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HOSANn
Ere ever the rruns arc silenced;
Ere ever the mandate, Peace!
Shall fall on the raging nations,
Shall hid all their warfare cease;
Ere ever the lamb in slumber
Lies safe ’neath the lion’s paw,
"VTo will cry to the East: Hosannaf *
We will call to the West: Huzzah!
A hymn to the God of Battles,
Who giveth the conq’ring sword,
Who harks to the cry for justice,
, Who bends for the weak one’s word;
A hymn for the grandest world triumph. cheer
E’er given the to
We will lift that the East may harken,
We will sing that the West may hear.
PRETTIEST MANGE
OF ALL THE WAR.
By ADA PATTERSON.
|The most dramatic romance of the war
with Spain is that of young Lieutenant
Luke W. Terrill, of Louisville, Ky., and
Henorita Maxia Antonius, of Barcelona,
Spain. Its situations are as marvelous as
those of any melodrama, its motives as
tender as those of any idyl ever written.
It is a story of battle and death and mourn¬
ing arid love. Its recital is a bit of descrip¬
tive musbqin which can be heard, first, the
reveille, then a death cry, the mourning
voice of a woman, a song of love and the
chime of marriage bells. A Kentucky lieu¬
tenant and a Spanish captain and the girl
wire was the daughter of one and will be
bride of the other, are the three chief
figures In the romance, j
I.
4t you HAVE BEEN a generous foe.
IMl'LORE you
WrZrt to keep the coat.
f Its bloodstains
■#% and its bullet
holes will re¬
mind you of a
Spaniard’s death
wound and his
thanks.
“America n o,
the darkness and
the cold are
come. Kiss me,
my friend. Adios!”
A big, honest-eyed Kentuckian
fltooped above a dying Spaniard. He
.touched the paling, bearded lips with
his and found that the darkness and.
tho cold had indeed come.
J A girl who had been holding*the
hand of the Spanish captain, Jesu An-
-tonius, in hers felt the fingers stiffen
and grow chill. She pressed her
olive check close to his black-bearded
one. Again she felt the chill. Weefi-
ing beside him there, it was easy to
note tho resemblance of her delicate
.profile to his narsher one, and to know
that Captain Jesu Antonius, dead, and
Maxia Antonius, mourning, were
father and daughter.
i Lieutenant L ike Terrill himself led
the weeping girl away from the stark,
soldierly figure on tho hacienda ver¬
anda. A wrinkled, yellow duenna
met him at tho door and snatched the
girl’s hand from his arm.
>' “Accursed Americano. There is
your wo v k. Yon shall notenter here!”
jCrossing herself and mumbling, she
[hurried iSenorita the gi-l away, but not before
Maxia Antonius had given a
^backward tude. glance of grief and grati¬
The Spanish physician tolerated
the touch of the American upon the
’•foody of Captain Antonius. Ho saw it
was a strong and wise and tender
touch. He allowed him to help to
carry the dead captain within. Then
foe dismissed him and Lieutenant
Terrill returned to the detachment of
men that had been stationed on tho
hacienda to save Captain Antonius’s
property from tho revengeful and
ravaging Porto Ricans.
He was a splendid young specimen
of manhood, from that splendid rear¬
ing grouud of men, Kentucky. He
was a good six feet in height, aud had
’a fine sweep of shoulders and the free
'stride of an Indian. His eyes were
frank aud blue. His hair and mus¬
tache were of the color of the chest¬
nuts in the woods at home. He had
Written a long letter to his mother
that morning.
f “I am in charge of fifty men, who
are guarding the hacienda of a rich
■Spaniard from Barcelona, who is
skirmishing somewhera near Tonce.
The Porto Ricans hate him because
ho is rich and Spanish and spends
only a month or two here at the
[hacionda. Now that he has joined
ithe army they are more vindictive
;ihan ever. There are only his daugh¬
ter—a young woman, tho most beau¬
tiful I ever disdainful saw; mother, who casts
the most glances upon me
and never deigns to speak—and three
or four servants. It is rather monot¬
onous, this role of unwelcome pro¬
tector. I wish something would hap¬
pen to stir the blood.”
> Aud something did happen before
the iuk was dry upon the paper. A
little procession filed out of the woods
and up the hill. A torn handkerchief
waved from a branch the bearer had
cut in the woods. It was a pitiful
flag of truce, and the Lieutenant or¬
dered his men to lower their guns.
As the men cauie near it could be
seen that the men bore a litter. The
Kentuckian and his men went to meet
them.
“I surrender, Americano; it is
final,” said the man on the litter, with
a grim attempt at a joke.
