1 " s DAINTINESS IN NECKWEAR. Are Collart, oirli and Hoaa Tlmt voiitei. There never were no inaiiy pretty nddltles ji ml bewitching novelties in neckwear its this summer; ko much o Hint. there Im a iK'wlhlormeiil, If not nil embarrassment, of riches. Olio rnunot go fur astray to "tho fashion" when practically everything Is fash ionable. Thprp I olio mode, liowpvor. of tlrosslng flic neck that Is distinctly out of date, mill tlmt Is tlip high starched collar. For this mercy iniiiiy women are truly tliniikfiil, as tin ftiHlilon never wus pretty, comfortable or Incoming. yet those who disliked It were obliged to submit to Its tyrnnny or to lie out of the world. Thin season fulness reigns. I.nco nnd chltTon nre t lie approved mnterliilM, mill nre put together mo exquisitely tlmt they nre n Joy to Im'IioIiI, in addition to permit ting nt leant us much comfort as the weather nllows. One charming example Is composed of tucked tulle, mounted on n frame sf extremely tine white silk wire. This In edged by n tiny niching of white ribbon, nnd u large rosette of tulle with ribbon centre covers the fastcu lug ut the back. In front Is it similar rosette, from which fall two long ends of the tucked tulle nearly n foot wide. Several rows of ribbon ruchlug nre applied on each end. One iidvnii (Hgp of this neck scurf- is that the collar portion cnu be renewed when ever necessary as long as the ties ro in a In fresh. A tlchu of crenin mousscllno de sole, trimmed with n number of rows of Clin nt Illy or other lace, Is nu effective ndlunct to the Hummer toilet. It is draped over the shoulders nnd caught in front under ft large bow of white ribbon. The ends should fall nearly to the kuee. A Jabot of Irish lace has the transparent, collar, with full eudu of the lace nppliqiied on wash blond. A knot of the blond conceals the place where the ends nre attached In simpler ties the butterfly bow of tulle or nioussellne, edged with nar row lnce of velvet ribbon. Is popular. The bnt wlug bow of silk, too, Is liked. Crepe de chine and chiffon scarfs, with fringed ends, are woru us "twice around" ties. They may lie used with out a separate stock by having a wire ; collar of tlrm white net, uullneil. This supports the tie and prevents it from wrinkling. Ilauilsoiue fastening: nre used for these long scarfs in many cases, and renllv good lnce plus of the old-fash loned kind have emerged triumphant ly from their long ami Ignoiultilot s seclusion In the jewel box. The favor Ite jeweled ring Is hluged. and clasps the scarf easily mid gracefully with out crushing. For evening or day there is n new boa that seems like the crest of a wave caught nnd liiude permunent. White silk muslin Is nccordlon pleat ed yurds of it and the middle third Is then gathered in innuuiernble tints tucks lu a space somewhat longer than enough to encircle the throat easily. A yard on each end Is left uugatli ered, and the remaining length is gathered in two or three groupings to the edge. The ends are caught by a Jeweled fastening, or tied by a huge bow of white sntln ribbon. Completed, It should be nt least two and thrcc ijunrtcrs yurds In length. The Trained Nurse. The professional nurse Is n great comfort a modern improvement, with out which tln Invalid ami the sick wonder how the ancients would have lived. She is generally good-looking, nnd always attractive; wheu she wears her uniform which Is the greater part of the time she (istible, and she is aware of will conliilc to you that she to wear the insignia of her slon, and you are at liberty to believe It. She Is immaculately clean "uiitl- soptlcully clean," to use her owu ex presslon. If she dines with the family she will hold herself digultled and silent, with shoulders well tin-own back, for the llrst night or two; since she wishes it understood that she considers It no condescension; after that she will speuk us mi oracle on till subjects art, literature or medicine ami wheth er you agree witli her or not, yon will say that you do. She claims that she In nervous when the young doctor is present, but If you observe carefully It Is seen that the doctor Is embar rassed by her lofty demennor. The household sooll nccoluiiKslates Itself to her habits; the servniit-glrl runs with u smile when site desires a favor; your eldest son Is at her ellsiw, nnd your second sou Is not far removed. And the day she leaves, and the gleam of her blue uniform Is caught no more on the stairs, and her laugh is heard no more In the halls, the bouse is glum nnd dark us If I lie sunlight, had forsaken it quite, anil you catch your self wishing that she might, return. -J. K. Friedman, in Harper's lia.ar ties, n ml the wnlst fnny bp of Frpner flannel or wnsh Milk. A trimmed sailoi hnt Is worn with this costume, hut the sun bonnet Is fast ls-comlng tin regulation head covering on the goll lluk. And the styles this year tut the daintiest that can be Imagined. , Jackets of. apple green cloth him this year replaced the hunting pink nnd scarlet familiar in past seasons mid silk stockings with plaid tops art worn lu plnce of wool. The ttp-fo- date American girl docs