M YORK
f Designs For Costumes That Have Do
ll come Popular in tho Metropolis.
! Nkw Yohk City (Special). A.s time
goes on it in made manifest that the
power of the fancy theatre waist has
not been lessened iu thesmallestdegree
by our long familiarity with its charms,
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THBATUE BODICB.
nor will the shadow of the shirt waist
diminish iu the least during the win
ter. The former tried and true friend
in every wardrobe is putting out some
amendments on its previous condition.
That is to nay, it is arriving in the
shops made of satin or the very soft
satin surfaced silks that have suf
ficient body to stand faucif ul stitching.
This ia pretty and commendable and
the effect is very like the sketch of a
bodice given here, the original of
which wus of black peau de soie, hand
painted in design of iris in the natural
color of the flower. The collar is of
shirred chiffon and a similar finish is
at wrists.
Scores of the silk and flannel shirts
just out of tho workrooms show how
they have shed their loose shirt sleeves
and broad cuffs for dress waist sleeves
and onffs that drop over the hand; it
is easy, therefore, to hazard a prophecy
in favor of this fashion that is going
to rob our shirt waftts of one-half their
simple charm.
Mournlug Costninea,
Contrary to what has hitherto been
the custom, cloth is now considered a
MODUNISO COSTUME.
euituble textile for nion rning, of
course, heavily trimmed with crepe,
with which material the hem of the
dress is invariably covered. Another
favorite textile for mourning is "Cash
mere de l'lndu," and again cheviot
and "drognot."
For half-mourning, all the new pas
tel shades of bluish-grays which are
now bo fashiounblo aro adopted. On
these the trimming, though not neces
sarily of crepe, must iu all casus be
black, or black and white mingled.
Capes, or the new long semi-litting
garment, are more seen thun short
jackets, whioh are considered some
what too negligee. These garments
are made this year of considerable
length, reaching to within about
twelve inohes of the foot of tho tkirt.
Among furs, astrakhan, curaculo and
Mongoliau-gont aro suitable, not as a
trimming for the dress, but in the
lb ape of capes or boas.
"In l'uris no deep mourning attire is
considered complete without the long
crepe veil, starting from the back of
the bonnet and reaching to the ex
treme verge of tho skirt; but ouly
during the first three months does it
cover the face, after whioh period it
is allowed to droop over the back of
the dress, while a short square veil
shields the faoe.
A pretty new fashion for half-mourning
for children's wear shows dresses
of some heavy weave of white woolen
textiles trimmed with narrow bands' of
Muck crepe. In this case tho hat may
also be of white feltor velvet, tiimmed
as lightly as possible with crepe, but
without either feathers or flowers.
I The mauruiug ooslume shown in
the large engraving is of black cloth,
trimmed with festoons of crape. On
the waist a bertha of crepe surrounds
a tucked chemisette of the same mate
rial. The long cloth coat shown is cut in
vory narrow gores and piped with
crepe. There are two rows of bluok
crepe scallops, one on the front of the
deep-shaped flounce, the other bead.
FASHIONS. I
ing it. The collur is also lined with
crope.
For Women nf Moderate Hni.
Borne plain but smart-looking win
ter costumes of cloth or choviot for
women of moderate means who will
use the suits for general wear during
the entire season, are made with a
beautifully shaped and fitted prin
cesse back and a redingote front. The
skirt beneath is of a matching or con
trasting color, as is preferred. Some
of these gowns have a fitted bodice
front, triminod simply with braid or
stitching and tailor buttons, and often
there is a guimpe Russe inserted in
the rounded opening about the neck.
For slender figures, however, most of
these new garmeuts are made with n
trim-looking but seamless, dartlesi
front, slightly drooped, and turned
book ovor a vost of braided cloth, or
with passonientorie simulating sou
tache braiding or else a vest of plait
ed silk framed with velvet revers that
roaoh from the turn-down collar to the
waist. The sleeves are close coat
shapes, and most of the models show
the skirt still made with a slight dip
at the back.
