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Around her neck were ropes OF crystal beads.
while giddy little yellow bow confined the
lace of her corsage within its prescribed limits.
Her head was innocent OF ornament and with
its short, bristling, black hair looked like the
broad sides of a globular doormat.
What Shall Be Done with the Neglected
Rch?' the subject of address by
Frances Il. w. Harper, who was proud TO
nounce herself of African parentage. In q
plain worsted gown, without an attempt at fur
below or ornamentation Of any kind, tn mulatto
woman stood up before the crowded house and
delivered her discourse with such telling effect
that after the opening lines perfect silence
reigned clever view of her subject was
stated when she said that the class of persons
to whom her disc 0urse had reference were
those OF "plethoric purse but attenuated souls.
Another interesting discourse was that on
Police Matrons,' delivered by Mrs. Susan III
Barney, National Super ntendent prison. Jail.
police, and almshouse work OF the womau's
Christian Temperance Union. The gst was
an urgent plea for the appointment OF a woman
at every station house in order to inspect and
as.should be from time to time brought in.
Esther Il. Warner made address on
women as Farmers Prof. Rena A. Michaels
spoke on Women as Educators, Laura @.
and Sarah Hackett Stevenson road a paper on
women in Medicine" Women in Law" was
the subject bo treated by Ms Ada Bitten
in law. The Rev. Ada Bowles spoke
Of women in the Ministry" and said
pulpit equally with men. Other addresses were
made by Mrs. Martha s. Fields lCatharine Cole)
OF the New Orleans Picayune, representing the
Woman's International Press Association I:
Mrs. Amelia Hadley Nohl OF Washington, ID.
O., representing the National Press Association.
and Matilda b. Carse, who spoke OF what few
women have accomplished in the financial
world Rena A. Michaels, Phi. d., dean OF
the Womans College Of the Northwestern
University, who spoke ON "Co- education =
Cora A. Bennson, A. NJ, Ill. B. Michigan Uni
versty, and fellow in history, Bryn Mawr Col
lese. who chose for her subject college Fell
lowship for Women :" Martha Mcclellan brown.
Vice President Wesleyan College, Cincinnati .
| Phoebe Couzins, of Missouri, the first woman
United States Marshal ever appointed; and by
Matilda Joslyn Gsge. Mrs Lucy Stone, Mrs.
Mary A. Livermore, saa many Others
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walls, ceiling, doors and holdings around the
windows are covered with Aheets OF gold
There seems TO be no end to the bedizening
display. Wherever an opportunity offered TO
slap on LOT Of goldTeaf there Was no'failnro
to 40 it, and the amount OF bullion hammered
into sheets and spread over that building must
have been enormous
There are several drawing rooms whose
walls are Of single sheets OF glass Of various
colors, set in gilded frames, and the efYect Is
gorgeous We had seen no end Of mirrors
else where, miles aud miles of them, in the
most unexpected and inexplicable places. mir
rors in closets and attics and cellars, bath
rooms and boudoirs lined, ceiled, and hoored
with them. but these glass rooms are some
thing new. Imagine, IL you can, . large
apartment, 40 by 30 feet IN size, with walls
and ceiling OF purple glass, set In heavily
carved cornice or gold, the panels broken now
and then by gilded tracory and hligree work,
and from the center OF the ceiling an i'm
mense crystal chandelier OF the same color
hanging. And there was not only purple
glass room, but yellow, blue, pink, scarlet.
and all the other colors in the rainbow are
represented There are Japanese rooms,
Chinese rooms. fitted and finished most
sumptuously, Pompeiisn rooms, Roman
rooms, and rooms setting forth an example
OF the luxury, the taste, and the fabrics OF all
ages and races. Dozens OF rooms are hung
with gobelin tapestry, aud hundreds with
ordinary silk and satin brocades There IL
the gold room and the silver room, the red
marble, and the green marble room, and a
bewildering series Of apartments that one
cannot remember
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
A Swamp Transformed in a
Few Years Into a City OF
Grand Palaces.
No Such Work Ever Prosecuted
Before or Since in the
! Worlds History.
The Most Conspicuous Instance of the
Power of Human Will In
ES Existence.
A Graphic Description of the Cars
Winter Palace, the Finest Build
ing OH the Planet.
(wiILIAM ELERoY CURTIS, IN THE CHICAGO
NEWS.

