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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-01

There are many things in oul
stock of Furniture suitable for holiday
gifts, but any one of the numerous
beautiful, well made and useful articles
of Furniture here will prove pleasing
addition to any home. As a special holi-
day inducement we offer the following:
A stock Of 500 rockers bought at a
reduction, in Silk, Plush, Leather, Silk
Tapestry and Brocatelle, cane seats and
saddles. Our $3.50 rockers now $I.25,
our $500 now $2.oO, our $3.50 now
So. SO, our 5000 now $3.50, our 500
now S4.25,' etc. Our reason for such
bargains is the large order we placed
which enabled us to buy at close margin.
We must close them out. Our dwelling
space is occupied by them.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-01

We have just received another
large lot of Ladies Misses and
Children $ Coats wkich will besold
25 per cent. less than their real
value.
Also a lot of Ladies Fur and
Plush Capes at manufacturer S
prices, These garments will not
last long and we would advise you
to come early and make your
purchase.
Compare our goods and prices
with those CT other houses and you
will be astonished to see what a
saving it will be to you to purchase
from us.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-01
Mothers Friend

n thoroughly tested remedy, gently
prepares the system for this period,
lessons the pain, and removes all
danger. It's use insures a safe and hap
py termination of the dreaded event.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-01
ENORMOUS DIVIDENDS
sure to be earned within the next II months.
Shares are OffeIe ed at $1.0O each
par value, non-assessable, and will be offered
for a limited time only.
Safer than Savings Banks nd Bank Stocks

Paying larger dividends. While numerous
savings banks and banks have suspended,
transportation and trading companies were
never seen in the list of failures. This stock is
ont of the most desirable Investments offered
the public.
The incorporators and stockholders who are
connected with this company men of wide
experience in similar undertakings and men
standing of the company, TO wit:
ALBERT G. BLAHZ, Pres Val Batz Brew Co.,
Milwaukee.
HON WNI L. MASON, United States senator
from Illinois
ID. q EDWARDS, Pass. Traffic Mgr. II. Il
ID, r. Il Cincinnati
FRANK A. HECHT. of Chas. Kaestner & Co.,
Chicago.
CIIAS. II. ROCKWELL, Traffic Mgr. G l, & L.
X. ~, (Monon Route) Chicago.
w. @. RINEARSDN, Geu'l Pass. Agt. C. N. o
Il r. L. II. r., Cincinnati, o.
b w. GRIFFITH, Pres First National Bank.
Vicksburg, Miss.
FRED. OTTE, past eighteen years with
Shelby Bank, Shelbyville, Ind.
J. NJ. PHILLIPS, Cashier First Natl Bank,
Vicksburg, Miss.
And hundreds OF others equally prominent
Address and make all money payable to
The Alaska Transportation & Development Co.,
Fisher Building,
Cor. Van Buren & Dearborn Sts,
CHICAGO ILL
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-01

Sl.oo PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt Of price.
9nngc Containing invaluable information of
hiVvAS interest to all women. will I've sent TO
fStE any address upon application, BY
The Bra6GoiJ Regulator Co., Atlanta, Sa.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-01
A Hit T Coughs and Colds

II HII T COuBnS ana UOIds.
What? Pan-Tina, 25c. At Gruhler Bros
drug store.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21
Die Gntre@tm1ta Der 9seaer.