Style ol the New Toques,
The new toques are considerably
larger than former shapes. They are
wider, and are therefore becoming to
women with slender faces, when tho
trimmings are not arranged too
straight and ' high. Many of the
French models are composed of ex
quisitely shaded velvets; that is, there
is not a single piece of shaded velvet
nsed, but three separate weaves. For
instance, one handsome toque is com
posed of a beautiful trio of tint",
shading from deep prelate purple to
paleBt Parma violet. Another bas vel
vet grading from dark jacqueminot red
to rose pink, with three ostrich plumes
matching three distinct shades, held
by a triauglo-shaped buckle of French
brilliants. A third model shows an
artistic blending of moss, mignonette
and stem green velvet, the hat being
nearly covered with stunding and
gracefully droopiug green plumes.
Short Grlovot Worn,
Our grandmothers thought them
selves very smart in one-button gloves,
and a few years ago six-button ones
were very commonly worn, but the
length of the sleeve of the moment has
sent many buttoned gloves out of
fashion, and throe and two buttons are
the smartest thing to wear just now.
Indeed, longer gloves than these are
out of the question if we are to look at
all in the fashion and to preserve our
JUOUUNINO CI.OTH COAT.
dainty cuffs in an immaculate condi
tion. The Winter till I.
Iu hor velvet gown and her sablo
collar aud muff, with a striugof pearln
about her throat, this winter's girl
will be robed like a queen.
For ill Home.
This dainty continue is of soft,
olingiug wool goods in a charmiug
shade of silver gray. The frills aud
A DAI NTT fiOSlUMU.
sash aro of rink sill:. The long tiaiu
adds much to tho effectiveness of tho
house toilette.
A Louisville judge bas ruled tLv
aif
a woman wears a man's bat she must
take it off when she appears ia bis
court, ,'
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KLONDIKE DOG EXPKESS.
SCAMPERS ALONG WITH THE SLED
AT FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
Tli War Mail ! Carried llntween f.ake
Hennett and llawann Mtat.lnnii Am
Thirty Allien Apart Principal log
Hint In Hloe anil Dried Balmnn.
The Dominion Government has just
closed a contract with the Canadian
Development Company for carrying
the mail between Lake Rennett, the
present terminus of the White Pass
Railroad, and Dawson. The service,
which is to be weekly both ways, will
be as picturesque and unique as was
the old Pony Express across the
plains. But instead of the brown
desert for a pathway, this new route
will lie along the icy bosom of the
Yukon. The "malimute" dog will
take the place of the cayuse. Captain
Ilitchie, General Superintendent of
the company that is undertaking the
work, came out by the same steamer
that brought the writer np from Daw
son the other day, stopping off at
every police station to arrange for the
feeding and sheltering of the men and
dogs until snob, time as tho company
may be able to build stations of their
own, writes Cy War man iu the New
York Independent.
The stations of the Northwest
mounted police are thirty miles upnrt.
It will take 160 dogs and forty men
twenty drivers and twenty helpers and
hostlers. Seventy tons of dog fodder
and 200 tons of supplies for the men will
be coached along the line before the
river closes. There will be no delay
no stops save for the changing of
teams. The dogs will be changed at
each station, but the men will make
two stations without stopping. A man
is expected to cover his run one way,
sixty miles, inside of twenty-four
hours. Here he will have from two
to two and a half days' rest and then
double back, making 120 miles iu a
week. It is expected that this con
stant nse of the trail will keep it open
and in good shape. Each man and
team will travel the same section of
the trail constantly, aud so become
familiar with i$ and be able to take
every advantage to avoid delay. A
mill-run of the statements made by
the various prevaricators with whom
I discussed the matter shows that tho
average depth of snow between White
Horse Rapids aud Dawson, 450 miles,
is two feet. There is absolutely no
wind no drifts so that wheu once
the trail is beaten down it becomes a
firm, smooth pathway, over whioh a
good team of "Inside dogs" oau scam
per with a mail sled at five miles
an hour. A man went out over
the ice last winter on a bi
cycle in eight days, breaking the
record. To be sure the dogs drawing
the mails will be the swiftest and
hardiest that money can secure. They
will be carefully handled and fed, for
each team and sled will represent a
cost to the company of something like
$.r0C. A single team ouce Bold for
$2,500 at Dawson. The principal dog
diet will be boiled rice aud dried sal
mon.
