Tiie United States acreage in grain
is greater than the entire area of the
German Empire.
What can you expect of a country
like Spain, when, in the time of her
disaster, a bull fighter continued to
be the most popular man in the land?
Forty thousand tons of American
coal were sent to Admiral Dewey at
Manila, That amount of fuel ought
to make things reasonably warm for
anybody who attempts to upset his
plans.
Good gunners with poor ships are
more effective than poor gunners with
good ships, but the American com
bination of the best gunners with the
best ships beats them all. Manila
knows this and so does Santiago.
The sinking of the French steamer
La Bourgogne with its loss of over
five hundred lives is an appalling dis
aster in the commercial marine, a dis
aster relieved, in its terrible features
of cowardly inhumanity, only by the
courage of its captain, who stuck to
bis post to the last and went down
with his ship, thinks the Trenton (N.
J.) True American.
The Trans-Siberian Railway, ac
cording to United States Consul Smith,
of Moscow, has cost, in the five years,
1893 to 1897, inclusive, $188,014,938.
In addition to the above, $5,978,663
has been spent for topographical and
astronomical work, irrigation, surveys;
geological study, agricultural instru
ments, etc., connected with the de
velopment of the country adjacent to
the railway.
In 1890 the total farm capital in the
United States,' exclusive of cash iu
hands of owners, was, in round num
bers, sixteen billions of dollars. The
total value of farm products iu 1889
was also in round numbers, two and
one-half billions of dollars, which was,
substantially, fifteen and one-half
per cent, upon the capital invested.
Out of this income, however, all ex
penses were paid, including support
of owners' families. The percentage
of profit upon farm capital has been
steadily decreasing for several de
cades, and the next census will doubt
less show a greater decrease than
ever, unless there should be a de
cided decrease in the estimate of farm
values. All this shows that farming
is constantly becoming a closer busi
ness, with less aud less margin for
miscalculation and waste, observes
the San Francisco Chronicle.
The long-talked-of telephonic com
munication between the two Russian
capitals, Moscow and St. Petersburg,
's likely this year to become an ac
complished fact. The undertaking is
under the control of the Imperial
Telegraph Department, and the sta
tions will be at the chief telegraph
office in cither city. As the average
■peed of ordinary telegraphic dis
patches between Moscow and St.
Petersburg, which are four hundred
miles apart, is about that of the rail
way, ten or twelve hours being con
sidered good time, the new telephone
will prove an inestimable boon to
business men, who in case of urgency
are now obliged to pay three times
the ordinary tariff to get their dis
patches through as "special" mes
sages. The line is not likely to ho
actually in working order before Octo
ber, and it is said that the price for five
minutes' conversation will probably be
fixed at a little over seventy-five cents.
Interesting data recently compiled
Bhow the world's total output of gold
for the year ending December 31,
1897. This is fixed at the prodigious
sum of $255,000,000, hut indications
malic it probable that this year's out
put will be much larger, on account
of recent discoveries in the Klondike
and in other localities, thinks the At
lanta Constitution. In the following
table is given the output of each of
the gold-producing countries for tho
past calendar year;
Transvaal tw,000,003
United States ...... 60,000,000
Australia 61,000,003
Bossia 32,500,000
British India 7,000,003
Canada 7,000,000
Mexico 6,500,000
China 6,500,000
United States of Colombia 4,000,000
British Guinun 2,500,003
Brazil 2,500,000
Otiier countries 11,500.003
From the figures cited iu the fore
going tnblo it appears ihat considera
bly more than two-thirds of the gold
produced in the world last year was
produoed under the flags of Great
Britain aud the United States, or, iu
other words, within tho territory be
longing to the Anglo-Saxon race. But
the figures cited in the foregoing table
represent only one phase of the enor
mous wealth in possession of Great
Britain and the United States.
A LAY OF A LAICH,
Here I am, perched at my open case
ment,
Enjoying the laugh of some unseen
miss
That comes rippling up from some room in
the basement
Just below this.
