Considerable money was lout Ir. yonr in attempts to introdiico Califor nia grapes in tbe English market. At a recent mooting of tlio premiers of tbe various Australian colonies at Uobnrt a resolution was passed unani mously declaring a federation to lie the greatest ami most prossiug quos lion of the day. In sixtoon months the great drain ago cnnnl of the City of Mexico will be opened. The cnnnl is over thirty miles long, aud the tuutiol through tlio mountain nix miles. Tho total cost will bo 820,000,000, and they havo been fooling with tho thing oil aud on for 300 years. j An iron monger of Vienna, Austria, has left 805,000 to tho Vienna Acad emy of Science, "partly for tho pro motion of Rcienlillo research both in the heavens and tho enrth, with a view to physical aud chemical discov eries, and partly for promoting tho moral aud material wolfura of man kind." Business methods prevail in Houth Africa. Instead of each man's raiding for himself, tho plunder taken from Lo lleiigula's Mutaboles was turned over to a committee, which now an nounces in tho Btiluwayo pnpors that U has finished its work and has dis tributed $210 among tho victors. Two hundred thousand dollars from lav ages is not a bad showing. a young French bid named Debrol, who !b only 21 years old, has jiiHt ro turnod to Paris after spending thrco yours among die Derbcs of Morocco, lie started out on an original plan of exploration. Uo determined to learn Arabic, and then to travel from tho domain of one chief to that of another depending upon personal letters of in troduction for his safety. His schemo worked well for a time, but after sev eral months he was detected aud held a prisoner by tho Sultan. Dospito this ho accompanied tho court in its travels, aud ho was thus nblo to securo a mass of fresh material in regard to Fez and the littlo known country south of that city. He uiado draw ings and plans of many towns, aud the result of bis work is given in an claborato article, in tho ofllcial paper of tho Paris Geographical Society. Tho boy showed ho much (kill aud courage and was so fertile in resources that, the San Francisco Chrouiolo bo lieves ho is suro of a promising futuro if ho devotes himself to Africaa ex ploration. Tbo Now York Mail and Express notes that "tho collogo man in busi ness has at last found a defender and an eloquent and ubla one, too. At ' tho diunor of the Williums Alumni recently our honored towns man, J, Edwnrd Simmons, spoke for him and declared his belief that the time has como when the training of a college to a young man is a potent factor in tbe forming of his business character. ' He presented as proof of the advantages of a university educa tion the suoooss of auch man as Chann cey M. Depew, Edward King, Bray ton Ives, John Crosby Arown, John Claflin, Frederick Tappen and Robert M. Gallaway, and be declared that tbe supremacy of this country aa pro ducer is largely due to the brains and energy of the college man in business. There is no doubt that tbe drift oi sentiment is strongly in favor of Mr, Simmons' contention, . Not only is yonng man in business benefitted by the knowledge obtained at a universi ty, but be also finds decided advan tage in tbe dibciplina and social foa tures of a collogo career. " Hypnotism is rather a dangerous thing to play with. At a young poo pie's party at Bookford, IIL, tho othei evoning tbe conversation tnrned on the subjoct, and one of tbe young men said that be could hypnotize any body in tbe room. A young woman offered herself as a subjeot. In s minuto be bad her unconscious, but when be attempted to restore her he found he was powerless to do so. Th guests became alarmed, shook her, threw oould water in hor faoa aud shouted frantically, "Bight, right,' but she would not come "right.' Finally auothor amateur bypnatisl happeuod in aud brought ber ont ol hor trance. Another lady a night oi two ago, at a dance given by tht Bookford Rifles, was thrown into f mesmeric condition. She was seized with giddiness and created quite i (scene before she oould be bronglil out South sido yonng men' haves hypnotist club, but their praoticei bavo become so dangerous that tin -ooiuioH will prolwbly bo called on tc puuan ordiuuucj impoMuj u l:oav.v Juo for rxartiiix this powr.v. What of Our Hold f What is our gold to us Is It wings? Is It lead? Is It red blood shed By some tool we employ " For diversion or Joy? Is it lips to repeat