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Craaad Aialiil Impir Candf,
1L.L WOMEN are Interested In
candy, even those who have lost
the "sweet tooth" have an Inter
est In the aubject, aa It aftecta the
pure food problem aa Important
to the well being of every family. Perhaps
no other food article la so generally adulter
ated as candy. A Chicago paper which haa
made an Investigation of the aubject, aaya
that the child who paya a penny for a, bit
of chocolate on the street buya germs, and,
moreover, he does not buy chocolate, but
only burnt umber flavored with chocolate.
This may not be the exact truth qf the
matter, but, nevertheless. It furnishes food
for reflection. The questions In which a
mother should be Interested In regard
to the candy which her children buy are
many. Bhe ahould want to know If the
candlea they eat have been exposed un
covered In front of the stores or stands
to accumulate germs. Then ahe ahould In
sist that the candy sellers use scoops In
measuring out the candles, and not the
bare hands, and she should be certain that
the scoops, scales and so on are kept clean.
The place where they make the candy
might be visited with profit by the mother
who Is much Interested In the subject. She
ahould find out whether workrooma are
kept clean and toilet room facilities af
forded the workers. For the pure food
Investigators there Is much to be found
out. They will be Interested to know
whether unwholesome or fraudulent In
gredients are used; whether child labor
is employed In the manufacture of the
aweets; are unwholesome lunches also to be
Obtained when candy shops are near schools,
and other things that may suggest them
selves In regard to the subject of the sweets
Of which children are ao fond. Another
question that will Interest a large class of
mothers Is whether candles are made the
medium for lottery or gambling education.
The National Consumers' league will furn
ish pamphlets to those Interested In tho
subject of the overworking of children and
young people In candy manufactories and
tores.
Two Girls Start Hew Industry
Prom a plaything designed to amuse two
children originated an Industry which has
alt the dolls that they could make that
season.
In 188 a collection was entered for sale In
the children's building at the Columbian ex
position. Bo great was the demand for
them that with all the assistance at com
mand it waa Impoeslble to All orders. At
the close of the exposition, to the surprise
and delight of the young women, their work
waa awarded honorable mention by the
World'a Columbian exposition commission
ers. Success continued to follow in the
wake of the dolls, and for the next fir
years the number manufactured was
doubled, until In 1904 it reached the fcOOO
mark.
Up to the fall of 1898 the mother and two
daughters constituted the working force.
Shortly afterward Miss Emma Adams, the
pioneer of the enterprise, died suddenly.
Since then a large force has been employed
and artists engaged to paint the heads.
Several years ago the dolls attracted the
attention of Mrs. E. R. Horton of Boston, a
great doll fancier. So delighted was she
with the dolls that she not only added one
to her collection, but selected a fine speci
men to send around the world, to be placed
A.vikiiinn In rltlea and towns for the
hnent of children'! charities. It started on
Its trip in March, 1900, in true American
fashion, alone and unchaperoned, and spent
one year In varloue states, then crossed to
the Philippine Islands.
These, playthings are widely scattered
among European countrlea and many are to
be" found in the collections of children of
r0y'l,tr' f,
Collectors of Bad IM.
"For persistent persuasive bill collecting
give mc a woman every time," said A dun
ning creditor- quoted by the Philadelphia
Record. "I think the future will see women
the only bill collectors. There is something
In the sight of a woman bill collector that
few men can resist. It seems strange, too,
that some of the most refined women take
to It. There are a handful of women money
collectors In Philadelphia, and you can
learn from their employera that they make
a great success of their vocation. They
would not take to it except for pure love of
the thing.
"One woman in my employ, conceded to
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Monday Morning, Jnuunry 22, WeRccord the
Commencement of a Most Interesting Sale of
Furniture, Carpets and
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draperies
The most successful season we have ever experienced prompts us to share with our CUSTOMERS in this
SALE which is the largest we have ever had at this season of the year. This STORE has long been
famous for its immense stock of HOUSEFURNISHINGS. And we have spared no effort to make this SALE the most as
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attained a remarkable growth arid become De one of the most tastefully dressed and
famous throughout the world. In a thriving
little town not far from Oswego, N. T.. a
unique and Interesting business is being
conducted by a woman. It is the manufac
ture of hand-made dolls, which are no more
or less than an evolution of the rag doll of
a oentury ago. Improved and beautified, but
still bearing the hallmark of the old time
favorite. The success of this enterprise fur
nishes a striking proof that business genius
Is not confined to men.
