MEET IX CLEVELAND.
Twonty-First Convention of the
National W. C. T. tJ.
Frances E. Wlllard Reviews the Work
Delegates Oocupy the City's Pulpits
Vivisection Opposed Election of
Officer Platform Adopted.
Cleveland, Nov. 19. The twenty
flrst annual convention of the National
Women's Christian Temperance union
met here Friday at Music hall.
Representative women are present
from every state and territory and
from Canada.
Mlu Willard's Address.
Interest in the opening1 session cen
tered in the address of President
Frances E. YViilard, who ably re
viewed the whole field of thought
and action for. women.
The address scintillated with bright
thoughts and saying's. Miss Willard
referred feelingly to the death of Mrs.
Mary A. Woodbridge, of Chicago, cor
responding secretary of the society,
and to the loss of other good workers
in the cause during the last
year.
Keports of Officers.
The annual report of Mrs. Helen M.
Barker, treasurer, showed receipts:
Dues, S14.704.99; other contribu
tions, $11,314.20. Total. S-26, 010.25.
Disbursements, S20.338.07. Balance
in treasury, S5.0S1.13. There are
no outstanding bills. The receipts of
the 3-ear were in excess of several
previous years, and the dues showed
an increase in paid-up member
ships over last year.
The annual report of the late Mrs.
Mary Ii. Woodbridge, who was for
tuany years corresponding secretary,
and which she had prepared prior to
lier sudden illness and death, and
which was read by Mrs. L. M. N.
Stevens, set forth that the organiza
tion had over 1,000,000 on members on
its rolls and is organized in forty-eight
nations.
At the afternoon session the conven
tion discussed the relations of health
and heredity and sanitary and eco
nomic cookery to the battle against
intemperance, and reports were
made from each of the depart
ments of the educational group con
cerning the growth of total absti
nence habits and sentiments.
Women In the Pulpit.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 20. From near
ly every pulpit in this city Sunday the
voice of an earnest woman was raised
iu the cause of temperance. The lo
cal ministers almost without excep
tion allowed their pulpits to be occu
pied by delegates and visitors to the
convention of the W. a T. U. The
congregations were large.
In the afternoon at Music hall an
evangelistic meeting was conducted
by MissF. W. Greenwood, evangelistic
superintendent of the National W. C.
T. I J. The annual sermon was deliv
ered by Rev. J. W. Bash ford, president
of Wesleyan university, Delaware, O.
Fully 5.030 people attended the serv
ices. Immediately following the evangel
istic meeting a gospel sufferage meet
ing was held. It was one of the most
notable gatherings of the convention.
Rev. Anna Shaw, of Boston, presided.
The speakers were Susan B. Anthony
.and Iiev. Joseph Cook.
Needless Cruelty.
"Cleveland, O., Nov. 21. At the ses
sion of the W. C. T. U. Monday among
the reportsread was one by Mrs. Mary
F. Lovell, of Massachusetts, for the de
partment of mercy, who spoke against
.the use of birds for the adornment of
Jadies" hats, against killing of seals for
-uie in cloaks and urged her hear
ers to look into what she termed
the horrors of the slaughter house.
She offered a resolution which was
unanimously adopted urging the creat
ing of a sentiment among the young
people of the country against the
practice of vivisection which she de
nounced as cruel and unnecessary for
the promotion of science.
Offlcers Elected.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 22. The Na
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
union on Tuesday reelected Miss
Frances E. Willard president. The
president was then presented with two
travels sent by the Woman's Christian
Temperance union of Churchill, N.
Y-, the wood being taken from
the house where Miss Willard was
born. She made a brief address of
thanks for the continued confidence
reposed in her by the union. Mrs. L.
M. Stevens was unimously elected vice
president. For corresponding secre
tary Mrs. Katherine Lente Stevenson
was elected, and Mrs. Clara Hoffman
was made assistant secretary. The
election of Mrs. Helen M. Barker as
treasurer was effected by a rising vote.
The afternoon session was devoted
almost entirely to a memorial servHe
in honor of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge,
the recently deceased corresponding
.secretary of the union.
