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Yamhill Connty Reporter I^EJ= ' = Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happen Inga of the Past Week * Culled From the Telegraph Column*. ' Cleveland strikers blew up anothei ear with nitro-glycerin. Nobody wa* injured. An English torpelo boat killed th< helmsman of a French fisherman whr bad come within the three-inile limit In the translation of words in the Secret dossier the French court was of ten puzzled. Dreyfus helped them out. The San Dominican rebels are meet ing with sucoess and tire government it helpless. Thu rebel forces inciease daily. The insurgents wrecked the steamer Fatirrnus flying the American flag. They secured $100,000 in specie and « cargo of general merchandise. A barkeeper at Wallace, Idaho, knocked a woman dowtt in a dancehall, He was shot and killer! by a soldier who witnessed the man’s brutality. England will semi more troops to the Transvaal, and will not wait 26 years for redress. Secretary Chamber lair says the present state of affairs cannot be tolerated. A letter received in 'Frisco from Alaska asserts that the crew of the Jessie were murderer! and robbed by Ind ians while they slept, and not drowned as at first reported. Two Cuban editors are on their way to Washington to complain of the wrongs they Buffered by being confined in a Cuban prison and later required to break stones on the streels of Ha vana. At Canton, O., Mrs. Edward Kukin- ger killed her husband and daughter with a shotgun, ami then put another charge through her own heart. Do mestic troubles aie supposed to have been the cause of tire tragedy. In spite of denials on the subject, it is said President Roca, of Argentine republic, who is now in Rio Janeiro as a guest of Brazil, is desirous of nego tiating an alliance between Argentina, Brazil and Chile against the United Elates. A captain of a sailing vessel just from the Phtlrppines has arrived in Victoria. The captain severely ciiti* oises the management of the campaign and says "Otis is a silly old man with out knowledge of the necessities or the responsibilities of his position, without ability to improve it, and the fir Hl ac tion of this government should be his recall.” A movement is on foot to form an opposing whisky trust. Quiet has been restored in Ceveland, but the strike is still on. Thirty thousand Finns will form a oniony in Newfoundland. Former Governor W. Y. Atkinson, of Georgia, died at Newman. A woman of noble birth died in a hovel in Chicago. Up to the last she refused nil favors. Cavalry horses for Manila will b* taken via the Aleutian islands and Japan to allow rest. Encouraged oy the movement ¡noth er cities the messenger boys of Buffalo, N. Y., ate on a strike. A tank oar loaded with naptha ei- ploded in a tunnel near Somerset, Ky.. wrecking a train of 20 care. A Washington special says Bitishers are getting a firm hold on Cuban trade and American capital is slow. Carlisle, Ky., was visited by a half million dollar tire, which destroyed nearly the entire business portion. A Chicago man has been taken wit! a tit of laughing and is unable to check it. He is unconscious, but continuer to giggle. J. C. Hildebrand, an advertising sc- Heitor in the employ of the Portland Oregonian, (ell from a veranda and met with instant death. The coronet's jury Irns found that the cause of the Bar Harbor catastro phe was due to insufficient construc tion of the ferry slip. Ambassador Choate says there will be no war over the Alaskan boundary dispute. Negotiations are always slow in such matters, but ate progressing. Agu inaldo has appealed to the pow ers for recognition of "Filipino inde pendence" in a document dated Tar- lac, July >7, and signed by Bueucami- bio. The Santo Domingo rebels have taken possession of Dajabon, driving the garrison before them. The foreign population and Haytian consul have left the place. A broken flange on a wheel caused a Wreck on the Southern Pacific near Doe Palos, Cal. Engineer Ford and Fireman Wood were scalded to death. Two others were seriously and a num ber slightly injured. During the fiscal year of 1897-8 the United State* sold $39,000 worth of typewriters in Meitoo and $18,000 worth In Argentina. J. P. Bryant, the Bardwell (Ky.) millionaire, owns the largest straw berry patch in the world. It covers 1,700 acres and has made Ins fortune. ' In Kansas since 1859 every year end ing with the tiguie V has been a great oom year, while every year ending with a cipher bas shown * (allure of the corn crop. LATER SCIENCE THE SHOOTING OF LABOR!. NEWS. ITould-Bfi Aa«a«ftin Hui No Difficulty in E«<*a|»ing From Ilin I'urauer«. Japan has had an enormous inreease In commerce in five years. Ex-Secretary A'ger subscribed $100 to aid the Porto Rico sufferers. The new Columbia beat the Defender a mile in a race for the Astor cup. It is estimated that 100,000 tons of food will be needed weekly for relief of Porto Ricans. Frank Reims, who had much to do with the development of baseball, is dead