Women's Collars of Aluminum.
/ 'Aluminum is now used in making
fcollars for women. The metal is cut
In strips long enough to go around the
neck and of any desired height, and
Ithen for the sake of ventilation It is
teut lattice fashion so that it looks
hot altogether unlike a strip of patent
(fencing for a henyard. When In use
(the aluminum is covered with the
dace or ribbon which forms the visible
part of the collar and It won't wilt
(under a heat less than 700 degrees
Fahrenheit.
1 The Elaborate Negligee.
f So far nothing has appeared to take
the place of alternating rows of satin
ribbon and lace insertion for tho elab
orate negligee. This combination is
found to look rich and beautiful to a
degree, and if tho lace be of a dainty,
Blmy weave and tho ribbon of a pretty
and becoming color the scheme leaves
little to be desired. It's a mere mnt-
Iter of taste as to which direction the
stripes thus gained shall take. The
short woman, though, will choose
fchem up and down, the too tall woman
'round and 'round, while the woman of
medium size may have them either
jway. Or they may go on the bias,
mltering down the back and front;
ibut this arrangement will not hold Its
shape as well. r-
Octogenarian.
I Although eighty-two years old thiß
Bummer, Mrs. H. P. Van Cleve, "the
first white baby born in tho North
iwest," is still vigorous of mind and
ectively interested in the world's af
fairs. She lives in Minneapolis, Min
nesota. Her life-story, as told in the
(Ladies' Ilomo Journal, Is a pictur
esque and exciting one. Born at Fort
Crawford, Wisconsin, on July 1, 1810,
Ithe daughter of one regular army
officer and the widow of another, she
passed through all the trials, hard
ships and adventures of military and
pioneer life on the frontier, and al
though she has spent most of her
later yenrs in cities, her experiences
have still been of a varied and unusual
character. Iler golden wedding anni
versary was celebrated more than
fifteen years ago. .f' :_??!
T.lngerlr.
I Negligees of all kinds are an im
portant consideration during tho warm
season. They should be dainty and
pretty enough not to look "slouchy,"
yet be loose and cool enough to be the
essence of comfort. The kimonos of
pale-tinted lawn, lightweight figure,
or inexpensive wash or India silk, or
namented with bands of white, is a
great favorite, and possesses both the
mentioned qualities. More elaborate
ones, of course, are to tho fore, one
.very charming one being of shell-pink
plisse silk liberty, with yoke (from
which it hangs straight down) bands,
and edge of cream lace. The edge of
the lace formed the neck finish, as
the yoke was cut with the edge around
the neck and there was no collar,
t- • * •
Fine tucking on lingeries Is being
used more than ever. Every piece of
handsome underwear is distinguished
by the quantity of fine tucks, almost
like hand made in Its composition.
Hemstitching is, also, much favored
and embroidery is much preferred to
lace as a trimming, nit hough' lace is
not entirely out of vogue, fine val
cnclennes and point do Paris and lnees
of a similar* character still being used.
• •
The moderate length hip. sloping to
ward the back. Is the most comfort
able as well as the newest shape in
corsets. S\out women, however, will
<lo well to cling to the long-hip model.
French women almost universally
wear their corsets over all their un
derskirts, to obtain a smoother con
tour. Many of our women would do
•well to follow their example.
...
There are growing rumors of a
white-hose fad for wear with summer
dresses, but as yet none has appeared
n the street. They are so much less
becomiug to wear than black ones,
that it is probable they will not be
generally worn. The newest ones
lately exhibited were of flimsy texture
in beautiful open-work lace designs.
• • •
A curved front gore, at t|ie waist
line, mnrks the newest underskirts
to accommodate the straight front
. corset and elongated waist line.—
Philadelphia Record.
Rail, at Earrings as Ilarbarlc.
Among the idiotic, absurd and gro
tesque customs which still exist in the
year 1901, says M. Barntier In the
'New York Herald", the one that holds
the record for ineptitude is beyond
contradiction that of wearing ear
rings.
