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CHICAGO-**—
Water Motor and Fan Co..
—MANUFACTURERS OF—
Water Motors & (Jas Engines,
No- 101 Lake Street, Chicago, 111.
For running Scwin Machines, Dental Lathes an
Kngincs, Tel e p h o n e
Generators, House and
Pipe Organs, Printing
Presses, Sausage Ma-
chines, Coffee Grind-
ers and Roasters, Ven-
tilating funs, ici cream
freezers, elevators, and
all machinery from £
to 20 horse power.
When you write for
catalogue do not fail
t*> give full particulars
of the machinery you
waut to drive, and if
vou are to use a Water
Motor be sure to give
w or p.-pssure per sq.
inch. Ad I ess,
Chicago Watib
Motoh & Fan Co. ,
No. 101 Lake St.
Chicago, 111
or call on D. H. Scott,
Pres. Oklahoma City
Waterwoiks Co.
N. 15.—The presses
of this office are drive
en wth a No. 12 doub-
le motor of the above
make.
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'"'CABO WATER I®10*
HARDWARE
NEW FIRM & NEW GOODS
JOHN D. RICHARDS,
(Successor to Gillespie & Livengood).
Everything in the line of
HARDWARE & TINWARE
t^TTINSHOP IN CONNECTION. Well Tubeing and Galvanized Inn
Work a specialty. HfTo all my old friends 1 extend a cordial welcome
and solicit your patronage. Yours respectfully,
JOHN D.RICHARDS.
(ST"At the old stand, No. 17-i Broadway.
FARM LOANS!
Cheapest rates and b<-st terms ever offered in Oklahoma
on Farm Loans.
3STO DELAY -
Farmers will do well to call and get my t>)rms before
ffTtT c><\u\o elsewhere^^^
C. J. WOLAVER, A(.ent.
Office, 110} Grand Avenue. Oklahoma City, T
Sach a stock of Furni!ure a1? is
Showa by J. G-. Street in his
New Store on Robinson Street.
What do you think of
87 different styles of Chairs ?
What do you think of 3(5 different styles
of Bed-room Suits from $12.50 up ?
, Til EN he has an astonishing stock all 'round, consisting
of Picture Moulding, Mirrors, Book Cases, Shades, China
Closets, Mattresses, Baby Carriages, Bed Springs, Center
Tables, Lounges. You are respectfully invited to call and look through
his new stock.
Ilis UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT is complete. He shows every.
Uiing—from the Cheapest Case to the Finest Casket.
Robinson, between Main and Grand Avenue,
S. E. JONDAHL,
President.
1). II. Hull.
Sec'y and Treasurer.
S. Pearson,
Gen'l Manager.
Oklahoma Carriage Mandatory
Oklahoma City, O. T.
I
—MANUFACTURE—
•All kinds of Carriages, Surreys, Phaetons, Buggies, Sewing
Machine Wagons, Express, Spring and Ruad Wagons. All
kinds of Repairing, Painting and Trimming properly execu-
ted. Employ none but firstclass workmen and use the best materials.
Horse Shoeing and Plow Work given special attention, Experienced and
skilled workmen in this department.
Satisfaction (guaranteed. Correspondence solicited.
| HAS ANYBODY SEEN HLR?
Two Iu p?rfect Youiik IVr«on<t Dok rltu
J Their Mnl TTnmmm
| "Nancy,** began Priscilla, as she
turned her gloves insult* out and un-
! fastened her veil, "Nancy, I've diseov-
j ered my ideal woman."
{ "Have you, indeed?" inquired Nancy,
In slightly skeptical tones. "Who is
she und how long have you knowu
I her?"
I "She's Mrs. Wyseley and I've known
I her about four hours," replied Priscilla
, promptly in accents that defied her
I friend to jeer at the length of her ae-
! quaintance with the ideal woman. So
Nancy contented herself by remark-
ing "Ah!" in a superior way and asking
what Mrs. Wyseley was like.
