A CROILSUS' CI I AT12A U
Vanderbilt's Palace in tho North
Carolina Mountains.
A Lordly Domain Amid Wildly
Picturesque Scenery.
George Vanderbilt's country real
dunce in within a few miles of Ash
Tillo, N. C, n spur of tho Dluo Mouu
t litis. Hi new homo, which has been
building far four years or more, is
now practically completed. The home
is an imposing gothia Htriicture of In
diana sandstone. It is the most im
pressive ami commanding of tho many
residences belonging to tho Vendor
bills.
1 ho mansion is not long ami low
nnd rambling as most Southern dwell
ings are. Instead, it rises to tho
height of four stories, not counting
tho lower floor where domestio work is
dono, or tho story next to the roof.
But it is brand and long and impres
sive. Mr. Vnmlerbilt wns largely his
own architect, an I tho result would
indiento that ho is not a bad one. Ho
has boon courageous enough to bor
row literally from others, but inn inly
from (Switzerland, for tho house ns
Boon from a distance resemble an Al
pino chateau. Tho massive mountains
near by add to this impression. Tho
halls in it are as wide and lofty ns
those in tho old houses in England,
Thoro aro no small rooms. Tho din
lug halls aro immense. Thoro aro no
loss thin fifty guest-chambers, an In
dication that Mr. Vandorbllt does not
intend to be a hermit in his mountain
borne. There are several largo rooms,
evidently intended to ho reception
room', and there is a huge ball-room
looking out upon tho moiiutaiiiM.show
ing n most romantic scene by light.
Tho baths aro of marble, mined from
the mountains near by, and tho whole
interior is rich in appearance and nr
rangemout. Tho stables nt a distance
alone aro finer than many modern
homes and tho kennels for thore is
yet gnmo in tho mountains are on n
plane with the other buildings.
Withal thoro is nothing glaring or
garibh about all this. Many modern
house would look ridiculous in the
midst of the wild mountniu scenery,
but Mr. Vnndorbilt has been fortunato
enough to bring about harmony and
to make his splendid home appear a
natural part of the scone presentoil.
No one but Mr. Vanderbilt himself
knows what this has cost him. The
mount is small compared with what
it would have beon had tho estate been
in the North. Land in western North
Carolina when Vanderbilt purchased
was ridiculously low. So wore all
aorta of ordinary labor, for skilled
labor bad to come from the North at
Northern rntes of wages. But the
building material was right at hand to
be cut or mined, and nature hersolf
had been the surveyor and landscape
gardener as well.
From his library window Mr. Van
derbilt can see the Blue Ridge, the
Alleghanios and their tributary moun
tain ranges rising and stretching away
in the distanoo. He can see Mount
Pisgah raising ita pine-clad head more
than 6,000 feet above the plateau.
Black Domo, Clingman's Dome,
Mitchell's Peak, and a soore or more
of giants are near by. Botwdjfji these,
like silver threads, run the French
Broad, the Hiawassee and near half a
dozen other rivers. He may see if he
wishes the spots over in the Tennessee
mountains that have been made in a
way famous by the charming stories
of Charles Egbert Craddock. And
here and there he may see the cabins
of the mountaineers.
Mr. Vunderbilt's plnoe contains
About 20,000 acres in the immediate
(grounds or park. Several milos be
yond he owns on Mk Tisgah and in
its neighborhood about 100,000 aores
more, intended for use as a hunting
and shooting preserve.
George Vanderbilt is tin student of
the family. He is an ardent lover of
books And nature, is unmarried, is 38
(years old, and is worth 81,000,000 for
bich year of his life. Chicago Tim.-s-Ulerald.
X Victim to Etiquette.
k- The rigid etiju jtte which prevails
na Korea as to oeremonious banquets
lis ineonvenieut for strangers, whose
untrained appetites, says Youth's
Companion, are scarcely up to the
Korean standard. An artist, luaking
la stay in Seoul, was bidden to a royal
least at the king's pilaoe, to his min
ted joy and despair. Ignorant of
Lative customs he appealed to Mr. G.,
the English Consul, to guide him
through the ordeaL Tho one thing
mpresaed upon him was this : "It is a
jrcat insult to refuse what is offred
K'ou at table, an 1 a greater insult not
a eat till th:it is on your plate." The
ucoouut oontiuues:
Wo all nt down gaily, mid t!:o feast
began. All the products of the conn
try seemed to have been cooked and
put before mo, iiielii ling moats, fish,
honey, sweets, vegetables and sauces,
of which, mind you, we had to eat
"mountains" piled on our plates.
