Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 24, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 March 1894 — Page 7

WOMAN HOME.

Justice

SHOULD BE EQUIPPED FOR WINNING THEIR WAY.

The Third StrasuJ Tlis II ou-tekeopcr's Golden Rule—Mi.iliera and Work—Fitting Up a K»out—Childs' Advice to a

Giil —Care I:i Diphtheria.

"That her hand nmy be. given with dignity j,ho must be able to stand alone," wrote .Maryarct Fuller of woman many year- ««e. To this keynote hnve the inspiration* of tfc" fair sax been set ever since. Able to htan'l alone! Not, then, obliged to marry for the Bake of a living, or to focupe the divaded title of old maid, or for any other inilry reason. Able, alone and unas«i vii, to win her way to fortune—to make her name respected, even without the magical prefix, "Mrs." A moble longing enough, and one which not a few ambitious giria have fully realized.

Recalling the names of Miss Booth, Miss Alcott, Miss Mitchell, Dr. Bodley and others like them, do we once think of the far famed sisterhood as so many old maids? Nay. Their achievements have Kfted them and us to a higher plane of thought. We admire, respect and love them for their work and worth, and the question of marriage does not signify. Nevertheless the fact remains that happy homes are society's safeguards, and that children properly brought up are the hope of the nation. "What is wanted that the youth of France be well educated?" asked the great Napoleon. "Good mother," answered a lady of the court. "Here," exclaimed the emperor, "is a system in a \v:rd!"

We are all familiar with the anecdote and do not dtny the truth which it teaches. Yet, in making the learned professions accessible to daughters as well as sons, in throwing wide the doors of art and literature for woman's entrance, in welcoming girls to trades and occupations undreamed of in the bygono days, when sewing and schoolteaching were their only opportunities for earning a livelihood, have we not, as an able writer has recently pointed out, almost lost sight of the important. relations which, in the natural SOUJ«! of events, many of our girls are destined to bear toward the world as wives and mothers?. So far as wifehood and motherhood are concerned, modern education for girls makes about as much provision for these contingencies as if they were the most unlikely that could come to Eve's daughters, and as if a learned spinsterhood, with, perhaps, "the men all transported beyond the seas," were the normal condition of the coming woman.

True, there is in certain schools a feeble attempt mado at physical training, while sometimes a weak solution of sewing and cooking is introduced into the daily doses of knowledge. Such efforts in the right direction have been, thus far, too spasmodic and fragmentary to bo of much real mse. That they are made at all, however, betokens that tho day Is at hand when a girl's training shall be so evenly balanced that, whether tho future hold for her a professorship in a college or thequeenship in a home, she shall be well fitted for either position, for "winning her way" to an honorable success.—M. D. Sterling in Motherhood.

The Third Strand.

There is no other proof so great of the good understanding that subsists between men and women as tho voluntary relinquishment by men of powers heretofore unshared. It is the highest tribute that kas ever been paid to woman, and yet one of the most, unobserved, that not a Bchool haa ever been opened to her except by the •oto of men, nor has she been admitted to any learned profession or to any enlarged sphere in the lino of honorable occupation, except by men, nor haB any woman been made a voter, iu greater or less degree, either in church or state, save by the free permission of "creation's lords." I'hey have clothed us with all the powei that they themselves possess, save in tho highest ranges, ecclesiastical and governmental. No magnanimity analogous to this has been witnessed since history began. But thoro are two considerations which, on their own testimony, havo moved men to this bestowment of power upon the gentle comrade at their side. First, men are conscious of beiug abundantly able to take care of themselves and their Interests, and, secondly, they havo learned by centuries of observation and experience that, as a class, women—being the mothers of men—are, if possible, more concerned to do them justice than they are to do

to themselves. Every woman is

he daughter of a man, and every man is the son of woman. In this organic law Is grouuded tho unalterable faith that cheers moon my way while I seek to multiply the topics of interest and thought between men and women that homo life may be enriched and home happiness rendered jooro stable. There aro three strands iu tho stout cable that binds together the members of an ideal home—religion, nfjection and intellectunl sympathy. The first, and second havo held their own throughout the ages past.—the third this age Is forming and no truer or more enduring tie has ever yet been forged.— Frances E. Willard.

