-i THE LOVES | AND THE 5 IMMORTALS. \ a II* ««• jl* taut of a point, «ub ***** om lap at tbr piaao iibr was tAw plaster cast »» rather than to wte*k the happt *>e»* ot a fellow creature. even If fee Is tnijr a mam. Ha murfe teiemakmg. “**• *®Wt a eat cm under ;be e>es at the aasrow piaster casts that trey were .ertaiaty ear usable in learn la« *o . ocyaame tfee Moods and tease. at tfee tender passion also. Ffeyliis Forrester iu tfee prettiest aad sweetest at tfee bac helor maidens. «*\ at least Angus Mscneit beiieveu so Aad Pfcytlis invariably sat in tfee big Murna rfeair Jam In front at tfee bead •f Apollo when sfee wu entertain.ns company. Tfee bi« Morris rfeair form ed a beantlfal frame for tfee adorable tittle Pfeyilfet. Perhaps that was wfejr she so often sat la It. although Angus Marnei! didn't think so He believed Ifeat *fee Was fond of ortupymg »be big rfeair heeaaae nfee fanc ied feer taalga 10 - cant kwifki aad extreme slenderness were lam noticeable than sfeen she sat up straight. AtLgvm fetBwlf ainott alvifi sat mptm the Turiim Moot just Jppo»it<* the bkc chair. iSmiac on th:* afeoo! O" him a* opportunity of i^anmc forward. and thtu brlafiBC kit e>e» a few laches nearer Phytll* He of tea found kawif dreaming a* he ut (her« of the loaded-for uar afa>-n he should dare to leaa still a little farther for ward aad into ^ruBtcnxf by contrasting them with t«U of daiat) »wdie»«rk aUfreat the other girl* laughed srorofuily. An rus Maraeil thought her hand* •(tor i' hie aucy wap. and rather preferred that tney liquid bo idle. The rhum of by I by Ukiw then prisoner MMMti jurroed so Ion* ns sbe did rfc, !»• than PhfUM naturally t «>«. with of the E**t Wind Son.* b« found U adviubk tu of the adoring lover. sLe studied the mst is. At snrii time-* she »u n!auo*t ready ta declare that the plaster far* tens amillng at ttMa* or soonrbody. Aagu. for Mi part, had ntroa* nnnpk ton* that the piastre Apollo Winked now and again. One rrcsitf he nwatioaed these sua puit*m to Phyllis, and after that— well, the plaster casts fared hcautt foily. There was mo li*ht ta the rooai hut chat uf the open »r* aad the Eas 'd* :ad nod the Apollo were flirting >»e«|y aad uadl»«uiaedl>. Angu looked up suddenly aad caught then at it •That fellow Is rery fond of wink ing** he remarked smiling at Phyllis. Phyllia rai led aiawnt as s> mpatheti r ally aa the East Wind she »«.* look* * u* at. *'Aad do yon know. I hate be*.;, thiaatn* that the Eas: Wind is smil ing/* she framed An*u» rwua* around aad locked at the pretty femi nine bead, with its *«•* hair By la* forward sad with deep, unfathomable 0«l Them he looked hark s*sta at the pretty feminine head with wary r»jr < aught up aeati? and with eye* st. h were also unfathomable He smtied as though a pleasant thought had struck him. perhaps shea »ni-!Bf •'* Apollo. Per Laos they io»e oara other.'* be slig hted while the East Wind blushed *a the flre'ight to hare the sec rets of her piaster heart thus disclosed Phyl |*i blushed also, from mere sympathy. «f morse. Then the East Wind, torn be:area maidenly »h>aesa and a de rrv Cm pro*e to Apollo that the words of that mortal lot era were true, swayed «o the wire whirh saspeaded her so eagerly that the tut gave way awd she fell violently forward llad aot Phylli* sprung up quickly and raugui W: ahe would iu»* naM •d to paeceo oa the Boor Aa It was •fee lay matloofcws ta the kind arms which had saved her. no longer blush ing hot quite White aad stilt Apollo, ea top of the piano, flushed more vlv tdly than erer aa Harwell took hie be ioewd away from Phyllia Aad he fair ly i ar~* down no the human lorer aa hia dal waa placed by hia aide, lean ing nght against him. ~C4d fellow looks pretty happy* restored Angst, call sag the attention mt Phyllis to the aattshed air which dwelt la the attitude aad expression Phyllis sodded sweetly. Harwell drew a lit tle nearer and looked down at her si lently—tar eo long that Phyllis became what yon are thinking b.urtod o*t suddenly. Mac wn f-rert the Turkish stool over the < arpet with a movement full of haste and determination. Once more Apollo a inked at *he beautiful face beside him. no longer coldly beautiful with the icy loveliness of plaster, but plowing ana warmly radiant in the light of the lire—and love. Apollo knew what was going on far better than the mortals themselves. And l ivemaklng in the room below him seemed quite In keeping with the old new thrills of passionate admiration and worship which were pulsating through his breast of tinted plaster. He even went so far as to smile kindly and in knowing fashion when the hu man lover seated himself on the Turk ish stool and made bold to take pos se.