twILLIAM ELERoY CURTIS, IN THE CHICAGO
NEWS
Whether he comes from the east, or west,
or southwark, by any route he takes, unless
he goes 10y sea, the traveller must approach
the capital of Russia by crossing hundreds OF
miles OF dismal forests, bleak plains, and
swamps, which offer few traces of human
habitation or industry. Therefore, the first
impression OF Petersburg Is an exaggerated
one, for it seems like an oasis in the desert
Within few miles, as the train approaches
the city, one notices an Improvement In the
landscape, and the habitations OF the people.
More of the level plain is cleared of the frs
and brambles that infest it; there are larger
spots of cultivated ground, and fences arc
seen for the first time The highways are IN
better order, and there seems 10 be moro in
dustry among the people; but the signs OF
poverty and dissipation are never absent from
the eye. There are glmpses OF towers In the
distance, showing where some noble or veal
thy merchant has country place, and occa-
sionally the gdod or gaudily colored dome Of
a church or chapel connected with some So
questered convent or monastery, but thore Is
not enough 10 prepare the eve for the piano.
rama that is brought into view when the train
takes wide curve and brings the spires aud
domes of the capital before it, 1t is a city of
constant surprises, but the first glance fur
nishes the greatest
Much has been written about the glories
of Petersburg. Many writer's have given il
the highest place on the list of the worlds
capitals; but while it is grand it has not the
stately commercial buildings of New York
and Chicago and can never have, because it
is built upon q swamp; nor has it the clearly,
artistic besuty of Paris, nor the mature and
noble magnifcence Of London. The Vienna
architecture is much more elaborate, and the
picturesque residences, undulating grades,
and shaded avenues Of Washington, are far
more pleasing to the eye. Still when one
considers how and under what circumstances
the CITY was built and passes from one to
another OF the grandest and most luxurious
palaces in the world the mind is awakened
by a succession of wonders and finds enough,
too much, to admire.
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A Chamber of Commerce.

very handsome effect can be seen nightly
at the Imperial Exchange or Bourse, which is
a noble building of pure Greclan architecture
and contains large hall, 40 by l20 feet in
size, where the brokers' meet each day and
speculate, as on the Stock Exchange in New
York or the Board of Trade in Chicago in
both financial securities, agricultural products
and oil Stately flights of steps lead from the
quay to this edifce, and upon wide terrace
of marble rise two massive columns, 100 feet
high, decorated with the prows of ships, in
honor of Mercury, and each surmounted by
three statues OF Atlantis. that support hollow
globes, containing n large number OF electric
lights, go arranged that the RAYS can be con-
centrated upon the noble facade of the build
inc
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ed the insecure foundations upon which they
stood, and the imperfect workmanship, made
it necessary, during tho succeeding century,
to rebuild the entire place, and only within
the present century has Petersburg been fin
ished, as one might say Each succeeding
sovereign has erected palaces, most OF which
are useless and empty. The various branches
of the imperial family the Grand Dukes, and
the Princes, the rich boyars who wanted to
be near the throne, and all the followers
of the court f1cm Peters time till now
have constructed magnificent dwellings, often
running themselves and their creditors by
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
The Cars Dinner Parties.

