» SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS EVERY DAY LIVE, Facta and Thrilling Adven- tures Which Show That Truth Is Stranger Than Flctlon. A oop cat story comes from Bombay. In August a Liverpool resident proceed- ing to Bombay took out with him a cat which he intended to present to a friend in India. Bome days after the arrival of the steamer in Bombay pussy was missed, snd though she was searched for high and low, she was nowhere to be found, Her owner had quite given her up for ost when he received intelligence from England that the cat had made her ap- pce at her old Liverpool home on the 25th of October, as calm and col- lected as though atrip to India and back was quite in the ordinary course of her Jife. The facts are vouched for bya Bombay paper, and there is no reason to doubt their substantial accuracy, but it §8 not made clear whether the cat was wot stowed away in the steamer in which she went out to India, and carried back op its return voyage in the ordinary course. Under any circumstances her adventures are, however, sufficiently re- markable to deserve recording. or Tan jasperized wood of Arizona has become well known by reason of the many cabinet specimens, paper weights, snd decorative slabs of it that are sent to the Eastern cities, but this is by no means the only petrified forest in this country. In the Hoodoo district of the of Toler's ranch, near Walerville, Wash, heard through the derkness and the storm recently what they thousht was a human voice crying for help. The neigh borhood turned out and searched for the supposed wanderer, but without avail, znd the relief party were forced to give up theshunt, believing the unfortunate to have perished in the snow, Not un- til several days afterwards, when the cry was repeated, did they discover that the sound was caused by a creaking windmill. A onus with a eurious purpose has re- contly been organized in Philadelphia, It has a membership of five and will meet but once a year, at an annual ban. quet, except when a member dies. Then the remaining four will act as his pall- bearers. This is the Club’s sole object, except the annual banquet. As soon as one member shall have been borne to the grave by his four fellow members another will be chosen to take his place and its membership always kept complete, Ax ordinary kettle lid engaged the attention of a Judge of the United States Circuit Court and a jury for two days at Chicago. The plaintiff had been arrested for the alleged larcency of the kettle-lid while he was shopping. He declared that he did not steal it and sued the proprivtor of the store to recover $25,000 damages. The case was in the nature of a tempest in a teapot, and the evidence revealed a tendency on the part of the pot to call the kettle black. The verdict was for the plaintiff, One of the curiosities of the reeent cold weather at Allentown, Penn., was the freezing fast to the wet rails of three Yellowstone many stumps of trees are found converted to stone, some of them | showing knots, grin of the wood, and | bark as plainly as the living tree, and the pebbly beaches of the Yellowstone ver are strewn with tons of fragments of fossil wood. In the dreary desert of the Dakota Bad Lands leaf impressions are frequently found in the hardened clay, and at Little Missouri, at the point known as the Burning Mountain, where a coal seam has been on firesince nobody knows when, there are half a dozen tree trunks about thirty feet long. This is yemarkable on account of the almost total lack of tree life in this region at present. A musTeER and a wolf bad an interest. ing mutual surprise party to themselves in the hills near Helena, Montana, a few days ago. The hunter, arrayed in a heavy wolf-skin overcoat, fur side out- ward, was examining some traps set the previous night. He was stooping over | one, rearranging the bait, when there] was the sound of a fierce growl and a | heavy weight fell suddenly on his back, | bearing him to the ground, so that he | barely missed being caught in his own trap. He managed to shake himself | free, and recovering his fect found facing ! him a full-grown buffalo wolf. The! wolf seemed quite as much surprised as | the hunter, .and they looked at each | : i other for some seconds before the fight, which ended in the death of the wolf, began. The brute evidently was fooled | by the overcoat and the hunter's stoop- ing position, and mistook him for another wolf, Tae accounts of the depredations of wolves in portions of Russia, are appear- ing almost daily, Inavillage gear Arch angel o peasant, who was sleeping on top of the oven, as is the custom, was | awakened by feeling a