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DISEASES OF A WATCH.
They Are Cautiously Akin to Those Fles
Is Heir To.

They Are Curiously Akin to Those Flesh
Is Heir To.
That's the twenty-third to-day
we're going to have an electric storm, I"
remarked a downtown jeweIer as he
was handed watch having broken
handspring for repair.
How do you make that out?" in
quired the customer.
'Why, by the number of broken
mainsprings, to be sure" was the re-
ply. There is a regular epidemic to
which watches are subject much as
humanity is to smallpox and cholera.
1t is produced by certain electric condi-
tions of the atmosphere. The main
spring becomes magnetized and more
brittle, and a slight shock will break
it. Occasionally it will snap with no
apparent cause whatever. have had
it happen to watches lying in the show
case or upon the rack there You
know, of course, that such atmospheric
conditions frequently disturb telegraph
and telephone lines and even prevent
communication entirely. That might
be expected, as they are operated by
electricity, but the effect on watches
is singular. Frequently even severe
thunderstorm will produce it, but an
auroral display, which seems to be an
electrical disturbance. is sure to result
in many broken watchsprings, and no
better term could be applied to the
trouble than epidemic.
mo, there is no reliable protection
against it, though many things have
been tried and many thousands of dol
lars have been spent Attempts have
been made to temper the springs by
electricity, sort of incubation against
the disease. Then a small plate or
disk of soft iron placed within the case
to absorb the magnetism, disinfect-
ant so to speak, has given some good
results.
"Do you know" he continued in a
discursive tone, that watch is SINH
lar in many ways to a human being?
1t has its diseases and decays, its epi-
denies, old age, and finally dissolution.
Yes, and each watch has its individual
ity and special characteristics; and the
finer the watch the stronger this per-
sonality, if it can be so called, exactly
as culture develops and strengthens
individual character among mankind.
''Now this electric epidemic, this
watch feels the atmospheric condition
as you do before thunder storm, only
more acutely, as does gouty or rheu-
matte person being specially suscepti-
BILE to such influence, and perhaps hav-
ing an inherent weakness at one point
in the handspring that snaps, fractures
a vital organ. Heart failure it might
be termed, for the handspring of the
watch is its heart, its driving force,
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precedented popularity. She would
have continued in the work but for her
absence for many years from this coun-
try. Mr.. Jones, who fully sympathizes
with his wife's views, was one of Chi
cago's early settlers. He Joined his
father here in 1885, coming from his
native town of Forestville, N. Y. In
those early days Mr.. Jones learned the
language of the Indians, and at their
payments acted as their interpreter
and traded with them. Inheriting an
ample fortune in addition to what he
had himself accumulated, Mr.. Jones
has devoted much time to travel, lit
erary work and public service. For
some years before the fire he devoted
himself to dealing in real estate and
prepared set Of abstract books which
he took to jackson, Mich. After the
fire had destroyed all the public rec
ords, these books, with others, became
the only authentic history of titles to
lands in Cook county. Mr.. Jones has
a remarkable memory and is an author
ity on the early history of Chicago.
He has been county commissioner, su-
pervisor, alderman and trustee of Chi
cago university, besides being connect
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ed with number of leading charitable
institutions.
When the first council of women was
held at the federal capital, c. NJ. Avery,
the husband of the pretty and we'll
known secretary of the National Coun-
ell of Women, Rachel Foster Avery,
accompanied his mother, Rosa Miller
Avery, who is not without fame among
the suffragists. 1t was case of love
at first sight and deeper love upon ac-
quaintance. The young secretary with
her brilliant face and gracious pres
ence held very pronounced and very
advanced views. The handsome,
amiable, affable young man had been
brought up on similar views and was
quite ready to consent to an equal mar
riage and various other things which
she, who was then Miss Foster, re-
garded as highly important. Mr.. Avery
had already proved himself an admira-
BILE business man, and soon after his
marriage became partner in the large
hardware firm of which he was at the
time the representative. Mrs. Rachel
Foster Avery inherited small fortune
from her father, and it was understood
between the two that in money mat
ters, as in other things, they should
be independent of each other. Mr..
Avery has demonstrated his ability to
stand on his own feet squarely in a
business way, for he has accumulated
property quite equal to his wife's.
| Still, he is by no means r1oney-mak-
| ing machine, but is an intellectual and
cultivated man.
A few years ago men were wont to
object to having their wives written
of. Now it more frequently transpires
that man is more than willing that
his wife should be exploited, but
! is himself averse to appearing in
public print. Potter Palmcr declares
that whatever is written of him is with
out his knowledge or consent, but of
Mrs. Palmer he isquite willing to have
sketches written. Mr.. Palmer is New
Yorker. He came to Chicago in an
early day and established himself in a
small way as a merchant. He enlarged
his business until his was the fashiona-
bic dry-goods store of the city. Later
he went into real estate operations
and it was in this way that he made
his large fortune. He is believer in
/ the equal rights of women and has un-
limited confidence in Mrs. Palmer's
ability, which she has certainly dem
onstrated is not misplaced.
There is wide call between the
woman who is distinguished and her
who ardently desiring to be SO attains
certain amount of notoriety. There
are few of the former, as data abund-
antly prove, whose husbands have not
been men of parts who were in sympa-
thy with their undertakings. Take,
for example, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
who is one of tho most prominent
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Japanese Types.