Lieutenant Terrill moistened the
old man’s lips from a eauteeu. He
bade his own men relieve the tired
men who carried the litter, He
loosened the coat that seemed too
tight for the heaving ciiest of the
Spaniard in his death agony.
“You have protected my home aud
my little one? Thanks! Thanks!”
And so they had carried Captain
Antonias to his home, He had
begged that they let him rest upon
the veranda.
“I am too tired, I can go no
further,” he said, “I want to die on
the hacienda, but iu the suushiue.
Call Maxia.”
She had come and kissed his hands
and wept as a frightened child. He
had petted aud soothed her and then
turned to the big man who wore the
uniform of the enemy.
“You have been a generous foe.
Keep this coat. It will remind you of
a Spaniard’s death wound and his
thanks.
cold “Americano, the darkness and the
are come. Kiss me, my friend.
Adios.”
.. mg b. .< /v
j. ..tf foii. uy’s flame-plumes sw.^,
And over the stoker blazons
The flag wh*eb he helped unfurl.
But if o’er our hearths one hovers
The glory of sacrifice—
We will make to the East no moanings,
We will make to the West no cries.
The fires of conquest kindle;
The clang of our sword sounds far;
The lion purrs as he watches
His whelp at the game of war.
But ere we forget in our triumph,'
And lest we grow faint in our cause,
We will cry to the East Hosannas,
We will shout to the West Huzzahs.
Duffle Boy lan, in Chicago Journal.
II.
elect, tebrill’s strange release.
Lieutenant Terrill was ordered to
Guyama the day after the death of
the Spanish captain.
Carefully packed in his meagre lug¬
gage was a coat of Spanish army pat¬
tern with an officer’s badge and the
rents and the blood stains made by
four American bullets. The withered,
yellow duenna had brought it tc him.
Terrill did something foolish for a
brawny Kentucky officer when he
packed that coat among his belong¬
ings. He looked upon the breast of
the coat for the slain of tear drops
from the pretty Senorita Maxia’s eyes.
He blushed like any girl. He called
himself a sentimental fool.
The yellow fiend had been let loose
at Ponce, and people were dying by
the score. It was foolhardy for Lieu¬
tenant Terrill to wander there from
Guyama. There were more dangers
than that of yellow fever threatening
visitors to Ponce. It had been aban¬
doned by American soldiers, and
Spanish sympathizers had resumed
their tyranny. Lieutenant Terrill
could give no satisfactory reason for
his visit to Ponce. Ho was not apt
to inventions, and had he told them
that a fancy to be nearer the lovely
senorita Maxia Antonius had been the
moving cause of his journey they would
have jeered at him for his presump¬
tion. They cried “Spy! Spy!” And
so Lieutenant Terrill was thrown into
prison.
He was not allowed to send a mes¬
sage to hi 3 regiment, nor to his home.
While not incomunicado, he was so
despised and feared as a spy that no
one in Ponce would be the bearer of a
word from him. The jailer was inso¬
lent, and the guards made ghastly
pantomime of a blindfolded man be¬
fore a line of men who were aiming
Mauser rifles at him. And, again, the
Kentuckian called himself a fool, and
smoked vigorously.
Oue day there was a disturbance
outside the jail. Lieutenant Terrill
looked through his barred windows.
Was the pantomime of the blindfolded
man standing before a line of Spanish
soldiery with Mauser rifles to be en¬
acted? He set his teeth firmly. He
would die like a Kentuckian and an
officer.
There were Spanish soldiers com¬
ing. They were armed with Mauser
rifles. At their head, however, walked
a young, graceful figure, whose bent
head wa 3 gracefully draped with a lace
mantilla. The outline of the olive
cheek showed through. He had seen
that cheek pressed against a bearded,
dead face. Beside her walked a with¬
ered, yellow duenna.
They came to see him executed.
Was it cruelty or pity?
His jailer unlocked the door. His
manner was most deferential.
“You are free, Senor Americano.”
Senorita Antonius was just behind
the jailer.
“I—you—it is pleasant that you are
free, Senor,” she stammered. “You
were good to my dear father,” and a
tear trickled through her long black
lashes.
Kentuckians are not laggards either
in love or war. Lieutenant Terrill
grasped the senorita’s hand with both
of his, even while the duenna gasped
and the Spanish soldiers looked as
though ready to aim Mauser rifles.
“Pleasant to be free, senorita, but
heavenly to owe it to you,” he cried,
even while the olive face turned crim¬
son.
They walked to the nearest hotel,
the lieutenant and the senorita and
the duenna, the guard having dis¬
persed, because no longer necessary.