"Well, in the first place, she's young
enough to be jolly and she's old enough
to be sensible. She's beautiful enough
to be admired by men, and unaffected
enough to be liked by women. She's
brilliant enough to be a mental stimu-
lus to a room full of brilliant men and
women, and she's simple enough to
make a crowd of children happy play-
ing with them. She's domestic enough
to keep house perfectly und she's "
"How do you know?" the critical
Nancy interposed, and Priscilla stopped
suddenly in her torrent of praise.
"Why, why," she stammered, "why,
I you can tell. She was lunching at tho
! Bobbins' with me and I could see. And
! Nettie Robbins told me a lot about her
' when she was gone. Don't you think
such a womin about perfect?"
"O, yes, if she's really so," said Nan-
py indifferently. "My perfect woman,
in the first place, is absolutely healthy.
She's vigorous and enthusiastic, but
her vigor und enthusiasm never degen-
erate to extravagance. She is philin-
thropic, but not tiresome or faddish
ab&nt it. She has a fine, well-trained
mind, but she is not a pedant. She's
abunduutl.v sympathetic and loves peo-
ple and excitements, und at the same
time she's fond of solitude. She reads
Browning and yet isn't above an in-
telligent interest in how to keep shoe-
strings tied. She can discuss the Siam-
ese situation with some degree of in-
telligence and give a recipe for cup-
cake and enjoy the ability to do both.
She's absolutely unconventional in
her ideas, but rather conventional
in her own ways. She's liberal in her
views, but doesn't howl over the nar-
rowness of other people. She's honest,
but she doesn't find it necessary to tell
you how unbecoming your clothes are
or how fat you are getting. She takes
a keen interest in the higher education
and the uplifting of the masses, and
she is also an enthusiast on the subject
of gloves. She looks well to the ways
of her household, but she doesn't
bother about other people's. She "
"Well, I don't see that you are de-
scribing anyone so very different from
Mrs. Wyseley," interrupted Priscilla.
"She's all those things, and more, too."
"You didn't hear me out, Pris," said
Nancy, smilingly. "There's one respect
in which my ideal differs from your
Mrs. Wyseley."
"What's that? I suppose your ideal
would never commit the indiscretion of
matrimony?" jeered Priscilla.
"No, it isn't that," said Nancy, with
an angelic smile of forgiveness for the
gibe. "But my ideal never committed
the indiscretion of living at all. See?
Come on in and help mc make the cakes
for tea."—Chicago Tribune.
POWER OF IMAGINATION.
How an AHthiuattc flot Freak Air In a
si ran if <• Bed-room.
An unfortunate asthmatic, compelled
to make a hurried journey from home,
arrived very late at night at a country
inn, where he had never put up before.
Completely worn out, he partook of
supper, and was then shown into a
huge, old-fashioned bedroom, the fur-
ther portion of which was only dimly
illuminated by a miserable candle. He
was not long in throwing off his clothes,
extinguishing the candle and slipping
into bed. The feeling of being in a
strange place, and the rapid mental re-
view of many incidents of his day's
journey, with the closeness of the heat,
combined with the late supper, brought
on a wakeful, nervous condition which
induced an attuck of asthma. Gasp-
ing for breath, he scarcely knew what
to do; to get up and grope about such a
large room, in quest of a door or win-
dow by which he could admit more air
seemed beyond his powers.
All at once he remembered that some-
where at the far end of the room he
had noticed, while undressing, a reflec-
tion as from glass. This, he promptly
concluded, must have been the window,
and seizing a stick which he had placed
on a chair by the bedside, he hurled it
through the gloom. His conclusions
were confirmed, to his satisfaction, for
the clattering on the fioor of pieces of
broken glass showed him that he had
not only guessed rightly as to the posi-
tion of the window but had also suc-
ceeded in smashing one of the panes.
In his imagination the air of the room
became cooler and fresher and the par-
oxysm of difficult breathing soon ceased,
the result being that he fell into a re-
freshing slumber which lasted till
morning.
Upon his awaking, he was surprised to
find the daylight streaming into the
room from a direction exactly opposite
to that in which,overnight,he imagined
the window to be situated. Turning
to glance down the room, he discovered
that he had smashed a quantity of
glass, surely enough, but it had formed
mo part of the window, as he had sup-
posed, but the front of a glazed book-
case.—Hygiene.