Vblnanery, deceit? Wlmt Is our gold to mon Is It blowing or curse? Is It eonl to ooeroo By a Jnrk ol the band- Borne tool we oommaud? Is It sweetness or gall la the drops It lots fall? What Is our gold to life? Is It wnaknnss or strength Is It spread Hi length On humanity's trail To uphold the trnll Through time s vain of revol To change, to ixlinltV O tonus Kmncls. Tho Brother of a Gentleman. Sho was a swoct girl, a pretty girt, every one thought, but theso mild terms did not half express Eruest Wilson's opinion of Ruth Adams. She wan a perfect woman, in tho highest and purest seuso of the word, and to a man who looked upon nil womcu as being far superior to mon, this meant a great deal. That was what be thought of her; sho did not think of him at all, except whon she happened to soo him, and then he rcmludod ber of his brother Will. Ruth was engaged to Will ; she had been for too yours; he bad been by far tho handsomest man in town, aud sho was tho prettiest girl, aud ho had been proud of her. That was before ho went to tho city. Now ho thought tlioro were girls galoro better looking thau Ruth ; but ho said nothing of tho kind to ber, for it was pleasant to Invo so in o ono to make love to whon ho wus obliged to go to tbo country sometimes, for Papa Wilsou had a full pockctbook, nnd Will had not. So, in tho soft light of an nftoruoon sun, ErncBt Wilson stood and waitod for Ruth to pass, aud watching bur as she approached him, thought with a littlo wenriuess of tho injustice of futo. Not that ho imagined for a moment that be desorved such a woman as did his handsomo brother, who was a "gentleman," only ho would have lovod Ruth tenderly, been very thoughtful of ber, vory kind to hor, if she could have cared for him aud Will was so careless. Ruth did not pass thistimo; sho paused nnd looked up into bis good, honest face, and then said, a little timidly : "Ernest, have you hoard from Will lately?" "No,!' ho said, kiudly. There was a lottor in bis pookot from Will, re ceived a fow moments before, speaking of hard times and oskiug for the loan of a fow dollars, "No, not lately; bo is busy, you know, Ruth ; you must uot think anything of not bearing from him bo does not like to write." "Ernost, whon he first went away he wrote to me every day." He looked down at hor flushed face with world of love and pity in bis oyes ; but she did not see that ; she was thinking of Will. "Are yon going home?" he asked. "I will walk with you, Ruth. Are you worrying about it? If you are, then don't." "I will toll you honestly that I am. Yon are one of tho people, Ernest, that no one would ever think of de ceiving. I am unhappy and I am an noyed ; it is not pleasant for a girl of spirit to hear tbe things people are be ginning to say. ' At the same time I know it is only carelessness on Will's part ; ho has given me his word ; there is no ono who oould say otherwise than that Will is a gentleman, and a gentle man keeps bis word. I would not have him koop bis promise against his will," she said proudly. "Never that. If be has changed toward me, then be owes it to himself aud me to " "To be a man not a goutloman," be said savagely. "To be both," she said. But bor lip quivered. They wore at her gate by this time, and be opened it and waited for ber to pass. Instead, she stood and looked at him. "Ernest," she said, "tell me just what you think." "What I think, is this: That no man, and I make no exception what ever, would possibly throw away tbe chance of winning you if be were iu his right senses. ' If a man is not in bis right senses, be is deserving of our pity, not our blame. I wish you good evening. " And he left ber lookiug after him liko one bewildered. '. It may have been a lottor she wrote to Will thut uight,' or it may have been one that - Ernest wroto refusing tho loan, but for lumo reason Will camu Ikuuj a few days later. Ho hud hnrne 1 a t:i'v vii7 to otirrv bis emit and his bows were more profound thau ovor but his accomplishments seemed to have small effect upon his fathor and brother. As for Ruth well, it may have been that she had grown tlrod of giving admiration, love, everything, aud reociving in return indifTereut attention. When a woman begins to draw comparisons betweon bor swootheart and other men things are not as they should be, for love knows no comparisons. She did think, and ofton, of the way Ernest bad spoken to hor, and of tho mannor in which