7
THH ;EfS)IT
Nrw YokkCitt (Spocial). For out
ing hats there are folts, but thore are
wore stitched taflotas, with Roft
crowns and high brims. For the bi-
OUTING) HAT OP KHAKI, WITH WHITE
FEATHERS,
cycle and for golfing, thore are khaki
hats in yeoman and trooper shapes,
eome of which havo the regulation
chin strap, which, however, is fast
ened around the hair behind. For
such headgear bands of khaki colored
puggaree muslin are the usual trim
ming, with bunches of cock's feathers
or drooping pheasant's plumes, which
have replaced last summer's still
eagle's quills.
The sailor hat bobs up serenely; it
is little changed in shape, though
occasionally it has an absurdly high
crown. For dressy wear it is deco
rated with wreaths of leaves, or with
twists of tulle and spreading wings.
An outing hat of khaki in a flat
beret shape, with two quit la passing
through the khaki from side to side,
one on the crown, the other through
the brim. These are held by a double
V.KO FOULA11D WITn W1IITK I.KCZ.
clasp in strass. At the sido, close to
the hair, is a looped rosette of khaki
colored ribbon.
Nearly all hats are arranged to
match the neckwear aud the parasol.
With a blouse iu green and mauve
will bo worn, for example, a green
straw hat, whose brim is lined with
line mauve hyacinths, close set. The
parasol, if possible, will tie covered
with silk fiko that of the blouse.
A Forecast ol SiimnuT Slyln.
Red foulards and chalhes promino
to be even more popular this summer
than the blues that have so long held
their own. The model shown iu the
large engraving reproduced front the
New York Hun lepresents a frock iu
figured red foulard. The long, plain
skirt falls iu ample folds and has an
overtunio with a pointed tablier front.
The tnnio is edged all round with a
broad baud of white Cluny lace. A
broad godet plait headed by a long
narrow lace insertion raises this tunio
at either side. The bolero is in red
velvet veiled with old guipure that ex
tends upon the shoulders so as to
form jockey sleeves. At one side
droops a lace lapel over which the
bolero fastens with a single big but
ton. The sUeves have a cuff corre
sponding to the "jockey-sleeve" at
the shoulder. lied velvet forms the
folded belt. The nuderblouse, of
black silk muslin over green silk, is
in artistio contrast to the red of the
velvet and silk. Bmall tabs of red
velvet finish the stock iu the back.
At the throat is a bow in white tulle.
The bat is in red chip faced with pink
muslin aud edged with black velvet.
Its trimming consists of a lurge triple
looped bow iu black velvet ribbon
with a border in pink. A red velvet
ebon holds this bow iu place aud more
choux appear boneath the brim atone
aide.
An absolute novelty in street suits
is also shown in the large picture. It
demonstrates two thingf the growing
fancifulnesa of the tailor-made toi
lette, and the overpowering popular
ity of the lace jacket. The suit is of
pale mauve cloth and has a very
short, single-breasted, basqued ooat
buttoned snugly down the middle of
the front. Over the corsage and the
sleeves of this ooat is the lace jacket
in ecru guipure. The lapels are in
white satin, hand painted with violeU
Op pHION.
and with a narrow edging in black
velvet. A broad, Hat 'collar of the
cloth forma au tfleoliva background to
theso lapels, liounit Ilia hips and
again a little distance abovo the horn
the skirt is banded with many row of
stitobiug. A cravat of white chiffon
finishes the throat, while the hat is of
mauve straw faced with black chiffon,
and trimmed with white and black
chiffon. At ono Hide of the brim,
against the wearer's hair, runts a mass
of shaded mauve roses.
A Til lit! ftpnann.
Quantities of tulle ore nsed this
season, both in gowns and hats. 5ig
bows of tnlle are worn at the nock
nud tulle rosettes are put here and
there on dressy costumes, to say noth
ing of the evening gowns that aro
eoillnletn) V Pnvnrnil u-illi Mm nirv otnir
A simple straw turban with a billowy
iisi 01 tune about, it and a cluster of
(lowers put on one side is a fashion
able and acceptable bit of headgear
even in Pans, where elaborate! mil
liner V is the rule.
Slilrrlnj; llrvlvnl.
A great deal of film-ring is done on
the lighter gowns. Cafhmeres and
veilings this seasou nro often shirred
about the waist to represent a corse
lot belt, the gowns cut in princess or
rodiugote style, the shirring done be
low as well as above the waist liue.
