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Lesson in Political Economy.

Those good folks who are so prone to
srrumble and croall over women's eN-
trayagance in dress and the deplorable
waste of money spent ON costly mate
rials and beautiful costumes WILL it is
to he hoped, see matters in slightly
different light through the medium of
Miss Hamilton's will. This lady was
well-known dressmaker of England,
and dealt with the kind of materials
and dresses which these foolish persons
call extravaganza. Yet at her death the
other day five hospitals benefited to the
extent of 100000. 1t is little curious
TO think that this muniticent bequest
was made out of the proceeds of wom-
ems so-called extravaganza in dress,
and as a practical lesson in political
economy ii certainly deserves atten-
tion.
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HOW HE CAME TO LEAD.
AEuinaido Shot Spanish Ofierf
Sent to Arrest Him and
Made a Speech.

Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Y Fanny, the
president of the FiIipinos. is little more
than 80 years of age. He was born IN
linus, little village near Caylte. Ills
father was a planter, and the son was
first sent to the College of ST. Jean de
Lateran, then to the University OF st.
Thomas. in Manila. The youth educa-
ton cost the father much privatlon, Tor
the cost of pursuing a course OF study
at these institutions is not less than
1900 francs a year, and the elder
Aguinaldo had great difficulty TO make
both ends meet.
At ST. Jean de Lateran the student is
drilled in Spanish and Latin and the
classics, and when he is able to trans
late the masterpieces of Rome with
facility he is ready for the University
of st. Thomas. This, like the college,
is under the Dominicans. In the uni
versity the principal studies are
physics, metaphysics, theology, Juris-
prudence, law and medicine.
Aguinaldo was adjudged a very dull
student and gave no promise OF dis
tinction. In fact, the Dominicans
finally sent him home in sheer despair.
Aguinaldo then entered the normal
school of the Jesuits. Here he made
some progress, but at this time his IA
Their died when the youth was forced to
return home to take care of his
patrimony, which was threatened by
lawsuits instituted by the Order of the
Recollections-an organization COM
posed of the greatest land proprietors
of the colony.
In was in 1893 that DR.. Rizan created
the Philippine league, the object of
which was to unite politically the vari-
Gus parts of the archipelago. Rial was
banished. but shortly afterward the
Order of Katipunan was formed, which
soon had more than 100000 members.
The object of this society was cooper
alton for the protection of the colon
lists.
The government then, fearing an alli-
ance of this society with the freema-
sons and the various secret orders hos
tile to Spanish rule, began to take ac-
tive measures against it. Aguinaldo
was suspected of being one of the lead
ers. A Spanish officer, with a squad of
native soldiers, came to arrest him.
Aguinaldo, when confronted by the Off
Ger, promptly shot him, then eloquent
ly appealed to his companions to leave
the service of their foreign oppressors
and strike blow for liberty.
The soldiers received his words with
acclaim and instantly chose him as
their leader. He then sought the fast
nesses of the forest, where he was soon
Joined by thousands of his countrymen
all flaming to join the standard of
revolt-San Francisco Call.
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The Dutch in Africa.

The Cape Dutch have no enthusiasm
for the English empire and the English
To study their history from the time
we came to the cape will explain that
fact. But il is to their interest to be
loyal. and they know it. And their OPP
ponents know it. But in the South
African political war game anything is
good enough to beat Dutch dog with.
The Dutch are slow. They are mostly
uneducated. as we understand educa-
ton. They often seem stupid to
quicker or town-bred mind. But the
man who buys a Dutchman for fool
win have a hard bargain. Even
blndfolded Dutchman knows on which
side his bread is buttered, and their
motto in international politics is Bet.
ter the devil we know than the devil we
don't know, -Fortnightly Review.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
Hnd Cigars But No Matches.

