. j TTERS ° n
great l a k e s .
THE
- j f
F A S H IO N S
\ k i . v i . t b elts w ith c a b b a g e r o s e tte s
Officer T e lls W h a t t h e B r it is h
D e s t r u c t iv e W
ay.
1 >r ’ u«l »*> ‘n » i>‘’»tructlve
WRy-
W velvet and silk are fash io n ab le
. There isn't a c ity on th e n o rth e rn
A new evening w ra p o f v elv et is lined
" said C om m ander E v an s, U. S, ' and trim m ed w ith erm ine.
! % a t couldn't be easily an d q u ick ly
'fu r. trip le eape seems to be q u ite as
Str ived by E nglish g u n b o a ts, r h e po p u lar as ever, and th e wide, very full
Srlishhave fifty ships w hich c an com e ; p laited b e rth a will be a featu re of spring
¡j from the
the A tlan tic b y w a y of th e I costum es.
eDt route.
«resei»
I«“ -'- T - h - e y c a rry six ' a n d I
Kb vkt w ill be a s p opular fo r spring
H a n c h g u n s a n d c o u ld g o t o C love- w e a r tls i t hu8 bv
V .
. * “ *«
eght'
e n d u r in g th e past
for example, s ta n d off six m iles, w in ter. M any o f th e earlier sp rin g hats
so' far away th a t o nly th e ir sm oke- ! wiH be m ade en tirely of velvet.
• -kes world he visible, a n d ru in th e '
new costum e of black silk is made
mo in a very little w hile. A six-inch
io«n in
up w ith a rolled puff of reddish pink
throws one-hundred-pound projet! si.i< a t t.ie hem. Double sleeve puffs,
gnu
hies six miles and pum ps th e m o u t a t 'h e u p p er one of biee, the low er of pink
1, ratc of ten a m in u te .”
ibv. p in k revers and full sash com plete
•Hut couldn't we blow u p th e W ei ' he costum e.
land canal and th u s p re v e n t th e E n g lish
I', title few er veils are worn, th ere are
•unboats from g e ttin g th ro u g h th e
vet m any ladies w ho eliug to them.
lakes?" asked a Cleveland L e a d er m an.
The little veil of fine n et is indispdn-
••1 don't think we could.”
“The canal is less th a n tw en ty -sev en able to keep th e b an g in order: o th e r
wise th e h a ir wou ,1 blow about the face
miles long, and it h as tw e n ty -liv e locks.
in
th e m ost unbecom ing fashion.
Pmamite could be p u t u n d e r a lock,
couldn't it?”
“It could if th e C anadians w o uld le t
us" replied Evans. “ T h e re a re tw en -
tv-firc locks, th a t is tru e , b u t th e re is a
tort at everyone of them . M oreover,
the Canadian m ilitia is a lw a y s k e p t a t a
high degree of efficiency. F o u r o r five
rears ago I exam ined sev eral o f th e
forts on the W elland c an a l, a n d w ould
have seen them all if m y id e n tity h ad
remained unknow n. T h ey a re s tro n g
forts, and would be am ple p ro te c tio n to
the locks.”
‘The big steel fre ig h te rs on th e la k e s
multi be converted in to g u n b o a ts an d
could be made th e e q u al o f th e ships
sent against us.”
"So I have h e a rd .” re p lie d Com-
| mander Evans, w ith a sm ile. “ T h ere
kbs a time,” said he, “ w hen g u n s could
be put on almost an y k in d o f a vessel,
I but that was a lo n g w h ile ago. A big
I thirtecn -in ch gun, w hen tired, w ill lift
a battle-ship a foot o u t of th e w a te r.
That is an am azing fact, is n 't it? T h e
recoil of the m odern gu n is aw fu l. A
lii-inch gun if d isch arg ed from th e
decks of any vessel on th e la k es w ould
foover the side and to th e b o tto m , an d
the vessel would follow it. No, th e
steel freighters are s tro n g a n d sw ift,
hut they were n o t b u ilt to s ta n d up
rader the strain w hich even th e sm all-
s t guns in the navy w ould ’give them .
