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Shaving Blocks

shaving Blocks.
dam and along a CLASSY looking road
way like a flume: now you see it plain
", the next instant it disappears; then
it looks substanceless, and before one
knows how it can have happened 1t
Is going first over one hot cylinder
and then over another, and if one fol
lows on he will soon come to an end
less web Of paper being wound smOk-
ing hot on huge roller.
Finally it is reeled and measured of,
sheathed in strong civerinSs, labelled
and expressed to newspaper and print
ing establishments.
Not less interesting was the pulp
mill where the wood pulp is prepared
The place, with its pile Of logs, and
spout high in air. down which they
were slid to the dumpin. ground, sug-
geSted a saw mill. In the interior logs
Of spruce-fresh enough from the for
est to be full of rOsin-were ready in
fOur-fOot piles. These were swiftly
sawed into short pieces by two men.
one who fed and one who held the
wood against the dazzling, Whirling
steel. At another machine the bark
was taken Off, and a third-the gull
lotine-came down with terrible GER
tainty and cleft it in billets as the
operator presented it.
These were thrown into machines
grindstones of tremendous
power and when next I saw it what
had but a moment before been q seq
ment Of q tree had been transformed
Into cream-cOlored pulp. Then 1t was
put through another marvelously con-
machine, and, 10! thick blank
ets . yard square, exquisite In color
and ready to be carried to the paper
min-Washington Star.
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one and all show this method of orna-
mentatiOn in some form. The mOdiSh
skirts are being plenteously trimmed
with rich embrOideries-in some cases
the braiding is carried in a long line
down the center, widening toward the
bottom into an artistic design, which
again narrOws off round the hem. AS
to the waists there is great demand
for sealskin and Persian lamb vests
with embroidered revers. The gOred
sleeves are also often decorated at the
top in this way. Flare collars which
are SO much in vogue for coats, do not
find great favor for waists, because
they are apt to be in the way of the
coat collar and spoil the fit.
The coat illustrated is charmingly
simple, yet jaunty and smart. The
material used in this instance is black
bison. with collar. cuffs. tabled edges
and front plait of tan cloth. The but
tons are black bone. This compact,
stylish coat, when worn with a dark
red velvet hat trimmed in black
plumes and white wings. and red cloth
skirt, produces most fashionable
"get up" for fall wear. An excessive
ly elegant gown. trimmed military
style, is represented in the other illus
tratiOn. The dress here sketched is
an original design which comprises
grey camers hair cloth. with cuffs,
collar and pockets of scarlet military
cloth. The braidings are in thick,
round cord. The hat is a production
in black velvet and tips, the crown of
scarlet velvet. We are told in the
latest communication from Paris and
London that the short coats are made
for the most part with the loose front,
some even with back semi-fitting.
This is decidedly a becoming style to
a great many people, but not for all.
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This is decidedly braiding season.
Redfern dOtes on military styles, and
the New York girl must look to her
skirts, for they are trimmed with en-
broideries and braid in ornate patterns
and keep pace with the glories Of the
bOdiceS.
CHANGING into numerous show rooms
it is particularly noticeable how great
~ braid is being used as a trimming
in scores of different ways. Gowns.
coats. capes and even blOuses, waists
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The methods employed in the manu-
as paper are very apt to be overlooked
by the majority of people or accepted
without question as an unexplained
process whereby an indispensable ar
ticle is made and placed upon the mar
ket. The manufacture of paper is one
Of the most important industries in
the United States. and the method fol-
lowed is one of interest.
1t was L most prOSaic and unrO-
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while a simple blre mchair Of the
heavy serge twill has a stock and belt
of emerald-green velvet. Brown vel
vet edged with mink bands forms q
large collar Of low guimpe waist Of
a bright red crepOn. If girl has a
great deal Of color in her face she will
wear white trimming, but sIin is pre-
ferred to velvet, as a white satin band
under guipure lace edged with fur
down the front Of a waist of brown or
green crepon. and her stock will be of
the satin with great bow in the back.