While passing buckets at fire that
occurred in London two or three years
ago the prince of Wales wanted to light
his cigar, but the matches he had were
all wet. Some man in the line heard
the future king of England regretting
that ne had no dry matches and
promptly proffered him enc, remark
ing, as he did so, wholly unaware to
whom he was speaking:
81 have plenty of lights but nothing
to smoke"
Have IA smoke with me, them said
the prince. taking another cigar from
his pocket.
Thanks" said the man, accepting;
and he was about to light up when some
one disclosed to him the identity of the
prince. Greatly astonished, the loyal
British subject instantly removed the
cigar from his mouth. and. wrapping it
carefully in a silk handkerchief, eX-
claimed:
THAT cigar will be handed down in
my family from father to SON."
But | now insist you shall smoke
with me. anyhow" broke in the listen
ing prince, laughing heartily and hand
ing the man a second cigar. which was
most graciously accepted and thor
oughly njoyed.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
WardrObes of ROYALTY.

Marlborough house, though it fire.
quently encourages new fashions, is no
autocrat in these matters. An instance:
Last summer, in order to encourage
Spitalfields weavers, the prince of
Wales heroically wore silken brocaded
wa.stcoat, but the hint was not taken.
and the waistcoat had at last to be dis
carded. The duke of York it appears.
is no great dandy, as he simply re-
quires his clothes to be comic rtable
He ordered 20 suits once all in a lot. He
IS thought to look best in blue serge
Yachting costume. AS to the German
emperor, his wardrobe is marvellous, in
Guiding the uniforms of every regiment
in his army, besides many foreign ones.
Among the most priced naval uniforms
is that of an English Chicago
Tin Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There areg17 metals more valuable
than gold.
A man walking day and night with
out resting would take 42S days to Jour
ney round the world.
More newspapers are printed in the
United States than in England, France
and Germany combined.
Queen Victoria has seen every throne
in the world vacated at least once. and
some of them several times.
The largest building is the Coliseum
at Rome. 1t is 615 feet in greatest diam
eter and 120 feet high.
The work performed by the human
body in a day, IN circulating the blood.
breathing and other involuntary proc
esses, is equal to that of % horse-pow-
er for one minute.
The largest loaves of bread baked in
the world are those of France and Italy.
The pip" bread of Italy is baked in
loaves two or three feet long; while in
France the loaves are made in the shape
of very long rolls, four or five feet in
length and in many cases even six feet.
Remarkable Discovery of a Bank
Note.-Mrs. James Blaylock, provision
dealer. Howard street, Blackpool, re-
Gently purchased box of onions from
q wholesale dealer named Wilson, and
whilst examining the contents of the
box she found piece Of paper Endorsed
with a foreign name. The paper was
taken TO a local bank, and there ldentl-
fed as a Portuguese bank note, which
has since been cashed for ESQ.
The negro baby, when it comes into
the world, presents delicate pink col
or; the second day it is lilac; ten days
afterward it is the color Of tanned
leather; and at Is days it is chocolate
color. The coloring matter which lies
between the layers of the epidermis
is semifuid, or in the form of fine
examinations; in the Indian 1t IS red,
and in the Mongolian yellow. 1t is in
fuenced not only by sun and by eli
mate, but by certain maladies, and the
negro changes in tint just as the white
person does.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
COOLING TO THEIR EGGS.
1t Is Said the stormy Petre1s Hatch
Out Their Young in This
Manner.

The stormy petrels nest just above
the Atlantic surge on the islets near
Iona and the Hebrides. There above
the rock on certain islands in a black.
buttery soil. in which they burrow like
little winged mice, and on nest of sea
pink lay one white egg. As this deser-
ton of the regions of light and air by
birds is something outside the natural
course of their lives, it leads to various
odd and unexpected social complica-
tons and domestic problems. Among
the latter is a serious one. the difficulty
of keeping the underground house
clean or moderately cool. 1t is usually
very hot. Sandmartins, for instance,
do not attempt TO yenslate their bur
rows as rabbits and rats do, neither do
kingtishers nor the stormy petrels
when they make their own burrows,
and do not creep into chinks between
piles of stones or rocks. Evidence of
the high temperature of this hot
chamber" where the young petrels are
Matched is seen in very pretty popu-
lar belief in the Outer Hebrides.
The people say that they hatch their
eggs. not by sitting on them. but by
sitting near them, at distance of six
inches. &etween them and the opening
of the burrow. Then the petrels turn
their heads toward the eggs. and 600"
at them day and night, and so hatch
them with their song" This. which
sounds like fable of the east Atlantic
stands. has really a basis m fact. Mr..
Davenport Graham says that the ac
count is very correct; though | never
heard the cooling noise by day, ! often
did in the evening. 1t is rather purr-
ing noise. When its nest is opened up.
the bird is usually found covering a
few inches away from its egg" This
hot and stuffy atmosphere may aid the
Matching of the eggs; but there is no
doubt that it brings into being other
and very undesirable forms of life. The
nests and burrows of sand martins are
full of most unpleasant insects, and
those Of the kngfsher are nearly as
bad.-London Spectator.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20