Yet people laugh when they see in
. ethnographic museums Boloendos,
Caribs, Nyam-Nyams and other abor
igines from foreign countries proudly
wearing in their noses, lips or ears
rings and other vnrled ornaments. But
. do not those who laugh frequently
have—lf not their noses—their ears
pierced and ornamented with some
strange object, something of intrinsic
value that has been given them?
The most affectionate mother trem
bles at the :<sea of the pain caused
i by inoculation with vaccine; she shud
ders at tlie thought of tho touch of
a linger nail that will relieve a pain
ful gum. Yet with, a light heart she
will take her child to the first jeweler
or watchmaker to get him to pierce
the ears of the Httle one whoso every j
cry fills her with anguish. In order
to carry out this barbarous practice
she stifles the cry of a mother's heart;
she sets renson aside and allows her- j
self to be influenced by humnn stu- j
pldity. The fact is that fashion takes
precedence of everything.
A few years ago In certain sensible
quarters there was an attempt to op
pose this barbarous custom. It was
to be good style not to wear orna
ments in the ears, and women of
fashion, sacrificing rather to the cus
tom of the moment than to Judicious
Ideas of hygiene and good sense, put
their sparkling earrings and pendants
Into their enskets. But the whole
thing ended in smoke.
In the name of hygiene, even tradi
tional mistakes have been revived. To
cure inveterate strangles, to stop the
running caused by irritation of the
auditory ductß, to cure chronic sup
puration of the eyelashes or rhino
pharyngitis, the ears have been laden
with ridiculous pendants; the lobe has
become the chosen place for these
barbarous cauteries; in short, tho prac
tice of mutilating these little organs
under cover of hygiene, as grotesque
as it is irrational, is continued.
Mutilation of the cars isnolongerany i
more justifiable than mutilation of the :
nose, tattooing or sacrification of the j
face. It is unworthy of a civilized
people, of a people aware of the fact |
that every effraction of the skin and |
every wound Is a door by which death !
may enter.
Ps~t}ovdoiV
Chat-
Fencing" among the society women
of Newport is achieving great popu
larity.
Ida May Jackson is Wisconsin's first
woman factory inspector. She is the
granddaughter of an editor and has
done newspaper work herself.
~ Golf has captured the Chautauqurins
this season, the bicycle being relegated
to tho younger set at the lake. A big
club has been formed for the links.
Princess Maud of England is a good
sailor. bicyclist photographer and
linguist. She can sew, spin and play
chess. And she la an excellent trained
nurse.
One of the unique occupations for
women Is that now followed by Mrs.
Page, who owns and directs a large
kindling wood factory in a town In
Maine.
"There is something always In my
art that needs improvement," says
Mme. Calve; "something that I can
learn." There is a whole lesson for
young and self-sufllcient singers.
The growth of American colleges
for women is illustrated by the fact
that nearly 400 applications have been
received for membership in the pro
posed Women's University Club of
New Y'ork.
Turkish women, It Is said, are be
coming more independent every year.
Despite of orders to cover the face
in public, many boldly let their veils
fall aside and keep them off alto
gether when entering a shop.
Bowling Is being revived In Eng
land as a game for women, and it Is
predicted that in another year it will
have taken tho place of tennis. It
was a favorite game with fashionable
women about a hundred years ago.
Queen Alexandra is about to follow
the quaint custom of English queens
and will shortly select an oak in
Windsor forest to be named for her
self. A brass plate bearing her name
and the date will be attached to the
tree.
Taffeta mousoline Is one of the pret
tiest of summer fabrics to wear at a
dinner or dance.
A button of old silver, consisting of
an inter-twisted monogram, mukes an
artistic fastening for boleros.
In its best shape the dimity petti
coat is made in black and white, with
white footing or" Hamburg edgings
for washing purposes.
The combination of silk and lisle is
better, the silk giving a certain
amount of electricity which is desir
able and modifying the creeplness of
the lisle.
Cotton underwear is tho cheapest,
and will always be worn to a great
extent It Is the truly popular under
wear on account of the price, which la
an essential for the majority.
