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- By GEO. PHIPPS.
HARRISON NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA BKVV8 NOTES
Work has commenced on the ne
Presbyterian church at Craig.
Mabel I.SIhod of Beatrice was klltea
in a street car accident at Chicago.
John Shoff. recently appointed, has
Laity po eselen of the postotflce at
Grafton.
George W. PalmerrSf Stockville chas
tised a neighbor im was fined $25 and
coau by the judge.
D. E, Thompson denies the report
that he is an aspirant (or the appoint'
ment as minister to Mexico.
The Unitarian church
new organ, the gift of
church at Omaha.
at Ord has a
the Unitarian
A bank with 110,000 capital has been
organized at Newport, to be know
as the Newport State bank.
Owing to scarlet fever in Rev. Wm
J. Scott's family, the Methodist Epis
copal church at Osceola is closed.
The Home Telephone company of
Gothenburg has been sold to F. II
Gilchrist, a business man of Kearney.
Charles Russell, who was sentenced
to prison for life one year ago at aHr
risoa, Sioux county, is having a new
trial at Chadron.
Judd Gates, a farmer near Gilmore,
had a foot crushed in a hay press,
flam old trick of crowding the ha)
down with the foot.
A. B. Wilcox of Grant, ex-county
clerk, had a foot crushed in a wind
mill while repairing it Three toes
were almost severed from the foot.
A company has been organized to
put in a telephone system at Valen
tine. -It is the intention to ultimately
extend the line to various parts of th
county.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has strung more lines from McCool to
Tork and now all McCool subscribers
are connected with the York local ex
change. A stock company is being organized
la Plattsmouth, headed by Mayor
Thomas B. Parmelee, to build a pon
toon bridge across the Missouri river
at that place.
When Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perky
af Wahoo returned from an entertain
snent they were surprised to find a
transfer making himself at borne in
the parlor.: ,,.... ,!'- '-"f :
The blacksmith and wagon shop of
H. G- Person was robbed of about t0
worth of machinery and tools, includ
ing a new 130 screw plate, six plow
lays, a bolt cutter a brace.
The Gazette, Herald and Sun, three
Kelson papers, were held up by the
mtnuuter. last week for advertising
a, "grab sale," which the postmaster
construed to be a lottery.
Ex-Senator J. M. Snyder suffered a
paralytic stroke while tn. Loup City
last week doing some trading. He was
taken to his home on the farm, six
anile south of Loup City.
Several railway employes at Gor
' don have been arrested on the charge
of using company coal. Two of them
were fined $17 and costs each and
warrant are said to be out for others.
9 Tneadav of last week was an unfor
tunate day foT H. C. Rincker, a farm
er near Crawford. In the morning a
pr partlaUy destroyed his house and
In the afternoon hi home fell with
Bias, breaking Rlncker-s leg.
There is general complaint In the
range country that the cattle which
aro dependent upon winter range are
as doing welL The late rains kept
tho grass green until the frost struck
t Instead of curing as usual.
- Stockholders f the Nebraska City
Street Railway company are debat
ta the advisability of accepting an
agar f an eastern company which
propose to taae tne prupei iy
vert It into
an electric system.
At
nt the motive power Is mule.
Aa effort is being made to raise a
'company of the National Guard at
Loog Pine. Dr. H. P. McKnight Is
circulating the petition and has al
ready secured enough signatures of
parties who desire to join to warrant
(ho mustering la of the company.
reset along too Union Pacific from
North Platte to Lexington are com
y,jPig that the new train scaedale
af the Union Pact Ac does not giva
tkasn aamctewt train facilities. Uador
the now Bcaedat tho maloritr of tho
trains do not stop at most of tn sts
at
a Andrew
r nwi swt Mm a sn
to C
tsf na
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si a want
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1 gr-i ts) Je ! eSJrn to tw-
J u art tnrrt tottt
atmuKsvra fatal siuk,
m afth Uraewttue UeiMe Preserved by
Qimm MarsjbarllS).