Will talked, as it she wore the ono favored in tboir love affairs. And yet. to her, Ernest was nothing in tho world but Will's brother. When Eruest thought of it seriously, he had never been anything to auy ouc, but Will's brother. Ho had becu so un assuming, hud cared so littlo for ap pearances, and Will had cared so much. Ernest was an cxcollent busi ness mnn ; ho did tho thinking, Will did tho talking; Will used all of his ideas as if thoy wero his own, aud transacted business for bis fathor in an ensy, off-hnnd way, forgetting to men tion that Ernest had spent hours of careful thought nnd study beforo the lino of ectiou had bocu decided upon. It had been the same when they were children. Ernest read a book care fully ; Will toad a criticism upon it, combined it with Ernest's opinion, and carried on brilliant conversations upon it with older people, impressing nil with bis remarkable mind, while Ernest sat by and said nothing. Ernest bad realized this for a long timo, but thero had nevor boen any reasou to caro beforo ; ho did cure now. "lam not goo 1 onott?h for R itU," b9 Slid to himself. "I do uot know any ono who is ; and I would not for tho world muko her think less of Will if I thought bo loved her or would mako her hnppy; but ho would uot so I in tend to let her see how superficial is bis knowledge, nnd whnt a shallow man bo is." When Ernest Wilson made a reso lution it was as good as accomplished, but this was tho most dilllcult under taking of his life ; for ho intended not only to prove to Ruth thut she . was wasting her affections on a man who carod nothing for hor, but to teach bis littlo world to speak of him as Ernest Wilsou, not ua any man's brother. Ho was so accustomed to sit by si lently whon questions were discussed, knowing all tho time that he hnd more knowlodgo of tho subject than those who wore talking, thut it producod a surprise that amouutod alinoit to a sensation wbou he tlrst begun to ex press his opinion in a modest way. It was vory hard for him, as bo was not only a modest man, but a timid ono as woll, ncd had boen long iu the background ; be succosded well with the men, however, and with a dogged determination to carry bis resolution through, be was not willing to stop until bo oonvinoed all bis friends that he had a miud and opinions of his own. Thoy wore not so long in finding it out as he had been, fortuuatoly, end soon he began to be spoken of as Ernest instead of "Will's brother," or "Mr. Wilson's other son." Much of the attention be had formerly given to business be turned upon himself, to the delight of bis mother, who under stood him better than any one else in tbe world, as is tbe way with mothers, always, or nearly always. She en- oouraged bim, tbon she went further ; ahe dropped a word here and there of what Ernest thought ; how much they relied upon bis judgment, and the like ; and all this time Will lingered, wondering why Ernest and bis father did uot help bim pecuniarily, so that ho could return to the city. The olimax was reached when some body gave a balL Ernest wont to tbe city, returning in garments of tbe la. test cut, and appearing as much at ease as Will bad ever done. Ruth was looking very downcast at this party, and apparently did not notioe Ernest's altered appearance, much to his disappointment. He went to ber after a while. "You are not enjoying yourself, Ruth," be said. "Do you want to go homo?" "Yes." "Then oome along." A few minutes later they were walk, ing together through the moonlight; the wind blew the brilliant autumn leaves about thoir feet, and thoy trampled down their red and gold glory into the soft earth. Ernest took the small hiiud that had been clinging to his arm and said gently t ."Ruth, dear little woman, you are unhappy breaking your heart .over a vouii'r rasoal who is not worth one thought from you." "Tho man who is breaking my heart Is worth every thought." Ernest sighed ; he had hoped sho Lad grown more indifferent to Will than this answer proved. "Ruth," be said despcratoly, "let me tell you something. Will is a gentleman I admit that. But he is not the man to make you or any othor woman hnppy, I am not pleading my own csubo, for I learned long ago how hopeless that would be ; but 1 have loved you always, aud I cannot bear to see you throwing away the bost part of your life grieving for an un worthy man." "I tell you bo is worthy." "What do you women call a