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FREAK BIRDS AND BEASTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
If Undo Sam conld collect a pair of specimens of ouch species of beasts,
Itirila and reptiles which inhabit his newly acquired Philippine possessions
lie wonld bave a -.oological "biggest show on earth." Home of the most re
markable one are shown in the accompanying cut. The spectre ia the most
grotesque of Oriental animals. Ita eyes are like a great pair of spectacles
nnd ita feet and anklea are uncovered bone formation". The ksguan, or
flying fox, ia a bat. It livea on fruit. The mongoose ia a pent which we
ahonld beware of importing. The r.ibetk ia a variety of civet cat. The bn
cnros rhinoceros, who imprisons his mute in n hollow by building a planter
wall over the entrance hole, ao that alio cannot leavo the nest during tlio
nesting season, is the oddest of Philippine fowls. Father Hornbill feeds his
wife through a smalt hole all the while. When the eggs aro hatched he
hammers down the wait and lets her nut. The paradise major is one of the
mpst gorgeous birds in the world. The bufl'alo is nsod as a beast of all work.
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Sonrohliilit. Stenm Plough nnd
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As might be expected, the English
aro using in the South African war the
most modern military appliances that
can be had. They are thoroughly up
to date in the matter of guns and am
munition, and even the surgeons are
using new means of developing X
rays. The War Office has negotiated
with Marconi's business representa-
Uvea for wireless telegraphic outfits,
and by this time the apparatus ought
to be in service. Moreover, num
ber of other appliances that are not
necessarily instruments of war have
been put to use in the contest with
the Boers.
One of the most striking instances
f this kind is the employment of
steam plough for digging trenches.
The ploughshare and pruning hook
. are particularly typical of the arts and
Kpirit of peace, but now, for the first
time in history, the former implement
has become- a military weapon. The
steam plough is not in itself any
novelty. It has been used for years
on a large scale in the western parte
of the Unitod States, where the great
wheat and oorn oropa of tun country
re rained. It ia also well known in
other parts of the world where agricul-
X1UBEBXKY 8EARCHLMHT.
(A powerful eleetrlfl light It Installed on
tba sbsft bend nt tba l)t Bsers mine, y
this light alRnnls were exchnngod lie
twien Ktmherlny and the force under
Lord Motbuen.)
tare ia conducted ou the wholesale
plan.
The particular plough nsed in South
Afrioa was designed by Colonel
Templer, of the Boyal Engineers, and
differs only in trifling details from
that with which the Amerioan wheat
(grower break a up the surface of the
fertile prairie. The superiority of
this mean of digging trenches ia an
manifest that one wonders why it as
never thought of hsford. a three
wheeled "traction engine' such as is
B1UTI8H BIO.NAUNQ LADY.4M1TU HELIOOIUPH.
mployed in hauling heavy wagons
from town to town or iu operating
) itinerant threshing machines, drags
tha ateain piough of Colonel Templer
through tha wit. Two of lbs wheels
sua bugs and broad, and the third,
ont in front, carries only a small part
of the load, and is used mainly for
steering purposes.
There is nothing especially new in
the resort to telephony. The Ameri
can Signal Service has long had ample
equipments of this kind for field work,
particularly in the dissemination of
orders from headquarters and the re
kfw steam n.ounii
(Used for the tlrst tlwo
eoipt of reports from subordinates
during au action. It is not at all
likely that the Knglish are ahead of
the United States in this respect.
However, some interesting features
are preseutod by one of the instauces
of telephony in South Africa just de
scribed in the dispatohes.
After arriving on tho Hold cf battle
at Elandslaagte, General French saw
the necessity of prompt reinforce
ments. In kin army were several
telegraphers, who were provided with
portable telephones, batteries and in
cidental apparatus. A regular tele
graph line passes iu the vicinity of
Elandslaagte. General Frcnoh's men
tapped one of the wires of this lino.
The first step was to establish an clec
trio connection with the overhead
wire. This was done by suspending
thereon, by n metallic hook or clip at
the top of a light, portable stick, one
end of another wire. Tho latter ex
tended downward to box containing
a telegraph key and soundor, two or
three cells of battery, and a conveni
ent combination ot telephone trans
mitter and receiver. To make tho ap
paratus work, it was further neces
sary to run the lower cud of the hang
ing wire into the ground. Thus a
regular "circuit" was formed, tho
earth affording a return route for tho
current. Either a telegraph key or a
telephone could be nsed, according to
the convenience of tho operator.
