Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 15, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 July 1904 — Page 2

{BALLADE .OF LOVE LIYIERS. o think 1 wrote them makes me blush, Buit men are foolish when they woo. t's. just the same for, milk and mush, . And -I was mushy, that is true, “Oes ‘ittie giriie girl is 002" : It's there, I know, in black and white. saw that query looking through . The letiers that I used to write. : ke made what's cailed an “awful erush” Andiso those missives‘fairly flew—‘t.ose pages of close-written gush Whose writing now I sadly rue, tt was a case of bill and coo— I paid the bills, I know, on sight; Bhe coced, and still more ardent grew | The letters that I used to write, F‘he iawyers read tlem 'mid._a hush | In court (I _had to listen, too). "hen laughter followed with a rush; The people chuckled and they crew. hree thousand was the sum:she drew. (E()r course. I had no chance to fight, She had ’em—tied with ribbons bilue, ° The letters that I used to write, - : [ _L'ENVQI. Prince. pray be carsiul wkat you do, Take warning fram my scrry plight, |They brought about my Waterloo, I The jetters that 1 used to write. (»-('hicago Daily News. : ;

An Idyl of the Sugar Beet Fields By BELLE MANIATES ' (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) IT was certainly an infliction to Curtis Waldo, the young manager of the sugar beet:factory, to be up and doing :at the dawn of this summer day.~ He hurried to the down town office of the factory, where a trloop of noisy, happy youngsters were awaiting with impatience their drive to the fields a few miles distant, where they were to weed the beets and receive generous payment . f2r each _hour's work. . 8

It was something of a task to take their names and get them stowed away in the big wagons in -waiting, and he gave a groan of relief when the task was over. Ile heard the door open. ?

‘“Another!” he thought, wearily, as he! raised his head from the ledger. The look of impatience vanished at the sight of the slender young figure of a girl presumably 19 years of age, who stood before him. FHer face was fair and delicately pink. A big, broad-: brimmed hat rested on a head crowned by shinin%e,” reddish-brown heir, and the eyes that harmonize with such hair looked appealingly up at him. - o “What can f do for ¥cu?’ he asked in courteous tcnes. = “I want.to weed beets. The driver said he’d wait while I came and got a ticket.” : ‘ Waldo glanced at the dainty white han(s with the well-kept nails. “Why,” he said, deprecatingly, “do you know it's hard work in a blazing hot fi=ld, stooping over and pulling up those tough weeds? Do you think vou gould endure it?” “l can—if they can,” she said, with a sigh, pointing to the boisterous mob without! - . ' IHHe shook his head. » “They are tougher than the weeds; but you! you don’t-look as if you had done work; at least such work!” “I haven't done that kind of work before.””. : “What kind. of work do you do?” he asked, skeptically. : ' 21 sew. But'l dontt like it. I want to try out of. door work.” . ““Well, be careful,” he advised, as he went out to the wagon with her. He noted approvingly the nedat, well-fit-ting gingham dress and, as she climbed into the wagon, -he had a fleeting glimpse of a slender foot and a shapely ankle. 0 .

He watched the wagons of merrymakers drive away.

“They~ seem to- think it’s a pienic,” he thought, grimly. *“They’ll not be so gingery | when they come in tonight, ‘l'm !thinkirg.” ’ ' All through- the morning his thoughts ' wandered to the sweet, dream-centered face of the last applicant, Myra Cole. About 11 o’clock he said suddenly to the bookkeeper: - “l am going to drive out and see how our kindergarten is progressing.” ‘He arrived at the fields just as the little. weedérs were about to begin their midday meal. They were tired, dirty and perspiring, but still happy and noisy. He found his vision of the morning with a little tot on each side of her. ; .

- “‘Give your luncheon all to them,” he 'said, peremptorily. “I drove out to seee how things were working, and I brought Juncheon enough for both of us. Come down to the road where my horse®and carriage are.”

