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japanese Women.

The Japanese woman does not have
pretty figure. She is always shor.
and st1mpy. Her neck and waist are
large, her shoulders are broad and her
flesh seems to be evenly distributed.
A modiste would say that she had no
shape at all, and therefore it is i'm
possible to make modern dress fit
her. The ancient style Of garments.
particularly those used by tine upper
classes, were especially adapted to the
peculiarities of the Japanese women
and lady always looks we'll in the
soft grays and delicate tints that she
selects for her kiminos. But one who
will be very pretty and graceful in he,
native costume generally looks like n
guy when she puts on Paris dress, no
matter how fine the material or who
made it.
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The apex of the Prince Of Wales
crown is tuft of feathers, tipped with
gold, said to be worth $4,000 Csc, 0O0).
1t took twenty years to collect these
feathers, which cost the lives Of dozen
hunters in the bargain. The bird from
whose tail the feathers are plucked is
called the feriwah. 1t belongs to the
bird of paradise species, and is exceed
ingly rare. To obtain the tail feather in
its full beauty, it is necessary to pluck
it out Of the living bird, as instantly
after death the feather becomes luster-
less. What makes the hunting Of the
feriwah so dangerous Ia that the bird
always haunts the lairs Of tigers. It
il very probable that the crown owned
By the present Prince Of Wales will
also serve many succeeding princes.
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WashinEton's Farming Operations.
Washington inherited Mount Vernon
in 1859 from his half brother, Lawrence
Washington. who died in 1857. This
brother had daughter Sarah, who was
heiress to the estate. but she died two
years later and the property then re-
verted to George. who was then lust q
years old. The estate then comprised
less than 5000 acres. but soon after he
came into possession he added $500
acres by purchase, which gave him ten
miles Of river front Then began the
system Of improvements and cultiva-
ton which subsequently made Mount
Vernon the most valuable landed prop-
erty In Virgins. He drained the land
wherever needed, he rotated crops. got
the best farm implements then in exist
enee, built and repaired fences. had his
grist min. his own distillery. had his.
own smithy for repairing tools, his eva
carpenter sAop. looms, and -. huilt
scores of houses and cabins ~ hto
slave& His nye tarms ranged fru0
1,eoo = 4yooo acres eacA, anl go lnrn
nd - evereer and IL alletikeat q
aeEzeop sRA 49, :
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let us create town for ourselves, here,
close to the enemy, limiting his range,
curtailing his supplies. protecting
Pennsylvania and holding ourselves
ready to resume the aggressive rs soon
as he abandons the city, in which he
will be by us practically besieged. He
chose Valley Forge, a deep cleft In q
lofty hill, with stream at the bottom
Of it emptying into the SAhuylkill.
There was nothing in this valley for
human use except the primeval forest
that densely covered It and the streams
Of water that flowed by and through
It. But Washington. himself well
skilled in woodcraft, commanded sol-
diers most Of whom had built Or inhab-
tied Log cabins. When he told them
that log huts could be quickly made
warm and dry, he said what they all
knew to be true. He also knew pre-
cinely what was necessary for the con-
etruefjon Of the huts, what tools were
nS1Siaod and what materials. His %.
800 December Is. 1777. transferred
o. U]kole army into cabin-b nlading
~ livery man had his Dlnee -
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mopylae is classic ground, Nalley forSe
is classic. If there is one spot on this
continent more fit than any other 1or
q final and sufficient monument to the
man and to the men of the American
Revolution, it is Valley Forge. l DO
not refer merely to the hunger, thirst
and cold endured there by eleven thou
sand soldiers, after an exhaustlng cam
paign in. the field. The worst OF all
that misery was over in six weeks. The
suffering was acute while it lasted, but
it was followed soon by comparative
abundsEce; then by the cheering news
of the French alliance; then by the
flight of the enemy from Philadelphia,
and the swift pursuit of them by Gen.
Washington. What the troops endured
there would alone make the place for
ever interesting to posterity. But Val
ley Forge means more than that. 1t
witnessed some of the most important
and striking scenes in the war. It was
there, too, through the constancy and
tireless energy of the commander-in-
chief, that the cause was saved and final
victory made possible. The selection
of the ground was itself piece of no.
table generalship, as daring as it was
wise. The occupation of Philadelphia
by the British had filled every other
town of Pennsylvania with refugees.
The middle of December had passed
before the army had repulsed the last
demonstration of the British, and at
forded the American commander
hr0ofhinov Tina IN h.
ton of his winter quarters. Then he
said, in substance, to the troops: Since
there is no town for us to retire to,
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| wrote for him. If l were asked to men
ton the finest exhibition that COM
mander has ever given of great quail
| ties. both of heart and mind, should
answer: Washington at Valley Forge
One unexpected consolation that he en-
joyed at this period was the affection
ate enthusiasm of Lafayette, then just
recovering from his wound received at
Brandywine. The young and ardent
Frenchman, in his letters to his wife
and family, gives the warmest express
sion to his love and admiration. He
speaks of Washington as man ex-
pressly made for" the work he was
doing, he alone having the patience
and tact to conciliate the discordant
elements.
Every day." wrote the marquis, Il
admire more the beauty of his charac-
te- and of his soul. Jealous intriguers
wish to tarnish his reputation, but his
name will be revered in all ages by
every one who loves liberty and hui
manity."
Many such passages, written in one
of the log-cabins of Valley Forge, l
notice in the family letters of the
youthful enthusiast In such circum-
stances. the American army was recon-
structed, reinforced, becOmingly clad,
well drilled, and at last abundantly
supplied, while the English were cir
cumscribed so closely that it required
two regiments to escort foraging par
ty, if it went more than two miles into
the country Valley Forge it was that
rendered the possession of Philadelphia
a trap instead of capture. June is,
177S, Gen. Washington received infOr-
nation that the British had secretly
and suddenly evacuated Philadelphia.
He was in such perfect readiness for
the news, that. within an hour, six
brigades were on the march for the
Delaware river. The next day, he him
self joined the advance. Ten days
after the first troops left their cabins
in Pennsylvania, he fought the battle
of Monmouth, which turned their re-
treat into flight and shut them up in
New York. If neither congress nor
Pennsylvania shows an inclination to
possess the scene of so many memorable
events, then let some patriotic capital
list convert it into a summer resort.
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A Narrow Escape.

