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owned that ever since she had been a girl
she had dreaded being caught by hef last
some one concealed under II. She SAID
when she was younger and more active
she used to take flying leap from
distance and so bring both her legs up
safely into bed at once, but that this nag
always annoyed Deborah who ,plquedi
herself on getting into bed gracel my aaia S.a
she nad given 1t up in consequence but
now the old terror would often come
over her, and as it was so very unpteas,
ant to think of looking under bed ana
seeing a man concealed, with a great;
fierce face staring out at you, She nad
bought a penny ball, and now she r9iied "a
this ball under the 6o ped every G nlgpi ga a and ID
good; if not she always took care 10
have her hand on the bell rope; and meant
to call out John and 'Harry'-Just as IL
she expected men servants to answer her
ring"
Suppose we are all of us more or less
nervous, and it is singular TO note what
strange outlets some womens nervous
ness chooses.
There is the woman who goes to the
play and during. the performance con
stantly shifts and peers, around In an n, ap,
prehensive way. We all know that hre
is in her thoughts. and are made accord
ingly uncomfortable.
Then there is the calamitous creature,
who is always foreboding some 1mpend-
ing disaster because she feels 1t in her
bones" and the woman who doesn't be,
lieve in ghosts who burns the gas ana
sits up in bed half the night and Keeps
everybody else awake so a s to be ready
to run away from them if they should
happen to put in an appearance, and-put' .
dear me, the list is too long TO enumerate
Let me tell you this-my lady OF nerves
can never charm by her beauty. TO SIT
in her presence and endure her fdgets
and not know what demon of unrest pos
sesses her ssimply maddening.
A state of nervousness will sometimes
bring forth a heart-Wringing crop OF
facial eruptions It will dry the skin and
make il sallow, take the vitality out or
the hair and derange the internal organs
to the utter detriment Of beauty.
Those knowing gentlemen of pills and
pellets tell us that when there is a defect
in the structure of the nervous system
ii is usually because some certain re
gion of cells is not well flushed with
blood. The remedy. they say. lies In dis
cipline and training, nourishing food. eX-
ercise and plenty of sleep and good fresh
air.
English physicians claim that many OF
the nervous diseases to which American
women are victims are due to what they
term the rocking chair habit they say
that the amount of nervous energy eX-
pended in useless and injurious rocking
is incredible, and that woman who I'M
agines herself to be resting Will exercise
as much force of the lower muscles OF the
back as would suffice to run a sewing ma
chine for the same length of time.
All ! can say in support of this theory
is that the health of middle-clasS English
women among whom rockers are rare, is
generally superior to that of our own
The finest recipe in the world Tor nerV-
BUSINESS is to laugh at everything, espe-
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terine. diluted in three times as much
boiled water, very healing lotion.
EDITH MI cannot give you the name
of a prepared face powder through the
columns Of this paper. II you Wish
homemade powder here is the Formula Tor
one that is delightful: One ounce Eu-
bin s rice powder, one ounce purest OXIDE
of zinc one-half ounce carbonate or mag
nesia (finely powdered), twenty grains
horacic acid,s two. drops altar or rose
Have your druggist powder each lngre-
dent separately in a mortar. Put your
rice powder through fine sieve and then
through boiling cloth. Do the same with
the oxide of Zinc magneSia and Doraclc
acid before adding them TO the rice pow
der " hon all are combined put twice
throt-gf holting cloth. After each sitting
throw away any particles that rema Il.
Add the altar of rose last. If you wish
a creamy tint to your powder add the
tiniest suggt stion of finely powdered car
aratinns for the hair tonic you mention.
A very excellent tonic. particularly 1or
hair that is oily. is made as follows:
Witch hazel one ounce; aacone! rosorcin oIe
forty grains. Anply every morning with a
soft sporqe to the scalp.
AMY R-The taking of drugs of any
advice of physician Phosphate of soda
IS not really harmful but, like every
thing else. depends upon whether or not
vour physical system neeus it. If 1t does
then your complexion will probably oe
much improved for perfect health means
q Derfect skin. II IS a nauSeOuS dose ana
| do no. WGuder that it sickened you, tax
ing il as YOU did. You took 1t altogether
too frequently. In large doses 1t is "a
purgative: In smaller a dturetic. lea or
coffee taken in moderate quantities VIII
not affect your complexion one way or the
other Your friend probably had beau
tiful skin naturally 1t may be that soap
does not agree with your skin. Some peo-
pIe cannot use it at all. In that. case sub
etitute almond meal or fine faXseed meal
Oracle A.-Here is the recipe for the
strawberry cream: Spermacet. one-half
ounce: white wax, one-half ounce; sweet
almond oil, two and one-half ounces
strawberry Juice three-fourths Of an
ounce benzen three drops. The cocoa
cream. made of equal parts of lanolin,
cocoa butter and cocoanut OIL is Just
what YOU need for developing the neck
and bust.
THEI.MA B..-Have answered your first
question by mail. | really do not know
of any way of reducing large knuckles
except by constantly pressing them. The
cucumber milk will improve the yellow
skin Cream will not cause superhuous
hair to grow have never before heard
the theory about mashed grapes, so can l
not give an opinion on the subject. The
drier and fuffier the hair the more in
clined it is to curl, so that any oil rubbed
constantly into the scalp Is very apt TO
make the hair less curly. The astringent
wash is made by placing in half--pint
bottle one ounce of cucumber juice, three
ounces Of elder flower water and one
ounce of eau de cologne. Then shake the
mixture we'll and add very slowly one
half ounce of simple tfncture of benzoin,
shaking now and then. Then I'LL the Dot
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RULES FOR
NERVOUS
ONES,

