J THE IAIR VOLUMINOUS SKIRTS. As the season advances the skirts "Of milndy become fuller and fuller. This the great creators of feminine fashions across the water have deter mined upon, and on this side the gowns of the fashionables already show the result of their decision. The voluminous innovation Is partic ularly noticeable in the evening gowns. Chiffons and mousseline de sole were never successful while scantiness was the vogue, and in soft fabrics the ful ness is and ever was pretty. To the slight figure the fall skirt is always be coming, and even in street costumes the finest and most supple cloth is gathered and pleated across the hips. LEAVES IN THE nAIR. It Is eminently correct to wear leaves in one's hair, and apparently many women are forsaking their tiaras and crowns for simple green leaves. At the debutante dances of December these small cliaplets were extremely popular, and Mrs. John Jacob Astor has been seen with her brown hair clasped by white leaves, tipped with brilliants. The Jewelers who follow closoly the approval of the fnshionnble women are manufacturing silver and enameled Iqaves, but the simpler silk bits of trimming are In better taste. Flowers are not worn in the halt- this winter, although the holiday season brought forth the use of holly, and, with some women, sprigs of mistletoe. Begonlans are enjoying popularity this year and some headdresses are made gay with these waxy flowers. Pink, however, is not used this year and be gonial suffer in consequence.—New York Presi. THE MAKING OF WOMAN. Tv. ashtri, the god Vulcan of the Hin doo mythology, created the world. But on Ills commencing to make woman he discovered that witli man he had exhausted all his creative materials, and that not one solid element had been left. This, of course, greatly per plexed Twashtrl, and caused him to fall in a profound meditation. When he arose from it he proceeded as fol lows: He took The roundness of the moon. The undulating curves of the serpent, The graceful twist of the creeping plant, The light shivering of the grass A! blade and the slenderness of the wfi- Hlow, The velvety softness of the flowers. The lightness of the feather, The gentle gaze of the doe. The frollcsomeness of the dancing Sunbeam, The tears of the cloud, The inconstancy of the wind, Tho tlmldness of the hare, The vanity of the peacotk, The hardness of the diamond, The sweetness of honey, The cruelty of the tiger. The boldness of the lion. The glance of the sun. The beat of the fire, The chill of the snow, The cackling of the parrot, The cooing of the turtle dove. All these he mixed together and formed woman. Then he presented her to the man. + THE GIRL WHO IS LOVED. A woman cannot be said to be truly attractive or popular unless she is loved and admired by the members of her own sex, as well as the opposite. She must be welcomed by all, old and young, male and female, or she enn not be called nn attractive woman without reservation. She must bo herself, her best self, at all times and with all people; she must think and act for herself and express her own opinions, rather than try to copy some person she may admire or who Is admired by the lords of crea tion. Individuality, when combined with polite manner and tact, is always attractive. A woman's happy, infec tious laugh Is better than medicine or advice, and her cheery presence is as welcome as the sunshine. A girl to be truly popular never says mean things about other girls thinking that the men will like her better, and she doesn't try to monopolize the at tentions of all the men at once, but Is willing to let other girls have their share of admiration and attention along with her. She doesn't mope and retreat within herself if there are no men about to admire her, but she cheerfully sets about making the best of matters without them and making such companions as she has happier and brighter for her presence. If she hSs a grievance she keeps It to herself, for a woman with a griev ance is very soor voted a bore. The weeping, fainting, sad-eyed young woman is very much out of stylo now adays, not only In novels, but in real life, and the healthy, happy, independ ent, cheerful and sunny girl has to tally* eclipsed her in popularity.