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THE EGGS THA T XE VEJl
HA TCH.
There’s a young man on the corner.
Filled with life and strength and hope
looking far beyond the present,
'Aith the whole world in his scope.
Tie is grasping at to-morrow,
That phantom none can catch;
To-day is lost. ile’e waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
There’s an old rmm over yonder,
With a worn and weary face
With searching, anxious features,
And weak, uncertain paca-
He is living in the future,
With no desire to catch
The golden now. He’s waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
There's a world of men pud women,
AVith their life's work j et undone,
Who are -it ting, standing, moving,
Beneath she same grea sun;
Ever eager for the future,
But not content to snatch
Tbe present. They are waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
Leisure Hours
(IT fllNETEEii Hi TWENTY-
SEVEN.
BY EMMA M. WISE.
Esther Lindsay was nineteen when her
first story was published, It was not the
first one ahe had written by any means.
Kver since she hud been able to form the
alphabetical characters and join them legi-
bly her fertile brain had been weaving all
sorts of possible and impossible romances,
many of which she had forwarded to pub-
fishers in various parts of the country, be-
lieving with all the fervor of her youthful
egotism that her crude sentiments still
more crudely wrought would inspire in
some editor’s soul the same faith in her
greatness which she herself already
eessed.
l)ut somehow her cootrUmtion, always
fell short of the mark of excellence ueces-
sary to insure them a favorable considera-
tion, and manuscript after manuscript was
returned to her aud was securely locked
away in the old drawer of her old fashioned |
bureau, which h ul been dedicated, with a
good many tears of disappointment, as a
repository for all rejected offerings at the
shrine of literature. By the time she was
ujneteeu there were probably a hundred
or more of those hapless productions laid
away either to be ignominlously forgotten
or to be resurrected and revise ! when lier
mind should become sufficiently matured
to sift out whatever meritorious material
there might be in them and use it to good .
advantage. !
Shc worked steadily for more than three
months on her “Story of the Steamer
Kendrick.” One night she finished re- •
„f IroDton Inlnml Weekly, will, a live line
note, asking him to read it carefully, and
even if lie could not use it to let her know
what he thought of it.
Of all the editors in the land she seemed
to have chosen him as her most favored ,
target, why she could not have told, for
ihe bad no personal acquaintance with him
aml liis letters accompanying returned
manuscript had been even more curt and
forbidding than those of his brother pub -
fishers. But for all that each unhappily
ending venture only added fresh fuel to her
r.eal to secure a foothold among the ranks
of the Inland Weekly’s contributors and
compel Its chief by sheer force of her im-
portuuity to acknowledge her developed or
potential ability.
Her “Story of the Steamer Kendrick”
was not a work of genius, but there were
phases of the plot that were strong and
passages that were unusually well con-
ccived aud executed, and after reading it
three times Jesse .Arnold, who was a con
scieutious editor, decided to keep it. He
accepted it with that feeling of uncertainty
with which an insurance man issues a
policy on an extra hazardous risk, and
congratulated himself on his shrewdness
with equal dilisrht "The when it turned out to
be preferred. public liked the story,
and several critics who condescended to
review the Inland Weekly praised it. Bor-
h*po Editor Arnold himself was more fully
.ware of 11,0 glariog al«,r,liUo. k. the
piece he had brought out than were any of
its readers, and each favorable comment
that came to his notice only made them
all the more apparent. At ‘last he con
cluded to write to hi unknown literary
protege and warn liei against certain error:
which might be pardoned in a y oung
author’s first story, but which, if oitu rc-
peated, would be serious drawback to her
advaucement in her art. Before he did
eo, however, she scut him* another ha-uly
written story, and a letter which was a
straugc jumble of gratitude to him for
bringing her before the public, thankful-
ness .,n“intc‘i
ami hkiy ou'a
launched
era ot *««♦. "KVI» and .ikasier,
n-fro an linposc-ibilitv. Iu coudusuni blit?
hinted that be oti^hl to he eternally grate-
ful to her for allowing him to print a Rory
wMcb would. Iu all probability, shed lustre
round his own reputation « well as her
own. f
hat eveuiu- he wrote the contemplated
'
l ettl , r
“You Me in dauger of being spoiled.”
he said in part. “You need advice and l
feel that I have the right to address you
in the capacity of censor. Remember
that you are iu au up-to-date world an l
the literature that will live will be the very
essence, the embodiment of that world.
