Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — Page 5

UNTAX THE PEOPLE.

PROSPERITY WILL THEN CO ON WITH A RUSH. SCateMMnts Made In the New York Son Shown to Be False Protecting' the Cholera Industry—Tariff for Wage-Earn-ers a Sham. The Manufacturers and the Tariff Letters- like the following appeal strongly to personal sympathy, but they have no part in political argument under the Democratic creed of 1892: To the editor of the Sun: Slß—The proposed tariff changes are ruining the manufacturers of articles where labor enters largely into the cost. Many of us do not dare make our losses known, as our credit would be Impaired. lam the president of a company recently employing suo hands, now 250, in an industry where labor is so per cent, of the cost of the goods. A SUFFERING AMEBICAN MANUFACTUBEB. Any proposed change of importance in the tariff produces more or less distress in industrial circles.

The principle enunciated at Chicago, and approved and accepted by the people in the vote which elected Mr. Cleveland, is that the Federal Government has no power to shape its tariff legislation with regard to tne prosperity or distress of American manufacturers, or of the American workmen whom they employ. The sole constitutional purpose of the tariff is to raise revenue, and the only constitutional tariff is the tariff into which the question of the prosperity or distress of American industries does not enter. This is a broad, manly, definite and intelligible declaration of principle. This is the principle on which the new tariff is to be made, unless promises are broken. Somebody may suffer, but suffering is a condition of human existence. The principle on which the tariff Is to be revised takes no more account of such sufferings than the east wind takes of the welfare of men and women with bronchial difficulties. Although the question of consequences to American manufacturers and laborers is not pertinent, it Is, nevertheless, urged in behalf of the strict application of this relentless principle of taxation that great general good will result from the experiment. Incidentally, some manufacturers may have to close their shops and seek a new business, and some branches of production may disappear. But these Incidental losses, it is maintained, will be more than balanced by compensating gains in other directions, and the giant wheels of industry will continue to revolve as smoothly as ever, and more than ever for the greatest good of the greatest number. That is why the experiment is to be tried.—New York Sun.

The letter which gives the Sun another opportunity tb stab the Democratic party in the back maybe genuine or it may be a pure fake; in either case its statements are false. The census bulletins for 1890 thus far issued show no industry in which the cost of labor is 80 per cent of the cost of the product. The only industries in which labor cost exceeds 70 per • cent, of the product are mining and quarrying. In most Industries the figures vary from 12 to 50. The average for all is probably less than 20 per cent In 1860 it was 25; in 1800, 23; and in 1880, 22 percent., thus showing that in spite of Increasing tariffs the share of the wageearner has been steadily diminishing. The Sun should be more careful and require greater accuracy on the part of its correspondents or editors responsible for such statements. But supposing the letter were genuine, and the “suffering American manufacturer” had not lied! What then? Must a thousand other industries and 65,000,000 people continue to tax themselves to support this weak, trembling Industry that has the life scared half out of it by the mere suggestion that its supply of pap will be reduced some time in the future? Hardly. It is time to cease to foster artificial industries, which will always be sickly here, and to lift the burden from the many sturdy, independent Industries that ask no odds of any country. Take the brakes off these naturally healthy industries and they will soon show the world what kind of- stuff Americans are made of. Five new mills will go up for every one abandoned and soon the recently discharged workingmen and the chronic unemployed will be at work at higher wages than ever before. . Untax the people and prosperity will go forward by leaps and bounds.

Gov. Hogg on Bounties. The State of Texas raises sugar on its convict farms. Under the law passed by the Fifty-first Congress it is entitled to draw from the United States Treasury a bounty of 2 cents a pound upon its crop. The Legislature of the State recently passed an act to enable the superintendents of penitentiaries to apply for and receive the bounty. - Gov. Hogg has vetoed the bill, and given his reasons In a very vigorous document He declares that the United States Government has no right to tax the people of the country in order to give the money to the State of Texas or to anybody else. He finds nowhere any authority by which Congress can properly give bounties to men for engaging in an unprofitable business. He declares that Texas makes sugargrowing pay, and that if it did not the remedy would be to quit raising sugar. He very plainly intimates that the same principle is applicable, to individual sugar-growers. In brief, Gov. Hogg rejects for Texas the position of a dependent upon the national bounty, and contends that there is no constitutional warrant for Federal bounties in any case. Whether he is right or wrong in his interpretation of the Constitution, the sturdy Texan is certainly right upon grounds of morality and manhood. Bounties are wrong in principle and unjust in effect.—New York World.

