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Show k ' I I k FOUNT A NEW WOMAN. bad been whlrt eveuiug at th club. and. incidentally, there bad been champagne. There were ;i.'a ' and bow con mat ion. The meeting bad been a thorough success, o in consequence the members of theCaltimblan were In high feather. The club was uly a yedr old sod each new success meant another weight thrown on the side of popj , Tafftj acd.pr rrr.anence. So t heeeoveraation had In It some of the spirit of the lively young men. "B f Jove, satd MorfVFUtihenoC. this I wbJ I rsll Teat Joy of life. A fellow stteifde to hla burinoi-- during the Ray'shd ftels that he deserves a rest at night So he hies hint to the club, wtaer there are cards, eigaia. fellows and a harmless glass Noth log like It. who was gray aa to the fringes of his bald pa'e, but bad left the "Pachelorsf' bet aus, as he expluned It. the ft Hows were getting nd and grumpv "Theres a save a glow nbo'.t the very appei'ane of the Hub entrance to me satd Hahbrrton "Ob. we know tbit's rhamp-tentalUrg, bat the vlntrge emst havethe h'.a'k oi mining the tri'fU toJ HERR tst eon-genl- at sa!d,l e Blght This was Ixnb Mnri'iix i a rotnri-tuitio- n to the senenT talk. Vintage be hansel' e. ldunl th ft rat speaker, turning on tm in ro.i, fury llUt old Tfobh !nteiri,)ieJ him wtih "Lout hang the vlntE- - bow. mv d tr 1 boy, jmd dont lit power and on jotir Iif ti'lru Influence." I dont, but nr words nre th w trda ' of rune rind nolur truth. I euy and I maintain and I rdterae that there Is a warmth and genial glow about the - verv erHrnnce'to these rotni-..- " raotkel "11? weaxeth orMoiirnl, Mortimer. VontTapt." vent on Haliherion, with--odeigning to noth o the Inlet rrptlon. with the ha "this homo-comiof a fellow who Is man led to a woman. "Or one of these !M,wvouien.'J! from Henslnglon, w ho had not before' Joined in the conversation, "Ah, bow you are talking sense, aahl old Hobbs, rubbing htu bands gleefully, "It Is tho advent of the new woman that la heaping so tnsnv Innocent, eligible and worthy nun from matrimony. How' do you know? Infcrrnpied Mortimer, with especial stress on the "yon. Some one threw an almsrae at him and old Hobbs remarked that he hated "weak attempts at nrcasm, Reginald Vertres was a known and reputed ladya man, so nobody paid much attention when he obnerved, rathep tentatively; "Oh. I . haven't much faith in all this talk about the new woman, anywoyr If ytmTl believe me, abea only tbe same dear creature w 1th the addition of a bicycle, big aloeves ut T she read It she grew white and trem- SPORTS OX ICe. But Helen Claybym was s y try sensible girl. She ban$fl tbs SKATING IS THE CREATEST letter to her mother, saying: j - WINTER AMUSEMENT. vex has wrong gons .Something, Tom. He should beveco me to(p Instead of wTltlng. I will wait $r him How the Bovs end OlrU of Our Xorth- to come to bis senses. 1 sr C Vt. more a read 'She it paper that . sen eu Pshtful sail I ! Sport ?ore the association and the ladl i of It: bntrnllf. The paper waa excelle: i, don't you think its value was S an Ideal winter added to by her manner of ro ting? It waa read with such spirit sport, skating is When she game home from th This, of course, has no elation Helen Ciayburn read To reference to rpller- news letter again1 and cried w filch tit aa she (old it down. skating, Ho cannot bent me the la hear the same re- lution to the splensled of men by marrying a g il did sport on ice actions plate her unmlstakaVy that an apologetic ranks of that very undesirable rrf are, tallow dip does tn the new Woman NCho isbeen ,K-"- f a brilliant Incan-- d Ing to him and wbat hat 1 dm ea- sci nt light. There Is an exhilaration eept take an intere.