SWEDISH COUNTESS TEACHES
RELIGION OF KARMA.
- I
•lie Wa» a Driolrd frloml of the Late
Mine. Hlavalsky the former Head of
the Revived faith Soon to Return to
Europe.
UK BLAVATSKY
(luring the last
year* of her life
. had no more inti- 1
mate friend than
Co unto** Con
stance Wachmelst
er, the lady who
Ih Just now teach
ing American (Un
dents something of .
the esoteric cult. .
The oonntess. as was Mme. Hlavatsky,
Is a cosmopolite. Tne efflorescence of
continental and insular society, widely i
traveled, at home In a Syrian desert or
in a Paris salon, she has all the faset- 1
nation that perfect repose can give, j
Her great devotion to theosophy
springs from pure altruism, based upon
» deep conviction that the occult philoa- |
ophy Is the only true philosophy,
and that the religion of Karma is
the only true and efficient religion.
She Is the widow of a great Swedish
diplomat, and her social position In
Kurope was of the best. Hut she has
spurned the world's folly to work for
the world's good according to her own
ideas of what that good should be. It
was in 1885 that she was first attracted
to Mme. Hlavalsky by a mystic mes
sage from the inner world. At that time
she was living in Stockholm. Not long
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COUNTESS WACHMEI8TER.
afterward she Joined Mme. Ulavatsky,
and they moved to London from Ger
many. Until the death of the author
of "Isis” the countess presided over
what was called the theosophical
household . She was a sister and min
ister to the founder of the tbeosophic
school, and had more influence over the
strange Russian than all others com
bined. She has been ever true to the
ethical teachings of theosophy, and re
gards with pain the schism in the so
ciety—a schism that was certain to
come even in spite of all that even the
leader herself could have done to pre
vent it. American theosophists are in
sympathy with that section of the so
cety represented by the countess. She
will remain in this country until
spring, and will then return to Eng
land.
Our Agrirulturp.
The annual report of Secretary Mor
ton of the department of agriculture
gives a hopeful view of the condition
of American farmers. More than sev
en-tenths of all the farms in the coun
try, according to Mr. Morton, are en
tirely unencumbered by mortgages.
Our exports of farm products last year
reached the enormous total of $570,
000,000, a considerable increase over
the preceding year. Of live meat ar
riving in Great Britain during the first
half of the present year, we supplied
three-quarters of the cattje and nearly
one-half of the sheep. There is an
increasing demand in England for
American horses. The secretary at
tributes the saving of two million dol
lars in the expenses of his department
during the last three years, largely to
•he improved personnel of the service
under the civil service rules.
Who Shall I'ut the Hill.,'
When the Anglo-Egypt Ian expedl
■ Mon for the re-conqueat of the Huilnii
was equipped, money for the expenses
of the enterprise, to the amount of
two million and a half dollars, was
taken from the Egyptian reserve fund.
The Krench ami Husalan commission
ers of the public debt of Egypt prompt
ly protested against this proceeding,
which had the sanction of the Eng
lsh. Oermaa, Austilan and Italian com
mtsaionera. The matter was carried
fr>>m one tribunal to another, and re
. ntly the highest Egyptian court de
uled that the money was Improperly
appropriated, sad must be refunded by
th« Egyptian government, The llrit
.»h government ha* mad# the amount
good, and will advance whatever fur
her sum* may be necessary This pro
reding will make tb# expedition prim
arily nn English affair.
% Mt<u|al«f4
the new llreater Hr public of r« uiral i
Vnnn-4 »otupoee.l of ffal«ad<<r, Nt.
tr a* aa and Honduras has been form ]
V ally |e snUcI by Ttesldrni t'leve :
tad. and Mr J II Modrlgue* ap i
painted minister to ibta country by ibe 1
met of ibe new autnameui baa beea
m- tally welcomed The ptesideal «x
pressed grailffeatloo ai Ibe union 1
which bed been effected, and a hope I
that II was ibe precursor of a .-tuanli
■Utica of all Ibe elates uf I'eslrsl *
I mat i s as one nation bar all purposes
•f foreign re tat ions and intercourse
UNCLE SAMS AUCTION SALE.
