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elose-ntsing skirt. made lon~ =. %
ing. with the front strappea 49,
oooice IS a short Jacket Of nd ~ -.
showing q white silk stock ana - -.
ali laid In small suekx. T,A ~.
SCI IN without fullress. With ~ -
MIS-. Gould wears a hanAnn..~ -
black and red cloth. tho cruz - &
ana the brira black, rough. feas.,ss ~
mass of black pompona -
SIDE. A large marten mur $780,. II.
costume. ~
Miss Alice Flight aiways h.
utauon for very dainty dresstn. -. : -
year, after her long visit ahrpss ~ ~
mere beautiful toilets than av- -
ner gowns Is model Of dasntte.~ y
or me checked velvet OF tina 81 30 = =
riesy, that glimmers like satin. -. 49, -
are brown and dove drab. tha 49, .Illl
small and fine. II Is made I'M - ~
velvet introduced about thu 49,. 49, 49,.
large featherhone pspinrs az 49,. ~ -
II has tight-fitting skirt. 4 49, u ~
and tightly drawn belt AZ 49,. y. =
with a silver buckle. WIZ -,
Blight wears large black yelrs, -
with mass OF black velvet 49, =
up high at one side. Miss Blirhs - -
the pialnest of frocks and sfiIs -
Beauty, and for this Reason ~ .sssI
ADVISES ner 10 wear the simD,&af a -.
Inns for evening. One OF her 49,. 8 ~.
dancing is Of white silk and musss. - y
with numerous little rufYIes ana sss.,. ~
trails and floats In long folds ah,nt - ~ =
figure. There ara little mum A. 49, -
and a gathered waist drawn q 400 ~.
oy silken sash Of pale blue With ffiness
ehas. RMS IS tied at one side Of IL -
IN a sinai! bow, the ends reaching o,1ss
70 the floor. A single string Of peafs 49,
,he throat and a fnl-blown rose h ~.
hair make Miss Blight look like -. -
picture brought to life.
Al Tuxedo the bellies ara vearan. y.
capes OF bright plaid, like Sccxch sS.-s
These new capeS are Very bnr ir6ssS.
reaching to within a foot Of ia r,c,,ss
They are roomy and warm ana -
about the figure coxily. Another thin~ thss
seems to be particular Tuxedo fsahls.
is the crimson coat. These rich ri -.
ments are Of broadcloth. soma lone ~
some short They have strappeA snsns
and stitched On trimming OF the cloth: thev
are very becoming and appropriate "a ~
cool, crisp weather that Tuxedo peor,e -
enjoying just now. Some Of the -. 49,
evening circulars which the iadiea -,
over their evening gowns when rolne n
to dinner or to dance are of red -
trimmed with long. dark fur. and hasln1
silver clasps.
-
Everybody In fashionable Nev Yarh
seems to have gray ostrich feather ~.
These lovely things are the rasA "a
scarcely any fashionable wardrobe b v,aA.
out one. Mrs. John Jacob Astoe. Ma
Oliver Hartman. jr., Mrs. Stuyyeesal
Fish. Mrs. o. H p. Belmont and ~
Huntington all appeared with them dunn
the week. These boas reach only 10 ~
waist line, and at the hack Of The neck
they increase tn an immense sisa almooa
entirely hiding the hair. No one ever -
a black feather boa nowadays on really
fashionable woman, the soft gray having
taken its place. This color b popular b.
cause 1t Is exceedingly becoming and bean,
titles and softens the face aboye q
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LADIES OF BERLIN
LEARN FENCING.

come experts at fencing. which is not
nearly so easy as il appears. and find
that their health Is greatly improved
by the good exercise which it affords
The teachers are highly pleased with
the progress of their lady pupils, and
say that many Of them will soon be
able 10 hold their own with some of
the male members OF the club. The
best of the fencers are always sur
rounded by a ring of adniring specta
tors, watching their 1.-THE and graceful
movements or trying 10 learn some OF
their tricks of fence. The rage for
fencing, which has started among the
higher circles of the Prussian capital.
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ONCE a WRECK, NOW
o4 STRONG WOMAN.

