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HOME.
Bt ITHKI.WYS
Wherever fn fnr ditinl farm
The orchard trecii lift hnuntcoii rm,
The lune is grane-leaved, ivnmlland dense,
The rhipmuiik leaps the rinz.ig fence.
The hore from the plow's lat round
Ih-ink with a deep, nwect, cooling sound,
And with the soft young morni ntlont
Come up the frogs' henrt-caitiR note.
And trce-tond' emllrn melody,
Oh, thnt in home.
Is restful home to me. . ,
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THE
PARSONS
PLACE.
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YTT HE Kill's eyes followed the
I ( traiu wistfully, until only a
I film of smoke was left hang-
ing in the uir. Then bIk
turned aud faced the desolate link
station.
"I believe I'm marooned'." she
groaned. "There isu't a soul in yes,
there's n boy. Have I got to ask blut
for help?"
The boy was brown very brown.
Ills trousers were crammed carelessly
Into big top boots, and the boots were
muddy. The boy was bis aud awk
ward nnd baKhful. He sidled away
down, the deserted platform, us If to
escape as soon as possible. He did
not look up once.
"Oh, wait! Please wait a moment!"
Ihe girl cried, hastily. "There's nobody
else to ask. Won't yotl please tell me
If this is Culler? I'm afraid 1 got off
at the wrong place."
The boy's abrupt stop and the girl's
Impetuous chase had brought them
close together too close for the dainty
summer skirts. The girl Involuntarily
twitched them away from contact with
the big, muddy boots. She did not see
the blood rush to tho boy's tanned
face, staining It a rich mahogany hue.
"Have I made a mistake? Oh, 1 hope
I have no, I guess I don't mean that,
but it's so so dreadful here!"
"This Is Cutler!" the boy muttered,
stiffly. "But it's not the village. That's
over there four miles." He pointed
with his thumb.
"Four miles! Then there must be a
stage. I don't see any. Oh. it hasn't
gone, has It?"
"There isn't any stage that meets
this train. TUete's one In the morn
ing." "Not any stage!"
The girl's voice showed distress. A
trail of muddy roadway stretched away
before her. aud her eyes followed it
despairingly.
Terry quinu's heart melted. "How
far are you 'calculating to go? I don't
know but I could take you a piece,"
lie said, suddenly. "I live this side of
the village a little way."
"I am going to the Parsons place.
Do you know where it Is?"
The Parsons place! A picture of if,
abandoned aud forlorn, rose before the
boy, and he contrasted it tneutally
with the beautiful, delicate girl before
him.
"Yes, I know where It is," he said.
"You can go along with me If you
want to. I have got n load of grain, so
I shall have to go slow."
"Oh, I don't mind going slow!" the
girl cried, gratefully. "You are very
kind."
An old farm wagon, loaded with
grain bags, stood near. She had hard
work to clamber up to its high seat.
They rattled away down the muddy
road, lurching Into ruts and swaying
over stones. Tho girl's eyes grew
Wide with alarm.
Terry Qulun sat on the edge of his
seat, and gazed straight ahead In on
agony of bashfulness. At Intervals
he slipped a little farther away from
tho dainty figure beside him, until
the vacant space on the seat had -widened
absurdly.
He was sure the girl was laughing
nt it. He was sure she was afraid of
his muddy boots aud coarse clothes.
Suppose he spilled her out! Suppose
she got her skirts all floury from the
bags! Suppose she wanted to talk!
The girl sat looking down the road.
Her sweet face grew nlore sober every
minute. She was thinking of her
mother and Molly and the unknown
Parsons place. At last she could bear
It no longer.
"Is It nice?" she asked, suddenly,
startling the color Into the hoy's brown
face. The I'arsons place. I mean?"
Terry had the dismal picture still
Sn his mind. The Parsons place was
unrepaired, uninhabited. He remem
bered tht tall weeds aud grass In the
(loorynrd, and the broken wludows and
the gate that sagged on Its hinges. For
teu years the Parsons place had been
abandoned. -
"Is it painted white, with green
blinds?" the girl persisted. "Are there
beautiful trees? And rosebushes? Is
there a view? I shall be so glad If
there's a piazza! We could wheel
mother's couch out on it, and she
could lie tnero all the pleasant days
aud get well. That's what we're
coming here for. The doctors said she
could not bo any better lu the city.