not. like hei Scotch cousin, limit her golf attire t( one golf costume, but lias an entire golf wardrobe. Clothes nre consid ered of ns much Importance ns l lie game. The sliver chatelaine with n large collection of knick-knacks of n goltlng character attached Is worn by some players. The insignia of the club of which the player Is n member Is embroidered on the lapel of the jacket of the ultrn fashionable femi nine golfer, nnd the initials of the club nre engraved on the gilt but tons that fasten the nutty coat. Narrow Velvet Clnt With Jewel. tjnalntl.v pretty crnvnts nre Ivelng introduced. They nre echoes of the period from which the new sleeves nr drawn, when gentle funcles rather than blatant effects were studiously encouraged, nnd girls wore ringlets falling from n centre pnrtlrg. nnd lit tle waist belts of narrow velvet, de murely crossed In front and clasped with n en men brooch above n full bod Ice and n full skirt. One of these now cravats Is of narrow velvet rlbbou and has threaded on It little gold or enamelled slides, completed nt the ends with gold bosses edged with tas sel fringe. Sometimes three bands of velvet, trimmed with slides, encircle the neck, nnd hnve no dependent, cuds, nnd often, ns n repetition of the same pleasing Idea, the full lace or mouse line sleeves are held lu nt the wrists with other little bands. GOOD ROADS NOTES. 7 Uerinaiiy'e Feminine Novell lei. The woman is coming to the front no less triumphantly In German fiction thnu lu that of England or of the L'nited States, says the Westminster (Jnzette. The proprietors of the popu lar Illustrated weekly, I'eber l.nud uud Meer, offered three prizes for the best three "novelettes." The prize Jury, which included such eminent lit erary exiierts ns Dr. Fuhln, Hlchard Yoss nnd Huron von Onipteda. labor iously examined the merits of no few m than 0!Mi competitive stories. All the three first prizes hnve lieen unnn IniniiHlr nllotted to ladles. There Is no suspicion of gallnutry In the ver diet, for the jury were Ignorant of tin names of the authors until their sealed envelopes were opened after the judg ment, was given. For Thin Arm. To develop,oversllm nrins, butlio ev erv morniiiir in soft, cold water, to which a little ammonia, alcohol or vln egar bus lieen added. Dry with a crush towel, then rub with the hand until the arms tingle. After that should tome a gentle massage with nlmond oil or cold crenm. rubbing up fifini the wrist to the elbow, down from the shoulder lo the elltow. Tight sleeves at night often nre responsible for thin nrins. Broad Tires For Wiimi, UK use of tho Mcyele Is of- fording nn Illustration of the operation of tho brond-tlred vehicle In keeping roadways In good condition. This Illustration la conspicuous nfter shower, when It will be noted Hint the tires of the bicy cles bent down nnd hnrden the bicycle, path much more rapidly tlmt the narrow-tired wagons restore the roadway proiK-r to n smooth condition. It is true that the action of the pneumatic. tire Is more beneficial to n soft road way thnn that of the hard broad tire. but Its tu in ping effect Is nn Illustration of wlint the wide tire iIik-h In cotnpnrl son with the cutting effect of the con ventional nurrow tire. Were It possible to substitute brond tires for the narrow tires now gener ally used, the condition of the average ouutry rond would be Improved in n onipnrntlvely short time. .Not only tbatbut the efficiency of the average draught horse would be materially raised. Instead of cutting Into the soft spots In u roadway, the wide tire compresses the soft earth nnd passes over It, leaving tlie spot in nn im proved condition for the passage of tho next wheel. An exhaustive test of the broad and narrow tire, mi.de at the agriculture experiment station of the Missouri State University, demonstrated tlmt on hard, smooth and nearly level mac adam roadways the strain required to haul n given load was 35." per cent. less with the broad tire thnn with the nnrrow tire. On a gravel road with n hard surface, there was a margin of 113.8 per cent. In favor of tlie pronti tire. On n road composed of n large quantity of sand mixed with gravel, the innrglu was 45.5 per cent, in favor of the broad tire. Over a new, unused dry gravel road the difference in favor of the brond tire was 'MM per cent. The narrow tire required less strain for huuhige on a road where water covered the Hurface nnd loose sand from one to two and one-half inches deep was found. Hut while the broad tire required a greater strain for hnul- nge, It did no Injury to the road, whereas the nnrrow tire cut. through the. soft enrth beneath the water, nnd destroyed the surfacing. The brond tire wns nlso nt a disadvantage on roads where the lmrdpau was covered with dust, as the narrow tire cut through to the hardpan, while the wide tire pinched and heaped up the dust and thus Increased the strain of haul age. The broad tire nlso required a greater strain ou some kinds of mud roads. Bnt as n whole the tests were strongly favorable to the use ,- '"ond Jres for the average roads. Is Irre II. She dislikes profes- Klir ClilfTon