jon in with Zaugiins of narrow black
{ ganze ribbon rusning from neck fo
waist back and front and down. the
% | inches apart. with very good effect,
: Smart-looking belt buckles on iver
| nese siphabet.
and most exclusive effects of the
} A gown of black and white striped
silk. gored and corded. and so urranged
that the stripes form zig-zags, Ia a
spring model,
J and chased, made with jointed sections
* | to render thom flexible, are worn with
evening gowns.
«| ing gowns. Gray and black pearls are
hoth combined with the white most ef.
fectively.
All sorts of things In on rose, verg
{ Ing on the oxblond shades, are golng to
‘them in wash and other materials.
it pale blue satin ribbon and a feathery
| spray of white flowers, while there bs
the face.
an 3 effective novelty this season,
{ sath-bound secret society.
| duced by various causes. Fear seems
D | to be at the bottom of most of them—
* | leaving one's ticket in the pocket of
one’s other vest; fear of missing the
a bundle, umbrella, overcoat, of
c i baby. RS :
lt T But this is vot ail. There is the fear |
7 pof having indigesth
+ | ry at breakfast time; fear of one's din.
M- | qrening: fear that the new conductor
vy will recognize one's wife's sister's bus |
will ask ope to please have one's ticket
Te | The Jarvots deetses arise feo
from the bundle habit, the don't-forget. |
thelettuceand-the-radishes Babit, the!
sprinting forthe-traln babit, and the ;
| ne of the committer of the Master Can |
+ ide . 85 & result of rid | Buliders” Association, recommending |
te Be ono 0 eye ea ow a i
| wise in ? toning an organization for
A | the discussion of these problems. The |
ln Ce ents of Me ted
’ B | Ho does not know what alls Mm when
| be sends for the doctor, He Ix simply
{8 victim of the commutation period
® | In our national existence, and enly sch
| ence. as It is noderstood by the subur
| ban doctors, ean devise means for over.
0 | coming his Musions and hallucinations
x ~Chieago Inter Ocean.
be | Serolnan, and his memary for faces
| is wordirous, it being claimed by Lis
brother officers that be rarely. if ever,
di pot seen it for yoses
| boy, gripping & whip he held tu Ns
, | band tightly. “1 don't know. Boo,
lp fa-ather av vo be Cink
(0° av € let a little wan av your
| solae sthray away ™
o | resolved to find the parents of the lit
+ | the one, and to administer a fitting ro
| boke when he found them. After be
{ bad proceeded x half square McNally
| met Officer “Plrkles”™ O'Hearn coming
down the street with all sails set
parents” answered MeNally.
( are designed fn characters of the Chit :
Hats of foliage, trimmed with grapes
ic moaning ines St. Paul.
or cherries, are among the smartest) B00 to St. Paul
was equally so, and as a result, con
_ Sterling sliver belts, richly pleresd
: lee cream fell out the door, as kU
Pearls are very popular for embroid.
; ery decorations on satin and lace even. |
he eried, wringiog bis hands, w
| be worn by little girls this year. There | aire, he fall off, and Pat go wiz heem
are many pretty things made up for]
‘desser: pour Ie diner.
A big white hat which sets off the
guesses, | face Is trimmed with a big knot of
‘8 knot or rosette of the ribbon over |
i ing to find Pat's mangled body beside
duced ingenious mortal bas intro. the track. Instead. they saw him com
] | his back the ice eream freezer.
! eantiot oi made 1 to anderstand that |
“| there Is a large and well-defined group |
¥ | of diseases peculiar to the suburbs. aod |
{that thes: diseases cannot be treated |
ioy the spplieation of old methods. |
; ed. the suburbae |
doctors Propose 0 alk the matter over |
among themselves, behind closed Joors.
and fn what fs to be practically as
It is unnecessary fo say that the
vast majority of these diseases are of
the nervous order, and are superin-
fear of pissing the R10 train; fear of
‘train that bas the smoker that one's
‘whist'party rides in; fear of forgetting
n if one has to hur |
per spofitng If one Is delayed in the
band’s monthly ticket, and demand fuil
"| fare; fear that Johony will not meet | ber
t | one at the station, when it is ralning | tors
% | pitchforka, with one’s gum shoes and
{| mackintosh; fear that. if Johnoy does
| meet one, Jobony will catch his death |
4 r that the man in the next
qitts a nai | oo fo :
& ain buckles are a feature on
seat who Is fumbling in his pocket
punched for him, and so on.
