PU | Sma mt I oD A NI ——co— HEADLONG TO DEATH, Sensational Suicide in the Presence of a Crowd. James Hogan, who had been staying at the Spain House, Chicago, became suddenly in. sane from an over indulgence of liquor, and rushing to the roof near midnight swung him. solf over. He was singing and shouting, and soon attracted a large crowd which stood spellbound. “Don't jump™ shouted a spectator, and Hogan climbed to the roof again, laughis boisterously, Several times he repeated th performance, singing and shouting all the time, the crowd, which by this time had swaolled to hundreds, watching him breath. sly. Two policemen rushed up stairs and out upon the roof, but. the maniac discovered them before they could seize him, and run- ning to the edge of the roof, swung his body into space, hanging tightly with his han from the cornice. A woman in the crowd fainted and there was a rush to clear the sidewalk, “Don’t you touch me,” Hogan screamed, as the two officers erawled toward him, ‘‘or I'll let go." Just then the crazed man " saw an officer climbing the fire escape and within a few | feet of him. “No, you don't,” he shrieked, and suddenly rel his hold, His body shot downward, turning in its descent, and striking a sign which extended out from the second story it rebounded and then struck the stone sidewalk with a sickening crash squarely on the head. Hogan's brains were scattered all over the flags and the front windows of the hotel, «death resulting instantly. The head was literally broken to pieces. Oneof the officers who rushed to lift the body became sick at the sight, reeled and fell, The suicide was a man of middle age, and wins well off at one time in Chics PROMINENT PEOPLE. Rox. 8. 8. Cox is lecturing out West. Tae Czar is learning to play the cornet. Ko is a married sister, J. D. Daxa, the geologist, is seventy-five, | Vox Movrks, the soldier, is eighty-eight, ALFRED TENNYSON, the poet, is seventy. nine. GussMAker Krure's annual income is #1, 065,000, JOKE Vicronria’s favorite dish is tapioca pudding. Crown Prxcrss Vieronia, of Sweden, das given birth to a son. SENATOR INGALLS has a passion for bright <olors, and is very dressy. Jorn WasaMarER the new Postmaster. General, is worth $10,000,000, WITHIN the past few years Secretary laine has doubled his fortune EORGE BANCROFT, the historian, has en v ceased his literary work SECRETARY PROCTOR is going West to look ¢ Government work in progress out there, CHAMPERLAIN says that all dom Is had an instinctive fondness for John si CR USSELL Sack, Jay Gould's financial . is seventy years old and worth 340,- Dr. McGLyss will spend the coming sume mer in a lecture tour through Groat Britain and Ireland Tie King of Greece buys his clothes in London, while the Oueen sends to Paris for her costumes Davip Sixros rich cinnati, born in a cabin in Ireland » now £5 000, 000, QUEEN Natane has been indu turn to Servia. Ex-King Milan will fore, return also. Mrs. Grover CLEVELAND seem on New York thoroughls with her mother Carraixy Ergro, the last survive band of Lafitts, the pirate slav: died at Grand Isle Tax German Crown Prince has to get up at six every mornin his studies at seven Tar widow of Chief Justice Waite will | compelled by her reduced circumstances § open a boarding-bouse, Taz King of Holland has had a marvelou recovery. His physicians expect that he be able to resume his duties in a few weeks Coroszl Huon McoCaixont is the most experienced cavalry officer in the British service, He has served in eight campaigns Tae new Earl of Carlisle has emptied all the ale in his cellar, and closed the public houses on his property. He is a practical Prohibitionist. E. P. Aris, who died in Milwaukee a few days ago, had policies of insurance on his life amounting to over $500,000. His yearly out lay in premiums reached $352,000 Winizax IL, at a recent banquat, drank the health of “the youngest sailor in the is the st mat German navy.” He referred to Prince Henry, | his nephew, who was three days old Jonx D. Jexxives, the Chicage roal estate | millionaire, who died a few days ago, was called the father of the ninety nine-year lease system. than $5,000,000, THE source of General Boulanger's income | still continues to be a puzzle to the Parisians, In to find out exactly where the vast Apsinar Davo D. Porrea, Grand Mar | sarade, will | y on the | Sth of June. He recently held a reception | with his wife, in Washington, on the occasion | next season shal of the Centennial naval celebrate his soventy-sixth