Visionary, idealistic sketches such as your.-
may make very good reading, but tu-'j au-
mu*t"turu “ndVomeo. it to u'l the X iioriiaval of living imu
i«»,; r>MWU
that vou in bavc ’ manipulated l..r Hie must
ritt vour Tftbr'vcnr Storv of the Summer lvcn-
l , t r »* f-.rmdar.vt " It
PI IV be Quite comfort'u tbroughAhc v for tim«* to
come in contact, mo hum of
printer sink and paper, mill, an
mental Hercules, a spiritual ~ - »u l a
financial Croesus, all oanibinvd m * .
American mau, and a New Yorkvi at t.:.
but Idoubtif «uy of U’ would refi-h H t h, r
acquaintance with him he uom-l -
to prove unpalatable. Be ui* he w ul i c*
an excrescence od .......
after your second or third -torv the puhbc
would have none of him. ir
iug Make v«*ur her** ft r< a
imperfections if need be—and !ft the gods
take care of themselves.'’
Esther Lindsay tea l an 1 reread the edi¬
tor's letter. Me had not intende i to make
it unnecessarily pointed or critical, but cl
all the characters she had ever conjured uj
her last hero had been the object of her
most sincere admiration ami the admoff-
tion to shun him and his ilk touched her in
the mosl vulnerable spot.
“I want that ma to m
site said to her mother, after av
ii:earned over the contents of the letter f
a couple Of nights, “and in order to bring
that about I am going down to Irontou to
see him. for it would be utterly u-elcs- for
me to attempt to explain in writing just
what stand 1 have taken on this subject.'
Her family knew her too well to remon
strate against the proposed visit and the
next morning she took the early train for
Ironton. It was late in the afternoon when
she reaebad the office of the Ironton Inlan 1
Weekly. "aud Jesse Arnold was closing Isis
office she met him just outside the
door. She tnquired for him aud he stepped
back into his paper bestrewn den and mo-
tioned her to follow.
“1 am Jesse Arnold lie said, in that
stiff way which he habitually adopted
when addressing strangers. -‘What is it
you wish to see me about ?'’
At h s best the editor was not a good
lookiug man, aud that day. when he stood
between her aud the window, where the
full beams of the evening sun poured in
and seemed to exaggerate every defect of
his person from tlic most upright end of
his short, straight black hair to hisdispro-
portionately large feet, he was painfully
conscious that his loosely knit body an 1
swarthy complexion never appeared to
worse advantage.
She took in the details of the room and
the general make-up of its occupant with
oue comprehensive sweep of her clear,
blue eyes, and then said, simply:
“l am Esther Lindsay. If it does not
inconvenience you I should like to talk to
you a little while about this last letter you
wrote me.”
There was but a trace of his former re-
serve left aud he took her baud impul-
“‘'“lam s la«l to sec you.- ho »M. with a
smile—the best part of Jesse Arnold v.us
his smile— 1 -are you willing to let me be
your doctor and to take my prescriptions
faithfully ?”
“No,” she said, Hushing slightly umjcr
his dose scrutiny, “l don’t think I am. 1
don’t think 1 can. Non don’t understand,
she went on earnestly, encouraged by his
look of friendly interest. “1 don t suppose
there are any men that are absolutely per-
feet, but I have my’ideal of what a man
should be and 1 put him body and soul
into my “Story of tlic Steamer Kendrick,
l don’t think that I am over optimistic
when 1 say that. I believe with all my heart
that such men live and that you and 1 have
met them and can point them out.”
lie shook his head in quiet controver-
sion of her theory. She waited a moment
for him to speak, then cxc.aimed unp.a-
touse,” he meoveirf, le ; .„i,, S f ,r
back in his creaking chair and clasping
his hands behind his head, “I see quite
plainly that whatever argument I may pre-
sent it will only antagonize you. You may
know such men us you depict ; l do not,
and my experience lias been infinitely
more varied than yours. I know you will
not lieed me, but 1 repeat that it will not
pay to live in a world peopled only by
ideals. Ymu must associate with the real.
