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yellow green, in preference to very light
or blue green shades, but make them as
varied in tint as possible. Basic the
pieces down upon the foundation in their
places, being guided by the traced de.
sign. and then buttonhole round each
piece with wide-apart stitches with in
grain cotton or silk, and in the color that
matches the piece SO secured. Work the
stems and connecting stalks or tendrils Of
the design with the same silk and in
chain stitch, and ornament the centres Of
the flowers with peach knots and satin
stitches.
Velvet flowers, as well as leaves. are cut
by means of punch for the purpose of
applique embroidery, when the stems can
be worked in gold bullion.
Velvet work upon embossed velvet is
easy and effective. 1t consists in out.
lining with gold thread the embossed
flowers and arabesques, and filling in the
centre OF such parts with satin stitch
worked in colored filoseles. To work
select deep and rich-toned piece of en-
bossed velvet, and couch along ever cut
line of the embossing two threads Of
japanese gold thread, then take two
shades green tiloselle and vein the leaves
OF the design with crewel stitch and a
pale shade Of filoselle of the same color
as the velvet, and fill in the centres of any
flowers or geometrical figures with long
satin stitches.
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VOL. LvI NEW SERIES, vOL.lXXIX

lean overheard ?" asked the boatswain.
about four months" said the doc
tor.
1--WE are now close upon the Pole, said
Hatteras.
"As near as / can make out that must
be it over there" said the doctor.
you are right" said the captain.
''To England shall belong the glory of
its discovery"
"But it has strange look" said the
doctor, gazing through his glass. per
haps it's the fault of the Polar Sea at
mosphere."
at is covered with stripes cried the cap
tain, pulling his hair and leaping ashore
rs the boat grounded upon the beach,
"Can it be that dastardly Yankee
has"
''Shave, gentlemen ?" asked the Amer-
can stepping out of his barber shop at
the base of the North Pole.
''He has" yelled the English captain,
as he proceeded without delay to go in
sane.
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Whether the hair should be cut never
could quite satisfy myself. As physio-
logical practice, | seriously dosbt the
propriety. Every cutting is a wounding,
and there is some sort of bleeding in con-
sequence and waste Of vital force, think
it will be found that long-lived persons
most frequently wear the hair long.
The cutting of the hair stimulates to q
new growth to supply the waste Thus
the energy required to maintain the vigor
of the body is drawn off to make good the
wanton destruction. 1t is said, | know.
that after the hair has grown to certain
length it loses its vitality at the extrem-
ity and splits or "brooms up Whether
this would be the case if the hair should
never be cut would like to knew. When
it is cut fluid exudes, and forms scab or
cicatrix at each wounded extremity, indi-
eating that there has been injury.
Women and priests have generally worn
long hair. Inever could imagine why
this distinction was made. The ancient
priest was very often unsexed or devoted
to n vow of celibacy, but / cannot sur
mise whether that had anything to do with
IT. Kings wore their hair long i'll imita-
ton of Samson and the golden sun-god
Mlthais l suspect from this that the
ilrst men shorn were slaves and laborcrs
that freemen wore their hair unmutilated,
as the crown of a perfect manhood and
manliness. If this be correct the new
era of freemon, when il ever shall dawn,
will be characterized by men unshorn,
as well as women npervortcd.
l wish that our science and our civilian
ton had better devices for preserving the
integrity of the hair. Badness is Il de-
formtiy, andpremature whteness a:defect.
If the head was in health, and the body
in proper vigor, l am confident Tint thi.
would not be. | am apprehensivc that
our dletetic habits occasion the bleaching
OF the hair; the stiff, arsenic prepsred
hat is responsible for much of the bald
ness. Our hats are unhealthy from the
tricks OF the hatters. | suppose there
are other causes, hewever. Hereditability
his its influences. Certain diseases whittier
the hair at its roots, others lower the
vitality of the skim and SO debilitate the
body.
acknowledge that the shingled head
disgusts me. 1t cannot be wholesome.
The most sensitive part of the head is at
the back where the neck Joins. That
place exposed to unusual cold or heat is
liable to receive an injury that will be
permanent, if not fatal, in short period.
The whole head wants protection. and
the hair affords this as no other protec-
tion can. Men have boards because they
need them, and it is wicked to cut them
off. No growth or part of the body is
supertiucus, and we ought, as candidates
for health and long life, to preserve our
aelves from violation or mutilation. In
tegrity is the truly manly standard. - Dr.
Wilder in MedicU TriJune.
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The COpts OfTO-tlay,

