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BIRDS CHUM WITH SOLDIERS.
South African Ostriches Are Said to
He Useful to Both Beers
and British.

The English soldiers have mistaken
troops of ostriches for bands of Beers
and bands of Beers for ostriches. In
some cases the ostriches have made
friends with the soldiers. A CORE.
spondent who was with uen. Methuen
at the Modder river says: ''While I
ranged the valley or plain with my
glasses something slipped and tum.
bled heavily over the loose stones
behind me. I turned, thinking to
dodge or help stumbling man, and
found myself staring into the great
brown eyes of an ostrich six feet tall
and with legs as thick as and longer
than my own.
"'He came up here some days ago.
said the soldier, and he always stays
here now. We feed him ana fool with
him and he seems very happy
n,. THE ostrich stalked past me and
took up a position between the major
and the captain, where, after appear
ing to observe that they were very
busy scanning the landscape, he, too
stared at the plain and remained erect
and watchful, the highest type of a
sentry in appearance. He marred this
fine effect for just moment 10y seiz.
ing and swallowing a box of safety
matches. After that he continued his
sentry duty with satisfaction in his
eyes,
: The ostrich is a valuable substitute
for a, watch dog and he eats with
relish. things that would poison the
strongest goat that ever lived.
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land. This enthusiasm has carried to
the topmost crest not only the sham
rock, which is Ireland's' emblem, but
the poplin, which is Ireland's special
fabric, and so the wearing of the Irish
shamrock and the wearing of the Irish
poplin are being alike chosen as out
ward and visible signs of the popular
patriotic enthusiasm of the moment IN
London. d., s&.& -
Of course, poplin, as beautifully
rich-looking and withal durable mate
rial, has had high place in fashions s
favor for many a long day, but lately
it has taken many steps upward on
the ladder of fashionable fame. But
the queens visit to Ireland and the
wearing of poplin dresses by royalty
and it's attendants has uplifted this
particular fabric to the very topmost
rung-a position which it will most as
suredly maintain all through the sea-
son in both countries.
Many of these gowns are being
shown by the leading dressmal1ing es-
Establishments of the city, and many
have already been purchased, and some
worn, by the swell set. One of them
that was shown to me few days ago
was beautiful affair in pure white.
The front of the bodice in this gown
was entirely tucked, with a slight full
ness at the waist line. Over this was
a tucked bolero edged with fine black
French insertion. The skirt was hand
some]y trimmed with black French in
sertion, with deep bias founce around
the bottom. This is edged with the in
sertion.
Another of these poplin gowns that
saw at the same place was in an old
rose color This hada contrasting vest
Of white satin draped with Iguipure on
sequence net, with small bows of black
velvet ribbon. and wee buckles to
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PERSONAL AND 1MpERs0NAL.

I Up to the year 1850 all the watch
makers in the United States were men;
now II per cent. of them are women.
!, The town of Gilwater, N. H., has re-
ceived from Boston policeman a be-
quest of $4,000 for the improvement
of it's roads. An estate of $53, 900 was
left by the policeman, who is said to
have been the wealthiest man on the
force. 49,
F Vice Admiral Bienaime, the new chief
Of the French naval staff, gained, his
promotion over the heads of II rear nd.
mirals, an honor probably due to his
participation in the Madagascar en-
pedition, when he commanded the
naval division on the coast. -
An ardent wooer in Seattle enter
tanned his sweetheart with rapturous
love letters. He wrote himself out in
three months, and then ceased visiting
as we'll as writing. In one of his letters
he sent to her ''tons of love and bushels
of kisses;" but this did not satisfy Ter.
She sued for breach of promise: and
the jury awarded her $4,000. !
John Singer Sargent, the American
painter whose portrait group at the
Royal academy in London is pronounced
to be the best picture on the walls, is
the SON of DR.. Fitzhugh Sargent, of
Boston. Ills mother was Miss Newbold,
of Philadelphia, clever water colorist.
Mr.. Sargent was born in Italy in 1856
and has lived abroad since his child
hood.
