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But she was led to believe that congress
mighterect something that would more
adequately emphasize the glory of the
lead. Individual senators and congress-
men even assured her their aid in push
ing the matter. Her friends advised her
to wait. And there the matter rested
for IL years.
SO it happens that at the present mo-
ment there are only seven pathetically
unnamed mounds in that beautiful
Woodlawn lot to mark the spot where
lie the great hearts that beat no more.
1t seemed pity that the bodies had
ever been disinterred from the spot in
the Lena delta, where their discoverer,
Chief Engineer George w. Melville, had
inferred them in March, 1882. This was
rude, but a splendid and appropriate
sepulcher for Arctic heroes. On the
summit of Monument hill, a solid rock
800 feet high, he dug a grave. And
above that grave he placed gigantic
wooden cross, inscribed with their
names.
Better almost, it seemed, to have left
them in that bleak desolation, on that
hill, beaten by fierce winds, crowned
with snow, and surrounded by the wild
scenes where they had struggled and
fallen! Forat least there they memory
was commemorated.
But the words of the Herald have
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The tichu, thus: A morning gown OF
light pink crepe, embroidered with
family blushing daisy buds, vatican
plaits, of course, and over the shoulders
wide Louis Seize scarf of muslin edged
with lace.
There are many silks striped with the
old narrow lines which always seemed
implied when you mentioned Summer
Silks" there are pale green silks and
shot silks, there is etamine, and there is
hard canvas and soft serge and coarse
hop sacking. There are pattern silks in
red and cream white; there are white
frocks in canvas woods; there are mar
row belts and wide corselet belts; there
lis great use Of tulle and muslin, the for
mer in black as well as white.
Surely one needs only money to be
happy, II pretty gowns will make her
so, and that Is doubted by,
ELLEN OsBoRK
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ers less cool blooded, these close Jackets
would hardly do. Cycling is warm
work, and the majority of fair riders
will do well to cling to the thin waists,
and to the shortest kind of jacket, tied
on the handle bar at that!
The sailor hat and the soft Alpine
shapes have scarcely any rivals, though
some bicyclists do wear picture hats Of
moderate dimensions defying the wind
with hat pins. But there Is one substi.
tute, If you wish to be very British.
Describe bicycle suit and you have
described golf suit, in many cases.
Golf is rich mans game, true enough.
But women who are not rich can play
and make one costume do for both pas
times. If one Is made 1t should have
short skirt, not necessarily divided,
made preferably Of big snowy plaids in
coarse weave, and leather leggings and
tam cap go well with the outfit. A
cooler sport than cycling is golf-that
must be admitted.
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brought forth speedy answer. SEN
ator Chandler has introduced bill in
the senate appropriating 100000 for
the erection of national monument in
this neglected spot.
The monument is to be fac-simile
of that built by Chief Engineer Mel.
vile, where wood was used, however,
the proposed tomb is to have bronze.
This in accordance with the wishes of
Mrs. De Long. Some years ago an artist
friend of hers drew a sketch which in
dicates this wish. She would be willing
to have it modified in certain details, so
as to approximate more closely to the
original. But the general design is the
one on which she has set her heart.
These are the names of those buried
in Woodlawn over whom it is proposed
to erect the monument; Lieut.. Com
mander G. w. DE Long, W. Lee, A. Gortz,
A. Dressler, N. Iverson, II. Fl. Rack and
All Sam
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same key on the same two octaves
In this, the fifth finger is used once,
the fourth not at all, and the three
strong fingers twice each.
Here again the strong fingers are get
ting twice the work of one cf the weak
er ones while the weakest finger of all
gets absolutely nothing.
Nevertheless, scales and arpeggios are
most necessary in all piano playing and
must be practiced and rracticcd faith
fully; but when these give 50 much
extra work to the first, second and third
fingers, almost every other exercise
used should aim at the most complete
and perfect development possible fer
the fourth and fifth fingers.
