I'mlcT the- new Kentucky contstitti- J tioti women lire eligible for jury nervine. Tho authorities of Boston Univer sity linvo decided that the students limit either givo np tlio nso of tobneco or lenve the institution. "Every ten days of fog in London," says a medical weekly published there "is calculated to enst '2.",000 people on be ils of sickness and kilt 2,501)." They say that tho Italian thistle, about which there linn been so much talk, dies out of itself whim the con stituents of tho noil in which it flour ishes are exhausted. In the Dakota, whore H few years ago it was nn alarm ing nuisance, it hns very nearly disap pel. red. Thn statistical summary of vessel totally lost, condemned, etc., pub lished by Lloyd Register, kIiows that during 1894 the gross reduction in the effective mercantile marina tf tho world amounted to 1,151 vessels, of 708,971 tons, excluding all vessels of lens than 100 tons. The telegraph editor of the Atchi son (Kan.), Globe is no used to writ ing telegrams that end up w ith "Trou ble is expected," that ho recently made thin addition to a marriage no tice which passed through his hands, and the mistake wasn't noticed until the form was locked up. The curious fact is reported in the Now York Times that a large section of Burgundy, lien given up grape cul ture altogether and gone in for hops Instead. It is true that the phylloxera, which wrought special mischief in parts, is now pretty well under con trol, but the Biirgundinns hnvu de cided that it is not worth the troublo and expense of replanting with Cali fornian stocks, especially ns Trance is becoming yearly n greater beer eon Humer, and so tho uprooted vines by wholesale are planted with hops in their place. a The Chicago Times-Herald ob serves: Hack ville-West, who says that a New- York museum malinger offered him $2,000 a week to exhibit himself after he wrote, the Mure hi son letter, is quite unconscious of the humor of his publishing tho proposal with the utmost gravity, but England's ex-Minister to tho United Mutates is entitled to the distinction of being the first Englisnniau who declined to tiike American money when he could get it. However poor n diplomat his rank as a freak is above dispute, lie should havo gone into tlio museum. Child-life insurance was condemned in a clause of a late presentment of tho grand jury of tho district of Mont real, Canada, and n recommendation attached thut it be mado illegal. It has been introduced from tho United States into tho Dominion, and has grown to large dimensions. The Montreal Witness claims that its re sults have been unfortunate and sup poses that tho business was suggested by the old burial clubs in vogue for many years among the poorer classes iu the great European cities. These not infrequently led to tho murder of their children by parents who were anxious for the small insurance foe. The New York Observer says: Thero ore nt least three largo companies in the Uuited States which have made great profits out of child life insur ance, but we have yet to learn that tho practice lias been attended with evil results. Perhaps tho worst feat ure of the case is the high rates charged by these companies, ulthough there are other features that might well evoke criticism. It takes down our pride to call to mind that there are lost arts that no inventive genius of the Nineteenth century has been' able to recover, admits Farm und Field and Fireside. One of these is that of tempering steel so as to produce agaiu the famous Damascus blade; another has beou the art of welding ooppor to iron or steel. But it is uow claimed that three teel workers in Pittsburg have lately discovered the lost art They show several samples of the metal uiooly welded. Tho last record history gives of these metals having been welded was in Konndaviu, 500 B. C. The value of the discovory conies iu the fact that copper offers greater resistance to the notion of salt water than any other metal. The Carnogie Company lias offered the meu a fixed price for the secret A shop has beea fitted up for the meu at the Homestead pluut, where the men propose to weld a plate of copper to an ingot of nickel stool armor plate. The Carnegie Company hopes to be able to cover all armor platen for the big battleship with copper. The Humble tiro. Three rows diverging, wend their sevoiol ways. Along the first Tho glad notes burst In splendor through the long bright days. The pathway's name Is Fame. Along thi second splendid caKtlet rise Before the wondering eyes. Wealth In this pathway lies. Along the third are common flowers, And ben hum through nucha 'glng hours. Vol closnr cn the flowers have tho fairest liu, The skfes above are brightest bluo. This the way Cnllcl Every dny." II. 11. HHKI.TOM In Hwton Budget. A STRANGE WARNING. Mr. (irosvenor hml asked Howard, who was the son of nn old friend, and myself, to stay at Cnllinghain for a few weeks and pursue our literary nvo ration, in which we collaborated. Ho made no favor of it. "Only too glud, to see yon," ho said. "Wo are very lonely, and there is littlo to do; no birds iu tho covers, for I can't nfford a giimo keeper, but if you wnn't to work, tho place is quiet enough. I