TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE atLECTiON OF INTER EST INGIT EMS. pMiaMill aa4 trtticiaaae Baaed Cpeu Ave sapeaiaue mt tke Daj Uie- I mmd Newe Notes, A enart of liquid air coat 12.400. fclvt'a the stuff for a millionaire "blow .. Par the benefit of Spain, It may ba ! te say that the ami-scalping bill la t a war measure. : When a man drinka a few of those Pa way cocktails be Immediately be- gbts to crow over the Spanish. Dewey has a fine tenor voice. Thta Loo disadvantage when songs of vlc y are connected with the high seas. This French boycott with the ladles fees gone so far many boarding school girls woa't speak that tongue with a Paris accent A patriotic New Jersey father has ebrtetened a new son and heir "Walter Saatpeea Schley Dewey Cullen." Witt's the matter with Fltzhugb Lee? The Buffalo Express says that "Mr. labbath of thia city Sundayed in New fork." To even matters up we hope that Evangelist Billy Sunday Sabbath ad la Buffalo. , Mr. Gladstone was another man who awed auch to bis wife. His develop taeat from narrow torylsm to broad liberalism la said to have been chiefly to her quiet, ateady influence. The librarian of Congress reports that the title "Remember the Maine" has been filed for copyright by the au thors of thirteen different war plays. That ought to settle the question about thirteen being an unlucky number. A special dispatch announces that "John Smith bas escaped from the pen itentiary." His case is hopeless, and bo may as well surrender; It will be an saay task to arrest John Smith almost anywhere at a moment's notice. The Chinese are nothing if they are sot polite. The Emperor has issued a proclamation "requesting certain gov enunent officials to stop stealing public moneys." That seems to be a legiti mate request, everything considered. It bow transpires that the tJnited States expended more money during the past few years In target practice in the nary than Great Britaia, Prance and Germany combined. The result at Hani la proved the investment to have seen a good one. Just at tals time, when the public Is ttgrossed with war a Kansas scientist very pleasantly relieves the strain by a paper on "The Behavior of Kinoplasm and Nucleolus in the Division of the Pollen Mother Cells of Asclepias Cor Bute," The horrors of war do not seem quite so terrible now. Had the Nicaragua Canal been com pleted, and controlled by the United States, onr battleship Oregon might have been at Key West when war wag declared. Instead of playing hide-rnd-seek around the South American const Not the least forcible argument In favor of the great waterway between the oceans Is the fact that it would prac tically multiply our navy by two. "Westward the course of empire takes Its wsy," until now the West be comes the East- There are few greater romances In history than that suggest ed by the raising of the American flag ever the Philippines. For they are a part of the land which Columbus sailed to seek and which be thought he had discovered, and they are now wrested from the land be served by the land which he did discover. If we were back a few centuries, that would be a theme for an epic. The Spaniards consider .that Admiral Pewey lacks the politeness of first-class society In Castile and Aragon. The commander of the wiped -out Spanish feet at Manila, Admiral Montejo, com plains bitterly that the American com aiaader surprised him. It was, Indeed, heartless proceeding for Dewey to tamp on the Spaniards before they had breakfast, without any warning what ever. What be should have done, ac cording to the notions of Spanish eti quette, was to send a messenger to Ad miral Montejo, with a brass band. In forming him that he was about to be very moot there la a statement of (bo Bumuer Of business failures; but we look In rain for a statement of the causes of failure. It might not be pleas-im-jMHUng, tat Itf would certainly be JneWave.TvV areHo&Tharcow men fail because they are too honest to prac tice: the" tricks of- trade, and others be cause tbea( too mean to gain and bacnveoBfldn; some because they do not gfrs full attention to their business, 44 others because they drive business recklessly. Some lines of trade are svorcrowded. In others the strong and abnrwd posh the weak to tbe wall, and small operators are "frosen out" by large ssea. Competition, which is said ft ba "the Ufa of trade," Is often its , Seats, . Tba prevalence of the Stars and C'JtJeJ m oar streets at tbe present C press pu aa Inquiry as to bow and ; XtJ aa asred a change has of recent j assne aver ine bids is via C rTV CrtsbMlly, wo presume, the f tavnT was tbe tint of the I 13 O sOrb I be stars arc aahJav r : ezi Ui of tbe stars aa Jan, C" saw tXay la aa thia er- ( v ; jUDtiiwtiiib.b epiaced by cue d'.