It begin to look as if tbe most seri
ous obstacle In the way of college ath
letic contests this year night be the
departure of a majority of the athletes
for the war.
The more important Oermnn jour'
Hals have conned to attack the United
Btates, as the result of a hint from
the government. They now recognize
that the German Interests lie with the
fortunes of the Amoricnns.
When the Onr.ln,, ITM.lomWa
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went into action at Dargai, inula, II
appears, from the confession of one of
the wounded pipers, that each of the
ix pipers sent ahead i.lnved a diner-
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lollowed them.
Out of the three and a half
millions who form the population of
inner London, one million and a half,
representing 800,000 liouseholdors,
pay more or loss frequent visits to the
pawnbroker, and some thirty million
articles are annually pledgod within
the above area.
Speaking of the rapidity of thought
an tngnsn scientist says that "if the
akin be touched repeatedly with light i "down-river" bont.
blows from a small hammer, the braiu I Hither and thither, across the pa
will distinguish the fact thnt the blows rTZn?",." 'm T.0'8 Tn
. ins slowlv soldiers with thn dull.
are separate, and not a continuous
J'"0"1"", men n nun iuey ioiiow one
another as rapidly as one thousand iu frontier. Jlut today there was a bright
a second." ening of faces, a quickening of steps,
' for the "down-river" bad brousht let
There has been a very marked iu- "om the States and home.
... , An unusually generous mail, too.
ere buowu oi .ate in Europe m
Auiericun-mauo suoos, as evinced uy
consular reports, and through the
liowspapers. The shoe mnnufactur-
ers of the United Htatea .,. tnkln.
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apecini pains to mode a magnilicont
display in mis line at the 1'aris Expo-
sition, various houses having sent out
circulars statin? facts iu roo-ard to
apace, privileges, etc
The partition of China will throw
pen to the world its vassal state
Thibet, a country famous for its churl
ish and cruel inhabitants. The Chi-
ii ii ..
more freedom than their siBters in
China or India, and are said to be
comely and intelligent. The records
declare that Thibet was more populous J
and prosperous in ancient times, when
it paid a handsome tribute annually to
the Chinese kings or emperors.
The historic' pen which, guided by
the hand and brain of the president
of the United States, traced tbe name
of William McKiuley beneath the
declaration of war between the Amer
ican Republic and the kingdom ol
Spaiu is now the personal property
of William Alden Smith, congressman
from Grand Rapids, Mich. The pen
is doubly valuable because i was used
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president of the Senate for the same
purpose. The war bill was signed!
first by Mr. Reed, who gave the pen to
Mr. Smith, who took it to Vice
President Hobart. Tho final scene
was made by President McKiuley later
in the day, and the pen was than given
to Mr. Smith.
That daring exploit of Lieutenant
Fremont, in landing in Cuba recalls
that of Lieutenant Hunter, familiarly
known 1 at the time as "Alvarado"
Hunter, who, during the Mexican war,
arrived off the town of Alvarado, in
California, and, without waiting for
the co-operation of the land forces,
which had not yet arrived, summoned
the town to aurrender, and had the
American flag floating over it when
his aupports arrived. He was court-
martialed for disobedience of orders,
suspended, and shortly afterward pro
moted to a higher position in the ser
vice. He took desperate chances, and
was successful. If he had failed be
might have caused the miscarriage
of the whole expedition.
Bays the Buffalo Commercial:
Host people will be surprised at the
statement that Oreat Britain ia now
importing golf clubs from America;
bnt it is a fact, according to the state'
meat of Charles S. Cox, an English
man long resident in America, who,
on his return home, stated that be had
no difficulty in obtaining orders for
8000 clubs from the larger dealers in
golf gooda in Scotland and England.
The reason for thia is asserted to be
that the American clubs are better
made and better finished than those
that can be obtained at home at any
thing like the same price. The in
formation ia surprising, because golf
ia a novelty in tbe United States,
scarcely a generation old, while it has
flourished in Scotland .for centuries.
