Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 December 1897 — Page 3

AUTHOR OF QUO VA1)1S

CHIEF STORV OST THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF SIENKtKWICZ.

Exiled Himself From His Native Poland and Then Ketnrned'to Kabe Bis Name iu History.

Who is Henry K. Sienkiewicz? asks the Boston Herald. A few years ago only he burst upon the American reading public in bis incomparable historical romance, "W.th Fire and Sword." "The Deluge," a two volume romance, followed soon after, and still a third, "Pan Michael." a few months later completed tjiis remarkable trilogy. But this prolific writer did not cease his activity*. "Without Dogma," a novel of modern Poland, and "Children of the Soil," a study in sociology, followed in quick succession. Then came perhaps hi3 greatest work, certainly that which has become rapidly popularized in this country, Ms "Quo Vadis," a study In fiction of the times of Nero and the days of the early Christian church. Who is this man who has thus taken the American reading public by storm and made himself a name among us that will not soon be forgotten? The public mind has merely the Impression that he is a native of Poland, but liore than this the best inf rmcd in literature ind concerning its makers can scarcely teil.

Briefly, then, Sienkiewkz was born at Wola Okrejska, in Lithuania, Poland, in the year 1845, so that he has just turned his half century of life. He comes of an old and noble family, and his. instincts and tastes have always been these of a patrician. VOf the land of his birth, Lithuania, it is "iSjd that, stretching from the Baltic southward, It is a, land of great gloomy forests, wl\ich have had not a. little influence upon the character of the people. His education', was received at the University of Warsaw, during the troublous times which ended, in the disruption of Polish national life and the abr sorption of hie country into the great empire bf Russia. With every national movement ^gainst "Russia the city of Warsaw was identified, and against this rebellious city werfe the strongest and severest measures adopfed, for the denationalization of the Pole. Even the use of bis native tongue was forbidden to him in the university, and every where Russians superseded Poles. The bid 'relations between the university and the aristocracy were interrupted, and everywhere was an atmosphere of suspicion, The year 1863 marked that reign of terror which did not end for Poland until many lives had been sacrificed, fortunes lest and numerous banishments had compelled the Poles to admit the superiority of the Russian.

At 22 years of age Sienlciewiez kit the university to begin a life of wandering travel. He was imbued with a sentiment of" restlessness and a desire to see strange faces and. foreign scenes. He wandered to the, remote corners of his native land, studying its people, and especially those of the bourgeois class, so widely separated from his own by an impassable social gulf. This nomadic life and association with the great common people produced in him a manner of thought quite at variance with that to which he had been bred, while yet it has not led him ^o an utter separation from the

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he properly belongs and in which he Was reared. Sienkiewicz, in fact, may tie said to belong In his sympathies and affiliations, to neither of the great social classes' "in his Bountry. Whether, therefore, he depicts patrician or peasarit, there is in his picturiilg an intense realism that reveals a mind to Which peculiar prejudice is a stranger.

Although he led for some yc-are a nomadic life, Sienkiewicz did not allow his pen to be idle. These were the years of preparation for his great life work. In 1872 was published a volume of sketches, winch^-were but the precursors of what was to follow. Later he appeared in St. Petersburg as the editor of a newspaper, but of this episode in his life the record is but slight. Next he Is heard from in France, where he was identified with a Utopian scheme, which cannot fail to remind one of the famous Brook Farm venture in. our own country. This scheme with which a Polish fraternity of expatriated artists and musicians were identified, had its inception in Paris in 1877. Thif was to found upon the Pacific shores' of the United States a colony after the communistic idea. The plan was well matur'ed and brave effort was made to carry it into successful operation. Among its promoter^, besides Sienkiewicz, were Count Bozenta, Chlaponski, and his more famous wife, Hel-' ena Modjeska. A settlement was made near Los Angeles, Cal., which they called Anno Luni. Like other similar enterpriser.

cast of two at least, their genius came to their help. Mme. Modjeska speedily acquired a knowledge of the English language, and soon made herself a lasting name In the histrionic art. Sienkiewicz returned tb Poland, and there published his experiences In and impressions of America in a serifs of sketches, which attracted the attention of the public, and served to bring to him & considerable fame.

