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wrnm* tOMB. OAmK OB ACOO0m tuestlon of cash or account* la !• debatable in the mind of the woman, particularly the city Distances in a large city are I ao iaexorablee that the conveniences or f£feafi or telephone shopping is very tempting. It is possible nowadays, in- Iwd, to take advantage of bargain counter attractions at long range. Many women, knowing their shops well, will unhesitatingly telephone for a marked down article on opening the Kerning paper to find it advertised, MBM shoppers holding an account at Afferent stores for no other purpose. Sometimes, indeed, these purchase* *an be sent C. O. D., but often they eannot. In the matter of exchanges, too, the Charge customer has an advantage in the ease and celerity with which she Muu manage these transactions. Against, however, this saving of time lad strength and of opportunity must he set the objection, obviously impor­ tant, of a temptation to extravagance, ttya Harper's Bazar. When an article !• to be charged it seems much easier |D make the purchase. One of the common among women hesl- at this point: "It will only need a I I U t i l e l a r g e r c h e c k , a n d a f e w d o l l a r s > Tir Me way or the other will make no dif Y.<T fmpee," and it rarely fails to tip the s vMale in favor of the purchase, yet it ^ Y( ftl Just here that the danger of an ao- atfuht lies In the establishment of mod- £ V;-'"\ ante means, and the woman who finds :"Y %karaelf slipping along this, easy, dan- j... garous road can find safety only In •!Af ftern represssion, or to permit the ac- £'- count to lapse. An every day balanc- ,1^ ,- lot °f accounts is a wonderful safe- ' ptrd for a housekeeeper, and seldom am with the woman who charges spiritual to He conquered, and this needs all the strength, and all the time, and all the powers of the indi­ vidual. "Progress is the realisation of Utopias." "You have built your castle Is the air," aatr Thoreau: "now put your foundations under it" No dream can be too fair for realization, and life is a period in which to realise these highest individual possibilities. »* With embroidered lace ruffle and Sadfc Science and art open their treasure feooaes and offer new realms of explor- ptton and pursuit Life is full of fas- Ifaiatipn and enchantment, and thus iaar inflorescence of culture, this Iras development of the individual iaoftes from insight and energy. The Mane heaven had seven floors, each £ Which was entered after conquering > ©ne preceding. Life has its many floors, and after •Ottquering the materials there is the Made with bolero tucked-over blouse of white peau de sole. Collar and bands of white duck, with banda at dark blue duck. mo A. KORK 8HDPUB UVE In writing of the boasted progreaa of the last century. "An American mother" asks In the Ladles' Home Journal for June, "What has tha 19th century done to the woman herself? Are her school training, her colleges and her work in art and literature making her a more womanly woman, more fit to be a wife and mother? 11 not, they are losses to her, not galna. The chief change which the laat cen­ tal ry made in the American woman was that it tempted her to give up for the new occupations of art, reform and money making, her own real work as a homemaker, wife and mother. The 19 th century has dragged our women from their natural base. It has given them noble surroundings for their lives; literature, art, social power. But they are not content. They are nervous and restless beyond any form­ er race of women. The food given them is too light They look out on the world with starved eyes. The wiser among them are finding out that what they want is not show and public work and applause, but a sim­ ple life, repose and the homely affeo* tlons of home." HOW TO MODISH BAQt COLORIKO, Fashionable hair in Paris now is dark mahogany shade. It is said to be far more beautiful than anything hitherto accomplished in the way of changes from the natural hue, says the New York Press. Nor is the proc­ ess of transformation so difficult as was the yellowing of hair. Probably because the mahogany hue now in vogue so much more nearly resembles the natural dark coloring of at least the Frenchwoman's hair, the little ir­ regularities in the working of the chemicals are not noticed. THBKB STYLISH SOXSKB DRKSSB*. •"*. Owen and white flfttfed muslin, trimmed with white lace and blactc velvet ribbon; closed at the left side Of the front. 