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NEBRASKA
.JsJy i The stevedores
.thsLskigb Vslley steamship
jaa. mk m followed this
IhriMMftlKriMoo aii wo
taootJkic lbss. It m estimated that at
IkatmMMoittodtr, demanding
wadvaaes of wages rtrm to Scents
aa boar. Moat of ths lines hsvs hirod
saJkisat Mt men to get along with.
Wssanmras, D. C, July 2. The
order vanad by SpMlur Reed for the r
Mfal of etaada im the corridor of the
tin rnt ioto oaTact yaatania. Two
ataadbaapaia fafuaad to be avieud.
Tbaywillbe diapoaaaaaad by force if
nuiaiifT toeJht. One of tliaaa waa
Clara Morria, aa old Fioch woaiaa,
vboaa aaiioa ataad baa been a familiar
ofejeot bi the oapitol tor aeveral da
sadea. Sbawaa oa hand bright and
early tbia Borninc and announced her
' ialaotioB of boldiac out againat Speaker
Read and the wbola eapitol police force.
A number of yearn ago the woman euc
aaida J in retaining her ataad in the
face of a aimilar order.
Imii ihee n'WimW
,? St. Paui, Xwii July --Omaha Bte
8paeiaL Word baa reaehed Winnipeg
. from the Uudeoo Bay fort
is the hfaokaniie river
country eonhrminf the report that a re
nMaaorment by American aurreyore of
the Ataakan boundary ahowa it to be
twenty-eight milea further , eaat than
heretofore aupnoaad. Tbia plaoea Forty
Mila creek and the rich gold dietncte of
Jwt country hi American territory.
The Hldaoo Bay eompanr will hare to
abandon Fort Rampart houaa, which by
the new demarcation of the boundary
ia within Uiflted But territory. ;
ntiiiuieitm. ." gaaa
Naw Tons, . July 4. The American
BotMraMkara aaaoelation today decided
to erajmiae a local board in varioua
citlea to hare control of local matters.
The next meeting wiU be held in St.
Louie. President Curran of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Bjilennakere,
who waa praaant, daliTaaad an addreaa,
is whioh be deoouneed aa untrue the
ataternert that the Brotherhood waa ar
Tsyad against the manufaoturera. Re
ferring to the report that the manufae
tsmn ware to hare a black list, hejaid
organised labor waa opposed to auch a
ate jad the man who first adopted it
would be aura to go under. Several of
the maaufaetarera in reply sail no eueh
thing aa a black list had been thought
of.
MamsAroua, July L Early thia
Saorningthe building opposite the city
ball, occupied by Harder, Lues V Co
type founders, and George Bubs drug
gist, bsroed. Total losa $100,000; par
ttally isssrsd. -
Niw YoanVJoly L-A veteran of the
Thirteenth regiment of New fork Vot
sataerSf named William Schultc, com
nsittad autcide this morning at 126 Xkat
Third street, by - ahoouog bimaalf
. throsuh the heart. Hia inability to
sroaure i psoalon, .and the refusal of
km alwariirn to thssoldiara' home are
thaanpinaid nanan fin rillhanintil
at the expense of the waiters society of
which be was s member.
: LoarMHi, July 5. Stephen Holmes,
alias SUpban Smith, who wav arrested
hsrs on awaptoioa of being the thief who
ataie the daks of Edmbargb's jewela,
jatHaylaat, whOe hia royal highness
as in sVinbmrgh awndnstmg ttie open
sst f tba eteotrieal ashibiUon, was ar
(apssdtodsy sad remanded for bear
lag. It m allagsd that Bolmss ia a bar
bar and rat formerly employed in Cbi-
laaseWiiilaiiliil
ijrDUSAroua, Iaix, July 3. Among
- tea daaMrata bars there is a feeling
- avllwssirad by Uoesrnor HUl ia bis
. gfsUtots Hendrtcka dub.
