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INTERESTING TO WOMEN.

The first Southern State which has
passed a bin permitting women law
yers is Alabama.
There are in the State of Connecticut
over fifty-four women who are daugh-
ters of soldiers who fought in the rev.
olutionary war.
At many of the London theaters
women pronpters are taking the place
of men. 1t is found their voices carry
better The innov alton has not yet
been made in America.
Countess Won Linden has been Sc
lected by the University of Halle as
substitute for Mr. Brands, professor of
zoology, during his leave of absence.
The Countess has already acted as as
sistant to the professor.
The latest thing in musical instru-
ments is a mandolin made of alumni
ium. There is no warping, splitting OF
cracking as in those of wood and the
tone is as clear as a bell 1t will stand
all kinds of weather without being I'M
paired.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Lippincott, better
known as Grace Greenwood, was the
pioneer woman journalist in official
Washington. She still lives, in that
city, and though u years of age, and
for some time unable to write, talks
confidently of resuming her work.
It is being urged that the bicycle is
responsible for coarsening and rough
ening the voices of women, who are
obliged to strain them calling to com
panions. The dust, too, is said TO IN
jure the vocal chords. Some singing IN
structors forbid their pupils to ride for
this reason
At Mount Vernon, n. Y, recently a
woman was sentenced to three months
Imprisonment because she did not keep
her children clean This, it is said, Is
the first case of the kind ever reporleu
Mrs. Annie Dinsmore Davis OF Ken
lucky, when studying in Florence las
/ winter was invited to sing at a concer'
with the full orchestra. She is the only
American singer upon whom this honor
| has been conferred
| Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor
General of Canada was chosen to make
| the convention address at the opening
| Of the spring term of the University VI
! Chicago. Her theme was THE UmVef-
| sity in It's Effects Upon the Home.
| Next to Queen Victoria, Queen LOUISE
| Of Denmark is the oldest Queen IN hu
rope. Princess Louise of Hesse-CaSse
| was born in 1922 and was married a.
| the age of 20 to Prince Christian OF
Sonderburg- -Blucksburg, now hihe
| Christian TX.
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Olive Tree and Fruit.

The prevalent opinion seems to be
that olive trees do not require pruning
and that they bear only every other
year. The cause for the latter condl-
ton. saws a writer in the South Cali
fornia Farmer is that when they have
a. crop they usually oyerbear and pro-
duce little or no new growth in which
the next crop comes and on the off year
they produce an excess of growth on
which the tree is overloaded again. The
remedy for this would be pruning ana
thinning. the same as with any other
fruit tree. The tree should be pruned
to properly balance it on all sides. Ola
wood with no new growth should pc
cut out from the inside Of the tree. Ihe
outer branches should be cut back so
as to stimulate new growth, yet be-
being sure to leave enough of last
years wood for the coming crop.
In picking olives most persons use a
two per cent. solution of lye, or one
pound to six gallons of water This is
more than the water will hold in perfect
solution. The result Will be, even with
frequent straining, some of the bottom
olives will be done before the top ones
are. If you use but two pounds OF lye
to a barrel of olives you will have no
trouble with this; it will take longer to
get the bitter out but they will be
much firmer and keep better. After
the lye is soaked out, put on brine
boiling hot of three-fourths of pound
of salt to one gallon of water. If after
a time your brine shows bubbles on
top or begins to be Shiny, draw it off
and put on another boiling brine as
above. and you will have good pickles.
i-Petaluma Argus.
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ROBERT GOULD SHAW,
The Monument by Augustus St
Gaudens.

Fixed in one desire,
Thrilled by one fierce fire,
Marching men and horse,
And he the youthful rider-one soul, one
aim, one force.
Onward he doth press;
Moving, but motionless,
ReSolute, intent
AS on some mighty errand the willing
youth We're bent.
Onward, though he hears
Fathers, sisters tears;
Onward. though before him
Grief more near, more dear-the break
ing heart that bore him.
".
Onward, though he leaves
One who lonely grieVeS;
On, keep him, Fate! from harm
For on his dewy lips the bridal kiss is
What doth he behold
Making the boy so bold?
Speak with whispering breath!
o Fate, o Fame, o radiant soul in love
with glorious Death.
Eyes that onward peer
Why have they no fear?
Because, through blood and blight,
They. see the golden morning burst and
bring the living light;
See War the fetters strike
From white and black alike;
See, past the pain and seorn,
A nation saved. a race redeemed, and free
dom newly born;
VIII
See, in days to come
When silent Wars rude drum,
Ere civic wrong shall cease
Heroes as pure and brave arise on battle
fields of peace.
Richard Watson Glider in the Critic.
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WHAT 1T MEANT.
An Actress Interprets the Enthu
siastic Applause of Rival.

