I THE REALM New York City. Yoke waists are mucli liked, nnd bave the merit of suit ing many figures to a nicety. The very charming Mny Manton model II- woman's tokk WAIST. lurrated Is adapted alike to the entire gown and the odd waist, and to many of the season's materials batiste, lawn, Swiss muslin, mull and the like, barege veiling, crepe de Chine, crepe meteore, India silk nnd similar soft materials. The original Is mnde of whlt batiste with cream Mechlin lace and beading, the latter run with nar row black velvet ribbon, and Is worn with a belt of wider velvet, held by a Tose gold clasp nnd Is unllned, but silk nnd wool materials require the fitted foundation. The lining closes at the centre front for Its entire length. The waist proper also closes at the centre below the yoke, separately nnd Invisi bly, but the yoke is hooked over at the left shoulder seam and arms-eye. The sleeves are chic nnd novel. The lower portions, or deep cufTs lit snugly, while above them the tucked material falls free to form soft puffs. To make this waist for a woman of medium size, three and a quarter yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, three yards thirty-three Inches wide, or one and three-quarter yards forty- RAGLAN four inches wide, will bo required, with one and three-quarter yards of all-over lace, eight and a half yards of beading and ten yards of velvet ribbon to trim as Illustrated. Won-an's Itaglaa Coat. The comfortable loose-fitting coat that entirely covers the gown and pro tects It from dust Is the most service able all-round garment for traveling, short jaunts or bad weather that any woman can possess. tThe stylish Mny Manton model Illustrated In the large drawing Is cut In the latest, most ap proved lines and can be made with or without the applied yoke us preferred. The original Is made of light-weight covert cloth, but tweed, cheviot and all the light-weight cloaking materials are appropriate. The hack is plain aud smooth, hanging In straight lines from the shoulders to the floor. The fronts nre loose, but shapely, and turn back to form revers. The sleeves nre la raglan style, extending In a point to the neck, nnd ore finished wl:h turn over plain cuffs. Pockets are inserted in each front and are finished with stitched flaps. To cut this raglan for a woman of medium size four nnd a half yards of material fifty Inches wide will be re quired, with one-quarter yard of vel vet. Wide Tope. The crown of the bat gains constant ly In dimensions, not In height, but In breadth. Perlinps only the top of the crown Is extended, aud It may fall away agniu toward the centre, hour glass fashion. The top of the crown is excessively wide, extending almost to the edges of the brim. The falllug away between crown and brim af fords opportunity for the introduction of the soft scarf. It fills in the space, and by reason of excessive width of crown top the scarf trimming is thrown outward, rendering the, plateau much more becoming than If the saute trimming were recessed. Comfortable Golf Capes. Those comfortable big golf capes, wbeu they bave not simply a little parse made Into one under aide of the cape, have a cbatelulue bag fastened underneath at ono aide. This is made of the as me material aa the cape, and does not show, while it gives the wom an a place to tuck away her handker chief and car fare. Poor woman, when she la accustomed occasionally to have pocket in her outdool gar- mm few v 4) OF FASHION. men to, la not to be cheated out of that little bit of comfort by a cape. r.olled Slightly on the Left. Many of the summer bats appear to have flat brims rolled slightly on the left side nnd drooping In corre spondence on the right. The conven tional mode of elevating the hat at the left Is achieved by using a velvet band, sometimes finished with velvet bow nnd loops. The more elaborate the bow and more numerous the loops nnd euds, just so much more will the brim roll up on the left. This is done instead of wiring the brim or stitching It up on the left side to the crown A Comfortable InnoTRtlon. The shirt waist gown Is really a comfortable Innovation. There Is the shirt waist made as of yore and of genuine shirt waist design, but with it appears a simple little skirt of tho same material, and there you have an entire gown thnt is pretty nud service able and Inexpensive. Gown of Rose Crape. A stunning frock Is of pale rose pink crape metleti, cut after the order