Wim -
FORK THE LADIES,
WHE NEWEST RIDING-HABIT,
The newest riding-habit is very short,
the skirts not being visible from the op-
positeside of the horse. It is pleasant
not at all arbitrary for equestrienne cos-
tumes. There is a t.odency toward more
ease and comfort in habits. The laced-
and one great objection to this exercise
is removed. .
THE FRENCH PREMIER'S AMERICAN WIFE.
Mme. Ribot, the wife of the new
French Premier, is a native of Chicago
and a daughter of the late Isaac H. Burch
of New York City, whose wife was a
neice of Erastus Corning. She accom-
nied her father to Paris in 1864 and
as resided there ever since. Her first
husband was M. Armand de Mongeot, a
lawyer.
ago she became Mme. Ribot.
M. Ribot
men of the new Republic. He visited
A “Fruit and Flower Market” is moru
elaborate in detail and very pretty in
effect. Each table represents some fruit
or flower, and the articles for sale carry
{ out that ides. Thus the cherry, orange.
{ violet or pink table would contain only
| articles of the color chosen. The lemo-
{ nade table, of course, represents tha
{ lemon, while the confectionery stand
| may be aptly designated by the candy-
| tuft. A play upon words would allow
{ the introduction of the lady's slipper, all
the contributions being in that form.
Watch-pockets, match-boxes, house-
| wives, needle-books and other knick-
knacks can represent that design. The
{ humble suap-dragon may introduce a
{ novelty as a substitute for the grab-bag.
| Have a large wooden hoop suspended
| from the ceiling, with parcels tied all
{around it. The hoop is made to revolve
and while it is in motion an attempt is
| made to eut off one of the packages. If
each table is trimmed in the color of the
flower or fruit chosen for its emblem, the
| result will be a perfect rainbow of color,
If preferable the artificial fruit or flower
may be used instead for decoration, —
[St Louis Republic,
of his late father-in-law. Mme. Ribot is
said to be a very attractive woman. She
ties. St. Louis Republic,
CHATELAINES,
Beautiful oxidized
being made,
with street dress,
effectively at home,
chatelaines
but are worn more
Abroad several ob
like chain harness serve a little too much
to draw attention.
reason for them to excuse them.
home small articles at hand are a con
venience, keys, scissors, &c. As the
accompaniment of an artistic neglige the
chatelaine is charming. Very
snes have the chain links elaborated
into faces. I have sgen a very rich one
set with carbuncles that has been given
But at
Brazil to an
Yok World.
actress
American
HER GRANDMOTHER'S ASTRAKHAN
A correspondent writes I know a
girl whose rich grandmother died and
left her nothing at all but an old astra
khan coat, and the grandmother was not
#0 very big, cither. The girl got her
winter rizr out of that old coat it was
a horrid old thing, wasn't
worn it was nice, worried a jacket
for herself from it, but itavouldn’t fasten
all the way, so she pretends i
mean it io, and put i
the vest out of an
waist, and trimmed it
braid. Then
spent her wee
green cloth
but where it
She
she didn't
she made
vet party
i 3
around i
had no skirt, so she
of
she
bit
and a lot more braid
money for d
and facud the collar of her j
dark green. Then she was as |
can imagine, and all it cost her was just
the dollar a yard for the cloth and the
braid at a bargain
~
1¢ as you
UKIGQUE PROPOSAL OF A GERMAN WOMAN
Fras Helene Lange, according
Berlin papers, has come forward wi
somewhat startling proposal.
nothing more or less than the demand
for one year's service for
suggests that just as German
compelled to spend at least one yes
barracks, so their sisters should be con
pelled to spead a year in Kinderg
ereches, kitchens,
factory girls’ or servants’ hom
they should give their se
course these institutions must be greatly
multiplied to work to all. As
youths may choose their garrison an i
woop, the girls may be allowed to
choose their branch of service Certifi
cates could be granted at the end of the
year as and conduct. Those
who desired to stay on, and showed the
necessary talent, could be promoted and
allowed to direct the one y ar recruits
Frau Lange considers that this year of
service would form and strengthen the
f girls as no fami
character of !
or social life could London Queen
by $4 13
youths are
“8 ny
people's
give
ive
£20
$s
10 work
RODOOT
PABRICE FOR WEAR.
