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20 STEEL BELT ACROSS ASIA. TBAIMIRI I.INI ITIOM *T, FETFH.MII HCi TO % I K. I norinnut l.nbor of 1l < •nfi , nrflon. Over Momfn ltwn*** nil Irritant! \ nmi l.akrt tlit* *•#! Wintl*. 1 Itrnnuli n of Hi* h Joll ntitl bplr nllil * or* *lt-Thr l.rmi farm- Ing Motrini nf In MbArlii I nctrr Kulia' I*ntrrial ( arr—Thotianiidt of Atilirrt f.nliiK Thtlltrr Witli |>rr 1 rß>|ur t<a tlosk nnrl lrrl to I him I I* re •ftaiftl h> le Uortrn iN'-ni- I'.norMOK* 'trnlfgfHe liii> liortnnrr if thr omintinleatlnn jjvtr W hlfh llnl I iifihltil Ktitala to *>rn<l ltMi.tHHi M#*ii to Moitt'lioriat in n t|iHrr of Two W>rla. ( opyr .*M. IT-* by FT Npw York, Nov. > pon***-*** to jmy not only th* long*.* ‘ railroad in lbo norld but also t• ** Iftiicr! an? t nil |aortrttl* a?.] out i- t wroi... Thr railroad in queatlon i* the Tran -Nil* r. i;> line from 81. Peter*!' jr* lo \ llv< mo R on the Paclflr 'ot* t 4.7 H mil’ *■ >nu whi’it i now pra i ally i ♦ rnj* * •*! H . erlo L_ ‘ ■mssiiAN raiuioic codont to tiuviuno musician. the American trznx-oontlnsntal .lne have held the record in thie respect, hut Hu*- aia has e-ltpe*d them by more tan 1.500 roll**# As for the Importance of the Trane-M --herlan line, that Hi self-evident, for It* op eration meene the opening to civilisation of enorroou* tra t* of fertile land, the ultimate civilisation of the greater fxirt of Asia. and la"!, hut not hast, the tre mendous preponderant e of Russia in the eftalre of the world. This road will en aole Russia to dominate Asia*absolutely, for she wtli !>** able to whirl troops in all directions, with a rapidity that wi t shat* ter one of the dearest of Oriental trad!* lions—dignity It was in I**7 that a shrewd American, named rolling, approached Aie Russian government with a proposition to con struct a railroad from Irkutsk in Central Asia to China, with a view to ultimately extending it to the Pad lie ocean. The Whits Caar permitted him to survey the route of the mythical Amur Rallr ad Company, but he did nor allow him to build it To-day iis Trans-Siberian Rail road Is jra Hr ally completed along the route surveyed bv Codins, and Hus u owns a road of enormous -traugb im portance—so mu* h so, that she controls th* Far Hast, even though Germany and Great Britain may form paper comhUva* lions in opposition When the first surveys wine made the estimalrd cost of the road was UjO. oo but owing to th? numerou- uf)f*>tv> ei obstacles, the Anal expenditure- will bring the total to twice that ?<utix float** of • lie ferest Rrtllroail. As regards the engineering diffli'iiltl** only those who have traveel through Ki berla can realise a!t that confront* .1 ilia tontlJem of the rrfad In order to fa lit tats construction, the roitj was divided Into seven sections: ITS' West H.t>erlan, from fhcilabln.-k to Obt 9*o m I**, t— Central Kiberiin. from OH to lrkulilt 1.1(3 miles t— CirconitKilkaltan. from Ir kutsk to Myoawaya 1M mi>t t—Tranabalkallati, from Myna waya to Htrtetensk *5 mllet t—Amur.from Strletensk to K ba ba rotekt (—North F saurian. from Khi bnrofskt to <lraph*k.'t 2K rot'll 7—Houth I'ssurkit.. from Graph slut to VDdtvoetock M3 mles While the mad begins noniln illy at the br-.de•• over th* Volga tlver t Ham in In Ea>t Htieeio, (lie real start I* at Oho llablnsk In tf.e t’ral it. tuitalna the ti and terminal of the Kuropun railroad system. Shortly aftar, the r tot [xi“*e X at oust the center of the I'rallan Iron tndu-iry, where Is altuated the fatnoiie white" M n ument of Tears." whl h marks the •livid ink lines !••••■!. i • . ••• i *' 1 - 1 hoars these two names on ocpodte fid Jt was here that the wr- t.-h. it omed to exile It) Siberia, with all that • is p t* tended were worst to thro* their at ill * about the math shaft anti k!