It seems as though each day brings
some sad reminiscence to Queen Mar
iner! t a, of Italy, of her murdered hus
band. She is just now beginning to re
cover from the peculiarly painful cere
monies of last month la Roan, wheu
yesterday arrived far her from Milan t
Urge express package. When onenei
it proved to contain a box, njt ,'ars".
but of mosi delicate and artistic manu
facture, designed to hold the silk uorier
vest worn by King Humbert at vlii
time of his assassination, wh'CS wa
perforated by the bullet and so cruelly
stained with blood.
The box is of solid ebony of cinqut
cenuto style inlaid, and with ornamenii
and reliets in silver. In front are the
royal arms surmounted by tin royal
monogram L'mberto ilex. At ihe cor
ners 926 th ward fVrt tin famil
lar in the arms of Savoy, the mesnin
of which even the members of tbat
house cannot explain togethtr wa'a
the bowknot of Savoy. On tb.3 corner
in inlaid characters, is the date ! the
crime, and at the back a verse of scr.p
ture: Justorum animate in uiaau Din
sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum
mortis. The inside is daintily, liue. I
with white velvet with the royal mono
gram embroidered on it
The destined contents! of this magnifi
cent casket are now In Rome, having
been in their temporary cae ipposltsd
on the altar of the queen's mother's pri
vate chapel at the Palazzo Ma-RVrita,
together wit:i the fatal bullet. Tin new
casket will be kept until the queea
mother 'returns to Rome, when the pre
cious relics will be laid in it, and a com
memorative service held of a stnc;l
private character, the present OcsigT
that only the widowed queen, tte . op
and queen and their respective iioujt
holds shall be present. Que-a .'J.--gherita's
friends desired to ii . ! the
transfer cow, done in ber name by one
of her intimates to avoid the reopening
of the wound later on, but shi will not
give her consent and holds to Iho plan I
have just given. Pall Mall Gatte.
AmbiMdor'S-larli Amplr.
A former ambassador of the tjnited
States to one of the Europan capitals
said the other day that the $17,t'!0 sal
ary which diplomats of tbat rink re
ceive Is ampie to support such an offi
cial in all the dignity of his position.
"You hear a great deal bjut the
members ot our diplomatic serv'ce be
ing underpaid," he said, "but all such
talk is absurd. It comes from ?he fact
that nearly all our ambassadors n re
cent years have been suite wealthy and
hive lived beyond their official Ii'ome.
They spent perhaps twice as much as
they were really called upon to do, and
because of this the story goes out that
they relinquish their post wc-se off
nuanciaiij mu urv t w .
work. All of this is true enough, but
it is no argument for an Increase in
salaries. Any American can go o Lon
don and perform all the social ob.iga
tions devolving upon the ambaado"
and still have a few dollars to the good
t the end of his term. And tiis lead?
to the reflection that while lately all o'
our diplomatic representatives at th.
court of SL James have been veiy well
off, in earlier years they were '-orr.-pondingly
poor," Philadelphia North
America. .Stll J
Where th Marriage r " Fropi
A poor couple living in the Erierald
We went to the pii st for marriage and
were met with the demand tor tbe mar
riage fee. It was not for;hcumir.. Both
the contracting parties were rich in
love and In their prospects, but desrltute
of financial resources. The fitter was
obdurate "So money, no marriage."
"Give me lave, your riverince," said
lu Uuihlss b.-iis, -to SO nd gel la
money,"
It was given and she sped forth In the
delicate mission of raising a marriage
fee out of pure nothing. After a short
interval she returned with the ma of
money, and the ceremony wis compim
to the satisfaction of til. When the
parting was taking place tbe newly
made wife seemed a little uneasy.
"Anything on your mind, Cath-Tlnef
said the father.
"Well, your riverince, I wotid like to
know if tbe marriage could not b& spoil
ed sow?"
"Certainly not. Catherine. No man
can put you asunder.'
'Could yo o t yourself, lather?
Could yra not spoil the marriage
-No. so. Catharine, yos are psst sm
saw. I have oiMwg more to wi.h
jranr nwfrtnsjs.M
"That alar are mean.'' taM Or MrtM.
