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The evening times., 1895-09-06

nets to his mistress eyebrow and knew
what perfect eyebrow ought to be like,
straight and black as swallows wing
walls one Mahomedau Romeo, while a
follower of Buddha dares heaven to show
him anything finer in its way than the dusky
crescents over his Iady's eyes, curved
and soft as but,erfly's pinion.
BEAUTIFUL FEET AND HANDS.
Farther north sentimental beaux, with
ques, for number of thousands Of years,
have sighed indispensable things over feet
that fit babies shoes, perhaps because the
club feet, showed by the women Of their
nation signified the wealth, aristocra;y and
general uselessness OF women as social
factors, all of which tickled the Chinese
Imagination.
Down in Italy and Spain the hands and
the upper lips give women then first claim
to admiration and flattery. An Italian
looks for hand, large 1t may be, but with
long, taper fingers and a soft. rosy palm.
Your soft hand is woman in ITSELF"
says one Of their poet painters to one he
loves. and perhaps was quite content that
her face seemed but passahly fair. That
pointed, velvet hand is subtle, southing,
sympathetic, capable OF ciasping dagger
or Quteting great pain, and the Spa aBiard,
a person Of spirit, likes the sign nf hot
temperament showed in the woman with
down on her upper ftp. just a dusky
shadow with the Cupids and curl deeply
indented and the lips themselves richly red.
Murilo and valasquez painted women with
the shadowed upper lips, Just as all the
portraits of the Borgia, Medicic, and
CoIonna women display the Italian hand
prominently.
Russians, curfousiy enough. prefer that
the skins of their women be very white,
pale rs velvet and their feet are adored
for their tiny arched symmetry while an
American man SUMS his carons of feminine
comeliness up in the one all embracing
word 'Gtyle," and though the most demo-
cratic creature in the world, his obstinate
refusal to think any but the women OF his
own State or States handsom. is inter,
estipg ana amusing. He is not a stickIer
for any one detail of superiority, but calm
ly assumes that for the altogether of
perfection she stands first. her incom-
pa rable style dis counting the pretty
trifles men of other nations boast nj Ia ggle
over. MoNTROSE DE FOREST.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
FINER THAN MARBLE OR ONYX.
A Mountain of Beautiful Stone DIS
covered In Utah.

A Mountain of Beautiful Stone Dis
covered In Utah.
A number of years ago old man wads-
worth, one of the earliest settle in
springviile, Utah county, made a discov-
cry of mountain OF stone of peculiar
cha racter, about eight miles up Spring
vile canon. His earlier experience led
him to believe that some day the deposit
would prove of great value. but on ac
count of the undevelopcd condition OF this
country at the time of the discovery, moth
ing was done with 1t, and its existence at
tracted but little attention
Just recently party of Springviile men,
made up OF John Hafen, the artist; John
v. Wadsworth. a son of the discoverer;
John Tuckett and Charles Jaske started
to inve> tigate the deposit. and found that
it covered a large TERRITORY, on three
quarter sections OF which they have iocat-
ed. Samples of the store were submitted
TO DR.. Talniage, who pronounced it COM
cretiopary limestone. 1t is of a srayish
brown color, showing the nlost beautiful
variations on account of the presence OF
sedimeDtary Sea shells, and when finished,
it is superior to either marble or onyx in
appearance. In charact it is a little
harder than marble, but not quite so hardas
onyx, and SO far as prospected, is entire
ly free from any iron.
The opening up of this deposit gives
further evidence of the extent and variety
of the wonderful deposits of valuable
stone in this territory. The quarries, IT is
said, can be opened up to any extent. SO
that stones OF almost any dimensions can
be taken out. and on this account the de-
posit may prove Of great value as 4 means
of securing large pillars, while the general
run is adapted to ali decorative purposes to
which marble or onyx can be put The To-
Gators are taking the preliminary steps 10
form a company and develop the quarries.-
Salt Lake Tribune.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
WAYS OF THE CHINESE DOCTOR