TIIP Housekeeper's Golden Rule. "Liberality but not waste" should be the housekeeper's golden rule by which »he insures comfort and plenty in her household and good service on the part of her domestics. But it is impossible to accomplish this most desirable result without active personal supervision of every detail. If women would only look upou tneir housekeeping as a man considers his Vusincss, in the light of an imperative and daily duty, to be accomplished calmly and ms a matter of course, putting up with the unavoidable trials and disagreeable complications as tho necessary concomitants Of every organization, they would worry Jess and" accomplish far more. It is foollab either to moderate or to magnify domestic duties, and house mistresses are •ery apt to do either the one or the other, yrhercas they should look upon their household affairs simply in the light of Important and legitimate business belong log Wo their department, and one which it behooves them to manage well.

A clever woman has expressed this idea "capitally in these sentences: "A woman is

fenernllyshirk

inclined either to

much

tret

under her

utiea or them if she can. She sees man triumphantly pursuing his vocations and thinks it is the kind of work be does which makes him regnant, whereas it fe not the kind of work at all, but the way In which and the spirit with which he does it." If mistress and servants could only be brought to consider waste as uobosinesslike, and system, not as the tyrannic* I rule of a stem mistrasa, bat iust as

a part of the hpuaehold machinery as a man's laws and regulations in his

office, there woold be no need of friction, and their relations with each other would be much pleasaater.—New York Tribune.

Mothers and Work,

"Women should not attempt, says an eminent woman physician of London, "to carry on a profession after marriage. I mean the women of the upper and middle classes who go into the professions. It is not necessary that they should be the breadwinners that duty should devolve upon ilic hm band, and I em confident that the rising lituGrutioD would be healthier and stronger ID every way if the mothers would exert themselves less. I look anxjously at every baby that comes under my notice in the hope tLat I shall find some improvement in the type, some increase in stamina, compared with the generation that has preceded it, but instead of this there is only steady deterioration observable. This deterioration is particularly noticeable among the children of very active mothers. The cleverest and most highly educated women, the women who take the most active part in public affairs, have the most weekly and puny children. "Another thing, women are going into too active forms of exercise. When a young married woman tells me that she is captain of a cricket eleven or of a football team, I can only say I am perfectly aghast. Women must place before themselves the alternative—to earn their living, to exercise their faculties, and to gratify their ambitions in a professional career, or to become good wives and mothers. And if they choose the domestic life they must recognize that they must sacrifice their personal happiness and ambition in the future happiness and success of theii* children."

Fitting Up a Room.

Tho side walls lighter than the floor, or floor covering, and the ceiling lighter than the side walls, is the rule used by decorators in fitting up a room. One coloring in varying shades is often chosen for the color scheme, and the contrast is introduced in the furniture, pillows, pictures, vases and other objects necessary to the comfort or beauty of a room. Plain surfaces are artistic for floor covering, though to the housekeeper they are often objectionable, because they show dust more plainly than a surface covered, by some sort of a pattern. When a patterned carpet or rug is used, let it be covered with anything except natural looking flowers and leaves, which one dislikes to tread upon, which will not be ignored, and which draw one's mind from the really attractive things in a room. Those who dislike walls with plain surfaces, which certainly are monotonous and unattractive unless the Bpaces are frequently broken by pictures, Bhould select coverings having the lighter color for a background, patterned with a medium or darker shade of the same color. As the hangings form a part of the wall, they should also be somewhat lighter than the floor covering.—New York Moil and Express.

Childs' Advice to a Girl.

George W. Childs once said to a girl from the west, who went to him with letters and tho hope of getting sufficient influence to do something in the arable field of journalism: "Little woman, if you can do something, go ahead and do it. The world is hungry for something new. It is an omnivorous creature, but it wants a change constantly. Keep as quiet as you can. Keep out of men's way as much as you can, for it is trespassing to go on private property. Keep yourself in good health, good spirits and good clothes, and don't try to be a good fellow or one of the boys. Save half of your earnings. Go to church. Be agreeable, but reserved, and if some honorable man offers you his name and his protection give it all up, marry him and devote your energies to homemaking. "The business world is no place for a woman. It is a rough place, and people have to get rough to succeed in it. I know hundreds of gentlewomen in business, but thoy always seem to me like going fishing in a dress suit and white gloves, Exquisite fabrics are not intended for rough and ready wear."