sudden pain in| his foot. He sprang up in time to leave four of his toes in the jaw of an immense wolf, which had just prepared itself for | a comfortable meal, With a how! the man sprang down to the floor. The! wolf sprang on his back. With a great effort the peasant eeded in shaking | him off for an instant, and seiziog a con venient axe soon dispatched the animal It had entered through a window iu the outside room of the hut, nesr which a candle burping-—-a very unusual thing for a wolf to do, as they fear a light more than anything The | bunger must be terrific indeed which can allay this fear. SU Was SIRO, A sTRANGE romance was eaded by the death near Stonersville, Pean., recently, of Mary Reis, who for fifty years led a lonely life because her parents forbade | an early marriage, She was seventy- eight years old. When a girl she fell in love with a young man whom her parents did not admire, and they forbade a marriage. This broke Mary's heart and her home had no more charms for her. Bhe preferred to live by herself and she refused to accept the hospitality of friends or neighbors, saying that all the world was against her, Twenty years ago she moved into the little stone house, and after that she rarely saw anvbody. On as recent Monday a friend called and offered to help her in any way, but the aged lady refused aid. Her body was discovered on her kitchen floor and $20 was found in the little house of the re. cluse. In some of the New England towns and villages it is still customary to ring 8 church or factory bell at 9 o'clock at night, and no further back than war times it was a general practide in cities of over 20,000 people. This custom perpetuates the curfew (convre feu. cover fire) of William the Conqueror's time, when church bells were ring to notify the people that it was time to bank the fires and put out the lights, There is a strong New England element in Brooklyn, aud it may be owing to this fact that the plastics has been main. tained in the ne ghboring city of rihg- ing the City Hall bell st ¥ o'clock every night. It is a thing on some ac- counts, because it enables the residents of the vicinity to set their clocks and watches, Ix a German contemporary, the Kinzig- the following disclaimer: otice.-~In the stables of the long and heavy coal trains. One of them suffered an accident, compelling it to stop, and when it was ready to move its 195 cars were frozen fast and could not be moved. One train after another came along on the same track and, on stopping for those in front to move, suffered the samo fate. It was several hours before the blockade was raised. Tnere is a wonderful grapevine at Gaillac, sa town in Southern France. Although the plant is only ten years from the cutting it has yielded as many as 1287 bunches of fine fruit in a single yoar, - There is but other vine in cultivation that is known to excel this prolific shrub, and that is the historical vine at Hampton Court, Evngland., which was planted in 1768. In one year this noted vine has borne 2500 bunches. Ax Alamoss (Col.) newspaper, in a birth notice printed in its columns the other day, affords an interesting notion of the composite character of the great American people in West, The child, advent in the Holland colony was announced, is the first Dutch shild born in the San Luis Valley. The one £5 * the whose in type by a Mormon, the proof read by au American, the type placed in the “form” by a German, and the paper Tax sale of intoxicating liquors in eto, All the profits derived belong to the com- munity, and are applied to the ‘support cities, towns, Only hotels are permitted to them must be purchased from the com In Christiania alone the profits Amoxa the Laos, a people inhabiting almost uni- especi meine” is being aration called versal, the practice bodily fatigue. Recent % great inquiry the Assam tea-piant of commerce, A cuntors incident has occurred at telephone wire had been broken or fused by lightnicg, and on an employee secking to repair the break, house, The picture had probably been flashed on the porcelain by the light. ning. A mawcuen near Spangle, Wash,, was treed by a large pack of coyotes the other day. These animals have heroto- fore been considered too cowardly to attack a man. Tae youngest convict ever sent up from Kentucky is now serving a sentence of one year in the penitentiary. His name is Sam Dodd, eight years old, and the charge against him is grand larceny. AROUND THE HOUSE. To remove a fruit stain rub with yel- low soap, putting on wet starch, and hanging in the sun several days. For taking all stains out of fine cloth- ing apply benzine in a circle around the spot, working to the centre, and spong- ing ofl. To take a grease spot out of a delicate fabric, touch the spot with the yelk of an egg, then lay a piece of white ribbon over the spot, repeating with fresh water sovoral times, If oil-paintings have become soiled or fly-spocked, they may be cleaned by wiping them off with a cloth dampened with warm water. Do not use soap, and do uot rub hard, but a careful washing will brighten the colors without harming the paint in the least, To Preserve Flowers, flowers, carefull To them, ne trash, in a perfect! water, Allow them to coating over the stems and petals, rving the shape and colors lon after they have become dry.