Times change. This year all the
county fairs have X rays, bicycle races
and the magaplione as purely agricul
tural exhibits.
The British authorities in India
have been obliged to discontinue the
bounties on dead snakes, because the
natives went into the business of
breeding the reptiles on a large scalo
in order to secure the reward.
One curious resnlt of the fall in
cereals and other products is to ren
der obsolete the cable codes used by
shippers and speculators. Prices have
gone under the lowest figures which
were thought to be possible when tho
codes were compiled.
The development of the railroad,
the bicycle, and other substitutes for
the horse has brought about a peculiar
condition of affairs. In North Da
kota, Montana, Northern Idado, and
Washington, there are one hundred
and twenty-five thousand horses roam
ing around tho prairies, and eating
the grass that might be used profit
ably in feeding cattle and sheep. The
horses are practically valueless, and
the ownerß are helpless.
The British Government is about to
copy a leaf out of Uncle Sam's book
in regard to the consular service and
the assistance which it can render the
commercial interests of the country in
providing reports on the state of trade
and labor, and the class of merchan
dise which would be likely to meet a
ready market in each particular dis
trict. Europe is to be mapped out
into four districts, each under theoon
trol of a commercial attache, whose
duty it will be to forward systematic
reports from his district, Asia is ap
parently to be treated in the same
manner, as consuls are to be sent out
, to recently opened ports of Japan
and China.
A German gentleman one day re
ceived a telegram from the proprietor
of a hotel in the South of France, in
forming him of the death of his aunt,
and asking for particulars as to the
disposal of the body. The gentleman
begged that the bedy might be sent to
Cologne, and, after telegraphing to
the deceased's relatives to assemble in
that city, traveled thither himself. In
due time the coffin arrived. On being
opened, it was found to contain the
body, not of an aunt, but of a Russian
general in full uniform. Further tele
grams elicited the information that
the coffin containing the body of the
deceased lady had been forwarded in
error to the relatives of the Russian
general at St. Petersburg. Urgent
telegrams were dispatched to St.
Petersburg, and after three days of
anxious waiting this answer was re
ceived: "Your aunt lias been interred
with full military honors."
In the North American Sir Walter
Besant discusses in a very interesting
way the "Future of the Anglo-Saxon
Race." He begins with the well es
tablished proposition that wherever
the Anglo-Saxon goes he absorbs—ho
is never absorbed. He is a restless
and masterful creature. He is never
content with what he has, aud is both
individually and collectively grasping
more and more property and power.
The Anglo-Saxon possessions at this
moment take in 120,000,000 of people
who speak English as their native
tongue, without counting the Hin
doos, who are fast acquiring it. The
English speaking race in tho sixteenth
century did not number more tbau
five millions, but they have come
to stay, and where thev are located
they are destined to remain. The
Anglo-Saxon absorbs foreign races
like the French, Dutch, German,
Italian and the Norwegians. The
remarkable fact is that in a hundred
years the English speaking race has
leaped up from 20,000,000 to 120,000,.
000 and has extended its possessions
to something like the fifth part of the
habitable globe. The English speak
ing race is one great empire and one
great republic. The advantage, so far
as position and strength go, seems to
be with America. While all the States
that have come out of Great Britain
have had to create their own form of
Government, every one has become
practically a republic. In tha begin
ning, tho development ana the pres
ent position of the Anglo-Saxon race,
there are six great countries, two fully
grown, the United States and Eng
land, and four, Canada, Australia,
South Africa and New Zealand, prac
tically only in their infancy. Tho
future of this race is one of the great
est and most fascinating problems,
adds tbo Atlanta Journal. It is not
us idlo boast that English will one
day, in all probability, bo the lan
guage of tho great mass of the human
family, and that there will be .a.o
National power on earth which wiil
compare in strength with those o! lis
Anglo-Saxon.
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE.
THP.TI.LING INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
Perilous Experience of a Mall Car
rier—Towed by a Tarpon—Con
quered the Eagle.