of things mysterious that is to say, the folds of the frock define the lines of the figure ever so slightly nnd seem to fall from a bolero of beautiful lace studded with pearls and coral. A bor dering of the same lace arranged In Greek design makes a charming finish to the hem of the skirt. Some Handsome Fan. Flower fans are small, and when closed look like a spray of blossoms. Others are handsome little black gauze things, painted with pansies or other flowers, aud as the gauze Is thick the flowers look rich. Pnintod with but terflies nnd peacock's feathers they are particularly handsome. Child's Dress. Long waists "with short skirts are much in vogue for little girls, nud are very charming In their effect. The smart May Manton frock illustrated is designed after the newest Ideas, and is peculiarly effective, as it includes a round yoke that suggests the gulmpe, while the dress is actually all In one. The original Is made of fine nainsook COAT. in combination with inserted tucking nnd needlework frills, aud Is worn with a sash of blue Liberty ribbon; but any white lawn or batiste, col ored washable material or simple wool or silk fabric Is entirely suita ble. The long waist Is made over a body lining that fits smoothly, without be ing tight. On it is faced the round yoke, and over the lower part are ur ranged the full portions of the waist proper, and to the lower edge is at tached the straight full skirt, which In this instance Is made of Uounelug. The sleeves are simply full, in gulmpe style, nnd, as shown, the lining Is cut nwny beneat I the yoke, but this lnct Is entirely optional. Over the seam which forms the skirt to the waist nro arranged a succession of traps ot bauds benenth which the silk ribbon sash is passed, aud which serve to keep it In place. To cut this dress for a fcirl font years of age, three uud a half yards of material twenty-one Indus wide, two and three-quarter yards thirty- two inches wide, or two and n quartet yards forty-four Inches wide, will be tequired, wlta one-quarter yard of all- over tucking for yoke: or one aud three-eight yards of .plain materia) thirty-two inches wide, two and otic eight yards of flor.nciug thirteen luehei wide for skirt, one nud a quartet yards of embroidered frills, quarts, yard of Inserted tucking, and three quarter yard ot insertion, to make ai Illustrated. child's jDBiaa, 11 i 11 THE LINEN SHIRTWAIST. rorlei-'s Linen ?iow Employed In a De lightful Way by the Dressmaker. The embroidered shirtwaist of port er's linen needed but to come and be seen to achieve unconditional surren der to Its excellence. Porter's linen, by the way. Is another example of n plebeian material put to patrlclnn uses, for the French shirt makers, observ ing the fine wearing qualities and good color values of the blue homespun linen blouses worn by the railway porters, promptly began utilizing the stout and simple goods for their patrons' easy little summer waists. The linen, which Is woven with an uneven thread nnd other careless work In order to simulate the Ine qualities of the hnndloom, comes In two colors: a pure rich deep blue nnd n lighter blue thnt seems to have a white bloom on It. These are cnllrd washed nud unwashed blues, In Imita tion of the fine true color the porter's blouse possesses when new nnd first worn worn nnd the effect of water and sun on It after many washings. With the color and texture the sim ilarity euds. Most of the smnrt blue linen blouses nre enriched with hand needlework, laid over the bosom only or scattered over the entire length and width of the garment. In many In stances the collar nnd belt nre made to exactly match. On the expensive waists this needle work decoration serves as n substitute for tucks. Not, however, that tucked uhlrt walsts nre In the lenst losing their vogue, regiments of pale brown batiste and rbitmhry and madras waists tucked solidly bave appeared on the counters. The newest of those niv very finely tucked nud then embroid ered In white, or decorated directly on the tucked surface, with pale cream colored lace applications, which ru.i over their broad sailor collars and full fronts. The albntroRs shirtwaist, that fast ens down the back with a row of close set flat pearl buttons, or fastens up the front only from neck to bust, nnd is put on over the head, lias been claimed by the woman who wears short skirts. She prefers It In blue with n black satin Kaiser stock, hav ing