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1 K. tr TOWN RUN BY WOMEN. nAYLORP, KAN., enjoys the r unique distinction of being the v only municipality lu the Lulted States whose government Is composed entirely of women. It bus a lady nmy or and women otlicluls nnd the city of- Hues are conducted with honesty, nbl! Ity, Integrity and economy. There Is no hint at corruption or Jobbery. Tim streets are clean, crime Is virtually un known and not a single dollar of lu debtedncss lies upon the place. Antoinette L. Haskell, uinyor of tins town, has held ollice vor a year and hus given the best of satisfaction lu her admlulKtration. Her appolutinenls have been wise and her knowledge of city affairs such as would reflect credit oil any man. Mrs. Haskell's husband Is a prosperous banker uud she Is the moth r of two sons. 17 aud 11 years old. The city clerk, Miss Florence Ilcndlcy, Is a native of Kansas, aud Is the editor of tho Guylord Herald, where slie urst became connected with the paper as a compositor. She Is 20 years of age and Is serving her second year as city clerk, Mrs. Mary L. Foote, police Judge-elect, Is a uativo of Illinois, aud has resided In Ka liHii h seven years. An odd feature of her election was that her huslmud was her opponent, but she defeated him by a large majority. The members of the council consist of Mrs. Mary A. White, a native of Franklin, Ohio; Mrs. Nancy Wrignt, born In Seottsvllle, Iowa; Mrs. Emma A. Mitchell, a untlv of Indianapolis; Mrs. Esther Johnston, a native of Ontario; and Mrs. Loella Abercromble. They have given every manifestation of their ability to run the business of the city government and no one can question their motives. Value of tho Trellis Pattern. The trellis pattern can be carried out In numerous ways and serves for a variety of purposes In dress aud mil- EMDHOIDKHKD ON NET. llnery. It also answers equally well as a veiling for bright colored satin bags, sachets and pincushions. A com bination of tinsel thread aud Jet would et It off admirably. FnHhlon lit Cullini-rurd. The Ilomiin or block letter Is becom ing more popular as tho style of en graving for visiting-card plates, while the fashionably thin card of two-sheet quality Is eminently proper. Curds for both men and women are considerably smaller, and the script engraving Is finer In consequence, following more closely the English style than the Pa risian, which Is large and with nour ishes. The block or Uomuii letter plate Is very English, and with those affect ing London styles It Buds great fa vor. The price more than doubles that of script engraving. Ladles use the block stylo now on their cards for teas aud receptions, os It admits of the necessary engraving of days with in a smaller space thu. the script, and enables a smaller card being used. Ladles' Homo Journal. Chneii Queen of the Fiesta. Tho annual floral festival at Santa Rosa, Cal., was preceded this year by a warm contest as to who should bo chosen queen of carnival. When the contest was first announced half a core names of popular women In MKS. I.. W. BCRRI. the city named and vicinity were en tered, but before the voting was be gun It became evident that only three were "In It" These were Miss Knop penburg, Miss Hall and Mrs. L. W. rtnrrla. who ran about neck and neck uuiu ine uuai uay tor me reception of ballots. On that day It suddenly developed that the friemfs of Mrs. Hurrls bad been holding by far the greater portion of their strength In reserve. Ballot by the hundred In her favor poured In all day, and long before noon It was clear that she was the winner. The rush of BurrU ballots a,. - .a 9 IIS tho last half hour, others wero to be votes showed her the others uowhere, the figures being: Mrs, Harris, 11,101); Miss Hall, 1,0." (I, aud Miss Knoppen burg, 1,100. Sleeves Copied from l'ulntlnu. Tho sleeve continues to bo the all Important factor of the gowu. Frills on frills, Vandyke cap and epaulets are rampant about the very top of the arm, with a decided tendency to ward extra tightness of tho sleeve abovo as well