-epfst pfeHie tndiga or navy, in many cases only a shade re move! from black, so that a funereal air is given to our flag. Can't our flag n.akers be induced to change off and give us something lively. The printed silk and cotton flags are generally all right as to color, but th c:ore expe sive bunting flags are all sal sinners against our American colors. If, as Stevenson says, an Idea cannot exist until the word to convey it is dis covered, the converse supposes that ideas evaporate before words too fre quently employed. "I should like him greatly," a young freshman recently said of her college president, "If he would eliminate the word "Joy" from his conversation, and 'grant' from his pray ers." The Boston Herald tells of a cer tain pastor who made such frequent use of the word "tender" that he wag finally requested to tender his resigna tion. In a well-known college, two roommates, conscious of their limited vocabulary and addiction to stale ad jectives, resolved to use one fresh word every day. Now, on the eve of grad uation, they both have places on the pro gram as tbe beat writers and speakers in the class. An English writer, Frederick Harri son, mentions It as a fact that the Queen Regent of Spain is a descendant of William, Trinee of Orange, by Char lotte de Bourbon, with whom Philip IL of Spain carried on his long war iu the Netherlands, which resulted in the formation of the Dutch republic and the disastrous defeat of Spain. If this is true, history presents no stranger Incident , In that war the ProtesUnts of Great Britain gave their support to William of Nassau against the tyranny of a Spaulsh monarch who had devas tated the Netherlands with Are and word. Now another branch of tlw Anglo-Saxon race has espoused tha cause of a peoplj who have been crushed by Spanish rule, but to-day tbe Spaniards are being marshaled by a queen who has the blood of William "the Silent" In her veins. Any one would think, from the vehement speech Queen Christina made recently to the Spanish Cortes that she was descended from Isabella or Charles V. The fact Is sne sprung from the most Inveterate enemy Spain ever had, and one who In flicted the greatest Injury upon her that she has ever suffered. Bishop Thoburn, the Methodist Epis copal bishop of India, contributes to the Northwestern Christian Advocate an article strongly urging hta church to prepare at once to establish mission schools In the Philippines. The Bishop's field of work Includes India and all the adjacent Islands inhabited by the Ma lay race. Strictly interpreted tnls in cludes the Philippines. He had long been impressed with the fact that Spanish misrule was at its worst on these islands, and had been hoping the Japanese would take them, thus opening them to a regime of religious toleration. Now things have taken a turn surpassing his utmost hopes, and he Is eager to follow up the advantage Immediately at Manila. "Now is tbe time to secure 'a strong and permanent foothold there," he says. "The Chi nese, who have a large and prosperous settlement at that point will Immedi ately become eagar to have their boys taught English. An Anglo-Chinese school with 5X) pupils might be In ope ration in less than twelve months after the declaration of peace. TUal estate will be chiap now, but will rise rapidly as soon aa the American power Is firm ly established on Che JslMds." Bifhop Thoburn's idea Is deseng of support both inside and ouisll jf, his church. The establishment of J right kind of mission schools on tbeislanda will be one of the most useful means for solv ing the knotty admlntatratlve problems UmU will have to be dealt with there In the coming years. The London Engineering, an autborl- ry iu the British navy, while comment ing on the destruction of the Maine, says: "Whatever may have been the cause, one fact stands out with prom inence. The conduct of tbe whole ship's company was worthy of the best tradl- j tlons of tbe American navy. Tbe sud-1 denuess of the catastrophe, tbe rapidity ; with which tbe vessel sank, tbe