Cnutfht the (ieorgla Spirit
"How vos Von Spiel gedding along
in Cheorehia?" asked one member of
the band of another.
"Pooty goot, I dink; aber he has much
changed."
"How?"
"His musigal ideas are gedding egg-
sendric. He wrides me dot he has
gomposed some fariations galled die
Wacht am Vaderiuelon rind."—Wash-
ington Star.
—"1 saw you at the party yesterday,
but you didn't give me a chance to
speak to you." "Ah, friend, I was
swimming in an ocean of bliss. Do
you happen to know Praulein S ?"
"lla! ha! she was fishing for you, eh?"
DO LIGHTNING RODS PROTECT?
Conflicting Theories Itcffardtnff Them-
>Ir. McAdle'H Kicellent Mugwfttlon*.
The occasional destruction of build-
ings on which lightning rods are erect-
ed have more than once excited doubts
as to the value of the latter as protect-
ors from Jove's thunderlolts. In
some eases it has been possible to trace
any observed inefficiency to improper
construction, to bad ground connection,
or to damage done (as by acid fumes
from neighboring factory chimneys)
to rods which were once reasonably
trustworthy. Hut in other instances
the utter annihilation of a house, fac-
tor; church by fire uj a remit of a
stroke of lightning has made it .
possible to investigate the condition 01
the apparatus; and hence the questious
excited in people's minds by the ap-
parent failure of the rod to perforin its
function remain unanswered. Nor
i has it tended to restore public confidence
to notice what wide differences of opin-
ion exist among experts as to the theory
on which these devices operate, if they
j protect at all, and as to the proper
' form to give them, if they are to do
good instead of positive harm.
Scarcely had the lightning-rod con-
' ference of Great Britain, after elabor-
{ ate research, decided (in 1888) that the
rods were really desirable contrivances,
that a solid rod was better than a
metallic tape, and that any Bash, no
matter how intense, might be safely
conveyed to the ground, before another
eminent Knglishmun. I)r. Oliver tf
| Lodge, presented some considerations,
which took his fellow-scientists rather
aback. He insisted that lightniug is
sometime, if not often, an oscillatory
performance; the electric current surg-
ing to and fro between the sky and the
earth like a pendulum. Instead of pour-
ing all one way as do the contents of a
sewer-pipe. This fact (if it be one)
and the excitement of a separate set of
electric oscillations by mere induction
led him to protest against trying to
coax the lightning, and conveying
downward all the atmospheric electri-
city which any overhanging cloud may
manufacture. The policy he advised
was to carry off as little as possible,
not as much; and not to connect the
rod with the gas and water pipe sys-
tem of a house or the town, but to give
it an independent "ground" or connec-
tion with the layer of perpetual damp*
ness in the earth. The old theory of
drawing from a cloud gradually
was all right, hu said, if
tho supply would always come
gradually; but no sewer could accom-
modate a bursted mill-dam; and he in-
sisted that wholesale and instantaneous
discharges of electricity, which he
called "impulsive rushes," would occa-
sionally occur, to which no lightning
rod would be at all adequate, it would
simply invite disaster. The roil, then,
should be so small, according to his
Ideas, as to discourage the fluid from
attempting to flow; a mere wire, in
fact. To this form, however, he rather
preferred a tape, as the latter gave
more conducting surface for the same
amount of metal.
Alexander McAdie, now connected
with the United States weather bureau,
and an original investigator of these
matters for years, has an article on
them in the Popular Science Monthly.
He favors the use of rods; prefers cop-
per to iron; would have them weigh six
ounces to the foot of the former metal,
and two pounds if of the latter; accepts
Lodge's idea about flat conductors; says
that chain or link conductors are of
little value; advises putting clusters of
points here and there along the ridge-
rod; and regards an independent
"ground" better than connection with
gas or water mains. "The top of the
rod," he adds, "should be plated, or in
some way protected from corrosion and
rust." It would be hard to find a more
trustworthy authority on the subject
than Mr. McAdie.—N. Y. Tribune.
LEARNING^ TO SWIM.
A Proper Precaution for the denervation
of Life.
