet making of the women among the mountains of Ken tucky. The coverlets are of the same patterns as those "our grandmothers make," and the work is super v!c:J and marketed by the managers of Berea college. This college is a missionary enterprise, established for industrial and educational work among the mountain people of Kentucky. Home industries, nursing and various trades are taught the younger gener ation, besides the educational train ing, and among the older women the art of coverlet making has been re vived and encouraged. Some of the women had made coverlets "off and on" since their early girlhood, and still preserved their spinning wheels and looms. These were brought out, and put to regular use. and the "pine bloom" and the "roseleaf" patterns were reproduced over and over again, not for family use only now. but for the general market, which welcomed them eagerly and found more buyers than could be supplied. Most of the coverlets were In blue and white, with a few in rod, white and yellow, but all have the familiar look of our treasured heirlooms, and are as strictly hand made as they. The white used is cot ton, the colors are in wool. This is spun and carded by hand and woven on hand looms, in the various patterns. They sell for $8 a piece, while an "antique" in good condition brings from SSO to $75. An industry of the same sort has also been established among the moun tains of Tennessee, where a favorable pattern is the "Missouri trouble." The work here is practically the same as in Kentucky. As has already been told in the Star, Mrs. Douglas Volk. wife of the well known artist, has introduced and is carrying on rug-making among the women of another New England town, but none of her work was shown in Minneapolis owing to other exhibi tions to which they had been sent. The work is similar to that of Mrs. Albee, and is carried on with the same object—that of helping the village women to help themselves. Along a still different line of handi work is the Deerfleld industry in Mas sachusetts. The work is carried on under the name of the Deerfleld Bine and White society, and consists of em broidery upon linen, embodying the designs of early colonial times. Nearly all the work is done in shades of blue upon white linen, hence the name of the society. Recently red and green have been added to the colors used In order to produce some of the early designs as originally carried out. The linen used to embroider upon is hand woven and the threads used for em broidering are dyed with vegetable dyes of their own manufacture, made according to early day rules, and are proof against fading. The patterns are not original, but are reproductions of early embroideries and of the de signs found upon old plates of the colonial period. Some of these bear the quaint titles of "the gourd," "the bride," "Chinese rose," "peacock rose," "the Turk." "Lucy's orchid" and "the swan." They are all highly conven tionalized, and the work of the Deer fleld society is entirely distinctive in character. The Industry has been well managed, and, while it was begun as a philanthropy, it has developed into a thriving business. Many unique lines of individual work were shown, and the whole ex- hibit showed a most encouraging de velopment of artistic handicrafts in this country,—Kansas City Star. ANTOINETTE'S PREDICAMENT. How the Itunliful Man and Fate Con spired Against Her. Vie was one of Antoinette's beaux, a:fl Antoinette said he was an awful bflre, in which belief the family con curred. He used to come around Sun day nights and sit on a low chair in one corner of the room without saying a word ana just follow Antoinette with his eyes. He seemed to be content to be merely where he could see or hear her,for she often had had the bad grace to leave him alone in his meditations while shb went out and made sport of him to her big sister Nell. Antoinette grew tired of trying to interest him in anything, although she said she real ized that he had moments of intelli gence, at which times he sputtered like an animated dictionary and quoted Huxley and Bacon and the stock re ports impartially. In these moods An toinette said he resembled an intellect ual skyrocket, but the demise of these moods was even more pitiful than the rocket's guttering end, and the strain became so great sometimes that An toinette fled precipitately before the ghastly climax arrived. One night he sat quite mute after some such peroration and twirled a big solitaire on his linger for 17 minutes by the clock. When Antoinette felt herself getting wabbly watching him and was about to make her usual es cape, he stiffened suddenly like a man in an electric chair and fixed his eyes upon her, with his hand outstretched. "Do you see it?' he gasped. "See what?" said Antoinette, won dering if it was time to call the patrol. "This," he said, in the same way, as though he were choking with emotion or a shad bone, and pVnting to the ring. "Will you wear it to please me —oh, to please me?" he pleaded, as he saw refusal and distrust in her eyes. "Why should I wear it?" asked An