Coals to Newcastle would have seeded
f ::',! simile to sending American
- 'f r-tZtM to Creat Britalu.
JB,,UW uo" iues " witu cghter be. If we had,, you wouldn't
comparative detail, and says that it is ' never have gone away. I've kept si
very poor, but is rich in minerals, ,enc6 ,ou8 ime. waiting for you to
which none i. allowed to use. Strange "J y cred but you don't say that
. , .. , , . . yet; and now lt'a my cough and the
to say, the women of the land enjoy .trantfe feelimra all over me that
CEORCINA,
Ths lltlts Mr shakes her head,
And vows that she will neTer wed
Hnt even whlln (he tale she tilts,
There comes a sound of wedding-bells I
- DOWIV -
me or
The stnrrr emblem of freedom. float
"'"""V1" oa lUB J""-
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ground at ort milo-d, swayed grace-
funy j tue afternoon breeze. The
email exp nse of turf thnt sloped down
lo tu8 swiftly-rolling Missouri was
,iMe' w.i,u trim bnllilin which had
1 emingly won a martini appearance
, from their occupants. Acliill was no.
ticoable in the air, though June
reigned, and countless mosquitoes
reigned alno.hovering in denseswarms
over the willows near the river's edge
I -mosquitoes whose spiteful sting was
I altogether out of proportion to their
I size. Even the stoical Indians from
the Oros Ventres village, two miles
north, just over the boundary line in
' Montana, were visibly affected by
I these ubiquitous pests and waved
eagles' wings bofore their impertnr
liable grave faces as they stood npon
I the banks while a cargo of military
supplies was being unloaded from a
,,nthctio counteunnccs characterizing
so many troops npon tue nortnwostern
Several men laughed when they saw
flock lirayton with a deoper bronze on
'lia cheeks and a letter in his hand.
He haA nover been k"0 receive
?ne since the coming of the company
to a ort isuioru. lie was a tall, awk
word follow, one of those shambling
men who suggest some mistake on the
J,nrt ' nature in choosing muterial too
htily. He stood now just outsido
the gymnasium, the letter fluttering in
his grasp, tbe torn envelope crushed
in one strong hand. He had read it
over twice and was beginning at the
first page again, mumbling it indis
tinctly; "You and me ain't so much to
each other as husband and wife
makes me write. The doctor says it
won't be long and there's little Jim
nd the baby "
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tbe pitiful scrawl in his brawny list
and pushed the back of his hand across
Lis deep-set eyes,
"I don't know rightly what I'll do,"
be began, desperately, and then lie
straightened up as a comrade ap-
proaalied, laughing.
I "Lots of news, Zack?" he queried
in a teasing wnv.
The man looked at his interlocutor
with a dazed expression.
"How's all the folks?" persisted the
soldier..
A puzzled expression settled on
Zack Brayton'a face. He ' dug one
foot doggedly into the turf. "It
warn't her fault never!" he tuut-
lOreil.
"Oho! It was a lover's quarrel,
hey?" quizzed the soldier,
"No; it warn't no. quarrel," fleroely
replied Zack, and then he as suddenly
Strode away,
Ten minutes later Zaok Brayton
stood more awkwardly than ever be
fore the highest authority in the fort.
That officer had receivod pleasant
news from home, and he unbent his
military dignity to a surprising degree
and was chatting merrily with several
subordinates.
"Well, my man?" was his remark
when Zack'a presence was notioed.
Tbe private aaluted awkwardly. He
began to speak in a low, hesitating
voice.
"Beggin yer pardon, colonel, but
I've got a word I'd like to say least
wise, if-"
"Talk to your captain," interrupted
the officer, recalling his dignity now.
He was tired of hearing oomplaints,
and there had been too many of late.
"Not as I'd oughter bother you.sir;
but the fact is "
"Well, speak out; what is it?" said
the officer, with some show of impa
tience. A dull wave of color ' arose In the
private's face. He had never seemed
so ponderously awkward.
