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STREET SCENES IN HAVANA.
Picturesque and Unique Views in Out-of-the
Way Monks.
You are taken ashore from the ship
at Havana by rowboats hooded with
canvas against the sun, and the sturdy
boatmen give the visitor the first im-
pression of the real Cubans. They
are an admixture of African and In-
dian and Spaniard, with the blood of
the African very evidently supreme
among the lower classes. There is a
frowzy crew of haekmen and hotel-
runners bawling out an almost unin¬
telligible Spanish patois at the 1" ling
as your welcome to “the pearl 'he
Antilles,” and the Cuban cock m-
presses your American nat ity
upon you at once. Like other .en
the world over he considers the eri-
can as his legitimate prey, anu bile
Cubans pay one price, and foreigners
in general a figure one-third higher,
the proverbially wealthy American
must pay two-thirds more, as a gen¬
eral thing, unless he be an adept at
parrying an overcharge.
Havana is dilapidated and pictur-
esque, and the traveler will find as
much of the bizarre and unique in a
stroll up the Prado and about the lesser
streets as lie has perhaps ever en¬
countered in a like distance anywhere.
To me the most interesting hour in
the day in one of those antique towns
is in the very early mormng, when the
place is just getting awake and the
hucksters are coming in.
These country people arrive in all
sorts of ways for the daily market.
One group comes afoot, with tremend-
ously heavy loads of fruits and vege¬
tables carelessly balanced on their
heads or swung on their backs. Here
bearing is a swarthy fellow leading a horse
capacious reeded panniers of
fruits and stalks of sugar-cane, which
latter is a favorite natural confection
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with the masses, for a copper will buy
a long stick of it. The fruits are
mostly new to any one not tropic-
traveled, and the familiar-looking
bananas are tucked in with sapotes,
mamayes, aguacates, chabacanos,
mangoes, and a great variety of other
products rarely ever seen outside those
latitudes. This fellow will soon be
shoutingouthis stock with loud-lunged
persistency about the streets and into
the patios of the houses, and will then
sleep and smoke away the rest of the
day.
Lumbering wains come straining
into town, drawn by heavy-necked
yokes with restraining nose-hitches.
A four-team of these cattle and their
great cRrfc will alone block the average
side-street, so the country ox-carts
rarely get very far into town. When
two of them meet there is an ably
conducted debate on road rights and
considerable native profanity. An am¬
bulating haystack adds a picturesque
touch to the soene and a breath from
the fields. As the diminitive horse
under the load swings down the way
the grass often brushes the houses on
either side and crowds the foot-men
to the extremity of the eighteen-inch
sidewalks. An ox-cart, a load of hay
acd a long-poled volante blankly re-
garding each other in a narrow street,
and each with an eloquent driver, is a
“jam” combination excelled nowhere
on lower Broadway.
The Cubans are like every other
Spanish-tinctured nationality ip their
utter indifference to time. Theirs is a
laud of manana indeed, and almost
nothing can ever hurry them. Over
in the railroad yards the crews oan
sometimes be seen switching the
trains back and forth by yokes of
oxen, while the locomotive engine
stands idly by, and the engineer and
firemen smoke cigarettes in th© oab,
Hours are consumed by this and like
leisure and primitive pursuits, but no
one is so foolish as to heat his
by raving over the delay, as do
nervous Americanos from the North,
“How many cows there are
tbe streets!” somebody exclaims,
then he is calmly informed that
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morning’s milk is simply being deliv-
eyed. A bunch of cattle and their
driver stop before a house, and the
port'ero comes out with a cup for the
morning's that the supply. It is seen then
door cows are being milked from
to door by the dairymen tor this
1b the way the acute Cuban hov J wi ves
have taken to assure for their tables a
lacteal supply which is entirely fresh
and absolutely pure. Otherwise the
guile-loving vender might dilute the
milk before delivering it to his -*is-
watery tomers, fluid and the craftily juice of stir into’ *phe
the sweet
potato to color it up to a duly rich and
creamy cast. Even with the cows
milked before the door one must con-
tinue to watch the milkman, for I have
even heard of their having a rubber
bag of water concealed under their
loose frocks and connected with a rub-
ber tube running down the inside of
the sleeve, its tip being concealed in
the hollow of the milking-hand. Only
a gentle pressure upon the bag of water
within is needed to thus cause both
milk and water to flow’ into the cup at
the same time. The milk-venders of
Italy and India have also learnedtheir
trade to perfection, for they practise
this identical trick.