He saw above the ledge and a little
beyond, the ears and head of lion as
it sat watching deer. Jake rose in his
saddle to place bullet, as he said,
midway between those ears, when a
powerful lion leaped from behind a tree
oE the ledge of rocks above, and, strik-
ing him in the chest, carried him of
his horse, headlong down the mountain,
and his horse ran wildly away. A mo-
ment later Jake was lying on his back
In the snow, his head up hill and the
beast standing over him with one paw
planted firmly on his chest, the other
slightly lifted, and wagging his tail in
delight, while its hot breath was ex-
hailed into Jake's face.
His first impulse was to hold down
his chin tightly to prevent his throat
being torn open, while he cautiously
felt for his knife. He found the knife
and as he drew it slight grating sound
caused the lion to rebound at his feet,
and as he did SO it uttered a scream
which Jake knew only gave him the
chance for a moment. It was a call
for the other lion. Fearing to make
motion Of escape or resistance, he
moved his hand back in the snow in
search of a rife, which had been lost
in the fall. His finger touched the
stock. He cautiously pulled it down
by his side, and still looking his captor
in the eyes slowly turned the
rife till the muzzle faced the lion. The
bullet passed through its heart and it
sank on Jake's feet. Before he could
move from his helpless position the
other lion bounded over the precipice
and somewhat overlapping its mark lit
In the snow and instantly received
bullet in its brain. The two lions Law
dead not ten feet apart.-Outing.
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Fanny Crosby. the blind Methodist
hymn writer. has written 5000 SUNDAY
school hymns, many of which ara
widely known.
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Very Awkward Indeed.

