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The times., 1898-10-16
ONE woMAN's COMMON SENSE.
1t Keeps Her from Reading Ladies'
Home Journals.

This world is full of sensible people
some of them women. One sensible wo-
man says the reason she never subscribes
for a journal edited by her sex is that
the pages are so full of insufferable
Household hints" and soul to soul
talks and recipes and don'ts and every
other insufferabe sort of stupidity-as if
the average reader was TOO dense to have
ideas Of her own. If the people who
get up .Womenis Departments could
only get rid of the idea that they are writ
ing for idiots" said this especial critic
they would find an increase in their sub
scription, list.,l Recipes are all right, to be
sure, but while the writers are about 1t
why don't they get them up with some re-
gard to sense? l have in mind the last
one that smuggled itself under my eye.
couldn't be paid to look at them of my
own accord. 1t purported to be Indian
bread as made by the aborigines of
North America, and it began with: Take
two eggs. d pint of sour milk'-I stopped
there.
Amy woman with fair knowledge of
history knows enough about Indians to
laugh at the idea of them using pint cups,
let alone the eggs and milk! Some of
these Aunt Prue's'-I suppose they
take on the relationship so as to get on
a confidential basis with Dear Reader
tell you of the most convincing ways of
rearing babies or driving off reaches or
making over your old clothes and it
never seems once to occur to them that
they are writing what people know al
ready and generally in a much more
practical way.
1.-THE minute woman of the Aunt Prue
type gets an idea she rushes it into
print and it comes out in loaded lines
with an everybody dy-run-here braggadocio
calculated to drive a sensible reader mad.
That's one reason why l don't subscribe
for women's papers-it is the reason I
never shall"
The times., 1898-10-16

mestic fowls, are glued in a fuzzy band
along the spine. White ostrich feathers
invariably have their spines dyed black
and sometimes wee tags of fur are
hung in with the feathery masses of the
plumes. In walking hats brown and
gray Quills absolutely dominate the sit
uation and some of these are the long
mottled plumage from the Tyre birds
tails. The seasonable golfing hat is de-
nuded of all decoration. A checked chew
lot or tweed hat is the thing and has a
round low crown and a broad fiat brim,
measuring the same width all round
This puts the Alpine's nose permanently
out of joint just as the big hat with lofty
heterogeneous trimming is slowly but
none the less surely being lifted to the
top shelf of oblivion.
There are no new colors in gloves, but
a reconciliation of tones has been intro
duced. That is to say. some of the long
evening glove kids are white or cream or
pearl gray outside and blue. or yellow, or
lilac inside. Heavy stitching is again ap-
parent on all hand gear. So very heavy
The times., 1898-10-16
MY LADY'S ROSE JAR.
1t Dispenscs Summer Fragrance
Trough the Wintry Days.

There is an old gentlewoman living in
Georgetown whose home is fragrant year
ir and out with the odor of roses. The
instant you enter the door-it is an old
fashioned door that opens into a wide
; hall with colonial engravings on its wa Is,
and alongside of the wall a settee that is
hundred years old II day-you get
Whit of delicious odor that makes you
think of country gardens and climbing
vines. Then your eye takes in big
glazed jar-the kind your grandmother
stands on the floor beside the settee, and
the second whin tells you that the fra
GRANGE comes from there In the old
timey parlor there are more engravings.
and standing on a spindle legged table
with brass clawed feet is another jar of
old blue china with dragons and pagodas
and willow trees all over it, and that sets
you more than ever to thinking OF coun-
try gardens and climbing vines Up
stairs and down stairs and in my lady's
chamber. you will find the same fra
grance in different deliciously antique
jars with sometimes a bowl for variation
and if you ask the owner of the adora bic
old home how she manages to make her
home so fragrant with the odor Of the
queen of flowers, she will give you this
recipe:
Take the leaves of roses. cabbage roses
are best, but those of every variety are
racceptable and none should be rejected
even though they have been worn on the
person or stood in a vase; strew them
with salt plentifully, put them in pan
or jar, cover them closely. There will be
considerable amount of liquor and the
leaves will shrink down TO Il small space.
They may be allowed TO remain in this
condition for weeks. continually adding
to them until the jar is fun. When re-
quired for use squeeze them dry, and
separate the leaves so that the following
ingredients Cwell mixed togetheD may
be added and well mixed among the
leaves.
To six or ten pounds Of the dry leaves,
gum of benzoin, two ounces; gum of
storax, two ounces; powdered orris root,
four ounces; dry salt, one pound; pow
dered allspice, two ounces; powdered
mixed spice, two ounces; two drachms
each of oil of bergamot, oil of cassia and
oil of lavender.
All these ingredients should be stirred
together in Il mortar and then well
mixed with the leaves by hand. In or
der to keep it tolerably dry and produce
an odor of violets. twice or even thrice
times the quantity of orris root must be
used.
Now, for a like suggestion as to how
to fill your room with the perfume.
Close all your doors and windows and
place your jar very near to the fire, the
register, the stove or radiator Leave
1t for some ten minutes with the cover
off, then return and let in the outer air,
and you will know what potpourri is
like.
The times., 1898-10-16
A MERRY MOURNER.
One Widow Who Was Not Lone and
Loru.