the decoration done In applied bands of bright Oriental cotton em broidery. Both the nlbutross nnd the cotton embroidery Improve under the laundress's hands. New York Sun. The Unselfish Garden. Every unselfish person's garden should have a corner from which to gather flowers for gifts to one's friends, for use In the bouse and for personal adornment. In such a place one can sow tho odds and ends of seed left after sowing the garden beds, and seedlings may be transplanted to it at thinnlng-out time. Here cuttings from the window garden may be put out to root, nud they will flower In due season, thus helping to furnish a greater variety than annuals alone will be -able to give. Such d "cut-and-come-agaln" corner Is often the most delightful part of the garden. Among the desirable plants for it which can not be obtained from seed are hello tropes, carnations and tea roses. It will pay the woman who loves choice flowers to Invest a little money In each of these. They will bloom throughout the senson nnd afford a vast amount of pleasure at small expense. Old plants of carnations are more desirable than young ones. Those you have wintered in the house nitty be used here to good advantage nud new ones grown on for ue:;t season's use. Heliotrope Is easily grown from cuttings. Tea roses cost ing from five to ten cents a plant will soon grow to flowering sIze.-New U'k Commercial Advertiser. Hints to Needle-Women. Never use long hastiug-lurends, es pecially lu the basting of waists, nor think to save time by takiug long stitches. Pius should be used plenti fully while tilting a garment oa the tigiiie, but they should be replaced Im mediately with regular basting tho moment the garment is removed. The position for hooks or buttons, nud for the corresponding eyes or button-holes, should be carefully out lined with thread In preference to marking with pencil cr soapstoue. When curved seams nre to be stitched up ou the machine, fine bast Ing !.e by means of shor; stitches becomes imperative If the seamstress would avoid puckering In her work. If such curved work be around the foot of a skirt, as In the case of a flared ruffle, the hem first should be basted, lightly sponged, and 'carefully pressed before the stitching Is done. The ama teur dressmaker Is sometimes troubled over a slight bulging at tho point of a dart lu the skirt or bodice, when otherwise the garment fits most satis factorily. Generally this mny be ob viated by lightly sponging the part In question, and pressing with hot Iron so that a qu:ck shriukiu.- follows. Harper's Bazar. Raising or Belgium Hares. Two women in Ashtabula, Ohio, who sturted a rabbltry little more than a year ago with three Imported Belgium hares, costing $100 apiece, have now, besides the original three, a hundred others, worth as a. whole not less than $1000. In addition to these they have sold over $300 worth of stock during the year. In a recent Interview one of these women declared that no more delightful occupation than theirs could be found for women. "We feed and water the hares twice a day." she said, "although some authorities think that once is sufficient. We have never had a case of snuffles, slobbers or sneezes In our rabbltry. Keeping track of their pedigree gives us no end of bookkeeping. "Four litters a year, and sometimes six, Is the rate at which Belgian hares multiply, and the number of babies In each ranges from five to nine. The price that the animals will bring de pends mostly upon age. Full blooded stock is worth from $10 t $25 up to six months old. After that age they bring more." Women Bar Darning Clnb, The women of Centralla, Mo., have organized a darning club. Men's socks nre a specialty In their new organiza tion, nnd It has been denounced as nn encouragement to bachelordom. The officers of the club nre the most expert menders nnd they assist tho rest by showing how to mend the worst holes. "She who cannot dnrn cannot Join" Is the club's official mot to, but exceptions have been mndo in the Interest of tinlnstructed sisters and the motto no longer has the force it had at first. Meetings are held fort nlgbtiugly nnd the club boasts of hav ing darued 144 pnirs of hosiery at a sitting. Members only nre ndniitted to the afternoon sessions, but in the evenings admiring husbands nre permitted to attend and to watch their better halves it work. No charge is made for the sock darning nnd those bachelors of Centralla who