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Show 1 'no the ranch hous shoulder, W with kicking. The They nettf though I the koofd been wrB' Unde Sam's fleer Rioted c stll 1eput anT.'bejs, ' ihcir ,i o loovvy WAS THE at, bt - i v L ings In SB7 prop they are of stones with a has turtle girl is the newest golf champion. She la Miss Genevieve Hecker. She has demonstrated that she Is in a class by herself in point of skill, endurance and nerve. She has not been playing very long, for until$ very short time ago she was a school girl whose attention to r her duties at school left her little time-fopractice. She learned her splendid game on Wee Burn Golf club the links When rfhe entered Con. Stamford, at for the championship of the Womens Metropolitan Golf association, which was played at the Morris County Golf club at Morristown, N. J., last week there was scarcely a 'person In this country outside of her own clubmates who thought that she had any chance of winning the great event, for the seventeen-year-ol- d ct Marlon Oliver, the long driving champion; Miss Maud K. Wetmore, the Newport champion, who was runner up to Miss Hoyt in 1898, and a number of others of national fame. Miss Ilecker was practically unknown, although she had qualified at the last womans championship, and ofte Ruth Underbill, the while this feat gave her a certain woman champion; amount of standing Miss Hoyt and Mist Beatrice- Hoyt.' the Shlnnecock Mlse Underhill iheid the centre of the Hills girl, who kad held the title for public eye. The first day of the tour!ths wonderful and unprecedented time nament saw Miss Hecker qualify, but succession; Miss so nwdeeQy and unassumingly that she let throe roan field Included Miss - 1 wa . aJ. - r ' J - d ti i i i i prodmed - s are not dwt Some times up and looted ir to,. I rrn.a. hot inis produced sodden evjni sin of our terripossessions, is one winch though I jii THE PRINCESS WLOFF. this young woman by a magnificent array of medals and other decoration She came to the United States fot the purpose of painting Count Cassini the Russian ambassador, and our own Admiral Dewey, and recently she was summoned to Russia to paint two portraits of the cxaF. The princess, better known by he maiden name, Vllma von Fartaghy, waa born in Hungary, and from hei earliest years manifested a passion for painting and music. At the age ol 18 her paintings had made her famous and patrons began showering order upon her. She la essentially a realist She paints her sitters as they are, forcing the soul to shine through. Urn body as nature made it In dealing with popular heroes she offers no concession to popular Ideas. She makes her brush tell the truth, frankly and fearlessly HORSE HAIR. Pnwi WWW, slow-movi- full-gro- was unnoticed. In the first day's match play she heat Miss Marlon Shearson, formerly champion of the Ontwentsla club, Chicago, by 4 up and 3 to play, and still she was unnoticed. The next day she met Miss Wetmore. and after they finished the gallery" was surprised by the announcement that Miss Hecker had won by the game big score as the day before. Still they could not see the writing on the wall and prophesied: Wait till she meets Miss Hoyt tomorrow." Wait they did, but after being two down at the turn Miss Hecker struck a wonderful streak ot.play, and at the sixteenth they were all even. With but two to go Miss Hoyt, old tournament player and champion that sh la, was struck with nervousness and topped her drive into the bunker. Miss Hecker, codl as a cucumber, drove a magnificent ball and the hole. Both played the last vjon 'Hfele perfectly and divided it leaving Miss Hecker the winner by one up on the heretofore peerless Miss Hoyt. She still had Miss Underhill left to conquer, but after dividing the first hole with her Miss Hecker began to play the most wonderful golf ever ehown by a woman In the United States, without exception, and won eight holes In succession. They halved the tenth, and Miss Hecker, taking the next, won the championship by 9 np and 7 to play, the largest score ever recorded in a championship. It is by this serif of defeats, admint istered to player Tn the counl try. even roore than by the actual fact of winning the title of champion that Miss Hecker has raised herself to the proud position she now bolds. A combination of luck and a lucky draw which allow one to meet only easy opponents until the final round may gjTe an inferior player the title, bur ft I only the most sterling play worthy of a true champion that can enable a play, er to vanquish opponent after opponent, each one a famous player,' This newest golf champion is a horn and bred Connecticut girl. She la the daughter of F, C. Hecker, the flour merchant. multi-milliona- ire T PralM Golf. est COUNT MURAVIEFF. grandfather suppressed thq Polish olution in means. 