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DELUGE IS NOW DUE. THE DAYS OF NOAH MAY SOON RETURN. »■ _ A Great Aqnatlc Cataclysm —Sot Very Likely, However, to I)l«turb the I'eaee of Those Folk at Present Living on the Earth. i A scientist, who asked that his name he not mentioned In connection with this article, says the New York Tele graph, says that the days of Noah may return. Following is what he has to eay In demonstration of his Idea: The great flood occurred 4,003 years ago. There have been several deluges recorded In history besides that one, as that of Ogyges—which we read over flooded almost all Attica—and that of Deucalion, which drowned all Thessaly, In Greece. I state these facta so that •you may be quite prepared to hear that ^another great deluge, according to , <*many learned and modern geologists, .^threatens the earth. We are told this may come at any moment, burying the greater part of the continents of Europe, Asia and North America under millions of tons of water, and probably replacing them with new continents In ^ the southern hemisphere. This new • i deluge Is to be brought about by the /''melting of the great antarctic ice cap which now, fo somo scientists contend, V holds an enormous quantity of water In lta frosty grasp. Once released, this «vast liquid volume will rush north ward, submerging continents as It t Wows. Now, this Is Important If true, $md Interesting even If only an erudite Villon. If we examine a map of the world we shall recognize that the sur face of the globe Is unequally divided Into land and water; about one-fourth la land. The largest share of the land Is In the northern hemisphrre, where the proportion of the land to the water Is SB, It la computed, 415 to 1,000, while In the southern hemisphere the propor tion of the land to tiie water Is as only 120 to 1,000. In proof of the transla tion of the oceans southward and the consequent drainage of the northern continent, consider the relations of the hemispheres, when the “pull” of the antarctic lcc cap will be evident. At one time all the existing lands of the northern hemisphere were covered by water. At the points nearest to the north pole which have been reached the soundings have never been more than 300 fathoms. The depth of the German ocean and the Irish sea may be put at forty fathoms. These oceans were much deeper in earlier times; the ice cap has drawn or “pulled" the w-aters toward Itself. With respect to the mountains of ice really in existence at the south pole, os all geologists agree In saying, it follows inevitably that many huge Icebergs must be constantly breaking off from its outer edges and drifting away to the northward. Such is found to be really the case. Reports from an expedition now exploring the south polar regions confirm the theory that the warmth is now Increasing there. If so, the change would favor the breaking tip of the ice cap and the dis solved waters would flow back and find their lesel on territory now occupied by man, but which in long age8 past was the bed of oceans. A recent report said: "Wc had comparatively high temperature during our voyage—a higher than Sir James Ross ex perienced, and higher than those ob served last year by the whaling fleet south of Cape Horn.” Proofs of the coming deluge seem to be afforded again by the frequent recurrence of large boulders—further evidences of past cataclysms. Innumerable blocks of rock of all dimensions have been torn at various penuus irum regions presumably near the north pole, and transported along every meridian down to the fifty-second parallel, and raised to altitudes exceeding, In many cases, 500 yards above their starting point. The nearer they are to the pole the more considerable are their number and dimensions. Some of these huge boulders weigh thousands of tons, and their displacement and translation could only have taken place through the agency and strength of powerful cataclysms. Adhemar states that a great deluge recurs every 10,500 years, and there have been fourteen such. To go back again to the antarctic Ice cap As soon as this began forming, it be gan ••ptlllng" the waters of the ocean across the equ&tor into the southern hemisphere. At various points all over the southern hemisphere there ajp; Hn t lent sea margins which Indicate be yond cavil or question that the ocean once stood at the height at which we find these markings, or