Havana has many quiet nooks and
corners which escape the American
visitors. The walk from the Prado to
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the little park of the Punta takes
hardly more than a minute, yet this
spot remains unknown to many.
The Cathedral of Columbus may be
approohed from it either by a walk
along the parapets, on the water front,
or by strolling through one of the nar¬
row streets lined with substantial
warehouses. Following the quay
there is the view of Cabana fortress
across the bay, and of the masts and
rigging of the ships in the harbor.
Commerce had not yet spread its
wings, and the shipping is not exten-
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sive. A pleasanter walk is through
Cuba street, with glimpses into the
barracks of the Spanish soldiers and
ohanoe views of the home life of the
people •hope. who dwell in their stores and
Seeing the eoldiers iu the
barracks one is tempted to ask if they
are ever clean. And of the dwellers
in Havana houses the question will
j ) recur a thousand times; How oan
! they behind help feeling themselves prison-
ers those wassfve doors
grated windows?
It is better to come to the Cathe-
dral this way than to take a cab
drive directly from the hotel.
ingin a cab the two towers stand out
just like the towers of innumerable
other cathedrals, and the crumbling
gray stones are as other time-eaten
monuments. But coming upon the
Cathedral out of some byway unex¬
pectedly, history the whole panorama of its
may sweep across the mental
vision in a flash. As for the sacred
bones of Columbus, they are by com-
mou report gone. They might have
been removed openly with the consent
of the United States Government if
it had been asked. The ceremony
would have been of historic interest,
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but the painful reflections to which it
-would have given rise may exouse
Captain-General Blanco for the mys-i
terv with which the removal of those
ashes was accomplished, Santo Do-!
mingo can henceforth dispute with
Madrid instead of with Havana the
genuineness of the ashes.
The Cathedral will lose none of its
attractiveness if the disputed ashes
are slab no longer in the urn or under the
which was supposed to cover
them. And good poetry and goodi
that epitaph the writing tomb of will be the gainers!
Columbus is no!
longer Ob, subject to the inscription:
Thousand rest tbou, image of the great Colon!
centuries remain, guarded in the!
urn,
And in remembrance of our nation!
Don Jose Garcia de Arboleya, a
learned Spaniard who wrote a histori-’
cal and descriptive manual of Cuba!
half a century ago, pathetically asked
where the muses were when the^e
linos were inscribed. He received no
answer.
Honeymoon on Bit. Blanc.
An enterprising young couple from;
Orleans have been spending their,
honeymoon on the summit of Mt.‘
Blanc. It is recorded that the greatly 1
daring couple battled with terrific!
snowstorms for nearly twelve hours,
but in spite of all dangers and diffi-;
culties they followed tenaciously the;
route marked through the fields of
ice, and at last stood proudly at the
top of the mountain, 15,800 feet high.
There they embraced and swore eter- 1
nal fidelity toward one another in the
presence of their guides, who had as¬
suredly never before seen so daring a>
bride and bridegroom. The descent,
with its many dangers, was then ef¬
fected with success. On arriving at
Chamounix, after nearly three days’
absence, they were given a magnifi¬
cent reception by the inhabitants and
tourists. A big gun was fired in their
honor, there was a pyrotechnic dis¬
play, and the inevitable triumphant
music from a blaring brass band fol¬
lowed.—Boston Record.