Die @etBen i'm @iiben lafen bic Gabt
INNER me6r aus Dem Sad uno mir nsrz
ben es nod erleben, baB Die Neger, biz
bur9 Das Is. ENHANCEMENT CUR 8erfdfunq
ppubere9tigte 8iirger Der Ser. @tauten &C.
tucr6eu itnb, tuenn au6 ntbt de jure, 70
bod de facto nOQig d te tperz
ben.
Gin SiiOitaat rab Dem anbern befaBt
fi3 nit neutrality-suspicious." tpte man
bas Ding eupbemiftif4 nennt, bos i'm
@runOe genpmmen auf nt9ts Qnberes
binauslduft, ais bic gaeger gu 8iirgerr
5peiter &lafe gu MAIDEN.
Sc mebr Der Norben betrebt 1T, hEm
@uDen polttif3 .~ntgegen gu fommen Cunt
Mc&inleb bat isBt in NtGanta nit gan3en
@pedieiten gepprfem befto fre9er nerber
Die fri3eren &ebelIen ben Regern gegeniiber.
@eBbaIb ioIten ie au9 ni9t? @enn be1
PrGiioent Der Ser. @taaten ni9t einmal
fart genug 1T, einen BON tbm ern a IL
ten Potmeifter gu f3iBen, reipetttpe na9=
Dem er aus pOlitii9em 8ufenbafe fammt
5rau unb 8inOern rrf9ofien mar, 9eGdul-
Digen CUR Re4enI4aft gu 3ieben, banu NUT
man barauf gefaBt fein, OaB i'm SIOer
bic f4Iimmiten @rcefe gr9en bic Bigger
bebOlferung begangen Derben.
SEPT perben bort audi Stimmen laut
Dab btel gu btel @elb Der Steuer3a5ler fin
Die @r5iebung Der Negertinber pertpenDet
perOe, unb boB Die G9uGung bic y2egr1
iiberbaupt fir bic Sarmarbeit perberbs
Mtan b~erlungt in Nprb Carolina, oaB BIZ
@erfafTung au9 in 8e5ug ouf bic Sc.
iteuerung abgedn0ert tperbe, baB bic If
fentli3en SOnOs glei4fam in lpeiB. uni
f4par5e &6t6eilungen gebra9t. peroen
g}an tpiro bann f4on bafir Iorgeit, baf
Die 5unbs fir Negeri4uIen sintrpdner
nno bic S4ul6duier tpegen Mange1s an
9elb gei3lofen tperben. 9a Die 8erfoI=
fungen auBeroem fir bic @G6ler ben To-
%genannten ~n8ilOungstet" einfi6ren, Il
tDirb es ei4t fallen, bic Geger politif9 81
entre4ten, man Pnt3iebt ibrtn &in0ern Fin.
fu6 ben @4uIunterri4t unb bertriippelt fl
geiitig 10, baB ite benz n~8tIbungstei1" MIDI
gepa4ien limb.
u~ebrtgens iteben Die peiBen @rzSttaben.
batter uno i9re Qnii9ten bur@aus MIDI
bersin5elt ba. uns bat ert tirSli9 Ell
5abritant getlagt, baB bic Qrbeiter ourd
gu bel @9uG6tIbung fir genDbnIi9I
9tenitleiftungen perbor6en niirben, unO Ell
CAB gu berfeben, baB btel gu biel Self
fir S4ulen unb er5ieberii9e 3pede aus:
gegeben piirbe.
9ieIe i60nen @eslen i'm g1orben tperber
fi9 iber bas @orbaben Der GiblGnbe1
freusn; Die pOlitii6e @ntrehtung Der Ne:
ger in ben SiOtaatsn mu9t raf4e Sort.
fdritte unb Die partei, bic fri3sr bi
@4maraen i4iBte, ift iebt i'm b.iten .3uge
Die @ntre9tung gu Iantttontren.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

