~ PROTECTING ROYALTY. “
Wilhelm of Germany has 1,500 Men
Guarding Him.
Fiftecn hundred persons are lying
awake nights in Berlin and its neigh-
Iborhood to protect the kaiser’s life and
healt’g, and to see that' his path runs
smoothly. These 1,500 are servants
of all degrees; some are styled “Excel-
lency,” and others are mere bootblack-s
of fortune. Yet despite this host of
watch dogs, the kaiser feels secure
nowhere but in Potsdam, where the
castle is guarded by 500 picked men
in barracks connected with the palace.
and where the royal park is patrolled
by numerous sentinels, who have or-
ders to shoot at any supicious person
who cannot, or will not, give an ac-
count of himself.
Those Potsdam arrangements for
guarding the royal person are observed
at all he courts of Europe. In his
palace, at least, a monarch seems to
be reasonably protected against un.
pleasant surprise. The dangerous
part of the king business is in outings,
ceremonies and exercises of all sorts.
At the beginning of his reign the kai-
ser magnanimously decided to dispense
with the public police service. Next
day the president of police and the en-
tire officers’ corps resigned. “If we are
rot allowed to watch over your majes.
1;; in our own way we cannot be re-
; ponsible for your safety,” they said.
'L‘he Prussian court has abandoned
body guards, except for ceremonious
occasions, but the kaiser keeps an elite
corps of 350 mounted men about his
person all the time. They are called
body gendarmes, -and, like the Feld-
jaegers, are really nothing more nor
less thtn royal footmen, paid out of
the people’s instead of out of the kais-
er’s treasury. -, When the kaiser goes
riding two body gendarmes, one or
two adjutants and two grooms, ac-
company him, but a hundred or more
gendarmes or Feldjaegers in citizen’s
dress traverse the park in all direc-
tions to look for suspicious characters
and be at hand when necessary.
The King of Italy loves his wife.
and will not drive out with the Queen
for fear that a bullet, or a dagger
thrust, intended for him. may strike
her. But Crispi went further. Out
of a half hundred bandi-tti marked for
the galleys be selected one, Pietro by
name, and placed before him the alter-
nativeof dragging a ball and chain
for the rest of his life or_ of living in
luxury and keeping his dagger: and
fists ready for regicides. :
During the last five years Pietro
has shadowed the king by day and
night. He attends him in the council
chamber and to mass; he sleeps on the
threshold of their majesties’ bedroom.
When the king is about to drive out
Pietro examines the horses and the
carriage. He takes a bite or a spoon.
ful out of every dish before it is plac-
ed on Umberto’s and Marguerite’s ta-
ble. Disguised as a military attache.
this lusty ex-cutthroat, who has a rec-
ord as a throttler, sits to his majesty’s
left in the royal coach. with a dagger
up his sleeve, or rides by his side at
parades and reviews.
The czar is surrounded by half a
hundred men of the Pietro stamp, the
pick of the Don—Cossacks. Splendid
barbarians they are. and the minister
of police sees to it that the influences
of civilization do not touch them be-
yond the soap point. They must keep
clean. must. indeed. be paragons of
cleanliness. but reading and writing,
even the Russian language. are closed
books to them. Knowledge might mar
their supreme self-confidence; it might
interfere with discipline; if they spoke
any language beside their vernacular
it might lay them open to foreign in-
fluences. The members of the imperial
family order the Cossacks about by
signs: they are
only to their direct superiors. The at-
rangement works well enough indoors.
but for public occasions there’s anoth-
or. When the czar rides or drives or
walks anywhere outside of his own
apartments. he is surrounded by a ver-
inihle cluster of dignitaries and guards
dressed 'to give them the appearance
of superior rank. And Nicholas. being
a small man. completely disappears in
the sea of humanity engulfing him.
To hit him. an assassin would have to
' hurl a missile from above. and then
it‘s ten to one he would kill some
nobody. or half a dozen of them. Offi-
cially the personal safety of the czar
,is entrusted to the master of police.
who is again controlled by a general
chosen by the czarfor a longer or
shorter period. or for different locali-
ties. as the case may be.
The presidents. or masters of police.
at St. Peter-simrg; Berlin. Vienna.
Rome and of all the capitals of Europe
report daily to their sovereigns. their
business having precedence over any
other affairs of state. William. Nicho-
las. Francis Joseph. and even Leopold.
' would sooner think of dispensing with
the ancient custom of holding a morn-
ing confab with their cooks than be-
grudge the time allotted for the inter-
view with the chief of mouchards.