In organdies and lawns entire fronts
are shirred, while shirred yokes of
thin white Bluffs aro put into colored
gowns. Not skirts are shin-oil in sev
eral rows at tlie top ami the fullness
falls loose and straight over the silk
foundation.
For tlt CliililrnTi.
Children's clothes aro to be trimmed
with heavy cream lace and insertion.
Little boleros of the lace will be worn
with wash silk waists. Nurrow velvet
ribbons also will bo utilized iu trim
ming thoir clothos.
Siiflltnii on Tlilr FrncUn.
Hashes are very much iu evidence
on thin frocks. They are arranged in
the long, slender effects aud are built
chielly of some thin fabric.
Shirt Wiiintn In Infinite Vnrltjr.
Tho only mouptouy of style iu shirt
waists has entirely disappeared, and
there is simply uo limit to the vaviu-
Tnr. xr.vi:'i i.ace .'UKur.
tious in design ni:d decoration, says
the New York 3uu. For outing pur
poses and strictly mor:iug wear thero
aro tho plain tuilot-mado waists of
madras and chowot, wnh a French
back and a box plmt down the liont,
but tho dainty tu'-;- lawns n:id soft
silks with then- tuck", a-.d frills nro no
much more atlrai.tiv! rtat the original
shirt waist is qito eclip-oj by tho
more feminine variety. Alloser em
broidcrieu are used for wlil waists,
and iu small designs of doUaud birds'
i-yos, embroidery forms tvo-iuch
bauds with narrow lacs finishing the
edges, oa a plain white lawu waist,
striping it iu three rows up and down
the back and front.
A silk bodice which has tho effect of
a bolero is tucked around iu waved
lines, aud the lower part of it above
the belt is of diamond-tucked white
organdie, very line and nhsfr. This
forms the lower sleeve, the transpar
ent chemisette and collar band aud
the revers edgod around with a frill
of lace.
Auother model with a yoke of lace
is piped around the neck with black
velvet, and a cravat of tho name silk is
threaded through au opening below'
where it fastens with a gold buckle
A finely tucked chiffon bodice has t.
yoke collar of embroidered satin aud
applique desigus in real lace.
A DKBiaX THAT IH VOl'VLMt.
THE srilucji GUM CHOP.
MAINE'S COSTLY CONFECTION 13
SCARCE THIS SEASON.
llnrriahlp of limn II iiiitnri They Hon in
Ilia I orot All Winter nnil Cut. tlm
('rnp In Omirx I'.IIk From IIIk'i
UrHiicliAHIt Fay Well For 8onie.
THIS has beon an off year for
gum in Maine. Ordinarily
the Maine supply of clear,
(, pink, odorous and sweet
spruce gum has been in the tons, and
every ton of it is worth $2000 at first
bauds. This year the supply of
marketable gum will fall much below
the average. . This sad fact is not
brought about by a doarth of gum so
much as a lack of skillful harvesters.
"Everybody is going into it," said
a wholesale gnm dealer in Jiangor,
Me., the chief gum market of the
United States, "and the supply is not
so good this year in consequence,
They bring in all kinds of stuff, dirt
and pitchy and full of black spots, and,
of course, we can't buy it. We won't
get the good, clear gum this winter wo
did last year on that account.
"I remember," went on the gum
dealer, as ho leaned over tho counter,
"when gum gatherers came in hero
with from 101) to 500 pounds ot gum
to tho roan to sell after a winter in the
woods. Every pound of it was worth
a dollar, nnd that is just what I gave
for it, right through.
"This winter I haven't seen any of
tho kind of gnm we used to got; that
is, not iu quality. Last year I bought
more than a tou of gum, and seut it
out of the State. There is a good de
mand for it, especially from tho West,
where there are Maine people in largo
iiumbors. I don't get a very big prof
it out of it, for it retails at ten cents
an ounce, all dono up in a neat paste
board box. Then, thero is a shrink
age of teu per cent, on it, and the ad
ditional loss from it becoming broken.
After I have sold it to a middleman,
3 ay at $1.25 a pound, aud ho sells it
to the retailor, who can only get ten
ceuts an ounce for it, you will soe thero
is uo great profit in it for any of us.
IT 19 HARD TO COLLECT.
