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United States Officials.
President Grover Olevelsnd
Vice-President , Ad ai Hlevenson
Becelnry of State Waltor Q Choatiain
Bei:retary of Treasury John G. Carlisle
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith
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Society Wome n Mo Looser Able to Keep
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very illegible handwriting of to-day.
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most desirable and one of the most re
munerative. It is a post which re
quires business ability, great tact, a
clear handwriting and a thorough
knowledge of composition. The
schools and colleges are beginning to
realize how important it is to train
women to fill these very positions for
every year sees the demand increasing.
Some women require that their secre
taries shall write a hand precisely like
their own, so that notes of a most inti
mate character can be answered by
the secretary without giving oifense,
as would probably be the case should
the receiver of a note ior an iustant
fancy that anyone than the person to
whom the letter had been sent had
answered it. Of course this position re
quires the most absolute trust, for the
secretary is of necessity intrusted
with the most intimate affairs
of her employer. The world lias cer
tainly changed since the time when it
was generally believed and universally
stated that no woman could keep a se
cret, for many are the cases in this
city where another person has charge
of my lady's private affairs and never
has there been known a time as yet
when such confidence has been abused
The duties of a secretary are manifold
and require considerable knowledge of
society and its requirements. She must
know to whom cards should be sent,
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when invitations for receptions and
dances are sent out that none of the
dead friends are invited. In some
places the secretary has charge of the
household affairs as well.
A COUNTRY WITHOUT SILVER.
In Italy Private Firms Issue Tokens to
Supply the Demand,
It is a strange story which comes
from Italy by way of the London
Globe. So great is the scarcity of
money that a private firm at Milan,
Messers Gavazzi & Co., has taken to
coining on its own account, and as the
credit of the house is unimpeachable
the metal tokens for of course that is
what they really are are freely ac
cepted by the shopkeepers.
Italy presents a remarkable excep
tion to most other nations in the mat
ter of currency. While they are com
plaining everywhere else oi the super
abundance of silver, the precious metal
is actually at a premium in King Hum
bert's dominions.
Change for a five-franc piece can only
be obtained on payment of a penny on
the transaction.
The reversion to tokens carries us
back almost to the middle ages. There
was a period in the history of England
when such "promises to pay" con
stituted almost the only circulating
medium. They were made of lead,
tin, and even leather, and passed as
readily from hand to hand as coins
stamped with the royal image and
superscription.
It is stated that in the middle of the
seventeenth century as many as
twenty thousand different kinds of
tokens were in circulation in England.
Messrs. Gavazzi's coinage will pass
freely where the issuers u. : known
and trusted, but will not be looked at
twenty miles from the Lombard capi
tal. The extraordinary action of the
Milan firm has been taken, perhaps,
not only in the interest of its clients'
convenience, but as a means of putting
pressure upon the government. liight
ly or wrongly, it is contended that
something might be done by the au
thorities to relieve a scarcity which
amounts almost to a general calamity.
Old Meilcan Mines.
Whenever a cave is newly discovered
in New Mexico or Arizona the finder's
first hope is that he has unearthed an
old Spanish or Mexican mine, but this
seldom or never has proved to be the
case. Generally these holes in the
mountains are natural caves in lime
stone or sandstone formations, but
sometimes they lie between walls of
hard rock, which perhaps contain
mineral deposits, indicating that the
primitive civilized Indians may have
dug their way in following a soft
streak in search of talc to use in pot
tery making, with no thought for
precious metals. Stalactites, snowy
white, hang from their roofs, and where
mineral water has percolated these i
crystallizations take on gorgeous me
tallic hues. Human bones are some
times found in these caves and other
evidences of human work or former
occupancy. The Coffee cave and Rob
inson's cave, in the Black range, in
southern New Mexico, have been ex
plored for several hundred feet, and
other large caves in that region remain :
to be explored.
A Stubborn Savage.
Samory, the great Mohammedan
chief of interior Africa, is about the
last semi-savage of the dark country
to yield to civilization and the force of
arms. The French have gradually
driven him into closer quarters, and
now the British are cond ucting raids
against his warriors. Samory Is the
greatest bandit king in the world.
