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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1898)
i ID V CHANGES IN STYLES. rot w RADICAL DEPARTURES IN EARLY FALL MODES. ftlrt to He Correct Mnet Re Clnse-Fitting-Collar SJnut Come Down -Mew Costumes that Are t opIeU from Thine of Our Grandmothers. Kew York correspondence: ANY changes are apparent now thai fashionable women have donned their fail gowns. The shifts of Btyle are greater in number and more marked than ia usual at this season, despite the ! 1 fart that summery j stuffs have beeu employed to carry out some of them. Changes in outlines are the most strik- 'lilil' i,,g t,,aUn' ' t-MA iX are almost a kttii?'Z'J en! as they These as radi- ey were 'vtrli V"'' ,nnt s,'ast V. SSL' j i venrs mm ason several sfTO wbeu of if, v a sudden we took V ' w i to spread-out skirts aa a Jump from cImm? ones. Have women been scaring their collars built up about their throats? All right, but down they! come! Fashionable will go back to the pictures of their Kr.i mi mothers, who prnh ably had prettier throats than tnogt wom en uowadaya, and will drnpe their necks In all the simplicity of the fiehu line. Can It be that the round waist and belt line and the differentiation between skirt and bodice were imperative? Then let wom en this reason connect skirt and bodice, either princess fashion, by allowing the ends of the fic hu to hangjielow the belt. Or by extend ue the trimming of the bod Ice below the belt. Did they ever wear a awishy short skirt that fluttered about their ankles and showed its lining with every swoop and swirl? They did, but new tiiey will put themselves into a aheath kirt with close hanging train. If they follow the model of to-dny'a first ketch they will carry out some of these new ideas in soft gray nuns' veiling, trim ming with sliver and white embroidery. Whether they copy this model or the oth ers, making old clothes over will be ren dered nearly Impossible. That must be given up and last season's dresses must be put away iu the hope that fashions will come around to Iheui some time. The next pictured model seems like a bold change, yet it la a fashionable one. It means a dash Info polonaises and elbow sleeves, flat shoulders and clingy skirts, a struggle for quuintness and an attempt to cultivate a glide to make the clinging skirt "follow" properly. All this makes toward reproduction of the costumes of romantic days. The polonaise Is, per haps, the most aggressive of the revivals. ' A really picturesque adaptation of it is showu in the gown sketched, which will show itself at one of the first afternoon leas of the new season. The skirt of smooth cloth in toft lavender was made plain and sweeping. The polonaise of white taffeta figured with lavender, pur ple and violet and edged with a little frill all around, might, elbow sleeves and all, have come right out of a twenty-year-ago trurt. A belt of vioiet velvet matched the straps nt ve'vet that crossed the white lawn iron!. A vioiet velvet bonnet that .was re.iliy iioih'ng but an upstanding brim banked fr.c.t and back with white violets completed the costume, with which elbow loose gloves of ivory tint were worn. A white chiffon-covered par asol was- carried just to prove that the costume was a fall affair intended for country use, and not planned for the city. For those who regret the blouse and the Jaunty blouse jacket of last season M;W S.M OMKSS At THS HIPS, there is some comfort In the new velvet jackets that are being worn at tht moon tain and even In the city. They givt protected cosiness of effect, like a little uter jacket, but are really a part of tht costume and blend with tht rest tf tht gown in color. The ont pictured here was hunter's green velvet, the skirt being anu r Ii lighter and grayer shad. The irr,,. I p inn ini n in ihw ft n i uiu mini tt cniph:slr.e the ahestb-llke closeness of ibe garment, and matched tht Jacket W3 4 1 1' ' 7 I 0 03 6k IPi- if ll it 11 rife J$L tfL &rf$ lW mm Ww WH nM M ELABORATED FKOM THE KNKES UP. dor. The pronouncedly high plain stock j a. a part of the jacket, wa. of .Ilk t. match the skirt, which the belt matched. A beautiful scarf of fluffy lawn embroi dered in green started under the chin and j fell free nearly to the hem of the fcown. i Capea alone the line of that shown her J appear in all sorts of vnriatlone. They i are sure to tie the theater wrap of tbt ' coming