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0*m THE OPEN DOOR. 58£«e».«3s®aK®)a»39re®»3» 'M •'1 PRESIDENT LINCOLN had just lined a call for more troops, and volunteers from every direction fjnadtd with the unhesitating alac­ rity of true patriots. Some of the State* failed to furnish their full quotA, however, and Iowa was among the de­ linquents. Then came the order for a Craft, and the name of Hon. James Hik of D headed the list of the drafted. This was no particular credit to his fellow townsmen, for In spite of his title (which, by the way, was a tribute to wealth only), a meaner, 'more miserly creature than James Plsk never lived upon this earth. He was just in the prime of life, or would have been had he been less self­ ish, but little by little certain objec- |f v ' tionable traits of character had left ^ 'their imprint upon his countenance Tim til be appeared prematurely aged. ||cf* Hence the sobriquet of "Old Jim Fisk," |2;\, which he was familiarly called by Iff - every man, woman and child--except- M' fog on rare occasions when discretion 1^. < was considered the better part ef valor. <•'; The Hon. James Fisk was a banker, llpr* v * •* railroad magnate, and a real es- tate man combined. In fact, he had ^ ^ owned a torge portion of the town in its :' early history, and he therefore consid- " ered himself of no small importance in " the financial world at least. Like many p -another, he loved ®s money first,1 him- ' self next and his country last, as well §'*' , as least; though it is said that when ft lie ran for United States Senator during |LJ t the previous campaign, he made some |p' thriUingiy patriotic speeeches, and ap- !}^ <>arently without the, slightest com- ^1 * jwnction. In those days he was called 1 "Old Sodom and Gomorrah." an appel- \* Nation which he never quite outgrew. |pf James Fisk was not the type of a ! taan who could conscientiously sing j ' "America" or "The Star Spangled Ban-,' tier," consequently he felt that per- K«iai insult had been directed to him | lij't ,» when the President had the audacity to M-> litace his name with the rest of the &•«.•** common herd. Nevertheless, it was a case of compulsion, and he knew that ' he mast either hire a substitute or go fv« into the army himself. The former p- | was not very easy to accomplish, as j>_ i ike majority of the poor men had al- |f - ready enlisted, and money, at such a ^ | time, was no Inducement to the rich ^*WEA. , , J PLKADINO FOR HKK BOY, He was not !n an especially amiable l the two elder "people were so ^ « mood, when at the close of an unsuc-1 engrossed that they did not hear Hor- ff . * 1 ceasful day spent in search of a substi- j ace enter ;; r i -fate, he entered bis office to attend to ' For Gods sake, JamesVlsk, for the ^ 'il afternoon mail. As he read the ; saj;e Gf the love you once professed to I Ml5'** letter a heavier scowl deepened, have for me, spare me the misery of petrified. At last her voice came to hei and all the mother love asserted itsel as she clasped the stalwart lad In he; arms and kissed him passionately. "Oh, my boy, my all, how can I let you go? What will mother do without you?" • • . • * * * » "How old are you, my man?" asked the examining physlciaii of Horace, later In the day? ^ "Seventeen, sir," responded the boy, promptly. "Um! Um!" was the suggestive ex­ clamation. This was followed by more questions. "I see, I see," said the old doctor. "Why didn't you add a year to It; that's what lots of them do. You'd have Stood a better chance If you had." Horace stretched himself to his full height, and the physician continued. "I don't need to ask you if you are strong,* for your physique speaks for Itself, but your age certainly stands in the way. Do you think you would be able to shoulder a musket all day?" For reply Horace placed Ave chairs in a row, leaped over each in turn, then faced around, and vaulted over the en­ tire group with one bound. The physician smiled at the exhibi­ tion, but said, "Something of an ath­ lete, my man; well, I think we will give you a trial." • • • • • • * When Horace entered the Hon. James Flsk's office his heart smote him pain­ fully, for boy though he was, he saw a sight that is stamped upon his mem­ ory to this day. The mother stood before the desk of the grim-faced man pleading for her mkms s& - <a •pea his forehead and he exclaimed "The young jackanapes need not think that he can fool with a hornet and art get stung. Extend their time. Indeed! Why. the interest was due a month ago! I'll foreclose tbe mortgage A mew thought seemed to occur to hltu, tar the muscles of the stern mouth relaxed; he smiled blandly, rubbed his haniis together caressingly, and said: "Mr. Fisk, you're a diplomat--a born diplomat. You're an honor to your country, but