"As for tho man who gathers it,"
wont on the gum dealer, "he earns his
dollar a pound. I wouldn't cleau the
ntuff for that money. Every pieco iu
it Las to bo handled, and most of it
scraped with a knifo to tako off tho
rough outside. There is a good deal
of waste iu tho cleaning. The best
gum gatherers nro those who know
bow to get cleau gum, tho kind that
does not require a lot of cleaning."
Notwithstanding the difficulty in
getting together 100 pounds of gum,
the dealer recalled that he bought ou
one occasion !'.)? pounds of gum from
two men, who had gathered it in a
winter. They wero Swede farmers
from tho vicinity of Now Sweden, in
northern Aroostook. Work is dull on
tho potato farms in winter, nnd tho
thrifty Swedes look around for a
chance to make a dollar. Many of
thorn go iuto the woods as lumber
men. Some trap, while others gather
gum. These two farmers netted $1
a pound for their gum.
Ouly men of great patienco and
never-ceasing activity can gather near
ly 500 pounds of gum in a winter. The
task is oue calling for almost incredi
ble work. When one buys a littlo box
of the pure, amber blood of the spruce
be little thinks of the patience that
has been put into tho work of gather
ing it.
1 he gum gatherer begins his work
in the fall, as soon as the snow comes
and makes traveling on foot iu the
forest easier than when the ground is
bare, aud he keeps at his task, day
after day, iu storm aud shino, uutil
spring.
nOW IT IS GATHERED.
Living in a rough camp, he walks
forth into the trackless woods every
morning at daylight, and keeps going
until dark. He wears snowshoes, ou
which he skims the surface, of tho
deep white carpet on tho ground,
making his way from tree to tree, his
head up, scanning tho brown trunks
for tho little drops of congealed sap
that is known as spruco gum.
Au export gum gatherer can see
gum on the trunk of a tree where the
novieo would see none. He also knows
ftt a glance whether a "teat" is worth
taking off or not, and that when it is
sometimes fifteen feet above his hcud.
As it is impossible to reach mot of
tho gum on forest spruces without
some implement, the gum gatherer
has a specially made gathering rod,
with which ho brings down the goldeu
drops. Ibis rod is generally m three
sections, so that its length may be
regulated to the hoight to be reached.
On the end of the rod is a knife, aud
beneath it is a little pouch, such as is
used on a fruit picker, into which the
piece of gum drops after being de
tached from the tree by the knife.
After getting all the gum on a tree,
and there is seldom more than au
ounce in the rough to be had from
evon the best gum trees, the gum
gatherer goes ou to the next tree
yieldiug gum.
Not all spruces yield gum. Mauy
of the trees have no gum on them at
all until the bark becomes broken or
there is Borne break around a limb,
allowing the sap of the tree to exude
and harden. Troes that have been
trimmed of their lower branches are
the best for yielding gum. Sections
where lumbermen have "swamped"
roads, or have been logging, are,
therefore, better, as a rule, for the
gum gatherer thau the virgin forest,
where the gum trees are farthest
apart, aud the gum hangs higher,
WHERE THE BEST GROWS.
There is a vast territory iu Northern
Maine from which gum comes, a region
larger than the State of Massachusetts,
covered by'deep spruce forest, brokeu
ouly by lakes aud streams. Out of
this region in the spring come mauy
men bearing their paoks of gum ou
thoir backs. Others have oombiued
with this work trappiug fur-bearing
animals. A number of guides, who,
in the fishing aud hnuting seasou
traverse the woods with parties of
sportsmen, devote their winters to
gathering gum.
The life ol the gum gatherer is
necessarily a hard oue, as will be seen
It is also terribly lonesome, All
wintor the man with the gum puck flits
like a shadow from tree to tree, silently
gathering gum, and having uo com
pany other thau the wild things iu
the forest, except, perhaps, at times
when hn goes out to some settlement,
walking twenty or thirty or forty
miles on snow-shoes, to get provisions
and perhaps pet his mail from the
littlo woodman's postollice. Tint he
sticks to it, does the gum man, and in
tho spring ho "skulls" ib-.vn ti 2i,v
gor, thero to market bis gum, and
perhaps indulge in a few of the fading
joys of town..
Such is the story of gum, tho kind
of gum that makes tho Yankee foel
like going back home wbonever he
smells it or takes a chow of il; tho
kind that puts to shnmo tho sweetened
confections made by machinery; in
fact, tho real spruce gnm, that, is as
much a part of the resources of Maine
ns ice, or lumber, or granite, or pretty
girls, Doston Globe.