.1 nmih I lli«|inMMl of AreuuiulMt ion* of
the llewil Letter tlfllrr.
One of the queerest ''institutions” of
the national capital Is the annual tteur
anre sale of the dead letter office. In
which a vai accumulation of articles
gone astray in the mails Is sold to the
highest bidder, says the Indianapolis
Journal. The auction house where It
Is held Is continually crowded with
excited men. women and children and
beside It the bargain counters during
the holidays are as havens of rest, for
when Uncle Sam goes Into the Junk
shop business great things are ex
pected. As In the church-fair raffle,
you pay a small amount of money and
trust to luck to get back more than
Its value. The articles, previously
listed In a wholesale sort of way, are
tied up In bundles of from three to
a half dozen and "auctioned” for what
they will bring, the average bids rang
ing between 10 cents and a dollar. No
body Is permitted to examine the goods
before purchasing and no money is re
funded to the dissatisfied. Kverybody
hopes to pull a genuine plum from the
pie In the shape of a diamond ring, a
silk dress pattern or a silver leapot
and. although comparative blanks are
the rule, there Is always the possibility
of a prize. For example, the auctioneer
holds up one of these odd-sliaped bun
dles, listed "Pictures, underwear,
music, cigars, doing going gone
for 90 cents to a dapper young gentle
man who was caught by the word
"cigar.” Me opens It on the spot, an
unwise thing to do If one objects to
good-natured ridicule and this Is what,
he finds: Six cigars broken Into bits,
so strong an odor (hat one wonders
how a sledge-hammer could have done
It; musie, soiled copy of "I Dove You,
Mah Honey, Yes I Do”; underwear, a
female 10-eent "Jersey"; pictures, col
lection of newspaper cut*, designed for
amusement of some small child. The
lot would be dear at a quarter and Is
of no use to the buyer. In the dead
letter office proper that chacnal house
which swallows nearly half a million
missives every month, It is positively
harrowing. More than forty bushels
of photographs have accumulated there,
awaiting the annual cremation. There
are tresses of hair, enough to stjff a
dozen mattresses, grandmothers' silver
locks and babies’ golden curls, many
no doubt cut from dead brows; and
small sums of money which poor work
men send home to feed their wives and
little ones and servant girls save from
their scanty wages for needy parents
gone to Unde Sam's rich purse, not be
cause the United Staten wants it but
because the senders’ writing or or
thography was beyond mortal ken. It
is hard to realize that in this land of
schools at the close of the nineteenth
century there are so many people so
ignorant or so careless as to send sev
eral millions of letters a year without
stamps, or addresses, or with addresses
which no man can make out. People
seem to be so intent on what goes Into
the letters that they forget all about
the superscription. It is estimated that
$4,500,000 In drafts and $80,000,000 In
cash is received every year through
dead letters.
A FLYING SLED.
A Keystone State Invention That Is
Klght In Season.
The accompanying cut represent* a
flying sled recently invented at Vin
tondale, Pa., the propelling arrange
ment of which Is admitted by me
chanical experts to he very perfect, and
a masterpiece of Ingenuity.
To work the machine the operator
sits astride It as he would a bicycle,
with a foot on each lateral rest, that is
secured to the knee of the sled. By
turning this handle of 'he sprocket
wheel motion is Imparted to the fan by
an arrangement of friction bevel gears.
* luunuivu uu cv u'nuajtcu
frame that can be swung horizontally
in any direction. The radius of the
swinging frame is half the breadth of
the sled, which allows the fan to be
turned to a right angle, thus pulling
the machine In the direction the fan is
turned. The steering lever is shown
within easy reach of the operator. Mov
ing it to the right or left fully con
trols the movement of the -ded. Side
brakes are also provided that work
In conjunction with or Independently
of each other, to arrest the momentum
of the machtue. or to assist the steer
ing arrangement In making a very ab
rupt turn. The inventors are .-anguine
of running on a clear stretch of Ice at
the rate of *>0 or 75 miles per hour.
On a public road in good sledding con
dition a speed of 20 or 30 miles per hour
may be reached with safety. The In
PUtlNO rtl.Kli
tenters also ' taint that their machine
will be a boon to arctic etplorern. to a
degree beyond their power of talcala
t km.