more particularly to your- seuding my boy to the war* What Is a paltry six hundred dollars to you? Foreclq.se the mortgage to-morrow, turn us: in the street, but don't influence, my child to sacrifice himself on the altar of love for me," For an Instant the woman thought that she caught a glimpse of feeling in the cold eyes, but it passed as quickly as it had come. 1 "Mrs. Packard," responded the me­ tallic voice with staccato-like precis­ ion, "business is business. You are too late, for the contract is signed, and this day I have canceled the mortgage. Al- «e!f. If yen can only manage this thing low me to say, madam, that revenge, properly, you will be all right--yes, all such as this, Is sweet." right" j The woman gave him a swift sad At the eiooe of tbe foregoing soliloquy look, her lips opened as tf to speak, then "he tilled oat a telegraph blank as fol- she turned and left the office. That lows; "Horace W. Packard. Carson City, twn--Have found a way to help you Come to D on first train. "JAMES FISK." t?f- jt Br--' The message was soon dispatched, )«nd reached its destination just as Hor­ ace and his mother were sitting down to their evening meal. "OH Moneybags is getting awfully •considerate, all of a sudden; what do ;you sappose is hack of it. mother?'? disked the hoy as ho handed the tele­ gram to her. Uri Packard gave a sigh which be- Tied i*r words, bat she responded hope- Hilly. "I don't know, dear, but we will trust that his heart has softened a little 'lowaoi the widow and tbe fatherless." "Iloaft you think you can go with me, mother? I believe Jones will give us lyagsm, so you can offer no objection on •taat -wore; anyway, yon need a change, :*or yon look pretty tired these days." Atii thus it was settled that Mrs. Pacfeaife was to spend the week with au cid school friend, while her son at- Bifid to business matters. -%£r. Packard had been one of the first ^ Iowa's sons to lay down his life for his eoantry. From the hour that his father had marched away, Horace had «ec:aily cherished a desire to join the •ariyy. He knew that his years were •against 1»lm; thea, too, his mother's heart was so sore at the heavy blow which had fallen on their home nest as the result of the war, that he never mentioned the subject, and Mrs. Pack­ ard little dreamed of the great struggle that was going on in tbe mind of her l»y. Bear his heart swelled with patriot­ ism the next day as he walked up Main 'Street! All D was astir with the news of war, and a bugle was sounding the reveille. When he passed a squad <of the drafted men in their gay uni­ forms, the sight was almost too much •tor him. the war fever was on him. and itNMjl it not been for the thoughts of bis ; alriMdy bereaved mother Horace Pack- ~ar i would have gone at any colt. An boar later he came out of the of­ fice of James Fisk with a determined iook on Ma manly face, and it seemed •jits if he had grown an inch taller. Mrs. Packard met him at the door, -an* affeciixHJMJtte greetings were ex- «cfcanged. Tb« hey tried to smile, but When he looked into bis mother's eyes he asade a miserable failure of it. and the tear* welled up instead. They were '*s quickly dried and he said, "You see, Mfether, it Is just like this. Fisk was going to foreclose the mortgage, but he Mys he will give you a clear title if I Will go as his substitute. I can't bear to leave you, little mother, but I do . want to go and fight for my father's * lUUlilij," and the boy's eyes flashed. "Then he added quietly, "I should go < tamer or later, anyway. This is our <<mtm opportunity to free our home from and you will not say 'nay,' will jwi, mother taineT gBnt l&n.'Packard art aa If• she were I night the Hon. James Fisk was sud­ denly called to join the great majority where no proxy could take his place. | He had evidently not left the office j since his interview with Mrs. Packard, for the errand boy found him the next morning with his legal documents scat­ tered about him. "Heart failure!" the doctor pronounced it, that convenient post-mortem phrase which covers a multitude of errors. In the tightly closed hand was a min­ iature picture of a fair-faced girl--a. pensive countenance--at that sweet time when she is "Standing with rgjnetant feer Wh&rf-'the ortoo**ad& rfver met, Womanhood and childhood fleet." "It must be the sister who died years ago," said Madam Grundy. However, one person knew the truth of the matter, for on his desk was a note addressed to Mrs. Packard, and it read: Friend Margaret: I have reconsid­ ered my hasty words and have decided to go myself. Have destroyed the con­ tract, and thus release the lad. (How like you he is!) Please keep your con­ tract for the sake of auld lang syne. Obediently, J. L. FISK.M --Ohio Fanner: • ~ TftttftTHt pomrv - Portions Adventure