JUDGE FRANCIS ADAMS, now
a San Francisco attorney, was
one of the early pioneers of the
great West, and few of the old
timers have witnessed more thrilling
events than he.
"Perhaps the most narrow escapo I
ever had," said the judge a few days
ago, in recalling soones that antedate
the gold discovery, "was an encounter
with the hostile Indians in the year
1817." And here is the story. It
reads like fiction after the lapse of
fifty years:
In the above-mentioned year Adams,
then a boy of seventeen, was engaged
in carrying military mail between El
Paso, Texas, and Albuquerque, New
Mexico. The greater portion of the
country through which he passed was
a desert waste. One piece of the way
was particularly dangerous, being in
the vicinity of a frequent rendezvous
of the Indians, nod for the mail car
rier's safety and protection aj small
troop of soldiers was regularly de
tached from the midway post of Man
zann, on the Rio Grande, to meet the
mail boy at a certain point of rocks,
at which he always halted, and to es
cort him over that part of the road
which was considered unsafe.
The spot in question was generally
reached after nightfall. It so hap
pened that the officer in charge of the
troop was Sergeant William J. Graves,
who afterward became prominentias a
lawyer in this State, and who has long
since joined the silent majority,
l'oung Graves was of herculean build,
brave as a lion and as reckless as he
was bravo.
Young Adams had on several occa
sions been hard pressed by savages,
but he was well mounted, and his
steed had always carried him through
unscathed.
No incident worth mentioning had
occurred for quite a little period, so
that upon one occasion Sergeant
Graves felt inclined to take matters
rather leisurely. Then, concluding
that he would miss the mail carrier if
ho rode to the point of rocks, the ser
geant resolved to strike nhead and
meet Adams on the highway.
As usuul, the mail carrier halted. It
was after nightfall, but the big silver
moon made tho night radiant, and ob
jects could be distinguished clearly
lor a considerable distance.
The horse was allowed to graze
about and Adams sat down to rest,
l'hen he looked toward Manzana for
the troopers, but they were nowhere
to be seen. Soon tho horse pricked
up his ears and moved in a frightened
way toward its master. Adams knew
what that meant, and, leading the
animal to the cover of some rocks,
peered about and discovered that the
redskins were quietly closing in on
him from all sides.
Delay meant death. Adams put his
carbine in order, sprang into his sad
dle, selected an opening in his Indian
line, and, driving his spurs into the
horse's side, made a desperate dash
tor life. The Indian's were momen
tarily disconcerted by the bold move
ment. Adams used his carbine on the
nearest of the enemy, and, despite a
rain of arrows, plunged through the
line.
Just as he thought himself fairly iu
the race to savo his scalp he saw ahead
of him in the pale light another baud
of Indiaus that he had not calculated
on. He whirled to one side, and then
a chase against heavy odds began.
For ten miles the painted warriors
pursued him, gaining on him every
minute.
The arrows pierced his clothing;
the Indian yells almost drowned the
uoise of the hoof beats of his steed.
His horse was wounded, but the iaith
ful beast still struggled on. The sixty
four rounds of ammunition carried by
the rider were almost exhausted. The
horse fell dead.
At this juncture firing was heard
alar. The Indians were stayed by
sudden terror.
"Frank! Frank! where are you?"
came a powerful voice.
"Here !" cried Adams. And through
the hostile band Graves had burst his
way, knocking Indians to the right
and to the lett. The savages scattered
like children before him.
"Quick I" cried Graves, leaning far
down from his saddle, extending his
strong hand and locking it around the
enfeebled hand of young Adams.
"►Swing up behind."
Adams mounted behind the ser
geant. The Indians didn't recover
from their surprise and shock of the
young giant's charge until they were
aware of two whites on a single horse
riding away in the moonlight at a
speed that mocked pursuit—riding
away to be joined by the troopers.
Chicago Tribune.
Towed by a Tarpon.