Take almost any page from the
standard technical works and write
above the exercise the finger used on
each note; then count the number of
times each finger is used, and it will
be found to be in the same proportion
as the scales. The position of the
strong fingers in the center of the hand
leads to their getting double share
in the working out ofalmost all of tho
1854 technical puzzles our instruc-
ton books are so fond of: and the very
mistaken habit of making the strong
fingers of one hand Play an exercise
meant for the weaker of the other fire.
quently takes away what little good the
weaker fingers get out of the exercises
supposed to be for their especial lsene-
fit. So those who conscientiously prac-
tice yards and yards of bewildering
technical exercises are getting further
and further away from true equality
of the powers of their fingers and the
gain in general strength ard musical
experience is often more tiaan lost in
the greater unevenness created between
the stronger nrd weaker {; gers.
This is the great mistake of the piano
practicing of the world, and the fig
ures prove the case so rclentlessly that
it is hardly possible to dispute the con,
illusions reached. Granting these most
evident conclusions, the next question
is the remedy. This, fortunately, is in
one way very simple, although it makes
necessary the widest change in the pre-,
vaillng method of writing technical ex-
ercises and in the use of those that we
now have.
/ Whoever will give the fourth and
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fifth fingers plenty of work, and will
also practice steadily on series of ex-
ercises using the first, fourth and fifth
fingers only, in connection with a mod
crate amount of scale work and gen.
eral playing, will be simply amazed
at the evenness that comes into the en-
tire work of the hand AS an example
see table No. 3, which Is on the arpeggio
of the diminished chord, beginning
with the right hand at the C on the Sec
ond line above the staff in the treble
clef.
In this exercise the fourth and fifth
fingers are each used four times at the
start, and as these neglected fingers
grow stronger the first bar of the exer-
else is repeated two or three times be-
fore playing the second bar at all.
When the weak fingers are strong
enough to play the first bar three times
before going to the second, the count
ing will show that:
The fifth and fourth fingers are used
IA times each, the second and third
twice each, and the thumb once.
This exercise and it's continuation on
the arpeggios of the other diminished
chords is bound to work wonders in Civ
ing the fingers general evenness; and it
is only one Of 100 that could be con-
structed on the same general plan.
Not single exercise should be used
that does not at least give the weaker
fingers quantity of work equal to that
given the stronger; and four out OF
every five exercises used should give the
weaker from three to ten times the
amount given the stronger. A careful
course of this kind of work will simply
be revelation to those who have strug-
gled with the discouraging "break" at
the point where the stronger fingers
give over the work to those that are
so poorly fitted to take it up.
GILBERT ToMPKINs.
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JEANNETTE CROSS.

Monument for De Long to Be Erected In
WoUdlawn Cemetery, New York.
Only a few weeks ago the New York
Herald called attention to the deplor-
able fact that no monument marked the
last resting place in Woodlawn ceme-
terry of Lieut.. De Long and his fellow
heroes of the Jeanette expedition.
A lot Of ground had been purchased
there by the widowed Mrs. De Long in
the year 1884, when the rescued remains
of the dead were brought to this coun-
try. Here Lieut.. De Long himself and
six Of his companions had been laid to
rest, with solemn services, on February
%. Mrs. De Long would fain have
placed over them the modest monu.
ment, which was all she could afford.
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ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
Decoration Day Marks the Opening
OF Another Yacht ng Season.
Golf, Cycling, outing Gowns-The Very
--latest Word Upon the Recrca-
tion Toilets of remi-
nine A merica.
[copYRIeHr. 1861

In the deliciously Illogical ways Of
such definitions, Decoration day is said
to mark the beginning of the outing
season. The lines of veterans march
ing past, the empty sleeves, the halt.
ing gait, the tears and cheers that greet
the old flag, the flowers that fall on
nameless graves and lofty monuments
ms if to bury out of sight the ugly menu
cries of war, and the smiling heaven
that bids all be peace again-what have
these to do with cleek or paddle, oar or
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front breadth, with the buttons down
each side, is removable, and when it is
taken away, my lady stands in true di-
vided skirt fit to delight Lady Uabber-
ton and other martyrs of dozen years
ago. 1t contains considerable cloth, and
cannot by any stretch of courtesy be
called an ideal arrangement for ground
and lofty tumbling, but it is a skirt; and
1t is shortSand it will do. A woman
don't as a rule care SO much about
"scorching" as about looking sweet on
the seat of a bicycle built for herself,
with or without another. For that mat
ter, one scarcely sees ladies riding tan
dems now, though the new "soc;ables"
have their admirers.