The Value of Exercise.
Any one who does not take time for
exercise will probably have to make
time to be ill.
Exercise gradually increases the
physical powers and gives strength to
resist sickness.
Exercise does for the body what in¬
tellectual training does for the mind—
educates and strengthens it.
A sound and healthy body is the
foundation of all that goes to make
life a success. Exercise will enable
you to obtain it.
Next to sleep, light, brisk and
varied exercise will rest the tired
brain more than anything else.
Metal rusts if not used, and th
body becomes diseased if not exer-
cised.
Very Likely.
Counsel appointed to defend ar
Irishman challenged several of th*
jury, who, his client said, had a preju¬
dice against him. “Are there anj
more jurymen who have a prejudice
against you?” whispered the barrister.
“No, sir, the jury’s awlroight; but Oi
want been you to challenge the Judge. I’ve
convicted under him several
times already, and loikely he’s be¬
ginning to have a prejudice agaiuai
me.”—Tit-Bits.
Politeness.
“Pausing the other day at a push¬
cart standing by the sidewalk to buy
dropped an apple,” said Mr. Xobbleton, “1
a nickel, which fell between
the curb and the wheel of the cart, an
inconvenient place from which to re¬
cover it. As I stooped to pick it up,
the vendor said: lion’t,’ and he
handed me a nickel from his own
pocket. He would pick it up.”—New
York Sun.
Japanese air cushions are made oi
paper and cotton, take up,when empty,
no more room than a pair of gloves,
and cost only one-third as much as
rubber cushions.
SHOOTINC KLONDIKE RAPIDS,
Many Dangers Presented Even to tlie
Water Traveler.
There are dangers en route to the
Klondike, even when the water route
is followed*. The river steamer, in
shooting the dangerous White Horse
rapids and Miles Canyon on its way
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from Lake Bennett to Dawson, goes
through many difficulties. On enter¬
ing the canyon with its huge wall-like
sides, there is an abrupt turn, and it
is most difficult to prevent the steam¬
er dashing against the rocks as the
turn is made. The illustration rep¬
resents the steamer Goddard on her
way to Dawson City. She just grazed
her side against the sheer rugged cliffs
as she entered, but the captain brought
her round in a straight line with the can¬
yon, and no damage resulted. The
engines were kept at full speed to
give her steerage way, and as she
tore down the river the excitement
was intense. After fifteen minutes of
suspense, during which five miles of
swift water was traversed, the steam-
ar took her last leap in the foaming
White Horse, and entered the lower
branches of the Sixty Mile. Then on
she went through Lake Lebarge to
the Pelly River. Though the waters
were unknown, and the rocks and i
sandbars not shown an any chart, the
japtain, with an apparently instinc¬
tive knowledge and with consummate
judgment, ing each treacherous cleared every obstacle, not¬
future place for use in
trips.
Two Shades.
Two misty shades met in illimitable
space.
“Ah,” cried one, “why sighest
thou?”
“I sigh,” replied the other, “over
the sad decline of a decaying stage.”
“You do!” cried the first. “How
3trange! For, know you, this lament-
ible decline sorely afflicts me as well.”
“To think,” moaned the other,
“that at this very moment a make-up
aose—save the mark!—doth move the
groundlings to ardent admiration.
Was ever anything so grotesque, so
Bippant, so coarse?”
“Never,” cried the first; “it passes
belief. This Cyrano’s nose seemeth
more like the gibing fancy of a Christ¬
mas mummy than the staid accessory
of a play.”
“I am glad,” said the wailing one,
“to find such quick and touching sym¬
pathy. May I ask your name?”
“I,” proudly replied the other, “am
Richard’s hump. And you?”
“I am Trilby’s foot.”
And they drifted away together.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Offset.
“This is Mr. Pneer, is it not?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You have rented a house fronting
on Mulberry square, I believe?”
“I have.”
