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HOW SHALL THE NEW FLAG
Undo Sam's now
possessions will do
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t!o. on old glory,
as Is cartalnly thctr
right, but tho fact
is that on tho line
as tit present deslg- g?Z
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scarcely room for
them. Tho lnat ad
dition ot states has WpT,
bo filled tho field
tlint tho stars nro
too small nnd so
crowded together"
that th.y no longer
stand out distinct
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only bo overcomo
In tho present de
nlgn by enlarging
tho field, but tills
would destroy tho
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ot our standard. Tho nccompanylng
design for a now flag has beeu suggest
ed, and thero nro many points Incite
favor. Tho many-pointed star with
bluo flold on n background of red nnd
whlto stripes Is not unllko tho conven
tional sunburst and would symbolize
tho birth of Imperialism.
Tho arrangomont of tho stars within
this center is tho doslgn of John F.
Karhart of Cincinnati, ono of tho first
In this country to tako up tho sub
ject of flag roform. Mr. Earhart's do
. sign Is full of meaning. Tho Inner
clustor represents tho thirteen states
which created tho union. Tho sur
rounding clrolo contains twonty-thrco
stars 4ho number equaling that of tho
states admitted to tho union up to tho
closo of tho civil war, this noblo clus
ter typifying tho welding together nnd
porfoct preservation of tho union. Tho
outer clrclo contains tho now states,
and It will bo readily scou that thoro
Is room for many moro.
HERE ARE CURIOUS CONDEN
SATIONS. Old Tromont bank of Boston, Incor
porated lu 1S14, Is to go Into liquida
tion. Heat nnd drought In Now South
Wales arc destroying Hvo stock and
crops.
At a recent sato In Brussels four or-
chid plants fetched prices vnrylng
from 800 to $2,040,
Many ci tho cast-oft uniforms ot
British BOldlera arc exported to Africa
for trading purposes with tho Kafllrs,
Follco dotoctlvcs In Montreal esti
mate that tho pcoplo of that city
tpond ovor $2,600,000 a year on lot
In evciy hazardous occupation thero
oro special dangers that arlso at tlmos
which are known only to tho men that
follow that special vocation. To all
appcaranco the men pos3 tho dangers
without tho least thought of thorn, but
whoso norves aro strung to tho hlghost
tension. Tho lineman who climbs to
tho dizzy heights on, tho polo at the
.curb Is In constant dread lost In tho
ascont tlio spur on Iho foot strikes a
rotten knot and whon tho weight ot
tho body la felt It gives away, causing
a dangerous and often fatal fall. Rail
road men In tho snino wny dread now
grados and sharp curves, but daro not
hosltato If thoy run tholr train on
flchcdulo tlmo. Ono that was always
dreaded by tho boys on tho Wost Iowa
division of tho Chicago, Rock Island
and Paclflo was tho O'Ncll hill, noar
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bought annually Is estimated ut 0,000,
000. In tho. Black sen no animal lifo ot
any kind Is found at n ifopih below
1,200 feet, owing to tho largo amount
of hydro-sulphuric acid.
A leading London bookseller has de
clared that tho number of new books
this season will exceed by 25 per cent
thoso of any season ho can recall.
A tin factory situated on Sulo Brant,
an Island In ' tho Bay of SIngnporo,
turnn out monthly 1,200 tons ot tin,
moro than tho product of Cornwall
and moro than that of Australia.
Tho peoplo ot Richmond, Va., nro
being encouraged In tho belief that tho
James rlvor -may bo mado as Im
portant to tho shlp-bulldlng Industry
of this country as Is, tho Clydo In Scot
land. Tho silk Industry In tho United
States is assuming gigantic propor
tions. Tfilrty yenra ago tho valuo of
silk produced In tho United States was
Icfh than ?G,000,000. Last year It ex
ceeded ?57.000,000.
A Canadian paper has a dovor car
toon on tho "unwonted activity" of
England just now. Undo Sam, smok
ing a "Mnnlla" cigar, says to John
Bull, striding along In sailor clothes,
with a gun over his shoulder: "Whnr
you goln a-guunln. John?" and John
nnswora: "Blest If I qulto knows yet,
Sammy. Maybe h'ovor to Frnwnco,
h'oaglo "untlng, and then h'agaln, may
bo h'ovcr to Roosher, boar 'untln', y
know."
