TIIE COMFORTS OF HOME. Why Mr. Plumbottlo Doosu't Like Summer Outings. In rt Moment of Triumph 110 Tolls Alex Sweot About Homo of the Things That Aro Usually Caught at Fashionable Resorts. [Special New York Letter. 1 The number of New Yorkers who have visited health and pleasure resorts this summer has been smaller than for many years past, notwithstanding- that the heat in giddy Gotham has been simply frightful. The season has been intensely hot, meteorologically speak ing, but financially it lias been quite chilly all over the country. According to a pat proverb: "Winter sets in when poverty begins," and this has a great deal to do with the strongly developed sentiment that this year there is "no place like home." I will not elaborate the points. The average reader knows precisely what I mean, and the subject is a very painful one to most of us. Among those who have discovered that New York is a splendid summer resort is the Plumbottlo family, of liar lem. where I, also, reside. The first member of the family to arrive at this sensible conclusion was old Pulsifcr Plumbottlo himself, lie, however, had some difficulty in persuading Mrs. Pul sifcr, her three daughters, and that gilded youth, Oscar Plumbottlo, to share his views on this subject. There was a clear majority against him, but the rest of the family could not pass the appropriation bill over his veto. This is the first year since they were married that the Plumbottlo family has skipped its regular outing. During one year of unusual financial prosperity the family, after having summered in the White mountains, wintered in Florida, where the entire family caine very near being carried off by yellow fever, and their pet dog actually was carried off by an alligator. The elder Plumbottlo is averse to the annual outing. lie has protested time and again against the extravagance and dissipation of fashionable summer A STREET CAR CONVERSATION. resorts, but this is the first year, thanks to the financial crisis, and the spirit of insubordination that is in the air that he has been able to carry his point. I met him a few days ago on a cable ear, and we rode together down to the city hall, a distance of seven miles. During the trip ho told me all about his great victory over the allied mem bers of Ids family. On taking a seat beside him I ex pressed my surprise that he was still in the city. "It is a little unusual," he replied, "and the old lady and the girls made n kick about it, hut I made 'cm realize that I was the pantata of the family," using a word that is very common in New York since it was coined by the Lexow investigating committee. It means "the boss." "ll<*v about your son Oscar?" I asked. "lie cwyed," chuckled the old mrvh, imitating Oscar's dude dialect, "lie said that to stay in Harlem during tho summer was fin dooced bad fawm, doncher know,'but ho is here all the same," and once more the bad old man indulged in heartless merriment. "And this is the first year you have summered in New York?" "The very first. We have been to the Cutskllls, nnd contracted a new kind of malaria that bafiled the medi cal science for several months after our return. The well water at the ho tel was stiff with typhoid germs and other bacilli." "How about the Adirondacks?" "We've been there too—splendid place to get chronic inflammatory rheumatism, besides, it was there that a bear walked off with another one of my pot dogs." "Nothing of that kind could happen at Saratoga." I ventured to suggest. "That's so, but that's the place where I was steered into a bunco game, and it cost me S4OO to get out." "I have always heard that it was a favorite resort with society people." "So it is. It was at Saratoga that poor Oscar came very near being picked up by a designing society widow, with her face kalsomincd, and six children by her first husband in the background. Such creatures are thicker there than red ants at a picnic." "How about Long Branch?" "Great place to spend money. You can't steal a side glance at the porter without paj'ing a dollar, and when you stump your toe It's a dollar and a half, If you want a cigar you havo to pay forty cents for it, and they charge you ten cents more for a match. If that man who was going down to Jericho had been going to Long Branch, ho might