A convenient substitute for Mar
coin's apparatus has been found at
Ximberley in tho powerful electric
searchlight there. It is mistake to
supposo that such a devico is service
able only at sea. Although the nses
which it has in tha navy are somewhat
different from those thus far fouud for
it on land, it eertainly has ita value
on terra firms At Kimberley it has
perform, a oonbla utiles. It has is
sisUd im tho watch for uemy, and
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it has furnished an excellent means of
telegraphing. By twitching the enr
rent on and off the light can ba broken
up into dots and dashes, to form tele
graphic letter. The enemy might
see these signals, bnt aa a aeoret coda
wonld donbtlesa be employed, the sig
nificance of the flashes wonld not be
understood except by the initiated.
Searchlight have been made whose
rays conld be discerned at distance
of fifty or seventy-five miles. At
Kimberley it was known that Tiord
Methuen's army bad come within
twenty or thirty miles nearly a fort
night ago. No difficulty should have
been experienced in sending message
concerning the situation in the be
leaguered city, therefore, although
now morrs riESTnov bailwav.
reassuring response could not so eas
ily ba transmitted.
The Boers, too, are lonrning to nne
modern methods. A small contingent
have realized the nselessnes of mere
ly tearing up a section of railway nnd
throwing the rails into a stream the
unnal Bner method of destroying a
track. What they now do ia to heat
the centre of a section to a white heat
and carry the rail by its two cool ends
to the nearest tree or telegraph pole,
round which they twist it iu siuh a
ron cmixo thenche.
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way that it is absolutely impossible to
use it again for railway purposes.
When tho UBttal plan is adopted, the
British troops merely search for tho
missing sections and replace them.
A valuable method of communicat
ing, which the British are nsing in
ftouth Africa, is the heliograph, such
as our army has long employed on the
Western plains.
General Buller, while at Frere sta
tion, communicated daily with Gen
eral White, at Ladysmitb, about twen
ty milea away, with the heliograph.
Sun rays flashed back and forth told
the besieged army to be of good cheer
and assured the relief column that tho
garrison, though hard pressed, was
cheerful. .
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dary consists of forty lettera based on
a sort of phonetio system. It has
never come into very general nse, but
is employed when secret intelligence
ia transmitted front one head of tho
church to a distant apostle.
A South Sea Iilond Urlt,
The bridal procession was ap
proaching. In front, walking abreast,
came the wedded pair tall, hand
some, audof an excellent tawny hue.
The bride, a beautiful young girl, ex
hibited a ludicrously absurd appear
ance. Her ahapely legs and feet were
naked. Hbe wore a low bodice' of
scarlet satin, bedecked with shoulder
knota of brilliant blue. Bound her
body so insny robes, some of the
paper-like baikcloth, others woven of
the native grass, were enwrapped,
that her aspect, instead of impressing
ns, as it doubtless did the natives,
with respect for her wealth, merely
made eomio auggestion that tha poor
child waa parading inside a barrel!
Her pretty head, running over with
close rings of tan-tipped hair, waa
uncovered; and her ueok and limbs
glistened with oil. Blackwood.
. lleallh the Miluprloa of ftuceese.
The chief essential of success for a
young man ia what the vast majority
of young men think about tha least
that is, good health and a sound oou.
stituliou. That is tba first thing;
nothiug precedes it. In the battle for
snecess, that should be a young man's
first thought; not his abilities, nor
hia work, bnt his health. That ia the
basis; tl'e cornerstone of all. Abilities
cannot bring health, bnt health may.
and fjsnerally does, develop ability.
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ManrhanMn Corroborated.
