The canary bird industry la Ger
many is estimated at $250,000 per
annum, and what is better, the pro
ceeds accrue to the very poor.
The shop assistants' seats bill has
provoked the sarcasm of Lord Wemyss,
member of the supercilious British
House of Lords, who suggests thnt
tbe next measure, before the House of
Commons ought to be a "Shop Girls'
Wet Shoes and Stockings Bill."
It is said thnt the 189i corn crop of
Kansas and Nebraska will amount to
six bund rod millions of bushels, and
makes so vast a bulk thnt wore all tho
railroads passing through those states
to carry no other freight it would take
thorn fully two years to haul that one
. crop out of the borders of those
commonwealths.
The roport of tho Ohii's state
collogo telling how largely tho stu
dents come from the families of
humble circumstances, will tond to
increase everywhere the respect in
which onr state colleges are held.
That they are destined to become
recognized as the popular chnuncl of
highor education to which the public,
high schools will be largoly tributary,
seems, in this light, more and more
probable.
IJogus jellies are interfering serious
ly with the sale and price of jolly
made from real fruit. The tnanu
facture of jellies from apples, currants,
gooseberries and other fruits has al
ready assumed large proportions, em
ploying considerable lab r and large
capital and affording a market foe
great quantities of fruit. Already this
trade is boing injured by the unfair
competition of spurious imitation.
The subjoot is one that should have a
prominent place in all the pure food
laws, both state and national.
The German government line rnised
a new barrier against American meat
by ismiiug an order that frosh beel
shall not be imported from Belgium
into Germany. This action was
caused by Belgium's recent annul
ment of its restrictions against Ameri
can cattle. Donmark has boon an -ion.
to welcome our fresh meats, but has
been deterred for fear that Germany
will apply to her the same rigorous
rule she has established against Bel
gium. The people want Amoricun
meats because the homo supply is nol
qual to the demaud.
The Roycrofters of Hast Aurora, X.
7., are working out a complex social
and economic problem. They are
doing a great work with a light hand.
Think, if you please, of a inuuufuo
tory that has a 15 minute rocess in the
middle of the forcnoou and . tho same
in the aftoruoon (besides the hour at
noon aud a Suturday half-holiday,)
when all the workers get out aud play
haudball; that surrounds its helpers
with an atmoaphoro of art and beauty;
that has a piano, bath-rooms, and a
library; that has no "bosses"; pays
good wages and divides profits at end
tf the year, and you have the printing
plant known as the "Roycroft Shop.'
The German minister of war re
cently stated that the military authori
ties were following the development
of the automobile industry with the
greatest atteutiou aud would do every
thiug to further and make use of it.
The appropriation for this purpose
in the Military Budget was voted for
unoimously. The general introduc
tion of automobiles would iucreast
the mobility of an army fourfold
especially in cases where the roads
are such as to permit of rapid move
ment. Automobiles can be made use
of as regimental baggage wagons and
as ambulauoos for army postal service.
In modern warfare the more the army
can get rid of living creatures, man oi
beast, which are not combatants, and
replace them by mechanical substi
tutes, the more confidently will
. general tuke the fluid.
The textile school that has been es
tablished in Atlanta as a branch oi
the Georgia school of Technology will
be one of the most complete aud best
conducted institutions of the kind in
the country. Other southern tatet
re moving to establish similar educa
tional facilities. A textile school hai
been established at Clemson college,
8, 0. It is well equipped aud adinira
bly conducted. North Carolina, which
leads all the southern state in cotton
manufacturing, realizes the necessity
of a textile school, aud one is now be
ing established. When the North
Carolina school opens the south will
have three first-class textile schools,
as many as there are in the north.
The only textile school in tbe north
re those at Philadelphia, Lowell and
New Bedford. It was only about two
years 'ago that the establishment ol
textile schools iu the south was Aral
talkal of.
if NEVER FORGET YOU,
X think of yon In tho sunshine,
I dream ultiht sod day of you,
When all the world Is silent.
