AN INCIDENT AT SEA.
Commotion Caused by the Arrival or a Tta
ljr In the Steerage.
Somottmos on board an Atlantio
toamor an incldunt occurs which causes
touman sympathy to brldgo for an In
stant tho gulf botwocn tho first cabin
and tho steerage. As whon, for In
stanco, on tho first day of May a young
tnarrlcd woman In tho stoorago bocamo
tho mothor of a tiny girl, and In mid
ocean tho passongor total was suddonly
Increased by one.
Grpat was tho oxcltomont among tho
chlldron in tho first cabin whon thoy
hoard thoro was a now baby in tho steer
age. "It's such a long way for an angol to
fly without resting," oxclalmcd Phyllis,
uged six, to Lillian, aged four, "that
Whoy don't often bring them to ships.
But I s'sposo ho just folt liko coming, it
was such a lovoly moonlight night."
"I wish tho angol had lining it to
mo," whimporod Lillian. "I hoard tho
doctor toll mamma that tho mothor who
got it was only a llttlo girl."
"Don't cry, Lillian," says Phyllis.
"You know Polly, our stewardess?
"Well, 8ho says it's awful pink, and
thoy'ro going to call It Mayflower. Isn't
that nico?"
"Oh, myi" says Lillian. "Lot's got a
lot of presents, and go ask tho govorn
csa if sho won't borrow it and lot us bap
tizo it"
Tho baptism Is postponed, but pres
ents arrived, and from all quarters.
'Flannols, wine, bonbons and toys find
tho mothor and child in tho stoorago
(hospital. Tho toys aro porhaps a llttlo
ipromaturo for a miss just thrco days old.
3Jut tho children who send them refused
to'bo denied tho pleasuro of giving, and
tho prudent grandmother carefully puts
them away against tho timo whon thoy
will bo needed.
Tho hospital nurse, a comely young
woman in a neat black dross, crisp
apron and dainty laco cap, holds tho llt
tlo ml to 'on tho pillow by tho proud
joung mothor whllo tho ship rolls nnd
tosses, and tho artist, braced against
tho doorway, sketches tho sympathetic
llttlo group for Harpor's Weekly. Tho
liospital is neat' and ship-shapo, but
-very small. Whllo tho artist sketchos,
tho happy father and doting grand
another stand outsido, and vainly try to
modorato tholr dolightod smiles. They
aro all going to visit tho old homo in
Scotland, and tho grandmother oxplains
that although llttlo Mayflowor "Is a wee
hit balrnio boo, sho'll ayo bo blggor
coomin' hack." Minnio lluchanan Good
man, In Harpor's Wookly.
a lbatrossskTn.
It llorcllkr Smoothness nnd l'urlty Can
Not He Excelled.
Tho most valuablo part of tho alba
tross, howovor. is its plumago. Tho
Hock, breast and holly aro snow whito,
shading delicatoly into gray and dusky
lirown lit tho sides and back, and tho
ifoathors aro so curled and elastic that
tho skin with tho plumago on is an inch
or an inch and a half thick. No finer
matorial can bo got for muffs, cuffs, col
larettes, capos or tho trimming or lin
ing of cloaks and rohos. It Is very light,
yot exceedingly warm, whllo for ap
ponrnnco its dovollko smoothness and
purity can not bo oxcolled. It has tho
advantage, too, of bolng very durable,
tho natural oil of tho bird prosorvlnf
tho skin and features for many years,
whllo tho characteristic musky odor is
oaslly overcome by camphor. It Is a
wonder that some onterprlslng furrier
or modlsto does not set tho fashion of
wearing albatross plumago and send to
Antipodes or Crozot's for a season's sup
ply. Thoro would be money In It, not
only by its novelty, but by Its useful
jioss. At tho same time, 1 hopo it will
not bo done, because if oncu tho skin of
tho albatross acquired a commercial
value and tho ruthloss hand of fashion
wero laid on its. smooth white nook, tho
ipoorlilrd would soon bo driven from Its
oooludod haunts and might even bo la
danger of extermination.
May tho day bo far distant whon tho
trador shall Invado tho home of tho nl
Tmtross or tho pot-htintor disturb Its an
ciont, solitary reign. Forest and
iStream.
A Clever I'Vmiilit Lobbyist.
A sensation in society circles at Wash
ington has been made by tho dlselosuro
of tho fact that a widow of a certain
farmer otllclul of high rank who camo to
tho city last fall, and, renting a hand
some mansion, entertained extravagant
ly all winter, lias been In tho pay of tho
Alaska Seal Fur Company as a lobbyist.