worthy mau?" What do you call a gontto man? If that is what you cousidcr Will, then break your heart ovor your gentleman I I have done my bost" "I am uot breaking my honrt ovor a gcutlemnu." "Over whom then?" "The brother of a gontlemanl O Ernest I" The tono, wns it, or the look she gave him out thnro under the stars? But in somo wny he understood at last, aud ho clasped hor to his heart, end thauked God with a voico that had tears in it, for this groat blessing that had come into his lifo. International Mlgiial Code, On July 2, 1855, a committee was appointed by the British Board of Trado "to inquire iuto and report up on the subject of a code of signals to bo used at sea," In September of the following year this committee pre sented a codo mado up of eightoen flags and ponauts representing the elghtcou consonant totters of tho al phabet, out of which 78,013 combina tions oould bo mad'i for words aud souteuoes. A signal-book of combina tions, with tho words, sentences, names ot placo, and ships with those combinations represented, was pro- parod, adopted nnd afterword trans lated by many foreign nations. This code has now beaomi established all ovor tho world, aud is known as tho International Signal Codo. Now whon a ship meets auothor ship at soa, ber enptaiu looks iu his signal book for tho combluution of flags which repre sents this ship's name, and hoists thorn. The captain of tho other ship looks ot that combination in his book nn 1 reads opposite to it the same mime. Then he tolls his ships namo iu the snmo way. Then ho may ask questions to toll auvthiug by looking in the signal book for the sentences or parts of seuteuaos he wants, and hoisting tho combination of flags which makes them. In his own lan guage, tho other ctptain will rind tho same sentences opposite the snmo com binations of ting letters in his own signal-book. St. Nicholas. Fewer Locomotives Iiullt, One ilourisniug American industry which the pres-mro of hard times has doeply injured is locomotive building. Thero are flvo oitios in the Unitod States in which looomotive building is carrie on so extensively as to be an important looal industry. These are Philadelphia, Peterson. Soheneotady, Pittsburg aud Troy. In each of these oitios there is at least one large loco motive works, the total number in the United State being thirteen. In 1893, whioh was a good year in the business on account of the extra trafflo causod by the World's Fair, 2,011 locomo tives were built in the United States, In 1894 the total number foil to 895, of which eighty-throe were built for use in other countries. Three big conoerns filled no orders whatever in 1894. In 1890 the - total number built was 2,300; in 1891, 2,165; in 1892, 2,012. The railroad companies of the United States have now a greatly dim inished volume of business, and some of the large systems are sailing so close to tbe financial wiud that they are buyiug no new equipment With a practical cessation of railroad build ing has come the decrease in the orders for locomotives, though the foreign trade keeps up fairly woll, tbe United States exporting looomotives to several of tbe South and Central Auieriean countries. New York Sun. The Wire's Betort. Onoe Mr. Gladstone had been cu tiug down a tree in the preseuce of a large oouoourse of people, including a number of "cheap trippers." When the tree had fallen, aud the prime minister and bis family who were with him were moving away, there was a rush for the ebipt One of the trip pers scoured a big pieoe and exclaimed : "Hey, lads, when I dee, this shall go in my cotliu 1" ' Then cried bis wife, a shrewd, motherly old woman, with a merry twinkle in her eye: "Sam, my hid, if thou'd worship God a thou worships Gladstone, thou'd stand a better chunoo of going where tin u'uij wouldn't bum I" Argonaut. DRESS NOVELTIES. THE SHOULDER IS THE "THEIt- MOMETEIt OK fASHIO." Inflated TJalloon Sleeves Are Still Here, Dut Will Disappear In Time Flower-Bedecked Parasols Will lie the Itage. IN the Delsarte philosophy of ex pression the shoulder is dosig natod "the thermometer of the Dasslons." When our spirts are tip our shoulders are elevated) when we are "hiue-sptriteii ana low in our minds" our shoulders sre down; whon onr tempers sri awry our shoulders have crooked, variable inclinations snd movements, and whon we are determined to bravely meet whatever fate has in store for us, or if we are are resolved