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Dasigns For Costumes That Have Be
rn como Popular in
' Nsw Tobk Citt (Speoial). Tho
Puritan maiden will remain boond
Easter, for ska represents a fotohiug
spring fan h ion.
THE TCR1TAN MAJDEN,
Demnre as she looks, thin fin da
sieole Pnritan, she may tie a daughter
of Marie Antoinette as well as of l'ris
tulla, for, with all ber quaiutuoss, she
does not lack coquetry.
Her kerchief is of gauzy ohiffou,
white or black or palest gray or bine,
and it fastens above her bottom with a
glittering broooh that would not be
approved by tho elders.
Or it becomes n ficlm outright, and
knots in front and full a to the waist,
and knots again upon tho hips and flat-
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Vers where it will in long racked and
ruffled and lace-edged ends.
The Pnritan maiden is the girl with
the new scarf, and that it suits her to
wear it with a gray Lenteu gown and
u modest poke hat adorned with spring
flowers is just a part of the girl's charm
and whimsically these qualities being
often one.
It is suid that Miss Beatrix Hoyt,
the famous girl golfer, was the Brst to
wear the new scarf, Fashiouable
dressmakers are adapting it to oos
tames for tho South, to bridesmaids'
dresses tor Easter weddings and to all
wauner of fresh aud (limy summer
gowns.
TnrkA on KvorytlilltB.
The vogae of the tnck is something
startling. Everything is tucked from
milady's hat to the bow on her dainty
evening slipper.
The shirt waist revels iu tucks un
til one is ready to vote the shirt which
boasts none a sorry allair. Then
Wiure's the entire bodice, for evening
wear ot otherwise, which is tacked.
And very beautiful it is. In some
elaborate instances the entire dress
is tuoked to below the knees.
Then there's a mere tucked yoke;
most dainty little finish in taffeta for
a taut little blonse bo'dise. Tho tuoked
goiuipe is the yoke plus sleeves,
though it is tuoked in the opposite
direction crosswise that is. The one
pictured in the large illustration is of
mousseliue.
As we all know the world of lingerie
rests on a foundation of tucks, A few
ornament the plainer specimens, while
the splendid sorts are masses of tucks,
tucks bias, tucks straight, tuoks in
lattice effect, tuoks without number.
So much for the tuck, and it soems
that the "latest tuck" is to got as
utauy tuoks as possible.
Great Voiiue of White.
As to oolors there's a new ohoioe.
It is whitel
Time was when this color or lack
of it was supposed to be the especial
prerogative of babies and brides, Huch
is no longer the oase. White has been
declared ever so proper aud modish,
which means that everybody, from the
debutante to your graudmother, is
thus arrayed.
And it's rather pity, since all the
womeu iu white aud all tke men in
blaok give assemblages rather a dull
appearance.
Bells For the Shirt Walete.
Belts for the new skirt waists are of
tUt . familiar little narrow stitobed
fashions.
the Metropolis.
baud of silk to match or of contrast
ing Bilk, when tho waists are trimmed.
When tho waists are tuoked length
wise, tho tuoks on the sleeves going
around, instead of lengthwise, are
pretty, and make the arm look larger.
Many of tho sleeves are finished with
a few Httlo tuoks across tho top of the
sleeves, such bs have been worn tot
xoine time.
Slide of tho New (,-ori.et.
Corsets ure important factor of
dress. The new norsot is absolutely
straight in the front, onrviug in only
at the sides aud back. Corsets are
loft very loose at all points above tho
waistline, where they begin to tighten.
aud the hips are laced snugly. This
gives the required decided dip in the
frout of the waist line. Everything is
iono -to stand eorrecllv that these
lines -may be produced.
riulilnii Klbtimm.
Nome beautiful new l-ib-wmi ,.v .
woven of gilded threads and are soft,
snining auu wonrtrously flexible.
They deserve their name oi gold rib
bons. If VOIl buv thnm wear llmm nf.
ouoe aud get the good of thorn instead
oi saving, Decause there is tho possi
bility of their tarnishiuir. when tho
odor of the rusting metal becomes un
pleasantly in evidence.
Wrnuirlit With KllviM-.