abgepi9en unb bat einen Mobus getpGblt,
pie er brafif9er faum geba9t peroen
fam.
Man bat Die Srbinan5 5tpar eingebenD
bisfutirt un6 ertpogen, aber man 5dt tie
ni9t, ME iibli9, benz 5uItGnbigen gomite
iiberpieien, ober auf ben SLID gelegt, ODER
iie 1onitpie Dor benz Staotratb 9ebalten,
fonosrn man bat fie, um fte ieber peiteren
@rtpdgung gu ent8ieben unb bas N}iBfalen
Der Staotpdter mOgGi9t beutli9 On ben
Sag gu legen, dlsgenieien. Man bat bas
&inblein Der nMuIe" bes GroBmoguls Der
@%traBenbubnz 9eieGfduft fem iduberli9 in
sinen &orb gebettet unb es bann feinem
@r5euger 5uriidgeianbt, nit einsc 8ot>
i9aft, bic nt9t mtB3uber1te6en mar,
Ser Stabtrat6 perbient Mnerfennung fir
ietn promptes 9onbeln in bieier bo9ipi@2
tigen Mngelegenbeit; er bat Der Giti3ens
so. ge5eigt, baB bpn einem 6reiBigidbrigeT
Sretbrief ni9t bic 3ebe iein fann uno Oab
mir balten pollen, mas mir baben: 0rsi%
cents<SabrgeIb auf 63 Maeilen
StraBenbabn. limb Der Stabtratb but
in biefsm Safe genau bic Nnii4t Der groz
Ben Weoffe bes @oItes gum &usbrud ge=
bra9t, 10 boB Die 8abngeieui4aft nidt
boffen barf, in 3utunft giinitig5re Gufs
nabme unberI9Gmter gori9ldge gu era
ldngen. SIS 1T aus.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

2 @ie Elm @epitter bic 2uft, 10 reiris
cine lanqe &riiis 6as @ei9Gft bon unge
funben MuspI9Ien. Die gbtcagosr Sc:
f9Gfte unb Dor oIem bic Banter, tpeG9t
benz Sornabo BON 1898 Stonb gebalten uni
ben felt Sabren peben0en tpt0rigen @iHt
a~usgebaIten baben, fteben beute feitsc bo
benin ie. @as f9pinbeI6aft mar, tit fdor
beim eriten QnpraG 5uiammengebro4e1'
mas nidt gang geiuno mar, 1T i'm 2auft
Der IeBten Sabre untergegangen, 1tno mas
it9 na9 Der langen 6ungerfur niAt meb!
itarf 9enug fiblte, ben neuen &ufi9tpunQ
mit3uma9en, ba5 bat freitpiGig l~iquioirt
uno ii9 an StGrteres ange19lofen. gonz
iolibattonen 6aben ftattgefunoen uno 9eben
nod INNER bor ft9.
Nm 13. DECEMBER bat g6as. s. 0atpes.
Der Comptroller Of TIE Gurrencp", elmer
9eri9t iiber ben @tanb Der fe9s5eba
@6icagoer Nationalbanten berDffentli9t.
Der iebr ermutbigenb lit. Die ginla9en
1itt6 auf na6e3u $93,OOO,OOo getisgen uni
bic &eferbe betrd9t fat $43,O 10000, BON
Der bic 9Glfte, nGmIt4 $21,O 900,
in 9Olb ift.
11nfere 8anfen iinb tart genug, allen
Qnforberunsen bes @ef9dfts gu geniigen,
9anOeI unb 8erfe6r 8Ori9ub gu leiiten
unb legitimen unternebmungen poran gu
beIfen. NQes, mas mir brauben, tit IDS
Iitif3e &ube. Wenn mir in Der
nd9ften .3eit nit anoern 8Olfern in 5riez
ben leben unb ben @elbpertpGHerern unb
5inan5quadIal6.rn teinen GinfluB auf Die
NationaGz@ eTebgebung geitatten, bann
Dirb Die Stdrte unferer Santen 5uc Stiibe
reeuer, aber fapitalarmer 9ef9dftc tp.rot1.
Wenn aber bur9 brobenbe @%erpidlungen
nit fremben Md9ten ober bur4 Die bsma=
gpgii9en umtriebe Der Polititer Der grebit
unIerer Nationalregierung unb Die Settg=
felt bes @elbmarttes eri9ittert tpirb, Sann
3ie6t ft9 bas @eIO nt4t nur ideu aus Dem
Martte, ionbern TOgar aus ben 8anten in
Die @iber6eitsgep0l6e 3uriid, tpo es ben
@turm abpartet.
unIere gbicagoer 8dnfen fino oegenz
fpGrtig itdrter aGs ie unO mir glauben, baB
nit benz Nbi4IuB bes Sriebens unb elmer
fefen IS utgeGbpolitit unierer 8ez
eierung bic 8anten Iopobl pie ;bre &unDen
nit ben beften 9offnungen auf cine erfolg=
rei4e SbGtigteit ms neue SAFE sintreten
f0nnen.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