The actress had exerted herself to
the utmost to make the hit of her life,
and when her scene was over received
the hearty congratulations Of the COM
pany. She was pleased to q. certain de
gree, and yet doubtful.
Il suppose the audience liked it." she
said to the woman who plays matronly
roles.
"Of course, my dear. There is no
mistaking the matter. You have made
a hit"
I'm not quite sure it amounted to so
much at that"
why, the applause of the audience
should have been sufficient to convince
you"
We'll, you know that scene always
gets a great deal of applause, no mat
ter who plays it. It's the strong situa-
ton of the piece"
But even Miss Carper, your rival
compliments you
Was that horrid creature here?'
"Yes. And everybody is saying how
nice it was in her to be so demonstra-
tive in applauding YOU
80 she applauded, did she?' the
young woman unused, with a gather
ing frown.
"Yes. She shouted bravo! and broke
her fan hammering on the eEge of the
proscenium box"
THAT settles it. I'll never play that
character again."
Why not?"
Because I did it badly. If Miss Car
per had really thought was doing il
we'll she wouldn't have applauded. She
would have sat in the back part of the
box and looked like a thunder cloud. -
Washington Star.
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A Lucid Explanation.

Tuffold Knutt threw away the torn
scrap of a newspaper with which he
had been amusing himself and Ian
gufdly asked:
"Wot does it mean Wen it says the
resolutions wuz adopted by a risin'
vote?'"
1T means" replied Mosely Wraggs,
blinking at the sun and rolling a lit
tie farther over into the shade of the
tree. "it means that the vote wuz small
at first, but it kept a-risin an risin till
it wuz a majority. If you wouldn't
ask questions, folks wouldn't find out
wot blame fool you are!"-Chicago
Tribune.
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For the "Record-Unlon-" a"
De Golden Calf.

(Adanted to music All rights reserved
Ole Aaron made er golden calf,
Chillen. chillen OBJ Israel!
ole Aaron made er golden calf,
Whar was Moses den?
Whar was Moses? --
Whar was Moses?
Sho! Moses was talkin to de LtWu
Dat calf was made OBJ julery,, shuah'
ChilIen. chillen OBJ Israeli
OBJ julery made by de Hebrew, snual'
Whar was Moses den?
(Chorus)
An den dey yell an dance an slpg'
Chillen, chillen oh Israeli
Dew say de calf er a mighty nne tlhs-
Whar was Moses den?
Den Moses he den hyar lie fuss,
Chillen. chillen OBJ Israel!
IN e smash de calf to golden dus'!
Whar was Moses den?
(Chorus.) A-4a
N e took dat idols golden dus,
Chillen chillen oh Israeli
N e made dem eat de golden dus!
Whar was Moses den?
(Chorus.)
Dey smote dem chillen right n lei,
Chillen, chillen OBJ Israel!
Tree tousan' oh dem los dey oreI!
Whar was Moses den?
(ChoruS.)
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Sugar Good for Athletes.

