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WOMAN'S WOULD. MIES FA RCLOUGH COOKS WITH TRAINED LIGHTNING. ,lw o llral With lb Hats 4'ouhlo't See iheComnilaalouer A Wouiau llarterlolo. (UI - A VUitin la lllaek Women I, ta( Work-Klbban Wllh Their llouuueta. Co king by electricity non ii!td almost too gisid to bo true, but when 1 hoard that ut 0110 place in London ami only 0110 place i' practicability was being daily dcinostrutud by lih Fain-lough, diplomee of tlio National School uf t'ooki'ry. I set forth to behold tli mir . gcle. if nil" bad lived a few hundred year OK", "bo would very likely have fo-eu duwned or burned ut the stake. This stuti-meut requires uu explanation, but perhaps if I descrilsi a certain tn Mo, and n'few littlo oven, which look like nafi'f. in tho large, bright, class room kiti'hon, it may explain itself. Tim table was an ordinary out, to the casual observer, of nnpainted wood. JiMss Fuirclough stuod besido it, rolling pastry, while in front, in a neat little row, wern nix conking utensils. All were of bright und shining copper mid steel, from thu kettle to thu fluted "grillcr," and they dimply stood on the table without any lire or apparent signs of heat. Yet there, 011 the grillcr, was achnpcixikiug guyly away, "with ail in dependent air;" in thn keltlo wuter wan hoiliiiKi on thn "hot platii" scone were toasting, in a frying pan potatoe were frying, while two little put were oc cupied by stewing bird and simmering jam. 1 touched thn tahlu. It was cold, uud I found I could lay my gloves and handkerchief upon it with impunity. I ueticed, too, that a bowl of chrysan themums was tint in the slightest degree disturbed by the neighborhood of thn kettle, 1 learned that nil the cooking at the Gloucester Road school in done by uloo trinity, that tho two mouths' trial has resulted in a brilliant success, and that, though the weird table and its content suggested a scene from fairyland, where all tho viands are prepared by enchant ment, it was all very siuiplo and prac tical indeed. No other means of cook ing is so eminently satisfactory and freo from nil disagrceahlo accompaniments, according to Misf Fuirclough. Unless a house is lighted by electricity tho pre liminaries are expensive; afterward tho process has been proved most econom ical. Fully protected wires, connecting at tho main, run unobtrusively tip the top of thu table, nud each cooking utensil is especially made to connect with its own particular littlo "knob" would that 1 knew tho technical name, but there are six of them foment h tho ovet lap ping edge in front Then the kettle, or griller, becomes ns hot ns may bo re quired, and the process of cooking is tri umphantly accomplished. Tho ovens, too, though not ns star tling iu appearance, were soon proved to my satisfaction to be equally delightful Each one, and Miss Fairclough has sev- eral, contains six shelves, which ndmit of an infinite variety of roastings and bakings going 011 at tho same time, nud ns tho ovens, heated by electricity, re tain their warmth for nil almost incred ible tinio after tho electrical current has been removed, their many advantages need no recounting I insisted on touching before I would believo, against Miss Fnirolough' nil vice, and thn consequence was instant conviction and a blister. Loudon Blnok nud Whita How to Ieal With the IUU. We shrink from undertaking to rule woman's dross by law, under any cir cumstances, in tho manner proposed by the bill to nbolish tho so called "thea ter hat " We hate either to smooth out or to create a wrinkle tu tho feminine fashions, which, though they come iu all shapes and devices, are invariably charming The girls always make us think nisi) that they nro becoming. We don't know how they do it, but they da We confess that we have never seen a fashion in woman's dress wheh we would not have dreaded to see changed had it not been for entire confidence that its successor would to equally pleasing. Tho theater hat is uot half so bad as it is painted. As tho luL-k of the day would have it, this large, umbrageous, befeathered or bespangled fixture has been vastly mora perfect in its art and more attractive in itself than the major ity of the plays which so many com plain it has shielded from them. The latter have not known when they were well off. Moreover, the antihat bill, bo sides being loo sumptuary for our taste, represents too spasmodic an attempt to regulate the habits of women through state legislation. If it should be en acted, we believe that a great many wo men would refuse to go to the theater and much of the charm of the pit would be gono. or there might be a most unde sirable repression of the temiuine fancy for beauty and variety iu dress. We heartily recommend that instead of putting the hat bill on the statute books the legislature should throw it overlward and pas a resolution declar ing the sentiment of the representative of the state that the w ish of those pre ferring to see the doings of tho stage in stead of the intervening construction of the milliner be respected, and that the objectionable hats which go with wo men to the theater come off or