NAMING THE PRINCE OF WALES.
I.iro or Dilwnril, llm Original llnlilil
ol the TI tin.
About six hundrod years ago there
was a King of England Edward I.
who subdued tho people of Wr.les,
which, you know, lies just west of
England. After conquering tho Welsh,
ho was anxious to get their good-will,
and so, when it hanpenod that his first
baby prince was born in Carnarvon, iu
Wales, ho had a bright idea. Ho an
nounced that his boy was a native of
Wales ono who could speak Welsh
just as well as any other tongue (this
was true, ns tho baby was but a fow
weeks old), nud he should therefore
bo the people's own priuco, Edward,
Prince of Wales.
Twenty-three years after this baby
became King of Englaud, and about
fifty yours later his grandson had as
signed to him, as tho third Prince of
Wales, the crest and motto which has
bceu borne by all the English kings'
sons who hove since that day had tho
title. Tho crest is threo ostrich feath
ers, and the motto is tho sentence,
"Ioh diou" "I serve." It wasgivou
to the Black Prince, a boy of great
promise, who fought bravely at the
battle of Crecy.
The present Prince of Wales is the
oldest son of tueon Victoria, aud is a
man whoso oldest son has already be
come of age. Some people think of
kings and queens and princes as
wearing magnificent crowns and con
tinually making great display ; but if
you were to sue, the Loudon house
whero tho Prince of Wales lives you
would bo surprised nt its plain ap
pearance on its outside nt least. Ho
has sous nnd daughters who are being
brought up a very sensible and simple
way. Hie hoys aro not allowed to
put ou r.irs" because ol their high
birth, aud tho dresses of the young
girls nro made in a utyle much more
plain than are those of mauy silly
school-girls in America.
xhere js a booli written by Oncen
Victoria thnt wouhl bo interesting to
any ono who likes to know how the
home life of a royal family goes ou.
It shows tho reader that the great
ones of the earth havo just as many
trials and struggles aud heartaches nrf
the lowliest. It lots vou see that the
Queen of England is a loving mother
aud a Hineore Christian. Forward.
A Solid Mini.
"Take a look at that man," The
bead of the house had just returned
from tho kitchen aud was talking to
an old friend whom he had loft in the
library. "Notice his carriage; head
well back, step firm, shoulders
squared and his whole air suggestive
of important business. They just
called mo to see him. As a result he
has a half dollar of my monev, a hat
and an ovorooat that is yet good for a
season or two.
"Told a sad story, I suppose?"
"Not specially sad, but it's his
whole manner. He has the composite
spirit of tho warrior, philosopher and
man of tho world. It is not oue man
iu twenty that gets better thau a curt
dismissal from the woman iu the
kitchen. She declares that she can
tell from a knock what kind of a man
is giving it. If it be nervous, timid
or vacillating, 'stammery, as she calls
it, tho applicant is seut about his
business before ho can get his breath.
All the servants turn up thoir noses
when they hear that weak aud flut
tering request for an admission.
"Hut this follow swung around to
tho rear as though ho was going to
storm the castlo, gave a bold, auda
cious knock as if with tho hilt of a
sword, Bteppod inside as the door
opened and askod in a commanding
voice if the man of the house was at
homo. 'Dou't disturb him till I got
warm,' nnd he pulled a ohair to the
side of the range, put his miserably
shod feet iuto tho oven nud asked if
he could glance over the morning
puper. The pie smelted like the pie
he used to get at home, aud they gave
him a generous section to sample.
He praised tho roast till he got a
slice, told the cook that she ought to
set up as au exclusive caterer and then
asked for mo. He did not whino or
criuge, but talked just like a solid
business man, looked me straight iu
the eyes and captured the goods and
chattels I've mentioned. That chap
knows the world and can livo easier
without work than you or I cau with
it." Detroit Free Press.
Ill Yorkshire,
An English draper found a sixpence
on the floor of the shop. There was
nothing startling about this, but like
the shrewd man he was, ho resolved
to turn the incident to account, aud
put a uotioe in his window to this ef
fect: ; A sum of money found in the '.
; shop ou Tuesday last. Own- I
; er cau have the same '.