2. Gray linen, with gored skirt and tucked blouse. The band about the neck, the cuffs and the belt are of White linen, with French knots done ta yellow. The narrow braid which covers the seams of the skirt and fin­ ishes the waist is also yellow. Hat o£ white straw, with yellow flowers and black velvet at the back. 3. White pique, with appliqued bands of black batiste and all outside stitch­ ing in black. Hat of white straw, with white plumes and frla^K velvet - Corporation It Coming. Not till we reach the golden age of co-operative housekeeping may we ex­ pect to find the high virtues of cleanli­ ness, order and scientific knowledge embodied in our cooks; so we might as well lower our expectations and take the needless strain from bur tired nerves. Marriage is declared a failure, chief- tor because man expects a mere woman fo exhibit the perfections of an angel, •nd woman expects a mere man to live •n the lofty plane of a demi-god. Blessed are the bride and groom Who do not expect too much of each Other. Their way is not lively to lead to Urn divorce court, and it may branch eut in the direction of the kingdom of tofcran. But what Is to become of all our fclgh ideals, and all our "high hopes desires," as the poet says? r«H It we must have these, let us them for ourselves alone. Exer- * jMsalthy toleration toward other but hold up the highest pos- atandard for our precious selves, r* Shall be perfectly safe In doing iter we are not likely to grow in worrying over our own ahortcom ings. s*. OCK COOKING SCHOOL Blackberry Vlnagar. ' this by the recipe for rasp berry vinegar, only putting in five and a half pounds of sugar to -jvery three pints of the juice and water Ch»rry Blacalt. Boll together a cup of sugar cup of water, and when the sirup threads remove it from the flre and beat until it is cool. Now beat in pint of whippel cream, a cup of half candied cherries, a cup of blanched and chopped almonds, a tableepoonful of sherry and a tablespoonful of va­ nilla; turn all into a freezer freeze. Urnmemm Th»t will •at*' P*'l kM Breathing exercises art; one would hate a high chaplŝ bust and a waist round ^ says the Philadelphia Ini did not Intend us to waddla drooping chests, looking Ilka tlves ready to give up. lungs to the limit Rai*e rem­ and keep it raised. cises as they are given it a rule to breathe correctly Ml the time. It is quite as necaiiaiV ft gvt all the bad air out as it is to litplenty of fresh air in. When yew rtaa la the morning, slip on a bath robe and bed­ room slippers. Open Ota window*, take breathing exercises without per­ fect ventilation in the room la to waste your time. Place yowailf In aa erect, easy position, with on* foot a little forward, allowing tha weight to rest upon it Put the arm* akimbo, with fingers pressing on tha abdominal muscles in front and tha thttmba on tha muscles on either tide of the spine. Hold the head atraight and tha hips back, the same with tha shoulders, chest high and full. Take a deep, tranquil breath, but one that will cause the cheat to rise and fall fully and freely at every effort Do this 20 times. In the act of Inspiration take in as much air as you can hold. In tha act of respiration give out aa little poasible. This is particularly neo» eaaary in effusive breathing, which li excellent for chest development DraW in a full breath, and send it forth lit prolonged sound of the letter H, Never mind if you do sound like a ateam radiator ready to explode. Yott will get a chest, and the girl whet laughs and sneers will not Exercise in expulsive breathing: Draw in 4 full breath and emit it with a lively expulsive force, still clinging to your H sound. Do not prolong It like you do in your effusive breathing. Let it be a sort of snort, the breath being projected into the air. Before going to sleep, give your lungs an air bath. Lie flat on the back with no pillow under the head. Place the arms close to the aides, then Inhale and exhale alowly, allowing yourself a rest of five or ten seconds between breaths. Do this 15 times. Then, with arms ex-| tended straight out aoross the bed, breathe slowly and deeply IS time* more. You will sleep like a top, un­ less you have been filling up on Welsn rarebit or crab ravlgotte a la Bellevue. SlSSa. SSI ' & • , , s YANKEE 18 PASSING AWAY. How Ratlra-Bon H«w lifltiten Art , la tha Minority Thar*. That the native population of New England is not maintaining its nu­ merical strength is pretty well known. Hence the facts brought out in the vital statistics of Connecticut for last year, that the native population is fast being overwhelmed by the ele-f ment of immediate foreign extraction, will surprise no one. It appears that In all sections of the state the deatha among the native population exeeeda the births from native parentage, while the burden of providing a natural in­ crease in the population rests wholly upon people of fctign birth. This la true of the country as well as the urban districts. In forty-one back towns, peopled largely by natives, the deaths exceeded the births laat year by 240. In the cities of New Haven, Hartford, Meriden, Water bury, New London, Norwich and Bridgeport the births from native-born parents num­ ber 8,393, while the deaths of native- bora numbered 