- «ion of his sweetheart's hand. “Phyllis.” said the human lover softly, "Phyllis, dear. I was thinking how very much I love you. It—doesn't hi-please you—that I should be think ing such things, my darling?” “No.” signaled Apollo and the Hast Wind together from their station | on top of the piano. Phyllis was silent and her lover drew both the little i hands into bis own. “What are you thinking of. my dearest?” he asked, as the girl remain ed speechless. “I am thinking that—that—I love you. too.” was the answer which he divtned rather than heard, and the East Wind and Apollo craned their head* so far forward to see w hat was happening that they nearly came to an untimely end by dashing themselves down to destruction upon the keys of •he piano. And after that—well, when neat morning came and the other pretty bachelor maidens would have i-eparated the plaster lovers and put the distance of the room between them again Phyllis wouldn't hear of it. “They look as if they were making love to each other.” she explained. ; blushlnglv. “and—well. I like to see i them do it!"—Chicago Tribune. ONE THING HE FORGOT. Mr t hr Five-Thirty Train at F»t Thirty. It M hi* wont to come In from the suburbs early of a morning and to go j out again ou the 5:3d train, when his day * work is done. A few days ago met an old friend, and. yielding to the entreaties* of that old friend, he •)« itM to spend the evening in town. He so afraid wife would feel hurt j If she knew that be had deliberately planned an evening's good time with out counting her in that he manfully resoivsd to deceive her. Accordingly, as he came away from the office he went to a telegraph office and sent this menage to her: "Unavoidably jeta.ned. Missed 5:30 train. Will be ! out later." It was a great deal later when he reached his happy home. Wifi, met him at the door and there * a* » look in her eyes that even, married man learns to know and in stinctively to dread. "Did you get my menage, precious?” he asked as he k; mi her tenderly, holding his breath meanwhile as a precautionary meas ure. “\e*. dear,” she made answer, and when a woman calls her husband "dear” that way you can cut loose ?r .m the weather bureau and prognos ti ute a few things on your own hook. Ye*, dear. I received your message. Here It is.” There it was. sure enough. It was marked as plain as plain could be. Received at 4:*23” He hadn't thought of that.—Chicago Chronicle. WANDERING IN DREAMLAND. 1 n«-J to l*a> llrr Far*- With 'ain l»le» of Foulard. The young womans mind was probably way off in the land of cut on-the-bia*. and yokes, and flarings, and plaititigs. ami applique, and ruf fle*. and things lik« that, whatever they may mean. Anyhow, when she got on an uptown Ninth street car the «»ther afternoon, she dreamily opened her pocket book when the conductor • ame around for her fare, stuck a gloved finger and thumb into one of the compartments of the same, ex tracted a couple of foulard samples, and. with that far-away expression sti-1 in her eyes, handed them to the 1 conductor. The conductor was a a middle-aged man. He smiled and waited for the young woman to come out of her trance. But she held the foulard samples out to him. with her eyes on vacancy, until the conductor, still grinning, had to fetch her back to earth. "Yes. they're pretty, miss,*’ he said, "and I d like to get my wife a dress off that piece on top. but she f-** The young woman blushed like a red-hot stove-lid. dug Into an other compartment of her pocket hook for a .ar ticket, and she* looked real embarrassed when the brutal male S ersoiis across the < ar a:sle grinned, so the did - Washington Post. m XkMMtoMtonu. It is Kcaeralljr agreed that the sound * thunderstorm < annot be heard if jt a ftirLber diaUsgue than between fif TWS xml eighteen miles. although Sir Hi<-h*sr« Phillips has Hated that thun der US) sometimes be heard as far off a* t amt)-five Lightning he •ay*, is reflected IUi or even 3U0 miles. The velocity of lightning is so great that the sound* produced at the vari ous points of a flash crj be regarded a* simultaneously produced As com iiaini »;th the sound* of cannon-firing the fire of artillery has been heard some 370 miles away. When tired amongst the mountains of Erzgebirge tb** people at Antwerp heard it quite : diMinetly. To a certain extent this »an be accounted for by reverberation. The report of cannon travels particu larly far. as it communicates vibration i to the soil. lint nine I'acmIU I Marti ICapitlly. Parallel lines can be rapidly drawn on a blackboard by a new chalk holder, which has a wooden stosk provided with transverse grooves, in which the ; crayons are inserted, being held in place by a Cat spring crossing them at right angles, with a spring grip to be held in the hand. Hutet Corptr Stuffed. In Yorkshire a clergyman, the othor day. visiting a poor man who had just lost his little boy. endeavored to con sole him. The poor man burst into tears, and in the midst, of his sobs exclaimed: "If 'twarna ag’n flaw A should ha’ liked to have flittle beggar MoaTed.’