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M______â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-'â€"â€"-_- i iiimen‘ Speakers in England. The Late Lard Derby once declared that the best political speech he had ever heard was delivered by a woman and Mr. Gladstone. much more recently, expressed the fear that in a few years men would find themselves eclipsed can the platform by the oratory of the oth- er sex. Lard Derby's statement may have been pmmpted by feelings of gel- lantry. and Mr. Gladstone evidently spoke more in jest than earnest; hilt there remains the fact that of late yearn the success of women as public makers is second to none which they have obtained in other spheres. Lord Derby’s compliment was paid. it is believed to Mrs. Fawcett, and this lady is certainly to be regarded as the pioneer of a movement in which sevâ€" eral other names nave since obtained a.‘ distinction equal to her own. Mrs. F awâ€" cett doubtless gained much from con- stant association with the public work of her distinguished husband, at whose side she satâ€"in consequence of his blinan every platform from which his vigorous and robust oratory resounidcd. it was as the reader of a paper contributed by Prof. Fawcett to the Social Science Congress of 1869â€" the year after his marriageâ€"that she first liftcdhetr voice in public. Her first speech was delivered later in the same year at one of John Stuart Mill’s meet- ings in London in favor of woman suf- frage. In the opinion of all who heard it the speech was an unqualified success. but in the House of Commons it was referred to as bringing “ disgrace" up- on Mrs. Fawcett's sex. Some time after when lecturing on the same subject at Brighton. which her husband then re- presented in Parliament. Professor Fawcett was asked by some of his most influential constituents to persuade his wife to give up her public speaking, as it was believed to be his own electoral prospects. So far from doing anything of the kind the Profes- sor gave his wife all the assistance and encouragement in his power. and to this must be attributed the courage with which Mm. Fawcett continued her work on the platform in face of pub- lic ridicule and obloquy, on the one hand, and her own nervousness and dif- fidence on the other. Some of the qual- ities of his own speeches, too. are even yet to be discerned in those of his widâ€" ow’sâ€"their orderly arrangement, con- centrated strength. and clear enuncia- tionl. During the last year, or so, how‘- cver, when Mrs. Fawcett has been largely engaged in putting before the country the Unionist view of the Irish question, there has been observable a. greater development of rhetoric in her speeches. This has given themâ€"with her clear if not very powerful voiceâ€" an increased charm for popular audi- ences at some cost, perhaps. to their argumentative value. The force of Mrs. Fawcett's example was soon felt by other fervent advocates of the suffrage for the sex slnidbrought Mrs. Fenwlck Miller and Mrs. Ashlton Dilke (now Mrs. Russell Cooke) to the front. Mrs. Fenwick Miller delivered hen“ first speech on women suffrage 111 1878. when still in her teens. and she has been a familiar figure on the plat.- fou'm: ever since. On the London School Bond. of which she was a member kom. 1876 to 1885, she had not hereuâ€" perior in debate. although at the time of her election she was only twenty- two cars old. Even earlier than this. she frequently attended the old London Dialectical Society, where some of the nblest men of the da used to ngage in political and phi osophicnl 'scussion. 'I‘o cogent reasoning Mrs. iller adds great charm of mnnlner, a pleasant voice and an easy and ef- fective gesture. Of late years she has rarely spoken on public questions, de- voting "her time rather to lectures on literary themes. But Mrs. Miller’s lec- tures are not read from the manuscript -â€"-they are full of her talent for extem- pore ecb. of which she sometimes gives urther proof in a few eloquent words uttered in response to a vote of thanks. Those who remember the quiet force and graceful power of Mrs. Ashton Dilke's speeches in the woman's suf- frage cause. must greatly regret that since her marriage with Mr. Russell Cooke she has but seldom appeared up- on. the latform. Mrs. Cooke's voice 13 of compass. but before an audi- ence it is so excellently " itched" and is used with such clarion-Ii effect that every word as it comes in soft. measur- ed cadence. can be heard. The move~ ment with which she was at one time inently identified has obtained other recruits. as Mrs. Bamford Slack and Miss Florence Baigarnie. but, clevh er speakers though they are, we miss from their speeches the trul womanly