Ruaellee. Chiffon rosettes gain lu size, and arc perched at the extreme front of tlie hat or toque. The large black picture hats have big choux of tulle, the edge sprinkled with paste or sequins, nnd the folds round the crown nre usually llxcd with glittering pins or buckles. jrajHWGs TO WEAK THE WIND A BLESSING. In tho dale That Sweep Wyomlna Find Appreciation There. They call the wind n blessing In Wyoming. Thnn accepted It Is a boun- liful blessing. It Is generous and nn tinted. There ore winds In other (inrls of the country, but none like Wyoming In winter. It has the chief Moments of success. It possesses pn Hence and perseverance nnd the cheer Jul nnd blntnnt confidence of nil nd vunce agent. It bio wet h where It list Mb nnd It llsteth to blow nlmost every where. It sounds Its Moniiouian blast over mesa nnd over whlted plain; Its loug-drnwn wnll Is like the wolf a howl around the corners of the Isolated ranch house; Its solemn clmnt Is like the echo of n pnsslng bell In the ears nf the numbed nnd tolling herder, who vaguely counts his struggling sheep through tlie dim vistas of the driving snow. It nips the flunks of the sturdy broncho nnd drives the cattle to the skimp shelter of the little hollows ot the foothills, wheio spring discovers their thin nud pitiable carcasses prone In the sunshine. It is pitiless. And yet coyote nnd sheepmen, hereditary enemies In all thln.js else, rise tip to c-.ll the breezes blessed. Blessed, the coyote cries, liecnuse the sacrifice of steer nnd sheep nnd horse serves to eke out the food supply, sometimes but scant nnd difficult. . Winter has .no more eloquent expression than tho moling savoge whimper of the hun gry coyote. At night Its cry. penetrat ing some warm interior of rnucher'l en hlu. dugout or sheep camp, rises and falls like the wnlls of a sickly babe; but the sound has n blood-curdling un dertone that never yet transformed a babe's complaint. To the unacctts tomed ear It Is almost Intolerable In Its pathos and chilling in Its threatening Intonation. The sheepman is used to nnd pauses only to wonder what deviltry the vnnulnt Is up to now. And If It suits his convenience he stop! the crv with n steel-Jacketed bullet. The sheepmen call the wind a blessing for the most obvious reason In the world. But for the wind, they tell you, no sheep could live through the winter on the Ants. The snow drops dull, white poll upon the land, lnche upon inches, uurymg iue siu-cim-m grasses, nnd salt sage Is too deep foi searching nose to find out. Were it tc He there, with the sun In the wake of the storm sheeting tne snow with a crust of Ice, no flock but would be more than decimated; the wind ha 9aved tlie sheep, for It has uncovered the grass nnd sage anil there Is a mar vel hi the nibbling powers or n goof healthy sheep. len ver Field and arm. ODD STATISTICS ON GOLF. AMERICANS MORE DEVOTED TO IT NOW THAN ARE SCOTCHMEN. The Pretty liillau Toquei. Ivy berries nnd vnrleguted ivy leuves are the materials of one of the pretty foliage toques now so much lu vogue. Mignonette, which seems always half foliage, half flower, Is lu great, demand for ihese toques. Cherry blossoms, almond blossoms, graMs with their wide leaves uud curly tendrils, pink nud white may, bramble blossom uud fruit, both red and while, are nil used In millinery. It used to Is- a cuuou of aesthetic dress that no flower should 1st worn that is not lu seusoii, but that is all over now. Hoses and flop pies combine with Illy of the valley iu ornumentlug the headgear of the smart, and heliotrope Js mixed up with lilac, though nature never lets them sie each other except through tho glass of a hothouse in this part of the world. It would appear tlmt tho correct,, up-to-date reply to cuvlllers on this HU..Jecl Is Unit the flower out of season lict-c is iu full bloom In South Africa. Tlie )ir lllrl'e Coatnine. The correct costume for tin golf girl this season Is made of dark blue-facet imu wlili haiul embroidery ot thib Crepou Is still popular where mourn ing Is concerned, no fabric giving such good service. One-button kid gloves are woru with the new sleeve, which has the dainty undersleeve banded closely at tho wrist. The new collar band Is qulle straight around, having no rouuded form at the sides, but It is trimmed as elab orately us you like. Short sleeves have reintroduced bracelets, nud the shops are full of pretty designs. Both tlie bangle mid heavy clasped variety nre seeu. I'lnk is one ot the most populnt colors of the season, uud the varying tints iu the different materials nre more beuutlfully soft thnu ever before. For mourning pretty blouse wulsls are made of black net run through with black chenille and worn with a long net sush finished with chenille fringe. Tulle lints are the order of the day. Both high uud low crowns Hre fnslw billable. The beauty of these huts de pends upon their construction rather than upon any possible decoration, Hand slltchiiig is Indeed one of the new teutures or ninsu on our gowns uud In the expert labor It requires will outdo ull others In the way of extrav agance. While It cannot be so accurate