A Texas sportsman, in the Forest
and Stream, gives an account of a re
cent exciting experience while fishing
for tarpon in Galveston Hay. He
"As I had nindo my arrangements to
return to Houston at 2 o'clock, 1 told
the boatman that if he would give ino
one more fresh mullet I would bait
the hook, and w hen that was taken wo
would go in. He gavo me the mullet,
put his oars in tho locks and was ready
to start when I threw my bait over
board. It had not got three feet from
the boat before there was a mighty
splash. Wuter was thrown all over
mc, and my mullet was taken by a
tarpon. I was scarcely prepared for
him, but at the same time I prevented
his getting too much line, and the
reel sang the prettiest kiud of a song,
until he had gone about fifty feet, that
I ever h(id. At this distance ho
jumped at least ten feet out of the
water, and, finding I had him safe, I
gave him no more slack whatever. He
turned immediately out the channel
to sea against the tide and continued
his rapid gait, jumping clear of the
water every hundred feet or so until
he had jumped nine times. He kept
up the pace until he had gone three
miles to sea and in very deep water.
"I had no control of him whatever,
and he had taken on several occasions
during this outward sea movement
nearly all my line, at least 550 feet.
After this distance he turned to the
left and went at least two miles, until
he got back into five or six feet of
water. Then he turned back across
the channel and went on the oppoeita
side of it, probably a mile and a half.
After two hours and a half he went
back into water three and a half or
four feet deep, and I had some hope
of getting him into water where I
could gaff'him. But, without warn
ing, ho turned to sea again and did not
stop until he had gone a mile and a
half. This fish took us around over
the bay for five and a half hours, and
a distance of not less than twelve or
thirteen miles. I found I had no con
trol over him and I knew I had him
foul iu some way, because no pressure
that I dared to briug seemed to turn
his head, and when I got him broad
side toward me and endeavored to hold
him I would draw him broadside to
me and not head foremoßt, which told
me I had him hooked somewhere in
the side.
"After I had worn out Capt. Frank
Marsh, my boatman and myself, nnd
wo had on several occnsions almost
decided to cut the lino and let tho fish
go, we began to have a little control
over him, and worked him toward
shallow water, and at 6.15 I got him
into water about three and a half
feet deep and tho captain got out into
the water himself and worked up to
the fish aud gaffed him, as he had u
gaff with a handle about six feet long.
After he got the gaff into the tarpon
he drew him toward the boat and I
killed him with an oar."
Flglit With a Hurt Eagle.
John Heller, of Cascade Valley,
Broome County, N. Y., captured an
American eagle alter hard eft'orts re
cently. He had set a steel trap to
catch a fox which had been stealing
his hens. On Monday morning he dis
covered that the trap was missing.
Searching about for it ho heard a
scream and commotion among a flock
of crows in a grove near by.
In a moment a great American eagle
arose from the woods, dragging tho
trap, which was fastened to one leg.
It at once flew to a high tree. Heller
discharged his shot gun at the bird
and it fell to the ground, wounded in
one wing.
Finding an old rope near by Heller
endeavored to bind the eagle, but it
fought vigorously with beak and
talons, inflicting sevore wounds upon
the man. Seeing that he was beaten,
Heller ran to a neighboring field,
where a man was at work, and the two
returned to the oontest.
In Heller's absenco the crows, see
ing the eagle wounded and handi
capped, had, attacked it, but it fought
agood tight and killed six and wounded
as many more of the crows.
The two men rallied to the attack,
and sticceedod, by the aid of a roue
and a pieco of fence rail, in overpow
ering the eagle and taking it to Heller's
home, where it is gradually recovering
from its injuries.
The bird measured seven feet from
tip to tip and stauds five feet high. It
will be sent to Heller's brother, who
is President of a New York club. It
has been committing many depreda
tions in the vicinity, killing lambs,
fowl, etc. It is believed that the eagle
is the mate of tho bird killed by Mrs.
John Hendrix, of Gulf Summit, N. Y.,
in February.—New York Press.
Gravery of a Naval Cadet.
English residents of Yokohama,
Japan, have asked tho Royal Humane
Society of England to recognize the
conspicuous bravery displayed by one
of the youngest officers of the United
States cruiser Olympia, Naval Cadet
W. H. Staudley. He had on two pre
vious occasions saved persons from
drowning, and late in July he added
to his record a third life saved at the
risk of his own. While standing on a
cutumarau along side of the Olympia
he saw a sailor from the American
J'acht Coronet swimming toward liim.
