GYMNASTICS IN THE HOME.
Women of fushlon In New York are
In a poHltlon to derive a great deal of
valuable lnfornintlon from a series of
lectures given there. says the Chicago
Chronicle. Miss Kathryu Staley la the
lecturer, and her subject Is physical
culture. Attendance on the lectures
TO KKDUCK rOKPUl.KilCY.
lias been grutlfylugly lurge, showing
clearly that the woman who desires to
jfo in for athletics Is no longer a nov
elty. 10 very woman, whether she will
admit It or not, longs to be beautiful,
and since she lias learned that physi
cal culture Is akin to beauty she is de
voted to the cause. Miss Staley says
that to learn to stand properly Is tho
prelude to all the exercises. To stand
correctly women need equilibrium not,
EXKIK'ISKS VOU I.KUM AND HACK.
like men, military preclHlou. She must
be careful .ut to throw, )ier chest out
abnormally wind must learu to hare
her arms hang normally from the shoul
ders and to see that her spine is held in
an erect and easy position.
Here Is a useful exercise for women
with weak backs. It also strengthens
the muscles of the hips ami Inner legs.
It consists of a circular movement of
the leg with the toe strongly pointed.
Swing euch leg alternately with a cir
cular movement. For strengthening
the abdominal organs and to reduce
corpulency try the following exercise:
Lie prone upon the floor without any
support under the' head and clus t ho
hands above the head. This position
will produce a strong tension upon ev
ery muscle of the torso. Now, with the.
toes strongly pointed, lift the legs grad
ually until they a re at right angles with
TO HOI NO TUG A KM.
the torso, using no muscular exertion
except that required of the legs. To
complete this exercise He prone again,
with the arms folded upon the client and
breath until you move the torso to au
upright position. This exercise makes
muscle wild displaces fat cells. None
of these exercises should be attempted
until the corset Is removed. They may
Is? practiced In any loose flowing robe
as well as a gymnasium suit. In the
beginning fifteen minutes should Ik
given to the exercises In the morning
TRKNOTIIKMNO A1IHOMINAI. Ml'SVI.RS.
and fifteen at night. To produce the
desired effect they must Iks practiced
systematically.
Washington' Moat Beautiful Woman.
In the opinion of a distinguished
member of the diplomatic corps Miss
ltachcl Cameron, the daughter of Penn
sylvania's Senator, la the most beauti
ful young woman In Washington soci
ety to-day. Miss Cameron' beauty Is
not of faeo and figure alone, but her
whole personality U Imbued with an
inimitable grace aud charm, that ren
der her Irresistibly beautiful and
charming.
A Fair tattle Kb I p per.
Miss Klukers face la a new oue at
Kansas City. Cattle were consigned
lately to a commission company to sell,
and Miss Fluker went to the yards,
gave Instructions as to the manner of
disposition, and personally supervised
the feeding aud yarding. The young
woman Is not yet 125 years of age, but
Is well posted In cattle values, when
asked how much her cattle would sell
for she replied that they ought to bring
f'll a head. 'When sold they netted her
$.'10.77 a head. This shows that she bud
a good estimate of the market.,;
Miss Pltiker lost her father some time
ago by drowning. As she was the only
member of the family conversant with
his affairs, and especially the live' stock,
sufficiently to place It to an advantage,
she was nut In fulL.vharge.-4rf that
branch of the estate. J ''' " ' " "
Woman to Woman.
The belief that women cannot be fair
to women is rapidly becoming no more
than a moribund superstition. So far
as women's meetings and societies ae.
concerned, they appear to be Just siinliH
ently Imperfect at present to make
them excellent schools, in which women
can study the art of handling their fvl
lows. In such . schools" as these each
woman comes tolerably by her deserts.
The sensible woman, perhaps, receives
rather more than her fair share of ad
miration as compared with the irre
sponsible charmer, and the 'superior
woman, who thinks most other women
either silly or shrleklu'g, Is apt to be
voted a prig.. But good will, a little tact
and some natural generosity of temper,
will make a woman popular In almost
any women's society.
Face of Women.