Senorita Antonius shviy told how a
Spanish color-sergeant, who was one
of her suitors, had boasted that an
American had been found prowling in¬
sanely and alone about Ponce, and
that he had been imprisoned and
would be shot as a spy, though the
color-sergeant’s opinion was that he was
a lunatic; how she had suspected that
the lunatic was her late protector aud
her father's friend; how she had been
able through the influence of lie* dead
father's name to secure his release;
aud—well, how glad she was. She
looked very sweetly at him then be¬
neath the mantilla, though the duenna
frowned and mumbled. Lieutenant
Terrill, I have said, was no laggard in
war, and he proposed and was ac¬
cepted.
The senorita and her duenna re¬
turned to the hacienda that day. The
Lieutenant was to follow them the
next, but tho yellow fiend forbade it.
Instead of going to the hacienda he
was sent home on tho Relief.
III.
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE.
Lieutenant Terrill is convalescing
rapidly at his home at Louisville, but
not half as quickly as he wishes.
Every lettter he receives from the
Porto Rican hacienda makes him more
impatient of the lassitude of illness.
One fact is assured. There will be
a wedding in the little church at
Ponce. Out in the church yard there
is a grave two months old. It can be
seen from the altar before which
Senorita Maxia Antonins and Lieu¬
tenant Luke W. Terrill will plight
their marriage vows. If Captain Jesu
Antonius knows, he is glad.
It is the wish of the bride that they
shall go to her home at Barcelona,
Spair\, devoted on their wedding tour and the
Kentuckian would gladly go
to the wilds of the Congo with her as
companion. If the President will
aim leav<* Isem, vney will
.-ipv ..j their honey* ._«3n in Spain and
return to the sunny hacienda in the
spring.
Beside the beautiful bride's 2000
acres, near Ponce, and her ancestral
estate in Spain, the happy pair will
have one treasure trove, the bullet-
torn, blood-stained coat of a Spanish
officer's uniform.—New York Journal.
A NAPOLEONIC ENSICN.
How Young Curtin, C. S. N., Demanded the
Surrender of Ponce.
Richard Harding Davis, in an article
in Scribner’s Magazine on the Porto
Rico Campaign, relates how Ensign
Curtin demanded the surrender of
Ponce, as follows:
He is about the youngest-looking
boy in the navy, and he is short of
stat^.re, but in his methods he is
Napoleonic. He landed, with a let¬
ter, for the military commander,
which demanded the surrender of the
port and city, and be wore bis side-
arms, and an expression in which
there was no trace of pity. The Cap-
tain of the Port informed him that the
military commander was at Ponce,
but that he might be persuaded to
surrender if the American naval officer
would condescend to drive up to
Ponce, and make his demands in per-
son. The American officer fairly
shook and quivered with indignation,
“Zounds,” and “Gadzooks,” and
“Hang it, sir,” would have utterly
failed to express his astonishment.
Had it come to this, then, that an eu-
sigu, holding the President’s commis¬
sion, and representing such a ship of
terror as the Wasp, was to go to a
mere colonel, commanding a district
of 60,000 inhabitants?
“How long will it take that military
commander to get down here if he
hurries?” demanded Ensign Curtin.
The trembling Captain of the Port,
the terrified foreign consuls and the
custom house officials thought that a
swift-moving cab might bring him to
the port in a half hour.
“Have your a telephone about the
place?” asked the Napoleonic Curtin.
They had.
“Then call him up and tell him that
if lie doesn’t come down here in a
hack in thirty minutes and surrender,
I shall bombard Ponce!”
This was the Ensign’s ultimatum.
He turned his back on the terrified
inhabitants and returned to his gig.
Four hacks started on a mad race for
Ponce, and the central office of the
telephone rang with hurry calls.
On hi 3 way out to the ship Ensign
Curtin met Commander Davis on his
way to the shore. Commander Davis
looked at his watch. “I shall extend
his time another half hour,’’said Com¬
mander Davis. Ensign Curtin sa¬
luted sternly, making no criticism
upon this weak generosity on the
part of his superior officer, but he
could afford to be magnanimous.
LETTERS THAT NEVER CAME,
Tliey Changed the Currents of Two Happy
Lives.
The miscarrying of mail has been a
convenient peg to hang romances on
since the mails began. Most of
them, like all other romances, of
course, have their foundation on facts.
—facts like the following, for instance^
They met in the West oue summer.
