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Bridal superstitions.

MANY and curious are the customs
regarding brides. In Switzerland tne
bride on her wedding day will permit
no one, not even her parents, to KISS
her upon the lips. In parts OF rural
England the cook pours hot water over
the threshold after the bridal couple
have gone in order to keep it warm for
another bride, says the London GLOBE
The pretty custom of throwing the
slipper originated in France. An OLD
woman. seeing the carriage OF ,her
Young king, Louis Kill, passing on
the way from church, where he hau
inst been married, took off her shoe
and, flinging it at his coach cried out,
"'Tis all l have, your majesty, pul
NAV the blessings of God go with it.
There is an old superstition In Ger
many against marriages in May. A ia
vorite wedding day in Scotland is Dec
81. so that the young couple can leav'
their old life with the old year and be
gin their married life with the neV
one. The Italians permit no wedding
gifts that are sharp or pointed cor
nected with which practice is our ST
perstition that the gift of knife seN
ers friendship.
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At Sea on Land.

A clergyman who had neglected. an
knowledge of nautical affairs was
asked to deliver an address before an
audience of sailors.
He was discoursing on the stormy
passages of life. Thinking he eoulu
make his remarks more pertinent 10 hiS
hearers by metaphOrically using sea
expressions, he said:
"Now. friends, you know that when
you are at sea in a storm the thing you
do is anchor"
A half concealed smoker spread over
the room. and the clergyman knew
that he had made mistake.
After the services one of his listeners
came to him and said, MIR. - nave
you ever been at sea !"
The minister replied:
"No. unless it was while was dellv
ering that address" New York Times
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The RIneinx.

=, One may pet or patronize, according
TO ones nature, a chipping sparrow,
bluebird or phebe, but he is indeed
well coated with self esteem who does
not feel a sense of inferiority in the
presence Of a jay. He is such shreWa'
independent and aggressive creature
that one is inevitably led to the beiieI
that he is more of a success as a oird
than most men are as men. Conspicu-
Gus by voice and action during the au-
tumn and winter, when other birds are
ouietest, he becomes silent when other
birds are most vocal. If he has love
song, it is reserved for the ear oil MS
mate. At this season he even controls
his fondness for owl batting and WITH
it his vituperatiye gifts. The robin tn'
catbird and the thrasher seem eager Z
bctray the location of their nests Z
every passerby. but the bluejay give
no evidence of the site of his habitatiol
BY being seen In its vicinity.
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,,nh4n,nr.s Amnitr For Oak.

Electricity in the clouds, like its com
nanion lower down, loves to seek the
earth. the great reservoir of all cleo
tricity, and it finds the most avallaole
way to do so, choosing always the best
conductor, conspicuous among whicn
are the. much maligned lightning rod'
the high trees or the elevated steeple. Il
has its choice of trees as well as other
things and will leap over half an acre
of trees to find an oak, for which II ap,
pears to have a special attraction ana
it will pass d high point to find a build
ing that has metal about 1t.
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in looking aft il and in the memories II
called up that he. did not hear Miss
Miranda enter the side door. She had
looked at Celia Jane in wonder when
the little handmade said a gentleman
awaited .her in the parlor.
Who Gould it be? Instinctively she
caught up a vagrant brown lock ana
smOothed the bit of lace at her rounded
throat. A pretty pink color mantled her
cheek at the thought of facing stran-
ger. She had led such quiet life.
mo. not greatly changed" thought
John Bland as she walked into the SIT
ting room. The light was dim, for Celia
lane had lowered the venetian Dhhus
when Miss Miranda started for the VII
lage.
"Good afternoon, sir" she said and
stood waiting.
Her visitor did not answer immedl-
ately. and when he spoke his voice was
low:
81 have lust heard that my little girl,
Lena May, played havoc with your
roses this morning. and / came TO
apOlogize and to make any amends III
my power. She has no mother 10 looh
after her, and something's
Miss Miranda started. Where nae
she heard that voice?
MAY l replace them with any now
ers you may name"
Miss Miranda, without answering
crossed the room and pulled up TN
blinds. The man behind her muI
| lynnW
randa?" Then he turned, and the llgn
. fell on his face.
"John-you?
eyes. Miranda, l." He held up n
y hand. In it was the daguerreotyp
~ ~ And you kept this, Miranda|
- Miss Miranda gasped and put out III
~ - hand to take the picture from hiI
i, - but he imprisoned her futtering ii
na gers in his own.
~ "Why-why did you keep it. Mira
I da?"
i There was a note of triumph in
a voice.
a Miss Miranda made a gesture OF pl
II test. 81 did not know that it was the
n until'-
n Her hands were held closer. N
ri randa, can't we go back to the
days? 1t was not my fault or you
and we've lost so much happiness
and l."
Miss Miranda strove to withdraw
81 hands.
III 'If you can look me in the eyes
III tell me that you don't care and ne
VI did care and won't have me, III go
"A But Miss Miranda could not say Il
/ She did not try to-
"A "And anyway" said John Bland
"A er on. 81 have to make amends
those roses. Poor little Lena May!
al must teach her better"
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MIOO By Emily S.
MIRANDA'S Windsor
JACQUEMINOT
Copyright, 1901. by E. S. windsor

