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A FfUlVIAN LIFE
ship that tArolbs along %It dire distreSS
Till lost invoceens of forgetfulness.
A tangle of sweet flowers, whose petals turn
To ash 01 unfillfill111eAt ia an urn.
A wisp of lang,leci threads, whose parted ends
No deft hand joins, noendless_ eflort niends.
A. play whose fickle players merely greet
And go and leave the story incomplete.
A bud that opens brilliant at the dawn,
Fli.age sweet perfume a moment and is gene.
A breath between a cradle and a bier,
The blending of a smile, a sob, a tear.
A book whose "pages tura with eachnew d
Till time has read the tale and case away.
A mask worn till a passing play is done
To cloak a wraith and ludo a siteleton.
A lie, whose ghostly shinblance o coni..ealea
Till in a shroud its untruth ries 'revealed.
A thing that shapes the sod for a brief day
And dies and leaves its faithful slave mere clay.
A story that is told .ere bogus,
A. 'song that only whispers arta is clone.
A thing that chains the lightnings and that stir;
The deal), the elements its inessent.ter,s.
Ecad of the sett and sky, a ruler proud
That quakes at storms end trembles at a cloud.
,
That comes and goes os wings unseen, a germ
That gamva to fill a grave and Med a worm.
--Seines Foley, Sr., in Bismarck Tribune.
11P111E111. 11 (HMV
How a Husband Discovered Her s),,
* Worth to His Wife.
t. BY HELEN FOLLETT. 4+
When John Trumbull fen in love
with vivacious. and sprightly Gertrude.
,Moore, no one would ever have sus-
pected '1.aat be was a scholar, a thinker
and a Settled mau. of 40. His geezeral
actions Were those of a youth of1.8 un-
_dergoing his first Case of love. The
upshot 02 it was that when these two
becameengaged' Miss Moore pulled
eMe. Trumbull around by his philo-
sophical nose and made him dance to
her fiddling as suited her capricious
and changing moods. Matrimouy.found
the same condition of affairs. Every
domestic question was decided by Mrs.
Trumbull, no matter wbether it was
. the choice of an apartment or the se-
lectiou of a new coffee grinder. Mr.
Trumbull,' being still in a state ,01
blinding affection and adiniration for
the little girl of20 whom he bad wooed .dow. They eYell took some .Persian
and won, let her haVe her way, with: .''-?rugs and Mrs: Smith's sealskin. And
the result that he was being henpecked the silver's all gone, and the house -
to the queen's taste. • ' oh, you jUst ehouid See it! It's knee
But as the years weut by, as the. -deep with the things that they've pull-
Ied out of' the dressers and wardrobes."
John continued to read his Spencer.
"That's too bad," he said.
• Silence of five minutes.
"John," am, spoke very' softly.
.
"Yes?" he asked, not looking up from
Spencer.
"John, do you know I'd just be
scared stiff, if•you weren't here?" •
John smiled sadly.
"You .won't s go off: on that •hunting
trip, will you?" •
"Well -1141," he 'drawled uncertainly.
"I justwon't let you, now., . They
might come in and take my old candle -
sticker the baby or.my grandmother's
set of china.. And -I'm nota bit afraid
whea you'l.e heee-honest, I'm Slot:"
John's, chest 'swelled • up. Thies was
something .new., , He threw Spencer on
•the floor and went and looked at his
revolver'. Then 'he tried the dining
room windowe., After that he threw
his arrassiiinteand 'doubled theist up to
see it his nnuscle swelled, up as it did
wben he was a ladiat school: ,
He walked back and forth through
their bit' of a flat and, beld hi a head
up high: Then he sat down beside that
little tyrant of a wife and looked her
in•the eyes. !!
She giggled hysterically and ran her
flngerseacross his mustache, just as she
used to do when poor John was so cra-
zy with love for her that she could
have pulle,d out every bair or his head
and -he'd never 'have known it. • • '
"Dear," john,, said softie, "I never
knew before that tbdre Was anY•place
for me in this house; that I filled any
want here. But noul I find that I tun
useful, that I am a burglar, .scarer.
