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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05

world. At first sight it appears to be or
name utal only. Without it, with its leis-
ure. its cultivation and its wealth. what
announcement would there be for the
arts and sciences and the great CONNER
cial enterprises that have made England
what ii is? 1t is society, in the sense OF
the aggregation of the loveliest, the tair-
est and the brightest, the influences OF
wealth and taste, that attracts TO our NJ
tie England the commerce of the nations,
and makes London the heart OF the great
worlds financial doings.
But, unfortunately, there is black spot
in our English society which, though but
a. small part of the whole. causes it to be
misiudgeC by the superficial observer and
condemned as corrupt. The so-caiieo
smart set has earned a very unenviabIe
reputation for itself. 1t is a canker upon
our high society and is threat against 1t,
for the world cannot be expected to dis
tinguish very clearly between the mem
beers of the smart set and those of the
good set The former are frivolous, ire
sponsible, self-seeking and artificial.
The moth woman is n meet companion
for the butterfly man. She lives Tor dress
and show, to peacock In the PARK, ana
have her gowns described in the columns
of the society papers. She may nave be-
gun her social life as pleasant, good
hearted girl but in the smart set Souls
shrink hearts are occupied with self, and
minds drift vaguely upon the shadows.
Meanness is rampant A woman VINO as
pires to be smart will do anything Tor a
new frock. =
There is a dark side to the life. 1t is
jealousy If some others of the moth wo-
men have more adorers, inner Jewels,
greater fun and are more often men
| Toned in the papers then jealousy grips
| her hard and cruel. That is why those
pretty faces in the park are far from
| There arc lovely faces, but clouded with
| discomfort; sweet faces that should be
bIIthe in a fair world that gives their
| owners of the best, but are darkened with
| the sullen shade of Jealousy. They nave
| everything. but il all turns to ashes II
| others have little more than they. Youth
| they have and beauty. But that girl lust
| come out is younger and prettier Men
\ admire her, and papers paragraph her.
| What is the use of being pretty If some
| one else is prettierl Have they wealth
| and high estate? So have others, and
| therefore they want more.
| ''Who can be satisfied that leads TINS
| empty life? How can the moth woman
| be happy who wastes all the good gifts
i that are bestowed on her? Small wonder
| that she forever asks for more when she
makes so little real use of what she has
| Life passes like an empty dream, and
| what is there to remember when IT Is
| gone? A few social successes. and many
tics cannot be neglected without involving
hardship to others. to children, TO serV-
ants 20 almost all those workers Whon
thu. smart woman regards as merely sc
much machinery to make life smooth ant
beautiful for her.
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HI.e is the answer an English paper
gave TO 'Voyageuse," who wanted To
knew what clothes she would need Tor
her trip to the United States:
If ..Vovageuse'' wants TO hold her own
IN America in the matter of clothes she
| r,,st take with her only the best modes
made by thoroughly good houses. They
| think n great deal of tailor-made gar
| vents on the other side of the Atlantic.
She will not want full evening dresses
| ,,rIess she mas many introductions. but
nv tho end of May society is leaving New
| yorI, American people do not wear fun
| evening dress for dinner. except on state
| occasions. They have the sort of tollettes
Deople adopt on the Hiviera-dressy high
, gowns. The heat in New YORK III the
| summer is Often terrihc
| Americans are very careful or al the De
| taiis Of dress and know exactly where the
| bHs1 clofhes are made and what they
| should be, With regard to luggage only
| the strongest boxes are OF any use. i
! recommend the compressed cane. or to
| store the English boxes on arrival In
! Net- York and 80 invest in some Amerl-
| cgn oups They have system In hotels
| of sending the luggage down slide from
| The very top of the house to the bottom.
| and few English trunks Will stand this
| II does not matter how large the lug
| saer is there Is every facility for treat
\ ing huge baggage. Small packages are
| veTv inconvenient in American trains, and
| few neople haze them. IL isSvery dusty
travelling. and dust cloak OF some KIND
il essential
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cause the fits can be cured by giving the
bird laxative foods, such as a piece OF
fig or apple.
1.-The birds diet is most important, and
It is surprising how many people there
are who love canaries and yet are grossly
ignorant as to their care.
"Canaries require a special mixed seed
Give them four parts of the best quaIty
of Sicily canary seed, carefully cleaned
and fresh, three parts sweet German sum
mer rape. two parts India millet, and one
part Turkish man seed. Be careful never
to give canaries hemp seed. 1t will make
them too fat. spoil their song, and cause
them to shed their feathers out OF season.
In preparing their diet avoid sugar or
cake A piece of apple occasionally is
good for them and the yolk of hard
boiled egg with a little dash of cayenne
pepper. Lettuce, watercress. and dande-
lion are excellent to vary the birds menu
ITO ensure good digestion gravel in the
cage is absolutely necessary. Clean gravel
should be put in the cage, silver or red
gravel, not less than three times week.
The red gravel is good for the bird on
account of the iron it contains"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
Cures Canary Birds.

