'PPHJsySri.
The Only L<ly Admiral.
The Queen of Greece holds a unique
.position for on account of her groat
love for the sea the late Emperor Al
exander 111. of Russia made her an ad
miral of the Russian fleet instead of
giving her the customary regiment.
Her majesty is the only lady admiral
in the world.
Children Should lie Taught to BeTlirirty.
A savings bank account is a great
incentive to thrift in children. If one
is begun for the baby, even with a very
small sum. and added to through child
hood and ycth with a certain propor
tion of the money that otherwise
would be spent carelessly and
thoughtlessly by the child, there will
be a very respectable amount on the
credit side of the ledger when the de
positor Is 18 years old. The
liab.t of self-denial is hot the least of
the substantial benefits that follow a
wise economy of money.—Ladies'
Home Journal.
Mr*. Gould L'tk< Antique*.
Mrs. Edwin Gould is as fond of
bric-a-brac and antiques as her world
famed relative, the Count de Castol
iane. She indicated her tastes in this
regard on the occasion of a recent
visit to New prleans during the mardi
gras festivities.
New Orleans is the mecea for rich
southerners who are on the outlook
for old time furniture. The French
people have many valuable articles
dating back to the pre-Napoleon pe
riod. and with proper patience some
rare pieces can be got in the old Creole
town.
It did not take long for Mrs. Gould
to appreciate this opportunity, and she
spent much of her. time shopping.
These articles were ordered to be
shipped to Jekyl island, on the coast
of Georgia, where Mrs. Edwin Gould
has a cottage. The furnishings will
suit the Jekyl island atmosphere
which hovers over the crumbling man
sions of the Georgia colonial aristoc
racy.
Flattery from the Mirror.
Does your mirror do you justice?
You may think not. Or perhaps you
would like it to Hatter you just a lit
tle. If so, you can arrange It so the
glass will reflect In a more complimen
tary manner than usual. If you do,
you only have to know the milliner's
oldest secret, and the tiling is done.
Did you ever notice the softest dra
pery of pure white hung about a mir
ror? That is the trick. After your
mirror of faultless glass is thoroughly
polished, frame it in pure white gauze,
with the material gathered in the cen
tre at the top and falling wavelike on
either side. Then notice the effect.
The true tints of he complexion will
be there —a little emphasized. The ex
pression of the countenance, the light
of the eye, the color of the hair will bo
accurately reflected, all softened and
made more harmonious than your mir
ror showed them before the gauze was
used. You may believe that that sub
tle bit of white material makes the
glass tell nearer the truth than it did
without it. —New York Herald.
CIIIIIBK Women.
It Is strange, says Harper's Weekly,
that in a country where the ties of
family are so strong and where so
much attention is given to the preser
vation of the family name, women
should be so looked down upon as
tbey are in China. The reason for
this, however, is to be found in the
system of ancestral worship and the
patriarchal gathering together of fam
ilies. From the time of her bethrothal
a Chinese girl belong- to the family
of her prospective husband, and often
when lior own family Is poor or feets
unable to afford keeping her until she
reaches a marriagable ago she is sent
even while a more child to her hus
band's family to be raised by them.
Even when she stays at home she wor
ships not the tablets of her own an
cestors, but those of her husband's;
so she is useieFs to the family into
which she is horn, so far as the ob
servance of the ancestral rites is con
cerned.
This is the reason why a Chinaman,
on being asked the number of his
children, answers only with the num
ber of his sons and never count 3 in
his girls. This, too, Is the reason why,
as a rule, Chinese girls are not educat
ed. Since she is to belong to another
family, the parents do not bother about
her.
First Women I'liyslclnns.
Russia has long prided herself on
having the first women physicians.
Marya Bokoff. Nadezhda Susloff and
others were pioneers, not only in - their
own studies, but also in opening up
medical instruction to their country
women. The career of Nadezhda Sus
loff, one of the earliest and best wom
en doctors, is particularly interesting.
