Tim: SCl? ANTON TlilJJtTNE-SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 15. 1894. It Fashion's A GOOD CARRIAGE. Why Oo Grandmother Held Themselves Like Duchesses. An English writer, In spooking of the Yaluo of currying oneself well,- rctiinrks thnti when our grandmothers were ktU ftad.stralglit lacked ohairu lustuud of ouih- T4.II3Tl MADE GOWN, ioned divans were the usual routing 'plneea tbe young woinon bold thoniselves with a Strulglituess that was almost stiffness. Than when they "grew bid they still held' themselves Ukeduchcxses, for it la the way one Bits rather than tbe exerclso one takes that determines the erectness of the figure. A prominent physician says that the proper lttlng position requires that the tplno shall be kept straight, and that the sup port needed for tho upper part shall be felt In tho right place. Therefore It is noces tary to sit as for back In the chair as pos sible, so that the lower end of tho splno shall be braced against tho back of the eat. If this back is straight, the shoul ders will also rest against it, Due even irtne shoulders have no point of support It will bo found that they do not noed it when the base of the spine is supported properly. This position mokes no strain upon the ligaments of the spine. Every organ of the body is properly fixed by this attitude. The feet should rest squarely upon the floor. The hands should rest lightly In the lap, and thus perfect equilibrium and rest are secured. - A woman with a fine carriage, good taste in dross and plenty of self confidence requires neither beauty, wit nor talent to be a social success. Her merits are obvious at first sight, needing no long acquaint ance in order to be appreciated. For wom en of this type tho tailor made gown is particularly appropriate, and the sketch shows a pretty one of line checked oloth. The bodice forms a blouse in front, but has a basque behind. The stitched straps are of white cloth and the buttons of moth er of peorL J UDio CHOLLET. EXERCISE FOR WOMEN. Bicycling, Walking, Dumbbell and Horse back Riding. Since the Idea that women cannot bo strong mentally and physically, too, is not yet quite done away with, it behooves them to take particular pains to disprove its truth. All who can possibly enter a gymnasium should do so, for publio gymnasiums are now so conducted that by following the directions of the Instructors it is almost linpossl Me to exercise in such a way as will be detrimental to health, but those who are unable or unwilling to do this can by simple means build up and improve the body at home. For strengthening and de veloping the legs nothing can bo bettor than walking. A simple but most useful exercise which all can practice is that of breathing. When the breathing capacity is increased, tho general health Is im proved. For the breathing exercises throw the head up, the shoulders back and tho BICYCLE SUIT. ebest out. Inflate the lungs through the liose until full, then exhale quickly until the lungs ore empty and finish with long drawn inspirations. This should be dono, If possible, out of doors. - For strengthen ing and developing tho upper part of the body a pair of light dumbbells Is all that is needed. Horseback riding and fencing are excel lent exercises, but for the majority of women bicycling is more convenient, and as a general amusement it bids fair to rival the popularity of tennis. The long Skirt has almost disappeared as a bicycling garment, owing to the trouble it causes in mounting and the danger of its becoming wound up in tho gearing while the ma chine is in motion. Short skirt or full trousers are now the rule. A sketch is given of a Frenoh bicycling costume modo of waterproof serge. The gaiters are of oloth to match, and tho hat Is of straw. Ants and Aphides. Tbe ants are on the leaf and walking gently over the aphides, examining them one by one, the latter remaining perfectly motionless. One of them pauses for a long time over an aphis; she appears to be ca ressing it, bow stroking, now gently flagel lating its body with her flexible antenna. At length the insect responds, and from pne of tbe pair of little funnels on the back there issues a single drop of a clear fluid, not expelled with force, as it often is when the insects relieve themselves of it, but gently exuded, the ant standing ready to receive it and then proceeding leisurely to suck it up. The ants go from one in sect to another, sometimes receiving a drop of liquid, but often having to pass on disappointed, their benefactors having ap parently none ready to give in many cases. After a time they have exhausted the whole colony, and they go around inquisi tively stroking one after the other as U re luctant to leave until they have made sure that there is no more to be got. These aphides are of a species distinct from those on the rose tree, with which the ants have been in all probability previously engaged. They differ In shape, color, size, and in the shape and length of the necta ries, but the actions of both the giver and the receiver show an Intuitive