They y fhnt a man con live com fortably in Japan on $35 a yenr, which will pay for board and lodging, and that mnny live on $15. Lincoln was tbe first President of he United Btates to wear a beard, Grunt was the first to wenr a mus tache, and Cle?elnnd was the first to wenr a mustache withont a beard. Ilere is Oeneral Carapos's opinion ol Antonio Maeeo, the Cuban insurgent : "A fellow who was a mnlcteer and is a general, who has immense ambition, (treat bravery and influence, and who, beneath a rndo exterior, hides a na tural talent." Essex County, New Jersey (which includes the city of Newark), has evenly co-operative building and loan associations, with total assets ol 810,000,000 and a membership oi 23,000. Over 600 loans were made fot borne purposes in 1895, and it is be lieved that this sum will be consider ably inoreascd in 1896. There are still nearly 600,000,000 acres of vacant publio land in the United States. The bulk of this is in the semi-arid region, where mnch ol it can never be brought into cultiva tion, even if systems of irrigation arc greatly extended. In addition to thii publio land belonging to the Federal Government, some of the States, not ably Texas, possess considerable land of their own. This was in Vermont. A young man, relates the New York World, sued to recover his engagement ring from a young woman who refused to fulfil its implications. The suit was carried to the Supreme Court of the State. The Judge decided thai the engagement ring was conditional. It tbe young woman refused to comply with the conditions she must return the ring. The penalty of defying the Court is not stated ; but every woman should understand that in keeping the ring of a broken engagement, even as a scalp on her chatelaine, she may be nabbed by tbe officers of the law. A dealer in bicycles who has an ex tensive business in New York City, predicts that in five years more the present style of bicyoles will be out of date. The motor wheel will have taken its place. He points to tbe fact that in the 750-mile race last year, from Paris to Bordeaux and return, be tween horseless carriages, aa the French style the new departure, the winner maintained an average speed of 15 miles per hour. The inevitable cheapening in the cost of production and reduotion in weight are bound to insure a general demand for this latest form of rapid and economical trans portation. An important decision as to tbo liability of benevolent associations has been rendered by the United States 3ourt of Appeals in Missouri. The question at issue was the liability of Economy Council No. 215, National Dnion, for the payment of a $5000 policy when tbe holder of the policy bad committed suioide. The defense entered by the association was that it was a fraternal, beneficial organiza tion, and as such came under the itatntea ' governing tbe payment of polioies in similar instances. Judge rhayer ruled that the company was Dot in reality a fraternal, benefioial organization, but an insuranoe com pany, and as suoh liable for tbe full amount of the policy. James R. Waddill, Superintendent of the Insur ance Department of Missouri, ex pressed tbe opinion that the ruling would have a aalntary effect in sup pressing irresponsible eonoerns, which are numerous in the State. Says the Medioal Press: Dr. Austin Flint believes that the treatment of crime and criminals under the exist ' ing laws and their methods of execu tion is a serious failure, inasmuch as they are based upon the ancient idea of vengeance and retaliation in the form of punishment. He holds that the medioal profession should at least endeavor to induce the judges, law yers and law-maker to etudy law in tbe light of modern aoientifio knowl edge. As an abstraot proposition, this ia undoubtedly excellent, but ex perience baa often shown that the legal mind ia very difficult to inrluenoe in tbe direction indicated. Criminal may be divided into two classes the curable and tbe ineurable, and in the aoientifio study of crime the medioal man ha to do mainly with the oooa aional, the habitual and the born criminal. Eaob obviously demands different mode of treatment, if any satisfactory progress is to be made to ward reformation. This matter is one which is well worthy of close attention, and might be made the eubjeot of a useful and interesting inquiry by soma competent prison medical officer. MAKING FIREWORKS. BUSY SCENES AT A FACTORY )M BTATEN 1SLASD. Meat of the Employ Are Farmers' Daughters Turning- Out Fire cracker of All Slr.es Mak ing Romiin Candles, PRO.ID preen fields; prttty girl who move as though no civic censors hid told them that dress reform was too new; bright fpced boys who work with the enthnsinm of delight ; only a few men, whose countenances, be grimed, it is true, yet qnito content with the deeds they have to do, and yet heroes in a minor key, for they work face to face with a "possibility that their next breath may be taken half in this world and hnlf as a sigh for the next. It is a modern Arcadia, set between the hills of Staten Island, and named Graniteville, yet why no man has yet known, for there is no granite nearer than the Army Build ing that runs up its facade in White ball street All this blissful abode of labor is simply a fireworks factory and the Arcadians are its willing "hands." Here it is that 300 persons, mostly farmers' daughters, work from July 11 to July 3, from one year to the next, making colored fires and rockets and Boraan candle and those mysterious things known as "ret pieces," which go off, it is true, according to pro gramme, but which need a guide and spokesman most times to tell what they are all about. And talk about Chinese labor I Well, these energetio 1. GIRLS PACKING THE FIREWORKS FOR MARKET. 