Morning, noon and night I can hear her
Babbling away with her chatter and chaff,
A.n-1 it seems as'if all creation near her
Was just a-laugb.
Tieture her! Isn't her face just made for
it-
Crinkled and curved for the laughing fit?
Could she be solemn, d'ye think, if paid
for it?
Divil a bit!
I can fancy the dimples her cheeks imprint
ing,
And see the mouth corners upward run.
I can catch hereyes with the frolic glinting.
Brimful of fun.
qSA X FORI >'SREVENGE®
9 9
I3y WALTER BLISS NEWGEON. Silt
LITTLE after eight
o'clock on the morn
auß\ ing of a pleasant
June day a number
SRgjpaffil of bright, active look
ing young fellows
were gathered in the
lofficeI office of the Tost.
They sat around in a
longing fashion, as
, / ■'■Aawj if waiting for some
one to appear. At
.length the door
opened and a tall,
slightly-stooping, scholarly looking
man entered.
"Good-morning, gentlemen!" he
called out cheerily as he entered.
"Good-morning, Mr. Chipman,"
was the reply, uttered iu unison.
"The first business of the day is for
us all to become acquainted with one
another, and then we will proceed to
prepare the first number of the Cran
dall Post," he said.
Introductions followed. The men
forming the editorial and reportorial
staffs of the new paper were gathered
from all over the country. The Post
was backed by n syndicate of business
men and politicians who considered
their little city entitled to a daily
paper embracing their political faith.
Chipman, the city editor of the Times,
the only daily iu Craudall, had been
chosen editor-in-chief, and he it was
who had gathered about him this staff
of assistants.
First of all must be mentioned Mur
doch, day editor. Next him in rank
was the city editor, "Joe" Farrell, a
young Irishman from Connecticut,
who always declared comically that he
was a Spaniard. The next man to be
introduced was George Edward Hunt
ington, called G. Eddie. He was a
boy just out of the high school who
wanted to become a journalist.
9 fcWlien Mr. Chipman presented San
ford to us we all looked at him. Tall,
slender, with handsome curly hair
and a long blonde mustache, he looked
a regular lady's man. Vie set him
down as a "sissy" right away.
"An [esthete, "jl dubbed him when
talking to Joe Farrell later.
"An ass, rather," replied Joe.
He came highly recommended by a
Boston paper, however, so he was
made a reporter at a fair salary. The
other reporters were Craudall boys.
Then there was the little French artist,
and last of all, your humble servant,
the telegraph editor.
Mr. Chipman having introduced
the various members of his staff to
each other, the group broke up, the
chief going to his newly furnished
sanctum, Murdoch into his cuddy,
Farrell and the men under him into
the city room, where tho telegraph in
strument and my desk were also lo
cated, tho reporters to their various
assignments. And so tho isew paper
was in train.
The Times having had its own way
In Crandall for so many years, it was
only natural that the starting of a new
paper to dispute the field with them
should have made the managers sore.
The rivalry between the editors ex
tended down to the very devil in the
press room. Especially was it hitter
between the reporters. The Times
men couldn't say anything mean
enough about the Post men.
Sanford was at once picked out by
the Times as a scapegoat. At noon of
the first day be went to a restaurant
frequented by newspaper men. He
took a seat at a table beside one at
which two Times men were dining.
They were apparently deeply engaged
in conversation, not paying any atten
tion to their fellow quill-driver of the
Post. Their conversation was carried
on in so loud a voice, however, that
Sanford could not help over-hearing
what they were saying. Their Inlk
was of a horrible murder committed
the night before in the little town of
Barlow, some ten miles north of Cran
dall. Sanford drank in all they said,
his journalistic nostrils scenting a
story afar. He hurriedly finished his
dinner and went out.
"Hollars to doughnuts that chump
will start for Barlow inside an hour,"
laughed one of the Times men.
' < h, but he's fruit!" exclaimed the
other, also laughing.
They finished their meal at their
leisure, and, lighting cigars, left the
place. They were'outside just in time
to Bee Sanford whirl by behind a pair
of spirited bay horses. They stood
and wt to'ied him as he drove up the
street like a whir*w ud, not a smile be
traying their inward mirth.