dark- j ness, the succession of explosions after j the great outburst and tbe fact that 1 many of the crew were asleep ail tend ed to put the morale of tbe snip's com pany to as severe a test as could well be Imagined: but not a man failed In his duty." The same paper recalls a circumstance which may be forgotten by our readers, la the great hurricane at Samoa In 1889, la which six war ships wore loat tbe English steamer Calliope was able to escape, and reach ed tbe open sea. She passed close by an American warship which was being driven helplessly on the rocks to de struction. The crew of the doomed ship manned her sides and rigging, and aa the English vessel passed them to safe ty, they gave her a hearty cheer of congratulation. The band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner," and aa they played the ship struck a reef. The English paper says, "The Americans had death stating them In the face, yet with a heroism characteristic of the nation, they were able to send a mes sage of encouragement and good-will to those who were able to And the safe ty denied to themselves. The Incident never should be forgotten by either na tion, least of all by England." Every worthy action Is a fruitful seed. That single cheer given on the other side of the world In the face of night and death 00 doubt baa brought forth ?a many an English mind the feeling of kinship with which Great Britain as bow come forward to, stand eld by slo with America. Vkn a arMaar heelna to leave oft? mourning, tbe person opinio; at fears went la bar la-law. I FADS OF THE SEASON. 80ME LATE NOVELTIES IN SUM MER APPAREL. Tralaed Street Praaa, of Wash Goods, Are Now Wore.-IMapuannoa Little Capes that Are Deeigaed Solely for Ornament. Kaascroaa Dreey Acceaeoriea, Kaw Tort (ormpoDdcDc: ant 10 in as we may il against the idea of lt the trained street L dress, the woman 1 who wears one LH gracefully looks so well that we are Douua to reel our selves weakening. At any rate. It Is not so bad to let a wash dress trail as It Is to drag silk or cloth In the dirt Many of the later linen dresses are made with distinct ly demi-train skirts. which are cut of course, according to Spanish flounce fashion, tbe most becoming style of skirt by tbe way, that wa have seen for a long while. A pretty and cool Idea for a summer bodice that shall be suitable for tbe street Is an Eton Jacket affair with : loose tabs in front hanging below tbe ' waist This was worn over a soft lav-, ender shirt waist iu the first costume! pictured here. When such Jackets are 1 made of a material to match the wash j skirt It Is hardly any addition to the , weight of the costume, while It gives, tbe woman who wants some covering j for tbe street tbe sense of having on a jacket The shoulder covering that women desire in summer Is this year more often In cape than In Jacket shape. Shape la alvout all there is to It too. Two of these elegant trifles are shown at the upper corners of the next Illus tration. The first one was linen col ored lawn, and was designed to cover the shoulders and not add a bit to tbe warmth of tbe costume. Such wraps are set on a little yoke of open work and are draped prettily at the sides, banging In long scarf ends, the bodice beneath showing down tbe front Tbe back of the neck In this one was pret tily built up, and tbe effect was dis tinctly outdoor-like, though tbe gar ment wss so light that the under bodice showed through. And that bodice was a pretty Idea. It wss a princess waist made a good deal on the lines of the once popular Jersey from light-blue or gandie. This was shirred In dose lines to a little below tbe blps. Sucb a bodice lends curves to a thin or unde veloped flgare, and Is suitable for any thin or transparent material It won't go lata lb tab, tbeagh, remember that Tbe second of these popular thin sbstaVarr capes wis really only a cape hi tbe bark. It waa cut very sbwlt on aad was ibaa a WW ELABORATE DEVlCKf, FOR SUMMER TRIMMING. BLACK LAC on A WASH GOWK. pair of scarf emts to front 'i . capes are niade of lace, and are very pretty, or are of net and grenadine trimmed with lace. A great many are Iu black, but perhaps the most dressy are in cream or in linen color. This one was sketched In linen colored gren adlne trimmed with cream lace and n ilu 1 1 imiiuu lilt uuiga BiiApu Into scarf ends. Sometimes such capes are on the slightest foundation of silk. but