Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1893, Page 12

12 ../ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SAT ——- AY, JULY 8, 1893—SIXTHEN PAGES. TAT 1 " ‘This is the trouble with the south, the | Brewers’ in and is the body ix the of time is EXPENSIVE SMARTNESS. A FARMER STATESMAN [23% tee‘y"cert, tooth tts Seer cuore evs.te [PEARLS OF OCEAN. |Sa%aanct coytarcet mee| memes oe ~ not been ” tical knowledge, will make @ strong man ANCIENT USE OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL. ‘The Brewer Found out That the Vermont Boren pick fea cath et aren epeal taj tor they iis mame is Joba Mettes and ‘The uso of mother-of-pearl for articles of of | __ ¥&Fmer Understood Human Nature. north a8 ap agricultural coun head of «brewing company in my ora From the New York-Tifbune.” ine Mi a) T agete he yO - lefty. At this Chinese Imi nament is of no recent date. Objects made of | 7° besides J. Sterling mon the Farms Steud ard ens: ai tan hevele of aenath | cove ontne seater eer ea How the ese Imitate Them by | titre veen touna by digging in the ruins of | Z* once cost me Just $1,000, ~ ™ Farmers of the United States. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. ‘The Farmers of the United States Prosper- ous, Not Poor—The Next Great Farm Em- igration vo Be to New England—The Seath end Its Lands. pees Written for The Evecing Star. NE OF THE MOST interesting <heracters in PresidentCleveland's cabin is the Hon. Jails Sterling Morton, the new Secretary of Agriculture. He has | come to Washington with « brain well sharp- ened by its contact with the business of the west. He brings new light into the Agricul- tural Department, and 0 promises to turn some of Unele Jerry Rusk’ institutions upsidedown. I spent an evening this week with bim in his bachelor quarters a\ the Cochrap Hotel. He is, you know, a widower, and he lives very quietly, though he is not averse to society, and is one of the most comfanionable of men. Let me tell you how he looks. Goy. Morton is about five feet seven Inches high, and he weighs just about 150 pounds. His shoulders are broad aud his limbs are clean cut. He does not look to be more than fifty years of age, but he b over sixty and is still in his o He has a light com 5 Went gray tate and agry Sosteche, with tho SRCRETARY MORTON. thadow of a gray goatee shining out from under He bas a high forehead, a strong nose and pleasant He dresses more like a New [xck ctud mean than the typloal farmer’ ctates- man, and he would not be out of place in any frowd of gentlemen in New York or Chicago. When I called upon bim he was dressed in a well-out business suit of light gray, and a pair of fashionable yellow shoes shone out below his well-creased pantaloons. A diamond as large as the end of my thumb sparkled ina ring on one of the fingers of his left hand and a costly dearf pin had a place in his neck tie. The con- rast him and Unele Jerry Rusk, whom saw just before he left Washington, was strik- ing, and as I said “Good day” I thought his Appearance gave the lie to the statement that “there is uo money in farming in Nebraska,” bnd I asked: “Mr. Secretary, le it true that the farmers te ruined in the west and the days of money making for them have gone forever?” ‘THE FARMERS PROSPEROUS AND NOT PooR. “I think not,” replied the Secretary of Agriculture, with a smile. “Of all classes in the United States today it sesms to me that | time. and we had to sit up all the way. From will not work like we do in the north. They can get along with less work and they will do it. won't change this, and the Yan- kees who go down there lose their grit ia five years and areas slow s their southern neigh- bors. Climate has s great deal to do with the THE LATE MES. MORTON. making of men and beasts. Sometimes I think it bas everything to do. ‘fake the cattle of Texas; I was down there not long ago, and I those great Texas steors, all skin, bones and ros. They are so gaunt that you can scrape their bones and put all the mest into their horns. Ag Llboked at them I gaed the people mhy they did, not raise cattle. They replied that they had tried tl periment, but that the old cafile quickly died, and that iheir offspring grew!to be like the others in a year or = as WEDpING soveyer. rent west?” ‘was tho reply. “I went weat on my wedding tour, and the trip fe Paar mera soley Spradlin aor T undertaking than it is now. We went by rail from Chicago to Alton. on the Mississippi river. There was no such thing as a sleeper at that Alton we went by steamer to St. Louis, and from St. Louis ap tbe Missouri to St. Joseph by steamboat. Here We got a stage and rode on to Council Binffs. The trip took about eight daze and nights, and it was full ot batdskipe. q could be made now in about a day. “We settled first at Bollerue, and the next spring we moyed to Nebraska City, where wo took up the qharter section on which I now live. Ihave little to it, but it is the same ground (hat I got from the government thirty-eight yearwago, when we began life ina log cabin. “* SECRETARY. MORTON'S ROMANCE. I doubt whethér'there is man in the country who loved his wife better than did Secretary Morton, and there are few husbands who have been more devoted to their memory. She bore him four boys, and when she died these four sons formed the pallbearers who carried her to the tomb. The four Morton boys are all married and the Secretary has a number of grandchildren. On Thanksgiving of 1890 the Secretary held a sort of Morton reunion at his home, and photo- graphs were taken of the little Mortons in all shapes and in all sorts of groups. A book bas been made of these pictures aud the dignified iS Cae) ARBOR LODGE 3. Sterfing (Morton. We. MORTON'S BOOK PLATE. Secretary in many of them. T noted at the first of this book that it bore the book plate of the of Agriculture. It consists of » tree and a scrolt under it, in which are printed | the farmers have the best outlook. They are not half so badiv off as they have been painted, and many of them are making money. Of rourse, are failures, but of all the busi- presses of the United States farming is the loast liable to fail, and there are more suc- fesses in it than in almost any other business. the dry goods business; 97 per cent of the men who go into it become bankrupt; and the Proportion of failures in all mercantile pur- = ARBOR LoDaz. ls the president of a bank and is rich, and all of his possessions came out of the soil. Around him you will find many poor farmers. Ther game to the same place with more money and better prospects, but they were shiftless. They have not stack to their work. They have left their farms to sell patent rights and hare been inveigied into schemes to make money fast without work. No business can succeed with- vut thrift, energy and brains. Pare muscle will not "make a good farmer or a good farm. The land has got to be mani with the brains of the owner in order to make it pay. The average farmer is better off now than he bas ever been and I believe he will continue to improve.” OUR FUTURE XABoss. “Why do you think so?” I asked. “It is the only logical conclusion,” was the teply. “The government lands are nearly all fpken np. - Sloveniy farming is weariag out of the best farms of the country, and the Umit of cultivable farm lauds has been nearly perched. We double oar population every twenty-five years. In a quarter of a century we will have 180,000,000" to feed instead of 85,000,000, and their food is all tocome from the soil of the farmer. The result is that