“Well, my name is Ferguson. I
have rente’d the house next to yours,
and by a queer mistake the man I sent
to clean it up so I could move into it
went to the wrong place and cleaned
up yours. His bill, which I settled,
is quite moderate—only $1.50—and I
thought that if the work proved satis¬
factory on inspection perhaps you
would not object to assuming the pay¬
ment of that amount.”
“Not at all, sir, but I shall charge
you $1.50 for one day’s occupancy of
my house. That, I think, makes us
even, sir.”—Chicago Tribune.
Hint For the Careful Mother.
A careful mother, already “fore¬
armed” for possible catastrophes when
jubilant children and lighted candles
are apt to come into conjunction, rec¬
ommends having a large woolen blan¬
ket near at hand during the lighting
of the Christmas tree.
Wilhelmina is to Wed.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is to
marry her cousin, Prince William of
Wied. It is a love match, and, while
it does not particularly please the
courtiers and royal match-makers, who
wanted the young Queen to wed some
monarch or heir apparent, the gentle
Wilhelmina is happy.
Prince William of Wied is the
second son of Prince William Adolphus
Maximilian Charles, whose family
domain is at Neuweid, Rhenish Prussia.
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He was born March 26, 1876, and is
therefore in his twenty-third year. As
Prince of Wied he would have attracted
little attention in European court cir¬
cles; as the consort of Queen ilhelm-
ina he will be the first gentleman in the
kingdom of Holland. Only the Queen
herself will takepreceience of him, and
his place will be beside her at all court
and other official ceremonies. He .will
share her income, and his children
will inherit her throne. In a word he
wiif occupy in Holland the same posi¬
tion that Prince Albert occupied in
England as consort to Queen *S ictoria.
THE REALM OF FASHION.
A Necessity For Winter.
A necessity for the winter’s ward¬
robe is the shirt waist of fine French
flannel, the choice of patterns in this
serviceable fabric being large and
varied.
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brown and mode shades formed a
fancy bayadere stripe, and the fronts
are closed with smooth shining brass
buttons almost as large as ten cent
pieces. At each side of the narrow
box plait in centre front are five back¬
ward turning side plaits that overlap
each other at the neck, and cause
pretty fulness across the bust. Over¬
lapping plaits at the waist line arrange
the fronts in a becoming pouch that is
decidedly up to date. The back is
arranged at the top in seven small even¬
ly spaced box plaits that are gradu¬
ated to taper perceptably at the waist
line, where they are grouped closely
together.
The top is joined to the lower edge
of a pointed yoke which can be made
with or without a centre seam as pre¬
ferred. Shoulder seams join the yoke
to the fronts and single under-arm
seams join the fronts to the back. A
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collar band finishes the neck over
which may be worn a stock or white
linen collar with bow tied as here
shown. The shirt sleeves have be¬
coming fulness gathered at the top
and the small openings at the wrists
are edged with a plaiting of silk or
ribbon.
The straight cuffs have rounded ends
in latest style and a belt of ribbon
with fancy metal clasp is worn around
the waist.
To make the waist in the medium
size will require four yards of twenty-
seven-iuch material.
The Collar For the Shirt Waist.
The turn-over linen collar has a firm
hold on popular favor, but the latest
designs are cut to turn up in the back
and down in front and on the sides.
These will be worn with the silk shirt
waists of the winter. These waists
are simply made with clusters of cord¬
ed tucks. A model always popular
has three box-plaits down the front,
but this season the plaits are made of
corded tucks. Prune and yellow seem
to be the popular colors for shirt
waists; yellow, trimmed with rows of
mauve or purple velvet ribbon, is
lovely.
A Simple But Stylish Gown.
A very simple but stylish gown is
illustrated in the large engraving in
figured French flannel, showing wavy
black lines on a very blue gray ground.