There Is character, but not a great
deal of warmth lu this face. The broad
brow belongs to a woman of Intellect,
the somewhat uurrow, widely separ
ated eyes are those of a student, but
not of a dreamer. The nose is rather
nondescript. It does not give to the
face an appearance of great power of
strength. The mouth Is not beautiful
according to the classical standards of
beauty. It denotes an evenly balanced
disposition, for it lacks the downward
droop of the pessimist as well as the
upward curve of joyous natures. The
face Is not that of a woman who hus
suffered Intensely or .who has rejoiced
Intensely. One would suy, looking at
her, that her Interest lu life was of the
quiet, unexclted sort which Is geuerally
termed normal.
It Is the face of a woman who has
won renown nsan educator Mrs. Alice
Freeman Palmer, formerly President
Hits. AMOK FRKKMAX PALMER,
of Wellesley College, and Dean of the
Woman's Department at the Chicago
University. New York World.
l'angera of Piercing the Kara,
1 Thorner, lu the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical Association, calls attention
to pathological conditions that may fol
low piercing the lobules of the ears, a
custom he considers barbaric. Death
has resulted from triinus, erysipelas
and' gangrene, while muny observers
have reported tlbrold growths at the
seat of injury, which are apt to recur
and may become malignant. He In his
own experience has seen erysipelas,
eczema and tumors, including tlbroma
and keloid, follow, and this leads him
to believe that siuih consequences are
more frequent than Is usually surmised.
He hopes It will speedily be considered
an evidence of brutality to subject a
child to such an unnecessary aud mutil
ating procedure.
New Device to Remove Wrinkles,
The long-sought-for device to remove
wrinkles has at last been Invented by
a Philadelphia woman who has secured
a pnteut upon her clever invention. The
arrangement consists of two Iwiwed
arms of wateh-spriug steel, ending lu
chamois pads. The arms tit around the
back of the head, drawing the flesh
back until It Is smooth. When worn
during the night it Is claimed that the
device Is very effectual.
Trilby tn Ha Married.
Miss Dorothy Kulrd, the young wom
an who has made such a success as the
London portrayer of Trilby, Is said to
be engaged to Sir Ueury Irvlng's eld
est sou.
Hint for the '08 Diary.
lA't us resolve, If we are married, to
try to be as polite to our husbauds as
we are to other people.
If we are housekeepers, to spend our
money on good food Instead of em
broidered centers for the table.
If we are engaged, that we won't tell
Jack how much tiner Ethel de Styles'
diamond ring is than his.
If a man takes us to the theater, that
we won't look lu the restaurant win
dows as we go home.
If we are shopgirls, that we will pay
a little attention to tbe womau who
doesn't buy high-priced good.
Let us also resolve to make the new
year an improvement on the old. and If
from the old we have brought forward
an unsettled account of auger or hatred
or malice, let us wipe off the score and
take a freab start.
faff
PALMER COX NO PLAGIARIST.
The Brownie Man Chat About the Charge
Agalnat lllin.
A certain wiseacre, Henry G. Shaw,
who liven at Stockton, CuL, has discov
ered thut Palmer Cox did not invent the
brownies, uud uttucked biui ai a litera
ry impostor aud plagiarist.
. Wheu seeu in regard to the charge
recently in Louisville, Mr. Cox said:
"This is simply absurd, b ecu use it i
bueed on the fake premise that I am
the pseodo inventor of the brownies. I
have never made such a claim. I might
as well have asserted that I bad created
the gnomes, the elves, the goblins or the
fairies.
"Invent them? A man wonld write
himself down an ass to make such a
oluitn abont tbe little people whom
PALMKB COX.
King James made a special tour to
meet. Truf he found ouly a man whose
grandfather had seen the houseliold fa
miliar, but this serves to show their an
tiquity. "
"My only claim to originality lies in
the idea of making np a brownie band
representing ail modem nations, f rom
the artist's standpoint all I did was to
make a change from the old drafts
men's conception of the elf or gnome or
goblin. They were always shown as old
men with beards. I held to their paunch
es and their pointed shoes, bnt I gave
them baby faces, with broud jowls aud
big, wouderius eyes. Just why this
pleased the children yon .must ask tbe
cbildreu. All I know is that they call
me 'the brownie man, and I am very
proud of the title.
' . STRANGE NOISE.
Many Penona Terrified In a Little Ken
tucky Village.
The little village of Stark, Ky., aud
all the people ii: miles around are dis
onssing oue of the strangest occurrences
that ever agitated that community.
