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wanted to remorsefully hurry at once
around to that hostess and generously
refuse To be compensated for what had been
an accident. but fortunately somebody
caught her on the wing and told her such
conduct wouldn't do, as her hostess had
only followed a recognized custom.
just write her pretty note" said the
encyclopedia of good form, who had rushed
in to what might have been breach Of
etiquette. land thank her. It's all she
expects. II you lose your diamond neck
lace at a VandeEbilt's house, or scalskin
cloak, lorgnons. gloves, card case, watch,
comb, or anything of value ut Sloans or
an Astor's, the hostess Will do just as yours
did, unless. of course, the missing article
can lie found, and that's not frequently the
case
NOT ALWAYS THE SERVANTS.
Servants, / suppose. are hard to con-
yict. but frequent repetition of losses, as
nv fan for example. must be something OF
a strain on even rich women"
We'll it's not always the servants.
with a mysterious expression. They nat
urally VIII slip things here and there-my
own debut happily they only regard their
employers as legitimate prey. There are
weak-conscienccd folk OF vastly finer breed
ing who cannot resist the temptations daily
offered 10 appropriate the small belong
ings of others. It's not common habit, but
IT'S not u ncommon, and we all know 1t I'M
der the one term, kleptomania.
The fashiona bic kleptomaniac is hard TO
discover at first, for he or she is so often
the most amusing, guileless sort of char
acter apparently, out OF friendly feeling
alone IL would seem impossible to suspect
them. An odd characteristic of thieves,
however is that eventually they slip into
careless ways in the practice of this curious
habit. and finally are caught right in the
act. That is. they become not only clumsy,
but bold and greedy.
The early temptations are the tables fun
of costly bits of bric-a-brac that clutter
modern drawing rooms, where silver tri-
files can be popped into purse or pocket
right under the owners nose. The cloak
rooms at afternoon teas offer opportunl-
ties and jewelry is the next temptation,
while eventually they drop TO regular peck
etbook picking. 1t is just about this stage
discovery overt axes them.
DEALING WITH THE THIEF.
The customary proceeding when you
happen to possess undeniable proof against
the pilferer is to write him or her note
| and then tell only your intimate friends
under a strong promise Of secrecy, what
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n OF Believed.

But am Innocent" pleaded the man
who was accused of numbering his wife and
seventeen children.
The beautiful woman whose presence shed
q radiance throughout the dark, chill prison
smiled pilyingly.
THAT is what they all say" she replied,
gently. "Take them"
Clearly she believed him not, and with a
snarl of rage he traInpled the bouquet Of
winter violets and rare orchids she thrust
into his hand.-Detroit Tribune.
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BOTH SIDES.
Peculiar Complaining of an Irritable
HuSband-His wife's Patience.

Husba nd-His wife's Patience.
Mrs. Savage was woman greatly liked
and respected in the niChborhocd in which
she lived, and her even disposition was
often praisedby her neighbors, whe We're apt
to be rather plain-spoken in regard 10 her
husbands irritable temper, says the Youths
COMPANION. II don't see how 1t is, Aunt
Temperance. that you are always so quiet
when Uncle Iohabod begins TO fret about
useless things. You never say WOrd, re-
marked her niece. who had been staying az
the farmhouse for several weeks and mad
heard IchabOd's frequent cOmplalnings'
Mrs. Savage smiled placidly, al she an
swered:
I'm most afeard. Miranda, that you
haven't paid strict attention to what your
uncle was saying at the times you mention
because IL you had. you'd a seen That ne
don't need anybody to reply TO him; ne rea-
sons with himself. so TO speak, ana pre-
sents my views sight better tllail oou yLl.
You lust give attention the next time you
hear him a-disputing and You'll see that
I've no occasion TO disturb my sell
The opportunity fer listening TO Mt. saw
age was soon given
- 'Tain't no place to put chair out on
that back stoop." began Uncle 1cahbod:
But it's kind of pleasant pla &c to SIT.
he went on in mllder tome anu eiicii'
| raising his voice:
az dnn't care if it's; the chair'n be
| snoiled: it'll be left out in all kinds OF
weather. and 1 won't have it here.
Then. with Just n suggestion OF pause,
his voice fell again and he continued;
"A wooden chair don't spoil very easy,
| and that's one of the kitchen chairs thas
| never was painted
| ..Sever was painted" he repeated In a
| louder tone. 'There it's Just because
| ANYTHING amt fixed upt kill faint any
| use-' and he lifted the chair and moved
| IL TO the other side of the stoop.
"Perhaps If it's over this, side IL VIII
| no more sheltered" came his milder tones.
| and then:
IAN the talking do don't do speck or
| good-not speck- 1 might JUST us wen
| never saw n word - and sitting do WI In the
| offending chair Uncle Ichabod began ran
ming himself with his big straw nat WINE
| Miranda and her aunt exchanged Siahces
| of UNDERSTANDING.
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CLEANING CARPETS.
Accomplished on the Floor Without
Taking Them Up.