Alpine climbers, who seldom eat
candy at home, are said to appreciate il
highly VIXEN on their excursions.
Guides are fond of it, as a great
source of muscular force. Experiments
have recently been made in Germany
to demonstrate the value of sugar to
those who perform hard labor The
Prussian Ministry of War is satisfied
that muscular work done when natur-
al sugar fcane. or beet sugar. was used
was superior to that when sacchain
formed a part of the diet. The blood
is poor in sugar after muscular exer-
ton, but small quantity eaten gives
back the lost energy.
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the cheap extraneous excitements
which are tackled on religion as the
clown is invested with cap and bells
and which form the stock in trade of
some clerical mountebanks. What
should be aimed for is sense, not sem
sationalism, in all pulpit procedures.
There is to be noted a present day ten
dency among young preachers to ex-
plot the Gospel by all manner of ex-
travagances of expression. The spirit
of yellow Journalism appears to have
infected even some supposedly steady
minded ~clerics, who seek to attract by
astounding and to obtain a hearing at
the cost of self-respect and of all So
briefly of thought. The topics of such
preachers, as announced in the Satur-
day evening prints, partake where un-
accompanied by explanatory texts, of
the character Of anagrams, acrostics or
other enigmas, the key to which will be
supplied to the uninitiated when they
appear in church on the following day
Such themes remind us of i'll assorted
images of iron, brass and clay. There
is no power of amalgamation, no force
of fusion, to such teXtual conglOmera-
ates. And it is a grievous sin against
a true aestheticism, to say nothing of
the sanctities of the Gospel itself, to
seek to advertise sacred things in such
a flippant and inconsequential fashion" :"
=
1--WE never take an interest, except
that Of solicitude for themselves and
those to whom they minister, in the fire.
quently advertised boy preachers, -
observes the Central Christian Advo-
cate" Meth) of st. Louis. Adde'S
cence invariably means both intellect
God has ordained praise out of the
mouths of babes and sucklings, and in
His kingdom certainly has place and
use for children and youth, their place
and use, we are sure, are not in the
pulpit and the Christian ministry-alI
the more certainly not if they be either
intellectual or religious freaks. Pre-
maturely ripened fruit is always both
unhealthy and unWholesome. Conse-
quently il boys are to be preachers at
all, it were better that they should be
plain ordinary boys, rather than alb
normal and frenzied 'geniuses, pos
sesseG Of d mad spirit OF volubility and
gaseous emotionalism. Such unfortu-
nate youths, instead of being set up as
teachers Of sane people and being en-
ployeG to produce a shallow amaze
ment as juvenile evangelists, should be
kept under the care of wise teachers,
who know how to deal with minds dis
eased''
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Her Summer Dream.

Pap says that he'll take me tc Europe,
Wen sail on the very next boat,
And maw's in a terrible futter
To think what we'll wear when afioat.
The trunks drive the maid to distraction
(You bet that we have quite a few),
But NAV smiles when she thinks that he
daughter
May bring back a title or two.
OF course wen stop over in London,
To see all the jubilee show,
And meet all the lords and their ladies,
And viscounts and earls. you know.
Pap says he can buy up the island,
Which would be nice thing to do,
But I'll be content if he only
VIII get me title or two.
-Pittsburg News.
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They Both Got 1t.

"Jolliam's plan to curry favor with
his employer didn't work worth a
cent"
MOP"
NO. He took the old man riding in
a blackboard, and the horse bolted into
the gutter
.'Yes?"
And Jolliam got the bounce. New
York Press.
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He started out to paint things red,
He got things mixed, tits true;
He came back with a carmine nose
And eyes both black and blue.
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The garnitures on summer dress
skirts are almost as varied as the dec
orations on the bodice which complete
them; and frills, folds, fiounces. flut-
ings, fluttering ribbons, tucks, cordings,
shirrings and killings flourish where
but recently appeared only the plain,
unadorned. undraped models
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of silk muslin carried twice around the
waist, or of soft undressed silk in pale
mauve, pink, lettuce green or black.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

