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TUESDAY, JULY 13. 1897.
The New York Journal of Com
merce is not a republican organ.
But it cheerfully acknowledges that
"the business conditions of the last
week were, on the whole, quite
favorable. There is no backward
movement, aud there are many
sinrns of cheerfulness." It is about !
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time for people interested in busi
ngs tn stoo the mouths of the
hlntnnt croakers whose stock in
trade is continued calamity.
The provision m the tariff bill
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for a stamp tax upon stocks and
nnon sacculations in stocks and
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bonds is generally commended.
This amendment, which has been
adopted and made part of the bill,
places a stamp tax upon all bonds
and stocks aside from those of
building associations and other or
ganizations of this character, and
o
also places a lax upon each transac
tion in those bonds. This will
compel the stock speculators of the
great cities to contribute from 12 to
15 million dollars a year to the sup
port of the government and will
thus insure that the new bill will
meet running expenses of the gov-
ernment after the enormons supply
of foreign goods now in hand shall
have been absorbed.
Caw,s for the fusion state conven
tion were sent out Saturday.
Chairman Edmisten issued a call
for the populist state convention to
be held in Lincoln, September 1 at
Z p. m. The representation is
based on one delegate for every 100
votes 'cast for Holcomb in 1896.
This calls for a convention of 1,170
delegates. The "free silver repub
lican" convention is called to meet
at the same place and hour. Each
county will be entitled to two dele
gates at large and one delegate for
every 200 votes cast for Kels O.
Albers, fusion presidential elector
in 1896. The call provides for a
convention of 766 delejrates. As
there is no way of ascertaining how
many "free silver republican" votes
any fusion elector received there is
much merriment even in populistic
ranks over the nerve displayed by
the state central committee in bas
in"- the representation on the vote
cast for Mr. Albers. The Bryan
democratic state convention will be
held at the same time and place.
It will have about 813 delegates,
making a total of
over 2,700 fusion
delegates entitled to seats in the
three conventions. Journal.
a. writer in an eastern paper
says: "Prior to the enactment of
the Wilson law, the eastern cities
and manufacturing
establishments
were
supplied with coal largely
from the Virginia and West Vir
ginia mines. When the Wilson
law was enacted, however, coal
from JSFova Scotia invaded the east
ern market, driving out the Vir
ginia and West Virginia producr,
and compelled the mines of that
section to find a market elsewhere.
The result was that their coal went
west instead ot east as it formerly
had done, and with reduced rail
road rates was laid down in the
markets of Cincinnati, Chicago.and
other western cities at such low
rates that a coal war followed by a
railroad rate war was precipitated.
The natural result of this and the
reductions in prices which followed
was a reduction in the wages of
coal miners, all of which is thus
clearly traceable to the "Wilson law
aud its reduction in duties on coal.
TT .11 xt a. rr i
xiappuy me new tanir dm now
pending restores practically the
McKinley law rates, and there is
reason to believe that the miners as
well as other laboring men will
soon feel the affects of restored
protection and restored prosperity.
The Wilson law reduced the rates
of duty on coal from 75 cents per
ton ro hv cents per ton. rnis is
just about the amount of reduction
in miner s wages or wnicu com
plaint is now being made and
emphasized bv the strike now
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in progress. President Ratchford,
of the United Mine Workers As
sociation, in a communication to
the New York Herald, indicates
that the wages of miners have been
reduced since 1893 an average of 30
cents per ton, which is just about
the amount of reduction in duties
made by the Wilson law. Curious
ly this reduction in wages is thus
coincident as to time and amount
with the reduction in tariff. That
the reduction in wages was a direct
result of -the decreased tariff is thus
accurately shown in the above strik
ing series of facts.
In Switzerland parents are fined
who do not send their children to
school for a period of at least six
years. When a parent proves that
he is too poor to educate his child
ren, the various cantons aid. Thus
each year about 40,000 children are
olaced in school by aid irom the
state.
General Gomez, has, according" to
opanisn autnoritics, uecu -iuucu
-i 1.1 j.; i .j.:iinji
five different times and as many
times "seriously wounded." And
yet "Weyler is now hunting- for him
with the flower of the Spanish army
and trying to bribe the Cubans to
desert his standard and come to the
loving embrace of the Spaniards.