expect to live elsewhere In some period lu their lives nre very anxious that such n useful Institution as Its darning club shall be imitated as widely as possible. Pimple Morning Gowns. Morning gowns nre most essential now to the comfort of every woman who likes to be well gowned, nnd by the term "morning gown" Is not meant to Include matinees, tea gowns, or similar loose flowing garments, but rather trim little costumes of cloth, linen or cambric, ns the season mny warrant, nnd made in simple style without elaboration, so that they arc equally suitable to be worn In the house or out-of-doors. The simple morning gown for the city should serve for marketing, for household er rands, nnd for other utilitarian pur poses; but Is not nt nil like the plain tailor gown, which, of course, is quite feasible for any morning wear out-of-doors." These gowns have, ns n rule, waists to mutch the skirts, although the skirts nre made so they may be worn with shirtwaists. Harper's, Ba zar. Oddities In million, A new departure In narrow ribbons has tiny pin spots all over on white or contrasting grounds, and tubular that is, woven double. These are in tended for cravats, and there Is an other make In self-colors, fancy wov en, recalling niatelasse. Odd nnd new are marbled effects In soft silk ribbons, light pinks merging Into deeper tones blues, reds, etc. They nre. In fact, reproductions of tho old marbled papers that used to ap pear on tl.e walls of our halls twenty years ago, but very pretty In their new treatment. Plcot edges figure on many of the new ribbons. Queen's Taste in Dress. The beneficial Influence upon dress so quietly but powerfully exercised by Queen Alexandra when she was Prin cess ot Wales has been marked In Euglnnd ever since she set foot upon those shores. She was never known to countenance exaggeration in any form. Balloon sleeves nnd huge bus tles she forbnde. But she has taught women the art of looking young and of dressing becomingly two qualifica tions toward n lovely appearance that are lndissolubly mingled one with the other. Tretty little ccats for children nre of grass linen, made up over some color. Color combinations In the new golf gloves, especially In tartans, ure strikingly handsome. Large pearl buckles of different de signs ure the prettiest of anything of the kind for children's coats. White lace, with an applique of pom padour roses down the ceutro makes a beautiful trlmmiug for handsome street gowns. Felt outing hall nre trimmed, as they hnve been ai other seasons, w'.th soft silk handkerchiefs in brilliant col ors, the kumchuiidns. Little lawn Jackets for children nre made In colors and have a smull yoke. The lower part Is pleated and secured to the yoke by a beading of white. The gold embroidered veil Is the lat est novelty. A border showing lines of ;;old or a pattern carried out in tinsel thread Is supplemeated by gold spots on the plain net. As the fad for going about bare headed in the country will undoubted ly be followed this year, much care will naturally be taken In dressiug the hair. All sorts of fancy bows nud combs will be used for this purpose. Apple green gli:ce silk tucked ull over and worn w;;j n deep sailor col or of whito hund-embroldered mull Is ifbout the prettiest thing a pale blonde could wear. A deep girdle of pink satiu liberty should accompany . this waist. A simple r.ad s.wlceablo '.oug caps, which Is longer In the back tnuu In the frout, sloplug up slightly, Is. of black ttincta. lined with white, nnd ;-lmpiy siltched with wulte. It is a little more than knee length, and a garment which would to useful for many purposes. Chief auioug the accessories of the toilet at tho worm nt are waist bunds. Somo are most artistic, made of colored stones lusei ted In wrought filigree sil ver or gold. Others are in wonderful enamels linked together with fascluat lug chulns. while -jettsl belts of every kind will be U3ed. - v ; The Largest Ship lu the World. ' The Celtic weighs 0,700 tons, the Park Row bulldlnj; only 0,0oo tons. She measures 7ix feet, only nine feet longer than t.ie Great Eastern, but will draw eleven feet more water. Bhe will curry 2742 passenger and crew, and 12,000 Una of ca:go. I She will draw too much water to came into New York harbor whea loaded to the mark. She has twelve decks, and the cap tain's bridge la 100 feet above the eel. She Is one-fourth larger than' the Oceanic, hitherto tho biggest ship. New