Miss virginia Pope is n New York wo-
man who has discovered an original Held
for usefulness and profit. She has es-
tablished a hospital for canary birds and
advertises to attend to all their physical
ailments and bring about speedy recov-
ery where a cure is possible. Since she
has taken up the study of birds and their
diseases she has had under her personal
care many unusual cases.
Frequently there are $50 patients at the
hospital at one time suffering from such
diseases as consumption paralysis. verti-
go, wind bloat, tumors, rheumatism IN
Illumination of the bowels, nervous pros
tration. and acute Indigestion.
Miss Pope has a remedy for every All
ment. She has little baskets with a small
hot water bottle fitted into the bottom
and covered over with flannel. into whlch
she puts the birds suffering from chilis
and Inflammation of the bowels and KIN
bred complaints.
For birds with broken legs or wings sht
has a cleverly contrived bandage swim.
which gives the little patient much relief
The swing Is so suspended that II rests
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uine, but were effective. The other day l
was on a Fourth Avenue car when one OF
these identical shields reposing in the win
dow OF one Of our antiquity shops caught
my eye.
Two years ago in Tunis ! bought a
pa>rced brass incense burner. / saw one
exactly like Ct in a Broadway shop last
week. And by the way, going back to
the clothes. ] went West this winter after
] came back from Paris and i saw a
gown made by q dressmaker in a small
Iowa town that was prettier than any
the Paris couturieres had shown me.
When you're In Florepce you think the
ooIored reprpductions of Fra Angelica G
angels are peculiar TO the place and you
lay In a sti1bly along with few Fiorcp.
dine franeA Intending to bestow them
1pon renr friends. wher you get home
YOU md that your flames are all broken
sM e fog the angels. they stare II you
frop every picture counter in town.
"fou lock ~ Dresden china and sex
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the injured parts. Many canaries with
broken legs are brought to the hospital.
Here Is what Miss Pope has to say on
the way to treat broken legs: When a
canary's leg is broken at the joint; dis
solve gum arabic in little alcohol, SET
the joint and put on an application with
caIaers hair brush. This, when ory,
holds the leg in place. Apply the mixture
lightly every day until well When the
treatment is discontinued and the oird Is
able to take its bath. see that the water
is warm or rub the leg with little vase
line: either viii soften the gum ARABIC,
and eventually the limb viii be perfectly
natural.
when a canarys leg is broken be-
tween the Joints il can sometimes be set.
continued Miss Pope. by applying a mar
row strip of court plaster TO hold the
parts together Prepare soft linen ban
dage using a good salve to start II Win
Then bandage until you have used SUM- utn-
cient to fill small quill toothpiek, Whlcn
has been cut the proper length, ana spilt
UP on one side. Open this and slip II over
the bandage. In this way the little leg is
protected
Miss Pope has many patients sent TO her
hospital suffering from fits or convulsions.
She says: Fits are frequently caused py
| indiscreet eating A correct diet Will ofteIi
remedy the trouble. III constipation is tne
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three states, besides other welI-known per