more than a thousand feet higher than at present. As this great antarctic Ice cap grew and grew, It of course gradually dis placed the center of the earth's grav ity to the southward, until It Is now two or three miles ftom the position It occupied before the sinister growth be gan forming The situation then, of the whole question resolve* Itself Into this: The development of the great glacier at the eouth pole has reached the point which Immediately prgred** day or hour the abrupt disintegration of thee* millions of cubic utiles of Ire may let looee all th* accumulated waters of the southern hemisphere, and start them northward on thetr dread fttl mission uf destruction The gla dsri uf Greenland and other northern territories will at one# attract the*# looting berg* tad water*, and will •ome pouring acme* th* equator la * water wall a mil* high, bearing on h*tr crests the gtgaattr fragments «f '.he hm rap, which will be hurled tgalaat sad euhmerg* all low lylag lands mentioned at the beginning of this article. This deplorable aquatic cataclysm, however. Is not likely to disturb the peace of those folk at pres ent living on the earth. We may safe ly assume that a gigantic mass of which has taken centuries to accumu late is not going to dissolve in a few months, or even years. CITY OF SAN JUAN Ha* Always i.e.l |n Population In the Inland. San Juan, as the seat of the Island government, has always been the lead ing city in population, and also as re gards the congested condition of the populace. It boasts naturally, aB the past home of the Spanish governor general, the principal military, naval and high civil functionaries, the finest public buildings, and there have been appropriated and expended more moneys for general local improvements than In any other city. It Is undoubt edly the best harbor on the island, in that it is completely landlocked, though at present it Is sadly in need of dredging, so that ships may have suffi cient depth of water and room to maneuver in the basin. The city is en tirely cirrumvallated by an immense sea-wall, and guarded on the north and east by the picturesque, antiquated and massive forts of Moro and San Cristo bal. The population of the city and suburbs Is estimated at about 30,000, and probably within the narrow con fines of the town itself, which is com pressed Into a very limited space be tween the great forts on the seaward side and the battlements of the harbor, live over 20,000 souls. The principal house portion of the town consists of well-constructed—so far as the walls go—double-storied buildings, with now und then one rising to three floors. In the more squalid portions of the city (one can walk all over the town ln an hour) the houses are but a story high, and in a single room an entire family —and more—eke out an existence in the semi-darkness of the one-windowed, ill-ventilated apartment. The store keepers and business men who do not live outside the city, in the pretty lit tle suburban towns of Bayamon, San Turee and Itio Piedras, usually live over their stores, on the second floor. A town residenco with a front yard is unknown, and the only bits of green to be seen are In the gardens of the governor-general’s palace, the Casa Blanca, or In the Inner courtyards, measuring a few square yards, of some of the more prosperous merchants.— Harper’s Weekly. Bullet* Wastml In liattlo. It is said that only about one out of every three or four hundred bullets flred in a battle is effective. Here are an expert’s statistics on the question. When Frederick the Great defeated the Austrians at the battle of Czaslau, May 17, 1742, out of every 357 shots flred by the Prussians, only one Austrian was killed or wounded. In the cam paigns of 1805 and 1806, when the great Napoleon was victorious everywhere, only one man was killed or wounded out of every 3,000 shots, and In 1813 and 1814 10,000 shots were flred to kill or wound one man. Bautzen was an exception, for there 714 balls were flred on one man hors de combat. At the battle of Victoria, Wellington's army flred 500 shots for one man killed or wounded. At Solferino, in 1859, the Austrians fired 8,400,000 cartridges, and only killed and wounded 12,000 French soldiers, or one man out of every 700 shots. In the campaign of 1864 and 1866 the average was sixty-six shots for one man hors de combat. In the terrible battles of 1870-71, 250 shots were flred