How showy is tho waistcoat, collar-
band or fichu of white satin clouded
with silver-wrought netl Sometimes
the satiu is wrought with silver and
thou the eirect is liked almost as well.
Silver cords are appliqued dowu to a
white satiu stock collar, and nro also
nsod to loop across from one silver
button to another.
Tuck In thi New Skin.
A popular skirt for spring nud sum
mer wear is that which is tucked to
flit the hips closely. Tho tucks nro
usually narrow, nud depend to tho
knees or a little- above. Hero they
terminate to form Vandyke points and
a graoefully flowing flounce, which
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may or may not be ornamented with
luce iu applique designs.
A Novelty For depurate ".VnUln.
Ou3 of tho novelties in material for.
soparato waists is a pluid silk, cither
pale blue or pink and white, divided
iu diamcud square with narrow Yal
eucieuues laco insertion.
A llrace uf llanilAoine llitln.
Here is a brace of spring hats,
both pictured by Vogue, which is
lovely enough to uppeul to auy
feminine reader. One is in a dead
old-rose straw, very soft and satiny,
and is simply festooned with chrysau
themums. These beautifully-made
flowers, looking very natural in the
various shades of old rose, are
bunched high ut tho left. The sauio
design is canied out in other floral
favorites and even followed with cher
ries aud frosty grapes.
Tho second example is in black
chiffou, its odd feature being tho ecru
applique in point de Veuise on the
aooordionud length whioh forms tho
brim. This is pleasing, as well as
new, for the lace, being applied over
TWO PBKTTT BPBINO HATS.
the edges of the plaits, gives a lioh
depth rather than a flat effect.
The aouordioned chiffon is merely
drawn np with a swirl at the left.
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CAVES OF WILD HONEY.
THE BEES HAVE A REMARKABLE
STOREHOUSE IN TEXAS. -
Oathereit Ton or Their l'rolnrt Far
Away From ClYllliatlon fttranice Ki.
perlenre of a Man Who Tried to I'ut
It on the Market.
'HEBE is enough honoy in the
iirnKos 01 aevil b iviver, near
I Del Bio, Texas, to make any
d man rich who will . get it to
market. There are tons of it; in
clefts in the rocks, in hollow trees, in
oaves and iu the famous "Devil's
Tunoh Bowl," which is a groat sink in
tho Devil Valley aud out of whioh
bees swarm always in clouds so thick
that at a distance of three miles it has
the appearance of a great signal smoke.
Several years ago a hunting party
made up of Kansas City men went
into that oouutry on a trip after big
game, for there is plenty of deer iu
there even now and at that time bears
were unnierons. When they got np
iuto tho honey country they began
figuring upon the fortauos to bo made
out of it, aud having heard of the
Devil's l'liuoh Bowl, locally known as
"Devil's Sink Hole," they decided to
go in aud see it and if possible devisp
some scheme whereby they might ob
tain tho tons of honey it contained.
hkvil's punch nowi,.
When they reached it, liko every
one else seeing it for tho first time,
they were amazed at the proportions
of tho wonder; u hole -forty foot in
diameter yawning open iu the middlo
of a wide valley, with a perfect tor
rent of bees rushing up front it like
dirt blown from souio mighty blast
and all the while roaring load as that
of a great cataract; looking down into
the abyss, for tho hole widens imme
diately below tho surfuoo, thoy saw
the festoons of lioney hanging there
which the bees had strnug along the
rides of their mammoth hive aftor
they had tilled the hidden grortoes;
and looked iu through the upward
swarniH and saw tho gleams of combs
built no doubt many years beforo.
The sight of all that honey was too
much for. those K. C. gentlemen, and
they decided they would form a com
pany for tho express pnrpose of put
ting it ou tho market. They calcu
lated that by thus Having all the
sweetness to the world, thoy would
not ouly bo doing tho publio a great
iavor, but would enrich themselves to
the extent of something liko $100,000
apiece. There was one muu iu tho
the party named Ouden, who was
lookod upon by the rest as capablo of
handling big affairs, and to him was
intrusted the work of managing the
enterprise. As soon us tho company
had been formed he was giveu his
credentials nud went back to Del Bio,
from which place ho was to make a
trip to the "Bowl" for the purpose of
getting a better understanding of the
work required. Ho mado the trip all
right, but when 'he camo back ho re
ported to his friends that it would be
impossible to do anything with the
houoy and that if they wauted to go
auy further they had host hire a new
manager. So the company idea was
abandoned and no application was
made to the Texas Legislature for ar
ticles of incorporation or for the pur-
ohaso of 'the valley iu which tho
"Bowl" lies.
