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Our exports to China are now three
times as great they were ten years ago.
The automobile accident ban taken
its place among the casualties of civil
ized life.
The Marion Clark mystery has
proved an easy problem, and Phila
delphia still holds the record, with
the Charley Boss case, for a kidnap
ping which defies investigation.
A correspondent of a Paris paper,
writing from Manila aud describing
our army, says the volunteer regi
ments are named "for the provinces
in which they are raised." He enu
merates the "Tennessee-Texns" and
the "Vancouver-Washington" regi
ments as illustrations.
It is now demonstrated that an auto
mobile vehicle can be driven over loug
distances aud all sorts of roads at an
average speed of fifteen miles an hour,
and over good roads at a speed
greater than that of the fastest freight
trains. It is also demonstrated that
this work can be done at a power-cost
so small as to be scarcely calculable-
One dollar has furnished the power
necessary to make a journey of 707
miles. This is less than it would cost
to feed and care for a pair of wagon
horses for a single day.
It is news indeed, after Sir Thomas
Lipton's fiat declaration that every,
thing about the "Shamrock" should
be purely British, to hear from such
excellent authority as the Mauufac.
lurerer that the yacht's mast is to be
made of American timber—good
Oregon pine, at that. There surely
must be some mistake here. It can
not be that Sir Thomas, in charitable
ness born of his certainty of victory,
is anxious to give us the consolation
of being able to say after the eveut:
"Well, it was an American mast, auy
way!"
Dr. Carlos Macdonald is recognized
as a most learned insanity expert. In
a public address just rep >rted he has
declared that the legal test of sanity
or insantity is false and dangerous.
The law holds a mau responsible for
Ins acts if he is capable of distinguish
ing between right and wrong. Dr.
Mao Donald insists that very many
certainly insane persons—particularly
those with "fixed delusions"—while
perfectly able to distinguish between
right and wrong, are hopelessly in
capable of choosing right and avoiding
wrong; that while they are capable of
reasoning soundly and perceiving
facts clearly they are utterly unable
to resist their insane impulses to do
the wrong.
The people of this part of the world
have away of talking about America
as though it were all contained in New
York State, writes a correspondent oi
the San Francisco Argonaut, who has
just visited the State. They say,
''We Americans are too nervous, too
jigh-strung; we rush about too
much," when there is a great, calm,
cheerful, easy-going West that is not
included in these statements. They
say, "We Americans care too much
for the opinion of England, or try to
imitate the manners aud customs of
the Old World"—and never think of
the wide, wide area t>f Western coun
try that is absolutely untroubled by
any thought of foieign manners or
customs, aud <[tate content with its
own way of life.
Making Their Months Water.
The method employed by Dutch fish
ermen to insure "astonishing catches"
ts thus described by the Golden Pen
ny: The fisherman puts a number of
live worms and insects In a bottle
partially filled with water, and then
corks It securely. The bottle Is dropped
Into the water, the fisherman sinking
lis line alongside. It appears that the
sight of the wriggling contents of the
bottle so excites the appetite of the
finny tribe that they fall easy vicims
to lbs baited hooks.
Not A musing to Him.
Jones —It's very amusing to see those
women across the street looa.ng at the
bonnets in that window. Brown—
Amusing? Why, that's my wife and
daughter.—Harlem Life.
| STOLEN GUARDS. |
•fg How Two Texas Boys Saved Their p|
Father's Cotton. ||
H
H| BY LEWIS D. MILLER. §
©NE evening in No
vember ruy father,
| Rag SEfSgg — at Bu PP er, re
iWgß^"^a; vhm
I * 0 me to "^ a y that
I "~~ he's had about four
hundred pounds of cotton stolen. Our
5 wagon is in a pretty good place to be
! robbed, away up there at the back of
the field."
| My brother Dape suggested that he
i and I sleep iu the wagon, as we had
! often done earlier in the season, just
I because we liked it; but this evening
a norther was blowing, and we ex
pected 9 night of rain and storm. We
j could, however, bo comfortable enough
| by covering ourselves with cotton.
| "That's a good idea," said my father.
