Nbw Yonrc Citt (Special). Tlio
novelties o( the moment include what
the English" cull "a patriotic kbnki
hirt for ladies," it being made ol Unit
khaki smr.r WAIST.
material and, ho fur as possible, fol
lowing tbo shirt pattern worn by tho
British soldier in Hoiith Africa. As
nbowu by tbe cut, this model, nave
for its pockets, is not unlike tlmt used
for tbe regulation sbirt waist for
women in America. It 1ms tbe same
slightly full front, and tlio sanio per
fectly pluiu fan back. Down the front
is a broad stitched baud with buttons,
tbe two breast pockets, the plaits ard
flaps of which recall those worn by tbo
TAILOU-MAUK COSTUME,
London policemen, being buttoned
also. The shirt sleeve ends in u nar
row cuff at the wrist and the shoulder
neanis are strapped and finished with
buttons. A high straight collar with
a small butterfly bow in black or white
finishes the garment at the throat.
Vngue of Atillur.-ii.
Appliques are a prominent feature
of the handsomest and smartest of the
spring tailor-mades. It is, however,
really an underletting, for, instead of
the appliques being of lace or silk set
on, the material of which the gown is
composed is stamped out into a pat
tern, and silk set under it. Our largo
pioture shows an exceedingly stylish
spring costume of pastel gray broad
cloth, made with tho prescribed Eton
jacket with revers and collars covered
with applique. Tho skirt has a circu
lar ruflle around tho front and sides,
with a baud of applique at tho top.
With the box -plaited back skirt do
riguer this spring, tho back is allowed
to have its full graceful swoop its en
tire length. Any side and front doo
oratiop stops on either side of tho
back, as tbe figure of our illustration
shows. In 1'h:s costume tho applique
baud is put near tho bottom edge of
the skirt, as it has no ruflles. This
is much liked, too, as woll as the
milled effect of the other, particularly
for short women who do not care to
risk the becominguess of breukiug the
length of their skirt.
JCulureil UHndkertililefrt Are Ktyllnh.
After several futile bids for popular
ity, the colored handkerchief seems
destined to win this season. At least
the fashionable stores flaunt every
shade and tone under tho sun in tho
front ranks of their display, while the
white article has retired to the privacy
of the shelves. For thoHO who are a
bit timid about tho transition there
are pale blues, pinks and lavenders
that have only just crossed tho colored
line, or whito ones with a bit of em
broidery or monogram ill color.
Among the various designs ara plain
colors with whito borders, white) ones
with colored borders and white with
floral or conventional patterns in
color, ,
Handkerchiefs for men of fashion
are even more highly colored, running
largely to plaids or solid colors, with
small embroidered monogram ou a
plain Bhicld in oue corner,
A Felvlilnff CombliiHtloii.
White and ecru is a combination ex
tensively employed. A lovely sum
mer gown is made of white Bwiss em
broidered "with a small eeru dot.
There is a double skirt to this gowu,
and both top and bottom skirts are
trimmed with throe plaited frills of
Hwiss, two plain with ou tern ono be
tween them, Tho same stylo of trim
ming is used on tho bodice, tho plaits
being put ou with A fichu effect. An
ecru linen lias bauds of whito liucu
stitched ou, while a white liucu is run
with ecru lines and has vest, culls and
bauds on the skirt of ecru linen,
edged with a heavy ecru liucu luce.
l'riliiriillieil Silver llntlonn.
A fashionable) gown of "ohorbat at)
lait" (a warm pinky-brown), lias tbe
skirt almost covered with n com.
plicated system of tucks. Tho ro
leased fullness esenpes about tb(
ankle. The distinguishing feature is
tho jacket lined and faced with white
satin and buttoned down the front
with a iloitblo row of silver buttons.
These are not burnished like the plate
upon your dinner tab'e, but have the
dull look of uiibnrnished metal. The
buttons are not too small and looh
solid,
I'n-lo-Uiite ('mli-rllnen.
Now that our dresses are made to
fit ho tightly around the hips, well
fitting underclothing is a necessity.
Tho latest Parisian i lea is to have
chemise and petticoat made in ono
The upper part is cut to lit tho figure
without the least vestige of fullness,
and then below tho hips it widens out
into an ordinary skirt. Theso rut
nicnts have simply n strip of lace 01
ribbon to support them on the shoul
ders and fasten down the centre of tho
front to just below the wuist.
Miw Itnmid SI, I ro..
