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P,TH AND POINT.


An old office-seeker says that ths
surest appointment in politics is dis
appointment
The man who never changes his
opinion is one who never enlarges his
information.
The lighter the individual, the
easier to float in the social swim
Washington Critic.
10 seek a redress Of grievances by
recourse to the law is aptly compared
to sheep running for shelter to BRAN
ble-brush.
The man who is suspicious lives
in a constant state Of uuhappiness. 1t
would be better for his peace or mind
to be too trustful than too guarded.
We are all dissatisfied. The diff
ference is that some OF US sit down in
the squalor of our dissatisfaction,
while others make a ladder of it
Once a Week.
The result of self-examination on
the part of some people is abundant
satisfaction; with others, it is so de-
pressing as to almost bring despair.
Both are wholly wrong-United Pres
byterian.
=-Alasi IT Is not till time, with recle-
less hand, has torn out half the leaves
from the book OF human life to light
the fires Of passion, from day to day,
that man begins to see that the leaves
which remain are few in number
GOngfellOw.
zAfTectation naturally 'eounterfeits
those exc6lences which are placed at
the greatest distance from possibility
of attainment, because, knowing our
own defects, we eagerly endeavOr to
supply them with artificial excellence
johnson.
"A smooth sea never made d skill
ful mariner, neither do uninterrupted
prosperity and success qualify for use
fitness and happiness. The storms Of
adversely. like those of the ocean,
rouse the faculties, and excite the in4
vention, prudence, skill and fettitude
OF the vOyager.
IT'S pitiful the things by which we
are rich or pOOr-a matter of coins,
coats and carpets. a little more or less
stone, or wood, or paint, the fashion
of a cloak or hat; like the luck Of
naked Indians, Of whom one IS proud
in the possession Of a glass bead or d
red feather, and the rest miserable in
the want of it-EmersOn.
1t is always a bad sign as to ones
real character when the more you
know Of him the less you think Of him
The fact shows that he seemed to have
excelences which disappear on a more
intimate acquaintance. and. has faults
and defects that did not appear upon d
limited and partial acquaintance One
regrets in this way 80 change ard re-
call good opinion which he had Of
anO --Independent
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Your House On Fire.

Not the house Of wood, or brick, or
stone, IN which you live but your bod
lily tenemens may De ia terrible dan
ger froin smouldering fire whielI you
make DO effort TO quench. The great
danger from impure blood is tina; ii
deb'liiites the sss.em, and the diges-
tive organs grow weak and inaetive,
Hoods SarsapariIla combines the best
kidney and liver invigorators, with
the best Alternatives and lonics, All from
the VEGETABLE kingdom, carefully and
undersl andingiy prepared ID concen-
trased orm. Il purifes, Yiializes, AID
enrlohss the blood, and tones np The
system giving the whole body vi'si.
ity. AMP tfIeetuaily guarding il against
the alescks oflisease. 46
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NoT 4 AAPsY fAoueAf.
The Trials ana TrIDuIatIons OF q society
Young Man.


Ths Trials ana TribuIatIons OF Society
Young Man.
While the society girl is a subject Of
30 much sympathy and comment in the
newspapers, it might not be amiss to
cast kindly glance toward the young
society man. Unquestionably the sea-
son tells heavily upon debutautes, but
after they have been out for a year or
two they thrive upon fashionable life
In a way that is wonderful to see. The
leaders who set the pace in the lively
circles Of New York society are with
out exception magnificent specimens of
robust and beautiful womanhood. They
have bright eyes and clear skins; they
are quick of movement and apparently
happy. Although the years roll by,
many of the old leaders continue to
keep in the van. and the incessant
round of balls and parties has no other
effect Upon them than to emphasisa
their charms.
Meanwhile how about the society
man2 Any one who casts glance at
the vacuOus, round-shouldered and
narrow-ehested youths who block the
doorways at evening entertainments;
and drag themselves wearily through
their social PAGES by day, will sec what
wear and tear society exercises upon
the system of the masculine portion Of
the Four Hundred. The main trouble
with a society man Is that he does not
get enough sleep His sister goes to d
ball In n comfortable brougharn, very
often after having taken a cosy and
healthfui rap after dinner, and dances
Until about two or three o'clork in tho
morning with vivacity The next
morning she sleeps snugly in her bed
until eleven or twelve o'clock, The
whole house is hUshed that the beauty
Of the family may indulge in her re.
pose, and after eight or uine hours OF
healthful slumber she lounges around
in an easy wrap over breakfast and
then goes to walk. ride or. drive. pre-
cisely as an athlete would who is train
ing and building up his strength.
Her brother goes to the ball, dances
until three 6'eloek, lights Zig cigars
smokes it on his way home, tumbles
into bed at a quarter to four, Is reused
at eight, dresses hastily, and runs
down town after hurriedly swallowing
a mOuthful Of breakfast. All dag long
he works with a heavy heal, and at
short intervals he builds up his failing
strength by visits to the nearest cafe.
Attic end Of five years, or even at the
end of two, the difference between
brother and sister is wonder fully dis
tinct Any body can observe the CON
trast who cares to look at society peO-
pie. Take any Of the horseshoe curves
at the Metropolitan Opera House. Fof
instance, and observe the pallid,
%earied and langnid mon who sit be-
3ind the radiant beauties that adorn
the boxes. 1t is a picture of full sig
nifcauce.-Once n Week
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NAVAL STATISTICS.
A ComDarison OF the SavIes Of GerUpe7l
and tho United States