* the mm* ''Europe’' a tlnal farewell, le-ovtr.it the boundary, the road pisses and wn the eastern slofe s of the I'rn.s a due eastern dire Hon. to Omsk, wn. • It crosses the Irtish tlver over a t-tid-f four milts* long, supported hy enortno i piers to withstand the ire Jams wh. :t at of auch rise and force, as to be a.ne -t Irresistible. In order to obviate the rt<-. t-eesiiy for rebuilding he bridge every soring. the engineers pU -d huge M ■ prows on the upper eld" of each pier, fur •he purpose of opMtlng the Ice. as It rushes down the river. Strange to say. the road doe* not toil i Tobolsk, the Siberian cupltai til I* con lierttsl by a bran t line), out pae-. * In it southeasterly direction to Lake Baikal, the largest lake in Central Asia It Is as long as England an.l contain* 13 Fit) square miles of surface Cp to this point, thoae |n charge of building the road ex perienced no great difficulty, hut th*' lake caused them much anxiety. It I* sur rounded on all sides by pf#< ipitous moun tains, covered by immense forests and a*, owing to th* extreme depth of the water bridging was out °f **"' question. .* long detour had to i>e made around the soutu #m end of the lake. From I.ake Baikal, the road aseends to Khakarokaat an alti tude of 3.412 feel above (he sea level, the highest point reached, where It ex tends into three branches. one to \ ladl voatok. one to Newell srang und the other (yet unbuilt) to Corea Siberia a Canntry of Brent IVrllllts. Contrary to general belief. Ihe road, does not pass through a sterile barren e.v.ntry, Siberia, except In the lar north. l Immensely fertile- r..r hen tre l .f ml!.* uiotiK Its** roi l stretches pr.lrle ii ! rovereil with gras?* which oftti r* * * * a bight of out feet. Milt n- of a? irraie ther* A little further tor? ~ < forest* who-** ri ne e i in ilkuSallr. Vilhfp* ari towrj r • eprihsm*? up everywhere with rap! Sit* of growth that it truly Ar*t< rl *ti Iho pAttrnilhm of the Hu*tian a v* nm u* it r*pofi*bW for, this, for it hat del m mirieri to turn the watt* iat 1- f Hi:* ila Into the granary of the world J.\ •r * train c*rri*s huiKlreoe of * tt ♦n* *v* rv m I* t ■r. . • li .l with <** Ia a tract of land, free tu*n**ort,'4i an! ; enough i* rl to >" the gr* ater fat o the 4** yet unborn farm. The Tran--Siberian Railroad will bring them* fucMiu t* of Biieria are! th<* Amur r♦ i;***• to t; • tip* < westerly market*. n well * bring: the more w* ttrly t 'man being - to the ft gior.* where they art* mo t I li" *'-!** 4. Ia- avit.r .i-ide the commer i*l a*p t <f the j<m i ? wilt i‘o *rv* to prefer * the r> tupremary of Hu m.i in A* a i.v n< a of the road. Hu.* .a waa en • l• tMftn jort more than lo * tro u.t M;fi'iiur.a within w.* w**k an I ■hii* when the ro.nl wan onlv rnl*e J m- I I khl. Aceoniina to th> p ana of th * -/ *r I* will Im able to troa ha fa * ;*.n men and .* .* !!;■ sent fju>> i • t hor * It.r Man’h ir a an-d the Am r re gion v. stbi.i tlx days at t on a~ the road ami its various* braivh*ii ate finDhed. Iliiitlmncfii of flit* Work of ( on- Mtrurlioii. Th* actual con*true!lon of the rM<i wax an herculean task. Nature nwmwl to take umbrage nt rmn aurlarity |n in vnrlinx her Wilde** precinct* and every where placed oit'!<" In the iMith of th' road In the winter ahe piled up enor mous drift** of urum through which the hardy CV*, k hud lo tunnel their way that the engineer* and laborer* might cent in tic thefr work In summer she- xcnl such Nwarmx of mosquito* that the workmt ha*l to live in high tower* to get respite from th*c pest*. And when ’ 0 ... - ' V -4 ■' '' * i *1 Ia ,- HKUOOUAPH STATION. IN WHICH Tilt: MEN MJBEIP TO ESC ATE THE MOSQUITOES. she ployed no such pranks, she retired enormous mountain*, of ft nty grsn.te, through which tunneling was Impossible and over which the road had to be con structed at great add tonal o< Fuel, 100. was scarce, and Cossack boys were employed nlrht ami day to bring twigs and sticks on the Uh Ws of patient ibaik cvs. that the workers might eat attd h, kept warm BUB, there were conpen aatlons. Th" engineers anl officials lived in rom (Miralive comfort an 1 traveled from place to (dace behind fa*t Russian horses, hitched three abreast. These hardy ani mals travel at a great rate, the center one trotting and the others galloping. Oc casionally Itinerant mini lant happened along to amuse the workers and the dwellers In that vl-lnlag' tn order to matnta n a .qfticbntlv -high degree of efficiency, s.ctt. tml stations have been eetabllsbtd every vet t o tts • thirds of an Egllsh mile. Tito station con sins of a one-story