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^?i^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ 4 _. ff ?.'_i_ , _!- - ? . . . , .- ?? ?? ' ?? "~7" -_---* T^OTTAIT^^ " 1D<^FJJBLDTsTcT WEMpSDAY, APRIL 6, 1893._VOL. LXIII. NO. 14._ THE SONG There sits rt mnid where the winds ol And the fair stars mock and steal t Wheroa terrible moan of sllenco am Where the shivering earth lies cold Still at her lattice she sits, and a her (Souir of sighs it ls, has been, and "Love ls tl?e King of all, a tyrant Ki: A cruel tyrant of Kings, ?nd my I ,ES. COLLINS COX is in the waiting room ami desires to see you immediately, sir," said one of tito men entering the room where I was i n conversation with the Chief at Scotland Yard. "Collin s-Cox, Collins-Cox?" re peated the Chief. "Isn't that the great American millionaire who has recently settled in London?" "Yes, sir." "Show her in at once. Wiseman, you remain for a time." A few seconds later Mrs. Collins; Cox came quickly into the office and the door closed after her. She '.ns a pleasant lookiug lady of twenty-seveu or twenty-eight. Clearly she was greatly excited about something. "Sir," she cried, coming forward suddenly, "I'-e lost my husband! He has disappeared." "Since when?" asked the Chief, beckoning her to a cheir. , ? "Siuce yesterday evening." "Oh!" ho said, smiling, "I should ?ot worry about that, madam. No doubt he wiil come back safely. Did he not say he was going?" "Oh, it's noi that, sir, that fright ens me. lt is this, which I received a little while ago," and she drew from her hand-bag a small cardboard box and dropped it upon tho d-jsk. My chief took the box, opeued it and abstracted its contents; a letter and a small packet. Leaning over his shoulder I read tho words of tho fermer: DEAR MADAM-Best assured that your husband is right and safe so Jong as you don't attempt to find him. If you do you will regret it. lb? "desired mc to scad you thc enclosed chock(?10,000), which you are to etinngo and convey iu cash to us after our instructions. You will go to tho bank, fash thc check, put tho money in a handbag, and to-night, nt 3 sharp, when it is dark, you will KO to Cross street, Whitechapel, and put tho bag against tho railing of No. 17, exactly where you find a white cross on one of the flags. You will go alone, and act secretly all through. It is your husband's wish, for tho successful Issue of our plans means blas lifo. If tho money falls into wrong hands your husband will write us another check, which you will cash and bring to us. So you will save yourself trouble hy seeing it doesn't, and following our instructions. When wo have tho money, your husband will return. Tut the bag down on th<? white cross nnd walk away quickly. You will be followed; and if you don't walk away, or If you look back or there is anyone spying about, you will be a widow within two .hours. * Be careful, therefore. To betray us is to be tray yourself and Mr. Collins-Cox. Mean time, wo enclose ilrst installment of your husband to show we mean business. CHAULES KIDXAPPEB AXD Co., LTD. The Chief next took the small packet, undid tho paper, and suddenly ro ooilcd from it. It was a human finger, cut from the socket, and wear ing a plain gold serpent ring. I took up the finger, and examined it very carefully. "Do you recognize this finger and ring to bc your husband's?" I asked. "The ring, certainly, but I can't bc sure of the finger. Men's lingers aro so much alike." "Hum! Do your remember what er-yes, what finger Mr. Cox wore this ring upon?" "The third finger of his left hand, always. " "Then calm your fears, madam; a million chances to one this is not your husband's linger, since it is the sec ond of some hand. Of course, it may be geurine. But I don't think so. Your husband has been kidnapped. "Do you wish me to take up this matter?" I asked, turning to my chief. He nodded, aud I turned to Mrs. Cox. "Go to the bank, cash the check, and return home, where you will find me. You must do this, because you are probably being watched. Stol) a bit, though, muduui! Have voil the check?" "Yes, it's herc iu my purse." I took it from lier, and crossed to the window to examine it. It was made out, payable to Mrs. Cox, on a sheet of ordinary note-paper. The body was written out in one hand with a steel pen, and tho signature was in another. "Are yon sure the signature is all right?" I asked of Mrs. Cox. "As far as I know, it is," she answered. "Bat I could not say for certain, though I attribute the dis similarity from his usual signature to his being nervous when he wrote it." "It is dissimilar?" "Yes, my husband wrote a very firm hand, and that is rather shaky." "Well, madam, please do what I tell you. Go to the bank, and meet me at your house. Let me lend you this block handbag. It will suit your purpose." With that I took up my hat and went ofF. I walked down Carlton House terrace to tho Coxes' house. To the footman who answered my summons I s"id I wished to