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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-19
Feeding pills to Plants.

The following note by Mr.. Paul Of
Chestnut on the method employed
by M. Georges Truiffent of admins
tering artificial food to plants is of
considerable interest to horticultur-
lists. After an analysis of the ash of
the living plant, the necessary salts
for a given time, such as six months,
are weighed out and inclosed in a
metal-cover to form what is called
q pill, which is presumably in
serted in the pot, diffusion of the
salts taking place through the folds
of the metal, and the thicker the
metal the slower the diffusion. AS
the salts dissolve and disappear they
are replaced by core which ex-
pands until it completely fills the
"pill.," The salts have no action on
the metal cover, which remains firm
and hard. It is stated that the solu-
bility of the salts can be so regulated
that a PIN may be made to last
three on six inonths, as may be de-
sired. BY this method Of feeding
large well colored plants ere grown
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-19
in pots of less than half the usual
size. Gardeners Chronicle.


"Can you love one SO far beneath
youa" faltered Sir Roderick, his
voice trembling with emotion.
The fair Lady Constance leaned
from her easement.
why, it amt more than 80 feetr T.
she exclaimed, looking down at him.
"Well, | should hasten TO cackle!"
Love will at times annihilate time
and space as we'll as the long green.
Detroit Journal
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-19
PEOPLES
DRUG
STORE

Our methods have
made us a good many
customers and our
medicines have made
a good many sick
people we'll thanks
in a measure TO the
skill of the physician
who wrote the pres
Icription. If you like
our service and our
methods, we want
your business.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-19

Two ministerial candidates named
Adam and Low recently preached in
Scottish church. Mr.. Low preach
ed in the morning and took for his
text, adam, Where Are Thoui'
He made most excellent dis
course, and the congregation was
much edited. In the evening Mr..
Adam preached and took for his
text 10, Here / Amp
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-19

c. n. TAYLOR & co.
Collection and Real Es-
tate agents. Will sell, rent
or exchange farms and
other property.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

/ Wheelwoman wore brown boots, made
to lace half way to her knees, yet, for
modesty's sake, several inches lower
| than the sort which were worn two
years ago 1 do not recall having seen
| a single pair of the knee-length bicycle
boots in the L. A. w. week.
Nor did see any high heels on shoes;
they may have been worn! it would be
surprising if there We're not eccentri-
cities here and there among a company
representing a national league l did
see one or two regrettable examples of
unskirted knickerbockers, but they
were extremely conspicuous by their
limited number. And for aught l know
the wearers may have been expert and
professional wheelwomen whose work
required the freedom of a divided cos
tune.
In woman's summer experience TIE
shirt waist, with larger or smaller
sleeves, done in stripes or dots, seems
10 have come to stay. 1t probably will
standard upper garment for bicycling
as well as for general use. The skirt, /
imagine, will continue to be merely
shortening of whatever walking skirt
may be current. And the hat will be the
same as that for regular morning warm
weather use. l gather these conclusions
from the present clothing of the women
of the L. A. W., which, as its name i'm
plies, includes the sentiment on the
clothes question of the wheelwomen of
the United States. These garments
make up sensible, pretty costume;
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
GIFTS TO WOMEN.

Flowers VIII always, undoubtedly. re-
main the approved gifts for a man ia
send woman, though there is in no.
litely exclusive society a schedule of
possible offerings a masculine admirer
can always venture in safety to make
at his fair ones shrine Books and
bonbons have been invariably first on
the list but now cigarettes are onenlv
admitted, and thoughtful man who
SENDS them, offers never less than 10O
OF the little Princess OF Wales favor
ties, done up in a box of metal heavily
oVerlaid with French gilt and prettiIy
painted to represent enameling 4
hundred cigarettes in such incios,,ra
means an outlay of not less than SIX
Tor the tobacco-filled' cylinders of paper
alone, with their cork mouthpieces.
cost SO to SIS. y p
A man admittedly in wonan's pood
graces can confidently venture the
glft, furthermore, of a cigarette caea
between men and women all sunn,,,o,.
there has been a curious intercbanga
OF necktles, and the man whose butter
ny DOW or four-in-h hand or soft scarf 90
ADMIRED even casually by a fenninine
friend, feels curiously in duty bound ~
whip 1t off and send it to her the ri :
rowing day. On the other hand If n
man aumlres womans stock or ring-
nam scarf, she runs at once IN ia fny,s,
ana tries to match the admired frifle IN
man size and sends IL to tho lIclr,,
69g with her compliments.--St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. III -'oNi'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