* MONEY AND WARFARE NATION’S STRENGTH MEAS URED BY THE FORMER. The (irrat Ftnaurial Burden* Taut StrusRl*** Have Imposed on the Na tion* of the Earth—Our Own Herit aice. Money is an essential to the con duct of war. Before a government can go to war, soldiers must be en gaged and trained, fed and clothed, armed and transported to the scene of action. Men must be paid to enroll and drill the troops; butchers, bakers and grocers, tailors, shoemakers and hatmakers. gunmakers and the manu facturers of shot and shell must all be paid for the work they do. or the goods they furnish; laborers must be hired to handle stores and supplies, wagons and drivers to transport them, railroad and steamship companies do not work for nothing, and thus at every point, a government that would go to war is compelled to spend money in enormous amounts, for whatever is needed must be had at once, and the government is often forced to pay exorbitant prices for the advantage taken of its necessity by those who have something to sell. The debt of France, for instance, last year amounted to $6,446,793,398, the most stupendous national obliga tion in the history of finance. This sum. Inconceivable in its magnitude, a mountain load which will burden the French people for generations to come, was incurred by one short war. The Franco-Prussian conflict lasted only a few short months, and it not only decided the place of France in the family of Europe, but it saddled the nation with a debt which in all probability will never be paid. No such indemnity as that demanded by Germany from France was ever asked by any nation; the fact that it was paid with marvelous promptness is the strongest tribute that can be of fered. not only to the commercial and industrial prosperity, but to the pa triotic zeal of the French. The debt of Russia is mostly the result of the giant military establish ment by which the Iron Empire is maintained in its integrity. During the past few years considerable addi tions to the Russian debt hav& been caused by the extension of the em pire's railroad systems along the southern and western frontiers, but j more especially in Siberia. The rail road debt of Russia, however, is but a trifle compared with the army debt, and when it is remembered that the Russian army on a peace footing num bers over 800,000 men. no surprise need be felt at the statement that the Russian debt is over three and a half billions. While France, Russia and Great Britain have the heaviest burdens of debt and taxation, there are other na tions afflicted with obligations not so large in amount, but even heavier when compared with the national ability to pay. The debt of Italy, for instance, is $2,324,826,329. and that of Austria $2,866,389,539, but in each case the resources of the country are more severely taxed to meet this smaller obligation than are those of the three larger states which have a much heavier debt, and in each case th“ obligation was incurred either by war or by preparations for warlike con tingencies that might arise. Leaving out of the calculation the second-rate powers, the people of the leading states of Europe are now' paving in terest on the stupendous sum of $22. 185.000.000. the greater portion of which was expended either in war or on armies and navies. We ourselves have had an experi ence of the cost of war. Our debt at present is a little more than two billions, a mere trifle when compared with the wealth and lesources of this great country, but the debt itself, like that of every other nation, is, in the main, the heritage of war. Our na tional obligations wrere heavy imme diately after the close of the revolu tion, but were rapidly undergoing liquidation when the second war with Great Britain came on. The various Indian wars, the w'ar with Mexico, the civil war, and the recent conflict with Spain are all accurately noted in the movement of the public debt. Ilow AnlinatH Kf*t TJjeir Uum'Iw. When a man is tired he stretches his arms and legs and yawns. Birds and animals, so far as possible, follow his example. Birds spread their feath ers and ftlso yawn or gape. Fowls often do this. Fish yawn; they .open their mouths slowly till they ure round, the bones of the head seem to loosen and the gills open. Dogs are inveterate yawners and stretchers, but seldom sneeze unless they have a cold. Cats are always stretching their bod ies, legs and claws, as every one knows who has had a cat for a pet. Most mrainant animals stretch when they rise up after lying down. Deer do it regularly; «o do cows. This fact is so well known that if a cow. when arising from lying down, does not stretch herself, it is a sign she is ill. The reason for this is plain—the stretch mores every muscle of the body, and If there is any injury any where it hurts.