With the exception of such portions of his time as he still spends in foreign travel he has since made his native land his home. His domestic life is attractive, although some years ago, a great grief came to him in the death of his wife, to whom he was deeply attached. He has two children, Henryk, a boy of 15, and Yadviga, a girl of 13 years. Towards these children be manifests a deep affection.

In the year 1880 he began his monumental work, the historical trilogy which has made his name famous on two continents. Curiously enough, for such a literary event could scarcely occur in this country, these extensive works appeared in installments in a Warsaw journal, translations appearing simultaneously in Vienna and Berlin. The production of these books was the work of eight years, the public eagerly perusing the various installments as they appeared* anfi patiently waiting for the conclusion. Sienkiewicz is a tireless and incessant worker, new material constantly appearing from, his pen. {Much of this has not been translated into English. Besides the work already mentioned, two volumes of short tales —"Yando. the Musician, and Other Stories", and "Lillian Morris and Other Stories'Vhave appeared in our language. Recently, too, a third volume of tales, under the name of "Hanla," has appeared. All of these, and more besides, of his writings have been translated into German, Russian and French, so that Sienkiewicz today is a thorough cosmopolitan in his audiences.

Warsaw, his favorite city, remains his abiding place, and there he passes the winter months. His summers are spent in wandering, but a portion of the season is passed at his summer home in the Carpathian mountains. Wherever he makes his abode he Is a citizen of the world, and is equally at home whether on the banks of the Tiber, or of the Seine, .the Dnelper, the Danube, or the Nile. Notwiihstan ling this cosmopolitanism he is. in his taste, thoroughly a Pole. His patriotism never has been questioned. It is noticeable, however, that his historical romances treat only of the far-aff past, while his modern writings treat of social or other problems. Despite his intense, love of his native country—fallen and crushed as a nation—hie writings are never nf a political tendency. Ta the adoption of this literary plan he is undoubtedly impelled by sentiments of prudence, since the waiter who ventures on Russian soil to" tread upon that forbidden ground quickly becomes. persona nan grata with, the authorities! at St. Petersburg.

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There Is every reason thai Terre Ha'.vie •aa get a valuable plant

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edy Co., whose plant at Attica was destroyed by fire some time ago, is looking for a location. The company pays over $26,006 a y.eai for postage stamps alone. Its salary list exceeds $30,000 and over ?50,000 is expended upon supplies, printing, hauling,, rent, fuel, light and incidentals. The increase in local trade would be fully $100,000 per annum. Last yea*- the company did a business of $300,000, its scope of operation extending to ^very state of the Union.

HOW BAILEY BEAt BARNUM.

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Game, Advertising.

One of the elephants with the Barnum Bailey circus was the means bf making the fortune that Mr. Bailey is creditec with possessing. It was as a baby phenom enon that the pachyderm did the gooc turn for the successor of "the great anc only Barnum."

Columbia is the name of the creature and of the hundreds of rare animals ir the aggregation none is treasured more highly ihan she,' now a huge, ungainl} and overgrown creature with not half tin wit possessed by the smallest elephant connected with the circus.

It was away back in 1880, when the news got around that the first elephanl born in captivity was living and traveling with the Bailey show. Mr. Bailey "was a struggling young circus owner then, battling against fearful odds. Barnum was at the height of his most remarkable career—at the very topmost notch of circus fame. »||t'

Mr. Barnum, quick to Bee the advantage of having so important an attraction as a real American baby elephant, telegrapher to Mr. Bailey as follows: "Will give $100,000 for your baby elc phant. Must have it."

Mr. Bailey wired in aflswer, "Will not sell at any price." This seemed a daring thing for Mr. Bailey to do, for $100,00® would almost have purchased the entire show. Even Mr. Bailey's best friends, whom he consulted in the matter, advised him to accept the offer. Instead of doing that he refused if and hustled east with his circus to meet Barnum on his own ground.