There is a charming display of dainty
shot and striped silks, sating, and French
moires for evening wear. These last
EVEXISG
than the familiar moires,
much lighter in texture,
striped silks are very wide and brilliantly
brocaded with Pompadour
others show not more than a pencil line,
but in two or three different colors. For
for they are
cloth, or fine camel's hair, these stripes
are in rich colors of dshlia, olive, and
gold, ‘eminence’ purple, ecru, and fawn
color, nasturtium red, russet, and moss
green, ete. ; or there is a black ground
upon it, relieved here and there with a
velvet stripe.
rose pink, ete, striped with white,
cream, or pale ecru. A favorite trim-
full Empire sleeves of the velvet. These
sleeves are a feature of nearly all the
evening dresses thus far shown, and
short and moderately high on the shoul.
ders, they have a style at once novel and
picturesque. — [New York Post.
NEW IDEAR FOR FAIRS,
is a clipping party. Ropes are stretched
from end to end of a room, each line
haviog a price fixed upon it. All the
contributions are wrapped so as to con-
oeal their contents and suspended by
stzings fro the lines at a height which
will bring them within easy reach. The
kages are arranged according to their
value on the five, ten or twenty-five cent
lino. The young ladies who preside
over the entertainment are provided with
seigsors, and the would-be purchasers
are pi to » Shp au rom the
row by paying the requ . o
oddity or. articles contributed and
the ingenuity used in pyieriousty con:
cealing the contents of the will
add greatly to the amusement of the
FASHION NOTES,
Empire and Directoire styles are on
the increase,
Fine broadcloth is used for expensive
Velvet is used the coarsest
cloth.
on even
Gauntlet cuffs are on all varieties of
If velvet is used to face the cuff almost
o the back no buttons are employed,
Ulstera, newmarkets, and circulars are
lined circulars are also shown,
Blue and old rose are gradually taking
the place of the gold and white combi
ation for household decoration.
Some of rich-looking repped
wollens are very much like the old-style
Empress cloths,
‘
the
The French women are now using red
1
shoes, and gloves
The peasant’s corsage of velvet, laced
behind and worn over a full silk or crape
hemisette, is very stylish for a youthful
I'he utmost care is necessary
the f
lit gore of
ining en
ioal
surely ¢
Veloutir
h the
or 1
sod
wiil be
: 3
going to do
i lose leaf
wwening shade and for day wear any
h may be found be
Are
Be
tr
NON.
nd every tint whi
oning.
hown a
velours
The
of
changeable
{
Mn
liar and
MRVOVE
girdle
Persian embroidery
the
thst
Short capes con rival
onger out of-door garments, Not
“4
his varie short. but only so by com
m f
ny of
is
$
1 3 tsgian ott
ith the Russian-cut
wraps,
A silk atelnsse, cut in
i a in
h sleeves, and epaulet V-shaped
k., and Zouave front, makes a very
handsome garment.
Bolero
much
with the
revers,
I'he Empire dresses
Phrectoire
i and trimming,
passes niene
g Hie.
nts as ever,
{istance down
with n
turned
ke a double-bire
be as
but
the
Mnts, tchios
y be down
| S01
iffs never disappear
f pe, and are at
favour, either com
stares for whole
present in great
bined with plain te
fumes, merely
the
ant
hi.
for
chemiseties,
or a3 trimmings
bodices, in of
blouses, blo
Many of
down the front, reve
second skirt
shape
frouts, and sleeves
the latest dress skirts are open
sling 8 red] or sim
rich brocade,
ulated of
cloth, trimmed with of
gimp or decorated
tracery in soutache,
straight rows
with a handsome
about half a yard
Camel’s-hair cheviots, shagzy of sur.
face: new English serges, far softer aad
much more flexible than the original
goods; French chaddahs and
cloths are among the winter
both and
sent from looms
domestic.
foreign
Belted and girdled coats are growing
in popularity, and for older wearers are
bucks, Russian fronts, and large sleeves
trimmed with fur, These come in three.
quarter lengths, to be worn with slight
entirely the shorter Directoire skirts,
back.