A clean barrel which will hold twelve
gallons is required. Put into the barrel
three gallons of iuke-warm water tsoft
water is best, then add half pint OF
ammonia. Take an iron kettle and put in
three pints of water and six ounces OF
soap bark which You Will find at drug
gist's Boil twenty minutes, then strain
into the barrel Shave very thin five bars
OF good soap and put in boiler win one
gallon of water, aBd-boil until the soap is
all dissolved, then add one pound or pull
verified boraX, and boil ten minutes. stirring
all the time then pour it into the boiler and
add eight gallons Of soft water, stir well,
and let it stand until cool, and 1T is then
ready for use. Brussels carpets can be
cleaned nicely with this soap, also ingram
carpets which are soiled, if they have no
dust under them. Take two pals OF water
With brush put on a little of this soap,
and scrub with warm water one breadth
not over one yard in length at one time.
Then with another brush and the clean
water scrub it over 10 rinse it, then pro-
coed with the rest until you have cleaned
the whole 1t should be done on a sunny
DAY, unless you have heat in the room.
An excellent scheme for cleaning ingram
carpets and art squares, is to shake the
carpets free from dust, then spread them
on the bare floor, make good suds with
this soap. and with a stiff brush, scrub the
carpet, one breadth at a time, after You
have cleaned a place, have pail or
clean water and scrub it well TO get the
suds out This takes out grease and dirt.
II is equally good for cleaning children S
and mems clothing. Lay the garment on a
clean board and scrub with a small brush,
which you can purchase for a dime, then
rinse.
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Rich Toi1ettes
For Winter Wear
HEAVY WOOL GOWNS WEIGHT
ED WITH TRIMMINGS.
White Satin Yelled With Costly
Lace or Etched With Jet
This Seasons Fashions.

The chic gown of the season may be rec
ognized by its velvet trimming.
Indeed, this can be called with truth a
velvet winter, everything showing some
where touch of this becoming ganiture;
besides its use on frocks, most of the cloth
ia ckets and capes are running to velvet col
lars. whole bonnets and hats are being
made of it, While to own Louis XVI coat,
to be worn on dressy occasions with plain
silk or satin skirt, is to announce oneself
at once at the very highest notch OF
fashion.
In the imported models the gown tex
lures employed with velvet trimmings
are either rough wool or plain cloth.
Those in wool are commonly natty street
affairs, of blanket serge, hairy Zibeline
or else one of the stylish little checked
laines, in blue or black and white. Cloth
is used for the more elegant CONNECTIONS,
there having been tremendous revival
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you know, and the news, you see, Just per-
colates gently through your set in society,
and the Objectionable member is cautiously
dropped here and there from visiting and
Invitation lists. There never is any regular
exposure. In fact, you keep right on bowling
10 the ostracized person, you meet them in
public on apparently friendly terms and
the fair, square old term, thief, is never
mentioned.
/ myself knew of 4 truly pathetic case,
of a poor girl who moved In smart So
ciety on the strength of her good looks
and nice accomplishments. For long
time she wtthstood the pressure Of
wealth, the sight of other women's Jew
els, new bonnets, smart frocks, ETC., got
the better of her conscience. She first
began to pick up trifles from toilet table
trays and dressing table cushions and
bye-and-bye she, too, bloorned out in
fine bonnets and Parts gowns.
At last she sealed her fate by trying
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Society Thieves
And Their Work
FASHIONABLE KLEPTOMANIACS
WHO MAKE RICH HAULS.
Men and Women Driven to Pur-
Joining to Keep Up the
Fast Pace.