Among the other accomplishments
of youngsters, swimming should be
regularly taught. There is no telling
how soon some accident or incident
will place one in a position where abil-
ity to handle oneself intelligently in
the water may be the means of saving
a life. All of us are more < r less given
to going up and down the world on
floating transports of some sort; and to
accidents on the water manj of us are
exposed almost every day. To be able
to keep afloat, to have the presence of
mind, the nerve, steadiness and the
practice that will enable us to help our-
selves or our fellows, is something not
to be overlooked in the education of
the young.
There should be swimming-classes in
every community, and, what is equally
important, the youngsters should be
put through the same sort of training
as are children in some of the public
schools. There, there is a mock alarm
of fire sounded, the children organize
and file out rapidly, but with perfect
order, and following the moct approved
methods for safely escaping the danger.
It would be well for every swimmer
to practice dropping or falling sudden-
ly into the water, or to be thrown in.
then let the other members f the class
go to the rescue. Of course, the teach-
ers and experts should be on hand in
case of accident. It is the person who
is unaccustomed to the water and who
is;n the terror of falling in grasps the
rescuer end drags both down to death
that is the dread of the accomplished
swimmer. No matter how strong, no
matter what the presence of mind, the
dead weight of some panic-stricken
creature is a fatal handicap. A few-
lessons in being rescued from a watery-
grave might c(irae in as a rery useful
part of the nautical education of every
individual. Fall in, jump in and learn
how to be pulled out without harm to
yourself r>r others.--N. Y. I^ed^er.
Hume Fancy.
A blue or white table is a pretty 11
brary or boudoir novelty. A small ta
ble is first covered with a blue and
white eastern crepe cloth, finished
w hite cotton braid and fringe. On tho
center of the table is then placed a
blue and white porcelain lamp, cov-
ered with a shade of blue and white
silk, and around it are blue and white
rose jars and other bizarre oriental
shapes. Everything is carried out in
the white and the blue. All the ma-
terials for such a table may be found
at any of the Japanese shops. Anyone
who tries the effect of this arrangement
will be quite satisfied with the result.
—Chicago Mail.
HI* Cheerful View.
"Has the death-warrant arrived?"
asked the criminal as the jailer entered
the cell.
"No."
"That's all right. No noose is good
news."—Judge.
—lirlggs — "Doesn t your wife object
to you smoking cigarettes about the
house?" Braggs—"No. She uses me
as a horrible example to our boy."—In-
dianapolis Journal.
—Smith—"I don't believe Thomson
spends as nuch money as he did before
ho w.s married." Browr.—"No, he
doesn *; his -fife spends it ior him."—
Deir.orest's Magazine.
—What He Took.—Bizz—"I used to
belong to a theatrical company my-
self." Put lite—"What part did you
take?" Bizz—"Oh, I took it all; I waa
treasurer."—Detroit Free Press.
—He (thoughtfully)—"When a man
marries twice whiqjj wife cjoes he t >ke
CALMING AN ANGRY SEA.
The 1/se of Animal «>r Vegetable Olla on
Kou ;h Water*.
Capt Bower, while on a voyage from
New York to the Mediterranean last
December in the steamship l'onca. en-
countered a strong gale with very high
seas. He says: "The vessel was deep-
ly laden with grain and became un-
manageable. We were running before
the seas and shipping large quantities
of water, until two small bugs filled
with colza oil were put over on each
side of the bridge. This oil was found
to bo too light an 1 of little use; but
after olive oil was put In the bags no
more water was shipped and the decks
became almost as dry as itj fine
weather, although the gale continued
for two days. The vessel was drawing
twenty-six and a half feet of water,
.id, if we had n >t used oil, I do n t
think she conld have withstood the
storm."