as machine stitching. It has an air which stamps your gown as chic Hands of cloth and "Ilk are covered with hand stitching. The newer frocks have most of them ... . ...... ..r a critsu iM-ii or some ivino. win- m these gowns, having a brond pointed collur, .to broad that the effect is nl most lllte u voke, bus a bell of the material, a blue figured silk, crushed u little around the waist and aliove uoliited to mutch the collur and fitted. having something the effect or corselet. A pretty wuist nrrangeuieiil. which Is popular this summer Is u snsh of black tulle carried snugly arouuu iue wuisr fastened ut the back with a pretty buckle, I lieu falling In long cuds to the edge of tlie eklrt. The ends are Mulshed with ploatlngH of the tulle, This sash completes a pretty light cos tume when there are tenches of black as, for Instance, u pretty pink or blue lawn with black embroidered figures, There nre nny number of little strap lu.iiu. three narrow straps, black leather, gray suede, Muck velvet iinv of u variety of materials, straps held apart with clasps and lirouuht together in front with small buckles. Some of these are over silk lint more of them lire without the additional bulk, The clasps and ornu mentations nre In gold of silver enamel. Single narrow bands Of thu lenttier to mutch ii ro for the neck to go ou'thtf outside of the collar, Good Itoada and Politic. A'iee-l'resldcnt Kingsbury, of the Leugue of American Wheelmen, has been discussing the good roads ques tion lu a most sensible nnd matter-of-fact manlier. He thinks that It is per fectly proper tlmt the demand for good roads should be recognized in both the Republican nnd Democratic speeches this year. It has been n long twenty yearn' campaign of cdueutlou, commencing with local work nud the distribution of literature nnd working gradually by the expenditure of thou sands of dollars nnd the distribution of millions of pamphlets to successful legislation lu many States, and to the adoption of the State aid system, which bus proved an unqualilled suc cess wherever tried. Mr. Kliigsbury thinks that the time luts nrrlved for a wider movement. and that from the League of American Wheelmen should come the primary efforts which would result in a thor oughly practical system of national, State and city road-building. The ef fect of the Insertion of a strong plank in favor of national highways, which with the united efforts of farmers, uu tomobillsts and wheelmen would not bo difficult to obtuln, could have only beneflciul results, even If It were nlnced there only with the Idea of vote-getting by the party managers The irood road movement to-day Is Btrong enough, Mr. Kingsbury asserts, to follow up such a parly promise with demands for its fulfillment. This would prove the entering wedge which -ould be driven deep euough Into Congress to products immediate results, aud the gentleman Is confident thut It will be accomplished, nnd that we shull murk the beginning of the owing centnry by a geuernl starting of national highways throughout the United States. or the An Ksperlutent Willi Frleouer. The exiierlmeut of employing per sons committed to the county Jail In making roads Is now being tried In Oneida County. The Bond Couunis sioner of Whitestowu has forty of the county prisoners at work, one guard being employed for eight prlsouers l'he Commissioner furnishes board ami lodging to the prlsouers, nud pays the county for the services of each inn n i!5 ccut a day. The county thus the gainer financially, the pris oner are better for working In the opeu air, and the expense of making the roads Is somewhut diminished Mauv of the Inmates of the county lulls are not dangerous criminals, ami with a projier classification ot prison irs the experiment In Oneida County ouglit to succeed. It certululy de serves to be watched by the authori ties of other counties, who now have legal power to use this class of lnlKir lu making roads for the construction of which tlie State grants aid.-New York I'ost. Wide Tlrea and Uood Koaila. Sect Ions of our expensively con structed couuty highways that have been subject to but three or four win ters' wear ure now well advanced on the way to disintegration by the cut ting of coal wagons or other heavy ve hicles with narrow tires. If those loads were carried on board tires every trip over the roads when they were Hofrencd by moisture nud frost would have the compacting effect of n roller. Curried as they are on narrow tires their effect. Is more like that of a plow. l'lttsbu-rg Dispatch. tA Folloamau'l Leaner. The will ot' H. Hohlnsou, u Boston policeman, bequeaths $10,0(10 to t'wt town of (illmnuton, N. II., the Income to lie expended exclusively to build ing and maintaining good roads about the place., Scrupuloua Apology. International courtesies nre to be observed, even in disreputable pro fesslons. Joshih Flynt, who linn Bbured the company of tramps iu or der to procure data ns to their meth ods of living, relates nn Instance ot true politeness from one of tlmt un savory brotherhood. He says, lu Tramping with Tramps: Iu Olasgow, a fellow-vngaliond did me n good turn. We were Walking along tlie street, when three town tramps enme nlong n-1 "guyed" my lint.