as a rule the idea seems merely to AHOTBBB EIAMn.t Or THIS TRB ATM ICKT. break the outline of the figure for the street and to give a little drapery that Is almost transparent Buch a cover ing it becoming to any figure, and is especially suitable to the young mat ron. The older woman adds dignity toj the garment by increasing the length of tbe scarf ends. Wraps of this sort are but one of many sorts of ornamental accessories that can be purchased In the stores, not only for beautiful and expensive gowns, but for simple muslins and lawns. Net yokes embroidered, beaded and spangled are very pretty and not a bit expensive now, while tbe same thing In wash net lace, Hamburg and open work embroidery is as fresh and dainty as can be and may be adapted to wear with several gowns. The very pretty affair shown here was a sort of shield front and back, extending to tbe arm seams on the shoulders and nar rowing a little to the belt below which the shield came a little way, thns giv ing finish and length to the waist The material was embroidered linen lawn which will wash, though the colors of the embroidery are many and bright A new characteristic of summer wash dresses Is the use of black lace upon them, patterns for which already planned are sold in sets. Two exam pies of this follow In to-day's Illustra tions. The first pictured set gave a back of black lace, extending over the shoulders to tbe front like a little col lar. The back was continued below the belt covering the hips and extend ing to either side of the front, where It lengthened Into two long panels that reached, widening a little.. to the foot of tbe skirt Bands of the lace were drawn from the collar portion In front to the belt at the sides. All this was over canary colored lawn and was very elaborate, but you can duplicate U In net cut to the required shape and either emlrold red or applied with luce designs. The result Is sure to be dressy. A simpler use of lace muklng a pretty finish to a white Inwn dress showed bauds of lace design net run around the skirt tbe widest eveen nt Its lower edge, with the hem of the skirt Tbe net was attached to the gown by loop ed braiding. The bodice was trimmed to mstch with narrow strnps of the lace curving from shoulders to belt This dress the last shown to-dsv-hnd also that pretty notion for the fasten log of a wash dress, little double bows of fresh white lawn set dowa the front maing tnc dooms and eyes, or button when such are used. Sometimes a Ilu da frm bow to match iasetlstta hair. Hint on Mactitaai 'fonstrnc'lon. The building of macadam roads has grown Into quite a business and those who are engaged In It occasionally strike something that may be useful to others. A corresjiondcnt of tbe En gineering News gives views on various points as follows: The quantity of roll ing considered desirable Is a serious qut stlon. and It Is hard to specify a cer tain number of hours with a certain weight roller for a certain number of square 1'eet of surface for all kinds of rock. 1 have lattly drawn up my sp cl ticatlons to read that tbe foundation that is, tbe earth surface after having ijeeu cut to tbe proper depth and tlis oft plact s filled with sand or fine bro ken stone and each layer "shall ba rolled with a roller of not l ss than five tuns weight and sprinkled, and sa.d sprinkling and rolling shall continue until a wagon with two Inch tires and carrying not less than two cubic yards of stone can be hauled over It without waking an apprecliible rut." There Is no mistaking the meaning of the clause. I always advocate a roller of not less than Ave tons weight, and prefer a iiorse roller. If tbe rock is an extieme ly hard material and does not bind well, then a heavier roller can be used. 1 may be peculiar in my preferences, but my Bxperience with extremely heavy steam rollers bas not been all that could be desired. In most cases there Is too much crushing of the ma terial. If the contractor possesses a heavier roller than Ave tons, and, In my opinion, tbe material can stand It, lie Is at liberty to go ahead. My specifications InKtst upon an en tire absence of clay and loam in the motallng, but there is such a thing as coing to the extieme In screening. l)oui:tless Madscam and some of the European engineers could succeed in doing without binder. I supiiose tires nre much wider abroad than In this country and loads are heavier, and un der