birt of their golden wedding. Tur Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Bultan of Morocco is an Biylibinan, the widest son of Surgeon-General Mac and he wears in Morocco the title of “C Kad.” He enjoys immense hovors in Mo- rocco, and as be is to soon visit England, the Sultan insists that he shall be accompanied by an escort of a hundred picked men, NEWSY GLEANINGS, ExGLAND has 560,000 velocipedists, A xEw Atlantic cable is proposed. RAILROAD earnings are increasing, : Tur apricot crop is reported short, Drrawane bas adopted a 8500 saloon Tuenx are thirtyseven brands of cham pagne, Tux Philadelphia police force consists of 1658 mon. Uswontep activity in tree planting pre. wails, Mexico has about five thousand miles of railroad. Tuer are 200 churches in Chicago, Brest. rails are quoted at 827 per ton, CATTLE are slling at §10 a piece in Nevada. THERE is an abundance of maple sugar. New York city has 0000 Chinese residents, TrxAs is numbers n exporting large of swine Tne Panama Canal won the first prize in its own A : | rip | Mass, has co | starting and His estate amounts to more | ite of the most rigid search, itis im. | THE LABOR WORLD, #r. Lous carpenters are on strike, PrrLapeLraia has 7950 power looms, Tax eight-hour movement is growing. Br. Louis butchers have just organized, Texas industries are booming up rapidly. In West Virginia 4000 coke ovens are to be built, Ax electric road has started at Nashville, Tenn. Maxy New York waiters have organized unions. PAxAMA'S unemployed workmen are dying of starvation. Tue National Textile Union is being re- organized, ALL the machinists of New York will soca be in one union. A Vexeriax manufacturer is making thou- sands of glass bonnets Wonrkixames's bullding and loan associa- tions are multiplying. Tue rail mills have very little work and railroad building is backward. Tue Jewish workmen of New York are all getting into unions of their own, Tue Brotherhood of Carpenters is trying to bring all of the building trades together, THe tanners think this year is going tobe a | good one and they are buying hides rapidly. Lance numbers of stone-cutters come to this country every spring and go home every fall, Tur New York cigarmakers, 10,000 strong, | | threaten to strike against a reduction of | WRZeN, Corrox manufacture is progressing fairly, with a consumption a lttle larger than In | any previous year ALL the thread United States have combined, and manufacturers in the WALes | have been reduced fifteen per cont His only relative | ) THERE are 130 organizers in the American | Federation of Labor, and several of the gen- | | eral organizers are to be kept on the road Tur workers in the breweries are afraid | that the powerful English syndicates will ro- | | duce their wages alter they got possession industrial | IN the proposed Williamson school, the college system with a central or- ganizdtion building will probably be adopted A MACHINE oas just been made to sow | welts of a shoe to the upper, which will never Shoe manufacturers are taking well to | | leached sashes about twice A cALL has been issued for a convention of | : it barbers to be held in Pittsburg on the first Tuesday in September, to form a national union Tux Eagle and Phoenix at Co employs 300 hands, and is pronounced by an English expert to be the beat managed of umbus, Ga. tton | mill in the world advises a full and t-hour question, as eight-hour law would Preupest Hanson free discusaion of the ‘that an ment to many now idle.” he believes give employ Tae Sultan of Turkey has reinstated the cooks he recently dischargpwd they wanted their wages, He has paid them one per cent and agreed to spare their lives Tur hevause on SO0OULE Lowell Carpet Company, Lowell, oud using some patented cards for card cow's hair, to be used as a for carpets, it being twisted by a pe and in Proes ufficlently for d and used filling culiar this way color Hi - Hing Georgia mpany of Prizes have been offered by tl ida Railroad ( . bageagen Mente wi ie their honesty, 1 HoUsE PAISTER vy the J masons from an hour is usual Tur Aruy Association, just or ganized in London proposes to set up di abled or poverty-stricken veterans in the busi. flower selling on the streets. The ovided with glasscove ness of eTOTrans Are : : ered barrows, like green A NovEL method of stopping and starting a cotton mill bas been adopted at the Ames bury (Mass) cotton mills, push buttons§ be ing placed in the office, with wire connecting with bells in enact a man