Take some man of your acquaintance;
study him; take human nature for your
model, aud you will be on the right track.^
--You have only one view, and, thougn
it may be right, 1 feel as though l should
be giving np the best part of inysed h>
sacrifice my opinion to yours,” sm- su l,
with that touch of wisdom she Ii uI mUm
assume 1 . “t ut I suppose.” she continued,
“that if my stories are up to the staudard^
you wiil not decline them on account ot
that one technicality,
11c smiled again. “No,” he said, “not
on that account.”
To have oiic article printed, even
though it be in the Ironton Inland \\ eekly.
Joes not give unquestioned entree into the
columns of every other periodical m the
countrv, and for many months after tlic
appearance of her first story Esther Lind-
v plodded wearily over iicr liteiaiy w.i\,
which was an up-hill, sinuous pain. A
score of unfortunate tales were added to
,i.e uapuNtohol lil-ra.y i„ ll,o Iwo;,,,
.Rawer before she found an omlet fm ma
ideas a second time. Thou followed five
vears of ups and downs. No literary m
p,rant ever had a more jealous guard.an
than s'nc had in Jesse Arnold. He e\ul; ■ .
iu every victory she achieved and deplored
every defeat she met as keenly as tbougii
it had been liis own, ami tncu one dy
when some unexpected Hi luck ramie me
despair of trying to push on further in toe
course she had mapped out toi hermit im
capoed the climax of his sympatuv anti
imerest by asking her to mairy him.
It was a surprise to he: an >,<■ m m
"'T ‘ mwexp'cclc.l Upor U.W dbn.uh,! Com you.
S; , W ,o hi, wl.u a
\ou « may „u call n»e a urca.ncr, ^ au ^ .an , u
V ou like,* but I have my ideal sill!, an i im-
jess 1 find him m real Lie i snail no o
marry.' ;
*«l m afraid vou will always stay shv.M ,
tlita iudgieg ” he rejoined, riiarpiy. ri th u.
bv'your latter writing, that-you
had commenced to hold common sense
views on some things, but I suppose 1 am
mistaken. You may change your mind
yet.” shall it if I do ,
“You never know " sue
flared out, angrily, ami that ended the
first chapter of their own romance.
The outcome of ms premiammonuti
venture had oecu a outer u.
to • c>-e -Mm-a.. l u ‘ 'k”^ \ ‘ ;
.
t
res^usibUiUes Lfcf devolving up -a the •• -
■ to *T . 1
reali-t ag stnnetbing of lio-.v ikerv' e;. l
wounded him. tried to for C ct her t,M
ijm him lt v i to work out her stdvati - a. and
a s well, bv writiag with reaewed «-n-
j erry. Gnt luaily Iter -t-rip t •» •
..... „f renin y and hr.... ’ n
human ly, .r.-. l.. 1 -
u> rufav ycneia* rco^mi,.u ; ■ ;
-cm any . ' urr a- u-, l ;_" ; ; '
; v [ or r ub.;-ati.*n t«;at. . ■
iuuJenl ua-wu efttue i o :■ ■
, s „-ri between her am !, f ,. r .
■
. through the magazine?, t“ v.
t<! at last become a frequent <
! wntehed wilh particular t m
TOCCOA. GA.. TllCRSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895.
ev jn ! 1 character of her heroes,
The .lu 1 : of a well known mouthy
lory that ma le his pulses
throb and. c piivor with hope and joy. He
left the Ini: nid Weekly in charge of a sub-
■v a few days, and went down
to s< £<t er Lmdsuy.
J )I 1 v rote your ‘Story of the
C " cm <-r Kendrick’ your hero was the ideal
Sc? v it ' • was he not?" he asked as soon
1 -peak to her alone,
“Ac*,’ ■die said, softly.
“And yt .mi were determined that if you
failed to find leh a creation iu real life
you would never marry.-’
“Yes. again.
“When you wrote this last story you
hnl evidently experienced a change o,
heart and unud.
Ag.nu °uld tuc umao^hable rep 'de
got your idea of the t u man therein t m c u de¬
scribed."
“No,” she said, defiantly, “not in the
least. I painted my imaginary character
as I remembered you that day when I
first saw you in your office at Ironton.