4,227; among the for­ eign-born births were 4,227 and deaths only 1,867--there possibly being an er­ ror in the duplication of the figures 4,227, but in any event for the whole state, the native births numbered 8,229 and deaths 10,388, and the for­ eign births 8,219 and deaths only 3,678. From such facts it is easy to figure out the early displacement of the older native element by a popula­ tion of immediate or very recent for­ eign origin. The Massachusetts vital statistics reveal the same population tendencies. There are some counter­ vailing considerations to be taken into account when studying such sta­ tistics as the above. But afty all Allowances are made the fact remains that the population of New England, of more than one generation of Ameri­ can nativity seems to be losing ground. This may arise--doubtless does arise from the emigration of the yankee youth toward the west, atld in making account of this the old New England family is unquestionably proving to be at least barely self-perpetuating, but on New England soil this yankee ele­ ment is slowly but surely being engulf­ ed by other peoples who are compara­ tive strangers to the region.--Spring­ field Republican. The Cttcajco newspapers and the Ohleago public have become greatly excited over the mysterious society known astheWhite Boxers. Thlsorgan- laatlon (in its secret councils) has be­ gun a war of conquest against the dark­ er races, using the "heathen Chinee" aa an object of peril to the Caucasian*, m their meetings the "Boxers" wear gowns and masks. Their organisation came about as a result of the publica­ tion of William Roe's "Boxer Book." This book first saw the light In Chi­ cago and was freely distributed among people of advanced thought It dem- castrated (to tha satiafaction of the author) the fact that inasmuch as the daricer races of mankind are more pro­ lific than the whites, the Mongolians and Africans will in time rule the earth, with the whites as slaves. It la shown that the darker races already form by far the most numerous divis­ ion of the human family. It therefore advises the whites to follow up the Biblical injunction to "Increase and multiply," that the ratio of increase in population over the darkes racea may ward off the peril. The negroes of Chicago are naturally t of Nation Com p»r*d. A recent number of Nature contalna ifeme curious statistics regarding the sale of the Encyclopedia Britannlca in Great Britain and the United States which are worth notice. The statistic* are based on the number of sets of this work sold per 10,000 inhabitants. Cambridge, England, bought 27 sets per 10,000 Inhabitants, Oxford, 20 sets; London, 18 sets; Edin­ burgh, 13 sets; Glasgow, 10 sets, etc. Great Britain, as a whole, took 40,000 (sets, or about 10 sets per 10,000 Inhab­ itant®. The United States, as a whole, took more than 400,000 sets, or nearly (8 per 10,000 inhabitants. The num­ bers of sets per 10,000 of the population in different American towns are: Boston, 74 sets; Chicago, 89 sets; Greater New York, 68 seta; Philadel­ phia, 67 sets; San Francisco, 67 sets; Cincinnati, 65 sets; New Orleans, 65 nets. These comparisons are extremely auggeativak ' 9 v ** 4-Bteep the rose leaves in hot water, as you would tea leaves. Strain while hot sweeten to taste and put over the fire just long enough to melt the sugar. Add a cup of brandy to each gallon oI If Bottle. «ork and On* Pomattopef The preliminary register for 1896 showed that there was then only one potwalloper in all England. On see­ ing the term for the first time one might easily imagine that a potwal­ loper was a species of ichthyosaurus or some other reptile of a past age. It will be discovered upon inquiry, how­ ever, that the term "potwalloper" is literally one who bolls a pot, and was applied to voters in certain boroughs of England, where before the passage of the reform bill of 1182 the qualifica­ tion for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in tha pariah far aix months. • , -w»z' PROFESSOR FINSTERBACH AND BOXER CHIEF. \ ' • at th# psopaafttoa* and have In "tha meantime the Boxera an aaid to be increasing at a rapid rate, and tha aalaa of the "Boxer Book" are said to ba enormou*. A public meeting held at tha Chicago Auditorium day; and was addressed by the of tha Bom, who wore gown and maak. The speaker waa accompanied by two other men similarly masked and robed. After the meeting the three disappeared through a rear door and all attempts to trace them were in vain. Their identity waa a mystery to every person in the audience but one --Frank Finsterbach, 8030 Arc&er avenue, and he refuses to divulge it The speaker stated that the very ex­ istence of the white race was threat­ ened by tha Mongolians and negroea and that unleaa something was dona the Caucaalana would be swept from the face of the earth. He advocated war--beginning