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rM the Stock Markets By Charles A. Conant. WCOSOd UPPOSB for a moment that the stock markets of the "world "were closed, that it "was no longer possible to learn that railways were paying dividends, what their stocks were worth, how in dustrial enterprises were faring whether they were loaded up with surplus goods or had orders ahead. Suppose that the in formation afforded by public quotations on the stock and pro duce exchanges were wiped from the slate of human knowledge. How would the average man, how; even would a man with the intelligence and foresight of a Pjerpont Morgan, determine how new capital should be invested? He would have no guide except the most isolated facts gathered here and there and at great trouble and expense. A greater misdirection of capital and energy would result than has - - . - W been possible since the organization or modern economic maenmery. mx, Morgan xt any other capitalist might be expending millions of dollars in building new railways or cotton mills when there was no necessity for them, while a hun dred other industries beneficial to the public were stagnant for the lack of capital There would be no safe guide as to whether the world needed more railroads and fewer cotton mills, or more cotton mills and fewer railroads. Great sums would be wasted in bootless enterprises, which would prove un profitable and carry down their owners to ruin. All the capital represented, all the labor, thought, foresight and inventive genius Involved in them, would be actificed to the lack of an effective public organ for pointing out the direction In which capital was needed. The Atlantic. A He Nervous Strain in One Type of -Conversation" By S. M. Crothers. i very serious drawback to our pleasure in conversation with a too well informed person is the nervous strain that is in volved. . We are always wTondernig what will happen when he comes to the end of his resources. After listening to one who discourses with - surprising accuracy upon any particular topic we feel a delicacy in changing the subject. It seems a mean trick, like suddenly removing -the chair on which' a' guest is about to sit down for the evening. With one who is interested in a great many things he knows little about there is no such diffieultv. If he has bassed the first flush of youth it no longer embarrasses him to be caught now and then in a mistake; indeed your cor rection is welcomed as an agreeable interruption and serves as a starting point for a new series of observations. The pleasure of conversation is enhanced if one feels assured not only of wide margins of ignorance, but also of the absence of any uncanny quickness of mind. I should not like to be neighbor to a "wit. It would be like being in prox imity to a live wire. A certain insulating film of kindly stupidity is needed to give a margin of safety to human intercourse. There are certain minds pilose processes convey the impression of alternating currents of high voltage on a wire that is not quite large enough for them. From such I would with--draw myself. One is freed from all such apprehensions in the companionship of people jrho make no pretensions to any kind of cleverness. "The laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot." .What cheerful sounds! The crackling of the dry thorns and the merry bubbling of the pot! Atlantic Monthly. An I rv r I Undesirable Quality. .UCH unhapplness springs from self consciousness, and the undue importance given mere emotions. The waillugs over hopeless 11 J 1 i- , .1 .. .1 1! 1 1 . t M lives anu lost lovers auu uugmeu caruers uuu uureaiizeu aiuui I tions go on forever, and "we read of people cutting short their 1 existence in an agony of misplaced self-pity! Of course all these romantic agonies are misreadings of the relative Im portance of the individual and the world. They sprfng from the great mistake of not realizing one's personal unimportance and the transitory character of almost all disappointments. If people could be induced to look elearly and impartially at their rvrn position in the midst of the world, -at its greatness and interest and it their insignificance, a great deal of society's wasted feeling in sorrow anc disappointment would be saved. Let us look at the matter fairly. What right have we above all others to expect our ambition to be speedily gratified? What right have we to expect lame or happiness "beyond the common share? Does not the world abound TOlth cleverer and wiser and worthier persons? We are of limited importance, to'ourselves and to the world. Even the greatest of men drop away from the Iront of life's march and are scarcely missed. Last year they may have had a power that could bear influence in every part of the world. This year they may be old gentlemen toddling about a garden in retirement. What then re we of the rank and file that "we should set up as persons of consideration whose lot the world ought