With Chippewa* s oa Lake Athabasca. An adventure with hostile Indians, seldom surpassed in critical peril and exciting situation, was that of a French Canadian Bome years ago at Fort Pierre au Calumet, on Lake Athabasca. One day, when the chief trader was absent on a visit to York Factory, and the' other men employed In the station were playing lacrossc upon the ice, this man and an Irishman named McTaggart were the only persons left in tile fort. Just then forty Chippewa "braves," who bad pretended to have furs to sell, but who bad really been watching an opportunity to plunder, came up (o the fort and poured inside the stockade. Pierre, the Frenchman, had barely time to bar the main door when they rushed against it, showing plainly their un­ friendly purpose. A parley with the chief, through a small slide-trap, re­ sulted in the withdrawal of the Indians outside tbe stockade, and an agreement to admit the chief alone, with the furs. Pierre thus relates what follows: I instructed my man, McTaggart, to watch when the Indians were well out of the yard, and when the chief came in to make a dash and fasten the outer gate. I then opened the door. Mc­ Taggart slipped out, l«t had not made one step when the chief struck him with his tomahawk, killing him instant­ ly. The savage then darted through the half-open door, and, parrying n blow I aimed at him. he seized the bar which fastened the door and threw It outside. I had by this time got hold of one of my pistols, and pulled it at him as he came toward me flourishing his bloody tomahawk. The bullet took effect, for the savage with a frightful yell, stag; gered through the doorway, where his cries soon gathered his band about him. Before I could fasten the door the whole gang had burst into the fort. I sprang behind some casks and hid my­ self there, feeling, however, sure that they would find and kill me. There can be no doubt about my fate if the sav­ ages had not been more eager for plun­ der and whisky than they were for vengrance. As it was, one of them at once rushed to a cask of whisky, the head of which he stove in with his hatchet, and with the greatest eagerness the whole crowd began to help themselves to tbe con­ tents. That they would drink themselves drunk was now my only hope and op­ portunity, and I quietly kept out of sight behind the empty barrels to await events. The idiotic abandon and general "cut­ ting up" of the safages as they came under the Influence of the whisky were very ludicrous; but you may be sure I kept my laughter to myself. In an hour all were helplessly intoxicated, except one big fellow who seemed to have a stronger bead than the rest. I now felt that with my pistol in my band I could fight at l&ast on equal terms, if a fight was necessary; but the rascal precipitated matters by turning over the cask of whisky while climbing to reach some plunder that be wanted on an upper shelf. In doing this a live coal was jarred out of the stove Into the liquor on the floor, and the room was immediately in flames. The In­ dian who had caused the catastrophe sprang toward the door, but my pistol ended bis career. The whisky was soon consumed, as there was but little left, and the fire was put out without doing large dam­ age, but many of tbe drunken savages on the floor were fatally burned. When the men came back from the lake and found so many dead Indians and saw the general ruin they were amazed, and supposed I deserved all the credit of the capture of the assailants, etc., when it was merely .an accident that had ac­ complished it. The effect on the thieving Chippewas was most wholesome, for the survivors of the fort adventure told their tribe a terrible" story of the pale-faces' "big medicine," and the sort of punishment they wreaked upon Indians who rob­ bed them.--Three Trappers. DOUBTS AS TO EXACT DATE:* Kluiee^« bteitnre«, these being afcle to giye us omy surfaces, with no hints of \yhat may be inside. By right of prece­ dence the carver's chair belongs to the b6ad of. the house, either father or mother, but weariness, preoccupation, or, more often, a parent's pleasure in contemplating tbe Increasing deftness of a clever son or daughter in presiding over and properly distributing a joint* fowl or flsh, leads the elders to resign In favor of the youth. Carving at thsi table, It is sajd, is now considered not only a useful art but a social accom­ plishment as well. A practical knowl­ edge of Its process should be a part of the education of all young people. Chil­ dren should know how tp ca^ve by the time they are 15 years old. In France a boy is required t:> take his turn in cutting and serving meats at table as soon as be is strong enough to handle the knife and tall enough to readily reach the joint or fowl. Sometimes he