at Chicago. The forty-fifth annual session of the International Typographical Union is in session at Detroit. Emperor William remembered his former soldiers in Chicago by present ing them with a banner’. Sir Cbalres Tupper says we must ar bitrate the boundary dispute or Canada must build a railway to Dawson. President Schurman, of the Philip pine commission, will go to Champlain to confer with President McKinley. Tom Johnson, the Buckeye congress man. and his brother, have secured a -ontract to build a railroad in England When the Olympia arrived at Leg horn from Naples. Admiral Dewey was down with fever and unable to see call ers. The revolution is gaining in Santo Domingo and the people are in a wild panic. The situation is considered bad for the government forces. Secretary Root has sent telegrams to governors of states, asking for the names of two officers of each volun teer regiment in the Spanish war. The navy department thas decided to give the cruiser Olympia a rest and Dewey’s gallant flagship will be sent to Boston navy-yard immediately upon her arrival in American waters. Panics are said to be threatening Germany and France, and England is being kept busy in avoiding tiouble from financial stringency. Her trade conditions continue good, however. Another transcontinental line yvill be built in Canada to compete with the Canadian Paciflo. The government has voted $(1,000,000 in aid of the pro ject and it is expected that it will be completed within two years. Russia has agreed to arbitration of the claims of American citizens whose vessels were seized by Russia. These claims amount to $300,000 and Russia's willingness to arbitrate them is the best evidence of their validity. Manila is soon to have an ice-making plant. The smeltermen’s union in Colorado has declared the strike off. M. Labori, attorney for Dreyfus, was shot down while going to court at Rennes. Paul de Roulede, a French deputy, was arrested at Palis for conspiring to overthrow the government. When the uew regiments now form ing have been filled, it is eaid Secre tary Root mav ask for more volunteers to relieve those who have served in tropical countries. The British commander, Percy St. John, denies most emphatically having criticised Major-General Otis, and de nounces the purported interview ub a fake of the worst kind. Colonel Burt's colored troops have participated in their first engagement at the capture of San Mateo. They be haved well, their leaders having diffi culty in holding them back. Art Arizona recruit, while on a spree in Denver, shot and killed two police men who had attempted to arrest him. He escaped and a reward has been of fered for his capture dead or alive. Captain A. II. Otis, of the First Washington volunteer infantry, has cleared himself of the charge of looting. His name was forged to a letter, and efforts are being made to find the forger. A Seattle dispatch says the recent seizure of six Canadian fishing boats near Point Roberts by the United States customs officials will probably be settled tn a day or so by the release of the boats. In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin, a great deal of damage was done by a storm. In some places there was loss of life, due to lightning, and the loss in crops and destroyed buildiitgs teaches a heavy figure. The Americans have taken San Mateo, 10 miles north of Manila Their lose was three killed and 13 wounded, including a lieutenant of the Twenty- first infantry. ' Twenty-three of the enemy are kitown to have been killed. Government commissioners have el ected an agreement with the Crow In dians, which will beoome a treaty when ratified by congress. About 1,000,000 acres of land will be pur- chased on the noitiiern end of the Crow reservation from Fort Custer to Yel lowstone river and thrown oi>eu to set tlement. The transport Continental has ar rived in San Francisco from Manila. She narrowly missed a couple of ty phoons, ami wadOsliore on a coral reef where the entire crew barely escaped capture at the hands of the Filipinos. Oue of the sailors was killed by a part ing hawser, and one of the quartermas ters was stabbed by a colored oook. New York, Aug. 14. — A special to the Tribune from Washington says: James Hamilton Lewis, of Seattle, vis- I ited the state department today to lay before it the complaints of some Amer ican miners in British Columbia for whom he is counsel. They claim that they located a number of claims and developed them under the British Co lumbia law and that afterward a law was passed excluding them from the Dominion. Canadians came in and took their mines. The Americans estimate their loss at ■bout $10,000,000. There will lie other claims for damages, making the total about $26,000,000. Mr. Lewis want* the claims arbitrated with other pend ing matteiz before the joint high com mission. Spain has bad 31 wars in the last 100 years. Two thousand saloons have been opened in Cuba since the war. The first cotton mill in Kansas will iHon commenceoperations in Independ ence. The frateinit-es of the United States have 6,000,000 members. There was a falling off of nearly 50 per cent in the nutnl<er of embezzle ments reported in the country last year. I Cape Haytien, Aug. 15.