Bishop William Taylor, who S now
on the superannuated list of thn Meth
odist Episcopal church, has had a most
eventful career. Previous to hi: retire
ment from active life four yenrs ago
he had preached continuously for SO
years. He began rs a street preacher
in California and then went to work
in foreign missions. He has worked
in Africa, Aust ralia, India. South Amer
lea, Asia and in most of the islands OF
the South Pacific.
a Leipzig compositor, named Kruger
who has just celebrated his ff1ieth
year of service, has been occupied with
one book for nearly all that time. He
has set with his own hand almost all
OF Grimm's great German dictionary
that has appeared since Jakob Grimm
turned in, the first batch of manuscript
in December, 1851. Though $4,000
pages of the Worterbuch have been
printed the work is not half done vet
and Herr Kruger will have TO live to be
100 years old to see it finished.
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TO STAY WHERE HE WAS.
Uselessness of Travel for a Man Who
Could Not Produce Three
Cents.

Besides being the. most prominent
negro in the country and one of the
foremost educators of the day Book.
er I. Washington is capital story.
teller. One of his yarns concerns a
member of the ''po'h white trash,"
who endeavored to cross a stream by
means of ferry owned by black
man. :'Uncle Mosc," said the white
man, II want to cross, but I hain't
got no money" Uncle Nose scratched
his head. "Doan' you got no money
It all?" he quericd. "No,'' said the
wayfarng stranger, II haven't cent"
"But it done cost you but three cents,'
insisted Uncle Nose, "ter cross de fer.
ry.' II know" said the white man,
"but I haven't got the three cents"
UNCLE Nose was in quandary.
'Boss;' he said. ~ done tole you what.
'Er man what's got no three cents
am. jes' ez we'll Off on dis side er de
river as on de other"
An army officer who was travelling
north year ago noticed a~neat-look.
ing colored girl in the day coach who
seemed to have trouble with the brake.
man. In few minutes the conductor
entered the car and asked the girl
what she meant by riding in the day
coach instead of the ''jim-crow' car
set aside for black people. The girl
told him she was going all the way
to Racine, WIS.,. and that she simply
could not stand the conditions then
prevailing in the jim-crow coach.
"Where are you from?' asked the con-
ductor. The girl produced a letter.
showing that she was graduate from
Tuskegee, going out into service.
"Are you from Mr.. Washington's
schoa,l?" asked the conductor. And
when he had satisfied himself that
such was the case he said to her: ::'Now
you sit right still, little girl, and don't
you move" And she did sit still, in
violation of the law that divides the
travelling facilities of the races in the
south, while the conductor risked his
employment in the exercise of his trib.
ute to Booker Il. Washington and his
school.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Jaggles-"I see theresa a new keeper
In the menagerie. Didn't the animals
like the old one??" Waggles-'I guess
SO. They ate him up."-What-to-Eat. \
''The scientists" said the first mos
quito, ''are charging us. with. spread
ing malaria" ''Never mind" said the
second mosquito; shat won't increase
our unpopYlarity."-Puck. ,~.5r.. ,
Jones-s'Smith is the most honest
man I ever saw" Brown -. "Why?"
Iones-''He can pass a man selling ex-
tras without trying to read the head
lines" Harvard Lampoon. 80. ..'
Mrs. "After all, is there
any real satisfaction to be derived from
social success?' Mrs. Inswim-"Is it
possible, my dear, you have never been
in a position to snub anyone ?"-Town
Topics.
McJigger-"Poor Henpeck; his wife
nevergives him u chance to say word. :"
Thingumbob- wrong there;
there are times when. she becomes a
very attentive listener. Henpeck talks
in his sleep, you know" ."-Philadeiphi
Press.
Small Willie, after eating two pieces
of pie at dinner, asked for a third.
""Why, Willie,' said his father, "you
must not eat so much, or people will
call you pig. You know what a pig is,
don't you?" Eyes, sir" replied the
precocious youngster. "A pig is a
hogs little boy."-What-to-Eat.
''Here, where are you going?" cried
the lady of the house, as the tramp
moved off after finishing q generous
meal. ''You promised to saw that
wood for me-" lady," said he, II re-
gret exceedingly that there has been
a misunderstanding When request
ed trife to eat you said: 'I'll give you
a meal if you saw that wood Well.
lady, saw the wood as I entered the
gate" Standard and Times:
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which have fortunes within their
grasp, and fully realize their oppor-
tunities. Some day these farms will
give way to continuous city that will
cover THIS 40 miles of territory, but un-
til the time is ripe for the sale of town
lots the wise farmers prefer to hold
their property as farming land.
