Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1893, Page 19

12 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY. AUGUST 19. 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. ABOUT MATERIALS. Objections to the Wear of Chiffon and Bead Trimming. DICTATES OF FASHION, at LE eT How to Make Some Stylish and | Durable Costumes. —_ + ON THE BATHING BEACH. NEW YORK, August 18, 189%. VERY ONE should use judgment in se- lecting from the ma- terials the mad whirl of fashion casts up. Chiffon, for instance, needs to be consid- ered twice. It is very | lovely to look at and | very much the vogue, but chiffon catches | onto everything.Once tangled in a scarfpin | Se epee ae the chiffon gets away. with the pin, the pin gets away with the chiffon, or they won't either get away. Nets and laces are nearly as bad, but chiffon catches by a thread, and the thread pulls or crinkles the goods 1 the way up or down, which constitutes a special objection. Fluttery bows are pretty, and look nice fn @ breeze. but the loops have an awful ‘way of getting caught, too. Ruffles on the shoulders are pretty, and the rage, too, only don’t trim ‘them with dangly things or beading. A pretty micdel 4 that of the initial. Its material is a light shade of mousseline de laine having dark dots and garnished with faille in the Same shade as the dots. The skirt is lined with stik and trimmed about half way up gith three bias folds of faille. The short, ing Wear in Yellow and Black. round waist hooks in the center and the Piastron of draped mousseline comes over and fastens beneath the bretelles. The back 1s the same as the front, but, of course, has no plastron. The bretelles are tied om the shoulders with ribbon of the same shade. The sleeves are puffed with @ long tight cuff. An exquisite morning dress ts the sub- Jeet of the second sketch, and it is com- posed of yellow batiste crepe figured with black and trimmed with biack lace and Yellow ribbon. The skirt has three breadths and a di string at the top. It ts garnished with one flounce of tace and another of crepe with lace insertion, gath- ered to the skirt with a narrow head. T! Jacket is lined only in the waist, Yoke of black lace alike in back and front and finished by a band of yellow ribbon forming bows on the shoulder and is con- fined at the waist by a ribbon belt. The fronts are yathered to the yoke, and the Beck is tight fitting and laid in a deep box Pleat. The jacket hooks in the front, Where ft is garnished with a lace jabot, the same lace edgine the yoke and cross- ing around the bottom. The puffed sleeves have a lace frill. This is offered as a ma- tronly mode, so, though freely lace-beleck- ed, its representation here is not tlying in the face of the opening admonitions, those Being intended to advise younger readers. Fashionable Decept ‘The next toilet shown has a stylish dis- Ply of shoulder width. which ts nothing it display, for it really isn’t there, and it ts attained by covering the balloon sleeves with bead work epaulettes. They | are pretty and quite modish. For the rest this costume, the skirt is very wide and is made of biack silk. It is unlined and trimmed with a band of narrow black vel- Yet ribbon, forming a rosette at the side, 88 shown." The fronts of the black yelvet | Belice overlap each other and the Wning Rooks in the center. The veivet is draped over the back, showing no seams and as Hitde fullness ‘at the waist as possible. A Summer Clonk. Here is a way by which can make as Randsome a summer cloak a# any one can | have. It will not cost a great deal and .You can stick to it that it came from Paris. A ruche of white lace at the neck 4s sewed on a piece of white ribbon, the ends being left long enourh to tie. From this ribbon falls white fish net to your feet as full as vou can sew it on. You may Re fou> rows of shirring if you 1@ Just below the ruche so as to equalize the fall of the full more half-inch watered Of the cleak just ma: ember that the garment must hang perfectly even, and that means infinite patience in trim. Put three rows bh or around edge ming it around the foot. Measuring won't @o because the shoulders take up so much You must “try on” many times. But your cloak isn’t m: {t's just begun. A foun- dation of net is needed fo> a shoulder cape. More careful trying on and trimming, be- gause this, too, must hang an even length, front, back and sides. The foundation ts Tun on a yoke of chiffon or 1s just full from the neck. Ir can be quite separate from the long cloak and run on a piece of riboon. This second little cape should geme to about the hips and be covered with rufites of lace or chiffon. Each ruffle May be finished with a row of watered ribbon, or it will be pretty enough plain. If there ts a yoke (and if your neck is hort there had better be a yoke) the ruf- fles stop at the one that outlines the yoke, and that one ts very biz over the_shoul- ders. If there is no yoke the ruffles go Found and round to the one at the neck. | The short cloak is worn with the long ene. ‘The two look thus like one garment, and in white or black the effect is pro- Rouncedly modish. Pe-haps black is the better taste, with a great black lace hat and plumes or a wilderness of lace. A lit- te time. a lot of patience and lots of chiffon and ni Plish this The sim fourth et are all you need to accom- Paris” affair. ple and jaunty affatr of the Slustration ts composed of two fifteen inches In length. in mode-colored cloth in having @ pointed end which crosses over in front and fastens behind, after the style of a serpentine waist. Over these is the second shorter A .ouble Cape in Two Pari cape of Russian green cloth edged with tinsel passementerie. The collar is a piece of the green cjoth pleated. Plain Skirt and Elaborate Bodice. | The most noticeable feature of the last | example sketched is its very dressy jacket | front. It is made of heavy corded crepe and the skirt is lined with lavender sil and trimmed with four bias folds of black | velvet in different widths as shown. The inside of the skirt is finished with a pinked Tuffle of lavender silk. The tight fitting bod- ice has an inserted plastron in the back and jacket fronts over tight fronts of the same silk. The front has also a plastron of puffed yellow crepe de chine. Attached to the tight fitting fronts are wide revers | of black Velvet finished with lace epau- | lettes. A narrow velvet belt and standing | collar are of velvet. and the jacket fronts are faced with yellow silk. The slegves are trimmed with lace at the wrists. The most daring thing in bath suits,be- | side the girl, Is this, told in a whisper so | that you can do it and pretend you thought it up for yourself. You know how hard it | is to keep one’s stockings up in the surf. | Garters above the knee hurt or slip down, | garters below the knee allow the top of | the stocking to slip down and look us! and braces are hard to adjust by all wa but this. A long piece of élastic runs from the stocking top away up to the hip and | hore. At the hip, or rather the waist line, | it comes right through the suit and_ the | heavy belt worn, a hole being provided. | When it gets through it runs into a littl buckle,gold if you like, and this end of th glastic is bound with gold. Now, when you | feel _your stocking coming down you can | mereiy pull on the end at the belt and tighten up the buckle. - A KANSAS STATESMAN, Am Ex-Lieutenant Governor Who Has Some Breezy Characteristics. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Mr. P. P. Elder, who hails from Ottawa, Kan.. is known for his stubborn, uncouth opinions and his Caesarlike determination. | He assumes that the rest of the world is! plodding in utter darkness, while he alone is enlightened and of all men alone unfettered by ignorance. During the visit of Duke Alexis of Russia in this country Elder was leutenant xov- ernor of Kansas. While Alexis was in To- peka a banquet was tendered him, Over the main table the motto of the sta‘ “Ad astra per aspera,” was hung. Topeka society was strung to the highest tension to| impress the duke with its culture. During the feast Elder saw the eyes of the duke wander to the motto. “Duke,” said Eider in a loud tone, to the! horror of everybody present,“them words is Latin.” Elder was speaker of the house of repre- sentatives in Kansas when Windom and Gen. Sherman died in 1391. Windom died twenty-four hours before Sherman and the yulled half way flag on the state house was pi came of the great gen- down. aa the typ eral’s death the sergeant-at-arms rushed and asked Elder what he should do. “ Put the flag at half mast," said Elder. ‘But it is already at half mast for Win- explained the sergeant-at-arms. “Then pull it the rest of the way down, You goose, explained Elder petulanuy. It Was in the same legislature that Elder had trouble with the alliance chaplain, Thi individual always opened the work of law- making with a prayer. One particular morning he had fallen, asleep over in a corner. Elder wanted to begin busin: but the chaplain covld not be “Where's the chaj Finally he found fi orously and exciaim: be heard a block: ess in a hurry, found. lain?” he growled, ‘im. He shook him vig- med in a voice that could! “Get up there and do your | raying, you lunk h lank | Blank quick about fo so- WOMEN ARE THE OFFENDERS. Curious Collection of Articles Lost by Them in Dry Goods Stores. From the Chicago Tribune. All the large retail dry goods stores in the city maintain departments exclusively for | the purpose of looking after lost articles, | and one result is that It would be impossi- ble to make a dry goods man belleve that memory is the strongest part of a woman’ make-up. In a ledger—and it takes a big one—entry is made of every valuable article found in the store and sent to the “lost” department. The article is kept until called for, when it is checked off and restored to! the party proving property. two days in the city papers. ‘The number of handkerchiefs trought to | the “lost” desk of a big dry goods store in | the course of a year averages L0W or more. Gloves, fans, veils and spectacles are inet in abundance in the order named, while fifty parasols is a low average per day. All of this class of goods that remaias uncatied | for ts distributed among the various chal table institutions about Chriscnas time. The mid-<mmer “finds” inctade brand-new goods which have been cut, paid for and | left_om some counter. usually in a pile of | gabric, like laces, dress goods and embroid- | ‘The contents of these sarcei finds can- be enumerated without Ziving an inven- | tory of the notion stock. The cle is an umbrella of a box of corsets. Other parcels contain thread, toilet soap, Infants’ caps, bibs, aprons, ribbon, hosiery, lingerie, velvet, flannel and wool’ and Itnen coods, brushes, ete. Wraps and dress patterns, of- ten of @ costly kind, are found. Jus: after & spegial sale the “lost™ department is stocked with pocket books, purses. hand bags and handkerchiefs, with money tied In the corners. Strange as it may seem, less n 2 per cent of even these last named rticles are ever called for. AI! -irticlos ex- ceeding $19 In value are advertised and then kept a year. All “finds” of money books zo | lerks finding them at the expiration | f the ve: hes art nd in the course of a year. and from one to a dozen pieces of fine | jewelry. Many rings are found about the | wash basins. where they have been rem ed_for a moment. Other articles left—large quantities of | them nearly every day in the week—are lunch baskets. In every big retail store in the city the cash boys end packers depend | upon receiving from five to tifty lunehe which. when found. are after 2 o'clock turn. ed over to these employes to be devoured. a Reatiatic. From the Boston Home Journal. ‘Did you ever see a ghost?” ‘Onee. Were you scared?” “Was I scared? Was I? My false teeth were in a glass on a table three fet away from the bed, and they actually rattied so | loud they woke the neighbors.” ARMS AND SOLDIERS. Why the United States Soldier is Adopting New Weapons. EVOLUTION OF EQUIPMENT. From Now on He Will Use Smaller Bullets and Smokeless Powder. BRILLIANT MILITARY GARB. HE RECENT ADOP- tion of the Krag-Jor- gensen rifle for the army 1s only one step im the new military departure whicn this government is mak- ing, in imitation European nations. United States sokiiers in future will use re- volvers of 3 caliber, instead of the 43-cali- ber pattern employed hitherto. ‘They will exchange the old- fashioned heavy Lay- onet for the smaller knife bayonet. 'Phese and other improvements are chiefly for the purpose of rendering the iighting man’s equipment lighter, so that he may be able to carry the greatest possible quantity of ammunition. In these days of rapil-firing weapons the most !mportant object ia that the warrior shall be provided with the ut- most practicable number of cartridxes. With that end in view, even such triiting accouterments as buckles and belt piate are being made of less weight than former- ly. One advantage of the new rif! is that, the bullets being so much smaller, the cartridge belt wili hold 120 rounds, instead of the old time forty. ‘The War Department has secently com- piled a most interesting volume sh: the evolution of military eauipments in this country since the beginnig of the sov- ernment. People used frequently to apply for information as to what sort of costumes were worn by United States soldiers at o time or another, but knowledze on subject had not been preserved or coll: ‘This want has now been supplied by labor- fous study of all existing records, and plutes have been prepared in water-coirs, repre- senting all ranks of the army since !t tirst came into existence. It seems odd to learn that, at the beginning of the revolution, Congress, sitting in Philadelphia, sugested that each man enlisting should bring him a pair of leather leggings and a ‘hi ing shirt. These garments clothed muny companies of patriots. Congress also of- fered $2 to every volunteer who would fetch a good blanket, with the understanding that he was to have the privilege of taking it home with him at the termination of hos- tlities. Uniforms From France. It ts a familiar historical fact that the French king contributed, to ald the cause | of the struggling colonies, great quantities of supplies, which were to be paid for with cargoes of tobacco. Of these a part was in the shape of uniforms, which, being made abroad, had a ‘foreign picturesque- ness. The!r cut was stylish and the hats were cocked. In the early days of the gov ernment the expense of clothing the sol- diers was a serious drain on the national resources, and in 1783, for the sake of econ- omy, Gen. Washington ordered that the coats of the troops should. be turned. ‘In the same order he says: “It is expected ."" A few years later a sp order did away finally with the use of scar- Jet in American uniforms. Red uniforms were first adopted by the Emperor Valerius Maximus in order that the Roman soldiers might not be fright- ned by the sight of their own blood. To his day children in jand are told