Narrow black satin ribbon is used in
decorating and a half girdle of wider
ribbon is tied in a graceful bow with
ends at the front, The graduated
gathered flounce that forms the lower
part of skirt is one of the most popu¬
lar modes introduced this season. The
gown has a Princess back correctly
fitted with curved centre seam, side-
back and under-arm gores, that com¬
plete the close adjustment. The fronts
have easy fulness gathered at the neck
and close iu centre front with buttons '
and buttonholes, the ribbon girdle in¬
serted at the under-arm seams confin¬
ing the fulness at waist line. The
standing collar that finishes the neck
is topped with a circular turn over
portion that ripples becomingly. The
two seamed sleeves meet the require-
ments of size as decreed by fashion
for this season, the trimmingof velvet
at the top being arranged to meet that
on front of waist. The wrists are
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Ihe lower edge of gown is shaped
low and round to front while short in
centre back. The graduated lower
portion of flounce being quite narrow
in front and extending to half the
length, of Stt.ii t in back. The flounce
is made with a narrow heading and
the foot is trimmed with three evenly
spaced rows of black satin ribbon.
To make this gown for a lady of
medium size will require eight and
one-half yards of material thirty-six
inches es wide witte.
Ribbons For the Hats.
The wealth of ribbons used on the
newest models of gowns and lingerie
is to be ofiset by the paucity of this
garniture ou millinery, if the models
shown are indicative of the later-sea¬
son styles. Still, as the first hats
shown are always of a dressy descrip¬
tion, ribbons may play a prominent
part in trimmings for every-day hats.
Narrow laces will have the preference
j as gerie. ornamentation Ruffles on all the new lin-
; of lawn are used where
j a deep trimming- is necessary, but
! Trimmed are edged with fine narrow laces.
skirt chemise are much in
I demand, the top usually being edged
with a narrow garniture similar to the
wide trimming that edges the bottom.
Rfmodelling East Season’s Furs.
Last season’s fur capes are made
very smart by sloping off the front
edges to give the round shape so much
sought after, and sewing a frill of
chiffon or real lace on the inside edge.
Ermine capes are especially pretty
finished in this way, and cream lace
with sable is always effective.
Ornaments For the Bonnets.
Roman pearls and Rhinestones are
again used on some of the imported
bonnets and toques, and specimens of
a mock turquoise are combined with
Rhinestones and Roman pearls, mak¬
ing beautiful ornaments.
Graceful anil Generally Becoming.
This style of skirt is exceedingly
graceful and very generally becoming
to stout as well as slim figures. As
here illustrated, gray poplin was the
material used, gathered satin ribbon
in the same shade edging the flounce
and foot of front, while jet passe¬
menterie forms the attractive decor¬
ation.
The skirt has a narrow front gore
and two wide circular portions that
meet in a seam at the centre back.
The placket may be finished in centre
back or be made at the left front seam
under the flounce. Short darts fit
the top closely over the hips and the
fulness in back is laid in backward
turning plaits at each side of the
centre seam, where passementerie
loops and olives unite them according
to the prevailing mode. The skirt is
of fashionable length and measures
about four yards at the foot. The
circular flounce is applied over the
lower edge and ripple's slightly at the
front edges, where it is graduated to
very narrow width at the top. The
front gore presents a panel effect that
is exceedingly stylish. The skirt may
be suitably made of any seasonable
material in 3ilk or wool, and a charm¬
ing effect is produced when the front
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is of a contrasting fabric in
coloring. The decoration
be as plain or as elaborate as de-
the variety of trimming this
being almost unlimited,
To make this skirt for a lady of
size will require six and
yards of material forty-
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Her Peaceful Steady—Could Not
Something Worth Remembering,
Sh0 . . .
Her lips the sacred kisses of a godlet
Invite; would envied by that
Her figure be
j^ * n( j she’s the only heiress to a stack
yellow gold. accomplishments and
But spite of her
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blank despair,
Her steady is a fellow of a peaceful
of mind,
And she’s ostracized by girlies whom
soldiers left behind.
