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Bushmen Hunting the Ostrich.
The bushman divests himself of all
his encumbrances; water vessels, food,
cloak, assegai and sandals are left be
hind. Armed only with his how, ar
rows and knife, he sets forth. The
nearest ostrich is feeding more than a
mile away, and there is no covert but
the long, sun-dried, yellow grass, but
that is enough for the bushman.
Worming himself over the ground
with the greatest caution, he crawls
flat toward the bird. No serpent could
traverse the grass with less disturb
ance. In the space of an hour and a
half he has approached within a hun
dred yards of the tall bird. Nearer
he dare not creep on this bare plain,
and, at more than twenty-five paces, be
cannot trust his light reed arrows.
He lies patiently hidden in the grass,
his bow and arrows ready in front of
him, trusting that the ostrich may
draw nearer.
It is a long wait under the biasing
sun, close on two hours, but his in
stinct serves him, and at last, as the
sun shifts a little, the great ostrich
feeds that way. It is a magnificent
male bird, jet black as to its body
plumage and adorned with magnificent
white feathers upon the wings and
tail. Kwaneet’s eyes glisten, but he
moves not a muscle. Closer and closer
the ostrich approaches. Thirty paces,
twenty-five, twenty. There is a slight
musical twang upon the hot air, and
a tiny yellowish arrow sticks well into
the breast of the gigantic bird. The
ostrich feels a sharp pang and turns
at once. In that same instant a sec
ond arrow is lodged in its side just
under the wing feathers. Now the
stricken bird raises its wings from its
body and speeds forth into the plain.
But Kwaneet is quite content. The
poison of those two arrows will do his
work effectually. He gets up, follows
the ostrich, tracking it after it has dis
appeared from sight by its spoor, and
in two hours the game lies here before
him amid the grass, dead as a stone.—
Longman’s Magazine.
Accidents on British Koads.
During 1890 there were 1,090 per
sons killed and 5,877 injured on the
British railroads, 93 of the killed be
ing passengers and 4-17 employes. The
total number of passengers carried
that year, exclusive of season-ticket
Kolders, was 980,339,077, so that the
proportion of the passengers killed
was one in 10,541,287.
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WOOD IN BICYCLES.
The Wheal Creates a Good Demand In
the Lumber Trade.
The continuing and growing demand
for cycles has its effect upon ihe hard
wood lumber trade. It is estimated
that there will be produced in Ameri
can factories this year nearly 800,000
bicycles. Practically all of these are
equipped with wood rims. Each wood
rim requires L’Vi feet board measure,
and allowing one-third for waste, that
would mean a consumption of 6,000,000
feet, almost exclusively rock elm. This
is for the rims alone, to say nothing
of the guards and handle bars, but
of the latter there is another story,
says the Lumberman.
The consumption of 6,000,000 feet or
thereabouts of rock elm does not iook
very large in a business which is ac
customed to deal with hundreds of mil
lions, but when it is remembered that
only about 15 per eent. of hard maple
is available for rim purposes, and that
therefore 40,000,000 feet of one of the
minor hard woods must be handled
over in order to obtain this material,
the importance of the bicycle demand
in this special way will be recognized.
We spoke above of wooden handle
bars. That is to be the next thing in
bicycles, according to authorities on
the subject. Wood, principally hick
ory, perhaps a little ash, is to be used
instead of steel tubing, not because of
any decrease in weight, but because of
the superior elasticity of the wood,
making the wheels easier to ride and
less fatiguing to the hands and arms.
Furthermore, it will be an advantage
to tho manufacturers, as bent tubing
is a difficult article to manufacture,
whereas hickory can be bent into any
desired shape; and then again, the new
bars will be cheaper. There is no
prospect of any less number of bi
cycles being manufactured in the near
future than in the present or the past,
and perhaps 1,000,000 bicycles next
year may be placed new upon the mar
ket.
A considerable portion of them, it
is said, perhaps the majority, will have
hickory bars made of second growth
hickory. That is another thing for the
hard-wood men to take note of. But
the consumption of lumber, due to the
bicycle trade, does not stop with this.
