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WHAT CAUSES WRINKLES.

Scowling, Laughing and Scheming Make
Crows Feet on Peoples Faces.
DR.. Peppenbrook, in Globe-Democrat.i
The general impression about wrinkles is
that they are caused by worry, but the truth
is that most of them come from laughing.
To know how to laugh is just as important
as to know when to do it. If you laugh
with the sides of your face the skin will
work loose in time, and wrinkles will form
in exact accordance with the kind OF laugh
you have. The man who always wears a.
smirk will have a series of semicircular
wrinkles covering his cheeks. A gambler,
who is accustomed to suppressing his feel
ings, generally has deep line running from
each side of his nose to the upper corner of
his mouth, which in course of time extends
to the chin, forming the shape of a half
moon.
A cadaverous person is usually marked
with two wrinkles, one on the jaw and the
other under the eye, meeting at right an
giles at the cheek bones. The scholars
wrinkle forms on the brow, while a
schemer's wrinkles come around the eyes,
and look like spokes of wheel.
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OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.
Development in Size, Speed and
Comfort of the Atlantic Steamer.
WHAT WILL 1T BE In 100 YEARS9
Shall We Be Able to Cross the Atlantic in
4S Hours2
HOW THE RECORD HAS BEEN REDUCED
WRITTEN FOR THE DIspATcH.I

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.l
What will the transatlantic steamship
of 1889 be?
Measured by the improvements in size,
beauty, strength and speed attained during
the past half century, she will be leviathan
little short of quarter OF a mile in length,
carrying over100, 900 tons, consuming but lit
tie more coal than the transatlantic steamer
of to-day and making the trip from Fastnet
light to Sandy Hook in As hours.
Ridiculous as this statement may seem,
it is less improbable than would have ap-
peared prophecy made 30 years ago that
the Atlantic would be crossed in less than
a week. That it would ever be crossed at
all in vessel propelled by steam seemed
almost beyond belief to that knot of people
who assembled on August p, 1918, in the
upper New York bay, about where the
Erie basin now is, to witness the launching
of the little 300-ton side-wheel steamer Sa-
vannah, which was to make the first attempt
to accomplish this feat. Her builder was
FrancisPickitt,a and she was comman ied bv an
old New England sailor, Captain Moses
Rogers, of New London, Conn. She steamed
out of New York In the early part of 1919,
and on May 25 of that year, amid the usual
blazing of cannon and waving of flags she
set sail from Savannah, Ga, for st. Peters
burg by way of Liverpool. She could only
carry 75 tons of coal and 25 cords of wood.
Her engines were, of course, of the high
pressure order, and were built by Stephen
Vail. 1t took the Savannah 26 day s to reach
Liverpool, but she steamed only IS days, at
the end of which time her fuel gave out, and
she was compelled to proceed under sail.
A MARITIME SENSATION.
She created great sensation, and it is
said that the commander of the British fleet
at Cork seeing the smoke emerging from her
funnel. sent boats crew to extinguish
what he took to be fire on board. Some
idea of the crudity of her construction may
be had from the accompanying sketch taken
from an original print
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CoDyrighssd.l 1889.
TEN DOLLARS TO SEE 4 LORD.
The Price Paid BY a Man whs fhssghr He
Got His Moneys Worth.

The Price Paid By Man whs Thosghf He
Got His Moneys Worth.
From the Boston Post-1
A friend of mine who has Just returned
from trip in England-and, by the way, he
is person of unImpeachable Eeracity-tells
me of something that happened on the voy-
age out which would make a good incident
for an international novel" Among
the passengers were an English
ford and a miner from Cali
fornia quite the conventional character, It
will be seen), the latter being rough, good
natured fellow, who kept pretty we'll sea-
soned with liquor. One day toward the end
of the voyage, the weather being pleasant
and everybody on deck, the miner, who had
iraternized more or less with his lordship in
the smoking room, approached him and
said:
well, I've always wanted to know
real live lord, and see what he was; now
have done it, and I'm much obliged to YOU.
Here is $40 gold piece; give 1t to your
baby; I've had che worth Of the money"
So saying, the Californian tucked his
coin into some convenient spot about the
aristocratic child, and strolled of. The
Englishman, my friend says, held up the
gold piece (nicely wrapped in tissue paperl
between his thumb and finger, and piteous-r
ly inquired OF an acquaintance who stood
by what in the world he should do with it.
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The Love That Reached MY Heart.