house, mole of wood, containing two room* and kPciien ll- - sween the two reams and set into the wall iw a tiled nt, n, which serv. • as heater for both apartment* Here lives the guard md his fnmlly. He wears a uniform and when Incapac lated fr* m work through In , By means of til. I . s'otlon* I."" In ' em ber, the government is enabled to m dn i. complete supervMon over the entire roadbed. llulltllitK foe the struggle Thst Is lt> Cnnif. Having carried this glennHc undertak ing thu- far. !lusla I* now eon'em lat- Inga branch to connect the Trans-Siberi an road with the Tt.ins-ta tdan r. The branch Is lo begin at Otr, k u..-’ t Join Ihe Trans-f’aspb.ti line at Taskend, whence a branch will extend *0 Slerv. within eighty mil** of the historic liera THE MOUSING NEWS: SUNDAY. DEC EM BEK 2, 1000. the flurg+r point between Ratla and Grait llritain. ?b. Hi *sia it folioainf in the footetet*s of the United State*; but din* an ensciire f farm* on it prairie lai d*, sfbe work* with ever an eye to the future when all Europe will be arrayed aaln*t the White r*ar in death *tru**lfr for the maetery of th* tnoat ahciem frt of the world when Hiiifta will have to depend upon rsrr own rnourroi to sustain her ih that etru**le And the White C*ar is building well! FUJgar Mela. Hl 1.l l .l> HIltLKi. The Unlit ami W rills Mul He F.n eirrled hr i*n trtlalle CoMlilnatlon. New York Nov. -The deep delibera tion and high artistic effort that we lavished lan year on our roller* has been divert'd this season to the production of countie** varieties of belts. La. t spring the bla k satin pulley g rdle found a limitless number of advocates, but the pulley t*i onl> started the ball to roll ing while the introduction of ribbon tag* and chenille and gold braid has almost nipped the climax. No woman believes she ran worry through the winter on fewer than ten belts, and,not only must -he have belt* for her waist, but belts for her arms J The pulley girdle ox * mechanic*! de * vice of the flrwt order *ttil hold* good, but met end of two rttibocia only knotttnn in front there are dozen* <f end* falling I frttn that point where the ring** m** t .and every end Is completed by u go!d ball, tag or decorativ# filagree ferret. The belt Itxelf |p not plain black eatin. but a combination of color* and ornamental ftchevne*. For tm*tgt.ee, the center o-f the v.'iet band, which is a I way* wldext in tin Imck. iaierl* g gradually to the cnd ■ it front, it* tnodo of white uidn xivckled Iwi!,*. black mik knots iini then loth edge* complete*! with gold galoon; or. the mhld'.e of the belt ip of • thehed taff-t* and ft* .;ic embroidered In gold. Where the gold rings are pulled l"gtther Ida, k >un rfbbona are used ami iiiuf tlnw's. In place of tlie figg'd rlbbcn ends, a casiwde of black dienllle falls nearly to the knees. Thi* is very pre4ly nnd graceful and so 1* the belt of elastic, gold braid with corded black satin edge as well a* the twit of shaded leather ami the belt of tucked *ll tin that fastens In from with tin "art nouveau" buckle; 11 buckle of dull pale gold This Is. wwh enameled flowers In Its center and sometimes with brill ants or Jeweled Insects ret among the flowir*. At the bet! counter, which ha* become on Important department In every pro gresslve Hlu,p, arc sold bolero girdle* of s Ik. satin, iwinne and gold lls*ur. They are Immensely broad as the back, shorter under th" arms and toper almost to n point In front nnd are stiffened with featherbone at Intervals. Over Ihe boned batiste foundation of such 11 girdle the Mark.white, gold or blue fabric Is artisti cally drawn and wrinkle), and then In front a lovely cut slcrl nnd brilliant or art nouveau buckle brings the end# successfully toge'Jier. •if the most gorgeous Jeweled set gold ribbon the waist I" Its are mad ard ate worn w ith afternoon ami the'ter toilets, at the top or ba*e of lace, chiffon or net undersleeves Th* soft material of the un dcrsleeves sots off the wrist belt* to per fection. and the majority of women wear theirs at that point where the soft puffs < merge from the flaring end of the upper *iceve Hold rlt-bou wrist bands heavy with caborhon turquoise, 01 eipphlres or i amethyst# are fastened like Ihe old style .'