You ought to recognize him; there’s the
same crooked nose, the same unruly hair,
the same smile, the same sunlit window at
your back. You told me then to make a
friend —some one full of imperfections, it
might be—and study him and make him a
model for mv hero 1 have done so. ’
He leaned forward and looked into her
prelty .... mue etc-
‘ ^ ,
ft 11 ’ A
‘ les * she said once m c.
A FLOATING THEATER.
Russia Has One, and the Unitec;
States May Fcliow Suit.
The Washington Post is authority
f 0l . t ] ie statement that a number of
theatrical ladies and gentlemen in
th-^ COU utry contemplate chartering
a 3 t e amboat and establishing a liout-
- n(T “ t |, e;itel . which shall bo at the
sa nQ fc i rtl e the hotel and the means
o{ transnorlation of the actors, on
oner-it i ve principle,
j g no ^ original. A St.
PeUrabartt h«
1
n ) 1 s0 ‘ ni . , ,i in-t |
<- icet , 1 in wic.t . , i. ti i n cionm^r ‘ «<« A,’
about to start out on »i oo
\ olga, and as many o to u .‘Y l
cities and the towns of its uauga e
tributaries are without theaters, i j is
believed the venture will prove a
gold mine to its projectors,
The Russian boating playhouse is
so constructed that an audience of
j und can be comfortably seated. A
j ;ir g e mass of scenery is carried for
production of an extensive rep-
er { 0 .j. e 0 f Russian comedies and
( } r ., mus anf j French oporeltas
qq ie quarters of the actors, actres-
^ supernumeraries, l stage hands,
orchest ra antl ;l u the crew are in the
exll>emo bow oi -the vessel. The ex-
U u«, '
btow -ie ,vu ,] 10
fuel is earned under the body of f the
theater, which occupies four-.if rise
the entire length of the boa atu t
of its width.
Troin the lowest point ot the or-
chestra to the roof is fifty reet. 1 *e
stage is a trifle less than thirt y feet
i n width, and all the scenery is let
from the flies. Hie wings are
jq g (, wide enough to admit of tho en-
trance and exit of the players. Of
course the scenic effects are limited
| )y ^ 1Q ] ac i- 0 f room, but a much
ootlier performance can be given
{ ] uin ; n the meager!y equipped thea-
ter of tho small town. The players
are not fagged out by n tiresome
journey or made unfit for first-class
Work by the fare of indifferently con
ducted hotels.
If such a boat were built by a syndi¬
cate in this country its construction
would necesoaiiy , Knoo ., ^
‘
requirements of the lar 0 e unau.
t sing the a.ern paddle wheel it would
be possible to construct a boat ot
great beam and length, yet one
which would ctiaw comparatively
jq e water.
It is suggested that, starting from
v e -,v York, such a vessel could make a
u .- along the north snore of Long
£ s } ant j sound, stopping at tho towns
on t j 10 Connecticut and Rhode Is-
; nc] coast: thence back fco New York,
ami after doing stopping New Jersey 7 towns,up
,ho Hudson, at the various
\iq . J( , eg u Albany and Troy. From
^ an ‘^ y to Buffalo the Erie Canal
^ a u<Jed and onco in the lakes
ri „ " rackin , T business would lie open tc
- adveriturous —_______ thespians.
' ’ farri^ Pioeons
--
TU, hornet and the carrier are both
hriillanr Were, but tho honoer .a ihe
jj*, f j utatea, Thf homerhas the
widest spread wings of all ^
and through can sail midair. for an It enormous also consider- drafmee
is
ably lighter than the carrier
and is possessed of more phenomenal
powers of endurance, having been
j ;nown to fly SOD miles without
alighting. On a clear day, with a
s {-y an( j favorable wind. 4riu
miles is* an admirable record, al-
t hough 50U miles a day is the goal
every pigeon-flier’s ambition. A
bird t hat can perform this remarka-
: f eat i 3 worth at leas $100, and
, iiav va l U ed at $500 if it is capable
G f a better record. The bird’s game-
highest point ot esc. s enw a,. «...
,u:.i .om-years o age 'vbicbth
liatura. *’ *
they have passed tue.r prime they ,
deteriorate m a scarcely noticeable
degree, and at fcen or twelve years of
»« »re rtill good for the shorter
distances.
yorXGAMERiu.