These great halls have sometimes been used
for banqucts and in them have dined, seated
at tables at once, 5000 persons, served on
solid silver plate throughout, menu OF twelve
courses, by 500 lIveried attendants, and the
imperial family have sat upon platform at
the end Of the room and taken their dinners
of solid gOll
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structures are Of brick,
the only building mater ial that is safe to use
In a climate where the extremes of cold and
heat follow each other, for Petersburg is at
one season of the year one of the coolest
places of human abode, and often in the sum
mer as hot as Cairo or Naples. The bricks used
are cheap aud porous, and are invariably stuc-
coed on the outside in ornamental designs.
The architectural effect is often ruined, by
painting the exterior in hideous colors. The
winter palace, one of the largest and most
magnificent buildings in the world-I believe
that only the Vatican and tho palaces at Yer
sailles cover greater AREAS painted dis
tressing orange, while other noble structures
are green and yellow often with blue roofs.
But the prevailing tint is an imitation of
sandstone, like Paris.
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There was never such a work going on before
or since in the world The construction OF
the tower of Babel was child's play 20 it; the
pyramids OF Egypt required centuries TO
build and Rome, 1t is said, was not built in a
day, but nine years from the time when the
first spade entered the earth the new capital
was ready TO receive the government, which
was removed from the hoary and holy city of
Moscow with great ceremony
Although ii was the greatest work ever con-
ceived and executed by man, the conditions
under which the great structures were erect
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ed ny the Red Cross Society. and at its close
Miss Barton was loudly applauded.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howes paper on The Power
OF Crgsnizatio was distinctly Bostonian In
tone and remarkable In the co ming OF the word
-demotic." In speaking of the Suffrage Assoc
citation Of Massachusetts. between which and
the present international Council IL has been
rumored there was lack OF sympathy. Mrs.
Howe said that she hoped to see the two organ
izations unite In their efforts. and that much
good wonld result from this combination. A
happy phrase applauded by the audience was
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subject. She had among
her audience Senator
and Mrs. Palmer, Sen
ator and Mrs. Sabin,
and q goodly number of
other Compression alpeo-
pie, and her talk was
warmly received. Miss
Wizards happiest sem
tence was that in which
she declared that the
granting OF woman 3
rights would in no wise
q \ =.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

THE savages in Africa who, until the
wife OF an explorer lately came among
them, had never seen woman with
skirts, took her for supernatural be-
ing. What tribute this is to the mod.
ern bustlel-Journal Of Education.
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OF his city.
As j have said, the
boosted glories of the
Russian capital are
exaggerated, and those
who are familiar with
the other great cities Of
the world will agree
with me; but it's the
most conspicuous tri-
umph Of the power of
the human will in ex-
istence. There are n
multitude Of shabby
buildings, and but few
great works Of marble
ar granite Most of the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
Tho Romance of a City.

The history of Petersburg is romance.
Miskewickz popular poet, wrote, ~Human
hands built Rome; divine hands created Ven
This town is the work OF the devil"
This remark was, however, more OF taunt
at the character of Peter the Great, than a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

gancc, while the new Palais OF Justice 81
Brussels, the finest architectural work of this
century, IL grander more graceful, and pleas
has so great an attempt at display been made
or so much money expended. The Winter
Palace 10 . mixture OF splsndor and shabbi-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
THH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PETERSBURG

decorated till they reached the throne. 1t as
rarely been given as compliment TO the
sovereigns Of the other powers. The Kaiser
of Germany wore it, some great inventors
have received it, but the great part of the
members have won the distinction in battle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

man. woman, or child In all the dominion OF
Peter but did something toward carrying out
the Cars great plan.
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The craving Room of the Empress.
The most elegant, tasteful and glitterng OF
all the apartments Is the drawing-room OF the
Empress, where she receives in state II is
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-04-28
Too Much for sherman.

There are any number of men in
this town who think it a great
privileged sit at the same board with
Gen. Sherman and they maintain too,
that next to the gifted Depew, he is
one of the most entertaining after
dinner speakers in the country. A
president of one of the Chicago
railroads related in the Windsor
Hotel the other night q little an
ecdote anent the general and a GER
tain military dinner in Omaha, Neb.,
at the beginning of the war. The
menu was wretched, as were the
Omaha hotels in those days. On
this occasion the butter was psrticu-
larly bad and rancid to a degree.
The Generals attention was arrested
and he sent for the manager, to
whom he quietly remarked: "You
will have to remove this butter, my
friend, as it outranks men. Y.
World
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-04-28
A Turkey Beats a bull.

A very novel combat was wit
messed on the Marcuses Ranch ir
Suffer county last Sunday. A young
bull discovered q turkey On her nesl
in q straw-stack and took apparent
delight in causing her discontinue
by shaking the straw under her
until she and the nest fell to the
ground. This made Mrs. Gobblei
mad and she went for the bull in O
rage. She jumped on his head,
pecked at his eyes and scratched
until the bull, who showed fight al
first, ran away. The mad turkey
followed, pecking at his sides in the
fight, and returning. r~earranged
her nest, satisfied that she would not
be troubled again. -Marysville APP
peal,
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ROMANCE AMI REALITY.
A Youth's Manipulation of Un-
improved ~ end Improved
Lave.