New York, Nov. 15.-There is a curious
but nevertheless very commendable custom
observed in fashionable society, for host
ess TO Immediately, and of course at her
own expense, replace any article OF value
guest may have lost under her roof.
A case in point was that OF woman
who carried very splendid tortoise Shell
and feather fan to a debutante tea, whence
it mysteriously disappeared, its owner
having left it bat moment on the piano.
A search was made, but the fan could not
be found, whereat the hostess was civilly
distressed and the owner nearly in tears,
that dried IN sheer establishment the next
morning, when boy LEFT at her door box
containing fan equally as fine as that she
had lost, accompanied by the hostess's
card bearing compliments and regrets for
the incident.
Being a conscientious little person she
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Cornell University. One of them provides
that anexamin erm may neutrality-suspicious.
of any student which is marred by gross
faults of expression, or in which technical
terms are incorrectly used, or figures of
speech are jumbled, or hespelling of words
is wrong.
Such a composition will be returned to its
writer after the examiner has underscored
the Objectionable passages. We would be
in favor OF maxim G the Cornellruleeven more
rigorous than it is, and then of enforcing it
with all necessary rigor.
We have had occasion to look over college
compositions, which, in their language,
were discreditable not only to the students,
but to the examiners who expressed ap-
provaI of them. The students OF universities
oughtto be trained with the utmost precision
in the use OF the English language, the con-
Queripg language Of our times.-New York
6en.
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of interest in all smooth surface weaves;
and when this is in a pale tone. besides
the velvet, bits of white satin viii APP
pear with telling effect.
SNOWY SATIN.
White satin. in fact, plays an import
ant part in almost all of the seasons
trimmings, though it is usually confined
tn the bodice. There IL viii be used
sometimes merely as a background, on
which to applique the cloth-or as lin
ing showing through perforations; or
there may be n vest, epaulettes and cuff
pieces Of it, and, in turn, these may be
covered with thick lace, or else be splend-
idly embroidered with Jet or tinscl thread.
One very stylish method of employing
the white satin is TO web il over with black
soutache braid after the manner shown
in the street gown Illustrated. The vel
vet is used in many shapes, with the satin
or alone. and on skirt as well as on bodice.
Here is an evidence of how much these
combinations are in favor. In batch OF
five stunning street gowns Just imported
for a wealthy New York woman three We're
of broadcloth. two Were sinartened up with
white satin. and all were trimmed with vel
vet.
SOME GOOD GOWNS.
The walking costume shown is one OF
the fine quartette, and is a Paquin crea-
ton, in pale brown broadcloth and mauye
velvet, with mauve taffeta bow,
The other two cloth frocks were reSpec-
lively, one in all black and hunter
green with garnishings of a satin nd vel
vet texture. in narrow black and white
stripes. Over the cloth body this stripped
stuff was put on in n snug sort of corset
fashion, basques OF the green. topped by
shorter ones of the stripe, falling smartly
over the hips
The black frock was exquisite. To the
white-skinned gray-eyed young woman who
was showing it off-its happy owner-it
was becoming beyond compare. Also
| it must bc admitted the memory of ii de
flies anything like adequate description.
A CHARMING DESCRIPTION.
To begin, then, this ravishing black COS
| tune consisted of a plain skirt and tight
| fitting jacket, the only trimming or which
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capa's Awful Fate.

