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‘The eye connet say unto the hand, | Rave no neod of thes. PP se ae hundred and thirty-three times, as nearly as I can count by air of @ concordance, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1900, does the Bible speak of the human hand. We are ———————————=-—= | a]l familiar with the hand, but the man hes yet to be born who can fully understand this wondrous instru- »NO, 14,046 pede —=====| Bo we are all geing on opening and shutting thie " 4ivinely contructed instrument, ignorant of much of DAILY HINT FROM M'DOUGALL | ine wiesom and goodness of Use You can see by their structure that shoulder and <a elbow and forearm ere getting ready for the oulmina- tion tn the band. There te your wrist, with !ts eight bones ané their ligaments in two rows. That wrist, with {te bande of fibres and ite hinged joints, and (two azes—on the larger axis moving back- an4 forward, ané on the smaller axle turning And there ts the palm ef your hand, with its five benes, each having o shaft andé two terminations. There are the fingers of that hand, with fourteen ones, each finger with ite curteusly wrought tendons, five of the hones with ending roughened for the lodgment of the nails. There ts the thumb, com- ing from opposite direction te meet the fingers, 90 that Im conjunction they may clasp and ;yold fast that | which you desire to take. ‘There are the long nerves, running from the armpit HU Milde, re, | THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 3, 1900. Lf ALMAGE HE DAY'S at te rm Petzg coon, tw PARE BOR, THE HAND.---CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SOUL. Jg0VE STOR 00 a iellitadiacadameanea ft can tutch, {t can deny, It can (tees # it can weave, it can bathe, it love wi 4 jt can humble, {ft can exalt, it oan soothe, proces , but I ha '. ' tmpre- is trying very hard to win his affection. I fear ca eta tn ne een CONSOLATION. thd sm terra on che tbe, eat, I shall speak of the hand as the chief executive Maud Ashton, the English gtri who had ereated |[5y.""Rinaly advise me how to separate this, officer of the soul, whether lifted for defense, or ex- er x senate at a stood’ in the bow of | from my intended husband. ANXIOUS & tendeé for heip, or busied in the arts, or offered in jessica peomed very saotation or wrung In aqgatr, or apresd abroad in| of Sith, health and appinos. Her hair ‘had bees |p clover an the average fit the oer Young wena benediction. m loope which hed brought the ertm- | win) 791i is erase God evitently intended all the lower orders of living] ton Into her cheeks, and her ayes were a deep refee- | rom your Tou cericinin con defend your ae poe beings should have weapons of defense, and hence the! \lon of the blue sky and dancing water. serves; don’t exhibit the slightest concern in the mat- elepbant's tusk, and the horse's hoof, and the cow's; The twilight fell slowly after the sun had sunk bt Tier or let your lover know that you are uneasy, but horn, and the lion's tooth, and the Inseot’s sting. ——-——~-—~ | make yourself more than ever charming. All the ad- Having given weapons of defense to the lower orders vantages are on your side; remember that the of living beings, of course He would not leave man, the man had eyes and chose you In preference to plpyrined highest order of living beings on earth, defenseless and women. It will be your own fault if you lose him. at the mercy of brutal or ruflan attack. The hand is Ss ge By the divinely fashioned weapon of defense, We may sel- Make a Geed dom have to use It for such purposes, but the fact advice. I am 8 youre man that we are so equipped insures safety, The hand is 4 &@ weapon sooner loaded than any gun, sooner drawn than any sword. Its fingers bent into the palm, it be- comes @ bolt of demolition. He who has the weapon of the hand uninjured and in ‘The fact that the girt talks to you and, I assume, full use needs no other. You cowards who walk with talks nonsense, does not give me any clear idea as to « sword: or carry a pistol in your hip pocket had her character. If she is a good, self-respecting girl, better lay aside your deadly weapons, At the frontier, neat, industrious, honest and amiable, she has the to the forty-six muscles, eo that all are under mas- | or In barbarous lands, or as an oMeer