bo "it down. Let tw first appeal to woman's better nature and to her inuate sympa thy for all the trouble ud dissatisfac . .111 tions of bumauity rather than sud.leu lyand brutally bring down upon her uiisusp.H-tii)B head the sledge hammer of the law. Let us lie tactful. New York Sua. Couldn't Nee the ConimUaloner. The woman up to date lus blossomed Into the full flower of her capabilities when sho is at last accredited to lie the equal of man in any of his undertak ings. Triumphant she scorns any dem onstration of inequality and asserts her right and fitness to any office from police commissioner and a place iu the board of charities ami corrections to pension bureau. Sho is fast throwing aside tho antiquated conventions which restricted her sex to recognition uf cer tain customs and celebration which had lst-n womau' from time out of mind Hut there nro still a few little con ventionalities which even the cud of the century woman, despite bur lioastod emancipation, hesitates to thrust aside, and so still observes them, who shall ay from force of habit? A littlo brown eyed woman, who keeps step with tho coming woman by transacting her own business affairs went to tho ullleo of a Broadway com missioner thu other day on a legal er rand. Thn business card of tho firm promises that deeds may bo executed for any state in the I'liiou, passport se cured and all tho other things which a woman may do as well as a man attend ed to. "Is thero a commissioner of deeds for thn state of Kansas here?" inquired the littlo real estate owner of the woman ill uttomlancu. "Oh, yes," the attendant replied, "a commissioner for all thu states. " "I want to have a deed executed. Ple:tse let mo see the commissioner. " "No, you can't see the commissioner today, "was tho answer. "Tho com missioner had a baby yesterday. "New York Herald A Woman Itarterlologlat. Dr. Aunio W. Williams, who was ap pointed recently bacteriologist in the New York health department, is a nn tivnof New Jersey. After a few mouths' study in Leipsio under a tutor she en tered tho Women's Medical college of the New York infirmary. Sho was grad uated with the class of IWi. At the re opening of tho college she was appointed an assistant of Dr. John 3. Ely, professor of pathology. Up to this time she had devoted her self chiefly to anatomical subjects. Per mission is given at times by thu health authorities to students who wish to mako a study of bucteriology to use the laboratories. Tho favor was granted to Miss Williams last June, und she won the approval of tho authorities. All her best work has been on diphtheritic germs, developing the bacilli iu tubes, mounting slides fur tho microscope and describing the results. Her work was neither difficult nor very far advanced, but tho results were thorough and tho conclusions final, which was uioro de sired by tho heads of the department than brilliancy. Miss Williams is below the medium height nud possesses pleasant features. Her hair is dark brown aiid is woru combed back from her wide, low fore head. Her eyes are blue. She has n slight lisp. At the college sho wns con gratulated warmly by her superiors ami the students over whom sho has super vision. Her classmates always predicted great things of her and believe already that their predictions have been verified. A TUlun la Week. , Word comes from Paris of the extraor dinary popularity of black gowns in the French capital. They can hardly be more in evidence thore thati here. In one row at a matinee tho other after noon 21 women were wearing plain black, and eight more had black trim mings aud effects introduced in their PKsMiiiiea. Two women iu the row wore toilets iu which no trace of the prevail ing somber huo was visiuie, aim iv nan to bo confessed that they were the least well dressod in the number. Tho latest combination with black is gold This is newer than tho light greens aud reds of tho last seasou and is going to take H10 place of tho cold, un becoming but until now much worn bluet fi.lfln hue received its conge, too, along with its equally popular compan ion of tho winter, tlie cornnower uiuu. The latest dancing gowus have lace in stead of chiffon, and the Easter toilets are to show this garniture very exten sively used. New spring woolens will have a rongb or wrinkled weave, entirely dis Dlacinu oven for tailor made wear tho smooth surface cloths. The high favor which crepon is and is still to bo hem ia nuirmiisiiiin for this. Cronou in every shnilo, design and quality is to bo used, ami it will bo possible to uavenii enure outfit of this fabrio with a satisfying variety iu color mid purpose. Now York limes. Women IHJ tli Work. The Cleveland Plain Dealer of Jan. 4 was tho work of women in every par ti....!... r,iif,-,rlils local news, criti lllUIUt. M"l "-, cisms and special articles were the work of feminine pen. Tho telegraph alone coming from the bnreans was the work of men. The poets were women, too, nnd, it is unnecessary to say. did some dainty work. The illustrations were me work of women. The business office was managed by a woman aud tho tele-r-.nii iit..d tiv women. What are most noticeable iu the writing are a freshness of phrase, an enthusiasm und an ele gance. It goes without saying that the women chosen to do this work were the most intellectual women in the city. They would naturally have tho advan tage over thn regular reporters in cer tain directions. On the other hand, the editorials are better suited to a review t ... 