SHIRT WAISTS. . "A TIIISCJ OK IlKAUTY ASD A JOY 1'ORhVEH." lew anrl rrctty Forms of the Shirt Waist Sleeveless Kton Jackets Are ICIanorntely Decorated Now form or Bonnet. SHIRT WAtSTH, like Bnnqno's ghost, will not "down i" they are too much of a Joy forever, and may ho oasilv made a thing of bennty. In its newest and prettiest form, says the New York Re corder, it is made of swiveled ailk, which is well known to be a combina tion of silk and cotton, which goes through the laundry in a most satis factory manner. There is one partic ular shade which is very attractive, and may be described as raspberry, with tiny seed Inures all over its snr face in white. This is made np into a short waist with a box-plaited front and yoke back, full sleeves gathered Into stiffened cuffs, and is belted be neath the skirt. The colors of the shirt waists as they are displayed on the counters suggest an old-fnstiionod garden, with their marigold and primrose yellows, carnation pinks, pea-pod greens, lilao and cornflower bine. Then there is another shade, which our grandmoth rs knew as "buff." And what a treacherous color, too ; for a drop of tea or perspiration invariably results in a black spot, or discoloration, which nothing can remove. Cotton cheviot in nneven checks is again largely nsed for shirt waists, but is not as cool for midsummer as per cale or linen. A very cool and pretty waist is made of a Madras gingham in the true Creole plaid, oombining red and yellow. Jt is fastened np the front with bright gold buttons half the size of a penny, and hns gold studs in the cuffs. A certain Ootham belle has a set of buttons made of out-of-date gold dollars. SHIRT WAISTS AND SLEEVELESS ETON JACKETS. ' Sheer grass linen is, no doubt, the material for the ultra fashionable shirt waist ; sometimes it shows a centre box plait, with tiny tucks in clusters on each side, all edged with narrow Val enciennes, which may be either in white or tho fashionable suede tint, and then the lingerie collars and cuffs will be of white linen lawn hemstitched. These are never starched, but allowed to fall soft and limp. trThe Bhirt waist and Eton jacket ever seem to go hand in hand, as one appears to be so dependent upon the other, until the heated term comes to separate them. The Eton may match the skirt or not, at the wearer's taste may dictate, and in its present form it is made without a centre seam at the baok, very broad lapels and drooping sleeves. Frequently it is sleeveless, as the sketches in the doable column illus tration show, and elaborately decora ted with braid or braiding. Large or namental buttons, either Jin out steel, enamel or paste diamonds, are added to the fronts, generally two at eaoh side. These sleeveless Etons are be comingly worn over the pretty new waists of dimity. They are in the very daintiest of colorings and pat terns. ' The dimity waists are delightfully cool and pretty. They show mostly old fashioned patterns, such as tiny Eosies scattered about, and again have air lines of color, with tiny sprigs between. These waists are made gen erally with plaits in front and yoke at the baok, and when the coloring will admit, the waist is belted with bright scarlot, closing with silver buckle in Indian hand work. A NEW FORM OF BONNET. This bat is moulded on the idea of a Dutch peasant's head dress, the jet forming wing-like appendages starting 1TJM A DUTCH PEASANT'S HEAD-DRESS. from tho middle toward the side, where they meet a large and beautiful mauve orchid 2 a riou osprey of un- m usual sire stnnds erect over the fore head. The bonnet is of shot straw, green and black, like a beetle's wing, while a large wired lace bow, secured by a handsome diamond ornament, up roars on either side. A CTtABMt?