-- t In w ha' 1 ould In its enjoyment that makes the whole engage the attention of every true 3m an? Tom, Tom, I love you. bujjrou .voi M reern very merry and which must you must coma to youratlf semis the blood tingling with pleasure And she did not answer the loth through your veins. This la the caso Al-c' Three weeks when-yu- ii knowhow. If you dont- paaved and Tom grew uneasy. AVhy hud lMenl"ot well, it might not seem so very merry, letter Ism but jour blood will tingle Just the written? He bad expected her before this, lie hoped he hudldd j ..omo, though, pc. hays, not exactly nothing wlihh she might construe ;to from pit n desire ou his part to break thm a' IL has bet n said that no exercise ex- j eagement. He hud not meunt ccpt swimming gives a free motion to so fur a that. all tho mas if, binuiltaiy y While .Iiewra nt the club one night a - this, no iK uct, is perfcitly true, the utid in the meantime no election sun e m.iv lx i id m no Itss degree of laie'i plate Not only this, but a very lm- j bkd'ing Them wue only cigars ou this m portant point in tin lathrs favor la Th rs. httiUjcsa no whUt, no cl j that whl'c ihit'ns tie body is kept la paguc. its norm il pot. tic i, which Is not the Tt Is wonderful what a triumph csIn t. .vi'i'.i.ii.ig. When skating, 1.E3 0 .n dec in while hauimT the art, there is put and worthy jeven i to t i! e rhnige of our si hool int re nol a mu., h'i in jour entire anatomy s'ld Morris Huhherton. sriiotHy. that Is not in almo-- t constant action, Yes. we, rt.eerej Lew la Moilit ar.d this . oi.dition obtnn3 fo long a3 DeUev aui j, e kll'ed r bevi, 11 the blad. a ire fasle ed to your feet. l e V.'h.it aie you talking about? j Whm Mifhiicut skill Is gained so ns vwt.sTXho womon who did it T1 woiked before eleitlon and then we n,t to tho polls like ahem -- men.' "Well, I inv e no objei tlon to th I dont want to rob them of their cml All honor to the women who ri u boodlei and incompetents " "Ibey aaed nobly, chimed la o Hobbs, "hjt much was due to the plc did leadeishtp and wonderful genius f oigunlzatloa of that Miss Clajbur Sho Is indeed a great girl. You kno THE bled a little. piri nt j ! J I I 1 ou-l- n- - j BANK OF ENCLAND. - SaaieUilag About tho Urmrtmt Inrtllo-tlo- a of It KioA lo tho World, On theTTth of last July tho Bank of England reaeheJ its birthday, It la the k In the world. Ja its earlydays ray s the Bank Register. great-esfban- the bank employed fifty-foclerks, and the yearly salary list amounted to but lltle over $23,000, the chief accountant receiving 11,225 a year. At the present time the number of emgoyca la 1,500. No note of the 50,000 or so Is ued dally is ever Issued again. Each note as it is paid in Is cancelled and aa account kept of Its filings. One of the curiosities of the bank is a note which was paid In after being out Ill years. In the bank album for large notes and other curiosities Is a bank mot which w as once Lhued for convenience In a traneactinn involving a large, amount of money. Whether lost or stolen, the banks notes will always be puld. Once a clerk ran away with $100,000 worth of notes. For six months the theft and number of notes were advertised, and at the end of that time a Jew appeared with them ar.d demanded that trey be paid. On being refused he went to the exchange and raised such an outcry, say log that as the bank refused to pay its own notes It must be Insolvent, that the bank called him back and paid him the full amount of the stolen notes. '"An- othr time one of the directors deposited $150,000 and took a single note. IB put the piece of paper on the mantle pic. e and fell asleep. On waking he found the note gone. He thought'lt had fallen into the fire, and got another note, giving a guaranty that If the fir t note ever turned up he would be reopen icle for It. Thirty years later, the mn having died In the meantime, the fi.st note was presented for payment at the bank, and the bank stood the tea. The mans estate had been ur 1,000,-oud-pou- ALL CODSOfvlS OF EUUEN1E. Born th lama a tat 1rinra Impfrial r lrkf, 4 Three thousand e!ghlhundred and le children were born in France on March IS. 1S53, the same day that the prince impetial tame Into the world, says the New York World. His mother, Ea- genie, became a godmother to them sll. It Is said that the has recently made her will, and In It has bequeathed a trifling legacy to each of her godsons, whose names and addresses she still preserves. Tbe original number, however, must have been sadly depleted by- - death in lbs aewrly forty years which have elapsed, and of bearded men who will claim their be- quest when Eugenie dies there may be less than half a thousand. The rQmxaathclJu nearly four