WOMEN! Lndy DufTcrin In India. It !s said that the devotion cf the (ate Lord Dufferin to bis wife was one I' of the most beautiful things imagin able. At a public meeting in Belfast - he once said, speaking of India: "Lady Dufferin ruled supreme indoors and shared a considerable proportion of iny authority outside, I am bound to say, however humiliating the confes sion may be, that if there is one thing more certain than another it is that the memory of Lady Dufferin and the beneficial results of her labors will still live in India when the mere fact of my having ever set foot there will j have been forgotten. Sliopperß Without Satchels. The hue and cry after shoplifting has had a singular effect on women. Whereas a few years ago it was the practice to carry a small satchel on shopping tours, to-day it would be difficult to induce an honest woman to use one. If pressed for an explanation she probably will tell you: "I am afraid of being taken for a shoplifter. They all carry satchels. Why, dear me, if I were to enter a department store with a satchel every salesman, saleswoman, floor manager and cus tomer would watch me with suspicion, ■expecting every moment to see me sneak something off a counter and hide it in my bag."—New York Dress. Crnzo For Old Jewelry. Across the water the craze for eld Jewelry and articles of furniture is, if possible, 011 the increase. A wonder ful pearl necklace, forming part of a bride's "eorbeillo do marriage," and the most admired of the gifts, consist ed of thousands of the smallest seed pearls, forming an old-fashioned de > sign of stars or blossoms with fes tooned chains between, and a more elaborate floral pendant. The difficulty of getting together so many pearls to match perfectly as to size and tint must have been enormous, to say noth ing of the time and skill required to thread them and make the intricate design.—London Graphic. Tho Stylo Is the YFomr.n. The French have a saying that "the stylo is the man." Equally true it is that "the New York girl is tho style." It is rhc who introduces that little touch which makes the smart girl •smart. She ctixles tho little details of dress, and at tho same time her own individ uality. She has learned to appreciate the importance of the accessories of her costumes. To effects she gives thought, realizing that one little touch of light or shade will make or mar the picture. And she dresses thoroughly, from tho topmost curl to the tip of V" her toes. That is half the secret cf her smart effect. She is always a finished pic ture.—Grace Margaret Gould, in tho Woman's Home Companion. ToScttle Servant Problem. A novel attempt at solution cf the servant problem is being made by the clubwomen cf a suburb of Chicago. They have formed an organization of their servants, which is to meet in the drawing rooms of the mistresses on certain afternoons. A few of the mis tresses will be present on each occas sion, and the affair will he conducted •on tho plan of the usual "afternoon tea." The originator of the new club be lieves that domestic servants would he happier "if made to feel more ao if 'they were human beings and not house work machines." and the mistresses will assume a social equality, for the time. V It is rumored that residents of the Lake Shore Drive are eying the new movement with much suspicion, hut considerable interest. Party Frocks For Children* For outside wear the white cloth coats or those imltatlort while astrak han made on long lines, double-breast ed. and with no trimming, and worn with a high cap and a tassel at one side, are the smartest thing children ■have had for some time. Of course they soil easily, so it Is necessary to have some other coat as well; but it must be remembered that any light color soils as quickly as white, and ■does not clean so well. For party wear there Is nothing so pretty as fine French lawn frocks with lace insertion and trimmings, or em broidered muslin nounces, one flounce '■making a most dainty little frock, with f narrow embroidery used for tho ruf fles around the yoke or gnimps. Small children wear colored shoes with their party frocks, and have sashes and shoulder-knots to match, or white kid tkoes and socks.—Harper's Bazar. Ml.. Mlckley, Genealogist. Minnie Fogel Mlckley, registrar gen eral of the D. A. It., is one of the hard est worked young women in that or ganization. Hers Is the duty cf dig ging out genealogies for would-be Daughters or finding new ancestral branches in order to entitle members to the right to wear extra bars to their badges. This Is the most extensive genealogical college in the world, and Miss Mlckley has given up her profes sional work in that line to net as an officer of the society. Things have come to such a pass that she Insists on being paid a salary by the D. A. R.'s -or resigning, so that she may make pr!