1863 by rev- prompt though cruel devotee. As That the swimming devlce in the illustrat-e- d picture will be- - enjoyed by children goes without saying, and It might also be useful In teaching grown people the art of swimming, which art Is somewhat difficult of accomplishment unless an instructor is at hand to support the beginner. By this Arrangement the swimmer is allowed free play to pro pel himself through the water at will, without danger of sinking, and there is nothing to Interfere" with the free use of the" Arm and legs The inventors Idea Is to stretch a cable on two vertical posts set at any desired distance apart, with turnbuckles to tighten the rope. One or more trolley wheels are placed on the wire to supthe lower d port a colling spring, accompanying p BEAUTYS GRAVEST FOE. til Temper I are to Rain IU Vietin's Bcsiut;, - Bad temper and worry will trace more wrinkles in one night than hot and cold bathing and massage and complexion brushes and creams and lotions can wash out in a years faithful application Pbyscians assert that an immense amount of nerve force Is expended in every fit of bad temper, that when one little part of the nervous system gets wrong the face first records it Ibe eyes begin losing the luster of youth, muscles become flabby, the skin refuses to contract accordingly, andHm, inevitable result is wrinkles, femininitys fiercest and most insidious foe. There is no use attempting to reason with a woman about the evil effects of while she is in an ugly mood. She knows perfettly Well that it is bad form, that It savors of the coarse and nndeibred; that It is weak, belittling and immoral, and that it hurts her cause to lose her temper But she does not stop at Just thaf time to think about It, and to remind her of the fact only adds fuel to the flames, nt when she is cool and serene and at peace with all the world, you can convince her that each fit of temper adds a year to her age by weakening her mental force and by tracing crow-trarabout her eyes and telltale lines around her mouth, she will probably think twice before again forgetting herself. For no matter what she asserts to the contrary, woman prizes youth and beauty above every other gift the gods hold it in their power to bestow upon raortala.- - Womans Homo Companion. K Cnn at rnprta( It for Stuffing tphniately, The horse hair used In upholstery Is obtained from the mane and tali ol vain horn; The tatter ts , A J. Balfour, the English statesman, recintly made a speech at the opening of I charity bazaar at Dundee and devoid the whole of his remarks to the praise of golf, of which he is an earn- vtwv c For three years, since he originated succeeded Lobanoff as minister of forMursvieff was the most eign affair powerful adviser of the czar and his reliance in all the gravest questions He presented of international policy an Imperturbable front tft European diplomacy He held the eastern question well in hand and restored friendly relations between the Russian and the The French and Tutklsh legations. count belonged to the younger school He knew the life of the of diplomats leading capitals of Europe from his connection personal experience in with the Russian legations in them, commanded the leading modern lanculture of man was a and high guaget,. He was an ardent stuand education New Yrk Times dent of medicine and an expert physician. Only 53 years old. Count Mura-viewaa icgarded as extremely young n Child Mind. Expanding Anothif modern notion which helps for his high position, but his actions had all the caution and skill of men to make the path of the Bchool teach1b the theory tdat a who have spent long lives in diploer a thotay one matic harness He came of an ancient child ought to be putting out and powerful Russian family Hla an as and in every direction cestors rose to great prominence under many feeleti as a centipede has legs. Catherine II, one of them having seised who has of a As a matter fact, pupil Amur the territory for Russia. His learned thoroughness and application be even if has acquired something, cannot expi&ln the precession of the equinosef or tell how many feathers there are on a hen. There used, tn the forma day, to be a good many poetic ai miles in which the unfolding of. a. chllffi mind was likened to the avodual epeniaa. et n- - tower ten M leaf., qjfSrrevised plan admits of no such sentimental and A child's mind is now processes. opened like an umbrella, expanding at all equally and s'multaneously points, and, fortunately tor the child, it also resembles the umbrella in that It sheds n good deal more than It re' tains. Atlantic Monthly. Balfour r VI c sipml-taneous- fieri man, who was a famous hunter, to do some work tor titmThere wo peace for a time being, and a band of the savages was sojourning temporarily near the ranch. It was a hot afternoon, and the fellow begged release from his task, saying that the spirit of catching a deer had taken hold of him. He was excused on condition that the. deer be brought entire to the ranch, and two boure later he was seen buck. On apdriving In a proaching the dwelling quarters the terrified animal turned thia way and that in wild efforta to avoid human habitation, yet the hunter kept It under control, heading It off at every turn and gradually working It nearer until at a sudden turn he was able to rush upon It and catch it Throwing It over his - Oue of the foremost portrait painter of the wot id is the Urttfeeas Wloff, whose husband Is a member of the noAgo. bility of Russia Beautiful In person, she is charming lu manner and has a The late Count Muiavieff. of Russia, geulnus for art She is now 32 years 230 portraits, on old And has stiuied for his name immortal mem-o- n of