—{Detroit Free Press. They Are Xoi Handsome, The Bosjesmans, in South Contral Africa, je extecdingly ugly, and exist almost in a state of animalism, They dutitin hwies, live va foots and reptiles and have v FOR THE LADIES, A FAMOUS LITERARY WOMAN, The Mme. Darmesteter whom the | French Academy has honored with a prize for literary ability is better known | to English readers us Mary Robinson, the | rirl who entered London Uuiversity | tore she was seventeen, and when | offered a choice between a party and the publication of her poems in celebration | uf her twenty-first birthday, chose the | latter. Mme. Darmesteter is now the | wife of the eminent Persian scholar and member of the faculty of the College of France.—| Chicago Herald, AUSTRIAN GIRLS AND WOMEX, The education of a Viennese girl in- cludes the regular school work until her fifteenth year, after which she goes through a course of teaching in the kitchen under the instruction of some member of the family, or a trained cook, lasting from one to two years. As a re- sult of tuis training Austrian women are gaid to make the most efficient wives and mothers, They are as accomplished and capable as Englishwomen, as witty in society as Parisians, and are noted for their beauty among European women, — {New York Journal. HER PICTURE OX HER LINEN, A young woman who has a weakness for novelties has invented a new way | for marking her belongings. Indelible | ink she scorned as belonging to the dis- | tant past, and embroidered initials and | she voted commonplace, | Even the pretty device of embroidering | is to have her own face reproduced, She had some tiny sod not unflattering being transferred to the corners of her ste. Now, this is all very nice, but one | cannot help feeling that it will probably all come out in the washing.—[8t. Louis THE HUGE SLEEVE. The great balloon sleeve is trying to some figures, and women make a mis- | does pot suit | It is not well dressed to be in the height of fashion if the fashion does A woman with a | full bust, and no height, | is absurd with her shoulders puffed out | stuffed dummy. It requires height and a long, slender walst to support those | exageerated shoulders, They mast look what they caprice of fashion which one chooses to wear, and pot a physical deformity which one tries to | conceal or adorn. There are many other sleeves which are equally fashionable, if i The leg-o'-mutton may be arranged to the arm so that it will not exaggerate the breadth too much and de- stroy all the outline of the waist, — New York World, are " 1 well cnt, THEY WERT INTO MOURNING, It ie related of a family prominent in New York society that the head of it fouad himself seriously embarrassed not fong since, and felt the necessity of im med’ate retrenchment of eX penses, and at the same ti was anxious that his straits shou aot appear to the world, | Unluckily his wife had just issued cards “I'l tell you | she said, when he ex me what we willdo,” mourning.” “Into what?” gasped the ™ she repeated “1 don,t see what elise can we do? As my people are western we easily manage it, and no one will be the wiser 1 will send out cards and countermand my invitations. [I will buy a black gown, and the girls shall wear black and white a1 CRO entertainments, and I dare say they will have a much better time than when | struggling for partners at the big balls, | Az for me, 1 shall enjoy it beyond every- Now, after all, it is only a fib that harms nobody and does us a lot of good,” continued this fin-de-siecle dame, who successfully carried her point, put | gracefully from society and its require- A TARTAR REAUTY. A writer in an English magazine in | Her blue woollen material, fell over a petti Her long black hair was care- | in a coquettish way. Her neck was com. pletely odvered with a necklace which eascended to her waist like a breastplate, and consisted of gold coins, medals, red harmoniously combined, Her heavy old bracelets had been made to order | n Kazan after a pure Tartar model, and her soft-soled