1 1 11 1... I. .... L. than to a daily paper aim iuu iwmw average on that account. The local news of the city seems to have fo-ea excellent 1 -. .1 ....h iwwilmi- urn crisn 'and appropriate. Omaha World lier 1 aid. Klbbons Wllh Tblr IkiaqurH. The latest notion with New York wo ....... ,i,li,-ti.rt to wearing flowers ou the street is to attach streamer of ribbon, similar iu odor to the flowers, to their coats. Tho notion has heroine so popu lar that almt every florist in the city keeps large a stock of ribbou on hand as he does of flowers. The idea started about the time the violet season opened, and for a time ouly violet colored rib bon was in demand, but now the florists say that they sell ribbon of all hue with different kinds of flower, Tbe ribbou flower combination wu only wen 011 Broadway at first, but now the east side young women have taken it up, aud a!m.t every girl who prom (Uades on liraud street ami the Uowery j lias her bunch of flower with the rib bon attachment fastened to her coat. Like the chrysanthemum crar.e, it will probably disapcar suddenly from Broadway, and the east side will be per mitted to enjoy it all to itself for the rest of time. Ib-atliil Ahrad. The appearance of a woman dclcgnto at a recent Wesleyan conference iu Eng land was thu occasion of great conster nation. Commenting thereon, The Pall Mall (ia.ette remarks: hi Australia they are uncustomed to that sort of thing. At tho Congregational union, which was holding its meetings iu Sydney when the last mail left, there Were uo fewer than 19 women delegates, nud their presence caused no surprise whatever. Tho num ber Included live single and 14 married women, and though the proportion 19 out of lay and 00 ministerial dele gates is small, it shows that women are "beating ahead" at the antipodes. A DlM-rlmlnatlon. Tho Duluth Press calls special atten tion to a discrimination against wom en in thn new income tax law. It says: "The income tax law pays a pre mium on single blessedness. Suppose a young woman has uu income of f 10, -000, she has to pay a tax ou but fit, 000. Her intended husband has the same in come ami the same tax. Dut they mar ry, aud tho income tax law compels them to pay a tax ou f 10,000 instead of 12,000. The 4,000 of tho woman is uot exempt the moment sho marries.' The wife of the arctio explorer, Frnu Eva Nansen, is an accomplished musi cian ami has lately been giving a series of concerts in Norway. Uor Iwautiful voice brings her a ready welcome, while her courage and cheerfulness through this period of terrible uuxiety secure admiration and sympathy wherever sho appears. It is now IS mouths since Fridtjof Nauseu left his home, bound for that alluring but most dungerou Mecca of explorers, the arctio regions. Wonirn In Hank. At least one-half the money deposited daily iu tho various banks of this busi ness center is carried thero by women except whero the ainouut is unusually large. Tho uumber of wtuneu cashiers is increasing iu commercial houses, ami iu one bank in this city there are so many women depositors that a separate window has been opened for them, and a toilet room in charge of a maid has been furnished for their comfort. Chi cago Tribune. Tlrrd Editors. The women who got out the Crete (Nub. ) edition of Tho Democrat closed tho editoriul page with the following naive paragraph: The editors, as they lay down their pens after a week of bard work and gloomy looks from tneir nusnamis, giau ly return to their homes more than ever convinced that the great weapon 01 wo men is the broom rather than the pen. A Sensible IH-rl.lon. JikIlto Johnson of Milwaukee has sen it.lv decided that a chuck to a woman's husband is not a payment to ber. The caso was that of Susau Marrigold, who tn si 1-11 awiiv her dower right in a piece of land sold by her husband to thu Cudnhys for f 00. 1 lie purcnasers gave her check to her husband, and the court held that this wns uot sumciuni Tho Chicago Womnn 'a club Iiim de cided to draw uo color line, but to admit geutluwomeu of African descent on pre cisely the samo requisites of intelli gence, good breeding nnd "clnbability" as white women must show to get iu. Miss Mamie Bunch has been elected county sucrinteiident of schools for Douglas county, Ills.; Miss Mary L. Whitney for Stanley county, a D., and Mrs. Lizzie Laughliu for Hughes comi ty. 8. D. Miss Frano Baker i writing a his tory of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of tho Methodist Episcopal church. It has (1,138 organizations, with 153,603 members. Miss Elizafoth Wullace of Kelly House, Chicago university, has been made principal of the woman's depart ment of Knox college, Oalesburg, Ills. A hot cloth around tho mold will help jelly or ices to enme from it without sticking. A whisk broom Fhould be used for sweeping stairs. Keinalna