God .bless the man that stole those
things, down stairs. It'll' be hard on
the Smiths, but itis.a,miglity five thing
Lor me." • • ,
And they lived happy ever after or
had for, a week, as the burglary only
took place that far back:
,I1Priends b ?deed.
weenni,
ke.rehi0 into little Wads and reneS,
and he ;inane by thatithat she wa$ die.;
traeted about,Something.
"1 know you think I'm a silly to feel
this way When eYell twihgU
yet. Bet I know positively that teotne,
betly tried the titehen wilifieWe while 1
Wns, lying down, and 1 just couldn't
get over it. 1" always 'Was afraid of
burglars and ghosts." And then Sine
Lad a nervous chill.
Jolla' said nothing. Ete took out a
COPY OY Speacer and lighted a cigar,
Atter a time'', the baby vas brought
home and ,put to bed. Mrs. Trumbull
had recovered ,froin her netwousuestl
and was peeking out from behiad
window shade listening to a cenverse,
'ton. that was going on in the court.
,Thv
e seeant ealeyed by the family,
in the apartment jaat beldw the
abode was in the flat opposite
tellin,g the oecupauts of that place nag
she wits unable to get into the houSe.
"I can't turn the key, and if you
don't mind, maim, I'll go through youe
window." "
The people didn't mind at all. They
even held the girl's parasol aud podkeit,
book while she clambered from one
window ,sill to the other.
Then came a crash. It wasa teerific
crash.. Had the gir1 fallen into the
court.? No. The soteds that came
from the door below were unlike thosq
heard when Headrik Hudgon, played
ninepins in the Adirondacks. At that
point came a shriek, ,Sitch as the' stage
heeoine gives vent tO when the 'villain
gets after her with a butcher knife:
It was sickening. MeS:teumbetll wait-
ed half a second, then Ntuck ter bead
out of the window and, with the help
of half a dozen other 'fele-Mine vOices
caned: "Mary! Mary! ,-.VSnaist'S the mat,
ter?"
The reply was a volley of sobs and
squeals winding up .wiela ."The fiat's
been robbed!"
Mr. Trumbull was surprised_ to see
his wife with hair steeamineedown her
back and hands clutching:the:folds of
a bath robe go scoOting through tbe
library out into the hall andd0Wn the
Stairs.
In tea minutes she seettfeadn Hee
eyes were big and b'lacts and -sca'red.i
Her teeth were cliatterineehnnd her
hands Were busy witheahIOther. • She
curled up ou the diVi4tcabid•liaoked at
her husband. : ••• .
"John, what do y�d think? The
Smiths' flat has been robbed': and
,khere's hardly.o. 'Serapnit Liything left.'
.They came thnough the kitchen win -
years have a way of doing, Mr. Trum-
bull gradually aavalenned to the one
sided state of affairs. Mrs. 'Tsumbiill,
being» selfish a.nd possessing a thistle-
down intellect, fancied that -it -tvionld
not do to let M.r. Trumbull know that
she was at all fond of 'him. Some old
lady had told her once that when a
man knows a woman loves him_hismf-
feetion becomes cbilled like '•'‘Vilipted
cream in an ice chest. So site stuckup
er nose -it stuck up of its own accord,
iby the way -and went her usual Tince
of bullyragging and woerying,hittainShe
would do this, She would do, that -
what Xohn thought didn't matter. •
But, as said before, aohange finally
came over- john'heart. „Ile still con-
sidered that dainty. wife ,of his quite
the smartest, cleverestwoman in the
world; but, strange to say, he WAS be-
coming aware of her peculiar powers
of dictating and laying down the law.
Join 'iwas quiet and inoffensive and
. ,
just the kind of a man that offers
splendid opportunities for the woman
With a' will of her own. For a long.
time Mrs. 'John did not observe that
her ,:husband's- substantial admiration
wasgroWing thin almost to a shadow.
•
But when she did realize it fife' blow
was something fearful. It had been
her opinion that even thougli she were
to sell his best Clothes to' the rag' man
or burn the house up or turn his hair
white with her everlasting critleiems
John' would ever 'remain the same -
faithful, adoring, enduring.