And stars shlnn out In tho hlnst
And whether the hours be golden,
Or whether tho day be drear.
Your Ioyo la boslde mn always
I novor forKet you dosr I
I tee your eyes In the stars, love, .
I hoar your voice In tho sea.
Tho spell of vour tender presence
Goes o'er tna world with mo.
And distance cannot divide us,
Though far sway or near,
In my heart of hearts you dwell, love
1 novor forgot you, dear !
The stars may forgot their places,
Tho day may forget to break.
The flight of the hours ninv niter,
Tho rose mny forget to waits 1
But love that Is true for over,
Not a dny, nor a month, nor a yenrt
To tho end of the world I lovo you
1 never forget you, dear !
Clifton Uliighnin la American Queen.
HIS SEVENTH WIFE.
4 Comic Fate of a Backwoods Bluebeard.
Ram Tuggins was preparing to take
nnto himself a wife. He had taken
to greasing his boots and wearing
white shirts on Hundays. What rea
son was there for douot after that?
Sam Tuggins had been married be
fore to some extent He had, to put
it mildly, enjoyed a large and promis
cuous assortment of wives during his
time
Sara bad been married six times, to
be exact about it, and he was not,
strictly speaking, an oid man yet. As
he frequently jocularly remarked, he
was good to ontllre half douin more
wivos if he continues to have ordinar
ily good health.
So, being a widower for the sixth
time, he was preparing to take unto
himself tho sevonth wife. It was not
knowu yot who would have the honor
of becoming Mrs. Tuggins VII. Tug
gins, even, was not decided on that
point
One day he rode over to Beckett's
mill, and he and Beckett in a little
friendly conversation foil to discuss
ing this matter.
"I'm going to marry," Tuggins
said. "That mnch is settled, aud I'm
going to marry right away, too. I've
got to have a wife, for I need her, and
need her bad. It's been throe months
since my Inst one died, and as a con
sequence of having nobody to look
after matters, everything about the
house is going to waste and ruin."
"Can't rind anybody that suits you?"
Beckett asked.
"Yes; I have bad two women in
mind," Tuggins replied. Either,
would d- very well, but the question
is, which would suit me best"
"Vou can't decide, eh?"
"No, I can't If I could I wouldn't
be fooling awuy all this time without
a wife."
"I can believe thnt, Tuggins. But
do you mind telling me what two
women yoti have in mind?"
"Of course not. One of them is
the widow Smart, and the other is
Miss Wofford. They are both likely
women, Bockott, and Icnlkilato oithor
of om would make me a good wife."
"Miss Wofford is tho yonngost and
best lookiug of the two," Beckott
suggested.
"1'es, aud her age is a right smart
in her favor," Tuggins said, "but I
don't go a cent oil looks. My opinion
is that beauty don't count for any
thiug in a wife's favor. Tho boauti
fulest woman going nin't likely to do
any more work or bring in oue more
dollar than tho homeliest old plug yon
can scare up. What I want is a wom
an who will be helpful oue that can
turn hor bund to all kind of work,
aud who ain't afraid to do it."
"Then you rather lean toward the
widow?"
"No, I can't say as I do. They're
both got their strong p'iuts. Miss
Wofford's strong p'int is hor age.
Bein' young.she's likely to lie longer
than the other. That's a henp iu hor
favor, for I tell you this burying and
marrying wives is expensive when it
comes on a man so often. But on the
other baud the widow offers advau
tages. She's a good worker, she's
economical, and she's tough. For a
woman of her age she's strong and
healthy, aud after all she may possibly
outlive the other."
"Maybe tho women themselves
would help you out," Beckett sug-
"How?" Tuggins inquired.
"You haven't asked either of them
yet whether Bhe would marry you,
have yon?"
"No."
"Then maybe one of them won't'."
Tuggins looked at Beckett in blauk
astouishmout, as though he did not
kuow whether the man was crazy or
only joking. At last he said:
"Have you got au idea, Beckett,
thnt eithor of them two women iu a
natural born fool?"
