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WOMEN LEGISLATORS. COLORADO HAS THREE OF THEM AND THEY'RE QOOD. Thoy Form a Very Strong Trio Ucttcr Informed or More Conclenttout Mem ber CouM Not llo round lu the Legislature of Any Stnto. (Special Letter.) Three women are members of the Colorado legislature. Their official ac tions have demonstrated that women can All offlcos of trust and responsi bility with credit to themselves nnd benellt to tho people thoy represent. Dr. Mary T. Barry, who has served the Past year as a member of the houso from Pueblo county, Is conscientious In everything sho undertakes, and not easily dissuaded from what sho con siders right. ThU conscientious dovo tlon to duty and right, In connection with her logical mind and good Judg ment, makes hor a mo3t valuable mem ber of tho legislature. In 1887 she graduated In medlclno from tho North western university of Chicago. After one year In tho preparatory school she attended In the hospital for ono year ns houso physician, after which sho practiced medlclno for two years In La Cro3so. Since 1891 she has been In nctlvo practice In Pueblo, where sho served as county physician dur ing the years 1S9C-97. Sho Is a mem ber of the Medical society there, and 13 also examiner for the I'enn Mutual Iu suranco company, and considers tho absence occasioned by her attendance In tho legislature ns a sacrifice of no small moment. Sho Is not specially Interested In politics, but rather re gards her present position as a sacred trust which sho will ns sacredly care for and guard. Sho did not seek tho olllco. It was only through tho earnest entreaties of her friends that she con sented to let her namo stand. Her Hfo Is a very active one, and while sho hns always approved of club work and va rious organized movements In which Colorado women nro engaged, her tirno has always been too occupied to per mit her to enter into It. Mrs. Harriet G. It. Wright, ono of tho two women representatives to tho Twelfth General Assembly from Ara pahoe county, located in Colorado 27 years ngo, and has lived In Denver 17 years. Her family consists of a hus band and three grown sons. Mrs. Wright Is a recognized social and po litical leader, and enjoys tho confi dence and friendship of very many people. Her husband, Mr. Henry Wright, was ono of tho pioneers of the stnte, having gone to Colorado 32 years ngo. Mrs. Wright Is a descendant on both slde3 from early colonial settlors of America. Two ancestors in her mother's family, John nnd Jacob Reeve, enmo over In tho Mayllower. Her father was a pioneer in Wiscon sin, as she has been In Colorado. Ho was a Presbyterian clergyman, was an abolitionist, and also ono of the found ers and directors of Belolt college, tho first college for men In Wisconsin, and ho also founded and was ono of tho first directors of tho Rockford Female collcgo nt Rockford, 111. Lnter he founded the Wisconsin Female col lege, the first college for women In Wisconsin, and was its president for many years. Mrs. Wright's interests, therefore, were all along educational lines In her girlhood, and sho has nevor changed in that respect. After her graduation from Rockford collego sho tnught in that city, nnd nftcrward among the freedmen of tho south. Later sho taught In Columbus, Wis., and while there joined her first club, of which the Rev. Myron Reed was pres ident. Mr. Reed preached for several years In a church In Columbus, which was founded by her father. Mrs. Wright has one sister, who Is super intendent of the schools In Drummond county, Wisconsin, nnd another who is superintendent of tho schools In Port land City, Wis. Mrs. Wright has a keen, logical mind, which graspa a DR. MARY T. BARRY. point with marvelous quickness; n thorough knowledge of parliamentary law, and a wide sympathy for and ex perience in reform movements. Sho has done much to spread thozo theories of public ownership of public utilities which are now held by a largo portion of the people of Colorado. Fow womon understand questions of public policy so well as Mrs. Wright. Sho Is cul tivated, able and fearless, and tho women voters nro fortunato In finding some one who will so ably represent them. Her special Interests have boon In the line of educational and labor legislation. Sho bollovcs that thero should bo a child labor law. In social and club work sho holds several im portant offices. Sho is described by those who know her as ono of tho most level-headed and courageous women In the state. She Is not bo engrossed In public work as to havo no thought for those things considered peculiarly fem