One Morning -John didn't kiss his
wife when be went dOwn town to busi-
ness. She moped and wept and scolded
the baby and the kitchen maid and
then decided she didn't care. From
that time on things went frombad to,
worse and from worse to even worse
than that. Once in a great,while when
John's old vision of love for his, wife
cense up he would take her in his arms
taud tell her that she waS the prettiest
thing in the world. Following her old
• time tactics, Mrs. John would in return
comment on his bad claoie of a necktie
or let loose the pleasant information
that his collar was soiled on the edge.
, jelm's heart- tveuld sial, and he'd
tramp off to week feeling like an or-'
plum risyluraii nelerby hat and.creas-
ed treusers. , • a
As it was not John's natureete war
against any -one he simply kept himself
out of Mee. john's way. Sunday after-
noons he 'went over to the North Side
to see an old college chum of his. These,
trips were his only dissipations.
One Sunday', afternoon when he and
his old friend Were' discussing some
particularly exciting college scrimmage
that had taken place,lii years ,back the
telephone bell rang, and .a Woman's
voice begged to speak to Mr. Trumbull.
He went to the 'phone." e ,
"is that you, Gertrude?"
avenge John. And won't you coma
bOme, please? I let Stich° take baby
over to your ,metber's, and, everybody.
In the building, is out, and 'Pm having
the fidgets. I don't know what I'm
scared about, hut I'm just nervous." '
"All rnght, dealt". eald John, and ,
home he went, not stopping long
namegh to fmtelt up the recollections of j
tbe college figet.
At home be found his tvife sitting
curled up on a, little settee looking
very much as She had looked When
five yearS'before he had begged and en-
treated and ltiSSed , her • Itito saying'
$,Yea.." She Was tWiating her hand -
•
Frau .A -We're in an awfal strait'
nobody but the butcher will trust as
now I
" Pratt B. -And nobody will trust as
but the linker and the milkman. Bat
gay, We might help each Other out!
HIM Settelltr 'wooing.
"Spriggins' wife has had some mot
„Oy bit 1 •. s"
"Yes. I suppose to Spriggins it la
Ink like making love all over 5 gain."--
,
Brooklyn Lite.
_tee
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nlieN 5 Cren nre,,
iMay----Don't you think it girl lookS
graceful holding n guitar,?
Torn --Yes. But a man looking for e
wife 'would rather 800 a aqr1 hOldlut:
broad pan.-
Watt'
1
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net outlookfor fall isthat we are u
have,,,and that very soon, au•entieely nea
faelnon in skirts, and they are to be a:
full ;as they have been scant and tighi
around Oa° hips. Some of the models 'of
thie.ntyle of skirt are almost exactly lik(
thUseein vogue in olden times, and theY
evillscarcely reach to the instep and will
bemeethe same length all around and will
swilig loosely, leaving the hands free nud
theavisole body capable of .graceful•move
EFFEPTIVE REPROOFS,
Rud e quick Eye nod
rotated Methods.
TWO incidents in the railroadlife of
Payson 'Tucker are telcl that "well il-
lustrate WIlat a worker lie was and
his attention to the details of business,
i Several years ago he was up On the
'mountain division of the 11.laine Oen-
, .
teanroad anti ioked over the grounds
of Olhi Oil the stations. Nothing more
thau the usual conamesatiou passed,
oslO Pc returned to lt:Irs Oaf and went
back to Portland. Nearly a year pass-.
ed before he had oceasion to call at
the station again, and then he stepped,
oft the car and asked pleasantly:
."
"Do you have all the help you want
here?"
"Yes, sir; all that tve need.",
, "Quite sure you have enough?"
"Yes, sir. There is not much to be
done at so small a station."
"1,Vell, 1 feared you were 'rushed to
death and could not find time to re -
Move that pile of old bricks I saw the
Ilast time I was here."
With that tile general manager of
the road stooped oyer the pile of bricks
,and, without removing hie kid gloves,
,continned the work uutil the last one
was neatly piled up.
