St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 January 1891 — Page 6

YE ARE MY SISTERS, ALL. BY LOTTIE FOWLER. '.My sister, oft I see her ''.in rags upon the street; MiM>ister ’mid the revels Or^ashion oft 1 meet. My sisteX starves in squalor, Her bab\upon her breast; My sister gSply dances, in silks andl satins drest. My sister’s bright with gladness My sister's grayt with grief; My sister’s PleasuiW’ B princess, My sister’s Sorrows feoff. My sister’s wan and w&Bted I Her eyes are dim witHM 01u ' s > Whose sad and ceaseless Rowing My sister never hears. \ n ?Y sister dances, VV mie still my sister weeps ; A Joys light plays on the surface, v But Death is in the deeps. My sisters, O my sisters, Why stand so far apart? übv

U Pride, is there no pity X < r Error in thy heart ? sisters. O my sisters! O hapless ones who fall, Ch sinning souls and sinless ze are my sisters, r’l. RACHEL; Or, Winning tho Old n.,,.™',;— I

w., . IW uiu s mu man’s Daughter. BY STANLEY BAYARD. W OHN LINDSEY was z —x F I the leading man

• — | begun at the bottom, ’ y I but now, by virtue 1/ nl.-. of broad acres and ' jZdaSr great flocks, was at 1 the top of the ladder. । l O — “ He possessed flialf ij6 Z 4 of Hilton, one or’two river farms, a wife, 4^^^" —’ twosonsandadaugh- " 1 ter. His wife was a meek little woman of the faded, dis-couraged-looking species, and he seldom mentioned her among his possessions. The sons were loud, blustering, both inheriting their father’s disregard for all things good, (he was the profanest man in the village) without his determination to make all things bend to his money-making ambition. ) They, therefore, wasted their lives in riotous living and dissipation. But Rachel, the daughter, was of far different material. She was bright and quick, with a refinement of manner that

I , 5 Z ' /->« f^? /'A IT~^' \V^ —~ _^<w //MX?.s#® — , —^7k 3 flTS^r'X./7 /< 7x^l n ^Sr ' ‘ < x* Sii f s\ /'* f/* > . ■^-"•^w « rp —4- J __ ^-~_? 3 £a- v ,<, -art*., ,-awtoA^ x ~ 7-- _ _ —~ —”~ -f" * * •*' “never! i’ll drown first!”

made one wonder from whence it came. In personal appearance .she was good to look upon, with broad, low forehead, clear gray eyes, a mouth fuli of beautiful white teeth, and a very firm looking chin. Her head -s covered with a profusion of short dark curls, which gave her, perhaps, a rather boyish look, i She was a member of the Hil- i ton Presbyterian Church, and a very devoted member. too, it being necessary for her to make up for the rest of the family. Now the Hilton church had also a pastor, a young, handsome, eloquent pa->tor, and he talked Rachel Lindsey’s heart right out of her body before she knew that she bad one. The affection was mutual, but Rachel was troubled by thoughts of her father’s opposition to their plans. She well knew that his dearest ambition in regard to her was to marry her to some city nabob, that she might reign a /f? EX a s / se

“WELL, I’ll BE PARKED IE YE SHALL I queen of society. And lie was moreover strongly prejudiced against ministers of the gospel, considering them all “a lazy, .rantin’ lot, that never did nothin’ nut talk, and wuz not worth

lead to shoot ’em.” But Robert Harper, the young man in question, was strong in his faith in the power of love, and declared that he | would claim his lady-love in spite of any power on earth. “Robert,” she would say, “you don’t know father; he’ll be in a terrible rage, and when he gets mad he sw6j>iu avt*'illy. Sometimes it frightens me.” but Robert declared that in hifn there

was an absence of fear of “^russin” of any description, and so they manager to get along very comfortably, ’li.i Harper decided to settle the matter by telling Lindsey the staff; of affairs. One bright, sunsl/ny morning in early spring, Rachel/taited for the village, between wL{ c h and her home there intervened/nly a strip of woods. The air was s<df and mild, the birds singing, andgrass thickly dotted here and th^re by wild flowers. She had a feeing of exhilaration as though her spirit re-ponded to the new life springing up around her. Suddenly

her eves brightened and her face flushed a deeper hue as the athletic form of Robert Harper came in view. She looked at him sharply. There was ? var y resolute look in his eyes. “Robert Harper, where are you going?” “Ray Lindsey, I am going to your father’s house to tell him that I am going to marry his daughter. No, you need not say a word; it is time that the matter was decided. The idea of two sensible young people leaving a matter of so much importance unsettled is not to be longer thought of. And Ray. dear, I do not think that you need be so apprehensive; your father may not disapprove.” “ Well, he will; lam sure of it. But you are right, I suppose.” So, after sundry other remarks, interesting to only themselves, she passed