The business conducted by Miss Marietta
Adams, originally for pleasure, has con
tinued for profit. Although still a home In
dustry, It haa become an established busi
ness of not a little commercial Importance.
Many women are employed, and ao great la
the demand for these rag babies that It Is
almost Impossible to fill the orders. The In
dustry Is a living example of the fact that
capital and a college education are ndt al
ways necessary to win success in the com
mercial world.
There were two sisters in the beginning
who started the work. One, Miss Emma
Adams, was at the time a successful crayon
and oil artist; the other. Miss Marietta,
waa a stenographer for a large western
business house.
The Incident which led up to an Independ
ent business career for the two girls oc
curred while visiting friends In Chicago.
Just to give pleasure to some little folk sev
eral dolls were made. So attractive were
they that friends desired to purchase them.
One admirer took upon herself to show
them to a department store, with ihe result
that the firm offered a market at once for
A Skin of Beauty la a Joy Forevor.
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Oream or Megloal Boautlflor.
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lady of bant,
Va (a patltatii
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Oooda Bfalora Is tha Ualud SUiia, Canada aod Euro pa.
lUlT.HOPm fr:.i, 37 6r:.t Jcnu Street Its Tart.
ICEDAGO
We sell all kinds of Rubber Ice Ba.ua
some made of soft rubber, the mouth to
be loeed with large cork. Prices. Kc, too,
tuo and 75c. We also have the large
English" Ice Bags, made of checked rub
ber cloth, with screw cap metal mouth,
76o and f 1 00 each.
Ice Hags sent by mall on reoelpt of
price.
We buy our Rubber Ooods direct from
factortee and guarantee every article sold
to be In prime condition. Write for cata
logue. BHERM&lV-MeOOlllf ELL DRVQ CO.,
Corner 10th aad Dodge St.,
OMAHA. NED.
The "KixnUtoop
Shoulder Brace
and Suspender
Tfco Oaly Braea that Brseaa,
Produces that military effect ao
much desired. Positively cures the
habit of stooping.
Women'., niMV$1 QQ
nd Boys', all liZ.
Mca'g, all tlza.
roR liLI BT
J. H. MERCHANT,
16th and Howard 8ls.
THE tEU UHl'tt CO,
1214 r arris m 8 is.
KHiirtH'l UKIU TORES
Cor. lath and Chicago Bta.
lath and N. 8. Omaha.
Cor. Mh Ave. and Main bu, Council
Bluffs.
MYERS-BILLON DRIO CO,
lCih and Karnam St.
BOSTOM SI-ORE UKIU DEPT,
Hth and Douglas Bta
H. J. PKNKOLU dk C04
let Farnara St,
best looking women In the business nere,
is as graceful as a queen in her dally col
lecting rounds. The most interesting and
unique thing about her work is that she
never leaves any venom in the hearts of
the people whom she duns. I send her es
pecially to the big mercantile establish
ments and wholesale houses where sales
men are inclined to overlook the matter of
long-standing bills. Her entrance always
causes a commotion, and ahe nearly al
ways makes good.
"She walks gracefully up to where the
large groups of salesmen are standing and
Inquires of the first one handy: 'la Mr.
K. In todayr
" 'No,' the salesman .addressed will re
ply. He recognises the woman and thinks
to save a fellow worker.
" Well,' the undaunted collector will re
ply, TV111 you tell him that I will drop in
here every morning at 10 until I see hlmr
And sure enough she does. Perhaps for a
week the woman will enter that building
and exactly at 10 o'clock ask aweetly for
Mr. K. until his fellow salesmen taking
pity on her and beginning to resent the
evasiveness of the dunned, will smoke him
out by the usual stock of salesmen's Jokes,
and so the woman walks out one fine day
with at least half the bill paid on account."
, Aaltles Kept Warmer.
Many a woman has met her death through
her ankles, and there are doctors who say
that women take cold from exposed ankles
more often than In any other way.
