WHEN WOMEN VOTE.
nes vote the air will ring
1 argument on everything
rack their proud, progressive souls
Ya plunge u into mental holes,
Ami spank their babies at the polls,
When women vote.
1 women Tote each will find
JL duplicate in womankind
Their treaker sisters they will "bluff,"
I with hairpins snd powder puff
1 fcsJlot boxes they will stuff,
When women vote.
Tben women vote, this life will seem
Owe large nightmarish, fearful dream
imr mixii-trt wiTes will all prow rash,
TVnr politics with ours will clash,
Ad God knows who will cook the hash.
When women vote.
When women vote, we men will be
Bmt specters of humanity;
like shunt we'll Sit from place to place,
A amngry , thirsty, desperate race
Cur we'll have nothing left but space,
W hen women vote.
York World.
LOVER S LETTER BOX.
1 bail bad a duel the preceding nu
sain la consequence of a little adveu
nre which has nothing to do with the
jarusent story, and I was in a fair way I
ta get Into another, for I was paying
court In furious fashion to a fair It.il-1
Ian, whom we shall call, if you like, 1
Princess Milleflore.
The "prlneesg was a very beautiful J
woman, dark as night; but it was not a ;
sarie night, for she had eyes about I
whih one could write volumes. She
was about 30, and had a ferocious hus
band. He could not abide me. She. on the
contrary, deigned to evince toward rue
an affection that was scarcely ma
ternal, though she was my senior by
some seven or eight summers. After
having ventured, without sustaining j
KCTjtJiiii injury, 10 ten ner luai 1 wiougju
htr very beautiful, and thut her smile
was simply maddening, I had come to
the stage where one repeats such avow
als In writing. The difficulty lay, not
tn writing, but In delivering the letters
under the very nose of her husband, a
bearded ruflian who never left her side.
' Well, on a certain winter night, while
all Paris was skating in the uiost august
cwmjmuy, I took advantage of a mo
ment when the princess had laid her
magnificent blue foxskln muff down on
bene beside her to slip my epistle j
Into It
' The irincess Baw my maneuver plain
ly, ai I the glanoe she gave me made It
ar.ps tit to me that I need not fear she
v. on! denounce me to the police. Then
lve
'parated, for I saw the prince
ye?-
Ixed on me with so queer an ex-
oji that I wondered seriously if
d not suspect something.
ie. de Milleflore, a tall, supple
he
N ft'
woman a little blender, perhaps was
an "inequalled horsewoman and an in
fo.i.tigable dancer; but, like a true Ital
ian, she did not shine on the Ice. She
e ,.n had a fall once Unit made uie
stauddi r; but she was on her feet again
a' once, safe and sound. She had not
su-nck her head. However, though the
v'"tim of ao apparently ordinary nccl
' '. :at, she disappeared for a moment
i Into the Indies' dir -room,. Was
badly "hurt?' N . 'Five minutes
;cr sb" glided out ..11 the Icy mirror
iialn, more intrepid Hum ever.
Iuring the evening I managed to get
near her for a moment, and murmured
to her in a voice tremulous with emo
tion: "Take care1. If you should fall again
She looked at me with eyes full of
mischief.
"Have no fear," she relied, "I have
taken precaution," and she was swal
lowed up again in the throng.
Aji hour later a supper party was i
ma ile up. The fair Italian was of the j
number, and, as you may imagine, I j
had arranged to be one, too. Presently
we were ensconced in a s::lon of the ,
Cafe Anglais. In our salon, which was
lighted up as bright as day, everybody
was hi t'je Jolliest humor possible, the
prince above all. I remember that as
abe stood at the grate warming her
adorable little foot at the blaze, some
one nudged me and murmured:
"I say, old man, Mme. de Milleflore Is
not thin, after all."
And to tell the truth, I was surprised
and charmed at a certain opulence of
figure which I had never observed be
fore. But I was torn from my dreams
by the prince's voice.