There are widows and widows There
always were; there always will be. Per-
haps the most awful widow on record
was the one who sat beside her dying
husband and sewed on the dress she was
to wear at the funeral. 1t took him three
weeks to die. and every day she sat be-
side him and sewed and sewed and all
the time he watched her, paralyzed and
dumb, and knew the meaning OF every
stitch. He had not been a faithful hus-
band and that was the way she paid him
back. The Pittsburg Dispatch tells about
another widow here she is:
The husband was dead The black
robed wife looked into the open grave
with dry eyes. Mourners crowded about
her, wondering much at her self-control.
She had been a devoted wife He had
been a model husband. SO the world
said. Friends watched her take a last
look at the white, dead face. and pitied
her all the more because she shed no
tears.
Her grief was too deep for ordinary de-
mOnstrations, they said. Wait till it was
all over then she would break down.
They even feared for her reason.
Relatives returned with her to the des-
olated home. Those who loved her tried
to utter words of consolation.
She fed to her room and turned the
key. Requests for admittance were un-
needed.
The hours crept by. With white scar
ed faces they talked of suicide.
One who had a warm place in the
heart of the woman within whispered her
nameJs The door flew back and closed
again. The friend was admitted
The black mouraiag sirobes lay In a
neglected heap on sthelfoor The widow
paced restlessly across The room. clad in
dainty white gbwnAone last worn in
her girlhood days.1 The air was full of
the subtle perfume of { a time long past
ITO you. my friend. i vouchsafe this
glimpse into my heart,r sne said.
No. | am not mad: have no fear
Il am wild with joy.@ and she waved
her white arms in glee, and laughed
softly, lest the mourners without might
hear. h-f
'It is such relief 20 be able TO tell
some one how happy lam. Do not look
shocked. You know not what It means
TO be free, free, after all these wears
Of bondage. You cannot understand
you never wore the letters of the slave
/ cannot explain. He is dead. Let the
mantle of silence and charity cover all
might say, and will not l was a good
wife. he said. 1t is over. Let me be
happy. and she laughed and cried in one
breath for joy.
f7NAtNhti anu grew young
again. In that hour the burden of years
fell from her.
And when, decorously clad in deepest
black she passed beyond the portals of
her doorway all marveled at the change.
They watched her fearfully, whisperinr
that she was not long for this world
such a sudden transformation was rnysti-
cal, and must foreshadow death.
They are watching her still. There is
something so curious in her repressed
manner. She refuses so decidedly to be
consoled. and gazes on her sympathizers
with such inscrutable eyes that thev
sometimes fear her mind is affected by
her grief. She will not explain. and the
friend of her bosom dare not, that ioy
does not kill.
The times., 1898-10-16
cHINA's EMPRESS.
Another Sketch of the Despotic
Woman Who Now Rules