8. SETTINO THE TORPEDO PAPER. 3. I'UfTlXQ THE FULMINATE ON TORPEDOES. Americans work so systematically for 857 days of the year, barring Sundays, that their employers are able to sell nearly 20,000 gross of fireworks at less than one-halt cent each, and are still able to make a profit of twenty-five per cent, on their output. In this broad plain of Graniteville, bonnd in with a fence over which even a baseball crank cannot hope to look, is a succession of frame buildings, be fore each of which stands a bucket filled with water. The buildings are separated so that if the ooDtents of one oi mem go up to join tne elemer.1. cf air and fire, the water mavbe there to heln out the insumncn .tnmnanioii in the midst of these there is a little more pretentious buildiog called the office, and it is here that the Snperin tent sits, like Fluto on his throne, master of all these dynamic possibil ities. MAKING SOMAN CANDLES. Some of these litttle buildings are numbered and locked. They are the powder magazines. Others are more significant, beoause in them men and a large number of women are busy filling pasteboord cylinders with ex plosives for July 4. It must not be thought from this that gunpowder is nsed for these things. Instead of it a mixture ia used that i aa fine a dust in Broadway.. It ia explosive, of course, but it burns slowly and does not smash things unless it is confined. Everything from them up to the eight ounce cracker that goea off like a six-inob gun are turned out here. The pasteboard ia made into little cylinders and these are then taken to on of the little bouses, where boy fix tbe American fuses, whiob give lota of warning before they ignite the cracker, to that finger may remain in tact. These Isds plug up one end with bits of day and then pour in the ex plosive, which has the same eolor aa Unole Silas' duster, and then they are ready for paoking. These firecrackers don t nave Uninese character on them. But on each, in plain New York die lect is a warning bow to bold them and when to let go. Yon do anything eisa at your own risk. Tbe Boman candle are made the eaine way, save that muob moro care is taken with them. They are Backed with hydraulic presets, and the globea oi various coiorod nre wbioh are aent over your lawn or into vour sweet- heart's window curtains art little eonei that resemble yellow and blue clay, which are so sensative to beat that the mere placing of them in tbe pasteboard cylinder sometimes fires them prematurely by friction. r TUB fcABORATORT. Most of the set pieces and the rock ets are loaded at tbe outset as the Boman candles are, tbe system being practically the same. Yet with all tbe apparent danger tbe factory has not had an explosion for several years, and insurance companies have confi dence enough to risk $100,000 in policies on the place. One of the most interesting division of the work of preparing for the eagle's screech is the torpedo factory. The giant torpedoes are made by hand, for they are very sensative and they re quire quite a lot of fulminate of sil ver, which miiBt be treated with ex treme courtesy. Boys cut the pieces of tissue paper the exact square, by machine, and then force tbe centre of the square through tbe holes of brass rack. Then a lad drops some of the fulminate in the bottom of the lit- tie bag there formed, and another boy fills the little paper up with gravel. Then the racks are banded to girls, wuo brush paste over the tons of the papers and twist them tight into little points so that the gravel cannot fall out. rim done they are packed in sawdust, ten in a box, and are ready for you to awake your neighbora. I he one really dangerous place at tne factory is tue laboratory wuere is made the fuminate of silver used in the torpedoes and percussion shells aud taps of all sorts. Muslin and ueese cloth is used here for tops of tables, covers for boxes and every that has to come into contact with the explosive, for just as soon as the sensi tive fulminate encounters resistanoo away it goes, and so do the four walla about it. The ideal laboratory would be made of mosquito netting, but this would let tbe rain in, and the shock of a drop would make things too lively even for Staten Island. New York Herald. Sew Way of X aking Wire Sails. A contrivance has been patented for making wire nails on a out-nail ma chine. It is easily attached to com mon machine at a cost of less than $15. It consists of an arrangement of dies into which the wire is drawn, and the nail ia made by a quick pressure. While this pressure is in progress, the head and point forming the wire for another nail is shot through to the dies, bo that tbe rapidity of manufac ture is equal to that of the ordinary cut naiL A Marble Tent. The monument of the late Sir Rich ard Burton is a great tent carved out of marble, under whioh his body rest in a steel casket. Lady Burton's casket rest beside it There is one other yet to be put under the tent that of the erratio couple's most "faithful servant and friend," a Lady Burton called her. New Orleana Picy une. X Bay Needed. 