-She followed him obediently. “Shall we serve it in the carriage?” he asked. - e -

_{'"“There is a nice shade tree across the road. We can spread it out more ~comfortably: there.” " He agreed with this suggestion and .watched her unpack and arrange the luxurious luncheon he had brought. “How did you keep your hands from burning?”’ he asked. -

“I wore |[some thick gloves, and I didn’t - pull very many. I couldn’t stand the sun. I am afraid I haven’t earned mugchg, but I will do - better when | am used to it.” :

They sat down on the ground to the luncheon and he was pleased to see that she ate as daintily as she did other things ““Are your parents living?' he asled. : . “Yes; I'live at home wijth them.” “And. are they very poor? Pardon the question, but it doesn’t.seem as if you were . fitted for such hard labor.” . “I have'to help. My mother is an invalid.” - “Oh,” he- said, sympathetically. “And your father? ® Does he work?” I “Yes; he works ar the Globe Paper works.””s - . K , “Have you any brothers and sisters?” . : “One brother.” , “Where does he work?’ - : “He doesn’t work yet. He is a year younger than L. = o ‘“He is old enough to work.” .He should be the one to do this instead of you,” he growled. When they had finished luncheon _he asked her to drive during 'the rest Lof the noon hour. She hesitated and looked a little doubtful as to accepting. - e .

- “It’ll do you good ‘and rest you for {he afterncon.” . ;

She finally consented to take a littie drive, but insisted upon returning to the field at one o’clock.

“Where do you live?” he asked, as he helped her ouf of tne carriage. “At 415 Twelfth street,” she replied, with a slight blush. ' “And may I come and see you topight, he asked. ° The blush deepened. ' “I am going to a dance to-night.” “A dance! Where?” » “The Draymen’s union.” His idol tottered. . : “With wnom are you going?” z “My brother.” ;

This was more encouraging, but still, the Draymen’s union! He cofffdn’t associate her with the entertainment. Mechanically he lifted his hat and drove abruptly and swiftly away. He was at the office when the wagon loads drove up in the evéning. The children did not fulfill his ‘prediction of losing their ginger. Their elastic natures had revived during the ride home all their hilarity of the morning.

Although Myra Cole was one of the first to enter, she stepped aside to let the- others receive their payment. When the ranks finally began to thin Waldo looked up to see why she did not come to his desk. : To his amazement she had vanished..

“I suppose she was in a hurry to dress for the dance,” le mused, with a shudder at the thought of that re fined maiden attending:-such a dance. Although an employe had been broken into the work of starting the “kindergarten” Waldo appeared at the scene of action the .next, morning. She was there, as sweet and dainty as he had pictured her. She came up to him at once. : s

“I didn’t wait for my money last night,” she said.

“I suppose you were impatient for the dance,” he said, with a little sarcasm apparent -in his voice. “You must be tired. Did you dance every time?”

“I Gidn’t dance at all,”” was her astonishing reply. He had thought of her as easily being the belle of the ball. :

- “Why not?” She gave an odd little laugh. “No one asked me!” she replied, wistfully. : “No one asked‘ ‘'vou! Not even your brother?” - .

- “My brother doesn’t know how to dance. Thank you,” as he handed her the envelope. : ’ “Wait, you haven't your ticket for to-¢Gay,” he said, as she turned to go. ~ “I am not going to the fields to-day. I Lave to be at home. : :

.In an instant she had given way to the -jostling, eager children and was gone from his sight. Everything went wrong svith Waldo that day, and he Jdidn't go at night to pay off the “brats,” but sent the cashier. In the evening he found himself on Tweifth street.” He didn’t plan to call—only to walk past No. 415. This, however, he was unable to do, as there was no such number. She was utterly lost to him unless she came to weed again. The next morning was Sunday and when he picked up the Times he was interested and amused to read a bright, snappy article headed “A Day With the Beetweeders.” There was a brief allusion to the-manager's Jkindness and [patience towards his little employess He wondered how the Times got such accurate information and was so correct as to details. “I have it. "~ he cried, triumphantly. “Myra Cole was the reporter incognito. I might have known she- was not what she pretended, a working girl.” ' He was in a peaceful, happy frame of mind all day and early Monday morning he sought the editorial offices of the Times. “Halloa, Lorimer,” he said to the city editor. “I want to see the reporter who gave us such a good writeup yesterday.” : : “Certainly. Miss Hayden wrote the article. Come this way.”

Waldo followed into a little office where a young woman sat at a desk. - “Miss Hayden, let me present Mr. Waldo, manager of the sugar beet fac{fory." - ¢

The young woman turred and Waldo experience.i a shock of disappointment upon beholding a black-haired girl who wore spectaclea. - “Your article in yesterday’s paper was good, ‘so good,” he. sald, recovering his composure, “that 1 am curious to know from whom you got the facts” ; ;

“From one of the weeders—a very intelligent young girl.” | . “Was her name Myra Cale?” he asked. eagerly.