Bryan agreed to deliver a popular
oration at Los Angeles Juljr 5th
and avoid politics, provided the
natives would give 50 cents each to
get in. The report says: "He kept
his promise for the first fifteen min
utes, and then launched out in one
of his political harangues that oi
fended the people." They ought.
however, to remember that Bryan
dosn't know how to do anything
else.
Globe-Derrtocrat: The number of
business failures for the first halt
of the calendar vear 1897 and the
amount of the liabilities involved
are below those of the same period
in 1896. This is the testimony of
commercial agencies' tables. Here
is an encourasrinp; indication. The
bank clearances and railroad
earn-
inr show that the volume of
gen-
eral trade throughout the country
is on the increase, while the figures
ot commercial morality indicate
that trade is on a solider basis than
it was last year. When the normal
conditions in the business world
are completely restored a long per-
ioq of financial prosperity may
reasonably be looked for.
A Japanese paper explains how
Japan may capture and control
Hawaii, in spite of all the United
States may.day. It calls attention
to the fact that there are about
25,000 Japanese in Hawaii, about
18,000 of whom are trained to arms;
that Japan has at libert many
war vessels and more transports
that can put arms in Hawaii before
the United States can take any
action; that these Japanese with
arms in their hands and with Jap
anese war vessels holding the only
harbors on the island,
could overrun the whole country be
fore the United States could inter
tere, and re-enforced by the Janan
ese army and navy, could defy the
United States
THE SHREW MOUSE.
Somo Qneer Superstitions About a Harm
less Little Animal.
Tho shrow, or shrew inonse, a3 it is
commonly called, is found in nearly all
parts of the world. It is distinguished
by an elougatcd, pointed muzzle, small
eyes, plantigrade, sis teed leet aud
elands that secrete a musky fluid. Al
together it closely resembles a mouse,
but it is really uot related to the mouse
family.
When at heme, it is cither under a
pile of rubbish or in a hole whteh it
has burrowed in the earth. It'fs noctur
nal in its habits, but perfectly harm
less, yet at oue time it was much dis-
liKert and persecuted because it was
thought to be a daugerous, mischievous
animal. Among tho Italians the notion
was prevaleut that the bite of a shrew
was extremely poisonous. The French
and the English believed that if a shrew
ran over au animal s toot the animal
felt great pain aud eventually became
paralyzed. Hence if a horse, a cow or a
goat became a little stiff iu its limbs
the foolish pcodIc at ouco declared it
"shrew struck," and the poor shrews
had fo suffer in consequence
Of course tho "shrew struck" animal
had to have something to cure it, so an
ash tree was selected and a deen hole
was bored iuto its trunk. Then a shrew
was captured, put alive iuto tho hole,
tho holo was securely plugged and tho
innocent littlo animal was left to die of
starvation.
The ignorant believed that, after such
an act, tho ash tree had power to euro
shrew struck" animals, aiid whenever
an animal became inactive or a Utile
numb in its limbs its owner hurried to
the "shrew ash," cut a switch from it
and switched the "shrew struck" beast
The smarting caused by the switching
naturally made the helpless animal
move abont as much as it possibly could,
and in a short timo it was pronounced
cured. Philadelphia Times.
Somo Odd Wills.
One of tho oddest documents cf the
will kind known was that of Queen Aus-
tngilda, consort of King Goutram of
Burgundy. The dying princess enjoined
upca her husband to slav and bury in
tho same grave with her the physicians
who had attended her. Another will
was that of a husband who forbade his
wifo's marrying on pain of his returning
to naunt her. This is quite different
from that of a woman who instructed
her executors to seek out "some nice,
good, pretty girl," who would make an
affectionate secoud wife to her spouse.
It is a fact interesting in this connec
tion that the first Napoleon actually be
queathed 10,000 francs to a fellow
named Cantillou, who had been tried
for attempting tho assassination of the
Duke of Wellington. Pittsburg Dis
patch. Not In Hor Class.
"I understand their engagement has
been broken."
"Yes. Sho says she was deceived. He
had only 0 century ruus to his credit
instead of 1G, and as she had 14 hersolf
he was clearly out of her class. " Chi
cago Post.
Hub News.
"In Boston the monkeys can ride tho
bicycle."
"That's nothing. Boston parrots have
fceen quoting Emerson for years and
years and years" "perrpi grge Press.
ONE KIND OF BAD MEN
THOSE WHO" ARE DANGEROUS
ROWDIES AND ROBBERS.