-Harper'S Bazar
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Lone Hand Dick
dropped on to the deep lead. but there
was always tucker and more in 1t. Sc
far as I could guess, Dick had abou,
his share and no more. If he had
picked up a fortune, mind you. he
wouldn't have said anything withou,
he was asked, but don't think he did
Stokes struck the deep lead on Fri
day, and by the middle Of next week
Lulu fiat was gold field. Where they
sprung from I'm blest if I know. but
come they did. wagons full Of them
traps, coaches. bullock drays. horses
and dOnkeys, and one or two, though
they didn't hardly count. being of
color. on camels. In a week the fiat
was like town; in month we had
two banks, and were talking about a
town hall and member of pariia-
ment.
1t didn't suit Dick Long before the
end Of the first week he had struck
his tent-an uncommon One-horSe tent
It was. too, at that-and made tracks.
After q day or two l missed him. He
hadn't gone very far. though, and
after bit came across a man that
had seen him working by himself in
little corner of gully just about big
enough fer one over the nearest range
1t wasn't more than a week or two
after that one day just as l had knock
ed on work, young chap comes up
to me-a Quill-driving looking chap at
that-and. says he: Mate, do you
happen to know a chap by the name
Of Forester? They say he was on
the fat from the first"
sAG0nf S0v I ID n,ofo~ corc 7
whats he like"'
Like? Well. he ought to he like
that" and he pulls out a photograph
and passes 1t along to me.
l looks ut it. ''Dick." says I. "You
know him mate?' he says, looking at
me sharp like.
well. mate. and suppose I did; what
o thAt!" for 1t comes into nv mind
about the trouble as we thought Dick
might have been In. What Of that,
stranger" says I.
Come along up to the bank. We
want to find ium."
ooh, ye do says I. "Got fortune
for him, mate?"
well, no. not that l know of, any
how, but there's a party come in that
wants to see him-wants to see him
bad too"
I looks at him. What for?" says I.
taklng draw at my pipe. what for.
DoteT
: sOh, you needn't be suspicious, it's
= o1a91e4an and lady" says he.
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ENsHRINED.

Come quickly in and close the door,
For none hath entered here before,
The secret cha nber set apart
Within the clOister of the heart.
Tread softly! 'Tis the holy place
Where memory meets face to face
A sacred sorrow, felt Of yOre,
But sleeping now forevermOre.
1t can not die; for naught of pain,
Its feeting vesture doth remain;
Behold upon the shrouded eye
The seal of immortality.
Love would not wake it, nor efface
OF anguish one abiding trace.
Since cen the calm Of heaven wer,
less,
Untouched Of human tenderness.
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Memories,

Perry Patettic-Did you ever drink
champagne wine from q woman's slip
per in your better days?
Roadside Reubin-Naw, but / how
got away with many 4 bootleg Of beee.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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THE WOMAN'S WORLD.
INTERESTING GOSSIP FOR MAID
AND MATRON

Redfern's Models Show a Revival Of
Military styles of Decorations
Girls Wooden FrOcks-InvitatiOns
-HOuaehOld Hints
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MAKING OF PAPER.
INTERESTING PROCESSES AS WIT.
MESSED By A VISITOR.

An Everyday Article Of Cse-EvO-
lution Of u Sheet Of Paper From .
SOiled Ra1-CSe of Wood Pulp.
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which keeps stream Of clean water
running continuously through, while
the foul water goes pouring out
through a great pipe. A screen of
6ne wire keeps the stock from wash
ing away. and far in Is machinery
that grinds the rags, and sets Of zig
ng knives, which tear them without
hurting the fiber, and there they are
ground, diSmembered and tormente0
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IN AutUlun Array.
A pretty coat. fastened from the shout
der with braiding round the flare col
lar and narrowing into an almost in
visible line down the side over the
fastenings. Full gigot sleeves, also
braided, produce q charming Redeem
creatiOn.-Chicago Journal.
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also be said that the card index system of
medical Publications. used by the library is
the most thorough and practical index of
medical works in the world.
The library now includes about $4,000
bound volumes and about 100000 PAM
phlets. 1t is estimated that this collection
comprises three-fourths of the medical lit
erature of the world and at least nine
tenths of the medical literature which has
been published within the past ten years.
