Tho litrgeat proportion of alngleper*
ions is found in Ireland and Scotland,,
and tlio smallest in tho United States,
New London, Conn., lias an eight
story hotel with the office at the top.
If tho prices compare with the alti
tude of the office the proprietors ought)
t o do well.
Tho Tcmplo of Fnmo will need to
have some new stories built on it in
order to hold tho names of tho Yankoo
lads who arc demanding a plaeo at tho
top of the illustrious list.
Italy is congratulating itself that)
there wore only 920 duels fought last
year in the whole country. Of these)
) 0.1 had serious eonseqnenees, though
only one duellist was killed outright.
So important aro tho indications
..(forded by the teeth of tho general
health and strength of the constitu
tion of candidates for the United
iltates Navy, that unless n would-be
cadet can pass a creditable examina
tion at the hands of the dentist ho
must make up his mind to look for an
other calling.
It is ensy enough teaching Spain
a lesson, but that lesson will bo heeded
by others who have beon ready with
their sneers. Tho schoolmaster has
been a little slow, perhaps, but his
ferule is long and his nrm strong. We
venture to say that when this war is
done the American (lag will have n
new meaning the round world over.
There avo 100,000 ranches and plan
tations in Cuba valued at 8200,000,000.
Besides supplying food for tho island
Iheso plantations yielded a surplus
valued at SOO,OOO, for export. Sng.'.r
nd tobacco are the main products and
constitute ninety per cent, of the ex
ports. The sugar product for the
fiscal year 1802-1803 amounted to 815,-
801 tons; in 1803-1891, 1,051,211 tons;
in 1891-1895, 1,001,201 tons, and in
1805-1890, 225,221 tons, all of which,
oxcept 30,000 tons per annum, was ex
ported.
Tho International Commission of
tho Pyrenees, on tho suggestion of the
Municipal Council of the little canton
of Aramits, has suppressed the annual
ceremony known as the "Junto de
Barotous" that has taken place on
July 13 in that place for more than
seven hundred years. The ceremony
consists in transferring throe heifers
as a tribute from the French valley of
Baretous to tho Spanish valley of
Boneal, with details that are con
sidered humiliating to Fronch amour
propre, suoh as casting a lance and
filing n gun at tho French soil. In
future the tribute will bo paid with the
omission of these acts.
Following the old principle that tho
dancer must pny the fiddler the new
war taxes aro now operatiyo upon tho
people of tho country. It is safe to
say that every person, whatever his
age, sex or previous condition may be,
will bo called upon to pay directly or
indirectly. Checks require a two
cent stamp, conveyances of real estate,
quantities of other documents, life,
fire and marine policies, all mußt be
stamped; if one goes abroad the paß
sugo ticket is taxed; if he allows his
note to go to protest a twenty-five cent
stamp is a reminder; if he buys medi
cine or perfumery, n graduated scale
of tax; chewing gum pays a tax of
four cents, sugar and petroleum re
finers pay; if one buys a peat in a
palace or parlor car, a tax of one cent
is required, etc.; and if wo receive
legacies from near or far relatives or
othera, we will pay a tax and a heavy
one.
The nation whioh governs almost
one-fourth of the earth's population,
nnd upon tho whole governs well,
spends over two hundred millions an
nually upon sport, and has invested
in the same way an even greater sum,
comments Outing. Perhaps there W
no higher test of a man's all-round
abilities than his power to govern
wisely; nt any rate, it is a truth to be
borne in mind, in this connection,
that the governing races of to-day aro
races of sportsmen. The people who
play games aro inheriting tho earth,
perhaps because it makes them meek.
As a matter of fact, wo think it does
just that, among other things. Tho
French do not play games, and Mr.
Benjamin Ividd has shown how tho
population of France is steadily de
creasing, tho deaths hnving outnum
bered the births there for several
years past. The Spaniards do not
piny games, and travelors in and stu
dents of Spain, and the Spnnish,
ngree that their two most salient
characteristics nre overweening pride
and cruelty. Tho Chinese despise
unnecessary physical exerclso, and
can scarooly bo drivon to fight, even
for their country, and their lack of
decision and their pulpy condition of
denondenoe are now all too manifest.