Untax American Industries. All genuine American industries will be promoted and encouraged by a prompt and thorough reduction of the tariff to a strictly revenue standard; and in my judgment they would be even more encouraged by a much more radical reform. The chief burden of the tariff always has been and always will be laid upon American Industries. More than threefourths of all the articles which are

taxed by any tariff are Indispensable materials for American manufactures or agriculture. It may be, unfortunately, necessary to tax them, but such taxes can never do any good io the vast majority of American manufacturers and workmen. No industry can possibly be benefited by loading it with taxes. —Thomas G. Shearman.

Wages, Prices, and Cost of Production. American protectionists always point to free-trade England as showing the baneful influences of free trade upon the wages of workmen. Yet the contrary is true. English wages are much higher, and employment there is steadier than in any protectionist country upon the continent of Europe. And that English wages are not even higher than at present is not the fault of Its free trade policy, but, strange as it may seem, the result of the protective tariffs of those countries, new as well as old, from which England receives its food and many of the raw or partly finished materials it needs in its industries. If protectionists want to show the blessings of protective tariffs, let them point to the low wages of Germany, France, Italy, Austro-Hun-gary, or Russia, all of which pretend to protect their industries, and incidentally the wages of their workmen, by means of high tariffs. Does it not appear strange that at the present time so many nations are still adhering to this so often exposed system of so-called protection? But it seems stranger yet that the great bulk of the working people, the ones who pay dearest for, and suffer heaviest under, the tariff taxes and all its consequences, are not more jealous of their hard-earned money. They first of all should not only oppose every attempt at fortifying a tariffwall, but should not suffer any tariff at all to come between them and the products of other countries. That they, at best, are indifferent about it, shows that the people of all countries do not yet clearly perceive the principles underlying the production of commodities and the laws governing their distribution The great prosperity of the United States of America under a so-called protective system deceives nearly all nations, old as well as new, into the belief that their countries will prosper also as soon as they either levy or Increase high duties upon commodities imported from abroad. They do not perceive that the United States flourish because their people are among the most enterprising and Industrious upon earth. They do not see that wages there are high because there is yet so great an abundance of free or untilled land, the owners of which are willing to part with it at a very small compensation or let it at a rent so low that nearly all. of its product goes to the one who works it. This almost full return to the people working the land makes wages in all other occupations high.—Dingman Versteeg, in Tariff Reform.

Must Pay the Fiddler. A number of well-meaning newspapers throughout the country are holding out hopes that the serious adverse balance of trade will be overcome when we begin to ship our crops. In four months the excess of Imports over exports amounts to $86,000,000, and this serious condition of things, to some extent, explains the large shipment of gold we have been subjected to for some time; but do the facts warrant us in assuming that this adverse balance has any prospect of being wiped out through the shipment of our crops and the return of the precious metal? We think not. On the contrary, the crops of Kansas have been considerably less than In former years, and this serves as a criterion for other corn regions, and points unmistakably to the conclusion that we shall have little more than our own needs demand, without any surplus for shipment Added to this, owing to the splendid crops in many European countries—ltaly, for Instance, where the crop is estimated to be over 325,000,000 bushels—there is a doubt that our customers hitherto will rush so readily to our aid, even if we are in a position to supply them, when we so rigidly close all avenues of reciprocal trade with them. Until this senseless barrier of protection and restriction to trade is broken down we must of necessity be constantly In fear of panicky conditions and adverse balances. It would have shown Itself much sooner if the abnormal crop in this country of 1891 and the corresponding failure of the crops in Europe had not come to our assistance and tided over the difficulties we ourselves created. But with the normal condition of things we can hope for little but disaster until McKinleyism and all its attending evils are forever annihilated.—American Industries.

