Statistics show Hint women uinrry Jator in It To thnn they lined to. Northern pnpors nro just awakening to the fact that Mississippi is fnttou iug n low cnttlo for tbo Chicago mar kets. During tlm Inst 20 yenrs llio railways Of llio world lmvo nbsorbed Ct), 000, 00(1 Ions of steel, or almost bnlf llio totnl product. A French statistician hns cnloiiliiliv.l ibnt tbo oyo travels about (iOOO foct in rcmliiif? on ordinary-sized novul. No wonder llio eye gets tirod. llecrentit men cashiers of several Minneapolis establishments lmvo been replaced liy women, nnd tlio action linn led to a discussion whether women are mora trustworthy limn men. Tlio Boston library Iiiih fi.H.OOl) vol umes, with 1:1,01)0 srpnrnto edition of Shnknspenrn's works. It stands second to tlio Congressional library nt Washington in tlio number of its vol umes. Germany pays foreign countries fibont 87,000,000 A year for fruit The recent move against Amerienn apples limy have been toward reducing ex-pr-nso nnd not because tbo dendly ba cillus wns present in tbom. President Ocorgo Falloon of the Ohio fish nnd Rime commission snv that the supply of fish in Ijiko Erie will bo exhausted in two or three yonrs unless tbo existing laws regulat ing tbo onteh nro quickly revised nnd thoroughly enforced. The chief proolrcodor of the Lon don Timed is n Cambridge prndnalo, who hns a salnry of $.0l)Q ; but then lio is n great scholar, not only in tbo English language, but in nil nnoient nnd other tongues, not excepting Asi ntio ones. Hois pnrmittod to quory nnd suggest excisions or Additions to tho work of tbo writers nnd editors. The jackrnbbif, lotpr regarded by thn farmers of tbo great Son .Ton qui a valley in California n n pest, may yet bo osteomod for liis fur. The hatters of the Kant nro discovering that this particular kind of fur is excellently ndapted to the manufacture of felt of the best quality, nnd in tho near future wo may nee bis shipments of tho skins to the lint-making centres unless in tho moan 1 i mo wo have tbo sagacity to utili.a tho prodnot at our doors and ougago in tho manufacture of felt on our own account. R. A. F. Tenroso, Jr., n brother of Sonator Boies Fonroso, of PenuHyl van in, who is a citizen of Arizoun.snys of that territory: "I would not ex change Arizona for nny part of this Union. The man who goes out there to take a look nt the country, as tlid, generally becomes a permnnont resident. I live in the extreme south oru section, close to tho lino of old Mexico. Two weeks ago we were cat ing luscious strawberries raided in tho open air. We are away abend ol Southern California in the matter oi raising tine fruits, ami ours mature three or four wooks earlier. In gold mining I a n conrtdont that Arizona - is going to take a conspicuous place. Some facts of an instructive nature relating to the stone industry are fur nished by Mr. Day in the annual re port of the Uuited States geological survey. It nppeurs from this thut cer tain of the Southern states are grad ually coming into prominence as ex tensive producers of stone, and also that the sorts of stone quarried have been modified of late yours. An in stance in point is to be found in Ala bama, which in 1895 furnished more than $250,000 worth of stone, mostly limestone, although some sandstone is worked there, A similar illustration is presented by Connecticut, which once divided tho sandstone yield with New Jersey, but produced last year very little more tundstoue than Massachusetts, while New Jersey snoweu only one-tnini as much as Conneotiout and little more thau Kan- us or Micbigau; and l'ttnnsylvunia, unknown a few years ago as supplying sandstone, reoorded produot in 1895 about equal to Conneotiout ' and New Jersey combined and more than any other atato exoept Ohio, In granite production Massachusetts keeps the first place, with Maine not fur off, while Vermont is rupidly overtaking Maine, and Rhode Islund keeps up the output from its splendid quarries in and about Westerly to nearly f 1,000, 000 worth year. New Hampshire comes fifth oil the list, with about lialf as much. Iu marble Vermont, as usual, leads ull the other states, its output being about double