Irate Father—I can’t understand
~ - y] g your mother so much im-
- i never dared talk back to
yoa m
atlier. neither v—Puck.
WOMAN’S WORLD,
PLEASANT I,I t EBATl'RK FOR
FElll.MNK READERS.
MME. FAURE’s AMBITION'.
is to become the iea ler o fashions ,or
the Republic, as the Empress Eugenie
wasfor the Empire, according to pop-
ular report. Consequently, sue not
only dresses exquisitely, but keeps the
names of her modest and milliner
secret.—San Francisco Chronicle.
trunks dres'-ehs.
Anew trunk that is finding favor
with many women who dislike the lilt-
iug of heavy trays or the turning
the contents of a carefully packed
trunk topsy-turvy in order to reach
something placed in the middle or bot¬
tom of it is constructed like a dresser,
with the trays like so many drawers
that can be drawn out as easily as the
drawers of a well made buieau. It has
not the appearance of a piece of bed-
room furniture, however, when closed,
as the lid forms part of tho side of the
trunk, locking near the bottom,
These trunks arc very strong aud
light, being clamped with iron aud
made of cellulose fiber, with the wood-
work a three-ply veneer. The drawers
run ou metal slides.—St. Louis Star-
Sayings.
FLAT BRAIDS FOR LONG HEADS.
Flat braids are used in new styles
of coiffures. This is a revival of the
peasant mode of arranging the hair
which Avas in vogue fifteen or twenty
years ago. It. is especially effective in
warm weather, because it always car¬
ries with it such an air of neatness.
Fluffy hair, when loosely coiled, will
become ruffled and make its wearer
look warm and uncomfortable, Avhile
if it is done up in flat braids, which
are laid smoothly around the back of
tho head, it will stay in place and
make one appear cool and comfort-
ft pj e
The fashion also permits variations
enough to make it becoming to all
faces. For a perfectly round head
should be made to look as much like a
mat as possible, while a long coiffure
is suited to an oval or long face. J f
the hair is not sufficiently heavy to
make a good showing, quite young
women may eke out nature’s niggard-
liness by wearing a bow of ribbon at
tliGjback of the head.
THE THIMBLE.
A thimble was originally a thumb-
bell, because it Avas worn on the
thumb, as sailors still wear their thim¬
bles. It is a Dutch invention, and m
1884, in Amsterdam, the bicentennial
of the thimble Avas celebrated with a
great deal of formality. This very
valuable addition to my lady’s work
basket Avas first made by a goldsmith
named Nicholas van Benschoten, the
ancestor of the American family of
Van Benschotens. And it may further
interest Colonial Dames to Iidoav that
the first thimble made was presented
jin 1684 to Anna van Wedy, the second
wife of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the
purchaser of Bensselaerwyck, aud the
first Patroon. Madam van Rensselaer’s
memory was duly honored in Holland
ou the occasion of tho thimble bicen-
tennia!.
In presenting his useful gift Van
Benschoten begged Madam van Rens-
eelaer “to accept this now covering
for the protection of her diligent fin¬
gers as a token of his esteem.”
It was not until 1695, just two hun¬
dred years ago, that the thimble was
introduced into England by a Hol¬
lander named John Lofting, who
opened a thimble manufactory at Is¬
lington.—Harper’s Bazar.
INGENUITY OF WOMEN.
, i oAtl®' t i rivpiitlv mWi-lial
“ st of OI P" n»tonte M “ M k<“ufd " etl tf^Sen lo by the 1
Government. , p oe pamphlet is sup-
plementary to those heretofore pur-
ashed and brings the list of sut h issues
up to March 1 last.
The office was established in _ 1790,
and tuo first patent issued to a woman
wa 3 iu 1809 to Marv Kies for a method
of weaving straw with siib or thread.
N ea r= Iater oue T ' as issued to Mary
Brush for a corset. It was not until
1828 that more than one patent per
year was issued to women. In 1SG2
only fourteen patents were issued to
women, Ihatbeiu* ttaj the larsest in any
olwo.uen year »p o and the ” 7 ^^-
annual number of
V *tontai , , issued ■* to^them . ,1 ^ • rease ? ^
idL.. Many ot them weie for lnvcn-
t ions for either lighting or
devices, ihe annual issue increased
steadily year by year. In 18<0 it was
sixty, in 1880 over ninety-two, in 1890
over 200 and in 1893 over 300.
