WOMAN'S WORLD.
i
! FELL IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE,
"The War Angel of Ayoleta," as the
Cubans railed Matilda Agramonte y
Varona, wus killed recently while fight
ing shoulder to shoulder with her
brothers for the freedom of her coun
try. She was the daughter of two of
the great families of Cuba, heiress to
the fame and traditions of two old
names of Spain, and to the remnant of
fortune that was once one of the larg
est in the rich island. Every rebellion
lias found Agramontes and Varonag
under the banner of Cuba Libre. Her
father and a brother gave jp their lives
1u the ten years' war. Her remaining
brothers and her uncles enlisted under
General Maceo, and left her alone on
far 4 W
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MME. V A HON A.
the plantation In I'uerto Principe, the
only property left of the vast estate.
8he went to visit friends in a neighbor
ing town, and on her return she found
the family residence burned, the cane
gone, the servants murdered or scat
tered. A Spanish guerrilla force
had crossed there and de
stroyed the place. There was no
place for the girl to go, so she
asked the first baud of rebels that
passed that way to take her with them
to Maceo's camp. Once there she asked
to be enlisted as a soldier. The chief
at first refused, but her brothers and
uncles told him she would starve other
wise, and he relented and enrolled her.
She saw only one battle. At Ayoleta,
near the town of Quemado de (iulnes,
the advance of a strong Spanish col
umn overtook Maceo's command. The
rebels were hopelessly outnumbered,
and a battle meant n catastrophe.
Maceo was on his way to meet the
Bermuda, and two-thirds of his men
were to be armed with the weapons she
bought. He called for volunteers to
face the Spanish army and delay their
tunrch, so that the remainder of the
column could escape. The first to step
forward In answer to the call were the
Cuban girl, her brothers and uncles.
They knew that the service meant
death, but they went, and the girl stood
there shoulder to shoulder with the
other volunteers and tired until she fell.
The Spaniards saw she was a woman,
and called on her to surremlcj. She
answered: "Viva Cuba I.ibre!"
Women' View of Man.
A straightforward, open-hearted man
tuny be safely left to manage his own
concerns. Jane Austen.
A man capable of conquering habit
ual Indolence cannot be a feeble char
acter. Maria Kilgeworth.
Men who have seen a good deal of life
don't always end by choosing their
wives so well. (ieorge Kllot.
Hemember one thing no man can
fall to fulfil! his destiny but through
bis own fault. George Sand.
Man Is very apt to contemplate him
self out of all proportion to his sur
roundings. Christina (.J. Hosettl.
The best nugury of a man's success
In his profession Is that he thinks It Is
the finest In the world. George Kllot.
Love occupies a vast space In wo
man's thoughts, hut tills a small por
tion in a man's life. Maria Edge
worth. Mini Is uot made for that selfish con
centration of despair which Is called
either abnegation or stoicism. lleorge
Band.
The Just living of a lifetime makes a
man incapable of any mere selfish
handling of another's Interests. Mrs.
Humphry Ward.
Muck Veils HcnI of All.
The success of the veil depends upon
discretion In choice of pattern and Its
Diethod of adjustment, ludced the art
of putting on a veil Is a difficult oue.
Our Parisian sisters possess the happy
knack of twisting voluminous lengths
of net or gauze around their heads
with an effect altogether delightful.
To the careful study, then, of veil ad
justment would we credit our readers,
nd also draw their attention to choice
of design and color. The sallow com
plexloned woman should fly from the
blue veil, she of roscaio cheeks from
the red, the business woman from the
unpractical white, and so on, while un
doubtedly the smartest and most be
coming veil of all Is the black, of soft
fine quality and fascinating design.
such as probably has not happened
before for a good while. Each gave
birth to a child on Monday, and so
busy was the doctor In attending to
them that the babies got mixed up and
It will be a secret forever which is
which. Both children were born at
nearly the same time and both were
placed in a cradle. One of the babies
is a boy and the other a girl, and it
looked to outsiders as though there
would be trouble over the boy, for the
younger woman was anxious to pre
sent a son to her lord. The mother at
length cut the Gordian knot by de
claring that she wanted a daughter to
replace the grown-up woman and that
she was perfectly satisfied, since she
had several sous. Thus all is serene,
and will be unless oue of the children
dies, and then nobody knows what will
happen.
No Profusion of Hrlc-a-Kruc.