The sailor was intoxicated, and when
about thirty feet from tho cruiser he
sank. Stniidlny immediately dived for
him, followed by Apprentice Youngs.
Staudley caught the man as ho was
sinking and was fiercely attacked by
him, the sailor seizing him by tbe
throat and then attempting to use his
knife. With tho assistance of Youugs
Staudley got him aboard the Olympia,
where a stomach pump was used ou
him. After an hour's rest ho recov
ed and was profoundly penitent.
Hoy Saved Two Women's Lives.
There are many more heroes than
these who fall in battlo, or ill shock ol
arms do mighty deeds. The seven
teen-year-old boy La Porte, of Al
l banv, Oregou, who plunged into the
Columbia River aud rescued two young
: women from drowning, deserves to
rank with tho heroes of file age. The
, drowning girls grappled the boy when
he sprang, full clothed, into tho swift
' current to save them, and the trio
went to tho bottom. After onco ris
ing, be realized that he could not swim
to shore with his clinging burdens,
aud sank with them and crawled upon
tho bottom to shallow water, from
. from which ho dragged himself and his
L charges more dead than alive,
I Tho pau-Presbyterian council, at
i its receut session iu Glasgow, Scot
land, uuauiiuously accepted the invi
; tation to hold its meeting in Washing
i ton, D. C., in 183' J.
GENUINE DOGS OF WAR.
THE ARMY'S PROPOSED CANINE
MILITARY CONTINGENT.
Hoiv Dogs Are Taught 'to Carry
Messages. Warn Sentlnals and
Find Wounded Men.
THE War Department is seri
ously contemplating the
truining of dogs for use in
the army. Abroad they have
been found most; valuable in cam
paigning, nnd many German regi
ments already have canine contiu
gents. In fact, the animals are con
sidered an essential part of the fight
ing organization and are as carefully
drilled as the men. Before long all
of the great foreign military estab
lishments will have troops of four
legged soldiers, and it will not do for
this country to lag behind.
Dogs, properly selected and edu
cated, make the best sort of scout and
the most capable carriers of orders in
the field. The.y aro particularly use
ful lor transmitting information, for
conveying messages from advanced
patrols, and in maintaining communi
cation between posts and pickets.
Also they do excellent work in hunt
ing up missing men. Their natural
qualities of docility, watchfulness,
speed, acnteness of senses, and affec
tion for man render them conspicu
ously adaptable for military service.
No regiment ought to be without a
squad.
The business of training war dogs
has been reduced to a perfect system.
There is a complete course of canine
pedagogy, with lessons as carefully
formulated as those of grammar and
arithmetic for children. The dog's
intelligence, like the child's, is de
veloped step by 6tep. The lessons
pass gradually from the simple to the
difficult, and care is taken never to
demand more of the animal than is
intelligible to him. When he under
stands what is expected of him, tko
next thing is to fix in his mind what
he has learned by constant practice
before passing to another subject.
Imperfect learning of an exercise is
apt to lead to misunderstandings on
the part of the dog which are difficult
to eradicate.
The fewer punishments the better.
Only disobedience is to bo punished.
To punish the dog for failure to com
prehend is not only unreasonable on
the trainer's part, but calculated to
mar the results aimed at. Beating
must not be resorted to when scold
ing will suffice. Rewards should be
given sparingly. It is not advisable
habitually to give the animal tidbits,
since they distract his attentiou. In
most cases words of praise and affec
tion are a sufficient reward. A cer
tain amount of training goes naturally
with the early bringing up of the pup,
but the]education proper should not
be begun before he is at least six
months old. It may be remarked
here that tho war dog is nlways of the
male persuasion; females aro kept
only for breeding purposes.
The Germans consider the efficiency
of their war dogs of such importance
that an immense amount of labor is
expended in training them. They re
ceive instruction at night as well as m
the day time. One important thing
they learn is to growl and not to bark
when a stranger is near, and this is
taught them by practice in the dark.