that his is the reason why French troops wear children are u red trousers, and French taught the same notion respecting the red coats of the British. The legtonaries of ancient Rome wore the skins of bears on the field of battle to maxe them look flerce. For the same reason they put figures of frightful beasts and birds on their shields and helmets. From this odd custom spring modern crests and armorial bearings. The idea of scaring the enemy by such devices has been perpetuated up to quite recent cimes. Tall bearskin hats were originally adopted, to make them look taller, by the | Freach ‘cuirassiers, each of whom carried a handful of hand grenades fog scattering among the ranks of the foe. Queer Customs Some of the military customs of a cen- tury ago seem quite absurd today. An or- | der issued from headquarters at Greenville, | in July, 1799, says: “The garrison duty men will parade for review tomorrow fresh shaven and well powdered.” At that time men used to powder their hair, for the greasing of w! regular intervals. United States infanuy soldiers in 1800 wore a uniform of dark blue with white facings, black cocked hats, and white worsted shoulder knots. In 1513 the “tar bucket” hats of glazed leather, with pompons of different colors, were in- troduced. ‘This style of hat, which resem- bled a tar bucket upside down, was retain- ed through the Mexican war. At the period of that conflict the regulation coat was a dark blue swaliow tail, with light blue trousers. It was not until 189 that round skirted frock coats came in, all ranks be- ing adorned with huge epaulettes. Epaulettes and Coa The evolution of the epaulette is rather curious. It is a survival of the shoulder piece of mediaeval armor. In the Middle Ages armor was worn only by knights and nobles, and carried with it the idea of rani. As it was laid aside part by part,the shoul- der piece was kept to the last as a protec- tion against sabre strokes. It gradually | grew smaller, until it dwindled to the pure- ly ornamental epaulette. Even in ‘this shape it is rapidly going out of use in Eu- Tope, and before long it will disappear en- tirely, because it marks out officers In bat- tle. On that account, during the late civil war, it was replaced with the sioulder strap, and the latter was commonly left off on the fleld. ‘Together with the round skirted crock coats, in 18 soft hats of black cloth came in for use by the army. This sort of 1 gear was looped up on the right side and fastened with an eagle of metal, while on the left side it was ornamented with one or more feathers. Cork helmets were int duced in 188), for use by the troops in he climates, such as that of Arizona. The he! met is a survival of the mediaeval head a mor, and the ordinary pattern worn United States soldiers is much the same shape as that adopted by the As 3.509 years ago. The main difference is that, instead of bronze, the material is new felt or cork. The famiitar horse hair plum was originally intended to turn a_ sabre stroke. for which purpose it is excellently adapted. The Sabre. The United States cavalry sabre is copied If no inquiry from the scimitar of the Saracens, which | 1s made within 2 week it is advertised fur was the most effective sword for cutting | ever devised. It will be remembered how, according to the story told in Sir Walter Scott's “Talisman,” the pagan Saladin chopped a soft cushion in two at one blow with such a weapon, to the amazement of Richard Coeur de Lion. With a straight sword one can make a hack or thrust, but to slice an adversary one must saw ‘with it. The scim! . being curved and wide Fa the end, slices by the icing. The kind of bayonet chiefly used by the feeral troops during the late war was the old triangular pattern. Sword-bayonets Were also employed on guns imp: rope. During the past rezulation bayonet has been of the “ram- rod” type—a hideous instrument, cylindri- eal and of the thickness of a ramrod, with a sharp screw point like that of a carpen- er’s bit. It is now to be replaced with the | special work for the Daily Breez” 1 knife bayonet. which somewhat resembles | “Ah!” said the Chicago editor, “I am giad | a buteher knife, 12 inches long, with one | to know you are one of us. Perhaps jou ie. it IS quite “as effective ‘and much | will consent to remain—* lighter than the ‘d bayonet. ‘The latter | “0, dear, no!” cried the southern man, is being dispensed with by most European | “Never! I’ only remain co do this special nations in favor of the knif. onet. The | work because the managing editor of the ayonet was oricinall ench inven- | Daily Breeze assures me he could tind no tion. In the early da rms sol- | other southern man capable of getting {t up Giers used to carry beth suns and pikes, | properly—and no one but a southern mah but the notion of attaching the pike to the gun in such a manner that both could be | Used at the same time was the beginning of the idea of the bayonet. The New Rifle, The caliber of the new rifle, with which of wing | ich tallow was served out at| ‘ted from | ten years the | if not killed outright, are far more likely to recover. In modern warfare the desire entertained is not to destroy the adversary, but to disable him. The new gun is to be used with a Ger- man smokeless powder until the War De- partment has succeeded in manufacturing ‘such an explosive to suit itself. With that end in view experiments are now being conducted at nkford, near Philadel- phia. The shape selected for the powder, when employed for large ordnance, re- sembles macaroni, which is bound in’ fag- gots. This form has been decided on as preferable to those chosen abroad, which variously look like sheets of yellowish pa- per, thick strings of India rubber, square | sticks in bundles like toothpicks and old- | fashioned molasses candy. Brilliant Military Garb. Soldiers’ costumes are now more gorgeous than ever before in the history of the world. The nations of Europe vie with each other in respect to the brilliancy of thelr martial garb. It is urged by military experts that the warrior ought to be vain. The udmira- tion of the ladies makes him fight better. Some of the most costly works of art of the middle ages are suits of armor. Relics of old armor are the gorget or throat piece and the culrass or chest plece, which are still used in Europe. Being intended no longer for use, but for ornament merel: they are made of thin steel, highly pol ished. The helmet strap formerly passed beneath the chin and held on the helmet. Now it dangles under the nose of the wea er, and is only retained because it is a piece of bright metal and glitters. ‘The primitive use of the sash now worn by the United States army officers was to carry its wearer when wounded off the field. Tt was formerly very wide, and each end of it was taken by a man. ‘The gold- braided cords called —“aiguillettes,” hang- ing across the chest of the military swell, were originally the equipment of the ald- de-camp, who suspended by them the tablet and pencil with which he made memoranda of messages given him to carry. The bu tons on the soldier's coat sleeve were firs put there by Frederick the Great to dl courage the practice of wiping the nose on the sleeve. The fashion was subsequently adopted by civilians, simply as a matter of imitation, and it is retained up to the pres- ent day, thanks to the tailors. The two buttons "at the back of a man’s coat are meant for attaching the sword belt, being @ survival of the time when every gentle- men wore a sword. The Soldier's Lot. Modern military policy regards