The Emperor of Austria. Who is a
pious man. employs few precaution-
ary measures. save the military ones
peculiar to his position as the head of
a great army. Of course his civil cab-
inet,is always on the lookout for
(.‘zech. Magyar. Croat and Polish mal-
contents. but Francis Joseph takes
little interest in the matter. At the
same time he does not believe in en-
couraging attempts upon his life. 'A
would-be conspirator or regicide who
falls into the hands of the Austrian
police is sure to suitor the full pen-
nn-y of the law. or even a little more
than the law allows. When the em-
;aezor travels. secret service men pre-
,.,.(in and accompany him. “I have
met his majesty several times when
abroad.” said a diplomat. “and on one
, or two of these occasions the late Em-
m-ess Elizabeth was with him. The
imperial couple. when leaving the ho—
rel. was always escorted by detectives
in plain clothes. :1 measure particular-
ly distasteful to nor malcmo
‘ differencg in the ideas
permitted to speak —
Bloc,” Wants, .
There is cqrtdliily 9. very field. deal
a. out blou
waists for the seaSons before us among
French and Englishpeople. From Parfs
ateliers, and from the various import-
ers or buyers who go over from this
side each season for the latest styles, lg
the interests of , large city dry-goods
firms, also from avant courreurs in up
form of pictured models brought to
America from celebrated French estab-
lishments, we learn that the blouse—i.
e., the fitted, graceful round waist—is
no more like the lapping blouse waist
of other days than the encrmous family
umbrella. of cotton is like a dainty
French carriage sun-shade of silk and
chiffon. This new modernized, ideal-
ized waist again takes first rank among
the many picturesque bodices for the
two seasons before us. There is no
innumerable, novel, and most attrac-
tive, this almost seamless, beautifully
fitted round waist appears on at least
two-thirds of the toilets and costumes
designed for coming wear in the au-
tumn promenade of fashion and for
demi-uress and elaborate evening toi;
lets’. This waist may not always be
called a. blouse, but it has its familiar
features and characteristics in a mod-
ernized version. A blouse by any other
name may fit and look as well, but
whatever changes and charming varia-
tions may have been wrought in its
contour, ensemble, special or general
effect, it is first cousin to the blouse
waist that has been worn and admired
since the day when the original, shape-
less, scarlet Garibaldi first burst upon
the world of fashion. Since that day it
has appeared in some one form or
other. Last autumn and winter it was
the “Russian blouse,” in cloth or velvet
en suite, with walking and visiting cos-
tumes of every description. The year
before it was the Breton model, with
military braids and straps running
across the front in horizontal lines.
Ten Things 3 Baby Can Do.
It can beat any alarm clock ever in-
vented for waking a family up in the
morning. Give it fair show, and it can
smash more dishes than the most in-
dustrious servant girl in the country.
It can fall down oftener and with less
provocation than the most expert tum-
bler in the circus ring. It can make
more genuine fuss over a simple brass
pin than its mother would over a
broken back. It can choke itself black
in the face with greater case than the
most accomplished wretch that was
ever executed. It can keep a. family in
constant turmoil from morning till
night, and night till morning, without
once varying its tunes.
It can be relied upon to sleep peace-
fully all day when its father is down
town, and cry all night when he is par-
ticularly sleepy. It maybe the naugh-
tiest, dirtiest, ugliest.'most fretful baby
in all the world, but you can never
make its "mother believe it, and you had :
better notktry it. It can be a. charming
and model infant when no one is
around; but when visitors are present
it can exhibit more bad temper than
both of its parents together. It can
brighten up a house better than all the
furniture ever made, make sweeter
music than the finest orchestra organ-
ized, fill a larger space in its parents’
breasts than they knew they had, and
when it goes away it can cause a great-
gether. J J
The Cheerlul “’olnan.
mistake about the fact that in guises'
r H E 9E van 1'leth
‘ FROM SOUTH NORWALK.
WhatThey Say In South Nor-
walk Will Bear Repeat?
ing in Norwalk.
Readers of the South Nor-walk pap rs
have been familiar with it for over two
years. At first it created considerable
{ excitement and the residents were
. anx10us and curious to know whose
, statement would be the next. published.
. Week after weer went by and the good
' people of South N orwalk ceased to
wonder. and settled down to the fact
that what so many of their neighbors
9 Stud must be true. What was success-
l ful in South Norwalk, is successful in
‘ Norwalk. Any medicinal preparations
I that carries out its representations to
lthe letter, like Doan’s Kidney Pills,
becomes a house-hold necessity. Ask
any citizen of South Norwalk what will
cure their back; the answer invariably
is Doan’s Kidney Pills. One of those
whose testimony has helped to push
the good work along is Mr. Frank ,St.
John, No. 56 Taylor avenue, a lock-
smith by trade, in the employ of the
Norwalk Lock 00., who says:
“I am notthe only one engaged lnthe
calling who suitors from backache, ag-
gravated by the constant change of
position and the bending and stooping.