inine. Sho loves housekeeping, fancy work, babies and children; is always delighted to got a now recipe for a dainty dessert; takes great pleasure In a now hat or gown, and Is always well dressed. Mrs. Frances F. Leo, the other wom an representative from Arapnhoo coun ty, Is the wlfo of Mr. W. Loo of No. 1315 South Eighth street, Denver. Mrs. Ice is tho mother of five children, of ag03 ranging from 3 to 11, nnd has al ways hud them In personal charge, and oven now, whilo In attendance at tho state house, helping to frame laws 10 Improve the present labor nnd munic ipal conditions, is never too preoccu pied to look after the Interests of hor family. Sho Is popular In hor pre cinct, socially and politically, and, when elected, received two-third3 of all tho votes cast. She has always felt tho warmest Interest in club work, but has been prevented from actively en gaging In it, owing to homo duties. Mrs. Leo has a well-selected library and through nil tho labor of personally caring for her home nnd children, sho manages to keep Informed concerning all tho leading questions of tho day. Sho Is amply qualified to act In tho re sponsible position sho now occupies. She hns Introduced five bills. Sho Is a strong ndvocate of puro nlr nnd propor ventilation In school rooms, and con- '?, MPLS."', .--"wr M MRS. HARRIET G. R. WRIGHT, shlers that much Improvement can bo mado on tho present system, to which she attributes tho death of many chil dren. In conversation with Mrs. Leo ono cannot help being impressed with her nlmost remnrkablo methods of reasoning along tho linos of sociologi cal, financial nnd municipal questions, and tho great concern sho expresses for bettering nil conditions that havo to do with tho raising of tho standard of morals and Intelligence. Sho Is very optimistic, having all confidence In tho futuro and higher possibilities of mankind generally. It Is not likely that a stronger or bet ter Informed and more conscientious trio could bo found In nny legislature than tho three women members of tho Colorado legislature. ELNORA M. BABCOCK. ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS. 801110 Intcrcntliit; l'nrt.i A lion t lrxpcrl iiii'iiIh in Their Use. The electric headlight for locomo tives has come well out of tho ordeul through which It passed while the op position to tho Innovation In certain conservative quarters was active, and, especially since it hns been mado to carry its own llttlo dynamo, nnd thus supply itself with current, Is extending Its good repute nmong railroad men, snys the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It has been stated, however, that with all Its merits, It has tho very serious ob jection of affecting the vlsabillty of the signal lights on tho front of tho lo comotive which carries It. This ques tion has boon put to tho test by a rail road which has a special interest In Its settlement from tho fact of Its having equipped twenty of Its locomotlvos with the latest form of this headlight. The observing party stationed Itself nt tho side of tho track, and tho loco motive benrlng a powerful electric light, backed away about two miles, nnd then stnrted up nt high speed. Tho speed ranged In fact through tho dif ferent tests, from sixty to nlnoty-llvo miles an hour. Tho signal lights o( white, red and grcon wcro tried In their usual position (twenty Inche3 back), and then nllixed to brackets ox tending out sidoways twenty inches from tho smokobox. From tho somo what Imperfect records of tho tesis which have been published it was shown that tho lights camo out much plainer when put on tho pilot beam In stead of having them farther away from the headlight. Another great Im provement was developed by attaching to tho headlight an extension hood In the shape of a tube stretching out hor izontally in front. In using this tube In sizes ranging from four Inches to fourteen Inches, In different experi ments, somo most satisfactory results were attained, the color of tho signal light being easily distinguished up to a distanco of CGO feet. This when thoy were merely placed In front of tho smokobox, Instead of at their usual position twenty inches back. But with tho slxteen-lnch headlight hood, ex tending four Inches, green lights, ever with an unusually bright Illumination of the hendllght, were vislblo about 1,200 feet away. This further vindica tion of tho locomotive projector Is said to havo appreciably quickened the or ders for It to supply houses, nnd to havo greatly Increased tho confidoncs of rallorad men generally In tho elec tric light. A I.nrky Denotation. A schoolmaster