"No, I reckon not." Beckett r.
plied.
"Phon where did tou sret hold of
the idea that one of them might de
cline to marry mey
"Oh, I just thought one of tham
might. You know some women are
rather queer about such things as
marrying,"
"It don't matter how queer they
are, I reckon if they ain't fools they
wou't throw away the chance of their
lives. Dou't you be uneasy, Beckett,
about either of them women ref usiu'
to marry me, for they'll not refuse,
considerin' all I've got to oiler "em."
Beokett smiled, for he well kuew
how much good Tuggins' wives had
got from their husband's possessions.
He recalled how the past Mrs. Tng
ginses had been compelled to do the
work of two women, iu and about the
bouse, and in addition bad been re
quired to do almost man's work ia
the raising of the crops. He remem
bered, too, that one calico dress every
year, a pair of cheap, misfit shoes, aud
an inexpensive bonnet was about all
the good they got as the result of their
labors.
Tnpgins sat for some time deeply
absorbed in thought; thou he arose
and said:
"Bockett, guess I'll n:arry tho young
one, and chance it."
In the course of time be reached
Miss Wofford's home, and when he
bad "hallooed" a time or two she
came to the door.
"Miss Wofford," be said, "I come
by to tell you that I have decided to
marry you. When will it suit yon for
me to fetch the squire over to marry
us?"
Miss Wofford looked at Tuggins in
astonishment. For a moment she
was too surprised to speak. Finally,
however, sho said:
"What do you mean, sir, by coming
nere to insult me? '
"Insult yon I Why, I'm in enrnent.
I'm sure going to marry yon. Just
nnmo the day, will yon?"
"Yob, I will. I'll name a day
thousand years after the end of the
world. Now. von sret out of this, vou
bnldhcadcd old apo, before I sio the
dogs ou you."
Tuggins turned and rode away. He
was greatly puzzled at the way' Miss
Wofford had received his announce
ment. "( thought she was sensible wom
an," he mused, "lint she showed
weakness somewhere when she throws
away chance like that."
He went direct to the widow Smnrt's,
and to her made the same announce
ment that he had made to Miss Wof
ford. She received it graciously, and
with a smile and a smirk, blashingly
named the day for the wedding. She
was very shy and demure and hor
manner was all honey and sugar.
In time the wedding day arrived,
and Tuggins took Squire Beeson with
him over to the residence of the widow
Smart, whore in short order the wed
ding ceremony was performed.
It was month later when, one dny,
Tuggius rode over to Beckett's mill.
He and Beckett, as was their wont,
foil into a neighborly conversation.
At Inst Beckett made bold to speak of
that which had been in his mind from
tho moment Tuggius had ridden up.
Ho said:
"Tuggins something has gouo wrong
with you."
"How do yon know?" Tuggius
askod.
"I con see it in yonr looks and ac
tions. You are not the man you have
beon, Tuggius, not near the man.
You have a sad, dojeoted appearance,
and yon impress me with the idea
that yon have been having lots of
trouble."
"Beckett, yon are right. I have
beon having trouhlo.and lots of it, too.
I am ovor my ears in trouble now."
"What is tho matter?" Beckett
askod.
"Everything is the matter," Tug
gins answered. "But the chief thing
that is the matter is thnt I am a fool,
and that I have played the fool a little
the biggest of auybody in this part of
the country."
"But what have vou done?"
"I have gone and mado the mistake
of marrying one wife too many."
"Hasn't the widow turned out to be
as good n wife as you expected?"
"She turned out to be a regular old
Harry," Tuggins snapped, "and I'm
no longer boss in my own house. In
fact, I don't dare call anything my
own, not eveu my soul."
"Cuu't you break her to your will?"
"Bioak nothing I I've 'tried that
once, and I ain't goiug to be fool
enough to try it again. Do you see
these knots on my head? Well, they
como of trying to break her to my
will. She wore a chair out on mo.