seo Mr. Cox's valet, and in a few moments thi:s lordly gentleman came to me with a mixed manner of cordiality and con descension. In a short time Mrs. Cox returned. "I guess I shall go mad before the day is out," 4ai'd she, as she carno into the room, followed by ti man carrying my handbag. "Oh, no," I said, cheerfully. "I want to see you alone." She dis missed the man, cud then sank into a chair. "Yes, I've gnt the money, after the greatest difficulty," she said, answer ing my look. "t?nt have you discov ered anything?" "Yes, two things," I replied, "I want these things: A pico^ of cream note papers-get it from your gook- fi iteel ?Hm, Ink bod ft sjWiintm o' yow hWtyWft signntnre, PltftH (pt &m \ OF SIGHS. t the wilderness flngci- Tier tmir, he lustre nnd light of h?r eyea, - .1 sadness sickens tho air, 'neath tho sheeted mists that rise; irt-sad song silo sings shall ever be), ng of Kings, .ovo ho loves not mo." -Aaron Mason, In Harper's Magazine. I things yourself, and let no ono know, j Now, tell me-who is in this house?" "Myself-you mean usually? Well, Mr. Cox, myself, the secretary, three male and five female servants." "They all live here?" "Except tho secretary-yes." "This goutlemau, has ho been in your employ long?" "Three years/' "Wo might get some information from him, perhaps. However for the present, I'll see no one. Will you please get me those things?" Mrs. Cox -went out, and returned after a few minutes -with "what I had asked for. I smiled as I saw the note paper. Though it was not the same make it was very like what had been .used for thc check for .?10,000. "What are you going to do?" Mr3. Cox asked. "I can't do much until S o'clock, so I am going to try a little experiment." . I took from her tho specimen of her husband's signature and examined it. From my pocketbook I drew apiece of tracing paper, and this I laid upon Mr. Cox's signature, "which I went over carefully some thirty or forty times. Then I took the sheet of note paper and calmly forged the million aire's name, making a queer little curl at the tail of tho "x" similar to what I had noticed in the signature of the ?10,000 check, which was not to be seen in the specimen signature before me. Mrs. Cox watched mo with an air cf profound mystification as I put the sheet of paper bearing only tho name, "C. Collins-Cox," upon the table and covered it up in such a way that no other part of the paper was visible. "Now," I said, "will you be good enough to summon every one in the house, and let them remain in the room until I call them?" She went away and in a few minutes later returned, saying that every one was in the room adjoining tho one in which I sat. "Very well, then. I want them to come in here one at a time. Begin with the secretary." "Ask Mr. Stainer to nomo hore," said Mrs. Cox. Mr. Stainer came. He was a tall, gentlemanly man of SO/ wearin-g-gold*" ? rimmed spectacles. "Of course," I said to Mrs. Cox in an undertone, but loud enough to be heard, as he came forward, "if it's genuine you must change it, and do as instructed. It will cost you a cool ?10,000, but that can't be helped. "Mr. Stainer," andi turned to him quickly, "can you tell mc if this is Mr. Cox's signature?" "Yes, it is." "Be sure, please. It's a highly im portant matter. Look at it closely." He leant over it and examined it like a near-sighted man, for some mo ments. I watched him, noticing his hands trembling aud his lips twitch nervously. "Yes," he said, quietly. "I ll swear to that. "But I fancy he was unwell when he wrote it, for it is very shaky foi Mr. Cox." All the others were brough1 in in tum, but no one else was able io iden tify the signature. "I want a cab," I said, smiling. A cab was called and I went out, gave the driver a note, with instruc tions to take it to the Yard and await au answer. Then I returned to the room and drew Mrs. Cox aside. ( "Don't breathe a word to any one," I said; "but does it not since you as strange that the man who bjst knows v r husband's writing should be the one to iay most emphatically that my forgery ^"as written by your hus band?" "Yes," she said, in a whisper. Ten minutes later, the cab returned and landed one of our men. Ho was shown in to me; and at my request, all the servants were recalled. When they were assembled, I turned to our man and said: "Chambers, yon will remain in this house until 9 o'clock to-night. You will allow no one but Mrs. Cox to leave while you are here, and you will see that nothing whatever is passed out of the house by any one to any one, and that no communication whatever is held by the inmates with outsiders, not even with tradespeople. You will make it your duty, if anybody-I say anybody-attempts to break these rules to immediately arrest them. You understand?" "Yes." At this Stainer looked tho picture of confusion and very pale. "I shall be hero at 7 o'clock," I said in a whisper to Mrs. Cox. "Have an old dress, cloak and hat of yours ready for me, and a room at my