Tho newest round skirt from Paris
is either goffered, tucked or gathered
at tho waist and over the hips; con
sequently the wearer of it should be
slight, and tho cloth must not bo too
thick. Other skirts aro tucked at tho
top and then accordion plaited. This
kiltod cloth is chic and has the ad
vantage of novelty, but unless care
fully manipulated it will develop into
au unwieldy garmeut.
('onrornliiK I lie rnrntnl.
f Sol f parasols aro something new
A golf stick of suitable sine is used
APPLIQUE ThTMMED.
for tho haudlo and the decidedly largo
frame is covered with an iuteuse
emerald greou. The- correct thing tc
wear with this sunshade is a whito
brimmed inanila stra'v hat. Tho ma
uila straw is as light as air nnd very
pretty. It comes in a deep tan and
should bo decorated by n twist ol
whito veiling and several big pom
pons of silk floss in Irish green caught
almost in tlio front ot tho hat.
Itettuly mid t'iteliilneN Wall Met.
Some of tho lato imported confec
lions are trimmed with velvet rib
bons, with ends clumped in gold, thus
combining usefulness with bounty,
tho golden clumps standing iu good
stead fo keep tho ends of tho velvet
from curling.
Kit-even l-'or Tliiu Vi-ork.
Elbow sleeves aro very fashionable
for thin frocks, and they aro com
pleted with cull' turned back, from
which falls a frill of lace or chillou
wider ut tho buck than it is in thu
front.
Hlllntltnte l-'or W:iU-ll ( llllm.
Serpents of oxidized steel which
have u life-like flexibility are used for
watch chains. They comes in dilfer
eut lengths.
A Nmurt (lull Coitume.
lloro is a golf costume with a new
blouse front coat of hmitor's geii
cheviot, trimmed with s'.vann of whit
cloth and black velvnt. Tho skirt is
in tun double-faoed cloth, out with
narrow breadths, strapped and fin
ished at tho foot wi'.h the plaid which
forms tho liuiua
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PREACHING IN THE PULPIT.
Over Three Hundred Women Minuter
Now In 1ic United Mnll.
Tho Paulino edict "Let your wom
en keep silenco in tho churches" has
been a lively source of controversy
ever smico it was utterod. For ninny
generations n literal adherence was
insisted upon, and it llnally came to
bo regarded by tho lnujority of mun
kind as an actual articlo of faith. All
through tho ages, howovcr, there hfjs
been an occasional woman whoso gon
lus has triumphed over prejudice; anij
who has become not only a preacher,
but a founder of n new religious body.
Ann Lee and Mrs. Hutchinson aro
well known examples.
Within tho last two hundred years
there has been a gradual chango of
opinion on tho question of woman's
pluco in tho church. Tho carliost
English Methodists permitted women
exhortors, or outdoor preachers, and
Quakers have always hold that tho
Spirit was as likely to movo ouo side
of the meeting houso as tho other.
America, having no established church,
has really done inoro than any other
country toward destroying tho old tra
dition, anil for many years womeu
have been seen in pulpits and pastor
ates, leading useful, happy lives, be
loved mid nppproved of by tho com
munity. Iu tho Unitarian, Congrega
tional and Methodist churches they
have long been appreciated, and lately
the Baptist, Presbyterian and oilier
conservative denominations urn be
ginning to invite women to ministerial
duties.
An interesting nnd (significant cere
mony took plaeo in Chicago recently,
on which occasion Mrs. Yaudoliu Var
num Thomas, wifo of tho pastor of
the People's Church, was ordained "a
liberal nnd independent minister."
Every denomination of tho Congress
of Religions was represented, and tho
olllciatiua minister was the present
pastor of tho Methodist Episcopal
Church, which twenty years ago ex
cluded Dr. Thomas from its member
ship. Of other women who ore iu pastoral
places, the Bev. Frances Kimball was
lately ordainod to tho Uuivorsalist
ministry, three other women ministers
taking part iu the ceremony. Mrs.
Kimball has charge of tho churches at
South liarro and Williamstowu', Vt.
Tho Congregational Church at Con
don, Ore., ou tho death of its pastor
unanimously invitod his wifo to 111 I
tho vacancy. Tho P.ev. Hannah ,Tew
ett Powell was recently installed as
pastor of tho Uuiversnlist Church, at
North Jay, Mo., Congregational and
Methodist ministers ofliciating. The
address of welcome ou behalf of the
parish was given by Mrs. Silas
Wright.