Jaw. yeth, NTH stunningleigh, It watn
cvneI yewy. vewy cwuel," continued
Willie Neverleave, gazing blankly at uie
piano stool. ~
And Gussie was such Dwight chappy'
too ;, he went on. after a pause. You see,
he had inst bought the cane md was testing
II when il stuck wight in his mouth and
choked the poah boy. Wasn't it cwuel, Mitb
Stunningleigh?'
And the cane
Miss Stunningleigh patted her sleeves to
make them stand out more prominently Id
space
WAS il ruined completely?'
In the dim light she could not tell whether
the expression on his face was one OF re-
proach or emba rrassment, because he had
fallen over the piano stool in his hurry to
gel his hat.-New York World.
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were turn back cuffs OF black velvet, edged
with black fox fur and a tight neck band
of the same. The skirt was shaped in UNI
brella cores and flared the bottom to with
in an inch of its life.
AT the waist, all round, the cores entered
the band without fullness, single slight
reed across the foot of the front breadth and
one-half a yard higher up holding IL out
there with a big box pleat effect. A fea-
ture of the jacket, which was cut at the back
with the seamless center piece now only in
modish favor, was a narrow box pleat that
covered the buttons of the single-breasted
front.
All of which sounds very simple TO read
about, doesn't 1t? But the air OF this rig
was the thing, an understandable air as
elusive as q will-o'-the-wisp. but which,
between ourselves, was entirely matter
OF cut.
Besides there were accessories not to be
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A Iurtnan,s LOGIC.

A well-known lawyer on circuit in the
north of England, curious to know how a
certain juryman, arrived at his verdict,
meeting him one day, ventured to ask.
well" replied he, I'm plain man and
like 10 be fair to every one don't go by
what the lawyers say, and l don't go by
what the judges say; but look at the man
in the dock, and I say, He must have done
something. or he wouldn't be there so L
bring them all in guilty. "-Pearson's Week
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A PrecautiOn.

Amateur Sportsman-"Your heaters are
uncommonly stout. have noticed the fact
before. How is it?"
Head Gamekeeper-"At ordinary times
they are lean enough Sir, but when We have
the gentlemen from town they always pad
their clothes to prevent the shot going
through. "-Fliegende Bhlaetter.
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Not Exaggerated.

Customer latter walking back along the
track for twenty minutes )-"How did you
have the conscience to ten me that the place
was only three minutes from the station?"
Real Estate Dealer-''Some trains go
over the distance in less than two
Truth.
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IncomIiIete Affair.

ut is plain" said the justice, that you
stole the hog and 1 shall send you up for
twelve months"
'Jedge, kin you gimme bout one hour 10
I goes?"
what for?"
"Well sub. wants ter go home en- salt dat
hog down!"-TeXas Siftings.
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How much was that diamond ornament
YOU had stolen from you WORTH" asked
the theatrical interviewer.
Fifteen columns" answered the ac-
tress. absentmndedly. Boston CONNER.
cial Bulletin.
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WOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONS.

The Great IncreaSe in the United
K!ngdom-Somc Statistics.
The advance made by women in the profes-
sions Is strlkingIy brought ont 10y this new
census paper. says the London Daily News.
In the civil service the number of women Of
ficcrs and clerks hap risen from less than
5000 in 1871 to si546 in the last census
year. In the loc,l government OF the
country too. woneTs are much more freely
employed.
There was evidently no return OF women
doctors in 1871; they were awaiting their
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-17
Hunters Luck.

Hunter-'Boy, did you see rabbit run by
here?"
Boy-"Yep."
Hunter-'How long ago."
Boy-"It'n be three years mex Christmas. :"
Judge.
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Her Feet We're Asleep

The Summer Girl rose with tingling toes
And said: LAS l surmised,
I've been sitting here go long. my dear,
My Tribes are SveDgalized-"
New York World.
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THREE ENGLISH GHOSTS.
"Lady in Cream" Ugly Female Black
Dwarf and a Man With a Beard,

There is hardly a castle or ancient
manor house in all England that has not
some ghostly tradition connected with it.
In some mansions the spectres are said to
stalk and gibber and shrek night after
night, while in others they appear only at
long intervals.
The latter seems to be the case at
Clandcn House, near Guildford, which
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Poor English In Universities.
Some excellent rules in favor of good Eng
lish have been adopted 10y the faculty or
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great excitement in the quiet country
neighborhood, and many people BESIDES
the domestics claim to have seen all three.
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of interest in all smooth surface weaves;
and when this is in "a pale tone. besides
the velvet, bits of white satin viii APP
pear with telling effect.
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STATE RIGHTS AND MR.. DEBS.