There is crating. What that amounts
to no one seems to know, but about
every bicycle, sooner or later, is in
vested with a crate of its own, and
this requirement must mean a con
siderable increase in consumption of
coarse lumber, so, though the bicycle
is largely a thing of tubing, wire and
forging, it has some influence on the
lumber trade.
Hostile Indians in Alaska.
A Klondike miner who recently vis
ited W. W. Wcare at the offices of
the North American Transportation
and Trading Company in San Fran
cisco, Cal., said that there were moun
tains of gold in Alaska, and that more
of the yellow metal would rpmain in
the ground for years to come than
would be taken out, for the reason
that it was located in territories where
hostile Indians abounded. He said:
‘‘There are tribes in Alaska which
have never seen a white man. have
never been counted and never even
mentioned by name. The Innuits, or
Eskimos, live on the north and north
west coasts and up the lower Yukon,
Copper and Tanana rivers; they are
identical in race with the Klamaths,
Apaches and Navajos of this country,
and are fierce and dangerous. The
Thlinkets live on the southern coasts,
and are the merchants, traders and
pack-carriers. On islands off the
coast live the Hydas, who are often
practically white, and are supposed to
be of some unknown race—possibly
the same as the Japanese.”
A White Throat Racer.
George Stewart, while working on
the farm of J. Kennedy Tod, the New
York banker, at Sound Beach, Conn.,
came upon a reptile known as a white
throat racer, which was coiled behind
a rock.
He procured a gun and fired at the
snake, slightly wounding it. The
snake, a monster, sprang at liim and
hit him on the shoulder, hut was
knocked to one side.
Mr. Stewart seized a rail, and for
more than an hour there was a run
ning fight between him and the snake.
When it was finally killed the reptile
was found to measure eight inches
around and nearly ten feet in length.
The snake is the largest ever seen
there. —Trenton (N. J.) American.
Needle and Thread In Her Ankle.
Dr. E. C. Tinsley performed an oper
ation upon the left ankle of Mrs. John
Routh, of Jeffersonville, Ind., which
revealed a rather remarkable condi
tion. Mrs. Routh had been suffering
from sharp pains in the ankle, and
the Incision showed that a piece of
darning needle an inch long, with a
piece of thread, had found lodgment
there. The thread was encysted.—ln
dianapolis Sentinel.
Four new railway lines —three of
them tributaries to the St. Gotthard
line —have Just been opened in Swit
zerland. Express trains from Berlin
to Rome by way of Zurich will soon
be run over one of these new roads.
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'When to Uno Phosphate*.
The tendency of phosphate to revert
to insoluble forms when brought in
contact with dry earth makes it neces
sary to use it only in places and at
times when plenty of rains will supply
the moisture to keep its plant food in
condition for use. Hence phosphate
is much more effective used on fall
grown grain, or on the crops planted
very early in the spring. If a long
spell of dry weather follows its appli
cation the phosphate will revert so that
water alone will not again dissolve it.
But in soils which contain any organic
matter the water they contain must
have an excess of carbonic acid gas,
which is derived from the. decay of
plants. It is this carbonic acid gas in
spring waters that makes them bubble
up as they come out of the earth and
adds greatly to their pulatableness. In
their passage through the soil these
waters have come in contact with much
carbonic acid gas, and have necessarily
absorbed a part of it. But on lime
stone soils this spring water has already
absorbed as much lime as it eiui'Tiold.
Consequently it is less valuable to
make phosphate of lime soluble than
is ordinary rain water which has ab
sorbed its carbonic acid gas directly
from the atmosphere only.
The best effects of superphosphate
of lime are to be found on land that is
low, moist and full of vegetable mould.
This usually has but little lime, and
what carbonic acid gas its water con
tains is free from that mineral. This
is very important. The value of super
phosphate consists very largely in its
excess of phosphate over the lime it
contains. So soon as more lime is
added, this excess combines with sul
phurie acid, which must exist in all
superphosphate. This makes it mere
ly sulphate of lime. Hence the prac
tice of some farmers in extending their
high-priced superphosphate by adding
to it of gypsum or land plaster is a
great mistake. At its best, the super
phosphate contains all and more of
this gypsuui than the soil requires.
