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Old Frock* for New.
Dress designing is becoming quite
an intellectual pursuit. I heard the
other day that one of the great Paris
ian dress designers has been traveling
in the east to get fresh inspiration;
while It Is well known that the picture
galleries of Paris are haunted by the
model-making fraternity, and old books
with prints and plates of the eigh
teenth century are quite at a premi
um in the old bookshops and the book
stalls of Paris.—London Gentlewoman.
New Deftigrm In Jewelry.
One of the prettiest of the newest
designs In jewelry which Is now in
vogue in London is a chatelaine watch
hanging from a chain of brilliants.
Tile watch has a large dial and a
" rim like a cable. It is suspended
from double chins with bow knot pins.
Half way down a crosspiece of bril-
L Hants separates the chains about an
If* inch and a half aprt, but they swing
--mic nt the bow knot and
Ting of the watch.
A necklet consisting of trefoils of
peon. , ~l'iiuiHg at intervals from a
gold braidlike chain, is finished with
two pendants in the form of diamond
drops.
Dnl't'y Bit of Neckwear.
A certain pretty girl has made for
herself one of the prettiest stock col
lars! And it is one which any girl
who is at all clever with her needle
might easily copy. The material used
is white Liberty satin, the cut (that
should go without saying) is perfec
tion. Around the top are two rows of
French dots in black. Then comes a
row of ribbon, a dainty pink baby rib
bon, edged with black, just below this
I ale two rows OL tho black dots, then
\ another row of ribbon, and another
r double row of the dots, that is three
double rows of dots and two of rib
bon. The whole comes little below
the middle of the stock. It is suffi
ciently dressy, but better yet it is
dainty, and that is the great quality
in neckwear. Once one has achieved
both daintiness and becomingness, the
problem is solved.
Neck Ornament*.
Neck ornaments are particularly
pretty. The Hat plaited white and col
ored mousscline boas more resemble
shoulder fichus, being invariably bor
dered with mousselino roses or velvet
rose leaves applique at the edge of the
luousseline kilting. Ends of black rib
bon velvet or strands of jet beads
finish the fronts. Others of tulle,
forming ruches turning down from the
iliair, are embellished by long pompa-
M dour silk stole ends trinimed with
I large steel buttons. Effective etcet
eras are always an Important item on
a Parisian toilet, and some of the lat
est cravats and boas aro particularly
attractive this season. Spotted kilted
white mousselino trimmed with lace,
pompadour ribbon latticed on net, col
ored bebe ribbon velvet gathered up
Into rosettes in front of neckbauds
and embroidered lawn and linon soie
collarettes are among the most popu
lar accessories.
laterpretliiE Habr'i VTall*.
Poor baby lias only one method of
making her wants known—namely, by
her cry, and it takes some little prac
tice to between the cry
that merely says, "Pleaae, I'm so hun
gry!" the temper cry of pain or ill
ness.
Till baby is four or five months old
\ h doesn't shed tears, so when her
I little temper is very much upset she
\ cries furiously and in an unreasoning
sort of way.
When she is merely hungry, the cry
is still passionate, but somewhat
hoarse, too, and accompanied by sun
dry grants. If baby is sleepy, the cry
sounds as if she were on the verge of
the land of dreams, whereas u she
has a stomach ache, she generally
draws her poor little knees up and
screams violently, refusing for some
time to be pacified.
Crying Is always disheartening to
those who hear it, but if baby does not
cry at ail It is a very bad sign in
deed, though, on the other hand, many
babies aro allowed to cry unneces
sarily, and instead of at the first wail
cramming a comfort into baby's mouth
or violently jogging him, listen to the
cry and discover by tho character
thereof If It's a pin that's offending,
/ if baby Is 111 or uncomfortable or Imn
gry and then remedy the cause.
Snrpota to the Sniitlff.
