England in rejoicing in tbe posses
ion of a treasury surplus of more
than $40,000,000.
Ballington Booth is going to mmint
his "Volunteer" on bicycles that they
may be nble to overtake the fleeing
sinners, announces tho New Orleans
Picoynne.
Dr. Brewer in the Journal for Hy
giene recommends consumptives t in
linle vinegar end est peanuts, homo
cannot digest peanuts, but those who
can will find them quite ns elloctivo fat
producers as cod liver oil, uud much
more agreeable.
A native of thcEaat Indies is anid to
Lave invented a ruin-making nppara
tn that will go. The principle is the
vending np rockets charged with ether
or ammonia, whoso liberation will
cool the air to a point that will in
duce the precipitation of whatever
moisture the air coutaiua.
An analysis of 2,000 accident poli
cies on which benefits have been paid
t-uows that 631 persons were injured
by falls on pavements, 243 by car
riages or wagons, 75 by horso kicks
or bites and 47 by horseback riding ;
117 were cnt with edge tools or glass,
06 were hurt by having weights fall
on them, and 76 were hurt in bicycle
accidcnts,wbilu 72 were hurt by falling
down stairs.
A London newapaper is authority
for the statement that since William
E. Gladstone's words of approbation
served to make scvero.1 recent English
sovols famous ho has been in receipt
of nearly every new work of fiction
published in tho English luuguago.
Every day his mail contains novels
forwardod to him by publishers in
England and America. If he rend
them all he would have no .time to
sleep or cat.
Says the Springfield, Mas"., Repub
lican : It is interesting to Tioto that
professor Woodrow Wilson, who has
been delivering a series of lectures on
municipal problems at the Johns Hop
kins nniversity, contonds that Ameri
can city governments are inefficient
because they copy too closely the
structure of federal government, with
its two chambers and executive. In
hi opinion the system of checks and
balances and division of power is not
suited to municipal needs.
Tho tradespeople throughout the
United Kingdom who can boast of
warrants as purveyors to the queen
Lave formed themselves into the In
corporated Society of Her Majesty's
Warrant Holders, of which Mr. Tom
Simpson Jay of Regent street is presi
dent, for the purpose, of suppressing a
practice on the part of some unscru
pulous tradesmen of exhibiting over
their shop fronts and on their
billheads, etc., the royal arms, a privi
lege which is conferred only by a
royal warrant.
In Germany the view obtains that
tbe execution of criminals should be
by some means more certain even
than the eleotrio chair. Dr. E. Cnh
mann, a celebrated . chemist, suggests
tbe use of carbolio acid. According
to hi plan, the criminal would be
carried to a coll which can be filled
'noiselossly with carbolio aoid in gas
eous form, from floor to ceiling.
When the gas reaches the delinquent'
month and nose, it causes instaut
paralysis of the lungs and unconscious
ness, and life departs without previous
pain.
Aooording to the estimates of cen
ns experts, a reported by Mr. Car
roll D. Wright, commissioner of
labor, in oharge of the eleventh cen
sus, the population of greater New
Tork on January 1, 1898, will be abont
8,430,000. "These figures," say the
Philadelphia Reoord, "assuming that
they shall be verified by results aud
the latter may exceed rather than fall
short of the calculation would make
New Tork easily the second city in
the world, and so far in advance of
Chicago, and even of runs, that neither
could ever hope by natural growth to
overtake her."
Tbe return just published by the
Pasteur Institute in the Frenoh me
tropolis, furnish ground for consider
able speculation aud discussion. For
the remarkable faot that the number
of patient presenting themselves to
be treated there a bitten by mad dog
bould now show deoline of more
than fifty peroent from what it wa
ten year ago, would lead to tbe infer
ence, suggests the New York Tribune,
either that people are losing faith in
tbe system of inoculation, or else, what
appear more probable, that the ter
ror of hydrophobia, a malady in
whioh iaiagiuatisn play an impor
tant role, is no louger a universal
aud a intense at it used to be.
DOMAIN OF DRESS.
WARM WRATH RR STYLES FOR
FAIR RKAORR9.
ItnmlsomA Jacket Ilnaqtie and Skirt
Shirt Wnlst With Blouse "
Front The Poke Ilonnot
la Favor Again.
IN the 'acket basque and skirt pic
ture herewith, French Vigoronx
in opa-'iscent shades is hand
somely united with senfoam green
chamelon silk, tone ponrl, bijou but
tons forming the doocration. The
full vest fronts of silk are gathered
and arranged over glove-fitting lin
ings shaped by double bust darts, and
the closing is invisibly in center front.