her recent painted executions In this conn b ms pi ipobicK for universal Th tty teeing of Admiral Dewey. in the peace conptrue v hn ti (Jet man empeior has sat to her eight i' iciuc of tuc n iiHHis whii h met .it times litomari k sat to her twice a lu Hague on tin ill of the niong her other famous portraits ar ve..i He was a gieat politician, those of the piesent king of Wurtero igo but to w .s gieiter us a beer in d'plo berg the late Dr Wimlthorst, and th mill' an luc tr lins of 'i.Aueiu w h i h late Field Marshal Von Moltke. Mon Ills piopo-at- o sei to work will nevtr at i hies and tepnblies anil the pop lo-- e t In ir pow himself have recognized the genius ok If himself count Mui miiv not hive hoped for immediate success whuj he proposed that the foils of Europe be il'Mimtitlrd and the armies disbanded His dream was so great a one that foimer diplomats flouted It as a fantasy and doubted its sineetttv 'I hose who knew him best, however nevei doubted that he Wes in earnest and that he saw his way to Important peace, if steps towaid International not to ail that he desired That the call for the conference was put forward in the name of the czar does not alter In the least the fact that It was in the brain of the statesman mat it ff Jtho-beB- present national i An- dis- - torial not of anf vital iuipmume still deserves a little serious attention Hitherto the terms "far E ist and "near East have pasbed ( orient with all Engliak-gpeakln- g prop us in the significance naturally ullotted to them The near East by the jBrLlshm meant India and thereabout, and th far East meant the rest of the Orient, including China, jap in the Phil p pines, add the big islands lying to the west of them. Of course, strictly speaking; for Amerii aus the custom-ary- a use of far" and near" has always bees wrong, but we had no personal Interest in the matter, and for the sake of conv-- t nience fell In with the British fashion It is different now. Ti far East is distinctly ou near east, and vice ver.-a- , and something ought to be done about 1L Already collusion is manifesting itself, and the froubfe Uneaten to become s real "annoyance In the course of time. entire stock of personal Capture Dmr by Running. They capture deer also by running, scattering at sight of the quarry, gradually surrounding It, bewildering It by confrontirg it at all points, and at length closing In and seizing It with their hands. Don Manuel Enclnas, son of one of the owners of a ranch where $ staid when in that country, was endeavoring on one occasion to Induce a I to IS the by SEVENTEEN YEARS OL- DCHAMPION COLE PLAYER. A I Changex In Me-Ce- e, ft e , Among Jhe rnatn belongings with them, as well as food and water, they are perpetual fugitives. They regard the neighboring territory on the mainland as a part of their own domain, and there they have been in con-fifor many years with ranchmen. When thev surround and capture hoises or kine they never think of mounting the beis's.even when pursued or of using ropes but immeiiately break the neck and knock out the brains of the animal, perchance to tear the writhing body into quarters and flee for their lives with the reklng flesh still quivering on their heads and brawny shoulders Scores of vaqueros agree In the assertion (wholly Incredible if it pere supported by fewer witnesses) that even when so burdened the robber Seri 6kim the sand wastes of the .desert more rapidly than avenging horsemen can follow them. The Seri boys go out after jack rabbits in threes hud fours, and catch them by them. When a rabbit Is started they scatter, one following it slowly, while the others set off obliquely. In such a manner as to head U off and keep to la a alg-sa- g course until- - tf tire. Their they-clos- e in and Anally grab the animal by hand, frequently bringing it in alive to prove that It was fairly caught For among these aborigines it is deemed discreditable to take game animals without giving' them a chance for escape or defense. c nie tolled The United States bureau of Ethnology will soon publish a book on the Berl Indians of Tnburon Island in the Gulf of California, who have become famous by reason of their extraordinary ferocity and also because they are th most primitive savages in North America, having not )et advanced as far as the stone age One of the most remarkable things about the Seri, said Prof W. J. of the Iinreau of Ethnology, recently, "is that they seem to keep on growing all their lives Whether this be in truth the case or not, I am very Bure that they continue to Increase In Stature, until after they are 40 years of age certainly a very extraordinary phenomena from a physiological point of view. They have long been reputed giants, add for this idea there is some ground. Inasmuch as the men average six feet in height and the women nearly if not quite five feet and nine Inches For the reason that I have mentioned all of the younger men and women appear to fall below this mead, while all of the older ones are above it. Extraordinary Agility. There are no people among the Seri, and In respect to physical vigor Of erect yet they are extraordinary easy carriage, great breadth and depth of chest, very slender of limb and unusually large feet and hands, they exhibit a bSdily activity such