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THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT HER
ROYAL HIGHNESS.
Aliier tlrr Wlilouhtioil Him llm lleen
FlRhlliiR l.lkt' it Tlgrrot Thill Sim
Might Soo llrr Ilenrljr llr-lim-il Son
I'rorlnlnieil KIiir of Hi" .SmiilnnU.
A1UA CHRIS
TINA, (UPi'ii le
gem of Spain, was
thrust Into her po
rtion by tho death
jJLj of her husband. To
linve strenuous du
ties, huge cares,
t r e in c n d ous re-
h p o n s I b 1 1 1 1 les
hrapctl upon one,
with no question of
Srt
training or nntural ability would be a
fate from which uny woman might
Hhrlnk. Perhaps today sho Ik the most
wretched and harassed woman In all
Europe. Danger threatens her on all
BldOB. No ninttcr what happens thero
is menace to her and hers.
She Is fighting as the lioness fights
for her cub. More than her own safety
and life nro at stake. The daughter of
an Austrian archduke, horn In the
faith of royalty, educated In traditions
of the divine right of kings, wedded
to a monarch who believed all this,
and mother of a boy proclaimed a king
from the Instant of his birth how
could she look on and sec the throne
totter under the weight of the boy
king, her boy, llesh of her flesh and
foul of her soul, nnd not light?
For nearly twelve years the queen
regent has lived, studied, worked,
ruled, thought nnd prayed-for her son.
Americans may feel that the time for
doing away with royal jiymbols has
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QUEEN OF SPAIN,
come, but to her, nurtured as she has
been, and with the blood of kings in
her veins, she cannot see this, but only
the bitterness and necessity of her po
nltlon, the rigors and hardships, and
the great and awful neeil of struggle
to i'ecp for her boy that which tli
mother and the queen both believe to
be his by all rights human and divine.
The queen wanted him called after
Tils father, but many prophesied that
an Alfonso XIII. would be unlucky (to
which Incident sonic of them probably
point now, after the wont of croakers).
Hut the pope said that he himself was
n thirteenth, and so the queen had her
way. and the tiny king was baptized
Alfonso Leon Fernnndo Santiago Ma
ria Isldro Pascual Antonio. At first
the queen regent was not much liked,
because to the hot-blooded Spaniards
her Austrian ways seemed cold and
hard. Undoubtedly she Is an immense,
ly proud woman. A well-known writ
er thus describes the queen regent:
"Neither tall nor short, nor stout
nor thin, Queen Maria Christina looked
to bo a woman who had had her full
hare of trouble In this world, nnd hail
been obliged to light for her own hand.
That, Indeed, has been her history.
A foreigner In n nation of people
proud by nature and suspicious by rea
son of the events of their history, thu
new queen could seek In her troubles
but llttlo consolntlon or guidance from
her husband, but she set herself reso
lutely to the task of gaining the ie
spect and confidence of the people and
the affection of the brllllnnt but un
steady Alfonso XII. in Ma
drid Itself there Is very little ieal
fervor for royalty, but the Irrceonell
ablo republicans arc few. The oppor
tunists and the moderate republicans
are In thu nscendant, and they recog
nize, that perhaps tho best form of
government of Spnln Is a llbcrnl regime
(luring tho minority of a king, and with
a queen as regent who has made her
self respected for her private char
acter, and who does not unduly Inter
fere with matters of state."
This Is the mother who is flghtlii"
for tho rights of her boy as a tigress
lights for her cub.
"Ilghtlns; llol" ami III t.
Some of the newspapers picture Rob
ley I). Evans, coinmandor of tho bat
tleship Iowa, us If he were a sl'ck
apple-cheeked boy. In fact ho is a
stocky, robust-built man of Gf years;
his fuce is seamed by heavy lines; he
walks with n limp, caused by a wound
received in battle. Ho looks his age
every day of It, and ho al3o looks thb
typical sea-dog. Ho would be tho very
man to follow or lead In such a
ventu- ns Farragut mnde when he
ran the shoro bntterlcs nt Mobile bay
Cool, but still full of enthusiasm;
hardy and stout, but alert In every
fiber. His ship is tho lnrgcst of tho
battleships In commission. She dis
places 11,110 tons, has 11,000 horse
power; speed sixteen knots. Her main
battery consists of four 12-Inch breech
loading rlll03 and eight 8-Inch ureech
loadlng rifles. Her broadshlo would
throw nearly two tons of shot. Sho Is
a fighting machine of which a fighter
like Evans would naturally bo proud.