This is precisely the kind OF a mistake \
man makes ii he turns OUT on the
wrong side of the road when a vehicle
comes toward him. No less absury. Is the
error of the individual who takes drastic.
medielnes TO relieve his liver. That organ
Is on the right side, and the road 10 its re-
lei Is HoStettel's stomach Filters. n med.
lclne also adapted 10 the relief of dyspep-
sia, constipation. kidney and rheumatic
ailments and malaria.
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The peat boys of Great Britain and
Ireland are estimated to be the heat
equivalent of nearly 1900, 900, 600 tons
Of coal.
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George Westinghouse, patentee OF
the brake which bears his name. has
made over $4,000, 600 from his invea-
ton.
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Tacoma claims the Pacific coast rec
ord for the output of lumber mills
1urlng 1895. the total being about
about H.. 600. 900 feet.
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What is called Dutch" is an en-
tcrtainmcnt in which Frankfurter sau-
sages and large green pickles figure
conspicuously.
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To dream of hearing music means
You are shortly to receive money from
an unexpected Source
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Four crops year can be raised from
Cuban soil.
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British Columbia sends frozen mea,
to England.
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e1T8-An Fits stopped free by DR.. X lines Grea.
Nerve keStOrer. No Fits after the first Gays
Marvellous cures Treatise and S2tr3l tie frcecI
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According to the beliefs of the Ari-
iona Indians. the Cliff Dwcilers built
,long the bluffs because they feared
mother delugc.
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AT VALLEY FORGE.

ALLEY Forge is a
rough piece OF
ground on t h e
b a n ks Of t h e
Schuylkill, twenty
one mile from Phil
adelphia and six
from the nearest
large town. AS
mere land, it is lot
worth much. But
if the Pass of Their
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CO%-s Cough R.gsam
Is the oldest and best II will break up Cold Quickes
than any thing else. 1t is always reliable. tn it.
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A GREAT CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY

MR.. EDrTOR:-I read how Mr.. Jones mace
money. i have "a better Job taking orders for
the new FfreprOof Deposit Case for storing
deeds, mortgages, nOles, policies, receipts.
money and valua bles from fire Every family
Or farmer buys. i sell for World Mfg. CO. r. 26)
Columbus. o cleared r.. first week SEQ second,
hrst month si41 Sister made $s3 last week
selling National Dish Washer for same firm
Light. easy work. honest firm. anyone can
make money by writing them. j C. BARRETT
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I.tne BAD, ~ cutting rresn

Ee sure and that old welL;red remedy, MA
WINsIow' $ SOOTHING SY,rr for Children Teet!inx.
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The farmers of Pennsylvania are to
he congratulated. NJ. NJ. Luther, East
Troy, Pa, grew over 207 bushels Sal
zer's Silver Mine Oats on one measured
acre Think OF it! Now there are thirty
thousand farmers going to try and beat
Mr.. Luther and win 5000 in gold. and
they'll do it, VIII you be one of them?
Then there is Silver King Barley,
cropped on poor soil 116 bus. per acre
in 1895. Isn't that wOnderful-and corn
go bus. and potatoes and grasses and
clovers, fodder plants. etc, etc. Freight
is cheap on seeds to all points east, west.
north or south.
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Londoners smoke 900, 600 cigarettes
daily.
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England makes Is, 900 artificial limbs
annually.
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Bavaria has 9. 900 lead pencil workers.
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
INTERESTING SKETCHES FOR
OUR YOUNG READERS.
Strange ComrAdeship Between . Dog
and = Goose-A Narrow Exeapc-The
Ambitious GraduHte-The Dear Little
Cherub-Eield's Joke.

to my knee,
AC3VA An And gging
IEI kM7lN pleads that
W&HhASfS Va he may climb
[HQ&sXS Into my lap to
SI& hear me tell
SSSSN The Christmas
n W. tales he loves
W " so we'll
A tale rig mother
told 10 ne,
Beginning "Once upon a time.''
1t is tale of skies that rang
With angel rhapsodies sublime;
OF that great host, serene and white,
The shepherds saw one winter
night
and Of the glorious stars that sang
An anthem once upon a time.
This story of the hallOwed years
Tells of the sacrifice sublime
OF One who prayed alone and wept
While his wearied followers slept
And how His blood and Mary's tears
Commingled once upon a time.
And now my darling at my side
And echoes of the distant chime
Bring that sweet story back to me,
or Bethlehem and Calvary,
And of the gentle Christ that died,
For sinners once upon a time.
The mighty deeds that men have told
In ponderous tones of fluent rhyme
Like misty shadows fade away;
But this sweet story bides for aye;
And, like the stars that sang of old,
We sing of 'Once upon time"
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II you will cut tt's out nAd send
it with Toe postage to the John A. SAL
ger Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will
receive their mammoth catalogue and
ten packages grains and grasses, in
Guiding above oats, free.
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AT VALLEY FORGE.
carefully restoring the old camp roads,
marking all the sites and making the
place an object-lesson in history
James Parton In New York Ledger.
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London claims the wickedest woman
in the world.
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West Africa has one railroad.
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Denver beasts Il worm factory.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-09-12
WOMAN AND HOME.
TALK AeouT ooRsETs.
10 Secure Good Results Women Must
Know How 60 Wear Them.