-and Otsf Mens yonr rtvertae. Then-
tsM Uafcet far rer bat. I f'.skee) It n
l the KAhf snd wawaed KT-r
Ytf-nta. ,.
rftaesnsf, . I-
rtosta. t ato ttaf wrr la
im-M Mm MM tMtot wttft I.!t
wto yaarswU tne 1st ism. Br.
PlernM la fowl IwnICa ana Mjeqr K3
nsfeeafer alC .
;KeyCs:a la jaat aww axSntat;
Itfci fteMrlaa ,at almcaM tars,
ra te & Cat eon that mmf
Hi satairal (tars, aaf at asms! ta
KABJL.Y JAPAN UK CMhUTlAhS.
MiMlnaaries Wkt Thtea
4 rat Ya.s Ag.
From documents recently uaeanbea
In the atican archives, it appears that
aa embasty of JapanrM Cti.isuaus
visited tne pope at Vme early n ue
seventeenth century, r'rom thess docu
ments G. Mitsukuri, of Ihe University uf
Tckio, baa drawn a history, hv-.tofor.i
untold, of the first chr.stlaniits . on of
Japan l& the sixteenth century, a his
tory which has Interest of iu twu anil
which is Important ls-tat U iaralkU
the history of the la.er and -isuiig
missionary eudeavor in Japau and
China, and ajsin emptu:z-s tne mis
takes and dlftlcuitits wbieh seem pe
culiar to such work, We tvanalau
from the article by Mr. Mluukuri m the
Historiche ZEkschrlft:
In 1549, eight years after Ui "dis
covery" of Japan by the Porrtijuea.?,
XavUr, th apostle of the ladlM ca.nf
Into the country to preach the wirings
of Christ, and at the end of i he cen
tury the number of Christians reached
400,000. The reasons for this aaioaisii
iug phenomenon were these: Whca
Xavier began his mi&slda Japan wu
divided into countless small p.i:c!pai
ities, continually at war with sactt
other. Buddhism and Shlntoism then
less beparated than today, were v.inrapi
ed to a degree. Hence the is p',e let
themselves be rsadily carried away by
the fresh and sturdy Christian i.ropa
ganda. But a reaction against ViU uni
versal dismemberment of the r.s.tm ap
peared. First, a prince, Not-unaga
called "Enemy of Buddha," because he
attacked unsparingly the pow.rfu
Buddhist monasteries, showed the mori
favor to the Christian teachings, iu
order to gain support against tlie BuJ-i-
hist priests, and the new cctrinu
spread rapidly, especially In the south
ern provinces.
But these favorable conditions weiv
not to last. 1582 Nobunaga wis mur
dered. The attitude toward th Chris
tians of hia successor, the ;iowerfui
Hideyashl, was very different, and per
sjcution began, which was due partly to
the intrigues of the Buddhists, tue ar
rogance of the Christian priests ia their
attitude toward the ruler, and tho boast
ing declaration of a Spanish ship cap
tain tbat the mighty king of Spain was
spnding his priest into foreign iandu in
order first to convert the peopU anil
through this means to make th.; r con
quest more easy. But the true reason
was the desire t-r unity annng th?
Japanese. , ' -
The Christian priests used thei
power to aid conversion by violence and
persecution. There was also o.rifa and
Jsalousy between the different order.
It is, therefore, readily lntelligillo tbat
the ruler, led by an idea of unity, plan
ned to remove the religious d:!T ranees
and to rely rather on the older tv-ligloa.
Buddhism, which retained its hold over
tne majority oi mo tir.
Hideyoshi ordered the Catboli". prints
to leave the country. To give empha
sis to the decree six monks and twenty
Japanese Christians were crucified. Hli
successors In the main followed a.'-!
policy, and gradually a firm policy was
rstablished which could outlast the
death of any oti! chief, and tj this
gvs;em belonged the exterminvion of
the first Christian church in Japan.
Baltimore American. - f -jt'
Apir-it'on of Paul.
Last winter Mme. Patti was ayins
for a few days In an Isjlated vUag;- at
the extreme end of Yorkshire. To kill
the monotony of the place tan prima
donna went one n'.gbt to a cone! rt given
in aid of a certain vlllige Institution
Not half of the performers tutr.id up.