.■'•'* gold bracelets One end of each I draws through n gold buckle with a I frittgid tongue protruding and drooping beyond, ¥ D- , QUIPS AND QUIRKS OF LAW. odd ir/tU nrtitnA" from maid •Ot H< KB. lion Mach It C osts to C all a Man a Heelers a l.lttle l.ras to f all Him n l.ohstrr—Thr C oarls * Word i'setorlrn-t \Vniiin May It bhe Mashes In K e ntur I* > —Tranefer of a Wife, Japan*'**- FsMa Dr lain of “Strsw Man"— % Napoleon of loon—< one of the Too Faithful I tdo. —- (Copyright. 1900, by A H. Walker ) Washington, Nov 1 It frequently happens that the legal authorities are called upon to take cognisance of those acre *§ Son* 10 the spoken language * which, at the outset come under the head of slang. Borne times a lc*.l dec*sion upon ilk l nature or meaning o* a word or phra'ie gives to it a definite etafus. and at other t!ne*i the decision merely defines the word in respect to |t offensiveness. The handy political epithet "heeler'’ lias been sdj'dgel dangerous to use In \ i;t.el suit In the Michigan Supreme oart A newspaper at ejection time said that a man woe “known as one of the nng’a chief heeiots,*' and that In siK-ak ng of a da** in the community he *d “there is not one of them that cannot i* bought for a two-dol ir bill/* Tic* cour: paid that remark*, coupled w'ith pimilar atatemrntf, wore not on.y intended to hok) the plaintiff up to pub lic find contempt but plainly charged him with th** purpote of commit ting bribery. The use of the language however, coat the paper only slho in direct lore, tlwit bring the amount of the jiwlg* m m. j The penal value of the epithets and “liar’' have i>een ]udirla)ly determined by the Western court*. The privilege of n lawyer using in court the word “iobpter’* wax valued at s.%* hy the Judge in Imposing *i fine. In Mipeourl man called hip nciglitior a ,ar over th" telephone. Several other neighbors were listening over the wire:; ntu! th* use of the word caused a brew t of the (teace wh; i was xatUfle*! by a fine of 112. The York tour h have held that the epithet “*ca!** a* appibd by on** person to an other lx unlawful. Some !-*I U nl-C oiitlng unit I>e tlivi 11. Sometime* when the judge* cannot find Just the word they want they make up one So w* h* ~r the Colorado Court of Appeal* paving m a recent opinion “It lx et ough to e*y that w have found t:othing in dlxharmony with the views w h‘*Vf. expressed “ In xim, ir manner the New York Apr*d:it*- Division of the New ; York Supreme f * ur, speaks of an alleged ; conspiracy ax one involving th*' **de- I Ptroyar of certain check*. These ex ceptional cap*** of questionable English I by the courts r< all the story of fhe Ger man w ho fried to evade Jury duty by s iy . lug I no understand good English ' To I which the Judge replied “Thai lx no cx i < u*e. You wll not hear any good Kr.g --i !i*h during thi* trial.*’ | The word “pwipe” hox l>een judicially rec ignised by the lowa Supreme Court | Somebody in the lower ourt paid “xwlpa** j and the meaning of the word then be enme an i.-Mt* Th Supreme Court de | cld.-d tiiat “pwife-" mean* “ to steal, • and jTiU'l the 1 :tonary in support the de cision. Wi n* lx termed a "htp-nocket move ! ment” has been legally defined by a Texas ! judge, in an opinion, as a movement by | a man x right hand toward hi* hip pock et lr, a xhootlag fray. V\ometi*a Itlglits nvtil the Might to a \\ otuati. The right of rv woman in Kentucky to go where she w ill and to do what she will, ha* been encouraged by a decision of . Kentucky court o the effect that a city ordinance declaring that Pgr-hail be unlawful f• r uny woman to go in aud cui jof a building where saloon lx kept for the rale of liquor, or to unfrequent, loaf, jor stand arour i said budding within fifty ‘ f**et thereof,” and provkllfig for the putt ! ishment of any saloonkeeper who shall p rmlt a violation of that provision of the ; ordinance, i* void, ax being an unre.i-0n ,.1d Interfere *c with ir.dividual liberty. Th * r;ht to a w.f* seem* to be some, w hat curie -dy regarded In Japan, judged by occidental view*. Here lx an gppnr j entiy approved form, for “transfer* nee nml receipt” of a wife, which appeared not long ago in the Japan Time*. The ! husband wrote his successor a* follows: i “Mr. Soklchi Yamamoto—Bsr: You have ! I wen guilty of tmpr.ifer fbraiionx with imy wife. Txune, and tlie affair has i grr.