Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. ILY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited OFFICE: MAl.'* STREET ABOVE CENTBE. FREELAND, PA. ST'BCRIRUOIN KATES: One Year (1.50 1 Blx Mouths 75 j four Mon'.hs 50 , Two Months 25 Tho ilate which the subscription is paid tu is on trie address label of each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittauee. Keep th figures in advunce of the present date. Re- I port promptly to this ofllce whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must be pail' When subscription is discontinued. Make all money orders, checks, etc,,payable to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. The theory of Professor Hal t that j food adulteration is responsible for the present degeneracy of the race would be more interesting were the race degenerating. But it isn't. Out of 8000 manuscripts received by au eastern periodical last year only eighty were found worthy of publica tion. The authors of the 7920 that were rejected mast have failed to write about war. The Anglo-Saxon race is not in creasing under monarch cal iustritu lions in North America. From pres ent indications, if Canada remains a British dependency 50 years hence ' the French race will control legisla j lion in British America. A Philadelphia suburbanite notes that A layer of snow over the country saves thousands of dollars to tho poo pie by the saving iu gas. Suow is so powerful a reflector that oue cau see 10 read at least a half-hour longer ou xccouut of it, aud thus about 15 cents' worth of gas is saved each even ing. With regard to the character of the Finnish immigrants the testimony seems all oue way. They are industri ous, steady, anxious to get on and good citizens. Fewer Finns have been de ported under the various exclusion laws than of any other nationality. In 1898 none was seut back, and in 1899 only 15, 12 as beiug liable to become public charges, one because he had become a pauper inside of a year, and two because of disease. The joint resolution proposing an amendmeut to the United States Con stitution prohibiting polygamy is one of the most pertinent subjects which lias come before the preseut Congress. The resolution, if it passes the Senate aud House of Representatives by tlie lie essary majority, and is ratified by three-fourths of the state legisla tures, will settle finally a question which is likely to cause trouble if loft as it is at present. It will be a saving of time aud worry if it is disposed of qow. The difficulties iu the way of housing and feeding the 20,000 students in Boston who can afford to pay but a small sum for board aud rooms have suggested the idea of erecting a teu story building, in a central locatiou, where some 800 or 90) of these young people may live at au expense of l'rom 82.50 to $A a week. Besides the 111 rooms in tho proposed building, there will bo a gymnasium, reading rooms, bowling alley, billiard room, and a concert hall capable of seating 800 peo ple. The cost is estimated at $750,- 000, and this amount it is proposed to raise b\- subscription. Tho rouud bale has not only proved a big success in the case of cotton,but hay, sisal grass, hemp, moss, rags and wool are now beiug put up in a similar mauuer. The greate • ease iu han dling aud the lessening of bulk at tained by the improved method repre sent a very important saving iu freight. In fact it pays to break up the ohl fashioncd aquare bales and rebale their contents. It is gratifyiug that Amer ican cotton when it goe3 abroad need no longer hide—we can by 110 means say **its diminished head," when we think of the old-stylo loose and, con sequently, bulky bales, before tho sci entifically packed staple from India and Egypt, ofc<ee>vA th* T)iy Gouds Economist Luxhoi a Tavern. The "Luxhof," a building historically famous and of great antiquity, was re cently destroyed by fire in Strassburg. Incendiarism did the work of destruc tion which the bullets and bombs of the besiegers in 1870 were unable to do, for the building withstood the deadly weapons of warfare, while its neighbors, the library, the new church and two the aters, were completely demolished. Later, when peace was established, the highest honors that the Germans could bestow upon the place were certainly made use of, and it received the distinc tion of becoming a tavern.