Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1895, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. NO BIG HAT NEEDED | 2'ccnscc*tciacncy ‘to artance me sait|FQR THE NEW YEAR Fashionable Styles for Wearing the Hair. WITH A TWIST AND TWIRL Select the Fashion That is Becom- ing. LADY'S TOILET TABLE T MY HERE IS NO REA- son in the world why every woman should not wear her hair in a pretty, be- coming fashion. The styles are many, af- fording a wide field for experiment, and when by either acci- dent or design a be- coming arrangement is effected it shouid be individualized and then worn in that way all the time. Should a little unusual elaberation be desired, a twist of ribbon round the knot, a bow, or jeweled aigrette placed where it will show to the best ad- vantage will make all the change neces- sary, and prove much more satisfactory than an attempt to startle the world by appearing before it in a unique coffure, which to be in style, but which may as unbecoming as it is fashionable. may happen be The Rope Coll. One of the prettiest arrangements is known as the rope coil, and is easily con- structed, as well as generally becoming. If the forehead is somewhat high, one cannot dispense with a suggestion of bang, and therefore a few short locks fall light- ly over the brow. The hair is then drawn y on the head back very softly and midw it is turned, and made into a loop very much like the Psy st, about which outline. The ends are The woman yse “crownir, is very dark. !n color, should never it rinkled or’ frizzy. If possible it but if that ed bands may aui loos: Suitable for Brunettes. The second drawing shows an arrange- ment, which brunettes will appreciate, par- ticularly those who cannot use the plain- er styles. The hair is parted smoothly, and drawn dewn half way to the temples, where it is held by pretty side combs. An- other part is then made from the tips of the ears to the top of the head, and the ends of the front division curled, twisted and pinned into place as shown. The back hair {s then drawn to the top of the head, where it is softly twisted into the figure 8, the upper loop being left erect, and the ends coiled about the lower part. If long enough these ends should be slightly curl- ed and fastened half way down the back of the head. The blonde and brown- haired Ia: to curl and crimp to thei but they must remember that ‘sare relegated to the past. The of today permits, when it seems a soft fringe, but it must be y light and ‘short one, allow- d to shew. sies are hearts” ing the fo The Crimp and Curl. A pretty example of the crimp and curl arrangement is shown fn the next sketch. The hair is carefully parted, waved all over the head, and drawn loosely down over the ears. At the back It fs very softly colled, and the ends turned over in a puff low on the neck, where it is held by a shell or stiver dagger. An effective decora- tion for this is made by two bandeaux of ribbon, with a star or crescent of brilliants fastened to the one banding the forehead. The fourth sketci or and » sty enting with, en is apt to be extremely The last design is un Pleasing, and is gene: still more ela or $ one is trying hh case it quite high, so that ribbons, jewels or what- For the Evening. ever hair decorations one may possess or find becoming may be worn. = Be certain that you cannot achieve good eYects as far as your hair is concerned uniess the brushes are kept perfectly clean, which ts easily done by giving them a bath in ammonia and hot water twice each week. For long hair only brushes having leng, pliant bristles should be used, as these, while they go through the hair easily, do not drag it out. Some of the requirements for the toilet tuble, irrespective of fron and alcohol lamp, are a folding or triplicate mirror, which permits one to view the hair from all sides. Not less than two good brushes, two combs, plenty of good hairpins—either tor- toise-shell or bone, as the wire ones cut the hair. B. V. K. —_—.> _— ABORIGINAL ASTRONOMY. Some Indian Notions About the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. “The Indians of North America have some queer and rather picturesque ro- tions about astronomy,” said the Rey. Mr. J. Owen Dorsey to a writer for The Star. “The North Star, they declare, is the only fixed celestial hody; it never goes any- where. The Milky Way is the road taken by the ghosts of the dead. Once upon a time, tradition says, a warrior of the Omaha tribe came to life again some days after he was supposed to have died. He told his friends that he had had rather a d@sagreeable experience. According to his account, it apoeared that he had reached the Milky Way, which, of course, was a brliliantly lighted thoroughfare. But on his journey thither, which occupied four days and ni,hts, he was wholly in the dark. It is for this reason that the Oma- has make a practice of keeping