-itly srrtcv.d m*\ For this reason 1 j have nmk* various complaint* ugainxt I you for your offensive conduct, through I member of our communal body, and you have sent me endies* apologies, but ax I tind them unsatisfactory. I have, like a man, decided to get rid of my wife, and I do hereby give and transfer her to you. Hcneefor*h I will not entertain any lin gering affection for the woman, and in proof thereof wiftvea* my sc nature. K.imeki hi Fujikawa.” To which Mr. M.imans !o replHd. “Mr K.iniflt hi Fuji kawa—Sir It i- Indisputably true that I have been guilty of intimacy with your beloved wife, and cm that account I have sem you apologies through the member* of our communal body. You have, how ever. steadfastly refused to forgive and have instead forwarded your wife to tr,c. A* it I* your will. I beg lierpwith to ac knowledge receipt and transference of raid wtf, etc/* That there does rot exist an equally simple provision In the British law for gctilng rk! oft undesirable consort must huve been a mutter of regret to the Kn- who thu* deifribts the wife of his bosotn, In h! will: “HoAven seems to have sent her in'o the world solely to drive m< out • f H Thr atramnh .f th- H-'tu* f Homer, th- produce uf Aui>:< ' ; skill of I’yrrisi''. ihr r*tlnco of Jol>. tho I iihllo'ophy of rates, thr lubtl-ty • i lUnntbol. th- vlgila: <• of ILTRioconn. would not sufllr- to euhddr thr of her etaweter." • >H|Hileutt anil A*,tiers. "I'm the red-faod f*r-f*cel frerkle -1 l,g.il NxpoUofi of he S ope. nrd always in tht i-'ddle Tr. t ■ in *‘>fy ! court on the \V. -<.rn r.v Her j feels title*, end buy* *n 1 u- tnort gages; make* lo in- and * ■ aonr A * live as the wild, untanu•*! feline 1* ter as u lion and gentle i* * dev*-. An ■ with good wd'’b'e make war bit ipf legal di -soi. t* th* b-fn r-head b acrlptkm by himself, of a lawyer in a small lowa town * The phrase men of straw" In common use nowaday* ami <•** iv r* *,*!•! * "atraw bui:* is an od \V.-tm.iu-t. r Ha! legal exprewton. oom* > rw l * E ° j ni M used to walk about up nly ui "• -nn.i “ r Had With h pit eof straw* ;H t .r tk * By this sign attorney> knew that 4 * • person* were in witit of empkiyment false Wltnr- "'- wo tl*l ba*- eici required for moi.< y If an *|vocat* those who mrtA to use •b m< • win by—'Wantei .•< oi :v.i.b w * would show* one of t > • nv n a f*-* I which, if insufli* lent. Ine man wv>uid ■ notice. The fee was then In rea-t-i un i til. ns If %v.m M.l. "its * a r* > a.iol ! memory* to a sufficient extent A well known organll*T 1,0 ’ corporations popularly cla*- -ed a "tm** - in explaining recently the function of th* legal organiser sale! Tie must help to reconcile in- it! 'in: i '’r* .* organise and fuse them 1 *o ' whole, so that the *n>rprkf w.H b .ru.ly hold wa ter ami prosper.” 1* furtn r explanation he added: "An enterprise that can 1* made to prosper honestly can grenera*. b* (nude to hold the water-of ?he law I.latitude nnd l.uttKifaide In lan. In a Minnoso .i crimlnnl trial not long ago th*‘ lawyer for ih< fense obje ’ to the admission of < . : tain evidence, but th* court allow - 1 • *n • . "some latitude" >h ii !. grant*<l feun el for the clef* ic-e. Im. lug - urj r in<it tered to himself "Who in h— l ever hear \ of allowing the pro-*< j'ion latitude " and then spoke to the Judge nnd said "Perhaps your honor had b-tter give the prosecution a litrle kmgltudr mo sane j time, as tt N"- m.i to have |os* it baarins.