"My dear," he suddenly called out to
ner. "where have you left your muff?"
That animal was the very Incarnation
t order. ,
Now that was a simple question, and
perfectly legitimate in the mouth of him
who asked it. But the princess blushed
to her ears, while I felt my almost
beardless face grow pale. I was even
so imprudent as to glance at my accom
plice, and 1 thought I read in her eyes
an anguish easy to explain. The muff
was a trifle but the note! '
After a seconds hesitation she replied
-with a certain embarrassment: "I I
k not know. Perhaps it is still In the
carriage." ,
Without a word the Prince went
downstairs. I would have given a bale
cof fox-skins, of no matter what color.
10 Siave had the accursed note In my
packet. As to the Trlncess, even at the
moment of peril she smiled. Oh, these
women! what nerve they have In the
wry face of death 1 I was already re
steaming in my mind's eye the episode
f Franresea and Paolo, and I confess
Che role of Paolo had few attractions
far ma Just then the Prince returned
arltfc an ominously Impassive face.
The muff to not In the carriage," be
aamiacM In a solemn ton.
I breathed again. It meant a few
iiiir respite.
i Mid Mme. 4c Milleflore, ap-
' tfca table with a mora care
ss, air Qav grtr, "1 mm ut wn it
t tka tr- la fk iitlmt, while it
U being found. 1st us have supper. I
am dying ut hunger."
If you will believe lie, this strange
woman ate with a hearty appetite. She
was more beautiful and gayer than
ever, fairly sparkling with wit and the
life of the party.
To tell the truth, I had no appetite.
The Princess even had the audacity to
rally me about it
"Come, M. de Cloniat," she called
out I was at the farther end of the
table" you are solemn as an owl to
night. Have you left your wits at the
lake with my muff?"
My wits. They certainly deserted
me. How could I have failed to think
of the one thing to do? Fortunately,
the Princess' ingenious phrase had put
me In mind of it.
"The fact Is, madame." I replied, "1
am not very well. I feel quite chilly"
in truth. I had not a dry stitch on uie
"and I am afraid I was imprudent In
not going home directly. With your
permission, and that of these ladles, I
shall do so at once."
Two pijnui.es later I was In a cab on
my way to the'Take in theliols. IleaV
ens: how far lt is from the Cfe Anglais
to the Skating Club, at 2 o'clock In tile"
rooming, with the thermometer 20 de
grees below freezing point, when one
is In a cab, and his head full of awful
ideas! "" - - -
"Evidently," said J to myself, "the
husband suspects something. To-morrow,
that Othello will move heaven aud
earth to find his wife's muff and inv
note. And a fool note It Is, now that 1
think It over lu cold blood. But one
needn't write like Voltaire to get a
woman into a horrible hole. I must
lirid that muff. The Princess' gayety
was only feigned I could see that In
rhe look she gave me Just now. Not
only my life depends on it, but hers,
too. Oh, the devil fly away with love"'
At the lake the last torches were te
ing extinguished. The glittering arena
was almost empty. At the buffet. In th
dressing-room, on the Ice, everywhere.
my search was useless. 1 had offered
bxi fr.ins reward for the muff, but in
vain. Many things had been lost that
night; handkerchiefs, gloves. Jewels
and even pardon my fidelity to detail
three or four circlets of silk elastic of
various hues. That was all. There
was no more sign of a muff than there
was of the Venus de Milo. who had no
need of a muff, aud for an excellent
reason.