Care In Diphtheria.

As diphtheria is so very serious a disease, whenever a child seems languid and miserable, fretful and depressed, without apparent cause, examine the throat carefully, writes Elisabeth Robinson Scovil in Ladies' Homo Journal. If it is swollen and covered with patches of gray membrane looking like slate pencil dust, send for the doctor. It is always safest to have medical advice when the throat isaffected.

Until the doctor comes keep the child in bed. If the throat is painful, procure a lump of limo, pour cold water upon it. When tho effervescence subsides, strain off the clear water and apply it to the throat with a brush or swab. If the child is old enough, the throat cau be gargled with the lime water. Inhaling the steam from a pitcher of boiling water sometimes gives relief. The neck may be nibbed with warm oil and bound with flannel.

Milk, either hot or cold, should be given every two hours. The cold milk may have the white of an egg shaken with each cupful. Strong beef tea can be given, and the doctor may order stimulant. The Strength must be supported by nourishing liquid food.

Professional Darners.

A lady suggests this plan for those of the poor who wish to help themselves. She said: "Some of the poor women of the town could make very good^vages if they would do'darning.' You understand what I mean? Every large family has a quantity of stockings and socks that need darning, and many of the richer class hate this work. I do, for one. Well, if a woman expert in Buch work would apply for the position of darner to several families, she would get. customers and would make a good living. There are hundreds of families in which such work could be obtained. Then there are youug men who board and who have dozens of pairs of dilapidated socks. They would gladly turn them over to a repairer. When one considers how much stockings and socks cost, how much the average matron, or others who can atford to pay for the repair work, hate to do the darning, and how much time could be saved, it becomes apparent that the plan is a good one. A hosiery repairer could make more money than two dressmakers.• —Columbus Dispatch.

Children's Bating.

Some parents compel their children to eat against their will, as when they come to the breakfast table without an appetite, or have lost it in prospect of a visit or a ride, or for the sakeof "eating their plate* clean" in discouragement of wasteful habits. Unless we are thirsty we cannot drink the purest spring water without aversion, and as for eating when there is no appetite it is revolting, as any one may prove to himself by attempting to take a I second meal in 20 minutes after having eaten a regular dinner. The appetite, the hunger, is excited by the preensxtoe of gas-

trie juice about the stomach, but if there is no gastric juice there cgn be no hunger, no appetite, jntl to compel a child to swallow food when it is distasteful is an absurdity and a cruelty.—Hall's Journal of Health.

•J Eliza Archard Conner. Mrs. Eliza Archard Conner's sermon young women, which won the prize among more than 1,000 submitted, was elaborated under the following heads: "Do some useful work, and do it with enthusiasm. Lay up some money. Be sincere. I Be helpful to others. Be neat. Stand by your own sex. Uphold forevennore the purity, dignity and worth of womanhood."

Cleaning Fluids For Clothing. One for men'sclothesthatthehousewife will find valuable consists of a pint of deodorized benzine, one-half dram sulphuric ether, one-half dram chloroform, a dram alcohol and a very little good cologne. If it is used for cleansing coat collars and outside garments, apply with an old piece of soft black silk. For neckties—and it can be used on those of light colors as well as black—apply with a piece of white silk. In washing soiled black goods put a tablespoonful in a gallon of warm water. Twenty or 25 cents will pay the druggist for a quart bottle of the mixture. The fluid is vouched for by Miss Helen Johnson of cooking school fame.

What Women Like In Men. Probably tho best thing that was ever written on the interesting question of what women like in men is summed up in the idea that women like a man who can be strong as a lion when trouble comes, and yet if one is nervous and tired can button up a shoe with an amount of consideration that is a mental and physical bracer up. They like a man who likes them, who doesn't scorn their opinions, who believes in their good taste, who has,confidence in them and wit enough to realize that when one of the fair sex is slightly stubborn persuasion is more powerful than all the arguments in the world.—Exchange.