York Journal. CONGEVITY'S MYSTERY SEEKING THE FORCE THAT CAUSES ALL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. Longevity In Men anil Animals Condi tlons Upon Which Ufa Depend Peo' plea of Short Stature Who Are Short Lived Rapid Development a Menace. r la a paper read by Dr. Cnrleton Si mon, the President of the Hundred Year Club, ot Its annual meeting, he raid: Longevity depends upon: J, vital en tirety; 2. physical condition of various organs; 3, expenditures, physical, men tal and generative; 4, recuperation nnd reparation. . The first, that of vital entirety, or the essential prluclple of life, Is a mys tery that requires solving. In the words of Huxley, It Is the law of na ture when working through organized matter. It Is not soul, for that Is a spiritual, Intnnglblo thing. Vital force Is material. It Is a condition nnd a priority that overreaches In importance nil other studies. A great manv scien tific cxperbneuts bave lately been un dertaken -which may throw new light upon this fascinating subject. We are upon the eve, the threshold, of a mar velous discovery that lays bare this wonderful power that sits behind the throne of all physical activity. To illustrate this wonderful basic principle of life I desire to cnll your at tention to certain fncts beyond dispu tation: In Liberty County, New York State, a short time ago. n gentleman In digging for a well upon a hill dug into thirteen feet of earth, when solid rock wag reached. Seventeen feet of this rock was blasted away, nnd at the very last blast, thirty feet from the surface of the earth, incased In solid rock, ennlched, -was found a frog alive. This Is authentic nnd Is duly attested by witnesses. This frog must have been entombed for over 30,000 years, alive, and, aside from tho mar velous fact of the Bolltude of the ages, entombed nlone. What marveious force must bo behind It to hold nud stay decay! Tho stoppage of circulation Is death. This seems true when applied to hu man life. When applied to amphibious life this does not hold true, for the frog may be frozen solid, every drop of his blood frozen: thaw hlin out and he Is still alive. This Is also t:uo o" muny fishes. The study of orcincry laws, now known and apparent, In answer to the question of longevity, U directed to laws of economy which nre compensa tory. TheFO have been studied, experi ments and researches extending Into all parts of the biological world have been made, and my gsneral deductions are the following: Structural quality of size seems to be significant In value as a guide to lon gevity In animals and plants. It would seem as If the Initial impulse of inher ent vital energy, upon which all life depends for Its causation, was so abun dantly inherited as to be over nnd above that used up in resisting dis ease and decay, and that such surplus age of vital force, having no other use, gave Impetus to growth and increased structural strength. Rapid development presages rapid decay. Rapid growth also produces Immature development. That which Implies quick construction also Implies less Intricate structure. When applied to life it means less organic develop ment. In short, early reproductive ca pability Is the rule to a short life. It is the rule In nature's realm that small organization, great or early reproduc tion power and short life are allied. Nature in this way seems to take care of its various species, for animals that are short lived are enabled to propa gate more In order to reproduce rap Idly that which time so quickly re moves. A few striking examples wll bear out this fact la the animal and vege table kingdoms: Mammalia: Elephant Extreme age, 200 years. Fecundity, one birth nt a time. Greenland Whale Extreme age. 330 years. Fecundity, every few years. Rabbit Extreme age, eight years. Fecundity, seven litters per year; av erage, eight in a litter. Cat Extreme age, eighteen years. Fecundity, several litters per year; av erage, four per litter. Fish: Pike Extreme age, 207 years. Fe cundity, unknown. (Size of ona men tioned by Yarrel weighed 350 pounds, and was nineteen feet long.) Herring Extreme age, four years. Fecundity, countless thousands yearly. Oviparous animals: Ostrich Extreme age, 120 years. Fe cundity, few eggs yearly. Sun per forms in hot climate the function of sitting in six weeks. Dove Extreme age, tea years. Fe cundity, almost continuously. Sits upon eggs ten days, Plants: The Sequoia glgantes In