.. Wyoming: Cattleman Who Checked the
Z.tttle Game of Two Chicago Thieves.
How a Millinery Salesman Cowed a Touch
That Wanted to Shoot at Everything:.
" What is known as a bad man in the
far west is not necessarily a man of an
unvaryingly evil disposition or of dis
position evil at all. He may bo uniform
ly and cussedly bad or bad only in the
sense of being dangerous to thoso who
offer him unjustifiable provocation. I
have met many varieties of tho species
in my 20 years of travel west of the
Mississippi," said a former commercial
traveler.
f'I was in the train in which it hap
pened, although I did not see the occur
rence, when two thieves came to grief
in trying to rob a cattleman. It was in
the Chicago, Burlington and Quinoy
station in Chicago, or, rather, just be
yond the station. Tho thieves evidently
had planned tho robbery beforehand,
knowing that tho cattleman had a large
sum of money with him, and they had
followed him to the train and aboard a
coach. He had seated himself near the
middle of the car. After the train had
started and got under good headway one
of the thieves suddenly grabbed him
from behind, pinioning his arms to his
side, while the other drew his pocket
book from his inner breast pocket. Then
tho thieves ran in opposite ways toward
tho car doors with tho intention, of
course, of jumping from tho moving
train, but they hadn't reckoned rightly
on the quickness of tho cattleman's pis
tol. Drawing his revolver, he brought
down one of the thieves half way to tho
door, mortally wounded, with a bullet
through his back. Turning, he fired at
the other, just dashing out at the door,
shooting him through the heart so that
he fell dead on tho platform.
'The wholo thing was done so quick
ly that few of the passengers in the
coach were aware that anything unusual
was going on until the pistol shots rang
out Then naturally there were jumping
up and confusion and hysterics. The
cattleman, pistol in hand, went at once
to tho first thief he had shot, searched
him and, not finding his pocketbook,
went back through the car to where the
other thief lay dead on tho platform.
The crowd gave him free passage along
the aisle, you can bet At tho door a
brrfkeman handed him the pocketbook,
which tho thief had dropped when ho
foil. The cattleman ran his eve over the
contents, satisfied himself that they
were all right, then went back to his
scat, where ho remained quietly until
tho next station was reached. Here he
got out, asked tho telegraph operator to
notify the police that he was waiting
for them to arrest him and staid until
they came. Tho coroner's jury exoner
ated him for the killing, and his case, if
ever it came before a court, was quickly
dismissed. I met him afterward in Wy
oming, a quiet, everyday sort of man of
no particular reputation as a shot, who
had got along with littlo trouble in a
fighting way before and" after his ex
ploit at Cihcago, but he showed him
self great at this ono timo when nerve
and promptness and good marksmanship
were needed.
"I saw a rough fellow taken down by
a man who was not a bit rough to look
at onco on a passenger train of the
Southern Pacifio road, west of Deming.
It was in a parlor car, and the tough
had arrived at the stage of drunkenness
where he felt it necessary to get out his
pistol and shoot at telegraph poles along
the side of tho track. He got ugly when
the conductor spoke to him and allowed
he'd do pretty much as ho pleased and
that the man who interfered with him
wouldn't turn up for his victuals next
day or at any timo after. It is probable
that tho trainhands eventually would
have brought him to rights, but a pas
senger, a slim, quiet, refined looking
man, took the business in hand and
saved them tho trouble.
"The fun began when the tough's pis
tol went off in tho car, by accident quite
likely. At this the slim man got up and
walked back to him, carrying a slender
walking stick in his hand.
" 'There has been enough of this busi
ness, ho said. 'Put that pistol up.'
"Tho tough jumped up from his seat.
" 'Damn you!' he shouted. 'Do you
know who you're talking to? You gitP
"He started to cock his pistol as he
spoke, but the hammer didn't get half
way up. Tho thing was done too sud
denly for my eye to follow, but the pis
tol clanged down on tho floor between
them, knocked from the fellow's hand
by a blow with tho stick. Tho tough
swore and clutched with the other hand
at his hand that had been so smartly
rapped. Tho slim man stooped, picked
up the pistol and threw it out of the
window.
'Now, will you behave yonrself?' ho
asked, looking tho fellow in the eye,
with tho expression of a wild beast
tamer and holding the stick as a fenciug
master holds his foil at 'ready. '
" 'You bet,' was the prompt answer,
and the tough man sat meekly down. Ho
was very much 'on his good behavior all
the rest of tho trip. He even tried to
make friends with tho slim man. The
slim man's name, by the way, was E. T.
