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Woman In Heather Burma.

In heather Burma woman is on abso-
lutely the same footing as man in all that
pertains To law and custom. There is not
a single law that does not bear equally on
man the same as on woman. Men have
never tried 10 boss" them or to say what
was fitting and what was not fitting for
them. mo artificial ideals from long past
ages have been held up to them as eternal
copies 1t has been left To their own good
sense and to the eternal fitness of things To
determine what Is womanly and what is
not - The result is none is more womanly
than the Burmese woman, none possesses
in greater strength all the nameless. attInc-
tons of woman.
In the higher classes woman has prop
erty of her own and manages it herself
In the lower classes she always has "A trade
and runs il herself The sexes are left TO
choose their own occupations, and lit Is
rather curious to find that sewing and EN-
broidery are distinctively male occupa
tons, says Henry Fielding in Black
wood ;. The retail trade Of the country is
in the hands of the women, and they nearly
all trade on their own account. Just as the
men farm their own land the women own
their businesses They are not saleswomen
for others, bat traders on their own ac-
count, and. with the exception of the silk
and cloth branches of the trade, IL does not
interfere with home life. The bazaar lasts
but three hours, and the woman has am
pie time for, her home duties when her
daily visit to the bazaar is over. She is
never kept away all day in shops and fac
tories. Her home life is always the center
OF her life She could not neglect IL for
any other Ii would seem to her IA losing
of the greater in the less But the effect
Of this custom of nearly every woman hay-
ing Il little business of her own has great
influence on her life. 1t broadens her
views. IL teaches her things she could not
learn i'm the narrow circle of home duties.
IL gives her that tolerance and understand
ing which so forcibly strike any one who
knows her 1t teaches her TO know her
own strength and weakness and how to
make the best of each.
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The Woman on the Stairs.

There is not much use in talking about
it Writers half century ago gave it up
in dies pair Delsarte and his disciples have
lived in vain. The average woman refuses
to go up the steps in the way she should
She clutches her skirt at the knees, bends
her body nearly double, tolls laboriously
up, exhausting her vital energies, and then
breathlessly gasps when she reaches the
top that steps always tire her so.
Going up the steps is perhaps the most
severe test of grace in the world, especially
If the hands are full and cannot take hold
OF the skirt properly One young woman
who realizes this had her portrait painted
on stairway. She is i'm evening gown of
some soft stuff, which sweeps out behind
her
Her arms are bare and held almost
against her slender, erect body. Her hands
lightly hold her gown at each side, lifting
it well above the silken slippered feet Her
head Is turned gracefully as she looks over
her shoulder at rose she has dropped
Coming down stairs is easier, but to run
down, striking every step with a jar, Is
almost as injurious to woman with d
delicate spine rs To 20 up the wrong way.
Apropos of paintings on stairway per
haps the most beautiful is that OF a famous
artist or the modern school Itwas in the
Italian exhibit ut the Worlds fair and
bought by many times millionaire of the
Windy City IL was called Sappho.
or course, even in this progressive age,
1t would be "a little startling to see young
woman have her portrait painted in cos
tune like that, most of which was black
mantle trailing out behind her. Her black
hat was of the Napoleon shape her gloves
were black and exposed a portion of the
arm between the elbow and shoulder The
only colors of the whole picture were the
stair carpet and the flesh tints and the ex-
quisite hair
But the pose was wonderful One tiny,
black clad foot with big silver buckle
cleaning on the instep rested firmly on the
floor This foot bore the whole weight of
the body, which was 1.-the and delicate.
The other foot was pointed downward and
was about TO be placed on the step below
The chin was tiptilted, as the head was
held gracefully erect, and the lungs were
expanded
The young woman who wants 10 be con
sidered graceful would do well To get IA copy
OF each Of these paintings or two, which
are equally correct, and study them. New
York Telegram.
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minds Of thoughtful people, Are there no
we'll bred women left"
TO the credit Of the average housewife
be IL said that this habit is much less prev
alent In her class than IL Is with the in
habitants OF hotels, apartments, flats and
boarding houses. where numerous families
are brought together AS residents of one
building and an almost unlimited field is
offered for the speculation and curiosity Of
their more or less idle occupants
This idlcncsS and curiosity, In about
equal parts, are the causes of this undig-
nifled relation between mistress and maid
When a womans time and life are well
filled with home duties and with the social
occupations incident.to her social position,
she has but little time and less desire for
any such undignilcd condolences The wo.
man, however. who has nothing To do but
TO dress and urdrcss, walk the principal
thoroughfares, stroll through the shops and
spend the evenings in public parlors, where
she may watch but not know her fellow
dodgers, is the one with whom such rela-
ton becomes In the beginning easy of ac-
complishment and In the end morbid
necessity, Quite as frequently as the maid
who Is arranging the room drops piece of
information concerning the bride in the
next suit of apartments her auditor will
return "A question, and thus the intimacy
Is formed, for intimacy is what such con
fldences lead To.
There is but one way and one time TO
check such condolences, and that is at their
first appearing The maid will appreciate
the behavior of her superior, and her re
spect for her will increase a thousandfold.
She will, for the time being at least, have
received wholesome lesson, and her de
sire to gossip will he lessened, while the
mistress will have received moral brace
most satisfying To her conscience, most in
MIGRATING To her dignity and most stimu-
lating To her character Frances Il. LAM
gan In Ladies' Home Journal
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English Children and Their Nurses.