The Closing Session.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 23. The W. C
1". U. convention adjourned Wednes
day night. It is considered to have
been the most successful meet
ing in the history of the union
and the delegates are loud in
their praises of the hospitality of
Cleveland temperance women.
Resolutions, of which the following
is a brief summary, were adopted:
Allegiance to the principles of total absti
nence and prohibition are reaffirmed: they call
upon all executives ot the law. as well as upon
all moral and religious people, to unite in the
enforcement of existing laws for the preven
tion of Sabbath desecration; iavor comomeu
mid persistent effort toward securing the en
fr.iuchlsenient ot women; Indorse the heroic
action of Kentucky women In aiding in
the overthrow of Impurity In htU
places and demanding the annihilation
of sex In moral standards; deprecate the so
cial amusements of card-playing, theater
Kointt and promiscuous dancing as having an
iipaioral tendency; while appreciating the
v line of athletic and outdoor sports as having a
Ut.ucEcy to aid physical development, the res
olutions disapprove of football or other games
require the presence of a physician as being
injurious to physical well-tern and brutallz-l-ig
iu their moral tendency : they protest against
i lie custom of inter-collegiate athlotlcs as
demoralizing to the legitimate work of college
Ule and calculated to encourage the spirit of
-ambling; refuse to recognize institutions for
the restoration of the drunkard as a sure for
Abe saloon evil; urgo 9 ot Poaal Influ
ence with the editors and publishers of our
daily press to suppress the details of murders,
suicides and the dreadful personals and pre
tended medical advertisements; urge concil
iation to prevent strikes, and arbitation to put
an end to them: pledge support of the ballot,
when obtained by women, to the "home pro
tection party." by whatever name called.
Resolutions were also adopted deploring the
Armenian massacre and advocating interna
tional ptotection; thanking the populists for
the suffrage plank in tho platform In Kansas:
thanking the republicans for the same thing
in Colorado, and thanking the democrats of the
south for bringing a large area under local
option laws.
A report presented by the board of
managers of the Woman's temple in
Chicago shows the financial condi
tion to be flourishing, and the proba
bility of the reduction of its floating
debt to S25.000 by January i, 1S95. The
rent roll now amounts to S150.000 per
annum.
STANDS AGHAST.
Europe Is Indignant Over the Blood
Curdling Reports from Armenia.
London, Nov. 19. The chairman of
the Armenian l'atriotic association. G.
Hagopian, has sent the following let
ter received from an'Armenian, whose
name is not given because it would
jeopardize his life, to the earl of Kim
berly, the secretary of state for for
eign affairs. The letter is dated Oc
tober 9. It says:
"The so-called rebellion of the Armenians in
1303 was a got-up affair, for the repression of
which the chief magnate got a decoration.
This year the Kurds carried off Armenian oxen
and the Armenians' appeal for their restora
tion was refused. A fight ensued. Two Kurds
were killed and three were wounded
"The Kurds Immediately carried their dead
before the governor, declaring the Armenian
soldiers had overrun the land, killing and plun
dering the Kurds. This furnished a pretext
for massing tho troops from far and near. The
troops were commanded by a pasha and a mar
shal and were hurried to the district. The
pasha is said to have hung from his breast,
after reading It to his soldiers, an order from
Constantlnop'e to cut the Armenians uproot
and branch and adjuring them to do so If they
loved their king and government.
"Nearly all these things were related here
and there by soldiers who took part In the hor
rible carnage. Some of them weeping claim
the Kurds did more, and declare they only
obeyed the orders of others. It is said that
luo fell to each of them to dispose of. No com
passion was shown to age or sex even by the
regular soldiery, not even when the victims
fell suppliant at their feet.
"Six to ten thousand persons met such a fate
as even the darkest sges of darkest Africa
hardly witness, for there women and tender
babes might at least have had a chance of a
life of slavery, while here womanhood and in
nocence were but a mockery before the cruel
lust that ended its debauch by stabbing women
to death with the bayonet while tender babes
were Implied with the same weapon on their
dead mother's breasts or perhaps seized by
the hair to have their heads lopped off with
the sword."