as below tho elbow. Often a parting Is made In tho center of the puff, revealing the close coat sleeve from the shoulder down. Tho newest sleeves, It Is otllclally asserted, have been copied from the oldest, pic tures, though the "old masters," could they behold them, would hardly recog nize some of the modern versions. Hows at the Klbowe. DON'TS FOR DEBUTANTES. Bale For Those Who Are About to Eotel or Have Just Entered Society. It is a good thing to have some rules with which to work on life s prob ems, . and here are some that have been picked ; up and tested by a coutnbutor to the : Washington Star and fouud to be good: ; Always take it for grunted that every one means well by you unless yon have ; proof to the coutrury. Iho uveruge per-1 son in society has a good uatured, or at j least a cyuioal, sort of tolerance aud lik- ingforyou. Very few at-tuully hate you or want to spite you. Wheu you fiud out that there is some one who does, don't discuss it or quarrel about it if it can be life as completely as possible, and, above all, never descend to abuse him or ner. win uur, ,ou worse man u win i ... ii n i i. it i a. ;ii your euerny. iover treasure up gr.uv- auce; it will grow out of all proportion with nursing. Don't suub other women und girls just because there is a man around. This is the most flugruut fault of n girl who bus not learned relative values. The man will not like you any bettor for ignoring a gir friend and earnestly de- voting yourself to him. A great muuy dobutuntes think their success depends upon the men. It is a sad mistake. It is I the married women uud your girl com- rades who cuu give you a good time, or not, in the eud. Very few women dis- like you because of your successes. It is bocauss of your fluuntmg them. Never iguore oldor and murried men. They will not forgive it, and they wield a mighty power. Don t wonder what construotion will be put on everything you say, tho way you hold your head aud the way you lUUll. .Don't WOUdor what poople nre think- ing of your pose, aud your gown, and your bauds, uud the position of your feet. Ten to one they don't oven see you, and if they do they ure not bothering their heads about you. This is not kind, but it is eminently true. A very young girl's worst fault is her self conscious- ncss. It may bo the consciousness of her shortcomings, but that is even more vexing that an appreciation of her vir- tut , , . . . . Don t be wondering what you will say next. A pause is nothing deadly, if you do not make it so. Probably by the . time you have finished saying what you have in mind u w topic will be sug-1 gested. Trying to say somethiug-auy-; thing-to fill in a hiatus is the most po- tout cause of that mistake commonly known as putting your foot in it. Don't frequent tete-a-tete corners. Only experienced aud much older girls can do that with impunity. Don t giggle, but, on the other hand. I don't look as if you were at a wedding or a funeral. Use your eyes to say what it doesn't happen to be practical to say with your tongue. If yon happen to be loft stranded for one dunce, never sit all alone on one sido of the wall to be pitied. Got up and go over to some group of matrons, and don't fancy that the whole room is watching your transit It is much too busy talking nud dancing. Here, agnin, don't think of yonrself. There is noth iug so wretched as a would be indif ferent wallflower. She can't possibly . look as though she liked it, aud there is not the least use in trying to smile it off. Above all things, never discuss an af fair where you were a failure. Never admit that yon were a failure. Keep quiet about it if you can't eutbuse. It doesn't do to explain the causes. Literary Item. "They say very few authors sleep more than seven hours a day." "But think bow much slumber they furnish other people I" Chicago Record. wit I If OH, THAT HEARTS MIGHT FOLLOW! Wliern thu swift wliiRi-d swulluw Kilns il iimtfl nmy follow, Over lunil und uvi-r ", To til" plains when ix-.