To add more only puts the whole of
the phosphate into a condition where
it can only be dissolved when brduglxt
into contact with carbonic acid gas, or
some other equally powerful solvent.
Both potash and salt are excellent
for top-dressing land on which phos
phate has been drilled witb the grain
crop. It is not best to try to mix these
and drill them together. The super
phosphate in moist soil will help the
plant best alone. Besides, both salt
and potash draw moisture from the air
so rapidly that when mixed with phos
phate they make it too wet and sticky
to drill evenly. But applied in spring
or fall, pliospliated winter grain, either
salt or ashes, will produce a very re
markable effect in enabling both the
grain crop and the grass or clover
seeding to utilize the phosphate ap
plied the fall before. Salt especially
should always be used on pliosphated
land in the spring. It will be all
washed away by winter and spring
freshets if it is applied in the fall.
Practical Sheep Husbandry*
The sheep should be clipped clean
about tbe bind part-:, lest tilth may
gather aud attract the blow flies. A
mixture of glycerine and fish oil in
equal parts is excellent to smear those
parts ofthe sheep as a preventive of fly
blow.
Never force tbe sheep to jump over
bars or fences half let down. Their
weak shin Irenes may be snapped like
glass rods by catching between the
rails.
The hateful flies will soon be at
work. Prepare for them by using tar
on the sheeps' noses; it drives off the
flies by its smell; or the flies stick in
it. If mixed with grease of any kind,
half and half, it w ill be less apt to
harden and dry.
While at pasture the sheep should
have aceess to salt. A flock will visit
the salting place twice a day regular
ly. Halt is a good tonie and prevents
indigestion which produces destruc
tive diarrhoea, ajj the worse when the
weather is w arm.
Plant a bit of fodder corn, none of
the sweet kinds, in readiness for the
weaned lambs by and by. It is food
and cool shelter for them. Plant in
rows thirty inches apart, and plant
ten inches apart in the rows. By
using the succeeding early kinds one
may have fresh feeding all through the
summer aud up to frost.
Before the flock is turned out for
the summer, the feet should be put in
the best condition. The sole should
be pared and tbe toes clipped, other
wise there may be trouble with sore
feet.
It is a common impression, it can
not be called a belief, that sheep do
not require water. A flock that has
access all the time to it will drink
several times a day.
Ewes from which the lambs have
been taken should be examined twice a
day to avoid injury to the udder. It
is as necessary to dry off a ewe as it is
to dry off the cows. Stocking of the
udder is also a bad thing in warm
weather, on account of the danger
from blow flies, should the udder
fester and discharge matter.
In docking lambs it is always nec
essary to draw the skin up toward the
root of the tail before the cut is made.
r lhe cut is best made by a pair of
shears, so that it shall not he too
smooth; a common pruning shears is I
a good thing to make the cut with, as
a rough wound does not bleed much.
But the bleeding may be checked any
how in a short time by applying a
little powdered bluestoue to the
wound and drawing the wool over it
by means of a little tar. This is all
I that is needed.
j Overfeeding is one of the worst
dangers to which a lamb can be ex
posed. To feed the ewe tw'o ears of
corn over a quart of bran and a hand
ful of oil cake three times a day will
be sure to make trouble with the
lambs, not to mention feeding a pint
and a half of cow’s milk a day. Of
course one wants to do the best with a
pure-bred lamb, but it must not be
killed with kindness. One of tl.ie
special traits of the pure-bred sheep is
that they do better than the common
ones on the same feed. Deduce the
ewe’s grain; don’t give musty hay,
and give no cow’s milk to the lambs.