to understand and appreciate? The truth is that nre are quite unimportant and had much better feel our insignificant relation to the whole. If we once fairly and squarely consider this question aright, we shall see that there js nothing worth striving for in this world in comparison with the common aims of being good men, clean of life, straight in our dealings, tender in our consideration for others, simple in our pleasures and hopes. You cannot afford to waste time and attention on your own importance. Once begin to think too sedulously of that, and you will think of little else. It ( "will warp your nature and spoil your manners. The man or woman who Is lssessed by a feeling of self-importance is never fully at ease, and never a Teally- desirable companion, being quick to resent supposed slights, whereas the people who do not worry themselves with thoughts about themselves will be natural and dignified, -with an unconscious elevation of spirit that makes -their presence desired by all who know them. Waverley Magazine. and People. &. The Sentiment of the American Citizen For the Impersonal Executive. By Henry Loomis Nelson. HE President is an object of curiosity, but he is also the most distinguished man in the country. Crowds, it is true, flock at railway stations to see other men, and there is a catholic and democratic indiscrimination in the popular eagerness to behold with the eye of sense those who are in the newspapers. The attraction may be a prize fighter, or a soldier, or a prince, or a an anarchist, but the President is something different. He is an idea. He is the eidolon of the Government. The people go to see Mm not only from curiosity, not only 'to be able to say that I've seen him," as the phrase goes; there is also an element of patriotism in their feeling for liim; they want to pay him respect. An absence of the critical spirit or mood, usually so characteristic of -the American attitude toward individuals, is noticeable among the groups of people who are w-aiting In the White House in anticipation of seeing the Pres ident. There is unmitigated, unqualified pleasure from the anticipation. There la absolute joy from the touch of his right hand, the common property of the Nation. There is nearly always awkwardness in their greeting of him. Proud ffls they have been in the thought of coming into actual personal contact with the head of the Government, and proud as they will afterward be of the honor of their visit, many of the President's callers shake his hand in visible trepida "iion, and are eager to pass on, dreading apparently lest he speak in such a "way as to require a response. Even the pert, who are determined to address , Mm, are clearly embarrassed, and rarely"' say precisely what they intended. To the mass of American citizens who are represented in these visiting bodies neighborhood excursionists, temperance, Masonic, commercial travelers, and ther flocks of citizenship the office, of President Is impressive still the most impressive of American institutions. The American may entirely disapprove of his President and his. policy; may ven believe the lies that are told concerning his pergonal hahits; may on the 'Street, at his office, or in his shop, or even at home, darlde him, and express contempt for his political opinions; may go so far as to look upon him as an .enemy of the country, for the American partisan is extravagant and even iibieiicai, Dut when he is in the presence of the President he seems tongu , ,l hw uewre waac tuey can in monarchies our aug , : AN ODD SITIIiT,WAIST. An odd shirt waist which is sure to appeal to the girl who loves things original is made of linen, with stitched linen straps In a contrasting color as the trimming. The waist itself is se verely plain, but across the bust and half -way below it and the waist line there are five slashes just large enough for a stitched linen band to be run through. A shirt waist made in this unique style was of mercerized linen, with the stitched straps In light blue linen, each strap finished, with a nar row blue cotton fringe. The straps were fastened at the neck and shoul ders of the waist, and then were drawn through the two slashes. The upper part of the sleeve was slashed in the same way as thr front of the waist, and one strap was used as the decora tion. Woman's Home Compinlon. berlain, standing - well poised, throw circles hack of her, in rront, over w.s the fide; the spinning rope being start A wih .a sniflir circle which gradually II .enlarges as the rope is paid out. She ' i.u. it. I..Al1n vnna flraf In llPI' next noma iue mil tnuft m. "ii right hand, then upon the wrist and forearm, then on the left hand, "wrist and arm. This is called the "shifting circles act' and Is one of the most difficult known. ": i Then encircled by the spinning rope, the woman leaps into and out of the revolving loop without" marring the curve. An instant's. hesitancy, a single move, would send thej fifty yards of rope out in a horizontal line and cause it to I collapse in an instant. Chicago Inter-Ocean, i 'TWAS EVER THUS. She was trying to buy a hat, but with the usual uncertainty of mind as to the kind she wanted, or whether she wanted a hat at all. After trying on nearly every model in the shop she pounced with glee on one she had overlooked.