JAPAN'S ANSWER.
Courteously Declines the Friendly Offer
of the lnlted States.
Washington. Nov. 22. The state de
partment has received a cable reply
from Japan, through Minister Dun. at
Tokio, to the United States' sugges
tion of mediation. The Japanese le
gation at Washington has also received
from the foreign office in Japan a
cable stating that the reply had been
made and giving its terms. Both were
received here Sundav afternoon.
The cable to Secretary Oresham
shows unusual dignity and formality,
in having the imperial sanction of his
majesty, the emperor of Japan. It is
rarely that the emperor speaks in dip
lomatic negotiations, so that his ac
tion in this case is evidence of Japan's
desire to express its appreciation of
the course of the United States.
The message is in two parts,
the first giving imperial expres
sion of good will and saying that
the success of the Japanese arms had
been such that China should approach
Japan directly. The second part is
more directly from Minister Dun and
expresses th e view of the Japanese
foreign office that as China has no
minister at Tokio China could submit
a direct proposition through Minister
Dun. The cable to Minister Kurino is
sub'.tantiallj' the same as the fore
going. Secretary CIresham has cabled Minis
ters Dun and Denby to transmit such
peace offers a China might wish to
make direct to Japan.
WOE IN ITALY.
Further Detail of the Rnin Caused by !
the Kecent Earthquakes.
Rows-. Nov. 23. New from the dis
tricts shaken by the recent earth- j
quakes comes in slowly, but every dis
patch shows that the devastation was
far greater than the early reports in
dicated. Thirty-eight communes suf
fered severely. San Procopio, Oppido
Mamertino, Scilla and Palmi,
all in Reggio di Calabri. and
with a toCal population of
some 23.000, are little more
than heaps of ruins. Many des
titute families from the ruined towns
are pillaging the damaged shops and
houses. Troops have been posted
throughout the unfortunate districts
to protect property. The total dam
age is estimated now at nearly 7,000,
000 lire. The collection of taxes has
been suspended in most of the districts
of Reggio di Calabria. The volcano
on Stromboli island is in full eruption,
and Etna and Vesuvius are active.
AN INSANE MAN'S DEED.
He Kills Three Members of Ills Family
and Himself.
Weli.sville, Mo., Nov. 21. This lit
tle village was the scene of a horrible
quadruple murder early Monday morn
ing which wiped out nearly an entire
family. Thomas Portercheck, with hia
mother, two sisters and a brother, oc?
cupied a small house half a mile east
of the business portion of the village.
The family were Bohemians and were
in humbie circumstances.
Investigation showed that the moth
er, daughter and son James had been
horribly mutilated by an ax. It is be
lieved that Thomas had first killed his
brother, then his sister and mother. It
was probably his indention to kill his
sister Mary also, but her life was
saved by tho screams of her mother.
Anarchist Kranch la Executed.
Barcelona, Nov. 23. Jose Salvador
Franch, one of the most desperate of
all anarchists, the man who threw the
dynamite bomb at the Liceo theater,
this city, on November 7, 1893, killing
twenty persons and wounding fifty
others, was executed Wednesday mora
ing by the garrote, '
A LIFE OF CRIME.
Confession of II. II. Holme, the Arch
Conspirator and Swindler.
Boston. Nov. 21. Mrs. Carrie A.
Pitezel, wife af the man whose life
was insured for S10.000, was brought
here Monday from Burlington, t. by :
Pinkerton men and booked at
police headquarters on the charge
of conspiracy after the fact.
She and Holmes were taken to
Philadelphia by Inspector Crawford
. . . -. rri - i? t . : J 1
01 mat city. inc ponce, aiier njrm
questioning of Holmes and Mrs. Pite
zel, incline to the belief that the miss
ing man is dead, and that he met his
death at the hands of Holmes.
Philadelphia, Nov. 22. The grand
jury found a trtie bill against Herman
Mudget, alias II. II. Holmes, now a
prisoner in Boston; Jephtha B. Howe,
the St Louis lawyer who collected the
insurance money on B. F. ritezel's
policy for the latter's widow, and the
widow herself. The indictment reads
for "conspiracy to cheat and defraud."