In case of illness or disability of the
regular men there will always be a
man available from the mounted police
to take his place; so that it would
seem an easy matter to give the coun
try locally known as "The InBide," as
good a service in winter as it has iu
summer, when the company has three
steamers a week each way. Last year,
when those who had undertaken the
work failed, the police took the mails
and carried them through in good
shape, saved the Dominion Govern
ment some $50,000, and all without
the faintest hope of reward, cave the
meager salary allowed them. It would
be a handsome thing for the Canadian
Parliament to vote a few thousand for
the benefit of those patient, faithful,
silent guardians of the Klondike trail.
The telegraph, which as I write is
at Fort Selkirk, will be into Dawson
by the end of October, so that Mr.
Burdette, the mail superintendent, can
handle the mail by wire, just as a
train dispatcher handles the trains on
a railway. It will be possible to know
just where the mails are at any mo
ment. The driver wilt register at each
police station, and from these records
the time of the men will be made up.
When the river lias become safely
and securely locked horses are to be
tried on the trail, but not many mon
in the Klondike believe in horses.
They are harder to house and handle
and feed. They must eat two or throe
times a day and have a warm place to
sleep. Not so with a native dog. Give
him one "square" a day aud a cozy
drift for a downy couch and he is
nappy, liesules horses are expensive.
A good horse is worth from three to
five hundred dollars in Dawson. I
asked a man for the hire of a horse
to ride up to Milrooney's Forks, six
teen miles, and he wauted $30. I
explained that I only wanted the ani
mal for one day. He understood, he
said, and that would be the rent
thirty dollars. In view of the faot
that the Klondike cayuse hustles his
own hay in the hills, this struck me
as rather high rent. At the risk of
having tho statement doubted, I want
to say here that I saw horses iu Daw
son that were said to have wintered
on the creeks, pawing through two or
three feet of snow for their fead, and
they were iu excellent oondition for
beginning another winter on tin
Klondike. Not fur from this wood
pilo there is a whole herd of horses
that were shipwrecked and abandoned
here a year ago. They are now romp
iug over the heliotrope hills rejoicing
that they are not compelled to work
in a field here, where the summer sun
shines twenty-two hours a duy. They
are already half wild.
From my stuteroom window I see a
scow loaded with horses drifting
down to Dawson. This is the third
that we have seeu on its way up, and
I am consoled by the thought that
that highwayman may have to let his
cayuse at ten dollars a ciay next year.
Down the Dolton Trail, that touches
the Yukon first at Five Fingers, we
see a drove of 300 oows, also bound
for Dawson, where milk is selling at
$3 a gallon twenty-five cents for two
swallows in a small glass. These
cows have tramped all the way from
Pyramid Harbor, feeding and fatten
ing on the rich grass that grows here
in the highlands of the Great North
west. The man who owns them is a
passenger on this boat, and that is
Low I happen to know about the
' cows.
I The only firearms carried by tbs
messenger will be a six-shooter. With
that' he will be expeoted to defend
himself against the wild beasts of the
trail, to protect the mails in his caro
and to make it stand-off with any
enterprising highwaymen who may
nee fit to extend their operations to
the Yukon. There have been very
lew highway robberies in the North
west aud very few murders. ' But all
sort and conditions of men go to n
gold country, and upon two or three
occasions men have been found
capable of killing thei.' companions.
Of course, as the country settles up
aud becomes "civilized," there will be
more killing. Already they are be
ginning to put locks on tho doors at
Dawson, and to build their coaches
iuside the cabins,
Taken From the Neivaiiaport.
One of the cleverest journalislia
medleys ever published was printed
in Loudon Fun, and afterward widely
copied in the other English papers.
It brings iu the names of most of tho
Loudon periodicals quite ingeniously.
In the early part of the Nineteenth
Century of tho Christian Era a Citizen
of the World strolled at night along
Pall Mall on his way from Belgravia
to Whitehall, accompanied only by
the Echo of his footstops. An old
Engineer and soldier of the Queen,
he had traversed by Land and Water
the greater part of the Globe and had,
sinco his Broad Arrow days, fought
under more than one Standard.
Taking out his Tablet he-stood and
wrote as follows: "The study of Pub
lie Opinion offers a wide Field for the
intelligent Spectator aud Examiner of
the Times "
At this moment a Watohman, who
had been a close Observer of his
movements, approaohed and said,
"Come, my noble Sportsman, you
must move on!"