- . rate charges to the women for lier re Jr searches. The opposition opposes any * move to increase salaries or to provide for the expenditure of mcney It ac , cuses the administration of exlrava 4 ganee, and any effort to provide for a new salaried position will be regarded with suspicion.—New York Press. Women as Dentists. "Women have a special aptitude for dentistry, and it is a profession that is admirably suited to them, in many respects," said a dentist, "Other countries have recognized this fact much more generally than ours, and Germany, Sweden and even Russia have many women dentists. "The first woman in this country to adopt the profession was a Jewess, who studied in the University of Mary land. The diploma was withhold, how ever, because she was a woman. The first woman to receive a diploma in dentistry wns a Miss Mairsel, who was a graduate of the Ohio Dental College in ISGO. The second was Mmc. Hirsch field, who wns graduated from the Pennsylvania Dental College in 1809, and afterward went to Berlin, where she was made court dentist, and had the care of the teeth of the royal chil dren. "There are now nearly 500 women dentists in the United States, and they receive exactly as much pay for their work as men do. "The qualifications for success in dentistry are a good education, cul tivated brain, tact, patience and gen tleness, and a thorough control of the nerves. The last quality Is as likely to be possessed by women as men, as It is wholly a matter of temperament." —New York Tribune. IPTlSovdoii* ajz: Cliarle3 Dickens's granddaughter was married to a London lawyer the otbei day. Mrs. Margaret Sangster, the poet, says any clever girl can master house keeping in six weeks. Queen Alexandra is almost as en thusiastic a wielder of tho fishing rod as her daughter, tho Duchess of Fife. Count Pulaski was killed at the siege of Savannah, Ga„ by a grapeshot, which is now in possession of Mrs. Hayword Lynch, of that city. Boston voted the other day on the question as to who was the greatest author in the world, and Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy stood well in the list. Miss Susan M. Ilollowell, professor of botany for the past twenty-seven years of Wcllesley College, has tend ered her resignation. Iler retirement withdraws from the faculty ranks the last member who served in the open ing year in 1875. Mrs. M. A. Crosley, of Indianapolis, Ind., has just started on her twenty first tour of the world. She made her first in ISS3. She lias crossed the At lantic Ocean seventy times, ascended the Pyramids a dozen times and has explored uenrly every interesting nook of the old world. Mrs. Iletty Green sent word to Mayor Collins, of Boston, the ether day that she wished to see him on private busi ness. The Mayor sent word that his office hours were entirely given up to city affairs and he could not see Mrs. Green. "The richest woman in Amer ica" was angry, but had to submit. By the death of Mrs. Charlotte A. Sibley, widow of John Sibley, who waa Librarian of Harvard University from 1850 to 1877, an estate estimated to be worth more than SIOO,OOO will revert to the Massachusetts Historical So ciety under Mr. Sibley's will. A small part will bo set aside for the erection of a fireproof building to he named for the testator. W eaK White suede gloves are popular. An English fad that has just reached America Is that of wearing sandals. A dainty belt buckle for a seashore costume has a scroll of water lilies with a dolphin in the centre, and is made in gold or oxidized silver. Knit shoulder shawls, which can also form a head covering, are made in the umbrella cape effect, and havo been accepted as a necessary part of every woman's summer outfit. The complexion veil promises to usurp the place cf the chiffon. Blnck is the most in demand, and a few com plexion veils cf black and white are worn. Occasionally a touch of blue is added. A new finish far waists consists of a white lace collar, edged with finely pleated black chiffon pompadour rushing. It has the effect of a bertha and gives the desired width at the shoulders. The fhaln on which the fashionable woman carries her metal pocketbook is now made of black jet. A few are of black metal, with tiny pieces of jet set in at intervals. A dainty novelty in neckwear is the leaf effect boa. It Is constructed of small pieces of silk or chiffon, cut in the form and size of flower petals, and lias long streamers at the front, trim med in the same manner. The demand for cameos had led to the manufacture of an imitation cameo brooch which can hardly be dis tinguished