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Elizabeth, and grandson of Peter the
Great. He was poor weakling, whom
his wife could not tolerate, so after a
honeymoon of ght months, she headed
revolution against her own husband,
and had him strangled by two of her
favorites, Count Orlof of diamond
fame. and Gen. Bariatinski. Then,
with grim humor, she forced the assas-
sins to walk each side of the coffin that
inclosed his remains, and carry the
pail. Orloif was perfectly composed
during the entire ordeal, but the other
man tainted repeatedly and had to be
carried away. Catherine sent him into
exile for his cowardice, and it was only
when he made his confession at death
that the manner of the murder of Peter
was known. Catherine reigned for
fftv-two years, and the epoch in the
history of the empire In which she is
the chief figure, was the most prosper
Gus it has ever known. She achieved
victories over the Turks and Tartars,
added many thousand square leagues
to the area of her dominions, and did
much to improve the condition OF the
people.
She wrote books Of stories for chill
dren. some of which are still in use,
founded hospitals and asylums for I'M
fortunates of all sorts, erected for
tresses which she herself designed, es-
tablished public libraries, and did much
to elevate the taste of the people IL
literature aud art, besides carrying on
wars and armours. In her reign Russia
reached her golden age the mobiles
were rich and their Queen set them an
example in extravaganza which they
did their best to follow
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will be gradually discarded, and the
cushion alone will be permissible to
support the weight of skirt and draper
les, to prevent the latter dragging
downward or hanging badly. Draperies
are superseded by plain skirts. Draped
skirts with long draped plaits falling
from the waist improve everybody,
while redingote panels and straight,
severe skirts, while they are of unsur-
passed elegance when well carried,
need a fine, shapely figure. 1t is no
exaggeration to state that stout.
stumpy, or scraggy figure looks very
badly in their severe folds. The redin-
cote form of dress, then, is only in high
favor with ladies of fine presence and
elegant form.
The last is charming gown, made in
the Directoire style, in one of the new
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handkerchiefs, others to hold note
paper, and those filled with violet
powder and orris root to use on the
skin. A cluster of tiny perfumed bags
hangs over the back of ones lounging-
chair, and odd little devices scatter a
delightful odor about the table of
bric-a-brac. A pillow filled with pine
needles sheds an aromatic perfume
over the divan cushions, rose-iar
filled with a potpourri of rose leaves,
salt and spices, graces the dining-room
table, and a sponge sprayed with rare
perfume stands on a dainty porcelain
tray ready to moisten ones Iinger-tips.
These are the ordinary ornaments now
of d ning-rooms or parlors OF all
households where enough of an income
prevails TO allow of any luxurious
decoration.
This rage for perfume has melted
the dealers in fancy goods TO invent all
sorts of devices in order to dispose of
their odorous wares, and one cannot
help wondering in what form bit of
painted satin with frIll of lace and
bow of ribbon will next appear. The
most recent novelty upon the counters
is radical departure from the old
forms and is extremely dainty. 1t con-
sists of circular fan, into which de-
licious sweet-scented grass is bound by
tiny ribbons, edged with fringe of
satin ribbon to match. The handle is
simply q bunch OF the grass crossed
and recrossed by narrow ribbons. The
olive green of the grass gives chance
for various striking combinations of
color, so that lady can wave the USE
full bit of beauty, sniff the delicious
odor, and at the same time have bit
of color near her face that will enhakce
the beauty of her complexion. A dainty
trihe for baby is a bunch of sweet
clover, flowers and all. pressed be-
tween fine muslin edged with lace. 1t
gives a most delicious scent to the tiny
wardrobe.
Something new is coming to take the
place of the favorite rose-lar. 1t is
suggestion from the Orient, and will
be particularly welcome as the APP
proach of summer brings feeling of
languor to everybody. This is a small
perfumed fountain so arranged that the
water falls from a vase of crystal or
porcelain into basin of rare design,
from which it is taken back into the
vase and continually falls and rises
again, pretty thing to look at and
source of delicious odor. There is
room for invention in the use of this
fancy by decorating the basin with
flowers or rare ferns or such other
material as the owner may select.
Let us this week consider house
dresses, because in them are a number
of brand-new ideas excellently carried
out. We will first describe morning
wrapper elegant enough to wear in re-
ceiving callers. 1t is in a style becom-
ing to nearly all figures, from stout to
lean, and adaptable to a great variety
of fabrics. The establishment con-
sists simply of an edging down the
front, and a new arrangement of elbow
sleeves, out of which muslin and lace
extends nearly TO the wrists. The
bosom is filled in with white in the
same manner. In making up such
dresses the tournure is dying out. A
few steels at the back are alone allow
able below the cushion, and even these
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-16
CATHERINE THE GREAT.
A Woman of Whims, Humor, Candor,
Vanity, Courage, and
Talent
The Hermitage, the Principal Museum OF
Petersburg Choice Collection of
Antiquities
The Relies OF Prince Potemkin, the
Most Famous OF GATHERINGS
Lovers.