of th rlntr Ialil. There is now a movement ou foot for the removal to France from Brussels of the remains of Louis David, the cele brated artist and niemlierof the conven tion. Tho painter of the "Suero"and of Marat died in the Belgiau capital in 1SJ5 and was buried in the cemetery of St Josse Ten Noisle. The government of Charles X hud refused to give permis sion for the interment iu French soil, and the Belgians, who were enthusias tic admirers of David, usked his fumily to allow the body to be buried in uo place save Brussels. Theaitist's bones, however, did not rest iu peac, for they were removed from St Jis Ten Noode to thn new gravevard of Kvern, and now the Paris aitistii want to disturb them again. Eu gene David, the painter's son, preserved his father's heart in a silver urn, and he intended to give it to Brussels hud the government of Charles X authorized the burial of his parent in Fiance. The Brussels people, it ap)ears, ure still interested in the matter and want to know if they can lmve the heart, which is buried in Pere la Chaise, in exchange for thn remain which French artists are urging the municipal council of Paris to eihnuin and n intcr in the na tive noil of the famous historical paint er. Loudon Telegraph. astro Will W Mar"' Two Honrs a 1J. Mayor Sutro devote two hours to the dutiea of bis oflice daily. The hours are from 10 a. tu. to 13 u., which is the time he announce be will give to pub lic affair. From 13 to I o'clock be will lnuch. Having refreshed aud rested bla system after hi morning' toil, he will give two bour to hi private affair Promptly at S p. m. he will leave his offloe, on Montgomery street, aud call the remainder of tbe day hi own. Sao Francisco Cbrouiolt. o VSKS UP A Lli ENERGY THE CLIMATE IN THE TROPICS MAKES ONE INDOLENT. Coerrrr I Imllifenuua lo tbe Kglnn, ml the luipurtrtl Article huon W Itlier. I'.ijM-rlenre uf m Traveler Who Waa le toruilueil to see I lie Country. "F.nergv diH'sn't grow down there. I've been in tho country long enough to discover that fact," he exclaimed as he cut off a generous piece of raro roast beef. Tho vigor with which he spoke and tho evident relish with which ho mas ticated tho beef left the impression that tho speaker bad never spent any consid erable tinio iu any placo where energy was scarce. He bad just lauded from a Panama steamer, having comofrom Sail Francisco by that route, and bad made short visits to various Mexican and Cen tral American ports. "Not only is it not indigenous to the country, but the exotic urticle always withers and almost always dies, I10 said after the keen edge of his appetite had worn off. Then ho ordered a pot of coffee, lighted a cigar ami continued: "After wo sailed from S.ui Diego It was several days before wo arrived at aiiothcr port Wo crossed the gulf of California and touched ut Mazatlan, iu Mexico. I had promised myself that I should go ashore and no every town ut which wo stopped iu Mexico aud Cen tral America, so when tho fleet of na tive boats surrounded the ship a party of passengers hired one, and wo were soon on our way to tho shore. Tho distance from tho place where tho ship was nil chorod to shoro was about three miles, and befdro tho distauco had been half covered I was impatient nud thoroughly disgusted with thu la.y movements of tho native oarsmen. Our time was lim ited, too, uud that increased my irrita tion, fovauso I was nuxious to see nil 1 possibly could of thu placo within a short time. "1 jumped nshuro ut last and hurried up to the town first to tho postoffieo nnd then to other points of interest. It was iu the middle of tho day, and tho sun bent down and rctltrtcd ngaiu from the white house and the streets, which were paved with small cobblestones. Scarce ly n person was on tho street, except the people from tho ship. Tho natives lounged about in their shops or tho se cluded court! with which eaoh house is supplied. Tho shopkceers weru invari ably smoking cigarettes, and it was with difficulty that I induced one of them to risn from his indolent position to supply me with some small purchaso which I wished to make. "Walking rapidly from thn postofilce through tho principal street to the ca thedral, und then to tho markets, uud again to tho publio square, I was in 11 perspiration before I realized it. But my soul was filled with contempt for tho lounging, la.y natives, who, it seemed to me, could do nothing except smoke cigarettes, rest their heads on their hands uud feebly say, 'Maimna' (tomorrow ). I saw everything thero was to be seen and found the party lit tho lauding impatiently waiting my urrival, so they could return to the ship. While I hud done thu town thoroughly, I had to admit tomysclf that I had never been so tired iu my life as I was when 1 reached the deck of tho City uf Sydney and stretched myself in a steamer chair to smoke and think over what I had seen. "My spirits revived when wo got un der way again uud had tho benefit of nn ocean breeze. I renewed my determina tion to seo all thn towns at which we touched, and see them thoroughly. We dropped unchor again a tiay or so later, and I promptly made a bargain