The belt is laid in three folds, the
loose right end overlapping the left
with single buttons placed on each
fold in center front. A stock of satin
ribbon to matoh is tied to a large bow
at the back, concealing the standing
collar that finishes tbe neck. Tbe
jacket fronts flare apart over the fall
vest, with rounded lower edges, the
tops being reversed in long shaped
LADIES' JACKET
lapels that meet the rolling collar in
Botches. Three small buttons dec
orate eaoh lapel and the edges are
finished with stitching in tailor style.
The back is glove-fitting, the usual
seam performing the adjustment to
the waist line, below which double
plaits laid in extensions at each seara
give the desired fashionable fullness.
Tbe raidishly smart gigot sleeves have
the fullness displayed in double rows
of shirking at the top, drooping to the
elbow In stylish wrinkled puffs.
Tbe rkirt is only moderately full
and thereforo commended for summer
wear. It displays tho fashionable
ripplnd sides with gored front breadth
and rteasures only four yards around
the foot. The back breadth is straight
and falls with graceful cfl'ect from
gathtrs at tho top. A row of stitch
ing beyond tbejseam gives a strapped
effeot to the front gore. .This style is
deservedly popular and a more attrac
tive Or useful costume cannot be made
for seaside, mountain or general
weather. Sergo, cheviot, tweed,
cloth and other woolens combine well
with silk, satin-or batiste for tbe vest
frond
The quantity of material 44 inches
wido required to make this basque for
a lady having a 36-inoh bust measure
is 8 J yards,
Tfrraake the skirt it will require of
the sHme width material 4 1 yard for a
26-inoh waist measure.
misses' shirt waist with plain front.
Embroidered jaconet, writes May
Manton, i ohosen for this dressy
shirt wsiet, which is arranged in
tyle very beooming to yonng misses.
A band of embroidered insertion con
ceals the dosing in oentre front, and
the turn over collar and cuffs are of
fine, white lines. The full fronts
MI88E8' SHIRT WAIST
Are gathered at tbe shoulders, neck
nd lower edges, and droop in Frenoh
pouoh or blouse style over tbe belt.
The back is gathered at the neck and
waist line, where the fullness i massed
is centre, ,Tu lower edge attend to
basque length, and i worn nnder the
dress skirt. A turn down collar
mounted on a high band finishes the
neck, whioh can be made permanent
or removable at pleasure. The bishop
shirt sleeves are fashionably full, being
disposed in gathers at upper and lower
edges. Slashed openings at the back
are finished with laps, and the turn
back cufTs in two sections can be made
permanent or removed as desired.
This style of shirt waist is particularly
adapted to the plain and fancy bat
istes now the vogue, lawn, dimity,
organdie and soft wash silks develop
ing stylish waists by the mode.
The quantity of material 36 inchc
wide required to make this shirt waist
for a miss fourteen years of age is 2J
yards.
POKE BOSKETS AdAIN IN FASHION.
' Pokes are a prominent feature of
the choicest millinery. The poke bon
net is an awkward shape in itself,
made really becoming by judicious use
of milliners' devices. The brim, which
is rolled back from the face, is cov
ered either with tulle net oi lace,
usually with settings of jet. Either
ribbon or feathers may be used upon
the crown, and a few flower are set
BASQUE AND SKIRT.
in at the back. A little frill of lace.
put nixt the face, is often a beooming
addition to either a bonnet or a bat.
Children's bonnets are mado of
noarly every material, though for tho
very young misses silk or linen is pre
ferred to straw. The trimming is of
simple rosettes, small flowers, such as
A NEW rOKB BOXXBT.
forget-me-not or rosebuds, or bow
of ribbon. A frill of lace or embroid
ery, falling around the baby' faoe, is
seen on some of the most pioturesque
bonnets. Strings of ribbon or some
softer material are indispensable.
SPECIAL J BATCHES OF BUUMBB FABRICS.
The special feature of the new sum
mer iabrios is the transparent effect,
and grenadine, gauze, crepe de chine,
etamine and oanvss are all the vogue
WITH BLOU85 FRONT.
EUinine wa in fashion ten year ago,
and quite a popular then as nrepoa
last year.
Half of the world's produot of qui
nine u moo m tbe United State.
BUILT A HOUSE.
AN OHIO WOMAN PLANS AND
BUILDS HKIt OWN IIOMK. .
Her Husband a Cripple From Foun
dation to Hoof the Butt-ling
Bliotvs the Brave Wo
man's Handiwork,
WIFE of forty-nine who lias
proved herself a helpmate
VV indeed is Mrs. Elizabeth
f A. Foster, of Portsmouth,
Ohio. Mr. Foster has but one hand.