(1 Cnltl'KED alpaca. This is a girl's frock in checked at paca with full bodice and square caps with plaited frill. The collar, cuffs and waistband are of ceriso velvet. ATM.' FROCK IH CHECKRD ALPACA. Wide strap of the same down the front, with large gold buttons. CMNKLKD MATKMAt.4. The number and variety of crinkled, waved and puckered-surfaced fabrics increase, reports the New York Led ger, like the flowers of spring. When they are not woven, they are machine crimped in such a bewildering, be- witching way that they capture the fancy at once, regardless of the fact that they Bre not worth a rap for dura bility, and will scarcely bear the pro cess of makin? np without becoming limp, bedraggled and actually good for nothing. It is one of the unfor tunate features of the high novelty trade that immediately an elegant fa brio is put on tho market, some imita tion is thrown out to catch and de ceive the public eve There are on the counters of some of the stores crinkled materials that absolutely mislead the unwary pur chaser. There are alternate puffs and plain stripes, deep-crinkled waves, and apparently close aud firm shir rings that are made entirely by pres sure between hot dies. The light touch that one is supposed to bestow upon suoh goods fails to warn the buyer of the utter worthlessness of it in the item of durability. Every one who desires to investigate crinkled things should take the material be tween the thumb and finger of eaoh hand and gently and firmly pull it. If it straightens out into perfectly smooth-surfaced material, its pos sibilities of wear are dearly apparent. Of course, if one merely wants fabrio for ornament this is immaterial, but it is almost always the case that the buyer wants to get what she pays for, and when she buys crinkled goods, it is soarcely comforting to disoover that a few hours' uie will entirely destroy its beauty. COMBINATIONS IN CAPES. Some of the new capes are made in very narrow seotions that continue np to the neck to form the collar, the entire length of the garment, collar and all, being in one pieoe. This is a pretty and becoming style if one can be satisfied to leave the oordings and pipings out of it. A cape of ruby vel vet reoently made to fill an order had heavy oordings of lemon-yellow be tween each section. Yellow is the ca price of the moment, and every wo man who can wear it thinks herself quite the mode for the time being. Yellow is a beautiful color properly used, but, like all fashionable fanoies, is liable to the greatest misuses, and women who are simply hideous in yellow cover themselves with it from head to feet. In all shades it prevails, from orange to cream. A speoial view of elegant oostumes reoently import ed showed yellow in some of its varia tions in nine-tenths of the garments, and in millinery it appears in almost every bit of headgear ou exhibition, SUMMER CREPONS. The cotton goods likely to be in most demand for oostumes and dresses are cephyr crepons, generally some sort of striped patterns; plaid and checkered zephyrs, batiste, printed and woven, in trou trouj plumetis with plaid and other figured grounds and colored and figured pique reps. Among the last, stripes of two colors and little brocaded dottings on palo tinted grounds will bs the favorites. ron farm am ainF.x. DRAWBACKS TO THS CIIEESR ISDtTHTST. One of the most serious drawbacks to tho cheess industry I the vast amount of cheese mado which has boon robbed of a part of its cream. Tho consumer buys a small piocc, but its poor quality is against it, it is not enten, goes t waste, and the house wife of economical tendencies doos not buy again for mouths. If only good cheese, from whole milk, were mado, the consumption would steadily increase. Hat tho market has been so badly demoralized by the makers of poor cheese, that it will tako years to recover its tone, even when poor cheeses are no longer sold American Agriculturist. CULTIVATE TUB OIirnn OROUND. Tho most successful fruit growers cultivate tho ground under the orch ards. But wheu thny wish to check tho too-luxuriant product of wood and leaf they sow tho land with clover, to tako up somo of tho surplus fertility of tho soil, and thus greatly iticreusa tho yield and quality of tho fruit. And this cultivation of the laud un der the trees iia precisely the same effect as the working of the land undor a corn crop. Nature's method with every kind of plant is to grow a great variety together, tho strongest getting ahead of tho weakest onus, but only making a poor growth at tho best ; and if we should follow nature's method of supporting the aboriginal man, as much a weed among auimals as the weeds of the forest are among the trees. New York