WOMEN TOURISTS. American Girl* the Most Self-Reliant Ac cording to an Export. If any man is entitled to an opinion ns to women travelers, it surely is one .who for years has accompanied Cook's tourist parties in all parts of the world. Joseph I. Young, who has been long an attache of the famous London agency, declares that beyond doubt the best lady traveler is the American girl. "I reach this conclusion," says Mr. Young, "after an experience ex tending over a number of years and embracing recollections of travel in ' every country of the globe. Of course, I bave been all over the United States, and wherever I went in that country I found the tendency of education was -Ito nuiice women self-reliant in a de y gree unknown elsewhere. The Ameri can girl thinks nothing of traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific un attended. She goes to Europe, to Japan, to Africa, alone and in perfect security, and is always sure of meet ing with respect. "As a rule women are not good travelers. Some engage a berth on a first-class steamer, find they are un able to start at the appointed time, and wind up by sailing in a slow freighter. We have a good deal of trouble with the woman who reads a lot of guide-hooks before she starts. She is usually so busy finding the proper page that she misses some of tlio best sights. Then there is the woman who travels with too much luggage. The experienced person pro vides herself with the smallest possible Y amount of such impediments, wears a • serviceable dress with a few invisible pockets, and is nappy. The greatest luggage fiend is the English girl, who Is liable to have as many as fifteen packages, and wonders why she some times loses one or two. Taken as a whole, women are not so much of a trial as might be imagined. Nearly always they graciously recognize good attendance, and a pleasant smile from one of them goes farther, even with a surly guide, than a handsome tip from some men."—Chicago Chronicle. — ' ti." j Women, Marry If You Can. "It is not u question of 'How to be happy though unmarried,'" said Miss Yendis frankly to the agitated persons who sought to write an equation in terms of marriage and happiness at the meeting of the Study of Life So ciety. "It is a question of how to be (parried under any conditions." This ■'was a new and refreshing note, in the evening's discussion. "I never have been asked the important ques tion," confessed Miss Yendis. "I have had hard luck, for I have been keenly alive to every possible opportunity. 1 advise those girls who are dreaming of matrimony la the future not to wait upon the order of acceptance, hut to hustle und say yes, lor one-half a slide on the matrimonial toboggan is better than none." Most of the unmarried ■speakers had made the spurning of •an unworthy suitor such un act of virtue that Miss Ycndis's prosaic as sumption of a yearning to marry any -one relieved the tension of tho too good-for-the-ordinary-world sentiment that had been in the ascendency.— New York Press. The Sway of the Shirt Waist. ; A devotee of the wheel says: "Yes, W It's all very well to talk of the brooks and ferns, the spring air, the sunny sky; but what won me forever was the ravishment of finding myself out doors in a skirt I could not step on and a waist which did not pull, press, pinch, or drag at aiv,? poiut. I felt like a little girl!" At first women would make such confessions as this: "Do you know, I kept on my wheel rig all day yester day! I was ashamed, but it is so easy to run up and down stairs in, I could not bear to change." Soon all saw its advantages and per ceived that an outing get-up was feasible for even those who did not take outings, and the costume became so general that the women at the I'an- Afiierican seemed to he in n uniform of white waist and gray skirt. A few still hold out against it, but even they k will doubtless fall into line this sum • mer and "own tho mighty sway" of tho shirt waist—Julia Ditto Young, in Good Housekeeping. Women's Faces on Postage Etamp. For more than fifty years our Gov ernment has been making postage ■stamps. The first issue, In 1847, repre sented -but two values, and on each was printed the likeness of a promi nent man—a policy ever since con tinued. Other nations have women's faces on their stamps. YVhy not the United States? Surely we have repre sentative women enough. There was Dorothea Dix, for instance, whose work for the insane marked an era; Maria Mitchell, whose pure mentality and - magnificent reasoning faculty 4 made her pre-eminent; Frances Wil *l lard, whose reform work claims recog nition; not to mention our many noted literary women. There Is also a dusky face well worth considering; the face of a woman who holds a unique position in our history and who had much to do in keeping alive that struggling English colon) on the James River—why not her face? Yv'liy not Pocahontas?