Tho contract of that company with tho
iovot nment for a monoply of tho seal
fisheries expired last winter, and, ail
will bo remembered, was renewed for
another twenty years after an aotlvo
light. Tho lady in question was form
erly a social lender of groat popularity,
but upon tho death of her husband dis
appeared and has boon living in com
parative poverty in Uio West, Thoro
was much curiosity as to tho source of
hor income, and it was supposed her
moans wero btiiull, and thoso who at
tondod hor reception and ato her din
nors wont homo wondering how they
woro paid for. Now thoy know. Hut
lior lobbying has been dono very quietly
and without detection, and now that tho
objoot has been gained sho has folded
hor tents, llku tho Arabs, and silently
stolon away.
Out of tlltl Uslllll Hun.
Oswogo County, N. Y., is noted for
both tho longevity and frultfulnoss
of Its people. Tho present census,
which has just huen completed, shows
that in tho llttlo town of Parish, within
u, radius of seventy miles live thlrtoen
families which contain an aggregato of
205 ohlldrun. Thoy aro apportlouud us
follows:
Same. A'o.
Jonathan Attaint - ..18
Jhcou Ketlum .14
John Kollum ......U
David Hilton ..1J
Kheil Urowu ,
Jamo Adams - ...M
Jotluh Colo.,... .............11
John I'hiillpt w - . 14
Oliver lilllliiB..M ..-...,-.-.....11
J timet llruwn.,,, .......... .... mm............... 10
William Tyler..- .,,.. M. 5
Ataot Tyler. ... ., I
'miomftt Toil l! si
Ylth tho excoption of Thoinas Todd,
who has twonty.nlno ollvo branches to
Vis credit, nouu of these men havo hnd
ore than ono wifu. Todd bus hud two.
MISCELLANEOUS.
California fruits aro "shlppod in largo
quantities to England, whoro thoy aro
Tery popular.
Ono of tho curiosities found by tho
census enumerators in Madison County,
Ooorgla, is a boy nino years old who has
nover boon given a name by his paronts.
Proprietor of county' hotel (to serv
ant) "A stranger has arrivod. Mako a
flro in No. 14." Servant "A big flro,
sir?" Proprietor "No, ho is a llttlo
bit of a fellow."
If thoro is any thing that oxceods
all olso for appalllngncss It is tho situa
tion of a man who gets caught in a rain
storm in a flannel shirt that is alroady
too tight for him. Washington Post.
At Chisamba. Africa, tho young poo
plo havo asked the missionary to ralso
a flag Saturday evenings, that thoy
may know that the next day is Sunday
and como to tho meetings.
A wild westerner attended church
In Winnlgep, Manitoba, for tho first
time in twonty years, and during tho
service lit a pipe and enjoyed a smoko.
Ho was fined SlOfor disturbing worship.
A Now York woman who is suing
for a divorco because of failuro to pro
vido stated that whon hor olght chlldron
woro in need of shoos hor husband sent
hor a basket of flowors and a lot of his
own poetry.
"Ever had a cyclono horo?" asked a
Kansas man who was visiting a country
aunt In tho East. "O, yos," said his
aunt. "Deacon Brown's son brought
ono from Boston a spell ago; but, law,
ho couldn't rldo it. Tumbled oil every
timo ho triod." Golden Days.
An obliging clorgyman in Aroos
took, Mo., was lately called upon by a
loving young couplo who woro desirous
of going to housokooplng. Tho clorgy
man married them, and then thought of
asking their ages. Tho brldo is fourteen
and tho groom ono year older.
Tho first steam vossol which sailed
on tho Mississippi was in 1810, and tho
ontorprlso was considered extraordin
ary, in 18211 tho steam navigation on
tho rlvor had so improved in respect to
facility and quickness that flfty-ono
boats, of 28,910 tons, woro omployod.
Tho two hotels which Waldorf Astor
has decided to build in Now York aro
not intended for transient guests, but
for rich famillos, such as can afford to
pay S.1,000 to S5.000 a yoar for a suito
of rooms and board, and It is boliovod
that thoro aro onough of this class to
fill both housos.
A woll-known London lady of rank
has just had a pair of ton-button gloves
mado in which each button is a dia
mond. Tho pair cost $200. Gontlomon
In London aro now woarlng mousquo
talro gloves which go highor than tho
elbow.
"Tho kola nut, of which a gooddoal
has been said latoly," wrltos tho Lon
don corrospondont of tho Manchester
Guardian, "is rapidly lncroaslng In
favor as an indlsponsablo adjunot to a I
traveler's kit. Tho.Fronch Alpino Club
havo just adopted it as a stimulant anil .
nutriont In their mountain-climbing ex
peditions." An athlotio Cuban negro, about
thirty years of ago, escaped tho other
night in Hoston from a strong coll in
polico hoadquartors. Reaching botwoon
tho bars of his door ho pried olf tho faco
of a hugo padlook with a caso knlfo and i
tho wire handle of a buckot, pushod
back tho bolt and oponod tho door. Ho
got through a corridor window to tho
top of a shed, dropped to tho ground,
climbed a fonco or two and was olf for
parts unknown.
