Nbw YohkCity (Special). The now
Harper's Bazar kimono, may be treated
effectively in foulards, wash Bilks,
India weaves, or lawns. The fulness
WITH HITFLP.S.
of the skirt may be pleated or gathered
into the yoke. The design provides
for two box-pleats on each side of the
front, and three similar pleats in the
back. It consists of one-half of yoke,
full sleeve (to be pleated or gathered
into armholc), band for sleeve, aud
wide collar-baud passing about the
ueck. Where ruffled trimming is pre
ferred, these bands may be omitted,
f the garment is to do service as an
iu valid s wrap it may be lined through
nut with veiling or thin flannel of con
trasting shade. Where lawn, cotton
srepe (a very serviceable medium), or
Persian figured foulard is to be em
ployed and the garment is to be used
s a cozy lounging-robe for summer
wear, it will not need to be lined. An
rndleaa variety of pretty effects may
be scoured in kimonos by introducing
yoke and bands of plain color with
skirt and sleeves of Oriental silks or
lawns. White wash silk, lawn, or
batiste may be embellished with pale
pink, mauve, or blue silk bands and
PEUFECTIOX IN
yoke. If ruffles are used the material
for same should be cut on the straight
of tho goods and of uniform width
viz., five inches deep.
Nine yards of material 27-30 inches
wide will be required to make this
kimono for a person of medium size.
PettlcoHte From Pitrli.
The group of gorgeousuess iu petti
coats shown in the large engraving,
straight from gay Paree, illustrates
to what extent they carry the elabora
tion of trimming, of which they nre
so foud. Knife pleatings, appliques,
frills, ruches, lace, ribbon and the
silk itself, all find a place on these
chef d'oeuvrea of lingerie. Silk is the
textile invariably used by the women
of Paris for their underskirts for ordi
nary wear, and for state occasions and
for high toilets very rich brocades.
In shape they follow the trend of
the fashionable outside skirt, having
very nariow gores and a not exag
gerated flare from tho knees down.
The latest ones close on the side. A
broad flounce is the moBt usual trim
ming for their bottoms, sometimes
graduating from the back and some
times straight around. Knife plaiting
is most used for these flounces, and
iu some cases this is done at inter
vals, leaving space for au embroidered
or lace inserting or applique.
Incrustations of velvet or silk, as
sbowu in one of this group, are also
very fashionable. They begin ou the
fiouuee aud extend half-way up the
skirt.
I. on Shoulder rtecH,
Women who have been bewailing
the too terrible trying effect of the
perfectly plain sleeve, will rejoioe to
bear that word comes from au au
thentic source that there is to be a lit
tle fullness iu the tops of the sleeves,
or a littl a trimming to modify the
very close-fitting ett'eot. Of course,
this will not be generally adopted, as
yet many gowns are being still made
with the perfectly smooth sleeve top.
The long shoulder' seams de riguer
uow have helped to bring about this
change, aud the desired result may
be obtained by running a pieoe of the
material down over the top of the
nleeve, or three-ooruered cap, or
epaulettee, is usod either loose or ap
pliqued onto the top of the sleeve.
Every devioe Is employed to give the
proper long shoulder e Afoot aud added
breadth, too. Many of the lace
trimmed gowns have inserting car
ried over the sleeve top, ending iu a
point.
Hat and Cape to Match,
A lata mode that deserves mention,
A KIMONO
just because it is so Tory new and
novel, but too conspicuous to find
favor, is the fashion of having hats of
light tints and short chiffon capes to
match, that are only suitable for mid
summer wear. While this idea will
undoubtedly be short-lived and scant
favored, yet it is among the novelties
of the season. Combinations of pink
and blue are most commonly exhib
ited, but one absurd creation was of
pale green in toque shape, trimmed
with bunahes of green aud purple
grapes with a green chiffon cape tiod
with purple ribbons.
Bummer Street Uowm Shorter.
Summer gowns for morning and
street wear are being made decidedly
shorter, some even quite to clear the
ground, or at least to so stand out all
around that there is no apparent traiu
effect. The demi train is still en reglo
(or afternoon dressy gowns and indoor
wear. Very few underskirts are worn
this season under the dress skirts, and
these are fitted exactly to the outside
one with as little fullness as possible,
to preserve the correct slender effect.
A Novelty In Walnti.