From 1809 to 1888 women’s inven-
tiens averaged thirty a year ;
1888 to 1892,230 a year, and since
1892, 280 a year. The pamphlet gives
it oiassilication of women’s inventions
This shows that wearing apparel lea Is
the list with 160 different patents in
thirtv months. Then coma cooking
utensils with 100 inventions, furniture
wiil he.«to g «a
or cleaning apparatus with foity o
each sewmg and •?»»»« deroe.
and batlaing apparatus with a .
thirty each, edneational medreal
paratus, toys and trunss about twenty
each. Other lines in which women
htn tried their incentive f^nUiM
are baby carnages, barrel andbwycle
attachments, printing and mottling
apparatus boxes and baskets, clocks,
flowers, horseshoes, motors, mubicai
instruments, plumbing and preserving
devices, screens, stationery, theatrical
apparatus, toilet articles and type-
Hons. Excluding those especially
concerning wo men's work, nearly all
the other patents were for attach¬
ments to some previously existing de*
vice,
SECRETS OF inn VEIL.
The strongest defense a woman ha?,
bo she distinctly pretty or fascinat-
j ^ taleen Ever
i some fcort 0 { tissue f ace covering,thick
thi j or BmaU ; in this day
1 eration reflnoa down to a
j mere gauze face mask, yet likely to re¬
main the dearest and most important
possession iu her wardrobe till the
! millennium arrives, so says a writer
• in the Boston Globe.
d j 3 a barrier between herself and
; prying eyes, through which very lit tlo
j ca n be read by the uninitiated gaze;
but nothing "can escape her keeu
glance.
Of course, veils are not hygienic—
any woman will admit that—but they
are necessary, and if you want to
know how youthful a womau believes
she looks, notice what sort of ft net
j y fi c uses.
i Q the language of veils, only fresh-
i f aco i girls can afford to wear the
j plain, filmy, "the undotted tulle that for
comfort is ono to be preferred;
"young Y et, on any It but a tender, peachy
; face, seems to curiously fetch
shadows that look terribly like
i wrinkles; consequently, when" a wo-
man sees in her handglass that her
ephemeral girlishness of complexion
is slipping from her she begins to buy
dotted nets.
At first the tulle is very fine and the
dots far apart. That’s the sort of a
veil a woman affects on the days when,
she looks her best, discreetly resort¬
ing to a very closely speckled affair on
other days, when her cheeks lacks their
accustomed color ; or there are plain¬
tive bine shadows under her eyes.
To and from the dentist’s she is 1 ike -
^ f ' 0 ft( I°pI , a vel , with a deep , lace . ed^e ,
that hides the poor, suffering mouth,
and makes the eyes all the brighter,
for tho lower face is thrown in soft
eclipse.
Besides these ... is the sunburn , and ,
freckle veil of silk tissue, Avhite and
brown or dark blue, liberally peppered
Avith wee dots, behind which the most
! doubtfully pretty face takes on a soi
of mysterious charm.
, But outside this ..... list there
given are
; veils that particularly become certain
; I aceP * as the milliners have discoA erei,
w ^° t ro P a ^Ine, check-woven gauze
\ j over the face of a blue-eyed, retrousse-
! nosed little person, Avho is trembling
| on the verge of indulgence iD her third
i or fourth spring hat.
| That veil clinches the bargain, and a
; sallow, brown-eyed girl buys a wide,
black straAV because the artful sales-
woman flung over the front a breadth
of the neAA’, very smart, gray tuxedo
net, bearing at short intervals big gray
red vet spots.
The oread of the milliner runs that
almost more on the veii thau on the
hat depends the becomingness of one’s
headgear.
It is a little New York maker of ir¬
resistible bonnets that has taught
Fifth avenue women the true coque¬
tries of the veil. That the ch irm of it
lies in its exceeding freshness; no veil
should be worn more than six or eight
j 1 times; that it should be adjusted with
mos t exquisite neatness and care,
tucked iu a bit of a knot just under
(h 0 bonnet’s back, without any pin-
ning, and drawn smooth and close
over the features, and Avken not in use
rolled ar^' oinued in a satin envelope
esse, per ._ied ever so faintly Avith
orris. She has not failed in liuding
apt pupils.