eloquence which Mrs. Russel Cooke ex- emplified. It might be supposed that the estab- lishment of the Primrose League in 1886 would have brought to light the latent talents of more than ,one fair orator in Conservative circles; but. although the Magnolia; been true to its pur- pose in giving to women so large a base of its work and organization. no woman speaker. with the exception of Kiss hienesin Nevill. has achieved any especial distinction under its auspices. On_the «her hand. the associations which bare to it the sincerest form of flattery have brought forth quite an array c1 speakers more or less gifted vnth el penceâ€"14$ Sandburst. Lady .Oerllele. be Hon. rs. Ashleyâ€"Peasan- b , 14:3 Stevenson. Miss Orme. Mrs. rat hill and Mrs Charles let. Of 1’ 5 list, the late Lsdy ndhurst was admittedly minent and the \Vomen's Liberal ederation be yet to fill the lace left vacant by hedrrg‘eabth shalt Hey-earsmpgo. air 's expmence in pu c spe - .srs she ones told them to the writ. er. were full of interest. She _never opened her 1330» the platform till the winter ‘1 1 yet before her death she was acknowledged to have the pow- er of stirring a large audience. which many public men might envy. Her maiden speech was made in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Gladstone, who attended the inaugural meeting of the Msrylebone Women's Liberal Assocxa- tion. It was but a few words. but they touched the heart of the great states- man. who, in passing out of the room, cordially shook both her hands. It was the inspiration of this hand-shake which gave La Sendhurst resolutionto ap- ply heme f to the task of speaking m support of Mr. Gladstone’s lrlsh p0 icy. Before very long she was speaking at four or five meetings a week. some- times holding the close attention of an audience for the best par-tot an hour. with the very smallest aid in the shape of notes. As 1 have said. the Women’s Liberal Association still feel the loss of Lady Sandburst. It. was expected at one time that Lady Carlisle, with her finely modâ€" ulated voice, rich flow of words and wide knowledge of politics, would have taken her place. But, in addition to these qualities as a public speaker. Lady Carlisle has not that readiness to speak at all times, on all public questions, and under pretty nearly all imaginablecir- cumstances. which mndered the late Lady Sandhurst so valuable an auxili- ary to the party whose cause she espousâ€" ed In point of activity, the Countess Alice Kearney and Mrs. Wynford Philâ€" ipps are now the leading women speak- ers for the Liberal party. The Countess speaks at almost every by'e-electiomand from time to time engages in what may be described as propaganda tours in various parts of the country. She is not a fluent speakerâ€"in fact, she makes use of very full and ample notesâ€"but her sweet, musical voice, clear enuncxation. earnest manner and attractive personâ€" ality have iven her considerable popu- larity on e platform. She has spok- en night after night without fatiguing her voice in the slightestâ€"a fact she ntâ€" tribwtesto the excellent musical tramâ€" ing she received as a irl. Countess Kearney. who comes 0 an old lr'ish family, as her name would indicate, first graduated as a. speaker on the platform of the South Kennington \Vo- men's Liberal Association. Mrs. \Vyn- ford Philipps, on the other hand. made her first efforts as a. member of the Church of England Temperance Society, with the friendly encouragement of Canon Leigh. now dean of Hereford. Afterwm‘d becoming the wife of one of the \Velsh members of parliament, she became more deeply interested in politics, and was soon welcomed with great warmth on both the Liberal and woman suffrage platforms. Mrs. Wyn- ford Philippe has great dramatic tal- ent, which. while rather too sugges- tive at times of the footlights, gives her speeches a force and distinction all her own. Although she confesses to the most careful preparation, Mrs. Phil- ipps’s utterance in quick and never fail- ingâ€"indeed, at. times she carries her auditors along with a. torrent of words full of fine feeling and emotion. To the dry fact the soulless statistic such as M'rs. Fawcett or Mrs. eplwick Mil- ler would rejoice in, Mrs. hilipps is al- most an entire stranger. and her speeches consequently appeal to the emâ€" otion rather than the thought of her auditors. 