—————
“He's All Right!
A 5
The phrase ‘He's all right!" originated
presi.
in 1884. He had been a Republican
party lender and as the only effect of his”
candidacy was to draw off a portion of
They
ry “What's the matter with
e answer to this was,
This was acoom-
nied with a significant shake of the
end, which was meant to imply that the
Democratic barrel had been tapped for
St, John and that he was abundantly
supplied with lucre and liquid refresh-
ments. The Prohibitionists adopted the
cry and used it during the canvass in
1884. When their convention met in
Indianapolis in May, 1888, with more
than 1,000 delegates and three times that
many of their party friends in attendance,
St. John waa one of the strong men, and
he was made the permanent chairman,
At his first a upon the crowded
convention
cried out, *!
John" The ering
multitude came like a tornado,
all right!” and that was St. John's wel.
VALUABLE INSECTS.
SCALES THAT ARE NOT
TIRELY PERXICIOUS.
mm
EN-
Vast Sams Pald for their Products -
Cochineal, Chlna Wax, Shellac and
Other Valuable Articles Come from
Them.
When it is considered that there are
between BOD and 600 different pamed va.
rieties of the scale-bug family or coccus,
as it is known to entomologists, and that
| the list is continually being extended, it
is not a matter for surprise that the inge-
nuity of man should have made soma of
them useful to him, or cause them to |
| minister to his need or his luxury.
| One of the earliest of the scale-bug
family to be impressed into the service
| of man was that branch of it known as
kermes, or, to entomologists, as the coccus
{ ilicis. This is found in abundance ons
small species of evergreen oak, common
| in the south of France and many other
parts of the world, and from the time of
| the Phaenicians has been held in high es
| teem on account of the beautiful blood
{ red and scarlet dye manufactured from
| it. It was used for coloring the costly
| fabrics of the’ wealthy and favored
classes. and was valued for its lasting
qualities as well as for its beauty. In the
| earliest historical period it srmed an im
portant article of commerce, and found
its way to Egvpt, Arabia, Persia nod |
Jerusalem. The red used in dyeing the
mummy cases and the dye of the fabrics,
which has retained its britliancy
many centuries, is supposed to have been
the product
{ The dye used for coloring the « urtains
| of the tabernacle, mentioned in Exodus |
26, derived from the same
source. It was from this insect also that |
| the Greeks and Romans produced the
famous crimson and from t
derived the imperishab
reds of the Flemish and other
tapestries. ln short, pres ious to the dis-
covery of America and the subsequent
introduction cochineal, kermes was the
material most universally used for pro-
ducing the most brilliant reds
oranges then known,
The insect itsell appeared like a little i
spherical shell fixed upon In
color it is a brownish red. The gathe
ing of the kermes erop
formed a most important
labor of a large PH
WoO
ir BO
of this scale insect,
wns also
he same low
source were }
famous
asisl
BiG
the bark.
at one
of Lh
French
i per-
part
wiion of the
peasantry. The
formed
mos
was generally
w lie carefull
IY wWolnen iy
i
edd ti FROCLE
seat of lodgems
and the gathering
| per day was considered
When gathered th immersed in
vineoar Le i the inse nd 1
VIDIeEasr 0 i i i x iD ire
were dried
pe it 130 from
a fim
t with their finger
about two pounds
i
i
good Work
ROTYE
thie
med
market,
form
extent
wnmoniy Known
Poland, or coe
i attached t
AR
rly
and still OF for
very much ne
the same pur i
the
polonicus,
the ro a peren plant known
knawel, which wasextensively
for the purpose i his some
quantities were coll It is still very
extensively used bY h Turd i
Arnnenians sor
scariet
{
{:
ite of nial as
cultivated
fire
larg
hair, as well as for
fingers
nk
ladies’
$4
the
Europe
sre the discove ry by ol
requiren of men had led the
of both ito the same chan- |
nel and in Mexios , ages before it was |
known to E sealebug produced |
1s In so high
at its ownership
yentlives of rov
under
t to sug & cortain amount each
year for th of the Montezumss
This was the insect now Known !
cochineal.