Appreciating the difficulty, Mme. Pat'!
incognita, of course offered Vt oblige
the audience with a song or two Thei
she sang, in ner own glorious way
three of her sweeyt billads. At the
closs the cha'.rman approached and in
solemn tone thanked ber. "Well, m!V
he said, "you've done uncomtpon well
And although 'Arry Ock, tbe jusgl-r.
who thinks nowt of lakin' 'old f ot
pakers and a'wallor!n' needlfs, ouldn't
turn tip. yet you've phased us very coa-
siberably, miss."
raritta la ftlgnl.
Now when the man had lot bis ami
In the wreck we knelt near him and
ept bitterly, telling him to be of good
cheer.
And the man heeded our words and
tmiled.
And when we asked him why war
'sola words had see red him - so. he
inswertd. saying.
"Fortane Mm Mass la the least ea
iMtad ntneaa. Merer aama wlM I nae
Kit asfcis aa my haaas and sn
n
tdTe Mkem tnt nssjetmnto ar astag
at-
fetea wJrh swras aaa ikmaaa, la a
m atjsnm alms from the fasfw af
A. Art exnatt a a
Mtoaavkr
Aaa tarn was at a rUM. la as, fat
AM the anaa said Ms aatw was
XlaalfaMaawKa
KMater Cwaatr wlH taaa ht the aaiy
fttss mttMt la Pakta wIm paawd
kswadi ta sVce.aal aa am Cvaasa
ccnaof tl tamtri aw A
tM attar Bstaintam am aM rsUfca
to tatta Pakla
SHORT FARM
Numerous methods of preserving
eggs are in use, says Field and Farm.
The Idea of all of them is to keep out
the air so that oxygen decay may b
arrested for a considerable length of
time, especially if the eggs are per
fectly fresh at the start, and are kept
In a cool, dark place. The standard
method montly used by speculators
and dealers Is to put eggs In lime
water. The process Is as follows, this
recipe having been widely sold at f j
un le? pledge of secrecy. Tak two
gallons of water, twelve pounds of un
slaked lime and four pounds of salt,
or in that proportion, according to the
quantity of eggs to be preserved. Stir
several times daily and then let stand
until tfie liquid has settled and is per
fectly clear. Draw or carefully dip off
the clear liquid, leaving the sediment
at the bottom. Take five ounces each
of baking soda, cream of tartar, salt
peter and an ounce of alum. Pulver
ize and mix these and dissolve in one
gallon of boiling water and add to the
mixture twenty gallons of pure llnie
water. This will about fill a clde
barrel. Put the egss In carefully so
as not to crack any of the shells, let
ting the water always stand an inch
above the eggs, which can be done by
placing a barrel head a little smaller
upon them and weighting it. This
amount of liquid will preserve i,'M')
dozen eggs. It is not necexsary 10
wait to get a full barrel or smaller
package of eggs, but can be put in
at any time if fresh. The same liquid
should be used only once.
A good plan is to rake up the cobs
around the feed yards and burn them.
The hogs will relish the charcoal and
ashes. This will add to the neatness
of the feed lot and to the comfort and
health of the hogs. Anything of a
charcoal nature is a good thing for the
hogs. They need access to charcoal
probably as much as to any other one
element, and on the average they pro
bably get It more Infrequently than
any other. Some swine men claim that
a great deal of the Indisposition that
appears among hogs would be prevent
ed If more charcoal were fed, and this
is probably true, and particularly of
the drove that never gets It. A pit
may be dug and the cobs raked into
it, and when well fired cover with
a piece of old tin rofing or sheet Iron.
When cooled dip out the ashes and
charcoal for the pigs.
Consul Oliver Hughes, Coburg, says
that potato bread Is ued by the peo
ple of Thurlngla to feed their horses,
especially when they are worked hard
in very cold weather. The animals
thrive on it and their health and
strength are excellent.
The method of preparation is sim
ple and inexpensive. The potatoes are
slowly stewed till soft; they are then
mashed thoroughly and an equal
quantity of cornmeal is added. H is
mixed Into a thick paste with a small
quantity of salt! The paste is then di
vided into four-pound loaves and al
lowed to bake until thoroughly done.