—Detroit Free Press. Story eC Kitchener. A story of Kitchener was toJd by a distinguished officer. Before Kitch ener had made bis fame he said to this officer, who was starting with some message for Roberts during one of the Indian campaign, “Tell Roberts I want a billet under him. and if there is nothing else open, I’ll black his boots.” Long afterward, when the vic tor of Khartoum was the idol of the British people, the officer met him again and reminded him of his mes sage. “I remember it,” said Lord Kitchener, "and it still stands. You can take it to him again.”—Household Words. Hard to Deliver. Canadian school children have sent their sympathy to Aguinaldo. But how will they get it to him?—Louis ville Courier Journal. ) POTATOES DRIED WHOLESALE. Xew Industry Commenced in North Yaki ma. State of Washington. Potatoes grow large and fifty to a hill in Washington and one of the varieties turned out there is the Bur bank, which attains to a size three times as large as the variety in Michi gan of that name. It has not paid to ship them east, paying the high rail road tariffs, and consequently they have been a drug on the market. Here after, however, they are to be sliced and dried, aud in this condition they can be sent east, and also to the is lands of the Pacific. An evaporating and preserving factory has been set up at North Yakima and for use in it the company ordered a potato peeling ma chine from Germany. It is said that the capacity of the machine, which is operated by steam, is three tons a day. The plant is capable of consuming six tons of raw potatoes daily and a sec ond machine will soon be put in. The manager estimates that he will con sume at least 100 tons of Yakima Bur banks this season. Several women and girls are employed in the work at wages ranging from 75 cents to more than double that amount a day. They are paid by the quantity peeled, sliced or spread on trays, thus making the wages depend upon the individual ex ertions of the wage earners. The po tatoes are peeled raw and after slicing very thin are placed in trays and cooked by ^team. This removes the water, estimated at about 80 per cent of the tuber, and leaves the solids or nutriment in the slices. They then go through the drying process, which is on the principle of dry steam heat, the pipes passing through the evaporator near each row of trays. The evapo rating apparatus in the North Yakima plant contains over one mile of pipes carrying the heat to the trays. A wire screen is kept over each tray during the drying to prevent dirt from set tling upon the sliced potatoes.—Chica go Chronicle. OUR CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY. ■Large Quantities Are Used in This Country Every Year. •‘The American people are evidently very fond of chocolate, for there are about 12 000,000 pounds of the com modity consumed in the l uited Slates annually,” said a large wholesale deal er in chocolate beans in Boston to a writer for the Star recently. "Two thirds of the chocolate imported into this coi^ntry is purchased by chocolate manufacturers in Massachusetts and the rest is distributed among the nu j merous candy firms in New York, Phil adelphia and elsewhere. There are three principal grades of chocolate i which are known in the trade as the Caracas, the French and the German. ; Of these three varieties the Caracas is ; considered the best. The color of the I Caracas chocolate is a pale brown. In : flavor it is much stronger than the French or German article. To test the ; quality of chocolate it is only neces sary to put a piece of it in a pan of water and let it dissolve. The better grades will have no sediment; the others will. This is due to the fact ; that in the cheaper varieties the shell is ground up and used as a filler. The lighter the chocolate the better the quality. The cheaper grades are dark brown, owing to the ground-up shell. One ot the largest cocoa plantations in the world is located in Nicaragua. It is owned by a French firm, whose j chocolate is known all over the world. Their works at Noisel turn out about 40.000.000 pounds of chocolate a year, and their employes number 1.500. The tinfoil in which the cakes of chocolate are wrapped costs alone $100,000 per annum. The possibilities of cocoa cul tivation in Central America are not yet fully realized outside of France. When they are there will be a big ‘boom' for lands suitable for the pur pose.”