A Youth's Manipulation Of Un.
improved Lots and Improved
Love.
II is calculated that there are in
the neighborhood of 1903 young
men in Buffalo with real estate on
their hands which they wish to dis
pose Of at a high fgure-a figure
that will enable them to retire from
businessiand play pool all the rest Of
their lives. But the motto should
be small profits, quick sales. A
young man bought q lot on Bouok
Avenue last year at this time; be
paid s12 a foot. A month later be
sold il for S15 and bought q new
suit. Then he invested the re-
nader in an East Buffalo lot at SIT
a foot. In June he let it go at $50,
and proposed to his best girl the
same evening.
She wanted time to think about it,
and while she was thinking he
bought another East Buffalo lot foi
$40, and before the glorious Fourth
be sold it for $50. The girl ae-
cepted him that same night. After
paying for the engagement ring out
of the profits he bought q lot out OF
Main street, this side the belt line
for S35 a foot. He is wondering nov
whether to sell it,t.or $50 and get mar
ried or wait and sell it for $50. The
| girl says she can wait il he can. SC
they are sitting on the fence waiting
for the price to touch $50. in which
case they will get married ter
minutes ater,-Buffalo Courier.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-04-28

One of the cleverest mercantile
lodges that has been played il
this town in many a day is the
new crystallized fig racket. CheaT
m~arvelously cheap, crystallized fig,
have recently invaded the fruit
stores, the groceries, and the street
stands.
The usual price for c~rystallized
fruit is from 20 to 80 cents q pound
This new variety of figs sells at q
cents.
When you try them they are moi
very delicate in flavor, but still they
are not bad, and answer the purpose
with people wanting something
sweet very we'll. and they are having
an immense sale because the con-
junction of words "crystallized
figs with 30 cents" was SO re.
markable it gave them a big "ad.'
The cleverness comes in in the facl
that they are not crystallized figs al
all.
A firm of confectioners got the idea
form a girl in their employ, it il
said. Of running u cheap sort of fig
jam or paste into molds roughly
resembling a fig, coating them with
sugar and calling them crystallized
figs. The jam or paste is a good
enough cheap ~confection, but they
might have spent years and fortunes
trying to get it on the market with
out achieving the success they have
made now without the expenditure
of a penny in advertising.-N. Y.
Graphic.
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THE ORIGIN OF THE SNOW
DROP.
An Ancient Legend OF Eden which
Radfafes rom the Americas

An Ancient Legend OF Eden which
Radfates From the American
Hub.
The arrival Of snow-drops in the
city gardens as the first blossoms OF
the present season recalls o medi-
eval legend in regard to the origin
of the flower. II states that Zone
| day after the fall Eve stood in Para
disc lamenting the barrenness OF the
earth, which no longer produced
vegetation and where no flowers
grew. An angel, plying her sad
condition, exposed as she was to the
binding snow which was falling at
the time, came down to the earth TO
try to console her.
"He listened to her complaints,
and being moved with pity for so
much grief, took in his hand a flake
of the snow, and, breathing upon il,
babe it take the form of a flower and
bud and flow. He at the same time
added that the blossom should be a
sign and a symbol to her that the
Winter was over, and the sun and
the Summer would soon return.
On raising her eyes to express her
gratitude to the angel he was no.
where to be seen, but on the place
where he had stood was u snow
white ring, which she had nc
difficulty in recognizing as com
posed of snow-drops." = Boston
Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-04-28
POLISH YOUn OWN JEwELaY.
A Simple Receipt that Will Preserve
siiyerware from Ever furnishing
Worth Trying.