There are two totally distinct types
in Japan, which may almost be said to
be each others opposites. The first
which the Japanese themselves call
the Chinese or Corean, is the more COM
mon. Those belonging to it have
round faces, fat noses, full cheeks,
rather thick lips-very pretty ones
often-and very good white teeth
Those belonging to the second, or true
Japanese type, have long and compare
lively pale faces, nose arched like the
beak of a bird, thin lips, large eyes
with not very strongly marked eye
brows, teeth mostly good, always very
white, but often long and irregular.
This is the aristocratic type, which
when at its best is really worthy OF ad'
miration. To be called handsome
japanese must belong to it, whilst
those of the Chinese cast of counte'
nance are never more than pretty
Strange to say, the moral character OF
the sections of the community differs
as much as does their appearance.
have noticed that, as a general rule,
those with Chinese faces are gay,
laughing and restless, full OF careless
good-humor, whilst the others are
silent, indifferent, melancholy, some
times even dismal "-Harper's Weely
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which she edited and conducted for
more than twenty years. 1t was her
interest in all that pertained to her
husbands work that first led Mrs,
Bradwell to study law. Judge Brad
well, who is self-made man. had not
finished his law course when he mar
rled, and his wife took up the study
with him. One day to her great sur
prise her husband said after they had
discussed some legal points together:
"You are as good q lawyer as am;
why don't you apply for admission
to the bar?' That was the begin
ming of Mrs. Bradwell's career as
lawyer, for she acted on her husbands
advice, and although it was some time
before she was admitted to the bar she
planned and established her paper,
which always ranked as one of the best
publications of it's kind in this country.
Judge Bradwell was admitted to the
Illinois bar nearly forty years ago. In
1861 he was elected county judge of
Cook county by the largest majority
that any judge had ever received in
the county up to that time. In 1865 he
was reelected for four years, and in
1878 he was elected to the legislature
and was reelected in 1875. Judge
Bradwell has always held advanced
views as to the rights of women, and
when he was in the legislature he in
troduced a bill, which was passed,
making women eligible to all school
offices, and also one, which became a
law, making women eligible to be
appointed notaries public. He was
one of the founders of the Union
League club of Chicago, and was the
first president of the board of direc-
tors. He has been president of the
Chicago Bar association; of the Illi-
nois State Bar association; of the Chi
cago Press club, and of the Chicago
Soldiers home. Withal, Judge Brad
well is of mechanical turn of mind,
and there are several trades of which
he is master. Indeed, he holds that
everyone should work part of the
time with his hands, and has ALWAYS
made u practice of doing SO, He is an
admirable shot with rifle; in fact,
for good many years was the best
shot in Chicago, and was president of
the Chicago Rifle club. Wholly devot-
cd to each other, Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
well were as happy in their children
and their friends as in each other, and
the recent death of his wife was blow
from which the old jurist will never
recover.
Thirty years ago it took some cour-
age to proclaim oneself q suffragist. 1t
was then that Mrs. Fernando Jones
led the movement in the state of Illi-
nois. She was the president of the
first suffragist association in the state,
and By her tact, ability and social
standing won for the movement un.
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Prehistoric Tracks.

