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BABEI80V, . . .
WEB,
Baby carriages are
from the sidewalks In
now excluded
New York.
John L. Sullivan In writing his auto
atafraphy. It will probably be a scrap
ie.
Cne difference Is when politicians be
pM building air castles they usually
totK them with slates.
It la becoming apparent that John
Bull's territorial claims in Alaska are
Bat contracted at all by the cold.
Twelve million silk hats are made
annually In Great Britain. What awful
disaster would follow should Wales
itop wearing them! .
It seems strange that a St. Louis
woman should offer $4,000 for a hus-
Mmd. She could buy a good dog for
and a parrot for $5.
As to the couple, aged 88 and 90
years, who were lately married in New
York, It is probable that Cupid was
looking over bis shoulder when he shot
statisticians say that an average
man of 154 pounds weight has enough
Iron In his body to make a plowshare,
and enough phosphorus to make half a
million matches.
The Taylor Street Methodist Churcn
T Portland, Ore., has set aside a pew
Jepedally for the use of commercial
travelers. The trustees seem to think
that one pew Is enough.
Gen. Weyler Is said to have saved
14,000,000 in the Philippines and $3,
000,000 In Cuba. The contrast between
Bis finances and those of Spain most be
painful to the Madrid cabinet
The person who cannot understand
tow a man can afford to accept a pub
He office that It costs more to secure
than the salary amounts will never be
known and honored as a statesman.
The British commission In the (fold
regions has decided to change the name
of the district from Klondike to Tron
dlke. The miners will starve to death
under one name as well as the other.
tramps than other people, decided to
feed all who applied without requlrtr-g
work la return. The fraturulty of the
dusty roads spread the nevs with niys
terious swiftness, and xn the over
seer found his tramp visitors as thick
as grasshoppers. A physician and oth
ers on the roads have bet-n rob tie I and
many deeds of violence committed.
The Inhabitants of the quiet neighbor
hood now go armed. They ars about to
establish a rock pile and a wood yard,
a remedy that never falls.
The Columbia, S. C, negro, who
have subscribed marly three-fourths
of the $100,000 capital with which to
start a cotton factory 'n that city
(which will give employment nifht and
day to COO of their race) have shown
a degree of thrift and enterprise that
cannot be too highly commended. What
the Columbia negroes have done their
brothers in other Southern centers of
population can as readily do with prof
it to themselves and with advantage to
all their kind. That wsy lies a pood
solution of the race problem, and the
way is open and inviting.
K QUARTET OF BOYS.
VOUNG MEN WHO EARLY
CAME GENERALS.
BE.
General Merrltt, Cuatrr, Mackenzie
and Upton Won Promotion by Con
apiruoua Gallantry in the Service of
Their Countrjr-Their After Mfe.
One of the grossest absurdities on
earth Is approaching completion in Par
is, in the shape of an oil painting thirty
feet high and fifty-five feet long, repre
senting "the apotheosis of International
arbitration," which, when it is finished.
Is to be offered to the Czar. What an
extraordinary piece of satire Is this?
Do the artists, or any others, perhaps.
regard the decision of the iwwers of
Europe which degrades Greece and
sustains the Turk an example of Inter
national arbitration? It would seem
that no greater Insult could be flung
In the face of our Christian civilization
than this.
A collar button possessing many ad
vantages over the old style has Just
been Invented. If It Is designed to fill
a long-felt want It will shy at a bureau
and positively refuse to roll under a
bed.
Tne "unloaded revolver" claims an
other Chicago victim. There should be
no "unloaded revolvers." Every revol
ver should be loaded and everyone
should understand that fact and leave
firearms alone.
It wll be Interesting to learn, by and
by, how much the wealth taken out of
the Klondike region exceeds the
wealth taken Into It Well, we have
only to wait till the gold craze Is over
before doing this little sum In arithmetic.
A bicycle built for 2000 will be shown
at the Paris exposition. Both tires are
punctured with large doors, and visit
ors reach the top by winding stair
cases inside. The saddle Is a roof gar
den, and the handle-bars a sitting-room
with large windows.
A list of ten prominent astronomers
Is given who lived to be nearly 100, and
the fact Is supposed to warrant a belief
that devotion to the science promotes
longevity. It Is at least true that as
tronomers live further away from the
madding crowd than any other class of
hard workers.
