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Observation-Disclosures
: The Fashions Of
! the Century,
EcoHNTRIoIqIEs OF THE PAST ONLY
ARE LACKING.
OOKING back through the
r history Of clothes from the
\ year 1901 to the year 1901 1t
iS easy to- see that While dlf

is easy to see that while diff
ferent phases have repeated them
selves from time to time, the fashions
of to-day combine the beauties Of the
various stages of the past, omitting
the eccentricities. The graceful, cling
ing skirt of the beginning Of the last
century, almost the same bolero, find
copy in the gown of 1900. The grace
full ficLu of 1888 serves as model for
our day while the voluminous skirts
are happily passed by. Though expen-
sive, it was not yet the crinoline, but
the petticoat that was responsible for
this particular feature. 1t is said that
the e-skirts widened themselves to bal
ance the width of the shoulders for
this was the time Of the pelerine.
Sleeves, too. were larger, of necessity.
Early in the '30's was an interesting
epoch in the manners of the mere man,
for then he was settling down to the
simplicity Of the present-day attire and
dispensing with his elegant knee
breeches-this, however, only after a
struggle between the practical and the
ornate that had lasted since the close
Of the eighteenth century.
By 1912 all gowns were trailing
again. This was the time Of the lace
mitten and Of the odd little parasols
with long fringes and double handles.
By 1860 the tide had turned, the skirts
were wide and the shoulders narrow.
BY '6S the crinoline had ceased to ex-
list, and the revulsion from width re-
suited by about 1876 in the peculiarly
monstrous costume Of that day. In
the crinoline our grandmothers could
scarcely sit GOWN. In '76 their daugh-
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ahas.ly sout1, American Relics.

The most curious and the most ghast-
ly relics to be found in South America
are the compressed heads of human
beings occasionally to be purchased
from the savage Indian tribes on the
Naipo river. in Ecuador. A sample
can be seen at the Field Columbian
museum at Chicago. The process by
which they are made has never been
discovered. nor does the practice pre-
vail in any other part Of the world.
but these Indians. swho control a large
lvss
the bones of the skulls and compress
them to about one-fifth Of the natural
size without destroying the features
OF losing the expression of the counte-
nance at the time of death. They can
reduce the head Of an ordinary man
to the size Of his fist. No white man
has ever seen it done, although several
.iadventuresome scientists have taken
tSsarjsk Of visiting the Naipo country
for the purpose pse'-ef ef ia+ Investigation.
Some years ago missionary
over the mountains to convert them
to Christianity, although he was
warned to keep out Of their country.
A few years later trader brought
into Guayaquil a compressed head OF
a white man. the only one ever seen
there, which bore striking resem-
blance to the missionary. AS he was
never heard from after leaving the
frontier it is believed that this ghastly
relic vas sent down to the city by the
Indians as evidence Of his fate.-Chi-
caRo Record
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picture of one standing on its summit.
He might be taken for patience on q
monument, so rigid and erect he
stands, but, no, he is only plain,
everyday adjutant of the Nineteenth
Hussars who attained to this proud
eminence by the skilful use Of his
legs.
But what :. memory TO Britishers is
Majuba Hill, where General Joubert,
leading an undisciplined mob of Beers,
broke British square and at the
same time almost broke the British
heart. Here it was that independence
vas won, though 1t has since been
lost, aud here the "embattled farmers''
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ters could neither walk nor sit with

ters could neither walk nor sit with
any ease.
Even so late as 1895, the huge over
balancing sleeves put to flight the
ideas of grace and symmetry. The ac-
companying illustration is from the
Gentlewoman.
In mems attire. 1910 was the age OF
the gorgeous waistcoats, while ut that
time the tall silk hat supplanted the
beaver, the new species coming from
Paris and very rapidly becoming q
permanent institution, though abused
during all these intervening sixty
veorS
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The fact is that life in the country
need no longer be the terror OF wom'
an. asserts the New York Independent.
If the telephone makes it possible for
the merchant to conduct his city busi-
ness. while enjoying his farm, 1t
makes it possible for woman to de-
velop her best qualities Of freedom
without the depression Of isolation. A
new day is dawning for the country
women Of America.
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Il reckon he wouldn't care 70 be remind q:
ed o2 Il. s.:


q ..I was living In Nevada al the time.
The number Of highwaymeS there
was surprising. One Of my friends was
a stage robber, but never found 1t
out until he was killed in the act OF
holding up a stage. He lived next
door to me, and was a model man. SO
far as was known.
"The stages of Wells-Fargo & co.
were held up almost daily. One OF the
robbers was named Waterman. He
was sent to Jail, but soon got out. the
Wells-Fargo people knew that ne
would return to the old business, so
they sent for him.
"Looking for job?' asked the SUI
perintendent.
"T am said Waterman.
"Tired of the old gamer asked the
official.
"I don't know as I am,' Waterman
replied, laughing.
"It's a risky business said the
Wells-Fargo man.
"I never found it so, particularly,
said the hold-up man.
"'Well, how would you like steady
job?' asked the other.*
THAT'S what I'm looking for, said
Waterman. And the long and short OF
It was that the express company engag-
ed him at a good salary to retire, just
do anything except hold up their
stages.
"The plan worked well, so far as he
was concerned, and was not very ex-
pensiye. for his former pals thought
he was an informer, and one OF them
soon picked a quarrel with him, and
killed him.
"But there were others to take his
place In the field, and the hold-ups
continued just the same. One OF the
robbers was Jack Davis, who was
hail-fellow well-met with every one II
Virginia City, and for a long time he
was not suspected.
"The Virginia and Truckee railroad
finally reached town, and gold was
shipped on the cars. But it was evi
IDENTIFY an easy matter to hold up
train, and one night the engineer
found muzzle at his ear, and was tolc
to slow down at certain spot, which
he did. The leader Of the robbers wa'
Davis. This was the first railroad hold
up In the country. and Davis might b.
called the inventor Of the methot
which at other times paid well.
Davis was caught the next time h
held up train, and was sent to jail
One day after he was released n
turned up with the famous Hamilton
brothers near Eureka, New. The:
captured every man at the coach sta
tion,s Ge6 them UP and slowed then
away like sardines. When the stag
came up there were two Wells-Farg
men with guns on board. One go
down, suspecting nothing, when Jacl
grabbed him, supposing that his part
ners would attend to the other man
For some reason they were demoraliz
ed and ran. The second guard watche
his chance and fired. and Mr.. JAG
Davis, the inventor Of train robbery
passed in his chips. New York Sur
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Ah!

Mrs. Observation-Disclosures Mr..
Snarler is q man of good judgment,
notice that everybody is going into &c
stacles about that picture of Nahl--
sticks, and you know Snarler said 1T
was q perfect daub."
Mr.. Greene-"I didn't say his judg.
ment was good. 1 merely said he was
a distinguished art critic. Boston.
Transcript, --s,--------,ss
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Curious Robberies Of English Relics.

OF ali curious robberies the stealing
Of wax figures Of kings and heroes
from Westminster Abbey would seem
as remarkable as any. These august
efHgies are kept in a certain part of
the abbey and were once much more
numerous than they are now. At least
a dozen have disappeared mysteriously
and who stole them and how they got
away with them are still mysteries.
Among the efigies purloined was that
az Nelson, which disappeared about
half q century ago. There was such q
popular outery over this that a new
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Poland as a Manufac' urln: Country.

Poland as n Manufac' urln= Country.
Warsaw has a population of 675,OOO.
In 10 years this will be doubled. Be-
sides being distributing point for
what Asia wants to send to Europe, 1t
is manufacturing city. 1t makes su-
gar, leather, cotton, wool, iron, gold
snd silver ware, and shoes for the rest
Of the continent. 1t sends more than a
third of a million dollars worth OF
beet sugar alone in year to America.
Warsaw's outlying neighboring city,
Lodz, known as the Polish Manchester,
is fast gaining on its English rival. Its
thousands of spindles turn out cotton
for the world. The Industrial and COM
mercIal impulse that has characterized
Russia of the present generation is no.
where more strikingly evident than in
what was the old kingdom of Poland
and particularly in its ancient capital
Warsaw,-Cosmopolitan.
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anything SO richly splendid as, this
new applique which so far has no
name.
Though nameless, the figures sug-
gest both escurial and Russian lace;
perhaps it resembles most the former.
At any rate, 1t is in the soft ecru Of
beautiful batiste with its pinky, pur-
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yEhe editor put his hand afrectionats-