lands tmust rise and farm products will increase in The law of supply and demand makes certain that farm property will be the most valuable of all property in the future, and the Garmers will be the nabobs.” MONEY 1¥ NEW ENOLAND FARMS. “Will we have large farms or small farms in the future, Mr. Secretary,” I asked. “I think the tendency {s toward small farms. Our farms will be more like those of France. The land will be better tilled andthe deserted farms will be brought up. Take the abandoned farms of New England. I believe that the next t emigration of our farmers will be to the | Wow Lnginad otaten, Land bne dropped dows fo cortain parts of these states so that you can boy tracts whieh were once cultivated, for from @Sto 97 per acre. These lands have been eet their ow bees: refertilizing them. They are now c wit and they will have eleared again. farmed, they will pro- nee protitabiy. and within the past few years eapttalists and others have been buying them. Tanow e num’ 2 Austin Co 4ght 3,00) acres, and Morison ‘bridge builder, bas Just purchased a large & Yes." concluded the Secretary emphaticall: look for the resurrection of ‘New Englaa it will again blossom as tho rose.” So DEAD LANDS. “How abont the lands of the south? I sup- Pose many of them have been killed by bed farming.” “No: they are not killed,” replied Secretary Morton, and proper fertilization and work will again bring them into bearing. Speaking about Killing the soil makes me think of an old Mis- sourian who came upinto Nebraska to buy some land. He looked about with doubting eyes on | the different farms of my neighborhood until | some of the agents wondered whether he knew | @erthing about land, and they asked him jmbether he hadever farmed. He replied. “Yes, | Bbev aggravated the soil for nigh onto thirty te bin recently cof rich men who hare large | the words, “Plant trees." Below this is the in- scription “Arbor Lodge” and Secretary Mor- ton’s name, which he pri . Sterling Mor- ton.” As I looked at this the conversation turned to lanting of trees and the Secretary told | me that 13.000,000,000 trees have been pianted in Nebraska since he inaugurated the institu- tion of Arbor day there in 1872. HOW UNCLE Sam'S MONEY 18 WASTED. The conversation here turned to the Depart- ment of Agriculture and I asked the Secretary whether he was making sny changes in the methods of ranning it. He replied: “I am making s great many, and I am trying to bring the it down to a° practical business basis. I believe in spending money where it should be spent, but I don’t believe in wasting it. I heve siready found a number of big which I am stopping. Oue is in these experimental stations which have been established by the department over the country. Some of them are of no good what- ever. Why, I found one at Garden City, Kan., the business of which was to evolve a grass which would grow on the arid plains of the west. Twent; thousand dollars have been spent on it in five years. and a Professor Veasy is trying there to produce a sort of grass which | will grow without rain, water or soil—a sort of grass orchid. I presume. From what inquiries 1 made I found that this Professor Veasy had a home addressat Denver, Colorado,and he seemed to be only heard from at the times when his sal- ary was due. I have stopped the ppropriatiog and I suppose he will now materialize in som! shape or other. OTmEE FAT Jos. “Kansas always gets ite share of the appro- priations,” continued Secretary Morton. ‘In looking over the state I find that Plumb and Ingalls have patched it all over with just such jobs, but similar things exists in othe? states, too. I got a request the other day for $50 for a United States fag, which was to be put up over s sugar bee: farm at Schuyler, Neb. I couldn't see the reason for the appropriation and I investigated the station. I found it was costing us over $5,000 year and that all we could get out of it was some beet seed, which the regular sugar-beet factories would send to usif we would oaly pay the freight. Wo pay on these experimental stations about $360,000 year, and I think the most of them should be abolished. My idea is that ex- mting should be done through the cultural experiment stations of the states. are forty-four of these scattered all over the Union. ‘They get an sppropriation from Congress of $750, a year. is goes: directly to them. and over it we have no con- trol. I think that the seeds could be distributed through these ex t xtations and not by the Congressmen. It costs $136,000 a year to send out seeds from here. I am going to recommend Co1 to abolish this part of our business. As the seeds are now sent out they do not reach the they should nor do the proper kind of seeds get to the proper localities." ‘THE GREAT AMERICAN HOO. “What are you going to do as to the meat in- spection, Mr. Secretary?” I asked. “Tam going to abolish » good part of it,” was the reply. “Our meat exports to Germany last ae amounted to only 82,000,000, and find that the Germans reinspected all the meat that came in. We sent €34.000.000 worth to England, where there was no inspection. The pection costs a vast deal more than it comes to, and in eleven months it has footed y total of about €200,000. Why, during that time we paid out @4,000 to inspect the meat at the Indianapolis abattoirs, and how much meat do you think was eaported from the: Just $351.50. Por every dollar's worth of pork sent to Germany from Indianapolis we paid more than §10 for inspection. It isn't good busi: sl CORN BEER VERSUS CORN BREAD. “How about American corn in Europe? Is Cornmeal Murphy going to revolutionize the continent “I think not, though he is still in Europe. | More of our corn should be used in Europe, but I believe that we can create a greater | market for it by getting the Germans to use it |in the making of beer rather than in the making of bread. Most of the beer in the United States is made largely of corn. The Milwaukee brewers will tell you they don't use it, but they use glucose, which is the same thing, and the greatest per cent of our beer comes from corn. Milwaukee turns out a hundred car loads of beer every day the yoar round, and our breweries have a fluence on the prices of corn. Th use vast quantities of beer. Bavaria alone turns out 9,000,000 barrels a year, and the other | German provinces have vast brewing estab- | Hishments in all of their iarge citios. | Corn makes @ very good beer, and they graduated last year forty-five brewers. They have goad laboratories and the best of fessors. They make three barrels of beer a yy. and their experiments are as carefully made and as exhaustive as those of any college in the country. Fraxx G. CaRPeNten. —__+s BONES. The Ultimate Destination of the Most Durable Parts of the Body. ‘From the San Francisco Chronicie. The bones are a composition of lime and Phosphorus, and are the most durable part of the human system. Leave the body of «man or animal exposed to the air, in a few weeks it Passes into the earth and atmosphere, leaving only the skeleton, which, after a considerable lapse of time, disappears also. This'reabsorp- tion of the bedy by the elements is compar- atively rapid in the towers of the Parsees and in the cases of those who perish in traversing the desert, The body of a man cannot prop- erly be said to return to dust. That is an an- cient prejudice. Even in the case of the bones the phosphate passes partly into the earth or air in the form of oxygen or phosphorus, and the lime is mixed with the soil, embodied