An American woman In her travels
abroad spent II fortnight ut hotel In
Brussels, where the rooms open upon a
gallery surrounding the inner court of the
building There were number of Eng
lish families boarding there at the same
time, and their children played constantly
on this gallery. Our countrywoman no
ticed several things about their playing
which seemed To her distinctive. One was
the way in which the nurses or governesses
took part I'm their romps, entering spirited
ly into every game, managing and direct
ing just enough to keep things going pleas
antly, while still heartily participating
An American caretaker of children thinks
she has done her whole duty If she seats
herself on park bench by the side Of an
other caretaker and gossips continuously,
while their little charges pick up such
amusement as they may.
A second characteristic of the English
children's play was its tempered hilarity
They laughed merrily and called, but they
did not scream, and, well--did not, in fact,
once raise their voices To the screechinH
point, and, though they ran occasionally
back and forth in front of her windows,
there was never glance in nor noisy
halt before them. Children in hotels, as
rule says this woman, have been my
dread and dislike, but these children, who
carried their breeding into their play,
never annoyed me at all and showed me
once more that IL is not the thing which is
done, but the way il Is done, that produces
the effect Utica Herald
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The Weeping Woman.

Should women weep is "a topic of dis
cusson by the readers OF Woman, Lon
don publication. One contributor puts In
most emphatic "Nor' The crying WON.
an, 1t is maintained, is out of date She
belongs To the forties and fifties, not to
this end of the century. Woman was then
submissive slave and man the righteous
ruler. Now all is changed The new wo
man is here, and she rules Therefore she
should not cry
In the opinion Of another writer, n wo-
man should cry provided she does so
"noiselcssly If her face begins to swell
oil walls should cease, and she must not
sniff, gulp or otherwise make an object Of
herself. IL she does, all the pathos of her
crying is gone. The idea Is thrown out
that style In weeping should be cult
waited, for there are several forms" Of
weeping. some weep alone to their pill
lows in the dead Of night This, IL is
held. Is Il mistake, because IL makes the
weeper old and ugly before her time and
does not do anybody the slightest good
Then there is the woman who Is crying
at every opportune and inopportune mo
ment. That Is bad form In weeping The
"whimpering style. with grievance, usu-
ally found In the past middle age lady. " Is
g. he summed The worst form of all IL
the red faced cry of temper which usu-
lily asserts itself In an injudicious stamp
OF the beautifully archcd Trilby and ends
In general stampede Of the assembled
multitude denver News
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MORTGAGE SHE.