Conditions were favorable and they
saw a deal of each other. The uncon-
ventionalities of travel brought them
very near together, and propinquity
did the usual thing. They loved eas¬
ily, for they were young, and both
were well worth loving. When they
parted no vows had been exchanged,
but they understood each other, and
felt that the vows would come natur-
ally. They said good-by unsuspect-!
ingly, trustfully, with promises to
write and to exchange photographs.)
That was all; but it was enough to
build two lives on.
She went her way, he went his..
One, two, three, four years passed.
Then she heard he was married.
Many years after they met, quite by
chance, as we say, in a distant city.
She had kept up with his life, with his
work in the world, with the growth of
his family. She had done this, bein^
a woman. He knew nothing of her,
but the meeting was very dear to
both. They met as old friends meet,
and talked of old days as friends talk,
At last, when he was leaving, ~ she be-
ing the braver, said to him:
“Our lives arc settled now—you
are happy in your family. I am hap-
py in my work. The past can mean
very little to either of us, so will you
mind telling me why you never wrote;
why you never sent your photograph?”
He looked into her eyes a long time
without speaking; then ho said:
“Will you mind telling me why you
' *
never sent yours?”
“I did send it,” she said.
“And I sent mine, and a letter.”
“I never got them,” she said.
“Nor I yours.” He paused a mo¬
ment. “You know I loved you.”
“And I you,” she said, gently.
“Good-by.”
“Good-by.”
And in that moment was almost the
wrong of fate righted.
But how many there are which may
not be righted!—-Philadelphia Times,
Strange People of Tocupia.
Australian papers which arrived at
Yancouvbr, B. C., give interesting de-
tails of the cruise of H. M. S. Mohawk
in tho Solomon Islands. An officer of
the warship says:
“Oneof the most interestingfeatures
in connection with our cruise was the
visit to Tocupia. Its people certainly
are not Kanakanas, wooly-haired or
stunted in stature, but on the contrary
its SCO inhabitants are giants. One
we measured was six feet ten inches
tall. The women are proportionally
large.
“The men have long straight hair
which they dye a flaxen color and
which in thick folds hangs over their
copper-tinted shoulders. The women
have their hair cut short. They may
be related to the Samoans or Maoris,
but they certainly differ so much from
the Polynesian as to make their his-
tory most interesting.
“They have no weapons of defense,
They marry only once, the supersti-
tion being that if a married man or
woman dies the deceased’s spirit has
gone ahead and is waiting for the other
half.”
French and British Coronets.
French counts have nine equal pearls
in their coronets, while the British
baron is entiled to a coronet of four
big pearls.
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Stone Fences.
While the stone fences common in
a jj sections where stone abounds cost
nothing for material, and with hard
work are therefore within any one’s
ability to construe,, they are not
ly very satisfactory. Horned stock
soon learn that the top stones can be
eastiy displaced and then the fence
can be jumped. V.hen stock once
earn that a fence cannot hold them
they practice on it noth more zea than
the most ambitious college athlete,
amt m time will leant to go oter al-
most anything. Even a stake with
rati over the top wiU not hold breachy
stock. The best way to stop jumping
V* to place a barbed wire over the
fence, fastening it to stakes firmly m
the ground. It may seem cruel, but
the stock must learn not to jump, and
they won’t get hurt. But when sheep
have learned to jump a low stone wall,
even a barbed wire over it will not
stop them. There must be several
wires, so close together that the sheep
cannot get their heads between. That
will stop the first sheep, and no one
of the flock will try to jump alter the
leader has turned back.
Granulated Honey.
Almost all extracted honey will
granulate and become like sugar dur¬
ing cold weather. Heretofore this
has been considered rather a detri¬
ment to the sale and use of extracted
honey. But, when brought more
prominently before the public, and
consumers become better acquainted
with it, it may almost be called the
leader.
We have always taken the ground
that honey after granulation is in the
most perfect form in which it can be
used.
Granulation improves the appear¬
ance of any quality of honey and never
fails to give it a lighter shade. It
also ha 3 a tendency to drive from it
any wild taste and make it a purer
sweet. In this condition it is in the
best possible shape for keeping any
length of time.
Being free of wax, aud taken from
the comb just as the bees placed it
there, without any melting of the
combs or mixing of any kind, by the
latest improved machinery, it is, with¬
out doubt, the purest of all sweets.
It is easily returned to its original
form by simply heating it, and if
scaled up air-tight while hot, it will
remain —Farm, iu liquid form for a long time.
Field and Fireside.
An Extemporized Ensilage Wason.