The pervous diseases arising from
sven more serious than those resniting
saburbanite habit of looking at things
ing in and out on the shady side of the
{average suburbanite does Dot know
what alls him when he ls acting
; One on tha Ofcer.
Cicer Martin McNally, of the Sew
+ | enth Police District, is a most efficient
forgets a “phi” no matier if Le has
The other day Oficer Mealy han
pened to met a ttle Yay in slirta veny |
Pesbles Corner crylag Metondy. The
© | big police officer loomiad nj over the | tha
- , | Infant, who gazed up and In a teartal
“Where do you Hive, ‘file man?
| saked McNally, kindly, for lie bas chil |
{dren of his own.
"Boo, hoo™ walled the diminttive
“Come "il me.” sald McNally.
And up the street went MeNally,
“Where y gofn’”" asked “Plekles.”
“Otm thryfn’ to folnd this little wax's |
“Come off™ said O'Hesrn. “Dott
you know your own children™
MeXNally stopped, astounded, and
_jtock his first good look at the little
one. Then, without & word he pleked
up little Master McNally and went |
down the street to hia home pear by
~ 1 It is not known whether or not Ofecer
EL MeNally administered the threatened
retiuke to the parents ~Cincinnati En-
i quirer.
Never Touched Him.
*Pat” was assistant cook on one of
tha dining ears on the Great Western |
He wus
chstinate and iltempersd. The che!
stant warfare waged between them.
One day last summer Pat was mak
Ing fee ¢ream, and In spite of the chefs |
warnings, insisted npon sitting in the |
doorway of the pantry while he turned |
the freezer.
The train, golog np grade, made a
sudden lurch, and Pat and Bis « can of
{5 wu
perior offfeer had predicted
Frantic with fright the chef in his!
white cap and anron tore through the |
train loeking {or the conductor.
“Mon Dien, Monsieur Conductalre™
when he |
found that person. "ge few eream frees. ,
Stop ze tramway or we will hat pas |
Trouble, trouble |
always wiz gat Irish man”
The conductor pulled the Dell nnd
stopped the train, but it bad already
gone two miles past the spot where Pat |
bad rolled ont.
They backed the train, fully expect
| Ing over the ties on a run, carrying on
He climbed on the train, looking tool
» but all he ever sald of his mirace.
Cywithin the ast fifieen years
Long Streets Por Taitormity ora |
way Gauge,
The principle of standardization. Ge}
adoption of oniform systems of meas |
‘arements and units, i belng extended
to more and more branches of engl |
peering and the mechanic arte. The
recent reports of comniittess appointed
by various technical societies to adopt
standards (n lines that had hitherto
been without them show plainly how
strong the general tendency is in this
direction. Especially has this been |
trie in this conntry, and even
authorities have testified to the fmpor-
clety of Civil |
jean Institote of Electrical en 1m Ww,
Hien made Its Anal report in Decem- | sion
Dynamos nnd wlectrieal geners-
tors and the stenm engines that drive}
them are made usunily by differemt|
companies and have to be Sounscted
t her w inplace. The} ne re
ne Sued Saget Bon 1a la This fires owns over thirty large shops. thet
{ and employs nearly 1000 1 : :
find out whether every customer ip
politely served, 4 number af women |
Customers: are employed th eal at}
the varions shops. They are told to
give as much tronble an possible, and |
sometimes to leave without making a}.
purchase, After locking at eaty every. | np
thing In the shen. :
committee's report recommends stand.
ard dimensions for the armature bore
the engine shaft that is to fit it, the}
gpace occupied on the shaft. and the
Keys and holdingdown bolts These
are worked out in the talile for genern-
tors of seven different capacities from
twenty-five to 200 kilowatts
Another report on a standard of ||
much interest to rafiroad men is that
dimensions for a standard box-car,
inches high at the enves, ind with ite
floor four fest from the top of the rall
Aa the last number of the Engineering
News bas pointed out, the detailed a
; mensions recommendsd conform to the
general requirements as fo inside meas
grement and capacity, adopted in Octo
ber by the American Railway Assocla-
Stull a third system of standards
adopted In the past year Is for the ox |
tra heavy Sanges on steam-pipes. This |
wras drawn op Dy a committee appoint. |
sd by representatives of about ten lead.
ing manufacturers of steam-plpes, The |
schedules, which apply to all slses of
pipe from two to twenty-four inches
went into effect on January 1. Twen-
ty-alx firms, incloding the National
Tube Company, adopted them, and
three others gave notice that they
wound sapply them if desired by cus
tomers.