The Copts Of the present day barely num-
Der onc-fourteenth of tie Egyptians. Their
churches have for the most part been de-
stroycd and replaced by mosques, their iuin-
ed converts are to be seen all over Egypt,
Even their language is dead for though their
lturgy is written in Coptic, Arabic is now
the vulgar tongue, and multitudcs, even Of
the illteiatc priests, can not understand the
prayers in the dead Coptic which they have
learned to gable by rote, MS many Of the m
can not read. As to the lai,y, they can not
he supposed to be wiser than their teachers,
and few understand word of the service,
though they join in responses to them
meaningless. So that, like good
many other things in Egypt, this
modern representative of the once vigor-
Gus and energetic Alexandrian church
lifelCss as II mouldering mummy. Tie pa
trarch of Alexandria is the supreme head of
the Coptic Church, and claims to be the lineal
successor of ST. Mark. who is regarded as the
founder of the Egyptian Church, and accord
ingly receives the same reverence that the
Western Church bcstOws on st. Peter. The
patriarch, in contradlstinction to his subor-
dlnate priests, who must all be married men,
is himself celbate. He is invariably chosen
W lbl llOIn lHC llOHhS VI pl. 4AUlHJuN, y,
whose convent, in the desert OF the Red
Sea, was founded by St. Anthony himself,
and claims to be the most ancient of
is but poor degraded thing wcllnigh as
all Christian monasteries. Their forms OF
worship are generally similar to those OF
Rome. They acknowledge the seven sacra-
ments, with this peculiarly, namely, that
extreme JUNCTION is administered not only t.
those at the point of death, but also to peni-
tents after the commission of any great sin.
They baptizc by immersion and use II cross
the form of a 4. Not that this seems invari
able, as in the photographs of the Abyssiniar
primate (CopiicJ his jeweed robes are en-.
broidered with Maltese crosses innumerabe
(By the way, what a curious race those Abys
sinian Christians are-wth their priests
monks all dressed in leather and friar;
wearing yellow caps and carrying cow,
tail rs = fam like the Buddhist priests; kncel
ing at Christian altar in the morning, thcr
going home to enjoy the beefsteak which the,
have just cut from the quivering side OF ,
living OK, plastering up the wound with COW
dung, and sewing up the skin as if it wcrt
the most natural thing in the world y Ii
Cairo you can generally distinguish the Cop
tic houses by an aloe plant being suspended
over the door, or sometimes a small stuffet
crocodile, as charm against the evil eye.
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Advertising Rates.
Burlington Hawkeye.l