decades ago and the present fortune Is striking Then the reign of Napoleon III. was in the heyday of its power, and the nation, drunken with military glory, wished as heartily as its ruler for an heir to the throne. Early on the morning of the I6th the cannon boomed from the lnvalldes, announcing the deliverance of the empress. Paris bent an anxious listening ear, counting tbe guns. A hundred and one. It was a boy. "Conqueror In the Crimean campaign, the arbiter chosen by Europe at the congress of Paris, says Andre Martinet In his history of the prince Imperial, Napoleon III. felt more firmly placed on his brow by this birth the crown which had been given him by neaily 8.000,000 votes. France, radiant in her rejuvenated glory and her reconquered prestige, drowned with the noise of fetes the first cries of the imperial infant. More than 20,000 admiring people viewed at the Hotel de Ville, before the birth of the royal baby, the cradle hei. Ay new. dont d, ' ler-gsrt- en - 1 d men in tow a There ai three whom a e.cj many people know, rays the New York Recorder. Two of them have rames tat aciig it tho punster-Th- e other one s name. Is hot lie Is mentioned wlh tv,e oilier two be everv timp any cause he has a spas-body Cull him oat of his name, whien Is Whu field n It Is on the same po'rt th.t Mr. and Mr Coffee are toiey. These three gentlemen do rot Know each other, bat esih has ha the same and an similar matters each has the same bent of mind. Mr. Coffee sa' s that ever sun e he can bis table art remember some in a boarding bou-- e or hotel has laugh- e On-yo- 1 . saoi i ".Mr. Coffee, sre au fonJ of H imn - tea It Is a Joke that makes Mi. Coffee tear his hair. He sajs.he never gets Into a boarding house or out of ILwith-ohaving it s,n ung on him If it is not found In that form It comes this way: "Do you take coffee In connCess o'her ways Mr Coffee ut hears ibeatnuts roasted dsJbiown as the oeffee bean on his name every hour of hl3 life Du. in? th" rage for punning a few jams ago when some people realh thoi Hit it wTTTv Mr Coee was s it is, he neaily diiveu to su'eide acknowledges that his temper has been ruined aril that a ling" fxirlion of humanity fills him with di.gir-- t Mr Onjon refuser to take any jests Shout his name calmly lie usually cuts pleasantries b telir.g the man who ast-- h'tn if he Pes them, or Bays something about their punginey, that ho is a fool, anil nt sui h time' Mr Onion la ahvavs leady to f.cht Nobody wbo knows Mr Onion ever venuues to take liberties with hi3 no me. It Increases M: Onyon'S arger too reflect that lus father's name was P,e La that the old prrtleman dropped the "De La to be mote kmeHrun, and that tho Amen ms changed the pronunciation of the final word fiom to plain oayon. IVh. (field lias Just bovrotud a but as hitfifld rays, a wholly brainless man who first addressed him as Whitlock, next as Wat loth, and flnally wrote him a letter which was actually addressed lo Mr. Warpath. These three cabes typ.if.v a class of men whose names are a constant source of irritation to them; and, as for tbclr tormentors, they are of a class that bores ev cry sensible person on earth. s well-meani- uparlrg himself. "I said that something had happened to vex yon, said Helen, "but oh, Tom I knew you would come to youv senses. But arent you afraid of me as a new womun? Just think, Tom, Ive been elected president of the Womans Social Purity Club and won the annual modal for the best muffins at the cooking school. Isnt that ominous? c There was a look In her eyes and a little tremor In her voice that made him clasp her in his arms as he saldr "I dont care If youve been elected sheriff If youll Just forgive me and take me back to your heart again, dont care how new a woman you are. Just so you are mine. ct nlrmt f -r 1 stamraei In-v- uflr- On-yo- n: Tcm. Well, well expect you to see that ah i ono of the patronesses on ladle day As soon as Tom could get out he hur rled away mentally kicking htmse fur a weak fool. And be called himself by no mlldei nnme when he found Helen Cla.vbor at home a half-holater. He ex plained It all to her, not for a women Msrys Call. e in repose .while In motion, which Mary trotted Into a neighbors