Two Cincinnati womon thought thoy
would make a fortuno by oponlng a res
taurant and hanging out a sign '-'Homo
Cooking Hero." Hut tho patronago was
so poor that thoy woro threatonod with
bankruptcy, whon a rocontly-marriod
man advised them to ohango tho sign so
as to road "No Homo Cooking Horo."
Thoy aro now doing a rushing business,
and will soon rotlro with a fortuno.
A police otllcor of this city has do
vised an Ingenious modo of signaling for
tho patrol wagon. Ho has a brass plato
llxod in the ond of his club, having an I
oponlng of suitable shape to corrospond
with and not as a koy or wronoh to turn (
tho lovor that sonds in tho alarm. This
oponlng also sorves as a mouth-pieco to
a whistle set in the base of tho club.
This is a most practical device, for tho
Bubjocts of arrests aro, as a rule, nolthor
obliging nor amiable, and cortalnly not
pronu to remain peacoful and inaotivo I
whllo an otllcor Is oxtraotlng his keys
from his pookot to sond In an nlarm. ,
Chicago Nows. i
Thunder-storm loro Is thus mado
plain by tho Cincinnati Enquirer: If you
can count three slowly that Is, ono
count to tho soound botwoon tho flash
of lightning and tho poal of .thunder,
you may know that destruction has not
boon wrought in your own locality. Tho
llnsh and tho crash aro roally simultane
ous, only the light of tho former travels
m;oh moro swiftly than tho sound of
tho latter. If it takes three sooonds for
tho noise of tho thunder to roach you,
then tho storm Is 8,970 foot two-thirds
of a mllo away. Hut whon tho Hash
and tho poal come close together, then
shako yourself to see If you aro hit.
Women Who Draw Mou'a Salaries.
Tho writer was In a down-town busl
nossotllco talking to tho cashlor. Threo 1
womon camo in, were handed envelopes
containing money, and dopartcd. "Thoy
aro not employes," said tho cashlor in
answor to a question. "Thoy aro tho
wives and daughters of men who aro In
our employ. Why do tho womon draw 1
tho men's pay? In ono caso tho woman
draws It because shu wants to; because
she is tho boss and hor husband doesn't
dare say his soul is his own, Tho other
cases aro different. Tho womon get tho
pay in thoso cases at the request of tho
om ploy oh, who admit if thoy got tholr
hands on money thoy could not resist
tho tomptatlon to gamble it away, Thoy
sro follows who dosorvo to do hotter,
hut thoy oau not, so thoy say, overcount
tho disease Thoro is uuothor man
working hero who has enough money
withhold from his pay ovory wook to
koop him on good tortus with his land
lady, who comus regularly for tho sti
pend. You see thoso follows aro honuat
Thoy want to pay thulr way, but so
monoy-niad aro thoy that thoy can not
bo trusted with a doUar," Chicago
Tribune.
I HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES.
Whenever you soo a rat hole pour a
llttlo tar in It Tho rats will not come
near It.
Pickled Spring Chickens. Holl stx
young oh ckons until dono; pick tho
meat from tho hones and put in a stono
jar; pour in a pint of tho liquor In which
thoy wero boiled, with a pint of strong
vinegar, a dozen popper-corns, a blado
of maco, a dozon clovos, and a dozen
allspice. Cover and sot away for tnroo
or four dcys.
Sausago Patties. Ono cupful sour
milk, ono egg, a spoonful each of salt
and soda, and flour to roll out Cut out
pieces tho slzo of a bowl; placo a flat
pleco of sausago In each and pinch tho
paste over it Placo on a plato in tho
stoatnor and steam ono hour. Sorvo
with mashed potatoes and applo sauce.
Western Rural.
Creolo Pudding. Heat eight oggs
with half a pound of sugar, half a
pound of butter and tho juico of ono
lemon. Lino a doop dish with puff
paste, cover with qulnco preserves,
pour over a little of the mixture, lay on
moro prosorves, then moro of tho mix
ture, and preserves. Hako and oat with
sauce. Ladles' Homo Journal.
Acids as Food. Fruit acids aro
wholesomo, but acids which aro tho re
sult of decomposition, as vinegar, for
instance, aro very unwholesome. Fruit
acids aro sort of poptogons or appotlzors
and as such sorvo an excellent purpose;
still ono can live entirely without acids
of any kind and not suilor if tho food
takon bo of propor quality. Dr. J. H.
Kollogg.