The age has passed for small tables
so laden down with bric-a-brac as to
give the drawing-room the appearance
of a china shop and to cause the aver
age male caller to feel very much In
the position of the historical bull. Bits
of bric-a-brac may still exist, but thi-e
bits must be of some intrinsic value
and need not be grouped together as
though offered for sale. The souvenir
silver table will still hold sway, as this
collection Is really Interesting in many
cases, especially so when thev repre
sent the hostess' own "trip acr. is." and
the rich plush or velvet on which these
ornaments are placed makes llicui a
thing of beauty, as a rule.
Tribute of Hiiih Esteem.
The beautiful loving cup which Mrs.
Totter Palmer, of Chicago, preseuted
to Mrs. Joseph Thompson, of Atlanta,
cannot be adequately portrayed In the
accompanying illustration, but its
meaning of love nnd good fellowship,
coming as it does from the official head
of the womnn's department of the great
national exposition to the woman who
held the same position in the Soma's
great exposition, Is one which all
Southern people will appreciate nnd
take a pride in. Mrs. Palmer's gift
means the warm recognition of South
ern hospitality. The bond of mutual
sympathy between these women in
their great endeavors was strong to
begin with, and was upon acquaint
ance made sure by personal under-
MRS. PAI.MEH'S GIFT TO 1IIIS. THOMPSON.
standing and accord. The loving cup
will always recall to Mrs. Thompson
the visit of Mrs. Palmer to the Atlanta
exposition, while others looking upon
It will remember happily the evening
of the grand ovation given in her honor
by Mrs. Thompson when the two wom
en stood side by side, each receiving
In her own individual fashion amid
brilliant lights aud tlowers.
The loving cup Is simple and elegant.
The design is of n Venus rldlug on a
dolphin nnd the work Is exquisitely
chaste and artistic.
Two liable .Mixed at Hlrlh.
A mother and daughter lu the town
f Irish Valley, !'., are In a quandary
Faahlon and Home Hint.
Jacket waists are popular this sea
son. Fashion has run riot In dress trim
mings. Capes and Jackets are popular spring
wraps.
The new tweeds ore rather bright In
coloring.
Dress skirts are not quite so full as
they were.
lee cream may bo eaten with either
a fork or a spoon.
Children are to wear poke bonnets,
and one Is occasionally seen on an
adult.
Flue checks promise to be very pop
ular, and shot mohairs are especially
recommended.
Laces are more varied aud elegant
than ever, with no end of applique de
signs on net and chiffon.
Handsome lunch cloths aud buffet
covers that wash well are of fine linen,
bordered with renaissance lace.
There Is a great choice of silver can
dlesticks; but, after all, none surpasses
in beauty the colonial reproductions.
Colonial silverware. In true octagon
shape, with a novel disposition of bead
work and empire garlands, is the cor
rect thing.
i.oufc or one piece ettects are creep
ing in more and more, to the delight of
stout figures. I'nder the name of red
lugote aud princess gowns some very
pretty costumes are evolved.
Two English bacteriologists conclude
that an average of 1,500 microbes must
do tuualcd into the uose every hour,
while lu London the number must often
reach 14,000. The organisms are caught
by the nose and pass to the digestive
organs, which In health destroy them.
A QUEER ADVENTURE
It happened abont seven years ago. I
bad been transacting some bnsiness in
London, and was returning by the after
noon mail to my home in the country.
Being the only occupant of the carriage
in which I rode, I broke the tedium of :
the journey by reading, in the dim light
of the chill December day, some of the j
several periodicals with which I had j
furnished myself at the bookstall pre
vious to my departure from the station.
The papers at that time were full of J
accounts respecting some startling out
rages committed just previously by a1
band of desperate Nihilists, who; in j
their own particular manner, were levy-1
iug war upon civilization in a well
known European capital. The reports
were alarmingly graphic, and an air of
insecurity was engendered by reading
them, for rumor bad it that the rami
fications of these champions of assassi
nation were well nigh limitless, extend
ing into other lauds besides their own,
and it was plainly hinted that England
was shortly to receive a special share of ,
their attentions. I
I read on until the growing darkness I
rendered the operation too difficult to be '
luugei iuduIfci-J iu, and then mured upon j
what I had read until, half my journey J
being accomplished, it became necessary !
for me to change my train. With a quar-
ter of an hour to spare, I entered the (
buffet attached to the station at which I
I had stopped, with the object of obtain- j
ing some needed refreshment. Eaving
eaten nothing since breakfast, I was
hungry, and looked round for something ',
substantial wherewith to appease my ap- j
petite. !