Where there is a large amount of
corn to be cut up for ensilage, a num¬
ber of teams are required, and much
speed in getting the fodder to the cut¬
ter from the field. It is often neces-
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A LABOR-SAVING TRUCK.
sary to extemporize a wagon to meet
the demand. The cut shows such a
device. Two long pieces of joist, are
held the right distance apart by strips
of board nailed across them. The
forward ends are fastened upon the
axle of a pair of farm wagon wheels,
whilo trucks support the rear ends.
A very good load could be hauled
without the trucks by rounding off
the rear ends of the joist, so they will
drag easily over the ground. Such a
frame is exceedingly handy, as it is
loiv, and can be approached so readily
from all sides, there being no large
wheels iu the way.—New England
Homestead.
The Care of Purebred Cattle.
I feed my thoroughbred shorthorn
cattle the grain and forage that I pro-
duce on the farm. I grind my corn
in the ear and mix it with oats. My
young animals are given this sort of
food for grain rations as soon as they
will learn to eat. I feed twice a day
in summer and winter, just the amount
that will be consumed nicely. AH are
stabled at night throughout the win-
ter season. They are turned out in
the yards during the day whenever
the weather will admit. Bad, stormy
days they are out only long enough to
drink and have the barn cleaned. My
yards are protected by a willow grove,
and there are only a few days too bad
for the cattle to be out. I have tanks
in each yard, that they may drink at
will.
For roughness, I give in the morn¬
ing, as soon as they are turned out, a
light feed of corn fodder unhusked. I
have silo that holds about 250 tons of
ensilage. At noon we draw a load of
ensilage and feed it in troughs made
something after the style of a feed box
such as is used to fatten steers. I feed
this about the middle of the day dur-
ing cold weather, as it is the warmest
time and the feed freezes the least,
Then at night everything goes into the
barn and has timothy and clover hay
in the mangers. I feed no grain to
the older cattle in the barn excepting
an old cow or one that is suckled down
thin. I sometimes have them feeds
little meal in the barn. The shocked
corn in connection with the ensilage
and hay will keep the cattle in fine
condition.
My barns are so arranged that after
the cattle are turned out we can go
through with a horse and a little sled
j made for the purpose, aud clean out
• all litter. I think this is perhaps
about as cheap and convenient a way
as a barn can be cleaned. Yisitors
have remarked to me that it must cost
a great deal to take care of these cat-
tie. I would say in answer that one
man takes care of 100 cattle, cleans
the barn, gets out the ensilage aud
does everything excepting haul the
corn foddt'r and grind "the corn. My
cattle are always in fine condition.—H.
D. Parsons, in Orange Judd Farmer,
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To Preserve YVason wneeis.
Mr. Westbrook, of North Carolina,
has a method of preventing wagon
wheels from shrinking in dry weather
which he says avoids the necessity of
having tires reset and in this way soon
saves itself in blacksmith bills besides
preserving the wagon.
:uf.
it o' - ^ J^whicu Jffn i^pTo'
is
£k. ^ jfgt a tire to^a boiling heat.
The wfieel is then jacked up, the
trough placed under it and the wheel
lowered so that the tar will cover the
fellows,
The wheel is then slowly turned in
the tar which tills every nick and
crevice in the wood and between the
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wood aud tire, thus making it im¬
pervious to moisture or air.
With a brush the hub is also treated
with a coat of tar, and if the wagon is
old the spokes also m lieu of paint.—
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Sellintr Farm Fertility.
In deciding what should be the sala¬
ble products of his farm, one of the
most important questions is whether
such sales will take a small or large
proportiou of the fertility which is the
farmer’s best capital. Most New' Eng¬
land farmers have for years given up
growing wheat, though it is probable
that those who have turned their land
to producing tobacco or garden crops
could now produce wheat in larger
crops tliau they ever did before. But
it would take from the soil mineral
elements that they can better use in
other ways.
Whether a farmer shall sell milk or
take off its cream and make it into
butter, w'hile using the skimmilk as
food for pigs, poultry or other ani¬
mals, may not depend wdiolly on the
amount of money the butter or the
milk would sell for, but upon the ef¬
fect on soil fertility. The sale of but¬
ter removes nothing of value from the
soil. Neither, and for the same reason,
does the fattening of fully grown stock.
But in the growth of any young ani¬
mal, and in the production of milk,
the most valuable elements of fertility
in the food are drawn upon. It was
on the light lands of England that had
long been pastured by milch cows that
supplied Loudon with milk, that soils
first gave out aud would not grow
grasses as they used to do, until
guano w r as applied. It was found
afterwards that phosphate of lime was
what v/as most needed, as it made the
lands as productive as the guano could
do.