Die WeGt SG61t Elm 2Gnb he,
Die &epub1it MOresnet it
ni9t me6r. SieIes feline, ni9t gang 1000
Mcres rmfaTenbe 2Gnb9en, baS 3mtlaen
benz preuBii9en &egierungsbe3irf Ia9eu
unb Der bel9ii9em proDin5 2itti9 itsg5
tpar, na9bem es urfpriingli3 81 ben 9absz
burgii9en 8eitBungen uno BON 1898 big
1914 gu 5rantrei9 geb0rt bate, BEL Der GU
gemeinen Nuftbetlung i'm Sabre 1914 ber>
geIen porben, unh tpurbe bunn i'm Sabre
1916 bur9 einen 9ertrag 3mii3en PreuBen
unb 8eIgten neutruGtfirt, 10 apar, baB es
militdrif4 nt9t befebt perbem barfie uno
bic @inge6orenen militGrfret maren, tud9z
renh Der l1eberf9uB Der gintiinfte bts
feline 9ebiet ent6Glt elm tpertbbDaes Sal
meiz2uger, BON benz it@ Die $500 Ginp.
bauptfd9li9 erndbren, unter PreuBem
UNI 9elgien getbetlt ipurOe. Sebt Dat
preuBen ieben Qnfpru4 uuf bag @e0iet on
8elgien abgetreten, unb nirh bafir bur9
einen She'll bes 9%ertpgenbof6, beg groBeD
@renamalbes, entf9Gbigt perben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21
Ste N~teSerla8e Ser StrnBetbabtts
b1rote ito Detroit.
G9.trOiter ft.")

Die @Orf3Idge Der rGtti8ens @tresi
&ailpaD" iinO abgetban. @9neuer aGs
man geOa4t, prompter unb boutGnbig.r
als man es fir mD9li4 ge6uGten, bat Der
@tabtratb bic Srbinan8, Die 8i3eprGfibeni
9utGins BON Der genannten 8efeGi9afi
entporfen, e~ripiirgt, 1nb in elmer @eiit
lift bas gef8eben. Die unerbDrt lift in un=
ierem ftdotii6en purGamentartf9en 2eben
I'm Die 3uriidpetiung Der Orbinan1
reht na9OriidIi9 gu MAIDEN unb augleif
gu 3eigen, baB ubfpIut feline Qu5fi9t fiji
4nnabme Oeriel6en in Der 3utunIt bOr=
ban0en 1T, 1T man bonn s~ep0bnIi4eu @egc
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

Die .tleinen &nnbenrefe, tpel9e
aIs bic > @ebetne bes Columbus"
gelten, Iinb iebt auf benz ipanif4en Sampfer
,Gpnbe bel @enabito" in ibrem %eiiernen Be@
bGlter uuf Der Sa6rt Don Gubd uaA Spaz
MEN begriffen. QGs tiir8li9 Elm fpanii9er
0ampfer nit panif9en Splbaten
BON @uba, tpprunter biele 8runte una
Sterbenbe, in Barcelona ldn6ete, brdz
9en me6rere biefer Sdmmergeitalten benin
Nnblid Der bortigen 8iGbfGN1e hes
Columbus in laute 8ertpiinf9ungeir
gegen ben groBen gntbeder aus, Der nur9
feline gntbedungen audi fte ms unglid GEE
itiir3t bGbe. Sn @ranaba betparf ein
6auFen @eiber bic bortige Statue bes Goz
lurnbus nit Steiner, neil er bur9 feline @nt@
bedqlngen bas l1ngliid Spuntens berbeige=
fiibrt babe. Sn bieier @eiTe pirb tpobl bic
Me6r6eit Der Spanier ni6t iiber Columbus
urtbeilen. Nber bic 3uriidi4affung ieiner
&no6enret e mad Spanien ftebt bod beina6e
pie Elm Sobn auf Spunien aus, bas ben
leBten &eit Der @rOBe, Die linn emit bura
bic @~ntbedungen beg Columbus gu She'll
tpurbe, b%erloren bat.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