She wou't work, aud she spends money
like water. Oh, I've got that old
critter on my hands for life, and I'll
never see another minute of peace."
Beckett offered a little consoling
language, but he did not mean a word
of it He was of the opinion that
Tuggius had at last got just what be
deserved, aud wus getting his account
squared iu his own coin. Boston
Globe.
F. IIoiklnnn Smith's Clothes,
F. TTopkinson Smith lectured out in
Keokuk the othor day, aud now the
people of the favored city, and of the
whole state of Iowa, for that matter,
are worryiug over the question wheth
er Mr. Smith has or bus not a "dress
suit." They know that ou the even
ing of the lecture he wore a gray trav
eling suit that bagged at the kuees,
but he explained th a by saying that
his trunk had gone astray, and then
be told a oliurmiug story about going
once to see Harriet Beecher Stove,
discovering ou his return thut he had
worn no necktie, aud theu sending
her by mail the scarf be should have
worn if he had uot forgotten it.
The explanation nud the story would
have beeu leoeived without question
by tho Keokukiuus had it uot been for
the fact that in Mr. Smith's audience
was a young lady with a memory.
This inconvenient person declares
that she heard Mr. Smith in Chicago
year ago, and she avers that be theu
appeared iu the antue traveling Biiit
aud told precisely the same story in
precisely the same words. Hence
Iowa doubts. Ehuira knows thut
Smith has or at least has had, a
"dross suit" Eliuiia Gazette.
No KnirlUli I'ii per la ItiissU.
What rmbliu nnllllnn tmnnnfi in m
Russia may be gathered from the re
cent census of that empire, which
howe that iu apopulutiou of 12IVU00.-
uuu mere aie omy y newspapers, or
one to everv 170 Mllo mnnl, i tl,u.
G89 are iu Kussiau, (it) iu Polish, 41 in
uerumu, nine lu French, five iu Ar
menian and two iu H1h-aw In.',. P.
Uah papw appear iu the list
NEW YORK
Designs For Costumes That Havo Bo
come Popular in tho Metropolis.
New York City (Special). There
Is more geunine novelty in the wraps
of cloth and fur designed for the pres
ent seasou's clothes market than iu
either the gowns or hats that are al
ready casting their shadows before
them. None of the fashionable now
comors at the furriers or cloakmakers
is braided. The whole creed of dec
oration is cloth stitched ou cloth and
fur on cloth. Not one of the new
coats or capes make the slightest pre
tense of fitting the figure. What the
English call box and what the French
volante shape wraps are being pushed
for popularity most vigorously by the
manufacturers, and the chances are
juBt even whether this style, so fre
quently and emphatically rcjeotedaud
despised by women, will now be ac
cepted. Clumsily large capes of the same
type as were worn last winter are
eligible for nse in the coming season,
and the handsomest are made of thick
sleek-surfaced dark cloth with broad
borders of gray and brown fur and
finished by tall kaiser collars. An-
t "
THE XEW WINTER COAT.
ATTRACTIVE NEW FLANNEL BHIRT WAIST3.
other mode shows a cape with long
kersey skirts to the hem of the dress
and then over this to the hip falls an
other cape of fur, and it iB perfectly
patent that the long-haired pelts are
to be first in the hearts of our country
wemen this year.
Long oloth coats that might easily
be called ulsters and made of broad
cloth, vionna or Venetian cloth, are
ont on the Chesterfield and Raglan
pattern, as those for men are modeled;
their pockets are ample and the one
fminine suggestion ia the tall, up
rolled collar, often lined with mole's
fur that gives the tenderest, most
grateful touoh to the face possible,
and the smoked pear-gray color, which
forms a soft becoming background for
the faoe. The majority of these long
coats are made to fasten with the but
tons out of sight, or one or two very
choice out steel disks hold tho fronts
together and twinkle in the soft, deep
hair.
There is a pretty fashion coming in
of using bullet-shaped buttons of
brass as trimmings on sleeves and
yokes and the fronts of oloth suits.
