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come this: place a. little cotton wool. in
each ear, then initiate the abuomen; draw
your arms up alongside the body and
straighten them out in straight line
with the shoulders;~ then push the arms
and hands, through the water until the
latter touch. the legs. After. some little
practice those movements will come easy:
One great point beginners should al:
ways remember the. hands and legs
under: the water. Many beginners get
frightened BY having 50 much Of the wa:
ter wash over their faces, This can al
ways be overcome by keeping the hands
below the water. When you have mas!
tered these arm movements fairly well
commence on the leg strokes Start
with the legs Strengthened out, the heels
together, draw the feet up. toward the
body, keep the knees well turned out as
far as possible. Shoot the legs out
wide, then finish the kick BY bringing
the legs straight together with a snap.
This stroke and way Of swimming on the
back will be found to be not only the
easiest but the best, for one can lie ION
his back and rest by simply stretching
out the arms back over the head in
straight line with the body.
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equitably to the changed. conditions and
largely increased volume Of business Of
the present day. We were fighting, not
merely to avoid payment Of the, money
second time, but with strong, desire
to assist in the establishment, by law, Of
fair business methods. ~,
Under-the decision the duty of verify
ing the.balance and examining the vouch-
ers returned, and giving notice to the
bank of any discrepancies, within rea-
sonable time, is placed upon all deposit
tors of banks in this state. T. =;
Messrs. Roosevelt & Kobbe and Geo:
II. Yeaman, counsel for the Chemical
Bank, say. that this opinion holds that
for the depositor to make no examination
counts, as balanced by the bank, and no
comparison Of returned checks with the
stubs thereof when such examination and
comparison! would detect the: alterations,
is such NEGLIGENCE az will excuse the
and VIII prevent recovery by the de-
positor:" This: has been: doubted; and
sometimes denied, but may now be.zre-
gardeds as the established law Of; this
state.-New York Evening POST = III
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:. "Do as l. tell you" Tommy'sn mamma
cried. "It's about time you realized the
futility of struggling against the inevi-
table. Do you know what that means?"
'Yes'm," replied Tommy. 1T means
there's no use O. your washin' my hands
an face cause they'll only get dirty
again. "-Philadelphia Press: i:
The Salvation: Army: was in turgid
earnest. Hell is yawningTo. he cried to
the little knot Of listeners. ~ Hell is
The passing churchmau shrugged his
shoulders economically.
''No wonder: the way you are carry
ing on he retorted. .'You must make
hell dead tired" :.:.
''Why is it that so few people seem
anxious to talk to MI. Carpington? He
seems we'll informed"
ssThat's just the difficulty" answered
Miss DimDleton. ''He's one Of those
dreadful men who know enough to cor
rect your mistakes when you, quote the
classics, and who doesn't know enough
not to do it."'-Tit-Bits. .. =
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=: W. Sykes of Leith,, Scotland, has
sold to William L. Hardness of Cleve-
land. member Of the New York Yacht
Club. the British, steam. yacht Gtnilda,
which is now being re6tted at Southamp-
ton for a trip across the Atlantic.
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WaCeT, S6tss1ns4A1Mzs DleladeT. ~
: Personafl, ftthink an air bladder is
of more assissanee in holding a person in
the water thana friend, as the bladder
Ykeeps one up ID uniform height, where
sas When held up by friend one4is apt
to eithdss slip, tire or lose patience, and
sthe result is theapN1pil is unexpectedly
forced under .theaW atessand is aptS;to lose
inSzhis@ poweFto keep: :afoat.
MANY who leafnsto swim often wonder
UT TIER STOW. pregress through the water,
Witch is solely oceasfoped by 50 many
Slearning thasss incorrectly; there
fore partleallanl attention shep1d be77giyen
to the elemHe nta II. Ygsa or initial stages.
In nfYS .vafiedaexperienee have found
that amostsnervops people gain confidence
quicker On The. backa!asrit is not. only
nifoore hat ural position; but it is, much
easier af beginner to breathe,.;as so
many have the tendency to tightly close
The mouth when swimming on the. breast.
lily Start then byzlying on the back, either
held up by person or by the aid ,of an
air Bladder; 4v straighten yourself, out,
hold the head way back, the ears being
under water. Some persons do not like
the water penetrating the ears; to over
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For the breast stroke commence by
practicing the arm and leg movements on
shore: The hands should be brought ~tpi
gether to the chest and-shot out straight
in front, then. turn the hands; fat, palms
downward, and bring them straight round
in a line with the shoulders; from there
bend the elbows back and bring the
hands together at the chest: For the leg
action lie face downward on stool, draw
the legs up, then kick>>them out as wide
as possible, then bring the legs straight
together. - III I: 81
The leg movement is the same; as on
the back. ::.-s-; ..i.,;
Practice the arm: strokes first, as they
are easiest to manage. When you have
had a few days practice try and swim !;
commence by bending forward: with the
hands straight in front of you and give
yourself a slight push with your legs,
then try and do the movements slowly
and do not shorten them.
In diving always be collected and, cool.
Have the lungs normal, or rather don't
dive with all the air out of them; it is
dangerous. Never dive in, strange or
muddy water.
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LIABILITY ON RAISED CHECKS.
A Suit in Favor of Chemical National
- Bank Affecting All Institutions.