Of all our grains Indian corn takes
least from the soil. Its stalk and
grain are both mainly carbon, and this
can be got in abundance from the air
through the broad expanse of leaves
which the corn plant shows. But the
flax plant is the direct reverse of this.
Its root robs the soil of both nitrogen
and phosphate. Hence it is so ex¬
haustive 3 crop that it is now little
grown except in the West, where the
process of selling farm fertility so as
to get ready money is still going on
about as actively as it ever did.—
American Cultivator.
Cabbage For Poultry.
Poultrymen are agreed that in the
cabbage they have almost an ideal
plant to furnish a winter supply of
green food for poultry; but the cab¬
bage, like most cultivated vegetables,
has its insect and fungus enemies,
which in some localities so ravage the
crop as to discourage its production.
The matter of keeping them through
the winter aud spring mouths in a
sound condition, and in such a w’ay
as to be accessible at all times without
regard to weather conditions, has been
a serious question in New England,
and the lack of its thorough solution
has doubtless prevented many who
wished to use cabbage on a large
scale, if at all, from attempting to use
them.
For three years we have been suc¬
cessful in both growing and keeping
them for our poultry on a more or less
extensive scale, although apparently
we are located w'bere all of the dis¬
eases of the plant abound.
When harvested, they are pulled up
by the roots and taken to the forest a
few rods from the poultry houses. A
sloping place is selected, free from
brush, and the cabbages are placed,
heads down, upon the leaves in a
long bed running up and down the
slope. They are packed closely to¬
gether in beds six feet wide, and as
long as you wish. The line of the
bed should follow the slope of the
land, so that the water, when there is
any, will run beside the row and not
under it. The forest leaves are next
raked up from each side and thrown
upon them until they are covered out
of sight, then a ^ew pieces of brush
thrown on to keep the leaves from
blowing. Packed in this way they are
easily taken out at any time during
the winter, and it is not necessary to
wait for a thawing time to get them,
as when they are covered with earth
in the common wav. They freeze aud
stay frozen. A load maybe taken
out and placed where they will thaw'
out, when they are as fine as when
placed in the bed. By this method
ve have kept them clear through the
spring months, until other green
foods could be readily obtained. The
soft, poor heads are used first, and
are packed in a similar way on the
north side of the poultry-house.—
Farm Poultry,
Street-Car manners.
Even Mrs. Trollope and Charles
Dickens, who could see nothing else
to commend in this country, noted
with admiration that in our public eon-
’ veyances no man sat while a woman
was standing. How is it to-day? How
many men surrender their seats to
women in the street cars or the subur-
ban trains? It is no answer—it is in-
deed a cowardly lie—to say that men
have ceased to show this courtesy to
women because women did not ac-
knowledge itwithaword of thanks,
Not oue woman in a hundred will ac-
cept a man’s seat without thanking
him for it. If we are going to be
boors let us not lie about it.—Chicago
Chronicle.
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THE SILK PETTICOATS. ¥
They Are an Absolute Necessity to Women
and Are Elaborate and Costly.
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* ^? 1US si petticoats is very
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SK ish, swish and frou-frou that charms
oven the most case-hardened hater of
‘be petticoated sisterhood. Their
very sound imparts an element of
completeness to woman’s toilet. The
time was when the silk petticoat was
considered a luxury; nowit is an abso-
lute necessitv, and a very expensive
one, too. A plain skirt decorated
with one or perhaps two Bounces with
corded or pinked edges is a thing of
the past, for the modern model is
elaborate and perfect as to cut and
fit.
Prevailing styles in dress skirts al¬
ways influence the fashion in petti¬
coats directly, declares the New' York
Sun, and now that skirts are made to
cling in eel-like fashion to the knees
and to flare out most extravagantly
from there down, petticoats are cut
on the same plan. The latest fit with
absolute smoothness at the top aud
are devoid of gathers or pleats in the
back. This necessitates having the
opening on one side or well toward
the front. All the gores are shaped,
and that in front is marvelously nar-
row. An extra graduated flounce,
higher iu the back and devoid of ful¬
ness, is attached to give the disired
flare, and also to add fluffiness about
the feet, for ttfe hem of this flounce
is generally trimmed on top and un¬
derneath with a tiny full ruffle or rose
ruching.
Plain glace in all the beautiful new
shades has about ousted changeable
taffeta for full dress wear, In fact,
the latter is considered quite out of
date, except in some new and very
delicate shades that can only be ob¬
tained by blending two tones, Even
in these white is usually the founda¬
tion. Plaid and striped silks and
those iu broken checks are made into
handsome skirts to be worn with i>lain
tailor-made gowns, but are considered
bad form with elaborate cloth or silk
dresses. These fancy skirts are brill¬
iant in coloring, vivid green and pur¬
ple, magenta and violet, and scarlet
and yellow being some of the combin¬
ations noted.