—Washington Star. Neither Sugar Nor Salt. A story is told of the energy and vigor of the Archbishop of Canter | bury. At the last church congress his grace had taken part in an absorbing j discussion, followed by a vigorous speech to a men’s meeting and an ad ! dress to an overflow meeting, and | was about to wind up the day’s activ 1 ity by a walk to the railway station I and a late journey back to town to be ready for the ordination of two | bishops on the morrow. ‘‘May I call I a cab for your grace?” anxiously in quired a clergyman, who feared the effects of exposure after so much ex ertion. but the archbishop gave him briefly, yet firmly, to understand that his sympathy was misplaced. A few yards further on another clergyman, recognizing that the head of the Church of England is no longer young, in spite of his air of leonine robust ness, stepped across and begged his grace to allow him to hail a cab. ! “What for?” asked the archbishop. | with some abruptness. “Why. your I grace, rain is coming on.” “Well, if ! you are made of sugar, I am not.” rejoined the archbishop, as he sturdily strode forward. Th<* L>rU-»t NjK»t oil Karth. The reputation of being the driest •pot on earth is claimed by many spots in many climes. The latest claimant is Payta. in Peru, a place about fire degrees eouth of the equator on the toast that has risen 40 feet in his toric times. Professor David G. Fair child, a recent visitor, reports having reached there in February, just after a rain of more than 24 hours, the first for eight years. The average in terval between two showers 1s seven years, but sea fogs are common. Of about nine species of plants noticed, seven were annuals, and their seeds must have remained dormant In the ground for eight years. In spite of the lack of rain, the long-rooted Pe ruvian cotton is grown In the dried up river bed, furnishing crops that yield a subsistence to the natives. Jules Verne at 7*. Jules Verne does not care for no toriety and lion-hunters, and that is one reason why he does not live in Paris, but at Amiens. There he has a fine villa, with a large garden, in the quietest street. He is 72 years old, and his ehief amusements arc going to the theater and taking an occa sional walk. A QUEER REVENUE HOW MILLIONAIRES GET EVEN WHEN OFFENDED. Two Tnr.taitws Where They Spent For tunes to Wipe Out Krai or Fancied Wronjjn—The Case of Cltlaen Train— Built a Hotel and Kan Other Out. y AS a general rule it doesn’t pay to have trouble with millionaires. This is brought to mind by the relations between Millionaire W. S. Stratton and Maxev Tabor in Denver. Mr. Stratton is the gentleman who discov ered the Independence mind _at Vic tor. Col., and made a “boom” mining camp out of the place. Since then his men have been taking silver and gold and other dross out of the hole in the ground at a rate of speed which makes the average tenderfoot dizzy, and most of it has been credited to the account of Mr. Stratton in various banks. He also dug into the good things at Crip ple Creek to the enlargement «f his fortune, and. taking everything into consideration, it is generally conceded that Mr. Stratton is fixed to keep a whole pack of wolves away from the door should occasion arise. Maxey Tabor, son of H. A. W. Ta bor. ex-senator from Colorado, builder of the Tabor opera house, and orig inal “boomer” of Denver, is manager of the Brown Palace hotel. Last win ter Stratton was stopping at the hotel. There chanced to be a vaudeville queen in town at the same time, who was considered quite the swellest, daintiest and most alluring vaudeville queen that had crossed the plains for some moons. And to her, the story runs. Mr. Stratton extended the courtesies and gallantries which a man of his wealth and position was eminently fitted to exercise. There were little lunches on afternoons when the mat inee did not claim the actress and lit tle suppers after the performance. Manager Tabor became dispeased and notified the actress that her absence would be agreeable. Mr. Stratton be came indignant, but bided his time. A short time ago he carelessly asked the owners of the Brown Palace what they considered the property worth. They lit a fresh cigar and murmured that a million and a half would take the whole thing jast as it stood. Mr. Stratton yawned and observed that he would take it. And now they do say that Manager Tabor will be out of a job just as soon as the new owTner mores into the second floor front suite. Along in 1S67 or thereabouts, when the Union Pacific road wandered over the prairie and discovered Omaha, there was something of a rush to the place and the hotel which had held its own for some years as a half-way "house for the trains of prairie schoon ers was a hit crowded. Among those who flocked to Omaha to see what was doing was Citizen George Francis Train, then in the possession of scads of money. One