Another Sketch of the DespOtic
Woman Who Now Rules.
The Empress Tsi An, who has again as
serted her authority in China, is the sub
ject of the following sketch in the Bos-
ton Transcript:
This monarch, who is comparable to
Catharine of Russia in her sagacity and
shrewdness and judicial wisdom, was
once a slave. When she was a little girl
she was sold by her father to be a slave
in the family OF a viceroy in a remote
province of China Her father was OF
Tartar blood. and one of those who could
read, and would not have thought of SELL
ing his child. although she was nothing
but girl but as the family had become
destitute in a rebellion, the little girl of
eleven suggested this means OF getting
bread for her mother and little brother
and her father-the little brother whom
long after she sought ana made rich and
powerful.
'Tuen served the viceroy's wife and
mother-in-law, and was taught spinning
and other useful arts by their maids.
When she was twelve she embroidered q
beautiful tunic for the viceroy, and he
was so delighted with it that he offered
the little slave whatever she wished
most. Then Tsi An fell on her knees and
declared her hearts desire. She wanted
to learn TO read like her father. II was
a most extraordinary request. The vice.
roy told her that girls could not learn
such a thing, but Isl An told him she
was not to blame that the gods had made
her girl, and she could not help longing
to know how to read. So her master had
her taught, and, his own daughter uyiug
after time, she was adopted as a dauSh-
ter of the house and given beautiful
clothes as well as lessons.
Later the viceroy received some politi-
cal honor from the emperor of China. and
being desirous to give him 4 beautiful
and worthy present in token of acknowl-
edgment he followed the artless oriental
custom and sent Tsi An to Pekin. The
girls feet had never been bound, of
course, and she could walk upon
beyond that of most Chinese wOm-
en-. The favorite slave of the
emperor of China became the favorite
she became empress OF China. On the
journey by river to Pekin, with servants
sent with her by the viceroy she had
given a ring to young lad who saved a
man from drowning in the river. She had
promised the ring to anyone who would
save the drowning man. The youth TO
whom she gave the ring had bright, in
teliigent face; he was a sailor. in the
coarse clothes OF the lower class That
was Ii Hung Chang.
During the Emperor's minority Tsi An
was regent, and now as empress dowag-
er she again assumes command The
emperor is about twenty-four years old;
the empress is sixty"
The times., 1898-10-16

hideous injustice has been perpetrated.
Inc miracle has come to pass. Today.
Nine Dreyfus is confident that her final
triumph Is only a question of time.
asked her what, in her opinion. was
the explanation of the calamity that had
overtaken her husband 'T think" shs
answered. II still think. in spite of ali
that has happened, that the origin of
our trouble was a mistake / cannot /
VIII not, believe that an innocent victim
was Intentionally singled out. BY
strange and terrible freak of chance
there was some resemblance between nv
husbands writing and the writing of the
oordereau,' and it was this similarity be-
tween the two handwritings that was the
cause OF the initial blunder. Unhappily
thls olunder was willfully perpetuated'
"hat was a mistake to begin with de-
Veioped into a crime, into a series of
crimes. | have told you of my husbands
reserved manner toward persons with
"hom ne was not intimate This attitude
undoubtedly made him enemies. Besides
II cannot be questioned that he was very
clever. and assured of a brilliant career 81
and certain persons were Jealous of
him.
The times., 1898-10-16

CARE FOR YOUR PIANO.
How to Keep the Instrument In
Good Order


It Is very well to sometimes rub the
wires gently with chamois or a flannel
CLOTH and to pass soft muslin over the
sounding board by means of slender
point which will slip between the wires
and engage the cloth. which may then be
carefully moved over the surface. taking
off the dust A steel crochet hook or a
stout knitting needle will answer the pur-
pose.
1t is advisable to keep a little camphor
inside the case, for If the moth has been
attracted by the felt used in various parts
1t will serve as a means of protection
against this pest. The temperature of the
room should be moderate and as even as
may be. Extreme heat that is driving
should always be avoided, so a piano
should not stand. as is often the case too
near a fire An instrument should be
opened for short time each day; If 1t is
not much used this is especially desirable
Often there appears sort of bloom
upon the case, or the wood looks dingy
and seems to be in need of cleaning It
is, however, very uncertain work to at
tempt to improve the fine finish of a piano
with polish. Instead, the method recon-
mended and used by a professional tuner
is one that may be safely tested with the
certainty that it Will not be the means of
gathering additional dust, as oils and
polishes are apt to do.
Take the finest toilet soap and luke
warm water and wash a little of the
piano at time, as You would wash a
baby's face, using a soft cloth, and work
ing upon a space not larger than your
hand. Wipe 1t off with clear water and
rub well with a clean polishing cloth until
1t is perfectly dry and well polished The
fine soapsuds do not affect the original
finish in the least, but simply remove that
which obscures it, and If rubbed absolute
ly dry. with a brisk motion. the result is
that the piano is cleaned and frightened.
The times., 1898-10-16
MADAME DREYFUS.
Talk With the Widow of
the Man on DEVILS Island.