“Let me think,” she mused. “I believe that was the name she gave me, although I am not sure.” = | “Do you know where I can find Her 2 | “No, I do nott = : :

Baffled, Waldo left the office. Then it occurred to him that her father worked at the Globe Paper company. Happy thought! Ie hastened to the office and asked for the manager, whom he knew slightly. - “Good morning, Mr. Grant. I want to speak to one of your employes, if I may.” ' , “Certainly, Mr. . Waldo. Which one?” ‘ “His name is Cole.” A search through pay rolls failed to reveal 2n employe by this name. As he wag about to take his leave a door behind him opened and a voice he instantly recognized said:: ? " “Good morning, papa!” _ Quickly he turned and beheld Myra Cole, whom Grant introduced as his daughter! Her eyes danced mischievously. | “So it was you who gave the facts to the Times?” ‘ - She laughed happily. . “Yes; lLaura Hayden is a friend of mine and I-did it to accommodate her and she wanted to go to a concert that night, so I did the Draymen’s union for her, t 00,” = : “Will you tell me,” he asked, gaz ing earnestly into her sparkling eyes, “why you did not reveal your identity to me?” : : “Oh—Dbecause—"" she replied.

Her father laughed. : “That is a favorite reason with my daughter. Yow will never get a more satisfactory rcnswer than that from her! » But he did. ¢

ModlSh Summer Evening Gowns

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several times it can ve ironed out and then looks as gcod as new. In white, pale blue, pink and pale yellow, chiffon-voile makes a lovely ball frock. Lace is, perhaps, the best trimming for this fabric. An accordion-plaited ball frock looks charming when the wearer enters the Toom, but it soon degenerates into a “rag.” Therefore, I say that the ac-cordion-plaited frock is best for restaurantdining,afternoon and carriage wear, and for home dinner wear, but is unprofitable as a gown in which to take hard exercise. Once the accordionplaiting is dragged out of place, the frock requires remaking. I know that the ac-cordion-plaited gown is delightful for a girl, and it can be obtained at a very reasonable price, but it is useless to shut our eyes to the failure of the accordionplaited frock for dancing.

Far more serviceable is the frock of taffeta or satin-meszaline, which is so much. in vogue just now. Oriental satin in all white or some pale color is really very effective, and I do not know of any cheaper purchase for the girl on her own allowance. To begin with, these oriental satins can, of course, run up to almost any price, but they can also be procured, of good quality, at small outlay. lined with muslin; these wash and clean beautifully. The best way to make such a frock for dancing is with a skirt just to touch the ground all round, with an inner frill to give the necessary stiffness at the feet, and lined with soft muslin. You will do well if, when dancing, you eschew the frou-frouy muslin petticoat. and wear your gown over a soft taffeia silit petticoat. Then let your bodice be

The Fashionable Modes oi Paris

HE Parisian modaine when P C traveling is very particular as to her toilette. It is.simplein the extreme, very neat £€ ; and elegant. Alpaca is an ' ?f‘/ ideal fabric for this purpose, and this year Tussores are all therage. They can be very smart and worn at the quiet hotels in Switzerland, or they can be simple traveling wraps or gowns.

Now, for a long, hot and dusty jour-ney-there is nothing more comfortable than one of these ecru-colored Tussores made all in one like a pelisse, with a few gaugings at the waist and at the neck, and a detachable stock and collar. These are generally lined through with a cheap washing silk or batiste. The same idea can be carried out in a little more substantial material such as alpaca, brown being a favorite color for this purpose. With such a comfortable frock as this

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For continental watering places in the morning the linens will, of course, still remain in vogue for the hot days, but for dull weather tailor-made gowns will be de rigueur, and here we notice a great change, for after the voluminous frocks with pelerine effects, the leading Viennése and Parisian tailors have decreed that our tailor-made gowns should be as plain as possible, only adorned with beautiful braids, fantastic loops and buttons, with, occarionally, a touch of oriental embroidery. ' The sleeves are quite plain and almost tight; nearly all the coats-have a short