AS farming land they are required
to pay taxes on a valuation of from
SIS to 500 per acre. If subdivision
had been announced, and the property
put on the market in town lots the
valuation would be doubled many
times. But while the subdivision of
these farms has not been announced
yet, the work of such a subdivision has
been practically completed. Streets
have been laid out by the planting of
long double rows of young trees, which
will add much to the value of the prop
erty within a few years. Between
these rows of trees roadways are be-
ing built, and in the blocks formed
by this process there are planted
crops of corn, of wheat, of oats and
other agricultural products, and the
man who plants them is the typical
farmer with his blue jeans trousers,
his broad7brimmed straw hat, and his
cowhide boots. In another decade he
will be living life of ease from the
proceeds of the sale of his land.
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"'lM>l1id5oqy'' I FSqtu,ss rs :>.lr Of
Paris EXPOSITION
~Evensto the Disappointed Visitor There Are Many
#f@< Things to Interest and Instruct

of those seen at Chicago. There is
the Mareorama, for instance, that is
a good sample, and one that is attract
ing it's full share of visitors. 1t gives
for a small consideration a pleasant
trip along the shores of the Mediter-
ranean that is instructive and enter
tanning to those who have neither the
time nor money. to enjoy the actual
experience. This trip on the Mediter-
ranean is made aboard modern boat
that is fitted with every device tend
ing to increase the deception. The
building which houses this peculiar
feature is but 125 by 105 feet square
and Is feet in height, yet inside it one
journeys for hundreds of miles in q
completely rugged vessel that gives all
the sensations of voyage at sea and
travels quietly past the beautiful
sights of the Mediterranean. The
whole arrangement is but simple
optical illusion, the effect being pro-
duced by moving canvas on which is
painted in miniature the scenes along
the coast. The journey will consume
but short time, as the rate of travel
is 100 miles per minute.
The restaurants on the exposition
grounds are among the notable and
numerous features, and may be
classed with the side shows in a way,
as many of them are typical of peoples
and nations. The Chinese restaurant,
with it's long-queued walters from the
streets of Peking, is proving popular
place of refreshment. From the out
side it is typical of the Flowery king
dom, but once inside much that COM
mends it to the seeker after novelties
is lost. The building is Chinese in
architecture. On the inside it Is again
Chinese in inconvenience and in COM
plication, but aside from these things
all that remains to typify China are
the walters. 1t is run by 4 French
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man, who serves the choicest Of
French dishes instead of the relishes
of the Chinese.
Another restaurant where ones Gu.
riosity may be satisfied, however, is in
the Chinese pagoda. a huge red affair
of seven stories, directly across the
street from the Chinese restaurant.
In this building the native Chinese
will serve you with Chinese dishes that
you are expected to eat Chinese FASH
ion-if you eat them at all. This pa
CODA forms one of the attractions of
the Paris ''Alidway." 1t is by far the
most hideous thing on the exposition
grounds, and yet it's oddity makes it
attractive as curiosity. Thousands
of visitors are climbing it's winding
stairways every week, and wishing for
an elevator to add to the incongruity.
From the far east come many of the
side shows Of the exposition that are
neither vulgar nor misleading, but are
for the most part instructive, which
may be said of the great majority Of
the Paris side shows.
BERNHARD RPISTOT
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fasten down the front. The entire
front panel Of the skirt was in small
tucks, with three pipings on each side
of tie self lmatterial, and box plat at
the back. .. ...s......- r. ......
A third was Of robin egg blue,
trimmed with quantities of cream
guipnre lace. This lace formed short
boleEo, and lace insertion on the bot
tom pf three small ruff1es. +,
Another charming gown of this ma
terial was in cerise shade, and was
made with three side plaits and a
double box plait at the back. Rows of
white silk machine stitching in clus-
ters of three around the bottom The
bodice was handsomely. stitched
around the pointed revers, high faring
collar and a flounce tofinisah Z ! the <lapw
sleeves - - y =.
One in plain black poplin that was
very striking affair was stitched with
white. Of this the skirt was made
with the front panel handsomely
stitched half waysup IN asscroll design
with white SILK 1tlhad astucked vest
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Cat UNDERWOOD. French.

Not long ago there was sale Of
Angora cats in Philadelphia store.