That dazzling ware''-Lib-
bey Cut Glass bears this trade .e(i16eU
mark cut on every piece. ~
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| No boquets or buttons may be worn
| by Atlanta policemen.
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combination on light summer gowns
when the tints and textiles are carefully
chosen. Black net over white satin,
and black lace over white transparents,
are the hight of style in Paris. The
gowns are finished either with sashes
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Never before has there been such a
variety of beautiful effects in batiste
embroidery as there is this season. Ev-
cry tint of ecru, from cream to the
brownish flax color is represented in
these lovely trimmings, and the latest
designs come in deep fiouncings and
wide insertions, with irregular edges
and open patterns exquisitely embroid-
cred in various colored silks of sub
dued shades, artistically harmonized.
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Many of the newest plain India mus
lins or Powered organdie muslin dresses
have tucked bodices and tiounced skirts.
with the very fashionable ribbon sash,
with long loops and ends at the waist.
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The graceful and pretty Marie An
toinette fichus and fichu draperies
complete the trimmings of very many
of the dressy summer gowns. This
style, as it was presented early in the
season. could not fail to become adopt
ed. for it is one that is becoming alike
TO small and large women. For the
too slender form it can easily be made
to apparently increase the size, and it
can likewise be arranged in long fiat
folds to produce just the opposite ef-
feet.
x-,Ior- a,,5 ,,oo,,x-a foY.,,, a vary nrat+v
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most enjoyable evening. When / ar
rived at the house on the appointed
evening I found the only child, a girl
of 6, monopolizing the entire conversa-
ton. After the civility of greeting me
was over the doting mother asked anlx-
iously: What We're you saying, darl-
ing?" and the precociOus kidlet re-
sumed her interrupted discourse, both
parents fairly hanging on each word
she said, and occasionally asking me
in breathless whisper what I thought
of that
AT dinner she sat on her fathers right
and was served before any one else.
After dinner she again monopolized the
conversation until from sheer exhaus-
ton she fell asleep.
Neither one of the parents thought
there was. anything abnormal about
their treatment Of the child, but I
trembled to think what sort Of a woman
she will grow into with such home
treatment.
I have often recommended course
Of light reading for these summer
months, and now I've about come to
| the conclusion that everything these
days should be of light, breezy, frothy
character. You see, people don't want
to be compelled this warm weather to
do any more brain work than Is abso-
lutely necessary. When one goes to
an open-air concert he doesn't like to
listen TO selections from Wagner, espe-
cially in August, nor does his soul re-
spond to Chopin sonatas, nor yet TO a
selection from Bach. Now, in the way
OF songs, 1 would strongly recommend
/ something eerie and cEeepy and shiv-
! cry. / wouldn't advise love songs, be-
/ cause love always brings to my mind
such an intense mental strain. Songs OF
| the platonic order seem to me to be just
about the thing. BESELENA.
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Screws in Stone Walls,

& Dusseldorf engineer. Knowing from
experience that wooden bowels for the
purpose Of securing. screws; in stoncc are
apt to weaken ttEio.. wallis. an,l> da~1rot af-
ford the desired solidity, has devised an
Ingenious method Of obtaining firm an
suitable, thickness is cooled onto the
screw. so as to follow the threads of the
same and. to form Il kind of screw nut.
The coiling may commence near the
head or thick end of the bolt and proceed
toward the point by lay ing the wire into
or, between the threads, so as to touch
the bottom of the same, the section Of
each screw thread being preferably tri-
angular or trapezoidal and the core of
til" screw conical similar to wood
screw. After arriving mt the point Of
the screw. the wire may be- wound back
ward over the helix already wound on,
but with sleeper pitch, SO rs to leave
wider intcrsticcS between consecutive
ccnvolutions of the wire. After the wire
has been laid on SO as to- form IL nut
and then the screw withdrawn. the nut
or Wire: coil is introduced into a hole
which has been drilled or otherwise
which is, slightly wider than the diam
eter Of tho nut measured over the outer
layer of the wire, after which the inter
stress arc filled up with plaster Of paris,
cement. or similar binding material in a
plastic condition. When the said bind
ing material has become sufficiently hard
ana firm. the screw bolt which has served
-as score, or another screw bolt having
the same diameter and pitch. is screwed
mt" ting wire coil and may now be
screwed out and in repeatedly without
damaging the wall because the wire
serves as Il screw nut, which is secured
to the stone or wall by the cement or
other binding matcrial.-Philadclph
Record
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Shows Her Authority.


The English mistress, says Table Talk.
when convinced Of the advisability Of !,
method in governing her domestic affairs.
institutes it at once with great intlcpcnt-
cncc. The servant who questions, how
ever valuable, is Sacrificed, rather than
her own dignity and authority. Foreign
papers mention an innovation Of the nrcs-
tnt season AS IA ther doubtful in result
and to be watchcd'w with interest BY house
wives of other cotiltries. In England. as
everywhere, the breakage of fine china.
glass and bric-a-brae is not" only "A trial
of temper and PATIENCE, but "a financial
loss very noticeable in summing up,the
house bills Of the year. Various Ways
of obviating this have been discussed.
. until the present suggestion, cmanat ting
from an English woman wearing title
is now to be fully tested by herself and
friends Believing That skirts have much
to do with knocking over, and brushing
off articles of value, nlafdservants en-
plOyed will hereafter wear knickerbock-
ers by way of experiment. A protection
for the servant (as well as the household
gods) is claimed for this movement in her
care of the many heart1I fires that dis.
tinguisll the English home In kindling
brushing up the ashes. etc, the cotton
gown heretofore worn frequently took
fire from a live coal or chance spark,
thus placing life in peril. This restriction
of costume is i'll force only when on
dUty-that Of holidays, Outings and all oc.
casions of liberty to- be governed by her
own taste. The strong point emphasized
in this news is that 'thc servant will not
be consulted" We shall see!
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NATURE CURED COL. MURPHY,
His Remarkable Recovery Of the Ability
to Take Food