stands upon a broad stool, made for the purpose, and be Is proud when be 1« successful, and ashamed when found Imperfect. <r Collaborating in Soul-Saving. "In the days of my early ministry," said a f well-known clergyman, "I thoujrht "it necessary to ^impress thoughts of salvation by everything I uttered. "My first work was in a Western mining eamp. and I had to remain over night sat a rough. hotel to wait for a stage Vo convey me to my destination. At the table a savage looking man said gruffly: " 'What might be your line, young feller?" " 'Savihg souls,' I said'solemnly., " 'Ugh,' was the only response. "After supper, a coarsely dressed man approached me and said: " 'Pardner, let's make some kind o' dicker. We're in ther same line, an' thar ain't l'oom fer both. Thar's a camp furder up the crick whar yo' could set up and do well.' " 'I think you are mistaken, my friend,' I said. 'I am a minister of the Gospel.' " 'Scuse me, parson; I was mistaken in yo'; I thought yo' was ja cobbler.' Saturday Evening Post. • Ancient War Customs. In the ancient wars it was the cus­ tom for both armies to go into winter quarters, but nowadays such a thing is quite unknown, and several battles dur­ ing this century have been fought oh Chrls(u?as Day and New Year's Day, When a married Woman begins to exaggerate the size of the milk bills to her husband^ he/ next move will be to suggest that he buy a cow. Speaking of colleges, old ago usually improves their faculties. Difference of Opinion M to When Ohio "Bfccame a frtate. There is some doubt as to the exact date upon which Ohio became a State. Ohio never was a separate "territory,'* being a part of the Northwest terri­ tory. In 1801 the people living in the portion of the Northwest territory now embraced in the State of Ohio called a convention to frame a State constitu­ tion for the district which had set up a claim to statehood under the provisions of the fifth article of the ordinance of 1787. That convention met in Chilll- cothe on Nov. 1, 1802, and on Nov. 29 completed its work. The constitution thus framed was not submitted to the people, but was declared ratified by the convention itself. On Feb. 17, 1803, the United States Congress passed an act admitting Ohio into the Union as a State, said act be­ coming operative upon the assembling of the first State Legislature at Chilli- cothe. The first State Legislature met at Chilllcothe at 10 a. m. Tuesday, March 1, 1803, and both bouses Imme­ diately organized. Thus there are three dates about which opinions may differ as to the ex­ act initial period of Ohio statehood. They are Nov. 29, 1802, when the con­ stitution was perfected and ratified; Feb. 17,1803, when Congress passed the act admitting Ohio, and March 1, 1803, when the Legislature assembled and organized. The latter date appears to have the greatest claim, in view of the language of the act of Congress and the organization of the Legislature. The two houses of the Legislature met in joint session at 11 a. m. March 3, 1803, to open and declare the result of the ballot for Governor. Edward Tiffin was declared elected, receiving 4,564 votes. There were no ballots cast against him. At 1 o'clock p. m. the same divy Gov­ ernor Tiffin was sworn In at a joint session of the two houses of Legisla­ ture by Judge Meigs.--Cincinnati En­ quirer. Carving as an Art. Only persistent practice and definite knowledge make carving a pleasure and a success. Neither Illustration nor diagrams are of much assistance in learning this art. As a distinguished authority on carving says in his mono­ graph on the subject: "Illustrations cannot prove helpful because the actu- al thing before us heats faint resem- Mexlco has an area of 751,000 square miles, or nearly one-fourth that of the United .States. According to a German authority, tbe human brain is composed of three hun­ dred million nerve cells. The best locomotives on steam lines weigh 154 pounds per horse power, but on an electric traction line at Balti­ more, which was opened In 1895, the electric traction locomotive weighed 126 pounds per horse power. These locomotives weigh ninety tons, and develop 1,600-horse power, distributed on six Independent driving axles. It is perhaps not generally known that the three-cornered nuts, called Brazil-nuts, grow in packed clusters euclosed In shells which are roughly spherical in form and have somewhat the appearance of rusty cannon-balls. In the tropical forests there is another nut-bearing plant which goes under the name of the cannon-ball tree. The nutshells are almost perfectly spheric­ al, and would readily be mistaken for cannon-balls. Miss M. A. Ellis contributed a paper to the British Association on tbe hu­ man ear as a means of identification. She pointed out that tbe helix, or