"And what if I refuse?" demanded
the other, staudiug like a Bock, with
his back nguinst a Post, immovable as
Temple Bar.
"To bo Brief with you, my friend,
I shall in Truth stay here a Week if I
think proper."
"Well," rejoined the Civilian, "I
am the appointed Guardian of this
thoroughfare All the Year Bound, aud
I protest against your making auy
Sketch or Record here. Are you a
Builder?"
Instantly a giasp of Iron was laid
on his arm.
"Do you wish mo to Punch your
head?" asked the Traveller.
"Oh no," replied tho other, nil of a
Quiver; "pray dou't; I was only iu
Fun!"
Hhoiild Coal (live Out?
What then? Are we utterly ce
pendent upon coal, so that the wheels
of industry will stop aud the forests
be consumed for fuel when coal gives
out? Of course not. It is an idle
fear. Already we have the begin
nings 'of a new method of ntilizing
natural energy whioh will prove euor
luously more effective than coal ever
has been, and will be practically inex
haustible, to whatever extent industry
may expaud.
Electrical energy, developed by
water power, will run the word's in
dustries, furnish its light and heat,
aud be the universal substitute for all
forms of oombustion methods. Water
power is praoticully unlimited, and it
will be utilized more aud more
in proportion as the need foi
it arises aud as its use bo
comes, at different places and
at successive periods, cheaper than
coal. The substitution will proceed
gradually, until, when the coal supply
finally is exhausted, nobody will have
anything more thau a curious or
academio interest in the matter, and
probably not a ripple will be produced
in the steady ouward flow of tho
world's industry. As the use of water
powor to develop electrical euergy in
creases to the point of formidable com
petition with coal, electrical students
and inventors will doubtless briug out
improvements making it possible tu
store the power or conduct it long dis tances
at small cost, nntilour factories,
railroads, aud ships can be operated
by it, our houses lighted and warmed
and food prepared, all at even less ex
pense than is possible to-day with
eoul. Gunton's Magazine.
He Wi Taken llom n Fear.
You can always trust the American
woman to take care of herself. The
friends of a girl who lives in Eight
eenth street are telling these days of
an adventure whioh befell her one
afternoon within the fortnight. She
was stnndiug, this Eighteenth street
girl, at the corner of F and Eleventh
streets, waiting for a girl friend. A
very dapper young man, a stranger,
doubtless, iu tho town, for most Wash
ingtoniuus are too well aware of the
girl'ti social emiuence to .venture ou
any impertinence to her, stepped up,
bowed aud said, airily:
"Waiting for somebody?"
The girl turned to look at him.
"Guess you'vo forgotten me," ho
weut ou with growing familiarity. "I
saw you at a dinner last week."
The girl looked at him steadily for
a moment.
"Oh, I remember now," she said.
"It was at Colonel Blank's. You are
Colonel Blauk's butler, of course. No,
I don't know of anybody who wants u
bntler. Have you tried the employ
ment agencies?"
And theu, slowly and calmly, sho
walked uway. Washington Post.
Froaneroiia Kremth Feasant!.
To get a correct idea of the French
nation one must abandon Paris and
get out among the people of the prov
inces. Wheu you get out iu the rural
distriots a charming sight is presented
of beautifully cultivated farms, eaoh
fur ru being as trim and neat as a
flower garden. There is not a foot of
waste land to be seeu. The first thing
that strikes a stranger is the profu
sion of fruit. Nowhere can be seen
more luscious pears, peaches and
grapes. Washington Post.
A Feere' Boer Huiuumt.
A Boer who lives at Wynberg, iu
Cape Colony, is the husband of nu
English peeress. He is Pieter Pie
terse, who in 1802 laurried the widow
of the eighth Earl of Stamford. This
lady was a Miss Solomon, whose
mother was an Afrioau native. She
married the eighth Earl of Stamford
(before bis accession to the title) an
his third wife. As her husband suc
ceeded to the earldom of Stamford
withont the estates she has always re
sided in South Africa, although she
retains the titlt by courtesy,
CURIOUS FACTS.
Lima, Peru, is without nmbreilas.
The quickest wink on record is
about one-sixth of a second.