Pjulapklphia, Nov. 22. Arch Con-!
spirator H. H. Holmes, accompanied
by Mrs. Pitzel and a pretty woman j
who calls herself Mrs. Holmes, arrived
in this city Tuesday in the custody of
Detective Crawford and Special Agent
Perry, of the Fidelity Mutual Life as
sociation. Detective Crawford detailed the
story of the trip, the most important
feature of which was the relation made
to him by Holmes of the story of his
whole life.
He told ihe detectives that for the
crimes he had committed he deserved
to be hanged a dozen times. He was
raised in Burlington. Vt-, aud so well
educated that at 15 he was a teacher.
For some time afterward he went to
college there and in Detroit, Mich.
Here he became acquainted witli a med
ical student. One summer (this was
twelve years ago) finding them
selves without means to meet
their college expenses, the med
ical man suggested beating an
insurance company. The doctor got
his life insured for S12."00. Obtain
ing a body in Chicago they took it
east, arranged the dctailsof identifica
tion, and got the money. They worked
the scheme afterward with success,
obtaining sums ranging from SIO.OO'J
to 820,000.
From this time on follows a life of
swindling, adultery and probable mur
der. In the mysteries of these cases
the missing accomplice, Pitzei, seems
to be deeply entangle"d.
A SUICIDE IN WINNIPEG.
Life ot a Former Leader In London So
ciety Ended by a Hullct.
Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 22. A man
registered as "J. Smith, Bay St. Paul,"
at the Leland house last Saturday
evening and was given a room. He
remained in his room until Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock when he sat up
in bed and w ith the aid of a mirror,
sent a bullet from a 32-caliber re
volver through his brain, dying short
13' after.
The suicide was thought to be but
an ordinary- one. Later development
show that the victim was Henry Oak
ley Smith, a member of one of the first
English families, and he was closely
connected with English nobility.
Twelve years ago he was recognized
as a leader of London societj-. ile was
surrounded with wealth and social po
sition, but lost all through a woman.
RUBINSTEIN IS DEAD.
Tho I awoui M unirln Pause Away in
llussla Ills Career.
London. Nov. 22. Anton Gregor
Rubinstein, the world's greatest pian
ist and musician, is dead. He passed
away Tuesday at Peterhof. near St.
Petersburg. The cause of his death
was heart disease. There is 110 mu
sician to take the place of Rubin
stein. For years he lias stood alone
on a great height, tinapproached and
unapproachable. Not since Liszt has.
he been equaled. II is death is to be
ail the more regretted because he was
in the very prime of life. At his
recent appearances in public people
have been amazed at his apparent
vigor and comparative youthfulness.
For it must be remembered that Rub
instein's had been a familiar name fot
more than one-half a century. Yet he
was not aged.
LAID AWAY.
The Hody or Alexander III. IMifJ In the
Tomb of Ills Fathers.
St. Petersbi iso, Nov. 21. The body
of the late C-.ar Alexander III. was
placed in the tomb of his fathers, be
neath the fortress cathedral of St.
Peter and St. Paul Monday, seventeen
days after his death. The fu
neral services were the . most
elaborate of any similar serv
ices that have ever taken place
in Russia, and the last rites were per
formed in the presence of an as
semblage of royalty and representa
tives of royalty such has. seldom or
never congregated in similar circum
stances under the roof of a sacred edi
fice. SOVEREIGN IS REELECTED.
Secretary-Treasurer Hayes Also Continued
In Office by the Knights of Labor.
New Orleans, Nov. 22. General Mas
ter Workman Sovereign was reelected
on Tuesday without opposition by the
Knights of Labor general assembly.
Messrs. Bishop, of Massachusetts and
Merritt, of Colorado, were nominated
for foreman, the place now held by
Bishop, and the latter was elected.
Secretary-Treasurer Hayes was re
elected, although there was some op
position. At the session the expenses
of delegates to the convention, amount
ing to about 82,500, were ordered paid.