Young pigs, in tho puppy state, wore
also there, and wore much appreciated
by my princoly entertainers.
When I was but half way through,
however, not being proviuod with an
ever-expanding digestive apparatus,
like my friends of Cho-sen, I really
felt as if I were suffocating.
I raised my eyes pleadingly to Mr,
O., but ho shook his head sternly
The servants, seeing me hesitate, plied
mo busily with potatoes, barloy, mil
let ami at least half a bushel of beans.
After vainly praying for oourngo
and dexterity to slide tho food under
tho table. I made desperato inroads
npon tho hcaped-up vegetables. Once
agnin I rolled my ryes in dumb en
treaty toward tho consul, who once
again shook his hoad, this timo with a
sardonic grin which made mo deter
mine to get through tho feast some
how, but in silence.
After this I wns treated to lily-bulbs
and radishes dipped in the vilost of
sauces, besides a large portion of a
puppy-pig roasted, and fruit in pro
fusion, with foreign and native wines.
At length, when I felt that with tho
next mouthful I should groan aloud,
tho end wns reached. That unhappy
meal began at noon, and was brought
to a close nt 7 p. m.
To those who npprcointo tho pleas
ure of eating, let me recommend a
royal Korean dinner. No pen can du
scribo tho agonies I endured as I was
carried homo iu my green sedan-chair.
For dnys I scarcely nto a mouthful,
and to this day tho Bight of a puppy
pig is unbearable.
Wears on Aluminum Fur.
We have hnd people with glass
eyes, porcelain teeth and artificial
whiskers, nnd now along comes a man
with an aluminum ear. Ho is sixty
threo years of ago ond was admitted
into tho Queen's Hospital, nt Birming
ham, England, in April, 18!):), with
an epithelioma of the left auricle.
The greater part of tho diseased ear
was cut off by tho attending surgeon
Bnd a plnster-of-paris cast was taken
of tho left sido of his head. Than au
artificial car was built up in wax to
match tho healthy ono on the opposite
sido. The bogus ear was thon made in
vulcanito and aluminum, tinted and
enamelled to harmonize with the com
plexion. No nrtillciol contrivance,
such as a spectacle frame, was made
use of to support tho elumiuum ear,
and adhesion to the head was affectod
by means of a saturated solution of
niustic in absolute alcohoL
The man now can hoar as well as
ever, but he takes care to sleep on bis
right sido at night so as not to break
off his new ear. At tho same time he
has no fear of having it frost-bitten,
and be is probably the only man alive
who could even partly comply with
the request of Maro Antony: "Lend
mo your eors." New York World.
Why Red Looks Black at Dusk.
When the luminosity is gradually
reduced, the various colors in great
measure disappear, person with nor
mal vision passing through stage of
red-blindness, as the intensity is dimin
ished before he arrives at absolutely
monochomatio vision. Captain Abney
points out that the curious color of a
moonlight landscape is entirely ac
counted for by this fact While light
beooracs greenish-blue as it diminishes
in intensity, and the reds and yellows,
being reducod or absent, are not
reflected by surrrounding objects.
Honoc, moonlight is cold, whilo the
sunlight is warm, owing to their pres
ence. The loss of colors in flowers as
night draws on may be easily followed.
Thus orange-colored flowers may be
plainly distinguished, whilo a. scarlet
geranium appears black J green grass
will be gray when the oolor of yellow
flowers may yot be just visible. Lon
don Lancet.
An Impatient Couple,
A swarthy Italian and his wife came
into the Fitch: Hospital the othor af
ternoon and placed ten-months-old
baby, which was about as long as a
pine-apple, on the operating table.
The dootors examined it carefully and
not being able to find anything wrong
with it asked the parents what the
matter was.
"Oh, nothing," they answered,
"only it can't walk."
And the dootors laughed a hearty
laugh at the idea of expeoting a baby
to walk whon it is soaroely old enough
to cry. Buffalo (X. Y.) Courier.
The peace footing of the Russian
army oalls for the services of 170,003
horses.