A novelty iu waists is made of ecru
linen crash, woven with a coarse
thread andopeu mesh, which makes it
Bemi-traspareut. It is trimmed with
bands of white linen embroidered iu
colors, or with narrow hoavy lace in
sertion and blacic velvet ribbon. The
material really looks like common
sacking, but it is rathei stylish in
effect.
Fichu Kflct Prevail.
Get a fichu! Get a fichue! If yon
want to be smart, get a fichu! If you
want tho coming aud proper summer
gown adjunct, get a fichu! The pre
vailing ideas in the dress world at tho
present time all run to fichu effects
and all kinds of figures may be be
comingly dressed with them, so varied
are they as to cut aud arrangement.
The Hunalintle Venr.
The rose-petaled effect is one of the
handsomest of the souaon's parasols.
While lace inserts in silks, tucks
horizontal or vertical, cordings and
plisses of every variety of stuff are so
FETTICOAT3.
artistically treated that the sunshades
of 1900 seem to put all the other years
in the shade.
Notkweur Galore,
In neckwear long lace scarfs
knotted ends, Empire ties, berthas,
fronts for bolero jackets, four-in-hand
Bilk ring Hcarfs, and the familiar stoak
collar in a thousand forms comprise
the assortment. '
A Pretty V-Shnped Neck.
A Y-shaped neck, filled iu with
transparent lace, is a pretty accom
paniment for the lace uudersleeve.
New Idea For Mourning Cape.
A new idea is to furnish a red cloth
mourning cape with a short shoulder
cape of drab cloth,
Popular Tlnta.
Khaki and beige tints of all kinds
and degrees aro very much worn.
A Decided Novelty.
Coats finished off about the noo
without a collar are decided novelties
this season. The one shown here is
for a general utility outing costume, a
light-weight, dark-colored Oxford mix
ture, the faoings of rovers and cull's
being melton in a buokskiu suadu,
The hat, a soft brown felt, is recoiu
mended for its beoomiug smartness.
AN AMERICAN SULTAN.
HOW UNCLE SAM TOOK A POTEN
TATE UNDER THE FLAC.
General Batoa'a peat With the Sultan of
Hulu He la a Very Canny Young Man
A Moro Victory in Diplomacy A
Thrilling Moment In the Negotiation!.
OSCAtt KING DAVIS writes
as follows iu Ainsloe's Maga
zine: The Sultan of Sulu is
a young man, but he gives
the impression of knowing what bo is
about and just what he wants. His
head is rather large and well shaped.
His skin is the color of old copper
that has been polishod. His eyes are
well apart, but he has a triok of
drooping the lids that makes him look
sloepy and indifferent. He has a good
firm jaw and chin, with a niedinm
sized straight nose. He wore on his
head a fez which started red, but after
a while he took off an outer covering
and it was white. As far as waistcoat
and trousers were concerned, he was
in correct evening dress. His coat
was a gorgeous creation in corn-yellow
silk that came clear to his heels and
had .loug flowing sloeves. His foot
weri shod with pater t leathers. Two
of tho three Datos were in regulation
Moro dress, the other wore trousors
as big as a woman's, and a blue aud
white checked flannel blazer. All the
Datos carried large knives and chewed
betel nut.
"Business began immediately with
the reading of the draft of the agree
niout proposed by the Americans. It
was modeled on the old Spanisli treaty
as it was called and guaranteed the
Morus all the usual rights and relig
ious freedom, except that General
Batos made it very distinct that jura
lnentadoism would not bo tolerated.
It provided also that our flag must be
flown, that we should occupy such
places as wo now fit for military pur
poses, that we would coutinue the
Sultan's pay for ruling his people aud
that we would not sell or dispose of
the islands without the knowledge and
consent of the Sultan. The agree
ment had been done into their lan
guage by Mr. Schuck, tho interpreter,
and tho secretary read it, while the
Sultan turned his back ou his follow
ers and looked bored to death.