season, and just now they nre j much used for fall driving. Kxqulsit j old lace sh iwis are being sacrificed to the faney, which Is an outright shauie, yet the effect of a lace cape with deep donbla rntf'e all around that narrows into a men edge of foam under thp coin, la certainly charming. This cape had an exquisitely lace-like look, and as nrade of soft net laid over black taffeta. The net was em broidered in delicate natural tint vines and leaves, and a little hood was a featurt I of the varment. Such garments will sure- I ly see wear. this season at the opera, and at evening af!rs where the outer gar ment will show a little and not merely be poked away In a dressing room. The high collar of the cape gives added fluffineaa about the head when the hood la drawn up, affording another lovely feature for It. At most seasons when a set of new styles is appearing there Is temptation toward raying that lace is to be worn more than usual. This Is because thera are almost always at such times at least a few new model costumes that are made exceedingly rich with lace trimmings. Lace is abundant this year, and while its free use is permissible, many very elab orate new costumi s are enriched by other means. The dress remaining In thia pic ture was of these. It was made princess from leaf brown broadcloth. Polonaise outline was suggested by applique of great oak leaf figures cut from a dull grayish brown silk. The edges of the leaves were j nil red and deep orange, and i bound In d were allowed to roll up a little. Epau lettes and edge to yoke were finished by the leaves'. Volte of orange silk and plain ! cloth sleeves finished the gown, the plain collar of which was lifted to above the ear tips at the sides and curved out for tht chin. The influence of the wheel skirt on the regular skirt Is marked, and some of the latest street skirts button at either aide and fit without a fold at the back, all spring being held flat till below the bin Hue. Trace of the shield front remains in flat fronts extending below and over the belt. These features make Interest ing the next model that had the artist's attention. Here it was carried out in black mohair, with black braiding and bat tons, and a smooth front of white pique. Unless such a dress la purchased by a woman of wealth, its front will be replac ed by silk or lace later in the season. In some new cloth dresses the moat in genious effort has been made to follow the figure's outline at the back without wrinkle or ripple. The remaining dress of those the artist sketched waa one of these, and demanded as much, in lta mid way section, at least, of both wearer and maker as a princess model would. It waa of soft cashmere, with skirt extending above the belt line In the back and button ing down to the beginning of the folds of the sweeping demi-train. Above the pro longed skirt line the bodice was heavily covered with black braiding, through which the deep purple of the gown showed handsomely. Its quaintness waa much enhanced by close aleeves and a collar that was comparatively low and loose at the back. Copyright. I8!W. i;::::::::;:;::.-:::::::::a;:irortKmiiniTrinTfrrtfrrf FASHION NOTES. i-.::::::::::::"::::::!::::i::uii::::l:::zu:it:at::u Tailor-made gowna will have flonnces on the skirts. Si eel and malachite form a combination noted in the newest buckles. Lace coats are much worn. They are three-quarter length and round in front. Velvet is to be worn, tucked, stitched and strapped, even aa though it were cheaper material. Girdles and belt buckles In metal, set with a variety of genu, appear to be gain Ins In popularity. Note pada with silver or Ivory covers ornamented with silver are more popular than ever aa articles for the chatelaine. The latest patriotic design la crystal button with a spread eagle on a shield. The coloring of the eagle ia especially at tractive. Poppy-red will play a cheerful part In coming fashions and a handsome gown is in cherry and white taffetas, trimmed with black velvet ribbon. It la the proper thing to wear emhrold ered silk atockinga to match the gown. Very exquisite hosiery ia worked In tiny roaebuda, violet or forget-me-nots. Superb white watered silk, such as de lighted the stately dames of olden times, will be a favorite material for bridal dresses next season. Tht moire fabric of to-day. Ribbon trimmings will be mnch naed In millinery on both hats and toques. This