'As was to be expected, questions of the heart rather than the intellect, questions of moral and spiritual well~ being, have been the most effective in leading women to undertake the work of the platform. But for this temper- ance movement it is exceedingly doubtful whether Lady Henry Somer- set, for example. would have become one of the most widely known ublio speak- ers of her time. covered that. she possessed the gift of el- oquence at. temperance meetings held in the neighborhood of her H’erefordshire estate and it was through the British \Vomen's Temperance Association, that she soon had opportunities of address- ing gatherin s that numbered several thousand. \ hether she is addressing five hundred or five thousand Lady Somerset is always audible to every one of her audience. Endowed by nature with! a voice clear and musical. but. not at all strong, her ladyship acquired, by two or three years of constant prac- ties. the art. of making herself heard without strain or apparent effort. She would take her maid to a meeting-most her at its farthest point. and by sig- nals learn whether or not she was suc~ ceedin‘g in filling the hall with her voice. This is the secret of Lady Som- erset's great success on the platform, coupled with a. rare faculty for seizing hold of the strongest points in her case and presenting them in vivid and graphic speech. For eloquence. pure and simple, another moral reformer, Mrs. Ormiston Chant .has won the highest praise from the critical lips of the jun- ior bar. To those who have learned nothing of the success which women have achieved on the platform. a speech by Mrs. Orimston Chant comes as a revelation of unsuspected power, oetic insight and dramatic. force. Mrs. hant has a musical voice. which from child- hood she learned to use to the best purpose, Notwithstanding the hard 6 to which she put it from time to time. it has never failed to respond, clear and true. to every call which her tireless energy has made upon it. As _a speaker. Mrs. Chant has only one ser- Ious faultâ€"a. tendency at times to re- lapse into monotone. and that arises. there is little doubt, from the frequency with which she occupies the pupit in Non-conformist chapels. In the course of a few of women ers have become legion. I have mentioned. of-course. but afew of the more conspicuous. There re- mains one name, however, which stands quite alone. Having heard all the 1nd- ies to whose platform abilities I have endeavored to do Justice. there remains no doubt in my mind but that Mrs. Bes- ant has the genius of the orator in a sense and to an extent that are true of none other. Whatever her themeâ€" and they have been so varied as to al- ienate in turn the sympathy of most of usâ€"tbe splendor of er voice. the richnes of her diction. the truth of her gesture and expresmon. in short. the strength and amplitude of her equip- ment for appeal: to the heart and brain of amultitm e. were such as to command cur admiration and wonder. fFrederick Dolman in McClure's Magn- zine. years the list THE DISTINCTION. You charge a dollar a day more at one of your hmels than at the other. reh marked the man mho travels. Yes. he lied the proprietor. But I on't see any difference. Then is a difference. though. At one we print the bill of (are in French and at the other in English. Her ladys ip first dis; HEALTH. W WATER PROPERLY. Do you know what: an "active chest" is! Probably not, hit your chest ought to be activeâ€"that is, lift- ed upâ€"vtwo-thirds of the time you are awake. Stand up and take a long breath, as long as you can; now you lift your chest; keep your chest up while you go on breathing by move- ment of the abdomen and the mus‘ oles at the side of your waist. A very slight movement is all that is neces- sary for normal breathing; but now you have let. your chest fall! You are: so tired you can't hold it up! That shows a very bad. unnatural state of things; the normal human being. how- things; the normal human being, when- ever he is not relaxed, walked with 1118 chest up; and when he talks with vigor or interest. it is with his chest up; and you can't. hold yours up three minutes without fatigueâ€"you can't do it, at all, for five! Do you know that the preservation or achievement of a round, slender waist will be your re- ward if you will strengthen your musâ€" cles and learn to keep you chest up? It will certainly. except as you beâ€" come hopelessly fat, and even then good breathing will do mluch to pre- serve some good outlines in your figure. Proper breathing and the habit of keeping the chest up will keep all the internal organs in their proper place and keep them from spreading the waist in any way mar 18 unsightly. and shows not Gmeek health, but de- ficient vitality. The first thing is to get so you can hold the chest up. W'alk across the floor three times. holding up your chest. just as you do when you try to fasten a tight skirtband, at the same time breathing deeply from the abdomen. After the three times you. are exhausted; rest‘and try it again; toâ€"morlrow you can perhaps do it four; don't tire yourself, but keep at 11: till you have strengthened the muscles that hold your chest up just as you would strengthen the muscles of your arms, with use. Always prac- tice ourtâ€"of-doors- or with your windows up; there are many good breathing ex- ercises and but few can very well be conveyed in print, btutthe main thing 18 very Simple; months with your chest.