Dr. do Floury, a French physician of some eminence, claims to have dis covered that the passion ol jealousy is dependent on iho bodily eonditi en of its victim, and can bo controlled or even eradicated by a course of judi cious medical treatment. A Frenchman having nn income ol SfIOOO a year pays SIOOO of it in direct uud indirect taxes to the Government, according to a very careful investiga tion of 51. Benurin-Gressior made for the Societe de Statisticiue. In other words the French taxpayer must work eighty-six days in the year solely to earn what is duo to the treasury. Weeds along railroad tracks are now killed by the "electric wood-killer." It consists of a car carrying a dynamo which sends a heavy current into n sort of rake of lino wires dragging among the weeds on each side of the track. As the wires touch them the weeds are "electrocuted" down to their smallest rootlets. Tt is pro posed to introduce the same system in farming. The Boston Herald has not "the least doubt that iron can bo produced in llio United States cheaper than anywhere else in the world." It is probably being so produced' already, asserts the New York World. It i? not likely that any country of Europe is turning out iron as cheaply as it is being produced in Tennessee, Alaba ma, Ohio and other localities where the iron and coal supplies lie close to gether. A French statistician computes that in Franco about two million dollars is annually wasted in the expense ol printing useless letters not pro nouueed; nn-l that in the English speaking countries not loss than seven nrul a half million dollars is thrown away annually on useless printer's ink. -This makes no account," aids tlio New York Independent, "of the writing paper and the journalists time thus wasted on letters not pro nounced, not to speak of other people besidos newspaper men. But the sad deßt loss is that in the education ol children." Electrical lines in Europe have in creased in number during 1891 from forty-three to seventy, their length from 305 to 700 kilometers, the power at the central stations from 10,650 to 18,150 kilowatts, and the number ol self-moving vehicles from 538 te 1236. Germany leads in length oi lines with 366 kilometers, then come France with ninety-six, England six ty-nine, Austria-Hungary forty-five, Switzerland thirty-seven, Belgium twenty-two, Italy nineteen, Spain fourteen. The trolley system is the favorito, being used by fifty-five out of seventy lines. Tlio possibilities of united efi'ort in the line of fruit culture were shown in a resent article by a member of the Ontario (Canada) Fruit Growers' Association. He recommended the assembling of ton, twenty or fifty farmers in a neighborhood to form a "co-opeiative society," eneh one agreeing to plant within tho next five years ten neros of orchard, the varieties to be few in number and nil suited for shipment; to propeily study and carry out the care of their trees, and when tho time should come for fruit-bearing to unite in sending their apples forward under their own brand to the English market, having their evaporator for tho windfalls and, if necessary, their central frost and heat proof storehouse at the central ship ping point. Statistics received at the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Washington disclose some interesting facts in rogurd to the social conditions of those wards of tho Nation that are not generally known, and go to show, maintains tho Trenton (N. J.) American, that under fair treat ment the Indian is capable of a good deal more civilization than lias been suspeetecßir believed. There are '217,- 600 Indians in tho country. Of these 30,000 are engaged in farming, stock- raising and other civilized pursuits. During tho last year they raised 11,- 722,656 bushels of wheat, 1,373,230 bushels of corn and other grain, and vegetables in liko proportion. They marketed 30,233,000 feet of lumber; they own 205,844 head of cattle, 1,- 283,633 sheep and goats, and the value of products of Indian labor sold by them is estimated at 01,220,517, Ol the 2-17,000 Indiuns, 189,000 are self* supporting, and 35,000 pay taxes, live outside the reservations, and arc counted in tho general population. At the last election about 22,000 Indians voted. About 30,000 are church mem bers. According to this, the old theory of tho Western people, and one pretty generally accepted elsewhere, that dead Indians are the only gooJ ones will have to be revised ATLANTA'S BIG LAIR. COTTON STATES' SHOW WILL BOOM THE SOUTH. An Exposition that Will Rank Second Only to the World's Fair at Chicago • —lltili :uitcd Resources of a Rich and Undeveloped Country, Southerners Are