havo congratulated himself on falling among thieves before he got there. They didn't understand tho business compared with tho Long Branch landlords." "It is very convenient to Now York," I remarked, apologetically. "I suppose so, looking l at it from a geographical standpoint, but it is not very convenient to get money enough to stay there any length of time." 4 Ms it really so very expensive?" "I should say so. It is much easier to get your name in the papers among the distinguished arrivals than it is to raise the money to got back homo with." "Why not try some western resort, Mr. Plumbottlo?" "Wo did saturate our systems with stagnant pond water, flavored with carbonic acid gas, at Waukesha for one entire season, but I didn't relish it enough to justify being mixed up in a railroad wreck by going there this year." "There arc some very nice places on the New England coast." "I've been to Bar Harbor, where it is a darned sight easier to find the har bor than it is to discover tho bar. No Bar Harbor for Plumbottlo." "There are some nice quiet nooks up tho Hudson." "Yes, they have unrivaled facilities for getting your face swelled out of FLUMROTTLE LORES IIIS DOG IN FLORIDA. shape with poison ivy. That's whore you loop on mattresses that arc hard enough to be used for a meat block, and the spring chickens are just about as; springy as an India rubber teething ring. They : end their fresh butter to Now York and give the city boarders tho stuff that's made in an iron pot under a fir \ I am getting to bo too oi l to stan 1 the wear and tear of a summer campaign. I don't want to crav. 1 kilo a silent tomb until I have to." "But, my clear sir, you should have iom. c n id i ration f >r your family." "I:; r "r'vr I to Oscar, when he asked nr 1 if he couldn't go to a watering pi: c, I gave him permission to go to the no : . horse trough." "But the girls, Mr. Phimbottle— don't toy n. • I variety?" "Var.oly moms change, and I haven't got a::;, change to spare. Besides, what's the use? They don't get mar ried, anyhow. There is no end of riding and boat-rowing, and spooning behind opaque sunshades, but there are no permanent engagements. The simple truth is, Alex, the men at the summer resorts have been hunted un til they aro shy. It happens so seldom that one of them is trapped that it ought to bo published under tho head of "Casualties, " "Then you are not going away at all this summer?" "No, I shall stay right here In nnr lcm, where wo have gocxl beds, good water and plenty of good stuff to cat, but I am not going to lead a life of idleness. I shall keep myself busy at home, figuring out how much my friends at the seaside arc indebted to me. However, toward the close of the season, I may take the family to Coney Island, where wo can get a cool glass of beer with hydrophobia on top, and Kfe, . 'O - < <2? OSCAR PLUMBOTTLE'FL SEASIDE PERIL. some salt pretzels at reasonable fig ures. Well, I must got off, here," and giving me a wink of intense meaning, the wicked old man stepped off tho car. ALEX E. SWEET. Applying Ills Knowledge* "Whah yoh git dat chickin yoh's pickin'?" asked Aunt Seraphina. "Ncmmind," replied her husband. "Ef yoh's gwine to bring chielcins roun' hyar, I kaint see why yoh doan wait till de folkscs gits 'em cooked." "Dat shows yer weakness 'bout p'liti cal eonomy." "G'long." "Hit do, sho." "How do it?" "Er cooked chickin am In de house, locked up, but de nat'ral fowl am out in de henhouse, whah yoh kin git to 'em. All ob which am in accordance wif the well-known principlo dat do raw material doan 'quire ez much pcr tcction ez de finished ahticlo." —Wash- ington Star. Shocking to fontomphite. It was a Cambridge car, and it had stopped in front of Beck hall. Mrs, Casey, who sat near the front door, tackled her bundle of washing and started to leave by the front plat form. The bundle was rather large and decidedly awkward to handle, and when she reached the street it slipped from her grasp and fell upon one of the tracks. She started quickly to recover it, but a sudden apprehension seized her and sho stopped. Looking y.t tho motorman she said, doubtfully: "If Ol put n.e fut on the track will Oi liov a shock?" "No, mam," replied the mo torman, gravely, "not unless you put your foot on the trolley wire."