By the time that the Bailey circus reached the cast the whole country was billed with posters on which was printed "What Barnum Thinks of the Baby Elephant." Underneath that heading was printed Barnum's telegram to Mr. Bailey. As the Bailey show followed in the wake of the Barnum circus each town in which the Barnmn aggregation appeared was billed with the Bailey posters

Probably the Bailey advertising did not affect the attendance at the Barnum circus. Mr. Bailey has since said that he thought that it did not. But the advertisements staring the veteran showman in the face everywhere be went! worried him, arid Anally to dodge the huge posters he obanged the route of his circus, although that'routine had been determined upon nearly 12 months in advance. He jumped from New York to Kansas City and surrendered the whole eastern field to the Bailey show. The next year tho two shows were consolidated and have been one show ever since.

Mr. Barnum!s one joke with Mr. Bailey as long as the shrewd old circus manager was alive was, "Well, have you any more baby elephants that you do not want tc sell?"—New York Press.

How Elizabeth Was Dressed. Queen Elizabeth's love of sumptuous apparel indeed grew with her years and the leading fashions of th& courts of Eii rope furnished her with designs for new dresses, which she would continually cast aside for others such as her fancy might suggest. On all occasions she dressed in the richest costumes, adorned with brilliants, precious Btones and jewelry of the rarest workmanship. Even in her old age she continued to dress like a young girl, afraid of nothing so much as of being thought old. "Upon the subject of hei personal beauty she would smilingly accept the most extravagant flattery," says Carte, "howevor fulsome it appeared tc everybody else." When Paul Hentznei saw licr, she was in her sixty-seventh year. Being a German, ho observed her with an eye wholly unclouded by any sense of reverence for the divinity which hedges round a monarch. Indeed he was so ungallant as to jot down in his notebook that Queen Elizabeth wore a wig, and that red! Hi goes on to remark that she had in her cars two pearls with very rich drops and that the bosom was uncovered.

She was dressed in whi$s silk bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and ove it a mantle of black silk, shot with silvei

whilo threads. .Instead of a chain she had on an

that "wherever she turned hor face everj one foil upion his knees"—an act of horn ngewh^i on state occasions had been paid to her lather, and Elizabeth never forgot or allowed others to forget that she was the daughter of Henry VIII.—Nineteenth Century.

Why Modern Bricks Are Hollow. The use of paper in the manufacture oi high grades of bricks for interior house work, trimmings, facings and for docora live purposes is evidently much on the in crease. Already some very good samples of enameled paper brick have been shown. In the latest process of making and enam eling the paper bricks the bricks are madt on the hollow principle. The object o: making the brick hollow is practically the same as sought in the making of hollow forged steel shafting. Not or.ly is a defect ive ccnter removed, but it is possible tc put a mandrel into the hollow, and by ap plyiug pressure, the walls ore operated upon both from the inside and the outside.

When a eoiid body is heated, the temperature of the interiot always varies from that of the outer portion at first, often resulting in an oxpansion of one or the other that causes defects. For these reosonf the plan of forming tho bfricks upon the hollow principle, plugging them afterward, is recommended. Sawdust is found to be a good filler. It is first flreproofed, as is al30 tho paper pulp usa6 in the bricks. Then it is mixed with cement and pressed into the hollow of the bricks, smoothed and enameled over, making a perfect shape.—Philadelphia Record.

Would You Be Glad to Hear It? Jinx has recently "become a father. The other morning he was hurrying to tho of fice with tho joyful air of a man who hat. been taking the heir almost all night anc has just managed to snatofc a few winki after the bawl. It bad suddenly Sashed across him that he bad forgotten to ccwnt his hair when he was accosted by Greens. "Hello, old man! Allow me to congrat

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-o-c-s£""replied Jinx. "You seem rather melancjjoly ahout It, though. Nothing wrong?" "No. I was merely thinking that you wouldn't bo so glad to bear it if you heart it all night long."—Pearson's \Vjjekly. :—1 *%./

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Shortly before the war betwceh Turkey and Greece broke out it had been intended to transfer to the Central museum at Athens various old Christian treasures, antiquities and manuscripts dating back in some cases to the fifteenth century and stored in the churches at Tvrnavos and elsewhere. Delay proved fatal. During tb« war these treasures wore all destroyed by fire or carried away.—N'efs- York Post.

