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ment of woman along material avenues
1t will seem impossible to believe that
the delicate web laces placed in the
cases OF the central gallery are only
copies of the fabrics and tissue laces
preserved with such care in the glass
cases of the Smithsonian exhibit.
In all savage countries women are
the house builders, clothiers, weavers.
potters, tanners and harvesters. The
great modern industries in factories
first had a beginning in the unenlight-
ened mind of women, who by necessity
made the tools and materials which
were adapted to the needs of their peo-
pie.
Among the many things of interest
was noticed mat-robe made by hand
from the leaves of the screw palm. The
leaves OF the palm are cured by treat
ing them with salt water and drying
them in the sun. The mat was woven
with twenty threads to the inch, was six
feet square, and required three years of
labor. 1t was made in the Samoan
islands, Many other mats of different
designs were shown in the same case.
The implements used for bark-breakers
or peelers are as varied in size, form
and material as the ingenuity of the
mind could suggest. These are used
for shredding cedar bark, which is used
in making textile work. ''Grainers'' or
hide scrapers are made from the bones
OF animals and different kinds of wood.
There is q distaff and spindle, the
frame made of bamboo rods split at
one end into six sections. These are
compressed at the end and the center
tightly bound with cotton cord. These
were brought from the natives of
Alaska. A small medicine pipe and
dolls dressed in buckskin ornamented
with beads represent work of tribes of
Indians at Cheyenne. A primitive
shuttle and loom, bags made from
grass fiber twisted into cords and knit
into convenient shapes, some woven
into inter shape with numerous squares
and dots standing out in relief and
worn by kings and chiefs as emblems of
rank, were brought from the people of
Africa on the Congo river.
A Makah Indian blanket is made of
bark and trimmed with fur of the sea
otter and woven border of gray hair.
From the Fiji islanders has been Sc
cured Tapa cloth made of bark beaten
thin and stamped with many complex
designs in black and brown colors.
The Yuma Apache Indians are repre-
sented by their basket work. Bowls
and water jars are made by coiling
splint and thin strip of yucca, bast or
osier, and then wrapping it with split
osier. The work Is regular and will
hold water.
Hats made by Esqimau women of
Alaska bear strong resemblance to
Chinese work. They are made Of spruce
root finely woven and then painted and
ornamented with shells, beads and sea-
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tho dun rolling Of the heavy iron door
- Il closed behind me. The porter led
me to NJ, the prin :ipal, whom found
writing In his Office by the dull light Of !
candle. &c pushed back his spectacles,
addressed me q few words upon my
very youthful appearance and my ,ex-
sfemely delicate looks Then the proc
tor came in, with writing books under
his arm and bunch of KEYS in his
hand, and no sooner did L see his bald
torch ed, shis crooked neck and his
squirting eyes than felt l was in face
OF = bad man and Of an enemy. These
gentlemen gave me an Immense amount
81 advice and encouragement, then,
without asking information as to the
state OF my purse or my stomach, they
cent me .Ysy. on assuring me that l
could enter upon my duties at six
o'clock on the following morning.
1t was summer, and wandered about
al night In this unknown town, where
| had neither relative nor friend. In the
morning swallowed few Vttle glass
es OF rum In an obscure conee-house.
and then came here. j.. ...::.a- .-,..-.
Outside the music continues. All!
that Is famous solo on the cornet-a-
piston: sol, do, 81, do, re, mi. Bravo!
bravo! How they applaud-how they
stamp their feet. And no one gives q
thought to the poor little usher oppo-
site them, whose face is pressed against
the panes of glass, and whose nose even
70 shivering. Among my rare moments
OF leisure, when have gone out into
the street, it has been with all the awk-
wardness OF one who is quite out of his
element, or OF beggar who makes his
'hFst appearance. l walk upon the
points OF my feet, as if afraid of soil
ing tho paving stones; I press my
Parms to my side, to make myself
AZ. small rs possible-it always seems
to me In fact as if were driving forty
students before me, and willingly I
could cry to the persons who are pass
Ing to hurry up and to join the ranks.
A for the days of taking walks, they
arc for me like days Of penitence and
pillory. How. I tremble and how
perspire from agony when we cross the
Esplanade, or the street Of the Sous
Perfecture! My boys are marching in
disorder, bawling and calling; l follow
them with my hat drawn down over my
eyes, arms at my side and trailing my
feet. At right and at left tho pretty
saleswomen of the ribbon dealers come
outside their shop windows and laugh
freely at my looks of brigand.
We have also days of professions,
when we go out with music, with an
endless number OF tapers, that run
down In yellow streaks upon our
pantaloons; with red banners floating
at the head, and ears tortured by the
serpents and the trombones. We arc
obliged to march through double row
of spectators, and 30 on as forlorn ~
sexton, thinking how ridiculous ap-
pear and that the young girls are maxi
ing fun of me. For long time have
tried to forget myself and have put a
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THE Il aiiscnA !
Eosody sits in III MAJ & CHAIR: s g.
1tstands in corner dim;
But white-haired mother gazing there.
And yearningly thinking Of him,
Sees through the dusk Of the long ago
Tho bloom Of her boys sweet face.
- he rocks 20 mauH10 to end fro,
With alaugh that chsors the plaza
Sometimes he holds book In his hand.
sometimes pencil and slate,
ana the lesson Il hard TO understand.
sAa9 Ne figures he4d - pate: -
e6ntsae see6 10 nod of Hi f3therI heaas [ |
So proud Of the little son,
1900 1eepfAewoed 20 often said: ii.
earfSroarlitoSo Que. = 49,
E;.s. r'Ga4''fp, a.' - he r'-F ...
When child With sunny hair
3err;. r .iDld II E ,, III .9atqprai.e Il
ne lost him back "a the busy years, g
When the great world caught the man.
And he strobe away past hopes and fsars
10 MA place In the bsttle'Svan.
But now and then in wistful dream.
Lie picture out Of date, ssE fT5.,xs ...f< -.
,Sho secs head with golden Rlaaun a.~.5
Bent over pencil and slate ILL.
:, And abe lives again the happy. day.,,, y
81, Inc osy OF her young lies spring, =, -. -.
r zen We SINAI! armchair stood justl the way,
Ine csnter OF every thing. 3 >'3 49, @l'''i
Margaret Z. Ssngster. in Harper's Baxar., q
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CHARMED GUESTS.
Visiting Bdifors and Noted Women
at the Worlds Fair.
Especial Chloaso Correspondents,