. Km sMst amwilaant atan is the party
m4avaanmsas tpday tksrs is so
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, f pBaWlBmsMlsml afttBs la s;-H0 IIHbI
tastfxlat gad tasss fs'ao faastiaa
9 awsss ma?spfisiajaiaJ? , lstfcms
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aSSATK.
The iioiamiianati n .xercicea In ta-
apeet to the lato John & Cox, of New
York, whoh bad been fixec for tomor
row, were postponed until Tuesday of
next weak.
. ,Tbs boose bill in relation to oath a in
pension and other esses waa paaatd.
The bouse bill for the admission of
Idaho as a state waa then taken up for
ronaidwratinn. The bill having been
read Mr. Morril gsve notice that he
would at the earliest practical moment
mnvs to take up the tariff biiL Mr.
Teller remarked that the tariff bill
could not possibly be taken up thia
week, aa the senate would probably ad
journ from Thursday till Monday and
probably the Idaho bill will not be dis
posed of thia weak.
The report having been read the Ida
bo bill waa temporarily laid aside.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was taken up. There are few amend
Bmnte. Coke moved to add to the paragraph
for investigating the history and habits
of insects, 9200 for investigating the
history of aad remedies for the coerce
hall worm. Agreed to. The bill tben
Further conference waa ordered on
the legislative oppropriation bill on the
amendment to increase the pay of sen
ator's clerks.
The Idaho bill waa resumed and Cul
lorn addressed the senate in its favor.
Ha said that Idaho and Wyoming bills
were reported from the committee on
terriloriee out of s sense of duty to vhe
people of these territories and of the
United States. . The committee waa
charged with eeeking political advant
ages because it had not also reported
bill for the admiaaion of Arizona and
New Mexico. He assured the sentte
that the committee was entirely inno
cent in the matter. The fact waa the
committee had acarcely been naked to
report a bill for the admiaaion of either
of these territories. Neither of them
presented itself in auch a manner aa to
justify the committee in placing them
alongside of Wyoming and Idaho, The
bill having been laid aside, the house
joint resolution continuing the annual
appropriation bills for thirty daya after
the close of the fiscal year if the appro
priation bills had cot tben become a law
was reported by Allison and passed.
Adjourned.1
Morgan introduced s bill providing
that no person shall enter any
publie lands in Wyoming under the
homestead or other laws who ia a biga
mist or polygamiit, or who teaohea ,
counsels, aids or encourages others to
enter'into bigamy or polygamy, or who
U a member of any association that
teaches polygamy. The bill was re
ferred to the committee on public lands
Tba conference committee n the leg
islative appropriation bill reported that
ft waa unable to tgre on the pay of
senators' cierki and the committee
del Of. -
A new conference waa appointed. '
The conference report on the district
of Columbia bill waa disagreed to and a
new conference ordered.
. conference waa also ordered on the
agricultural appropriation bill.
Discussion on ths Idaho sdmiasioB
bill waa resumed snd Vases apoke in
apposition to it. The bill tben paaxed
without division.
A ni ass age from the house announcing
that it had resolved to adhere to its dis
agreements to the legislative appropri
ation bill was b reseated by Dawes of ths
ooufereooe committee, who atsted that
tr bouse declined to oonfer further.
After a long discnesion ths senate re
fused o recede from its amendments by
a vote of 2 to 19. Ass result of this
disagreement unless either senate or
bouse tanks down ths legislative appro
priation bill fails, and a new bill wiU
have to be reported and go through the
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Brsckanridgs, of Ksntncky, preatnted
the credentialrof W. W. Dickenaon as
rsfiressutetivseteot, to fill the vacancy
occasion eJ by tba leeignation of Car
liile. Dickeoioa than took the oath of
The debate oa the federal election
bill was continued. Herbert, of Idaho
Uasek, of Ten n ease a, Coleman, ' cf
Lowisiaaa aad Burrows aad Chipman,
of Miobinn, participating.