A special dispatch to the London
Dally Mall from Capo Town says that
a meteor, that 1b doscrlbod ns being
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Atlantic, Iowa, belter known as Devil's
Elbow.
It was a reverse curvo on a z per
cent grado, commencing In a deop cut
and" running In an easterly direction
only about three-fifths of a mile, and
containing all tho main problems ot
railroad engineering In a pralrlo coun
try. To train dispatchers It was always a
courco of annoyance, as nearly overy
freight train had to bo divided nnd
half left thero, protected by proper
signals', whllo tho onglno pulled tho
other half to tho next station,
Threo years ago tho contraot was lot
tor tho cutting and grading ot tho now
roadbed at this .point. The contractor
left tho job a rulnod roan, as, after
digging down a short dlstnnco tho men
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half tho olzo ot St. Paul's Cathedral,
has fallen at Port Alfred. It made a
holo In tho ground CO feet deep, 120
feet long nnd CO feet wido.
Tho highest prlco ovor paid for roal
estate In tho United States was paid
two years ago, whoa 717 square feel
on tho corner of Broadway and Wall
street, Now York, sold for $348.G7 per
square foot. But lost weok tho owner
of tho corner of Wall and Broadway
refused 400 a square foot for his hold
ing. Tho prlco offered was equivalent
to 150,000 a front foot or $1,250,000 for
an ordinary city business lot of 24x100
feet.
Tho successful launching ot the
crulsor Nadlojda, at Bordeaux, which
will soon bo rendy for sea, marks tho
beginning of Bulgaria as a naval
power. Eho i3 really a torpedo boat
destroyer, being of but 750 tons dis
placement. Sho Is nn exceedingly dl
mlnutlvo copy of tho Russian lrondad
gunboat Khravy.
Tho Japanese nation proposed to
hold In 1809 a great fair In honor ot
tho 00th anniversary of tho opening ot
that country to western civilization.
It Is noteworthy that tho Japanese al
ways dato their reawakening to new
ldcoa to tho coming of Commodore
Perry to that country with a Bquadron
of United StatCB vessels nearly CO
years ago.
Tho British government laboratory
last year analyzed 1.G8Q Bamplc3 of so
called "tempcranco" drinks. Ot this
number over ono-thlrd wero found to
contain moro than tho 2 per cent ot
alcohol allowed by law. Somo of tho
samples contained as much as G to 8
per cent.
which mado tho soil so wot tho work
struck a largo number of springs,
was abandoned. A year ago tho rail
road men took up tho work again
and bavo just completed it. Thoy ex
cavated In tho cut to tho dopth ot soven
feet and with tho earth romovod built
up tho dump and approaches seven
feet, making tho difference of over
fourteen feet in tho grado ot tho short
or now track.
To completo tho work required tho
moving of ovor 540,000 oubto feet of
earth; to keep tho track from sinking
Into tho roadbod two lines ot nlx-lnch
drain tllo wero laid under tho track,
through which falr-slzcd streams of
water aro constantly flowing. Tho
money spent on this one piece ot track,
less than a mllo in length, has been
considerable over $108,000.
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THKY ARE GREASED WITH DUST
CREAMERY BUTTER.
rewdrd with Woo 4 Unit I'liltetl
HUtaa Lead ToiUjr In the Curing unit
Tanning of Colly Skint lrilaii
fanib and 8al tho Eioitlnu,
From tho animal's bnck to tho lady's
shoulders thero la much skillful hand
ling of hlgh.prlco.t furu, says tho St.
Louis Qlbbo-Democrnt. Asldo from tho
trapping nnd selling ami tho making
Into modish wraps, an lutoriucdlnto
stop occurs, nnd upon this depends
moro truly tho ultimate value ot tho
skin thnn Its depth of tone, purity of
color or oven ruro breed to which It
was assigned by tho erettor. lu con
soquonco ordinary Hkunlc skins hnvo
boon mado bountiful mnrtuus ut tho
drcssor's Bhop, whllo tho rarost of sn
blo hna been rendered useless, Ah tv
trado this Intermediate handling Inn
boon Ilttlo affoctod by the advanco of
mechanical Ingenuity. It still remains
prlmltlvo a trado of hand work nnd
foot work nud man's labor. No mo
chanlcu! dovlco has ovor boon mado to
equal In dollcocy nnd result this con
tact with tho humnn flesh. Muchlnoa
thero nro for tho curing nud tanning ot
skins skins of tho lower grade rab
bit and opossum and tho heavier pelts
nro put through n mnchlnery process.