of t about ‘ chief attributes that go toward making a good woman, tery. to make arrest, such arming may be nec What about you? Are you quite sure you are en- Tt at first seems q misfit, a mistake, & miscalculation | citizen moving in these civilized regions needs such re lowed with all the qualities essential In a good hus- that the fingers should be of different tength. Would | Inforcement band? it not be more symmetrical to have them terminate | If you are afraid to go down streets or along country Likes Him Only as a Fri alfke, instead of having them like steps ascending | they were seen to be even, of to hold an orange, when | roads without dagger or firearms, better ask your from the little finger to the longest, and then deecend- | the thumb aiso ended evenly. You see, the Creator! grandmother to go with you armed with scissors and ¢ pen sovee ied ge very Loy fakeo me ing to the Index finger? makes no mistakes, knitting-needle, What ards, if not what intended n Stings ext home, bot Gow ry weapons of death! In not make a habit of calling on me, n And the child asked hie father, the ectentist, why | The whole anatomy of your hand is as complex, ag murderers, urelessiy to © though my parents the fingers were offauch different lengths. The fa! intricate, ae symmetrical, as useful as God could | our two hands God gave us all the weapons need gl grated aed ace pnt Bgl +o told his chia to close his fingers on his palm, when | make it. It can climb, it can Iift, it can push, It can | to carry T. DE WITT TALMAGE. think he thinks the same way about me, but Am net sure. Is thin what you call steady company, and am 1 typed wrong in going with him, with no int but friendship? "NEWEST EVENING SLEEVE. |¢----—-———- +|BNGLAND'S WAR a lake enklag HIS‘ WIFE. AND NATIONAL DEBT. ——$—$——$—$———— hind the violet meut of Feterel. Guns frem the | A git! canmot be expected to marry every man she fort on shore announced sunset, and at the same in- | Mets oF to wish to do so. There is no reason why you Meove te of lace and begins HE has no dog to fondle, | RING the French war that began in 1792 Eng- the flags and banners on the many boats in the | should not enjoy a pleasant friendship with this young ra a She has no cats to pet; | land's debt Increased to the extent of nearly | harbor were lowered, fluttering in the light wind. ‘The | zentleffian, providing, of course, you are quite aia & the cibow and exten: Ghe does not own a parrot, 070,000, and again during the Napoleonic| sea quieted and became almost motionless he Is not In love with you. to the wrist. It te fas Posada s eared sapere Wars there was an increase of about $1,600,000,000, Dur-| Without knowing why, Maud felt a sudden feeling _—_— learn ing the forty years of peace that followed there was| of sadness creep over her, She stopped talking and Fern Oo she bre eeete ‘To read where women mest, | a decrease of $465,°00,000; but, on the other hand, over| icoked down into the water, wondering at the dim |} POINTS was ETI UETTE feeling of foreboding which pervaded her so t i ; nnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnt by meens of @ band and Rat che can et up dishes | $209,000,000 was added during the Crimean war and the WesterGay wae ground-heg Gay and the shadow wae strong. ——_—- Her husband likes to eat, Indian mutiny. plicably. AS TO BAD PLAYS. pew Of veivet rieben, epic Aid Laid iynoe ae ‘The boat touched the pler, and with the others she Which Should Ack? WOMAN reader of The Bvening World Another such band fastens Ind that life te swee! le left her place an@ crossed the plank. Suddenly she| Which te good form, for a lady to extend an tavite: —Chicago Times-Herald He—What ts a filrtation? tion to @ gentleman to call or for the writes, suggesting the appointment of a at the wrist, while a third s ' noticed a handkerchief waving from the window of a hn] p:. Aa ay A , gentleman CJ She—Attention without intention, brougham, and recognised her mother's f: fo tied about the upper | ~ TE : . = SS Reaching the carriage, she opened the door and| The gentleman should ask permission te call, mae» cer! gt THE TWO-HANDED HANDSHAKE, os | attutetistcetiny mn] ie pape tg tet at wage ome censor for plays, her idea being that such censorship would prevent the preduction of immoral plays. bs in ask a ntleman to