Love doesn't stay bIindfolded very
long after it gets married
From wifehood comes a woman'S dis
illusions and SORROWS; from mother
hood her hopes and ideals.
\ woman consults her looking glass
just like a man consultS his bank BAL
Ance--to see what they are worth.
\ woman may know 4 good deal less
than man, but size feels more than he
knows and feels put together.
When a woman is first married she
wonders how he came to descend TO
her; after she learns more She wonders
if lie ever will elmo little way up 10
Lor,-N. !. Press.
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MN the He'd Mns KnuG II

Archbishop Temple, Of England, on
one occasion stayed all night at the
residence of a clergyman whose wife
was absent On leaving, the host po-
litely expressed the hope that when
next his lordship honored the house
Mrs. Temple would accompany him.
~No. thanks" said the archbishop,
shortly. Mrs. Temple doesn't like to
rough it," The ciergyman's feelings
were deeply hurt and he complained to
his wife on her return. Surely, you
didn't put the bishop in the pink bed
room?" she cried. The clergyman adj
mitted hat he did, "Oh, then, that's
it. | put all the silver in the bed. No
wonder called it rough"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
AN UNFORTUNATE POET.
He Unconsciously Bestows the SUI
tan's Rich Gift Upon Reg
surs at His Door.

It was a common practice a century
ago to conceal the real value of pres
ent. A good story in illustration Of
this is told of Sir John Maynard,
shining legal light of those days. ~
Two farmers had a grievance about
which they were compelled tQJ go to
law. One of them prepared,ta basket
full of beautiful pippins and presented
them to the great lawyer. ,hey were
graciously received and Sir John, TAX
ing one of the apples, split it in two.
and found therein a golden sovereign.
They were golden pippins. indeed!
The retainer was all chat could be
desired, and the lawyer engaged to de-
fend his client. shortly after this there
came also to Sir john the other farm
err with fine sucking pig. When this
was turned over 1T was found to be
stuffed with so s0overeigns. The gift,
however, had to be refused, as the law
yer was already retained.
In striking contrast to this was the
action of the famous Spanish poet,
Sidi Iben Sarki. This happened not so
many years ago. The poet was living in
Fee, and desiring to show his appreci
alton of the ruler of the country, he
wrote long poem eXtolling the vir-
tues of the sultan Of Morocco and sent
it to him.
The sultan, Muley Hassan, was so
pleased with the act that he presented
the poet with a gift of four loaves Of
black bread. Now. in Morocco, the
present of loaf of black bread from
the sultan is one of the highest honors
that can be conferred. The naughty
poet. however, would very likely have
appreciated a purse in which the gold
could be heard clinking, and he was so
chagrined that he gave the loaves away
TO beggars who knocked at his door
for aims
Judge of his modification when he
learned some days later that each loaf
had contained 100 ducats which the
sultan had ordered to be placed therein
before the baking. Verify. it would
have been wise to have accepted the
crumbs of comfort, such as were of
fered, with all thankfulness.-Cinc
rati Enquirer.
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INSTRUCTED LETTERS.
Most of Them Pass Through the Hands
of the '.Blind Reader" uf the
Dead Letter once.

Among the hundreds of women in
tie government Office in Washington
some stand preeminent in their line
OF work.
Mrs. Patti Lyle Collins, the expert at
the dead letter Office, is perhaps the
best all-around woman in office.
In the first place nature gave her
brave equipment, add to this liberal
education. great linguistic ability, wide
knowledge and years of experience, and
YOU have before you the little southern
woman who is called the blind reader
of the dead letter Office.
This is because there is nothing writ
ten so blindly, but she is able to de-
cipher it.
The mail matter which finds its way
to the dead letter Office is of several
kinds, but the only kind that comes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-20
Vouch of Romance.