- "Here's something pretty!" she said. "Why did you not show me this before?" Without waiting for an an swer, she appealed to her patient friend. "There's ! some style about this, isn't there? ; How do I look?" The friend distinctly sniffed. "It makes you look a hundred, and it is very dowdy," she said, j The other tried the hat at another angle. "It Is rather dowdy," she admitted at this juncture; "perhaps I won't risk it, after all." A voice from behind her made its third attempt to gain a hearing. "If you've quite done with my hat," it said, very' bitterly, "I should rather like to put it on." New York 'Commercial Adver tiser. .-:!" " President WHAT THE FACE INDICATES. The oblong face lias the highest standing for physical beauty. People with this face have kjeen perception and are very imaginative, but are not usu ally highly f Intellectual, although they are often talented.:! The possessor of the oval face isjilso self-reliant and in defatigable, besides being constant in her friendship. i -., The round-faced woman is affable, impulsive and of ten fickle. Unlike her oval-faced sister, she does not possess the quality of perseverance, liking ease too much to succeed in anything that calls for hard work and sacrifice of comfort. The pyriform, or pear-shaped face, usually goes with the high, broad fore head and is an indication of intellectu ality. The features are delicate and clearly defined. The neck is slender. The woman with this type of face is usually tall and heri. chest is narrow, and she is lacking in physical endur anceAmerican Queen, r- DUCIIESS OF BEAUFORT. . The Duchess of Beaufort, whose hus band holds the hereditary right of hold ing the Queen's crowp, was the widow of Baron Carlo do Tuyll when she mar ried the Duke, at that time Marquis of Worcester, and who had long been looked upon as a confirmed bachelor. The Duchess, nee Miss Louise Harford, daughter of Mr. William Henry Har ford, of Oldown, Gloucester, is im mensely popular in her husband's coun try home, and great .were the rejoicings when; a little while ago, the much-wished-for son and heir arrived, so that the title Marquis of Worcester, which the Duke only dropped in 1S99, when he succeeded to the Dukedom, has not long been in abeyance, says Woman's Life. The jfoung Duchess is a most daring horsewoman, and It is said that hers was a romance of the hunting field, where her prowess and courage are particularly noteworthy. The birth of the little Marquis of Wor cester made a great difference in the prospects of Mr. Somerset, son of Lady Henry Somerset, whotill then was re garded as the future Duke. jester, or THE LADY OF THE LARIAT. There is a woman in Arizona who can rope a wild horse with a lariat as -well as any man on the ranches. She is the only expert feminine lariat thrower in the United States, and is tha wiTe of Arizona's gentleman cowboy,-Grant W. Chamberlain. Mrs. Chamberlain can handle a rope with a dexterity that has made her famous through the cattle regions of the West. She is a Tfonderful horse woman and a siftMfa.il general in a round-up. i l Born in Michigan, Mrs. Chamberlain has spent the last eight years In the West. Her "husband has been coach ing her in the work for years, but some of her most remarkable swings she invented herself. 1 Using a fifty-yard rope, Mrs. Cham berlain can capture a racing broncho with astounding certainty and ease. In a stampede she is as cool as the best, and few are quicker and surer with the rope than shell She dresses for her Work in a blouse and bloomers and rides astride. Such dexterity as hers- would be imnossihlp I In skirts. Kh fnlroa s 'roi.?c xuj. lus tongue-1 -.h.joc mat ust ruler." ! ould astonish the usual beauty-seeker Ciiu3 we catch a glimpse of the true sentiment of tho private American citizen P710 swinSs a two-pound dumb-bell. kW ui,yeibuiiax jrresiueut. 'i.uc Lintury. .1 er iiiiy-yara rope, Mrs. Cham- CHILDREN'S DEPARTtasTT. K7ovd0fr Medicine as a profession for women is growing in popularity in ondon. Women nov.' holding medicnl degrees in Great Briilrai uumber more than 500. . The Magpie Club of Skagway was occupied the past winter with the his tory of Alaska, lightened by novels, accounts of travel and stories relating to the the life of the country. Mmc. Loubcf, wife of the French Fresldent, believes "'in co-education. Recently at a society of French moth ers she brought down upon herself severe criticism by advocating Ameri can methods of training girls. ' Berlin lias few clubs outside of house wives' associations. Lately there has been established there a society for the improvement of the dress "of wom