Perhaps it had been stolen. Perhaps
whoever had found It Intended to de
lK)slt lt witu tll); ,oll(.e nt.lt morulll-
Perhaps it had already been left witli
some otlicer of the io!lce. In any event,
I must be before the Prince. Without
losing another minute, I Jumped Into
my cab again. The driver, half dead
with the cold and more than half drunk
with the brandy he had taken to warm
himself up, stared at rue with a bewil
dered air when I ordered him to drive
me to the nearest police sta tion. There,
after having aroused the unhappy maa
in charge, I charged him to deliver the
famous muff only to me If it should be
brought to him. promising him a g'Xd
ly sum if he returned it to me. At three
other stations I did the same. If I hail
had time, I would have visited all the
twenty-four stations In the city. I
minded neither fatigue nor cold. I
must save a woman an adored wom
an, but not too clever. The idea of for
getting her muff in such weather! Sh
would have forgotten her umbrella ou
Mount Ararat in t tie deluge!
One last precaution, and the most es
sential, remained to be taken. I abso
lutely must go to the prefecture of io
lice. The firt difficulty was that th.
Siberian col J it was now 3 in the
morning had been too much for my
driver. The uuhappy man was dead
drunk on his seat. I had to climb up
beside him. gather up the reins, and
drive his old nag with one hand, with
the other passed around my Jehu, who
was snoring away like a steam engine,
emitting fumes that I feared would in
toxicate me myself, by simple odor
alone.
At the prefecture I had a relative, an
uncle whom I never went to see, lie
cause he always read me lectures. The
good man certainly did not suspect that
he was going to receive his nephew
that night His functions being bucIi
that he might be called on at any hour,
he iived in the same building. I had
do scruples lu having him aroused, so.
after having set my driver near the
stove to thaw, I Irrupted Into my
uncle's apartment In such a disheveled
state that the old man who really
loved me seized me In his arms.
"My God, boy!" he cried. "What ter
rible business Is this?"
"There has been no murder done yet
my dear uncle," I stammered, for I was
so cold my tongue refused to do its
work. "I have come to beg your aid
to prevent the killing of two persons,
in at least one of them you are strongly
interested."
Thereupon, my teeth chattering like
the clatter of a mill. I told him the
story of the note and the muff.
My uncle liegan by giving me a twenty-minute
lecture, which, however, bad
the virtue of giving me time to get
warm again.
"And as for your discreetness," he
concluded, "this is no time for such
foolishness. You must tell me the hus-
hnnri's name. In order to nreveut his
finding what he Is loking for, and also
what he Is not looking for."
I had to give In. Besides, my uncle
Is the most discreet of men, and, to tell
the truth, the princess has since had ad
ventures much more renowned than
that I gave my uncle the prince's
name and took ray leave, having bis
promise that the muff should be de
livered to me alone If it were brought
to the prefecture; and, at about S o'clock
In the morning I let myself Into my
rooms, after baring walked borne to re
store the circulation of my blood.
At about 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
with trembling hand. 1 rang at the
prlnceta hotel. I had a plausble pretext-too
plftMlbto, ftlMt to explain
my early rl tit that teemed mwt. Ia
the coarse of mt life I have had a
in th bead, but the one I had that day
exceeded the limits of belle'.
"Madame," I said, sniffing like the
waste pipe of a bath. "I have passed
the night searching for it, or, at least,
preventing your husband from finding
it. The horse is foundered, the driver
is probably dead, and I I fear, am not
long for this world. All that the most
devoted forethought could cou " A
sternutatory cataclysm that made the
very strings of the princess' piano
dance cut me short. Astonished, the
princess started.
"It is nothing," 1 said, with the calm
that precedes new storms. "I sneezed."
"Heaven bless you," responded the
princess mechanically. "But how is it
you say you passed the entire night? I
do not understand."
"The muff," I stammered.
At these words the princess broke
into a fit of laughter which I punctu
ated with hoarse coughs.
"The muff?" she said at last, when
she could control herself to speak,
"Why. there It Is."
She jwmited out on a table a strange
obJe;t deformed by prolonged com
pression. ? 31 ZZ.
"Where was lt?" I exclaimed. 1k
wildered. -
"Where was It?" repeated the prin
cess. "Never mind. Io you remem
ber my fall upon the ice?" Translated
for the San Francisco Argonaut from
the French.