"My wife," be began, huskily; "she
is sick, an' I 'lowed maybe you had a
wife, colonel, an' you'd know how "
"Where ia she?"
"Baok in Missoury."
"And you want a furlonghf It's
impossible, sir. If we heeded half
the requests we shouldn't have a sol
dier left on his post. Don't you see,
my good fellow?" -
"Yes, air," replied Zack, simply.
When he waa dear of the quarters
be leaned against post aa if needing
support of some sort. Yet Zaok waa
a strong man certainly.
The aoldiers quizzed him a good
deal, in a rough manner, at mess, about
his love-letter. He- did not utter a
word in reply, bnt there waa an un
usual look of determination aettling
down npon hlsunoonth features, form
ing into hard lines they bad never no
tioed before.
The daya at Fort Bufdrd are long in
June. There is no evening.
In this high latitude the sun oheata
yon out of the evening hoars and sets
at nesrly 10 o'clock. A detachment
of troops were assisting the steamboat
roustabouts in unloading military sup
Oh, yon mar trust the flokls vans
That only points to veer again,
Hut not ths dainty little head
That shaken to say una will not wed,
Charles Henry Wobb, In Borlbner's.
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Rir ure.
plies. At dark, flambeaux were flar
ing from the boat's guards, by the
light of which they completed their
labors. Then the biuecoats tnnrched
uacK to the barracks, preceded by a
tram of government wagons.
a tow roustn unuts, middled npon
the boiler-deck, were grumbling nuit
edly about some trifle, aa Missouri
river roustabouts have a habit of
doing. Tbe night became very dark
at last so dark thnt even bad one
been looking in thnt direction he
would not have noticed a man who
cropt out of the willow-bog and, step'
ping cautiously into an Indian "bull-
boat" at the wharf.driftcd off with tho
swift current, under cover of the
friendly shndows.
Iu a fow moments, at best, the man's
absence from the fort would be dis
covered. It was one chance in a bun
ured, bnt Znck Brayton took that
rhnuce and floated down the river,
The lights of the steamer receded in
the darkness; not a sound broke the
stillness snre the plash, plash of his
paddle. Beuding forward, straining
his eyes to catch the first glimpse of
dangor in whatever form, the current
bore him on.
"Only for her her and the chil
dren," he muttered under his breath,
while his eyes grew moist. He wiped
them hastily, as though anyona could
perceive his weakness.
On on! The water nndulated
greatly under the boat as he floated
on its broad, dark bosom. Now the
current set iu near the shore, and mys
torions sounds were borne ont to him
from those wild forest depths sounds
neithor man nor beast could make. A
lone owl hooted dismally from a tree
top. Instantly the woods seemed
alive with strange responses. He felt
awed and heaved a sigh of relief when
the current bore him far out into the
stream once more.
With the first flush of dawn the sol
dior guided bis primitive craft to the
shore, drew it tip out of the water and
managed to hide the unwieldy bulk in
the bushes. He looked at the stretched
buffalo skin with affection, thinking
what a good turn it was doing him.
All day he lay concealed iu the vicin
ity, not a mouthful of food entering
his lips. With the gathering darkness
he was soon afloat, bound for "down
river" and the old Missouri home.
He could scarcely tell the number
of days after a while; he did not
care to keep account. All he desired
waa to escape those who were doubt
less pursuing him. Wauderinir In-
diaus gave him food when he dared
seek it. He held his breath when ho
passed the forts and settlements on
the liver banks iu the night. He
even fancied that the beatings of his
hoart could be heard on either shore.
If Elviry kuowed how it war." ho
Baid to himself, "she might be
a-prayiu' fur me, as she nster."