“ up, and keep on doing so till you do it naturally, all the time that you are not relaxed in rest. I One good exercise that can be taught 18 to simply stand and take as long a breath as you can, chest well up, and then hold it as long as you can. This exercise used for a few minutes every day is most beneficiwl, and‘ phy- sicians recommend it for strengthening and expanding the Dungs. Professor Tyndall said that, as a broad general rule, any air out. of doors was better than any air indoors. Breathm exercises are most effective outside t e house and generally they m 1got: conspicuous even on a. city side- CONCERNING THE FEET. One of the best means of keeping tender feet in a healthy condition is to balthe them daily, and frequently change one's stockings. The feet should be bathed every morning in tepid water, to which a little vinegar, alum, or salt' has been added; it will render the flesh firm and healthy", and. prevent corns, bhnions, and swelling. If the feet become hard after a long walk, ocr extra exercise, rub them with a slice of lemon. Stockings should be changed daily, if possible, and also shoes or boots. No one, therefore, shduld have less than two pairs of boots or shoes in daily wear, and changed alternately. When the nails becomeâ€"as is some- times the caseâ€"embedded in the flesh through wearing tight boots, the best means to follow is to soak the feet till the nails are perfectly soft, then to cut them gradually, little by little each day. To remove corns, patience and per- severance are necessary, and there are numerous remedies. but all must be more or less persevered with. A corrn touched with strong soda water or even with pure vinegar, as often as may be convenient, will soon disappear. A fresh rose leaf tied over a corn daily is said to be good. Scrape your corn for some time be- focre bathing your feet each morning. This will gradually reduce the corns. and by continuous use prevent them reappearing. Another good thing is to soak the corn well}, then pick it out with the nail or with scissors. Undue perspiration of the feet is fre- quently hereditary. and when an un- pleasant odor is given forth much an- noyance is afforded to the sufferer. One of the best remedies is to bathe the feet night and morning in soda and water, and to powder them with boracic acid. The stockings must be changed daily, or even twice a day is preferable. There are several varieties of bun- ions. and they may be soft. hard. or even more or less inflamed. and the joints itself isoften disfigured. When inflammation is present, rest and warm {cane-rotations must be given the sf~ (acted toe. Bunions may be painted Willi) iodine and given full rest until We . Boots that are mfficientiy long. and also that cause no pressure over the part. should be worn. When the great toe-jmnt ls deform- ed. place a pad between the great toe and the next one. and this should he wedge shape, thicher a one end than the other, the thick end being at the nail part 'of-the toe. Havin placed the pad in position, another ps5 most be placed over the eminence an the inner side of the foot. then the top part of the foot be bound round With a piece of lint or linen, to pres the {pint outwards as much as ible; sure and see that the t or shoe is sufficiently long to give the toe full play. - At night rub wellinto the affected 'oint iodide of potassium ointment. his can be done with one finger. which previously cover with a piece of cilskin, or pub the ointment in With a piece of linen. IMPROVE THE CORIPLEXION‘. The clear-noes and consequently the beauty of the skin depend so much upon the health of the body that no one can hope to have a brilliant and healthy complexion who suffers from indigestion. neuralgia, anaemia, etc., therefore due regard must be paid to everything which affects the general health if you want your skin to be in good condition. The best aids to beauty are abundant ablutions of the entire body, wholesome and easily (ii- gested food, plenty of fresh air and sufficient sleep. CYCLISTS CAN’T DANCE. At Least, an Englishman Says They Can't Do It Gracefully. A new terror threatens the cyclist. It is asserted that» bicycling injures the power of dancing. People who cy- cle a lot, according to a. medical man, find it almost impossible to perform the graceful movements required by