A pretty blnck accordion pleated
chiffon costume lias a bolero and short
tunic yoke of black canvas, on which
are embroidered sprays of iris. Broad
bauds of Chantiliy lace ornament the
skirt
lawn flounces decorate skirts of
white nainsook, and sometimes, be
tween clusters of tine tucks, these dis
play superb medallions of lace, de
signed in miniature frames, stitlly tied
bouquets, or urns filled with flowers.
All of tne dressy frocks that show
a note of blnck in the mnterial run
lavishly to black Chantjlly, and so
splendid Is the of tills over
white tuffetn that one Is led readily to
beliove the costume a priceless crea
tion. But real lace is scarcely ever
used for those Insertions, the elaborate
patterns seen being in the main imita
tions that seem inexpensive, indeed,
when you reflect on the lcok of rich
ness the." lU'uatu.
SUNSTROKE PATHOLOGY
INTENSE HEAT AND HUMIDITY PRE
VENT EVAPORATION.
The Lungs Become Deeply Congested and
the Venons System Engorged The
Heart Contracted—Cold Douches Often
Give Wonderful Relief.
There Is no argument necessary to
prove that heat In Itself Is the prime
causative factor of sunstroke, declares
the Medical Record. Most commonly,
it is true, the phenomena variously
grouped under the designations of In
solation, coup de soliel and sonnen
stieh are due to the intensity of direct
solar rays; they are also induced hy
artificial heat in Bhady quarters, and
eveu during the night, when high
temperatdre and extra humidity pre
vent the proper cooling of the body
hy natural evaporation.
Although different grades of heat
exhaustion are given with their cor
responding varieties of pathological
lesions. It is fair to assume that
they depend essentially upon different
degrees of action of the primary fac
tor.
The study of autopslcal lesions In
given caSCs is not always satisfactory
In reconciling relations of cause and
effect When denth is sudden no dis
tinctive tissue changes are manifest
Under Buch circumstances the condi
tion appears to be either that of syn
cope from simple failure of heart ac
tion, or from direct shock to the vere
bral and respiratory centres. The lat
ter, termed the asphyxlal form, Is the
most commpn and most rapidly fatal.
In the hyperpyrexia! varjety, In which
the temperature may range from 108
degrees F. to 110 degrees F„ the
cerebral lesions are usually quite pro
nounced.
There pre often evidences of menin
gitis, serious effusions In the ventricles
and occasionally hemorrhages into the
brain substance. In spite of theyje
pathological appearances, mostly
focused, as they seem to be, in the
cerebral centres, the cause of death
Is asphyxia and not apoplexy. As
evidences of this fact the lungs are
deeply congested, the entire venous
system Is engorged, the heart is firmly
contracted, and the blood Is dark. Im
paired In coagulability and lias In-
Creased fluidity. In n general way we
may, perhaps, explain the existence
of the various lesions by the assump
tion thnt In all cases the brain and
nervous centres, especially the respira
tory, are overwhelmed by the sudden
elevation of temperature, and respira
tion and circulation eventually fall,
the latter being probably to the in
hibitory Influence of the vngus. It Is
simply over-stimulation by heat, fol
lowed by eventual exhaustion.
In the hyperpyrexia! form, in which
the symptoms come on more gradu
ally and continue proportionately long
er than In the other varieties, there ap
pears to he more time and more op
portunities for permanent lesions In
brain structure. Thus In those who
recover' from the immediate attack,
there may be marked nnd permanent
Impairment of Intellect, frequent
headaches, due to subacute meningitis;
also loss of memory, eyesight nnd
hearing, muscular paralysis and other
evidences of permanent absence of
nerve force. There can be no question
that these changes thus induced are
distinctly and diffusively orgnnic in
charncter, although, as yet, such are
not absolutely explained by any mani
fest degeneration in nerve cell struc
ture, or In nny uniform retrograde
metamorphosis of nervo fiber. The
gross lesions are, however, plainly
enough seen to cnnblo us to hope that
the discovery of the finer ones may be
only questions of time, opportunity
and study.