accom! " ere ton smmorel plays? pens WO hands are needed for the newest handshake, 18 er Or Ne A eh the worret” "| piace of amusement when Invitation reads. If the pablic did not want them no theatre man- —————— and umbrellas and parasols are, in consequence, dL secaelag peg any ex® and company? Yor r ager the world would prodnea them. If the to be made with bracelet handles, “A long, slow, ts It ie quite proper under the clroumstances for the i ite cure away from a playhouse Po ih THe sHoRT Sd gradually increasing pressure, euddeniy relaxed,” risa nent asked ijt ences Into her eyes. enuieman to accompany the lady, and evidently tm Eiiape, are given that theatre will qulckiy be Or RK Bic cuN the translation of part of a French description of the abd Ma ae ante arm Gently about the girt's| tended that he shall do ao. 5 «| greeting. Yes. ened by the Sheriff. It sounds pleasant—4f done by the right persons, shoulder. a f the shorter ite itfe. Those cs |, he ts dead.’ Is it correct for a young lady of when id ‘The public after all is the censor. We can have pind Linch does ptt cannot be reckoned Ply behets oie ll hrger “ i) ade = Non ror gos pees the news of the death of her yg .. peribday po G young ipa att at town, > ean, moral plays, and those alone, whenever the upen to fire more than ® full-charge rounds Sei the obsa in whiee aie pan x Tadoles a ating fiance Maud Ashton did not leave her bed. Then, pale cae caliivay seudeah st eae ee gable will stop patronizing the other kinds of| without becoming quite useless. The ¢i-ton gun 82! our hands linger | ond listless, she wandered about the house. Never, Ldhaepaacr & GAC: Weldbe; (iB. pragenl tb era hows. fire 19% rounds, while the 6-Inch breechioader ls €004) ‘Phere is a timid, quick Mttle equeese which speaks she declared, would she take her part In the old life gerece. id aes offered ——_—_——. for 400 or 0 full-charge rounds, | better than words of a friend's aympathy; the emo- again. She refused to see any one, until a Heutenant : named George Blith came and asked to deliver a mes- ‘ia ag come’ wana Q had n at @ recept proper to extend my han@ neg porphin prastlaf ty ‘uae bl when getting an int fon oy oo my babar anes oF He bore with her quertions and her memories with any young lady, or only ? he patience of a brother, telling her over and over It fe lees formal to extend the hand, but it is not o the same stories of his friend, never tiring of giving | >Fesch of etiquette to acknowledge an introduction by her the comfort which talking of him seemed to bring. |* bow: Tt te Leeipemscs 1) genivte dg © gentio- Gradually the color came back into her cheeks and | ™#” !s presen ‘a lady to extend her hand. 4 The reason of this fe that the terrific heat and o@r-| tional love that creates {t could not be expressed tn a q THE COURAGE OF NEW BELIEF. roding effect of the powder wear away the bore at| jong, slow, gradually increasing pressure | EV, MADISON C. PETERS has the cou: age mber end, and then the shell does not catch the! Only warmest-natured, yet self-reserved, fotk | SP Rly, eevietiaka, Saving. chanead ki shake hands "ke that, and they do it very rarely; but is chang S| ‘There ie nothing for it then but to send the gun to| when you feel the touch you may be sure that the mind, be promptly changes his pulpit. It| the factory and have the barrel bored and lined with) gift of a genuine love has blessed you for once, at would save all trials for heresy and ir-|* new tube. east, in your lifetime, 4 regularity of doctrine if every preacher) ——————————— mee ee —————— = — the light in her eyes, while her step regained ite light- — { t experiences a modification of belief would do ] ed Py “ ” ness. ; a likewise. ” * * bk. 1 “L do not blame him for loving you," sald Ideut. TO THE Be Tt fe only upon a single point that Dr. Peters aanwnnannnnnnnnnnnnennnrnnne. i Biith, one day, and the color in Maud's cheeks grew EVENING WORLD. feela he bas seen a now light. But that point ts ive | cceer: a 4 eaV.4 ny 8 ‘They were together constantly, but at last his time ital te s creed. It creeds are to live they mast The Cross-Eyed Man*Visits the Zoo : . of absence was Up, and he told her he must go, | OOOO9OOOOOOSSS SESS SSS OCCCSOOOOOS ey) epeupporied by thorough believers. If itis inthe! | | 711.» regan the Crose-Ryed Man