Nine Dreyfus is living at present at
Chatou, a suburb OF Paris, little way
down the Seine. I was calling by ap-
pointment, and had waited but few sec
onds when Nine. Dreyfus entered the
room into which had been shown. l had
expected face worn by suffering, a pres
ence that would speak of the anguish en-
dured. There was something of this. but
1t Is only after close inspection that II
is possible 10 divine the unspeakable strain
which Mime. Dreyfus has supported for
The times., 1898-10-16
A Serious Question.

A kitten went a-walking
One morning in July,
And idly fell a-talking
With a great big butterfly.
The kittens tone was airy,
The butterfly would scoff;
When there came along a fairy
Who whisked his wings right of.
And then-for it is written
Fairies can do such things
Upon the startled kitten
She stuck the yellow wings.
The kitten felt a culver,
She rose into the air,
Then few down TO the river
To view her image there.
With fear her heart was smitten,
And she began to cry,
Am ! butter-kitten?
Or Just kitten-fy?"
Carolyn Wells. in September St. Nicholas.
The times., 1898-10-16
A Welcome Tale.
All along the woodland ways
And in tho lonesome thicket

AI1u III TIt -IUHtsUIHt tIIICkeI
Today We hear the merriment
OF katydid and cricket.
They tell US, and We are rejoiced
The wise musicians know it,
That coming soon, they sing in tune,
And some white morn will show it,
As sure as fate, from Natures hand,
The secret never lost.
To this uncomfortable land
Will safe arrive, the frost.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Weekly.
The times., 1898-10-16

lar of lavender satin wrinkles close about
the throat and is crossed by a necklace Of
big black beads with metallic tones of red
and purple glinting from their facets.
The times., 1898-10-16
Entirely Bad.

From the Chicago Record)
Stranger-This is prohibition town. believe? |
Native-It's wus'n that just now. The pro- |
prietor Of the drug store broke his leg tother day
and his place is lockediup.s-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19
DEEP WATERWAY SURVEYS.
Experiments still Being Made Under the
Board of Commissioners.

Detroit, July 19.-Since the appropria-
tion for continuing the work of expert
mental survey of a deep waterway be-
tween the great lake and the sea has
been made, the commissioners are put
ting several new surveying parties in
the field OF the old parties two are at
work In the Mohawk valley and one is
surveying the route between the Hud-
son river near Troy and the headwaters
OF Lake Champlain at Whiteall. A new
party is being formed to survey the
Hudson river from Troy to deep water,
thirty-siX miles below, 10 determine the
character of the work TO be done, and TO
increase the twelve-foot channel that
already exists to the depths contemp-
lated for the deep channel. Another
party will investigate the character OF
the bottom Of Lake Erie at the head of
the Niagara river TO determine the
practicability Of building a dam there
for regulating the lake levels.
The last parties to begin work will be
those who survey the route from the
foot Of Lake Champlain to Lake ST.
Francis, in the st. Lawrence river, and
the st. Lawrence river itself from Og-
densburg 10 Lake st. Francis. The
route selected for study from Lake ST.
Francis TO Lake Champlain is about
forty-fiye miles long.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19
RIOTS AT NING-PO.
Many Natives Killed and Wounded by
French Police.

many natives Killed and Wounded by
French Police.
London, July ia Shanghai special
dated Sunday says: In the riots at
Ning-Po Sunday a large mob attacked
the police station The French police
and the marines from the French cruis-
er fired on the mob on two occasions.
Thirteen natives were killed and over
thirty wounded. The Chinese local au-
tharities expressed their inability to
maintain order or to compel the guild
TO comply with French demands.
Similar riots arose from a similar
cause in 1874. In the present case the
action of the French authorities is gen.
orally considered unnecessarily severe,
the matter resolving itself into one of
arbitration and adequate compensation
for the value Of the site claimed. All
is now quiet, but further disturbances
are not improbable.
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
Twenty natives were killed in the riots
at NingPo Sunday. The peaceful ma
tives have quilted the French settle
ments, fearing incendiarism. Two
hundred Italian sailors have landed.
Thus far everything is quiet in the
English and American settlements.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19