Miss Miranda's jacqueminot, the only
rose of that species in town, was
mass of crimson bloom. She hung
above its fragrance like veritable
miser and wished she had not tolu
Celia Jane they would begin house
cleaning that morning. Shed much
rather stay in the garden.
Reluctantly she turned to the mousse
and attacked the sitting room cup
board. For years Miss Miranda hau
always started housecleaning with thls
general catch all. Far back in the
corner she came across a box OF olu
fashioned daguerreotypes. Llstlessly
she turned over the likenesses or her
ancestors in quaint, old time gowns
and coats. But suddenly she gave a
little cry. and her hand fastened tight
ly over a deeply carved case.
81 thought I'd got rid of this years
ago" she murmured.
But she seemed in no hurry 10 se
rid Of it now. She gaZed long ah'
earnestly at the face of the young maj
with fearless brown eyes, red cheeK
and a very blue tie.
How far back that picture carrie
her. to the day when he and she ma
parted because of a political quarr'
between their parents-yes, to the Ga
when he had taken her in his arm
and she had promised to be his WIZ
Unconsciously her hand toucheu u
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Morse and the Telegraph Operator


Immediately after the successlul
completion of the first transatlantic
cable and the consequent celebrations,
in which of course Cyrus w. F1eid.
bore a prominent part, Professor Morse
had occasion to send telegram from
a small town in Ohio to his home IN
New York. He, wrote out his message
presented it to the operator, who rap
idlv checked it off with his pencil anu
curtly demanded dollar.
oBut." said the venerable inventor
"I never pay for messages, and see
ing an inquiring look in the operator
ewes. added, 81 am, in fact, the tathei
of the telegraph"
.Then." said the operator, firmly con
vinced that he was being imposed up
on. "why don't you sign your owl
name. Cyrus w. Field?"
Professor Morse when telling III
story used to say that he was too hu
inflated to answer.
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THE-pLAY WAS STOPPED.
But 1t Was Not by tae orders of the
Frencil President.

But 1t Was Not hy sAe Orders OF 'he
Frenc1 President.
M. Sardou, tie rgeuch playwright,
once prohted by joke that General
Ladmirault, who was at the time gov
ernor of Paris, play ed on NJ. 1hiers.
Sardou had written "Rabagas, anu
the play had been given lis dress re-
hearsal 'in camera" 1t was dlspieas-
ing to Theirs, and he undertooK 10 stop
its public performance.
AS General Ladmirault was dressing.
for dinner, about in the evening, an
officer entered his dressing room ana
rendered a dispatch, which, he salu'i
! had come direct from Versailles.
The officer went out, and the general,
continuing his toilet, said to himself
that he was certain that that dispatch
was the interdiction of "Rabagas,
and. having a friendly feeling for the
author. the general left the dispatch
unonened when he left the room.
THE next morning came a messenger
posthaste from Versailles, 'RaDagas
was performed last night"
"Without doubt, negligently repneO
the general.
"But the dispatchY'
"What dispatch?
s'From NJ. Theirs, interdictlng tn
performance"
"Goodness mev' replied the genera
"I left it unopened on the table se'
there it is, the seal unbroken' SUI
: that makes little difference. Ever!
thing passed off well. They nearl
Kissed the play off the stage, and
8 will be the same at every performanc
/, Tell NJ. Theirs that he has no cau'
for alarm"
"Rabagas" was withdrawn, but NJ
nv the orders of NJ. Theirs.
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su.,...,,tinn rhnt !. Ancient.