In n village school had been In tho hublt of purchasing pork from tho parents of ono of his pupils on tho occasion of the killing of tho pig. Ono day a small boy marched up to tho master's desk and Inquired "If ho would llko n bit of pork, as they were going to kill a pig." Tho schoolmaster replied in tho alllrmatlve. Several days having elapsed, and hearing nothing of tho pork, the master called tho boy to him and Inquired the reason ho hnd not brought It. "Oh, please, sir," tho boy replied, "tho pig got better," Jfi 1 mm iw 1 1' la w NOTED WAR TROPHY. REIN A MERCEDES WHICH TRIED TO DEFEND SANTIAGO. How Klin Wm Stationed Spaniard Trlwl tho Bamo Trick llohsmi l'lnyeil with tho Mcrrlmiu?, but Wcro Not So Successful. (Washington Letter.) In nil tho llternturo of tho Spanish war there Is nothing of greater Inter est nnd vnluo than tho work entitled "Battles and Capitulation of Santiago do Cuba," by Lieut. Joso Mullor y Tejel ro, second In command of tho naval for ces of tho province of Santiago do Cuba, a translation of which was published somo tlmo ago by tho office of naval intelligence of tho United Stntes navy. To this work wo nro indebted for par ticulars of tho very Importnnt part played by the Rclnn Mercedes In tho defense of Santiago, says the Scientific American. Tho Rolnn Mercedes la n protected cruiser of 3,090 tons displacement and a speed of seventeen nnd ono-hnlf knots nn hour. Sho was built at Car thagenn In 1SS7, nt a tlmo when tho Spnnlsh nnvy was being reconstructed, largely under tho direction nntl with tho professional asslstauco of Grcnt Britain. Her armament during tho operations of the lato war consisted of six C.2-lnch Hontorla guns; two 2.7 lnch, three 2.2-inch, two 1.5-Inch, nnd six 1.4-lnch rnpld-firo guns, with two machine guns. Sho carried tho largo number of fivo torpedo tubes, all locat ed abovo tho water lino. Hor coal sup ply Is COO tons. At tho tlmo of her constiuctlon sho was comparable In speed nnd powers of offenso nnd do fenso with tho nvcrago cruiser of sim ilar displacement of other navies. Lieut. Tejelro tolls us that on nc count of the very bad condition of hor THE REINA boilers nt tho outbreak of tho war It was Impossible for tho Relna Mercedes to proceed to Havana, ns most of the Spanish vessels cruising in thnt neigh borhood did, nnd It was determined to mako what use of her wns possiblo In tho defense of Santiago harbor. Sho was anchored near tho Socapa battery, which is located on tho hills west of tho entrance to Santiago harbor. Her yards and topmnsts wero sent down and her starboard sldo (tho ono she presented to tho mouth of tho hnrbor) was protected by covering It with light cables, with the object of keeping tho enemy's shells from entering tho tor pedo magazine. Her boats assisted In Inying tho lines of torpedoes which guarded the ontrnnco channel. Four of her C.2-lnch Hontorla guns wcro dismounted, leaving tho two forward guns, which are carried on tho main deck In sponsons, to protect tho inino fields. Two of tho dismounted guns wero dragged up the hill to tho Socapa uat tory, and mounted thero, nnd two others were tnkon ncross tho channel and mounted lu the battery at Punta Gorda, further up tho entrance. "These STERN VIEW OF THE REINA MER CEDES. four guns," snys tho lieutenant, "wcro mounted for tho purpose of directly at tacking the hostile fleet," and It was a shell from ono of tho Socapa guns that entered tho forward rapid-flro battery of tho Texas, putting It temporarily out of action. Tho crew of tho Relna Mercedes, in addition to defending tho torpedo lines from the attack of small crnft that might attempt to countermlno them, mounted nt tho lower battery of So capa one f7 millimeter Nordnnfoldt gun and four 37 millimeter Hotchklss re volving guns, all of which wero taken from tho Mercedes. All of tho artil lery that had been removed from this ship wbb served by tho Mercedes' men. During tho long scries of engagement botween our ships and tho battery tho Mercedes was frequently struck nnd several fatalities occurred among tho mon. After tho final sortie of Admiral Ccrvera'8 fleet It was decided to sink tho vessel In tho harbor channel In the endeavor to prevent our uet from coming In, ns Hobson had attempted with tho Mcrrlmac to provent tho Spnnlsh licet from coming out. In the words of Lieut. Tcjplro: "As tho In terior of tho harbor did no longer havo tho safeguard of the fleet, as tho Bus tnmonto torpedoes had been taken up to thnt tho fleet could go out nnd hnd not yet been replnced, and as, finally, tho first lino of mines no longer ex isted, tho commander