Kills the Darting Snake in the Pa
tient'. Body with Pin.
'When I was acting American consul
at Annoy, Chinn," said DIR. w. e. FaIes to a
View York Recorder reporter, lone of my
employees fell sick with a severe attack of
rheumatism. He stood the pain braveiy for
three days, refusing all foreign devil
medicine" and on the fourth cent for a na-
tive physician The latter duly arrived and
began preparations for treatment of the
malady, which he annoanced to he due to
the presence Of q 'darting snake" at the
eufferer's body. Incense sticks were light
ed and placed just outside the door, and
also In the room. A pack of firecrackers
was set off and q taiismanic paper pasted
to the wall. This was done to drive away
evil spirits and attract good ones. The
doctor next wrote a lot of characters On a
thick piece Of paper with a vermiiion pen
Gil and set fire to it. Il burned into a black
ash, which was broken into a cup Of v water
and drunk by the patient
A great bowl Of herb tra was made, Of
which cup an hour was the allotted dose
The son OF Esculapius next bareu the body
of my servant and drove deep down into
1t at nine points a needle motstened with
peppermint He did IT with such skill
IN avoiding large blood vessels that the
hen,orrhage was Insignificant. He then
covered each acnpuncture with a brown-
ish paste. and this in turn with a piece of
dark paper. He then collected his fee,
90 cents, and departed. The sufferer soon
fell into q sleep and the next day announced
that his pains had departed. He remained
In his bank two more DAYS. laughing. chat
ting, smoking cigar arettes and once or twice
using the opieiA pipe, and then reported
as being we'll He left the paste and
paper in place until they feH off. The
skin was smooth and the scar hardly
perceptiMe. He took his recovery as
matter of course, his only comment being
that the darting snake was thoroughly
dead
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Heartily and caDdidiy every German de-
spises !eaDDess in n woman; there is some
thing comforting. solacing and be witching
to him in solid wholesome avotrdupois.
A broad-hipped, full-bosOned woman is ro-
mantle, too, to his way OF thinking, while
a Frenchman nearly weeps with disgust at
his brethreD'5 material taste. .
For ages he had been iOtting down verses,
daubing pounds of paint and fcuIpturing
innumerabIe white marble figures, TO
prove that the fairness of the weaker Eek
lies in two little pointr at the back and front
of her throat. 1t is the way dark hair grows
in curvipg line, all figured about with
natural little feathery curis, over a white
neck and the way that white neck lie ret
by nature onto the saouldere; the venus
nuque, that Greek scuIptors perfected;
yea, the very sight of it fills q French
man with despair of Joy.
He would no more write heroine down,
in one Of his little yeliow-backed novels,
without mentioning her nuque than he
would forbear to dilate upon the fact that
Just at the tafe of her throat lies a big
dimple This he calls Diana's pool,
snowy hollow few but French women ever
posses and that is worth all the pink checks
and fat arms of the whole EDgfsh and Ger
man race, in the eyes of their admiring
countrymen.
A NEAT-FooTED VENUS. =
Frenchmcn lean sympatheticalIy to the
notion of Irishmcn. with whom tight
ankle and slender waist count first and
last and always.
Now, the student of beauty, as excmpf-
Fi,.1 - lao
that each of these human tribes has Sc
lected the feature In his women that ap-
peals most strongly to the leading ma
tional trait or prejudice. With an Eng
lIshman good health and exercise arc the
great essentials, just as Germans rever-
ence soIidity, no matter how many pounds
1t may weigh; the Frenchman, with his
predominating love of art and form, feels
the scuiptor's enthusiasm for dainty grace,
and the IrIshman, the best dancer in the
world, will have none but light, neat
footed partner Undoubtedly Of them all
the Greek chose the highest tenets Of
female excellence when clipping out his
nymphs and goddesses, be reiterated again
and again that the pillars Of the fine
mind and fair face were always to be
seen IN q low, broad brow and d short,
curling upper Lip.
Such lines were all very wei, II the Per
sian could have added to them pair Of
massive eyebrows, reaching clear across
the nose-hridge and curvfng heavily down
onto the temples; for Persian stakes his an
in q woman with these eyebrows, that de-
note . Jealous nature, and Jealousy Il
TO the masculine mind In Persia.
Curious It 10 to remark tbat the Pefsian's
next-door ueighbor, the man from India.
b tbs onfy Rsu who. Ikes1i'- - aon-
The evening times., 1895-09-06

whiten the outside of the teeth, it does not
penetrate the recesses between. Particls
of food lodge there and are sometimes very
hard to get rid of. For this purpose the lit
tie contrivaEce is made. A narrow bar of
nickeled metal is supplied with an aTched
curve at one end and two little pulicys at
the other. A silk thread is drawn tightly
across the arch and so adjustedi that il
rolled up on one of the puileys it is spent off
the other. The thread is drawn through
between the teeth and takes with it any
foreign substance that has settled there
When the thread does not go through with
out difficulty it is time to consult a dentist
and see what is the trouble. The silk can
be replaced easily, and should be when
used its entire length
The evening times., 1895-09-06
On Being Fat.