nEFAULT having been made in the condi.
~ tions of n certain mortgage whereby the
power therein contained To sell has become op
perative, executed by Richard G.. Coryell and
Hannah G.. Coryell, his wife. OF the township OF
Otisco, county of Ionia, and state OF Michigan,
To John Rogers OF the township OF Grattan,
Kent county Michigan, bearing date the eigh-
teenth day OF June. A. D., eighteen hundred
and ninety one, and recorded in the office OF the
register OF deeds for the county OF Ionia In said
state of Michigan, on the 18th day OF June, A.
D., one thousand eight hundred and ninety one,
in liber 40 seventy nine, OF mortgages, on
page (39) three hundred and twenty one, upon
which mortgage there is claimed TO be due, at
the date OF this notice the sum OF (Sl, 1888
eleven hundred and forty five dollars and eigh-
tythree cents as principal and interest, and the
further sum of lxlO8) ten dollars and thirty
nine cents, being the amounts paid for state,
county, town, and school tax, for the taxes for
the Year, A. d., 1925, and no suit or proceeding
at law or in equity having been instituted to re
cover the same or any part thereof
Notice is therefore hereby given, that on Mon
day, the twenty eighth day OF September, A. D.,
1896 at one o'clock in the afternoon, shall sell AT
public auction to the highest bidder (sale 10
take place at the front door of the court house,
In the city OF Ionia that beng the place where
the circuit court for Ionia county Is heidi the
premises described in said mortgage Tor so
much thereof as shall he necessary to satisfy
the amount due on such mortgage with interest
nj seven per cent and legal costs together with
an attorney fee of twenty-five dollars, being
the amount named in said mortgage and AZ
provided for by statute
That is To say the following pieces or parcels
OF lahu, VIZ tnc west one nan tel OF the Horln
west quarter "a OF section number three t3,
except the north forty (40l acres OF same, and
enough land on the east side OF the east half
90 of the northeast quarter 20 OF section
number four a. except the north forty (4D)
acres of the same, to make eighty 800 acres
with the above parcel on section number three
t3). The whole parcel herein described being
eighty acres OF land on sections number threelS)
and four "a, AS aforesaid In township eight ~
north. of range eight ~ west, situated in the
county OF ionia and state of Michigan.
Dated, Belu1ng. Mich, June Nth, A. d., 1896.
GEO -. ROSENEIT. JOHN ROGERS,
Attornty for Mortgage Mortgage,
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Boots For House Wear.

American women are learning from the
French that it is wise To wear boots in the
house As soon as "a Frenchwoman enters
her home she slips off her driving or walk
ing boots and incases her feet in dainty
black satin boots, lined with glove kid
fastened with many polished buttons. I'm
less foot is very we'll modelled il looks far
better I'm "a boot. slippers emphasize the
defects that boots conceal None Of the
dressnesS attached To the slipper is lost,
for the long vamped. high heeled, perfect
fitting black satin boot gives distinction
To the plainest housc gown. Another at
tractive feature Of this boot IL that IL al
lows of the padding of the instep. This
shoe Is, OF course, not worn with an even
ing frock philadelphia Inquirer.
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aYst stroke Of fortune through Washing
ton newspaper She had written her poem,
Tying Her Bonnet Under Her Chin, I"
and submitted IL Ia The Atlantic Monthly.
IL was declined with thanks" but
friend I'm Washington interested himself I'm
getting II printed in one of the newspapers
there from which IL was widely copied.
About year after Its first appearance I'm
print one of the editors of The Atlantic
said TO George Sumner, who was stanch
believer in the young poets future: III
Nora Perry would write us as good poem
as Tying Her Bonnet Under Her Chin,
we would pay her $40 for IL, a good price
for verse of that length at that time. sum
ner wrote OF this 10 Senator Anthony Of
Rhode Island, adding, So you see, dear
senator, the market price Of bonnet
This letter Senator Anthony gave Miss
Perry, and she always kept 1t among her
souvenirs The result of this offer was
that fter the Ball was sent 10 The At
lantic and accepted, and that poem became
the best known OF all Miss Perry's verse
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
The Doctors Extend Their Time.

