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NAsnyiliEsccmsto be having great deal
Of trouble with her elcrgymen. This Is
very deplomblc, Tor Nashville needs an
effective church organization.
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l.Ir the business men Of Memphis keep
In communication with the senate Com
mcrcc Committee today.
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TuE hand Of gcn,lc spring broke the ic'
gorge at 81. Louis yesterday.
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The ways and means committee viii In
full committee take up the tariff bill on
Tuesday, the 9Th Of February, aud on
"Wednesday, the 18TH, the bin win be ne.
ported 10 the House.
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iwili abide
oulihy right lido
Andkecp the bridge with thee.
IA the refrain the wins should carry 10
Washington today.
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WEDNESDAY. Z: FEBRUARY 1. 1899.
THE APPEAL

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Lrr the Exposition ball DO kept rolling.
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The Senate bill 10 refund the direct tax
was under consideration before the llouss
judiciary committee today, and Arguments
In IL favor were made by Representatives
Dibble and Elliott, OF South Carolina. The
hin was referred back 20 n subcommittee.
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Mourning Garb in China.

White is, in a general way, the color
of mourning in China, sons, during the
first three days, wearing the tunic wrong
side out, and on one side of the body
only. After that time they wear, like
other mourners, garments of unbleached
hempen cloth, except on the seventh
day, when they and their wives wear
sackcloth tunics, usually hired from
shop where collins are sold. The sons
do not shave their heads for 100 days,
and thev wear mourning for twenty
seven months, during which time they
cannot marry. daughters and daugh-
ters-in-law put of mourning at the end
Of one year. when they resume their
golden head ornaments and don some
bit Of red
The burial Of the encolfined body is
sometimes deferred for many years,
awaiting the death OF a spouse, or the
favorable decision Of a geomancer con-
corning the site for a tomb. As the
prosperity OF every mans descendants is
thought to depend upon his being laid
in n spot having such relationship to
wind and water as will afford him undis-
turbed repose, the selection of place Of
interment IS sometimes difficult, and
there are men who make their living BIZ
searching out good places for graves.
The grave being prepared, friends are
Informed of the burial, and they assem-
bic at the appointed time to follow the
co lin to the hills The coffin is covered
with red pail. Two lanterns are tied
together with red cord, and arranged
so as to hang one on either side OF the
coffin. PgpuLar Seienee Monthly.
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A Refuge for Reformed Conyicts

Linda Gilbert Is the leading spirit in
a movement to found an industrial and
educational home in New York, for ex-
convicts desiring to reform. She has
collected SgSS and William Gilbert, a
relative, has promised her $40. 1000. The
reformatory home, once established,
will be self-supporting. 1t is to be
within twelve miles Of New York, and
will have & chapel, a library, night
school, work shop. laundry, = hen
merry and farm. There will be an es-
pecial department for chronic inebriates.
These ex-convicts should be supported
by Ii percentage Of the liquor traffic, says
Miss Gilbert, and as the Safe stands
like parent to crippled child. surely
the Legislature will not refuse TO remedy
an evil which Is the cause of so much
deformity and degeneracy. 1t has been
the desire and work OF my life to build
such an institution, but find it is more
difficult to convince people of its neces-
sitv than to reform the convict. The in
diflerencr Of the extremely rich Is to my
mind crime There Is not in all this
great land an institution for the ex-con-
vict founded on the ad and humane
scale proposed for this nome. There are
monuments for the brave, churches for
the II h, homes for the poor, and now
let us have healthful reformatories for
the weak. The wealthy should assist,
not only for their own protection but for
the general good. The police protest by
arresting and rc-arresting criminals.
True protection can only come through
reform, not by continual punishment,
and, therefore, after reform, ex-convicts
should be given opportunity for honest
employment.-Pio ayuHe.
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Warde. the actor, tells q good story.
| 1t is, suppose, a chestnut. | never
heard a theatrical story that was not
What proves it 10 be an old one is that
Warde names the place it occurred in.
He was playing Nirginius in some small
place You will remember that Appius
Claudius's client, who does the dirty
work, comes on in the last act, has a
few words with Appius Claudius in
pr son and then goes off. That is the
last that is seen of HIM in he play.
When the curtain fell on this perform
ance Of ''Nirginius" in this small place
Warde retired to his dressing room and
proceeded to become the Frederick
Warde Of everyday life. me manager
came in.
Mr.. Warde, the audience has not
gone"
well, can't help that. The play is
done There isn't any mere of it in the
book"
But they don't go.
Turn down the iootlights."
"No use. They won't stir. Won't
you go and speak to themF'
What Go and tell them the plays
over, Egad-I will. That Will be
funny experience.
Warde stepped in front OF the curtain;
there the audience sat quite still.
Ladies and gentlemen: The play Is
over. Virginia is dead; Dentatus is
dead; l am dead; Appius Claudius is
dead
Just then voice sang out from the
gallery: what did you do with that
other sun of a gunf'-Sm Francisco
ChrOnirLe.
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Books as Disease Propagators