The sky of my life was overcast,
My heart was heavy and sad,
/ had looked around and caught the last
Reflection of all that was glad.
A mist of the future hid from sight,
And the echo was lost in sob,
AS called aloud for ray of light
And asked that they might not rob
A broken heart of all earthly balm;
A heart that had struggled SO long
Mid tempest and storm to reach calm
Shall the "Plsgah" of hope be lost in the songf
b Did blossom, how'ret sweet,
And pluck its petals to learn my lot,
AS the old, old legend repeat;
HE loves me. He loves me not"
oh. flower that holds my fate SO dear,
Will you in mercy fall?
Will your snow-white petals shroud my heart
Or give life to the love calf
A flood of sunshine covered my heart
And harvest OF love could sees
Stamped on the last leaf from which should
part
For it said he loves but me.
"He loves me not' falls carelessly down,
For hold the coveted key
That with eyes of love counted the leaf
That said He loves but me-"
This is the love that reached my heart
And in the darkest hour can see
The snow-white petal of the fow'ret sweet
Which said he loves but me.
-FH9te QuaHtrille BroW1 IN Warrington Posts
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gines. one for each propeller and sacrificing
breadth of beam to speed, began to model
their ships more after Yachting lines. 1t is
upon this basis that the new Hamburg
American line steamers Columbia and
Victoria Augusta, the new White Star lire
Teutonic and the new Inman line City
of New York, and City Of Paris are
built. With the exception OF the last
named steamer the twin screw has not made
any appreciable change in speed, but it has
demonstrated the fact that vessels built in
that way ride the waves much easier aud
are therefore, more pleasant for passengers
than are the single screw steamers. 1t has
also demonstrated, in the case of the City
of Paris that the twin screw very
materially increased speed. This vessel
having made the trip over the regulation
ocean race course from Sandy Hook to
Fastnet Light in days and 10 hours
and has attained an average speed of 20
knots an hour, over this course its average
is about 4-10 Of knot greater than that of
the Etruria which formerly held the best
record.
POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE.
Increase in size in the transatlantic
steamers has kept pace with their increase
in speed and none of the recently built ships
have less than 10000 tons capacity. Any
one of them will accommodate at least 1000
people as comfortably in many respects as
they could be entertained at any hotel.
Most of them contain handsome Libraries of
from 800 to 1000 volumes each, bathrooms,
toilet rooms and every luxury that can be
enjoyed on shore.
Of course all this speed has not been at
tained without considerable consumption in
coal, which in the case of the single-screw
steamers has steadily risen as the speed was
increased. The Umbria, Etruria and ves-
sells of that class burned on an average ton
of coal for every knot of progress, or be-
tween 450 and 800 tons per day. With the
advent of the twin screw. however, the con-
sumption of fuel decreased, and it is said
that the new steamers burn but 300 tons in
the same time.
Ali these figures are interesting because of
the fact that they show what can be done by
comparison with what has been done. In the
20 years since it was demonstrated that
transatlantic steam traffic was possible the
transatlantic steamer has grown from
300-ton vessel to a 12,000-ton vessel, and it
has increased in length from less than 100
feet to almost 600 feet 1t has decreased the
time required to cross the Atlantic from 26
days to less than six days. The same ratio
of increase in size would make the vessel of
1889 something over 5000 feet in length,
with a tonnage reaching up into the hum
dreds of thousands. The same ratio of in
crease in speed would cut the time necessary
to make a trip across the Atlantic down to
48 if not to "a hours.
Of course it will be urged and it must be
admitted that there is limit to capacity and
speed. but who in the light of the past would
be bold enough to draw this limit at any
thing like the present record, especially with
the possibilities of electricity as a motive
power yet to be developed?
A. B. SEAMAN,
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young man proposed to me last night"
You can't mean that?' Indeed it's true; 3
Asked me to be his wife outright"
Good gracious, deari What did you dor'
Poor boyi He looked so handsome, Nell"
Handsome! A clerk on weekly pay
Asks you-a beauty and belief
But tell me what he dared TO say."
"Well-frst, he loved mer "Oh, that part,
or course! What else7" And that he
thought
was the sort of girl whose heart
Would never let itself be bought,
HE said he was man-that
Was Just woman, equal SO
In youth. health brain we stood and-vhy
You'd think he never dreamed of no
"That he was poor need be no bar"
"Welli what an attitude to taker'
'sFor Love would prove the guiding star
To fame and fortune. for my sake
"And then he begged my heart and hand"
.'Such impudencei who'd ever guess?-
hope you made him understand
His placer u did-I told him 'Yespn
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YOUR ADAMS APPLE.
If 1t is Prominent You Must Wear a Stand |
Up Collar.