It's awful In the city In summer."
The boy made uo answer, and at
tributing his sileuco to bashfulness, she
continued:
"Till place-the Parsons place was
left to us a year ago lu a will. Now
that mother is sick, we are very glad
of It, because the doctors say she uisst
be lu the country. I've come to foe
about gettiug the house opened aud
aired. Then I'm going back for tbeui
all." i
"Where wera you expecting to slop
to-night?" questioned the boy awk
wardly. 8ho turned upon blin In piix
aled wonder at the question.
vuy, at tue hotel. I mnnnu
,,,,,,; . . , wm..
To f r,!rr..!'
go, of coume.
place?"
, , l
lerry Qulnn felt a wild desire to
laugu. The idea of a hotel near the
t arsons place waa too much for him
T, . . . , "w i
But a side glance at the wistful. girlUh
face sobered him.
"There Isn't auy UoJcl hereabouts.'
ho said. ,
WETRtBALD.
yhenever on A ditnnt street
Two charm fill eyes I cham p to meet.
The look of one who knows the cruet
Of every change on nature's fare,
Whose senlike soul is open wide
To lireezrs from the farther side.
Whose voice and movement seem to jive
The knowledge of how bet to live
And how to live newt happily,
Oh. that is home,
blessed home to me.
Youth's Companion.
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"No hotel? Why, I thought of
course Oh. I don't see what I am
going to do!"
"Mother'U take you In, I guess," in
terrupted Terry, hurriedly. "We live
close by. She'll see to yon. Mother's
great."
In the Instant of offering the girl the
hospitality of his own home, another
Idea had occurred to Terry yulnii. Ho
cat on the edge of his seat, driving the
old white mare at a snail's pace, and
thought it nil out to his satisfaction.
it was growing late. Tho soft .Tune
dusk was settling over the land. The
girl's Impntlenee nearly asserted it.
self. It would be Sit hlt lo e.D llw.
I'arsons place!
"We've got tho key at our house."
Terry announced, with startling ab
ruptness. ''We've nlways kept it.
You'd better not' try to go down to the
house till to-morrow. It it needs d.iy.
light to see It anyways well. Mother'!!
go along with you In the imirulnir.
Mother's great."
He had said that before. The "irl
smiled to herself wearilv.
They were Jogising by a little nn.
painted, uninhabited house set in
weeds and neglect. The cirl shod
dered.
"Oh, I hope it won't look like thnt'
That's dreadful!" she said. "If It
looks like that I think I shall crv!"
Terry whipped up the old whit p nun..
hastily, and drove nwav from Hi..
dreary place. Iu another five minutes
he had stopped lu front of a cheerful
little house hugged by vines nml i-nsns
His mother was iu the doorway.
Oh, yes, she's 'great!'" the o!H
thought, as she lay upstairs In n hi-.
soft lied. "She's beautiful. She luting
out the Parsons place, no matter what
its like. Aud that bov well, he's
pretty nice, even If he is muddy out-
siue.
Honwstairs Terry nud his mother
were talking things over. .Mrs. oiilnn
approved of the plan, but was uot three
o'clock earlier than need be?
"It'll need all that time," the boy
said. "I guess you haven't been dowu
to the Parsons place very lately, moth
er. It's a sight."
"Yes, I know. Poor dear. It was a
mercy she did uot know It to-night!"
At three oclock the next morning the
boy and the birds were up. Terry
went straight to the Parsous place,
encumbered with a scythe aud a rake
aud various other tools.
He whistled under his breath till he
got past the house; then he broke out
into clear, shrill melody. The birds
answered jubilantly.
For an hour, two hours, the boy
toiled. Gradually the unkempt little
frout yard took on a kind of trim
uess. The tall weeds and grassblades
fell before the sturdy swing of thu
scythe, and the straggling bushes be
gan to look more neat. There were
left untouched only the Haunting holly,
hocks and bouncing-bets.
"They're too pretty to cut down."
thought Terry. "Maybe she'll like 'em.
I do."
Tho precious time sped by, but Terry
had made his plans carefully. He
righted the sagging gate. He raked up
the grass nnd concealed it beneath the
bushes, lie even had time to mend
some of the broken windows.