Then Ouden, who was more of a
ruauager than his friends imagined,
slipped out aud bonght the laud, rigged
up a big derrick and, with about forty
Mexicans and 100 pack mules, started
for the great honey cave. It was his
plan to wrap a Mexican up in several
hundred yards of mosquito netting,
let him down into the hole by means
of a rope ladder suspended from the
derrick, aud let him fill the boxes with
honey, which would be drawn out by
menus ot a pulloy. He expected a
good profit on this trial trip, though,
which, derriok, Mexicans aud mules
stood him at about $1000.
When they reaohed tho "Bowl" he
learned to his sorrow that the legs of
the derrick were away too short, but
by lettiug them out to their fullest
spread he made them reach across the
mouth of theholo, tied tho feet securely
to stakes driven deep into the ground
and then ordered one of the Mexicans
to wrap himself iu the mosquito net
ting aud go dowu. All this time tho
bees had paid no attentiau to the in
truders, but the Mexican was nfraid
and refused to obey.
DOWN AlIOS'O TUE HUES.
Iu vain Ouden explained and whee
dled, the Mexicans didn't "sabe" and
us the bees began to Bwariu up a little
they all got away frown the "Bowl."
Finally, when ho saw that there was
no other way out of it, ho resolved to
make tho first desoent himself. He
wrapped himself up iu the netting and
ordered the Mexicans to attach the
ropo ladder to the derrick head. The
one who tried it got stuug iu a hun
dred places before be got halfway out
to the place where he was to attach
the ladder aud came back iu a hurry,
dropping the ladder into the hole as
he stepped oil the derriok. Then, as
there was nothing else to go down on,
Ouden determined to have thorn let
him down with the pulley rope.
He got started down all right and
then real trouble began, the bees en
raged at his movements iu the ou
tranoe ot their home, flew at the Mexi
cans who were holding tho rope so
that they dropped it and ran like deer;
at the sumo time Ouden was making
innok better time iuto the depths of
the cavern. Luckily there was a knot
in the rope aud this stopped his fall.
There he bung, dangling among the
bees like a puppet ou a string, while
his recreant employes gathered np at
a safe distance and decided to skin
out with the outfit aud sell it. Ouly
one of tljeiu kept out of this deal, aud
be accompanied tho others for three
'Or four mites on the way. Then he
dropped book aud returned to the
"Bowl."
Meanwhile the bees had worked in
through Oudeu's netting and were
warmiug up in a way that made him
howl like a lost soul; hearing his cries
the superstitious Mexican decided that
the devil had got hold of his employer
and that it woul J be of no use to try
getting him out. Then reoolleoting
that Ouden wero a gold watch and sev
eral seals he decided that be would
wait till the devil got done, when he
would draw the body out and get
something for his trouble.
IHCtJOBT HI WArt DEAD. ""
Finally the unfortunate honey
hunter stopped jelling, and Jose
crawled out on the derrick, got hold
of tho knot and drew up on the rope
nntil he had slack enough to fasten it
to one of the stakes at the font of tho
derrick. Tlicu Oiulon, thinning that
ho was boing respited, called out
something, aud the Mexican terrified
at tho cry, ran off and hid in tho edgo
of tho valley. Thinking that ho
might not be very far down from tho
pulley the honey proraotor began
climbing out on I lift rope. Finally,
just when ho felt that he could not
draw Uiinnelf au inch further np, hi.1
hand touched the pulley and then he
drew himself out. Being unable to
find any of his men he decided that
they had desorted him and he started
off for Del Bio ou foot.