—Twelve hundred insurgents today crossed the Yaque river under fire of mitrailleuses. | In the engagment the government force* lost 18 men killed, but there , were no fatalities among the insur gents. A dispatch from Banica announces that the entire proivnee of Nevba is ready to rise in favor of Geneiai Jim inez. General Torribo Garcia is ex- I pected from Cuba to assume command I of the revolutionary movement M. Labori Shot Down While on His Way to Court. THE WOUND PROBABLY FATAL Two Men Ru«l>ed Out of a Narrow I.ane and Fired at If ini From a Revolver — Bullet Filtered Stomach* Rennes, Aug 15—Two men am bushed Maitre Labori, counsel for Dreyfus, and one ehot was fired. M. Labori fell in the roadway. He is still •live. Maitre Labori left his house alone for the court at about 6 oclock this morning. His residence is situated in the suburbs of the town, about a quar ter of an hour’s walk from the Lycee, the route being along a solitary road beside the river Vilaine. He had reached a point half way on his journey when two men, whs had evidently been lying in wait for him, rushed out of a narrow lane and one of them fired a single shot from a revolver. The as sassins were only a couple of yards be hind their victim. The bullet struck Labori in the back. The wounded man uttered an agonized cry and fell flat on his face. The assassins immediately fled through the lane from which they had emerged and both escaped. At 7:30 o’clock it was announced that the bullet had entered the stom ach; that there was no outward bleed ing and that the physicians believe that M. Labori will die from the wound. Rennce. Aug. 16.—The following bulletin regarding the condition of M. Labori was issued at 10 o’clock: "Temperature. 37.05; no fever; con dition stationary.” There bas been, therefore, a slight improvement during the last few hours. Further details regarding the ehoot ing of M. Labori show that the sky was overcast when M. Labori left his house, accompanied by Colonel Picquart and the latter’s brother-ip-law, M. Gast. M. Labori was laughing and chatting with his companions when he was shot. The party was passing the Quay Rich mond, and was about to cross th-» bridge, when a mail hidden behind a wooden fence at the cornet of the quay Btepped out and fired at M. Labori. The wounded man fell to the ground. He tried to rise, ami put his hand to the wound in his back and brought the hand back cove.ed with blood. As he lay there, with his clothes covered with the duet in which he had fallen, he said in a faint voice: “I beg you to give me my stick ami my papers. Go and tell them.” he added, with a final effort, "to suspend the proceedings.” After the shooting the would-be mur derer ran across the fields until he reached a railroad; he dashed across the track in front of a train just ar- riving, and disappeared in the dense woods. No trace of him has as yet been found. Court-Martial Proceeding«» Rennes, Aug. 16.—The shooting of M. Labori, leading counsel for Dreyfus, robbed the morning session of the Dreyfus court-martial of its paramount interest. The murderer apparently chose today for the attempt, for it was anticipated that Labori would crush SAW OUR DEFENSES. Mercier, the ex-minister of war, with British Officer Inspects Columbia River his cross-questioning " The news of the shooting caused an immense sensa Forts. Fort Stevens, Or., Aug. 15. — The tion in the courtroom, where the au officer in charge at this post received dience was assembled, awaiting the en on August 2 a dispatch from the secre trance of the judges. tary of war ordering him to meet at RUSSIA WILL ARBITRATE. Astoria Colonel Lee, military attache of the British government, convey him Has Agreed to Arbitration of the Claims of American Citizens. to and show him through the fortifica- itons at the mouth of the Columbia. New York, Aug. 16.—A special to In obedience to this order, the govern the Herald from Washington says: ment transport George II. VVendel was Ambassador Tower has notified the promptly dispatched to Astoria, and, state depattment that the Russian gov returning, landed Colonel Lee and his ernment has agreed to arbitrate the escort at Fort Stevens early on the day claims of American citizens against it, mentioned. Later, accompanied by growing out of the seizure of their ves the officers of this post, Colonel Lee sels off the Siberian coast. These went through the fortifications recently claims amount to $300.000, and Rus- completed, both on the Oregon and Bia’s willingness to arbitrate them is Washington shores, the latter at Scar the best evidence, state department borough head, now officially known as official« say, of their validity. Fort Columbia, and the former consti Mr. Tower is negotiating a treaty re tuting the new defenses several hun ferring the