Assume that she is to have divided
skirt with front flap, it is lett my l;.'ly
to select materials. These should be
light in tint and texture, and if there is
a dash of yellow in the drah, dust col
ored gown will be produced Here,
again. the solid virtue of the dust col
ors-tans and browns and reddish
grays-does not always prove allu: ing.
The prettiest cycling dress I've seen
lately had a skirt, or two skirts with
but a single belt. of pretty blue and
white check, the white predominant
ing. The tiny jacket was dark blue,
but about the lapel half an inch in from
the edge ran a strip of lighter check.
The effect of the whole was simple, yet
extremely pretty. For Newport, where
cool weather may be expected, two
pretty suits have been designed. One
is Of dark tan, short s..l doublc.
breasted jacket 10 til. ard .he
wide square lapels are l!ileu in with
fawn color. A yachting tie and linen
front just show at the throat.
The other suit has a plain hat with
two quilts, a dark blue skirt with wide
white military braid, and round bot.
toned jacket, braided likewise and fur
nished with an agonizing high-stock
collar. One of these costumes is very
suitable for real work. and one is very
pretty. Can you tell which is which?
For places less favored, or for wear.
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only to be sent to Libby prison, where,
after four months captivity, he was
let go. He rejoined his regiment, which
was then at Brandy Station, but his
health had failed, and he was sent to
the hospital. He continued his work az
d speaker for the Christian commits
sion in many cities of the country, and
returned to the ministry when the war
was at an end. He was now sent to
Portsmouth, O., where he improved his
opportunities by building handsome
church. Later he took up church ex-
tension work, and travelled for 16 years
in that cause. AS secretary of the mis-
sien board his work was nothing short
of marvellous. He had an absolute genius
for collecting money for missionary pur.
poses, and was sent back to his labors
in that field in 1884, and still holds that
post. He predicted when first he en-
tered the missionary service that the
Methodists should have 100000 for
missions. His prophecy is now fact.
In four years he raised debt of 900
from the Metropolitan church in Wash
ington. He is an earnest, Jealous,
virile man, light-hearted as child and
gentle as woman.
In Mcn,or;am.
My broken soldiers, made of lead,
Are buried in the garden bed,
And lovely flowers DER them play,
For this is Decoration day.
Harpcr's Round Table
Thought for the Day.
The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he sleeps In dust.
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PATRIOTIC CHURCHMAN.


MADE u BishOp.
No man in the entire range of the
Methodist ministry presents char
acter fuller of color than Rev. DR.. G..
c. McCabe. whom the great conference
at Cleveland has invested with the epis-
copacy. That he was to be bishop
every one of his brothers believed,
and Methodists will be well satisfied
with the decision of the conference.
He is now rounding his Goth year, and
Is a native of Ohio. In 1860 he was a
minister, and wishing to take the part
of patriot-churchman, he became the
chaplain of an Ohio regiment and
marched to the war with his fellow-cit-
liens. 1t was at Winchester that he
was shot and captured by the enemy
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-06-12

Dropped on sugar suffering children love tic
take it. Every Mother should have it in the,
house. 1tquickly relieves, soothes, heals ant!
cures all inward and outward aches and pains,
asthma, bronchitis, colds coughs, catarrh,
cuts, chaps, chilblains, cholera morbus, diarr-
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Originated in 1910 by the late DR.. A. Johnson,
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for nearly 4 century. All whouseitare amazed
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Its safe soothing satisfying; so say sick,
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The Doctors signature aud directions eTcry hottie
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Six bottles go ]. S. JOHNSON co, Boston, Mass.
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Improper digestion causes over
,p2% of all suffering and diseases
of the Blood, Liver, Stomach, Kid
neys, Lungs, Nerves, Brain or Skin.