in rocks or dissolved in water. In ‘the process of cre- mation the tissues disappear in the form of vapor, and there remains a residue com} of pieces of bone of various sizes, which, if water is added and they are dried, become a coarse dust that can be hermetically sealed in an urn and preserved for an indefinite period. Even the process of embalming practiced by the ancient Egyptians could not prevont the resolving of tho body into its original elements. If fragments of the tissues or df the bonos re- main it is because their character is entirely changed by the gums and other substances om- ployed by the embalmers. As to embalming as ticed in these days, it is of too recent origin fo furnish any reliable data as to its efficacy as & preservative method. The Egyptians on- deavored to preserve the entire body by smothering it in antiseptic substances, the Greeks, Romans and other nations, ancient and modern, by inclosing it in solid coffins and tal tombs. Tho success has never been commensurate with the effort. Isolated efforts have been made to preserve the whole ora part of the osseous structure as a decent tribute to humanity, as relics or as a lugubriows reminder of man’s mortalit} Great con- quezors like Tamerlane did not tike the troubie to bury those slaughtered in thelr battles or in the populous cities they ravaged, but left aloug their lMne of march hundreds of thousands of bleaching skeletons, collected Years afterward and piled in’ pyramids that were soon wasted away by the winds and storms. After the battle of Morgarton the Swiss made a similar pyramid of the bones of the soldiers of Charles the Rash ieft on the battlefield. Considering the millions that have risked on fields of battle, especially in Europe. during the last thousand ycars, itis astonishing that so few bones are turned up by the plow or found in excavating the soil. In these days human bones found by chance are decently buried, or if it is necessary to con- demu an old cemetery the remains are interred elsewhere. In Paris this proc has been going on for a hundred years, that since the epoch of the French revolution. ‘The bones of those buried hastily after street riots and those of the dex of the disnsed cemeteries have beer removed from time to time to the catacombs, until the number of tkeletous, more of less complete, here assembled amount, at resent, to 6,000,000. In the cemetery of the “apucinies at Home human bones are arranged in fanciful designs, whose artistic ingenuity re- Teves considerably the painful suggestions of mortality. Itisa theory of ceriain religious orders that death should continually be kept in mind by actions or objects of a sepulchral nature. ‘The comparative durability of the bones has caused their extensive preservatiun as sacred relics, list of these is tuo long to be given with any #Bft of completencss, but some of them may be mentioned ns spocimens of the rest. Of the bones of the arm there exist eight of St. Blaise, nine of St. Vincent, twelve of St. Philip, seventeen of St. Andrew, severteen of St. James, in as many different churches, Thore is a knee bone of St. Justinian. ‘The jaw bones of saints are innumerable, there being twenty of John the Baptist alone. “OF saintly hands there are nine of St. Bartholomew, uot to mention numerous others, ‘The sknlis of these holy pervonages appear also to have been | capable of indefinite repetition; of these it is only necessary to mention the thirty or forty preserved in different churches that are said once to have belonged to St. Julian. The most extensive collection of ouseous relics iv that of the 11,000 virgins im the Chureh of St. Urenla at Cologne, each separate bone of which is .pre- sumed to be capable of performing miracl The morta! remains of many saints who died the early bixtory of the church were placed in caskets which are worshiped by the faithful, but the condition of their contents is unknown, as it would be a horrible sacrilege to open th Of all the ancient nations only the Egy have succeeded in preserving the remuins of their rovereigns for a respectable length of time. Not a bone remains of the rulers of an- cient Greece or Rome. Some bones of Charle- magne are preserved in the Cathedral of Aix la Chapelle. Not one of any of hix contemporaries ix known to bein existence. The remuins of the Plantaganet kings and que: buried at Fontevrault Abbey were torn from their cas- kets and scattered to the four winds by the opulace at the time of the French revolution. Those of the French sovercigus. shared. the same fate; but of the latter, if their lubels may be believed, there are at the Lonvre Museum, though not’ on exhibition, a shoulder blade of Hugh Capet, a thigh bone of Charles V, a tibin each of Charles Viand Francis I, veriebre of Charles VII, ribs of Lonis the Handsome and Louis XII and the lower jaw of Catherine de Medicia. ‘There is at Westminster Abvey a very considerable collection of roral coffins, contain- ing what is left of the English kings for some hundreds of years back, but the: precixe condi- tion of the contents is unknown. In othor countries tho remains of sovereigns that date back over 500 years is limited. The royal relics of this kind that can claim an antiquity of 300 years would not, by the most liber al cai- culation, exceed « score, the Egyptian mummies being excepted. Of the mortal part of the forty thousand millions of the race born and away in the last thousand years there still exist perhaps the fragments of the skeletons of a thousand bora before the year 1600. The estimate is generous and the show- ing pitiful Chinese Popular Literature at the Fair. From the Caicago Tribune. The peculiar notions entertained by the Chi- nese about gods, ghosts and genli are well ex- emplified in their popular literature, of which spegial collection. covering a large variety of subjects and embracing examples of most of the books sold in their shops here, is exhibited. About all of the immigrants are able to read and write little, Novels are their favorite literature and their heroes and heroines are well-known personages, indeed. It is their images that are sold in the shops. Among them are the eight genil, the warlike heroine Muk Kwai Ying and her husband, Ylung Tung Po and Kwanyin, the goddess of mercy. They and their emblems form the decorations of much of the Chinese porcelain. They lived when on earth among the hills and grottoes of southern China, and their legends cluster thickly around the old homes of those people. The story books, with their constant repeti- tions and innumerable episodes, prove tiresome to the western mind, but what’ rich treasures they contain of lore that delights the student of manners and antique customs, This litera- ture has a practical side as well. Apart from the romances and astrologies, the song books and treatises on fortune telling and geomancy, there aro simple arithmotics for the abacus, compediums of history, serbals ‘and medical hand books. The almanac issold with each recurring new year and comes with predictions of the good and bad fortune attend- | ing various enterprises for each day in the | year. What a storebouse of folk lore this thick | octavo volume, with its parti-colored imprint in red, black, green and yellow, and its curious pictures of the sage Confucius, Cheung T’in Sz, the secretary of heaven, forms for thove who can read its well-ordered pages. They are not deficient in the soundest moral teachings. The Chinese copy books, like those of our own schools, are set