Sn Sem gort purOen nsben olsle1t
arberen Sdm9en ~geringeren &aliberS in
bOriger8o9e 3tpet 9rebtgsrfrdnen
unb bic bes @ef4dftsfibrers Der 4tnerican
Safe Co., unb bieIer Sage Die elegant 9e4
fl.iDete SCOOTER zines friiberen OfftA
Der 9[rmee tpegen 2aoen@
biebitu61s ber6aftet. Die @srIu9ung.
pel6e bic perf9penberii9 ausgeiteuteE
@aaren unb bas in ben 2dben berri9enos
@ebrGnge bdrboten, mar 5u groB fur ia
~getpeI.n. S9pa9beit, bein Rame lit Welb!
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

bel mar, 70 tpar Der paris elm feiiter,
tpo4Ieendbrter Singing. Oas Bublttum,
pbtpo6I etipas befrembet iiber ben Worga1g.
nabm i9n fir cine neue, geiitrei4e NGanee
bes berii6mten @aites. Sur in ben Sbsa=
terIogen tpuBte man gIei9, oab etipas in
ben @rdbern Der Gapulets ni3t in Srb@
1ullg mar.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21
aas oetonomtf6fe! eas @sa..

11nier Goriupariuiun &eiOlbent 1T mebr mad uepi.
tinif6eu @runoiGben ~Gtr9eftelt als iroenA Elm orSs=
res. 9rdparat. Gs ipiro genomulen in SbeelSffsle
9oisn, tpdbrenO bon anoeren @r3eneien flint ODER iehs
Mtal ioniel ertorOsrli@ 1T. gu BADEN bel apOt6etsrn.
Man ipenbe f6 an 8 r. q 10 o.. go.
S. Sin Str, @etD QOrt. unO IaHs f@ eiuen sStatDs
geber@ ienoeu.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-12-21

@s giebt nthts in iein.r Dirt Gfegii6ez
reg als 6ieie nsbelDOnen Serbfttage in
ben StraBen 8iens. Oas balbberl6leierte
2eben, beffen 2Grm 6enno9 laut an bic
Sbren gent, bui9t pie Elm @~eipenfer=
traum borb.i. Oie OGmmerungsitunben
brineen gang fabelbufte Molfen> unb 9ims
melsbeleu6tungen: langse5ogene brpn3e=
sslbe, grabliniss Dunifeben, Die ftp oft
The age-herald., 1898-02-06
Tbo Ricbest CbiIdreD
 ID tbo World Today.

