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cry.
"I'll fix him." she said. 'I'll not
allow him to treat me in that style.
The first attempt he makes at impu-
dence tomorrow ends our acquafnt-
ance."
But on the morrow he was not irnpu-
dent. That was because he had care
fully observed her face when she left the
drawing room the previous night. No,
he was anything but impudent. He de-
voted himself to her for the whole dav.
" Vanquished at lastw exclaimed Flo
ence triumphantly when she had reached
the seclusion of her apartment that night.
But he refused to stay vanquished.
The next day he devoted himself in pre-
oisely the same manner to Mrs. Chasby So
den's hang fire daughter. The finest expert
from medieval court of love couldn't
have discovered shade of difference in
the devotion of this day and that of the
previous one. That made Florence wild
what could she do? That is not the sort
Of thing that girl can notice. So she
aad to swallow her rage and content her
self with flirting more desperately then
ever with tow haired gentleman who
vas possessed of Tcart and hyphened
lame. She overdid it, however. She
lad one or two outbursts of temper which
frightened the young man, and he ran
way. About that time she overheard
hrs Chasby Soden saying to one of
he old Mons on the veranda:
on, yes, Jarvis always had a pen
hant Tor his cousin. shouldn't be sur
,rlsed II the unexpected happened in
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beauty is not because q approaches the
masculine type. 1t docs not, it is thor
oughly feminine. It charms by its beauty
and impresses by its mobility. There are
many women in New York today that are
near akin in beauty to this Venus and to
the Greek figures of Victory. One can
scarcely go up Broadway without seeing
some woman or girl SO perfect in proper
tions and so glowing in health and beauty
that she would not suffer by comparison
even with the finest Greek Victory"
Said Mrs. Rosina Emmett Sherwood: II
think there must be two ideals of beauty
one for the masculine figure, and another,
and very different. for the feminine. In
the former We look for strength and agil-
ity, in the latter we expect grace and soft
ness. But separating the idea of beauty of
form from the idea of seq there would be q
higher ideal, a type more beautiful than
either of these, that would unite the char
acteristics of both. 1t would soften the
strength of the man with the grace of the
woman and elevate her softness with
nobleness.
Eat the present time should say that
there is more beauty to be found in the
feminine than in the masculine sex. Not
only Is beauty more prevalent among
women, but it more frequently approaches
the ideal type. Possibly that is because
they have taken better care of themselves,
F.,
care SO much more to be beautiful and to
please that they have cultivated beauty
more than men have.
al do not think women were ever more
beautiful, at least during the later ages of
the world, than they are now, and the
most beautiful women OF the present time,
if you consider form merely without ex-
preston, are to be found in England. The
outdoor life that the women of the upper
classes lead, the climate of their country
and the exceedingly good care they take Of
themselves, are the prIncipal causes of
their statuesque figures and fine complex
ions. But the type of face among them is
a tiresome one, and as a v hole, the English
woman is much less pleasing than the
American.
THE type of figure among American
women has been changing very much,
even in our own time. The feminine form
is growing larger and taller-very much
taller. Twenty years ago the woman who
exceeded five feet and q half in height was
almost a monstrOsity she was SO tall.
Now it is no unusual thing for a woman to
exceed that measure By two, three and
even four inches.
"No, do not think that this shows an
approach to the masculine type, because
with all Its increase of height and breadth.
the woman's figure still seeps the feminine
proportions. 1t preserves the same soft
ness of outline and grace of movement. 1t
has gained in nobleness and impressive
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THE UNLOCK SENATE
Its Members Rarely Promoted
to the White House.
SUPERSTITION IN POLITICS.
The Hothouse OF Presidential Ambition
Downfall Of Senator David b. Hill.

When Governor David B. Hill. of New
York, consented to accept the nomination.
of his party for the United States senator
ship. some persons who carry superstition
into politics declared that he had done
something which would make it impos-
sible for him to get the presidency in 1892.