IIATS AND PARASOLS
I3UOAD RFKF.CTS THIS SKASOVS
I' LA'l'l'RK IX MILL1NKKY. .
florae lints Are Stylish-Fashionable
Colors on Feminine Headgear
ilnty Sunshades Odd
fciUrts and Wulsts.
I J HE tendency in the milliner's
I rflortsthisncason is all toward
I broad effects and the trim
(i rnicg of nearly every style of
flat or linnnet leans tint way. The
tiny Dutch bonnets set so far back on
the head that they seem lost in front
are worn at teas and receptions and in
me evening for young maids and ma
trons, too, the nattv Nanoleon.
trimmed toward fhe back or front, as
fnncy dictates, is a favorite. The
large bats are stylish to a degree and
n model in black satin braid, had
short thick plumes falling on either
side, one resting on tho edge of the
brira toward the front. A band of
velvet with rhiucstone buckle and
bunch of violets at the bnck nnd un
derneath the brira a cluster of roses
completed the trimming. The demand
for made hats admits of considerable
originality iu the manipulation of the
straw braid and with the kind known
as patent leather exquisite jot effects
limy be obtained without the weight
of the real article. Black and white
nnd black nnd brown are frequently
fonnd combined, tho tint of the latter
used being Havana. Butter color
fancy straw is also fashionable, espe
cially for young girls' hats. Ribbons
and (lowers for the most part form the
adornment of the spring hat, the
Dresden and striped effects in the
latter being especially hnndsome,
while the flowers are the most perfect
imitations of nature's productions,
some of the makers going so far as to
imitate dying nature, and withered
leaves, and dyiug roses are among the
seasons novelties. A beautiful model
for a hat is of white lace and net, the
brim slightly projecting aid trimmod
with soft net and sprays of orohids,
nnd another is quite a flower toque,
velvet pausies being combined with
the lace. The bonnet pictured here
with is in marron fancy straw, trimmed
with roses, shaded from pink to green
A BONNET HUMMED WITH HOSES.
and natural foliage, plaited marron
ribbon and jet ornaments. The cen
ter in front forms a poiut, resting on
the hair. To be worn with or with
out strings.
These dainty millinery adornments
and their fair wearers must be shaded
from the sun's rays, and the parasols
are on par with the prevailing beauty
in the season's fashions. The sheer
chiffon is lace and aelf-ruflled in vari
ous styles, and the Dresden comes
severely plain and with a raffle or two
and bow on top. The shirred chiffons
in light tints are lovely, thejfllniy fab
ric being a favorite, and a model in
accordion pleated blaok chiffon won
many admiring comments at a reoent
exhibition, 1 or carriage use the muoh
trimmed ones are oarried, but the
styles for street are very handsome,
plain satin with insertion of heavy lace
Deing among tnem.
FOB STREET WEAR.
For street wear broeaded silk mo
hairs, berege poplin, Venetian oloth
and illuminated serges will be much
worn, withcrepons in exquisite weaves
of mohair and silk and all silk for call
ing and reception gowns. In the first
mentioned style a beautiful model was
seen in mohair of a gray shade, with
old rose figure and glints of green
through the weave; the skirt was ex
ceptionally full, tho godet plaits stand
ing out beautifully and large rosettes
ornamenting the side ; the bodice was
trimmed with a full collar of heavy
Bosnian embroidery and the full effeot
was obtained by loose straps of old
rose satis oaught at the neok with
rhiaeatone buttons; the plain high
collar of satin has loops well toward
the end. The sleeves were of mohair
with fnll puff to elbow.
These mohairs come in all varieties
of colorings and tints and in plain ef
fects. In the poplins brown and white
is fonnd beautifully combined and a
taking style shows the soft front of
the bodice of white mousseline do
soie, embroidered in buttonhole
stitch, and intended to be worn with
r without an Eton jacket. The oloth
gowns, whether tailor-made or trimmed
bodioe, are beautiful, the exquisite
texture of the fabrio showing to excel
lent advantago and . trimmed with
heavy crass linen embroidered in all
manner of styles or plain silk Tuscan
and ornamented with buttons of
rhinetrtones or out steel they are ex
tremely handsome.
ODD SK1BTS AND WAISTS.