TWO SOLDIERS. f:
With prallant etep and flashing eyo, Swiftly the yeafs sweep hnok, and lo!
And swelling heart and courage high,. A vision of tho long ago.
One marches gayly down tho street The same gay throng, tho crowd, the
To martial music loud and sweat. cheers,
.... . The martial* airs, the flags, the tears.
All is before him—naught ho knows
Of deadly wounds from lurking foes; ITimsolf so brave and young and strong,
Only the glory of the bravo One of tho noble, gallant throng;
He sees, in Hags that proudly wave. A rude arm lostles him—and thon
. , , Baok to to-day he comes again.
With flushing cheek and hopoful
smile, And nobly foroing baok tho cry
no waves his farewells, but tho while Of longing "but to do and die"—
A sudden tear all quickly dried With trembling voice ho weakly choers
Shows tho warm heart ho cannot hido. And turns aside to hide his tears. '
The other, bent and old and gray, Ood bless tho youngi God bless tho oldl
Watobes him gayly march away; For patriot hearts of purest gold!
Adown the scarred and wrinkled cheek And o'erthom both, the noble bravo
Unbidden teardrops slowly creep. Our Flag of Froedom ovor wavel '
—Kansas City Star.
8 THE DOCKFELT CASE.' '§
Ily Wnril Mncauley ami James Buckliam.
-j—T HE senior partner,
| Mr. Paul Doekfelt,
fctjSV-- ',l ( of the firm of
'il 1 Doekfelt & Frco
man, No. 120 and
sat in his private
office engrossed in
the affairs of one of the largest retail
grocery stores in Buffalo. He was a
tall, spare man, and to an ordinary
observer his appearance was very pre
possessing. His clear-cut, kindly
face displayed character in every line
• —the face of a shrewd yet strictly
honorable and thoroughly sympathetic
man. Indeed, Paul Doekfelt was a
man of high and sincere aims, as well
as of public spirit, and his numorous
friends were contemplating a move
ment to nominato him for alderman
from his ward.
At tho moment when Mr. Doekfelt
had dipped his pen to write an impor
tant business letter, ho was interrupt
ed by a loud commotion in tho main
store, the character of which ho could
not determine, as his office was en
closed. After listening impationtly
for a moment, ho rose and strode out
into tho store. As he entered tho
main room, ho observed that tho dis
turbance proceeded from the cashier's
office. An altercation seemed to be
going on between the cashier, Fred
Thomas, and tho head clerk, Edward
Balfour.
Fred Thomas, although ho had
been in Mr. Dockfelt's employ but
six weeks, was already a great favor
ite with his employer. Indeed, it
was whispered among the clerks that,
in time, the firm name would bo
Doekfelt & Thomas; for Mr. Doekfelt
had no junior pnrtner at that time,
Richard Freeman having died some
time before. For the sake of long
standing, however, Mr. Doekfelt re
tained the old firm name.
Mr. Balfour was also quite a favor
ite with Mr. Dockfelt, in whose cm
ploy ho had been about three months.
It was with great surprise and re
gret, therefore, that Mr. Dockfelt saw
the young men eugagod in n quarrel.
He walked up quietly behind tho en
raged clerks, who were so furious at
each other that they did not notice
his approach, and tapping Mr. Bal
four on the back, said, in a stern
voice:
"What's the trouble here, Balfour?"
"Trouble enough, sir," replied tho
head clerk, wheeling around and ad
dressing his employor. "I sent a
check for twenty-live cents down here,
together with a ten-dollar bill, and
now Mr. Thomas is abusing mo' for
Bending him an empty carrier."
"How's this, Thomas?" domanded
the astonished grocer.
"I'm sure I don't know, sir," said
Thomas. "All I know is, that, just
now, Mr. Balfour's cash-carrier came
along the wire. I took it down, and
finding it empty, thought Mr. Bal
four was playing a trick on mo, so I
sent the carrier back—empty, of
course. A minute later ho comes
rushing up and angrily demands tho
causo of my sending him no change.
That's all I know about it."
"Mr. Thomas," said tho merchant,
sternly, "give Mr. Balfour his change.
Mr. Balfour, you may take it to the
customer. Then return immediately,
until we settle this affair. Hurry!"
