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A Cake of Toilet Soap in Every Package
supplies soap for Toilet, Bath, and Nursery,
' making Ivorine the only kind that furnishes the
entire family with all the soap- required. You only pay for
the Ivorine; we give you the Toilet Soap. ‘
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2. paid the bill,
Fr‘om Naples $17 2
grible failure ” sulkily anSwer'ed the
:WHAT IT, COST TO_ BE PRESENTED.
A Thousand Dollars it Judlclously Used
' \Vlll About Cover It. .
Every season as many American
girls as can afford the distinction in-
dulge in being presented to Queen Vic-
toria,‘to the great joy- of that part of
English society which is,engaged in
providing court costumes.
A court dress, know ye, all ye dam-
sels with slim purses and ambitious
longings to press your lips to Queen
Victoria’s pudgy hands, may not be
economically fashioned at home. It is
not to be made by day s-eamstresses
and paper patterns. A court dressma-
ker is required to make the costume
and the court dressmaker trust, so to
speak, profits by the absence of compe-
tition and keeps prices up. '
When you are going to be present-
ed to Her Majesty or to the Princess,
to whom atlthe last moment she fre—
quently delegates the tiresome duty of
receiving you, you go to live in London
long enough to have your gown made,
at least. London is a costly town to
live in when you are living in prepara-
tion for your presentatibn.
Your gown, with its court train and
its regulation d-ecollette‘ bodice—and no
age is so advanced as to preclude that
low neck—will represent at least $500
of your good American money. You
can make it cost a great deal more.
But if you are content to go simply,
the dressmaker will contrive to pull
you through on that.
Being an American you don't know
about the ceremonies connected with
bowing before the Empress of India.
But there are kindly Englishwomen
who "will teach you all about it—for a
consideration. You take two or three
lessons in the art of bowing before roy-
alty without falling over your train,
of kissing a queen’s hand without loud—
ly “smacking” it, (if-getting out of a
queen’s presence by backing. Fifty
dollars will pay for a lesson, but by
the time you are proficient, $150 or {200
will have been expended.
For underwear to wear with the
shimmering piece of satin and tulle
you will require about a hundred more
dollars. That will glve._.‘you silk stock-
ings, a silk union suit, a. pair of spe-
cially made satin Corsets, a silk under-
waist and petticoat. Your court slip—
pers will cost ten.
0n the eventful day a court hair-
dresser will come and pile your locks
into an Eiffel tower coifiure. You will
pay $15 for that; for getting one’s hair
dressed for a presentation is not like
getting it dressed for a dance at home.
Your bouquet will cost $25 more.
But you are not through then. There 2
is your fan—a~ trifle worth $25—and
your gloves, for $5. Your carriage will
cost $20 for the day. Your maid, if you
don’ t indulge in that luxury as a mat-
ter of ordinary use, wil cost $20 more.
Then you will have left of the $1,000
check which you' solemnly assured
your father would see you through and
leave much for charity, aneagre $30
to pay all'the small fees to flunkies.
Your carriage will wait hours in
line; you will be stared at by the mob‘;
you will shiver for a long time inithe
palace; you will have a trembling mo-
ment ‘of bowing before a fat little old
lady; you will have a gown impossible
to wear again in that form, and it will
cost you $1,000.—New York JOurnal,
Tommy as a Champion Adv: '3‘"!
Tommy was all excitement because
the visiting lecturer was to take din-
ner at the house, but had promised to
be on his best behavior during the
meal. The determination to be pOIite
was so strong upon him that he felt
it incumbent to show his. good will.
“Where is Mrs. Lecturer?” Tom-my
asked explosively, in pursuance of his.
This was ,
conscientious promptings.
the most embarrassing question that
could have been propounded, for the
guest and his wife had separated. He
pretended not to hear, while the host
kicked Tommy on the shins. He real-
ized that he had blundered, and felt
that he must make amends.
“I hope she's not sick,” persisted the
urchin.