Capt William Pealce, master of the
schooner J. F. Krintz. while m iking a
passage from Port Spain, Trinidad,
to Boston, in «t a terrifl gale off Gaps
Hatteras and had the following experi-
ence: "Tho sails w ?re blown away,
men washed from the pumps, and boa's
and other things above tho deck
wrecked by tho heavy seas. 1 was
compelled to head soavWard and
scud under bare polos. Then I
thought of oil, and deter-
mined to seo what effect it would
have on the sea. Two wooden, ten-
gallon kegs, containing boiled linseed
oil, were lashed to the quarters of the
vessel. The oil was allowed to ooze
out through two small holes in tho
heudsofthe kegs. The effect was all
that could be desired. After the oil
had spread, no water came on board,
the men returned to the pumps, tho
vessel was pumped out, and the decks
were cleaned up. During the sixteen
hours in which oil was used eight gal-
lons were expended."
An examination of thousands of re-
ports like the preceding ones demon-
strates that a small quantity, say two
quarts per hour, of the thick and heavy
oils, especially those of animals and
vegetable origin, when allowed to drop
into the sea soon -spreads over Its sur-
face forming an oily liyer w ithin tho
area of which the waves, instead of
breaking, become huge rollers upon
which the vessels rise and fall without
shocking and without shipping any
water.—(>. W. Littlchales, in Popular
Scicnce Monthly.
HIS EARS BURNED.
Tlie Interesting Conversation That Made
a Van enger Extend IIIm Itlde.
There was iust a single passenger on
the smokers' seat of a Grand River ave-
nue cur the other day, and on the seat
in front of him sat two women. If
they knew of his presence, they gave
him no attention. They talked rather
loud, and pretty soon the conductor
noticed the man moving ubout uneasily,
and queried:
"Do you get off at Cass?"
"No."
The car rolled on and so did the
tongues of the two women, only they
rolled two rods to one. The passenger
soon began to hitch again, and the con-
ductor reached for the strap and asked:
"Want to get off at Second?"
"No."
"Very interesting conversation, eli?"
"Kinder that way."
"They are talking about an old fel-
low who lives over on Myrtle avenue.
He must be a regular skinflint"
"Yes."
"Starves his children and abuses his
wife."
"Yes."
They listened for a bit, and the con-
ductor winked at the passenger and
whispered:
"Hear that? They are talking about
tar and feathers."
"Yes."
"And one of 'em says she'll have the
papers publish him."
"Yes"
"Must be a nice old bird, eli? I'd
like to wear out the toe of my boot
kicking him! Want to get off ut
Fourth?"
"Yes, I guess T will. You needn't
stop the car. I'll just quietly slip off."
Be careful. You seem to be quite
excited about something."
'Yes, just a little excited."
'Is your health bad?"
'Oh, no! Yoa see I am the old fellow
who lives on Myrtle avenue and starves
his children und abuses his wife, and
under the circumstances—you know-
under the circumstances, you can ap-
preciate—you see—"
The conductor saw and appreciated,
and waved his hand to the old bird as
the latter reached the ourbstone. De-
troit Free Press.
Ill* Inspiration Checked.
"Great Scott!" exclaimed the worried-
looking inan with a tooth-marked lead
pencil, "can't you keep that baby
quiet?"
"I'm doing my best," answered his
wife. "He's only luughing."
"I can't help that; it's noise. And
I've got to finish this poem about
'What Our Darling 1 rattler Says' for
the 'Cherubs' Own' before nightorthey
won't use it." Washington Star.
—Miss Caroline Preston Davis could
not, according to the laws of the uni
versity of Virginia, attend its lectures,
but she did pass successfully its exami-
nations in mathematics, receiving from
the faculty a certificate of excellence,
and the members of tin; graduating
class voted to her the privilege of an
honorary diploma. Miss Irene W. Colt,
the brilliant young woman of Norwich,
Conn., who successfully passe I tho
classical examinations at Yale last
summer, but was forbidden the priv-
ilege of entering the university because
of her sex, has accepted a place as
teacher in the girl's seminary at Gen-
eva, N. Y.—Harper's Bazar.
—"Raggsy," said Tire I Thomas the
Tramp to his companion, "de papers
says there's a finanshul convulsion in
our midst" "That's only a newspaper
sensation, I guess, Tummy. I ain't felt
no uneasiness in the money market my-
self. Coin's a.s plenty with me now as
ever. Will you join me in a glarss of
this well water?" Harper's Bazar.
