A striking feature in the food situa tion Is that every country in Europe, with the solitary exception of Russia, will want to import wheat. Bishop John F. Kewman Mated in recent speech that the nn mini liquor Mil of this county amounts to$l,00l), 000,000. This, he clnims, is equal to the cost of twenty leading necessaries of life. Hays the St. Louis Dispatch: The bicycle, as well as the grain, is Wing ing money to the United States. While all the Europeans have not money to burn, many of them have enough to scorch. We have often wondered, confesses the Atchison (Ran.) Globe, that Fox's "Book of Martyrs" didn't tell of the old-fashioned boy who had to shoo the flies off the table while the guests ate up all the good things. The Phoenix (Ariz.) fire department turns out for parade and joliflcation whenever one of its members becomes a father. They have had eleven such "birthday parades" this year, and ex pect several more. Encouraging in fant industries the social economist might call it. i - Englaud, as well as the United States, complains of an oversupply of doctors. More are anuually graduat ed than there is room for, and the came is true in other countries. Whnt to do with the surplusage is a problem of which no solution has yet been found. If the young sawbones could be set to doctoring each other for a term before trying their hands on the public their ranks would thin out with great rapidity, but such a course would probably be against the ethics of the profession. The complaint of too many doctors is sot a new one, and the condition is not one easily reme died. The Attest will continue to survive, and the others will continue ' to starve or go into the drug business, according to their wont hitherto, serv ing as doorkeepers in the temple of medicine if they nre not permitted to - dwell in its tents. The thriving city of Willinmsport, l'enn., has adopted a weed ordinance requiring oil householders to keep their properties free from all vegeta ble nuisances that mar the lawns and injure the gardens. A small penalty is provided for negligence and a Btrict enforcement is said to operate most beneficially to the general appearance of the city. We all have so much to do in this country (though for several years hundreds of thousands of able bodied men have been unable to find anything to do) that we have not yet ' come to realize the duty each owes to all to prevent the spread of weeds. Here indeed "a stitch in time saves nine," only the ratio of the multipli- : cation of weeds due to letting them go to seed is far greater than this. If our farm and village communities would only swear the vendetta against II maturing weeds, as in the old countries of Europe, these pests, which are now so disastrous to agri culture, could be largely eradicated. Further industrial disturbance ' caused by the bicycle is reported by I the New York Tribune, from Great Britain. It has hitherto been ex plained how cycling has affected the horse trade, the book trade, the jew elry trade and various other lines of business. Now Yorkshire tells of its effects upon textile manufactures. These are two-fold one bad, one good. The bad came first, and is only temporary. The good came socoud, and will probably prove permanent. The former was seen in a diminution ' er purchases. Thousands of women --or their husbands or fathers had to choose between bicycles and new dresses. They chose the former, and ' the drygoods trade accordingly Buf fered. . Manufacturers, retailers and dressmakers all felt the loss of custom, which was sufficient to make a serious depression in trade. The second effect has been a change of fashion. There is a vastly increased demand for dress goods suited to bicycling. It comes both from those who can afford special cycling suits and from those who can not, for the latter naturally now make their ordinary street costumes of goods that will also do for wheeling. The goods demanded are chiefly those that are soft, closely woven and lustreless. The manufacturers who a few years ago were turning ont mohairs and other "lustres" have adapted their works to the production of serges and similar goods, and are now prepared to sup ply either class with equal facility. That is a great gain for the Bradford district. It means that manufacturers will no longer be dependent upon the vagaries of fashion. Cycling has come to stay, and 10 bve its re'pSjiwents f dress. THE PROSPECTOR. Filled with hope and flushed with With, With wistful eve and willing hand, He hunts for nature's hoarded wealth From mountain crest to ocean strand Around the camp fire oft he lies, In northern lands of lee and snnwi Again, he sleeps 'neath southern skies, Whom soft the tropic breezes blow. Flo braves the thirst, and stakes his claim t'poll the burning desert's sands Ami risks the red marauder's aim. And bandits bold, In Aztec Innds. The smudge he lights, at eventide, And slings his nammoi-k V'nth Metres Where sweep the Orinoco, wide, To wed tliu blue-waved