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4%-. 7> rrR I WEEKLY EDT I.9N~BRjSO 01\~~i *C -03R 5 WOMEN TRAINERS. ONE OF THE NEWEST OCCUPATIONS TAKEN UP BY ThE LADIES. In the New England States Thero Are Half-a-Dozen Women Who Have Gone Into the Light Harnees Horse Busi - ness - Feminine Veterinary Surgeons. Horse training and driving is the newest of the occupations taken up by women. In the New England States there are half-a-dozen women who have gone into the development of the light harness horse as a busi ness. They are Mrs. Sarah E. Cros by of East Brewster, Mass.; Mrs. Battie Meader of Winslow, Me.; Mrs. May Gould Woodcock of Ripley, Me.; Miss Leota Elliott of Danforth, Me.: and Miss Esther A. Prescott of Pitts fieft. For the last two seasons these women have trained their own horses and driven them in circuit races. They are all young, educated, repre sent good old Yankee families and have become first-class whips. Each of tham has been familiar -with horses from childhood. and from their affeo tion for and the care of their favorites they have become interested in the development of finely bred horses. At the circuit races where they have driven each is accompanied by her ]iusband or members of her family. They have been well received and treated with politeness aL d deference. No critical or unpleasant expressions seem to have been heard from the great crowds who saw them race. Recently, at Pittsfield, Me., these women all entered horses in the 2.24 class trotting race, and the 10,000 spectators cheered themselves hoarse as they answered the call of the start er's bell. It is the second race that has ever been trotted on a 'ircuit tiack under the rules of the National Trotting association in which women appeared as drivers, and it was a fair and earnest effort for the best horse to win. Mrs. Meader landed the race. Her horse, Meader Boy, is a fine bay 4 year-old gelding, which was trained entirely b- .er. Mrs. Meeder is 28 years old, a brunette and small of stature. Her driving was skillful and she remained cool and undisturbed at the fnish, whIen the crowd went wild with excitement. Mrs. Meader wore a costume similar to that .generally adopted by women for bicycling short- -skirt, high boots, shirt waist and small, 'close-fitting cap. J Mrs. Crosby drove Linnie G., trai ltby hersejf, and won second money.7 She has th6 reputation of being the best woman driver in Ameri ca. She has an attractive appear ance, weighs 140 pounds, and is tall and graceful. On Cape CodA she has a breeding and racing establishment, where she has a number of first-class iriving and trotting horses. Miss Esther Prescott's horse w'as third in the race. She is an expert driver and managed her horse well. Pretty, blonde Miss Elliott, twenty one years-old, won fourth place, driv ing Laay Goodwin. Mrs. Woodcock, who drove Mollie C., has been driving and handling her own horses for fifteen years, and counts them as her best friends. At her home at Spring Dale farm at Ripley she keeps half a dozen horses always in training, and his also ac quired a r-eputation as a teacher of acting horses. After experimenting~ with many styles of dress, Mrs. Wood cock has finally adopted a bloomer costume-for track driving, which she finds is suitable. The first woman's race with bicycle sulky in the world was started last year on the same track. -The experi ment was so snecessful that it was re peated in the circuit racas just held. Other branches of the horse busi ness that are successfuliiv conducted by womea ai-e stock raisi ig and veter inary -surgery. At Rosslyn, L. I., Mrs. Phebe Tabor Willets has a large stock farm and dairy, wvhich, after years of hard work, she has devel oped into one of the best establish mnents of its kind. Mrs. Willets start ed in withi butter making, then be came interested in the br-eeding of cows, and finally gave her attention also to horses. She does a large busi ness in all three departments and is a member of the Guernsey Cattle asso ciation. Veterinary surgery has been prac tised frequently by women for the last five yeairs, and in many cases with more thani the ordinary'degree of suc-cess. Last year a number of yoning w~omen entered thme veterinary college in New York, and one of the pupils of that institution of a few years ag~o ias establiKned a paying veterinary practice on Long Island. New Yor-k Sun. Muic an a Hair Restorer. Last Septembler Dr. Ferriand read, to the French academy a paper on music. .Ie showed its effect on the: body and mind of a patient by practi cal demnonstrations. Dr. Betzchinsky, the famous lUu-sian savant, told 'of the theriipartie worth of music. He. pointed tdu the fact that musical com posers ustuLly have very heavy heads of hair, and prop)osed to prove that music is directly r-esponsible for it. Piano players always have tremen doums quantities of hair, Paderewski being one of the many cited to prove the theory. Harpists, violinists and 'eellists, too, usually have a fair amount of hair, as the long-locked M. Ysaye witnesses. If a little experiment proves the doctor's theory correct a well-equipped orchestra mayv be'omte part of every properly conducted hairdressing es tablishtment, and floods of melody from a big cornet nmay pour upon the cus t.