Ibe debate was ansa ended aad the
joktt rssohrtioa ; sitaading far thirty
days, at until the bills aow pending be-
Th etoaSTbai was then resumed.
Laegt, on behalf of the ooenwittsf, anb
mitud s series of ames amenta, sternly
formal ia esaraotat, sad they ware
of slmks briefly aisisat
ttob aad ths hones took s recess.
The bonaa rassmed the ooaatdarstioa
of thf filinl alanftna MH. the pendi&g
amanaieat being that offered by LabX
bseooflJsrssT.prodtkat ths
oUef Mfwrlaor at tlsoMsa for seeb
fafiaiafeMriotaf ths Usrtsd States
shall tabs sash aetioa as ia issaiatts s
a aaastTsaoa ia every oos
iHteiat. as srorkied br the
of ths Usissd testes.
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aodssssjt was iwirtad,
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l-amFiri,oteKi Ganfiaa.
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VEBJtAWA.
Crete baa a populatioa of SSli.
The land office at Alliance was opsaad
for business July 1.
A confidence man worked Brewatar
the other day for fCCO,
O'NeiU will aoos be reached by the
Short Line tracklayers.
A majority of the county rspublioaa
enoTsnttona will be held on the IA
Edgar" mayor cast the deciding vote
last week is favor of granting saloon li
cense. Annie Rooney lives at O'Connor, but
she has not yet heard that famous piece
of maaic.
The Ooxef tt says that Ptsinview is
getting ready to awake from her Van
Winkle aleep. '
The republican county convention of
Custer county will be held at Broken
Bow July lft
York's pottoffioe has been raised to
the second 4asf and the salary increased
from $1,900 to 12,000 a year.
A Fourth of July attraction at Grant
will b a sham battle conducted by old
soldiers and Sons of Veterans
At Chadron the bottom baa dropped
out of tbe ice cream market, 10 cents a
dish now being tbe common price. '
A large engine to be used in supplying
the irrigating ditch at Qering haa ar
rived and ia being placed in position.
George Cutter broke into a house at
Fremont and will take a three year's
course in the penitentiary Chautauqua
circlo. .
A. M. Franklin, a brakeman, bad hia
foot so oadly crushed by tbe can at
Broken Bow that amputation waa
necessary.
Lightening struck t'je electric plant
in Nebraska City Saturday night and
wrecked the machinery to the extent of
Fifty or more farmera will be em
ployed on tbe B. 4 M. in the yards at
Alliance with a guarantee of steady
work until anow flies.
Sterling bouts of a building boom.
At present a brick bank, a 12jOO churob
and a f 10,000 school hooee are in course
of construction.
A Knox county Presbyterian Las come
to the conclusion that a man who uses
tobacco ia not tit to lick a postage stamp,
let alone preach the gospel.
Farmer Elijah Filley, the philosopher
of Filler, baa purchased an elegant bil
liard table and has become quite an ex
pert at the three ball game.
According to the Rushville Standard
there ia no more danger of an outbreak
by the Indiana of Pine Ridge than there
is of a lawyer going to 'giavea .1 ., '
The post ball dub at North Niobrara
baa been newly uniformed with the pro
ceeds of tbe canteen. The canteen sys
tem is therefore pronounced a suoaeaa.
E IL Laacb, of Humphrey baa pur
chased -nd will exhibit a steer which is
six feet high and 'rill weigh 2,300 when
in good flesh. It was raised near Win
nebago City, Minn. '
; The Adams county republican central
committee has decided in favor of one
convention this year to do the whole
business of choosing state and congres
sional delegates and nominating a county
ticket. . -
The press itation of Hamlet haa been
puetponed uutil after . the campaign,
saya the Fremont Tribune. If pro
hibition it will not be preoen'ed by ths
Fremont bar, but by the Fremont hole-in-
tbe-walL . 3-. . ( .