Cumberland's Gresr Trick.
On the Journey from Vienna to St.
Petersburg. Cumlierlaiid. the well
known autl-splrltualist and thought
reader, entertained his fellow passen
gers by guessing their thoughts. One
of the travelers, a Polish Jew, who took
the whole thing for a hoax, offered to
pav Cumberland the sum of fifty rubles
If be could divine his thoughts. Visi
blv amused. Cumberland acceded to
his request, and said:
"You are going to the fair at Nizhni
Novgorod, where you Intend to pur
chaw good to the amount of !:, m ru
bles, after which you will declare your
sely a bankrupt, and comisiuud with
your creditors for 3 mt rent."
On hearing these words the Jew gazed
at the speaker with reverential awe
He then, without uttering a syllable.
drew out of the leg of his boot a shabby
purse, and handed him the fifty rubles.
YhereiiHin the great magician tri
umphantly Inquired:
"Then I have guessed your thoughts,
eh?"
"No." replied the Jew, "but you have
given me a brilliant idea." Pod mokcer
Wochenblatt.
Jolting Cure for Nervous Trouble.
"It Is a fact well known to six-Hal-Ists
in nevons diseases, " said a lending
physician the other day. "that patients
suffering from spinal troubles are
greatly benelited by riding In stn-ct
cars or in a wagon over a rough road.
The noted Dr. Charcot look advantage
of this fact to devise an ingenious
form of helmet, which, when placed
upou the head, caused rythmical vibra
tions to be imparted to the entire Inxly.
I have at present a patient who is af
flicted witli an incurable disease of the
spinal nerves, who has the usual train
of symptoms of sharp, darting pains
In the limlis. contractions of the mus
cles ami stiffness of the Joints. Every
day for the past two years he has Iteen
accustomed to board a street car and
go over the entire route two or thrw
times. This practice never falls to re
lieve his most troublesome- symptoms
and Insure a good night's rest. Since
the introduction of the trolley he has
some dilliculty In finding a street car
line with roadbed unevenenough to give
the requisite amount of Jolting." Phil
adelphia Record.
Expected Too Much for $3.
He was not of the uppertendoin In
traveling circles from appearances, ami
the man with the diamond behind the
hotel desk UHsigUed him one of the poor
est rooms in the house one which was
never given out except when the house
was unusually crowded. The bellboy
"showed the gemmen up," and the clerk
had an opportunity to consult the bar, a
thing which he had done about once too
often already that evening. In a few
moments the guest had returned to the
dewk.
"What kind ( a room do you call
that?" be demanded, and he was white
with rage. "That is the worst room I
ever saw. Why, there are rats In that
room as big as pug dogs."
lie never "phased" the clerk. The
latter turned around to the speaking
tube and calling the engineer, said:
"Turn about five more volts on my stud
till I kill this cheap drummer," and
then turning again to the guest, he said
blanoiy: "Rats, dd you say? Well
what do you expect for $.1 whit
ujlrT-'Indlanspolis Sentinel. '
A Missing One.
A couple of neighbors were visiting
the room In a museum where a large
collection of various instruments of tor
ture were on exhibition.
"I swan, Bill." said one; "they've got
'em all here, haven't they?"
Bill looked over the collection very
carefully, and shook his head.
"No," he replied, "they haven't. I
don't see nothln'jru that squeaky old
clarinet yoo practice on every night."
Hoop for a Queen.
Those who would like to sip a soup of
whici) the English Queen Is specially
fond must prepare one as follows: Take
half a pound of pearl barley and set In
a stewpsn with three pints of veal
stock. Simmer very gently for an hour
and a half. Remove one-third to an
other soup pot, rub the rest through a
sieve, pour It to the whole barley, add a
half pint of cream, season with a little
salt, stir till very hot, and serve.
Moaner oa Wheel.