The next session will be held in the
city of Washington.
' IVES IS CHAMPION.
lie Wins In the llllllard Match Against
Jake Shae'er.
New York. Nov. 19. Frank C. Ives
demonstrated his right to the title of
champion billiardist of the world Sat
urday night by defeating Jacob
Shaefer. Ives beat his old instructor
8.600 to 3,074 points. Schaefer had no
excuse to offer for his defeat, lie wa
outplayed.
A PUPPET PLAYHOUSE.
Paris Miniature Theater Where the Play
ers Are Shadows.
There is a little theater in Paris
which is devoted entirely to magic
lantern and shadowgraph perform
ances. It stands in the rear room of a
cafe, which started out many years
ago as an unpretentious resort, but
which has of late years become the
gathering place for the jolliest and
cleverer.t artists and the brightest
newspaper men of the gay city. These
fellows added such a charm to the
place that the cafe is now well known
almost all over the world. Some ten
j-ears ago one of the artists or literary
meo thought it would be amusing to
get up a Puneh and Judy show and,
by means of it, to make fun of men
prominent in politics at the time. The
Punch and Judy arrangement was a
great success, but one night another
brilliant individual proposed a new
idea. A napkin was stretched
across the little theater stage, a
lamp was placed behind, cardboard fig
ures of Paris policemen were manufac
tured, and, while one man sang the
popular song, another made the comic
police ofiieers march across the stage
by throwing the shadow of the card
board figures on the napkin.
The artists especially took a live in
terest in the little theater, and each
one tried to invent strange and won
derful scenic effects. The journalists
wrote little plays, which were acted by
the cardboard actors while the author
sjKike the lines. After a year or so the
theater was enlarged and the best of
magic lanterns were secured, and all
Paris crowded to see the performances.
The stage settings became very elab
orate, being made of stained glass and
colored, paper, and the figures were con
structed so as to move their arms and
hands. Everybody connected with the
queer theater tried to invent some new
kind of effect to puzzle and amuse the
spectators.
As the enterprise grew the scenery
was built out of tin or zinc, so as to be
solid and durable.
The cardboard actors finally caine to
be regular mechanical toys. Their
arms and legs could be moved by moans
of strings and these antics often puz
zled the spectators, who were not in
the secret of the managers methods.
It was most amusing from the front to
see a paper man walking across the
stage smoking a cigar. This was ac
complished by means of a rubber tule.
which ran up the back of the little
figure to the cigar and one of the men
behind the scenes smoked a pipe and
blew the smoke in the tube.
All these mechanical effects are
clever and, at the same time, they are
very simple. The effect is alwa3s in
teresting and even puzzling to those
who are not in the secret and who sud
denly see shadows walking before
them, moving their toy arms or strug
gling against a strong windstorm.
Uarper's Young People.
A STRANGE CASE.
A Woman Placed in the Tomb Saved by a
. .Sexton lirred.
Startling is the case of Mrs. Erskine,
wife of Rev. Henry Erskine, an emi
nent Nonconformist minister of more
than two centuries ago. This person,
while the family was living at Money
laws, in thecounty of Northumberland,
to all appearances died, and was ac
tually coffined and placed in the family
vault. Mrs. Erskine wore a valuable
gold ring, which, as it could not be
easily removed from her finger, was
buried with her.
This circumstance leing known to
the sexton, he thought it a pity that
so precious an article should le left
among the moldering remains. Accord
ingly, he opened the grave at night,
seized the hand of the supposed dead
body, and tried to pull off the ring.
Finding it difficult to do so, however,
and fearing detection, the fellow whip
ped out his jackknife, and was in the
act of cutting off the linger to secure
the coveted treasure, when, to his hor
ror, the lady sat up in the coflir. As
may readily be imagined, the grave
digger quickly lied, and Mrs. Erskine.
thus restored to activity, returned
home to tho amazement but subsequent
delight of her husband and family.
The lady who is stated to have had
this extraordinary experience survived
many years and bore many children, in
cluding Ralph, who was born in ltS5.