The fashion of wearing low cut shoes and
the thinnest of thin slippers In cold weather
has had many a funeral laid up to Its score.
The vogue of the gayety this season, re
ports the New Tork Sun, has brought about
a much needed reform In this matter, and
women are more comfortably shod than
they have been In years, ao far as the day
time goes.
Now smart boot makers have put a boot
on the market for full dress evening wear
that carries the much needed reform Into
the night. This boot is a compromise, but
It Is a pretty and a sensible one.'
It Is built of the finest kid In white, in
delicate colors and In bronze. The vamp
is very long and In some cases handsomely
embellished with bead work or embroidery
Insets.
The top ia, of course, plain, and clings to
the ankle closely, being fastened with hand
some buttons. It la almost unnecessary to
add that the sole la thin and the heel high,
alnce it la built expressly for feminine use.
These new evening boota are very ex
pensive, but their makers say that they pay
for themselves many times over in the sav
ing of doctor's bills.
Slippers and boots of bronse are in great
demand Just now. and the fad Is a boon, in
deed, to the would-be well dressed woman of
limited Income. Bronse footgear Is pretty.
looks well with everything, does not soli
and, above all, makea the foot look small,
a thing that cannot be accomplished by
means of light colored kid.
A Good Farmer.
Surrounding the hlstorio ground of Vat
ley Forge there are many fine farma,
noted for their fertility, and some of them
famous for connection with Revolutionary
doings. There Is Just one that Is known
all over this hlstorio locality, not alone for
its fertility, but for the fact that Its man
ager Is a woman farmer, Ella W. Frederick.
Miss Frederick Is M years old, a strong
adherent of President Roosevelt's theory
of strenuoslty and perhaps the foremost
woman farmer In the state,' with an ex
perience unique for one of the gentler sex.
Her experiences as a dairy farmer began
on the farm now owned by United States
Senator P. C. Kno. Three years ago,
while the senator conducted a noted dairy
farm, she began ai a milkmaid for him.
So well did she do her work that she was
soon given charge of the dairy part of the
senator's farm. A year ago the senator
decided to abandon the dairy, however, and
this decision left Miss Frederick without
position.
Having enjoyed her new experience she
soon came to the conclusion that she would
have her own dairy on the ' farm of her
father, a well-to-do practicing physician.
Hardly had a month passed before she had
collected aflne herd of cows, four good
horses, a number of hogs, too head of
poultry and the necessary farming Implements.
Two weeks later Miss Frederick appeared
on the streets of Chester county towns with
an up-to-date delivery wagon and her ledger
soon showed that she waa aerving over 100
of the best customers, who resided in the
towns of Berwyn. Devon, Paoll, Port Ken
tucky and Valley Forge.
Miss Frederick started thla dairy farm
very modestly. At first she did most of the
work unassisted. Bhe used even to curry
the horse and help to thresh her grain and
to follow the plow or drive the horses at
tached to a self-binder waa no rare occur
rence to her. She often took the fiall oa a
rainy day and threshed rye in the good old
way to get atraw for the binding of fodder
in the fall.
Her dairy cow are mostly Alderneys and
Ouernaeya, and every on has a good milk
ing record. 8 he has a systematic Idea about
all her work, which sometimes begins at 1 W
a. m, when she arises and throw the iiar-
Furniture Department
This is the season of the year when we take losses
to make room for spring arrivals. We have in our
stock about one hundred ROCKERS, PARLOR
CHAIRS AND MORRIS CHAIRS, in all the popular
styles, wood and their various finishes. All prices are
marked in plain figures everyone of these will be
placed on sale, commencing MONDAY, at
and Va Regular Price
CARPET DEPARTMENT
If you are in need of a CARPET now, or in the near future,
take advantage of the MARK-DOWN SALE.
Wilton Velvet Carpets Thirty patterns of Wilton Velvet Carpet,
some with borders, some without, these we never sold for 07
less than $1.25 per yard; will be placed on sale this week at J C
Wilton Velvet Carpets Here is an opportunity for housekeepers
seldom offered, for if you nre posted you know that carpets are ad- mm fa
vanclng, our only reason for this great reduction Is to clean our stock of f fC
all broken lines. Tbe $1.10 quality go this week at, per yard
Brussels Carpets The kind that sell for 80c per yard;' 20 Lton
pieces only, some with borders, others without, on sale Monday only, per yd C
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OUR DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
This suction is the moot interesting to the person of artistic taste, containing all the dainty effect and novelties
In LACE CURTAINS and FINE FABRICS for DOOR and WINDOW DRAPERY. All admirably adapted to make the
home betvutiful.