morning at the hotel the biscuits were cold or the coffee gave grounds for complaint—some thing of the kind happened and led to an argument with the waiter on the part of Citizen Train. The manager of the hotel was called and as he had a monopoly in the hotel line he was just a bit ungracious, or at least it so ap peared to the mind of Mr. Train. “All right,’' said the citizen, “you’re the boss just now. But I’ll build a ho tel here within the next 60 days and you'll come around and ask me for a job before I get through.” Thus said Citizen Train and more to the same effect. The landlord of the existing hotel smiled blandly and in an idle way turned to the head clerk and raised the rates. Then he went away. In a few days an army of men were at work under Mr. Train’s orders building the hotel and in 60 days it was completed. He didn't go into the thing to make money—merely to get even, and he didn't care for expense. Therefore he imported chefs from New York and edibles from every other old place and he cut the rates away down and put up the grandest service west of Chicago for prices that were a joke. And everyone came over to Train's hotel and things fell out almost as the citizen had predicted. Which taught the other hotel man a few new tricks. ■Swiftest Oeean Current. Among the twenty-five known great ocean currents, or rivers of the sea, it appears that the swiftest in its course is the branch of the great equatorial current so well known as the Gulf Stream, its speed at various places varying from four and a half to five miles an hour, with its waters at a mean temperature of 81 degrees Fahr. After running 3,000 miles towards the north, as far as 40 degrees north lati tude, it still preserves, even in winter, the heat of summer. The influence of this vast body of warm water upon the seas and coasts it washes cannot be overestimated. It covers the ocean with a mantle of warmth and serves to mitigate the rigors of our Euro pean winter. The existence of this wonderful stream was first discovered in 1512 by Ponce de Leon, a Spaniard. Illiteracy in Kuropeau A Miiles. The armies of Russia ard Servia have 79 per cent of their soldiers il literates, unable to read or write. Two I other European countries have at j letst 40 per cent, illiterates in their armies, namely Italy, with 45 per cent., and Hungary, 40 per cent. In | Sweden and Denmark there is not a single illiterate in the army of either country. From the latest army re- : turn it is learned that 97 per cent of Great Britain's soldiers can read and write, and that 30 per cent possess a liberal education. Durban as a Winter Resort. Durban is a wunter resort and con tains some of the finest residences in the world. They afford a good ocean view and are surrounded by tropical trees, flowers and fruits. Looking for More Trouble. If Pugilist Corbett enters congress he will find some very clever competi tor! in the side-stepping business.— Mil' 7aukee Sentinel SAW A GHOST In • Cemetery That Danced on Dead Men'* C.n»ve*. New Haven (Conn.) Special New York World: To those that are in clined to scoff at the residents near Mapledale cemetery because they are excited over a ghost that dances night ly over new-made graves the point is made that the believers have seen the wrath while the unbelievers have not. For three dark nights many persons have gathered at the cemetery gates, and the ghost, being a well-bred and considerate specter, has not disap pointed them. It has walked regular ly and danced with its usual grace. Any one who does not believe in ghosts should tall: to John Bertram and George. E. Backmailer. They laughed at the suggestion of disem bodied spirits promenading in a cem etery or anywheri else, and the sug gestion that a ghost would dance they declared was manifestly absurd. Last night the young men announced that they would clear up the ghost mys tery and placed themselves on guard in the cemetery, thereby winning many compliments for their pluck until the ghost appeared. Then the two brave young men took to their heels and never stopped running until they were exhausted. They said that nothing would persuade them to enter the cemetery again at night so long as the weird manifestations contin ued. Several spiritualists were among those on guard last night. They also saw the ghost. They explained it by saying that it was a spirit seeking someone it had wronged in life. It has not been determined whether it is a man ghost or a woman ghost, but it is property attired, according to all traditions, in a long, flowing robe of white. It violates one of the rules of ghosts, however, in that it makes its appearance before midnight. It was about 11 o’clock last night when it suddenly appeared cut of nowhere, and after floating about for