The town board of Valentine has
purchased a thirty -five horse power boil
er for the water works plant to take the
place of a ten horse power boiler. ,
Prairie dogs and rattlesnakes, which
tea years ago, were mora numerous than
people ia Custer county, have about dis
appeared and it is setd m that either ia
' M. Zylyamy, a Polk county Potander. '
enjoyed a quiet amoks while putting
away hia team and a a result lost bis
barn together with a span of mules,
lot of grain aad some machinery. ; - -Custer
county claims GyOOO allUaos
members and if an emergency should
arise at the Columbus convention their
rtpresentstivee will work for a Caster
county wngrossman. Berry and Shinn
ars probabilities.
Two boras thieves, Mead aad Wileoc,
wbobrcks jsil at Valeatins, wars cap
tured eight miles from town. Oataids
assistance was givsn them, aad horses
provided for their use ia getting out of
tbsoooatry. ( ... :,
liiaaeBrsn,''tbs famous Arabia
stallion once owned by General Grant
snd now ths sroejrty of General Colby
of Bastries, will bo sent bi a few months
to Lsaiagtoa.tooBaotths leading
bresOytaraMiatiuAre
A vooss lad at Wvmare who advar-
farm mVeaas,! looking, dark bafr
1014,01 mwSs aad literatassv
aad ast avajis' to, oeiaty: Hasa alas
msw.;
i1.Cgai-)sUi17savaakasr ss
fcAasss mnZu of tba ssaeral laal
krrcrl assy, a stasia wossfst-y
rT7tCs fcss!3na,
tirjxrrr" rtJk ti fcriiC
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TO MARE THEM STRONG.
CUllmftMU Im TmlMd le Dcvetop
ISMlrLstoet Vvmmn.
Over in Brootlyn is a little man with
a gigantic chest and marvelously strong
muscles. He is the founder of a new
system of physical education. Thirty
two years ago, when he was wearing his
first knickerbockers, lie was so puny
that hia parents thought it was hardly
worth while to encounge him to go on
living. Today, although lie is small he
is as strong as a bulldog and delights in
amusing his friends aud astonishing
strangers by lying Hat ou his back and
lifting up 240 pound men ut arm's
length. He thinks the custom of put
ting young Americans through a course
of calistbf nic and gymnastic exercises
is all w rong.
"The present system is wrong.1 from
beginning to end," be said to a reporter.
"Pick up a six months old infant," be
added, "hold him in an unstrained up
right position, and yon will find that
his spine is perfectly straight. As soon
as the child begins to wtlk the spine be
gins to curve. Why? Vhe weight of
the abdomen causes the lower part of
his back the 'hollow of his back,' bo
called to sink forward and sag down.
There is error number one. Subsequent
physical training takes no notice of it
DEFECTS OF CALISTHENICS.
"You w"1 find, too, that an infant in
arms has t power, while sitting bolt
upright, of putting his foot, or at least
a part of it, in his mouth. . This is be
cause his hip joint is perfectly free and
flexible. He loses this flexibility almost
from the moment he begins to walk.
The ordinary system of athletic or
calisthenic training takes no notice of
this loss.
"Now, 1 claim that above all else a
child should be taught how to stand and
hovr to breathe. Xext he should be
insii acted m to the proper way of using
every muscle and joint. Teach him
those things and he will be a graceful)
healthy, strong man. , Neglect them
and while he may become temporarily
strong his power is neither lasting nor
conducive to lonj litis and vigor.
. "Aothing is more important than to
teach children the general principles of
right development It is a mere make
shift to bring forward calisthenics.
Only a small minority of the children
in classes for physical training g-'ve any
rigor or meaning to the few insignifi
cant movements of the arms. Most of
the boys and almost all of tbe girls
make merely superficial movements,
with no sense of the meaning and no
feeling of exhilaration. If anything
has been said to tbe children about
breathing no effect is visible, If any
thing has been said about the carrirge
of the body the instruction has been
confined to an injunction to Iteep back
the shoulders.'
