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HAT PLUMES
HERE are plumes and plumes on
the new bats and they droop in
a most picturesque manner
There are gray plumes on dark blue
velvet hats white plumes on delicate
gray hats and black plumes on all sorts
and kinds and conditions of hats It
looks as if the ostriches would not have
u feather to their backs this winter
But they will be kept in countenance
by an army of wingless birds All the
iiats which do not have plumes have
wings or an occasional whole bird
some as big as hens The few remain
ing hats plumeless and wingless are
decked in plaid ribbons But plaid hat
trimmings are doubtful In bright color
-they cheapen almost everything on
-which they appear
Care of the Skin in Winter
Thoughtless women to prevent chap
ping put cold cream on their faces
Cry night not knowing that in so doing
they make it impossible to have a clear
complexion If the skin has been made
hard and rough by frost and wind the
cream may be applied a night or two
but if used too often it will produce an
oily complexion and cause the pores to
enlarge If the skin needs a tonic
cocoa butter or cocoanut oil thoroughly
rubbed in at night after the face has
been washed with warm water will be
found very beneficial but either of
these must not be used too often lest
they be sure to produce a crop of fine
hair which so much annoys sensitive
women
A great enemy to a delicate complex
ion is a rich heavy lunch taken in the
middle of the day by one who cannot
take a nap after but is compelled to
resume labor as soon as the noon recess
Is ended It is the wisest plan to eat
at midday foods that are very nourish
ing without being trying to the diges
tive organs such as a cup of chocolate
and a roll a good oyster stew coffee
-and other light but refreshing food
Spices condiments pickles liquors and
sweets are hostile to a clear skin as
they cause great thirst and that is sure
to upset digestion and bring on erup
tive disorders of the skin
Queen Must Not Ride a Wheel
It is awfully nice to be a Queen and
then sometimes it isnt Queen Wil
lielmina of Holland is young and
beautiful but her privy council re
fuses to let her marry the man of her
choice She could stand this disap
pointment but another and greater
jrief came afterward She bought a
bicycle and learned to ride The privy
council heard of it and straightway
held a meeting They considered the
matter seriously and at length and
finally concluded that such recrea
tion was incompatible with the dignity
-of the throne Her majesty was re
quested to give up the wheel and of
-course she had to do it How many
American girls want to be queens
Woman Colonel Married
Col Nellie Ely of Nashville Tenn
was recently married to T Leigh
Thompson of Marshall County Ten
nessee Miss Nellie Ely is a member of
he military staff of the Governor of
MISS XKXIXE EIT
Tennessee and the only woman colonel
in America except Col Butt a Georgia
woman on Governor Atkinsons staff
Col Ely looks very well in her full-
dress uniform of white duck with heavy
jjold embossed epaulets visored cap
belt of siik and a small dainty sword
but she wore a bridal veil and orange
Iblossoms at her wedding
Girls Brighter than Boys
Out of 222 pupils in the grammar
schools of Chicago who attain a cer
tain percentage of efficiency only 25
-were boys This would indicate says
a medical journal that girls are about
-tea-times as bright as boys It is hard
40 understand these things and
im the rules of hereditv It
Is we believe the accepted rule that
boys take after their mothers and
-the girls after their fathers If they
the women are the smarter the boys
taking after their mothers should
also be the smarter If the men are
the smarter then the girls- Mating
after their fathers should be smart
It is a difficult riddle to unravel
The American Girl in Fiction
The American girl whatever she may
be or do always has her wits about her
PYshe is smart While her father de
C liffhte in managing factories stock op
erations or railroads she delights in
managing men And in every kind of
iictkm which she dominates the men
j seem to be uniformly glad to be man-
aged by her Often in fiction she has
been lacking in certain graces chiefly
the supreme grace of tact But there
are signs that our novelists have discov
ered that the American girl possesses
this grace also and so it happens that
to day she trails through fiction not
only with fine clothes and a beautiful
face and generous deeds and witty if
impertinent remarks but there is de
veloping around her a gracious man
ner an unconscious simplicity that
shows itself in consideration for the