Mr.. Miles Gladboy is stout But where -
he at once asked. .'istheharmg- Itisbutth
alluviai deposit of times blood-'
You mean adipose," remarked Girton
girl.
Doubtless, my dear" said Mr.. Gladboy
with q sigh.
The duchess was more encouraging. "Do
you mind being stout. am stout myself"
said she affably.
1T isvery good of your grace" murmured
Mr.. Gladboy.-Exchange.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
He Would.

'Mother," said Johnnie, after deep
thought, suppose should knock this vase
off the table and catch 1t, then wouldn't
cate hit, would I?'
'N-n-no, suppose not" his mother Glow
ly assented- {.
But" Confined Johnnie, still toying
with the vase, "if 1 should knock It off
land not catch it, then would catch it,
wouldn't I?''
Yes, you would" his mother grimly re-
turned, this time with quick decision
Rockland Tribune.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
An UncaIhnt Comparison.

a Russian paper Institutes the follow
ing ungallant COMPARISON: Women in their
childhood are like water; from IL to 10
like lemonade; young ladies from 1S to %,
like champa gne; women from % to 40, Ike
liquor; a woman from 40 to 90, resembles
port wine; after their 50th year they turn
to vinegar" :
The evening times., 1895-09-06
ToLDoF FAMoUsPEoPLE.

The Prince OF Wales has a partiality for
Cuban cigars. The quality of the tobacco
used is the finest obtainabIe and each cigar
is worth no less than four shillings. They
are packed in highly finished boxes, bearing
the familiar feathers" The prince, By
the way. possesses very fine gold smokers
companion for the pocket There is room
for three differer..- sizes of cigars, space for
about half an ounce of tobacco, ne tches, a
midget brierwood pipe and few cigarettes.
It is filled every morning and is always
carried by the prince.
Wendell Phillips, in talking on oratory,
recommended a sustained conversational
tone, little lifted above the ordinary,
with an effort at distinct enunciation He
was humorously suggestive as to not trying
to be too exact and prim in the use OF words.
He advised the verDacular speech, even
colloquiai in tone. He suggested that the
timid speaker search out some pleasing
face In the audience and talk to that one
person, and for further ease he proposedthat
a few sentences be committed to memory,
both for the opening and closing Of the ad-
dress.
President Eliot, OF Harvard, b quoted as
saying recently: Many think mathematics
necessary. In reality there is no subject
which has been 10 unduIy studied. Arith-
metic is the most useless thing thatany child
learns"
When Joseph Jefferson lectufed at New
Haven last June, he scolded the young men
of Yale as sharply as he could for not pro-
ducing better plays in their amateur theatri-
Gals. He said they paid no attention topure
dramatic art and fooled away their time
a nd epeYRu IN farco=cnnoo<1fou
The evening times., 1895-09-06
An Antf-Eyolutionist.

Jawkips Tin the enagcriej-It's iolls
odd this>wastefuness of nature.
Hogg-What unw. Mr.. Crank?
awkins-Wby, here's this kangaroo with
a pocket and nothing tn put in il and the
girl who's looking at the beast has her
handkerchief. gloves, purse and umbrella
in hand and no available pocket.-Texas
Siftings. :
The evening times., 1895-09-06
Reasonable ConcIusion.

Aunt Maria-Are you sure that Mr..
Spooner loves you?
Carrie-I guess you would think 50, to
hear the silly things he says to me.
Aunt Maria-But how do you knO " you
love him? /.
Carrie-Because they don't seem silly to
me.-Exchange.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
His Reason Displeased.

She was rather proud of her ears and
she blushed with pleasure when he blurted
out:
I'm mighty glad you never had your
ears pierced"
"wby?'' she asked in expectation Of .
compliment.
why. hang IL all. It costs money to buy
earrings" be returned.
That's why she considers him . a'smean
thing"-Chicago Post.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
FOR CLEANING THE TEETH.