-Chuttanoogu Times.
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DAD NEWS FOR BIRDS.
F'unlilon tit Apt to lln Ton Much for tho
Ifutiinnltitrliiti.
Unwelcome Intelligence for the Sel
borne society and othors who concern
themselves with thu protection of birds
comes from Paris, says tho London
Globe. The last word of fashion theio
Is the feather blouse. This Is usually
composed of the green and bluo plum
age of thu lophophore bird, but thu
flamingo and the peacock are also re
quisitioned; and the undeniable beauty
of tho body plumage of many other
birds will drag them, too, into the net,
of ruthless fushlon. Tho hope Is ex
pressed, Indeed, that because feather
blouses "are expensive and easly got
out of order," tho fashion will not last
long; but human nature Is so consti
tuted that these manifest defects In
a material for clothes are often ac
counted Its greatest merits. The main
reason why the popularity of tho silk
hut cannot be shaken Is that It Is ex
pensive compared with other hats nnd
easily gets out of order. It has, too,
this fascinating fault, In addition to
those which it shares with thu feather
blouso. that comparatively slight
changes niter Its character so com
pletely that no man who aspires to bo
fashionably dressed can wear the same
hat two years running, no matter how
little It may have been used, Whnt Is
the suhtlo charm In these obvious de
fects of an artelu of clothing, qua
clothing? Simply this: that the fash
ionably dressed person Is thereby dis
tinguishable at sight from tho cheap
Imitation, and when a fashion has
been Inaugurated which delles color
able Imitation on a cheap scale, and
yet appears tasteful, It has gencrnlly
come to stay. This Is too likely to be
the case with the feather blouse, what
ever our humaultniians may say.
SENSIBLE WOMAN.
iiim Shopping llml 11,1)4 utiil ho AvoMi
the Crowd.
,lt was n disagreeable day to wulk or
bicycle or play golf, hut It was tin
Ideal day to be waited upon in the
shops, says the New York Advertiser.
"I always shop on rainy or snowy
days," ?ald one woman to another
when they mot. with mutual exclama
tions of surprise, In one of the shops
in the forenoon. "I don't suppose It
is ideal weather for matching r.Ibbons,
but then I don't wear out my life
matching ribbons. I would rather send
my sample by post anil trust to young
er eyes. For all ordinary shopping a
bud day Is better than a flue one. Un
less at Christmas holiday t lines tho
shops are almost deserted and It Is a
positive relief to the girls to have
home one to wait upon. Then In lino
weather I much prefer to be out of
doors -or at home sewing and reading
in my sunshiny rooms to poking about
In gas-IIghtod shops. Yes. you will
always And me busy buying In bad
weather. I keep a list of things that I
wish to buy, and on the first stormy
day I sally forth early In the morning
and sometimes spend nearly the entire
day shopping. Of course I cat a good
luncheon or ih amount of strength 1
save by not being In the crowds would
he soon exhausted. This is my rainy
day dress. I wear a cape, because It
Is easily removed in the warm shops
and so l avoid taking cold." The suit
was a rnugh-?uifaced cloth, the skirt
faced with leather and falling to wilh
ing two Indies of the ground. A golf
cape of darl: blue, with a hood lined
with gay plaid silk, dogskin gloves,
cork-holed botrt and a neat little tur
ban, trimmed wu!: damp-proof straw,
net and stiff quills coniiXs'ed this com-mon-honse
bad-weather suit.
PRODIGY WAS MADE, NOT BORN
Over In England a new violinist lias
Just made his appearance- Master Ver
non Warner, aged 10.
He seems to be a unique creature
among youthful musicians, because his
VERNON WARNER. AflED 10.
genius, which seems to bo undoubted,
is attributed rather to hard work than
to a freakish gift of nature.
Tho little fellow Is tho son of Mr.
Harry E. Warner, tho organist of tho
royal church, nt Kow. Tho boy has
been trained by a very exacting sys
tem, and the result the critics declaro
io be wonderful.
IllMimrrk'A Hon.
There Is a rumor In llorlln that Count
Herbert Ulsmarck may return to public
life, probably as ambassador to St. Pe
teraburg. It appears that tho emperor
offored tho count an appointment, but
ho docllned because ho did not deslro
to hold public office In Germany whllo
his fathor was living.
