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The Chronicle
WILKESBOIIO. N. C
The Chicago Herald emits ft growl brer
the discovery that of the books taken out
of the public 'library by public school
teachers for themselves and their pupils,
nearly ope hundred per cent, consist of
the trashiest and .most rancid sort of
fiction. - : .
The number of men" in the field in tho;
late South American war -would not have
made a small army corps, and the losses
were scarcely more than the killed in a
lively skirmish during the" faivil j War.
They had one great advantage, however,
remarks the Detroit tree Press.
They:
had one general for every forty soldiers.
According to the Detroit Free Press, a
New York chemist is out with the good
news that beef at eight cento ; a pound is
just as nutritious as beef at twenty cents.
It is harden to masticate, and there is
is harder to masticate,
more danger of being choked to death,
but after it is once in the stomach it is
all right and begins to put fat on the
ribs. . , "' - I
"At a recent pharmaceutical conference
in England it was stated, that the patent
medicines have . paid to the British Gov
ernment, so far, in 1890, the enormous
sum of $1,110,000 in the shape of dufics
and it is estimated that before the end of
the year-$7,500,000 will have been ex
pended ,by the owners V of the nostrums.
41 And yet," comments the New Orleans
'TimesDemoeraty Englishmen jeer at
Americans' for their use of patent medi-
cines.
'The Prairie farmer believes that 'few
people who live at a distance from the
great lakes have an adequate conception!
of the magnitude of lake commerce. It.
will surprise them, perhaps, to learn that
during 234 days of navigation last year
tonnage passed, through the Detroit River
to the amount of i0,000,000. tons more
than the entries and clearances of all the
: seaports in the United States, and 3,000,
000 tops more than the combined foreign
and. coastwise shipping of Liverpool and
London." :" ' :. f' j-'
A leading iron journal states that im-
provements in the new
ing young men to the
navy
are bring-
front in all de-!
partments, not the least of which is
steam engineering. In the modern ships,
in addition to the great triple expansion
main engines, with all their complicated
parts, there are dynamos, (blowers, steam
steerers ' -and auxiliary engines of all
kinds and sizes, scattered in widely sep
arated parts of the vessel, iind with the
-J small number of engineers carried,; a
large and intelligent force of machinists
is a pressing necessity.
A significant fact in
the history of in
ventions is that many of the most valu
able devices now in use have been the
work of mechanics: There is a growing
tendency on thepart of employers to en
courage their workmen in this line. One
of the mechanics of the Pennsylvania
lines is " working on a device by which
coal will be fed to the fire-box of a loco
motive in tho same manner that a base
burner is fed. It is claimed that if the
device is perfected it will greatly in
crease the heat in the fire-box, as no cold
air will rmh in, as in the case when the
door to the fire-box is opened to throw in
coal. ; ' ; .
: ProfeS3or William D. Marks, Super
vising Engineer of he Edison Electric
Light Company, of Philadelphia, an elec
trical expert, says he is willing to stake
his reputation as an electrical engineer
on his , ability to construct an electric
motor that could take a train of cars
from Philadelphia to New York in thirty
six minutes. The Professor might have
made it even thirty -five minutes, ob
serves the Jnew York World , . but as he
has placed his reputation at stake in the
matter, he may wish to be . entirely on
the safe side. One hundred and fifty
miles an hour Js the ',. speed ' Professor
Marks's motor would have; to make.
" Says the San Francisco Chronicle,
Matches are a great modern convenience
TNt they bring many evils in their train
It is estimated that at least twentv tier
cent, of the fires in largo cities may be
traced to their use. A recent report ol
the Fire Marshal of Boston discusses ;
the subject at great' length and seriousl;
recommends? legislation s to compel this
adoption of safety matches which "wiU
only? ignite under ; certain i conditions !
The losses entailed ae great enough t
be appalling, but vy few persons, eve i
when they are full aware of the dangeis
of a cheap matchj' will take the tronble
. to insure'themselves by .buying the bel
ter but dearer article. - r
Tat; Fiaii AiAwts4um uitr.
First TrampHcUo! What makes you
S econd Tramp The result of a fire.
A. UlvJS - ,
MV
GOOD STEED, TROT
t . .