Briefly, the cash system used by
Mr. Dookfelt was as follows: Each
clerk was provided with a small blank
book, opening at the top. Each page
wns perforated in tho middle. On
each side of tho perforation tho clerk
wroto tho amount of the sale. He
would then tenr across tho perforation
and send the lower half to the cashier's
desk in ono of the sinnll cash cups or
carriers commonly used in n rotnil
store. Together with this check, or
'tip," as tho detached slip of paper is
/ailed, the salesman would enclose the
fioney. Tho cashier would put the
ip on a bill file or spindle; nnd thus
the amount on tho spindle belonging
to each clerk should tally with tho to
jil of tho "stubs" in his book. Tbis
is tho method in general use in retail
stores.
When Mr. Balfour returned, the
merchant said, sharply: "I suppose
you have no objection to being
searched? Each oj you may first
describe the contents of your pocket
books. Balfour?"
"Mine contains throe silver dollars,
aBS bill, some small change, and six
car tickets," answered the head clerk.
"Thomas?"
"Mine contains two fives, ono sil
ver dollar, some small change, two
postage stamps and three car tickets."
Mr. Balfour then produced his
poekot-book, and it was found to con
tain exactly what was enumerated.
Mr. Dockfelt searched the clerk's
pockets, but nothing suspicious came
to light.
He then went through tho same
oporation with Thomas—with the same
rosult. Next, Mr. Doekfelt examined
tho cash-desk, and ascertained that
there were no SlO bills in the drawer.
After instructing Mr. Thomas to
charge tho missing sum to loss and
gain, the merchant retired to his office
to ponder the mystery. How could it
have happened? He had searched
both tho clerks, but lie could not resist
the conviction that, if tho money had
been put into a cup, it must linve
reached tho cashier's office. Either
Mr. Balfour or Mr. Thomas was the
guilty parly; but to determine which
was no easy task. To be sure, of the
two men, Mr. Doekfelt preferred Mr.
Thomas; still, heootlld not help seeing
that his favorite had the better chance,
not only to take tho money, but to
seoreto it ns well.
Again, ii Mr. Balfour wished to
steal, how much better it would have
boon to sell tho goods and pocket thd
money. Thiswasastrongpoint against
Thomas. Tho only possible reason
why Balfour should have sent the
empty carrier to Thomas was to create
a suspicion against iho latter, in case
either was suspected of theft.
Whoever tho thief was, Mr. Dock
felt said to himself, lie was certainly
tho most during, as well as the slick
est. of rogues.
The very next morning the mystery
deepened. Mr. Doekfelt was again
appealed to by Mr. Thomas and Mr.
Balfour, who made the satno statement
as on the previous morning—a bill bad
been sent to the cashier and bad dis
appeared. Mr. Doekfelt again searched
caoli of the clerks, but did not dis
cover the missing money, which was,
in this ease, a twenty-dollar bill.
Mr. Doekfelt was very much puz
zled. What bold or clover thief was
this who dared to steal the very day
after tho first tboft, when he must
know that the proprietor would be
keenly watchful.
When the samo thing happened on
tho next day, too, Mr. Doekfelt was
perplexed and exasperated beyond
words, for ho saw, if this pilfering
continued, that bo might lie seriously
tlfleeted. Yet lio did not wish to dis
charge both of the clerks, as this
would surely prevent his discovering
the guilty party.
On the morning of tho fourth day,
when ho arrived at the store, Mr.
Doekfelt was much incensed to find
the doors not vet opened, although it
was Inter by ten minutes than the
usual time. lie opened tho store him
self, and waited, impationtly, for the
clerks to arrive. Soon the shipping
clerk appeared, to his employer's
great relief, for ho had some ship
ments which he wished to send out
as early as possible. Then the other
clerks began to arrive, and among
thorn Balfour and Thomas. The for
mer was one of the first to take his
place, and he soon made a sa'o.
Now, tho store was built, as gro
ceries often are, in two divisions, so
that jt was impossiblo for Mr. Balfohr
at his post to see who was making
change. Sir. Doekfolt purposely took
Sir. Thomas's placo, just as the car
rier came along from Balfour's ooun
ter. The proprietor was curious to
sec whether tho money would be there.