shipped TO foreign markets was slight
ly greater than that OF the imported
wares. The exports for 1896 had value
OF sls.s4l. $50. decidedly the largest on
record. while the imports for the same
year. sls.2s2.so0 we're surpassed only
in 1894. when the foreign goods received
amounted to s19.Os6. 335.
The foreign trade OF Porto Rico is
conducted chiefly with Spain. the Unit
ed States. Cuba. Germany. the United
Kingdom and France. having an aver
age annual value OF s9.sss.074. which
was $3.50 per cent. of the total valua-
ton placed upon the islands commerce.
The United Staets ranked second; the
value OF the goods exchanged averaged
$6,s45,252 year, or 1904 per cent. of
the total. Cuba's trade with Porto Rico
amounted to 1341 per cent. of the total.
having an average yearly value OF s4,-
coo. 200.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19
SECOND TRIAL OF lola.
The Noted Author and VI. Perreux Sen
fenced to Years imprisonment.

fenced to Years imprisonment.
Versailles, July 19.-The second trial
Of NJ. Emile lola and NJ. Perreux, pub
Usher Of the Aurore, on the charge of
libel brought against them by the Off
GERS of the Esterhazy court-martial, ad-
journed from May %, was resumed here
in the assize court. NJ. Laborie raised
several objections to the trial proceed
ing, which the court overruled. The
public prosecutor charged NJ. Zola with
stunning the trial, to which his counsel
replied:
I'VE viii not shun the trial If we are
allowed TO bring our proofs
This statement led to a great uproar
in court, and cries of Down with Zola,"
Down with the Jews" "Out of France
with them"
After the court had refused to sus-
pend the trial while the defendants APP
pealed against the overruling, NJ. La
borie announced that he would allow
judgment by default. and he and the
defendants left the court.
NM. Zola and Perreux were each sem
fenced to a years imprisonment, to
1900 francs fine and to pay the cost Of
the suit
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19

Warrington. July 19.-General Miles,
leading the Porto Rican expedition, left
Siboney. Cuba, on the Yale with four
batteries Of artillery and a few sea-
soned troops. Two brigades now at
Charleston are embarklng on transports
TO take them 10 Porto Rico. All the
force at Tampa, 1900 strong. embrace
ing artillery. will be put aboard ship as
rapidly as transports can be got there
and sent TO re-enforce our other troops.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19
PORTO RIco's TRADE.
Some Interesting Figures Concerning I'm
Gle Sans Next PossessIon.


Washington. July BIN view Of the
present war plans a comprehensive sta
tistical report on the trade Of Porto
Rico. just prepared under the direction
Of Frank III. Hitchcock, chief OF the for
eign markets section Of the agricultural
department. and approved by Secretary
Wilson, is OF unusual interest. 1t
shows for the first time the figures of
the commerce for 1896 Of SPANS east
ernmost West india island During the
calendar year 1896 the foreign trade of
Porto Rico, according to the official re-
turns. attained a total value of $780,
e24,12O, exceeding all previous records,
and being a gain In the year OF more
than s15.000,00
In 1926 the total imports and ex-
ports had an annual value OF $33.s70. 533,
as against s24,961, 217 In 1Ss7-91. I'm
ports into Porto Rico generally have
somswhat exceeded exports, but In
1895, Tor the first time In over de-
cade, the value Of the merchandise
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19
THE HAWAIIAN COMMISSION.
Appointments on the STAFF Have Been
Made-TO Sail Aug. 10.

Washington, July Ex-senator Cullom
chairman of the Hawaiian commission,
has left Washington with his family
for Chicago, from which place he ex-
poets to make a short tour over the
state before going to Hawaii. The ap-
pointments to the staff of the commits
sion have been made, and 1T is COM
posed largely of employees of the senate
and house of representatives. The pur-
pose of this was to reduce expenditures,
none Of these which accompany the
party receiving any compensation ex-
cept the official stenographer. The SEN
ator will sail from San Francisco about
Aug. 10. and ii is expected that the
party will remain in Hawaii until about
the time congress convenes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-19
College Receives "a Donation.

Chicago, July 19.-Carroll college of
Waukesha. Wis, has received from Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Voorhees, OF New Jer-
sey a donation Of $4,000 on condition
that $4,000 more be secured by Oct. /,
and that $4,000 Of the total sum be set
apart as an endowment, the remainder
TO be expended for buildings and equip
ment. President Walter L. Rankin has
received pledges Of $1,000 toward the re-
naming $500