Th}£ £®l©Ts' Off ASH'ON-
New York City (Special).—The dis
play of dainty, expensive things for the
neck is so irresistible tliis season that
they seem to be a positive necessity
DAINTY THINGS TOR THE NF.CK.
Ms an accessory of every well rcgu- i
luted outfit. Added to all the smaller j
fancies in neckwear are the fichus |
bertlias of expensive lace, the little |
pelerines with long ends and the most
charming sik scarfs with applique lace .
\JODELS OP WASH TAILOR TED FROM A INCEST IMPORTATION'
on the ends. The pretty fichu, shown |
in the illustration, which is repro- j
duced from the New York Sun, is
made of cream mousseline de soie,
trimmed with black c'hantilly lace al
ternated with groups of tucks. An
other fichu, very stylish, is made of
chiffon in gathered frills separated by
rows of lace insertion run with bebe
ribbon. This is made on a shaped
foundation of the chiffon fitting the
shoulders carefully. There are cape
collars of Venetian and Ilenaissauce
lace; all sorts of jabots, made of lace
and chiffon; dainty collars of lawn,
trimmed with lace; pretty, inexpen
sive stocks of duck with narrow white
lawn ties; ties of wash ner finished
with lace-edged ruffles, and little turn
down collars of India muslin, finished
with a narrow insertion.
Vgeful Clothing For Summer.
Having a friend at court enabled us
io get an advance peep at the very
irst importation of wash tailor gowns,
just received by one of our most ex
clusive shops. The only trouble was
among so many beauties which to
•lioose to show you. says the I'liiladel
phifi Record. The two sketches here,
however, embody several of the new
est and most desirable of the features
of these gowns for this season. The
first is made of khaki, the smartest
and most exclusive of cotton stuffs for
this summer's tailor-mades. The
round, dip front, Eton jacket, with
very plain sleeve, is the very proper
est spring jacket model. The revers
are covered with an applique of heavy
white embroidery, and a band to
match heads the circular ruffle on the
skirt. These circular ruftles are still
la mode 011 tailor gowns of either wool
or cotton, but only run across the sides
i»nd hack, finishing at each side of the
box plait. Then, too, they do not flare
nearly so much as last season, being
cut plainer, with a scarcely percepti
ble flare. The combination of the tan
nisli yellow of the kliaki and the heavy
white embroidery is stylish in the ex
treme.
A white pique, cut whh one of the
new kilted skirts, is showu in the uec
ond sketch, with heavy white insertion !
trimming the bodice. This is also a
very smart gown, its trimmed and
fitted bodice making it rather dressier
than the other one, although their
styles do not conflict with one another,
as tli«y are designed for different oc
casions. While the jacket suit may,
with perfect propriety, be worn for
any occasion where a wash gown is
i permissible, yet, as has been said, the '
J design of the other makes it more !
! dressy and gives it rather less of gen
! eral utility style than the jacket model.
Klegarit Petticoats.
, The woman who drives need not j
give tip her petticoats, and, let fashion j
I take what whim she will, nothing can
rival the soft "froufrou" of a satin
or silk underskirt, or the delightful \
daiutiness of white cambric and Va
lenciennes. When we wear a petti- i
coat now it is of the most elaborate
order, and here brocade is really j
requisite. The most fantastic old
Watteau brocades, and even satin
grounds with floral designs outlined
with panne, are utilized for the under
j skirt, with bright flounces trimmed
J with beautiful lace, caught up with j
I ribbons or held in place with dainty i
headings and gofferings.
Kill* Enamel ISracelot.
A pretty bracelet is made of sky- j
blue enamel, with here and there a j
! touch of gold, sometimes a mere lino j
| of gold appearing. These are most be !
I coining to a fair arm. But there is lit- j
tie doubt that a white arm looks its j
whitest when a black velvet baud is I
worn at the wrist. This seems to em- !
; phasize the fairness of the pretty arm I
! and hand.
I
A Pretty Bodice*
A pretty bodice to a gown is made !
| Eton effect in black lace insertion and
j ribbon, the jacket stopping about ;
•
throe inches above the waist, tho inser
tion being carried down to tlie waist
line like straps over the plaited chiffon
bodice of white worn nuderueath.
This stylo bodice has been worn iliis
winter, and is very pretty.
The lixlii'ppuKikble Cravat.