knowledge of each other, which can only be accounted for by uu ancestry on both sides stretching back over an immense period, during which an intimate relationship must have ex isted between both classes of insects. Cornhill Magazine. . ' A Hungry Man's llrcams. One of tho worst evil attonding penal servitude is said tube the hunger which assails a man with u healthy appetite dur ing the first few months or years of his im prisonment. A lu.tu who has just done a long term for foreery says: ' ' I used to go to hid every night pinched bv hunger. I begun dreamingof bouquets, and would have thought nothing strange shout it had not the same drcuiu come to me every night. The banquet was always the sumo, in tho same place, and I always bad the same place at the table. The exasperating thing about it wni that just as the first course was offered I always awoke, so thut even in my dreams I was not permitted to taste of the munifi cent spread which was nightly presented to me in my sleep. I dreaded to go to bed because the dream tortured me. It only made me the hungrier, ami I then understood the agony of Tantalus, the tabled hero who was tor tured with thirst, and to whose lips the waters were ever coming and receding just as he was in the act of taking a drink. Boston Globe. GOWN3 FOR THE MIDDLE AGED. Mothers and Grandmother May Be At tired In Soft Bright Tints. In color and In tho shape of dress mat tors have altered very greatly to the ad vantago of an elderly woman of Tate. years. It need to bo an artlclo of faith with her and her dressmaker that she must not be too smart, and a sort of luraplness pervad ed her general aspect. It is now, however, tho young people who insist that their mothers and their grandmothers shall not give themselves up lu the matter of dress and take on for their own wear tho hope less habiliments to which they once would have been doomed. Daughters now throw HOUSE cows, sway their mothers' caps or give thera to the housekeeper, and with a pretty tyr anny insist that tho soft rolls of white hnlr shall bo arranged In such fashion as to set forth to the best advantage tbe fad ing features that they love so well The mother of CO protests and thinks she ought to wear black or at the most dork gray and fears that her now gown is too fashionably cut. lint these objections are generally overruled, and both sons and daughters love to suo their mothers pretti ly dressed in soft bright tints and wear ing garments which do not obscure the graceful figures that, many women man ago to retain well on into old age. The middlongpd woman of today is as smart in dross as her prototype of 20 years ago was dowdy and antique. That this free dom Is occasionally, misused la an una voidable thing; but, on the whole, it Is an advantageous change, as the conscious ness of looking well always improves the spirits and manner. The illustration shows a princess house gown suitable for a middle aged woman. It is of ophclia surah, lined with taffeta. A flounce of lace, headed by pearl passe monterie, simulates a deep yoke. The belt Is of white satin ribbon, and a Jui'a ruche surrounds tho neck. MADE OVER GOWNS. Bow to Make Them Attractive at Little Expense. To romodol an old evening dress for or dlnary nse ndd a deep basque, full if one is slender, slightly gathered if the oppo site. Such a basque is extremely pretty in Iaco, plaited surah or plaited silk muslin, and at once renews the youth of the toi let. Laco blouses made with long basques are also worn by the economical over old gowns of a bright color and smarten them up wonderfully. Over-skirts and blouses of light jetted loos also renovate old silks, whatever their hue. To successfully fill up the decollHttage and turn a ball gown into a serviceable domitoilet buy two lengths of lace or of black or white guipure, according to the color of tho gown. The first should be about 1 4 fingers in Width, the second still wider; Take the narrower, turn up the edge to make a frill round the neck and gather it into five parallel rows at the CirtrTOK BLOUSE. throat The second piece, whiob should be deep enough to fall to the waist, lsthon gathered so as to form a point In the cen ter, cut out over tho shoulders, gathered and pointed similarly at the back, whore it fastens invisibly. To keep nil In place a Frenchwoman would sew a button on to the evening dress and secure tho lace to it. The junction of the two pieces Is bid den by an .insertion of jet passementerie that runs round like a yoke and Is crossed at the shoulders by two semi braces of the same, ending oil back and front with heavy jot fringe. Ribbon to match one's belt may be introduced, undor the inser tion, and a gown available for theater weer or for a small party IS thus construct ed at but little tmnhln nr Arnnnon . The sketch shows a simple chiffon i Diouee, wolon may be made with an old silk bodice as a foundation. The chiffon Is gathered the throat agd belt and smartened by tbe addition of lace about the neck and on the elbow sleeesj. 