Mrs. Humphry Ward.

An English critic speaks of "Robert Elsmere" as not merely "an extraordinarily successful novel—it was, as reflected in contemporary conversation, a momentous public event." The face of Mrs. Humphry Ward, whose name one book sufficed to make known to the entire reading world, is full of interest. It is not disappointing—there is that in the expression and features which indicates the wonderful power that created two masterpieces of modern fiction, and there is besides a certain quiet dreaminess of countenance which makes one marvel that this great strength can be held in complete repose.

To Tell Hosiery.

Hosiery makers are sly. The value of a stocking or sock is below the ankle. If the heels and toes are not double, the article is not worth buying. It is economy in the long run to pay the difference and get a stocking with double soles—that is, for service. Now, one of the tricks of the trade is to splice and "clock" a stocking. The clerk holds her tongue. The customer is captivated by the decoration, and Iter toes and heels are bare after a day or two. It does not follow that a stocking is "full regular,'J as dealers say, because it is spliced. The splicing is a sham and a cheat.—New York World,

A Compromise Dinner Dress. A compromise dinner dress planned by an ingenious woman whose weak lungs prevented her from wearing a decollete gown was of black satin. A fur hem bordered the plain full skirt, and a line of shallow scallops outlined in silver sequins was sot on a little above. The yoke and full sleeves were of white chiffon spangled with silver, and the satin waist was outlined around the corsage and over the shoulders with sequins. The high stock oollar was of the satin.—New York Telegram.

The Boudoir.

Boudoir, which means literally to pout, is only another name for one's private sitting room. Mme. do Pompadour was the first to enjoy the luxury of such a cozy nook. The boudoir today must be typical of its mistress and is furnished in colors to set off her style of beauty—in crimson nnd gold if slio is dark, in pink and white 11 she is fair. Portraits of celebrated beauties are supposed to bo especially suited to decorate tho walls.—Detroit News.

Little Bliss Fair.

Little Miss Birdie Fair is not a fair little birdie, at least not in tho sense of com-

fooks

ilexion. Like money, she has lots of good and to spare, but she is as dark as A gypsy and has a bright, ruddy complexion, snapping dark eyes, a wee bit of a rosy mouth and an assertive little way •bout her which is very delightful. Nobody can mistake that she has a will of her own and opinions as well.—New York Journal.

A Hint on Dusting.

In one of the best known gymnasiums for women in this country the resident physician said in a recent interview "Dust is almost as out of place here as it would be in the dissecting room. I am eagle eyed for its appearance, and I am proud to say that the furniture is hand dusted—that is, with a cloth. To the best of my knowledge and belief a feather dustr er has never found admission here."

The five children besides baby Esther Cleveland who were born in the White House were tlso girls. One of these girls, the grandchild of a president, is now employed in one of the departments In Washington, ending her days as she began them -—under the government's roof tree.

If the women who blacken their maids' characters because they disable a dish now and then should undertake for a year or two—not a week or two—to wash three times a day a lot of fragile crockery, it is doubtful if the score of dead and wounded would be lessened.

A careful statistician has found that of the working women In Chicago 84 per cent earn just a living—not a cent more. Fourteen per cent save a little every year, and the remrining 2 per cent do not get enough to keep them from running in debt.

Let your light shine in your home and don't be afraid that it will become too bright. Don't be turning it down all the time, as some people do their gas.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL. MARCH 3,1894.

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Mrs. Conner has been doing excellent newspaper work for more than 20 years, and her paragraphs about women are printed in the newspapers all over the country. She is a little woman with short gray hair and a sweet, soft voice which utters the most surprisingly caustic things against all manner of shams, false conventionality and unwomanliness.—New York Sun.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS.

A DAUGHTER OF EX-SENATOR DAWES ,, WRITES ABOUT THEM.