EVERYBODY knows the location Of the
Army Medical Museum, the big brick
structure in the southeast corner of the
Smithsonian grounds. and it is in this
building that the library is located. One
entire wing Of the building Is devoted to
the storage of these books. the room being
absolutely fireproof and well lighted and
ventilated The volumes are stacked upon
iron frames extending almost to the cell
Ing and reached by galleries and stair
cases.
The value Of this collection to the med
zeal profession of the entire country, as
well as to the medical and surgical depart
ment of the army,is almost beyond estimate.
1t affords means of reference and research
in every branch of the profession, ard
places at the disposal of seekers after
knowledge the wisdom of the world and of
its greatest savants collected for genera
lions past. Not only are the most modern
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A singular and ancient custom takes
place the first Thursday in December every
year in the little Belgian city of Arton.
This is the celebrated st. Nicholas festival,
and its counterpart is probably impossible
to find in any country.
Peasants. male and female enter the
city in the early morning, all dressed in
their holidayIttress and all bent on being
married. TheI young men and women
march up and down on the market place,
and as soon as young peasant sees the
girl for who'll he has liking he invites
her to one of the MANY cabarets or cafes
that surround: tine market. and here the
agreement and; conditions for the marriage
are talked over.
The young peasant is always attended
by an important parsonage, called 1.-THE
spokesman" This Iffan enjoys the conf
dence of both parties he knows the quail
f1cations of every young peasant and how
much of marriage portion each girl is
provided with. 1t is he who does the talk
is entered into, and wedding is the result
he receives a! eertainspart of the wedding
portion, new high. hat and pair of
boots.
AS soon as. al couple are engaged which
must be done before the festival Is over
the custom is for a beau to purchase some
oranges and candy for his girl, and she
presents her intended with a pipe and a
package of tobacco
The origin of this marriage festival is
lost in obscurity, but it is faithfully OBJ
served by the people Of this province year
after year.
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years before the Christian era. The papy-
has not been very extensively de-
ciphered, but Is thought to be kind of
family medicine book, and among the
recipes described is one for making a hair
dye.
There are several copies of the works of
the great Hippocrates, who fourished
about Ago years B. c. Coming down to
later dates, there Is a manuscript written
in 1865 by the worthy Master Clio of Por-
tugal. The manuscript is yellow with age.
but the writing is still legible, and would
doubtless be as plain as day to any one
who could understand the Etruscan Italian
language of that day. There is a rare old
volume On surgery by Articel1t dated
l48 1t Is illuminated, and the capitals at
the heads of subjects are composed of ham
mered gold.
There are numbers of books of the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries, written
in Latin and German, and some of the
typographical work of the books of those
days would put to shame a modern printer.
1t is said that these works abound in super
stitions and miraculous cures and all SAVIOR
of the mysteries of The alchemist and the
aStrologer.
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LIFE AND LUCK,
Circumstances Which Have Led t.
Humiliation and Disaster,

Circumstance Which Have Led to
Humiliation and Disaster.
From Harper's Magazine.
Prince Bismarck, in the course of some
remarks which he made at a reception
given him at Jena In the summer of 1892
is reported to have used these words:
1T has been often said that I have had
extraordinary luck in politics. That is
true, and I can only pray that the en-
pire may always have chancellors and
ministers who shall have luck Every
one does not have It,. My predecessors
did not have 1t. I hope my successor will
some day be received by you as you have
received ME. who am no more anything"
1t seems very modest in the prince to
ascribe his eminence in the world to luck
or fortune, and the world in general will
be disposed to agree with him that if
born at different period of German his
tory his might never have proved the
name to conjure with that it has been
But in what sense can any one event Of
our lives be more matter of fortune or
luck or chance than another, every event
being but link in the chain of causes
reaching up to the Causa Causans and
every cause being necessarily proportion
ed. and precisely proportioned, to the
event? If it was luck that made the prince
a prominent instrument in the unification
of Germany, and which clothed him with
the robes of chanc ellor of the empire
what but the same blind goddess has made
him, in his own language, no more any
thing?" The triumph of the German arms
at Sedan had no more to do with cover
ing him with THE imperial honors than with
stripping him of them.
Historians have dwelt upon the first
Napoleon's good fortune in coming to
maturity at a moment when France had
been distracted by revolution: but, when
a young officer of twenty-seven years. he
persuaded his barefooted legion to follow
him over the Alps by telling them that
there was an abundance of shoes in Italy,
was he not just as definitely on his way
to st. Helena as to AuSterlitZ or to Lodi ?