outer rim of the ear, and tbe general shape of the pinna, or whole outer ear, were tbe most useful for purposes of identi­ fication. Ears do not change shape after childhood, although they enlarge slightly after middle Mfe. From the varieties of sixty-four pairs of ears, many belonging to individuals noted in art, science and literature, printed from life by Miss $llls, It has been found that the right and left of each pair of ears usually vary in shape. Lighting the pyramids of Egypt with electricity and tbe installation of a 25,000 horse-power plant, to cost some $400,000, is a plan now under consid­ eration by the British Government and an American company Is reported as likely to receive the contract. As out­ lined. the plan Includes the genera­ tion of electric power at the Assouan falls, on the Nile River, and Its trans­ mission a distance of 100 miles through the cotton growing districts, where, it is believed, the cheap power will per­ mit tbe building of cotton factories. St is planned to use tbe power to illumin­ ate the interior corridors of the pyra­ mids and also operate pumping ma­ chinery for irrigating large areas of desert along the Nile. If Mr. R. M. Hunter, of Philadelphia, is able to carry out his ideas success­ fully, he will^consrtruct a telescope of such enormous power that the greatest now In existence win be a mere spy­ glass In comparison. His plan is to make a reflector seventy feet In di­ ameter by combining a large number of small mirrors in such a manner that the light from them will be concen­ trated at a common focus. Supposing this to be done, the light-gathering power of the new telescape would be about five hundred times greater than that of any instrument now In exist­ ence. If It were ns perfect In construc­ tion as smaller telescopes are, It might give a magnifying power of sixty or seventy thousand diameters, which would bring the moon within an ap­ parent distance of only three or four miles. With this telescope the as­ tronomer would have to place himself high on a platform supporting the eye­ piece, while the giant mirror was situ ated on a movable truck below. MAN EARNING ONE'S OWN M O^T of the educated women now obliged to earn their own living can look back upon a girlhood pf freedom and pleasure, from which they were suddenly hurried, by stress of circumstances, into ; the field of labor, where the workers are al­ ways many and the prizes few, says the Philadelphia Times. Despei-ate often with the monotony of dally work, many young wdmen t^ke hasty refuge in that before-mentioned .employment of wife, lacking the most needful quali­ fication--Love. Tbe,,,majority suffer their heartbreak with a deathly still­ ness, simulating an Interest In the work that they are far from feeling. Against feminine employment of a kind there can be no prejudice, for there is much that women, and women only, can do successfully; but it is the Incessant employment all day, and from week end to week end that tells so severely upon woman's health and brightness, ofttimes upon her womanli­ ness, leaving her notiiing but the nerv­ ous, ever-present dread of loss of em­ ployment nnd the. certainty of an old age of poverty and loneliness? For not the least unhappy factor in this daily employment of women is that /they have no time to make and cement the friendships that might comfort and support them In their old age.- Seeing how contracted stlll ls the field of feminine" labor and how many are urgently needing employment therein, one cannot speak too strongly in dis­ approval of womei^ wUd Ougage in the competition for vacant positions pre­ pared to take a smaller remuneration than the market value of the work they can do because distraction, find not money, is their object, and they know full well they can throw the employ­ ment aside as soon as it fatigues them and return with zest to the pleasures and comforts of home. These dainty dilettantes'in the world of work are, in plain words, robbing their poorer sis­ ters in a most culpable and unwoman­ ly manner. For the competition, being already so great, no honorable woman should accept a position for which re­ muneration is given unless she is ab­ solutely obliged to work to support her­ self or some members of ber family. Decorative Bit of Fnrnitwre. The possibilities of window decora­ tion In the hands 6f an lDgenious wo­ man are simply endless, and tbe house­ keeper who Is so fortunate as to have a wide recessed window, may make a most artistic as well as useful nook of It. Tbe services of a carpenter are, of course, necessary, but after be has fit­ ted tbe boards in place, milady's own fair fingers may complete the decora­ tions. Have four boards, one Inch thick, fitted into the recess and nailed secure­ ly in place. The top board