shall not be at homo for a day or two, as I am going to town, and Rhall pick out my daughter from a friend's honsn on my way back, but William knows tho place, and can show you nil thorn is to see." Howard conducted me to my bed room the first night. "I say," ho said, "there is a curl, ous point about your room of course you don't know the ruurbliugold placo yet you can walk around your bed room. " "Of course I ran, you crock," I returned. "1 can walk nrouud any room. " "Ah, but I m "nn on tho outside. Yon see, this room is iu the middle of the house, between four intersecting corridors, so that you can walk .right around the four walls." Thero win nothing else remarkable about my room. It was comfortably furnished. Against tho wall opposito my bed, ami nearly under tho sky light, stood a large sola, which seemed an unusual pice.) of furniture for a bedroom. It was too big to go through the dour, and I was inclined to thiuk that it must have been lowered into the room by a derrick beforo the roof wns put on. I turned into bad, but found it im possible to sleep. A strange bud al ways menus several wakeful hours to me, and I luy with my eyes closed, listening to tho odd stable clock as it savagely clanged out its quarters, aud practised every effort of mechanical repetition that seemed likely tosootho my restless brain. At leugth I gave up tho attempt to sloop in despair and lay on my back wide awake. I began to pieturo to myself tho most horriblo phantoms I could im agine, to see if I could make myself nervous or frightened. I thought of figures with rolling eyes aud gibber ing lips, phantoms that carried their heads under their arms, shadowy, formless objects of mist, but all to no purpose. My ghosts were feeble frauds; I could not invest thorn with the nameless dread, and I laughed at them. I must have fallen asleep as I was thus meditating, for when I next awoke the moon was high in the heavens and shone brightly through tho skylight into my room. My eyes at ouoe fell on the faco of a beautiful young woman who was arranging her hair at a mirror that stood on a tablo which seemed to me to have not been in tho room when I retired. I was about to utter au exclninatiou when a look of torror came into her face, a terror so intense as to freeze mo into unspeakable silence. Khu seemed to bo listening to a noise without. Iu tho next strained moment the figure vanished. As I was turning over to sleep again I hoard a light footstep iu the corridor at the head of my bod. It passed along the wall aud was followed by a heavier yut a stealthy tread. By this time my faculties were fully aroused, aud sitting up I listened iu teutly. Suddenly the first footsteps broke into a rapid pattering as though in flight, aud the pursuer's heavier tread wa correspondingly acceler ated. Twice they sped around my chambor, and as they passed along the corridor nearest to my bed I thought that I could ljoar thoir pant ing breaths. At the third round my bedroom door flow opeu, and the young lady J bad seou before dashod iu aud dropped exhausted upon the sofa. She was followed by man dressed in blaok, who carried a murderous-looking knife in his hand. She looked at him imploringly as he stood over her for a instant, but spoke never a word. In that moment of timo I could see their faces with great clearness in the moonlight, and have never forgotten them. The girt was fair, with long hair streaming down her shoulders, and her lovely face was contracted with mortal terror. Tho man was of medium height, with ft low forehead, a dark mustache and an expression that reminded me grotesquely enough of tho trademark upon the "Demon" tennis rackets. I wns summoning up courage to spring out of bed when the man raised the hand that grasped tho knifo. I saw tho weapon uplifted above his head. I saw tho girl throw tip her hands Is despair, and then a thick cloud passed over the moon and placed my chamber in total darkness. The next point in my memory fol lowing that awful scene wns a loud hammering npon my door and Wil liam Howard's cheerful voice de manding to know if I iutended to sleep nil day. It was 0 o'clock upon a clear October morning, and my bod room looked as commonplace in tho daylight as though it had been situat ed in a London hotel. I must con fess that I examined the sofa, but found no traces of distil rbnnce.and I dressed feeling ashamed of myself for being frightened at an ordinary night mare. A trashy ghost story of How ard's, n walk arouud the corner by candle light and an uncomfortable bed were materials enough to furnish twenty similar dreams, and I weDt down to breakfast resolved to say nothing of my experience. During the morning we attempted to work nt our novel, but Howard was fidgety and restless, with tho result that wo accomplished very little. After lunch wo ordered a trap from the vilhtgo inn to fetch Mr. (irosven or's luggage from tlio station aud went there to meet the train. Mr. (irosvenor wns too poor to keep n carriage, hi income being lim ited to the revenue from one or two farms and his large garden. The sta tion, however, was but half a mile dis tant, mid the day being fine woshould have preferred to walk, oven