Carrlbui). On Atrlc's dark and distant shore. From peak to plain, from brook to bay, 'Mlil serpents' hiss and lion's roar, lie seeks the lustrous diamond's ray. On far Australia's lonely soli, n lien low tnn sun siuks in me, tsi, O'ercome by travel or by toll, iteciiuuig on tue ground, si rest. When naught Is heard but ths Dingo's cry, And the owl and bat flit to and fro, He draws a sigh for the times, Rous by, Of Itallarnt and lJBiidlgo. When on the hills the twilight falls, In the "sun-kissed land ol (lower and vine," With old-time friends he oft recalls i'boso golden days of '4'.. When armed with shovel, pick and pan, They thither eame from land atur, And sluices set and rockers ran From Butter's mill to Sawyer's bar. Where sovereign state and nation stand And spired cities proudly rear, There he Is found, the foremost man, The patriot and the pioneer. With fearless heart and hopeful breast, And naught but fortune in his mind; North and south and east and west He seeks until he strikes hi find. Charles 1. Holt. His Wife's Confession. PQcinn f lit wabian tinges. When Harold Wilton married Edith Morse he knew very little about her past life. Indeed, she was so young, so like a flower that had but just fairly unfolded, that it was hard to realize that she had any past. It seemed to him when he found her sitting op posite to him one morning at the table, at a summer resort in the mountains, that she was a new Eve created for him alone; and as they wore the only young folks in the house there w as no one to dispute his claim. There are people, no doubt, who would have hesitated to admit, that Edith was beautiful, she was so unlike the brilliant brunette who sat next to her, just as there nre people who think nn opal not worth looking nt in comparison with a diamond; but young Wilton, who, without being conscious of it, was a poet aud nu artist, found an endless charm in the quick kin dling of the frank blue eyes, and the coming and going of the dimples in the delicate nuulike face. Had any one told him that she had grown up among the sand dunes he would hardly have believed it, for, with the grace and sweetness of a wild rose, she had are fluemeut of voice and man ner that told unmistakably of gentle breeding. Yet until the last two years, her home, from the time she was in short frocks, had been in the little vil lage of Hardacre at the far end of Long Island, and, if her cousin bad not ohanced to discover her.she would surely never have found her way to this mountain paradise. This cousin, two degrees removed, was a wealthy widow, who, on tlndiug that the girl was an orphan, had at ouoe adopted her. She was an elderly woman, and, having no child of her own, she had hoped to keep Edith with her for the rest of her days; but Cupid, when two young hearts are in his moshes, has scant consideration for the hopes and plans of the old; and presently Harold, with a becoming sense of his nnworthiness, was beg ging for Edith's hand, her heart, ho was sure, was his already. The young lovers never suspected the pang it cost the new mother to give her consent to their marriage, they were too thoroughly engrossed with each other. Harold was a fine fellow, and came of good stock; she knew all about his antecedents, and had no fault whatever to find with him; but it seemed hard that he should o soon rob her of this sweet daughter. It did not occur to her that there was any necessity of explaining to him how she came to adopt her. It he truly loved her, it would matter little to him how or where she had blossomed into this perfect flower of woman hood. And Edith herself was too happy to dwell on the past. It is chiefly the old who spend time in re trospection. But when, on their return from the wedding journey, Harold took her to his city home, she began to be troubled. It was a stately old man sion, overflowing with rare books and works of art; and Edith was half be side herself. Ail her life she had been hungry for thiugs of this sort, and her intelligent appreciation gave Harold fresh cause to congratulate himself, for he knew very well what his Grandmother Wilton would have thought of him if he had married a girl not able to discriminate between a masterpiece and a daub. Edith was especially fascinated by the family portraits; and Hurold, as they went the rounds of the gallery, rehearsed the traditionary lore con cerning the different ancestors, until she felt that she was intimately ac quainted with them. This was his great-grandfather, and brother-in-law of the Governor; and this his great grandaunt, the Governor's wife. "And here," he said, with a shrug, "in another great-grunduunt, by inar riage.a haudsome high-stepping dame, if the painting is to be trusted, yet not a thoroughbred, according to my notion, for she deliberately separated from her husband to marry another man, a Hit Guy Somebody, who waa rich and beastly. She went abroad with him and never came back, for tnnately. But Grandmother Wilton is very