Enthusiastic. THE Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga.. opens Sept IS and closes Dee. 21 of this year Southerners aver that the marvelous ag ricultural, mineral, lumber and manufac turing resources of the South were not fully represented at the World's Colum biau Exposition, (in the eve of a revival of business and of an industrial expansion iiid activity such as this country has not before known, there can be no doubt that now is the time to show the world the j possibilities of our wonderful Southern land. The Smith now invites the world ; to conn* to Atlanta in order to realize fully tin vastiiess of her territory and to better appreciate its material advancement in recent years, to study its wonderful possi bilities and to see and understand what a factor it is in the progress of a nation which now surpasses every other nation in iis mechanical triumphs and in its prodm live industries. A great exposition i a "Hash photograph of civilization on tin- run." It is pot a museum and can only ho kept open a portion of the year. The national fair, the precursor of in ternational expositions, is f great antiqu ity. Long prim* to the time of Christ the sovereigns of Egypt, by imperial decrees, et apart tiuu s and places for displaying the prodm is of the country. Similar fairs, and largely of a commercial character, I ' ft 3S>*sfi j A'l jjfc silto bh' - -\f s y j THUS. .!OSi:PII THOMI'SOX, President Board of Lady Managers, continued through the middle ages and, alternately. 'Trough tin* enterprise of the French, English and Americans, the in (eruational exposition came into exist ence, finding its best example in the Co buubian Exposition in Chicago in INO2. And there is promise of a fair equaiiy instructive to bo held in Paris at the cluso of the century. In a smaller way. and most valuable in their lessons, were the fails of Autw rp, San Francisco, Lvous, Liverpool, Milan and Madrid, and '.simi lar fairs are now projected for New /.••.i --laiid, Tasmania, <'oiistantinople, Mexico and Jerusalem. As the means of trans portation and intercommunication have improved, the fair has been found to he the best general school for teaching one half the world how the other half busies itself, and what one-half can furnish in exchange for the products of the other half to their mutual advantage. Mechanical luduafry. Our age is one of mechanical industry, and the improvements in mechanical devices during the last half century far exceed in number and value all that have been made during the preceding 2,000 years, in man's struggle to bring the forces ot nature under his control, to subject the material world to his uses, he has not only acquired a more skillful hand but a better trained mind. and. instead of remaining a mere machine himself, he has grown to be a handler of machines, thereby multi plying his physical strength many fold. Of the JHMi.u<patents issued by other nations and the ►,<>oo issued to inven tors in the United States, by far the larger number have been awarded during the past lifty years. These patents, belter than any tiling else, tell of the marvelous industrial activity of our time. Civil so ciety is competitive, and nations of the c irth are engaged in an intense hut peace ful struggle for industrial supremacy. Paradoxical as it may seem, the products of industry in this struggle have not only increased enormously through the use of machinery, but have become so cheap as to le within reach of the masses of tin people, who can now provide themselves with hundreds of home comforts and conveniences of which their grand fathers did not even dream, and, while this / " v A ■ jr. i' "" "i- .I'"'' '■>%'' " •' " i /' "y ■ — v : -i A Tim woman's m li.iuxo. process has boon going oil, tho earnings of opoi nlivs ami workmen have stoailily grown larger. Transportation, by lm rns of Htoauishijis and railroads, lias steadily grown cheaper, and now tin? prod m is of othoi sections of our country and of other countries inn he sent across sens and eonlinenfs and afforded at prices within the reach of nil. The strong men to-day are the captains of industry, men who, n coutury ago, would have been lead ers of armies. Tliey have become skilled producers instead of trained destroyers. The phrase "A family of nations" now lias iho deepest meaning, for nations are rapidly becoming mutually interdepend ent. liven tiie former e\elusivcuoss of China and Japan will never again he pos sible. Those nations cannot longer live by themselves, but must become members of the '-family of nations." Ihiw lis positions Pny. To the man who can see nothing lie } - I "gate rt - dp! the < lotion (.'cntcn nhd Exposition held at Sow Orleans ten years ago was "a failure," hut to the en lightened economic! it is known to liev been the great awakening impulse which carried a thousand dollars iufo Southern entvfpnsvs and into developing tin; matchless resources of that wonderful land for every dollar "lost" in that expo sition. '1 he best agencies of civilization, such as schools, courts of justice, parks, museums, art galleries and architectural monuments pay little if anything at "the gales," hut remotely they pay most rich ly in all that makes civilization of the highest value. 