1 wfepp o o o BEGGING TO BE BOUGHT. AH Sorts of Pretty Tottery and China Are In That Posture. Slnco tho Reneral business depression oriental gocxls havo been selling at aiiton i.shinejy low prices In comparison with tneir former cost. Jnpnncso pnxluctfi, nl ways a temptation to tho im-uutlous ob server, nro additionally ensnaring now that that they havo Ixicn so vigorously "marked down." lllro 1c and gold screens of various sizes are shown at a bai-gnln, whllo all sorts of pretty pottery and china, useful an well ns decorative, nro begging to be bought. Ono of tho mont attractive novelties is a pottery jar tho slzo and shupo of a fraio fruit, curiously shaded with yellow and green like a half rlpo gourd and decorated with gold medallions. There are also shown some new Japanese pincushions made in tho form of an car of maize, with the green husk still partly enveloping it and a withered looking tas- EMBROIDERED BAG. , sol of silk at the tip. The Jnpancso art! flclal flowers sold for decorative purposes are really wonderful. The blooming cher ry branches are especially notieeablo for tho fidelity of reproduction. Jupnnese art ists have a particular fondness for fruit blossoms, and tho cherry is a favorite, be ing copied by thorn more frequently than any other flower except the chrysanthe mum. A great many French and Vlcnncso glass and metal novelties nro imported by estab lishments making a specialty of them, and things may often bo found tliero which are never scon at the large fancy goods liousos generally patronized. Somo bcauli ful vases and row bowls of water green glass are exhibited, both plain and deco rated with embossed garlands la gold, be sides a variety of cups and saucers, troys and similar articles of fine china sprinkled all over with tiny roses, pansles or forgot menots. Also there nro marvelously life like littio birds and animals made of metal and enameled in tho natural colors. These arc most artistically done. A sketch is given of a fancy bag having a square bottom and triangular sides, In Blde of which Is tho gathered bag of silk. The still bottom and sViiu, which are all in ono piece and are bent into shape, are covered with silk or plush, and the edge is finished with a cord. Each triangle has a sprig or liowers embroidered upon It, and the lower corners are adorned with small bows of ribbon. ' '. PARISIAN NOTES. Suggestion! About Gloves and Concerning the Toilet. Parisian women are the best gloved in tbe world, but most of them wear 0)4 or 6 gloves. These are Dot the smallest sizes for a pretty hand, but are those worn by many of the fairest of the sex neverthe less, for a tight glovo Is a perfect abomi nation. It makes the hand look larger in stead of smaller. When tired, warm and weary after a day's outing, do not plunge the face in cold water, expecting to be refreshed, or you will bo more than disappointed. After tho first cooling contact with the water tho flesh will smart and burn more uncom fortably than ever. Instead of soothing the overheated skin, cold water acts as an irritant, whereas tepid or hot water pro duces a contrary and desirable effect. After removing the dust And cleansing tho pores thoroughly a buttermilk rub will NEW SLEEVE. heal, whiten and keep tho skin tissues in a healthy condition. The sun glaring on hot brick and mortar and hot dusty pave ments is very bard on tho eyes. Bathing the eyes in tepid rulnwater and cpsom salts or diluted extract of witch hazel will allay inflammation and rest thein wonder fully Tho Mario Antoinette fichu Is very pop ular in Paris, especially with taffeta gowns. It tics at tho back, with long ends falling on tho skirt, and Is made either of net ami edged with lnco or of glace silk and trim med with rallies. . A new sleeve Is sliowi in tho cut. The lower part is of guipure, tho puff of accor dion plaited goods. A guipure cap Is placed over the puff, and that again is sur mounted by a box plaited epaulet linod With Silk. JCDIC CHOLLET, wuby's First Step, A well kept baby will walk when he gots ready. He doesn't need any lessons. Let him alone. Sec that his falls are bro ken and his hurts kissed better, but don't teach him to Iki a tramp. Urging a child to stand alone- is an excellent way to crip ple him for life. When the young bird's wings are strung, ho knows it and files off. As soon as the baby's legs are strong enough to support him, ho, too, will stand up and walk off. Give him A chance. Babyhood. Sure to Ue Select. Farmer Peavlok Bo you folks goln te the church social at the Corners this even lnr Mrs. Summerboard I think not. We rarely go to affairs of thut klud unless they are very select. Farwor-Pcavlok Oh, this here'll be se leot enough I The selectmen uv tbe vil lage is all goln to be there. Boston Her ald. . A Baying Transposed. Wife Please set tin, John. The baby is crying again, uud I'm too sick. Husband Kothing but trouble in this bouse! Never rains but it pours, and WIfe-WellJ Husband And as to the baby, it never pains but it roars. Pittsburg Bulletin. THEIR ! IS TO BE F S Misguide! Korlals Who Q ill Llfa Simply to Mike a Short