We only glance cursorily at the gen
eral pathology of coup de solell, In
order to appreciate such practical
matters for treatment as may be
thereby suggested. Everything in the
way of a promise of absolute recovery
depends upon the prompt treatment
of the initiatory symptoms. It is only
in this way that permanent lesions
can be anticipated or prevented. Ouco
tjie organic changes are fixed, the vic
tim beDmes a hopeless Invalid, with
impairment of his most valuable
faculties. The main therapeutical in
dications are In the direction of modi
fying Immediate shock, and of reduc
ing more or less rapidly excessive tem
perature. In this connection, it Is well
to recollect the numbers of important
centres involved, nnd the intimate as
sociations of some of these with the
respiratory and cardiac functions.
While it is somewhat doubtful that
local cold douches to bead, nock and
spine can do much more thnu lower
surface temperature tbey certaluly,
even in this indirect way, often ac
complish wonderful results. It would
seem almost like blowing hot and cold
with the same breath to advise heart
stimulation In connection with the
foregohrg measures, but in reality by
so doing, we effectually counterbalance
the effects of the ultimate exhaustion
which always follows the primary
overstimulation. In fact, we may
work them side by side as indications
may demand. It often requires the
most careful watching to know when
to lean more on one side than the
other, and even under most fuvorable
circumstances the game may be a los
ing one, as it must be recollected that
the usual mortality is generally placed
at from forty-five to fifty per cent.
The main object to be kept in view
is the rhythmic restoration of co-ordin
ating vital forces. The latter must be
ccaxed into line rather than forced.
Hence the powerful antipyretics are
apt to be dangerous and defeat their
object, as well as the more potent nnd
pronounced cardiac stimulants.
In spite of prompt therapeutic meas
ures there are so many relnpses in the
shape of subsequent intolerance of
solar beat that the conviction is al
most Irresistible that in the majority
of the severe ease some intricate and
undemonstrablc orgnnic nerve degen
eration is a foregone conclusion. Dur
ing the present hot nnd sultry season
there are and will be abundant oppor
tunities for according theory with
practice, nnd for remembering that
sunstroke, in any of its forms, Is a
very serious calamity to the victim,
requiring the greatest skill on the part
of his medical attendant tft meeting
the many complete conditions likely
to present themselves.
A QUEER FRONTIER EXPERIENCE.
Why m Western Pioneer Family wd
Pick Their Wheat Over.
In narrating the frontier expriences
oi "The First White Baby Born in the
Northwest," In the Ladlos' Home Jour
nal, W. S. Harwood tells of a queer ex
perience that befell the family In the
first year after settling on a farm far
removed from the settlements. "The
winter had been unusually long and
severe, and their store of provisions
ran low. It was a long distance to the
nearest baso of supplies, and commu
catlon with the outside world hud been
cut off. Indians In the neighborhood
one night broke into the granary where
the wheat was stored and stole a
quantity. In doing this a large amount
of broken glass became mixed with
the wheat which the Indians left, so
for many days, amid much merry
story-telling and many a Joke and
laugh, in spite of the serious situation,
the family gathered about a Inrge
table In their living-room and spent
the short winter days picking over
the wheat, kernel by "kernel, in order
to free it from the pieces of glass. For
this wheat stood between them and
starvation, nnd none of Its precious
kernels must be lost Their stock of
flour had long since wasted away, as
had most of their food supplies, so
they boiled and nte the wheat without
grinding. Relief reached them Just in
time to prevent a snd ending to the ex
perience."
WISE WORDS.
A triumph never comes without a
try.
Life's rood rests lightly upon him
whose goal is duty.
A haggling woman Is nearly as
odious as a mean man.
Into wisdom's webs wise men their
waiting moments weave.
It is better to be called proud than
to me named a sycophant
Health is a touchy possession; dis
obey one of its commands and off it
goes.
Keeping one's grievances to one's
self is an excellent proof of mental
equipoise. I
A sense of Justice gone wrong be
comes dangerous. It shows itself in
malice, revonge and evil-speaking.
In the love of a brave and faithful
man there is always a strain of mater
nal tenderness; he gives out again
those beams of protecting fondness
which were shed on him as he lay on
his mother's knee.