Is a sensible fashion, since ribbon la not easily hurt by uncertain weather. Ths wlrift directolre toque atill reniaiu pou tor. Tht newest bathing salts ait made of banting, with s coarse lace ytkt and neck, walat, knot and sleeve banns of cream mU itarr braid. Banting sheds tbt water more readily than brilllantine, bat tht beat material of which bathing salt ran j - - - be wad m all-wtti tf wtti-t.a4-Uk J tr J soy PWta. I i AGIUCULT U RAIi NEWS AUUlUUlil UllVIi lU " THINGS PERTAINING TO FARM AND HOME. THE Clieup ! Huid V.aj tu Get Fid of the re;.tiferoua Chir.cn Kifjs Peeper Keel f'r Jiilcl Ows Vulos ft Beee to 1 ruit. I'rotier Feed. The clans of feed fed to such cows should I welll nlanced ami not be over charged with starchy substances in the form of carbo-hydrates, the range of j which should uoi be too wide nor lo j narrow: for summer, would surest J that one pound of protein to six pounds of carbo-hydrates, nnd one to seven in winter. June grass is almost a balanced ration, yet we find that a small quan tity of bran and gluten meal seems to stimulate the How of milk, and at the same time add texture to the butter that aids it In standing up while carry ing to market. For winter we feed a ration of grain of from nix to ten pounds of ground, and mixed ns fol lows: Fifteen hundred pounds of corn, l,.r)(JO pounds oats, 1,000 pounds bran and &00 pounds of gluten meal mixed. In the absence of gluten meal use 350 pounds of oil-cake meal and as much cut corn-stover In the evening and clo ver In the morning ns the cows will clean up. Salt liberally three times ch week and water twice a (lay anu . fl , prnctIc-nl. K ' " ' Good Money for Choice I.nmba, The markets for eany minus ua-e mt bpen tQ0 i,(,av!ly supplied, and the demand at good prices, see-tus to be in creasing every year. It Is not every farmer who gets the best prices for his earlv lambs, however, because they do not ship them In the best condition. The choicest lambs are not produced by turning the ewes out to forage and pro vide for the lambs, but the young ani mals are carefi'lly watched and given ground oats as soon as they will eat it, the ewes also being provided with grain and plenty of clover hay at night, whether the pasture Is good or not What are termed "hot house" lambs are not the very earliest always, as they are frequently stunted in gruwiu In their first stages, but the ones that are pushed from the suirt and kept warm until the milder weather comes. Late lambs must also be looked after, as they can be gotten Into market in a condition iSo as to command extra prices. Lambs pay a large profit If they ate given care from birth to mar ket. The Popular Lceliom. The Leghorn has the well-earned reputation of being able to shell out more eggs from a given amount of food than any other breed. The eggs are of fair size, light In color. The hen ha a splendid forager and should have wide range, although she will do well in con finement if kept at work. Leghorns mature very early, sometimes at fifteen weeks of age. For poultry they are Inferior to the larger kinds, but the breed is best adapted for the egg spe cialist. They are hardy and vigorous. Skin and legs are yellow. The comb Is large, but In a properly constructed house will give little trouble from freez ing. If yarded In summer their wings must be clipped or they will fly over any ordinary fence. As to color of Leg horn there la little to choose between the varieties. The white Is sometimes called the best layer, but the brown, If not equal, la at least a very close rival. Home-Mode Water Hose, Take a piece of heavy ducking thirty feet long; cut It lengthwise Into three strips; bring the edges together, double over once, nnd with a sewing machine s -w through the four thicknesses fvice. When sewed, dip It In the mixture of five gallons of boiled linseed oil and half a gallon of pine tar melled to gether. Put the hose In a tub, pour on the hot oil (about 100 degrees) and sat urate the cloth well with the mixture; then tie one end of the hose and blow Into the other until It has air enough to keep the sides from sticking togeth er; hang on the clothes line and it will be dry In a few days. Your hose Is now In three sections, thirty feet long. To join these use a tin lube two and oue hiilf inches In diameter by oue foot long. Keep It tied to on? end of tho how all the time; to connect, draw tho open end over the tube and