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In choosing a school for the youna
girl of this age, regard must be had
for her future sociaL comps anionships
Friendships are often formed for life
in the girls school. and 1t is, wise
for her parents to place her among
her social equals, and where she may
develop among those Of her own sta
ton. This is not to make her d snob,
or to inculcate a principle other than
democratic. The girl who is to live
among the well-bofn and @elf-bred
must make her frieIdsh Be there, md
for this very reass VIII be better
equipped to hold Sc obliged
hereafter to tight On the
fierce competitiop line.
Another necessify 6dng girls
school life is that si 81 be happy.
Never keep girl where&he is unso-
ciable. If the school cannot make
its pupils happy it would best close
it's doors. If q teacher Is considered
an ogress there is some reason for
it. If home-sickncss is persistent let
the girl come back.-NIargaret L.
Sangster. in Harper's Bazar
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GERMAN MINISTER MURDERED.
Consuls in China Send Confirmation OF
the Death OF Baron Won Ketteler.

consuls in China Send Confirmation oi
the Death OF Baron Won Ketteler.
London (By Cablel.-Official dis
patches received by the consular body
in Shanghai confirm the report OF the
murder by native troops of Baron Won
Ketteler, the German Minister at Pc
kin. He was on his way at the time
TO the Tsung-li-Yamen, where he died.
The American Consul-General al
Shanghai stated that the foreign Min-
listers at Pekin had taken refuge in the
British Legation. All the legations
had been burned except those OF Eng
land, France and Germany.
The Viceroys and Governors OF the
southern provinces of China refuse TO
recognize the Government OF Prlnce
Tuan, who has usurped imperial power
1t Pekin, and are forming an lnde-
Derdcnt State. with Nanking as the
capital, which will maintain friendly
relations with the Powers.
Mr.. Brodrick, Under Secretary OF
State for Foreign Affairs. announced
in the House Of Commons that the al
lies in China were not advancing to
the relief of the imperilled legations
ut Peliin. He said the total allied
force in China is now about thirteen
thousand.
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THE NEWS EPF FoMIzED
Warrington Itt,n..

Commissioner Of Pensions Evans re-.
ports that during the tEcal year just
ended 1OJ.5G1 certiticatss of pensions
We're issued.
Captain Merrill Mlllel{ was promoted
to the rank of Rear tdmiral. junior
grade. to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Rear-Admiral John w. Philip.
General Macarthur informed the
authorities that it is, inadvisable to
withdraw nny more GoopS from the
Philippines at present.
Brigadier- General Chaffee proceeded
on his way to assume command of the
American forces in China.
The Board of Naval Construction has
decided to recommend to the Navy
Department the purchase of the sub
marine torpedo boat known as the
"Improved Holland" .
The Naval Retiring Board found
Commander Daniel Delehanty incapa-
citated for further active service, and
he was placed on the retired list.
The President has committed to five
years the sentence of life Imprisonment
imposed on Alphonse ]. Jennings. con-
victed in Chickasha, I. T., in February,
1890. of train robbery.
Dispatches received by the State
Department indicate that the Colom-
bian Government has satisfied itself
that Nicaragua is responsible for the
revolutionary movements in Colombia.
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State Aid Appreclated.

All but thirteen towns In tho State
of Connecticut have complied with the
requirements in order to obtain State
aid for improved highways. Highway
Commissioners James H. Macdonald
has extended, thu ti9e within which
towns mayfvote to, accept the States
offer in order to give the delinquent
towns an opportunity to arrange
themselves with the. other towns of
the State. During tlieyear 1899 $3O1,-
600 was apportioncd among the towns
which built roads under State aid and
supervision. leaving about $4,000 of
the appropriation uncXponded. Thfr-
ty-two other towns applied for State
aid this year.
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ST. Louis STRIKE ENDED.
An Agreement Signed BY Transit Com
pany and Executive Committee
MEN LOST $448,0O0 IN WAGES.