made in picturesque style, gauged or gathered to match your skirt.. If you have some good old lace, use it as ¢ berthe or tucker; if nct, content yourself with a fine muslin tucker and ficu. Let your sleeves consist of an early Victorian puff, which is in keeping with the fichu, or else let it reach to the elbow finished with plaited muslin frills. In place of muslin you can use chiffon, lace, net, or what you like. but there is something particularly quaint in the mixing of soft muslins with satins and silks. . Then a little newer is the frock of white taffeta with a sash of pale lettuce green, and a berthe of ring spotted net, edged with Valenciennes lace, and applique with pale green taffeta roses. This skirt is plaited on the hips, and sets better if liged with muslin; it may be finished with a festooned design of ruchings, or one thick ruche round the feet. Then reaiiy inexpensive frocks for dances can be made of ring spotted net, with little flounces redged with Valenciennes lace, and a prettily gauged bodice, finished with a deep, pointed waistband. Ecru net and ciel blue make a pretty combination, and though ecru is giving place somewhat to white, the former is hard to beat from an economical point of view. Purple suits some young married women very well (though it is rather an odd-looking color); it is often beautiful when mixed with a vivid pink. Wehave tired of green, I'think, as well as of brown, though the latter eolor in chiffon is very becoming to a-brunette with brilliant coloring. Old-world lavender

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basque, though some show a basque- of three-quarter length, but this is chiefly for sporting purposes. The smartest coats are built for Americans, and show the short basque, sometimes cut at the waist and sometimes made all in one, and .worn” with a tight-fitting, plainlybraided waistcoat, just cut away at the neck to show the still beloved muslin cravat and neat tie. The skirts are not absolutely plain, because they are braided and very slightly eased in at the waist, but simple indeed is the orthodox of the tailor-made skirt. It'is fuller round the feet than the orthodox plain skirt of yore, mostly finished with three rows of deep braid or large flat tucks with braid laid thereon. It just clears the ground. no more. These skirts are made in coarse canvas, plain cloths. rough friezes, and big checks in black, navy blue and brown. § bk

The somewhat sombre effect of some of these frocks is lightened by cavalier cuffs, and neat collars of velvet, adorned with beautiful buttons. - In style thesc garments are absolutely perfect ,and they form a very welcome change after the more voiuminous varieties, and are more appropriate for quiet occasions and traveling. Nothing loeks so bad as a much befrilled and gauged skirt when traveling by train or steamer, for it catches up dust and microbes, and seon presents a bedraggled appearance. There are the striped eottons and next flannels which are made up over here with a long hasque coat and semi-fitting waist, somewhat after the style of an English riding habit.. These skirts are cut as plainly as possible, though wé still notice a little fulness abeut the hips and feet. With these the Frenehweman generally wears a dainty washing linen or cambric blouse, show:ng some fine hana stitchery, and neatly finished at the collar and cuffs as such a costume should be. Very pretty are these skirts with gathered frills of muslin down the front and on the collar. A simple and appropriate hat completes these neat tailormade models. .

Some notable elegantes of Paris are already wearing exceedingly plain tailormade garments in direct contrast to the elaborate toilettes which meet theeye on all sides. It is predicted that later on the suede coat will be all the rage. This requires cutting by the tailor who thoroughly understands his art. I am sending along a picture of an attractive summer dressing jacket that should prove acceptable to many a girl. As'l saw it it was made in white Viyella, with cherry-colored spots. Ishould suggest that you have the cape collar with its long aids in front, made in soft cherrywashing silk, and trimmed with cherrycolored soft Louisine silk ribbon. The four rosettes, and the loops in front should be of the soft silk ribbon, while the very full sleeves are finished with the kilted frills of white washing silk. - ANNETTE GIRVY. A Narrow Escape. - She (at the concert)—He is the tenor of Dr. Talkington's church. He (with a shudder)—ls he, indeed? And I had thought of going there next Sunday!—Brooklyn Life. -

THE DIRE DISAPPOINTMENT OF DISMAL DAWSON.

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RUSSIANS REVERE ICONS.

Pictures That Play a Prominent Part in Religious Life of the Nation.