'The hearing of a dog is more accurate
and its alertness greater at night than
by day. An animul that can be counted
on to growl on the approach of a
stranger without giving nu alarm is
calculated to be particularly useful to
the sentinel. Watchfulness is inborn
in the dog and may easily bo culti
vated. The beast must bo taught not
to bito under any circumstances,
Fierce dogs are unsuitable for military
service.
Tho war dog wears a collar that has
a metal plate bearing the name of the
company to which lie is attached, as,
for example, "Rifle Battery 8, 2
Comp." He carries a small canvas
pouch, which is closed by a button or
buckle. These articles, with a chain
for fastening him when required, con
stitute the wholo of his equipment.
The canvas receptacle is called a "re
port ponch." An idea of its purpose
is communicated to tho dog by putting
written messages into it in his presence
when he departs on a mission and
taking them out on his arrival. He
soon learns that he is carrying some
thing from one end of the trip that i 3
wanted at the other. This businesHot'
conveying messages is the most im
portant thing that the animal has to
learn. He ought to bo able after a
while to go a distance of two miles or
more and return.
I It is important that the dogßhall go
| straight to his destination, taking the
shortest practicable route. During
the process of training, therefore,
men are stationed along the track
which he is to pursue, ant they call to
him and try to divert him from his
object. If he pays any attention to
them ho is scolded or punished. The
distance traversed is very short at the
j beginning and is gradually increased.
The dog is taught to cross water by
swimming. He is made accustomed
j to the tiring of guns by taking him to
j the target range, and his first actual
I service may bo in carrying messages
between the tiring stand and the
markers. The final test of the ani
mal's eapableness is his willingness
| and ability to do the same work when
led by somebody else than his instruc
| tor. He must be taught that he is not
! to obey his master alone. Intelligence
j on the trainer's part is ns necessary as
j in the dog, for no two dogs are exactly
alike in character, and each one must
| he studied as an individual.
I To hunt for missing men is a nota-
■ bio feature of the war dog's education.
I In future battles, doubtless, many a
j wounded soldier's life will be saved by
| the efforts of the canine contingent.
I The animal trained in this business is
lirst taught to search a small tract of
brush or woods jn the daytime, or a
piece of ground at night, and, as soon
aa he has found a man, to stay with
him and bark until his master comes
up. He must learn to bark at com
mand, and to bark continuously before
a man who is lying on the ground. At
the beginning the assistant hides him
self and is searched for by the trainer
and his dog. The dog easily finds the
man, and tries to take from him some
article of clothing, perhaps a cap, and
brings it to his master. If he does so
he is made much of and called on to
search again. He runs back to the
concealed man and takes from him
some other article. IJ unsuccessful he
will bark, and is encouraged to keep
on barking. Next it is necessary to
make the dog understand that search
ing for the man alone is what is re
quired of him. When the dog barks
the trainer hastens toward him, and,
when the man is found, pets and
praises the animal. Commonly a
dummy man is uted for hiding. " To
teach a dog when to bark, instruction
must be begun early.
War dogs are kept with the utmost
care, to prevent uncleanliness and dis
ease. Their kennels, of brick or
planks, are cleaned every twentv-four
hours. Their metal feed vessels are
scrubbed daily and are removed from
the kennels after being used. Sick
dog 3 are kept apart. During the first
year the puppies get nothing but milk
and dog cake ; afterward the remnants
from the men's table are added. In
Germany a special fund is set aside for
the keep of the war dogs. It is con
sidered worth while to teach the ani
mals tricks of all sorts, because their
intelligence is developed.—Boston
Transcript.
Deadly Drop Handle liars.
The Herald told the other day of a
young man named Frederick Galla
gher, who was stricken with paralysis
while riding the bicycle near Morris
town, N. J. The young man's com
panions him to a doctor in
Mount Hope, who said that his seizure
was due to excessive use of a wheel
with drop handle bars. Under treat
ment the patient partially recovered.