the sol- ity and consideration. States army {s very different from what it was twenty-five years ago. Then but small attention was paid to his comfort. He slept in one of many rude bunks, which were built in tiers, and his knapsack served him for a pillow. ' His food was coarse and cook- ed in such fashion as he himself understood for preparing it. Now all these things are changed. This is easily seen by a visit to any army post, for example, that at Fort Myer, across the Potomac from Washing- ton. ‘There a comfortable looking group of big two-story buildings furnish quarters for two troops of cavalry. Two of these struct ures afford sleeping accommodations. Sn cot beds are arranged along the walls, witl a chest for clothing at the foot of each blanket-covered couch, and peeping out from beneath the latter a row of polished boots and shoes set in careful order with | the toes all one way. ‘Two other buildings are the dining halls for the soldiers. One man in each company serves for a month as cook for his mates, and each private must take his turn at this work. In time of war it is Important that every soldier should know how to cook. Uncie Sam provides all the food, which ts of the best quality and plentiful. In each hall 1s posted the bill of fare for the day. It is fairly luxurious. For example, it wili announce corn bread, bacon and coffee for tables and coffee or milk. The duties re- quired of the men are light, being nothing more severe than standing ‘guard, practic- ing marksmanship—for which prizes are given—drilling and grooming the horses. Zach troop has its own stable, and the last hour of the day 1s devoted to’ the animal: Each man has his particular horse, whic! is almost as much his own property as if It belonged to him. He takes entire care of it, and everything about the beast and its | trappings must be Kept spick and span. At 5 o'clock every afternoon any soldier can get a “pass” and go away In citizen's clothes, not returning untl the following morning. His Leisure. The soldier has plenty of leisure and the wherewithal to enjoy it without going be- yond the precincts of the fort. The men at Fort Myer have a club house, managed by the officers, for their express use and benefit. It includes a bar room, where nothing stronger than beer is sold, a res- taurant and a shop that keeps everything in stock imaginable. Whatever the men want in the way of little suppers and other spreads they can get to order at the “can- teen.” The entire concern is conducted cn @ co-operative basis, so that prices are | maintained atya minimum, Supplementary to the ‘club house are reading rooms, one for each troop, with books, newspapers and first-rate billiard tables. In short, the soldier ts taken care of and provided ‘for in every possible way. He receives an allowance of money for clothing so Mberal that he often saves $5) | @ Year out of it for himself by taking sod [care of what he wears. His pay is stm- | ply so much pocket money, which he can spend on candy if he likes, as he often does. Anybody who visits Chicago mer can find there the most. su military station in the world, whet the | soldiers enjoy an existence of exceptional | luxury, a chef being employed to cook | their food. enty-five years ago all sorts of very severe and sometimes outrageous punish- ments were inflicted on United States sol- diers when they misbehaved. They were made to wear the fool's cap, to walk about | the camp in a barrel, to carry a log, to ride a horse, which was nothing more than a plank with a sharp edge set vertienty on stilts, or to endure excructating agony by the process of tying up by the thumbs. Now all such penalties are done away with | demeanor meets with no worse reward than confinement in the guard house or depri- vation of privileges. The Old Horse Took an Inspiration and the Old Man Arranged for a Rest. From the Detroit Free Press, A couple of dark-faced foreigners were passing up Hastings street with a danc- ing bear, when an old colored ran came out of an alley driving a limpy old horse before a load of ashes. The horse n suoner Saw the bear than he made a shy and a | jump, turned the wagon over into the mud, |and after a few kines broke loose and ran | off. The driver was hurled into the mud | and buried under the ashes, but he soon | dug himself out and reached the sidewalk to demand of a pedestrian: “Now, den, who dun dat of wheel an’ upsot me?” “No one. Your horse was afraid of that My old hoss afeared?” es. id ‘he rare up on his hind legs?" es. n Yes. run into | shy an’ snort?” “Wall! Wall! Luck has sborely changed fur dis ole man! If dat ole hoss dun all dat, den Tl! put his value up to $0 ino’ an’ sot right down in de house an’ not do another stroke of work fur fo’ weeks!” —_—__+e+ Struck the Wron; From the Chicago Tribune. Such a thing rarely happens, but one misguided literary worker dees besin to lie to another he generally puts in his best licks. During one of the recent newspaper men’s excursions to Chicago the managing editor of a big Chicago daily met a south- ern editor at the Press Club with whom he was well pleased, and in the course of con- versation asked: Do you remain long in town?" will be kept here bout two weeks— i | Mai | would do It, you know. He wouid have me, pays me twenty a column-regular space Tate's five, you know “1 congratu’ {tor, smiling, aid the Chicago ed- uu will drop ina you are in tow ‘With pleasure.” said the s the knife bayonet is to go, is only 30-19) of | canst ad thes shocks nate eRthern BPE. an inch against the caliber of 4-101 of en |] find you?” - here will inch formerly used. This is an improve- At the Daily Breeze office,” replied the ment already adopted by most European armies. One reason why it is betier that the bullets go straichter, less resist- ence being offered to them by the air. Chicago man. “Iam the managing editor!” Handing the gasping southerner his curd he walked away, and as he passed down the stairs he heard a faint voice, with clear Kentucky accent, ery: | Thus there is great gain in accuracy of wor Gawire: pake, stab e markmanship, and the velocity of the pro- | watah!” wai whisky—no Jeetile is #0 far increased that It will kill Sie man at a distance of three miles. At one mile it will go through the bodies of four Too Polite, men in a row. The French have shooting at them. But p. and accuracy are not t! favor of the smaller bullets. e only points in ‘They more humane. Persons wounded by them, made sure of this by standing up dead men and enetrating power have the additional advantage of being much From the Indianapolis Journal ‘Ain't you workin’ now, Jim?" ‘Naw.’ I thanked a’ passenger who handed me his fare the other day, and a blamed spotter on board allowed from that that I was taking the fare fer my own use.”