fires lighted for four nights and days by the grave of any of their people who dies. When they see the aurora borealis they understand it as a sign that many human beings are dying. “The Osages, in common with many other tribes, believe that the constellations ae gods and goddesses. They have a tra- dition to the effect that once upon a time the Osages possessed neither bodies nor souls. They appealed to a divinity known as the Male Reu Bird, who furnished them with souls in the bodies of birds. Thus they pursued existence for a while in the lixeness of feathered creatures. In_ this guise thev first visited the earth. There they met another divinity called the Black Bear. He offered to serve them, and they asked him to visit the various constella- tions with a petition in their behalf. They wanted human bodies for themselves. The Black Bear weit successively to the Sun, to the Moon, te the Morning Star, to the constellation ef the Deer Head—meaning the Pleiades—to the constellation of th Goose Foot, and finally to the Female Red . who was found brooding on her nest. She it was who granted the request which the others had refused, giving to the Osages the bedies in which they have since dwelt, Worship of the Sun. “The Sun is a god devoutly worshiped by most Indians. The ceremony of the sun dance, as performed by the Sioux and Ponkas, has often been described. Bvery- body has heard how the warriors torture themselves, ona part of the performance gone through by the young brave consist- ing in attaching himself to the dance pole by lariats passed tnrough loops of his own skin, then freeins himself by dashing away on horseback or otherwise. For three days and nights the; dance, gazing continually a’. the sun by day and the moon by night, while it is supposed that they swallow neither food nor water. As a matter of fect, however, the dance pole is planted usually in a spe. near which certain suc- eulent roots grow. These they pluck up slyly, eating them and sucking the juices. Among the Sioux Indians the buffalo bull is importantly associated with the sun dance. Oddly enough, in ancient Egypt the sun god Ra was associated with the dvified bull called Apis. “Among the Sioux and many other tribes o Indians the power of fire and wind are associated with destruction of life. On the ovher hand, the powers of earth and water ace associated with the protection of life. ‘The sun, lightning and fire are fire powers. Red is the symbouic color of these powers. Red, therefore, is associated with war, and is always conspicuous in the war paint. At the four corners of the earth are located the four winds. Under these corners are the pillars which uphold the earth. The wind powers are b'ack. Their servants are the four black spirits of night. Associated with them are the black raven and the wolf which howls at night. Influence of the Moon. “The moon is a goddess. It is owing to her diablerie that men sometimes become a3 women. Among the Indians a queer form of mania is frequently developed. While under its influence men adopt the ways of women, assume their dress and voice, and practice sewing and other do- mestic arts suck as properly belong to the gentler sex. A part of the discipline is to undergo prolonged fasting. After this has been carried to a certain point the faster experiences hallucinations, which are termed visions. In his first vision the moon goddess comes to the young man with a bow in one hand and a strap for carrying a burden held in the other. Among savages it is the women’s business to carry burdens. The youthful warrior grasps at the bow, but, if he is not very the goddess is apt to substitute the On this account he is subject after- ward to the peculiar mania already de- scribed. he Indians generally scem to have no well-defined notion of a hell. They say to their children: ‘If you are not brave and good you will go after you die to live with the spirits of bad people.’ Among the Oregon Indians and those of many other tribes it is understood that the spirits of the dead go to the land ef the Old Woman Who Never Dies, in the southwest. The old woman is the mother of all. On going back to hor the Indians are reborn into the world as infants. A common notion among the Indians is that the world is shaped like a cup, and on this account it is not pos- sible for any one to climb ont of it and ob- tein an entrance into the regions which be- long to the gods.” >— Headlight for “Bike: From the New York Herald. An electric headlight, the current for which is generated by a miniature dynamo driven by a friction pulley impinging on the pneumatic tire of the driving wheel, is the latest ingenious device in bicycling. The entire apparatus, detached from the machine, could be stowed In the crown of a silk hat. Even at moderate speed the light is brighter than that ef the ordinary lamp, while when running fast the effect