Tho vino nttalns a great age, contin
uing fruitful for at least 400 years, it
Is supposed to be equal to the oak as
regards lougovlty.
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Roosevelt's Rongli Riders.
They arc Going to Meet the Spaniards on
Cuban Soil.
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"Itlta used by Lieutenant-Colonel
Roosevelt In thu Spanish-American
war, 1898."
Perhaps somo day among tho relics
of tho present engagement there may
bo a tag bearing the ahove Inscription
affixed to a fifty foot coll of raw hide,
says Now York Journal of May 1. It
Is not Improbable that the denizen of
North Dakota, where Lieutenant-Colonel
Hoosevelt learned to throw the
lasso when he was breaking his own
mustangs, may stand with uncovered
head and wcavo stories around tho
dusty rope, and say ktr.d things about
tho man who throw It with so much
skill. For since Mr. Hoosevelt re
signed ns assistant secretary of tho
navy to take up arms In the Held, he
has been assigned to a commission and
his soldiers nro to be picked from tho
cowboys of the wild west, every one
of whom will have to give evidence of
his ability to cast the terrible coll and
ropo tho oneiny before ho can enlist.
There Is no fiction about the formation
of this dangerous regiment. It Is to
bo one of tho most serviceable arms of
the lighting contingent, and the prldo
of Spain's best men will bo turned up
side down when tho cow puncher bri
gade begins hostilities. The men are
now being carefully selected and Lieutenant-Colonel
Roosevelt is giving the
matter his personal attention. The
lariat will not be the only Implement
of warfare by any means. Every cow
boy will be provided with a cavalry
rifle and a brace of six shooters, thoso
hnndy weapons whose sharp bark
means death. Those men will not go
Into the Held for pastime, although the
art of picking off the enemy will have
certain elements of pleasuro to the
cowboy, whoso life has been spent on
the plains and whose hands' prefer to
fondle tho butt of a revolver lather
than tho hilt of a sword. The horses
to be picked for these cowboy regi
ments, of which thero will bo three,
will have seen service before. They
will be animals that have hoofed the
ranges of the westeiiand and forded
tho rivers that run riot in the spring.
They will bo inured to the assault of
tho pesky mosquito, that is said to
abound In vast numbers In Cuba. The
horse and the man will understand
eacli oilier, operate as one denture, i
plunge without fear Into the thickest i
of the trouble and come snorting and
blowing into the open with a Spanlaul
In tow. At the first shot these men of
the plains will lean forward In their
saddles, draw their weapons and follow
their leader Into the jaws of death, and
Spanish steel and machete v. Ill not
repulse them until tho last man has
toppled from his stlrrua and gone
crashing to the earth, wlcd out. There
will bo somo historic aiming done by
these rangers, nnd the Bcenes that
were part of the life of Custer, Jack
Crawford and Utiffnlo Dili will be again
enacted, but with better weapons and
with some of tho comforts and con
veniences of civilization. In the early
days tho cowboys wore clothing made
from the skins of thu beasts of tho
field and the grasses of the plains.
Hut Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt's
soldiers will wear canvas uniforms of
a gray tint and trimmed with brass
buttons; canvas loggings, canvas
shoes and slouch hats. Thero will bo
no unnecessary trappings to Impede
their movements, and when tho order
to charge Is given a tornado of men
and horseflesh will pour into the rank3
of tho enemy. In after years the
pages of history will glow with the
story of how Roosevelt's regiment of
cowboys swept Into Matanzas, or Ha
vana or Cardenas and engaged tho
Spaniards In hand-to-hand conflict nnd
roped those who escaped tho bullets.
Nothing could be more picturesque In
warfaio than n crack regiment of cow
boy cavalrymen fully equipped for
service. They are all men who bavo
learned the nrt of combat, and whoso
trigger fingers aro like unto tho elec
tric button for rapidity and action.
Plrture a hollow squaro of sharpshoot
ers delivering the contents of u thou
sand six-shooters Into an advancing
enemy In less than threo seconds.
Then tho nervous swoop of carbines
swiftly emptying their magazines into
tho torn and shattered ranks around
tho square. In tho midst of tho ro
pulso the Spanish begin to retreat;
then tho lurlats, colling and clrcllas
overhead, entwine tho fleeing rem
nant of the enemy, and Spaniards by
tho score ure Jerked headlong Into the
dust and Hying horses are brought up
with a standstill on their haunches.