less TO the excited and prejudiced
minds of the Parisians.
But, however futile her effort may
have been, 1t was characteristics She
was the good angel of Dreyfus, ever
alert to undo the effects of the in
trigues of his antagonists. Her natural
enemy was the "veiled woman" Nine.
Pals, with whom Esterhazy maintained
liaison, who was supposed to have
been an active agent in the treacher-
Gus disclosures. Her endeavor was
ever to convict Dreyfus.
She was the woman who, according
to -Esterhazy, made an appointment
with him, and placed the proof of Drey-
fus' guilt in his hand. She was said to
maintain Illicit relations with Dreyfus,
and to have so gained access to his
confidence.
On every hand such evidence was re-
futed largely through the means devel-
oped by the woman in white. What a
contrast the two present-the one, pure,
good and always striving to right the
wrong donethe accused-hs good angel;
the other Of light repute admittedly i'm
pure-striving to accomplish his down
fall-his bad angel.
Not less noticeable was the action Of
La Dame Blanche in this country. She
came here incognito also. Her connec-
ton with the incident that followed was
unsupported for considerable time.
This Is what occurred.
Early last spring q woman of con-
siderable beauty called at Tifany's, on
Union square, New York, and left a
beautiful string of pearls to be APP
praised and possibly purchased The
next day two men, obviously French
men, made minute inquiries about the
very same jewels. The following morn
Ing the woman called, and in some ex-
element demanded the pearls, saying
she had changed her mind about dispos-
ing Of them and would leave imme-
diately for London.
The whole affair was so puzzling that
detectives were set to work to ascertain
who the queer trio were. Then 1t was
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
It is a Matter
Business and Not
Of Sentiment.
FATE OF FORMER MRS. COtGAi
Bought the Stafford cd.
% Of Arms With Her
Fortune.

Marrying an English title, is met IA
honey. 1t depends. though, on the ~.
tive whether the woman feels she X
compensated by adding a handle to H.
Christian name. The transaction m III
be entirely for barter, and in that o.
no sympathy need be wasted on eth.
party The title is bought with a. IA.
tune by the bride, says the Savanna
Ca, News, and if it does not pan a.
well she must simply regard 1t as a "a
investment, like many another made r.
business. Now less than a year ago {
handsome and exceedingly wealth
widow, not satisfied with her affiI1a.
tons in New York society. married b
English earl of broken down forf,,n.
and health, whose sole claim. to al.
tinction existed in the fact of his asso.
Citations with the royal house of IN +.
land. ~ .s-sH
By the eristocracy he was toferates
because he was one of them, but .oI,{.
side that sacred band he was a a..
body; he was as poor asa church .rnotfss
However, his great name counted "a,
something, and the rich American wi6l
oW fancied it would be Jolly to be
countess, when so many New York Nd.
men were Ladies Somebody or Other
There was no love lost, evidently ~,
the earl threw himself in front ~ 3,
express train, or had fit. the corona
said, and left will thatIgnored.Ilis nes.
Vile, whose millions had given him Ga q
from creditors and taken his establish.
ment out of quad 1Ta IT
NO arrangements had been made IA
her, and the consequence is, beyou,
the privilege of using the coat Of arrnl
of the Straffords and being called
dowager countess, the former Mrs, Cd
gate of New York is precisely when
she was year ago, as far as societ.
is concerned. 1t may be this was al
understood in the marriage settlernenta
yet the lady scarcely counted on 5.
brief tenure of the coveted position
she gave so much for. so little 81.
should have all there was to it for som
Years to come. Alas and aiacki I'd
the gratitude Of man. E GAsd
The earl bequeathed every bit of prou
erty he possessed to his two daughters
not even making provisions for q pos
sible heir, which the countess now lead,
the new earl to expect. One realb
hopes the expectation will be realized
II 1t is only to see the complication
that then will arise unsnarl themselvel
10 the satisfaction Of the handson,
Enillei lCdH WlooW' But LORD Strahors
did not have an easy life Of it. H1
daughters married indifferently. Lad
Mary Byng, the younger one, wheAwaI
the queens maid Of honor, contracted
disastrous alliance with an inpectinf
GUS French count, and the pair keu
sort of young noblemen's boardirs
school in France, until the other IA,
the authorities went and shut it up 81
the plea of politics. Perhaps the faith
er-in-law OF this Viscount de Bauns
Talvande became discouraged with TIL
outlook for his favorite daughter AM
concluded life was not worth living, AMI
then, again, he may have had a real q
and tumbled under the wheels OF tn,
train. ~ avs -9s1 Z
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