A Siiken Cord w hich Gets in Bet ween
the worries.
A neat and handy trifIe has been invented
by j. Wanasch, of Berlin. for the mech meal
cleaning of the teeth. While brushing of
the teeth with toothwash or powder NAV
The evening times., 1895-09-06

BY Rev. Jacob Wilson. Tho bside wose
gown of cream silk, and carried bouquet
OF La France roses. Among those present
were As- G. Oppenheimer, Ms. H. STA
pies. Mrs and Mss Dey. Misses Hannah and
Maggie AcGrath. Miss Elsia w. Powell,
Miss Alice Fusett, Mr. James Fugett, Mrs.
and Mr Lipphard, Miss BsDelI. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. johnson. Hr. Davis,
Kuglar, and many others.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
A Frenchman having an incomeof s. .oo

A Frenchman having anincomeo of 81. 900
Q year pays 81. 900 OF it in direct and Indi-
rect taxes TO the government, according TO
. very careful investigation made by II.
Beaurin-Gresier for the societe de Statis-
tique. In other words, the French taxpayer
must work eighty-six days in the year
solely To earn what is due to the treasury.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

nel left yesterday for a Northern trip.
to be absent some time.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Grace Dougai and Mr.. william Dou-
gal have returned from spending the sea-
son at Lake George.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Newport visiting Mrs. Hitchcock, and will
not return to Washington for some weeks.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Mollie L. Byron, of Joplin, No., ID
in the city visiting her brother, G. West
Byron.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mrs. and the Misses TisdeH, who have
been for several months past in their cot
tage In the AdiroDdacks, will not return
to Washington until some time in October.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. wiz R. 6tsiley, who has been To-
Gated In the West the past three years,
has returned to this city.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Anna Abbott is visiting friends at
Frederick, Nd.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Todd and family
have returned from Asbary Park, where they
have spent the summer.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. Francis B. Storm and family are
spending the present month at the Hotel
Powhatan, Charleston, W. Va.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mrs. Bessie Stewart Is enjoying the gai-
cites at Bar Harbor.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Marion Siettman of T street, who
has been absent since June, returned yes
terday.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Bertha A. Landsraf has returned
from a ten days trip to Atlantic City.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Capt. George E.I Goethals has returned
to Washington from. Martba's Vineyard,
where he has been for n mouth past.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew TrimbIc have
issued Invitations for dance this even
ing at Gusts Hall, Garlin Springs, where
they are staying at present.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. B. H. Warner has been Joined by his
family at Cape May.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Cards are out for the marriage Of Mr.
Michael Harrington and Miss n. Washing
ton. both residents of the northeastern sec
ton Of the city.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. Lay G. Kellogg has returned from
visit to Atlantic City.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Susie Hartuns, Of this city, has
gone 10 Falls Church, Va, for visit to
friends
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr. John W. Thompson and Mr. Crosby
Noyes, who have spent the summer in Japan.
arrived on Wednesday at Vancouver, B. C.,
and will be at home within the next two
weeks.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Lillian spofford, of Washington, is
al Falls Church, visiting Miss Edith Merri-
field.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Ernestine wrenn, Of No. 1461 9
street northwest, has gone to New York
for months stay.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

There was quiet wedding at the resi-
dence of An J. A. Hessef, No. SOC
Fourth street southeast, last night. Nj.
B. B. williams. Of Hamilton. Ga, was
massfed to Mn Mabel CEandol Nesscf,
ef this city, tAs s----->aS beiDg performed
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Gertrude Harrison, daughter OF Mrs.
Virginia Harrison. has returned to Wash
ington after two months vacation at At
lantic City and the resorts OF the coast.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Senator Vest, who has been in Carlsbad
several months, writes that he has gained
in flesh and spirit.
The evening times., 1895-09-06
Te,.1er.Hcar..t,.

Mrs. Inans-I have had terrible time to-
day.
Mr. Inana<It was very hot, dear
Mrs- Inane-Ycs. bod to ses and fan Ftio
all aftsssooa. to keep him from fAtnu1g.-
Truth.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Senator Cockrelf, of Missouri, and Mr..
Erwin Cockreil are in town for few days.
Mr. Erwin is law graduate from the Uni
versity OF Virginia, and viii begin practice
In ST. Louis.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

~ r. R. Gurlsy has gone to Albany for
Q fortnight
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Miss Annie Mcintyre. OF Baltimore, has
returned from Atlantic City and is spend
ing few days with her friend. Mrs. Ernest
W. Emery, at Fifth and II streets north
west, before returning to her home.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mr.. Herman Stump. commissioner of i'm
migration, viii start for Canada to-day, to
be absent several weeks.
The evening times., 1895-09-06

