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TREATING BABIES IN CHINA

Over zoe, 900 Small Girls Are Yearly Sacri-
nc-d to q Celestial joss.
Pearson's Weekly.1
In China tens of thousands Of recently
born girls among the poorer classes are
thrown out to perish, and at Shanghai I
saw tower formerly used to facilitate this
infanticide. 1t is practiced in every part
of China, but especially in the interior and
in the Loess district
As soon as we get many miles from the
coast, it is quite usual to see near q joss
house, or place of worship. a small stone
tower from 10 to 80 feet high, with no door,
but hole in one side reaching into pit in
the center. The children that parents wish
to be rid of are thrown into this hole, and
quick-lim soon consumes the lifeless little
forms.
1t is said that the priests take charge of
this cruel work. 1t has been estimated that
every year 200, 900 female babies are bru-
tally slaughtered in the empire. One China
man being interrogated about the destruc-
tion of his recently-born girl, said: ''The
wife cry and cry, but kill alice same"
In every large city IN China there are
asylums for the care of orphans, supported
and conducted by foreigners, who save
yearly from slaughter tens of thousands of
female infants. At Hankow, which is 600
miles inland, visited Roman Catholic
orphanage for children that have thus been
cast out to perish. Mother Paula Vismara,
the lady superior of the institution, in
formed me that she had received seven that
day, and on one day 80 were brought in.
OF course these had never been consigned to
baby tower
Sometimes they are found wrapped in
paper and left at the edge of the river;
sometimes they are buried alive by the
father, but while yet living are dug up by
someone else, and brought to this insti-
tuition. Several women are employed by
the mother superior in looking about for
the little victims
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ANALYSIS OF ERNEST REMAIN.
His Brilliant Mind Is Able to see Many Sides
to One Thing.

His Brilliant Mind Is Able to see Many Sidef
to Ons Thing.
"An enchanting and multiform artist In
ideas, a curious mind implanted in an
amorphous body, NJ. Renan offers in his
writings brilliant monument of concrete
scepticism and a complete exposition and
apology of that dilettanteism which is GER
tainly ravaging the intellectual classes of
modern France" says Theodore Child in
Haper's -Nagazine
"We say 'ravaglng" Intentionally, be-
cause great and exquisite as may be the joys
procured by dilet anteism, they are of a nom
creative and unvirile kind. Indeed, if we
had not imposed upon ourselves the imper-
sonal attitude OF the compiler of an in
ventory, we should be tempted to call atten-
tion to the harmony of NJ. Remains
physical and intellectual personality,
and to compare that great shapeless
body to some huge polype or anemone, ris-
ing or sinking, inclining to the right or to
the lett, as instinct or ray of sunlight or
the hazards of current may inspire; but in
any case merely floating and otherwise in
capable of choosing a direction following it
$50 NJ. Remains mind, thanks to multi
form appreciation combined with vast mat
tention, is amused and fascinated by
the many-sldedness of ph enomena 1t sees
at once 10 or 20 phases, and being incapable
of the effort necessary to decide which is
the best, it sinks back into the joys Of SUBJ
marine mirage, and reflects the beauty of
things on its polychrome facets that have
the prismatic and illusory charm of sea
howers"
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masters undoing" is q truth 30 plain that
the greatest wonder of the world is that
men will talk so unthinkingly. A spend
thrift with his tongue is sures to come TO
grief
Women take high rank as gossipa They
are held as talking too much and thinking
too little the most of the time, but history
gives the palm to men as takers. who love
''to hear themselves and will speak more in
minute than they will stand in a month. !"
A Famous u oman Who Could Talk.
One woman, famous as q talker. was
Madame De Stael. Even as a child she was
remarkable for her ability to converse with
the most famous men of her day. But her
tongue and pen were a terror to Napolean,
the conquerer of Europe. He could not
live in peace, unless she was 130 miles away
from him He cared to hear no voice but
his own She read him through and
through. and he knew it. He called her
"a crow"-"a bird of Ill omen," but while
he could suppress her in his flush of vic
tories, he had no power to control her
tongue, or silence her pen
Somebody says that much tongue and
much judgment seldom 60 together" This
is true perhaps of the gossips in general,
but many men can talk and talk, and vet
say nothing They can give three-minute
speeches without saying q w0rd the inter
viewer wants to hear. They can SO bride
their tongues that not secret can escape to
make Q decent item. But how few are
those who can exercise discretion in speech |!
"Learn to hold your tongue" is the advice
of wise men all adown the ages Quay s
political catechism summed up in two
words is, Don't talk." He knows the vir-
tue OF silence in political matters. "Learn
to hold thy tongue. Five words cost Zacha-
rias 40 weeks Of silence" says Fuller. If
the angels could impose such silence upon
men nowadays what relief it would be oc-
casionally. BESSIE BRAMBLE.
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THE FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY,
It l. to Displace the Steam Engine and
Revolutionize Cooking.