A COmDarison OF the NavIes Of GerDs7y
and tho United States.
The German navy, April l. 1888, had
twenty-nine iroh-clad ships, of which
thirteen were sea-going iron-clads,
with armor thickness at water line
from 5 10 Il inches; twelve coast
defense hrmor-elads. all excepting
one having s-inch aruiOr. and four
declz-protected cruisers. Besides these
there are about 122 torpedo boats,
first and second class. and the numbers
are being continually increased.
There were also put in construction in
January, 1899, two frigate cruisers,
three eorvettes and two dispatch boats.
The most powerful vessel Of the Ger
man navy is the Konig Wilhelm, which
has an armor twelve inches thick amid
ships Ut the water line, tapering grad
ually downward 10 q thickness Of seTen
inches at seven feet below the water
line. Two other ships carry sixteen
guns each. The entire iron-elad feet
carries us guns, the heaviest Of these
weighing thirty-slx tons, and the en-
tire tonnage Of the feet Is over 100000
tons: The German navy has also six
unarmdred se5ag0iuG Ships intended
for offensive warfare and constructed
for great speed. Four of these have
a speed Of sixteen knots per hour, the
other two nineteen knots. The Ger
man navy is commanded by seven Adj
mirals, who have under them S23 OIL
GERS Of all kinds, including engineers
aud surgeons, and 1l,74S non-eommis-
stoned officers, men and boys, marines
and sailors. The navy OF the United
States can not at all compare in Ell
cheney with the German navy, but it is
prospectively better than may be sup
posed. Our navy has been, of late
years, 8 mere cipher in the ornaments
of the world. In September 1885. our
navy contained but twenty-four vessels
fit for service. exclusive OF such of the
steel cruisers as we're then completed
and the old monitors, none Of the latter
being really fit for active use. But a
great deal has been done during the
last few years toward building new
vessels. Since 1885, $S1.773, 112 have
been allowed for naval purposes, out
side of the 1000. 600 in the naval ap-
preparation Of March. 1889, and since
that time twenty-five steel vessels have
been ordered. which include differeBt
sorts, having a total tonnage Of $500
tons, armed with two 12-inch, twenty
six 1O-inch, twelve S-inch aud eighty
one G-inch guns. The above batteries
do not include the dynamite guns, the
torpedoes, the Hotchkiss rapid-fre
guns, and the Calling revolving guns
One OF the most remarkable OF the new
vessels is the dynamite cruiser Vesu-
vius, which is fitted out to carry three
o. the new Zalinski dynamite guns.
This is an exceptionally fast vessel,
running from twenty to twenty-One
knots an hour. The navy of the United
States Il commanded by one Admiral'
one Vice-Admiral and six Rear-Ad
miraIs, who have under them 965 OIL
GERS, from cadets to COmmOdores.
There is a marine corps of 1850 men
and officers, and besides 1900 enlisted
men and $50 bOys.-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
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FASHIONABLE WOMEN.
One who Claims to Know Talks About the
Eitoratur- Affected sy Them.
.sANhnf do fashionable rrnr,nnn rad alf