Asix-ineh rifle req u ires fifty p o u n d s of
pwder at a charge, a n d sh ip s w hich
carry guns of th a t size m u st be con
tracted to take th e recoil w ith o u t dam -
ag*. Ore, coal, g ra in an d lu m b e r ves-
•eis can’t do it.”
The new c u tte rs w hich C an ad a h as
,'dlt are one hundred an d tw en ty -fiv e
"'’d long, merely tu g s in size. Could
they carry guns?”
‘ertainly, if th ey w ere d esig n ed for
A lake tu g could s ta n d n o u n d e r
»«x-inch rifle if th a t w as th e purpose
«f Us builders.”
FO R A M E R IC A .
** 8f“r «Pangled B a n n er r o a s te d
M oorish H u n ters.
»»y
The author of "M orocco as I t Is” had,
R eader of his c arav a n , a m a n nam ed
s"'m‘ who styled h im self th e k h a lifa ,
*»econd in com m and. T h is m an h a d
Muall English vocab u lary , an d one
tyw rprised the tra v e le r w ith an un-
tlpecU'd display of b o rro w ed patriot*
inn.
J
The party had stopped in th e n ih lst
«1» bos i r hunt to ta k e lu n ch eo n , an d
>'i‘\ were s ittin g on th e m o u n ta in
'• " y rlooking th e sea, th e k h a lifa
m V 1? y
th e t o a s t of “ T h e
‘^ p a tig h 'd B an n e r.”
I ,, o '“ ,’r<ls ' Ve«'c h a rd ly o u t o f his
i
‘“ 'n h u n te rs and b e a te rs to th e
H .
o r K‘x ty. w ho w ere
alsm t h u n g rily w a itin g fo r th e
to th e ir fe e t
‘Hip, hip, h o o ra y l”
jjj '' p ' “ 'ii h a c c e n t o f th e w ords
u;,.?.
¿x'e“ rri,»ee a ll th e m ore
h‘‘n th e tra v e le r expressed
■ ,.s. r l H ' e Rt h e a rin g t h a t fa m ilia r
11 ,o re lffa lau d th e k h a lifa
•Wi.-d and said:
Stains .'’‘‘^J’hln t th e y s h o n t fo r th e
ms. L
I hey ftrv w K e 7 r **1
A m e r-
e b e fo r e
' o P ’S'*
, " lr f a t h e r s
lie »’
S
a political m is’tin g !”
^ .n '»c < xVpl!ne^ th a t, s ix ty y e a rs
\ .
' i‘k'ige had l»een ta k e n
•land • ' . *n n rotc‘cli<,u by th e con-
“ l *' had rem ain ed lo y a l ever
I
TALENTED TADPOLES.
Fr“g’
bjr *~W*Hhy Invalid u point a solid foundation for the b .s-
l*y Many Amuatng TrlnJn.
stone ledge over which the water* ,„mr
lor.n-e Horton has reached the height will lx» found. Two miles of » wearing
of sucec
under Idi S 1 the '• a,V ° f br*‘lging frogs 1^‘ k wiil make the foil* „.,!%• eighty
« o b lila persuasivi» control. He is » bs t in height, instead of one hundred
weakhy nivali,!, an,I ,1, rives great ami sixty, as nt present.
Pl ' .iMire from teaching his pets. The
corp
^respondent of the Philadelphia R os
.\- THE MOVEMENTS OF MARS.
! onl
l-.iin the other la ,v
I
..
.
,U u r uay ti ml A l ew Pol»* ,,f
\i„.u, , hr K i ( ( .