is positively dazzling. In the daytime the dynamo can be disconnected by simply low- ering the pulley from the wheel, which is effected by a single turn of a thumbscrew. Those who use the contrivance say they do not miss the power required to main- tain the light. The Cheerful Barber. From the Fliegende Blatter. Stranger. m Donnerwetter, now you ve cut my chin a second time. If you ave better than that you will lose tomers pretty quick.” prentice- ‘ot at all! Iam have the regular customers I only shave strangers. ———r-oo The Philosophie Waiter. Tid Bits From Iras “Waiter, this plate sir; but the chop is ‘ot, h u'll find it'll warm up L think 3 icely, sir.” Senora Sara Does Not Advise Reso- lutions Engrossed on Parchment. TACKLE THE TINY FAULTS EACH HOUR Then It May Be Possible to Be Useful and Lovable. A WOMANLY WOMAN a OST PEOPLE think that to be ef- fective, New Year resolutions must be aimed at some crying evil, and there are a , lot more people who call “resolutions” bad ; form,and old fashion- ed. I want to quar- rel with both classes. If you have grit enough to mak2 reso- laticns, make them. ‘The first of the year good place to make a start, and little “sins” the best working ground. When we tackle big things, we are apt to get faint hearted before the task looting up in our horizon, and the first thing we know we have lapsed into the normal condition cf inaction. But when we say that we will correct the little errors, we stick to it, be- cause it is not difficult to overcome a little fault, and the fst thing we know we have worked our way through a very grave fault, and with it under our feet, realize that little by little we have reached a peint that would have seemed unatta! able if we had set to climb to it directly. As for the creature who shouts “bad form” at you, just cut him. When any one su! ciently intimate with you dares to say to you that a desire for self improvemeut is bad form, there is but one thing to do, and that is to rid yourself of so undesirable un acquaintance. It is not necessary to get up a set of elaborate resolutions and have them en- grossed on parchment, nor is it even wise to put your resolutions in black ard white, for you get so tired of seeing them day after day, knowing that you infringe on the letter of them half a dozen times dur- ing the waking hours, that you get dis- couraged at last and throw them away in despair. The very best resolve is to each morning, “Ti rovement on yesterday, ‘oncerned.” An old, old authority say “Suiticient unto the day is the evil thereof,” and you can’t jmprove on that. You can live but one day at a time, but if you nake each day a polished gem in its own etting of hours, you will have 365 perfect days in the year. It fairly appalls one to think of living a whole year of da: strug- gling with the old Adam in oneself through every hour of the time, but when one di- vides the year into twelve-hour “shifts” it puts a diilerent face on the matter, “Keep Thou my fee ask to see The distant ) enough for me.” That was I petition, and its tesson of gentle trust might be learned Ly us with profit. Hard to Live Up To. This “preachifying,” as Rose calls it, the result of a talk I had with her toda ‘The new year was scarcely forty-eig hours old when she came flying into my reom and flung a hardful of torn paper in- to my scrap basket. “I'm mighty glad Washirgton wasn't a twin,” she remarked, with savage empha- sis, giving the basket a kick that sent the bits of paper scurrying over the rug. “What in the world has W been doing ‘o you?” I asked in surp: ene jon is “Oh, rothing, only it would take saints and a seraphim to live up to his horrid old maxims. l've smashed about forty of them already, and it he had been twins i'd go off and be a girl bandit or something else awful, rather than have two such models throwing precepts at my head as long as I lived. Fifty-four maxims are quite enough to madden one, but twice fifty-four—ugh! It makes me sick.” Poor child! She meant well, but her puny efferts at living up to maxims that W = ington seems to have been skillful in evad- ing when occasion suited, were not uniike the popgun fusillade on the tariff bill—the range was too long for effective marks- manship. If Washington were ving now, he would edit those maxims severely, and it stands to reason that a thoughtless young girl could never live up to the stiited things which were not original with the father of his country anyhow. As Rose sobbed out the trials of a peculiarly hard day, her face buried in my lap and her voice expressing utter hopelessness of her power to keep any kind of resolution, since she had failed so signally in a two days’ trial, I tried to cheer her by telling her some of my own experiences which were quite as disastrous as hers. It had the de- sired effect, for misery does love company, you know. 1 wonder, now, what kind of resolutions