< £? village and Harper continued hi^k. l ourn °y. Arriving at the Lindsey mansT^P.’ was admitted to vne pres* owner. CDCG Os -nr yt z. t • Harper; fine day, raising his' eye^M^ his papek “ Set down.” . . \Dtonered chair, ^ al P.er accepted the to budand, thinking it best to proeeß^R^}- reness. sa <1 1

' marks; ’ KU ° Ut any PeHimina^ fag" y'S’ ““J" C ™« ■»»»- | your daughter XVo H IBB ^ 0 to marr y

her“affections upon any one without thinking seriously.” “The devil you do? Want to marry my daughter, eh? Well, I'll be d il if you shall!” And the oaths rolled from his lips in such picturesque confusion that all the would-be roughs of Hilton would have been transfixed with admiration had they but heard him. He ended his eloquent discourse by ordering Harper out of the house. Robert readily obeyed, in order that the smell of brimstone might blow off his clothes. When Rachel came home she was ordered to stay away from church henceforth, and to see no more of that “d d pup, Harper.” She replied that if her father chose to I keep her from church, she of course I had nothing to do but obey, and i that although she might not see j Robert often, she certainly should not I forget him; that she would never

marry any one else, adding that she really thought in the end she would marry Robert, as she had at first intended. More swearing on the part of Lind- ; sey. So matters stood on Tuesday. On Wednesday it rained hard and | unceasingly, and on Thursday it poured j all day and all night. Friday morning things began to look uncomfortable. The river which flowed through the village, augmented by its tributary creeks and brooks, was up to the top of its banks, and everybody began to look solemn, shake their heads, and to envy John Lindsey in his home on the hill, safe from the freshet. Had they known where he really was they would not have envied him so much. The next morning after his interview with Robert Harper, Lindsey had gone down to one of his bayou farms, taking Ray with him. Thursday, the rains being so heavy, with no signs of abatement, his men had left him to provide for their families in ease of there being a flood, as many of them lived in the river bottoms. He had steadfastly refused to be induced by Rachel’s entreaties to remove to a place of safety, stubbornly maintaining that there was no danger. Rachel’s heart was very heavy, Friday night, as the shadows of evening fell upon the earth and the splashing of the water had a mournful sound, that made her shudder with anxiety. Her father was still stern and forbidding, bnt she could not leave him to

hermbther, her lawless' nroWiers, antHT her lover. Even (rod seemed so far ' off. A feeling of loneliness and utter P helplessness came over her, and she I threw herself upon the bed andsobbedJ ' herself to sleep. About 9 o’clock John Lindsey put out the lights and went Ao bed, not in

the least uneasy, a.nd was soon fast asleep. AbouA midnight he awoke with a stwrt. A splashing sound I seemed to'fill the air. He sprung up in teA'ror, jumped from his bed and landed in water. He bounded back into the middle of his bed with the agility of a monkey. His teeth chattered, his hair stood up like a porcupine’s quills. “Ray! Ray!” he shouted, “where are

you? Oh, we'll be drowned; I know i ■ e will. For God’s sake, Rav, why ' don’t you come or talk or do" something.” He was too frightened to swear, but : kept bobbing up and down, gesticulating wildly and talking like a wild man. At this moment, fortunately for the bed springs, Ray came into the room. She crossed over to her father, the i water splashing around her feet as she walked, and administered a decided shaking. “I ather, for g >odnes / sakes hush! If it is God’s win ior us to die now, I, for