at the office all by means of She houses, on wheels buttons mR - MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, Magee Mirae has a now play Apzramoe Ristont was born in Italy in 1821. pected success in Boston, Mans. Yorren, the society actress bought a farm on Long Island. Tux Bijou Theatre, at Melbourne, Austra. | : | pasturage, 1558 will signed lia, has been destroyed by fire GronGiz DRew-BARRYMORE has with W. H. Crane for next season Axoxg salaried draws the biggest pay 8600 a week Turns are thirty-four regularly appointed | opera companies traveling on the row Apxraive Moors, the English tragedi- enne, is preparing for ber American tour Tur current theatrical seasons in Berlin and Vienna has been unusually successful A MUSICAL entertainment for the benefit | i o Y f an, 1 sums which the General dispenses so liberally | f the Home for Dogs, in London, netter $2500. Cray M. Grexxe has written a new play of New England life called “Blackberry Farm.” N. C. Goopwix, the comedian, will be under the management of James C, Duff Tur leading New York society ladies pro- to erect a monument to the memory of aster Wallack., THE late Duchess of Cambridge used togay Signor Tosti $1500 a year to entertain he with music an hour every day Tune will be six or seven comic opers com bidding for the patronage of New York theater-goers this summer, Carnenixe Hincrain, widow of the trage dian Edwin Forrest, is seventy-two years old and a resident of New York city. Maxson J. M. Hint, of New York, has discovered 4 new dramatic luminary in Gladys Orme, a pretty fifteen-year-old girl. Mus. Hansroxpsis-rae-StoMace, who 's circus next sum. of the Sioux Srexon Novana, the wellknown basso, has been to support Patti during her Pini vg the United States nexs winter, , has boon cele of sixt . | post thoroughly in the soil. was | season | five pursuit 2 : i over i - | : ka A i Roneny Ersuzas has proven an unex | in keeping with the progress that apicul | has | actresses Ellon Terry | THE FARM AND GARDEN, THE COLT'S MOUTH In breaking a colt be very careful about the mouth, The mouth of a horse should be more frequently examined than it usually is. Sometimes there is an in- flammation that needs attention. Bome- times the teeth need attention and occa- sionally it may be even necessary to draw a tooth. It is by no means uncommon that the poor condition of a horse can be traced to some ailment of the mouth which prevents the proper mastication of the food, —New York Voice. WASTE OF FOOD, Food is wasted when an animal is ex- posed to excessive cold; when it is de- prived of sufficient water; when it is com- pelled to drink ice cold water; when itis | worried, driven about, or chased by dogs, and, in short, whenever it is not comfortable, happy and contented. Even | irregular feeding is a waste of food, and sheep especially, which are nervous creatures, will get poor in a few days, or will not fatten if they are fed at irregular hours, | cause a loss of milk and of course this is waste of food, and a waste of which no thrifty farmer will American Agrievdtur- really a food to willingly ist, submit, POTATOES UNDER STRAW, An Indiana farmer, who has been very successful in growing potatoes under | straw, had his ground broken up deep, a rich and well-rotted com. “The soil now level and The pieces were planted on top of the soil in inches apart in the lines The whole was then covered with about six or eight inches of straw. During the the moles mised the soil some what, but did not injure He adds that a liberal sprinkling of un- during the lvantaoe BOAYVARDLAag and worked smooth seed straight lines ten the potatoes. Season 18 growing grreat Many vines when stretched measured five the tubers the fi New York Witness, feet, and nest he were ever miseq HEALTHY HOGS, The best manner of fattening t been improved since 1 was a writes a farmer to the New York Tribune They were turned into a clover field as the clover Ind, sO0n AS Peas were sown in an August, the J PERS Were rnipening A sufficient 11 when | er for the animals was raked up f{ ice a day were and When over the } raked and ene ice peas were full tacked ad) 8 needed when cold wi taken tot thout There i and tem field. wd more profitabl re iY ret by planting for honey, i } ; ture has made ; and if the unfavorable sea son just past has devel sped nothing mor than to show the desirability of artificial have no unimport ant ria ¢ in its development We believe that much our industry resultis from in this direction