The condition of the newly born
lamb is duo to that of the ewe. A
weak ewe will bring a weak lamb or a
dead one, and the cause of the weak
ness may go back for some time. Give
the weak lambs some cow’s milk, fresh
and warm, and give the ewes a bran
mash with two ounces of linseed meal
in it, Diarrhoea in yearlings may be
treated by giving only one single tea
spoonful dose of castor oil morning and
night for u few days. To make a ewe
own her lamb put a little salt with
some sugar in it on the w 001, and put*
the ewe in a narrow stall, and tie her.
Enclose the lamb in the stall with the
ewe.
Sheep are hardy animals, and if
kept dry and well fed will thrive and
enjoy life in the coldest weather, be
ing naturally provided with a warm
coat that is impervious to the cold if
it is only dry. A dark, warm stable is
as a dungeon to them; they will pine
and fret and in this condition n sheep
will not eat. The confinement of
your ewe is doubtless what is the mat
ter with it. The feeding, too, is not
sufficient, nnd that the ewe declined
the rations mentioned shows it to be a
sensible animal. Some grain is most
desirable for sheep in the winter. It
acts well on the bowels, while only
dry fodder, unless it is the best of
clover hay, is not enough to keep them
in good thrift. If only four ounces of
grain is given it will do much good.
Oats is an excellent grain for tho
flock.—American Sheep Breeder.
Voullry Firkins;*.
Pullets do not fatten as rapidly as
hens.
Keep the drinking vessels out of the
sun.
Wheat is one of the best egg-pro
ducing foods.
Coarse bones in a fowl indicate
coarse meat.
After the breeding season is over
sell the roosters.
“Darkness in the comb of a fowl in
dicates indigestion.
Good blood will tell in fowls as well,
as in other farm animals.
Using a good spray pump is a quick
way of applying whitewash.
If chicks are allowed a free run on
light, warm days it will add consider
ably to their vigor.
New blood in poultry is the basis of
beauty, vigor and prolificness. Intro
duce it at least every two years.
One object in keeping poultry is to
use them, as agents in converting grain
I into something more valuable.
One good way of preventing disease
1 among poultry is to breed away from
it; get stock that is free from disease.
A point always to be observed in
shipping poultry to market is to see
that it never gets in later than Friday
morning, as there is not much selling
to retailers Saturday. They lay in
their supply the day before.
Keeping the best of the early hatched
pullets, and especially those that are
from liens that are good layers, is one
of the cheapest anil best ways of im
proving the poultry on the farm. But
ill order to lessen the liability of mak
ing a mistake, ill a majority of caSes it
will be better to select out the number
of pullets desired to keep, and then
mark them in some v ay, so that in
i selling off the young pullets there will
ibe no mistake. A little care in this
i line at the right time will help rna-
I terially in securing better pullets.
.No Prisons in Iceland.
In Iceland there are no prisons, and
the inhabitants are so honest in their
hnbits that such defences to property
as locks, bolts and bars are not re
quired; nor are there any police in the
island. Yet its history for 1000 years
records no more than two thefts. Of
these two cases one was that of a na
tive, who was detected after stealing
several sheep, but as he had done so
to supply his family, who were suffer
ing for want of food, when he had
broken his arm, provisions were fur
nished to them and work was found
for him when able to do it, and mean*
while he was placed under medical
care; but the stigma attached to his
crime was considered sufficient punish
ment.
The other theft was by a German,
who stole seventeen sheep. But as he
was in comfortable circumstances and
the robbery was malicious, the sen
tence passed upon him was that he
should sell all his propeity, restore
the value of what he had stolen and
then leave the country or be executed,
and he left at once.
But, though crime is rare in Ice
land, and its inhabitants are distin- j
guislied for honesty and purity of
morals, there is, of course, provision
for the administration of justice, which
consists, first of all, by appeals to the
court of three judges at Reykjavik, the
capital; and lastly in all criminal and
most civil eases, to the Supreme Court
at Copenhagen, the capital of Den
mark, of which kingdom the island
forms a part. The island of Panaris j
(one of the Lipari group) is equally
fortunate in having neither prisons
nor lawyers, and being absolutely des
titute of both paupers and criminals.—
Boston Transcript.
| Hon tlu? Moon ■ Fixes Soft ('mb Prices
| The prices for the soft crabs are
I governed largely by the phases of the
1 moon. The sloughing season of the
j crab is after the dark of the moon, in
! creasing as the moon nears its full.