In the case of Critten VS.. the Ghemi-
cal National Bank, the court Of appeals
of New York. has just rendered de-
cision in favor of the bank. .
:, George G.. Williams, president of the
institution, in a letter addressed to the
banks of the state, says:
!. During the. last two years this bank
has been in litigation, contrasting a claim
made by depositors on account of raised
checks, which were altered by the de-
positors' confidential clerk, Davis, who
had charge Of the FIRMS check book and
drew their checks, and who had been in
troduced and accredited to- this. ybank as
the firms preventative who would draw
money from time to time and would at
tend to their business *generally at the
bank. The operations extended oversa
period of about two years, during which
time the Dassbook- was written up and
returned to. the firm with their Cancelled
no less than twelve, times. It
was turned over by them to: the .culprit
to examine the vouchers (which he had
ralsed) and, to: verify the balances for
them. Most OF the checks were skillfully
altered, andas Davis had matters entire-
" In his own hands the stealing could
pave gone OF !,1 Tor years longer had he not
Notwithstanding the lack Of = iprecau-
tionary system in handling, their finances
the hrm made demand upon this bank to
their thief: zandsstrange as il may seem,
Notwithstanding sgtheir. negligence, they
appeared TO be protected by old decisions
Of some. Of the courts Of this state w
carried the matter up to the court of ap
peals, with the hope Of being able t.
demonstrate to the court that q rule laid
down half century ago does not apply
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Then the Rea;ping.

:, No one attempts to deny that home life
is no longer what it was in our land, and
that its decline has not made for good.
But If people areEtired Of home it is. very
air the shocked seedlings in the world
will do no good.r Thefact is that we are,
so to, say, in the first flush Of our youth
as gay nation. We are practically
sowing Sour wild oats. having been
sober steady-going, not to say dull, peo-
pie for some generations. All at once
converting our magnificent capital into
the gayest city in the world. Lady's
Pictorial. En-
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SNot a;vdid .E1ruse.

Representative Gilbert Of: Kentucky
tells in the Wasih1ingtonP Post off, Judge
who was very much averse to ,exctlsing
any juror: One day man asked to be
''For what reason?" Inquired the Judge.
MY wife is to be buried this after
noops and wog@like to attend the
funsIal, WAS th1fy. - ~ ::
..WhensNid shqieaa asked the judge.
To 1ays ag6c ia !. :
- ys4 cali tha4an excuse??''> ex-
claiMse Judge. NM: Clerk. enter
10 sslock sundas ming: sTke pGbiie
business I'LL not bSadterrIptsA By trifles
while am on the bepeh.zSr x. -. 20 AZ I:
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vived was driven away in a carriage.