Where?
At Abrahsmsick'i. In addition to his
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line of underwear of all kinds, negligee
shirts, bosierv. etc. Also baa on band
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HORRIBLE CARGOES.
Life on Bone-Laden Ship. Rendered At.
molt Unendurable.
When the seven-hundred-ton Aus
trian bark Vila was picked up at sea
by the Korwegian fruit steamer Breid
ablik and brought to New Yora a
couple of months ago much curiosity
was expressed as to what could have
caused her crew to desert her. With
the exception of being partially dis
masted, it was in perfect condition,
says the New York Tribune, and the
loss of its masts might have occurred
after "the crew left it. It had sailed
from Egypt with a cargo chiefly made
up of old bones, and no word was heard
of it until it was picked up off Hatteras
by the llreidablik. All the bark's
papers and every scrap of food had
been taken from it and the fate of its
crew was a mystery. The experience
of the three-masted schooner Wallace
J. Boyd, which recently arrived at
Philadelphia from Montevideo with a
similar cargo of old bones may afford
an explanation of the mystery sur
rounding the Vila. The crew of the
Boyd say that nothing could ever in
duce them to ship again on a bone
laden vessel. Within a few days after
leaving port the vessel became infested
with scorpions and other pestiferous
bugs, which came out of the cargo and
penetrated every nook and corner of
the craft. The men were driven from
their bunks in the forecastle and every
effort to rid the schooner of the
plague was unavailing. Five or six
times a day all hands were compelled
to strip, bathe and change their cloth
ing, but the smaller insects hold on in
spite of all this. On a day which was
dump and warm the torment was ag
gravated by the appearance of large
green bugs, which swarmed over every
thing and continued their ravages
until port was reached. It is believed
that the creatures were in the
bones when they were gathered on the
Argentine plains, and the excessive
heat of the hold during the voyage
through the tropics caused them to
breed in enormous numbers and forced
them on deck. It is possible that the
crew of the Vila was driven from it by
a si..tilar cause and met a worse fate.
POWERFUL WAVES.
The Effect of a Galo Over the Great Salt
Lake.
A correspondent of the Youth's Com
panion recently witnessed a most con
vincing proof of the weight of salt
laden waters of the Great Salt lake.
A strong gale of wind was blowing
over the lake and driving its surface
into low, white-capped ridges, while
along the shore the foam lay like flat
banks of new-fallen snow. If it had
passed across a lake of fresh water cf
equal extent that wind would unques
tionably have produced such an agita
tion of its surface that navigation in
small boats would have been difficult
if not highly perilous.
But the waters of the Great Salt
lake, although driven into ridges as
just remarked, showed a curious re
sistance to tho wind and the waves,
rising to only a slight elevation, moved
along with an appearance of lethargy
that the eye could not but notice
Yet there was an immense momen
stored up in those low, heavy,
slow-moving waves. Venturing into
the water at a point where the depth
did not exceed four feet the observer
found that it was impossible to stand
against them. Their sheer weight
swept him resistlessly along.
The curious bnoyance of the water,
containing twenty-two per cent, of
salt in solution, increased the helpless
ness of the bather. He was not sub
merged, as sometimes occurs in the
Atlantic breakers, but was lifted and
carried like a cork.
It would probably have been impos
sible to dive through an oncoming
wave after the manner practiced by
bathers along the Atlantic coast. In
the Great Salt lake people are not
drowned through sinking, but stran
gled while still afloat. The bitter
water may enter the air passages with
fatal effect, but the body continues to
float until it reaches the shore or is
picked up.
PRETTY AND FASHIONABLE.
Light silks for spring wear are made
up with accordion-plaited skirts and
plaited waists.
Sii.k, cloth and velvet cloaks are
elaborately trimmed with rich bead and
silk embroidery.
Bands of narrow velvet, with r sette
bows, trim the skirts of semi-dress anil
evening costumes.
New waists show the fronts cut away
in the shape of the fashionable dress
vest. Inside of this is a front of shirred
material, embroidery, passementerie,
or the same goods finished with an
edging of needlework.
