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Do not be astonished, children, when tell you
that these eight figures are all cut from ain
gle piece Of paper. Do not be astonished, I
say. II you win only try you can do the same
thing yourself.
And this is how You do IT. Fold your piece
Of paper In two. then by fold perpsndicular
to the first bend IL into four then fold Il In the
middle and you win have the piece Of paper
folded into eight pieces. Then ON the top
sids Of the folded paper trace the model Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11

COltOuI VI tuls uall-nS uTe
has been traced cut your
card following this contour
outline. then unfold the
card and you will have a
figure identical with the
cut, and very little remains
to be done in Transforming
the card into a Sister OF
Charity.
Rebend the card once
more. following the middle
or median line. Bring for
ward the two arms, follow
ing the dotted lines of the
model, then form the cap
by making two long oblique
folds. or course you may
vary the shape according to
your own ideas or accord
inc tn the customarv no.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11

the poor dear can't stand
up now we will fix her in
the crack Of q slit cork.
Then she will be able to
stand up bravely and face
even o high wind. The
color pencil enables us to
give her stockings and .
cap and frocks Of what
ever color we may deem
becoming to her peculiar
stole Of beauty.
1.-THE DANCING MAxNADs."
Our last illustration Il
an ensemble group and
represents four sisters
and four little girls danc-
ing gaily around, holding
each other by the hand.
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His Own Sarah Had Fled.

From the Rochester sses1nan-
Notice posted by Desdwood husband In fhe
post Office: my Wife Sarah has shot nv
rancho. When didn't Doc thing Too hur
an want it distinctly Understood that any
man That takes hur in an keers for her on my
account wiz get himself pumped 80 Full Of
lead that Sum tenderfoot viii locate him for Q
Mineral claim. A word To the wise is SUFFICIENT
an ortsr work ON fools."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
From the New York Herald.

and without forgetting their little scholars.
Any of our little ones can reproduce these
Illustrations if thoy will only carefully study
the ''cuts" and patiently und with precision
follow the instructions am about to give. The
necessary materials are within the reach of all
namely, several visiting cards, some stiff white
paper. black pencil, pencil with one end red
and the other blue and a pair Of scissors.
Now, children, are you ready? We commence,
and if we are only nimble and exact with our
fingers we can people q little world Of our own,
where no bug-a-boos are admitted, with pretty
pasteboard people who will bow and scrape,
and above all things, do nothing that we do
not want them to do. But to work.
HOW TO DO 1T.
Bend visiting card in two, taking it length
wise; trace upon transparent paper half Of the
model represented in our first drawing, then
reproduce it on one Of the halves Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
He Likes Pi.

Prom the Daily Continent.
I'VE call the new boy who IL distributing
type Circumstances, said the compositor.
why is that?'
because he alters cases"
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model of figure No. 8
you can fashion q sister
8 o m Q W hat different
from our first essay.
The form of the mobcap,
as you sec, is quite diff
ferent. but it is not diff
ficult to make at all.
This variation and how
to make it is illustrated
by figure No. 4. Stretch
ing the two sides OF the
bent card slightly to one
side enables our two sis
tiers to stand up quite
straightand firmly when
we place them on the
table.
And now We will pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
And now we will pro.

coed to fashion a little scholar Of the sisters.
You will observe with some astonishment that
model No. s shows our little girl with four legs,
but be not alarmed When we bend back the
card upon which the demi-contour of the model
90 is traced we will take care to cut off two of
her legs. leaving one on either side. II you ad-
vance the right arm, place somewhat behind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
An InfiationiAt,

From the New York Herald.
do you believe in initiating the currency"
well, believe in blowing in all the cur
reney can get. if that's what you call in6s-
ton"
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THE CIRCLE ROUND.

pasteboard, with green paper gummed to il. or
rather over it. and you will have the merry
figures dancing upon the green sward of we'll
kept lawn. At least 1t will seem SO if you have
any imagination at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
WHAT CHILDREN CAN DO.
Nimble Little Fingers Fashion Out Figures
From Visiting Cards.