with golden precepts, and the influence of literature, apart from the novels, many of which are condemned, is exerted for what is deemed best, if not for the individual, surely for the general welfare of the nation. ees A Diffcalt Question. From Truth. The Sunday school teacher was instructing one of her scholars in the commandments, Said she: ‘Honor thy father and thy mother that thy I think we can gradually get them to using it. I have selected a bright, | well-educated brewer to go to Germany to look | into the matter. He is now studying at the day: be long in the land.” “Where waa my days belong if I didn't honor them?” asked the small student, Artificial Processes. MOTHER OF THE PEARL. Where the Shells Come From and What is Done With Them—Other Mollusks Besides the Oyster Which Produce Pearls—Peeling = Pearl—“Mess Mates” Which Live With Pearl Oysters. —— HE PROCESSES BY which the Chinese pro- duce artificial pearls are as remarkable as they are ingenious. ‘This business consti- tutes quite an im- portant industry. It is confined to two villages in the northern part of the provinee of Chih- kiang, which is « silk- producing region, In the months of May and June large quantities of mussels are brought in baskets froma lake thirty miles distant, and the biggest of the mollusks are selected for the operation that is to be performed. Into the shell of each mussel are introduced number of small objects which it is intended that the bivalve shall cout with the pearly sub- stance it secretes. Sometimes little pills of earth are used. Such pellets are made of mud, taken from the bottom of water courses, dried and powdered with the juice of camphor treo seeds. In the samo way are employed diminutive images, usually of Buddha, but often of fishes. They are made of lead, cast very thin by pouring the molten metal upon a board which is carved with the impressions, A DELICATE PROCESS. To place these nuclei inside of the mussels is &@ process of no little delicacy. The shell is usually opened with a small instrament of mother-of-pearl and the mantle of the animal is gently lifted. At tho same time tho images or pills are laid in two rows beneath the min- tel. The shell is then permitted to close. Finally. the mollusks are deposited in canals or pools, five or six inches apart, at depths of from two to five feet in lots of 5,090 to 50.000. In November the mussels ure collected and opened. The animals sre removed from the shells and the pellets or images are detached by asharp knife. By this time thoy are fastened tightly to the inner surface of the shells nnd have become coveved with a coating of nacre. The next process ts to cut away tho matrices of earth cr lead about which the artificial pear! have formed. Into the cavity thus made in each one is poured melted yellow resin, and the orifice is artfully covered over by a piece of mother-of-pearl. The pearls formed about the earthen pellets fare flat on the bottom and in shupe are #ome- what more than hemispheres. They bi of the Juster and beauty of tho roal gems, and are sold at a rate no cheap as to be procurable | by all who care to them. They are em- ployed to a coustilerable extent by jewelers, | who set them in tiaras and varions oraments of female attire. Those made from images are | employed as ornaments avd amulets on the caps of children. A few shells are sent to mar- ket with the pearls adhering, for sale to the curious ‘or superstitions. Another ingenious art practiced by the Chi nese is that of “faking” pearls. It consists in peeling them, that 1s to say, depriving them of | imperfect outer layors in order to mako them | ore beautiful. As is well known, these gems | composed of niternate lavers of nacre and | animal tissue, The process referrod to is very | difficult, the tools employed being a sbarp| knife, various sorts of files, some pearl powder | and a piece of lenther. To make tho finul | polish « particular kind of leaf is utilized. The | pearly vonta are extremely hard and must be cut off piece by picco, the operator relying more on the sense of touch conveyed by the blade of the knife than on tho sense of sight, PRELING THE PEARLS, Peeling is sometimes practiced by skillful Jewelers in Europe. Afew years ago an ex- pert in such matters purchased an old gold brooch ma small German town for $20. the center of it was what looked like a spherical piece of hematite, which is nn ore of iron, On | examination {t proved to be a superb black pearl weighing 77 grains, ‘The onter coat had | become faded by sunlight, but, when it was | removed, ono of the most beautiful gems of | this sort known in modern times was exposed | to view of a lustrous bluck. It was held to be | worth $10,000. Perfectly round pearly over 25 grains in ‘weight are extremely scarce and fetch huge prices, being sought after to form | the center of necklaces. Pearls are found in the shells of many kinds of mollusks. They occur in the common edible oyster, but are not of value. Very large white ones are occasionally obtained from the giant clam, which is the biggest known bivalve, but they are not worth much. They are alway symmetrical and of some benuty, having a faint but pleasing sheen when looked at sideways. The shells of the giant clam are occasio used for baptismal fonts in churches. The mal is found, buried up to the lips, hingedown- ward, in coral r Men have lost their lives by stepping between the open valves, which closed immediately upon the foot, holding them until they drowned. It is said that pearls of a yellowish color are sometimes obtained trom the pearly nautilus. But the natives of the Sooloo Archipelago throw them away, considering them uulucky. They declare that, if aman should fight while wear- ing a ring with such a pearl, he would certainly be killed. Pearl-bearing mussels are found in the lakes and streams of many parts of the world, including the United States. These mollusks have yielded great numbers of valu- able gems in this country, so that attempts have been made to establish’ pearl fishing on a commereial basis in some rivors, ‘The chiof sources of supply of mother-of- atl shells are thegLotres Straits and West Australian fisheries ahd the trade centers of Singapore and Macassar. Innumerable islands of the Pacific contribute more or less of this valuable product—notably Tabiti. ‘Threo varieties are recognized commonly—the white. the black edged and the golden edged. This statement refers to the rl oyster, which furnishes the finevt mother-of-pearl.’ The shells of asingle oyster have been known to weigh as much as fourteen pounds. The ut- most economy and skill are exercised in cutting up the shells, each part being made to serve some particular pur] Thus, from a single one of good size will be obtained a penholde: pistol butt, two or three knife handles, » poker chip and a dozen and a half buttons of different sizes. WHAT CAUSES THE BEAUTIFOL HUES. It is a fact familiar enough that the beautiful iridescent hues of mother-of-pearl are due to the interruption of light by the wavy lines on ite surface. Each of these lines is the edge ofa very thin plate lying obliquely to the surface. That the coloring is purely a matter of structure is proved by pouring» solution of gum arabic or isinglass over a piece of pearl and allowing it to harden. On being removed the sheet of isinglass or gum arabic having taken a perfect impression from tbe pearl exhibits the same peculiar iridescence. The same optical phe- nomenon was imitated some years ago by John Barton, an officer of the British mint, who suc- ceeded in cutting grooves on steel at’ distances of 1-10,000th of an inch apart. The motal sur- face thus treated dixplared most brilliant colors, The idea was applied to the manufac- ture of buttons, which wore stamped with steel dies that bad such delicate lines engraved on them. ‘The shells of pearl oysters are commonly oc- cupied by animals called by the fishermen “mevs mates,” which seem to live on friendly terms with the mollusks, These are crabs and lobster like crastaceans. On the West Australian grounds each living oyster contains a soft shelled brown crab about an inch in width. It ts eaid to be poisonous, Elsewhere on the coast the crab’s place is taken by two soft trans- parent looking lobsters, faintly tinted with red. One is three times aw large as the other and They are probably they are male and female. very good to eat. In the Sook each shell. mate retires within a hollow place near the hinge,and this cavity is called by the fishermen the “‘lobster’s home.” It is supposed that these creatures perform the office of scavengers, clearing the shell of some of the foreign substances which drift into itand annoy the oyster. Such objects as the mollusk cannot get rid of it protects itself from by covering them with layers of nacre. It ix in this way that pearls are formed. If the ob- ject is between the shell and the body of the oyster the latter treats it in the same war, fas- i to the shell by what is termed a Inasmuch as the animel is contin- ually depositing fre-h layers of pearly substance | Tt valuo is set at $50,000. ancient Nineveh and Babylon. It was only 8 fow years ago that the so-called ‘smoked pearl” came Into use for the manufacture of “buttons. Previously the black-edged shells, from which this sort of pearl is obtained, had ‘been thrown away, being considered worthless. Buttons of pay pearl having become the rage, it was remembered that large quantities of dark shells had beon buried in certain places at Birming- ham, England, to get rid of them. Many of them wefe dug up and sold $ advantage. Itwassaid at the timo that. the, town ballot that city was built on such great heaps of the shells that, reckoning the current market prices, it would almost pay to pull down the building and reconstruct it for the sake of ob- taining the shells. Of course enormous quanti- fies of mother-of-pearl aro used at Birmingham for handles of cutlery, £0. “Workers in mother-of-pea: real pearls embedded in the shells. When pesrl gets between the shell and the body of « ving oysterjthe latter treats it as it would any other foreign object, closing it up in the wall of the shell by moans of a blister. sometimes happens that on cutting intos blister a fine pearl is discovered. On one occasion pearl cutter got a pearl in this way which he sold for 8200. Subsequently it was valued $4,000. In countries where mother-of-pearl is abundant, it is sometimes employed as x deco- rative material in architecture. In the Channel Islands, where the beautiful ear shells are abundant, they are let into the walls of houses, arranged in symmetrical patterns, Pearl shells are worth from $300 to $1,000 a ton. It used to be imagined that pearls were found only in diseased shell fish. They were called “morbid secretions.” To this day many people throw away as unfit for use a mussel or oyster in which «pearl is found, However, there is no reason for such a notion, A pearl ix formed about any foreign body that is retained between | the shells of a healthy oyster or other nacre- | producing mollusk. The nuclous may be a | grain of sand or even one of the eggs of the | oyster itself. Around this thin layers of nacre are deposited one after another, like the eu cessive skins of an onion, thus’ forming the pearl. The substance of the latter is the same as that of the shell. When Colambus visited some of the islands in the Gulf of Mexico he found the natives fishing for pearls, which they used ua beads for neck- 28, tl occasionally find BLACK PEARLS VALUABLE. Black pearls used to be hold as of small value comparatively speaking. Thov were first made fashionable by the Empress Eugenie, ife of Napoleon III. who possessed a famous necklace of them, which fetched $20,000 at auction after the overthrow of the imperial dynasty, This did not include the single great pearl fotming the snap, which was purchased y the Marquis of Bath for 5,000. Mexico, Twhiti and Fiji supply the markets of the world with black pearls. ‘The most extraordinary pearl in the world. according to Dr, Streeter, is known as the “Southern Cross.” It is probably the most remarkable thing of its kind that nature has ever produced. "So far as ix known it occupies an absolutely unique position in the history of pearls. It consists of a group of nine pearls | man- Latin cross. of them compose the shaft, which jeasures an inch anda half in length, while the two arms of the er:ss are formed’ by one art on ench side, All the pearls are of fine luster This astonishing freak was discovered by a man named Clark. while pearl fishing in weat- ern Anstralin, He regarded 1t ava miracle and, entertaining a superstitious dread of it, he buried it. In 1874 it was dug up again, and since then it has changed bands many times. How it came about that the grouped together in such a mat has yet boen able to explain satisfactorily. It has boen suggested that a fragment of serrated seaweed may have got into the shell of the oyster, and that the succession of teeth aiong the margin of the frond may have cansed the deposition of nacre at regular intervals, so as to form a sti of pearls in a straight line. ‘The cross was found in the shell of the mollusk, jost as it was taken from its native clement, without any possibility of its having been sub- jected to human manipulation. pearls were ner NO O18 ood From Notes and Querte:. In Catholic countries one not infrequently sees a priest, attended by acolytes, in the act of | blessing a house prior to its adoption asa resi- dence. On these occasions Protestants are apt to smile nt what they are pleased to consider a remnant of the age of superstition. I am not so sure of this, “Superstition” is a relative term, as applicable to piety as to prejudice. But let that pass. I wish io state a fact, and | not to preach a xermon. There are, within my knowledge, three houses in London that are fateful to the lust degree. I do not know what their previous records may have been, bat hav- ing observed their houses with passive curiosity for some years, 1 notice that they constantly change owners, while neighboring dwelliugs do not, aud that their occupants are soon involved in disaster. For the sake of convenience I will designate these houses as A, Band C. In A during tho last six years three persons have | died. Neither of them was in failing health previous to occupation. nor did he die from an accident, nor from any malady caused by de- fective drainage. The greatest possible care | was taken to instire the sanitary condition of that house, and its inmates were unaware of any ramors in connection with it. I have said | that three persons died. Imay add that two of them actually died on the same day. In course of time the remainder of the lease was sold to an officer, thon in the prime of life and in perfect health. He resided in tuat house for two yeara, and died there, somewhat suddeniy, ¥ Although B is situated in a fashion- able quarter and is a bright and pleasant dwell- ing, itis but rarely occupied. It hus not, within my kuowledge, been occupied for more than twelve monthsatastreteh by auy one family, and yet during the inst six years two . previously in aitluent circumstances, ve been financially ruined. C has a mystery of another kind. Although of tempting appear- ance and situated in a favorite quarter in the West Eud of London, it has been tenant- less for the last sixteen years. The house has often been painted and redecorated,as well as structurally improved, but hitherto ‘in vain. The bill “To Let” stands in the window, and is only removed occasionally to make room for a fresher aunouncemont. I may add that there is not the faintest suspicion of a ghost bout the house. Possibly other readers of and Q.” could give simiiar experiences. I am not superstitious, but in my humble upin- ion it would not be altogether unreasonable to employ a clergyman as an exorcising medium in dwellings where misfortunes so unaccount- able are of such frequent occurrence. Haunted houses have of late years occupied gencral at- tention, and in somo cases a cure has been ef- fected.’ But unlucky houses, though possibly far more numerous, have escaped notice, ee A Turkish Christmas at Chicago. From the Chicago Tribune. Linen dusters felt comfortable, palm leaf fans were in demand, and iced drinks found a ready sale ulong Midway Plaisance yesterday, but it was Christmas time in the Turkish vil- lage. Santa Claus did not appear, however, but there were celebrations, sacrifices and ser- vices in honor of the day. At sunrise Hakky Bey slaughtered three sheep, while Kurvon Bairon, the priest, went up into the tower of the mosque and prayed. Then all the people in the village formed a procession and marched into the chapel, where they offered the three sheep as a sacrifice on the altar and gave thanks just as the people in Coustantinople had done a few hours previously when the first rays of the sun glistened against the gilded domes and the decorated minarets of that far-away city. It is the first celebration of the kind ever h@ld in America or ever seen by the other nations now inhabiting Midway. A delegation of Turks from the hippodrome on 35th stroet attended. Munager Levy was | much put out because the exposition authorities } would not, au Le waid, permit them to pass in Without paying the usual 50 cente adiminsion fee. As there is not another mosque this side of the salt seas they had no other place to go, and it was their wish to be in at the festival. After having served their purpose in the re- ligious ceremonies the sheep were dressed, cooked and ewten. After that the Turke went about their business in the theater, the bazaars, the side shows and restaurants, ‘The Mahomet Christmas, as it is called, marks the end of a thirty-day season of fusting. It laste four days, and at sunrise every morning the same rites will be observed. Priost Bairon will go up into the tower and pray,and while he is praying all the others willbe preparing them- seives by washing their hands and faces fur the services in the mosque. —o+—__ Summer Amusements at Bay Ridge. Boating, bathing, fishing, crabbing, sailing. Swings, merry-go-rounds,' &c., for children. Dancing and music all daylong.” Trains leave B. and O. station at 9:15 a d 4:28 p.m, price of three bottles of champagne, to learn that a Vermont farmer was smarter than I was,” said the old fellow with a well-fed air, as he lighted a fresh cigar. ‘The speaker had been a brewer in his earlier days, but he had retired after he had put by a comfortable sum, and, at the age of seventy- two, he was still enjoying life. “One season,” he continued, “hops were scarce, and all the brewors were keeping @ sharp lookout for any good ones which were put on the market, Our agents in Boston telegraphed tomethata man down in Vermont had 100 balos of just the kind that I wanted, and I started immediately to buy them. “Now, if I do say it myself, I do not take back seat from any one when it comes to judg: ing the quality of hops. Well, I arrived at the pisce where tho owner of these hops lived and inspected what he had for sale, They were the best hops that I had secn that season. The price which he asked for them, 60 centsa und, was reasonable for hops of that quality; in fact, it was a little less than the market price. Not to let the old fellow sve that I was too anxious to get them I began to try and beat him down a little on the price. “The thought struck me that perhaps I might beat him down more if I could induce him to go to town and get him a little ‘mellow’ over bottle of champagne. The town was not far away and I suggested that he go back with me, as my time was limited, and if we struck a bar gain on the way I would pay him the cash for the hops before ieaving him. “He consented and to town we went. We stopped at the hotel. I ordered a bottle of champagne and some good cigars. We drank the wine und smoked the cigars. I kept his glass fall and he did not seem at-all bashful about taking allthat I gave tohim. Ho began to warm up and I thought I was going to save the price of threo or four cases of wine at least. Ieuggested that he ought to let me have those hops for about 55 centsa pound. I declare he raised the price instead of lowering it, and said he thought they wore worth 61 cents. “I laughed, but it was no go, and he insisted on 61 cents as the price. “I ordered another bottle of wine. Again he drank all Igave to him, and I poured nearly all of it in his glass, | When this bottle was finished the price of hops had gone up to 62 centéa pound. Things were getting interest- Ing. The wine had flushed the foe of the old fellow, but he would not come down s quarter of a cent. “In desperation I tried another bottle of ‘ine-and more cigars. ‘The sparkling fluid wentdown his throat like water down « rat- hole. He became more and more talkative, and I gained courage once more. “ ‘Weil,’ said, ‘we'd better close the bar- gain on your first offer of 60 cents.’ il, I think them hops are worth "bout 65 he replied. argued and threatened not to take them xt all, but it was no uso. He was sharp enough to detect the fact that I wanted those hops and wanted them badiy. He would not budge a bit and Thad to pay 65 cents for them. That ad- ditional 5 cents onc pound made a difference of $10 on every bale and #1.000 on the hundred bales, besides my wine and cigar bill of nearly ———_+e-___ “CHARGE HIM IN THE BILL.” How an Old Baron Wanted to Settle for Killing a French Waiter. From the Philadelphia Times. when oil was first struck in Pennsrlvania that one lucky possessor of some valuable land sold itatan excellent bargain. He had long had a desire to visit Europe, and as his present means enabled him to gratify his wish, it was not long bofore Be was on one of the ocean lines ploughing his way to the old world. He did England and Ireland in first-class style, acquiring a fund of experience from con- tact with laadlords and others that was cer- tainly valuable, if only for what it cost him to acquire it. Learning what he did at the price among those who spoke bis own language, it made him in a mensure curious to see how the counterparts of these gentry would treat him in sunny France and Italy. The few inquiries he made did not reassure him that Gallic or Italian hosis were any loss frugal or exacting than those of the British kingdom, so that he not unnaturally judged from past experience that so much of his time as was not employed in sleeping would be chiefly occupied in open- ing his pocket book and making payments and donations more or less