The only available thing besides the
nsual sandwich was a German sausage, ,
which I began to tackle without the
least compunction. Although uot an edi
ble that I usually indulge in to be cor
rect, I had never before tasted it the
inelegant polony seemed to my sharpen
ed palate quite toothsome food, aud I
ate vigorously, aud felt, as I believed,
all the better for it when the time came
to resume my jouruey.
I had a companion this time, a man j
who, like myself, was closely wrapped, j
and who occupied the seat directly oppo- j
site to the corner one in which I placed I
myself. In his hand I noticed that be 1
curried a small, oblong parcel, incased
in brown paper and tied with a strip of
thin string, so arranged as to form a
loop for the fingers that held it. j
On starting my fellow traveler made 1
a few commonplace remarks about the
weather, and later on, with an air of
decided sociability, offered me his flask.
I am aware that it is not ordinarily ad
visable to accept hospitality in this way
from a stranger, and it is a thing I al
ways set my face against, but in this in
stance I broke through my custom and
took the proffered drink, and then, draw
ing my wraps closely around me, snug
gled into my corner uud tried to make
myself comfortable for the rest of the
ride.
I had not been long thus ensconced
when a kind of drowsy stupor began to
creep over me, which steadily increased,
despite repeated efforts on my part to
shake it off. As I sat in this semicon
scious state my thoughts reverted to the
nihilistic literature I had been reading,
and instantly it occurred to me that the
braudy I had been drinking was drug
ged. The thought was not a pleasant
oue.aud, somewhat alarmed by it, I made
a further attempt to rouse myself from
the lethargy into which I was falling,
but without success. Suddenly I lost
consciousness entirely, and everything
became a blank.
It was only for a few moments, how
over, for my senses returned as quickly
as thoy had left me, although my power
of action was quite gone. I seemed like
a person under the influence of some
mesmeric spell, from which there was no
estapa In this condition my gaze in
stinctively turned to my companion, and
I noticed, as I thought, a mysterious
change in bis appearance. His complex
ion had assumed a malignant air, his
eyes wore a wild look and round his
mouth there curled a cunning smile.
As I sat watching him, he began to
undo the parcel in bis bands, and draw
ing away the paper in which it was in
closed exposed to view a box apparently
made of tin. A little hinged door on one
of its sides, which he presently opened,
showed that the interior was filled with
a species of clockwork arrangement, and
instinctively I guessed that the thing I
beheld was one of those diabolical in
ventions which have come to be known
by the term of infernal machines.
On beholding this horrible engine of
destruction, which, for aught I knew,
might be fused ready for its dreadful
work, my first thought was to stretch
out my hand for the communication
cord, and, by stopping the train, let the
authorities know the manner of mau
they were carrying; but, on attempting
lo rise, 1 fonnd that my limbs utterly
refused their office, aud I was as help
less as though I had been bound hand
aud foot Jly companion, evidently di
vining my intention, spoke:
"You are powerless to move," he said,
addressing me. "The potion imbibed
from my flask is a special decoction
which will prevent action on your part
for some time to come. So sit still and
listen 1 You know, doubtless, what this
is, " ho continued, pointing to the box,
which he had placed on the seat beside
him, "and most likely you guess what
I am at the came time. In case ton do
not, I will tell you at once that I am
one of that noble band who have for
their object in life the emancipation of
mankind from the tyranny of author
ity!" "In other words, you are a nihilist
a dynamitard?" I suggested.
"Use those terms if you like," he re
plied. "There is nothing in a name.
Acts are the things whereby men are
judged. Hear what I have to say ! The
society to which I belong has decreed
the immediate doom of an authoritative
role, and with that object has dispatch
ed emissaries far aud wide to carry out
its behests. A big blow is shortly to be
struck, aud there is not a country in the
whole of Europe which will escape it.
Bussia, Germany, Austria, France, all
are condemned, aud even England, the
vaunted home of the free, is not to be
exempt. At the present moment there
are 99 picked men, armed with the most
deadly bombs, in London itself, await
ing the signal to commence. , One more
worker is required, aud I am commis
sioned to find some one to supply the
want. I have done so, aud my choice
falls upon you !"
I started in my seat at these words,
uttered iu a fiercely earnest tone. He
concluded :
"Yon; yes, you must become oue of
ns ; must enroll yourself under the ban
ner of emancipation, aud strike a blow
for liberty 1"
"And what if I refuse?" I inquired,
as quietly as my excitement would al
low. He leaned forward aud hissed rath
er thau spoke iu my ear:
"If you will not do this, then you
yourself are doomed 1 Mark me, unless
you join our ranks you will never leave
this train alive!"