And as a finishing touch he painted
the brown old pump a marveluus, celes
tlul bine! That was his final triumph.
He stood back and gazed entranced at
the work of his brush.
"It looks great," he muttered, "but I
hope she won't want a drink. It's got
a heap of drier In It, but It won't dry as
quick as that. There's mother blowing
the horn! I've got to hurry home to
breakfast."
Mrs. Qulnn went with the girl to the
Parsons place. In her crisp starched
sunbonuet and print divss she plodded
heavily beside the slender, girlish
figure.
All things were favornhln ti,i
i"g. Nature abetted the boy In his kind
puiu. vinat Dad looked dreary
and unattractive the previous night
looked bright and pleasant under the
spell of the clear, new day. And the
girl did not recognize the Parsons place
In its new dress. Shu thought she had
never seen It before.
"What a queer little place!" !,.. e,.i,i
as they approached It. "Cut It looks as
if somebody cared for It. I rather like
"Th'g is the Parsous place," gold Mrs
Qulun.
"The Parsonsfplaee? This? Oh!
Oh, I thought It would be different! I
didn't know it was going to be little
and and queer."
She gazed about her almost lu horror
But gradually the neat yard and
trimmed bushes-the bouncing bets and
the nodding hollyhocks - appealed to
her. The little place grew pleasauter
to her. and she nodded slowly.
"But I rather like It," she said. "It
looks as if somebody cared-not lonely
una neglected like one ! saw last night.
Oh, I couldn't havo bonw that! y i
like tlw flowers and the busheg-there'g
h sliady pluce for mother' couch.
jjuiij coum ueep House over there
- - I"".! 'i-hereeouTd
Molly could keep house over there
be soft, full enrtaina nt tli
"mu mum eel rouuu lu lUO
the air Is wonderfully sweet
aud chairs set rouud In tho yard, nud
liut oh! but oh. the lminn' Wns
vM.ia ci wurti ano gin went eitn
tlously np to the brilliant apparition
i,.. ,.. r..i n .
thing ever bluer? Tho girl went cttti-
but Mrs. Qulun called her buck In
panic.
"Look out!" sho warned. "Terry'i
Just I mean somebody's just bee
painting that. You'll get all blued tip
my dear!"
Terry had Just somebody had jus?
been painting the pump! Queer
Queer anybody should take pains tt
paint an nbaudoned pump!
"Hut It Isn't so queer ns the pump It
self," the girl thought. "I don't won
der that somebody took pains! I won
der If it could have been 1 believe I
was! And the grass, of course he cu
that. That's why It's so short." Sht
wheeled and faced Mrs. Qulnn wltl
shining eyes.
"I belk've somebody has done nl
t!i!s!" she cried. "I believe It was you'
boy!"
"Terry's a good boy," murmured hh
moth"!', smiling.
"He's 'great,'" the girl said, with nl
unsteady little laugh, "but I don't bo
lieve he'd want nv'to thank him "
"No!" Mrs. ('hIiui cried, Willi genlli
emphasis. "IVar heart, no, Terrj
wouldn't !"
"Then y.r.i r.nt (hi It for me. Tel
I him It has made all the difference It
lli world. Tell him I like the Pnrsoni
place and the pump Is beautiful! 1
never knew what the country was lik;
before, or n country boy. I'm glad 1
know now!"
The sweet June days filed by i if fheii
tender, lingering way. Ilerore thej
were quite gone the invalid mother was
at the Parsons place, and already hoi
thin cheeks were taking a faint hint ol
color from the wonderful country air,
Molly was housekeeping under the sy
ringas. and the girl was housekeeping
In doors. The Parsons place was allvr
again.
Down the road n little way Terry
whistled cheerfully about his homely
work, nnd grew browner still. He had
fo gotten that hr hud ever done any
thing to help anybody, but the girl did
uot forget It. Youtli's Companion.
Where Women Draw the 1'lnw.