; on stating amount. :
One by one, nervously and cast
down in look, came a perfect throng,
amounting to about two hundred peo
ple, who out of sheer shanie-faood-nesa
bought something. So each had
lost money, some five shillings soma
more up to twenty pounds, but no one
had lost sixpence. A splendid adver
tisement, cheaply obtained and en
tirely due to shrewdness. Publioity.
A Million Hollar IMmuoml.
John 13. llobiunon, who is reputed
to be one of the richest men in the
woi Id, has tho further distiuotion of
owning the largest diamond in the
world. It was found ou his diainoud
field at Jagersfouteiu, aud weighs '191
carats (uncut). An ludian rajuh is
said to havo offered as much as
000.000 for it without bucooss.
HOT WATER AS A WEAPON
INSTANCES WHERE HOSE HAD MORE
EFFECT THAN CLU33.
Cli'iiffo Fount HHInvA Flrn Kn-lnrn
Wonlil lit) Vrtlnnble AnxlllHrlnii lur
Inir Tlino nt ltlix l-oUint With Men
Who Wonlil l.mijjli nt HiiyniMiU.
OME of the Western railroads
which l'llll t.lirniiirli irvitnrv
J J infested bv train labbers have
adopted a now and effective
method of fighting these desperadoes.
Hut it is new ouly in its application.
There is more than snspiciou that
Mrs. Socrates not only know of this
method, but successfully nsed it in
her endeavors to give her philosophic
spouse a reputation for all times as
the pioneer of heupecked husbands.
For the schonie is nothing more nor
less thau a judicious distribution of
hot water where it will do tho most
good.
The idea as applied to locomotives
is to so arrango a series of perforated
pipes that tho entire engine and ten
der may be instantly surrounded by a
wall of superheated steam and water
thrown out with such a force that
nothing human could stauil before it
or live in it foi a second. When tho
robbers invite tho engineer and fire
man to hold up their hands they will
promptly comply, but tho foot of tho
engineer will touch a valve and every
thing living within a radius of liily
foot will be done to a turn, scalded to
death, quicker than one might in alto
tho historic remark "Jack Kobinsou."
Water either hot or cold as a
weapon i.n no new thing, but the won
der is that it has not beeu more gen
erally employed. Seldom hnvo men,
no matter what their temper or num
bers, been able to withstand a stream
of water thrown with vigor from the
nozzle of a hose. When tho firemen
at a fire wish to drive the spectators
back from a point of duuger, or to se
cure more workiug room, thoy turn
the hose on them aud there is a panic
created in their effort to get out of tho
range of that powerful, dispiriting,
sonking st'-cam. Lot a hose burst, no
mutter if ono of the most thrilling of
rescues is absorbing the attention of
thousands, and everything else is for
gotten save tho fact that a deluge
must be escaped.
Ileeently this matter was under dis
cussion iu a desultory way nt Police
Headquarters. The question was
asked whether tho Chicago police had
ever made specido use of the hose in
combating u mob or quelliug a riot.
Sergeant Do Long was referred to us
being niuro saturated with statistics
of tho department than any othov man
present, and after wrinkling his brow
a fow minutes ho said:
"I can't tecall any instance where
we havo tried the effect of water ou a
rebellious or bad-tempered crowd, but
I havo no doubt it would prove a most
effective weapon, nud besides it would
be iu no Benso cruel. I do not believe
auy mob could stand long before well
directed rftrouuis from a powerful fire
engine. I have noticed the effuct of
water on the crowds which attend "-res.
A falling wall will not make lu em
break for cover quicker thau a d-cs of
water from oue of tho lines of b,llt.i, I
havo never given tho matter thought
before, but now that you mentiou it I
believe it would be a good thing to
have a fire engine with a trained crew
as part of tUe police equipment of the
city."
MOB EASILY DIfHPEnSF.D.
Thou some oue mentioned a case in
point. "Soma years ago," said he,
"I was iu Montreal. There had been
considerable trouble with the dock la
borers, aud it was suspected that the
wharf rats, men of the very lowost
character, were at the bottom of it.
One day a mob of about 2000 of these
turbulent fellows took possession of
ono of the largo dooks and prepared to
withstand a siege. The police could
not or would not dit.lodge them, work
was at a standstill, and ships waiting
to unload wero losing valuablo time.