Puritana renews and strengthens
the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-21


Jasi Low long the black diamonds
viii las. Is being continually diseusled'
but even the earliest period aet down
when the coal Of the world viii be ex-
hausiod Ia too remote to induce the
present generation to take much Inter
est In the subject. But The annual
production Of coal Is something Won
derful. The geological survey at
Washington has just Issued a bulletin
showing the coal production OF the
world during the last iwoniy-eight
years The total output IN 1858 was
aboat el5 600 tons. oi which the
United States yielded II per cent. II
gradually Increased until in the years
iSs2-ss.si It exceeded 5O0001o 600 tons
annually. II which. on an average, the
yniioi states contributed 30 per cent,
and Great Britain only q little more
though formerly the latter used 10 con-
tribute fully 80 per ccni Of the total
production
The produce Of 1899 was: United
siates. i57.7Ss.G57 tons: Great Britain,
zoo. ios. 0O8 tons. Germany, 9s.l7s.3o9
tons. France. 2S.756.ess tons; Austria
Hungary. so.gsa.i95 tons; Belgium,
s2.i53.s7i lens: Russia. d.e31,2i9 tons
other countries. l2.0is.6i6 ions; total
$3.50. los tons. In is15-uniied
States is3liI530 tons; Great Britain
ei2sa0 7Z5 tons. Germany. lli,5eilSl
tora france. s0.27s.5s) tons; Austria.
Hungary. 90 b7O.Ss3 ions, Belgium. 22.-
5o5.S1i tons; Russia. S,S6I,Sai tons
other countries. ii.25O,9gS tons; total
SIS se5 $50 tons.
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against the mother-down. breathing an
atmosphere tempered by passage
through the olose-sot barbules OF the
plumes. In the mechanical brooder In
which the Armour baby may have 10
spend several months the air Is siited
through layers OF cottonwood and thus
cleanfed IL supplied with an added pro-
portion OF oxygen from tank attached
10 the apparatus before being warmed
and famed into the tiny cell. The
temperature inside the brooder Is kept
AZ IS degrees Fahrenheit 20 that no
part Of the chlld's strength need be
wasted In the generation OF animal
heat Warmth. darkness and silence
are the three chief characteristics " a
thild's environment before n Is born
and the use OF the brooder makes Il
easy 10 exclude both the light and the
noise. which disturb the Incomplete hui
man being. Another requirement is
that the delicate morsel Of humanity
should be touched and handled az little
AZ possible II Il were possible TO keep
II floating In a bath all the time SO
that there would never be unequal
pressure on tie body. this would be
done. but Il 10 not practicable 70 do
more than provide the softest OF beds.
"A Il Is necessary to have minute
/ knowledge OF It's changes In weight
/ from hour TO hour. the mattress on the
brooder Is supported BY a scale which
can at any instant be observed by tho
nurse without disturbing the baby. A
special form OF stethoscope. fitted with
an India rubber cap and made OF such
small oallber that Il can be easily In
troduced between the rlhs Of the small
est child, Is atted into the roof OF the
hrooder and the attendant physician
h thus enabled 10 detect the earlles,
symptoms Of derangemon, In the chest
Miss Armour's wardrobe az presen,
consists o. nothing but absorbent cot
ton. In which she Is carefully wrapped
and this IL changed 80 often that she
does no; miss the bath which she Ia not
yet strong enough 20 take. Her nuiri'
lion. too. Is a complicated cask. The
old system Of "gayage." which was "a
stun food down the thron, OF child toe
weak to eat. just as meal Is stuffed
down the threats Of chickens which are
helng faltened for tho market. proved
unsatisfactory. for the baby made an
involuntary EFFORT TO struggle against
this process Of stufing. aud every enorl
involves fatigue whore fatigue Is to b
most vigorously avoided a little glasi
cylinder was then arranged 80 that 4
would hold half a dozen spoonfuls o.
milk. and at the ends Of the cylinder
two rubber bulbs were placed, one o
which was perforated. From this TIM
exit the milk is slowly forced down th'
chIld's throat. a drop al a time. 4
spoonful OF milk Is given every houl
throughout the twenty-four hours o
each Of the FIRST few days OF life, an'
the weight OF the little girl, which wa
four pounds when she was born. ha
not decreased az all. This. in itself
Il considered a great success. and |
viii not be until the fourteenth or NJ
ieonlh day Of her life that any inereas
win Be expected. When che ie . neat
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-21

II q an old story paE that the aero
nauis Of the day have abandoned the
search for light materials and buoyan.