disposal, if you please." Then to C* mbers I said in the same tone, "Pay 4 articular attention to Mr. Stainer. He inter ests me." And then I came away. At about 7.30 tho same evoning a woman, tall, agile and well but quiet ly dressed, with u rather thick veil that hid her face, which, for tho first time in eighteen months had been de nuded of a brown silken beard and mustache, left Mr. Cox's house in Carlton House Terrace, and, walking to Waterloo place, got into a-cab. She gave tho driver an address, with instructions for it to Im reached by a roundabout route, and placed beside, her on the seat of tho cab a black haudbag. Thc cab eventually slopped in Oxford street. The woman sprang ont, paid the driver aud hurried eastward. Pres ently she cncounterel four or five cabs plying for hire at the curb. With a quick glance around her she sprang into once of these, gave tho driver an address through thc roof trap, (ind tbs ; (,ab rolled off id ?. cjuiok rate, TU? oa'i) VBiU?d oitfiV- svd pn~i j church street, and .finally palled np few yards from a small beer shop ia Whitechapel. The woman alighted, paid the cabman, aud crossed to the other side of the road, where four la borers were standing talking together. She went up and held an animated conversation with them for a few min utes. Then the four men moved oil iu different directions, leaving the woman standing alone in the shadow of a doorway. Hero she remained un til a neighboring clock struck 8, when she issued from her hiding place and turned down a by-street. The street in which sho now found herself was narrow, dark and de serted. The light was barely suffi cient to enable the woman to seo a white cross upon a flagstone in front of No. 17, and upon this she put tho handbag she carried. The moment she had dono so, sho started to run down the street, but she did not run far, turning sharply into thc deep shadow of a projecting wall. From hero sho could see uj) and down the street, tho mysterious houso and the handbag. The houso was apparently empty. Not a light was there in any window, She was attentively watching the windows of No. 17 for an indication of life, when sho -heard a strange grind ing sound that made her start. Nc one was to bc seen. Everything was exactly as it had been before, except that the bag had gone! Vanished! "Fool!" sho cried, "I might have guessed it!" Running out of hiding she drew a a police whistle and blew it thrice, and "then set about to examine tho flag stone. Yes; the cement around it was in loose powder. Some ono had shift ed the flag; some one in thc cellar be low aud the bag was gone and the flag pushed back. There Avas no area door, so the only way to gain admittance to tho houso was by the front door. She flung herself against it again and again. But it resisted all her j efforts, and she stopped to consider. At that moment a laborer ran up. "It's all right," he said. "We've got bim-bag in hand. Ho had laid bis plans ? . quick escape at the back, but ran into my arms as wc entered. The houso is quite empty." "Oh, are you sure?" I asked, for, of course, thc agile female was myself. "Perfectly certain. The house is absolutely empty of everything and every oue." "Ah, then T think I can understand. Get me a cab and take the chap to tho station in another." Two cabs were procured. In ono wc put our prisoner-a well-dressed man of a pronounced American typo between two of my Scotlaud Yard laborers and sent him to tho local sta tion. The second cab I took myself, and in it I drove to Carlton House Terrace. . WhenJI arrived at tho Coxes"I[found tho footman just paying off another cab. v ~"OT, Wc?OTi\ Cox has returned"?* ' I said. "Yes, sir. Jusi, this moment ar rived." "Where's Mr. Stainer?" "Your friend has him locked iu tho pantry. He arrested him by your in structions half an hour ago." Bunning np the steps I pounced right upon Mr. and Mrs. Cox locked in each other's arms. He wore an air of mystification, while she was simply bubbling over with delight. "What does all this mean?" asked ; Mr. Cox, turning upon me. "It's mystery upon mystery! Who is this ' woman?" "This woman," I replied, "is De- j tcctivo Sergeant Wiseman, of New Scotland Yard, who has just discov- j ered one of thc neatest little plots ever invented. Your secretary is a ge nius-" "I don't understand," he said,'look ing at me as if he fancied I was play ing a joke at his expense. "You had a telegram yesterday?" I asked. "Yes, which took mo to Paris on a wild goose chase. Some ono has been j making a fool of me. The telegram purported to come from an old friend in Paris, and requested me to go to him there without a moment's delay or a word to any one. I went. His name was not known at the hotel. I cabled I to New York and had an answer to say 1 my friend was there and well, so I came back. What does it mean?" "It means this," I answered. "It; means that your secretary and two j men-one of whom is now iu custody, the other probably in Paris-plotted