- My companion noticed It, and I told him I had suffered In that way before. Then he turned sharply about ou the scoffers nnd thundered out: Who're you look In' at? Kf you'ro tryin' lo guy this Yank, you d better stop: Kf you dou't there'll be a tight!" Let's run," said I, "If you really menu Hint. Not much! I'm Kngllsh, you know. and I enn knock out any Scotchman that conies 'round. I'm iu tlie mood for It right now." The town vagabonds took him nt hlft word, uud left. Then I said to him, You Kngllsh fellows seem to hnve thingfi pretty much your own way here." Yes," said he, "we Kngllsh fellers know how to bluff. We've been bluf tin' the world now for n good many years." You forget the United Stntes!" I could not help Interjecting. Beg . anion, Yank," said he. "Beg pardon! ' EnglUh Manners Abroad. With the exception of the writer aud her mother, nil the people In the house were French. On tiny the inauuger asked his guests if they would mind having the middle day table d'hote a little earlier, ns a dejeuner for a uum ber of Kngllsh excursionists had been ordered for 12..'10 o'clock. While the company werc-stlll seated the "excur slonists" arrived. Some fifty meu and women came clntteriug and chattering into the room. Many of the meirkept their huts on nud continued to smoke their pipes. Some of them even sat down at the table nt whicn the hotel guests were lunching, and called out loudly to their friends who were still In the hall to hurry up. The French Mople shrugged their shoulders nnd murmured "I.es Anglais," aud the Ku glteh lady and her mother for the llrst time lu their lives felt ashamed of their nationality. The Kngllsh ex cursloulsts meant no harm. Iu their boisterous .lolm Bulllsui they took upon themselves as masters of every plnce In which they art) going to spend money. The Heferee. A Novel Sewac Distributing- Device. A sewage distributing device of a novel form Is used lu delivering the dis charge of one of the outfalls ut Hale, Kngland. to a series of contact beds of the Dlbdiu type. The sewage first en ters a chamber, from which it Is dis charged by a syphon In quantities of KMX) Imperial gallons each time. These volumes of sewage are delivered to n second cnamber having six openings, communicating with ns mnuy beds Kuch oMilng Is closed by a valve. There Is a flout lu the syphon chum ber, which revolves it slmft through sixty degrees every time the chumbei Is emptied. This shaft carries .six cams, which press agttrinst tho lever moving the valves, the cams being so arranged that each partial revolu tion of the shaft closes one valve nud opens the next. In this way the sew age Is discharged automatically ou oo bed after the other. With tho single exception of Norway there Is no laud In Kurope whose urea is so taken up by forests us (iermauy, more thuu a quarter of lis surface belug devoted to them. - ' A Tretnendont Amount ot Money Spent ' Annually on Thl Sport There Are U00.0OO Playere In Till Country Hlsly Square Mile of Counee. The most, remarkable feature In the history of sports In this country dur ing the past, five years has been the enormous Increase lu the scope nnd growth of the game of golf. In 181)5 there were hnrdly twenty golf courses, or wlint. were called such by courtesy In those days, lu the United States, nnd the game was mildly played by a few hundred expntrlated Kngllshmeii nnd Scotchmen, who, not coming to this country young enough to Interest themselves In baseball or foot bull, were forced to fnll back on the only sport they knew which wns adaptable to their curcumstniices. Now there are over ititl.tHHl players uud with customary enthusiasm the American Is more devoted to It. than even Its godfather, the Scotchman. There are to-day 1200 regularly organ l.ed clubs with memberships ranging from 50 to 1500, to say nothing of nil the private links scattered throughout the country, for nowndnys uo rich ninu's country place Is complete with out nt lenst n nine-hole course. All this has come about In five years. The clubs nnd bnlls with which the game Is played are so Inexpensive that one never thinks of the tremendous amount of money annually spent on this sport, nor of the amount of wootl Iron aud gutta perclia which Is ro quired to supply the demands of a sea son, to say nothing of tlie sums In vested In hind and club buildings. A few moments' mathematics, however, will serve to show that they ure tre mcudous. To begin with, there nre eusily 200. 