to assert ourselves and "snub the sun," our shoulders sre firmly and squarely set. So goes this "shoulder pwiosjpny" tnrougn as many phases as men and women have moods. Apropos of this divert ing conceit anent shoulders, it is quite plain that in the philosophy of modes "the shoulder is the thermometer of fashions" the fashions in sleeves at least. It depends upon the arrange ment of the sleeves at tho shoulders, whether these arm envelopes have an aggressive, or a meek, or a perky, or coquettish air. They have had for nil 'wmmmm P In At s$&? STYLISH GOWN FOR SPBING WEAR. some time that air of supreme exoln siveness that challenges the observer to keep at respeotful distanoe, as plainly as if, instead of embroidered nd seqained, each voluminous sleeve were lettered with "Tonoh me not I" 'Stand off!" "Bewsret" In view of this tbore is something almost pathetic in the meek little shoulder cape shown in the sketch, whioh the oracles of fashion say is "a forerunner of the coming mode." It looks like a very trumpet, forsooth, to herald the news all over the world that the inflated balloon sleeves are gradually and genteely disappearing. They are not going in nndne baste, but this quaint sleeve is indicative that the tremendous sleeves that have made a wider, breach between men and women and impeded man's daily pro gress more than the insistent sister hood who are demanding enfranchise ment will gracefully disappear. By the way, this is an admirable pattern for a lean, unshapely arm. If the shoulder is not defective in lines and the npper arm is, the fulness above the ibow is just the one thing needed to FORERUNNER OF FASHION IX SUUVKS. disguise the lack of bar monions pro portions from an nnsympathetio world. On the other band, a shapely shoulder is revealed to advantage and the frills may be dispeused with. The fashion oracle further asserts Hint this sleeve is "quite a novelty." It is as novel as the stars, which seem everlastingly fresh, although so eter nolly old. FLOWED BKDSRKED PA8ASOM. Tbo coming season's sunshades are bowildoring in floral effeots. One is St'MMEn PARASOLS'. of vlolot-colored chiflon, with wreath and nosogays of artificial violets. Big bows of violet ribbon ornament its stick at top and handle, and the grace ful rnOle around its edge is gay with WW silver spangles. A nosegay of the violets nestles in the knot of the rib bon on tbo haudle and the whole is delicately scented with violet sachet. Another new floral paraool.although more severe in style, is even moro chic It is trimmed with orohids, one huge cluster hanging from the bow at tbe top and a smaller one at the handle. The sunshade itself is of heavy cream-tintod silk, with mother-of-pearl handle. All the parasols this year are notioeable for their eleganoe and showiness. Every detail is most oostly, and, in many instances, most perishable, as the fluffy and flowery effeots so greatly in vogue are not meant for wear and tear. Tbe good old-faahioned plain parasol, lasting a whole season through, is completely obliterated by this crowd of fragile and efflorescent novelties. FLAIM SKIRTS COXTMCS IN FAVOB. The plain skirt oontinues in favor, both for street and evening gowns. In deed there is little likelihood that very , elaborate skirts will be worn until the excessive trimming of bodices snd the enormous sleeves now in style oease to be fashionable, for it is a general rule that when the bodioe is simple the skirt is elaborate, and vioe verso. The bell shapod skirt, just touching the ground all around, ta still the prevail ing style for all oostumes, trains be ing worn only on oooasions of excep tional ceremony. A fcw MnxnrFRT points. Spring millinery is a conglomera tion of shapes, aiateriala and oolors of the most dazzling and bewildering hues. One special feature is that the flowers and leaves are mostly very large, the hydrangea being one of the favorite blossoms. The most popular color seems to be petunia, and the ef fect gained by wings and outspreading bows is still domiuant on both bon nets aud bats. Tbe broad Dutch bon net has grown a little point in front, and toques are a little larger, but both are to be worn as muoh as ever. Disraeli was the lust novelist who received 850,000 for a fciuglo work, and that proved so disastrous to the publishers that the author offered ti return part of the money. umm. - e
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