One who Claims to Know Talks About the
Litorstur. Affected By Them.
What do fashionable women readPn
/ might answer every thing" covers
a large field in a general way, and I
prefer to deal with partiuularities Just
now. have been told more than
once that the readers employed by
publishing houses to read the MSS. Of
novels are almost invariably women,
and young women between the ages of
twenty and twenty-five The reason
given FOR this is that as the majority
OF novel readers are young women.
g young wOman is considered the best
Judge in this matter. This may be true
or not, but it is true that a great many
elderly women devote a large portion
Of their time TO reading novels. They
are too old for much social lite, and
therefore have plenty of time TO devote
to reading, and they seem to have a
fancy for the lightest kind Of novels.
One elderly. crippled lady whom i once
had the pleasure Of knowing, took a
great delight in books that told OF
murders and the pursuit of the crimi-
mails by detectives. She declared that
she knew the Bible and prayer-bool1 by
heart, for she had read them daily
through long life, and she read now
els because she enjoyed them.
Coming down to the younger WON
en-, there are many fashionable mar
ried women whose special pleasure is
reading history and biography. know
several women who appear to pass the
greater part Of their lives in society,
and yet thcy find time to read the best
novels Of the day, the biographies,
memoirs and books of CORE
spondence that are being con-
stantly brought out, and the many vol
umes of poems. French novels are
much read by the women who habitu-
ally study the language during the
winter season and take an annual trip
abroad in the summer; but find that
the French novel is often laid aside for
the study of some of the French classic
writer's. A few ambitious debutantes
make an attempt to keep up with one
or two studies and do a little solid
reading. but before the seasons well
nnder way their engagements are SO
numerous that the attempt fails
through. and il any time at all IS de-
voted to books it is to the latest society
novel The older girl, however, tho
girl OF a few seasons, finds. time ia
take up. a language, and II she Is IN
earnest she accomplishes a good deal
o. heavy reading. IN. u Star. .
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rs kENruCKY VA.

How Love Finds Words Among the Mas
tives of the BIue-Grass state
had been asleep in my seat in the
passeuger-cOach as the train was roll
ing through Kentucky, aud was aroused
by a couple taking the seat in front OF
me. l did not raise my head. but made
out that he was a young fellow Of
twenty-five, or Whereabouts, and she
was young girl Of eighteen or twenty.
"RecI1On he's asleep9" queried the
girl, referring to me
I'm shore of it." he replied, after
taking look at the baclt Of my head.
There was an interval OF silence, cut
on the bias and warranted first color,
and then he queried:
Glad We como. Mary?"
''SOrter, Bill"
"We's friends. hain't we?"
shore
a never did keer fur no other gal. "
"Shoo! Now you is fuuuing me"
"Shole as 1 live, Mary. I wouldn't
marry no girl in our hull section, no
how"
"Honest?"
True as cucumbers. Pap likes ye,
Mary"
"Glad ont"
''And mann likes ye."
'Glad ont"
"And pap was a-saying to me that if
l got mar'd could bring my wife right
home"
''Your pap is good"
''But I can't git mar'd Mary"
"'Deed, but why not?"
"'Cause nobody loves me"
'ShoOi Reckon somebody does"
mo they don't If they did they'd
show it"
There was another interval Of silence,
bordercd with forget-me-nots and or
namented with orange blossoms, and
during this minute 1 think he seized
her unresisting hand. l think she was
ready to be seized. He probably
squeezed it as he said:
80 you reckon somebody does?"
Yep"
'.Then why don't they say SOP"
"Waitin', mebbe-"
'Waitin' fur what?"
80 be axed to say 50"
He was trembling with excitement
and he could not control his voice as be
said:
.'If they loved me they'd squeeze my
hand, wouldn't they3"
Reckon they would
(Squeeze-zip-gasp. Hello, Cen
tralD
'And-and. Mary, if they'd marry
me they'd squeeze agin, wouldn't
they?"
Shore they would"
(Squeeze-whoOp-can up the par
sonD
Then he leaned over and kissed her.
and Cupid danced hornpipe up and
down the aisle.-N. Y. Sun.
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PRETTY TENNIs GOWNS
Brilliant Light shades PfedomiRatinR IN
All Imnnrand nresse.