At another time a break, had beam
,comulitted at one of the stations on
thz 'back road, and the next day after
the notice of the break had been wired
hto Portland 111r. Tucker chanced to
Pass that way. After looking things
, e
over, Mr. Tucker asked what had been
itost, and the agent quickly ran over
the amount of m'oney and tickets
stolen.
"That all?" asked Mr. Tucker, when
i the agent bad concluded.
1, "Yes, sir; nothing else."
"That so?" said Mr. Tucker, taking
in the untidy appearance of the room
land station at a glance. "I feared some
one had stolen your broom Perhaps
you have not missed it. I 'will send
you mac.'
THE SOLDIER'S PAROLE.
I Wioxt Ig Dleant by it and Flow It Is
It is said that black and white are to be ' Arranged. -
tar more fashionable this coming sea -parole, it, must be understood is
son than ever before, and nothing- will 1 • '
purely voluntary compact. The captor
come amiss in anykind of goods iu one
is not obliged to offer to Parole his
or the other. Just at the present pace
meat the fancy is to have a white dress prisoner, and the prisoner is not oblig-
or some thin material, and trim thia with ed and cannot be compelled to give his
lace aud velvet ribbon in all sorts of fan. parole.
.
eieIf he does so, he will probably be re -
Seasons, whether spring, summer of leased on pledging his word not to
winter, all bring their, colors, and weetil
serve during the existing war. If he
try to get at least oue dress of some pre refuses, he will remain captive until
Week is an teshion for
The skirts xvill be wider and the bace, terrou color-, -1-tat the "i\rar 'is over or until lie can make
' •
laid -in folds and the front and sides la ever, end the liking for it neves ,chauges, his eeepe •
The usual parole pledge extends.only
intgathers. There will be no bustles, bui , alwaSs black. Black silks are 110 W to' be ,
they are made is worthy, ot mite. The. A prisoner released on parole is not
cut aud finish are perfect, and the fit is breaking, his contract if he drills, se-
as careful. as :the flee beoadeloth or re-, emits, quells cien cqmmotions or fights
netlan. The skirt is smooth as if it had _
other .euernies. .
grown together, and the finish is in eV- A soldier taken prisoner has no au -
pry way that of the woolen 'tailor euits, , . .
thority to pledge himself never to serve
This being, done in silk gives that dressy _, . z, , -
material a "rigidity like and yet unlike flgtUnSt a Particular enoluT He can-
tina el the cloth suits, and it must be ,not throNlnoff thus lightly' the duty he
confessed- that silk is, really Well adapt, owes is Sovereign or country, and if
ed to such costumes, something difficult he Makes any pledge it must be con -
to believe untinone Sees a suit. The silk tinecnto it limited.time.
for this purpose is made in a new weave , .-
laioreovem if a prisoner should make
not unlike' arnitive arid yet' more like groa-, 1
and the most refilled of all our dressing is e' '
fcild'a.cir, in case of thin and soft staffs,
used for fine, tailor suits, and the way to active service against the enemy.
edireeoli the skirt will require a,small pad
to bring the back gathers or folds lute
due prominence.
Fliences aro sure to be one ofethe fea•
ti.4,eg.'ibt the •season's best liked styles,
aud tlibge are a thousand ways for them tc
beerinee, and all are peetty. At the pees
-
are' the'skirts made in this style are
in shape of rainy day and walking skirts,
antl, they are more to feel the way then
to decideion the shape and general style
thanefori a set affair just now. Bat even
inaTaais, where the Women vvill have
nothing -but what they feel sure will make
theinaseem still more beautiful .than be
fora,this skirt has taken:root and is now
flousiaffing. "
In unison with the widening of the
skirts the shoulders of the dresses are
being chi so that the wearer shows a
broadness, across the shoulders that she
has not for a 'long time. The seams,
folds, tucks and trimming all are madc,
to converge to the center .of the waist at
the beck, and, this, with the extra width
.at the shoulders, all make the wearer to
look like a sweet and pretty athlete in
petticoats:
The prospect tvas, even ' three Weeks
. ,
ago, that. the second empire shape in
seh•ts was to be all the fashion for ths.
fall and whiter, but note" we are certain
that no gown will be Made on thOse lines,
though there are some features adopted,
for instil:lace the flounces and the straight
shape to the breadths of the skirts, which
are folded in so thot the skirt tits rather
closely around the bpdy. •
The arrniagetnenti of short. sleeves and
lace or some other 'thin stuff for under -
sleeves' has become- quite popular, and
more shade tap gowns of this style May
be expected for the coming season, for
this is not for warm weathcir only, but 11
is a fancy likely to last all the coming'
wintera and this is proved by the sam-
ples of lace ,undersleeves now being made
abroad and intended to be indefinitely
duplicated as the season progresses.