"The bill for that team will make n
howl in the Post office," remarkedone,
after Sanford was out of sight.
Meanwhile there were howls already
going on at the Post office. They were
nnxious to get out a particularly bright.
She must be pretty to laugh so prettily-
Such a laugh couldn't belong to a frump;
Humorous, too, to see things wittily—
Probably plump.
There, now. she's off again. Teal upon
peal of it,
Clear as a clarillon, soft as a bell.
Wby, it's infectious! I'm catching the feel
of It!
Chuckling as well.
What! Was I dreaming? That musical
melody
Trips up the scale, arpeggio,
So like a voice that was hushed—ah, weila
day—
Long, Jong ago.
Ueigh ho! think of what little straws
tickle us!
J list a girl's laugh—and my laughing one
Silent, and I—well, now, this is ridiculous-
Tears in my eyes.
newsy paper on this first day, aud here
it was after noon, with one reporter
missing. Farrell was fretting and
fuming when a hoy from the stable
which furnished Sauford his turnout
walked leisurely into the office, hear
ing a hastily written missive from the
missing man. It read thus:
"Just heard of great murder at Barlow.
Have hired team and gone up to got story.
Hold paper until you bear from mo ngulu
"Saxfokd."
"Say, Jack," said Joe, turning to
me, "that man ain't such a fool, after
all. Read this."
I took the note and glanced hur
riedly through it. Then I read it
again. I don't know, but I seemed
to have a presentiment thnt Suuford
would get no story.
"Sauford may be all right, Joe,"
said I, "but I should let the paper go
to press at the usual hour, and then if
his story is auythiug big we can get
out au extra."
"I guess you're right," answered
Farrell. "I'll go aud see the old man,
any way."
Mr. Chipman agreed with me, and
the paper went to press at the usual
hour without any story concerning a
murder a Barlow. We got out no ex
tra, either, for nbout five o'clock San
ford burst into tho office and threw
himself into a chair. He was the
maddest man I ever saw.
"Gentlemen," said he, just make a
note to the effect that James Robin
son Sauford is the most unmitigated
fool in Christendom."
_ "What is tho matter, Mr. Sauford?
asked Mr. Chipman.
"I am a confounded fool," Mr.
Chipman," answered Sauford, his
high-pitched, feminine voice making
his language irresistibly funny.
After much persuasion he told us
the whole story, ending with the re
mark—
"And that livery man charged mo
ten dollars for the team. I'll pay it
now, but those ruffians from the
Times will pay it eventually."
"The Post will assume the bill, Mr.
Sanford," said the chief editor, kindly.
"I shall pay it myself, Mr. Chip
man," replied Sanford. "If I am
fool enough to go off on such a wild
goose chase I am willing to foot the
bills. As for murders, I am afraid
there will be a double one when I
meet those Times men on the street."
Sanford was true to his word; he
paid all the expenses connected with
hie journey to Barlow, aud in a
week's time we had forgotten the cir
cumstance.
Tho first ontbnrst of jealousy over,
the Times men became quite friendly
with the Post men, and after old Tom
Shannon, the retired pressman of the
Times, opened up a small restaurant
just around the corner from the jiost
offiee, it was no rare sight to see Times
men and Post men mingled promiscu
ously about the tables iu his hack
room. We sometimes had a gay time
together, even going so far as to start
a press club. Iu business we were
still rivals, each paper constantly en
deavoring to get a "scoop" on the
other, but socially every one except
the chief editors were good friends.
We soon found that our first im
pression of Sauford was an entirely
erroneous one. He was one of the
best fellows that ever lived, and
turned out to be, moreover, a news
paper man of the first water. His
Barlow experience was never repeated.
It was his first aud last wild goose
chase.
TUe Post boys were not long in
learning that Sanford was not depen
dent upon his salary. He and his sis"
ter were orpbais and almost nloue in
the world. They had inherited con
siderable property from their father.