for every man killed or wounded. Amrrlnn Postal Statistic#. Many people will be surprised to learn that the postal establishment of the United States is the greatest busi ness concern In the world. Charles Emory Smith, the postmaster-general, writing In the Cosmopolitan, tells us that It handles more pieces, employs more men, spends more money, brings more revenues, uses more agencies, reaches more homes. Involves more de tails and touches more Interests than any other human organization, public or private, governmental or corporate. The postofflee department dlrerts 73, 570 postoftlces, musters an army of 200.000 employes, spends this year $105,000,000 and counts receipts of nearly the same amount. It handled last year 6.214,447,000 pieces of mail matter, of which 2,825,767,000 were let ters. so that every minute confides 12.000 new messages to Its hands. It manufactured and delivered postage stamps to the number of 3,623,821.608, and the value of $71,788,333. It carried 2.069.742.000 newspapers. A My#tery. “It U said that there are more than 5.000 different kinds of flowers which give forth no odor whatever..rhen, why the dickens do people go on rais ing lilies of the valley?"—Chicago Times-Herald. % Nut tiMlir » tsllure. Mrs. Oothatu—"do your marriage was a failure?" Mrs. Idthvslde—"Yea. but I'm the pi rfetrrd irvditor, aU my htwba property In niy name."—Town Top ics. At the link. “It's queer aU«ut lt<>>u>a man." I "What la II?" Why, r»«n a sittgla man In Huntuu can be catted ‘hubby,'“ - I'hlladelphU bulletin. The Moors ol Arshin and dpnin wars the a ret ut display tulursd glubea It chemists • Indus* F1GH GRANDFATHER CAUGHT. Ka Old, Old Storjr with Koine Modern Variations. Colson Is a star at telling fish stories, but he Isn't a marker to the man we met In a anoe off Twin Island,says the Lewiston Journal. He was evidently an Oxford bear and he greeted ua oleasantly as we pulled by. "What luck’’* we asked. "Nuthln' much,” he answered. "Ain’t very good flshin’,” chipped In Colson. "Good?” he gTunted, turning so that he could keep alongside us and carry on the conversation. "Good? I should say It wa’n’t. You ought to hev seen this here pond when my father was a young feller. Lord bless ye, ye don't know nuthln’ 'bout flshin'. How big a fish did you ever ketch?” "Three pounds," said I, truthfully. "Nine pounds,” said Colson. "Nine pounds,” repeated the native, scornfully. "Nine pounds! Why, I’ve heard my grandfather teil 'bout the,r using nine-pounders fer bait! Them wuz the days when flshin’ wuz flshin’. The lako wuz so dern full of fish then that the farmers never used to buy grain fer the hens. Uster sot nets an’ catch fish fer ’em. Some of my grand father’s hens got so they’d catch their own fish. Grandfather says he l'arnt tho ducks how, an’ they l’arnt the liens. "That seems tol’ablc strange, I know, but I’ve hearn grandfather say as how his father uster feed out fish to the cows. They l’arnt to like It better’n hay, an’ as there w-aan’t much hay raised them days it were a great sav in’. Only trouble wuz the cows couldn't pick out the bones, an’ they uster work down ulong with the milk and stick Into a feller's fingers when he were milkin’. "Them wuz days when there wuz some fun goln’ flshin’. They never’d never think of takln’ home a fish that weighed under fifty pounds. Some of them big whallopers URter fight like time. I’ve hearn grandfather tell about bein’ out when they'd hooked onto a big feller and brought him up to the side of the boat. He wa3 ugly and wuz fer cornin’ right into the boat an’ settlin’ things. T’other two fellers wuz scairt, but granddad he Just pulled out a big revolver he always carried an’ shot that fish right plumb through the head. “Granddad said It wuz a'pretty close call, but he wuz a prudent fellow, granddad wuz, an’ he never went flailin' without bein' armed.” Colson had been listening with rapt attention. As the native concluded he took off his hat deferentially. “I am something of a liar myself," be said, and I roweij away. MALAYAN TRAITS. Points of Character of the Philippine Islanders. The Malay race Is Impassive, ro ferved, and even bashful, so that, un til one knows the race better, one can scarcely credit his bloodthirsty repu tation. The Malay Is entirely unde monstrative. If he has any feelings of surprise he never shows them. Per haps he experiences none, no matter how wonderful the sight