I one. am ready, and ycu will have th® i satisfaction of knowing that I d‘ du 1 marry Robert Harper. j She was a woman, you know. y ,en ’ pitying his helpless terror, she tried to - calm him. A few minutes later q volce was heard outside the window. r “Ray, open the window.” “Robert, is it you ? I thougp - ou , would come. O. lam so LI 3 It was Harper, and bef<wTT® c °’ ‘ d ) resist, he placed his arm round Ht aI !“ r drew her through a window into a skill > outside. J . “Mv father! You mu^t not' leavq ! him.”" “Certainly not.” Turning to Lindsey, he said: ; “Mr. Lindsey. Ray and 1 aif down the'river to be married.-^ ' Ol ’ . like, we will take you along*^^ " e ' may receive your blessing!” gl "Never! I’ll drown first!” i “All right. We’ll return f®- y our . congratulations if you are herel^ J Oll are not. may God have mercy 0 your soul! Pull away, Jim,” to the w ^° | was in the stern of the boat. “Look here ’’pleaded LinqO> ' are ■ you going to leave me hei be ' drowned like a rat?” j "You objected to going wijl 9 ’” re "

^Jioined Harper. b at started off. I here!" crir‘ «dsey; I “Comec , ®nd as he wnifiiea-o * +ll l I added : “Yd ‘ Cvw ‘” *t* «

f | SSW; Oot more cheek tbau ; monkey and a Gov ment mul-^ gether. ’Oourse you can y daughter; have her and welcTitiop j| you don’t g^t a big chunk o’. B ien l a weddin' present, whv it won ■ F,,,. fault, darn you. ■ ”1 And so they sailed a wav. J|bl p Lindsey’s respect for his was ever afterward remarkabl Home-Ite turning (hi iui<L. Forward, between decks, U niorc than a hundred Chinese ste»ng o , )as . sengers—mostly reposing iu r ' U( j e wooden bunks, since it is too cjj ftn j rough uj'on deck for them. Som, c h a t some sleep, many are smoking opiu m ’ ;a few are gambling. At a lo,', able ’ j covered with a bamboo mat, t j g aui( > I of fan-tan is being played by "e iipht of three candles. A silent watchers and wagerers prcss^B uve v about the table; —from sur^Kbstg bunks, others look down; ^Ke a to yellow candle glare, coloring ^■niLe

j impassive faces, makes t heir®h v j race-smile seem as the smiling idols in some mysterious pagodaW> Deep in the hold below, sixty J rp boxes are —much resembling te^^ts covered with Chinese lettering.®H»q contains the bones of a dead Bl"p bones being sent back to melt intßr^t Chinese soil from whence, by nH!, ' a vital chemistry, they were And those whose labelled bonß> Sa rolling to and fro in the dark beßt^s the plunging steamer rocks andH^ders, once also passed this ocean H. :,t such a ship —and smoked or dM»* d their time away in just such bertM^d played the same strang play by® B a yellow light in even just such an mjphere heavy with vaporized gnu® ji Very silent the playing is. a word is uttered despite of hB *• gains. From the deck overhi^B I vdu ouuuv chant of tlie VhlnWsF crew. Find one utters a snarling sharp cry, like a eat*H nrv nf linrr..r ln»p. n ' Than

cry m anger— j ow-yee: 1 ben ail the others shrill together Fo-uto/—as they pull at the ropes. “Joss paper” has been strewn about- - to propitiate the gods of that most eastern East to which we westwardly sail. Perhaps those ancient gods wilLiearkcn to the prayers of their patient wo rshippers, and make smooth the menacing face of this turbulent sea. Man's Best Fri«-«<1. First and foremost, woman is man’s best friend: Because she is his mother. Second, because she is his wife. Because without her he would be rude, rough, and ungodly. Because she can with him endure pain quietly and meet joy gladly. Because she is patient with him in illness. endures his fretfulness and “mothers” him. Because she teaches him the^aftie of . gentle words, of kindly thought and ol consideration. Because on her breast he can shed tears of repentance, and he is never reminded of them afterward. Because she has made for us a beautiful world, in which we Should be proud to live and contented to die. Because she will stick to hu through good and evil report, andalwa >8 believe in him, if she loves him. Because, when he is behavi 5 like a fretful boy—and we all do, v n know, at times —with no reason in I e world for it, woman’s soft word, touch or glance will make him ashame of himself, as he ought to be. Because without her as an incentive he would g^ow lazy; there wu ild be no good work done, there would *fe no no-