-K-efiilly Bummer ri iunx with fruit itml fluwor, Nut fur lii.ru, nnr for nn hour, liut In nlwuy throned tin ro In thu lulmy, wmu tilled uir, Where the "Wlft tvtiiueil will low File bin mule nmy follow. Nextlnif "H Hi" wilfvimii hmiKll, White with WoiHoniM un with snow. But when to the Miknitwn bud Lund "f Hleep whose wmlriM strand MiH'tn U HeU forever HleelllliK, Heu whom! wiiVea ure only weeping Thou, my love, h.ixt nVd, 1 f .llow Never, uever liku thu v.alloir. Hut uin Id thino fleliln mi nweet, Where tho elover jloNm:s meet In u mam of Kphndld flume, Here, ulone, 1 cull thy tmme, With an empty echo uryiuit Buck my wonU u::d no replying From the I!m I loved to kiwi. Loved one, thin, und only tills I am left slomi to (irleve. While the lut-iuurit never leave Of the days whin wo together Wunderi d through life's Kiiiiny weather. Oh, that I hud wiiiR to follow Liko thy strum? winiM. Imppy iwallowl But, my lua'.'t, tuku coimiuo now. Though thy mate hnth left the bough Yet some day, i.s Mi's the swallow. Thou, true heart, thy mate shall follow. -Bruinerd 1'ivwjutt Blurry In Uupponchance. 1 AM GUILTY. It is it trite old saying that there can be no love without jealousy. I was pas sionately attached to my wife and I will freely confess that I was madly jealous of her, and with good cause it would poem. One day I met her put talking to a Htniugn uuiu, who moved nastily away on my approach. She was confused, agi tated, and when I taxed her with it re fused to tell me who he was. His name was Leesou that was all the woo Id say. Constraint and mistrust rose up between us then, and we bade a long farewell to happiness. It came to a terrible crisis when one day, returning borne at an unexpected time. I found him in my house. I over beard a part cf their interview, beheld the passionate kiss cf farewell, and wild, mad, distracted, I rushed into the street. Here I met Clement Grimston, to whom I poured forth all my wrongs. He said be knew something cf this man Leeson, and would take me to a little pnblio house in Rotherhitbe, where I might meet him aud demand an explanation. but at the same time implored me to do ,.- ,..h A tbat & j wmn fa drjnk ,he fool-t UtM whwin ..,,. hj. frhjM IfawGrim Btnn ,,, ,t ciht we. to pfurMt,, Vnrrih!n . . , stranB(,wh one bo acred oontlomn mnM Ain. ,hmt t . . . . this . , d flnd b,ju(, wjth drjuk and wjUj iia ,hat aU that foUowed is an un bliok tQ m& Vbm'nt m i retnrned to complete 0OuscinusuesSi the firf t faint ...,,.",, T nn . nnnnh in n nwn hmafL Tha .,, oM,. nnnnt , " j s th Clement Grimston. who d restlessy np aud down. ..WJjnt ig U)e matteTj j cried, pass. ,na hl.nH nVfiP mv bro "What has h" ' H, Ah t 'rnmm.ter. dimlv. ybgre jg Adolu?" ,,q, , ..Not wlth j 0h, what happened astnigllt? I can't remember. What a fool j wng to drjuk like tllat, Ten ,:, haavan a Ei. ii n,Bi. Ton realv remember?.. he . . .,. i,n DnMd Hnw.. stnnd- fa8ty at me ,,0 , ' yo met Erjo Lee8oni You had a terrible qrmrrei. Von were so drunk you lltlnl,sinna nf what ,nn Baia or Ai . T tn nn v wnnlH mt;Men t0 me nd thell.. T, whnt?.i t denmuded. startinir frl ,. T, ' ' n .. w innliB(1 Bt Bn(1i. . , fitlini(llv i10iDieaa. he with a anlnnm tiitv ntwl anrrmv ifi liia ft VPS. ..vM vl,.,tth.? Iexnlnimed nanin. Po ,., ,,ia hnnAa nmi nwBiinniriBrl). . heluVina forwBrd whisnered: ,.Thuu 8,)ot him dead ,,. j 1)()Ve ,pf , the conut j nm dweling b ,n ouel hut Li h be Sw,w A, j did not Bee my wifo befor j ieft home. Thank heaven fortbut hoW could I bid her farewell? lg gbo not Mtbeu ,0 me nud am l not guilty guilty of murder? C1t Grimst011 wa3 tnj a friend ,u , t(J n)U ,n nt horHble Bitnltion, He ha(, mmftfii to get me frun, ,0 Uio honge t Ro(her. Mh'B bpfore rime wng di8COverud Manlym conscious of itmysolf-and he . u bo be, d m9 tQ ,eave FHCillnd 1 ,f Uh h for fow BiuJ )lo U0ce8-itielj' Adebla bflg uieaug cf IU)(, wjllwant for notbins. whatever may befall her. It is begt gl)e h ,d ,llluk ln(J (ll,a(1lost t0 hffl forevcr j m) 0swalJ L(J. .. i i,,. ., i .., i....,-.