They are hard working people. Hav
ing no children, by saving their earn
ings they accumulated enough to buy
a lot on Walnut Hills, a suburb of
Portsmouth. They soon found their
accumulations would buy the lumber,
but were not sufficient to build a
house. Mr. Foster's father was a car-
noUSE BUILT BY MR. ELIZABETH
pentcr, and he had learned the art of
drawing plans for buildings, but be
ing minus one hand and crippled iu
tho other he could not do any work.
Mrs. Foster's father was also a carpen
ter, Hnd iu her younger days she had
spent many hours watching him in the
erection of buildings.
She was above the average in intel
ligence, and had gained such a thor
ough knowledge of. the general mech
anism of tho trade that she conclnded
she could build a house that would
afford them a comfortable borne in
which to spend the1 declining years of
life. They together formulated tbe
plans and ordered tbe material. Mrs.
Foster then staked off tbe ground and
went to woik laying the brick founda
tion. While this was new work for
her, her general knowledge of how
things ought to be served her well, and
she hewed to tho lines closoly. When
the chips had all fallen she found that
she had a foundation that would have
been a credit to any niechauio. Then
with the little assistance her husband
could give her, such as holding tim
bers and lines, sho erected the frarao
work, nailed on the weather boarding,
and was soon interesting the passers
by in her work of nailing on the
shingle roof. '
Mrs. Foster is very modest, and felt
somewhat embarrassed to have people
who happened to pass that way stop
and stand for several minutes watch
ing her drive the nails, saw and plane,
yet sho say it is consoling to her to
know that when done she bad a house
and owed no mechanic for building it,
"and than, you know," she says,
"that when persons are working for
themselves they will do much better
work, and I think I have a better
house than any man would have built
for me. "
Mrs. Foster was born in Ferry
County in 1847. She moved to Ports
mouth in 1886, and was married to
Frank Foster shortly afterward.
Courage of the Hon and Tiger.
"One time in order to test the cour
age of a Bengal tiger and a lion," said
a well-known showman, "we placed a
Chinese cracker in the rerpeotive
cages and fired tbe fuses. A soon a
the fuse began to burn they attraoted
the attention of both animals, but in
widely different manner.
"The lion drew into a corner and
watched tbe proceeding with a dis
trustful and uneasy eye. Tbe tiger,
on the contrary, advanced to the burn
ing fuse with a firm step and unflinch
ing gaze.
"On reaching tbe oraoker he began
to roll it over tbe floor with hi paw,
and when it exploded beneath bis nose
he did not flinch, but continued his
examination until perfectly satisfied.
Tbe lion betrayed great fear when he
beard the report o! tbe explosion, and
for quite a time could not be coaxed
out of nis oen." Isew xork Mercury.
Tbe soil of Cuba baa no rival, espec
tally for tobaooo and sugar.
MRS. FOSTER, TOE WOMAN CARPENTER.
COTTON BOLL WEKYIL.
A Pest Which Recently Appeared la
the United States.
The Agricultural Department of tho j
United States Uovernment consider
the cotton boll weevil, a picture of
which is here shown, to be one of the
most dangefons pests that has ever
made its Appearance in the United
States. It has so far confined it oper
ations to Northern Mexico and a lim
ited area In Texas. It hat in some lo
calities shown a tendency to spread !
rapidly, while in others it is said to
have been at work for years in very
small areas, and shown little signs of
extending operations. Department
experts have been at work mvestigat-1
ing his bngship for some months past ,
in the neighborhood of Brownsville on
ths Rio Grande. So far no cure has '
been discovered, and many acres of
cotton have been abandoned in conse
quence. A. F09TER WITH IIEtt OWN HANDS.
An extraordinary thing aboni. this
creature is that it will live in a cotton
boll and nowhere elso, and once secret
ed inside of these Bbclls it is safe from
enemies and snuor and comfortable in
bed of softest down. The appearance
COTTON DOLL WEEVIL, mOITLT MAONIF1ED
of this insoot is dreaded later in the
year.
2000 Stolen Letters.
The English PostofHce is universally
reoognized as an institution of won
derful etlloiency, but from a reported
incident it would appear that a few
thousand or more letters and things
go astray.
George Twen, a postman, was
charged with stealing letters and par
cels. The prisoner was arrested on
Wednesday, and when a search was
made by the police of the stables in
the George Inn yard where he keops
his pony, 2000 letters and paroels were
found, addressed to all parts of tbe
United Kingdom. The paroels con
tained, among other things, butter,
funeral wreaths and clothing. The
stoppage of letters is supposed to have
been going on for some time, as some
of them are dated 1801, and mice had
built in tbe papers. The prisoner wa
remanded. New York Journal.