just to almost every one he was brought in contact with. Whether he was right or wrong in thus as: suming that everything went, so long as it was paid for. he could not possibly decide for some time. ‘The theory that it war all right had car- ried him throazh Paris and other of the prin- cipal cities, after visiting which he had come to Marseilion.” Here his eyes were delighted with reading the legends on a rather poor-looking hotel that English was spoken there. Enters ing, he found that statement only partly veri- fied, as a knowledge of that speech was con- fined to the proprietor. Still! ashe had made out hitherto, this was nothing of a shock, al- though he soon found the petty extortions practiced upon him were. The slightest service was treated in the light of an item for the bill. Opening a window seemed to be made a memorandum of by the officiating walter, and handing him a light for a cigar had the char- acter of a special extra. This went on for about half a day, when he had an altercation with an official whom he erroneously took for the man that blackened his boots. As neither under- stood the other too well, the traveler, possibly mistaking the garcon’s natural vivacity for offensiveness, knocked him over a couple of tronks and down stairs, In a moment up rushed the proprietor. “Mon diet, mousieur,” he said, “you have killed the waiter!” “Killed him, did 1?” was the surprised ap- swer. “Ob, well, charge bim in the bill.” ee see Th dy Cowboy” of Dakota, From a Chamberlain (S. D.) Letter. West of here, in the coded Sioux lands, isa genuine female cowboy. Her name is Gertrude Petan, and she is eighteen years of age. Upon her parents removing to the ceded lands she accompanied them, and has since remained with them at their new home on Bull creek, in Pratt county. Her father invested in about 300 head of cattle, As her only grown brother works on an adjvining ranch the duty devolves upon her to take care of the cattle owned by her father. She does not simply take the cattle to the range and leave them there, but remains with them all dey, and takes care of them as well as could any cowboy. Her duties trequently take her from thirty to forty miles from home, as the cattle must be kept moving in order to feed good all day. Frequently some of the cattle become mired inthe mud along the streams where they graze, and then comes the hardest part of her work.’ She must rescue the cattle from their perilous position. | This she docs in true cowboy fashion by fastening a lariat to the horns of the cattle with the o} end of the rope securely fastened to the horn of her saddle. ‘Then a strong, steady pull by her pony draws the imprisoned cattle to a place of safety on dry ground. The young lady has been named the “Lady Cowboy” by the cow- boys in that section, She dresses in the fashion prevailing among the cowboys. She wears a wide-brimmed white felt hat, long gauntlet gloves, carries a lariat coiled about the horn of her saddle, is provided with branding irons and rides the wildest bronco on the range. She bas full charge of the cattie on ber father's ranch, —— oe Took Away Her Appetite. From the Indianapolis Jous Mr. Wickwire—‘How's to have azy dinner toda; Mrs. Wickwire—“I guess not. That women over the way has bought suche lovely new bonnet that ‘I just haven't got. bit of appe- is? Aren't we going +090 ‘The Exact Fucts. awyer—“You think, then, that your assail- ant attacked you with malice prepense Client—“I dunno, sah. He might ‘er had one o' dem kind 0° mallets, but de principal thing he used wor a razzer, sah.” : ses “Those Spinster girls remind me of eggs.” the inside of its shell while the soll 1s stead- ly decaying on the outer surface. the foreign week days, and 9:35 a.m, and 1:30 and 3:15 p.m. Sundeva Bound trin 6L—Advt “Eger.” “‘Lbay never look their age.”—From Life. Rev. Father A. -. Public's ‘The question of protection against contagious and infectious diseases has always been of the most vital importance. ‘Modern medicine lay stress net so-much on dis- infectants and deodorizers as on fortifying the body against discase germs. We all encounter every day disease germs enough to kil us; but while the bedy is robust we throw them off; {t's only when the system is sam clently weakened an:! depressed that these deadly germs gain lodgment and the power of doing harm. Rev. A. Ouellet, an excellent likeness of whom 1s Printed above, 1s one of the most popular and greatly respected priests in the lower provinces. His parish is in New Brunswick. Like thousands of others he tried the great mod- ern remedy first prescribed by Prof. Phelpsof Dart- mouth, the remedy that gives proper nourishment to ill-fed nerves; that procures the sleep that makes brain and nerves play their parts calmly and harmoniously; that drives the poison germs of | deep-seated disease from the blood; that gives tone | to the system, and consequent buoyancy of spirit | and happiness. He writes: “Of Paine’s celery compound Tecan speak from | CHINESE THRIFT. Even Nut Shells and Frutt Stones Are Put to Good Use. From the Journal of the Society of Arta, Nothing is wasted in China, The stones of various fruite and the eheils of nuts are cleaned, dried and carved into ornaments of the most graceful kind. Among the stones used are the olive, plum, peach and cherry, and of the shells the walnut and cocoanut. The stones are col- lected with care; each must exceed « certain standard of size, proportion, hardness and weight, They are dried slowly and at sucha heat as not to crack or sprout, and are then ready for the carver. The designer makes « rough outline of the future group or picture and hands it over to his boys or apprentices. ‘These work with great rapidity and soon block out the design, cutting through the hard lig- neous tissue, and then extract the kernel. A fecond treatment now takes place to dry the.in- terior of the shell, as well as to prevent the fine lining of the interior from undergoing decom- position. This completed the designer sketches & second outline and also indicatos by dais pen- cil or brush where the surface is to be manij ulated, made into leaf work or arabesque, or cut altogether away. The work is performed by the subordinates. asat first. The designer then does the finial ‘ug touches. after which the assistantsclean, polish and pil or wax the per- fected carving. ‘the stones are vold in this shape to quite a large extent, but more largely in other forms. Among these may be men- tioned buttons, wateh charms, sleeve links, ear- rings and brooches, and, when strung together, bracelets, anklets neckinces, watch chains, rosa- ries and official ornament. The price of a stone varies greatly with the workmanship and the fame of the carver. Some may be bought as low as 5d. apiece; others command as high as 86, and 186. each. The average price is is. 3d. a stone, with a handsome t for pur- chases in quantity. The carvings displaygreatvariety and beauty. One class represents bunches of | flower, leaves. in which pistils, stamens and tendrils are accurately execnted. Similar to those are fruiteand flowersand flowers and heaves. A second class is composed of carvings of birds, reptiles and bigber animals. The dragon, griffin, stork, horse, lidn, tiger, camel, elephant and bull are the favorite figures. A'canon in Chineve carving is to reproduce only those ani- mals which have been deified, and those men- tioned are about the only ones which have enjoved divine honors. A third class, and by far the most interesting, comprixes