- Would to God I could so easily chauge the past I I am indeed dead to tho world. I never speak to a soul, save uow aud then the shepherds and peasants of the mountain laud. When the Kni;lisli trav elers pass near my retreat, I shuii them as I would a pestileuee. Then there are tho terrible nights when I wake up iu a sweat from seme ghastly nightmare but net 1:1011; thusf ly than the reality wuko up in r.u annnw rtt ttinini-wa f,r lltM ln.-.'.-n 14f. ! T . , AlllI , ' .,' terrible thought geuerally follows r.;rn this: Suppose I should buvo nude a n.-s-take? Suppose Adela could have i s plained hud I given her time? r-'uppie she should have been guiltless:' .V.; beaveut What differeuce cau that nv.ke now? None, save to intensify u'y siU'ht ing and remorse. I never daro ayprnacb ber again. I must remain dead to hrr, fur I I am guilty I Ab, poor Adela. how I loved her once aye, aud love ber as much still, God help met How cau I go on leading this exist ence? Uow is it all to end this living death, this self Inflicted expiation of a crime? I often wonder. Yet here I huve drugged out throe horrible, woury yours three yours that huvo seemed to mo like uu eternity. One day iu my lonely wandorings I oamo upon a spot whore some tourists hud been lunching. They bud luft a uowspuper behind them. Mechlin Icully I took it up. It was a Loudon duily, now some three or four weeks old. With eager lunging I read tho news. It wus tho first I hud seen of the old home luud iu throo long, weary yours. Tbut jour nal fulling in my way was one of those strokes of chiiiico which we call improb able in fictiou, but wliiob in reality di rect the destinies of our lives. Suddenly I started buck as u short paragraph met my gaze: "It is expected that the trial will lake place ubotit the 17th prox., at the central criminal oaurt of Clement Grim tou, now under arrost for the murdor of Mr. Leesou at Rotherhitbe about threo yeurs ugo." Oh, God I This was whut I dreaded. An innocent man was about to suffer for my crime, and that man tho very one who bud saved me who bad screened me from justice I Without a moment's pause I quitted mv Alniue retreat. I bad plenty of money still. Oh, that horriblo journoy tbrongn tne coutinout of Europe. The rattling, roar ing of the trains sounded like the voices of demons rushiug through my brain. So slow, so slow) Should I ever reach there? Ah ! Paris nt last, tho gay city that I had once so dearly loved, but the looks of nil things were changed to me now. I was speeding on to my death 1 The channel, Dover, London; bus tling, noisy, smoky Charing Cross, an other spot fraught with pleasant mem ories. "Yes. cabman, the Old Bailey! Drive like wildfire, nud you shull huve a sov ereign!" I rush wildly into the gloomy, sol emn old court, where the sensation lov ing crowd are gazing at the prisoner, whom they think the guilty one. And now that I have come to the end of my fearful journey I feel sick, dizzy; the place, the sea of faces swim round about me. What shall I do? What shall I say? If I come forward and tell my 6truuge story, I shall surely be put down as a madman, but it must be done. Sudden- 1 j.. ...,1 w,n .1,., .., 1 Ij my atieiuiuu 19 aiicstcu ojr lua wnu in the wituess box. He is a short, thick I set fellow, with a cunning face. I fancy I remember dimly to have seen him somewhere before. He is answeriug questions, making a statement, and his evidence is creating a profound sensa tion. Of so much I am conscious. "My name is Ebeuezer Startup," he is faying. "I was a publican by trade and kept the Fighting Cocks at Rother hitbe. I have known the prisoner for some time, and be knowed my 'ist'ry. I remember Mr. Leesou too. He were a young gent in some sorter trouble. His right name was Clayton." I started. This was my wife's maiden name. "Prisoner came one night with another gent, a Air. Lestrange, who was mad drunk. They was in the oluhroom. Then Mr. Leeson comes, uud there was 'igh words 'tween 'im and Mr. Lestrange leastways Mr. Lestrange did most o' the talk. T'other one seemed surprised like. They locked themselves in, but - there was a 'ole in the door for Buff uieetin's, and I saw all that passed. Prisoner