The new grass-greeng necktie is the
thing now. On Fifth avenue there is an
impression of seaweed abroad, due to
the number of green ties.SW by the
gentlemen and the green wells used by
the ladies. Craig >Wadsworth wears one.
He was one Of the first to adopt them,
although he used to sport bright red
cravats. The tie is worn as fourth
hand the color is not too glaring and
rather restful to the eye! i -.
Nine. Janauschek, who, poor and en-
at Saratoga, has a few Jewels LETT and
these are to be ratified by their custodian,
James E. Tossing; Of Brooklyn unless
sold advanta geousy. The great TRACE
dienne is iii such a physical condition
that she requires the constant attendance
drain on her resources has well-nigh OK
hausted the capital which came to her
from benefit which was given to her
year ago.
Robert Hall Mccormick. il. whose
engagement to Miss Eleanor Norris was
announced last winter, is: booked to sail
for Germany. He will make a brief stay
there. His sister, Miss Phoebe McCor-
mick, mas arrived at. Bar HarbOr. She
has just returned from Paris. MIR. and
Mrs Mccormick are occupying Mizzen-
Top inns sunlm FL: .{FI
Three men and a woman, all we'll
dressed and evidently l-to-do; who
formed a Summing party, got caught in
a raid in a; resort they were visiting the
other night: They We're taken to the sta:
ton, but were allowed to go when they
explained matters. No names were
given. :! -
Albert c. Latimer, the New York sta
toner who WAS shot it is supposed. by
q burglar at his residence in BROOKLYN.
died in a hospital the other night
without. being, able to make a connected
statement as; to the visit of the burglar.
Mrs. Latimer told how her husband
grappled with the intruder and was shot.
After the shooting bicycle lamp. a 1air
OF felt soled shoes, and cap We're fond
in the room, but the police have been un-
able to find any trace of the burglar.
Mrs. Latimer is in the same hospital in
which her husband died and is said to be
quite i'll as result of the shock of seeing
her husband shot down. -
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King Alfonso and tie Cigarette.

y An amusing anecdote about the young
MMmg Of, Spain is going the rounds at
King went one evening to see the ,rincc
Of a stn1ias,, who was in comnaand of
the Palace Guards, and asked for a cig-
arctic. This being, forbidden ire
prince refused Saying: aYoa maies an.
the guard is not, permitted to Smoke.
Aionso addressed himself to another
feh %ifed pfis '%l'a and re Ely
sharply, "Give me cigarette, The
soldier replied: II have no. cigarettes,
but ifIyon ike7toj make. one here are
paper and tobacco" Thereu6on his
majesty turned to the prince; OF the
found some one who obeys his king"
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IS NAR&s NAEXkYIb MASTER "a, 4 NE

: I5@5i
Who mads7 Gad7. .Ah, EsBillx! You
ysae Ese6sSSfa astes aa 5ssito Ra1 II
known = 7Life!$s3 <y4s ..xsy T5=x "
Ida-He said T was as pretty as a
picture. May-But,. dear, he has such
q 81 BSgf EsRatattfnl az @aCaB eonneisseur
"BswafSs, said the fortune teller, "of
blact male meV faltered 1T the "s fail Young
maid.-Chicago Tribune. i -. -
The Difference.-What is the difference
6as ssa dses eehaa a aR Se a aise
seems SO NICE Quips and Cranks.
~ sa;adag sthdso iiltT@ eacher-And 50 Lots
wife was turned to salt. Can any one
tell why =? Wicked Willie from the rear)
She was too fresh!-Harvard Lampoon.
What Papa d-Cholly-What did
love wasslikesn broad ana ingenious riv-
er? Edith-He said. "Dam it."TJudge.
>Funniness-You say the evening wore
on. What did it wear? Il:
Smart-Why, the close Of the Iay, Of
fcodrse!- yniVefsitsp Of Minaes6ta' Punch
Bowl. --- ----
l. Refgrmers.-"Somg er de 5loudes' talk
| in reformets," Said Uncle Eben, makes
|sane think Of aa bald hehded pan goin'
'roun' selling hair restorer. '-Washing-
. 90: 5::,(' !! T. >.,..., seem re.
signed to die?
The Butler-z;Vell, no. It; seemed ard
on tn ole duffer to- ave TO die an leave
hall these h'ancestors behind i'm that
f $$saEa >27hD-,'Ce To = f'g 's
| me when yonRfFe as little as me?
Pa-Yes, indeed, Dicky. I was always
a very good boy; but somehow or other
1 had a great many serious and painful
m9is4 a1.d a4dlings with ny parents
A Rockland, Mass, school teacher
| after telling al about the landing Of the
Pilgrims, told her pupils to try to draw
from imafinat ton q pietnreI of the Plym-
confusion when one little boy got up and
asked If Fshe wanted a hen or a rooster.
New York Daily News.
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asked the judge.