~ o you know what is the curse of
the women of the nineteenth cen
tury 49, the great factor that
~ breaks women down while they
are vet in the heyday of their
youth and causes gray hair and wrinkles
and numerous other facial blemishss?
I can tell you in one word-nerves.
Nervous prostration is entirely a modern
disease and that it is almost or wholly an
unnecessary one 1 think eminent authOri-
ties on the subject will agree with me.
The women of the past, famous beauties
some of them, were taught to control their
nerves They did not, as do. the women
Of the present day. wear themselves to
frazZle hunting around after new forms
of excitement. They did not travel in
search of change, neither did they burn
life's candle at both ends, but lived calrnly
and cultivated a placid temperament. L
don't believe any one ever heard OF nerves
in those days.
But to-dax, bless your hearts, we cul-
tivate our nerves. We live off our nerves.
Indeed, not to have nerves is TO be am
fashionable. Then. dear heaven. let US
be unfashionable, say l!
The woman of nerves, to my mind, Is
not half so deserving of pity as are her
near relatives and friends. for one nerv-
Gus woman can create more nervousness
and discomfort among other women than
a whole barrel of mice or an imaginary
burglar.
If a list were made out of the things
that nervous women find to worry about
/ am sure it would stretch from here TO
Patagonia. Each has her own particular
set Of grievances and fondly fancies that
her collection is ten times worse and
harder to bear than that OF every other
woman. The one worry that she shares
in common with all other women IS
burglars
Is there one of you, wonder. who does
not waken fifteen times in the night to
hear a house-breaker fussing with the
lock on the back door, or trying to force
a way through the pantry window?
Whenever | hear the old story of women
peering under the bed to see if there is
a man concealed there, I think of the
amusing description Mrs. Gaskell gives in
her quaint little story Crawford" :"
where she says:
"When. the village Of Crawford was IN
tested with robbers we began to relate
our individual fears, and the private pre-
cautions each Of US took. l owned that
my pet apprehension was eyes;--eyes look
ing at me and watching me, glittering out
from some dull, fat wooden surface.
saw Miss Matte Zone of the old maids
of the village) nerVing herself up for q
confession, and at last out 1t came. She
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y cred a modern maid or matron.
Just now fishing gives place
only TO golf. Mrs. William Whftten and
Miss Carroll have Just returned from
most successful fishing trip. They are
unusually good anglers. and not few
other society women excel In this art.
Think not that it is the namby-pamby
creature, too lazy for violent exercise, who
turns to fishing for amusement Think
not that it is the unattractive girl, who
would find herself cast in the shade by
prettier sisters at those resorts where day
begins at noontime, where husband-hunt-
ing Is the daily recreation and where
hops, firtations, yachting parties ana the
ilk make up the diurnal routine
NY lady of the fishing pole is far dir-
ferent sort of creature. Generally pretty,
always attractive. certainly energetic, she
realizes that IZaak Walton knew what ne
was talking about when he wrote, 'Goo
never did make a more calm quiet inno-
cent recreation than angling"
And we'll is the angling maiden regard
ed. The sport brings color to her cheeks,
gives pIumpness to her form. She who in
the city never retired until the wee sma
hours, tired from her days sport. is gen
eralIy sound asleep when o'clock ar
rives, and well she may be.
She is up with the sun. There Is hasty
breakfast-an egg and a cup Of coffee, pos
sibly a cocktail too, If she is one of the
more advanced crusaders IN the land of
man. The cook has the luncheon basket
ready.
The fishing tackle was Strengthened out
the night before. There Is tramp OF a
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THE CURSE OF WOMiEN
BY MAMIE. tlYGRIA.