An Iowa traveler Just back from the
new northwestern frontier tells of
some of these hardships:
"I saw a colony of tlalaclans iu Sas
katcliewan," he said, "and they gave
nie the most extraordinary exhibition
of human patience aud fortitude I ever
beheld. I saw from a dozen to fifteen
womeu hitched two aud two to an
eighteen-ineh breaking plow, aud they
inarched right abend through the tough
ground with that plow, tearing up rive
acres a day ou an average. There was
a man holding the plow. The work
these people did was as effective as
could have been done by horses or
oxe.i. The wom-n seem to take their
hard labor as a matter of course.
They are very cheerful over It, laugh
lug aud Jokiug as they snake .that
great steel blade through the turf. I
am told that scores of these girls who
draw plows ail day have vitality
enough left to dance through the
greater part of the night. They nro
broad of shoulder, heavy hipped nud
muscled like wrestlers. They may uot
be beautiful to look at, but they are
healthy looking, and moreover they are
full of the determination that ninkes
a new country open out."
These will disappear iu a few years,
aud another generation will know of
these hardships only by hearsay or as
of tradition. They are only an inci
dent of pioneering. It Is difficult to
realize that such hardships aud priva
tions are necessary in this day of the
world and on this continent; but it
will uot be denied that this sort of
pluck and endurance Is n good Indi
cation that upon this new aud final
frontier line there will be built up a
rugged society that will prove an Im
portant addition to the social elements
of the Western Hemisphere. Ucs
Moines Leader.
Confidences.
"If you wish to know'why I want
lo marry you," he said, "that is, nsldu
from my love, but just from a plain,
practical, everyday standpoint, I will
tell you. I want to marry you lu the
first place, because, having always had
what you wanted, never having known
what It was to be poor, I know you
will uot be extravagaut. For I know
that it always works this way. The
poor girl plunges nnd the rich girl re
trenches. Then I want to marry you
because you will never lose your tem
per and will always be willing to let
me do what I want, within reason, of
course. I want to marry you because
you have no fads and prefer to stay
at home and make it what It should
be rather thau take a pernicious inter
est In outside things. I want to marry
you because you will, I know, let mo
select the places we can spend our
vacation lu and because you will be
nice to all my friends, no matter who
they are, und care for them for niv
sake. These are only a few of the
many reasons why I want to marry
you. And now, dearest, what do you
want to marry me for?"
"For this," she replied earnestly. "I
want lo marry you, If only to show
that you are mistaken In everything
you want to marry me for." Life.
Dickens and the Coronation.
An interesting contribution to the
evening meeting 0f the Boz Club an
association composed of those who
knew and loved Dickens duVlug his
lifetime held at London, was narrated
by u jieer, who himself has received it
from the mouth of one who wis pres.
ent with his" peers nt the coronation
of Queen Victoria. They had assem
bled In the abbey nt six o'clock In the
morning, with the prospect of remain
ing In their places for teu hours; but
twenty-two peers came provided with
copies of a paper-covered Installment.
published the previous evening, of a
sioiy ny moz. Less fortunate peers
demanded that the number siroiihl lie
read aloud, but this proposal being ob
jected to as Inconsistent with the sanc
tity Of the place, they waited na nn.
tlently as they could until each In his
turn received tuo coveted chapters.
- The point of the storv. suva ti.,.
Loudon ampule,' is that there was at
mat time in England a novelist who,
though only twenty-six years of age,
could commaud the public Interest to
such an eteut that no fewer tbau
twenty-two copies of his work' were
to be found lu one gallery of thitt flu
gust assembly.
Had Mancars.
If they only knew lu tln nennla h..
pride themselves on mimlnvl lltr tin tna.
slniply employ bad uiauuers.-Nevr
loin rre.
WORLD'S COAL SUPPLY.
RESENT CENTURY WILL SEE THE
END OF ENCLANO'S DEPOSITS.
ihlna Will lie Atile to Contribute Knnr
inouKly to the Fuel t'nnl-Hrent Cnal
ed of the Whole of America Oer
inany Well Fortlfled.
In view of the enormous consumption
of coal in the past forty years the ques
tion as to how long the supply will
j last has been much discussed. F.ng'
land has not been particularly nlartned
i by the prediction that the end of her
. coal resources was almost within sight
! The majority of the people have adopt
i od the View that the economists who
I ntllrmed that two generations more
would practically see the end of her
coal beds were unnecessarily pesslmls
tie. Kugland therefore continues with
much serenity to sell more coal to the
countries which Import It than nil the
rest of the world together. It supplies
far more coaling stations than any
other country. It Is the only land thnt
docs an enormous business In the cx
portatlon of coal.