"Who will prevent me?" I asked,
again making a vain endeavor to rise.
"I will !" iie shouted fiercely.
"I defy you!" I excluimed, with a
firmness I did not really feel, thinking
that a determined attitude might possi
bly overawe him, for assassins are in
variably cowards. I was mistaken in my
mau, however, for on heariug my words
he put his hand under the cloak that en
veloped him and drew forth a poniard,
the sharp pointed edge of which he felt
critically with the tip of his finger.
"I will give you one minute in which
to consider your decision," he said,
"and if at the end of that time you re
main obdurate, then this blade goes
straightway through your heart!"
In order, I suppose, to amuse himself
during the interval, he pricked several
holes with the point of the instrument in
his arm just above the wrist, from each
of which the blood squirted in small,
purple jets, showing how sharp was the
weapon's edge. In a little while he said:
"The time is up! What say you
now?"
"What I said before," I replied. "Do
your worst!"
Instantly he spraug to his feet aud
clutched me by the throat.
"Coward!" I cried, half choking as I
was, and struggling in bis iron grasp.
The epithet seemed to madden him,
for his face became livid with sndden
rage, his eyes glared wildly nnd his
breath came in thick and hurried gasps.
"You shall never say that again !" he
shouted, tightening his hold till the
blood swelled up iu my face and my
eyes seemed ready to fly from their
sockets.
With the energy of despair I made one
final attempt to recover my power of ac
tion and felt that I was succeeding. The
effect of the potion was evidently work
ing off, and with nse returning to my
limbs I realized that now was my time.
Concentrating all the strength I had in
to one tremendous effort, I managed to
free myself from bis grip and immedi
ately closed with him. We struggled
violently together for a few seconds,
neither gaiuiug the mastery, and then I
stumbled and we both fell to the ground,
he uppermost. It seemed that my hour
was come, for in his hand he held the
deadly weapon. As I saw the gleaming
blade descend in one swift stroke, I
raised my voice and shouted :
"Tickets, please! All tickets ready I"
It was the summons of the collector.
I rubbed my eyes and looked around.
There was my fellow traveler sitting
quietly on the seat opposite, regarding
me with an amused expression on his
face.
"Been sleeping?" he queried as my
gaze caught his.
"I suppose I have," was my hazy re
ply. "And dreaming, too," he added,
with a smile. "Unpleasantly I should
Suess by your niauuer!"
It was so. The substantial repast of
xvhich I had partaken had been the
means of bringing on a heavy slumber
which lasted right on to my journey's
I v it I adventure through
-- - "u ueeu passing was not, as I
had imagined it, a thing of reality, but
only a horrid nightmare, engendered
Never Satisfied, -J
"Yes, my eldest daughter matrjjS
money." J
"She is happy, of course?" E
"Far from it. While she hasp
thing one could wish for, she isfatfl
being happy. She loved another." J
"Your second daughter also maj
did she not.'" j
"Yes, sho married a msn forhij
looks.
"I suppose she is happy.
"Indeed she is not. While hl
band is a good provider, he can't
to give her what her eldest siaffL
ceives, aud, consequently, she u m,
py-" ST.
"And yonr youngest danghter.f
one I always thought bo much of,
married?" n. i
"Yes, she married a man for lonCH
'Ah, sensible little girl!"
"But her husband is very poor
ii... -ii : -1. ..11 , He
aim, wiin uii ner poverty, she T
the man of her choice, aud is, of coo W1
happy?" j"
"No, indeed. She is the uiihap-,Cnl
of the three." San Francisco Wai? (
SCI
ftor
Jiefore and Alter.
'rseen .loues lareiv? ' no nQ.:..
. .
they got on the same car together,
"Not for three mouths. " ' 'on!