whispered that the jewels were some
that had been presented to Madame de
Pals, the intimate of Esterhazy, then
| living in exile in London. This was in
| correct, for Madame de Pals was al
ways addicted to diamonds not pearls,
while Comtesse de Martel La Dame
| Blanche" naturally claims pearls as
her special adornment.
The comtesse was no stranger in the
| American metropolis, as she had been
| in this country in 1887, and she had pa
| tronized the leading New York jewellers
| lavishly 1t was at this time that the
jailer on Devils Island put Dreyfus te
extraordinary suffering, encasing his
ankles in irons, as well as keeping him
confined strictly to his iron cage.
| The reason was, he said recently,
that he had heard stories of bold
| plot to aid Dreyfus to escape. An
American yacht, it was reported to the
jailer was expected off Devils Island
and night attack upon the small gar
| rison was apprehended.
/ Who was behind the daring scheme
Comtesse de Martel had not been seen
in Paris for some time. A strange
French woman had offered her Jewels
for sale to an American firm. The con-
illusions are obvious.
A little while prior to this it was
stated in the Frankfort Zetung that
the lamlly or capt. DreytuSGhad en-
gagged Sir George Lewis, the distin-
| guished London lawyer, to discover II
! possible the author of the memorandum
upon which Dreyfus was convicted
Sir George Lewis was at the time said
to have gotten on the track of Ester
hazy through the agency Of an Ameri-
cam lady. This was an obvious mistake
No American by birth has thus far been
involved in the great Gallo scandal.
n ba MI 70 To
in America when this information was
made public 1t was then said that the
informant of Sir George Lewis had
learned through a porter at the Ger
man embassy in Paris that the German
Officials talked Of the infamy Of the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

Boston lately was visited by the L.
A. w. It overlooked the city far in
every direction into the famous SUI
burbs. Wheelmen and wheelwomen
checked their bicycles and took pos
session of the library. the shops and
the hotels. 1t was easy to distinguish
them in the throng in Boston's narrow
business streets, for, strong in numbers,
they wore their wheel clothing where
soeVer they went.
Perfect weather favored the meeting,
which, If an outsider may Judge, was
a great success. OF the events" on
the program 1 can not speak; of the
picturesque effect upon the city of
thousands of men and women in their
outing dress, l may comment with APP
preciatiVeness. The men inevitably
Wore knee trousers, golf stockings, low
SHOES and some gayly-colored linen or
wool blouse, which as often as not was
tricked out with metal medals which
the wearer had won in some contest of
skill or bought on a neighboring cor
ner.
The small dealer in decorative but
tons and emblazoned badges had scent
ed the meet from affair. and was ON
hand early with his inexpensive wares.
80 much of jollity did these gaudy pins
.tNN' ~ IiAC LESllNlllGS. 1t was TumOred
that staid citizens of Boston who never
mad mounted wheels put imitation L.
"A w. emblems on to their Jackets and
Wore them for fun. L. A. w. week
probably was as near a municipal lark
as Boston gets.
The wheel costumes of the women
as rule, had been designed with an
eye TO Jauntiness and to comfort. They
We're laws unto themselves, as opposed
10 the dictates of fashion Metropoli-
tan tailors this year have Commanded
Ihat skirts for the wheel Should he
long almost to the danger point. Wom-
en- of Newport have aided and abettad
the tailor in his imoerious methods
;Ihus it has come about that here are
Two standards in woman's bicycle cos
ttlpmes-the long, usually dark skirt of
the mondaine, worn in country life dur-
ing early morning hours. and the short
gown, oftenest a medium shade in
checked browns, of the woman who is
runs. ''Ne9 loilS
BY a short skirt is meant one - or ID
lhches above the ground. Your New
port dame could not think of a skirt
over six inches from the earth. For
long rides and practical purposes. my
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
NEW OPENING FOR WOMEN
Private Secretary to Some Woman Ac
tive in a Career.