As odd waiila r.n.l -'-.irU art the
10m I
feature of tho season new ideas in both
are constantly cropping up. This
style is now standard, and will con
tinue for ti me indefinite. The sum
mer promises to bo the biggest cotton
wnist season yet known. Now wo are
wearing them of lace or net over silk I
chiffon, gauze or crape over silk or
satin ; velvet, the soft finished liberty
satin, striped and figured changeable)
tafletas and a few plaids in velvet and
silk. All colors and combinations are
worninthis useful garment. Sloevesare
to the wrist or elbow and very lnrge.
IOtI.NO Oinb'S WAtST.
Fancy collars and ribbon bolts nre
worn. Guipure lnoe yokes and epau
let ruffles abound, nnd in many in
stances a tiny fur edging finishes tho
lace trimming. V elvot and chiffon are
combined with nny mnterinl. Jet and
ribbon nre commonly used trimmings.
Home of the combinations nre silk
wnist, velvet sleeves, narrow belt and
collar and yoke of lace Vandykes. An
other bns pink chiffon over pink silk,
with pink satin ribbon bretelles and
bows, as well as belt, ond a light green
collar. Mink edges the collar and
outlines the hretullesaud belt. Black
chiffon, net or gauze waicts are made
over colored silk and trimmed with
black satin ribbons and a colored vel
vet collar. The waists are full in ef
fect, though made over a boned lining.
Hix yards of silk are now allowed for
a waist and the same of chiffon.
TAILOR-MADE OOWNS.
Nothing looks so decidedly proper
as a tailor-inndu gown, either for
church or shopping. Now that dress
makers control tho gowns onoe mora
the tailor-made ones lire uo longer
lain and severe. Whipcords and
igbtweiirht cheviots ure tho very
thing for a shopping gown. For in
stance, a light mouse-gray whipcord,
made with a nkirt, a godet, not too
wido nor overstiffonad with horsehair,
lined throughout with a good quality
of silk and perfectly plain. Tne
lioilioe tits tight to the back, the
fronts aro open and rounding, with a
little basquiue all around.
mks. btanton's quef.b experience.
In spite of her eighty years, Eliza
beth Cady Stanton is halo and hearty
still, and appreciates a good story as
muoh as the youngest of her friends.
The other evening Bhe related an ex
perience that befell her while lectur
ing in a Western city. She had re
tired shortly before midnight, and was
ust falling asleep when she felt a cold
touch on her hand, nnd nt the same
time hoard a voice that sounded dis
tinct though faint saying : "Save me,
mother!
More curious than alarmed, Mrs.
Stanton rubbed her eyes, got up and
lighted the gas, and searched every
here through the room, finding ab
solutely nothing. Then, concluding
that it must have been an hallucina
tion, she went back to bed again. But
again the phenomenon irna repeatod,
with the anme icy tonoh and the same
voice, that soundod nearer now, and
repeated the singular words:
"save me, mother I
All through the night at intervals
this strange mauifeBtion was repeated,
ELIZABETH CADI BTAWTOtt.
and once it seemed to her that she was,
held in a atrong einbraoe, while the
voioe sonnded close in her ears.
The next morning she repeated to
the landlord the strange happenings of
the night, and learned to her amaze
nient that twenty-four boars before,
in the very same room a young man
bad died of delirium tremens, and all
through the hours of his agony he had
called out, sometimes with moans,
sometimes with shrieks:
"Save me, mother I" '
Now, if any one can explain this
ooourrenoe Mrs. Stanton will be glad
to hear from him, for she admits
frankly it is beyond her ooinprehen-
Plaoed end to end in a continuous
line the streets of Loudon would ex
tend from the Mausion Honse across
the entire continent of Europu and
beyond the Ural Mountains Into Asia.
FORT DELAWARE RAZED.
ONE OF THE OLD LANDMARKS,
Its Battlements Dismantled, Ita Walla
Destroyed for a Torpedo Station
One ot the old landmarks that for three-
quarters of a ceutury has greeted mariners
as they come up the Delaware ltlvnr. Is dis
appearing under the rapid work of s hundred
laborer Old Fort Delaware, whore toons-
suds ol rebel prisoners were con lined during
the Rebellion, will soon be a thing of mem
ory only. In a few months no part of the
uiu uriun ana stone structure wm remain.