! But mother laughingly remarked,
i "Thieves could steal half the load
| right out from under you two sleepy
! heads, and you wouldn't know it."
I "No matter how souud they sleep,"
said father. "Sneak-thieves would
1 skedaddle the instant they found some
body there."
| So, not long after supper, Dape and
I went back to the wagon. We found
■ it just as we had left it, packed full of
| seed-cotton ready to be hauled to the
j gin, and covered with the white can
vas sheet, which was spread over bows
and fastened along the sides of the
box, and tied down over the end
boards. The two end bows of the
cover were missing, and the sheet,
there unsupported, slanted down in
front and behind.
The night was dark. While not se
verely cold, the wind, like all Texas
northers, had a penetrating chill that
made our teeth chatter.
Standing on the brake, I untied the
sheet at the side, then put my head
under it and climbed upon the cotton.
Dape crawled up after me, after tying
th 3 sheet again.
Taking off our boots and outer
clothes, we put them in the fore end.
Then we crawled back aud began to
hollow out a bed, piling the cotton
forward. When the bed was deep
enough, we got into it side by side,
aud raked the cotton back upon our
selves. Lastly, we worked our arms
under, and were ready to sleep.
By this time the wind was driving
rain drops against the wagon-sheet,
aud soon there was a constaut patter
ing over us. This meant no cotton
picking the next day, and Dape and I
felt free to lie awake till late, talking.
The last thing I heard was the wind
aud rain, which dashed against the
wagon so violently that it rocked aud
rattled as if iu motion.
For hours I slept as only a healthy
boy can, who has worked from day
light till dark; but again I became
vaguely aware of that rocking and
rattling of the wagon. The wind must
be violent now; wasn't it lifting the
wagon off the ground? I could feel
the jolts as the wheels came down.
Drowsily I conceived that the wagon
might be blown over, and rose up on
my elbow, still half-asleep. I was iu
absolute darkness. All I could hear
was the beating of the rain and the
flapping of the sheet.
Just then came a jolt—another!
Then I knew. The wind did not cause
the jolting. The wagon was moving
—traveling!
Startled, I sat up, wide-awake and
frightened. What could it mean?
Strange tales came back to me, aud I j
seemed to be iu the midst of one i
stranger than any. Who had ever
heard of a wagon starting off across
country of its own accord—pulling it
self?
In great wonder I began to investi
gate. Untying the sheet at one side,
I raised it and put my head out in the
rain. There was a little light from a
clouded moon, and I could see that
the wagon was not au automobile.
One horse was in view, and I knew
there must be another. The driver—
but were there not two? I heard one
man's voice, though not his words.
Hastily I drew iu my head, and
wiped the cold water from my face and
neck. Who were these thieves that
had put their horses to my father's
wagon and cotton? I had heard of a
similar case in an adjoining county.
A wagon loaded with cotton had dis
appeared in the night, and the owner,
after tracking it many miles, had at
last found it at the home of the thief.
This stormy night was the very time
for such a theft; the rain would wash
out the wagon-tracks. Of course it
had not occurred to the thieves that
two boys might be asleep under the
i sheet.
Greatly alarmed, I begau to shake
Dape, who was still sleeping peace
fully. We must do something. He
uttered au inarticulate cry of protest
as being disturbed. I ceased to shake
him, fearful that the thieves had heard
him.
For perhaps an hour I sat there in
the dark, reflecting on our strange
| situation, and wondering what I could
do. Where were those fellows taking
us? How long had we been traveling,
aud where were wo now?
I raised the sheet again. The wagon
was going through flat woods. Now
this told something, for we lived in a
prairie country, and the nearest flat
wood was teu miles to the west. So
we were at least ten miles from home,
and going farther. Much alarmed, I
leaned over Dape again, aud whispered
In his ear
"Dape, thieves areruuuiug clear off
with the cottou, aud us, too!"