the Influence of the tr.ifflc and w t!t constant repairs a road of fair sized stones without binder ultimately be comes first-class. Here we must face the fact that tiros are narrow, and the authorities will seldom spend 10 cents for maintenance Inside of three years. Binder Is therefore a necessity. But It Is best If of the time material as tbe macadam. My specifications generally call for three layers tbe first of rock, not more than four Inches and not lefs than two Inches In any dimension. This layer It to be one-half the total thickness of tba finished coiiting. The second layer Is one-third the thickness of the coating, and of rock not more than two Inches nor Icps that) one Inch In any dimen sion. The third layer to complete the coating must contain rock of the same dimensions as the second layer. With respect to the proportion of the st7.es, the specifications call for "no more fine stuff and dust than Is unavoidable and for not less than 75 per cent, of the rock In the second and third layers to exceed an inch in every dimension, and the pleci s to be as nearly as practical,!,) cubical In Bhitic." Exnen'tl nr-s f .M ritlmn Power. A return has been issued by tbe Brit ish Board of Trade bearing on the na val expenditure and mercantile marine of Great Britain and all other marl time powers. It shows that In mer chant tonnage the British empire stands supreme. If tbe United King dom Is taken alcre, the figures are over 1,0(M),(X)0 tons; If the British Colonies are added, the figures are close on 11, 000,000 tons, (iermnny, which ranks highest among other powers, can boast only of a merchant, navy of 1.500,000 tons. France comes next with less than 1.000,000 tons. Russia, Spain, It aly, Austria, Japan snd the TJnited States are still lower on tbe scale. So with the value of commerce. Adding together the Imports and exports of tbe United Kingdom, they come to the enormous total of X22.000,000. At least 200.000,000 more represents the shipping trsde of India and Great Brit ain's self-governing colonies. What statistics can be set against these by other nations! Germany Is sgnln first but with a total of only 400,000,000; the United States can lay claim to .122,000,000. and Krance to 204,000. 000, but none of the rest run Into nine Igurea - A Curtru Illver. There Is a river out In our territory called tbe Ilassnyampa, which Is typi cal of Arizona," said J C. Adams, tbe mayor of Phoenix, Arts., and one of tbe most progressive cltlxens of that lively town, to a Washington Post re porter, "This river will run along for a few miles as a brond, beautiful stream, and narrowing suddenly, disap pear through tbe snuds, only to come up again a few miles further on snd run along ss placidly and beautifully as a well-regulated stream should. There Is a legend connected with this river that any one who ever tastes of Its waters eau never afterwards tell tbe truth. The miners In the country through which It flows are called 'Has snyampas.' and from them come most of the weird, wild stories of adventuro that tbe people In the East expert from Artsona, the erstwhile home of Alkali Ike snd Cactus Bill. This water can be bottled and brought Ksst so thst an Arlsonlaa who comes here on a mis sion can take a nip and then tall bis friends about Artsona." PHnoe of Walea P nanr Table, Oood fasts relgna aver ail tba ar Thus tba Ubascleths art severely piaia, mugb of the nnea) quality, and simply worked with thai royal arms the rose, tbe thistle, anal tbe shamrock-while tbe Ubls napkins) are Invariably folded Into a amaJ square to bold tbe bread, and sever ha the fany shapes in vogue elsewhere To ea h guest two forks, and ao raore are provided, and these are places prongs downward. In addition, there) are one large tablespoon and one large) knife, for In no circumstances are twa knives together given to sny guest A great msny reasons have been saslgnsej for this rule, but sppareutty no one haa summoned up the courage to ask tbaM royal hoi-t and hostess. It bas beea ae serted that bis Royal Highness baa tbaj old-fssl.icned dislike to seeing knives) Inadvertently crossed. Small wstss) bottles are used, but tbe Princess holda) to the Hanoverian habit of never ha lng finger bowls. At Marlborough) House dinner begins at 8:45 and) IS) never allowed to last much mora thasi An botir. Occasionally during dlnnai jft music is played. Tbe menu Is ah ways served a