“We did not agree, and we thought
it best to live apart,” said the visitor,
with a view to ending the unpleasant-
ness. '
“Didn’t agree?’{ exclaimed Tommy
excitedly. “Thunder! Why didn’t
you fight it out like paw and maw
does?” . i
This opened the way for a hearty
laugh, and the atmosphere was cleared.
—Detroit Free P1 ess
Big Payment to Have "I! Hair Cut.
Probably the sum recently spent'by
.Baron Steengracht, of Helland, to have
21101211111111. Mediterranean
his haircut establishes a new record
for extravagance. He commonly lives
in London and patronizes the barber
shop of Truefitt, the Burlington Ar-
cade and'No. 13 Old Bond street. A
telegram was received by Truefitt a
short time ago from the Baron, dated
St. Petersburg, saying that he would be
in Berlin at a certain hotel on such a
date and desired that ‘a man be sent
from Truefi'tt’s to cut his hair. he
man was sent as desiled, and cut the
Baron’ 5 hair, retulning to London the
following day. The Baron promptly
amounting to £33, or
about $150, which covered the expense
of the trip, etc, and was perhaps the
largest amount ever paid for a single
haircut. ——New York Tribune.
Bright. 11L: use
“Shiftless as ever, Thomas. 7" said the
wealthy uncle. “Still making a failure
of life, as you always have'done?”
“I don’t know that I’m such a ter-
poor relation.
“Why, you have nobody but your-
self to support, and you can’t make
both ends meet.”
"‘Well, the rainbow has only itself
to support, and it deesn’t make bot
ends meet. either."—-—Chicazo 1%th
‘ .
'lne.
(-1 A Z 1—:-
WENT HUNTING m OFFICE'HOURS
The Easy-going Rules in the Departments
Fifty Year-1 ,Ago.
“The rules regulating the hours of
work of the government employes in
the departments,” says one who for-
merly served his country in the capac-
ity of a. clerk, “are quite different from
those in vogue half a. \century ago.
What would you think if I were to
tell you that under the old regime I
have known clerks to take their fowl-
lng pieces to their offices and after
perusing the old Intelligencer, or some
other paper, ascertaining the show for
work coming to their desks and walk;
lng over to the ‘pint,’ near where the
monument is now, or south of the
President’s mansion, and shooting a
few birds. I have known clerksto go
gunning in office hours, but.usually
those who thus acted were fine shots
and successful in bringing down the
birds. Poor sportsmen seldom took
this privilege, but it was understood
all round that all that was necessary
was that the work should be kept up.
I have on many occasions strolled
along the avenue or worked about my
home for hours when my office work
was well up, and nothing was said.
There Were even messengers who oc-
casionally took French leave.
“On one occasion one of this class
ioined in a procession, and the follow-
ing day he apologized to his chief, re-
marking: ‘I waited to as kpermission
for absenting myself yesterday, but
you 'had not arrived when my com-
pany was about 'to form, so I took
leave and now come to ask for it.”
“‘That was right,’ said the chief,
‘always take holiday when you want
to, unless you see a rush of business
coming, and you will be sure to have
it. Only ask for the leave. afterward
to make it all right. But do not be
extravagant. Spend your leaves for
some good purpose.’
“This was when the entire force in
the executive departments was not as
‘ large as some of the present bureaus,
when the business of the government
was a. mere fraction of the present
output. There was no need then of
ll‘Ofl- -clad rules, and so you kept your
work well up there was no complaint. ”
—-Washington Star.
semen-1 DIPLOMATS CARED FOR.
They Are Treated far More Generously
Than Are Our Representatives.
The British Government owns the fin-
est residence in Pekin. It is occupied
by its minister to China. and his staff,
which consists of eighteen or twenty
persons, including three or four‘ ‘com-
mercial attaches " as they are called,
whose business is to study the commer-
3ial possibilities ofthe empire and
make reports to the foreign office in
London'for the benefit of the British
manufacturers and merchants. There
are also several “student interpreters,"
young men who are placed there for
the purpose of acquiring the Chinese
anguage and a. knowledge" of the cus-
toms of country prior to their appoint-
ment in the consular. service in any
:oun‘try unless he understands the
language of that country, which does
not apply to the consular service of the
United States. In, addition to the le-
g‘ation in the city of Pekin, the British
Parliment has recently apppropriated
$85, 000 for the erection of a. summer
residence for the use of its minister
and his ofiicials in the hills fifteen Or
twenty miles away. .