The four children--two boys and two girls. Josephine S., Edward P. Freder- ick F. A. and Freida-of Mrs. Lesley J. Pearson, the widow of Commander Frederick Pearson, U. s. N, who died in 1890, will inherit CD. V.) the massive fortune accumulated by their grand father, Dr. J. c. Aver. They are now, respectively H. To- 9 and years of age, and the sum held in trust for them, consisting principally of large plots of real estate in Lowell and Boston, New York city, Philadelphia and Chicago, with the factories and good will of the great business at Lowell, is estimated at $10O, 900 GOO. There is every probabil- ity that when these infants Gin law) reach their majority the magnificent, almost colossal, inheritance held in trust for them will amount to $50 ,0O0 each. There certainly are not living any other four children who have at present $25, ,0O0, 900 separately invested for their, benefit. Additionally, they will inherit from their mother, who possesses at least two or three millions, and possi- bly, from their uncles, both bachelors, one of whom, Frederick F. Aver, Is worth several millions, part owner of the Trinity building, Ill Broadway, large stockholder in the New York Trib- une, sole proprietor of the Aver build ing, corner of Leonard street and Broadway, New York city, with inter- ests in the Fremont and Suffolk mills, mining companies of Wisconsin and Michigan and many other enterprises.
 Mrs Josephine Mellen Southwick Aver, who died in Paris the other day at her residence 19 Rue Constantine, near the Invalides, in the Quartier St. Germain, the former home of the Due de Mouchy, controlled the largest for tune held by any woman in the world. Her income since the death of her hus- band. in 1878, was about million an- nually, sometimes as high as one and a third millions, and the SIC, 900 she left in personal property represents her savings in that length of time-that is she expended yearly about half her in- come.
 Her father, Royal southwick Q795- 1875) of Lowell and Boston, million aire tanner, was married in 1927 to Miss Direxa Claflin, born in 1895, sister of Horace B. and Aaron Clafiin, the founders of the house now controlled by John the son of the former, and known as the IT. B. Claf1in company of New York city.
 Mrs. Aver was born on Dec. 15 1927. She had three brothers, Henry Clay, John Claf1in and Royal, and one sister, Edna-the latter the only one now re-. maning in the family--who is a resi- dent of Lowell
 James Cook Aver, born in Groton Conn, in 1918, was 8 clerk at small salary in the drug store of his uncle James Cook, at one time mayor of Low ell, when he married Miss Josephine Southwick on Nov. IA, 1S50 He had be- gun preparing and selling proprietary medicines, and when he died his wares were advertised and known in every quarter of the globe. They had brought him the profit of $30,00O,0O0 It was ow- ing largely to his wife's advice and counsel, as has generally been conced- ed that his commercial career was so successful.
 Mrs. Ayers daughter, Mrs. Pearson lives at 3 West Fifty-seventh street,
The age-herald., 1898-02-06

aspirants for her hand. More than one duel was threatened.
 Prince Dalgarousky is a Pole of dis tinguished appearance, who has an income of $10O month and reputation as a gamester. Prince Giedroye is a Russian, a brother of the late emperor's morganatic wife. He is fat and reason. ably rich. Prince Valori Is a Spaniard. The last offered to introduce Mrs. Aver to Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, and secure her social position of the first rank among the European nobility if she would marry him, but she de. clined.
 There were others fiuttering like moths about the flame, but she was not moved by the glamour of title.
 Her crowning social success was the dinner she gave in Paris, in 1897, In hon. or of Mrs. William Astor. Nearly every guest bore title, and they were all dis tinguished. Mrs. Astor wore all her famous jewels, but she was outshons by her hostess. Melba sang Les Anges Pleurent."
 One of the most conspicuous pictures in the French exhibit at the Worlds fair was her portrait by Carolus Du- ran. The brilliant coloring attracted much attention. In this portrait, now in the house of her sons, she is shown dressed very gorgeously in gown of mauve velvet. which was painted in the
The age-herald., 1898-02-06

New York city, and her two sons, Fred erick Tanning Aver and Henry South wick Aver, reside next door, at No. 5. E
 Mrs. Aver was the eighth generation from Lawrence and Cassandra South wick, settlers from Lancashire, Eng land Booming in the Mayfiower on it's seventh voyage), at Salem, Mass, in 1927, who were persecuted for being Quakers, threatened with condign pun ishment and finally banished to Shelter island, eastern end of Long Island, where they died in 1860 within three days of each other. Their property was not confiscated. however, and two of the sons, Daniel and Josiah, who had left for western Massachusetts, found- ed the town of Southwick, in Hamp- den county, and rejoined their brother John and sisters Mary and Provided in the old home after the death of their parents.
 One of Whittier's poems, "Cassandra Southwick." tells the story of the sore tribulations of those who preferred to
The age-herald., 1898-02-06