3len, too, are beginning (•> realize that such agencies have a com mercial value beyond computation, and that, without them, we would only be a race of property less semi-civilized beings. Whether millions are made or lost at llio rates of a great exposition, the whole country reaps an incalculable benefit therefrom in new and ciuickeiied im pulses ami lu a larger grasp ol construct ive and peaceful pursuits. The Great South. One who has not visited the South can form but the faintest idea of its magni tude and resources. A few illustrative comparisons, therefore, cannot but l>v helpful in this connection. Inclusive of New Mexico, the Indian Territory and Oklahoma the area of what we term the South is 1,00-1,750 square miles. This area' is twenty-lour times that of the State of New York, or is large enough to make twenty-four States the size of New York with more than enough territory re maining to make three States like Massa chusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. This great Southern area is also equal to the combined areas of I'bigland, Ireland, Scotland, the entire German Ihnpire, Aus tria-11 ungn ry, Holland, llelgium, Switz erland, Denmark, Spain. Italy and France, with a surplus sullicient to make two States like 1 tela ware and Rhode Island. These* European countries above named have a population to-day of 220,- 000*000, or more than three times the • resent population of all the United States and Territories, or nine times the present population of the South. The population f tin* Slate of Massachusetts is ill Ml to the quart mile. A population of like density in the South would number 22N,000.000. If peopled as densely as England the South would lmve a population of 002,- 000,000, M number equal to two-liftlis of the human beings now on the globe. Saxony is the most densely peopled coun try of Europe, having Odd persons to the square mile. An equally dense popula tion in tin* South would give that section 002 millions or twenty-nine tines as many as it now has, a number nearly equaling half the population of the earth. Resources of the South. "The South," as we use the term, em braces the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis souri. North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Virginia, West Vir ginia, and the Territories of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Space does not permit us to speak of the re sources of the South, except in a general way. The fair will adequately set them forth, and the several States will issue descriptive pamphlets and books which can he obtained by visitors. For cen turies Egypt was the granary of the world, yet its productive area, the valley of the Lower Nile, has never exceeded one one hundred and fiftieth part of the area of the South. On less than one tenth of the acreage admirably adapted t<> the raising of cotton, and with an in* perfect cultivation which does not bring from the land one-half of what it can easily yield, the South will produce 0,000,- 000 bales of cotton this season, or three fourths of the world's entire cotton crop. The coal, mineral, lumber, agricultural and horticultural resources of the South are simply inexhaustible, and it would require the labor of a population ten times as large as the present one to health fully develop these resources. The writer recently visited the iron region of Ala bama and merely reiterates here what he said and wrote twenty-eight years ago, when this iron was practically untouched. Iron can he made there more cheaply than anywhere else in the world. Limitless quantities of iron ore. coal and lime stone lie together, and while few may be in clined to credit the startling statement, it is nevertheless true that pig iron can be made in Alebama to-day so much un der $7 a ton as to astound one capable "f estimating the cost of that product. The writer lias taken pains to prove be yond a doubt that steel of best qualities can he made of this iron. and. in the near future, steel will he made in large quan tities in Birmingham and neighborhood at prices w hic h w ill astonish this iron age. In INOO Alabama stood second as an