Born a serf, and freed with her par
ents. at the emancipation in 18G1, she
and her brothers and si3ters received
the best possible education at home
and abroad, for her parents were both
extremely intelligent, and her father
acquired wealth after gaining his free
dom. Everywhere, in Russia and in
the continental schools, Nadezhda was
brilliantly successful.
For 30 years there has been no man
ner of doubt as to the sympathy of
the public and the medical world with
the idea of thorough medical Instruc
tion for women. Men started the
movement. In IS7O ore professor and
two other men undertook to establish
courses for ii.oUucting women In mid-
wlfery, two graded nurses being pre
vided. Mme.,Dodssvenny, now Mme.
Shanvawsliy, gave 50.000 rubles for
higher medical courses, and the min
ister of war arranged to have them
opened in connection with the military
medical academy, in 1572. They gave
full instruction, in contrast with the
initial experiment where the course
was partial because it was felt that
a woman should not be allowed to
deal with one vitality important
branch of practise unless she were
very thoroughly equipped. These
higher courses lasted for 10 years, and
during that period had 959 students,
the'majority coming from the "Privi
leged classes," that is to say, not
peasants. In 1877 24 students were
sent to the seat of war, during the
Russo-Turlsish campaign, and did so
well that they received imperial per
mission to call themselves (after due
examination) "women physicians,"
and to wear a badge.—The Chautau
quan.
Hungry Women In Hoftpital*.
It is a curious thing that hospital
nurses should be ill fed, but they often
are, and in many institutions. This is
not intended for an accusation, but
merely an inquiry into a state of
things which many people who know
about the workings of hospitals, most
especially nurses in training, will
echo, asking. Why? Possibly the
reason that insufficient and unhy
gienic food is too often the rule may
be looked for in the fact that formerly
Bisters looking for hardships were the
only ones who gave themselves over
to these tasks of mercy.
Fasting was part of the business of
women who nursed the sick in the old
days, and possibly the notion uncon
sciously that fasting is a good thing
for women who bend over beds of
pain. Whittier expressed this notion
In the poem of the "Angels of Buena
Vista," the "noble Mexican women"
went about on the field of battle after
the fight, "worn and faint and lacking
food."
It is noetic, romantic, in the old
fashionel way, but it i 3 not a bit mod
ern, sustaining or comfortable. A
hungry woman as an angel of mercy is
not considered a scientific, or even a
practicable, adjunct of a modern bat
tlefield. When the Cuban war began
the surgeon-general of the army
warned the untrained horde of women,
moved by sentiment or emotion, who
wanted to go to Cuba as nurses to
stay away. Only Clara Barton's mod
ern sort of angels of mercy who knew
enough to keep themselves nourished
on short but wholesome rations with
out making a fuss about it were al
lowed service, and these were in the
disciplinary service of the Red Cross.
System is the very open secret of the
success of that organization; hospit
als in times of peace and in cities are
of course run on system also, but it is
a system that lacks organization on
the food question.
It is really yueer that nurses in
training, of all people, should not be
fully and property nourished, if for
no other reason than to give them ob
ject lessons in hygienics. To be hun
gary all of the time that she finds
herself obliged to recruit her forces
by pieces of food left upon the pa
tients' trays of extra-nourishing viands
j is not good discipline, physical ormen
j tal, for the girls of today who arc
i studying in hospitals are of the most
| useful of the modern professions for
; women. —New York Mail and Express.
ffo !VWo
Most of the linen frocks have gored
j skirts with shaped flounces,
j There is a chemisette of tucked
white batiste.
Equestrienne and automobile gloves
I come with deep, stiff gauntlets.
The newest foulards are those with
borders, and they are very charming.
I There is a yellow linen frock which
is trimmed with narrow white silk
| bands.