A timid, but really rather pretty young
man, came stepping softly into the Xd,Uk-
eye sanctum yesterday afternoon, when
nobody was III but the advertising solici-
tor, who was writing half column puff
of Slab & Headstone's new marble shop.
The young man took off his hat and said !:
"Good morning." and the advertising
man snarled. "What is poetry worth ?"
asked the timid but pretty young man.
"For cents line, " said the advertising
man. promptly and rather tenaerly !;
land you cant do better anywhere in
America. The advantages we offer for
the publication of poetry are unsurpass-
ed ON either side of the Mississippi. Our
circulation, standing in five figures the
first year, has steadily increased three
times an hour ever since. and poetry pub
lished in this paper is placed in the hands
of 1904 600 families before night. How
much have you ?"
perhaps, " said the timid young man,
fairly reeling with delight, 'it's II little
too long"
Makes no difference" said the al.
man, beaming upon him kindly we'll
put it all in if we have to issue a supple
ment, And everything ovor 5000 lines
goes at thirty y-five cents
The timid young man looked disap-
pointed.
at isn't so much then, he said, "wher
1t is very long p
"Never, replied the ad. man, magnan
imously. "Never less room, more pay
that's tho way you make your living
Got your copy with you %
Eyes, sir, replied the young man joy
fully "would you like to read it, sir o
shall | read it p
"No, don't care to read it Just now
Sit down and Wen count it,"
SO they sat down and counted it.
'My heart, my heart throbbing mum
bers tells read the nd. man. "Hear
medicine, young man p he asked in tn,
patronizing way OF II man who know
everything.
'No, SIR" replied the young man il
amazed tones, while the ad. man counted
away for dear life. mo, sir a rhapso
dy, sir.
"Oh, yes yes, of course said the ad
man. in reassuring tones. "IIundred
nine, hund ten, hund 'leven-course
hund fourteen-hain't done much il
rhapsodies since Hclmbold failed--hunt
twenty-three-good things though, W,
took gross OF EN- last spring on Pad
Lotions column-hund for'-two--and
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little elbow rests upon your knee,
Your tired Knee, that has SO much to bear
clilis dear eyes are looking bvingy
From underneath a tnatch Of shining hair.
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
OF warm, moist fingers, folding yours so tight
You do not prIZe this blessing overnuch-
You most are too tired to pray tonight
But IL IL btssedness A year ago
did not see 1t as do to day.
We are 50 dun and thankless and too slow
To catch the sunshine as II slips away.
And now II seems surprising strange To me
That while wore the badge of eihoOd
did not Kiss more oft AMI tenderly
The little child that brought me only good
Aud II some night when you sit down 10 rest,
You miss this elbow from your tired knee
THIS restless, curling head from of your breast,
This hsping tongue that chatters constantly;
And ncer would nestle IN your palm again
II the white feet into the grave had trlpped,
i could not blame you for your heariache then.
| wonder SO that mothers ever fret
At little chlliren clinglng TO their gown;
Or that the footsteps, when the days are wet,
Are ever black enough to make them frUwn.
II | could fud u little mOudy boot.
Or cap, or jacket, ON my chamber flOOr:
If | could Kiss rosy restless foot,
Aud hear It's music ON my home once more.
II could mend q broken cart to-day.
Tomorrow make "A Kite TO reach the sky,
There Is no woman III Gods world could say
She was more hllssfully content than ].
But. ah the dainty pillow next my own
Is never rumpled 10y "A shining head.
My singing br,lling from its nest has fiown-
The llttc boy used TO Kiss Is dead.
Nay hl,y Sr,ith.
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COAL OIL FORTUNES.
Millions Made by hold Operations In n
Few Weeks,
from the Allegheny MALL

- ''' VIII -tliNShhHg AhuIl.I
The fame of Coal Oil Johnny" his mag
niflcent fortune and reckless extravaganza
still lives, although the hero is working on
the Tidewater pipe line at Williamsport at
two dollars and half day. But Mr.. John
Steele is not the only man who has acquired
vast wealth in the petroleum regions. There
are many men In the cities and towns of the
oil regions who have amused princely for
tunes and are solid business men. There are
many others who have accumulated riches.
and have. like Goal Oil Johnny" been
bereft o! them by the changing fortunes of
the precariou5 business. Captain Wander
grit, OF Iitisaurgb, has made seven or eight
nlllltoGs out OF the oil Industry. Marcus
iillllng' and Wtscy Chambers of Oil City
have ca Ii accumulated three or four
m'ilions, and many others have piled up for
tunes during the tars Of successful business
out The present year has seen more fortunes
made in day than ever before. Oil sp,cu
latlon has reached n prominence far beyond
II year ago. Suffering tor years from an
over production, values in the producing re-
glons reached II minimum, when the great
"clis OF the Cherry Grove region began
pouring forth their floods OF oil But sud
denly those great wells stopped flowing and
production aud consumption came in close
relation to each other. Like II spring pressed
down by some heavy weight and suddenly
released, the price Of oil bounded upward
Spectators who had experienced scouts
among the wells had the decrease in produc-
ton toreshadowed to them, aud bought large
" wlllc pilces were between fifty aud sixty
cents. SO that when the boom came aud car
rcd prices up TO 81 p p barrel, they icalz-
ed fortunes of great magnitude
All This was dom in the space Of two
months. One Oil cay hiokcr during the
first week in S'p'em cr bought 4 COZ, 900
barrels at an average price oi 80 cents
per barrel, ami daring the first week of No.
venlber he slld This ii. 1T an average price Of
Sl.3O, cltariug lhe neat sum OF $1,000, 600
IN two months, while % lris made as high as
s2,OOO,OOO in tn same time. OF course
some OF the b'okrr' and sptc cu.a'or. les hcav
NY by being short whcn inc advance began.
but they covered us lapi ily as possible, the
80, ,00O,0 900 barrels Il uii in stock being
enough to 80 pr, tty well around. But when
prices reached thc hglc.t p,int the poor
lambs were shorn ui Tie fruits uf their toll.
The Intense excitement If The great effort oi
he bulls, when pr!ccs were sent hying past
the dollar mark, drew into the vortex hun
dreds Of laborng mcn and merchants who
put up their few hundreds as margins aud
bought, only TO be informed few hours Ia.
ter that the decline in prices had swept away
the earnings OF years of saving and toll. 1t
was the same old story of poor fools putting
their all on another mans game. OF course
the capitalist, even if he did buy at the top,
could Keep putting up margins and wait for
another advance, but the man who had his
all Invested had to be meicitssy sold out.
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4 story of the War.