About dark the Mexican camo back
to the derrick, and, soeing the coil ot
ropo lying on tho ground, be imme
diately jumped at the conclusion that
bis Satanic majesty had flown out of
the "Bowl" with Oudon and that
there would be no use to wait for a
ohauce to got the watch and seals; an
ho started for Del Bio, aud, knowing
the country, got in on the third day
afterward. Ho told the truth ns ho
conoeived it, and a local merchant
who know him to be a trustworthy
fellow decided that Ouden had prob
ably fallen into the honey cave, or
else been murdered. In cither evont
he thought is his duty to wire the lost
man's friends iu K. C, Ho did ho,
giving tho particulars of the unfor
tunate affair as ho oonneived them.
In about three days four s.vl-faeoil
friends got off tho train at Del Bio
aud begau making arrangements to go
up into tho "Bunch Bowl" country t
search for Oudon's body. Whilothey
wore sitting in the store owned by tho
merchant who had wired them u
ragged individual who looked as if he
might havo boeu covered with glue
and then dragged a long way through
tho dirt aud bushes stopped a moment
beforo the door, aud after taking n
good look at them dashed dowu tho
street at a run.
This strange conduct so excited tho
people who happened to see tho fel
low and who had been watching him
ever since he had dropped into town
that a part ot citizens with lariats
started out ufter him. After n rather
exciting chaso ho was caught and lead
up Main street to the store from which
he had started to run. Then tho four
gentlemen from K. C. recognized him.
It was Ouden, nud that night tho
town of Del Bio laughed loud at his
expeuse. It is said that the thought
of honoy now makes him sick, and it
is certain thai ho will run at the inen
tiou of it.
CURIOUS FACTS,
A man in Philadelphia makes n Jiv
ing by selling foreign hotel, express
and railroad labels to people that
pafcto them ou their baggago to create
the impressiou that they hnvo l.icon
abroad.
t
There are two well kr.own familiei
in Devonshire, Eugluud, tho Carown
and tho Careys, and it is said that tho
members of the Carew family pro
nounce tho name "Carey," whilo tho
Careys call themselves "Caiow,"
Running from Phillipsburg to New
ark, N. J,, there is a remarkable oanal.
It is sixty miles long, and was oper
ated beforo any railroads were built
in tho State. At times it runs side
by sido with tho Lackawauna .Bail
road. Locks ure not nsod, the boats
being drawn np aud down elevations
ou great eurs'ou a track eighteen feet
wide.
The hours ate now counted in all
official departments iu France from
oue to twenty-four, the rotatiou start
ing with the midnight hour. This
method of reckoning diurnal time has
been used for some time iu the time
tables of the various coutinentul rail
road companies, aud there has boon
no difficulty iu familiarizing the pub
lio with the new figures introduced to
represent ufternoou and evening time.
Abont fifty miles off tho southern
coast of California lies un island
which may rightly bo termed a
"freak" possession of the United
States. San Clemente, as tho islaud
is called, is without a doubt ono of
tho most useless 100 square miles of
laud that the Government owns. It
is absolutely destitute of any possi
bility of productivity, aud is practi
cally uninhabitable. It is merely a
possession, aud that is tho most
meager sense of the word.
Oilos County, Virginia, contain a
reraarkablo natural curiosity kuowii
as Salt Pond, which is described as a
lake ot fresh water sunk in Salt Pond
Mouutaiu, ut au elevation of 4500 feet
above sea level. It is fed by no visi
ble stream, yet it is claiinod to havo
been gradually eularging sinoo 1804,
the date of its discovery. Fish that
have been placed iu Salt Pond havo
mysteriously disappeared. Its depth is
unfathomable, experiments with a line
.100 feet long failing to-reaou the bot
tom. The origin of tho luke is un
known. There is a species of aquatic spider
which livos in rivers of some parts ot
Europe aud whieh exhibits a remark
ablo characteristic. It is un air
breather and yet it finds its prey ou
tho bottoms of the ponds aud streams.
It has reoourse, therefore to a care
fully plunued diving operation. Tak
iug its station near a lily bed, the
spider goes to the surface aud so
arrauges a small wob that wusu it
again goes baueath the surface a bub
ble uf air remains attached to its
body. With this it betakes itself to
the under side of a lily leaf where it
spins a web, impervious to water,
around the air bubble. Then it goes
buck to tho air and bring another
bubble beneath tke surface. In this
way it manages to accumulate a con
siderable quantity of air and with
this, much iu thei manner ot a diver
iu a diving bell, it sinks to tke bottom
of the body ot water.