The business of selling coal abroad Is
usually very profitable, nnd one reason
why Kngland surpassed all competitors
In this business Is becnuse she has spe
cial facilities for It. Her coal Is so near
the sea that Kngland Is able to ship It
less expensively than uuy other export
ing nation. Owing to our more exten
sive, use of coal mining machinery, a
great deal of our coal at the pit mouth
does not cost so much as Dritish cnnl
i when rnls-.'rt to the surface, bill by the
'.line we ship our coal on the ocean It
usually costs more than British coal.
I Auother reason why usually, when
the price of Kuropean coal Is not nbnor
, mally high, we cannot compete with
Iiritlsh exports Is because our sen car
riage to the continent of Kurope. which
Is by fnr the greatest Importer, Is very
much longer than that of Kngland.
Thus England has special advantages
for the export coal trade, and sh? im
proves them to the utmost, in spite of
the fact that economists are again 1?
ginnlng to reassert that the present
century will undoubtedly see the end
of her conl resources. .
The most Interesting contribution
that has been made for a long time to
the question of the world's future coal
supply is that which Dr. Ferdinand
Fischer, of Oottlngen. has just pub
lished. Dr. Fischer has collected with
much care all the best attainable data
ns to the coal resources of the entire
world. Such work ns this can be re
garded only ns a striving to r-.'acli con
clusions thnt ore worthy of considera
tion for the time being and ns satisfac
tory ns the present condition of our
knowledge will permit. They nre like
ly to be very much modified when we
have more light on the question. Just
as the prognostications thirty years ago
wllh regard to the world's coal re
sources needed amending when w
came to understand how enormously
China Is able to contribute to the sup
plies. But though we must continue to
regard such estimates as thos made by
Dr. Fischer ns teutatlve, they are' not
only Interesting, but important ns
painstaking, critical and able summar
ies of our existing knowledge nnd of
the conclusions which tt seems to Jus
tify. Briefly summing up the estimates
which Dr. Fischer hns based upon his
studies, he concludes that the attain
able coal supply of (Jermuny amounts.
in round numbers, to ltJO.000 million
tens, that of Great Britain to Sl.uiHI
million tons, that of Austria-Hungary,
Belgium nnd France together lo 17,000
million tons. The conl deposits of
Ilusshi nre still so little known that Dr
Fischer does not attempt to estimate
the attainable output, though he snvs
that the resources are undoubtedly
euormous, particularly lu the southern
regions from the Government of Pol
tava eastward Into the land of the Don
Cossacks.
H estimates that the coal resources
of the whole of America are at least
(iSLOOO million tons. All our later In
formation with regard to China has
tended to confirm the conclusions
reached by Von Itlchthofen as to the
enormous wealth iu coat of that em
pire. There Is as yet uo reason to be
lieve that this very careful scientific
traveler overshot the mark when he es
timated (his figures are reproduced by
Dr. l'iscjier) the coal provision of the
eighteen provinces at (5:10,000 million
tons of anthracite and an equal quanti
ty of bituminous coal.
It Is n curious commentary on that
really civilized laud which, as far ns
we know, Is richer In coal than any
other country in the world, that almost
none of It Is yet available for steam
power. It is larg-.dy used by the Chi
nese, but mainly In the regions where
it Is mined. The land routes nre so
miserably poor that It does not pay to
haul coal more than twenty-five miles.
I'uless a mine Is within this distance of
Water carriage the area of the distribu
tion of the output Is confined to the Im
mediate neighborhood. Steamships at
Shanghai are to-day filling their bunk
ers with conl brought from Europe, be
cnuse It is cheaper than coal expensive
ly brought from Chinese mines lu'the
Interior.
Th? L'nlted States now far surpasses
all other nations in the employment of
machinery in coal mining. The cheap
er and more rapid methods of machine
mining have undoubtedly been n factor
In the Influences that have made us the
first among the coal producing States.
The quantity of our machine mined
toiu Increased from O.'.'OO.OOO tons in
1801 to 411,0(13,000 tons in 18!)f. Dr.