Gallagher's case should be a warn
ing to all bicyclists against scorching
and the deadly handle bar.
"This is the first case of the kind
that has come to my notice," a well
known doctor said to me the other
day, "but I have often wondered why
there were not more.
"Whenever a wheelman lays hold
of a handle bar he puts his arms in
an unnatural position and over exer
cises the extensor muscles. These
muscles are supplied by the braohian
and median nerves, and undue fatigue
of the nerves menus the exhaustion of
the nerves. Such abuse would natur
al ly be reported promptly at the brach
ial plexus, wheuce a message would
be sent to the brain. Paralysis is the
logical roKult.
"Scorching of any kind is bad
enough, but scorchiug on a drop han
d'o bar machine is an insult to every
law of nature, nnd every man that
practices it incurs a grave risa. Ho
may not be paralyzed iu the act, as
Gallagher was, but ho incurs the risk
of such a seizure, and if ho persist is
bound to have one. It is only a ques
tion of time."—New York Herald.
Tim (laid Product.
"The promised increase in the gold
output of the United States is not
likeiy to he realized," said E. P.
Jaquitb, of Boise City, Idaho, an old
gold miner, at the Howard. "I sold
a mine in which I was interested a few
months ago, sinoe which I have been
examining into the various iields.
Cripple Creek I consider to bo more
overworked than any field I ever saw,
and the boom there cannot last much
longer. Iu Sacramento Valley and
Southern California there are some
low-grade sulphide ores, that will pay
to handle, but there are no large for
tunes to be made. I have been all over
the Southern fields, aud, while there
are some excellent prospects, the oro
is exceedingly refractory, aud uo pro
cess of extraction has yet proved en
tirely successful. The only territory
that I have found where there are real
prospects for an iucrease is the Trail
Creek country, in Washington, und
British Columbia, and I am of the
opinion that territory is more limited
iu extent than some people believe."
—Washington Star.
The Largest Ship in the World.
According to Prometheus the largest
ship in the world is building at tho
Vulcan shipyard in Bredon, near Stet
tin, Germany, for the Hornburg-
Ainericau line. The same builders
constructed tho first large express
steamer built iu Germany, the Au
gusta Victoria, of the same line. The
new monster has length of 025 feet on
the waterline, and is therefore con
siderably larger thau the Campania,
which is 600 feet in length between
perpendiculars. The engines will have
27,000 horse power and a speed of
twenty-two knots is expected. The
engines und boilers will also be fur
nished by tho Vulcan shipyards. Con
struction has been commenced al
ready.
A Test for Horseflesh.
M. Humbert, through the Keveil do
Medicine Veterinaire, tells us that
chemical tests will determine whether
a given specimen of meat is from the
horse or from tho flesh of any other
animals usually used lor food; fiftv
grammes of meat are boiled for one
hour iu 200 grammes of wntor, and
then the decoction is set aside to cool.
When cool, nitric acid in tho propor
tion of five per cent, is added, and in
to this is dropped drop by drop, some
of Grnm's iodnroe solution, or in its
place a solution of iodized water which
has beeu well iodized by the aid of
heat; if horseflesh is present there
will appear a deep violet-red circle.
Neither beef, veal, mutton nor pork
will furnish the same reaction.
FASHIONS FOR NEXT WINTER.
That next winter is to see our arms
tightly enoasod in sbeathlike sleeves,
remarks Harper's Bazar, there seems
very little doubt. There is a marked
shrinking in size already, and the ex
aggerated large sleeve already looks
passe. The new styles, though, aro
too extreme to become popular at
once, and they are certainly most un
becoming. Two silk waists jnst fin
ished to wear with duck skirts are very
odd. One of flame-colored taffeta,
chaogeabie from the deep flame to pale
yellow, has the fronts of the waist in
fall folds crossed over the bust. The
sleeves fit tight to the arm, excepting
just below the elbow, where there is a
queer full puff that looks like a pin
cushion. The other model is of shaded
mauve silk, and the sleeves are shirred
from shonlder to wrist. Apparently
the silk used is very narrow, for the
edges stick out "like quills upon the
fretful porcupine," and look like
ridges up aud down the arm. No
softening effect of lace or embroidery
is on these waists, which have just
been turned out by one of the smart
est modistes.