In the slow country ovens this gener
ally taken from 15 to 18 hour.
When cold the loaves are given to
the horses and cattle doing neaj
work at the rate of four loaves a day
ne in the morning, one at noon, one
about 4 o'clock and one at night, nnu
the last about ten pounds of poor hay
are given. It Is claimed for this metn
'od that horses can do much more
work on the same amount of food and
that it is good for their teeth.
The best and cheapest floor, for
barns is earth. The only exception io
this is for dairy cattle, when the only
...,.hi floor Is one of cement, jnis
for sanitary reasons, and for ease
cleaning. Good cement floors will
. . t J . IS ,..itu
cost in the neignoornooo oi is .r..
square foot. This Idea of earth
floors will be met wun in oujuu.
that animals will tread them full of
holes. The answer to this objec tion is
that the proper treatment of earth
floors, or any other for that matter, Is
to use a comparatively Urge amount
Of bedding. As wlin an prrraunwun
some holes will be worn In the floor,
the prop-T r-ay W fiend these is to
clean
n thern thoroughly of all flit n an-i
down some slightly moistened
This plan will succeed In se
ram
clay.
curing a good grafting m
earth with the old and make a com
plete repair. All earth flooors shoul.l
have a top dressing oi ciiiots. "
or gravel, though It need not be a b-
vy one. E. Davenport, Uirecior Illi
nois Experiment station.
Sudden changes of weather or cold
. - I .- I , r
ralna are aot to cause ioc iv-
catch coldsand trim very often devel
ops into roup. Watch for any ensnge.
and should one be naeiy io m,
keep the chickens closwly housed dur
ing the night.
Xaa nainirsnirt ia a pwnry
aheaM never" he" alio wed tb go below
aatr. an there shanM he hut Hi tie
ZLtim anrlmr the nih. The anaaw
. m taa nana ohonlst he
juris a wertlaa nf the aap,
hs ttahr etoae
tm tfta sanrafl
taa fwwki
he
ava am a aaratoBhnf Shed, sad
not.
to aa cat aata taw
tamsna tne straw few
have
II ids wantfeer ne e-
atvere Ihe mrhaj hans aaeww
tttBMK arssss eara mw
Msdiaa ttata. ami .whan na-
aa aa ft aaaaM he waraaed In
a't aantart to aeep wmi
tbe hew ww newer -anna
aapwrtnnlty affera hay
kaaalg. It flaai for their ne-
aires cheaply,
there In mtle aMht nut
he awaey la tne invewi-
U 4a former dry dhttricta
NEWS NOTESTj
where there Is fear of a shortage they
can be bought up very cheaply. With
watching and careful buying these
may be good feeders when older.
Cheap feed can also be supplied, car
rying the calves over until ready for
the fattening pen. Indications now are
that beef will be high in the future.
Now is the time to stock up if one
has the feed for a season.
If the poultry house Is kept clean at
all times, there need be but Ht'le fear
of disease or failure.
No
Half"
way
measures wil answer. The work must
be done at fixed times, every day If
possible, certainly at least every other
day. The dropping boards must be
swept clean, fresh water must be put
In the drinking fountains, and lime
must be kept scattered on floor and
ground.
The roosts should be given a good
coat of kerosene every two weeks,
anU nothing m"t b neglected even
for a single day. Have fixed day for
each duty, and no matter whut hap
pns, see that the work is done. It
takes but little time when a system
Is employed, but a few days' forget
ful ness will cause weeks of worry and
perhaps considerable loss.
The size of the seed Is no sign of the
power or absence of power to long re
tain vitality. Thi seed of celery, for
example, is very small, and yet if kept
In the right manner It will remain
sound and all right for ten years. It
does not appear to be quickly influ
enced by conditions, for It germinates
slowly, and yet the conditions have to
be of a specific character or It will not
germinate at sill. It niunt have mois
ture constantly to germinate satisfac
torily. Every farmer can afford to buy some
blooded male fowls for Improving his
whole flock. There are men that '-
on year after year with tm-ir large
flocks of scrubs or mongrels; they
say that they are not particular about
having blooded birds. Very well, then
they have no reason for being In a
hurry about breeding up. In that that
cane It will be a paying Investment to
kill off all the roosters not of good
stock and to buy good birds to act us
the heads of the flock. In a fe
years the farmer will find himself
with a very valuable flock of high
grade birds.