Governor Hill was himself told of that
fatality, which, since the beginning, has
followed the aspirations of senators to be-
come president. He is. however, q man
given to no superstitions. and he smiled
when they told him that no man had ever
stepped from the Senate chamber to the
White House excepting those who held
the Office of vice president and were pro-
NOTED therefrom. Governor Hills friends
in New York state believed in January,
at the time of his election to the Senate,
that his nomination for the presidency
was as sure as anything ever can be in q
political future. He controlled the party
in his state; it was sure unanimously in
regular convention to name him as its cam
didate, and his political successes had
been SO uninterrupted that elsewhere in
the country many men of his party de-
clared that he, more than any other. pos
sessed the peculiar qualifications of which
availability is said to be the chief to bring
that nomination from the national con-
vention.
Now, those who cherish this supersti-
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creature that ever lived Man does not
Oegin TO compare with her In beauty. and
no woman was ever entirely ugly. She
cannot De wholly destitute of beauty.
uiven the woman's figure, there is sure to
Oe aooot 1t something to- delight the eye.
but then. it is possible that / am some
Wnat prejudiced on this question, because
draw only the female figure. As am a
member of several athletic clubs, however.
/! am familiar with the m ale figure in what
Is probably the best development it reaches
today. 1t would be difficult to find better
masculine figures than some of the men in
those clubs possess-developed by variety
OF exercises in every part, with no dispro-
Portionate muscular Development marring
the general harmony, their figures are very
nearly perfect"
Considering the question, Mr.. Church,
SIMPLY as o matter OF proportions, are
those OF the female figure more pleasing
70 the taste than those Of the masculine
fgure?"
Looking at it solely il, that light" Mr..
Church replied, slowly and very thought
fuily, Il must say that there is something
aoout the proportions of the best male
ngure more pleasing to the eye than are
the proportions of the best female form.
1t is impossible to define just what that
something is; 1t is too subtle to be caught
and Analysed"
AohtAS tuc licH anu sWOIue0 Oh LOQaV
and making for each sex rough general
average. which one approaches nearer to
the Greek ideals Of beauty for that sex?"
That's difficult question to answer,
since 1t is not possible to compare draped
ngure. fairly with undraped. But it seems
to me probable that the masculine figure
is rather nearer the Greek proportions
than the feminine. And then, too. it must
be remembered that the Greeks had such
varied types of beauty. The Venus of
Milo. for instance. is veey different from
the Venus de Medici, and yet both are
lovely. The Venus of. Milo, I think,
is the most beautiful of all the
Greek creations. Nc, its superior
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part In the campaign, and so nv utter
ances can count for little
The general then added that his eve.
sight troubled him greatly, and il was
very dlfi1cult and almost impossible for
pers. pa
l suggested talk on the force bill as an
issue, and his remarks well deserve to 90
INTO history as the best two-sided state
nent that has yet been given to the public
from any single individual on this mo-
mentous question. l quote him pcrbatim
ct tttcrdttm: 81 don't see how il can 10
called an issue in the campaign. hare
never considered it so. Its fate was set
tied by the last congress"
But it is in the Republican platform
now" INTERCEPTED.
1T ought not to be there. The fact of
the matter is could never see any force
IN the bill. It hadn't a particle of force.
Even II enacted it would have been inef-
fective. Now, if there is such a condition
as Is claimed to exist in the South the bill
should be ten, fifteen, q hundred times
stronger. If there is no such condition
express no opinion On that point-then
II was simply intended to have an appear
ance OF force to quiet the North"
From the force bill I dropped easilv to
the Peoples party.
II have actually paid no attention to it. -
said he. II will not say it was for lack of
interest, for it was not. but because was
unable to read the fine print in which the
platform and speeches were printed. So I
can frankly say that don't know what is
In the platform and have never discussed
that party for five min ates at time. New
issues have arisen of late the devotion,
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
!, s.yenty-Four Years Old, and
Entirely Out of Politics.
ur Will VOTE FOR HARRISON.