On Tuesday lust, a beautiful day witb
not much wind, a horrible noise, inde
scribably fierce, assaulted tbe air. It
was between a scream and a howl and
hud in it such a terror that people were
almost purulyzed with fear. Horses and
cattle shrunk to the earth and uttered
tbe most pitiful cries. Pigs and sheep
were frautio to hide, aud fowls acted as
if crazy.
The sonnd lasted fully a minute, and
many women fainted. No one is cure
whether it came from the air or earth,
or what caused it, bnt The Carter County
Bugle says nothing like it" was ever
heard of.
It was confined to a space five miles
square, Beyond that no one beard it.
Scores of people yet feel tbe effects.
New York Recorder.
HOW TO SECURE PEACE.
An Unflinching Readiness For War Offer
Certain Guarantee of Peace.
Mo politician and no financier should
imagine that be can hoodwink any one
as to the character of the motives that
may impel him to try to trammel or
tliwurt the president when he gives ut
terance to the noblest traditions and tbe
highest obligations of a mighty com
monwealth. The advocates of peace at any price
might as well butt their heads against
rock as seek to divorce the nation
from a programme which vindicates its
majesty and honor and proclaims its
duty aud its destiny. He who would
have us halt or swerve in the upward
path on which we have now entered is
guilty of egregious folly as well as of a
mean disloyalty.
In the world's history there was never
a conjuncture at which au unflinching
readiness for war offered a more certain
guarantee of peace. New York Sun.
In Flaee of Water.
The South Africuu newspapers art
full of amusing incidents in connection
with the Bund water famine. Soda wa
ter ut & shillings a bottle is in general
use for culinary aud washing purposes.
The demand for Florida water, bay
rum, euu do cologue aud other liquids
of like character is nnprecedeutodly
great, aud anything that can be pressed
into the service of the toilet commands
a fancy price. A mixture of ammonia
aud lavender water is said to yield sat
isfactory results, and eveu vaseline and
benzine are by no means despised.
Loudon Globe,
Drop a Michel and Then Talk.
H. N. Gifford of the Bell Telephone
company at Louisville has snbmitted to
Manager George N. Stoue of the Cin
ciuuuti company a project similar to
the slot machine scheme for use in con
nection with the telephone. Superin
tendent Gifford has already established
tbe system in his city.
The scheme is to make a nickel drop
ped in the slot the agency by which con
nection is established for conversation.
Manager Stone is quoted as favoring the
project.
They Bad to Laugh.
Mr. De pew's latest little joke seems
to be at his own expense. He has been
telling how he dropped 1 12,000 in Wall
street, and his bearers laughed from
force of habit. Boston Herald.
THE NUPTIAI, KNOT.
STRANGE REASONS COUPLES HAVE
HAO FOR MARRYING.
Pecuniary Consideration, In Some Form,
Are tbe Mt Prominent The Percent
age of Such Marriages That Were rail
are I Mot Reported. "
In romance and talus of love tlio hero
and heroine marry for pure hoart affec
tion. Stern papas and scheming mam
mas plan otherwise for their beloved
daughter, but she is invariably obstinate,
and true love always comes in by a
head. In real life, however, many and
various are the reasons for 'tying 'be
nuptial knot. An ardent pffilutcliHt in
serted' an advertisement, hi u tuntri'
nioniul column, and the wife hp wanted,
in addition to being able to boustxif the
Usual good qualities of'Woinunhood, wils
to be in possession of a certain stump
a description -forethe guidance of tlw
matrimonially iuoliued lady collectors
following the. rurjty of wjiich rendered
it ulmost ' priceless. We do nut think
this man would meet bis ideal in a
hurry.- .'
A goutlunmu whoSo hobby was tho
collecting of rare wipeeimensof pottery
made violent love to a Iwlyv-u iliattor
of surprise to his fripndjqwd the lady's
own neonlo. he boiuif ulwu'vs deemed a
cyuieul bachelor, lioldiiig" strict views
concerning me inurringe question v. no
was the fortunute owner of ' a'lnve'ly
sevres vase. Apparently she was nothing
loath uud rospqnded tp his.wooiug fer
vently, ' finally giving hiiu her hand,
fortune and the vase. This person re
verted to his cynical views afterward
and often told his wife it was the vase
he had been ' in iove with uud not her
self. . r, ... .