Xhe thought gave him renewed
courage, lie bent to the paddle with
a giant's strength, and the bull-boat
went along faster than the current, yet
could not keep pace with his impa
tience. At length he beaan to chuckle grim
ly with satisfaction. Hour bv hour
he felt that he was neariug home. In
dian wigwams no longer dotted thev
plains. Dark objects loomed up on
the hills, which he knew to be school-
houses or churches. Steambonta
passed more frequently, and he waa
obliged to nse great caution in avoid
ing them, although few ever remained
out in the river late at night. Still he
chuckled, for every hour lessened the
danger. They would never look for
him so far down river, surely they
would think he had fled toward the in
terior. Tomorrow night " he assured him.
self, "I'll leave the river and tramp
for it."
His face brightened: the skv. the
river, the plain took up a new expres
sion of hol)eflllnns mul tha rnmnimlnr
rof that night his paddles dipped un
ceasingly.
"P'r'haps she ain't Quite so bad off
as the dootor thinks, arter all. an' I
kin take care of her now: an' I'd iust
work for her." He dropped the pad
dles a moment as a pleased smile
crept over his bronzed face. '
"Ah! the cbillern has crowed like
sixty, in course."
The heavens seemed to don an an
swering smile, the east bursting into
a rosy glow, while the distant hills
and rolling prairies assnmed new and
delicate tints of beautiful summer
life.
"It ain't the wuat sort o' world, arter
all it oan't be so bad az all that," he
went on, discouneotedly.
Yet all around him the river rushed
in a discolored, vapid flood. The
"June rise" was sweeping down from
the northern mountains; the unsightly
sand-bars lay concealed beneath the
dashing wavea; logs, trees, debris of
various kinds, went whirling past.
Once the carcass of a buffalo shot
needlessly by some passenger on an
np-river boat, doubtless bore down
against him, and he was obliged to
push away with his paddle.
"How they must a' growed!" he re
peated to himself.oheerily. It aeemed
aa though he had been away a cen
tury. ' His head drooped, aa a succes
sion of homely incidents passed
through his qniokened brain.
A village, with ita white-spired
church, rose from the nearer bank.
Tbe boat, carried around in an abrupt
bead and suddenly deflected from iU
conrse by a strong eddy, headed di
rectly for that shore. The wary voy
eur, yielding for one Instant to a sud
den sense of security and repose, sat
with drooping face and made no re
sistance. There was a sudden shock. The lit
tle boat bumped violently against a
snag, and some one cried out from the
guards of a steamboat at thnt moment
preparing to push out into the stream.
The startled soldior lifted his head
and sat as though petrified. A dotach
fucnt of United States troops met his
bewildered gaze. '
Suddenly he seized the paddle with
frantia haite. Would Elviry never
know how he had tried?
An officer was standing on the lower
deck.
"A deserter, by Heaven!" he ex
rlaimed to the sergeant at his side.
Then, in a stentorian voice, he com
manded: "Pull in shore, if yon value yoni
lifel"
Bnt the man in the boat paid no at
tention. He began to push ont with
rapid,eucrgetia strokes. How clumsy
tbe craft seemed to him then how
slowly the distance widonod between
him and the dreaded foel
Cold beads of perspiration glisteuod
on his face. The morning sunshine,
flooding the river with golden beams,
showed clearly his tense, agonized ex
pression with stnrtling vividness.
If he could only reach the other
side! Then Elviryand the children
"Halt, yon fool!"
Znck Brayton pnllod away with the
unreasoning, desperate energy of de
spair. There was a hurried order, the
tranrp of feet on deck, followed by a
fiery flash and the sharp crack of mus
ketry. Tbe deserter arose to his full height
in the toppling canoe. His bunds
clutched the air, and then bis stalwart
form sank into the rushing, turbid
waves of the Missouri.
Only the little boat, aimless and tin
guided, drifted on toward "down-river"
and Elviry. New York News,
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Greece has 152 newspapers.
Australia sends cocoauut oil to Eng
land. Thunder can be heard nine miles
away.
Persia has only women carpet
weavers.