—Denver Post,
Could Not Stand Himself.
“Toby Boggs cau’t stand his
society a single evening.”
“Well—he knows himself
than we do.”—Chicago P.ecord.
A Possible Relief.
“I am troubled greatly by
said the parishioner.
“Possibly I ought to preach
night,” suggested the pastor
but nevertheless
Post.
The l’olnt of View.
“They looked at me
when I did that specialty of mine.”
“That’s right. It’s the first time
my life that I ever saxy a whole
ence yawn at once.”—•Detroit
Press.
Those Kxorbitunt Fees.
Papa—“We must cut down our
ily expenses.”
Mamma—“Well.”
Papa—“Can't Robbie be induced
accept a regular salary for taking
mediciue?”—Detroit Journal.
Something; Worth Remembering.
“Please don’t wash me to-night,
mamma.”
“Why not, George?”
“Because I’ve been playing
Tommy Osborn’s white mice and
want to remember
Plain Dealer.
Theory v*. Practice.
“It seems to me,” said the bachelor,
“that I would let the child’s inclina¬
tions determine what he should eat.
Let Nature guide him.”
“Humph!” said the child’s father;
“if we did that, his bill-of-fare would
include matches and shoe-blacking.”
—Puck.
Why, Certainly.
“In London they call a store a shop,
don’t they?”
“Yes.”
“And an elevator’s a lift, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Then I suppose they call an ele¬
vator boy in a store a shoplifter?”—
Chicago Daily Tribune.
Why She Gave It Up.
“I thought Mamie was determined
to have a college education.”
“She was.”
“And yet I understand she ha
given it up. Why ?”
“Oh, her father insisted that she
must go to Vassar or Wellesley in¬
stead of to some co-educatioual insti¬
tution.”—Chicago Post.
A Serious Address.
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war volunteer) — “Now, men, and par¬
ticularly those among you who fought
Spaniards with me, remember—you
ain’t got any cinch to-day like we had
charging against the Spanish, who
couldn’t hit any of you, but you’re
going against the fierce American
football player and real danger. Conr-
age, now, and let no man give up th©
ball while he has an arm or limb
hanging to him.” (Cheers and hur¬
rahs.)
A Blasical Criticism.
“That musician,” said the man who
is always endeavoring to tell some¬
thing wonderful, “was a prodigy. He
composed music when he was five
years old.”
“Ye3,” answered Miss Cayenne.
“And that isn’t all. It is even sus¬
pected that his best work was done at
that age.”—Washington Star.
A Theory.
“I wonder,” said Mr. Blykins in a
pensive tone, “why it is that children
are always so anxious to forsake all
their joyous freedom from care and be
grown men.”
“Maybe,” answered hi3 young son,
“it’s because grown men get attention
and sympathy when they have a stom¬
ach-ache, instead of being laughed at. ”
—Washington Star.
A Water-Color.
Showman—“This, ladies and gentle¬
men, is the most realistic picture of
the Spanish navy extant.”
Uncle Reuben—“Why, that looks
like—like”-
Showman—“Liko blue water, Bir."
Uncle Reuben—“Well, where’s tha
Spanish navy?”
Showman—“Under the water, sir.
Please step aside and let the rest of
the crowd Bee.”—Judge.
Pinning Him Mown.
“Of course,” he said in an off-hand
way, “it goes without saying that a
beautiful girl like you must have had
many offers of marriage.”
She blushed prettily, and her eves
seemed to say “Of course,” but she
did not answer otherwise.
“And of course,” he went on, “I
wouldn’t think of asking who any of
the men were or anything about them,
but I am interested iu knowing ifow
they do it.”
Then she roused herself.
“See here,” she said. “Are you
trying to get pointers for a proposal
to me or to some other girl?”
Thus it was that she pinned him
down, as it were, and brought him to
the point.—Chicago Post*