Ifo took down tho carrier, and found
tho tip and bill there, exactly as
would he expoetod. Mr. Doekfelt
stayed at theoasbier's desk for half an
hour or more, and every time that Bal
four's carrier came up, the money was
safe. This certainly looked bad for
Thomas.
The next (lay the climax was capped
—and more than capped. Mr. Bal
four was down late, so Mr. Dockfelt
undertook to wait on a customer at
his counter. The gentleman bought
some miscellaneous groceries, and
gave in payment a silver dollar. The
change for that arrivod all right; but
the next customer tendered in pay
ment a §!> bill, and Dockfelt sent it
along to the cashior.
The cup camo back empty.
Mr. Dockfelt lost his temper, and
rushing furiously up to the cashier's
desk, demanded of Thomas what hnd
become of bill and check. The
cashier merely replied that he had
received an empty carrier, and so re
turned it.
"Very well," (aid Mr. Dockfelt.
"flive mo my change and then come
into the office. Simpson will keep
tho cash."
Mr. Thomas was very sober when
he entered the merchant's private
office, and hnd nothing to say when
Mr. Dockfolt romarked, pointedly,
that ho was sorry tho thoft had oo
curred. Mr. Dockfelt continued:
"Fred, have I not always been kind
to you? Have I not done my best by
you? Tell mo, have I ever treated
you meanly?"
"Mr. Dockfelt," replied Thomas,
i "(luring th short time I have worked
for yon, you have always beon the
kindest of employers. I also think
that I have tried to serve you well
and faithfully. Therefore, it grieves
mo sorely to see that you must now
suspeot me of dealing dishonestly
with you. In this matter, however,
you ore mistaken. lam innocent."
"I wish from the bottom of my
hoart, Fred, that I could believe
you," answered his employer. "But
how can I? You say you are inno
cent. Then who did steal the money?
You surely don't accnso both Balfour
and myself of conspiracy against yon?
You evidently did not know I was
clerking when you secreted the
money."
"Then you believe me guilty, Mr.
Dockfelt?"
"Yes, Fred, it is not possible for
me to come to any other conclusion."
"Well, then," said t Jlr. Thomas,
"what do you propose to do with me?
Have you already sent out for an
officer to arrest me?"
_ "No, Fred, no. I called you to
give yon another chanco. Surrender
the stolen money, apologize to Bal
four, and all will be well."
"Did 1 not tell you I was inno
cent?" cried Thomas. "What, thon,
have I to surrender or apologize for?"
"Well, Fred, I'll leave it open,"
said Mr. Dockfelt. "If anything
more is stolen, I'll discharge you.
You may go back to your desk now."
Tho next morning Mr. Thomas
came down us usual, and was at work
in tho desk, when, as on the previous
day, Balfour's carrier came along the
wire, this time in compnny with two
others. A minute later Mr. Thomas
called Mr. Dockfelt, saying tlrat three
empty cash-cups had beon sent him,
while, at tho same time, tho clerks
for each carrier were clamoring for
change. Natuially, Mr. Dockfelt
flew into a towering passion. "Leave
my Btore," said he. "You aro by far
the most brazen rascal I have ever
seen in my life. Leave at once I"
"But, sir "
"But nothing. What you have
stolen will more than pay the amount
of your salary now due. Go! or, I
swonr, I will have you arrested!"
Thomas saw that it would bo worse
than useless to expostulate with Mr.
Dockfelt. Nevertheless ho was
greatly pained to think that his em
ployer and friend should consider him
guilty of petty stealing. Ho took
down his hat and overcoat and left
tho store.
On tho following morning Mr.
Dockfelt arrived early, as he was to
bo his own cashier. In fact, he was
tho first man in tho store, with the ex
ception of tho shipping cleric. An un
expected customer oaino in, and Mr.
Dockfelt made a sale, and, forgetting
that there was no one in tlio cashier's
desk, sent the carrier along. He
quickly remembered, however, and,
making change for the customer from
his own pocket, followed tho cup,
which had barely passed out of his
sight. He advanced into the desk
and took the carrier down. Mar
velous! Could ho believe his eyes?
Both tip and bill wero gone.