Ono Way to Cleanso a Carpet
Having dusted and removed such ar
ticles as can bo carriod from tho room,
wring a flannel mop out of hot water
and wipo tho. carpot thoroughly, wring
ing tho mop from clean wator as often
as it may become soiled. Now, swoop
with a broom, as you ordinarily would,
and whon you havo finished you will
havo a bright, clean carpot with llttlo
or no dust, and all at the oxponso of a
vory llttlo hard labor. Thoso who havo
not tried this mohtodaro sceptical about
Its merits; but ono trial will convinco.
Boston Hudgot.
Prof. Angoll, of Michigan Unlvor
slty, furnlshos tho following as a tost
of purity of wator for drinking: "Dis
solve about half a toaspoonful of tho
purost whlto sugar in a pint bottlo com
pletely full of tho wator to bo tested,
and tightly stoppod; oxposo it tfo day
light and a tomporaturo up to 70 dogroos
F. After a day or two oxamlno, holding
tho bottlo against somo thing black, for
whitish floating specks, which will
botray (ho prosonco of organic matter
In consldorablo proportion." Mlcroboa
In impure water aro killed by boiling
and it is rocommended to also boll milk
boforo drinking it, in tho warm season
especially.
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
It Is Caused Largely lly Feeding llnby on
Milk When It Wants Water.
No othor disease excites so much tor
ror as Asiatic cholera. Yot cholora In
fantum far oxcoeds it as a dostroyor of
human life. Tho invasions of Asiatic
cholora havo always boon at long inter
vals; tho ravages of cholora infantum
occur ovory summon
In Philadelphia tho avorago mortality
from all diseases during tho moro
hoalthy weeks Is about threo hundred;
but in 1872 thoro woro in a slnglo wook
in July, over flvo hundred doaths of
chlldron under llvo years of age. In
1870, again, during tho hottest weok In
July, thoro woro four hundred and
thirty-four doaths of infants under two
years of ago, and matters woro still
worso In Now York.
Tho connootlon of this dlsoaso with a
high temperature and tho spocial lia
bility to It of bottlo-fed Infants aro uni
versally admitted. Still, physicians
aro not agreed as to Its prooiso nature.
Dr. Molnort, of Drosdon, Gormany, has
boon making careful Investigations into
tho subjoot, and thinks ho has ascer
tained tho following among othor facts:
A high tomporaturo with high wind Is
not dangorous; but a modorato tompora
turo without wind incroasos tho number
of cases and tho mortality. Hot days
without wind nro tho worst. In a
porlod of uniform high tomporaturo,
thoro Is an lncroaso of boat in tho
dwolllngs, fty accumulation, and a cor
responding lncroaso of mortality.
Insulllcient vontllatlon rondors tho
lnsldo tomporaturo much highor than
tho outsido, and so invlto3 and aggra
vates tho disease, which, for this reason,
provalls In blocks moro than in do
taohod housos. Less dlsoaso was found
In tho underground tenomonts and on
tho uppor floors, tho first floor faring
worst apparently bocauso of tho boat
rollected from tho pavomont
Tho groat mortality of hottlo-fod In
fants Is duo to tholr failuro to bo sup
piled with sulllolont wator, with which,
by its evaporation on tho surfaco, tho
normal tomporaturo of tho body is rogu
lated. Tho hroast-fed child gots wator
through its nurso, whoso thirst inducos
hor to drink copiously.
Tho cry of tho bottlo-fed infant for
water is mot by giving it milk, whloh
is roally food, and not only falls to fur
nish tho needed fluid for evaporation,
but lnuroasos tho feverish boat by dis
turbing tho stomach and howols.
Youth's Companion.
The crt or lleauty.
Tho socrot of beauty is health. Thoso
who desire to bo beautiful should do all
they oan to rostoro their hoalth If they
havo lost It or to keep it if thoy have
it still. No ono can lay down spocitlo
rulos for othor pooplo In thoso mattors.
Tho work which ono may do, tho rest ho
roust tako, his baths, his diet, his exor
cise, aro mattors for individual con
sideration; but they must bo carefully
thought of and never neglected. As a
rule, whon a person fools woll ho looks
well, and when ho looks 111 ho fools 111.
Thoro aro times whon ono can guess,
without looking in tho glass, that the
eyes aro dull and tho skin is mottled.
This is not a caso for something in a
pretty perfumery bottlo, or for a lotion
that advortlsemunu pralso so highly.
To havo a frosh complexion and bright
eyes, oven to havo whito hands and
graceful figure, you must bo woll
Health and tho happiness which couioj
with it aro tho true socroU of beauty,.
N. V, Lodgor.
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.
Tho host liquid for cleaning old
brass 's a solution of oxalic acid.
Yollow piano koys may bo whltonod
with sandpapor and aftorward polished
with chamois.
Mosqultoos, flics and gnats may bo
kopt away by sponging tho faco and
hands with cldor flower.