Protecting the Cholera Industry. What a blessing tariffs are anyhow! The health department of New York City has just imported from Chemnitz, Germany, a portable disinfecting machine which cost over S9OO. As this machine is Intended to fight the cholera with, and as it will benefit the whole nation, as well as New York City, to have the cholera germs waylaid and completely knocked out as soon as they enter this country, it would naturally be supposed that Uncle Sam would not attempt to discourage the importation of these-dis-ease destroyers by insisting upon clapping a McKinley tax upon them; especially as there is no home competition in this industry, either present or prospective. But Uncle Sam informs us that he is working according to rule and that he can make no exceptions. Hence we will enjoy a duty which protects the infant industry cf breeding cholera germs. McKinley tariff duties must be levied and collected though the heavens fall. Indeed, if the pearly gates and golden throne of the celestial city itself should be let down from the heavens they would not be permitted to touch land until they had paid duties at jewelry and pearl button rates. Consistency and protection are two costly jewels. The total expenditures for common school education in 1890 were $148,724,647. Demosthenes was the son of A swordmaker and blacksmith.

THE JOKERS’ BUDGET.

JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. An All Powerful Protector—Thought He Was Scared—A Last ResourceHad to Overcome the Noise, etc., etc. AN ALL POWERFUL PROTECTOR. She—l have heard a good many times about the terrible earthquakes that take place on the Riviera, and I only hope that none will occur while we are there. He—Don’t be uneasy, my love. Nothing shall happen to you as long as I am with you.—[Schalk. THOUGHT HE WAS SCARED. Papa—What is your mamma doing? Little Daughter—Knitting. Papa (surprised) —Eh ? Knitting ? What? Little Daughter—l don’t know; but you needn’t be scared. It isn’t her brows.—[Good News.

A LAST RESOURCE. He—Miss Moneybags has married her guardian.' She—What did she marry that old man for? He—Oh, to keep the money in the family, I suppose.—[Life. HAD TO OVERCOME THE NOISE. “Your friend appears to be a fine sort of fellow; but what makes him dress in such boisterous fashion?" “Well, you see, it’s a matter of early environment. When he was a young man he was employed in a boiler factory.”—[Detroit Tribune. CHANCE FOR DOUBT. She (gushingly)—Will you love me when I’m old? He —Love you ? I shall idolize—um—er— You are not going to look like your mother are you ?—[New York Weekly. MODERN ATHLETICS. Hicks—Blitson, they tell me, is quite an athlete. Wicks—Yes; his last feat, I hear, was to run up a board bill.—[Boston Transcript.

A TIP TO THE WAITER. “If I might venture,”said the guest in a low tone, as the dignified waiter assisted in the matter of putting on his overcoat, “to give you a tip—” “Yes, sir,” said the waiter, relaxing considerably. “I should advise you to try earnestly to break yourself of the habit of fingering your mustache in a severe, abstracted manner while you are taking a dinner order. My hat, please. Thanks.” —[Chicago Tribune. THE RULING PASSION. Host (proudly)—And this is a masterpiece of Rembrandt! Visitor—Great Scott, man! What is that hole in the corner ? It spoils the whole picture. Host—Well, you see, my wife is an autograph collector, and she wouldn’t rest until she cut the signature out and pasted it in her album.—[Puck. IMPORTED. Elsie—Where does Miss Smith get that lovely complexion ? Ethel—-From Paris, I believe. A HEARTLESS WISH. Wife—See, my dear, this style of dress is the very latest fashion. Husband (with a deep sigh)—How glad I would be if it would continue to be the latest fashion. —[Schalk. EXCUSABLE IN A RUSH. Proprietor—How came this new postage stamp in the money drawer ? Clerk—That’s my mistake, sir. I took it in for a two-dollar bill.

MUST BE SOMETHING TERRIBLE. Dora—l sha’n’t stand it another minute ! I’m going to send him back his ring! Clara—What? That beautiful diamond ring? “Yes.” “Horrors I What has he done? Robbed a church, killed his mother, or what?”— [New York Weekly. A QUERY. Dorothy—Miss Perte keeps up with the fashions. Madge—l wonder if her father keeps up with the bills. AN angel’s TREASURES. Accepted Suitor—Why, my angel, what’s the matter? The Angel—Oh, the awfulest thing has happened. I have lost my engagement ring. Little Brother—Why, Sis, what a fuss you are making! You’ve got plenty more of them.—[Good News. EXPLAINING IT. Mother—Horrors! How did you get .so muddy? Small Son —Runnin’ home to see if there was anything you wanted me to do. —[Good News. A SHREWD LAWYER.