house Ifdoxlcally expresses the exact con-one morning last week, climbed up Inthere Is nothing that so closely to an easy chair andjettled herself for aches the much talked f "poetry talk.. "I have been making call.', U otlon aw a graceful skater. she announced. . "Ive been to Aunt lien 'MINTAGE BE HANGED, swiftly gliding over the ahlm-nr,- g surface of a good bit of Ice that and a membership ticket In the V, Lucys and Mrs. Ca, and the W.s. Ive been out ever since breakfast calling. G. P. U. oro keenly enjoya an Indefinable Her hostess thought it wise to ask: eirnce of. spirits. This bubbling , "Well, whatever may be said, ent on Ilabbertog jhe bad drunk consid- "And does your mother know where ovlof good feeling Is aa spontaneous erable champagne), "the new woman you are. Mary? All the glow died out as ts infections, and accounts for Is a painful reality. We hate .to admit of her face. She pushed herself for- th represalble. boisterous merriment her presence, but she Is here, though ward in her chair, with her finger to her th haracterlzes a skating crowd. "Let me see. lt lip. she ' slowly we hope not to stay. s Indeed a pity that such an Pray forbear, exclaimed the Irre- mused. "I guess I - must iting and delightful sport as this home now, shdl In sny way have a touch of .he pressible Mortimer. "Who knows but some of our number have formed enThere is, freahnesa of fashion. tangling alliances v th new women whttnoderately indulged In, no more who make political speedm and. heal - Don In the world than mats -T- hompsoa s forthcoming heiu girl ng eport Is very gratifying to and It akalg, petitioning conventions? play It entitled "The Sunshine in the "May gracious heaven forbid!" renotfiat It is becoming maim popular Alley. ' sponded Habberton, In such a tone of th er. Never before in ia history Charles Fro h man say that receipts mock tragedy that the whole cotppany hasting been In such favor aa durburst Into peals of rollicking laughter. generally through the country on ing It present settFon. This docs not There waa one young man who had Christ maa day were about 83 per cent onliliply to Chicago, or the rest of not Joined In the conversation and who less than last year Thejnatlnees, were the ited States, but In aH countries - whence 1s available the same condibad everywhere. did not Join to the laugh. This was TomAgnew, More places of amusement are now tion pds good, says Chicago ChronHe sat klng in an obscure corner, and his open In New York than are to bo found icle. flushed at the last words of llab-o- n In London or Paris." It takea $.0,000,-00- 0 Skig in the open air Is absolutely and Mortimer and tho laugh capital to run them, and they give eBOittl to the highest enjoyment of rh greeted them. Aa soon as the ( t" A skaters greatest delight employment to 20,000 persons. would allow, be arose and sheet of gleamThe London Times says of W. D. ia to s a good-sixe- d all aped away. 1 frame ttf iet la the Howell s one-apicturesque A ing Dangerous in hbmtnd a atrangs fight was Ruffian: It Iscomedy. not likely to enhance a s nn overed landscape, with an octaking place between resentment, lore his literary reputation or to lead to his casion tree or clump and fear of ridicule. more Intimate connection with the of de green pines to break the moHe felt that la Lewis Mortimer's last notony f the 'dazzling whiteness. Our remarks there had been a veiled allu-to- n --stage. tt party of skaterh on the After ail absence of live years. Miss plctuijsowa t himself, though hla engagement t .in coin lake park, Chicago, Minnie Palmer renewed her o Helea Claybura was supposed to be acquaintance the with American public In New A secret. mnt on Genre I Hot. Helen be knew to be a leader In the York last Monday night In iThe School Coot Eliot was extremely a Girl. In farce. three acts, by muslcaj work of women, and he grew angry fwkward. This plain, 'with hhnself, with her and with hi3 George Manchester and Albert Maurice. makes chreer all the more wonderrompanlens when he thought that she The comedy waa pronounced poor stuff, ful. Fh consider, first, she conquered might he included In tbe category of but Mine Palmer was well received. the resit of the