During tho last two weeks Chicago
has been entertaining great many
brainy men and women from Ill over
the world. The National Editorial as
ISOLATION has had its annual meeting in
our city, and the leading women think
ers, writer's and workers in the various
branches of reform work have been
holding their congresses here in the
new art institute. Among these .peo-
pie were large percentage of the
country publishers of the United States,
as well as many of the heads of metro
politan papers, and hosts OF the worlds
representative women. T.. -
The meeting of the editors was one
OF the most memorable they have ever
held, and the congresses of the women
were the greatest gatherings Of the
kind ever held in the world since wom-
an first concerned herself in the affairs
OF nations; but there was an added sig
niticance In these meetings in the fact
that they were held in the Worlds
Fair city during the greatest celebra-
ton the world has ever known.
between the meetings of the editors
and the sessions of the women's con-
gress there were frequent excursions to
the grand central point Of worldwide
interest-{eckson park-public and
private receptions, theater parties, etc.,
and the visiting celebrities were treated
almost as guests of the city. II is not
at all likely that any of them will ever
forget the occasion, for everything went
of successfully and the sights pre-
scented at the worlds fair so far charmed
and entranced these people of mental
superiority that their enthusiasm and
praise knew no bounds. They will all
take back to their homes with them inn.
pressions that will in all probability re-
suit in much good to the exposition.
The scribes can write intelligently and
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THE DIGNIFIED TURK.