fond of tue portrait. Edith did not wonder at that, it was So superbly painted. But the story made her look at it in a different light. One picture that particularly inter ested her was that of a fine-featured old man, with a crutch at his side. It was hung in an obscure corner, and Harold passed it with the brief men tion that it was the portrait of a remote relative, a soldier in the He volution. Edith lingered for another look. "Fte has a grand face," she said, "I wish we knew something more about him." "I've no doubt he was a graud man," Harold answered her, with a droll smile. "But Grandmother Wilton relcgoted him this out-of-the-way nook because, coming home from the war lame and penniless, he disgraced the name, rather than ask the poverty stricken government for his pay, don't for the world hint that you know it, by turning cobbler. Think of it. I a Wilton with a cobbler's sign in his windowl 1'oor grandma! It nearly used her up when she made the dis covery, she had taken such pride in the belief that there was never a mechanic nor a working person of any sort in either branch of the family." "The dear old patriot!" cried the girl. Then, suddenly realizing the nature and decree of the Wilton pride, she turned to her husband with a grave face. "Harold," she said, "I have a con fession to make. It will shock you, but I think yon ought to know it. I'm afraid you will scarcely forgive me for not telling yon before." "Oh, ciimol" protested Harold. For what could this clear-eyed creature have to confess that would in any way tax his powers of forgiveness? To be sure, he remembered, he knew noth ing of her pout beyond the fact thnt she was the daughter of a college pro fessor, but that had seemed quite enough, and bo had repeated the in formation to his relatives with no little satisfaction when they asked the in evitable question, "Who is she?" But she was so much in earnest that he wns compelled to listen. "I wni very young when wo loft the city," she began. "I'npa had been over-working in the college, and the doctors sniil he must go to some quiet place on the seashore and rest for a year or two; so we went to Hnrducre. It is a mero finding hamlet, ami so quiet thet it seemed as if we had reached the place Whore one eternal Rnhbnth reigns! "Tho people were very kind to us, and the sea was almost at our door, J'apn liked it. He grew stronger every day, ami ut the end of the second Slimmer he thought ho was well enough to go back. But while he was making his arrangements, he was seized with what seemed to be a faint ing turn. But it proved to be tho end." The gathering tears made a brenk in her voice, and Harold, in quick sympathy, would have taken her in his arms. But she drew away from him. 'Wait till you he.tr the rest," she said. "The doctor called it heart dis ease. Aud before mamma had rallied from the shock, news came of the failure of the bank in which papa had his money. It was not a large amount but it would have supported un very comfortably. After that poor mamma had to strugglo along tho best she could. She was too independent to go back to the city, aud be a burden to her friends, so we stayed in Hard acre; and by the time I was able to be earning soinothiug,her health gave way. And very soon she too was taken from me, "She had trained me for a teacher, but tho Hardacre school was supplied, aud I had not got the heart to go else where Hardacre was my home. I had a piano, and mnuima had thought I might be able to get a fow scholars; but there was scarcely a family in the place that could afford to pay for les sons. It was the same with private instructions of any kind, and I was almost in dospuir. There was a man who came there in summer a rich man, I think, for he always brought his oarraxe and coachman he wanted me to marry him, but I couldn't, for I didn't love him." "I should hope uot!"blurted Harold. "Oh, please don't interrupt me," she entreated, "or I shan't be able to tell the rest. My Hardacre friends thought I was very foolish to refuse him, knowing how little I had to live on: but at last I found something to do,something that brought me money. But, O Harold, I ought to have told you before you married me!" "Go on," said Harold, visibly bracing himself. "Perhaps," she continued, "it wouldn't have been so easy for me if I had not been so fond of everything pretty and duinty. Actually, Harold, strange as it may seem to you, I en joyed it,for it's next to being an artist, Harold, to be a a good milliner." Serious as the confession had seemed to her before beginning it, by the time she reached the end the dimples were trying to assert themselves; but Harold saw uetuiug but the tears on the downcast lushes, and with a sud den rebound from a dread of he knew not what, he caught her in his arms. "You little goose!" he cried. "You precious little goose! What if you hud married that man! Some girls wouldn't have hesitated a minute, if they'd had to choose between mar rying a man they didn't