Brilliant Light shades Pfedomihatiag In
All Imported Dresses.
Here Is a description of the first
tennis gown of the season: It is Of
white flannel, OF very soft, light
quality, turned up in a deep hem,
above which is hand-embroidered a
deep Greek fret In orange-colored
silk, only done In outline, however,
in order that It may not interfere With
the accordion plaits IN which the skirt
is laid. These accordion plaits will be
the distinguished figure Of nearly every
tennis and boating dress this summer
because Of the convenient manner In
which it folds away the requisite full
ness OF the skirt. making 1t hang close.
ly about the limbs, while at the same
time it allows them full play and has
no strings or straps liable TO como
united or broken. This embroidered
band about the skirt has a very
pretty effect looking wheh the
wearer stands still like a broad.
solid band Of orange, but with every
movement swayinR open to show the
Greek fret The waist is a loose, white
shirt of the flannel, rather open in the
throat and with a wide collar, under
which is knOtted an orange silkzscarh
The sleeves are laid in accordion piaits
from the shoulder to the elbow, where
1t Is confined by deep, close cuff at
the wrist There is a sash about tho
waist made Of one breadth of orange.
colored India silk, Eve yards long, the
ends being gathered and fastened with
a silk-tasseh A little jacket. goes with
this suit, Which Ats close i'll the back
and buttons with one button over the
chest, the loose front being somewhat
cut away from the point where 1t but
tons. 1t has no sleeves, Is lined
throughout with orsnge.colored surah,
and is embroidered all about the edge
and down the front in the same pat
terri as the skirt. Pigskin tennis shoes
and white Tam O'Shanter eenplet5
the costume Another pretty tennis
dress, CT very much the same design, is
OF pale gray and yellow-a combina-
,tion very popular with rosy blondes
There is a tendency displaying itself
this season towards the use Of pale
hght colors on the tennis ground, and,
in fact, everywnere, even on the street,
cOlors which, two years ago. no New
York girl would for an instant have
thought of wearing, are now making
their appearance everywhere All the
French gowns coming over in the
spring importations are Of these brill
liant light shades, many Of them for
street wear, and all country costumes
are in tints of pale apple green, spri-
cOt-yellOw, peach-blOOm, lilac aud all
the delicate tones of blue, white and
yellow, gray and yellow, and certain
dull, soft tints of blue, with a cream
that is nearly yellow; are the combf-
nations In the beautiful French cotton
frocks that are as elaborate and ex-
Behsive as silk Yellow is combined
with lilac and with many Of the deeper
shades of purple with excellent effect
IN. Y. Star.
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Hrena-spearIng in india.

The hyena, though most useful
scavenger, is not noble looking ami
NAL. aud his nature is decidedly cur
rish. He is not a beast usually select
ed for the chase, bat affords a certain
amount Of fun when nothing better is
to be had. Many a sportsman. when
disappointed in finding boar. has had
run after a hyena- These beasts do
not go at any great pace or charge like
a brave old boar, yet they are not easy
to spear, by reason OF the quiclzness
with which they turn and twist. In
our first illustration the animal has
just turned sharp at right angles and
thrown out the man who was about to
spear him, letting another cutin, while
the horse Of third, putting his foot in
a hole. comes down, and then, getting
rid Of his rider. continues the chase on
his own account biting and striking at
the hyena. which makes no attempt &c
resent this strange onslaught We
observe that Mr.. Moray Brown. in his
excellent book '.Shikar Sketches, ]"
mentions similar incident But
doubles and TURNS can not always save
the hyena, at last well-directed
spear-thrust ends his career an earth
and finishes The difficult pursuit -
Illustrated London News
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HOMES oE cAsrAwAYs.