had wo been able to lido. The train ciiine in, and Mr. (irosven or shook bauds with us and introduced mo to his daughter. Upon looking her in tho face, I was astonished to see tho exact counterpart of tho dream girl who had rushed into my bed room. Miss GroHvciior, who was very pret ty and vivacious, rallied me during the evening upon my low spirits. I wns wondering if there has been anything more thnu coincidence iu my vision, to which her appearance had given a strong air of reality. At all event tho murderer did not seem to hnve n place in this littlo drama, and I deter mined for the present to hold my tongue. Of our stny I need say nothing ex cept that Howard full deeply in love with our host's daughter, but feared to speak. "Too poor," he said, hopelessly, "(irosvenor will want a son-in-law able to lift tho old hoiiso up a bit" Two years later I came homo on leave from India, iu which country I had obtained au importaut post, and remained for a few days in town to replenish my wardrobe before paying a few rounds of visits. As I was walking down Piocadilly oho morning I felt n slap on my shoul der, aud turning found myself face to face with Howard. "How go things with you?" I said after mutual greetings had been ex changed. Have you married Miss Orosvouor yet?" "No," ho replied; "I have had no luck whatever in that quarter. Hlie is now eugaged to French Johnny. Her father is pretty well off now. The railway was extended through Ins laud and he made shekels over the trans action. They are staying in town at pruseut. You had better call." "Will you come with mo?" No thanks. I don't look well as the rejected suitor. But hero is thoir address and mine." I culled upon Orosveuor ill due course aud was introduced to' his daughter's fiance, one Mr. Dubois. His face seemed familiar to me, aud after some moments' thought it burst upon me that he was tho dream mur derer of two years before. There was not a doubt about it, and I could have sworn to him in the witness-box. He wag n man of wealth, had lived many yean iu Englaud aud was thought to be an exoelleut match. Hewai by no means young, but had a polished and agreeable manner, with a very rapid and sharp mode of speaking, whioh was not, I thought, wholly due to his French nationality. Though I attempted to dismiss my prejndiee, be gave me the impression that there was something underhand nbout hi in. He also seemed to think himself suspected, for I caught him watching me furtively ns I wns talking to Mr. (Irosvenor. I walked homo in great perplexity. Here was my dream exactly ropro ducod, and 1 had no possible doubt as to the identity of tho persons con cerned. Yet I could not tell Mr. (Irosvenor the story will out incurring his ridicnlo if not his auger, and prob ably getting into bad odor with his future son-in-law, though for that con tingency I cared very little. At length I resolved to impart the whole matter to Howard. Ho had found permmeut employment in Lon don, and could remain on tlio watch, whereas I wns obliged to return to In dia iu a few weeks, Tho nmrringo wns not to tiike place for nt lenst Bix mouths. This would give him time to examine Dubois' antecedents. Howard wns much surprised nt iny story, and declared that he thought Dubois to be a scoundrel from the first.' This wns likely enough in a re jected suitor, but at the same time his instincts corresponded with mine, and at his earnest request I determined to tell the whole to Mr. (Irosvenor. Howard undertook to keep strict watch ou Dubois' movements aud to let me henr of any new developments the case might present. The next day I culled uppn Mr. (Irosvenor, and requesting a private interview, put tho whole matter be foro him. , "This is very extraordinary," he said, when I had finished. "Curious ly enough, tho young couple are to live nt Ciillingham and occupy that very room when the honeymoon i over. But what can I do? His ante cedents seem unquestionable. Ho is tho son of a French count, his parents nre dead, and he has dropped his title. I havo verified all tho statements he has made, and, though I do, not pro fess to like tlio man, I really have nothing against him, and my daughtel is devoted to hilll." "Well," 1 returned, "perhaps it if no nfl'air of mine. I though I ought to tell you what I saw before I re turned to India. At the sumo time 1 hope that yon understand my motives are wholly disinterested." "I owe you many thanks for per forming what might be thought a purely imaginary duly ami an un pleasant one us well. Have you told any one else?" "No ono but Howard." "Then I will make fresh inquires, I do not anticipate any result, but it is as well to be sure. His daughter ennio in nt that mo ment, aud it was distressing to see the wistful look in his eyes as ho lilted her hand for a moment and gazed into hor face. Six months later, when I was stay ing at Simla, I received a letter from Howard. He wrote: "We have settled Dubois's hush. He will not be seeu auy more. I put ou a private detective, who found out that Dubois had been kept, iu a French asylum for some years as a homicidal maniac. The hypuotio school of physicians professed to have cured him, nud I think had really