A DANCING GROUP OF oIRLs-AND II YoU HAVE
THE ARTISTIC EYE BABY WILL SEE THE GRASS AT
THEIR FEET AND ADMIRE THEIR xAxY-coIoRxD
GOWNS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
A Love Mystery.

From the somsrvills Journal.
Unless woman can be Jealous she cannot BE-
In love; but il she is really in love it Il impos-
sibls for her 10 be Jealous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11

ISITING CARDS FROM
time immemorial, says
illustration, have been
put to many strange
and amusing uses. We
all know how to fashion
out of the stiff and
chilly pasteboard MINI
Die and CHEEKY clowns
and puppets. In this
article, however, I shall
show how We, old or
young people rs the case
may be, can fashion the
card or any stiff paper
into Sisters Of Charity
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No Insonvsnisnce TO Hin.

From Hasper's Basaar.
''How did you like the etormcli6 Hotel2'
'verymuch indeed"
II thought you said your wife found the
rooms drssdfully amall and uncomfortable
"well, abe did. But didn't mind them. ]
wasn't there much"
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the left Leg and vice versa, in such way 20
that looking at the young girl from behind or
from profile standpoint we will find the legs
are in front of the other as in figure No. 6. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11

From the xlmirs Gazette.
'Ah, my aon, Jon do not know the anguish
Of being cut by your best friend till you begin
10 shave yourse6"
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"HUNKEY DOREYS."
Spending the Evening With a Club
Of Veteran Engineers.
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH.

The Origin of "Hunkey Dorey''-Why Cars
Are Not Heated by steam-President Depew
Criticised-A Tale OF the Great Strike Of II
Bravery or Fooihsrdiness-
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taking the greatest care not to tear. as the ig-
ures, especially at the junction OF the hands.
are very fragile; then unfold each sister and
each little girl just you have done previously
with the isolated figures of each of them. ampu-
tate the unnecessary legs and you will have
your circle round" which, perhaps, cannot
dance very well but at all events they can
stand splendidly. Place them upon a piece of
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II was standing in the doorway of saloon
alongside the railroad track one day some
years past as q freight was slowly passing. when
stroublesome, almost paralyz ed drunken fellow
was thrown out the other entrance to the
saloon As he reached the pavement he STUN
bled, fell and rolled close up to the rails Be-
fore leould reach him he had turned over to
get Ip, but turned the wrong way and rolled
completely under tho moving cars. In his
drunken stupor lie lay still, and as the hind
truck OF the nrst car and the forward truck of
the next car passed over him safely he rolled
OUT unhArmed The train was moving slowly
OF course, but the brake rigging would have
torn a sober man Amos: to pieces. NJ thanks
for pulling him to his feet. out OF danger was a
chalienge TO night. which goes TO show that il 3
always best to let drunken man fight It out
with himself"
Ban, tel the boys your experience with the
strikers up at Altoona, called out one Of the
group There was q couple Of drunken fell
lows In that afalr, wasnI there.i'
les, couple OF drunken FOOLS" growled q
griZziet old veteran designated as Bill
TWO DKUSxES STRIKERS
'You fellows easily recall the strike of III. :"
Bill continued, with a knowing wink .sweIl.
there were hot times going on up at Pittsburg
A train load Of Philadelphia troops had lust
pulled Into the station on their way TO the
scene. No engineer could be found to take the
train further its way. AL tho officials of
the road excepting John Riley, superinten dent
of transportation, who was sfterward elected to
Congress. had been run out Of town by the en-
ragged strikers. Mr.. Riley had worked his yay
mp from Ofice boy and was born and bred in
tie town. lie was plain, everyday man. but
fearless TO the core, and was known and re-
spectsd BY al the men. He came among us
and entrestsd first one and then the other TO
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COMMUNICATION.