the girls who read this have made? Wheth- er they have built an Eiffel tower of lofty purposes, with no elevator to get to the top and a bad foundation, bound to bring the taing tumbling around their ears in less than a month, or whether they have quietiy decided to begin with the tiny little faults of hourly occurrence and smooth out the twists and tangles as they go? To Guard the Tongue. Women are natural reformers. They are not always logical, and, I fear, rot always perfectly indiiferent to the probable praise their efforts will command, but it remains a fact that all great reforms have had their seed sown by women. You see, giris, the reforms have got to begin at home and within your own hearts ard lives regardless of outside influences. Now I think if I were a young girl, just at the beginning of life, one of the first things I would consider would be.a bridle for my tongue, and this was one of the sugges- tions I made to Rose. Truly, the tongue is an unruly memby It can’ do infinite harm in the way ‘of preading unsavory reports, and a girlish ndal monger is a creature to shun, A good resolution for you to commit to mem- ery and carry with you every moment of your life was sung by a king a thousand rs before the Christ-child was born: eep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.” If you can’t say nice things about people, don’t say anything at all. You have a right to choose your friends, and it is your duty to know that they are worthy of your consideration; but should you elect to drop any of them, it is not necessary to bruit it abroad from the housetops, or tell it sub rosa in your room under low burning lights from whence it will spread like a pestilence. That the passports to your favor have been returned will become known soon enough, but the “why” should remain a state secret. It is seldom or never “conducive to the public welfare” to make such things known. I know a good many well intentioned girls who have a reputation for being wit- ty and quick at repartee that carries a sting. People laugh at them, but they do not love them. It is not human nature to love a thing that we fear, and one never krows at what moment the darts of a wit may be turned upon oneself. Men rather enjoy the risque things that some brilliant women say, but they do not care to marry such women. “Sauce piquant is charming in its proper place,” a man said to me once, “but as an. article of steady diet it soon palls.”” Everybody Likes Her. I think the next thing I would try to do would be to make myself as fair and sweet as possible, and that means a great deal. There is nothing on earth sweeter than a bright, wholesome girl. She need not be at all pretty, but if her hair is clean and well kept, her skin clear and soft, her gown neat and well fitted, her boots and gloves in perfect repair, her eyes sparkling with good health and her face quick to express the emotions of a kind heart, people are going to like and admire her, no matter whether she receives dollars over the counter or diplomats in her own drawing room. I know a girl of that kind in one of the big stores in Washington. I squander half my pin money at fer counter, just because I like to talk eae She is dressed in black always becase, She told me, it is less expensive and less conspicuous than any- thing else. Sométimés it gets almost threadbare—just now, for instance, for that one cashmere is néw doing its second win- ter’s service—but Mg is always exquisitely clean, free of dust and grease. spots, and with not a bow or ruffle on the skirt to catch and tear, or to hold int. When a little lame brother is released from his suffer- ing, and a wornout mother no longer needs her loving care, she can afford new gowns oftener, but I know there will be more heartache in the*smile with which she greets me. The day before Christmas I saw women standing five deep at her counter, and among them a lady prominent in official circles; all were in a hurry, but all wait- ing to get the attention in turn of my lit- tle friend. The floor walker undertook to palm off another clerk on the official lady, but shé stood her ground, and expressed her desire to be waited upon by “my clerk, because, you know, she is so very obliging and so’ charmingly interested in getting you pleased, and she is so wholesome.” “A Womanly Woman. Now, at that same counter, is a gir! whom < greatly dislike. She is tawdry. Her Gress is always a cheap imitation of the latest fad in dress goods. It is slouch- ily made, and has enough furbelows on it for a ball gown, and about the second wearing the bo and lace and ruffles are usually pinned on. She rouges to the limit, and wastes a heap of powder in her efforts to even up the surface of a muddy skin that is dying for soap and water! I know that in two or three w and one of them is because I have never seen her yet with a clean neck and ears! Then