Smocking in Vandyke points is in¬
troduced on many of the deep accor¬
dion-pleated ruffles so much in fash¬
ion. Hardly a full-dress petticoat
model is to be found that does not call
for lace motifs, put on separately or
garland fashion, or for lace insertions
which are often set in on the, founda¬
tion, bayadere style, down to the
point of attaching the flounce. A
very elaborate desfgn calls for three-
pointed pleated flounces which fall a
little over one another. Each flounce
is edged with a tiny pinked rose ruch¬
ing, and this also outlines the attached
flounce. Gathered flounces are fre-
quently made more fanciful by means
of cross tucks.
Glace petticoats for evening wear
are generally trimmed with folds and
festoons of chiffon or else with a great
deal of lace. White and deiieate
pinks, blues and yellows are best for
full-dress wear, though by all means
one must be guided by the color of
the gown worn, Elaborateness and
extravagance are the chief character¬
istics of all silk skirts.
A Heroine of the Kevolution.
“While the women of 1898 are evi¬
dencing their patriotism in various
ways, it is of interest to dip into the
pages of history, written and unwrit¬
ten, and recall what deeds of valor
our foremothers performed for this
country during Revolutionary times,”
said a member of the D. A. R.
“Mrs. Cornelia Beekman was one
whose firmness, it is believed,
changed at least one chapter of our
national history. She v/as a daughter
of Pierce Yan Cortlandt, the Lieuten¬
ant-Governor of New York from 1777
to 1795. Her house was but a short
distance from Peekskill, and so the
British* were near her. At one time
a man named John Webb, but more
often known as ‘Lieutenant Jack,’ left
a valise at her house containing a new
uniform aud some gold, and at the
same time gave her explicit directions
to give it to no one who had not a
written order from himself or liis
brother.
“About two weeks later a man
named Smith rode up aud asked for
the valise. Mrs. Beekman recognized
him, and, having little fath in 1 ns pro-
fessed Whig principles, refused to
give up the bag without a written
order.
‘“You know me, Mrs. Beekman,’
said the visitor, ‘and when I assure
you that Lieutenant Jack sent me for
the valise you will not refuse to de¬
liver it to me, as he is in great need
of his uniform.’
“Quick as a flash came the reply:
“I do know you well—too well to give
you the valise without a written order
from either the owner or the
Colonel.’
“Findin , ' r his protestations unavail-
in „ Smithrode away -without the de-
sired valise. It was afterward aseer-
tained that he was a rank Tory, in
i ea g Ue with the British, and that on
that same day Major Andre was lying
collceu l e d in his house,
the Bririah spy and Lieuten-
an t Jack were about the same size, it
see ms more likely than not that Andre
wou jj Jiave escaped had it not been
f or the wit and firmness of Cornelia
j>eekman.”_New l"ork Tribune.
The New Dress Goods.
Silks are being chosen with more
freedom for dressy waists and new
designs are eagerly sought by those
who are preparing for a winter of
gaiety. The newest taffeta silks are
in solid colors of opera shades em-
broidered with small chenille dots in
black and white.
Printed warp silks, which _ were
given such prominence by fashion a
few seasons ago, have reappeared and
are being received with favor by those
who have so long bestowed their ad-
miration on plain taffeta.
Stripes are clearly in majority with
designs covering everything from a
hairiine to a neat Yalenciennes lace
pattern in a narrow width. Plaids
have fallen to third place, but are in¬
eluded where a variety of silk waists
is desired.
IHE COUPER MARBLE WORKS.
whH~ ,uey nblislu-d 50 Yean
general use. St.. - NORFOLK. VA.
As .
the tailor C k f n n, e s<rutkt
taken front rank, ->ted on Monument**
designs are much
designs appear to Liiu-traJedfWlog. f-
in tailor suits. Cl' and sava money. io
ings are especial’ ^ fs,
satin melanges, ccrphan Home,
checked The exclusive and plain by Southenff^q ore <i
Scotch goods to "ggSSSS, weights
aud designs usnall. 4 ■P bv ’ men
ia „ t „, ris am j s
are now worn in means thelurf msmon-
jacket and Xorfoiosd economic If
able P laid women. wtVraRen A j
back ck^n-t rial train!
melange of cole culture, and R‘ e ’ are se en
in jacket suits- re-n.'Otl fie an# required;
and in its abse? and fit ^^■s ^^^■and finished
with a narrow 1 me baa with
piped seams to who vr K the in-
side. Black c v J ^ 6 Bo IPue a lead-
ing material.—, .d supi 'an Q 'teeu.