tbut of Georgia, which is second iu amount! Tennessee is third. A Benin or Mirht, Ibenmnf light from tlio Infinite depths of tlm ml l n I t sky, fainted with liillnlti) love, a slur In a eon- let's eyei JUen lo! the ghosts of his sins wero nfrnld ii ii 1 rieil with a cursn, inl thn soul of the man walked free In tlm fields of the universe! John .1. lluniu-y In tho 1'lilllstliie. GHOST OF A GALLOWS. It was nn extremely awkward situa tion. Even I, who mil somuwlnit slow to think ns n rule, renliud that instantly. At my feet in tlio dusty roadway lay a revolver still hot nnd smoking from its discharge, tbo re port of which bad jut startled the quiet of that country liiiie, whilo not forty feet nway from mo lay in tbo road tbo body of u man w ho hud fallen from n dogcart to thu ground, apparently stone dead. And tho worst of it was that tbo mau who lay there iu tho road was my bittereit enemy. Tbo horse stopped and nworvad with terror nt tho discharge of tbo pistol and this action throw tho man, dead or wounded from tho cu t. Tho groom who was sitting back to back with bis master jumped from tbo vehicle ami rau toward tho prostrate figure, while tho horse, left entirely to his own du ces, eaiun townrd and went past mo in a mad gallop. Ah n drowning man thiuks,so did T, in thnt brief period. When tbo groom reached tbo body of bin muster ho saw in an instant that ho was dea I. Then ho looked at mo. I was still reviewing tho situation. But thero wasn't much t i mo to spare. It was not I who fired tbo fatal shot. Tho road nt this point was lined on ono sido with n high hedgo nud I knew that tbo murderer had tired from this ambush and dexterously thrown tbo revolver to wbero it lay lust nt my feet. But I wns quick enough to real i.o thnt no jury iu tbo world would ever believo this unless proof of the real murderer could be produced. Instnutly I know thnt my only hopo lay in bis capture, nud 1 immediately dashed through tbo hedge iu searuh of him, while tho groom, tbitikiug no doubt that I wns attempting to escape, cuino in hot pursuit of me. insula tlio liouge tuero was no sign of any living being. Tbo fair grocti fields stretchod away to the hillside, beyond which tho whito walls of i farmhouse wcro just visible, ns pence, fully as if thero could bo no such thing as tho tragedy which hud just tuken pluco on tbo other sido of tbo badgo. I looked up and down tho long bodgcrow iu vain, Thoro was not the slightest duo to tho tnurdurur to be seen. However,! determined that the man might possibly make for the railroad station, wheuce I hud just come, for I know thut there was a train to tho city duo in a few minutes. Could tho ruf fian catch it? And could I ovortulto bim before ho did so? If not I re fleeted I might eusily telegraph to thu next station aud have bim iipprc bonded. I was rnuuiug nil the timo ns hard as I could inside tho hedge and tow ard the railway station. Tbo groom had givou np pursuit of me, doubtless thinking it his duty to return to bis master's body. It wanted six minutes before the train was duo, as I saw by hasty glance at my watcb, but I did not know bow fur the station was from where the murder occurred. I never ran ao hard in my life be fore, but I felt thut my life dopended on the chance of securing the ratir derer, and consequently the effort cost me no strain. , My wind begun to tell on me, however, at the end of the first qnartor-mile and I was just won dering vaguely bow long I could keep it up when I cume upon the empty dogcart with the runaway horse quiet' ly cropping grass by the roadside, Here was luck indeed. I jumped into the cart as speedily as my exhausted strength would lot me, and gathering up the reins I struck the whip and wo were off as fast as the auimal could run toward the station.. I estimated that there was still two minutes before the train was due und I felt sure that the station could not bo more tban'a third of a inilo distant. Suddenly I heurd the whistle of the locomotive and with it came an in spiratiou. . The murderer might never be found, At all events I could uot luy bauds ou bim just then. Why not take tb truln und make good my own escape while the