To sensitive natures certain per
fumes act like poison upon the emo-
Itions and health. The ancients recog
nised the medical virtues of perfumes,
and one Latin writer has put on record
almost a hundred perfume remedies
for various diseases. Among these
remedies violets figure more frequent
ly than any other flower, so possibly
the ever-present furore for violet per
fume has benefited the nerves of the
sex. Lavender is also remarkably
soothing to the nerves, and the laven
der-scented sheets of our grandmoth
ers were not only deliciously fragrant,
but were excellent sleep promoters.
A victim whose supersensitive na
| ture is affected by perfumes is Kube
| A ilk, the violinist. One who knows him
well said recently that "the perfume
of violets makes him gay, and he
takes down Ills violin and plays lively
airs. If heliotrope is in the room he
unconsciously becomes romantic, and
under Its Influence reads and com
poses poetry, and falls into raptures
over antique jewels and vestments.
Love is then a pet theme of his. If
ho wears a tube rose he Immediately
becomes sad and melancholy, and
searches for tragic books and plays,
dons dark clothes and performs sad
music on his violin." A famous judge
remarked to an interviewer his ab
horrence of the mingling of scents
women in court use on their handker
chiefs, and declared that they sent
him home at night after a "fashion
able" case a prey to the very worst
of headaches.—New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Car* of Finger Null*.
Nothing betrays the careless woman
sooner than her nails, and nothirg
shows refinement better than the same
possessions. Hands with beautiful
nails always please, and the eye dwells
on them with a peculiar satisfaction,
for in a sense, nails are veritable jew
els which decorate the lingers even
while performing the nail's great of
fice—that of protection.
They may be classed as gems, in
deed, because they have the formation
of jewels, being composed of flint,
silica, lime and similar mineral
stuffs. The cunning mineral work at
out finger ends is all welded together
and made, in a measure, elastic by the
power of gelatin. Those who desire
good, firm, bright nails, gleaming and
polished, at the finger tips should sea
to it that the food they eat contains
abundance of the nailmaking sub
stances. Oatmeal is one of the best
of these foods good for nailmaking
and hair forming alike.
The nails become impoverished,
chalky, liable to break, through de
ficiency of gelatin and excess of lime
deposits. Anything that interferes
with the health of the whole body will
interfere with the shining appearance
of the nails at once.
Nails are really a kind of skin. They
are skin formations, being merely an
altered kind of cuticle. Small bait
moons show at the ends of the nails
where the skin proper leaves off and
the horny protection begins. These
white curves are by some called new
nails. They are, in fact, the earliest
portion of nail growth, being the skin
in its changed form, where the cells
mass together in a new way, multi
plying rapidly and beginning to se
crete much mineral matter from the
blood that circulates within their sub
stance. From the edge of the nail new
growth pushes onward until the whole
finger end is duly protected. The
dainty nail is laid on a very sensitive
skin bed, which also gives it additions.
The growth is nearly twice as rapid
in summer as it is in winter in all peo
ple.
It is very easy to keep the nails in
good trim. Less than five minutes
allowed them regularly each day will
be all that is required. They need
weekly cutting with a pair of proper
nail scissors, and the cutting should
exactly follow the outline of the fin
ger ends.
A piece of lemon used once or twice
a week is nearly a necessity if nails
are to be kept artght. The acid acts
on the nail substance with a wonder
ful effect of polishing, and it softens
the shin marvelously that is apt to
drag itself forward over the shining
nail surface. Any dirt about the nail,
any stain of ink or fruit, the lemon
will dispose of at once, dissolving
and decomposing the annoying marks
as nothing else will.
A little oil rubbed over each nail
after the lemon treatment continues
the polishing process, nourishes the
nail and skin, eradicates the last lin
gering atom of suspicious marks. A
little wad of soft, flannel is used when
applying the oil. After the oil the
hands are laved in sqft water, wiped
and the nail polishing continued with
a tiny bit of chamois leather. Violet
powder or fine chalk on the chamois
is an aid to great success. Brushing
rather roughens the nails and should
be avoided. —Washington Star.
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Pointed girdles are gaining more
favor as the season advances.
The. revival of big sleeves has ren
dered capes a necessity.