from the real. Some young wuuien wear these broochea on tho cuffs of outside garments. A new and beautiful effect has been produced in black sash ribbon. It is of silk material, with a solid effect bor der about two inches in width. The centre is transparent gauze, and inrougfc it ruuj an undulating trailing i design. A Breakfast Beverage. A substitute for coffee that is highly recommended by those who have tried It is hot water flavored with lemon juice and slightly sweetened. It is said that the average individual only requires about a week to become ac customed to this as a breakfast bev erage. Savu the Yolks. To protect the yolk of an egg so that It can be used two or three days after It has been separated from the white, drop it into a bowl of water, and its freshness will remain a surprising length of time, and it can be used for mayonnaise dressing or the sauce for cold slaw, or auy other purpose requir ing yolks alone. Irish IVfoss Blanu Mange* Let one tablespoonful of Irish moss remain in tepid water for fifteen min utes, then put in a strainer and hold under the faucet, allowing cold water to run over it for one minute. This removes the crude seaweed flavor. Put the moss in one pint of milk and let simmer for fifteen minutes. Re move from the stove and press through a colander to break up the moss, re taining a part of it in the blanc mange. Some persons prefer that all the moss be retained. When almost cold stir in two saccharine tablets which have previously been dissolved in a little water and add vanilla extract. Pour in individual jelly moulds, and when ice cold serve with cream. Turkey Koutttril ISretißt Down. The new edict of cooking experts, that a turkey roasted breast down will have the meat of that part juicier and better flavored thau one cooked in the usual way, is borne out by experience. The theory that the juices of the fowl find their way downward and, settling in the often dry and tasteless breast to its great improvement, is correct. It will be found, too, that the apparent difficulty of keeping the bird on its breast is only apparent, a little balanc ing in the pan until the processes of cooking have settled the fowl being all that is needed. The method is equally valuable applied to chicken, and an ex periment with roasting goose in that way Droved very successful. How to Econoinlzo With ltd?.. Left-over yolks of eggs if put at once into a tumbler of cold water will keep fresh ®<nd soft for several days. If dropped into a cup nud covered the yolks would be unfit for use the second day. The left-over whites of eggs may be made into macaroons, kisses, or used for meringues. The whites of two eggs with a quarter of a pound of sugar and the same quantity of al mond paste will make two dozen macaroons. Where hard-boiled yolks are wanted it is much better to break the eggs, separate carefully the yolks from the whites and drop the yolks into water that is boiling hot; cook slowly for twenty minutes. In this way you save the whiles for another purpose.—Mrs. S. T. ltorer, iu the Ladies' Home Journal. mi iii fiints for the Hffti Glass and silver enameled in colors is now included in modish tableware. A custard pudding Is more delicate if steamed rather than baked. Fifteen minutes is sutiieleut to steam a cup custard. Some of the newest lamp shades are finished with a fringe of glass beads either in natural colors or tinted to match the shade. In cooking turnips it improves the flavor of the vegetable to add a pinch of cayenne pepper to the water iu which the turnips are boiled. If burned milk is put immediately into a jug and then placed iu a basin of cold water until it is cool, the burned taste and smell will disappear. To prevent damp and rust catciung the wires of a piauo tack a small bag of uuslackcd lime inside just under neath the cover, and it will absorb all moisture. An excellent and simple remedy for a sprain is the well-beaten whites of six eggs mixed with a half cupful of fine table salt. Spread between thiu muslin clcths and bind over the sprain. Gas globes should be cleansed by scrubbing with a firm brush uipped in suds. Bad stains may he removed by soaking the globes for some time iu warm water to which a little soda aud soap powder has been added. Never allow meats to boil while they are being cooked iu water. Hard boil ing in salted water will toughen the tenderest piece of meat ever sold. Lei the water simmer gently, keeping the kettle on the back of the stove. Wooden bawls make the best recep tacles for washing fine glassware which requires careful handling. If two bowls are employed the results are apt to he more satisfactory, using one for washing and the other for rinsing pur poses. A leg of