POSITIOS 18 EVEttYTHIXrt.
"In a nervous effort to obey the latter
injunction children are often found
with hollowed backs and shoulder blades
driven in against the spine. When the
shoulders are violently and persistently
thrown back the shoulder blades almost
meet. They press on the spine and jr.m
the upper part of it forward. This
effect is simply unavoidable.
"if a child is sent to school at the age
of 5 or 6 the teacher should watch him
at his desk to make sure that be main
tains an erect position. It will be found
that if tbs head is kept properly held
erect the chin is bound to draw up tbe
breast bone. By holding the body erect
aud straight the child will find it easy
to breathe in the costal way that in,
with the upper part of the cliest. Tills
I claim is the proper way to breathe
Of course it is not easy to learn all this
at once, but a careful teacher by taking
pains could soon ' bring her class into
such a condition that tbey would find
it easier to stand, walk and tit right
than srong. '
"It is not necessary to spend any
special half hour a day in teaching
these things, t The instructor who is
with children ail the time is the one to
keep them standing or sitting properly.
'Folding the arms,' the present atti
tude of respectful attention, is one that
cramps the chest und the breathing ap
paratus. It shonl't never, be practiced.
LeJ the teacher ins:.-.ict her children to
keep the upper point of the forehead
and the most prominent part of the
chest always uplifted, as if trying to
push up through the ceiling. A word
now and again will soon inculcate the
right sort of carriage. Let nil bending
forward be done from the hip joint
not from tbe waist Tbe back bone
need not and should not be bent in
stooping to pick up snythlag.
'.- WE SHOULD AIL LITE TO BP SO.
Instead of wasting time orar rods!
and wands teachers should mate the
ehlttfanlembowto bold their bodies
and how to mars tb . shoulders, hips
aad other joints properly in the ordi
aary business, of .life. Children can
getntUe good from what they learn
aiiehsTlraJfy. The youngster's inter-
sat aniet bs, araoasd. Teach hint thai
BOtdaabbeUa hot lbs Icnowledgebe
acquires in the sarriags and deportment
of Us body wU Mho hiss agile aad
strong, aad tha his swysieal education
wQ smosasft to wmatMni, Flrysieal
iitawftlaai si iwopsrly acsoarplisbsd
x!jr &rwi tie atfai,
TS net MJasassst tf Master
rsi)3fs axx i?ortsaes at
bone covering. By that I mean elastic
supple tendons and muscles working in
harmony, directed by a well regulated
mind. That is w hat children need.
'The shoulders should not be strained
back of tbe hip joint These two joints
should be on tbe same perpendicular
line. Tbe ehest must have promiix-nce
on its own account, and the shoulders
wheu held back far enough to give the
chest free development find a natural
and comfortable center.
"1 am no believer in the theory of ex
tensive destruction in tissues and hur
ried rebuilding of them toi ecure health,
Such training is abnormal The cat,
tlie horse, dog, tiger and other lower
animals keep their strength for the
most part wi,u ,i'',t eercise- Tlie
tendency of hard exercise is hard mus
cles, aud hard muscles are bad. It is
in the conservation of energy, and not
in "the prodigal dissipation of energy,
that the greatest strength and endur
ance of the body will always he. Our
bodies should remain firm but pliant
and iu most parts soft 1 here is no
reason why any of us should become
inactive before our eightieth birthday.''
New York World. ,
Montana C'hivulry.