(Where rpy true lore abideth
I makfc my way to-night
Xo, waiting, she
j.Espiethme
; And cklleth in deligat: '
1 . "I see his steed a-near j . :,
J ' Con ie trotting with my dear
ie Oh, ic Ie not, Rood steed, but trot"
1. Tro ; thou my lover here F .
Aloose cast the bridle ; j .
i And ply the whip and spur,. ;
I And gayly I
Speed this reply
' : While faring on to her;
i . "Oh, true love, fear thon not
. I s ek our trysting spot .
And di mble feed be yours, my steed,
If you more swiftly trotf
1 1 vault
from out the saddle
And make my good steed fast
. .Then to my breast
Mr love is pressed j
f At list, true heart! at last! .
j " Tlie garden drowsing lis, i i
I . Tne stars fold down their eyes !
In thi s dear spot, my steed, neigh noV
N yr stamp in restless wise! "' !
' - i i J . . ' i
Oh, p issing sweet communion
, Of ; rouDg hearts, warm and true.'
Tjo thee belongs : I :
- The old, old. songs : i .
' Love finds forever new! 7
1 Wo sing those songs, and then-
i
Cometh the; moment when-
It's 'Good steed, trot from this dear spot-
Trot, trot me home again f
Eugene Field, in the Chicago News.
THE BIG CHEESE.
BY ESTHER SERLE KEJOTETH.
The Saltons were as poor as people
could be, and live comfortably and re
spectably. Mr3.j Salton said it was owing
ey got along at all wages were
, and market prices so high ; while
alton declared that their cosiness
tirely thejresult of his wife's good
management. They were very united
In their affections, and they had; three
good children, j f " '
Bi t, to Mrs., Saltan's regret, they were
all tnys. She would have liked a daugh
ter t ) grow up j in the house, and assist
her. f So pressed was she sometimes for
a lit le maid to sew up a seam; or wash
the lishe3,' that she told Joe Sheppard,
the iverseer of the podrhouse, that he
mig it send her an orphan girl, if he had
a b: ight and docile onej and she would
try
her, and
eighteen.
perhaps keep her till she
wasi
I Well now! Mrs. Salton, I reckon Tea.
lucky enough to have just what you
wait," said Joe Sheppard. "It's Sophy
She s above the ginerality o
rhou3e girls. Come to us because she
left with
an old grandmother, and
had to
come, oopny couia nave
led her own living, tho' she was but
slve. but she couldn t support her
grandmother so th'- overseers brought
'em both. Sophy ain't so chirk since
thfe' old lady' died, but she's a good girl,
anf .a good-mannered girl. Never has to
be! spoke to twice." . -j
Mis. Salton agreed to
take
Sophy
les. .
"I think I'll have to,' Nutlian," she
said to her husbandi VI feel lazy tai&
spring; I suppose it is'because the baby
isj cutting his teeth so hard,1 and breaks
me of my rest so."
I "There isn't a lazy bone in your body.
"Uith the fami'v, the cow, the pigs, the
hjens end the baby to take care of, you
Have too much to do; I only wish you
could have a good strong woman
J '0, nonsense! I only want a little lift
ow and then. I'm.- glad vou didn't
ink it extravagant for ma to ta-'xe Sophy.
hewilld."
Mr. Salton was a
rarmcr. uuc ne oi
A ...
d
not own a .farm. He worked for a rich
man named Arthurson, who owned ' a
yery superior farm, and kept a great deal
of help. He had to work regularly every
pay under Mr. Artuurson s orders. At
pertain seasons tf the rear, however, he
would be unemployed. He was subject
fco rheumatic fevers, j which incurred ex
pense. He had lost two children, and
he had other misfortunes which kept him
poor. But just now he wasv struggling
very hard to pay up the mortgage on his
little home. He counted every cent with
this object in view.' j He had been a lit
jtle surprised that Xiizzy, who was one
with hini in all his plans, should wish to
take another month to feed. Still, he
supposed his wife knew best; She knew
how she felt. If she needed the girl's
help she. should have it, if they did not
pay the mortgage for another year.
Sophy came just at the right time,
she was a quiet, colorless girl of thirteen
doing just as she .was bid, and she
seemed to have a knack with the baby,
so Mrs. Salton said she wade a good be
ginning. .; . j x . '.- , :
Two days after she arrived, Mr. Arthur
son came riding down to the little house
on horseback. A terrible thing had hap
pened -a dog, supposed to. be mad, had
bitten his dairyman's wife;' the husband
had gone off in great haste to get a fa
mous doctor and might not bo, back for
two days. Mr.. Arthurson 's cows had
been just driven up for milking, and
there wa3 no one to milk them. Would
Salton and his wife, who understood the
business also, come and milk them? They
might have most oi the milk;, in payment,
until the dairyman' camaback, and other
arrangements could be made.