ashe and) “How 4o you know? D4d you ever try them fer| ee Bee || Manne Sew fe Dneeee eRe ey EAE ae Wants to Be a Cheras Girl, » Brand scheme of things entire that creeds are to the Man with the Whiskers boarded the “L” that?” WHERE THEY CAME FROM. beak for ie ies ae’ To the Balter of The Fventng World smelt and merge, open dissent”: and changers of Fat Fiftieth street and weated themselves on | “No. I Just inferred it," anewared the Man with the| Maurice Jokal, the Hungarian novelist, gives the| "Why" asked thw | | Will somebody please let me know how best to be @enomination have their usefulness to that end, | opposite sides of the aisle, “I went to the Zoo Bunday. Whiskers brokenly. "I know, of course, they re used | following birth-places of certain diseases: eae ee som, Becnaen 1 love yeu ow. Fer © res Or ame ere T Dare tga? ‘ Ta any event, Dr. Peters 1s right in leaving a It'e an impressively interesting place.” tn law, ‘There's the Appellate Di n of the Supreme| Scarlet fever came from China. wishes Foving, 708 ae ani a a it. Now you SEERA TURAN » Dr. Not as impressively interesting as if {t were twice | Court, for instance, but" —— Influenza from Russia. empl jeu Mage el balla hdl g Rap Ong eee Church to the tencts of which he can no longer! ag {mpressively interesting,” Interrupted the Man with| “The bear ate it. He seemed to like 11," pleaded| Cholera trom Hindustan Will ape, tet 1 B08 Och eet ie: aba deed pala Sarcacm for Trests. strictly adhere. His step will cost him much in| the Whiskers gently. the Cross-Eyed Man. “He seemed to like the way it| Small-pox from the Saracens, But Maud held out both her said rssne Mild etioeee eae the breaking of old ties and associations. But his| “No. perhaps not,” aspented the Crons-Eyed Man, | happened to taste Yellow fever from South America. thd French. For the suppression of trusts “social ostraciem’ conscience will reward his courage. “but it's perceptibly more impressively interesting| “Of course he liked ft!” cheerlly chimed in the Man rom S seems to me as being a most heartless remedy. We all a than If It was only half as.impresatvely interesting. | with the Whiskers. “Otherwise he would’ ¢ tym ye | mL remember OU Boyhood day’ © YALE’S GOOD TIDINGS FOR ALL. P. T is demonstrated that the students at Yale are spending less money on drink and more 4 effort on good works than ever before. The importance of this showing i» not limited to the university. In the course of their growing-up and de- velopment, young men of ordinary circumstances as though they were but yesterday, when our little playmates refused to HARRIET HUBBARD AYER j2iiet22 ees 2 | our ite heads and wept running home to our motn- } ers because we had been ostracised. Ab, thore wero | unhappy moments of our happy boyhood days! Have ’ Ti we no feeling for the poor downtrodden Trust Mag- Eyelashes Can t Be ransplanted, nates? It “would indeed be a pitiful night to see ‘The operation of hair transplanted as described would Rockefeller singing to a brother Trust Magnate, HAVE ‘ b that: th 1 in| De le. “Won't you come and play with me?’ and in re- [AVE read In the paper that there ts a place in Id be placed along the edges of | sponse to Bis pitiful appeal the other magnate would Ne ‘ty where 2] Bven if the hairs cou! ry jong. : tt | | Meplatted so that she cay Raver aye e7siane?| ne lide without injury, thelr presence as foreign sing, “You can’t play in my yard.” How could we le ’ Dear Mie Ayer: exhibit the tendency of the times in the country y eyelashes, which is what I am longing for. | podies in the akin would set up irritation and probably | #o cruel? Can we not find some other lers heartiess of their belonging. So if a great body of them! Please send me the address and cost of Anis tet | suppuration, and as to their taking: root and growing remedy? C. B FARR. Ht to Stmnghy ONOOTE cits intllienecmamicnsemeve THE DANGER y, tte distinctly making for temperate habits an¢| Bi ‘seful endeavor, it is evidence of a general prog- veas, in other circles, on the same lines, As regards the evil of excessive drinking, cou- ditions in society at large happily repeat the situ- ation credited to Yale. To get drunk is no longer g001 form anywhere and is steadily getting to be worse form. This is the result of no laws, cxcept the statutes fixed by