—Julia Fraser, in the Ladies' Home Journal. Whims In Jewels. Translucent enamels with rays of brilliants are being fashioned into brooches, and to fix the loose hair at the nape of the neck there are Mer cury wings in diamonds. riain rings of moderate size encrust ed with diamonds, emeralds, rubies or sapphires promise to replace the big pearl earrings now so much worn. Among the most lovely ornaments are the art nouveau pendants and combs, with their ricli coloring and lovely workmanship. A round throat clasped by peacock feathers, with a wonderful presentment of the bird with outspread tall in the centre, looks beautiful, and a comb of ivory with encrustations of gold nearly covered with color and a few very deftly placed diamonds suits a blonde head well. Buckles and buttons, rings and chatelaines are produced in art nouveau, with classical and modern motifs, seascapes and garden inspira tions.—New York Coinmericial Ad vertiser. Picturesque Dress. Dress is becoming more and more picturesque, eucb lady being allowed to choose the style that best suits her; hence so many styles are now called fashionable, whereas the truth is that there are several fashions, not one alone. The last Ave King Louises of France give their fashions, with their splendid brocades, laces and all kinds of rich extravagance, which can be worn in the evening. These models are made up in chine, silk and oriental satin, in white, biscuit, turquoise, green and pink. Empire gowns, however, are pre ferred by ladies in general, especially for home year. They are as becoming to the overthin as they are to the overstout, their long lines concealing all the defects of each. Then, again, ladies with pretty ligures may display them by wearing a sash or jeweled band round the waist. For Transparent Frock*. A useful article of apparel is a satin slip finished with a shaped flounce all ready to wear beneath a muslin or lace gown. It is made low-necked and sleeveless, or with a yoke and sleeves, and comes in all the soft evening shades. A special corset bodice is made to wear under cambric and lace shirt waists. It is of satin with lace trim mings and arm holes like those of a silk under vest. In front this charm ingly dainty little stay is laced round small staples, and at the back there is no lacing at all. What could be cooler or more supple for the summer? Wedding: Dres* Frills. Berthas, fichus and fancy draperies are a feature of the corsage of wed ding dresses, while some of the newest and certainly most unusual models are a series of lace rufiles, falling one above the other, so that the figure seems to bo wound in soft, filmy masses. Sometimes these rufiles are quite narrow and exteud from the waist to hem. and again there may be only three of graduated depth, each one having a dainty edging of orange blossom npplique. With such a gown the train may be of plain white satin or cf fancy brocade. trie.. Some of the pretty new cravats are of line lace adorned with drawn thread work, the collar being formed of bands of lawn with hemstitching be tween, while every description of lace and insertion, with stole or scarf ends, touches of black or colored velvet, and a pretty arrangement of tiny orna mental buttons are pressed into serv ice. Novelties in Material*. Linen batiste in natural color, spotted with black velvet woven in, is one of the novelties in materials; and still another is a new veiling with a stripe, all in one color, which gives the ap pearance of a cord, und yet Is not one. 7* r il * *** \ Itibbou boas are beautiful. In veilings velvet dots rival those of chenille. Embroidery designs on turnovers grow bolder. Colored dots on linen are shown in great profusion. Poult du soie is the choice for elegant silk tailor-mades. Many coat-tails amount to no more than little loops. Hats of white malincs are first choice for evening. Some smart hats show taffeta braid ed in with the straw. Pale mode aud pale gray are two of the very best colors. Moire ribbon is a noticeable feature of the new millinery. With summer the soft wash weaves will bo more ia evidence. Norfolk shapes distinguish blousc3, coats and even shirt waists. Cherry blcssoms vary ia size, some being little larger than currants. Black and white effects are very noticeable among the finer parascls. A charming new grass linen shows both black and white embroidered dots. Braided lncu-wido straws in black and white make exceedingly striking headgear. Most silk petticoats match the dress, though soate show a preference to have it like the shirt waist or the lead i ins note in the hat. Household flatters The Uses of Ammonia. The uses of ammonia in the house hold are many. In cleaning of any kind it should be used in the pro portion of one tabiespoonful to a quart of water. It makes the water softer than rain water. Smoky lamp chim neys, window panes and mirrors all respond quickly to ammonia. When a stain is produced by lemon juice or any other acid, nothing Is so effectual as ammonia in neutralizing aud thus re moving it. A few drops to a pint of water sprinkled on the.roots of house