" ‘Blessed Ins unique frog , inns' u?..s-
.»r
W
sax
ln;' Bowu into the art ill, ini lake he > nv
The
diameter
of
Mars
in miles fe
; , d i'll:,
o t! ,tn
, •' tittered over
---- the h bottom
«bout
forty-two
hundred,
mo ihn
and wondered what they were for. Mr.
surface
is
about
three-tenth.
that of
Horton gave a shrill whistle, and simul
our
earth,
and
its
volume
aU»ut
taneously from every shell hopped out
a wg frog, who kicked itself to the seventh. I t . muss Unbent one-ninth of
the earth’s ma-vs, and Us demdtv *> m<
surface of the water. Alt Jumped to the
seven-tenth». Its gravity,.ay„ ¿ w rite r
smooth bunk and sat staring at their In
the Forum, is thirty eight on< hna
master. “ Attention!” shouted Mr. Hor- dnslths: th a t is, a kwiy weighing one
ton, and every leg was drawn close to hundred pounds on the earth would
the body a n d ’the action was taken.
weigh but thirtv-eight on Mars, It rvw
"Form in line” came next, and the t a le s on its u \ i , in t vs ,-i«t, f
}
well-trained amphibians formed In four thirty-seven minutes and twentv-thrvo
lines, with aa old giant at their head,
aotxmds that is, hi about thè sumo
who. Mr. Horton said, weighed six time as the earth; It Is flattened ut the
pounds and seven ounces, lie was pdes like tin* earth, and its equator i »
N A T U R E ’S FUNNY M OODS.
enormous and looked ns though lie hail inclinisi to Its ortdt just a» the earth's
A liv e cottonw ood tree wit h petrified dined on his weaker brethren for gen is, und by something like the s unti
erations.
roots is grow ing n e ar Atchison, R an.
amount. It receive* atsait three- »Cf*
At the word of command they per- enths as much of the sun’s light an i
A goose w ith th re e w ings is the
•hoiccst fowl in tlie iloek of Mrs. Sara- foimed all kinds of evolutions, every heat ns falls upon the earth. It AVIV
lel Lutz, of W orcester, M ontgomery leg kicking in perfect unison. Their to be certain, moreover, that the nlnion
movements were astonishing in num phere of Mars contains a considerable
jounty, Pa.
ber
and variety, and one might well amount of watery vapor. The re
H arrison SiiEiaen, of V alparaiso,
believe
Mr. Horton’s statem ent that it »earehes of M, tìengny show that the
ind., claim s to have found an elk horn
took
him
over ten years to get this se- tides on Man lime little to ilo with the
:n th e hollow of a tree w here he
sup
m ..up | k»et company into such perfect disci- change;. ot<s«*rved oil R j i.urfaee Theso
poses it to have, been for a iiim r ii j pijnc> Races were held after the drill
figures show, on the wlnde, n family
years o r more.
i and then followed a jumping con lil<ene*.s between Mam and the earth.
A n E nglish sparrow , u n d au n ted by test. At a given signal each frog in Mars 1« «oic lilerably smaller Ilian our
S an ta Claus finery scattered every turn Imped into the water and disap planet, bat it uppan ntly presents inuny
w here, flew in to a toy store a t Port peared.
analogies to it.
C arbon, l ‘a., and alighted upon an open
"W hat yon have seen my frogs do so
money draw er. The voracious bird far b very wonderful," sai l Mr. Hor
Vinvrlisii l.lg h i in lls ly .
seized a dim e and took w ings for the ton, "b u t their chief accomplishment
The l'est llglihsl city In Rampe is
outside world.
yon have not seen, or heard, 1 should Milan. A meri, an machinery only is
say. It is the wonder of every one ami employed in its twoeentrsl stations A
ASTRONOM Y.
| people have come miles to witness It. I cartons feature of the system of dlstri
S ome of th e stars move w ith a vel xiity Wait till dusk und then 1 will have them . tuition l-i th at the wires, In d. ad of tie-
perform.” At last dusk cam e, mid Mr. big eaivlisl on poles, are suspended fmro
of n early fifty miles a second.
the brocket* under lite eaves of the
A stronomers claim th a t there arc Horton took the reporter out to the houses
j
water's
edge
ami
gave
him
a
seat.