with 0110 of tho natives to tako mo ashore. For somo inexplicable reason I did not feel half tho irritation at the slow move ments of tho oarsmen that I bad felt at the first port. I loungul back in the boat and smoked uud was almost lulled to sleep by thn movement of tho boat ns it rose and full on the long ocean swells. "When I reached tho shore, howev er, I shook off tho lethargy and start ed briskly out on my sightseeing trip. When I reached thu public square, my enthusiasm began to show signs of 'pe tering out With difficulty 1 torn my self away from a tempting shady seat and visited tho few places of interest. Then I went buck to tho boat, uud al though I reached theshipali hour ahead of the time set for departure I fnuml that all the passengers bad returned ahead of 1110. "I was determined to see a much of tho country ns possible, however, so at tho next placo I ugain hired n native to row mo ashore. I took uu umbrella this timo nnd was weak enough to usu it as a shield from the ruys of tho tropical sun. Arriving on shore, I wulked lei surely as far us tho postoffieo and back to tho boat Then I sat down 011 tin small pier, smoked cigarettes uud watch ed the lazy motions of the natives row ing burges piled with bags of coffee out to tho siiip and thu empty boats back to the shore again. Very few of tho othei passengers hud come ashore at this place. "My determination to seo tho country had not quite ull vanished when tin anchor was dropped at tho next port, and oiico moro I hired a native to take me ashore. When we arrived thero, I simply sat dowu in a shady spot und smoked cigarettes. My resentment at the laziness of thu natives hail ull van ished. I said to myself: 'Tills talk about ennrgetin people coming down hero and making money rapidly is all rjKht for talk. But the man who it able to withstand the enervuting influ ence of this hot and murky air must be. made of energy, so that when his vigot was gone he would disappear.' " New York Tribune. A Llrely House. During tho heavy rain aud bail storm which prevuiled hero at midnight Sun day night a two story farmhouse three milm east of tow n was blown 90 feet from its foundation. Thn building, hav ing made two completo revolutions, landed ou Its side Intact. Tho family, consisting of Mont Mnttux. his wife aud thn e children, were in Lsil at the time of the accident, and all eeapxl in jury except Mis. Mat tux, whose arm was dislocated. Brcekcnridgu (Mo.) Dispatch. White llniue Kllnrr. A Wallingfurd (Conn.) silver manu facturing firm ha received an order for sterling silverware to be added to the service at the White House. The mem ber of the firm decline to give a de scription of the plato, but aay the order will be coetly out. FUN FROM A PRISON. A fontiet Killlnr Who Has Ability ami la Uoeu I'or an (lutslUe Kngageuienl. Some of tho prisoners of tho stato petiiti utiary nt Joliet edit and publish a monthly paper called lp To Date. Tho January number contains the fol lowing account of u ditlcicneo fo twem tho deputy warden nud (ho prison or chestra. It may be necessary to explain that Ispeu is 1111 abbreviation of Illinois state penitentiary: I. Concerning tho tribe of Ispcn, which dwelt in tho vulley of tho Dcs Plaiues river. 'J. And the tribe of Ispeu numfo'red 1,.'i00 souls, and tiny Were in bondage. S. There was then no king In lspt u. A deputy ruled over the laud. 4. And Joscphus, the deputy, was a kindly man, alls it he was a mighty man a man of great stature and valor. fi. And it came to pass that Josephus, tho deputy, singled out thu musical members of the tribe of Ispeu nnd com manded them to appear before him, us was the custom in those days. 0. And ho gave unto each nn instru ment, every one after tho kind ho de sired. 7. And ho said unto them, "This day shall yn havo a new name. " H. And -be called them tho "Orr-Kess-Trail, "which is tho mighty men of noise. 9. And tho Orr-Kcss-Trah was favor ed above tho rest of the tribe of Ispcn. 10. Ami it came to pass that tho Orr-Kcss-Trah became grasping aud proud beyond warrant II. And they took counsel among themselves us to how they should dis tinguish themselves from the couimou ruu. 11. And it camo to pass that they to solved that they were Samsons, and their strength was iu the hair of their heads. 13. And it came to pass that each one did get bis hair cut, each 0110 after bis own fashion. 14. Now, Josephus, tho deputy, alU'it ho was u kindly man, remarked the stylo which tho Orr-Kcss-Trah took unto themselves, each one after bis owu kind. lj. And he issued a proclamation for bidding tho Orr-Kcss-Trah from this pompadour stylo, which was only worn ns n mark of high degree iu thu tribo of Ispeu. 10. Now, wheii tho Orr-lCess-Trah heard this edict, they took counsel uuioug themselves. 