Objection arose nt once, when dis
cussion begou, to the provision that
our flag should bo flown. In 18!)8,
whou the Spanish were too busy with
us to pay attention to tbe Sultan, he
went to Mecca flying his own flag,
contrary to his agreement with the
Spanish, and nothing derogatory
happened to him. Therofore ho could
not see why he should not fly his own
flag whenever he went ubroad. The
fact that that was a practical denial
of.our sovereignty and forfeited our
protection did not appeal to him, in
view of his experience. The argument
went around iu a ring for a few min
utes, and then the General suggested
that as they wore not reaching a con
clusion they should go on to some
thing else. The Moros objected to
the occupation for military purposes
without specifio permission of the
Sultau. It developed that that was
because they thought the land was to
be taken without payment. When he
found out that he would get money
for it he yielded so readily as to cre
ate' the impression that he wished wo
would occupy his whole dominion at
once,
There was a provision about slavery
which had given the General some
anxiety. He was afraid that the Mo
ros would object to his plan for tho
purchase of freedom on the ground
that it would terminate slavery.which
was exactly what he was aiming to do.
They did object to the clause, but not
on that ground. Ho had fixod an up
set price which they thought was too
high. With great show of delibera
tion the General consented that it
should be reduced. It was a great
victory for Moro diplomacy.
The secretary did most of the talk
ing for the Moros, but the sleepy and
bored Sultan knew very well what ho
was saying. Two or three times
whou the Sultan looked as if ho were
about to siug, "There is a green hill
far away," he out iuto the discussion
with a sudden directness that showed
how closely ho followed everything
that was said. The three Datos made
a few speeches whioh all those who
understood them received with abso
lute impassivity. Twice they asked
Kalvi for his opinion. He volunteered
nothing, but when asked he made a
talk which evidently did not suit.
None cf the discussion among them
selves was interpreted, so that the
Americans could tell only by appear
ances what was going on.
The followers of the Datos got tired
of all the talk af tor a while, and strolled
out into the yard to look at the guards
and talk it all over. Kalvi's meu
went, too, and finally Kalvi went.
Soon afterward there was a commotion
iu the yard. Tho instaut thought of
every American there was the same
the bad blood between Kalvi aud the
Sultau had found expression in a fight
of their men. The three Datos with
the Sultan jumped out cf their chairs
aud rushed out of the room, clutching
at their big knives as they went. It
was a nervous minute, and we wished
that we had not giveu such a remark
able evidence of our confidence iu the
Moros as to bring tho four ladies with
us. But whatever he thought, no
American gave acy sign that he was
iu the least disturbed. Gouoral Bates
gave one sharp look down tho line of
his little party, and saw everybody at
least outwardly calm. The ladies were
as cool as the meu. The general's eyes
snapped and that was all. Iu another
iniuute word came from below that
the guard had arrested a man. That
was the end of it. Kalvi came back
and sut dewn. His men trooped in
again. Sweet peaco broodod over us
once more.
The Diamond Iniluitry In llraill.
While the diamond mines at Kimber
ley have been producing about 818,.
000,000 worth of gems a year, the in
dustry in Brazil, formorly the most
important diamond-producing coun
try iu the world, has fallen to a low
ebb. It is now carried cn only by
individuals or small associations
working iu a crude manner. Tbe yield
was never muoh over $1,000,0C0 iu
any year, and the product is now
worth annually less thau $200,000,
and yet tho quality of the Brazil
stones averages higher thuu that of
the Kimberley output.
IT 13 A HIDEOUS F-IRD.
The F.xtremely Queer Appearance and
Funny Aotlnna of the Adjutant.
"The plainest of the largo wading
birds to be seen in many of our zoo
logical gardens is the adjutant, a
native of India and Africa," remarked
a naturalist to a. Star writer a day or
two ago. "Nature seems to have de
signed him in an experimental mood,
aud, disgusted with her handiwork,
to have turned him out unfinished.
The young adjutant, with his bald
head and beak like a pickax, is re
pulsively ugly, and the melaucholy
gravity of his demeanor suggests that
he has seen himself mirrored in some
still pond, and the revelation is weigh
ing upon his mind. As ho grows
older, howevor, and begins to take a
lively interest in doad rats the effects
of the shock to his vanity passes
away. Ho becomes jaunty nay.
frivolous and iu sheor lightness of
hoart Attends dancing parties on tho
mud slopes of his inclosnro, where he
ducks and bows and kicks and scrapes
with balf-distendod wings, to the ad
miration of his feathered companions.