plants will produce an abundant growth. Stains 011 marble can he re moved by rubbing them well with a toothbrush dipped in powdered chalk and ammonia. Value of TiPKiie Paper. The tissue paper in which parcels are rolled up should never he crumpled and thrown away, but carefully smoothed out, rolled up and laid away in some drawer or handy place where you know where to find it when you want a nice, soft, clean piece of paper. A few drops of enu de cologne on a soft pad of tissue paper will give a brilliant polish to mirrors, the glass of pictures and crystal. The pad of tissue paper without the eau do cologne is also used for burnishing steel, rub bing grease stains off grates or furni ture, polishing silver and Innumerable other things. For packing glass ornaments and fine china that are not in daily use a roll of soft tissue paper is simply in valuable. Conveyor In the Uining-Room, One of the latest electrical appliances designed for use in large dining rooms and restaurants is a conveyor for removing soiled linen and dishes from the dining-room to the scullery. The first installation of this novel ap pliance, according to the Electrical World, lias been made in the Hotel Astor, New York City, a new $5,000,- 000 fashionable hotel. An endless chain, with suitable shelves arranged at intervals, runs in a covered tram way, placed in each of the large din ing-rooms. The conveyor terminates in the back kitchen. When the waiter wishes to dispose of the soiled china and linen, instead of having to make a special trip for the purpose he merely carries them to the nearest conveyor and deposits them on one of the shelves, by which they are automati cally transported to the cleansing room. It is estimated that this device will give a waiter about one-iil'th more time to devote to his service, owing to the time saved by the conveyor. The aesthetic value of the conveyor in providing for the rapid and noiseless removal of soiled dishes and the avoid ance of confusion is, perhaps, of greater value than the mere saving of the waiter's time. . . RECIPES . . Apricots—Take' one-half pound of evaporated apricot; soak In cold water until soft. Then set on stove aud sim mer slowly till they are soft enough to be pierced with a broom straw. Add one-lialf cup sugar and cook until a syrup forms. These are very health ful. Fried Spare Hibs—Use small, tender ribs. Cut into pieces suitable for serving. Sear quickly in hot skillet, remove to back of range and cook slowly half an hour. Itemove meat, pour off fat and add water in which the potatoes have been boiled. Thicken, and season with pepper and salt. Sprinkle pepper, salt and powdered sage over the pieces of rib and pour around them the gravy. Almond Fingers—Cut stale bread Into pieces four inches long, one inch wide and half nu inch thick; dip them In orange juice, then into minced almonds, then in beaten eggs, then in bread crumbs; lay these pieces Jn the frying basket that has been dipped in the hot lard, and fry in deep fat; when brown lift the pieces to drain on paper; arrange on a folded napkin and sift powdered sugar over them. Oatmeal Omelet—Beat the yolks of four eggs, and one-half cupful of milk, a dash of pepper and the stiflly beaten whites of the eggs. Brown in one tahlespooul'ul of butter iu a hot frying pan. Do not stir, tut when the omelet is brown ou the bottom place in a hot oven to brown the top. Sprin kle with a half teaspoouful of salt. Spread with a thick layer of oatmeal, cover with sweet cream, fold the ome let and serve. Calf's Heart Roasted—Let the heart soak In water for one hour; clean thoroughly; remove the tough mem brane; wipe it dry; fill the cavities with a stuffing made with bread crumbs, finely chopped suet, chopped parsley, salt and pepper; put it in the dripping pan, then place In the oven and hake for an hour and a half; when it Is tender remove it, take off the paper; make a brown gravy with the liquid In the pan aud steam it over the heart. Batter Bread—Beat thoroughly one egg aud add a teaspoouful of salt, one level teaspoon soda, one pint butter milk or sour milk, aud one tablespoon melted lard. Into this stir three-quar ters of a quart of yellow or white corn meal. If too stiff, add a little cold water (it should be of a cousis tency to pour), turn into a very iiot, generously fereased baking pan. riaee iu a hot oven for thirty or forty min utes, or uutil a rich brown. Turn onto a hot platter. Break, do not cut. The inhabitants of Southern China are nearly all of them vegetarians. WHY THE INDIAN FAILS. Be I.nok. Upon Education as a Ttljrht anil Not as u Privilege. There are In operation at the present time 113 boarding schools, avitli an av erage attendance of something over 10,000 pupils ranging from five to twen t.v-one years old. These pupils are gathered from the cabin, the wiek-i-up and the tepee. Partly by cajolery and partly by threats, partly by bribery and partly by fraud, partly by persua sion and partly by force, they are in