A peculiar sort of undersleeve is made
of white alpaca and sewed into the bot-
tom of a black gown, and the outer sleeve
. .
was' made' in olci fashioned bell shape,
only not quite so wide. For cold weath-
er this would be well enough, but there
was heYer a time When weather had any
'effect upon a Woman when she Was per-
suaded that any special style was becom-
ing to her. If the thermometer register-
ed 700, She could wear a velvet dress
trimmed with fur iWehe thought she leok-
ecIwnetty in it, and moreover she wOuld
look, cool and comfortable. So if the
short sleeve looks well in winter she Will
not, let suck a trifle, as cold trouble her
when it is a miestion of her looks, ,
Oti some of the first of the samples of
the fine dancing dresses for next season
we find thin and transparent silks With
large and delicate flowers hand paint-
ed, and many of them have silver or gold
paint Wherever it can be added with ar-
tistic fidelity. The naetallic lines brighten
the whole greatly, but it makes some-
thing that cannot be worn in the day.
Moire and thin fabrics are peettier than
a pledge not approved by his own got--
The' waist is made in the cutest little'
et nment he is bound to return and sur -
tight jacket stiffened with featherhone, render himself to the enemy.
In the British army. a Soldier can
until it is as stiff as. the traditional!
poker. The sltirt is made as ,pritinly as only giVe his parole through 'a com-
possible, . and a pretty • Short coat shaped missioned Officer. Even a' niencommis-
sioned -officer or an officer of inferior
rankegaianot give naeole_either for him-
self or for his men without pertuission
, _
from his commanding officer. '
n The United States authorities, by the
.way, give 'greater liberty of parole than
, is the ease with the British army.'
-A captured prisoner who has'violated,
his parole May be punished with death.
,-Pearson's Weekly.
to tit the, figuee., and hued, with white
satiu and having a velvet Collar makes
the whole perfect. '
Theemen vest suit is much liked, and;
thouglenot so severe as most tailor
gowns, it is stilleteo pretty not to men-
tion. One such suit had the skirt laid
in eolda in front arid also in the back.
There was a white silk vest with chiffon
along down the sides of the center of the
front, fold. The jacket was in a sort of
Eton ethane, with the siln laid in nar-
row diagonal folds. There was a swam
Dr. Clarke's Wise Dog. 1,
lated vest of white faille stitched like The late Dr. Jetties Freeman Clarke,
cloth, and a dozen buttons of oxidized used to tell this amusing story of his;
dog:
eat one time my, clog was fond of:
going to the railway station to see the'
people, and' I always ordered him to go
home, fearing he would be hurt by the
cars. He eaeilyaundeestood that if he.
went there it was contrary .to my
wishes. So whenever he was near the
station, if be saw me cotning, he would
look the other way and pretend not to
know me. If 116 met me ...anywhere
else', he always' bounded to 'naeet nie
with great delight. But at the'statien
it was quite diffeyent. Ile wOuld pay
no attention to my whistle or my call.
He even pretended to, be another dog
and would look 'me right in the face
without apparently recognizing me. Ile
gave me -the cut direct in the niost im-
pertinent manner; the reason evidently
being thatlie knew he was doing what
was ivrong and 0151 not like to be, found
out. Possibly he may have relied a
little on my nearsightedness in his
maneuver." -Outlook. •
silver were set along in front. The cuffs
were Of the white silk.
White collars and auff.s are to be very
fashionable soon, and they will take the
place of much of the frivolous stuff we
have Worn so' hong. And buttons are com-
ing, too, ancl very many of the fall suits
will be full of fancybuttons, of Which
the enameled and smoked pearl and sil-
ver ones will be hese liked. Some of the
enameled buttons are works' of art.