>tmer's head after the electric fan has *done its duty. in drying the hair. C~hicago Record. GENERAL SHAFTER"S JOKE. How He Gave an Exhibition of Bis Un erring tMarksmahship. Colonel Thomas H. Barry, adjutant general to Major-General Otis, before leaving for Manila told a good story of Major-General Shafter's shooting in the days when he was a colonel on the Mexican border. A day before be took ship for the Philippines Barry, with Brigadier-General Hughes and a Chronicle representative, discussing Shafter's gallantry before Santiago, said: "I was Shafter's aide three years ago when we both were bronzing under the hottest sun that shines in these states. Shafter was known as the best shot not only in his regiment, but in the whole country about. One day an officer from another regiment, not acquainted with Shafter's ability in this line, visited the post and soc" made it apparent to us that he es teemed himself about 'as expert a mai-ksman as ever pulled a trigger. We secretly laughed at his opinion of himself, and whispered to each other, 'Just wait till Pecos Bill'gets after him.' "Well, his time came. One morn ing Shafter and I started out to ride forty miles or more to another post, and the visitor asked to be allowed to accompany us. We trotted along easily until about noon, when we halted to eat our luncheon, which we packed with us. At (hat time officers carried short carbines on such ser vice, and I had one strapped to my saddle. The conversation drifted from the topography of the country to marksmanship, and the officer-call him Smith-said: 'Say, colonel, have you got any shots in your regiment?' "Shaftei smiled and replied: 'flave I? Why, I've got some men that can discount the sharpshooter's you read about. Offcers, too. I'm not much mysilf, but when you get back to the fort I'll tell a few of the good ones to show you a thing or two.' "Just then an antelope sprang up a quarter of a mile away, and all seeing it at the same moment reached for their carbines. Shafter was qnickest, and in a second adjusted-tbe sights to 600 feet and blazed away. Down came Mr. Antelope,and when we rode up to where he lay . we found a bullet hole over his heart. "Smith examined the wound,looked over the carbine, and then muttered, half aside, 'Not bad. You say you're not in it with other officers in your regiment, colonel?' " 'No.' said Shafter, 'I'm ashamed of myself alongside of them.' ."A couple of hours later another Aitelope appeared, but farther away. Smith fidgeted a moment and then said eagerly, 'Colonel, may I go after him?'-* '" 'Pshaw. You wouldn't chase him on horseback at that distance,' exclaimed Shafter, seizing the weapon and levelling it as he spoke. 'I'll pnt lead in. his head.' "He fied and we saw the animal bound away. Smith was gleeful. 'A little high, colonel,'. he shouted as we galloped on. Reaching the place. where the game had been, we were on a high rising piece oi ground, and.. looking down fifty feet, Shaf terpointed to a dark ob'ect and said quietly, 'I. guess I got the head.' . "Sure enough, the antelope lying dead, with a bullet hole through his left ear. Smith looked as dis gusted as any mgn I ever saw. "'And the officers are better?' he queried. "Shafter's eves twinkled. 'Lieut. Smith,' he replied, with assumed sternness, 'I want you to say nothing of this at the post. I ought to have hit hinm in the eye, and I feel ashamred of my poor aim.' "Smith, who had no sense of humor. was dumfounded. For years after he spread the fame of Colonel Shafter as a marksman far and 'wide."