FASHION NOTES.
Very little jewelry is Avorn this sea¬
son except in lull dress.
The fur shoulder cape is by no
means obsolete as a wrap.
Robin’s egg blue continues iu favor
for fashionable stationery.
The narrow, double ruffle is used to
i a l.t?e % extent iu Ihe decoration ot
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Tweeds in varied qualities au 1 new
j stilish color schemes occupy a promi-
uent place among autumn dress goods.
Old-fashioned pique has come back
again for dress material, and, of
; course, can be made into a
| waist.
| a few yards of new lace and crisp
dbbon transform an evening toilet
iuto a fresh looking gown suitable for
j anv occasion.
v ‘ PWP cf hackhair combs are of {,,r-
, toi f:hell have the #eot of
8e e a
j coronet. b "“ h They ^ are not only worn,
j French 7 “!** alpaca beantuul . ... . .
is very in
texture, and is so glossy and silky aud
Xht h beantiful folds that it is
; ad u « ell - lu to ro artistic arufe c eyes, ^
; Grass linen embroidery will cou-
j txnue its popularity throughout the
fall. It will oe used as a trimming on
many of the cloth dresses,
A gown of white alpaca has Turkish
embroidery of copper and gold ou
; either side of the blouse bodice, which
j opens over a front of white chiffon,
| Black silk blouses with enormous
! sleeves and sailor collar, brier-stitched
w hi te or pale lilac, are worn with
; aft€rnoou costumes of half e»o«i,woL mourning.
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i this fall and early f winter. They re-
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m j c g » that they are ft death blow to
j Lace ^ made sort
i bounces m a oi es-
: ^axrangement dro.sce are etyhsh lor th “ n
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°u>t, - nt dodu! ,-opular trimmmg
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Pale green is a popular ernor
season. Gowns and hats, cloaks and
toques evening frocks and street suits
share the craze. The tint never ap-
that enjoy favor equailo its own.
WORLDS 1 UK S CHAMPION
Career of tlie Young American
Heat the World’s Best Players.
Henry Nelson Pillsbury, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., who won the international
chess masters’ tournament at Hast-
iugs, England, lias up to the present
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enjoyed only a local reputation, His
career as a chess player baa not been
of the brilliant order, but rather one
of constant advancement, Pillsbury
is twenty-two years old, and his chess
playing dates from liis sixteenth
birthday, when he first learned the
moves of tho game at which ho has
noAv proved himself to bo the inter-
national champion.
Addison Smith, a leading member
of tho Boston Chess Club, became in-
ierested iu the young man shortly
after ho began to play, and Pillsbury
was not slow to take advantage of
Smith’s valuable experience. He be-
came au active member of the Boston
Chess Club, aud enjoyed a reputation
among Boston enthusiasts as a coming
player.
Pillebury’s first important success
was 'gained over Champion Steiuitz,
who unsuccessfully tried to concede
him the odds of pawn aud move. He
Avas entered in 1890 in tho American
Chess Congress, receiving odds from
Burrille and other leading players.
Young Pillsbury defeated Stone nt
evens with a score of 5 to 2 . He also
played a match with Barry, n sirong
Ncay England player, winning by a
score bf 5 to 4.
All of the leading devotees of the
game played at Hastings. The cham¬
pion Lasker, Tschigorin, Blacltburue,
Burn, Bird, Gtiusberg, Tarrasch, Ver-
gaui, Tinsley, Von Bardelcben, Toicb-
maun, Albiu, Mason, Jauowski,
Pollock and several others, among
them Waibrodt, also a vt ry young
man, like Pillsbury, played. I ju sl;er
avhs looked upon as a probable win¬
ner, Avith Tschigorin, Ste.nitz, Black-
bumc and Tarrasch as dangerous
rivals, while Pillsbury and the others
were in the darlt-horse category.
Pilisbury’s v'etory against such an
array of talent is therefore the more
remarkable, as lie was pitted against
men whose experience in tournaments
and matches was calculated to a’c least
overcome the younger and loss ex¬
perienced players.