groups of human figures, representing scenes in history, poetry, mythology and the drama. The work- manship is often #0 fine as to be microscopic in its delicacy. In fact, the finishing touches are | made by the artist while using a magnifying glass of at least fifty diameters. On stones not over an inch in length along their major axis it is not uncommon to find eight, nine and ten characters in diffcrent attitudes and costumes, Unlike most phases of Chinese art, there is much regard paid to perspective and forsebort- ening. Some of these pieces might have been made by Hindoo or Italian artists, so free are they from local conventionalism. Nevertheless, in the main, conventionalism is all-prevailing. ‘Where Horses Wear Veils, From the National Issue. The oddest things to be seen in the streets of Colorado Springs ure horses decked with veils. We havo grown accustomed to the jaunty little hate worn by many horses in our towns to pro- tect them from the heat of tue sun. We can even see an umbrella fastened over their heads without surprise, but a veil gives to the noble beast @ dandyish look that is vory droll. —--~e of these veils, belonging to fino saddles, are more fringes of fine strips of iether that bang before the eyes; others afe pieces of mosquito netting drawn tightly badk and fastened like a Ouellet Speaks for the Benefit. experience. I had been laid up with fever and Theumatic gout from January 6 till the middie of June, hence my system was tearfully ron down. Iwas very thin and so feeble that for several Weeks I could not move along without help I then began to take Paine’s celery compound ac cording to prescription, and today Iam as feshy and strong as I was ten years ago. “I do not say that I am radically cured as yet of my gout, but the attacks are much less frequent, im fact, I have not been one single Gay prevented from attending to my usual work since that time I therefore take pleasure in certifying to the won derful efficacy of that marvellous medicine. “As a blood purifier it has no-equal, and its bene- ficial influence on the digestive system caanot be questioned. In view of the facts I do not hesitate to advise sick persons to give Paine’ celery com- pound a fair trial in the various ailments for which it is recommended.” Paine's celery compound is unquestionably the greatest remedy of modern times. It ts abreast of ‘the most recent medical thought and investigation concerning dyspepsia, billousness, liver complaint, neuralgia, rheumatisim, Kidney troubles and mere ous diseases. TACTICS OF GERMAN SOCIALISTs. volunteers for the whole day at the service of the party leaders. Even last evening they dis- tributed 100,000 pamphlets in Berlin. As proof of their admirable organization I may mention the following: Ilive in the second electoral district, the most hotly contested of the six in Berlin. ‘Here Prof. Virchow has to defend this seat, which in 1887, as well agin 1890, he only won at the seo- ‘ond ballot against the social democratic oandi- date, who headed the the and against the candidate of the Prof. Wagner. When night I found four social the door of my with the name of date thrust under received nothing from any of the other ‘Among the social democratic women were also represented. actly say that they wore the fairer and weaker canvassers. They devoted themselves to their tack with great devotion and zeal and did not fraternize with the whippers-in of the other parties. ‘The liberals and radicals, ns well as the con- servatives, bad raised # whole army of men, who endeavored to prevail upon the indifferent ‘ones with a persuasion which. in some instances, touched upon overcion. The radicals, whose stronghold was Berlin up to @ few years ago, possess, in the great number of radical clubs and associntions, « strong and lasting ‘organ- ization, around which new ephemeral or- ‘fanizations, on such an occasion as today, easily group themselves. The conservatives” task, however, was more difficult, and that perty must bave spent much money to carry on an extensive propaguada, ‘Among thore who supported the conserva- tives as Volunteers were many students of the university. At the cantral office of the party the portrait of the candidate. Prof. Wagner, was to be seen rictly draped, but the wi social democrats bac during the night pasted pamphlets on each side of the picture and «0 well that one could scarcely get them off again. 2 She Got Of Women who mest each other in street cars som to forgot straghtway that any one else is in existence. There were two of them ine Broadway car yesterday going down town. They had mot qnie accidentally and were mak- ing the most of tit accident. The space they ‘occupied would emily have accommodated four people, but theydid not know that, nor did ‘ther seem to care At 34th street a litte woman with « big bundb got into the car. She looked about. All the sats were occupied. She looked at the two who had somuch «psce, but they were so absorbec in conversation that she hed- tated about intewupting them. Evidently che decided not to for she steadied herself by « strap and stood. Exactly oppaite the two friends sat an elderly woman.erect, prim and severe. Her whole aspect vas uncompromising. In ber right hand she held a neatiy folded umbrella, She looked at tae two in conversation. then wt the timid one who held herself up by tho stray Her firm moutt grow a trifle firmer. She lifted ‘the umbreliaanl gave one of the talkers « smart slap on the sidcof her leg. The woman jomped and hastily capped her band on the where the blor fell. She looked at her assail- ant; the look *as a mixture of surprise and anger. “Set along ‘here,” commanded she of the “mbrella, “anc give that worn n seat.” ‘The injured me hesitated: “set along, T tell ve,” persintedthe arbiter. rained the umbrella te, I woman's nose veil; but the most stylish and altogether effective are of netting drawn over a hoop which holds it away from the eves, yet completely protects them. Those exaggerated Goggles give the gravest bors « waggieh look. be veils are not worn for fan ‘They are, indeed, a ster: neces: comfort, if nob even toe life, f the horse ¢ tions, has one plague—-the plague of flies. Flies of all sizes, from the least up to the enor- mous blue bottle, are everywhere. Most parts of his body the horse can himself protect if not deprived of his tail, but his eves he cannot, and these dolicats organs are special objects of at- tack by the fly tribe. It is the least « man can do to provide protecting veil for his most faithful servant. ———+e+-____ Additional Train to Chicago, via B. £0. R. BR. ‘To accommodate the largely increased travel to the world’s fair the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road, in addition to its presout three through trains, will place in daily service, commencing Sunday, July 9th, another express trai: to Chicago, leaving Washington at 8:40 p.m. and running via Pittsburg and Akron, Ohio. This from Baltimore and intermediate points to Chicago,— Ades mends it. Colorado, with all ite great attrac- | Prom Po-k. train will carry through Pullman sleoping cars [henz srzbberen! hit ye agi ‘and she threateningly. ‘Thon the unfailing feminine resort of injupd dignity came to the woman who bad been bit, She arose, saying: “Tbe lady can havemy sont,” and walked out of the car With the ar of = conquerer. The women with the-umbells looke? Cisappointed. Mard Lawor. Dusty Doliver find it bard work ter 7 Reert ‘es, awful hard. Most uv th’ boase: ala way beck frou th fonea.”