The Abbyville Chronicle from Abbyville, Kansas • 4

1 A WOMAN DIES OP HADIES. ISlilrit it Dog, Hlia Kiplrr Three Mon he Later. MIks Jennlo IC. Glntlgny died of rabies at her homo at Seventh and Hull streets yesterday morning about 2 o'clock. Her sufferings from spasms of thfl throat and larynx Just before her death were terrible, and It was Impossible to do anything for her relief, says the Bavar.nah (On.) News of March 23.

Dec. 23 Miss Glatlgny took her dog and went out for a walk toward Mr. Klcs-llng's plate, a short distance from hor home, Whon near there she saw two dugs, ono ot which attacked ber dog, and when sho took a stick to beat it oft the other dog sprang at her and bit her through the right hand, between the thumb nnd forefinger. Miss Glatlgny went on to Mrs, Klesllng's, where some turpentine was applied to the wound and after some days It healed up- On Jan. 12 It broke out again and Dr.

Stanley was called. He pricked tho hand and let out a small accumulation of pus, after which It healed again and the took no fu-'her notice of It until Thursday, March 18, seventy-nine days after tho bite, when, about 12 p'clock noon, she began to feel a pain In the band, which run up the arm, MAJOR'S BIO STORY. Tht Benedict! Voted Illm th Palm, There were Ave or six of them titling about the stove in the drug rtore, end they had been telling eoroo pretty tall stories, cays the Detroit Free Press. The druggist was a man of soma liu-xnor itnd invention end ho concocted a mixture of great potency and fine flavor, composed of Sp. Frumcntl, saccha-rum alba, cortex llnionis, caropbyllus aromatlcus nnd aqua pura q.

a. This mixture he proposed to administer to whomsoever should tell tho biggest atory, end the (arty at once began to atretch their Inventive powers to their fullest extent A toilet toap drummer was appointed Judge and the prize mixture, steaming hot, eut in on eight-ounce graduated measure upon the edge of the atove. The colonel told a war atory of th Munchausen variety, the 'squire related a hunting adventure that evinced a decided genius for evading the truth and the postmaster made a strong bid for the prize with a snake atory big enough to make the sea serpent jealous. The others followed in turn and the last man, the major, entered the competition. The major liad in bis mind a remarkable narrative about a dog that did aome wonderful things and lie began his story la this way: "Last Wednesday morning I got up a little later than usual and went down to breakfast.

Most of you have Been that brown Better of mine he's a good deal smarter than most men. Well, that dog was In the dining room when I went in. Aa I came in the door my wife, who was waiting for me, said: 'John, when I went In to wake you up this morning I found this J5 bill on the floor. You must have dropped it from your pocket-when you undressed last Then she handed me the bill. Now, that dog of mine was" "Walt a minute," said the toilet soap drummer, "you needn't go any farther with your story.

The prlzo Is yours. I'm a married man myself, and that He you've Just told Is one that you'll never improve on. I hereby render a decision in your favor." As there were no single men tn the crowd, not a voice was raised In protest agalnBt the Judge's verdict. ALL SORTS. About 100 Iron mines nro at present In operation In the Inko Suptrlor dls-trletH.

Tho uveinxe nniiUiliir.nl lie twea-ly years longer lu Kughunl ibau Africa. Five years' penal scrvluule naa the sentence Imposed recently on lcyv thief In England. 'i ho highest waterfall In the world Choloek ciiHiwde, at Yosemlto, which Is 2,031 feet high, or Jut half a mile. It will bo known tho "Diamond Jubilee" of Queen Victoria. Tho Prince of Wales has settled It by using the phrase In a public speech.

Pcnn Yan, N. was settled by Pcnnsylvaninns and Yankees, nnd its nnmo Is a combination of tho mimes of those two cliiSHes of Bottlers. Great Britain can not find enough tall men for the Foot Guards, so the slundard of height has been reduced half an inch, to 5 ftt 8g Jnehes. The dlriciilty of registering ih em-ppratnre nt th bottom of the ocean Is duo to tho fact that pf a a rest depth the thermometer Is t-ruslH hy pressure. Australia had hint year 9,700 miles railway open.