boots of rose-pink leather, with conventional designs in many- colored moroceos, sewed together with rainbow.hued silks, reached nearly to her koees. Her complexion was fresh and not very sallow ; her nose rather less like un buttou than is usual; her high cheek bones were well covered, nod her small, dark eyes made up by their brilliancy for the slight upward slant of their outer corners, WOMEN ON DUTCH RAILWAYS, The British Consul at The H says that as 8 the employment of women and children on railways it is stated that the latter are mostly made use of at the several railway works, their parents be. ing glad of the one or two florins they are able to earn for com vely light work. ure ly put to similar on the permanent way, be- paid at the rate of seventy-five or eighty cents, chiefly employed in cleaning the carriages, work- hours a on ing on an average the state railway, with alternate Sundays, and work, with rty cents, twelve hours (the men taking the night duty), and they are paid st the rate of twenty-five conts a day, being lodged besides, the husbands earning ninety cents a day, On the Holland railway the average hours of work are about the same, the women receiving pay at the rata of fifty-five cents a day, sixty-five cents i week being, however, deducted for tie lodging allowed them. For women with families the work is con- sidered trying, especially when they are kept on duty as long as sixteen hours, us is the case at certain points where the trafic happens to be very heavy. As ro- gards the general conditions under which the persons in the employ of the great Dutch railways carry on their work, the testimony of the numerous witnesses ex- amined by the commission, with a few exceptions, went to show that they ave well satisfied both as to the wages they receive nud as to the treatment accorded to them. One witness was of opinion that the wages of railway servants com- pared favorably with those of most [New York Commercial Advertiser, FASIION XOTES, Empire sleeves of velvet are fashion. able for evening gowns. Diamond butterflies of graduated sizes are used to adorn the corsage. Novelty handkerchiefs have edgings of A trimming for dressy silks consists of narrow folds of bias velvet, dotted with pale amber, beige, or red beads, For house-wear for tiny girls there are little shoes of blue, pearl, white and pink kid. Handsome silks brocaded with tiny rosebuds look quaint and old-fashioned, but they are used to a great extent. A pretty way of trimming the bottom of a skirt is with a broad band of satin The eoquilles trimmings, eitherin lace iar to the dress fabric, are fashionable. Slippers are elaborate and dressy to the very verge of absurdity. Embroidery, The fashion of short socks for little children, while it may be characterized many, is a most or velvet, is Wide tibbon, either of silk much liked for dress trimmings some of the new skirts, Muffs are said to be growing much larger but those secn on the street vary very little in size from the styles hereto- fore approved, Black velvet, in all shades latter dinner silk and poticeable io gowns for young women. Old-fashioned shoulder handkerchiefs very thin silk or crepe de Chine are again to be worn, with the ends crossed and tucked into the belt on either side, of A pretty style of dressing for the home is the silk blouse waist, now fashionably worn over skirts that are more or less passee, Robin red is a new color in tailor cloth, and it is preity combined with russct velvet and dull gold passe. + BTOWwWDnD Savio menleri when Among the appropriate mourning goods are tamise, Henrietta cloth and veiling. A princesse dress is very often wora at church by one in mourning. Fillets of ribbon with an aig elite and standing ends on one side are still worn hair, but are less new than the jeweled pins and slender combs of gold, i by stylish maidens. in the so much affected Dress is becoming more and more suited to the needs of the wearer, with every season, and discrimination in the wearing of styles and materials is con- sidered the surest mark of a weli-bred Woman. The trimming on dress skirts grows wider and extends higher with every new model. It is a matter of not very long time when the over-skirt and full draperies will be with us again. The prettiest of all street suits for a large buttons, and the cap in true nau- A modified Puritan costume is a new young women for house wear. The Priscilla dress and cap are thought quite Josephine sleeves will be very fashion able for evening wear. On sll the new shoulder straps, which just prevent the sleeve from falling off. . The new “shadow” velvets are the ad miration of all, since their