A recent Berkshire, Pa, funeral was
graced by the preeeaee of a tnotirner on
MeyeU. . ,
Typewriter ribbon.
A Lsu-gc Industry Which Umm Sot Yet
Beached Perfection.
The manufacture of ribbons for type
writing machines Is an industry which
gives employment to a large number of
people. On nearly all first-class type
writers these inked ribbons are used.
There ara at least forty different styles
of American tyiewriter8, and mora
than Xj.(Nio machines are In actuil
use, says the New York Sun. As the av
erage life of a ribbon Is from four to six
weeks, the number of concerns w hich
seek to supply the market with this ar
ticle is surprising.
They make ribtxms of every conceiv
able color and variety, from six to ten
jards In length, and capable of writing
with copying or noncopylng ink. Some
ribbons are made which print lu one
color and show an entirely different col
or when the manuscript Is copied by
mi ans of the letter press. For Instance,
a ribbon which writes black may copy
blue or green, making the record much
more legible on certain qualities of pa-s-r.
The manager ofa concern In this
'ly w hich turns out Several ribbons
daily said to a Sun reporter that at a
low estimate fifty plants engaged lu
he manufacture of the rlblsjiis have
been established In the United Ktati-s
this yeafT"-
Each manufacture has a secret pro'
cess for making his particular style of
ribbon, and the secret is guarded with
the greatest possible care. Oue maker
In this city has each boi aud Jar con
taining powder or pigment for making
the ink distinctly numbered, and even
'.lie employe who mixes It Is obliged to
follow his printed Instructions mechau
hally, and remains entirely Ignorant of
the composition he is using. One may
vt ltness the whole process and go away
as ignorant as l-fore.
The best ribtxins have selvaged
edges, which prevent their raveling
mid curling when In use. They are near
ly uniform in thickness, though one
ribbon is made of very thin texture, to
l-o used whin an extra large number
of carbon copies are desired, and the
Imprint, of the type must be as dear as
p'lKKihle and free from blurs. The
greatest care must be taken In select
ing the cloth fruin which the riblsms
l.re made. If the texture Is woven too
closelv it will not hold sufficient Ink.
and if woven too loosely it will Ueonie
clogged with ink and smirch Die paper.
Moreover, such a ribbon will till the
type of the machine aud greatly annoy
the operator.
A piiuu.- difficulty encountered by
manufacturers is how to prevent evap
oration of ink from the ribbon when It
is In use aud ex nosed to the air. This
bus been largely overcome In the last
two or three years.
T he man in charge of a large New
York bouse which makes writing Inks
tind typewriter ribbons said recently
that the most noticeable thing iu his
trade was the decrease in the sale of
ordinary copying ink. It Is almost en
tirely supplanted by the copying tyic
writer ribbon, which gives far better
results. Iesj,ite the great number of
ribbons In the market and the constant
c-PiOfts of expert chemists everywhere
to produce one that will satisfy every
body, those giving all round satisfac
tion are not easy to find, and dealers
!n supplies of this nature often have ex
treme difficulty lu furnishing what is
wanted. This country furnishes prac
tically all the typewriter ribbons In use
both here und abroad.
The Erudite Policeman.
The stranger from the country stood
at the curbstone looking up attentively
at one of Chicago's greatest sky-scrapers.
A police officer, with studious brow
and thoughtful mien, stood by his side.
"My! but that's a big building," said
the stranger, with enthusiasm. "How
high Is it. officer?"
The policeman regarded the speaker
a moment with keeu suspicion iu his
eye.
"Why do you ask. sir?" he Inquired.
"So's I can tell the folks at home,"
said the stranger.
"Very well, sir," said the policeman,
politely, "I do not at present know the
height of the building, but will take
pains to find out Ix-t us see. It's about
one-third of the way up to that cornice
on the fourth story, lsu't It?"
"Yes, I guess lt Is," said the stranger,
squinting at the cornice.