—Array and Navy Journal. FASHION NOTES. A HAT of black Neapolitan i i wired, and the wire is covered by u narrow fold of bluek velvet. The hat is pinched up at the side, and the trim ming consists of handsome black plumes and a bunch of black silk this tles. SCENT bottles arc a new fad. They are in all sorts of elegant designs, one of the new ones being in shape of a ripe strawberry in enamel. There are green enamel leaves, and the seeds nro of diamonds in one design and pearls in another. A LITTLE luce bonnet is an eccentric ity in trimming. On either side of the front are very full pompons of plaited lace from the middle of which perky . little aigrcts set up about four or five I inches. The bonnet proper is made of shirred lace, and the pompons are the only trimming. DRESSES of batiste are made with three or five narrow ruffles edged with very narrow Italian val lace. The waists are made in simple fashion, gathered at belt and collar, and over the shoulders are lace-edged ruffles to match the skirt. The sleeves are in bishop shape, or are made after the pat tern furnished for the lining in leg-o'- mutton sleeves, and are then trimmed with three or five lace-edged ruffles set on in shingle fashion. MEDICAL STATISTICS. ONLY 000 persons in 1,000,000 die of old ago. TWELVE Englishmen in every 10,000 die of gout. FRANCE has 18,000 cases of smallpox every year. EUROPE has 383,200 blind, 230,200 deaf mutes. IN Holland more women than men die of apoplexy. OF 10,000 deaths in England 184 ure from measles. HEIGHT'S disease is most prevalent in Shanghai, China. OF every 10,000 deaths in England 270 aro from apoplexy. IN 1857 the Russian hospitals had 02,- 000 typhus patients. DECEMBER is the most fatal month in the year for asthma. THE number of persons born blind is sixty-five to the million. TWICE as many women as men are afflicted with ncurnlagia. OVER GOO new cases of leprosy are annually registered in Russia. HYMNS AND HYMN WRITERS. "LET us with a gladsome mind" was written by John Milton, when only fif teen years old. "OF llim who did salvation bring" was translated by A. W. Boehm from tho Latin of St. Bernard. "How DID my heart rejoice to hear" I Is by Watts. It was originally entitled "Going to Church." "IN evil long 1 took delight" was by John Nowton. He called it his "spirit ual autobiography." "INFINITE God, to Thee wo raise" was a translation by Charles Wesley of a part of tho To Dcum. "ARM of the Gospel, awake," was one of tho first of Charles Wesley's hymns. It was published in 1739. "HE dies, the friend of sinners dies," was by Isaac Watts. It IRIS been ma terially altered by John Wesley. "WHEN on Sinai's top I see" is from the pen of Montgomery. It was origi nally called tho "Three Mountains." MISSING LINKS. POLICEMEN in Austria must under stand telegraphy. PATTI has a gold watch only three fourths of an inch in diameter. OVER 200,000 postal cards are used every day in the United States. IN France, Belgium and several other European countries all elections are held on Sunday. CANADA'S divorces for the past twen ty years havo just been figured up and they amount to only 110. THE water that pours over the falls at Niagara is washing the rock away at the rate of five yards in four years. THERE are more artesian wells in California than in any other stato in the union. One county claims four hundred and fifty-seven such wells. ACCORDING to the Electrical Engineer there are good reasons for believing that tho friction of rain is the real cause of lightning. FRUIT DUDS. GREEN currants make good sauce or pies. RASPBERRY Jam has no superior among the sauces. THE currant is n native of tho north, perhaps of Holland. Do NOT have the currants too ripe ! when making jelly; but they must not ; be green. IN making raspberry jelly, add con siderable currant juice; the llavor will not be impaired. A CURRANT bush will grow almost anywhere, and give good returns for ' even indifferent care. RASPBERRIES arc best when plucked, fresh and ripe, from the bushes and immediately used—and so are other berries.