oerts and brilliant illuminations. There
are several bands constantly employed
at the grounds, and they perform every
day, but on Saturday, in view of tho in.
creased attendance, the directors exert
themselves to furnish something extra
good. Tho Examinations in the evening
defy description. They must be seen
to be properly understood and appre-
ciated.
The average daily attendance for the
first three weeks Of the exposition has
been in the neigh borhood of thirty
thousand, Saturdays excepted. The
regular Saturday crowd is about three
times that number. At that rate, Of
course, there is no money being made,
as the regular daily expenses of the
fair greatly exceed the amount re
ceived from the sale of tickets, but the
attendance is on the increase, and when
the summer season is fairly on it will
be twice or three times as large as at
present, and in the fall season the rich
will come. One reason why there is rush
a small attendance just now is that the
knowledge of tho incompletenesso of the
exhibits has been so widely published
that It is keeping . great many out
siders from coming until later on.
Much has been said and written
about the sights to be seen in the Mid
way Plaisance, but hardly day passes
without ushering in some new attrac-
ton to the myriad curiosities assem-
bled there It is at present the most
wonderful thoroughfare ON the globe,
beyond doubt, and it is safe to say that
anyone who has once visited the place
will declare 1t to be worth the price of
admission without going any further
Into the great fair. Some very ludicroua
things occur in the Plaisance, and near.
~ everybody who passes through it is
kept on the broad grin from one end to
the other. The Turk with his vol
luminous unmentionables goes stalking
majestically along unmindful Of the
facetious remarks of American funny
fellows, who inquire of Mr.. BarRhash
Gegorra or whatever his name is, the
name of his tailor. Our friend from the
Bosporous is too digniaed to notice
any jesting remarks about his ward
robe; he likes big pants and he doesn't
care who knows IL.
The story II told Of one venturesome
Turk that he conceived strong desire
to possess suit Of American clothes,
and late one night stole away from the
Plaisance and sought the .'old clo'' men
Of Clark street. 1t e hardly necessary
to say that he was afforded ample op-
portunity to crafty his suddenly &C
luired taste for change Of appare
Like al luckless wights who wander
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BY UNTAuGHT WOMEN. :

HaudlWork OF the Savage Tribes Loaned
: by the Smithsonian Institution.
Through the active efforts of MEM
beers OF the board of lady managers q
fine loan exhibit from the Smithsonian
institution has been placed in the
Woman's building. The exhibit is all
of woman's work in savagery. Women
in benighted lands have originated and
made many crude implements by which
they have worked out some rare and
beautiful patterns. 1t was at first in
tended to place this exhibit in the Gov
eminent building away from the place
where those who study carefully may
see the wonderful progress and advance
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RUSSIANS INTERESTED.

United States 11inlstef white Writes Of
1ais OhssPvatiOas ID That Country.
The following interesting extract b
taken from . recent letter from Andrew
2. White, United States minister ct
st Petersburg:
The interest taken by leading Rus
slams in the Columbian exposition,
strong - It has been from the first,
seems rather to increase. Not only
have the emperor and empress and the
heir to the throne expressed themselves
% me as greatly interested, but in all
classes Of Russian society with which
have to do the Same feeling il very
clear.
: There is evidently feeling that the
TWO nations are under somewhat sim
liar economic conditions, each being
vast In extent, with enormous unde-
veloped resources, and, that our country
having taken the lead in all that per-
tains to material development, to say
nothing Of leadership in other fields,
both the exposition and the country at
large are the most fitting places for the
study OF the leading facts. The result
OF this feeling is that q considerable
number OF Russians are making ready
TO visit Chicago. and, what is still more
TO the purpose, the government is send
ing large number Of its foremost ex-
perts in various departments for the
study Of the exhibits at Chicago. and
for examination into the various insti-
buttons throughout the United States
A recent publication gives the names
OF some forty such special delegates,
among them prominent professors in
the universities and leading officials in
the MINISTRIES Several OF these are
also representatives of people in the
highest political and social positions.
Typical Of these are such as the young
Prince Sergius Wolkonsky, who belongs
to one of the most distinguished fam
lilies in the empire, and who has already
distinguished himself as an official and
writer; and Princess Schahooskoy,
who, distinguished by the development
of establishments for woman's work on
her estates, is sent especially to take
charge of the Russian exhibit of such
work at Chicago. She, too, belongs tc
one of the most noted families in the
empire, and is one of the empress
maids of honor"
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Caution to Customera

Nothing Of original or superior merit but
has It's limitations and counterfeits, even to
tmperlling the health Of communities. For
this reason the proprietors of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters caution their patrons to
scrutinlze every bottle offered (and it is sold
oNL1 IN bottles) and verify it's many marks
OF genuineness.
A sufficient warning to those medltating
fraud can be found in the untroken line OF
Judicial decisions, exposing and severely
furnishing every one detected in counter
letting the Bitters, and the redoubled efforts
mat are being made to protect the public
from the deception Of these unprincipfed pi-
rates.
Remember the Bitters Is sold In bottles onlv,
never BY the gallon or IN bulk
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PILLS FOR DYSPEPTICs.