which meets his gaze. He Is slow and deliberate In speech, and circumlocutory in Intro ducing a subject to be discussed. Even the children and women are timid, and scream at the sight of a European, while in the presence of the men they are silent and taciturn. Even when alone the Malay neither talks nor sings, In this respect differing much from the Papuan, who has all the ne gro traits of chattering and singing to himself for company. Overpay a Malay for some trifle and hl3 countenance betrays no sign of emotion; a Papuan will bo grave for a moment out of per fect astonishment at the mistake made, and then burst Into peals of grinning laughter, while he bends In two, and finally rolls on the ground lu ecstasies of merriment. The Malays, when in company in a canoe, chant a plaintive, monotonous song; at other times they are silent. The Malay is cautious of giving offense to any one, and accord ingly will hesitate to quarrel about money matters, and rather abandon a Just debt due to him than to run the risk of a feud with his equals. In his ordinary life he is as impassive as a typical Seot, and as fond of ail the nil ndmlrari line of conduct as the Amer ican Indian, though, unlike him, the Malay does not dissemble his feelings or play a part. He has really little. If any appreciation of humor, and does not understand a practical Jest. To all breaches of etiquette he is very sensi tive. and equally jealous of any inter ferenee with his own or any one else's liberty. To such an extent does he carry this idea that a Malay servant will hesitate to waken another, even hts own master, though told to do so The higher classes are exceedingly po lite. possessing alt the repose and quiet dignity of the best-bred Kuropean* There Is. however, another side to the character of the Malay. He Is reck less, cruel and careless of human life. | poseessee but a poor intellect, and has neither taste for knowledge nor any in digenuus civilisation. Mm M lioutii. "I'm afraid I won't he able to get through," faltered the young knight, j preparing for hi* first tourney "Never fear1" grinned his opponent, j aa he playfully poised hie lance, "111 run you through " Answer*. kill Week VVaMMlk "Wr||, | went to see my rich uncle to lie If he would help ns," said llquU- i lie "l»!d he receive you warmlr J ashed Mcdallligea "Van. luhsksrarm t "~ Pittsburg Chronkrle-Taieeraph. CUTS OFF OWN' HEAD. FEAT THAT HAS BEEN CALLED IMPOSSIBLE. She Made Three l.nn(n, the Last Was Snrreaaful and the Severed Head and Body lloth Fell to the tirouud — A Shocking Scene. One of the most tragic events ever recorded in that section occurred at Rhea Springs, Tenn., a few days ago. Mrs. Sarah Clark, a highly respected lady, SO years of age, ended her life by severing her head from her body with a sharp razor. Mrs. Clark had been demented for four months. She had had suicidal Intent since her mind be gan to give way, and her relatives have been compelled to keep a close watch on her. About three months ago she poisoned her daughter, son-in-law and four of their children, but they all re covered. The other night Mrs. Clark retired about 9 o’clock, at which hour her daughter noticed no change In her condition. Some time after 4 o'clock In the morning Mrs. Dee, her daughter, arose, and, missing her mother from the bed, which was In the room with her own, became alarmed and called her brother, who was in an adjoining room. The two made a search of the house, and, failing to find the old lady, they went into the yard. The front gate was standing open and Mrs. Dee walked to It to see If she could see her mother up or down the road. As she went out the gate she saw her aged mother, with head severed from the body, clutching a razor In one hand and the razor-box In the other, lying by the roadside. The head lay fully four feet from the hody, being on the left-hand side of the walk, where the body bad first fallen. The razor was clutched tightly In the right bund, and the case from which It had bpon drawn was In the left. The warm blood was yet trickling from the keen steel blade. A neighbor who saw the deed committed from a far-off spot says that It was a cool and deliberate act. He says that the woman walked leis urely down to the gate, unfastened her collar, and made three desperate lunges, two from the front and one from the back. Just as she was falling. The back lick completely cut off the