—New York Herald A great deal of American money is going into mining in Mexico. | A COCK-FKiHT IN ILOiLO. | BY FREDERICK T. GORDON. M OCK-FIGHTING is the na [ f tioual sport of tlio Filipinos, V/V/ baseball is in the United States, cricket in England, md bull-fightiug in Spain; it is in lulged in by high and low, in hand somely fitted out pits and on the sandy stretch in front of the native hut. No true Filipino is too rich and proud to own a choice assortment of game-cocks, of long pedigree aud mar vellous capacity for fighting and en durance, aud none is too poor to own oue (or at least a share) of more or loss claim to a fighting strain. In the Filipino heart, the order of his affections is thus: first, his game cock, next, money, then his wife and family, and in close order a general desire for rest aud a taste of the fiery liquor distilled from the spent storks of the sugar-caue on the plantations. As much care aud money, compara tively, is spent in the Filipinos yearly on the maintenance of game fowls aud fighting them as is speut here on blooded horses aud race meetings, and far more is lost in the cock-pit, by those, able aud unable to afford it, than on all the horse racing in the United States for a whole seasou. A native will bet everything he possesses on a favorite bird, even to the clothes on his back, aud if he lias nothiug to bet, ho will steal it from the most convenient source; they a race who took their troubles to heart, the list of suicides every year would be appalling; a3 it is they simply shrug tlio shoulders and abide their time until a chance comes their way, when they have been stripped of everything in the ups aud downs of cock-lighting. Cock-fights aim held in the largest cities as regularly as theatres; Sunday is the day usually chosen for the mains between birds of pedigree, though a light is ou some where every day, and if the cocks ad vertised for that day are of any note, the seats around the pit are usually full, aud whou there is a match be tweeu birds representing two cities or provinces, the capacity of the build ing is taxed to the uttermost, all classes and conditions of men and women attend, the dissipation being paly limited by their purses. The maius are advertised ou the streets with gaudy pictorial representations of the cocks, just as we advertise the coming of some great actor or prima douua, aud t'oi days before aud after a big light the conduct of the birds are the sole topics of conversation high aud low. The game cocks arc raised and at tended with tlio greatest of care; every attention is lavished upon them, aud they are the motive for about the hardest work a Filipino ever does; the pedigrees of full-blooded birds is registered as carefully we register that of a horse or dog; an association of breeders attends to this matter and arbitrates all disputes. To belcug to this association is the highest houor to which a Filipino can aspire, as the men are usually wealthy aud it gives high social standing. As soon as they aro able to walk around, the cocks are kept separate from one another, lest they receive injury by fighting among themselves; their diet is regulated with the ut most care, being oue calculated to de velop as little fat as possible aud as much muscle as can be gained. Red peppers, opium aud raw rum is given from time to time to make the birds savage, aud they are tantalized with the sight of other cocks behind a ccrceu and aro taught not to be afraid of anything. Further instruction is given by the patieut trainers in strik ing with the gaffs and these are put K>u every day to accustom the birds of the feeling of them. Once iu awhilo, a cock is allowed to fight with a low bred fowl, to make it moro fierce by the sight of blood and couiideut from the easy victory obtained. |v As a consequence of all this, when a bird is fit and ready to go in the pit, it is a savage in feathers, afraid of nothiug, and will fight as long as a spark of life is in its body, and seems to rejoice to see the blood spurt from | the body of its foe from the cruel blows of the gaff. The cocks aro always kept in con dition save in the breediug se/ison; as a matter of precaution, the comb is clipped close to the head, tUe legs are plucked aud shaven and the neck and wings are trimmed as close as possi ble; all this is to make them less lia ble to being fouled in an encounter and makes them lighter and more ac tive, and gives little hold for the beak or gaff of au antagonist. The breast feathers are allowed aud aro trained to grow as thick us possible, for 011 ;he breast most 01' the blows are re ceived, the birds being trained to op pose this thick cushion to the blows Df a foe. From long selection and breeding, there is now a race of game fowls in the