iron producing Stale, and Pennsylvania stood third, Michigan, of course, being first. The world is now making and consuming yearly about 20,000,000 tons of iron and Alabama alone could easily furnish that amount every year lor tin* next thousand years, by the end of which time her iron mines might be fairly well opened and in good working condition. The Site and JiitildiiijfH, The .site of the Atlanta exposition Piedmont Park, which is situated only two miles from the center of the city. The park contains 100 acres, is hilly in character, ami litis been so treated that it forms a c irc ular valley surrounded by a rim of terraced hills. It appears like a vast amphitheater, the arena like center of which has been made very attractive with park features and lakes. The fair buildings, now entirely completed, arc so placed around this plaza, and in many cases on elevations, that they can till ho sec n from almost any point in the park, giving innumerable impressive views. In .addition to the Government Building the following is a list of the larger structures: The Manufactures ami Liberal Arts, Fine Arts. Fire, Agricultural, Auditorium, Ad ministration, Machinery, Minerals, Ne gro. Transportation, Electricity and Woman's, in architecture the Roman esque style seems to be emphasized, yet the traveler will notice some clever adap tations of widely-known architectural de signs. Exhibits will be made by several European countries, from Mexico, and from ail the Uonlrnl American States, from Argentina, t'hili. Paraguay and Venezuela. The fair will thus present much that is very interesting and in structive from neighboring countries of the western hemisphere, countries wilii which we have large and increasing busi ness relations. The following Stales will iave special buildings: Georgia. Alabama, Massachusetts, New York. ('oimeetieut, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California. The States Florida, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Maryland and Arkansas will have State exhibits. Besides these State ex hibits there will he individual exhibits from every State in the Union. Amusement features will not be want ing at Atlanta. There will he Mexican, Guatemalan, Japanese, Chinese, Esqui tno and Gorman villages. Ilagenbeck's trained animals will be there and Buffalo Bill with his hardy riders is coming. Inci dentally this fair, like others, will, no doubt, have the urbane Arab from New Jersey selling relies from the Holy Land, which may have been manufactured in Connecticut. The petticoated Albanian from Xipporary may also sell pressed flowers gathered at Bethlehem, Bonn. But this kind of merchandising serves as a diversion to throngs, helps defray ex penses and harms nobody. The City of Atlanta. Atlanta is the beautiful capital of Geor gia. Its site is the Chattahoochee ridge, over a thousand feet above the sea level, its altitude giving it a cool and equable climate even in summer. Its present pop ulation is 110,000. It impresses the visit or as decidedly metropolitan in every way. Its wholesale and retail houses do a busi ness aggregating $175,000,000 a year, and there are now 000 establishments where manufacturing is done. It is a large out top mart, one lirin there handling $-0,- 000.000 worth of cotton a year. It is a great railroad center. Four direct lines of road run north and east, three go west and jiorthwest. and three to the South Atlantic and Gulf ports. The city has an excellent system of public schools and an industrious and enterprising population. Its water supply is one of the best in the world, all the water being perfectly fil tered before it is admitted into the water mains. It is everywhere lighted by elec tricity and has 300 miles of street rail road, the largest mileage in proportion to its population of any city in the country. It has sixty miles of granite block pave ment iiud 1 St miles of I J tick sidewalks. In 1850 the city had but 5,000 people. The visitor rides along miles of streets bor dered on either side by costly and beau tiful residences. Bench Tree street can hardly be matched for beauty by any street in any city of America. With its beautiful homes, its shade trees, shrub bery and flowers, it seems u veritable par odist) as an abode for man. Northern men who visit Atlanta and expect to find it composed of tumble-down shanties for a thriftless population and "fifty years be hind the times," will be not a little amass ed to find that it is probably a quarter of century in advance of many pretentious Northern towns, and that there is much in Atlanta which most Northern places could profitably imitate, and nothing in which the Gate City is behind them. It