folds in thei alternations of light and shade are vision of splendor with their superb rainbow hues, In new material there is a rich, thick ribbed silk called Phebus, which is the handsomest of its kind for reception dresses and combines most luxuriously with fur and the many lustrous velvoels which are its natural companions, The evening gowrns this Jon will neither be cut square nor V-shape, but straight across from shoulder to shoulder, “Straight across,” means that while it is pearly so, it must be just a little on the saucer shape; not much, however, for it would make the dress too decollete for most ladies, wk Modern leelandie Literature. gf § Hoe IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND THEIR PEOPLE, A Delightful Climate Trees Are Ale ways Green—Hablts of the Natives In the Family Circle. If the United States is going to enter spon a career of foreign acquisition it eould find po fairer domain than the little group in the middie of the Pacife. Think of a climate the outside variationd of which cover not ever thirty degrees fromsixty degrees to ninety degrees on rare occasions, Here trecs are always green, taking on au new life while still throwing off the old, There is no sere and yellow leaf—no dying year there, Watch the guava trees, and while on one side the fruit is mellowing into yellow ripeness on the other side will be green fruit interspersed with white blossoms In all Honolulu there is but one brick chim ney and that was buit by newly arrived New Eaogland missionaries before they had learned to tear out of their minds their bleak winter. In the lowlands and the fertile valleys there is an infinite variety of products tht would be profitably cultivated wers an market assured to them. Rice was included with sugar in the list of products accorded free entry to the United States, As a consequence the nearby reed-grown shores have been par- titioned off into trim rice beds, with inter. vening banks by the thrifty Chinamen, and toeir tender, vivid green is the brightest feature in the lovely landscape mountain, On the mountain sides s brilliant scar. let berry on a small, dark greocn, small leaved bush will attract an observant eye. Break open the berry and im- bedded in each half will be found a white seed with a line roaning length- wise through the flat exposed surface. In this unfamiliar guise it will not take you long to recognize coffee, indigenous to this soil. have been made of this product and it is found in the Honolulu groceries under the title of Kova coffee. Coanois have pronounced flavor and equal to the Mocha, It could doubtless be cultivated to advantage. Successful experiments have aiso been made in the cultivation of the olive. Limes grow in great profusion and to a fine size. Efforts have to raise the islands, It is curiously asserted A: x whicly 8 Some exports SOUrs ie # vio iE aroma boen mad lemons in that alter a few runs into a after that, the preferable fruit this 5 of lemons the lime and only limes As the cantot be called an un vields Hr is rtunate tendency, Pineapples ab wind and the tamarind be had by those who like it Man goes are y plentiful and good. Many olor tropical frui cessfully grown CRP 8 Lave DOOD sue- here, though not There are plenty of © on = fnrge senile, obile woanut trees along the sea bx nr at Waikiki, Honolulu, A quarter diminut Kamali (boy) to and twist off tuft of graceful Garden ables of fine quality are tn Honolulu all the year aroun i, thanks to the thrifty foresight labor of the Chinese gardoers, groves of shore, one of the Honest wili induce a walk thu up the siender stem puts beoeath the aim leaves at the top vegel be had io These can be seen sith broad pagodas Be basket hats on their heads, a tough, elastic stick like = loug bow across their shoulders with a bucket water banging from each end, passing between the rows of vegetables and plentifully be- sprinkling them. They carry these veget- ables around from house to house in flat baskets, which are substituted for the sprinkling baskets at the of the great end Of the people of these islands it can be truly said that they are the most ami- able, careless, irresponsible peopie in the world, The nearest approach to work ranches. They are wonderfully expert horsemen and also native man, or native woman for that matter, is never so happy as when on a spirited horse, going at hand gallop, decked out with flowery leis and streamers of bright colored cloth, in screaming panions. They ride their horses to death, they kill their babies with neglect and improper food, and yet it cannot be said that there is a grain of conscious cruelty in their nature, The household sits