'Hello I ) that yon, Billion?" Billion (slightly rattledJ-'.'Caa't you set who I aiaj" t I' u '7, 'I II CLOTHES FOR TOTS. NEW AND BRC0110 GARMENTS FUR LITTLE CHILDREN. A Onlmpe Dress of Dotted Swlsi Ktlt and mouse Suit for a Uoy-Llttie tllrl Apron. " 1TAY M ANTON Bays tbnt l I dotted Swift made the very simple and pretty C gnimpe dress pictured in the first large cut, trills of the fine lawn, embroidered, headed by inser tion, forming the attractive trimming. A wide hem headed by three tucks fashionably finish tbe straight lower square yoke that is shaped in rouud, low outline at the neck. The yoke la entirely concealed by the bertha-like lapels, that are edged with frills of em- CHILD'S OUIMPE DRESS. broidery and meet over the shoulders. The short puff sleeves are arranged over fittod linings that reach to tbe elbow, deep frills of embroidery falling below, headed with bands of insertion. All soft-sheer fabrics will develop daintily by the mode, which offers pretty suggestions for dresses of Bilk, woolen or cotton fabrics. Tbe quantity of material 44 inches wide required to make this dress for a child six years of ago is 2 yards. DOT'S KILT AND DLOfSB. The coming suit for small boys pic tured in the second large engraving consists of a kilt-plaited skirt of white pique and a pretty blouse qf white nainsook. The comfortable blouse is handsomely trimmed with insertion and embroidered edging that is gath ered in frills and trims the collar, cuffs and right front edge. Three tiny tucks are stitched in each front at sufficient distance from the closing in center to show beyond the frills of embroidery that are sewed on each aide of tbe band of insertion. The large sailor oolor falls deeply on back and front, flaring slightly in center, and a Windsor tio of yellow Bilk is worn at the neck. The kilt skirt is hemmed on the lower edge and laid at Bide plaita at the top all around. It is finished with a waistband that is provided with button holos to attaoh it to tbe buttons on the under waist Suits of this kind can be made from plain, stripped or checked gingham, galatea, duck or grass linen, a com bination of two materials having a very stylish effect. The quantity of material 30 inches BOYS' KILT mlda required to make this suit for bild four year of age ia 8 yards. BELTS TOR DAILY USB. Wide belts, three and four inobes, made of elastic and covered with silk ore in good style for small waist. It waa inevitable that the narrow belt should divide popularity with wider one, which would eonoeal the joining of the waist and skirt. White kid, in inoh widths, Is teen often with shiit waists, and so ia thisj width in all hue of leather reds, grays, blue, greens, blacks, browns. But that awful gap is more likely to appear when the waist-band in narrow. Some shops are offering pretty belts made from fine felt. They are two and a half inches wide, and may be depended upon, if the skirt and waist are hooked, to give a tidy appearance. Most of tbe buckle sold with these felt belts, as with those of heavy groa grain ribbon, are jeweled. A tTTTLB OIUL'S AFRO. This dressy apron, writea May Man ton, is made of fine white lawn, proti tily trimmed with Hamburg em broidered edging and insertion. Tbe low, square-shaped yoke Is joined in shoulder seams and forms the upper portion, the full skirt being gathered at the top and joined to ita lower edge. A band of insertion edges the top of yoke and forms a beading to tbe frill of embroidery. Full sleeves are gathered at the top and sewed in the arm'a eye, the edge being decorated to match yoke. Tbe apron cloies in centre baok with buttons and button- CHILD 8 AFRON. holes, wide sash ends being attached to the sides at the waist line and tied in a bow with long ends at the baok. Aprons in this style are dainty look iug and quite protective. They can be made up and plainly finished, or elaborately deccrated with lace or em broidery. Crow-barred muslin, main sool'i oambrie, dotted Swiss, dimity or AND BLOUSE. organdie are usually ohosen for it de velopment The quantity of material SO inohea wide required to make this apron for a child eight yeaTs of age i 2t yards, It is said that when the perfume ol out flowers grow faint, it may be re stored by placing them in weetened. water. WORDS OP WISDOM. The black sheep