Pillsbury Brooklyn is an active member of
the Chess Club, and on his
departure for the scone of his great
victory was the recipient of a cordial
demonstration at the hands of that
organization.
A New Illuminant.
Some day we shall, perhaps, settle
on a universal domestic illuminant.
\Yill it bo acetylene? If so, we shall
want a shorter name for it, but that
can be shelved for the present. Ace-
tyhne is said to give a flame ten or
twelve times brighter than an ordi¬
nary gas jet, or four and a half times
brighter than the very best gas burner
can vieid. Moreover, acetylene gives
out much less heat than gas, and verv
ia v.eh less vapor. Add to these advan-
tho fact that acetylene can be
jupafied with ease, and kept in liquid
j orn3> an d you have the claims of ace-
f. !,-• ne in the rough. It is curious
ib, t acetylene has become commer-
( . :a ]]y possible as an illuminant bv de-
v ,] 0 pments in electricity with which
r ‘ ill now have to compete,—New
York Journal
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^er r*-**k firm for delivering goods. A petroleum air engine provides motive
and its maximum speed is sixteen kilometers an hour. The inventor
t h at t h e wagon’s f running expense daily is less than half that required
k * “ o( ft Uo 8e
* does not differ materially from that of those
B aprearaDce now
The engine is concealed in a square wooden box in the rear and
wagon is ligat, stanch and trim.
NO. 50.
How ft (beat Steel Bln? TVas Made.
The steel ring for generator No. ?
the Niagara Power Company’s new
plant is now at the shop cf the Wesv
j U gbousc Company, and is attracting
• ., ^ rcft t deal of attention from steel
mcn . :IS well as from electricians, it
is rege rded ns ono of the very finest
pieces Oi work ever turned out. d*
was forge ! at Bethlehem. Penn. The
ring is < usiderably the largest of the
kind ev, r cast. It is eleven feet seven
and one eighth iuch.-s in diameter,
about five feet high and weighs 21 . 0.0
poum s. It cost over S3000.
The making* of the ring was au is-
ceedingly difficult task. A nickel
steel ingot four and a half feet in di-
ametrr at the bottom and six aud R
half feet long was cast. A hole was
then bored through it lengthwise. A
block of the proper weight was then
cut from tho ingot, and the cylinder
thus obtained was heated, and, under
a hydraulic pressure of 14,000 tons
was expanded to the present size. It
would be just like cuttiug from a lead
pencil a section half ar> inch long, bor¬
ing ing the lead out of it aud then expand¬
the wood to a ring an inch in di-
ameter.
The ring had to be forged to a per¬
fect circle, and iu such a way as to
prevent the possibility of weakness iu
any part, for, when tho tremendous
pressure of Niagara is brought to bear
on the turbine, which will turn the
riur", it will revolve around the arma¬
ture at the rate of 2 NO revolutions per
minute. The electrical enerary thus
obtained will bo 5000 horsepower.—
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Richest American Woman.
An interesting sight for the peonle
of Bellows Falls, Vt w the past summer
was to watch Hetty Green, the woman
whose fortuue is way up in millions.
returning from ft shopping tour with
a small package of tea, a pound of
crackers and a bag of Hour in her
arms. They considered Mrs. Green a
good citizen, and said that she paid
her taxes with commendable prompt*
ness, but she would not submit, to the
slightest extortion. She had the water
cut ofi from her house at tho cost ot
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great personal inconvenience because
she thought she was charged too much
for it.
A 1 «irge Tooth.
While workmen were excavating a
ditch in a swamp ou the farm of C. E.
Percival, in the southeastern part of
Champaign County, a few days ago,
they dug a huge tooth which has nl-
traded considerable curiosity and the
attention of scientific people. Tho
tooth measured ten inches in length,
four inches across the face of th<«
crown and weighed seven and one-half
pounds. When it was brought to this
city it was compared with a plaster
cast of a masto Ion h tooth in the Uni-
versity of Illinois, and it Avas found to
correspond almost exactly with it.—
Burlington (Iowa) Hawkcye.
Andrew Fields, a Kentucky day
laborer, w ho can remember Jackson’s*
victory in New Orleans aud ivho
worked for Henry Clay, and Uncle
Charley Basco of Pond Creek, W. Va.,
claim the age of 105 and 103 respec¬
tively.