These are eopies of the buttons that
small boys iu livery wear, aud tbey
are not the first brass ornaments that
have crept into women's wardrobes,
Brass is evidently the suooessor to
much of tho popularity acoorded to
gun metal, and by treating it to a high
polish and overlaying it with a pe
culiar lacquer it neither loses its lus
ter nor eouveys any ugly odor to the
hands.
Shirt Waists Still Things of lleauty.
Among the leally indispensable
things exhibited in the shops are the
new shirt waists. Notwithstanding
the fact that these comfortable gar
ments have beeu in vogue many years
ad each season tome out assert that
FAMOffi
they are "going out," they are still in
great demand.
Styles vary, and special designers
in the lorge shops always are working
ont novelties. The new flannel and
silk waists merit going a long dis
tance to see, for they are beauties,
and not at all expensive. Of course,
the best are tailor-made, as they
should be to have the qniet style so
necessary in this garment; but 'of all
thiugs worn by woman the shirt waist
is, perhaps, the only article whioh can
be mado at home and really look the
real thing. There aro good pattorns,
which tit, too, and if the maker is
careful abont stitching well and press
ing correctly, she can turn out a really
good waist.
But silk ones are another story,
with their endless number of tiny
tucks; the delicate hemstitching; the
rolled edges, with narrow embroidery
slipped in, and all the perplexing de
tails. So much depends upon the set
at tho back, tue hang of the sleeve,
the way buttons are sewed, and, above
nil, the cravat, that it is small wonder
that a woman prefers to be well
dressed in one expensive waist rather
than have several badly made or in
ferior in quality.
For silk waists, tucks and hem
stitching are the proper mode. The
tucks may run lengthwise in groups,
may be tiny or large, or stitched in
squares. So long as tucks are used
oue cannot fail to be iu the fashion.
For flannol a combination of stripes
has the smartest effect. The exam
ples shown in tho large engraving,
taken from tbe Now York Fress, are
both of flannel, and for style and com
fort no dosigu can be found whioh
will surpass them.
lteduclng the fashionable Chain.
The fashionable chain is reduoing,
in some instances, both its dimension
and weight. It is neither so long nor
so heavy as heretofore. There teems
au approach to the delicate beauty of
tho slender gold chains which our
grandmothers wore reaching to the
waistband into which tbe watch was
tucked. Some of the newest chains
are quite fine, and extend about half
way to tho waist, supporting a email
watch or a fine peudant.
A Tailor-Made lelerinn.
There is now a tailor-made pelerine.
It is very simple except at the neck,
where it is heaped with lace, silk mus
lin ruches, accordion-plaitiugs, single,
double and triple, with broad-riboon
bows or chonx fastened here and there.
(loves and Shoes For Winter Wear.
Heavily stitched stout gloves are
the only kind allowable for the winter
season. Thick, round-toed shoes are
the proper footwear, and hats posi
tively must be devoid of gewgawa and
fussy trimmings.
A New Kobe Oeslgii.
A modest design iu a robe conceived
of cambric is here introduced. Half
inch tnckings form the yoko and the
trimming across the upper part of the
CAMDKI0 BOBB.
sleeves. Tbe wrists are finished with
a soft, bell-shaped fall of lawn edged
itn uoe, and that alto outliues the
fastening.
(
intne AHIe
Oh dear, what bliss
It truly Is
W hen weather It erratic,
To go upstairs.
Forgetting cares,
And rummage In the attlot
The ancient books
In dusty nooks,
And old-time family portraits
Of I'ncle Ham
He was no lamb
And others with most sore traits!
The old-time toys
W hen wo were boys,
We small ohaps used to play with!
And several curls
Of several girls
We sometimes used to stray wlthl
And, oh, the notes.
Bo full of 'quotes,'
In many a scented package,
That enme from dames
What were their names?
They, too, are in the wreckage!