Judge—You admit the promise of marriage, I understand, but cl»m that the defendant was insane when the promise was made? Defendant’s Lawyer—Yes, Your Honor, we enter a plea of insanity. J.—Upon what evidence do you depend to sustain your claim of aberration of mind? D. L.—-We intend, Your Honor, to read the love letters that he wrote to her. —[New York Sun. BUT HOW MUCH IS “ENOUGH.” May Blume (scornfully)—l hear that you have wagered money that you would marry me. Van Ische—Yes; will you marry me? Miss Blume—lf you wagered enough, I will.—[Puck. TO THE MANNER BORN. “Well,” said the lawyer to the witness, “how far was it from your house to the road?” “Well, sir,” said the witness, “I reckin hit wur ’bout a acre an’ a half.” • “Idiot,” cried the lawyer, “how many yards was it?” “Well, sir,” replied the witness, “thar wuz only one yard, an' that wur my yard, an’ hit ain’t fenced in, nuther!”— [Atlanta Constitution.

THE UNREASONABLENESS OF MAN. Mrs. Van Astfilt—Why don’t you have Professor von Pianothump play at your soirees any more? Mrs. Swell —He’s so abominably rude. The last tinfe he played he asked some of the guests to stop talking. He said he didn’t mind whether they heard him or not, but that unless he could hear himself he couldn’t do himself justice.— (Chicago News Record

very likely. “Since Miss Snappim married eld Goldbug she spends fortunes in flowers. In fact, she wears flowers on all occasions.” “Yes, she does, but I guess she would rather wear weeds.” QUITE A DIFFERENCE. Husband—l think I will run over to Chicago for a week during the fair. Wife—Then I think I will go with you. What is fair for one is fair for two. Husband—No, my dear; what is fare for one is far from being fare for two.— [New York Herald. ODDS AND EN D Too many bright young men try to make their conversation spicy with cloves.—[Galveston News. When the hired man comes home loaded the proper thing to do is to discharge him.—[Union County Standard. No changes made in the post-offices will ever make some males more regular than they are now.—[Philadelphia Times. Did the term “woolly West” originate in the unpleasant fact that many an investor has been fleeced there?— [Lowell Courier. People who pay doctors’ bills seldom doubt the physician’s ability to heel himself.—[Troy Press. Whenever.a boy empties his pockets his sister sees something that belongs to her.—[Atchison Globe. It is a sign that the trees have come to stay another season as soon as they begin to leave.—[Rochester Democrat. “Time’s up,” soliloquized Bagley as he came out of the pawnshop where he had just left his watch.—[Lampoon. A Tennessee child talks incessantly. It is thought that he will have a great careSr as a champion pugilist.—[Baltimore American. Somebody says that most of the hand organs are owned by one company and hired out. Another grinding monopoly. —[Philadelphia Times. As severe as rheumatism is, a great many are bent on having it.—[Chicago Inter-Ocean. A firm of plastering contractors in Rhode Island has gone to the wall.— Chicago Tribune. A tack machine ought to put up a strong argument. It makes its points aa easily.—[Troy Press.

About Alligators’ Nests.

Alligators’' nests resemble haycocks more than anything else to which they can be compared. They average about four feet in height, and about five feet in diameter, and are constructed of grasses and herbage. First the mother ’gator deposits one layer of eggs on a mortar-like floor, and having covered this with a stratum of mud and herbage about eight inches thick, lays another set of eggs upon that, and so on to the top, there being commonly from 100 to 200 eggs in a nest. With their tails the parents then beat down the tall grass and weeds to prevent the approach of unseen enemies. The female watches her eggs until they are hatched by the heat of the sun, and then takes her brood under her own care, defending them and providing for their subsistence. Doctor Lutzemburg, of New Orleans, once packed one of these nests for shipment to St. Petersburg, but the young hatched out before they started on the long voyage, and were kept about the doctor’s premises, running all over the house, up and down stairs, whining like young puppies.—[New York News.