There are few lives which romance"
has not touched. One day an American
family travelling in Europe visited the
studio of the sculptor Greenough at
Florence, and the father ordered a
statue of his little girl. Not long after
he had finished the statue the sculptor
chiseled from a remnant of the same
block of marble bust of y. =. Willis,
then a noted man of letters and son
of the founder of the Youths Compan-
ion. Years passed and Mr.. Willis. a
widower, married the young woman
Miss Cornelia Griunell. of New Bed
ford-whose statue as Il girl had been
made by Mr.. Greenough.-Youth's
Companion.
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4 Punning WOmnn

Doubtless the female punster, guest
al dinner party where bishop was
present, recalled to the prelate Dr.
Holmes remark: People that make
puns are like wanton boys that put cop
pers on the railroad tracks
by the way" said the woman, do
you know that Their. are times when it
is dangerous to enter an Episcopal
church"
What is that. madam" said the
bishop, with great dignity, straighten-
ing himself up in his chair.
I say there are times when it is posi-
lively dangerous to enter the church,
she replied.
THAT. cannot be- said the bishop.
pray explain. madam"
Why" said shea 1t is when there is
a canon in the reading desk, big gun
in the pulpit. when the bishop is charg-
ing his clergy, the choir is numbering
the anthem, and the organist IS trying
to drown he choir. Baltimore sun.
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the bier and waved it over her head.
The Brahmin next handed her a torch,
which, though to all appearance not
lighted, contained a spark of fire with
in. Very soon the waving of the torch
caught a current and ignited. ! could
not see the girls face all this time, but
| could see that her form shook like
an aspen leaf.
The Brahmin now, amid profound
silence, having ordered her to apply
the torch, Rance advanced toward the
pile with lettering steps, and in a mo-
ment the pile was ablaze. Now came
RANGES time to sacrifice herself, to
perish then and there in the fierce
flames that were already stretching out
their tongues toward her flimsy robe.
"She hesitated, she trembled, and by
command of the priest two men were
about to throw her on the blazing pyre,
when the officer commanding the de-
tachment. a young man with a soft
heart, ordered his men to charge. They
obcyed the order with alacrity, and not
a moment too soon, dispensing the suit
tee party, which fled to its boats, leav-
ing Rance fainting on the river banks
In taking this step the officer really
dsobeyed orders. Fortunately we
found what we had come for. We saw
that the rebels were fortifying Ben
ares As for Rance, the colonel's wife
took her under her protection, and
after the mutiny was suppressed, she
became my wife" - Chicago Inter
Ocean
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into Mrs Collins hands is that which
directed"
This means letters which are wrongly
addressed or those which bear an illegi-
BILE direction.
II is curious to note that there were
received during last year 2909S letters
which bore no address whatever. The
general appearance of these envelopes,
as we'll as the nature Of the contents,
indicates that by far the greater por-
ton of these errors of omission were
not made by casual and infrequent
users of the mails but were the result
of haste and want of deliberation by
persons more or less completely alb
sorbed in business.
Money orders, checks and bank notes
are frequently mailed without the
sender's name and address within, and
in an envelope with no address what
ever. After making every effort to dis
cover the owners of these, the United
States treasury finds itself the richer
annually by $4,000 from this source.
Letters bearing imperfect directions
come directly to Mrs. Collins, who has
become so expert in her work that
there is seldom anything too blind
for her to read. When it is remembered
how many foreigners who are totally
unaccustomed to the language write
in ii, and how many il'itcrate who are
able to do little more than TO make
their mark, use the mails, one is not
surprised at the great number of let
tiers which come into this department.
But these are not the worst people
Mrs. Collins has to deal with. The
writer of the ultra fashionable hand
gives her, as a rule, more trouble than
the iliterate or tie foreigner.-St.
Louis Republic.
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20 steam the Face.