It l. to Displace the Steam Engine and
Revolutionize Cooking.
"Since in obtaining power from fuel by
means of steam engines, upward of 90 per
cent is wasted in unused heat, while the
power obtainable for use represents scarcely
more than 10 per cent of the real value of
the fuel; under the very best conditions the
question arises whether there may not be
discoverable plan whereby a much larger
percentage of the real value of the fuel NAV
be turned to account as electricity, and
through the latter as heat, light. or power, ("
saws Prof. Elihu Thomson, the eminent
electrical inventor and expert, in the July
Nesu England Magazine
sThis question has at present no answer.
The subject has been alive in the minds Of
our most able engineers and inventors for
years, and some have striven hard to find o
solution to the problem. Records of scien-
tifc discovery have been earnestly ran
sacked to find some clew; or, as it were, q
guiding post to point the way for the un-
certain explorer. 1t now appears that we
may be compelled to await some new dis
covery, some new adaptation, or some new
generalization before the way to the much
ueSlTcu SOlutlou may uc iOuuus Iue cueCt
on the general industrial and economic de-
velopment in electricity which would follow
the discovery OF some not too complex
means for realizing an economy Of even 40
or 80 per cent of the energy value OF fuel is
indeed almost incalculable.
''Then truly would electricity become the
almost universal agent in the production as
we'll as the Transmission of power. The
steam engine would 60 out of use almost
entirely. We should burn our coal, not
under steam boilers; it would be consumed
in electric generators. Our steamships
would have their machinery replaced by
such generators, and their propellers would
be turned by gigantic electric motors, con-
nected with the generators. The speed
would be increased SO as to still further
shorten the time of an ocean voyage. The
uses OF electricity as heating agent would
be vastly extended, and it goes without
saying that our lighting would be accom-
plished at much less cost
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ART STUDENTS IN ITALY,
Too Many Americans Make q Mistake in
Going to the Sunny Land.