love aud mak ing bonnets for a living. You brave darling!" "But what will your grandmother say, Harold?" "I declare," he exclaimed, "I had almost forgotten that I bad a grand mother. Muppose," he went on hesi tatingly, with kisses for commas, "suppose we don't tell her. Poor old ladyl she hasn't long to stay, and it isn't worth while to distress her. I'm afraid she would almost think there was nothing left worth living for." So they kept the dreaded secret to theniHolvea; and old Madam Wilton lived ont the full measure of her days, and died peacefully in her bed, not knowing that the family hnd been a second time disgraced. The House wife. DON CARLOS. THE PRETENDER. Facts t'pnn Which He liases nil Claim to tbsSpaallh Throne. Since the recent death of Premier Cauovas, who virtually wielded the scepter of supreme authority in Spain, the followers of Don Carlos, grandson of the original pretender to the Spanish throne, have asserted them selves in large numbers, aud signs of another Carlist uprising are distinctly manifest. Durin? the greater part of the pres ent century Spain has been troubled with repeated efforts on the part of the Carlists to capture the reins of govern ment; and, though each attempt to gain this coveted end has signally failed, the cost of subduing the Car lists into temporary submission has been something immense. In view of the likelihood of another uprising at some time in the near future, it is per tinent to inquire into the facts upon which the present Don Carlos grounds his claim to the Spanish throne. What is known as the Carlist party in Spain originated with the first Don Carlos during the early part of the present century. This Don Carlos was a brother to Ferdinand VII of Spain, and next in order of succession pro vided Ferdinand should die without mule issue. Iu spite of three mar riages Ferdinand was left childless; but filially, as the result of a fotyth union, a daughter was born to him. Under the old salique law a daughter could not inherit the crown, and Don Carlos rejoiced therefore in the prospect of his early accession to his brother's throne. This feeling of satisfaction was, however, soon con verted into one of disappointment and chiigrin by a repeal of the old salique luw and the adoption of what was commonly known as the natural rule of descent; permitting any child to inherit the crown, Don Curios entered his protest against this abrogation and as the resnlt of his refusal to accept it, suffered hauishment to the papal states in lS-Vii. On the death of Ferdi nand iu tho same year the Infanta Maria Isabella wns declared queen, but Don Carlos immediately set up his own claims to the throne, which he declared of right belonged to him. Iu the assertion of this claim Don Carlos wns warmly supported by the king of Portugal, and by a royal ret inue of intrepid followers nt home. His claim whs rejected, however, by the Spanish cortes and also by the quadruple alliauceof Spain, Portugal, France and England, which not only compelled Don Carlos to betake him self to some remote place of refuge beyond the borders of the kingdom, but also compelled Dom Miguel, the king of Portugal, to surrender ,his crown as the price of his folly in sup porting the Spanish pretender. Don Carlos found a safe retreat at Bourges in France, where he surrounded him self with the emulated pomp of the Spanish court and haughtily assumed the title of Charles V of Spain. Don Carlos died in 1855, leaving his im aginary crown to Don Carlos the youugor, who renewed his father's claim to the Spanish throne under the title of Charles VI. This second pre tender made various attempts to pos sess himself of the crown of Spain, but in each one of them failed igno miniously. The present Don Carlos, who styles himself Charles VII, is a grandson of tho original pretendor.and son of Don Juan, brother of Don Carlos the younger. He was born in 1843, and first assertod his claim to the Spanish throne on the abdication of King Amadeoin 1H73, In the northern provinces of Navarre and Biscay he secured many warm followers, but his effort to capture the throne ended, as did the effort of his predecessors, in humiliating failure. Don Carlos effected his escape, but the provinces of Navarra and Biscay were stripped of their feudal privileges and other wise punished for supporting the pre tender. Since that time Don Carlos has made no serious effort to possess him self of the Spanish crown, but this is due to the fact that circumstances have been against him. His followers are numerous, however, and, should he again set up his claim, they oould easily embarrass the kingdom. Spain is in no condition to brook another uprising of the Carlists, and realis ing this fact, Don Carlos may yet renew his claim to the throne of his ancestors. Whatever turn affairs may take, the situation in Spain at this time is intensely interesting. Atlanta Constitution., FalM TMth Take Rut. A Russian druggist has, according to the London Figaro, at