head. Physicians consider the case most remarkable, and one unknown In the annals of medical science. ATLANTIC STEAMER S LARDER. Two und h Half Tons of flutter Are tied. One tidy little refrigerator about six feet wide and twice that depth Is the butterman’s stall In this market under the sea. Little tubs of butter are arranged on shelves to the amount of 5,000 pounds, und In company with these are 20,000 eggs. Twenty-five hundred quarts of milk and cream are stored In a separate room, all having been sterilized. This market has a room especially for salt meats, and here are hams, bacon and tongue to the amount of 4,000 pounds. There are some articles of food without wuich the epicure would be unhappy, and which must be alive when cooked. Chief among these are oysters, of which 16,000 are carried to meet the wants of the passengers. Clams are only pro vided to the number of 1,500. Lobsters are not abundantly supplied; 7oo pounds is all the storeroom shelters. This market In the bottom of the ship contains, beside the things mentioned, fruits, green vegetables and an enor mous stock of groceries. The latter Is only limited by space, for groceries are not perishable goods and will keep from one voyage to another until used. Tea and coffee are used In large amounts—about thirty-three pounds a day of tea and fifty pounds of coffee. Perishable supplies are taken on board In proportion to the number of passen gers booked, and anything of this kind which is left over when the ship reaches port Is eaten by the crew.— Ladles' Home Journal. SARDINIAN WOMAN. Graceful Carriage, Hark Eyea, Brilliant Color*, Cfi*racterl*tlc Costume*. The women of Sardinia are elegant of figure and have a graceful carriage. Their eytis are large and black, their hair dark, with a brunette complex ion. They dress very much in the same style as women in every part of civilized Kuroph. except that there la not the same extreme haste to adopt the latest fusblon. The wives and daughters of farmers and tradesmen amply compensate for the simplicity of dress among the upper classes by the brilliant coloring of their costumes and at their religious fete* and other festivities, when they appear In gala dreas, they present a truly wonderful spectacle. The aforesaid costumes are a sort of family heirloom, handed down from mother to daughter, and treasured a* highly a* hereditary jew el* or anceetral portrait* The fash ion never change*, and Instead of feel- j Ing ashamed of being seen In the same ■ dreas at two different entertainments, they glory In this antiquity and In the I number of occasions on which It has i been worn. A* Im lUUaliWM Tha orgaaUm* of hallatonaa hara h**h InvaallgalaU un t«o >■«>«.um* by y C lUrrlaun. a t'ana.iUn ba.-iarloio gill, wbo hat f.«un4 numarwua ba>*trla and m»«l4a. larlotilag a barlllua an.I a ctKtua kltlwrlu Hv4twtibr4 Tilt rhararlar of lha gar»t ruaflruia liaaj • I4’» thaury that tt'h.-t oatar la rar rl<M up by aioi t.a aa4 fi .». a pr*l,» lag hall CHANEAUROUGE DOOMED. For Years Ike Haunt of Thieves and Humans. The curators of Carnavalet museum paid a visit to the notorious Chateau Rouge, in the Rue Galande, says a Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. The building Is coming down In connection with street Improve ments, and, as there is a legend that It was within its walls that Gabrlelle d'Estrees received her royal lover, a thorough examination was made of the premises to see whether they contained any relics worth preserving. An il legible Inscription or two was all, however, that was found. Once a princely mansion—of this there Is no doubt—the building had long since fallen from its high estate and come to serve the most disreputa ble purposes. The Chouteau Rouge, the “cafe" which occupied the lower portion of it, was for a number of )eats the favorite haunt of thieves and ruffians. The arrest In the place of Gamahut, a particularly notorious murderer, drew general attention to the den, whlrh it became the fashion to visit In the small hours of the morning. Every celebrity piloted around the slums of Paris by detect IviH was taken to the Chateau Rouge, where, without any effort of the Imag ination, he could fancy himself In the company of authentic cutthroats. As a matter of fact, most of the real crim inals migrated elsewhere when their refuge began to be an object of curiosity. Their places were taken by outcasts, who were