0e~'J ~ OOlhC .WOTIldn AC
tive in Career.
Among the new avenues of liveli-
noou Wnlcn are opening up to women,
tnat winch is pre- eminently fitted for
the gentlewoman is the office of priva 10
secretary to some woman active in a
career, either literary, social or philan-
uhroplc, who finds her duties greater
IMAM she can cope with single-handed. f"
writes Virginia. Tatnall Peacock In the
Woman's Home Companion. "The re-
qulrements of the position are frequent
~ IN the actual possession of a Well-ed
ucated, intelligent woman. In Wash
ingtoh they are perhaps more exacting
than elsewhere, especially when a So
ciety woman is the employer. With the
cnanse or every administration women
30 there strangers TO the peculiar re-
qulrements of their position, which.
Deing Official, places them In the very
front ranks of the social life of the city.
hence, the demand has been for sec
retarles OF superior qualifications. The
secretary of one woman conspicuously
identified with the present administra-
ton is herself daughter Of an ex-cab-
met ofncer Foremost among the at
talrlments of woman who would fill
such a place should be a good. clear
chirography. Furthermore, to be able
to I'LL the office with that intelligence
which demands a proportionately high
salary, she should know how to write
any form of note that the requirements
of good society might call for; should
know how to accept or decline every
form of invitation, and should possess
a knowledge Of am additional Language.
preferably French. A communication,
II one lived up to the letter OF good
form, should be answered in the lang
uage in which it is delivered. In Wash
ington many members Of the diplomatic
corps send out their Invitations in the
court language, French. There rs also
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

| the one after which came all those now
worn so commonly.
Go not know whether there are
rainy-day clubs in that city. But by
some consent the women obliged to be
out in bad weather are united in their
| aversion to trailing gowns; even to
| those of usual walking lengths. 1t is
exceptional to see on rainy day in the
| districts where women work, a
woman with skirts which come
to her heels. Even, I think,
the skirts are often too short for
grace, unless it is possible to be exact
about the cut of the skirt and precise
| over the make of the shoe,
saw on a wet day recently in Bos-
| ton rainy day skirts which had been
shortened from walking length to a
| height even above ordinary boot-tops,
and there were lengths of stocking WISH
bic between boot and skirt hem.
Again, these old skirts made over were
worn with buttoned boots which had
seen their best days
1t ought to be the rule of a woman
brave and sensible enough to wear a
rainy-day gown that that dress shall
be above criticism. That gown, if none
other, ought to be made carefully by a
| tailor or bought ready done after care
ful trying on. Old skirts made over
are not usually successful in appear
ance because the back breadths are out
| OF date dress so noticeable as 81
rainy weather one and frankly out of
| date is unsuccessful.
| But If one positively must do without
a new short dress for wet DAYS com
promising on an old skirt cut off. then
| let the boots be of the best quality
with extension sole and so heavy that
rubbers need not be worn. Rubbers
with shortened dress produce an I'M
calmly effect.
New waterproofs for fall and winter
wear already have come to the mar
kets. Nearly all discard the cape. The
long coat model is the one preferred.
FlS pearl buttons appear on some of
the waterproofs; those which are made
from covert coating. There is a ten
dency to revive the waterproof coat,
made from heavily woven cloth, in
| plain colors and checks, and unlined
| With rubber. However. the latter sort,
| with q. doublure of satin, is in vogue
in thenew coat shape, sans cape. Capes
| always were in the way when one held
/ an umbrella. q
Many women who have. not been able
| to make up their minds to adopt tha
! shortened. skirt for wet weather corn
1 placently wear old shotened garments
hidden under a smart new waterproof
getting tredit for distinction in their
dressing. and doing away with wet
skirts about the ankles
! .MARGERY DAW.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