How the Moslems Pray.

The true Mohammedan is enjoined to prayer five times a day—namely, first in the morning before sunrise, at noon, in the afternoon before sunset, in the evening between sunset and dark, and between twilight and the first watch, being the vesper prayer. A sixth prayer is volunteered by many between the first watch of the night and the dawn of day. These prayers are simply repetitions of the laudatory ejaculation, “God is great!" “God is powerful!” “God is all powerful!” and are counted by the scrupulous on a string of beads. They may be performed at the mosque or any clean place. During prayer the eyes are turned to the Kebla or point of the heavens in the direction of Mecca, which is indicated in every mosque by a niche called Mehrab, and externally by the position of minarets and doors. Even tne posture during prayer is prescribed. The most solemn adoration is bowing the forehead to the ground. Women are to fold their hands on their bosoms and not to make such profound obeisance as the men. They are to pray gently and not to accompany the men to the mosque. In addressing God worshipers ate to be humble, putting aside jewels and costly apparel.—[Brooklyn Eagle.

The Last of the Old Navy.

There are a few of the old wooden ships left, and the Department will in future, as far as possible, keep them on the home stations and supply their places abroad with new ships, which will not only-make a more creditable showing, but by their greater speed will be able to cover more territory and render prompter service when they are called upon. Among the old wooden ships which will be ordered home this year is the Lanoaser, flagship of the Asiatic station, obsolete in design, slow, and not suited for the flagship of so important a station. Her place will be taken by one of the ships at the naval review, probably the Baltimore, and three of the smaller vessels will accompany her to China. The Adams and Monican have only a short time left for efficient service, and before the close of this Administration the last of the wooden vessels of the old Navy will probably have disappeared from the register, sold for coal barges or else broken up for their iron.—[Washington Star.

Stories of Old People.

Washington Dale, a negro, has just died in Kansas City at the age of 109 years. David McCoy of California, said to be 103 years of age, is the oldest war veteran in the country. Henderson Smith, a negro, died a few days ago at Quincy, 111., and at the given age of 119 years. George O. Sharp, the oldest postmaster in the United States, is dead. He had been postmaster at Kickapco, Kan., for thirty consecutive years. Mr. Wanamaker exchanged photographs with the old gentleman some time ago.

DRAPINGS OF LACE.

A FASHION THAT LENDS ITSELF TO ALL AGES. Suitable ft>r 'he Stout and Matronly Outline, the Young Flump Figure, or the Squareness ot Childhood—lllustrations of This Popular Style. Gotham Fashion Gossip. New York correspondence:

jjKjSfX, HERE never has ' been a fashion that J; I so lends Itself to all I ages, types and jJwj 1 styles as does the BSr **■ present popular one of shoulder drapings of laoo. At first thought the fashion Wc, Is particularly jJrFsK. adapted to the very and slender figure, but that is HTK A the case with all styles. As a matter 5 ot fact this one is OS/ 1 almost equally well suited to the stout wjf and matronly outline, the young plump figure, or the

squareness of childhood. It all depends on the way you put the lace on, and since you may put it on nearly any way you like, It Is your own fault it you do not get the right effect The initial picture shows one method. The neck of this pretty house dress is cut V-shaped In front only, and made much more dressy by the addition of a dainty lace fichu. The latter has a foundation of silk on which Is put first a lace frill, then a second ruffle, shirred in the center three times, and the other side lies on the neck In the form of a smaller ruffle. The ends are adorned by a long white ribbon which Is carried around to the back and then to the front again, where it ties in a bow with long ends. Another way, and one of the simplest of the many pretty ones, Is to have just a gathering In epaulette style on the tops of the shoulders, to give the required full effect at the tops of the arms, and yet not to interfere with the contour of the bust and waist. From this simple beginning you may go on and on, and off and off. The epaulette pieces may come from under straps of ribbon that go over the shoulders. The straps may be connected across the chest and the back by more ribbon, from under which falls more lace, continuous