weakness of others in addition to that
keen knowledge of their foibles which
was always hers What we have yet
to hope for is that her wealth or her
poverty may be made less obtrusive
and less a significant part of her al
ways attractive personality Ladies
Home Journal
Brave Cuban Girl
One of the bravest of the heroines of
the Cuban war is Rosa Masso the beau
tiful 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy
planter The Spaniards burned the
plantation and killed her father and
brother She escaped and joined tho
KOSA MASSO
sometimes nursing the sick
and at other times acting as scout The
story of her many narrow escapes has
been printed in the newspapers She
was the first woman to cross Weylers
famous trocha
Perfumes
The up-to-date woman does not econ
omize on soap bath or sachet powder
and the result is a choice bit of fem
ininity reminding one of the breath of
flowers Extracts are an abomination
to the -well-bred woman and animal
odors sticIi as musk civet or ambergris
are too pronounced for the toilet table
they are considered vulgar by the wom
an who wants her belongings to have
but the suggestion of perfume
Ones boxes and clothes may be
made deliriously fragrant by the many
sachets now fancied and the use of
scented woods sandal wood being in
high favor and cedar which gives a de
licious odor Toilet waters are used
i in the bath by those who can afford
them and they are both stimulating
and refreshing But no amount of
scent or of sachet powder can conceal
the lack of frequent bathing neither
can any amount of perfumes produce
so dainty a scent as that which comes
from absolute cleanliness
The Gum Habit
The chewing vgum habit has been
taken up in England by many young
women students actresses and others
who have become inveterate chew
ers A few days ago an inquest was
held at Lincoln on a child S years of
age who died from the effects of eat
ing a pellet of the substance The
symptoms preceding death were those
of gastritis and at the postmortem
examination it was found that the
mucous membrane of the stomach was
inflamed and that there was much
local peritonitis3 The coroner pointed
out that the distribution of such dan
gerous stuff to young children was a
very Improper proceeding and the
jury In indorsing his remarks added
that in its opinion the sale should be
absolutely prohibited
For Rough Hands
A lotion of one fourth ounce liquor
ammoniac one fourth ounce tincture of
opium one fourth ounce spirits turpen
tine six drachms of olive oil put to
gether in a bottle and shaken well be
fore using After washing and drying
the hands In the morning at noon and
in the evening pour a teaspoonful of
the liniment into one hand rub as
though washing them One great cause
of chapped hands Is careless drying af
ter washing them
A Calling Hint
If a lady driving with friends stops
to pay visits en route she will not take
her friend into the house where she
goes to call unless she is a young lady
not paying calls on her own responsi
bility or unless there is some special
reason for making her and the hostess
acquainted Husbands do not often
accompany their wives in calling
though there is no reason why they
should not do so if they feel inclined
Face Veils Injurious
It has been discovered that all kinds
of face veils produce weak sight head
ache vertigo or nausea The dotted
veils are the worst and those with a
double thread mesh are more Injurious
than the single thread In veils with
out dots or figures the vision is made
defective in direct proportion to the
number of nwshes to the Inch
FOE LITTLE FOLKS
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM
Something that Will Interest the Ju
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children
Boyhood
I rather guess my pants are tored
My shoes are muddy too
And if my mamma findfi it out
Therell be a great to do v
But I had to make mud pies
And dont think it very bad x
To tear my pants a riding
My little pony Gad
Cause he was getting frisky
And Ise afraid hed run away
Unless I broke him over -
And taught him how vo play
I think Ill rub the mud off my shoes
So mamma will not see
And put my handkerchief in the hole
I tored upon my knee
And then Ill pick wmc flowers
She thinks they are very sweet
And then shell never notice
The mud upon my feet
Farm Field and Fireside
Postage Stamps to Repair Punctures
Another use for postage stamps
which may be of interest to collectors
who ride the bike has been discovered
by the League of American Wheelmen
Bulletin It says Postage stamps
have often been used for the repair of
punctures The idea is a good one In
the absence of something better two or