—Good Housekeeping, POINTERS. AN electric railway mail service has been established in Montreal. AN extension ladder for upper berths of slceing cars has been devised. THE brilliance of candle (lame can be I measured with compasses and calper.;. ; PINEAPPLE juice is a valuable medi cine for indigestion and throat trou- 1 bles. THE two swiftest runners of tho an I* 1 mal creation are tho kangaroo and the i ostrich. EARLY Christians inherited their be lief in witchcraft from their pagan forefathers. GREEK national elections are held every four years. Tho polling places are churches. The Trouble with tho Hut. ' At an evening entertainment in this , city n a recent occasion a gentleman met a lad of about eighteen years of i age, and, with some surprise at his ■ recent rapid growth, said: "It is won : i dcrfhl. Billy, how these boys do grow. . Now. there's my boy Tom, not as old as you yet, and so largo that ho can r wear all my clothes already, except my hat." "What's the matter with the hat?" inquired Billy. "Oh, it isn't large enough for tho boy," replied the fond parent.—Albany Journal. A Wildly Improbable Fiction. | j The Police Justice —What were you ' I doing down by the lake front? Tram pit (tho vugrant)—l was just J talc in' u bath, yer onner. The Police Justice (sternly)— Twenty ! days. Trampit—You ain't goin* to give me ' that sentence for just takin a bath, yer 1 onner? ' The Police Justice—No; for perjury. Chicago Record. j Our Superior Help, i Mistress—lt's absolutely disgraceful, Mary; the dust Is an inch thick all over tho furniture! Why, you could write i your name in it! Maid—Oh, no, mum; 'deed I couldn't, mimf! Mistress—But you can, I tell you! Ilow dare you contradict me! Maid—Hoggin' yer pardin, but if I was to die this mlnit I couldn't—l never learned how.—Truth. i A Tereo Definition. Mrs. Sauers (to Willy, as minister calls to sec Mr. Sauers) —Willy, is your i father in? Willy—Yes. lie's up stairs going over your scrap-book. Mrs. Cuucrs (puzzled)— Scrap-book! You mean my family account book. Willy—Well, it's all the same! lie and ycu always have a scrap every time he goes over it.—Puck. frtudy In Psychology. Mrs. Bloom—Did you over notice how hard it is to keep from laughing on sol emn occasions? Bachelor Bounce—Once. "I thought likely. Nearly every one lias such experiences. Tell me about yours." "It was the day I was told that the baby no::t door was dead."—N. Y. Weekly. TOOK COLLATERAL. Churlio Debroko—l suppose, Miss Boxy, that you arc aware that for somo time 1113' heart has not been in mj' pos session? Miss lioxy—Why, Mr. DcDroke, I bad no idea that you could borrow money on that] — Brooklyn Life. An Olil Acquaintance. A dissipated old man applied at tho quartermaster's otllco in Sun Antonio, Tex., for a position as cleric. "Do you know anything about gen eral management of the offices?" asked the. officer. "Do I know anything about Gen. Management? I should smilo. 1 knew him when he was a lieutenant."—Texas Siftings. Eve In Embryo. "Iluh!" exclaimed tho first little girl, after sho had hoard tho story of the fall of man, "tho serpont couldn't tempt mo with an npplo. I don't like apples." "But," argued the second girl, | "s'posc somebody told you not to oat : apples."—Dotroit Tribune. Setting Matters Riglit. I Mrs. Ciimso (to her husband) —Do you think it is quite tho rosthotio thing to i wear a flower in your button-hole and n cigarette in your mouth? Mr. Cuinso—l'm glad you called my attention to tho impropriety. (Throws away the flower.)— Judge. Another nold Texan. A young married couple from Texas wore doing Niagara Falls. They were being conducted under tho Falls by a i guide. "You must take care now, for if you , let your foot slip you will bo lost." "Jane, you go on ahead," said tho man from Texas.—Texas Siftings, An Exception. Teacher—Plants thrive only in sun i light, do they not? Smart Pupil—Not all of them. "Can you name an exception?" "Yes'in. Ail electric light plant."— Arltansaw Traveler. Obscure. Olilbonrder—You oupht to get a filter, madam. Mrs. Wlsftkhonrd (tho landlady)— V.'hy? I thought the water was remark, alily clear, j 01dl>:.arder—So it is; I referred to the | ro.:;).