three States, besides other well-known per-
sons.
The signatures include those of Grover
Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William
Mckinley Theodore Roosevelt, ana Marx
Twain. but that of which the collector Is
! proudest Is Russell Sage's.
When asked how she managed to get the
fnancier for a subscriber she says she Just
asked him, and gives no further details
except that she didn't find him the erusty'
parsimonious person he was generaiiy sup
| posed to be. .
Mrs G. Dunwoody Smith is the name or
| tba hook cauvasser who vanquished MI
| Sage. Her great grandfather was a 20
| ioniai Governor of Virginia, and her rather
| n graduate of West Point. Ten years ago
| her husband died. leaving her with Two
! small children 4 boy and girl, ana scant
| sources to face the world. She contrib
| uiad 10 magazines. but found book selling
a much more profitable occupation.
She is now educating her son and sd dau g n
nremiums on two large life insurance poll
cies travels on firss-class ste h6fsIs a sS
saws She finds the public polite and gen
erous.
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SOCIETY SCORED.
A Sermon Concerning Moth Women
and Butterfly Men.

In an article concerning the London sea
son, the gayety of which will be greatly
decreased this year owing to the death
of the Queen, the London Daily News
has this to say about some of the mem
bers of society who are not credit either
to England or to themselves:
There are some who doubt If high So
ciety serves any good purpose in the
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and faithful husband. until death shall
separate us" After similar recital has
been made by the bride both resume their
CORNER places. The first waiter places
before him small stand bearing the mar
rage license. and both sign the docu-
ment, which is then read aloud by mem
Der of the meeting.
\ short time is allowed to elapse after
the wedding party has retired before the
meeting is broken. The invited guests
then repair to the home of the bride.
where there are congratulations. a we'd
ding repast, and a general signing of the
marriage certificate.
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A Champion book Agent.

Missouri woman is the champion book
canvasser. In the last ten years she mas
collected on her order blanks the auto
graphs of 1900 persons, including Presi-
dents. Vice Presidents, Supreme Court
Justices. Senator'S and Congressman and
Governors and ex-Governors of thirty
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-12-05

This year there were seven floats
in operation. within a distance Of
eight and half miles. represensing
an average of 10. oOo. 600 sish caught
By each, or 40, 0OO. 600 in all taken
from the Susouehanna Flats in FIVE
weeks. Most OF these are herring.
which are sailed and sold. largely in
the South. A limit Of 5000 barrels
is placed By law upon each packer.
The shad are not caught in such
large numbers, for they do not swim
much with the herring. The OILERS
catch ) good many, the United States
Fish Commission III Hagre d. GRACE
paying them xxentv I've cents for
ta<Ik ripe SI,z.1 s{,a4rn. These are
used ii The hatelin9 Sszfion. Most
Of the sllad. whether caught in seine
or gill net. are shipped 10 Philadel-
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% Gee Rla q ) Troahlsssns Gem.

First soak il in warm water 10
soften u, then pare il dom as close
" as possible without drawing the
blood and apply Chamberlain = Pain
Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorous
~ for five minutes at each applica-
ton Acorn plaster should be worn
for few days. TO protect il from fhe
shoe. As q general linimenf for
sprains, bruises, lameDess and rheu-
matism, Pain Balm is unequaied-
For sale by GreenwelI 4 Drury,
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cHAxsERLAIE's STOMACH AND LIyxR
TABLETS.

Try them
When yon feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you havea bad taste in your
mouth.
When yonr liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipa-
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When you have a headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite,
cleanse and invigorate your stomach
and regulate your liver and bowels.
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A GENUINE LOVE STORY.
FRoa Tue BIBLE BIZ The REVEREND
c. r.. BLACKWELL. ID. ID.