she is devoted to the use of triple extract of helictrope, and her fingernails seem never to have met a manicure file, though they are down with cheap rings. A girl like one of the hopelessly tawdry typ us y she is not common ami nik little girl in blac self-respecting there a “k. Th nd har are mé working, with an ambition to improve, and -quite sensible encugh to reject the spurious in dress and manner, but lacking the to character and motives that will them to understand t b of life are as much the prope people as they are of the favored r and that they more n tne costlier luxuries both y ot the pri cannot ny more than the velvet sown will cover -the mis- takes of the woman ignorant of the com- mon courtcsies of life. Then I would read goed few—that would widen my history and of the werld of men and wo- , and I weuld read at least one good a n touch with dy of the daily pre ity in this age, when wi history 5 to be books—just a knowledge of olute nec ing going on per: nding of what is in the we Above all thi ngs else I would be a wo- mani, ‘A recent writer has de- fined who is gentle, tender con woman with sutticient streng' acter to allow neither her rt nor her h to be dis other than those I longing to her womanhood #nd wifehood.”” after all is said and done, that if you just try to be a womanly woman, you will pretty nearly fill a ments. m. “head nor her he turbed by any A STORY OF GRANT. Listened to What Others Sz Kept His Own © Dispatch In eV On the evering of the day en the fortifications urg had bee le with unsel. gr Gr rep ant, in ment been in his rounds, came to was stationed at the the hottest of the alking: tage € where my frort, t's been a good fig! , General, th: any further nothing whatever to bv it is a sacrifice of our r “You are right about ained by; n for noth that,” id Grant, frankly. “There was nothing to be gained by it.” And after that there were no similar tempts, the regular sieg ing instituted instead, render. Grant had be tack by Gen. ‘Thomas eral of the army, who the assault on the fortifications ag: his own convictions. The movement simply a® series of despe agafust the fortified hills out burg, and when a position was carried we were no nearer the capture of the city than before. In one respect Grant was great worriment to the comm ficers taking part in his cov This came from his reticence councils, and his prorapt individi afterward. Grant would sit and listen to all the others had to sinokir cigar and occasionally taking a dr this hospitable refreshment might passed around. Then when the talk all over and every one had expres cpinion as te what should be done, Gr would leave the tent and go to F his chief of staff, and bexin issuing orders. No one knew to what decisi had arrived, and they would have what the next movement was to their orders were received. iy to Gen. John A. Logan, who commanded the division of which my regiment was a part after McPherson was Killed, was t of Grant's a trial. “p— it all!” Logan would s a source of ling of- ils of ; his impetuous Ww: Grant w give us some ea cf what he was thinking about! ut no, he just listens without a word, and then, when we've told all we know and think, off he goes to Rawlins, and that's the last we see or hear of him until his orders for the next movement come to af “What was the hottest fight in during the war, Col. McFall as the story came to an end. “The battle of Champion Hill Vicksburg 3 the ‘eply. “That was a hand-to-hand ht for three or And, which will seem strange to thos have not seen service, that was t battle of the entire during v found necessity for drawing and using my revolver.” succ Newsboys Who Give a Pugilistic Ex- hibition in the Street. From the New York Herald. Business has been dull, comparativey speaking, with the newshoys in Park row since the election excitement subsided, and the little chaps have more time on their hards now that the average citizen con- tents himself with one newspaper a day instead of jumping to buy every “extres that appears in the street. ‘A coterie of the epterprising boy mer- chants has hit upon scheme for leisure evening hours that pAys better in the long run than “crap shooting,” and at the same time is almost as mych fun as badgering push cart peddiers. } "There seem to ‘be about half a dozen in the syndicate, and they have obtained a worn out set of big, soft boxing gloves, which one of them ¢arries concealed in a bundle when operations are about to be- gin. Sélecting a spot near the post office, where the crewd is thickest, two of the nimblest and smatlest of the conspirators start a dispute over their papers, which Graws the attention of the passing throng. Presently one punches the other in the ribs and is kicked in the shins in return. | At this a bigger boy runs in and sepa- rates them. “Cheese it, fellers!’” he wanter git arrested? If youse gotter fight come around