conviction of Dreyfus and of the nee
essity of informing Emperor William.
Obviously it was Parisienne. and
clever and daring one, who managed
to get this knowledge; not an Ameri-
can, unused to the devious ways of the
Partisan concierge. The woman who
has managed to get conspicuous seat
at all the lola, Esterhazy and Dreyfus
trials, was the woman who conjured
the secrets out of the German embassy
who went alone to Berlin and saw the
emperor, who engaged the great Eng
fish criminal lawyer to unravel the Es-
terhazy implications, who schemed to
rescue Capt. Dreyfus from his guards
at Devils Island-La Dame Blanche.
To what length the woman in white
might not go in behalf of Dreyfus, none
can say. Happily the necessity for
active intervention is now thought to
be removed. The present trial can end
but one way La Dame Blanche has
played her part. There is nothing left
to her now but to remain a spectator
at the trial
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

hear certain illustrators say that they
cannot draw womens fashions: that.
indeed, they look down upon one who
does. Very we'll; but Charles Dana
Gibson and artists of his calibre are the
best fashion artists we have. They
never are behindhand in their modes.
Orten, as is the case of the bicycle
gown, they invent pretty ideas and we
follow them,
In some ways the Boston business
woman needs an illustrator. Boston
is the home of the rainy day dress. /
saw the first gown of this description.
which was made and worn in that city'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
a PET KINGFISHER.

A Minnesota man captured king.
fisher when it was young, made a pet
of it, and trained the bird to capture
fish and lay them at its masters feet
In summer the. bird is taken to the riv-
err, where fish are known to abound
and set at liberty. 1t poises high in the
air, and, suddenly dropping, grasps its
victim and promptly delivers the fish
to its master
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

sympathy certainly is with the shorter
skirted sisters. The feminine L. A. WIS
had the upper portion of their skirts
ntted to the tailor's taste; nearly all l..
A. w. skirts were made with the habit
back, and tightly secured to the shirt
waist in front, and they wore leather
peltlng. The popular hat was the
black, white or gray "sombrero," with
the slanting crown and the long eagles
feather. Felt and straw were worn.
but the sailor was not in prime favor,
Black stockings, with low black shoes,
brown, with brown, were the usual
wear. Occasionally a picturesque
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

wonderfully simple after the first specu-
-latlon about bicycle dress.
The bicycle lingerie question has
cleared, too. The choice, between knick-
ers in thin material the color of the
skirt and equestrienne tights, is a mat
ter of individual preference.
The only problem, then, in settling
upon a wheel gown is in the decision of
the class to which one belongs, or hopes
to belong.
Are you as to wheeling, a person of
fashion? Then order a heavily elegant
dark cloth, or white pique skirt to your
heels. And put on a thick veil
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

Or do you really ride and enjoy IT,
and want your dress to contribute to
your ease? End your finely Gecked skirt
halt way below your knees. And do not
put on a veil
Fer the jaunty L. A. w. wheel dress.
we are indebted, as much as to any
thlng, to the illustrators Of lively week
~ papers. They pictured the horrors of
the bloomer and the attractiveness Of
the neatly abbreviated skirt. The ma
tional bicycle costume now is nearly
the original vision they presented IN
print, months ago, for our admiration.
BY the same token, it is amusing to
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

an extensive system of bookkeepine
pertaining to the duties of the private
secretary; There is visiting list TO be
kept, with the dates Of calls made and
those returned; a record Of dinners,
luncheons and evening functions given.
and a similar record of those to which
invitations have been received, with an
additional note to be made of accept
anceS and regrets