Half a century ago nails were s'ow
ly wrought one ct a timo with bummer
and anvil.
A novelty is the cold ioraire of
hops. This is done iu several places
iu England.
In a mine near Butte, Mont., live
hundreds of cats that have never seen
tho light of day.
The inhabitants of Winton, Eng
laud, believe that with the close of
the century the world will come to an
end.
Soino naturalist believe that hares
never drink, but get euoqgh liquid
for their needs iu the dew on the
grans they eat.
Fishing is the favorito pastime of
a Book Bapids (Ia.) dojr. It swims
out into the water and catches the
fish iu its mouth.
The Sioux and Blnckfeet Indians
will at parting dig their spears iu the
earth as a sign of confidence and mu
tual esteem. This is the origin of
the term "burying the tomahawk."
From the stomach of a woman who
died in Indiana, a short time since,
the bandies of six silver teaspoons
were taken, and now tho stomach of a
dead child at Lebanon has turned
out several silver coius.
The burning of the bride's play
things is part of the wedding cere
mony in Japan. The bride lights a
torch, whioh she bands to the bride
groom, who with it lights a fire in
which the toys aro destroyed.
Toothache troubled a cat belonging
to James Dever, of Norristown, I'enn.
A dentist extracted all her teeth and
fitted au artificial set iu hor jaws.
Every night, before retiring, she runs
to her master to have her. teeth re
moved. All candidates for scholarships at
the grammar school of Hampton,
England, are now required to undergo
a phrenological examination. If the
bumps are not satisfactory the pupil
is not allowed to enter into the com
petition. A novel experience is chronicled
by Mrs. W. M. Schoweugordt, of In
dependence, Mo. She put on the
stove a kettle of water to boil for tea.
As tho water became warm, she heard
a splashing in tho kettle, and present
ly saw a snake's head emerge from
tho spout. She had filled the kettlo
from a cistern.
Varicolored lilrd.
The most variegated bird in the
world has lately been discovered iu
India and Ceylon. No less than nine
different colors are distinguishable in
its plumage. It is called the nine col
ored pitta, and with its long legs, short
tall and plump body it bears consid
erable resemblance to a thrush. But
its colors are gay and beautifully har
monized. Its powerful long beak is curved on
top and is generally held firmly closed.
The foot is widely Bpread, the middle
toe very long. The wings are short
and well rounded. The bird is alight
brown, with black stripes ou the upper
part of its body. The head and sides
of the neck are black, while a white
line passes over the eyes, forming a
kind of eyebrow, aud the throat
aud part of the back nre
also white. The other parts under
the body are a yellowish brown, with
a greenish tinge. The tail and under
parts of the wings are a bluish green,
while tho long wing feathers are a
pale blue. The tips of the shoulders
have spots of azure blue and the
pinions are black.
Their short wings do not permit any
very extended flight, and their long
legs show that much of their time is
passed on the ground, where they feed
on different kinds of beetles, which
they crush iu their strong beak3.
Shy and difficult to approach, they
are genorally found iu the bush of the
uplands singly except at breeding time
and while tho brood is still young.
The natives of Indin call this bird
"Nouraug."
Grew From a Wnr-Tlme N'nt.
During the war of 1801-05 large
quantities of a certaiu Japanese net
were sont into Harrioburg, Penn.
These nuts served as food for the
horses quartered in the city at that
time. The seeds were very hardy;
wherever they foil they took root.
One fell upon the broad, high wall sur
rounding the County Jail; it sprouted,
and sent down roots on the insido of
the wall to the soil fifteen feet below.
The tree grew aud flourished until
this present fall, when it became
necessary to tear down the wall in
order to carry out certain improve
ments. The casual observer, passing
the old jail wall, supposed that the
tree grew olose to the inner side ol
the wall, not realizing at what a
strange freak of nature he was gaziug.
The tearing down of this wall has
exposed to public view another of
these odd trees. The Beed of thin fell
upon one of the huge stones forming
the foundation of the jail. The seed
sprouted, sent its roots down into the
ndjaoeut ground, and went on grow
ing nutil it became a large, strong
tree. Iu the process of growth its
immense roots foroed apart many ol
the foundation stones of the jail; iu
faot, it has rendered the frout part of
the building so insecure that it will
probably be cut down. Fitlsburg
Post.