AS IF OUTLINING A SQUARE YOKE.

with the epaulettes, thus giving the bodice a square yoke effect, the yoke being outlined by the fall of the lace. Even this simple effect can give several Impressions. If the bust line is deficient, you will have the laoe across the front fall very full and reach right In front to the waist line or a little below, while It narrows up to the shoulders. It the bust line is full, the lace will hang less full, so that the contour can be seen through, and it will be shaped a little differently. A very handsome example of this* sort is shown in the second picture. The toilet there represented is suitable for small receptions and concerts, and is made of pink and scarlet plaid changeable silk, and trimmed with cream-colored lace. The waist is slightly gathered like a blouse, and has a square yoke of the silk taken bias, trimmed with a flounce of lace, long in front and back, but shorter over the shoulders. The seam joining the laoe to the yoke is covered with a velvet ribbon fastened with rosettes, as shown in the picture. All sorts of elaborations and butterfly effects are gotten from a series of ruffles of lace about a short yoke. The first ruffle of lace will set out on the shoulders in a pretty, perky way, from under it another and deeper raffle comes that hangs deeper over the shoulders, and is a little softer and more droopy, to give effect to the perk of the one above. Indeed, this ruffle may be of cloth, crepe, or silk. It may go across the chest, or it may be a modified epaulette and stop after shrouding the shoulders. Still another fall of laoe may or not be added, conning from under the epaulettes and reaching to the elbows, and falling across the chest to the waist line, the back being identical always with the front. The under deep ruffle, for instance, may really outline

MANTELET OF LACE AND SILK.

the yoke of the gown, while the epaulettes, the ruffle above, the little yoke attached, and the collar thereto may be a blessed little cape affair that can come off all’by itself. The third sketch brings us to such a mantelet of lace and silk rep, with a pointed yoke embroidered with jet The cape is a flounce of lace about eighteen Inches In width, gathered to the yoke. Down the front are lace tabs about one and a half yards in length. Over the shoulders are very deep bretelles of silk, embroidered with jet and shorter ones of lace. The Medici collar is trimmed with lace »lx and a half inches in width, which is gathered in back with a rosette and falls on the yoke. In front are placed two rosettes. The ends of the tabs form a Jabot in front.

Another mantelet has a yoke of silk covered with embroidery of black silk, chenille and metal beads. The cape, composed of two lace each fifteen Inches wide, is sewed to the yoke. As shown in the illustration, the mantelet is profusely trimmed with black velvet ribbon which frames the yoke, passes over the shoulders to the waist In back and is crossed in front and tied in long loops and ends in back. On the shoulders are full bows of the same and it also furnishes the standing collar which is finished with a tuohing of laoe. Quite a similar and equally tasteful way is to have the ribbons continue from the shoulders dowp to a polut front and back, at the waist line. Then the lace will fall continuously from the shoulders following the line of the ribbon. For some figures it will narrow to the points front and back; for others it will keep its width; again, the laoe will not go as far as the waist, but will at just the right place for becomingness pane under the ribbons and across the chest or bust, or just below the bust line. You see, effect must not be hap-hazard. The yoke-like space left between the ribbons, may, of course, be filled with the laoe, laid flat over colored silk, 01

ANOTHER MANTELET.

draped softly, according always to the figure. The matronly and graceful figure gathers dignity instead of bulk by careful arrangement of shoulder drapery of lace. This is proven In the last picture. On either side of the collar a band of ribbon starts, which passes loosely over the bust and to the waist line, not coming to a point, but narrowing a little. About the throat and all the way down between the ribbons, laoe or black or white net may be softly draped. On the outside of the ribbons, falling over the shoulders in cape-like effect as deep ns to the elbows, wide lace or net is set, which is wide enough to reach to the waist line, the odge being under the ribbon. All one’s efforts and lace may bo devoted to tho shoulders. Make a triangle on the shoulder. The point being at the side of tho collar, and the sides running down to clasp the shoulder Itself. Fill in tho triangle with lufflosof lace. The top one being, of course, the merest bit of lace edge, and the last passing over the round of the shoulder and lying well out on the puff of the sleeve, lou need not stop here, the sleeve itself can have ruffle after ruffle to the elbow, so that each arm looks like a ballet girl all ready for the most daring dances. I hav<> said lace In all this, but that may mean anything from the finest bit of a priceless mot sei, carefully spread over a fan-like piece of silk and inserted at the shoulder to be looked at and envied by everybody, to great clouds of effective and valueless wash blonde or silk net. The material may bo gauze, or any cheap stuff, or the laoe may be the very narrowest and edge ruffles of fine muslin or mull. As I say, the fashion lends itself to all folk and all materials. You may use oldtime needlework, and turn up yout pretty nose at the girl with modern lace; or you may use fine Hamburg, and one so fresh and crisp and clear that the girl with the yellow laoe will not be able to feel as happy as she should, especially if you look utterly