Philippines which combines all these points in a remarkable manner, 411 d next after courage shown ou Ihe the field of battle, a bird is valued by it adherenco lo the standard. If a bird shows cowardice in its first fight, its neck is very promptly wrung as a punishment for its behavior and us a prevention to the perpetuating of | the strain in breeding. J All fights aro to the dcatli of one or ; both of tlio combatants, unless one ! rims away, and then it is killed by the j umpire. Eveiy possible for ' making the cocks fight aud keeping Ebem alive is allowable and is prao -1 ticed; drugs and rum aro given, the ! fowls arc warmed in the breast of the owner or trainer, air is forced down Ifeir throats bv tub.?? and nowadays even hypodermic injections of power ful stimulants are iu use. A more cruel., bloody aud degradiug spectacle than a cock fight would 1* hard to lind. Some years ago, when Uoilo was in its balmy days aud insurrections of the natives hud not begun to trouble the easy-goiug life of the Spaniards, I was there 011 a visit, and among other sights of the city attended a cock fight. The pit was a square, sanded space, surrounded with plunk walls about four or five feet high and built very strongly, more to keep out the crowd of excited spectators than to keep the combatuuts in, for in the ex citement engendered by a very close combat between two favorite cooks, the natives had to be restrained al most forcibly from breaking into the ring aud putting their favorite's an tagonist out of tho light by means fair or foul. At each ond of the fence were gates, through which the umpires aud a traiuer for each bird were permitted to enter; no others than these were allowed in the pit during a battlo. Outside the pit was a space devoted to the owners of cocks, a few selected friends and tho birds themselves. The cocks were kept iu formal I bam boo cage 3 on little benches which ex tended around the space, from which point of vantage they filled the air with their shrill crows of defiance. For the exhibition of the more noted fowls elevated stands wore provided, on which they were exposed to the gaze of an admiring multitude before the fight in cages, gilt and carved with all the skill at the disposal of the owner. This space was also a loungiug place for these who made ''books" on the fights; this latter class of gentry was composed of Chinese, most numerous, a few Spaniards and one solitary Fili pino, the Chinese being iu the major ity on account of the fact that it re quired some capital to conduct a suc cessful book, and this most of the na tives sadly lack. All bets were taken by tho "bookies" with impartiality, either for or against a cock, 011 the number of rounds, the probable dam a; s to the victor or any other of the u! iy ways in which the gentle Fili p 1 > wastes his cash in betting. Jhick of this place begau the seats, arranged iu tiers similar to our ar rangement of opera seats; they were divided into classes of whicu the price differed according to location and comfort. The seats reserved for the officials and those able to pay for them were cushioued, the next class had matting 011 them and the third and lowest price, tho top rows, were bare. These were mostly filled with poor natives, the better class of natives, olerks and lesser lights among the Spaniards aud the well-to do Chinese being divided among the first two divisions. One side of this pit was without scats; this was sot aside for the natives too poor to pay for a seat. Admissiou was paid iu a coin equaling two ceuts in our money. The building was filled to its utmost limits with a wildly excited crowd of poorly-clad people of both sexes, eagerly bettiug everything they owned among one another, being too poor to bet with tho bookmakers. Tho light was heralded by au an nouncement from a native, whose bosom was swelling with the pride of his duties auu a starched shirt, the tails of which hung conspicuously outside his trousers, of the wonderful achievements of tho two fowls in words of niauy syllables. Tho de livery of this oration (for it was noth ing less) was the sign I'or long and loud cheoriug ou the part of the spec tators, who were impatient for the fighting to begin, and as soon as it was over nearly every one rushed up to the bookmakers to place their bets. Before the light began, each cock was inspected by tho umpires to see that it had on the regulation gall's and was not otuerwiso rigged up with for bidden devices. The gall's wore of the liucst steel, scimelar-shaped, with the concave edge down; this