HAVING to live on ones wits IA tho
best anti-fat remedy discovered 10 far.
Puck.
CHnDREN's footsteps are light, but
when they are pattering around in the
nat overhead they sound like thunder.
IN. Y. Journal.
He (philosophical)-"Do you approve
ofgoing to the theater?" She (practical)
-"Oh, thank you! Any night you like"
News Record.
H1cKs-''What do you think? VIII it
be q match?" Wicks-"It ought to be.
He's regular stick, and She all fire
and birthstone. boston Transcript.
PEOPLE who doubt tho truth of tho
saying that anticipation is greater than
realization generally change their
minds after trying to realize on some
thing at a pawnshop.-Troy Press.
JoHNNY-''Don't they use bark to tan
hides with, pap" Father-"Yes, my son;
but If you ask any more questions this
evening, you'll find that a slipper does
lust Is weu."-Raymond's Monthly.
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Wide Awake for June

is q brilliant and beautiful summer
number. 1t opens with quaint and
delightful Shaksperean pastoral, Twill
O. Stratford,' by Anna Robson Brown,
charmingly illustrated by Cox. Kate
Rohrer Gains illustrated poem, 1.-THE
Men in Lincoln Green" is almost a
pendant to this English idyl. Marietta
Ambrosi tells how Spanish children
play at bull-fghting; Susan Coolidge
has a stirring poem of the Danish hero
myth, "Holger Danske;" Elton Craig
has marvel-story, 1.-The Wizards Pal
ace;" Louise Coffin Jones gives time
~ sketch of her thrilling experiences
as a ''Schoolma' am in Hawaii Captain
Julius A. Palmer gives in Wide Aeoake
Athletics certain valuable ''Hints for
Yachtsmen;" Oscar Fay Adams con-
tributes as the first of his illustrated
series on sour English Homes" a paper
on Worcester; Richmond o. North has
advice for boy tourists who are "Going
to Europe" The serial stories by w.
o. Stoddard and Theodore r. Jenness
are striking and absorbing.
Price 20 cents number, 81. 40 a year.
On sale at news stands or sent post
paid, on receipt of price, by D. Lothrop
Company, Publishers, Boston.
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CORN PALACE DECORATIONS.
Some Of the Unique Designs to BE Seen