Speaking of tho ministry as a pro
fession for women, Mrs. Floreneo Kol
lock Crookcr, of Michigan, expresses
her bolief that women generally should,
and will, choose a domestic life, and
that the proportion of womeu minis
ters will never bo large, thoro being
only three hundred now in tho United
Slates; but tho few who aro irresisti
bly culled to tho work will always have
qualifications which men lack. Thoir
power for good, granting au equal
equipment, will be greater than that
of their masculine colleagues. Women,
Mrs. Crooker believes, huve tho power
to enter more fully than men into the
lives of the people, uud aro ablo to
gain their contldeuco with compara
tive easo. They also know how to
deal with young peoplo and children.
Mrs. Crooker was a minister before
her marriage, and siuco has acted as
Stato missionary of tho liberal churches
of Michigan. Sho organized churches,
selected and ordained ministers, sup
plied pnlpits, and in too many wuys
fulfilled tho duties of the bishop of
tho older denominations. At present
her time is divided betweou assisting
her husband in his parish work and
lecturing on educational uud philan
thropic subjects,
lollllll KrillT.
As for scarfs, they aro ubiquitous.
A scarf is tho favorite trimming
for tho front of a bodice, especially
drawn from beneath tho bolero and
tied into a huge bo.v iu front.
They aro draped across tho front
gore of evening skirts iu tho sumo
manner as on tho bodice. Where tho
sides aro plaito 1 or the front seams
trimmed two largo scarfs oomo from
beneath, droop down a little uud tie
i:i a larg3 bow with long ends.
This fashion is particularly attrac
tive on black net uud liberty silk
gowns.
Many of tho now sloovos instead of
having a rnllle, aro wrapped about a
scarf. This is particularly done ou
elbow sloevos. A scurf of liberty silk
or chillou is drawn iiomid tho sleeves
and tied iu a gro'it bow ou tho sides
with cuds that hung half way to tho
wrist.
As for tho sleeves thomsolves, there
is a growiug fervor for those of ohilfon
iu all kinds of light fabrio gowns,
such as crepo do chine, lunsdowno,
liberty silk uud net. Theso sleeves
aro mado inousquetuirc, but quite
tight-fitting.
It is a groat mistake to make a loose
mousquotuiro sleeve, yet many dress
makers do it,
Tho very iinturo of tho sleeve de
mands that it lit tho arm snugly. All
sleeves now demand to bo littud well
iu at tho wrist. If they are too small
for the hand to go through, thou opou
tho buok seams and but torn them up
ufter they aro ou. Eveu tho uow
shirtwaist cuff) lit very close.
There is ouo extremely pretty model
showing three of the fashions I have
written of iu a pineapple ol white
with a coral thread iu it. Tho skirt
is tucked iu groups, the bodice tucked
all over, and over it a bolero jacket of
yellow laoo with n edge of black
chilfon and a black scarf of liberty
silk drawn from under tho bolero and
tied iu front.
Tho sleeves are coral chiffon mous
qnotuire, shaped in tightly at tho
wrist and out over the kuucklos.
Your Fortune In ft dip.
For curious students of ocimltisiu
wo uppond tho accepted codo of for
tune tolling by means of tea loaves or
iioll.io grounds. After tiiiishiug your
lualulinal neveruge a..l uiiibog a
luidiment in tho cup, druiu oil' all tho
moisture and road tun figures made
t ky-.H'o grounds or leavos us follows:
Serpentine linos, fa lu ro troubles.
Straight linos, long lifo and pros
parity. A ring, marriage.
A leaf of clover, good luck.
An anchor, your business will be
successful.
A letter, welcome news.
A cofliu, a long illness,
A star, happiness.
A dog, you have faithful friends.
A lily, a long and happy lifo.
A cross, misfortune.
Tho sun, tho greatest luck.
Tlio moon, high honors.
Mountain, you bavo powerful ono
mies.
A trco, lasting good health.
A child, you will have great cx
penses.
A woman, great joy.
A heait, you 'will rcetivo soiuo
money.
Pints, trouble.
Fish, you will travel some distance
lEnlftXttion im n MctiflN of ltet.
The injunctions so frequently given
in regard to relaxation-of tho body a
a moons of rest aro invaluable and
cannot bo repeated too often. The
relaxation of tho muscles of tho mind
is no loss necessary, however, and its
necessity should bo emphasized in
every way. Tho smalt woriies of tho
nveragc lifo are nlmoitt innumerable
and wrinkle tlin mind ns they wrinkle
brow nnd cheek. A ohnrming woman
over sixty, whoso fao is young and
bright, was asked bow she kept tin)
lines and wrinkles away. Her answer
was: "I began when a girl to put aside
ii hope hour every day, as fur as pos
sible. In that hour I thought of every
thing happy and hopeful in my life,
nnd refused to think of tho worries, I
read hopeful poeiu.i. 1 looked nt
flowers and birds. I smoothed tho
wrinkles from my heart by remember
ing only joyous moments. I believe
that to that habit I owe my faculty for
seeing tho bright sido of things, and
my comparative freedom from tho lines
truced by euro. I have had troubles
many of them but always could fill
ono hour in tho day with hope!"