In many parts of Great Britain the
superstition still survives that 1t is foi-
ly or madness to save a drowning man
as he will sooner or later do an injury
to the rescuer. The superstition comes
down from our ancestors, yet traces OIL
it exist among the Sioux ana olner An. !.
dians, who seem to have inherited II
from aboriginal sources. The beheI Is
most prevalent in Cornwall and vari-
Gus parts of Scotland.
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Suits

Black can be worn more days in the
year and more hours in the day tnan any
oiothier in largest quantities, and so bring the
cloth to the lowest possible price And it
shows to the fullest advantage the good tai
Ioring of the good clothier, and the poor tai
loring of the poor clothler.
Another thing: a cEothier who makes
his own suits and charges his store nothing
for the making, can sell suit from So to S
either better or cheaper than the mere seller
Of cds,oI7 clothing can. The manufacturer has to
make some money; he's got his. salesmen tN
nav and office xpenses, and all that.
Il is matter of common sense When
you're here look at the beautiful unfinished
worsted suits at SIS, SI6.5o, SIS and $40.
If they get little bit better than this what
! in the world is the poor tailor gong to do
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hair he had smoothed that day. 1t was
still wavy, with scarcely trace OF
gray. And yet she was an old mald'
and he
"Oh, Miss NIirandy, the youngster
from the old Virgins place has been
and picked off every one of your req |
rOses!'
Miss Miranda, followed by the ex-
cited Celia Jane, rushed to her beloved
rosebush. Not a bloom remained. Miss
Miranda was speechless with indigna-
tion.
..There she is" said the little maid,
and Miss Miranda turned to see peep
ing through the palings a small girl OF
five or six years.
"Did you pick my aowers?" she asked
sternly.
The child raised pair of clear brown
ewes to Miss Miranda's severe gaze.
.sYes'm," she answered simply.
'WeIl, never! What did you do 1t
forT'
"'Cause wanted them for father.
He's been sick"
"Bnt they were my flowers" SAID
Miss Miranda sternly.
"Don't care; wanted them for IA
ther. He likes flowers"
Miss Miranda threw up her hands il
despair. "'Why, she's a perfect LITTLE
savage" she said to Celia Jane. Then
turning to the small offender: "Well
don't you come here again, you bad lit
tle thing! Run home! I'd like to Civ
that child what she deserves! Wha
did you say their name is, Celia Jane!
1I don't know, ma'am. It's a lad
and her niece The little girls mott
ers dead, and the fathers only bee
here two weeks and is just up from
SMELL Of sickness. Miss Butler says
lived here years ago and has con
hack to buy the Virgins place"
"Well. he may have money, but he
got a bad young one, and I'll tell hi
SO when / get the chance"
When she went back to the sittil
room. she returned the box of dagu'
reotypes to the corner cupboard. 5
did not notice that the one she h
been looking at when Interrupted 81
lag on the table
81 declare, Celia Jane, m 50 upse
can't think of anything but those ros
III not try to work any more tod
but after lunch I'll run down to
village to see about my new bonnet.
Why did she remember that he
always liked roses in her hatsF
consciously she decided that it wo
he roses this year pale pink ones,
cred with black lace.
John Bland walked slowly up
netb leading to Miss Miranda's +
norch. There seemed no change $
that day so long ago when he had
seen her standing by the CHM
white rose, with the tender g
snravs of honeysuckle clinging to
side Of the porch.
He wondered whether Miranda
so little altered. Celia Jane openec
door and told him that Miss MIR
had lust stepped down street and "
be back in a few minutes. Woui
wait?
He would and did. She usnered
into the sitting room, and petor'
door closed on her back he had
the old daguerreotype lying race
..,,t -, 4l,o table He was so abs
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scription establishes regularity. 1t IS a
strengthening tonic, soothing the nerves,
encouraging the appetite and inducing
restfu1 sleep. 1t contains no alcohol
neither opium, cocaine or other narcotic
III wish to tell you the benefit we have
received from using your remedies" writes MIS-.
nan Hall of Brodhead, Green Co, Wis. Two
wears ago my daughters health began TO iail.
fsvervthfuQ that could be thought OF was done
10 heip her but it was Of no use. When she
beean 10 complain she was quite stout weighed
10 The picture Of good health, until about the
aee of fourteen. then in six months she was 50
run down her weight was but 40. she kept
Ealing and / gave up. thinking there was no
nee she must die Friends all said, You VIII
lose YOUR daughter / said / fear shall l
must sav, doctor, that only for your favorite
Prescripiion my daughter would have been IN
| her grave to-day. When she had taken one,
half bottle the natural function was established
| and we bought another one, making only two
i hotties ia ali, and she completely recovered
since then she is as well as can be-"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free or
receipt of 2I one cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr
R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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TIE TRYING TIME