Every hard duty that you would
rather not do, that it will cost you
patn, or struggle, or sore effort to do,
has a blessing to it. Not to do it is to
miss that blessing. Every heart load
that you are called to lift hides in It
self some strange secrets of strength.
How the English Make Love.
A statistician claims to have learned
some remarkable facts concerning the
manner fn which English men and
women make love.
When they are about to propose, ho
says, Englishmen act in various ways.
Thirty-six out of every hundred toko
the young ladles in their arms and
then whisper the expected words. The
others accompany their words with
kisses, which the cold blooded press on
the ladies' cheeks, the self-possessed
on their hair and the enthusiastic on
their lips. Not more than two per
cent, of these wooers go down on their
knees when proposing. Ten per cent,
of them are extremely timid when the
crucial moment comes, and, no matter
how hard they try, they cannot speak
in the ladles' presence. They stop and
close their mouths nervously, and all
their endeavors to utter words of lovo
are utterly vain.
About the demeanor of English
women on such an occasion the statis
tician has also much to tell us. Sixty
eight per cent of them, he says, blush
when they hear an avowal of love and
cover their faces with their hands.
One out of a hundred is so overcome
with emotion that she falls back on a
sofa, and another one immediately
rushes off to tell the good news to her
friends. Ten out of every hundred
remain like statues until the words
are uttered and then fall gracefully
into the arms cf their wooers.
Lightning as Chimneysweep.
Employes of the Viuelaml Flint
Glass plant are marveling at a weird
phenomenon. The furnace was cut
of blast and workmen had been set to
work to clean the soot from the high
smokestack. They were sitting about
complaining of the job cn account of
the hot weather, when a storm broko
upon them, an electric bolt entered
the furnace door, went down into the
bowels of the furnace and then up the
high stack and out.
When the men entered the furnace
to see how much damage had been
done they discovered, much to their
amazement and delight, that the
lightning, which did no damage what
ever, had completely cleaned the inside
of the stack and left the soot in a pile
at the bottom.—Philadelphia Record.
Kncli Baby Has u Tree.
At the birth of a Japanese baby a
tree is planted that must remain un
touched until the marriage of the
child. When the nuptial hour arrives
the tree is cut down and the wood Is
transformed Into furniture.—Woman's
Life.
SWIFT INDIAN RUNNERS
A CURIOUS RACE BY THE STRANCE
TAURI MAURI TRIBE.
It Wag 120 Miles Long:, and, Incidentally,
the Racers Threw Wooden Ball* IJe
foro Them by gleans of Their Toes—
Their Swiftness Surprising.
Most tourists in Mexico see little of
the strange Tauri Mauri Indians,
writes the Chihuahua correspondent
of the New York Sun. The first Tauri
Mauri we saw was a mall carrier
among the San Lorenzo Mountains
about 120 miles south of Chihuahua.
This Indian makes two round trips
over a distance of eighty-five miles
twice a week, making a total of some
340 miles a week on foot Several
times, when the Government had rea
sons for rushing malls to their destina
tion, he made even three round trips
In seven and a half days. The route
leads from Guarichlc to Son Jose de
los Crues over as rugged a mountain
trail as ever tried a mountaineer's
muscle.
The Indian mail carrier was bare
headed and barelegged, his entire suit
consisting of about three yards of
narrow cloth woven out of goat's
hair. On his back was a mail sack,
that, with its contents, weighed forty
pounds. This was supported by a
strap across his forehead and another
across his chest He came trottinig
flown the hill smoking a cigarette and
moving as easily and gracefully as if
Just starting out, instead of having
some twenty miles already to Ills
credit that morning.
As he reached the level ground In
the vnlley he dropped a ball about
the size of a baseball on the ground,
and, catching it deftly on his toes,
gave it a throw forward and raced
after it with the speed of a deer,
picking it up on his toes nnd throw
ing it forward again without in the
least, so far as we could see, checking
his speed. As he overtook us the ball
was placed in his armpit, nnd be
trotted nlong by the side of the mules,
chatting quite sociably.