in Ann street outen de crowd }where de cop is an’ have it out wid de gloves.” ‘The boxing gloves are then produced, and seconds and timekeepers chosen with much Joud talk, and the whole party troops off to the battle ground in the shadow of the old “Herald building, followed by seldom less than a dozen spec is calléd and the principals go at you were +o+ SSSECUL IMITATORS. says. “D'ye it apr gicves looking as big a y, flying fists. he founds are and after the y who carried the easy fur cap and the crowd, generally isfactory collection. hting after the col- gloves pulls off ses it aro taking up a very There is no more fi lection. be FLYING CHERUBS. As Represented by Painters the Laws of Gravity Are Ignored. From the New York Herald. Did you ever notice a flying angel? I do not mean the animated article, but the winged and robed creatures you see occa- sionally in frescoes and friezes. If so, you have doubtless marked the horizontal and unearthly position of the body. The hands are gracefully disposed along the sides, just as if flying were no particular effort, and the feet are trailed straight behind, though no man has ever found out just what holds them there. It has been so since the time of Michael Angelo and Raphael. Those old masters were probably among the first offenders against physical possibilities. They fres- coed the walls and ceilings of ancient cathe- drals with ethereal beings with enormous wings sprouting from the shoulder blades and their fect trailing straight out behind. nee then every artistic Tom, Dick and Harry in the world has followed the im- possible lines laid down by the old painters, and although science has been developed and human ideas have changed greatly since Athens was in its prime, the absurd form of the ideal angel has not changed a particle, Anybody can see by a glance at the pic- es that this position in fight is an im- possibility. Possibly at a speed of a mile a second and with the wings beating at the rate of a hundred thousand times a min- ute the position might be maintained. The point of sup is the shoulder blades. The center of gr s nowhere, apparently. It may be possible that painters desire to sat an angel doing something that a heman being would find impossible to do. e, they have done so. With the ed at the shoulder blades the ion of the body would be en- prent. Then the center of gravity would extend tly downward from the points of sup- It is not very graceful, but it is | true to science and the law of gravitation. It will be a long time, however, before { paint int angels in other le position embers how reluctant ar- s of run- | mera. They th difficulty s could be believed. W : snap shots at ft quipens(eteimaliar meyolntinniobart might be brought about. In order to carry the’ body in a horizontal position the wings of an angel should be fa 1 of the back and the ebrae stiffened with a board. Then, perhaps, there would be some sort of an aereement between art and physical possi- ity. NURSERY ELECTRICITY. | The Children Becoming Familiar With This Practical Science. “Electricity is coming into such familiar use that it will soon find its way into the | nursery,” said an electrician to a Star re- | porter. “It has already got as far as the | play room. Your boy can buy a motor 8 | with which he can run the machinery of a toy factory or any other sort of miniature mechanism. For a little more money he can get a motor and battery combined, but the ingenious youngster prefers to make his own battery. All he has to do is to get two or three little plates of carbon a all quantity of so-called ‘electropoin’ solution, The solution is com- posed of bichromate of potash, suiphuric acid, bisuiphate of mercury and water. “The ingenious youngster aforesaid pours the solution into the jar, and in it he im- merses his zinc and 2 ing these by a cou little motor. The chemics enders enough el the motor. I don’t know of any more in- structive toy for a boy, and it has the ad- vantage of cheapness. The youth of the end of the centu h interested in the of electricity, and what is learn- nu is apt to lead to important inventions in this line when the young America of today is grown to adult age. ‘Many householders now purchase the simple atus for clectric bells and them in for them- Of Iste the High School students have been doing a ood deal of this sort of thing, the idea being suggested to them by the siudies in clectric: h they are pur- suing. At the Colored High School, as I dare say you know, lessons in electrical science are being given to the boys and girls, who are taught the rudiments in a well-equipped laboratory. game A Professional Secret. From the Amusing Journal. Tramp—“Thankee, mum, That {s the best meal I've had for days, But I knew I'd git a good feed here Housekeeper—“You did? mark on my fence?” “No’m. Marks don't go any more. Peo- ple rubs ‘em out or paints ‘em over.” “Then how did you know?” “I hate to give away the secrets of the sh, mum.’ T'll make you an offer. Tell me how you knew you'd get a good meal here, and I'll give you another every time you pass through the town. I knew it by the r alarms, puttin Is there any “That's fair, mum. appearance of the yard.” “The yard?” “Yes, mum. It has a mussed up, slip- shod look, as if the folks was the shiftless sort that’s too lazy to keep themselves from being fooled by any vagabond that comes along. Good day, mum.” PEREECT ON N AROMA, FLAVUR, RICHNESS AND DIGESTIBILITY, “OR THE LIQUOR HABIT Fost. 1 by administering Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific. It can be given in a cup of coffee or tea, or in food, at the knowledse of the patient. Tt 4s absolutely harmless, and will effect ay ¢ nd. spe whether the patlent te drinker or ‘an alcoholic wreck. It has been given in thousands of eases, and in every instance a perfect cure has followed. It never fails. ‘The system once impregnated with the Spe it becomes an utter impossibil for the liquor appetite to exist. GOLDED CIFIC CO., Props., Cincinnati, Ohio. Part free. To be liad ‘of F. S. WILLIAMS & 9th and E sts. now.: WARB, under Eb: bitt House, Washington. n20-tu,th&s,8m* a permanent HELD UP ON THE ROAD. When Any Man Would Like to Have Had a Gun. “Only on one occasion in my life have I felt the need of a weapon,” said an officer of the United States army to a Star writer. “I have never carried a gun, but it has semetimes occurred to me that no man ought ever to be without one. One cannot be sure but that some time the weapon would save one’s life. For an instance, I will recite to you a little experience of my own. t was in a wild mountain region of Texas. I was riding along a lonely path, mounted on a government mule. Not a thing did I have on my person which could have been regarded by the most impover- ished citizen as of value. Whistling as I went, I approached a large rock about which the path ran to avoid a sharp as- cent. Just as I reached it a fierce-looking man rose out of the bushes and cried, ‘Halt!’ “What could I do? Perhaps you will say that I ought to have charged upon him with my government mule, overpowered him, taken away his arms, and demanded why he should thus obstruct what was the best substitute available for a public high- way. I did nothing of the kind. The only reason I can allege is that I was afraid. Such a method of dealing with highway- men does well enough in story books, but in real life it is dangerous. Accordingly, I obeyed the suggestion of the bold bandit and _ halted. “For a moment my heart jumped into my throat as I saw him thrust a hand into his hip pocket. He drew from it some- thing, and pointed it at me point-blank. I perceived that the something was not a pistol; it was a bottle—a large, black bot- ue. Said the highwayman: “Drink!” “I held out my hand and grasped the bottle with more than ordinary eagerness. I drank. It was the worst whisky I have ever tasted; and that is saying a good deal, for I had lived in the wilds of the west for a number of years. But to me at that moment it was a grateful draught. I hand- ed the } ottle back to the highwayman, and, as he went his way with a benevolent smile upon his countenance, I resumed with a thankful heart my journey on my govern- ment mule. I had meant to offer him that mule, but would hardly have had the nerve perhaps, for he might have regarded the proffer of such an obviously valueless gift as an insult.” ee DO YOU ECONOMIZE? How to Do It Without Being Made En- tirely Miserable. “There are all sorts of ways of econo- mizing,” remarked Mrs. Pipkins, who was having a chat with her particular chum, Mrs. Timpson, and was in a philosophizing mocd. ‘Some methods are as uncomforta- ble as possible—some as little so. Indz2ed, I nave practice] economies that were rath- er fun. Mr. Pipkins’ method is of the very worst pessible sort. He gives up his glass ef wine with his dinner and his cigars. The result is that he feels the grind of poverty very hard indeed—ard gets ex- ceedingly cross over it.”” “I should think that wine and cigars were the natural things to give up first when one wzs economizing,” said Mrs. Timpson, who is not a philosopher. ‘Natural! Why I call it simply ridicu- lous—unless one were really in want. I once heard a man say that at a pinch he could get along without some of the neces- sarics of life—but without the luxuries, never. They were what made life endura- ble. i, I have always sympathized with that man. When I want to plan econ- omies I always provide myself with a box of French candies, and then 1 sit down and think real hard about what can be given up without discomfort. “Last fall we, in common with most of cur neighbors, found our income somewhat reduced, and that dear, silly old man of mine immediately began to make himself wretched by