WHAT KILLED A RESTAURANT.
A New York restaurant-keeper whose
place a few years ago was a strong
rival of Delmonico's, refitted his quar
ters la9t winter in very handsome style,
and then was astonished to see that
the attendance soon began to fall off
with alarming rapidity. He finally
managed to ponr his complaint into
the ear of a great social leader, and
she readily explained the mystery.
The lighting was at fault. The pow
erful electric lights were not properly
shaded, aud their harsh radiance gave
a ghastly appearance to every woman
in the room. To appear to advantage
under such a light, a woman must
"make up" her face with all tho science
used by actresses. Otherwise, no
matter how beautiful her complexion,
her face will look sallow and haggard
and there will be deep circles under
her eyes. It did not take the women
loug to discover this fact, and they
soon managed to betray their prefer
ence for other restaurants. Though
the proprietor promptly toned down
his lights, his business never fully re
covered from the injury they had
wrought.—Argonaut.
THE BICYCLE HAND.
At last the long-expected objection
has come! Tho pastime of bicycling
by ladies, out of which they have do
rived so much health, enjoyment and
amusement, has been ropeatedly as
sailed with a view of turning its de
votees into another channel of occupa
tion. So far, howover, by the spirited
enthusiasm with which the new craze
has been taken up, all these asaults
have proved unsuccessful. However,
there is admittedly some danger of
acceptanco in tho last objection which
lias been advanced. There is a decided
artfulness in its promulgation, and
lady bicyclists, taken unawares, might
be disposed in consequence to look for
the first time with some askance at
their new plaything. We allude to
the allegation concerning the "bi
cycle hand.' Ladies are now being
warned that "the bicycle hand is a
thing of ugliness and horror forever."
The distinctive features of this haud
are stated to be that "it becomes
flattened, bulges out at the sides, gets
lumpy and out of shape, and tho fin
gers all become crooked," and all
these dreadful results are held to bo
due to the habit of clutching the
handle of the machine. But after all,
assuming this terrible allegation to be
true, what does it matter? Let women
cultivate health, and the ways that
bring health, and the men will value
them more for so doing, despite the
fact that the result may be a little loss
in tho gracclul outlines of the female
figure owing merely to some healthy
increase in the muscular tissue.—Lon
don Medical Press.
ABOUT SHOES.
Never wear a shoo that pinches the
heel, says Health Culture.
Never wear a shoe or boot so largo
iu the heel that the foot iB not keop
in place.
Never wear a 81100 or boot that baa
depressions in any part of the sole to
drop any joint or bearing below tho
level plane.
Never wear a shoe with a solo turn
ing up very much at the toes, as this
causes tho cords on tho upper part of
the foot to contract.
Never wear a shoe that presses up
into the hollow of the foot.
Never have tho top of tho boots
tights, as it interfers with the aotion
of the calf muscles, making one work
badly and spoils tho shape of the
ankle.
Never wear onopair of shoes all tho
time, unless obliged to do so. Two
pair of boots worn a day at a time, al
ternately, give more service and are
much moro healthful.
Never wear leather solo linings to
staud upon ; white cotton drilling or
linen is much better aud moro health
ful.
Never wear a 6hort stocking, or one
which, after being washed is not at
least one-half inch longer than the
foot. Bear in mind that stockings
bhrinlc; be sure that thoy will allow
your toes to spread out at the extreme
ends, as these keep the joints in place
and makes a strong aud attraotive
foot. As to shape of stockings, the
signal digital or "onetoo stocking" is
best.
GOSSIP.
The widow of Professor Huxley is
to receive a pension of SIOOO a year
from the civil list.
Miss Clara Howard is working her
way through the University of Caii
fornia by selling newspapers.
Abigail Bush, of California, who pre
sided over the first woman-suffrage
convention, is eighty-six years old.