All begRiirs in Italy must be dulv
licensed.
Gloves made of frogskin are the lat
est novelty.
France gathers a window tax on
more than nine million houses.
A map of Jerusalem in mosaic over
1500 year old, has been found in Pal
estine. The River Jordan makes the ereat-
est descent in the shortest distance of
almost any stream.
The entire collection of coins and
mednls in the British Museum consists
of nearly 250,000 specimens.
A pair of lovers in New Jersey who
have been engaged since 1830 have
just issued cards for their wedding.
There is a clock in Brussels which
has never been wound 'bf human
hands. It is kept going by the wind.
From 1808 to 1881 it is estimated
that no less than 81,000,000 buffuloes
were slaughtered on the great plains
of the United States.
Nearly 1,200,000 pounds of colors
are used by the United States gov
ernment annually for printing paper
money, revenue and postage stamps.
Veneer cutting has reached such
perfection that a eingle elepbant'a
tusk, thirty inches long, is now cut
into a aheet of ivory 150 inchea long
and 20 inches wide.
In the ai'eat volcano 1intrint nf T.
land there ia a whnla mnnntaln .im
posed of eruptive cluys and pure white
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suipuur. a oeauiuui grotto pene
trates the western sloua to an nnltnnwn
depth.
The new British battleshin Tmnln.
cable is to cost over $5,000,000, the
largest sum ever spent in the build.
log oi a man-of-war. The armor
plutea alone will cost $750,000, and the
guns nearly aa mucn:
In the reiarn of Elizabeth tho
ing oi naia was considered a sign of
luxury. 15V an act or Pw iman
every person above the aim nf un
years, and under a certain degree, was
uuugeu on ounaays ana holidays to
wear a woolen can. mn1a in Fnnl.n.l
J
and finished by some of the fraternity
oi cappers.
Envelopes cannot be lnmnrl with
10 remove tneir contents in tbe mails
without revealing the theft if a new
safety device ia iiaml urhiMi nmnl.t.
of a piece of material to be inserted
in the envelope directly under the ad
dress, which becomes damp and blura
the writing when the back of the en
velope ia steamed or soaked to
the flap.
Evaporation of Bananas.
The American oonanl at Kinaraon -a-
porta that experiments are being made
mere to develop an industry of evap
orating bananas, and that a trial ship
ment haa been inud tn tlila
If successfully established, this indus
try will be of the utmost importance
to many Central American atates. Tbe
men engaged in the experiment, ac
cording to consular reports, have no
praotioal knowledge of the business of
drying tbe fruit, but if it was taken np
by men experienced in the manufac
ture of machinery and appliances
adapted to tbe evaporation of fruits,
a modification to auit thia case could
eaaily be devised, and there would be
an immense demand far annh
immediately. At present there are
miuioua of bananas yearly thrown
way or allowed to rot on the ground
beoause they are too email or too ripe
for shipment to the United States.
THE REALM
ronnlar With Whaal
The skirt here illustrated by May
Manton is one of the most praotical
nd comfortable yet offered to wheel
women, being shaped with six gores
that bang evenly and will not sag. ft
is of moderate width, measuring three
yards and three-quarters in the medinra
ize. The back gore,straight in cen
tre, is gathered at the top and arranged
underneath the pleats of the side gores
that meet in oeutre back, thus giving
the fulnets necossary to fit well over
the saddle withont the inoonvenience
of the intrioate saddle gore. Placket
openings are finished with triple
pointed overlaps and closed with but
tons and buttonholes, the band that
finishes the top of the front lapping
over with hooks into loops on the belt
that aupports the akirt and closes in
centre front. '
Closely woven fabrics of good weight,
such as obeviot, tweed, serge, golf and
L, I
81X-OOBBD DICYCLK SKIItT.