“Port Arthur te be saved by an icon,” was the mystifying headline which appeared in a ’newspaper“recently. The dispatch reported tg an icon had been sent from St. Petersburg to Port Arthur, but just how’ it was to save the fortress was not clear from a reading of the dispatch, and would not be to one unacquainted with the worship of the Greek :Catholic church, the state church of Russia. The icom, says the New York Tribune, plays an important part in the religious life of the Russian, ‘and it is probable that two or three could be found in the possession of nearly every Russian family landing at (Ellig Island. The icon has the place of ‘honor in the home, ard is to a Russian Catholic what an image which has been blessed is to a devout Roman Catholic. In the early history of the Christian church there were many discussions and conflicts between religious leaders as to the attitude of the church toward the second commandment. The icon is the Greek church’s way, of getting around the prohibition of graven images. Everything represented on a flat surface is permissible. * An icon is a religious picture. The subjects usually represent some event in the life of Jesus Christ or in the life of the Virgin Mary, Russian saints, with their appropriate symbols, and copies of certain local pictures of saints. One of the requirements of the church is that the icons must be inscribed with the name of the personage depicted. The pictures'may be mosaics. bassreliefs, enamels set on brass or gold, oil paintings or prints. They are to be found everywhere, in public offices, in the shops, in the public markets and in every private house, and are considered not. only an indispensable ornament, but an accessory in the worship of the Greek church. A picture in.order to become an icon must be blessed by the priest. | .

The family worship is usually directed toward an icon fastened on the eastern wall of the house. At the entrance to the church, perhaps, will be found another icon on a pedestal. Over this the Russian bends and touches his lips to the double picture there spread before him. |

Icons are worn on the person as well as hung on the wall.. The personal icons are of brass or of gold, according to the position of the possessor. They may be merely a plaque or they may be a little book of two or three leaves. Wthen a peasant is about to send his son to service in the army, he often opens the bosom of his blouse and takes from his neck the icon that he and hisiorefiathers before him have worn. Pronouncing a benedictien, he suspends it on his son’s breast. £ Whenever the young saldier looks at it or feels its movement upon his breast under his clothing, his thoughts are brought back to his country, his family and his religion. When about to offer his prayers in some quiet corner, he pulls out his triptych or diptych,whicheverithappenstobe,and openingitkneelsbefore it as before a portable altar. If he returns safely to his home he often celebrates the event by hanging the cherished possession upon the iconstasis, or screen in front of the altar, in his village church as a votive offering to commemorate his preservation. Every regiment has its icon. This is carried aloft as one would carry a banner when the regiment goes into: battle, with the expectation that it will aid in giving success to their arms. Stories are told of the marvelous preservation of certai‘n;‘ipictures, which suggested that they be made icons. Such a story is told of th]e origin of the icon of the Iberian monastery on Meunt Athos. This picture is said to have been cast into the sea by a pious widow to preserve it from the insults of the icon.oclasts of the early Christian era. It was recovered two centuries later, according to the legend, its location being indicated by a fiery column that stood over the precise spot where it had been cast. by

No Coffee or Dessert in Japan.

Coffee is not popular in Japan. When guests arrive for a dinner pdrty, they are received in an anteroom and immediately served with tea and cakes before entering the banquet'hall. The cups in which the tea is served are very small and of the finest porcelain. They have no handles, but are passed on metal trays, which take the form of a leaf. The tea is brewed directly in the little cups, and served without sugar or cream. Dessert, so dear to the occidental housewife, is also unknown in Japan. At formal dinners rice forms the last course. It would be a breach of etiquette to serve the little cakes which come before dinner with the tea during this final course, ‘

Altogether Unselfish. “Softly impresses me as being rather selfish.” “There’s not a selfish bone in his body,” laughed Miss Richly. “He has consented to be the booby prize at my next card party.”—Detroit Free Press. - Retrenchment. .Clarence (glopmily)—We ought to sell our automobile. Clara (resentfully)—No, indeed, Clarence; I can get along without the necessities of life, but I must have the luxuries.~—lndianapolis Journal, :

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OUR PAPERS AND GOODS.

American Periodicals and Canned Foods Are Sent All Over the World.

Baron Speck von Sternburg, the German ambassador, told a Washington audience recently of a conversatiom which he once had with a native Samoan, reports an exchange of that city. He asked the Pacific islander if his tribe had any recorded history. “Ne,” was the reply, ‘“because our ancestors couldn’t write; nevertheless we have a full account of our.past, which we value highly.” Straightway the Samoan brought out from a chest a carefully cherished copy of an American magazine, which contained an article describing his people. “This,” said he, “is the only history we have,” : “But is it complete?” the German asked.