Narrow chain bracelets set with dif
ferent color stones are good style.
Charming evening bodices suitable
for young girls are of tucked white
chiffon with real Maltese collars.
The handsomest of the new combs
of tortoise-shell and amber are embel
lished with small pearls and diamonds.
The tendency of new models is to
make women look as broad as possible
across the shoulders and very small
at the waist.
I-'or trimming linen lawn dresses,
Parisian modistes and tailors are ef
fectively employed linen passe
menterie in soft ecru shades.
One inch in the back graduating
to three quarters of an inch in the
front, is a good, width for a belt; or
one and a half inches in the back to
one inch in the front.
The lace trimmings of some of the
more beautiful and elaborate of the
new cloaks are often made up over
cloth of gold. Occasionally an ap
plique of lace flowers constltues the
trimming.
Pretty things in the way of fine lawn
stole stocks have the stock of the plain
lawn, with the hemstitched top turned
over after the fashion of a top collar.
The two stole ends fastened to the
lower edge of the collar are of fine
embroidery and are plaited. In the
centre of each are three little lace
buttons. The turnover edge has a very
narrow hem or one a quarter of an
inch wide.
OUTLA W TRACY'S CAREER
MOST REMARKABLE MAN HUNT IN
THE ANNALS OF CRIME.
A Elfe and Death Chase Across Country
\Vlleh Lasted Fifty-eight Days and Ex
tended Over Two States A Powerful
Alan Though of Very Slight IJuild.
The death of outlaw Tracy by his
own hands ends perhaps the most re
markable man hunt in the annals of
crime, and closes a life and death
chase which lasted witiiout cessation
for 58 days and extended over the
greater part of two states.
S'ince June 9 last Tracy, hunted by
Indian trackers, bloodhounds, hun
dreds of authorized officers of the law,
the state troops of Washington, and
unnumbered volunteer hands of vigi
lantes, with a price on his head that
amounted to a fortune, traveled over
about fifteen hundred miles of wild
country, and defied capture to the
last.
From the moment of his daring es
cape from the Oregon state peniten
tiary to his last stand in the swamps
of Lincoln county, near the eastern
border of Washington, he killed
six officers of the law, slew his
fellow fugitive, David, Merrill, in a
duel fought while men and hounds
were on his heels, wounded nearly a
dozen other officers of pursuing par
ties, and terrorized the people of two
states.
Living on the country he passed
through, Tracy rode down stolen
horses without number, robbed farm
ers of food, clothing, and money need
led for his flight; crossed and re
crossed rivers, hiding when he could
and lighting when too hard pressed.
Bix times he shot his way through
pursuing parties which surrounded
him, and struggled on in his desperate
race against death for liberty.
The criminal exploits of Prank and
Jesse James, the Younger Bros., Mur
rell, and all the horde of desperate
outlaws of the west pale beside the
determined daring and reckless cour
age of the Oregon convict.
On the morning of June 9 Tracy,
then serving a sentence of 20 years'
imprisonment for robbery and shoot
ing a sheriff's officer who had attempt
ed to arrest him, made his successful
dash for freedom from the Salem pris
on, aided by his fellow-criminal, David
Merrill, who was serving a term of
13 years for complicity in the robbery
of which Tracy was convicted.
That there was aid for the two des
perate men from the outside is cer
tain, for on the morning of the day of
their escape, two repeating rifles were
left in the jail corridors, where Tracy
and Merrill easily could reach them
as they marched with the other pris
oners from their cells to their day's
work.
Tracy believed all along that Mer
rill, who first was arrested for the rob
beries they both committed, at Port
land in February, 1899, had betrayed
him to the officers of the law, but nev
ertheless he consented to plot with
Merrill to break prison, and their plans
were carefully made.
As they passed the guns left for
them each seized a weapon and made
a rush for the walls around the peni
tentiary. The guards attempted to
stop them, and Tracy, a dead shot,
killed. Guard F. B. Farrell and wound
ed Frank Ingraham, a life convict who
attempted to aid the guards.