Hallam, au agent for a millinery goods
firm. He received tho lionizing of tho
other passengers modestly, acknowledg
ing, however, that he fenced and spar
red some and could play a little at sin
gle stick." New York Sun.
Tho Letter A.
The letter A is in Hebrew called
aleph, an ox, and tho Phoenician char
acter which represents this sonud was
originally a picture of an ox head ; hence
the name. Tho right hand stroke of tho
A represented the top of the head, tho
utucj. uuwu siruKo tne leis sine ana a
line, since fallen out of use, represented
the right side of the head, while in very
old Phoenician manuscripts two dots
above for eyes and two below for nos
trils rendered the resemblance complete.
Of Course.
Professor (a littlo detracted) I'm
glad to see you. How's ypur wife?"
"I regret it, professor, but I'm not
married."
"Ah, ye3. Then of courso your wifo's
still single. " Fliegende Blatter.
The dress of a fully equipped diver
weighs 169 pounds and costs about
$ 500. The thick underclothing weighs
pounds, the dress itself 14 "pounds,
the huge boots, with leaden koIpk. na
pounds, the breast and back 80 pounds
and the helmet 85 pounds.
mrs. black's church.
Iflter Coachman Thcraght It .Too XX sable
For a Cabinet Xdr.
During Mrs. Jeremiah Black's life in
Washington, when her distinguished
husband was in the cabinet, sho was
one of the most efficient helpers in the
early struggles of the Vermont Avenue
Christian church. With the little hand
ful of that faith who "broke bread"
in some private house or obscure hall,
she went regularly. A well remember
ed anecdote of that time illustrates her
fidelity and at the same time her gen
tle, kindly nature. The church was
meeting in Temperance hall. Judge
Black's driver, Peter, sensitive for tho
honor of the family, or moro bo for his
carriage, felt it to ie something of a
disgrance to stand before such a build
ing on Sunday. One day he touched up
on the subject as gently as he could by
saying:
"Mrs. Black, that ain't a very fine
church you and the judge go to."
"No, Peter," said the lady, "it is not
a very grand one."
"Mrs. Black, do you 'spec' to 'tend
that churclj every Sunday?"
"Yes, Peter, until they get abetter
one."
"'"Well, Mrs. Black, I wanted to ax
you somethin, though I don't much like
to say it, marm."
"What is it, Peter?"
" Well, marm, I wanted to tell you
de drivers of do other members of do
cabinet kinder makes fun of me 'bout
standiu 'fore dat meetin house, and I
wanted to ax you if you hadn't no ob
jection to let me drive down to dat fine
Presbyterian church where de other big
men go and stand dere wid my carriago
until your meetin is out, an den drive
back for you and do judge."
"All right, Peter, if you'll be on
time," said Mrs. Black, and Peter satis
fled his mind that he saved the credit of
the family and of his horses and car-1
riage afterward by standing regularly
with the fine turnouts of the other cab
inet officers. Washington Post
WOMEN AND JEWELS.
Tho Combination Is as Old as Time and
Not a New Fad.
The critic who finds much to blamo
in modern women in tho number of
jewels they wear on both this aud the
other side of the Atlantic will find that
history had set tho fashion long before
the fair creatures of today had opened
their lovely eyes. According to Pliny,
Lollia Paulina, tho wife of Caligula,
wore on her hands, arms, neck, head
and waist pearls and diamonds to the
value of $1, 080,000. Faustina had a
ring worth $200,000, Domitia possessed
one worth $300,000, and CoBsonia had
a bracelet worth 400,000. Seneca cried
out that ono pearl would no longer do
for a lady, but she must insist on at
least three for each shell-like ear. Tho
weight of these, it is hard to believe,
could ever be endured by even the vain
est of fair maids and matrons.
There were women in ancient Romo
whose sole occupation was healing the
torn cars of ladies whose ornaments
had proved too heavy for the pretty
lobes. Poppasa's earrings were worth
$750,000, aud Calpurnia, the wife of
the mighty Julius Caesar, had a pair
valued at twico that sum. Later ou the
extravagance' had not seemed to have
died out Marie de' Medici had a dress
prepared for the baptism of her chil
dren, and when she attempted to wear
the marvelous creation she found that
it was so heavy that she could not stand
in it It was trimmed with 82,000
pearls and 3,000 diamonds.