From the 81. Johnsbur, Caleionian
An interesting fact is brought to light by
the presentation Oi the war drama, recently
produced by the G.. A. Il. Post The State
colors borne in the play accompanied The ma
tiona colOrs IN the battle of Winchester.
The tenth regiment was charging on the
enemy, and in front of our boys was high
rail fence. There was an opening IN tie
fence through which the color guards pass a
The bullets wCre whisIling about the heads
Of the boys MS they reached the fence, and
they hesita,cd n moment in the midst OF the
leadcn shower. Sergeant Billy MahOuey
of Bennington bore the national colors, and
as he pissed through the open space, he
turned, and, observing the hesitation he
exclaimed ".Arral, and will yez let full
bloodCd lrishman save yer country! Stand
by yer flag" The boys scaled the fence al
this patriotic appeal and passed on. The
fore he was shot dead. Merritt Parker, of
Kirby, corporal of the guard, handed the
State colors he was carrying 10 one of his
companions and picked up the national cll-
ors. The shot had torne the flag from the
staff until ii hung only at the top STOPPING
he pulled II string from his shoe aud tied the
flag at the bottom to he..staff and Joined the
charging host. The flag went through the
war in this condition, and the shoe string is
now on the flag at The State capital.
Ten years ago, when the soldiers rionu.
ment was dedicated, Mr. Parker was present
at the dedication, and his JOY and enthusasm
Mt seeing the old flag still tied to the staff by
his shoe string is said to have been indescrlb.
able.
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The Fashion in Flowers,
from a New York Lct,er.l

The docrets Of fashion in flowers are al.
most as ineNOrable us those respecting dress
particularly in the manner of wearing
them. young man who should now ap-
pear in wide trousers, instead If those which
clung to the leg, would be subjected TO ridl-
cule; so would he be irowIed on If he wore
rcd rose when 1t was the proper thing 10
wear white one. Just now men wear large
white rose-buds in their buiton-holcs on
evening occasions. This fashion lacks orig
inaliy. The men are wearing large white
rose-huds in London Last season the man
OF fashion here got the smallest white flower
lie could find. The flower most in use at
present is the rose, either of delicate pink
shade or white
When a bride does not wear the tradition
al orange blossom she adorns herself with
white roses and half-opcncd buds. The
bridesmaids carry colOrcl roses, most Of II
pink tint The groom wears white rose
bud when the bri carries white loses, and
the groomsmen have flowers in their coats
corresponding to the bouquets carried by the
ladies' they escort. Corsugc bouquets fUl
evening parties or street wear consist simply
OF pink or white roses tied in n loose bunch.
Ii more than one kind of buds are used
those of The same cnlur are grouped together,
All flowers must have tIicir own stems,
which should be long. Al dinners. instead
of bouquets at each plate, small baskets OF
flowers are placed in from, of each guest. AT
luncheon parties there Is usually a bunch OF
roses for each guest, which is fastened 10 the
corsagc after luncheon is over and worn on
the street
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d-By.

BE quiet. restless heart The long light lies
In CLEANS of lingering sunshine on inc MI.
The home bound swallow, twittering as he nies
Makes silence seem more still.
The shadows deeper grow. ami in the woods
The air latent sweetness holds In fee;
An odor faint of yet uubOssomed buds
So Ike, dear heart, TO thee
Far distant, In the soft, cerulcan deep
Where the horizon bounds the neither world,
Grca ships hccalmed, like brondng bfrds asleep.
Lie with white sails loose furlej
Fallcth as does veil upon the sea
I he gray mist silently.
anxious heart. how Nature speaks. Her powe
The infinite peace OF hcrimost faithful hour
How soft her influence,
Time hath she for her storms 10 sweep the main,
TO rock the trcctops with her winds n wrath
To bring forth fragrance on the summer rain
And time for snow she hath.
SO dear for all thy eager soul desires,
Sue Keeps sweet times ana seasons. In her mood
Is hld for ihce all passions subtle nres.
To round thy wOmanhVod.
Cease, then and in this scwy twilight movt
As one who asks not whither, cares not WHY
This gift for all holds sun the eteri al love
Gods endless by-and-by.
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A Candid Book Agent.