sand dollars was also apppropprlated
for the erection of a consulate at
Chung-King. Wherever the .British'
establish an embassy or legation or
consulate they always provide a. suit-
able‘ building, as in Washington. But
the United States Government owns
)nly one such building in all the world,
and that is at Topyo, Japan, where
the land was given by the Japanese
Government, and the original residence
was erected by Mr. Seward when he
was our minister there. We have paid
twenty times its value in rent during
all these years, and finally purchased
it from his heirs for $16,000.
THE WRITING ON THE BANK NOTE.
And How It Was the Means of Liberatlng,
a Man from Prison.
Some years ago the cashier of a Liv-
erpool merchant received a small Bank
of England note, which he held up to
the~light to make sure it Was genu-
In doing so he noticed some in-
distinct brownish marks, as if words
had been traced on the front of the
note and on the ma gin. Out of curi-
osity he tried to decipher them. In
3. Weak solution of acid the words came
out much more legibly, and he‘was able
to read the following sentence:
- "If this note should fall into the
handsof John Dean, of Longhillmar,’
he will learn thereby that his brother
is languishing a prisoner in Algiers.”_
Mr. Dean, when the note was shown
to him, lest no time in asking the Gov-
ernment for assistance, and finally se-
cured the_ freedom- of his .brother, 011
payment of a ransome to the Dey. The
unfortunate man had been a prisoner
for'eleven years, and had traced, with
a piece ofwood for pen and hisowu
blood for ink, the message on the bank-
.note, in the h0pe of its being seen
sooner or later.
Economic Uses of the Rattlesnake. 2
The mountain ranges of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. abound ‘in irattle-
snakes, which are turned by the na-
tives to various commercial uses, and,
though the reptile does not pay very
well, his residuary substances have
someselling value. .
skin if a. large'one is worth $1 and it
sold to the summer boarder brings
on an average about $2. 50. It is made
into belts, wpocketbooks slippers, and
other articles of like sort, and is of a
dellcat ornate texture, with. curious
interlacings- and imbrlcations showing
how.finely the- original-serpent was
dacketed. Its, all is very costly and has
valrious uses, and its venom, still
more costly, is administered in case
:1 scarletfeverw—New York Tribune.
Twenty-six thoui
For instance, his 2
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PANTOMINE DRELL.
A Coldpauy Instructed WI-th Chalk Piou-
urea of Guns,
One of the first artillery companies
organized in the west at the beginning
of the civil war was formed at St.
Joseph, Mo. It was known as long
as any of the organization were left
as Coon Thornton's artillery. Thorn-
ton was a lumber merchant in the
town. He was a Yankee. Prior to
the war ’he was disregarded socially.
The community was suspicious of an
eastern man, especially one from New
England. But whenhe espoused the
cause of the south he became a favor-
ite. ‘When he 'organized a company
to fight the Union he was a hero. ,
There was not a cann0n in the town
where the company was organized. It
was considered advisable to drill be-
fore going to the front. The only
public hall in the town was used for
that purpose. A local artist who had
seen pictures of cannon chalked cut
the outline of one on the floor of the
hall. A man who had been .3 the
Mexican war and had a book on tac-
tics was drillmaster. The evolutions
necessary to familiarize the company
with a cannon were made about the
chalk outlines. In other words, the
drill was a pantomime. But the men
were as earnest in the motions as if
they had had a great gun.
From some unknown source there
came a cargo of'Roma‘n swords. They
were exact copies of those worn by
Caesar’s legions. Where they had
been stored and for how long no one
knew, unless it was the donor, and
he kept his personality in the back
ground. But when .Coon Thornton’s
artillery went into camp with the
state guard it went armed with R0-
man swords and no cannon. The com-
pany never had a cannon until it went
int its first fight. It was attached
to the regiment of a Missouri colonel.