Hut tho hlgh-grndo furs tho costly
skins sablo, ormlnn, mink nnd chin
chilla, still nro manipulated almost en
tirely by lmiiil, nnd this, together with
tho Increasing demand nud decreasing
CEITBMBY OF
St. John's Enlscnnal church, on Mm
outskirts of Tuckahoo. is ono of tho
oldest edifices ot Its denomination In
Westchester county, Now York. It was
100 years old tho other day, and, do-
supply, adds to tho final cost, Tho
work ot tho drosscr Is Interesting and
in stagos highly picturesque. Tho
Bktns are turned over to him by tho
firm which buys its season's supply In
tho raw stato. Tho trapper has liter
ally skinned his gamo turned tho out
eido or fur sldo in, leaving tko entlro
pelt exposed henco tho old nursery
loko of "skinning tho rabbit." Tho
skins aro grcasod to prosorvo them
from vormln and soon turn stiff. This
constitutes tho raw stato.
In curing tho pelt Is first put through
a softening process a chemical solu
tionand tho aklna nro then rubbod.
Hero thoy remain In tho salt and water
or similar wash as required over night,
possibly twolvo hours longer. Tho
skins aro wrung out ot this bath nud
practically dried, then turned over to
tho fleaher. This is another depart
ment ot tho trado and requires skilled
hands to scrapo these aklns proporiy.
This is douo on upright knives sot
ollghtly obllquo nt tho end of j yarrow
bench on which tho flo3hor sits astrad
dle. From tho flcshor tho Bklns go
through a greasing process, whero flno
creamery butter is liberally slapped
over the pelt, tho skin all this whllo
romalnlng polt out, ot courso. Tho
next departure leads ono to tho pic
turesquo details of tho dresser's shop.
Along clChcr Bldoot tho room nro
ranged largo barrels ot throo-quartcrs
height. In this tho men stand waist
deep, whllo sacking forms tho cover
from tho edgo of tho barrel to tho
man's body. This keops (n tho heat,
which in tlmo become:) oxcosslvo, nnd
in theso barrels tho halt-naked men
troad and tread day after day, and
look aa though they woro practicing
tho couchc-coucho dance. With tholr
naked feet thoy work tho buttor into
tho pelt and fur, and tho boat which
emanates from tholr body forms a
most important item in tho curing of
tho eklne. A shufllo board fastened
obliquely ncroea the front innor fcldo
ot the barrel aids them In rotating tho
skins, which In tlmo acquire a high
degree of heat, very surprising to tho
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oklns nro removed to it.
nnd snrond ovor tht floor. AtA had sul
point ot dryness they uro gntheroil'ts
gcthcr and tnkon to tho sawdust room.'
This sawdust In, In truth, pulverized
wood, ns linn lit quality us cornstarch.
Sometimes it Is of mahogany, somo
Union of rosewood. The latter, how
ever, contains so much acridity that It
iu used morn sparingly. For the differ
ent sorts of furs different dusts nro
lined wood dust for tho darker coats
nnd Hour nud mnrblo dust for urmluo.
This wood dust l.i cxpenslvo nnd tho
supply limited, lu tho curing uoimon
It becomes u sorlotis Item In tho dress
er's Undo. As only 10 per cent of tho
but tor Is actually nluorbcd by tho pelt,
tho rot clinging to tho fur, tho dust
Is worked very thoroughly Into tho
groaned fur nnd eloansca It of tho but
ter nnd renders tho fur uoft nnd silky.
Tho first mechanical labor Is hero In
troduced, when tho Hklim, with n co
ploiw supply of dust, nro thrown Into a
bis rovohlng tub which Imitates close
ly tho rotation of trending, and by
passing ovor colls of utenni pipes got
wnrmth similar to tho heat ot tho
trendor'a body. Tho furs and dust nro
revolved rapidly until BUfTlcleut dust
has boon taken up, when thoy nro
dumped out, picked up ncparntcly nnd
given n doft nhalio, nnd tho hand labor
Is ng'nln cnllod Into uso.