.-vritten, there won 1 ' . be „nc beautiful p* * palmed*’ ** be no divin + U1 ' Becau-. y^iod this is the ij^W^eason oRAAr— when the world had reached an unenviable state of wickedness the blessed task of bringing it a Savior for all mankind was given to a woman, which was God’s way of setting his seal of approval on her who is mother, wife, daughter, and sweetheart, and, therefore, man’s best friend.— Household Companion. “Enclosed.” A Detroit lawyer received a fetter from Texas the other day on which the postage stamp was of an issue current fitteeu years ago, and r-n the envelope of which there was a request to “return

if not delivered sometime pretty soon.” The contents read: “Some time in the year 1700 a man by the name of Hooten book up two acres of ground in your t<jkvn. i® dead. 1 am his heir. Iwant^^ l ^ out all about it. I want yep to search the records and send me ill.the’paP ors and information you can. rFt,bei u twe acres is there yet I want ’em. If not, 1 don’t. I only want what belongs to me as his lawful heir. Enclosed yoU will find 25 cents in stamps to pa v for y OUI trouble. lam well. Answer as 800 K as possible.”— Free Press

teaming te Chow. kind of said it was a pee...rar molasse to? 00 ’’ was known as The nil * haceo, because it was sweet. H e other boys did not ask how he e o know its name, or where he "ot L-boys never ask anything that h 'ould be well for them to know—but they accepted this theory and his huther statement that it was of a mildness singularly adapted to learners ''filiout misgiving. The boy was himself chewing vigorously on a large quS and launching the juice from his lips right and left like a grown person and ’’’J boy took as large a bite as his beneiactor bade him. He found it as sweet as he had been told it was, and he acknowledged the aptness of its name of molasses tobacco. It seemed to Mm a g den opportunity to acquire a noble rest 00”^ te i lUlS - H ° let do 1 ‘i e ClCek ’ as he liad seeu men do, when he was not crushing it between his teeth, and for some moments he poled his plank up and down the that 1 .. Tr Wlt 1 th ®> Sense Os triu mph that nothing marred. 1 nal l hen ^ U a sudden 1,6 began to feel 1 • Ihe boat seemed to be goinc ine sun was dodging about ver '

strangely. Drops of sweat brr. *» . said b n 511 ? A'tfrom rn 11 ~ t boughk oFTwbiO »pole and Ihe isllow wh< * ™ Lo home. began to lam» M w 99 tobacco q«,«^> r fellows

1 "to mock, but my boy dui Jiot mind ' them. Somehow, he did pot know how, he got off the canal! boat and started homeward, but at every stop rhe ground rose as high as his knees before him, and then, when he got his foot high enough and began to put it । down, the ground was not there. Ho was deathly sick, and he reeled and staggered on, and when ho reached home and showed himself, white and haggard, to his frightened mother, lie had scarcely strength enough to gasp out a confession of his attempt to retrieve the family honor by learning to chew tobacco. In another moment nature came to his relief, and when he fell into a deep sleep which lasted the I whole afternoon, so that it seemed to him the next day when he woke up, glad to find himself alive, if not so lively. Perhaps he had swallowed some of the poisonous juice of the tobacco; perhaps it had acted upon his brain without that. His father made no very

close inquiry into the facts, and he did not forbid him the use of tobacco. It was not necessary; in that one little experiment he had got enough for a whole lifetime. It shows that after all a boy is not so hard to satisfy in everything. —Harper's }oung People. Ho Didn't .lump. Down in Hanover square the other day a man suddenly raided the sash in a third-story window and looked down to the sidewalk. The driver of a dray, whose outfit was hauled up to the curb on the opposite side, happened to be looking up, and he at once waved his arms and cried out: “Don't jump! There is no tire?” The man in the window neither saw nor heard him, but turned his head and looked up at a fourth-story winB dow. - thn Udders!” yelled the drayman at the top of ‘ his voice. A dozen people had already gathered,

and when asked the cause of his actions he explained; “That chap in the window thinks he's : ell. off from the stairway by tire, and j he's about to climb up or jump down.” j The individual rested one knee on the ! window sill and looked across the street , at a girl in an oilice, and the dravmau ' at once sung out: "He can never jump across the street I —never! Hi! there — wait — wait—don’t jump!” "Don't jump! Don’t jump! yelled a i dozen others, while there was general | inquiry for the fire-box and the reason ■ the engines didn’t come. The man in [ the window had his attention attracted ! to the crowd, and as he surveyed it a j score of hands motioned him back. ! They were still at it when an employee j of the building crossed over and injuired:

“What's the matter with all you fellers, anyhow?” “The man can be saved if he doesn't jump!” shouted several voices. "Save your grandmother! There is no tire. He was sent up there to help put up a sign!” “Oh! oh! oh!" called one man after, another, and in one minute the crowd , had dispersed and the drayman was left 1 tc say to himself: , “Well, if it hadn't been for me he might have had a tight squeeze of it.” । —New York Sun. Coyote Hunting. ' The wily coyote abounds in Southern California, and, if not courtgeous, is al- ’ ways troublesome. At night he leaves the foot-hills and sallies ^erth to visit • neighboring towns, JJ' through the ' outskirts and ; door-yards — a vU § y u o aud easilv When alanue<. ' ‘ out-u^tances . Lx sc sMftnmon clog. Occasional!v ^8 c-WKy the light i viOt <1 vnin.

of the moon dasinj^ iwF" 11 a y el P ing laugh or a half score of dogs; and it is coyote will at times allure thedo^i^ until one is in the fore, then turn ancT lead the victim to an ambush, where several coyotes are lying in wait. Seemingly at a signal they will pitch upon him and send him home,torn and bleeding, if not seriously injured. Almost every canyon in the range is the vantage-ground of one or more coyotes. As the sun rises they leave the plains and make their way to the hills, where they sleeponthe soft grass, or lie on the ledges of rock t'hat overlook the ravines. The coyote is about the size of a setter dog, often smaller, with a bushy, wolf-like tail, big, prominent ears and an exceedingly odd expression. A glance at the animal would not convince one that it was adapted by nature to remarkable bursts of speed, yet such is one of the attributes of this singular creature. The swiftest of California dogs are required to capture it. and then Master Coyote succumbs only after a one or twomile run at a. race-horse speed—not the run of a fox before the hounds, but a

and H)e game is eVGr 1,1 si ght, sneod ‘ OrSO3 are P ut to the Utmost then tko truck. No wonder, attenti lat co yote has attracted the is en. ° f * lO cross-country rider, and best ga,ue well w °rthy the JJatjs ett ° ° f horse and rider.— Golden Higher Education. > aid a brilliant woman of our day: end* ,>f ß a Wlle and mother is not the Si. “-^existence; the end is to be a i n n .' n l I „ an l i only a wife and mother moHim'l' 1 ”’1 ^ ut even if wifehood and bi>rl,..„ ‘' lo ‘\ w crethe end and aim, the!

rbeu \T velopment the w ^ a « jugal aX, t lO WifG and mother ’ C ?’ /- JO l affection maternal instinct 'm a the less i powerfui when und ’ ':\ ra control of enlightened intelligen “ 1 ‘ V deed, the highest ideal of d * e ?* ln " consistent with the highest o ev ot? on of culture, and she wlm 1 conditions what man knows is -«♦ ^ nows most of fitted to be his come certainly better who meets his nr ,-anion than is she of his physiea' y^ure only on the side For a w * 1 comfort. prettv su 3 rbman to know how to Icok j gre itoyt to dress tastefully, topreside 1 ..Piously, to make her house charming

। and her home delightful to all who feel i its social atmosphere, for her to be iui terested in her church and her charii ties, to like good books, to appreciate i good music —all this is involved in the , i highest, if not in the so-called “higher” I education AVn moan that all this

1 euiicuiion. o incau 1111*1 I*ll mis I keeps in exercise and consequent development the highest part of her nature. But to know how to look pretty does not demand that a woman should know nothing else, and many a woman I graduate has discovered and is ready to testify that in all things that enter into the glory of the true home life she is able to do better and to be more because of that widening of judgment and development of mental powers that come as the result of college work.—Pittsburgh Press. ••What Lovely Big Ears.” Among the tribes of Borneo the men and women wear very little clothing. I The former always carry the arms. I They are warlike, and always ready to pick a quarrel, especially when intoxicated by’ a beverage which they manufacture from the root of a peculiar tree. They have a custom like that of the American Indian. They always preserve the head of their victim as a trophy. Hence the name “Head Hunters.”