Huldler Wearing "Unit Cheekt." .
American soldiers iu the Philip
pities are all wearing "dog checks."
A "dog check" is a ksad medal about
tho size ot a dollar, with tho volun
teer's uaiuo, regiment and oompauy
stampedouit. It is hung on leather
string aroaud the neok, and serves to
identify the dead or severely wounded.
In Norway the average length ot
life is said to be greater than in auy
otker oouutry on the globe.
ODD FACTS IN POLITICS.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF
THE TWO DOMINANT PARTIES.
Only One Permanent Chairman liver (In
fante Prrlilnt Only One Nominated
While Virtually In the Clialr The Oar
Held and Artlinr Convention Unique.
TnEBE is some interesting
history in connection with
national conventions of the
C two dominant parties with
whioh the politician ot the new gener
ation may not be familiar.
Only one mau who presided over
the deliberations of a National Con
vention has been nomiuatod for tho
Presidency while be was present in
the convention. This happened to
Horatio Seymour in the Democratic
National-Convention held in New
York in 1808. He vacated tho chair
when tho sentiment of the oouvontion
turned to himf bnt' ho was . virtually
present when nominated, appearing
afterwards to declare that ho oould
not be his party's candidate, but con
senting later.
Only one man since tho birth of the
present Bepublican party has been
the noruii:e i of his party and elected
President after be wan the presiding
officer of the National Convention of
his porty. Governor MoKinley was
the permnnont chairman of tho Min
neapolis Convention, in 1892, which
nominated Harrison and Beid. He
was nominated four years later at St.
Louis.
Only four members of tho present
United States have been permanent
presiding officers of National Conven
tions. General Joseph B. Hawley, of
Connecticut, presided at tho conven
tion which nominated Grant and Col
fas at Chicago in May, 1808. Senator
Hoar presided over tho convention
whioh nominated Garfield -an-d- Arthur
nt Chicago in June, 1880. John M.
Thurston, of Nebraska, was perma
nent chairman of the convention which
nominated McKinley and Hobart at
St. Louis in June, 1890. Donelson
Caffery, of Lousiaua, is tho fonrth.
He was president of the Gold Demo
cratic Convention which nominated
Palmer and Buckner at Indiauapolis
in Angnst, 1800. lie is also tho only
former ex-Confederate who bus served
as permaneut ohairmau of n National
Convention.
Horatio Seymour, who presided
over tho National Convention of his
party in New York in 1808, by which
he was nominated, was also perma
nent chairmnn of his party's oouvon
tion which nominated McCellau and
Pendleton at Chicago iu August, 18G4.
Mr. Pendloton was present 'in the
oonvontion which nominated him, and
aocepted the honor in the couveulion.
In tke Democratic National Con
vention which nominated Franklin
Pierce and W. B. King at Baltimore
iu June, 1 8i52, of which John W.
Davis, of Indiana, was permanent
chairman, Jefferson Davis received
eleven votes from the Illinois delega
tion for Vico-Bresidont. It is a curi
ous bit of political history that the
President of tho Confederacy should
havo received such vote from n
Northern State.
In tho Democratic National Con
vention which nominated Buchanan
and Breckinridge at Cincinnati iu
June, 85G, four candidates were
placed in nomination Buohanau,
Pierce, Cass and Douglas in the
shortest nominating speech over de
livered. The four speeches made ex
actly seventy-seven words. .Breckin
ridge was preseut when he was nom
inated for Vice-President, decliued iu
a speeoh and later accepted. The
permanent chairman of this conven
tion was John E. Ward, of Georgia.
It is the custom to select as perma
nent chairman of a national conven
tion a man who is in office at the time.
The Democratic conventions have ob
served this custom less frequently
than tho Bopublicaus. In the con
vention which nominated Cleveland
and Hendricks at Chicago iu July,
1884, .W. F. Vilas was presiding of
ficer. In tho convention which nom
inated Cleveland at St. Louis in June,
1888, P. A. Collins, of Boston, ; wko
kas never keld auy important eleotive
office, was permanent chairman.