Times. ASHES FOn HOOS. A subscriber writes: If tho ground upon which hogs are fed is clay or contains sott rock, which tho hogs cat, will it hinder them from growing or fattening? I fed a bunch of hogs upon a clay hillside, which contained soft rock, and I noticod them rooting into tho ground and eatiug the rock quite often. Thoy did not grow or fatten as they should, but seemed very healthy. Was told hogs would not do well on such soil. If our correspondent had supplied his hogi with ushes or something of that nature ho would have found that they would l avo futtoued more than thoy did, and would not havo eaten so much of tho soft rock ho describes. Hogs havo a craving for material of this kind, and it should be catered to by seeing that they always havo access to hardwood ashes. When thoy ore being fattened on corn this is espec ially advisable. At tho Wisconsin Experiment station thoy found that tho effect of feeding such material as hardwood ashes ami bono meal to hogs recoiving a corn ration, resulted in a saving of twenty- eight per cent of the com required to produce 100 pouuds gain. The ashes soem to act as a corrective in some way and facilitates digestion. Hogs will be noticed frequently muuchiug decayed brick, soft stone and other like material, especially if thoy havo not been given ashes. In the three experiments rotor red to, in feeding ashes, it took 487 pouuds of comment to produce 100 pouuds of gain, whon bone meal was fod, and 029 pounds whon these were withhold from the ra tion and oorn fod alone. Tho strength of tho bones of tho hogs was more than doubled by feeding bone meal, a fact whioh has an important bearing on the common trouble expertoned by fattening hogs losing the use of their legs owing to weakness. Farm, Field and Fireside. n ARNE3H HOUSES. Tho breeding interests of tho coun try demand tho moat careful consider ation at tho present time those cu gagod in it. Speed alone should not bo our aim in brooding horses, says a correspondent of tho Iowa Turf. You may chooso the best speed-producing sire in tho country, and you will roul ize that not over SO per ceut of his colts, at the outside, with tho best of haudliug, will trot iu 2.30 or bettor. Admitting this to be a fact, thou, what aro you going to do with the other fifty that cannot trot? The country today is overstocked with a class of horses that are not even good enough to make livery horses. How many of you can go out and within a month pick np a carload of horses that, besides being woll-brod, stand sixteen hands, will weigh 1,100 or 1,200 pounds, are sound in wind or limb, having good foot aud logs, that are good colors, with stylish carriage of head and tail, and that can pull a road wagon or buggy at a 2.50 clip? If you do get them you will find that you have paid their owuers a good round price for them, notwith standing tho fact that horses are cheap. I Breed, if vou will, two siroi that pro duct) spond, ns speed is ft very desir able quality, but before brooding to certain horse, see that you have a mare that is equally woll bred, if pos sible and one that is stylish, sound aud a good individual j then look for the same qualities in the stallion, and tho progeny will make an animal which, if it does not mako a record breaker, will mako one that you can sell at a good figure for road purposes. Un soundness cither in sire or dam is cer tainly objectionable, and in many cases hereditary, but this fact has in tho past, by many brooders, boon en tirely overlooked. Soundness is al ways considered very essential by brooders of othar kinds of animals. THE flOMK GARDEN. In buying flower seeds chooso tho best variety. They cost more than the inferior sorts, but the results givou nrj so much bettor than the extra money expended is scarcely worth considering. Tho following list con tains a few of the most useful of an nuals that are easy to grow, aud not only invaluable for ornamentation, but likewise for cutting purposes. To huve a succession of good cut blooms for decorative work iu the house is a very important matter to the lover of flowers. The accompanying list would supply flowers admirably adapted for cutting purposes from June to frost. I givo the best varieties of