mutton holdou is the latest invention in the interest of the house hold and is designed to keep the joint in position while the carver exercises ills or her skill. The holders have horn handles and nickle mountings and may be classed among the inexpen sive conveniences. i&frINDVSTFUAI I An Englishman has invented a pro cess for treating China grass, which grows In India and the Straits Settle ments, so that it can be used to manu facture textile fabrics. The cloth made therefrom is said to resemble silk, and to cost little more than cotton. While drilling for oil in the Colorado desert in South California the drilling tools, which reached a deptli of 000 feet, were suddenly thrown out and the well began to spout hot water and steam. Volcanic substances were showered about the surrounding coun try, says the Railway and Engineering Review, and the men lost no time in escaping from the derrick. Some dis tance from the point where the well was drilled is a region where signs of volcanic conditions underneath fre quently appear, and it was thought that the well was drilled down to this stratum. Some enterprising Danes, who es tablished dairies iu Siberia, have been met by discouraging conditions on ac count of tits ignorance of the peasants there. Many dairies have beeu de stroyed by mobs, because it was be lieved that the Danes had been sent there by the devil to turn milk into gunpowder for the Chinese. Things were made only worse wheu a drought camp, for the peasants demanded that tlie dairymen bring rain by waving their handkerchiefs, and when this was not done they became so furious tliat the Cossacks had to be called on to disperse them. Siberia's most crying need is the establishment of public schools. Apiculture, far from being a minor Industry in this country, patronized by a few gentlemen farmers and coun try housewives, is oue of very promis ing growth. The apicultural product of the country at present is estimated at $20,000,000 annually, but this is but a small part of the benefit which the country derives as a whole from the industry, since the part the bees play iu the proper eross-fertllization of seed crops aud fruits of inestimable value. At present there is a demand for infor mation in regard to the diseases pe culiar to bees. Whole colonies are often carried away by contagious dis eases, aud epidemics occasionally oc cur that sweep whole sections of the country. A study of bee diseases is to be undertaken by the Division of Ento mology during the coming year. Mention nougat, or pistache iee cream, aud immediately the mind wan ders off to the sunuy slopes of the Med iterranean, the native home tf the pistache nut. It will come as a sur prise, therefore, to learn that the Bu reau of Plant Industry considers this nut suitable for introduction in this country. Already a few scions have beeu imported, aud its culture is now to be vigorously prosecuted. The ex perts believe that if it does not suc ceed iu this country, it will, at least, provo a valuable plant for introduction in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philip pines, and active work in this direction Is being undertaken. Some work has already also been started on the guava. one of tlie most important of house hold fruits of the tropics and sub tropics. A number of seedlings arc being grown, with the main idea of producing a vnriety with fewer seeds than those now known. There is a wide spread popular notion that twilight in the tropics is very bright and that daylight is almost im mediately succeeded by uight. Twi light lasts until the sun is about eigh teen degrees helcw tlie horizon, aud even in the tropics it requires mno than an hour for the sun to reach this depression. Professor Bailey, of the Harvard College Observing Station at Arequlpa, in Peru, has lately printed observations hearing on the point in question,as follows: "Cu Sunday, June 25, 181)0, tlie sun set at 5.30 p. m., local time. At 0 he could read ordinary print with perfect ease. At 0.30 time could be told from it watch face. Until 0.55 p. m. (nearly an hour and a half after sunset), tlie shadow of an opaque body on a white surface was sti.l visi ble. Similar observations were made at another tropical station on August 27, with like results. Coarse print could still he read forty-seven minutes after sunset. Telling Age of Cains by Tlieir Iting. The cashier iu the light lunch cafe jingled a silver half-dollar cn the mar ble counter. "I'll bet you a cup of coffee I can tell you the decade in which that piece of money was coined," ho said to a customer who was engaged with his midnight lunch. "You probably know the exact date," replied tlie customer. "Take one of your own then," said