to fleece you of ?10,000. Your secre- j tr.ry forged your name on a sheet of : noto paper which, was ran.de out as a | check for ?10,000, payable to your wife. This is a large sum, and the chances of getfing such a check i honored at short call was remote, un less the person offering it could satisfy tho bankers it was all right. How to J do this set the plotters wondering, un- j til they hit upon the grand scheme of j getting your wifo to change the ' check." And I then recounted to him our ad ventures aud their result. "Tho kidnapping idea was intro duced in order to frighten your wife, and the finger, which was that of some one else adorned w-ith one of your rings, which your secretary found in your bedroom,was calculated to further un nerve her. "Madam," I concluded, turning to Mrs. Cox, with a slight evidence of ! justifiable pride. "I congratulated you upon coming to Scotland Yard. You have provided me with tho only really interesting case I have had for years."-Tit-Bits. A New Wrliilclo Vor T'oundrymen. One of tho Now York printing ma chino builders, says Engineering, has succeeded in producing extremely ac curate gear-wheel castings by the simple device of using a machine-cut metal pattern, and baking thc mold in J a core oven before tho pattern is rc- j moved. Under these conditions the j metal mold expauds while the clay ! tends to shrink, with tho result that j on cooling, th? pattern can bo with- ; drawn, leaving behind it a perfect ! mold. Wheels cast in this way show, | it is stated, tho tool murks on the j original pattern, and customers have accepted them as machine-cut wheels j Electric Limp Output. Ono of tho largest domestic manu- ' facturera of incandescent electric j lamps \m au oMtpiU f?f OYW o,00i),fx?e j ft JW* ' '1 I Queer Insect ? 1 Produce According to the New York World, I" Henry E. Crampton, jr., au instructor' in biology in Columbia University lins successfully accomplished what seems at first blush to be the impossible. By the use of his knife, on living, breath/ ing nature, and then the grafting pro-; cess, he has produced and amazing collection of monstrosities iu the in sect kingdom. In other words, he has created two headed butterflies, tandem butterflies, maths with two heads and no tails, j some with two abdomens, others with two breasts and no backs, and all im-ii aginable varieties. He has jumbled the anatomy of the insects into a bo- j wildering mixture, and what is of Buprsme importance, ha3 demonstrated j to the satisfaction of scientists, for tho ? first time in the history of science, the possibility of upsetting what are re:: garded as tho fundamental laws of nature. As yet thc experiments of Mr. Cramp ton are in incipient stages. It is be lieved by other biologists that it may bc possible to extend his findings into higher animal life and ultimately pro duce combinations of superlative oddi ty. The practical value of his dis coveries has not yet been determined, but they may prove to be of service to physicians, and in that event, it is ?aid, the whole science of medicine will bo uprooted aud reorganized. The discoverer is only twenty-four ' BUTTERFLIES MADE (Hoary E. Crampton, Jr., instructor in bioh tory grafting butta years of age. Ho stumbled upon the grafting idea a year ago while examin ing tho phenomenon of cellular life that is, the life of certain insects in tho pupae stage. He never made much of his discoveries, and they would not be known now were it not that Professor J. B. Smith, who has charge of the biological department of tho New Jersey State Experiment Station at Now Brunswick, N. J., in an address before thc New Jersey Microsc?pica Society at New Brunswick referred briefly to them. On December 28 Inst thc American Society of Naturalists held its annual. convention at Ithaca, N. Y. One of tho speakers at tlie convention was Mr. Crampton. He had with him twenty-five jars in which were pre served in alcohol that number of spec imens of moths and butterflies with their anatomies completely mixed. These created a profound sensation. Mr. Crampton modestly explained how he had achieved the wonder. In his laboratory at New Brunswick Professor Smith demonstrated to a re porter for tho New York World how the grafting was done. From his col lection li? took two caterpillars, in the pupo or third stage of the caterpillar's life, when it is developing into a moth or butterfly. In tho pupro stage the caterpillar rests in a cell somewhat like the shell of a peanut, hut two and a half times as long and half again as large in di ameter. Wheu this cell is cut open the evoluting inmate is found to be a strange looking object about an inch in length, half an inch in diameter, tapering sharply atone end and round ing bluntly at the other. The specimens exhibited by Profes sor Smith were dark brown in color. When the cells were first cut open the pupto moved. With the blade of his penknife Professor?Smith cut off what he said was tho head of