length solved the problem of supplying us with false teeth which will grow into the gums as firmly as natural ones. The teeth are made of gutta percha, porcelain or uietul, as the case may be. At the root of the tooth holes are made, and also in the jaw. The tooth is then placed in the cavity, aud in a short time a soft, granulated growth find its way from the jaw into the holes of the tooth. This growth gradually hardens and holds the tooth in posi tion. It does not matter in the least, ac cording to this enterprising Bussian dentist, whether the cavity in which a natural tooth has recently been drawn or whether it has been healed for months or even years. Women's Advance. Dr. Katherine Berry Hichardson now occupies the chair of visceral and historical anatomy in the medical col lege of Kansas City, Mo., and the board of regents of the University of Michigan has modified the laws of that institution so as to allow women to be professors. A movement is on foot in Detroit to endow a woman's professorship, ncnrly hnlf of the 8:t(, -000 necessary being already sub scribed, .910,000 by a wealthy enthusi ast for the rights of her sex. llly l ife of an Ktnpreaa. The present daily life of the ex Empress Eugenie is iu strange con trast to that formerly led by her. She lives, when at Farnbnrough, in com plete retirement, receiving only those old friends who have retained a pe culiar rinht to her sympathy, grati tude and regard. She attends mass on most mornings, combining her de votions with a visit to the mausoleum. Each afternoon, wet or fine, the em press, who is now much crippled by rheumatism, takes a long drive. Since the death of the prince she has given nothing in the shape of a formal en tertainment. The empress has been advised to spend some portion of each year abroad, aud hns decided to make her continental home at the Villa Cyr uos, on Cnpe Martin. Iter Mint Fnrin I a Mint. "Possibly the most curious farm around this city," said a saloon man recently, "is a mint farm out near the fair grounds. It is operated by a woman, and is the only one I know of. She hns all the principal saloons and restaurants in the city for customers, and makes a very comfortable living. She does not waste her time on small groggerios. Some of the lnrger places buy as much as $2 or $.1 worth of mint n day iu the summer, when cocktails and the hotter drinks give way to Virginia toddies, juleps and other concoctions which requirea sprig of the aromatic herb. The product of her farm shows the good result of careful cultivation, for, unlike the or dinary mint, it has no runners, with troublesome roots. Each sprig grows erect. Her farm yields enough in summer to enable her to live in ease during the winter." News Orleans Times-Democrat. Women Wearing Jeweled Crosses. The up-to-date woman wears her cross if she is so fortunate as to pos sess one. As an article of jewelry this symbol of suffering is as popular as it was in the days of our grand mothers. When the grandmothers were girls the possession of a hand some bejeweled cross that could be worn as a pin, a hair ornament or a locket amounted almost to a badge of aristocracy. The black ones, studded with diamonds or pearls, or both, were the highest in favor, as they are today. The fashionable cross must be antique-looking. Not everybody's grandmother possessed one, however, so the jewelers have come to the res cue of the woman who did not fall heir to one and are bringing out ex quisite designs in Roman gold. Most of them are studded with precious stones and many have backgrounds of black enamel. It is by no means a taking form of personal adornment, but the women like it. Manufacturers' Jeweler. Woman on a New York Jury. Miss Rosalie Loew, counsellor at law.claims the honor of being the first woman who has ever served as a juror in this state. It was at Judge Gold fogle's fifth judicial district court in Clinton street, Brooklyn, recently, when a landlord and tenant came up for trial. A juror was needed and it seemed a hopeless task to fill the last panel, when Judge Goldfogle sug gested that perhaps the vacant seat in the jury might be filled by one of the lawyers present. The counsel ob jected, but when they looked in the direction iu which the court's eye was turned and saw a well-dressed young lady they said they would be much pleased to have Miss Bosalie Loew fill the vacaut chair. Afterward the judge remarked that Miss Loew made a model juror. She paid the closest at tention to all the testimony, and at no time did she allow it to be noticed that she wanted to be more lawyer than juryman. New York Commercial Ad vertiser. Nw Orriipatlon for Woman, Once again a new and startling oc cupation has been found for the new woman. It is that of game warden, aud the woman who distinguished herself by making this brand new de parture is Mrs. Warren Neal of Neal, Mich. This woman was appointed game wardeu for Grand Traverso county not long since, aud, from the appearance of things, she