The Tauri Mauri ludian carries one
of these wooden balls with him every
where, tucked under the armpits until
he is in a hurry; then it is thrown
forward, and away the owner rushes
after it. It is their way of keeping in
training for all the time, nnd of hur
rying themselves over the ground.
It is always thrown, from the toos,
nnd nevor from the hand.
There nre some 40,000 Tauri Mauri
Indians In Mexico. Twice every sum
mer they meet for a sort of tourna
ment. It is a custom centuries old.
It was the writer's good fortune to be
present at one of these periodical as
semblies among the San Lorenzos,
about twenty miles southwest from
Chihuahua.
The Tauri Mauris nre long-limbed
nnd slender, giving the impression of
being over the average height. There
is scarcely any muscle on their puny
arms, but their chests are deep, and
their backs broad, and their limbs as
trim and muscular as a greyhound's
They look as If created for speed.
The great contest of the tournament
was a race. The wagers of the rival
towns were piled up in the centre of
the plaza, and consisted of strips of
goat's-halr cloth, bows, arrows,
sandals, goats, chickens, and sheep,
with two wooden plows for high
prizes; but these were thrown far in
the shade when some American visit
ors added a cupful of copper coins,
a gaudy lithograph, and a water color
painting of a cross surrounded with
flowers. Such prizes had never been
offered In the memory of the oldest
Inhabitant, and the runners swore
that It should be- the race of their
lives.
In the afternoon they asked us to
look over the course. To our as
tonishment we found that it was
twelve miles long and that the circuit
was to be made ten times. A royal
race, indeed, of 120 miles. The race
was to be run in the night and con
cluded in the cool of the next after
noon.
About five o'clock in the afternoon
everything was ready. Ten athletes
stood on the right side of the plaza
and ten on the left. To each side
one wooden ball was allotted. The
racers were dressed in native trunks
of goat's hair cloth, and many of these
were discarded before the race was
over.
At the word both of the balls were
thrown forward and the twenty
bounded forward at a speed that it
would tax a bicyclist to keep up with.
We thought that such a burst of speed
would soon tire them out, but it was
meant only for the start of three
miles straight away across the valley.
Before reaching the other side of the
course the runners began cutting off
the corners and racing ahead on the
oval course so as to receive and carry
on the ball of theirparty. The ball was
pitched forward by the foot of the
lirst one and that side to reach it, and
if a rival could reach it first it was
thrown back 011 the course. The pur
pose was to get the ball around the
prescribed course, no matter how, so
long as it was touched only by the
feet of the-players. To touch it with
the hand was to lose all bets.
Tripping, crowding, nn<l all the
rough work of football players were
permitted to prevent an opponent from
reaching or throwing the ball. Ituu
ners were permitted to cut across the
valley at a jog trot, and so be ready to
receive the ball as It came along and
theu spurt with It Umpires and
judges were stationed all over the
route to see that the ball was kopt
along the designated tract. By seven
o'clock the moon came up and the
valley was nearly as l'ght as day.
Yells as fierce as nuy that greet au
audience at Yale or Harvard greeted
the bronze Stagg of Glnuchloehic as
be hurled the wooden sphere through
the plaza, 100 feet ahead of the hall
from Zapurl, on the first trip around
the valley.
The race went on all nlglit. Far Into
the afternoon (hey ran, but in a little
less than fourteen hours the balls had
made the prescribed number of trips
around the valley and four runners
on one side and three on the other
were coming at the top of their speed
over the last three miles of grassy
lawns toward the goal. A line was
drawn in the dust across the street
at the edge of the plaza and the crovfd
gathered back, awaiting the victors.
As they rushed toward us it was
impossible to say which would win.
But as one runner from each side
reached the balls one failed to catch
the ball of his side fairly on his foot
while going at full speed and his
throw was weak; the other, catching
the ball fairly, gave a great bound
and, twisting his leg as if It were
an arm, hurled the ball fair and
square over the line and over out
heads.