This I repeated several times, until
he sat up suddenly, aud his first
whispered question showed that he
understood the matter. I told him
what I had learned.
"We've got to get into our clothes,"
he said. "Then we'll untie the wagon
sheet at the hind end, drc% out and
follow the road back to where some
body live 3."
"That's easy, but if we do, why,
then the thieves get clear away with
father's cottou and wagon."
"Well, then, we'll keep in hearing
of the wagon till it stops. Let's get
dressed right away."
"But the men are on the front end,
and they must be sitting on our
clothes. You know we put 'em right
against the sheet."
Here was a predicament. If we got
out into the cold wind aud rain, bare
headed, barefooted and in thin shirts,
we must suffer fearfully, and might
be chilled to death.
What if we should stay in the
wagon? We shuddered as we asked
each other what would happen then.
Murders are often committed to con
ceal robbery, and if we did not get
out, the thieves must find us on stop
ping.
After discussing various plans, we
decided to wait till we came to a
house, and then jump out aud run to
it. So we untied the sheet at the
hind end, and kept poking our heads
out to look for a house. At this we
soon got so cold that we had to bury
ourselves partly iu the cotton.
Houses were far apart, but at last
the wagon came to one. Even before
we saw its dim form, we could hear a
great barking.
"That sounds like a dozen dogs,
doesn't it?" shivered Dape.
"It does," I shivered back. "Big
ones, too. Let's not get out. What
should we do out there, nearly naked,
in the cold and dark, with such a
pack?"
"You're right; we're better off in
the wagon."
So we got down into the cotton
again, aud waited for a house with
fewer dogs.
The laden wagon moved slowly, for
the cotton made a heavy load for the
team, aud before another house was
reached daylight came. We were now
more alarmed thau ever, for if the
thieves should happen to look under
the sheet, they could not help dis
co veriug us.
Besides, it would be extremely em
barrassing to approach a house iu
broad daylight iu our present attire.
In fact, when we did come to one, aud
I tried to get Dape to start first, he
said, "S'pose there were women?
How'd I look? Not much! You may
go if you want to. I'll see this thing
out right here." To this resolve I
also was forced by the circumstances.
About this time the rain stopped.
As soon as the light began to come
through the wagon-sheet, we looked
eagerly for auy chance of getting our
clothes, and now saw that only one
man was sitting on the edge of the
stretched sheet iu front. Either the
other one had left the wagon, or there
had been but one, and the talking we
had heard had beeu his talking to the
horses. However, we were suffi
ciently afraid of that one man, armed,
as we felt sure ho must be. And he
was sitting on our clothes. All that
could be seen of them was sleeves aud
legs.
"Well," said Dupe, whose mind
was hopeful ana fertile, "the man
must live somewhere iu these woods.
When he gets home, he's sure to stop
the wagou several yards from the
house, and go in to warm up and get
his breakfast. That'll be our chauce.
We will put on our clothes, jump out, 1
aud run for the brush."
"But the mau or some of his family
will be sure to take a look under the
sheet when the wagon stops."
"Well, let us hide in the cotton.
No danger of them seeing us if we
cover ourselves well."
And that was what we did. We
covered ourselves completely, leaving
only little holes to breathe through.
In this position we could not hear
much, aud could not see at all; but it
was not loug till we felt the wagon
stop. Dape punched me, to intimate
that we were now at the thief's home,
and that the tryiug time had come.
We lay without inoviug a muscle.
Just then a dreadful thought came
to me. Any one lookiug under the
sheet would be likely to raise it at the
fore end. Our clothes would bo seen;
then we should inevitably be dis
covered. I sat up in my excitement,
throwing off the cotton.
What sound was that? A humming,
somewhat like a threshing machine,
iu the distance. But I had helped
unload too much cotton to that music
not to recognize it. Uncovering Dape's
head, I whispered:
"He's brought us to the gin! Don't
you hear it 9"
Dape sat up instantly, and made a
gesture of delight. "Now we've got
him!" said he.