"So tho captain of a big ocean
freighter took the matter into his owu
hands. Ho ordered tho powerful fire
pumps of the vessel to be put in readi
ness, aud then attached to them all
tho available hose ou the boat. At tho
word of command three streams of
water, each an inch and a quarter in
Bizo, struck tho gang of riotous men
nud the trick was done. In less time
thau it takes lo tell it there was uot a
rat or rioter on thai dock. Some of
them hal jumped into the river toes
cape such an unusual weapon. There
after uutil tho troubles wero over
every vossel kept no.zlos trained on
the docks ready for au emergency, and
the work of unloading wont on with;
out interruption."
"They did tho same thing out iu
Denver a few years ago," said a nows
paper man. "A number of Chinese
had gone on the warpath aud wero giv
ing the police no end of trouble.
Clubs seemed to have little effect, aud
the police were loath to resort to more
deadly weapons. Then some one
thought of the fire department. En
gines were called out, nozzles were
pointed at the Celestials, but they
laughed them to scorn. Then the
water was turned on aud the laughter
ceased. In five minutes there was no
sign of a mob, aud after that the bare
sight of a fire hose was enough to put
a Chiuaman all a-tremble. I also re
call that iu 18'J1, during' the city hall
riots iu the same city, the firemen de
fended the city hall with their hose,
aud I believe tho fear of water had
more to do with protecting the build-,
ing than all the clubs and rovolvorsof
the polioe department."
STREAM ROUTS BURGLARS.
"You've all boen dealing with
mobs," spoke up a grizzled patrol
man, "but I have kuowu a stream of
water to be more effective thau a
pistol in fighting burglars in a private
house. Oue night a mau living in
the suburbs of a large city was awak
ened by hearing unusual sounds
downstairs. , Slippiug out of bod he
found bis way cautiously to the
library, guided by the noise, and
there through the partly open door,
he saw two cracksmen busily at work
drilling iuto the safe set in the wall.
Their backs were toward him, but
they evidently were prepared for sur
prises, as two uglydookiug revolvers
lay close at hand.
"The mau hastened back to his
bedroom to secure his own weapon,
but oould not find it. Thou he spied
a liuboock extinguished iu the comer
ol the ball. Strapping this ou his
bask ho started onco moro for the
library. The burglars were still nt
work, (letting all ready torthecharge
he (lung opon the door and turned
tho small stream right dowu the necks
of the cracksmen. And would you
believe it, those hardened criminal!),
who would not hnve run from a shower
of bullets, made a break for tho near
est window and went through it, tak
ing the sash with them. They couldn't
stand water, even whon tho force with
which it was thrown was comparatively
siignt.
Several other instances wero men.
tinned whoro water had provod a most
effective weapon, somo of the police
men recalling that during the grout
strike of 18:) t many of the largor
buildings iu this oity were ready to
turn streams of water on any mob
that should chance to come near thoin.
There in a story that a certain uni
versity president had the hose turned
ou him once by a festive student in a
dark hall. Tho president was gaum
and triod for a few seconds to follow
up the stream and capture the daring
youth. Mind, howevor, would not
long control matters in such ciicnm
stauces, ami the doughty professor
was forced to retreat, lint such nervo
is rare. Tho rule is that a man, be ho
tramp or mi'iiouaire, desperado or
niild-mannor'jd dominie, riotous for
eigner or curious spectator, will turn
from an active aud nell-traiued nozzlo
when he would laugh nt a row of
bayonets or scorn Ihc policeman's billy.
CUic.igo Post.
CURIOUSFACTS
John Mansliold, n farmer living
near Muncie, Ind., died the other day
from inflammation of tho head, caused
by a bug which flow into his ear. Tho
insect was removed iu two piecoa, but
too late to save tho man's life.
Colonel Qiravd.of Neufohatol.Switz
erland, has had a curious e.tporieneo.
Ou one aud the same day he celebrated
his eightieth birthday, his golden wed
ding, the silver wedding of his daugh
ter aud the marriage of a granddaugh
ter. His friends accuse him of unpre
cedented economy, as he made ono
testivity celebrate all four ovcuts.
The recent death of a member of a
Ssdalia, Mo., firm disclosod tho fact
that for thirty years the firm had kept
no account books. It did a strictly
cash business, and divided tho day's
reoeipts ea3h night, sharo and hbure
alike. When a bill of goods was pur
chased, each member of the firm paid
one-'uulf of tho moucy, carrie'd iu his
pocket.