done so for u time, but ho was getting strange iu his manner, aud when asked about the asylum, though tho question was put iu the most dolicato way he Hew at Orosveuor like a tigor aud attempted to strangle him. Help was fortunately at hand, aud he was put nuder lock and key. We cannot account for your dream by any theory. Dubois had never even seen Culling ham. I can ouly supposo it was meaut as a warniug.und, iu fact it has been tho means of avoiding what might have been au awful tragedy, and of bringing about, I hope, what will be the greatest happiness of my life." Oood Company, ' Butter and Wheat. Koine ono having a bent for statis. tics has figured out that tho people of this country cut uboiit four pounds of butter for each bushel of wheat, con sumed. It is not to bo supposed that this amount is all eaten in tho form of "bread nud butter," but the ratio between these two articles is not dis turbed by auy variation iu the way they are used. Tuking the four pounds of butter as a proper bulauce for a bushel of wheat.our farmers are, at the present prices of tho two ar ticles, getting more for the formor than the latter; aud if we look back over the market reports for the past fifty years we find that tho four-to-one rule has not deviated to auy con siderable extent during any one entire decade. As consumers of butter wo probably lead all other nations, and if we could only say that we led iu quality as well aw quantity it would be something to be proud of, but, unfor tunstuly, we must forego that honor. New York Situ. LAIHKH' DEI'AHTMEJiT, ax Ann DAtnTMAtn. Ono of tho largest dairy concerns of Northwest India is in Allahabad, and is owned and managed by Miss Frances Abdiilln, the daughter of a well known Arab chief. Hho also car ries on the "AH Abdullah Stables," and the "Zoo Memorial Institute," a temporary homo for gentlemen Reek ing employment. Now York Tribune. F.NOAOF.MP.NT nANcH.KS. The strictly up-to-date swain will present his fiancee with an engage ment bangle before ho gives her the ring. The bungle Is most simple in design, simply it Mender Circlet of gold, with a hidden spring. Once placed on tho arm, it is thero to re main until increasing flesh or decreas ing affection demands its removal. This cnu only be done with a jeweler's file. New York World. woman's hair ani rrnt.tNd tonus. The face of woman, it has been stated, "burned the topless towers of Ilium." The statement however, is poetic, nud the towers that were fired were, after all, only Ilium's nfl'nir. But tho hoad, which menus, of course, the hair of woman, is now roundly de clared, hns very nearly fired ono ship, anil may, for aught we know have fired a thousand. For it seems t lint wheu woman goes dowu to sea in ships she is apt to secrete about her a poten tial conflagration in the shape of n spirit lamp. Hho wants this appara tus to heat tho tongs with which she communicates those artless undula tions to her hair that the ocean air does not agree with. Ho, in the pri vacy of her stateroom, sho fills her lamp continuously with the contra band fusel, strikes tho careless match, and lights tho irresponsible flame. Her things nre disposed conveniently nil around. The stateroom wabbles moro or less and something hap pens, not iu Ilium, that is quite pro saic, nud concerns us nil. There does not seem any help for it either. She needs must curl her hair. The only way to stop her that appears to have suggested itself to nnybod is, that stewardesses should be straightway charged to confiscate her lump? Aud what then? A stewardess, after all, is n woman too. Is it to bo supposed that she doesu't curl her hair, or that she hasn't a curling apparatus of her own. We trow not. 1'ull Mull Ga zette. M'TTONH is VOIU'K, Buttons havo not for years assumed the prominence which is to be giveu thoni this season. Not only nre those of smoked pearl and bone considered indispensable, but others in which stones of every huo nre blended with silver, gold or jot. To such a degree of beauty are the buttons carried that it is ofton dillicult to distinguish tho rent from the semi-precious gems which ure uson iu their manufacture. This is especially true of tho recent importations from Viouun aud Paris. Khiuestoues are porhnps the most common, for combinations with thoni are easily produced and very effective 1 Honian pearls of pink, blaok and white surrounded by small rhinestouos form some of tho hnudsomest and most expensive buttons, but these are not larger thau a dime. Others of opals, rubies, emeralds and mosaics, most of which are finished by a rhino stone sotting are vory popular, thoy are rich in effect and are seen as large as a half dollar. Miniatures set in a circle of flashing stones are vory fash ionable, particularly those Mario An toinette which are worn iu a cravat of mull a la Potter. Largo buttons of Russian enamel, onineo and others of filigree gold and silver will all figure conspicuously oil the w inter garments, vests and house gowns. There ure daisies made of gilt, thickly studded with rbinestones or pearls, that are also very boautiful. Jewelers are making many buttons of precious stones, und thoso who are Tortuuatu enough to possess