is pleasant to speak of the delightful and hospitable manner in which an accred ited visitor is received in Atlanta, and of the many ways in which his slay there is made a continuous delight. All who visit the fair will be amply provided for, though all the available room in the city will be required to accommodate the vis itors. The undertone of this fair will be an other impressive lesson in human brother hood; in the mutual helpfulness of indus trial effort and in exchange of services. Earth has no equal area comparable with the South in natural resources and in all the elements for diversified industry. En tering as we now are upon another era of business prosperity and confidence, capi tal will soon be seeking new opportunities for investment, and the Atlanta fair will start inquiries which will present num berless opportunities for good invest ments. Within the coming ten years a thousand millions of dollars will go into Southern enterprises from the North and from Europe which can be traced to les sons, suggestions and impressions given and taught by the great fair. The result ing material advances and successes will not only unite men in peaceful pursuits, but will tend to do away with the militant and destructive ideas which have dom inated the world in the past and substi tute for them a combination of men in peaceful industries which will conduce to greater comfort and happiness, and which will hasten the advent of that auspicious day— "When the war drum throbs no longer And the battle flags are furled, In the parliament of man The federation of the world." PL ANE DOTY, CANNIBALS FORTY YEARS AGO. But Now n Maori Princess Is Clad in Bloomers. Apparently there Is no quarter of the earth too remote for the "now" woman to penetrate. Just at present she has appeared at New Zealand in the person of the young .Maori eh left illness. Forty years ago the Maori were Just emerging from cannibalism; now, the oldest daughter of the old King wears bloom ers and rides a bicycle. The princess is a source of general interest and amusement all over the islands. She prefers to be known by the simple name of "Pansy," and by that THE MAOIU ( 111 EFT AI NESS IN' REFORM COSTUME. name she will become celebrated the world over as the first woman of her race to adopt and even popularise the "reform" dress. "Pansy" is a very comely young woman, and it a pleasing sight to'witness the attention and defer ence paid to her by the beaux of hei race. These dusky gentlemen are ex ceedingly proud of the well set up Ma ori girl, and they watch over and at tend her wants with a touch of gallan try which knows nothing of popular antipathy to rational dress. Got the Mother Out of the Way. In Frank fort-on-t he-Main a young woman of lb fell in love with one of her neighbors, but the mother of the young man offered a stout resistance to their union. Then the young lady denounced her intended mother-in-law for speak ing disrespectfully of Emperor William. Treading on imperial toes is dangerous in Germany, so the old lady was arrest- I ed. and pending her trial the young man ! and the young woman got married. i Singular that n man with no money to trouble him should have money troubles. WOMAN'S WOULD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMINIX E R K ADERS. TIII: "NEW WOMAN" IN THE MOUNTAINS. A new woman is at work in the mountains ot Tulare County, says the Tulare (Cat.) Register. She is run ning an engine for a shako mill above Mountain Home. She is the practical manager of the outfit, and when the machine goes wrong she directs the repairing. She has her husband and two small boys at work and keeps things moving. SHE DEALS IN DERRICKS. Derricks are prosaic, but profitable, us Mrs. Henry D. Cram, of Boston, has demonstrated. For several years Mrs. Cram bus devoted herself to this business, which presumably offers few attractions to the feminine mind, and has amassed wealth therefrom. Now she has made arrangements to furnish the derricks and paraphernalia to bo used in the erection of all the build ing, which will bo of stone, at the Paris Exposition. There will be sovonty-five derricks in use, and Mrs. Cram will go over and personally superintend the plac ing of them, (t mlybe a k itisfaetion to woman to know that Mrs. Cram will prove a fitting representative of American business wo men. She is good looking, cultivated and retinod and wears bec.niiiiig costumes. What more could mortals ask?— New York Press. R.N AIDS. The utility of braids as a trimming is fuily rlo u mI o i the import ed ami domestic gavrnouh-. of this sea son's manufacture. .'Jackets with braid trimming in military designs are not only ox-'eediugly tidy, but are mire to bo sellers. F.tnry c ipe.