In the nbove cut tt w ill tie »be#i *#4
that, fur the sake of atmpili tty, the
common turn of ated b mmI to show
the details of steering and propulsion,
but one may deviate from this and
adopt any ornamental style of led an
aa lo suit the moat enact t ag and fas
I id tons tastes.
**»< t *o 4 i t aodtmtna
\ , urb'uv »«ped plant growing in
tritons and other desert regions of
the grent *»»tthwest p called ttur
lauds t'andWatb k *
§| |‘t«aaln
ll In eatlmnted by natural tat* that
there are not >••• than leekmi varieties
of plant# sifted! bnewn and vtaattisd.
ILATE MR. HEADLEY.
WAS ONE OF THE FEW AMERI
CAN HISTORIANS.
Compiler of "Washington sn<f Ills llrn*
ernls" an«l Other Notable Works. In
rludlng I he Campaigns of Napoleon
the First.
OKI. T. HKAD
ley, ex-secretary of
state of New York
anti a historian of
some note, died In
(bat city the other
morning. While
walking about hla
room he fell, strik
ing hla bead on
the floor. Paraly
sis resulted and a
severe and fatal Illness followed.
Mr. Headley was 82 years of age and
was one of the few historluna pro
duced by America. Ilia contributions
to the historical literature of the United
•States have a distinct value, while his
writings on history of other countries
are among the most entertaining works
In a sometimes uninteresting Held.
He began life In the church, but af
ter a ministry of two year* he aband
oned the arduous duties of the pro
fession ^nd went abroad for bis health
On his return he tried writing some
sketches of bis profession, which were
so well thought of that he determined
to devote Ills life to literature. For a
time he sal at the editorial table In the
Mew York Tribune. After spending a
long time lit the Adlronadcks for health
he wrote a hook about life In the
woods and mountains, which was ac
cepted with a public gratitude equal
TRA1NINC A DOC.
Tli* I imt Thine *«» T*.u Ii Hint |« to
|{*t rlr \ *.
Never be too familiar with a young :
<log. He must have a certain respect,
not necessarily a feat of you; but he
must learn to obey, says Harper's
Round Table. Any intelligent puppy
will learn bis name in a few lessons.
Once you have given it to him never
change it. Mind you this—when be has
once recognized 3011 as being his mas
ter, his one Idea is to please you and
to deserve a pat on the head and a
word of praise. Never tussle with him
with a stick and never deceive him
under any pretense. More dogs have
been spoiled by their masters not play
ing fair with them than one could
reckon. Be honest with your dog and
he will he honest with you. if you pos
sess a gun, and your dog is of that kind
which has inherited the scent for
game, the first thing to teach hint Is to
fetch and carry —that is, to retrieve—
and this without chewing or mutilat
ing the object which he brings. A way
to break a dog of this is to lake an old
| glove, put a few lacks with the points
extending forward, and fill it full of
cotton. He will find by picking it up
j gently he can carry ll without dls
1 comfort, while if he attempts to worry
| It the consequences are not agreeuble.
I The lesson i* much better for him than
j any amount of whipping and he will
i remember it much longer. If you wish
1 to shoot over your dog. the next thing
i Is to make him find the bird. To do
I this the best way Is fo procure a live
' quail, which can easily he had from
any bird-fancier; put It In a small
cage and show It to the pup, warning
him not to touch it. Then conceal the
; cage in a copse of fern or grass and
j bring him carefully In that direction,
j Never let him nearer than within four
FLORENCE WALLACK.
'i
Florence Wallack (Sewell), a grand
daughter of Lester Wallack, will t hort
ly make her debut, modestly but hope
fully, In a minor part. In support of
a well known star who Is to present a
sprles of plays at Wallack's Theater.
She is now about 19. She is not with
out some stage experience, gained,
however, in amateur theatricals, aside
I
from a five weeks' engagement re
ci ntly In a small part in support of a
foreign star at one of the local play
houses. Miss Wallack is slender, rath
er above the medium height,
decidedly fair, with blue eyes and of
a type which has furnished many de
lightful actresses to the American and
foreign stage’
to that which was accorded his first
work.