The Union is Recognized Bv the Company
Strikers Will BE Taken Back Only
When They Are Needed-Fourteen
Persons Killed and eco Inj jured-Police
Protection Cost 100000.
St. Louis, Mo. (Specian.-After fifty
six days of business decentralization,
lawlessness and a boycott. the st.
Louis street car strike is settled. An
agreement between the st. Louis Tran
! sit Company and it's former employees
was signed by representatives of the
Transit Company and by the Execu-
tive Committee The agreement fol-
lows:
Il. The provisions of the agreement
of March 10, 1000, as to rates Of pay
and hours of service will be continued
in force by the company.
-. Every employe of the company
to be free to join or not to join any or
ganization. and no discrimination to
be made for or against him because of
the manner in which he exercises his
freedom.
IS. Any attempt on the part of any
employe to induce any other employe
by intimidation or threats to join or
not to Join any union shall be cause
for the immediate discharge of the
person guilty of such attempt.
II. Any attempt to influence any
employes by an official of the company
to join or not to join any union shall
be cause for discharge Of such Official.
IS. The company will meet any EN-
p!oye or committee of employees,
whether representing themselves. other
employeS, or an association or enl-
Dloyes. regarding any matter of mu-
tual interest.
&c. For the purpose of filling vacan-
cies which may now exist or hereafter
arise, the committee of former EN-
ployes. of which T. B. Edwards Is
chairman. shall prepare list OF the
men who were in the company's ser
vice on May last. and as the COM
pany now or hereafter needs addition
al men it will select them exclusively
from this list until it IS exhausted, not
interfering. however. with men now IN
the service. No person shall be eligl-
BILE to this list who has been guilty OF
any acts of lawlessness or violence.
THE cost of the strike in life and
property is as follows. Persons killed,
IA; persons wounded. 22O; persons
driven insane. 5; women attacked or
denuded, Is; men out of employment
1000: loss to the men in wages, S+4S,-
600: loss to the company in operating
and damage to cars and plant. $780,
900; cost to the city in extra police
and posse of deputy sheriffs. S3o0'ooo.
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Boer Ladies' at Home.

Some interesting notes about the
ways and customs Of the Dutch ladies
appear in the British Weekly from a
correspondent who spent some time in
Boer households in the Wakkerstroom
district Of the Transvaal The ladies.
we are told. have very pale complex
ions, in the whiteness of which they
take their pride. To keep off the
scorching suns rays. they envelop their
heads in white linen scarfs, worn like
the nuns and sisters of mercy. and
over this wear either the sunbonnet or
"capple," or large straw hat tied
under the chin with strings. They
have the impression that they burn
black and know nothing OF the be-
coming brown snnburn which English
girls like to get.
In most Boer houses Of the better
class there is an American organ or
''seraphine," and the girls are generally
able to play simple tunes and accom-
pany songs and hymns. Four girls in
one house where the correspondent was
staying surprised their visitor by sing
ing the familiar old songs, In the
Gloaming"and "Just Before the Battle
Mother preference to Dutch songs
AS only Zone seemed able to speak Eng
lish. IT, Vas curious to hear the others
join III the choruses. The daughter
of tile house is always the one to bring
the customary cup of coffee to the
visitors.
AT the same House the daughters en-
tertained their visitor in their bed
room by showing her box after box
full of elaborate crochet-work, counter
:panes, antimacassars, and yards and
yards Of crocbeted lace frillngs. which
they had made. They are also very
clever makers of paper flowers, and
many Of the parlors and entertaining
rooms are freely adorned with colored
punches and festoons <of them. In
some houses the bedroom walls are
adorned with pages from fashion
books.
Tie Nervous Child.
I have over and over again seen in
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the Bremen drifted out of their docks
% become dangerous derelicts. burning
Rs they drifted on the river, while
helpless human beings were perishing
In the flames.
Several barges and lighters, heavily
loaded with merchandise, caught fire
In the docks. Some of them were
burned at their moorings. Some drifted
put into the stream and were burned
there. On some of them people per-
!shed. From some people jumped into
the water to be saved or drowned.
Notwithstanding the immediate in
vestigation set on foot by the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company,
the exact cause of the fire has not
been determined satisfactorily. 1t Is
known that the starting point was in
the lighter loaded with cotton, moored
at the southermoSt corner of Pier No.
B, commonly known as the Mediter-
ranean Pier.
The theory first advanced was that
spontaneous combustion was respon-
sible, but this was abandoned after
an expert had given the opinion that
the tightly packed bales were not in
that condition to induce ignition.
There was some loose cotton on the
deck of the lighter. and in the absence
of any other proof to the contrary 1t
Is believed that one of the gang Of
laborers dropped the contents of a
lighted pipe.
This started little blaze, which was
communicated to the sides Of the
lighter, and thence to the bales. ~
Both pier and cotton bales seemed
to flare up simultaneously, and then
the fire took most curious course.
The wind VS. blowing from the south
east. and the flames were driven from
the Mediterranean Pier across the un-
occupied dock at the north.
The flames leaped across the open
space with incredible rapidity. A
whirlwind of fire encircled the wooden
shed at the head of the vacant dock
In less than two minutes the shed
was in fierce blaze. The flames
were whrled in great spirals over
the deck of the Saale, lying on the
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&1B PszRSeb
}A nE5H14,ss: nE5H4ss AN
EISaNh~