As the gin-yard gate was creaking on
its hinges, the man who had come out
to open it, the giuner himself, asked:
"How much have you got on there?"
"About eighteen hundred, I guess,"
replied the man on the wagon.
"Enough for a bale. Can you run it
through right away?' '
"Think I can get it out by nooft.
Only one lot ahead of you."
"Can't you give me first show? I'n
in an ail-tired hurry."
"No, I can't. I've started theothei
already."
"Oh, well, I s'pose I got to stand
it," and in he drove.
"Now's our time!" said Dape.
So I raised the sheet at the hack
i end of the load and beckoned to the
' ginuer, who wrs closing the gate after
us. He locked surprised, hut seeing
from my mysterious manner that some
thing was wrong, he soou overtook the
wagon.
"This isn't his cotton at all!" I
whispered down. "It's mj father's.
That fellow stole it last nigh :."
"Stole us, too," put in Dnpe. "He
doesn't know anything about that,
though. And he's sitting ou our
clothes."
The ginner looked incredulous, hut
soon saw from our mauuer aud dress
that we were speakiug the truth.
"Keep still till I can send for somo
guns! We'll arrest the scoundrel!"
he snid, aud hurried ou to the gin
house, whilo the wagon continued its
way through the yard among scatter
ing cotton-hales.
This gin-house stood on posts six
or eight feet high. At the door was a
platform about even with the top of a
wagon-bed, where cotton was unload
ed . When the wagon was against this
platform, our driver stopped and threw
on the brake. Tkeu we heard him
step oil upon the platform.
"Now for our clothes!" whispered
Dape.
We began to dress, Bitting on the
cotton, hut I had only jerked ou my
shirt and pautaloons, and was tugging
at a hoot, when the sheet, or wagon
cover was suddenly thrown up, and
the wind carried it oft' the bows.
There stood a tall, shaggy-bearded
man, in a slouehy black hat and a yel
low "slicker," or rain-proof coat,
reaching to his heels. The consterna
tion on his face, when ho saw what he
had stolen, was ludicrous. His mouth
Hew open, aud he stood staring at us
stupidly.
"I nrresc you!" exclaimed the gin
ner, grulHy, as he hurried out and
caught the thief by the arm.
"Arrest me?" and the man came to
himself suddenly. "Stand hack!" he
shouted, giving the ginner a violent
push. The next moment he threw oil
the slicker, snatched a pistol from his
pocket, and with an oath and a threat,
leaped from the platform.
Out came two bowie-knives, nnd he
tried to cut one of his horses loose;
but seeing two gin hands coming with
gnus, he dashed round the house,
sprang over the fence, aud lied through
the woods, with everybody, including
Dape and me, in pursuit. But I don't
think anybody was half as eager to
overtake him as he was to get away,
for lie had a very disagreeable man
ner in flourishing his pistol.
"Now what?" said 1.
"Get the cotton ginned," said Dape.
"Good enough!" said I; and we
easily bargained with the ginr.er; he
keeping out enough, besides his toll,
to pay for the bagging aud ties to wrap
the hale. He also gave us feed for
the team.
With the seed and the bale loaded
into our wagon, we started for home,
sixteen miles away, early in the after
noon, aud soon met father and another
man on horseback. The disappear
ance of a wagon-load of cotton and
two boys had made a sensation in our
neighborhood, und the roads were
now being scoured in every diiectiou.
Father was greatly amused with the
story of our adventure. "Why," snid
he, "that man was no thief; he was a
regular philanthropist. We couldn't
have picked cotton to-day, anyhow.
Aud he's hauled the load for us and
made us a present of his horses. Good
horses, too. And whenever he comes
to my place for his horses, there'll be
chunks of fun."
It was after dark when we reached
home. The next morning the cotton
thief's horses were turned into the
pasture.
"Now if the owner wants them, let
him come aud prove his property,"
father remarked, as he put up the
bars.