VnnftKiinilng Mln AVIUon.
Miss Wilson, daughter of tho Secre
tary of Agriculture, in point of years,
should be considered as ono of tho
"Cabinet girls," but by reason of her
position as tho hoad of her fathor's
household and his hostess, sho is moro
often quoted among tho matrons.
With tho oxception of Mrs. Gage,
Miss Wilson is tho only Cabinet wom
an left of the original assistants at tho
first Whito Houso reception of tho
present Administration.
This only maideu hostess among
tueui has worn her honors easily nnd
gracefully. She presides over tho
Uonio of one of tho capital's chief of
ficials with grace and dignity. Her
manner is co,rdial and sho has tho
happy f acuity 0f sayiug tho right thing
on all occasions. Miss Wilson is en
dowed with personal charm of looks
and manner, although when askod to
say something about herself on one
occasiou, sho modestly wrote: "Jam
my father's housekeeper, have literary
tastes and I niu not pretty." Na
tional Magazine.
l'.lnclc nnil Wlilto (Nitnljlnnllon.
Pluck and whito nro again to be
combined iu both costumes and mil
linery. Pluck broad cloth with white
moiro trimmings is effective and chic
in tho former, anil black Neapolitan
straw with feathers nud bows of black
and white tullo in tho latter.
Jeweled Hiili-plnn.
ilather long hairpins with iowciud
heads are a now fancy.
Frills of I-'itHliiuit.
Sashos arranaud around tho waist
like a Swiss belt aro fastened with a
rpsetto and finished on tho ends with
silk fringe.
Laco boleros with black velvet rib
bon run through them uro a useful ns
well as effective additiou to tho bodico
needing a fresh touch.
Whito and tinted ohiifon in tho form
of various kinds of flowers, souio with
jeweled contres, nro used ou dross
huts and bonnets this season.
Three colors, most frequently soon
in tlio silk or ribbon trimmings.
bnnched together, nud all delicate
shades ore to bo found on many hats.
l'ulo blue nnd beigo nro combined
iu the latest novelties. A beigo home
spun with pulo blue fucings ou tho
jaunty Eton coat is ouo of the newest
models.
Lingerie, which einhracos peignoirs
of every description, is getting more
and more luxurious. No woman ot
fashion would nowadays do her bait
iu an unbecoming shade of dressing
gown.
Putter-color straw and black velvet
aru a3 attraethe as ever combined this
year, Tho omnipresent black velvet
ribbon iu narrow widths, combinod
with braids of straw tho samo width,
forms some of the attractive hats.
Insertions of laco continue to bo
worn in fashion both simple and
complicated. An evening gown "just
from Doucot" has insertions nil over
tho skirt in large lozenges, nnd smaller
lozougos in tho bodico nud sleeves,
Black velvet ribbon iu narrow
widths is strikingly iu evidenoo on
many of the now gowns in tho form
of straight bands, rosettes or lattieo
work desigua formiug tho vest, a por
tion of the sleovo or possible fan
shaped divisions ou tho lower half of
tho skirt.
Up to date tho status of tho jacket
senilis to bo somewhat uncertain.
That a demand for jackets will arise
later there is jittle doubt, but ou just
what particular shupo the demand
will find expression it is dilllcult to
say. Many favor tho littlo loose back
box coats.
Fringe continues to bo very modish;
and, save tho mark, it is eveu inappro
priately applied ,tu handkerchiefs.
Among the newest handkerchiefs aro
those with colored horns and em
broidery. - Tho plain white handkor
chief, however, will over remain the
most elegant.
Mercerized canvas and cotton grena
dines, treated with tho same alkali
solution, ad l variety to tho extensive
array of cotton dross fabrics, They
uro checked, striped or coverod with
waved linen of vurying noft colors,
and very pliable without being easily
mussed. Tho pretty gloss which
gives them a silky uppoaraneo is theii
chief attraction.
NEW IDEA ABOUT KAIN.
PROOF THAT IT 13 CAUSED DY
ELECTRICITY.