He
17,500,000 com ets in th e solar sy steri.
TllR strongest, telescope brings the then brought out a m iniature lined-
THE DOINGS OF ROYALTY.
moon to an a p p aren t distance of 100 elan’s stand ami nloeeil it near the edge
of t
■
. • • i j ii
• 4
miles.
I fro; ?'
I th- s I l a •
T he com et m edal of th e Astronouii- ,
'•
eal academ y of th e Pacific co ast 1 < > i-
been awarded- to Edw in Holmes, of ooiuui"; b ■ -•• •
London, E ng., for liin discovery of the frog had bei'ti seleetisl because of fils uiiclr.
'z * -
unexpected com et on November 0.
L
mi
'
iiioii
W
illiam
’
s
thri»t
mas
gift
to
line croak, am i there was a perfect seal;«
Queen
Victoria
eon»l*l«sl
of
a
Is’uutlfid
a m o n g the voices. The largest frog
sang thcileepcst iinss, und a little id - pholograplde album containing fn.ty
F u io m « it Fm lft nl.
low. alm ost a tadpole, sang a shrill so- three large views of the r e ally re
A serious fam ine prevails in Finland,
stored Nehlnosklrobe <»f W lltenlietg.
and advices from several sources state
I t was wonderful. Mr. Horton said
Ar the sugg.--tion of l.mpr. «
th a t a la rg e portion of the inhabitants th a t during the warm months th eir Frederick, the Brit Eh, llowmanlitn ami
of th u t c o u n try are perilously nottr voices were clearer anti sweeter than a t I’ruaalan royal fa tu I lies will give to
starv atio n .
Tw,o hundred thousand th is time of year. When the frog» I h >- Priue. M. Marie, of !Mlnlairgh, a* a wed
persons of a to ta l population of two gan to show signs ol weariness tln lr ding prewnt, a monweo frame ln. h*lng
m illion are en tire ly destitute, and be m aster gave t he signal to stop and all group pictures of the thn-e hotiaehohl»
fore th e w in te r ends it is expected that nought their home» a t the bottom of the
Till: king and queen of Italy have In-
o n e-fo u rth of th e wliolo num ber of in lake. Mr. Norton tells many stories of vlt«d Que n VI’L»rla to apeinl a few
h a b ita n ts w ill be in a s ’m ilar sad th e intelligence of his pets.
•lays with them at Rome daring her
p lig h t. T h e F in n s have hard work to
next visit to the eonllnenl. and, as tlie
m ake a liv in g a t th e best of times, In- NIAGARA FALLS WEARING OUT. sovereign of tircut Britain ha* frequent
cause of th e poor soil and rigorous cli
ly cxprewasl her de-ire to vialt the Iller*
Over nul ‘ By- If l <|»B<’ Bkely that the Invi
m ate. L a st sum m er tin* potato and C buiigM 1» III* S I i «,»«1 o i til* I
W liteh Hl* V. al*r» I’lHir.
rye crops w ere eith er destroyed or seri
tation will b" »eeeptisl
Formerly
the Canadian side of the
ously dam aged by constant night frosts
in .July, A ugust and Septem ber. Many N iagara fuEs w hs I '-shaped, which INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL,
d istric ts show n to be in g reat di dress caused the nume l!orsesh<s> fulls to I*
PltvJ»»Vl.trA*tA pr»bi-«-s nior* rlgar»
are now isolated by snow ami i c. :U1‘ given it. For the last ten or down than any other slate hi the anion.
in o th e rs th e in h a b ita n ts arc existing years according to the I’hilmlelphlu
J r Is e*tiu»ated that W.OOO varletlraof
on bread composed, largely or w holly
.................. .