For three nights, Mr. and Mrs. Salton"
went to the villa and milked Mr. Arthur-
son s numerous cows; and then they had
a barrel of milk.
, "What had wo better do : with it;
lazzy i" asked xiathan" Salton,
4tI,nsed to have good luck makin
cheese when T was a girl at home," said
Mrs. Salton, "I would like to make
cheese.V.-i' , ,' ' -
- This was ; finally decided upon. But
they.had no press; so Nathan contrived
one ; with part of a hogshead, with
heavy - rocks for pressure. It took
;good deal of time and trouble, but the
cheese .seemed to ba a tuccrss. It
Trot,
Nites
pod
was
th3
ear
tw
worked very nice, and was i:;;ly
any kind of good . luck? "said - Nathan,
"and will go a long way towara paying
off the mortgage ,
: All the family stood around and 'ad
mired it it was so big, and promised so
much. . Sophy led the . baby, who was
learning to walk, around it several
times. The two boys wanted it cut;
but their mother told them nothing
would be so nice as to sell it, and to pay
for their house, so that, nobody could
take their home away. They went to
bed then, and one and all dreamed of the
big cheese. H- . . , -
The next morning the children's father
said: : -: ' i - ' '
'I am going to town."
And his wife said: 'I will go with
you, and get a little stuff to make jackets
for the boys." j
"Will you take the baby!"
MNo, I will" leave him with
Sophy. I
HO 19 l Jf V VV. VIA UWl
They were delayed a little by two old
farmers coming in to look at the big
cheese, but at length they gotoff. Lizzy
started off , with an unusual sense of com
fort and security.
Sophy is a very good girl," she said.
I only wish she were brighter and bet
ter favored. I don't like a girl to be so
plain acd quiet."
"Oh, handsome is as handsome does,"
replied Nathan.
Yes, Sophy seemed a little dull, and, I
with her pale, hair, pale eyes, and her
pale cheeks, was not at all pretty; but
she washed the dishes, and coaxed the
baby into being contented, and made
hasty pudding for the boys dinner very
faithfully. She was as sober and steady
as a little old woman. . But she smiled
on . the baby, ' and nursed the ailing
chicks, and always looked out that the
cat was fed. , She seemed to have a fel
low feeling for all dependent creatures;
so one could see her 'quietness was not
moioseness. ' -
! Nothing went wrong in the little house
until afternoon. 1 Then a shaky old wagon
drove into the yard, and two dark, ill- I
kcmDt men sot out. Sophy went to the I
door, and they begged for something to I
eat. ' "While- she, hesitated, listening to
he whisper of little Hiram behind her, I
"them'8 gypsies, Sophy," one of the men I
thrust his elbow against the door. I
"Let s see what you have m here." he I
said. Vi i
Both of the men - pushed in, and the
children were forced to yield.
The former looked about them. .The
kitchen wes neat and . cool. One began
looking from the various windows ; the
other went into the buttery, where he
found a dried apple pie, which he com
menced to eat. Then tho man at the
windows looked at the children, and
they looked gravely back at him.
"I say," said he; and his listeners cer
tainly gave him all needed attention.
"Where'p th' big cheesel"
"Hold on a minute, Jim," called the
big black fellow in tho buttery. "Sure
all's clear?"
41 Yes. Therms nothing in sight."
.'There's no hurry, then. I'm bun-
gryr !
"Oh, dash the eatin!" returned the
other. But, he too, went into the but
tery to have n look about. For an in
stant the three children standing wide
cjed, in - the centre of the big kitchen,
were unobserved. '
. "Go out th side door still now,"
whispered Sophy to Hiram. "Creep
through the bushes up to Mr. Arthurson's
don't let 'em see you an bring some
one quick I"
As the boy disappeared, the men came
out of the buttery.
: "Look here, girl! Where's the big
cheese?" -
Sophy did not speak. The men began
to frown.
"None o that I Youll have to tell,
yo know," said one.
Little Sammy began to cry.
"Let th young ones alone," said the
other man. "It is in the houseof course.