If 1t is Prominent You Must Wear Stand.
Up Collar.
Washington Post.l
ut is well-known," said Joe Beardsley,
"that deformities have often dictated STYLES.
but probably most people do not realize to
what extent slight defects control them
in the most trivial pieces of apparel This
is shown in the case Of the prevailing
styles of collars worn. When the STYLE
changed from the low collar to the high one
it was sweeping change, so that but few
people could be seen wearing anything ex-
cept the 'choaker.' Finally the 'choaker'
was modified into collar with the ends
turned down, good deal of space being left
open at the throat
''That style was never adopted uniyer-
sally. Why? For the reason that great
portion of the men who have occasion to
wear collars at all have prominent Adams
APPLES which they are very glad to hide
from sight if they find an opportunity. The
'choaker, just suited them, and it will
probably be many days before they will be
induced to give it up"
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sacred duty to bring destruction on him and
his whole race. To fulfill that duty be
would not have hesitated to lay hands on the
throne; indeed, in bis eyes, by the utterance
OF that blasphemous entreaty, "Bless me
also, Pharaoh Menephtah had forfeited his
right to the sovereignty. Moses was the
murderer of Pharaoh's first born, whereas
ne himself and the venerable high priest Of
Anon held the veal or woe OF the
deceased youths soul in their hands.
Anu tnis weapon was q keen and
strong one, for be knew how tender
and lrresolute was the Kings heart.
II the high priest of Amon-the only man
who stood above him-did not contrayene
him in some unaccountable fit of senile ca
price, 1t would be small matter to reduce
Pharaoh to submission, but the yacilIatine
monarch might repent tomorrow of what Ne
resolved ere to-day, if the Hebrew should
again succeed in coming between him and
his Egyptian counselors. Only this verv
day, on hearing the name of Moses spoken
in his presence, the degenerate son Of
Rameses the Great had covered his face and
quaked like frightened gazelle, and to-
morrow he might curse him and pronounce
sentence of death against him. He might
perhaps, indeed, be moved to do this, but
even tnen Dy tne 0ay aiter ne W0ulu very
surely recall him and beseech his blessing
once more.
Away with such monarchI Down with
the feeble reed who sat on the throne, down
to the very dust! Bale had found fitting
successor among the princes Of the blood
royal, and when the time should come
when Rule, the high priest'of Anon, should
cross the boundary of the time Of life
granted to man by the gods and close his
eyes in death-then he, Bale himself, would
MI his place; new lie should begin for
Egypt. and Moses and his tribes were
doomed.
As the prophet thus meditated pair Of
ravens duttered around his head, and then.
croaking loudly, aligbted on the dusty ruins
OF one Of the wrecked tenements. His eve
involuntarily followed their fight and per-
ceived that they had settled on the body Of
dead Hebrew, halt buried in the rubbish.
And again smile stole over bis cunning.
defiant features, smile which the inferior
priests who stood about his litter could BY
no means interpret
ITO Be Continusd.1
Copyrighted. 1889
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PARsELIs INFLUENCE In IRELAND.