The capital expended on them has been the net revenue over working expenses Is 2 per cent. He Have you heard my new song, "The Proposal?" She No what key is It written In? "Bo mlne-er." "I will." And now you can transpose It to the key of "A flat "-Life. Jose Echegaray. Spain's great playwright, is sixty-four yenrs old. lie Is on engineer anil a mathematician.

Ho was once a minister of state, lie has written flfty-two plnys. Cernuschi's lioiisp on the Avenue Velasquez in Paris, which the bitnetallist banker bequeathed with Its contents to the city of Paris as a museum, has been thrown open to the public. While the population ot France remains nearly stationary, the consumption of tobacco Increases by leaps and bounds. During 189G the French consumed over 20,000 tons of tobacco. Now Haven, is soon to have a society of those whose ancestors came from Great Britain and were entitled to display coat armor, according to (be records of the Herald's College lp Imdon.

fhe faculty of the Episcopal Unl-vttlty of the South at Sewance, has adopted a rule forbidding a student who alls below a certain standard of scholarship from becoming a ejember of any athletic team. PLATING SHIPS' HULLS. Iron fclil to 11 rincett lu no Elerlrle Itutli. A new departure In the sheathing ot vessels Is to be undertaken In this country, and the future cruisers and battleships made for the United States navy will probably bo copper-sheathed, according to the new process of electro-plating. Experiments have been going on for many years to electroplate with copper tho hulls of Iron or steam vessels, and tho results obtained now justify tho general adoption ot a process of protection that can bo called purely American.

An electric plant has been established at Jersey City by the Ship Copper-Plating Compnny, and the seagoing tug Assistance was treated to tho new process as an experiment. She has stood the test so well that, after a year, she has a hull nearly as free from all defects caused by corrosion and sea animals as when first launched. Copper sheathing has been adopted by ship-builders ot all the leading countries for years, and It has always proved the best protection to the hulls that could be devised, but rust and corrosion find its way between the copper plates In time, and starts up openings that eventually destroy the ship's bottom or necessitates the costly work of reshenthing It. The old way was to plate the bottom of the ship carefully from stem to stern with stout wood, and then coat this with sheath copper, but the new method Is to place the vessel in a bath of copper sulphate, into which an electric current Is passed. Liquid-tight compartments are made to fit firmly upon the sides and bottom of the hull, and.

when filled with a solution of the copi per the four anodes are placed through an opening In the top. These constitute the positive pole, and the iron hull acts as the negative. A film of copper without seams or breaks gradually forms on the bottom ot the ship, nnd in forty-eight hours this air-tight sheathing Is one-sixteenth of an Inch thick. Tho sheathing fits so tightly to the hull that it cfcnnot be removed, without cutting into it with sharp in-! struments, and even then it has PC come so welded to the Iron that tho two cannot always be separated. The value of this unbroken surface, of copper plating can be readily uade, stood when some of the Injuries to the bottom of Iron vessels are examined.

Tho old method of copper sheathing added so much to the weight of the vessels that tho naa advisory In 1882 refused to' have the hulls of the Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Dolphin sheathed. In the case of the Chicago It was estimated that 255 tons would bo added to the weight of the vessel, and 160 tons would be added to both the Boston ancj Atlanta, Pursuing this same policy ot keeping the vessels light and buoyant on the water, and thereby gaining additional speed, the department refused to have, any of the subsequent war vessels copper sheathed. As a result none of our wot veasels are sheathed, although a good percentage of the ships of the English, French, German and Russian navies have their bottoms protected in this, way. By the new process of electroplating the weight added to the vessels amounts only to 2.85 pounds to the square foot. Philadelphia Times.