The women of San Francisco are to
give an educational and historical car
nival, which will last during an entire
week.
Mrs. Dorothy Tennant Stanley, the
wife of the explorer, hus a peculiar
fad. She collects parasols, and has a
unique collection.
A lodge for female Odd Fellows has
lately been started in Tasmauia. This
is probably the first lodge formed for
women in the whole world.
Countess Elise Biscacoianti, whose
death was reported from Paris tho
other day, was an American by birth,
and one of the first American singers
to win fame in Europe.
Miss Mary Kerr, of Edinburgh, has
just received from Washington a di
ploma of honor and a bronze medal
for the ingenious skeleton nstronomi
oal globes exhibited by her at the
Chicago Exhibition.
That no one need be disoouraged
from effort because of years, it is well
to note that Mrs. Emma Willard at
fifty studied Greek and Hebrew, so
that she might have a better under
standing of the scriptures.
Mrs. Langtry's greatest hobby ap
pears to be the collection of silver
trifles, from the tiny silver furniture
of doll's house up to the exquisite
model, which Btands on a beautifully
inlaid table in a window recess, of a
large ship under full sail.
Mrs. Hobart is a Presbyterian and
a member of the Church of the Re
deemer of Patorson. She is one of the
Tuesday class of her home city which
last year studied Dante. "But lately,"
she says brightly, "my favorite litera
ture has been the newspapers."
Much as Princess Maud loves Den
mark, it has not, however, usurped
her affection for England, for it is
stated, on good authority, that she has
exaoted from Prinoe Carl a very de
cided promise that ho will purchase a
small property in her native land.
The Lady's Diary or Woman's Al
manack was the first magazine started
especially for ladies. The first num
ber appeared in Queen Anne's reign,
and contained soveral curious direc
tions for housekeeping concerning
"preserving, cookery and perfumery."
The wife of Thomas E. Watson wns
Miss Durham, tho daughter of a busi
nessman of McDuflle County, Georgia.
She is thirty-nine years oid, and is
noted for her cheerful disposition and
winning manners. Mr. and Mrs. Wat
son have two children—Agnes, thir
teen years old, and Durham, who is
twelve.
Mara d'Asty, a young, bright-eved
Itoumauiau of bewitching beauty, has
created a revolution among the iin
preesarii in Milan, Italy. The musi
cal sages of Milan declare that she is a
natural phenomenon in coloratura
singiug, uud is destined to be the suc
cessor of Adelina Patti. She will
mako her Paris debut at tho beginning
of tho winter season.
FASHION NOTES.
Valenciennos laeo was never more
in demand.
Exact copiesof the Neapolitan peas
ant hats will be seen in the autumn
millinery.
A gown of chameleon blueandsilver
is entirely covorod with stripped
blaok grenadine, not so heovy but that
the glimmering of tho two-toned silk
shows through.
Heavy black linen-backed satin,
which is said to hold its own against
the water betterthan any other kuown
fabric, is lasting, docs not cling close
ly, and its luster is not injured by
wetting.
Wrappers aro no longer considered
proper to wear except in one's bed
room, and even at tho breakfast tablea
these matinees or a tea gown takes tho
place of the once loose-flowing anl
untidy gown.
The jackets of whito pique are very
popular. They may be of any Bhape,
and are worn with a dark skirt. They
nre certainly "smart," and if the un
der blouse has a soft collar, they aro
very becoming.
The very best material for n bathing
suit is silk of any kind. The newest
suits are made of faille silk. A mate
rial that is much lighter and more
graceulf than faille silk is India silk,
which is very serviceable and success -
fully withstands tho ravages of salt
water and the exertion of swimming.
Black India silk trimmed with whito
braid makes a very attractive costume.
Many prefer linen batiste, and this
has a slight resemblance to the regular
linen, but it is made up more elab
orately. Borne of them are so lino
that they are almost trausparont, aud
the embroideries are like fairieß'
work. One costume is of very thin
batiste mado up over silk. Tho skirt
has rows of lace insertion in [clusters,
and tho bodice Is trimmed with a lace
edge.