California measures ninety-nine feet in circum ference ana is 300 feet high; age per rings, 430 years. Very many annual and blouninl deli cate In strength, small In ulze, living only ono or two years. The rule of largo organic structure and late life holds good when applied to the human race. Our centenarians were not all large men; some were only of medium stature; some below it. Still, the rule of organic structure, as found In animals, will be borne out In the human family. Not essentially when viewed In a single example, but truly so when the rule is applied to the class they sprung from collectively, It Is the order of the species we must study, not an Isolated specimen, but It Is ouly by an average that the fact be comes pronounced. Thns we have nations of small stat ure who are short lived. These I bave divided Into three groupings: Group "A" Races smallest sized men and women and short lived: Es kimo, Mongul, Burmese, Siamese, Jap anese, Jukagbrltes, Korlakltes, Bcuga lese, Javanese, Malays, Hottentots. G rt.jp "B" Races moderate sized men a .id women and longer lived: Chi nese (South race), Georgians, Arabs, Turks, Syrians, Egyptians, Italians, Spaniards, French. Group "C" Races largest slsed men and women and longest lived: Chinese (Tartar race), Scandinavians, Eugllsh, Russians, Finns, Bulgarians, Irish, Scotch, Germans. Albauy Argus. JEFFERSON AS AN INVENTOR. Opposed to Patents, lie Clave to the World Many Proofs of His Ingenuity. Thomas Jefferson was himself an Inventor, but, consistent In his be lief In the natural right of nil mankind to share useful Improvements with out restraint, lie never applied for a pntent. Ills first orlglnnl device wns a fold ing chnlr, which ho used to enrry to church In early days, when services wore held In the court house at Char lottesville and the seating conveni ences were Insufficient. Ills grandson tells us how he would "mount bis horse early In the morning during the latter years of his life, canter down the mountain nnd across the country to the site of the university nnd spend a long day there, directing the work, carrying with him a walking stick of his own Invention, now familiar to nil, composed of three sticks, which, being spread out nnd covered with n piece of cloth, made a tolerable seat." Mr. Uncou, his overseer. In his remin iscences says: "His servants came with him nud brought a sent, a kind of camp stool of his own invention. After Mr. Jefferson got old and feeble a servant used to go with him and carry thnt stool so thnt ho could sit down while he was waiting for any body, or attending to any work that was going ou." He Invented the revolving chair, now a familiar and necessary article of furniture In all offices and counting rooms. The Federalist newspnpers used to call It "Mr. Jefferson's whlrl-l-gig," nnd declared that he had de vised It "so as to look all ways at once." He also designed a light wagon, or sulky, with a comfortable seat and two wheels, with which he drove around the country when he was too feeblo to ride horseback. Mr. Jefferson invented the copying press. He writes to Mr. Madisou In 1787: "Having a great desire to have a portable copying machine, and hav ing studied over some experiments with the prluclple of large machines uada to apply in the smaller one, I planned one In England and had It made. It answers perfectly. I have ast a workman to making them, and they are of Buch demand that he has his hands full. I send you one. You must expect to make many essays be fore you succeed perfectly. A soft brush lik3 a shaving brush Is more successful than a sponge." He also sent a copying press to the Marquis of Lafayetto as a present. Another cf his inventions was a hemp break, which he eays "has long been wanted by the cultivators of hemp, and as soon as I can speak of Its effect with certainty I shall de scribe Is anonymously In the public papers, in order to forestall the pre vention of Its use by some interloping patentee." He Invented a pedometer to measure the distance ho walked. He sent one to James Madison, with the following explanatory letter: "To the loop at the bottom of It you must sew a tape, and at tho other end of the tape a small hook. Cut a little hole In the bottom of you? left watch pocket, pass the hook and tape through It, and down between the breeches and drawers, and fix the hook on the edge of your knee band, an inch from the knee buckle, then hook the instrument