Thoughts Suggested by q Recent Dis
coverY at PalIaerstOn Island.
The recent discovery by a British
bark that the small Polynesian island
known as PalmeFston island is inhab.
tied by men Of our race, will revive the
hopes Of those who have long mourned
for relatives lost on the Pacific. There
is hardly a person in California who
can not recall the memory Of some one
who went to sea long ago on the widest
Of the oceans, and was never heard Of
again. Spiritualists and other impos-
tors have reaped a living by deluding
survivors with stories Of the happy life
Of the. supposed corpse on some sunny
Isle, where, as the poctess sang, the
skies forever. smile and the beaches
forever weep. Now that we are actu-
ally finding crews long since wrecked
on islands far out of the track of pass
ing vessels. it must be expected that
these sanguine hopes will be revived
PalmerstOn island is only one exam
pie. 1t was found to De occupied by
an English sailor, who had lived there
for twenty-five years. He had desert
ed from his ship at Tahiti in a small
boat had picked up a wife on a pass
ing island. aud had made himself a
home on PalmcrstOn, where he was
lord of all he surveyed The nearest
land is three hundred miles away; his
subjects number thirty-three. of whom
fifteen are his own children. In two
years it viii be century since the
mutineers of the Bounty established
themselves on Pitcairn's island They
lived there eighteen years before they
were discovered, and even now one
only hears of them at intervals. Three
quarters OF a century ago three sailors
established themselves on Tristand
Acunha. They got wives from St
Helena, and led happy lives, seldom
communicating with the rest of the
world.
''In the tropical zone an island
which bears cocoanuts and plantains,
and on the shores of which fish are to
be found. viii sustain human lie in-
definitely without imports from the
civilized world But little clothing is
necessary, and food, with but slight
labor, can be made abundant and
varied. What sort Of life the inhabit-
ants would lead we can learn from
Robinson Crusoa" and Charles
Reade's Foul Play To one who is
accustomed to his daily papers aud to
the hum and stir of the busy world,
life would be trihe monotonous, but
there are persons in every age for
whom the career Of a hermit has
charms 1t is quite possible that many
islands which sea captains class as I'M
inhabited are really the homo Of easta-
ways, ind it might be worth the while
Of the Hehooners which sail out OF this
point t1 Polynesia in quest Of copra to
keep a lookout as they pass them
San Francisco Call.
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ARTIFICIAL EYES.
A Trade That Is More Extendvs Than
Many Imagine.

A Trade That Is More ExtenSivs Than
Many Imagine.
The trade in false eyes is more extern
sive than many imagine. The best ARE
mace in Uri. Those Of German maFu.
facture have more curvature, and are
deeper and appear more liquid than
those Of French make: False eyes are
also made in London and in New York,
Pittsburgh and St.,PauL Those made
in this country are considered defect
i've. They are usually made Of
glass, though the London firm
make them Of celluloid. but these only
merit praise from English authors. The
vulue of a glass ego is from 81 to $40.
A local specialist averages three sales
a fortnight and keeps on hand stock
of from FIVE hundred to eight hundred.
In selecting a false eye it is more diff
cult TO mattel eolot than to fit size aud
shape, A cF6ss-eye's aspect is often
given because of a false eyes bad
shape. A well-ftting artificial eye
may be worn as easily as false teeth,
Glass eyes viii wear from one to four
years. The luster wears away from
dust and the movement Of the lid. It
should be removed at night 10 give the
socket rest. Sympathetic symptoms
must be passed before artificial eyes
are worn. In general terms, artificial
eyes are sections of the surface Of
spheres made Of enamel, to which are
added an enameled edrnea and iris,
When an existing deformed globe IS
only a little smaller than a normal one a
very small artificial eve suf1ices to hide
the doformity, and has decided lateral
motion. Fitting closely on the stump,
they are frequently as movable as the
normal one, The posterier surface OF
an artificial eye must always he hollow,
Generally the corneaI part Is only half
a line and the sceral part no moro than
a quarter OF a line in thickness. -Glcve-
land Plail-Dealer
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The Bss. Is Of sueeess. I


Survival is the best test Of success;
but then survival may either be Of the
whole or Of part only, Of much or OF
little The nan may survive as a live
ing rgaRism-a. geological specimen
but charaeter may be gones or hope, or
hoalth. or happiness The truly sue
cessful are they who carry with them
to the end that which. makes life worth
living, who retain the sense Of a pur-
pose and meaning in life. and who do
not like James Mill, father OF John
Stuart Mil, feel that when the fresh
ness OF youth is past human existence
Is a somewhat dreary thing To tho
multitude perhaps success in lie is
gagged by a money scale; to be rich is
to be successful, to be poor is to be IN
successful; but this is far from being a
desirable standard to erect But few
can reap success according to this
idea; and the rest must reap. failure
and diseoateatment A truer aud BET
ter conception is that the man who de-
veiops his faculties and cultivates his
dispositions Alright. who. amid the war
fare and vicissitudes Of life. keeps his
judgment sound. his aims sincere. his
temper sweet, his domestic and social
relations duly adjusted, and who thus
in true sense lives through his whole
career, IS the type Of a successful nlaa.
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