toinette, indignantly. "Well—well—l thought maybe you'd like to wear something I'd give you," he answered, in a tone that might have meant shoes, cravat or even the exag gerated muffler he wore around his throat. , "Oh, it's immaterial to me," said An toinette, "but I think I'd rather not." "Oh, that's nothing," he said, still speaking like an automaton. Then he made a quick rush for the girl, seized her hand and thrust the ring upon her third finger. It was almost half an inch too large, and he pulled it off and replaced it again on his own hand, while Antoinette heaved a sigh of re lief at what she hoped had termin ated an embarrassing predicament. But she reckoned unwisely. Next day he returned with a handsome box and placed it hastily under her nose before she had time to say "How do you do?" It was the ring, made small er, and he grabbed her hand again without removing his own gloves In his impatience, rammed the gem on her finger, gasped, "We're engaged, aren't we?" and backed rapidly out of the house, with his gaze still fixed on Antoinette. Antionette heard the street door close before she recovered her wits. Then she rushed frantically after him, but he was gone. With a stamp of her foot she flung the ring from her. It rolled perilously near the open reg ister of the furnace. "Good gracious!" she screamed, darting after it. "If I'm not in a fix! If I lose that hateful thing he'll sue me for larceny as bailee, and if I wear it he'll marry me in spite of myself. Whatever shall I do?" And she sank in a heap and wept, while her brother in the next room whistled tantalizingly: "Just because she made them goo-goo eyes."—Chi cago News. Inconvenlent Clilneen Ferried, The Chinese village ferry illustrates the curious inconvenience of Chinese methods. The loaded cart to be brought across the river is very heavy, and may be drawn by several different ani mals, horses, mules, cows or donkeys, hitched by ropes to the axle. Access to the ferry is obtained by going down a steep, narrow track to the water's edge, and then going on board over narrow, crooked gangplanks. The animals have to be unhitched, and each one gotten on board sepa rately. Some will give a mighty bound and land somewhere on the boat, to the great danger of those al ready on board. Others refuse to budge, and it will take 12 men, push ing it with a pole behind, and six more pulling it with a rope In front, to get the poor beast on board. The ferry has no guards, and some times in crossing animals plunge over the edge and are carried away by the current. At the opposite bank the tu multuous scene is repeated in reverse order.—The Church Eclectic. A Chair of Great. Ace. In Philadelphia there is a chair be side whose age and history "May flower" chairs hide their diminished heads. It came from an ancient ca thedral in Wales, and is claimed to be fully 800 years old. The chair is Ave feet three Inches in height, and about two feet wide. Carv ing covers almost every inch of the surface, polished by the wear of ages into the blackness and brilliance of ebony. On the arched top. below a scroll, is the figure of a woman, and under this a panel bearing a full length figure evidently representing the Virgin Mary. Above this figure are carved in quaint characters: "M A. S. 11. D. A. 10." No nails are used in the construction of the chair,, the parts being so per fectly adjusted that no sign of weak ness appears- Manufacture of beer from beet roots Is being advocated in England. The beet abounds in the sugar juice, but it is stated that the cost of separating it from the gums, acids and salts is somewhat expensive and would re suit in a higher price being charged for the beer. Try Graia-O ! Try i;raln-0! Ask your grocer to show you a packs age of GBAIK-O, the new food drink thattake the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury aa well an the adult. All who try it.likoit. Goaik-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the moat delicate stomach receives it without distress. price of coffoe. 16 and 25c. per package. Bold by all grocers. Cremation is becoming increasingly pop ular in Paris, and the crematorium erected i at the cemetery of Perc Lachaise has al ready been found to be too small. Addi tions aae being made, and a third furnace, a large hall and a columbarium will soon be ready for use. The latter somewhat re sembles the Campo Santo of Genoa, and will contain 10,000 receptacles for ashes. These niches are closed with slabs of mar ble, on which inscriptions may be cut. I.fine's Family .Tledicino Moves the bowels each day. In ordor to bo healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 60 cents. The people of Swarthmore, Penn., have decided to erect a monument to Benjamin West, celebrated painter. West was born in Swarthmore 162 years ago, and became the painter to George 111. of Eng land, and the greatest English painter of his day. He lies buried in bt. Paul's Cathe dral, in London, between Sir Christopher Wren and Sir .'oshua Reynolds. Nothing has ever been done to honor hia memory i I in America. Each package of PUTNAM FADZLMM