fwILLIAM ELERoY CURTIS, IN CHICAGO
NEWS.
On one side of the Winter Palace of
Petersburg is the Neva River, so close
that one could throw stone from any
of the windows into the water, and on
the other side semi-circle OF vast ana
ugly roccoco palaces, surrounding an
enormous parade ground, in which fifty
thousand troops have been maneuvered
and inspected at one time. The pal
aces are imposing only because OF their
immensity, there being n dozen or
more of them with several hundred
rooms each, all built by the Cars at
one time or another for themselves or
their poor rotations, and now occupied
by government offices or for the quar-
tiers of troops. The city is reached
through an enormous arch, similar to
tho Arc de Triomph in Paris, although
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allelogram 500 by 375 feet, inclosing
two large courts which Catherine had
arranged so that they could be flood
ed for skating parks in winter and
gardens of luxurious foliage in sum-
mer. The entrance is a noble vesti-
bule supported by ten massive carya-
tides, in Finland granite. The main
hall is supported by sixteen splendid
monoliths of granite, terminating IN
capitals of Carrara marble carved in
Florence, while the grand stairway, in
three large flights, is hewn of great
blocks of the same marble, which
causes every one who sees them to won
der how they could be brought from
Italy before the days of railroads.
The rooms on the ground floor are
filed with the choicest collection of
antiquities outside the British Museum,
including two examples of incompar-
able value, the silver vase of Nichopol,
and the golden vase Kertch. both of
which, like many other pieces in the
collection, are well known to every an
tiguarian in the world, and have been
the subject of no end of scientific dis
cussion. The upper rooms are finished
with the most beautiful and costly ma
terials, and are full of pictures. The
hideous Siberian malachite appears in
every conceivable form, in pillars, man
tells, wainscotng, and even floors, while
vases, urns, and other ornaments of
the stone are without number. There
is lavish use of lapis- lazuli, also, and
jasper enough to build a cathedral.
Many of the paintings are very rare,
and the collection contains examples of
all the famous old masters, each having
his room.
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The Treasures of the Hermitage.

The Hermitage is now the principal
museum of Petersburg, what the Lou
vre is to Paris and the British Museum
to London; and if it had been con-
structed for such purpose could not
be better adapted Tor the display of
the treasures of art and antiquity that
have been collected 10y the later SOW
ereigns of Russia around the magnifi-
cent nucleus Catherine left in the
building. The building itself is a par
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The relics OF Prince Potemkin, the
most famous of GATHERINGS lovers, and
on whom she showered treasures, fill a
large case. and are valued at several
million rubles, including many rare
and curious articles of adornment, and
a volume of bank notes of different
nations, bound up as curiosities, repre-
sentiDg in themselves considerable
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a handsome present of money to the
lawful widow, if there were one. She
was a mixture of Cleopatra, Lucretia
Borgia, Maria Theresa, Queen Eliza
beth. and Nine. Pompadour. If one
of her favorites would not provide for
his family she would renounce him
and send him to prison. If he paid
more attention to his own wife than to
her, she would treat him in similar
manner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-16

Catherine. but few; there have been
wiser women, but few; and there may
have been greater women, but history
conceals their names.
She was the only foreigner who ever
ruled over the Russian race, being the
Princess Sophia Augusta OF Anhalt-
Zerbst. married and brought to Russia
by Peter Ill, the son of the Empress
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hand, of which the following is trans
lation:
/. Leave your rank outside, as we'll
as your hat, and especially your sword.
2. Leave your right of precedence,
your pride, and any similar feeling,
outside the door.
3. Be gay, but do not spoil anything
Do not break or gnaw anything.
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GATHERINGS Rules of Etiquette.