81. LoHis Republic.
The long journey from Beersheba
to HaEan is completed, and the ia
miliar pictpreof ~sheep.aeiffg wasef-
ed at q well is within the scope of
Jacobs vision. The mouth of the
well is covered by a great stone, for
good water is precious and fiocks
are numerous. In the present in
stance three fiocks are waiting by
the well. Jacobs cautiousness
stands him in hand; he will learn
by sharp observation. The fiocks
are watered and the stone replaced
by the shepherds. Then Jacob ad-
dresses them, with courteous man
ner inherited from both parents ::
Isaac was always gentle and for
bearing, yielding to wrong rather
than indulge in strife, and Rebekah
suave even in carrying out plans
that otherwise might have miscar-
ried. The conversation is senten-
tious and characteristic of the ORR
emit:
My brethren, whence are We p
"Of Haran are we.
Know We Laban, the son of Ma
hor?"
We know him.
1T is well with him p
1T is well; behold Rachel his
daughter cometh with the sheep"
There is somewhat of curtness I'M
the colloquy. Jacob makes little
Roadway thus far. They may be a
triie suspicious of him without in
dorsementas they by well understood
signs ask each other who thistravel-
stained stranger may be, and what
the undercurrent OF his questions.
The men have first right to the
well. and they dip up the water with
their leathern buckets, refresh their
fiocks from adjacent troughs, and
then replace the heavy stone cover
to the well, leaving The women to do
as best they may when their turn
comes. Jacob assumes little, per-
haps, in so positively directing them
TO go feed their sheep. But they are
under orders TO wait at the well un-
til all the tiocks are assembled.
A SWEET sHEPHERDEss.
Jacobs eyes are fixed upon the
approaching daughter of Laban,
singing her out among others en-
gagged in like occupation with her
self. No more thought of what is
awaiting her is in her mind than
Rebekah had upon the saIutation of
Eliezer. She thinks only Of her
sheep; they are her especial care.
She is no hireling. She knows each
of the flock, which is not so numer-
Gus that she cannot give each one
some special designation She does
not drive them, but walks before
them, now and then calling this one
or that by its pet name, to which
response is intelligent and prompt.
Yonder silly lambkin strays; with
true aim she casts sandstone, and,
gently stung by it. the wanderer
hastens 20 its comrades. She verify
loves her sheep and they obey her
every call and every movement, seem
ing to understand also the motions
Of the crook she carries for their
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man: abide with me. ("
And Jacob served seven years
for Rachel. and they seemed unto
him but a few days. for the love he
had for her. I"
A WEDDING FEAST.
The time of service fulfilled. La
ban invites ''all the men of the place.
70 feast in honor Of the marriage Of
Jacob TO his daughter. for Jacob has
paid the full price and in entitled 10
his bride. He came 10 Laban with
only his star and the clothing he
wore, hence he could buy his bride
only with service; Il was Q sharp
bargain. bat 4 has been kept BIZ j.
cob in spirit and to the letter.
The feast would continue for a
whole week, with songs and dances
and general iollity galore. On the
evening of the first day, the bridal
maiden is closely yelled in Jace and
figure, and with much ceremony il
conducted from her home 10 that of
her husband. LAnternsand torches
illumined the way. Her personal
attendants and other maidens bear
aloft her bridal gifts, and with nu.
sic and song and clapping Of hands
the short journey is made and the
bride is left alone with her maid, TO
meetin darkness her future husband.
The trick was well planned and is
easily carried out. Leah knew Il
all, OF course but has not her right
been invaded ? aud her maid, Zilpah,
Is also necessarily in the scheme.
Both women must keep silent and
obey Laban.
But Rachel? She, too, must obey
and be silent, though her heart
break. 1t is deeply humiliating-
nay, maddening-but she is secure
~ held in leash. The night is filed
for her with weeping, in the midst
OF festivities she cannot share. And
she who felt her right to be FIRST
must now be second. She win bide
her time. but little wonder II she
verify hates both Leah and Laban.
BEHOLD. IT WAS LEAH. -
I'm the morning, behold, ii wam
Leah!" The deceiver has been de-
ceived. Laban's trick is success.
Jacob is properly indignant; there
is intense pathos in his words:
What is this thou hast done unto
me2 Did | not serve with thee for
Rachel? Wherefore, then, hast thou
beguiled me?"
LAban has an excuse which win
do, though il be not wholly true; il
suited his purpose TO marry on both
his daughters: 1T is not so done
in our place, to give the younger be-
fore the first-born. But the week
of festivity must not be interfered
with by any such circumstance as
has happened, and Laban cody says
Fulfill the week OF this one, and we
will give thee the other also for
the service which thou shalt serve
with me yet seven other years.
HARD BARGAIN.
Does Jacobs mind recur to the
day when he drove that despicable
bargain with Esau? And to that
other day when he deceived his aged
and blind father? Perhaps he is In
the grasp Of a hard master. Hecan.
not live without Rachel. He will
not appreciate Leah and will only
put up with her for the sake Of hay.
ing Rachel.
The week closes. II has been a
WEAKNESS TO Jacob, but when CON-
pleted another round Of feasting and
joIlity. and &c desire of Jacobs
heart is fulfilled. Rachel is given
him for his wife. and he loved also
Rachel more than Leah, and served
with Iaban yet seven other wears.
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hsS- Some Of the BEsT SHOES can
be found at Lawrence's. Mems
shoes, ladies shoes, Children's
shoes at a low price for the quality.
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i better that give her to thee than
that should give her TO any other
man: abide with me"
And Jacob served seven years
for Rachel. and they seemed unto
him but q few days, for the love ne
had for her. .
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27