The sailor blouse. the most fashion
| able bodice model.
The latest and smartcSt taffrtaS cx-
ceedingly brilliant in texture.
Paste and antique buttons much
used on dressy. smart silk gowns.
Double brim effects. noticeably prom
nent among smart midsummer mil
linery.
Porcelain and Wedgewood blues the
height Of vogue for linen and duck
gowns.
4 shape something between a sailor
collar and Il tichu, the most favored col
lar shape.
FlounceS apparently in quite as high
favor for thin stuff skirts as up and
down tucked effects
Lace band insertings in deep ecru
tints. specially designed for trimming
linen and wash goods suits.
Wash silk Shirt waists. particularly
white ana cream. holding Il prominent
place in the shirt waist exhibits.
Lace barbs. berthas, yokes. r2vers.
collars ties. fronts and scarfS. all affer
the very newest ideas. the neckwcat
shOwin@S.
The very latest wrinkle in sleeves, in
stead Of cutting off at the elbow. fall
ing half way to the wrist, with a much
shorter under sleeve.
Very decided coloringS. such as poppy
rcd grange. ripe corn. honey. flag blue
and deep rose pink prominent for smart
midsummer SunShaieS.
So-called jarclinicrc styles Of the Ital-
ian and French school in Leghorn and
Tuscan. with flop brim and garland
trimming. the acme Of style in cha
peau to accompany the short-slecved,
full skirted, low necked BERTHA
trimmed summer gown. -.
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south side of the dock between Piers
No. | and No. >. thence along the en-
trance of Pier No. 10 the ThiuSvalia
Line pier. at which lay the Main. At
1in1 moment tie wind shifted to the
northwest. and the flames were driven
bacl; over the Bremen. moored on the
north side OF Pier No. l.
1t WAS then that the tugs in the river
started over to haul the Kaiser Will
helm out of danger. No attention was
paid to the smaller steamships, and
not line was thrown to any one
of them until they were on fire and
the men below decks were being baked
to death.
The most dreadful feature of the fire
was the burning to death of the people
in the holds of the three steamships
that were destroyed. Imprisoned by
the flames which were burning the up.
per parts of the vessels. they were
compelled to submit to the torture Of
being burned to death without hope Of
escape. They thrust their heads out
of the portfolios and cried in vain for
rescue. They reached down to the
water and wet blankets, which they
wrapped about them to stave off lit
tie longer the deadly heat of the flames.
But they could not get their bodies
through the portfolios. and the flames
at length put an end to their agony.
Just before the Saale went down q
tug drew alongside with Father Bros
nan aboard. He called to the people
and, with uplifted hands, impaired
absolution to them just as the ship
sank and the water, rushing in at the
portfolios. drowned them like rats. The
cries of the people as the water poured
in was something indescribable.
Two of the burning steamships
drifted out on the North River and
were surrounded by tugboats and row.
boats for many minutes, and the scenes
of horror were witnessed by hundreds
of people eager but powerless to aid
the dying men. No such pitiful sight
ever had been known on the river.
Many daring rescues were made in the
river.
Perhaps the most thrilling escape of
the whole confiagration was that of
party of fifteen men belonging 20 the
Mains engine department. The men
thirteen mechanics in charge of two
engineers-when escape was cut OIL
from the docks took refuge in one of
the shaft tunnels. They remained
there for seven and half hours cooped
up in the greatest peril and suffering.
When the Main was beached along
side the Bremen all hands gave her up.
she was such fiery wreck. and de-
voted attention to the Bremen. Great
therefore was the surprise when fee
bic hail was heard coming from the
Main. and greater still was it when it
was discovered THAI there were fifteen
men on her deck who had remained
alive aboard her throughout that
seven-hour-ordeal. They were speedily
rescued and sent to hotel in Hobo
ken.
The body of Captain Mirow. of the
Saale. and the bodies of other men
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Dom esGic.