There are Others in the factory and in-
the city I know who are troubled in the
same way. I had some disorder of my
kidneys which led to a constant and
painful backache. I procured a box of
Doan’s Kidney Pills at a drug store
and they brought about entire relief.
I am only too pleased to recommend so
valuable a preparation.”
Endorsation like the above is abun-
dant in Norwalk " Ask Glendening &
Co. what their customers report.
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by
Foster—Milburn 00., Buffalo N. Y.,
tole agents for the U. S. Remember
she name Doan’s and take no substituet.
Pets Travel In Baskets.
Not to be deb-arred from carrying
Fido on railroads Where dogs are not
allowed, except in baggage cars, the
up—to—date woman has adopted an in-
genious device. Some of the large
stores have been displaying unique
wicker baskets of a pattern and finish
which immediately attract the atten-
tion of the shopper. ' TheSe baskets
are shaped like an ordinary market
basket, though finished a little more
artistically, and are opened at one
end for ventilation, but barred by rat-
tan rails to prevent Fido from escap-
ing. Madam can carry her pet on
board a train and, provided the dog or
tabby makes no noise, she is free
from detection.
Other shops are showing bags
for cats, parrots, monkeys and dogs.
These bags come in all sizes, are oil-
cloth lined, and shield the pet from
the conductor’s objecting eyes. Each
end of the satchel has heavy wire
gratings, which admit the air, and
'may be instantly covered by canvas
screens ‘in case a railroad official
comes uncomfortably near.——P~hiladel-
phia Press.
Field Glass That Sffow's" Distances.
The latest improvements in optical
instruments is a gauge attached to a
field glass and a prismatic lens in one
of the barrels to determine the dis.
tance of an object. This is accom-
plished by producing two images of
, the object seen, one superimposed upon
er vacancy and leave a greater blank 5
than all the rest of the world put to. i
the other. The prism creates the an-
gle which. forms the basis for the
mathematical calculation of the dis-
tance, and the scale contains the so-
There are emergencies
household which call for the display of
a stateman’s skill. The cheerful womg
an is preoeminent on such occasions.
dyspeptic cousin with her infective
nize her as their friend and ally in all
matters that are essential to their wel-
fare. The length of time she keeps her
servants is a source of wonderment to
her less fortunate friends, but the se-
cret of it is in her own Winsome dispo-
sition. She soothes the tired worker
with a word of kind commendation,
where another might make a. querulous
complaint. When direction is needed
she delivers it in such a gentle, albeit
proof. This gentle, tactful woman is
not afflicted with work that is from
“sun to sun” or that is “never done."
She does not morallze much, perhaps,
but by some means she manages to ac-
complish a great deal of work and have
plenty of time at her command. It is
by means of that same cheerfulness of
disposition. There is less delay in exe-
cuting her commands, and she possess-
es the gift of “timing her turns” so that
sometimes it seems as if the “fairies
did help her." And the fairies of gen-
tle breeding and of kind heart do help
her. Heaven bless the cheerful wo-
man! '
A Well Dressed Wmnan
neatly-dressed woman. She does not
wear her hair twisted up carelessly, as
if just about to fall over her shoulders.
boots. Her veil does not reveal a hole
over her chin, nor does the binding of
her skirt show ragged in places. Not
many women show their tidiness in all
these little details. but it is a pleasure
to meet the girl or woman who is, to
use a slang term, “well groomed.” The
cloth gown of such a woman fits her
without a crease, and there is neither
speck nor spot on it. Her linen collar
and cuffs are snowy white, and remain
properly fixed in their places. Her
gloves do not wrinkle, but button
smoothly over her wrists. Her shoes
are kept clean and polished. Her bon-
net or hat is pinned on straight, and
her hair is neatness itself. She is the
picture of delicate finish and whole-
across her somewhat oftener. .7 - J ' "
some order. Would that we could 00%
in every -
She conquers the grim uncle or the,
cheerfulness, and her servants recog- -
firm manner that it has no sting of re- '
There is an exquisite charm about a ?
Her gloves are not ripped at the seams, 5
nor any buttons missing from her i
lution in advance of the geometrical
problem. On rthe barrels of the glass
are human figures—~one of an inf-ant-
. ryman and the other of a cavalryman
——with a graduated scale. By observv
ing the portion of the body against
which the top of the second image is -
projected and consulting the scale the
distance of the object is easily ascer-
tained. Of course the accuracy of the
test depends ‘upon accurate focusing
of the glasses and careful observa-
tion.——Jeweler’s Weekly.
Spiced Ber‘b Vinegar.