Spiced Plums: Ono gallon of plums,
ono pint of vinegar, ono quart of sugar,
cinnamon and cloves wholo. Boll sov
oral hours and seal. Old Homostoad.
A woak galvanic current, which will
somotimos euro a toothacho, may bo
generated by placing a silver coin on
ono side of tho gum and a pleco of zinc
on tho othor. Rinsing tho mouth with
ocldulated wator will lncroaso tho ef
fect 'A woman in Amoricus, Ga., is using
a lamp chimney that sho has used daily
for tho past oigbt yoars, and sho oxpocts
to uso It for many years yot Sho says
that sho boiled it in salt and water
whon it was bought, In 1882, and no
matter how largo a flame runs through
It, it won't break.
Mayonaiso Sauco: Ono toaspoonful
of mustard, one-half toaspoonful of salt,
one-fourth saltspoonful of cayonno pep
por, two oggs, yolks, ono pint ollvo oil,
two tablospoonfuls lomon juico, two
tablospoonfuls vinogar. Mix the mus
tard, salt and cayonno popper togothor;
add yolks of egg3 (raw) and stir; add al
ternately, drop by drop, tho oil and
lomon juice, lastly tho vinegar. Do
trolt Frco Press.
To cook rlco or grits tako a clean
oan' or othor sultablo vossol, put tho rlco
in this witii wator sulllclont to moisten
it and allow for swelling, placo tho can
In a kottlo of boiling wator, cover tho
lattor closely and lot boll without stir
ring until tho rico is tender. Thoro is
no danger of scorching. Grits aro nico
cooked in tho samo manner. Salt to
tasto whon putting on to cook. Boston
Budgot.
To Koop Eggs: To ono pint of salt
and ono pint of frosh llmo, add four gal
lons of boiling wator. Whon cold, put
In stono jars. Then with a dish lot
down your fresh oggs Into It. tipping
tho dish aftor it fills with liquid, so thoy
will roll out without cracking tho sholl.
Put tho oggs in whonovor you havo
thorn fresh, keep them covered in a cool
placo and thoy will koop frosh for a
yoar.
A Good Sago Pudding: Wash a
half-cup of sago, and sot on tho flro with
threo pints of cold wator; slmmor two
hours; thon stir in ono cup of whlto
sugar, ono tcaspoonful of salt, and ono
of tho extract of lomon. Havo roady a
doop pudding-dish in which, aftor it has
boon woll buttered, put as many pared
and cored apples, as will stand in tho
dish; turn ovor thorn tho sago, and bako
ono hour in a moderate ovon. Sorvo
with sugar and croam. Ladies' Homo
Journal.
Boot Salad: Cut flno, cold" boiled
beef, and to oaoh pint add a tablospoon
ful of chipped onion, a toaspoonful of
colory seed (or two sticks of colory, cut
flno), ono hard-boiled egg cut up, a
handful of light broad, broken small,
with skimmings from tho pot in which
tho hoof was boilod, and onough of tho
liquor to mako It soft a cupful of hoof
gravy will do as woll, or a tablospoonful
of butter rollod in flour, with a half
cupful of hot wator. Add two or threo
cold potatoes, sliced flno, and,, aftor
mixing all thoroughly, put In a doop
pan and bako flftoon minutes; sorvo hot
with cold slaw. Good Housokooplng.
CONTRIBUTION-BOX CURIOS. C
Coins of Many Countries Discovered by a
Church Treasurer.
Whon peoplo road tho paragraphs in
tho funny papors about tho buttons and
tho punched and tho countorfoit coins
which aro droppod in tho contribution
boxes, thoy usually glvo tho mon who
wroto the artlclo credit for drawing
largoly upon his imagination. Tho
fact of tho matter is, howovor, that tho
truth is funnlor than all tho humorous
mon's fictions. Tho troasurors of nearly
ovory ohurch in tho city sond rogularly
to tho United Statos Sub-Troasury a lot
of punohod coins on which thoy reallzo
not much moro than half their faco
value. Tho countorfoit coins aro usually
destroyod.
Tho troasuror of ono of tho best
known Catholic churchos in tho city
showod tho wrltor a collection of
punchod coins tho othor day tho faco
valuo of which amounted to about ton
dollars, and all of which woro put into
tho contribution boxos In ono month. A
queer-looking collection it was, too.
Thoro wore coins roprosontlng nearly
ovory clvilizod nation in tho world.
Among tho collection woro Gorman
pfennings, English slxponcos, shillings
and half-crown plocos, and a Blx-ponco
struok in honor of Quoon Victoria
In tho yoar of hor jublloo; Canadian
plocos, Fronoh flfty-contlmo pieces of
tho timo whon Napoloon rulod that
country and plocos of tho samo denom
ination struck sinco tho country becamo
a republic; Mexican coins, plocos from
Vonozuela and coins from numorous
othoroountrios.