>who ordered Thornton to drop a few
shells into a thicket, where a federal
squad was seen to go. Thornton said
he would do it, it he had the gun.
There was a brass field piece in' a
wagon in the commissary department.
and it was brought out. It was swab-
bed, rammed and fired in accordance
with the chalk drill, and did effective
work. Coon Thornton’ s artillery made
an effective record during the war.
The Roman Swords were never
brought into requisition, however, ex-
cept when raids were made on hen
roosts or on a fugitive porker. ——Chi-
g0 Intei- Ocean.
“ HUTCHY” IN THE BULL RING.
An Escape of the Executlvo Officer 0! the
Hudson “’hen a Cadet.
Apropos 20f Second uieut.
Scott, the Philadelphia boy who is
the executive'omcer of the Hudson,
Who pulled the Winslow out 0f a hole
when disabled at the bombardment
at Cardenas, a story of hlsnlove 01‘? ed-
ucation is given by a claSsmate while
the pair were on the United- States
boat Chase as cadets on their praé—
tice cruise. The vessel was at Lisbon,
Portugal. The starboard watch of
cadets were ashore on leave. Some,
with “Hutchy,” as Scott was famil
larly called, went to see a bull fight
at a suburb of Lisbon called Olutra.
In the royal _box that afternoon in
August, of 1888, set the present ruler
of Portugal,; then- a debona’lr and dem-
ocratic youth.- Suddenly- a 0311er
cap was seen to fly through the air
and drop in the cgnter 0ft gig gng,
The owner, none other than ‘fHutchy, ”
jumped Into. the ring, grabbed a spear
from a dazed matador, and, after _glv-
Eng his trousers a sailor-like hitch, the
hero of Cardenas proceeded to assail
a lively runt of a2bull. The multi-
tude thatcrowded the tiers recognized
the uniform and yelled, men. women
and children: “Bravo, Americana;
bravo.” “Viva l’e Americana” . Sud.
denly the bull fell. , However, with
spear in one hand and his cap in the
other, looking very much scared,
"Hutchy” was conducted by some at-
tendants to the royal box, and received
much to his surprise, not only con—
gratulations, but Prince Carlos re-
moving a slgnet ring from his finger
presented it to Scott. The affair was
the talk of Lisbon for several days.
and as a result of the celebration that
followed, for the ring. had to be wet.
ted, “Hutchy” and his chums were
kept on board the Chase for a month
or more. -—Philadelphia Times.
No English Picture of theQuoen.
There is a curious story of a public
personage in England who wanted to
purchase a portrait of the Queen 'to
present to an institution, and .partic-'
ularly desired a genuinely British
work of art. In vain be hunted
through print shops and picture deal-
ers; everything shown to him was
either- made in Germany or, at any
rate, the product of some other coun-
try than England. At last, in Pall
Mall, he inquired plteously, “Can I
really get. no portrait of the English
Sovereign that has not the brand of
either Germany or France .upon- it?”
The dealer shook his: head; the best
he. could offer was the work. of a Ger-
man artist, engraved by French hands
in Paris on German paper, with a
frame of American molding and Bel-
gian glazing.
A Phenomenon.
"It’s remarkable,” said Senator Sor-
ghum, “how. different people are af-
fected by the same thing.”
“Have you been reading medicine?”
“No. I was thinking of my speech.
it kept me awake foi1r nights, and
put everybody who heard it to sleep.” -
~Washington Star.
Mrs. ,Mulugan—"An' what did 111:
‘onner say to you this morning?"
, Mrs. Mulcahy—“Can’ 1'. you and your;
-_ husband live together without fight-t
lpg?”
Mrs. Mulligan—Ad
say. '2’"
Mrs. Mulcaby—“No for ‘anner. not
w’ot did Yer-
' happily.”
' leased by them.
J. . H.’
‘ plcte adjustment.
; 2lrcumstances,
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CURRENT COMMENT. - 4
The laws of health. as well-as those
of political ecénomy, declare that con-
victs should not be kept in idleness. A
few selfish men. who think they see
danger to their industries from con-
vict competition, say they shou-.l.