A very singular r.oologlcal curiosity
Is now on exhibition at the New York
State Museum of Natural History, at
Albany. It consists of a section of
the trunk of a large oak tree directly
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through which is thrust tho antler of
what must have been a large deer. A
pnrt of the skull remains attached,
still bearing the other antler, plainly
showing that the deer must have died
upon the spot, being unable to pull
away from the tree after once becom
ing fust. Of course the presumption
is that the antler was not imbedded
in the oak when it was full grown;
evidently the deer whilo robbing his
horns on a young sapling, or butting
ngainnt it, iu some way got fast, and
the tree as it grew gradually grew
more and more round the imprisoned
prongs. The specimen was fouud in
the Michigau woods.
A llllml Shot.
A well-known divinity profesnor, a
grave and learned man had five daugh
ters, whom his stndents irrevently
named "Genesis," "Exodus," "Num
bers," "Leviticus" and "Deuteron
omy." Beginning his lecture one day, tho
profonnor said: "Gentlemen, I wish
to speak to you about the age of Gen
CFis." Boars of laughter came from tho
students.
"Genesis is not so old ns you sup
pose," continued the professor.
More roars so long continued, in
deed, that the worthy man bad time to
think before he made the next remark.
He said timidly and he managed to
hit tho mark this time:
"I may not be thinking of the name
Genesis as you are!" Collier's Weekly-
Odd Companion.
A Maine mau has a fox and a honnd
that are boon companions. Wheu
both auiinals woro iu the pup stage,
they were plaoed together and have
. now enjoyed a year of eaoh other's
' society iu peace and harmony. They
sleep together and play with each
oiuer inucu oner tuo manner oi two
frolicsome pups. The fox has perfect
freedom of action, coming and going
at will, but he always roturns at night
to shnro the dog's bed. Keuuobeo
(Me.) Journal.
A Funious Western t niillollst.
Among the progressive element for
whiob tho middle West is famous, Mr.
John C. Hubingor, of Keokuk, Iowa,
is without a poor. As a manufacturer,
as an entorprising capitalist and as a
philanthropist his famo has spread
over many States, Although but
forty-toven years of age, he can look
back upon scores of commercial
victories, each one of which has bene
fited mankind, for his liberality is aa
bountiful as his business sagacity is
marvelous. Mr. Hubinger was born
in New Orleans, La., his pareuts be
ing of French and German origiu. Al
most bofore reaching! man's estate he
secured patents on u number of valua
ble mechanical inventions, thereby
laying the foundation of hia present
fortune.
His attention was early direeted to
the manufacture of ataroh by improved
processes, and in the conrse of time
he became the head of a oaucern hav
ing an annual business of millions
of dollars.
While Mr. Hubinger is devoting his
best energies to the manufacture of
hia new and wonderful produot, this
will not interfere with the exercise ol
the splendid hospitality which he, his
wife ami hia four children dinpnuse at
their palatial Keoknk home, j
An apparatus las been devired for
utrmalirollv l hutnol etilillio- nonnl
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as they enter shops and tituer places.
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Designs For Costumes That Have Bo
come Popular in the Metropolis.
Naw York Citt (Special). Very
long trained skirts aro demanded for
bouse wear. Tea gowns, and all gowns
to be worn for formal occasions and
DRESST TBA (lows,
strictly for the house are always more
graceful when they are made long.
The present idea of the dressmaker
seams to be to make these skirts and
the same idea is carried out in some
of the street gowns with a silk drop
skirt that only just toitohes, bnt is
fininhod with two nr three accordion
pleated rullles. The nnlined skirt
itself has n facing sewed in with the
tiniest ot stitohes, that must not be
allowed to show; the facing is tleep
DltArED COTTON WAtST.
enough to make tho skirt hang well.
The idea is that when the long skirt is
lifted there is only to bo seen tho silk
nnder skirt, with all its frou-frou of
rullles. For a light gown tho rnflle
should be edged with laoe; the effect
is very dainty and attractive.
One beautiful ten gown is in tho
, form of a sweeping coat of soft, creamy
oloth; from tha ahouldors to the waist
is an inset of coarso lace, embroidered
in gold, and through this one cau see
the shoulder waist encircled with bine,
while soft yellow chiffon falls in front.
I Another tea gown has an nndnrdress
of whito satiu, with a lace ooat, ont to
follow the lines of the figure and em
broidered with brilliantly colored roses
and having scarf ends of pink chiffon
floating in front, A blue tea gown
although white, roae and yellow seem
to be the favorites this season ia sin
gularly pretty. It has a trailing coat
of silver mail, with a black and whito
ash, tho ends of whioh ore delicately
flowered.
llroe.il Bells Now.