Tho largost ploco was a Unltod Statos
half dollar; thoro woro sovoral of thoso.
Thoro woro a number of quartors,
dlmos, half-dimos, flvo-cont and threo
cont silver and nlokol plocos and coppor
ono-cont pieces, all mutllatod, oithor by
having a holq punchod In thorn or a
pioco cut out of tho edgo. Sach holo
was carefully pluggod with load so that
tho sharp-eyed collector would not oh
Borvo that tho pleco was mutllatod un
less ho inspected it closely. Thoro
voro moro dlmos than plocos of all tho
othor denominations put togothor,
No doubt many of thbso piecos havo
an intorostlng history, for tho reason
that many of them contain monograms,
aud during tho timo that bangle brace
lets woro tho rago thoy undoubtedly
adornod somo fair wrist Somo of thorn
woro indoubtodly tokons of love, and
bow thoy found tholr way into tho con
tribution box will probably remain a
mystery. Porhaps somo of thorn woro
spent in dlro necessity and finally
roached tho contribution box aftor pass
lag through itvural hands. May bo
somo of thorn woro spent for caramols,
by a proud boauty to show bur disdain
for hor former admirer. Possibly some
of thuin woro lost N. Y, Trlbuuo.
MODES FOR CHILDREN.
ITow to Dress Hoys nnd Olrls Neatly and
Attractively.
Now that tho soason Is woll ostab-
. llshod, it is a pleasuro to chroniclo
tho doings of fashion with regard to
children's apparel. Tho slmplost stylos
i aro tho most popular and by far tho
i prettiest and manufacturers havo re
sponded to this proforonco by proparlng
tho finest cottons, tho softest and most
dolicato woolons, and mixtures which
aro tho most offectivo whon mado up
without elaboration. Whlto fabrics of
all kinds aro choson for tho midsum
mer drosses worn by both largo and
small girls, making boautiful effects by
tho use of ombroldory, laco and ribbon.
Plain woolens of flno toxturo in whito,
cream and light shades generally aro
vory much omployod, and form an ox
collont foundation for trimmings of
gulpuro and embroidery, which may bo
wrought separately or, on tho dross ma
torial. A vory protty dross for a girl of
ton is mado of pale willowgreen cash
moro, and is Cut in princess shapo at
tho front and back. At tho sides tho
skirt is joined to the hodico undor a bolt
of ribbon. A blouso front of pale green
silk Is gathered at tho neck and waist
but finely plaited below, and Is fastened
to tho dross diagonally from tho right
shoulder down under a hand of hand
somo embroidery. 'Iho back Is arranged
in a triplo box-plait starting at tho
nock under a collar of ombroldory and
ornamontod with long loops and ends of1
narrow ribbon. Tho ribbon bolt begins
undor tho plait and tios in front Tho
slooves aro vory full and aro drawn In
abovo each wrist undor a hand and bow
of ribbon, and a knot of ribbon Is also
placed up tho loft shoulder. This dross
would bo oqually pretty in washing ma
terials trimmed with ombroldory, and
tho drapery might in this caso bo al
lowed to fall in natural folds Instead of
being plaitod, a stylo moro sultablo for
washing drosses.
A protty little dross for a girl from
oight to fourteen years old is mado of a
plaid fabric, either of woolon or Scotch
zophyr, and has tho front and sloovos
cut on tho bias, whllo tho back Is
straight. Tho body Is gathered at tho
neck and waist at both front and back,
and fastened in front Invisibly among
tho folds of tho material. A ribbon
band around tho waist is folded to a
point in front, and thoro aro long loops
and onds on tho loft sldo of tho front
and at tho contor-back Tho full slcovos
aro oach drawn In with ribbon at tho
wrist, and a bow Is placed at tho inside
of tho arm. Tho back part of tho skirt
only is cut on tho straight, mounted
with gathers at tho waist and bordorod
with a doop flounco of ombroldory laid
on flat. Tho collar is a doop rufllo of
ombroldory closing at tho back.
A noat summor suit for a boy from
eight to eleven yoars is mado as follows:
Tho trousors aro of whito flannel, and
aro cut in truo sailor fashion, whllo tho
blouso is of marino-bluo flannel, em
broldorod in whito, with a whito shiold.
Tho sailor cap is also of tho bluo flannel.
Simple drosses for littlo boys of four
and flvo years aro mado in sacquo
shapo, oithor in sorgo or seorsuckor, and
trimmed with flat bands of ombroldory.
Tho front is closed diagonally from the
loft shouldor, and a belt 6r ombroldory
fastons with a bucklo or motal clasp.
Whon tho matorial is sorgo, a llttlo
polo cap of tho samo, with a broad band
of tho embroidery, is mado to complete
tho costume.