three postage stamps stuck one on top
of the other and firmly bound in place
will hold for a long ride
All He Wanted
One day Walters father offered him
60 cents If he would put on his bathing
suit and get wet all over once He
wanted the money very much so he
finally consented Clasping his arms
around his fathers neck like a vise the
great undertaking was begun After
much shivering and trembling he was
wet about two inches above his ankles
when he exclaimed Papa I guess I
will only take 10 cents worth
this time
Wanted Work for Papa
Philadelphia was treated to a novel
sight the other day A little girl appar
Him
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ently about 8 years
of age trudged up
Chestnut street
carrying a pole
trom winch was
Suspended a plac
ard bearing these
words Work
Wanted for My
Papa The child
was immaculately
neat despite her
poverty - stric ken
appearance Close
behind her plodded
the little ones
Lather leading a
boy about G The
man was M
pathetic appeal Braesch a pocket-book-maker
of Carpenter street Cam
den Whether the childs appeal met
with success or not is not known
To Pierce a Cent
An apparent mechanical impossibili
fty may be accomplished by simple
means using a copper cent and a cork
with a common cambric needle as ac
cessories writes Magician Harry
piellar in the Ladies Home Journal
Announce that you will drive a small
needle through a coin and few will be
ready to accept your statement yet it
Is very simple and any one can do it
Take a copper coin place it upon two
pmall blocks of wood leaving a very
narrow open space between the blocks
ftfow having selected a good sound
cork force the needle through it until
the point just appears at the other end
Break off the portion of the head of the
needle showing above the top of the
cork Place the cork upon the coin and
strike it a fair smart blow with a ham
mer The needle will be driven entirely
through the penny by a single blow
A Country Without Pets
Haw much the boys and girls of Ja
pan must miss they have no pets not
a tabby cat nor a dog nor a pink eyed
rabbit nor a lambkin In fact Japan
is almost wholly without tame animals
The inhabitants of Japan neither eat
beef nor drink milk and consequently
the cow is of no use in their domestic
economy The Japanese do not ride
horseback their two wheeled vehicles
are drawn and their palangukis are
carried by porters Besides they hare
aeither mules nor other beeots of bur
den There are numerous dogs in the
country but they all run wild As to
sheep goats and pigs the Japanese do
not raise them The place ooT the wool
that sheep could furnish Is taken with
them by silk which is very cheap so
they do not wear woolen garments In
a Japanese establishment fowls are
seen rarely ducks and pigeons still
more seldom they were raised only to
satisfy the demands of foreigners
Some persons in the suburbs of Yeddo
raise cattle but they are Intended to
draw the funeral car when some mem
ber of the Mikados family dies
The Kitten and the Bear
Chris Burns the veteran first ser
geant of troop D had a kitten which
during the summer camping of the
troop at the Lower Geyser Basin made
her home within the sergeants tent
Here curled up on a pair of army blan
kets she defied the world in geaeraL
and dogs in particular When the lat
ter approached she would elevate ev
ery bristle on her brave little back her
eyes would glow like live coals and
her tall would swell up threateningly
If dogs approached too near she would
hiss and exhibit the usual signs of hos
tility until the Intruders had vanished
from her neighborhood
One day when the camp was bathed
tl sunshine and very soldier la camp
felt lazy an inquisitive black - bear i
came down the mountain side and
whether because attracted by a savory
smell from the cooks fire began to
walk about among the white tents of
the cavalry command
Suddenly the kitten caught sight of
him Dogs by the score she had seen
but this particular dog was the larg
est and the hairiest dog she had ever
seen But she did not hesitate It was
enough for her that an enemy had in
vaded her special domain Hissing
forth her spite while her little body
quivered with rage she darted forth at
the bear The onslaught was sudden
and one glance was enough for Bruin
With a snort of fear Bruin made foi
the nearest tree a short distance away
and did not pause until he was safelj
perched among the upper branches
Meanwhile the kitten stalked proudlj
about on the ground beneath keeping
close guard over her huge captive hei
bnck still curved into a bow and hei
hair still bristling with righteous indig
nation while her tail would now anc