“Oh, yes!” was the enthusiastic answer: It tells much that our own peorle had entirely forgotten!'” This playful anecdote was cited as showing something of the stretch of influence: of American periodical literature. It is doubtful if any other American export of to-day reaches th= distant corners’of the earth in better condition or gives more real comfort than the American standard weekly and monthly publications. They have subscribers wherever the English language is spoken. In surprisingly remote places magazine ciubs: have been formed. The daily newspapers, because of their bulkiness, foreign pcestage, and the fact that-they would come in batches, are not so generally taken as publications which are issued less frequently.

Articles lof food which are served fresh at home reach Americans in China in' cans; various kinds of merchandise do not stand a long journey well. But the product of the printing press, when its wrapper is broken, seems perfectly fresh and crisp on' the equator or in the land of the midnight sun. This is the one home thing which our people living at isolated stations insist most on having. The familiarity which tliey in consequence exhibit with the events of the world is a constant surprise to the casual traveler who chances upon them. “Young Englishmen in Singapore-are more familiar with the work of the younger American writers than I am,” was the comment of an American who recently visited that city. v

It is no» wonder that the Samoan learned: ‘his: history via the United States. :

NOVEL WAY TO STOP LEAK.

Ingenious Invention of a Sea Captain Whose Bark Was Taking Water.

Capt. Iver Mattson, of the Norwegian barK Flora who has just brought his vessel to South Africa, has invented a novel and ingenious method of stopping a leak at sea, writes the Cape Town correspondent of the Loniden Sketeh. Bound from Norway to Cape Town, the Flora experienced terrific weather in the Bay of Biscay and was compelled to lie to for six days. Incthe buffeting that she received she sprang a leak. which let in the water at the rate of six inches an hour. .

All hands were kept at the pumps day and night without intermission. As the gale abated the vessel drove before it fnte calmer seas.

Capt. Mattson found tliat the leak was getting worse, and he had a windmill rigged up to help the men. Even this was found insufficient, so he had recourse to his ingenuity. ! He constructed a great waterproof canvas- bag, 16 feet lang, 6 feet in circumference and 2 feet in diameter. This he kept extended by means of hoops. A window of glass was let into the side, five feet from the bettom.

Then the captain stepped into the bag and by means of tackle he was drawn under water, so that he could see the leak. The other end of the bag being open and above water he had plenty of air and also an ‘opportunity of communication with his men. Two sleeves had been made and tightly bound at his ‘wrists, so that he could work freely. In this way, looking at the leak through the window in the bag, he -worked steadily while the ship was hove to. The vessel rolled in a heavy swell, and sometimes Capt. Mattson feund himself from seven to ten feet below the ‘waves.

At one timeé it seemed that the work would cost the captain his life, as the chafing of his feet against the vessel’s side wore a holg in the bag and the water entered and covered him. But he was drawn up in good time, the bag was repaired and the leak stopped. What He Meant. 7 Tess—Mr.. Nervey tried to hug me last evening? _ Jess—O! that’s what he meant when I saw him hurrying toward your house. He~told me he had a “pressing engagement.”—Philadelphia Press. St . New Western Tunnel. The Poland tunnel, 8,071 feet long, between the Agua Friaand Lynx creek valleys of Arizona, has been completed. It is for the purposes of private mining development. !

SHE KNOWS EVERY PLACE.

Girl in Photographic Concern Is Well Posted on Camera Pro- S ductions.

“We have one girl in our office whose principal duty is to identify photographs,” said the manager of a big photographic concern, reports the Chicago. Inter Ocean. ‘lt is not our own work she has to puzzle over, but that of our customers. Most of these people are globe trotters. They travel ~with a camera, and use it so industriously and indiscriminately that they don’t have time to get one batch of pictures out of the way before another lot is thrown on their hands. The consequence is the whole bunch gets hopelessly mixed, and the tourists return home with trankfuls of pictures, very few of which are labeled, and therefore hard to.identity. If left to their own devices the amateurs never would get things straightened out. Half of them cannot tell the-leaning tower of Pisa from a.Norwegian pine, as shown up in their own work. - “That is where our girl comes in handy. No matter how crude the picture or how remote the sceme photographed, she usually is able to give it a place and a name. The funny part of it is the girl herself never has traveled. So far as personal experience goes her knowledge of. the earth’s topography is confined to Manhattan island. But she has a keen eye, and that, supplemented by careful study, enables her to clear up most photographic muddles. Naturally all that.research is rather expensive. It strikes me that it would pay the travelers. to take fewer pictures and label them when fresh from the camera. Few of them do it, however, which, of course, is good for our girl, since their carelessness gives employment for her peculiar talents.” ’ SR

ALEUTS HERDING SEA LIONS.