waltzing. "\V-heeling," says the doctor, "causes the muscular portion of the calf of the leg to bulge out considerably beyond its natural line. and any cyclist will admit that after a ride of ten or fifteen miles walking is irksome. "The muscles that are brought into play by dancing are deadened by riding a. wheel. The lightness of too so ne- cessary in a waltz becomes impossible to the man or woman who is continu- ally pedaimg, as the one set action con- tracts the muscles. and the whirling thrhng motion of a. dance can only be performed in a clumsy fashion. . “The 'oints should be free for danc- ing. A for a spin on a. bicycle they are stiff and clogged. ’Ilhe continual bending-over the handles, too, makes the upright posture used in dancing painful. A cyclist who uses the wheel in moderation would be very little af- fected; it is those persons who cycle from morning till night that are the sufferers.” THEE HABIT OF SIGHING. One of the most depressing of human beings, as a companion, is the person that is always sighing. The last sound heard at night, and the first to greet us in the morning. with! no end of re- petition during the day, is this [long- drawn, sobirilke respiration. LA genuine outburst of, grief that would spend it- self and would be over would be for less wearing for the one compelled to listen to it1 just as a good stiff blast is more easily borne 1mm the weary wind that hour after hour moans and soug‘hs, or a pouring rain than a con- tinuous drizzle. Even though. there may be adequate cause for siglhing, it is vastly better, as a rule, to smileâ€" better for us and for all with whom we comic in contactâ€"for uhe signing is a species of self-indulgence that soon becomes automatic, and long after the cause has ceased to exist the signer keeps on signing from: sheer force of habit. The man that diffuses .gladness is a much truer philanthropist than he who mtters gold and silver for his fellow- men to wrangle over. "She always brings sunshine with her.” was the comment of a. dear old lady in speaking of a young girl who was in the habit of running in to see her. And there is nothing else one can bring to film aged that so helps to lift the weight of years. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." and a. sunny [presence will carry better cheer into a. sick room than the choicest or fruit and jelly. Sighs are no less contagious than amine, and unless a determined effort is made by some one more cheerfully disposed. one habitual sighcr (Will in time demomiize an entire family. Oid people often sigh from physical weakness. and with such We can be patient. But. perhaps if they had begun in time they might have headed off the habit, and saved the imposing of this tax on the sympathies of their friends. it is a. habit to which old age has a peculiar tendency, and it behooves those of he who have reached life's meridian to guard pgainst it with the utmost care It comm upon us so stealthily, and there are seemingly so many things to make us sigh. .We sigh over the tasks that were once a pastime. and so add to our warriors“; We look into our mirrors and sigh for our lost youth, forgetting that every sigh helps to silv- er the hair and (ieepcn'lhe wrinklesâ€" forgetting, too, that. we. shall presently renew our youth. “'8 sit s' hing over the mistakes and failures 0 the past, instead of pressing on with fresh cour- age, remembering that even these "shall work together for good”; we sigh for the friends that have passed beyond our ken. unmindful in our selfishness that they have reached the land where there is no more sighmg. and that We shall shortly overtake beta. "I laugh that I may not veep." said Byron; and for mmt of us there are days when the tears lie so near the surâ€" face that it would be infinitely easier to wee than to laugh. But let us laugh we can; there is so much of sorrow and signing in the world. and so many of our to ow-travellers are so sorely to need of cibeerlng. Besides. a radiant. heart-felt smile will make the plainest of faces beaimful. EN REGLE. Suicides pay Niagara Falls one comr plinan at least. M'hsl is that! . Those who 'ump over are always de- scribed as well-dressed. ‘ iiiiii new or: lNTERES‘l‘ scour rns' BUSY YANKEE. Neighborly Interest in His Deluxeâ€"Matters of Moment and “int: Gathered from His Daily Record. At Jackson. Michigan. a father play- ing leapfrog with his boys fellngainst a stove and broke his neck. Mr. J. H. Mills is President of the StateBank. of Cromv‘eil, Midqu one of the directors of which also is a woman. Moles are so destructive in Bloom- ing dale township, Mich, that. a bounty of five cents a head has been offered for them. Judge Righter, of New Orleans. has decided