Operated upon by the unvarying law
of supply and demand, as the supply
becomes more abundant at the moon’s
full, prices often drop to ten or fifteen
cents per dozen, while at other sea
sons the fancy prices at from sixty to
eighty cents are received. —Philadel-
phia Record.
r HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
J
When Fingers Are Stained.
When the Ungers are stained in
! peeling fruits, preparing green wal
j nuts, or in similar ways, dip them in
] strong tea, rubbing them well with a
1 nail brush, and afterward wash them
in warm water aud the stains will dis
i appear.
Doorchcd Linen.
To restore scorched linen, take two
ouious, peei and slice them and ex
! tract the juice by squeezing or pound
ing. Then cut up half an ounce of
white soap and add two ounces of
Fuller’s earth; mix with them the
onion juice and half a pint of vinegar.
Boil this composition well, aud spread
it, when cool, over the scorched part
of the linen, leaving it to dry thereon.
Afterwards wash out the linen.
llay Qulltfl.
The inveterate sewing woman’s last,
worst gift to the world is the; hay
quilt. It is made of flannelette, cre
tonne or wool and a few armfuls of
hay. The good art sewed across the
top and bottom from side to side at
distances of about fourteen inches;
then the hay is put in lightly and the
remaining side sewed down. When
the hay becomes limp the quilt may
be hung before the lire, aud it will soon
become crisp again. The warmth of
these quilts cannot bo realized except
by those who have tried them.—New
York Journal.
To Clean Carpets.
For cleaning the spots on the carpet
ox gall or ammonia and water are ex
cellent. 'The proportion is one table
spoonful of household ammonia to four
parts of water, or use one tabiespoon
ful of ox gall to one quart of water.
Apply with a sponge or flannel not too
wet and rub until nearly dry. Lime
spots may be removed with vinegar.
This must be used quickly and washed
off immediately. For soot, cover with
salt or cornmeal and sweep up. To
remove ink spots pour on milk, and as
it becomes colored absorb with a blot
ting or other soft absorbent paper;
coarse butcher’s paper is good. As
soon as the ink is removed wash with
warm water and castile soap—nothing
stronger—to remove the grease of the
milk.
Silver's* Tarnish.
To remove stains from silver, especi
ally such as are caused by medicine or
by neglect, use sulphuric acid, rubbing
it on with a little flannel pad, then
rinsing the articles most carefully at
once. For less ingrained stains, the
pulp of a lemon, whose juice has been
used for lemon squash, may be recom
mended, as both efficient aud harm
less. Indian silver and brass is al
ways cleaned by natives with lemon or
1 imes. It may be as well to warn house
keepers in these days, when pretty
serving is such a consideration, that,
where one had to reheat food in a sil
ver dish from which it s impossible to
shift the eatable, a baking tin should
be half tilled with hot water, a doubled
sheet of paper should be placed in this
and the silver dish stood upon it, after
which it will take no harm from the
effects of the oven heat. Again, as
eggs and vinegar are alike apt to dis
color plated or silver dishes, always
run a little weak aspic * jelly over the
silver dish before dishing the mayon
naise, etc., to be served in it, and if
this coating is allowed to set before
putting in the other materials the dish
will suffer no damage that hot soap and
water will not easily remove.
Recipes.
Pears With Whipped Cream —Peel
five medium-sized pears, which must
be perfectly ripe. Cut the fruit into
eighths the long way of the pears, re
moving the cores. In serving add a
tablespoonful of powdered sugar to
each dish of the pears and on top
place two teaspoonfuls of whipped
cream.
Cheese Fingers—One cupful of
flour, one tahlespoonful of butter, one
quarter of a cupful of grated cheese,
one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, a
dash of cayenne, one-half of a tea
spoonful of baking powder; mix with
water as for biscuit. Roll out thin;
cut in finger lengths and bake pale
brown in a moderate oven.