FOR THE MATRONLY FIGURE.

satisfied. Hamburg Is exquisite on children’s dresses in many of these shoulder effects, but It won't do to take up children's fashions—they are too fascinating. Heavy and inexpensive crochet lace suits particularly the perky and stiff shoulder draping. Fine net, with just an edge of design, should go on very full and soft, and does either tor the matronly or the figure that lacks outline. Only remember to have method In your management and suit your ef> feet to a sufficient cause. Copyright. IRM.

PRECIOUS, BUT FATAL.

A Spanish King, Studded with Gems,Which No Thief Would Steal. A costly ring, unguarded by police or other special protection, hangs suspended to a silken cord around the neck of a statue of the Maid of Almadena, patron saint of Madrid, in one of the much frequented parks of the Spanish capital, it Is set with valuable diamonds and pearls, but this notwithstanding, there is not the least danger of its being stolen; the greatest thief in Spain would sooner steal the pfate from his own mother’s coffin than to even so much as touch the uncanny relic. Its history is curious and Interesting, being equal to anything related in mediaeval folklore. It was made in accordance with a special order from the late Alfonso XII., who gave it to his cousin, the beautiful Mercedes, on the day of their betrothal. She Wore it constantly during her short married life. Upon her death the King presented it to his grandmother, Queen Christina. She died soon after accepting It, and the King then passed the deadly little jeweled band of gold to his sister, Infanta de Pilar, who died within a month after. Again the accursed circlet started on Its deadly rounds, next finding a place upon the finger of Christina, daughter of the Duke de Montpensler; in less than 100 days she, too, was dead. Alfonso then put the cursed jewel in his own casket of precious relies, and lived less than a year after so doing. Is It any wonder that such a harbinger of death can safely hang on a statue in an unguarded square? A Flea*® Lancet. A flea is provided with a genuine lancet, the knife Inclosed in a case in the head*of the insect, the case opening sideways, like that of a razor.

A FIGHT IN THE DARK.

The Last Night of an Old Telegrapher’s Career. “That scar bn my check,” said an oldtime telegrapher, “is a reminder of the last night of telegraphic career.” “Some fifteen years ago I was night operator at a station on one of the Western roads. I found it very and often resorted to various schemes to catch a uap. One plan was to stretch a string from the office across the track and tic tho coal scuttle to it. Passing trains cut the string, letting the scuttlefall with a bang. It always woke me,, but like most night men I was lazy, and’ tried to devise something to save going out at all after once fixing it, which was accomplished by making an apparatus similar to a whirligig out of wire. It swung on a pivot which was fastened near the edge of the platform. The wire projected out near enough to the rail to be struck by passing trains and knocked around parallel to the track. To one end i tied a stout string which, when lying down, I fastened to my hand or wrist. It never failed to wake me at the first jerk, when I would raise my arm until the train passed; then all I had to do was stretch the string again, and it was in position for the next “One night, after reporting a train, I lay down, fixing the string to my wrist, as usual. I had not slept long when li was awakened by a tug on the string. It surprised me, as there was no sound of a train outside. I listened, and thought 1’ heard the sound of footsteps on the platform. “Slipping tho string from my wrist, I arose and. taking my revolver from the drawer, slipped it into my pocket, just as the waiting-room door almost noiselessly opened. Had the person walked; boldly in, it is doubtful would I have taken that precaution. His stealthiness, however, aroused my suspicions, and as there was a large amount of money in the safe, that came in on an evening, train, I feared that my late visitor might bo a desperado. There was no light in the waiting room, except that thrown by tho office lamp through between the wicket wires, which separated the rooms. I moved over towards the lamp, when tho footsteps approached the window, presumably to fix the lamp wick. My back was toward tho window. Om tho wall in front of mo hung a small mirror in which I could see tho window reflected. Presently I saw a revolver pointed at me and hoard a voice say: ‘ Hands up,’ or something similar. Turning the lamp out quickly I dropped to tho floor, and none too soon, for a bullet whizzed over my head and shattered the lamp to pieces. By that I knew that I had a desperate man to deal with,, and one who would not hesitate to takemy life, in order to accomplish his end; namely, secure the money that was in tho safe.