* dier as a person to be treated with human- * His lot in the United ; breakfast, and for dinner soup, beef, vege- | and, save in extraordinary instances, mis- | FOXES FOR MARKET. | The Industry of Raising Them on Alaskan Islands for Their Fur. CATS AND THEIR PELTS, The Breeding of Parrots, Sparrows, Frogs and Terrapins. A PROFITABLE BUSINESS. Written for The Evening Star. OR THE PURPOSE of perpetuating the fast-van‘sniag fur supply of Alaska cer- tain enterprising per- sons have gone into the business of breed- ing blue and black foxes on uninhabited islands along that cuest. When seals have been finally ex- terminated the world may still look to that region for some of the most valuable and beautiful pelts known. At wholesale prices the skin of a black fox is.now worth from $50 to $75; that of a blue fox is valued at from $15 to $20. There is money in the business refered to, inasmuch as the ani- mals multiply with astonishing rapidity. Under such conditions they have no ene- mies to contend against, and so their in- crease is unchecked. The breeding of blue foxes has already been made very successful on one of the Pribyloff seal islands—that of St. George— in Bering sea. Of their increase 10,000 have been killed and skinned for market. One advantage of this industry is that it in- volves no expense for the care or feeding of the animais. All that is required is to let loose a few pairs, and they will do the rest. However, it is very important that they shall not be interfered with during the season of reproduction. ‘Those of them which are taken must at all times be trap- ped and not shot. Thus they become ex- ceedingly tame in the course of a few gen- , erations. In the same region there are red, white and “cross” foxes. Skins of the last named variety, which is supposed to be a cross between the red and the black, are quoted at from $5 to $8 wholesale. The white and red pelts are worth only about $1 apiece, because, though they are very beau- Uful, ‘they are much more common and more easily obtainable. Black foxes are so rare as to be hard to procure for breeding purposes. | | . Asa Business. The breeding of blue foxes is a business regularly prosecuted on the Commander islands, in the western part of Bering sea, which belong to Russla and have the cnly fur-seal rookeries besides those of the Pribyloff group. When the explorer, Lering, | first landed on Bering island, which is the | larger of tl two isles referred wo, he | tovnd 4t fairly swarming with these four- footed beasts, They were so tame and fearless that they could not be driven aw \"Phey ate up hi y- provisons and even at-| | tempted to devour the men who were | helpless with scurvy. To get md of then bits of brush were tled to their tails end set afire. Great numbers were killed with clubs and all sorts of expedients were tried, but it was impossible to frighten them off. When Dr. Stejneger of the Smithsonian In- | stitution visited Bering island not long ago, for the purpose of obtaining a skeleton of the extinct Arctic sea-cow, he was anxious also to secure specimens’ of certain rare auks, which’ are washed ashore by storms, but the foxes were so quick to grab them that he could get but very few. ‘The na- tives there killed an average of 1.00) 1oxes annually. They are all trapped, the use of firearms not being permitted. White ones are eagerly hunted and destroyed, to pre- | vent them from contaminating the blue stock. Cat Pelts. Not long ago it was suggested that cats of the domesticated species might be profit- ably bred on tslands off the coast of Oregon, and possibly the plan may yet be carried into execution. The pelts of these animal fetch good prices in the fur market. A common cat skin {s worth 5 cents, a pure Maltese fetches 10 cents and a black is valued at 2% cents. Of course, they must be in good condition. Some grimaikins are ive warefare that their | hides become seriously damaged. The fur | of the sleek and well-fed household pussy is most available from the furrier’s point of view. Street cats are usually too rag- ed and coarse haired to be useful. The rench dye the skins very skillfully and thus transform the humble tabby into the regal ermine or other rare and costly fur. ‘The pure black, Maltese and tortotse sheli | are not dyed, but are made to serve in the natural colors. Rugs of selected tortoise j shell and Maitese are quite fashionable, and the best ones are far from cheap, The only use made of cat skins in this country is In the manufacture of carriage robes, | | but vast numbers are sent from the United | States to Europe, where they are made in- to coats, hats, rugs, dressing-gown linings | and various other garments. Small black Kittens, stuffed and fastened to scraps of red flannel, make pretty penwipers. The | supply of pelts is mainly contributed by professional fur collectors in different parts of the country, who shoot the animals, The | woods of New England are full of pussies, renning wild. A first-rate laprobe of cat= skin 1s worth from $40 to $0. Breeding Parrot An industry which invites the attention of enterprising Americans Is the breeding of parrots. Dr. Stejneger says that it would, be entirely practicable to propagate and rear them In hot houses. The best talkers among these birds are the gray African riety, with the red ‘They are very deli- cate, and make a risky stock for the im- porter. If one parrot in an invoice dies all of them may be expected to succumb almost | immeilately. It is suspected that the water in this country does not agree wi ‘They are worth from $10 to $12 and when trained they fetch almost any Price. They come from Liberia and Mon- rovia, where they are caught in great num- bers by the blacks. ‘The latter make a bus- iness of catching parrots, and have regu! parrot farms in their villages. At the breeding season the men, women and chil- dren scatter in the wilderness and rob | nests. ‘They wait until the young are near- \ly reaty to leave the nest. and then they take them. Trading vessels buy them in quantities and carry them to ports where steamers in the African trade stop for cargo. ‘Thus they are forwaried to Eurore. The talking powers of a par-ot depend to A great extent on its being taken in hand at a very early aze. This would be cne dvantage of rearing these birds in con- finement. Under such conditions also. it would be practicable to vastly improve the speaking faculty by mating the best talk- ers together for generations. Thus would be produced such feathered conve-sation- alists as are unknown up to date. It would certainiy be profitable to breed and raise the parrots known as Carolina parrokeets, ‘These are tare now and bring hich prices, though they used to be very common as far north as Pennsylvania and Mlinois, At present the few survivors are almost wholly confined to scattered localities in Florida and the Indian territory. They have been successfully bred in captivity. The green Australian parzokeets, of the sort used by strolling fortune tellers on the streets, are among the easiest of birds to rear. English Sparrows. It 1s alleged that English sparrows are bred on a considerable scale for sale as |reed birds and rice birds. Plucked and | strung, they look about the same, and their flavor is said to be not far inferior, Not long ago a writer published an account of @ successful sparrow farm in Maryland. According to his story the birds destroyed | the produce of his acres. To kill them by poison or shooting seemed useless, inas- much as, thelr numbers were constantly. augmented by new supplies propageted inthe cities, which” followed. the line of the railway, picking up droppings from the grain cars. Finally {t occurred to him to turn the affliction to a useful purpo: He covered the walls of an old barn inside | with partitioned boxes made in pigeon hole \fashion, each pigeon hole bie enough to | | accommodate one sparrow family. Each pigeon hole communicated with the outside of the building by a hole bored through the | wall, while its back was on a hinge, so that’ it could be opened and looked into from the Interior of the barn if desired. ‘There were 1,400 of these boxes in all and | nearly all of them were occupied by breed- ling birds within a short time after they | were completed. Food being plentiful they lost no time in taking possession of such convenient quarters. These birds will average five broods a season, with from four to seven in each brood.’ When protected and supplied with food in plenty the loss !s very small and the increase enormous. The person quoted claimed tothave sold 10,00 sparrows during the first summer to dealers, chiefly in Baltimore, at an average price of 15 cents a dozen. ‘The increase of stock was fully 20,000, but he took only half of them. The full-fledged young were invariably taken from the boxes, together with the parents, } i | | eval t in order that none might remain to tell the tale and give the This Was important because sparrows are of all feathered creatures the most intelligent, possibly excepting the crow. The outlay required for the plant was stated to be very small. Such a farm will quickly stock it- self, inasmuch as the sparrows are more numerous now in every state of the Union | east of the 100th meridian than all the | native birds put together. The Grunting Ox. It has been suggested that the yak, or | “grunting ox,” of Asia might be introduced | and bred advantageously in Alaska, sup- plementing the newly imported reindeer. | ‘This animal is to the nattves of Thibet what the reindeer is te the Laplander. It requires | no care worth mentioning and gets its own food, the herders only bringing it down in winter from the mountains to levels where the snow melts and pasturage Is accessible. Left to its own devices, it propagates 13 species rapidly. It seems to love the cold and to thrive in rough weather. It likes to bathe in frozen rivers and to lie in the snow. Its milk makes excellent butter—a merit which. reindeer milk has not. it Is an odd fact that many ancient Scandinavian gold medals, which have been come across by digging, bear the unmistakable representa- tion of the yak. This wor seem to indi-. cate that the ancestors of the people who now inhabit that region must have come from a part of Asia where the yak was. If so why did they not bring the yak with em’ at nigh Propagating Frogs. There are farms for the propagation of frogs in the Chesapeake region, To hatch and rear these batrachians is a ‘ery sun- ple matter. The spawm may be secured form any bit of water where bullfrogs dwell by searching with a lipper for the glutinous bunches of eggs that can be read- ily found in the shallows. Clare must be taken not to break the substaace which holds the eggs together. Put them wto a pai! and convey them to the hatching box, which should be two feet tong, tweive inches deep and eighteen mchos Wide, cov- ered on the bottom with tarred wire sleving twelve wires to the inch. Anchor the box in the gentle current of a stream and with- in a week or two the little strangers will make their appearance. After the poily- Wogs are thus hatched they inust be csrued loose in a pond that has veen prepare’ for their reception. They have -o be protected egainst fishes, snakes, lizarls and tirds. Around the pond a tight board fence ought to be built, to keep out all foes that walk or crawl "There should pe pienty of sft muck on the bottom for the frogs to he in | during the winter. Their increase ‘when :hus protected is enormous. ‘To raise them ought to be pro- | sleeves, THE COMBINATION GowN, Some Brilliant Coloring Displayed in the Gown of Two Materials. Ever since early spring a great deal of ripping, and cutting, and combining has been going on. Dresses that were freshly made up last summer were too good to cast off and too old-fashioned looking to wear as they were. Therefore all the clever art of the dressmaker was brought to bear upon making them accord with the ap- pearance of the new fashion plates. In many cases the material was insufficient to complete the gown and a foreign one was accordingly called upon to help along ‘the good work. Bright, contrasting shades in the same material, silk to match or contrast, velvet for revers, belt and trimmings, silk for ruffies and puffings ‘were all brought into effective play. At first it Was @ matter of expediency, finally it be- fitable considering what a great market demand there is for frogs. New York city | alone consumes 61,000 pounds of their lezs | annually, which retail for 30 cents a pound. | The legs’ are now sold canned. In Vienna | live frogs, fetched in batches of 30,000 to 40,000 from the country, are kept by deslers | in big holes In the ground five feet deep, | the mouths of which are covered witn | boards. In these pits the ereatares never become wholly torpid even during tne burd- est frosts. They get together in heaps and thus keep themselves vet by preventing poration, no water belug ever ,ut with them, . The Toothsome Terra: In two or three places along :he Chera- Peake terrapin of the pre:ious diamond- back variety are hatched and rearcd ja “crawls.” Such a “crawl” is simply an enclosure through which the udes ebb and flow. The bottom is of mud and zrass, and there is a convenient sand bank for the mother turtles to .ay their ees m. At breeding time the mamma wurtle scratch- es a shallow hole in the sund and de- posits from eight to twenty exes, which she covers up, and then goes hack 1) the water. Lest gulls and crows should scratch the exes up and eat them, nets are som spread over the nests. ‘Th hatched about September 1, main buried until spring. are packed in boxes with st get to be a few weeks old ani ure realy to ko into the water. They grow about ore inch a year, and at the erd of six yeurs are big enough to be called “counts” and | to sell at the highest market pr They are fed twice a week with crabs and fish, to fatten them. It is only very recently that the Gila mon- ster of Arizona has been recognized as a useful animal. Its skin ts utilized for mak- ing a fancy leather, which is very pretty, and costly. Why should not the barren land of that torrid territory be made serv- iceable in the production of creatures of this eccentric species, with a view to the eventual employment of their hides for card cases and reticules. The notion that their breath Is poisonous has been >xploded. Dr. Yarrow of Washington has injected their | alleged venom into rabbits and guinea pigs without any injurious effect upon the pro- posed victims. Dr. Stejneger says that the| monsters grow very slowly, vhich would be a drawback. As to assisting their propaga- tion by artifice, It is not even known as yet whether they lay eggs or bring forth their young alive. Capt. Bendire of the Smith-| sonian Institution dissected one female and found eight eggs inside of her, each one covered with a soft white skin) But may be they would have been hatched before being laid, as happens with many reptiles Not long ‘ago a batch of young ailicators was hatched from the exes by a patent Incubator in a window on 12th street, this city. It is commonly supposed that nothing In the way of animal life exists in the great Salt Lake, Utah, because the water con- | tains nearly 20 per cent of solids, with a trifle less than 16 per cent of actual salt. Nevertheless, certain, little crustaceans called “brine shrimps” are found there In such numbers as often to tint the water over wide areas. They are met with only on the surface; most of them are females, and they are Very prolific. They feed on the chrysalids of a small fly, the ephyd-a gracilis, These chrysalids sometimes collect on the shores in such quantities that their decomposition renders the air offensive for miles. The larvae of the insects live In the water. The brine shrimps may be captured in great quantities by means of a tow net with a