of marlno de cided (Gen. Tornl being nlso of his opinion) to sink the Mercedes in tho nnrrow part of the channel. Hur riedlyfor tlmo was preaslng tho wounded and sick from the lost fleet wcro transferred to tho steamer Mc Jlco, which had been converted Into a hospital and hnd hoisted tho Hag of tho Red Cross. "Important pnpers had been saved, memoranda, portable nrms, etc., wcro tnkon off the Mercedes, nnd at 8 o'clock p. m., with her commander, Ensign NardlK, a few engineers and tho neces sary sailors and pilots, sho started to wnrd tho ontrnnco with hor bow an chor and stern spring on the cnblo ready. At 11:30 o'clock tho enemy opened a continuous flro 011 tho ship. "She was sunk nt tho Intended plnce, but, unfortunately, sho did not como to Ho across tho channel, becnuso It Bccms n projectile cut tho spring from tho cable." During their work with tho bntterlcs on shore, nnd whllo serv ing upon tho ship herself, the person nel suffered the following casualties: Tho commander, Emlllo Acosta, nnd five others wrro killed, eleven others of tho crew were seriously wounded, nnd sixteen wcro wounded moro slightly. Although tho Spaniards looked upon tho Mercedes ns beyond snlvago, sho was subsequently raised and will now undergo reconstruction nt the Norfolk navy yard. She will bo robollored and thoroughly overhauled, besides receiv ing n new bnttery of six slxteen-lnch long caliber rnpld-firo guns, firing MERCEDJ.'S. Bmokclc8B powder nnd a now battery of smaller rnpld-firo guns of Btandard pattern. In slzo and armament, speed nnd coal capacity sho will bo prnctleal ly a sister ship to tho six now protected cruisers which wero authorized by tho last congress. She will, therefore provo a timely nnd servlceablo nddi tlon to our fleet as well as notnblo trophy of tho Spanish-American war. GO WITHOUT HATS. CJiillo u Tail with tho Sultii rliun Summer (llrlN. Tho custom of going bareheaded lo finding greater favor every day. Last year men rodo horseback without hats at Newport, and tho penny press was convulsed with awo and nmuHomont at the new fad, says tho New York Com mercial Advertiser. Tho halr-drcssors nilvocnto tho hatless habit for those who havo reason to fear promnturo baldness, nnd tho doctors whoso pa tients complnln of headaches and neu ralgia and nil tho other Ills that heads nro holr to say that fewer hats and moro sun nnd nlr nrc n splendid suni ni?r prescription. In tho suburbs tho hatless brigade that comes to meet tho evening trains from town presonts a curious sight to tho unsophisticated spoctntor. Girls on bicycles, smartly clad, from their broad-toed boots to their correct high collars to say noth ing of their porfectly cut skirts, Im maculato crnvnts nnd smart Hhlrt waists como to meet their brothors or sweethearts from town. Tho brothers nnd sweothenrts wear straw hats, bo causo city conventions have not yot cast nsldo tho projudleo In their favor. But tho girls wear no hnt nt all, and thoy seem so absolutely unconscious of tho fact that tho occasional girl whoso tresses are hidden by a crown of Btraw is looked upon with suspicion, not to say distrust. Tho hatless blcyclo rldors wear their hair In tho convontlonal way puffed or partod nnd bandenucd on either side, nnd, strange to say, it does not peem to fly about any moro than do tho locks of tho girl who wrors a hat and a veil. Tho "carrlago folk," who drive high-stepping ponies, havo discarded hats, too. They carry sun shades of gorgeous hue, and tholr heads look llko hair-dressers' models, but few hats appear beneath tho gay parasols that hovor llko brilliant but- torflicB around tho station whon tho afternoon express from town Is duo at Wntcrcrest or Willowmere. I C 11 n n In 11 famine. Over a quarter of a million of nconlo havo already perished In conseiuonco of tho famine in Rutsla. Itatlier Common Nownitnyt, Wo nro tired of "situations" that nro "critical." Atchison Qlobe. IS IT SOCIALISM? A SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATIVE COLONY IN INDIANA. Tctt City lint Ilrou i flourishing Mitiiu fiiitiitlnc Town lor I'orly Ycurt Alt lit Industrie Are Ituu on tho Co Opera the l'lun. (Toll City Letter.) In this city of 3,000 busy souls hid den nwny between tho Indiana knobs and the Ohio river nnd so situated that It escapes attention nnd meddling, Is being worked out tho only successful colonization scheme In tho country. It Is neither tho co-operatlvo theory of Bellamy, tho Industrial plan of Dob3 nor tho social dream of Owen, but rather a modified and greatly altered, combination of the three. Tho theoret ical has been laid aside and