Services first three months free. A
staff of eminent physicians and sur
geons from the British Medical lnsti-
tute Of Detroit have opened perma-
nent Office in Grand Rapids, in the Wild
dicomb Building, 81 Monroe ST. All
invalids who call upon them before
July 3lst will receive services for three
months free Of charge. This will not
only include consultation, examination
and advice, but also all surgical Oper-
atoms. Under no consideration will
remuneration in any form be accepted
for any services rendered; therefore
the most humble in circumstances can
avail themselves Of the most expert
medical skill and without cost.
The object in pursuing this course is
to become rapidly and personally ac-
quainted with the sick and afflicted.
The doctors treat all forms of chronic
diseases, but will not accept incurable
cases. If, upon examination, you are
found incurable, you will be kindly and
frankly told SO, also advised against
spending money for useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrl,
and catarrhal deafness, and all dis
eases of the rectum are pOsitivel,
cured by their new treatment.
Office hours: 9 "a. IN. till s p. m
Sundays. 10 a. m. till , p. IN.
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For Too slender Women.

Columns of conflicting advice have been
written from time 10 time for the benefit
Of women who wish To get thin, and as IL
Is not enough for the woman who desires
to put on a little extra flesh to draw her
conclusions from the reverse side of the
fleshy womans instructions she is coming
in for goodly share of counsel, too, which
is all excellent in way, but the regime of
exercise and diet which is advised for per
feet development from the standard of too
much or too little flesh Is usually an alb
sorbing process which leaves very little
time for other things and the average wo-
man soon wcaries of IL If she has the cour-
age to attempt it at all. The simple rec
ipe, Eat vegetables and plenty of butter;
drink milk, sweet wine and stout, take
cod liver oil, go to bed early, sleep some
during each day and laugh as much as
possible, " will often help the thin woman
immensely. Cream may he substituted for
the cod liver oil If preferred. New York
sun.
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ADVICE to Stout Women.

Sometimes stout women move the arms
gracefully, but the body has an utter lack
of liberty and free motion or supplencss.
Drawing her corsets tighter never did
make stout woman less stout In appear
ance. The first care is not To lace too
tightly, the second is TO Danish all ideas Of
being stout from your mind and let the
muscles have as free play rs possible. All
women can learn To use their bodies grace
fully, even If there is II predispostion to
stoutness. Stout women are acknowledged
TO be the lightest dancers, and there is no
reason why they should not be graceful in
pose and position. III IA woman draws her
breath freely from the bottom of the lungs,
she diminishes the effect of her size imme
diately doing away with that ready To burst
look that is generally associated with stout
ness. That is the look that must be avoid
ed even if the waist measures an inch or
so more and the bust and shoulders gain
a little
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the business for them. AS result people
passing by store in the western part of
the city were astonished To see IA modest
sign bearing this inscription: " Mrs. ; A.
Burroughs, Funeral Director and Embalm-
err f" Her services were limited, as rule,
to women and children. She took entire
charge of preparing remains and personal
ly attended the mortuary rites, even con
Quoting friends and mourners To their
proper carriages For nearly year Balti-
more was the abode of woman who was
the only female undertaken in this coun-
try with one exception. But she was "A
woman and like others of her sex was not
averse TO the tender feeling In her walks
home from the newspaper Office she had
often been accompanied by a fellow print
er, who resided in the vicinity of her board
ing house A friendship thus created
aroused a stronger sentiment and the ar
quaintance of the two did not end with her
departure from the lease. " He continued
to meet her and finally induced her 10
change her name to his and to give up her
somber calling for the duties Of a wife
The other woman undertaken is doing
business at Marcellus. Mich, little town
that seems TO be paradise for new women.
She is Mrs. Anna Walters and was com
PEELED TO follow this calling 10y the death
of her husband, the funeral director in the
village. 1t is fact that one of the leading
merchants of Marcellus is IA woman The
most popular barber wears skirts, the
school commissioners are all women and
the pastor of one of the most prominent
churches Is also Of the same gender -
BROOKLYN Citizen
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Agents Wanted $40 TO n,x s1a
LIFE OF MCKINLEY