His nephew no doubt thought himself a
child of Fortune when he felt the impe-
rial crown settling on his head Would
he have taken the same view had he fore
seen Sedan and Wilhelmshohe, and the
place reserved for his name in history
Bacon was thought most lucky by his
contemporaries in being elevated to the
highest honors to which a British subject
can aspire. Did they think SO when the
Giro umstances under which he was de-
prived of them TRANSFERRED?
In each of these cases what seemed
luck upon Prince Bismarck's theory led
to humiliation and disaster. Any bio
graphical dictionary swarms with SINH
lar cases, the explanation of which can
not be found in any of the attributes CT
Prince Bismarck's Goddess of Fortune
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of purple. from delicate lilac to deep vio-
let: the whole skirt was covered with close
and full ruchings in the three shades, and
when completed the dress looked like a
huge bouquet of violets
1T has occasionally been stated in the
newspapers that 1 have given up all ac-
tive participation in my business, only re-
naming an hour or two daily at the es-
adjustment in the Rue de la PaiX. That
statement is incorrect. 1 arrive there early
in the morning and do not go home till @
toilet furnished by the house receives my
personal supervision, from the fashioning
Of the model to the placing of the final
trimming"
Worth was stout, genial, pleasant-look-
ing gentleman, with a peculiarly low-toned
voice and very quiet manners. He was
never known to lose his patience with
even the most exactfng and unreasonable
of customers.
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by inoculating such serpents with the pois-
cnous secretion from their salivary glands
It is believed that there exists in the blood
OF the venomous snake some agent similar
to the poison itself, and that the presence
of this toxic principle Is accountable for
the immunity exhibited.
All of these facts and suggestions are
summed up in paper about to be publish
ed by the National Museum in its annual
report. It is from the pen of the famous
cphidian expert, DR.. Leonhard Stejneger.
The author states, incidentally, that the
poisonous snakes of this country are de-
creasing rapidly in numbers. This Is pleas
ant news certainly. The main cause of
the decrease is the growing cultivation of
traced directly to the killing of serpents
by hogs. These sanimals are by no means
proof against the venom If it enters their
veins, but their bodies are protected by
layer of fat, which Is thick enough ordi-
narily to prevent the fangs of the reptile
from penetrating through it.
Bite of IL Coral Snake.
The Smithsonian Institution is frequently
asked to decide bets as to whether the
common coral or harlequin snakes of
Florida and Georgia are poisonous or not.
The fact Is that these pretty and gaily col
ored ophidians are decidedly venomous,
being very nearly related to the deadly
cobra. the scourge of India. On the other
hand, they are usually of such a very
gentle disposition as to use their weapons
only in extreme cases. One reason for the
dispute to their venomous qualities is
found in the circumstance that certain
other quite harmless serpents look much
like them. In 1882 Mr.. Zeno Shindler, an
artist attached to the National Museum,
was bitten by q coral snake, whose portrait
he was making in colors. He suffered con-
siderably, but recovered. Since then, how
ever. similar symptoms have annually re-
Cured Each summer a few days before
the anniversary of the bite, the finger that
was wounded has begun to pain. A sore Is
formed and soon breaks open, and the nail
invariably comes off.
Nevertheless, two years ago the recur-
renee was prevented by remedy common
ly used in Brazil for>snaka bite and brought
to Mr.. Shindler from that country by a
friend 1t consists of the leaves and stem
of a vine, known botanically as ''micania
guacho,' an infusion of which IS taken in
ternally. Thanks to this antidote, in 1882
1893 and 1898 no eruption took place.
though the pains arrived time. 1t seems
strange TO note the statement, in view of
the facts already mentioned. that TIE bite
of the coral snake Is more fatal in pro-
portion to the number OF cases reported
than that of any other serpent in the
United States. The wounded person usual
ly does not know his danger, and fails to
take the proper measures respecting a
puncture, which. on the surface, looks
trifling. AS the action of the venom of
the 'harlenuin'' is both c,l;ck ard violent
when 1t gets into the circulation, the refne-
dies when finally applied do little good
The food of this serpent consists chieny of
other snakes and reptiles.