must be on a level with the window sill, or, better still, cover it; the fourth board Is screwed to the floor, and tbe other two Antics of the Omn Shoe in Commerce "I have no reason to complain," said the shoe dealer who had not yet been absorbed by the department store, "for I make my share of the profits what­ ever the sales may be. But if I sold only gum shoes tbe result would be different for me. That is onf of the few signs of prosperity that does not bene­ fit the manufacturer. When times are good the sale of rubber shoes dimin­ ishes almost 50 per cent. Then nobody seems to want them. There is almost an exact proportion between the sale of overshoes and the sale of shoes. When tbe people have the money to buy one they don't want tbe other. So my customers buy leather shoes when they are not concerned about the price, and when they are economizing tbe sale of the rubber shoes increases liri mediately. They can cover up tliln soles and cracks, and they cost less than a third of tbe prices the other? bring. So It comes about that the big sales of overshoes are alwaya a sign that the times hre not prosperous. New York Sun. Worth Knowlnc. Fortune Teller--Your future husband will be tall, have dark complexion and be very wealthy. The Caller--Now, tell me another thing. How can I get rid of my present husband? Deaf Mute*. In Germany only 18 per cent, of deaf mutes grow up without education. In France the percentage is 40, in Eng­ land 43, in Austria 70, and in Russia 90. It's much easier for appearances to keep a man down than It is for a own to keep appearances UQ- '•twin >" M f a M ' - i wmnow BOOK SRBI/VES. placed equal distances , apart. If de­ sired, two commodious drawers may fill part of the two lower compart­ ments, but this Increases expense ma­ terially, without adding much to the beauty of the pretty book shelves. Screw a brass rod to the second shelf and fasten to it with rings some cur­ tains in china silk or chintz, using the space so covered for old' magazines, pamphlets, etc., while that above may be used for books, and the top shelf for bowls of flowers, ferneries or grow­ ing plants. The curtains across the casement should match those of the bookshelves, and the woodwork of the whole sbonld be the uame, either ivory white or stained oak, stained to match the other fittings of the room. Odd bits of china or silver look well on the lower shelves. all alone with the child, and if ^fter 3 kind and loving talk you reel that It must be punished, do it I have seen children so ashamed at being reproved or pun­ ished before people that It has made my heart ache for them. Perhaps this would be what some would like, and think it better for them to be so asham­ ed. I do not. Besides, If a child does wrong things before our guest, or their own companions, it hurts us very much, but if we punish a child before them will tbe latter not be very much dis­ turbed? And it will hurt them by mak­ ing them feel uncomfortable and out of place. So it makes it bad all around.-- Orange Judd Farmer. < Keep* the Placket CtaewB*. No skirt is completeat. the present moment without the back has some de­ vice to keep the placket perfectly closed. This is necessitated by its per­ fect fitting sheath shape. Many and SKIRT FAStKKINO DKVICK. varied are the forms these arrange­ ments haf e taken, the most usual being a row of tiny buttons on both sides, laced or looped across. Our Illustra­ tion shows the general effect of these various devices, and a new idea that recommends Itself, because, while being very ornamental, it is utilitarian as well, It can be easily adjusted to any skirt. They come In sets of a half- dozen pairs and are easily sewed on. Marriageable Daughter*. Fathers and mothers need not be husband hunters, but they should be genial, hospitable hosts to such young women and men as they deem fit com­ panions for their daughters. It is their duty to enter heartily and cheerfully into the lives of their girls at this stage of their career as well as any other. Many a young woman has been de­ prived of social life because of the In­ difference or open inhospltallty of her parents to her friends. The father who selfishly seeks bis own comfort and enjoyment, burying himself in a book or paper when bis daughter's friends are in his parlor, creating an atmosphere of restraint and unsocia­ bility, is, perhaps, dooming his girls to a lonely, unhappy life.! The mother who is scant of courtesy and friendli­ ness to these guests is doing ber daugh­ ters a greater and more lasting wrong than neglect of some of their personal wants in their earlier years would have entailed. Nor does their duty end fh a willing­ ness to receive and entertain In a cor­ dial way the young people congenial to their girls; if It be that