While the English language Is spread
ing over the face of the globe wher
ever liberty Is possible, it is sad to
mark the apparent Incapacity of the
noble German tongue to conquer new
territory or even to maintain Itself
within Its own legal limits. In Bohe
mia it Is rapidly disappearing. In Hun
gary It has been exterminated within
the last fifty years. The eastern prov
inces of Prussia have been In German
hands more than a hundred years, yet
the people there are as little Prussian
to-day as when Kosciusko laid down
his life for personal liberty. The Dan-'
lsh provinces were conquered more
than thirty years ago, yet the new gen
eration speaks Danish and hates the
very name of Prussia. In Alsace-Lorraine,
men who were babies In 1870
have now served their time in the Ger
man army, and are nominally German
subjects; yet the German language
finds there a resistance insurmounta
ble, even with the aid of a vast army of
spies, gendarmes, officials, and 60,000
troops. Nor is the German language
faring better In the German colonies,
for the simple reason that German emi
grants prefer almost any colonial flag
to their own.
Bra ve t'a vaL'jr Ofliccra.
UK transfer and
p r o in o t Ion of
Maj. Gen. Wes
ley Merrltt to
the command of
the Department
of the East, with
headquarters at
Governor's Isl
and, vividly re
call that histor
ic q u a r t e t of
brilliaut ycil
cavalry officers,
Merritt. Custer,
MacKenzIe and Upton, which became
famous the last two years of the war.
I was a group ttiat found its analogue
in the same number of equally gallant
young generals. West Pointers all, in
many instances classmates of their an
tagonistsStuart, Fitz Lee, Kosser and
ioung, in the army of Northern Vir
ginia. It is the Union quartet that will
be considered here, because their ca
reers were similar, as they were pro
moted together, and the history of one
Is a part of the history of them all.
Merritt was the senior of the "quad
rilateral" of young Union generals in
graduation. He was a member of the
Cist and only "five years' class" that
ever left Wet Point. While Mr. Davis
was Secretary of War he caused the
course at the United States, Military
Academy to be Increased to five years.
In the class of "00 grad sated Joseoh
Wheeler, a member of Congress for
mot of tbone high up in cln itai
tng. Uptou was counnlssloued In t
artillery. Bue be wanted a regime
and that fortune which ever favors t.
brave tood Upton's frWnd. By a lucky
chance he was comujltloiied colonel
of the One hundred and Twenty-first
New York Volunteers, and made a Brig
adler General for distinguished gallau
try In an attack that 111 be faiuom
through, all his'jory. Upton was a bri
gade ccaiinaaJ.r in that crack cotp
of IIhuok k'a veterans liii h on the
morning of Viay 12. 1hi;4. advanced st
isrtly upon that faulty "horseshoe" !o
I's line of works at Spottylvanla,
walked over the gray skirmishers, not
firing a shot at them for fear of giving
the alarm, and Just at d-iwn drove th
Federal wedge with tViTible, derisive
effect full into the ho-Mdioe. History
calls it the "bloodj anirle." There It
was that "Hancock the superb" noted
the gallant young Colonel Upton's bra
very and the skill he s!kwi1 In hand
ling his command, and said to General
Morgan of bis staff: "By this a wl "it
that, Upton has won a star, and he
shall have it." Again that 1'Jth of Oe-toln-r,
1M. that had been so lucky for
Merritt and Custer, brought good for
tune to Upton, for then he received the
brevet of Major General. When Gen
eral James II. Wilson .vent to the
Western army to command all Genera!
Sherman's cavalry, he took Upton with
him, and gave him the fourth division
of the cavalry corps, which he com
manded until his volunteers were
mustered out ami the war ended.
Last, and in many respects the
ablest, of this quartet whose names
will live as long as the history of our
war survives was MacKenzIe. He was
the youngest In years and service of
them all, as he did not graduate until
1n!2. But though he came a year later
than any of the others, in two year
and a little more than six months of
active service MacKenzIe had won an
honor and achieved a distinction never
before or since attained by any officer
MY LADY'S CLOTHING.
FASHIONS ARE LATE IN BECOM
ING SETTLED.
It la Now Becoming Certain What
the Beally Correct t-hadeaand Gooda
Are, and Home of Them Arc Here
Briefly Hk etched and Pictured.
Our Weekly Kaahion Budget.
New York curresiMiadeucr:
E R 11 A I' 8 the
styles haven't been
low In becoming
Jettled this use son:
'o one yH ever
seen angling like
St. Here it Is Ie
vrulMT, and we are
Just learning not
only what are aore
ly to be the fivor
lte shades and
goods, but what
are to be the fash
ionable cuts for
those materials.
Even now there Is
more than the cus
t o n' a ry oprtu
nity for Individual
expression, but for
the past two
months the layer down of fashion
laws was on thin Ice so thin tliat only
the best of gut sers dared prophecy.