JsS3 t-nS CulIOl put ulS uduu duSCIlOudlo'
ID on the writer-man's arm:
My. dear boy, you have saved me
from doing mean thing, low down
mean thing. I couldn't find 1t in my
Heart now to use the Jencks girls
STORY in the way l intended. Just
think, it might have broken her heart.
Thank heavens, man, you have saved
ISher and me-"
tss KS He; pressed button.
Ask the cashier to make check
Tor Mr.. Webb for $780," he said to the
5oy who appeared in response to the
tEsummons. When the check was
drought in Webb folded 1t carefully
and put 1t in his pocket.
IS Come to lunch with me-" he said.
The brilliant editor rose and put on
s&Shis hat. At that moment the boy ap-
with card. 2'he editor read
sit:
sererc Iencks. Ga.veston."
He handed the card to the writer
Hman then turned to the boy.
Show the lady in. Stay where -ou
Eare; webb" Then he added. "a good
lschance: to see the GIRL.
Webb chuckled.
A tall ,slender girl appeared. She
chad, large brown eyes and red lips.
ifHsr hands were not small. but were
well gIoyed, and she dressed in good
fstyle--not New York style. She held
|out her hand freely to the editor. and
Eshes shook 1t heartily and then present
Fed Webb.
sI am just off the steamer" ex
i claimed Miss Jencks in an effusive way,
4and the first thing did was to call
to- learn the. fate of my story
There was freshness and innocence
gabout the young woman that amused
gthe editor. After few minutes gen.
teraf conversation, she said:
.sEow tell me all about my story
aare you going to print it?'
The editor blushed, reflected a min.
nte, then said:
s.ss.It is an amusing story, but, to be
Aeandid, it is hardly up to our stand
lard"
other words" she Interrupted,
ssiitt &c. isn't good enough"
ssS5j.a.Well, if you like to put it that way
yes
Miss Jencks leaned both Of her
dainty elbows on the table, and looked
the editor straight in the eyes faf a
moment.
sssss.. Well, I hen, is it bad enough?'
The. editor and writHr-man cXchaDg-
sed quick and significant glances. Here
was an opportunity the Harvard man
ehads dsnotlooked for.
don't know. Perhaps if l were
Ito put our friend, Webb here. to re-
wise II; he might make it bad enough"
SheS laughed.
sssWell, then, what will you pay me If
II you publish it as an awful exam
plea,
One hundred dollars
It s yours 3, "A s S..s.sS3.
sssa g aaa!aals saeagh ge @ eaR75shs sohs ths
-Sour friends recognize it and so
cause you modification ?"
Miss Jencks chuckled sweetly. You
don't suppose was fool enough. to let
any Of my friends know wrote a love
sstory, do you?"
The writ writer i.ma1 and the editor look
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M the Transvaal drove the British col
dIery like sheep before them. Much
has happened down in South Africa
since that time, and despite their
sharpshooting, which won them the
victory at Majuba, the Beers have in
the main been defeated, and at last
Majuba has been avenged" though
the memory Of its disaster can never
he effaced.
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one was made and set up, and it is this
new one which is now shown to visit

one was made and set up, and 1t is this
new one which is now shown to visit
ors.
Another tantalizing robbery has
made poorer the Sloane Museum IN
Lincolns Inn Fields, London. At the
death Of Sir John Sloane he left his
money to the museum, which he had
founded. Two cupboards were found
carefully locked and in Sir Johns will.
Sit was directed that one should be.
opened In 1887 and the other In sI2..;
There money Fes 10 be found the
en ST or MS cum. denl
sslsil5. s: lsaz
found empty and bore every ssid dence
of having been robbed. VIII the
second cupboard be found also to have
been tampered with? is.. s.
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Generally the Case,

Little Elmer-Papa, what is an epi-
gram?
Professor Broadhead-An epigram,
nv son, is usually sarcastic way of
saying something that is not So
Puck.
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nIo,ubn Hill Mt Last.