Ages ago, in the geological time
Known to the scientists as the triassic
period, the Connecticut river valley
and. perhaps, the whole eastern por.
tion of what is now the North Ameri.
can continent, was inhabited by a gi.
gantic species of two and four-footed
reptiles. At Portland, in the famous
brownstone quarries, scores of tracks
of these creatures have been found and
there are probably hundreds of them
left in that remarkable ledge that will
be unearthed by the geologist of the
future. At first these tracks were at
tributed to a gigantic species of ex.
tinct birds, but a wellknown writer
on geology pronounces them the tracks
ofsaurians. That they were amphibious
all writers agree, but as to their bulk
and height there is some difference OF
opinion. Some of their tracks are
twenty inches from heel to toe and al
most as broad, clearly proving that the
animal or reptile was no dwarfish mem
ber of the verte lrates. Then, too, they
are from three to FIVE feet apart, which
is proof positive that the creature was
not less than twelve feet high; that is,
providing he was a biped, as everything
indicates N. Y. Sun.
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Sateens for the Bed.

Sateens that are as beautiful as SILK,
and that are suitable for bed-spreads
and draperies, are to be had for twenty
five cents yard. A bed-spread made
from one that is well covered by a leafy
pattern of soft old blue on white
ground has ruffie about finger VIDE
around it. 1t is made long enough 70
carry over the bolster, which is one OF
the pasteboard rolls now commonly
used. In making the bed the spread Is
pressed close to the lower edge OF the
bolster, and then carried over it. Inc
valance, which usually just escapes
touching the carpet, matches the bed
spread. 1t is sewed to the edge OF the
canvas covering that goes over the
springs of the bed to keep them from
dust. A spread of this sateeu used IN
a pink-and-white room has wnlte
ground on which are sprays OF PINK
roses and olive LEAKAGE connected oy .
wandering ribbon. Such spreads are
made with or without lining They
are prettier on brass or enamel pea
steads than on those of wood. NO"
and then one is fortunate enough 10
find silkoline for inside drapery eur
tains to match the colors and patterns
of the bed-spread Louis Repuollc
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Especial Chicago Letter.l

Among the distinguished women of
the present day there is but a small
proportion who are not presiding over
happy homes as the devoted wives of
men of character and attainments.
Indeed, it is doubtful if among the
same number of women, selected in
discriminatory from any other class,
there would be found as many who are
rs expressly happy in their domestic
relations.
Take, for example, the famous or
ganizer, educator and brilliant
scholar, May Wright Sewall, and her
husband, Theodore L. Sewall. 1t
would, indeed. be difficult, if not i'm
possible, to find two people better
suited to and with each other than Mr..
and Mrs. Sewall. Mr.. SewaQ is col
lege-bred man of fine attainmcnts and
exceptional charm of manner. His
mother was one of the well-known
Lovitt family of Beverly, Mass, and
his father was of a family that has
been distinguished in Massachusetts,
annals for more than two centuries.
Among his fathers ancestors was Chief
Justice Samuel Sewall, who died in
1870; Rev. Joseph Sewall, of the Old
South church of Boston, who died in
1869, and a second Chief Justice Samuel
Sewall, who died in 1914. His family
for generations have been scholarly
men. Mr.. Sewall, who graduated from
Harvard college in 1874, was the sew
enth in direct line to receive his de-
grees from that institution.
Mr.. Sewall is by profession lawyer,
having taken the degree of LII. b. at
the Harvard law school after finishing
his other course. For some years he
has been associated with Mrs. Sewall
in the conduct of a classical school for
girls at Indianapolis which was one of
the first private schools in the west to
fully meet the highest collegiate re-
quirements for admission. Mr.. Sewall
does good deal of literary work, and
is a successful lecturer on literary
and social topics. He and his wife are
the best of comrades and in all their
undertakings work together. Mr.. Sc
wall is especially interested in his wife S
public work, in fact, is quite as anxious
for the success of all that enlists her
effort as she is herself
One of the first, the best known and
the ablest women lawyers in this coun-
try was the late Myra Bradwell, the
founder of the Chicago Legal News,
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MANAGING A WIFE.
He Is a Man of Experience and Knows
How to do 1t.