How the crowd yelled, and how we
yelled with them, and how the reek
ing visitors were praised and petted
as they sat down to divide their
winnings! Soon after a course of
about ten miles was laid out around
the town and a race was run by the
girls of the two pueblos. Like their
brothers, they had only the blue sky
over them and about three yards of
cloth and the Republic of Mexico
around them; but how they did run,
and how tlie.v set the ball spinning!
The bronze Dianas of Guachlochlc
won, thereby softening the defeat of
their dusky brothers.
Advertising Tailor,
A remarkable personage made lii
appearance down in the financial dis
trict of New York City recently. He
is still going the rounds of the town.
He is a singularly good-lookiug, well
built man of thirty,, with a smooth,,
well-shaven face and a smiliug pair
of brown eyes. He walks into your
office and waits for you to look up
from your desk aud say "Well?" He
smiles pleasantly at you, aud inquires:
"How do you like this suit?"
You look at the suit, ana. you per
ceive that it is an admirable specimen
of the sartorial art—clotli of fine tex
ture, cut tip-top, fit perfect. But you
can't see the point, of course, of the
query of this total stranger to you.
"The suit's all right," you probably
reply. "But what of it?"
"Nothing, except that it cost me only
twenty dollars, and I had it made at
Shear's," the man replies, in the most
polite sort of way,, at the same time
liandiug you oue of Shear's business
cards; and then,, with a most graceful
bow, he passes out,, leaving you in a
natural state of wonder.. The scheme
i said to have paid Shear —which, of
course, is not his name —so well thati
he has quadrupled the size of his
tailoring plant..—Washington Star.
Why People Are Liable to Colds.
Besides general weakness, two
things make people liable to colds;
Oue, auy chronic irritation of mucous
membranes; the other, lack of tone in
the tissues covering the body. The
latter Is the most frequent source of
colds. If people bathed aud rubbed
briskly oftner than they do there
would be no need of wearing so much
clothing to keep them warm. The
glow of healthy skin circulation Is
warmer and more protective than the
thickest of woolen garments, often
heavy woolens, by irritating the skin,
make the wearer still more suscepti
ble to cold. Tile skin is kept in a
state of Irritation that seriously Inter
feres with the delicate mechanism of
its blood supply. Consider bow instan
taneous is a blush, and realize tho
perfection of this mechanism in
health.
The best protection against colds in
the ordinarily healthy individual is
tho dally bath in cool, not cold, water,
followed by a brisk rubbing that tells
by the pleasurable glow produced bow
welcome it is to every little nerve in
the skiu. —New York Journal.
l\loat Valuable Diamonds.
There is no little fiction about the
famous diamonds of the world, and
their value is largely fictitious. They
are few in number, cannot he repro
duced, nre everywhere highly prized
and can be bought only by the very
wealthy. The Prince Edward of Y'ork
diamond, said to have been bought by
a New Y'ork firm for SIOO,IXIO, Is
thirteenth in the list of large diamonds
given me by an Importer. There are a
dozen different lists. If we may be
lieve what Is told with straight faces,
the largest of all the diamonds in ex
istence is the Braganza. its weight
being no less than 1080 carats. It
is uncut, and Its value is actually pet
down at JBS.'-50,000! It is now
among the crown jewels of Portugal.
It is thought that this diamond, which
Is the size of a lieu's egg. is in reallt
a white topaz. —New York Press.
Kxtraordliiury Yuluea in Jewels.
It is a mistake to suppose that tho
diamond is the most precious of all
stones. A fine ruby of oue carat is
worth $l5O, a sapphire S3OO and i
diamond $l5O. At $l5O a carat the
Braganza would be worth only $252,-
000, but the ratio of increase in value
Is very great per enrnt as the stones
grow larger. The Prince Edward ol
Y'ork, weighing sixty and one-fourtli
carats, would be worth, at $l5O a
carat, only $0037.50. But the pric'
actually paid was $1525 a carat. At
the same price the Braganza would ho
worth only $2,502,000. But with tho
magnificent size of tills stone the ratio
increases to $173,001 a carat. —New
Press.
A successful Knnsns farmer de
clares that he feeds nothing to his
fattening hogs but ear-corn aud cold
water, and that he cleans the feeding
floor after every meal.