Men, however, excelled in costly ap
parel in tho middlo ages, and Philip
the Good of Burgundy frequently wore
jewels valued at $200,000. When he
walked along the streets, people climb
ed over each other to get a peep at him.
Tho Duke of Buckingham once wore at
the court of St. James a costume cost
ing $400,000. Tho dress of tho nobles
of the middle ages was literally covered
with gold and precious stones. Chica
go News.
A Good Sally I.unn.
A good Sally Lunn, made according
to the original Sarah Lunn's recipe,
without 3east, is this: Mix 8 cups of
flour, 3 tablespoonfuls sugar, 3 table
spoonfuls melted butter, a cup of milk,
8 tcaspoonfuls baking powder and 3
eggs together and bake in a loaf. If a
"raised" bread is desired, nothing is
better than this often tested recipe. Add
2 tablespoonfuls melted butter to a Jargo
pint of warmed milk, (heri 2 well beaten
eggs and half a yeast cake dissolved in
8 tablespoonfuls cold water. Pour grad
ually over a quart of flour and beat to a
smooth batter. Add a teaspoonful salt
and a teaspoonful of sugar. Set to rise
for 2 hours in a warm place and bake.
To those who like tho hop taste a wholo
yeast cake may be used with these pro
portions and will, of course, accelerate
considerably the rising process. New
York Post
A Fearful Duel.
The most terrible duel fought at any
time in Paris was tho one between Colo
nel D , an old Bonapartist officer,
and M. do G of tho Gardes du
Corps, a mere youth, but of herculean
Strength. The two men, lashed togeth
er so as to leave their right arms free,
were armed witik sbbrt knives, placed
in 'a hackney coach, ai)4 driven af a
tearing gallop nropud the place de ?
Concorde. Tbey were taken out of the
coach dead. The colonel had 18 stabs,
the youth only 4, but one of these had
pierced his heart San Francisco Ar
gonaut Lady Dufferin, in her amusing book,
" Viceregal-Lifo In India," gives some
good examples of "baboo" English.
One of the natives was told to write an
essay on tho horso in an examination,
and, this was the result: "The horse is
a very noble animal, but when irritated
ceases, to do so."
The nest and eggs of Pallas gray
shrike (Lauius major) are said to be
still unknown to science.
Properly SltBated.
"They may say what they like against
him, " said the convicted) onr defender,
"but his heart is jn the rjgbj; hlac&H '
-Yes," assented the other, 'and bo if
the rest cf him for a few" years. ;'-r-In'r
dianapolis Journal.
Gcateel.
The Nation says that in England at
the present day the expression genteel
is mainly a peculium of the underbred
of those with whom wives are la
dies and of those who in their own
3phere arc known as gents and the like.
THE WHEELBAEROW.
USED EXTENSIVELY IN CHINA AS A
MEANS "OF TRANSPORT.
they Each Carry Six Passengers or COO
Founds of Merchandise Uceused and
lie gala ted H&rd on tho Streets How
They Differ From Oar Wheelbarrows.
The wheelbarrow affords one of the
chief means of travel and transport in
China, especially in the northern part
of the empire aud throughout the Great
plain. The Chinese form is a decided
improvement ou the types used in west
ern countries, for it is eo constructed
that tho load, which sometimes is very
great in bulk and weight, is carried
over the wheel, and not between it and
the man who propels it The high cost
of timber and the bad roads through
out the country necessitate the wheel
barrows being both rude and strong,
with axles and wheels able to bear tho
strains which they experience. The
wheelbarrow is generally constructed
of oak, at a cost of about 16 shillings.
Its weight is 120 pounds; extreme
length, 0 feet G inches (including shafts) ;
extreme breadth, 8 feet 2 inches, and
height, 8 feet G inches. The wheel is 8
feet in diameter and has an Iron tire
1 inches wide by a quarter inch thick.
To aid in steadying and propelling
the vehicle the wheelbarrow man wears
a strap across his shoulders, which is
attached to tho shafts on each side.
Boxes, bales of goods, or whatever the
loads may consist of, are secured to tho
wheelbarrow by ropes. Tho charge for
carrying au average load is about Is.
5d. per mile, hut varies according to
tho load and the state of the road to he
traveled over. The wheelbarrow has
seating accommodation for four people,
two on each side, and the fare for four
people is 2Jd. per mile.