liz Ifa ~ formation of
these lumns
that choose c
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WRINKLES

Removed and face rejuvenated by my newly
discovered electrical process for $50 to 5000 See
what the worlds greatest serpentine dancer
LOIE FULLER,
says about the skin 100, food I and tissue builder,
IT certainly can recommend ycar delightful
cream one Of the best things for its pur-
pose / have ever used
Autograph letter can be at office of
A ". TRAVERSE NJ D.
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Answers to Cores pondents

MISS SANDERS-Scme one did once, I
believe figure out the ideal proportions
Of woman as to waist measurement,
length of neck, height; etc. but ! do not
happen to have these measurements at
hand, so am unable TO give them to you.
Am sorry Hope next time you come /
Will be able to give you more sat.s-
factory answer.
MARIE-Following is the formula for
the orange flower skin food. Spermacet, ,
one-haif ounce; white wax, one-half
ounce; anoln. one ounce; cocoanut oil,
one ounce; oil of sweet almonds. two
ounces; orange flower water. one ounce;
simple tincture of benzoin, ten drops.
Melt the first five ingredients in a porce-
lain kettle. When thoroughly incerpo-
rated remove from the fire and add the
benzon and the orange water. Then beat
briskly with an egg-beater until fluffy and
beginning to harden. There is nothing
poisonous or inflammable about it. What
a very funny question: AS though would
suggest anything for the skin that was
either one of these two things. Be sure
and use a porcelain kettle in preparing
the food as tin is injurious to the Oils.
Rub 1t into the skin at bed time, after the
face has been washed with tepid water
and CASTLE soap. Doubtless the little
eruptions that cause you so much unhap-
piness are the result Of some derange
ment of the digestive apparatus. Watch
your diet carefully Also follow the gen
eral rules of hygiene so frequently lald
out in this department You Will ma rs
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FREE TR 9 MENT.
RtONIrTpINE Eop THE u.Jp

Restores gray or faded hair to its natural
color, produces new growth bald heads re-
stores lost eyebrows. Whoever uses BfONJJ-
TRINE once will forever after eschew all other
preparations for the hair. One weeks treat
ment given FREE at 1901 Bush ST., from / to
p n. daily.
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SUPERFLUOUS HAIR

Is removed by DR.. and MRS
A. w. TRAVERSE, Donohoe
building. l170 Market St. cor.
Taylor, rooms 1928, with the
electric needle. without pain or
scar. Moles, warts, wrinkles.
blackheads, freckies, BIRTH
marks, etc, also removed. Per-
manency guaranteed. Hours,
m 4 n m
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PAT WTS1TRY IS YOUR FAdE @ is HnH6 WRPTTEN PAIMISTE2Y

of some kind, and lawsuits are your par
ticular delight. You do not get on hap
PLY in your home life, partly by reason
of your own disposition.
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cially your own ailments they VIII dls-
appear before a hearty laugh like dew De
fore the sunshine
Never talk read. think or see anything
sad or narrowing unless 1t is an impera-
tive necessity.
Never overtax your strength and, above
everything else, sleep. Sleep whenever
you feel sleepy.
Spend as much of your time as you pos
sibly can out of doors. There is no medi-
cine in the world for the woman of nerves
equal to Gods glorious sunshine
Then feed up on nourishing brothS:
little stakes and chops and plenty of
fattening cereals and drinks.
Don't worry. No matter what comes
don't make Yourself and every one about
you miserable by fretting. Troubles may
seem to pile up around YOU mountAiHs
high. and you'll wonder If you Will ever
live through them.
You will. We all do.
And isn't ii better TO come out of them
with a smiling face than with several ad-
ditional crows feet and a number of
So even If the woman in the next fiat
does practice on a cornet seven or eight
hours a day. and sings several half-topes
off the key in between times. school YOUR
self not to hear II. Instead of wildly
gesticulating for the car YOU bave just
missed, calmly wait for the re%t one
Self-control is the secret Of the whole
thing Keep stiff upper in. and instead
of a shoe-string for backbone have
good. firm piece of gristie. and whatever
work you have to do. do it with the least
possible expenditure of worry and nerve
force.
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VERY

you must ride, bike, row, swim,
Z fish, play golf and be past grand
mistress OF several lesser sports
besides If you would be oonsid-
cred a modern maid or matron.
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Madame Neergaard. pupil OF St Gerrlain,
scientific palmist; reading, by mail, 81; office
hours to p. m sic Geary St, above Jones;
classes
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o you know what is the curse of
| the women of the nineteenth cen
tury - the great factor that
breaks women down while they
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-07
MOVEMENTS OF SHIPS
The Montgomery, Now Fitting Out
at Norfolk Yard.
VIII Join tho Wilmington, Now on
Her Way Up the Aninxon-Tho
Raleigh 10 Go Portmouth, New
Hampshire-Detro TO BIueGeid
(By Telegraph to Virginia Pllot.)