Any Fort in B Stolen.
' "You admit," said the magistrate,
"that you entered the house of this
gentleman by the back door at 2
o'clock in the moruing?''
"Yes, your honor."
"What business did you have there
at that time of night?"
'"I thought it was my own house."
"Then why did you, when this lady
approaohed, leap through tho win
dow, jump into the cistern and bide
yourself?"
"Your worship, I thought it was
my wife." London Answers.
Character la the Kyas.
With blaok eyes the intellect will be
powerful, the passions strong. What
the owners of blue eyes may lack in
power and emotioual strength they
make up in subtlety and versatility.
Hael eyes show steadiness and
power of affection; fascinating green
eyes belong to deoeitful and coquet
tish persons. The proper distance
between eyes is the length of one
A GERMAN PERU.
The Tasnlnn For Claming la Fast Cor
runtlng tli National Mr.
In a certain sense the trial of a num
ber of officers of the gaming clnb, Der
Harmlosen, was of great interest to
the student of pnblio events in Ger
many. That this is no longer the
pious, God-fearing, simple-minded
Germany of yore, the land of thinkers,
the country "of high thinking and low
liviug," this trial strikingly proved.
True, such men as were here arraigned
or heard iu evidence are to be found
in every large and luxurious town, and
"sports" of more or less hardihood
and recklessness may be met with as
frequently in New York or Chicago as
here. But there WGre several pecu
liar features. One of them was the
fuct that the members of the club aud
those introduced by the latter be
longed, with few exceptions, to tho
circles of the highest German aris
tocracy and of the army, and repre
sented not exceptions, but types. Tho
other was the fact that the morality,
the tone, of these men was proven by
themselves to be surprisingly low and
debased. Proof was produced that
they had not scrupled to despoil com
rades and friends of thoir entire for
tunes, driving them into ruin and
suicide, and exacting these gambling
debts pitilessly to the uttermost farth
ing, under an unwritten but powerful
law of their own making. One man
they fleeced of $100,000 within a sin
gle night, and then left him to a
shameless death.
There were many instances sworn
to in court showing beyond auy donbt
that the code of morals of theso young
and middle-aged raeu, though by birth
tho very flower of the nation, is worse
than that of many a professional thief
of low extraction. And another and
perhaps even more startling feature
of the case was that the court itself
seemed to have no adequate realiza
tion of the iniquity, but treated these
high born offenders with a degree of
consideration aud forbearance which
it certniuly would not have shown to
them if they had happened to be of
plebeian birth. This demonstrated
very glaringly that Prussian justice is
no longer what it once was even
handed and impartial. Altogether,
the trial, which monopolized public
attention for eoveral weeks, uncovered
many undesirable conditions in Ger
many, Several previous sensational
trials of a similar character, such as
the one in Hanover six years ago, are
not yet forgotten, but this ouo is worse
thau uny before. New York Post.
Example of Dervlah Treachery,
An incident of which Carl Nonfeldt
was au eye witness' while he was a
prisoner in the Soudan, is related by
him in bis book describing his experi
ences: "The day after tho battle of
Kirbekan, an outpost was beiug sent
forward. Moving to its position it
eBpied a wounded dervish making
signs for water. One of the soldiers
slipped off bis camel to give him some,
aud bis comrades moved on. As time
went on, and their chum did not catch
them up, they came back to see what
had happened. There hn was still at
tending to the wounded dervish, bis
hand resting ou his shoulder, and
there was no movement from either.
Approaching this was the talo plainly
written. The lines on the ground
showed that 'Tommy' had taken tho
wounded man iu his arms, nnd half
supporting aud half dragging him,
bad placed him iu a sitting posture in
the shade, with his back against a
rock; theu, taking his water bottle,
he began pouring the life-giving drops
down the throat of the dervish, for he
still grasped the empty water bottle.
With returning life came, of course,
returning . strength strength suf
ficient for the dervish to slip off his
knife, poise his bund for a second of
time behind 'Tommy's' back, while
he was occupied with bis mission of
mercy, nud then, pluuging it in with
sufficient force to divide the spinal
column, the dervish died happy as
'Tommy' fell dead across his shoulder.