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Emil Yansky and Miss Rosey Armstrong Tn the cake walk ai\d dance, at Castle Hall, Wednesday evening, December 2t'th.

TERKE HAUTE EXPRESS. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 26.1897

WOMAN AM) HOME.

THE WOMAN WHO IS ONE OF ENGLAND'S BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS.

Cheerfulness at Home The Emergency Shelf—That Good Cap of Coffee—Women and the Birds They Wear—"She Proper Care of Clothes.

"Women should be photographed by women only" is the cry that has accompanied the agitation against tie male photographer. What does he know about thelittle pet vanities of the. sex that call for a nice arrangement of the light and shade effect in the studies to enhance a Hitter's beauty or hide her facial defects? Isn't it ordeal enough to have one's photograph taken without having to put up with a man's stupidity in addition?

What a pleasure, therefore, to be able to call upon the woman who has come into prominence through this agitation and to find her human and that rarest of all rare things—an artist as well. I had made my way through the mazes of Regent's park to Mme. Garet-CfiS^ugfcstudio, and as I prepared to listen to her story I mentally congratulated myself on behalf of the sex that I live in an age that has discovered the woman photographer. "Really, you know," said Mme. GaretCharles, "I never did take up photography. I simply drifted into it. I had always been fond of playing with a camera, and as my results began to get more and more creditable I gave the art—for I do think it an

MME. LALLIE GARET-CHABLES.

art—more and more of my leisure time. I studied the craft thoroughly, and people said many kind things about my work, and editors to whom I sent pictures began to ask for more, and—really that is all. After working for a little over a year now I find myself a public obaracter, being interviewed."' And Mme, Garet-Charles laughed light heartedly.

I ventured to air my bete noire, the mere man photographer, the machine who presses the button, leaving chance to do tho rest. "Now," 6aid my charming hostess, "that just fits in with my own pet theory that woman, as a rule, prefers to be photographed by woman. You see, a strong morning light is horribly realistic. It 6hows up one's little deficiencies 60, or it accentuates the beginnings of a wrinkle here and a crow's foot there. Now, every womt n, be she of the new or the old variety, likes to feel that she is being seen to the best advantage in the presence of man. Therefore when she is posed by a critical male, who notes all her little weaknesses of complexion or feature, she feels ill at ease, she loses whatever of naturalness she has, and^-as a consequence the resulting picture (save tho mark!) is more suited to a chamber of horrors than to a Regent street showcase. "And, more," went on Mme. GaretCharles, "what does the average photographer know of his sitter? And, knowing little or nothing of his subject, how can he make a faithful picture? I never take any one at the first interview. I like to have my sitters all to myself for a quiet half hour—over afternoon tea for prefer­

that I can pick out their best fea­

tures, their best side, their most natural poso. Then when they aro gone I turn over in my mind the collection of facts I have gathered and fix definitely what I am to do when they return to face the deadly fens. Plenty of times ladies have said to me when they were going away after having sat,'How quickly you work!' They know nothing of the mental labor that event to mako the actual sitting easy and swift." "Then you have no other speoial methods of work?" I asked. "No," sho replied, "beyondcertain technical tips, known only to mysolf and my sister, Miss Rita Martin, who is my right hand man, BO to speak. My sole creed is to know my sitter and use every little bit of that knowledge. I try to make people feel at home—to feel that they are nO in a studio. Then they fall into thr»\r usual habits of sitting and looking. "A question I am often asked is, 'Don't you ha to to take plain women?' You haven't asked me that, but if you had I should say: 'My dear interviewer, no woman is plain. In every face, be it ever so uninteresting, there is always something that appeals to the artist.' I always etrivo to get at that something and to fix it on my plate. The sudden beauty often astonishes tho sitter herself."—London Cor. Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cheerfulness a*- Home.