-. He Won't Admit It, Nor Talk ON
Pelitics-His Eyesfght Failing-
Dodging tho Questions.

Afser half century of activity in poll
-. for more than half that period bitter
artisan leader-at times in the great par
e, of the country, at times in behalf of
81 own political idiosyncracics-the cam
,.isu of 1892 finds Benjamin F. Butler re-
Sred forever from the strifes of his time.
say forever, for judge SO not alone
Aom what he said. but from the physical
svidences which seem to make rest and re-
.tirement necessity. He is "a years old,
born when there was peace and quiet in
tbe land. in the days of Monroe, the choice
Z all parties. But his has been a career
n which firm will and determination
% act followed ever in the wake of his al
rays decided but often cratic views.
/ had asked him a number of questions
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ment of which 1 have not carefully fol-
lowed.
''The tariff? I have seen no reason to
change my views on that subject of late.
to American industries"
"Then on that issue you favor Mr.. Har-
rison's election?"
A quizzical smile played over the never
caricatured features as he remarked:
81 haven't lost my democracy yet"
"In what do you agree with democra-
cy.2"
ut would be bard to tell"
''Is the question of Capitalization of
power one in which you believe the parties
fundamentally divided?"
II don't think there is any real differ
ence of opinion between the parties on
this topic"
Then the general hesitated for q mo-
ment, began to tumble about among his
papers and finally came out with bit of
plain spoken truth: "For twelve or fif-
teen years after the war was actively in
politics, and during that time | didn't
agree with either of the parties, and I
don't agree with them now"
1 asked the general concerning his
health, and he felt that | had at last
reached subject on which he could talk
easily and perhaps carelessly.
II am tolerably healthy. l have rea-
sonable degree of health. l am able to
leave my home daily. / can cruise about
in my yacht America, and so [ feel fairly
comfortable. have given up the practice
Of my profession and am just finishing up
few last cases. That takes me out Oflaw :.
as 1 am already out of politics.
And so ended the interview with that
artful dodger, General Benjamin f. Butler.
But 1 wandered among the leading DEM
ocrats of Boston late in the day and
found that there were no respecters of the
generals gray hairs among them.
1--WE feel morally certain that he voted
for Harrison four years ago." said one of
the most prominent men at the Hub, land
we feel fairly certain he will do so again.
Then as to his protective theories, really
don't blame the general. His bunting
factory has always been well protected"
But this was only one of many like ex-
pressions. Certain it is that "this prophet
is without honor IN his own home"
r. c. CRAWFORD.
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proportions, such as the figures Of tho
Fates. And in the masculine types those
that possess somewhat of feminine char
acteristics, like the Hermes, approach the
nearest to ideal beauty. In such types the
masculine borrows something of the grace
and loneliness of the feminine figure, while
it loses none Of its own strength and mas
culine dignity, while the feminine clothes
its own peculiar soft grace with masculine
nobility and impressiveness.
"Among moderns this ideal type Of
beauty is probably more frequently ap-
preached among women than among men.
During recent years women have been
paving more attention to physical develop
ment than men have. When men go in
for athletics at all they are very apt to
overdo the matter, and the excessive mus
cular development which is the result les
sens the beauty of their figures. Very
often, too, they take up only one form Of
exercise and develop one set of muscles at
the expense Of the others. And the ma
iority of men take almost no exercise at
all. Women, on the other hand, have
been paying so much attention to physical
development recently that the type OF
beauty among them has developed and I'M
proved very rapidly.
1.-THE most beautiful male figures that
have ever seen have been circus perform
ers on the trapeze. They are not over
developed muscularly, while the muscular
development has been harmonious all
over the body. Their peculiar exercise
has given them exceeding grace and agil-
ity. They approach the nearest to those
Greek ideals of beauty of which l spoke
lust now. of all the moderns that | have
seen. But the female trapeze performers
do not share that beauty to the same ex-
tent. They are apt to become too mus
cular.