edge is as sharp as a razor, and a severe lilow from a gall has been known to com pletely decapitate a fowl; they are about two inches in length and come to a sharp point. The upper edge is blunted. The spurs furnished by nature to a fowl are not considered deadly enough by tho savage tastes of the Filipinos, so those spurs are cut off at a length of au inch or so and tho hollow part of tho gaff fits over tho stump. (Hasps around the leg keep them from t'alliug off or slipping. It is a comical sight to ROC a lordly cock stepping along the sand of the pit wearing v pair of these huge spurs, which are so long and so awkward that, the cock trips over them at almost every step; but in the combat ol tho pit, all is different, a trained fowl uses his spurs with all the skill of u fencing master with a rapier, all the awkwardness is goue. Byway of note, sometimes the cocks are allowed to fight with their natural stumps of spurs. This is, how ever, only for a match of skill be tween two fowls whose owners do not care to risk their slaughter, or be tween an old and a young fowl, to train tho younger in tho ways of using liia spurs iu a real light. So well are tho game birds trained that often a skillful one can kill its less able adversary without hurt to itself. With a cheer from tho multitude, tho umpires each took up one of tho fowls and placed them on the sand sonic four or live feet apart, holding the struggling cocks fast until tho word was given; at the signal each released his hold and the two cocks, | infuriated by the sight of one an other, rushed together with the mo mentum of a miniature cyclone. Though apparently tierce and uncal culated, this meoting was totally unlike the rushes of unskilled fowls; each cock was on his guard, and while going at his enemy with great fury, was ueverthe less very careful to avoid blows and picks. At tirst nothing was visible but a revolving mass of feathers, so close were the two; iu the quiet of the intensely ex cited spectators, tke thud, thud of blows striking on the thick coating ol feathers 011 the breast could be plainly heard; even the painful pantings and gaspings of the two fighters were dis tinguishable; then, as the fury of the onset grew spent, the cocks would separate a little aud strike at one an other, springing high up in the air to give and avoid blows. Now wo could see the fight plainly. Though brutal, it must be confessed that it was magnificent to witness the skill with which the lighters feinted aud parried, struck savage blows which were dodged with the skill of a mas ter of the science, warded off some swift cut which would seem as if im possible to avoid and never for au in stant lost sight of the opponent's eye, seeming to read in it the contem plated move or spring. Thus far, no blood had been shed, it was purely an exhibition of skill, and were it always so, it might be sport not near as brutal as prize tight iug. But the next round was more tierce, and it was hard to tell which cock was worst damaged when time was called. The umpires rushed in aud each grabbed up a cock and handed it to the owner, who began to look it over to see the extent of the injuries, and theu administered stim ulants and smeared on some kind ol salve to stop the flow of blood. We were surprised at this move on the part of the umpires, and turned to our Filipiuo friend to learn the reason therefor. Ho explained it tc us as being a necessary precaution, taken to prevent the owner of a losing bird from administering a sly cut tc the winner in the mix-up, an under hand trick which is quite a favorite with the artless and gentle Filipiuo Tho rest of the light was a series ol dashes at one another by the fighters and brief dashes arouud the ring, each in turn being pursuer and pur sued. At last the larger of the twe cocks managed to reach tho throat ol its opponent with au upward sweep o! its gaff; the blow cut clean through the windpipe, and the defeated hire sank down in a shower of blood anc was dead before tho umpires could gel to it. The victor, though haidly able tc stand from loss of blood and exhaus tion, gav9 a feeble crow, aud was snatched up with a howl of triumph by its owner, who disappeared in the crowd. Tne beaten fowl was care lossly taken up by the legs and thrown aside, to feed the stiay dogs aud vultures later on, n proceeding very characteristic of the natives; thej have no use for anything which wilj no longer a.nuso or profit them. Word. We Suy Back. Little Dorothy came from the kindergarten with her eyes shining, holding in her