She Discloses Some Practical Reasons For Their Success or Failure—Hints on I*er9orming Contracts and Dealing With

Customers. The appearance of women in every department of business has resulted iu the discovery that a woman can do business along business lines and by recognized methods also in another discovery—that unless obliged to do so by her environment she generally does conduct her business pflfairs in a somewhat slipshod manner.

No permanent success is possible except according to strict business methods. In large affairs this becomes evident so soon that either the worker is forced into conformity or the business disappears of its own weight. There is little need to give hints in such cases. Either they are superfluous or they are useless.

But the possibility of self support along new lines has suggested a large number of new occupations to young women who are establishing themselves everywhere in small enterprises. The eventual success of these enterprises depends very largely .upon the spirit and method with which they are entered into. And to these energetic and enterprising young women a lew hints may be valuable.

It should never be forgotten that "business" and "philanthropy" aro two differ ent things. Both buyer and seller frequently confound the two. It may lie questioned whether half the failures in business ventures by young womeu do not arise from this simple fact.

And in like manner the woman who goes into business exchanges the privilege of special courtesy to her sex for independence and business reciprocity. Here again a mistake is too frequently made.

A business woman must not consider the weather nor a headache. Her family can no longer take a para mount place with her.

She cannot afford to be pleasant only when she feels well nnd glum or unaccommodating when she has had bad news. The. public is merciless and cares nothing for her, body or soul.

If she needs a cashier or clerk, it is not enough for her that she has an idle brother or that her mother might take the place. The first question for her consideration is the efficiency of those relatives for the va cant position.

It seems impossible to pluck out of th mind of a woman the idea that her per sonal maintenances ought to betaken into account in settling her business affairs. And, curiously enough, this idea has cor rupted the business mind of the other sex. It is by no means unknown for a man to go paying interest to his female client whose funds have disappeared in bad investments, or, on the other hand, to expect considerable financial charity from her an to the principal of such investments. Neither of these expectations would sur vive a moment between two men.

Probably the very first lesson for the •would be business woman to learn is that she should expect no consideration whatever on account of her sex or her personal circumstances and should give none. The exact filling of contracts and the exact requirement of dues are the foundation of all good business.

Likewise it should be one of her early lessons that the exact filling of contracts refers both to time and quality.

Perhaps the most common of all faults in women who engage in small enterprises is the feeling that if they cannot do the work now or furnish the goods today next week will do just as well. And if called to account for these delays they consider the customers most unreasonable.

Another curious peculiarity in the business relations of women, resulting directly from her too often inexact habit, of mind, is her treat nient of errors. In the view of many new business women any mistake made in the goods, in orders procured, in work done, must, come out of the customer. Now, if a customer gives a definite, plain order, and the dealer does not fill that order, it is the fault of the dealer and should be borne by her. This fault is by no means confined to women, it is true, but it is specially prevalent among them. The order Bhould be exact and definite—in writing if need be—but once given it is the dealer's place to fill it.

In all the various lines of small enterprises upon which women are now enter ing and some of which they are inventing much depends upon the way the young business woman meets the would be customer.

A cardinal principle should be to do any thing that any one desires. Some way must be found to do even the impossible.

Let no possible customer disappear because you could not find some way to meet his or her wishes. Send for the goods wanted, or even go to the city after them, if it be only a dollar's worth. Take the Btrange job if it have even the most remote connection with your enterprise and do it, though you must privately sublet it. But let the customer always find you ready and always sure to do what is wanted. This insures his reappearance. But if you cannot meet his wishes the first time, he will find some other person cr place where they can be met, and that is a fatal dis covery.

Be ready inexpedient. There is nobusi ness, even the largest and most system atic, that is not always running against a wall of some kind, and the ability to quickly and sometimes immediately find a new way out is the question of success or failure.

Tf you cannot do a thing one way, do it another. If the conditions will not allow of the end desired, chauge the conditions, and that on the spot. She who hesitates is lost in these days. Yet look before you leap. A woman's natural impulses must not be trusted too far. "Readiness in expedient" is not only readiness, but readiness in expedient. To think quickly and closely, to determine that some difficult requirement shall be met and to see along what lines, if not all the details, and to confine these two lines of thought at the moment is to secure success in any line of business.— Anna L. Dawes in Washington News.