"And it's about 100 feet higher to
that balcony on the eighth story T'
"That's what lt Is," said the visitor.
"Aad fretu there to the top cornice
is about a third of the whole height Is
lt not?"
"Sure thing," said the stranger, smil
ing. Well, then, said the policeman, who
was getting ready for his civil service
examination, "allow me to figure for a
few momenta." And he pulled out a
pad of paper and began to write rapid-
ly. ,-..
"Let x." he said, "denote the entire 1 nftTe any shoes. And I'm blamed if
height of the building. Then, by the! Oils Digger, for one Instance of his econ
facts already ascertained, we have the ( omyi didn't sed to go into" a lecture I
equation that one-third of x plus one-
. .w f v ,.!,., 10ft iwiiiul T nr tliu
height of the building. Itesolvlng this j
statement to Its simplest form by mul- j
tiplylng the denominators with the!
erms of the equation, we nnd that x
plus 1.200 equals 12x. Transposing the
terms we find that 5x equals l,oo aud i
that x eqnals 240. !
"The building, sir," said the police- j
man, shutting his notebook and bowing
politely. "Is Just 240 feet high. I am
glad to have been able to accommodate
yon." Chicago Record.
wha imMwaaed Him Most.
Here la a good story at the expense of . o 1,vln8 ,n "" "f " cott"
Arraoor the Wg tinned meat man of Bandrlngham. The good dame wasknlt
Cbicago! The Mayor of New York. ' "tocklng, and the Princess took
while on h rlt to Chicago, went over , It out of her hand, saying: "Vou can't
Armour! plana. While standing with ' heel as fast as 1 can." And she
the manager at a window which over-! Mt "" chtt1 w,th lht old 1d'
looks a gnat yard, he saw a herd of knitting the nattiest heel possible. It
oiea dTtrea taw A few Mhtvtos later -seedless) to aay that aacred stock tag
then was great rattte gad crash, trMrt! In a drawer with the dm
whleh tmmrni eat to be the ma f Jo as the Prlne- Uf tbam.
boD&reds of tins falling down a chute.
"What's In those Una," be asked the
manager.
"Oh." was the reply, "they contain all
that's left of those bullocks jou Just
saw driven by."
"Indeed," said the enlightened trav
eler. "This is simply marvelous! Just
wait a minute while I make a note of lt
A nd producing a note-book, be rapidly
wTlbbled down something, while the
manager exchanged winks with an as
sistant working at a neighboring desk.
When the New-Y'orker got back to his
hotel that evening he was interviewed
by a Chicago pressman, who, among
other questions, said, "I believe foil
have been to Armour's place to-day;
what do you think of It?"
"Well," said the Mayor, slowly, "1
was much impressed with Armour's
concern. Pee here Is a note I made of
the occurrence that struck me partlcu- j
Isrly;" aud producing his note-book, he -
tinned to the entry that he had made at
Armour's, and handed it to the Report
er to read It It ran thus: "I have been
about a good bit In my time, and have
met some thundering liars, but never
such thundering ones as Armour's
folks."
LOOKING FOR SMALL GAME.
Jiut
He Pturttd a Mountain Lioneaa
and Had an ExclttnuT Time.
Friday evening, Just before dUBk.
Thomas Gibson, who lives In Cajon
pass, participated lu a hunting episode
which was the most exciting In bis
years of experience as a Nimrod In the
San Bernardino Mountains. He start
ed out from Sugar line fiat with a
l.,.-..l..y1 .l.l.. .... ..a Can
ejcruarumo Min, looKing tor smaii
game, and accompanied by bis dog, a
cross between a hound and a Coach J
dog. He had crossed the divide and !
alHitit ten minutes before sundown was
entering the head of Cable canon, when '
at the same moment he and his dog saw ;
a mountain lioness ahead of them on
the trail. Instantly the dog started af- :
ter her and chased her a short distance
down the canon, she taking to a short
oak tree which siikk! less than thirty ;
feet from the edge of a precipitous bluff. .