Since IBM, Fort Delaware, foreboding and
dismal looking, hn stood on a low, marshy
Island midway between two states New
Jersey and Delaware. It wss built at an
enoimue espense to the Government
nearlyhalf a million dollars and lor all the
good It be ever done its presence conld
easily bare been dlsponsed with alto
gether. 1 lie Government .'caring that In times of
wnr, Philadelphia would be a vulnerable
point, eructed Fort Delaware nnd stationed
a Harrison there. For SHventv-flve years
utrlts trod Its ramparts, but 'in all that
time, not once did the fort's big guns spout
lorih t-bot or shell nt an enemy. Only tho
boom of the sunrise nud sunset gun awuken
ej Ibe echo-! In two slates.
Fort Iielnwarn's record as a war prison Is
one of death nud sorrow. Its grim walls,
could they hut spend would unfold a story of
many stout hums breaking many brave
men dying far from home nnd f rlend.
At one time In IH:l, lllteen hundred rebel
prisoners were cunllued within the tort. The
mortality among them wns terrible. Ilullt
upon n low, swampy lslund, whose vapors
were laden with mninrln germs, the deaths
nt one time numbered nearly one hundred In
a month. Ine prison pbysinlsns did evcry
thlun In tbelr power to shock the dh)cae,but
Without much success.
Thore was one other cnuse of many deaths
a disease horrilyiugto contemplute.Strong,
stout-hearted meu eutne to the prison from
the battle-Held nieu whose lives had been
spent In ronmiiijt through the mountains of
the Carolines they grew pale nnd haggard
umler restrnlni. Then they Isid down nnd
died victims of nostalgia, or broknu-beart-edness,
superinduced by home sickness.
Tuere wns a company ot men from Nor:h
Carolina's mountainous country, who had
- Inkon prisoners at the battle of the
Wilderness. I hey bad faced shot and shell
and lought bravely. They were all big,
Iiowerlul lellows, who truppe I and bunted
or a living when nt home. Coon skin cans
and enisle feathers covered nearly every bead
Less than a month's conflucmtut behind the
cheerless walls of Fort Delaware made these
llght-henrted. happy mountaineers sullen
nnd nrjrose. Many of tbeui broke dowu un
able to bear captivity and one by one they
died.
Where the old fort stands there will soon
be erected a torpedo station at a cost of
18U.00D. It will be constructed on the most
advance! Ideas and Is calculated to prove as
lurmiua'iie a narrier to an enemy ns f ort
Delaware would have been an easy mark.
Urund Army Journal.
THBOnANO AHMT IS OBOWIIfO,
The grim old flexton gathers a eood mnnv
of them In, and In time will Kather them all,
but from all present indications there will be
nulte an intermission before he officiates on
the Inst one. Just now the Urand Army is
getting ahead of him, and Is gathering the
old boys into Its ranks laster by far than
death is taking them out. There are still
thousands of worthy comrades outside ot the
ark, but tboy are coming to their sunses and
getting In before the flood. At tbe lost en
vampmentof E, D. Morgan I'ost, No. SU7,
three llrst-elnss men. all ot whom served
bouornbly tbelr tbree years' term, were mus
tered into tbe rnuks, and when asked why
tbey bad not Joined before stnted that they
did not know tbe objects of the order feared
there was some politics In it or that tbey
how n iui ui peusioa grauuers or snort term
men who bad seen little or no service, bul
that now they knew what It really was they
came to Ibe (root aud enrolled themselves.
There Is not au encampment of Laraett
Post but that Iroaa one to a dozen are mus
tered in, aud at the encampment of Hancock
rost on Tuesday another came In, nnd sis
more are ou the waiting list. Nearly all thai
John A. Dix I'ost has taken in during the
past two yean are men oi tnis stump, aud
this Is the general experience of many otbei
posts in tbls city and Brooklyn.
A great many are kept out by their avar.
slon to secret societies, but as tbe Craud
Array is not strictly to be looludej in this
category tbese objections nre being gradu
ally overcome. A Urand Army post repre
sents a camp, and, of course, no one can get
la or share its beueflts without tbe pass
word and countersign. It would be a queer
camp In any service that would allow nny
one to pass the guard at will. There must
be regulatlocs In tbe order as well as In tbs
field, tbls Is about Ibe whole ot tbe secrecy.