Brigadier- General Joseph Wheeler
was given public reception in Chi
cago at the First Regiment armory.
Mayor Harrison delivered an address
Of welcome.
Milwaukee. Wis, closed it's carnival
with grotesque parade, sham battle
between confetti throwers and big
feast.
Deputy Sheriff Harrod telegraphed
20 Frankfort. Ky. from Big Stone
Gap. Va, announcing the arrest of
Robert Noaks. suspected of completely
In the Goebel assassination.
Sanitary authorities in Boston have
called on the BARRIERS for the steriliza-
bon of mugs, brushes and razors and
The use of q clean towel for each Gus
toner.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee
has decided that women cannot prac-
tice law in the State.
The class of 1000 was graduated at
Harvard University; 0S3 degrees We're
conferred.
Great damage has been done in the
Salt River Valley, Ariz, by drought.
The New York fund for the widow of
General Guy V. Henry has stopped at
S1S.546.
Governor Thomas. of Colorado. has
issued q proclamation asking the peo-
ole of his State to give aid to the fam
me sufferers of India.
Messrs. Fischer, Wolmarans and
Vessels. the Boer ENJOYS. sailed from
New York City in the French liner
Aquitaine, with no demonstration of
my sort to mark their departure.
Philadelphia is to have municipal
printing plant, and save $4,000 to
$4,000 year, while eXpending $4,000
annually, mainly in labor.
The Yale-Harvard varsity boat race
vas won by Yale, the Cambridge crews
being victors in the four-oar and fresh
nan contests on the Thames. ut New
London, Conn.
Unable to choose between love and
duty, woman. supposed to be Mary
+ NILE. of Newark, n. j.. jumped
board from the steamer Georgia,
II Chesapeake Bay, and was drowned.
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women and Psrfnmes.

/. - = !.
"Aren't common people very fond of
perfumesY askedsa Iite boy the other
day. He had sonew1s zuffered from
a railway journey Wire of seats
forced him to sitlside with an
over-dressed wol&n Iy garbed
and fearfully andsN9 IIE redolent
Of musk.
The truth is that en use the
faintest and dafnt scents, if, in
deed, they use -tHf Grated
orris root, and the eyanescent
fragrances are most pe cologne
water made up with6d E frash-
ing lavender water, das lEs of
lemon or orange OIL inb6d dAinto
toilet waters are pieasaf Is # icp
logne has a delicious fragr6 On
the handkerchief, upon ones bod En-
or upon the hair. But pray dear ls,
avoid the coarse, strong pert es
which are simply classed AZ doIfi by
fastidious men and women E
1t was the chemist, Babff EiSebig,
was it not, who said thatshe col ered
a nation civilized in proporti6n Row
much soap it used and how IttI Der:
fumerE," so-called.
Too strong perfume III fsts that
there is something unpie easa1 3j| be
concealed, and thatit idsed in conse.
qeunce, or instead Of an plication of
soap and water. Ss:ss & q
Therefore, choose ar fagrances for
sachets with care. 6llad adelphia Rec.
ord. MS, 9f3> = S
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Foreign,

Philip Nordlund, who on May II,
murdered seven men on the steamer
Prins Carl in the Baltic Sea, was SEN
:enced to death at Stockholm, Sweden.
As evidence of the good equipment
Of the Chinese over fifty Maxim guns
have already been captured around
Tien-Tsin.
The French Chamber of Deputies
voted for an increase in the navy Of
six new battleships and five armored
cruisers.
Pernicious fever is prevailing on the
lsthmus of Panama.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
the Government introduced a credit
Of $253, AGO to erect an embassy build
ing in Washington.
General Rumble has issued a decree
forbidding farmers to harbor armed
former burghers in the Orange River
Colony.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of
Austria and the Countess Chotek were
married in Reichstadt Bohemia.
General Roberts and the British
Government admit the truth Of the
charges against the Royal Army Medi-
cal Corps in South Africa, and promise
an investigation.
The Agricultural Society has pre-
sented to the Peruvian Government
strong petition urging that the decree
authorizing seal fishing on the coast
;,1 of pnpu ha IpSpipIpl
NJ. Firmin Faure, Nationalist, in
the French Chamber Of Deputies, at.
tackled the Government, declaring that
the new Minister Of War wished to re-
open the Dreyfus question.
Owing to the inability of the anthori,;
ties to secure from juries convictions
in cases of infanticide thatcarrIed
with them the death penalty, the,
French Senate has amended the law SC
as to wipe out the death penalty except
in special cases. a
Large numbers Of Chineses sconyerts
and missionaries are arriyingsat Hong
Kong from the interior.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies has
elected Signor Villa President of the
House.
Severe fighting between the British
columns engaged in the relief Of Coo.
massie and the Ashantee rebels Is re,
ported, the British suffering q reverse.
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Road bIender From Conscience.