Flsc'jer advises the Germans to give
more attention to the mining of coal by
machinery.
In his opinion Germany has a coal
supply that will meet the needs of the
country for about HMO years to come.
Dr. Fischer also reaches the conclusion,
based upon the latest and most accur
ate Information, that probably within
the next fifty years, aud certainly with
in this century Great Britain will ex
haust her conl resources, at the present
rate of consumption; that Is to Say, alii
cannot go on supplying the larger pan
of the world's export conl without
reachiug the end of her tether, as far
as home coal Is concerned, long before
Der industrial competitors have ex
hausted their home supplies. Dr. Fisch
er entertains the gloomy view, cher
ished by so niauy Germans, that when
England becomes a coal Importing na
tion she will lose much of her lujpor-
tance ns an Industrial stnte nnd will
cense to be the lending world power.
Japan has large coal resources, par
tlcnlnrly In the- southern province ol
Kmshln. Borneo Is rich In coal forma
Hons, ns nlso Is New South Wales
fact that Is enabling Sydney to forgf
ahead of the other Australian cities lu
Industrial development. Afiicn nnd
South America are poorer In coal than
any of the other continents, lint the de
velopment of conl mines lif Sontb
Africa nnd South America nre pooret
In conl than nny of the other contl
IK nt s. but the jlevelopnient of coal
mines In South Africa bids fair to sup
ply the industrial needs of the country,
New York Sun.
A CATHEDRAL CITY.
Cniilhurn, In New Smith Walei, HolcT th
Pride of Poaltlnn.
F.nch of the Australian States pos
sesses several large cities repivsentin
so ninny dioceses, nnd having larg
and beautiful cathedrals, both Angll
can and Unman Catholic. Among tho
lu New South Wales, Goulburn may 1
regarded ns holding the pride of pes
Hon, forming as It does, the busy me"
tropolis of the southern hnlf of the
State. It Is situated on the main tint
connecting Brisbane and Sydney wltl:
Melbourne and Adelaide, being 13-1
miles south of Sydney nud 574 mile
nortnenst of Melbourne. liy mnnt
Goulburn hns been regarded ns n suit
nl.le slle for the proposed federal capl
tal. It possesses nil the cheery stir
foundings of n large and well-ordere
city, the main thoroughfares of wide
rival the Parisian boulevards lu theit
width, the preclslou with which they
nre lnld out, nnd the systematic use of
shade trees. The great feature of the
c'ty is the Anglican .cathedral, which
so far as ecclesiastical adornment goes,
puts to shame that In the metropolis.
It is one of the finest edifices of Its
kind in Australia, and portion of a day
may well be employed In the Inspec
l 'on of Its manifold attractions. It Is
In the Gothic style. Its Internal length
being 130 feet. The nave and aisle?
tire fifty-four feet In width, the trim
septs being ninety-six feet in length
and, like the nave and aisles, fifty-four
feet in width, the grouud plan thus
forming n perfect cross.
The walls of the chancel, nave and
transepts are adorned wllh elegant me
dallions, beautifully carved lu stone
representing incidents lu the life of
Christ. There are also numerous Uuf
stained glass windows, depicting sub
Jects of a biblical character. The pul
pit a gift from Warwickshire Is ol
Caen stone, from the same qtiarrle
that supplied the material for the fa
nious Normandy Cathedral. It is ol
extremely tasteful design, somewhat
like what visitors to churches lu contl
nentnl Kurope are familiar, the central
figure, within a sunken panel, belug o
the Saviour, having the prophet Elijah
on the right and Moses and Peter on
the left. The font a present from
Staffordshire is iu a similar style ol
art. There is also a handsome brnsn
lectern, and the bishop's throne, tho
communion table and chairs are of
English oak, richly carved. There arc
numerous tasteful accessories, thu
whole making the cathedral lnterioi
one of the finest examples of ecclesl
astlcal art In Australia. The ltouian
Catholic Cathedral Is another nob!
structure, nnd, In addition, Goulburn
possesses handsome public and private
nulldlngs. Although, with the excep
Hon of Its cathedral, Goulburn cou
tains little to specially attract the at
tentlou of the tourist. It forms nn ad
mlrable starting point for several iii
terestlng localities.