1 As many as fifty human skulls often hang from a native’s roof.” The Dyak tribe women have a liking for particular marks. They consider it a great addition to one’s beauty to have the lobe of the ear touch the shoulder. They pierce the ear and attach heavy : weights to hold it down. The weight is gradually increased. Should the ear break no greater misfortune could happen. They believe that a good spirit exists in the dilferent kinds of birds that ' abound on the island. The Dyaks have a certain code of traditional laws, ac--1 I cording to which all crimes are pun- ! ished and their various disputes settled, i Punishments are usual lly paid by fines * in the form of plates, jars and similar articles. They have a craze for old jars J and pay immense sums of money for them. .. [ । (U'ttlnv u < bi -WWb. Six real Chinese women have arrived , in New York.

Their arrival naturally caused quite a sensation, and the pig-tailed gentry rushed to headquarters in great numbers to catch a glimpse of the newcomers. Chinese women are very scarce in NewYork, and when any are imported it forms a foundation for gossip for at least a week. The six are all young, the eldest being but 20 and the youngest 17. They are considered pretty, and are fairly well educated in their native language. The entire half dozen came origin;from the rural districts back of Caj.t> and have lived for about a year in Portland, Ore. The six young ladies got into Jersey City and were met by Cow Ling Lee, who is the New York agent for Foi Suen Lae, and has his oilice on the top floor of No. 15 Mott street.

He had two carriages ready and the young women were hurried into them. They were dressed in their native costumes, but all wore long American gossamers which covered their strange clothes to a certain extent. People at the depot, however, noticed i the daughters of the Emperor of the | Middle Kingdom and followed them to I the carriages. Cow Ling Lee and his charges were rapidly driven to Mott street. The six young women had been sent for several week ago by as many wealthy Chinamen, who intended to make them their wives. It costs something for a Chinaman to got a wife of his own nationality, and thev are considered a very great luxury. For SSOO and expenses a Mongolian living in New- York City can get a young woman who is good looking. If one is forwarded to him who does not come up to the representation of the matrimonial • agents he is at liberty to return her to • Oregon and demand another without

i extra expense. ie For S3OO or as Lw as SIOO and exin penses Chinese women may be procured (L in New York, but for these prices the kH^icle is not guaranteed. TluS^iv young women all came under the s'>OO^^ass and are considered unusually beautihtnl. Tlio Inllumic^. u s right Collars. The influence of H^ht collars in impeding the circulation Up,./} l,v pressing on the jugular^y,.^ ia we u known to military surgeomC. w ith the troops in India; but the badSt effects of such pressure in cooler climaK. ea has been demonstrated by the observK. xt j ong of Professor Forster, of Breslau, w. v ho states that three hundred cases ha. ve come under his notice in which the evik

— --- sight has been affected by the disturbance of the circulation caused by wearing collars that are too small. A large number of these cases were probably subjects of myopia.— Lancet. The village debating society will be called upon at the next meeting to explain how a fire can go out with all the doors and dampers shut. — Boston Transcript. '

i THE WORLD OF SCIENCE, rs r< . 7 1 W Siam is to hav>e a $400,000 electrio "z i railway thirty n^iles long. Mn. A illakl will spend $1,000,000 1? * in transforming the street car lines in Miiwaukeo^o they can run by electrieA Ho^ siei , inventive genius has reGen tl.'/‘*patented a voting-booth that can be folded U p i n to the smallest possible 8 l J *.ce for transportation. ‘ Statistics show that about 13 per cent, of all railway accidents in the

United States arising from derailments are caused by defective frogs and switches. A lasting machine that enables one operator to last 3,000 pairs of shoes a week is one of the latest things in labor-saving machinery. It tackles any-thing from light feminine foot-gear to the heaviest brogans, and the product is superior to hand work. Ship railway projectors have been figuring on a route from Lake Huron to Lake Ontario, which if operated would cut out -128 miles of lake navigation and 28 miles of canal betweeen { ’ 111 mt anrl ATrm Ivaol ■rmlwoxr

cnicago ana Montreal, ine railway would be 69 miles long and the estimated cost $12,000,009. If cloth can be made out of fine spun glass, it would reem a simple matter to make it out of wood, and this done boil in fT “fin i ■ <■> vow i ■