The cats were in separate cages, and
all looked harpy and contented except
one little fellow sitting dejectedly in
a corner. A lady viewing the cats,
learned that this doleful feline was
from France, and she called to it in
it's native tongue. Instantly the little
creature raised it's head and came
eagerly forward. Then, as the lady
continued to talk to it in French, the
cat began to purr pnd walked up and
down, rubbing against the wires with
the most evident delight. Presently a
crowd gathered and the lady with
drew. When she returned the cat was
again disconsolate, and again she
cheered him up with his native
tongue. By this time the news had
spread, and several other people who
could speak French began to talk to
the little foreigner. When the lazy
left he was perfectly happy under tie
impression that he was once more at
home in France. Let us hope he was
bought by some one who could speak
Fvench. Golden Days 4.
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finished ii the same way. Short sh elbow
sleeyes tnckeds=from the elbow to the
Notwithstanding the white ma achine.
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= Here i' q little pointer: from Europe
that may be read apd appreciated by
those who intend to go abroad this
summer: andfwho cannot afford the ex-
gpensive gowns of the fashionable set:
The tone which the French call "beige"
IS very nearly the same as khaki, and it
is extremely fashionable in Paris as
well<as in London. It combines excel
lently with every other color imagin-
abl1pink, Blue, scarlet, white and
black all"go''Awell with this tone. It
is an ideal color for cycling, or for
travelling, ,or for visiting the Paris ex-
position, 6r, any other enterprise when
dust must be expected, for it will not
show any trace of the fact if it be even
soaked in clouds of driven sand.
:; Sosatin soft and shimmerlng are some
of the printed ateens that would pass
for ifoulards that are being displayed
among the popular materials for sum-
marWear even the wealthy must, of ne
cessity overlook the; price at which
they are selling and love them for
themselves. One. of them that attract
ed my attention was III deep shade Of
iblue where starry blossoms in white
and in blue trimmed with white peep
out from between long curved stalks
which produce a novel striped effect.
And this is only one of half hundred
novel and striking patterns that one
sees at the sateen counters of the New
York stores.
For the making up of these sateens
the styles that are in vogue are in num-
berless variety, with gimp effects pre-
dominating, and the elaboration and
ornamentation is to suit the designers
whims. giving very artistic effects.
Some are doing away with lining for
the skirts, this giving greater comfort
for the summer months and lessening
the Weight.
Laces and lace all-overs are used in
greater profusion' than ever for gimps,
yokes and vests and trimming flounces
and ruff1es.
One of the sateen gowns that is pref
ty is in deep lavender. The skirt
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manufacturing concerns are supply
ing the world with their products, its
wholesale houses are finding profitable
trade within the immediate surround
ing territory. To these houses the
commercial traveller who makes the
small cities and villages within 100
miles or so of. the city bring in the Or
ders from which the profits are re-
allied. Collectively these orders call
for vast quantity of merchandise.
Some idea of the business Of Chicago
may he had from the fact that no less
than 2,50O cars of merchandise are
shipped out of the city every day in
the year. This merchandise is scat
tered to points far and wide, but
much of that which is carried on the
outbound way freights goes to points
that are almost within the boundaries
of the city.
/; There is no better way to study the
commercial relations of Chicago with
the surrounding territory than trip
aboard one of these way freights.
From the cupola of the way car one
can see many things of interest, and
it was from such point of vantage
on a Northwestern line way freight
that I studied the conditions in what
might be termed the suburbs of Chi
cago a few days ago.
It was not long ride, only 90 miles,
from Chicago to Rockford, but in that
distance I saw many things that in
terested me, and that tend to prove
the Importance and rapid growth of
Chicago.
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NE of the numerous American

0NE Of the numerous American
~ visitors who have already taken
in thegsights of the Paris expo
sition said to me the other day that
in his estimation the whole show was
a failure.
1 believe that he judged the exposi-
ton harshly, and that in time he will
realize that he saw many things at
Paris that were of interest. Had he
said that the exposition was a
disappointment I could easily have
agreed with him, for such II has prov
Ell to a large number of visitors. In
the first place, the great show is by
no means complete even yet, and it
cannot possibly be ready for judg-
ment before the middle of June, and
even at that one who saw the grounds
on opening day wonders how the
transformation has been accom-
plished. When April Is arrived the
task of completing the exposition be-
fore the middle of the summer seemed
hopeless, and the foreign newspaper
men in Paris were prepared to send
the news abroad that would keep Wis
itors at home for two or three months
at least, but the exposition authori-
ties begged so hard, and promised SO
faithfully to have it in better shape
at an early date, that the verdict was
suspended for a time, and the promise
has been kept much better than it
seemed possible to keep it.