And old, old bills,
Not always Ills
For these aro nil receipted,
And plainly show
W hy long ago
My purse was e'er deploted. ,
The flower-man
Ilmupiets fur Nani
Tho large accounts for candy
1 sent to J'oll
And Jane and Moll,
Lucindy and to Maudyl
All me! Oh dear!
1 feel quite queer
To think of all that money,
And how todnv
'T would help me pay
For trousers fur my sonny!
And yet and yet
I've no regret
1 thus become a dobtor.
F.xperl-tince
C an come but once,
Aud now I know muh better.
iiarper s uazar.
HUMOROUS.
Has a good delivery The lettei
carrier.
If there is nothing else in a name
there is at least one or more letters.
She I wouldn't be silly, Algy, if
I were you. He Of course not,
but not being me, you can't help it.
"My husband," said Mrs Selldom
Holme, "is alwavs preaching economy.
and I have to practice what he
preaches."
Browne A recent musical composi
tion is called "The Bicycle March."
xowne l suppose it a written in
handlebars!
"Papa, what is this color ther call
invisible blue?" "It is the blue ou a
policeman's uniform wheu there's a
row on hand.
Inquiring Child Tapo, why do
poople cry at weddings? Tapa (ab
stractedly) Most of them have beeu
married themselves.
She I don't like the preachers who
read their sermons from manuscript
He I do. If a man writes his ser
mons he is more likely to realize their
leugth.
The spider may spin n sllkon thread
And consider tho spinning play,
But he can't spin a top to save his lifo,
'Cause spiders ain't built thut way.
Proprietor Whore is the book
keeper? Olllce Boy He isu't in. Hit
wife sent him word that the baby was
asleep, nud he's gouo home to see
what it looks like.
Kollio, who had been taugl't that
hor auut's very thiu figure should be
described ns "svelte," on seeing a
half-starved kitten, exclaimed to the
said aunt: "Oh, auntie, what a very
svolte little kitty."
"Mildred," said hor futhor, "I am
willing that tho youug lieuteuant who
comes here should make a coaling
station of my house again this winter,
but if he ever hiuts at auuexaliou,
you may tell him, I am unalterably
opposed to it"
"Well, little chap,"said the stranger
in the family, picking up oue of tho
children, "whut are you going to be
when you're a man?" ".Milliu''said
the child. "Nothing? Why so?"
asked the stranger. "Because," said
the child, "I'm u little girl."
Mrs. Hunks (after a family quarrel)
How long have you and ltev. Dr.
Lastly knowu each other? Old Hunks
Ever since I was a boy. Mrs.
Hunks Theu I'm goiug to sue him
for heavy damages. He knew, ten
years ago, what kiud of a tmiu he was
murryiug me to aud I didn't
Will Not Forsake Her Parents.
"It happens often that the East-Side-girl
of New York is the sole support
of the family," writes Charles T.Brod
heud iu the Ladies' Home Journal.
"She works hauler and just as cheer
fully as ever, and turns every cent
iuto the house as fust as ever she
makes it. She assists with the house
hold dutios before she leaves iu the
morning aud wheu sho returns at
night. Tho few articles of clothiug
she manages to got are nude over and
over again, patched, darned, and
cleaned many time. In the winter
she suffers from lack of proper cloth
iug. She wuiks to her work every .
morning it costs her too much tc
ride through sunshine aud storm, and
back again at night. So she trudges
on, month in aud month out; and when
the quiet youug truck driver who lives
around the corner asks her to marry
him she regards him seriously and
soys:
" 'Honest, Mike, I'd like ter marry
yer, because yer kuow I like yer, aud
ye're on the level, but me olo man and
me ole woman ain't in it uny more
for workiu', and if I left 'em they'd
be in the soup. No, I dou't staud for
no game like that.'
"So he goes away, aud she grieves'
but her cousoieuce is cleur she ii
doiug hor duty,"
Scornfully ltefimeri.
New Cook Then I am not to weai
your bounets when I like ?
Mistress No, but thiuk bow larg
your wages are I
New Cook (bangbtily) My liberty
is not for isle I Detroit Journal,