If Mr. Doclcfelt had ever been be
wildered in liia life it was at thiH mo
ment. He was positive ho had pnt
the money in tho carrier, and equally
sure it was cot there now. Ho shook
the cup, and limited carofully about
the desk, but in vain. Then ho mut
tered, half audibly: "There is but
one thing to do in such a case as this.
X will see my friend, John Garner,
the detective, and let him straighten
out the mystory, if he can."
During the course of the nfternoon,
in response to Mr. Dockfolt's message,
a thin, awkward-looking man entered
the merchant's private office. Mr.
Doekfelt held out his hand cordially.
"Well, Garner," he cried, "I can
truthfully say that I was never more
glad to see you in my life." He then
gave Garner a completo history of tho
affitir which had so perplexod him,
and concluded: "I have prepared a
statement of points, wliioh you can
study at your leisure." Ho then
handed Garner the following.
1. Theft always occurred on the
first sale in which a bill was tendered
in payment.
2. Theft always bills, never silver,
ft. Theft was generally between Bal
four and Thomas.
i. On the last morning soveral cups
were stolen from.
5. Doekfelt himself put money in
carrier, which reached its destination
empty.
Mr. Garner put the paper in his
pocket and asked abruptly: "Who
opens the store in tho morning?"
Bomewhat surprised at tho question
Mr. Doekfelt replied: "Charles Hurst,
the shipping clerk."
"Thntis all, for the present," said
Garner. Then he arose and loft the
office.
Dining tlio next fow days there
were repented consultations between
Garner and Doekfelt, each time the
detective being in disguise. The
third day the disguise was so complete
that Mr. Doekfelt greeted the entrance
of an apparently ill-bred and boorish
fellow with n sharp—"Well, sir?"
The detective bent forward. "Gar
ner," said he.
"Well, wclll" oried the morcbant.
"Your disguise is complete. How is
it? Have you solved the problem?"
"Have I solved the problem? Well,
my dear uir, it's one of the most pecu
liar cases—yes, I think I mny say I
havo."
Mr. Doekfelt at once became all
eagerness. His cheeks glowed with
excitoment and his eyes shone bright
ly. "Well—Mr. Garner—let me henr
about it!" he exclaimed, drawing his
chair nearer to the detective's.
Garner took n small vial from his
pocket and said, "Look at this."
Mr. Doekfelt took the bottle and
saw it contained n searlot liquid. "I
don't exactly see the significance of
this," he said.
"Wait." said Garner; "hear me
through. Charles Hurst, the shuming
olerk, is the canie of all this trouble
He and Thomas are in love with the
same girl. Thomas has been ac
cepted—Hurst burns for revenge. I
suppose I was the only person who
knew tho secret of the powerful com*
position you see in that bottle. But
it seems that Hurst has discovered it
also. Watoh the effect of the stuff.".
Garner took a small piece of paper
from his pocket, laid it on the table
and unoorked the vial. He poured a
small quantity of the liquid on the
paper and in ten seconds all that was
left of tho paper was an almost impal
pable gray ash.
"Tho effect," said Garner, "of thf
composition upon the wood bottom*
of the carriers is to render the wood
soft, so that it immediately absorb*
the ashes of the papor. Hurst, every
morning, put some of thia liquid in
Balfonr's carrier—a very email amount
indeed. The money was, of course,
destroyed. I think I ean explain the
counts in your statement," he ad<Jed,
taking from his pocket the slip of
paper which Dockfelt had handed him
a few days before. "Theft always oc
curred on first bill sale of the morning
because the liquid used was onjy
strong onough for one bill. The loss
was always in bills, beoanse any metal
is proof against this strange composi
tion. The theft was always between
Balfour and Thomas, becauso Hnrßt
wanted to make a mystery about It in
tho beginning and then suddenly con
vict Thomas by having several cupij
stolon from. This also explains count
number 4. It is needless to explain
why the money did not arrive whioh
Mr. Dockfelt himself put in the car
rier. Hurst had not provided for this
contingency."
The grocer wns both astonished and
delighted at the unraveling of the
mystery. "You aro a deucedly clever
innn, Garner!" ho cried. "Now tell
mo how on earth you got the facts, so
far as Hurst is concerned."