worship God in their own way and thereby aroused the vindictive ire and fanatical hate of the then dominating class in New England known as Puri- tans.
 Among noted members of her family now living are Dr. Alfred P. Southwick, the father of the electrocution law of New York state, connected with the university In Buffalo; George N. South wick, congressman from Albany; AL bert P. Southwick, the author Ca near relative); Louise M. Southwick, the poet; Francis H. Southwick of Brook lyn, prominent merchant in New York city,; Clarence Southwick editor, of Kansas City. and her nephew, Henry e. Southwick of the McDougall & South- wick company of Seattle, Wash.
 Mrs. Aver had lived permanently in Paris since 1889, and no one will be more missed in the French capital. She was the most prominent member of the American colony there and one of the best known women of that city. Her great wealth, her lavish expenditures, her brilliant entertainments, her gowns and her jewels were the talk of the fau- bourgs in the city on the Seine.
 A prominent newspaper has said of her. "She was really a good woman, one of the most charitable and generous in the world, and those who said i'll of her were those who had been benefited by her bounty"
 She was liberal patron of art, paid enormous sums for pictures and was ever ready to aid the struggling Amer ican artists and singers who went abroad to study. Her purse and her sympathy were never appealed to in vain, and often she sought out those whom she believed to be worthy. She had a retinuc of servants, employed a dentist, who visited her daily, and a physician to look after the members of her household, while she consulted spe- cialists, 10 whom she paid princely fees. The milliners and modistes regarded her as their best customer. She occa- was fieeced by them, but then she knew 1t and smiled compassionate 1y. It was not the part of a grande dame to discuss these conditions with the shopkeepers. She would purchase $500 worth of gloves at a time, and they do not cost one-third as much there as in the United States.
 Not for moment did she think of remarrying. despite the many rumors started by would be Benedicts who craved a share in her millions. At one time no less than three princes were
The age-herald., 1898-02-06
The Language of Stamps.

Berlin women reached an extreme of folly when they invented this postage stamp language" The stamp in the usual place-that is, on the top right hand corner of the envelope-means, when upright, T desire your friend- ship" across, Do you love me?" up- side down, Don't write me again." crooked, Write at once." When the stamp is at the bottom corner on the right hand, it means, if upright Your love makes me happy" When it is on the left top corner, it means, if upright, "I love you;" across My heart is an- other's;" upside down, Good day, my darling" When it is on the bottom left hand corner. it means, upright, 'Fi- delity will be rewarded;" across, Do not leave me alone in my sorrow;" up- side down, You have withstood all trials" When the stamp is on the same line as the surname of the address. it means, if upright, Accept my love-" across, q long to see you;" upside down, T am engaged"
The age-herald., 1898-02-06

every year about this time and yet which is always surprise. It is funny how man-lovely man, faithful man, athletic man--has talked and preached and had pictures printed in the news papers of what woman should wear. As if he knew! One group that saw which bore the signature of well known artist represented as necessary for woman nine of the most diabolical garments that the eye of the printers devil ever rested upon. Now, I am not a reformer, but I have had considera- be experience, and in a tolerably long and rather varied life I have never met a woman who wore nine pieces of un- derwear at one time. Starting with the fact that ones petticoat has @ firm foundation, as firm as Plymouth rock and much better shaped. the average woman in good health need only wear, first, somewhat long silk undervest, stockings of course, stays and, if she is inclined to be chilly and has tendency toward rheumatism, well cut and not cumbersome flannel petticoat, with the one or two pieces of nainsook that are displayed in the shop windows; but which are seldom talked about. The petticoat may be of silk, or may be of moreen, but it is never white for street wear. With your heavy cloth skirt you need a stiff moreen petticoat, that it may be properly held out. but there is no use burdening oneself with a lot of unnecessary underwear to oblige the stupid shopkeepers. A woman walks well and easily when she has not got on lot of starchy underwear. and the line of beauty shows to much better advantage than when she is overruf- fled and has strings and belts cutting her. because she has no stays on and is altogether Hurried and flat looking.
 The human form divine especially the female edition of it, does come in for an awful lot of discussion. The line of woman's figure is talked about with the unction of Dumas, while any or every where one is liable to face a picture of Venus, and it is quite possible to stumble over her in plaster on the sidewalk. Fancy wearing such dra- peries as Venus wore! Why. you would have to put heavy iron weights in them, which would make them bang against your knees. and you would sit on them and be wretched and would find your