As to skirts, it is settled that they must
be clone at the hips and drag. Almost
all long skirts a.e made sejxirate from
their silken petticoats, and are held
up high, the peilcoat or lining show-
the right in this group Is a pretty on,
not of start ling novelty, but stylish
and In good taste. It was made of kel
tic blue cloth, six I had over Its blark
velvet blouse s bolero of the cloth trim
med with black velvet revers. These
extended into a round eollsr st the
back, the ttlouse having Its own folded
stock of the v.dvet Oloth epaulettes
capped the sleeves and were edged
with fur, three lmads of this trimming
coining at the Heoi of the skirt
An early wlcvr development and a
very sudden ote- in chyles In silk la
the appearance witiiout warning of
taffeta in black made, after the man
ner of our grandmothers', with a lot of
frills, each frill edced with rows of
narrow black velvet ribbon. The skirts
to such dr"sse- re very full and round,
and wem aliu.t to be gathered on a
band The ixxi'ces ere made with
quaint fichu effect e." frilled silk, and
the sk-eves are fatly tight. Most of
these gowns are .'j black, but occasion
ally one is seen In a quaint dull green.
The fashion is a brand new one, and la
pretty sure to take hold, so If you are
going to buy a llk for general wear an
old-time taffeta made in this way la
safe planning.
Moderation Is finally settled on aa
the rule for sleeves, none of them be
ing tight. In silk dresses some elabora
tion at the sho'ilder Is Invariable. At
t he wrist all si:k sleeves are finished
elalstrately over the hand with some
modification of the bell cuff, and whlta
is often worn a!out the wrist whether
It appears at tht neck or not. In cloth,
sleeves, too, el.ittfratlon at the should
ders Is common enough, but the newest
wrinkle Is to make the sleeve entirely
plain there, after the patterns shows
Every American returning to his na
tive land from abroad Is expected to
ave a thrill of pleasure, but the man
ner of celebrating Is not always the
same, A Boston man went straight
Vom the steamer to a restaurant and
. tiered a lunch consisting of a cup of
C Tee with four pieces of pie, apple,
nutard, lemon and blueberry.
The extraordinary safety of modern
. ravel, horizontally and vertically. Is
hown in the annual report of the New
fork Central Railway, which shows
that net one of the twenty-three mil
lion passengers carried last year was
killed, and only fifteen were injured;
and la the statement that fatalities
frees passenger elevators In New York
average leas than one s year.
i of the French poets says a wom
an's sword la her tongue, and that she
never allows It to rust A woman In
an Francisco claims to have Invented
system of phonetic stenography by
which the human tongue can record
not only the words of a speech, but all
Ita modulations. The Inventor states
that aba has tested her device success
folly la Chinese aa well aa English.
Wind seems to be a commodity of
dally Increasing value, not so much la
the carrying- on of political campaigns,
where It la employed In Ita expansive
character and thus loses the moat of Its
power, bat In machines in which by be
ta bottled op and compressed it le
issnss a mighty propelling force. The
dry foods atores'have taken kindly to
transmitter of cash, and
' C Kw Xerk Post OOce to to send
tsl f ctflgaa by the same
tU U aarlnc. It aaea Ilka
0 12,- ke than aenJred
In tta Case
Igjjr rt raawr
Prophets who have drawn glowing
pictures of all -rail communications be
tween the populous Atlantic seaboard
cities and the still more populous cities
of Western Europe may not after all
have been the irrational dreamers that
some of the critics have claimed. Re
cently a former chief of the United
States geological survey" predicted that
within a few years a traveler could
board a sleeping car In New York
ticketed through to St. Petersburg and
could make the entire Journey by rail,
except for the short stretch across
Behring straits. The reason offered for
this prediction was that the western
portion of the United States Is now
about entering the greatest mining era
the world has ever known, and that
within a very short time the develop
ment of mining Industries will insure a
complete chain of railways on the Pa
cific coast into the remote mining re
gions of Alaska. This prophet was
probably a good many years ahead of
the natural order of events, although
there are Indications that the predic
tions will ultimately be fulfilled. Rus
sia Is now doing her part toward link
ing continental Europe to North Amer
ica by a vast railway girdle across the
Siberian steppes, and when the last
links In this government railway are
completed London, Paris and 8t Pe
tersburg will be Immeasurably nearer
to Pacific coast ports In China and
Japan than they ever were before. It
doesn't follow, however, that bees use
the Russian Government Is opening up
Siberia to the world It will find any
Justification In the near future for an
extension of the Siberian railroad to
the Behrlng straits. When such a line
Is built It Is more than likely that mili
tary reasons will dictate the move, for
there are now no Indications that min
eral or other wealth In the extreme
northeast of Siberia would Justify the
costly railroad enterprise. On this side
of the Pacific there are far more ag
gressive Indications that the time la
not far distant when Alaska will be
connected with the rest of the United
States by rail and when a further ex
tension to the point on Behrlng straits
where connection with Siberia Is most
feasible should be accomplished at
comparatively slight cost Already two
or three companies have been organized
to build railways Into Alaska as a re
sult of the mining boom. One of these
projects Is for a narrow gauge railroad
from tidewater on Prince William
sound up the valley of the Copper
River, and thence across the divide to
a point on the Yukon River near the
boundary line. This road would be a
little over 300 miles long. It Is certain
that the Canadians will bo! Id a railway
Into the northwest territory coating
on te Alaska, and the Canadian Pa
clde Railway Company already has sur
eyora la the told to find a suitable
rawta to connect with Ita main Una at
aanM point la Brttlah Columbia.