A siititT of plain bengaline, trimmed
with bands of embroidery, is worn with
a pointed, low-eut bodice of velvet.
Very wide-embroidered ruchings turn
back from the neck, falling over the
shoulders and front, and crossing at the
back with a slight curve.
A dkft-ha.Mikd and thrifty Phyllis
has made herself soft pretty little folds
for the neck and sleeves of her best
gown. She pulled to pieces a crumpled
crepe lisse ruffle and stitched It in
graduated plain bands of three widths
to the old heading. The crumple did
not show in the least and the effect was
very pleasing.
The heaviest Oriental rugs and the
Philadelphia rugs are so thick that a
slight flame which may touch thern is
easily smothered. Such woolen rugs
are the only proper ones to put in front
of a fire.
If there were no other objection to
the fashionable cotton rug, its extreme
inflammability would be one. In con
nection with the hardwood floor, pol
ished with turpentine and beeswax, it
presents a veritable tinder-box.
When the ravelings of a carpet are
burned, they easily disclose, by the
method of burning, the wool, which
crisps and emits an unpleasant odor
like any animal fiber, and the jute
cotton or other vegetable adulterations,
wbiuh burn with a light blaze.
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KNIGHTS OF THE RAZOR.
The Seotional Peculiarities of the
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"Where do you get shaved?"
"On the face," replies the perennial
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But it is no joke. There is a marked
difference in the 'manner of shaving.
This leads to a preference in barbers.
The man who posseses a palm like a
nutmeg grater will never have a second
chance at tender-faced victims.
In Washington, according to the New
York Recorder, there is an extempo
raneous colored barber. That is, he
uses labor-saving devices as they occur
to him.
One of his fads is to jab his patient's
ear full of lather. While this is not
agreeable to his victim, it saves him
money in stepping to and from the shav
ing mug. When he requires a little
mo.e lather for a sandy place on the
chin he takes it out of the ear and rubs
it in, otherwise he would have to walk
around to the cup. This little peculiar
ity is offset by his silken fingers which
keep his custom.
In Richmond and other southern
cities, the barbers still stick to the long
whisk-broom, the brush being about
three feet long and six inches wide. At
the conclusion of a shave, the barber
will throw this as a knife thrower fires
his blade into a board. It generally
hits the customer between the shoulder
blades, and, if the sensation is a new
one, he thinks he is assaulted. Then
follows a rhythmic rub-a-dub played on
the back, while the barber hums a tune
in accompaniment.
Before the advent of natural gas in
Pittsburgh, all tho barbers were wont
to wash their customers' faces first to
see where the beard lay, and also the
texture of the growth. The sooHaden
air rendered this necessary, but as the
neck was only washed down to the
towels inserted over the collar, tho line
of demarkation was visible when the
customer regained the street.
In Chicago this washing preface la
still indulged in more or less.
Windy city tonsorial artists boast of
another little peculiarity. Instead of
fanning or rubbing the face dry after
the bay rum, the Chicago barber takes
a napkin by one corner, and whirls it
I around in front of his subject's face as
I if he was flagging a train.
I It is alleged that in tho St. Louis
barber shops, patronized by the river
men, sand soap is used to produce the
lather. Several of the river barbers,
though, use an astringent instead of
j bay rum. They say that its concoction
ie a secret, but it dents the face and so
intimidates the growth of hair that
j each individual hair curls back In
alarm, on the inside of the skin. When
It grows again it comes out like a fish
i hook.
There is a current rumor that tho
prevalence of goatees and imperials
among Missourians and steamboat men
is due to tho fact that the barbers are
unable to shave the capillary growth in
the dimples of their chins.
In Montana, however, the art of shav
ing has reached the height of culture.
The road agent's beard is a popular one.
This style is the one with wtiich the cel
ebrated desperado, Henry Plummer,
framed his mouth. It consists of a mus
tache and chin whisker. As "two bits,"
or twenty-five cents, is the price of a
shave, the mere shaving of the cheeks
does not appear to furnish tho money's
worth. It is on the chin and throat,
anyhow, that the barber earns his
money.
In order to give the worth of the
money the Montana barber indulges in
bay rum. It is bay rum which would
eat the varnish from a table or draw
knots out of a board.