itself by a swivel hook, ou the upper edge of your watch pocket. Your tape beiug adjusted In length, your steps will be exactly measured by tho in strument." His most important invention was a plow. Mr. Bacon, his overseer, says: "He was very ingeuious. He Invented a plow thnt was considered n great Improvement on any that had ever been used. He got a great many premiums nnd medals for it. He planned his own carriage, buildings, garden and fences, and many other things. He wns nearly always busy upon some plan or model." Jefferson's plow received a gold medal In France In 1700. During hit Ef.ropanu tours he had been sirucV with the waste of power caused by tin bad construction of the plows it common use. The part of the plot) called the "mouldboard," which is above the share and turns over th earth, seamed to him the chief sea: of error, and he spent many of tb leisure hours of his last two years It Fiance In evolving a mouldboarc which should offer die minimum of re sls;auce. He sent the original deslgt to tho Royal Agricultural Society ol tue Seine. The medal which thej awarded for It followed the inventoi to New York, and eighteen years at terward the society sent him a super! plow containing his improvemeut. Chleago Record-Herald. Greatest Hook Buyers Are Lawyers. The best and most Btendy customer? of the second-hand book dealers art lawyers. Thnt has been the fact ai far back as anybody tares to remem. ber. Rurus Choate was always buy ing books, and especially ou Satur days. He left a library of 50,000 vol umes. Joseph Choate, his nephew, bag proved lu past years nn excellent patron of the secoud-hand dealers when they hud anything rare In stock to show him. In Brnnlcl vn Hoiii'v fT Murphy, the lawyer and politician, col. iccieu more man 40,000 volumes, pur chased from his heirs as a aucleus of the Historical Society's library of that borough. Charles O'Connor was a luriro buver. Willlnm v, Rni-i, n-na also mentioned oi a collector. With ins exception of Henry Ward Beecher and the late D: R. 8. Stores, the clergy are- not counted. Nor are tho physicians. The mercantile class Is reckoned on to absorb any large edi tion of a popular novel which is much talked about. Mechanics aud work Ingmen buy works treatlug of prac' cal subjects. New York Post. An Automatic Ticket Machine. Recent experiments by railway offi cials In Berne with n automatic ticket machine. Invented by a Swiss, bave given entire satisfaction, say a Berne correspondent. The machine la similar to the ordluary automatic: machines, but the glass eases contain the tickets on which are printed the names of the stations and the price of the ticket. By dropplug in the right amount and pulling a handle the ticket Is set free. The machinery Is so well constructed that an luMilllclent sum of money or auy base colu will not work the spring, and there Is no danger .of the purcbuser losing the whole amount. , INSIDE JAPAN. Tist Fights Preface leath Struggle. jf Wife-Heating. In spite of qualities of easily aroused antagonism, of prldo and Spnrtaa Idenls, the Jnpnnese arc nn essentially gentle race more so thau the Anglo Saxons. Broils In which one man hits another nre of rnre occurrence; blows are generally the preface of a death struggle. The women mny often suf fer from the prevailing Meals of mo rality, which arc yet much lower than ours, but there are. few wlfe-beaters. aud the home atmosphere Is almost al ways outwnrdly peneeful. It. follows that a little true poltlencss on the part of the foreigner goes a long way, nnd almost Invnrlnbly meets with a wnrm recognition; you rarely appeal to the Japanese In vain. They nre ns quick to respond to nn act of rent kindness ns they nre to resent an act which has a tinge of arrogance. Our Government allowed several transports with re turning volunteers to stop at Yoko hama, nnd so hundreds of American soldiers visited that city nud Toklo. One of them hired a bicycle nnd was taking a ride about the streets of Y'o kohnma when he ran down an elderly Japanese man. The soldiers rang his bell several times, but the Japanese apparently paid no attention to It, and the American found .himself promptly nrrested nnd taken to court, where he wns fined ten "yen" ($5), He protested that ho had done everything possible to avert the accident, and asked why the man mnde not attempt to get out of the way. The policeman then told him thnt tho man wns blind. Tho sol dier