17. Ami it came to pass that they made for themselves a banner oil which was inscribed, "No Pompadour Hair Cuts No Music," IK. Now, thu rest of the nets tf the Orr-Kcss-Trah, nnd all that they did, and tho hair that they lost, nnd the privileges that they no longer get, rut they not written iu thu book of the "Chronicles of tho Deputy?" Hero nro some items gathered nt ran dom from tho pages of tho paper, allow ing that even n prison has its news: Present population, 1,093. Last consecutive number, .'1,0,'iS. December discharge list, 73. Fresh fish since last issue, 120. licccivcd during 1H94, Ilia. Bent to insane hospital, 2. Why huvcu't we got your subscrip tion? Tho editorial staff of Up To Date spent Christmas in its usual hllurious manner, and wu wish to remark right here that it took us ull day to spend it. Three hundred und six visitors passed through the prison iu December. Seven thousand four hundred and twenty pair of suck darned, 509 new shirts, 197 pair new drawers and 5H7 new handkerchiefs wero made in tho female prison iu December. Try to bo kind nud civil to your cell mute. Komomhcr that ho has hi owu troubles and 110 doubt ieels that he is just ns much ubused ns you ure. Quarreling doesn't pay. You don't gut any satisfaction from it, und if it kept up it lead to a row and then the hole, so, you seo, the best you cau get Is tho worst of it Don't worry tho guard with tules about any one else. Ho has his own troubles. Up To Date extends nil invitation to ull members of thu press to drop in nnd see us, even if they don't stay us lung a wo do. (Special Notice. The editor of Up To Date, having nearly completed tho sen teuco under which ho bus beeu confined hero, is desirous oi seeming a position ou some uewspuM.'r where he can en large tho exH-rielice obtained iu run ning this paper. A Clever Swindler. The French police have put a stop to a fraud w lilch is so clever that theswiu iller almost deserved thu harvest of francs which ho bus been steudily reap ing. The mini bus been making the round of fairs nud other gatherings sell ing a rat powder which was perfectly harmless, but struck rat dead on thu Siot In order to convince any skeptical man ho first powdered a slice of bread with thu stufl aud ate d piece himself and then but the remainder under a glass case in which was a rat Tho rat ate the bread and Instantly fell dead At 10 cents a box thu powder went like hut cake. Tho police looked into the mutter und found that tho powder was nothing but sugar. They also found that thu glass case was connected with a powerful electric battery, aud the mo ment the rat touched the bread thn cur rent was turned on, thus killing the ro dnet The man was sentenced to 15 day in jail. Paris Dispatch. Mra. Alberta It. Taylor. Mr. Alberta H Taylor, the daughter of a former governor of Alabama and a native of Huiitsvlilo, recently address ed tho Woman Suffrage club of New Decatur, Ala. Mrs. Taylor was enter tained at lunch by Mrs. C. J Hildroth, where the club assembled. She ha been a resident of Deliver for some years uud took part in the suffrage cam paign. She emphasized the 'point that for years tho women's organization had been working to secure wise changes in existing laws, and in that way so en tirely convinced the better close of men of all parties of their fitness for citi zenship that full suffrage was the nat ural, logicul outcome. Seott in the "Hi-art of Midlothian," recommended the Laird o' Dumbiedikes to plant trees, who remarked that "they wad aye be growin whilst he was sleep ing." Nebraska has developed largely iu the last 15 years from the sterile plains that formerly constituted iu territory. . Iu aueased valuation is now 90,fj(JS,73. HAM) WOOD FI.00KS. INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CON STRUCTION AND CARE. Quartered While Oak Kald to lie the Tery llea.1 Material - How to Was and I'oll.li. They I Mi Three Thins Heller la Kiif lan.l Than We I Hi In America. It is ouly 11 few years since advocates of the house beautiful fo gan to preach iu favor of hard fhsn s, and there is now hardly n village in the country where this doctrine of health and beauty has uot penetrated. Yet every one who has discarded carpets and adoptisl hard Wis si floors has found some drawbacks in tho way. Iu nine cases out of ten thn floor is simply shellacked, often without pre vious filling, and every scratch of the bootluvl shows on its sat face. Thewood is si sin laid bare ami permanently stained, or iici'haps the wood is oiled with clear oil w hich has not been prop erly rubfo-d in. The residue gums 011 tho surface and collects dust and debris, and nltogethir the bard wood floor, which has fo'cu well laid by the carpen ter, is n source of discomfort and disap pointment. Kuropeiiii housekeeper suffer from noun of these disadxantages fovaumi they try noun of these experiment. The KtiroH'au fl r Is a floor of parquetry. It is made by gluing together thick nesses of haul Wis d mi 11 pine backing, a method by which they obtain a stronger und more durable Hour than w hen a thick fbsir of hard wissl alone is used, for eveiy builder knows that the best door is not one of solid hard wood, but one of two thicknesses of haul wissl over n pine core. These doois me iiatn rully more exs niiive, liecause they are mote trouble lo make. So thn veneered flisir is more durable, though u very ex cellent th sir may le laid in hind wissl seven eighths llrck over a rough floor of pine, providing the wood has been pn'rly seasoned. Or a