Eels en Matelote au Gratin—Cut
two pounds of eels into inch lengths
and rub inside with a little salt. Fry
an onion, cut small, in a little butter;
add the eel, a pint of broth, half a bay
leaf, six pepper cones and three
cloves. Simmer three-quarters of an
hour and pour into a shallow baking
pan; cover with bread crumbs; dot
with butter and bake a light brown.
Broiled Tomatoes—Three or four
tomatoes of good size properly slioed
are quite sufficient. After peeling and
chilling them to keep them firm slice
them. Season with two saltspoonfuls
of salt and a sin-inkling of pepper;
dip them in melted butter and then in
sifted bread crumbs. Cover with a
tin pan to keep in the heat and broil
for eight minutes, turning them when
they browu. If they “run” dredge
a little flour over them. Serve on a
hot dish, with a little butter on each
slice.
Puree of Green Peas—Take two cups
of tender young green peas, a small
slice of salt pork, one onion, a carrot,
three sprigs of parsley, a branch of
soup celery, a bay leaf, one clove, a
teaspoonful of pepper, half a cupful of
rich cream and one tablespoonful of
rich butter. Put the salt pork in a
kettle over the fire, and when it has
fried a light brown add the onion and
carrot sliced fine, the parsley minced,
the bay leaf, celery and clove. Pry
the vegetables a delicate brown; add
one quart of hot water and the peas.
Let it cook slowly for an hour. Then re
move and strain through a puree sieve.
Add the cream and butter. Serve
with croutons.
At (J aril midi’s Tomb.
The other day the Crow-n Prince of
Naples, when at sea, sailed in the
neighborhood of Capera and suddenly
landed in the company with au ,'officer
audvisited Garibaldi’s tomb. The Prince
remained a long time in contempla
tion, with his head uncovered, and
gathered a branch of Oleander growing
near the hero’s grave as a present to
the King. The improvised visit was
not known to the Governor of the
Island until after the Prince had left.
Scotch and Welsh volunteers at
Aldershot, England, are getting praise
for their unanimity in church-going on
Sunday and hymn-singing.
hhtyyt
rrcclous StoiM.'M Fade*
The powerful chemical effects of tho
sun are felt even by precious stones.
I The ruby, sapphire and emerald suffer
less than other colored stones in this
respect, but it lias been shown In ex
periment that a ruby lying in a shop
window for two years became muoh
lighter in tint than its mate, kept in a
dark place during that period. Gar
nets and topazes are more easily af
fected. Pearls are said to show de
terioration with age, but if they are not
worn constantly they will recuperate
wonderfully during brief vacations
spent in quiet and darkness. The
only species of ill luck which the prac
tical person believes the opal will
bring to its owner is that of loss if the
stone is exposed carelessly to heat.
It is liable to crack, being composed
principally of silicic acid, with a little
water.
l'oftfng Sittorfi Before* a Camera.
“As to the actual work under a
skylight, only a few general hints may
be given, as here each must ‘work out
her own salvation,’” writes Frances
Benjamin Johnson in an article,
“What a Woman Can Do With a
Camera,”, in the Ladies’ Home Jour
nal. “Do not attempt to pose people,
or to strain, your sitters into uncom
fortable or awkward positions, in or
der to obtain picturesque effects.
Watch them, and help them into poses
that are natural and graceful. Study
their individuality, striving to keep
the likeness, and yet endeavoring to
show them at their best. Avoid em
l>liasizing the peculiarities of the face
either by lighting or pose; look for
curves rather than angles or straight
lines, and try to make the interest in
the picture centre upon what is most
effective in your sitter. The one rule
of lighting is never to have more than
a single source of light. Many por
traits, otherwise good, are rendered
very inartistic by being lighted from
several different directions.”
The American Girl in Fiction.