half an hourt melted into thin air in the most approved fashion. From the stories of those who have SQen it, the ghost j appears to be most capricious in its : movements, having no fixity of pur | pose. Sometimes it moves slowly, and then it darts along. Occasionally it stops. At times it hops from mound to mound, and v.Tien it finds a new | made grave executes a curious .slow and dignified dance. — FORTUNE FOR DRESS. Mrs. Kelmont Spends $‘25,000 in a Single Season. Our fashionable women spend a. few dollars for fashionable uniforms, but whether they spend as much as is ascribed to Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont readers may judge for themselves. However, the list is suggestive of the needs of the luxuriously inclined and is also interesting. Ten gowns for ball and opera. $3,000; ten bonnets, $950: one sealskin cape. $400; two fur muffs. $150; one ear muff. $129; one opera cloak, $300; one opera cloak, $250; six pairs walking shoes. $90; four pairs dancing shoes. $48; four pairs kid slippers, $60; three dozen long gloves. $360; four dozen gloves for driving and walking, $144; ten tea gowns. $2,200; six dressing gowns, $500; three riding habits. $400; four teen corsets. $420; twelve pairs silk stockings, $60; four dozen pairs lisle stockings, $144: two pairs bed room slippers, $20^ four suits silk under wear, $120; ten suits woolen under wear, $200; lingerie, $1,500; four dozen handkerchiefs. $45; three dozen hand kerchiefs, $36; two dozen handker chiefs, $48; two dozen handkerchiefs, $36; toilet articles, $1,000; ten gowns for walking and driving, $1,000; three bath robes, $160; three fans. $75; three pairs riding boots. $75; two bicycle suits, $300; two traveling outfits, $200; two winter wraps, $200; two winter wraps. $ 150; three skating outfits, $275; trimmings, ribbons, etc., $300; four umbrellas. $48; one sable trim med wrap. $1,000; three dinner gowns, $1,200; two evening cloaks. $800; one dozen veils, $150; jewelry, $5,000; one fur wrap, $800; two fur boas, $200; two morning gowns, $200; three sleighing outfits, $400; three theater costumes. $300; one fancy dress ball costume, $300; six pairs overshoes. $6; total, $25.749.—New York Journal. The World's Newspapers. The records show that sixty-eight per cent of all newspapers published in the world arc in the English language. Of the more than fifty thousand news papers published, the United States and Canada issue 21.000; Great Brit ain. 8.000; Germany, 6.000; France. 4.200; Japan, 2.000; Italy, 1.500; Aus tria-Hungary. 1.200; Spain. 1,000; Aus tria. 800; Russia, 800; Greece, 600; Switzerland. 450; Holland. 300; Bel gium, 300, and other countries about 2.000. Pope I-eo's I,o\ o of Flowers. The pope is a real lover of flowers. When he allows himself some recrea tions (and this is generally when his physician has ordered rest) he spends the time, if possible, in the Vatican gardens. With gentle touch he will raise the blossoms for inspection, re move dead petais or leaves, almost caressing his favorite plants, before which he often stands in lengthy con templation. Harness Holds Head Down. To prevent stock from jumping over fences a Virginian has designed a har ness which leaves the animals'* heads free to grate, comprising a crupper and halter, connected by straps running between the animal's forelegs, which prevents lifting the head high enough to jump. Cut Farm In Oregon. There is a large cat "farm” in Lin coln county. Oregon, and the residents In the vicinity have obtained the con pent of the postofflce department to the christening of their postofflce by the name of Angora. The first post master of Angora, singularly enough, is Thomas Tom. Napoleon's Telescope Found. According to the London Chronicle, the telescope which Napoleon I used to carry has turned up in Turin. !» 1 STRIKING FIGURES. Two Ecumenical Delates Who Have Ila«l Hare Experiences. In attendance upon the* conference as delegates are two men who, in their missionary work, have been through as grave perils and as strange experi ences, probably, as any living beings, says the New York Sun. They are Robert Laws, doctor of divinity and medicine, who comes from the mis sions on the shorrs of Lake Nyassa in Africa, and Dr. John G. Paton. whose life work has been among the can nibal South Sea Islanders of the New Hebrides. “One of the greatest re wards of your work,” said a missi n ary from Japan to Dr. Paton upon e introduced to him. “must be the knowledge that by the spread of Chris tianity the practices of cannibalism have been rooted out.” “It would he,” said the venerable missionary, "if it were only so.” “Are there still any cannibals remaining in the New Hebrides?” asked the other in sur prise. “There are plenty of islands, unfortunately,” was