J-:n I n in im r Nnliirn olvp1 During Some
Keiiilirknlite Kxperlmenln nt the l-:lutc-r
iiitfn l.nliorntnr.r Nenr nalilni(ton.
('.vr-lonpH Arllllrlillly ICeproilm-eil.
The phenomena of tho earth's rota
tion, of rainstorms, cyclones, water
spouts, thunder and lightning aro be
ingartiflcially reproduced in the course
of someremarkablo experiments at the
Elmer (lutes Laboratory, nt Chovy
UlinsH, near Washington.
Professor (bites, tho famous iilivsi-
cist who directs thisjfaseinatiug work
shop, has long been conducting elabo
rate researches looking to the solution
of theso enigmas of nature. As a ro
suit of this labor he has deduced soiuo
surprising theories which, in the opin
ion ol many learned men, will ollect a
complete revolution in present meth
ods of weather forecasting.
Many of t heso important discoveries
wore made with tho assistance of tho
lato H. A. Hazen, professor of meteor
ology at tho United States Weather
bureau, whoso accidental death oc
curred a few weeks ago, just as tho
work was drawing to a close.
Tho early experiments of tho two
investigators wero mado for tho pur
pose of ascertaining nature's method
of raininaking. The most w idely ac
cepted of theories hitherto offered iu
explanation of this process ' assumes
that when moist air is carried from
one region abovo the enrth to another
which is colder, it undergoos conden
sation uud vice versa. Professor Oates
md Professor Hazen both doubted
that heat and moisture wero tho solo
lectors concerned in storm production.
Professor ( fates had long believed that
electricity pluyed the most important
role in weather-niuking, and ho set
about to convince his collaborator that
ho. was correct.
Tn the initial experiment n largo
fluffy mass of fleoco cotton was sus
pended from tho coiling of tho labora
tory by a dry silk thread, nud was
electrically charged by one polo of n
powerful static machine. Tho other
polo was connected with a similar
mans of cotton.
As the two tufts were being charged
they grew perceptibly larger. Brought
nearer, they grow smaller. When
sullicieiitly near or sufllcioutly charged
for a spark to pass between them, as
a lightning flush passes between two
clouds, they twitched nt the moment
of discharge.
Tho two tufts wero afterward filled
with smoke pulled into them through
a tube. Some of this snioko was
ejected by each at tho moment a spark
passed. When a certain distance
apart, tho snioko left one of the masses
and proceeded in a straight line to tho
other. TliU3 tho electricity uctually
carried tho vapor from ono to tho
other.
Then steam was injected into one
tuft nud somo of its moisture was
similarly conveyed to tho interior of
tho other, ns proved by an instrument
for measuring humidity. It was
noticed that although ono piceo of
cotton would increase iu volume
when first charged with cleotricity, it
would begin to shrink as soon as it
iud.iced un opposite churgo iu some
adjacent mass of matter.
A volume of moisture-saturated air
was next euclosod iu a rubber toy
balloon suspended by a string. Tho
balloon swelled when highly charged,
but shrunk when in tho presence of a
body charged with opposite electricity.
AVhon a succession of sparks passed
into tho balloon it appeared to take a
sudden expiration, thou au inspira
tion iinmediuiely afterward.
Theso nnd other experiments proved
to the satisfaction of the two investi
gators that eleotricnl conditions nro
capable of increasing and diminishing
tho density of tho air.
In a later experiment a moist cur
rent of air was charged with negative
electricity as it entered tho laboratory
through an open window. A similar
current from another source was
charged with positive electricity. At
a distance between the two inlets and
where tho two currents mingled a
mist was seen to form. It was this
successful attempt at raininaking in
doors which is bolievod to have solved
the probloni ns to how lanio Naturo
herself aggregates tho moisture of tho
air into mists, rain or snow.
According to Professor dates, if ono
locality or cloud uoquiro a churgo of
electricity, somo adjacent locality or
cloud must acquire a churgo of oppo
site electricity. Midway botweon these
two oppositely charged clouds or
regions of moist air there must be one
or moro secondary rogions whero their
respective particles commingle. Those
of one being positive and thoso of tho
other being nogutive they nttraot,
cohere and form raindrops. Ono
region may be a cloud or a vupor
chargod nir mass, and the other may
be another cloud or tho eurth. When
disturbances of tho electric equilib
rium of (the atmosphere occur ililfer
ences iu density, pressure, tempora
t ii ro and moisture result.
lletiirning to the cotton tufts, it was
discovered that when one was charged
with positive, tho other with negative
electricity, and tho former only was
saturated with smoke, injected into
its centre, the smoke escaped toward
tho opposite tuft and assumed a coni
cal clor.d-liko shape, its particles trav
eling across tho iuterveuiug space in
the form of a waterspout. This was
ropeated many limes.