After the conquest of Mexico and the
Spaniards under Cortez some of this dye
was taken to and there so much |
admired that he instructed to pro
cure it in as large quantity as possible
The demand grew from this until Hum
boldt estimated that the annual impor
tation of this one scale insect into
Europe amounted to 800,000 pounds, |
each pound composed « f 790.000 insects,
The money value of these was 21.875
000. The use of aniline dyes has re
duced the demand for cochineal, but for
| the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, the
United States alone imported 202,931
pounds, valued at $42,435.
| The cultivation of the cochineal forms |
as important branch
Mexion, where a large number of natives,
called from their employment nopaleros, |
are employed in it. They plant their |
nopaleries, usually about an acre or an
acre and a half in extent, on cleared
{ ground, on the slopes of mountains or
were
Rem
bef
v tarihe reg
nemenne sat
ions,
i
the most valued « iyest
war it he
formed one of the
| esteem
pre
144 i Impds -
alty, and large Qisiricis
yore put
' ¥
iribu pis
Lier
x thes
as the
Npain
Was
5 134% ¥
of industry in|
ravines two or three leagues distant fron |
| their villages. These are planted with & |
species of cactus Known as the tuna de
| castiila, and the plants are in a condition
| to support the cochineal the third year.
{ To stock his nopalery the proprietor pur-
| chases in the spring some branches of the
| cactus laden with the newly hatched in-
| sects, These are carefully housed until
fall, when the females are placed in
little nests made from a sort of flax taken
from the petals of the palm tree. These
| nests are then distributed among the
nopals, being fastened between the leaves
and turned toward the sun. From these
pests soon issue large numbers of young
tochineals, for each female produces
som» thousands of them. These spread
over the whole plant and attach
themselves, In about four months the
first crop of insects is ready to gather.
This is a proceeding that. retjuires much
care and is performed by the wo en,
| who sit or squat in front of each nople
and carefully brush the insects from the
leaves to which they adhere into a shect
apread on the ground to receive them.
he insects are thea plunged into hot
water or put into a hot oven to destroy
their life and they are then ready for the
market, ! .
Another important and valuable mem.
ber of the otherwise des family is
the lac invect, or cocens lacen. This is a
pigmy of its kind, being but one thirty.
sixth of an inch in diameter. Jt is col.
lected from various trees in India, where
it is found in such abundance that pore
§
to grindstones, and dissolved in water
with the addition of lampblack or ivory
black and a little borax it comprses an
ink not easily acted upon when dry bj
damp or water,
when unseparsted from the twigs this
substance is known as stick lsc, Sepa.
rated and reduced to powder, with the
greater part of the coloring matter ex-
tracted by water, it becomes sed lac,
Melted and formed into cakes it is lump
lnc, and strained and made into thin
transparent sheets it is known as shell
lac. It is employed in the manufacture
of sealing wax, very extensively used in
varnithes, of which it forms one of the
chief ingredients, and is the principal
substance used in japanning tinware. A
very brilliant and beagtiful color is also
extracted from it, used by artists under
the name of laclake. The United States
in 1800 consumed of this scale insect
4,739,465 pounds, for which were paid
$202,745, and this formed but a very
small portion of the annual consumption
of the world of this one bug.
Another very useful and valuable
scale-bug is found in China, the product
of which, like that of cochineal in Mexico
under the Montezumas, is the prerogative
of royalty. This is the wax insect, from
which immense quantities of the sub-
stinee known as China wax is produced.
Toward the begin.
small tumors form on
which increase in size until
ome as large as walnuts,
nests filled with the eggs that
wax |
winter
the
init i ves
Their
pe in
product,
which the Chinese call .. OF
wax, begins to appear about the middle
of June. Atfirst a few filaments, like
fine wool, are seen springing from
white
soft
insect,
i
These increase in quantity and density
i ; g
the first hoar frost in SBeptexber. The
wax is at once carried to court, where it
An
the princes and the chief mandarins,
{ wax resembling becs-wax, ex-
dor. Itis employed in medicine,
to ad
rims
rat
cept in «
and (
hinese orators when about
Q
The World's Most Useful River.