Cibson gave her a charge from one bar
rel, which was loaded with bird shot. '
and Ix-fore be could fire again the
lioness was on the ground. i
The dog made an attack, and the next
Instant the animals disappeared over
the preclpb-e, righting as they vent
down. The bluff Is 250 or ?J0 feet
high, and Is naturally terraced at Inter
vals of 50 or ivi feet. Before Clbson
could reach the bluff, the dog and the
lioness were at the bottom of the canon,
apparently dead. The hunter made it
detour, and Just as twilight was closing
In reached the animals. He thinks they
must have struck the natural terraces
In their fall, bounding from the n;ie
above to the next lielow. Every bone
In their liodies seem to have been brok
en, but they were both breathing wli"U
he reached them. He ended their suf
ferings with his shotgun. The only
mnrk of the light which his dog shower
was a slit across the enr which 11. :d
cut It in two. l'.y this time twilight had
faded ln1o darkness, so Gibson built a
lire, remained In the canon nil night,
and early in the moming started for
Hun I'.eni.'irdino.
Compromising a Tenor.
Tsar Nicholas used to walk the streets
of St. Petersburg alone, wrapped In a
large gray cloak. It was forbidden to
speak to him, but the Tsar sometimes
forgot that a subjiet could not obey the
prohibition If the Emperor addressed
him.
( )nce the Tsar met In a park the tenor
singer of the Italian opera, and ex
changed a few words with him. The
moment the Tsar was out of sight the
police arrested the tenor. That even
ing the Tsar entered the opera, where,
after a long delay, the manager an-
i nonnced that the tenor could not
bo
found. Nicholas guessed what had
happened, and sent an aide-de-camp
to release the singer.
A fiw days after the Tsar again met
the tenor, nnd began with an apology:
"I was very sorry "
"May I Implore your Majesty," Uie
Italian exclaimed, "not to speak to me!
Your Majesty will compromise me with
the police."
Industry Extraordinary.
"Ym," said the stout man In an Elm
wood avenue street car, "Industry Is a
fine thing. I used to know a man who
was so Industrious that he never took
time to wash himself; why, he used
ner a hawk-nosed man interrupted ;
him. "While you are speaking on that
subject let me tell you of a case that '
came across my observation. I was In 1
j a Bmall college town this spring and j
, showed me a coon w ho I think was i
j struggling harder to get an education
j thnn any one I ever heard of. He didn't
t have a cent -ragged und he didn't j
mom and take notes of the lecture on
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chalk. Then he'd hop to his room and
memorize the whole thing." j
And the hawk-nosed man Jumped off i
; tnP rar great haste for fear he had .
missed his corner. Buffalo Express. j
Tw i ,.r u-.i.. . w i,i.
hood days, was taught to fashion her j
own gowns, trim her own bonnets ana
"do" her own biros. A pleasant story
Is told of her helpfulness:
The Princess visited an old protege
VALUE OF A HOBBY TO WOMMt
A Bnsaaotlo- tor Tho- CJLU
uiahvd with Os.
The beauty books advise women to
cultivate a bobby. They say that a psav
son with a hobby keeps bright ey.
rosy cheeks, and an expression of ani
mation which in themselves constitute
b-Buty far beyond the period at WWch
the hobbyless women lose these ttrae
tlons. ... "H
The beat sort of bobby-the one which
will keep women young longest and
will afford them the most enjoyment
during the time la an Intellectual one.
In this advanced day and generation
roost women have enough knowledge
of various branches of learning to be
able to choose one in which they win be
honestly Interested. The Impersonal
nature of study is something which
should recommend lt If one gtodles
French or literature, or dives Into the
forgotten poets, or makes a study of
some period of history, she Is doing
something which takes her mind com
pletely away from herself, her own
worries, pleasures, friends, foes, and
lovers. This Is In itself a blessing and
a beautlfler. Nothing produces wrin
kles and the signs of care and age so
quickly as thought of one's self, and
conversely nothing wards off these
evils so effectively as thought of other
things.