In a young girls life is reached when when
Nature leads her uncertain steps across
the line which divides girlhood from
womanhood. Ignorance and neglect at
this critical period are largely Responsible
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for much of the
after misery of
womanhood. Not
only does Nature
eften need help
in the regular
establishment of
the ON n ly
function, but
there is almost
always need Of
some S a fe
siren gthening
tonic, to owe r
come the languor,
| nervousness and
weakness, com
monty expert
enced at this
time.
DIR. Pierce
Ennnrifa Pre-
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The trusting shoemaker is apt to get
beaten out Of his boots-Philaoeipni@
Record.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

Two generations ago a pattern was
in the nature of prize, even an heir
LOOM It was not to be lightly handled
or lent, and it's possession gave its
owner added dignity. Now, 10 cents will
carry pattern to any woman's door.
They are used once, perhaps twice,
then thrown away as out of date. The
making OF them is no longer the work
of one cunning hand. Each pattern is
the work of many brains banded to-
gether in one great organization for the
proper worship of the great goddest
Fashion. The pattern industry gives
employment to thousands OF workers.
and millions Of patterns are made ev-
cry years at the various pattern fac
tories.
But fifty years ago. when our grand
mothers were bellies, things were diff
ferent. II there was one thing, more
than another, that grandmother treas
ured IN the day Of her young woman
hood Il was her paper patterns. A
new pattern was an acquisition great
~ 10 be desired, IN consideration of the
fact that IN its passing from one w0-
man 10 another Il siEDined a favor and
had sponsors whose very names care
rled respect Il became a regular bond
~ neiEbboriy sympathy end expires
sion ~ esteem. Women exchanged pat
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cy Mary Dawson.