A great many girls' hats for summor
wear aro mado of fancy straw in whito,
black, ar.d colors, especially boigo. The
crowns aro low and flat, tho brims wide
In front, and aro oithor wido and turned
up against tho crown at tho back, or
vory much shorter behind and concealed
by trimming. Loghorn hats aro tho
standard kind for children's broad-brims,
and thoy aro allowed to droop limp
about tho faco, perhaps woightod horo
and thoro by flowor-branchos. Many
light and cool hats for littlo tots aro
mado of "Liberty" or China silk shirred
ovor roods or wlro.
Tho most satisfactory ovory-day
drosses for chlldron, being at once cool,
durable and cheap, aro mako of cross
barred linon, tho kind which is sold for
glass towoling. It only costs twolve
conts a yard, and tho prottlost posslblo
drosses for both littlo boys and girls
aro mado Into kilt or gathered skirts
and blouso waists. Loslio's Illustrated
Nowspapor.
NATURAL BARRIERS.
The Degree of Hindrance Thoy Offer to
the Extension of Species.
Tho rolations of tho fauna of difforont
roglons aro intimate In direct rolation
to tho oaso by which barriers may bo
crossod. Distinctness is in direct pro
portion to isolation. What is truo in
this rogaul of tho. fauna of any region
as a wholo is llkowiso truo of any of its
individual speclos. Tho dogroo of ro
Bomblanco among individuals is in di
rect proportion to tho frocdom of their
movomont, and variation within what
wo call specific limits Is again propor
tionate to tho barrlors which provont
equal and porfoct diffusion.
Tho various divisions or realms Into
which tho surfaco of tho oarth may be
divided on tho basis of thodlfforoncos In
animal llfo oach has its boundary in tho
obstaolos olforod to tho sproad of the
avorago unlmal. Each speclos broadons
Its rango as far as It can. It struggles
knowingly or not to ovqrcomo tho bar
riers of ocoan or rlvor. of mountain or
plain, of woodland or dosort of moisture
or drought of cold or heat of laok of
food orabundanco of onemlos, whatever
i thoso barrlors may be. Woro it not for
I thoso barrlors, ovory spocios would bo
como what only man now is, practically
I cosmopolitan. Man is pro-omlnontly tho
barrior-crosslng animal. Tho dogroo of
j hlndranco offered by any barrlor to tho
nvtnnsion of snoclos Is only rolatlvo.
That which constitutes an impasslblo
barrlor to somo groups is a high-road to
others. Tbo rlvor which opposos tho
passago of tho monkoy or tho cat would
bo tho king's highway to tho frog or the
turtlo. Tho waterfall which checks the
ascont of tho fish would bo tho choson
homo of tho ouzoL Presldont David
Starr Jordan, in Popular Sclonco
Monthly.
Dabba "So poor Dick's in trouble
ftgaln; any thlug sorlous?" Jabbs "O,
ho; la lovo." Howard Lampoon. .
A STRANGE NECK-TIE.
Kade from the Skh7 of a Snako That
Saved the Wearer's Lire.
It may bo of Interest to tho inhabitants
of dudedom to know that thoro Is a now
and decidedly unique stylo of neck-tlo
in town. Its owner, who is also tho de
signer and manufacturer, is to bo scon
occasionally In tho rotunda of tho Grand
Pacific Hotol. Ho camo from Califor
nia, and his tie, which sinco his arrival
litis attracted consldorablo attontlon, is
a product of that State,. Brown in color
Is this tio, about an Inch and a
half wide, and at a casual glanco looks
liko a strip from an alligator hido; but
It isn't Thoro is no diamond pin for
ornamont, nor any manufactured jowol.
In placo of ono is a round dull-colorod
Bubstanco, not qulto so largo as a pea.
Whon a group of acquaintances had ex
amined tho tlo to thoir satisfaction last
evening and guessed its naturo until
thoir judgments and imaginations wero
exhaustod, tho woarer informed them
that tho tio was tho dried skin of a rat
tlcsnako and tho ornament ono of its
rattles.