opportunity presented itsull? It seemed a terrible thing to thus Hue from just ion because of a crime which I bad not committed, but I could not for my life see any other course open Bo I urged the auimul to 'still greater peed and pulling up at a bend in the road before I reached the : station. jumped down aud ran, just in time to soraniblo upou the train as it was tuov it V It was a curious freak of cluincn, if, Indeed, it was chance alone, which bad ought mo down to Hopcvillo that morning nnd thrust mi into the unen viable position of n, suspected murder er, I hud received n telegram from lUudolph Cutting, the mini whom I had just seen murdered, asking mo to cotno down immediately to Hopovillo, nnd in obedience to this summons I had taken aft early morning train from New York. Hopevillo is nn uuproten- ioits little Now Jersey village, if in deed a country storo nnd two small ouses besides tho station could be so described. Wbeu I stopped out or tho train I looked About in vain for Wmlolpb Cutting's carriage. As it was not to bo seen and ns anything iu tbo Rhiipe of n hired conveyance was mi utter itntosililitv nt lloiinvillo, I set out at a brisk walk iu tbo direction f Itindolpb Cutting's placo, which I new from a former visit was nbout n tuiln nnd n half from the station. llundolph Cutting nud I were Rec oil I cousins, nud thu very slight dc groo of nfl'ection which always existed between us was nut increased mater ially nt tho death of nn undo of ours, who left bis money to me, nud whoso will was so involved that thero was A lawsuit between Cutting nud myself. As it happened by tho terms of thu will, most of my uncle's property was eft to me, und Cutting tried to have the will broken iimii certain technical grounds w hich nro uot essential to this story. The courts upheld me, how ever, nnd declared tho will perfectly valid. As n cousciiuoiicu lUudoliib iitling nnd myself bail not spoken for five years, ami I, of course, hud not been near his homo since that eventful day, when 1 hurried down therein response to his telegram. True, I diil think, that it was a curi ous thing for Cutting to do to tele graph mo to co mo down to Hopoville, but ou second thought I concluded thnt some business of importance iu couneition with cerium interests which were still mutual req iirod that ho should seo me, nud that perhaps bo wns tumble from illness or some other ciniHO to leave his homo. This brief explanation of tho oauso of my visit to Hopevillo was only n small part of tho thoughts which crowded my brain when 1 was safely seated in tho train nnd wbirliug tow ard Jersey City. As I have said Itin dolpb Cutting and I were bitter ene mies, nnd the evideiico which pointed to my having committed tho crime seemed so blackly conclusive that I could utmost feel tho ropo tigbtou about my neck. When tbo train stopped at thn next station I tremliled in every limb, fully expecting to sou some ono coino into thu car to arrest mo. Nothing of tho sort happened, however, uud I passed several more stations in safety. However, I did Uot allow myself much hope, for I felt sura I would bo apprehended nt Jer sey City. After some thought I con cluded that it would bo tbo bust plan to go right in rathor tliau get oil' nt nny of tho out-of-town stations, ns thero would be much less risk of be ing noticed in tho crowd which would get off the train there. When thu truiu pulled into tho .Tor- soy City dopot I inudomy way with all possible husto toward tho waiting room, und greatly ti my surprise I was not molested. Suddenly I heard tho trniumnn call out a train for Phila delphia, 'and acting upon impulse I hastily seoured a ticket nnd wus soon comfortably ensooncod in a parlor cur on the way to the Quaker City. I can never describe that night of borror which' I spent in Philndolphiu. Some idea of my feelings may be im agined when I saw in an evening paper a dispatch telling of tho murder of Randolph Ctittiug, a well known New Yorker, near his country pluee at Hopoville, X. J. The paper said that detectives from New York were nt work npon the onse.aud that although they refused to give out any of the facts thoy were iu possession