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
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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,
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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. -
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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, -