looked dazed for a minute, then felt In his pocket nnd brought out a ten-dollar bill. "Here," he said, "It's the last I've got, but be enn have It," and he turned It over to the blind man. The Jnpaneso were deeply touched, anil that snme day a delegation of po licemen hunted up the soldier and gave him back bis fine. Anna N. Bcuja "In, In AInslee's. Dislike the Illustration. Superintendent Bright takes excep tion to n brightly colored chart In tine n country schools which represents the farmer ns painfully mowing grans with n scythe at $18 a mouth, while opposite an elegantly dressed clerk cosily sells a bolt of glugham to a beautiful young lady at $40 a month and another city clerk below keeps books on a little mahogany desk at $200 a month. Mr. Bright objects that the chart conveys a false Idea, for the farmer, who really does bis mowing by ma chinery, gets board nud lodging with his $10, while the dapper clerk has to pay $30.50 a mouth out of his $40 for board, lodging and car fare. Also the business houses which are looking for bright young men to keep books at $200 a month, carefully keep their wants out of tho small "ad" columns of the newspapers. The only defense of the chart Is that it is calculated to "make pupils think." This is true. It will muke them think that the authorities which display the chart have something the matter with their Intellectuals. It is rather odd that so much energy Is devoted to making pupils think, when very likely a small part of the same energy directed to the desirable end of making the educators think would have a much better result Chicago News. " "" Itemarkable Power. 'A dear old lady wns taken one day to a musical service la a Boston church. She had heard much about the fine voice of the soprano aud wa3 prepared for n treat. She sat In-rapt enjoyment until the service wnj over, and then turned a radiant face toward her escort, who was a young -grandson. "Dear boy," she "said, "you've given me a great treat. Her voice Is per fectly beautiful. It made cold chills run all up nnd down my spine." "It's too bad, grandmamma," said tho boy, "but she didu't sing to-day. though she was there. The gentleman next mo says she's been suffering from a bad cold, and one of the chorus had to sing the solos for her." "What, dear?" said tho old lady, looking momentarily distressed. Then her fuce cleared, and she patted hit arm reassuringly. - "Never you mind," she said. "Wf cnu come ngnln some time; but nftet all, If she can innko me feel that way without singing, I don't know as 'twould bo wise for mo to hear her, now would It?" Youth's Companion American Ways In Jamaica. When you arrive at your hotel Ip Kingston, Jamaica and here It maj be remarked that the town contain; but one hotel worthy of the name you are at once made aware that the es tablishment Is conducted "on the American plan," says a correspondent, in tho London Dally Mall. The guide book says so, aud the inevitable Iced water .confirms the statement. Out side, on Harbor street, the fine sys tem of electric trams makes you as he Englishman blush to the hat brim. Call a "bus" it is a buggy ot- the American pattern nnd drive to the railway sta tion, and once more the hnndiworb and enterprise of the Americans are In evidence, for the cnglno is of Unltet? States design and the cars are of the same make. One Is, therefore, net sur. prised to learn that au American start ed the railway business In Jnmnlco and eventually sold out at a handsome figure to the government of the colony, The Dlggeat Watermelon. Ilere is the record-breaklug water melon of tho United States. It wai raised Inst season in Colorado, in the Rocky Ford region, on the farm of for mer State Seuutor Eweuk. It Is near' ly five feet in length, three foot In cir cumference, and It weighs 85M pounds. The melon was the giant of a largt patch grown for the market. The sol) In the Rocky Ford Valley Is naturally adapted to the prolific growth of th melon, and when aided by some special fertilizing agent to productiveness ti considerably Increased, thereby yield ing astonishlug results. One of tho great occasions of4thf yoar In Rock Ford la the annual water melon day. This occurs In the height of the watermelon season, and ts at tended by hundreds of cultivators. Af ter the prises have been awarded the fruit is cut open nnd a general feust followt.-Ksnsas City Star, -
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