(By Telegraph to Virginla-Pllot.)
Washington, April 6.-It is said at
the Navy Department that there Is no
reason why any mystery should attach
to the movements of the cruiser Mont
gomery now fitting out for a long cruise
at the Norfolk navy yard. One small
gunboat, the Wilmington, now on her
way up the Amazon. is the sole repre-
sentative of the United States naval
force on the station. and 1t is deemed
prudent to supplement her with the
Montgomery, inasmuch as the flagship
of the station, the Chicago. will not ar
rive there for at least four months.
THE RALEIGH'S DESTINATION.
While no positive decision has yet
been reached in the matter. Secretary
Long says that it is probable that the
Raleigh, now on her way home from
Manila, will be sent eventually to
Portsmouth, n. H., to undergo the eX-
tensive alterations being planned by
the Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs.
Representatives of the Norfolk navy
yard interests, led by eX-Representa-
tive Bowden. have been earnestly press
ing the Department to have the work
dCne at that yard, and while this may
be ordered, the present disposition Is
toward Portsmouth, on the ground that
the Norfolk navy yard has now on hand
all the work it can handle, while Ports
mouth is virtually idle. Some additions
to the steel working plant at Ports
mouth. n. H., will be necessary if the
work is to be done there. and the result
may be that the yard will be modern
lied from a wooden shipbuilding plant
into steel shipbuilding yard, capable
OF undertaking at least work of the
second class on the smaller cruisers
and gunboats. a rough estimate OF the
amount Of money to be expended on
the alterations OF the Raleigh places
the total at g. quarter Of q million dol
lars.
THE CRUISER CINCINNATI.
The Board Of Naval Bureau Chiefs
has completed the plans for the altera-
ton of the cruiser Cincinnati, and these
are of interest because they are SINH
lar 20 the changes to be made in the
sister ship Raleigh. The greatest defect
In this type of ship developed in the
narrow limits Of the fire rooms, making
them almost unbearably hot in ordinary
weather, and entirely so in warm eli
mates. To meet this difficulty 1t has
been determined to replace the six big
Scotch shell boilers with American sec
tional tubulous boilers. The result will
be TO reduce the space needed for the
same amour. OF boiler power. 10000
horse oower in this case, to give some
additional coal capacity and make It
possible. by separating the boilers. to
ventilate the fire rooms thoroughly and
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-07
FLAGS HALF MASTED
ATrITupEoF GOMEZ.
WILL sOLIDIFY CUBAN PEOPLE
INTO a PARTY.
(By Telegraph to virginian ollot.>