Sensation, SOUlc ODDITIES IN SUICIDES One Feather Brained Couple in New York Who Decided to Die Together Fearing Lest They Should Bo Parted In Life Other Pathetic In stances Have Also a Ridiculous Side. eitr Vie Saturday ly.luim There nro all sort of motives for sui cides, but tho most unworthy of all is to quit lifo for tho sako of notoriety. Vat tel, a cook for one of the great French es tates, killed himself because the fish ar rived too late for dinner At tho age of 98 years Zctio, the founder of Stoics, fell and put his thumb out of joint. This was a hint to him that he had lived long enough, so ho went borne and hanged him- JULIETTE FOURNIER. JULIUS DB MARCUS, self. A German, trying to omulato an Englishman who leaped Into Vesuvius, dived Into a furnace. A Frenchman, not to be outdone by olthcr, tied himself to an enormous rocket and blow himself into a t blnzo of glory. Tho doublo suicide in Now Jfork a few days ago by those two deluded feather heads who shot themselves in Central park was perhaps as ignoble an affair ol tho kind as has recently occurred. Julius de Marcus was S3 years old, end Juliette Fournier was 17 years old. They went to Central park together somo time in the afternoon, and the next morning their bodies woro found in tho ramble She had promised to let him kill her, perhaps coax ed him to die with her, and she faced his pistol with bared breast. Thoy wore in love and planned the crimes to make as big a sensation ns possible. They left many silly farewell letters, some of which are given below. Thero was ono in French addressed to the authorities of tho city. It read: We die in perfect health and with cleat minds. Wedle for lovo. We are happy. It Is our wish that no autopsies be made upon us, aiid 11 Is our final request that no knife be Used upon our bodies, and that we be buried together in one grave, If possible. We are both freethinkers and do not care in what Ceme tery we are burled. I hope that my beloved parents will favor me with my last request and bury Juliette and myself in one grave. Idle for her end she for me. We do not wish to be parted in lifo or in death. We beg all for for giveness and arc as happy as ever. Julius de Marcus. Juliette FouimiGR. Then camo letters from tho woman. Thero was only a line to the husband who gave her a name, simply: Pardon. I despair and prefer to die. Julipttr. Another, to her father, J. Fournier: BnooKLTH, Aug. 20, 1894. Deaii Papa. I am bold enough to call you by this name once more, for this is the last time you will ever hear from me. When this reaches you, I shall be dead. I die happy. It is no ono'i fault. Forgive me all the misery I havo caused you; also this last blow. Your little daughter, who loves you, Juliette. That to her mother was dated Monday night: My Damjno Motmk-I beg your pardon for the pain lam about to caugo you. When you receive this I shall be dead. Pardon me and think sometimes of your littio girl, who loves you and cegrets all the trouble she has Caused you. Adieu and pardon. Juliette. On the man there were nine photo graphs, clippings from ono of the dally papers wherein Robert Q. Ingorsoll is said to favor suicide under certain conditions, a pocket mirror, a little money and a gold ring. Six of the photographs were of tho dead girl. Juliette was married about a year ago to Henri Fournier, her father's brother, who is 87 years old. In her pocket and on her person wore found a pocketbook con taining a bunch of keys and a bluck veil, a sword scarfpin, a gold hatpin, a wed ding ring, a small diamond ring, an em erald ring, a gold baud ring, a wire gold ring and a pair of diamond earrings. These facts recall another case where a young actress ond her artist lovor commit ted suicide together In Now York some three years ago. Uustare Koch was a bright and handsome Austrian German who had como to this country and mar ried a woman who proved unfaithful. Ho obtained a divorco and soon aftor formed the acquaintance at his boarding house of a young and hnndsomo girl, Emily Rossi. Her fnthor was a well known singer in Germany. Her -mother is still a well known writer of short stories for maga zines. Tho girl was educated with a View of making her tho wife of somo noblo and well to do Gorman, but she revolted and beennio an actress ngnlnst the angry pro tests of her mother. They were thus hope lessly estranged, and as far as can be known this was tho exciting causo of her self destruction. Sho could not get tho permission of hor parents to marry Koch, and thon, as near as can be ascertained, they decided upon the cowardly uctof sul- EMILY IIOSSI. OCSTAVE KOCH. cido together. Ono morning Just at day light Koch ascended the steps to tho ele vated railway station near where Miss Rossi lodged. Ho passed through the gate to tho end of tho platform and took his stand about a dozen feet from tin win dow, ut which a figure was seen to appear. Then ho put tho pistol to his templo and fired. His aim was true, and he fell dead. At the same instant a pistol sounded in tho room above, and when her lundludy entered