In q little ante-chamber adjoining
her great drawing-room there hangs a
little frame, inclosing list of rules to
be observed by all who enter the Her
mitage, written in GATHERINGS own
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Great, which stands in front of the I'M
perial Theater. 1t is handsome bronze
figure of heroic size, upon granite
pedestal which is covered with smaller
figures representing the most famous
of this singular woman's lovers.
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You can't make woman smile after
her teeth are gone.
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The Relics of Peter.
One of the longest galleries is de-
voted to relics of Peter the Great,
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fwILLIAM ELERoY CURTIS, IN CHICAGO
NEWS.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
4 EeavT Weight of Smoke.

The investigations Of society formed
in London to abate the smoke nuisance
afforded rather a startling idea of the
wastefui extravaganza of the present sys-
tenn of combustion Here is summary
of late report OF the Smoke Abatement
institute The weight of the smoke cloud
over the city is estimated at about fifty
tons of solid carbon and $50 tons of hydro
carbon and carbonic oxide gases From
actual tests. the value Of coal actually
wasted through the obstinacy of the
Cockneys is e. 251 800 or AZ per cent of
the amount expended for coal in London.
that being the percentage of heat that
escapes up chimney without warming
any body This waste also causes use
less expenditure of e26S, $50 for carting
coal. to say nothing of the wear and tear
of streets and of SAB, 900 more for carting
away ashes
Altogether about GO 500.0 900 is yearly
thrown away in London Add to this
20 coo. 600 for injury to property from the
smoke laden atmosphere, and there is
shown a total of Ga. 500 900 which London
annually loses because of it's failure to
burn coal under proper conditions Nearly
all this waste and smoke could be pre-
vented by general adoption of improved
methods of constructing chimneys fire
places. furnaces and heaters -Safety
Valve.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
stanford's University and Coeducation

stanford's University and Coeducation.
asked as to the Stanford university.
and Senator Stanford showed me some of
the photographs Of the buildings as they
are today He has photographs sent him
every month showing the progress OF the
building and these last photographs show
that it is only little above the founda
ton The design Of this university is in
the shape of three quadrangles and it
will have half mile Of covered colonrades.
The only high feature OF the building is
the chapel tower. and the design Is
Spanish The building will consist Of a
series of long, low halls AS | understand
it, the university is to cover an area Of
about 600 feet by 300 feet, which would
be about an acre and half more than
that covered by the Capitol at Washing
ton There are about 5000 acres Of
ground about the college building and. it
is said though | do not get the facts from
Senator Stanford. that the gift Of the
university in round numb ers amounts to
$50, 900 900 In this gift Is included the
50 900 acres of good California land which
is given to the university
| asked Senator Stanford as to the CO
education of the sexes and be told me
that women would be admitted to the
university as well as men and he said he
thought at least Is per cent could be
added TO the productive power Of the
United States by the women of the United
States entering those occupations for
which they were fitted. and that without
their undertaking any profession or bust
ness which would be unwomanly or dis
tasteful to them He said he thought the
future of the laboring classes lay in such
education as would fit them to take ad
vantage of their surroundings. and that
the raw materials of the world were great
enough to provide all the citizens Of the
world with all the comforts of life. and
the Injuries, too II those citizens brought
invention TO their aid and applied their
labor in the right direction He referred
TO the Mccormick reaper. which now ena
bles farmer to cut. thresh and sack 100
pounds of wheat for a cent and half a
sack, and said that California alone could
raise enough food to feed the whole
United States - Carpenters Interview
with Senator Stanford.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07