philosophic world by ' "new woman. A Cuban war drama haa been ineviher paps in the Westminster: Then A man is not always reasonable after table for some tijne,and Manager Lltt is she co$iprcd the unphilosophlc world champagne and a long game of whlxt. first In the ring with a play that deals by herjivcla; then with no physical So In his unreason Tom Agnew wrote with the struggles of the patriots for charms-h- e gained tbe love and devoa letter that night which in his saner freedom. It is to be called "The Last tion of it man not a mean or common moments be would not Stroke, and will be produced la St. man, be man of considerable of penning. Paul, February 25. drama ia tEtretandingtheh she gathered around her And ,th next morning Helen Clay-bur- n work of Isaac N. Morris, whose "Rival a crowd t admirers to whom she bereceived it Just as she was going Candidates had a brief but profitable came n prado and a prophetess; she out to attend a meeting of the Kin run at Hoyts two years ago. He Is Kved ad leal kind of life all authorassociation. one of the youngest of the successful ity. luxtot, dignity and honor-a- nd "Why, it's a letter from Tom, she playwrights of the day, and ia a great- - i thoul N defied the laws of society said. "I wonder If he is In haste to go grandson'of Senator Morrts, of all uupleasaatners ami Ohio, ahe waiai-eAnd she tore the presidential candidate of tho obi she dlci Ifore her novclsjccascd to be away, that he writes. I It tp'n. It was not very long and as Llbsrty party, New York World. . read. fer BesaaL IN --A NAME. ( ajitaio thlry-four'ma- you? "Ah, yes, yes, of course, WHATS nil ty freackmea 1 n, j THE divided and nothing could be recovered. Clerks of standing and character are selected to remain at the bank every nlght of the year and on Sundays and bank holidays. A guard of soldiers Is on duty every night, and they are assisted by a body of watchmen, consisting of portera and workmen, fully trained to act In case of an emergency. Th Nprtme rotittemt tyiettloa At a meeting In Exeter Hall, London, Cardinal Manning eloquently said, concerning the liquor traffic: What are all our politics compared with this great question? We want a good helmsman at the wheel, and ve on board! And if want a sober-creIht re be one tbing which demoralizes a lioonle more rapidly than any other, it is that which makes the brains of mn reel and their hearts to be passionate and Inflamed, and the wiys of men to be unsteaily an(l eak, ln the hour of that Intemrtation; and when I know ll and doing-aIs drink this, toxicating that in the great centers of our Industry, Just there where the people are crowded together, where the national life Is Intensified, as it were, Into a focus when I know that the evil Is spreading Itself with the greatest intensity, 1 ask, w hat are we about? How ts it that men who profess lo he statesmen and politicians, waste their time and the time of the legislature before they taka this subject in hand? w h BSN Corpaluery. When you are dieting to reduce flesh you must eat stale bread and give up potatoes, rice, beets, corn, peas, beans, milk, cream, all sweets, cocoa Indeed, or anything which even suggests sugar starch. Dry toast without butter, tea without either milk or sugar, rare meat mth no fat, and as far as possible no vegetables at all should form your diet Take all the exercise you can in tbe ay of salting; go twice a week to a Russia bath (where possible) and Invariably go to bed hungry. Anybody bTave enough to live up to these laws sill certainly lose flesh. Ladies Home Journal , Flt. Rourm of I Tory. African ivory is now conteiled to be Ihe finest. The first quality of this comes from rear the equator and it has been remarked with regard to this fact that the nearer tho equator the smaller is the elephant, but the larger the tusks. The Ivory Horn equatoriat Africa Is rioter in the grain and has less tendency to become yetiow by exposure than Indian Ivory. The finest transparent African Ivory Is collected along the west coast, between latitudes 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south, and this Is believed to deteriorate In quality and to be more liable to damage with Increase of