This is a valuable addition to sauces
and salads, and a few drops added to a
mince or hash will give it a piquant
flavour. Put into a clean dry bottle
one tablespoonful of finely-chopped
chervil; one tablespoonful of tarragon.
also chopped; one shallot, minced; one
dozen peppercorns; a salt—spoonful of
celery-seed, and one clove of garlic;
pour'over the herbs and spices half a
pint of the best French vinegar; cork
the bottle tightly and seal it with
wax. In a. week or ten days strain the
vinegar through muslin into another
bottle. It should be shaken two or
three times while the herbs are being
steeped in it.
“This is the bill from 'your o'cullst,"
said =the collector to Mr. Grimley.
; “Just take it back and tell him that
l I can’t read it with those glasses be
i sold me.”—Detroit Free Press.
Wickwire-—Say, I have been carry-
ing these I. O. U.’-s of yours until they
.are almost worn out.
Mudge—Don’t they make a misera-
ble quality of paper uowadays‘Z—Cin-
; cinn-ati Enquirer.
“DSTETTER’S
Don’t Make
Mailers
Horse
by trying this
and that med-
ic1ne for dys‘
pepsia, indi-
gestion a n d
. n e r vousness.
lTake Hostel.
ter's Stomach
B i t t e r s. It
goes to the
root of the
c a u s e. and
on r c 8 th e
whole body by
c u ri n g the
stom-tch.
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The can”: Goat.
The cutaway jacket, which is one of
the popular forms of outdoor garments
designed for this autumn, though a
very severe garment, is extremely styl-
ish in appearance and is a fad which
not appealing to the generality of we.
mankind will undoubtedly prove pop.
ular to the woman of exclusive tastes.
A jacket 'of this description built of
castor colored Venetian cloth, moulded
the figure like a gloe and' fastened
slightly to one side .of the front with
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six small velvet covered buttons. A
soft fluffy feather boa encircles the
neck and tends to soften the mannlsh
aspect of the coat. A saucy little toque
of satin and straw is trimmed in front
with black velvet and wings.
Handsome Rugs.
Probably the most satisfactory inex-
expensive rug is one of body Brussels
carpet. These are usually kept in
stock at the large carpet-houses, made
from remnants as they accumulate.
They can be had in various sizes from
a square of nine feet or even somewhat
less to a size that will serve in a large
They come, too, in beautiful
room.
Persian patterns, and well made as
they ,are, with borders carefully
matched and seams lined and pressed,
they are both handsome and durable. A
good domestic Smyrna costs a. little
more, and has the added advantage of
use on both sides. The ingrain art
squares are not to be recommended in
a room where the wear is at all serious.
They are useful and effective, as they
come in excellent designs, for light ser-
vice, their extreme cheapness being an-
other advantage. The imported rugs
of this character are more durable. as
they ought to be, costing twice as much
or more, but their patterns are rather
dull, and their grade of colors limited
and diflicult to tone with furnishings.
Jute rugs are to be found in most at-
tractive patterns and in a variety of
colorings, dark and light, and at a very
low price. They should be purchased,
however, with the knowledge that their
wearing qualities are poor.
Dainty Sandwiches,
The scented sandwiches, such as
clover, nasturtium, rose and violet, in
vogue with very dainty people, are
made by covering both the bread and
butter with the leaves or flowers, a1-
lowing them to remain over night, and
then simply serving the bread and but-
ter sandwich. Thim the crusts from the
loaf of bread, put it into a large soup
tureen in a bed of clover or any highly
scented flower; wrap the butter in a
piece of cheese-cloth and put it also in
a tureen; cover with clover. Next
day the butter and bread will be filled
with the flavor and odor of clover.
For afternoon teas nut sandwiches,
mixed fruit sandwiches, or slices of
chopped fruit which have been firmly
pressed together, using no bread what-
ever, may be used.
Pignolias or pine nuts, black wal-
nuts, almonds and pecans may all be
put through a. meat chapper, mixed, 3.
very little salt added, and spread over
bread.
"Wilhelmina." jackets, hats, ties,
and blue in some of the most beautiful
shades we have ever seen these dyes
produced in appear among tailor cloths,
velvets, etc., for autumn gowns, and
the trace of white needed appears on
the silk or satin revers, vests, guimpes,
and plastron or blouse fronts of the
waist or jacket In millinery these
colors are quite as prominent, and in
the. red shades particularly are some
dahlia and damask tints with a mili-
tary name that are superb examples of
(the dyer's art.
Old Fogy—I am pained to bear that
you are addicted to poker playing,
and thatilast night you lost $25.
Young Fogye-The idea. Why. I
don’t even know how to play the
game. '
Old Fogy—So I am informed by the ‘
party who won the money—Boston
Transcript.
Midnight Burglar: “Fork out every
farthing you’ve got or I'll—”
Jawer (half awake): "Look here,
Maria, this is coming it too strong.
Didn’t I give you all I had when I came
home?"
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