Standard tee! rails have been rolled
by ail the mills for years past. but
there is now a demand for revision of
standards jo certain particulars. |
fortadiy} re
a. is being considered by the Amerl
oan Roclety of Civil Engineers, and
will come up again before (tx Execy-
tive Board at the Febroary meeting.
Of more significance than the mere |
adoption of standards is the general}
favor shown them by manufacturers. |
The report of the Committee on Stand.
srdigation of Engines and Dynamos re-
ported:
“We are glad to be able to repeat
what we have sald Iu previous reports,
that the comments which have been
received are almost without exception
commendatory, and show not only a
willingness to sdopt the commities’s
reesmmendations, but an appreciation
of the work which has been done.”
Likewise, the report of the Commit
tee on Pipe Flanges sald:
“The committee's labors wers very
much tightenod by the hearty coopera.
tion of all the firms with whom they
| held communication, and the lat of
firms mentioned, emhiraciag the Inrgest
manufacturers of valves and Sttingy
in the East and West, shows the [nter
ext taken in the subject”
In departments more familiar to the
general pablle the same tendency has)
+f been manifested In almost countless
ways, The uniform sizes in shoes
gloves and Rats of all mnkes, uniform
ealiboes In all makes of rifles, shotguns
with interchangeable parts, and the
American wateh, which does not ike
[the Swiss have tb have every part
that fs replaced specially made and
Cfitved by hand, are a few examples,
It §# not generally realized that come
plete uniformity of gauge on all the
Americas railroads was only secured
Prior tv
that time thers were differences of 2a
: half-inch or nore between some of the
roads. With the growth of electrical
and especially tater-urhan trafic, in the
just few years, streat raflway systems
seo more and more adapting the stand.
ard games which enables them to do
switehinge necessary, on sivam rail
war tracks, and gives them a tare sia.
| bis hase far mnchiaery than the old
| narrow ganre, The distance beliween
tails which is standard here was intro-
f duced from Bueland at the time whens
wit our rolling stock was Imported from
that country.
The standards of serews and bolts in
nse throughout the couniry were
drawn up in the sixties by the Frank.
: Hin Instityte of Philadelphia.
Sg BAC SE i Lk a
Kentucky Puts Up Price of Matrimony.
Matrimonially elined couples who
In the future contemplate clopiog
Kentucky to get married, will do weil
to put an extra half dollar in their
pockets, because the license has heen
raised fifty cents
| Aft cents will be charged in future
the. Tor being ! at wining > 7 : ol
by a large Loudon pers ane of jrapers |
to teat the ability of shop assista 4
moat perfectly preserved for at least
othay for winter.
determined by dividing the
Ing seven hours for sach day.
balspee is reduced oach year by the
that the cost off fuel in Lialy is very
of the countries with which she must
‘to $10 a ton,
The former price
was $2 a license. but County Clerk
Yates of Coviagton received a notice
| from the State Amlitor that an extra
man manufacturers pay $8, which the
English manufiicturer can get for $4
tories In the Ilnited States at $250
we A Yandurip, in Scribe
i Ss :
Mr. ‘Bison's “gp
1s sald to be top he Sa use as &
_wabstitute for stenographers in the die- |
tation of correspondence. It wus used |
Tecsully as witness In 4 caronery
nae.
Among the Sshing population of Tan- %
cashire ‘const there existy 3 song :
tance of this fact In giving to Amert- |) io :
ean manufactures the prominence
which they enjoy.
One of the most recent systems of |
tion of engines and dysamos, drawn up
by a committees of the Ani | Bo T
ss
The resistance of cedar word ode]
| cay han long ben famous, and cedar |
{ twelve feet six nnd three-quarter | fence posts often last for
A remarkable Instance of the lode |
stroctibllity of csilsr has lieen noted In oh
the State of Washington, where a for |
est of hemlorks, tear Acie, has grown |
cedars. The trunks of ceinr although |
ying in the molt soll, have been al | La
150 years, the lingth of time thar he
rings of growth show the hes '
predecessor.