A good reoord or service, good character and
ad honorable discharge ara tbe requisites
for admission, and those not possessing them
can keep outside tbs breastworks or stay la
tbe Kusrd bouse.
The reason why so many ara still out It tbe
fault of tbe comrades themselves. They will
not trouble themselves to overcome tbe ob
jections advanced, and thus thousands ol
comrades are lost to tbe order. Tbe com
mander In cblet and the Department Com
mauder have Issued stirring orders on this
point which tbe comrades will do well to
Beed. There Is pleu y ot good material out
side the order yet. Nw York Press.
A lilt or Hcandal.
This la a bit of genuine acnndnl.
Everybody likes scandal. It Is always
inch a comfort to llutl one's self a little
bettor than onc'a neighbor. This bit of
tcniKlitl a true, too. There Is a young
man now living In Chlrago who used to
llvo In Washington. He wns engaged
to a UKhlngton girl, but rumors con
lernlug her reneheU him out In Chi
:ugo. They snlil, theso rumors, that
she hud gone out to supper after the
theater, and looking on the wine when
It was red, had become Just a little
boisterous.
Her Immaculate fiance came to
Washington. He did not say a word
to her of the rumors which had filled
bis soul with horror, but be took her
to the theater, and to supper after
ward.
The widow Clluuot wna the third
party nt the supper, and the girl, like
every other woman on earth, likes
champagne. Her sweetheart urged
her to drink, assuring her It would do
her no harm whatever. Bhe drank.
In fact, she conjugated the verb to
drink in more than one tense. She be
came unmistakably Intoxicated.
Then the gullant young man slipped
her engagement ling off, bundled her
Into a carriage and took her home.
She hasn't seen him since. Of course,
be couldn't think of marrying that sort
of a girl, you know.
It Is thiugs like that that keen one's
belief Iu the lunato chivalry of the
modern geutleman from dying. We
understand the man considers It a
tremendous Joke nnd you may bo able
to see whero tbs laugh cornea Iu, We
are not. ...
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
Important Measures Considered by Oar
Lawmakers.
TcrsnAt The Judiciary general committee
rt ibetteiiats to-day unanimously decided to
re ortnftlrmstlvoly the Penrose resolution to
Lexow Philadelphia, with the recommenda
tion Hint tbe senate pass It. There was no
discussion. Honntor Usborn of Philadelphia,
who bas been the principal opponent, said
be thought tbe Investigation was not a neces
sity. WirmtsDAT Tbe Penrose rosolutlon for a
Benste committee to "Letow" Philadelphia,
passed the Hen ate this morning with only one
dissenting vote. That was cost by David
Martin's lieutenant Henator Osborn. Even
Henator Porter voted In the affirmative. Tbe
resolution was reported from the Judiciary
General Committee by Henator Urady, with
tbe recommendation that It be adopted. The
question was was put by Lieut. Uov, Lyon,
and tbe resolution was adopted bv a viva
voce vote without debate. These bills pass
ed finally! llegulailng Ibe publication of all
legal notices and advertisements required by
law to be done by county ofllunrsi house bill
authorizing the board of public buildings
and grounds to sot aside a plot of ground Iu
the Capitol Park on which the Hixteeners As
sociation Is authorized to erect a monument
to the memory of F.i-doternor Curtln.
Tnt-Rsnsr. Tbe general revenue bill, pre
pared by tbe tax conference, was passed on
second reading In the house to-day. It will
Erobably go through the lower body, but It
said the senate will slaughter tbe measure.
The bill passed practically as It came from
the ways and means committee. Tbe t
mill tax on manufauturlng corporations, mu
tual Insurnnce companies, nnd building and
loan associations wns eliminated by the com
oilttee. Tbe grangers bad nothing par
ticular to any about this.
The light of the day was on the tax on
foreign building and loan associations. Tbe
bill provides that ibey be taxed nor cent.
Mr. Itlter of Philadelphia tried to hare this
reduced to t mills. He was defeated. Mr.
Page of Dauphin suggested a 1 per cent
rate, but his amendment was benten. Mr.
Moore of Chester thought he could strike the
happy medium by making tbe rate 8 mills.
His compromise was objected to and tbe sec
tion was passed in Its original shape.
NEWSY CLEANINGS.
Civil war Is browing In Nicaragua.
The fruit crop In Illinois will bo largo.