Now and then you will find a man
who will bully aud fight at the same
time, says the New York Sun. Such a
chap was "top-Shouldered liiH," as we
called him in Montana. He was ugly,
quarrelsome and a braggart, but be
would have fought ten men as soon as
one. For two years he had a revolver
where he coidd drop his hand onto it in
a second, and the half dozen chaps who
were locking to get tlie drop on him
had to keep on waiting. One day, how
ever, Bill's shooter got out of repair and
he gave it to a miner to be fixed. In
stead of waiting for it he wandered
down to a saloon where the hard uns
congregated, and it wasn't a quarter of
an hour before he set out to pick a fuss
with a new rivaL He just ached to kill
somebody, and when he nettlfcd the
stranger into "talking back" he reached
for his gun to pop hi m. 1 1 is gun wasn't
there. When Bill realized it he turned
as white as snow, thinking his time
had come. The stranger had drawn on
him, you see, aud he carried a wicked
look in his eyes.
"Well," he asked, as Bill raised his
hands. . , , - r
"I haven't any gun." j
"I see. Leave it somewhere ? !
"Yes."
"Verytareless in you. I've got the
calL" -
"You hey." ; ' " ' '
"You are a bad man and I ought 1o
shoot you through the head, but 1 don't
like tlds coldblooded business. Hold
up your right hand and spread out the
fingers." ,
"Stranger, don't do it."
"Either that or I'll put six bullets in
to your heart! Spread '("
Bill held up his right hand and three
reports followed each other like the
ticking of a clock. Each finger was
shot off at the first joint.
"That'll do," said the man, as he low
ered his weapon. "You can't pull trig
ger with nothing on that hand and be
fore you can learn to shoot left-handed
some one will bury you."
He went out and away, and Bill sert
for a doctor and sat therejnnd cried like
a boy. Next day he left without a word
to any of us, and we always believed
he jumped off House cliff into the
creek, which was then on a flood.
The Suicidal Mania.
Cushiug, a retired physician.
Dr.
gves
some interesting facts about
suicides.
"Not once in a hundred times," said
he, "do either men or women kill them
selves while in the presence of anotner
person. The tendency of the suicidal
mania is always towards solitude. That
is why, in all the asylums of the land,
people who have a disposition to kill
themselves are always kept together,
and there is no danger then."
"Another remarkable fact is," added
another physician, who jolued in the
conversation, "that people who attempt
suicide aud fail are almost afraid to die.
When I was a young doctor in a hos
pital, we used to sometimes play pranks
on men who had a tendency to kill
themselves. I recall a very interesting
ease which happened not long ago, A
man was carried into the institution
who attempted twice in one day to
commit suicide.
"Let us see," said I to another physi
cian' 'how badly this man wants to die.'
- "I handed him a harmless mixture, of
widen he fare the man a good dose. I
turned quickly around, snatched the
bottle out of his hand and said, so that
the would-be suicide eould hear me:
"My god, doctor, yon have killed
that man. uetthe stomach pump at
once.'
"The man, who only a few hours
before had tried to take his own life
instantly became scared to death at the
thought of losing It Ho begged like a
good fellow to be saved. I have sever
known it to be otherwise that if s per
son fails to take bis own Ufa, be Is
afraid to loss it by aosidast"--N. y.
Stab -' i
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"I see there has been a great gala In
Pennsylvania, acydons in Iowa, a bhx
Mrdla Dakota and bsayy wmdsinXaw
York'
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FASHION KOTES.
Perfumed ink is a new fad. Koi
satisfied with scenting her fans, bet
gowns, her hair, her furniture, her
stationery, my lady goes further aad
perfumes her writing fluid so that her
notes go broadcast like a waft from
Araby the bi'.-st.
Theer are many ways of judging egg.
One is to drop the egg in a pan of cold
water. Tbe fresher tbe egg the sooner
it will drop to the bottom, if bad it
will float like a life preserver. Tbe
best way to keep eggs is to bury them
in bran or meal and turn them fre
quently, box and alL Salt will pre
serve them in any climate if properly
packed.
There Is little promise of an honorable
career to boys and girls who spend their
best years in risky enjoyments or over
highly spiced novels, and only take theii
school studies hs compulsory medicine.