— Alherlcan Queen. S " HER UNIQUE SCHEME. An enterprising young woman, who had had one year's study in Paris and most earnestly desired another, hit upon a unique scheme to secure the wherewithal for It. She rented a room In one of the great office buildings whose tenants at noontime are counted by the huudreds. She paid $25 month- ly for this room—one of the top floor offices, having a large window. She bought half a dozen little, round, un varnished tables with painted legs and covered the tops with the soft, bend able matting that comes round tea chests and any large dealer is glad to give away. With excelsior and denim and two long wooden shoe boxes, which cost at a shoe store twenty-flve cents each, and some gilt-headed tacks, she made two divan-like affairs whose excelsior-stuffed lids could be raised to store innumerable things out of sight. Then with fans, at one and three cents npiece, and crepe paper and tea chest matting she covered the walls; the curtains were of Japanese paper, and little penny paper umbrel las wero stuck here and there about the room. Japanese paper napkins, plates and cups and saucers and a three-burner gas stove l>olilnd a screen completed the outfit. Then the enter prising young woman announced that she and, her "tea room" were ready for business. She served tea, coffee and cocoa "and all sorts of cold sandwiches. Soon she had to double and triple the number of her tables and her dishes, and almost every man and woman in the building was her customer. Be sides the rent, her initial outlay was only sl2, and before the first month was over she had covered all the ex penses for that four weeks and laid by the rent for the second. She modelled the "tea room" on one she had seen while a student in Paris, and after a busy winter here she had made enough to go back to that city for her coveted second year of study.—New York Tri bune. WOMEN OF GENIUS. The history of learned ladles, with that of their works, is a subject which awaits the historian. There have been learned ladies in many ages; one would like to compare their learning with that of the scholars, their contempor aries. Here arc a few—are their names familiar, and how many of our renders would pass an examination In their works—Hrotsvllha, the tentli century Terence; Teresa of Spain, Anne Maria Schurmaun, Antoinette Bourignon of Flanders, La Mere .Tennnue, Junna Inez de la Cruz—what about all these Illustrious dames? Antoinette Bourignon indited twenty volumes with her own fair Angers; Anne Maria Schurmann wrote a philo sophical treatise proving that the fe male mind Is as capable of learning anil of science as that of the other sex. In these days who would tnke the trouble either to write or to read such a treatise? She fell into mystic ism in her old age and had a strange passion for eating spiders, but every thing must be permitted to genius. Then there was Junna Inez de la Cruz. She interests one strangely, because she was a Mexican, and one lias never before or since heard of any genius or learning coming from the quarter between California and Texas and the Tcrre del Fuego; it is a good, large tract of country, with a good many people, among whom there seems to be neither learning, nor science, nor art, nor genius. However, Junna showed the way. While still quite young she disputed with the scholars of Mexico on equal terms. She wrote poems in several quarto volumes. The critics seem agreed that the lady's verses are conspicuous for elegance, but are deficient in energy. As for La Mere Jeanne, she was a Venetian and not a poet, but the au thor of a new system, which she her self—no one knew the fact so well as herself—declared to be Inspired. In tills system she assigned the dominion of the world to woman iustend of man. —New York News. (56X$?Talks About Wm^nankina^ Women workers are Invading every lino of employment. The census of 1000 makes returns for 303 separate occupations, and in only eight of these do women workers fail to appear. No one will be surprised that there ore no women among the soldiers, sail ors and marines of the United States Government, yet there are 153 women employed as "boatmen" and sailors. Women have not Invaded the ranks of the city fire department, still not less than 870 women are returned in the same general class of "watchmen, policemen and detectives." Women have not taken up the em ployment of telegraph and telephone "linemen," yet 22,556 of them are op erators for these companies. There are no women apprentices and helpers among the roofers and slaters, yet two women are returned as en gaged in these employments. There are 126 women plumbers, 45 plasterers, 167 bricklayers and stone masons, 241 paper li ngers, 1750 paint ers and glaziers and 545 women car penters and joiners. No women are returned as helpers to steam boilermakors, but eight women work at this industry as full