The son entered the ministry of the
Church of Scotland, and, in conjunc
tion with his brother, Rev. Ebenezer
Erskine, became the founder of the
Secession church, which, by a series of
amalgamations, is known as the United
Presbyterian church. Some doubt hav
ing been cast upon the authenticity of
this remarkable story, a survivor of the
Erskines wrote a jfew years ago, stating
that the incident had been handed
down from one generation to another
in the family, and adding that the ring1
in question was in his possession.
Newcastle Chronicle.
A Mare's Kuiclde.
I owned a mare once that commit
ted suicide, said a Cincinnati man re
cently. She had a colt of which she
was more than usually fond. One day
the colt fell into a ditch and broke its
leg. The animal had to be killed, and
its mother was inconsolable. She
would whimper and call for the colt,
and, when it failed to come, nothing
would induce her to eat. For several
days all efforts to induce her to par
take of food were in vain, and I was
afraid that she would starve. One
morning I saw her standing by a bar
rel of water from which she was in
the habit of drinking-. Her attitude
struck me as singular, and going to
her I found that she was dead with her
head stuck into the water as far as she
could reach. There was no other con
clusion possible than that she had de
liberately drowned herself. Cincinna
ti Enquirer.
The Japanese Hull.
Little Grace I've heard about the
American eagle and British lion and
Russian bear, but I never heard what
animal Japan has.
Little George The bull, of course.
Everybody has heard of the. bull in th
China shop. Good News.
A TOMC Or LITERATURE.
The Urltlsh Museum a a Repository of
Nearly K very thing.
The final destination of all things
of such as are worth keeping at least
is not the grave; it is the British mu
seum. The grand, gloomy old build
ing seems to stand letween earthly
treasure and decay. Even Lady Char
lotte Schrelber's fans have come here
tosettle down. The battled moth will
rage with impotent fury around their
air-tight cases: and if it should find his
way in, he will probably taste some
thing that will make him ill. Even
the "handbills relating to Manchester,
1780-1S00," have reached his home of
rest, wii.h the "playbills of the Stan
dard and Effingham theaters."
It really does not bear thinking
about; everybody above the degree of
a "super" is immortalized, in so far as
a line in print can do it. The choice
example of a "little-known viper"'
from Austria has had to find his
way here. His anonymity is gone: they
have found a name for him and his
passion for the avoidance of the vulgar
now avails him nauyht. He was re
ceived in exchange. What did they
give for him"? It would be very curious
to see their list of equivalents in trans
actions of this sort.
Their ambition as universal providers
extends of course from objects to men.
They seem to know where to lay their
hands on the man for every kind of
work. "The manuscript list of the
scorpions has been nearly finished;"
the "sawflies" have their biographer.
But for this the supply of information
might fall short of the demand.
The public, in its totality, knows
everything, and in due course no doubt
Rome one will come prepared with
searching questions on the Spanish
text of Estevan de Villegas. "On
the Life and Miracles of Our
Lord." The department of print
ed books will be ready for him;
the work came in last year. Three
Spanish grammars of Indian languages
also court inquiry with modest confi
dence. "One thousand six hundred
and nineteen visits have been rnude to
the Egyptian and Assyrian depart
ment by students and others. They
have been assisted in their researches;
and 20,257 objects have been issued to
them for study." The f"0 Babylonian
contract tablets of various periods mav
possibly have to wait; but their turn
will surely eorne. O the infinite pa
tience of learning! Among the pur
chases of the year are two copies of
Dr. Daniel Sanders standard German
dictionary, with the supplement, "con
taining probablj- not less than 10,000
additions and corrections by the au
thor, either in manuscrip or cuttings
from books and newspapers." Anil ()
the infinite providence of providence,
that even this labor should not be left
its appointed hand! London New.
DIAMOND-SETTING.
How a Jewel Is Placed in tbe Most Effec
tive Position.
Few people outside the jewelry trade
have any idea how the brilliant? they
buy and wear are fastened inte their
settings, and a great many reta'l jew
elers who have so'.d jewelry for years
are equally ignorant.