Broad belts of Liberty satin or vel
vet are seen ou some of the new cos
tumes, in sharp ooutrast to the nar
row belts that are so much in fashion.
It must be confessed that a broad
belt, wheu worn under an Eton jacket,
looka very ainnrt, just tho edge show
iug at the back, but these belts must
always be of satiu or velvet, cut ou
tha bias. A broad ribbou bolt is
quits out of style.
Two Lata Waist Umlele.
A draped waiat model ia pictnred
in the large engraving whioh ean ba
easily copied in cotton. The founda
tion is ailk and indioatea an entire
bodice closely tnoked.
The round yoke ia of mousseline do
aoie, and the draped scarf which out
lines the yok is also of the same ma
terial, edged with silk ribbou. This
idea would serve excellently for the
waist made of Persian lawn, and the
draped portion could follow the model
shown, made ot lawn, tnoked and
edged with a narrow mailing of Valen
ciennes laoe. It oonld also be eut in
to deep points, sort of handkerchief
points, made of strips of insertion
edged with laoe, or of lawn mora aim
ply finished. In a de.ign of thia kind
roMetUa would bs omitted.
Tha seeond model in this group ia
of silk bauded with narrow black vol
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vet ribbon, an entirely new concep
tion, and one which lends itself excel
lently to the copyist. In a cotton waist
it would be made entirely of tucks, or
tuck alternated with insertioa.
The back shows an unbroken lino,
of tucks from the neck to the waist.
At the front the line is broken at tho
bust, from which point the bands ex
tend around the body to tha slda
seams.
In the silk waist black velvet stock
and cuff are pictured; in the cotton
waist the linen collar would be worn
and the sleeves finished to the wrist.
The Latest In Velta.
One lias heard on all sides that veil
are nut of date; cortainly they were
hardly worn during the summer. In
fact, no smart woman wore them last
season, bnt now the winter winds aro
with us again people are glad of tho
protection of a veil to keep stray lock
of hair in that perfect neatness which
i necessary. The very clearest veil
aro now worn; they are of Bussian
net, with a very wide mesh, the spot
being far apart. At a tlistaoce iheso
veils are hardly noticed.
Nlin Silks Vsed In Millinery.
Stiffsilks, such ss glares, have been
relegated to millinery, being employed
for hats and sometimes for the bsck
of a cloth gown, satin occasionally be
ing substituted. It is usually of a
lighter or darker shade than the rest
of the gown, and also form the lower
part of the skirt, the cloth falling over
it like a tunic. A favorite style for
tea gowns is draped with chiffon in
the frout having satin or brocade at
the aides.
Old Kndlco I.Ike New.
bodice that has boon worn
fof
HOD EL Iti BANDED SILK.
some time gets rnbbed nnder the arm
aud across the back long before tbo
rest of it is at ail shabby, and yet it
looka far too old to wear. To renovata
and make like new make a little
bolero or zoiiavo jacket to wear over
it, either of velvet, luce or cloth.
Narrow lace sewn together does
equally as well as that bought in tho
piece. The cloth or velvet conld bo
edgod with far, and yon will have a
new bodice for a trifling cost.
A Model PUM Skirt.
It ia generally understood that
plaids, especially the large plaids that
are worn thia season, show off to bet
ter advantage when made up on tho
bias in a circular skirt. The illustra
tion gives a model skirt designed
principally for plaid materials. Tho
upper part is sheath fitting, but from
the knee down the skirt Hares stylish
ly aud falls in graceful folda toward
the baok. The single box pleat is ap
plied narrow at the waist line, bnt
flares at the bottom, where it trains
alightly. Although designed especi
ally for plaid and for double faced
materials, thia model would be ap
propriate for cheviot, camel's hair,
bomospun, Venetian or any ot tho now
novelty cloths.
oinocLAR skikt with rox tlx-at ik baui
To msko thia akirt for a woman ot
medium siso will require three anil
three-quarter yards of material fifty
four iuahss wide.
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