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For more than two years in preparation, and the
only work that has received the endorsement OF
MAJOR MCKINLEY and his most intimate
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Readers will accept no other. A gold mine for
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from $40 to $40 u day Chance for thous.
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6t6 The Arcade, Cleveland, q.
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SUNDAY EXCURSION TO THE
GERMAN PICNIC.

Grand Rapids on July 18th will be
the centre OF attraction for Germans
from all over Michigan. On that date
the Arbeiter Bund Societies OF the
state will hold the first Bundesfest IN ,
many years, aud expect To make 10 the
event OF the year. Societies from De-
troit Ann Arbor, Saginaw, Bay City,
Traverse City, Manistee, Ludington,
Muskegon, ST Joseph, LaPorte, Ind.
and various other points, will partici-
pate in the festivities. which will be
held in Schoenfeld's grove at Reeds
Lake. Excursions have been arranged
for at low rates from above named
points, and large number OF people
will attend the picnic. Various Old
Country games, sports, etc, will be
given, and a general good time is as
sured. For those who do not care 10
attend the picnic, "A visit to Grand
Rapids, with tie many attractions, will
well repay the slight expense. ID. l..
* n. excursion train will leave Beld-
ing at 900 IA. m. and arrive at Grand
Rapids at 1890 a. m. Return train
will leave at 1000 p. m Round trip
rate Sl.00. Bicycles carried free.
Base ball at 300 p. IN. at Reeds Lake
between Grand Rapids and Milwaukee.
GEO. DEHAVEN. G.. Il. A.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
MRS. S. A. BURROUGHS, FUNERAL OIL
RECTOR, or BALTIMORE.
Tho Woman ON the stsirs-Msling Conf
dants of servants-woman I'm Heashen
Burma-English Children and Their
Nurses-The Weeping Woman.

About three years ago IA small, black
eyed woman entered printing office in
Baltimore and asked for employment
eve have no compositors but men, said
the foreman.
Il don't mind that, was the reply. IF
you have chance please give it TO me-
Let me show you what l can do. I" And
going up to "case" she took type stick
and in very few minutes put In several
hundred ems of perfect composition. She
was engaged as substitute and for sew
eral months was the only female typesetter
In the place She worked by the piece and
every week drew from Sl2 to Sl5. Gradual
ly her history was learned She had mar
ried the owner OF western country paper,
who had died, leaving her To shift for her
self with but few hundred dollars. She
learned Typography, assisting her husband
to make up his paper. Deciding that the
east was preferable To the west, she started
for New York, but stopped of In the Mon
umental City and has been there ever
since Working until midnight six DAYS
cut OF the week placed the little woman on
\ sickbed and lost her the position. She
left the doctors care without any work in
prospect, but necessity was the mother of
invention. She had read much about pres
ervation of the dead and had become inter,
ssted in the art Of embalming, BY chance
she saw n notice of the death of an under
taker (even undertakers die at times) and
calling upon his family offered to take up
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Youthful Looks.

Every woman has IA furtiye desire to keep
her youthful looks a. long as possible, and,
according to one exponent Of the = secret of
eternal youth, il seems very simple
thing to accomplish. Interest in life, ex
element, something to do which keeps the
mind active and IA certain carelessness of
temperament are the leading essentials be
side which careful eating and drinking
and regular habits are of very little i'm
portance. Activity, accompanied by late
hours and irregular habits of living, is bet
ter than listless. stagnant life If there is
any virtue in this theory of youth.