Where! does this door go to? Where
does that one go?" -
"The baby's there " said ' Sophy
quickly- "He's asleepdon't disturb
him." '
The men pushed their way into a shed-
room, i bopny turned instantly, and
pulled Sammy into the other, which was
bare, sanded, and almost empty. But
there was the baby, asleep upon an old
settee, and there, upon the floor, was the
big cheese I There was little else. Mrs.
Salton had been in the habitduring the
summer, oi placing tne cmid nere, away
from the light and flies for his afternoon
nap. ' :
Catching up the baby, Sophy flung the
blanket and pillow on the cheese, and
laying toe little fellow down tm them
again, placed Sammy upon one side and
sat down on the other, hushing and talk
ing to the child, whe sat up on his strange
couch and began crying vigorously. The
men. who had been searching through
the house, came back. :' .
"Say, how," said one, "that cheese is
neither in the house or bars. Where is
it?"-: .
!lts too heavy for tb old wagon, I
b l eveanvway, said the other. t,
i f? v.Vu -.v-
apron in' wmcnsne was enveiopcu,
ri 1 ii in wuii:uv bud mi u ia v a &
spiead it over the baby's lap so that it
covered a spot where she could see tne
cheeses edge. ,
"Can't you speak, you girli now
much does it "veigh, any way t"
"The girl's a fool," said other.
Sophy ' sat closer on the ege of the
big cheese and speechlessly-dangled a
spool on a string for the baby, warning
gammy (who in his fear sat somewhat
uneasily) not to move.
"I'm bound to have it I tell youl"
exclaimed the more determined of the
men. taking her by the armJ
here." he added, shaking her,
"Look
4 'Trill
know enough! Where did Baltoa put
that cheeset" ' - i
- Sophy trembled, tut did not;stir, and
Sammy began to whimper. 1 -""
"Hold on," said the more pacific ras
cal. "Don't raise a row with the young1
ones, an 111 tell yooua better job, Jim.
That ere baby eeeln '. '. -- '
The men exch-rjtd gbr?'. Sophy
"Arthurson's irot monev.r returned
the othr.i "HeM stand by him."
' 4T6o nrach of a job.
m veil .!
Th
young
cms
Gag him. Mv woman 11 keen
him
au sale UlL we get the swag."
: Poor litfle Sophy turned white. The
spobl dropped from her nerveless hand.
She cast a glance at the window. The
blind was tightly closed. .
. "All right," she heard one say. - "Go
out and turn th horse and bring in my
ole coat., ; I'll sag thbaby int that."
As the other , obeyed, the remaining
wretch. 'picked up the spool, and ap
proached the child, apparently with tht
intention of thrusting it into his mouth.
Sophy stood up.
The next instant she had snatched the
shoe from her foot, struck the man a blow
in the face with the heel that made him
m . -
reel, and clutching the child by the belt
of its dress, sprang to the door.
"Help! .help! help!" she screamed,
piercingly.
Two burly, resolute men ran into the
yard followed by little Hiram,- Arthur
son's men; and before the evil fellow in
the house could escape, they were on him.
During the tussle of securing, him. the
other escaped on foot, leaving his team.
Heamwhile, poor frenzied Sophy ran
down the road with baby, head down
wards, but tightly, held until, at the
turnpike's end, she ran straight into the
arms of Mr. Salton and his wile, and
then fainted dead away.
. They brought her back. The poor,
weak, overwrought child had swooning
spells at night; but Mrs. Salton held her
in her arms, and could not be kind
enough to the lovely, faithful young
thing who was never lonely again. The
good couple took her into their hearts
with a warmth and completeness which
left nothing to be desired. They made
her a 'daughter in every sense j of the
word. ' i
The law disposed of the villain Jim,
so that he, nor his mate, never were seen
by the Saltons again. The horse, which
was a eood one. fell to their lot. The
pries of the big cheese, exhibited at
large .fair, brought the sum of its worth
several times over the money being re-
turned to the happy maker. This, added
to a eood amount for which the horse
was finally disposed of. paid oS the
mortgage on . the cottage; and the Sal
tons are now prosperous and happy.
Yankee Blade.
Manufacture of Rubber Goods.