000 plnycrs In this country. Kneli player uvorages to enrry with him eight clubs, aud he usually has ut leust ns ninny more nt home. This gives a grand total of 3,200,000 clubs iu this country. Accidents nre constantly causing shafts to break. Even the best of wooden heads will give way In tlmt1 and ns then- is no one in the world ns particular nnd chungenble In nil tliHt. pertains to his clubs as a golfer, 11 Is safe to assume that each of the 200, 000 will acquire four new clubs year. This means 800,000 clubs, and ns the proportion of Irons at $1.50 ench Is about, equal to tlmt of wooden clubs nt $2.50 each, the clubs will av erage !S2 apiece, or $1,000,000. This is for the purchases of 1000 alone, the expenditures In obtaining the orlglnnl set having been $11,400,000, which brings the total for clubs to date up to $8,000,000. Ot these new clubs 500.000 ure of wood nnd 300,000 of Iron. The wooden clubs will aver age 4-t Inches In length, so that placed end to end they would reach 22,000,x0 Inches. l,83.'t,:?3. feet, 011,111 yards, or 347 miles. The JIOO.OOO Iron clubs nv erage 40 inches lu length, would reach If placed end to end, 12,00l,(MK) Inches, l.OOO.OtK) feet. IM.UH;! yards, or 180 miles. If the totnl number of new clubs that Americans will buy this sen son were, therefore, put end to end thev would reach MO miles, or from New York to Buffalo or a llnl" be yond. Of the :?,2(H,0O0 old clubs lu this country, 1,200,000 nre of wood nnd 2.000,000 of Iron. Supposing they uv ernge the snme length ns the new ones, although us n matter of fact they nre probably nu Inch longer, due to (ho Ynrdon craze for short clubs, we find that the old wooden clubs placed end to eud would reach .r2,8oO,0OO Inches, 4.400,000 feet, 1,4110,000 yards, or 8:14 miles. The old irons would reach 80.. 000,000 Inches, 0,tMHi,tMUi feet, 2,222,222 yurds, or 12tU! miles. The wooden nnd Iron clubs together, then, would reach 2007 miles, or from New York to Den ver. Add on ."30 miles of tills season's clubs und you have a line which would rench from New York to Salt. I.nke City. At the present rate of speed It would therefore tuke about eighty hours, or three nnd a half dnys, to muke the trip by rail. Clubs will be found to weigh on nn average fifteen ounces apiece. On this busis the total uumher of clubs al ready on hand would weigh 48,000,000 ounces, or 3,000,000 pounds. A freight car will curry 30,000 pounds, so that It would take a train of 1000 cars to transport the weight. As one engine finds twenty cars a very tough loud, ilfty would have to be attached to tills monster, and It would reach 1333 yards, or nearly one mile. If the clubs were packed In Ikixcs of .'(), as It Is usual for the manufactur ers to ship them, for they cannot be packed tightly euough to allow 30,000 pounds weight of clubs belug placed In a car, the cur would hold 21,000 op proximately. This would meun l."2 cars with eight engines, giving n total length of tlOSO feet, or about a mile and one-seventh. To carry the 800,000 clubs to be sold this yenr would re quire 38 curs, which would give a total of 100 cars with 10 engines, which train would reach S000 feet, or a mile and a half. If ull the clubs our golfers will have at tin eud of the year were made Into one big one It would be ltltl.800,000 inches long, 2,000,000 Inches thick ut the thickest point, and 12.000,000 Inches wide at the widest. Ileduced to feet we have a club 13,1100,000 feet long, ltMUItM feet thick und 1,000,000 feel wide. Iteduced once more to miles, we have a club 2H.'I3 miles long, nearly 31Vi miles thick nnd 180 miles wide. The average golf course measures 3000 yurds, the uumerous 18-hole courses of rVoOO to 0200 yards making ui) for the 0-hole courses, which are nuiey 3000, Newman's Official Oolf iuld lists 1000 clubs, autl there are probably another BXI scattered around, If a golfer should start to walk around every course he would iuive to walk therefore, something like 3,300,000 yards. 000,000 feet, or 187") miles. He would have to play 000 holes lu his journey, and as 30 a day is about enough for a steady diet, it would take a golfer 27,'i0 days of steady play, or nearly seven yeurs uud u half, during which time be would probably play about 4U,'.'oo strokes uud use up &00 do'.en balls, which would make that. Item alone co-.t him $2000. If he would try to walk the length of the one big club It would tuke him 0 days, while It would take 41 hours to travel Its length behind' the fastest train In the world. It Is estimated thnt there ore 2,400,ooo dozen bolls used a yenr.nf $4 a doxeu. This gives a little Item of $II.0OO,hio for bnlls. Two mill ion four hundred thousand dozen cqu.-i Is 28.800,000 individual balls of a lotal weight of 2,000,0110 pounds,, or I323 tons. If these were carried in oil" ton nrts they would form a line which would reach t.32.' feet, or 0 1-3 miles, ns far ns the Buttery to 'Harlem. Club tines nre a not iiiiiniportint fenture. for tlie 200,000 players prob ably average to pay at least $3Ti n year apiece, or $11,000,000 In all. The expense of keeping up it course Is tre mendous. It will average about Moon u year apiece for the 1100 clubs, mak ing n total of $4,400,000 a year, while iu land, houses and oilier adjuncts American clubs probably have $."o,ooo,- 000 Invested. A golf ball measures V,j Inches iu Ircuniference. Therefore If all the balls Americans will use this yeur were put eud to end they would reach D.V.i miles, nearly from New York to Chicago. Thu overage course covers forty ncres of ground, and there are 1 DM). Therefore 44.IHHI acres are used In the game, or about sixty square miles. If nil these golf bnlls were made Into one It would ne a sphere -'J leer in diameter, extending from one si reel to another In New York's short blocks. It Is estimated that nil the energy of golf players In swiping the ball this season would dig the Nicaragua Canal In three weeks. -New York Journal. POPULARSCIENCE, A most remarkable Hon nmong birds N era. which si nit from v.... .. l; irn In tho ii i.