That dervish was glorified in the
Soudan, nud thousands of others were
awaiting tho opportunity of dying as
gloriously."
Cost or Living- lii Different Cities.
An investigation into the compara
tive cost of living ot the different Eu
ropean capitals resulted iu tho follow
ing facts:
At Vienna tho prices of most arti
cles of food ure lowest; at Madrid
they are dearer than iu auy other cap
ital, and such things as bread, moat,
sugar and coal are very expousive iu
deed. At St. Petersburg, also, tho
price of bread is still considered a
luxury above the means of the work
ing olusses. Next to Vienna, Brus
sels is au inexpensive city; Paris is a
little higher in tho scale, while Lon
don is still more expensive. An
American spends on au average fj!50
a year for food, a Frenchman $18, a
German $15, a Spaniard $33, an Ital
ian $24, aud a Russian $10. Of moat
tho American eats 101) pounds a year,
tho Frenchman 87 pounds, the Ger
man 01 pounds, the Italian 28 pounds
aud the Russian 61 pounds. Of bread
the American rousumes 380 pounds,
the Frenohman 540 pounds, the Span
iard 480 pounds, tho Italian 400
pounds, and tho Bussiau 055 pounds.
Outside of Europe, iu times of peace,
Munila is cheaper to live iu thau any
other city m tho world.
Dungnioui Pleasantry.
A citizen of Boston who attempted a
littlo pleasantry whilo the Dewey
function was going on in the streets
of Boston, received a Buddeu eye
opener as to tho danger of a too freo
use of irony, or sarcasm, or even of
perpetrating au innocent littlo joko in
mixed oompany. One man near the.
rraud stand asked faootiously, "Who
is this mau Dewey?" whereupon two
or three other men, who had "a some
what seafaring look, promptly knocked
him down and hammered tho Ad
miral's fame deep into him. Buffalo
Commercial.
Ilonmrkublo Ring.
Mrs. William Astor has discovered
a wonderful Egyptian suako ring,
whioh literally writhes in constant
movemeut on hor linger. Tho ring is
constructed of flexible gold wire, in
which a ruby, au emerald or au
amethyst is firmly set. The slightest
movement of the fingers sets the wires
quivering, and the ring scintillates
aud seems to go round aud round the
finger with a weird, serpeutinc move
ment. Philadelphia Prtu,
THE SABBATH I
INTERNATIONAL LESS;,
FOR DECEMa
lahjeel! Lnranna In OIj,
111., S-13-dnhlnn T,.'
Memory Verne; AVni,
tary on the Day' ,
CoNMKCTIftO 1,IMKS. W
the whole book of M:i,
Inat oh)terof Nohemlitv
lielonKS to tbts SHutlon o! J
opens hla proplieulp ,
Jianple of Gort'g greut ,Y
ove toward them ami tli.'";
they were so slow tn n i
tbn reproves tbotn shi.r
nud forewarns them i;',
whosu deliiv they oompij g
(leuly to ills templn t0B
tbure; an advent widen -nbln
to endure, for It ,
Winked.
6. "A son honoreth tils',
to bounr. "Where in c
fear." Hlnee It Is eVr.V
your Lord and hnvo a rlt
command you by My cr-,
also may be esteumeel y0
count of the extraoritlou:
bestowed uoon you, wa-1
per dispositions which i.
Hod in yon In return?-t,
for Me and (ear of ottn
Lord and Muster, and I
ward Ms as your i'uthpr. "
7. "Y olter polluted i,..
cording to your own wv
scrlbid by law. "Hyyo.
clare how little value C
worship ot Ood, since y0"i,
sIlKht and cont4ui)Wou
performed."
8. "The blind for sa-J
22:22. This Is de.lKU.'.l J
Israel tor offering such .
service of God's altnr . i
nnd such as. If ottered to i J
not be accepted. I
V. "Beseech Ood." Am
cessors. Huppllcute Gr.
nation as well us youf
fences have been t-oinmi
laws; for ye have been I1
of tlnira by the disregard
Ood's service. The prle.,
KUllty becnuse It wus th ;
improper offerings.