A QUARTETTE OK BOY BRIGADIERS.
for a girl m
neveral terms, and a Confederate gen
eral officer; Gen. Wilson, chief of engi
neers, and Col. Wblttemore of the Ord
nance Department
After serving as adjutant of the Sec
ond Dragoons under Col. Philip St
George Cooke, Merritt became aid-de
camp to that gallant Virginian, when
he was made brlgndier general in 18U1,
then major general and given command
of oil the cavalry of McCIelluud'a army.
Two days before Gettysburg, Capt.
Merritt, who had attracted the atten
tion of his superiors of the highest rank
by reason of bis quick military percep
tions and thorough knowledge of the
availabilities of the cavalry arm, was
nominated brigadier general and for
wards! his acceptance, and mounted
the star on the very day, July 1, D53,
when Buford's columns, suddenly push
ing out westward from Gettysburg, un
expectedly ran up against the advance
brigades of Gen. A. P. Hill. Merritt
was given the reserve cavalry com
mand. From that day his fortune was
assured. He fought a division under
the eye and command of Gen. Sheri
dan, tne cavalry oflieer of the Union
army, at Winchester and Fisher's Hill.
Sheridan showed what he thought of !
his young subordinate's ability and
conduct when he named Merritt for the
brevet of major general, which was
given him. Gen. Merritt has six bre
vets, all for "gallant and meritorious
service." From Fisher's Hill to the
close of the war Gen. Merritt com
manded a division of Sheridan's cav
alry corps.
Second of the gallant four comes
Custer. He was old for a cadet when
he entered the United States Military
Academy. Two classes were graduated
In 1W1; the flrnt was that which would
have been the socond five years' class;
the other, June 24. The latter was
(.'lister's. After serving as cavalry
a Id-de-camp lo General McClellan,
June 2! he was made Brigadier Gener
al. His name and Merrllt's went to
tne Senate together. Custer's vim and
dash at Brandy Station and Aldle,
while ald-de-camp to General Pleasan
ton. had lsen so conspicuous as to at
tract general attention, and won for
hi in his Brigadier General's commis
sion, rrom Gettysburg, in Hll1 tn h
end. Custer was the typical hard rider,
the Ideal light horseman and dashlnz
fighter of the cavalry corps of the Armyi
or tne rotomac. At Fisher's Hall Cus
ter won his brevet of Major General,
the same day Merritt 'gained bis and
in the same battles. Sheridan gave
Custei. the second of his "boy Gener
als." a division of his superb cavalry,
which he commanded until aoatllMea
ceased.
Third in the Hat of this group of
young heroes comss Upton. Ha waa a
l man. of the almost Ira years' eteaa.
than received Ma niimis May f. Late
of our always gallant army. He had
won seven brevets, everything from
First Lieutenant to Major General,
each "for gallant and meritorious ser
vice" not in skirmishes, either, If you
pleace, but such battles as Second Bull
Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Petersburg, Winchester. Csiar Creek.
That liuh of October. 1MH, so often
mentioned, must be noted again, for it
was as fortunate for MacKenzIe as It
had been for the other three. For the
most brilliant, soldiery courage and
daring General Sheridan recommend
ed MacKenzie's promotion to the rank
of Brigadier General, and his commis
sion was given him "for specific dis
tinguished services" at the battle of
OpequoH, Fisher's Hill and Middle
town, and the recipient of these hon
ors, unequaled in American history,
waa then but a little over 23 years old.