It is a common political error to re
fer to tho Chicago convention which
nominated Garfield and Arthur as that
whioh bad the longest session. That
convention was in session seven days.
Tho Charleston convention of 1800,
in which the Deuioctats met, was iu
session in that city ten days, Caleb
Cusbing, of Massachusetts, was perma
nent chuirman. As is known to po
litical students, that convention failed
to nominate and adjourned to meet at
Baltimoro two mouths luter, ou Juue
18. There it nominated Douglas aud
Johnson, tho latter of Georgia. But
there was another Democratic con
vention, held by the seceders from the
Charleston convention, which also
met at Baltimore a few days 'later, on
Jnne '23, aud nominated Breckiiu-idge
und Lane. v
Tho Bepnblicau National Conven
tion of the same year met at Chicago
in May and nominated Linoolu and
Hamlin. George Ashmuu, of Massa
chusetts, was permanont chairman of
that body, and Borneo Greeley ap
peared as a delegate from Oregon.
Another Bepnblicau National Con
vention preceded the Lincoln und
Hamlin convention four years. It
met at Philadelphia iu Juue, 1850,
and nominated Fremont aud Dayton,
Henry 8. Lane, of Indiana, was per
manent chairman. This was the first
Bepublioau National Convention to
nominate candidates for the offices of
President and Vice-President, al
though it was a contiuuatioa of n
preliminary convention held at Pitts
burg in February of the same year,
where, strictly speakiug, the llupub
lican party first met iu national con
vention. The Bopnblicau National Convon;
tion whioh renominated Grant and
selected Wilson for Vioe-Presidentiul
candidate mot at Philadelphia iu Juue,
1872.- Thomas Settle, of North Caro
lina, was presiding oflioer.
Iu the next Bepublican National
Convention, which met at Cinoiunati,
Hayes and Wheeler were the nomi
nees, Edward MoPherson, ot Penn
sylvania, was permanent ohairmau.
In the next oouvention ot the same
party at Chioago, in 1880, both candi
dates were selected from the dele
gates. Garfield was chairman of the
Ohio delegation aud Arthur was a
delegate from New York. Both beoame
President. There is no similar in
cident in the history of either political
Party.
John D. Henderson was permanent
ohairmau ot the oonvention whieh
nominated Blaine aud Logan at Chi
cago in 1881.
Morris M. , Estee was permanent
chairman of the convention whioh
nominated Harrison and Morton at
Chioago in 1888.
MoKinley, as has boon noted, wa
permanent chairman of tho oouven
tion which nominated Harrison and
named Keld as Vice-Presidential oaiv
did a to at Minneapolis in 1832.
Iu the Democratio National Con
ventioi whioh nominated Cleveland
and Stevenson at Chicago in 18!)2.
w. Li. Wilson .was permanont chair
man.
In the convention which nominated
Bryan and Sowall at Chicago iu 1800.
Senator White, of California, wai
permanent ohairmau and Bryan wat
the second Demoorat present in con
vention to reoeivo tho nomination foi
first place, the other being Seyruonr.
The time consumed by tho principal
national oonvontions is as follows:
Democratic Charleston, 1800, ten
days; New York, 1808, six; Balti
more, 1818, five; Baltimore, 18.V2,
five; Cincinnati, lS-Irt, five. Repub
lican Chicago, 18S0, sevon days;
Chicago, 1888, sevon; first Liuciiln
convention, Chioago, 1800, three
second Lincoln convention, Balti
inoro, 1801, two; first Grant conven
tion, Chioago, 180S, two; second
Grant ponvention, Philadelphia, two;
MoKinley oonvontion, St. Louis, 1S0G,
two. ,
Sevon of tho principal Demoeratic
conventions wero held in Juue, twe
in July, two in August, one in April,
ono iu May. Ton Bepublican con
ventions wero held iu June aud two in
May.
HOT MEALS IN A FACTORY.