The owner did not come to claim
the horses, hut they were missing a
week later, and fouud next day at a
house in the woods nbout seven miles
from the gin. The man who lived
there was earnestly sought by the
sheriff, hut could not he found. His
wife, when questioned, declared that
the horses had returned home, nnd
must have jumped out of the pasture.
Not long afterward the family disap
peared, going oil' between two days.
A country neighborhood clings to a
joke tenaciously, and Dape and I have
not yet heard the last of the night
when we went to guard the cotton
and were stolen ourselves.—Youth's
Companion.
The American Honey Exported.
The demand for American honey for
export is increasing. The exports in
1897 were worth SIOO,OOO. But that
year the imports were as large as the
exports, while in 1898 the imports
were less than in the previous year.
Eugland is the chief buyer of Ameri
can honey, and ships sail from ban
Francisco, from Kan Diego, and some
times from Port Los Angeles, Cal.,
carrying large cargoes of honey. The
United States produces more honey
than any other nation. As long as
thirty years ago the product was 15,-
000,000 pounds annually. Twenty
years ago it had risen to 25,000,000
pounds, and ten years ago it was 65,-
000,000 pounds. At the present time
lowa produces 9,000,000 pounds of
honey annually, and mnuy States, in
cluding California, produce 4,000,000
to 5,000,000 pounds a year.
India is considered to be a heathen
country, and yet Calcutta is said to
have the largest number of college*
tudents of any city in the world.
INEWS AND NOTES!
I FOR WOMEN. I
The Golf Jackets.
Gol! jackets are made of bright
green cloth, with reyers, collars atfd
cuffs of red.
Dirt-Carrying Skirts.
Woman is not the only sufferer from
j dust-laden skirts. A shoe-fitter says
I that women do not know, themselves,
I how much dirt they carry about. He
[ says: "If I take off and replace a pair
of laced boots, I have to wash my
hands immediately to remove the dust
that is whipped in by the skirts, and
held by the tongue and lacings of the
boots."
Now Design* In Waists.
Among tbo newest designs in waists
for liome wear is the charming and
comfortable garment called the tea
jacket. It is made of silk or brocade
in bright colors, and thus has a tight
titting back and loose fronts. Chiffon,
lace or crepe de chine daintily ar
ranged in front and fastened at the
waist-line with ribbon bows complete
the effect.
The Girl Willi Thin Arm..
TWin arips should be carefully con
cealed. They have an impoverished
look that robs their owner of some of
her dignity. If the arms are unduly
loug, as they occasionally are, the ef
fect may be neutralized by wearing
wide bauds of black velvet fastened
with pretty buttons or clasps or
buckles. This reduces the apparent
length of the arms. "Thin arms,"
says M. Charles Blano, the great
French authority on dreßs, "denote
bad health and an enfeebled race."
The best remedy is to wash the arms
with a fine lather of soap at least twice
a day, and to dry them thoroughly
and rub them vigorously. This treat
ment brings the pores into action and
induces a healthy condition of the
skin. Hubbing with a soft chamois
leather is excellent for the skin, giv
ing it both smoothness and gloss,—
Ladies' Home Journal.
Tho New Silk Petticoat.
The silk petticoat is a thing of great
importance in these days when so
much depends on the fit around tho
hips and exactly the correct amount
of fulness at the bottom. The new
skirt is cut circular at the top and
fitted as carefully and smoothly as a
dress skirt with no gathers at all at
the back. A deep circular or bias
flounce is added at tbo knee, and this
is trimmed with piuked, tucked or
corded ruifles. Accordion pleated ruf
fles are very pretty finished with u
narrow pinked ruche, and lace inser
tions and frills are applied in every
conceivable form in the more elabor
ate skirts. Flounces made of alternate
rows of satin ribbon and lace insertion
are another fancy, and pleatings of
black or white net, hemmed and
trimmed with rows of satin ribbon,
are a very effective trimming. Inser
tions are set in points and squares in
the silk flounces, and if you want a
very dainty decoration use plealiugs
of chiffon.