The Nile, probably, the most won
world, It has made
turning an arid wilder
a% into the ri the world,
it has pr widied at the same lime on
highway, and made
easy the transportation of building mate.
The a
enabled to ut we oranite of Assusn
for the
is
derful river in the
pt possibie
hest land ip
ad
mirabile «
snmercial
Egyptians were thus
splendid structures of hundred
gated Thebes and of Memphis, and even
some of Tunis, on the Mediterranean
omst At when the
fear 2}
A Lime
British Isles wore
people of the
clad in the skins of
the stone altars of the Druids,
Egypt was the centreof a rich and refine d
civilization. Most of this development
of Egypt was due to the Nile,
only watered and fertilized the soil
npon
which not
n
highways in the
inter to
inning
&. while the Nile
best natural
From the beg
ad of soring-—that i
navigable the srth i blows
steadily up stream with sufficient force to
drive sailing boats against the curreat at
a fair pace; while, on the other hand, the
enough to carry a boat
without sails against the wind,
except when it blows a gale, That is
why ancient Egypt dud pot need steam
power nor electric for the im
that covered the Nile,
eat and
nt
Oi
in el
current is strong
gown
motors
terial for hundreds of
Young People,
miles, Harper's
in China Clothes Make the Mun,
The clothing of the Chinaman oom
¢
of
differencos, The mnk the official is
indicated by the number of vari-colored
buttons on the trp of his official hat; and
instead of epaulettes, gold braid, etc,
his uniform shows upon the breast and
back figures of binds and animals. The
The wearing of bracelets
themselves the same way.
They
beard of a Chinaman about indicates his
age.
smoothly shaven.
allows his mustache to grow, and when
still older, his entire beard. Both men
and women wear jacket trousers.
we blacken our shoes, the Chinese paint
the thick soles of their shoes white,
Black is the color of mourning in the
West, while white-grey-blue is the color
in China. Women as well as men smoke,
and both sexes make use of the fan. If
one tears his coat, the tailor puts the
yateh on the outside. [New York Tri.
ane,
A oumiove case has been decided by
the Baxon Court of Appeals sitting at
Dresden. At Krossen there is a toll
bridge over the Mulde, and only foot
passengers may cross free, A young
man who rode across on his bicycle wis
charged the regular foe for a two-wheel
vehicle, but paid under protest. Having
occasion to roturn the same way he dis
mounted at the approach to the bridge
and walked across, carrying his machine
on his head. This time the toll-
ted, but to no
ught against the bi
court te compel h
costs, and a
was rendered ;
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY DAY LIVE,
Queer Facts und Thrilling Adve
tures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction,
A Lancs party of men, headed by
Harry Gager of Seattle, enjoyed a big
coyote drive on the sagebrush plains
twenty miles southeast of Boise, Idaho.
specimens of the peculiar animal lay dead
upon the frozen ground.
heavy and glossy, sud of considerable
commercial value,
sought the animals for their warm coats,
ments,
spread out over the pisins to encircle a
rocky butte much frequented by coyotes,
The dogs made the frosty air re-echo
with their deep notes. Within an hour
after the commencement of the hunt
twenty-one fine coyotes bad been killed
and skinned. The hounds were then
butte, The dogs corsered four
coyotes, and a battle royal followed.
The coyotes fouzht like four-footed
fiends, and they badly injured
and
Inter
bodies during the struggle,
worthless. A few minutes eight
bunch of sagebrush, I'ne cowardly
to conceal themselves in a large flock of
sheep. They had no fight in them and
did offer 10 molest the sheep, upon
whica they prey. After much
were driveu into
nol
usually
' :
and then the he
em.