"Perhaps there is nothing that adds moro to the happinoss of a home than the habit of cheerfulness," writes Mrs. F. M. Colby in The Woman's Home Companion. "It is a potent factor in the secret of house keeping, and tho housewife who has always a pleasant smile and a soothing word has already acquired one of the most valuable accomplishments. As long ago as the days of the wise man a merry countenance had its recognized value. It is a duty to be pleasant. Yet, how many neglect this important requirement. Some women are constitutionally cross and morose. Others aro weak and nervous and are made fretful by the exactions of their household cares. But there is no excuse for much of the friction that exists in many households. I have been in some vhcre the atmosph.jro seemed actually to bristle with hostilities. Everybody was in a fret, and frowns and cross words were the rule and not thtt exception. How uncomfortable life in such a home must be to the inmates, as well as to the passing guests. One learns to shun such homes as one would a pesthouse. "All women cannot be beautiful, but it is the duty of every woman to look as well as she can, And nothing adds more to a woman's good looks than a cheerful countenance. 'I have always,'said the good Vicar of Wakefield, 'been an admirer of nappy human races.' The sentiment li universal. The pleasure thus derived compensates for the absence of beauty and supplies the deficiency of symmetry and grace. "Cheerfulness can be cultivated and aoquircd as well as other qualities. If one's work is exacting and tiresome, it makes it no easier by being fretful. Form the habit of being cheerful under adverse circumstances. "Onr happiness,' observes a standard writer, 'is a sacral deposit for which we rnuet giTe account.' A serene and amiable temper is among its most efficient preservatives. It is a virtue not to be gainsaid. .Admiral Collingwoud, one uf Reg land's great naval heroes, In his letters tt his daughters says, 'I never knew you mother to utter a harsh or hasty thing U, any person, in ray life.' What loftier eu logy could a woman have than that?

"Some women^are naturally cheerful, but allow themselves to be put out by little things. Suppose the servant has broken a dish, or roe butter doesn't come, or your husband comes honje to dinner late, does it mend matters by any impatient complaint? Preserve your equanimity. The world was not made in a day, nor was it made all flowers and rippling sunshine. Your work will go along much smoothier, you will accomplish more and you will make others happier by being cheerful."

The Emergency Shelf.

The "emergenoy shelf" is now apart of almost every well regulated household. Guests are nearly always expected and provided for. So it might be better to speak of them as unheralded rather than unexpected.

With tho clean and palatable preparations of every kind now on the market company need have no terrors for any woman who is not unduly disturbed or abnormally nervous. At the same time the occasions are rare when a visitor is unable to notify the hostess beforehand. That he or she so often neglects to do is matter for regret in the opinion of the one who writes this article Nobleness should constrain in this respeot- as in many others.

Nevertheless, as people will come unannounced and as husbands will bring home chums without telegraphing, the remedy for flurry and worry is Bimple: Have on your emergency shelf a few cans of peas and tomatoes—best brand—beef extract for bouillon) sweet corn, some jars of tomatoes canncd*"whole for salads, a few bottles 6f salad dressing, a package of self raising flour, cans of salmon, corned beef, codfish, the best brands of canned soup, preserves, jellies, dried fruits and nuts, olives, pickles, and in quite cold weather the delicious little cream cheeses in tinfoil ooverings. Of course the housewife will understand that it is wise to have mora than two or three of the latter on hand at once.

Then there are such toothsome preparations of plum pudding, minccd ham and tongue, boned turkey and chicken, etc., that one scarcely knows where to draw the line. Condensed milk, of course, should have a place. Crystallized figs and sweet chocolate are always acceptable to fill pretty little bonbon dish.

Meat and cheese wafers are convenient, and also all kinds of fancy crackers. Fresh meat, of course, cannot be kept in any great quantity, but one or two extra chops or cutlets will never come amiss.