Among fe. Sd at ave ving» | :
higher life, ft fn the fem
¢ hired who
Bave been growitig above thor pt or 2
carries the hod during ballding time. | !
‘The hosbapd sits sbont un twigs and i
tells ber how to dy It. A
bird The motownt a
at zeta tAaEE aatie he lle tev :
"to take her clothes and go'—then be |,
establishes Blmsilf In the house she |
| has built--and whe goes and bullds an. | ©
She Ix fool enough |
to take another woodpecker to boss |
the fob, If she can find cue willing, |
but as & gene) thing all the wale |
at that thne are as cow.
Tog.
For or Foaves
should be a very parish mong decent | na
yrovided for ax her legitimate | ©
ajoues; 4 ste Hat to Wik without
| setting. kicked for rR
“tes an E tat the United | POT
States Treasurer. occasionally pays’
warrants for the sum of ope cent to |
ereditors of the Governinent,” sald an |
old department clerk the cther day, |
“but It's not so well known, but equal.
iy true, nevertheless, that Government |
clerks are somtimes docked for overs |
staying their annual leavn a minute |
‘or a fraction thereof.
Department in particular the rule Is
inflexible that a clerk who exceeds the
regulation leave even for a minote in
8 year shall forfeit a proportionate |
amount of his par. The taxation of de
Hpquents requines eternal vigilance, |
and careful ealeulation, buy fs regarded | |
as essential to thie Dest intirests of the |
service.
considered, and there is no penalty less
‘No fractions of a minute are
thay a cent. The salary per minute is
ary by all the workiog days, which ex
elude Rundays aud holidays and allow.
On that
basis it is compnted that the salaries
of Glovernment dlerks average about a!
cent a minute. OF course some got
more and others less, bot that covers
the most of them. It does not seem
mite to deduct ten cents from the
$1200 salary of 8 clerk who haz ex:
ceed] Bly Sixty days leave by ten
minutes, but be invariably treats such
action as an outrage ou hls rights as
an American citizen. fhe other dav a
In the Treasury |
sanunl ssl
the tnguiry.
woman in the Treasury upset the en.
tire otfice In which she is nmploywd for |
almwst a whele day in her persistent |
“fforta to get baok thirteen conta which |
averstaying her leave about 8 quarter:
of an hour. She nearly went into hye |
terfes, but the nuthorities wore arm, |
and she had to submit Washington
Niar |
Con! is the Chisl Problem in Indastre, |
A hindrance to industrial growth,
seemud fn lmpertapoe to that of the |
demand of the warchests bn tho lack
of conl. All the coal used on the rails |
roads aud in the factories is shipped |
from other countries. and Italy's trade
fall amount of er fuel bill. This aot
only has a mast unfavorable effect
on Ber balance of trade, hat it means
much higher than is the cost in any
compete industrially. At ltalian sea
ports the price of coal ranges from $7
Im Milan manufacturers
pay $12 a von for voal for which Ger |
and which is laid down at many face
| the uses to which they can be an
had been deducted from Ber salary for i
ia
| und team-car basis, it might be
| "within the reach of all."
and turn it over to the yusser
vessel, obtaining x receipt
Then he is given the mail ©
Ambassador and Secretarivs, for i
he receipts. This mail must
Bis possession until it is placed
hams of the Ambassador or ihe.
increasing favaer of electric ©
ail over the country. and the ¢
i quant sale of large numbers of
pleane worn-out “stage cary
the horse traction type gives p
The London United
ways Company, for instance—at
ant the only electric undertaking
London —bas just sold ts oll en
a “sominal price” and it appesry thay
3 are 13
put ate very numerous indesd - tram
oar that ls only wehnienily oid chu be
turped inte a tiny Lugalow, or aja
wer harbor, or 8 wa gman’ ot
tage—in the fasion of a dil
raflway carfinge—or, best of
will, when titted upon a small
make a capital, If sodest,
In the oodinary way, the b
xury of price. but, on the |
i Chronicle.
Resisting Inevitable Chang
How little wa resiize the
that are going on and how stubljorn
wo resist them! We bate the
ear as cur grandfathers hated | b
way. Think of the police in 1
tricts being drawn off all the
nary duties in ander to time wmotog
as if safety depended on
not on the capacity of the di
guide, stop, aud control his vehie
We work on the false analogy of
horse, and probably shall e rn
ido so for a generation; but con
sequence, ul course. iv that
mobile sade. A: to.
ar