Passenger fares are lower than those
for merchandise on account of the avoid
ance of labor in loading and unloading.
A cushioned scat is provided for the
passenger, who generally sits with one
leg resting on the front of the barrow
and tho other hanging over the side in
a rope loop, which serves as a foot rest.
Thus a native is wheeled for miles over
the rough roads of tho country, with
severo jolting, accompanied by a pecul
iar squeak of the axle in tho case of most
barrows. Immediately behind the wheel
barrow, between the shafts, there is a
long, oblong shaped basket, in which
the wheelbarrow man keeps his few be
longings. On she Great plain wheelbar
rows are occasionally seen with a sail
set, when a fair wind proves a great help
to tho trundling of the barrow over a
level way.
Since the institution of cotton mills
at Shanghai (foreign settlements) tbo
wheelbarrow has been extensively used
as a passenger vehicle, especially for car
rying workwomen to and from the
mills. One man can wheel six women
for a distance of about three miles,
morning and evening, the charge being
Is. 5d. per month. Tho average earn
ings of a wheelbarrow man are about
8d. per day. About 4,000 licenses are
issued monthly to tho samo number of
wheelbarrows plying for hire in the
streets of tho foreign settlements at
Shanghai, where, being under the mu
nicipal regulations, they are perhaps
the best in China. The fee for a license
is lld. a month, and no wheelbarrow
is allowed, according to the regulations,
to carry more thau 6)jj chests of tea or
8 boxes of kerosene oil or 20 boxns
of soap (30 pounds each) or 10 boxes of
soap (52 pounds each) or 2 bales of
American piece goods. The width of
the packages must not exceed four feet
that is, two feet on each side of the
barrow and no wheelbarrow is allowed
under any circumstances to carry more
than GOO pounds of dead weight.
These regulations are, however, not
strictly adhered to. Sometimes in the
streets of the foreign settlements at
Shanghai about 50 wheelbarrows may
be seen traveling ono behind tho other,
each carrying two barrels of English
Portland cement and pushed by one
man. Very frequently, however, a load
is carried on one side of the barrow on
ly, so that tho edge of tho 1 inch tire
cuts iuto the macadam roadway like a
knife. The bales sometimes project
three feet on each side, the man push
ing the barrow being almost invisible
from the front Tho municipal roads
are chiefly of macadam, and tho dam
ago they sustain from this traffic is
very great. It has been found, after re
peated experiments, that granite broken
o pass through a three-quarter inch
ring and rolled in the usual manner is
pho oply kind of macadam roadway"
that wil sfaud this severe traffic. It' is,
pxtraordjpary fp sep a phinanian skillr
fully balpppyjg flpd propelling 3 heavy
load on one side pf a barrow, and, cpu
sidering that there are abopt 4,000 pf
these vehicles traveling through the
streets ef the aettlements, in addition to
a large traffic of other kinds, the upsets
and accidents are remarkably few.
Iron Ago.
Shubcrt.
Tho short life of Franz Schubert
probably contained as much artistic la
bor as auy man has ever been able to
crowd in tho same number of years. Ho
was bom in 1797 and died in 1828. His
artistic career extended over about 20
years, during which time he produced
more than 1,200 songs, to say nothing
pf symphonies, pianoforto sonatas and
concerieu ninsic.
flic Qoucct Skirt.
Tbo doucet skirt shfrred on fine pords
around tbo waist, the phirrjng etendr
ing below the hips, is a popular fcaturo
of summer frocks. In organdie this
fashion is particularly adaptable, A
pretty "summer girl," who looked a
if she had stepped out of a picture at a
wedding in the country recently, had
an organdio with a white ground, pow
dered with tiny pink rosebuds, the skirt
made in this way and worn over a white
taffeta slip. The waist had a little full
ness gathered on the right shoulder and
under the arm, the folds being brought
across the breast diagonally and fas
tened with a ruffle on the left side,
forminc a curve around the collarless
neck, which was left a little bare, the
organdie forming a sort of bolero, which
was drawn tightly across tbo figure and
the waist defined by a high draped belt
The sleeyes were gaade without being
gathered and drqwn tightly arpjinji the
arms, except at thp top, where a si?iar
looking puff accentuated the shoulders,
With this pretty frock was worn n
leghorn hat tilted over on the Bide by n
cluster of pink roses. Boses also formed
a garniture on top, with loops of black
velvet ribbon forming an aigret on one
side. New York Tribune.