knows I did and paid me to keep quiet, but oof became irregular, and my conscience prompted me to turn queen's evidence. I was a beyewitness o' the crime. Pris oner kep' in the background and 'ardly opened his mouth, but be shoved a barker into Lestrange s 'and, and Lestrange didn't use it. Ib'lieve 'e were too drunk and too wild with pasBion to notice, aud Grimston fired it over his shoulder and shot Leeson dead I" What happened after this I cannot tell. I was iuuoceut, thank God, inno- oeut, and so overwhelming was the joy that I swooned. When I returned to consciousness, I found myself in a strange room, being watched over by my own wife, who gazed down anxiously and tenderly into my face. It was as though the last three years had never been aud that we had simply taken np again the broken threads of our lives. There were yet more discoveries in store for me. My suspicions of my wife had been utterly groundless. The bap less Leeson, or Clayton, was her own brother, who, fleeing from justice for forgery, I believe, bad sought for help from his sister. Clement Grimston bad been an arch enemy from the first under the guise of friendship. There had been some old family quarrel between him and Clay ton and while murdering him be had made me the victim of his crime. "Oh, Adela," I said, "how I have wronged you I Will you ever forgive me? Toward you I am guilty. " But I knew I was already forgiven. My wrongs aud sufferings bad pleaded for me, and the past was wiped out Buffalo Times. Diversified Duties. There was an old colored man who was general factotum at a certain sum mer hotel Whoever rose early in the morning was certain to fiud him among the flowers, and bis cheerful "Good mawnin, sail," was by no means the least pleasant thing about a very pleas ant establishment However, people are very seldom hired for the simple task of saying "Good morning," and the old man's duties as gardener did not appear to be particularly onerous. Moved by curiosity as to what else he might have to do, one of the guests paused in his morning walk to question him. "Well, uncle," said he after some general skirmishing, "aud what do you do besides taking care of the flowers?" "Waal," responded the old man thoughtfully, " 'sides takin keer of the flowers I cleans out the furnaces and blacks the gemman'f boots and makes the ice cream, sah." Boston Budget City liullt by Insects. Did you evor exumiuo ouo of thoso nocn ltiir littlo cities niiown to tno com mon people us "an uut hill," but to the student of uutnro us "the city of the ants?" Their littlo underground cities aro equally as wonderful as "subtor ruuean Loudon," about which ull have reud so much, especially to tho ouo who loves to study nutnre's kinks aud find "tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons iu stonos nud good iu everything. " Such cities are us well built, comparatively hpeuking, as ure the cities built by mttu, uud nre ar ranged with 1111 eyo to neatness, con venience, durability, etc. The homos which lie on either sido of the main streets (tunnels) of thuse ant cities ure constructed very nrtfully. Short corri dors leud from tho main tunnel and ter minate in tho rooms, which ore quite extousivo wheu the sizo of tho inhabit ants is tukou into consideration. These rooms have vaulted roofs, which aro supported horo and thero, bat always iu rngulurordor, with stroug pillars formed of a mixture of earth and slimo, which is soi'roted by the ant workmen. Each room usually hus two opeuiugs for in gress or egress, oue connecting with a "street" and uuothor with ouo of the numerous sido gullorics which ramify tho uut oity in all direct ions. The population of thoso cities differs in numbers according to the species or prosperity of the colony, but is always composed of throe distinct classos, the males, the females and the centers. These neuters are tbo sexless workors and occupy the same, position in tho ant city that the neutor or worker does in the boo family. St. Louis Ropublie. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstono is, of course, like But ler, iu his relution to philosophy, a the ologian first of all. Iudoed it would not be difficult to maintain that he is more cf a scholastic than Butler. A curious coincidence with tho exact position taken up by those who uro now trying to ro vive the doctrino of Aquinas may be found in a note on Butler's remark thut "it is as easy to conceive that wo may exist out of bodies as in them." "This," Mr. Gladstone suys, "appears a hazard ous assertion," and after un allusion to tho spirits in Dauto, who, though they cast no shadow tiro "absolutely visible in fcbupes," bo goes on to say: "Com pare tho case of tho anxioty of demons in the N. T. to be in bodies." This is precisely the position taken up by Neo scholastics against what they regard as the error of Platonism. Separation from the body, instead of being simply a release of the soul from its bondage to mutter, is an imperfect kind of existence, inadequate to the needs of the soul till it is able to re sume a body. To the freer speculations of even the more orthodox among mod ern theological philosophers if at least a Calvinist, from Mr. Gladstone's An glican point of view, can be orthodox he is not too sympathetic A speculation of Jonathan Edwards, for example, about the origin of moral evil, is thus dismissed, "The whole speculation is on forbidden ground, useless as to re sults, and we see a pious man on the borders at the least of sheer impiety." The reference to "forbidden ground" is of course one format the limitation im posed by scholastic theologians upon all philosophy. Athentenm. "Shadowgram" and "Telegram." A correspondent writes to protest against the "barbarous" word "shadow gram, "which he fears is getting into the language as the term to describe Professor Roentgen's new process of photography. The only defensible word, ho assures us, is saiagrapheme, assum ing that the term wanted is one to de scribe the representation of a shadow, or outline. If there were a corresponding Greek word, it would be skiagrapheo for the verb form and Bkiagrapbema for the nooji form; heuce, of course, "scia grapheme." We prefer not to kindle warfare among the Boholars by expressing a very positive opinion upon this point. But our correspondent's objection recalls a similar battle long ago over the word telegram. In this case the barbarians won a notable viotury over the combined forces cf Cambridge scholarship, which asserted that the word "telegram" im plied a blunder for which any schoolboy would be chastised. The verb, they as serted, must be telegraphes and the noun telegrapbema ; hence telegrapheme and not telegram. The public, however, absolutely revolted against telegraph erne and insisted on telegram, though to the end of bis days the famous Cam bridge scholar Shilleto always talked about "sending a telegrapheme," never a telegram. In the case of "photo graph" a curiously British compromise was arranged between the two forms. The word is quite correct so far as it goes. Westminster Gazette. Lying Oat a Sk;e. There died in Paris a few years ago an eccentrio individual, one Count Na poleon Bertrand, a son of the companion of the great Napoleon at St Heleua. His eccentricity at times drove him to such extremities that he was often the subject of ridicule. One of bis most curious actions was a practice which he annually observed of hiring a room in a hotel and going to bed for three months, having previously given instructions for food to be brought him onoe a day, and that cot a word was to be spoken by his servant Dur ing the siege of Paris he was lodging at his hotel. One day the bread served him was of such a bud quality that be grew quite angry, and forced his servant to tell him the reason, which of course was that the city was besieged by the German army. The count was momentarily stupefied. He got up, and for some time wandered about the hotel, saying to himself: "Paris besieged besieged? What ought a Bertrand to do?" After bvring reflected for some mo ments he answered the query. "Why, he ought to go to