thinner floor may bo laid over n crfivtly level IIihh of pine. Builders recommend quartered white oak as tho very fost material for lb sirs. This is a western wissl and costs about 10() a I.O0O fis't in this state. Maple und birch, which urn much cheapei wesxts, nlso make excellent floors, Na tlve birch, which may bo foiiigbt in this state ns low us flti a 1,000 feet, is a very hard, snusith wood, nud make n veiy durable kitchen floor which dis-s not sliver up like (ioorgiu pine. Narrow boards, measuring nlsmt two inclitst or less laid, make u most desirable floor. Tho skillful carpenter matches bis joints with faultless precision, planes and serais! his Hour ami slishe It dowu with hard wissl shavings after it is laid, us well us finishing it fo'forn. When this i properly done, hardly u joint is visi ble, nnd it is then ready to bo tilled. It is this process that is so often neg lected nnd uimiii which so much dcMMids. It should bo a thoroughly trustworthy wood tiller, purchased from a dinler whose name is a guarantee for his gissls. These tiller usually como by tho iiouiid, often in paste form, nnd may lm thinned to a pros'r consistency witli turpentine. It is applied to the wissl with u brush. nnd ull that remains on the surface is polished off with hardwixsl shavings or excelsior. This filler is ullowed to dry afomt I'i hours, when a coat of wax is applied, or of prepared oil if you prefci it Where oil is used it should lie thinned with a certain iimouut of "drier." The fost wax is a preparation of tur peutino and liccswux, prosrly melted together, nnd is kept by all dealer in panpietry fbsirs. Thnchief mistake that amateurs make is to apply this wax tis generously. An exH'rt in this matter ays that u pound of wax ought to cover 800 fis t of surface. After tho wax is applied nnd rublsid in with a weighted brush It should Ihi ullowed to ilund for awhile ami a swond coat applied before the flisir is used. A great many American families at tempt to take care of a hardwissl flisir without a brush. This is a waste of much laborious; energy. Thn work can be aitcomplished by tho use of a brick wrupts'd in flannel and then in cotton, but it cannot lie properly aivomplished except by a strong man, while an ordi nary servant ciiu readily w ield tho 9: pound brush, which sells In ourshop at from :i.M toll and with rnruwlll List many year. It should 1st passed first across tho grain of thu wood Then the flisir should bo vigorously polished with the grain of thn wis si. Finally u piece of old carpet i laid dow u and the floor is isilished under this. A proiH-rly cured for flisir should bo isilished with the brush once a week It should uot Im rewuxed oftener than once a month or once iu two or three months, uncording to the amount of wear on it. After a certuiu iioriml of time it tuny be necessary to scrape tin floor and npply some kind of restorer, though this should be hardly required unles the flisjr has Is-cn improperly dressed. Of course thn best way of polishing such a floor is In thu foreign fashiou, with a brush uttachod to one foot of a robust 11 1 un, who giss skating ufomt until the surface gleams like marble. But this method is not often txswdhlu in this country except in those households whero there nro foreign lueusorvauta. New York Tribune. A Carrier I'lfeona Ketnra. Eight months ago a carrier pigeon be longing to John C. Dinah, president uf the Hillside Homing club of Lancaster, Pa., was released at Manassas, Vs., Do ing one of a numls-r engaged in a fly for the Hhamns'k Silver club on Tuesday Diuun'a bird failed to return home, but last evening it appeared at it old cot An examination of the bird allowed that it wings hud bi-en clipped As soon as the feathers grew again the bird In stinct turned it homeward. Philadel phia Ledger. A rioeaklng lleneater, Tho hit'-st thing in watches is re peater which pronounces thu hour and quarters, uud so obviate the trouble of counting necessitated by the present sys tem. M. Silvan, a Sw Is watchmaker, I oredited with having successfully adapted Kllson's phonograph so a to produce tin Ingenious result r0W York Post I'bllaileluhla Foresight. The Philadelphia llccord tell of a careful citizen who refuse to walk in the middlo of the street when the side walk are slippery, because if be should lip down and sustain an Injury on the sidewalk bo could recover damage from th city, while he could uot if be wu walking in tba ruiddla of the tree! LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURO SPEECH. uhlllue anil Immortal, Thongh Matthew Arnold Had Never Heard of It. I stissl close by aud heurd that speech delivered It camo upon u after the ponderous nnd elatmrate rhetorlo of Ed ward Everett like a blaze of real fire after a matchless picture of fire. It sprang, liko the strophes of old, out of a chastened heart almost broken with thn weight of conquest but still daunt less iu its American faith, and tho mnn who spoko tho word was, for the mo ment, transfigured for ns, aud hi fur rowed face and gauut form took ou tho light that never was 011 land or sen, so that ho became the archetype of the pcoplo themselves, uttering