While our country for experime nis bes in store is abundant in natu | ral flora, every section having its flowers | peculiar to it that bloom at different times in the year, it may be seen that a longer succession of bloom can be had by the | propagation of different plants. Not only 80, but plants that are deep rooted and particularly adapted to dry countries, may be equally well adapted to dry seasons Allow me to con jecture that if the en. thusiasm would be put in this direction | that has marked other departures of the business, we would be surprised at the re. sults, Flowers that now ‘bloom unseen,” 80 far as their practical adoption by the bee-keeping fraternity is concerned, would | be brought into prominence. Yes, flow. ers that to-day ‘‘waste their sweetness on the desert air” would be cultivated for honey. Rightfully the Government is lending a helping hand in this direction. aflord it better than an individual, and while we will watch with interest Pro. fessor Cook acres of Rocky Mountain bee plant, Chapman honey plant, pleurisy root, and others, we would not depreciate the importance of individual experiment. ing and research, Almost every bee-keeper naturally be comes and should be a botanist, and in. vestigate fully the merits of the flora of his vicinity, aod those that would thrive to advantage, and not only investigate but let the results of his investigations be known, THE INFLUENCES OF DEFORESTATION, Few subjects have claimed n greater share of public attention than the rapid In answer to questions on this subject sent out by the Michigan Forestry Com- mission to intelligent observers in some of the southern counties of the Btate the fol- lowing brief abstract from the replies rc. ceived will serve to show their general character: (1) ‘Peaches and the more tender apples, once hardy, are not able to resist the recent hard winters, I think this colder climate is due to the removal of forests. If the springs, brooks and rivers have changed I have not noticed it.” (2) “There is a belief that we have more frequent and severe winds than when the country was newer. Formerly there was a gradual warming up of things as winter merged into spring. In latter years we have wore sudden changes, with a greater range of temperature.” (3) ‘I concede In a dairy, irregular feeding will | It can! that deforestation has fet down the | forces of the upper air current 100 feet | or so and that itis five degrees colder for want of forest protection.” (4) “The | sudden changes and the extreme droughts of the past ten years or more are, in my opinion, the effect of deforestation.” (5) “In 1828 the whole interior of Michigan was a dense forest, | about 1854 peaches had been a certain { crop. Since about that period the fruit. buds have been winter-killed at least threes | years out of five, evincing the fact that {as the forests disappeared temperstures reached lower extremes.” (0) to continue later into the spring months, and for sutumn weather to continue much later than formerly. Orchard crops are much less certain.” (7) “Deforestation is causing drought, rainfall and heavier and more frequent winds, It has the failure of many springs (8) ‘“‘Heavy and more frequent and se droughts more frequent and of r continuance; hest of summer and ften more intense,” — New jess also caused and destructive shallow wells.” winds Yere. yeFé ‘ of winter « FARM AXD GARDEN XOTES. our appic trees do not like buckwheat, Cutworms Don't feed com sows with pig. Don't take n poor see 3. Sow blue top for a lawn. ’ ITHSS § If you have not mad io i ur hot bed yet 2.7 B'. family g, see that mato and jet by this time. cream while ripen it after. rly per cow Select a bull that is from a family bet i of dairying than your of improve fer In your in This is a guaranty ment in the offspring An herd ensilage provided when and extra pit of of summer want, heats wither will be a good soiling crop condi Wherever the soil is in proper work and crumbles before the low, or when stirred by the fork or je, a large share of the hardy seeds be sown. It is the opinion of a prominent ento mologist that arsenical poisons cannot in any instance be as advantageously ap plied for the destruction of insocts in dry mixture as in water, It is claimed that wheat bran as food for cows does not provide the essentials yor butter making; that, while the yield of milk Is large, the cream from it rises slowly and churns with difficulty. The best temperature in which to ripen cream is about sixty