"Easily enough," replied Garner.
"As you know, I am interested in
chemistry, and have often experi
mented with the stuff used by Hurst.
I snw immediately how the deed wns
done. Tho next thing was to de
termine who did it. I learned who
opened tho store every morning, and
finding that it was Hurst, I at bnce
began to pry into his privato affairs
is a detective must, you know—and
lonrnod thnt ho and your cashier were
iu love with tho same lady. The ease
was easily brought to a conclusion
when, by carefully searching the ship
ping room, I found two bottles of this
liquid."
Tho seqnel is not hard to guess.
The firm name of the great Buffalo
grocery house is now Dockfelt A
Thomas; and the lady for whom Mr.
Thomas wns unjustly and mysterious
ly persecuted is now his admired and
devoted wife. Hurst was not prose
cuted for his villainy, but it is un
necessary to say that he Is no longer
shipping clerk under Mr. Dockfelt.—
Detroit Free Press.
BOILING WATER WITHOUT FIRE.
It Can It© Don© by Stirring With n Pud
dle For Fivo Hourn.
It is possible to make a pail of wa
ter boil without putting it on tho firo
and without applying external heat to
it in any way. In fact, you can make
a pail of water boil by simply stirring
it with a wooden paddle. The feat
was recently performed in the physi
cal laboratory of Johns Honkins Uni
versity, in Baltimore, Md* and any
0110 may do it with a littlo tronblo and
perseverance. All you have to do is
to place your water in a pail—it may
be ice water if necessary—and stir it
with a wooden paddle. If you keep
at it long enough it will certainly
boil. Five hours of constant and rapid
stirring aro sufficient to perform the
feat successfully. The water will, af
ter a time, grow warm, and then it
will grow hot—so hot, in fact, that
you cannot hold your lmud in it, and,
finally, it will bbil. Professor Ames,
of Johns Hopkins, annually illustrates
some of tho pheuomenaof heat by hav
ing one of his students perform the
trick in front of his class. It is a tiro
some job, but it is perfeotly feasible.
The point which Professor Ames
wishes to illustrate is what is known
as the mechanical equivalent of heat.
By turning the paddle in tho water at
a regular speed it is possible to find
out just how much work is required
to raise the tomperaturo of water ono
degree. Tho best measurement so far
made, and, in faot, the one whioh is
accepted as the standard of tho world,
is that which was measured in Johns
Hopkins college.
Heat is developed in almost any
substunco which is subjected to con
tinuous or very violent action. It is
an old trick foi' a blacksmith to forgo
without fire. Long continued and
violent hammering on two pieces of
wire will heat them to such an ex
tent that they can be welded together.
A lead bullet, if shot directly at a
stone wall, will develop heat enough
by the contact to melt and fall to the
ground a molten mass. There nre
many other occasions wherein this
meohanical development of heat be
comes manifest. —Cincinnati Commer
cial-Tribune.
Mules Up a Tree.
A team of four mules of the Fifth
Illinois recently performed the seem
ingly impossible feat of rnnning over
n tree twenty-five feet high at Camp
Thomas, Chickatnauga. The mules
were running away, and an army
wagon was trailing on tlmiir heels.
The front pair split arouud a pine tree
six inches in diameter and twenty-five
feet high. The second pair crowded
on, shoved the first pair literally up
tho tree, which bent under the weight
until the top touched the ground, and
the wagon passed oTer without injury.
The tree was barked to the top and
bears ample evidence that this tale is
true. It is vouched for, however, by
Colonel Culver, Lieutenant Colwell
and Chaplain Davis.—Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
Wnnn Weallior Glove*.
Gloves with perforated finger sides
are n very new and useful addition to
the warm weather toilet. They are
based upon tho fact that perspiration
of the hand usually starts between the
fingers, and if these aro kept cool the
hand remains cool and dry. They
oomo in both silk and kit".
A Useful and Dainty rin.
A new pin is a violet clasp, with
dainty arms of filagree silver, which
opon by operating a spring at the back.