hand a braided mat o; bright-colored paper. The little mal fonnd approving words and admira tion in the family circle, and was ex hibited when Miss Cary, her mother'i friend, came to supper that night. "It is very pretty," said Miss Cary to ihfothy, "aud soon you will be making more pretty things, sewing ot cardboard and making bright-colored paper chains. A little boy sent me this word not long ago in his mam ma's letter: 'Tell Aunt Beth I've made a chain long enough to reach through two rooms of the house.' " Dorothy's eyes shone with pleased excitement at the little kindergarten story, aud eagerly she asked, "And what did you sny back?" The quicli question was a revelation. To the little child the success of the story lay iu what was "said back." Words of encouragement are per .haps oftoner called for in what we say back than any others; encourage ment to begin, to keep on, aud to try again, bold within them the kernels ol a happy childhood, and successful manhood and womanhood. Let us watch these words we say back to the childreu, and if possible make them wise with incentives toward future activity.—Constance Conrad, in the Woman's Home Companion. K'von IluNkin'* Advice Wan ltenentert. John Buskin was a fearless critic and made many enemies by his radi cal views. He never considered the man or tho friend iu his criticisms. II was the work itself that concerned him. He once criticised, in his fear less way the work of a well-known painter, who was much grieved at the effect. On heariug of the sorrow he had caused, he wrote to the artist that he regretted he could not speak more favorably of tho picture, but hoped it would make no difference in their friendship. It is said the artist Miote in reply: "Dear Buskin—Next time f. meet you I shall knock you down, but I hope it will make no dif ference in our friendship."—lndian apolis News. KxcliHiiieiii&r Compliment*. The following little accident oc curred iu New York City, ou Fifth avenue: Two men, both "star gazing," were seen weudiug their way toward each other, one up the avenue, the other down. By some fatality thoy col lided, with the sad result that one sat down in tho gutter, tho other went to tho wall. Our friend in the gutter picked up his shattered bones and an grily addressed the other man thus: "Why can't you look where you're going, sir?" "Why can't you go whore you're looking- air?" retorted the other. I NEWS AND NOTES | I FOR WOMEN. % liutton* on GHWIIM. The crazo for buttons on cloth gowns seems to be increasing, and it nust be granted that they give a rretty touch of color to a costume. Buttons set with real gems uro the ihing if you can afford them; if not, ;he very latest fancy is cameo in sither stone or shell. Hone Leaves For tlie ltride. Tho opening of the door to permit the departure of a bride and groom has hilhertofore been the signal for a j jeueral pelting with rice—a Chinese justoin conveying wishes for good I aealth nud prosperity. But this cus j loin has been so abused with vulgar , Ity, often producing injurious results, (hat it is being discarded at the wed dings of careful people, aud shower | ing the brido with rose leaves or loose (lowers has been instituted. These dowers nre theu again picked up and ; kept fas souvenirs by the guests.— Mrs. Burton Kiugsland, iu the Ladies' tiomo Journal. Her Ideal'. Foibles. I A woman's ideal man eau seldom bo described as good; never iu the sense of narrow sqeamishuess. But little faults which have no touch of mean ' ness and are essentially masculine , lind ready absolution at a woman's hands. With what a note of tender ness may she say, "You bad fellow!" , when he has misohievously tried her patience by some puroly manlike pec cadillo. Would she be better pleased ,if he had no such small failings to be ■ forgiven? Probably not. But of all things a woman mosts detests in n i man aro those little foibles which are supposed to belong exclusively to her own sex, but which really are of very I common gender. Woe to tho mau who is uot manly! His very virtues will count against him nud only fur nish material for ridicule. Anything ; will be moro readily forgiven him than the mannerisms of a woman.