COURS1NO LlZAnDS. The Atnoieweut of a Taw r.ngU the Arizona Desert, In St. Nicholas, Wolcott Le Clcrq Beard writes of "Moses: a Tame Eagle," which was one of his pots whljo ho was engaged In engineering In Southern Arizona. Mr. Beard says: "He was very fond of the lizards with which these plains abounded, and one lr variety, called from their remarkable speed In running, seemed to be especially coveted.

Whenever one of these was caught, which was not often, Moset would be brought out, and after the swift had taken ten feet start would be set free. The lizard would promptly resolve Itself Into a white streak across tho dosert, and, screaming with excitement, half running, half flying, Moses would pursue, followed by the laughing crowd, of which only those on horseback had much chance of keeping up. It was in no sense a cruel sport; it amused Moses and us and didn't hurt the swift, for be got away every time; and If the feelings of our pot were a trifle injured as he returned, perched on some one's wrist or saddle-horn, from his fruitless hunt, these wore speedily soothed by the prompt gift of a nice bit of fresh beef, so no one was the worse. The lizards, however, ho seemed to view as a sort of desert, and as he could absorb an unlimited quantity, they were always in demand. A certain stick kept on the veranda of our office was generally under his and when any one picked this up and started for a walk across the desert Moses would hop gravely along behind, sure that some of his favorite dainties would soon be forthcoming.

Of course, Moses was perfectly well to ctcb the smaller kinds" of lizards for himself, but there was less exertion In allowing some one else to do It for him; and exertion, at this period of lfe, was a thins tq which Moses was violently These occasions were almost the only ones when he be silent for any length of time; for he seemed to understand perfectly that at the first note of his voice every lizard within hear; ing would run for his life to the nearest refuge; and, only when a blow of the stick failed for the Becond or third, time to reach its mark would he give utterance to his deep disgust at such Diamonds on the Finger Kails. Millionaire women have a new eccentricity which they are quite sure "they can reserve for their own exclusive use. The imitating multitudes will bo debarred from the est form of flattery by their lack of ducats. They will, therefore, be compelled to remain in the background to covet and admire. This new millionaire fad Is to wear diamonds on the finger nails.

This is so very simply accomplished that one wonders why millionaires have never thought of it before. When one considers how very easy a matter it is to attach diamonds to the ends of one's fingers it becomes a matter of painful regret that finger nails have remained unornamented so many thousand years. The new fashion, which has all the glory and prestige of an invention along more scientific lines, decrees that women with bank accounts long enough to permit of this costly trifling shall have a tiny gold cap made for each of their fingers. From the cap is suspended on the outer side a big diamond drop, which sparkles most satisfactorily, there being one large sparkle for each finger nail. Of course, the sparkles are not so conspicuous as they would be if a large number of rings were not worn at the same time, but society Is hardly yet ready for the great sacrifice which the laying off of rings would entail.

Some day, perhaps, the finger nail adornments may be allowed to shine in sndiminished glory. IN0ENI008 TEACHING. How a Small Hoy i curat Art Com nolssear, A mother who could ftear In tht next room every morning her small son of 9 talking to himself as lie fpellcd out the words and added tht figures, crosswise, up and down, and In every posslblo way, of large calendar which hung directly In front of his bed, bethought herself of furnishing him better oocuputlon, sayt the New York Post. She took down tht calendar and put In its plact a good print of Raphael's "Madonna della this with no word to him of the change. Tht next morning tht little one's voles was Btlllcd, but a noiseless peep into tht room showed his eyes glued rapturously to the picture, while about nls lips the hint of a smile betrayed that his absorbing interest was a pleasnd one.