each to grow: Asters Comet, Perfection, Victoria, Dwarf Chrysanthemum flowered and Mignon. Stocks Cut and Coma Again and Giant Ten weeks, l'oppies Iceland, Shirley and White Swan. Larkspur Dwarf Rocket aud Emperor. Dianthus Crown of Per fection and Hoddowogli. Chrysan themum Uoronnrium 11. pi. Calliop sis Coronata and Tom Thumb. Candytuft Empress. Calendula Meteor and Orange King, Cosmos- Giant. Nicotina Docnrrous, Lob elia Gracilis, if intended for baskets and voranda boxes. Petunias Giants of California and Fringed White. Migonetto Machct and Crimson Queen. Swcot Alyssum, Ereuch and African marigold, mixed ccnblosn, verbenas, ziuuins, pniox imtmondi, salvia spleudcns, singlo dahlias, Mar guerito carnations and swcot peas. Lobb's nasturtiums have brighter Mowers than tho mora common vari ety. Driuca Bismarck is a good vase trailer. The needs can bo sown in tho hoiiso in late March, thus securing sturdy littlo plants to set out iu spring. Tho most important point in con nection with successful seed sowing is to firm the seed well into tho ground. After sowing givo a copious watering through a fine hose. Shade the seed from tho sun by moans of a paper or sphagnum moss; germination takes placo sooner thus than whon it is ex posed to a strong light. Always be caroful to romovo the Bhade immedi ately the plants have come up, other wise they will become drawn and lia ble to damp off. Keep tho surface moist during germination. After tho seod has germinated, and the seed loaves have boon woll made they should bo given all the light possible and plenty of ventilation on bright days to insure stocky, healthy plants. Now York Journal. FARM AND OARDEN NOTES, Try kerosene emulsion on the cab bage worms. The digging of potatoes is tho hard est and most tiresome work iu raising that valuable crop. Seo to it that tho littlo chicks do not got damp and chillod. No chicken sound is more dismil than the choer less peep of a chick doomed to dio from cold aud damp. Professor Henry says in Farmer's Home: "For the market prico or cost of production iu the groat wost, In dian corn is beyond all comparison tho cheapest single food article for hOH." One of the most importaut things to ensure a successful crop is to have tho laud woll prepared, so that the af ter cultivation aud weeding may be done by the lutost and most approved methods. Cover the henhouse floor' with fine straw or chaff and make the bona scratch iu it for their grain. The exorcise will prevent an over abun duuoo of fat, stimulate egg laying, prevent egg eatiug and feather spull ing. There are fow that cannot make it profitable to raise fowls for sale or for home use ; and every one should havo enough pride to demand good stock, aud refuse to handle any other. It costs but littlo to get a start of fine fowls, and tho pleasure of looking at mem is worth something, while a flock f badly kept mongrels is aa offouse the eye. FOR THE OLD SOLDIER. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Boms Advice to Comrades Who Think I of Emigrating. Permit tn a few words to a host of Inquir ers Id mlatlon to coming to Hawaii. Don't oomo at present uuless you havo a very small family and can land In Hllo via sailing vessel direct trom Ban Francisco, with not less than tl,000 cosh In band, prepared to go Into the eolTee business. Cost, cabin fair, by sail, from Hnn Frau ;lsoo to Olio, 41. Landonn bs purchased or leased ol Government nn easy terms, and after three yean one can have a good Income from 10 acres ol coffoe. Good Japanese labor, tor cleaning the land, can be got tor tIS per month. Harden trunk ot all descriptions can be raised on which to live until cn flee comes Into market, and eggs and poultry always bring a ready sals and good prices 60 vents per dozen lor eggs and a dollar each lor chickens. Buy your Iiirnllure In Han Frnuolscot also everything you need for housekeeping. Lots of rain In Hawaii In coffee lauds, some years ('VI) 11 (ot. Hoard can be had from ill) iipi rent, from I5 up. Climate, In Honolulu, Ilka a perfect June day Iu Michigan, only not so warm. Change In temperature, never more tbsn 10 degrees during 24 hours say from GO degrees In the morning to 71 degrees at noon. Plenty of cool wind. There