gases IN attempts on aerial naylga-
ton. The flmslness aud large area
OF exposure that attend the use Of
such means place the aeronaut at the
mercy OF the elements. Their hope
now lies In the principle OF the oyster
she'll which boys sail to such crafty
ing distances and comparatively small
muscular effort. and the laws which
account for soaring birds like the buz'
yards. Prof. Langley, Mr.. Maxim and
Herr Lillenthal are one In their re-
lance on this aeroplane thoary. Tho
mechanical regularity OF the aero
planes motion 10 similar 20 the sliding
Of a rapid akater over thin ice-iho
faster he goes the less danger Is thora
OF Stalking. So Prof. Langley has used
Ia the building OF his last and mos,
successful machine substances actually
a thousand times heavier than the all
which promised TO support them, and
he relies entirely on the extensive arta
OF the planes. shaped something Ike
the wings OF a hawk, and their angle
to the currents Of air, TO achieve buoy
aney. The oyster she'll analogy affords
luminous explanation TO every man
who remembers the ecstasy OF seeing
the white disc soar away and up lonG
after the earth should. by all expert
ences OF e-throwlag. have claimed
her own. The natter and thinner tho
shell within the limits Of weight The
more astonishing the flight that result.
ed. unless. indeed. the edge OF the mis-
slle were Inclined downward instead Of
slightly upward. In the former cas'
the shell darted instantly to earth and
the throw fell 80 much short Of The
average heavlng Of pebble as the NOR
scientific skim would have exceeded II
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Justice Ito colorod prlsonerl You
plead innocent OF the charge Of theft
and YET you were caught with two OF
MIR. Punklnsccd's chickens In your pos.
session How do You explain the cir
cumstanceg
C. P.-De 'cumstanoo am easy nun TO
splaln, yer honor took de chickens
by permission
Justice How's that? You don't mean
to say he gave them 20 you?
c. P,-well. not 'zackly. but sum
phen 'qulyalent. yer honor. Yer see. Il
was this way; I arsks de genlman to
give some 'slstance to a po Niger out
Of a Job, an he says Amt goin' to help
any beggar but lse wlllin' enough "a
help man to help hlsself I says date
al want. massa. a chance to help mes.
self Wei, just den he steps side Dc
barn an ! was left alone side dc chick
en- coop, so takes de FIRST chance hC
gives me to help mesself. an dat's how
! comes In p'sesslon oh de chickens
Oar want no theft bout Il, yer honor
Brooklyn Life.
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The Family Herald some months ago
gave an Illustration OF the proposed
steamship 70 be built By ~. Bazln. a
French marine engineer. wherein the
vessel was uhown mounted on huge
wheels. which enable @ 10 roll oscr
the waves. The idea lying behind his
proposition can be shown By an ex-
pertinent Take a hollow lens shaped
disk. something like two saucers Joined
together. which can be held vertically
IN the water Plunge this disk into
the water and push Il forward. You
will ind that Il viii so ahead for some
feet. and will then be stopped by the
resistance OF the water But II. before
you push Il. you give Il, by means Of a
spindle crossing its center, a sufficient
b rapid rotary movement, you viii
lnd that The disk viii. SO to speak
aau the water instead OF cleavlng Il
and viii thus make ten times the dis
lancs. The frsl rolling boat construct
~ under these conditions will shortly
~ launched On the Seine. What spec
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enough 20 breathe tho air that mortals
breathe and she was at once put into
"brooder." or incubator. as Il Is CON-
monty called. II the doctors succeed
In making her live old Phil viii give
the midget 100000 when they are
able 10 take her out Of the machine
When John Howard. hundred years
ago. told the world that In a Wallach-
Ian prison he had seen men kept In
cells only four feet high and six feet
long and two feet wide women tainted
with horror at the phllanthroplst's de-
scription Of the living death 20 which
those wretchod creatures were con-
demned. But tho sky Of Miss Armour's
world a. only twelve inches above her
head and from one horizon 20 the other
the space IS only two feet. and yet the
young lady does not find her sphere Of
action limited for the only movement
she makes u TO wigglo her pink toes
and open and shut her microscopic
hsts when a chicken FIRST comes ont
Of the shell & hides under the wing
Of the hroodlrg hen. cozlly nestled