Nothing is Ever Done By His Friends UhfiI
the Leader Is Consulted.
New England Magazine.I
In no other country in the world does
any one man now WELD the influence which
Parnell exerts in Ireland. Bismarck and
Gladstone are the only two personalities be-
sides Parnell who now dominate over large
masses of men. But neither Bismarck nor
Gladstone can nominate and elect candidates
for scores OF constituencies or carry the
vote of his party in his pocket. Both these
things Parnell does There is really next
to no freedom of election in ireland.
If Parliamentary vacancy occurs, moth
ing is done till Mr.. ParnelI is consulted.
He decides who the candidate shall be, and
the person selected by him is nominated and
elected without the voters being in any way
considered. Thus Mr.. Parnell's party il
dependent upon him, and each man owes to
him something very like personal ale
glance.
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NO SALES AT THAT HOUSE.
An Irafe Lady Hasrens the Departure of n
Book Agent.

An Irafe Lady Hasrens the Departure of n
Book Agent.
Detroit Free Press.l
He rang the door-bell Of house on Sec
ond avenue and then sat down. In a min
ute he rose up and rang again. Then he
waited spell and rang for the third time.
Soon thereafter. the lady of the house, be-
traying dozen proofs of sick headache,
opened the door and dem anded:
care you trying to pull the house DOWN."
mo ma'am," he answered. "Have you
the Lives of Plutarch?' "
"No, sir, but if was a man I'd have
yours in about minute"
"Eh-ahl 1 see, madam. 1 guess I'd
better CO."
And he took the 'Iives of Putarch"
under his arm, and his own in his hand, and
backed down the steps and out of the gate
and went off with the air of q man who
wished he hadn't.
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Lot.st Steomshfp Teutonfc.

1000 tons was by no means a cur riosity.
Record breaking still went on and in 1881
the Guion line steamer Arizona crossed in
z days and hours. On September 10, 1882,
the Alaska astonisbed everyone by making
the tripin less than days, having taken but 6
days, Is hours and 81 minutes to run from
Sandy Hook to Queenstown. In 1884 the
National line steamer America took about
three hours off the Alaska's record and in
December of the same year the ill-tated
Oregon, whose skeleton lies six fathoms
deep off Sandy Hook, came into Queens
town in nine hours less time than that made
by the America.
FLOATING HOTELS.
Following closely upon these came the
then enormous Cunarders Umbria and
Etruria, each being of 5000 tons burden,
and built exactly alike in every respect.
The Etruria, however, proved much the
faster vessel, and in June, 1888. crossed from
Queenstown to Sandy Hook in days hour
and 55 minutes.
Up to this time transatlantic steamers
had been built with single screws and single
engines of what is known as the triple ex-
pansion type. BY triple expansion is meant
an engine that will use the same volume of
steam three times before il is exhausted.
The Etruria will probably always hold
the best record as o single screw steamer,
the limit for that class seeming to have been
reached in her case. Shipbuilders recog-
MIXING this fact began to turn their attention
TO improvements in machinery and the shape
of the steamer. From the single screw they
turned to the double screw with double en-.
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He maketh the winds His angels;
His ministers tongues of flame,
And these. His oldest evangels,
Forever proclaim the same.
Eternal gospel Of splendor,
Wisdom. and power, and love,
And of justice, true, yet tender
As the olive and the dove.
At times IN their savage Madness
His winds In our eyes are hurPd;
Giving us blindness for gladness,
And blackness that shrouds the world
But ever his rainbow groweth,
Like flowers, out of the dew
Of darkness and light He soweth
For the broken-hearted few.
There are riffs in life's lutte, tangles,
Discords in its richest SOUNDS;
The Elect are those His angels
Touch in their daily rounds.
W. n. 1horns IN Philadelphia InQ1sfrev.
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In the still field its glory we behold
Stretching away 1t seems a sun-kissed sea,
Laving with glamored beauty hill and lea,
When calm September's smiling zephyr stoled.
By the wood edge, with light waves DER ts
rolled,
1t idly flames in undulations free,
In lovely miniature an autumn tree
When the wind rustles in its fakes OF gold,
When the leafs curied and eolored BY the cold,
When the frost sparkles on the ripeneo
ounce,
And from the stubble pipes the merry
quail
Then in September's beauty we behold
In all his graceful majesty the prince
Turned TO a flower in a fairy tale.
-R. x. M,tnkittrtck in RdTpers WeeEV
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Morning GIorIes.