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DIED OF BROKEN HEART.
Some Singular Cases of the Eject OF
Sudden Emotion.

sumo SAnSular cases OF the Eject OF
Sudden Emotion.
From the New York Press.
In the old days, when the practice of med
icine was according to lot of illogical en-
pirical notions, broken heart" was often
set down as causing death. Later in the
youth of medical science, it was declared
that there was no such thing as heartbreak,
and it is not so-many-years; even now since
the doctors found out that excessive emo
ton does, sometimes, actually cause rupture
of the marvellous muscle that, strongest and
at the same time most delicate of the human
BODY, sends the life blood coursing and pull
sating through every artery of the entire
system. 1t seems to be agreed by doctors
that Mrs. Agnes Wolfe of Brooklyn died Of
broken heart the other day. for the certifi-
cate Of death gave heart failure and excess
sive grfef' as the cause. Mrs. Wolfe's grief
was on account Of the death of her mother,
1t was in June that relief came to the older
woman. who had suffered from a painful
Illness for months. and the younger was
never herself again. After her death her
funeral was delayed several days, in order
to enable the doctors to definitely decide
upon the cause of her death. 1t is not often
that heartbreak operates so slowly Usually
1t causes death in few hours, IL not in
stantly.
One of the saddest deaths that might
properly be spoken of as due to a broken
heart occurred on September l. ten years
ago, in Cadiz. Ohio. The victim was Miss
Alice Mocha, young and exceedingly in
telligent girl of a rather nervous tempera-
ment. She was engaged to marry James
Nash. young man who was given to jok-
ing. On the Saturday evening prior to his
sweethearts death young Nash called upon
her, according to his weekly custom. Dur
ing the entire evening he allowed his rather
clumsy wit full play. When he was ready
to go. after kissing the girl good night, he
turned suddenly and said:
We'll, Alice. guess 1 won't come to see
you again. We've had a good time playing
Ell gagged, haven't WEI Wen be friends ali
our lives now, but that's ALL"
Alice looked searchingly in his face and
then sank to the floor in q spasm. dying In
thirty-six hours
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said that these works are usually rich in
photography. and are preserved mainly on
that account.
The bound volumes in the main library
are indexed under two heads. SO that the
reader may find work by it's subject or
through the name of the author. The in
dexes are kept upon cards until they find
their proper place in the current volumes
OF the index catalogue The work of index
ing is tedious and arduous undertaking,
and keeps a small force of clerks constantly
busy. The results. however are known to
more than justify all Of the labor, and it
is only by keeping constantly at 1t that the
value of the index can be preserved.
Some Rare Volumes.
The books in the main library are print
ed in every language. including japanese
and Chinese. Many of the volumes are Of
priceless value on account of their antiqui-
ty. Probably. the Oldest medical book on
record is a fac simile cory of an Egyptian
papyrus. prepared somewhere about 1900
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No Such Foot In Stock.

From the Boston Advertiser.
A lady, well dressed, and apparently in
telligent, entered plaster casters shop
on Province Court the other day, and in
quired earnestly:
"You make casts, don't you? Have you a
cast Of Trilby's foot?"
The good-looking young man in attend
ance blushed and stammered out that he
had an impression that Trilby was myth
Well said the would-be customer, II
was told that you would have it, if any
body: but If you haven't 1t I must look
elsewhere" And she glared at the young
man and f1ounced out.
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history of the medical journals of the
world giving an account of the life and
growth of all such periodical publications.
miscellaneous reports and anonymous
documents are also preserved and cata-
logued. The reports of state and municipal
boards of health are received and filed
away with the annual reports of the bu-
reaux of medicine and surgery of the army
and of the navy. The same thorough sys-
TEN of indexing applies TO these as well as
the other treasures of the library.
A unique feature in connection with the
library is the preservation of the gradual
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works upon medicine
and surgery to be
found here, reporting
the progress of the
world up to date in
each line of the pro-
fession, but here also
are preserved the
writings of the an
clients, so that one
can trace either in
manuscript or printed
page the progress of
the science of heal
ing from the days of
superstition when it
was but a feeble
spark in a universe
of darkness to the