-Sani Francisco Chronicle.. A Railroad's Th'oughtfulness. Commuters oni the Delawai:.eLacka wanna & Western railroad itt New Jersey are incelined to. .ha~lleuge a new i-egulation which has just been en forced on the ground..that it :smacks of paternalism. As each braikeman2 calls a station, as,'for instance, Hack ensack, hie does it in this fashion: "Hackensack! Don't f-o-r-g-e-t your b-u-n-d-l-e-s.''' Occasional passibger~i find these- calls very amusmg and as each stationr is announced they grin at the brakeman, who doesn't enjoy the new regulation, and then look around to see the commuters pick .up -heir bundles. Undoubtedly this new regu lation was suggested b~y the number of bundles which conunmuters left be hind them in the cars and then Loth ered the ritilroad company tojook up for them. ."I object to' th is* .regula tion," said &ne of the commutersa. "If the railroads are going into this busi ness, the first.thing.we will k'ouw thoa brakemian will call out: 'Hackensack! Have you forgotten to mail-our wife's! letter?' or perhaps it' il be '31dit clair! Remember to stop -at the butch-. er's'. I invited a friend tp conte.. out and spenid the night w ith me a sho~rt timeago,indhe egan to'fidgh.hen> the first station.was announced 'As station after stati~ii was'resche'd .aid the brakemnan s'uug omn monotoidy at each: 'Don't forget yonr.n~le,, his merrimen-t..inereased: -HS wuid talk about nothing else ait diAhet. id when he said - good night to 'us--*lie added: 'Don't forget fourr bundles.' It's kin d of -the railroaid, of couwse, but ILdon't like it." Vesuvi us' Output of Lava. Ilava streams that have flowed out of Vesuvius during the last three. years have deposited 105,000,0..0 cubic me tres of lava on the sides of the moun tain. A cone of lava. 330 feet high h is heet f.armed. out of which fresh strea :s are fiwing. 'The valleys on either side of the cbs rvatory peak hwa bhan completely illed up. GOOD ROADS FOR CUBA. THE ISLAND IS A NATURAL PARADISE FOR WHEELMENI the Picttiresque Beauty of the Scenery Is Sure to Attract the Attention of the Americ.tn Cyclist-The Militant Apostle of Retter Highways Is General Stone. It might seem a trifle premature to consider Cuba us a favorite resort fur wheelmen. The island is not 'now blessed with many roads available for anything miore than iuule trains. but the militant apostle of good roads, General Roy Stone, has shown in Porto Rico what a little Yankee ener gy can do for the improvement of highways and, of course, the same can be done in Cuba, and doubtless wiid -be done now that the island has ceased to be a colony of Spain. For o:ie thing, the picturesque beauty of the island, enhanced by the- charm of its semi-tropical verdure, is . sure to .attract the attention of* American wheelmen; and when iheelmen gdt their'eye on a country it is certain that the coudition of its i'oads wvill speedily improve. Ifi "the case 'of Cuba, however ivhdelmen will' 'find that their task wil be not so.iuch the iniprovement as the creation of roads, for practically no.:roads worthy of the name exist,. apd.even th'e.streets of the cities and tow ns. are- i a wretched condition.: Weto -the: pa tient native mute endowed with-speech like his-kinsman of the-Bakan stoiy, he would undoubtedly e-y outagainst what passes for-a-ste6et in a' typical Spauish town. It will sound a little strange to read of -entury iuns being, mad-ii Cuba, bu the'thing may!1ap pen, and that, too, b-efoi-e nianyin vars. In the- winter,' vith'~the imppvQed sanitary conditions that ivill soon ob tain in the Cuban cities, the isiend will become a . favorite resortfor a multitude: 6f . Americans. The beaud -tiful Isle of Pines will probably be. come one of the most popular: places. in the West Indies. Even in tiet midst of their fierce fighting our sailor and soldier boys were struck by the charm of the country around Santia go. Scattered.about in the sugar dis, tricts of Cuba are splendid sugar plan tations owned by Cubans and Amer-. cans, whose owners, under a decent and stable government, would soon. -opeu -up the- country by good roa&s and other improvenients. Then there is the centre of the island, as. yet practically unexployed. and unknown, but said to-.conitain . great forestas- of vahiabfe oods. -lIt- will not be long before thiis 'terra incognita will be opened u# under the stimulus of American enterprise. Tbwns will arise, railroads will' be constructed, and then about 'that tiine along i-villL come th'e wheelieh; not l6ng after which we shall hear of this, that and the other bicycle path or path, run ning, it may be, through a grove of palm trees, whilethe airis laden with a tropical fragrance and the stillness of the forest is punctuated with the notes of strange birds: If the adven turous American wheelman fails to take advantage of this new and de lightful experience, we have very much-misjudged him. General R.y Stone -has already spent some tidie in Cuba, but - his dutf'thereha'st been sidi?ply to advise in the building of temporary military roads for ths us4 of the army. But it may w'ellbe that