—Rf v. Elijah Kellogg, whose "Spar-
tacus to the Gladitors" has been so
many school boys' declamation for many
years, is still preaching on Sundays in
his church at Harpswell, Me., although
he has passed his eightieth birthday.
He has done a wonderful amount of
good among the fishermen of Casco
bay in his long career. He expects soon
to retire from active service, but he
can never cease doing good as long as
life lasts.
—Young men and women in Aus-
tralia stand side by side in universities
as in public schools, and co-education-
ists regard the fact that in no countiy
in the world is there so email a percent-
age of unmarried women as here, quite
conclusive evidence of the wisdom of
their theory. Australian girls are said
to l>e remarkably well educated, and in
most religious bodies of that country
women as well as men are allowed to
vote In church affairs.
—The Canadian Presbyterians art
considering the matter of a young peo-
ple s organisation within their own de-
nomination. It will lie similar to the
Baptist union, and, like that-organiza-
tion, will not disturb the interdenomi-
national rotations. This seems to be
the natural order nowadays; and the
time is not far distant when such or-
ganizations will be found in every de-
nomination. They will in no wise dis-
turb the Society of Christian Luleavor
—Knsign.
—The will of the late Anthony J.
Drexel was probated at Philadelphia.
It disposes of an estate generally be-
lieved to l o worth about $: ),ooo.ooo.
Among other bequests the executors
are directed to transfer 11,000,000 to
trustees who will apply tho incoino to-
ward the erection of an art gallery,
museum or other public institution in
the neighborhood of the Drexel insti-
tute, provided the latter has not suffi-
cient accommodation for it So much
of the income us can not be judiciously
expended for the museum, may be used
to maintain a Drexel hospital. The
German l ospital, of Philadelphia, is to
receive ti 00,000. A codieile provides
that part or all of the income of 11,000,-
000 bequeathed for a museum or hos-
pital may be expended, if the trustees
deem it necessary, in support of the
Drexel institute.
Recognita the Worthy Qualities-
The secret, not only of harmonious,
but of the more helpful social rela-
tions, is to recognize tho better na-
ture, the higher qualities of each in-
dividual to the utmost possible deirrce
and to ignore, so tar as may be, those
less worthy traits and qualities. Every
character has its proportion of the
good and bad; and it is a universal
feeling, common to every human be-
ing, to feel that they who see our best
rather than our worst see most truly.
And this consciousness is not a result
of egoism, but is simply because it is
only the best which, in any permanent
sense, is true, anil the worst is but
transient and temporal. Those teach-
ers and leaders who have been the
greatest benefactors to their race are
they who have most observed and
practiced this truth. — Detroit Free
Press.
PRE-HISTORIC AMERICA.
Evidenced of ti lll|(li Ntuto of Civilization
Reached iiy an tneteat Peojrte.
In Central America areha ologIsts
have found a very promising field for
exploration. It is not so much the
temples and buildings which the peo-
ple of comparatively modern times
have erected that interest the student,
but the remains of towns and cities in
dicative of the existence in the remote
past of a people whose civilization was
of a high order.
The peninsular region of Yucatan,
which includes the states of Campeaehy
and Yucatan, is especially rich id such
ruins.
Although the language and history
of the ancient inhabitants of Yucatan
have been lost to tho world, they have
'eft behind them monuments by which
it is not difficult to determine the fact
that, in many respects, they were a
wonderful as well as wurlike race pre-
vious to the discovery of the country in
1500. That they were warlike, the
early European adventurers found to
their cost; but, npart from that, all
ulong the low-lying coast, of Yucatan
and extending inland, are found small
watch-towers of stone, standing in
terraced mounds, so arrunged that tid-
ings of forays of enemies could easily be
conveyed from one to tho other.
In addition, the walls of the edifices
in many instances are covered with
paintings of warriors in battle array.
The wonderful charactcr of the peo-
ple Is amply demonstrated by the ruins
of their cities, all of which display re-
markable architectural ability.
Massive in structure, intricate, rich
and grotesque in carving, many of
these buildings stand to-day almost in
their entirety, though nearly or quite
five hundred years have passed away
since their erection. And all this rich
carving und general stone-cutting was
done by chisels of hard stone and mal-
lata of wood.