*', with rows of heavy woven braid the entire length, is one of the latest stylos shown. Other uses of braid point to a universal demand for the same to take the place of tiio bias velveteen, j Thoie is no denying the advantage of 1 the former, as the wearing qualities are tlireo times greater. The best style for such use is narrow braid with ( a cord edge. The cord edge will give a service ' which will outlast the bias velveteen , many times, besides it is u much more hnnd&omc article. Some of the best buyers hail this change with delight, for they have got heartily sick of the other article, and the constant com plaints which customers make. —The Buyers' Guide. USES OF OLD WATERPROOFS. Every household probably possesses two or three discarded rubber water proofs of the black shiny variety that was so very much in vogue about ten years ago, says Harper's Bazar. Al though now entirely superseded by a more dosirablo garment, they may still be utilized in many practical ways. One of the most satisfactory transfor mations is tlio soap-bubble suit. If mothers of restless children could but know what a peacemaking influence such uniforms exert within doors on rainy clays they would feel almost tempted to buy the now garment just to transform it into soap-bubble ar mor. This is made most easily into overall aprons with large sleeves that will elip over the ordinary outside dress. The apron is theu fastened by long striug.s which tie at neck and waist, and which make it easily adap table to children of different sizes. For very little children who are likely to upset the soap-suds every few min utes a simply made suit, consisting of a loose blouse and a full trousers fast ened with a drawing-string arouud the waist, is proof against cold or damp ness. A simple pattern is that of the creeping apron worn by very young children. Thus protected, I have known a family of children to splash and dabhlo to their hearts' content an entiro afternoon. If the pieces of waterproof which are left over are sewed together and made into a lining for an old blanket, rug or shawl, it will bo found to make a most useful outdoor mat for a young baby. If placed out on the lawn, the child may roll around on tlio rug, enjoying tho sunshine and fresh air thoroughly pro tected from the damp ground. Smal ler strips of tlio black waterproof are very useful for tacking on screen or spring doors, which are apt to shut with a disagreeable noise. MAKES A LIVING FROM APRONS. A clever young woman, barely twenty, who has within the last two or tlireo years established a steady patronage of her wares among tho so ciety women.of the city, confessed to one of her patrons a day or two since that lior income hist year was over $•5000. The commodity is aprons. Over 3000 of these were mado and sold last year. The young lady has been engaged in apron manufacture since the ago of thirteen. Left au orphan, she undertook this work us a means of support. Her neatness and deftness soon made the work a paying venture, and now, by her efforts she is educat ing two young brothers, as well as providing for herself. The woman formerly canvassed with her aprons from house to house; now she needs but to tako orders, as her liability has been proven ami her work is known to be satisfactory. Sko munu faotures her aprons through the win ter and spring, and usually devotes about six weeks in the summer to tho taking of orders and tho delivery of the goods. As aprons are n necessity of tho wardrobe and in constant wear ' and tear, a market which brings the same to tho door has come to be 1 greatly appreciated both by mistress and maid, and the clever canvasser is now sure of a welcome wherever she goes. j She Ims her regular round of pat ron?. The apron maker buys her material in New York by the web. She makes her own selections—dimity and lawn for the lino aprons, muslin for tho maids and nurses and heavy linens and ginghams for the kitchens. No fancy aprons are manufactured, none with bibs and for children. Tho largest business is done in the nurse maid apron, these of doublo breadths, full almost to dress skirt pattern and with great gashlike ties. The lawn aprons are handsome, with their deep hems and pretty ties. Variety is assured by an occasional deep ruffle or one or two pockets. Tho sewing aprons have deep pockets, and in a few of the dainty lawn aprons for the mistress a jaunty pocket has place. The young soamstrcss is still ablo to control the manufacture of her aprons herself. To accomplish the amount of work last year, however, tho greatest system and application was necessary. Days were spent in running up noth ing but