|
To secure Good Resuits women Must
Know How 60 Wear Them.
The corsetiere who knows her bust
ness, says L'Art de la Mode, can supply
the correct shape of corset from time
TO time as the figure develops, but the
woman for whom the corsets are made
must do some of the work herself.
Nine. X. herself says that with all the
corsets in the world she cannot keep
her promise to produce perfect figure
unless the woman who wears them will
do her part. She must learn to walk
well, to sit correctly, to "carry" herself
properly, to hold her head up, to elevate
the bust by raising the chest TO where
it belongs, and to keep the shoulders
where they should be (Which is where
they fall naturally when the chest Is
carried up where il belongs).
Then again, while every corset must
be nodded to conform to the figure it
encircles, the woman who appreciates
q good figure must have several corsets
at one time. For the cloth tailor-made
gown there NUT be one corset, for the
decollete dinner gown another kind,
for the negligee robes de chambre an
other style, for the bicycle quite an
other, and so on.
The correct bicycle corset, for exam
pie, is ventilated, and over the hips has
merely side steel and some elastic
bands. The dinner corset about the
bust is shaped to conform to the low
neclled bodice. The corset for the
lounging gown is little more than a
bust support. The corset for walking
gown is built close and high above the
bust and long over the abdomen. The
corset for the empire gown has no bus.
to speak of and is little more than
belt, etc.
The woman who by patience and
practice and proper corseting has ac-
quired a good figure can wear a corset
longer than the woman who has sham
bling carriage, and "hops" instead of
sitting correctly. The latter soon
forces the bones which support the cor
set into improper shape, and then If she
continues TO wear it her figure will be
nodded badly instead of well.
A well-known New York corsetiere,
who sympathizes with the woman who
must be economical, says that when a
corset is seen to be losing its shapeli-
ness it can be steamed until the bones
are flexible, and then over a flatiron the
bones can be restored to their correct
shape. This is only possible, however.
where the best materials are used, so
that the actual shaping of the corset
was done in cutting the forms, the
bones being used merely to hold the
pieces in place.
IF corsets were worn in sight, as bon
nets are, what revolution there would
be in their appearance.
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lusr ONE YEAR OLD.


0SI one short year ago he came.
N|u little son. God bless himl
toven-sent treasure, he is ours
no care for and caress him,
~ matter II the days be drear,
f hearts he never fails to cheer.
Hhtn to my work l go away
toop and softly kiss him;
And through the long. long hours of day
I sadly. sadly miss him;
JntlI at last. at set of sun.
80 10 him when work is done.
With outstretched arms and winning
smile
re COOS a loving greeting.
tbs hard 20 tell which one of us
~ happiest at our meeting.
This Joyous frolicsome young elf,
dis loving mamma, OF myself.
fis dimpled arms around my neck,
Cling close in soft caresses,
While 'gainst my bronzed and bearded
r cheek
His dewy lips he presses
Oh, little love Oh, baby mine!
Aop closely round my heart-strings
twine.
God grant that I'm the years to come
He ne'er may know a sorrow;
May peace and happiness be his
With every coming morrow,
and may Thine everlasting arm
frDtect and keep him safe from harm.
Oh, baby mine, when years have flown,
And am old and hoary.
When you to mans estate have grown,
And strong in manhoods glory,
on, never may our hearts grow cold,
Dear baby boy. just one year old.
Leisure Hours.
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MIRRORS IN STOVES.
Novelty That Promises to Become DeAs
to the Feminine Heart.

Novelty That Promises to Become DeaE
to the Feminine Heart.
a mirror in the palm of the glove IL
the latest novelty. With its assistance
its owner is enabled to be sure that her
bonnet is on straight and also that her
curls are in perfect order. She can like
wise ascertain if her bow is at the most
becoming angle at the proper time.
All these things and hundred others,
important from feminine point OF
view, she can find out on the streetwith'
out attracting the attention of passers
by, with the aid of this simple contriv'
ancc.
The inventor of this device has so al.
ranged the little looking-glass in thu
palm of the glove as not to interiors
with the shutting of the hand. lie has
likewise taken the precaution of putting
il in the left-hand glove, so that when
its owner shakes hands with friend il
will not be observed.
1t is not the fair sex alone that will
find this ingenious contrivance useful.
Men are quite as vain as women, so tho
latter claim, and will be seen by any oh.
server to look at themselves in every
mirror they pass on the street.-N. Y.
journal.
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rhs Singular Imprisonment Of .
Fish.