one of the cat erpillars. Then he placed it along side of the whole one. The interior of the pnpne was a substance of the color and about thc density of con densed milk. "The grafting process," the profes sor said, "is simply this. The head is attached to tho body of the other with parafine wax. In other words, it is soldered on to the other pupae. Then the combination is put away and allowed to grow. In duo timo tho pupae develops into a two-headod moth or butterfly. "Before grafting is attempted the pupae should be kept on icc. Of course success is not mci with every time. Mr. Crampton mot with many failures before lu Anally succeeded in producing ono living monstrosity, lu all ho has reared several hundred." "Do you believe these investiga tions will prove of practical value to physicians?" "Tiie wholo subject " answered Professor Smith "is only in its incipi ent stage, It has certainly opened up new and startling ?rennos for sciea tilin exploration. Whether grafting o? Uti;, jtintj OM be dona on higher ftDiranfc |9d tftSt?? bot?lPI m leaks . 1 gid at this time. Surgeons Lave ade new noses by grafting the skin oin fingers of patients, but of course at is an insignificant matter cora Ifered to the grafting done by Mr. Brampton on his insects. No man win foretell what his discoveries may lead to." jg UTe Imprisonment For Debt. yr If all technicalities aro observed, it seems that Charles A. Judson, a New jKork man, is in prison for life for failure to pay the sum of $75. Jud son's w-ife, whom he was suing for ?ivorce, procured an order for alimony fending the trial, and this he refused 3 pay. The wife's lawyers thereupon ad him locked un in Ludlow street il. The wording of the commitment as that the plaintiff "pay the sum of 75, or, in default thereof, that he be prisoned in the county jail." The irsual words "until discharged accord ing to law" were omitted, and at this jwriting Mr. Judson is wondering how fie can ever regain his freedom. Jus lice Cohen of the Supreme Court has already decided that he can afford no relief, and tho matter is at present being tried on habeas corpus.-Law Notes. The Human Magnetic Needle. The superstition that human beings ^hould sleep with their heads to the north is believed by the French to QUEER TO ORDER. Dgy in Columbia Unlvorsity, in his labora rflios and moths.) have for its foundation a scientific fact. They affirm that each human system is in itself an electric battery, the head being one of the electrodes, the feet the other. Their proof was discovered from experiments which tho Academy of Sciences was allowed to make on the body of aman who was guillotined. This was taken tho instant it fell and placed upon a pivot free to move as it might. Tho head part, after a little vacillation, turned to the north, and the body then remained station ary. It was turned half way round by one of the professors, and again the head end of the trnnk moyed slowly to the cardinal point due north, tho some results being repeated until the final arrestation of organic movement. -Eailro?d Telegraph. Found a Fossil Cypress 8tramp. During a recent excursion to Bodkin Point, at the mouth of the Patapsco, under tho auspices of the Maryland Geological Survey and the Woman's College Museum, a fossil cypress swamp deposit was found buried twelve feet beneath the surface, it having been exposed to view by the action of the waves in wearing away the bay cliffs. Numerous cypress stumps were seen in upright position, with their roots in place, and exhibit ing the peculiar "knees" characteristic of these trees. Some of the stumps were of gigantic dimensions, the larg est measuring about ten feet in diam eter at the top. The stumps, roots and trees are in a surprising state of preservation as soft brown lignite. Baltimore Sun. A Pioneer Interview. It is said of the Aberdeen Journal, which has recently celebrated its one hundred and fiftieth birthday, that in one of its earliest numbers, now unhappily lost from the files, a partici pant in the battle of Culloden was interviewed two days after that his toric combat. It was about the earliest newspaper interview on re cord. Oldest TM ins in tho "World". Hugh and Hector McLean, of Dick inson, Harnett County, N. C., cel ebrated their eighty-eighth birthday HUGH M XiEAN recently, Their grandfather carno lo ; thip country frew Hootiand af'?r lbj rebellion, 9l iftf, STEER V/ITH A WOODEN LEC. IIo Manages to Get Around l?rl*kly YFitl tho Artificial Member. Contentedly chewing the cm! on the farm of Charles E. Wright, near Bowl: ing Green, Ky., is a wooden-legged steer which manages to get-aroutd THE STEE7? WITH A WOODEN LEO. briskly, and shows his displeasure when tormented by launching out his wooden leg at thc offender with a force and precision that makes his new member a more deadly means of offense than his horns. Dr. John E. Gray cut off thc broken leg and made and fitted tho wooden stump. The doctor says: "A tree blew down on this