- completely." owing to the frequent txvurence of riots in Belfast, it j> th*- stom In times of disorder. io A.seign to • i h magistrate a panel ular street corner where he is ex pected to keep the p**a " by sheer force of character. Each Just ice has .a copy of the riot at'-t in his p< k* t and he l en titl'd to call on the m l f.iry to assist In the preservation of order, if there I** any necessity for such a measure. The follow Ing is a copy of the form of requgpt for troops which lx handed to ever Belfast mwglxtrare when riots arc . xpected: “Sir I request that you immediately on re ceipt of this communication order (1) proceed w ith 'he gr- 11 possible *lW patch u> where n serious riot is (apprehend* and or D taking place) to act in aid of the civil power, under the direction of the magistrates “ The num ber of men, and wh* her infantry or cal vary. i* M t*d In h< Orst blank in the form, and the place where they ora need ed in the second. A thief In Paris, who wax chased by the police, threw' away, ax he fled he purse he had stolen, end was In a fair way. offer being taken to the police sta tion. of being allowed to go for lack of evidence to hold him. wh* n his fa thful dog. which had been trained to ftt h and carr>* trotted into the station, with the pitrPe In Its mouth. Moral: A dor should not be too faithful. A. H. Walker. tonqumT teak. dig Pr Ice* <i Indly Paid by tmcrleniu lor Heils. Tables, f tinlrx, rtc.. For mer! > Oa nnl by rtilnesc Prlnees, Some of the Trs-Msiare* \o%v <dm- Ing Into the Market. The Eastern disturbance has been pro ductive, In our pr - fill American cities, erf large sales of nil sorts of embroideries, carving*, bronzes, and furniture of Chi nese manufacture. Only small quantity of the black and red carved Chinese wo and ha> found p way far Into the United States, for Amer icans have only recently Itegun to appre ciate its beatby and its especial adapta bility to our country houses. Tliere Is now* a demand for it th > igh It f* t*-h* s a* handsome pr.ees as the I>cm old mahog u.y —Chinese teak I* what the householder dire In preference to that which comes from Bombay. Bombay teak Is softer wood and most elaborately carved in r ; * " - - u AN OLD MANDARIN CHAIR WITH IMNK M.VRBI.E SEAT AND BACK. tather meretricious patterns r, die the fiffntture milkers of Can;on li e only the ruddy Iron wood of Tonqulit which tn Its natural state i* the color of our ruse wood and which w hen dry, i- ~ bard a* metal. From tlm* lmtne!nr.r,;i| the cab inet maker# f Canton bav farh.oncl this be.tuttfnl wood in pure Chute*. shaj <urvlng It while th* ,p -tin r.in In the fibre and se u-mlng It .if-.-rw.irds nnd .nuking bed*, t.itdis , hairs, t< 1 stands, sofas, e4c„ for th. Mu li,im. Sometimes the Iren wood was left in It* nututal td blown eol.r, ibg.dy rll.-d and (sdlshe-l and then inlaid with rmaher-of. larl or Ivory and alw y*. in t la, ~ of a ny trifling upholstery, f r th. -at ~,.( (~,,-j, |of chair or *of • nnd fur top* of t ildes, haiKlscmet moral' d*k of w irm r.l #t n Icr tolly l eitie'l ro.irlii. wet, t | n needed To soften the stony *• at h-O " cushiona.Mtiffed with mbk went down and covered wish gorgeously embroidered leather or silk were tosard in ue chaire The Woman's Choice. Will She Choose Dr. Experi ment or Dr. Experience? Put the question plainly to any woman: Will voit choose the experienced or the experimenting doctor? and there s no doubt about the answer. What woman wants to be the subject of experiments, to drag out weary months while the unskilled practitioner vaitily tries various medicines, and charges the sick woman liberally for his experimental failures? Yet willing or unwilling a great many women have to go through just such an ordeal. Their disease baffles the local phvsician. He tries all he knows to effect a cure and fails. Sometimes this poeit on for months, sometimes for years, ttie woman meantime suffering daily torments. Perhaps the difference between the "doctoring” of experiment and experi ence cannot be better shown than in the following statement: "For seven years I was confined to bed most of the time,” writes Mrs. M. P Davis, of Honaker, Russell Cos., Va, "I had four doctors and they said I could not he cured. I had ulceration of uterus and female weakness, so I could not staud on my feet but a short time ; had bearing - down sensation, pain in the small of my back. My stomach anl bowels, also legs and feet would swell, and everything I ate hurt me. I could not sleep well, was so short of breath I could not he down at night; had sore ness and tenderness over uterus, tonbled with palpitation of heart, and suffered with headache all the time. I would get blind and have fainting spells, had dark rings around