Lieutenant Totten's Calculations.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Several New York dailies, as well as
most of our local sheets, have re-
Gently attempted to tell us some of the re-
suits of the biblical investigations of Lieu
tenant Totten, q. S. A. Save such arti-
cles as have appeared above his own sigma
ture, not one has told the facts in the case.
Either from ignorance or design, he has
been most incorrectly reported, and from
a sense of fairness am constrained to ask
you to allow me few lines in his behalf
He is neither prophet" dreamer" mol
"seer," but simply an earnest Christian,
who believes in covensnt-keeping God,
and who has faith in His word. He ad
yances no idea of universal humiliation il
1899, as some would have him say. He
makes no assertion that the end of the
world is drawing near.
What he does say is that if God is true,
if the Bible is His word, and if there is
any reality in inspiration, then all the
signs of the times point to the near ap
proach of the end of-what! The world
earth or universea Not at all; but to the
end of this present dispensation and to al
end of the rule OF MammOn on THIS eartn
He points to the coming again of Christ
this time to reign on earth in power ant
glory that unto him ''every knee shoult
bow and every tongue confess that He ii
Lordl"
1t Is not Just to class Professor TotteI
with the so-called millennium prophets,
for his statements and expectations res
upon scheme of chronology which is un
assailable and which he safely challenge
the world to disprove.
| He throws down the gauntlet to tn
| post-millennial school, whose advocates d
not attempt to refute him, but merely cas-
derision upon his views as being heretical
The press, especially the religious press, i
intolerant of his ideas, and many an edito
rial upon his books shows on its face tina
the editor has not glanced beyond the it'll
page of the book he criticises.
I protest against this ignorant criticism
II makes light of serious matter, tn
truth or falsity of which the events of tn
present decade will decide.
Let us not criticise adversely until W
know whereof we talk, nor ridicule les
haply we make ourselves ridiculous.
| YALE ALUMNUS,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-17
MAR S.

Small Boy-Grandpa, the robins are
singing this morning. Is that a sign that
spring is here?
Grandpa (who has been deceived too Of
ten)-No. It's sign that robbins amt
got no sense.
Intelligence has just reached me-" be-
gan Mr.. Blodger, as he sat down to the
dinner table.
ssThank heaven it has at last, " exclaimed
Mrs. Blodger, and the food was partaken
of in silence.
"That boy will make his mark yet, VI
said the patronizing stranger. "Begorrah,
thin, an that same he will not" replied
the proud father, with some indignation.
'tHe kin WROTE most as good ass father
now. w."-Washingto Post.
Daughter (after the theater)- )-s'That play
was so interesting couldn't do a thing
but to sit and listen to it." Fashionable
mother-''It was abominable, the way you
watched that play. People must have
thought we were from the country. New
York Weekly.
Dashaway-"Look here, Uncle Jasper,
was trimmed with featherss didn't see
any yesterday when she had it on. .
Uncle Jasper-"No, sab. OATS de
'culiarity bout dat dress. De feathers if
dar, sab, but you can't see, 'em."-CloaE
Review. -. .-,.... ..-
Quite Different-Police Oficer-"What
is the matter with the lady?" "The pool
woman fell down because there were nc
ashes on the sidewalk %" "SoI 1 will take
down the number of the house" "It was
in front of the station house." 80! II
front of the station house! You must try
to make the best of it, my dear madam
-FieRends Rlatter.
Caught.-''Emma,I 1 must really say tha
your monthly house expenses are altogeth
er too large" "But economize whereve
I can, dear Paul. You must consider hov
the price of everything has gone up.
"And yet few days ago you bought you
third new hat for the winter" ooh, tina
doesn't concern you. I saved that out o
my house allowance" Fliegend
Blatter.
Sister Nell-Bobby, did you go to tn
door last night when Mr.. James and MI
Wilson came to make their party call
Bobby-Yep. Sister Nell-What did the
say when you told them that was at tn
theatera Bobby-Mr. James, he said, 81
luck again, that makes three;" and MI
Wilson said, 'fWe dassn't try any more c
'em. Let's 60 down town and have sonn
fun."-West Shore.
Duste Had a Good Nemory.-Ponsonb
Pm becoming quite tired of old Dust
He's treating me very shabbily. Popinja
WHATS up nowa Ponsonby-I wanted
go to the races last Monday, so told hi
my grand-uncle was dead. What do 20
think he said9 Popinjay-Can't CUES
Ponsonby-He said my grand-uncle usua
| ly dies on Fridays, and declined to let n
off.-The Jewellers Circular
|
Gilhooly, taking Hostetter McGinnis
the buttonhole and leading him to ol
5 side, Emerson says that all ment
, growth implies change of mind Do "
believe ita" "Well, I think do. Eme
son had so pretty good philosophic
ideas" "You do well; old man Clar
whooper is an intellectual giant.
promised to lend me ten dollars and
has changed his mind. Texas Siftings.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
One Dollar per Year, fn Advance.
Single Copies cents.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