g i , ..... ...... ............ I»«..-.
of bircii bark. T he Finnish senate has r.hnj»sl lush ml of l'-»hap»sl. B“
Ovr.lt tkw varieties of cotton »re said
voted several m illion m arks for the re being caused by the wearing »'• iv «• lo exlatr— «M» kn Asia ami Afri»’» »n«l "¿M
lief of th e sufferers, and a government th e ledge over which the waters pair. in Amcrl
com m ittee is try in g to cope w ith the o n Jnnuory 4. I**. « V ™ '
Tux receiving rcaervolr» of the ( r«>
distress . b u t it is said fu rth er help 1» m ent of rocka again tv .k pba-e. an t too »qmsbiet have a joint i aj«««Hy ‘»f
low the Canadian side of Bn-gr< a» eut
u rg e n tly noodo 1 by th e p " p h •
. n e t i- c'-aiu "llnr»c«h<ie I “ 11*
11 1,1*0,000,060 galh»na.
T ill lit arc two l»is»>«lr»*/l thonaaud men
.. ('n e a t Leave»" In L iglan d .
a p retty generally known that the
A new th in g lias arisen in the land. alls of N lngaraare moving to thew «nth. employed upm tin- tw enty-three Bum-
A t th e A uthor;,' club m onthly dinners. \ deep cu t through the aol <1 ro U marks huiui |«ujs-r . publi»l»« «l in Amerwa.
|x (ir. at Britain th- area • «'pi.d »»/
a fte r d in n e r ta k es place a function die course they have taken lu their l«m <•
w.ssl
liuuls wn»«.*M».000acrr» In 1*1.
Leaves,"
says
I
,ndon
called “ I ncut
m u d march.
. ,
ami It in r e s ^ i to 1,006.000 a m « Io
A
t
th
is
th
e
members
sit
about
It
i,
a
wonderful
excavation,
am»
>
’
i
Queen
th e room. tobacco, of course. U-ing pro- •anal dug out by the »hecr fojje of full- 1101.
inff w ater. Not less astonishing I*‘
hib ited . am i h e a r th e rem lingof
I t is e*tl nalcd th»t there »r* m.e
os y e t unpubliahod by th eir authors. It is X , . ; , ! . b u
million iiu.re orange trees in l«e»ri»g
understood th
th a a t t n no o one
— is to take »o < . . have been thoroughly pulverized an this year in California tb*« therw * 7 '
and th a t th e re is V) be nothing f » j sw ept ou t into Lake Ontario. <m.- lt last.'w hich vs ill g i v » in te r M » * »
Uted in aere»
w h atev er m a y b e remcinb t , 4. was tH lieved th a t the fall- wouhl u B- ineresa» than if It
lis h e d .
te
U»
A HM M strike of gold f rejswted
- 1
A ny breach of th is confidence might ,-mtelv wear back V« Lake Erie and de-
griffi
»fl
|e
in
the
Bramii
a
lea I to very serious results, including, gem rB«- Bib. a
have b*O® 1,1
rih <»f
hope/
- t l . » <■>'‘
seventy ad»*’»
T he latent idea is that the fall will n- th«- Color
the
Wporta
ft”*«
¿«Io
two
miles
farther
to
the
y
u
th
-
a g a in st an y paper which mi ,r h s > ,
I lag»taff. » T , and
ingssbo*
them
» the >an .It au placer ‘Hi
pu!,ii-h such a com m un.eauom U »* w ard owl Bu n stop; that b . *■•
it... b u k w a n l temieney L «oim rinsl to be rich also. _
q u i t e a ’ n..vel feature, and m m
____
..i.nllar
founded in T he eanceof tb b «Ul be Bi»t ut that
from a .. sim
ilar institution
in
the |M-ople
th e O M « . wlKr,-. I W J ^ o f h e K io r
have to pay f »«* Be
ir p a p r*
tb • a. Bur.'-i r. nd