duced to leave their kindred to enter these schools and take upon them selves the outward semblance of civil ized life. They are chosen not on ac count of any particular merit of their own, not by reason of mental fitness, but solely because they have Indian blood in their veins. Without any pre vious traiuing, without any prepara tion whatever, tliey are transported to schools, sometimes thousands of miles away, with no expense to themselves or their people. The Indian youth tinds himself at once, as if by magic, translated from a state of poverty to one of affluence. He is well fed and clothed and lodged. Books and all the accessories of learning are given him, and teachers aw provided to Instruct him. He is educated both in tlife in dustrial and the liberal arts. Beyond "the three r's" he is instructed in geo graphy, grammar and history; he is taught drawing, algebra, geometry, music, astronomy, physiology, botany and entomology. Matrons wait on him while he is well and physicians and nurses tend him when he is sick. A steam laundry does his washing and the latest modern appliances do his cooking. A library affords him relaxa tion for his leisure hours, athletic sports and the gymnasium furnish him with exercise and recreation, while music entertains him in the evening. He has hot and cold baths, steam heat and electric light and ail the modem conveniences. The child of the wig wam becomes a modern Aladdin, who has only to rub the Government lamp to gratify his desires. He remains until his education is finished, when he is returned to his home, which by contrast must seem squalid indeed; to the parents whom ills education must make it impossible to honor, and is left to make his way against the ignorance and bigotry of his tribe. Is It any wonder he fails? Is it surprising if he lapses into bar barism? Not having earned his edu cation, It is not appreciated. It is looked upon as a right and not as a privilege; it is accepted as a favor to the Government and not to the recip ient, and the almost inevitable ten dency is to encourage dependence, fos ter pride and create a spirit of arro gance and selfishness. William A. Jones, in the World's Work. A Trout's Memory. The late Seth Green, "the father of American fish culture," believed that fishes have memories, and the New i'ork Sun describes an exhibition which he gave, byway <- proof, to almost every one who visited the State hatch ery at Caledonia. In one of the enclosed pools at the hatchery was a very large trout, which always came forward to see and be seen when visitors ap peared. It was Mr. Green's custom, after calling particular attention to that trout, to raise his cane quickly and hold it over the vater. Tu; per formance would have no effect on the trout. Then Mr. Green would produce a light trout rod, and appear with it at the side of the pool. Instantly that trout would turn and flee, hide itself at the far end of tile enclosure, and re main there so long as the rod was in sight. This is the explanation of the sudden change in the trout's demeanor: One day, early la the career of the fish, Mr. Green, to try a barbless hook he had devised, cast with one in that pool, and this trout had seized it. 'The hook penetrated and passed through its upper jaw near the nostril, and by the time It was lifted from the wate" and released from the hook, it had undergone an experience that made a lasting impression upon it. Mr. Green discovered soon after the hooking of the trout that whenever he approached the pool with his rod, the trout would instantly dash to a place of hiding, although it paid no attention to a cane or other stick held over the water. The trout lived for years in that pool and never failed to show its fear of a trout rod as long as it lived. The Lemon. The lemon belongs to the orange family. Its principal use is in making lemonade, and ether cooling drinks. While most lemons used In this country are at present imported from Mediterranean ports, it will be a mat ter of only a few years when this country will not only be able to supply its own wants, but as in the case of other fruits will* have a superabun dance wherewith to supply foreign countries. The American lemon as grown in California, although not as long-lived as that of Southern Europe, Is really better, being thinner skinned and con taining more citric acid. Maxims of an Old Fogy. The men who have no families to support would soon let the world run down. It is better to have loved and lost than to have married on SSO a mouth. Any old rhyme may be made popular by a good tuqe, and almost any stick of a man may be made Important by u clever wife. —Chicago Itecord-l-lerald. A large ancient font has oeen dis covered in an English cottager's gar den, at Eye, where it has been doing duty as a flower-pot lor many years. Some interesting discoveries have lately been made in a cave in South western France. The removal of thick layers of stalagmitic deposit revealed a great many drawings of