They hired a pleasant place in a fash
ionable part of the town, and Sandy's
house was always open (o his fellow
journalists. The little sister was
somewhat of an attiaeiion to theboys,
but she treated us all alike, so there
is no romance in my little tale.
TUe Post was a trifle over six
months old when, one morning in De
cember, each member of the Post and
Times forces received through the
mail the following invitation:
"Mr. James Robinson Sanford re
quests the pleasure of your presence
at a bachelor party to be given to the
newspaper men of C'randall at his resi
dence, One hundred and eighty Hun
gerford Avenue, Saturday evening,
December twenty-three, 1895, at eight
o'clock."
The eventful evening arrived, and a
goodly company of journalists gath
ered in the pleasant Sanford residenoe
on Hungerford avenue. C'randall had
not yet i < a hed the dignity, if dignity
it can be called, of possessing a Sun
day paper, so Saturday evening was
an open one for all the newspapermen
in the city. Among the company were
J Benbam and Stevens, the two men
J who had sent Sanford on a ten-mile
j ride to Barlow after a murder that
never took place. To all outward ap
! pearancea the incident was long since
forgotten, but, as wo soon learned, the
whole evening's enjoyment was only
au adjunct to a carefully concocted
plan of Sandy's to pay them off.
Out of doors it was a terrible night,
very cold and stormy, a steady fall of
snow and sleet being driven against
the panes by a fierce northwest wind.
The weather bureau must have been
taken into Sandy's confidence. In
doors all was life and cheerfulness.
We were gathered in a large apart
ment on the second floor, used by our
host as his own private louuging-room.
Iu the fireplace burned a bright and
roaring wood fire.
The room abounded in comfortable
easy chairs, and each chair contained
a happy journalist. Such a meeting
as this always brings enjoyment to a
Bohemian. Inspired by the cheerful
fire, wo waxed talkative, and many a
good story was related. Several of
the company were accomplished musi
cians, and varied the talk by selec
tions, both vocal and instrumental.
After two hours or more had pleas
antly passed in this manner, Sandy's
sister invited us down stairs to par
take of refreshments. Led by her
brother we went to the dining-room
and took seats around the well laden
table. We had hardly seated our
selves, however, when the bell rang.
Old Aunt Sallie, the servant, answered
the summons. She returned at once
bearing a letter which had been left
by a messenger boy. It was addressed
to Benhaui of tbe Times. He read it,
and then threw it impatiently across
the table to Stevens.
"What is it?" we asked, seeing by
their looks it was unwelcome.
Stevens read to us as follows:
"Mr. Benham: I have just received word
of a had wreck on the railrond nt Smith
town. A passenger train collided with a
freight, causing great loss ot life and prop
erty. Go down and get all you can about
it. We will get out a paper to-morrow if
the news warrants it. Take a team to
Cliappell's Station. I will wiro further
instructions to you at that point, and will
provide transportation from there to Smith
town.
"DOWSES, city editor, Times."
"P. S.—Take Slovens with you and have
him make a few sketches. D."
"Well, are you going?" asked one of
the company.
"I suppose we shall have to." re
sponded Benhaui.
Without waiting to finish the repast
they left the table, and, donning their
caps and ulsters, went out iuto the
storm. It was an awful night to send
men after news, ho matter how im
portant it might be; butwben the true
reporter gets an order to go, he goes
with never a thought of the difficulties
awaiting him.
As they closed the outside door, a
fierce gust of wind assailed them that
almost took their breath away, They
bent their heads to the blast and
slowly plowed their way down the
street to the nearest stable. The
place was closed, but their repeated
knocks awakened the night hostler,
who was taking a quiet nap on the
sly.
"Hitch up a pair of horses for us,
and drive us down to Chappell's
Station," ordered Benham.
"I will for a ten dollar bill," said
the sleepy hostler.
"Never mind the tax,"said Stevens.
"The Times will pay that."