inscription "Cremated july ~, 1887, calls
for many guess The open lid discloses
heap of gray ashes, with another inscription:
Mount Desert. July L. 81" 1t is the ashes
OF a cigar smoked by the fair owner during
q mild Irritation of the last season A parcel
of canes. trophies won in fencing matches,
occupies prominent wall space. and velvet
PLAGUE mounted with pipes of all kinds,
from common clay throug b cob and brlar-
wood to meerschaum. are souvenirs of gentle
men friends All sorts of riding whips rise
ike cat taas from large vase, pair Of oars
marked Isles of Shoals" ar, crossed over
the door, and a genuine hshnst Is draped
over piece of statuary These are quite
common souvenirs Of vacation delights and
tender recolections, but many OF the girls
vie with each other in collecting oddities.
One of them exhibits a tiny japanese bowl
Sled with shining objects of ivory white
ness
These are the first teeth Of my friends
babies, she explainA-Clara Belle in Chicago
Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
Fascinating but Dangerous Sport.

The most intensely fascinating and by
far the most dangerous way of hunting
the Bengal tigers is the way most OF the
natives do it. They collect in throngs of
hundreds and go to the woods, with half
bred bull and terrier dogs, rifles of 40
caliber and innumerable spears, and drive
the tigers out Of their jungles. The vicious
dogs go in and hound them and snarl and
howl threateningly. The tigers are grad
ually driven from point to point by the
bowling dogs and shrieking natives, and
are finally worked into a gigantic and
strong netting nine or ten feet high and
with interstices seven or eight inches
square. Then the chetties. as these queer
natives are called, range themselves along
the sides, and when the tigers Iunge at
them they are met at every point by
cleaning spears. Such bowling and
snarling, combined with the shouts of the
natives, sounds like the wailing of the
damned. The native women are on hand,
too, and lend their aid, and when the
government officers join in the European
ladies are perched conveniently in trees,
to lend a bit of life to the scene.-San
Francisco Examiner.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
messed the practice of native regiment

messed the practice of native regiment
at company target shooting.
The officers on horseback are simply
superb; afoot all show one universal de-
feet among the entire people of India-an
almost total absence OF calf to the leg.
Even in Punjab men and women have
none. I can say this OF the women be-
cause up here there are two things quite
antipodal to our customs. Men wear
what seem to be skirts and the women all
wear trousers-and very tight ones, too,
below the knee. The other singular thing
is one sees hundreds of men with boards
dyed brilliant red. A gray bearded man
is rarely seen from Lahore TO Peshawer,
for they take on bright vermillion, evil
IDENTIFY not for the purpose OF concealinS
age, but as a sort of beautifier The men
Of Punjab proved themselves brave by
giving England more trouble to subdue
them than perhaps all the balance of
India. But when once they acknowl-
edged the supremacy Of their new rulers,
like brave men they have shown them
selves true. They have none of the ser
vile demeanor Of the Bengalee. They
look foreigner straight in the face-re-
spectfully, but with an apparent con-
seriousness of their own dignity.
Harrison's Letter in Chicago Mail
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
Tolstoi ON Medical Schemes.

'soistoi does not believe in science, arA
be thinks, In particular that medical
science is progressing in an entirely wrong
direction
Medical science. he says, SIS entirely
arranged for the wealthy classes and it
has adopted for its task the healing of
the people who can obtain everything for
themselves, and it attempts to heal those
who possess no superfiuity by the same
means The physician has studied with
celebrities in the capitals. who only retain
patients who can be cured in the hos
pitaI, and who. In the course Of their
cure can purchase the appliances requisite
for healing and even go at once from the
north TO the south to some baths or other
Science is Of such a nature that every
rural physician laments because there are
no means % curing workingmen, because
he is so poor that he has not the means to
place the sick man in the proper hygieuic
conds ions. and al the same time this phy
stefan complains that there are no hos
pitfalls and that he cannot get through
with his work that he needs assistants.
more doctors and practitioners. New
York Medical Record
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
Children in the Hotels.