glad to masquerade as scoundrels of the deepest dye for the sake of the pence liberally dis tributed by visitors. Still, the Chateau Rouge at night presented a curious spectacle enough. On the counter from behind which were served drinks various, cheap and poisonous, there alwuys lay In full ev idence two cudgels, both of them for midable, but one of much stouter pro portions than the other. They were for the use, In case of emergencies, of the proprietor, a giant of the name of Trolliet; the lighter one served hint to quell minor disturbances, while with Its fellow he bad more than once to defend his life against the friends of those of his customers whom he had been unkind enough to Introduce to the police. The main room, grimly termed by Its frequenters the “Mor tuary,” was entirely devoid of furni ture. It served a3 a sort of dormitory to poor wretches who could afford no better accommodation than tnot of fered by Its floor. Such us it was Its shelter was In great request and It was difficult to pick one’s way among the ragged humanity lying huddled about It like a living carpet. The pictures on the walls were another of Its features. They were hideous but appropriate compositions. One of them represented a confrontation at the morgue of a murderer with the corpse of his victim, and another, called "La Veuve,” showed the guillotine rising above a pile of beads. In a smaller room at the back the conditions were rather more comfortable and visitors would listen to songs written in thieves’ pat ter. DIDN'T LIKE HIS LUNCHES. How tlie llewutrous Cloak Model pooled Her Admiring Employer. The heroine of all this is a beau teous cloak model, and the story—ro mance, comedy, tragedy, or whatever you choose to call It—Is told by the heavy villain himself, says the New York Commercial-Advertiser. The lat ter la a gentleman of persuasive man ners and much wealth. He is the cloak model's employer, and (he does not tell this part of himself) had tried for something like a year to Induce the lovely creature to accept an Invitation to luncheon. She finally accepted (he tells that part) ajid was duly escorted by him to a restaurant noted for Its swell company and its ruinous prices. The lady promptly proved that her looks were superior to her manners. (Her host tells that.) She swallowed her soup from the end of the spoon, with a sound like the exhaust pipe of a bathtub. In the consumption of 4ier entree she performed the feats of an Asiatic sword-swallower; she conveyed her salad to her mouth with her fin gers and drank her coffee from the saucer. Before she had time to eat the lemon from the finger bowl her employer was ready to quit (he tells that, too), and later he asked his friends, tearfully, If It was not a shame bo lovely a girl should have had such a vile bringing up. The model gave her own version of the affair to her associates In "the store." "I was afraid I'd get fired If I didn't go," she explained, "but," naively, "I don't thluk he'll ask me again." She dined that night In Sixth avenue with her "steady," and her table manners were those of an empress. The employer does not tell that part. Hew <aau be' He doesn't know It. Intuit in Injury. ('holly—I waa walking down the avenuu. dealt boy, when a «•minion woman allowed her beaatly flowerpot to (all on me head. Meggy — ||ow pain ful? ('holly It waan't the pain, daah buy. It wuth what the dwedful woman aaid Meggy What rib! aha any* ('holly rialdehe wuth glad her flower pot landed on a roll plaea and didn't break. In Ike WlUt nt Ultiw.n, TuurUl • "I uudereUbd the buffalo and uther large game la a.nio«t en tirely mintt In the west," Native tul fll lamia)—"Meehua you heard ‘boat right, alraager t>u tilde of poher in*re hainl no big gaau left round theta parte walk .peekin' of" DOLLAR SIGN S DEBUT. The Author of the Familiar Character at I.unt Illnrovered. Some weeks ago Dr. Marcus Eaker of Washington published in one of the magazines an account of a theory which he has to account for the origin of the familiar dollar sign, says the Boston Transcript. This has long been In dispute. All sorts of explanations have been given, the most common of which Is that the Initials of the United States are crossed. But there have been seven or eight other theories to account for the dollar sign which an about as good. Dr. Baker, in his re searches In the library of the bureau of education, came across an