she sagebrush agai
quickly dispatched Ove ol U
Anas
“Pon years,” said a steady New York
churohigoer, *‘I had been sitting io the
same pew and in the same seat, tne end
seat by the aisle, Usually the
places are occupied by members of my
family, for we all attend church pretty
regularly, but one Sunday recently when
for one reason and avother, they had sll
staved at home, | sat in my pew alont
Reeing plenty of room there the
brought to sit with me a stranger. |
was. of course, glad to welcome him. |
did not get up and step out into the aisle
so that he might pass io by me, but |
moved along to the other end of the pew
and let him in place, When
ynfortably seatc
handed him a hym
turned toward the
surprised to find
church seemed
For a long time | had
40 seeing the backs of
of my friends and
front of me, and the
from 8s certain point
them n from another
and they all seemed to
ently. [ saw children an;
from their demesnor to reo
tendants at church, but whom I had
goticed there before; they had been there
of course, but my view of them had be
cut off by the heads and shou
other persons. The
to me ia agother light, and 1t seemed as
though his sermon, coming as il did
slong anew angle, came with new p
Indeed, it was almost like visiting
church, The fact is that we ar
creatures of habit that we are
surprised if we depart
from the road
travel.”
ther
usher
wit my
had seen him c
a
siran
been a t
the heads of
ighbors who =
ides of their Ia
of view, 1 sas
point « { view,
nN
very «ier
ne
i: i
OUA
who
be ar at
never
on
ers of
ner =
§
:
13108 nnrared
1 pr
we ar
Ix a little village in Sussex, Eng
there is a veritable milky way of .
where thousands of white blossoms shed
their perfume, and where women
gardeners tend and pack and ship the
fragrant product, Twenty-five years ago
a single lily bulb given to Mrs
Bates, a farmer's daughter, tended
the gift with the devotion wo
on flowers, and when sixteen bulbs had
resulted from the original one, and Mrs
Bates, finding that her children, as she
called them, had outgrown the sunny
window where they grew, she pisated
them in the corner of the garden. Tea
years ago a daughter of Mrs, Bates, in-
spired by the enterprise of the time, sent
some blossoms to the London market,
and now, in association with her sisters,
has made the Bates lilies
their beauty and perfection. The
daughters are keen business women, in.
terviewing their buyers at the § o'clock
was
who
men bestow
of agents so private customers, florists,
and commission merchants, The average
product is 600 dozens a week, which are
wmcked by women in the gardens.
the Horticultural College landscape and
kitchen gardening are taught by lectures,
demonstrations, snd practical work. Tt
are received at the college faster than
women can be trained.
“Tree to death,’ says a St. Peters
burg contemporary, ‘is a mild plirase in
comparison with the expression. ‘True
to hard labor in the Ural mines.” And
yet such heroism as the latter phrase de.
scribes can be found among Polish girls,
A wedding was recestly performed in
Minsk which illustrated this fact. The
Kanovitchova, a maid in one of the
wealthiest houses of the city, came to
church accompanied by her friends in
oarringes, Cesar Pozniak was an artisan
of good behavior and appearance; but he
was accused of murder and condemued
to hard labor in the Ural mines for ten
ears. Maria was in love with him before
the accusation took place, asad would
Hot Jouve him in his ale Py fa
nt was oun m
hen to a. his wife and to
follow him to his pine of destination.
The pric on authorities granted the con.
viet on to marry, and the wedding
| He felt satisfied that there were quite 8
| pumber under @ particular bush and he
| blazed away, The noisy fluttering which
| followed told him the result and he ran
| {or his prize, and just as he was reaching
i out his hand toc catch a wounded quail
| he was suddenly shocked to discover an
enormous rattlesnake in the line of the
| bird, He approached the birds again
| with his gun cocked and resdy fora
| sudden shot, and learned that the snake
was dead. When he fired at the birds
he killed the snake and six quail, al-
though none of the birds or the serpent
| wore in view. The snake had eight
rattles and a button and was 34 feet in
length,
Fon several months the Austrian san-
itary authorities have guarded the
frontier from the importation of Russian
| enviar, and presumably that from the
Elbe has also been shut out. Caviar,
which consists of prepared eggs of the
| sturgeon, was placed under the ban on
| the ground that it was a medium for the
| transportation of ihe cholera germ. To
| test the matter the Austrian Minister of
the Interior ordered a thorough investi-
{ gation to be made at the hygienic labora
tory in Vienna There noted bacteriolo
| gists infected a quantity of caviar with
bacilli from Tonquin and from Hamburg,
as 158.89) being placed in the
At the end of twenty-four hours
but hundred left, and at
the end of forty-eight there were none at
all. This experiment was repeated
several times, with about the same resuit
jelics ev——the caviar, not
therefore continue to
Itis a
{| a8 maby
caviar
there
were a
Ba
Lovers of ths «
the 3
eat it without fear
instead of a pro
A Kesrvocky minister says
hat same Tears ago a Baptist Church in
hat tried kissing his
wife. The | charge was
tered “*Unbecoming levity.” The gentle.