animals made with much skill. They represent reindeer, mammoths and other animals now extinct in Southern and Western Europe, among them some resembling the modern horse. These have halters and other attachments, showing that they had been used in the service of the stone-age man. Wonderful as is the human body in its mechanism and its adaptability to its surroundings, there are some very simple things that it cannot do. .For example, a man cannot rise from a chair without bending forward or put ting his feet under the chair or on each side of it. Another impossible thing is for a man who is closely blindfolded to stand without support of any kind for five minutes at a stretch, without mov ing his feet. If he does not move his feet at all he will he pretty sure to topple over in a minute or two. A blind man, however, can do It. because he is used to doiug without his eyes. The existence of a fourth state of matter has been probable ever since radiant phenomena have been exten sively studied X-rays, ultra violet rays, etc. This fourth state Sir Will iam Crookes Calls the ultra-gaseous or misty condition; solid, liquid, gaseous and misty being the four possible con ditions in which matter can exist. In his address at the formal admission of tlio Prince of Wales to membership in tile Royal Society Sir William Crookes discussed these questions, and stnted his belief that the work of the last few years on the phenomena of radiation had led to the collection of data whose eventual cor-relation and co-ordination must produce au important extension and possibly modification of present physical concepts. There are few birds that change their, names and their dress, as they flit from clime to clime, more than docs the bobolink. In New England, where he arrives with his mate in May, Ills plumage is as bright as the soug that has given liim his name. By the first of August, the young having been reared, the old birds put on a sobei dress, and journeying southward, be gin to congregate in vast flocks, as Mr. Knowlton, of the National Museum, de scribes, iu the region of Chesapeake Bay, where they are known as reed birds, and are shot for the table. In a few weeks they go to the far Southern States, wli.ve their arrival, under a new name, the rice bird, is dreaded on account of their devastations in the rice fields. In October they disappear, some going by Cuba and some by Cen tral America, to their winter homes "beyond the Amazon," in Central and Southeastern Brazil. A Hungarian chemist has discovered that some of tlio salt lakes in Transyl vania present the peculiarity of a lay er of warm, or even hot, salt water, be tween two bodies of colder water. Thus in the Medoe Lake the surface temperature In summer is about sev enty degrees, but at a depth of a little more than four feet the temperature becomes 132 degrees, hut declines again to sixty-six degrees at the bot tom. The surface water Is fresh, but the warm water beneath is intensely saline, and the explanation of tile dif ference of temperature is that, since the specific heat of salt water is less than that of fresh water, the salt water Is more easily heated by the sun, and having risen to a higher tem perature than that of the overlying fresh water, retains its heat because the fresh water prevents its escape by radiation. It Is suggested that some use might he found for these natural reservoirs, or accumulators, of solat beat. . The Parisian Ragpickers. Very many of the Parisian ragpick ers will he thrown out of employment by the contemplated scheme of the Municipal Council for the collection of the city rubbish. The ehiffonniers, who number about seventy-five thou sand, and have a corporation of their own, may he depended upon to tight for their interests aud not to succumb tamely to innovations. In 1832, when the cholera raged in Paris, a number of newly invented dust carts, intended to clear the streets of rubbish quickly, were promptly smashed by the rag pickers. On that occasion the nu thoritieg yielded to their violence, and relegated the proposed reforms to some future period. The ehiffonniers are now taking steps to have theii cause pleaded before the city fathers.— London Chronicle. Prison Humor. The inmates of the Connecticut State Prison edit a paper called tlio Monthly Record, a part of which is devoted tc aphorisms. Here are a few specimens "Talking too much is not one of cui faults. "Most men who follow the races never catch up with them. "It is not always the other fellow that needs reforming. "Don't regard our wasness; only oui i3ness, and our heuceforthuess. "If time is money we would like tc swap our surplus supply for cash. "About the ouly time some people tell the truth is wheu they talk in theii sleep. "We have no spring poems in this is sue. Our circulation ought to double." The coldest time ot the day, at all seasons of the year, is usually at 0 o'clock in the morning. OCEAN'S REPUTATION COINC. Increase In Ships on the Pacific Followed hy