Finest Church Organ,
What i (aid to be the finest church
organ in the country bos just been set
up in the South Congregational
Cburob, of New Britain, Conn. It oost
30,000, and includes every possible
modern improvement. Its bank of
keys is movable, and electrically con
nected with the organ, so that tbe in
strument can be played from any part
of the church.
Oft and On.
ProRoient Bioycllst "Well, old
ohap, bow are you getting onT"
Commencing Bioyollsl.. "Thank you,
aot badly ; but I .lud I ' jet off bet
ter. "Punch.
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SEA LI0NJIUNT:
A Dangerous Occupation Off the
Californian Coast.
Men Lowered From Promontories
to Get Hides.
Hunting sea lions is an important
industry on the istaudi off the Call-'
fornia coast. These wary seals climb
oH of the sea upon rocky ledges and
enjoy themselves in the sun. An old
bull usually has six or eight wives.
Occasionally tbe husbands fight '
viciously with other males, and are
very jealous of their families. Pater
nal affection for the pup seals is
marked. Tho daddie labor earnestly,
teaching tho children to swim.
Strange to say the pups are averse to
the water at first, but after a time they
enjoy a frolio in tbe surf as keenly as
do the old folk.
The skin of those bulls, cows and
pups are what the hunters seek. They
land upon an island and sneak up be
hind hundreds of seals sunning on the,
rocky ledges. A bullet is sent into an
animal's skull, and if tho hunter's aim
is true death is instant Only a brain
wound would causo instant death. If
wounded elsewhere the seal usually
gets into the sea aud sinks before the
hunter reaches the body. So expert
do the hunters beoomo with their
rifles that they frequently fire sixteen
shots from their Winchesters, each
killing a seal, before the herd disap
pears into the sen. The bides are
sent aboard ship and salted down.
When the vessel is filled, the cargo is
taken to San Francisco and sold for
three to six cents a pound. Pup hiiles,
weighing 20 pounds, are the most val
uable. Adult bides weigh SO to 80
pounds, nud soil for three or four
cents a pound. Leather men use
these hides for 'horse collars, harness
and other articles requiring particu
larly tough leather.
The inaccessibility of the seal rook
erics frequently involves the hunters
iu danger. The souls are shot from a
promontory. Then tho hunter is
lowered on a rope by his comrades
lOOor 200 feet to tho slippery wuve
woBhed rocks below, where tho dead
seals lie. He quickly skins the aai
mils. A small boat from the ship
rides outside tho surf liuo ready to
carry the bides away. A small line is
floated ashore to the hunter, who ties
the bides to it one. by one, and the
boat is loaded, tho hunter is drawn to
tho top of the cliff, and another rook
cry is sought for more game.' -The
surf about these deep sen islands is
very high, und is one of tho obstacles -of
the seal hunter.
Tho sea lions are rather, cuto in
their way. They enjoy a great deal
of sea fowl occasionally. When tho
gulls are flying overhead a lion will
dive and swim some distance nnder
water from the point where be disap
peared. He approaches the surface
carefully, allowing merely tbe tip of
his black nose to show above the sur
face. By giving his body a rotary mo
tion this nose tip makes circles on the
ocean, and to the eye of the flying
gull, resembles a waterbug at play.
With a swish the deceived gull rushes
down from its station above like a ball
from a gun. Tho lion siuks a few
inches, and as the gulls hits the water
with tremendous impetus the jaws
close mercilessly on the sea fowl, and
it is hauled below the surface and de
voured Upon approaching a rookery occu
pied by a numerous herd ol sea lious
one first bears their long, plaintivo
bowlings, as if iu distress ; but when
near them, the sounds become more
varied aud deafening. The old male
roar so loudly as to drown tho noise
of tbe heaviest surf among the rocks
and caverns, aud the pups croak
hoarsely or send forth sounds like the
bleating of sheep or the barking of
docs.
The lions take great risks when at
tempting to escape from hunter. In
ono instance about tweuty lions were
collected on tbe briuk of a preoipitous
cliff at least sixty foot above the rook
which shelved from the beach below.
The hunters thought that by surpris
ing tbe animals they could drive them
over the cliff and that tbe tremeudous
fall upon the sharp rock below would
kill them all. The surprise was suc
cessful. Every lion jumped to what
soemed oertain death, but to the cha
grin of the hunters, when they arrived
at the foot of the oliff where they ex
pected to find the lious either help
lessly mutilated or dead, the lust ani
mal of the herd was seen plunging
into tbe sea. New York Press. .
Easy For Him.
"I've kept diarie for years, a reg
ularly a the day oorae round."
Indeed I That is most amuziug."
Ob, not at all I'm a stutioter."
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