Some of the early models for linen
. gowns show that there will be a pro
] fusion of small pearl buttons used in'
trimming.
j A pretty effect in foulard gowns is
j given in an attractive silk with a
; black lace trimmings. The result is
j excellent. There is a bit of blue at
| the neck to give a light touch to the
j gown.
A beautiful tea gown of pink crepe
de chine is a mass of plaits from the
yoke or guimpe over which falls a
deep collar of embroidered Eillc to the
foot of tiie gown, where there is a
: rulHe of graduated width in the silk
j also embroidered.
1 Turquoise blue and green make a
more charming combination than would
i lie imagined. A shlrrc-d tulle hat of
the mushroom variety is raised eft the
j face by soft elioux of white flambeau
silk, while the edge of the hat is out
lined with a wreath of dainty green
j leaves.
A most stylish tea £own is of dotted
black silk muslin, the dots half the
size of a penny and set at wide inter
vals. There is a bolero of black lace
with stock and a guimpe effect of
! stripes made with insertions of lace.
The sleeves to this very stylish gown
.each to the wrist. The whole thing
! is made over white silk.
In Paris they are making lace roses.
But why? The exquisite silk and vel
vet flowers shown now are the nearest
i approach to the beauties of nature
| that one could expect. Also in Paris
they are making hats with black vel
vet brims and lopse, puffy crowns oi
colored tulle. Around the crown is a
velvet band, terminating in a good
sized bow.
A Preltj lump Shade,
Accordion-plaited muslin in any of
the delicate colors makes a pretty
lamp shade, mounted upon cardboard
and tied around at the top with a
satin ribbon. This is especially suit
able for the summer cottage.
The /Tnii.ed Bedroom.
The housemaid can save her labors
in suddenly making ready an apart
ment for the arriving guest by
this arrangement of the unused
bedroom: Take either spare sheets
or "furniture sheets" of cotton
denim, the old blue check, and
spread them over the bed, cov
ering bolster and pillows; cover
the duchesse or toilet table, the writ
j ing table, lounge and bureau, whatever
| would be likely to catch the dust.
I Then when the room Is prepared for
the new guest the wraps are removed
j and shaken free of dust out the wln
] dow, and the task of sweeping and
| dusting is simplified.
The Emergency Cupboard.
| In every house where there are
I children there should be a remedy cup
; board. I do not mean the ordinary
medicine chest, with innumerable bot
tles huddled together, hut a well
stocked emergency cupboard, easy of
access, and containing simple reme
dies for the many aches and pains of
childhood. No household is conducted
without an occasional accident and a
bruise; a burn or an ugly cut are all
of frequent occurrence where there are
children. If there is a place where
one can always find some soft medi
j cated cotton, bandages of different
j widths, absorbent gauze and a bottle
jof some antiseptic solution, it will
j prevent the frantic running about
j when such articles are needed, and
I save to the little sufferer many throbs
of pain. To be thoroughly satisfac-
I tory, the emergency cupboard must be
kept in perfect order and systematical
ly arranged. For instance, in one
compartment keep the every-day reme
dies for coughs and colds, such as
quinine, listerine, for gargling, croup
kettle, atomizer and a compress and
flannel bandages.
The best treatment for a bruise is
to apply soft cloths wet with hot
I water, and if the contusion is very
I painful a little laudanum may be added
Ito the water. To extract a splinter
j from a child's hand, fill a wide-mouthed
| bottle half full of very hot water and
1 I place its mouth under the injured spot.
If a little pressure is used the steam
j in a few moments will extract the
splinter. Before bandaging a cut,
wash it thoroughly with some ant!-
! septic solution. When it is perfectly
• clean bring the edges together and
hold the place with warm strips of
adhering plaster. Leave a space be
i tween them for the escape of blood,
i and apply a dressing of absorbent
gauze. When the wound is entirely
i healed the plaster may be easily re
moved by moistening at first with al
• cohol. The stinging pain of a super
; flcial burn may be instantly allayed
• by painting with flexible collodion,
white of egg or mucilage. If the skin
is broken apply a dressing of boracio
acid ointment or vaseline. —Trained
, Motherhood.