‘ ‘Sometimes the characteristic t3 r pe of
the American heroine of fiction is
vulgar, sometimes cold-hearted, or un
kind, or willful, or indiscreet, but she
is never stupid,” writes “Droch” in
the Ladies’ Home Journal. “That is
the verdict of contemporary observers
on the American girl. Whatever she
may be or do she always has her wits
about her; she is ‘smart. ’ While her
father delights in managing factories,
stock operations, or railroads, she de
lights in managing men. And in
every kind of fiction which she domi
nates the men seem to be uniformly
glad to lie managed by her. Often in
fiction she has been lacking in certain
graces—chiefly the supreme grace of
tact. But there are signs that our
novelists have discovered that the
American girl possesses this grace
also, and so it happens that to-day she
trails through fiction not only with
fine clothes, and a beautiful face, and
generous deeds, and witty, if imperti
nent remarks-—hut there is develop
ing around her a gracious mnuner, an
unconscious simplicity that shows it
self in consideration for the weak
nesses of others—in addition to that
keen knowledge of their foibles which
was always hers. What we , have yet
to hope for is that her wealth or her
poverty may lie made less obtrusive
and less a significant part of her al
ways attractive personality.”
The Women of Tennessee.
In the success of the Tennessee Cen
tennial Exposition the energetic wo
men of that State has been a powerful
factor. Their work did not appear upon
the surface until after the gates were
opened and the grounds were thronged
with visitors from everywhere. It was
then noticed that their building was
the most beautiful of all there; that its
interior construction was a model, so
far as exhibiting, seeing, hearing, com
fort and convenience were concerned.
The next point noticed was the excel
lence and value of the articles ex
hibited in its rooms and hails.
Every woman’s industry had there
some product or creation as its expon
ent; every State showed its friendly
offices in some object of beauty or of
value. The history of Tennessee was
written in curios, relics, paintings,
manuscripts, miniatures and ancient
documents, and suggestions for the
benefit of the women of the State, for
the education of the children of Ten
nessee and for the amelioration of its
existing conditions were conspicuous
every here and there. ,
Fine taste was manifested in the
sequence of exhibits and in the ar
rangement of objects. Every precau
tion was taken to make the visitors
feel at home and to supply any particu
lar want.
Officials were always on duty, re
ceiving guests with charming courtesy
and extending to every friend a hos
pitality worthy of the capital of that
heroic commonwealth.
Their work breathed a spirit of
American ambition, energy and pro
gress. It showed that the women of
the Volunteer State were not behind
those in any part of the Union in pa
triotism, public spirit and unflagging
industry.
When it is remembered that Ten
nessee is not a rich State, nor Nash
ville an opulent city, that the financial
resources of the exposition were not
over large, and the women depended
chiefly upon their own exertions to
make their department of any worth,
their success is all the more praise
worthy au<l their efforts the more re
markable.
They have done much for the exposi
tion and for Nashville. They have
done more for the State. They have
helped to make Tennessee popular, to
attract immigrants, enterprise and
capital.
These are the things needed by
every growing community, and what
ever supplies the want is to be com
mended and admired. —New York Mail
and Express.
Gossip.
There are 215 women serving ou
school committees in Massachusetts,
There are twenty-five Bulgarian;
women studying medicine at the Fac
ulty of Nancy in France.
Out of the enormous number of
women in Constantinople—the popu
lation is a million—not more than 5900
can read or write.
For the first (time in several years
there are no women at Cambridge Uni
versity (England) this year in the first
class in either classics or mathematics.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Beed, of Chicago,
has been elected a member of the
Royal Asiatic Booietyof Loudon, this
in honor of her successful work in Hin
doo and Persian literature.
Mrs. Alphonse Daudet once told of
an old aunt who slept in the room
next her room, and who every even
ing recounted all the doings of the
day to the portrait of her husband,
dead years before.
The Princess Louise is engaged in
sculptoring the figure of an angel with,
out-stretched wings, which is to be
placed over the altar in the Prince
Henry, of Battenberg Memorial
Chapel at St. Mildred’s
Mrs. Harriet Smith Cushing, the
temperance and woman suffrage leader,
who died at her home in Leavenworth,
Kan., on August 12, was the origin
ator of the Woman’s Club, aud was
well-known in New York.