The main thing to remember is to keep the stock fully replenished, replacing each artiole promptly the very day after it is used.—Dot Peerybingle.

That Good Cup of Coffee.

You read about the good cup of coffee often. Unfortunately you drink it less frwvjuently

The best ooffeo that ever was "brewed" can be made in an old fashioned stoneware pipkin, costing l?ss than 10 cents for the two quart size. No pot of tin or agate ware, or even of solid silver, is as good for this purpose as this simple dish of baked clay, a material which has been in use for kitchen utensils 6ince the days when the Israelites made brick for their Egyptian taskmasters.

When you serve the coffee, it can be strained into heated coffeepot of as aesthetic stoneware or porcelain as you please. Such a dish would be too frail to boil it in. Do not trust a coffeepot of metal of any kind. The black coating on tho inside of a metal coffeepot that has been used a few times shows that tho metal has united with tho acids of tho coffee more or less and affected the liquid made.

The best coffee Is only made from the first quality of ^coffee bean. The bean should not be browned over 24 hours before it is used, and it should be ground just before using. The coffee may be easily spoiled, even if these conditions are fulfilled, by boiling it in metal. Coffee made in a pot that contains on the inside the successive deposits of many days'browing hiis a rank flavor.

When coffee is dripped, in French fashion, it should be always mado in heated stqnewaro. An ordinary cheap pitcher Will do to make it in, but it is easy to find picturesque German coffee biggins that are not expensive, made of brown or of blue and white ware.

Let the housekeeper remember that it does not require anything but the cheapest and simplest pot to make the best coffee that ever was made, but it requires care in selecting the coffee and in boiling the water.—New York World.

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"As there is no argument on the side of bird filling .'or decorative purposes, so there is no excuse for its encouragement by even the most frivolous of women," the St. Paul Pioneer Press says. "They have had presented to them over and over and in every form of' appeal the cruelty of the custom as well as its reckless abuse of the gifts of nature, for it is asserted on good authority that the destruction of the field and forest birds has an appreciable effect on agriculture Yet the killing goes on, apparently with no diminution. Europe uses 300,000,000 song birds in millinery annually. One Chicago firm buy* and sells every year 62,000 birds and 300,000 wings. The pitiful story of the aigret, whoso ravished plumes wave from the hats of thousands of wealthy women and are shown every day in our own shop windows here in St. Paul, has been told so many times that it would seem as though tho woman who persists in wearing them must feel like a murderess every tiipe she does so. "Wo do not need societies, pledges, orations or tracts on this subject. The matter is one which rests on a purely commercial basis. The leaders of fashion in any city can settle it practically in one season. They have only to rofuse to wear these trophies of cruelty and the thing is doneIt does'not oven require 'strong mindedness' to do this. One would think that a mere spark of humanity in the heart would be the only requisite. Women, young or old, riob or poor, who think themselves anxious to help along tho cause of humanity can do it no more easily or effectively char, in this way. It is a gracious mission ana one in which tne only sacrifice involved is of a very little personal vanity."

The Proper Care of Clothet. Tho question of space is one that requires considerable thought. Of course I when there is plenty of space and plenty of money there can be wardrobes galoro, with hooks, shelves and drawers where each article can have a place for itself. Where both economy of space and money have to be exercised the problem is more difficult. Within, the last two or three years some clever devices have oome into ose by which the capacity of hanging closets can be doubled.

If the depth of the wardrobe be great. enough to allow of them, two curtain poles in sockfets are fastened at height which' will allow along skirt to clear the ground. On theso poles are put the wire frames! used to hang coat6 on, and it is surprising how many skirts can be disposed of, ar-! ranged side by side, but sufficiently far apart to give each skirt plenty of room.