Too Many Americans Make q Mistake I'm
Going to the Sunny Land.
"Every year sends more of our country-
women to Italy to prepare, themselves for
the stage, whose qualifications of voice and
person, however fattered in America. by
no means fit them for a successful career In
that country, in which indeed their yery
sex, instead of being of some protection. as
in America, is quite the reverse" 4" saws Ex-
Governor Crosby in the North American Re
vie1n
'Their position In the meanwhile ia Az
gravated by their ignorance or disregard of
habits and opinions very foreign to those
they have been accustomed to at home
From the outset they are liable to be vic
timized by being insidiously encouraged by
interested persons to pursue, at heavy ex-
pense for years, studies to fit them for the
operate stage, only at last, after paving an
e1travagant fee for debut trial, to utterly
fail, either from absolute inability or
through the plots of jealous rivals
For every success there are many failures.
at the same time, when the conditions are
favorable, there is no country that has such
great facilities for the training of an opera
singer, and the beginning of a successful
career. 1t is true there have been examples
of remarkable and praiseworthv success
under most adverse circumstances. due en-.
tirely to the energy and ability displayed
by the young ladies themselves. In thus
plainly presenting the disadvantages and
trials which all must more or less meet, I
do not wish to discourage anyone from at
tempting professional career in Italy, but
only to state the adverse facts for the con-
sideration of the persons most interested"
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One of the best cleansers and strengtheners
for thin hair with tendency to fall out IL
rosemary tea Pour hot water over the
leaves and let them boil for few minutes
before straining. Apply to the roots ofth
hair with brush. Castor oil and qulnine
in alcohol with little rosewater is also an
excellent tonic; the oil may be omitted il
the hair is not dry:
Toward the end of the season when
flowers and ribbon and gauze are cheap
get up my garden hat," Said a New York
woman recently. Not" she added, ''to
wear, but to hang on nv easel in the
autumn. It is bit of effective color and
conveys a pleasurable hint of summer out
ings," which shows the deep and devious
paths the modern woman will tread for
effect.
The appearance of the early harvest apple
is time of anxiety to most mothers Chill
dren will find and eat them in spite of al
most all watchfulness. 1t is, perhaps, the
best way out of the dilemma to permit two
or three day to be eaten under surveillance
with a sprinkle of salt. This is the Southern
notion which renders them quite harmless.
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Steam heat pipes in summer are distress
to many housekeepers in their stiff un-
sightliness. Some women have shallow tin
boxes made to stand on them, in which are
dropping vines and low growing foliage
plants. A housekeeper who has used it for
two years saws only on the coldest DAYS
does she need to pull the curtains away to
let out the heat. The frame is movable
and is very easily made by any tolerable
carpenter. Any finish desired NAV be given
to the wood in the way of stain or enamel
paint A white and gold one is readily ar
ranged for such an apartment. On the
shelves should be stood few light pieces
of bric-a-brac of character not to be in
jured by the heat.
The mania for collecting something seems
to attack most of US at one period or an
other of our lives. A young woman has a
collection of samples of all her gowns with
date of their existence and the most dis
tinctive occasion upon which fhey were
worn; another has gathered the thimbles of
famous women, making the goodly show of
80 after few years effort; still another re-
joices in 1, 100 teapots of various size, de-
sign and nationality, and the last heard
from boasts a collection of 1000 pairs of
slippers. 1t goes without saving they are
all small and dainty, but OF every conceiv-
able material, shape and finish.
A novel entertainment for q local charity
took place recently at Saratoga As .
special inducement to the hotel guests, sup
posably surfeited with French cooking and
the high art of the caterer, everything. in
cluding the bread, was homemade. Women
of prominent social position contributed to
the tables, each sending her speciality. A
feature of the feast was a delicious, immense
and incompatible lemon pie.
MARGARET II. WEIGH.
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AMONG THE SPIRITUALISTS.

GranEe-Labor Day at Lily Dale-Pleas for
Woman suffi age-The Labor Situation
as Woman Secs It--Calamity HowIers
Proud of Their Work.
LILY DALE, Aug. 6-[Spseial ]-wednes-
day Was Grange-Labor Day and Chautauqua
and adjoining counties emptied their
grangers, laborers and their sympathizers
into Lily Dale. The speakers of the day were
Hon. Mortimer Whitehead, Hon. Robert
Schilling and Miss Kate o. Peate.
Miss PeRte, who is the regular speaker
for the knights of Labor, set forth the
wrongs of the working people in good
strong language. She asserted the right of
her sex to equal pay with men for equal
labor. and claimed for them the right to
vote. She stated that all reforms
sprang from the labor party. She
accused the press of the country of ac-
cepting bribes and claimed that the Asso-
clated Press was controlled by capitalists
who withheld the truth from the masses.
The prime cause of strikes and riots rested.
said the speaker, in usury, that when a
man paid per cent for the use of money.
he paid for all the labor required to pro-
duce that money, and anything further was
e1tortion. She summed up her arguments
by holding that interest was usurv which
among bankers
The existing evils and corruptions of the
present relations of capital and labor were
we'll pointed out and were loudly ap-
plauded, both by cowhides and patent
feathers, but she did not, unfortunately.
suggest the remedy.
Hon. Mortimer Whitehead national lee
turer of the Grange, was then introduced
and made strong plea to his ''brother
farmers" to join the organization. The ex-
cuse of over-production being the cause of
increasing mortgages upon farms was face
tiously dwelt upon, and the story told
of Southern planter who learned that he
had produced so much cotton that his wife
couldn't have q calico dress The anomaly
of miners lying idle with inexhaustible
stores of coal at their feet while the city
poor shivered with cold was touched upon
and pronounced unnecessary.
Hon. Robert Schilling, the Calamity
Howler as he termed himself, followed
with strong argument in favor of the
Farmers Alliance. The American Gov
ernment, said he, is in reality monopoly
government. What can we say of the ius-
tice of our laws, asked the speaker, which
will disenfranchise one-half of its citizens
Is it civilization that compcls woman TO
obey laws she cannot make and nav taxes
she cannot dispose OF? He reioiced the
Spiritualists present by representing him
self as one of them, and declared that it
needed the feminine element in politics to
make perfect balance.
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CARRIAGE ETIQUETTE.
How to Get In and Out of One and
How to Care for Guest.
A RULE FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR.
Silk Handkerchiefs as Important as Fire
Escapes In . Hotel.
EATING GREEN APPLES WITH SALT
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.I

TwRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.I
Carriage manners are distinct depart.
ment of fashionable etiquette. How to
leave and enter q carriage may seem q very
simple thing to many people, but there is,
nevertheless, a right and wrong way to per-
form these movements. In some finishing
schools in New York in an upper room is
arranged q set of boxes in stimulation of
carriage steps and seat, by means of which
the pupils are taught methods OF mounting
and descending. In neither case must the head
precede the feet The ducking motion is at
all times to be avoided. To put the head
out of carriage first and then double the
body up to follow shows . significant want
of familiarity with the vehicle OF luxury.
Retain . sitting position till one foot, pre-
ferably the left, is on the step, then with
the other step easily down. This is simple
and natural in victoria or brougham; more
difficult in . higher hung cart or road
wagon.
To mount coach or drag is worse than
either. A woman should touch the vehicle
with one hand only while the other rests on
the shoulder of the groom or gentleman
hO 40 dSSiStluS ucTs anu buc WOludu VIM
is accorded the high privilege of the box
seat should be careful of her ribbons and
parasoL There should be no loose ends of
the one and the second should be carefully
kept away from the driver, who, managing
his tour-in-hand, can be greatly annoyed by
jostled hat from parasol rib or a slap of
flying ribbon across the eyes at q critical
moment A French woman when acting
the hostess in drive is very particular to
enter the carriage first, seating herself so
that her gues. is at her right hand, never
failing to indicate by phrase as, ''At my
right, madam" that this is the place of
honor. The exception, of course, is when
the hostess is also driver
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The flower mufs which were occasionally
seen last season are rather more in evidence
this summer. They are made over frames
of ribbon wire lined and covered with white
silk. The flowers, usually in long sprays,
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. .ucces. is the picture that holds the inter.