“To mo tho darkness was impenetrable, but knowing tho location by the window I instinctively fired in that direction. His weapon rung out almost simultaneously from the other end of tho wicket partition. He had fired through thesmall opening between the wires. V quickly iqpved over to and partly behind the safe. For a few moments all was silent save the thumping of my heart. It was not for long, when, together, the click, click of our weapons was heardHo was first to begin hostilities again. That shot left the mark on my cheek. It was an unfortunate one for him, for, by it I located him, and, having a rest on tho safe, my return fire found its mark, in his breast. He fell to the floor, groaning and swearing by turns. From his position on the floor he fired two shot* through the partition, doing but little damage. “It is needless to say that I did not strike a light ; neither did I come from behind tho safe until day-light, when I found iny unwelcome visitor unconscious. He never regained consciousness. Ho died in a few hours. His identity was unknown for some weeks, when I learned that he was a noted burglar whowas wanted by the authorities in a nearby city. The next day I resigned my • position and came east where I opened and have run this store ever since. No • more railroading or telegraphing forma. Good day."—[W. A. F., in Callicoon , (N. Y.) Echo.

A NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

Remarkable Results Achieved by a. Japanese Physician. From Japan comes the news that Dr;.. Kitasato, who studied under Koch in Berlin and discovered the bacillus of tetanus, has actually succeeded in curing: consumption in advanced stages by. means of some new applications ot Koch’s remedies. The news was brought by Professor Clay McCauley, of. Tokic, who arrived at San Francisco^. recently, on the steamer Oceanic. He said:

“The Government has granted $45,000 to Dr. Kitasato for this year and $15,000 for each of the next two years to prosecute the study and treatment of cholera,. abominable typhus, diphtheria and consumption. During the last winter Dr. Kitasato has accomplished some remarkable results with consumption. Four out of five patients who had been treated two months were discharged cured, and 125 who bad been in hospital only a few weeks showed marked improvement. None of the patients had passed beyond! the second stage, nor had cavities formed in their lungs; but all were emaciated and had night sweats, several coughed sixty grammes of sputum dally. One had been in bed six weeks before being, treated, AU* showed signs of markedimprovement within a month. The sputum decreased and there was gain inflesh. No publicity has been given to these remarkable results, because the Government hospital will not be con>pleted before early June. Then announcement will be made and it is expected that hundreds will flock to Tokio.. ' ‘ The treatment is a modification of Koch’s. A preparation of tubercaline is injected under the skin and taken into the blood. Its effect is to give immunity to healthy lung tissue and thus enable the diseased portions to recover health. The most noticeable effect of Dr. Kitasato’s method is the absence of reactionary fevers, which have followed, the use of tubercaline in Germany. Im only one case did this fever occur, and then but once. Hence the patient’s strength is not weakened. Of course it cannot be stated positively that the four consumptives discharged are cured. Time irione can show that, but it is a great thing to say that several men, who seemed hopeless victims of the disease, are now apparently well, and th it many others are on the way to recovery. “Dr. KitAsato wss sent in 1883 by Japan to Berlin to study under Koch. He • developed the bacillus of tetanus andi the method of using it. He studied with. Koch seven years. Now his services aregiven to the Japanese Government. He seems to have no desire for money but ismoved solely by a desire to help his people, among whom consumption and. cholera annually slay thousands.”