as can hardly be equaled by any other people on the face of the earth. The skin of their feet and lower legs Is so hard and calloused as to resemble the hide of a horse or camel, so that they are able to run through cactus thickets so thorny as to stop horses and dogs, or over beds of stones so sharp that the very coyote avoids the trail. One of the strangest things about these savages is that they seem to have no knife" sense" as one might call It. words, they nevr think of 'la other circumusing a cutting tool unijer-anstances. If they capture an animal and kill it they do not cut it into pieces, but prefer to tear It to fragments with thelr hands and teeth, "breakjng the larger bones, perhaps, with a stone. I have known them to Ldopt this method with a horse, throwing the brute so as to break Us neck, and then setting upon the carcass literally with tooth and nail. They consider It as much a mrf er of course to kill a stranger as the white man dpes to destroy a snake. Isolated to a point unparalleled, they are homeless wanderers, roving from place to place and sleeping wherever exhaustion overtakes them. Carrying their V Peebaldy the ForemiMt Iliplomat of All t urvm I1U 1rat-- I'niiMi,,!, startled dw Uliolo World over a tear & 'Jr'1 bk AS AN ARTIST , m, fr by If11? carded when sharp by use of fmctuie mere tetnpdfar5r she LATE NOBLE COUNT MURAVIFFF. apparently, cn harpoons, HESSIAN A PRINCESS to parboil bone "'e 1, g had ' Ink and it i i he Kirk ked was Bufflclatfr 1'ienhilf a doze.i off red about mitronB niildeup o i t Invett- to gnaw Ik bme n v out lag the a id apply it a single too P ' It IS I, bt! to a wide tarietv i r . and wttii a merely bor tendons it they mb f . end liru se grind seed, i i k tig tu Us woody tissa t "i ro ita for for house with001 GREAT A and sujggling Tale. Tbe tendency of modern educational methods Is toward such practical training as will bring the student into touch with living topics of the day and acof which a belt ts" attached to aid IT tive eofiirerttow iHthtbe yolttteal,- - busibolding the beginner at the surface ness, and professional need of the instances of this utilitarian of the water, even though be makes country, nt effort to sustain himself. Parents trend la university education ars to whose boys have n desire to leant to be found in tbe endowment of new swim can by the aid of this apparatus schools orjecture courses at Tale on allow then full liberty to play in the forestry, colonial administration, Asiwater to their heart content without atic politics, journalism, and ths of citlsenshlp. fear of drowning. of XnVtwae Wmwg-w- thrtnrs VhWctor -- Ity. The hair combed from th tails Is designated hard," that from the manes soft, while th hair is furthei distinguished by ths terms live and dead," according as it has been taken from the animal before or after death , live" hair commands ths highest price White Is th most valuable , kind as regards color, as It la suitable for dying brlghttlnta, and the beat hair la obtained from wild horses, Horsehair undergoes three sorting viz., into sorts according to length, Into different colors, and Into varioua qualities. After this the hair la washed In warm soap bath and In water slightly heated, to which lime or potash has been added. Ths hair, except , the white sort, which is to bq bleached, is after cleaning passed through a dy , bath, in which logwood la the chief ingredient. Short hair being used for stuffing in upholstery work, and long hair chiefly for ths manufacture of haircloth, the two kinds, after th ' above treatment, undergo different Short horse hair, although processes. best for the purpose when used alone, Is nevertheless mixed with cow and pig hair for stuffing chairs, sofas and the Different blends of these ars like. made and the three kinds thoroughly incorporated by suitable machines,, after which the mixture Is beaten and Then screened to free It from dust follows the "curling process, by which the hair Is first spun Into ropes, which are next twisted into much shorter lengths, and by a titled operation further twisted until they get Into con- volute shape. The curl thus given ro-'quires to be fixed by placing the hair and , In cold water for several hour afterwards In an oven, where it is kept-fo- r some time at a considerable temperature. This bakng also destroy For the eggs of obnoxious Insects use. Jn stuffing chairs, etc , the hklr requires to be teased out. Not Tot Ikme sSWas t I- - f 4 , Ftfhttof. The report that th Southern Pacific Railway company Is offering to place lands in Western Louisiana and Eastern Texas at the disposal of Doer Colonists Is repeated with many circumThere is probably stantial details. some truth In fhe report so far as It relates to the wishes oL Lhe railroad company. It is doubtful, however. If the Boers are quite reacy as yet to entertain an immigration or colonization proposition on a large seal New York ffaUe Asolo, The project of perpetuating In giwa-itand marble the plaster of parli Dewey arch In New" York la said t Tbs subscription have fallen flat have come In so slowly that ths Nan Yorkers appear to have lost Interest la ths project This was a New York enterprise. A lie feels easy only when It forgsta that U hat a truth on ita track. e i "V |