1H HE strong woman" is rapidly
coming forward to the athletic
IL standard Of perfection of the
strong man" and of these fem
mime Hercules as strong woman"
Miss Charlotte Dunphy, the 17-year-
old daughter of a West End avenue
millionaire of San Francisco. Is the
latest marvel. 1t is only last June
that Miss Dunphy graduated from the
Institution of Holy Angels at Fort
Lee, a physical wreck, as so many
young girls who aim for high honors
find themselves at the close of their
school days. 1t was thought that she
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wv EVER before In the history of our
NM country was there such a rage for
II NJ Jewels as now. Never before, in
deed. were such magnihceu. dis
plays OF gems possible on this side OF the
Atlantic.
While America was poor and undeveioped
the habits of her people were simple. Now,
In an age OF record-oreaking fortunes. with
a society made UP OF multimilnonaires. she
puts to shame the luxury OF the Orient.
Here are a few OF the startling facts that
prove IL:
On the day of their wedding George VAN
derbtlt ciasped necklace of rubies about
the throat Of his bride. Its value Is $l0o. 900.
1t cannot be duplicated anywhere or this
planet. Its great feature is the series Of
five perfectly matched pigeon-blood rubies.
OF wonderful size and beauty. in the upper
strand. These stones are valued at $50 900.
The diamonds used for the loops and PEN
dants are worth $780,
Another bride, only few years ago, Mrs.
Oliver Iselin. had more jewels among her
wedding presents than any rajah of India
ever dreamed Of.
Mrs Bradley Martin has tiara Of thir-
,y-six points valued at quarter of mil
lion. Besides this she has "a few quarts
mot to say peoks-of other jewels. among
them a diamond and sapphire necklace.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord, whose jewel casket Is
regarded as of very moderate dimensions.
has five diamond necklaces. one OF which
Is valued at $4,000. 1t Is one of the finest
In the world being made up o. fiawiess
stones exquisiteiy matched.
Dainty and precious and quite unique is
Mr.. Sheldon's diamond rapier formed OF
big and beautiful old mine gems set In
crest of quarter stones.
The late Mrs. John Jacob Aston once
Wore a panoply OF jewels of such surpass-
Ing and perilous value that she was not
only guarded by private detectives. but
accompanied by ten mounted policemen on
her way to and from the ball. Her gems
were then accounted the most costly in
America.
1t is estimated that the jewels belonging
10 the Vanderbilt family alone aggregate
in value at least 100000. The collection
includes most Of the gems with which the
Empress Engenie once dazzled Paris.
Even in luxury and extravaganza the
East must yield. America stu leads.
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ing less than ninety pounds, and was
weak and i'll. But there is nothing
this athlete will not try, and so he put
her through his twenty-five different
sets of dumbbell exercises with the
lightest bells. adding to their weight
as her strength increased until she
could swing five-pound bells with per-
feet ease.
Taking set OF bells home, Miss
Dunphy began exercising before break
fast, and soon found the work delight
full and easy, her appetite increased
and she began to long to do greater
feats. For variety's sake her instruct
or allowed her to learn several weight
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Riverside hotels are more notorlos' ~
their prices than the food they suppay, s r
an amusing story Is told on TINS suo lps. y.
man who was somewhat OF
dered a dinner for himself ana nav ~.
which, from the menu. shonlh 90
very palatahIe. Course succee"s" ~
and toward the end of the Heai 'l's
could contain himself no longer ...,.1ea,
He called up the waiter ana 81 - -
~ ordered q good dinner. and ~ ~
waited patiently FOR some satisfactory - 1
The SCUM was n failure. the nsh ~ -
rotntmenf. the entree uneatahis and : !.
sorry 70 tell you that during tns ,sss.
dinner there has been nothing worm -
ing at .-.,ans
The waiter looked troubled for Al ~ -
and then. Frightening UP. saia. -. -
will wait one moment. sir. WIZ oss
the bill London Telegraph.
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SUGGESTIONS or
THE LATEST NODES

edges Of the very deep yoke and passes
ever the shoulders. Like the hzaEtona Of
the skirt. II lie edged with fringe There
II no escaping IL Il is zssre &c be inflicted
upon ~ ID vary short time.
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rIENCING among women Is the
Ira very latest society amusement
II for the ladies of Berlin. The
scene of their activity in this
direction is the aristocratic Berliner
Fecht-klub. situated In fine large hall
on Prince Louis Ferdinand street. This
club was founded only five years ago
and at first saw many vicissitudes. but
the kaiser's marked interest in mill
tary sports and encouragement OF such
enterprises has done much 80 make
the club q success. It's membership is
drawn almost entirely from court cir
eles. Offering. as 1t does, an interesting
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was going into decline, and many
specialists were cousuited@ More in a
joke than anything else Miss Dunphv
called al the studio OF professional
athlete Just three months ago and in.
formed him that she wanted 10 be a
strong woman" IL did not look very
PROMISING. as aha xas sixht Weigh
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- already spreading among he mid
die class. and there is promise that
many similar clubs viii BE- started
there, some az them exclusively By
ARD Tor women. so that rhsy nerd not
ceuaae their hours az exercise 10
those when Tie E.sl Do rot care 10
Use tbs hall
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lifting exercises and found to his as
constituent that she could actually do
them. and do them gracefully and
nrn1ly. From one feat 10 another she
went, until nov she has mastered ev-
cry sort OF strong woman feat and her
teacher himself gaxes on her with as
tcnixhusnt
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ssnIoomin' Uncertainty