No matter what fod Is given the
fowls they will, after a while, tire of
It unless given a change. Laying hens
are never so well contented as when
allowed to gather a grain here and a
grain there never getting an over
supply at one time.
If whole grain food is given, oats,
wheat and corn should alternate. Nev
er give the same grain two successive
days, and a mixture of grains at no
time.
Tie most Important point to consid
er Is that of forcing the hens to
voi k.
Pury the grain well In the straw ot
litter, and, If possible, keep the hens
going from sunrise to sunset. If any
so't food is given it snouio De leu at
the noon houe.but never in such quan
tity that the hens will refuse to wort
longer.
See that the scratching shed Is light
and ahy .and the hens will not ob
ject to staying there.
Don't force the fowls to drink Ice
cold water. Tepid water Is prefer
able, and should be given at lt-axt
three times a day dining the cold
weather.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Slgnor Siarconl has announced that
on the evening of December 14th he
received messages by wireless tele
graphy at St. John's, Newfoundland,
flashed over the ocean from his sta
tion In Cornwall, England. This 1
said to be the most wonderful achieve
ment of the electric age.
At the recent municipal election In
Christiana, six women were elected to
the city council.
Dr. Kekule von Stradonlu, rector of
the University of Berlin, prompted by
the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie of
$10,000,000 for a national unlrerslty ar
Washington, has expressed the opinion
that America must guard against the
danger of fostering higher education
at the expense of practical Intelligence
and the development of the native
spirit. IX-. vii iit raiir.,.r, tr.a
too much learning, If not a danger, Is
at l-at unprofitable."
One of tbe autumn rafts nf lumber
from Columbia river to Han Fran
cisco contained 7.:OO.0O0 feet. It cost
f 10,040 to construct, and was composed
of 8.000 piles hrld together In a cigar
shaped mass by seventy tons of chain.
The towing chain extended throughout
the length of the raft. Two tugboats
did tho towing.
n the moment, of reverence whleb
came upon the country last September
njr persons lanorved to renounce
ft asw of tho nlcfcwawM "Teddjr" fori
the new areaidewt. It was a wine res.
oruttoa, aa dans, hut we
forgot that M was no laofc at
whlc eaflad Jadkasa "OM IHehnry
ami LhMwIa "Oi Abe."
and anjllni easier ara hate
and mangel the
etora aa the IssMMta sTaaw
In eagatoHal Afrina.
t laa rtvars law dawn Iho kaMer
sal taay art even
aa Meant Koala. Taa
m eery hard, aaa nsimn la
at kail anther than saow. Both neaha
aaa sasv-easaod nnaer the gin ra at
ths agoatarlal anal
Hartom Ut: He Ko,
charch for me lain morning. I shoe Id
like to go, hat nntortoaately I have
a touch of headache, fihe Do come,
aarllng; a good stoop I the rerjr thing
for It.
ImS MLOVM IS VOOmtM.
rsris rash lea ! ttm Vf9
urslus It Wear.
Ths day of Ihs different bloute aat
skirt are past. If Parisian exampls Is
followed. Both for day snd aveala
wear the corsage and skirt mu4t bo ot
the same material, or at least "
suite."
Notwithstanding the efforts ot ton
bouses to acclimatise the Lou. XVI
cost, a Ptrisiin correspondent of tut
London Lsader notrshat the Unsslaa
blouse is dsy by day gaining grmind.
At the race at Longchamps the very
smartest dresses wern-mads with a
tlght-clmging skirt broadening out to
wards the lower hem. and accompanied
by the Russian blouse in the me ma
ttrial, profusely saapped with cloth oi
taffatas to match.
At the "premiere" of Emlle r aire's
play at the Renal3sencs theater, the
beautiful actress, Lucy Gerard, who
was in the dress circle, had a rjjwn ot
dark gray Velvet strapped wit !f
colored cloth, and made with a Russian
blouse, just like a walking dres, only
It was rather more elaborately tr.mmed.