All the cranes and storks are great
dancers, and in the early pairing sea
son you may see really graceful terp
sichorean performances in the pad
dock of any zoo whero they are on ex
hibition. Au cldeily adjutant prac
ticing his steps all by himself is a
spectaolo the syrapnthetio observer
can hardly regard without mingled
laughter and tears. Ho is bo awkward,
so ungainly, yet so eheorfully earnest
about it, yon are sorry for the do
ludod bird, and yet cannot refrain
from hoping that the heart of the
hen adjutant will bo moved by tho
pnthelio display of inaptitude."
Washington Star.
A Windfall.
The wealth of a family living down
town was increased iu a sudden and
most unexpected way ono day. Tho
story reads much like fiction, beingof
the too-good-to-bo-truo order, but is
backed by facts. A groat deal of tho
world's goodu had already fallen to
the family's lot, so that the tale cuu
not be made picturesque with words
telling how starvation had been
stoyod. The Load of the further-enriched
family is a widow, whoso
father, loug since dead, had been a
successful business man and em
ployed numerous men. The widow
was visited on the day iu question by
a priest from a local church, who
stated that he came to loturn money
that had been stolen from herTather
forty years ago. All the priest would
say was that the money had been
given him by the man to give to the
rightful owner. Ho turned over to
the surprised woman 81700, and
stated that the stolen sum was 8870,
tho balance representing intorest.
When the amazed recipient asked
whether or not the man could easily
spire the money, the prieBt replied
that he had beoome rich. It is sup
posed that the man had been one of
the employes of the woman's father,
and that he had kept track of the fam
ily for mauy years, with the purpose
of some day paying back the money.
The widow had no previous knowl
edge of the robbery. Philadelphia
Record.
How Cleorele Disposed of Ilia Relatives.
Justahoad of me in tho train the
other morning sat two men who were
telling the stories that are never old,
about the bright sayings of their
children. One of them, however, had
a brand-new one about bin four-year-old
Georgie. This youngster had
been safely tucked in bed after a day
of the most fatiguing play. He
yawned while boing undressed, and
was all but asleep by tho time he
found himself between the sheets.
His mother none the loss insisted
upon his repeating the prayer of
childhood. He started sleepily, re
quiring prompting at the boginuiug
of every line. Drowsiuoss had nearly
wou the mustery by tho time that ho
had obediently got as far as "take my
soul."
"God bless " prompted his
mother.
Georgie has a long list of relatives.
There was a flutter of his sleep-laden
lids as he lumped them altogether:
"God bless the whole shooting
match!" And he was asleep at last. Boston
Transcript.
Heat KxercUe For lieduciiitr I'luili.
The Turkish both is, acoordiug to
expert authority, a lazy aud not al
ways a sure way to get rid of super
fluous fresh. In fact, tho enforced
quiot of two or throo hours which
should follow the properly taken Turk
ish bath is apt to nullify the loss of
weight by tho profuse perspiration.
To be preferred to the hot-air or hot
box bathing, aocordiug to tho samo
authority, is a system of exercise that
similarly induces perspiration, and at
the same time tends to produce muscle,
the real enemy to fat. Probably the
best and simplost exercise is walkiLg.
This does not, however, mean drag
ging around iu clothes that gird the
waist, neck, arms and corsage to the
poiut of stricture tbrongb poorly
veutilated shops. A brisk tramp iu
the open air iu light, easy clothes,
with head erect and chost thrown out,
is the way to get the real beuelit of
the exerciso of walking.
llattle Helwren a Fox Terrier and a Snake.
A fox terrier belonging to Doputy
Sheriff James Smith, an attache of tbe
District Attorney's offioe, of Roch
ester, N. Y., had an oncouuter with a
black snake ou Smith's farm, a milo
out of Brighton, the other day. Mrs.
Smith went out to the baru to close
one of tho doors, and ou coming back
saw tho snake lying acroBS the path.
She ran to got a stick, and just then
Gyp, the fox terrier, came bounding
out of tho house. Gyp seized the
snake by the body near the head and
the snake wound itself about Gyp's
neck. Mrs. Smith returned with a
stick and tried to help the dog out,
but could uot get inn blow that would
tell. Gyp finally sank down exhausted
iu the roadway, and at tho same in
stant the snake's ooils slackened and
it dropped dead. Gyp, after panting
for a few moments, got up aud was as
well as ever. The snake was five feet
six inohes iu length.