— Carrio E. Garrott, iu Woman's Home Companion. Fashion, in Mourning. The question is oiteu asked, Is mourning going out of fashion? The nuswer is yes and no. Among tho i lower middle classes it certainly is; nmong the upper section of society it Is as much observed as it ever was. Boyalties set au example iu this re ] spect in Europe, for their mourning is always deep, and crape is used to a ' great extent by them. It is quite true that tho old system of things whioh robbed the trappings of woo of any undue becomiugness has been abolished, nor are these same trap pings quite so funereal, for which let 11s he thaukful. The time of mourn ing is also considerably shortened, though there nre still a few people who have moro regard for the state of ! their feelings thau the dictates of ; fashion. j Aftor eighteen months it is merely a matter of fancy whether the wearing of mourning iu its kindred stages— meaning mauves, gray and violet shall bo discarded altogether or if ono shall resume the wearing of colors. Age usually settles the poiut. A very young widow will undoubtedly take advantage of tho latitude thus al lowed mid emerge from her period of eackcioth aud ashes in raiment of brightest hue. For immediate members of the fam ily mothers aud sisters are required to wear motiruing for a year, during the last half of which it is lightened. It is not good form to appear at social gayeties until the expiration of thi3 1 prescribed term. The younger mem bers of tho homo circle may wear wbito throughout the period if they desire. A bnud of bombazine worn on the sleeve of either n tan coat or jacket is a permissible badge of I mourning, but is not approved by ! those authorities who insist upon tho 1 strict nud consistent observance of the rules, which means ail black. Women In the Drue l>uaine*n. "There is a field for girls in the drug business," remarked a druggist to a representative of the Washington | Star, "as there is a constantly in creasing demand for their services. I conld employ two myself if I could secure them, and I know of several other druggists who are iu the same position. For some reason whioh I cannot understand there has been bat little opportunity for girls to learn the I drug business until the past live or six years. Our experience with them, as far as we could seeuro them, has been exceedingly satisfactory. Though the law and medical colleges opened their doors to young women some years ago, the colleges of pharmacy held out against them, and the only way by which a girl could learn phar macy was to get employment iu a drug store. Young women have been for some yoars employed iu many drug stores as cashiers and as soda water clerks, but somehow they are never allowed to learn tho art of compound ing prescriptions. A lew of the homeopathic pharmacies broke the ice and instructed young women to com pound their medicines, and with this knowledge of the business as a starter many were installed in the drug stores. They proved themselves to be excellent prescription clerks, and there are many physicians who would rather have them compound their pre scriptions than men. Of course, it is not possible for a girl to learn the drug hnsiness unless she has a sub stantial education and n taste for it. It represents a great amouut of work and many more hours in a day, and | every day in the week, thau almost any other calling. A '.fundamental knowledge of Latin is necessary, but after one gets into the inside of the business it will be found that there iB more everyday English in it than Latin. As far as compensation is con cerned, though the salary paid to learners is small, after a young wom an is competent enough to be regis tered a pharmacist, which under the law is necessary for all who com pound prescriptions aud prepare medicines, it will be found that the salaries paid are somewhat higher than those paid to the average store clerk. The only difficulty in the mat ter is that it means long hours every day, and, like preachers, we have to work on Sundays." Women Ifere and There. A woman in Hinsdale, N. H., has been appointed assignee of the local saviugs bank. New York young women have formed classes for instruction in in telligent foreign traveling. The anion nt of national bank stock held by tho w omen in America is esti mated at 3130,000,000, and the amount of private aud State bank stock at 3137,000,000. Mrs. Maggie Van Cott, the evangel ist now holding revival meetings in Delaware, begins the services with an afternoon ten, after which she tries to convert the tea drinkers. According to the Chugni Shogyo Shimpo, women aro being substituted for men in the minor official positions in Japan, iu consequence of a recent ndvauco in the rates of labor. Miss Hazard, the new President of Wellesley College, has asked for the appointment of a deau in order that she nay have more time to devote to the general supervision of the college affairs. Thero