Study Is a better hobby than the col
lecting mania. Possessions soon be
come almost a part of one's self. The
woman who has collected china Is In
constant dread of her maid's clumsi
ness. She who has a collection of lace
worries over her washerwoman. Fire
and thieves enter Into the calculations
" "
Put she who stores
her mind rather than her cabinets Is
not Increasing her anxieties.
In addition to the good effect of the
mere exercise of study there are more
practical results. The woman who
studies most knows the most. Knowl
edge has a way of molding the features
and Imparting new graces to the ex
picsslon. Knowledge makes women
Is-ttre talkers, better listeners, better
hostesses, and guests. In every way
the study hobby pays. She who leaves
off her twenty-minute facial massage
and her half-hour face steaming and
devotes the time Instead to study will
find that even from the vain and frivol
ous beauty jolut of view study Is an ex
cellent thing.
What a Brahman Thinks.
We want English free schools where
no money Is charged and where stu
dents are encouraged by scholarships.
Americans can have no Idea how poor
the people of India are. They live In
small huts and have no cot or lidding.
Some of the lower classes cannot get a '
second meal a day, the first meal lit-ing
a piece of bread or a little boiled rice.
Now, if every dollar that kind heart
ed Americans spend on the misslonar
les were used In bringing up thi-se low
er classes by educating them, It would
In the greatest charity AjI
Pulldlng more nMs4AnfS-'
i liaulcH, electricity, and all kinds of
manufactures; making sanitary Im
provements in Die villages and towns
to prevent thousands of iopie from be
ing swept away aiinurilly by cholera
nnd other diseases which have mndit
India their home -for those the peoplu
rf India would bless the Americans.
In every poor man's house the prals
of your nation would lie sung, and tho
name "America" would be dear to
them, and they would bless you from
their hearts. If your object Is truly to
Improve the condition of India's poor,
then, Instead of teaching them religion,
send teachers and open schools; give
them education and let them select any
religion they like.
But It Is a siieer waste of money to
spend It ou the missionaries. It does
not help the people. On the contrary,
It only strengthens their own religious
faith and creates international preju
dice. The people bitterly complain
against them for their Interference, not
only in religion, but In politics, too.
What benefit is it to India or America
If a few parlabs are Christianized at an
enormous cost? I again affirm that lt
is a waste of money. Rend your mis
sionaries to those who have no relig
ion -for Instance, In the interior of Af
rica and the Houth Sea Islands, and to
the cities of the Pnlted States. Pu
rushotam Rao Telang in The Fonuu.
Ent of Iler Specie.
A story In told of Prince John Van
Huron a few years before the civil war.
The Whig and native American parties
had disbanded. At a ball In Baltimore
about 1858 or 1ST.0 one of the belles of
the evening was very outspoken In ber
political dislikes.
"I am not a Democrat, nor am I a Re
publican," said she. .'. .
"But what politics are you, then?"
was the natural question of the by
standers. "I would have yon kno" replied the
lady, "that 1 am an old line Whig."
Instantly taking the lady by the arm,
John VanQuren faced the assemblage
nnd remarked: "Here, ladles and geu-
1 tli
enien, you may see one of the greatest
curiosities In the whole country. Thla
young lady says she Is an old line
Whig! The male of this species ia ex
tinct!" Boston Budget
H trans' Oood Work.
The death rate among little children
I In New York City, which had been
gicsauy un.-i-w-ie, u uuwu m ue
rrcase of more than 10 per cent aloes
the Inauguration by Nathan "trails
his sterilised milk charity.
ntdtoalo
The theory that the remains of anj.
mala form the raw material from
which petroleam la formed by nature
Is still held by some proaalaeat i
lata.
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each year fidaasi
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