It bites.
That is what a native Montanl..n
wants. He desires to realize that he is
shaved, and he wants his bay rum to
take hold.
He is satisfied, but it is almost death
to the tenderfoot, whose mossy cheeks
are blistered an eighth of an inch deep.
The Mecca of good barbers, however,
is New York, and the shaving process
in this eity has reached the pinnacle of
art. Each hair is moved from off the face
with razors whose edges rival the Da
mascus blade The soap which trains
down into lather is the finest, with the
odors of spices putting to shame those
af Araby the blest.
A Gotham shave admits a man into so
ciety if the artistic work of a genius, or
causes divorce if maneuvered by his
wn hands.
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A Dusky Worthy In Real Life Who
qtials Any of Cooper's Heroes. j
For many years John Sabattus, the
last of the Norridgewock tribe of In
dians, lived in Vassalboro. Here, says'
the Fairfield (Me.) Journal, he spent the
latter portion of his days and acquired
the high esteem of the white men far
and wide. He was a tall man, over six
feet in height, and possessed of great
strength and power of endurance.
When Gen. Arnold marched his army
on his celebrated expedition northward
through the woods of Maine, John
Sabbatus was his guide. The services
he thus rendered were by no means
slight.
When this expedition was over he
made Vassalboro his home, and hero is
his grave. No stone marks his resting
place and it is only a few of the oldest
people around that can identify the
spot. Had some James Fennimore
Cooper written of him as Cooper did of
the "Last of the Mohicans," doubtless
an imposing monument would have
towered above his remains.
Canine Courage.
Animals, as a rule, understand who
their friends are. The Washington
Post tells the story of a dog whose eyes
dad been treated by an oculist, to his
jreat relief. The trouble returned, and
,he dog's master determined to take
lim to the oculist's a second time,
flim Flam seemed to know where ho
was going, for, on entering the square
where the oculist had his office, he
aced ahead of his master and up the
iteps, where he had been once before,
uid on the door being opened bolted
straight for the treatment-room, in
itead of waiting his turn downstairs,
is two-legged patients learn to do to
.heir sorrow and impatience. This time
die treatment was a zinc solution that
was very severe and brought the water
n streams from the patient's eyes, but
ie took it with his nose in the air,
lever wincing, and the only sign of
feeling he made was to hold out one
paw pathetically for his master's hund.
THE WESTERN FKDAGOUnU.
We are in receipt of the May Dumber
of our state school paper. It exoeed
any of the former numberB in value.
Tbe paper this month contains many
uew and valuable features. Tbe illus
trated series on tbe schools ot the state
is introduced by s paper on tbe Friends
Polyteohnic Institute at Salem, Oregon.
These papers oannot fail to be of great
value both to the schools an 1 to the
public.
There are also several fine artioles
by our best writers nod Ihe departments
"Current EveDls,""Snturday Thoughts,"
"Educational News" "The Oracle
Answers, Correspondents," eto., each
oontain much valuable reading for
teachers or parents. The magazine
bus about 50 pages of matter, well
printed Bnd arranged. We pronounce
the Western Pedagogue the best educa
tional monthly on the oonst.
Everyone of our readers should have
the paper if they are at all interested
in education. No teaoher school direo
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out it. We will receive snbsoript.ons
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B. A. It. NOTICK.
We take this opportunity of informing
our subscribers that the new commis
sioner of pensions lias been apnointod
lie isan old soldier, and we believe
that soldiers and their heirs will re
oeive justice at his hands. We do not
anticipate that there will be any radical
olinnges in the administration of pension
allairs under tbe uew regime.
We would advise, however, that V. 8,
soldiers, sailors and their heirs, take
steps to make application at onoe, if
they have not already done so, in order
to secure the benefit of the early filing
of their claims in esse there should be
any future pension legislation. Huoh
legislation is seldom retroaotive. There
fore it is of reat iniportsnoe that ap
plications be filed in tbe department at
the earliest possihle date.
If the U. H soldiers, sailors, or their
widows, children or parents desire in
formation in regard to pension matters,
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they will prepare and send the necessary
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