Scene: The stone quay Of ssna a.Ia 80 -
village In Cornwall. Two nrchlns
wrangiing AT the sea~eai IN ..~a6e.
dangerous proximity 70 the aeep ~
An cid retired salt che father -
hamlet watches these antics =" .s.srst
minutes from, his snnnlng pace sr- ~
he signal STAFF, then makes sts-A.A ..sand
the offending pair and adHainissr1S ..,ssefa.
car each. afterwara returning ..rrh
Gently 10 his pipe as the yonnssse's seyine
,earfalsy shorewari. A yisito1s - "a
notices the li.tie episode. came - .,ss.y
tackled the old fellow on DIS
unreasonable u1oIsstaiion- !. sny
..They are not harnntng yoa ,selr
way he protested. 80 why spsa
game ,stefsed
We'll. IL be jex. snis yer way s.tsrs.
the veteran, after a ihoashsfni $500
ton. "'T!sn't As / cares 1u na a.
they tumbles in an gets afc To- 40
whether they DO stop afoo-a. $500
h1an.t no Kin o. rniTe. Twere sne s1en
uncertainty which we're aga.n ~ -. 4 =
AZ was too much fer me isf $50 A..~ =
longer. 20 1 haxberuasas tbs
you Ssst."-6crzps.
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variation from s;asd court functions
The introduction ~ the ladies IS the
latest improvement of The club ar
ramgenseuts. Here they ccrae fire.
eaentiy 90 practice ~}th the fouls. eS-
persaIly IN the mornings when NJ
men are not aEQaaa Seine % the
members OK the scatter sex have be
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A New Standard for Art,

Mrs. Oldschool-I can't see anything
beautiful in that secession vase of yours
Mrs. Newrich-Why. my dear, there are
over sixty OF the loveliest dollars We ever
had in it.-~Jewelers' Weekly
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An Oriental Cynic.

Marriage" said the proverb auoter, .is
a lottery"
Yes" answered the sultan Of Sulu as
he sadly waved his hand toward the ha-
rem. '.and there's bunch of blanks
Washington Star.
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What makes that gentleman's latest
wife so unpopular in his family?" asked
one Utah lady.
She's SO thonghtlessI" replied the other.
''she insists on saying my husband instead
of our husband "--Washington Star
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ONE MORE CALL.

tn frost is on tn punkin'
An the folders in tn shock!
-Riley
tn frost Is ON yer verses.
Err cts cuz we none in stock
Hi--Iimmy-Riley
Now Where's yer salted wainuts,
Yer elderberrv wine,
Yer roarin' huskin' parties.
An yer cider hard an fnsf
r hasn't done no labor
Sence tn year o. ninety five
Come up. como up. o Riley,
An tell Us yer alivel
T. amt no Omar Kiyam,
I'm willin to admit
Hi-Iimmy-Riieyi
But we got .unefmi 1ddlo
Eff y'u on'y saw bit,
Hi-Jimmy-R ileyt
Are y Twin on yer laurels
Thet we given up tn quillf
Is ct pourin' in o. money
Thet's a-keepin' y so still!
r hasn't done no labor
Sence tn year o. ninety-fve-
Come up. come up. 0 Riieyl
An tell US yer alivei
Harold McGrath In Syracuse Herald.
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Among the Breakers.
Long--Family troubles. eh? What rock
did your domestic ship split on?
Short-It was the absence OF rocks"
that caused the split.-Ch.cago News.
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What fanny ola fashions are being re-
v,vea Ore that Is coming So again - thss
Of heansrg thu skirts tn tiste horizontal
folds arourt the hctteu1. WITH perprrf}s ess-
lar ssraw~srtngs. Skirts Of this les tttntten
will he worn here rex, year. Tsss a-e
already q, the streets in Paris. Every
grown girls mother can remember when
.eev wers we-, before When ta4y ear
rive" they will no doubt ee considered
beautiful, The iooeeS-nr skirt - = very
noticeable nars Of a hlae selTei *owFs that
.s onasnt In every particular Fae seke
ana sleeves are Of cloth. heavily eTuhcci-
derea With light ard dark ehse ss'S IA
rksrs - in tmrse form. esrs CUT at me s<si-
tor, In umbrella rssrts shAs fsii 8Fer
Ya.r,erw,slan arare-v 81 TIE seStN's. TIE
.,raperv Is gathered oaso sse fs'is-3stten
.ssr, II Is bar9erssa With eAsaElss F'fT<@,
matching the bite Of ere sewr TIE essr-
cage made an to tight nnfsg = 1a!d
q. n1-,re.ssr sasae from the eGss 81 tha
wa.y, ard the back ard frans- A iaaaere~
rs;a draoerx oS blue seasss csssrs ias
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PERFECT RAGE
FOR GEMS.