la Russe thnt la to sa) nothing is carved in the diulng-roonvr "Our Prince at Home.' NO LIFE OS JUPITER. Bonee of a Man Would Snip Beaeats) Hie Wright. Judged by our terrestrial eiper1faca which Is all we have to go by, the mags Ditude of. the planet if it Is to bear Ufa resembling that of the earth. Is limited by other cousldeiatlons. Even JupUeej which, as far as our knowled as tends, represents tbe extreme limit at great planetaiy slxe, may be too farga ever to become the abode of living ba ln? of a high organization. The force) of gravitation on the surface of Jupilas) exceeds tbh on the earth's surface aa 234 to 1. Considering the effects si this ou the weight and motion of bod les, the density of the atmosphere, tba laws of pneumatics, etc., it Is evident that Jupiter would, to say the vera? least be un exceedingly uncorafortabla place of abode for beings resemWiag ourselves. But Jupiter, If it la evsa? to become a solid rocky globe like our unjMt shrink enormously In volume since Its density is only 0.24 as cons pared with the earth. Now, the sac face gravity of a planet depends on Its masa and Its radius, being directly aa the former and Inversely as tbe squara of the latter. But In shrinkage Jupltac will lose none of Its muss, although Us radius will become much smaller. Taa force of gravity will consequently ia ereae on Its surface as the planet gets smaller and more dense. The prenent mean diameter of Japttaa Is 84i.W)0 miles, while iu mass exceeds that of tbe earth in tbe ratio of 318 t 1. Suppose Jupiter shrunk to three quarters of Its present diameter, a M.800 miles, then Its surface gravtts would exceed the earth's nearly flva times. With one-balf of Its present diameter the surface gravity would ba come more thsn ten times tout of tas earth. On such a planet a mnn's bones would snap beneath his weight evea granting that he could remain uprigls at all! It would seem, then, that un less we are apt to abandon terrestrial analogies altogether snd "go It lillndr we must set an upper limit to the mag nltude of a habitable planet and thai Jupiter represents Mi' b upper limit. If. Indeed, he dot's not transcend it Pop ular Science Monthly. A In ot Nai onul u .. It to wall that "The SUr Spangles Banner" haa been ollk'lally rccogjrlzeej as tbe national air. U Is distinctively American and original. Of the otbeaj hymns and aorars formerly put forward for this distinction, "America," aa Is generally known, was written to nha British air, "Cod Save the Queen. The fled. White, and Blue," lit appears, is aUo an ada.puiUon. Tbe Liondos) Chronicle, noting the atattninent thai st Archbishop Oorrlgau'a Juhtiee banquet Archbishop Ryan suddenly rose anaj sang, supported by 400 ecxeatasslcas "The Red, White, and Blue" song, sayst "The only song of ttuit onomlnae)oa) known on this side of the AAhuaac baa gins: Britannia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion. What land cao compare unto the I It waa written and composed by D. IV fvhaw about the tone of tbe Crrmeas war, when the union flag of England) waa floating beside the red, white, and) blue of Franca. Exchange. InClaa Names. About one half of the States of taa Union, Kastern. Western and Souther bear Indian names. Scores of largSj cities snd hundreds of towns and vltt lages sll over tbe country are alas known by aboriginal designations. 8a are many of tbe giant peaka that run) over the continent, snd tbs lakes aas) streams that enrich It These names abide aa memoranda of the uonumbeo ed tribes thst roamed this continent; sges before It got tbe name of Amerce The Indian record here is not faint sa shabby; It Is substantial and promt neot though little may be known at the history of the racs which left It An ? l Almanack. Of old almanacks (spelled wljh a "k" still existing snd Issued In the original shape, tbe oldest and quaintest Is tbs handbook of fact, prognosticstlon andj information that 170.000 farmers? families swear by an old, old volume published annually at Hagerstowa Md., wltb the same quslnt features sne) odd wood ruts now as first appeared la Its psges on tbs date of Its first Issue January 1, 1787. Tbe founder of tbs Hagerstown Almansrk was one Joss G ruber, a scholar and physician. When msa inherits dishonesty that hi about tba only thing ba honestly as quires. Bat few wssms weald carry nscfcas boohs If they caslsWt sat aaytalaa tra tbeos bat sassey. '