It took some time—an hour it
seemed to the waiting ahd impatient
men—to hitch up; but all things were
finally accomplished, and the two men,
bundled up in fur robes, climbed in
behind the driver, and they started
toward the little country station, six
miles away, at as good a pace as the
fic-rce wind and deep snow allowed.
It was an awful ride, bundled up
though they were—a ride neither of
them ever forgot. Nevertheless the
thought of the big story to be obtained
made them fairly content with the
hardships involved. Although the
distance was only six miles, it took
them an hour and a half to acomplish
it, aud it was just midnight when
their sleigh drew up beside the
platform of the little station.
There was a turnout at Cliappell's
where trains often met, so there was
au operator on duty at' night. They
could see him now sitting at his instru
ment, writing as if taking a message.
Both men alighted.
"Yon cau go back," said Benbam,
to tbe driver. "We are going on down
the road."
"All right, sir," he answered
He wasted no time, but, turning
bis horses' bead homeward, started off
toward Craudall at a rapid pace. Taey
stood on tbe platform aud watched
the sleigh until it disappeared over the
first hill, then entered the station.
The operator glanced up from his
writing as he heard tho door open.
"Have you auy n es age for Ben
ham?" aslced the owner of that name.
"Yes, sir," he answered; "it has just
come."
Ho handed the reported a slip of
yellow paper. Beuhain'read it through
in silence aud gave it to his compan
ion without any comment. These wero
the words that stared at the two men:
"Do you remember sending au unsophis
ticated youug man ten miles off in tho
country on a wild goose chase last sum
mer? You have been sent on a similar
errand. Got back to Cranuall as bes't you
can. Revenge is sweot. SAXFORD."
"Well, I'll be darned!" exclaimed
Stevens. "I supposed he had forgotten
that thing long ago; I had myself."
"I suppose we deserve it, but it
comes bard a night like this. The
only thing to do is to take our medi
oine like men aud go home as if noth
ing had happened," said Benbam.
"Yes, but how are you going to get
there?" asked Stevens. "You sent
the team away."
"Tho deuce!" was Beuham's only
reply.
"1 say, Mr. Operator, where can we
find a place to sleep to-night?" asked
Stevens.
"The only place I know of around
here is out in the freight room. Tlierd
is a lot of baled wool out there. It
will make a soft bed."
So the two jokers spent the remain
der of the night on the soft side of two
wool bales. Sanford was revenged.—
Wavcrley Magazine.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Almonte, Ontario, has a woolen
fact ory which uses compressed air as
motive power.
A procession of icebergs sent against
the surface of the sun would melt at
the rate of 300,000,000 cubic miles of
solid ice a second.
The discovery has been made that
metal filings of any kind can be com
pressed into bars which will stand as
severe tests as the original bars which
supplied the filings.
A process has been recently per
fected by which thin sheets of abso
lutely transparent celluloid are sil
vered by a similar process to that
formerly used on glass.
Typhoid fever in Italy seems to he
of a milder type than it used to be.
In 1894 Milan had 468 cases of the dis
ease and 209 deaths, while iu 1897 she
had 1525 cases and only 242 deaths.
The Journal fur Goldschmiedekuust
states that precious stones may lose
their color iu the light. A ruby left
for two years in a show window be
came lighter in tint than a twin stone
kept in the dark. Similar effects have
been observed with emeralds and
sapphires. Cheaper gems, such as
garnet and topaz, lose their tints even
more quickly.
Count do Barthelemy, who traveled
recently across Indo-Chiua, has
brought to the monkey house of the
Jnrdiu des Plautes, Paris, two fine
specimens of the Semnopithec mon
keys, which are among the most curi
ous of the monkey tribe. As their
name indicates, they are venerable in
appearance, and resemble old scholas
tic doctors with gray beards and black
velvet skull caps.
The Dispensary on a Warship.
In most of tho modern war vessels
the dispensary takes the form of a tiny
stateroom, some seven feet square, ad
joining the "sick-bay," as the ship's
hospital is termed, which is on the
berth-deck in the bow of the vessel.