A Simple Receipt that Will Preserve
siiyerware from Ever furnishing
Worth Trying.
The best thing to clean jewelry
with is prepared chalk. It is so
soft that it does not scratch and so
fine that it works into every part of
the ornament and can be easily
brushed out. 1t is very simply
made. Take some ordinary chalk
and thoroughly pulverize it and then
mix it, about two pounds of the
powder with a gallon of pure rain
water. After it has been well
strained let it settle for about two
minutes. All the gritty hard mat
ter will settle at the bottom of the
water. which must be carefully
poured off. Let the water stand
until all the chalk has settled, pour
off the water and the settings is
the prepared chalk. A good polish
ing powder can be made by using
rotten stone in the same way. Whit
ing treated similarly is also good.
Sometimes carbonate of soda ia
added to q solution of chloride of
calcicum. The solutions should be
carefully filtered through paper be-
fore being mixed and all dust care
fully excluded. The white powder
which falls down is chalk. and after
being carefully washed and dried
forms an excellent powder for softer
metals.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-04-28

Two Maryland inventors have
discovered and perfected a sub
stitute for the pendulum in time
pieces. II consists OF a hydraulic
escapement, itself piston OF
plunger that is propelled upward
and downward once in twenty -four
hours through a cylinder filed with
mercury. There is no noise except
when the clock strikes. The inven-
ton supplants the discoveryof Gal
lice, and it is claimed will eventually
revolutionize the clock manufacture
through cheapness and perfection.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-04-28
Won a wife and a European Trip.

"Now, there is a young lady," said
Hobson to himself, "who possesses
too much innate modesty and refine
ment to appear in full evening cos
tune, and I'll win her ii | cam"
And he did win her, and shortly af-
ter marriage she said to him:
81 shall be dreadfully disappointed,
dear, if we cannot find some physi-
clan in Europe who will be able to re-
move that wretched little mole from
my shoulder. Epoch.
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rnE NEW YEAR-r0 COME.

You must wake and call me early.
Call me early, husband. dear,
T~o.morrow1l be the happiest time
I've known for many year.
I'll borrow your trousers, husband,
Also your vest and coat,
For I'm going TO vote, husband,
Your wife is going TO vote.
sleep so sound all night, husband,
That | shall never wake,
II You DO not call me loud
When the day begins TO break;
But | must gather up the tickets
And the speeches that ] wrote,
For | am going to vote, husband,
Your wife is going to vote.
Little Susan shall go with me,
To morrow to the polls,
To see her noble mother
Put her name upon the rolls;
So you must call me early,
BY the ROSTERS morning note,
For I'm going to vote, husband,
Your wife is going to vote.
Washington Critic.
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N A BUsTLE g''
white Horse Gulch Miners Mis-.
take &c for q Dcformity.

white Horse Oulch Miners Mis-.
take &c for q Dcformisy.
The young lady had finished her
dinner and was strolling about the
camp with her uncle, q large ieshy,
jolly old man who was q large stock
holder in one OF the principal mines
in the gulch. He had brought his
niece, o young lady Of 20. on a trip
with him for company and also to
.sbow her something of the wild and
rugged West. 1t had been many q
month since the boys had seen a
woman, and hence everybody wanted
to meet her and invite her to partake
of the hospitality of White Horse
Gulch, for all the latch-strings were
out and she would have been vel.
come to the best the rude mountain
cabins afforded.
Now, any woman would have APP
peared handsome. A dried-up old
maid from New England, dieted and
preserved on non sugared tea for q
quarter of a century, would have
been considered handsome and very
lovely, for the mountain boys are
very gallant to women, ands old
maids are given q fair show every
time.
The boys were all charmed by the
polite manners and handsome face Of
the young lady, but there was a look
of deep sympathy in the eyes of all
when they saw her. st is too bad, "
was the prevailing sentiment of all.
What a handsome face, pard,"
exclaimed q miner, "but how un-
fortunate"
Some admired her handsome face,
others her beautiful black hair, and
others he comedy shaped foot, but
all pitied her for her deformity.
That evening, after the young
lady had retired, her uncle was
chatting with a number of the
miners, and his niece, of whom the
fond uncle was very proud, became
the topic of conversation. Finally,
one harder than the rest, said it was
q pity he told the uncle how the
hearts of all the miners in White
Horse Gulch had gone out toward
him for her ~affiiction.
Aflietionp' shouted the enraged
uncle. Afflicted Why, she is
only wearing one of them bustles."
And everybody replied in q chorus
Bustlei Bustlei What's a
bustle?'-Rocky Mountain News.