the cashier. "I can tell from the ring whether it was coined iu the !)os, the f.os, the 70s or in whatever decade it left the mint. Try me ard see." The young mr.u pulled a half-dollar from ids pocket and threw it down on the counter. The cashier listened at tentively. "That was coined in the 00s," he said. Suro enough, the ccin bore the date of ISO 2. Several other persons 111 tlie cafe tried him and in each instance ills judgment was unerring. "It's all in the ring," explained the cashier. "I've gotten so I don't make a mistake once in fifty times." WHO? "Who befriended Uncle Sam?" "L" said John Bull, "I used my pull. "I befriended Uncle Sam.' "Who helped him lick Spain?" "I," said the Kaiser. "I stood right by, sir. "I helped him lick Spain." "Who stood off the Powers?" "I," said the Czar, "1 was right thar, I stood on the Powers." "Who's Ills friend now?" "I," said they all, With unanimous bawl. "I'm his real friend now!" —Chicago Tribune. He—"He thinks ner complexion is genuine." She—"Oil. well, love is some times color blind."—Judge. "Oil, John," said the young wife, glee fully, "baby's got a tooth." "Is that what lie's trying to tell tlie neighbors about?"— Brooklyn Life. lie popped, and then it came to pass That, having briefly stated His love, tiie lass refused. Alas! His heart was lass-crated. —Philadelphia Record. La Mont—"Science is trying to prove that laziness is n disease." La Moyno —"Great goodness! There are enough incurable diseases already."—Chicago News. The Owner—"The tenants complain that you are surly and unaccommodat ing." The Janitor—"Well, sir, ain't I here to protect your interests?"—ln dianapolis News. The bore, though seantilv admired, Is none the less a happy eif. lie talks till every one is tired And thus is never bored himself. —Washington Star. Friend—"A scientist needs a great deal of patience." The Professor— "Yes, indeed. A man may toil for years without attracting enough attention to be denounced as a humbug."—Brook lyn Life. "Hello, Tommy! Not gone back to school yet?" "No; I'm in luck. Bis is going in for measles! But Low is It you haven't gone?" "Oh, I'm in luck too! Our baby is having whooping cough!"—ruueh. "What has been the greatest difficul ty with which you have had to con tend, Mrs. Kinder, in your struggle with the servant girl problem?" "Pre venting the good ones getting mar lied."—lndianapolis News. Miss Koy (in street car)—"lt's really very kind of you. Mr Crflbbe, to give me your seat." .Mr. Crabbe—"Not at all. We men are getting tired of being accused of never giving up our scats except to pretty girls."—Philadelphia Press. Husband—"l am surprised, Emily, that you should imve such bad taste as to wear the hair of another woman on your head." Wife—"And I am sur prised that you should wear the wool of another sheep on your back."—Tit- Bits. Burt—"Hendry says he has enlarged tlie circle of his acquaintance very much the last year." Styles—"What does he mean by that? That he has acted so that his acquaintances keep further nway from him?"— Boston Transcript. "Ah," said the fashionable caller, who was being conducted through Mr. Meatenlard's splendid new picture gal lery, "what have we here?" "That," said the proud millionaire, "is a Shay Doover by a painter that I forget his name now, but it always looked more like a haystack to me."—Chicago Rec ord-Herald. IVord Mistakes of Childhood. One of the strange traits of little children is their utter misunderstnn lug of many simple tilings, and the endurance of this misunderstanding with them through years and years. Thus, there is a lawyer of this city who thought, until he was twenty or twenty-oue years old, that there was sueli a word as "pard-narsens" iu the language. His father, a religious man, had said grace always at the table, and the hoy had heard incuriously, three times a day. "pard-narsens," in the grace, without comprehending in the least that "Pardon our sins" were the words his father actually had spoken. This boy was always mis apprehending religious things. The phrase, "For what we may receive," entered his brain each Sunday as, "What Mary Seeve," and he would wonder idly who Mary Seevo might be. Even the first line of his nightly prayer meant nothing to him. "Nowalnymy" he pronounced it, in one swift word, and lie neither knew nor cared to know what "nowalaymy" meant. A Far-Headline Liglitllouse. A blinding beam of electric light, thirteen inches wide, Is a new warning to ships off the dangerous shoals of Cape Hatteras. Diamond Shoal Light ship, No. 71, has been fitted with a 3000 caudle-power search light, tlie first of its kind ever placed at sea as a mariner's hencon, and it is expected to he visible forty miles, twenty-two miles further than the regular hcacou lights of the lightships can be seen. The chief element In the effectiveness of the new light is found in the fact that, the lightships never being at rest, the beam of light will sway iu a vary ing angle and always be distinguish able. If expectations are not disap pointed, Sandy Hook, Fire Island, nud Nantucket Shoals will be equipped with similar electrical apparatus.