4 good deal of discussion having
.axen place in England on the subject
Al the spread of infectious diseases by
lcans of the books in circulating lobra-
les. the Dresden municipal authorities
I'VE had thorough experimental in
vestigation Of this question conducted.
\ number of much used volumes from
the town library were taken for the pur-
nose. The dust from the leaves and
covers was sown in nutrient media and
cultures reared. the result being that
no microbes belonging to infectious dis
eases were found the dust being, in
fat. nothing but ordinary dust of a
harmless character. Again the dirtiest
leaves in the books wee rubbed first
with the dry finger and then with the
wet finger. In the first case scarcely any
microbes were found on the finger; in
the second case plenty were found, but
all appeared to be of non-infe ,tious
character Especially is it noted that
the. e were no tubercle bacili. Lastly.
books were soaked for two days IN spirit
containing ten per cent Of carbolic acid
This treatment destroyed all the baeill,
and proved harmless to the Volumes
The conclusion arrived At was that the
danger of circulating libraries spreading
infection is very slight, but a recommen'
dation Is given to dust books well before
reading them, and never 10 wet the
eneer In the mouth for the purpose OF
turning over the leaves.-Ns'e I9fE f0is
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
They VIII use,Cosmetics.


"Is the use of cosmetics increasingly
was the question put to druggist by a
New York Graphic man.
Certainly it is" said he. "An
sorts Of women use complexion rene
dies. We don't have much 10 do with
the stage people, who have their own
ways of making up, but every sort of
woman comes here. In the winter we
make up even buds in their first seassr
when they havn't bloom enough for a
reception. The washes and enamels
come in play then. In summer women
who have been shopping step in TO get
a dash of powder so as not to go home
TO dinner in a perpiration- Sometimes
one of our attendants is sent for post
haste TO 2 fashionable watering place, 10
make up 4 regular customer for hop or
to repair damage after yachting day
in the winl. shop girls make up quito
generally. | don't believe their en-
ployers require it, as some say, but they
powder and rouge as much as society
folks No, we don't often use cosmetics
on children. though once in a while
there is call for that sort of thing in
preparation for a child's party or bail.
There is one little tot of six, whose
mother is a rich widow, aud terribly dis
appointed because the child hasn't inner
tied her beauty, who is brought here 10
be made up about as often as children's
festivities 90 on"
'What proportion OF women use cos
metics"
"If you count powder. two-thirds Of
the women buy that, l should suppose
When it comes to rouge and paint and
balms ten women have them now TO
one when l first went into business"
A lack the day when one has to hunt
for tine rare woman with clean skin.
And be it remembered, all cosmetics arc
hurtful in the end.
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From the Far North.

Across the rocky desert of northwest
ern British America during the summer
months scores of wagon trains make their
way southwark, or at least downward,
following the great slopes OF the CONT
nent, each and all having for an objective
point some post of the Hudson Bay Com
pany.
Vast shaly levels are these, broken
into ravines and upheavals, till they
hardly deserve the name Of plains, desti-
tute of vegetation save along the water
+ courses, and with so little of animal life
that the hunter never expects to find
game unless it has fled ilto the desert to
escape its pursuers. Most of these trains
are laden with iurs, the result Of the last
winters hunting and trapping in the far
North Mink, deer, otter, sable, beaver,
bear and the rest, with here and there
even now green" buffalo hide, are
brought in this manner hundreds of
miles.
The enterprising American wagon
maker, with the marvellously light and
strong products OF his shop and its wood
working machinery, has not yet pushed
his wares into those desolate regions. In
deed it would hardly pay him to do so,
for the population rarely has any ready
cash TO expend on modern improvements,
and moreover it has abundant time on
its hands to white patiently away on
fellies" and spokes until vehicle Is
produced that meets his requirements,
and is in many respects marvel of in
genuity, though somewhat rude when
considered from the standpoint OF artistic
workmanship.
The wood work is all hewn out in the
rough with the axe, aud largely finished
off with the same universal tool. 1t is
wonderful how keen-edged axe IN
skilful hands may be made to do the
work OF plane, spokeshave, and adze.
Net that these Northern craftsmes. DC
not have other tools, and know how to
use them after fashion, but their equip
ment, when compared with that of a
journevman mechanic, is exceedingly
meagre. II n civilized wagon-maker
were given a set of half-breed tools, and
told TO make wagon out of a log, he
would probably strike work forthwith,
and call on his Union for peremptory
"boycott"
The "quarter- bred Indian French"
when they are clad in the height OF
metropolitan winter fashion, wear the
comfortable blanket coats that have
recently been imported with toboggans
from across the border. The harnesses
are Of rawhide-strong, durable, simple,
and requiring very little expenditure in
the way of backing or other care, not
withstandiug the rough usage to which
they are subjected. Rawhide is used
also for many of the lashinss about the
wagons.
4 train often contains large number
of wagons, and stretches for long dis
lance over the rocky ways that pass for
roads. The creaking OF the loose jointed
wheels and the shouts of the drivers may
often be heard long before the train
comes in sight.
The admixture OF French and Indian
blood has produced tyre that possesses
many Of the worst and some of the best
characteristics OF both races, and in
watching the passage Of train one is
pretty certain to see all the different
grades, ranging from red TO swarthy in
complexion, and from Gsul to Indian in
feature. -Hdlyer's We, Hg.
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Tricks of Partisan DressmaISers.