A dainty dress for a young lady was
so pretty and so easy to make that' I pro-
cured a picture of it. The fon.adatiou was
of dotted swiss, the dots being in black.
Around the bottom were rows of pale
pinleribbon and rows of Valenciennes lace
insertion, nail at the edge was one flounce
of lacd. The' waist was 'reticle pretty by,
o fichu of muslin and lace set on its carr
be seen in the picture. The sleeves'imn
tate a short elbow and undersleeve.
Another dress had it bolero, and this
had the sleeves cut off at the elbow and
beneath them others of thin stuff like the
waist. The, gown was of pale old rose
pink chambray, and the skirt was slight-
ly tucked 'down the 'sides and had one
row of insertion around the bottom. The
bolero was likewise trimmed With the
lace insertion in very pretty design. The
undersleeves were very marked ans. give
one a chance to know whether one is go-
ing to lite them er not. Chambray is one
of the favorite cotton ruaterials, and it
has proved for many years a. good wear-
ing and pretty stuff.
I have "seen several all lace and ribbon
dresses iateaded for wear at the fashion-
able places, and they ere worthy a special
anything else, oven the velvet. , word. The lace is in some casea sewed le
.Anaceig the Woolens (Loa other fabrics strips of insertion, with the ribbon of the
foe winter and iliCidentally atitumO 08 same widths, making thus (me piece, and
well one finds that 'recl 15 ono of the lead- in other cases the wnole deesS is of some
ing colors,' and it stintels up above, ell the Isitisi of all oveu NCO net 'end the ribbon i;
other, colors m uneemeeted peommenee. I then sewed on lengthtviee or ecross or, it
sny red, bet .1 menu ail tile shades of that preferred, ill other designs. The same ,
Wf11111 and generally beconaing cOlor from design is always carried out on the weisli,
mile pink to dark madder inelesive. and generally the sellole is litiesbeet eff
Claret and garnet and dark terra cotta with 00010 bows oi Week velvet ribbroi,
are •also elessed 05 nagem the reds. So which Continues 05 l'ashionablo as ever.
is crimson, and it will give us an a chem.- Illmil:•net with large Mid thin clesigus
ful loot in 'very cold weather. of spang108 itt mach: into'ciegent
()no epee1 way of making, 0 pipe brond-, mer dresseea nil 'the dress beteg lean
els th we 1 'where the cloth wits.,cet out in wita white leen est upon the 15 55i1,St, Ono
iestutittil figures in the fores of elle lsi S 01110W Si OCIV0c' sat the bleel: and then
broil:levy, and beecalli this was 0 jot a pulling of white ail over Mid below that
black lining, and the effeet WAS really a deep 0.2 White laeo. Aremid the
beautiful. Other celore 'of tbe same bottom thsre ole stir 01' esovait iSflrVssW rut-
g'oods are made in the eame way, and the fics or, black chifron or sill; mull. The
lining is most often of 'black on white. spangled act falls over fliese.
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Why It Needed Revision.
f'To whom do you intend to give the
villain's part?" asked tile dramatist.
e`if course," ansWered the
II13A1 n`er.
`,.',What! That stick!" exclaimed the
drama,t,ist.
"He's the only one available," ex-
plained the Manager. ,
"Then give me buck tuy play," said
the 'dramatist,. `
"Surely, you don't intend to ivitli-
draW it," protested the nittna.ger.'
"Qh no," enswered the dramatist
"I ,only avant to revise,it. The villain
isn't killed off Main the last act as it
Stands now. you ItrloW." •
Let In the aiesint.
Light, air and sunlight are itripor-
tent factors in keeping tho l'omily and
the house ia 11» ilealtily condition, Noth-
ing could 1.)6 Mr01`80. '01011 the habit some
j"):ople hate of 1>eriping the house in
darldletis from eitely morning Until
night. The house sliould be flOeded
with light and all' ler seVeral
each da... --Ladies' Houle journal. »a Tura.