first with education and ending with cannon and sword. He told of the new society formed to promote this war, and asked his hear­ ers to join. The only man In Chicago publicly Identified with the movement who knows the Boxer leader la Mr. Finster­ bach. He says that among those iden­ tified with the Boxers is a Chicago writer who Is well known and who la the author of a pamphlet containing the statameni of the beliefs and prin­ ciples of the order. He also says a Chicago philanthro­ pist who is a millionaire is backing the movement financially. The order in Chicago has one secret lodge, which meets In a place unknown to all ex­ cept a very few and whose head la the speaker referred to. In connection with the organization is a free school at the People's Insti­ tute, Leavltt and Van Buren streets, where children are instructed in elo­ cution, music, dancing and athletics. Sunday's gathering was the first public meeting of the society, but hereafter one Is to be held regularly every Sunday. GrantV "Boyhood Stereetheart Georgetown, O., Correspondence- Mrs Lucinda Power, who died here re­ cently, is said to have been one of Gen­ eral Grant's boyhood sweethearts. When Grant was elected President he made Mrs. Power postmistress of " v.,* Bartlett Bailey, a brother, of Mrs. Power, to pass the examination that gave young Grant a chance to go to West Point Mrs. Power*a husband. Dr. Henry Power, died In 1858. and subaeauently S'i/ertt MuIfi-Millionaire*. The reticence of the multi-million­ aires is provoking. Several of them, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan among the number, lately returned from Europe. They had been on the ocean in close communion for the better part of a week. They must have spent most of their time in discussing grave affairs of business, just as statesmen of the same party, if thrown together on a steamer, would have discussed great matters of state and would have out­ lined a political policy for the com­ ing season. The "community of inter- eat" men who were together on the Deutschland must have outlined their fall campaign. What it is they will not say, but the people would like to know. Statesmen are not always taci­ turn. They are often willing to take the public into their confidence! It enables them to get along better than if they were resolutely silent about their plans. Often they throw out hints of what they intend to do, and if they find a cold response they change their tactics and escape mak­ ing a blunder. It would not be a bad idea if the financial and industriQl'PO- tentates of today were to try this prac- tioe occasionally and put out feelers to find whether the community will take kindly to some grand scheme they have in mind. If the men of high finance and consolidated industry are to continue to play the important part they have been playing of late they ought to reign like constitutional rul­ ers and be a little less reserved. They! should be as accessible as senators,! cabinet officers, and presidents, and oc casionally they should be communi­ cative. If they have in mind further invasions and subjugations of Euro­ pean industries the people will be pleased to know it. If they are plan­ ning to combine more railroads and consolidate more industries, or if they have decided that the Dingley tariff schedules can with safety be reduced^ or reciprocity treaties ratified, they ahould give the public a preparatory hint--Chicago Tribune. Lord Strathcona, who will soon visit Canada, will speqd part of the fall at Invercoe House, Argyllshire, Scotland. He owns the Glencoe grouse moors and has rented several neigh­ boring moors besides a deer forest. 010: town, giving color to the roman­ tic tale. Mrs. Power was the second daughter of Dr. George B. and Jane Bailey, who were the nearest neighbors of the Grant family while residents of Georgetown. It was the failure of their three children died, leaving Mrs. Power the sole survivor of the fam­ ily. On the first visit General Grant made to Georgetown after his mar­ riage he Introduced Mrs. Power to hip wife as one of his old swwethearta. That was in the summer of 1876. *T Historic Hotel to be Torn "Dotern. building, which will removed •. V ^ - the The furniture and fixtures of the i last week without reserve preparatory ;JBet*e Savae ait- liiliwifvlk were aoM to '41|a jaat^iiiit1<>T> of ifee, Watortc m to make way for a modern hotel. The old Bates* will be wiped but wholly, even to its name. For fifty years the Bates was the most noted hotel in In­ diana, and for a long time it has been one of the most famous hotels in the country. The house was built in 1852 by Harvey Bates, Sr., in whose honor it was named. Its first cost was $60,- 000, a goodly sum for an investment of this kind in a small western town. A few years later improvements and ad­ ditions to the cost of $75,000 were made. Under