Eyes. indeed, we entertain a decided
antipathy TO children. and have good rea-
sons for it, too. said the day clerk of
high priced hotel on upper Broadway.
Flow is thatY inquired a reporter. ''T
thought every good natured person wss
fond Of children"
"Oh. yes, no doubt they are nice, but
hotel is no place for them unless it be de-
voted exclusively to the use of families.
There are not more than half dozen first
class hotels in this city where children
are welcome In the first place, they are
more trouble than they are worth. and in
the second place they serve to keep away
profitable patrons Now in every hotel
from one end of the town to the other no
tees are posted in all the rooms to the
effect that children must not make play
ground OF the corridors. or ride in the
elevators for the sake of enjoying pleasure
excursions 1t is impossible to enforce
either rule With one or two exceptions
New York hotels are largely patronized
by business men from other cities These
are the transient guests. end they are the
most profitable They do not, as a rule.
take their families. and although they
may be fond of their own offspring. they
decidedly object to put up at a hotel
where other peoples youngsters are
whooping things up IN the corridors. or
upsetting dishes in the dining room.
Then again, Just think OF an old bachelor
sleeping or trying to sleep, in a room adj
joining that occupied by a teething in
FAINT Why, he would pay his bill and
leave tho following morning Oh, no:
there is no money in children for cry no
TEL New York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
A Once Noted Cavalrymau.

A small man, with gray mustache,
SLOUGH hat over his blue eyes, and walk
no longer as clipper rs it once was, is
recognized by few people here when he
makes his occasional visits from Wash
ington. He is Gen. Pleasonton, whom
many think one Of the greatest cavalry
commanders of the war, and who I'M
doubtedly fought and won, perhaps, the
greatest cavalry engagement of the con-
test between the states. 1t was at Brandy
Station. where eighty regiments of horse
men contended on one field with no in
fantry or artillery nearer than ten miles
away. Sometimes the battle flags of the
contending generals were not further sep
arated than the two sides of Broadway.
Pleasonton, Fitzpatrick and Custer were
in single group. Detecting a crucial
point in the opposing line. Pleasonton
cried: "Custer, go right in theren' Gus
ter's mounted band at once struck up
1.-The Star Spangled Banner" and in ten
minutes he had carried the position. Gus
ter and Fitzpatrick are dead. Pleasontor,
barely so years of age, seems to be out of
gear with the world.-Cor. New York
World
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
The Rurman and His Food.

The Burman is a rather peculiar feeder,
not being very nice in his selection or
preparation of food lie is not, however,
SO varied caterer, nor does he take in
such q large selection. as his near relation
the Chinaman. The Burman draws the
line at rats and mice, which delicacies
form no portion of his daily fare. He is
forbidden by his religion to shed the blood
Of any animal for food purposes alone,
although he may and does catch fish, and
eats them. His conscience finds Salve
in the fact that after the fish are caught
they are left to die: he will not bleed
them, although he may often give them
sly knock on the head to accelerate their
decease. He may keep cattle, hogs,
chickens, ETC., and, being OF kind and
humane disposition, he feeds them well,
keeping them in good condition, but he
does not do so to replenish his larder. He
uses the milk of the cows, often of the
tame long horned buffalo or of goats, for
his family or for sale; he will also eat the
eggs of fowls.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-07
A Card or a Photograph?

tWould you rather have my card or my
Photographic"
Two young men who had been discuss
ing bottle Of wine in an uptown picture
gallery were preparing to part.
Your card will do; don't want to put
you to so much trouble"
''No trouble at all. If You hike I'll put
my portrait on the back of the card.
He thereupon drew from his pocket
small rubber stamp and imprinted on the
back Of his card very creditable likeness
of himself.
An inquisitive reporter, who overheard
the dialogue, took pains the next day to
learn to what extent the fad had gone.
He found that there are several concerns
in the city where portrait stamps are
made, similar in style to the rubber
stamps, containing ones name and ap-
pended to it pocket lead pencil. These
stamps cost from SO to 50 each, and are
from one to three inches square. All the
stamp makers require is a tintype por
trait of the customer and money order.
The stamps wear well and are much af-
fected by young clerks and East side bust
ness men.-New York Mail and Express.