steer, and, one of the large branche:; striking the right hind leg below the hock, shivered it into minute pieces. His body and side Avere badly bruised, but as the weather was extremely warm he could not be used for beef. So his owner, J. W. Sturgeon, of Plano, Ky., called upon mo to see what I could do. "I amputated tho leg the same as I would that of a human being. After the operation 1 left him lying in the shade of several large forest trees near. "I called again on the ninth day to dross the leg and found him in a cheer ful mood. I found that the leg had healed more rapidly than I had ex pected. I returned on the twenty first day, when, as wopnd had entirely healed, I set to work to make for him a wooden leg. The artificial peg was adjusted easily and is a success. "My friend, Mr. Wright, and I bought the steer and walked it twelve miles into town. The auimal covered tho distance as easily as if it had all of the legs which nature gave it. Ho limps less than a mau with au artificial leg. "This ox is two and a half years old, weighs about 900 pounds and is about seven-eighths shorthorn. He is tak ing on fat at the rato of a pound and a half a day, and will weigh at maturity 1-100 to 1000 pounds. Wo have trained him to kick at people with his wooden leg, and he never kicks with the other leg. He was seen to kick an oak plank off his stall the other day. We have just begun to break him to work, and think he can pull as much as any ox." STRANGEST OF ALL CHURCHES. ,Qu^e^Structnro- Discovered hy an Ex plorer in Africa. . Occidentals are apt, when a Moor ish mosque is mentioned, to picture a magnificent structure, with alabaster walls, inlaid with jewels, and with tapering minarets, from whose bal conies tho muezzin calls the natives to i their prayers countless times a day. Bingen, the French explorer, has written extensively of the mud mosques built by the poor villagers of lower Africa. But even Bingen never saw so queer a house of wor ship as tho r-'jvmmetrical structure recently phob iphed in the interior A r.uinniNo UNIQUE AMONO CHURCHES. of Somali by the German explorer, j Grutzner. Tho building, though lavishly decor- ; ated within, resembles the work of ] some industrious auimal like the j beaver in its outward appearance. | Without a partido of design, thrown j together liodjie-podge, this strange church seemed impossible to inspire | any kind of thoughts but those of physical aud mental discomfort. How Gold Wai Found on the Klondike. "The Biver Trip to tho Klondike" is described in the- Century by John Sidney "Webb. The author says: The famous Bonanza Creek and the more famous El Dorado Creek are very like ordinary every-dny creeks in- ap pearance-a little less civilized, per haps, than creeks to be met with in the East. There are men living in Alaska to-day who have hunted moose over these creeks dozen of times; but, as lhe old miners say, there were no surface indications to lead any one to suppose that gold might be found in them, so hundreds of miners passed by in their boats, going to Porty Mile and Circle City. The finding of such gold is always au accident, and the old hands aro usually the last to real ize the truth. "Stick George" Cor mack and his squaw's relatives camped on tho creek for dinner one day, and somehow got lo digging, and washed out some gold. He went to Porty Mile and made a claim for discovery, and soon the news spread-like wild fire. Smallest Republic lu the World. Gaust is the smallest republic in tho world. It has au area of one milo and a population nf 140. It has existed since 1?4S, and is recognized by both Spain and Prance, ll is located on the fiat top of a mountain in tho Pyrenees and lias a president, who ie elected by the council of twelve. Tho president is lax collector, assessor and judge. The republic has no church or clergy. The people worship iu a church beyond their country, and when one dies ho is slid down the mountain to a cemetery iu the valley below. Chicago now lins i\ pnbliq billiard PMjoy far \Yom<*n pjftJW?i] Tho American Girl's Newest Accent. The fashionable accent, says Dem ovest's Family Magazine, ia another important matter to be considered by the maid who de3irea to seem one of the society elect. She must avoid lisp unless she wishes to brand her self a half century behind the times The broad "a" of the Anglomauiac has also seen its best days. Thc Southern drawl, with its apparent indifference to the existence of the average final syllable, is threadbare. To bo up to date from a vocal point of view it is necessary to cultivate a soft, low voi^e, an enunciation so distinct that occasionally you convey the impres sion that thc capital letter is at the end of the wonl, and a certain vivacity of utterance that, throughout Europe is associated wit bf tho modern Ameri can girl. . t Sweet Oil Vor thc Toilet. Did you ever suffer torment from a shoo tight in one spot? Here is a remedy for it. Apply sweet oil to tho stocking where the rub