LADIES' THREE-BUTTONED CUTAWAY JACKET.
covert snitings, are recommended for
bicycle wear, a aix or eight inch facing
of moreen firmly stitched on the inside
being a oorreot and safe finish for the
foot of the akirt. No binding should
be used, and all aeama should be
donble-stitohed. A bicyole suit can
not be too well aewed.
To make thia skirt for a woman of
medium aize fonr yards of forty-four-inch
material will be required.
A Smart Toilet.
For swell tailor made style noth
ing surpasses the cntaway jacket.
Made of hunter'a green cloth, with
collar of velvet a shade darker and
worn over a vest of ecru corduroy and
akirt of plaid that oombinea the ecru
and green with brown, -and a thread of
yellow. A smarter toiletto than the
design by May Manton shown in the
large engraving haa yet to be seen.
The jacket fronts are fitted, by sin
gle bust darts and flare open below
the bnst, over which the dosing is ef
fected by three cloth covered tailor
buttons and bnttonholea.
Above the closing small revere roll
baok, meeting the rolling collar of vel
vet in notches. The baok fits smooth
ly, a graceful outline being given by
tbe usual back, side baok, and nnder
arm seams, coat laps being arranged
below the waist line in oentre back.
Tbe two aeamed sleeves are in latest
atyle, and may be plaited or gathered
at the top as fancy dictates. .
The jacket oan be of any seasonable
cloth, or auitiug to match or contrast
with the akirt, aa here delineated.
The design here shown provides a
vest, or any blouse or shirt waist can
be substituted.
To make this jacket for a lady of
medium aize one and five-eighths
yards of material fifty-four inches wide
will be required.
Oowa For a "Wblta Wxldlnc."
An original gown to be worn by the I filigree ornaments, the centre one in
maid of honor at a "white wedding" , front aarving as a buckle aud the oth
is of soft white cloth, heavily braided ers as slides to adiust the waistband.
mm
OF FASHION,
in white on the skirt. The bodico
opens at the skirt over a small yoke of
monsseline de sole, edged with pointed
lapels embroidered in white and gold
threads. Folds of monsseline de soie
starting from under the right arm
cross to the left and are finished with
a bow and ends. The tight sleeves are
entirely braided, and the rather high,
straight collar, will be softened by a
collar of string pearla fastened with a
miniature clasp.
llrora1r1 Silks.
An effort is being made to revivo
the popularity of brocaded silks, and
it looks as thongh their dsy would
onoe more come round. Some of the
shops show rich patterns in both,
black and colored silks.
Coatnme in Halo- Cloth.
The accompanying design shows a
tailor made costume in beige cloth of
alight texture. The skirt is qmto
tight, like a fonrreaa in the npper
port, moderately large half way dowu,
and widens considerably to the bottom.
It is made in two parts. The npper
part is composed of a yoke set iu ronnd
the waist and joined half way down to
a deep flounce taille en forme, which
composes tbe lower part.. The yoke
is joined to the flounce by nine rows
of stitching, which run around the
skirt behind and rise np to the waist
in the centre in front. The floe nee,
whloh forms small godcts behind, in
flat in front, and forms a narrow
apron, edged by tho rows of stitching.
The corsage is a blouse, with short
crenelated basques stitched like the
skirt, which stitching is continued np
the front and forms a square round
the neck, aud the sides almost meet
down to the waist, just enough space
being left to show a front of white
moire, ridged with narrow velvet rib
bon, very close together at equal dis
tances. Six small velvet bows are
sewed on the front at equal distance
bet-1 eu thn neck and tbe waist. The
oollar is h'gh and very mnch sloped
away. It ia lined with white moire,
striped with black ribbon velvet, and
the neck trimming is similarly treated.
The sleeves are rather full above the
elbow and are set in with large pleats.
From the elbow to tbe wrist they are
smaller and widen over the hand. The
cuffs are stitched in the same atyle aa
the rest of the costume. The waist-
A TAII.OR 1IADB COSTUME.
band is composed of a soft aud ratnur
narrow Bold ribbon, with thraa vila
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