The Caiuetarlea of London,
The cemeteries around Loudon
cover 2000 acres, aud the land they
Occupy represents a capital of
fllOU.UOO.OOO.
RAISES IDEAL TOMATOES,
A METHOD OF SUB-IRRICATION THAT
PRODUCES CREAT RESULTS.
Not Drop or Water Kver Goea on the
Surface of the Soli Which Support
the PlantnGeraiiltiint aud Carnations
Jtnlned the Same Way.
T "T"T HEX Dr. .Tabcz Fisher, of
Fitchburg, announced
Y V Le UB discovered that to
matoes could be host
grown by constant and thorough sub
irrigation, says the Boston Globe, tho
farmers who have raised thera in other
ways for years shook their beads and
said they guessed the dootor was mis
taken only that isn't the exact word
they used.
But he never intended to raise them
outdoors in that way. He raises them
in a hothouse with sub-irrigation, and
he gets fifteen cents more a pound for
thorn than any other tomatoes ou tbe
Boston market. Dr. Fisher, as his
title implies, received his M. D., and
some years ago started out to practise
medicine, but he soon wosried of his
profession, and found himself out of
sympathy with many of its teachings
and doctrines. Always interested iu
the oare and oultnre of growing things,
his scientifically trained mind found
in the realm of plant life a field for re
search which he saw might be as ex
haustive and valuable iu its way as
any of the problems of the human
body.
Four years ago he built ou his plnco,
two miles from Fitchburg, a hothouse
108 feet long and 18J feet wide. He
has experimented and evolved his
theories of fertilizer, and most of all
been happy in the work under his
baud.
He says that he adopted his presout
method of raising tomatoes partly by
accidont and partly by working out
bis theories to their logical conclu
sion. For four years now he has boeu
sending thera to market raised by this
method, which is, to say the least,
revolutionary.
The aim of all irrigation is to give
the plants water whou they need it.
It is the ability to do this that makes
the Arkansas valley applos raised in
Manzanola and other points, for in
stance, so perfect in flavor and ap
pearance. They are given water when
they need it. In this country the ap
ple may become "set" on the tree and
begiu to develop, aud the orohardist
have to wait for days for a shower to
give his thirsty trees a very nocessary
drink. There tho orchard is t turns on
his water whou the apple is "set" and
tho result is afair, perfeotapple. This,
then, is the great advantage of raising
fruit commercially with irrigation. In
the irrigating of trees a furrow is
turned alongside the tree about under
the ends of the branches. Down this
the water is run for varying lengths
of time and then turned off. The
water sinks into the roots, which drink
it up iuto the tree.
Tomatoes raised by the acre iu that
country in tho open are irrigated in the
same way, but with more frequency,
of course, than apples. The tomato
is a vegetable that requires a great
deal of moisture, a large per oent. of
its substance being water. Dr. Fisher
came to the conolusiou that the tomato
not ouly needs a very frequent drink,
but needs a perpetual ono. So he
went to work on that plan.
About November he plants in a
throe-inch pot a single tomato seed.
Immediately the pot is set in a pan
having water iu it. The soil is a pre
pared one aud is enriched with a
chemical fertilizer which the doctor
has perfected and has made for him
according to his own formula. To
digress for a moment, he used to use
different fertilizers for different plants,
but now he uses the same fertili
zer for all plants and all ooils.
The soil be disregards to some ex
tent, holding that tho food should
be such as goes iuto tho making of
the plant and not into the soil itself.
The usual method of raising tomato
plants from the seod is to sow the seed
in a cold frame or forcing box, and,
when the plants are big enough, to
"prick them out," which is simply
separating and setting thorn by them
selves. The doctor's method obviates
this tedious aud delicate operation.
Each plant has its own homo in tho
three-inch pot, and there it stays and
grows tilt it is about five weeks old.
Then it is set iu the final soil, whore
it is to grow to maturity and fruit,
without transplanting pr handling.
At all times it is still standing iu its
pan of water aud drinking constantly.
Tho receptacle where it finally
grows is u bottomless iron box about
six iuchos deep and with about four
inches of soil iu it. Three plants are
set in each box or frame. Tho end
plants aro set twenty-one inohes from
the ceutre plant. This frame is then
set into a shallow tray of water and,
having no bottom, tho soil and the
fibrous roots, whioh soon pouetrate
through to the bottom, suck up the
water from the plant constantly.