comes. It i better than applying it to the boot, because it softens tho inside of the boot where it is needed, instead of the outside. Sweet oil is an excellent household companion. It heals burns and bruises. * Used in the form of baths it feeds tho skin, prevents colds and gives flexibility to the muscles. Delicate people derive the greatest benefit from being rubbed with olive oil, and for fragile children it is in valuable, especially when there is any tendency to weakness of the chest. A poft corn can bo cured by placing a tuft of cotton wool, saturated with olive oil, hctweeu the toes and renew ing it every day. The corn will vory soon disappear. "When the hair is dry and brittle and easily breaks off when brushed, a littlo olive oil well rubbed into the scalp every night will give nutriment to the hair glands and strengthen and increase the growth, A modern Diana. Mrs. J. Bennett Stanford, a hand some young English woman, is the modern Diana. In compauy with her husband she was the first white Aro man who ever hunted in Somaliland, that rough and comparatively unex plored region in eastern Africa. Bhinoceroses, tigers, leopards and other denizens of the jungle and forest received their death wounds from the steady but sure aim bf her rifle". She was tho most successful in" shooting leopards. Nightly she was "on the search for them, attended by two or more natives, and seldom returned to camp without atrophy of her prowess. With the exception of some slight attacks of fever Mrs. Stanford bore tho trying climate-deadly to mav.y men-without any particular discom fort. Among tho animals brought back by this, intrepid married couple were three wildcats, one of which is now in the London Zoo But the skins of many strange beasts adorn thc parlors and boudoir of this heroine's homo, and every one of them recalls to her a tale of wild adventure. When Usine Verfilmen. The use of perfumery is now sub ject to certain well-deiined limitations. Strong scents of all kinds are under the ban and are no longer represented among fashionable toilet accessories. Cologne, whether diluted or in the ex tract, must be sprayed upon the cloth ing with an atomizer to avoid all pos sibility of excessive odor-a fact which, it must be remembered, is less likely to be apparent to the offender than to any one else. Sachet powder has almost entirely superseded all other varieties of per fumery, it being at once delicato and fragrant, while possessing many dis tinct practical advantages over the liquid perfumes. The fashionable modiste now sprinkles it liberally on a thin sheet of wadding, which latter is inserted between the two surfaces of collar and cuffs, under the arms, in sleeve puffs and skirt hems. Violet is the fashionable odor with the preference strongly in favor of the Bussian and Parma varieties. Helio trope, rose, lilac and patchouli remain in constant demand, though only tho first of these can lay claim to fashiona ble indorsement.-American Queen. .Smart Fashions in Tea.jrowns. The blousy effect follows even the tea-gown, and where a full, Bussian front is inserted of soft material, it is usually bloused slightly, quite low at the waistline in the front, being held in place with ribbon or a belt of jewels running across tho front only. Many of the tea-gowns have long stole ends that reach quite to the bottom of the skirt, and may be of lace, chiffon, not or of tho material employed in the gown, trimmed with mellings, in sertions or tiny silk ruffles running across the stole and placed at intervals the entire length of this telling feature of tho gown. They mny be ?eld at thc shoulders with rosettes c bows of satin ribbon, or they may >o set in at the shoulder-seam. In some gowns where this is the principal trimming they start from the bank at the bottom of tho waist-line, crossing tho should ers, where they aro held in place with a full bow, And from there fall grace fully to the lower edge of the skirt. When used this way they aie generally made of chiffon, wido ribbon or the half width of some soft silk, and are laid in soft, flat folds hi the back and tacked to tho gown in the back, then hung loose in tho front from the shoulder. Tho latest tea-gown has a domi traiu, which adds much to lao grace and elegance of tho garment, as well na keeping tho pace ol' tho fashionable dress-skirt. - Woman's Home Com panion. Tho WorkhiR-Glris' Great Chance. "The average home holds out a far more comfortable time, a moro leisuro-1 v ly lifo, a healthier existence, and bet- ? o ter wages, tuan does \ho oliice, atore i) oi' f&otorjr ta m intelligent girl or wo? | J: ?