tie securely. Connect with the taut iy ustnt the hose over" Ihe eud of pipe projecting from water butt, and then turn the water on. To Destroy Chinch linns. The ravages of the chinch bug have become so great In some localities that the farmers are experimenting with every device that gives promise of de struction to this pest. The latest meth od Is nothing more than an ordinary gasoline blow-lamp, such as Is used by painters to burn off old paint. When the bugs leave the wheat and oats to go to the corn a man with a blower can go tin and down the first few rows and kill a million bugs In a short time. The flu inn from the lamp destroys the bugs, and strange as It may seem, doe not Injure the corn. The Plastne of Vile. Flies are always a product of filth. 1 hey cannot )e bred whert matter of. feiislve in some form la nofprestnt They help to purify tht air wherever miasma Is present from decomposing animal or vegetable matter. Uusually It Is either n i open slop sink hy tht ltd of the house or the manure from tht horse s.able or pigpen In which files art bred. Neither of these should be al lowed near the bouse. All the waat) matter from the honse should be con ducted to an underground receptada, where It can bt purified and thenct taken to the fields and plowed under as fertiliser. Merely freeing animal Hotter from offtnatrt odor does not 4t tract from Its fertilising properties. In the strongest of all fertilizers thert need be no offensive smell. I-tallied Barley as Feed. Whenever barley Is badly colored bj t rains it is greatly Injured for brewers' uses, and If the barley has gone to the point of germinating it if completely ruined, ss this barley will never sprout ftt'ii. Hut such sta'ned and sprouted barley atior being fully dried can be ground, and Its meal makes an excel lent feed for either pigs or hogs. Some times this injured bailey is fed to horses, but caution Is needed not t j give argo feeds of it, as barley, belna a heavier grain than oats, Is more apl to cause colic. The barley feed is, how ever, better than feeding corn. If bar ley Is used for hog -feed, mix vrV It some flue wheat middlings, wbio ajrt much more palatable to hog than tD Is. and which are needed to counterbal ance the excessive amount of starch la the barley meal. Value of Hres to Fruit. There are very few complaints now about the Injury bees do to fruit In Bout hern California, At the farmer' Institute praise is almost always given to the bees. This Is a very wholesoma change. Hecently I was where I had an admirable chance to observe beei on fruit, especially peaches. The wasp would wound the fruit, and then tha bees would swarm on the sweet, Juicy peach and save the Juice. I looked long, and never Raw a bee alight on a , at eye-piece and object glass with hair whole fruit. They do not do things ! line wires crossing at right angles at that way. At the dryers they were j the center of the lenses, a correct aim much around the soft fruit, but I did i being fouud by getting the target in not see them on the fruit on the trays. ! line with the intersections of the two I suppose that the sulphuring keeps '' tion) away, though the sulphuring ii . . ... . .1..... ...... ..tl 4Vinf to n.A essary will soon find a cure. American Bee Journal. Kenewiria: Kaspberry Patches. A raspberry patch, of the black-can varieties, uccdej to be renewed every four or live years, as the red rust cotnei in and will injure ao many of the plants that the plantation will cease to pay, The black-cap raspberry will not last so long as this if It has been grown from suckers. Those grov n from the tip ends of this year's shoots will keep free from disease longest. But after four or five years It Is too much labor to keep the plantation free from weeds, and a new plantation, after the first year, will give more fruit, with less cost of labor in caring for It China Nest Kjjfits. It is never a good plan to allow a ; freshly laid egg to remain In the nest to induce laying in the same place. A china nest egg can be cheaply procured and will last forever. A hen's egg Is : liable to break and teach the bad habit j of eating eggs. Even if the china egg ; should be broken, Its shells contain no ; lime and will not be eaten. In the heat i ed season the china nest egg should al ways be used. A Dairy Hint, It Is very poor management to have the cows yielding milk liberally while on pasture, but when