"On the whole, 1 would say that ii you
take the best types of the male and female
figures among the moderns you VIII ma
the finest. most artistic proportions in the
former. But you will find the feminine
approaches its best type more frequently
than the masculine"
II can answer that question very quick
w" said Mr.. Frederick S. Church. In
my opinion woman is the most beautiful
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THE PEOPLES BATTLE HYMN.

The following grand lyric, by James @. Clark
has been set to stirring music by its author
General James r. Weaver says of 1t: ''It is the
song we have been waiting for. 1t is an Had OF
itself"
There's a sound of swelling waters,
There's a voice from out the blue,
Where the Master His arm Is revealing
Lo! the glory OF the morning
Lights the forehead OF the New,
And the towers of the Old Time are roeIiug.
There is doubt within the temples
Where the gods are bought aud sold,
They are leaving the false Tor the true way
There's q cry of CONSERVATION
Where the idols made OF gold
Are melting in the glance OF the New Day.
Lift high the banner,
Break from the chain,
Wake from the thralldom OF story.
Like the torrent to the river,
The river to the main,
Forward to Liberty and GloryI
There is tramping in the cities,
Where the people march along,
And the trumpet OF Justice 10 caliing;-
There's a crashing of the helmet
on the forehead of the Wrong.
And the battierlents of Babylon are fAlline.
o. the master of the morning,
How We waited for his light
In the oId days of doubling and tearing
How we watched among the shadows
OF the long aud weary night
For his feet upon the mountains appearing.
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ton of the Senate, think they SEQ in the In
terruption to Governor Hills political CO.
reer another proof that the Senate does
not and will not furnish presidents. They
say that Governor Hill had not been in
the Senate q month before clouds began
to arise; within three months that he
was being buffeted by political storms. and
in little over five months found his am
bition and those of his friends for him,
wrecked In the Chicago convention. And
one of the most prominent Democrats Of
New York city, in speaking Of the catas-
trophies contained within this brief period,
said to the writer that they furnished dra-
matte. and almostspathetio illustration of
the proverb that the Senate Il not q stair
case to the presidency.
In q speech which Roscoe Conkling de-
livered in the Senate in l1S71, he spoke of
this strange circumstance not as o super
stition but as q fact. He said: '"The Sem
ate breeds unhealthy candidates for the
presidency" And he also intimated
that in spite of that, it was the dollhouse
of presidential ambition. He himself
was to realize the truth of his assertion
five years later, and he could have cast his
eye about the Senate and seen there
before him, listening to his words, q score
of men each of whom had the eye of am
bition fixed upon the executive mansion
at the other end of Pennsylvania avenue.
General Logan once chatting with q COM
paay of associates in the Senate said to
them that there was not man who heard
his voice except one who had served in
the Confederate army, who did not have a
secret notion and yearning hope that the
presidency might some day be his, ''but,"
said he. sit is my opinion that if any of
you get there you will have to get out Of
the Senate first"
This remark led to some examination
into history, and it was then found that
history furnished most remarkable illus
tration of Conkling's assertion that the
Senate breeds unhealthy candidates for
the presidency. Adams and Jefferson
were in the Senate, but only as Its presid-
ing officer, they were not senator's. Madi-
son and Monroe went from the cabinet OF
their predecessors into the presidential
Office. Andrew Jackson had been a men,
Der of the Senate, but it seems as though
by that singular intuition which charac-
terized his political life he even in that
early day well understood that he had tho
presidency in mind and should not re-
main in the Senate chamber. He resigned
his Office there, retired to his estate in
Tennessee. and then awaited with seren-
ity the summons which he was sure
would come to the White House.
Martin Van Buren, had been a senator
but he had also served after he held that
office as secretary Of state, minister to
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oldbueks Pile Remedy, guaranteed. -.
Shasta Remedy Company, T. O. Box log. Seattle.