*??" witw MnH W, Sok of MTb# ^Vorking-Girl's Great Chance," in tho Ladies' Home Journal. "The same :ime devoted, for example, to the itudy of shorthand or typewriting, if jiven to the study of nursing or do nestic service, would mean twice the ncome to a bright, steady girl. TJn ortunately, girls will not see this, and ?housands of them who aro to-day . struggling through an existence in tho >uter world, could have far more com binable lives and better wages in ex client homes. How the average girl ?an deliberately shut her eyes to tho f )pportunity which fairly glares upon 1er as a good maid, nurse, companion >r domestic of any sort, p?sses aver ige comprehension. There has nover leen a time when mistresses were .eadier or more willing to pay good vages for good domestic service vages compared to which the pittance mid in shops or factories sinks into nsigni?eance. And, on the other land, the salaries of women in busi ?ess, as recent statistics plainly show, ire gradually on the decrease because )f the willingness of hundreds of girls o work for a mere pittance. Every lusiness house has to-day wai ting lists )f scores of hundreds of applicants, vhile hundreds of homes cry out for ntelligent domestic service." Gossip. Mrs. Lease is going into business in ' kansas as a life insurance agent. Miss Moran, of Richmond, Va., de lies she is engaged to Count Colonna, )f Paris. A prominent New York woman has jone into tho business of designing tresses for aotresses. Thc Earl of Uxbridge gavo to his jride, who was the Hon. Lilian Flor ;nco Maud Chetwynn, fifty-seven wed ling presents, among which was a ewclled cigarette case. Mrs. Steel, the novelist, has been nvited to stand for election as Presi lent of tho Women Writers' Club ol London in succession to Mrs. J. R. jreen, who has held that office for a pear. Tho Daughters of Vermont form me of the most flourishing of the wo uou's patriotic organizations in New England. A few afternoons ago the iociety gave a reception at the Ven Iome, Boston, at which Boston society vas well represented. . - Miss Ellen Terry can never sleep luring . the day unless she is read ?loud' to; arid 'her girl friends take -urns at! this^ everynafternbon-during 1er long engagement in order that her ?ealth may not suffer from the nerve atigue occasioned by the work. The Empress of Austria goes about i good deal on foot in Psris with the ix-Queen of Naples. All her luggage s a trunk-and not a large one, either -a valise, some wraps and a handbag. She dresses plainly in black and eats' is sparingly as a Carmelite nun. The wife of Sir William Vernon Tarcourt is an American, the daughter >f Motley, the historian. Although ike tuues great interest in politics, like nost of the wives of English states nen, she appears on the platform arely. It is said that she does much br her husband in the drawing room. Miss Edna Johnson of Macon, Mo., mnounces in the local papers and by videly distributed circulars that she viii be an independent candidate for Uircuit Clerk of Macon County. She s teaching school. She is twenty wo years old, pretty and acoom disked. Seven men are announced or Circuit Clerk, subject to the Dem ur-tic nomination. Lena Read is a court stenographer n Terre Haute, Ind. She recently ook the minutes of an important suit, hen refused to typewrite them on the pound that she was to be married, ,nd did not have time. To solve the [ifficulty, a phonograph was procured, ind she read the notes into that. Tifty cylinders were made, and when he cases comes up for a new trial hey will be used as a record. It turns ont that it was not Alma Tadema, tho painter, who was natural zed in England a few weeks ago, but lis daughter. His1 name was original y Laurens Tadema. He added the Lima for ' enphony, and changed jaurens to Lawrence, and was natural zed in 1873. His daughter bears the ame name and signs her poems L. ilma-Tadema, as her father does his lictures. Hence the confusion. Fashion Notes. The new ribbons are in plaids and tripes in the prettiest colors imagina ble. White velvet, as well as white reitschwanz, is used-for the crown of ho fur-trimmed toque. Silk nets for sashes and fichus and ross-striped ribbons for plaitings are d vance novelties in spring garnitures. Tho latest ties for women are the ailoi knots of silk with broad ends, o me ti me s trimmed with tiny plaited rills. "Wylboryo" is the name of a new orset which is recommended for stout tornen. An extra piece laces over the ip in such an effectual manner that he figure is very much improved. Roman striped sashes with deep uotted sewing silk fringe on the ends re revived again in all the gorgeous olors, and the latest necktie is of loman ribbon, tied in a four-in-hand not with tiny fringe-trimmed ends. Blue ostrich feathers sprinkled with ilver aro a pretty decoration for the air with evening dress. . Other ovolties aro tho Louis Seize bows of civet ribbon combined with aigrettes, 'wists of chiffon and gold gauze rib ion are also worn. , Every other woman is faithfully rearing beads about her throat, rhether wax pearls, the truly Venetian'. ;lass beads or collars of genuine gems, b makes very little difference. Those ?.ho eau afford to follow the fashion losest wear olose-fitting neoklaoes of lodium pink or clear red coral balli, a the per.tf e U mh el wUiofc is nlfttq