This illustration furnishes convinc-
ing proof that the British have at
least reached the great goal OF their
des,res-Nainba Hill-for here Is the
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California is the only place in the
world where salt is harvested by plow-
ing. Nature. has made an inexhausti-
Bile. deposit on the surface of the
ground in the heart of the Colorado
desert.
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eliSh IT instead or 1Ine CLneT Us III. III.
tensely interesting. 1t seems she has
suffered the same as the rest Of US.
She also sent her photograph; here it
1t. Imagine that face associated with
such rot. It seems sacrilege."
Horrible" commented Briggs sol.
emnly.
"She lives in B-ville, Texas" con-
tinued the editor.
How shall you arrange with herr"
asked Briggs. "You must, of course,
give your reason for publishing the
story. shouldn't feel greatly flattered
if you were to use any of my stuff for
such a scheme as that. It's brutal"
"I know it is. But there is such
fierce competition between us editors
that we must employ eccentric
methods when we fail Of original
"You must even descend to the
breaking of girls heart" said Briggs,
Hamilton flushed. 81 am not going
ia publish her name, and III pay her
as much as l would Howells or Kip
ling"
Briggs smiled. "My dear boy, you
might as well try to console a mother
for the loss of her child by telling her
that no one would know it was hers
that died. It's not the world she cares
forts her pet, and she'll mourn over
It all the more on account of its friend
lessness. You don't know women, but
YOU should know authors. An authors
story may be deformed, ugly, even
idiotic, but you can no more reason
him into seeing it's unloveliness than
YOU can convince a mother of the ugli,
ness Of her child"
Don't lecture" exclaimed Hamil'
.o1; "give me an answer-yes. or no.
Shall publish it as a terrible exam
ple?"
"Yes," said Briggs.
Hamilton laughed. "Well, if you're
not the most inconsistent fellow l ever
saw. I thought you were trying some
Of your eccentric logic on me. Come
to lunch"
Six months later Hamilton steamed
into st. Louis en- route to California;
he was to stop over for two days. The
first afternoon Of his stay in that city
brought him brief note, which bore
the official mark of hospital, was
signed by one of the doctors, and
marked private" 1t ran:
Dear Mr.. Hamilton:
"We have here a most curious case
of melancholy-of slow heart-break
The case is that Of young woman
A most interesting feature of the affair
Is that the patient was thrown into the
greatest excitement by the reading o
your name in the hotel arrivals il
this mornings paper. Perhaps yo'
will be interested to see her, although
I've no doubt her trouble is a mere
hallucination.
"Yours truly,
"Sprague. M. D."
Two hours later the young docto
received Hamilton's card. The mel
shook hands. and then. without an.
"preliminaries," Hamilton said:
CDR. Sprague, want to see tn
young woman who showed such alarm
at the. mention Of my name"
Nothing easier, sir" replied tn
doctor, taking his visitors measur
with a glance. "I'll show you it was
as l said, mere hallucination. sus
pect she will have forgotten you b
this time" Then, leading the way t
a remote corner of the room. he DIRE,
aside curtain and said quietly
"Miss Marguerite"
"Come in" said the girl in low
musical voice and marked souther
accent.
A mellow "half light" filled tn
L apartment.
j 1--WE visitor"
The splendid Harvard man stood g
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+ "A patent was taken out on a pas
sepger elevator 66 years ago. But the
first patent for complete and practi-
cal elevator was given to Mr.. E. G..
Otis, of Yonkers. N. Y. in January
1851, so that, while the idea is much
older, the elevator is only 80 years old.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Phoenix, Arizona, recently had pro-
cession in which groups Of cowboys
were followed by groups Of Indians,
city officials, and Chinese.
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She Refused Him.

A young man Of more book-learning
than force of character lost the young
wife who had toiled to support him,
returned to his native town for con-
ISOLATION, and found it. Some months
later she, too. passed away. and the
sad youth soon appealed to we'll
known clergyman for assistance in
finding helpmate.
The minister introduced him to a
western girl of health and energy, who
the next day received plaintive note
from the widower. He declared that
the Lord had made great inroads upon
his marital affections, and 1t now
seemed to be His will that she should
repair the breaches Of his life.
The reply, which the clergyman
keeps today as o:s of the choicest
specimens of varied collection, reads
simply:
Mend your own breeches."-
Youths Companion.
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The INVENTOR OF IRA i RoBBINl