Texas crops aro suffering from a drouth.
Cholera has broken out at Mocoa, Arabia.
Commorclul ngoncic retort trade improve
ment. Erlo Canal boats will be towod by elec
tricity. There aro 1001 dlstlllerlns In the Cnllnl
States.
Tho Japanese fn Chlcngo gave a peace
banquet.
The CnltcJ States contain 11. 0(11 medical
St udvnts.
Two rich silver strlkos have boon madoat
Lead vl lie, Col.
Itnln fell nt Hennossy, Oklahoma, for the
And time siuce October,
It Is said that only somo 110,009 persons
have filed income returns.
The drenlwl yellow fever has appeared
among Hpunieh troops in Cuba.
Spain has declared that alio will treat the
Cuban revolutionists ns anarchists.
Itnln Is falling In tho northwestern part ol
Wisconsin, chocking tho forest fires.
New Orleans, La., will try to secure the
next Democratic National Convention.
A Nebraska former plowed up nn Iron
teakettle the other day containing taOOO In
gold.
Collector Oeorgo n. flail, Jr., of Buchanan
County, Missouri, Is short la his accounts
tls,400.
Henry Williams, of nillshoro, Texas,
killed his wife because she refused to get up
and make breakfast, and poisoned himself.
The setting aside of 60,000 acres of school
land by North Dakota, on the Yankton rea.
ervatlon, has caused a bitter feeling among
intending settlors.
Tho new mantel and Areolae for "The
Breakers," at Newport, II. I., Cornelius Van
derbilt's private residence. Is ot terra ootta.
seventeen feet high and oost 175,00.
The keener of the Trias Cotintv f Ken.
tucky) Poorhouso has secure.) a minister, at
his own expense, to preach to the Inmates ol
tbut institution, of which be has a ohargo,
every second Sunday.
In Texas the cotton weevil has survived the
Winter and will do great damoire. It will m.
duco the cotton ylold twenty-live por cent
this year. The Government has sent experts
to study tbe situation and Texas la urged to
take action as a State.
Tho great wheel at Earl eour. London.
Imitated from Chicago's great Ferris wheel,
is finished, with the exception of the wood
work. It Is said to be an Improvement and is
much larger than tbe Chiongo wheel and has
been sixteen months In building.
A large wholesale butcher, of New Tork
City, said that the consumption of beef ha!
aiien on ininy per cent, since tne reoent ad
vance In price. The advance was only tea
per cent, but would have been muoh more
hod the consumption remained the same.
World's Fair diplomas awarded to exhlbl.
tore whose exhibits were favorably men
tioned by the Judges are being prepared at
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and
win do sent out in anout sixty days, together
with the modals now beluu struck at the
Philadelphia Mint.
Papers have been filed In the United Rtatea
Court of the Western District of Wisconsin,
by the attorneys for the Sterling Il imedy
Company, of Chicago and New York, in a
suit for ustoppnl and lamages against an
Imitation of No-to-hae, the tobacco habit
cure. The action la brought against a con
cern called tbe Eureka Chemical Company,
Can a Plant Sec?
I wns tending somo of my morning-
glory vines that were growlug near a
fount upon which I had smull cords at
tached. All of the vines had climbed
up the rortls except one, or rather a
large branch from one of thein, which
bung out about fifteen Inches. It was
swaying around, and appeared to be
reaching for a slender pole that leaned
against the fence at least a foot away
from It I was busy some time la the
vleinity of this, and would occasionally
glance In tbe direction of it It seemed
to me that tbe vine saw the pole and
endeavored to catch hold of It with Ita
little booked band, for It sway! over
aa near as an inch from It, nnd I felt
sure that tbe little band meant to hold
on as soon as it got near enough. I
became so Interested that I sat down
quite near, Intending to watch It until
It succeeded, for I thought It jrould.
But I was called away to meet a visitor,
and when tt was released U was near
tea time, and In discharging tbe many
little obligations of tho hour 1 forgot
my vine. Tbe next morning 1 hurried
to look ot It,, and, euro enough, It bnd
caught hold of the pole aud wound It
self three times nrouud It. I think tbe
vlue saw the pole.
Miss Old "I would never get mar
ried If I had to ask tbe man." Miss
I'enrt "Maybe you wouldu't then."-
Philadelphia Inquirer. g