He Is Man of Experience and Knows
How to do 1t.
A man who came into Detroit by way
of the Flint & Pere Marquette road the
other day wanted to know of police
man where certain street was, and
wherea bout in that street a certain
eating house could be found, and as he
fell to talking he unbosomed himself
His wife had skipped out and come to
Detroit, and was working in the
kitchen of the eating house referred to,
and he had come to see her He was a
plain, everyday man, whose home was
in Michigan village. and he was TAX
ing the matter very calmly. When the
officer expressed some surprise at this,
he replied:
"Oh, there amt any particular hurry
about it, you know. It's over three
months since she skipped, and l
thought wouldn't rush things I'm
boarding with widder at three dol
lars a week, washin' included, and I've
rented my house for ten dollars a
month"
''How did she come to leave you?"
was asked.
wall, she's my third, you see. I'd
saved most of the clothes of the other
two and she wanted 'em. l didn't
think it looked just right, and she flew
off the handle. Got up in the night
and crawled out of a window onto a
shed to get away. Waited at the depot
all one day to have me follow and coax
ha,- no aly h,,t 7 didn't do II -
'And are you going to take her back
home now?"
''Can't say. It's accordin' to how she
talks. Want to go down with me?"
They found the woman acting as
second cook in the eating house. When
she came in she began to cry and en-
brace her Thomas, but he held her off
and asked:
Emily, didn't buy you a pair of
Shoes a corset, some stockings, two
handkerchiefs and a hairbrush, all in
one week?'
"Yes," she answered, keeping hold of
his hands.
Didn't pay twenty dollars for par
lor furniture and have all the ceilings
whitewashed?"
"Yes'
"And you skipped out. I've rented
the house to the Thompsons.
"Whatr'
"And I'm boarding with the widder
Glazier."
You are?'
''She beats you all to pieces doin' up
shirts. | didn't come down to ask YOU
if you wanted TO-
''But I'm going right back homer
she interrupted.
81 just thought I'd drop down to
ask"
"I'm going! I'll be ready in ten
minutes"
"You know, Emily, you got cantank-
erous because L"
I'm going-hold on-rll get my
things!" she exclaimed, and she hast
ened away.
"Lemme tell you sunthin'," said the
husband as they sat waiting. "Wimmin
is Gurus critters. They've got to be
handled sartin way If you sot your
foot down, keep it thar. If your
wife runs away don't foller. Just wait
till she writes about three times. II
you don't conker her she'll conker you.
Allus be cool and calm, and kinder
have things fixed so you kin board with
widder in case your partner takes a
skip. Emily will go home and will be
as humble as cross-eyed cat in cold
weather, and if she ever kicks over the
traces agin all I'll have to do is to point
towards Detroit to subdue her. Much
obleeged to you and good ID etroit
Free Press.
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women suffragists of the age. Her
husband, Henry B. Stanton, was a
brilliant lawyer and writer, as well as
speaker.
The husband of Millicent Fawcett,
whose daughter is the famous Phillip
Fawcett, who took rank above the
senior wrangler at Oxford, was the
eminent statesman Prof. Henry Faw-
cett. Mrs. Fawcett is one of the clev-
crest speakers in the ranks of the
woman suffragists in England. Her
husband who, although totally blind,
was one of the ablest of English post
masters general, was in full sympathy
with her and took especial satisfaction
in extending the employment of wom-
en- in his department. They worked
together and in doing SO were in a
marked degree successful.
ANToINETTE VAN HoEsEN.
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The oldest literary crank even
known was Catherinot, French anti.
quarry. He could not get printer to
undertake his works and was forced tc
print them himself. which he did, four
or five pages at time. Each formed a
single treatise, except when he had toe
much matter for the number of pages,
when he got in as much as he could
and promised to finish in the future
No one would buy his leaflets, aud he
published them by hiding them among
the old books in secondhand stores.
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He Had Had 1t,

The, Doctor-Did you ever have q
sinking feeling?
The Patient-No.
Have you ever had it?'
"N-no-yes, once"
"Ah! You've had it once. Well get
at your trouble Immediately. Now,
then, please tell me when it was that
you had that sinking feeling?"
when l fell overheard from boat. :"
IN. Y. Press
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DISTINGUISHED WOMEN.
Many OF Them Are Married to Dis
tinguished Men.