that New Orleans must. support all the infirm. sick and disabled pau- pen in its limits. California claims the largest boy of his age in the. world. His name is John Bardin. He is 15 years old, six feet five inches tall. and weighs 220 pounds. In Marion county. '1lenn., a farmer driving a cow stopped to throw a stone at it and was seized with a. pain at his heart net as he drew back to throw. He ell over and died with- in n minute. A marriage in the American Vol- unteers, performed at \Viohita last. month by a woman .of the band, who is a duly ordained minister of the Gos- pel, was the second marriage to be solemnized by a woman in that State. John Tennis and his nine sons voted at the spring election in Sheridan township, Newayge county, Mich, and bad to pay the penalty afterward by sitting for a hotograph as the big- gest family 0 voters in the Wolver- ine State. Eight inches from the bark, in the trunk of a red oak tree which was cut down on James Maynard's farm at Portland, Mich, an iron horseshoe was found. The tree's rings show that the horseshoe had been imbedded there for thirty-eight years. At West Brattleboro, Vt.. a man who had jumped from a. load of hay looked up just in time to be struck by a hay fork. One line entci‘ed this face just under the eye and went through the roof of his mouth, but_tbe wound did not seriously inconvenience ‘lllm. \Vvhen in danger of drowning in a wild river which he had attempted to ford a German of lndianupolis prayed to be saved, promising that; if he was rescued he would never again drink beer. and be was presently hauled us- hore. He had kept his promise up to last accounts. Mastro Vulcrio, of Duplhne, Baldwin county, Ala., has succeeded in raising an Italian pea of the variety known as “fave,” which he represented as. a staple food supply among llilc ltulmn peasantry, and the plant of which he advocated as n. trUstwortliy agent for the renewal of exhausted sou. J. C. Humphrey, of l’uultney. VL. has acopy of the “Royal Standard Dictionary,” publiclch in 1777 at Bos- ton, by \Viiliam Perry, who announced that be exhibited the pronunciation of words according to the polite speak- ears of England. The book is six in- clhcs square and is said to be rare. The last of seven escaped Siberian convicts who were found at sea in a small boat and taken to San l:‘r:mcis~ co a couple of years ago, has recently been disposed of by “he Slate author- ities, wzbo sent him to prison for burglary. One of ibis" fellows was some time ago hanged for murder. Schools of Michigan City, ind., un- der the inspiration of a member of the Board of Education, MarLin Kl‘ucgcl‘, celebrate 'llird pay," when a special study of song birds is made and ad- dresses upon them are delivered. The custom has spread to other towns of northern lndiana and is said to be mak- ing its! way into iliinois. W'iliiam C. Baker, of Grand Rapids, Mich, still has a good memory" at flu- nge of 89. He says that he remembers very well Lafuycltc's visit to the United States and aim mot-tings with the. Marquxs at La Grange and at. l’ans. Mr. Baker is said to be one of the three oldest graduates of Prince- ion, where has was graduated at the age of 17 in 1825. llulliy York, 16 years old, accused of muonsliining in north Georgia. was discharged at Atlanta and a [wgro boy arrested with 1191' was held. it is said that of late years Women muunsbim-rs have been few in that section of the South, although Ithcre were many of them before Juries began some lune ago to punish flu-m as severely as men. Two men who cannot feel themselves at home in Kansas called upon the Mayor of Lindsborg. the other day and paid him 81. the sum which the city had paid for their lodging one night in July last, when tin-y were caught short there. They cexplaim-d that they lmri Irin'llmi a condition in life which made it practicable to pay what they considered a debt. Work was lwgun in the latter part of April in the fields of muthwretcrn Michigan. where a large acreage had been planted of late years to pepper- mint. Tllc English or ble mint has been the chin crop for several years, but better prices are offered for the American plant. and that is to in: the leader this year. Greater areas also are to be planted this year than here- tofore. A farmer of Clare county. Mich, bus found that he can increase the egg-lay- ing abilities of his barns by feeding to them old neuwpupers torn to bits and soaked in sour milk until the. whole becomes a pulp. 'rlhl! hens. n. is said, like the new food and the inventor expects to ace almost any day one of the freak pager come out. with the picture of a n that acts type. 5:! A “~e-n-q ...~_....._s- __.........._ . . H cm..."â€" >â€"â€"- my ............ u.