To a mind spoiled by over excitement
useful knowledge comes too hardly,
and very likely too late to do any good.
Spurned as diet, knowledge resents be
17 t iken in doses and refuses to re
Cold tea is well known as an aid in
curling the hair, and a simple decoc
tion may be prepnr&! by simmering an
ounce of quince r.ivdj in a quart of
water for twenty minutes, straining
aud bottling for u3, the liquid being
scented with som fivorite aroma if
preferred. The white of an ogg is also
sometimes used, or a thin solution of
isinglass. All of '.o-ise Hits hariajess in
every respect
Wis for Hatrair Women.
Among the central European He
brews tlie married woinsn all wear wigs,
no matter whether they be bald headed
or not Indeed, the more beautiful
the woman's hair the more necessary
tlie wig, for it is worn upon the theory
that a married woman should make
herself unattractive to every man save
her husband. The wigs are ugly, brown
and cheap. San Francisco Argonaut
The Woman Who Lansh.
For a good, every day household an
gel give us the woman who laiights. Her
biscuit may not be always just right and
she man occasionally bum her bread
and forget to replace dislocated buttons,
but for solid comfort all d;i and every
day she is a very piragox Home is
not a battlefield nor life 0113 long un
ending row. The trick of always see
ing the bright side, or n the matter has
no bright side, of polishing up the dark
one, is a very important faculty; one of
tbe things no woman should be with
out AVe are not all born with the sun
shine in our hearts, as the Irish prettily
phrase it, but we can cultivate a cheer
f 1 sense of humor if we only try.
Pretty W Irfcer Chain.
There is nothing prettier in a country
parlor than a few pieces of rattan furni
ture, either in natural color with cush
ions of India silk or enameled In while
and gold and fitted up with striped
tapestry, cretonne or any artistic mater
ial the owner fancies. There are two
kinds of furniture classified under the
head of rattan the genuine nUau aud
Uie reed or wicker. The wicker chair is
less expensive than the rattan, but it ia
not to be despised for this reason. It
certainly possesses one advantage over
rattan it cannot be twisted into such
preposterously ugly shapes as rattan
has been by some manufacturers. The
nature of the material prevents it being
woven with baiks in the shape of Japa
nese fans and various other styles which
are parodies of oriental art Xcw York
Tribune.
Making; Over Leee Drauet.
In making over a lace gown, whirh
has been unfortunate enough to be
torn here or there, just remember that
the place can be darned and never show
if it is done over a piece of Brusse'j
net This, of course, supports ths
xreak places in the lace and necessitates
so few stitches that tbey look alrndt
like part of the pattern. The costumo .
just described is in perfect good taste
for ordinary wear; but the woman who
wants to make one gown answer for
many purposes is she who is wist
enough to have two or possibly three
bodices to wear with black lace costume,
One may be of velvet and one oT either
moire, or black grosgraiu, as is lUo
most becoming. So little decoration is
put on lace skirts that the bodices ars
elaborately trimmed. ' The rows of rib
bon about the skirts, which were so
much like last season, do not obtain at
all this year. The one decoration which
teems to be favored . by . the French
modiste ia s sash in the back, a sasb of
very broad ribbon and baa both Ions
loops and ends. Ladiej' Uomt Journal.
A Patriarch Who Chops .Wood.
Charles Hlgrins, of Maplrton, Ma,
who is more than 81 years of age, hat
been In a woodchoppsrs' camp alj win
ter whore be held up his and In hard
work with the other young (allows,
Mr. Higgins' favorite breakfast to pit
and pork, with adosenor to "flspjacka" -thrown
in; and to that atapla and
austere fart ha attributes most of hia .
pvastni vigor. Hoaaa attars to
(traagapasxte. Bad thto daestjr t'A '
poxrisbscoeasabsCJi food
la tarty Ufa, tba chawes an Crt U :
wU hart Cad at H-Trrr
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