mechanics. There are 103 women blacksmiths, 571 machinists, 3370 women workers in iron and steel, 800 in brass and 1T75 women workers in tin. Among unusual employments for women are 100 workers as "lumbermen and raftsmen," 113 woodchoppers, 373 sawmill employes, 004 "draymen" and teamsters, 232 undertakers, 143 stone cutters, 63 "quarrymen," 05 white washers, 11 well borers and 177 sta tionary engineers and firemen. Women are largely employed in the fish-curing business at Great Y'armoutli and a great proportion of them come from Scotland. It has been computed that of 00,000 Scots who are engaged in the fishing industry, about a quarter are women who spend some part of their time In the curing of fish. FISH CAKES. "Wash a small piece of salt codfish, pick It under water, until there Is half a cupful, peel and cut In Inch pieces one cupful of potatoes; put these In a stow pan and cook until potatoes are tender, then pour off the water and mash thoroughly, ndd pepper and salt to season, beat well with a fork, add one teaspoon of butter and when cooled n little add one egg beaten until light; fry In smoking hot deep fat or form into cakes and fry In the frying pan. PEACn TAPIOCA. Soak n third of a cupful of tapioca over night In a cupful of water. In the morning drain It and cook It In a quart of water, until it is clear. Then take It from the fire and season It with lemon Juice, sugar and salt to taste. Have ready nine or ten peaches that have boen stewed until they are ten der. Plnce tliem In the bottom of a baking dish and mix the Juice that comes from tbem with the tapioca. Turn the tapiocn over the peaches; plnce in a moderate oven and bake ten minutes. SOUFFLE POTATOES. Peel the potntoes; cut the sides square, and trim off the corners, so as to give all oval shape. With one even cut slice thein one-eighth of an Inch thick the length of the potato; they must be all the same shape and size. Soak them In cold water for half an hour; dry them on a unpkln, and fry them In fat which is only moderately hot until they are soft, but not colored. Remove and place them on a sieve to drain nnd cool. Then Immerse them in hot fat, when they will puff into balls. Toss the basket nnd remove any that do not puff. Sprinkle with salt, and serve them on a napkin or ns a garnish. . Holland potatoes best suit this purpose; It Is Impossible to get the same result with most of the other varieties. TEA ROLLS. One quart of warm milk, one heaping tablespoonful of lard, salt, one table spoonful of sugar; have the milk warm enough to melt the lard, then let It get lukewarm, and add three-quarters of a cake of compressed yeast, dis solved In a little water; stir In flour enough to mnKo a stiff dough, as for bread. Let It raise until light, cut it down nnd ndd two eggs, one-half cup of butter, one tablespoonful of sugar and one-quarter tenspoonful of snlcrn tus; work all Into the dough thoroughly with tho hands, add flour enough to nmko a smooth dough; let it raise until light, and roll out to one-linlf Inch thickness, cut out with a biscuit cutter and butter one-half, lap over and put Into tins; let them raise until light, and bake in a quick oven. Mii|l]OUSE^ HOLD gP IIINTS Blnelt calico will look like new if rinsed in very strong bluing water. Turpentine mixed with tho stove polish gives an added lustre to the stove. Try cleaning the smudged face of a bisque doll with a soft llunnel moist cued In butter. If damp tea leaves are scattered on a carpet and It Is swept tbey will give It a fresh, clean look. Clear boiling water will remove tea stains. Pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent It spreading over the fabric. New tin dishes are apt to give a dis agreeable taste to everything placed lu tliera unless water and ammonia are first boiled In tbem. The breakage of lamp chimneys by the wick being trimmed too high may be avoided by scratching tho base of the glass with a glazier's diamond. To avoid unplensaut odors from the sink keep a gallon of water In which n pound of copperas has been boiled on hand and at intervals clean with this. To remove the marks made by matches, the scratches should first be rubbed with a slice of lemon, and theu whiting used, and afterwards washed with soap aud water. To eleun greasy dishes and pots and pans n teuspoonful of kerosene should he placed la a small panful of luke warm water. The utensils should then be thoroughly Bcalded. Pearls must never he allowed to get damp, or they will rot; always clean them with a piece of line cambric, piamonds, however, should he scalded with hot water aud then thoroughly dried. Soups nnd gravies are richer and better if the meat and vegetables are put into the saucepan first with a little butter, and allowed to cook slowly for nearly half an hour before adding the water. Do those who use ammonia on their plants remember that ammonia is a stimulant, not a food? While It is useful to force iflants into bloom and growth, after the soil Is exhausted, a fertilizer must be applied or the plant Villi use up Its own vitality lu bloom. ; CASH IN ADVANCE. Country Weeklies Are a. Much Entitled to It us Magazines. 