Mrs Samuel oss and daughter are at
Larchmon,. v Y, where they will remain
until the 18th Instant
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-07-06


missent cat has been returned to Brook
lyn by special messenger, free of all
charges.
Superintendent jackson of New York
to Postmaster Sullivan of Brooklyn-Has
the cat come back?
superintendent Morris of Branch W Tin
reply to Superintendent jackson, REFER
ing to 1nclosed query forwarded through
Postmaster Sullivan)-The cat came back
in an improved condition. Please con-
yey to the honorable postmaster of New
York, my sincere thanks for the courtesy
shown this office
That is all of it, except that when Mike
got home and told all her kittens about
the correspondence on March 81 there was
much feline laughter in and about
Branch W.-New York Herald.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-07-06

In the summer of 1906, the memorable
year of jena, there lived in the pictur-
esque old town of Nuremberg a much
respected bookseller named John Palm.
Under ordinary circumstances he would
have lived and died like many another
respectable German bookseller had not
Napoleon, by stroke of his pen, sent his
name echoing around the world with the
significance attaching to patriots like
John Hampden and Nathan Hale. John
Palm received, one day, in the usual
course of his business. package of books
consigned through him to other booksell-
ers of his neighborhood these books were
done up in separate packages addressed
to the respective consignees, and John
than arranging for their safe delivery.
He did not know the contents of any of
these books.
Amongst them, however, happened to be
one entitled Germany in her Day of
Shame; it was a short anonymous work
commenting severely upon the manner in
which the French military administration
pressed upon the people of Bavaria, and
it evidently echoed the feeling of German
patriots, who resented the arbitrary man
ner in which Napoleon quartered his
troops upon them.
One copy of this pamphlet was con-
signed to bookseller in Augsburg, who
allowed his children to read it; through
them, however, it fell into the hands of
some French officers who were quartered
upon the pastor of neighboring village,
and thus it became known to the higher
French authorities. On the 18th of July,
1906 Napoleon ordered John Palm to be
tried by court martial and shot
This respectable bookseller was SO con-
WINGED of his own innocence, and had
such complete proof that he was not the
author nor the publisher of the book, and
did not even know what the book was
about, that he refused the abundant OBJ
portunities he had of avoiding arrest by
escaping into Austria or Prussia.
On the 22d of August he was locked up
in the fortress of Braunau, an Austrian
town garrisoned by French troops, about
two hundred miles from Nuremberg. He
had taken leave of his wife and children,
promising speedy return, and felt conf.
dent that his trial would be merely /.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-07-06
CAUGHT IN A MAIL POUCH.
Strange Adventure of Mike a Post
Office Cat.

A cat may laugh at a king, but when
she essays foreign tour by way of Uncle
Sans mails, there are likely to be COM
plications
So it was when Mike, the venerable
mascot of Station W, the Bedford avenue
branch of the Brooklyn post office, got
tied up in mail sack ten days ago and
set off for Europe.
No one in Station W knows where Mike
came from, or why the mother of SO
many fine cats should bear such a name,
but she purred her way into the hearts of
every one there long ago, and when she
lost the number of her mess-it was on
March 1.-THE whole office was chopfallen.
There was a wild half hour on that
same day in the room in the New York
post office where they prepare the foreign
mail for the steamers. When series of
distressing walls each more heartrending
than the last, issued from beneath a great
pile of mail pouches, there was wonder
and CONSERVATION. But when the clerks
opened the last sack, the one at the bot
tom, something shook the folds of canvas
and Mike emerged from the mouth of the
sack scared but saved.
They got some milk for her and after
purring her gratitude, she picked out a
sunny spot on the floor and fell asleep.
Then this official correspondence:
Chief Clerk A. J. Eamley to Postmas-
ter Dayton-I have to report that live
cat was forwarded to this office in sack
of newspapers under the accompanying
label
Postmaster Dayton, to Superintendent
missent.
Superintendent jackson to Postmaster
Sullivan of Brooklyn enclosing the ac-
cumulated correspondence)-W infor-
nation can be furnished by your Office
regarding the missending of this cat?
Superintendent Morris of Station W to
Postmaster Sullivan latter receiving
these tentative inquiries and one or two
more)- This inquiry relates to our Office
cat a highly priced animal. She was of
an inquiring turn Of mind and happened
to be in the foreign paper sack at the
time of dispatch. Clerk Taylor did not
know of her presence there and tied up
and forwarded the sack to your office. We
will very cheerfully pay all expenses in
Cured by the present custodians for board
maintenance, etc, if they will return her
| in good condition to this office.
| Superintendent jackson to Postmaster
Dayton with inclosures) -Inviting at
tbntion to the information furnished by
the postmaster at Brooklyn. Can the
request of the superintendent of branch
| W be complied with?
| Postmaster Dayton lin reply)-The