is often the smartest of the flock. A lowly origin does not preclude a lofty destiny. All the reasoning of man ii not worth one sentiment of woman. Go back far enough, and you can find a scandal in every family. It is always dangerous to take a veiled woman for a beautiful one. Many a tear can be dried easier with bank notes than with a handkerchief. If you have both tracts and bread to give the hungry give them the bread first People seldom improve when they bave no model but themselves to copy after. The whisper of a beautiful woman can be beard farther than tho loudest call of duty. It is the greatest compliment a friend can pay you to come to you for help in his troubles. Whenever a boy empties his pockets, his sister alwaya sees something that belongs to her. Every man who has hoped for a lot of things that never came to pass has bad a romance in his life. Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another. If a wife would be as good to ber husband as she is to ber mother, the husband would always be satisfied. No home ao small but that it has still room for trouble; no heart so weary, but that a glimmer of hope might still enter it The South-West Tho Art of Living Together. "It is written, 'It is not good for man to be alone,' but on the other band, it is often far from good to be with him," writes Dr. B. F. Horton, in a sngestive article on "The Noble Art of Living Together," in the Sun day Magazine. He oontinnes : "A doou cat is preferable, a mon goose, or even a canary. Indeed, for want of proper instruction, a large number of the human race, as they are known in this damp and foggy island, are 'gey ill to live wi',' and no one would attempt it but for charity and the love ot God." t If all mankind thoroughly under stood tbe art of living together, "many of tbe catastrophes of life would be averted ; and if even we had some smattering of its lore we Bhould greatly change tbe interiors of our homes and contribute to the progresa sf sooiety and tbe world." Folitenes to the children is regard ed as a cardinal virtue by Dr. Hortou. He says: "1 never feel so tempted to Interfere with mothers as when I bear their uncivil language to their chil dren, that rude and heotoriug tone, that volley of coarse epithets and un dignified expletives, which, of course, the children will learn to employ to one another." ' The whole question of living with other people deserves muoh attention, be declares. "We are sbldom in- itrncted in our youth how to do it well. Our knowledge of the subjeot is acquired by experience, chiefly by sur failures. And by the time that we have tolerably mastered tbe deli cate art we are on tbe point of being sailed to tbe isolation of the grave or, ball I say, to tbe vast company of the majority." The Colonel l)o:lgcd. W. H. Sutclifle, a brave soldier of the Confederacy, who lost an eye by a minie ball striking it, and was wounded leveral times, both by lead and sabre, yesterday told a story of the late Colonel Peter C. Gaillard, who was Ibe Commander of his regiment. Mr. 3utolifle said that it was in Battery Wagner, on tbe 18th of July, 1803, and the balls and shells were whizzing by at a great rate. Colonel Gaillard in going hia rounds noticed that a the balls would go by tbe men would dodge. He called out: "Don't dodge, boys; you may dodge in the way." Then be turned and was walking off, when an Irishman named Tom Carey, a brave man and true, picked np a tenpenny nail and whizzed it past tbe Colonel's ear. He thought it was a ball, and instinctively dodged aside. Carey called out: "Ah, be the bustenich, Colonel, yez dodged that one." Colonel Gaillard, he says, turned around and laughed and said : "Well, boys, when they oome tbat close, I think we'd better dodge." It was not nntil after tbe war was over that be knew that the missile tbat whizzed past his ear that day waa Carey'a tenpenny nail and not a North ern bullet. Charleston (3. C.) Newa and Conner. Society Classified by Button. In tbe Chinese Empire the upper ranks of society are classified by a bntton. Buttons play an important part ia tbe dress of the Chinese mandarins. Tboae of the second olas wear a bat- ton of coral red, auggested, perhaps. -by a oock's comb, sinoe the cock is the bird that adorna their breast Tbe third olasa are gorgeous, with a robe on Which a peaoook is emblaz oned, while from the oentr ot the red fringe' of silk upon the bat rises a sapphire button. Tbe button ot the fourth class is an opaque, dark purple stone, and the bird depioted on the robe ia the pelican. A ailver pheasant on tbe rob and a clear crystal button on tbe hat are the rank of the fifth class. The sixth olasa are entitled to wear an embroid ered atark and a jade atona button J the seventh, a partridge and an em bossed gold button. In the eighth the partridge is reduoed to a quail, and the gold button becomes plain, while the ninth class mandarin has to be conteut with a sparrow for bis eui, blom and with silver for bis button. ,
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