are a great many whits men out of work, not to mention other nationalities. I cannot, un der any circumstances, furnish canceled Hawalln stamps, a full sot ot Ibe lust Issue costs f 18. W. L. Katox, Adjutant, Geo. W, tie Loug Post, 43, Honolulu, Hawalln Islands. LANDS TO BS OPKXID. Under the various nets ot Congross there are about 75 abandoned Military Itetervntlons throughout the United States, aggregating hundreds ot thousands ot acres of land. Among those containing ovor 60.000 acres that have been surveyed and ready for nn pralsment are Fort Thomas and Verde, Arir.onn; Fort Dodge, Kansas; liols Blano Island, Michigan: Fort Maglnnls, Montann; Camp Sheridan, Nebraska; Forts Craig and Cutnmings, New Mexico; Fort Abraham Lin coln, North Dakota; Fort McDermott, Oregon aud Nevada; Forts Cameron, Crittenden and Hush Lake, Utah, aud Forts Woe and ilrldger, Wyoming. During this month four Army and two Naval olllcers will be placed on tho Itetired List, having reached the age limit. The llrst to retire will be Drlg.-Gen. Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, who completes his active service on the lOtb Inst. His retirement will create an Important vacancy, which will be II lied by the President, Col. Cragbill, of Ibe Engineet Corps, Is said to be slated for tho place. The 3d Inf. will lose two officers MaJ. Frederick M. Craudal, on the Uth, and Col. Edwin C Mason, on the 31st. These vacanoles will be filled by promotion!, as will that of Col. Judson D. lilngham, Quarter master's Department, who completed bis ac tive service on the 10th. Tbs navy lost Commodore E. E. Porter on the 9th, and Medical Director It. C. Deaa on the J7tb Their retirement will cause a number of. promotions, LOf 1SVII.LB HAW. Naval veterans nre arranglug to do their part In making the next national encamp ment at Louisville a snceess. Admiral Frau ds 11. Allou, commanding the National as sociation, who has just visited Louisville nnd looked over tho ground, reports in bis last general orders that he met Ibe chalruieu ol the various citizens' committees having to do with the encampmeut, and was courteously received and hospitably entertained. He was assured that ample provisloa would be made for the blue Jackets. A large hall, capable of seating 2.0 J0. is to be placed at their dis posal lor a "Dog Watch" on Monday night, Heptemler 9. One of the court rooms will be designated for the convention nnd decorated t gladden the heart of the nnval veteran. Hhould the usual low stage of water prevails In the Ohio river two or three of the large and commodious passenger packets of the mail Hue will be moored to ibe levee for their exclusive use. Uraud Army Jour nal. A UKttOHML nol.L CALL. Tha National Tribune Is now engAged In a work of phenomeual Interest and value. It Is correcting Its roster of the surviving vet erans of tha war lor the Union, with their regiments rank, nnd present addresses. It Is trying to do this through the medium ot the O. A. It, and baa solicited the assistance of the Adjutants of each Post. This work is of the highest Importance In many ways. Every Adjutant will understand this, aud make an effort to help us by giving us at bis earliest opportunity as correct a list ak possible of all the comrades of bis post. It will be a grand thing to have In the office of the National Tribune, at the Capital of tba Nation, a com plete record of all the men who fought for the Nation, with complete Information as to their present whereabouts. NO NATIONAL STRIKE. Miners Deem it Unwise to Suspend at This Tims. The National miners' oonventlon,at Colum bus, with 0Q delegates trom Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, met Wednesday, President Penns Iu the chair and Patrick McBryde secretary. President l'enua made a speech revlewlug the situation sinae last Juue. The conven tion, by a vote of ll):i to 30, adopted the fol lowing report by tha committee on resolu tions: "Whereas, We now recognize the fact that CO cents per tou is- the price established Iu the Pittsburg Held, nnd wttb the number ot mua now working it would be impossible at this lime to aguiu gel liieiu to suspend; and, "Whereas, We also recognixe tba (act that the miners of ludisun, both block