Py connecting ono terminal of his
stutio niochiue with tho bottom of a
suuoer of water, pierced by a wire,
and by causing the other terminal to
npprouoh the top of the wator, Pro
lessor dates produced a miniature
waterspout. As soon as the water
touched tho upper terminal, it was
thrown laterally outward in a shower
of drops.
In a later rain-makiug experiment
the professor placed his static machine
midway betweou tho windows of his
laboratory whilo n moisture-laden
broezo was blowing through tho room,
Ho suspended a mass of cotton from
the ceiling by a pieoo of dry silk. On
tho floor below ho placed masses of
dilforent substances having ground
counoctions. He charged the cottou
serving as a cloud with positive
electricity, and mist was soeu to form
nbout midway biitweeu it and the lower
conductor serving as the earth
which was soon coverod with moisture
particles. This proved to him that
the m'oisturo particles not only uggre-
gatod into droplets, as a result of the
process explained about, but that there
was an electric translation of moisture
from tho cotton cloud to tho floor.
When nsked how a complete thun
derstorm might be produced by such
artifice, Professor dates replied that
this was done by maintaining a layet
of moist nir in the top of-- a room, nnd
by charging this to a potentinl differ
ent from thut of tho floor below. If
charged to a suflieiout height nnd with
snlliciotit quickness there would re
sult a sudden flash and discharge, ac
companied by a fall of rain upon tho
floor.
Additional experiments, to which
Professor dales gives particular
weight, wero mado in closer collabora
tion with Professor Haon. Their
object was to moro satisfactorily provo
that whou two nerial locahtios nro
charged with opposite electricities
there is n moro rapid diffusion of
moistnro from one to tho other than
when they arc not electrically chargod.
They employed an oblong glass box
with wooden ends, into each of which
was fixed a multiplicity of copper
wires with points protruding inward.
Tho apparatus was placed upon au in
sulated stool in front of a static inn
chino having a power of 4."(),000 volts
and capable of producing sparks
eighteen inches long. Tho box was
partitioned into halves by u sheet of
porous paper. Ono-half was filled
with dry and tho other wilh wet air.
Tho wire points at tho dry end wero
charged with positive, thoso nt tiio
moist with negative electricity. Whilo
it ordinarily required from six to
twelve hours for flic moistnro to
escape through tho porous partition
and distribute itself equally through
tho entire box, the charging of tho
two ends caused a transference of tho
moisture from tho moist to tho dry
cud to take placo in from eight to ten
minutes. Tho moistnro was electri
cally carried from tlio positive to tho
uegativo pole.
When the wholo box was equally
filled with moisture, it was discovered
that more collected in the nir sur
rounding tho negative polo. Thus
it was ascertained that au elcctrio
charge in tho nir will unequally dis
tribute tho moisture already present
nnd perhaps uniform. John Elfreth
Catkins, Jr., iu Poston Truuscript.
CURIOUS FACTS.
A P.nmford Falls (Me.) veteran has
in his possession some of the hardtack
composing the last rations dealt out
to him by Uncle Sam when iu tho ser
vice over thirty years ago. It is iu
good stato of preservation,
A curious plant is the "tooth-brush"
plant of Jamaica. It is n species of
creeper, and has nothing particularly
striking ntiout its appearance. Py
cutting pieces of it to a suitablo length
and fraying tho ends, tho natives con
vert it into n tooth-brush; and a tooth
powder to accompany the use of tho
brush is also prepared by pulverizing
tho dead stem.
An operation was recently performed
at a hospital in Trenton, N. J., for tho
removal of a tumor from tho cheek of
Luudsford Bergen, tho fivo-yenr-old
sou of Edward Bergen, of Yardley,
Peun. Tho swelling was nbout tho
size of a hickory nut and was situated
under tho right eye. It begun about
two years ago, when tho child com
plained of an itching and burning sen
sutiou there. AVhon tho tumor was
removed the doctors found a grain of
wlioat sprouting under it.
At a legislative hearing on bohnlf of
tho insauo poor, a physician recalled
tho fact that as lato as 1 ?s:il tho city
of Boston kept its pauper lunatics iu
wooden cages, which rested on wheels
and wore rolled out of tho almshouse
on plousant days, to givo tho wretches
a littlo air and sunshine. When a now
building was provided, the patients:
wero trundled into it iu their cages.