gomsthat have been lying idle iu jewel boxes nre now hav ing thoin reset for tiiis use. This fashion was revivod in Paris, and it is difficult to know how long this lux urious fad will continue. i MAKING OVEIt Ft; 11 OAB&IKXTH. "It is one of the most aggravating things in the world," suid the middle aged mother of a largo family, "to have anything in the way of fur made over. For some reason or other, wheu tho dealer is oallod upon to pass his opiuion on a partly worn garment, whatever value one may funoy it has disappears as if by magio, aud one simply goes out of the shop witb the one idea that the article is absolutely unfit for anything but the rag-bag. i "It is really amazing uow crushing the verdict of these pooplo is on such subjects. As a matter of fact, it does not take a very great deal of skill or sense to mnko over a fur garment if one brings a little reason and judg ment Into piny. First of nll.it is nec essary to have a very sharp knife to rut the fur, all of which Is done on tho back or skin side. Whatever pat tern Is requirod must be marked oi with a pencil, then the skill is cut ac cording to the marks. "Not long sinco a lady had a very largo and handsome clonk lining ol ermine. It wns quite as good as new! never having been worn but once oi twice, but had lain away among some nucestrul finery. Upon askiug the ndvico of a furrier, she was told that the fur was worth but very little ;that she might possibly use it for trim mings or something, but iu a commer cial sense, it had no value whatever. Disgusted and disappointed, she went home with her parcel, and after re covering from the blow, made up her tiiiud to. sco what alio could do with it herself. Using n little mother-wit and a great deal of carp, sho fashioned a capo lining from tho contemptuously treated material that was tho euvy of ull her friends." Most ermine is made up iu strips, nud in order to miike the best of it it js woll to l ip these strips apart. Each one will then contain a row of black tails, which are the distinguishing fea tures of this fur. For the present style of cape, one may take accurate measures, cut out a littlo V-shaped piece from the top edge, sew up the place, then split the lower edge and insert the V. This gives the circles uecessury for the enpe. Of course, this tuny be a slow and tedious, process, but it brings the desired re sult and utili.es tho material to the best advantage. Iu order to shape the lining properly, the cloth or an inner lining should be cut of precisely the size. Spread this ou a table and baste the fur on ns fast us it is finished, frequently spreading it out and smoothing it to see that is in symmet rical fr.rni. When the lining is fin ished, it should bo Hourly or quite mi inch narrower than the circle of the outside. This is necessary, bo cause if it is as wide by measure, when the garment is on, the liniug will hnng full and interfere with the fit of it. It ono hns n skirt form, it is a good idea to put tho cape upon this, having drawn in tho belt tape to the smallest limit, theu shake the material und pat it smoothly, putting iu an or. casiotial fine needle or a stitch of fine thread to keep iu place. It must bo only just so much smaller as to be smooth. If it is too tight, the outside will bug aud be ungraceful. In finishing fur linings the edges should be turned iu aud sewed down with a tape. Just how this is done one may best ascertain by ripping a few stitches iu a handsome fur gar ment and examining the way in which the edges are turned. Tho stitches cad easily be replaced, aud the knowledge acquired iu this way is worth all the trouble it costs. New York . Ledger. FASHION NOTES Buttons nre conspicuous . on every . gown of fashion this fill. Toques of braided felt mako useful little hats for every-day wear. A pretty littlo imported bonnet has a tiny round crown, made of basket braid, with full rosettes made of straw at each side. A wido-brinuned hat of felt has a tiinming of wido ribbon in Alsatian bow fashion. There is no other finish except a jeweled ornament Silk or velvet of a light shade of geranium pink, turquoise of a delicate mauve may be worn with the useful and economical silk lined black shirt. For elcgunt dress garnitures are shown expensive passementeries, buckles aud butto'ns made to match, the buttons, in various sizes, 'to be used ou different portions of the cos tume. A noted French desiguer uses very pretty basket-woven silks in little checks of roBe-eolor,oream aud green, ecru, petunia aud pale brown, fawu color, violet aud old rose, eta, for youthful-looking gowns. A haudsome jacket of velvet is lined with ermine. Tho sleeves are in leg-o'-mutton shape, aud the fur extends just below the muturiul to give a finish at the wrists. An edging of the fur is placed all around the garment, and the pookotlids are lined . with the same A fur collar and vest is a novelty. The oollar is high and wido and slight ly flaring. The vest extends to the waist-lino, and a ribbou tied around the waist holds it iu place. The cape or cloak is put on over this, and with the lapels turned back, makes a pretty finish. '
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