will attend to the duties of herotllceiu a business like manner. The duties of game wardeu are of auoh a nature that mauy men would not care to undertake to fill the place, but Mrs. Neal is a plucky little wom an, and she has no fear whatever of not being able to overcome all obsta cles. A game warden is supposed to travel all over tho county and keep a sharp lookout for violators of the game and fish laws. As Grand Trav erse connty, of which Mrs. Neal hae control, is densely wooded and hae many lakes.she will be kept very busy seeking out and bringing to justice violators of the law. Mrs. Neal handles a gun like an ex-' pert, rows a boat and is a skillful woodsman, and she knows every inch of the territory she hns to patrol. In order to make her way through . the dense growths in the forest land as easy as possible, ATrs. Xeal has adopted a costume modeled nftor the much-reviled bloomers. She usually makes a trip over the entire county once a week. When out after the violators of the game law she rides over the country on horseback, and when she comes to a lake she secures a boat, and, with a steady, swift oar, she rapidly covers her territory made np of water. She carries a rifle on all of these trips, and woe to the evil doer caught nnpping, for this plucky game warden is a relentless pursuer of all lawbreak ers, and she has brought many of them to justice. During May the state game and fish warden's department prosecuted 10!) alleged violators of the law and con victed 51(5, growing out of 145 com-: plaints. This breaks the record for any previous month iu the history of the department. All but three of the convictions were obtained for viola tion of the fish laws, and the majority of these cases were established by Mrs. Neal. Her skill with the rifle is something phenomennl,aud she drops her quarry with the ease of a professional Nini rod. Mr. Neal, who is an enthusiastio sportsman, long ago tanght his wife to be successful with the revolver. Last July when they were in the upper lake region camping he induced her to try her hand with the rifle. He declared that a woman who could shoot so well with a revolver would, with practice, become a dead shot with the larger weapon. Now, rifle shooting requires a good eye, a steady hand and wrist and a control of the nervous system that very few women possess. Generally the novice fires at a target. Mrs. Neat's first target, however, was a glass bottle thrown iu-' the air, and at a third shot she struck the bottle, a surprisingly good at tempt. Mrs. Neal kept on practicing, and now is is so expert that she can hit the glass bottle nine times out of ten. In addition to her other duties Mrs. Neal carries the mail three times a week to Traverse City for Uncle Sam. Philadelphia Inquirer. Fashion Notes. New cloth redingotes are trimmed with bands of embroidered velvet. Do not set your belt up so high ont a waist mat it feels like it ts short- S waisted and pulling up. Plaided and shot silk Bussian blouses will be worn with English serge skirts throughout the autumn season. i All cotton and linen goods are apt to shrink, therefore do not forget to tnrn down an extra inch at the top of the skirt. , Stockinet and good rubber dress shields can be washed in warm soap suds, pulled into shape and dried by banging them in a window. Do not forget that a better shape can be given to a cotton dress by cut ting it off and then facing the lower edge rather than hemming it. Bent whalebones, the genuine arti cle, are straightene I by soaking them in boiling water for a few moments aud then ironing them straight. ! Use small hooks and eyes for the front of a dress and the extra large for the skirt, which is fastened with out seeing aud needs larger catches. Do not fail to run a skirt braid along the under edge of street skirts of linen or heavy cotton goods unlese you prefer to see the edge cut out af ter wearing them a few times, Some of the very smart fur gar ments for the coming season have a frilling of rich lace arranged inside of the collar, with ruffles to match at the edgo of the flaring sleeve cuffs. A number of cloth capes lap across, the front like a double-breasted coat, and fasten with two or three large handsome buttons. This style of cape hns small revers also, and is slightly pointed front and back, and rather short on the sides. The deep rich "Cleopatra" colors will all be in marked favor this season; the tawny golden browns, russets and the choudron or pinkish copper tinta mixed with other durk dyes; also many fruit and foliuge shades; aud particu larly the velvety reds and yellows of the wallflower and nasturtium. The Becamier bodioe made by French modistes has a seamless back, a bias front, aud is cut in a low round ing shape, the edge exquisitely draped. It is quite long-waisted, but this effect is changed by a soft,, wide silk sash that is wound twice around the waist, fulling in long ends at the left side.
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