Many ladies coming over to Paris Tor
few days or weeks, and having a
yearning to carry home some gowns
from the magic city, sh-ink from the
world famous establishments on account
of the expense. And there are hundreds
OF dressmakers there who coGld-"an if
they wouldn-tnrn out n costume every
whit "a elegant as those made by their
big neighboIs at a much lower figure
1t is in dealing with those that the
stranger should be very cautions, and, to
use a rather slangy expression, keep
her weather eye Open" These little
dressmakersn are full of playful tricks
which must be guarded against-slight
but irritating deYiations from the paths
of strict commercial morality, all Of
which are artfully arranged to augment
their profits at the cost OF the luckless
customer.
For example-and this particular mode
OF deception is far from uncommon
one of those ladies will show you as
pattern a very handsome diess in rich
materials. You are charmed OF course
the dress in hand does not fit you; it is
cleverly designed to fit nobody. The
obliging dressmaker. seeing that your
heart is fixed upon it, offers to make
an exact copy of the coveted gar
ment and at a very low price.
The tempting bait is thrown cut, and
the innocent fish bites. The order is
given. But, alas when the dress Is de
fvered. what do you findl The shape
and style arc copied admirably the
materials, Thin silk, cotton-backed
velvet and satin, the commonest and
poorest OF ribbons. The entire effect Of
the costume is lost in cheap material.
Unfortunately, there is 10 use sending
the dress back, even on the obvious plea
that it is not what was bargaiued for
The law will protect the little dress
maker, and right well she knows it. too
The mischief OF the thug is that she has
the power to seize and detain her Gus
TONER'S trunks till the bill IS paid, and
this lower she will not hesitate to en-
ploy on the slightest pretext.
Another most annoying device, but one
which answers their purpose splendidly,
is to send home the dress at the last mo-
ment compatible with the actual fulfill
ment OF the contract. There is no time
for examination, let alone alteration. and
the thing has to be taken on trust, its
shortcomings only being discovered in
many cases when many leagues Of land
and sea lie between the swindling dress
maker and the conhding customer
Again, not uncommon practice is to
add scores, often hundreds of francs to
the price agreed on for dress and de-
pend for its payment upon the victims
natural dislike 10 fighting in foreign
law court.-Ldd - Pictorial.
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The National Currency bill, which
bears the denomination $40 on one side
and $50 on the other, is being displayed
in lamp store on Warren street, says
the New York Telegram, where it is at
tracing considerable attention. Many
cnrio seekers and relic hunters have
called at the store and offered the owner
large sums of money for it, but the gen
.lemsn says it cannot be purchased for
$1,000.
Among those who visited the store for
the purpose of looking at the bill was
Inspector Brooks, of the Secret Service.
and his assistant, and they examined the
bill closely with a microscope.
1t is a national bill, of the Second
Nationanal Bank OF Springfield, Mass.
Government number Z, $40, 1913; bank
number, 4J15, and number Of the bank,
1S1. 1t was printed on January 1, 1850,
and has the well known signature Of 5. Z.
Spinner, also that of ii. Alexander, IT.,
who was President of the bank at that
time. Il has the check letter d on it,
which was used by the counterfeitefs in
those days, buthe Inspector said that
counterfeit bill was never made on this
bank
After making the examination, the
Secret Service officer SAID to a Telegram
reporter;
This bill is, in my opinion, genuine
That is it has good back and front,
but what think has been done is that
some one has split good bills and put
them together in this manner-not for
the purpose Of passing them, Iut for the
price they would bring as a curio.
believe that a mistake like this was
maue E1y IIIe tsvversmenr- ubout that
time in four bills, but the mistake was
not discovered until the bills were put
into circulation. will make a thorough
investigation and as erta;n if this is the
missing bill. If so, or if a counterfeit,
] don't hardly think | will seize the bill,
but will hold the owner responsible for
it and not allow him to transfer it to
another person"
The owner of the bill said that he
had written on to Washington for in
formation, and expected an answer. lie
said he had already received reliable in
formation that the bill is one of the
missing four to which our Government
has long been trying 10 find clew.
He will keep the bill until every
means of the law is exhausted before
parting with the curiosity. The man
who called aud said he would have to
destroy the bill, representing Himself to
be from the Government was a fraud,
and the Government will try and hunt
him up.
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Fashion Notes.