Islanders Stampede the Animals” Inland and Corral Large Num- - bers of Them.

In the sea-lion rookeries of the AlasKkan_coast some curious stampedes arc seen. At certain seasons of the yéar the Aleuts have a drive of “seevitchie,” as the lions are called. It is-generally begun in September or October to gather in a supply of winter meat, says a London paper. At night when the sea-lions are lying in the sand above high water the natives start their hunting. Armed with sticks, clapping bones, and guns, they creep down to the water's edge and carefully get between their game and the sea, and at a given signal, rush with yells and all manner of noise at the victims. - ~ The terrible noise awakes and stampedes the sea-lions, each one rushing in the direction in which its'‘head happens to be pointed. rln this way some go inland and a few‘esoape't.o the water. The stampede ends disastrously for those that head inland. The ungainly creatures are driven by cries and shouts to the houses-of the hunters. ‘There stakes are placed in the ground about them, forming a-sort.of corral. To the posts streamers of cloth are: fastened, and the foolish. sea-lions are afraid to approach the fluttering things. Other catches are added until the herd corraled numbers two or three hundred, and then the final march is taken up: The sea-lions are liberated from the corral and driven in the direction of the Aleut village, ten or twelve miles away, the journey takLng from one to two weeks. :

WHAT A HAGIOSCOPE IS.

Small Window Through Church Wall in England for Lepers to - Look Through.

“In spite of the close blood relationship,” said an American who had visited England, “we are frequently reminded in England that we are foreigners. [t crops up often in the ordinary conversation. } 5

“An English friend ‘whose guest I was took me around to see his native village. We entered the church. - ““ Whereabouts is your pew ? I asked. “‘We sit over there. by the hagioscope,” he answered, as though a hagioscope were some common object like a table or a candlestick. My friend noticed the blankness of my face, so he re~ peated. Tel R e

“‘Over there, just below the hagioscope.’ SE

“ ‘Would you mind telling me what sort of an instrument is it that you calt a hagioscope?’ I asked, meekly. “The Engfishman looked hurt, but with a sigh he explained: =~ = | ‘“‘We bave them in nearly®all the olé country churches. Do you see -that small glass'window through the wall beside the altar? That was made at -the time when lepers were at large, ana they attended church services. They were, of course, not allowed inside, so they stood outside and saw and heard the services through that hole, which is called the squint window, but more often the hagioscope.”” :

Strange Fare in India.

The woman who goes as a missionary to India must expect to put up. with strange fare. Miss Mattie Burgess, a missionary just returned from that country, says: “During the last ycar of our stay in India we had beef only once, mutton twige and fish about eight times. Chickens-are so common we got tired of them. In fact, chicken is about the only meat to be had. The natives are vegetarians and seldom eat meat of any kind. A butcher came to our vity once a week and brought goat meat, the only Kkind to be had. The natives eat either rice or bread made from whea! or a grain peculiar to the country. In the grain districts they have bread. Itisa two-meal-a-day country. The rich people live well and have dainties, but the poor ‘people live on rice and vegetalics. Neither knives nor forks are used.”” - Wasn’t Looking for Company. “Sure, Texas i a great state,” ca:id I. P. Kendrick, of San Antonio, the other night. : P R ) “I recently met a feliow who lives out in the wilds of Texas, and who gave me a spiel like this: iy : : “‘I live in the woods and sleep on the Government Purchase. °I eat raw bear and wild turkey add drink out of running springs. But it isg_etting too thick with folks. agound here.. You are already the second man I have seen in a month. I hear that a whole family has moved 50 miles down the road. I'll have to go further into the woods again.’” ~—Louisville Herald. ST

KEEP DEATH RATE DOWN.

Hospital Physicians Get Rid of Pao tients Whose Cases Appear ’ . j:p.;Be Hopeless.

~ When Mr? Smijth realized that no matter -how good his plays were, the St. Louis public could not or would not appreciate them, he packed up his manuscripts and came to Chicago. He had no sooner come here, says the Inter .Ocean, than a severe illness necessitated his going to.a hospital, and it was while ,an inmate of the convalescent ward that a little incident occurred of which -he determined to make use at some future time.