The sick-bay thus possesses the ad
vantage of having port-holes on both
sides, which insures good natural ven
tilation dud light. The berth of the
apothecary—which also does duly as
a sofa—with drawers below it for his
personal effects, occupies one side of
his stateroom. Another side is occu
pied by a dispensing counter, below
which are drawers containing a por
tion of the stock of drugs. The liquid
preparations are contained iu bottles
on shelves above the dispensing
counter, each bottle being held in
place by means of spring clips. Tbe
counter is provided with scales, grad
uates, pill-tiles, mortars, spatulas,
etc., aud also a set of instruments for
minor surgery. In n medical store
room, usually located somewhere near
the dispensary, the reserve supplies
are kept, as are also the medical
chests aud outfits for boats and land
ing parties. This storeroom is under
the care of the ship's apothecary.
-The apothecary, yeomen, and other!
cnarged with special duties form a
class called "idlers" on ship-board,
as they do not have to stnndwateh nor
take auy part in the ordinary routine
of the work and drill of the ship's
crew.—New York Post.
Sabbath Worship of the Shukers.
"Sabbath worship is usually con
ducted at the public churob, where
visitors from the world are free to at
tend," writes Madeline S. Bridges, of
the Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, New
York, in the Ladies' Home Journal.
"Four sisters and four brethren stand
in tho centre of the room and form a
double quartette. The Shaker dance,
so miscalled, is in reality a more or
less stately march, in which all tho
members join—the brethren in a pro
cession, two by two, followed by the
sisterhood in like order. They move
iu step to the hymns they are singing,
either slowly or quickly, as the meas
ure of the time demands. The ritual
is of tho simplest: Testimony of faith
fervently uttered by those wbo fid
impelled to speak, a few earnest words
of exhortation from the Elders, the
march and the singing of hymns.
"Something curious in regard to I
these Shaker hymns is tho fact that !
they are claimed to bo largely inspira
tional—the music aud words come to
gether 'as gifts,' aud frequently to
those who are not musical. For in
stance, very often a tap will sound on
the door of a musical sister, and an
unmusical sister will enter with the
announcement, 'Sister, a song has just
come !o me. Can you taketbe words,
and note it for me?'"
Tli Way of Military Girls.
Two or three pretty maids, with tho
war spirit sparkling in their eyes aud
tongues, were talking about the vari
ous officers they had been meeting,
tho mother of one of tliein listening
in silent pleasure to the chatter.
"Who is it, lluth," she asked of
her daughter, wheu the others had
gone, "you speak of as Mr. Sixtoen
inch?"
"Ob," laughed tho girl, "that's
Lieutenant Blank of the artillery."
"And why do you call him Sixteen
ineh?"
"Because, mamma, he's such a great
bore, don't you kuow." —New York
Sun.
A Dragging For Leather Slioes.
When shoes have become stiff from
being wet a good dressing which will
make them soft is composed of vase
line or glycerine and vinegar. Wheu
the shoes are wet stuff them with
paper, which will absorb the moisture,
and then apply tbe vasUtae dressing
A Departure In Leghorn*.
A new hat has the brim of leghorn,
and the crown of gathered lnce or
chiffon. A black leghorn with crown
of jetted net and a quantity of black
plumes is a very stunning covering for
a pretty head.
The Trimming of Skirls.
Thin skirts are profusely trimmed
with comet ribbon, a favorite style
just now being to make a little frill of
this narrow satin ribbon and sew it at
intervals arouud the skirt. Some
skirts recently made show ns mauy ns
seven rows of gauged ribbon, and the
fashion is n very pretty one for any
material but cloth. When inousseline
de soie or net is employed to cover a
skirt the comet ribbon is run on at
the edge of nnrrow flouueings of the
thin materials, but the ribbon is al
ways ganged.
Where Women Utile.
We occasionally hear of towns in
America and New Zealand in which
the woman voter is dominant; but
how many of our women readers are
aware of the fact that in Great Britain
there is a large centre of population
in the same—shall we say happy?—
condition? This is Caermarthen,
where the women voters on the local
government register are no less than
sixty-three per cent, of the whole.