= 4; France FIRST. stoint OF
fast trains, the fastest averaging IS:
mile~ an hour. England comes next, the
fastest time being IS miles. Third is
GERMANY. with 81 miles, and next Bel
GUM, with 40.
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James P. Stephens, one OF the Oldest
pottery manufacturers in this country,
is dead at Trenton, n. ,J.,- FROM heart
disease. He '4is credited with develop
ing the manufacture of pottery in GER
tam lines to the highest point attained
IN this country. 2 e - 6
The colored American., 1902-03-29

make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all
itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. TO
make the hair grow out again bald spots espe-
ciay around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on
earth one-half so good The Boston Chemical Com
pany holds charter granted by the State of Nlr-
ginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank OF
Richmond Va, and to the Southern Express Com
pany. Register your letters; it protects you. Ad-
dress your letters plainly to
BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY,
$40 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-13

the woman may be, how plain or how
handsome, she will gaze upon herself
in some way before she leaves this
room. The woman of toll who has
nothing in her face or figure to pro-
mote vanity, will cast furtive glance
into the mirror as she passes.
But another type Of the sex will
come rushing in her simply to see how
she looks. She never thinks of snatch
ing few moments rest in the wicker
rockers, or on the touches. She will
pose herself before the largest mirror
and the one which has the best light,
and then she begins TO scrutinize her
self from head to foot She will twist
about and glance at her back, and
walk out to see how her skirt hangs.
Then, with a frown upon her face, she
jerks off her jacket, hat veil and
gloves and goes to work.
First she dabbles a little water On
her face with a handkerchief, which
she has hidden about her somewhere
Tor that purpose. Then she opens her
chatelaine bag, and brings out a small,
silver mounted comb. After her hair
is arranged to her liking she brings out
a tiny powder box and puff, and an eye
brow pencil. With a large and assert
ed variety of grimaces she proceeds
with her wonderful complexion.
4 used to be an attendant in
large department store. There one of
ten sees wonderful transformations.
A woman will often go out wearing
different clothes and looking like an
other person from her who entered. AS
men are never admitted to such places
their knowledge of feminine vanity is
necessarily limited-and it 4, good
thing. They flatter the silly things
enough as it is"
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please do help me, won't you?" and her
voice and eyes pleaded her cause.
''All right, I'm willing to make the
experiment was the good-natured re-
ply, though 1 tell you beforehand the
picture will not last more than three
weeks at the most, and it will be tedi-
Gus work, too"
Il don't care if it stays on my arm
only twenty-four hours, just SO 1 have
it there long enough to show the other
girls and she offered her pretty arm
for the test.
So it came about that a sweetheart,
a bevy of girls, and the whole summer
colony were amazed one day to see this
ingenious young woman wearing a
fashionable elbow sleeved frock, which
disclosed to advantage the head and
shoulders of her uniformed sweetheart,
photographed in the Sunburned arm.
The idea was altogether too novel,
and catching to be monopoliZed by one
or even two, so, in an astonishing time
the entire colony, that is, the young
women members of .it-appeared with
photographs transferred to their fair
flesh.
One girl, rather original in her ideas,
chose to have a miniature effect on the
back of her wrist, and the handsome
features of her fiance smiled through
Iocket set in the center of a fine
chain bracelet. Around the face, hold
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Copyrighted, 1902.

Copyrighted, 1902.
Not all the pretty summer youns
WomanS fadS concern her frocks and
frillS. On the contrary, the summer
sweetheart has his share of attention,
after a certain fashion, and at present
he may consider himself as represent
ing a really novel fad born of this
young persons clever brain.
No longer can he doubt her true de-
votion. Doesn't she bear upon her fair
flesh the imprint of his own features,
and didn't she actually suffer in order
to have the likeness as nearly perfect
as art could make it?
1t is fact that fair femininity has
honored her adorer so far as to permit
his face to be photographed on her
arm, above her heart, or on her pretty
rounded shoulder.
What do you think of this as a sur
prise for Edward?" queried the hand
some young matron, as she rolled up
her Shirtwaist sleeve, displaying a
sunburned and interesting looking arm,
which she stretched forth for closer
inspection.
why, it's a picture Of Edwardt" ex-
claimed the three summer girl friends,
gathered about her on the hotel piaz-
"a, and, sure enough, there on the
Wife's pretty arm was remarkably
good portrait of her lord and master. :
Here was something genuinely novel,
but, then, the trio considered, this
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WHAT PARENTS OWE TO CHILDREN