claims to arbitration, dred yards west of old Fort Stevens. which will be based upon the conven With his visit to these fortifications, tions under which the Cheek and Mc- Colonel Lee completed the inspection Corp claims were arbitrated. The ar of all of the principal coast defenses bitrator will be selected by the two of the United States, except those at governments, and will be required to the Presidio, where he went direct from render the award within six months af here, and which he has doubtless in ter his appointment. These claims are spected before this time. He paid a due to the seizure of American sealing very high compliment to the work ships off the Siberian coast in 1892. here, both as to the engineering and and the maltreatment of some of their constructive sk'll displayed, and was crews. Their vessels were seized 20 no doubt duly impressed with the power miles away from the Siberian shore. of the formidable disappearing guns Had the seizure occurred within three mounted behind and within the solid miles it is probable this government walls of masonry to command the en would have declined to press the I trance of the Columbia river. claims. Whether he will make any use of The Swiss government is expected to the information thus specifically gained, render its verdict in the Delagoa Bay for the benefit of his country, depends claim during the coming fall. This upon the always possible event of war claim, growing out of the seizure of the It is certain that he is Btipplied with Delagoa Bay railroad, owned by an sufficient data to make such informa American citizen, by the Portugese tion of great value in such a contin government, amounts to several mil gency. lions of dollars. WILL BE FAILURES. Hurricane Will Seriously Affect Bull* neit on the Island. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 15.—Al though the disasters which follwed the hurricane have not been over-estimated, the people are peaceul and endeavor ing to make the best of the situation. Dead bodies are buried where they ar* found. Food supplies are being dis tributed and repairs to bridges and roads are being pushed forward under military supervision with payments to workmen daily. It is gathered from interviews with merchants and plant ers, some of whom owe European houses, that there will be numerous failures. The steamer Australia, with cargo, was wrecked during the hurricane on the southeast coast and the Vasco on the north coast. ATLIN MINERS’ CLAIMS. Catiailinn Exclusion Act Haa Caused Them to Loae S lO.OOO.OOO. Crossed Poiuinican Line. MADE VETERANS A PRESENT Emperor William R emembered tiering Boy« of His A riny. Wan- Chicago, Aug. 10. — "Hoch, hoch. hoch, der kaiser!” This was the shout of thousands of Germans at Sharpshooters’ Park when Henry Hachmeister, president of the veterans’ society of the German army, read the dispatch from the German am- baseador to tire "Bundes Kreiger Ver- ein" that Emperor William had pre sented a banner to the society. The dispatch, dated "Bar Harbor, Aug. 15, 1899,” was written in German. The following is a translation: "It is a great satisfaction for me to notify you in the name of his majesty, the emperor and king, that he lias pre sented to the central organization of the German soldiers a banner and his order that the same be held one year in succession by the societies of the Kreiger Bund. The banner will be sent as Siam as made, ami will be in Chioago inside of two months. (Signer!) "VON MUMM, "Acting German Ambassador.” Since 1895, when the Germans in Chicago celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Franco-Prussian war, no such large gathering of Germans has taken place in Chicago. Delegates were present from Cincinnati, St. Louis, Denver, Kansas Citv, Cleveland, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Pittsburg, St. Joseph, Columbus, O., Little Rock, Portland, Or., ami many other citie«. Secretary Root Seeks Aid for the Storm Victims. I I I PORTO RICANS MUST BE FEL Navy Hearty to Co-Opernte and Wil Flace a Ship at the Disposal of ths War Department Wlieu Needed. Washington, Aug. 16.—The secre tary of war this afternoon issued the following appeal to the governors of states for aid for the storm sufferers in Porto Rico: "Sir: I enclose herewith copies of two telegraphic dispatches received last evening from the governor general of Porto Rico, by which it appears that the devastation wrought by the recent hurricane in that island is even greater than was at first supposed. It is evi dent that a great multitude of people are rendered utterly destitute by this awful calamity, and must be fed and cared for during a considerable period until they can have the opportunity to produce food for themselves. Enorm ous quantities of supplies of the kind indented by the governor-general must be procured. “The magnitude of the work to be accomplisheil leads this department to supplement the appeal already made to the mayors of the principal cities of th* country by a more general