II
| Fish.
'The strangest Ash story ever heard
was an experience had myself" said
Judge Scudder, of Petaluma, as he set
tied himself back in his big armchair,
while a reflective look passed over his
open countenance.
ut was in the summer of 1882, 1 think,
that an eastern friend and myself start
cd out on the warpath for fish. Salmon
creek afforded fine fishing for salmon,
trout and salmon-trout as well, and
many were the stories of mammoth
fishes caught there which were waited
10 our ears when our friends learned
Of our destination; to all of which
my friend from the east listened in.
credulously.
This stream, as you know, flows
through n narrow defile, with precipi.
tous sides, and winding around consid-
erably after leaving Freestone, finally
ompties into the Pacific, and right near
there we had our headquarters-at the
Ocean View house-tramping up the
narrow canyon each morning with bait
for ourselves as well as the fishes.
eve had good sport-fne luck, in
factor two days, and on the third
day chose very wild spot and seated
myself on a large rock overhanging
the creek. l fished with line and rod,
using the same old-fashioned sort of
worm I did as a boy. There was no
need to use the more scientific fly when
fish were so easily caught.
The easterner was down stream a
little way, and everything was intense.
ly solemn and quiet. When felt
fierce pull on the line l reused up at
once, and, pulling up, what should
see come bobbing to the surface but
a human skull, which, to all appear
ance, had swallowed the bait through
It's eyes. Naturally, my otherwise steady
nerves were considerably shaken, and,
with a sort of howl. started back sud-
denly. which motion swung the grew
some thing rather sharply against
rock, whereat it cracked apart and the
several pieces-to my relief-slid off
into the stream, leaving dangling on
my line most peculiar-looling fish,
almost white and forming an almost
perfect ring.
II quickly jerked the hook out of its
gills and let it drop into the clear water,
where it went through the strangest
motions, still keeping its circular shape.
1t was unable to swim, but twisted
around in the water. or moved with a
wheel-like motion. Ny friend, who had
been attracted by my howl, arrived just
in time to see some of the eccentric
gyrations, and, l really believe, if he
hadn't actually seen it he would always
have said it was a California yarn.
I'VE afterward came to the conclusion
that the fish, when small, had strayed
into the skull, and probably through
some motion of its own had turned the
ruin over and so closed its mode OF
cgress, though il could easily survive
and grow on the food which came float
ing by, and there it continued to grow,
only in a ring, till the worm, falling
through one Of the eye-sockets, provided
a mode of relief from its cramped quar-
tiers.
1--WE quit fishing for that day, and
it was some time before l could eat fish
without a thought of this strangely-im
prisoned curio."-San Francisco Call.
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which he had again produced, Nand
] want TO give you chance Of saying
your prayers before you diel"
Grinnlng hideously as he spoke he
went to cupboard at one end of the
room, and dragged fromit a keg, which,
by dint of much exertion, he managed
to get onto the table. Standing it on
end, he speedily knocked off the top and
exposed it's contents.
''Gunpowder," he said, explanatory,
dipping his hand into the barrel and al
lowing the material to run through his
fingers. He then went back to the cup
board and produced a candle, which he
buried half its length in the somber
grains, and, striking a match, deliber-
ntely set light to the wick.
"Not bad idea, is it?" he said, eXult-
ingly, addressing me. "The taper will
burn for about half an hour and you can
amuse yourself in the meantime by
watching the flame as IL gets nearer and
nearer the powder. When it touches,
good-by to you. Ha! hal"
With a fiendish laugh, he glided out OF
the room, and the banging of the outer
door a few seconds later told me he was
in the street, and was left face to face
with certain death.
My brain reels as 1 recall the awful
time that followed. Slowly, but surely,
the candle burned away, each flicker of
it's flame bringing me closer and closer
to the fate was powerless to avert, I
writhed and twisted at the cords which
bound me, until my veins were nigh to
bursting, but without avail. Call for
help could not, for the gag that the