Jmfajfepsg/fo Lj)
Kornlet in Tomato Cups—Cut a thin
I slice from the stem end of six me
dium-sized tomatoes and remove the
, seeds. Mix one cup of kornlet, one
cup of bread crumbs, one teaspoonful
of grated onion, one-half teaspoonful
salt and one-eighth teaspoonful pepper.
Fill tomato cups with the mixture and
spread over each top a teaspoonful of
soft butter. Put in a granite pan and
bake in a moderate oven one honr.
Strawberry Ice Cream —Sprinkle one
, cup sugar over one quart washed and
hulled berries, mash to a pulp and let
it stand till the sugar is dissolved.
Press through coarse cheesecloth un
til nothing remains but seeds. Add to
the juice from one to two pints of
thin cream which has been scalded
and cooled. Add sugar to make it
quite sweet. Then freeze it with one
part rock salt and three parts crushed
ice, turning the freezer until thi
cream is smooth.
Peach Blanc Mange—Strain off tin
liquor from one can of peaches. Pul
this juice in an agate pan over the
fire. Rub three level tablespoonful3 o!
i corn starch in a little cold water; add
1 it to the boiling juice, stirring for five
f minhtes. Cut the peaches into small
i sections; add them to the syrup. Pout
i into a mould that has Been wet in cold
- water. Stand it in a cool place till
i stiffened. Remove from the mould
and serve with sweetened cream. If
I the peach syrup is not sweet enough
■ add sugar when adding the corn
. starch.
Raisin Cookies —One recipe calls for
a dough prepared from one cupful of
butter and two cupfuls of sugar,
creamed together, add the yolks of
three eggs beaten light before stirring
in two and one-half cupfuls of flour,
into which two toaspoonfuls of baking
powder have been sifted. Work in
lightly the whites of the eggs beaten
to a stiff froth, and a teaspoonful of
nutmeg and cinnamon mixed. Add the
juice of a lemon with half tile grated
peel, and half a cupful of seeded rai
sins, chopped fine. Roil, cut into
cakes, and put a whole raisin on each
before baking.
THE TREE THAT OWNS ITSELF. j
Deed Concerning an Oak Recorded Jij j
Colonel Jackson, at Athens, Ga. j
"Athens, Ga., has one remarkable j
tree," said Congressman Tate, of that i
State. This is a tree which is a
property holder. The records at the
County Court House shows deeds con
veying the tree and all the land
within eight feet of it to the tree.
"It Is a magnificent oak, and seems
to stand straighter and hold its head
more prouldy than any of the trees
around It. Certainly It is ranked
above the common trees of the world,
for It cannot be touched against its
will, that Is, if the conditions of the
deed are carried out.
"The facts are these: Many years
ago Colonel W. H. .Tackson owned the
land upon which the tree stands, lie
had watched the tree grow from its
childhood, nud grew to love it al
most as he would a human being, lis
luxuriant foliage and sturdy branches
had often protected him from the sun
and the rain, and from its branches
he had taken from the nests the eggs
of the feathered songsters.
"Colonel .Tackson watched Its growth
and when he saw it standing In ita
magnificent proportions.lie was pained ;
to think that after his death it might
fall into the hands of people who
would destroy it. Believing that the
only way to save the tree from the
axe of the woodsman was to deed the
tree to itself, he did so, having a deed
recorded in the Clerk's office, witness
lug that, 'for and in consideration of
the great love I bear said tree (giving
its location) and a great desire that
said tree be protected for all the time,
I convey to said oak tree entire pos
session of itself and all land within
eight feet of it 011 all sides.'
"Now, I suppose that tills tree is
about the only one in this country
which belongs wholly and entirely to
Itself. If there Is another anywhere,
! I have never heard of It." —New York
Bun.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
< Eloquence is vehement simplicity,—
; Cecil.
| Burdens become light when cheer
: fully borne.—Ovid.
j A name is a kind of face whereby
one is known.—Fuller.