these temporary roads 'Will~becomi the nuclei of per mnanent roads, just as the poinits near Santiago at which engage~ments with Spanish' diops have takeli llace may I. becoine interesting tow'ns and villages - with Amnetidan names in the new Caba which- is to 'lj. Indeed, it is inevita ble that this American' invasion of the island is going to make many..changesi in its 'geography and topography. While the more important placesai-Il,. of course, retain their names, Ameri can industry and commerce will create newv centres of life and trade and de velop to their fullest extent the'splen did opportunities for growth and progress that -liave been so' 'shanie fully neglected-by Spain. But 're vert to our first thouglft, Cuba' is a natural' paradise for the 'hieelman, and ivhen he finds'it outr he .ii'ioiig' to .see- thatL good -roads are 'built. New York Tribune. - Capta in Sigsbee's Lost-Dirinery ' ] Somebody -aboar'd the diuxiliary cruiser St. lely 8'a fin~d dinner ta wasn't itnntld for him, add Cat Sigsb~e was the loser~, says the'Phila-- . delphia Record.. Whilre the St. Paul I was making .the- -run - frorn Montattk] Point to --Neew . York, :th'e-.captain~s cook prepared for him'a 'fine pair of mnallard:ducks, of which Captain Sigs bee is . ispenidlly'- fond. "Orders -had - been given te'the cook to" be' par ticularly careful-in the roasting of the birds, and be brought them forth from the ov-en nicely browned. The cap taili, upon .the .bridge, had -had- his' mouth set forthem. all inorning, nndi o'causi~l'v fancied lie conld sm'ellI thenm lokIng. Juist a few~ minutis - beforue dinrrei- time,.iloiethe cook's 1' :backr was .turned, .somebody .whisked - those tw-o luiscious bir~as out ~of--the' galley' and ttis'appleared vith'~ them.' The St. Paul is a big ship,> 'nd the thief h'td 'aniple opp<,rtunity .to hide hiiaseif..whild he got on .the outside, of tfe doast duck. At ~any rate, he wa never caught, -nor was there any clew to ident-ity. 'Captain Sigsbee was obliged to content'-himself twith a can -of sardities. - - 'Falsee Report. - '1I was very sorry to hear that you had failed, Jones," said his next-door neighibor. -'It was a slander, sir. I did not fail. It was my plans that failed, sir. Had they succeeded I could have paid every dollar I owe and had a hand some fortune left=".-Ikktoit .Free ~D'-naa TRACEDY OF CAT ISLAND. 1 Chapter From Eary: Missouri Rivez Steamboating History. "There used to be a place in the -iver north of herethat Was called Cat sland," said Billy Alford to a St. foseph, (Mo.) News -man the other ly. He is an old time engineer, and nany years ago was fai-iliar with ,very mile of the Missouri river. He vas assured that ant island bearing he same name is still in existence. 't may be the same 'lace,aud it may iot," said Alford. ' "The river is ;o treacherous that it mav have vashed that island awiy. and formed Lnother one in its plave since I knew tnything about it. There was a big ree on the island as I remembered it, nd-we used it once to hang the rank _st gambler on the river. We olerated that man thr ee seasons, be 'ause tb river men did not want to -esort to vildence. At first he seemed o be square, but wen began to hear hispers about him. -It was in 1-858 hat he fleeced- a young fellow -out of 5000-just aSplain vase.. of robbery. le had let the young felloly win jist o get him interested, -and then aimed o rake in the whole -thing. Some iow the young fellow got hold of - the rong cards-when there was $9000 in he pot. : The youth reached for all the money )n the board, but the gambler made a rab for it, and took .as much as hil land would hold. Stuffing it into his ocket as he ran, he juinped overboard md made for the shore.' y the time ve realized what was goigg on he was ar astern; but the ap'tain-. sent a )oat after him, loaded with* armed nen. They had to ahoof -hii and )reak,:his arm before-h&iwould stop. Ch at was near the plaq#kno*n as Cat .land, and we headed hiHenrietta hAt was the name of- he boat-for he shore. The mate i'a dozeer men lid the job, !and :ther nexperiehced oung man from the "'east *gbt his nney.back. The young -felow left the. >oit at Omaha and came jack down the -iver ahead of us. Whealwe Teturned he body .of the gamller- -*as still ianging to the tree. The other young nan, who had been fleeced, had come o St. Joseph and com=3itted suicide m account of remorad-His body and noney was 'sent back t his'father, Lmd I heard afterwa-d that the old nan said that the boy was worth more lead than,'he was alive Hesaid the routh left home with 1- aind a- new mitudf clothes . Sseeithar-ds iimself,;sta xVNot~ t fhe- best -&4 r i oinrte ane at Cincinnati. --We used to feel nighty queer after ~that when we passed Cat island in 'the night. I ever knew why it was called Cat is and, but imagined it was- given the ame because it was inhabited only y cats. I know I could hear their :ries every time we passed the place titer that hanging, and- -it made the :old shivers run down my back. There s a close connection between cats and nurders and ghosts, anyway. I have ondered a thousand times who the nan was we hanged on the-island that iight with such Little ceremony. He wa not a young man, but he was a aan'dsome fellow, and might have had i family -somewhere. I have wondered .f some woman and little children did 20t wait years and years for him to ~ome back, and wonder what had be ~ome of him. They m' ht have be ieved him to be an ho~ st man, en aged in a legitimate ~usiness, and night have loved him jul as well. I lon't believe the body was ever taken ff the island, but I don't really inow wahat became of it. I never 1eard anything more about it." Washing streets for Diamnonds. Perhaps the most interesting fact n connection with Kimberley, South Africa, the diamond city,is the "street vashing," which has been a recog ii~ed" industry for some time past. i~h lihe exception o9f .two or three of :le iprincipal thoroughfares all the treets' have been - subjected to the iasiirg process, 'and s-ome .of the de >is 'washers. have.:done very well, [ie 'Evasliing" consists of overhaul ng.the earth for diamonds, At nearly every meeting of the bor i'gh coincil applications for jermis ii-n to .wash streets or portions of ~teeiare received. The ould-be asher has to obtain the consent of eronss resident in the street or, road, o put'the latter into sound repair gain1 andi pay- tithe to the municipal-' tydiii the shape of 10 per cent. on his ~ross tinds. Last year $4800 waspaid o th# municipality in that way,a good poortion of which represented comn nission on street finds. -In the early 'days of the diamond ietds 'the grouxid was washed in a very riiniive style, many diamonds being :hrown away in' the debtis, as it is alled: This debr'is was subsequently sed for street-making purposes, and sow,years after,.with better machin~ery it their disposal, people find it pays o "wash the streets." Mainy houses-built on "ma'iden" de rs are removed in <>rder to wash the atter, and stories of comparatively a'ge size-are-freqidently found by the ergetic debris washer, who literally o-ks from morn to night, from sun ise .till. sunset.-Pearson's Weekly. "An Historical Quilt. One of the exhibits which attracted videspread attention at an historical exhibition given in Sangerties recent y was a quilt, the property of Mrs. Richard Lewis of that village, who is a lescedant of the Rev. Thomas Jud on, a clergyman, who came over on :he Mayflower. The figures or the uilt were colored an indigo blut,with die pot, in vogue at that period. he colors in the quilt are in a good, itate of preservation. Bananas In Forto Rico: Porto Rico's annual product of >ananas is given as 200,000,000 and of -+.an nna nnnOOO. .FOR' MIlAN'8 BENEFIT. An Afternobd Gown. For an. afternoon gown, silk mons seline is not thought too perishable for glove sleeves,aid a sliapad flounce skirt with lace guipure insertion at both edges of the knee flounce; waist of guipure of a creamy shade over white or colored silk,and a high stock collar of the -same, with a quaint si! ver and enameled buckle at the back. Sash of white ribbon with the accus toniea buckle at the back, which now accompanies every well tied sash. Queen Victorla'A Maids. The eight unmarried ladies who hold offica as Victoria's maids of honor have some privileges. They are given the prefix of "Honorable" and on marrying .receive from the Queen. the' gift of $5000. One or two maids of honor reside for a fortnight at'a time at Windsor or Osborne. The ,distinctive badge worn by maids of honor is a bow of scarlet ribbon on tha shoulder, while the ladies in-wait ing wear a white bow wi.th the Queen's cameo portrait. The dowry of a maid of honor has been given for at least 150 years, but is according to her] majesty's pleasure, and in 1868 it was refusedto one lady who engaged her self in marriage without the consent of her ioyal mistress On'e Woman's Funerl. Mrs. Nancy L.Ba':er, a rich wvQman of St. Louis, Mo., who died recently, was a woman of very strong pi1inions. Although her death was sudden, her funeral vas as she desi da it should be, having long 'since given instrue tions to her friendsthow she wished it conducted. gte renmation the ashes iere carriecd~r t ~uidei-tak er's in i.small copper