Aturopowssmooramoosorar,r
PLUCKY MRS, GCNGER.
Wife of Our Minister to Chin* 'Who
lilts Been ilt Peril.
MI'S. Edwin II. Conger, wife of hte
United States minister to Chnta, to
whose safety there has been felt groat:,
alarm is 0 'pleasant matronly wom•In
lyho has always' been a social favorito nt
whatever part or the world she has math:
her home, f..41at is used tohivingin distant
corners of the earth, i'or her husband- htta
been P1 Uncle Sam's diplomatic servitte,,'
for a number of years,
Mrs. Conger is 11 native of.IIIMois. Rho
met Mr. Conger first at Lombard wilve,..*
MitS. EDWIN' E. oosit-En.
sity, where they went to school together. ,
Her maiclen name was Miss Sarah .r.
I'ike. This was before the civil war.
When he returned to Illinois in 1866, be,
put aside his major's uniform, married
Miss Pike and settled down in Galesburg
to practice law. Then the major and Mrs.
Conger moved to Dexter, Ia., where Mr.
Conga. entered politics. In time Mrs.
Conger found herself living in Washing-
ton, and later she assumed charge of the
domestic affairs of the 'United States he-
gat‘on in Rio Janeiro. Her next move
was in 1808, when she went with Mr..
Conger to Peking.
Besides Mrs. Conger there are severat
other ladies in Mr. Conger's official house-,
hold. His daughter, Miss Laura Conger.
is with 1Mn. She was born at Dexter and
is about 25 years old. She and her moth k
er are well fitted to discharge the sociat
duties incident to diplomatic life. Anoth-
er member of the minister's family in
China is Miss Mary Conger Pierce, his
sister's daughter. Her parents both died'
several years ago, and she has since been
under the major's protection. Other mem-
bers of the Conger household in Peking;
are Mrs. Woodward and daughter of Dekt,
Maines and Miss Payne of Chicago.
LEADER OF SCIENTISTS.
esean..........ansen.s.......nag professor 15.
• . S. Nnoodwawl,
The New President the newly elect -
e ed. nreside,n-
of the American the Ain erne:a
1,. Associatioulfue
the Advance
meat of Scienee,
is a member oc
the faculty of Colombia university, l\new
York. For many years he has been ne-
tivela- connected with the association mui
has held various offices. The length of hi-,
term is one year, and during that thee
Pc will be the most prominent figurss
among tlte scientists of the country.
The American Association For the Ad-
vancement of Science, like the similar
British organization, contains two dis-
tinct elements, the professional and tha
popular. The former embraces a large
humber of college professors, government
bureau officials and other men and wont -
en who are directly engaged in scientitia
research or instruetion. Almost everY
one who has been at all conspicuous ia
this way in America during the last hall
6
A.ssociation.
Pn0Fasson E. S. WOODWARD.
century has been identified with tha
,American association.
There are also a good many people
whosm principal occupation is not scien-
tific, but who nevertheless find In the
sciences a delightful pastime. These am-
ateurs, in turn, may be subdivided late -
active and passive classes. Some of them
cenduct more or less original investiga-
tions and do so with commendable thor-
oughness and caution.
And some merely endeavor to follow
the achievements of others and evince
their interest by subscribing for scientific
periodicals, becoming members of scien-
tific bodies and porhaps contributing
financially to the success of worthy scien-
tific enterprises. The American assocht-
tion heartily welcomes all of these
Purlrim h TJisssa,
A visitor to Constantinople reports ono
custom of the Turks which Ca.USCS a vast
deal of trouble and confusion.
This is the Turkisic systeni of reckon,
in.g tittle. A Turk holds that theteday ha -
gins eXactly at sunset; at that tittle he,
sets his clocks atni wntches at the hour
As the sun Itas tite sain't habits in pitt,.
siding; over Turkey that he eXercises with,
regard 'to other toenlities, it maY ensilY
be seen that this Systern of reekotti,m4
time necessitates setting, the, clock's eyt,ey
lt appears that a watch ;which "could
rein for Weeks without gaining tt5r leshtg
minitte, Would be of iso special *alga ta