'A eurioua thing that comes very forcibly to our notice is the fact that people never question the requirements of publishers of most magazines or newspapers that subscriptions must be paid in advance, while with the local or country paper the great majority seldom pay in advance. And yet, the country or local, paper is far more in need of the money than are the great dailies nnd magazines. The latter have capital back of them, while the country paper usually has to struggle to get enough to carry on its business. We wonder if there are any of our sub scribers to whom it would make any particular difference if tlicy paid their subscription in advance. It would only be a small amount to each subscriber, but to the publisher it means the loss of the use of the total subscriptions of all subscribers and much time In col lecting. In the case of the Independ ent it amounts to many hundred dol lars. Dear readers, would it not be a good idea for each of you who are in the habit of waiting a year or more before paying for your pnper to put in practice the golden rule, so often quoted but seldom practiced, of doing as you would be done by, nnd send in your year's subscription? We think, and the testimony of many is, that we are furnishing you an excellent paper. There is no other pountry paper thnt excels the Independent. Do you not think you ought to treat us ns well as you do the publishers of the maga zines? We are offering you extraordi nary inducements in our special club bing rates for you to pay up, but if you do not want any of the publica tions wo hope you will kindly consider the justice of our statement nnd remit your subscription for one year.—Ham burg (N. Y.) Independent. WISE WORDS. We wish for more in life rather than more of it.—Jean Ingelow. He serves his party best who serves his country best.—Hayes. Oblivion is the rule and fame the ex ception of humanity.—Rivarol. The end of a dissolute life is com monly a desperate death.—Blon. There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.—Cicero. They that stand high have many blasts to shake them. —Shakespeare. Suffering is the surest means of mak ing us truthful to ourselves.—Sismondi. He hath a poor spirit who is not planted above petty wrongs.—Feltham. I know no method to secure the re peal of bad or obnoxious laws so ef fectual as their strict construction.— Grant. Truly, there is a tide in the affairs of men, but there Is no gulf stream, setting forever in one direction.— Lowell. If one easily pnrdons and remits of fenses it shows that his mind is plant ed above injuries, so that he cannot be reached.—Bacon. Man's happiness consists in present pence, even in the midst of the grentest trials, and In more than hope 4 of a glorious future.—Charles G. Gordon. We ought to do our neighbor all the good we can. If you do good, good will be done to you; but if you do evil, the same will be measured back to you again.—Pilpay. We should always have in our heads one free and open corner, where we can give place, or lodging, as they pass, to the ideas of our friends. It really becomes unbearable to converse with men whose brains are divided up into well-filled pigeon-holes whereinto noth ing can enter from the outside. Let us have hospitable hearts and minds.— Joubert. The Feats of Chicken Fanciers* The American Standard of Perfec tion, as drafted and copyrighted by the American Poultry Association, con tains the names of 110 varieties of fowls, 115 of which are due to the de velopment of man. God made only one—a'homely, wild thing, which made its home in the jungle along with the rest of primeval creation. By intelli gent breeding fanciers have produced fowls of all sizes, from the diminutive bautam to the mammoth brouze tur key; one a tiny bit of feathered vanity, weighing only a few ounces, and the other a bulky fowl weighing from forty to sixty pounds—as much ns a half-grown boy. Results equally won derful have been accomplished in color effects. There are varieties iu red, black, brown nnd white, with nearly all possible combinations, beside buff aud Andalusian blue. The fanciers have shown that they can lace, stripe, spangle or bar the feathers of their birds iu any way to satisfy their indi vidual fancy. In fact, about all they have left undone is to put their iuitials on the feathers of their birds.