His first dip into history was taken
with the production of “Napoleon and
His Marshals.’’ The book was vigor
ous. brilliant, fascinating even. but.
was not considered history by the
critics, who argued that Mr. Headley
had sacrificed accuracy to splendor of
style. His next work of any consider
able importance was "Washington and ;
His (lenerals,” a hook that met with
great kiudness, but which fell under
the same shadow that overclouded the
first. Apart from the hpyeroritlral
opinion as to correct detail and cau
tious study, these works were ably
written Condemned hv the critics,
they were read largely by the public,
and so far back as forty-four years age
hi* book* had reached ait Issue of 80®,
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font MwmW*
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IoImimI fk*f» ll* *t* • ImIi It
Itbi'l* it* • tut i<*4« i u it
or five feet of it; then speak to him
encouragingly. Under the influence of
your words he will become all atten
tion anil a dog thus properly broken
will never "Hush a covey” unless he
runs Into them by accident or when he
is carried away by excitement, under
which circumstances he will show con
trition.
CiirldUn I of I huh In (ipriiMU)’.
Every visitor to Japan is impressed
with the many curious uses lo which
fans sre put. The umpire at wrestling
and fencing matches uses a large fan
shaped like a butterfly, and the vari
ous motions of this fan constitute a
laiiKnage which the combatants fully
understand and promptly heed. Men
slid children, as well as women, use
fans at all times. The servant girl has
a list fan made of rough patter to blow
the charcoal Hie with or use us a dust
turn; the farmer has a stout fan to win
to w his grain, and mho!her variety Is
made of waterproof paper t hlch can
lie dipped la water, wad creates great
outness by evaporation without wet
ting the clothes
Moons st lo*«i It*elks.
The deepest shall in the world la that
of the Hed Jacket, one of the lathe
Huperloi cupper mines where a depth
of .ten feet has tnen f*.hed the
deepest shaft la the In tied Kingdom
that el the Ashton Us* t'oillery,
near Manrhea'er. which tw IMS feet
deep, hut ««ing to the depth of the
iwds soma erf the workings of this cot
tier hare r«»tbed t two feel, whilst
•he drwcpsst working* of the fVadtetoa
*Vtit*tr In th* sauce distent hare at
• siwad 4.10* feat withe mgh the shaft la j
agger I woo feat deep,
|C|«r Jocks
a hen th* Ityahs li Hut ecu have to !
<«ile a hi- h ta In the eight, they hats j
two egl-at Icecaps at Mil gtrea is them I
tes diog thtre water, and ha whesaa ,
tump s*u due grst is f* sset eg he Ml
hr «twer |
WINS ROYAL HONORS.
ARTIST SARGENT. THE AMERI
CAN. FAVORED ABROAD.
I'romolril to Kruulwr Mfnibrr* ,
• hip In the Itrlllfth Aonlemjr Hume of
r«U N ot m 1*1 e Port rail Prodm t lon« of
Prominent Prni»iia on ( rhyn*.
OHN 8. SARGBNT.
the American artist
who ha* Just been
promoted from as
sociate to regular
member of the
British Royal Acad
emy. has been
painting many
years. HI* flrst
exhibited work was
shown In the salon
of 1877. It whs a portrait of a young
lady, and cleverly done. The following !
year he painted h group of Usher girls
on the shore at Cancale. In 1878 he ex- j
hlhlted ‘'Neapolitan Children Bathing,’’ I
and In 1883 "Bl Jales.” Following
these Mr. Sargent'* work was a series J
of triumphs, which placed him In the
flrst rank of painter*. In 1883 came
"Children's Portraits" and In 1884
"Mme. Oantherean." In 1883 Mr. Sar
gent went to l»ndon. and Ills canvasses
exhibited year after year at the Royal
Academy excited great Interest and
were the subject of wide discussion.
Among the most notable are the Misses
Vickers, Miss White, l,ady Playfair,
Mr*. Playfair and a portrait group
which he called "Carnation, Idly, Idly.