Then, in the face of a heavy Are
from other guards, Tracy and Merrill
raised a ladder and escaped over the
wall, stopping long enough to return
the fire directed at them, a third shot
from Tracy's rifle killing Guard S. B.
T. Jonee. Then the escaping des
peradoes made a rush for the prison
outer gate, where they encountered
two other guards, whom they made
prisoners, meaning to keep them as
hostages should the other guards not
cease firing.
The latter, however, kept up the
hail of bullets, and Tracy, who had
compelled his captives to walk before
him. shot dead B. F. Tiffany, while
Merrill fired at the second captive,
who dropped, and, pretending to have
been hit, escaped. Then both escaped.
Twenty guards from the prison were
sent in pursuit, and from that begin
ning grew the famous chase which
closed with so dramatic a setting.
Eluding their pursuers, the two out
laws captured an involuntary host,
J. \V. Stewart, whom they made ex
change clothes with them, and also
pressed into service an expressman
whose attire they likewise appropriat
ed.
Both Stewart and the expressman
were held captive until the next day,
when after having spent a comfortable
night and been well l'ed, the fugitives
stole two horses from another Salem
resident and started for the north.
On the second day of the pursuit
bloodhounds were pressed into service
and the chase grew hot. Within a day
there was set on the heads of the fugi
tive pair a price of SBOOO. Neither of
the bandits was heard of for some
days, till, at a place called' Gervais
they further altered their attire by
robbing a man named Roberts of his
clothing.
A cordon of several hundred men
were thrown around Gervais, but
Tracy and his companion easily broke
through after an interchange of shots.
The fugitives next were heard of six
days after the escape, on June 15.
when they held up a boatman and
compelled him to row them across the
Columbia river. The impressed boat
man landed the runaway convicts in
Washington near Vancouver, formerly
the home of Merrill, where they un
doubtedly expected to find friends and
shelter.
Again bloodhounds were put on tha
trail, but, as before, the outlaws threw
the dogs off the scent by taking to
the water of the swamps and doubling
back on the trail. It was at this point
in the man hunt that another victim
fell, this time one of the pursuing
party being shot by his own friends
in mistake for one of the outlaws.
While the pursuit still was making a
dragnet search through the swamps,
the fugitives, traveling with incredible
swiftness, made their way 100 miles
north to the line of the Northern Pa
cific railroad, which connects Port
land with Puget Sound.
At this point in the flight Tracy and
Merrill were known to have been to
gether, but when Tracy next was heard
of he was alone and in the close neigh
borhood of Olpmpia. A few days later
the dead body of Merrill was found
further back on the trail with a bul
let wound in his back.
After this discovery, the facts of
the killing of Merrill came ont in the
boasting of Tracy, who said he had
killed him as he had suspected Mer
rill of having betrayed him at Port
land. They had agreed, he said, to
duel, the strange conditions of which
showed in a striking manner the na
ture of the outlaw.
According to Tracy the quarrel
arose over the fact that Merrill was
rated as his equal in newspaper re
ports of the escape and flight, and as
he held Merrill to be the inferior,
they had come to words and agreed
to fight. They were to walk, back to
back, a certain number of paces and
then turn and fire, but Tracy, fearing
treachery on Merrill's part, stopped
short of the agreed number of steps,
and, turning, deliberately shot the oth
er in the back.
At Olympia Tracy visited a fishing
camp in the neighborhood and held up
the camp, making five men prisoners
and pressing into his service a naph
tha launch which lay at anchor there,
leaving two of his prisoners tied up
on the shore while the others were
compelled to man the launch and take
him out toward Tacoraa. The launch
crew gave the alarm as soon as he
departed, and Tracy within a few
hours was trailed to a clump of tim
ber.
The sheriff of the county, Edward
Cndihee. a noted man-hunter, was ab
sent, but his chief deputy. "Jack" Wil
liams, took up the pursuit, and with
& posse surrounded Tracy's retreat,
only to have the outlaw slip through
his fingers, after having added one
more murder to the list by the kilting
of Detective Frank Raymond and
wounding Williams himself.