old book entitled "A Compendium of Federal Arithmetic, designed for the use of schools, and especially calculated for the meridian of the United States,” which was published Rt. Lanslngburg, N. Y., In 1797. Us author was the Rev. Chauncey Leo of Rutland, Vt. In this book the author sets forth a system of what he calls "characteristics,” by which one vertical stroke was to des ignate the mill, two vertical strokes the cent, these two crossed by one 8 shaped stroke the dime and for the dollar the sign consisting of the two verticals with the two curved strokes, now so familiar, was proposed. At that time the people of the country were Just emerging from the use of pounds, shillings and pencp, where each was separated by a space from the next de nomination. It accordingly seemed necessary to Mr. Lee to have an arbi trary mark for each of the denomina tions of our monetary system. But ho soon found that one character, with the decimal point, was all that was neces sary, and in the latter part of his own book all of his elaborate system of symbols, except the one Intended to mark the dollar, was found to have been dropped. Dr. Baker certainly finds the dollar sign In this old arithmetic, and he does not find it In use at au earlier date. By the time Adams’ arith metic was published In 180!> the symbol had become well established. He there fore regards Mr. Lee as the Inventor and believes the sign to have been ab solutely arbitrary In Its origin, Slnco the publication of his paper In one of the magazines Dr. Baker has received many letters on the subject, but none In which his conclusions are chal lenged. He intends, for further verifi cation, to make a study of the depart ment records to see when the dollar sign first appeared in the troasury ac counts. He also hopes to make a more thorough Hearch of the old text bookH to see if by chance any use of this sign prior to that of the Rev. Chaun cey Lee can be discovered. It Is cer tainly Interesting to know the origin of a thing In such constant use as the dollar sign. Dr. Baker’s discoveries sem likely to take all the sentiment out of the matter, but this Is the com mon result of modern historical re search. HADING STARTS A FASHION. Itccuuav Nliu I.ooli* llcaullful Ktni In I’lnln Clothe*. Veils and bonnets such as Josephine wore threaten Dame Fashion's peace of mind, says the New York Commer cial Advertiser, for Jane Hading, who is playing Josephine in Paris, is beau tiful and looks well in even ugly clothes, and the women who love nov elty und the gown builders who en courage folly are ordering and making many empire gowns for garden parties, where any picturesque garment may be worn without exciting unkind com ment, and where a quaint frock or a daring hat worn by a pretty woman often sets a fashion for a season. One of these Josephine bonnets has a large and wide-open brim hemmed by a thick roll of many-colored beads; a branch of roses runs under It on the hair. The crown, which is melon shape, Is veiled with green net; the white lace is draped around it and falls on the left side, when it does not cover the face. A Josephine turban of net and pearls is said to be a trifle more becoming than the usual empire head gear. It has two white ostrich feathers bending forward and ndorned by a splendid veil of Honiton lace. These veils are almost indispensable accesso ries of empire bonnets. • A Valid Objection. Mr. Cltydwcller (to suburban real es tate agent)—1 only And one fault iu your town, Mr. Bootnerup, but that makes me decline to buy a residence here. Mr. Bootnerup—Why, what is the matter? Mr City'dweller—1 noticed today as we have been driving about that all your Anest houses are onnctl by physicians. Tlirir Hurt tan. Freshman (showing young lady about the campun) llere’a the Sen ior*' fence. That fence belong* to the Junior* and thle on* the Sophomur** have. Young Lady-Oh. ye*; how very Interesting. And what do the Fresh* men have? Freshman (gloomily)-* They have troubles In large and gen rroua slices. <i«r•*••'«* I (n a Cemetery. Hoyle—I am strongly opposed to rremalUm I thing It U carrying things entirely too tar Coyle ||ow so* lloyle W* would then be com* pelted not only to earn our living hut to urn our dead. Me t ees* t«e C*mreee. Hrown I hear Jouee la si* h I eon* dsr If IF* anything contagious Mama * I mat worry; If It la It won t miner, he a loo dvat to give anything le nay* body.