"You aro, I soo, surprised that I
should wear such a thing at my nock,"
ho continued. "But when you know
that to tho snako that inhabited this
skin I owo my llfo you will agroo that
my notion is not so incomprohonsiblo
after all. It was flvo yoars ago this
summor that tho ovont occurred. I was
hunting in tho mountains at homo, and
aftor tramping about from daylight till
lato in tho afternoon, I found that I was
lost and completely tired out. Howovor,
thoro was no hopo of getting back alono
that night, so I built a flro, ato my sup
por, and. knowing that, fatigued as I
was, it would bo imposslblo to koop
awako long, I wasted no timo In trying,
but colloctod a lot of flro-wood, lay down
and wont to sloop. How long I slept I
don't know, out I romembor I awoko
slowly, with a heavy fooling on my
breast Too tlrod to turn ovor, and
thinking tho fooling duo to my heavy
blankot, I was about to drop off again
to sleop when I folt a hand grip my
throat Opening my oyos, I saw knool
ing besido mo, ono hand holding mo
down and tho other with a long bovvlo
knlfo in it abovo me, an Indian. As tho
Indian saw mo, looking at mo, ho hissod:
'Whito spy no catch Red Knlfo. If ho
do, he kill Red Knlfo. But Red Knlfo
catch white spy and kill him.' Thoro
was no mistaking tho look In tho oyes
of that savage, who, as ho montloned
his namo, I know to bo a much-wanted
murdorer, who had killed sovoral
farmors in Humboldt County. Tho look
moant death, and as ho moved his hand
to strike mo more sqaroly In tho hoart
I shuddered and closod my oyos. At tho
samo timo tho woight on my body
sprang off, tho Indian gavo a yell
of rage, and I oponed my oyos just In
timo to soo him mako a swoop ovor tho
ground with his knlfo and disappear in
tho bushes. I sprung to my foot and,
grabbing my gun, followed to got a shot
at him. But though tho frequont break
ing of a twig botrayod his gonoral
whoroabouts, I couldn't soo him. so I
fired both barrels In his diroctlon with
only tho rosult of making him increase
his paco, roturnod to tho flro and found
that within two foot of whoro I had
boon slooping lay a boheaded rattlo
snako. It was tho snako which, coiled
on my broast, had first awakonod mo.
Had I thon moved it would havo bitton
mo. It was probably asloop whon tho
Indian took hold of my throat, and
awakoned as ho spoke, had bitton tho
hand of tho Indian as ho moved It to got
a hotter position. But that bite staid
tho knifo; for, woll awaro of tho danger
of tho hlto, tho murdoror instlnctivoly
swopthls armed hand toward tho snako,
luckily killing tho roptllo, and thon
ran for an antidoto. Woll, I didn't
leop any moro that night. But I killod
timo by skinning tho snako, and whon
I roachod homo next day I strotchod it,
and whon it had driod I mado this tlo of
It, and for a pin usodonoof tho rattlos."
"What bocamo of the murdoror?"
asked an Intorosted youth.
"A posso sot out for him at onco, and
about two rallos from whoro I spent tho
night thoy camo across a cavo in which
thoy found him doad. Tho snako hlto
had killod him boforo tho whisky from
from a jug which lay overturned besido
him could counteract tho olfoct3 of tho
poison. Chicago Post.
SENSIBLE EMPLOYERS.
They Erect a Sixty Thousand Dollar Club
House for Their Workm-n.
Tho ovldonco of soul In a corporation
Is as much a mattor of nows as a cloud
burst or a college commoncomont, so
tho proceedings of tho Illinois Steol
Company desorvo publication. Tho com
pany, which employs 2,000 mon on its
plant at Joliot, has just finished a S00,
000 club-house for Its mon. This is
what tho Joliot correspondent of tho
Chicago Tribune says of It: "It Is a
modol In architectural beauty. It is a
finished pioco of work. Tho club has a
momborship of 1,100. Thoro aro a gym
nasium, swimming pool, hand ball court,
six billiard tablos, an art gallery, li
brary, music hall and restaurant, all un
dor ono roof. Tho art gallory is a charm
ing ono. Horo thoso laborers who aro
mombors may como with their famillos
for tho paying In of 83 a year. Thoro is
not a club houso in Chicago that has as
many advantagos and attractions as
this. As an inducomont for tie mon to
romaln horo tho company has offorod to
pay to each man who stays in its omploy
dvo yoars, in aauiuon to his salary, llvo
per cont of that salary. Tho employes
I of tho company havo shown a koon ap
I preclatlon of this club houso."
Porhaps it wasn't soul at all, but
I brain. Brain of tho right sort makes
, an admirablo substituto for soul. Somo
, pooplo tell us thoy aro ono and tho samo
thing. At any rate, hottor workmon,
bottor workanda hotter spirit aro HkeJr
l to rosult from tho Joliot club houais.
! With such an Improvement how lon-
! would It tako 1,100 mon, working nino
, hours a days, to make up to tho company
, tho SC0.000 oxpondod? Not vary long,
ono can easily boliovo, and tho improve
moot aftor that timo is so much cloar
gain for tho company.
I A c?ood deal Is sulil nni'iini i. ......
1 1 ..w MV.UJ o UUUll,
tho erection of such resorts fw workmen
at public oxponso. But it is doubtful if
largo omployors would not find it to
tholr gain in tho long run to tako tho
mattor Into tholr own hands? Buffalo
iCxpross.