my eyes and my eyes seemed bloodshot; suffered from pain ful periods; could not he on my left side. J would have numb spells, pains around niv heart every morning, my lungs hurt me a great deal and my shoulders too. I would spit up blood at times, memory was poor, hearing was bad, hands and feet were cold all the time, and I had chills and night-sweats. After the doc tors said I could not be cured I got hold of one of Dr Pierce's Memorandum Books and read how hr had cured so many patients afflicted like I was so I thought his medicine might help me I wrote to Dr. Pierce for advice and he sent me a very encouraging letter in reply, advising me to take his ‘ Favorite Prescription ' and ‘ Golden Medical Dis covery ’ and ‘ Pleasant Pellets.’ I got two bottles and used these and felt much better. I sent and got six bottles more. I can now work all day and not feel tired at night. 1 can sleep all night and can eat anything I want at any lime. I can walk and go anywhere I please. I ted belter than I ever did. Can do all A Maiul.-iitn household furnished ni.iKidti oißly throughout with teak, was wh; gave ihe idea of tmli itton to Ihe English in Hong Kong and to loth English anl A me! i ins when thej settled In the eoasi el l's o! China For years i n,ton has done n flourishing t'USlnu-s in ti,c manufacture of this t i. i tyre of furniture and with an eye 10 trade the Cantonese learned to ooi>v the shapes . f Eun :• an furniture, to unhol s -r In tlifted silk and serin and thereto' for, I th (ll CMMN forms en't.c- Ji> Thl* Is to l,e lamented, for now thtl It sik Is e'-mhig Into fashion on this side the Pacific, the buyers clamor for fine s(>ec;mens of the pure old Cantonese The American purchaser prefer* his ! I*“k chair or table to he stained Mark. Its c it at. I t p to be of m.ir tie and Ife does rot win e fit paying a good big price. A gefiuln, mandarin's Isal of red brown j vnxKl. t it, 1 rot only with fanciful I carving, but record In Ivory figure* : nlong the panels of the mandarin's noble ! dei-l# In • and war readily command* ;I Mo A bit,!.- from a prince's palace ||. • blot), its lo(. a mosaic of pebble* as bright and varied os 11 platter of Jewels, fetches it !lt," short of £>*.>. while a superb chair j of classic old Chinese shape. It* seat and I Un ular K ilter of back of w arm red mwr j ble, I* worth no less than 1350. 1 These rajher abnormal prtcoa are asked because now that the French own Ton kinds of work in the honse sr ,i doors too. /am lorry / rf ta Dr. Pierce's medicate when / ~, tv have poor health. I could . . . J ' what / paid tv humhuy y_ aav that I do not look like - woman. When I comments ' * medicine I only weighed one > . ! pounds. Now 1 weigh one hu:i 'A forty. I thank you a thousan • , , your good medicine and voir „ vice I used four bottles of the Medical Discovery * four of Prescription' and two vials ’ ‘ Pleasant Pellets.’ " WHAT'S THE DtFrSRt.;. K between experiment and experience ( treating womanly diseases? Ti _ 5 ence between success and faiii difference between health ar i happiness and msaerv The m, . ' Dr. Pierce's Favorite Presennc ao many women is that it is stn .. which lathe product of of - ence in the tr ts-rfm and cure of . • diseases. It is , I cine made to things and it and , it is made to < ! y woman u: fine points ot t ence between ex; ~ and exp-ti-- the houaewiie r- , , cook she deman ence She do*- , rt a cook who menting with ut. ; ur recipes. The tre**.en'. enced man m: ~I V_ Why, their . book. It te make anything jyj you’ve got to . I measure and r.:x | instructs and ’ come out wrong i you? The wile kDon very much better tins that. Given the V<fi recipe in the worM \ takes experience t. n:i*e a succe*. of it ference between t: cess of Doctor P er-ei Favorite Prescription and the fadureof other medicines ss the different ' ; ex perience. It is no experiment to ■ - l>r. Pierce's Favorite Prescript., i: „ t L cure of womanly ills. E*perier.s ti; experience of hundreds of th of women proclaims that it nu.r. we.