Some Of the Unique Designs to BE Seen in
tho Woman's Building.
The corn palace decorations presented
to the Woman's building by the ladies of
Sioux City are in place, and the pavilion
is one of the most beautiful in tho
building. 1t is open, frieze extending
downward some three feet. On
the outside of this are medallion heads
of the goddesses Of Grecian mythology,
each framed in millet sAed. The back
ground is of pearl hominy. while the
heads are of differently shaded kernels
of corn, the hair being of the silk.
The inner frieze is also NEUROLOGICAL,
the four panels representing four scenes
in the legend of the planting of the
corn. The first panel depicts the send
ing forth of ''Triptolemus, the seed
planter" the second "Eumolpus and
the Olympian Gods" the third the
giving into Hades of Persephone, the
planting of the corn; the fourth, the
coming up of Persephone. All the
groups are in kernels of corn on q back
ground of crimson, with q border of
the tasscls of broom corn. All around
the lower edge are blossoms, made of
corn husks and of the sacred Egyptian
lotus. The ceiling is blue, with
Grecian burden of millet. Four cupids,
one at each corner, hold strings of
corn which at tho center are gathered
into graceful festoons. The tents are
bare at present, but later will be
wreathed with vines Of purple grapes,
the grapes being made Of the purple
bean
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u
much need have of feminine sympa-
thy that occasionally l think with
sigh of our seamstress, the only woman
in the world who has wished me well.
Poor, dear Angelique! how many
times we have hurriedly passed each
others hands in the immense dark COR
ridors! But poor child! my innocent
flame did not bring her happiness; and
too openly courted by the fencing
master, an Italian hero, Angclique was
sent back to her parents-.l mean to
say to the founding hospital.
I hear voices in corner; there is q
great deal of whispering going on. I
must slide along back of the beds, with
my back bent, that may not be seen.
The boys are two of the members of the
class. in rhetoric, who are planning
how they will spend Sunday. Dear
children! I will not disturb them to-
night, but I must not forget to keep
them In on that wished-for day. Why
should they amuse themselves when l
am SO unhappy? There is not soul to
whom can unburden my heart; no
ono capable of understanding my SUI
fering and of giving it even the
slightest alienation. The tutors, my
associates, are good fellows, even more
stupid than am, and: l should
blush from shame were to
make them my confdants. As to
the professors, ancient ushers like
ourselves, surrounded by triple, rancid
coating of old, sticky, classic rust. l
run away from them. There is but one
5among them, the regent of the second
class, who would have had the honor
of my sompathies and my outpourings,
had he deigned to give me the slightest
attention. He is a graduate of the Nor
NAL school, In disgrace, and the wittiest
man in B.. All sugar and sweet
meats, with slight touch of vinegar.
His whiskers, of a light, vapory col
or, put the ladies in eostasies of delight.
He always whistles as he comes to the
college, without even the shadow of a
book under his arm, and sometimes
even he wears his spurs. He keeps his
pupils informed as to the newest
productions of M. About whose nov
els he reads aloud to select COM
panies at s-Prefecture. In vain have
-Itried to become acquainted with him.
He profoundly despises everything that
does not come in q straight line from
the Rue d. Ulm;' and therefore hate
him and everything connected with
him.
i During my hours of liberty, I ASSOC
ciate with certain actors and under of.
:dcers, who are not too stupid; we drink
. little absinthe, that racks my chest,
and we play an everlasting game of
dominoes, that finishes me. Almost al
ways I return to my work, with sticky
lips and inflated eyes These little in
dulgencies have a salutary effect upon
the discipline, for when I have been
fasting am altogether too lenient for
the boys. II = 81.
The clock has just struck eleven. The
music has finished, and the lights are
being put out; one last turn through,
the dormitory and then will go to bed
Oh! oh! how rough these sheets are!
Oh, ,heavens what horrible existencel
Double six, forty-five. Francis, ~
absinthe, and above all pot-any-sa-z
i-sette! -..... ...~- z
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Enectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious or when tho blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habitual con stlpa-
tlon, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a
ening them, to dispel headaches, colds or
fevers, use Syrup Of Figs.
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Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from re-
putable physicians, as the damage they will
DO is ten told to the good YOU can possibly
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
CBs Sold by Druggists, price &c. per bottle.
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A Desirable ombination,

Father-No, Agnes, l cannot consent
to You marrying that young man. I
understand that suicide is hereditary in
his family. ts s q
Daughter Yes, papa, but SO il large
eStat4.-Detroit Tribune.
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:, 1T s = pity that you are. not more.
sociab1e, !" remarked the cyclone to the
earthquake. Instead Of taking peo
pie out and blowing them OF, as do,
you give every one the shake. ~ Indian
aDolis Journal
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No SPECIFIC for local skin troubles eouals
Glenn's Sulphur Soan
HILLS Hair aud WhiHkor Dive. 80 cents.
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He Knew German.

1T is . good thing to be able to
speak German" said a young man at q
table in the Austrian village. II never
appreciated the value of my study of
languages till came out here to the fair.
There are 50 many foreigners on the
grounds that one can't very we'll get
along without smattering of French
and German. manage to make my
self understood and the Germans and I
jabber away with great content when
ever we meet" At this moment q
Viennese maid came over and laid a bill
OF fare before the young man, who
ordered q cheese sandwich and a stein
of beer with great airiness in what he
supposed to be German. The girl looked
dazed for q moment. Then she went
away and came back with plate of
cold beef, q potato salad and bottle of
white wine-ChicaRo Post.