The art of setting jewels is eorrpara
tively simple, the skill of a setter de
pending on his knowledge of the
strength of material and the delicate
touch required, which can only lie
gained by years of practice.
There are only four distinct methods
of setting a diamond, though ran-int-ings
are made which involve two or
more of these methods. The most ra
mon is th" clamp or claw setting. This
comes to the setter with every clamp
as straight and square as a fer.ee
pioket. He iniled this mounting,
whatever it may be, in warm shellac
on the end of a stick (six inches of
broomhandle is generally used), leav
ing the setting exposed. This cools
anil holds the delicate pieces of jewel
ry firm in all ports, lie then, with a
thin file, sharpens all the clamps,
bringing them up to sharp points.
Then, with a scauper or graver siiaped
like a chisel (all of his cutting-toolsare
miniature chisels of different shapes),
he digs out n boaring or shoulder for
the edge of the stone on the inside on
each clamp: he now. with a pair of
sharp-pointed pliers, bends the clamps
inward or outward as they happen, to
require, until the stone will just
squeeze into the circle of clamps.
Then the stone is pressed firmly down
until the edge rests squarely ox the
bearing of each clamp.
This leaves the ends of ihe clamps
sticking up past the edge-of the stone.
The next step is to push all these ends
over the edge and burnish them tight.
A pushing tool is u.sed for this, a pieee
of soft steel about three- inches long,
filed to a small square end and fitted
in a round handle. When the clamps
are all firm in their places, they are
bright-cut, as the term-is. Tbe clamps
are trimmed to a point with three cuts,
two on the sides and one or the top.
The setter cuts away from the stone,
and must be careful not to dig too
deep into the gold or he will push the
whole elamp away from the stone,
then, to make a good job, the stone
must come out and the ciamp be bent
inward again.
Some who manufacture the finest
goods do not believe in bright-cutting
clamps on rings, as the sharp edges
left are very severe on gloves worn
over them. A setter employed by these
firms merely files the clamp to a point,
and the polisher buff it round on top
when the work gets its last finish. N.
Y. Ledger.
The Cause of Indigestion.
"Mothers teach their children not to
bolt their food, because it is inele
gant," said the doctor, who was preach
ing to a woman's club not long ago.
"But I beg you to bear in mind that
much of the stomach - indig-estion I
come across is the result of insufficient
mastication. In the digestion of
Btarch foods, in which the saliva plays
so large a part, the food must be in the
first place well cooked, and in the sec
ond held in the mouth long enough to
become thoroughly intermixed with
the saliva." N. Y. PoaV
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.
Potato and Egg: Slice cold boiled
potatoes lengthwise and fry in smokj
ing hot fat. While one side is brown
ing, beat three eggs with a gill of milk
and season with salt and pepper: pour
over the potatoes, stir up lightly with
a fork and serve as soon as the eggs are
set. Ohio Farmer.
Marrow Scallops: Boil a good
sized vegetable marrow with its skin
on, then peel it, cut in half lengthwise,
remove the seeds, and drain dry. Make
a nice mixture of minced cold meat, a
teaspoonful of chapped onion, ditto
chopped parsley, and, if you have them,
a few chopped mushrooms. Beat up an
egg with a little thickened gravy, and
mix into the mice, etc. Place the mar
row shells side by side on a baking tin.
fill with the above mixture, which must
be covered with bread-crumbs. Bake
for half an hour, or till the crumbs are
nearlj- browned. Leed's Mercury.
Poached Eggs with Cream Sause:
One pint of water, one tablespoonful
of vinegar, one saltspoonful of salt, as
many eggs as are required. Put the
water, vinegar and salt into a very
clean fr3ing pan, and when boiling,
slip the eggs carefully into it, without
breaking the yolks. When set. remove
from the water with a skimmer and
drain thoroughly before placing on a
warm dish. Pour the water out of the
pan, and put in a teacupful of cream:
rub a teaspoonful of flour and a table
spoonful of butter smoothly together,
and add to the cream; add a little
minced parsey, salt and a dash of
cayenne. Boil three minutes, pour
over the eggs, and serve at once. Bos
ton Budget.