Put Doctor Butler, tho wise and hu
mane superintendent, promptly set
them free from conditions which might
miiKe n suuo mnn crazy,
William McDonald's whito hair is
turning black and his few decayed
stumps have fallen out iu favor of i
brand now set of teeth. Somo of his
neighbors in Alpoua County, Mich.,
declaro that tho old pioneer must bo
bewitched, and the doctors themselves
confess that ho presents a freak of na
turo without parallel. Dentists in
particular uro greatly wrought up over
the phenomenon ot now ti;eth sprout
ing iu tho shrivelled gums of seventy
tivo years. Thoy say that if McDon
ald's example were followed extensive
ly it would bo u blow to their profes
sion. Of tho forty-two catacombs now
known and christened, extending be
yond the gates of Kome, over au urea
twonty by twelve miles, that of St.
Calli.stus is one of the largest and most
interesting. Its entrance is on tho
Appian Way, about half au hour's
drive from tho centre of tho city, in a
vineyard close to tho ruins of tho an
cient church of St. Cullistus. . Tho
catacombs have for many years been
iu the charge of monastic ordors, aud
many a ramblo through St. Calisbus
wus uuder tho guidance of a Cistercian
friar, youug, fresh-complexioned.
cheerful and humorous in his talk.
Tho catacomb are such a mighty mazo,
with passages at four or live different
levels, crossing at all kinds of angles,
that to venture far into thorn alouo
would bo almost au act of suicide.
A Chiii'iicter Ntutly.
Before Lord Roberts loft Cane Town
ho called into his office a certain Col
onel, aud oharged him with a certain
mission. "Now," said tho Chief.
'how soon can you put this through?
I know you'll do tho best you can."
Woll," replied tho Colonel, "I'll try
to do it in a fortnight." "Well,"
Lord lloborts repeated, "I know you
will do the very best you can." and
with a pleasant smilo he dismissed
the ollioer.
Outside tho door he mot Lord
Kitohouor. "Woll?" said Kitchener,
with business-like abruptness. "Oh,"
said the Colonel, "I have iust seen
the Chief; ho wants me to do so and
so." "When aro you gciug to got it
through?" "Well," said the Colonel,
"I promised to try to do it, in a fort
night." "Now, Colonel," was Kitch
ener's retort, "if this is not dono
within a week we shall have to see
about E-oudiug you home." Aud dono
it was.
THE SUMMErTvi
i'MT 110111 tllO
I VI)
HtiinniiT waist npppar c, .
'i'llll RI-PMI', '' ''
In every shnilo
J'Ynm while to roil, m,
Iliiiiclreil" In hntwi-iMi-Jt
iluw.letli every iniully
Anil "trnli'lmtli '
Kvery ii nek,
lliisto In follow
At Imr Im-cIv
As ilnwil till) Mrent In au i
l',ilr)orlsll(?lltyt1",,M'll'atMy
A vision rnro 1
1'rnm nnklu unit to
Dainty llnger-tlps;
And tliero aro
Hosts of others mi n,
Olenfulltf tinrii.t.,
n
Willi soiuo In nirl.4
And somo In ltii, 1-4 utl, t
Iu ehdeks arrayed.
And Boinn urn silken, .,-
Aro wool, gome llni-ii
Homo diiie, '
And o'eii thu flannel j
Nen mil k urn seen
In tho array;
And somo do lilaz
i.oiiis in nro whllu
Verdant ouitn
.ii-.j
And every sliu-le ot
Yellow, liruwn, Line, ro-l ,..,, ,
And thus, when war:,,!,,:.;.. -V'
Kiss thn uurly-l..;,!!,,,. s ' l Jt"
Treo, tlio streets
leeomo kiiloldo'oj,,.,
Of femininity;
And marvel of nil iieu v- l,' r .
1 '.right llamael lee, i ,i "'J
Until wear by fur I lei " '
wellest wul.-t
Of all
TMi't conipnny!
All maidens love ,f
Summer wni.-t, lie.. ,,;
Olil'ly hue, nnil
iiinlilles love to Idvii I1
Love this lnviiitr, t-.,,'
Ho liern'it a tim-i, n i,,, rrv .. . .
To maidens sweet, i ,, i '
Within tint
lay, alluring, inn1, m, -1 .
Summer wni-i ! '-'
-J. W. W., In t',,..vvV .