"We had better understand each other, -
he said deprecatingly, as he shambled
into the editorial room, "before we be-
gin. I'm book agent =
Unmindful of the groans that met this
statement, he went on:
'Im not a white-haired philanthropst
from New Haven, who has come south
through sympathy for your stricken peo-
pie. I'm fair square, bald-headed book
agent"
Encouraged by the reception Of this
frank avowal, he took seat, and drop
ping his feet i'll waste basket, said
''Im not retired clergyman who seeks
to scatter religious instruction while he
builds up his worn-out frame in your
balmy cline. "I'm not an apostle Of art
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Music and Drama, speaking of certain
society" man, says, "Ile has the reputation
among his acqaaintances of being exceedingly
discreet, quiet, temperate and economical.
his views on temperance, ii is said, lead him
to pcrsistentiy refuse to order the wine when
The boys are setting 'em up and though he
helps to demolsh what the Others order, he
never sets temptation in their way to the ex-
tent even of II small bottle 1t is generally
attributed to his economical training that, in
writing, he refrains from wasting an unnec-
essary l in the address, My dear frend'"
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An Exciting Story orArctic Adventure


IJllcS Verne in Brooklyn Eagle
"We are now i'll longitude one hundred
aud twenty degrees fifteen minutes, and
latituds cighty-three degrees thirty-five
minutes. said the doctor.
'Yes, said the captain.
We have yet seventy thousand eight
hundred and fiATtwo miles, twenty yards,
fifteen feet and nine inches of ice to cross
before we reach our ship" SAID the doc
tor.
"In that case, it is time we were off,
said Hatteras.
1--WE have left from the explosion two
Thousand pounds of roast turkey, four
teen kegs of baked beans and eleven gal
Ions of appleiack," said the boatswain.
'Pack EN- or the sledge at once" said
the captain.
"And how long will ourprovisons hold
out ?" asked the doctor
"The applejack will probably last un-
til morning. said the American.
"And after that q
"We shall have to send to New Jersey
for more"
"But how?"
"Leave that to me- said the Ameri-
can.
"How is the temperature ?" asked the
captain.
Zone hundred aud ten below Zero"
Good. Hand me my ear muffs. Are
we ready?"
1--WE are said his companions.
'To the north !" cried the captain, exc
cutting song and dance and kicking a
Polar bear off aiceberg.
$50 the north - shouted his compan-
ons
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About Art Ensbroiderics

AS suitable to The season, when every
body Is preparing ior Christmast, the fol-
loving directions for needlework may not
be ont of place
Sabrina work is variety of applique
work, and is very fashionable. 1t consists
in cutting out either from colured velvcts,
vclveteens, satin, silk, cloth, serge, or
washing materials, whole or single petals
of flowers, leaves, or conventionalized
flower patterns, aud aiiiying these pieces
to colored cloth or white linen back
grounds, with wide-apart button-holc
stitches; while such parts of the design
as are too small to be cut ont arc worked
with chain or crewcl stitch upon the ma
terial used MS n background. The fol
lowing will be found an effective II ethod :;
Select an outline crewcl design, composed
Of small leaves, fruit, or flowers with
tendrils, and trace it out upon linen, or
oatmeal cloth, should it be required to
wash.s Cut out the varions shapes of the
pattern in card-b board aud lay these down
upon the pieces which are to form the
design cut these pieces very carefully
out with sharp scissors, as upon their ac-
curacy the neatness of the work depends.
Prepare number of pieces, and, though
retaining the color originally assigned to
each, vary the shade OF that color where
such change will give more diversity to
the design. For the leaves choose dark
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A French woman says that she can read
peoples fortunes by the lines on their feet.
She probably tells some Of her customers
that they will be pretty well corned.-1M
Judge.