HAD no faith in physic.
Jueen Elizabeth Might Have lived Longer
Sad Sho Taken Medicine.
Of the efficacy cf physic Queen Eliza
beth had always been skeptical. Now,
10 or 12 physicians came to the palace,
each promising, "with all manner of
asseveration," "her perfect aud easy
recovery" if sho would follow a simple
course of treatment But they spoke in
vain. Nor could tho protests of council
ors, divines and waiting women induce
her to accept medical assistance. Her
melancholy was ' 'settled and irremov
able," and she had no wish to prolong
it by lengthening out her life. She only
broke silence to murmur,
sick, I feel no pain and
yet I pine
away. " oho was asfcea whether sho had
any secret cause of grief. She replied
that sho knew of nothing in the world
worthy of troubling her. At length by
force (it is said) she was lifted from tho
cushions and put to bed. Her condition
underwent no change. Gradually those
about her realized that "she might live
if she would use means," but that sho
would not be jTersuaded, and princes, as
they tearfully acknowledged, cannot be
coerced. Nevertheless, until the third
week they looked forward to a renewal
of her old vivacity and the dispersal of
her lethargy. But during the week it
was perceived that the ground she had
lost could only bo recovered by miracle.
On Wednesday, March 23, her coun
cilors entered her bedchamber to receive
her last instructions. She had none to
give. The archbishop and bishops offered
up prayer at herbedsido and sho derived
some comfort from their ministrations.
In tho evening sho sank into a quiet
sleep, such as she had sought without
avail for nearly a month. Sho never
woke again. "About 3 o'clock in the
morning of March 24 sho departed this
life, mildly like a lamb, easily like a
ripe apple from the tree." When sho
was examined after death, her phy
sicians reported that "she had a body
of firm and perfect constitution, likely
to have lived many years." Death was,
in fact, prepared to tho last to bargain
with her for a few more years of lifo,
but his tenus implied an cnfeeblemcnt
of thoso faculties on whose unrestricted
exercise her queenly fnmo seemed to her
to depend. By refusing io bo party to
the truce sho invited her overthrow,
but she never acknowledged herself
vanquished. She mado no will, sho be
stowed no gift on any of tho faithful at
tendants who wept beside her deathbed,
and she declined to guide her council in
tho choice of a successor- Cprnhill
Magazine.
A PLACE FOR FIFTY.
A Statesman Who Found a Use For
the
Earnings of Ills Fen.
"I recall a pleasant incident in the
life of tho late Representative Harter of
Ohio," said an Ohio man tho other day.
I was at his apartments ono evening
at tho hotel where he lived during his
first term in congress and was in the re
ception room with several friends while
ho was working in his office at the far
end of the suit of rooms. Presently he
came out among us laughing and hold
ing in his band a check.
" 'Oh,' ho said to us, 'I am literary,
as well as you aro, and here's a check
for $50 I have just got from n maga
zine for an article that I wasn't expect
ing to get anything for. '
"I told him I was not that literary,
for I couldn't sell one nrticlo for $50,
and we laughed aud chatted awhile
about it, Mr. Harter insisting that ho
wasn't a writer for money, but for the
sake of presenting his views to tho
world.
" I don't know what to do with the
check,' ho said and turned to his wife.
'Do you need it?' he asked her.
"Sho told him she did not, though
most women would have had uso for it
quick enough, and he stood irresolute
for a moment with tho check in his
hand, then ho smiled radiantly.
" 'I know somebody who does want
it,' ho said, nodding at his wife as if
she never would see it again. 'I received
a letter from tho pastor of a littlo Lu
theran cbnrch Mr. H. was a zealous
Lutheran away out in Missouri, who
is having a very hard timo to get along
and keep body aud soul together, ask
ing mo if I couldn't do something. I
can send him this check.' Aud he danced
away with it as joyously as a schoolboy
with a plaything, and in a minute or
two the check, duly indorsed and ac
companied by a letter, was waiting for
the postman to start it on its mission of
charity, and I havo often wondered
what the business manager of that mag
azine thought when he found that check
fo the order of M. D. Harter coming
back to New York from a little country
bapk in Missouri." Washington Star.
Gay Wall Papers.
Thp shops of thp decoratprs show a
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