Care, admitted as a guest, quickly
turns to be master.—Bovce.
To find fault is easy; to do better
may be difficult.—riutareh.
A great nation is made only by wor
thy citizens.—C. Li. Warner.
| The two offices of memory are col
lection and distribution.—Johnson.
| If thou wouldst be obeyed as a fath
er be obedient as a son.—William Penn.
| Every violation of truth is a stall at
j the health of human society.—Emer-
I son.
The usual fortune of complaint is to
I excite contempt more than pity.—John
son.
He who has imagination without
learning has wings and no feet.—Jou
bert.
The highest manhood lies in disposi
tion, not iu mere intellect. —H. W.
Beechcr.
It Is only great souls that know how
much glory there Is iu being good.—
Sophocles.
Never say you know a man till you
have divided au inheritance with him.
—Lnvater.
j Irresolution is a heavy stone rolled
| up a hill by a weak child, and moved
| a little up just to fall back again—W.
Eider.
i The way to gain a good reputation
| is to endeavor to be what you desire
, to appear.—Socrates,
j He who receives a benefit should
; never forget It; lie who bestows should
I never remember it.—Charron.
History or Cleopatra's Needle.
| The two obelisks known us Cleopat
ra's Needles, were set up at the eu
j trance of the Temple of the Bun, iu
| Heliopolis, Egypt, by Thothmes 111.,
| about 18J1 B. C. We have no means
I of knowing when they were built, Or
! by whom, except from the Inscriptions
jon them, which indicate the above
time. The material of which they were
J cut Is granite, brought from Syene,
j near the first cataract of the Nile. Two
| centuries after their erection Eameses
I 11. had the stones nearly covered with
! carvings setting out ills own greatness
| and achievements. Twenty-three years
11. C., Augustus Caesar moved the obel-
I isks from HeUopolis to Alexandria, and
j set them up iu the Caesarium, a palace
I which now stands, a mere mass of
' ruins, near the station of the railroad
J to Cairo. In 1819 one of these obelisks
j was presented by the Egyptian Gov
ernment to England, but as, no one
knew how to move them, it was not
i taken to Loudon until 18TS. Bubse-
I quehtly the other obelisk was present
■id to the United States.
A Teacher's Pynsons.
In ancient days, sajs tlic Westmins
j ter Gazette, a master was a man who
taught, and no one could obtain the
' degree of Master of Arts until lie had
i lectured at least two years in the Ox
ford schools, during which period iie
was known as a Regent Master. That
i he might be known to all men lie
was bound during this period to wear
i heelless shoes, called "pynsons." Of
j late years the custom has been iu
| nheyanee, and a Master of Arts lias
j received a dispensation fro" lecturing.
| At the same time lie did not become
a full master till the end of the term
of his inception. By the recent statute
the last trace of the regent or lecturing
master has disappeared. Willi it will
disappear the "pynson," as has dis
appeared long since the custom of pre
senting articles of clothing to one's
friends on the occasion of Inception.
The Skye terrier takes his name
from the island, where tills variety of
dog is supposed to have originated.
i " lfS vans as Though my 1
flack Would llreak." j
Is it not true? Women suffer, feel the very life crushed
out of them, grow old before their time. Each morning
wake up determined to do so much before the day ends,
and yet—
Before the morning i 3 very old the dreadful BACKACHE
attacks them, the brave spirit sinks back in affright; no
matter how hard they struggle, the "clutch" is upon tnem
and they fall upon the couch crying:
" Why should I suffer so ? What can Ido ?"
The answer is ready, your cry has been heard, and a
woman is able to restore you to health and happiness.
Backache is only a symptom of more fatal trouble—
heed its warning in time.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
(stop your torture and restore your courage. Your pains
come from unnatural menstruation or some derangement
of the womb. Let those who are suffering read Mrs. Mor
ton's letter and he guided by her experience.