Rose.” Mr. Sargent came to America
in 1887 and again In 188!!, and the re
sult* of these visits were a numbber of
portraits In his best vein Mrs. Mar
JOHN S. ,SARGENT.
quand, Mrs. Bolt, Mrs. Eliot Shepard,
Mrs, Jack Gardner, Mrs. Kissurn and
others. The French government pur
(hased his more recent canvas repre
senting the Spanish dancer Carmen
dta. Mr. Sargent’s art Is commended
for precision, truthfulness, utmost
fidelity of sight and ability to record
what Is visually perceived. In his
panels for the Boston public library
and other panels he has opened a new
held for himself, which has only served
to bring him more honor.
Itlcycllng and Women'* Keel.
It Is curious to see how the bicycl
ing craze ha« already altered the size
of ladles' boots. Year after year doc
tors have been preaching against the
high heels and the compressed toes of
the French shoe. They have preached,
but they have not been listened to;
and all sorts of little limps and shuf
fles have got to have a kind of vogue,
and girls have treated their toes as
disrespectfully as If they were their
waists. And now comes the bicycle
and sets things right. The myth of the
very small foot Is being exploded. In
deed, It was most Inevitable that It
should. When you see almost level
with your eye a thing you were accus
tomed to look at far beneath it, you
get a true idea of Its size. A girl's
foot on a pedal, now a common wayside
objeci, shows .hat good-looking girls
have fairly proportioned feet. There
has come a reaction against the Chi
nese deformity and a sympathy with
nature. You cannot pedal with a foot
like the castor of a pianoforte. If you
uo i ikk your me or, wuai ik more
thought of, your appearance. Ami an
fashion rurshis In where physicians
may not I read. Hut the doctor* bear
no malice. Indeed, they order the bi
cycle for their patient*, many of them
being surgeons us well a* physicians.
Westminster (Issette.
truirulwu Or|>lt»it*.
Some Idea of the frightful extent of
Turkish cruelty may be gained from
the report of the Tolled State* consul
st Krteroura that the number of Ar
menian children who bate been made
orphan* by the massacre* la ratlmnted
st 6U.IMW. lirltlah, Uem.ni and Amer
ican missionary and charitable socle
lies are establishing orphanage* for
these unfortunates, and the British
government, through Its ambassador
at Constantinople, hr trying to settle a
number of widow* and children ciu the
Island of Cyprus The consul mentions
cm* city In the province of Krseiouw
• h*r* not a single adult male Arm*
nlan wsa left alive,
Itw Hruwwilt taw.
It t* auuuiinc«t| that, *• ig* r*qu**,
wf Ksipsiw William ih* Herman mili
tary uurt will reop*n ihc < .** of | iett
tewani llarwn tan tiros* ait a ig* unk(.
*»•* at ago** **ni*ao* for killing an
artisan in a sir at Cartarag* g«» g**n
the weswstsm of severe riHhlMs, In
and aut at th* retwgetag. fhn* ai*
. uaMMiag .«po«t* aa •• id* vmptrw s ]
purpose in th* matter tin* p (gat |
he revets tge *.• u**.l *>gt.->r and gopes
for sum* advantage in kim fr»m a new
inanity, swot gw ikat g* regards a* la
adequate the sentence imposed gy tge
military tribunal wgieg <«b»»rt
him
NEW WORK FOR WOMEN.
W«‘4rlnc Mlk**n FaltrUt with tlir lluiift
Loom I'liMMiii ami S*r«>#|t.
An English Adman, a Mrs. Bayley,
has discovered a new industry for wo
men. or. rather, an old one revised, in
weaving artistic-patterned silk fabrics
by hand. Power looms, she says, are
unable to produce these fabrics of the
high artistic merit of whlrh the hand
loom Is possible. For rich silks «11s.
Hay ley asserts that the hand weaving
Is a cheaper and even quicker mode of
weaving than power-loom work, and
that since country Arms over England
cannot obtain the requisite number of
hands lo produce the work that Is or
dered In consequence of the revived de
mand for costly silks, she says that
haud-lonm weaving can be carried on
with profit In ladle*’ own home*. From
four to five dollars a we« k can easily be
earned by hh.v woman In this work.