The Season's Parasols.
Highly glazed or polished silks are
not permissible in the present season.
Among the startling innovations are
parasols in bright green silk. Wedg
wood blues and brilliant reds have, as
usual, a large representation among
the sunshades designed for general
use or among those made to go with
outing costumes. The now parasols,
whether of five or eight gores, have the
tips of the ribs finished with ivory or
finely polished bone. This'fashion
also extends to the small shades de
signed for carriage use. These are al
elaborated greatly by rich trimmings
of lace, ribbon, or mcusseline, orl
sometimes by cut steel or jet figures
set in between the gores. Where rib
bon ruches are employed, carriage
parasols are not infrequently covered
by rows of alternating black and
white ruchings, blue and white and
other combinations, which extend
from the outer edge of the shade to its
capital. Carriage parasols of a larger
size are preferred by younger ladies,
and are to be bad in chiffon over
taffeta, or of the latter silk with large
and small point-lace figures intro
duced.—Harper's Bazar.
Why Straight Hair Won't Stay Curled.
The growth of hair in a healthy
scalp is from eight to ten inches a
year, growing faster in summer than
in winter. The hair stretches in wet
weather and shrinks in dry, which is
the cause of artificially curled hair be
coming straight in moist air. If you
will use the curling irons during the
summer be sure to supply the follicles
with a little extra nourishment in the
way of a hrilliantine to moke up for
that whioh the heat abstracts.
The two following recipes famish
the best possible emolieuts, the first
of which is non-greasy: Lavender
water,one ounce; glycerine, one ounce;
clarified honey, two ounces; rectified
spirits, four ounces.
First mix the honey and glycerine
together, then add the lavender water
or eau-de-cologne, and last of all the
spirits.
The second recipe is intended tc
give a more or less glossy appearance
to the hair as well as to strenghten it:
Castor oil, two drams; rectified spirits,
five ounces; attar of roses to perfume;
tinture of coohineal, two drams.
The best way of using these prepa
rations is to put a few drops into the
palm of the hand and then rub the
bristles of the brush across it, and so
apply to the hair.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Rosa lSonheur In Man's Clothe#.
Bosa.Bonheur's preferenoe for mi
culiue dress when engaged at her
work has been the subject of much
comment, though the artist herself
•jver could soa why it should attract
such universal attention. She was
wholly unaffected in its adoption, hav
ing done so as a protection when as a
young girl she wished to study ani
mals in the slaughter-houses of Paris.
Finding it far more convenient than
skirts, she continued to wear it at
home throughout her life, but she
never appeared in this guise in the
publio Btreets.
The following amusing description
of her appearuuee and manner was
given by a newspaper writer who paid
her a visit some years ago and sought
to obtain what the artist most dreaded
and avoided—an interview:
"A funny-looking man came toward
mo knitting his brows. He wore an
enormous straw hat. Under it was a
soft, beardless face, browned by the
sun and lighted by chestnut-colored
eyes;, a small nose exaggerated the size
of the largo mouth, with rows of su
perb teeth, and there was a breezy
flew of long hair.
" 'Who are you? Where do you
come from aud what do you want?' he
said sharply, stopping aud thrusting
his small hands in the pockets of gray,
ribbed trousers.
"This sharp questioning discon
certed me for a moment, but, recover
ing, I answered, 'I am a journalist,
and wish to see Miss Bonheur.'
" 'Well, look at her,' said the little
peasant, taking off his great hat. 'You
must excuse me; I am obliged to keep
intruders away.'"
It is interesting to note that Mile.
Bonheur had no patienco when she
was at the head of au art school with
attempts on the part of her girl stu
dents to imitate her peculiarities of
dress. With her these oddities had
come about naturally and for sufficient
reasons; with them it was affectation,
which she would not tolerate.—New
York Tribune.
GogMp.
The Florida Legislature has made
women eligible to appointmentas nota
ries public.
Of women chemists, assayers and
metalluigists in the United States there
are two-score lacking one.