is many a girl who is consid ered pretty not because she really has beautiful features, but because she lias cultivated a spirited "alive uoss" that is always choeriug aud in spiring. The grounds surrounding noarly all of Michigan's public institutions were improved and beautified by Mrs. McCrea, who was recently appointed landsoapo gardener for Lincoln Park, Chicago. A daughter of Captain D. S. Elliott, of tho Twentieth Kansas llegimeut, who was killed at Manila, was elected City Clerk of Coft'eyville, Kan., last spring without opposition, her uame being on both tickets. There is in New York a young woman who hangs pictures for a liv ing. Her novel occupation is both pleasant and profitable. She supports herself aud her mother eomfortablj by her novel profession. Mine. Antoinette Stirling, the singer, makes it one of her rules nevet to appear before the public iu eveu ing dress. She frequently speaks as well as sings at toinperauce meetings, being a great advocate of teetotalism. Miss Edith Rhodes, one of the sis terß of Cecil Rhodes, has better aud larger diamonds, it is said, than most of tho royalty. These were given to her by her brother, and taken from the famous Wesselton mine at Kim beriey. Mrs. linogcne Paul, the Inspector of Street Cleaning in the Second Ward of Chicago, was appointed by Mayor Harrison iivo years ago. She drives about the ward daily iu a bnggy, and makes a thorough inspec tion of the work that is goiug ou. Au Illinois womau who originated the plaus for anew railroad of seventy live miles iu length, secured the op tions on the right of way, and made all the arrangements whereby the road may be built at auy time, re cently sold her rights to a syndicate at her own price. She is tho owner of a successful hell foundry, and has invested largely in real estato. Frills of Fashion. Women wearing mourning uso only tho dull side aud hack hair comb 9. Velours foulard, very soft and glossy in ffuish, is one of the novelties in materials. Elaborate white costumes of nil kiuds will bo deemed tho most elegaul toilets for spring and summer. The now foulard silks in pastel colors blended charmingly in the cash mere designs must be seeu to be ap preciated. Cotton and silk grenadines aro an other novelty, and the French ehallies with satin stripes are more charming than ever. Gun metal purses, watches, chains and umbrella handles are worn with deep mourning. Better yet are the chains of dull jet. Red, running through the gamut of its glowing shades, from royal damask and Jacque rose tints to light cherry, will appear as n favorite accessory ou spring costumes. Tho improvement in the manufac ture of crepe has rendered it rain proof, and their now finish protects mauy other black materials from the effecticf the weather. Among the new dress goods are seeu crepe de chine, silk and wool crepes and grenadines in the new pastel shades. Henriettas, those oldtime favorites, Venetians and broadcloths, will he much used for street gowns. The new hats iu sight show very de cided crowns more or less high nnd sometimes broad, being made of ffu< straw plaited into form as if it were cloth. Tucked taffeta silk hats are a feature, too, and they are turbans, toques and suilor shapes, whiohevei 1 you prefer, trimmed with chiffcn ro settes. Among tho novelties in neckwear it a narrow baud of four silk-covered eords stitched together, shaped a little, to fit the lower edge of the oollar hand,. aud the ends about a quarter of a yard , long, are braided in the four strauds j and three silk tassels are the finish at each ond. This is worn simply crossed in front anil fastened with a stick pin. I ; MANY KINDS OF OLIVES. I They Are Imported la Cash* Chiefly From Spain unci llnttleil Here. Most of the olives eaten in this couutry come from a territory about a hundred miles in diamoter, aiouud the city of Savillo, in Spaiu. They are imported in casks of IGO gallons each, the importations, varying with the crop, ranging from 3000 to GOOO casks a year, and averaging about 4000 casks. Olives are sorted in Spain accord ing to sizes, and eaoh big cask is tilled with olives of approximately the same size. There ore twclvo trade sizes. ■Formerly tho sizes were described by names; now they are more commonly known in the trade by numerical des ignations, the names indicating the number of olives to tho kilogramme. Thus seveuty-Gvos menus olives that will couut from seveuty to eighty to the kilogramme. j The olives are imported in brine. Formerly many olives were imported already put up in bottles, but almost