giving up his little luxuries. I stood it for several days, until he sug- gested that we had betier give up des- serts, to which he is exceedingly partial, and then I ordered a box of his favorite cigars and a gallon of wine. I also got my favorite box of candy and settled down for a long argument. « “How did it end? Oh, I showed Mr. Pip- kins on papec that by sending away one of the servants and wearing last year's clothes we could have our desserts and lit- tle extravagances and really nct feel so horribly poor after all. We need not feel cbliged to save car fares at the expense of our legs, as some people I know always do when they economize. Really, the most heartrending and temper-spoiling way of saving is that which keeps up appearances at the cost of comfort. “Yes; I know you think me horribly ex- travagant because I do not count my pen- nies; but just there lies the secret of not feeling poor. To have a small income is a very endurable hardship if only one keeps down the big expenses so as not to have to deny one’s self the trifles. Like ‘Les petites miseres de la vie humaine,’ which we are assured on very good authority are the hardest ones to bear, it is the little pleasures that make life enjoyable. Life is made up of little things. To have one big economy. is a bore, of course, but to re- frain every time you want a glass of soda water or a cigar or a car fare is a con- stant source of irritation and very bad for the temper, I am sure. “But I have bored you long enough with my views of life, and so I will say good- bye and go home and see that my dear old man has something good for his dinner.” = Had Sothern’s Walk. From the Philadelphia Record. In a recent lecture at the University of Pennsylvania,Dr. Barton C. Hirst instanced an extraordipary case of the subtle influ- ence exerted by a mother on her child, which was brought to his attention by a New York physician. A young girl of wealthy parents became desperately in love with the elder Sothern, and, besides at- tending every performance, she sent him innumerable love letters. These Mr. Sothern mailed to her father, and the girl was sent abroad. There she met an estimable gen- n and finally married him. Some ars after Dr. Hirst was called to see ineir child, and he was astonished as well as amused to see the little (oddler only two years old walk acress the room with that indescribable gait which Sothern used when playing his famous character of Lord Dundreary. SfBsolutel; Pure Acream of tartar baking pow- der. Highest of all in leavening strength,.—Latest United States Governmen Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Oo, 106 WallSt., N.Y. 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH On All Holiday and Housefurnishing Goods EXCEPT McCONNELL’S GERM-PROGF FILTERS. ' J. W. BOTELER & SO) 923 Pa. Ave. ’ 12-284 Bunions & Corns PAINLESS 2 sapbers 2c. 3 u Parlors, 1115 Pa. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sundays, 9 to 1. PROF, ail-10a WONDERFUL WORK OF A WELL KNOWN PHYSICIAN. The phenomenal skill of Dr. Walker, the special: ist, In curing chronic aggravated cases of long maatne that have bat ‘other physicians is be- coming mcre apparent daily. The large number of testimonials from persons he has cured that have been published for th are evidence that c: they are from well: them sworn to before a notary public. ments are constantly appearing. Mr. RL. who resides at 440 Ist street northeast, who has been employed in the passenger depot of the B. and 0. railroad for the past three years; Mr. L, Kamer, who resides at 1519 0th stréet_north- west, and'who is employed as a plate printer in the bureau of engraving and_ printing: LO. Smallwood, who hes bees emploved for the past two years as engineer in the gun shop at the navy yard; Mr. Joseph A. Shoemaker, an employe im the war ‘and navy division of the pension oifice, and who resides at 308 K street northeast; Mr. Harry B. Koch, a well-known merchant doing business at the corner of 3d and “Penna. ave. southeast, and who resides at 323 C street southeast; Mr. Henry C. Lamkin, who has lived in Washington sftecn years and is an employe of the navy yard, Salton, who has been an employe of the St. * ieee beth Insane Asylum for the past year, and who re- sides at Congre Heights; Mr. Fred Ressler, the well-known baker, who resides at 332 McLean ave- nue; Mr. T. D. Collins, an employe of the Union Transfer Co., and who resides at G16 H_ street southwest; Mr. John L. Brower, who resides at 27 E street northwest; Mrs. Cora Field, who resides at 414 Ist street, whose husband, Mr. is employed by ‘the goverment as Judiciary Park, and Judge James H. Lane, a justice of the tae residing at Arlington, Alexandria county, Va., are but a few of the hundreds who have taken treatment from Dr. Walker and_ who are singing his praises. 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