fine mesh. Washed with fresh water and cooked they are said to be very pal- atable. The last report of the governor of Utah sucgests that it might be profitable to can them for market, inasmuch as they make up in numbers for what they lack in size. WITH VELY Lace is Displaced by Velvet om the Cooter Dayna. The lace trade has flourished this season long, assuredly. The summer girl has been above all things the luce girl and one views her through misty veilings and flouncings. It has lent a new charm to her—this shad- owy and cloudy drapery—which could not well be withstood. But once tn a while the laces must be discarded, when the breeze Plays somewhat louder than usual and When the waves rise in the anger of an August storm. Then it is that the girl delves into her trunk for warmer wraps a came a matter of fancy or style to make a costume up in two materials, often in start- ling contrast. ‘The costume shown is made up with a charming “ecossais” wool of fine texture. ‘The dress is planned for excursion use only and the coloring is peculiarly adapted to rough usage. The girl that will wear it is a bit of a hoyden and doesn’t like to be careful of her gown; she simply looks out for a good time. Therefore the vigogne of the skirt is a soft beige color and has no trimming but the bright band of plaid above the hem. The jacket is made wholly of the plaid, turning back from a shirt front of white batiste, over which a long blue silk tie hangs ‘loosely. Over the jacket, In front, hang coquilles of soft blue silk, which run arund the neck in a turn-down collar. A gathered blue belt knots at the side. iS THE GENTLE GIRL? WHERE 1 Has She Been Displaced by the Ag- gressive Young Business Woman? One hears and reads much about the gen- tleman who will keep his seat in crowded Street car and will not spend his vacation at the popular summer resorts, but what has become of the gentle girl, inquires the New York World. Where are those sweet, shy creatures who used to wear lawn dresses and Leghorn hats, who shrank from anything approaching the conspicnous, who “spoke low and sweet,” who were taught that sarcasm was rudeness and that a lady smiled but never laughed? What has become of biushing sixteen and all those dainty, quiet young women who would rather “be sweet” than smart? Has the gentle girl gone with the “huzzy,” the work basket and the tatting shuttle? The business girl is too sharp to be agree- able. Her motto seems to be to suspect everybody all the time. She has an I-know- Whai-you >e-up-to kind of manner; she says “How are you?” when you come into her presence and looks you straight in the eves Without the glimmer of a smile or a trace of embarrassment. She bosses the office boy and charwoman, the services of the janitor are commanded, not requested, and life from her point of view is too short to be wasted on politeness. The girls who show the least consideration for the saleswomen are the best customers; they have money but no manners. A clerk who has been in her present position since 1876 avoids wait- ing on pretty customers as much as bie, because of their insolence. In this house, which gives employment to about S$ women and girls, the clerks call them- selves “salesladies,”” and their colaborers, in the dressmaking and upholstery depart- ments, “shop girls.” So pronounced is the feeling of the “ladies” who sell goods against the girls who operate ~n suits, cor- sets, Wraps, mattresses an] carpets that they have ‘separate entrances girls, for reasons best known to themselves. do not put on as much style as the down: Stairs beauties, although siderably more money, their from $8 to $35 a week, white the averase salary for the saleswomen is Sl a day. Mer. Astor would bow to her lawiirexs If she met her in the street, while these “‘sales- ladies” would not stoop to notice a waist- finisher or a fitter. Perhaps nowhere is the incivility and rudeness of our young ‘women more remarkable than tn the street cars, and it makes little differeuce whether the pga ind come from normai collee, families in good circumstaaxs, hoxre-ng Schools, workshops or shopying ixtricts, the faces are cross looking, the muuner { aggressive, the voices are ehriil, the caze is steady and the gentle gicl ‘s couspinu- ous by her absence. oo How Marmalade ts Made. From the St. Jame#'s Gazette. The London makers {mport their own bitter oranges direct from S2ville, an¥ mto their factory are brought enougn oranges: to build an edifice as big as St. Paul's. Let us follow the course of an orange. It ripened by the river banks, Where, mask and moonlight aiding, Don Blas and Juan play thelr pranks, Dark donnas serenading. It is unrolled from its paper capsule ani carefully inspected to see that it is fectiy sound. It is then put in a box, which finds its way to another department. where the small black spot is removed. If rfectly clean it is dropped into one bas- et; if dirty, Into another, which goes to a new department to be washed. It then comes under the care of a g-rl, whose swle occupation fs to cut it in half ‘and arcp it in a basket, which is placed Wetore. a woman who sits in front of a little wooden cupboard, in which spins, et the rate of 1,500 revolutions a minute, a weodea rose, A large red arm, on which is tattooed I LOVE A. R., is put out, the half orangc fs Placed against the resé, and in a second the pulp and juice have disappeare’, and nothing but a clean cap of peel remains in the operator's hand. This is put ia 4 bas- ket with hundreds of others. They are folded in fours, so as to resemble a half- blown india-rubber ball, and thrast ito a hopper in another machine, where sharp circular knives spin around and ext them into innumerable rings, -vhich drop into a drawer beneath. While this is going cn the pulp and juice have been put into an- other machine which throws of the rips and pulp and sends the boiled juice into a large vat. The thin slit rings of peel are then steam boiled in tubs and added with The Black Dotted Batiste. than the cape of lace she has been wear- ing. At such times the warm touch of velvet ts welcome and the lighter garments send a faint shiver through her. A dress which is singularly well adapted to velvet trimming is the one produced above. The gown is a white batiste dotted with great and small black spots, that Produce a somewhat startling effect. The ruffles of the skirt are headed by a narrow but full ruche of black velvet. The bodice 1s a blouse, but square across the neck, where it stands up in a gathered heading, and is shirred in closely at the waist line, in a broad belt. Over the black velvet fichu falls; rather wide is it at the shoul- der, but narrows until it meets just below the waist and knots loosely. From there tt falls almost to the feet In broad ribbon bands. A tiny white hat is worn with the dress, with black aigrette and white velvet choux. ‘The puffed sleeves stop even before the elbow. Substantially Unc From the Chicago Tribune. Rivers—“There’s that. graceless young Caxby again. Marrying a wealthy widow @oesn’t seem to have made much change tn im. Panks—“Not a bit. She never trusts hia with any. sugar to the sirup, which ts wheeled off to the boiling room, ‘and in some seven min- utes a ton and a half of narinclaje ts be- ing emptied by strong arms and big cans into thousands of pots, tumblers, teapots, custard glasses, butter dishes, telly mcids and some fifty other fancy forms in which the middie class housekeeper lkes to be served. These are fitted Into trays, are piled on lorries and are sent the next floor, where