Livne ny noinng sxnps or Tim! m'MFiiyii 111 ■ timber, crushing them between rolls, carding the filaments into parallel lines, as with ordinary texile material, and spinning them into threads from which cloth can be woven in the usual way. Electiucity has not been practically applied in the art of music heretofore, except, perhaps, in the operating mechanism of church organs. George Breed, of the United States navy, bus devised a method by which the passage of a broken current over a conductor in a magnatic field producing musical ones of varying pitch and volume. Modern methods are changing continually toward simplicity and rapidity in the smallest things. The Pennsylvania railroad has introduced the measurements of oil by’ weight in its supply department. An odd number of quarts can be run off much more quickly by weight than by ladling. Oil averages about seven pounds to the gallon. Fireproof construction of buildings

— - -- is slowly growing more of an exact science. A species of porous terracotta oiling is rapidly coming into use. Sixty thousand dollars worth of it was recently put into one building in New York. Experts say, however, that as far as fireproof floors are concerned, alternate layers of plank and cement form the most impenetrable of constructions. Systems for distributing power in cities from a central station are coming more into use every day. Steam, electricity and compressed air are the common agents, but Paris has a system which is the reverse of that employing compressed air. The motors operate by a vacuum created by immense air pumps at the central station. The cost per horse power per hour is 23 cents, about the same as with the ordinary gas engine when illuminating gas is used. The track in the live feading cities of the Lnited “ 4 "“ States is: New York, 368; Chicago, 365; Boston, 329; Brooklyn, 324; Phil-

adelphia, 324. The mileage of different motive powers is: For horses, 2,351; electric, city, 260, cable, 255; steam, elevated, 51; surface, 221 Three cities have elevated roads—New York, 32 miles; Brooklyn, 24 miles, and Kansas City, 5 mil^s, Baltimore uses nothing but horse power motors, and Scranton has none but electric roads. How tlie Facial Kxpression is Altcre-'i. "Placidity of expression,” says an eminent physician, ‘‘will never be mistaken for vacancy, and the wcman who so governs herself has the satisfaction of Knowing that her face will rarely betray her, for on a calm face passing emotions do not rest long enough to mirror themselves.” The value of this composure and mon-committal feature is too well known to business and pro-

fessional men to need comment, for who ever saw a successful doctor, lawyer or merchant with a tell-tale face. And if the emotions are not to mold the face, women must stop scowling, frowning, pouting, winking, twisting the mouth and nose, sucking the tongue or thrusting it into the cheeks or out over the lips in a wedge shape, straining the eyes wide open at surprising news, shutting them with rapididity, rolling and throwing them for stage effect, pursing the mouth, biting the lips, wagging the head or carrying it a la canary, grimacing, grinning, squinting, sighing, humming, giggling, and continuously smiling, for not only are such practices ruinous to pleasant facial expression, but must be attributed to bad breeding, and are so disagreeable that it seems needless to admonish parents and teachers for permitting such bad habits to be acquired —or big girls, who certrinlv should have better taste. ’ — Among the lower classes, pronounced

types of beauty are rarely met with, as vicious tendencies, exposure to want and debauchery, and the necessity’ for hard labor cause their features io lose much of that grace and refinement which other surroundings might develop. Another reason for cultivating the expression and pursuing an upright, lofty ideal is seen in the contrast between men and women. The latter cannot with impunity nurture unwomanly thoughts, anger, and the baser passions, or succumb to care, grief, misfortune or recklessness, for, being possessed of quicker and more delicate sentiments than men, with finer and less accentuated fertures, greater susceptibility of physiognomy and delicacy of muscle, the traces on the feminine face

v are more marked, more durable, and v almost ineradicable. Love is also a ' vonderous artist in painting beauty on 7?\e feminine countenance, and unless ■ ae music of the tender passion is p.ay^d upon her heart, there must be one cl\ or j missing from her life. But all conr^ot; |, e woed; there are not men enough k? ,r 0 around; there still must bf some uLjplucked roses on the bush, । and, though . a ll things else fail, woman is still the sculptor of her own statue.