the ties or striugs. Yard after yard of this ribbon like work was neatly fashioned, hemmed on both sides, then divided oil' in proper lengths. Other days would ho devoted to nothing but the hemming of tho bottoms of the aprons, and on other days the gathering would claim atten • tiou. All work is douo on tho ma ! chine. | Tho young apron maker has an oyo ; to color also, and in the selection of • her ginghams and muslins makes choice of the sweetest designs in checks or stripes, pink, blue, brown, or what ever tint may bo tho choico at tho time. The aprons for tho nurses, for tho serving maids, or for the mistress, however, are always oi' the regulation white, the material only varied with tho style. Tho little apron vender con fesses to the fact that in an apron which sells for fifty cents, owing to the reduced rate in her purchase of material by wholesale, the actual out lay is but a trifle over sixteen cents. Pittsburg Dispatch. P ASH ION NOTES. Now handkerchiefs have the edges embroidered in deep points. Braided white mohair blouses are worn with black or dark skirts. Faille and all varieties of corded silk will be in great demand next season. Neglige jackets are made of Dresden taffeta, with elaborate trimmings ot embroidered lace. Parasols of Dresden silk are made perfectly plain, and have wood sticks, so mo of them painted white, j Bodices are really collections of [ trimming, aud ouc rarely has a bodice that matches tho skirt in color or tex ture. New and effective Dresden buttons have a single brilliant hoop-rim of Frenck jot, Irish diamonds, or fiuost cut steel. New and effective Dresden buttons havo a single brilliant hoop-rim of French jet, Irish diamonds of finest cut steel. White, pink, ecru and blue piques are worn, and many of these aro printed with a titiy flower, stripe or dot of some contrasting color. A linen gown that was very attractive —in fact, very striking—was of black linen with a white muslin collar dotted aud edged with black embroidery. Solid ecru, pink or blue linen shirt waists have wide box plaits front aud back, piped with white linen, with im mense whito linen sailor collar and cuffs. Tho muoh-usod and much-abused shirt waist holds its place as promi nently as ever and is of tho greatest service to all sorts and conditions of women. Printed muslins and crepons in soft, undulating plaits aro just as pretty and quite as cool as the shot taffetas which give a different effect in every changing light. Lace handkerchiefs arc very fashion able, and whether made of insertion and edging, with a tiny square ofliuen lawn, or with lace and embroidery, aro equally popular, Solid ecru, pink, or blue liuen shirt waists havo wide box pleats front and back, piped with whito linen sailor col lar and cuff's, bordered with tiny wash able gimp the color of tho shirt waist. Mohair skirts aro just now made up without lining, which is another thing in their favor. They aro finished with a bias facing half a yard deep with an outer lining for tho facing of grass cloth. A small girl's dress is of Scotch plaid, has a plain skirt, a fitted waist, very largo sleeves, and a velvet collar. A shoulder trimmiug in deep scallops is made of silk aud all over em broidery. Tho array of collarettes, vests and ribbons, tho frilled laees with rosettes at either side, tho fichus with scarf ends crossing in front, all help to en able ono gown to masquerade as n multitude. Tiny toques and dress bonnets of 'dark green, violet, claret and black velvet will be trimmed with shaded velvet flowers of a seasonable kind, like nasturtiums, wall flowers, ger aniums, etc. Ladies with time aud taste for such things are making crochet silk or worsted petticoats. These are very pretty, and when made up with crochet insertion aud edging, ate useful and handsome garments. Capes will continue to rival coats in fashionable favor just as long as lull sleeves remain in vogue. The capers for late autuniu will be made of Persian trimmed jetted plush, satin trimmed kersey, fur trimmed plain velvet or plush, braided Persian cloth, wide wale boucle cloth and flue ladies' cloth in black and c010r. 3 . Jackets will bo [ strapped, box pleated and braided. I CUKIOUS FACTS. In the announcements of marriages in Spain the ages of tho contracting parties aro always given. Botany was appreciated by the Jap anese long beforo the country was opened to intercourse with Europe. Tho treasurer of a Now Jersey sui cido club drew tho lot that denoted the arrival of his turn and flunked. Tho Thumb Bible, published iu Ab erdeen in IG7O, measures one iuch square and nearly half an inch thick. Tho school house in Kearney, Mo., once honored by tho attendance of