then give a significant little wave as il
to say Thats the way I settle imper
tinent bears
The soldiers who meanwhile had
poured forth from their tents could
scarcely believe their eyes but there
was the bear in the tree and the kitten
below and there were those who had
seen the affair from beginning to end
And perhaps the strangest part of If
all was that the bear would not stii
from its safe position in the branches
until the kitten had been persuaded to
leave her huge enemy a clear means oi
retreat Then he slid shamefacedly
down from his perch and ambled has
tily off towards the mountain Lieut
Charles D Rhodes U S A in St
Nicholas
JEWS IN PALESTINE
The Plan to Bring Together tho
Scattered Members of Israel
Do you object that the poor will be
the only ones to immigrate to Pales
tine Why it is just those that we
want Prithee how else shall we make
our roads and plant our trees No men
tion now of the Eurasian exemplar the
synthetic over man Perhaps he is
only to evolve Do you suggest that an
inner ennobling of scattered Israel
might be the finer goal the truer anti
dote to anti semitism Simple heart
do you not see It is just for our good
not our bad qualities that we are per
secuted A jugglery specious enough
for the moment with the word good
forceful qualities
substituted for spiritual for ethical
And yet to doubt that the world would
and does respond sympathetically to
the finer elements so abundantly in Is
rael is it not to despair of the world of
humanity In such a world what guar
antee against the pillage of the Third
Temple And in such a world were
life worth living at all And even
with Palestine for ultimate goal do
you counsel delay a nursing of the
Zionist flame a gradual education and
preparation of the race for a great con
scious historic role in the worlds fu
ture a forty years wandering in tha
wilderness to organize or kill off tho
miscellaneous rabble then will you
dreamer turn a deaf ear to the cry of
millions oppressed to day Would you
ignore the appeals of these hundreds of
telegrams of these thousands of peti
tions with myriads of signatures for
the sake of some visionary perfection
of to morrow Nay nay the cartoon
of the Congress shall bring itself to
pass Against the picturesque wallers
at the ruins of the temple wall shall bo
set the no less picturesque peasants
sowing the seed whose harvest is at
once waving grain and a regenerated
Israel The stains of sordid traffic shall
be cleansed by the dews and the rains
In the Jewish peasant behold the ideal
plebeian of the future a son of the
soil yet also a son of the spirit And
what fair florlage of art and literature
may not the world gain from this great
purified nation carrying in its bosom
the experience of the ages I Zang
will in Cosmopolitan
Men and Women
A Swedish writer Frau Hansson Is
her Das Buch der Frauen thus de
scribes the relation between modern
men and women It is a peculiar sign
of the times that in spite of the many
restrictions of former days men and
women have never stood wider apart
than at present and have never under
stood one another more badly than
now The honest unselfish sympathy
the true I should like to say organicmL
unionwhich is still to be observed In
the married life of old people seems ts
have vanished each goes his or her
ora way There may be a nervous
search for each other and a short find
ing but ft ie soon followed by a speedy
losing Is it the men who are to blame
The men of former days were doubtless
very different but in their relations ta
women they were scarcely more socia
ble than at present Or Is It the women
who are at fault For some time past
I have watched life in its many phases
and have come to the conclusion that
It is the woman who either develops
the mans character or ruins it His
mother and the woman to whom he
unites himself leave an everlasting
mark upon the impressionable side of
his nature In most cases the final
question is not what Is the man like
but what kind of a woman is she And
I think that the answer is as follows
A womans actions are more reasona
ble than they used to be and her love is
also more reasonable The consequence
Is a lessening of the passion that is
hers to give which again results in a
corresponding coolness on the part of
the man
Snails for Paris
Snails are collected on the Keutisn
pastures every year in large quantities
and dispatched to Paris
Thrashing doesnt always separate a
boy from his crop of wild oats
A TEXAS HERMIT
The Peculiar Life Led by Jacob Tom
linson
Old Jacob Toinljnson the hermit of
Mission Valley Texas is looking for a
wife ne has inserted the following In
several country newspapers