appeal, and a I beg you to ask the people of your state to contribute generously to the relief of the people of Porto Rico. Swift steamers have been provided to leave the port of New York to carry the supplies directly to Porto Rico as rapidly as they can be collected. “Contributions should be either in supplies of the character indicated, or in money, in order that the supplies can be purchased. The supplies should be sent to Colonel F. B. Jones, Army building, foot of Whitehall street, New York city, in packages plainly marked ‘Porto Rican Relief,’ and he should be consulted as to the time of shipment. Money should be sent to the Nation al Bank of North America. New York city, which has been designated as a depository for the relief fund. Very respectfully, ELIHU ROOT, “Secretary of War.” Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen today wrote Secretary Root that the navy desired to co-operate in every wav it could in rendeiing assistance to the storm-stricken people of Porto Rico, and tendering a warship, to be placed’ at the disposal of the war department, if it was desired to convey supplies to the island. The offer doubtless will be accepted, as every available means is being adopted to hurry along the great Btock of supplies which is impera tively needed. Mr. Allen is in telegraphic commu- nication with several naval stations, with a view to having a ship ready as soon as the war department wants it. GUARDING THE ROAD. ■{»nil of Rebel, Routed by the Amerl- can Force«. Manila, Aug. 16. — A fore« of United States troops from Quingua, four miles northeast of Malolos, and from Bali uag, near Bustus, about six miles northeast of Quingua, encountered a body of 500 insurgents about half-way between Bustus and Quingua. In the engagement that ensued, the Filipinos were severely punished and scattered. The Americans lost one killed. The insurgent force is believed to have been under the command of Gen eral Pio del Pilar, and to have had in view the tearing up of the railway at Bocave and Gigaa, about three miles from Bulacan. A battalion of the Twenty-first infantry will be sent to those points this afternoon to strength en the railroad guard, and to recon noiter the country in the direction of Norzagarav, ami on the Bustus road. General Wheaton, with the troops at Calulut, made a reconnoissance on An geles, about four miles to the north west, where he found 500 of the enemy. He silenced their fire and then returned to Calulut. REPORT FROM HQBSON. Work on the Spanish Ship« Repairing at Hong Koiif. Washington, Aug. 16.—Naval Con- structor Richmond P. Hobson was heard from by the navy department to day for the first time at any length since lie was assigned to duty in charge of the Spanish ships raised from Ma nila harbor, and now undergoing re pairs at Hong Kong. Hie report is un usually interesting, dealing general questions, such as the need of a large drydock in the Orient, the increasing shipping at Manila, and the prospect that Manila will succeed Hong Kong as the emporium of the East, the value of Chinese lalror in all blanches of in dustry, etc. He also say* the three Spanish ships An Iron-Plated Train. which are completed will be worth to Cape Town. Aug. 16. — Dispatches the government about $610.000, and from Durban, in Natal, announce that he contemplates trying to raise three an armor-plated train, fitted with more Spanish vessels now at the bot loophole«, has been sent to the Natal- tom of Manila bay. The letter is ad Transvaal border, and that artillery of dressed to Rear Admiral Hichborn, the Orange Free State is going to oc- chief of the bureau of construction, •upy Van Dieman's pass. ■nd is dated at Hong Kong, July 17. Evans Exonerated. Wliohsale Murder. Chicago, Aug. 16. — A special to the Middleburg, Vt., Aug. 16. — In East Evening Post from Washington •ay«: Middleburg tonight ■ man named East The committee appointed by the grand wood went to the home of biz mother- oommander of the Grand Army of the in-law and shot hi* wire and her moth Republic to investigate Pension Com er, killing both. He then drove to missioner Evans and report to the ap Middleburg, went to the res.deuce of proaching G. A. R. encapmment at Frank Fenn, shot him through the Philadelphia has completed its report. heart, killing him instantly, and then The committee exonerates Commis shot at Fenn's wife, and just missed sioner Evans float the ihaiges pre her. East wood then went to the resi ferred against him. and will report that dence of bis wife's brother, E. D. the pension office is l>eing honestly Brown, evidently intending to kill and conscientiously admininstered. him, bat could not find him. East- I AND INDUSTRY. In 1898 there were 53 Saturdays, a fact of interest to those having to pay weekly wages. A slot machine concern in Youngs town, O., says that its profits last year on 200 machines was $15,000. While the turkey’s natural life is onlv 10 years, the goose some times lives to 50 years. The chances at birth that «baby will