A Bit of Advice.

Lady bag. ladybug, if I were jxra, 1 always would carry a bucket of dew To dash on my house if it horned, and then may be IM save every dear little ladytag baby. —Youth's Companion.

For Over Three Months

my son suffered night and day with, rheumatism so much so that he was unable to feed himself. Your Sulphur Bitters cured him, and lam truly thankful to say they are an bonest medicine MRS. W. H. CABLETON, wife of Deacon Carleton, First Baptist church, Winchester, Mass.

There are paper stocking in market.

A ROYAL KID.

Bulgaria Went Wild With Joy Over the Tisit of the Baby Prince. A ruan of 84 years aad a boy of as many hours are the two most conspicuous figures in Europe today. One, it is feared, must soon close one of the most remarkable public careers of this or any other age. The other, boin in a palace, may some day sit upon a rather shaky throne. All Europe has smiled indulgently over the extravagant w6lccme with which Prince Ferdinand and his Subjects received the wee bit of humanity at Sofia. The royal youngster must think this world an awful humbug.

Before he had a chance to enjoy his first meal he was frightened half to death by the firing of 101 cannon under his window. He had hardly donned his swaddling clothes before he was condemned to be "Bearer of the Collar of the Order of St. Alexander." The poor child would have howled in protest, but the royal decree informed him that as the chief of three regiments of infantry, cavalry and artillery no such weakness would be tolerated. Some ordinary infant indulgences might be permitted him as prince and duke, but as a full fledged 'Knight of the First and Fourth Class Military Order of Valor" he must preserve the stern dignity of his rauk.

It was a haul week for him. In the first place, the palace yard was thronged night and day by his singing, dancing, affectionate subjects. His royal daddy, in spite of the nurse's protests, persisted in dangling him at a window- several times a day, to the frantic delight of the cheering crowds. The whole principality took a week's holiday, and the rejoicing was so spontaneous and unrestrained that the nation found the spectacle a welcome relief from the solemn croakings about war.—New York Sun's London Letter.

Things That Are Told.

Too small a figure in wall paper destroys the effect. JJoft and flabby skin gains firmness of texture by the use of cold water, to which has been added a little common salt. Vinegar and spirits of any kind used as a wash about twice a week help to keep the skin firm.

Brushing stimulates the growth of the hair and makes it glossy and soft. It also stops the hair from falling out and Is the best tonic for the scalp.

When it is required to use carbolicacid as a disinfectant, it should be mixed with boiling water. This promptly overcomes the usual antagonism between the acid and the water and converts them into a permanent solution, which will keep for weeks.

To remove foreign bodies from the eye

?id

rat a grain of flaxseed under the lower and close the eve. A Sour Stomach causes dyspepsia, and poor teeth produce sour stomach because the food is not properly masticated. Koep the teeth healthy, and the body at large will be in trim. U«e SOZODONT regularly, for it is pleasant and healthful. Once in the house it stays there.

Once smeared between pieces of wood, SPAULDING'S GLUE never lets go. It is a fixture.

THE WORKING GIRL

Miss Sallie Palmer Gives Some Suggestions to Girls About Backache, Faintness, and Dizziness.

[BPKOIAI. TO OUB LADY HEADERS.)

Did you ever notice working girls on their way home from stores or factories Did you notice how many of them had pale cheeks, dull eyes, and heavy steps and did you wonder why they were not. ruddy and bright?

SAIUE

The story which is told by Miss Sallie Palmer, of

lsTicetown, Pa., gives the reason for this sad condition of many working girls. Sometimes their back and sides will ache terribly. They are faint and dizzy with pain and weight in the lower part of their stomach. Tlicy watch the clock, and wish that the day would end, as they feel so ill and tired.

Standing all day, week in and week out, they have slowly drifted into woman's great enemy, displacement of the womb. That, or some other derangement of the organ, causes irregularity or suspension of the monthly periods,11 bloating, flooding, or nervous prostration. "Take warning in time," she says

Lydia E. Pinkham'e

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