"But I thought he was in the hat, T1
dropping into your office every '
two." '
"Oh, yes, but that was before be 51
cowed $10 of me!" Detroit Freer 1
..v.. .. - Hew
In this beautiful season of floi
on
ieen
iJnec
green, when the air is balmy and the
light golden, it seems a pity that ami
un..i.i u: ti-j. ...
buuuiu cubei iiibu turn r,uen 01 0UrsitQj(
its pleasures and blight its joy, bntitMii
ordained: man has his heritage, and? Vm
even doubtful if all of life were a iw li
pleasure whether we could possibltsTonn
it The birds come and sing, andthi(, Tl
sing and go. Rheumatism conies alii.;
comes from exposure to the dampnff
toe nights and mornings, to the it?"6 '
change of temperature, and it cerjfbif.
goes, as thousands know, by the prihur
use of St. Jacobs Oil, which is a C0Dnrin
and perfect oure. It is well, tone, "
while we enjoy all these seasonal):
lights, not to be without this Kreatmiowi
for pain, and to have it ready, moithe
cause we are the more liable at this.,
than any other to sutler from guchitir
Little Bess--We're goiui? to play t
house. I'll be mamma and VYlily will bffrU
I'd let you be papa, only yon tr at tnedo At t
mean. Little Toiumy llailem-ShucUl k.
cure. I'll be Janitor I (e
Ideni
THE ROCK OF UIBKALTAl,ffic
Is not steadier than a system liberated bp"'. !
sbaeltles of chills Hud lever, bilioui nilHd
or dumb ane by Hosteller's Stoma h At
perfect autidote to mnlarlal poison In ilif
ter. II Is also au unexampled nor mt
bilious, rheumatic or kidney cimplilgsgijrjj
pepaia and iiervouniiess. It improve! t
una sleep and bastena convalescence, r1 8
Mddds Did fbe say It was so soddujLj
you asked her to marry you? Askiu-Olf110 '
she didu'C She was a widow. fee g
Fiso'sCure for ConsuniDtion litk)('e
of all cough cures. Georue W. I?0
Fabucher, La., August 2(i, 1895. I Di
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS F0Bat
TAKKU THAT CONTAIN MERlt ,
As mercury will surely destroy the ferT
smell and completely derange the wholtifield.
when en lei lug It through the mucouiiQD
buebailicies Bhould never be uned ei J
prescriptions from reputable pliyslcianLtry,'
damage they will do is leu fold lo thefti,t
can possibly derive from them. Hall'i uf,.",t
Cure, manuiaetured by P. J. Cheney 4ul A
ledo, O., contains no mercury, aud u l"M, ,
ternally, acting directly upou the b!wr
mucous aurfaces of the ayst m. In buyini(he I
vuutrni isiire oe aure you get the geuinut nlnni
taken lnieroally, ann mane in Toledo, 0:
F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials (r pev
Sold by druggists, price 76c per bottle. Pras
Hal.'a Family Mils are the best- I ,j
FIT8.-A11 Fits stopped free by Dr. I&jg
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits nw "T
day's nse. Marvelous cures. TreftUM at) be
trial bottle tree to Fit casea. Bend to Ik .
Ml Arch Ht., Philadelphia. Pa. f "'8
love
iht uibhea lor DreaKtast, tij ,
-jordi
Boils!
Deop
b c ; I v .1 1 1
V rim rnnnnfinn . . .
Ci r ;7"uu U1 mass oi indigesti
ble food into a coustitutionally dyspep
tic stomach.
My companion of course was no more
atnh.list than! was. The only fuThe
article .us.de Ins brown paper parcel was
2 a hDudrel choice ci-
ga s. and his flask, he assured me, held
hotliing more injurious to the system
than a quantity of fine old cognac
As I related to him the experience
through which I had gone, he imlXd
n a hearty laugh, and while I could not
refrain from joiuing him, even at my
own expense. I inwardT reg.f
vow to give German sausage a ve v wide
berth for the Iuture.-LoDdou
It is often difficult to convinct
V1n tl,ii l,l,,r,,l ia 1, until d:
iitt.ii miuuu o iiiiui, lens
fill carbuncles, abscesses, boils,K j
uia or salt rlieutu, are painful P"jomi
the fact. It is wisdom now, orL.an
ever there is any indication of f
blood, to take Hood's Sai-sapari!li
prevent such eruptions and sufl'i ;
"I had a dreadful carbuncle it
red, fiery, fierce and sore. Thedodf
tended me over seven weeks. Wb
abscess broke, the pains were terribkj
I thought I should not live throur
heard and read so much about E
Sarsaparilla, that I decided to takeif r
my husband, who was suffering
boils, took it also. It soon pnru'
Blood i
built me np and restored my W
that, although the doctor saia I
not be able to work hard, I n";
done t he work for 20 people. HwJi
saparilla cured my husband oi W
and we regard it a wonderful men
Mrs. Anna Petekson, Latimer,''
'Hood
Sarsatiarill2
IstheOneTniniiw1 Purifier. All
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