Jesse and Frank James, is being torn down. Tho largest fouutaiu in tho world has been recontly established in Ge neva, Switzerland. It is 300 feet in height. Tho average weight of the egg of tho ostrich is three pounds. Its eon tents equol those of about twenty-four hen eggs. A dog market is held every Sunday in Paris, where it is possible to buy anything from a black and tan to a large mastiff. In tho Philadelphia rogues' gallery is tho picture of a man who was one of the 000 who made "Tho Charge of tho Light Brigade." Shadrach Meslinck Abednogo Brown is the name with which the parents of i San Francisco boy handicapped their son in the race lor life. A canary at Auburn, Me., got away tho other day. After an absence of two lays ho flow into the house, and, find ing his cage open, entered it and burst into a glad song. After dining with several wealthy Dhinameu John Paul Booock declares that "chopsticks aro by no menus awkward or unwieldy implements of table use in the hands of those who are accustomed to them." M. Louis o j. ilon, a distinguished French lawyer, has a beard nearly eight feet in length. Unfortunately, ho stands less than live feet six inches, aud is compelled to wear his unique adornment in coils around his neck. "Bagdad Date Mark" is the name given to a mysterious diseaso that at tacks nearly every ono who stays iu Bagdad any length of time, and is found also at Aleppo and other places in Turkish Asia. It is a sore that comes only once, leaving a scar the shape of a date. Nearly all tho natives are marked with it. ('arc ol Ilie Kir in Chil<ii:o:>;F. Defective heariug is a trouble that many children labor under, caused occasionally by disease, but often times by lack of proper care of the ear passages, ft is sometimes the case that the dullness and inattention of a scholar is due to impaired hearing; and the inability to hear distinctly all that is said by teachers and pupils gives the poor child the appearance of being heedless and inattentive. Tho waxy secretion found in tho ears is nature's own method of keep ing tho ear passages in healthy condi tion. There is frequently, however, an excess of this wax, and occasionally it happens that in cleaning the child's ears tho excess wax is pushed further into the ear passages, llopetitions of this process cause the wax to become packed, causing gradual loss of the hearing power. Too much stress cau* not be laid upon tee fact that pins aud such articles should not bo used iu the care of tho e\rs, as serious injury is liable from the article entering too far. Glycerine and warm water in equal parts is a mixture (and tho best ono) that will dissolve and remove tho wax. Apply gently with a small syringe. Should there be, at auy time, any thing iu the nature of discharges from either cur, a physician's advico should bo sought without delay. In such oases there is almost certain to be some disease of tho inner ear pussago requiring medical attention. Prompt attention will probably save the child serious impairment of hear ing, if not utter loss. it should bo noted that teething may havo close relationship to trouble in tho ears, due to tho swelling and inflammation of the gums. This in flammation is liable to extend through the eustachian canals to tho ears ; and any tenderness, accompanied by red ness around tho ears, is a sullicient indication to warrant calling the phy sician'/- attention to the matter. -Baby* laud. A Bright Bog. "Do you want a gool story?" asked a well-known man last evening. "Well, liero'H ono about a dog, aud it's a true one, too. "Tho dog's name is Sam. He is a setter, and belongs to a mail named MeCormick, who keeps a restaurant down at Atlantic City. I wai down there last week and saw tho dog g > through n remarkable performance. A man in a crowd of six or eiikt poople will tako a nickel from his pocket, wrap it in a piece of piper, and give it to tho dog. hJim then trots off a corner, where an Italian keeps a fruit stand. Tho Italian places an orange in a paper bag, aud pretty soon Sam comes trotfciug back with his pur chase, wagging his tail aud tickled to death. He will then hunt out the mau who gave him the nickel, never mak ing a mistake, apparently wijkiug to show that he hasn't squandered tho niouey foolishly. After that he takes the orange from the bag an.l plays with it until ho gets tired. Then he eats it. Ho lirst bites a piece out of tho skin, just as a mau with a knife might do, and then breaks it iu two pieces. Ho is load of oranges, but, although he manages to get the meat of tho fruit, he will never swallow even a morsel of the skin. "—Philadel phia Record,
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