The silver or gilt arms aro wide, and
open for the stoms of these delicate
flowers, clasping them closely, but
not so much so ns to crush the
stems. Lovers of these sweet flowers
are nble to wear them nt least twice as
long ns when fastened by tho harsh,
cutting pin, which hastened their
drooping. Tho clnsp itself is highly
ornamental, n3 well ns novel aud use
ful.
A Novol Veil.
One of tho latest novelties is a veil
of cream applique. This is quite an
unusual style, yet one likely to tnko
well witii the season's hats. Finely
spotted veils aro popular. A new one
if of velontine, nnd it has a 'very fine
mesli. It is soft, with tiny dots. This
veil is extremely becoming to tho
maiden with a bright color. Black and
cream clinntitly veils have delicate
little sprigs scattered over the surface,
with tho edgo finished with a border.
For tho season's servico no veils are
so serviceable as the ones "that will
wash." Tho white tulle is also worn,
ns well ns tho black, with tiny dots in
black and white.
KiiHHinn Clubwomen.
Tho women of St. Peterflburg,
Russia, havo recently established a
cjub known as tlio Russian Women's
Mutual Help Society, with a member
ship of about fourteen hundred.
It is only lately that any movement
in this direction could he made, as the
Russian law forbade the formation of
women's clubs, and it is only through
etreunous efforts and numerous ap
peals to tho Empress that permission
has been granted. A letter received
by Lady Aberdeen from St. Peters
burg recently said that the Russian
women wore developing a lively in
terest in clubs, which is due largely
to the growth of tho club idea in Eng
laud and America.
The Mushroom Hat.
The mushroom hat lias struck an
appreciative chord in womnu's breast.
It is made out of mulloralmilar tissue
an(\* comes woll down over the face,
protecting it from the direct rays of
the sun. It is exquisitely stylish, but
soils so rapidly as to render a cleans
ing a neocssity every fortnight. While
most of these bnts aro worn plain a
few aro decorated with pearl trimming
or pearl headings to give the impres
sion of dowdrops, while others have
loosely stitched across the crown a
cobweb in pnlo gray silken wire.
I'rettiest of all iu this field of decora
tion was the design of a modiste who
had embroidored ou the top sevoral
rose loaves, and perched upon the
Mem a butterfly with outstretched
wings.—Now York Mail aud Express.
Fin Money From n Flower Bed.
Two young women, who would
rather earn an extremely modest sum
of money by doing work that oan be
carried ou nt homo thau exhaust their
energies by travoling bnck nnd forth
on trains and Btanding behind coun
ters or sitting behind desks, are en
gaged in raising slips to bo sold in the
fall as decorative house plants. Tho
growing of them costs nothing, and
overy penny earned will be clear gain.
If the gardeners will bo content to
earn g:l or SI a week they will find
that, deducting carfare, lunches, wear
and tear on clothing, etc., they will in
the end have as large an accumulated
sum os if they were receiving a good
weekly salary aud had all the expenses
to hear.
They say that to have the plants in
good condition by tho autumn the
slips should be put in in the spring and
kept well wotered. When they aro
potted the pots should be sunk in the
earth and if well moistened all sum
mer the plants will be found when
taken up for salo in September to be
well grown and perfectly healthy.—
New York Tribune.
The Dreg, ot Our areat-Oramlinother..
I dare say that our grcat-grand
fathors were delighted with the he
longings of our great-grandmothers.
But for comfort one would linrdly se
lect the eighteenth century strait
laced corset. Abovo it was a corsage
all lined with buckram and whalebone.
The hoop-cxpamlod skirt was garland
ed with artificial flowers or other fal
balas. It was hard to sit down prop
erly in it. When once tho wearer sat
down, she liked to remain sented. A
bold-upright position was obligatory.
Tho hair was expected to remain uu
disturbed for sevoral days. Hence
tho necessity, wheu oue retired for
the night, to bo propped up with pil
lows. There was really no other way
of enjoying a little comfort. Tho oov
erlets and pillow cases worA consid
ered adjuuets of tlie bedgown, a most
luxurious object for the time. There
were bath coverlets of embroidered
bnnuel.