I'VE hear so much about the duty of
children to parents said a tall, fine
looking woman, as she came out of
church on Sunday morning, but !, do
wish they would sometimes give the
-converse-the obligations of parents
toward their children. Now, that ser
mon this morning was able, but I re-
ally wanted to get up and answer back
when the preacher said that the faith
er's wishes should always be consid-
cred first"
why, don't you think they should p"
asked her scandalized companion, a
proper matron, with firm chin and
tight lips. Il make my Willie defer
to my judgment always. Don't you
think l should?"
Never, when it is not good for the
child. It's just pure, unauthorized sell
flshness, nothing more. Some parents
act nowadays, I declare, as if they had
conferred an everlasting favor on their
offspring by bringing them into the
world, and the debt could only be liqui-
dated by an everlasting subserVience
to every possible parental desire,
whether the young persons judgment
approves it or not. AS though the
souls of babies sat up in the sky beg
ging to be born"
The other woman smiled grudgingly
But do children have judgment
enough to think for themselves" she
asked
Il hope so, by the time they are Ieav-
ing their teens, as your Willie is. You
spend a lot of time educating their
judging powers; then you take away
all chance to use them. Now, there IS
a little pupil of mine, Nellie johnson,
whose voice, as you know, is a splen-
did gift"
The other woman nodded. Her
friends advanced ideas had not inter-
fered with her gaining a national repu-
tation as a voice placer, she reflected,
so they could scarcely be 50 dreadful
as they sounded. But she glanced
around to make sure that none of her
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set was near to hear such rank heresy
well, if her mother and father had
any sense of duty toward their talent
ed child the world would hear of an
other great singer soon, l am sure"
why, what is the trouble?" asked
| the conventional woman, with an I'M
conventional show of interest.
''Nellie's father is the trouble" said
the music teacher, shortly, land I've
no patience with such selfishness, for
that is all it is, though he calls it long
ing for his little girls presence back
in the old home"
isn't he going to let her study
| music any more?"
NO; says she can sing we'll enough
for him, as though that were the sole
end of her expensive education. She
needs very little more coaching to be
ready for concert work, and now he
says her duty is to him, and commands
her to come home"
Perhaps it's money suggested the
other woman.
mo, it isn't, for 1 have been giving
Nellie her lessons free, because I
hoped great things for her. And now
one mans selfshness has spoiled the
work of years. She has to leave him
some day-if she got married tomor-
row and went to Jericho he would never
say word, but Just because it hap
pens to be something he does not ex-
actly wish her to do he must spoil all
her chances to live out her own life.
It's a shame"
Maybe he doesn't approve of stage
life, concert or operatic?"
1T isn't that, for he has talked that
| all over with me. Says very rightly
that he can trust her anywhere. on the
stage or off. 1t is only his own sell
| fshness, that's ALL
when folks are given so much DOW
| er as the full control of a whole life
they should not use that power like a
cannibal king just because they can.
| And little Nellie is a dutiful child, so
! she will give up her career just be-
| cause one man asked her to, and the
man happened to be her father"
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ing the protecting lass, was row of
brilliants.
While the arm remained the favor
ite spot for wearing the unique orna-
ment, some with tastes a trifle more
barbaric, chose to have the photograph
stamped just above the heart or high
on the rounded part of the arm.
One girl, whose affections underwent
a change, was perpleXed to know how
she should manage about the portrait
on her arm. She couldn't possibly
wait fourteen daye for it to wear off
before having a photograph of her new
admirer stamped on her flesh, so she
actually had a second photograph
made upon her shoulder.
You eano imagine the effect such a
fad would have on observers who
strolled along the beach, watching the
fair bathers in their short-sleeYed cos
tunes.
Curious, isn't it? Yet it's just the
sort of thing the summer girl likes
to add a little novelty to tedious sea-
son, which is exactly like all the others
she can remember since she was old
enough to distinguish one season from
another.