Above theSe two curtain poles are two others, a yard higher up, for the waists, over which are also put the wire or wooden frames. Bat these are differently arranged, for it would, of course, be izapos sible to mash so high. All along the poloe at regular intervals are put eyes, through which runs a oord that is also fastened tc the knob on the frame, and then in pulley fashion the frames can be lowered or hoist*d as desired. Keeping skirts and waists thus spr&ai out is a great help toward always havHag them fresh. A padding oi some soft material can be put over the frames and a small sachet put therein tc

give a faint perfume only it must be very faint. Tissue paper inserted in tie sleeves will keep them in shape, and if there is danger of dust a covering of cheesecloth

Emerson nas said, "If you would know a thing truly, you must see It in its set* ting." The setting of the Jewess is her home. She cannot be known elsewhere, and bow many Christians ever see her there? If necessity or perversion of taste or greed place her behind a counter or bring her to tie marts where merchants do congregate, she does not appear as her truo self. Metaphorically speaking, she' dons "men's garments," something forbidden in the sacred law of Moses.

The Jewess iwas never meant for a society lady, nor for a devotee of the literary and poetical art. Only in times of the deepest national emotion a Miriam or Debora would arise. Although she knows the use of the tongue as well as any of her sisters in other regions of the garth, she is never applauded for being "a brilliant conversationalist." Neither is she intended for a saintly recluse or flesh and world subduing penitent. Her mission is the gospel of sweetness and light, to smooth thorough places of this world to delight by her grace and beauty, if so favored by God. Otherwise she consoles herself with the assurance of her classical poet that, after all, "grace may prove deceitful* and beauty a vanity the woman that feareth God, her praise endureth forever." "Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let hex own works praise her."—Dr. Gustay Gottheil in Ladies' Home Journal. 'M .vw a Dainty Bookery.

A dainty little den and bookery has been evolved from an alcove that until the transformation was an awkward niche that broke the harmony of line and served no partioular purpose, as the occupant oi the room did not wish her bed placed in the nook. At the opening of the alcove fretwork with slender, fluted columns la placed, reducing the width of the spade and forming a fantastic gateway between bedroom and bookery. At one end, opposite the entrance, a broad couch is built and piled with pillows of all sorts and all tints. Against the wall facing tho window are low bookshelves. In front oi them stands a prettily appointed tea table. In the embrasures of the window is a writing desk with a low, old fashioned for a seat.—Exchange. ./-jjfe'j j. rj

An Egyptian Mother.

A woman of the orient, but not A woman of the harsm, she She is an Egyptian mother. She is hard working, like any poor American woman. She is tender, like any American mother.

She works long and hard. Her garments are poor. Her feet are bare. She draws the water. She hews the wood. She labors In house and field. She carries her child with her, and on her face is a look ci pride in his sturdiness, a look of protection for his weakness, a look-of love for himself.

How very like are all the mothers in the world.—New York World. ..

Slipper Chair*.

Little slipper chairs are fascinating seats designed especially for the owner to sit on While dressing the feet. They come in a variety of quaint shapes, with hard wood seats called "cobbler seats" and backs curved to the lines of comfort. They are specially pretty in white maple or in birch (a wood just now fashionable for bedrooms). They are also found in white and gold, mahogany and other woods in which bedroom suits are made.

-j A Woman's Life.

If a woman has the usual luok from the time she is 25 years ui^cil 40, she has a lot of babies at her heels and does not know what a moment of liberty is. After the children are grown she is free again, and her yearning to have a good time should be encouraged. If you have an opportunity to throw a good time in such a woman's way, don't neglect it.—Atchison Globe.

"Many children at school," said a student of children, "appear to be stupid whon they are only badly nourished. They may have plenty to eat without sufficient amount of nourishment. Study will not hurt & healthy child. Good, hard thinking helps the circulation of the blood. -iQi4 *',..• a

A little square of soft leather rubbed over with prepared chalk and then shaken out serves many a fair one instead of the more palpable powder puff. If a hemstitched handkerchief be carried, one hem can be opened, the little leather rolled up, pushed in and so secreted. '.

The Rhode Island Woman's club, an organization which has a strong life under a quiet exterior, pays each* year the tuition of one student at the Womans' college of Brown university.