"A S10IN Or HSs
Brother Totten may be right, after all,
and tremendous change may be i'm
pending. 1t is evident that something is
going on when there is an attempt to re-
form the Democratic party in Maryland.
This great work has been undertaken by
the Maryland Democratic Reform club,
whose headquarters are in Baltimore.
This club has several objects, among them
being: To promote those principles of leg
islative, administrative and tariff reform
which have been advocated by President
Cleveland; to promote an honest, ef-
ficient, and economical administration of
state, municipal and county government;
to perfect by amendment the new ballot
law passed by the legislature in 1890 80 as
to guarantee, as far as possible, the secrecy
and purity of the ballot and the personal
independence of the voter, and to extend
these salutary provisions to the entire
State; to secure the enactment of pri-
mary election law for Baltimore city, and
wherever else needful, which shall insure
the effective expression of the opinions and
preferences of the individual member of
the party; and generally to promote what
ever legislation may be needful to check
and punish corrupt practices at elections,
lobbying and every form of official delin-
quency and corruption.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that this may
be year of grace for the Democratic party
in Maryland, and especially in Baltimore.
There have been enough years of disgrace.
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of financial disturbances. The fles of the
United States Corporation Bureau makes
the following exhibit of new corporations
incorporated in the United States during the
month of March: Mercantile and manufac-
turing companies, 677, $116, 795, $50; gold
and silver and other mining and smelling
companies, 105, $95, ,0Sa, 900; coal and iron
companies, 81, $s,s07, $50; banks and in
vestment companies, 40, $6,376, 600; mu-
nicipal light, heat, power and Transports
ton companies. 106, $50, ,059. 500; building
and loan associations, s5, $213, 156, 900;
miscellaneous, 393, $75, ,403, ,7s5; total num-
Der corporations, 1858; total capitalization,
$541 ,020, ,753.
Chief of Police Speers of Kansas City
says: The average negro makes far bet
ter witness than the average white person,
except in cases where fellow man of
color is on trial for stealing from white
man. The negro believes that crime of
this kind is no crime at all. The white
man he considers his lawful prey. But
let serious crime be committed-a MUIR
der, q daring robbery or an ontrage--and
the negro who learns anything of them
imparts his knowledge to the authorities
with alacrity. And in an event of this
kind, even though the criminal be his
dearest friend, or even a relative, he will
not be spared. In fact, a negro will tes-
tify against one of his own race, if he is
guilty of murder or outrage, with more
freedom than he would white man under
similar circumstances. So true is this that
we frequently get most of our knowledge
about the serious crimes that are COM
mitted through negroes calling at the sta
ton and telling us what they know about
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BOND INVESTMENT. >,

Bond investment societies are among the
latest applicants for the attention of peo-
pie with money to invest. 1t is already
evident that they ought to have the atten-
ton of the guardians of the people. The
Boston Executive Business association is
to take up for consideration at its next
meeting the request of one of its constitu-
ent bodies that means be taken to secure
legislation to check the rapid growth of
bond investment companies. And bill
has been introduced in the legislature pro-
hibiting the issue, negotiation or sale of
any bonds or obligations redeemable in
numerical order or in any arbitrary order
of precedence without reference to the
amount previously paid thereon, whether
the same are sold on the investment plan
or otherwise. The New Hampshire legis-
lature has made law which places all the
bond investment concerns under the
supervision of the insurance commits
sioner. The bill requires every cor
poration, association, society, or Or
der, organized under the laws of
the State, which issues q certificate to, or
makes promise or agreement with, its
members whereby any sum of money or
other benefit is to become due or payable
upon the decease of a member, or whereby
such money or other benefit is to become
| due or payable as an endowment or life
time benefit, or an investment involving
| tontine or survivorship principles for the
benefit of persisting members, to annually
make a statement to the insurance COM
missioner showing its financial standing,
the amount and'sources of it's income, and
the amount and manner of its disburse-
ments for the year, and to make such
further statements of its membership and
financial transactions, plans and methods
of business done, or proposed to be done
as the commissioner shall deem necessary
| All these societies should at least be
closely watched And many who know
| something about investment say they
| should all be prohibited.
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The F1Shfons.