An entire block of houses in New
York City was recently papered by a
young woman who takes the contract
for such orders from builders.
The women of Alabama are raising
a fund for a testimonial to Miss Annie
Wheeler, the war nurse and the
daughter of General Wheeler.
Miss Kuehne Beveridge, the sculp
tress, has been selected by the Hawai
ian Club of Honolulu to mold the
bust of the late Princess Kaiulani.
Wellesley College is to introduce
discuss-throwing into the athletic cur
riculum, thus being the first students
of a girl's college to play the game iu
America.
The will of the late Mrs. Thankful
A. Price, of Cortland, N. Y,, bequeathes
§SOOO and a valuable farm in Cortland
County to Syracuse University for
scholarships.
Queen Margherita of Italy holds
twice a year at the Quirinal a sale of
her old dresses. The sales are said to
be a perquisite of her head maid, who
receives them from the Queen.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland Jdoes
not inherit her mother's love of plain
clothes. On the contrary, she is fond
of handsome and brilliant materials,
and it is the choice of these that costs
her most perplexities in the state of
life to wh'ch she has been called.
Mrs. Jane Stanford, widow of Sena
tor Stanford, in donating $10,000,000
to the Leland Stanford University,
stipulated that the number of women
students must be limited to 500. In
explanation of this she states that her
husband's intention was to found a
university for men.
Miss Emily Yznaga has followed the
example of various members of the
English aristocrncy and "gone into
trnde." Miss Y'znaga and her two sis
ters, the Duchess of Manchester and
Lady Lister-Kaye, were American
girls, but have been exceedingly popu
lar in English society.
Gleanings From the Shops.
Wash suits, prettily trimmed, and
separate pique, duck and linen skirts
for girls.
Feather boas in all the light shades
to accompany foulard and other sum
mer costumes.
Natty styles in golf bonnets made of
colored dimity or organdie combined
with fine lace.
Dressy capes of black taffeta show
ing complicated braidings and jet
passementeries.
A great variety of styles in Persian
figured four-in-hand ties for men's aud
women's wear.
Two-toned trimmed sailors in com
binations of blue, brown, gray and
black with white.
Broad displays of white and colored
chiffon veils as well as of the cream
applique varieties.
Stitched crash hats for golf or cy
cling trimmed with crepe de chine,
quills and plaid scarfs.
Many grenadines in black and even
ing shades, showing figured or
chenille-ntriped designs.
Taffeta and foulard costumes
trimmed with bands and effective in
crusted designs of cloth.
Very fine batiste embroideries at
marvelously high prices for trimming
materials of all descriptions.
Manila hats for morning wear in
white and colors, decorated with dot
ted malines, gauze and quills.
Many scarf ohains of gold, gilt or
silver with rich jeweled pendants, such
as crystal, amethyst and pearls.
Many crepe de chines and other
light-weight cloths for summer gowns
in all the delicate pastel shadings.
Vast assortments of pearl-headed
hatpins, with and without rhinestona
settings, in noticeably large forms.—
Dry Goods Economist.
THE NEW HONEY.
|me Bees Not Now Allowed to Sip th#
Nectar of Flowers of Their Choice.
Honey is enjoying renewe t favov.
Men of wealth and leisure are testing
and experimenting with the different
kinds of honey, and wrinkling their
brows over the problem of producing
what seems to them the most desir
able flavor during the coming summer.
For the bee is no longer allowed to
pursue his own sweet peregrinations
and sip of the ueotar of flowers wher
ever he chooses. Honey made in this
promiscuous way is much too ordi
nary. His actions arc restricted and
guided. As a result, such honey as
never was tasted before is tickling the
palates ol many. If it is the white
sweet clover flavor that has gained
favor with the epicure, he goes sys
tematically to work to produce it; and
plants a large plot of ground, perhaps
half an acre, with this particular kind
of clover. He has it carefully kept
from weeds, or auy other variety of
ciover that might eudeavor to find a
footing there. The whole bed is in
closed and roofed with a fine wire net
ting, and the beehives aro then placed
within the inclosure. From the bee's
life, therefore, the spice of variety is
plucked, and try as he will he can
produce none other thau white sweet
clover honey. In flavor it is very
delicate and almost white in color.