This week we are offering special inducements and are
also placing all our oe and two pair lots of
Nottingham L&ce, Curtains, Iriah Point Lace Curtains
. Brussels Net Lace Curtrxins,
Cluny Lace Curtains, Arabian La.ce Curtains
At ONE-HALF PRICE.
Large stock of Lace Corners, Mill Samples, at 15c and
25c each. All our Odd Pairs of Portieres and all Dropped
Patterns consisting of Armure Portieres in Plain Colors,
Tapestry Portieres in Orient.! Designs, Armure Portieres with
Silk and Velour Border, Bagdad vnd Turkish Stripe Portieres
All at ONE-HALF PRICE.
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MILLER, STEWART BEATON
1315-17-19 FARNAJVl STREET
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ness on her horse, loads her delivery wagon
and is soon ready for her dally iourney.
The route covers a distance of about thirty
five miles, which she covers by 11 a. m.
Cream, cottage cheese, ten dozen eggs,
thirty pounds of butter and lots of dressed
poultry have also been disposed of along
the route.
Miss Frederick owns seven horses, every
one broken to harness by herself. She Is a
perfect horse trainer and wants to see the
first horse or colt that she cannot break to
harness or saddle. . As her dally trips are
largely before dawn she always protects
herself by carrying a revolver.
A Roster.
The doctor shook his gray head, reports
the Cleveland Plalndealer.
The young husband looked at his dozing
helpmeet.
"Can't you rouse her?" he hoarsely whis
pered. Again the doctor shook his head.
"You try." he murmured.
The young husband bent lower.
"Jane," he called. "Jane, dear, I see that
Sllngsby & Co. are offering some remark
able bargains today in left over holiday
goods. Fifty per cent discount on every
thing." "Bring me my hat," said Jane.
see Miss Noonan. The aged woman was
found In bed, dead, with a smile on her
face. Heart disease was the cause, a
physician said.
Woman's Vaut Wish Gratified.
Mrs. William Astor, leader of New
York's "Four Hundred," has cause for
much gratification today In knowing that .
one of her acts of kindness brought ex
treme joy to an aged friend a few days
before the possibility to extend it had
vanished.
Miss Mary Noonan, TO years old, died
January 7 at her little home in Red Bank,
N. J., but ahe died happy in realization of
a. lifetime's longing. For a full week re
cently she was the guest of Mrs. Astor
and shared In the society leader's pleasures
aa a close family friend. As the aged
woman herself expressed it: "I had the
time of my life."
For years during her early and middle
life. Miss Noonan was employed aa a
seamstress in the Astor household, and al
though she witnessed many brilliant func
tions in the Aator mansion at 42 Fifth
avenue, she had no share In them other
than aa a worker. During these long years
she often aald she was perfectly content
but for lacking personal participation in
the gayeties she witnessed.
Age came upon Miss Noonan. She waa
retired, much to Mrs. Astor'a distress, a
few years ago. Her small savlnga enabled
her to live in comfort near a alster, Mra.
Thomas Ciusey, in Red Bank. But the
ambition of her life was not yet attained.
Memories of tbe grand times she had wit
nessed gathered about her and distressed
her. One thing alone ahe craved a bit of
experience in being "grand lady."
As her age increased so did her infirmi
ties. Mrs. Astor never forgot Miss
Noonan'a servlcea and friendship, and
many a box of remembrances found its
way from Fifth avenue to the Red Bank
cottage. Ia aa effort to learn If she could
do anything more to make Mlsa Noonan'a
last daya easW and happier, Mra. Astor
consulted with Mrs. Ciusey about Christ
mas time. Then she learned of her aged
friend's one great desire.
Mrs. Astor determined that personal in
convenlencles should not stand in the way
of the aged seamstress' desire. Bhe sent
her a pressing invitation to spend a week
In the Fifth avenue home as the owner'a
guest.