and bitum inous, have agreed by contract to work the bituuiiuous miner until Juiy 15, ISM, and tbe block aud coal uiiuero to May 1, llW; aud, ' Whereas, Wo believe tha position of Ill inois, the uurthern part of wuiclt is under con l rue t for one year, and a oouslderuble pact of West Virginia, is such that they oould not, or would nut, suspend at ttila Urn, even If called upon to do so by Ibis oouveoiloo, therefore, be rt "Unsolved, That wa deem It unwise Ibat an Interstate suspeuslou 1m ordored at tbu UuV Living Pictures :n Church. Rev Jobn Morrow, of Pittsburg, Pk harl eaiauuanea in umaua, a son oi cnuren, or gospel olau, whoso methods of worship, said to be In some of its aspects Immodest, i tha subject of public comment. Hev. Charles W. Bavldge. pastor ol tbe People's Cburcb. baa written a letter to tba " World-Hera. (1" aboil It. Morrow visits Ouiabo frequently. During ooe of these visits sums mouths ago bo vstaU llsbed this cburcb. It Is bis elaiut that tbs Bible advocates this doctrine in several places, especially iu St. John, where It sa)S Christ cast oft bis garments when at wor ship. Tba olass be baa established Her is small yet, but is oompos-d ol men, womeu aud children. Morrow teaches that those who are really saved are not seusiule to lust or passion at worship, aud that they simply obey tbe custom ol tua blbla. Tbs exposure will oraata a big sausatloa. Lewis Hall, ot Uarsballlowa. Ia.. killed I his wits ia mistake for a burglar. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Important Meaaoraa Considered fcf Oaf Lawmakers. FnttiAV For a second time nas an attempt to npportlou the stnte been defeated by this house. This afternoon the Quay Itepubllcans, solely by the aid of twenty Democrats, wora were ame to call np and kill the congress ional, senatorial snd legislative apportion tlonmcnt bills. The new combine put up a game fight, and had not Its enemy made an alliance with the minority party, Henator Quay would have been whipped. Tbs only way (or (lovernor Hastings to get an appor tionment Is to call an extra session ot the legislature. The appollata oourt bill passed finally tonight In the house by a vote ol 110 to 80. Mr. Merrick, the leading orlcala of tha fnrmera, made a atrong right against tbe maasure, but was beaten at every turn. Hs precipitated a long debate by amotion to go into uommlttoe ol the whole to amend the bill by filing the salary of the Judges at 45,000 a year instead ol 7,500. Tha discus sion was suddenly brought to a close by Mr. I.lttley ol Philadelphia, moving the previous question. This was agreed to, after which tha vote was taken on the question of going Into committee of tbe whole. The motloo Was defeated and then tha bill passed Anally PROMINENT PEOPLE. The Bliah of Persia will not remain at table on which salmon or lobster la placed, non. Jerry Simpson, the Kansas Populist, saved Dftoen thousand dollars while In Con. grcas. The golden Jubilee of Archbishop Will lams, of Boston, was celebrated there In a magnificent manner. "Mark Twain" Is said to have lost the greater part of his fortune la Injudicious business Investments. Lord Roelery's physicians think vary weak he remains Prime Minister of England takes a year off his life. Gladstone has written a letter commending the movement for a reunion ot ths Scottish and other Presbyterian churches. Private Secretary Thurber is said to be one of the cleverest narrators of dialect stories aver known In Washington. The Mikado has Instituted nn "Imperial Order of the Rite," to be a sort ot Japanese equivalent of the British Victoria Cross. Mayor 8trong, of New York City, has or dered that the American flag shall float over the City Hall whenever be is in tbe building. The Marquis of Londonderry, with the view of encouraging bis tenantry, lias decided to establish an agricultural show for their special Deneflt. The Parkhnrst memorial subscription, opened in New York City to commemorate the reformer's success, was closed, the total being (28,959.57. Dr. von Btephan, the'genlal and clever head of the German postal service, has Just celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary a Fostmaster-Qenaral. , T. B. Aldrioh, the poet and writer, Is an