Coses whore money has been left on
condition of the heir or heiress marry
ing a chosou person are sufficiently com
mon, but surely tew ore so hedged iu
with restrictions as the youth who was
to wed his cousin becauseshe was "cross
eyed, redhaired, and had no chin," as
the will read, by which we may under
stand that she of tho diminutive cliiu
was "heavily moneyed."
' The following is told of two costers
who brought about a marriage between
a son and a daughter of the respective
families for a unique purpose. They
had but oue doukey between them, uud
though tbe two costers were quite will
ing to change about, using the animal
in tnrns, the wives of the hawkers wero
not at ull agreeable, aud many uud furi
ous were the quarrels betweeu them.
To mitigate this nuisance uud to bring
the two families together tho marriage
was effected of the two olive branches,
quite unknown to the mothers au ar
rangement fraught with satisfactory re
sults, for the good ludies were on better
terms ever after.
Rather than lose a valuuble appoint
ment a young man went in scorch of a
wife the situation he had secured be
ing only for married men, us one of
which class he hud posed. Therefore it
was essential thut be should take unto
himself a partner ut a moment's notice,
figuratively speaking. He had hitherto
experienced no affair of the heart, and
the finding of a life s partner was not,
under such circumstances, a very simple
task. However, he secured the oue tiling
needful to insure the retaining of the
positiou aud commenced married life
and new business duties at ouo and the
same time.
A situation agent declares that he has
reasons to believe this procuration of
spouses is very often effected ut the last
moment, purposely to secure coveted
posts whose requirements are for uiuu
and wife.' He further avers that he is
acquainted with one young fellow who
got married purposely to upply for such
situation, leaving his bride imme
diately on coming out of church to make
application for the place.
Few persons would express themselves
in bo matter of fact a fashion as the
farmer who, wooing a widow, the own
er of an adjacent farm, told his sou thut
the lady's niece was just the sort for
him, the girl being possessed of property
in her own right; a double marriage
therefore would enrich the lot. Like uu
obedient sou, the lad complied with (his
request, and us tbe farmer rented his
own land through the niece it was a
most accommodating arruugemeut We
wonder if these marriages were failures.
For an amalgamation of property and
land they were infinitely successful.
A man, recently united for better, for
worse, to the portly dunie who hud hith
erto ruled over his kitchen, was unmer
cifully chaffed by his associates, the
lady of his choice being much his senior
and in different ways most unsuitable
to her spouse. His naive reply was to
the effect that it would minimize ex
penses, because he would have no wages
to pay for culinary labor, as bis wife
hod agreed to continue her positiou of
cook. Her refusal to comply, he declar
ed, would have resulted iu the attach
ment being "off. "
Most unique was the reason for "com
mitting matrimony" as given by a city,
gentleman. A widow lady hud appealed
at a court of justice, aud the culprit,
rather than pay the fine imposed upon
bim for certain slanderous statements
be bud made concerning the fair prose-
eutrix, settled u ft airs by marrying the
lady. He certainly wus possessed of a
Coolness below the zero of the proverbial
cucumber to propose marriage when it
must have been obvious to everybody,
the woman in particular, what bis rea
sons for so doing were. However, she
like Barkis, was"willin," uud wedding
arrangements went on apace. So sensa
tional wus this marriage, following im
mediately on the lawsuit, that the
couple found themselves the topic of
conversation at every street corner and
considered it essential to their comfort
to leave the country. Loudon Tit-Bits.
Appropriate.
A Tioga wag in sending a handsome
clock as a wedding gift talked a card to
it which re :id, "This is to assure you a
good time," Philadelphia Record.
AN INTERESTING CAVERN.
Immenee Subterranean Cava round Near
Ran IMego.
A big oavo has liceu discovered on
the ocean side of Point Loma, near San
Diogo, CaL So fur as explorod it does
not seem quite as large u the Mam
moth cave of Kentucky, but it la as in
terestina.
The discovery was made by Horace
Metculf aud Veruou Q. Matthews, who
live on Point Loma. They started out
on a sort of exploring expedition, and
at a point about u mile and a bulf north
of the lighthouse saw a big hole just
above the surface of low tide which
seemed to be tho entruuee to a cave.