Guided by the dictates of his con.
science. Garrett S. Avery. an Advent
ist has taken upon his shoulders the
responsibility of Keeping the bicycle
boulevard at Holyoke. Mass. clear Of
cobblestones and any other obstacles
that may make riding dangerous.
Early in the morning and late at night
he can be seen toiling away with
rake, and the boots and jeerS of boys
and girls who pass do not seem to an
noy him in the least. To Commission
er Walsh. of the Board of Public
Works, Mr.. Avery said he was led to
do the work after a ride over the
boulevard which nearly resulted in an
accident to himself.
when 1 went home" he said, II
could not take my mind off the many
cobblestoncs which I had seen in the
street. Then the Lord appeared to me
and directed that I should rake up the
stones. He pointed out to ME the fact
that since I was aware of the danger
l would be responsible il an accident
occurred. AS Tong as He tells me to
do this. shall continue to carry out
His Instructions. =
Commissioner Walsh told S1r. Avery
that If he would continue the good
work on other city highways the Board
might compensate him.
No. was the reply. II would not
take any money. That's the curse of
man to-day, his greed for money. NV
reward will come in the hereafter"
The street which Mr.. Avery Is TAX
ing care of is about a mile long. He
Is about Ifty-fve years old.-New
York Sun.
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stances of breakdown in young peo-
pie. which hy judiciouS management.
moral and physical. on the part of the
mother could have been avertel. l
know of no circumstances which so
deeply affect the nervous health ard
the happiness. present and future. of
the child as the intimate domestic re.
lationS with the parent. 1t seems pos
sible for most children to bear 4 great
deal Of disappointment outside of tie
domestic life when they feel sure of
moral support at home. We hear ST
much of young girls not being under
stood in their homes that we are too
apt to make light of and call it a fool
iSh whim. and often without injustice:
but. on the other hand it is equally
true that fretfulness. obstinacy. capri
ciousness, unwise ambitions. and fltful-
ness are often rather the outcome Of
disordered nervous systems than the
manifestations of badly balanced char
acter.
Now it is that the mother often fails
to understand exactly how to treat the
child. and is too likely to make mis-
takes. which frequently come perilous-
ly near being sad and irrevocable ones.
1t is essential that she, learn to dis
criminate between what is really per-
verseneSs on the one hand, and the re-
suit of upset nerves on the other; for,
while the former requires moral cor
rection, the latter demands a different
care. The physical as well as the
moral conditions need attention.
H. W. Rhein, u. D., in Harper's Ia
zar. t33fE tssSsif. a{s
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Tho National Game.

rirrher Pittenger Is back in harness
again, aud the Boston management is
happy.
The st. Louis team is capable Of
making r1ore noise than any aggrega-
tion in the League.
Fred Tenney, Of Boston, has made
more errors on thrown ball this year
than he usually crowds into a whole
season.
The po-r attendance at the Brook
lyn grounds is matter of serious con-
sideration among the other clubs OF
the League
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The Political Canlpaign.

Senator Hanna predicts the over
whelming success of the Republican
ticket.
Representative Dolliver, of Iowa,
will take prominent part in the COM
ing campaign.
Governor Roosevelt will deliver
speeches in various parts of the coun-
try in the campaign.
The 5000 cowboys of Western Kan
sas are to be organized into Roose-
velt Republican club.
Congressman J. A. T. Hull has been
renominated by the Republicans Of the
Seventh Iowa District. .