K.xmlleur. Lnneh-TltiiH Ncheine fnauicn-
ateilbyu Cleveland Firm,
. There can be no question that the
physical comfort and woll-bcingof mou
employed in industrial establishment!!
receives an increasing share of atten
tion: It is being more and more gen
erally reoognized that the hotter physi
cal couditiou of employes conduce! to
better work aud more of it, to say
nothing or the fact thut a good bodily
state couduoos to a coutoutod miud
and to permanently pleasant relations
betwoen employer aud employed.
In order that its employes might bo
supplied with a hot meal at noou, in
stead of a cold lunch carried in a
basket, a Cleveland firm hns inaugu
rated the system of serving meals.
Tho diningroom contains threo long
tables, .each eighty-two feet long, and
the threo will comfortably seat from
260 to 270 men at ono 'time. The
tables are ooverod with white oilcloth,
and each seat is numbered, so that a
man always occupies tho same seat.
The men are divided into squads ot
eight and each one takos a two weeks'
spell serving as waiter. Thero aro
three raoks huug iu different parts of
the diningroom, where is displayed the
menu for the following day, with the
price of each article. Before leaving
the diuingroom tho mou give their or
der for the next day's dinner aud the
necessary checks to pay for it. This
order is taken down on a specially pre
pared card aud the monitor leave) it
with tho chof. Tho chef is thus in
formed ns to the quantity of each ar
ticle to cook for the morrow, so that
tkoro may be little or no food lof.
The monitors assemblo in tho din
ingroom fifteen minutes before tho
whistle blows for diuuer. There are
thirty of them, aud the company gives
them this tiuio. Thoy form in line,
and as they come up to the kitchen
counter they call their order from tho
card and pay for what they get with the
chocks as above montiouei. Within
the fifteon minutes most of tho food is
ou tho table ready for the men wheu
thoy oome iu, immediately after the
whistle blows. The following is n
sample menu:
Pea soup 2 cents
Itnast lamb ,H cents
KtewHil tomatoes 1 cent"
Mushed potatoes 1 omit
Ham saint wlcli. 2 ounli
OUitsse saint winti a cents
JSrual pudding a cents
MliiRHutu 0 cents
Coffee i H,t
'!'" 1 cent
(ilUKr snaps, live for. 1 cent
Crackers, live for I oeut
These prices represent tho actual
cost ot the articles, nud the wages of
the chef and his assistaut is paid by
the firm. The scheme is said to bo
very satisfactory to the men.
The t'iii nnd the I'ur-Llntul Crti.
Little Max, tho fox terrier pup be
longing to my seveu-yoar-old friend,
bus mude himself so obnoxious around
the house lately that I fear I may soon
have to announce his decapitation, or
removal. He is a good dog, as dogs
go, I presume. He can romp aud play
with his little muster aud when real
nice cau assume cute attitudes that in
variably call forth such expressions ns
"Isn't he sweet?" and "What a pretty
dog I" from tho women in the house.
But if there's one tiling that Max
hates with a perfect hatred it is fur
cat's fur alive and cat's fur dead aud
all kinds of fur except his own aud
I'm not so sure of that booause he
leaves a lot of iu arouuii the house on
sofn pillows aud elsewhere as if it
were of no consequence. If Max's
little master's mamma hud known the
dog's natural antipathy toward fur
there wouldn't have beeu auy trouble.
But she didn't. So unsuspectingly
tho other day a handsome fur-lined
cape, that had beeu worn a few times,
was hung on the clothes line iu the
buck yard to bp aired, beaten anil
Qleaned generally. It swung back and
forth iu the wind until Max saw it. It
was rather high for him to reach, but
after several good springs ho had hold
of nu eud and kept tugging at it until
he had pulled it oil' the line. Thou
what fun! Fur was scattered to the
four wiuds aud at the eud of five min
utes the handsome, fifty-dollur capo
was worth about thirty ceuts. I am
reliably informed that Max is now on
the market. Albauy Journal.
Kreo Lniliclii Yar Oerinan Students.