E. WALL STREET GOSSIP-Stro ng. Stur-
gis & Co. Wire Holbert & Son: ''Sme.t-
ing shares took further Decline but
hardened later in the day upon Il state
ment issued by the president of the COM
panies showing an entirely satisfactory
condition of affairs of the organization.
There is no reasonable doubt as to the
ability Of Shelters to earn it's full divi-
dend on common and preferred and a
handsome surplus but litigation is al
ways dreaded and great many weak
people have sold their holdings in arid
ton to which the existing bear party in
this stock have met with little opposi-
ton and have found reasonable success.
Our own feeling about these stocks IS
favorable to their recovery and we look
to see them ultimately sell high OF
higher than they have ever done, beieE-
ing that the combination will be perfect
ed and that the business mill be con-
Quoted on wise and profitable lines
TREASURY BALANCES Washington,
FEB. 26.-Today'S statement of the treas
ury balances in the general fund, eXclu-
sIve OF the $50 C00,000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, shoms: Availa-
342, $50.
NEW YORK MONEY-New York, Feb.
26.-Close: Money on call steady at 1A
az per cent; prime mercantile paper, 3$t
Q4A per cent; sterling exchange firm,
with actual business in bankers b lis,
$4S71404.873s for demand and 81 S3%@D48t
for sixty days; posted rates, $4.S41204S5
and S4.SS; commercial bills $4.S315; silver
certificates. 61A@6S1ac; bar silver, SIC;
MeXicans dollars, 4S1zc.
FOREIGN FINANCIAL--New York,
Feb. 26-Commereial Advertisers cable.
gram: On the markets here today bus
mess was slack, the settlement being in
progress and money momentarily tight.
Americans were depressed on unloading
by dealers who had bought freely ex-
pccting rise after the New York holt
days. The close was at the worst. A
sharp squirt was given in the street, st.
Paul leading on reports of an increase of
the dividend. The advance did not last
long. however. On the general list The
icontango was So st. Paul began at
Az, but at the close the full rate was
asked. The bank bought 925, 900 in gold
in bars. Money rates were unalterAd.
The bank continues doing the bulk of
business botc in loans and discounts.
The Berlin bank rate was reduced from
5 to AZ pei cent, following the reduction
by the Bank of England
London, Feb. .26.-Consols for money
81 9-t6;;si eonsols. for the account, 81 9-16
BANK CLEARINGS.
ST. Paul, $971,25
Minneapolis, 81, 496, 594.
New York $230, 525 505
+ Chicago, $24,I e8, 102
Boston, So, 652, 7O4.