Spanish Omelet: Beat the whites
and yolks of six eggs separately till
they are light and frothy: then mix
them together and add a tablespoonful
of warm water to each egg. In a
chopping bowl put a green pepper, hav
ing removed the stem and seeds, a
large ripe tomato or two medium-sized
ones. After peeling them, add a sprig
of parsley and a small red onion.
Chop these all together very fine: melt
some butter in a stewpan, but do not
brown it; put the chopped vegetables
in and let them cook steadily for ten
minutes. Put the beaten eggs in a
small buttered omelet pan, sprinkle
with salt, and just when the edges be
gin to turn sprinkle the vegetables all
over the top. Turn the omelet care
fully into proper shape and serve on a
very hot platter. Decorate with pitted
olives and sprigs of parsley. Farm and
Home.
To Remove Oil Stains: Oil stains
t . :i ..!. i :
as cotton, linen, etc., can le removed
with solutions of soap and alkalies,
whereby the fatty matters contained
therein are saponified, and other im
purities are then removed mechanically
by washing, without materially affeet
injr the colors of the fabrics. For wool
and silk strontr alcohol, saturated with
camphor, has been used with the great
est success. Spirit of turpentine, sul
phuric ether, soap, yolk of an egg, etc.,
are all excellent means to remove the
grease. The saturated spirit of cam
phor, however, one of the best solvents
for fpt bodies; but it must be remem
bered that water precipitates the cam
phor from the spirit solution, and so
water must, therefore, be applied in
the stuff directly after using the spirit
of camphor, as otherwise the camphor
present would be set free, and thus re
main fixed between the fibers, and fill
up the pores of the fabric. The ports
must be treated with simple spirit be
fore using the water. Lead's Mercurv.
THE HANG OF A GOWN.
How the Masterpieces of the Modistes
Can Jict JSe Displayed.
Cultivate a back. The styles of this
winter are not meant for stoop-sbeul-dered
persons or rounded backs. Of
course such women can try to wear
them, but. no matter how rich the
gowns and wraps, they will not have
any style or "air" about their appear
ance. An "air" is the best endowment
a wonwn can have. She may be rieii.
but a failure in appearance. She may
le given a face like an houri's, but if
she hasn't an "air" she isn't a complete
success.
One important feature of an "air" w
a "back." A "back" is-within reach of
almost anj- wonian. When yoa have
learned how to stand, every morning
after your bath take the correct stand
ing posit ion. I f you have chest weights,
use those. If not. throiv the shoulders
firmly back, till the blades almost
meet. Do tliat a number of times.
Then put them well back, draw a deep,
full breath, and make themtary mo
tion with the shoulder joint that is
made in rowing. Repeat this- whole
programme-a dozen times.
Preserve the correct position of the
knees, legs, back and shoulders when
walking, and remember to think while
you are walking and draw deep, long
breaths wry often. Persist in this,
and you will be surprised to see the
change in the shape of your back. In
stead of padding the top of the backs
of your dresses because the curves are
low down even with the bust line, your
dressmaker will be compeled to omit it,
and fit the backs of your dresses to give
you more breathing space-.
Yon will be ou the road to acquiring
that fine shapely back which is the re
ward of women who spend dollars in
gymnasiums and swimming baths to
acquire it. Insist, moreover, that your
dressmaker shall give youoroom across
the top of the backs of j-onr dresses.
If you do this your waist will seem
more slender by contrast. Cincinnati
Gazette.
Cream Nectar.
Take six pounds of loaf sugar, two
quarts of water and four ounces of tar
taric acid, mix well together and put
ou in a sauce-pan. Let it get warm
and then add the well-beaten whites of
four eggs; le eareful not to let it boil.
After the eggs are leaten in remove
from the fire, and when cold strain and
add one teaspoonful of lemon acid.
Use two tablespoonfnls of the above
j mixture to 11 glass two-thirds full of
I water; add a small quantity of car-
bonate of soda and stir until it ef
I ferrcsces. St. Louis Republic.