10. 'Shut the doors fc
plain that general uvuri "
practiced among you; lui
or ministers whose dutv
shut the doors of the tn '
firs ou tho ultur, will no; .,
lice without making n i;i
lug fees for it. You w,.,
have the doors ot the
up, ami God's worship
hiivo no pleasure. " I cmu
la men so Inteut uponti.
ye ure; and under the 0
end both to your nrlnstli.
lloes which you offer. J)
11. "My inline glinll If.t
Jews found no joy In tli.'1
but neglected It, or ioiii;!::,
by it, Ood would here n
would raise up a people
nnd mngnlfy His untno in r
Gentiles." All other tm:"
ercd hy the Jews ns noi t
family ot God. "Inceusf,
Truo praise. "A pure ot "
and contrite heart. Thel'
lived in dnrknexs nud -O
shall better glorify God uE
whoso history tells of uln
stability.
3:8. "Will a man rob (I
the highest of crimes. An.
Is that done by those elm:,
people. "Ye have." Ti:-"
tho guilt of priests, but "
tlou. "Wherelu." To el l.
no conscience about It
beyond hope. "Tltbe." .
tithe wns "the tenth" o!
thoir property, the pro!'
ehurds, vineyards, flirek.
their grains. One tithe. 0
corresponds to our tiuiu 1
for the support of the (!., .
the poor; another titlif""
religious worship, for tl a,
priests, etc. Lev. 27: 80-3.
"Offariugs." The first hv
one-sixtieth ptirt of tuec
The word Is goneritl here !
offerings nnd 8ucrllloi (I .g
by the law to niuke. KbiF
were due to God's wor.u '
they robbed God. J
1). "Ye nre cursed." C
scarcity. God bud tlius r "
neglecting to build the it
11); now, for not tuuluii
service. .
10. "Brlnfryeallthotl:
your solemn engiigouict
Nob. 10r K'.l "Tntn II,, i ,
chambers which surroun a
three sides. These bud i
in Nchemiuh's nbuunoo it
been fitted up for thoiibo
Tobluh. Neb. 10: 3H, 19: 'J
there may be meat." 'IVy
provision for the dnilyf
the maintenunco of XjT
priests and Levltos who j?
service of My temple. "
Take God at His word. I i
has been a fulltiro. "WMi
A poetloul, proverbial
lng a great Uown-pourlnc'
Kings 7: 2. Every good . I
gift Is from nbove, and ' I
the Father ot llghtH. I
you out a blessing." "I
essing." "I
iiut He woul l
r ot blesslnH
uod meant th
vast rosorvolr
evidently allifslou to cun f
Implied that the land li-r
from a severe drought, f
Jews In the time of Heze'.
afforded an example of t:
fill obedience, iu the mul l
offerings, in overtlowlii',
(towed upon them hy Oi '
10. "Not be room euou: f
Constant obedlaaeo will I'
shower ot blessing.
11. "I will robuko." rj
lng. "Tho devourer." l
canker-worms, the cute:'
other destructive 'lnno'V
sakes." Boouuso of My
lot the sake ot your pro
tourer hud beou sent
12. "All nations shall '
Happy. Ho greut will Ix J
and happiness that tw'
extend to all nations,
time. Ood's people do
delightsome luud, a land
nnd still waters, of demr
nnd delightful skies. :i
people who render lov fJ
things that are Ills own.
lund." Your country wl
its tho pleasant laud, '
culled.
T'EAcniNas. It Is a R'1
mock of serving God. p,
thief who robs God. Av-I
dries up the tountnla V
cbedlent God's blessiuKf'
drops for plouty. What
fur outreaches what vm r
selves. Disobadleue
vomer. I
His Retard Saved Hlui '
TT n KVird wa a. tj
pany 13,
Idaho volun ft
certtfy got home from f
with a splendid record V
to their credit. Ford
after the regiment i
There he was recognU
convict by Sheriff TuL
county, whom Ford, t;r
tho name of Feamste'u
shoot several years sg'T
he was arrested at ti
tenced to ten years in T
lie escaped from jalik
was pending on an af
teered for service In f
When the sheriff keff,
offered to ask for bis I'
charge, and the Superi'ji,
suspended his sentun
""""diI
The rrobabu'
A schoolmaster receC
anxious mother that
thoroughly disciplined ft
as quiet and orderly '
In the schoolroom, h
cautt they wers c".