box. xTeia.hI ashes were 'poui'ed into a haum Edgeworth urn, whiclxwas hermeti cally sealed. -The urn was then -fpt ened to a fouidatfon of wood covqred with heavy black velvet. Two silver handles were on eacli side for e pallbearers, and on one side a silvei plate, with name and date of death. The urn and foundation were then put in a heavy oak box and carried to her home in Indiana, the vase be ing finally placed in the family vault. Pelerine in Styl-e. ..AEai-tike df paiticnlar interest andi promineace in-the- world --of 'fashion, and one which, like the phoenix, has risen from the ashes of his former self with new glories and new endowments, is the eape. With its form this use ful garment has changed its name - "pelerine" it is now called, and it is generally made of cloth. Its shape is long behind, reaching to about 20 inches from the ground, and sloping in soft curves toward the front, where it fastens with but one or two hooks or frogs under the chin and over theJ chest. The graceful curves are in variably edged by the omnipresent serpentine flounce, and the large flar - ing Stuart collar encircles tha neck. The modern pelerine is a garment which appeals at once to practical as well as to artistic tastes, as it com bines with elegance of form all thos3 qualities which so long endeared the cape to its wearers, besidea offering greater protection) from in clem en cies of the weather. -Bruss 2ls letter in tise St. Louis Star. A Girl's Voi'e. A distinguishing ditference between the Eng:ishaud the Amerfe~n girl is in the voice, and complarison does not result favorably for the latter. The low tones which Shake.speare recoin mended. and1 which are among the most attrac~tive charms of the ]19th century English women are the ex ception, not the rulde, with the Amer can. The girl whose father's bank ac count is sufficiently large to send her to a school of thie "finished" type is expected to reirrn with a certaia amount of knowledge anid mental dis cipline, to be sure, but to her social abilities and charms. muuch more thought is given. Leaist of her ac complishments, she must dance, have some music, perhaps sing; she must 1e perfect mistress of herself at tras, dinners and receptions, with small talk ever ready. But to the accomn paniment of all she does,bher speaking voice, how muich, rather how little, real attention is directed. -Philadel phia Inquirer. . I oinance of Carneos. It was Mrs. Freddy Gebhard who discovered a little old genius, hidden away in a back street in Richmond, Va., chipping lovely profiles out ofh agate stones. A price was offered on the spot, and the old fellow put to work .on a *big and beautiful.cameo of Mrs. Gebhard herself. -. It proved a-striking one, the lovely head being cut ins white against, a background of sapphire blue stone. This Mrs. Gebhard had framed in diamonds. She wore it like a minia ture brooch. The cameo cutter's lucky stars were out just then. Every woman who saw Mrs. Gebhard's frooch and could af ford one, wvent to do likewise. Orders tumbled in and they are coming still. The heirlooms of future generations will be treasures of art. From the cameo comes the "cameo photograph," and women who cau't afford the ,little stone cutter are going to the photographer to get those pure cold profile effects in a different like ness. One woman in a thousand can pay for a cut cameo, but any woman can test her profile in a dainty Friench vignette. The irocess for these photographs iral American studios are turning out xquisite results. The "process" is really nothing nore than a face in clear profile pho ographed in strong white lights tgainst a block of prepared and po! shed black wood. The block of wood is usually about ix or eight inches square, with a dir u'ar depression in the centre. Into this the picture is thrown, and hows like a carving of pearl against ,bony. Every curl, every rebellious. frond >f hair, every cloudy bit of lace, every lower worn is outlined by the camera n marble statelines .