Mr*. Hjylry says, and that Is In Eng
land. The same work can he produc
tive or better returns in this country.
The suggestion Is not made merely for
working girls. Mrs. Bayley believes
that there is a paying field in the pro
duction of high silken fabrics that Is
worthy the attention of cultivated wo
men of small means, who would And
the work not only lucrative but attrac
the. In commenting upon Mrs. Bay
ley's proposition, the I try Hood* Chron
icle of this city says: "It is not so
many years ago since women, strong,
healthy English, Oertnan and Frenclr
women, worked hand looms In Pater
son. They operated both shaft harness
Mini Jill Ijliuril JIJUIIIM, VAIWiVIII* IIHII'B"
patterns and superb satins, swinging
the stiultle by hand and working the
harness and jacquard by foot power.
Almost every mill then of any size
boasted of a hand loom department.
Hand l(x.n;s vere also to be seen In
many of the homes of these foreign
weavers. At that time the hand loom
weaver looked upon the power loom
attendant as little better than a day
laborer, or part and parrel of the ma
ehlnc he was attending. It Is time
I hat, the old hand loom weaver pos
scHsed much more knowledge of the
Intricacies of the jacquard and loom
detail lhan Is known by the power loom
weaver to-day, many of whom do not
understand the formation of the Darby
chain. The hand loom weaver always
declared that he 'had served his lime
at weaving’ an I 'wound quills' for a
year or two before he was permitted
to 'pick a warp’ or ’throw a shuttle.’
The advent of the power loom signaled
Hie degeneration of the hand loom
weaver. Many of the old hands have
developed Into loom llxers, but the ma
jority are simply 'minding' the power
I loom -they don't call It weaving.”
WOMAN CIVIL ENGINEER.
Miss Murlun h. I’arhir In In the Van at
"New Women.”
Miss Marian S. Parker of New York
enjoys the unique distinction of being
the only practical woman civil engi
neer In this country. She Is a slight
young girl, apparently about 20 years
of age. and has a womanly, graciour
manner, that makes her very charm
ing. Miss Parker seems quite uncon
scious of the fact that her peculiar po
sition as the one woman in her profes
sion makes her Interesting.
'Really, there Isn't anything to tell,"
! she replied to an Inquiry. “I made up
my mind to be a civil engineer, studied
{ for It,and am now working bard for
promotion. It was the most natural
thing in the world, for I just followed
my inclinations. I wouldn't do any
thing else. At first,” she continued, “I
thought to study architecture, for
1 plans and designs have always had a
great attraction for me. Then, as I
i became more and more Interested In
mathematics, I realized that branch of
i science would he more to my liking.
1 Civil engineering was just the thing,
i so at 15 1 began earnest preparation.”
Very probably Miss Parker Inherits
i her liking for problems and all such
i mathematical things from her father.
who Is a prominent patent lawyer In
' Detroit. Mich. In the office where she
I is daily engaged, Miss Parker has her
desk, table, and high stool, just as the
other assistants do. For the past year
i and a half she has been employed on
i V ^
MIA A MARIAN A, I'AKKKH
(hr Attar hotel, mo* in pro «m ol can
nsi>i. {inn Abe bet » orbed om nil parte
ut the etruvtttre det*ill*g end deelg*
lug eud *Uu utablag tb« «bup draw
ing# el din*# Tbeer Uei are the
t>ltttt lor the worhwta to Itilbiw, and
i Mtuet be ebtvilotely r«“t I not to (be
HMialleet fraction ol aa l»<b Tbee*
bate to be proved and < b*. h*d. every
• aUolatUMt being gear (tier the muhiiI
tlNte bv *M oetNMNM# HMd i*10101 civil
•MgiMeer due Hetkri t.*« .utweliaMM
(<e»a Inttooted wttb tbtt doty the
•otb i* *d * •iiAUw! aetore, and in
volve* great reepwotihiUt) ..* ig* port
ol * hoe ter la given I to do Kill eta t
.«« IM« #mv>.»i .1 a<« . *1 *»< led u
another ol the thing- •*« * *«>iw*ilave*
railed upon to * about*
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