At Mascall, near the foot of Mount
Etna, is to be seen tho largest tree in
the world. Its trunk is feet iu
circumference. Tho largest tree in
tha United States is said to be tho
gigantic tree near Hear Creek, on tho
north fork of tho Tulo Iliver, in Cali
fornia. It measures 1 10 feet iu cir
cumference. The famous giant rod
wood tree in Nevada is- ll'J feet iu
circumfereucu.
Au extraordinary floor, in the Lon
don Coul Exchange, is constructed of
inlaid wood, with the pieces so ar
ranged ns to represent the mariner's
compass. Some of tho wooden piece:,
of which there aro altogether four
thousand, have interesting historical
associations. Tho pieco forming the
haft of the dagger iu tho city corpora
tion arras is a portion of the tree plant
ed by Peter the Great when ho
worked as a shipwright at Deptford,
There is a pond at Golconda which
is fed by the waters from tho hot
springs. This pond has an area of two
or three aores, aud the temperature ot
the water is about sovonty-Uvo de
grees, and in some plases whero the
hot water bubbles up from the bottom
the temperature is almost up to a
boilingj point. Recently a discovery
has beeu made thut this warm hike is
literally alive with carp, some of
which are Jmore thau1 one foot long.
All efforts to catch thorn with u book
nud lino havo failed, and they will not
touch tho most tempting bait. A few
of them havo beon shot, aud, contrary
to the general supposition, tho llesli
was hurd and rjulutublo.
An insect that cau count at Ie v.C'
up to six is tho curious discovery
with which liinutonnnt-Colonel Do
lamicey, of tho French Army, cic.lita
himself. Tho creaturo is a homipler,
about an eighth of au inch long, and
was seeiuiu a' gavdoti of Noumea, New
Caledonia, uttention boing attracted
by its singular turning its own bead
as a pivot, whilo rosting on n banana
leaf. After a pause of a quarter of an
hour tho movements began aain,
wheu the observer was able to muko
the lollowing record: Six turns iu tho
direction of the hands of the watch,
then a stop; six turns iu the opposite
direction, a stop; five turns iu tho
first direction, a stop; and so ou in
descendiug order until finally oue
turn was made iu each direction.
Then tne insect stopped, remaining
still immovable at the end of an hour.
Only two specimens of the inseot wore
found, aud both were unfortunatoly,
lost. The mysterious oouuting was
observed on ouly one occasion,
Everything Dry.
The late Sir William Lockharfu
father, the Rev. Lawrence Lockhart,
D. D., before his succession to the
family estate, iu Lanarkshire, was
parish minister of Inchiuuan, in Ren
frewshire. Wheu, on bis succession
to the estates, he was "Hitting" from
Inohinnau, be left a number of things
behind him, stored in a garret. Home
time afterward be wrote to his suc
cessor to ask him whether the things
iu the garret were "all right," and, in
particular, whether they wero "well
aired." In reply he was told: "The
things in the garret are all right, well
aired and quite dry sermons and
all." London Chrouiole,
When the Prince llnreil Ifer.
Here is the latest anecdote concern
ing tba Prince of Wales. A young
lady was presented to him at a social
function, and, not knowing bow long
she should talk to him, she naively
requested him to toll her when she
should leave him. "On the contrary,"
said the Prinoo, "it is for you to tvll
m e when you are bored." Later His
Royal Highness asked where tho
young lady was boru. "At X. I
have lived thero all my life." "How
many years did you say you lived
there?" inquired the IMuoe. "I am
bored, sir," said the lady quietly.
PRESERVING ORAHCE?
Now Proci... Whirl, I. s, ,
Hum CM .s,,,,,, " 1
The Sonthorn California F
change, with head(pirioii,
Angeles, has for soma timo i'"
perimentiug with a new J!!
preserving oranges while in T
of shipment. Last yvnt
were mndo with good result, I
matter was undertaken too kt
season for anything definite l(f!'
termined. Tho question. ,
takeu up again this year an,i
as the oranjio season C n' '
change is preparing to' an'j
of its new system. '
11. K. Snowden, of Il0, At ,
tho inventor, and the
sists in fumigating tl, ,.'
certain gases before Mum,,,
order to kill the fungus which1?!'
cause of tho decoy.