When Tracy renewed his flight
bloodhounds again were put on his
track, but the crafty outlaw had pro
vided himself with red pepper, and
this he strewed over the ground as
he passed, with the result, that the
dogs had their noses filled with pep
per and were thrown off the scent,
until Tracy had. time to get to water,
where he obliterated his trail effec
tually.
Cudihee took up the hunt when he
learned of the disastrous defeat of his
deputies, and promptly with the return
of the Sheriff. Gov. Mcßride of Wash
ington ordered out the Washington
National Guard and set 200 soldiers
on the chase in addition to the numer
ous bands of county and state officers
who already were hot on the murder
er's heels.
The story of the pursuit of the out
law after this is a long and exciting
one, only a few incidents can be giv
en here. Tracy was run to earth on
July 10 in a thicket near Covington
on Green river, but when the pursuers
were sure they had him he burst
through the lines, and after two in
terchanges of shots slipped away, leav
ing one wounded deputy behind him.
The trail then was lost for two
days, and when picked up called for
another outing for the bloodhounds
and Indian trackers, but with the
same results. Then Tracy was lost
for four days, till an old-time criminal
seeking a share in the reward in
formed the sheriff's officers that Tracy
had submitted to a surgical operation
performed by one of his companions
with a razor, but the nature of the
wound that was so treated was not
known. There was a long break in
the hunt thereafter, and it was but a
few days ago that he was heard from
moving toward, the point in eastern
Washington where he was run down.
Tracy's real name, or at least the
name of his father, is said to have
been Garr. As a boy of 12 years in
1890 he was arrested in Dillon, Mon.,
where he spent his boyhood for steal
ing a keg of beer, and his record ever
since has been criminal. In 1897 he
appeared in Cache county, Utah, in
company with a robber named Dave
Lant, and the two together commit
ted many thefts, the burglary of a
store in Cache county finally causing
the arrest of both and their conviction
and sentence to the Utah penitentiary
for terms of eight years.
Tracy escaped by taking a revolver
away from a guard and marching the
guard, out of the lines of the prison
work before he released him. He next
was connected with two notorious
bands of young robbers in Colorado.
In a fight between officers and the
Robbers Roost gang, headed by
George Curry. Tracy and a companion
shot and killed a deputy sheriff named
Valentine Day, but both were wounded
and their capture followed.
They were taken to Aspen. Cal.,
and. placed in jail, but in a few days
overpowered the jailor and regained
their freedom. That was in June,
1897. and for the next two years Tracy
kept out of jail, though wanted in sev
eral states.
His conviction to the Salem peniten
tiary was obtained in April.. 1899, for
robberies committed in Portland in
February of the same year. When
he began his sentence of 20 years in
Salem prison he was registered as 25
years of age. Tracy was a powerful
man, though of ratlier slight build.
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A Pretty Iletl Cover.
A very pretty bed cover may be
made out of heavy butcher's linen, in
white, of course, and neatly hem
stitched into a two-inch hem, then em
broidered in daisies at frrtervals. If
time is an object or one is not expert
in embroidering a rich effect may be
hadi by using a sewing machine and
outlining some pretty designs with
one of the heavy white braids.
Cleaning; Uinta.
Mother of pearl may be cleaned by
washing with whiting and cold water.
Never use soap or soda.
If door or window screens move
with difficulty rub their edges well
with hard soap.
Insect specks may be removed from
gilded picture frames by dipping a
small camel's hair brush in alcohol
and applying it to the spot.
To remove tar put soft grease on
the spot, rub it thoroughly with the
hands and wash off both the grease
and tar with warm salt water.
A Cover for tbo Piano.