A waist without a cravat this sum
mer is like the play of "Hamlet" with
Hamlet left out. One of the vfery
latest designs foi* a summer silk shirt
waist and its cravat is here repro
duced. It is of white foulard, tucked
bath lack and front and slightly Mous
ing in front over a narrow girdle.
Much of the style of this waist is ob
tained from its exceedingly stylish
double collar linished with rows of
machine stitching.
The indispensable cravat is of white
foulard, with navy blue polka dots,
and is tied in a four-in-hand knot just
NEW STMMEK WAIST.
at the bust. Its very sharply pointed
ends add much to its effect. A good
feature of this attractive waist is that
| its shield and stock may be made ad-
J .instable and much variety obtained by
! having several of different tints anil
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY-
The population of the earth as esti
mated by Eruest George Ravenstein
some few yeara ago for the Koyal Geo
graphical society was 1,487,900,000.
Electro-medical treatmeut is given
patiouts by means of a netf sofa,
which has batteries and an induction
coi! contained in the lower portion,
with head and foot plates to be placed
in contact with the patient.
Tha fact that many profitable peach
orchards exist 011 the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan is explained by Mr.
M. B. Waite as due to the influence
ot the lake in moderating the temper
ature along its eastern coast. This
iut'nence is less decided on the west
ern side, the general direction of at
mospheric movements being from
west to ea3t.
Tests made on the South Lomlou ;
Electric railway show that the trac- j
live re-istance per ton of train meas- |
ured at tha draw-bar at the moment
ot starting is 40 pounds, and this falls
to 10 pounds as soon as a speed of six
miles per hour is attained. Between
six aud L! miles per hour the resist
ance remains almost constant, while j
above that speed it seems to rise |
almost proportionately until a speed
if 2(3 miles per hour is reached, when
the resistance is about 21 pounds per
ton.
A case of green vision, everything
fe _*ii appearing to be green in color,
has I eon brought before the British
O] hthaimologieal society by 11. W.
i odd, and records have been found of
L; other cases. The condition was not
one peculiar to age or.sex, and it was
not due to errors of leftaction. Its
existence does not appear to have
ben explained. In at least seven of
the cases the general health was no
ticeably impaired, and in 10 of the
patients there wo e eye defects—
mostly connected with the optic nerve
aud retina.
The nutmeg groves, called "nutmeg
gardens," are singularly beautiful.
The nutmeg trees blossom and bear
fruit continuously, so that the harvest
season lasts the year round. Their
straight, tali trunks ave covered with
ziossy, dark foliage, amid which hangs
the yellow fruit showing where it has
bm fit from ripeness, the rich red of
I'ue mace within. Above tliese orch
t'ds huge canary-trees weave their
branches into a canopy, from which
tiome the cooing of nut-pigeons, the
ji'y of ) a Tots and the song of the
Indian nightingale.
referring to the opinion entertained
iv many physicists that the blue color
of the sea and lakes does not belong
to the water itself, but to the reflec
tion of the sunlight from invisible
particles which the water always con
tains in suspension, a writer in the
American Chemical Journal remarks
that this idea origiuati d in the theory
; held as to the cause of the blue color
jof the sky. The very exhaustive ex
; j eiiineii ts, however, made of late in
j Europe show that the particles to
j which clear water, distilled or natural,
i owes its illumination have the power
to reject the red, the yellow and the
green waves, and that they cannot,
therefore, be the cause of the blue
color of the water, reflecting with
equal facility waves of all lengths,
; they letuin the sunlight to us without
chro.i atic change. Thus, it is con
j eluded water is blue of itself, and the
I particles it holds in suspension are
i the principal cause of its illumination
| —according to their nature, too, de
| termining, also, the modification of the
; color of the water, and producing
! greenish tones when they do not de
j stroy all the natural color.
New-F'otmrl Wood for ISailrontl Ties.
A new and thoroughly suitable wood
for railroad ties has been found in the
forests in the northern part of the Ar
gentine Republic. It is the red que
j bracho. It is ail exceedingly hard
! wood, aud in its interior, not, alone in
! the bark, is 15 to 20 per cent, of
J tannin, which keeps tho wood from
rotting, no matter in what substance
|it is buried. The wood has been used
i in Europe for tauuiug, but outside of
the Argentine Republic its utility to
railroads, it seems, is yet to be dis
covered and appreciated. Posts
; made of„this wood which have been
buried fifty years in land furrowed aud
| gullied by the torrential rains of sum
mer have been found to be in as good
conditiou as if they had been felled
recently. It not only is so hard a
wood that it has to be bored before
spikes and bolts can be driven into it,
i but it is unusually heavy. It does
! not split or become compressed with
j blows.