Place Il large wash bowl filed with
boiling water on low stand, put a
large fowl over the head so that none
of the steam may escape. Steam the
face and neck thus for 5 minutes, and
with the fingers pinch and press every
part until it is as red as lobster.
Bathe the face in very hot water and
remain in q warm room for at least an
hour. 1t is good thing 10 take nap.
On rising battle the face gently with
cold Natter TO prevent taking cold when
YOU 20 out.
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SAVED FROM SUTTEE.
lea, Escaped from Horrible
Heatlicn Sacrifice.

Mrs Rance Lalros, a woman between
so ard 55. arrived in Chicago recently
from India, via Yokohama and San
Francisco, with her husband. Mrs.
Lalros' husband is a Eurssia from
Lahore, and a Christian, but the wom-
an is a stanch Hindoo who refuses to
be converted, and has brought with her
from her native Benares a copper
statuette of the goddess SILVA which
she worships at leisure, while her hus-
band may be attending services in the
nearest Episcopal church. They toll
crate each other and live happily to-
gether with their three beautiful
daughters, two Of whom are of their
fathers creed while the third, the
youngest, is devout worshiper of SILVA
and Ganeesha.
Mrs. Lalros has history that is most
interesting, for she was about to be-
come a victim to the terrible suffice of
her caste when rescued by the man who
afterward became her husband. As is
the custom in India, Rance Khud, while
still a toddling child, was affianced TO
the son of friend and neighbor. AT
the age of II, just on the eve of the
children's marriage, the youth of 13
who was to be the bridegroom died,
and according TO the irrevocable laws
of her caste, she was doomed to be
burned on the funeral pyre on the
banks of the sacred river Jumna, over
from the city of Benares. As Lalros
had much to do with what followed,
it is just as well as he should tell the
story:
at was a little before the Sepoy
mutiny of 1857, and |, the son of Euro
pean father, was guiding a detachment
of the First Bengal cavalry through the
iungles to Benares. While concealed in
the bush waiting for sunrise we saw
the dead youth carried down to the wa
ter's edge on bamboo stretcher, and
judging from the sort of crowd that
had assembled, we were about to wit
ness a suffice. The body was covered
over with a green silk robe-for he was
a high-class Brahmin-and placed on
pile of resinous sandal-wood logs.
Then the cloth was removed, the bier
placed on the pyre, with the feet to-
ward the Jumna, six logs were laid on
the body, and all was ready for the
widow.
LED by relative, Rance walked
slowly down the bank to play her
| tragic part in the ceremony, covered
with a flowing robe of white. a Brah-
min priest stood at the head of the
| body-the scene is before me now as
if it were but yesterday he di-
rected the proceedings in the coolest
manner possible. Taking the rod pre-
scented her by the Brahmin in her right
! hand Rance walked three times round
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Good Taste In Dressing.

Wear as few bands as possible al or.
near the waist, and in all cases wear
them as far below the waist line as pos
sible with comfort. Make drawers with
as little fullness at the top as possible,
and always make them on carefully
fitted yoke, says Womans World. If
you wear chemise or corset cover have
it fit smoothly, and use no sort of frilly
trimmings that will show their inn
print through 4 closely fitted bodice.
Make them as elaborate as YOU please
but let all trimmings be fat, using
lace rather than embroidery. If you
wear short under-petticoat of flannel
or other material, make with a fitted
yoke that drops we'll over the hips and
| abdomen, keeping all fullness-both at
! top and bottnm-at the back The top
petticoat should be fitted with the
| same precision as the skirt to YOUR very
best gown, and should always DC worn
well below the waist in front and on tho
! hips.
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UnIucky Buried Treasure.

According to German law a finder
of buried treasure is entitled to one
half of its value. the other half going
to the owner CT the property where the
treasure is found. But a workman
who made rich find near Bremen re-
Gently lost his right to half the fortune
and spent two months in jail because
he was hoggish and tried to grab it all.
While removing the foundations of an
old house this laborer, whose name is
Sieckmann, found big tin box full of
gold coins minted with the bust of
Louis NV. and bearing the face value
of four dollars each. No one had seen
the treasure, so he picked it up and
went with it to Bremen at once. He
tried to dispose of a few coins TO a big
jeweler. The latter called in the DO
lice, and at the trial the unlucky finder
was sentenced to two months in iail
and his share of the treasure was for
feited to the government.-Chic
Evening News.