Covers of Oriental weave come for
the backs of upright pianos, but they
are by no means inexpensive. An ex
perimenting housekeeper who wished,
but could not afford, one of these
bought as a substitute and at much
less cost one Japanese portiere. This
was too long and too narrow, but a
piece taken from the bottom was fitted
at the side, andi a second piece was
added at the top to go over the lid
of the piano. A pattern in shades of
gold in a striped effect was chosen
which lent itself readily to the piec
ing scheme, and the new cover is ex
tremely effective.—New York Post.
For Ironing Dnj*.
Try making your ironholder this
way it you don't want your hand" to
got dry and heated on ironing day.
Cut from the upper part ot an old boot
a piece of leather the size you wish
the holder to be. Cut a piece of brown
paper and two pieces of flannel or
cloth the same size, says Home Chat.
Then cover the holder in the ordinary
way, except that on the top two thick
nesses of material should be put in
stead of one. Sow all round the edge;
then slit the top upper covering across
the centre, and bind the edge of the
slit. Tills forms a pocket on each side,
into which one's thumb and fingers
are Slipped. *
To Hi<lo I lie Mantel Piece.
The old-fashioned white marble
mantel-piece is now considered so ob
jectionable and so out of keeping with
modern furnishings that many novel
expedients for alteration are being
tried where the expense of a new
mantel is not desired. One is to plas
ter it all over and finish in a Vene*
tian red where this will harmioniza
with the woodwork. When very care
fully done this may be ruled off to
imitate bricks or titles. Another is
to coat it over with plaster of paris
and then color it to harmonize with
the woodwork of the room. The best
scheme of all, however, is to have a
wooden cover built to fit right over
the mantel, with bookshelves down
each side of a fire-place and a shelf
to cover the marble mantel shelf.
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Mixed Mustard for Cold Meats—
Cream two level teatfioonfuls of but
ter and one tablespoonful of sugar;
adld two tablespoonfuls of mustard
mixed with one tablespoonful of salt;
beat one egg until thick and beat it
into the creamed mixture; heat half n
cup of vinegar, and when boiling add
it to the mixture; stand the bowl
over boiling water and stir until it
thickens a little.
Cocoanut Biscuit —Grate a cocoanut
and let it dry on paper before a fire;
beat to a stiff froth the whites of two
eggs, add to them five ounces pounded
loaf sugar, six ounces of the grated
cocoanut and one ounce corn flour;
beat all well together, and if found
to be too moist add a teaopoonl'ul
more corn flour. Drop the mixture in
spoonfuls on a sheet of buttered pa
per; bake in a slow oven.
Curried Tomatoes—Wash one cup
of rice in several waters; add one tea
spoonful of curry powder to one quart
can of tomatoes, and season with salt
and pepper; put. a layer of tomatoes
in the bottom of a baking dish, then
put in a layer of uncooked rice, -then
a layer of tomatoes and continue until
all is used, having the last layer of
tomatoes; sprinkle the top with bread
crumbs moistened in a little melted
butter; bake in a moderate oven one
hour; serve in the dish in which it is
baked.
Cream of Cheese Soup—This soup
may bo made with all milk, but is j
nicer if part white stock be used. In ;
the latter instance put a pint of milk I
and pint of stock in double boiler, with
a large slice or half of a small onion.
When at scalding point remove the oq
lon and thicken the milk with two
level tablespoonfuls of butter and two
of flour rubbed together to a smooth
paste. Season to taste with salt and
pepper and then stir in two-thirds of 1
a cup of grated or finely chopped soft i
cheese and an egg beaten light. Serve
as soon as these are put
Athletic Training for Soldiers.
PEARLS OF THOUCHT.
Patience is a necessary ingredient
of genius.—Disraeli.
Aspiration sees only one side of ev
ery question; possession many.—Low
ell.
Do what you can. give what you
have. Only stop not with feelings;
carry your charity into deeds. Do and
give what costs you something.—J. H.
Thorn.
By rooting out our selfish desires,
even when they appear to touch no one
but ourselves, we are preparing a
chamber of the soul where the divine
presence may dwell.—Ellen Watson.
No nran can learn what he has not
preparation for learning. Our eyes are
fcolden that we cannot see things that
stare us in the face until the hour ar
rives when the mind is ripened.—
Emerson.