Chloroform bv Kleetrieity.
An Italian chemist has devised an ex*
celleut process for the manufacture of
; chloroform. Into a lead-lined still,
I provided with a carbon stirrer, is in
! trodnced a solution of common salt. An
| electric current is then pass ed through
i the liquid, using the stirrer as one of
I the electrodes. By this means nascent
j chlorine aud caustic soda are formed.
The appaiatus is theu raised to 100
degrees Centigrade by means of
steam. When this temperature is
reached ace'one is cautiously added, a
reaction taking place, which forms
| chloroform. This is theu distilled and
| i9 ready for the market.
Where Napoleon Spent IIIM Exile.
Nearly four miles inland from
I Jamestown, the capital of St. Helena,
is an isolated farmhouse, ou a elevated
! plateau about 2000 feet above the level
of the %ea. This is Lougwood, whore
I Napoleon lived from ltfl.o until he
j died there in 1812. The house is a
; lone, low, whitewashed, trim build
-1 iß *
PEARLS O- THO'JCHT.
Most men would rather carry the
kitchen s f ove around down town than
the baby.
A man always feels foolish when he
first takes ofi' his hat to the girl he
has known from childhood.
We mny think people who always
agree with us r o mushy, but some
iww we keep on liking them.
Men who let the gns burn just a
little, in order to save matches, have
been known to succeed as financiers.
A woman's trouble in buying n shoe
that fits is mainly in deciding whether
it pinches her as much as it ought to.
It is probably called the "mother
tongue" because it is so different from
the one mothers use to talk to their
babies with.
The man who will do anything for
his friends or anything to his enemies
frequently becomes known outside of
his own township.
The woman whose husband has the
most enduring love for her is gener
ally married to the man whose wife
feeds him the best.
A man who tries to win success in a
hurry, intending to be worthy of it
at leisure, generally forgets the latter
! part of the contract.
The instinct that teaches the bird
J to come back to the same nest the
! next summer is probably the same
i that tells a woman exactly where to
find the pin that is sticking into a
baby.
When a minister gets into trouble
there are always some women in the
church who go around saying that
i they never listened to his sermons
| without thinking of a sounding brass
; and a tinkling cymbal.
Kxetrmination of Wilt! Animals.
"Do you nut find it more difficult
to get your supplies of wild animals
as civilization extends" Mr. Carl \
Hagenbeck was asked.
"I do," he replied, "for wild ani- I
mals are decreasing very rapidly in
deed. Variety after variety that 20 j
years ago was quite common is now j
utterly gone, or only a few specimens j
are left. The true mountain zebra, |
that not long since could be found in
large numbers, has now vanished. j
Three South African varieties of the
zebra have disappeared within the i
last quarter century. From the wiid
atiimal hunters' poiut of view, South
Africa is now quite spoiled. Men ,
have been so busy slaughtering merely
for the sake of slaughter that the
great beasts are becoming extinct.
Babies and breeding females are shot
down as indiscriminately as bulls.
Englishmen are perhaps the worst
offenders in this matter, and in the
English territories the least provision
is made for protecting the animals.
No one objects to hunters shooting
down all the bull elephants they
can, but what sport can there
be in their slaughtering the cows and
babies. This might be to some de
gree stopped by a regulation forbid
ding trading iu small ivory tusks tin- .
der fifteen or twelve pounds in weight. ;
"As a specimen of how animals are
disappearing, take the Sudan. Before
Mahdism swept over it it was one of
our best countries. Hippopotami,
elephants, the rhinoceros were all j
obtained there iu abundance. We
trained tribes for the chase. Since
the land has been reopened a trader,
formerly my agent, has gone there
hoping to renew business. He writes
to me that the old hunting tribes are j
gone, and that the great game have !
practically all disappeared."—Lon
don Daily News.
Ilir Ilest <"on» II I HII i i>.
"Young man," said a noted Illinois j
congressman in the house restaurant i
at the capitol, "when you get a chance i
to be a consul for the United States
select a smoky city, one where there i
are many factory chimneys. Do not
try for the fashionable capitals. Leave
them for the ambassadors. Go where !
the air is murky, for there business is
li.elv, and many a consignment is sent
to the L'uited btates. This means fees,
aud fees mean a good income for the
consul."