of a clow which they felt sure would enable them to capture the murderer within o few hours. I sought a quiet hotel upon a sido street, registering under an essoined name, aud thou eudeavorod to coin pose myself to await results, I hard ly think I slept a wiuk that nigbt.biit tossed feverishly upou my bod, won dering whether I bad not acted very foolishly in thus running nway when I km perfectly iuuoueut. Undoubtedly by so doing I hud strengthened the chain of evidauca against me, but under the cireiimstuuces I did uot Bee what ulso I could do. There was still a chuuoo for me, I thought. Cutting's groom was, no doubt, a uew one, as his fueo wus not familiar to me, and he probably did uot know who I wus. No ouo else in Hopoville kuef me. I hud uot meutiorjod my iutuntion of golug down there to uuyoun in New York. My only hope lay fu keepiug porfertly secluded until the thing bad blown over,nud this I thought I Could do as well in my hotel ns anywhere else. Then when I would nrrivo nt this point in my reasoning tbo thought of that clow that the detectives were working ou would como to me, and I would break iu n cold perspiration from nervousness and anxiety. How I ever got through tho night I ciunot tell. As soon ns 1 could got into my clothes iu the morning I procured a morning paper. There I found n fuller nnd more thrilling nccount of tho murder, most of which I skimmed through hurriedly until I reached tho following words; 'lotcetives Warden nn I Senbury of tho l'iukertoa forco reached Hope villo shortly after noon, having been tolegruphed for by Mr, Cutting's fam ily. They nt once set to work upon a clew furnished them by Davis, the groom, who wns with Mr. Cutting when tho fatal shot was bred. Davis was sitting with bis back to Mr. Cut ting, but happening to look toward tho sido of tbo rund bo saw a man, whom bo recognized ns a discharged servant of his employer, level a pistol nt Mr. (Jotting's head and fire. Air. Cutting fell to the ground nud Davis jumped to his muster's assistance, only to find bim instantly killed. Tho liorso had taken fright nnd run nwny, when Davis, happening to look up, saw n figure iu tho roml yay. Instinct ively ho ran towurd him, but the man darted behind tho bedgo and Dntis lost sight of him. Ho was unable, how ever, to identify tho murderer fully when ho was arrested by tho detectives bite lust night. The uiiiu, whoso niimo is James Simpson, wus found iu an empty hay shed, not two miles from tbo scene of tbo murder. When con fronted with his crimo ho became panic-stricken uud inudo a full con fession." And that wan tho nearest I ever came to being banged. Philadelphia Times. SCIENTIFIC SCKAI'.H. Tho New York Elevated railroad is nbout to test nn nir motor. If success ful, it will bo introduced on tho whole systom. M. Levnt informs tho Acndemio des Sciences that steel tempered iu com mercial carbolic ncid is much superior to that tempered in water. An elect r i underground railway under tho present one is tbo lutost project suggested in Iioiidon. It would bo used for express trains only. A man who has tried it says thnt two or three dandelion leaves chewed before going to bud will always in duce sleep, no mutter how nervous or worried a muu may be. The fact should nover bo lost sight of in the homo that n uew-laid egg contains all the necessary elements to support tho body, and, therefore, is in itself a complete food. Tho longest known telegraph circuit made ou this continent for actual business was the report from Sail Diego to Boston recently. Tho lino was out out thu full 3100 miles. Suu Francisco, Cul. , is soon to have tho largest plant in the world for cremating the city's refuse. Thero will be thirty-two furnaces, with sen puoity of disposing of 400 tons of material a day. Forty German cities now buve dec trio street railways, as compared with only three in 1891. Hamburg heads tho list in the mutter of uqtiipniunL It has 310 motors, while Berlin, which comes next, has only 111. A new fluorescent material, niuoh superior to ull those hitherto used, bus beeu .discovered by Dr. Van Melckebeke of Antwerp, Belgium. It is composed of oxyfluoride of uruu- ium nud