Since then Intervals his morning picture it changed, not too frequently, tor a child demands reiteration, until the boy has become a email connoisseur in famous paintings, and hla occasional short visits to an art gallery are a great delight to him because of hit matin studies. The flrnt ten minutes of a child's day are a most valuable receptive period. The young brain la refreshed by sleep, unexelted by any of the day's occupations, eager for impressions and peculiarly responsive to their influence. A writer on child-study considers that equally important with the first waking hours should be the last of the day. The mother who sits at her little one's bed as the tired, small frame is settling into repose will almost invariably find that the mind just before sleep works with unusual, if brief, clearness; she will be wise to let this last, strongly Imprinted impression be a soothing A gentle voice, a short, easily comprehended talj with no sadness, no tragedy, no sharp elements ot any sort, will send, the tempororally keen but fast succumbing faculties off into slumber-lnnd under tho best and most healthful auspices, 'foo man7 mothers leave to servants these significant moments of their children's lives, lovely to the mothers if they will enjoy them and priceless to the growing character cf their receptive powers If taken advantage of.

DAMAGE CLAIMS. Two correspondents of the North American Review writes this month concerning Mr. B. Parmaleo Prentice's article in the February Issue of that publication on "Speculation In Damage Claims." Mr. Charles Nevltt agrees with Mr.

Prentice, while Mr. S. P. Crosby criticises many of the statements made in the former article. Mr.

Crosby admlfi that what Mr. Prentice says about the "extensive litigation and large verdicts recovered" in the courts of Chicago Is undoubtedly true but protests that the heavy damages, given by the Chicago Juries are not crl-terions of the damages recovered in many of the states, especially those west of the Mississippi and the New England states. Records of cases determined in the past year by Appellate courts for the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North and South Dakota are said to show seventy-four reversals for defendants, against fifty-nine affirmances for plaintiffs; and in cases where plain tiffs have prevailed a verdict as large as was rarely given. It is pointed out that Mr. Prentice, while complaining of the size and number of verdicts, "gives no account of the nature and extant of the injuries received by the unfortunate plaintiffs whethor slightly or permanently injured by the loss of arms, legs or eyes, or perhaps death of the wage-earner," and that he passes over the question pf negligence or fault on the part of defendants.

Personal injury cases Mr. Crosby admits to be numerous, but thinks that they cannot be looked upon as inordinately so when the use ot recently discovered powers is considered, the large number of new machines operated in the industrial world and the Incompetence of so many of the workmen employed. The right to recover for injuries to the person through the negllgec of the party in fault, when no contributory negligence on the of the Injured person can be proved, is an old and well-settled rule of law based upon considerations of Justice. It Is stated that a prominent western railroad company defends and settles about 600 cases annually for about 4 per cent of the aggregate damages claimed. Another pays in the neighborhood of 41-2 per cent in fighting and settling its average of 500 cases.

Another, with a system, disposes of its damage suits for a sum even smaller. through l.ho shoulder and down her side. She was very restless Friday night and in the morning and complained that the pain kept annoying her. She was about the same Friday night and Saturday morning about 10 o'clock she seat for Pr. George H.

Stone. When Dr. Stone called he found her suffering from this pain, but there were no other symptoms and It appeared that she had taken cold. The pain was pasjly relieved and it did not return. Hhe had onp choking spell and on the return of Dr.

Stone Sunday morning she complained that she bad not slept through the night, though she had suffered no pain. She then showed plgns of rabies in her inability to swallow nnd tfprn then until 2 o'clock in the morning)' when' sue died, there wa constant succession of spasms whenever she attempted to drink water. Although eha wished for water eagerly, and would hold a glass it in her hand for ftn hour at a time, while the sight of It diil not feera disagreeable to her, yet when she attempted to swallow it her effort would make the spasms of the throat still more Intense and these kept up continuously to the time pf hpr doath, nature being unable to endure longivr thie ftysVe 'strain's produced. Miss Glatlgny was conscious to the time of her death. She knew those about her and would talk when she had long enough relief from the ponstantly recurring spasms of the threat tt sft.