On immense terraces tho temples of
the people stood, while macadamized
roads, raised two or more feet above
the general level and surfaced with
hard, smooth cement, led from terrace
to terrace, and from one community to
another.
We are prone to think of the people
of the past as having occupied a plane
of civilization far below that of tin-
present Continued explanation and
the researches of arch ideologists, how-
ever, are bringing to light many con-
clusive proofs of the intelligence and
high intellectual development of pre-
historic races. Of course, we have no
written history of tho races who, hun-
dreds yes, thousands—of years ago,
flourished on the American continent
i,hi ti.,, tew remnants of their handi-
work that have withstood the ravage;
of time show them to have been a very
superior people.—Golden Days.
NATURE AS A SCULPTRESS.
How She Carved the I ice* of Bucks Till
They Look I.Ike Art Works.
Among the hills and valleys of Wales
and the lake district are to be found
many specimens of nature's statuary.
In Dwygyfylehi glen, North Wales, is
to be seen a rock with a profile not un-
like that of her majesty the queen. It
is in a secluded part of that picturesque
glen, and many visitors fail to notice
it In Borrowdale, Cumberland, there
is a granite bowlder, which has a soft,
artistic profile It stands alone on a
hillside covered with beautiful verdure.
Sesthwaite valley also possesses a
rocky face, but this is of a sterner type.
It is the profile of a woman of strong
will and strong mind.
One of the most perfect faces to be
found on the rocks of the Irish coast is
to be found in the vioinitv of tho
(iiant's causeway. Two miles from
Portrnsh are soma huge cliffs of lime-
stone, which have been cut into fan ti s-
tic shapes by the action of the sea. On
one of these white cliffs the sea has
sculptured a strikingly human face.
The outline is rendered more conspicu-
ous by the whiteness of the rock out of
which the natural action of tho At-
lantic has fashioned it.
Of a different color are the faces on
the sandstone rocks at Dawlish On
one of the cliffs of that picturesque
watering place are two sharply limned
faces which the sea has cut in the red
sandstone. They stand one above the
other, and for Mjis reason have beeu
designated the 'Parson and Clerk
JJocUs" 'ilie "Pak.jn" sits on the top
■■■-■■■■■ ,
of the rock and looks benIgnly flown
on all that passes below. Underneath
him, and looking less happy and con-
tented, is the "Clerk." whoso head is
covered with short-cropped vegetation
resembling hair. AsSinbad was doomed
to carry the Old Man of t||e Sea on his
>aek, so the "Clerk" is everlastingly
doomed to hold up his ecclesiastical
superior. The expression on his face is
a doleful protest against the fate which
compels him forever to carry the "Par-
son" on his head. To find the faces on
these rocks visitors should take a boat
and sail near the cliffs. Then the faces
will I Hi seen to stand out with startling
distinctness.—Million.
GENUINE DRESS REFORM.
(liirincntM Should he M:ide for Comfort
■Cuther Than Show.
As time goea on and people grow
more intelligent and, as a natural
consequonce, more intolerant of evils
that stand merely from the force of
tradition, the subject of dress reform
for men and women will come more
■ decidedly to tho fore, and better cos-
tumes will unquestionably be devised
and adopted. The reform idea is as
yet in its most ineipieut condition,
but having common scnso«and impera-
tive necessity on its side, is bound to
win in due course of time.
Tho most serious objection to imme-
diate and radical reform seems to be
the dread of ridicule; tho idea appears
to be fully rooted and grounded in the
human mind that a certain amount of
elaborateness is necessary to what is
called bccomingness in dress. It
might be well to stop a moment and
ask if this is so, and if so, why it is?
A standard has been set for a perfect
figure, and tho close-fitting garment
is becoming or ugly, according to the
shape of tho individual who wears
it. As nine-tenths of the people who
dress for effect are anything but
models of perfection in figure, it
stands to reason that they should cast
about f« r trimmings, fixings, draperies
and fripperies to modify to some de-
gree or entirely conceal their inartistic
outlines. The only other alternative is
to pod and puff, to use quantities of
buckram, whalebones and othor acces-
sories with which to make up their de-
ficiencies or constrict their too solid
flesh.