tho practi cal and successful mado dominant. Forty-four years havo tested its strong nnd weak points, nnd weather ing them nil, It stands to-day, not only ns tho only successful co-operative In dustrial colony In tho nation, but also ns possibly tho most prosperous munic ipality In Indiana, enjoying nmong oth er distinctions thnt of being tho India na city In which Is found tho lnrgost percentage of homo owners nntl tho fewest drones nntl leeches on society. Nlnety-thrco per cent of tho homo oc cupants own their own homos. Moro than this, they own twenty-six manu ftictlng concerns nnd work In thorn. Thoy select their own officers nnd su perintendents nntl set their own scnlo of wages. The plan thus carried out in the manufacturing plants is preva lent to a gronter extent lu tho manage ment of municipal affairs. The city was founded In 1SCC by tho Swiss Col onization Society of Cincinnati, nn or gan Izntlon of wealthy Swiss citizens of thnt and other American cities, who sought tho betterment of tholr fellow countrymen who hnd como to this country, but who had not mado a suc cess In securing remunerative employ ment. They purchased tho present slto becauso of Its location on tho naviga ble Ohio and Its rather isolated situa tion. In tho knobs, 300 yards back from tho Ohio, wiib found nn nlmost In oxhaustlblo supply of tho best cannel coal. It was nnmcd Toll City, In hon or of Wllllnm Toll, whom ninny recall ns tho gcntlemnn who shot an applo orf his son's head. In selecting tho colonists thoy sought only to nsBlst tho worthy. They first Inquired into tho morality of their mnn, and then ns to his Industrial Inclination nnd ability. Found ncceptublo in these points, with his fnmlly, ho was sent down tho rlvor to Tell City nntl put to work clearing tho wny for tho settlement on moro ex tensive plnns. Whon enough hnd boon thus gathered at tho point, tho society effected tho orgnnlzntlon of tho flrst colony manufacturing company. It was put upon a strictly 'co-opcratlvo basis. Tho men wero brought together nnd permitted to enter into a working and managing ngreomcnt to their own liking. When tholr plan was onc drnfted It Btood. From tho first tho policy wns to organlzo smnll compa nies from 10 to 100 mon. Tho men se lected tholr own officers, mnnagors and superintendents nnd bosses by popular ballot onco n year and mado themselves subject to tho orders Issued by thuso selected heads. If the administration of nffnlrs did not suit them they knew thoy would have a chnnco to mako n change tho following election. Tho Colonization Society advanced them funds nnd thoy erected their first fac tory in 1850. They wero nlmost nil ex ficrt woodworkers and Jolnors In tho ott country, nnd they selected furniture iib their bent. Tho plant which thoy erected In 1850 Is still Htnndlng. It has been enlarged nlmost nnnually, and Is today tho lnrgest cluilr-maklng plant In tho United States, nntl possibly In tho world. Tho co-operatlvo plan, ns thus worked out, was found to bo huc cessful beyon.l nil anticipation. Tho men nt first tV'vldcd tho earnings nt Intervals among themselves, but us roori ns they had scharged tholr In debtedness and established themselves In homes, they began to fix a wookly scnlo of wages. Thoy sot thoir own wngcu at tho auiiuul meetings, doing so THE CITY HALL, by popular vote. By popular voto they havo always adhered to a plan of grad uating wages, on a basis of efficiency In work and excellence. Tho finest work men wero thus given an ndvnnced fig uro over tho others who wero not so proficient. All work was put on a pleuu work basis, and it Is clalmod this w.ih one of tho first plants In tho United Stntes in which this plan was Intro duced. By a graduated scalo every workman wns urged to best effort. By ovory man hnvlng nn IntercEt In tho plant, as well as a tleslro to cam his woekly wago for tho Biipport of him self and his family, all attemptoti to muko tho output excel In workmanship and stylo, nnd In tho furnlturo markets to-tlny Toll City furnlturo Is referred to as tho standard of excellent In con struction. This has much to do with tho success of tho pioneer nnd nil otnor co-operative plunts, as all worked on tho same lino. Not only was tho fath er who worked nt tho bench Interostcd In tho plunt, but even wlfo, mothor nnd child had her heart In Its success. When tho son wns old enough ho was yjJiS rafts fi a m put nt tho npprentlco bench and from that ho gradually worked himself to tho bench nnd worked by the side of his father. The apprentices nro tho master workmen now. As ho progress ed ho acquired an Interest