Longest Kuicllfh Word.
Which is the longest word in tho
English language? The controversy
on this subject may break out afresh
over a note of Dr. Murray's iu "Tho
Oxford English Dictionary." He
poiuts out that "lnclrcumscriptnijlo-
uess" and "hoiiorlflcabllltudlnlty" both
contain twenty-two letters, suys tho
London News. But these nre beaten
by a word coined, or at least first used,
by Dr. BeusoH, the late Archbishop of
canterbury. "Antidlsestabllshmentarl
ans," which contains as many letters
as i lie alphabet, viz., twenty-six. We
think, however, we cau go one better
than this. For each of the above
words an authority Is given. But if
"honurlncubilltudlnlty" be allowable,
why not "hoiiorllieablllaudluarhins?"
This has twenty-seven letters and four
N'en syllables, and we have seen tho
word used somewhere. After all. If It
be allowable to build up compound
words on the German system, our bin
gunge has lufiulto possibilities In syl
lable spinning.
Coloring or Precloua Stones.
Modern chemistry has produced
such changes lu the colorings o-' many
of our stones aud minerals that It is
possible to Imitate many of them and
Improve upon nearly r 11. Auy colored
onyx can be obtained by simple chem
ical processes, and the common dull
colors of this stoue can be couverled
Into brllllnut hues, thus greatly In
creasing the value. Not only can the
whole stoue be made to change its color,
but sections cud dues of It cau be made
to assume u red, black, yellow or white
color, while the rest is pure white or
black. Agates nre ensily converted
Into an onyx -like substance aud char
acter, which tupldurles use for cameos
and Intaglios. Altogether, our chem
ical treatmeutof some of the abundant
stones and minerals has not only wid
ened and developed the resources of
the country, but it has made it possible
for tho poor to possess good imitations
of jewels which at one time were con
sidered almost priceless. Scientific
American.
The French UoacoiitllelU.
When French history is written,
says the London Sketch, the name ot
Waldeck-Itousseau will flgare very
prouilueully. He had the biggest prac
tice ut the French bar, aud his income
was close on 100,000 a year. The ad
ministration of the Lebaudy estate
was alone a fortune. He came Into
power with the streets filled wllh cav
alry aud troops, and he leaves France
lu peace. Wuldock is a man to whom
life is an outlived tblug. At the thea
tre he looked ou but took uv interest,
and beyond drives In the Bo:.s, extend
ing over hours, he seemed to have no
recreation. He hag been called the
Freuch Beacousfleld, and to those who
have seen, hour by hour, for the last
three years what he did the title
teemed uot Inappropriate. ...
New York Clty.-The Illustration
hows one of the season's most popu
lar garments, an Eton of black taffeta
with white peau de sole trimmings
STOjt with SAtr.on collar.
ind an ecru linen embroidered collar.
The jacket is slmnl.v ad I nsted with
Ihoulder and underarm seams. It
enches just to tho waist lino ot the
jack and has a fashtnnnbln iin in
Ironr.
The fronts nre shaned with slmrln
just darts and may be fastened below
aio collar if so desired, but these lack.
tta are usually worn open to dlsplay
lie fancy vest or neck piece worn be-
teath.
Bands of peau de sole finish the
tdges. Tho broad sailor collar Is of
Ihe same material, covered with a
teparate collar of linen. It conmletea
(he neck nnd gives a becoming, broad-
Ihouldered effect.
WRAPPER WITH
The sleeves are regulation coat mod
els, fitted with upper and uuder por
tions. They have alight fulness on
the shoulders and flare In bells at the
wrists.
Etons In this stylo arc made of peau
de sole, moire, taffeta or any llght
"elght woolen fabric, and 'usually lined
with white, ns they are intended
to accompany light-colored waists.
Tucked or hemstitched taffeta may be
used for the collar aud motifs of lace
applied.
a'o make the Eton Iu the medium
size will require two and one-half
yards of twenty-two Inch material.
with flve-elghth yard of contrasting
material for collar.
A Pretty Mlitlreti.