— Brooklyn Life. Necessity Known No Law. ! Sho—l hope you didn't leave your heart behind you at the seashore. Ho—No; something far more impor tant. She—What Is that? He—My trivuk- —Puck* MISS IDA B. WELLS. A • mine Colored W<>. > ui' Ex ponent U t. i ;laml. Miss Ida 11. Wells is the young col c iv I woman of Memphis who iias just returned from the second of two re markable tours in England, where she endeavored, with marked success, to arouse a public feeling- which would aid her in this country in her crusade against lynching. One of her most I successful and significant efforts in this direction was that by which she induced the labor organizations of the grout manufacturing centers, Leeds and Bradford, to pass resolutions to the effect that they would dissuade their class from emigrating to the southern states until negro lynching should cease. Everywhere she was received MISS IT>A B. WELLSJ M. A. with (treat consideration, "it was," she said, in speaking of her experiences in England, "like being born again in a new condition. Everywhere I was received on a perfect equality with the ladies who did so much for me and my cause. In fuet, my color gave mo some agreeable prominence which I might not otherwise have had. Fancy my feeling when in London I saw the lady mayoress taking a leading African prince about at a garden party and evi dently displaying him as the lion of the occasion. I forgot while there that I had ever lived whore I was subjected to the indignity of being obliged to ac cept inferior hotel and railroad accom modation because I was colored." The deepest interest was shown in her and In her work. Whatever effect it may have on the ultimate object at which she is aiming—that of protecting her race in the south against lawless ness—sho certainly succeeded in her im mediate purpose of arousing public sympathy in England. Mas We 11.., who is now in Now York, whore she recently arrived from her trip abroad, brought with her bulky flies of English papers containing strong editorials in favor of her agitation and many inter views with her. The London Chroni cle of April 23 contains a two-column interview and the Lancaster Era con tains a two-column report of her dis cussion which 1h very favorable to her. The London Daily News of June 15 contains a half-column leader equally strong and favorable to her cause. The llristol Mercury of April 13 contains a long account of her lecture in that city, over which llcv. 0. A. Sou-tor, vicar of St. Silas, presided, and In this way throughout Great Britain her work was noticed. CABRiLLO'S BONE 3. A11ki1 Discovery of the Skeleton of the Spanish Adventurer. For years an Interesting dispute has been going on between Snnta Barbara and Santa Oatalina, Cal., as to which belonged the honor of furnishing the Inst resting plnee for the bones of Juan Cabrillo, the Spanisli adventurer who discovered the islnnd anil harbor of Santa Catalina three hundred or so years ago. A recent event, however, seems to throw the burden of proof on Santa Barbara. The matter lias been kept secret for some time, says the San Fran cisco Examiner, but the facts are that a grave was found on the island of Santa Catalina that was so evidently that of some person of importance that the discoverer notified the owners of the island and the remains were taken out almost complete. The body was evidently burled with as much pomp as circumstances would permit. The head was laid to the north, and in it was a heap of shell beads, cut with great labor from tho shells found on tho boneh, several beads of uhalone being among them. Near by was a flno stone mortar and pestle, an Indian paint pot and various objects which it TIIE MYSTERIOUS SKELETON OF SANTA CATALINA. was customary to bury with the dead as a part of the ceremony. There was also an ax of Spanish design or shape, with the broad blade common 300 years ago; also a knife. These had been carefully wrapped in cloth which had long since disappeared, as had also tho woden handle; but the texture of tho cloth was still to lie seen on the nx. Near one of the hands was a round copper button,Tsimilar to those used by the Spanisli gallants, and various articles common to the Spanish of long ago. From the care evidently taken at tho burial it would appear that tho deceased was n person of distinction. it is believed by tho advocates of the Cabrillo theory that the body was buried there by tho crow of the vessel, and that tho friendly natives, wishing j to shotV their respect, deposited in tho ; grnvo a number of objects according to | their custom. 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