AN OPEN LETTER TO WOMEN.
"DFAR MRS. PINK:: AM : —I have been so delighted /VW
with Ly<l2a E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
I thought I would write and thank you. My system
was entirely run down. I suffered with terrible back
ache in the small of my buck and could hardly stand fjg. mXt
upright; was more tired in the morning than on retiring Jy ffISJ
at night. I had no appetite. Since taking your Corn- pr*
pound I have gained fifteen pounds, and am gaining Jrjc fil
every week. My appetite lias Improved, have no back- fflknggL-®
ache, and I look better than I ever looked before. ...QoffjgljUß
" I shall recommend it to all my friends, as it cer- 'fu/*r7ll
tainly is a wonderful medicine."—Mils. E. F. MORTON, ™ y'l ' 11 J'
I 896 York Street, Cincinnati, 0. |L.T 5 - ' M ~R~3N|[
When a medicine lias been successful IN restoring to health
more than a million women, you cannot well say, without
trying it, "J. do not believe it will help me." If you are ill,
don't hesitate to get a bottlo of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pinkliam, Lynn, Mass., for
special advice—it is free.
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■ S9 cl M nl w H dcpoiled with the National City Dunk, ol Lynn, Mat*., sc,ooo,
H Si 18 I S D 9 which will be paid to any person who ran show that the *bove
bVJSf wLfw testimonial is not genuine, or v;aa nulished before obtaining the
W writer's special permission.— LYDlA ft. PINKHAM Co.
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mm ——w w, rw -Ov is the name good, old-fashioned medicine that has saved (he lives of little
H_7 O tCr W * G2r children lor the past (5o years. It is a medicine made to eyre. It has neve*
F V oii been known to tail. Letters like the foregoing are coming to us constantly
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VERMIFUCEu:IpfIIMim
In Turkey when the present Sultan i
plays chess even business of state'
must wait.
DO YOU
WORK IN THE WET?
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We sell Tabulating Attachments.
Wc sell Typewriter Supplies.
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We furnish Stenographers and
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The continual changing of one s uuud is
! apt to wear it out
A Tlontli'n Tost tree.
1 If you have Rheumatism, write Pr. Rhoop,
Rnoiiie, Wis., Box 143, for Bix bottles of hia
Rheumatic Cure, exp. paid. Seud no money.
Pay f)s.soifoured.
The quickest -way to convince a man is
1 to agree with him.
We will give £IOO reward for any case of
entarrh tlmt cannot bo cured with Hull's
i Catarrh ( u*o. Taken internally
F. J. Cheney A Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Buffaloes are found at the height of
12,000 feet on the African mountain of Kil
! iraa Njaro.
PITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's uso of JJr. Kliuo's Great
Nerve Restorer. £2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. It. H.Kline. Ltd., 931 Arch St.. l'hila., Pa.
When the worst comes to the worst we
have to make the best of it.
J iccause you have always suffered with hoad
aclies donot accept theiu as inevitable. Take
Garfield Headache Powder*. Wo havo yet to
hear of a headache that these Powders will
not euro; they never harm.
Kangaroos can jump eleven feet in'
height, against a dc.i's best record of nine
feet six inches.
MM. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
'.eething, soften the gums, rodtioes inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures windcoiio. 25cabottl
It's usually when a man speaks without
thinking that he says what he thinks.
Plso's Cure is tho best medicine wo over nsed
1 lor all affeotions of throat and lungs.—Wit
O Exusley, Vanburon, Ind., Fein 10,1900.
Europe has had 321 monarchs since the
battle of Hastings.
Dyspepsia is tho bane of tho human sys
teni. Protect yourself against its ravages by
♦ he use of Becman'a Pepsin Gum.
j Wheat is mentioned twenty-eight differ*
cat times in the Bible