man sccased had been from home several
{ return he
and
£m
bacilli
cholera killer
State a8 man for
ywrmulated en
weeks on business, and o
met | at the meeting house,
in Lhe e of
Lis Ww if
the ion
with a
+ of the
at
braced om
descons
ti
win
the Lips staid old
were $0 such levity in
house the was
, and os
by
yne in the
A Taine
caped
agr
{
idiute
arch
1 of the recent
f Maine, who,
in tilling & rox ky
a numerous family, died
earned pr perty to two
ir father's re
started for
: it upon
took a short cul
had not gone
pat The
man instincts,
in the bushes,
x and
rious hunt
was §
was not till four days afterward
they remembered their father's
i bushes and returned to
bearing
They
wis, and
crossed the
¥ prs
Bi» .
dogs guns,
Other
game turned up, the roionged,
sunt
and it
that
corpre In the
bury it
1 wo BR
«A 0
y had s strange
wuse, situated
in Devonshire, En which they
visiting. The; given a room
snorted to be haunted by & woman with
‘ nto bed
a Wi
gory rushed into the
frightened inte
he alarmed household
shivering and screaming
swerlots while a dead woman
iay beside the bed. The
was a lady's maid who had broken a
while crossing the hall and
room for assistance,
wir
ex perience
cl, at
re
wg were
a 3 $a £ Yvnt an tha orl
a bloody face Just as they g
first night of
whose {ace was all
ra the their slay, IA
2 Were
i them
under the «
supposed ghost
mood vessel
wate fright prevented
Tue peasants of the
in Lithuania
epreance on a suspected
recently by setting fire to
during the night, while he, his wile,
mother, and family of five children were
within, and burning the whole family to
The peasants stood around the
and when the inmates rushed out
they were thrust back into the burning
house with pitchforks and scythes, One
| of the women was murdered outright in
| the attempt to force her back into the
flames. The peasants gave themselves
up to the Russian police, and will most
{ probably be imprisoned for a year and
then exiled to another part of the coun.
try
A case was reported recently of am
| engineer being killed by his head strik-
ing against a sagged telegraph pole as
{he leaned from his cab window, and
| several instances are lately noted of
brakemen being swept from the roof of
| cars by bridges. But perhaps the most
singular accident of this kind occurred
in Missouri. An engineer of an Iron
| Mountain train was leaning out of his
| cab window passing Willismsville when
| he was caught by the mail catcher, the
iron pole and hook arrangement for
| catching the mails from moving trains,
| and pulled clean from his engine, through
| the window, falling beside the track =
| his train passed on. He was seriously
injured.
ilo-xe-a.s0, one of the chiefs of the
Osages, the richest Iodiaos in the coon
try, recently exhibited himself to the
wondering gave of the people of Kansas
City. He wore his first hat for the oc.
ir of blankets,
jussian village of
wreaked their
horse thief
his dwelling
Jagoiziastia,
| death
hut
caston, and a brand new
The chief enjoyed himself hugely in the
metropolis of the Kaw and showod his
acquaintance with civilization by re
marking that he saw more Pres women
there in one day than in al his Tite else.
where,
Recuxrry it was discovered that the
wooden roof of a fine old church in
Arundel land, dating from 1880,
was entire syeombed by some un-
known insect. The beams were so friable
as to be easily rubbed to picces between
the fingers, and the wonder was that the
whole roof had not fallea to ruin in the
attempt to remove it.
Ix Bt. Petersburg
E
ly