Never heard of an auction party?
Well. I'll tell you about it and IL you
don't get worked up when you play
it then you certainly need a good,
bracing tonic.
Some little preparation is necessary
before you can hold an auction party,
but there is nothing tiresome about the
preparation. The coming event casts
it's pleasures before and the half hour
spent in arranging for it is a delight
full part of the frolic.
To begin with, you need twenty-five
blank cards. One large sheet of past
board. coting cents, win make this
number, If you want them small of
size, and two sheets will be sufficient
if the cards are TO be quite large.
Number the cards from one
to twenty-five inclu-ive, and
upon each paste picture
from newspapers or advertisement
cards. These articles should be as d.
verse in character as possible. A list
distributed somewhat like the follow
ing would be about the proper thing:
A mule. A sewing machine. A hat.
piano. A pair of gloves. An UNI
brela. An invalid's chair. A rocking
horse. A seashore cottage. A set of
Dickens works, A jardiniere of ferns.
A chiffonier. A dog cart. An over
coat. A parlor lamp. A gas stove.
A yacht. A mastiff. A weighing ma
chine. A football. A silver set A
fur neck ornament. A COW. A palm
In a pot. A side saddle.
The numbers are written on the side
Of the card which shows the picture.
Now, on the reverse side write fic-
titious price, supposed to be that OF
the article. The prices should be
chosen with a regard TO probability
Thus. the price for a fur ornament for
the neck could range from IS and $i03,
but should not be marked cents The
piano might be $500 10 5000.
When the evening for the entertaIn-
ment arrives and brings with II your
guests, endeav0r 10 find a clever auc-
toneer. II none OF the family Il a
good talker, ask some lively young
man or girl 20 M the position some-
one II needed who can talk, laugh. or
Joke without feeling embarrassed IN
the least. II one ~ the guests ID % be
auctioneer, explain 70 him that "A
special prize IL in keeping for the auo-
uoneer Y he proves . success. 80 that
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terms the same as they did receipts and
domestic ideas.
Fashions did not change in those
days as they do now, and shirt pat
tern having one gore in the front and
two on each side Of 1t was the standard
pattern. There were no fancy yokes;
circular ruffles. flares about the feet,
habit backs, released tucks, and so
on. A skirt was a skirt ii was slop-
ed off gradually at the lower edge,
faced. neat braid bound around snug
ly. and then sewed on to the band the
last thing. Oh, times. Oh, customsi
And every woman knew that the pat
tern went together with a straight
edge TO stay bias edge. That was the
only mystery regarding grandmother
pattern Of a skirt
Grandmother had a system connect
ed with her collection of patterns She
kept them IN a bag or box which was
sides, and was kept exclusively for
patterns. Grandmother could tell al
a glance just what a pattern tied in a
snug roll represented. No one else on
earth knew except grandmother.
To the observer the contents OF the
pattern receptacle was merely % much
waste paper. But every time grand
mother used one ~ her patterns 20 cut
o garment after ne lines. when she
rolled the pattern W, she never failed
20 ne u with = strip 81 The goods that
she had been cutting. Thus. ~ fuR-
ReEilon the pattern WAS recognized
at any future time. she had pat
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terms of underwear for all seasons
and for graded sizes, and they
represented the wardrobe of the fam
lily, from the baby's shirt to grandfath-
ers trousers. Grandmother may not
have been a cleverer woman than her
feminine descendant of to-day, but
having larger necessities, she had
larger creative opportunities.
Madame Demorest first conceived
the idea Of a business in tissue paper
patterns. She it was who proved the
practically of the idea. Forty years
ago she started her pattern business,
working 1t out from first to last on
original lines, and entering 1t in the
pages of the magazine named for her,
of which she was the editor. Madame
Demorest died several years ago, and
her magazine, after passing through
various vcissitudes In the hands of
others who failed to adapt it TO pres
ent needs, also passed away. But
the pattern idea lived, and it Is a
monument to-day to the originator of
it.
1t is estimated that the various pat
tern companies now engaged in the
manufacture of tissue paper patterns
issue upwards of 100000 patterns
yearly.
The system employed in the bring
ing out of the new patterns is exceed
ingly intricate and employs many
classes of workers. Every pattern de-
signer works three and four months
ahead of time, so that it is while the
snow is flying in winter that the
spring designs are In the hands of the
pen and ink artist At the change of
seasons the work Of selecting designs
is wholly anticipatory, and on this ac-
count experience and common sense
are prime requisites of the office Of
fashion editor for pattern manufac-
turing company.
The fashion editor employs the
fashion artists. and some of the clev-
crest talent is used in this direction.
Designs are worth from three TO ten
dollars each. depending upon the
quality of the work. From the artist
the design is passed by the editor to
the model maker, who reproduces the
design exactly in tissue paper. PIN
ming the parts together with the skill
Of a first-class dressmaker. A first
class matchmaker earns from $40 to
$50 a week.
From here the design with the It's
sue paper model is returned to the ed
itor, who writes the description of the
work in plain. practical terms, the
latter going to the printer, while the
design goes to the engraver. The It's
sue paper HO4tis III the IltdnliiAitt ~
sent to the grader, who reproduces 1t
in the various sizes There are usual
ly FIVE or six of these, depending upon
the, design If the latter Is "A waist,
seven sizes Is required. and in skirts,
from two 10 six. The work OF the
grader is no less important than that
OF the matchmaker, and 1t demands
the salary Of an expert.
From the grader the graduated
- - he 90. h.
pattern cutter. who turns out thOus-
ands OF each kind OF pattern. Here
again is lucrative employment and
usually a man does this work. From
his hands the patterns go 10 the fold
ers who deposit them IN the enyeiopeV,
each one Of the latter calling for a
special size 20 correspond with the de-
sign and printed matter thereon, The
pattern IL nov ready for the consumer.
and IL "a two months ahead u the sea-
son.
~ a u with the pattern that grand
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the annual exhibitions. At the first pri-
vate view that Mr.. Abbey helped to
plan, he had one of his paintings
hung, The Trial of Queen Gather
ine,'' and it fell to his lot to escort
King Oscar, then on a visit to Eng
land.
Everything went smoothly enough
until Sweden's ruler caught sight OF
Mr.. Abbey's exhibit. Then he planted
his royal person solidly before the
painting and rapidly began firing
questions at it's author. So persistent
was the King in his inquisition that
he attracted the other members of the
party about him and unintentionally
furnished them with a half hour S
amusement by the questions PROFOUND
But Mr. Abbey's answers evidently
pleased King Oscar, for it is said that
when he heard that his fellow ruler
Edward of England, was casting
abount for a coronation painter, he Dip
lomatically suggested the name of the
American who, at an Academy exhi-
bition several years before, had an
swered long string of questions in so
satisfactory a manner.
A. ". Gillespie.