With childish delight and a marvelous re
cuperation of her waning powers, Miss
Noonan made her arrangements to Join in
the hitherto proscribed functious of the
"smart set." Her Joy waa boundless, and
when Mrs. Astor'a carriage met her at the
ferry to, which the friends had taken her,
Miss 'Noonan'a new black ailk dress shone
no more resplendently than did ber happy
face.
A whole week of unalloyed pleasure fol
lowed. There were luncheons at which
Miss Noonan was the guest of honor,
vlsl'a to the theaters and opera, and car
riage and automobile drives In the park,
until Mum Noonan sighed in contentment.
The days since her return to her borne
were spent In telling an J retelling to her
friends and neighbor her wonderful ex
periences. Bhe was ready to die. ahe declared. On
tbe morning f lb lut a neighbor called to
Nicholas Polled Alice's Hair.
Mrs. Roosevelt told a pretty little story
about the first ' meeting of Representative
Longworth and Miss Alice to the cabinet
women the other day. Mr. Longworth, she
explained, was perfectly honest when he
dated his meeting with his fiancee to the
autumn of 1902, but that event really oc
curred fourteen years ago, when the presi
dent and his family were living here. One
day Judge Longworth and his son, young
Nicholas, then a Harvard student, came to
call, and Miss Alice, In short frocks and
pigtail plaits, was practicing scales on the
parlor piano. The young man pulled these
aforesaid pigtails and jokingly wagered
with the little miss that she could not play
"Yankee Doodle," not even If he whistled
It for her. Miss Alice walked out of the
room. with much dignity, without making
an effort, and for years ahe spake in terms
of withering contempt of that "smart"
Harvard man. The president, Mrs. Roose
velt and Mr. Longworth recall the circum
stance readily, but Mr. Longworth avers
that, happily for htm, every vestige of Its
memory has vanished from Miss Alice's
memory. Luckily, Mr. Longworth haa no
hair to apeak of, tn case his bride did con
template reprisal.
Test of a Perfect Foot.
A test for the perfect foot, according to
the London Mail, Is made aa follows: Dip
your feet in water or flour, then walk
quickly and naturally acrosa a bare floor.
Now turn and examine the tracks made.
If they show the outer rim of the foot
straight, but the Inner line breaking, leav
ing a strong heel mark and a strong Im
pression of the ball of the foot, with a
break In the line on the inner side where
the hollow of the foot escapes the floor
your foot Is a strong, well-arched one and
you should use your best endeavors to keep
It so by wearing good and well-made ahoe
leather. ,
If, on the other hand, the Inner border
shows a continuous line, as does the outer,
all la not well and measures should be
taken to alleviate that which is wrong,
either. In the shoe leather worn or in the
habit of walking.
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Leaves frgm Fashion's Notebook.
Some good-looking lightweight woolens
checks of blue and black, blue and green,
or brown and black make attractive morn
ing shirtwaists, and as attractive shirtwaist
suits.
The girdle Is part of every costume and
must be considered when one Is considering
the rest. There are all kinds of girdles,
Iuat as there are all kinds of boas and all
lnds of slippers.
Embroidered sleeves add one more rich
touch to some of the new blouaea The de
sign of the front Is repeated, In a smaller
way, upon the back, and brokxu up and
scattered all over the sleeves.
Blouslng of the front of both shirtwaists
and blouses Is fast becoming a thing
of the past. The new corsets, already mak
ing converts In great numbers, and cloee
flttlng tailor stylea are responsible for it.
Slippers In every case must match the
gown and one can expect to see pretty pink
slippers, blue ones In the latest shade of
dull blue, butter colored yellow slippers and
green ones, with pretty rosettes to match
all of these hues.
While sleeves domlnats the style to a
certain extent there is always some degree
of Independence about the new skirts, which
seem to have a way all their own. Skirts
are made round and are trimmed with three
deep tucks. This style Is one of the most
Generally accepted of the season's modes
or the house. Even the plainer of the
tailored costumes show a tendency this
way. namely, to the three deep tucks, with
or without any other trimming.