DT* I tolors more goods than any other dye and •olors ihembtrttor too. Bold by oil druggists. The British Government will be asked for. £15,000,000 to start the construction of 1 thirty-three new war vessels. The man who writes the prettiest love letters seldom mokes the best husband. A ITI on til's Tost Free. If yon have Rheumatism, write Br. Bhoop, Racine, Wis., Box 148, for six bottles of his Rheumatic Curo, exp. paid. Bend no monoy. Pay $5.60 if cured. Visitors to Mount Vernon, the home of the Father of His Country, have the choice of two routes from Wasnington—electric car or steamboat. Hear Tliat IS ark? It means Pneumonia. Ouro it with Hox- I lie's Croup Cure. No failure here. 60 cents. In many of the islands of the Pacific Ocean elephantiasis attacks from twenty to fifty per cent, of the population. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a liquid and is taken Internally, and acts directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Bend for testimonials, free. Bold by Druggists, 75c. F. J. CHENEY A Co., Props., Toledo, O. ; Fossil remains of horses that were no bigger than foxes, and belonging to the eocene age, have boen found in California. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great ! Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatiso free ' Dr. It. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Fhlla., Pa. London is said- to be richer in trees than any other European city. Everyone who over has a headache should be interested in the Garfield neadacho Pow ders, for they are quite the best over offered ; they curo quickly and do not harm. Good for nervousness, too. Despite the popular belief, all in not fair in love. Lots of homely girls get that way. The length of the Congo River is be lieved to exceed 2000 miles, and it drains an area of 800,000 square miles. Throw physio to tho dogs—if you don't want the nogs ; but if you want good diges tion chew Beeman's Pepsin Gum. In the year 1000 the manufacture of silk began in England. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of j is a cough cure.— J. W. O'BUIEN, 022 Third I Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. C, 1900, j The foreign trade of Mexico now reaches ' an annual value of $140,000,000. Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften tho gums, reduoos inflamma tion, allays puin, cures wind colic. 26oabottlo There are at present 160,000 children in Cuba enrolled in the free public schools. •e®®®®®®®B®9©Q@@9®99999B99G®®oß9Bee9999B99B9®99©®9® V j Worms • 0 CASCARETS are a sure cure for tape worms and those other pests of worms that make the lives of children 2 0 and their mothers miserable. Any variety of parasites that live in the human stomach or bowels, and feed on the substance which should properly nourish the body, are dislodged by Cascarets Candy Cathartic, and expelled. Sf q One or two tablets usually drive them out, and persistent use is sure to do away with the unwelcome intruders. 0 Many children and older people suffer from worms without knowing it, and get thin and weak, although their 2 0 appetite is good. The best way to find out is to take Cascarets. Never accept a substitute! J '"A tnp worm elebceen feet lone at © O j/;. •vtfr wßtm , least came on the scene after my takiug two ©iflSH® ' the CASCARETS. This I aia sure has caused §}BKr isU m -p,n niy bad health for the past threo years. lam oruf ® © " VillC t^aS^ areUS ' in t. 2 BEST FOR BOWELS AND 2 THE I Plexlon and (llr.ilneu. When your kowdi ln r t move regularly Tn are enr bill tritlmonlnl. We have filth, aad A * hlll more people thnu nil ether <umuc Ugetkcr. ranrantced to rare er meuey rrfbotled. tto buy today, two X<-e lioxea rive H No°mU,r | W 0 h I> >t | Ull."°yVa, Srt taC<ssr*\aV"KfvrS !."•,*"? tlmla' kot'>4 thVl.pttf A •••••••••••••••••••••®©^900i09Nt99041999999999999t It Is estimated that fully 10,000 "laws" will have been enacted before the Legislatures adjourn. That Is to nay, the 30 law-making bodies, exclus ive of Congress, that assembled this winter will have passed and the Gov ernors of the various States will have signed that number of good, bad and indifferent bills. Last year there were 13 Legislatures In session and they en acted 5,772 new laws. There are 17 old people In the Lod den and Claverlng (Norfolk, England) workhouse who have lived in five reigns. The average age is 84. ■ ftf IN CHILDREN ARE Kffil veritable demons, 91 111 | H DjA and muat be removed ■ a VI BIBV or serious results lll'lil "HhMBg3CES— follow. The medielue whioh for 60 years has held the record for successfully ridding children of these posts is Frey'sVerinifuge—made entirely from vegetable products, containing nooalomel. ITfiCTSASATONIG.rr/S at or by mall. E. AS. FBKY, Baltimore, Md. IMOREJHAN HALF AoflW OF EXPERIENCE ~ AND GUARANTEE, rtoMmSKfflv'. ' A"* BACK OF tWffiHSWwYWfll EVERY WATERPROOF OIL&P slicker frJMI OR COAT Utjj, jj[p y, BEARD* THIS TRAPE MARK W ill BEWARE 0P IMITATIONS K, •SSlfctfflH sup, f/SH OP GARMENTS AND HATS. l I/IV*** A.J.TOWER CO.. 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