From then till the fruit is gathered
and the plant is through blossoming
the water is never allowed to remaiu
out of the paus. In other words not
a drop of water ever goes to the sur
face of the soil which uupports tho
tomatoes, but it is constantly being
supplied as the plant itself demands
it, to the roots.
The luxuriousuess of the plants and
the "health" of their foliage is testi
mony to the, success of tho method.
While Dr. Fisher raises primarily for
tho interest he takes iu tho proposi
tion from a scieutitlo staudpoiut, ho
fiude that his 108 feet of glass briugs
him iu a handsome little sum every
year ou aooouut of the great excel
lence of the fruit. The tomato itself
is unusually heavy and solid, aud of
a very beautiful aud true tomato color.
The variety used is tho "best of ull,"
and the fruit iudeed looks like its
namo.
Geraniums and carnations raised
the same way have the same raukness
and insolent air of health that the
tomatoes show. This was a poser to
some of the members of the commit
tee from the Massachusetts Horticul
tural Sooiety who visited the plaoe
some days ago. The house is in com
petition for the society's prize for the
"best house of tomatoes," aud mem
bers of the Committee on Vegetables
and Gardens made a visit of inspec
tion. The party consisted of the fol
lowing: Patrick Norton, J. H. Wood
ford, Warren Howard Heustis, George
D. Moore, Varnuin Frost, Jackson
Dawson, Ueury D. Wilson, from the
society, President Georco Crnik
shanks, of the Massachusetts Fruit
(rowers' Sooiety, aud A. A. Mar
shall, a well-known grower of Fitch
burg.
The carnation proposition, which
particularly staggered the committee,
was how the "pinks" could do well
with this amount of water, when it
bas been the pi actios of the flower
grower to use water sparsely in tho
cultivation of this standard flower.
But "tho old order chnngetb,". and
the flower growers will have to ex-
plain this in somo way.
CURIOUS FACTS.
Ono hundred years ago it was con
sidered a wonderfnl achievement for
ten men to manufacture -IS, 000 pins
in a day. Now throe men make 7,500,
uuu pins in tue samo time.
After a heavy snowfall in Wyoming
last winter a bunch of horses was ro
coverod noar Battlo Lake by digging
a trencu tbrougb Uvo feet of suow for
a distance of threo miles.
A. D. Storms applied for a marriage
license iu Hartford the other day.
Connecticut law roqnircs that tho
Christian name iu such cases be given
in lull, lie said that ho had no Chris
tian name, and that tho letters "A.
D." did not represent anythiug but
ju.st themselves.
With thn Hindoos nf to.iliv thn rnlv
j - - j
is exteemod as a talisman which is
never shown willingly to friends, and
is considered ominous of tho worst
possible fortnno if it shonld happen
to contain black spots. Tho ancients
accredited it with tho power of re
straining passion, and regard it as a
safeguard agaiuut lightniug.
The great wall of China was ro
cently nieasurod by au American en
gineer. His measurements gave tho
height as eighteen feet. Every few
hundred yards thero is a towor twenty-five
feet high. For 1300 miles the
wall goes over plains aud mountains,
every foot of tho foundation being of
solid granite and the rest of tho struc
ture solid masoury.
In the annals of psychic scionco wo
find the following curious anecdote
by M. Clovis Hugues, the Deputy,
says the Petit Bleu, of Brussels: Iu
1871 he was imprisoned with his
friend, Gaston Cromieux, at Mar
seilles. Oue day wheu they met in
prison the latter said to M. Hughes,
"When they shoot me I will prove
the immortality of the soul by ap
pearing to you in your cell." Some
days later M. Hughes was awakened
by a rapping on his table, which was
continued for some time. Later he
learned that his friend had beeu shot
at that very moment.
A novelty in the matrimonial line
was reported from Kansas City, Mo.,
a few days ago, it being nothing less
thau the marriage of a couple 200
miles apart by means of telegraphio
messages. Tho groom. M. A. M.