sho found Emily Rossi dead. A small hole was in her breast, and a pistol lay on tho Door beside tier. The pistols were of the same mnko and had been bought by Koch. When he Walked honCj w 1th Emily the evening before, be carried them in a paper candy box and alluded to the contents in conversation with a friend "those precious candles." The funerals of tbe two suicides took place at the same time. Their bodies were cremated. Poisonous Fly IHtea, We are wont to speak of slight disorders as "flea bites'1 (which Arab;. no means to A Jsj D'-xX i tel be confounded with llebitis), but it now appears that fly bites, at least, may be very serious. It is not the gadfly we are warned against, but the hitherto supposed to be harmless (and "neccsnary") house hold fly. It Is the old story cf living germs again, "in the Inoculation of which this little creature, notwithstanding the weakness of its mandible, takes its share." Another terror Is thus added to our daily life. The true origin of the proverb, "He would not hurt a fly," Is now made ap parent; such Is tho mildness of his dis position, it means thaOie would not even tlestioy that enemy of the huuma race tho fly. I possess a little dog ngainrt whom two reproaches have long been hurled first, that he is not a sporting dog, and sec ondly, that he is useless. It Is quite true that his notions of sport aro restricted; he will not tackle a rat nnd has somo appre hension about tackling a mouse unless it Is in a very fecblo condition. But to see him in pursuit of a blucbottlo fly is to wit ness n chase of the most enlivening de scription, and half of it up in the air. I confess that I often join with him on wet days in this harmless recmatlon (fur he never, by any accident, catches the blue bottle). When left alone, however, he will pur sue the common housefly with great suc cess, especially when it is on the window pane. Hitherto I have frowned on this recreation as being cruel and even barbar ous, for he not only kills but devours these small deer, but I now perceive that he is actuated by benevolence toward the human race. London Illustrated News. A Pair of Suspender. "Did I understand you to say," inquired the lively drummer as the train sped on ward, "that you were In the suspends line!"' "You did," was the reply; "I have been a member of the regulators for a good many years. Know of any one that needs stringing up, do your" But the drummer bad imperceptibly slid Into the next car. St. Joseph News. Tbe most lasting monuments of the cop per art are the old grants written on cop per plate and coins which are constantly being discovered and stored up In the Ma dras Central and other museums. Tho only nation that possesses those imperisha ble forms of documents is India, Didn't Like Being a Gentleman. Among Captain R. W. Eastwlck's recol lections are some of Colonel Wellcsley, af terward world renowned as the Duke of Wellington, who told him a story of a ser geant in Wellesley's regiment. After the declaration of war with France, and when an invasion of England was feared, many Volunteer regiments were raised, ar.d this sergeant was selected to drill one of them. Later, through the influence of an officer of the regiment, he received a cadctship iu the Bengal forces. The sergeant went to India, but being quite unaccustomed to mingle with gen tlemen, soon found himself out of place. Some time afterward he heard that his old commander, Colonel Wclleslcy, was in Calcutta. He obtained leave at absence and hastened to that city, where he called upon the colonel and explained bis uncom fortable position. "Sir," he said, "I am tired of being a gentleman, and desire to be degraded back to my former post in fact, to become a sergeant in the Thirty-third again would be promotion to me." Colonel Wellcsley was glad to have so capable a man in his service, but felt iu honor bound to remonstrate with him for so mistaking his own interest. "You have attained the position of a gentleman," he said, "and should strive to become worthy of it." He advised him therefore to return to his duties. The sergeant would not litien to him. "Saving your presence, sir," he declared, "a gentleman is a mighty poor thing to be. It is like being tinder continunl arrest. A man may not do that which he desires, that which comes natural to him, but must always be thinking of his behavior, and whether whivt he does is in accordance with his station. I would sooner be a pri vate in the line, and master of my own ac tions when off duty, than colonel of tbe regiment and pestered with trying to act the geutlemaul" The man returned to bis old place in Colonel Wellesley's regiment. Charlotte Cushman's Love Affair. Charlotte Cnshman, the actress, was in love but once in her life. She met in Cin cinnati, whero she was playing, an actor named Clark, with whom she full in love. Through her efforts Clnrk was advanced to leading man in the company, and the course of true love ran smoothly. One night the actress met a strange woman behind the scenes between the acts. The woman came up to her and