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England and vice president. William
Henry Harrison would probably have
failed to receive the nomination Tor presi-
dent in 1910 had he at that time been q
member of the Senate. His term in that
body mad expired some years before, and
he was living in practical retirement,
holding a petty Office in Ohio when hin
party chose him. Polk was also practicing
his profession in Nashville when he was
elected. General Taylor was planter in
louisiana. Franklin Pierce beyond all
question would have been sunfhought Of
Tor the presidential nomination had he mot
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CHORUS.
He shall gather in the homeless.

He shall gather in the homeless.
He shall set the people free,
He shall walk hand in hand with the toilef'
He shall render back TO labor
Fror, the mountains TO the sea
The lands that are bound by the spoiler.
Let the lightning tell the story
To the seas remotest bands,
Let the camp fires of Freedom b flaming,
While the voices OF the heavens
Join the chorus of the lands
Which the children OF men are proclatming.
jones G. Clark.
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If You are tired taking the large. oli-fashioned
gripping pills. try Car;er's Little Liver Pills and
lake some comfort. A man can't stand every
thing. One pill dose. Try them.
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White Goods.

White Plaid India Linens, worth 15c
our price &c.
White Stripe India Linens, worth 1890
our price l0ac.
White Stripe and Plaid India Linen
(showy patterns), worth l5c, our
price &c.
Lace Stripe India Linen, worth 1oac.
our price Sc.
Irish Lawns, 81 in. wide, in neat Pol
ka Dots and small figures, suitable
for shirt waists and dresses, goods
that are worth 1890, our price 12ac.
Plain white India Linen worth &c, our
price &c.
Pin. Stripe Mulls, white ground and
neat, narrow stripes of Blue, Black,
Red, &C., worth 15c, our price 9ac.
White Spreads, large size, worth $l.25,
our price Sic.
White Spreads, extra heavy, worth
$3.50, our price $l.l5.
Silk Mulls, so in. wide, in Pink,
Light Blue, Red, Black, Nile,
Cream and White, worth Csc, our
price 40c.
Heavy Corded and Figured "P. X,
worth 25 and 300, our price l8c.
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Irritated.


He was faultlessly attired and was wait
ing at the street crossing for an opportu-
nifty to get through the stream of vehicles
A cab driver turned his vehicle out of the
car track, and as it passed close the curb
stone it struck loose paving block, throw
ing shower Of mud over the dude.
"What do you mean by that?" cried the
despatched young man. eff you will
climb down from that seat will knock
your head off,"
The driver stopped. "Can you do it?" he
inquired.
YES, can, and I'll prove it, too, if you
will get down."
"Well, if you're sure you can do it !
guess I'll stay where 1 am, if it don't
make any difference to you," replied Pat,
as he drove on, smiling broadly.-Chicago
Mail
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Mining Camps in the Andes

Until within the past few years the high
est inhabited place in the world has beer
credited to Thibet, where people dwell al
an altitude of Is, III feet above the sea level
This is about the summit of Mount Blanc
the highest mountain in Europe
South America then came to the front
with its claim. La Paz, Bolivia's capital, is
IL, 226 feet above the sea level, and Potosi, il
the same country, is 900 feet higher. Pas
CO, Peru, which has an altitude of Is, 0OOfe
was considered the highest inhabited spot
in South America.
The village of Galera, also in Peru, was
shown, however, to be Is, 635 feet above the
sea, and it has boosted that it's altitude ex.
ceeded that Of any other dwelling place in
the world.
It can 20 longer make this boast, fol
word has been received in this city that
Mr.. Arthur E. Pearce, an engineer who
has been prospecting and making meteoro
logical observations In the Andes, has
come across two mining camps which are
even higher than Galera.
They are named Vicharrayal and Mus
capata, the former 1850 feet above sea
level and the latter 49, 1853. Each camp has
q population of about 200 miners the year
round.-New York Herald,