it* various ownerships the hotel entertained many eminent men. Lincoln stopped there before the civil war, President Johnson spoke from its balcony, Stephen A. Douglas was a guest within its walls, and all the noted Indiana statesmen honored the hotel with their presence at one time or another. Another national event in which the Bates figured was the funeral of the late Vice President Hendricks, and to whose obsequies eminent men came from all parts of Trie* injunction. latere&ting aituaUo* IK Oklahoma, where tha JpMBEeral government haa _ . throw open for* aet- fNiiilf the landr of the Kiowa, Oom- and Apache on Aug. t, •MP an editorial writer in tha Chicago 32r r if £w"ned *««nfora Wnan Indian landa Were ̂ for Wgfr. the **ooa*eii» in large ir of their anxiety Mat thay be tiMfartanata in the distribution, have line, in spite of all restriction*, stat­ ing out claims which seem d#ilrable and preparing to salse and hold them *T terea. To obviate this, the federal offldali have arranged a novel'plan of drawing lots; the man drawing tha firat number receiving the right to take Ma Pick, the one drawing the number securing aeeond choice ao-on. As there ate only is, 478 claima, it waa certain that many of the booz&ers must be disappointed tha prospects for an open clash bright Now, however, a new wholly unexpected complication pain in the shape of a protest poor Lo himself. The humble vat man, in the person of one Lone Wolf, through his attorneys, propose to plead in the oourts that under the constitu­ tion "no peraon shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due proceaa of law," and that therefore tha taking of the Indian's land Js uncon­ stitutional. Whether or not Lo la a **Person" is for the courts to discover. Certainly he has not always been treat* ad aa such, but his present attitude of raalataaea Indicates that he may have been undergoing a process of evtinttoa which is turning him into on& Death of John FfrJt*. A popular vote undoubtedly would have given John Fiske the foremost ly axecuted. His sudden death i t : rV': m SI ii® JOHN FISKE.. , -;r ; Jrtaee among living AmerlcaiflM#' ans. His fame grew steadily as each succeeding year added a new link to the elaborate series of American his­ tories which be had planned and partr leaves that enterprise unfinished, but the portions completed are still suf­ ficient to give him a permanent place by the side of Parkman, whose succes­ sor in many respects he was. In artis­ tic beauty of diction he was not Park- man's equal, but in breadth of knowl­ edge, of sympathy, and of outlook he had no superior among all the his­ torians the nation has produced. Pro­ fessor Fiske was familiarizing Amer­ icans with the history of their coun­ try from the date of its discovery. He liad the faculty of infusing interest into the driest periods. His historical knowledge was encyclopedic, yet with his great powers of memory he also had a rare judgment that enabled him to tell the Interesting things and leave out the rest. He wrote history as a good novelist writes stories. While his work was not always frde from error, it waa In the main remarkably re­ liable. He did not aim at the bril­ liancy of Macaulay or Froude, but he was more just and more accurate. He did not describe the manners, customs, and conditions of the people as Mo- Master does, for the longer period of time he covered would not allow of it. His tolerant spirit, his kindly but judicial attitude, and his clear and natural English make his books de­ lightful reading. ' s After Long SertfiotL T. S. Gold of Cornwall, Connv baa resigned as secretary of the Connectl- cut state board Of agriculture after a continuous service o f t h i r t y - f o u r years. Mr. Gold claims that the Seckel pear is the acme of perfection in fruit, thereby challenging t h e old saying that "doubtless might have a better than the strawberry, but doubtlees .pa never did." The Empress of Japan is just about a year older than the emperor, al­ though she seems younger. She ia rather fine looking from a Japaneee atandpolnt being short and, petite. Sha now dresses in European style, al­ though when first married she wore Japanese clothes and blacked her teeth, as did all good Japanese wives thirty years ago. Today her teeth are as white as those of any. American beauty and her clothe* are of the !•!» est Paris fashion. i il G o d made J. W. Bell, member of the Canadian lower bouse of parliament, suffered a paralytic stroke on July 1, and is now at death's door. He was elected to a seat in parliament from Addington In 1882, and with the exception of tha term of 1891-'6 has served ever sinca. He is considered one of the most en­ ergetic and popular members of the commons. King Edward VII has accepted from tlcott Montagu, M. P., a number of American bronze turkeys, taken to England in a wild state. Ti«y wilt-