The lingerie parasols deserve a word In
passing. They were lovely last summer;
they are still lovelier this year. All sorts
of handwork arc lavished upon them, but
her again plain surfaces embroidered in
exquisite designs are the height of the
mode, and one finds the Idea carried out In
everything from coarse linen to sheer ba
tiste. Paranoia of plain linen with fringed
borders that Is to say, with the ilnen itself
fringed to make narrow borders and laid
on the frame in overlapping layers are
shown in all the popular linen colors.
T)ecldedly acceptable to the business
woman are the dainty little sleeve protec
tors made of the large fancy handkerchiefs
now so much in vogue. One handkerchief
will make a pair. It Is folded diagonally In
four, and then a three-coronered piece Is
cut off the side, and the raw edges thus left
neatly joined with a French seam. Two of
the bits removed are shaped to a neat
angle, joined to the sleeves with the seam
on the right side and turned up, forming
dainty cuffs. The pair described was made
of a pale blue handkerchief, decorated with
large butterflies In darker blue, ana
both pretty and effective.
Chat About Women.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who before
her marriage was (iertrude Vanderbllt ai d
who has for several years been a ory
Industrious sculptor, has accepted from the
firm of Warren & Wetmore, who Imve
built the new Hotel Belmont, New Tork,
the commission to do much of the designing
for the Interior decorations of the hotef
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Mrs. Whitney took up sculpture aa a diver
sion and has devoted much time to It.
Not a few bachelor girls of New York
support expensive establishments for their
own use. Mlas May Van Alen, for Instance,
has three private homes which cost her
fcio.OOO a year, and Miss Evelyn V-a Wart
is said to pay $50,000 for a similar whim,
having a fine house In New York City nnd
two others In Europe. Miss Margaret .Ah tor
Chanler pays $30,000 a year for the sup
port of her bachelor-house In West twenty-fourth
street. New York: Miss Faith
Moore and Miss Olive Trowbridge distribut
ing nearly a like amount. Helen Uuuld
has private establishments which reproaent
an outlay of about loO.OoO a year.
After experiencing for several years a
series of shocks and surprises occasioned by
the sight of the hatless summer girls defy
ing the glare of almost tropical sun at sea
shore and mountain resorts, we are now
treated to views of multitudinous hatless
winter girls. Philadelphia seems particu
larly favorable climatically toward thid new
species of winter girl. One ha only to
take a trolley ride through some of the
suburbs of West Philadelphia to see these
firls without hats to recognize the lopu
arlty of this new fad. At the seminaries
and at Bryn Mawr college this idea ha
a number of particularly ardent devotees.
They walk around the grounds wrapped In
fura about the nack and shoulders which
would furnish comfort In Greenland; tney
wear long tailor-made coats and sometimes
wear legglns and spats, but never hats.
Groups of girls, and women, too, so to
the stations, and calling In the nelghixir
hood, and to their afternoon bridge whist
rjarties In the same way. A few euiure
out In the evening and ride to the theater
and opera house on trolley cars without
any head covering. The millinery wi rid,
it Is said, is getting nervous over the
extent of the movement.
Out of the Ordinary
It Is said that the town of Palta, tn Peru,
ha not had a drop of rain In thirteen years.
The common Joke about Palta Is that peo
ple never die there. They simply get tired
out.
There are no fewer than twenty lofty vol
canio peaks clustered about the city of
Quito, the capital of Ecuador. One of these,
Catopaxi, Is the highest active volcano in
the world.
It Is proposed to hold a laborers' exhibi
tion In Paris in 1909. The object will be to
offer a comparison between the life of work
men throughout the world today and that
of laborers in past centuries.
Measuring seven miles in length and
signed by t30.064 persons a petition is to be
presented to the British Parliament next
session asking that a bill be passed for the
prohibition of the vivisection of dogs.
Wllhelm Bchmled of I'nternalb, Germany,
who Instructed a stonemason to Inscribe on
his wife's tombstone the words: "Here
rests the body of Marie Schmled, who died,
after much suffering, from the effects of
unscrupulous treatment," haa been sen
tenced to a month's Imprisonment for slan
dering the doctor in the case.
There are 1,840,2m more men than women
In the United States, and the same propor
tion prevails in almost every other country.
The only exception I in Paraguay, where
there are more than twice as many women
as men. This is due to the fact that some
years ago. In a political revolution ana a
war with Brazil and the Argentine repub
lic, tbe men were almost extern), nled.