They tried to got down, but the cliffs at
that point wero too steep, aud they gave
it up. ... ,. ,. ;
Going further north, they found an
easier pluce of descent, where they lot
themselves down with a rope. Neur the
place of descent they ran across a small'
er hole, which they entered, finding
that' it connected with the larger and
led into the bowels of the earth. ' .
Metcalf aud Matthews made their
way iu with some fear, finally reaching
a point 850 feet from the entrance,
where the passageway widened out in
to an immense chamber big enoti 41 to
hold the largest bnildiug in San Diego.
They did not fully explore tbe cave, but
thought it ended at tbe big chamber.
They describe the interior as grand.
The entrance is ouiy open at low tide,
bat it is .probable thut other passages
will be found Admitting explorers at
any time. The tide fills purt of the puss-
ageway to the grand chamber. . ,
Kichurd Henry Danu, iu ' Two Years
Bofore the Mast," mentions a cave nn
der or near Point Loma, and it is be
lieved that this is the oue referred to.
San Fruncisco Examiner.
CIGARETTES AND INSANITY.
A Hospital Superintendent Bay They Are
Very Closely Related.
Dr. Benjamin Bluckford, tbe able su
perintendent of the Western State hospi
tal at Staunton, Va., in his annual re
port to the board of directors of thut in
stitution, suys:
"To a greut extent the increase of in
sanity luuy be attributed to tbe perni
cious 'cigarette smoking habit,' now so
long prevalent among uud undermining
the moral, physical and mental health
of the youth of our country duriug
their early years and development, when
the brain is tender uud plastic and easi
ly affected by the noxious inhulutious is
suing through and around the nerve cen
ters. Their nervous organization is upt
to become more shattered by the 'ciga
rette habit' than if they were addioted to
alcoholic stimulants during that period,
and will surely be tbe first to give way,
and, of course, the first to suffer, espe
cially during the period of puberty,
with its strain on the nervous system.
The youth at college who burn the
midnight oil is to be commended for bis
industry, but too often he burns out his
brain at the same time with tbe accom
panying cigarette. The process of waste
and injury to tho nervous system may
be greater thun the repair, and mental
bankruptcy is the result." St. Louis
Globo-Deruocrat
INCREDIBLE IGNORANCE.
A Grown Olrl In Mew York Who Did Mot
Know the City' Name.
"Where do you live?" asked Coroner
Hocber in New York the other duy of
Bertha Koeuig, tbe adult granddaugh
ter of Abraham Koenig, who fell from
the second story of 78 Chrystie street on
Dec. 4, and died next day.
"I don't know," said tbe girl when
the question was translated for her.
"Don't you know the name of this
city?"
"No."
"What country is this?"
"I know that. The Stoats. "
"What book is this?" asked tbe coro
ner, holding out the Bible.
"I don't know."
"Ever hear of the Bible?"
"No."
"Ever beur of Jesus Christ?"
"No."
"Step down. Yon are not wanted as
a wituess. " .
Where Letter Are Luxury.
James Jackson, an educated Indian,
who is to personally carry the mails
from Juneau to Fort Cuduhy, Alaska,
on the Yukon river, has arrived at Port
Townshend, Wash. He came down to se
cure 20 or 80 strong dogs to pull the
sleds across the mountains to the Ca
nadian postoifice on Forty Mile creek.
This service is merely a private enter
prise, being maintained by miners, who
pay 60 cents for each letter. . The Ca
nadian government guarantees $330 for
each of two round trips. This is reckon
ed as being a most hazardous journey.
Several miDers iu the past years have
lost their lives in trying to make it.
A It Should Be.
The curtain will be rung down on tbe
Atlanta exposition by the same bells
that will ring out tbe old year and ring in
the new. It is well that it should be so;
that the south should close the year
J 89 j with au unparalleled record of
progress and achievement, and open a
new book of facts, clean cut and in
dependent of the past Kansas City
Times.
An Old Miracle Worker.
Barney Meibers, an old citizen of De
catur, Lid., hus surprised his friends' by
performing miracles. The other day he
publicly removed a cancer from the fuce
of George Martiu, an old soldier. The
cancer was oue that had bothered Mar
tin for years and would soon have
proved futuL
This Shot Out America.