to Take Food
Col. Michael c. Murphy. the Welt
known politician, has tor SIX years been
fed entirely by artificial means. His
case was remarkable in itself. but it
has been made more SO by his suddenly
regaining the ability to take food in the
ordinary way.
Col Murphy. who is Us years of age.
wax stricken, IN 1889. with gradual
closing Of the ocsoi,hagus. The aperture
leading to the stomach became absolutely
closed in December. 1880. so that the pa
tient could take no food. Drs. Weir.
clded that an operation was Ihf only
thing that would save the patients life.
DIR. Weir performed the o,.sratioIi.' II"
made an incisiOn in the abdomen. and
thence to the stomach. and inserted IL
soft rubber tube through which liquid
food could be conveyed to the stomach.
There was no means of removing tn"
structure, and the patient was fed regu
larly through the tube.
While in his room at the COURTEOUS" OH
December II last. Col. Murphy drank :,
glass of water. which WAS handled to
him by Justice Lynn. 1t was justice,
Lynn's birthday. and he jokinglx asked
Col. Murphy to dEink to his health After
taking the water Col; Murphy was sur
stomach He said nothing to Justir'
Lynn. and soon afterward left the Of
fee for his home at $50 Broomc street.
Il was SO surprised" he said to d re-
porter for the New York Times. "that
was almost frightened. l s,op,cd at
"a drug store near my home and expert
mented by drinking some .arsa pariiIa.
1t stail down. i went home and cUnti,I-
ued to drink water. a little at time.
7 sent for DR. Weir and he said he SUBJ
posed the structure was lning removed
By natural causes The next morning
7 I drank whole cup of, coffee and later
took Some beef broth. / have since ecn
able to eat soups and drink coffee and
| milk regularly New York Times,
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the bottom, near the middle. was hole
burned perfectly round--for Of course
the Moorish boy has 10 gimlet On the
upper side was q row of seven such
holes, or vents The first and second
and the sixth and seventh vents were
nearer together than the others. Pres
emily we bought another such whistle
from u second ragged goatherd boy, and
went forward gaily, blowing on them, un-
til we came to u bad place in the road
where the guide made us attend to the
mules. "@*''e'~~ 7- g. =
why. it's just like the shepherd boys
that trill their pipes in the Ducolics of
Virgil said one of the ladies: land why
not! The Romans conquered all these
countries in Northern Africa: and even
before them the Greeks and phoeniciaus,
who sailed these shores, must hare known
how to make 'pipes-to-pan.' feel just as
if / were riding this mule right back
through the I'unic wars" :s s58sss5s
After we.had passed the had place in
the road, lsilali. whosmhys have been Il
goattertl himself when he was Il boy,
took lhe flute 4nd played II very. pretty
The goat hoy he fake 4 stalk said
Gilali, "and: cat it. 50, and fermez tstop
burn. burn all these place for'souhd. 80.
! right. Mas lbut) he burn nn petit pe,i
ia lttle) here ct un petit neu. So LII a
small whilc,> oh, some other day. he have
it all like you see. Viola le pipe,"'
So you see Il good deal of work and
time went TO the making Of the flute
that the goatherder sold for Il cent and
Il half. J. /, II,
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could see two rows OF great white teeth
cleaning in the shadow of the hood.
and then the Moorish shepherd boy came
shyly. down to. the rough bride path,
and held up the whistle that we had
heard so far off,
;C,ilali spoke a few Moorish words to
the boy. and then turned to us. ,''Diez
centimos." he said. So we handed out
a coin equal in value to cent and a
half in American money, and the goat
herd boy gladly handed up his whistle.
which had been the only. companion of
his lonely watch for 50 long time that
it was a. RICH 1yeliowisll brown with
handling, The whistle was seven or
eight inches long, ana made out of Il
joint of native cane or rush. exactly as
Yankee boy makes, one out of a piece
of elder stalk from which the pith has
been pushed out.
But it was a good deal better than the
Yankee boys whistle. The square end
was closed by z JOINT Of the cane, In