Wanted To form the acquaintance
of a young lady object matrimony I
am 78 years of age and will give the
young lady who meets my approval
5000 casli on our wedding day She
must be a brunette handsome and not
over 19 years of age All applications
must be accompanied by photograph
Address Jacob Tomllnson San An
tonio Texas
Tomllnson is a peculiar character
He has one of the most beautiful homes
in Mission Valley a rich section of
country northwest of San Antonio He
made his first appearance in Missouri
Valley fifty years ago and settled upon
1G0 acres of land He built a comfort
able log cabin home and lived all alone
He had a number of single handed en
counters with Indians and the slaugh
ter which he invariably made on those
occasions gave him a reputation for
bravery in that neighborhood He has
continued to live the life of a recluse
ever since
He makes occasional visits to San
Antonio for his mail and supplies but
this is the farthest he has been from
home since he began his hermit life in
the early days he was a hunter and
trapper and made considerable money
out of the sale of furs and hides When
the wild game became scarce he de
voted himself to stock raising and agri
culture He laid up money each year
and added to his landed possessions un
til he now has a farm of 0000 acres
one half of which is under cultivation
Several years ago he built a new
house It is situated on a hill in thd
center of his tract of land and is unique
in construction and arrangement It
is built with bamboo rods intertwined
so as to make many kinds of pretty fig
ures These rods are nailed to the
framework of the house The roof is
thatched with reeds It has seven
large rooms all handsomely furnished
The floors are of hard wood stained
and covered with furs and rugs of
great vale
One of the rooms is used as a library
and is filled with several hundred vol
umes of choice books and the latest
magazines Uncte Jacob is a great
reader and spends much of his time ic
his library He always has performed
all of his household duties even cook
ing his own meals There are few
persons who ever crossed the threshold
of Ids home He keeps a number of
men employed on his farm but they
occupy houses at the farther end of the
large tract of laud and are never per
mitted to visit their employers home
Uncle Jacob nas never told the
secret of his early life It is believed
that he came from the New England
States Chicago Chronicle
Tin Mine Swindle
Probably one of the greatest steals
on record in the mining history of the
Black Hills is that of the Harvey Teak
Tin Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany For an investment of some two
and one half millions of dollars which
were furnished by English capitalists
there remains to show for the invest
ment only some out-of-date machinery
several large buildings and some land
A few years ago tin bearing ore was
discovered near Harvey Peak Some
of the most influential business men in
the hills together with capitalists from
New York plotted a scheme which was
worked which sunk thousands of En
glish money and gave the Black Hills
country a ten years setback A large
mill was first built then filled with ex
pensive machinery for the purpose of
mining tin It was commonly said that
there was enough tin in the mine to
roof the whole vault of heaven But
one run was made by the mill when
it was closed down Enough tin was
milled to rope in the buyers and the
transaction was made The mine has
been shut down ever since There was
an attempt made to reorganize the com
pany and begin operations again but
the general report is that the deal has
fallen through There was a time
when Eastern capital was anxious to
make Investments in Black Hills min
ing property when almost any amounf
of money could be obtained simply up
on a fair representation of the resources
of the mine Since this Harvey Peak
swindle however the Eastern men
have withdrawn their money and as 8
consequence many valuable claims
have remained undeveloped The Black
Hills is just emerging from the shame
of this deal During the past few
months more Eastern capital has comd
this way and found investments than
for any like period for some time Conr
fidence is gradually being restored and
capital is once more turning toward
the hills Minneapolis Times
Important if True
Yes said the poet the greater a
man becomes the more pleasure he de
rives from visits to the scenes of hi
childhood
Humph retorted the cynic do you
know why He just wants to hear the
old folks around there say they always
smew he had something more than com
mon stuff in him
Her Hope
Dear me exclaimed Maud who had