‘Among the occupants of the ward %3S a theatrical manager whose heart was three times its natural size, a thing which Mr. Smith, of St. Louis. bad reason to believe was unusua! with theatrical managers. Althougn he was by no means well, .he was recovering to his entire satisfaction. One afternoon when all the men were in a comparatively cheerful frame of mind, conversation turned to the low death rate at this particular _hospital. -

~“There is nothing wonderful about that,” said the theatrical manager-who seemed to know a great deal - about hospitals, “whenever the doctors have reason to believe that a patient is going to die, thé{ have him transferred to another hospital. So you see it is an easy matter for the authorities here to repopt a/low death rate.”

‘The men‘were still in the midst of their discussion when several doctors entered the room and walked to the bedside of the theatrical manager. They stood with their hands behind their backs and talked about his case in scientific terms. At last one of the doctors remarked to the manager:

“Yes, you are getting .on very weil; very well, indeed; but we hardly have the facilities here for' taking care of you, and we have decided t 0 send you to a bigger hospital on the West side.”” { : i

The theatrical manager turned & dingy yellow. Thee other doctorsnodded their assent, and walked complacently from the room. The patient was immediately removed. Two days later the men in the convalescent ward—heard that he was dead. WORK OF STORE MODEL. Looseness of Fashio{mlifia Costumes. Makes Requirements in ) Form Easier: “There- has been a great change in the last few years in the requirements of the ‘store model,”” said the manager .of the suit department,in a fashionahle shop the other day. reports the Chicago Tribune.” “Formerly certain correct. proporticns were required which if not after the Venus standard were at least after that of Paquin. But now the: main tiing necessary in the model is that she shali have ‘style’ and ‘carriage.,” and of ,co‘urse_ average size and roundness of contour withoutstrict regard to proportions.

- “The elaborateness and looseness of costumes has brought about this result. The trimming and hiding of the figure in the present day tailor-made suit is so complete that a particularly good ‘lime’ is no longer required. The fact that a larger model - is- selected than formerly is the best jndication of the change in woman's measurements, due to the rctraight front—corset and partly to the change of sentinient which demands broad shoulders, and selects clothes accordingly. -

“The model now in demand has usually a 25-inch waist, where it was formerly absolutely necessary that it should be under 24. A 37-inch bust is preferred, where 36 used to be considered the ideal. Thirteen inches across the shoulders i 5 now considered none too broad, though the hip measure accomplished by the model who adjusts herself strictly to the new average is a couple of inches smaller than formerly, being abecut 41%. - “These measurements are the average omes of the gowns that are sold even. more than of the wearers themselves. - The plan of buying a larga size to be fitted down fo as to obtain the broad showdered effect is almost #nivers2l, and while the greatest mistake a saleswoman could make formerly was to suggest that a customer take a size larger than she thought necessary, nqaw it is often received as a compliment.”

RAILWAY TO THE CLOUDS. French Syndicate Plans Aerial Cog- - Road with Six Miles of Tunnels. The projected Mont Blanc electrie railway, as planned by M. Ballot for a syndicate of French capitalists, will be constructed on the.cog wheel system, as used on the Jungfrau railway, says a Paris report. : It will be nearly 11 miles long, of which more than six miles will be traversed in tunnels. It will climb 11,710 feet from the tiny village of Les Houches, 3,260 feet above sea level, to.n point nearithe Petits Rochers Rouges. The first station will be af the top of the Gros/Bechand, 8,410 feet high, with a splendid view of the Chamonix valley. The second station will be in the_ice region, just before the summit of the famous Aiguille du Gouter, at an altitude of 12,60 q feet; where the panorama will embrace-the fearsome precipices of Taconaz, Les Griaz, and Bionnassay.

" A hard snow path from this point w,}‘ll lead to the Grand plateau. The third station is planned near the observatory and the Ballot refuge hut, at an altitude of 14,300 feet. From here a tunnel will be cut through the northern slope of Mont Blanc proper to the terminus, situated 14,970 feet -above the sea. The highest summit, 810 feet above ‘he terminus, can be reached from thera on foot or by sledge. The entire train journey will oniy take two hours. At present it takes the climber 14 hours to reach the summit from Courmayeur. Meat Inspection in Belgium. Frozen meats and live cattle are subjected to a sanitary inspection by the government before admission into Belgium. The communes are authorized to cause a second examination of meats introduceg into their territory without cost to the persons interested. ; : ‘World’s Lepers. -- There is one leper for every 500 of the world’s population. o «