Hpr casp was accompanied by all of tne other symptoms of rabies, such as extreme nervous ivrl-, tabllity. Touching her nose at attempting to blow it would bring on a severe spasm, as would also any draught of air, no matter how slight. Pn one occasion the suggestive treatment was trfed and she was finally enabled to drink a glass itt water through the induced belief that she could do it. But this could not be kept up and the spasms became Pjoro frequent and more severe until death relieved her. Yesterday morning Dr.

Stone and Drs. Graham and Brunner held an autopsy for the purpose of making a thorough Investigation of the case. There was no doubt in the minds of any of them that it was a true case of rabies. They took soma of tho virus and will cultivate it and try i.ts effect on some animal, such as a rabbit, for the purpose of more thoroughly understanding the case. The German Emperor and Empress.

I remembered that when I lived in Berlin, when a child, Sunday was scarcely observed in any way by the Germans. The churches were well nigh empty. You might have imagined yourself in London upon a bank holiday. But the present empress is a woman of very firm religious principles and William II, however changeable he may be in other matters, is a rock where hid pious belief is concerned. It has been the dearest wish of both himself and the empress to introduce the Sunday" to the Germans, and It is wonderful, indeed, how they have succeeded.

The increase of belief is remarkable; the Berlin churches are now attended, by crowds and the clergymen, formerly at a discount In society, ore feted as it they were the military. Both emperor and empress always attend divine service in the morning. The preacher is forbidden, it Is true, to speak longer than fifteen minutes and the congregation is warned against "staring" at their majesties. After church the royal couple entertain a few Intimate friends at luncheon and before bed time the empress Imparts some bible knowledge to her children. The Woman at Home.

Writers of Books. In a pretty large experience I have not found the men who write books superior In wit or learning to those who don't write at alL In regard of mere information, nonwriters must oft en be superior to writers. You don't txpect a lawyer in full practice to be conversant with all kinds of literature; he is too busy with his law; and so a writer is commonly too busy with his own books to bo able to bestow attention on the works of other people. Thackeray. The Vnllkely.

"No," sighed the poster farmer, as he sadly contemplated the poster cow, "I can't say that I consider her a very likely animal, but we all have our shortcomings, I suppose." Detroit Journal The Difference. She I can sympathize with you. I was married once myself. He But you weren't married to a woman. Tid-BiU, RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE.

Human Experience tho foundation of All Science. The growing complexity of civilized life demands with each age broader and more exact knowledge as to the material surroundipgs and greater precision In our recognition ot the invisible forces or tendencies about us, says Popular Science Monthly. We are In the hands of the fates and the greater our activities the more evident become these limiting conditions. The secret ofjojSfr.with manlliQ know Us limi tations. To this end we heed constant ly new accessions of truth as to the universe and better definition of the truths which are old.

Such knowledge, tested nnd placed in order, we call science. Science is the gathered wisdom of the race. Only a part of it can be grasped by any one man. Each must enter into the work of others. Science is the flower of the altruism of the ages, by which nothing that lives "liv-eth for itself alone." The recognition of facts and laws is the province of science.

We only know what lies about us from our own experience and that ot others, this experience of others being translated into terms of our own experience and more or less perfectly blended with it. We can find the meaning and phenomena only from our reasoning based on these experiences. All knowledge we can attain or hope to attain must, in so far as it la knowledge nt all, be stated in terms of human experience. Tho laws of nature are not the products ot science. They are the human glimpses of that which is the law "before all time." Thus human experience is the foundation of all knowledge.

Even innate ideas, it such ideas exist, are derived in some way from knowledge possessed by our ancestors, as Innate impulses to action are related to ancestral needs for action. The Modern Version. George Washington (of today) "Did you chop down that cherry tree?" George, Jr. (of today) "Naw; yer might know it was me little brudder." George, Sr. "Explain." George, Jr.