-Chicago Times Eherald. The Young Girl's Healtii. "A young girl should be taught to arry her body erect, holding her ab lomen in and putting the ball of her oot first on the ground," writes Mrs. 5. T. Rorer in the Ladies' Home fournal. "f his is of the utmost im )ortance to keep the organs in good ondition. The. clothing should be oose, light, warm and suspended rom the shoulders. Skirts should be nade of light material-either wool or ilk. The stockings fastened to the waist by means of supporters; the one kirt worn buttoned to the bottom of ho waist, with an outside dress sup ported from the shoulders, should *orm the necessary clothing. The hoes should be made to fit the feet, with broad soles and low, broad eels. Gloves should be sufficiently oose not to stop the circulatioh at the wrists. A short walk each day may be taken, but fatigue should, never be produced; far better to spend most f the day out-of-doors in the ham alock or a steamer chair. "Early to bed should be the first notto. In the morning, after a sponge bath with a thorough rub, she should rink half a glass of comfortably hot water. When appetite is felt, a soft boiled egg, a piece of whole wheat read thoroughly baked and well but bered, a:d a little while after a glass 5f cool water, not ied, may be taken. rhe ndonday meal should consist of a good, clear beef soup, a broiled steak Dr roasted beef, a little boiled rice, a [ettuce salad with olive oil .dressing, %nd some s4mple 'dessert, such as whipped or -avariAn cream. After linner.rest sh-ould be' taksa. in. the opeu air, either in the hammock or steamer chair, and witbotl Yeading or heavy mental occupatimbb.!).or sup. per, beef or mutton brotif5and good whole-.whet.bread welbg ~r.. At the closeof Itiliilr~ild take slowly about two teaspoo.nfuls of olive il and masticate it before swallow ing. Engliah Lace for Dresses. In view of the extensive use of lace for the dresses by Paris dressmakers, a correspondent of the Ladies' Pic torial has been investigating the sub ject. She says: I found the lace dress delightfully en evidence in the practical form of beautifully shaped overskirts of lace, all ready just to be sewn into the waistband of the silken underskirt, while mate.ial for the bodice is also provided. One lovely lace skirt in black marquise lace, and~ another in ivory tambour lace in the loveliest of designs-a close floral bor der, headed by festoons of flowers, which give the fashionable flounce ef fect- lace for the bodice being in eacb case pros itded. In view, too, of the Parisian popu larity of black Chantilly lace, above all others, let ras tell you -that there are some skirts in this lovely lace where the design takes the form o: stripes, radiating outward from the wist and then curving round sboon the deep flounce effect. Lace apart, there are, too, some daintily lovely white muslin robes,the skirt shaped and the bodice providei with insertions of -lace alter-nating with stripes of embroidery for trim ming, whi't others are in fine muslin, bordered with wee tucks headed by the effective openwork ladderstich, and further decorated at intervals witi insertions of lace and a fine tracery o: emboidery. White chiffon flouncing, too, bor deed with an applique of fine black lace, headed by true lovers' knots, ic a very desirable acquisition of the muo ment. And then there is a delightfu little novelty-a boa of ruflled poin d'esprit, all edged with white satit baby ribbon, or again iu white, edget with black or colored ribbon. You car aso have it in white chiffon, with narr~bordering of black lace. It it the most delightful finish to a summe3 costume, and it hangs with a partin~ la grace over the bodice. Fashion Notes. -Black and .white laces are finishei with the narrowest satin ribbon ovei part of-the pattern as :though it was an embroidery. Cina crepe and mousseline dresset are worn over taffeta, with an inter liing of miousseline to give them the desired fluffy look. A brooch that represents a standard, useful and safe style for thiose who buy only at rather long intervals takes the round form, having one large een t-e stone with others radiating fronr The novelty in umbrella heads hiar taken a step toward reviving the old style of hammered silver in pom padour designs of varions rone shaped heads. These are mounted or hard wood and are both artistic .ani attractive. Bangles are being shown at the sil versmith's. They are made of heavy plain or chased silver, to slide ovel the hand in the manner of Japanes< bracelets. When the bangle is large only one is worn, but little silver wire bracejets are worn in great nu-mnbers. A newly engaged girl wears a plair gold bangle of this 80ort, which is sol deren on her arm PEARLS OF TMOUGHT. . The man is usually in the right wh4 owns himself in the wrong. A kind heart is a fountain of glada1 ne ;S, making everything in its vicinity to freihen. If a man is busy, and busy abouf his duty,. what more does he require fro-n time or eternity? No matter how many mistakes you may have made. The point is-what have you learned by them ? What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other, words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor. The mind requires not, like an earthen vessel, to be kept -ull; con venient food and aliment only will in flame it with a'desire of knowledge and an ardent love of truth. Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be. Be sure you give men the best of your wares, though they be poor enough, and the gods will help you to lay up a better store for the future. Man's noblest gift to man is his sin cerity, for it embraces his integrity also. - SLOW-BURNING POWDER, The Brown Prismatic-Powder and thl Way It Is Loaded in iCharges. E. B. Rogers of the Mited States Navy in an article on "Big Guns and Armor of our Navy" in the St. Nicho las says: Black powder, with its glistening, grains, is unfitted for our moderi guns, because it explodes too quick ly, and when the charge is fired it turns almost instantaneously into gasi exerting immediately all its force, which, of course, decreases when thd shot moves toward the muzzle, be cause'the gas has more room (that is. the inside of the gun) to expand in. But nowadays what is called "slow. burning" powder is used. When it is ignited the projectife at first moves slowly; but as the powder continues burning, the quantity of gas, and con-, sequently the pressure, is constantly Sincreasing; thus the speed of th# shof. becomes greater and greater as 4 goes out of the guii. Sometimed grains of powder still burning ar thrown out when the gun is- id which shows how slowly it ignites. This new powder is brown, and is made up into hexagonal, or siv-. sided, pieces. with holes through their ceptres. A mass of it lookseR-, actly like a ~lot of rusty- iron its. Each of' these -rAin r "risms, i about the size of a large walnut, a4. when the charge is made up. the prisms are nicely piled, and over the pile is drawn a white serge bag. q white bag is a "powder section," and contains one hundred and ten pounds of brown powder; and five of thesW make up the full or "service" cb&; for the great thirteen-inch rifle, wh projectile is twodhirds as tali as an ordinary man, and is larger, ando weighs more than many of the very, cannons themselves with which Ad miral elson fought the battle of Tra falgar in 1805. A Logging Camp. The summer 'logging camp ordina. rily is not a picturesque place. It is built .>,eside the railroad, in order that supplies need not be carried far by; hand or by "dray," and. whatevet. beauty it has is gained from its envi ronment of heavy forest. The vari ous buildings, or "shanties," as they are always called, are clustered in a compact little village. Nearest the railroad-it may be-is the "cook's shanty;" next it, perhaps, is the T ~nen's shanty," or sleeping quarters of office where the camp ac n are kept and where the foreman and scaler sleep. The barn or :"hovel," is at' the end of the camp, with the granary beside it. The blacksmith's shop and the workbench of the "handy-man", are near by. The "root-cellar," whic14 is both pantry and cold storage room, is built where the cook and his assist ants hatte ready access to it. The cook's shanty is the dining~ room as well as kitchen, while the of fice is also a- storehouse from which the timber-jacks can obtain tobacco and such principal articles of clothing as they may need. All the chief buildings are long and low, made o rough boards or logs, and roofed with sheeting and tar paper. The sleeping bunks in the men's shanty are along the sides of the cabin .in a tier two eep; this shanty is the loggers' ren dezvous on cold evenings, and in it the smell of strong tobacco donstant ly lingers. Such is a summer logging camp, and, rough and crude as it mal seem, it is no bad home for men toughened by hard out-door labor. Lippincott's Magazine. Promotion for the Enlisted Man. The highest promotion to which an enlisted man in the navy can aspire is from petty rating to warrant raak. In this way he may become a boat swain, a gunner, a sailmnaker, a car penter, or, if the Navy Personnel, bill now before, the Congress becomes law, a warrant-machiriist. Warrant-officers have, no army counterparts. They are not commissioned officers, and they, are not enlisted men. Theytare. something like the baronets and knights in the British scale of p~re cedence, though the parallel .is -not exact. They weair a uniform ndt u*, like that of the commissioned offiters, gird oin the sword when on duty, are addressed as "Mr.," adhvtei -own mess. Their nanmes are bore on Thei "Nayal'egister" in regular lists.C Thi ange3 from $1200 - per an num (when at - sea). during the- Jirst three years of service up- to $1800 ,' after twelve years from -date of appoint ment. They have all the benefits of -retirement and retired pay the same as commissioned oflcers.-New Yor ndendent