degrees be kept cool, not below forty degrees, snd the temperature be slowly raised to the | desired point for ripening and chuming. ————— Popularity of Seal Skins, The market for seal-skins is increasing | | rapidly all over the world, There is no | fur that can compare for a moment with | the seal-akin for beauty, warmth, style {and durability, Attempts are ocossion. {ally made to supersede sealskin with | | martin, sstrakan, mink, sable, otter and other furs; but they fail Judicrously, | Fashion will have seal akin, and nothing else. Thus, the price is steadily rising. Skins which, in the raw state, wore worth Inst year from nine to fourteen dollars, according to size and’ quality, are now worth twelve to eighteen dollars. An Down $0 | A : | where and the bridegroom gives a pres | ent of betel nuts to his bride. “The | | tendency seems to be for winter weather | It should | Assim ———— SLAVES OF THE BETEL NUT PECULIARITIES AND DAILY LIFE OF THE SIAMESE, Feminine Beauty Marred —-Bathers in the River Menam- Siamese Chile dren—Floating Homes, The betel nut, writes Frank G. Car- penter from Biam, is a native of Siam, and immense quantities of them are ex. ported to India and other countries where the chewing of it prevails. It has a green skin and is of the size of a black walnut, It is sold in pieces the size of a hickory nut and is of a soft, spongy nature, hav- ing a bitter astringent taste. The Siam- ese mix it with hme colored red and a bit | of tobacco. The red lime is wrapped up in green leaves, and every one in country has a betel box near him. chews and spits all day long, and it is | said that this habit costs the people fully as much as their fobd., same effect as tobacco in and soothing sensation. It is used every Jabies arc given it and I saw a young Siamese boy of ten squirting betel juice between his | teeth and aiming at a mark. It is a vile, filthy habit and it turns the Siamese from | & moderately handsome nation into a most | ugly one, The Siamese girls and the plump, olive checks of maidens of fifteen would be very attractive were it not for the betel. Their eyes are black, lustrous and Many of them are peddiars, and they sit in the long, narrow canoe-like boats and padde along their wares from house to They seem to be the managers of the store; and these river shops of Bangkok are out of the water and the maiden storekeeper squats down on the floor with her goods all around her and with her betel box and tobacco beside her, Her husband is usu ally lying in a back room or loafing. Her stock is very small, and there is nothing The wants of have beautiful eyes full of soul. house for the foreigner to buy the people are few. takes neither sosp nor sta tables and rice consti food of the people dainty they take a little and mix it with their cu jority of them do not The Sis their bodies River Menam § The girls step roll shout in the same taking a vessel and filling and standing or of their houses and their beads and pour over 12 they bave had 3 to jet 1 mermaias AE way, and sitting FRIKNs and as | patted the son of the G of the city on the head yest: rd iy I not that around his waistcloth of bright gv silk was buckled a heavy belt an inch wide, silver woven links, at least of the most beautiful workmanship The children seem to be quite as happy, however, as though they had pantaloons, and the music of their voices is as on the Menam as it Is any where On their floating bomes they have than ten or fifteen square feet as a play gr and, and many of them have never been upon the land These floating homes are more like cot taged or huts than houses, the size of them is three rooms, and you ¢ set one roof all down within a good sized American parlor, First, there is an outer ledge covered with a roof and open the river. Inside there is a kitchen and bedroom. They have no windows, and in Bangkok I don’t suppose there are » bundred panes of window glass The climate is so warm that the people want every breath of air they can get, and when you pack the survivors of two or three generations of one family into one of these huts you have no need of either win dows or doors There are no chairs in these floating homes, The people sleep upon mats, or straw, or skins, and their pillows are stuffed with cotton or are mere pieces of wood, A Siamese Kitchen has no chimney and the people never need a base-burner. The on is all done over coals in a box filled with earth or ashes, and the chief culinary articles are a rice pot, a kettle and