This is more than double the propor
tion existing in any other town, and
the explanation given of it is that the
industries of the town have greatly
decayed, and its main dependence is
upon its reputation as a health resort.
Hence a largo number of its house
holders are women who keep lodging
houses.—Westminster Gazette.
Freshening Up Rnsly Dress Material*.
When blaok materials begin to look
gray or rusty, brighten them by spong
ing on the right side with equal parts
of alcohol and water, and, while damp,
iron ou the wrong side. Mud will
often leave a staiu, which may bo re
moved with naphtha after it has been
allowed to become thoroughly dry.
Black silk-warp goods will shine as
they wear, and expose the silk threads;
this shine may be partly removed by
sponging with alcohol aud water,
though it will likely return; if it does
the silk must be redyed. Colored
cashmere, serge, albatross, etc., may
be cleaned by sousing iu a fluid com
posed of one dessertspoonful of beef's
gall to a pail of warm water; use less
gall iu the rinsing water, dry in a
shady place, and iron on the wrong
side, when nearly dry, with a moder
ately warm iron.—Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Jacket* and Capeo.
One of the most pronounced novel
ties of the season is an outside jacket
made of black taffeta silk. It is cut
double-breasted aud tight fitting with
stitched seams with rivers. In fact,
it follows in every detail a tailor jacket.
The lining is white. The newest capes
for dressy occasions are built with the
shawl back. They are made of chiffon
aud lace, with rows of ruchiug run
ning around from neck to the hem.
The round cape is also in viyue. A
scarlet silk cape is veiled with black
chiffon and trimmed with plaited frills
edged with lace. Another cape is cut
circular. It consists of two flounces
of black lace. The' garment is held in
at the back by a belt of turquoise rib
bon, which passes around the waist
aud ties at one side with long bows
and ends. Over the shoulders is a
deep i-ever collar of white satiu, em
broidered with turquoise. One rever
crosses over to the left side and joins
the ribbon bow at the waist line. Use
ful capes for early spring are built of
top coating arranged in three circular
flouncelike capes." A storm collar com
pletes the neck.
Tlie Style of Straw Hats.
A lace Tuscan straw is quaintly fash
ioned to frame a charming young face,
with brim curved up in the centre, the
quaint high gown encircled with a
twist of Bordeaux velvet tied in a knot
at one side, and lightly covering the
front is n largo shower bouquet of ex
quisite white roses aud foliage. A pic
ture hat with soft blackcrowu, scrolled
with a tiny black straw cording, is
drawn into a band of begemmed white
kid; the brim of yellow straw caught
up in front by a clump of shaded
ostrich feathers, has long black plumes
drooping on each side of it, and just
above rises a group of black tips. This
hat could ouly be worn by a pictur
esquo type. A smart little hat of
bright red straw, its crumpled crown
.draped with coral moire ribbon, clasped'
with a buckle of jet and paste, the up
staudiug ends veiled in fine black
lace, would be becoming to almost any
face, while a pink hat in fancy rice
straw, the brim mushroom shaped and
curving over bunches of rose leaves at
the back, with garlands of shaded pink
roses, veiled with Chantilly above,
would make a brunette beauty radiant.
Social Agpecta of Life at V*ar.
The social life, apparently very sim
ple, is in reality complex, with subtle
distinctions, perhaps more just than
the distinctions of the world outside.
In the main it is , as all genuine col
lege life must be, democratic. All
possible types are represented here.
In the adjustment of the diverse aims
and peculiarities and the working out
of a homageneous wholo lies the in
terest of college social life. The New
England girl is here, with her brains,
her family pride, her plentiful lack of
this world's goods; the Western girl,
perhaps an heiress, perhaps not; th©
girl from a Southern plantation, gifted
with fire and energy that turn into a
high quality of brain-work; the mis
sionary's daughter from South Africa;
the descendant of some old Hudson
River family, with a stock of predju
dices and convictions to be tried in
the crucible of this existence. The
maiden who goes arrayed in purple
and in fine linen, who fills her room
with exquisite carved furniture and
rare pottery, lives on the senior cor
ridor, next the girl who is so poor
j that on winter nights she is forced to
I pile her clothing on the bed in order
:to keep warm. Out of elements like
these the college life is made up, with
its gayer side, and its side of strict
discipline, mental and moral.—From
"Undergraduate Life at Vassar," by
Margaret Sherwood, in Scribner's.