eventually marry are nine in 20, or rather less than one-half. This result may item surprising, but it is largely accounted for by the great mortality of persons under marriageable age, espe cially of infants up to the age of 5. Dentists in Germany are using false teeth made of paper, instead of porce lain or mineral composition. These paper teeth are said to be very satisfac tory, as they do not break or chip, are not sensitive to heat or cold or to the action of the moisture of the mouth, and are very cheap. A Russian officer has been making experiments, with very successful re sults, in the use of falcons instead of pigeons as carriers. It seems that they can fly very much faster. A pigei-n covers 10 or 12 leagues in an hour, whereas a falcon cau do 15. It can also carry with ease a fairly heavy weight. A German doctor who has been col lecting information about the habits of long-lived persons, finds that he ma jority of those who attained old age indulged in late hours. Eight out of 10 persons over 80 never went to bed till well into the small hours, and did not get up again till late in the day. In 1898 vessels to the number of 7,624, with a tonnage of 5,265.559 tone, passed through the Chicago river. In 1888 the number was 10,158, and the tonnage 3,990,921. Vessels using the Calumet harbor in 1888 numbered 412, with a tonnage of 318,000 tons; in 1898 there were 15,652 vesuls with a tonnage of 2,208,370 tons. Protect Our Food. The doctors inform us that alum is a poison, and that alum baking powders should be avoided because they make the food unwholesome. Prominent hygienists, who have given the matter most study, regard these powders as an evil that should be suppressed by state action. In Minnesota and Wis consin alum powders are not permitted to be sold unless they are branded to warn consumers of their true character, while in the District of Columbia the authorities have under the direction of congress, adopted regulations to pro hibit the use of alum in bread alto gether. Are not the ;,eople of other states, a* well as those of Minnesota and Wis consin, entitled to warning of a danger which is apparently menacing them at close hand, and is not the whole coun try entitled to absolute protection, as the people of the District of Columbia ate protected, by legislation which is entirely prohibitive? Until we can have protection in the form of a statute, how can our state boaids of health, state analysts or food commissions better serve the public than by publishing in the newspapers fiom time to time the names of the baking powders which they find to be made from alum? Meantime, it will aid th* housewife in designating the alum powders to re member that all powders sold at twen ty-five cents or less per pound ate of tli is dangerous class. Pure cream of tartar powders are usually sold at from forty-five to fifty cents a pound. GhurkaR and Flying: Fish. Three men of tho Fifth Gliurkas were trained by experienced Swiss guides—one witli Lieutenant Bruce in the early ’90s, and the others with Sil Martin Conway in 1894. Good-tem pered, cheeiful, keen and full of fun, they became genera) favorites wherever tiiey went. They, on their part, thoroughly appreciated the kindness with which they weie treated, and their wonderful and delightful exper iences in Europe still afford an end less topic of conversation. The little Himalayans were intensely interested in everything they saw, the sea and the ships proving a source of delight. Flying fish, however, they could not t all understand. To such great veildeis of the rod this mode of piscine locomotion seemed most improper. One of these fish having fallen on board of the ship, was immediately pounced upon by Karbir and Amar Sing. Be ing asked what their friends in the reg iment would think when told that fish could fly, the Gliurkas naively replied that they hadn’t the slightest inten tion of mentioning the fact, as their reputations for veracity were at pres ent good, and, should they try their comrades’ credulity with this travel ers’ tale, no one would believe a word they might say for the rest of their sei vice.— Blackwood’s. Not Hard to Fit. New Girl—Please, mum, while you’re down town would ye lie so kind as to order me a pair o’ shoes? Mrs. De Style—I—er—I do not know your size. New Girl—Nor 1, mum; but I think if ye get them about tlie size of yours, tliey'll do. Mrs. De Styles (hesitatingly)—De you think you could wear them? New Girl—Oh, yes, mum. After new sho*e ia wet they ihiinks.—N. Y. Weekly. Summer Coatumlng. “I don’t believe in girls a-dressin* in stiff clothes durin' the hot weath er,” said the adipcse eldeily lady with th* large diamond earings and finget rings at the boarding-house breakfast table the other morning. "I make my two daughters dress in negligent cos tume* all summer, no matter where they re goin’.” “Maw!” said her daughter, warningly, from the othet aid« of the table, and the fox terrier pup turned a fit out in the basement vestibule. — Washington Post.