Over the porch they Chamber and twine'
And never the breath Of a sound they maks-
Blossoms Of azure and rose and VINE,
Fresh and dainty and wide-awake-
Our beautiful morning gloriesi
About the porch they froIic and play
And oh. the laughter and shouts tney maksl
Merry and winsome and Hide-awake- l-..
Our beautiful morning gloriesl
-Emna G. Dosod n Harpsrs Young Ps9pI4
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Conflicting Views.

Chicago Tribune.l
"Your Honor, this man is pigeon-toed. I
object to him on the ground that a jurors
understanding should not be biased"
THE objection is overruled. Mr.. Sharp"
Then challenge him on the ground that
he is cross-eyed. BE takes conflicting views
of everything"
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Boston Bud get.l
1t must be a great thing for man to
have so many investments as General But
ler, who said to a reporter in regard to the
company controlling the guano island of
Navasso: 81 may be an owner in that COM
pany, but don't remember that 1 am"
The General has always been credited with
possessing an average memory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
AN EXPERT DRIVER.

But He Was More Familiar With Stakes
Than With Horses.
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My Mugwunp readers will be tempted to
exclaim: "What a political paradise France
must bel" Net at all. Some order must
everywhere be brought out of party chaos
In France this desderatum is obtained by
the Central Government; but of course only
in 50 far as ''the powers that be" are con-
cerned.
The Minister of the Interior, NJ. Constans
at present, is the great boss in French poll
tics. He is armed, ameng other things,
with q secret service fund, which he uses to
advance party ends. Certain candidates are
putronized by the Government, and this
means pecunisry aid il it is needed.
Nor is doodle" the only power in the
hands of this French Ministerial Boss. he
has in every department an obedient servi-
tor IN the person of the Prefect, or Governor
Of the department, making In all Sc minor
bosses in direct telegraphic communication
with the central boss at Paris. Under each
Prefect are thousand and one employees OF
various grades scattered throughout the de-
Partment each one likely to have his Do
htical head chopped on unless he keeps in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-06
NEITHER DEAD NOR SLEEPING.
A Man Whose Estate Was Administered
Upon Turns up Way Out West.

Man Whose Estate Was Administered
Upon Turns up Way 0ut West.
WINsTED, CONN, November 5.-Fifteep
years ago Ambrose A. Osborn disappeared.
leaving many debts and some property, be-
side a wife and several children. A short
time previous to his disappearance be pro-
cured 8 divorce from his wife
and about that time an old mill
building was burned down, which excited
general comment and raised suspicion
mainly because it was insured and because
he collected the insurance and Immediately
alterward vanished. In time he was given
up as dead by those who had known him
here, and his wife, with her little children
removed to Birmingham, Conn. In due
course Of events the Probate Court admin
istered upon his estate and appointed a
guardian for the minor children, there hav-
ing been some property LETT. This propertv
is still in the hands of the guardians of the
minors
About q wear ago John +. Simmon. n
Winsted pettiiogger, learned from a Con.
necticut man who had been to California
that Osborn was alive and residing In Cali
iornia, where be had again married. and
had a family Of vile and four children.
aud that he had accumulated some property
in the far western town where he dwolt.
simmons then began 10 search up the old
creditors Of Osborn here in Connecticut "a
we'll as 10 take steps 10 make cure OF Os.
boFn't Identification, lie succeeded beyond
biz expectations In both cases