England is the country where ths
mackintoshes and silk gossamers ars
manufactured. Those used in European
countries are all imported from Lon
don and Manchester. The first gos
samers were manufactured in this country
in the early seventies at Boston. They
were made in the beginning under a
patent, and the sum of $10 was then
charged for a gossamer that can now bo
bought for $1. This cheapening ia thq I
articlo is altogether due to the fact that
the patent Las expired. The English
goods sold here are the rubber and cloth
of tho finer makes. Ordinary rubb
clothing is not imported, but is entirely
the result of "American industry. The
rubber manufacturing centers of ths
United States are Massachusetts, Con
necticut, New York and New Jersey, but
Massachusetts leads them all in the im
portance of the traffic and quality of the
output. The workers in these rubber
goods are a well-paid lot of peopla.
Kubber is bought in bulk, in chunks and
barrels from Para, Brazil. Chicago
spends every year fully $ 1.000,001) fox
its rubber goods. Chicago Poxt. j
i
Cost of Banning European Steamers.'
Reliable data concerning the cost of
running the fast European steamers hava
hitherto been difficult to obtain. . Soms
statistics of ths voyage of the Normannia,
the magnificent addition to the Hamberg-
American line, have been coillected, and
as the figures apply practically to a run
of the Citv of Paris from New York" to
Livernool. ther are interesting. When
the Normannia starts on an eastward
voyage she carries nearly 3000 tons of
coal in her bunkers," and it costs about
$3.50 a ton. The stokers daily shovel
into her furnaces between 250 and 300
tons. The expenditure lor coal approxi
mates $1000 a dav. or SS00O for tho
vovage. All expenses included it may
be said that one trio of the Normanni
costs its owners not less than $23,000.
The receipts from all classes of passen
gers on a good midsummer trip are ovei
tSO.000. Usually the Normannia carries
800 tons of freight, which, at the trans
portation rate of about $10 a ton-
nmnnnti to $3000. Kew York Cow
mercial AdteriUer.
Diamond! to Be Found In America.
Maior Powell, of the Geological Sur
vey, says that diamond fields are likely
to bo developed ia the United States.
He says that diamonds of fine water hava
alreadv been, found near Atlanta, Ga.f
and in Russell County. Ky. He believes
that systematic investigation would lead
to valuable discoveries of precious stones.
Garnets, some of them worth $70 and
I amount of hundred of pounds by, the
.
Navajo Indians, and some exceptionally
fine specimens have Deea touna m , ir
mni. Omls of irreat value have been
found in Oregon. Turquois mining is
rapidly developing in Colorado. It has
been uursued with more or less success
In "Nw RTpTic.o for som.o time. ! Ths
Virginian irarnets are said to be superior
ia luster to the finest-.products of Ceylon
-Chicago Inter- Ocean. . ?
T . ' Mirrors of Wood.
In Germany wood with a mirror polish
U coming into use for ornamental pur
ncses .in place of metal. The wood u
fiist submitted to a bath of caustic alkali
for two or three days at a temperature ol
about 175 degrees Fahreaheit,' then
dipped in bvdrosulphate of calcium fox
twenty-four or thirty-nine hours, after
which a concentrated solution cf sulphur
is added. After another dip ia an ace
tate of lead solution at about 100 de
rrees. a Ehicin-r metallic surface is given
SELECT SITTINGS.
.Wyom'ag is twice as large as England.
The first steel pen traa made in 1530.
Boston Is two hundred and sixty yean
old.. - ' I--'- :' " j .
The first game of cricket was played ia
London, England, in 177i. . i
New . Haven Conn., is called the City
of Elms; Nashville, Term., the City of
Rocks. : . v 1
. At Eureka, Cal., one of the miners has
a pet sheep that follows him all through
the mine. .'' : . ' ,
It is said that some of the trees at the
base of Mount Tacoma, in Washington,
are 650 feet tail. ' . , " f
The heart of a man guillotined j in
France recently continued to beat six
minutes after the. head was severed, j
Roller skates were first patented by a
London fruiterer named Tyers in 1S23,
and his pattern had one line of wheejs.
A woman at - Hager3town, Md., has a
goose which came into her possession
when she was married, ' twenty-one years
ago. " . r t
Mrs. Sarah' Flower Adams, the author
ess of "Nearer My God to The," wasan
English woma-hl' She lived in Cambridge.
England; and died ia 1849. f
!As early as 1853 a Bristol and Exctei
broad-gauge locomotive, carrying a light
lood and turning on a falling grade, de
veloped a speed of eighty miles an hour.
Gloves with webs between the fingers
. i
are a new invention lnienaea to aia
swimmers in getting a better purchase on
the water than is given by the bare nana.