addressed her thus: "You are Charlotte Cushman, the great actress. Haven't you got enough men to admire you without coining between man and wife and robbing me of my husband!'', "Your husband 1" cried Miss Cushman, getting excited. "Yes, and you have taken or you are trying to take him from me," continued the ragged woman, looking Miss Cushmau full in the face. "Who is your husband?" "Conrad Clark," replied the woman, "the father of this child," pointing to a half starved, thin little child iu ber arms. Miss Cushmnn started as if Bhe had been shot. She went through her part that night as usual acted it splendidly brought down the house; thon, after the perform ance, she sent for Clark to come to ber dressing room. Clark knocked und then opened the door. She brought forward to him his wife and baby, who had been wait ing In the dressing room to receive him. Such a roceptlonl Charlotte Cushman never looked or acted so grandly on the Btage iu all her life as she did that nUfht In her dressing room. She waved Clark away with a greater majesty than ever as Queen Catherino she waved away Cardi nal Wolsey, nnd then going to her hotel probably she hud a good crying spell. But she never loved again. Philadel phia Times. A Strunzo Rtilliling Legend. Nine master rnawns who were ehsrntred In building a citadel in the time of the Voivoid Neagoe found on returning to their work each morning that the portion of tho wall which tliey had completed the day before had fallen to pieces during the Dight and was lying in a heap of ruins in the ditch. Munol, of Curtea, the head ma son, informed his comrades cue morning that a voice from heaven had warned him in his sleep the night before thut their la bors would continue to comu to naught unless they all swore on that very morn ing to immuru in the structure the first woman, be it wife, mother, daughter or sister, who should arrive with the morn ing meal of ono or either of them. They all took the outh, and the last man hod hardly been sworn when Maud's own wife appeared carrying her husband's break fast. The oath was kept, and tbe woman, known in the legend as "Flora of the Fields," was murdered and ber blood nud flesh incorporated with the wall of ma sonry. A curious practice of the Bulgarian masons (tbe above scene is laid in llu lgariu), which survives to tills day, testifies to the vitality of the legend. To Insure the solid ity of the bouses tbey build they measure with a reed the shadow of tho first person who posses after the digging of the founda tion has been completed. When the founda tion is commenced this reed is buried under the first rock, usually the cornerstone. St. Louis Republic SOMETHING ABOUT PROPELLERS. And tho Different Cairn allies That Break These Massive Castings. The propeller of a steamer is a compara tively Itisixniflcant object compared with the huge body it propels ngnlnst the com bined forces of wave and wind, but they come to grief frequently in a variety of ways. A few days ago the red D steamer Venezuela, In a cairn sea, without a breath of wind almost, suddenly lost one blade of her screw, just ns suddenly and with as little cause or liotico ns overripe fruit drops from its parent hough. Around the dry docks are numbers of giyiuiljc propi-llen', all in ono stae or other of dilapidation. Some are east in t lie solid that is to say, the hiiltIiroii:,'h which the shaft passes and tlie funs which extend from it are one solid casting. Others aro built or cast, rather, in sections; the hub is one, and each fan or blade is another, which lit into bases made for them in tlie hub, where they are screwed on by huge bolts that nee set in the hub c-astinn. Where one fan' or blade is broken it is easily replaced, as the makers retain the models of nil wheels or propellers, as they are Indifferently called, which they cast. Then the entire wheel is not rendered use less, as in tlie case when a solidly cast pro peller like the Venezuela's comes to grief. It is extraordinary to see the proportion of vessels that arrive haviug received some damage to their propellers. Occasionally damage is done by the shaft racing, as it is technically called. That is cuused by the steamship plunging head on into the trough of a big sea, and so elevating the stern and the propeller that it is completely out of water, and being suddenly rid of the re sistance the engine runs away, so to speak, just ns an ordinary engine will do when a driving belt slips off or breaks. Occasion ally propellers are broken by striking floating logs or Ice, and rarely by striking a whale or large fish, when it is so much the worse for the fish. Iiut there is one curious fact always noticeable about propellers; that is, that the extremities of the blades are eaten away as though by some corrosive acid. They are pierced with holes of greater or lesser depth, which weaken the points of the fans so that they snap off. These corrosions are said to be caused by the action of the water, but it seems strange that the wearing should take the form of honeycombing the metal instead