There was a great deal of human
nature in, those importers of jews-
harps who, having contended that
their wares should be classified as
musical instruments, and not toys,
were confronted by their own plea,_
made when toys paid a. lower duty,
than musical instruments, that they
should be rated as toys. Naturally
they wished to get the benefit of the
lower rate of duty in either case. But.
nobody with an ear for harmony
would Class the jewsharp as. a. musi-
cal instrument.
It is a pleasure to note that the-
hustling propensity of the Buckeye is
not directed exclusively along politi-
cal lines. Ohio was the first state to.
report troops ready-for service under
the call of the president, and hers
were also the first volunteer troops to
arrive at Chickamauga... Governor
Bushnell evidently does not-devote all.-
his energies. to the'pleasant task-“of
fightingSenator Hanna; he reserves
an appreciable quantity for fighting
Spain.
The “American Siberia” has a new
chapter added, in the leasing of four
hundred and thirty men,‘ women and
children prisoners at Aib‘lon, Florida,
to the four contractors making the
lowest bids for them. These convicts
have been leased for a year, and for
that time theyJar‘e the actual property
of the contractors, and may be sub
They will work in
the phosphate and turpentine camps
and at road making. The condition
of these camps whenever they have
been investigated rivals the horrors
that rend oursouls when they are per-
petrated by other nations, in foreign
lands.
An experiment made last summer
on Staten Island demonstrated so well
thefcaslbillty of destroying mosqui-
toes by the use of oil, that it is to be
repeated this year on a scale which
is expected to keep a large section of
the island completely free from the
pests. If this can be done in one
place, why not in another? his :1
very simple and by no means a. costly
process. It is merely to cover the
stagnant water in the alIected locality
with coal oil. Crude oil or waste stud:
will do, the only requirement being
that it shall form a scum on the sur-
face of the pool, which will prevent
the eggs, of the mosquitoes, ,wnicl} are
always laid in stagnant water,- from
hatching. The odor of the 011 111.1101
agreeable, but most persons Would
choose it in preference ~_t0 the buzzing
and biting of the insects; and, besldes,
in most cases, the Water is at such a
distance from dwellings that the odor
would not reach them. What maku
the scheme still more feasible is the
{get that, twigs carried by a strong
:eeze, mosquitoes seldom go more
than a few hundréd feet from the
place where they were hatched, so
that a merely local application of oil
will give immunity-to that locality,
whether locations join In to make the
work general or not. 2If Staten Island
makes the plan successful on a large
scale, it is probable that the New
Jersey resorts will soon take it up.
With its mosquitoes killed and its
railroads rendered dustless by the
same useful agent, New Jersey may
yet become an earthly paradise.
No better time than» the present,
when Great Britain, is showing so
many signs of an amicable disposition ‘
toward this country, and when, this
country is likely to have so much need
of its friendship, c‘0uld be taken for a
review of the differences between the
two- powers with a View to their com-
These2 differences
are caused almost entirely by our re-
lotions with Ganada It happens that
the time fixed by the Paris award for
a revision of the seahn‘g regulations
expires this year, and an exellent
opp0rtunity is thus afforded for not
only readjusting the very unsatisfac
tory condition of _our relations with
regard to the seals, but also a number
of other matters in which our Govern-
ment is at odds with that of Canada.
Our government has already-proposed
that the subject of- the seal fishery be
taken up for revision, but the British
government, while assenting to this
proposition, suggests that the other
matters in dispute be taken up and
disposed of also. .It is greatly to be
wished that this may oe~done, and
V negdtiations are now on foot looking
- to the. conveningpf a joint commission
to provide for adjusting everything.
either by legislatidn or treaty, at as
early a day aspossible. There would
probably be no difficulty in settling
all the troubles in n‘mann‘erjsatlsfac.
tory to both nations if .‘we,,had only
England to deal with, but Canada will
exercise awgreatTdeal-of influence in
the matter, and she is. disposed to
make trouble. However‘,- under the
the imperial govern-
ment would probably be- willing to.
2 exercise a salutary amount of pre- ‘
'rogative upon Canada... ' 2 2 .
Norwalk Chronicler