The French chamber of deputies, aft
er a discussion it the military budget,
.lecided that except under unusual cir
.u instances no more tinned meats ore
to be supplied to the army after Jan. 1.
1S97, exrrpt ssch a are manufactured
;j France or 'n tho French colonies.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
The Made Wlneflaea.
Ponr water into a wineglass until it
in nearly full und place tbe puhn "
your hand squarely over tbe mouth at
the glass, tuking cure to bend yonr fin
gers ut b right angle, as shown in the
lower illustration.
Still holding your hand firmly upon
the glass,1 s'trotch out your fingers sud
denly in a horizontal position, and this
will produce a partial vacuum under the
palm, which will permit you to lift the
glass from the table.
Boy and Robin.
During the extremely severe weath
er of February, 1805, myriads of birds
perished from cold aud starvation both
in Europe uud the United States. In
England this destruction was the more
sorrowful perhaps, as the country where
the birds winter is more thickly settled
than with us, und there were more to
see their Bufferings. But occasionally
the British birds found friendly shelter.
The Loudon "Times published during
the cold weather this note from Rudolph
Walther, a boy of 12 yeurs, who lives at
Tun bridge Wells:
"I thought perhaps you would allow
a schoolboy to tell you how very tame
and fearless the cold and hunger have
made the wild birds around onr bouse.
"Of course we food them with bread
and all sorts of odds and ends, und the
ground is simply black with our huugry
visitors. Even the suspicions rooks oome
quite close to the house for their share.
"A little blue tit pusses its days in our
basement, heedless of sleepy pussy bak
ing herself before the stove.
"Most of all I wish to tell you about
my strange bedroom companion, u little
robin which has taken up its residence
in my bedroom, und though I leave the
window open he Hover goes out except
to take a short fly. We puss t he night to
gether, and he makes his bed iu oue of
my football boots.
"The other morning ho woko me np
by singing on u chair ut the side of my
bed. I suppose he thought I ought to be
at my lessons. "
What German Boys Celebrate.
In a military country like Germany
what glorious times the youth must
have I They not only celebrate the em
peror's birthday, but many military vic
tories besides. Apart from his imperial
majesty's anniversary, when ull Ger
many turns out in holiday attire, are
the festivities iu commemoration of the
greut battle of Sedan, called Seduus
feiertag. This buttle, you know, is the
lust victory the Germans gained over
the French. Sept. 2, 1895, will be the
twenty-fifth uuuiverBury, the prepara
tions for which ure ulreudy being made.
In every city, village and hamlet military
parades, fireworks, picnics and concerts
will be the order of the duy. Then will
the little German children be sent with
helmet, wooden sword and drum, aud
muny a father will present his young
son with a whole suit of regimentals.
It is very droll to see a hero of 8
march with conscious dignity or touch
his cap with martial salute. In oue of
the heights, thut surround a principal
town iu Germany stands a fort of rude
construction thut has been made by boys
in remote years and has been used by
generations of boys ever since upon na
tional holidays. Here the dug is hoist
ed, the boys divide into two parties, one
party mounts the fort and defends the
flag, the other endeavors to cross the
moat and storm the position. Uf course
there is plenty of noise and the blast of
the never failing horn. New York Mail
and Express.
Unite Surprising;.
Lulu looked bright and rosy when she
came into the dining room, but she said
as she poured tbe cream on her oatmeal:
"I guess mamma was right about two
pieces of chocolate cake being too much
for tea. Anyway I haven't slept very
welL Why, I believe I turned over a
thousand times. "
"Is it possible?" exclaimed papa.
looking very serious. "Let's see I How-
Ion g were you abed? Ten hours? That
would be 100 times an hour, or once ev
ery 36 seconds. A thousand times!
Why, how tired you must be!" Youth's
Companion.
An Animal Game.
A game called "The Language of
Animals" is so well liked by a family
of small children of my acquaintance
that it is recommended to those who
see'; to entertain other small children.
Each child chooses the nume of an ani
mal, and in torn describes its feelings
and actions, the others iruessiuir the
name from the description. For instance,
the ant says, "I live in a hill; I some
times get into sugar and cake aud moke
them taste very bad. " The cat says : "I
wash my face many times a day. I like
cnsum aul catch mice." New York
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