latitude In either direction. Tile whitest Ivory comes from tbe cast coast. It is considered to be in best condition when recently cut. It has then a mellow, warm, transparent tint, as if soaked In oil, and very little appearance of grain or texture. Indian Ivory has a nopaque white color and a tendency to become diswhere he waa to lie. It was in the form colored. Of tbe Asian varieties Siam of a boat, made of rosewood, and at Its is considered to be the finest, being" denimage of a beautiful much superior In appearance and woman, personifying the City of Paris, sity. Tbe Ivory of the mammoth tusks with drawn sword, and holding aloft Is not very much esteemed, particularly a protecting shield. March-1the cra- In England. It is considered too dry dle was taken to the Tuillerlcs. That and brittle for elaborate work, besides night the soldiers waited, with light- which It Is very liable to turn yellow. ed matches beside the cannon. At 3.10 As a matter of fact, the largest tusks In the morning the roar of the guns very rarely leave Asiatic Russia, being too rotten for Industrial purposes. awoke the city. . Some time previous the emperor had Chambers' Journal. Issued a proclamation announcing the fetes that would be held when his An tmbrella Cana. child was born, and closing with these Cane umbrellas are not a novelty on words: The emperor haa decided that paper but as a successful reality they he will be godfather, and the empress are. A Bavarian named Kroeger has go(lmot.her.ofAUahe.kgltla5atechH- - realized mans dream of telng provided dren born in France upon the auspici- - with a esno and umbrella at the same ous day. Napoleon II. Intended that time. The article Is simple enough in the title of godson which be thus be- it constructlon. The cane part teet the stowed should be a purely decorative ordinary size. The metal handle Is ail- one, but many of the fond parents did justable and works on a thread. The not so understand It, and applied to tbe Interior of the cane contains the silk emperor for a en umbrella over a thin butdurable frame. dowment There are a few Instances To make BseoLit the handle must be on record where the quest waa not in removed, the umbrella pullod out and vain. mounted cn the cane, which now serves No end of poetry was written on the as an umbrella stick. It la pushed occasion, and one quatrain of Theophile through the hell and screwed fast at tbe Gautier haa survived. In it the poet top. The work of Just half a minute will says that the royal heir is a blonde accomplish the change. SL Louis Re- Chrlst chlld. who bears tn hts tiltle j putlic. hand- - for a globe the peace of the world and the happiness of human kind. Mvl "J St. Louts. "The Song of the Godsons waa the Attention haa been frequently railed title of another Interesting bit of verse to the fact that Missouri ranks first that was printed and sold on the bou- In the number of mules owned and sold. levards gt.that time and was extremely If SL Louis is the largest mule market popular. ia tbe country Saline Is the greatest source of supply. Ten thousand mules A Yoanf Entluw. la one year sounds like a Munchausen Georgias youngest locomotive engin- story but that is the number which eer is believed to be a boy but 14 years one firm In Marshall has handled. old. He runs an engine on a short road There Is a mule now n tbe Sparks connecting various sawmills and their farm near the city which breaks all source of supplies. It is stated, fur- the records. It is twenty bunds high thermore, that he has had charge of and weighs 2,300 pounds. St Louis the same engine since he was 9 years Republic. old, and that he is regarded by the ow a- - ; ers of the road as an entirely capable Rapid Tran It for Twin engineer. Jhe committee on transportation of the chamber of commerce f St Haul, tbo Clyil. Bntldias has been directed by that body Minn., . One firm on the Clyde, without mak, head-stood-l- he 5 more-substanti- fill. Factory Girl In a factory at New Haven a Tew wtiwn St. F&ul ana Minneapolis that wrlthln six Bhall he few kfop and 8hal, da; q ago a girl fainted and fell to the of the Spanish government f months of receiving the order, six fairly wnter of one cMjr "f |