The snuff-box belonged properly to
l'nrt de la femme. What skill was
lavished on it! One showed one's
rings in taking a pinch of snuff. The
taste for scents was not much de
veloped. How could it be when nos
trils wore filled with snuff? But I
oan imagine the snufi'-box as being in
dispensable. Snuff was the only
deodorizer. Ladies quite gavo it up
after the Revolution. It was on the
wane before. La Nouvello Holoise
did not take snuff, nor did Marie An
toinette.—London Truth.
Dnngpr In nlr Ornament;;
Many, indeed most, of the combs
and hair-pins worn by women of the
present day are of celluloid. Indeed,
so excellent an imitation is it of shell
that in tlio lluor grades the only infal
lible test is that of fire, a test injurious
to shell aud destructive to celluloid.
Tlio Loudon Lancet, that staid and
sober journal which has never boon
accnsed of sensationalism, warns its
renders of the dangers of a new comb
which has recently been patented in
London and New York. It is double,
being two combs which nre joined by
n hinge, and which, when closed, hold
the hair tightly in jiosition. A physi
cian, writing to the Lancet, reports a
casp in which the comb, when fast
ened in the hair, came in contact with
the hot curling iron. with which the
hair was being waved, aud cnught fire,
omitting dense fumes, producing severe
burns aud practicnlly destroying tho
hnir.
The explosive and combustive prop
erties of celluloid aro undoubted, and
it would bo well that women should
bear them in mind. Tho heat of a
curling iron at the point requisite to
curl the hnir is quite sufficient to
ignite celluloid, and tho Lancet ns
serts I.hat the material burns much
more readily iu hair than when out of
it, as was proven by experiments with
a wig.
Severo concussion is also sufficient
to produce combustion, and an in
stance is given where a blow on tho
head by violent contact with an opon
door ignited ah ornamental comb,
which, however, was easily detached,
so that tho rosults wero not very seri
ous.
Somo yenrs since a bride, who was
on her wedding tour, arriving at a
hotel, on opening her trunk, found
her trousseau practically destroyed by
fire, the only possible souroe of which
must havo been the explosion of a set
of celluloid brushes and combs. It
was conjectured that tho explosion w'as
caused by its rough handling winch
the trunk received from tho baggage
men en route.
Under ordinary circumstances cel
luloid may bo used with safety, but
cars should be takon to keep it, like
other inflammnble substances, at a safe
distauce from fire, and also from con
cussion, while ladies who make use of
curling irons must bo careful not to
bring them into contnct with cotluloid
hairpins or combs.—Chicago Times-
Herald.
FnMhlon runcies.
Chemises with shoulder flounces of
Inoe are pretty.
Cloth walking gowns aro being ap
pliqued with ribbon in bowknot ef
fects.
Cloth gowns trimmed with straps of
tho snmo material aro still stylish and
pretty.
Boading with ribbons run through
it makes a nice trimming for gowns of
wash material.
Lace flonncos finished with beading
and ribbon make a nice trimming for
a chemise or waist.
White ohiffon, decorated with black
laoe appliquo, is used in veiling taffeta
flounces of petticoats.
Acoordion-plented flounces, vests,
blouses and even skirts aro "the rago'*
for the season's gowns.
Short corsets with lace and ribbons
for trimming aro the styles which the
stores display nt present.
A lovely petticoat is made of bright
rod taffeta silk, and has a trimming of
black lace flounces, edged with narrow
red satin ribbon.
A new and pretty stylo of trimming
for light-Colored silk skirts is of nar
row black velvet ribbon formed into
great points, tabs or wavy stripes.
It is predicted that light colors will
not be as much worn in tho fall as nt
present. Brown will be one of the
fashionable shades for tho season'a
gowns.
Bough straw sailor hats with narrow
brims and wido blue or black ribbon
bands aro already much worn. Bands
of two shades of ribbon are used on
"sailors."
Effective bicycle hats are of tho Al
piuo shape and are decidedly stylish
when trimmed with stiff crepe and
upstanding wings, or draped with a
plaid silk scarf. i
Ilats of mixed straw, prettily
trimmed with loops of net and jaunty
wingH, and the sailor shape, with a
plain black band, are much in favor
for both bicycle and street wear.
An accordion-pleated wrap which
hangs from tho shoulders to tho waist
line, with cape sloove effect, and
trimmed with many rows of lace, is
qne of tho chio garments for tho sea
son's wear.