A Pennsylvania horse thief, recentlj
captured, had a memorandum of many
owners - of valuable horses, and maps
showing every road in the eastern part of
the State. . f
;The Yellow Stone National Park .-ex
tends sixty-five miles north and south
and fifty miles east and west, contains
3575 square miles, : and is upward of
600O feet above the sea level.
j Frederick Babuce of Reading, Pcnn.,
suddenly experienced a loss of .weight
from 156 to eighty-six pounds, and soon I
afterward found the cause of it to be
five lirards that had been living in his
stomach. 1
j It is estimated that if the tobacco used
in t rance during a single year were
twisted into a cord two inches in thick
ness, it would be long enough to encircle
the earth thirty times, following the line
of the equator.
I Paris, Ky.j, claims to be the largest
live turkey market ia the world, aad
thit fact is attractively set forth ia aa
advertisement of the advantages accruing
to the fortunate persons who are wise
enough not to live an where else. .
' A man owned a five-foot strip of land
in New York city and quarreled with the
owner of the adjoining property over the'
! price of it. ! ne then built two houses on
j the strip, which was a block long. The
j houses ate four stories high and but three
feet wide inside, but have deep bow win
dows which ate utilized for rooms.
Here is the "man of figures" at his
weary work again: There aie over 300,
000 people who walk about the streets of
iionaon aaiiy, and ia so aoing tuey wear
away a ton of leather particles from their
ooots and shoes. Ihis would in a year
form a leather belt six inches wide and
one-fourth of an inch thick long enough
to reach from London to New lork.
The origin of the expression "Hob-
son's choice" is given thus: Tobias Hob-
son was the first man in England to hire
out hackney horses. When a customer
came for a horse he was led into the stable
where there was a great choice, but Hob-
son ouugca mm to vase tne norse nearest
the aoor: so that everyooay was aiiKe
well served, according to ibis chance.
from whence it became a proverb, when
what ought to be your selection was forced
upon you to say, ."Hobson s choice.
. Ths Trick Trored Futile,
teacher's standing frequently de
pends more on his ability to deal with
human nature than with the intricate
problems of the text book, and this ap
plies to colleges as well as to primary
schools, says the Lew is ton Journal. A
well known professor of one of our Maine
colleges has always been dreaded more
by the incoming freshman class than any
other man on the faculty. This feeling
wears away somewhat during the last
part of the course, but there is alwajs an
awe inspired atmosphere as thick as a
Down East fog bank in this man's class
room, be it filled with quaking freshmen
or self j satisfied seniors. Jokes have,
however, been frequently tried on him,
since college boys, are very brave when
they think their tracks are well covered,
but the jokes have usually been found to
have a double back action kick, like an
old flint lock musket.
With the expectation of getting an
"adjourn" from his recitation the next
day, some scamp one night, broke into
his professor's class room and painted
every seat in the room with fresh paint.
When the class assembled the next day
the professor said very blandly: "You
can sit down, gentlemen, or stand up,
just as you please. Mr. A., will you
please demonstrate " etc
The class stood for the full hour. Its
members finding relief by standing first
on one foot and then on another.
Oa another occasion.' when
the mer-
cury,had dropped below
zero
another
attempt was made to iret an "adjourn.
The stove and every window was removed
from the recitation room, but the pro
fessox was found there at the usual hour
seated comfortably in his chair, with
overcoat, winter cap and woolen gloves
on, and without apparent discomfort to
himself conducted a recitation of an
hour's length, with heaven's breezes
wandering uninterruptedly through the
room. -
When,Eating Pish.
"When vou eat " fish "said a Aistin.
I gnished physician to rar, "don't cat a ly
thing with it. Bones are apt to slip into
the bread or the cracker or the potatoes
or anything else you take with the tsh.
NETFS AND NOTES FOH OEN.
Fringes are- much used.
Corded camel's hair is a novelty.
; Sandalwood glo re boxes have. agalfl
ippeared.
Small yellow! birds are used cn largt
black hats. i
Tufted camel's hair is likewise new
and unique. ! '
White chamois gloves are .fashionabli
lor traveling.-
Old" English and India designs art
used for silverware. .
There are five shades of canar colored
hair dye on the market.
The best dressed woman in Lenox n
Mrs. William D. Sloane.
In Alaska a girl is ready for society ai
loon as she enters lier teens.