The best and easiest thing with which to clean a porcelain bathtub is benzine on a small rag. Scour the iub with it first, then wash with hot water and soap.

Ribbons may be renewed by washing in gasoline and then stretching until the gas oline has evaporated. ..

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can be put over the waists.—Harper'* LIKK A TKIPHAMHKK, IS UVISG. Bazar. ..

The Jewess In Her Hna*.

The Meek tittle Woman.1"'

"I always mean to cojne to you for ad•ice," said the meek little woman., ,"You never tell me wrong." "What is it, dear?" asked the young husband, unconsciously straightening up with a proud sense of masculine superiority. "Would you advise me to get my new ooat in brown or blue?"

As it was the first he had heard of the proposed garment, he had to take time to consider.—Indianapolis Journal.

"7 Knew Japanese. A Japanese medical student at the University of Edinburgh recently claimed the privilege of being examined in his native language, which by the rules Is allowed to all foreign students who are not French or German. The faculty was not put out, but found one of its own members who oould examine him.—Liverpool Mercury. _________— *"g« :'Vi Lemon Joioe. Sf-i

A few drops of lemon juice area decided addition to the flavor of broiled lamb or pork chops, larded mutton ohops, pressed or jellied chicken and broiled or fried oysters. Squeeze them over the chicken before it is pressed and the others after they are cooked.

Where Moral Snaoion Is a Failure. "Why don't you try moral suasion with these refractory boys?" inquired the good lady who was inspecting the state reformatory. "Madam," replied the warden, "that would be about as efficacious as hurrying the pace of a canal mule by pushing on the towrope."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Many mountain districts have a wheat with oue grain to tl»« ear, which flourishes readily on the poorest sail. This variety is a favorite exop ataong the Tartars of o«n txal Asia.

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He to Uuabte to Speak Bat Not Paralysed Otherwise—W»s a Splendid Failronder.

A nervous trouble, the like of which has never been seen by the doctors of Terre Haute before, is bringing to a close the life of one of the most respecced and most trusted conductors of the Vaadalia system.

His name is H. W. Dean and he lives with his wife and six pretty little children at Tenth and Tippecanoe streets. Here for tia past month or more he has eaten, slept and walked about without a word to anybody. He is paralysed to the extent of his ability to speak. The trouble affects the sensation which enables him to express his thoughts, though his mind is as active as ever. He is no more able to write than ho is to speak, and is more than dumb.

The man's heart is also affected. The organ is considerably swollen and beats with almost twice the rapidity of its normal condition. iBoth peculiar conditions ariae, so says Dr. A. T. Payne, who is attending him. from a nervous trouble. The heart condition is not so strange as the paralysis. Dr. Payne believee that a certain iart of a certain convolution of the brain, which part is the sestt of the sensation already spoken of, is being subjected to a pressure of some sort. This afflicts part lies in a rather remote portion of the brain, almost Inaccessible. The pressure may be of an aqueous nature or from some other cause, though it seems to be the consensus of opinion from the physicians who have seen the man that it is the former. There is some cause also for the fluid's lying on the one spot instead of exerting a uniform •pressure over the convolution, a This would cause a more general paralysisjj|If the pressure be aqueous, the only met Jd of relief would be by absorption, and -tti# patient's stomach Is in such a conation as to preclude this. !sf§

Cases are frequent when a person is deprived of his power of speaking, but there usually is another .part of the body affectcfl at the same time. Dean at times is able to speak for a little while, but relapses again. About a week ago he repeated the word "yes" a number of times in the presence ol the physician, with no apparent reaeon. Afterward, when he could speak for the moment, he said he had done so for. tear would forget how to say the word.

The record of Mr. Dean as a railroader is" an enviable one. His collected reports to his superiors are the cleanest in the history ol '. .••• the road as to mistakes and lost lime.

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.*'•,"" "SEE.... *jj Geo. Wolf and Miss Amb'olena Gates In the cake walk and dance, at Castle Hall, ^V. Wednesday evening, December 29th.

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