From the Now York Evening Post.l
The prevalence of very ight-colored
cloth dresses and wraps is very marked.
One of our most fashionable modistes
has returned from Paris with some "im-
proved skirts" made of moreen. The
goods are wiry and stiff, and the backs of
the skirts are founced from belt to hem.
The modiste was informed that these skirts
are but avant-courrieres of crinoline pro-
per.
Those who viii soon be tempted by the
appearance of. the bright but treacherous
spring sunshine to lay aside their winter
wraps, and appear abroad in the pretty
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Some of the women who are to manage
the woman part of the worlds fair are
quarreling in a way that bids fair to de-
stroy their usefulness. Perhaps they
would be more peaceable if they smoked
at their meetings.
Occasionally it is found that there are
reasons why pension should not be
granted. A mothers application for PEN
sion reveals the fact that her son had en-
listed sixteen times in eleven months, re-
| ceived bounty money amounting to 81, 1915,
and was finally shot by order of court
martial.
A German engineer has suggested breast
| works of snow to resist shot Trial has
been made in Russia, and snow wall
was bombarded by field artillery from q
distance of 1900 feet. The shot pene-
trated no deeper than eighteen feet. Mus
ket fire, from distance of 300 feet, pene-
trated nine feet. This will be a. valuable
| idea for winter battles in the north Of
Russia, but perhaps it will not be otter
useful.
Hot water is now automatically sup
piled in Paris by penny-in- the-slo
machines. Nine quarts are delivered fo
this sum, and the water is found usefu
by the poor and by cabmen for their foot
pans, or bouillottes. A coil of cope
pipe inside the machine communicate
with the street main and is heated by ga
burners; the penny allows the tap to b
opened on pushing in a "button."
glass of hot wine is also sold by simila
machines in Paris.
Some druggists in the large cities hav
formed the rule of taking a customer
name and address each time a new pre-
scription is put up, and the value of thi
was well illustrated in St. Louis not Ion
ago. Returning from supper the druggii
3 found a bottle of strychnine on the cour
ter and asked the reason why. The cler
in attendance was Mortified to find that b
had used strychnine instead of some harm
less drug mentioned in the prescription b
had just put up and he rushed from th
; store to find the customer. AS he did NJ
have the customers address this took Z
long that the clerk was too late, as the fir
, dose was fatal
: Ruainaas c,oaa ~, II, t1,;u or,,,,{rv, II, .y,;
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Curious Natural Funnels.
rEror,, tba nanrar Sewa

The mountain canyons play curious
pranks with the weather of towns situated
at their entrance. In Boulder one day the
sky was bright, the sun was shining serene
Iy and the air was absolutely without mo-
ton. 1t was a perfect morning. About
10 O'Clock strange roar could be heard
afar off in the mountains. For half an
hour it grew louder and louder, but not q
breath of air stirred the dust on the
streets of the town. Then there came
rush of wind that almost took men of
their feet. For an hour dust, sticks and
scraps of paper were hurled with binding
force. Locomotion was nearly impossible
Then the wind lessened, the atmosphere
cleared and in q few moments the day was
| as placid as though the great mountains
had given no manifestation of their myste
| rious forces
| The canyons act as tunnels. They gath
er the wind in the big end, as it were, ani
shoot it out through the little end with 1t,
i power multiplied dozen times. Its 1
startling freak until you are used to 1t.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-17
H1fsre11 e11anentrs.
No Time like the Present.

If you haven't tried
Streets Wheatine call on
your grocer for it. When
you have once tried it you
will wonder how on earth
you managed to get along
without it. If you have
already tried it you know
it's merits. If you have
not, all we can say is that
there is no time like the
present for doing it.