The duke of Devonshire possesses, a an
heirloom, Claude Lorraine "Book of
Truth," which Is said to be one of the rar
est and most valuable volumes In Europe.
It Is worth six times as much a the
"Mazarln" Bible, the most costly book that
the British museum can boast. The la to
duka refused an offer of SUA.OuO for It.
Bir Harry Samuel, a unionist candidate
for Parliament, I the author of this bu.l:
"The legislative gardt n of tu liberal,'' he
said, "is an arid swamp." If such a parlia
mentary authority a Mr. Gladstone said.
"it I no use for the honorable member to
shake his head In the teetn or ma own
words," lesser lights who blunder In the
political arena have no reason to be
shamed. Mr. Balfour once spoke of "ao
Labor and Industry
About S per cent of the people tn the
world gain their living directly from the
sea.
According to statistics Just made public,
17,700 men have been killed or maimed in
the Allegheny (Pa.) mills during the last
year.
The Electrical World estimates that the
production of electrical apparatus In 1!K
amounted to $200,000,000, of which over $12,
000,000 was exported.
There are 800 shoe factories In this coun
try using the union stamp, according to a
report recently Issued. These factories give
employment to 40,000 union shoemakers.
On agricultural lines, both in England
and Ireland, the co-operative idea has
found successful adoption. In Ireland the
agricultural co-operative societies number
about 800. with 79.000 members and controll
ing a trade of $7,200,000.
With a view to establishing a pension
system, officials of the Baltimore & Ohio
are having a census made of all employes
In every department of that system. It Is
said that a full list of the men employed
to do the work of the Baltimore A Ohio
has never been compiled, but a rough esti
mate places tbe total at B6.0U0.
According to the figures obtained by the
Labor Gazette of Canada, changes tn
wages and hour of labor In Canada dur
ing April, May and June affected an ap
proximate total of 1S.750 men and the flnal
result of the changes involved a total in
crease of $13,lb,61 and a total decrease of
$8,825, leaving a net increase of H.6W.4I in
weekly earnings.
No small stir ha been made In the re
ligious world by the recent conversion of
Edward Everett Hale, Jr., third son of
Boston's eminent Unitarian patriarch, from
Unltarlanlsm to evangelical Christianity.
Mr. Hale la professor of English literature
tn Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., and
he will soon Join the First Presbyterian
church of that city.
An American officer who haa spent sev
eral years on the Island of Guam savs
the United States authorities have estab
lioh.d there a svstem of public schools.
which are attended by 1.600 pupils In the
evening, after they study some trade in
the daytime,
cultural achool and many others are
Thirty boya are In an agri-
ao-
as carpenters, piumnera, elec-
rlclans. butchers, clerks, dentists, hospital
nurses and musicians.
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Around the World with Bryan
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In case of sickness, and butter la almost
unknown among the masses.
But th subject of food' led 'me-a way
from the house. No description would be
complete which did not mention the little
gate through which the tiny dooryard la
entered; the low doorway upon which the
foreigner constantly bumpa hla 'head, and
the little garden at the rear of the house,
with Its fish pond, its miniature mountains,
its climbing vines and fragrant flowers.
The dwarf trees are cultivated here, and
they are a delight to the eye; gnarled and
knotted pines, two feet high and $0 or 40
years old, are not uncommon. Little maple
trees are seen here SO years old and looking
all of their age, but only twelve Inches In
height. We saw a collection of these dwarf
trees several hundred In number, and on
could almost Imagine himself transported
to the home of the brownies. Bom of
these trees bear fruit ludicrously large for
the size of the tree. The houses are heated
by charcoal Arcs In open urns or braziers,
but an American would not be satisfied
with the amount of heat aupplled. Thes
braziers are moved about the room as con
venience requlrea, and supply heat for the
Inevitable tea.
But I have reached th limit of thla arti
cle and must defer until the next a de
acrlptlon of the Japanese customs as w
found them In the Japanese home whch
we were privileged to visit.
W. J. BRYAN.
ni i.iv theater of unsymnatnetic auaitors.
and Lord Curson congratulated his party
on the circumstance liial "though not out
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