in tho plant until whon he reached tho bench besldo his father ho generally had ns great financial interest In tho plant ns his nnccstor. Tho wonderful success winch marked tho starting of tho first plant urged tho Colonization Society on nnd nnothcr co-opcratlvo company was formed nnd advanced money. They nlso erected a furnlturo making cstnb llshmcnt nnd in its lino of tunnufacturo it Is to-dny tho largest In tho stnto of Indlann. Another, nnd another, nnd nnothcr, was added, until nt present, thero Is n total of twenty-six of theso plants. All havo adopted exactly tuo samo plnn ns drafted nnd developed by tho pioneer compnny. Not n falluro marks tho long list. Thoro has not yet been n llnnnclnl wenkonlng, every ono of them hns been cleared from all of tho original obligations nnd all other debts hnvo been llqtildntcd. Tho work men who hnvo set tholr own wages havo received 10 and many times 20 A. P. FENN, MAYOR OF TELL CITY, per cent higher wages than paid to tho workmen in tho plnnts over tho coun try which como Into contact with thorn. Besides this weekly advanced wago, at tho end of tho yenr thero havo boon largo earnings to bo divided nmong them and nt times these hnvo run as high as sovaral thousand dollars to tho mnn. Last year thoro wero em ployed In theso twenty-six Tell City plnntB 511 workmen. Tholr wages nnd tho cnrnlngs distributed nmong thorn at tho last of tho year amounted to $003,000. Besides tho men employed In tho factories, among whom this money wns divided, over 125 men and women wcro given employment nt tholr homes caning chnlrs. What tholr earnings wcro is not known. Tell City Is to-uny by long odds tho greatest chair manu facturing point In tho nation. Of tho fnctorlcs Included In tho list, six aro furnlturo manufactories, nntl most ot tho others nro wood working establish ments. Tho prlnclpnl products aro houso furniture, chnlrs, desks, wood mantels, wagons, hub blocks, spokes, brooms, baskets, Bhlngles, railroad ties, flour nnd meal, hanioa, staves, barrels, toys, wooden goods, woolen goods, sash, tloors, blinds, brick, rough nnd dressed lumber, brandy, whiskey, boor nnd wine. Tell City, in every senso of tho word, Is an Industrial city. Tho homes nro no less human bco-hivos of activity than nro tho factories. Tho children, women and old men work In cessantly. They nro all export basket weavers, chair canerfl, or toy ninkers. Thero Is no wny of getting hold of tho vnluo of their output, but tho statement Is a snfo one that It Is as largo as tho total manufacturing Interests of tho average town of 3,000 inhabitants. Tho children aro raised on tho town motto "Lot there bo no drones." They aro from tho llrst Inculcated with tho doctrine that by tholr labors and hon esty, and by thoso things nlono, thoy mny nsplro to become ono of tho com munity. Luckily thoy enmo from hardy parents nnd nro henltny. fioloi 1 Temple. "A Biblical student In this city," snys tho Washington correspondent of tho Chicago Record, "declares that It tho descriptions of Solomon's temple aro accurately given in tho Bible nnd by secular authorities, tho total viluo of that edifice and Its contents must hnvo exceeded ?50,000,000,000. In tho llrst place, tho vnluo of tho matorlals in tho rough Is estimated nt ?12,500, 000,000, and tho labor at 13,000,000,000. According to tho Vlllalpantlls 10,000 men wero engaged in dressing cedar lumbar, 80,000 wero engaged In cutting Etone. and CO.OOO In benrlng burdens, for 11 period of seven years, who, In addition to thoir wnges, received fifty cents a day for food. According to tho enmo authority, which Is corroborated by JoscphiiB, tho vessols of gold woro valued at 140,000 talents, which,, re duced to Amerlcnn money, Is cqunl to $2,320,181,015. Tho vessols of silver nro calculated at $3,231,715,000, tho vestments of the priests and tho robes of the Blngers nt $10,050,000 and tho value of tho trumpets of gold was $1,000,000." I.lonrleo for llin Cigarette llnhlt. Tho following euro for tho clgarotto habit has been suggested by a corre spondent of Plnquomino, Ln.: Supply yourself with n few sticks of ortllnnry llcorlco bought of a druggist and break it up into pieces about tho size of a cough drop, and keop thorn In a small box in tho pocket, instend' of clgar ottes, nnd whonevor you desire to smoko tnko ono of those tlrons Instead. Follow theso directions for four or flvo weeks and you can rest nssured you will not havo any moro deslro to b in ok 0. Costly Clo'li .Made of Leaf, Tho plnu cloth of tho Philippines la mndo from the fiber of tho pineapple leaf. Tho cloth Is very expensive. ,