all the olives sold in this couutry are now packed here. Tho work is done chiefly by women and girls. There are ingenious machines for pitting olives that are put up pitted, but uo machine has yet been invented for putting the olives into the bottles with tho symmetrical arrangement in Jevhich they are now so commonly seen. This work, the buihliug of tho wall of olives around the inside of the bot tle, where it muy be seen through the glass, is all done by hand, the tiller placing each olive in the bottle sepa rately with tongs inude for the pur pose, every olive and row being ar ranged with care and precision, so that tbo etfect of the whoie is attract ive and pleasing. This is slow work for beginners, but experts come to till bottles very rapidly, and perfectly as well, and with such deftness of touch ou tho tongs as not to bruise or mar the olives in tho haudliug. The inte - rior space haviug been packed to its capacity, the bottle is tilled with a specially prepared brine, to bo then corked, capped and labelled, tho bot tles being then packed iu cases. Olives are put up in a great variety of packages; a single packer in New York uses bottles in a hundred differ ent sizes and styles. Olives are put up in better shape in this couutry than anywhere else. The glass used iu making the American bottles is better, to start with, and tho bottles are more perfect iu form, the olives are more handsomely packed in the bottles, and the bottles arc better la belled; the whole package, in fact, is better and more sightly iu appear ance. Olives are packed nowadays in this country in other cities than New York; but the chief importations come to this port, and more olives are packed here than at auy other point. From this city olives are distributed all over the country, and a carload of ol ives, either iu bulk or in glass, are uot uncommon shipments. —New York Sun. CtlillOHß I'llYrticlnilß. The taking of a tirst dose of Chinese medicine is an ordeal which can bo better imagined than described, says • u writer iu Lippinoott's. It is in variably a bitter decoction. If the patient prefers, tho herbs are given biui iu square pasteboard boxes hold ing about a pint each, and he "cooks" them at home. A Chinese prescription coutaius from ton to sixteen varieties t>f herbs, flowers, nuts, gums, barks aud roots. More tbau three thousaud species are classified and used as Inedicine, but of these only some six hundred are in general use. Whether the patient takes the remodies at the sauitarium or at home, he is re quested to present himself every duv before the doctor lor another pulse examination, so that every change in his condition may be varied accord ingly. The Chiueso are clever chem ists in tho lino of pharmaceutical preparations, and prepare many medi cines for their own use in the form of pills and powders; but these aro employed by the Chinese physicians iu treating ailmeuts of white people only to a limited extent. Tho reason given is that the simple, hot decoc tions of the fresh root or plaut are the best form, because the most readily assimilated into tho system. Facts About lluir. Black liair wa3 most esteemed by the ancient Hebrews, while the Greeks and Romans gave the prefer ence to the golden tints, a certain shade of the red being much in vogue among the ladies, who sought every means of imparting tho desired color to their dark locks. It is said that those with dark hair work the best, while those with fair hair do the most thinking. People with very fair, almost color less hair, accompanied by white lashes and eyebrows, are generally of | a weak constitution, rather stupid, fond of music, cut no great figure iu the world, and, being of a harmless and inoffensive disposition, aro sel dom missed when they leave it. Black-haired persons, ou the con trary, are strong and healthful, bnt apt to be quarrelsome. If the hair is smooth and straight it denotes con stancy, bnt if curly, great ardor in tho beginning of an attachment or the pursuit of an undertaking, followed 1 by inconstancy, want of application I and unfaithfulness.—New York Press. Tired Metal.. ; Metals get tired as well as living ' beings. Telegraph wires are better ! conductors on Monda_ than ou Satur day, on account of their Sunday rest, and n rest of three weeks adds ton per tent, to tho conductivity of a wire. Sulphurous South Africa. | South Africa is of volcanic origin, ; Imd the laud iu tho vicinity of Kiin jberley is so sulphurous that even ants ' cauuot exist upon it.
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