No class of men can endure the hard
ships of a rough life and the toils of
the saddle like cowboys. From morn
ing until night they do nothing but
ride and keep their eyes open for
trouble. At dusk a cowboy throws his
saddle on the earth, turns his faithful
horse loose to graze, knowing that the
animal will not leave his muster, and
covorlng himself with only a saddle
blnnkct lies down and sleeps with ono
eyo open for Intruders. Inside of thirty
days the first regiment will be ready
for the march, under the command of
Colonel C. It. Wood, with "Fighting
Tetldy" as lieutenant-colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel
Roosevelt Is of tho
plains himself, having spent many
years among the cowboys, hundreds
of whom nrc employed on his cattlo
tangos In North Dakota. He Is an ex
cellent pistol and rlllu shot, having
written a big volume on wild game,
and on the pommel of his saddle will
be thonged the regulation lariat.
When occasion presents Itself he will
swing It with the rest of his soldiers,
and if he docs not rope the man or
horse at which it Is thrown, then ho
has forgotten a trick for which he was
famous out on tho range. A particular
advuntage of being able to throw the
lariat will be evident when the cowboy
leglment wants to replenish Its horse
flesh. There will be no play of bul
lets, no cracking of rifles nnd no hlood
I shed. Rut tho silent coll will fly from
I floft flfiimrq ntitl anttln ilriii'n with m
Spa'njsh. horse struggling In the noose.
In camp tho llfo of tho cowboy regi
ment will be nothing more than lux
urious domesticity and home. comfort,
for most of them will bo' uncomfort
able .under any other circumstances.
They will go to Cuba for business and
will suruly engage In plenty of It.
A CHARGE BY LIEUT. ROOSEVELT
AND HIS ROUGH RIDERS.
Artlttlc Dinner (ilvrn.
Tiio Ideal dinner company Is never
large; six has been said to be the mag
ic number, but eight, und even ten, are
perfectly manageable, both In the mat
ter of smooth service and In the higher
harmonies. Do not confine your cholcn
to intimate friends, but add to their
pleasuro and your own the fresh expe
rience of meeting new spirits whose
congeniality you have divined.
A really urtistlc dinner, It Is tho
wi Iter's conviction, should never ex-
i ceed four courses including tho coffee.
I The scheme of the dinner Is that each
I dish shall be perfect; worthy of tho
! palato and of the appetite -enjoyed to
the full for Its merits, and not to ho
trilled with and Instantly forgotten.
The second point In Importance Is that
a dish shall be as attractive In nppenr
anco as It Is perfect In flavor; that It
should bo placed upon tho table uh an
added enjoyment rind hospitably served
by the host or hostess. The third point,
also of importance, Is that a dinner
should bo seasonable not an anticipa
tion of seasons for every chosen arti
cle should bo at Its very best. A lean,
half-shriveled January tomato, which
has lll-borno Its travels, is but a for
lorn apology for tho plump nnd luelous
summer product certnlnly not fitted
for an "artistic" appearance.
Tllltt I llll CUT lit Chilli.
Shop Assistant Shall I send this for
you, madam? IaidyNo, thank you;
I'm driving. Lady's Llttlo fllrl (In ee
BtiiBy) Oh, mummy, aro we goln' buck
In tho yollow 'bus? Tlt-Hllii.
Personal magnetism enable a man to
make others believe he Is right when
they know ho Is wrona,
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HERMIT AND PATRIOT.
(Jnrcr Olil Oottllob I.cltnof, Comtltu
cut of ConRrcmiinitn llltt.
Congressman Robert R. llltt, chair
man of tho house committee on for
eign nffnlrs, and who represents tho
Ninth Illinois district, occasionally re
ceives a letter from a queer old constit
uent who resides on an Island In tho
Mississippi river. Tho lnnd Is In Il
linois, though It is cut off from tho
mainland by a slough which tho swift
current has cut through the soil of Jo
Daviess county.
This old man, now In his 73d year,
hns resided on the Island twenty-sovcn
years. He Is a hermit of the most ec
centric character, Jiving entirely alono
and away from sight or sound of any
other human being. He Is completely
Isolated, bis rude hut being hidden In
n network of willow brush and wild
grapevines. Ills hut can not be reuch
ed without the aid of a boat and a
guide, who must And his way through
a maze of sloughs which wind around
In a thousand acres of lowlands. The
old man Is disturbed only by high wa
ter, which has three times Invaded his
abode and washed him off the Island.