there are not young men and women in their neigh­ borhood with whom their daughters can associate, it is their bounden duty to remove thence to a community fur­ nishing the necessary elements for an adequate social life. Families noii for much less important reasons; they seldom move for more important ones. Fcented Stationery. A woman's stationery should speak of herself, and should be as much Iden­ tified with her personality as possible. A sachet of violet powder, or orris, placed in your letter box, gives a sftibtle odor to the paper, which some women love to affect, but it is far better and safer to avoid all perfumes In your sta­ tionery, as sometimes one is tempted to go too far. Men have been seen to throw down a note or letter in disgust when detecting the slightest perfume about it. Under no consideration should a man ever use perfume in his station­ ery. Scents of all kinds should be shunned by men, either !u their paper or about their persons.--San Francisco Chronicle. '-1 About Introduction*. Superfluous introductions were once --and not so long ago, either--an al­ most universal nuisance in this coun­ try. The woman who persists in the farce of "making people acquainted" in the twinkling of an eye, under any and all circumstances, is still to be found, but she is happily becoming more and more rare. The confirmed Introducer is a bore, and should be ruthlessly discouraged; but, until men­ tal telepathy shall have become a more widespread accomplishment than it is now, the old-fashioned Introduction ptigiit (i^"tbY>e permttted to lapse into utter disuse. '* Care of the Hair. Cut a tWVd of an Inch off your hair when the moon Is new, and do the same tbe next month when the moon Is full. Every, night give It a good brushing, being careful not to scratch the scalp. Use the brush while dressing the hair when possible in place of the comb. Wash hair every six weeks, using warm water and any mild toilet soap; rinse first with warm wat^r with a lit­ tle borax, and then use clear, cold wa ter. Dry thoroughly. If the hair falls out and is very dry, rub a little oil on the scalp. When to Pnnlah Children. Don't punish your little ones before others. It stirs up all the temper there Is In their little bodies. Not only that, but If they are old enough to realize much, It lessens their respect for you, and their own self-respect receives a ted blow. 1 say wait until you are BAIT FOR A TIGER TRAP. Domestic to Get a Portnne. Susannah Humble, a St. Louis do­ mestic, will receive a fortune of $240,- 000, left by ber grandfather in Scot­ land. The search for the missing heiress has extended over twelve months. The fortune was left to Susannah and her sister, Mary, who came from Scotland six years ago, with their parents, and set- SU9ASNAH HUM- tied In Qulncy, 111., BLE. Susannah going to St. Louis four years ago. She says the first thing she will do with her money will be to buy a nice home for her parents. Feminine Peroonala. The Sorosls Club, of Springfield, Mo., was founded in 1896 and now has 100 members. Mrs. Adelaide H. Tooner ia the president. Mrs. Fuller, wife of the Chief Justice, Is in very poor health, and during this season will take no part In the festivi­ ties of Washington* Josle Lewis, of St. Louis, is the youngest bride for whoW a marriage li­ cense was ever taken dot in that city. She Is 14 years old. Mrs. S. J. Atwood, who runs a labor bureau In Denver, has hired over 40,- 000 men In the last thirteen years for work on western railroads. She Is said to be the only woman railroad employ­ ment agent in the country. Of the two young women who accom­ panied the Peace Commission to Paris as stenographers and typewriters one- Miss McNaughtAj--acquired a thorough knowledge of Spanish while connected with schools in South America, and the other--Miss Atkinson--is not less fa­ miliar with the French language. They receive the highest salary paid by the Government to women, the sum of $2,500 a year. Horrible Pnnlshment Inflicted on MS Bnglieh Knuineer in HarUah, Burmah was a most disturbed coun­ try from 1852 till 1859. I had my share of rough work, for I was detailed te survey and explore the country with a view to opening it out by roads, writes Henry Stone in the Wide World Maga­ zine. ^ JJ| Moung-Oonng Gee, an independent warrior, half soldier, and wholly a da- coit, \?as in arms at this time, and ap­ peared here and there from time to time. I suppose It was between 2 a. m. aiBd 3 a. m. when we were savagely awakened, and before we itnew for cer­ tain whether the whole thing was a fantastic dream or not, we were se­ curely bound and taken off to Goung Gee's headquarters, about six miles off. 