on hay In the winter season to be mere strippers. Give them warm stables, the right kind of food and water in abundance, and ' the Income from them will be greater j than that In the summer. Milk them ; t.n v 1 w Iti tltn morn itr fi nil faw1 tViom. ! that the Interval may not be so long as to make them hungry and restless. All this pays well, Indeed. tioica in Hot Weather. During the very warm weather no animal suffers more than the bog. To feed corn to hogs at this season Is to really torture them. The pen should be well supplied at all times with fresh water. Swill rapidly undergoes decom position If the weather Is warm, and should only be used when It Is as fresh as possible. The best food for hogs la summer Is plenty of green clover. Notes. Do not cut asparagus until the seo ond year. Dried apples find a very good foreign market. Sweet peas must have plenty of sun shine and water. We prefer smooth to the wrinkled varieties of peas. The soil that Is loose la the Ideal soil for the potato. . If the orchard Is barren try pruning and apply fertilizers to the ground. Some orchards do not bear because the land Is too wet, and drainage la the remedy. There Is no better remedy for cab bage worms and lice than water at a temperature of 130 degrees. Buy asparagus roots of the nursery man and set in rows five feet apart and two fee apart in the row. If the roots of the grape vine or any other fruit bearing plant get out of ths ground, and are not covered, the plant will droop and likely die. If you can't build a silo It would pay you to (j:ow mangels, carrots or ruta bagas for your stock. Soak scabby seed potatoes before cut ting, In a solution of an ounce of cor rosive sublimate to eight gallons ot water. Remember, It Is a poison. Commercial fruit growing requires more attention than the general farm er can give It. But for home consump tion every fanner should product fruit Giving plenty of room between tht plants Is lu Hue of preventing goose berry mildew. So Is thorough cultlvs tlon. In addition the leaves may be sprayed every fifteen days with a half ounce of liver of sulphur In a gallon of water. Kerosent emulsion Is made aa for lows: Hard soap, one-half pound; kor osene, two gallons; boiling soft water, one gallon. Dissolve tat soap In tht boiling water, then add tht kerosent, and churn thoroughly together. Dilute with from five to twenty parti vl wa ter riowman. AND THE GUNNER. To Fire a Iiiar Gun Kffectivelr quir a Liberal Kdncation. Expert marksmanship od the part of laud forces, whether of infantry or ar- tillery, demands long experience and frequent practice. At sea the conditions tui.ke gunnery far more difficult, and but few persons who have not been aboard a warship or btudit-d the theory of the art have any just conception of the problt ins which enter into the ap parently simple mutter of discharging a great gun. The thing is done quickly and easily, but if it is done well it is because of months of practice and the study of questions involving nearly every branch of higher mathematics. When the man In charge of a piece of naval ordinance descries his enemy he has various important details to con sider. He must find tjie "range" tech nically, the distance between a point vertically below the muzzle of the gun and the point of Impact and this he may do either by trial shots gauged by his judgment or by means of the "range finder," which is an appliance for has; tily computing distances in accordance with well-known methods of mathemat ical calculation, the "finder" using the ship itself as a base line for the delinea tion of a triangle of which the target is to the the apex. Once the range has been ascertained the gunner must fight the piece, the sight In use for some of the large guns being a telescope fitted sets of wires. Owing to the introduc tiou of electricity, which, makes it pos sible to lire a gun instantaneously and bv the touch of a button, the discharge Is so quick that the gunner need not stop to consider the effect of the pitch nnd toss of the ship, the projectile being well on Its way before the vessel has had time to roll. lint be has other problems to face, and here his study of the theory of gun nery comes to his help. In the iirst place, the gun itself may be iu motion, due to the progress of the ship ns it maneuvers. Imagine a gunner placed on this unstable platform and having for his target an almost