!Mme. I>i at Home.
Mine. Dreyfuj |es her heroism in
shaded nook * environs of Paris,
a
close to Mont V en, surrounded by
her family and 1 vo children. With
a Mine. steadfast Dreyfus^ conij F e in the ceased futurej to
never
struggle with all her energy to prove
her Ipisband’s innocence, but at tlip
same gtime, with a sentiment which
does her honor, she does not wish noi'
does she intend to annoy the public
with the alternations of hope aud de¬
spair -which incessantly beset her. The
Fronde gives an interview one of its
staff had with Mme. Dreyfus, but
there is little to learn in it except that
Mme. Dreyfus has two charming chil¬
dren who play about and go and come
with that childish indifference to their
position which pertains to their age,
One also learns that, since the affaire
of the said Henri, letters of sympathy
have poured in from all parts, and that
visitors have been very numerous.
In speaking of her husband’s case,
Mme. Dreyfus shows no anger; she
expresses the hope that the revision
of her husband’s trial will take place
without implicating others, especially
those in power—iD short, that there
may be no painful disclosures, and that
France may not offer to foreign coun¬
tries the spectacle of her shame. Mme.
Dreyfus is evidently the true wife of a
soldier, an ardent'patriot, and, in spite
of the atrocious injustice of which she
considers herself the victim, she re¬
serves for the army all the respect
which the traditions of her family and
her affection for her husband have
raised in her.—Ladies’ Field.
Fhases of Chili! Life.
Children pass through a great many
phases. Transitions are often trying.
Keep these related facts in mind. We
sometimes fix a fault by taking too
much notice of it. A mistake should
not be treated as a wilful sin. A tran¬
sient awkwardness may be due to rapid
growth. A shyness of behavior, which
amounts to a painful timidity, will pass
if not accentuated by comment and re¬
proof. This is especially true in re¬
gard to speech. Children sometimes
use slang; sometimes pick up words
aud phrases which are worse than
slang, but the mother need not be un¬
duly alarmed because of this. The
boy and girl will speak the language
and use the dialect of home, and if the
mother possess the children’s entire,
confidence she will not find it difficult
to convince the children that vulgar
speech is a thing to avoid.
Mothers ivill never in the years to
come regret a union of mild measures
with firm adherence to principle in
the home life. But of harshness and
too much government they may repent
in dust aDd ashes.—Harper’s Bazar.
Women in Norway.
In Norway women have for some
been employed in the railroad
postoffice service and are now re¬
appointments as supervisors of
railway stations. They receive
from conductors, answer ques¬
in German and English, call out
in the waiting-rooms, ring the
station bell at the departing of the
and telegraph its departure to
next station. They perform the
duties of Government telegraph oper¬
as well as those of postmasters
and baggagemen, and do them well.
How to Dress tlie Feet.
or outdoor wear children should
have thick but not clumsy shoes. If
it is well to have several
at once, and let tne child wear
them alternately,
The correct shoe for wear in rainy
weather is eight inches high, and has
the heavy Scotch soles, square heels
and broad toes, A layer of cork be-
tween the upper and the sole does
away with the need of heavy over¬
shoes.
For the woman who rides horseback
there is the patent-leather riding boot
reaching to the knee. These are made
just like a man’s boot, with neither
buttons nor lacing, and h^?e bulldog
toes and military heels.
The woman who wishes to have her
feet well dressed will find a large and
varied assortment this winter from
which to choose. Her walking shoes
will be of calfskin, with heavy soles,
military heels and broad, round
toes. They may be either buttoned
or laced, according to the buyer’s
fancy.
Few women now insist on the high
bicycle boot, the majority having found
that a low shoe is much more comfort¬
able. Leggings of cloth, corduroy or
canvas are worn on cool days. The
three-quaiter length boot has been
adopted by those who do not care for
the low shoe.
As a contrast to these servk able
foot coverings are the dainty shoes
for more dressy wear. I\r:e;.t -1 -ather
buttoned shoes, with thin soles and
LouisXY.heels.arewurniorcallin”,
and other social functions. For stre- c
wear the top i 3 often of bi ark* broad -
cloth or diagonal clota, instead of the
patent leather. Occasionally the cloth
top matches the cloth of the dress,
but plain black is preferred. There
are tips or not, according to the
preference of the wearer.—New York
Tribune,
A horse will live twenty-fire* days
without food, merely drinking water.