German studeuts and high school
pupils traveling iu the various moun
tain regions of their oountry now have
at their disposal 130 taverns, forty
one of whioh give thorn a bed free,
whilo seventy-eight add breakfast,
aud eleveu supper, too. Similar tav
erns have lately boeu opeued in the
Hwina Alps,
Durinir i.tJ
North of Engij
hos been not; I"
working jn ,fl!"
hnvo escape jT"
P"1
A calendar
twouty-ciglu tot'1
mean Iu Harmon P"
tWfll VA linn.. . I h
...... moj- r
lienrn, 1. 1 11
aii(l,.f'"
rtlictr,-F!
seconds
year, or 1
equinox to m.f'
244 Bolar,laT(;. '
fortv-ciizlit. :'.;"
onds. A Jnij,.
V
liregorian j.
nays. ...
William A. t i
J., recently
tests with n k,t, i
make an elect; k
storm. A m. k
was used, and h
stool w ire, tat J-r
nu piaiuiy l;.;t. Jfu
Uk.
kitcii.l c
i the ...F
with the
tlldn U'na
been exncrii.i
about the muu, J.1''
had boeu near t
. il
Iho-
tho atoms of i
i i- .. . -i i
ure liicuvieiUle i..
Thomson
omson, of fc.l
eat Britain,
nd evidence: Jl'
Gre
fou
atoms, j,Sel ,
rays indicate, h,I U
of electrified pi t11'1
the negative pli7;
atoms. Ejnet...
cies torn from i
... . . .
uio oieotroile. i
atoms themwhr
Brn verv stua nf
irom wnisli tlinl
At tho rcceni two
at Munich, I'r,.J "
the results ol tl
Expedition. S -ov
at a depth ofal 'il?
i i
IJ1UU, UB BHItl, t!..fc
rocks of the M .
earth's atmosplf
carbon, fkesti
had special mei:I a
Some possess ,
copying nearljX' "
hood, and son-jTr
telescopic orgi.f .
their light on ti-f J
similar to tlij!c i
Prolos.ior.laL..
of the Lick Ob'-I,,
tho Cross! vy rikj
thatiuHli(utioDLlt
photographs olff;,.':
year, showing b
wuiou uiguijir
may be drawn. fj
tographic plate 1
sixteeu new nel L
and Professor k.
.. . , , .-"
wu
me uumucr oi jij
wituin rencu o;
bo!:.l jn
;rea: UI;
may bo as great.
imagination i
with halt-visili:ip0;
delioate tuauti ij
anco, yot cajmt. ipii
forming world.' f E1
embroyos of ful li -
Splirsiwn II
No orator wjvJ
of art thau the rim
or, Charles II.
over used them
helped him, iw'i iu
outside of him- lcn:
cfl'eot, as he La'kli!!
striking uistw l U
forced iu tbii eai
clergyman of U-tV. (
the Bev. JJ. .V f.u
Mr. Spiirgt'o:t I
meetings in tbcttho
posite the Isle a. !
teriioon he pm w
of people in -fry :
the market towis ur
tiis .text wpt
Psulni. "Thmfint'
grossors thy '
was a Gosnel it frac)
Htill, aud a cloc (iK
as he approach jlue
courso, .while t
caught every"? kt
Apparently
carried along :t
sweep of Lisp"1?
valley was llietb
Stmiramnn bad ii-? K
the close of lii
voice, he called
A I th uiis r
spirit and Hi6 :
nnturo herself -
invitation iw"lf
Como! CmM-
Tho echoes!;'
from sice to '
sembly heurd
'Come! uome-'v
a whisper in it jc
The narrow'"'
"like an cluctn
if the nrcaeber
had.wakeueu'L,.,.
We have lio'r- -
fruits of tbeni't.;.
solemnity in '6 -.
that lifted it ' ; "
tilloe or anyol'V
to trick.-Yoi'f V
HHwaL
The ll''"f
Dr. Carl Sell er,
not long MOJiiz
was a BuperP"'L
that of aw("'ry
along perfiiW -
cast further d'-; "
internal mwl"!t
moved six feel '
from' an lUl''r "
iu a brawl. 'lt' , .' "
to play an W -food
iuto the ' -
however, B'ue 1
operation, tun
ing tho boxr11"
lost a few r
llia aolid fundi'
to. and ili'l"!
though he
Tho hini,r ,
ter's operation
the intestine
but is antoii"jJ
powers of aJ,,j(
body. 4
Two-third"
Zealand i
and grazing. ,
crops i UW