It. is a rather interesting study to
note tho difference in the shape of tho
stout man and woman who have for
any number of years dressed after tho
strictest rules of fashion. The flesh
must go somewhere. No lacing or
drawing in can make way with it, and
misshapen and distorted bodies are in
many cases the legitimate result of
this slavery custom. If fashion and
art could go hand in hand and make
easy-fitting clothes tho arbitrary cos-
tume of the day, health, happiness and
grace would bo more general, and com-
ing generations would have less to re-
frt i and fewer sins to explata. Obi of
the first points in the dress of women
is to raise the waist lino. Instead of
drawing in tho figure below tho ribs
the belt should bo put higher up. The
empire dress is much the more health-
ful and coinfortablo. The slender
waist is one of tho most deadly posses-
s^ons with which a foolish and fashion-
ridden people ever found themselves
handicapped. The breath Is the lhe,
iin I as ono is deprived of it, so vitality
becomes weak, tho resisting power de-
creases and disease and death find
ready and sometimes willing victims.
Tho blouse is an unmixed blessing
either for men or women. There is no
reason why a man should not wear a
really handsome blouso of good ma-
terial as a dressy garment. Take for
example a blouse of black silk with
dainty sleeve and neck ruffles of fine
linen, rather wide turned-back ouffs, a
prim conservative collar and lapels, if
one chose, and a few plaits or folds
artistically disposed. Why should not
this make a very desirable morning-
dress for a gentleman? This with fins
gossamer underwear would be admira-
ble in mid-summer and would do away
with the hurdensomcness of the coat,
vest and thickly starched dress-shirt
front that can by no stretch of imagin-
ation be other than uncomfortable.
Every garment should be made suffi-
ciently loose to give absolute freedom
< f movement and this may be done
without, in any sense, sacrificing sym-
metry, beauty or grace—Indeed these
elements appear to come in for the very
least consideration in the general
make-up of the toilet. To produce
articles so tight that they wear out
almost immediately is most to the ad-
vantage of those who make a business
of designing such things. To this class
of people we have bowed our necks in
the most abject servitude, and ic would
seem quite time that we read to our-
selves and the world a specially em-
phatic and comprehensive riot-act and
followed it up with a far-reaching and
unmistakable proclamation of emanci-
pation. —N. Y. Ledger.
TAKEN FOR THE MURDERER.
Julian Ralph's Narrow K*cape From a
Dangerous situation.
Once, when I was investigating the
horrible and (even yet) mysterious
murder of a young girl in a New Jer-
; st \ village, I was taken for the mur-
derer by her relatives—whom I could
not blame, for they were ignorant,
wrought up to an ugly pitch, and sus-
picious of every stranger who caine
upon the scene. Tho girl had been
buxom and pretty, a.ul yet it must
' have been a stranger who slew her,
they thought, for none who knew her
could find it in their hearts or in her
nature to attempt to wrong her. In
the course of a search of tho neighbor-
hood I visited the homo of the afflicted
; family more than once, and on the last
occasion was invited to see tho body.
As I could not jud ro what manner of
girl she had been without seeing her, I
went in. ller three grown-up brothers
were there, and a.s I stood beside tho
coffin one returned to the door of the
room, closed it and put his back
against it The others then attempted
to carry out a project they had cher-
ished but concealed, which was to
have me touch the body in order that
they might s -n whether blood flowed
from the wounds, according as as old
superstition holds that such dumb
mouths will acci.se murderer. At the
moment I would not have done as they
wished for a fortune.
"Put you hand on her," said one.
"I will not"
'•Touch her with your hand. You
must, I tell you," said another.
"You cannot get away. Touch her."
They were terribly iii earnest
"I will do nothing of the sort," I
said, and then I made a very short but
very earne.-t spe.eh. in which I ex-
plained who I was and how easily they
could satisfy themselves about me.
•'And now," said I, advancing to the
door, "stand aside and end this folly-
quick!"
He obeyed, and in nn instant the air
of out doors tasted almost as sweet a-i
anything that 1 ever drew dow** wj
— wcriUiW«
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