Yellow sweet clover honey is pre
ferred by others. The flavor is slightly
stronger than that made from the
white variety, and its color is a deep
yellow. Then there is the honey that
is made from thistles and milkweeds;
it is amusing to hear producers of such
flavors tell of their tribulations in
making these wayward plants grow
within their restriction. Some of
the wild flower honey is almost black
in color, and the flavor is certainly
very different from what it was in the
days when honey was honey and that
fact settled the question. It is al
most verging on the indiscreet to men
tion buckwheat honey nowadays, al
though it is still acknowledged to have
wonderful "staying properties."—
New York Sun.
One Instance.
The bearded man who was asked to
speak at the Women Reformers' Con
vention on the subject of "Corsets—
Their Injurious Effects Upon the
Human Frame," had spoken at con
siderable length, and closed by Buy
ing, "In short, the corset is the
abomination of abominations. It
serves no good purpose whatever."
He sat down amid loud applause,
and the professor, who happened to be
present, was called on for a few re
marks. He said:
"My friend who has just preceded
me has Baid the corset serves no good
purpose. Iu the course of a life now
well past the middle age, I have known
just one exception, which, indeed,
may be considered as proving the rule.
A California cow had become no
emaciated that when sho ate grass it
dropped out through the spaces be
tween her ribs before itoould be acted
upon by the stomach and assimilated
into her corporate system. In this
emergency, and as a last resort, a
large corset was strapped around the
cow. This kept the grass in, and
thus the cow's life was saved. Still,
she was not a valuable cow, and I
should not mention her case here were
it not that in the pursuit of science
we must bo rigidly exact. I thank
you, ladies, for your attention."—
Chicago Tribune.
Gone on a Long Cruise.
Two old sailors have started from
Portland, Ore., for a coasting tour
around the world. Their course is
down the Oregon, California, Mexican
and South American coasts, theuoe
across the Pacific to New Zealand and
Australia, round the Cape of Good
Hope to Cape St. Eoqne, thence across
the Atlantic to Sierra Leone, thence
along the European coast to Great
Britain. The return trip will be
through the Mediterranean, Suez
Canal, Indian Oceau and China Sea,
and by the Russian coa3t to Alaska,
and thence home. Their boat, built
by themselves, is thirty feet over all,
seven feet beam, with center board
and will carry three sails. Provisions
for four months can be carried, and
the men expect to be gone two and a
half years. Both men have been
more thau ten years at sea, and sin
gularly enough, they met in a gold
mine in California, and in a log cabin
conoocted the scheme of this adven
turous voyage.—Atlanta Constitution.
This Mule a Calf Killer.
John Debo, a prosperous farmer of
Indiana, has lost several valuable
calves, and although each would be
found in the fields or iu the barns in
a badly mangled condition, it has
taken him some time to discover the
cause. While passing a field he
saw an old mule walk up to a calf,
seize it by the nape of the neck and
skake it vigorously. Although the
calf bloated at the top of its voice, the
mule did not let go until he saw the
farmer. Then the mule gave the calf
a swing that landed it in a heap sev
eral feet away. Its baok was broken
and it died in a tew minutes.—New
York Press.
Babies Named After Dewey.
Since Admiral Dewey Monto
jo's fleet into the sea at Manila, a per
fect epidemic of Dewey babies has ap
peared in every quarter of the globe
where Americans are to be found.
The percentage is almost beyond com
putation, but the Admiral himself
estimates that at least 12,000 written
notifications have reached him on the
flagship Olympia.
To many of these he has replied in
writing, thanking the proud parents
as modestly as possible. Just as soon
as the news reached America that he
had aohieved the greatest victory of
modern times in marine war, the
christenings with his nuiue began.—
New York Journal.