SR Is Said to Have Been Jack Davis, of Vir-
,ginia City, New.
.'You see that tall gray-haired man?
said a hotel proprietor, indicating a
man wearing a lsombrero, who was
walking up and down. Eyes, the one
with the scar across his face, I was
ora. coach in Nevada once when he
stepped out OF the bush and lined 1t mp.
Now he's a prosperous farmer down in so
San Deg cpunt Ees, they sent assI1l
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They Aren't So Thick Here as Some Think
Here's paper that says Boston
supplies the rest of the country with
skeletons"
"It's too bad"
whats too bad?'
"It's too bad that people should al
ways be poking fun at those thin Bos-
ton girls. cleveland Plaid Dealer.
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Kiddville, Right Angle and Log
Lick are Kentucky postofices.
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One of the police officials Of Chicago
has discovered that that city has an
ordinance which prohibits other
pointed instruments. under penalty Of
a fine ranging from s25 to $50. The
law has long been dead letter, and
even the city owns many such pro-
scribed fences.
DIR. Macdonald, the resident surgeon
of the Geraldton hospital, asserts that
the, complaint known in North Queens
land as the earth-eating disease is as
suming serious proportions at Gerald
ton and other northern towns. says
British Australasian. 1t has ragged at
Cooktown and Townsville. and is ex-
tending nearly as far south as Bris-
bane. Dangerous results, he says,
must ensue il immediate steps are not
taken to suppress it, especially among
children attending the public schools.
A curious street car line is that be-
tween Atami and Yoshihoma, two
coast towns in the province of lzie,
Japan. The line is seven miles long,
the rolling stock consists of single
car, and the motive power is furnish
ed by couple Of muscular coolies,
who actually push the car along
wherever power is necessary. When
the car comes to down grade they
lump. on and ride. The coolies who
work this unique road are said to be
4 astonishing specimens of physical de-
velopment. The fare for round tril
over the road, including the expected
tips for the crew, Is 81 cents.
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5:-.s q y some
-Sfsour friends recognize 1T and SO
cause you notification"
Miss Jencks chuckled sweetly. f'You
don't suppose ] was fool enough. to let
any Of my friends know wrote love
STORY, do you?"
The vi iitteef.ma1 and. the, eaitor ,ook-
ed at each other calmly. ss%sS iofh
Independent.
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1.-THE Story Of a Love Story"


liant editor of q famous magazine;
there was also writer-man whom the
editor liked and whose stories he
hated to reject; but the safety of the
magazine demanded it. 1t happened
one day that the editor was sore per-
picked about matter, and he called
the writer-man in to help him out.
Briggs" said he, Il have a story
that is so bad that it is good. 1t is a
splendid specimen of the rot that is
sent US. want to use it as sample
of the sort of thing we get-of the
drivel we are expected to publish
it's love story"
HAS it no uplifting cynicism to re-
deem it?" asked Briggs satirically.
,"No, it's sheer fubdub. balderdash,
food for iseols."
"Who wrote it? Some foolish old
woman, suppose"
The editor knitted his brows.
NO. he replied; "a young woman
wrote it-a school teacher"
Young, beautiful and a school
teacher" repeated Briggs. LET me see
the story. All, it has two good traits
it's beautifully typewriter and it
smells. of roses" After few minutes
he handed the story back with a weary
smile. He pondered moment. then
his face frightened.
Glow do you know she's young?" he
asked. The editor un-Jcked a private.
drawer. ., - 80 i. &
She wrote me Short letter giving
sketch of Ter life, aud telling me
cx.sshes came to sEgrits tIls story
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"Hello, Mr.. Writer.man.'

"Hello, Mr.. Writer.man."
Hello, editor"
what have you got for us today?"
"My opinion in the case"
what case?"
"Don't you remember? The. other
day you said you had received story
that was so bad that it was good, and
that you were half inclined to print
1t as a sample Of the stuff you receive
daily and. are actually expected to pub
lish. You asked me what thought Of
the scheme" The writer-man
paused.
'Well?" interrogatively.
well, Eve embodied my opinion in
story. Here it Is"
The red-faced man with the yellow
mustach be and blue eyes put a tanned
hand into an inner pocket, drew out a
manuscript and handed 1t to the ele.
gantly Sroomed Harvard man at tho
desk.
"Read it,. he said.
Mansfield settled himself comfort
ably and read = y