—Leslie's Monthly. The Badger aa a Fireman. A badger, which had made its home among the granite cliffs, dealt wltli the fire god with sagacity and skill, says Nature. A friend, while painting a sea piece discovered a badger's lair, nnd thought lo play the animal a prac tical joke. Gathering together a bun dle of grass nnd weeds he placed it in side the mouth of the hole, and igniting it -with a match waited for the igno minious flight of the astonished house holder. But Master Badger was a re sourceful animal, and not disposed to be made a butt of practical jokers. lie came up from the depths of his hole as soon as the penetrating smoke told him thnt there was a tire on the prem ises and deliberately scratched on the j burning grass with his strong claws | until all danger was past. No human I being could have grasped the situation I more quickly, or displayed greater skill j In dealing with an unfamiliar event. [ CATARRH THIRTY YEARS. jj ' CONGRESSMAN MEKKIBON OF jj S .V.VW.V.V.VAV.V.W.W. VA'.VAV.V.W.V.W.V.VAV. 5 Hon. David Meekison is well known, not only in his own State, but throughout America. He began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of the town in which he lives, during which time he became widely known as the founder of the Meekison Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty fifth Congress bv a very large majority, and is the acknowledged leader of his party in his section of the State. Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete success of this rising statesman. Catarrh, with its insidious approach and tenacious grasp, was his only unconquered foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccessful warfare against this personal enemy. At last Peruna came to the rescue, aud he dictated the following letter to Dr. Hart man as the result: ■■ "I have used several bottles of Peruna and 1 /eel greatly bene- ■ JJb fltcd thereby /rotn my catarrh of the head. 1 feel encouraged to be- " B ■J lieve that if 1 use it a short time longer Iwill be fully able to crad *■ icate the disease of thirty years' standing—David Meekison. < 3j Member of (ongress. J S/AWf.'.VV.W.V.V.VWAV.WAW.V/AW.V.V.V.V.V.VV riUIE season of catching cold is upon us. _L The cough and the sneeze and the naeal twang-are to be heard on every hand. The origin of chronic catarrh, the most common and dreadful of diseases, is a cold. This is the way the chronic catarrh gen erally begins. A person catches cold, which hangs on longer than usual. The cold generally starts in the head and throat. Then follows sensitiveness of the air passages which incline one to catch cold very easily. At last the person has a cold all the while seemingly, more or less discharge from the nose, hawking, spitting, freqnent clearing of the throat, nostrils up, full feeling in tlie head, and sore, inflamed throat. The best time to treat catarrh is at the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna, properly used, never fails to cure a com- ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR A [Hamlins ... 1 WIZA&S, RHEUMATIC PAIN SORENESS. SWELLING CAUSE? WHATEVER Genuine stamped C CC. Never sold In bulk. 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In the tuatara it Is the left eye that still remains, but In the lamprey it Is the right one. mon cold, thus preventing chronic catarrh. While many people have been cured of chronic catarrh by a single bottle of Pe ru na, yet, us a rule, when the catarrh becomes thoroughly fixed more than one bottle is necessary to complete a cure. Peruna has cured cases innumerable of catarrh of twenty years' standing. It is the best, if not the only internal remedy for chronic catarrh in existence. Put prevention is far better than cure. Every person subject to catching cold should take Peruna at once at the slightest symptom of cold or sore throat at this season of the year and thus prevent what is almost certain to end in chronic ca tarrh. Send for free book on catarrh, entitled "Winter Catarrh," by Dr. Ilartman. "Health and lleauty" sent free to women only. 1 FREE PE-RU-NA ALMANAC EL PQRVENIR PLANTATION CO. 603-4 TIMES BUILDING. PITTSBURG, PA. 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