on mats around the palabach and all dip their fingers in the common supply, bringing them out with an upward and outward twist, followed by a downward and inward twist and to the desired haven of the mouth. In a fam. ily circle there is not uniikely to be anold erone who puts in almost all her waking hours in a monotonous chant, which is carried on steadily through all the clatter of small talk by the others. These old women are possessed of prodigious infor. mation and have been industriously drilled and trained through early life in these chants, which are a recitation of the traditions of her ple. These old women, in fact, constitute the archives and take the place that scrolls and bound volumes fill with more civilized . people. {Washington Star. A SRA A Trespasers, The Portland (Me.) Transcript tells a quaint story of Portland's veteran ca italist, W. W. Thomas, and one of h tenants. Mr. Thomas's house faces on Danforth street, his tenant's on Gray sroet, and the lots join. In front of the Gray street house is a pleasant lawn and Cheers for the Capssio's Wile, A veteran saflor, Captain Eastwick, declares that of all the women with whom be was ever at sea, he never met more than one who eonld refrain from asking questions in moments of extreme peril and urgency. "Chat one was his wife, and elsewhere in his autdWography be pays another trib- ute to her courageous disposition. He had just ridden oul a gale with much difficulty in the Indian Ocean, when he was sighted by two Dutch brigs of war, which immediately gave chase. He ordered all sail spread, but his ship was insufficiently manued and much precious time was lost It was morning, and my wife had come deck, and stood with my glass in hand looking at the two brigs, while I had myself taken the wheel, #0 a8 to spare cvery man for the urgent work aloft. Every minote ] glanced back over my shownlder to see the position of the enemy. They had every stitch of canvas spread, and were sailing three feet for our two. A great ‘ecling of despondency came over me a8 I saw this and thought of my young wife standing there in front of me, and of the fate that might be in store for her. And then, to Increase the danger, the brigs opened fire, and a shot came ckipping after us, but feliishort. In a few minutes more they fired again, and now It was evident that we should soon be in range, and 1 called to my wife 10 go below. But she refused to doso. Anolher shot came closer to us than any previous one, and I shouted 10 my crew up aloft to redouble their exertions; but they, unable to. cope with the work in hand, apswered that they wanted help There was only mysed left who could aid them, and I dared not leave the wheel. We were sailing close 0 the wind, and any deviation from our course might throw all sails aback, and be our rain. My wife perceived my extremity, During the voyage she had three or four times, by way of amusement, taken a short trick at the wheel This gave her confidence for the occa sion, and without a moment's hesita- tion she ran to my side, “Give me the wheel, Robert,” she cried, “and you go help! 1 will do my best to keep her head up.” There was no time 10 remonstrate, and indeed her assistanee came like ald from beaven. With a blessing for her pluck 1 handed the helm over to her, and darted up the shrouds. As soon as the crew saw what bad orcurred, the noble example seemed to animate them with pew vigor, and when 1 joined them, and was able to assist as well as direct, we maoaged to complete the bending on the fore. sail. The shots from the Dutchmen were coming fast and thick now, but hope was in our hearts. Bail by sail we got a splendid spread of canvas on the Endeavor, and as each fresh one began to draw, we first held our own, and then gradually left our enemy behind; when, after an hour's work, 1 returned to deck, we were practically out of danger. Then one of men took off his cap and for three cheers for the Captain's wife, and never, I think, did any lady at sea receive such a compliment as burst from the throats of rough men, whose best instincts had been appealed to by the brave deed they thus spon- ‘ancously annisuded, On and the Called those W————— Aba wes Mt Leslie, Ga Hood’s Cures Terrible Headiches Distrossed and Discourages Health all Broken, Thoroughly Built up by Hood's'Sarsaparille Of Bath. N. ¥. "1 am glad to have my exporiends with sood's Saraparilia widely known, because the 1 do not Liave the headaches now, sleep tired feeling is vanished, and 1 am ambitions. 1 can oat heartily at and have gained in wo ght from 0 pounds. 1 do not have any distress in HOOD’S
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