Waists are worn with elaborate trim
mings.
The latest bonnets are much longer in
the crown than the eapotes which have
been worn recently.
just at present toilets are more simply
made. Decorations are not elaborate
and fewer pieces are used to make up the
costume.
Many of the new wool gowns have silk
shirt waists. and are worn with tho
loose-frontei coats so popular during :he
past summer
Long alpaca aprons are taking the
place Of the pretty muslin affairs recent
" worn. They are severely plain and
have pockets.
Sunshades are made in a variety of
styles. the most stylish he ng simply lace
or embroidered silk covers mounted on a
more or les fanciful stock
Two materials appear in most cloaks
and mantles. The nuns cloak, made
full and OF sufficient length to quite
cover the wearer, is made of cancels
hair stua and is lined throughout with
silk.
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other side of the room, his face buried
in his arms against the wall.
''oh, have we no hopel" Til sobbed.
''Why, yes, there is hope in this case, >
Miss Thwaite said, in a different tone.
viii turned, his face covered with tears.
you said it, brother, and you can undo
IT. Dead to your
Esther had played a dangerous game,
but size was a determined girl and felt
equal TO the emergency. Her strong
presence aud sound good cheer buoyed
up the two victims OF her scheme, and
enabled Thwaite TO recover from the
shock he had undergone
She drew a letter from her pocket
which had been written BY W:lrs elder
brother in Chicago to his father. upon
hearing OF the runaway match. He
praised Win up to the skies, and declared
that any girl he chose must be a price.
less jewel, whether she possessed any
or not, and he begged his father to do
the handsome thing by them both.
And so, concluded Esther, papa
wants to give you a magnificent recep-
tion."
She had thrown as de her black dra-
peiy and busted the powder from her
cheeks with flourish of her scented
handkerchief. and now ran to the par
Tor and called " Johnr' in a business
like way. In another instant walking
hill Of flowers emerged from the shadows
Of the entry, and John, in dark green
cloth and silver buttons, set two huge
baskets Of flowers upon the carpet.
" Papa sent them TO you, Bessie, with
his love-" said Esther. And l shall
soon be here again, shall l notf'
"oh, do" answered Tiff, hiding her
face on Hulfs shoulder, with twining
OF arms.
"Give our love to the governor, " roared
HUFF. flushed, griuning, iubilant
Esther laughed. merrily, cacght up
her black drapery, and ran down stairs,
followed by John with 4 contortion
about his lips.-Hlrper's Weekly.
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WORDS OF wIsDoM.


Death fOreseen never came.
A fool is always beginning.
a hungry man is an angry man.
New meat begets new appetite.
Many cooks ne'er make good kale.
When two quarrel, both are in the
cripple.
A mans own business does not dedle
his fingers.
Change yourself and fortune will
change with you.
Be punctual and methodical in bust
ness, and never procrastinate.
BE not forward to assign reasons to
those who have no right to ask.
Act as if you expected to live hun
dred years butmight die tomorrow.
The easiest labor is burden 70 him
who has no motive for performing it.
You get more than the yalue of what
ever you give in exchange for learning.
The true use of speech is not so much
to express our wants as TO conceal them.
Some of the brightest lights 20 out,
IN consequence of using borrowed oil
Vanity is a refined scdshness which is
ever exacting homage, but never paying
any.
The man who has never known ad-
versity is but half acquainted with him
self.
The world does not owe you a living
young man. You owe it the duty OF
labor
\ man of Independent mind shows his
independence by the way he treats old
subjects.
Dost thou love life, then do not
time, for that is the stuff life is
made OF.
It's the cultivation of the moral side
OF our natures that has given to our peo-
pie as a nation their strength and grand
strides.
Sacrifice being the essential basis of
virtue, the most meritorions virtues are
those which are acquired with the great
est effort.
Sometimes it is hard to tell whether
man is firm in principle or simply OBJ
stinate, but the man himself never ex-
presses any doubt.