"Well, ef I'd er done de ehoppln' I'd been eround an' nailed yer fer dough fer doln' de work long afore dis." Judge, "Horners" Blown Tp. Fifteen young fellows ot Springfield Center, Ohio, thought it would be great fun to horn Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ha-bor, bride and groom. They took a keg of powder along and a spark dropped Into it.

The whole crowd were knocked down and three so badly burned that recovery is douMfuh Cans of Death Indicated. An army surgeon says that the cause of death is dearly shown in the expression of the face of a corpse on the field ot battle. He states that those who have been killed by sword thrusts have a look of repose.while those killed by bullets usually have pajn of an intense nature clearly depicted. A Profitable Acquaintance. Easy (who thinks he knows the game) "It requires a lot of study to learn how to play poker." Swift (raking in a pot) "Yes; but then it is suck a pleasure, you know, to meet a man who has thoroughly mastered tho game." Boston Transcript A Curse to Xalth.

Ignorance is one of the greatest torn of the race. It is a curse to faith and hope and an ally of opposition. Rv. J. F.

Stout 4 JESTS, IDLE rUJKTjurg News: Primpas "Why, Eiy' dear, what's the matter with the new wheel I got you? It is the highest grade in the market." Mrs, Prjmpas "Oh! the mean thing is nil iron, and I can't get a taffeta trimming or a fur bow on it anywhere." Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Watts "The Idea of the pastor getting up at the close of the church fair and saying that he was deeply touched!" Mrs. Watts "And why shouldn't he say so?" "Because he was the only man there who hadn't been; that's why." Boston Traveler: She "Does my refusal really pain He-'' Yes, it does. I was 83 sure you would tell me I actually wagered a hundred thousand dollars that you would marry me." "A hundred thousand dollars? Well, I was only joking. When shall it.

be, dear?" Boston Transcript: Robert "What defense are they going to make in Wersley's case?" RichardWQh, the insanity plea, I believe." Robert "But won't they have a hard time to prove that he Is deficient in intelligence?" Richard "I don't know. They are going to bring his wife into court." FLOATINO ITEMS. Professor Dr. Joest is about te leave Germany for Australia with the special purpose of studying the custom of tattooing. The first whaleback on the Pacific coast is now, in Its tenth year, being remodeled into a steamer of the regular pattern at Oakland, Cal.

Quackery In medicine seems to flourish in England. The editor of Health News has published ''Exposures of Quackery" In two volumes. The first day of January and the first day of October in any year fall on the same day of the week unless It be a leap year. Chicago Tribune. A glass headstone has been put up over the grave of George E.

Evans, a Mason, at Eugene, Ore. It was sent on there by his father from Glbeon, Neb. Sheepmen ot Gilliam county, Oregon, are circulating a petition and appealing to the legislature for the opening of Cascade reserve for grazing purposes. VARIETIES. The salaries of the 8,000 teachers of Georgia, due on November 1, have not yet been paid, because there is no money in tht state treasury.

A plant that grows in India, called the phllotacea electrica, emits electric sparks. The hand which touches It immediately experiences a shock. In 1801 one person of every three in the United Kingdom professed the Catholics faith; now only one of every seven belongs to that communion. The deepest gold mine in the world is at Eureka, and is 2,290 feet deep. The deepest silver mine is at Carson City, and has a depth of 3,300 feet In certain parts of China the young women wear thtir hair in a long single plait, with which is intertwined a strand of bright scarlet thread, which lenotes them to be marriageable.

I'ho Message Sufficient, A traveling man who put up for tht night at the leading hotel in a small town left very particular Instructions before retiring to he called in time for an early train. Early In the morning the guest was disturbed by a lively tattoo upon the door. "Well?" he demanded, sleepily. "I've got an important message for you," replied the bellboy. The guest was up in an Instant, opened the or and received from the boy a large envelope.