Think of yourself, therefore, nobly,
and! you will live nobly. You will
realize on earth that type of charac
ter and faith which is the highest ideal
alike of philosopher and hero and
saint.—Charles W. Wendte.
To him who has an eye to see, there
can be no fairer spectacle than that
of a man who combines the possession
of moral beauty in his soul with out
ward beauty of form, corresponding
and harmonizing with the former be
cause the same great pattern enters
into both.—Plato.
Progress is without doubt the law
of the individual, of nations, of the
whole human species. To grow to
wards perfection, to exist in some sort
in a higher degree, this is the task
which God has imposed on man, this
is the continuation of God's own work,
the completion of creation. —Deino-
geot.
ALL ABOUT BUTTONS.
Their History Traced from Time When
Wooden Molds Were tT*>d.
The original button was wholly a
product of needlework, but was soon,
improved by the use of a wooden mold,
over which a cloth covering was sew
ed. From this it was only a step to
the brass button, which was introduced
by a hardware manufacturer in Bir
mingham in 1689. It took 200 years
to improve on the method of sewing
the cloth on the covered button; then
an ingenious Dane invented the de
vice of making the button in two parts
and clamping them together with the
cloth between.
In 1750 one Caspar Wistar set up 'lie
manufacture of brass buttons in Phil
adelphia, and soon afterward lleinry
Witeman began malting them in New
York. The buttons of George Wash
ington and most of the continental
army were made in France. Connecti
cut presently came to the front and
began making buttons of pewter and
tin at Waterbury, the present center
of the button industry.
Buttons are now made of almost ev
erything fromseaweed. and cattle hoofs
to mother-of-pearl and vegetable
ivory. Excellent buttons are made
from potatoes, which, treated chem
ically, become as hard as ivory.
I.arge buttons factories make their
entire product from various mixtures
of gutta percha, skim milk and blood;
others from celluloid and horn. The
patent office has issued 1355 patents
for making buttons.
The most important branch of the
button industry in the United States
is the making of pearl buttons, the
material being obtained from shells
gathered along the Mississippi river.
The industry has practically grown
up within the last ten years, and its
introduction is due entirely to J. F.
Boepple of Muscatine, lowa, a native
of Germany, who had learned the
trade abroad.
He saw that millions of dollars were
going to waste in the shells known as
"niggerhead#," of which tons
were piled up on the banks
of the river. Thousands of people
are now employed in turning these
shells into buttons, the little plants
being found all the way from Minne
sota to Missouri. Muscatine is still the
groat headquarters of the industry.
It has forty factories. The value of
the shells has risen from 50 cents to
S3O a hundredweight. And yet Amer
ican buttonmaking is in its infancy,
'tis said. —Relioboth Sunday Herald.
Hone Willi a TaMo for News.
A horse feeding complacently on a
diet of old papers was a sight seen at
Eleventh and Grand avenue. A
stonecutter drove a horse up to the
Star office and left it standing in
front of one of the city's garbage
cans. The horse had a well-groomed
appearance. No ribs were visible or
would its appearance have attracted
the attention of the humane agint.
The animal moved up to the garbage
can and began nosing its contents.
The can was filled to the top with
papers. There were newspapers,
wrapping paper and paper of various
other kinds. The horse began nib
bling on a piece of old gray wrapping
paper. It appeared to be palatable.
A bite followed the nibble and soou
the horse wtiu eating the paper as
voraciously as an Angora goat. A
newspaper followed the wrapping pa
per. The horse appeared to relish the
different pieces of news. When the
owner finally appeared the old roan
was just pulling from the bottom of
the can a luncheon paper with a pink
string. The driver did not seem to
mind or notice the purloined meal of
the horse, for he drove down the
street with the horse chewing the pa
per. The horse appeared to relish the
breeze.—Kansas City Star.
Oiti'e Trim.
It is we!! enough to take things as
they come, but there are a good many
of them that you might just as well
pass on. —Puck,