they are that fs to say, have the little brandy-dinped healing put in the neck, the veretatle parchment cover tied round the top, and the labels stuck on. When all this has been done by several hands, any spare marmalade which has deen spilled is washed off the jars, ant they are wrapped and sealed in covers and gent away across the bridge on trolleys to be packed in the warehouse. It is rather in- teresting, though a Ittle late, to note that so pervect is the system that at the very time a crateful of oranges fs being unpack- ed the jars which will contain the marma- Jade they make are being sorted out,wasbed, dried and dispatched on trays and trolleys through various departments, so as to meet the marmalade at a certain’ point as soon as it is boiled. This is the history of how an orange becomes a spoonful of marma- lade. +0 —- Why He Never Has No Luck. From the Boston Herald. ‘Two women were discussing the question of tips to waiters in a cafe the other day, one maintaining that the wages of walters were pay enough and wondering how much the men got in fees. Their walter, a very good natured colored man, stood ‘by, and the woman said: “I'm going to ask him.” So she said to him: ‘Say, John, how much do you men get a day in’ fees? ‘The reply came at once: ‘See that boy over there! Well, he makes a piie. He has luck, he lias. Always gets big fees, He gets men to his table. J never bas no luck. I always bas women.” oa eos BOSE IN HARD LUCK. ‘The Made the Mistake of Not ing it Was Loaded. From the Lewisto. Journal. A sample rat trap was in Gerrish’s drug Store in Lewiston a few days ago waiting for @ customer. It was a new-fangled rat ‘trap, which some one had ieft there for fum or sale, or to be called for. i ge the clerk. “Snap!” The dog had stopped sudderiy, had shaken his head and the trap had been | & big dog came in with a litte girl, versa, although the dog was bigger | girl. The little «irl bought some~ | the proprietor was tying up the While the dog went prowling around, after the manner of dogs, and was a moment forgot. “Whoop Rip. , B-B-Be |-yi-yi,” out came 4 with about seven inches of tongue protruding, to which dangled a rat trap, full size, hancing “light dysame hop. "You have seen s dog fight shop. You have seen a with eleven dogs in it? No? Well, maybe you have seen @ rooster with inis head cut oft: No? Then you haven't any ‘dea. the is dog up the drug store. "hy, he fairly owned it. Over the 20xes, in a Into the back shop, kicking up his heels until the Gust flew, knocking over cases of last year’s alms 8, Calliope, ‘clanking like ‘threshing 19 chine. about two minutes they gave him full swing. ‘The clerk tried to corner him, but it was no use. “Bothe! Bothe,” cried the little girl, but Bose didn’t know her. He regarded her a an utter stranger. He had a nearer and closer attachment than any mere family af- fair. He had too much business to both: with little girls. He was too much “in i to waste his time in responding to mere friendly calls. Twice he dashed at. the door, but it was shut, and the @an’t want to lose the trap. “He'll run a week,” said a man who was climbing into @ chair, in order to give the ‘more room. “Chloroform thim.” said the man from behind the soda fountain. “Give him a dose of fly powder,” shouted }fung three feet away, taking with it a ainty morsel of his tongue. “Poor Rothe,” said the Hiitle girl. as she opened the door, but Pose never even wee. ged his tail, as with one despairing lock the inside of the store, so that he could re- member it next time, he fied like a wid, whooping demontac witch on a broomstick down Lisbon street. And he may be going THE AMERICAN “DRUMMER” Chilé of the Bagman of Former Years, ut Greater Than His Parent. From the Kanaas City Star. The commercial traveler of the United States tllustrates the growth and exten- sion and improvement and elevation of the world and humanity. Genealogically, he is descended from the bagman of the last century, who figures in so many good Stories; he who first traveled on horseback selling goods by sample, as distinguished from the peddler who sold the articles them- selves. The bagman, deriving his title from his saddlebags, represented the extension ; of commerce and the growth of manu- factures. He effected the direct connec- tion between the wholesaler and the re- tailer, between the port and the interior, between the centers of commerce and man- ufactures and the widespread country. He was the ambassador, the missionary of trade. With the coming of ratiroads aud Stcamboats the horseback traveler and bis saddlebags gradually disappeared, and_so the name an went out of use. The original labors of this disseminator of trade were greatly increased in this country, and from the fact that his business was to vig- crously solicit business with an enerzy ike that of the “alarming drum” came the ap- pellation “arunmer,"scill in use, but with the increasing magnitude and, as may be said, the increasing dignity of his tions’ came a yet more comprehensive des- ation, and the an of old became the commercial traveler of today, as much Sreater than his commercial ancestor as & locomotive is in power than 9 horse, and az, the colonsal sample trunk of the ine; eenth centu: to the saddiebage of ——. rf commercial traveler, musterin thousands, Is now a great factor and fer. agents, its “stumpers,” solicitors and ora- tors. The spirit of organization which éis- Unguishes the century has reached the enm- mercial travelers. form a great so- ciety and they have divided and f= direct! directly Ing, they have directly and tn: lated lines and facilities of travel. railroad line has felt their tnfluen they have raised the hotel standar: country. The commercial traveler, American citizen and usually a. Cessarily a poli clan, and it control elections (and he has to do that) he becomes a how en croton Soing. He among people and becomes man;” he is an authority on and ‘questions; he connects munities, fosters the exchange carries the news and fosters the hood of man. recu- Fy ee, 1 of Wonderful Journey of a Snake. From the Benton Argus. It is evident that the champion snake Story of the season has been and its truthfulness is vouched A. J. Knouse went to mill engine, located about low Cambra, a snake over @ foot long lighted, whereupon iis aeakechie ited, through the flues of the boiler base of the smokestack. Here and smoke drove it into the exhaust pipe. It then gine and on through the cut the cylinder. When the steai Sraste-cock badly ‘burned. ut waste-cocl still wriggling. Alexander J. clares that during all the years be — nothing of the ever before,neither bas he ever heard The snake certainiy took the through the boller and engine that, the least chance to prolong its life, but not proof against the hot ‘which forced it out of the waste-cock at tom of the % Political Item. From Texas Siftines. It ts alleged that quite « number of demo- crats who did not even vote for the ticket are applying to Cleveland for office. Possibly they reason as did a very unrelie~ ble old darkey down in Texas. After fivcandiiate and eld) ee ful cat ie 3 “Boss, I wants yer ter len’ me forty Gol- lars fur services ren’ered you durim’ Ge eleckershun.”” “But you worked and voted for the other ticket.” “Dat's jess hit, boss. I'se so unpopular aat 1 had worked fer yer side yer would hab ‘been beaten two ter one. A pos’ ——__+0-+__—_— ‘will suit me, boss.” So Fortunate. sep — graye age “What a wise ft is which decrees that Js In @ new song the 8 a3 i i gE lies g “Aa(s) ine Kacking Gies”