Candell, was in Kansas City expecting
to go to Mulhall, a town in Oklahoma,
where bis bride, Miss Cundiff, lived;
but he was suddenly required to start
for Washington where he is employed
by the Government, and therefore
tolegraphed his bride to consent to
have the marriage ceremony by wire
before he started. for Washington. He
went to the judge's office and secured
the marriage license; then he weut to
the telegraph oflloa iu company with
tbe clergyman. They signaled to
the telegraph offioe in Mulhall and
fouud that Miss Cundiff was at the
other end of the wire. At her end of
the line, the bride was accompanied
by her parents and sister. The ques
tions and responses were wired back
and forth, aud repeated at each eud
to the couple by the telegraph opera
tors. The ceremony required just
twenty-five minutes.
The Variety In Door Knul.
Door knobs are now made of iron,
and they are still made iu consider
able variety of shapes and sizos of
various kiuds of wood. There aro
also made door knobs of glass. These
are now produced in greater variety
thau formerly. They aro made in
smooth and iu cut glass, and some of
thorn, simplo in design as they may
be, are beautiful. Glass floor knobs
oost up to $1 a pair. But while door
knobs are mado and sold in all these
various matorials, yot tho prevailing
knob in city use aud the ono that
would be fouud, iu oue grade and
quality or another, iu most of tho
oity's dwellings would be oue of
bronze.
Among tho hundreds of varieties in
which door knobs are made thero
may be found not only knobs in various
oonventional forms, bnt knobs mado
in oouformity with architectural styles
and historical periods. For all that,
door knobs are not infrequently mado
to order for singlo houses from do
signs furnished by tho arohitect.
The Kalaer'a Amusing Experience.
The Gorman Emperor has a habit
of fraternizing with his soldiers to an
extent which would shook soma of his
kingly associates in Europe. Whou
so eugagod, he occasionally has amus
ing experiences. While recently in
specting a lot of rcoruits, ho chauced
to ask oue young man his name,
"Audree," replied the recruit.
"Ah," said the Kaiser; "do you
kuow that you have a most distin
guished uainesukey"
"I do, your majesty."
"Who told you that?"
"My captaiu, your uiajosty."
"Aud what did he tell you about
Audree?"
"Ho said he had goue to tho North
Polo iu a balloon, your majesty, aud
ho wished I had gone with him."
Doctor'! Queer Hills.
Dr. Colles, an eminent surgeon ot
Dublin, Ireland, who diod iu 1813,
was remarkable for his plain dealing
with himself. Iu his fee book ho had
many such candid eutries as the fol
lowing: "For giving ineffectual advioe for
deafness, oue guinea."
"For attempting to draw out tho
stump of a tooth, one guinea."
"For telling him that ho was no
more ill than I was, 'one guinea."
"l''or nothing that I kuow of. ox-
ioept that ho probably thought he did
(uot pay me enough lust time, ouo
(uiunea.
A MAN WHoJe-
Kxpert Tallin .
An
Sole Co,1110";Jl,,'J
"Gliio greets you "
and bids you ndioit in f
remarked Mr. T. J n , . c
Louis. "I don't snppofc'
the people stop to think bo.
glue serves them, it's in r "
and shoes, their carpet, .nd e
their pencils, paper, pa,t ",r;
tionory and medicine, 0n tl'
in the stiffening of their . '
practically iu or ou 7
moro articles witii which
daily dealings. Sixty ,lnio''ej
of it are used a year, the
.unaty cent.
stock is very hard to Lt ' .
toachangoin the pmctio, V
since leather wont up. pnr ' "
trimmed f off tho 1 i :?rl-5
nonnrA criviurv 41. n - -
, K1UB ,, ,
the entire corMr no. .. 1
" -uey 8acimceo,
pieces about the eyes ami i
the head. The result L u 't
vanoe ainoe 18S1.1 fm. '
ton for the wet 9 stock i
no Hand an n . I .. . a 't
?, """"'"ooi about Bh.
cent, in the maniifn..i...i
mi ju an e p
contro for mannfaeturo of h, 1
clllfi is CUinactn .1 i ,. f
Peabody Mass.' In theulitl
is used almost universally it i
turpentine and coal-oil barrels bj
" 01" Wll' and wooilen
for merchaudise.mado of 8m,n
are joined with it, while of J,
IS used throuchont. !, ... '
trade. Only newspaper priotj.J
rial id liirt.ln ..:) ' ' 1?
... .unUu .viuioiu dome cin,.
any paper that is to l)0 rjtl','
with ink or present a nuoour
has to bo treated with it nt some
in the maunfaoturo." xetl
Times-Democrat.