— Success. Tn°RTI(ULTURE? Watering House Plants. Once in tile morning is often enough to water house plants, the water to be of the temperature of eighty degrees. All water should be applied at the sur face, and there should be perfect drain age at the bottom of the pot, as stand ing water is injurious. Onion Smut. Onions growing continuously on the same land are liable to attacks of onion smut. The smut organism lives In the ground, and is rarely transferred except as it is carried on bulbs. Rota tion of crops and deep plowing have been suggested as a remedy for this trouble. The fungus attacks the on ion when it is very young. It has been suggested to grow the plants In soil free from the germ, then when they are well started set them in the open field. Strawberry Culture. The success of strawberry culture de pends upon the following conditions suitable soil, plants of a good variety, culture and the season. The last con dition is largely beyond our control, though aside from the extremes of wet and dry, the results of a bad season may be somewhat modified by careful culture. A piece of ground should be selected that would be suit able for a good garden; hard clay soil that will form a crust after rain, is the most suitable ground; and a plot that receives the wash from higher ground will probably cause the plants to winter kill. After selecting the spot, give it a good covering of stable manure and plow it very deep. By this I mean either to use a sub soil plow, or sink a surface plow ten or more inches deep. Soil that is too hard to allow deep plowing is not fit for berries. Set the plants in rows five feet apart, and two feet apart in the row. Do not transplant in the spring until the plants have made a good growth. Keep the rows clean by means of the cultivator and the hoe. Turn the runners into tlio row that the cultivator will not clip them. Mulch with fine straw or coarse man ure the first winter, after steady cold weather has set in. As to varieties, choose the hardy kinds that have proved prolific in your locality.—C. G. Bassett, in The Epitomist. Gulden Scuts. Often the real secret of the. effec tive laying out of a garden will lie in utilizing the materials—cedar, stone, etc.—that distinguish the locality; in the beauty of the incidental tree, around the trunk of which a cozy seat may bo built, or among the branches of which a rustic platform may be ar ranged. Shade, seclusion, some favor ite view to be commanded—these are the main points to be considered in choosing the site for the garden seat, the character of which must be decided by its surroundings and the object for which it is built. A seat of this kind should never be employed, however, without a reason—a defined use. Nor should the garden be over-loaded with features. For small grounds the site of the scat, either portable or fixed, will be chosen primarily for shade, generally in or under an available tree. If the design to be carried out be an impos ing tea-house or a semicircular seat overhung with trees, it should greet the eye from the principal path or avenue of trees or curving about the end of a velvety lawn. An arbor or tca-liouse may be placed with fine ef fect upon a western slope rather than upon a fiat surface. In a small, re stricted garden, a long seat often is advantageously placed against a re taining wall, often obnoxious to the view, where the long surface must be broken if a pleasing effect is to be obtained, yet where the training of vines is not. always feasible.—Ada Sterling, In Harper's Bazar. A Vegetable Garden In a Barrel. It is a well-known fact that It is a pretty difficult matter to keep vege tables fresh during the winter months, and this is especially the case for small farms in the country where the dwell ings are not provided with proper cel lars. A German vegetable raiser l-ecom gi ,Jlll if ■ ■ Killi VEGETABLE STORAGE IN A BAKItEI, mends as the best cellar substitute for this purpose a barrel to be placed in the soil, and to be covered, on frosty days, with straw. According to his experience vegetables can be kept just as fresh in such a barrel as in any cellar.—Philadelphia Record. In music the thumb is counted as I a finger otherwise the fourth finger is 1 the Uttle finger.
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