en. It is said that some really beau tiful "reformed" gowns have been .de signed for the society. Miss Laura Miriam Cornelius, a full blood Oneida, who lives on an Indian reservation in Wisconsin, is making a book of the traditions and legends of her tribe. She .also contemplates a hovel dealing with the history of the Oneidas, and has made a grammar and dictionary of her native tongue. In the opinion of a physician who has been a close observer of the effect of athletics upon women, hand ball is one of the best physical exercises. It is better than tennis, with Its "high reach," and again it is much better than golf. It brings many muscles into moderate exercise, and does not tax a few only, as do some of the other popular forms of athletics. A non-clubwoman thus writes: "So many such organizations are merely selfish social sets, affording opportun ity for display and petty social bicker ings, with feeble attempts at self-improvementwhich they need, to be sure, quite badly enough to excuse their spending their efforts on them selves for awhile possibly. I feel that; I have not time for such things." Lady Wilfrid ,Laurier Is the only woman who has ever spoken in the Parliament House of Canada. At a rer ception given in the House by th Speaker some one noticed Lady Lau tier standing at the foot of the throne, and there arose a demand for a speech from her. i The call was only half meant at first, but at length grew so in sistent that Lady Lauricr was obliged to comply. i j THE MAN WITH ONE EYE. The man in the mOon made a wonderful spoon, . On a night when all were sleeping, To drink the cloud whey from the wide milky way, . And he set all the littie stars weepui;; But the man in tho sun made a frosted kijow Dun, ' , And declared it far sweeter than whey At which the moon cried till it left him one eyed, , . As he's been evei- since to this day. i New York Tribune. A pongee parasol, with lace insets? Is ultra smart. A Chantilly bolero, with ruffles like re vers, is very smart. Velvet pansies make one of the pretty Leghorn hat trimmings.- Narrow point de Venise appliqua edges chifton ruffles effectively. A strajght-across effect on hats, cither in flowers or foliage, is noted. Leghorn and chip are the , prime favorites for midsummer" large hats. Cherries, black and red, are among the very attractive hat trimmings. High girdles that end in sash ends at the back are among the latest ideas. Egyptian and Bulgarian embroidery are equally smart on suits of linen and cloth. Ring nets are among the prettiest foundations for lace and silk applique work. Lovely ribbon scrolls fulled in ripple effect are a sensation in imported cos tumes. One Marie Antoinette wreath is often placed upon the front brim of a pic ture hat. June roses are used In true form and they are among the prettiest of em broideries. . ' Red shoes, parasol and hat trimming are a vivid finish to a white frock for country wear. Silk fringe a good inch in width fig ures in long rows on a pink parasol fresh from Paris., Wreaths are among the loveliest gar nitures, and may be embroidered in silk, in ribbon or set, on eii applique. Four big buttons in some instances catch together the lower parts of some sleeves voluminous ones, of course. Ribbons are still run through laces. Baby widths through headings and the edges of wide Laces, and even broad sash ribbons through some very open laces. Fancy handkerchiefs are developing to a marked extent. The latest Idea is an all-over checked gray, green tint or blue. - It Is quite as novel to shape a big sleeve down to a funnel-shape citff as it is to have the cuff in a separate piece. - A CURIOUS WATER WHEEL. HollOw a large cprk and insert a straw I'about five inches long through the bottom. Another pi-ece of straw is fixed to the other end with the help of sealing wax, after boring a small hole in. the centre of the cork to connect the second piece of straw with the first (A). After closing the two ends of the piece of straw holes are bored next to them oil the opposite sides, into which small pieces of straw are fastened with sealing! wax (B B), says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Three pieces of thread fastened to the rim of the cork at equal distances connect with a button suspended by a thread jrunning through Its centre (see illustration). The water wheel is now ready, nd if you let a small stream of Water rUn into the cork the water will run through the straw and set the ap paratus! into quick motion. If it ap pears too hard to join the 'pieces of straw with sealing wax little corks Can lk cM (SB m If' I v l . ; . be used,; as shown In the centre figure of our illustration. Should straw be too fragile metal tubes can be sub stituted. The end of the tube going through the bottom of the cork is cut and ?nt (as shown in C of centre Illus tration) and suspended from a thin wire, around which the whole wheel turns.! Instead of two, four side tubes can be u$ed, and by bending