indistinguish able object, so colored that Its outlines Mend vaguely with the waters, two or three miles distant. The target itself may be moving in one direction as the gunner's ship moves in another; a strong wind may deflect the projectile from Its course; the distance may be unknown, and so may the rate of speed of the little strip of steel hull on the horizon. The gunner must know, too, what elevation of his canonn Is neces sary for a given range, as the same ele vation in one gun will not answer In an other. The momentum of a shell is cal culated as equivalent to its weight mul tiplied by its velocity, large guns hav ing thus a wider field of effective opera tion. Yet a good modern gunner will be able to find the distant vessel nnd drop tons of explosive shells on Its decks; and, ns the war has demonstrated, the American gunner excels at this busi ness. This Is so largely because of the pplendld training adminstered at the nation's naval academy and the wise extravagance of the government In pro- vldlng opportunities for practice. Be hind all the skill due to experience Is the gunner's knowledge of the theory of his nrt. which makes It possible for him to work uuderstandlngly, gives him su perior resources In time of need nnd ! enables him to know why nnd how one method will produce better results than another. The intricacy of the problems involved may be Imagined- from the fact that the computation of range ta bles Includes not only the consideration 1 of sen-service conditions, but takes Into i account mieli matters ns wlndntro. ve locity, mu.zle energy, weight of" metal thrown, atmospheric resistance and even barometric and Ihermomotric con ditions. The naval student miit s'"t mon algebra and trigonometry to his aid in computing the equation of forces which will land a shell on a distant cruiser. He does not work out these problems In battle, of course, but his pnst at ndy of them f;ives him a high ef ficiency. Mastery of these details, a natural gift for handling machinery and n fine native bravery nnd manhood have won the naval battles. The American "be hind the gun" Is not only a good mathe matician and a good mechanic, but a cool nnd Intrepid fighter. Chicago Itec ord. ('hips that Are Coin Current. Tlior" are few people In Boston who would know how to correspond with "chip letters," which are no letters, but simply emblems, yet up or down In Maine "chips" are quite significant. If you should receive a piece of pine with a knot-hole you would know that your correspondent thought you to be false hearted, but n piece of pine intact means, "I am true to you." A pine root is a token of firmness and stability, and signifies, "My love for you Is strong and true," but a decayed leaf or a brown one indicates "My love has grown cold" or is "dead." At a down Fast party a love-sick swain roughly prints an "I" on a pine chip and hands It to his ndor ed one, meaning, "1 pine for you." She hands him a knotty piece of pine In tended to convey the reassuring mes sage, "Fine not." Later If she thinks him treacherous she sends htm two tiny chips tied with a piece of snake skin, bi-t she will be reassured If he returns n i 'Itchy chip, meaning, "I will stick to you." If she should scorch the edges of this chip and return It, It means that she didn't believe him, and will "roast" him, and If a small plain pine chip ac companies It, It means be may keep on "pining." If, on the other hand, the 'suitor thinks he has a rival, he sends two twine twigs, but If she returns a Q'j.r he takes heart, for It rr.ee.r.r. that aa only one cone enn grow 'n. one' snot It a Ur oiuy can he bold oat place GUNNERf In her heart Then be will doubtlM propose by sending two cone tied tav gether with a ribbon, and if acoepUbit fche will fend him a piece of pine trw bark, meaning, "I take you for my pro tector through life." If you know of anv parties who can't read or write, bat wlio are iu love, tell them of this simpto language of the pines, and tby may find tongue in trees If they do not fin sermons in stones and good in every-thing.