ammonium. By his process 123 grains of orystul can bo made for 87 cunts. The pneumutio tnbe system for car rying small parcels aud mail packages is to be luid down in Bostou. The system has been in use iu European cities for the past fifty years, but the majority of tho tubes are ouly three inches iu diameter. The Bostou system will buve eight-inch tubes. For the separation of ore a uew magnetio device has a fuiiuul-shuped reservoir, into which the oru fulls ufter it is crushed, the outlet nt the bottom droppiug tbo ore on a revolving disk, which curries it along past u magnet, which uttruots the partioles of iron from the other materiel". Nausen, tho explorer, asset ts that kourvy can easily be avoided in Aretiu expeditions by the use of properly preserved meat nnd fish, supporting the theory of Professor Torup of Christiuuiu that the diseuse is due to poisoning from bud meat. Bourry wus uot so loug ago the unual utteuduut of all sea voyugos XAr.now urns AS bkaitifikih. Sleeping in n narrow, bard bed, is now considered conducive to a good ligurc. Throw nway your soft mat tresses nnd even jour pillows, nnd you arc promised freedom from round shoulders nnd double chins. Many women nro giving tho experiment a trial nniDAtj wiip.atus. Tho bridal wreath is usually formed in Germany of myrtlo branches, in Frunco nnd Kugland of orange blos soms, in Italy nud French Switzerland of whito roses, in npam of red roses aud pinks, iu the islands of Greece of vino loaves, iu Iloheinia of rosemary, in German Switzerland of a crown of artificial ilowcrs. WHITE OI,llVEI MAIDS. Ill Swedeo.nccording to u sojourner in that country, the chambermaid performs her dutios wearing whito gloves and n white nproti, in order that the snowy bed linen, tbo toilet articles nud perhaps the delicate fur niture may not bo soiled by contact with grimy fingers or clothes. Tbo gloves ore loose ones of wash lenther, and as they nre kept only for this purpose, they do not need to Vio washed offonor than onci n week. The custom certainly furnishes n sugges' lion for tho ownors of white enamelled furniture and white lmintcd wood work. ri.oop or HiiuiT waists. The flood of shirt waists which has appeared in the stores is u pretty posi live proof of their continued popular ity. They are mndo of luwn, ging' hum, linen, organdie, bntisto nud silk, in plaids aud stripes, nud all over con ventional designs, iu evory color known, nnd while tbo manner of mak lug them vines n little with tlio use of many tucks, the main features nro the same a pointed yoko iu tbo buck and a box plait in front, with tho ful ness ou either side. White silk, flow ered in color, makes a lovely shirt waist, aud should have a mndo stock collar in tho sumo silk, buttoned ou iu front, where it ties in a bow. A narrow linen lawn collar, with n tiny hemstitohed hem and a lacd edge, turns over the edgo in placo of the stiff linen one. Ecru linen batiste, with a black stripo nnd Dresden flow ers scattered over it, makes another stylo of wuist, which is very pretty with the plain black satin stock or the wide linen collar. New York Sun. BIRTH MONTH HTONKS. Tho very latest craze in many of tho fashionable capitals is the wearing of birth mouth stones, and, atrunge to say, it emanated iu remote Poland. Women there, according to an old legend, are suved ull manner of ills by wearing the gunrdian charm of tho mouth in which they were born ; und men. too. if given aiiou gems by a woman, .ire also sived nnd benefited, Here is the true list, more are van- oties, but the one given is direot from Poland: Jauiiury Gurnet ; constaucr. Febrnury Amethyst ; siuoority. Murch bloodstone : courage, wis1 dotn. April Sapphire or diamond ; free from enchautuieut, innocence. May Emerald i success iu love, discovers false friuuds. June Agate ; health aud prosper ity. July Unby ; corrects evils of mis- tukeu friendship, discovers poison. August sardonyx; uieauiug con. jtlgul felicity. September Chrysolito ; antidote to muduess, free from suduess and evil passions. October Opal ; hope. 1 November Topaz ; Idelity, prevents bail il reams. o December Turquoise J prosperity. suouustions yon sinoehh. Mine. Melbu, who is naturally reu ogiiiz -d us A most competent author ity ou ull matters d.