The I.ot rnrkflliooi,,
A westbound Fort street car atr
near tho city hall. Among the ,.
ing passengers were two women
were roou hurrying in opposite !
tions. Suddenly the conductor
had not yet given the starting ti,
noticed an apparently kt, yotsLi
looking purse lying u110u the
form.
"Hey!" ho yelled. '-Whicb o:
you ladies dropped her pockctlw
"Hey!" called tuo harsh voice
newsboy, "dropped yer money!"
Then others took up the hue
cry and boys aud meu started ia
suit of tho disappearing women, v
tho conductor held tho purse in
hand aud nervously lingered tlie
ropo with the other. Thevliole
mado an amusing street picture,
ally a juvenile courier, pantk:
breath, returned to the waitini n
gasped:
Dat lady over dero is de one,
she savs she don't want it. Vaii.
was an ole pocket hook ennymjr,
sue uroppeu it o-purpose. She
all de stuff out o' it an'e goin'tet
er now ouo."Detroit 1'reo Pres
The Orrnl Seal of l.nsUnJ.
The seal consists of a large mJ
sterling silver, tiicaiiirnig abonu
and a half inches in d'ameter bv
and a quarter inch iu depth or tlij
ness. It is in two parts, both smJ
on the other side, hut eluboratel.il
graved within. These two sutll
are impressed npou a lump of wo
taohed in au ingenious way to
document to which Her Majestjl
sovereign gives lier royal assent,
weight of the seal is oue hundred
eighty-five ounces, and its value
metal about $151). Each teal )
graved durinir tho reiirii of tlie
ereisn whose namo it bears, au.l
collection presents a curious au
curate opitomo of English history,
Lord Chancellors have taken
greatest care of tho seals iu tl
charge, and have contrived rect
aud elaborate devices for their
custody. Oue of them ia the reii
Charlos II. actually slop, with tue
under his pillow, aud by this lc
precaution saved it from theites
oue night broke into bis House
carried off the mace belonging tn
House of Lords, and other vain
property. Chumbors's Journal,
A Van IMolure of llUr.
In bodily preseuco Honore tie
tin miorlit. at Hrst Dass for iul-'
cant. He was ouly nve leei i"
was decidedly fat. His couuw
" . i . J
lacked grace, beuevoleuco, auu
nity. But power resided mere,
ordinary, indubitable puwer.
Krnn.l hnnltarl .troll I'Ull. tltf l
wivnuj xkuuttou .
eyebrows convorgiug violently u
ward over tho root of the nose,
flaminc brown eves, the pouting
which rose at tho corners, tbe h4
well-moulded chin, spoktf mm
terminod. self-confident man, SD'1
pable of profound concentration
is a face from whiou uumuiy
tirely absent, but one would lw"
to Dronounoe it irreverent. L
ity sits at the window iu bis "'
eyes. Toil bas bruiseu UU,"V
flio .hnni. tltem ami ;l
creases downward from ui D'
to his ohin. Cheerful n()rW'."
much godlike as diabolical, s"le
from the lips. Ou those wbo
him. his character made nu '
sion in keoping with binf0"-,
"oLeau Harper, iu Mcriui"j'
Itlaclt Snow In H A""' .
Eecontly in tho Alps souie oi
natives were greatly worneu
of apparently black suow.
boon that a scientist was on i
explain that tho blackness of w
was caused by insects, tue A I
nave lurnisueu a uu.- t
future grandfathers to talk .
tho winter tire. It i .cSr' h:.
that an almost mioroseopioae"
as ink feeds in the win er u
, i-the tre
moss auu ueueuo v. .
... i:.. Inns. "I
rocKsoi me mouumi- .-
weatuer millions " tli
croaiurea nv iu -men
. n i wma OHO"
ftdvantairA nf a SUOW Storul 10
When tired they .ettlenaj
mug maaiug it , ,.u0jii
limes whole acres will
the inaeots, the snow ap-- -0
orrav flnr on aooount of tueir
AfrloaU Numerous w?
Tl,. nrarl ffoillg"8
just at present. Englau'l
the Boers aud the Ugu" ci
France has three rather Jj((l.:
paigus on her hands, t
aguiust tribesmen in be. ,"tfl tru1
the Moors are battling - ,
mou along the bouudni'Wi u
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