He would like to have Mr. llltt Induce
Uncle Sam to build a dam across the
lowland to protect his llttlo farm on
the Island.
The old man Is named Gottlieb Iclt
sof. He was born In the province of
Pomeranla, Prussia, seventy-three
years ago. He comes from a family of
warriors. Two of his sons distinguish
ed themselves In the war with Austria
In IStiG and again In the Franco-Prussian
conflict In 1870. He nays he has
written his congressman that If any
help Is needed to whip tho Dons he will
emerge from his home In the brush
and take a willing hand.
Leltsof cooks, eats and sleeps In a
little room ten feet square. It Is a
part of a hut which he built with bis
own hands. He hns a flock of chick
ens, a cow and two catB. He farms the
land without the aid of man or beast.
He hns constructed a queer plow after
his own odd Idens. It is mnde from
the forked branch of a tree. The forks
serve as handles and thills. The odd
feature about the contrivance Is that
the sluue points backward. The aged
Prussian harnesses his own body and
hitches himself to this plow. His har
ness fits over his back and around his
waist. He couples onto tho share by
means of a wire, renehlng from his
harness. Then ho stands between the
thills, with which be takes hold with
his hands. He walks backward like a
horse in Its breeching. Tho share
takes hold In the soft soil and plows n
furrow four Inches deep. This Is all
that Is necessary In such rlrfi Jpud.
In this manner he has broken up"
many acres. He raises enough stuff
to support him nnd keep his stock. His
tn.tes are nlwnys promptly paid. In
his old ago he perforins nil kinds of
hard work without experiencing any
deleterous results. He takes a turn nt
hunting nnd fishing, Is a good shot and
a lucky angler. Philadelphia Press.
l'alrlotlr SiuIkk"
Mr. Smlggs has been very loud foi
war. Ho lias laid aside tho Newgatu
Calendar, which wns his favorlto read
ing, and has bent of Into over accounts
of campaigns by land and by sea. Ilrnn
tome's old French has not deterred him
from tackling "Rodomontades Espaig
nolles," and ho has gono so far as to
Investignto tho oilgln of the phrase,
"to walk Spnnlsh." Mrs. Smlggs nnd
the llttlo Sinlggses have wondered why
tho master of tho household did not
wear epaulots and a sword. Tuesday
night so wo nro informed by Mrs.
Smlggs a charming woman wo know
her before sho was married they wero
all sitting nt dinner In their luxurious
flat near the Charlesgate. Mr. Smlggs
was explaining the fortifications of
Boston. "My dear," ho shouted-and
hu banged the table with his fist "you
need not have the slightest uneasiness;
thero Is no possible danger of bombard
ment." There wiih ii strango, disturb
ing, sinister whistle. It caino from tho
Charles. Nothing like it had been
heard before. Mr. Smlggs' face wns a
death-mnHk. "Pa," said young Angus
tus; "pa do you suppose that is a Span
ish torpedo destroyer boat?" "Maria "
whispered Mr. Smlggs, "I think I'll go
down u mliiuto to tho cellar to soo if
your bicycle Ih safo."-Hoaton Journal.
Tim (JiilrkufM of Thought.
To Illustrate tho rapidity of thought,
u distinguished scientist says that If
tho skill ho touched repeatedly with
light blows from n small hammer tho
brain will distinguish tho fact thut tho
blows nro separate, and not continued
preiuurtt, even when they follow otv
another iu rupldly us 1,000 a second
UNNECESSARY FEARS.
riie Hon Was Merely Tlpty, Not lt
vengeful
Some tlmo ago a welUUnown Cleve
land man had a slight altercation wltti
a prominent local ofnclnl, In the count
of which he mnde a remark that at th
tlmo must have seemed extrcmoly of
fensive to the other party. He rather
regretted making It after ho walked
awny, but It was too late to recall It,
says the Plulndealcr of that city.
What was his surprise, therefore, when
not long after tho squabble ho rccMved
an Invitation from tho aggrieved man
to attend a select dinner at a promin
ent hotel. Ho was quite teady to bury
the hatchet and promptly accepted
what be considered a peuce offering.