-aliuj with voice iSiilture, says that few persons realize how mil oil is added to the beauty of the uuturul voiqw by proper oultivu tion. Hero the difficulty begins. The pupil iuut buve ouuipjtout teat-hew, nnd hero arises tho first obstacle in tho way of tlio average student. If prno- ticatile, npply to a competent singer to n.sist in tho innttor. Insist upon it, however, that tbo teacher chosen shnll bo n vocal teach er. Do not select a person who toadies various branches of inusio "und siiigii:." A good vooul teacher has studied tho physiology and hy giene of tho vocal organs, and has de voted much attention to tbo study of correct tone produntion, breathing, vocaliz ition, aud tho mnuy depart ments connected with the technical sido of his profession, and will have given special study to the famous operas, oratorios nnd tbo sacred and secular music written for tho voice. Ho will find that the branch of inusio bo has chosen to muster is too en grossing nnd too exacting to admit of his devoting a part of his tim i to any other. The pupil then must attempt to ascertain tho acquired equipment of touchers and select accordingly. But cvon then they may not be safe. The only absolute criterion is tho progress made. Submit yourself absolutely to your instructor, follow accurately nil his or her instruct ions, and if, nfter your lossons or practice time, y nir throat has nny feeling of weariness or strain, or should you find ut the end of your first term of lessons that your powers aro not increasing, that vour voice is uot stronger, vonr tones not firmer and your command over your voico not increased, thoro is likely to be somo fault either with tiie method taught or with tho teach er. Chicago Times Herald. FASHION NOTES. Among tho novelties in veils nro those of very great size, which cover the entire face and nre drawn under tbo cliiu. An unusually simple frock of baby blue net over satin, is trimmed with fluffy mink tails, set in full plaitiuga of chiffon. A gown of American beauty satin tins a band of thickly embroidered spangles round the skirt, tho square bodice trimmed with creamy lace aud bands of dark fur. A snug little toque is mud of yel low velvet looped and twisted over a frame. Tho trimming is u wreath nt yellow asters with black centres, und a standing plumage of bird-uf-panidise feathers. A neat nnd rather trying hat is of whito velvet. It is bound with ruby velvet, and loops of velvet ribbon aro set edgewise around the crown. At thu buck is u large fun-shaped trim ming of aigrets aud bird-of-purudise feathers. A new bat is turned down all around in scoop shape. Tho crown is rather high and uarrow, and is trimmed with bands of fancy velvet set rouud aud round. Atone side of the crowu is a large cluster Of ostrich tips, tho quills of which are couceuled by a rosette of velvet. A novdty veil is about three yards loug. The middle 'of it is placed around the front of the tut uud over the fucs ; then the euds uro crossed ut the back, fastened with juwelod pin, and brought down on either side of the face aud tied iu a large bow under thu chin. The loops ure fastened with stick pins. Ou some faces tbo effect is very pretty. A handsome hut hus a low crown aud it moderutely wide brim slightly rolled up at both sides. Tho edge ia bound with velvet, nud there nre thick bunches of velvet roses sewdd close under tho brim next to the huir. The trimming is a cluster of loops of vel vet uud wide, heavv ostrich plumes that sweep over nnd entirely conceal the crown of the hat and droop over the huir ut the back. Colored huudkerohiofs are coming iuto fashion. They uro olnborately embroidered, and many of them aro very expensive. One of the liuw pat terns is a lino of butterflies exteudiug from ooruer to corner. Auitlmr haa half a dozen butterflies iu one corner others have two or three iu each of the corners. There are ulso fancy bordered buudliereliiefs uud tbosu with wide hems. Ouo of these latter is closely embroideiod with exeolluut iinit'ktioua of thu h-iueybeo.
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