Hero is u pretty and slmiile nitrht-
dress, aud one made differently from
most that are to be seen. It Is cut
a little low and square at the neck,
and the sleeves are rather hhort. Neck
nnd sleeves are finished with a baud,
perhaps an Inch and a half lu depth.
stitched several times, the row's of
stitching being about a ouartor of nn
Inch apart. Through each ot the open
ings Is a narrow ribbon. The rlhimna
nre brought out together nt the sides
of the sleeves and at the opening of
the neck nnd tied. The lines of llitle
ribbon bows look like soft rosettes nud
are very prcttj
Comfortable Houna Gown.
Cool, comfortable house irowus nre
made of China and India silk, which
come In many different colors nnd ore
no more expensive than fine glnu'ham.
The possession of an attractive, wrap
per la a source of great satisfaction
to most women, and the deslm fnr
Stylish house garments should be en
couraged.
In the wranner illustrated in the
large drawing violet and black silk Is
trimmed with all-over lace and satin
ribbons. It la mounted on a o-uv.
fitted lining that closes In the front.
turee backward turning tucks
at
eacn side or the centre back
are
stitched down a short 'distance.
tbo
fulness forming a Wnttenn hn, t
smooth adjustment is maintained nn.
der the arms.
The full fronts are gathered at tha
neck and drawn in at the waist with
satin ribbons that are Included In the
under arm seams and tie lu a bow with
long ends. A high baud turn-down
collar completes the neck.
A brood sailor collar of lace is snuara
In the back and forms long tabs In
front. Bishop sleeves are finished with
lace caffs, the poiuts fastening on top.
Bunds of velvet ribbon nnd lace form
nn nttrnctive finish around the bottom
of the wrapper. The skirt touches in
front and has a graceful sweep in the
back. Bands of sntlu ribbon finish
the collars and cuffs.
The mode may be developed In
challe, albntross, cnshnicre, nun's veil.
Ing, or French flannel. It is nlso np
proprlofo for lawn, dimity, glnghnm or
mercerized cotton, nnd may be made
with or without llulng.
To make the wrapper In the medium
size will require seven yards of thirty.
six-Inch material with three-quartet
yards of nil-over embroidery.
ftmnraer F.renlns; Fan,
Any one desiring a pretty evening fan
to wear with a cream lace dress or n
dress daintily embellished wllh cream
lace can get the same for little more
than a dollar. The piece of creamy
Chnntllly is mailt, the shape of n fan,
with a border design nt nil the four
shaped edges. Then It Is stuck on the
sticks, which are dnlnly enough- '
deed, really pretty.
An Attractive Bit of Color.
A black nnd yellow bnsket design
embroidered on bnnds of white gives
nn attinctive bit of color to n gown of
white pique.
A llrmj Little Frock.
Some dressy little frocks for' sum
mer wear nro made of white wash
silk which comes n few yards wide,
and will launder just ns well ns a
swlss or dimity. Both of these virtues
nre very desirable In fabrics for chil
dren's gnrments.
The dress shown here Is made of
white silk with lnce trimmings. The
wa!st is mounted on a fitted body lln-
SAILOR COLLAR.
Ing that closes in the centre back and
Is cut slightly low at the neck.
The full front and bocks are gath
ered at the upper and lower edges and
arranged over the lining. The fulness
at thu neck is confined to the square
portion, ond the waist fits smoothly
on the shoulders.
The lining and body portions are
Joined separately in the underarm
seam, and the waist blouses stylishly
over tho soft belt ot pale blue liberty 1
satin.
The sailor collar extends across the
back and forms square tabs In front
It Is fastened permanently on the left
side nud closes invisibly ou the right,
Tho sleeves are short, full puffs that
terminate In narrow arm bauds. Lace
on the collar bauds and waist provides
a stylish finish.
Tho skirt is gathered In several rows
of shirring at tho top and arranged at
the lower edge of the body portion,
closing in tho ceutre back. It is
trimmed with two bands of lace. The
shirring Increases the size of the hipi
aud makes a very becoming skirt for
slender girls.
Dresses In this style tire made ol
challle, albatross, crepe de chine, or-
chbl's dress.
gandle, lawu or dimity, with lace ol
ribbon for trimming. '
To make the dress for a alrl elirlil
years old will require two nnd ou
quarter yards of forty-Inch material. .