Test shipment's liavo been
from California to Knu,
and, npon the arrival of tliiC,r.
it wos found that of the natural '!
which was unieed and nr
chomicnlly, the ilciy W;is t.
cent. ; of tho iced fruit' two V,".
was apiled; while of tlm ,,,,,
was treated by this n0lv .,,,
using gases, only ,,,.
unfit for use. If to this l0 al v
fact tho cost of tho new tieit
very much below that of xuk'n-
is ai presont done, it can rca; i
mmu now vusriy important is tin
invention. Tho cost of icin
load of oranges across the ruit;
i.n about $10, while it h-,s l,,,,,
ily estimated that will c,)Vcj
cost of the chemical process,
L. H. Cochrane, of the fjr..
W. (1. Coohrauo & Son, ieuts h
city for the Southern C.ilifuraii
Exchnngo, talked iulcrustiuv
terday of tho new mutliwl. "T
is not the slightest ron n r. ,1..
be said, "that our new chcmi.'al J
vens uuji proven a succuss, (J
is the fruit preserve 1 better thau
tho uso of ice, but the suviu m
is tremendous. Just what the cm
of using gases we do not know m
ly, as thore seems to be coinMen
seorecy surrounding tlie details o!
matter, in California. Hut that in
revolutionize tho present wethoU
shipping fruit thero cau belittle
tion.
"Wo ure expecting several n
consignments treated by tha t
method in a few days, ' but ire
quite sure that tho results there
bear out the experiments an 1
tests already made." lunsai i
Times.
VOfiOS OF WISDT.1.
Fino sense and exalted sense
not half so useful as cjuiuwu sou
Pope. The testimony of a goo.l cousci
is tho glory of a good name. lb
u Kempis.
Wo are altogether too dqisn
upou society for pleasure aid pt
H. A. Kendall.
We have far better insight into
weaknesses than info the uuilitic
others. Spurgeau.
Oue of tho godlika thinjsol a
world is the veneration douetouu
worth by tho hearts of luou. Car.f
It is better to an Ifer wrong than!
do it, aud happier to bo soractr
cheated thau not to trust. Ma
We find it hard to lovo tluuo
measure oursolves against cspeci
if the pattern is a little large. Gj
sou.
Worthless things receive a
when they are made tho oireiius1!
respect, esteem ami grains
Locke.
The shortest and surost way to
with honor iu the world is to K
reality what we would appeal' to l)
Socrates.
If everything was re.isonahlo iJ
everybody sensible wo snoum ui
joy oursolves we are uot built t
wuy. Brook.
No matter what his rnnUorposi
may bo, the lover of books is !"''
est and happiest of tho chilJre
men. Laugford.
This is thn law of btyu'lU' bef
men tho oue ought to forjet ate
what ho has given, a"" "lJ v
ought never to forget what ho to
ceived. Soueca.
Almnliili-ly I'iiw'!1""-
He walked up and down tho re
gesticulating excitedly, su'l
uncomplimentary things uooul
rival.
"It is terrible!" lie said. , ,
"What is terrible?" they s
"Talk about tho problem"' i
in the Iron Mask!" ho exclanue
"UliV. t"1
noriiig mu ijuonuuu. -:
n thousand-fold worse tlm tltf'-
"Wlmt. iu it?" thev UHked.
"Mv rival has been carryinU,
stories about me to the tjnl
I lo
uo criou. . --bi.ji
"And whatdidyoudo?"tuoyn
Piotning, ue u'""
i .
poworiess. i
They laughed scornfully nu 1
merry jests at his expouno. ,,
"What would you have me
inquired.
"Kill him I" they replied.
He shook bis head. , ,,,
iucU ol I
could thrash him within au
life; you could resent 3
pounding him uutil he u h (
principally as a nonentity iu'
six or eight weeks,"
"You forget," he said. . ,
r orgoi wr - . ,ent i
tie carries oom -- B
life insurance policies m tue
that I represent."
A uanarj - , a
snooumbed to au attw 0
a mull
mourned uproariously. l.
servioes were thus desoriuea ,
ter by Wilfred, aged
burid Chii-D under the aea,M
the yard. I dug the grave "
gave the cofliu. "lm"e teu'
me sang a hymn. P .tM!
was a hymn, but it wa
Wilson suggested about W
ing and Ood watouiuu
you have hoard it. '" J(,,t
kuew it bofore. Then I F j,,,
sermon over the tomb. , nS
a.skirtdanoe. , We all J'
York Commercial Advert.""
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