We used to hear OF a doctrine or
theory called Estates Rights" supposed
to have been synonymous with democ-
racy in its milder form, and with seces-
sion in its more violent stages. Cen
tfalization of government and all that
tends toward nation with big N, was
the bug bear at which all democratic
guns were aimed and discharged. But
something has come over the spirit of
the democracy during the past year,
which renders it unfamiliar. Riet is
actually suppressed by q. s. troops; !;
rioters are summoned before o.. S.
courts; habeas corpus is denied the
leader of great union who has merely
disobeyed and held in contempt the in
junction OF o. S. court. And all this,
too, under democratic rule and with a
democratic supreme court.
The time has again come when man
Who runs amuck United States govern
ment finds he has struck reality, not q
theory. Government authority means
something when an individual, a labor
union, state or confederacy of states,
attempts to disregard it, and even de-
mocracy is learning that in order to haze
government there must be govern
ment; that when a mob seizes railroad
and interferes with commerce between
states, or steals a train from q. s. Off
cials, the exercise of government au-
thority is necessary; and that nation
which is theory is worse than useless.
The people of the north endeavored to
impress this idea upon states rights ad-
yocates during the years 1S6l-6, and
yesterday we commelnorated the lives
which were given to teach that lesson.
We may well do honor to the men who
today are saying to ali who disregard
national authority, ~ ou must take the
consequences"
Nh. Debs is not criminal; but he
forgot that a nations command must be
obeyed whether it meets his and his as
sociates' approval or not. His forgetful-
ness will send him to prison; but it will
teach every American citizen who thinks
this nation is theory, a salutory lesson.
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MCKINLEY AT HONE.


In the Ohio state convention, held
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,
the Mckinley forces were defeated by
Foraker, who is the leader of machine
politics in that state. This is not en-
couraging to Mr.. McKinley's chances
for the presidential nomination in '9e;
but the politicians of Ohio will learn,
when the national convention meets,
that the republicans of the nation out
side of that state will not be run by
Ohio machine politics. Unless the
silver wing of the republican party grows
rapidly in influence between now and
the convention, Wm. Mckinley will be
asked to lead the republicans of the ma
tion to victory next fall.
Mr.. McKinley's views upon financial,
commercial and international questions
are known and appreciated by the true
republicans of the nation. An exceed
ingly plain man in his own life, his ad-
ninistration of the state government
has been wise, economical and success-
full. Mckinley republicans, as we'll as
Mckinley clubs, are today decidedly in
the majority, and if their choice is se-
lected by the convention, business con-
fdence and activity will be at once re-
stored.
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The dispatches of May sOth state that
as the body of the late Secretary Gresham
was escorted to the train that was to
bear it to Chicago, the bands played
"Nearer My God to Thee" The band
leader was evidently gifted with the
faculty of doing the right thing at the
right time, realizing that the further the
dead man got from Washington the
nearer he came to God.
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J. NJ. nuntInEton's New House.


The contract for the new dwelling of J.
M. Huntington has just been let and
work will be begun at once. The plans
which were drawn by G. ]. Crandall
show well arranged, commodious house
inside, while the outer appearance will
be great addition to the attractiveness
of the city. The house will have two
stories and an attic and will be quite
large in size. There were several bids
ranging from one at about $500 to $219S.
In the $500 there was some mistake in
the figuring and this bid was withdrawn.
The successful bid was that of G. w.
French of High Prairie, whose price was
$2O45. The contract has been drawn
and will be signed and work begun at
once. Mr.. French is also building the
house of Martin Donnell in the west end
of town. The dwelling of Mr. Hunting
ton will be built on the vacant lot near
where he now lives.