'About 5 p. m. I was walked off a good six or efght miles through dense jun­ gles, reviled and tortured more or less the whole way, and at length I found myself stripped and thrust into a trap prepared for a tijjlr--a bamboo ar- l*augement of simple construction. My Jailers were needlessly brutal# and $bused^ me U» W*i', $9pinC! rd tike the treatment f^stootSd meet from the man-eating tiger which hovered about near where the trap had been specially laid. But previously, while a prisoner and tted to a tree, a Karen girl had. at the ttsk of her life, $|Wn %iter, and I begged of her to send some one hurriedly to Captain D'Oyly. who was camped a few miles off, to hurry to my rescue. Shortly i' frear^eoft foot* falls first, and then something spiffing round the trap. There could be no doubt that It was the ma neater. My heart nearly burst. I was kept in agony for fully ten minutes, and then the beast evidently found the door, ior he entered and I heard the door fall. There w^s a partition of bamboos be­ tween him and me, but I anticipated that be would soon demolish that and then tear me to pieces as I lay hqddled up helplessly. It appeared afterward, howevef, that the Karen girl's brother had been forced to erect the trap, and had made the partition of male baiAboos of great strength. In the darkness 1 could see the great, luminous, wistful eyes of the maneatef. The fearful brute, finding he could nbt get in to me, begdn to insert his paws gently, but I crept up to the outer bars, and then he could barely reach me. He did succeed, however, In giving me S claw or two on my back and buttock. As he smelled the blood he began to gnaw at the bars, and would doubtless have made short work of them, but there was a sudden glare of torches, a confused murmur, and then I felt tin worst had passed. The Karen girl, with ten of the Sikh? out of the twenty which forni^. my bodyguard, came up and bayoneted the tiger, who was caught literally like a rat in a trap. Fire they dared not, as they were only a couple of miles from , Goung Gee's camp. They released m« --more dead than alive--from my living tomb, and then improvised a hammock out of a native blanket and carried me to my camp. Saw the Point Himself. Tbe following story is told by th« Youth's Companion of a Philadelphia millionaire who has been dead som< years: A young man came to him oni day and asked pecuniary aid to'start him In business. ^ "Do you drink?" asked the million­ aire. t ' -p'y "Once iiJ a while." , .• "Stop It! Stop it for a year, and thei come and see me." The, J'oung^ mas broke off the habit at oneC'Vhd at thi ericl of the fear came to see the million aire again. "Do you smoke?" asked the success­ ful man. ">|0w and then." "Stop it! Ktop it for a year„afad then come and see me again." The young man went home an< broke away from, the hhbit. It tool him some time, but finally he worried through the year, and presented him­ self again. „ "Do you chew?" asked the philan­ thropist. "Yes, ,1 do," was the desperate reply "Stop it! Stop it for over a year, and then come and see me again." : The young man stopped chewing, but be never went back again. When asked by his anxious friends why he nevei called on the millionaire again he re plied that he knew exactly what th« man was driving at. "He'd have told me that now that 1 have stopped drink­ ing and smoking and chewing I mus« have saved enough to start myself li business. And! have." Solomon in All H e Glory. A donation party was given to a good country clergyman in part payment 01 his small salary, the principal resufc" being twenty-seven bushels of beam and a large variety of second-hand clothing for his five children. The patience of the clergyman's wif« finally gave out. On the next Sundaj she dressed all her five children in thi donated second-hand elothing, anc under her direction they marched uj the aisle Just as the good pastor wai reading that beautiful passage, "Ye» Solomon In all his gloty was not ar­ rayed like one of these." The next donation party was of a different char acter. FnrnUh Bnekets for Garbage. In the parish of Shoredlteh. London, each dwelling is furnished with two sheetlron buckets, one for garbage, the other for combustible refuse. The »tree>ts site cleaned by boys with brooms and dustpans. The sweepings are put in sbeetiron receptacles on the street corners. Carts belonging to the parish collect the refuse from the streets and dwellings and haul it to the public power plant. There it is used as fuel to produce steam to run the dynamos that light the parish by night and pro­ vide electrical power to small manu­ factories by day. It Is the experience of tbe women that It is easier to have the grip twics than to stay well, and nurse a man who has it once. , 1 There are more good women la tt4| world than great ones. ; \ It's a wise dude that doesn't man$ an athletic young /rom«$. >•'<