Elizabeth Mai’bury, playwright ar.d
adaptor also of Sardou and other
Frauch dramatists for the American
stage, has just been decorated by the
French Government with the purple
ribbon that indicates an officer of the
French Academy.
One of the pioneer women doctors in
England, Mrs. Garrett Anderson, at
one of the jubilee congresses .spoke of
tho earnings of successful women
running from SIOOO to SSOOO per an
num. The London Woman says the
higher sum is one seldom reached,
however.
France is not usually considered
centre of feminine advancement, yet a
recent census shows that it has 2150
feminine authors and journalists, while
its female sculptors and painters
amount to 700. Of the authoresses
1000 are novelists, 200 “lyrical poets”
and 150 educational writers.
Jt is said that Helen Keller is much
interested in matters of dress and that
she is especially particular about the
color of her dress. She has a fondness
for the frou-frou effect of her skirts,
the rustle that betokens silken linings.
In all tbe minor particulars of tbe toilet
she is exquisitely fastidious.
In Chicago there is a colored wo
man who practice law with success,
she passed the examinations with great,
credit and received her license to prac -
tice. Miss Platt speaks German and
French with ease, and so secures good
patronage from foreigners; her prac
tice is of the office rather than the
court room.
Fashion Note*.
A gray and black feather boa wsti
be found among the nejv trousseaux
French women never wear a glove
too tight, so it lasts longer and wears
better, and encourages them to buy t
good quality as well.
Stockinet and good rubber drew
shields can be washed in warm soap •
suds, pulled into shape and dried by
hanging them in a window.
Odd effects, combining features ir a
faucy short-skirted jack-bodice and t
slashed bolero, appear upon the new
est gowns for autumn wear.
A scientist declares that the fine
complexion of English girls is due to
the fogs which so frequently sweep
over Albion. Dampness seems to per
meate the flesh and keep the skin soft.
The overskirt continues to put ia
claims for favor this season, and
models pointed in effect and quite ar.
long as the underskirt before they are
drapped appear among approved fash
ions for the fall and winter.
One or two leaders of fashion, net.
noted for ideas of economy, have worn,
gowns of one material for the sleevea
and skirt and a second for a blouse,
belt, collar and epaulette. This idea
might be worked up in making over
silk and woolen gowns from last sea
son.
The slashed” models,, giving the
effect of a long square apron front,
reach quite to the bottom of the sec.
ond skirt, and on tailor costumes of
cloth, mohair, tweed, cheviot, etc.,
the slashed edges are decorated w ith
silk gimps put in various fanciful de
signs.
On French overskirt gowns some
have very loug sharp shawl points,
trimmed with triple frills, sometimes
wide, sometimes very narrow. On
such gowns the underskirt is trimmed
to match, but the greater portion of the
underskirts are finished with a deep
machine-stitched hem.
America’** First Cotton Mill.
The tablet which is to mark the site
of the first cotton mill in America was
put in place yesterday at the corner of
Dodge and Cabot streets, North Bev
erly, says the Boston Herald. Thera
was no formal exercises, hut among
those invited by the Beverly Historical
Society to be present was the Hon. Kj
S. Bautoul, of Salem, as the result *•♦
whose researches the fact was demon
stratpd that this was really the first
cotton mill in America. It seems that,
when Mr. Bautoul was Mayor of
Salem he was invited to Pawtuek
R. 1., to attend the celebration of the
centennial of the opening of the first
cotton mill in America. He did not
go, but he began to look up the history
of the cotton mills. The result de
monstrated beyond doubt that the mill
| in Beverly antedated that in Paw
i tucket by some years. The facts arc
substantiated by no less a person than
! George Washington, who on liis tone
through New England made a visit to
this mill in 1879, and recorded at
length his impressions. This was s
j year before Slater came to America,
I and two years before he started hit*
i mill in Pawtucket. The Beverly mill
| vras built and running in 1788.