wv EVER before In the history of our
NM country was there such rage for
Il NJ Jewels as now. Never before, in
deed. were such magnificeu. dis
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-19
A Mexican Want.

In Mexico there is not-sutficient an
nual rainfall to keep cisterns filed
with drinking water, and almost the
only source of fresh water is secured
by hand pumps and windmills. They
are necessary at every Mexican home,
at all mining camps aud ON the cattle
ranges. At the camps and ON the
ranges windmills are used and they
are invariably of United States manu-
facture. There is growing demand
for windmills and hand pumps of the
latest and most approved pattern. A
windmill or pump is as essential to a
home in Northern Mexico as cooking
stove. In consideration of the fact
that pumps are such an important fac.
tor in the economy of domestic estab.
lishments, the Mexican Government
admits them free OF duty.
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ACU|NALDO'S FIGHTING MEN.
The Filipino Method of Resisting the Americans is to
Mass Forces Instead OF Using the
Skirmish Formation.
INSURGENTS RECRUITED FROM VARIOUS SECRET Sc

Most of the Americans in the Phil
ippines are becoming convinced that
the backbone of the insurgent opposi-
tion is broken. There are numerous
rumors pointing to an early collapse
of the insurrection. One of these is
that General Pho del Pillar, the best
fighter among the Filipino officers,
will desert Aguinaldo and give his
support to the Americans.
The Spaniards, reasoning from
their experience with the natives, re-
fuse to believe that the rebellion is
anywhere near put down. They de-
clare that the Fiipinos will not take
their defeat at Malolos, with the loss
of the city and the removal Of their
so-called government, seriously to
heart. On the contrary, the Span
iards predict that the insurgents will
hover near the American lines, both.
ering them as much as possible, and,
when attacked iu force, dissolve, only
to reappear at other points. This
sort of tactics, the Spaniards say, will
be followed until the wet season
compels the Americans to be housed
in barracks, and then the Filipinos
will return and reoccupy such towns
as the United States troops do not gar
rison. With the next dry season
repetition of the present operations
will begin. Time alone will show
how much there is in this theory;
but, as against it, it must be borne in
mind that the Spaniards in all their
domination of the Philippines never
gave the inhabitants demonstration
Of power comparable in effectiveness
to that given them by the United
States.
A priest and two members of the
so-called Philippine Congress, who
hid themselves in the woods during
the fighting which preceded the cap
ture of Mslolos, returned there and
declared that 2000 of the Filipino sol
diers were anxious to give up fight
ing, and would do so, but for their
officers, who keep them under arms.
The whole country between Malolos
and Caloocan is now full of friendlies,
mostly women, children and old peo-
pie, who are returning to their homes,
carrying white flags. The Americans
are trying to gain the confidence of
the inhabitants by proving to them
that If they will return and attend to
their ordinary work peacefully no harm
will befall them. Two hundred and
fifty civilians have come back to their
homes in Malolos. Two hundred
women and children, with sprink-
ling of unarmed men, supposed to be
warriors, came to the outskirts of Ma
lolos on the sea side of the city and
afterward sneaked away, carrying all
the goods they could.
The mainstay of Aguinaldo's army
are natives unused to the arts of mod
ern warfare and schooled only in the
crude methods of the savage. Their
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of common pleas and the orphans
courts to enter an order or decree
granting to the proper officers of all
benevolent and charitable institutions.
asylums or corporations the right to
bind out and indenture minor children
who have been maintained and cared
paration and publication of the names
and records of Pennsylvania volunteers
In the Spanish American war; making
an appropriation of $1,000 for the pay
ment of the expenses of the inaugural
tion OF the governor: and extending
the benefits of the soldiers orphan in
dustrial schools to the children OF hon
orably discharged soldiers. sailors and
marines of the Hranish wnr
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insurgent leader has violated his
promises. II the insurgents lay down
their arms they will avert great trouble,
aud IL they are induced to do this il