(l, , ' ''"'la " w" ' " snore nf u Atlinl-li-ll 111 t,l-a,.)l,...ll.. ' ' " "". one ecu,.!,,, Htirhl ('mini ,11,. ..I.. ""'H mm i i-si in itcritllHIa bndiM's. One of t.lfe'e Little Trnseillrii. Life Is full of little tragedies that (he busy world takes no note of. The world has other things to think about, and the humble actors iu many a pa thetic little drama of real life live and love nnd suffer nnd die, while the world goes merrily on. There were two funerals iu u recent week iu un tip-town block, one tin Thursday and tlie other on Friday. They had been boy nnd girl lovers, these two. He was not yet twenty-one, nnd she was about a yenr younger. Ever since they had been old enough to talk they hnd beeji constant companions. He wns not a robust boy, and vared little for t!u gnmes into which his companions en tered with such zest. He preferred to be with her. And so I hey grew up to gether to young manhood and young womanhood, with no other thought than for each oilier. A year ago the doctors said he had consumption. He took the announcement calmly, and seemed quite resigned to his fate until the Other Man came. He was older and richer, ami wns ntile to give her everything her heart desired. She was young nnd unused to the ways of the world, nud so their engagement wns nnnounced. Then the boy gave up hope, nnd showed no Inclination lo battle for life. Hut they were not des tined to be separated. Tlie girl con tracted typhoid fever, nnd last week she tiled. They told him about It at once. "It Is Soil's will." he said sim ply. That was nil, btji his meaning was obvious. The next day he, too, was denri. Philadelphia Record. Deliberate I'urpoie In AnlitniU. Aii amusing Incident, which shows that, animals are subject to feelings very like those which occasionally futile the bosoms tif men. occurred some llttl"! tl'i.i." a;:--; '.'t lh.' ,' ..'':. Phintcs' In Paris. A large elephant, formerly the ecu tre of attraction, found Itself npplan1 ed In nubile fnvor by a new arrival a young camel. The camel was tin latest acquisition, and very naturally engaged the attention of visitors. The eleiilianl for n long time showed signs of dissatisfaction, and at last Its lealousy reached n point where It must find exoressloii. Wlien the usual crowd gathered about the camel, tin elephant prepared for action. It tilled Us trunk with water, und with deliberate aim discharged the water all over the people who stood looktn; at the baby camel. This method of throwing cold wa ter iinon the admirers or u rival brought a laugh even from lis vie thus. Equally wise in making its ciileula tions was a cut that chose a peculiar spot for a bed. Comfort was the cat's object, and the chosen spot did not seem to lie calculated to afford It. The cat was found fast asleep In a large shin-building yard, l.vlug on what seemed to be a very muddy path. It wus found, howeverthut the spot chosen by the cat. for Its couch wus the point at which a hot steam-pipe passed under the rontl, so thut the mud was baked Into a warm, dry clay, which made not only n clean but un artificially heated sleeping place, (If .i 6 lh,,. ... .. """ "I l ami t!, Wllll-l, During the past wIiUim- iippii innrneii ny luicono, temperatures In the North,.,,.',, oi-l llf I, III . phere, a iiiinilar eleval'o ... .. ..in- i,i(iciiik 10 "live ol-i---,., i, S!,,H, ...... it,.,., 1 Hi re, n-lil,.!, course, has its summer wh,.,. ', our winter. In South i , " Africa nud Australia ex, ', went her wns c-xperlcn,,., w)" pari oi tne world wiim ( v.liitcr. Why the Mlntltry lured Him. liev. Cosslus M. Roberts Is one ot the wittiest and Jolllest of divines In Kansas, n man who js-rslsts In look ing at the bright side of things. Need less to say, he relishes a Joke, even nl his own cxpeuse. In years ngone he studied law anil wus admitted to the Ross County bar nnd practiced for ninny years. It wns ou u recent visit, here he fell In with a niunls'i- of Ills former comrades nnd naturally they fell to talking over old times. "Ciisslus," one of them asked at last, "how did you ever come to give up the law nnd enter the ministry?" "Well, boys," he answerpd, his eyes twinkling, "I'll tell you. You know I wns ti mighty poor lawyer, and had hard work to get. along. I stood i'. for it good many yeurs nud Dually came to the conclusion (list 11 wus it good deal easier to preach thnu lo practice. "Chicago Chroulcle. .Iii.vins :i Studies of the zodiacal n,,,,. ,, sea lead Mr. F. ,f. nvt,i the British JCavy. ", ,, ' the nlrov.r the Pa Hie, ,' clearer and better adaHe, , observation limn timt ivi ... Atlantic Ocenn. Iliiimhihi i. . . uoiv nmuiieu rir cl,n-,i,.u .., I It. mnr li.wutni, t ' ' ' V "iiiiinmi ,,,. In astronomy. It has alr..;.,i,. i. .' lecttd Its one of the ,-,- Kli the study of the vllu- n , earth. 