Ho tore it open hastily, and inside found a slip of pa per on which was written in large letters: "Why don't you get up?" He got up. Golden Days. Congressmen Get Curious Letters. Congressmen get curious letters, and probably the most curious of recent date is that Just received by Mr. Mc-Call of Massachusetts from one of his constituents, asking him to "send at once one good, healthy nu baby." But congressman are not the only persons subject to freak Inquiries.

The, secretary of the Chicago board of trade received a letter a while ago from a Kansas man, who wrote: "Please send me at once all news and all facts about Chicago." Another westerner wrote tq say that he had forwarded a carload qf Jack-rabbits, and added: "Sell them at once and forward the money, as I need it right away." The Special Thysielan. In choosing a specialist or a consultant It Is well to be guided by the advice of the family physician, who, If he be honorable and broad-minded, will cheerfully acquiesce in your desire to have the assistance of some one of his colleagues. If he becomes offended or assumes an injured air at the hint that he is not the only member of his profession, the sooner his vanity receives a few hard knocks the better. Clouds Orer Fires. During a large fire in Charlestown last December Mr.

Ward, of Harvard University, found an uncommonly good opportunity to observe the formation of clouds in the atmosphere above the fire, Whenever there was an especially active ascent of the smoke a large cumulus cloud formed over it. This recalls other observations of such clouds becoming dense enough to produce a shower of rain. Slnne-r. "Is the sail the onlv thine guides a ship?" asked the greci j-tenger. "No," said the mate, r4 JoVj A Queer Fact About Vision.

In the eye itself certain things may go on which give us wrong sensations, which, although not truly illusions, are very much like them. Thus, when we suddenly 6trlke our foreheals or faces against something in the dark, we see "stars," or bright sparks, which we know are not real lights, though they are quite as bright and sparkling as If they were. When we close one eye and look straight ahead at some word or letter in the middle of this page, for example, we seem to see not only tho thing we are looking at but everything else immediately about it and for a long way on each side. But the truth la there is a large round spot, somewhere near the point Pt which we are looking, in which we see nqthing. Curiously enough, the existence of this blind spot was not discovered by accident and nobody ever suspected it until Mariotte reasoned from the construction of the eyeball that it must exist and proceeded to find it.

St. Nicholas. Are We Toadies? There are officers of the Legion of Honor, comrades of the Grand Army, Eons of the Revolution, Knights of py-Ihias, Daughters of the Revolution, Co-kmial Dames, societies of the Dutch, so-eieties of New England, the Southern society, and how many more I know sot Then each of these has its ribbon, its button, or its badge, and in no tountry in Europe do you hear eo many titles or see so many insignia worn. rhi3 is all very pretty fooling, and harmless enough were it frank and out-ipoken. But it is not.

Th-se same people toady to foreign noblemen as do no other people in the world. Politic-iUy they are loud, blatant even, in the reiteration of their republicanism, but loclally they are tuft-hunters. American and Americans, from a French foint of View. Old Mosaic I'avemcnt. A mosaic pavement of Palestine, 33 long by 13 brosd, has been discov-red at a village between Fait and Kerak, east of the Jordan.

Tha pave-tient is believed to belong to the fifth entury after Christ. San IYancisca pail. Gray Gloves Popular. The glove is such an essential part a costume now that a woman of fashion must change her gloves four or five tmes a day. The extravagant use of gloves is probably at its height Just now, for there must be one kind for Jriving, another for bicycling, another tor shopping and still others for calling and evening Those of light-weighted buckskin will be proper for driving, and gray is the preferred shade.

Bright colors have tried to force their way into the ranks, but one person who is attracted by them there are twenty who would not accept them as a gift. Glove3 to accompany my particular costume should thor-sughly harmonize. The two-button length is the thing for driving, or in games or sports, and the rorrect color is cither tan or gray. An Asili'(! Vengeance. "Janet, look at our neebor's bairns mjoyirg themsel's on the sabbath day! So an' set the dog on their hcus; the Lord must ljave vengeance one way or piithet." ijustrated Bits..