Happy Home Life of Mr.. and Mrs. sewan
and Judge and tho Late Mrs. BradweH
Converted to the Equal Rights
Theory by Their Wives.
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Poison Ants Distinguished for Bravery.
The poison ants of west Texas and
New Mexico are the bravest creatures
in the world. They are absolutely des-
titute of the feeling of fear, and it
makes no difference to them whether
the enemy that approaches the nest is
another ant or an elephant they are
equally ready to attack it. Point your
finger at one and it Immediately raises
itself into posture of defense Draw
little nearer and it opens its jaws
ready to bite. The bite itself is not
bad, but into the wound the ant iniects
a poison that sometimes makes trou-
blesome sore. These ants are terror to
small animals, which, after one expert
ence, always shun the nests, and even
a dog, after being once bitten, can rare
ly be persuaded into the vicinity of an
ants nest against. Louis Globe DEM
Ocrat
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Why Chinese Feared a Railroad.

Railroad making is beset with un-
foreseen obstacles in China. A line is
being made from the interior of Man
chooria to the coast, and it was lately
proposed to make a junction with
Moukden, the chief town. The engin-
eers consulted the Tartar general, and
the general, before giving his sanction,
consulted the geomancers, who declared
that if the line were laid along the pro-
posed track the vertebre of the dragon
that encircles the city would be broken
by the nails of the sleepers. Such a
contingency was too awful to contem-
plate and the general promptly in
formed the engineers that the thing
was impossible. The latter, in despair,
lodged protest with Ii Hung Chang,
who while commencing the caution Of
his subordinates, expressed it as his
opinion that the hidden dragon would
suffer no harm, rather otherwise, by
the innovation. However, he would
refer the matter to the emperor This
struck terror into the heart of the gem
eral, and he again consulted the geo
mancers. Eventually line was traced
some hundreds of yards away from the
site at first proposed. Engin-
aerinu
The evening world., 1894-07-11
ALL ARE READY TO GO OUT.
jersey knights Say They VIII Obey
SOvereiGn's Order.

The executive officers Of District AZ
sembly No 1877 which takes In nearly
all Of Bergen County and all Of Hudson
County, New Jersey. which includes
Jersey City. Hoboken. Weehawken.
Unicn Hill and Union Township, declare
this morning that they thought that the
members Of that Assembly would re-
spond unanimously to General Master
Workman Sovereign's appeal to the
Knights to strike.
There are 5000 members in D. A. No.
l97. about $500 of which are In Jersey
City. They comprise all branches Of
trade. but there are very few Of them
railroad employees.
Secretary A. Zoller, after reading
MIR. Sovereign's appeal this morning.
''Of course, this Is not an order from
the General Master Workman, but he
evidently hopes that It will be taken as
such by the various asse mbltes through
out the country, and think It will be
generally obeyed.
at is possible that he may issue an
order to-day after conference with the
Executive Board OF the Knights. He
consent before he could issue a general
order TO strike. AS II is, his appeal to
the knights will be laid before the men
at their lCGses, and think. will be
promptly responded to-"
Have the men OF d. A. 1871 taken any
action as YETI" he was asked.
mo. We have scarcely had time to do
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WESTERN TRAFFIC DULL.
The strike Keeps Many People from
Going on Journeys.

This Is the dull season OF a particular
ly dull year for through Western travel.
and. with the strike thrown In for dis
enlargement, the local agents NJ the big
roads leading to the sunset are In de-
spair.
They all assert tina, they are doing
pretty well, al, things considered. and
better than their nelg nbors. anyhow; but
they swear profuse.y In taking about
IT, and that may be accepted as fair
reflection OF their feelings.
me New York Central is no better
on than the Pennsylvania. and the Erie
hasn't the slightest advantage over the
Baltimore and Ohio and so It Is with
the others that have Western connec-
ttSns.
That people are afraid to. make un-
imperative journeys into or beyond the
by the neagre volume OF traffic, but
by the Inquiries for absent ones made
by their friends at the agencies.
Every hour OF the day there are de-
mands at these offices to learn the
Tate OF certain trains;
moving o. time and In good order. but
the local and tourist travel to the East
IN seaside and mountain resort Is all
the business they have.
Freight business continues badly tangled
and very largely suspended. The Penn
receive all kinds Of freight for all points
except Chicago and Cleveland.
Shippers who are not In a hurry are
availing themselves of the Erie Canal
and lake route. but even that ave-
nue. OF traffic Is affected by the fear
and Milwaukee will not be able to pass
those DOiuta