will be due greatly to the fear inspired
by our soldiery.
Most of the insurgents now with
Aguinaldo are recruited from the
numerous native secret organizations.
The principal of these is the Catapu.
nan Society, which is said to have
some connection with Free masonry.
This society has been in existence for
several hundred years, and no doubt
was connected with some of the up.
risings against Spanish rule in the
Philippines. In past years thousands
of the members of this society have
been subjected to Imprisonment and
hundreds have paid the death penalty
for supposed connection with the so.
ciety. But to-day the Catapunan so.
ciety is stronger than ever, and has
now n membership of over 600, 900
in these islands. Another prominent
society is the Philippine Social Club,
originally formed by DIR. Rial, who
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for companionship. This trait is
strongly brought out in their method
of fighting They mass themselves
together like lot of sheep, and, in
stead of spreading out in skirmish
lines, each man taking advantage of
some natural obstacle for protection,
they rush forward, often with arms
thrown around each other, much like
a gigantic flying wedge on the football
field. With this method of approach
1T is not difficult to see how the rapid
fire guns of the American artillery
could tear holes in their formation and
no doubt lay out more men than would
have been the case had the attack been
made by skirmish lines.
At present it would be a most diff
ficult matter TO say what course the
insurgents will pursue. Aguinaldo
has fond hope for Tagal Republic
composed OF the entire group. The
whole Tagal race is most ambitious
In the insurgent army every man
wears some mark indicating position,
for all claim to be officers of various
rank. 1t has not been long since
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was executed for supposed participa.
tion in insurgent uprisings. For
long time the natives were not able to
maintain an organization in Manila,
owing to the vigilance OF the Spanish
police and spies. But the Philippine
Social Club lived and to-day numbers
in its membership the leading Fill.
pinos of Manila. just what position
these societies have taken in regard to
our occupation is not known. I'm.
doubtedly they can be great aid OF a
great menace to us.
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a Complete Compost.

First, put down q layer of vegetable
matter, such as barnyard manure, night
soil. hen manure, refuse from the vege.
table and fruit piles, scrapings from
the woo pile, rubbish from the gar.
den, in fact anything and everything
in the shape of litter. Make the
layer ten feet wide by twenty feet long.
and six inches deep. Over this sprin.
kle fifteen pounds potash, dissolved
in five or six gallons of water, which
will turn it into jelly. Then over
this scatter evenly one or two barrels
of unslaked lime and cover the whole
evenly with two in of fine earth; the
finer the better. Repeat this as often
as you have enough matter to make o
layer, as above described.
When the pile is three to four feet
high put on enough water to slake the
lime, and thoroughly saturate the
whole mixture, but not enough to wash
or leach it, as that would carry away
the best of the fertilizer. The water
will cause the potash and lime to pro.
duce powerful heat, and a very sud.
den decomposition of all vegetable
matter. This amount of material will
make one load of fertilizer worth three
or four Of common barnyard manure.
Besides it will come out as fine as
ashes, and con,aeNrrIig be very easily
handled. The mpos u can be made
without potash d " lme, but not with
out the water. 1T will not be as rich
plant food without the lime and
potash nor nearly as well balanced
chemically. The potash may be OBJ
tained from the crude potash, or two
barrels OF good hard wood ashes evenly
spread over each layer, instead OF the
fifteen pounds of potash, will be just
as good. 1t is one of the best and
cheapest fertilizers 1 can get. Any
thing and everything can be put into
it, even to dead horse, OK, horns.
hoofs, old rags and the scrapings from
the woodpile, simply by adding more
potash to the last named matters, and
it will all be converted into splendid
fertilizer.
The wash suds and the slops from
the chambers should be saved for wet.
ting down the pile, OF can be thrown
on as made, as they will increase the
value of the manure. The liquid
manure from the stable should not be
allowed to go to waste, but all put into
the compost heap, so that nothing be
lost.-C. j. Prowse.