In the course of his chat the con- '
gresstuan made the general statement 1
that consuls who are making the most
momy from fees are the quietest,most
unassuming, uncomplaining employes
of the government. "They do not set
tip claims for a salary instead of fees," i
he said. "Jh, no; but like the wise |
boy where tiie raspberries are thick, I
they let the wo: Id forget,so far as pos- j
sible, that they are on earth. Let a
consular otlice l.e changed from the
fee to the salary system audit at once j
becomes alluring to a voracious lot of i
aspirants. Some one finds out, per
haps, that the political support of this
particular consul is weak,and then in
fluence is used, aud soon there is a
change.
''One of the most profitable consul
ships is that of Liverpool. The salary j
is §(i00t), but the 112 e< I ring tho emol- ;
iimeuts up to several times that ;
amount, aud a generation ago the in
come of the consul at Liverpool was
$.10,000. This has been reduced by
nbolisliiug fees."—Chicago News.
A Novelty Among Peer*.
The new Lord Taukerville is rather ]
a novelty in peers, and has long beeu 1
known iu Northumberland, England, i
as a touring preacher and evangelist, j
He goes about from place to placo i
giving addresses, leading the hymns
on the harmonium, and singiug vigor- i
ously. His religious fervor has even I
brought liiiu to America on missionary I
expeditions, and while here four \
years ago a charming young American j
was captivated by the young mau's ]
religious enthusiasm and married him 1
Lady Taukerville, who met her bus- j
band at a prayer meeting, spends her i
life ou the same liues,so that they are 1
an ideal pair.
A liallroart Wrecker.
In his Ceutury aerial, "Dr. North
and His Friends," Dr. Weir Mitchell
thus describes a great railroad
wrecker:
The next day I saw Xerxes. Three
years of the life of what he at first
called the "metropolis," and the vigor
or reacquired health, together with
another infiueuce, had wrought no
table changes in the outer ways, dress,
and language of the great railroad
wrecker. He still had the look of ani
mal power. The ursine appearance
of awkward strength was still present;
the huge hands the strong prominent
muscles of the jaws, like those of the
Bonapartes, the rolling walk of the
plantigrade, all were as before. Yin
cent remarked later that he must al
ways have been a person of varied and
uuexpectable capabilities, and even of
andeveloped tastes. Courageous in
- action, outspoken rather than frank,
lavish rather than generous, at times
! amazingly impulsive, he was, beneath
1 all, the wild beast of the jungles of
j finance, strong, adroit, and merci
i less.
What Eiklh It.
A young lady (matrimonially bent '
apparently) left her prayer book be- j
I hind her one Sunday in church instead
I of bringing it home' with her as usual. |
Inside of it she had written the fol
lowing effusion:
A bunch of flow'rs,
A look or two,
A little billing,
A little coo—
A little coming
And (joint?, ti'.l
They goto church
Ami say, "I will" —
And tlial ends it.
On looking at the book on the fol
lowing Sunday she observed that some
jne had pencilled this effusion in it:
My laas>, you're wrong—
You surely are;
You worked thatrhvmo
Just one too far.
It ends right there —
Oh, 110. it don't!
For coming homo
Sbe says,"l woo'i!"—
And that beginr it.
—Spare Moments.
Women in Full Control.
They ha've just held a Woman's Ex
hibition at Earl's Court, London, the
! first impression of which is described
thus by an English newspaper writer:
All the check-takers were women,
all the attendants aud all the bands.
If tiie visitor asked for something
and-soda at the little marble tables
out in the sunshine it was a lady who
took the order. He was waited upon
by a woman at lunch; a lady conduct
ed him to his place at the entertain
ments, aud wherever he went he met
companies of young ladies in lancer
tunics or khaki jackets, sometimes
with euphoniums aud sometimes with
out them.
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Tlrel. Aching, Hot. Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunion?. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures
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Mien S. Olmsted, Lelloy, N. Y.
A Russian paper, railed the New Coun
| try, lias been founded in China.
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In England and Wales la*t year S3;>,-
000,000 was spent for funeral expenses.
The Belt Pre.crlptl.n for Chill*
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'.'HILL TONIC It is simply iron and quinine in
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| Of the 255.1150 buildings in Philadelphia
j are dwellings.
! Happiness cannot be bought, but one of
! he great hindrances to its attainment c m
I >e removed by Adams' l'epsla Tutti Frutti.
England received $525,242 worth of
I shoes from the I'nited States in 1^99.
Mrs. Wluslow'sSootlilnu syrup rorolilidren
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The man who is above reproach must
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