q success Is the picture that holds the inter-
est and cannot be forgottenp'
I made nv trip with his words In my
mind / didn't look at the names of the
artists. When saw picture that "stood
out" from the rest and caught my interest I
turned to the catalogue to see who painted
it There were many beautiful pictures,
beautifully painted, the work of master
hands, but so commonplace, oh, so common
place. that felt like calling meeting Of
these industrious artists of pretty, smooth,
neat, decorous thoughts, and exhorting them
to take their brains out of the cotton wool
wrappings, and let the fresh breezes of un-
hampered creativeness revive them again.
There were portraits, q mile of them, l
should say, we'll painted for the most part,
and Interesting, because human faces are
always interesting, but even they reused
wish that women could realize when the
time comes for them to stop sitting for
artists Youth, age, and individuality are
the only things one wants fixed on canvas
II a woman is plain and commonplace. or If
she was pretty and is commonplaoe-no
matter if her heart is as good as gold, her
temper as sweet as sorghum 'lasses, and her
soul Is white as q dove-she ought not to
let an artist perpetuste her commonplace
face on canvas
Among the portraits there was one that
quite caught my fsncy-a pleasant looking
chap, one who looked as if he chunk his
own thoughts, as Bill Nye puts it; Q chap
with q tawny dropping mustache, Q corncob
pipe in his mouth, q pleasant, shrewd,
friendly twinkle in his eyes, g thick, curl
ing mass of tawny hair we'll tinged with
gray, hair that looked as if 1t was used to
having fingers run through it I struck up
quite a friendship with this chap. It
seemed too bad too, to me, that he should
be hanging in o corner, second row, light
none too good, and was wondering where
had seen some one like him. 1 got quite
puzzled about it till bethought me to look
at my catalogue and found it, "Mark Twain
Is. L. Clemens, Esq )-J. Carroll Beck
with"
The oil paintings numbered 1,o44, and
among them all 1 found-I'm not setting
this 81" up arrogantly, for it is but an
atom-not more than half q dozen that
couldn't forget
Paintings by the Great Artists.
After going through the galleries and
looking at the pictures that stood out from
the rest. the peaks of strength, interest and
originality above the plain of the common
place, turned the leaves of nv catalogue
and found great names like Millet, Alma
Tadema, Hubert, Herkomer, Sir Frederick
Leighton and the like, names that in the
corner OF canvas stamp work as "great"
and add ciphers on the good side of the SELL
ing price, but, and with the observer lies
the fault have no doubt, should never
have taken second look at them but for the
names that went with them.
Good pictures they are that have these
great names on them. "Masterly, incom-
parable, an artist and a fine Judge told me
they are, but it takes the connoisseur to ap-
preciate them. They are uninteresting
ELIZABETH A. ToMPKINS
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girls hair should be often cut to grow
thick. It makes the hair coarser but not
thicker. Weak, thin hair is sign of I'M
perfect health, and its existence should set
q mother to a careful examination of her
growing girl. She is not getting proper
food, is not sleeping enough, or in some
way her normal vitality is not being kept
up. 1t is also mistake to wash hair too
often; it makes it dry and brittle.
Let the hair of growing children be un.
covered and hang loosely just as much as
possible. The hair of the Sa1ony peasant
brings the highest market price; that ale
ways hangs from their heads in braids from
babyhood. Perspiration is bad for the hair
and Tor this reason light hats ought to b
selected for the children in warm weather.
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The biggest diamonds in Saratoga do not
belong to any of the women who are stop
ping at the big hotels They are the prop
erty. of the stout woman who has Q cottage
on one of the streets leading up from Con-
gress Hall And she wears her gems day
and night. She has them on when the sun
is shining brightly, and later when the sun
has gone down and the stars have come out.
Wherever she goes there goeth also the
flash and the sparkle of the big gems.
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AIMaya FirAt tn SarfIe.

The following illustrates the promptness
with which the Homo Life Insurance Com
pany of New York, settles its claims, Mr..
Thompson held policies in two other com.
panies. the Home being first to meet its OBJ
legations.
PITTsBURa, Pa, Aug. !, 1854
81. B. Moescr. Manager, Pittsburg, Pa,
DEAR sIR-Permit me on behalf Of the bent.
iciary under policy No. 1852, James A,
with which your company settled the claim.
Proofs OF death were forwarded July 2S 1892
and draft for ST. 500 forwarded July 30, 1892
This prompt, (almost instantaneous ten der
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A LITTLE PARABLE
Scribner's Maga1ine.1

scribner's Magazine.l
I made the cross myself, whose weight
Was later laid on me.
This thought adds anguish a. toll
Up lies steep Calvary.
To think mine own hands drove the nailsi
sang merry song,
And chose the heaviest wood had
To build it firm and strong.
II had guessed-if had dreamed
Its weight was meant for me,
] should have built a lighter cross
To bear up Calvaryl
Anne Reeve Atd,fch
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Dfa rrh hoea in KeptucEv

There has been a continued tendency to
bowel disease here this season." says G. W.
Shivell, druggist, Wickliffe, Ky., "and an
unusual demand for Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. 1 have
sold four bottles of it this morning Some
remarkable cures have been effected by 1t
and In all cases 1t has proved successful" I"
For sale by druggista vThsu