alert, active man of fifty. He Is always fash ionably draased and . wears his mustache waxed In French fashion. Admiral Meado, whose name was con nected with an interview criticising the Ad ministration's foreiga policy, is a first cousin ot General George Meade, the hero of Oettya- i- As soon as it was announced that Ilenry George had been named in the will oi a wealthy English manufacturer ho was be sieged by callers asking aid and by begging letters.' s"TJ General Grant's grandson, Algernon Sar torls, Is a youth nearly six feet tall and fair of complexion. Ho was born In England, but Is said to prefer his mother's country to his native land. Miss Itose Cleveland, slstor of the Presi dent. Is gray-haired and bus a pleasant fnen. Bhe is rather stout, but her taste In dress Is excellent and she is invariably attired accord ing to the latest fashions. Benstor Mnnderson, of Nebraska, has a fins collection of Indian relies at his homo In Omaha, and one thnt time will render each year of Increasing value, for our Indians and their wayr will soon be things of a past gen eration. Senator Vest, of Missouri, Is an anctlon fiend. Ha attends all the rug sales, art sales and auctions of fine brac-a-brac, and often picks up some article of vertu. His taste and Judgment in such things is said to be Infallible. James Whltcomh Riley writes very slowly and with painstaking enre. "Hill" Nye, his old associate and friend, says that he dim his pencil into the paper so hard that the several sheets below form manifold copies ot the original. Oeneral William Mahone seems to have be come a permanent member of the Southern colony in Washington. His political pres tige Is only a memory, and he is not the rich man he was a few years ago. Rut be dresses as neatly as ever, keeps up his spirits and tella entertaining stories at his favorite hotel. Probably no master mariner has saved so many lives as Captain Hans Doxrud, tbs commander of tbe Red Htar steamship Switzerland, trading between Philadelphia and Antwerp. He has saved the lives ot eighty-three persons, who were rescued from nine sinking vessels. Four gold medals have been awarded him. I Major Heros von Doroke. who died re cently in Derlin,waa one of the most trusted members of the staff of Oeneral J. E. B. Stuart, tbe Confederate cavalry leader. Von Ilorcke was a giant in stature, and his cav alry sword, wbloh he presented to tbe State of Virginia at tbe close ot the war, is an im mense weapon which the ordinary man caa handle only with difficulty. Newsy Gleanings. Hew York State has now thirty-seven cities. The Cherokee Indians may movo to Jlexioo. England is watching America's silver con test. French troops In Madagascar are suffering from fever, California summer-resort tourists ar being held up by bandits. The Chicago Woman's Club bos decided to admit colored women. The Rothschilds are reported to bs buying gold direct from the mines. Chile and Bolivia bava concluded an of fensive and defensive alliance. In Brooklyn, N. Y., tha trolley record is 109 killed and more than 500 maimed. The silver convention. In session In Salt lake, Utah, formed the BimeUllio Union. The strawberry crop of Houthnro Illinois is probably one-third blasted by tha late frosts. The first colored Catholla church In the South has been dedicated at New Orleans, La. Considerable damaga has been done to wheat in Indiana and Illinois by tha Hassian fly. Tha receipts from th new Baltic Canal are figured at nearly l,00:i,000 annually, half profit. A committee of the British House ot Com mons reported against the right ot Peers to sit In that body. United States Secret Service officers have discovered an extensive fur-smuggling con spiracy in Canada. Nina on a Rift. A private shipping firm of Han Fraaclsct raoeivad a telegram from Guatemala that ths steamer Barracouta, which has bma cruising about tha seen of tba Collraa wreck ii search of survivors, has nicked up a rait Witt nine passengers from Coll ma, Tatars among tbs number. Eii ward Edwards and Willis Baxter mis took aacb other Iu tba dark, at Monroe, La., for a man they were trying to arraat, and shot each othar. Edwards is dead and Bax ter will die.
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