the reply, “where cannibalism is constantly practiced, and human flesh is esteemed the great est delicacy obtainable. The life of an unarmed man wouldn’t be worth a moment’s purchase on any of these islands. A thing that constantly sur prises me,” added the doctor as his questioner turned away, “is the pre vailing impression here that canni balism is a thing of the past. Where ^ the missionaries have gained a foot hold the practice has been eradicated, though I have known of sporadic out breaks in the vicinity of the missions. But people here at home do not seem to comprehend the vast extent of the South Sea Islands. There are thou sands and tens of thousands of na tives who have never seen a mission ary and who, perhaps, have never seen a white man of any kind. They cat human flesh to-day, as they bav« from time immemorial.” FASHION’S PARASOLS. Some of the Latest Fancies in Season's Sunshades. If the woman who uses a parasol would be particularly far in advance of her feminine rivals this summer she will buy herself the very latest creation in parasol ingenuity, the sun shade with square edges. It is not a thing of beauty, perhaps, but at least it is strikingly odd and to be odd is at least to be noticed. The square parasol is covered with a bandana handkerchief in the gaudiest pattern obtainable and the effect is certainly bizarre and unusual. The newest handles for the season’s parasols are club shaped, and some of them are adorned with bunches of flowers and fruit. Among the elaborate handles wooden ones are seen mounted in gold and silver and set with real or imita tion jewels. Ivory, coral, and lapis lazuli are also cut up into the parasol handles. Parasols for morning ser vice are always of plain design ami material. Silk is, of course the rule. For carriage use a white satin sun shade is always a desirable requisition and it may be beautified by lace but terflies and flowers appliqued upon th<» satin. One of the fancy shades shows 2 parasol formed of stitched bands of white taffeta put together with strips of insertion and hemstitching.—Chica go Chronicle. “ - A Chance for a Fortune. , “It seems to me,” said a smoker, “that there is a fortune in the tobacco business for the manufacturer who will pack his tobacco in boxes that are reasonably airtight. I mean cheap to bacco. You can get expensive tobacco in such boxes now. Cheap tobaccos are put up in boxes that are just as expensive, but there is no pretense of having them airtight. The result is that when half the tobacco has been used the other half is all dried up and it smokes like hay and burns your tongue. All that is necessary is to have a box with a double cover, the inside cover made so that it tits the in side of the box tightly. Such a box keeps the tobacco moist and in just the proper condition until it is all used up. The additional cost of the inside cover would be infinitesimal. It could easily be covered by a little reduction in the amount of decoration put on the outside of the boxes that are now used.”—New York Sun. Owes His Fame to His Wife. “I shall never do anything.” said the famous Mascagni, the composer, one day. as he was working away at the score of Cavalleria Rusticana. “never. That is where my work must go.” And he threw the sheets on the fire. Luckily that fire was low. for there was no money to buy coal, and his wife rescued the precious work herself and sent it on her own account to compete for the prize. In a day or two Mascagni woke up to find himself the most famous musician in Europe. He appeared before the curtain and the audience cheered and shouted for nearly twenty minutes! Everybody wanted to know him—the world was at his feet. Yet so poor was he when the opera was produced that he had to borrow the money to telegraph the good news to his wife! Now* he is comfortably off and able to look the world cheerfully in the face.—New York Mail and Express. I)l«trl<-t of Columbia Sh.idl.aken. One of the institutions of Washing ton is the shadbake. and the perfection of planked shad is asserted to be pro duced at a river landing on the east bank of the Potomac, almost opposite to Mount Vernon. At the height of the shad season, planked shad excursions are of daily occurrence. lUinota A minium Society The Illinois Audubon Society, now three years old. is the youngest but largest state association of the kind. It has nearly 10.000 enrolled members. Nearly all are children, there being about 800 adults, most of whom are residents of Chicago. SwU* Profit from Tourist*. The number of tourists that visit Switzerland annually from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1 is estimated at about 2,500.000. The average amount of money spent by each tourist is $15.44, which sums up to $38,600,000.