Gog Hip.
The Empress of Germany has been
elected a member of the Imperial Ger
man Yacht Club.
Princess Alice of Albany, now six
teen, has developed the fondness for
art common to the women of the Eng
lish royal family.
Queen Victoria will be represeuted
at the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland on September 6 by the
Prince and Princess of Wales.
Rosa Bonheur commissioned Miss
Klumplce, an American artist,-topaint
her portrait. Miss Klumpke has won
several medals both in France and
America.
The Medical School for Women was
recently opened iu London. It is not
entirely completed, but will be fin-
I ished as fast as funds cau be collected
for the purpose.
i At Winthrop, Mass., was celebrated
recently the fiftieth anniversary of the
'first woman's, rights convention iu
this country, ' which was hold in
Senecca Fall, N. Y.
Mrs. Campbell Copemnn, of Wash
ington, has made over 500 mountain
ascensions and is the only woman who
ever succeeded iu reaching the summit
of Mount Rainier.
Mine. Dreyfus is a very beautiful
woman, tall and graceful, with feat
: ures of an extremely delicate Jewish
caste and eyes that are ns lovely as
! they are mournfully resigned.
Miss Janet Richards, of Wasliing
| ton, makes a business of coaching wo
men of the National Capital on things
] in general, so that they may be prop
erly posted'and prepared to joiu in
telligently in conversation on any
current topic.
The Union Missionary Training In
stitute, Brooklyn, sent out during the
last eleven years sixty-four young wo
| men missionaries, and the fields cov
ered have been Africa, India, China,
Burmah, Japan, Bulgaria, Mexico and
the West Indies.
The Indian women who formed
themselves into a club some little time
ago on Indian Island, Me., have de
cided to establish au industrial school
! there. The club is called the Waba
uaki, and the members will endeavor
to preserve historical facts aud relics
of their tribe.
Mrs. H. H. Wilson has been mnde
Deau of the Nebraska Btate Uni
versity at Lincoln, which has 1901
students. Slio is the first woman to
hold the position. Miss Ellen Smith
is registrar. The Board of Rogeuts
has voted to add to the university a
department of domestic science, with
Mrs. Rosa Bouton as director.
Fashion's Fancies.
A fad of the hour is a sun umbrella
with a gilded sword handle.
Reefer jackets of red and blue
sorge, with brass buttons, are the
swell thing for golfing aud coaching.
Shirt waists are much more elab
orate than they were in the past. The
blouse seems to be the most popular
of all designs.
Owing to its excellent dust-shed
ding qualities aud light-weight, black
taffeta will be extensively used for
outside garments.
Gauzes aud mousselines and other
transparent fabrics have endeared
themselves to the public in away
which insures them a long stay.
Changeable silks, shading from
light to dark, make up very effectively
in the odd bodice, using the dark
color at the waist and the light around
the neck.
Changeable silks with fancy stripped
borders are one of the novelties seeu
in the shops, aud they are corded in
fine tucks all ready to make up into
fancy waists.
In selecting white canvas shoes',
one should be careful to buy only
those of the very best quality. A
cheap black shoe is poor enough
economy, but a cheap white one is a
waste of money pure aud simple.
Among the favorites for the season's
wear are tailor-made white pique
skirts. They are usually worn with
percale or lawn shirt waists, though
the pique is not very heavy, aud may
of itself make very useful aud attrac
tive shirt waists.
Industrious aud original minded
young women are making cutaways
and boleros of fine broadcloth with
heavily embroidered edges. The deft
fingered damsel of to-day cau find
many uses in her wardrobe for all of
the fine stitches she is able to take