* women strong and sick womrn well. Thousands of grateful let; . been written to Dr. Pierce, cures of every form of womanly r - which is medically curable. They s'. • that ” Favorite Prescription " is a • regulator, that it dries enfeebling cra-.r that it heals inflammation and ui era n and cures female weakness. They p: >e "Favorite Prescription" is the V-t pre parative for maternity; that it keep- the mother strong and healthy at . : .-.kes the baby's advent practically painless. Sick and ailing women are invited ta consult Dr. Fierce, by letter, /ret, All correspondence is privately read, pr vately answered and womanly cr,ca dences arc guarded by the same stnet professional privacy which protects the womanly confidences made in a /Vr <rml ronsullatton with Dr. Pierce. Andrea Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. As chief consulting physician to tie Invalids’ Hotel and Snrgical Imtiw, Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Pierce assisted by his staff of nearly a score of phvsictMlt, has in a little more than thuty years, treated and cured hundreds of of weak and sick women. CAIf YOU AFFORD to invest twenty-one cents in stamps for expense of mailing one of the greatest medical works of the age ? Can v, u afford not to invest twenty-one cents f r a book which teaches how to preserve health and prolong life? Tki* err it work, Dr. Pierce's Common Sens Med ical Adviser, contains 100S larj and over 700 illustrations. It is ten! free, in paper-covers, on* receipt of u < re cent stamps to pay expense of m.i '% only. For cloth-binding send ;,i st.v v Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V. quin they levy a heavy export duty ■< the Iron noo.l token from sheit ( ■ ' and a second liberal duty le p , I 1 * Amerl. an imrts t fore the Ea t' lure van he bnmKht in. Thi“ sttu however, no damper on Ihe entliu ‘ r ' f ihe teak furniture coliei-iors In 1 States, who are decided upon hn beet and who buy tile richest, mi. they can lay their hands upon !■> n making cushions for their ,-oetl) d’ and tables, and for draping the " mattremed bed* where generation' • ' £ " tailed jwtncea have slept the sleep el • Just Chinaman. CHRISTMAS CMBHEI.I'AS- Tlie Cow and Bnlldm Handle, or Ooe With a Cryatnl llnll. New York. Nov *O.-The wln-er umt - la has suddenly become a very d:s"' 1 and lnex>arablo feature of the sfr.ar- Ing toilet. This Is due to the lit’" !E " of their build and the coquettish pr>tty ness of their handles that Must *' qularuest of the momentarily pop ur eot,- cebs Out side, the covering of It,' tv 1 utnbrella Is h'nrk silk,' within n ' > silk lining In dark red, or blue, or 'i or golden brown lends a happy : color. The ribs In some casee 1 of aluminum gilded o'er, * 1 1 device makes for Ughtnes r no longer la the smsr’ brella mounted on a steel real A " stick Is Ihe thing ond tough - 11 > polished rosewood, walnut, or a ■ ble slender loimboo I* select'd , fashionable makers. Th<> ferrul" ' * '' the woolen shaft Is apt as t sharixtird to an arrowhead. ?i* squared off and Gapped with gild, nod the ends of the rib* prumi the silk covering mid eiul In gt d> and • * 1 1 Is on Ihe decoration of * , however, that the greatest am effort Is lavish* and attd on" of > prettiest designs Is Ihe load of carved from ebony, supplied wt of picturesquely flerct golden hor i round her neck run* a golden - supports a wee tinkling god Another charming device Is < • French bulldog's head carved fr m t the neck Is clasped with Jew collar of gold and a little tit glided Wire tits over the nose > Interesting of the novrllb- 1,1 . handles shows an egg shaped " ! clearest glass anchored In a all ■ setting. By looking down th" tup of the egg fnd slowly r r , handle a number of kaleidot >p und forms are brought t view These, however, are the pret > ' _ ties of dress ond the eirll*-' Hors for practical Chririma - ~ r all of them display at the b handles a tuft of satin r llmshe.l with small gilt j' r cluster of ribbon points tak- | of the familiar coni and ,n decoration of ends nnd ftnrrei* ments the charm of the v> s umbrella* that have knob n, t ~ cross and -l>'sr haralb* or repoussed silver or silver go ' "" X —The most novel provision n f will Is that of a St. 1-oul" *om n \ j.„ remains he Incinerated tJ a mingled with those of her husoa. ■ urn where his already rtpo**-