been reading a fashion paper Last
years engagement ring has gone wholly
out of style
What has taken its place inquired
Mamie
I dont know But I hope its a hi
cycle Washington Star
Etymological
Baw jove I have heard that you
said I was a monomaniac
Me Never A monomaniac Is a
man of one idea If you are anything
you must be a nonomaniac Indianap
oils Joursal
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Child Study Run Mad
There is a growing and perhaps un
fortunate tendency in conservative
educational circles to poke fun at the
new cult Child Study This ten
dency Is not lessened by the silly stuff
that is being published as the result
of investigation in the new field
Here is a sample
Fear was first manifested In the
fifth week The child was laid nude
on the bed whereupon he started andi
threw up his arms as though afraidj
of falling His fears were removed
by throwing a light covering over him
or by putting on a garment
The absurdity of this performance
us a means of reaching valuable psy
chological conclusions deserves the cas J
tigating pen of a Dickens Think of
trying to get scientific data by
Avatching the antics of an unclad baby
when placed upon a cold counterpane
Suppose the child had been similarly
treated the week before it would very
likely have thrown up Its arms or
screamed or done some other thing
and then the experimenters could have
solemnly recorded the momentous fact
that it manifested fear during the
fourth week At this rate we shall
soon need a society to rescue babies
from being child studied into croup
and tonsilitls also a censorship to pro
tect educational literature from the in
fliction of unmitigated slop Learning
to Do by Doing
When Visitors Are In
Dont make excuses
Dont ask visitors if they wish any
certain subject taught
Dont change the regular order oC
work unless requested
Teach as if no stranger were in the
room
Dont leave your pupils and pay too
much attention to the visitor There
is sure to be disorder if you do
Always be ready for visitors Never
allow your pupils to get into such con
ditions or positions as you would not
care to have visitors see
Dont try to cover mistakes of pu
pils Mistakes are only natural Vis
itors enjoy them and delight to see
children correct themselves and each
other
Be natural Dont put on a visit
ors manner of voice The children
will notice it and being unused to the
sudden change will not respond
promptly They will too set you
down as a hypocrite J W Thomas
School Enrollment
The latest report of Dr W T Har
ris United States Commissioner of Ed
ucation covers the year ending June
20 1S90 In the schools and colleges
public and private there were then
enrolled 15997197 pupils an increase
in one year of 308575 As only 1531
820 of these were in private institu
tions parochial and otherwise the
friends of public schools can contem
plate the situation with composure But
the order of the day which may still
be pressed upon the committee of the
Mhole people as urgent is a steady
improvement in our educational meth
ods The quantity looks handsome
the quality must be judged by the gen
eral character of our population
Souths Companion
Educational Intelligence
Syracuse University now has a de
partment of pedagogy
The University of the City of New
York opens the new year with 1300
students
Lawrence University is to have a new
science hall 22000 having been con
tributed for this purpose The building
will cost 25000 and the apparatus
15000 more
Dr Henry Preserved Smith who
was formerly professor at Lane Theo
logical Seminary has been recently ap
pointed to the chair of Biblical inter
pretation at Amherst
The University of Illinois has 1600
students In 1893 94 it had 743 The
new school of law opened with forty
students The school of library science
opened with twenty five students
The private normal schools of Ne
braska which are possessed of property
valued at 100000 have now the priv
ilege of granting life certificates to
teach by a bill that passed the last
Legislature
On the opening day at Cornell this
year the registration was 1495 as op
posed to 1454 last year The total
number of students last year was
slightly over 1800 There will be about
1900 this year
Washington Corrigan a farmer living
near Peoria 111 has given 1500000
for the founding and erection of an ed-
ucatlonal institution to be known as
the Corrigan Institute and University
which is to be non sectarian and open
to both sexes
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Teacher Can you tell me Johnny
Which travels faster heat or cold
Johnny Heat of course Anybody
kin ketch cold
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