'ci. ...... .ii.-i. hi. Mime wel Hlxits ,.i Is known as "the dry ,-ltll S KlltilerilliM Wit,,, - .. I " ' "l i ' ' Jl. I i,t .. ologlsts have Inst -,,....,. ..i - . . . "'in urea over wi.tcil three liuinn, seventy-two inches r ,. . single year. i-.ven this Is Mr 2 , ....... ... i',ii,iinreu willl t: Ta-iuil, a the hills of Assam, wh..,-,. ii,'.. shows a mean annual raiiii'nii hundred nnd seveiitr-live inci,,.. fi,,i.t ....... i , . ...... .... ..T i.-.-,. in )t'-g,l, will uiey nnve etgiity inches nf rain, v.i.....i !.,i,r nil.) Mil' cillle r(. -H footed." Tlie wutcr-Rouki'H I a m . . . -- nnit Arricuns should vclop flu, gills. Before the Biological Sociriy Wnshington recently, Mr. . y;' t presentetl the results of IiIh Mmli,- bird music. Wonderful n it he said, it. is a fact thai son,,. t birds use tlie human nnmlial , He showed by example hew llith or certain birds are uiiinWh.i -,t "V governed by the Intervals tlmt pose our scale. Sometimes liinl nn cuius, 1 1 lie uieir unman coiiik'its, w tier from the key. lie ilmuirla tl there wns no escape frmii the elusion that 'birds are suhjwt if musical evolution which r.mH own. i tie filtration of the n.-ilrr siii of cities by means of siiuil liltiM--!i or mechanical contrivances, him r ly advanced In this country ilariuc pnst ten years: .hut it Is fur m general lu Ureal Britain tliiui in l'nited States. Mr. Allen Hazi-n. authority on sanitary engiueei- avers that the fact is lully eslahliJ tlmt the dentil rate from typhoid la Is materially lowered by the Ultra of the water supply. In tlii'at II Hi -, cities containing nu atsnfl population of more Hum people use a sand-liltereil waii-i- ply, uud the result. It is l:i iiii.-lj shown in London's freedom from phold. In the I'tiited Stales tmly l tenth of the towns ami eltii's Ii tillered water. The Talnlng- ltelinlllon. The new Boxer outbreak oiniii"l recalls the Talplng rehellinn. 'l began In 18T0 and lasted over it P"l of fourteen rears, belli!.' the ri'Slill a popular outcry against the eJN dynasty uud u general ihssiitMm' owing to tlie reforms which hnil I promised being unfiillllleil- The province of Kwaiig-w as lirst to rise lu open revolt, imtl.i'i ror a leader lliing-Ncw-tsiMimi. l energy or character anil nullUml religious enthusiasm speedily isu for him the support of the iliwmtl ed. Seizing ou tlie liiiiKlnt! 1 turn of uu absolutely t'lilnese dyu- he proclaimed himself Kmpei-or, nd .1... 4-14-1.. it 'I',,,,.. Wt, nir. or tilt1 il(lt1 Iv King. Having einhraivd tl'j unltv. he professed to tibbor tut or the rulers both In their laws ml i-lviit,. n.-ts. ' Crowds gill here" 111 standard. Without niitcli tllllifiilif succeeded in subduing Uu' 1"'1'" Ing provinces. . im... ....... u-i.l.. I, Kiii?1iiimI im'i'lll! . in- .,, .,..... - m .,T,.lnui tl... Tartar tlvllHHl.V, ""I which France Joined ill. st'i'"',,d 'i n,l nh..r Ills scheme, hut lll"'S complete victory of tin' " ml ' " ...,t,.,ll blned force was scut oiii r Prince ol Walei'e Autograph. The (Jem tells a story of the Prince of Wales playfully declining to write lu a ludy's album. Ho said: "A little while ago I spent nearly an hour one evening writing verses iu several, ul bums. I even made up u verse so badly put. together that only a Royal Prince or a Duke ut the best could have had the shame to write such stuff. Now, Madam, what tin yoXi think happened to my verses? They were ull sol'1 ut a good stilt price a week later to provfrJv ffiids to support, the Hoeletyffor tho Restoration of the Stiturts. Pfiliups, I.udy 1" ,,uJ 4l1" Prluce laugied heartily, "ii I wrlto iu your ulbuir. you will sell t'w book to provide fuids for tho ubolltlioii of the iiioiiurchy Eugland." J.outftl"1 Hatly News. - . ... tl,., lull, lll'lll ..i. ...... ....,...ssfnl ill utterly fentiug Teen Wang, with " the whole rebellion came l " in July, 1804 H.roee In the Mi.nk.y ms1 i... ,.r milker. W Wilt! lV-.-W ' -..III tnnudrlll, hns won linuiunli y r tlvlty by consistent vlclousness nnd intruHH bill ' sands of the tribe foiigli . in tne cause. - . uiey men ".-. a - i, tiled Hoard .i i reit..A tilmiild l0 .'. ' '...I..IUU wlui niaJ ro lliose Immunol- " " . . ,i .,. ,.. wt.il.-chr il 1U' showed the big graspim,' IK , .... . .,.l.,,n.ll'l tlie irigliieneti '"" '',.,... lhe smaller Asiatic hordes tl an less Invaders might ipW' " les. but. couldn't subtlm' " ', spirit. Now, as a res.il . heroism, luiium.-...- ,, lu. sportively swlngms "J ' irt, ........... ...Uuts serenely they will not be dlnUirlj- J -They're u uh lot. It uon-t pay """,,. nana" nay the ueaieis. - - " UPr. know that the intuitu -New York Hun- The KP" P" The man . . ..t;l w in tlio iwu ....n.nlUl . ...I. .1. Wn B at the burglar - room the nretty articles lu the rw a large sack. lloU't Say." ho said, I'l"""0 thnt watch, win yu' 5 "Why?" asked the -nuthiu' but ii cheap tic- , Yes, I know," couth u t M t I just hud I rei . o " ,,, didn't cost much, 'i repulrs " . 0u,or. "i Hce," luterrup led W. , tough, till right, om Iud,iui I'll ll TV ' Ilt'lU I,
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