The blouse, strapped with short pointed
straps set at regular intervals dorn th
open frouts. were securwl with - passe
menterie buttons of gray and sllv?r, and
revealed an inner chemisette ot draped
Venetian point, over white satin. The
skirt, too, was admirably strapii"d. Ths
hat, a "toque de theater," ni com
posed of broad brands of chinchilla ris
ing In a high turned-up brim around
the head, while the crown was entirely
formed of close-crusted pale pink roses.
At the tack was a scarf ot old lace tie'l
loosely just above the low knot of hair
and hanging low on to the shoulders.
Besides the Russian blouse, the most
popular style will probably be the dress
simulating the princess gown, ind jut
ioned straight down the front f-r-m tho
neck to the feet with fancy passe
menterie and buttons. Such a gown
seen in the Rue de la Palx was .if green
velvet, most simply cut, but fistenel
from throat to feet with small :inks of
old silver passementerie and tiny jade
buttons. Over the shoulders wn a widi
collar of real old lace cut up Into large
tabs, each tab being connected with an
other by means of three cord of old Sil
ver fastened with buttons of jad.
Ut MUTvroper.
An English sparrow went ufton a
search for a new home, yestrr.ny, sayj
the N'jw York Commercial Advrruser.
It so happened that he lighted. In the
course of bis travels, on the su'ute of
Benjamin Franklin, which graces tbe
big triangle at Park Row's j-iuction
with Nai-sau street.
The raiial Franklin, as everybody
knows, sports a tie wig, whirl twelU
out over the ears after the mann.T of the
truly swagger girl's back ba'jr, and in
the consequent crevice the homeless
sparrow fancied he had discovered an
:!! iiiva for a next.
He jroceeded to experiment. Darting
down to the street he captured a tiny
bit of rag and shoved it into the open
ing between Mr. Franklin's wig and left
auricular.
The rag failed to catch on the f mooth .
metal and slipped out. It was u U by
the liUia home-builder and sh'ived back
aain. Several other English -parrows
gathered around the statue's a'loulders
and began to guy the first.
He paid no attention to them and by
actual rount dragged the obstinate rag
back into the crevic? fifteen time.
The cecond that It left Its beak It slid
down again. Suddenly tbe temper of
the much-suffering sparrow exploded.
He sailed into his tormentor w!th the
energy of a cyclone, and In three min
utes the entire crew was whlppoJ most
beautifully.
Then, hmootbing his ruffled f athers,
the victor seated hlrosMf upon Mr.
Franklin's august head and ca'.miy iur '
veyed ihe scene of battle.
WtftliaM f fjpao.
Shopping Is pretty much the same the
world over, ouly In Japan It Is ' any
thing, more elaborate than anywhere
else-that Is. the visits to the ah' ps by
women who have infinite lime o waste
and va't curiosity to satisfy ar- gener
ally mors protracted than clswbeni.
The Jap Is notable for bis pati-nce and
obsequiousness, but after one rf his
countrywomen baa spent half a t'r.y In
bis shop and then, after fumbiiiig over
goods enough to stock a harem makes a
low bow and retires, with the rramlse
to call again a week later, the toQg sat
faring Utile brown man baa bees known"
to skua bis goods a boat and nag thing.
Ha la, hawersr. to noWs ta aaatsaahla
tfrto ' kalaW to laatoa, aaa m hat;
h agea aa all asias ta m etraelw
rhmaat atoss alaaaaa or daart, ha
has In hs asratal M reOra tw a naWala
Imtabjlac la "mii
aai isetnv bar th aaV
tor af as la hVa way of traae. u;iroa
am Hnnorie samwa rwm taoae tw eann
trlat la the mhse of lajn and sol
only PX worth la rotora.
The sergeant-major who driHsd Ktaff
Cgward la INI, when ha was as. ring la
taa lit Oreaailrr Oaards. I Just lotlf
tag from notlre work. Thl I William
Cook, who-haofor the pant thirty yean
gar naaltary Inipoetor.
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