tatter than bo knew the groat prayer of thut finer and I letter humanity that our fa thers ami wo believed was to come with liberty nud equality out of storm and tress and an unshaken confidence in man. But I don't think any of us then knew how masterful is tho specuh of tho human heart w hen it comes through tho furnace lo theso great occasion aud plants its sad sincerity by the side of mere scholarship and tho grooved thun der of rhetoric. Wo bad to live on for a qnater of a oentury nud seo that brief speech burn ing with utiqueiichnblu flnme in our schoolhiNiks and standing out with mod est majesty ou our puge of recorded history to comprehend how (iod ran touch with a living coal tho lip of a rail splitter just a ho touched the lipsj ut n teiitinaker of Tarsus and lifted the untutored heart of the shoemaker, Uuu yiin, into (H)iiimuulon with tho immor tal. Tnrti it every wny you can, thu Get tysburg speech stands unique as a brief literary aud patriotic composit ion. It I tho noblest condensation into the Attest word of all the emotions, aspiration and sentiments that millions of mute people wanted at that moment to utter. So inwrought is that speech with the heart of tho occasion, and so mnjostio nil doc it sweep over into tho timo to como, that I should think all men every where would discern it iutriuslo quali ty. But that is not the case. I rememlsr talking with Matthew Arnold when ho was in this country about Abraham Lincoln you will ro lucmfo'r that ho said of Lincoln that ho had 110 "distinction" and 1 culled hi attention to the Oettysburg iiiecch. I hall never forget the iinHirturbable Satur.luy Kuviow stare with which he asked, "Ah, what i the Gettysburg speech?" Ho had never beard of it I believe when he went back ho asked Professor Bryce what it was about, and when it was bunted up 111 an American school book and show n to him be read it hasti ly and put it away with commiserating rettconoe. Suppose you ask M. Bonrget, who I looking into the American heart by the way of the American bodice and on space rate, if he has rend the Gettys burg speech. I bapH ii to know of my own kuowledge that Itobert Louis Stevenson had not heurd of It whuti ha was exploring our continent, aud Sir Lepnl Uriffin and Rudynrd Kipling had an idea that it wu a uowspuper fako. Tho current number of The Saturday Review lie open before me, and tbi i what my eye fulls ou: "Tho common American delusion that there have been a number of grent American iiocts, that thero i indeed such a thing a Ainericuu liternture, disport itself with unusuul pomposity. " It is impossible for these literary prig of a pocinl cult to understand that there may be stimulant condi tion of national life that wnka into tumultuous activity all the higher and better function of the soul prior to the chartered formulution of tluuu into au art, and that it is in these period of awakening aud uot iu tho after repose of an eluborate H'stheticism the most precious henrtbent of the rue have niado themselves heard and fult, some, time iu half articulate tone, but often er iu organ blasts which have act the key of liberty and fixed tbe vocabulary of hope and viutory. Before eloquence or poetry wa an art it wo a burning ioul and fetched ita stylo from tho agonic aud mysteries of au untutored nature. Let us by all means confer distinc tion on a deathless utterance by mold ing it in bronze. If we add metal enough and lurround It with the aralicsquo of Oxford, future Matthew Arnold may join the pilgrim and throw the Kugllsh tribute of a well turned phrase upou the tublut, which, after all, i but a weak hieroglyph of th record iu 70, 000,000 heart. Andrew C Wheeler iu Now York Sua A Hlnntler. Mr. Wimun gave two handsome pub lio bathhouse to Totouto, which are iltuuted ou each side of the buy aud in scribed in bold letter, "SVi man's Baths. " Some time igo, a the British American assisdution excursion wu lulling into thut city, oue of the acientUt discovered the sign. "Ah," he said turning to a frieud, "I told yon the American were an uu sducuted lot I" "Why go?" returned the other iu amazement "Dou't you see those sign there? What an t melon way to spell 'wom en ' I' "Boston Journal. Cold Weather ( bU-aeaa. A Louisville (Ky. ) man who ay he never drinks tells of a farmer who ha produced a breed of fur bearing chick en, which sport in Ice water and cackle briskly In the midst of almost eternal suow. This wa accomplished by skin grafting a selected cock and hen with rabbit skin halt an inch at a time. The process was painful, but succeeded ad mirably. Eggs of the new breed gull rapidly at f 1.75 a dozen and are hatch ed out by the ordinary hens, who in variably die of fright upon perceiving tho strange appearauca of their off spring. ' rilled the III 1 1. "Ye." remarked the guest, "that inner did fill tlie bill." "Glad to hear it." said the hotel keeper. "It surely did fill the bill. I only wish it hod the sum effect ou lus. " This time the bonifoce spake uot Iudiauupoli Journal Tbe heaviest rainfall linear the equa tor and diminishes steudily as the lati tude rises. Miami waa originally Mi oh -tus-aah, "tony ri tot." ,