And how fared they after the war
ended this gallant four' Custer died
with the Indian war whoop as hi
death-kneli, in a battle that will live In
history as the last stand made by the
great united tribes of the Northwest
against the overwhelming white man.
Upton, a full Colonel of artillery alas,
that It should have to be written
died with clouded mind by bis own
hand, MacKenzIe lived for years dead
to the world, and to the grief and sor
row of those who knew and loved him
tx-st. But the star Merritt wore for
years so worthily before he won those
he wears to-day gleamed on the gal
lant MacKenzle's shoulder before the
llg.it of resaon went out for him for
evermore. And thus It Is that Merritt
U the only one left of the four gallant
young souls whose courage and soldier
ly deeds won the chlvslrlc appreciation
of their own comrades and the admira
tion and respct of those who had wit
nessed and felt Uie might of their valor
oi. twenty stricken fields. And as he
who Is left recalls the past there must
come from bis own knightly heart s
sigh for their memory and a prayer for
the souls of the gallant brave, who
have gone across the River of Death.
Globe-Democrat.
The Cormorant.
The cormorant Is largely employed
In China for catching fish. The Mrds
are reared and trained with great esre
and are taken out upon the lakes and
rivers In a small boat, one man to ev
ery ten or twelve cormorants. The
birds stand perched on the sides of the
boat, and at a word from the man they
scatter an the water snd begin to look
for flab. They dive for fish, ami then
rise to the eorfare with the ftsb In their
bilte, when they are called back to the
boat by the flspermen. Aa doetle aa
doga, they swim to their master and
an taken Into tne boat when t'sey lay
their pray and again reavae
TWO IN GRAY TO ONE IN BLUE.
Ing. A silken petticoat, tanldes, is
worn, the lining usually harmonizing
with or in-i tchlng the cloth of the dress,
the petticoat coutraliug brilliantly.
This 111 like cut of skirt Is shown in
Its most marked characteristics in the
accompanying small picture, wherein
theskirt appear to 'up over at the side
Beam, where it w.-f held with frogs of
gray and white n.'Tcd cord. Similar
trimming closed he jacket Isjdlce.
which Moused hi I -round over a wide
folded beit of (ream satin, the same
shade of satin 'nclng the single rever.
The first nnd s,-cond costumes In the
next picture were dainty employment
In th next picture. Usually there 1
trimming for the skirt, or, lacking that
as !n tills middle dress-some other
elaboration for the Usllce to make up
for the look of severity that entirely
plain sleeves give. This dress shows,,
more than the other two. how neces
Rary this balancing elaboration Is. It
had an uuder i.odu-e of fitted white
satlo covered wit', cream lace, and
over ;hiH the d-cs goods violet cash
merewas draped very prettily. Yet
the dres cetn d very plain, even be
side such nress.-s as those with which
It was skch-d. All of which points te
the advisability of planning a trtn
THE SLEEVES THAT ARK COMING FOR CLOTH GOWNS.
of grsy. The .1rat was In a satin fin- m.-d skirt of soma sort to go with nlala
lahed broadcloth. Its skirt trimmed ! MlfVftf If Ilia, . ... . , . i
Ith bands of ton grsy cloth embrol- : .rlr. And two wui. ... , 1
it..u.l WI. IJ....1. .III. 1.. ...L,. ' -.iiv--.IIVB
mr., jni ain are put here. At the left
revers were or tne Darker gray ciotii.
turning back from a vest of while ui-
In veiled with white chiffon, a JaUn
of the chiffon rippling from neck to
waist. The other model, the middle
one of the three, was In tailor finish,
the skirt plain and the blouse trimmed
very freeiy with black velvet ribbon.
Black velvet wss used for the belt, and
a Jabot ftnlab of creamy lac set off
the throat.
In trimming gray dresses with for,
ebJaeMtla. Persian lamb, seal and mink
art Med, bat owing perhaps to the la
fsaaplpiiatiann of the gray fur doesn't
add aa asncb rlchnea aa when applied
n psoas af ether colors. The
I -" i'"' -:. i wie ien see a gowa
or biege broadc'oih. ihe front seam of
of it skirt ornamented with small
strsp of fine brown braid held with
tiny buttons. Brown velvet supplied
belt, cuffs and turn down collar, and
he chemisette waa white satin veiled
with white eb'ffon. At the oppostte
side of the lllnstratloo And a gowa of
Mack cloth whose skirt waa trimnssd
with bias folds of the gooda, each fesd
fastened with a mail cloth covered bat-
tons. The bodice had an sddly i
vest of white chamois leather,
aaia aa wk a belt of the i
aland at fraata. baanaeaatfi
with
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