Increase In Iflsasters. The Pacific Ocean is fast losing the reputation implied by the name given to it by Magellan, and which it owes lo the placid appearance of its surface when he first saw it. The change Is one of the inevitable results of the growth of commerce. Prior to the discovery of gold in California com paratively few vessels sailed over its waters. There were, therefore, few casualties to report. In late years, however, commerce lias extended in nil directions. The ocean is filling with ships, and the disasters of the sea are multiplying proportionately. Along the California Coast the ocean Is placid enough to retain its reputa tion as pacific. Storms are rare. It is not often that its waters are lashed into fury lilce those of the Atlantic in these latitudes. But along the Ore gon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaskan Coasts there is little, if any, difference between the conditions prevailing in the Pacific from those existing in the Atlantic Ocean. Marl ners now dread Capp Flattery, at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, almost, If not quite, as much as they do Cape Hntteras, on the eastern coast. Wrecks are lining the north western coast of the continent as they do the northeastern shores of it. As the Pacific Ocean is gradually filling with the white-winged and steam-propelled agents of commerce, the ratio of shipwrecks is correspond ingly rising. Perhaps we have wit nessed more wrecks on this coast than we should have experienced if the same precautions against disaster had been adopted in the navigation of Pa cific waters as are taken in the Atlan tic Ocean. The Pacific has undoubted ly been made the graveyard of litany steam and sail vessels which were transferred to it from the Atlantic Ocean because they were not consid ered safe to keep in commission in the latter, under the mistaken belief that milder weather and smoother water were to be found here. Others have been lost through the vicious practice of overloading, the risk being taken on account of the same error of opinion regarding the placidity of these waters. Ship owners are, how ever, fast learning that rotten hulks and overloaded craft are not any more immune from disaster here than they are anywhere else. The growth of commerce and the increasing perils of navigation resulting from it demand the abandonment of both.—San Fran cisco Chronicle. WORDS OF WISDOM. Immunity is often ignorance perched on stilts. A gad-fly and a domestic tyrant have much in common. Valor has won many victories, but diplomacy lias doubled them. There are two kinds of men—gen tlemen and knaves. The rest are maul kins. The tongue is not large, but It is more durable than all our other or gans. Simply because a man La not a knave it does not follow that he is a good man. The bitterness of death is often spoken of, whereas it Is life that is oftener bitter. The girl who hopes lo gain the ad miration of men by maligning her own sex will fail. We are all vain, and those who say they are not have the disease in its most dangerous form. He who is not liberal with what he has does not deceive himself when he thinks he would be liberal it' he had more. A "perfect gentleman" is usually a very disagreeable person. A manly fellow, who is also a gentleman, is al wnys his superior. The subtle result of culture, which we call taste, is often subdued by the need for deeper motive; jet as the nicer demands of the palate are anni hilated by urgent hunger. What a new fate courage puts on everything! A determined man by his very attitude and the tone of his voice puts a stop to defeat and begins to conquer. "For they can conquer who believe they can." Americans Who Move. Study of the recent United States census shows some remarkably in teresting facts, and among them the one that we are the greatest nation of rolling stones on the earth, but, notwithstanding that fact, we succeed in gathering the moss of material pros perity. ♦ The official figures show that out of a native born population of U5,543,302 there are 13,803,(151 living in States different from those in which they were born. That is, more than one person out of five has left the State of his birth to seek his fortune else where. If we count the 10,400,730 foreign born residents we find that about oue tliird of the population lias moved from the State or country of birth. These figures show our mobility to be iu the ratio of ten to one as compared with that of Europe. The State of New York has sent out 1,300,000 of her children, who are now residing in other States, and has re ceived from other States in their stead 534,000 residents. Vermont has a most remarkable record, which shows that she has children living iu other States equal iu number to one-half of her present population. The lowest tide in any large sea is iu the Mediterranean. At Toulon there is about four inches, which is the average for the whole Mediter ranean.
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