There are, 14,465 women commercial
travelers ia the United States.
Fancifully worked crochet buttons are
the stylish buttons for autumn.
Girdle-shaped belts are of calf leather,
finished to resemble suede kid.
The Queen of England's savings, in
round numbers, are fcS,0U'J,G0t.
Blue heliotrope," brown, and red will
be the prominent colors this fall.
Very large plaids will be worn, madi
up exceedingly piain, aau uu m.
bias.
The newest eugagement present is a
gold bangle fastened, with a tiny pad
lock. Miss Jessie Langford is the only li
censed woman pilot on the northern
lakes. . .
Fainting seems' to have gone out c!
fashion as completely, as pigtails and
tuckers.
Woven camel's hair dress material ii
striped with real camel's hair ia dLrler
ent colors.
Twelve different colors app;ar ia
French Venetian with figured brocadt
trimmings. ,
Bureau drawers maybe perfumed with
good cologne sprinkled on pieces o I
pumice stone.
Even the dresses 6f toddlers "uncertain
of " locomotion., brush the ground and
raise the dust.
Handsome black soutache forms the
border and Vandykes on many imported
robes of ladies cloth.
The latest fad of New York society
women is a rivalry in securing the hand-
somest mstauc bedsteads.
Rosa Bonhtur sold "her last picture fot
S10.000, and savs she has work enough
in her mind to till two lifetimes.
The Queen of England is a great col
lector of portraits of those who have dis
tinguished themselves in her service.
A cable from London says 'fickle
fashion has decreed that women's hair
must now be the color of mahogany.
Chicago has three women members in
the Board of Education and three ia-
ipectors on the Board of Health stall.
The Queen of Italy is fond of moun
tain climbing and has just ascended Colls
I Qi aldobbra, which is tea thousand fett
un;u.
Several women of the English nobility,
who adopted the divided skirt as a fad,
have discontinued" the use of the gar
ment. -
The most elegant robes have outlined
sleeves almost covered with the braid in
embroidery designs which ornament the
skirt.
Mme. Blavatsky has started a club
for working women in London. One
I gentleman gave her 3003
for the pcr-
I pose
At the English seaside resorts the fash
ionable women are carrying Spanish sun
shades, yellow silk or satin, covered -with
blick lace.
Hearts, stars, half moons.
anchors.
foils and clovers are a few of the designs
in white velvet that are pasted over the
fashionable veilings.
Velvet and felt bonnets have altogether
taken the place of straw, tulle and lae
hats so recently displayed in prominent
millinery show rooms.
Corsets are imported from Germany
and France, but the greater number cf
those sold ia the United States are c!
American manufacture.
The Queen of England's ladies in
waiting only receive $1500 a year, and
they are expected to wear a new costurss
every time they appear at dinner.
A successful broker on the open Board
of Trade in Chicago is Miss Fannie A,
Biinn, a young Vermont girl, Mho was a
clerk la aa insurance ,oSce(a few year
s.
Miss Elizabeth Cotesworth is about or
ganizing a co-operative company of Eng
lish gentlewomen for the raising of fniiu
and .vegetables to be delivered directlj
the consumers.
The Ladies New York Club will cp:n
its new club house this fall. This club
Is particularly convenient for out-of-town
hoppers. It is a year old and has about
four hundred members. .
Miss Hattie Blaine, the youegest ani
prettiest daughter of the Secretary cf
State, is an intrcped canoeist, and hct
ikill as displayed at Bsr Ilirkor wsj ad
mired by many spectators.
Three of five medals awarded at Ha
jill College, Canada, were recently car
ried off by lazy students, Ia the re
partment of philosopy the first and ii
lecond places were won by Lidies.
The girl who pajs $5 for six tickets U
aave her "finger-nails cultivated ari
bleached has very little to do with hi'
aaoney. There are hundreds of them
the manicure shops of New York city.
The champion woman swimmer cl u -
United States is
iuss
Alictj TTtrd,
Drooklvn. who swam a m
Ie cil Core t
Island ia sixteen and one-half
(with, the tide). The young
nineteen years old, and Lsj wen
three times ia c.rec-ikn.
rr-in
lidyi
The
cf
' S. T.Ycs, fired
large. . .
Icokco, up tt then.
bypolishinr wcn dry with lead, Un cx jj
thus becerr
a 1q-'t1 ia ths tLrczt.
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