bed, and will go to bed," he added, and so he did, and slept cut the siege. Pearon's Weekly. According to Commodore J. K. Mont gomery, who was the greatest nuvnl I'oiuiminder that the South produced ilui'lng tho lute war. Gen. Shcnuuu declined ut the breaking out of the re bellion thut ho would never uiiMlieutll his sword against the South. Commo dore Montgomery, who now liven lu Ulilengo, Hum recalls the Incident, s?her Diaii being it colonel nt the time: "When Fort Sumter was tired on Col. Slieniiiiti was president of tho l'inevllle Military Academy, up Red river and across the stream from Alex andria. The HtmlciitH were nlmoHt nil Southern young men. The school wits at once broken up, most of the boys going home to be witli their funillloM while their fathers took tipnrniH. Sher man came down Red river to New Orleans to tuku a boat for his homo lu St. Louis. "The next afternoon Sherman was escorted to the bout from his hotel by a large party of his l'inevllle cadeti nnd a grout utimbei' of the prominent citizens of New Orleans. These, to gether with those who hud come down to tho wharf In carriages and on foot to bid friends good-by, niiide a magni ficent concourse of people ut tho boat's side. After Sherman hud boarded the steamer a delegation wns sent to him from the crowd asking for a speech. Tho future great Union general con sented. There was great nppliuiHO ns lie stopped out on the upper deck nnd advanced toward the side next - tho shore. The eurrlages drew up In Hnu aud the Indies leaned out to liHlen. Sliernuin made a speech that took ull by storm. He told of bis great love for the peoplo of the South and of 'ho great kindnesses which had been shown III 111 since he came among them. Concluding bis beautiful peroration he said: 'I will never unsheuth my sword against the South.' 'The first time I had a chance after Sherman went into the war with sword and spur, I asked him about his speech at New Orleans and his promise to tho peoplo of the South. He replied that lie. meant wlint he said at the time, but Hint when he arrived at Cairo lie found he had been badly nilstnkeu in his Idea of the magnitude of the up rising aud felt it his duty to join the Northern forces." A HANDSOME ARC LAMP. Which Is Ornumcntal Knongh to Be 11 11 11 If in a Parlor, The term "arc lump" hns always seemed to carry with It an Idea of un gnlnlluess a device having no form or shape and strung out over 45 to 50 Inches of spnee, divided up Into sec tions of chimneys, 'rods, globes and sheet-Iron drums for reasons known ouly to the manufacturer. The trade has always looked upon an arc lamp ns a necessary evil. The demand for sonietulng better Is universal. The "A-B" arc lamp is only 32 Inches In length over nil and burns from 14 to 18 hours. It Is n single carbon tamp with ouly oue side rod, which causes ouly one shadow to be thrown. This sbndow mny be taken care of against the pole or building, leaving the light Intended for the street entirely unob- structeu. The "A-B" lamp furnished In any finish desired black Japan, yellow brass, XVIItli century brass, oxidized brass, oxidized copper, oxidized silver nnd aluminum. This provides an arc lamp good enough to hang in a parlor It being possible to match any stylo gas fixture or decoration. The alumi num lnmp complete weighs only nine teen pounds. The casing being of east HEW ARC LAMP Iron provides a solid background for ornamentation, giving the lamp a digni fied, substantial appearance, quite dif ferent from the brass and sheet Iron spun work usually adopted where orna mentation on arc lamps has been at tempted heretofore. How Insects Multiply. The power of reproduction in InsecU Is one of the most wonderful parts of their economy. On beheading a slug; a new head, with all its complex ap purtenances, will grow again; so will the claws of a lobster. The end of a worm split produces two perfect heads, and If cut Into three pieces the mlddl produces a perfect head and tall. A man writes to this office referring to an "intelligent man." There are io Intelligent men.