(By Telegraph to Virginian. 'llot)
Havana April 6.-The Cuban Military
Assembly being dead. General Maxine
Gomez will take up his program of
solidifying the Cuban people into a
party that shall. without ceasing. urge
the United States to withdraw from the
Islands.
General Gomez considers the dissolu-
ton of the Assembly as his personal
achievement, aided by the military ad-
ministration here and countenanced at
Washington. He believes that he
energies from the controversy with the
Assembly stronger than ever with the
better classes.
AMERICAS FUTURE COURSE.
Yesterday the Cuban General Pedro
Dlaz, who commands in the province of
Pinar del Rio, invited several generals
| and brigade commanders who are
friendly to Gomez TO n conference re-
garding the latters future course. AS
many who were invited We're at some
distance from Havana and could not ar
rive here in time for the meeting, there
were only few present; but the posi-
bility of reinstating Gomez as COM
Misunderstanding was informally dis
cussed, with the result that little or
no 9pposition to the proposal develop
ed In order to get n more general eH-
preston of opinion 1t was decided to de-
| fer the formal meeting until tomorrow
morning. No other candidate is possible.
| and II such action is attempted, it will
undoubtedly be carried through.
HARMFUL AGITATION.
General Gomez, If reinstated, would
be OF greater service to the United
| States In the disbursement of the
S3,0O0,Oo0, but his political program
means the keeping up of agitation and
disturbance in the minds OF the people
and the weakening of American author
ity by producing the impression that
everything done by the Americans is
temporary and may sooner or later be
overturned.
American observers consider any such
agitation as extremely harmful to the
industrial revival and the restoration
of Cuban credit. Some who are high in
authority and who have exceptional OPP
portunities of knowing the character
ana IDEAS or Gomez, think the United
states government may have trouble
with him yet. His attitude has always
been consistent regarding independence
for Cuba, and he is still working for
the same end. His character is mar
row, resolute, arbitrary, exacting and
hkeiy 10 make him constant disturb
er.
UNION PROPOSED.
The National Cuban party and the
-lsa-Hn1rl011ca- continue their cam
paigns for the formation of the party of
cuban independence. Efforts are now
being made to effect consolidation of
the two movements.
The proba bility is that a union will
soon be effected and that both organi-
cations will then proceed upon the san1e
lines throughout
leper was discovered to-day selling
meat IN the town market. He was sent
10 the leDer hospital
All me oiiicial flags were half masted
to-day at the hour of the INTERVIEW ~,
Arlington Cemetery of the 1886 soldiers
VINO gave their lives for their country
IN cuba or Porto Rico during the we
with SPAIN vac "a1
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him the earth into which the bodies OF
the Catholic soldiers were placed.
Meantime. from Fort NIyer, booming
down the wind, came the dull crack
of gun every half hour, and the ma
tional ensigns on the STATS there and
at the Lee Mansion were run down to
half mast. AS soon as the religious
services had been concluded Ranking
detachments OF the Fourth and Fifth
artillery fired three ear-smashlng. soul
uplifting volleys, and in the solemn
hush that followed the salute the bugle
sounded taps" The last religious ana
military rites to the dead heroes were
over, and the Presidential party and
the military departed. leaving the work
or actual interment to follow AS each
of the caskets weigh almost 500 pounds
ana requires eight men to handle it,
1t VIII be two or three days before ali
the bodies are in their graves
FLAGS HALF MASTED.
In order to permit all to attend the
services this afternoon the depart
ments and the Federal courts were
closed by an executive order of the
President. and all the flags in the city
were half masted.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-07
FILIPINO BANDITS
Called Upon to Exterminate Amer
leans and Spaniards.
their Headquarters Captured. Town
Destroyed, Thirty u nde rris.
0ncrs, ANA Rebellion QuoiIed =
Respite In IIOstililies.
tBy Telegraph to virglnian-P ilot.>


Manila, April 6.-6;45 p. m.-Colonel
Smith. the Governor of the Island Of
Negroes, reports that number OF ban.
dts. headed by man named Papais-
sio. attempted a rebellion on March 81,
and killed several officials Of Jumamay-
Ian. He also captured other officials
and issued a proclamation calling upon
the natives to rise and exterm.nate the
Americana and Spaniards. Major Slime
and two companies of the California
Regiment were dispatched by water to
the scene of the disturbance, and Colo
mel Duboce and two other companies of
troops were sent overland. On April
this force marched twelve miles and
captured LabZid, the headquarters OF
the bandits, and destroyed the town.
The troops also captured thirty five
prisoners and scattered Papaisslo's
forces. thus effectually quelling the re-
bellion at the outset.
RESPITE IN HOST1LlTIES.
There has been a weeks respite In
the hostlitles, chiefly in order 10 allow
the Fllipinos TO digest the proclamation
of the United States commission.
The rebels remain remarkably quiet.
The sharpshooters OF General Lawton' S
line have borrowed the Filipino tactics
and are harrassing the rebels at night,
picking off some of them nightly.
Malolos s resuming it's natural as
pect, business is going on. preparations
are being made 10 establish perma-
nent camp for the troops there and
the soldiers are cleaning the city.
RECEIVING NEW RIFLES.
A third of the American force at Ma
loios is sent nightly TO form an ad-
vanced line a mile of the city. with
patrols and sentrics ahead of the line
General MacArthur's volunteers are
receiving Krag Jorgensen rifles. The
Filipinos having discovered shat they
could effectively empty their Mauser
rifles and retreat before the Americana
approached near enough 10 use their
Springfield rifles with effect.
REVOLUTIONISTS ARE WEARY.
Advices received here from Samar
an island forming n province of the
Philippines. says the revolutionist:
there are weary, their leader. Genera
Lukban, of Chinese ancestry. has de
serted with the funds. The inhabitant:
are DESTROYS of American rule.