reason, self-respect and cour- teay. Mere prohibition bas nothing to offer in place of these forces. GOOD TIMES MIGHT BE BETTER. dl LL recorés were broken by the total of |: went there Sunday. Ordinary customs receipts for the month | an apple to a bear on t of January just past. The Schuylkill Coal Exchange has just My correspondent refers undoubtedly to a paragraph which has been going the rounds of the magasines and which tells of the work of a wonderful specialist: who, wh an ordinary fine needle threaded with a long hair, generally taken from the head of the person to be operated upon, literally sews « fringe of beautiful eye- lashes on or rather into the border of the eyelids. ‘The lids are rubbed first with a solution of cocaine, “so,” the writer seriously observes, “that the operation may be conducted with as little pain as possibile.” ‘The operator, by skilful touches, runs hie needle in and out, leaving ite hair thread in loops ef carefully “Or because he didn't know what else to 1» | Graduated length the Man with the Whiskers. “Ilo coudn't| ,Fisaly. the new lashes are curled “att@ tenge ne Grink {t, you know, of absorb it by inhalation.” tapeer Then banting-nestie” “One can't be too gure about that. He might"— Now, my dear Gladys, you must not misunderstand h, dear, dear!” sobbed an elderly woman from the | @© Of course I know how romantic and beautiful tt the bear pit best. I fe4| country, who eat at an opposite ond of the ear, ‘ten't| WOUM be to have these long curling lashes such as we of my umbrella.” fr Just tieulous! And T'was having euch o plaseant, | reed of in the etar-eyed ladles of flotton. penser Oe, Soe,” ‘anon fn do willbe porbebicghices ” you can te you “placed the rate of pay for miners at a|,. 7%? Deaf on the end of your umbrella. Not as Bet net a0 pleasant, peaceful a tay G0 tf n was) Seo” Purpanced det once in twenty-five years. | "Tao ‘apie not une ecretett’ oa the end of my| ."O* Hundred and Kighty-etxth strevt! All out for| For, let me assure you that every hatr which springs extreme details in umbrella,"’ corrected the Cross-Eyed Man Bloomingdale Insane Asylum!” shrieked the guard. | either fromthe scalp, eyebrows or eyelids has for are &@ general story of id Eyed with some |" “ime pansengers left the train individually, cotlec-| base a little bultgdeeply imbedded below the skin. This Heine monument, I think if some of the W. C. T. U. members went to the Mu: of Art they would fing figures there even less dri than those on the Heine monument. Fhe monument itself is a great piece of work and had Heine been an American the monument x. eaten it.” He might have eaten tt through politeness or from @ mistaken eense of duty,” snaried the Cross-Ryed af ‘Twe Opinions About the Thankiess Women. ‘Worte: ty almost unexampled in Awerica. The|‘S?!ty. “l eave the apple to the bear to eat tively and in family groupe, bulb draws its vitality from ¢ 7 thmes have affected everybody, and the) mnt sommes see tere mente eee amen. "ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE, | {ust as the bulb of a flower draws ite nourishment , if of their continuance is such as to increase | with or to help him quatify as q handwriting expert.” = 25 Gin jae on resign apegh ven ation. im all hearts. “Bt!” cut in the Cross-Eyed Man, “there's no law s ow ee eo. sey © <a: / against my giving apples to bears for Iuminating or marry own a ali alma, die these eee aie hovel about by | ®t tlc te.” | Had long been Wis greatest desire; MOM BACHELORS TH..W OLD AIDS, Bational policy imperialism? Has the! + iaw at all agninet tt.” agreed the Man with the And arrayed in a rich bridal gown, Bachelors outnumber the maids in this country. At She was truly a dream to admire. But now on bis brow there's a frown, fw of dollars its source in our Pacific colonies? | Whiskers, “but you wouldn't be likely to do It.” it regarding the custome is that a It would be foolish.” attained “ “ jot wise at all. Apples are not much good for As the arctic waves draw nigher; Bas bese Genpite Beary expendi | .cting a light or to tence people to earn 0 a Gay Gbe was raised in @ natural-eas town— situated, the exact figuree being 62.767 bachelors, as handwriting experts.” And, of course, she can’t build a fire. against 2,204, spinsters of ages from twenty years up, Peg Benge pb ge