-Bostou Traveler. Queen Victoria signs about 60,00 documents every year. When an Arab enters a house k takes off his shoes, and not his bat Nearly 40.000 men desert from tb German army every twelve months. One hundred and twenty firemen art required to feed the furnaces of a first class Atlantic steamer. A fertile source of baldness Is clip ping hair close to the scalp, and thus exposing the roots to the cold. A physician asserts that the pain of neuralgia, if superficial, can be relieved by throwing a beam from a bright are light upon the affected part. The use of red parasols has been offi cially forbidden in many villages of the Tyrol. The peasants say that ths startling color irritates the grazing cat tie. Paris policemen are provided wlti pieces of chalk with which to make mark, in case of an emergency, on suspected person's clothing. The strat agem Is especially for use in a .crowd, When a prince of the Austrian royal family dies his horse follows the funer al, covered with a black cloth, and lame in one hoof. The lameness Is pro duced by driving a nail through thi horseshoe. The population of Cuba in 1894 wai given as 1,(331.000, of which 65 per cent was white and 35 negro. These propoi tions are not quite correct, howeven About 58 per cent, are white Cubant, 31 per cent, negro, and 11 per cent Chinese and Spaniards. The light house on Armlsh rock, 1 the Hebrides, is about 500 feet from the shore. To avoid having an attend ant on the rock, the light is produce on the shore and projected across ths water upon a mirror in the lighthouse, the mirror reflecting the light in tht desired direction. The very first living thing to appeal upon the surface of our globe, in othei words, the earliest distinctly organise animal whose fossilized remains ar( found in the rocks which go to niaki up the earth's crust, was a three-lobe worm called a triloblte. According U the geologists, it was the first create being that had a distinct animal organ ization. He Was Slightly Mixed. "In a little village near the Cumben land River, in the Pennyrile, recentljj 1 saw a blushing bride, a nervous besl man and a minister, tflie characters ll a laughable comedy," said Waltel Wade, the "Kentucky Traveler," to m this morning. "It was at a church wed ding, in which two of the society peopl of the town were the central figures nnd a nervous young farmer the bes) man. The chief male attendant was so overcome with excitement during his inarch up the aisle that he was tern, porarily dazed. At the altar, after th. clergyman had said 'Do you take,' etc, and the time had arrived for the min Ister to place the ring on the brlde't finger, the best man became confused and handed the preacher a bone collai button instead of the gold circlet. Th good man tried to put the collar buttoj on the girl's finger, couldn't, halted and finally said: 'Jim, gimme the ring.' There were momentary blushes, a tib ter among the younger element In th pews, and a wild look of despair; the the best man located the ring and thi ceremony was concluded." Louisville Post. i The Deadly Uphi Tree. I Most people have at least heard ths story of the deadly upas tree of Java, of which it was at one time said thai to merely approach it was certain d"ath. This story was treated as an absolute fable, but now It seems as If there was actually some basis of real fact for it. The upas tree Is a real tree, and avery big one. In the old trees the bark Is over an inch thick, and full of a thick, milky Juice, the merest touch of which upon the skin produces a most painful and irritating rash. What is more, a gas arises from this juice which has a most poisonous effect upon any one near it It is sometimes used by the natives for satisfying pri vate revenge, for a cup of It hidden In the room of a sleeper produce stupor nnd eventually death. Karth's Speed Not Uniform. It Is an Interesting fact that the earth does not travel at toe same ratio In all pnrts of Its journey through space. Ita orbit being elliptical, It must at soma time approach nearer to the tun tbaa at others, and will take less time In moving through one part of lta path than through another. In winter tbt earth Is nearer the sun than In summer, and moves through space mora rapidly, Chicago Chronicle. The Way We Look at It. 'There Is some difference bttwetn Joke and a mean trick." "That's so; a Jokt Is a mean trick that you play on another fellow, and a mean trick Is a Joke tbat another fat Idw plays on you.'V-New York World. How anxious peoplt art to carry tht valise for a man who la going away oa a long trlpl It It the aaoM kindMM that prompts than to ba kind to a man who Is fatally 111, and who to bortly going away nevtr to ratwa. V 1 I is v ' ' ' ..fi i- . 4 .-V -tW 4analBnMBMavwM