theends carefullyi the job of joining smaller tubes can lx? avoided. Suspend the ap' paratus over the table after the lamp is lighted. Pour hot alcohol into the corks, light the small stream coming from the small tubes, then extinguish the lamp audi miniature rain of fire will fall on the pudding or cake placed under the wheel. THE KING'S HORSE. Once upon a time there w-as a king wim mm no sons, nut one daughter. It was a great dlsannnintmpnt nni- n halve a son, but those who cast the horoscope of the daughter told him that his daughter would be a great blessing ; to the kingdom while she lived, and at uer ucatn would bequeath untold i leues. as tms story was widely known the princess had - muma. V- A. K3 A-XXJ ; sought betrothal with her. . And the king was greatly distressed as to choice of the right one. When she was grown psho was; very beautiful so beautiful j that myriads of pilgrims came to the i tcmjjie to ueg ror tne gift of beauty land to burn incense. This brought 1 prosperity, j and thus the prophecy of her birth vas fulfilled. But the king jcould no i longer delay., the betrothal of his daughter, as so many princes de sired herthat the kingdom was con tinually iii trouble with other king doms. Ohej day' the princess' father was out hunting, when a powerful king surprised hira and carried him away captive to a far-away kingdom. The prime ! minister and privy - coun cilors met; and Issued an edict saying the hand of the princess! would bo given to the man who rescued the king j.IIigh upilh the clouds was a demi ?rod who loved the princess, but since she was a! mortal womnn t--,i J wed her, but when this trouble came ' ''v-v. iuv. uuuj i. uie nine s ra VnU. 1 1! 1 . ... vorlte horse, the groomsi and brought which broke nwnv fmr.-. jwent straight to the king him bnrlr. "Rnf iua8iur, uezug norrined when the horse brought back the king, ordered the horse to be killed at once. But the .king who had carried away the father of the princess was very powerful and came again and again against the king And It was finally decided by the king find his councilors that it waa best to Pft Ml betroth theipriueess to the son 0f enemy, for the good of tin. ?v The princess protest bin .hi 151 tations were of no avail. l? Whpii the hour i'mn fn,. t. she resisted, .weeping,. struSfiic iantlv with her attonflnnto ' ? . h'nnrina" tho outp'rv rmn ,.''trv '"'(Jltiern 1 yard dragging with him ti;o f: horse which he was . v r; , - - ,n . , strings. But the soul of tho ,u,'.lll! lover in the shin of tho .0rso '' and -he wrapped the skin aronnj , princess and she became t!. ,'a . In the silk-growi ng district nf n..'. ang every year when the. fcllk begin to call for food that is. see the littl children pla;rin i;. horses. This. is to win tho favor' silkworm goddess, by remimiin i THE FLYING WIIIKLIGIG , Any boy Can make this pretty amusing toy, and have plehty of , with it. Ail he needs is an empty spry! a piece of cardboard ana a pio,. pine wood. s une iue yum imu tue enci of the spo, & ft l I III THE DIAGRAMS. the pine wood make a handle, as show in No. 2, the small part of it Lei trimmed to fit loosely ia the hole through the spool. This part should be exactly the same length as spool, so that when the spool is pk! on it the top of the handle will be fail with the top of the spool. Drmi headless pin, also, in the top cf tLe handle. ,1 Now take the piece of cardboard .md out of it cut a figure shaped Ilk So. S, making three holes in the middle part of it; an awl or a darning be used to make the holes. BeMAt edges marked "a" and "b" inopiwsite directions, jand you have everytbin; ready for grving the whirligis a 'fly.' To do this, place the . spool oa the handle and wind a piece of . twine, around tho spool; then put thp card board on top, i letting the three pins pass through the holes in its part. Now, for the "fly." Take the handle, in your left hand and hold it upright. Then, with a quick movement of your right hand; jerk the twine from the spool, just as you would from a top in nr.?n.-.tno 1 4- r,n tWl I'fl'i'd- aiiixiiixii ii, auu away m board ficrurA makin? a very sraccinl flight through the air. If the "flyer" does not fly at the firrf trial, take it off the spool and put it on again with the other side of it fewn next the spool. ' In other words, j"Jt reverse tto? flyer, for its action depend on the way it strikes the air hi retold iug, aua you can t always i.. J-.tTT lit In on a p)so air mnlrps it nj ' - x- iuc Uil ..r in the other case It makes it star if th" m uiiy on tne spooi. , flre ' 1 1 r i . 1. i ah it ill-- j-iiK eueci is raucu ueuci - is painted in bright colors Ji.agie. - - in Lj" rnni hovo Unnr. urned wu , .vviiuuu. iV'Vt twice tne on unrv s w. sie " . ,r over seventy-five miles an Bur' Tn Porto n .A..4-V. Una llfPll HTlt" . uv aueiiiDifin rn kiii 111s - mlL'Uf . . ... . iu iii.n uruer tnar. as a widow s sou, - - escape .conscription.
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