Comparisons are always odious, and
have none to make. But because 1
do not care to make any of my own
will not prevent me from repeating a
few remarks l overheard the other
day. 1t was a titled Englishman
speaking as he stood in the rotunda
of one of the Paris hotels:
''This fair proves that Paris must
takes ssecond place as an exposition Civ
err said he. "Chicago was far ahead
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Combination OF Potash LozenEes
and safety Matches Starts
"a, Blaze.

An English family doctor tells this
story: Il was hastily summoned one
morning to the offices of a well-known
city merchant. He had been quietly
writing at his desk, when to his amaze
ment and alarm he found his waist
coat blazing furiously. Although he
dashed it off in an instant he had been
burned severely, and when arrived
and had treated his injuries we were
both Of us much puzzled to find atcause
for the sudden outburst. But invest;.
cation showed that he was in the habit
Of carrying loosely in his watch pocket
two Or three of the tiny potash lozenges
which SO many people find useful for
sore throat. Among these he had
thoughtlessly thrust box Of safety
matches, the covering of which forms
with 5potash q chemical combination
which the slightest friction will set
into j blaze. u,
unfortunately, too, his gold watch
wass protected by one of the common
cases of transparent celluloid, which is
nothing but a form of highly explosive
guncotton, SO that in fact he had in
nocently formed in his waistcoat pock.
ct one Of the most dangerous and pow
erful powder magazines known to sci,
ence.'' -
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NuR Amerieea can zpciety. Of L the tie >Hrst
~ class cater to Englap pd. English
noblemen ha We exer}been in ae-:
mand, and Am eriean soclety>seems to-
cater to them by adopting >~EngEsh
styles. One finds quite as many ofAhe
imported gowns for New York
wealthy women coming from London
these days as from Paris and for the
same reason the lefty WHO make esft the
American fashion s5.to q great extent
nave taken up the latest English craze
for poplin as Summer material
The craze for poplin il Enklandi is
quite as easily accounted for' af it is
in this country. England isfw{aring
it for the same reason t Pat ste dpnned
the shamrock; it is enthusiasm for Ire
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passes these beautiful homes. They
are surrounded by trees, with spacious
lawns, and charming rustic seats that
look unusually inviting in the early
springtime.
/ Alta little station just beyond Oak
Park my train stopped; as way
freights have a way Of doing, and
there were unloaded from one of the
long string of box cars two moving
machines. 1 had not yet seen what
seemed to be the emil of Chicago. and
it seemed strange to see this agricul-
tural machinery being unloaded with
in the bounds of the city: To satisfy
my curiosity I asked the station
agent if he knew what they were in
tended for, and if they were purchased
by farmers. =
There two are. for lawn mowers p
he replied. ''They are for two gentle
men living on: the banks Of the river
over there" T->%s .zS#
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suburbs. It is ihe'r Loyalty
pretty little city of some 5000 people,
lying just west of the city limits.
From the center of the suburb to the
shopping district of Chicago is ride
of about 40 minutes, which may be
made for five-cent fare on the ele-
waited railroad. Goods purchased of
the department stores in the city will
be delivered free of charge to the resi-
dents of the suburb.
It is residence and not a manufac-
turing suburb; SO far as know there
is not factory of any kind within it's
limits, and yet the freight receipts of
the Northwestern road at that point
run from $1,000 to $12 1000 per month.
This is for freight on goods consumed
within the homes of Oak Park It is
an average of nearly $3.50 in
freight charges per month for every
man, woman and child in the suburb,
and is in addition to the amount of
goods transported by the wagon ex-
press companies that make daily trips,
to and from the city for the trans
porting of such freight as they can
get to carry. That these lines of ex-
press carry great quantity of goods
is evidenced from the fact that they
exist, for their charges are small.
Such a record as this either speaks
we'll for the loyalty of the residents
of Oak Park for their local merchants,
or else refutes the oft-repeated asser-
ton that all the retail business of the
large cities is being concentrated in
the department stores, and so cheap
ening the real estate on the business
streets in the suburbs.