JINGLES AMD JiStj,
Askin "Would ymi r,,,,;
occupation of a Iium-!i;i1 ,,,, ,
profession?" Teller ".,,- j. j
ally a trade." '
rroeniHllniillon i- ,,,
Of tllllll, hut time i,.. ,,! ,K.
Ill turn ho Mtenl, to km T. nr, -.r
Jfyr duality, ninl lie tin!. e'..;,'
l'liila..-,:,i,,l;
"Why should we worry, ;
Surely tho world owes us aLa
"I'm afraid, though, that wo ,.;
ou tho list of preferred crc-Jii. :
Brooklyn Lifo.
"I'm afraid my blnwl is out
der," complained tlio lu!istM i
cook drew near, "fn fact, I
am goiugto sillier with a l;uil'."
adolphia Ilecord.
"Some people jtint uatmallv
help being stylish." "'ua
there's Belinda; if she Rot le
a dog it would be sine to be 1 1
Lund." 'Washington Star.
"Mary,,' said the great man. I
ing, "this paper sprain of n.-,
Presidential possibility." "j,
said his wife, anxiously, "bow
did that cost ymi?'' l'uol;.
Bacon "Men are nbv.iyi I,
for an exalted line;i;;o." E:i
"Unless they nro traveling ;
railroad; then they uru ofi-ml
berth." Youkers Slntesnian,
"We do UOt StOl to tllini;, ' .
The lady, with n sinil--,
r.imiurked: '-If some ill I ii lot'
They'd stop aloiij?. li.s
PetMit l'ri-.-i
I!ev. Dr. Joy nor- "Aud soy
aro making life ono graiil,
song?" Bullies "Yes, cue;
reg'lar opera; with frautij ti
tin author when the bAy cri
Brooklyn Life.
Aseotin and gourmand nrn like alter
Fur oueli lias the very sam-nUH,
Ouo's always foryettin tlm UjiJtt
life,
The other's for gultlm? tlnniM.
I'liila.Mi'litol'
Tho Pater "Tf my (l.mglitei
rios you I wish her to live i
stylo to which sho lias been -to'ined."
Tho Kuit..r "Thai
right, sir; your homo shall lie
Town Topics.
I-I-I s-a-y," filaiiinicroilt'ie
ger, looking about at tbo lw
confusedly "c-c-an yen t-t-te
where I-I am?" "Xo, I really i
was tho reply of the pussor-by;
know, ho who hesilalcJ is 1
YonkeiB Statesman.
The I.uimh cm 'i""1,
A good story is told iu s
giuin involving two of tin) Cu
men from that suii liltln
Thomas B. Peed, the girfiintte,"!
of tho last House. The tivo t
giniaiis aro lion. liliu-kburn I
oner and Hon. Borneo Jlnvl
Both aro small iu slutiirdiiii'l
fully aliko iu their general l
mice. Together they went up
ponderous Muino muu to In
duced. ,
"lliimoh!" said Mr. K.-cJ, '
tho best tho Persimmon State csl
"What do you nieuuV sktu
Freer. , ,
"Nothing," drawled tlieclci
'r wos only wo"'1''"
tho uniformity of thiu ""'3
t i. horse !
wuy. x rii'o - .I I
.,.! ii... ....i-ninmous an 11
luuiun u u v.. tuu j...-".
W..1I " li.tnvi-niited Mr- '
in il ti, in our h1'1"
iijulu ia uiiu mini, -
norni iiiiiioii has uiol'O tastO
i, :., it
Tho laugh was on um "i; ,
ho acknowledged it by ci';"" '?
ins tho hands of tho LiU P1!" 4.
joining iu tho merriment.- 1
Cleverly U"'"'
It had boon a most clever ai
nnd the eminent .letcctive
werocougratuhiting hi'"- , , i,
guished forger had very e
erod all clews, as lie tlw
was living in secluswUi 'h (
a woman. Ouo day ho i"' (
iu a disguised femalo M .
foil into tho detective's lion"- j
"But how," demanded ti
ive's frieuds,"did yon come w
that the note was written n
when it contained s"1'". ...
'just too sweot for d
- "I'll toll you," replug lu re
ivo. "Thoso exprcsaiu"9
uudorsoorod. " Judgo
1IW Criminal. '"""'"it
The Mount Bt. HeloM b ',
is still at largo, and his oM"
capo are pretty B00'1' . wil.
tracked him to withm lom
Oathill, and iu faot was
four huudrod yards of tn ,
one time. He heard tho uja
viciously at his hoels. ))(,
covered his tracks with (s,
and the dog, ufter got iB k
whiff of this, refuse1
farther. Sau Fruueiwo u