a frying pan. Many of the eatables are ht cooked, and the rice is first boiled then set to steam in an earthen pot. Rice forms the bread of the country, and the Siamese knows nothing of the after joys of the underdone Ameri can pie or the oily Boston baked beans Siamese girls never learn how to enke or Ps they have roasts Vest, underwear and overcoats, sweet he waters of the not more Hii tl i i NUT, | It has much the | that it takes | | away hunger and produces a stimulating shoulders and | husbands to : N wives for print for their faces average | ald | | 000.000 to NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN, | ———— es Black tulle toques are all the rage. Parisiennes greatly affect black toilets, Mrs. Frank Leslie wears a No. 1 shoe, Brocades are very little worn this sea. son. Jean Ingelow writes in her conserva tory. Ladies are taking hold of the cocoon raising. The black lace dress is declining in popularity. Fairy lamps for the dining-table are used no longer. It is rumored that we are coming back to powdered hair. Newly imported tea gows are more fas- cinating than ever, the | He | Handkerchiefs with colored borders are no longer in favor. Nutick, Mass. , has elected three women on its School Board. Graceful neck-scarfs are worn with | stylish house dresses. Linen collars and cuffs are only worn ipl iy with tailor-made gowns, Plates with fluted edges are the newest things in dinner services. The toque and round hat are the favor. ites for spring headwear. Plaid wool school gowns for misses are cut on the biss throughout. Real Greek button under one arm. gowns on both Five yards of taffeta silk will make and face a skirt of average length, Miss Davenport, an Irish lady, governess of the King of Spain. Skirts become plainer, but waists and sleeves call for much originality Black is a leading color in Paris and is in great favor for evening toilets. Printed China silks are evidently des- tined to a long run of popularity. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is soon te begin housekeeping in Brooklyn. Bonnets made of gauze will be worn earlier than for some seasons past A London has made gown the entire : . - | front made of Marechal Niel roses The young Duchess of Braganza is af present a popular idol in Portugal. Graceful neck scarfs in Empire fashion are worn with stylish home dresses Some of the new parasols have broad stripes running around the breadths Miss Blanche Willis Howard has just patented & music rack and a bath shoe, all the hats and bonnets are smaller and much lower than heretofor Nearly Gold trimming and gold embrod may be seen on white and black bonnets, Kan One of the banks at Stafford, lady, Miss Addie Cox, 2 4 e Galliera quested six 3 to each of servants r sw. Jane Brown, widow of the banker, Olive an FIR r Tro ’ } © omy of the without things be very prev ially among with round nger in front Pars, is said tc her Philadelphia home cach Queen Kapiolani, of the Sandwich Islands, rolls a cigarette with the skill of a Spanish senorita. A sister of Stephen A. Douglas, al | most eighty years old, is postmistress af Clifton Springs, N. Y. “Girls who powder,” says the Boston Courier, ‘‘don’t go off any quicker than those who don't.” use The two best male matrimonial catches in New York are George Vanderbilt and T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, It was the custom in olden times for make allowances to their The late Duchess of Galliera gave $10,. the city of Genoa for a hospital and other public work. Miss Hattie Carter, of Kearney Coun- ty, Kan, has won several prizes at lasso- | ing in competition with cowboys. Embroidered scallops at the foot of skirts are by no means so stylish as o plain hem with insertion above it. The ferrule at the top of the new parasols is very long and pointed io parasols that have cane handles. Notwithstanding the popularity of the straight Directoire gowns, draperies still exist, but they are soft and clinging. Miss Rosa Barreda, one of the ac knowiedged belles of San Francisco, is said to have the blood of the Incas in ber veins, ' Bracelets or armulets, worn above the elbow, are in vogue. Sometimes they are made of ribbon fastened with a jew. eled pin, Colored Jight wool or silk petticoats, when black ones are not preferred, have almost superceded white underskirts for street wear, A crushable or bonnet is one of the latest London fads of fashion. It can be ‘‘sat down upon" without say
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