of wear ing It awuy smoothly, as the mere friction of striking tho water might be supposed to do. Recently screws or propellers are made of different combinations of brass and other metals, especially for steam yachts, and are very costly. A short time ago Pierpout Morgan's yacht struck a rock in tbe sound. Tlie force of the blow smashed one blade clean off, although fasteued on by eight or ten 2-lueh bolls secured by massive nuts, und a second blade was curled up by the blow Just like a sheet of lead. This wheel was designed by Beaver Webb, was only a three bladcd one and yet it cost the comparatively enormous sum of $2,800. It was mnde of a composition metal resembling brass in color, called Msyanese bron.e. In largo ocean steamships, if the pro pellers are not one solid casting it is usual to cover the nuts and bolt points which fasten tl e fans to the hub with a cement. This is so tenacious nnd becomes so hard when once set that it rarely breaks until its removal becomes necessary, when it gives the workmen a hurd tussle tore move it. Brooklyn Eagle. Driving Two Kings. The king of Denmark nnd his second son, the king of Greece, were out for a walk and went farther than they had Intended; dinner time was close nt hand und they were tired. Just in the nick of time up came a cart driven by an old peasant; they hailed the man, asked him to give them a lift, and were soon seated upon some sacks in the cart. In reply to King Christian's inquiry, the man said he was going to the castle of Fredensburg to try and sell the two sacks of carrots upon which they were sitting. After a pause the king of Greece asked the man, "Do you know us?" to which the peasant made answer: "How should I? I nave never seen vou." "Well," said King George, "I will tell you, so that you may know in future. You are driving e kitig of Denmark and the king of Greece." The peasant roared with laughter at what he considered to lie a good joke and, not to be behindhand, proclaimed himself to be Frederick VI, who had been dead some years. The man laughed and chuckled at the joke until the castle was in sight, the two uionarcbs sitting silent in the cart, but when the soldiers on guard saluted the kings and paid the usual honors the scene changed. Tbe two monarchs, however, thanked him cordially for the ride, and ten minutes afterward the man was on bis way back, his two sacks of carrots hav ing been purchased at a most unexpected price. Harper's Young People. The Growth of the Umbrella. For years umbrellas were made of only such materials us existed, and consequently most unsuitable substances. Its cover soaked up moisture, and in drying cracked or rotted, its whalebone ribs became brit tle, and its stick was a ponderous club, tiring to hand and arm. The greatest modern improvement was the invention of the steel frame, which took the place of whalebone, about forty years ago, up to which period umbrellas were j-et so expensive that the masses did not possess them. The tips used to lie Hindu of bone or japaned metal and fast ened on, and the runners were fully six nclics long. The ferrules were also much larger than uow. The umbrella was kept closed by a metal ring fastened to it by u string. Any one, by comparing these figures with his own trim umbrella, will note the won derful strides which huvesiuce been made. One will hardly credit the fact that the perfected umbrella of today represents up ward of 4U0 patents for parts, alterations and improvements in manufacturing proc esses. Clothier und Furnisher. AYhat l'oucault Did for Science There was one discoverer whose name. I thiuk, was Foucault, who added to scien tific discoveries many new ami-useful in ventions. Foucault discovered the inven tion of a lamp to aid in scientific discovery. He invented a mysteriously constructed lamp which would feed tlio carlious in electric batteries by clockwork. Tho works of tho clock were kept in motion by electricity. New York Telegram. Women in lirlekjurds. In some of the brickyards ut Spring wells, Mich., scores of women, it is said, dig in the pits and carry the molds. Tho upper parts of their bodies are ulmost mule and tho lower parts are hardly cov ered by course cloth. SevenU carry naked babies while they work. They come from Poland. New York Sun. A Posalble Case. The patrolman was before his chief for having slept ou his beat on Sunday night. "I am surprised, Officer Sling," said the chief regretfully, "thnt this churgu has been brought against you." "So am I, sir," responded the officer. "You were never guilty of such an 'of fense until you took your present boat." "No, sir." "Have you any excuse to offer?" "Yes, sir," said the officer confidently, "there's two churches in every square of my beat, and I can't get out of hearing of tho sermons, slrJ)etrolt Free Press. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL I'UYSU IAK AMJ NUUGKON DB. a. KDUAB DKAN has removed to 018 Upruce street, fcicrantou, fa, (Just ou poelte couri-bouso ttquare.) It. A. J. t-ONNELL, Office 2U1 Waauington . avenue, corner Bpruoa street, over r rancUe s drug store, ltesiuenoe, KM Vine st. Cllico bouts: iU.aitolSa. m. and U to and jt ijfttij.au p. m. Buaday, 8 to 8 p. m. DK. W."k" ALLEN. "GlUce coT LTcki wanna and Wushiinrton aves.; ovor Leon ard saoe store; office hours, 10 to 13 a. m. an i J,'.0 ,P- in-; evuuiuua at ludueuce, 512 N. ' yl'jngton sve. . Dli. C L. I'-'kEV, 1'iuctlm limited to Lis-ear.-, of tho Ee, Ear, Nose aud Throat; oiHco. li Wyoming avu. Kosidenoi), SO) Vine ttn-m. 1 ) li. L.M. OATES. 125 Wiwuliidton Avouuj.' X' Olheo hours, S to a.m., l.iiU to 8 uud I -T P-"'-Kl'leni!ii :m Madison avjnn HIH.V I. wL'NXZ, iM. 7)., UffiCOM 52 aud f I .uramonwu.-iltu building: residence 711 Jlmliwmavo; office hours. 10 to 12, 2 to i T to Si Sundays 2.au to 4. evenius at residence. A spiHjlaliy made of difens.is ot the eye, ear, nosa and throat and gynecology. 1) K. KAY, 206 PennAve. ; 1 to8p.m ; coil 20(12. Dm.of women, obwtetrios and din. of chil. LAWYERS. I M. C. HANCK'H Law and Collation of. t . lice No. 817 SDruce St., opposite Forest House. Beranton, to.; collectiutis a specialty throughout Pennsylvania; reliable corrtapondr ente in every county. 1 hssOfa ThaTvi3, Attorneys and Conn 'i lors at Law, Commonwealth bulldhub Washington ave. W. H. Jenmup, HnttAf!K K Riitn W. H. Jbsbop, Jh. Wtuunni. nAniiM x anArr, Attor neys and Counselors at Law, Republican Mlding,Wahhigton ave.. Beranton, Pa. pATTEltSON & WlLCuXTAttorueys ond 1 Counsellors at Law; oUiues 0 aud o Library building, bcrauton. Pa. KOSWELIi H. PATT1RAO. Ilril I tun 11, . nr. i.-vr i,tr . .... "I.."" WILLIAM A. WILCOX. A LKKED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND, At V tnrueys and Counsellors, Commonwealth building. Hooma 19, 20 and 21. iy F. BoYLE, Attorney-at-Law,No.ll and ' ' 20, Burr building, Washington avenue. HENHY M. SEELY - Law ouicea iu Price building, 12V Washington avenue. IRANK T. OKtLL. Attornoy at Law. J 6. Coal Exchange. Scrnnton, Pa. MlI.TflV W I DWUV i At,'.,., ori tat i --2LY5 HT'it I ton ay., a H. square., TAMES W. OAKKOUD, Attorney at Law. o rooms 63. 6t and &V (Vimninwatli h'l-o OAMUEL W. EDGAR, Attorney at Law, Ofnco, 317 Sprucest,, Beranton. Pa. T A. WATRE3, Attorney at Law, 423 I J. Lackawanna ane.. Beranton. Pa, J P. HiilTH, Counsellor at Law. Office, 1 . rooms 54. 65, M Commonwealth building. 1 R. PITCHER. Attorney at Law. Com V.juoiiwfaltli bnllqlng. Beranton, Pa. C, COMKOYS. 321 Spruce st 1) H kKI'l.iilll.l.' a . ..... -- u.wtinj-uuuj, UOI(! Jiatod on real estate security. 40B Bprnoe. V. KILL AM, Attarnev-at-Law, ) Wy oniine Bvuntin. Hi-ranton. SCHOOLS. CCUOOL OP THE LACKAWANNA, Boron O ton. Pa., prepares boys and girls for college or bu8inr thoroughly train vonng children. Catalogue at request. t).ens Bopu-mber la Rev. Thomas M. CAtrg, WALTF.K a. UCEI.L. f IBS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN I'L and Fcnool, 412 Adams avenue. Pupili received at all timoa, Kext term will open Septemlmr In. UKNTIfiTK. Ci C. LAUBACH, burgeon Dentist, No, 111 t Wvomlnir ave. R. M. Kl'KA'iTo'N. offliv. Coal F.irhnnre. LOAfS. '"PHIS REPUBLIC" Bavlngs and Loan Am J. ciution will loan you money on easier terms and pr.y you better on luvestment than any other ussoclntion. Call on S. JS. CALL EN PER. Dime Bank bnlldtnir SEKKS. GR. CLARK ft CO., Seedsmen. Florists and Nurserymen; store 14S Washington avenne; green bouse.133 North Main avenue; tore telephone 72. TKAS. Gli AND UNION TEA CO.. Jones Hroa WIKE RC'RKKNH. TOS. KUETTEL, 5i5 Lackawanna avenne, f J Smtnton. Pn.. manrtf'r nf Wir Snrmn. HOI I I S AM) It KSTAU RANTS. rpilE ELK CAFE, IK and 127 Franklin ave 1 nue. Rates reasonable. P. Zikomib, Proprietor. LSTiiLN&TER HOTEL. W. G. SCHENCK. IfanaffM.. Sixteenth street, one block east of Broadway, at Union Bquara, New York. Amerlran plan, J3.5U per day and upward. Ct'RANTON HOUSE, near L L. & VT. pa O teugor depot. Conductd on the European plan. Vir-TQR Kncn, Proprietor. AKCH1TKCTS. J) AVIS HOl'PT, Architects. Rooms 21 m ana 2 commonweaitu b id e, Beranton. 1 L. WALTER, Architect. Office, rear of J. 600 Washington avenue. 1? L. BROWN. Arch B. Architect, Price r , huilding.128 Washington AveScranton. MlSCKl.LANKOUS. I JAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIO FOB JJ tails, picnics, parties, receptions, wed dings ana concert work furnished. For terms tddrew R. J. Bauer, conductor, UT Wyoming ave.. over Hnlbert's music store. II OKTON D. S WARTS- WHOLESALB lumber, Price building, Beranton, Pa. BUppliee, envelopes, paper bags, twin II UBSta AINU U K AMES hYlK KAI. ut L'.u lapouse avenue. D. L. FOOTE, Ant l.RANK P. BROWN ft CO.. WHOLE I sale dealers in Wood ware. Cordage and Oil Cloth, 7'JO W. Lackawanna avenue. E. Robinson's Sons' Laqeh Bbbk Brewery Wannfacttiwrt of the Celebrattf PlLSENER Lager bEER CAPACITY iUU.UUU UbiB. Per Annum, HASSON STARK. AT THE OLD DEPOT HOTEL, FACTORY V1LLE, Is Drenared to receive summer . hnftt-dAra . i.iou iilq iu, tuui isn ,u urn,uuuiuK sow muu summer rusorcs. n Handsome comtueim I M one or me greatest charms a woman
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