I was a dinner party for men only
und a number of well-known cltlzons
sat around tho festal board. The host
wus directly opposlto the man who
had hurt his feelings nnd tho latter
was rather startled to notice that the
entertainer regarded him with a decid
edly malevolent glare. Then he thought
ho saw It all. Instead of desiring to
bury the hatchet tho host had Invited
him there to denounce and humiliate
him. Every tlmo ho looked up thut
cold-blooded staro met him. Tho
guests talked and ato and drank, and
made little speeches, but the host con
tinued to keep his stony gaze on his
uncomfortable victim. Sevoral times
the latter thought the moment of de
nunciation had come. The entertainer
appeared to point nt him and to ges
ticulate In a menacing way, but each
time something occurred to turn him
from his purpose. Finally he gained
his feet. "My time has come," mur
mured tho unhappy guest. With a
steady stare the host raised his arm
and with linger outstretched, pointed
directly across the table. Ho opened
his lips, but no sound came from them.
Then ho slipped back In his chair and
by gentle degrees slipped to the floor,
where he lay In peaceful slumber for
an hour or more, his guests meanwhile
cheerfully singing his praises. Then
the man who tells the story understood
It all. Tiio host had evidently como
to tho banquet board heavily loaded
and what the guest had mistaken for
a malevolent stare was merely a des
perate effort on the entertainer's part
to fix and hold his rapidly scattering
senses to 'something tangible. "Fro
wns just holding qnibv my eyelids,'.'
says the man who tells the story. '
COSTA RICA BANANAS.
IH'lli'loim Trull ('unit-it from tho We
Imlltiu Nl.iml.
"The best bananas grown In the
world come from Port Llmon, Ctoata
Rica," said n New Orleans man Io a
Washington Post reporter. They art
shipped from Port Llmon, and Ilia
country grower gets' about 30 icuta
per bunch in gold. He Is notlilou by
wire from the seaport when to cut,
and has two days In which to gather
and deliver at the railway. Trjlus
composed of well-vent Hated cars taku
the fruit to a fast steamer, wUlch is
waiting to convey it abroad. Tho
bunches will average about fourteen
hands each and each hand hns from
seventeen to eighteen bananas. Wlicu
the bunch gets to New Orleans or New
I York they are worth about $1 each, a
I tremendous advance- over the price
I paid the Costa Rlean producer. Tho
planter, however. Is surer of a safo
prom tnan any other person Handling
the fruit. Jamaica negroes do nil the
labor attendant on the planting, cul
ture and cutting, being better ndnpted
to tho work than tho native peon. Ja
maica bananas often make a finer ap
pearance, but aro not so prolific ns
the Port Llmon product. The best
plantations of Costa Rica aro subject
to overflow and the waters deposit a
silt that greatly enriches the soil.
Crops are icady for cutting the whole
year lound."
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UN I.iinI diiiirttiuliy.
Mr. Kidder "Johnny, the angola
brought you a baby brother last night."
Little Johnny (whose nose Is out of
Joint) "Huh! Wish I'd been awake.
I'd have pounded thu stuflln' out of
them angels." Puck.
FOIBLES OF THE FAIR SEX.
The sad fate of the president of an
Iowa "Don't Worry Club" has Just boon
learned. Business difficulties caused
her suicide.
In Fiance It Is proper for a girl to
pray for a husband; for n youth, first
to decide to marry and then look
around for his Ideal.
Rumor has It that ex-EmpressvEu-genle
will leave a handsonio fortuno to
Queen Victoria's favorlto daughter, the
Princess Uatlenberg.
Gum chewing women will bo glad to
lcnfr.i that, In tho opinion of a promi
nent New York dent'st, tho habit Is a
healthful one for tho teeth.
It Is said of Ming Jung, the profes
sional footbinder of California, that sho
has nn Income of ? 18,000 and pays tnxes
on $!)0,000 worth of property.
Item containing food for thought:
Tho American women of today who nro
distinguished for their literary attain
ments are not college graduates.
Tho evils attending tho emancipa
tion of women thicken and Increase.
Here Is a man Inventing condensed
food tnldets that do uway with the ne
cessity of cooking!
A sister of IJuffnlo Jones, the Kan
sas and Nobraska celebrity, says on
exchange, has become Insano In Lon
don, whoro, under tho nom-do-plumo of
Ilda Ormo, sho has won recognition as
a song writer.
Uppor clnss Italian women nro re
ported as being ns Ignorant of tho
needs of tho poor as was unfortunate
Mario Antoinette, who onco exclaimed:
"Why do tho pooplo cry for bread when
they can got ny cakes?"
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