The sUIiih nro sprend to air, beaten,
turned fur out nnd given to tho comlJor.
Ho finishes tho silky conts; ovenB up
skins In u potut ot symmetry. For
with the Indian trapper n hind lug
comes very handy for his chief or to
AI OLD EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
nnlto tho mnnv venra tho structure has
withstood tho storiiiB and Is utlll In
good condition.
St, John'a church Is on historical
ground. Provlous to tho battle of
WhrfAAAVM
work into his tribal robes, and many
a four-legged animal arrives with a
thrco-legged skin at tho dresser's shop.
Then half ot tho hind leg Is deftly
sowed to tho trunk and tho'skln is
dressed.
With tho nbovo process faithfully
worked out, the fur Is never fullod or
cottony. This system nnd tho honesty
of tho trado has won for tho Amorloan
drcssor a front rank In tho curing ot
skins. ISxcopt for broad-tall or unborn
Persian lamb and tho treating of tho
Persian lamb Itself, which Is excelled
only In Lolpelc. and tho London dyeing
of seal, which our cllmuto and chemi
cal conditions of the wator niako Im
possible, tho United States of America
loads today in tho curing and tnnnlng
and dressing of furs, ua its women do
In crentlug tho greatest demandspnd
tho most npproclatlvo fur maTkfcp'
llnnnrsn Mnrrlaco ltltr.
Ot all tho marrlago rites of which
ono ever hoard, thoso of Burraah bear
away tho palm for conciseness ' and
sweot simplicity. Hore It Is upon tho
dusky lady that tho pleasing duty of
courtship dovolves. Sho sees a youth
whom sho deems calculated to make
ber happy and forthwith offers hlra a
stick of candy. If ho accopts her pro
posal ho promptly cats tho token of
affection and thoy aro thcroby made
man and wife. Thero Is jio .further
ceremony nnd no wltncsecs aro nocos
eary. In tho act of eating alonothls
most prlmltlvo marrlago rlto conslnts.
But If, on tho contrary, tho youta la
not willing, ho assuror her that that
particular kind ot candy Is not to his
tasto, and tho maiden must 30011 clso
whero for ono moro appreciative of nor
candy nnd her affections.
l"iii:l.inl Cray Ovrr Croquet.
Croquet, tho revival ot which in Eng
land was announced not long ago, Is
said to bo making alarming stridor,
and In places to threaten tho sover
eignty of golf. They bavo mado n naw
gamo of it thrco tlmca rs dlfllcuU an4
scientific as tho old, 'ixJL the crazo is
lowlW-
perlencei" vu
tul animal, b1
well Imagine "..'
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structlon In nolnn . Wjjl
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imucii cameia nnii anv ofu
I heard a tremendous growllnly'Oea -
of tho door nnd, on going out, rroTer,
ono of these amiable beasts being en-
by his keeper, hut walking nlong Wiftf'.
every expression of disgust both In hla
countennnco and voice. The man sto9
ped (ditto enmol) nnd nttempted to tl
tho beast's forelegs togethor, when It
reared' nnd, striking out with Its fora
fect, landed on tho keeper's stomach
and head, sending him flying through
spneo as If shot tJ.lt of a cannon. Th
man picked himself out of tho ditch
with a hand on each bruised part, and
tho camel, which had. nover cease
roaring, was taken lu chargo by two
other nud moro robust natlvon nnd led
to tho touts, or rathor Induced to o
by onergctlo nwjlstnnco of a very sharp
Iron rod applied In n most vigorous
and miscellaneous mannor. Similar
exhibitions nro being conducted hor
dally and wo nro now ready to lend
tho recently brokon camels. Within
thrco or four days they becomo tract
able "I first formed my opinion ot R
enmel somo years ago, when I roda
ncroBS tho Arabian deserts, and rco
no reason to alter It In any wny. Tho
crenturo has so many talents nnd so
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White Plains. It Is said, nlna Datrlotft'n
wero slauchtcrcd by tho enemy nctrby.'.'l
Tho high-back pews, the steep EtaU.vilW
way leading to tho organ loft and tM
old tower aro still in existence.
many ways ot exhibiting them. Ami,
to begin with, it can kick harttor, .
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and can use all four feet at one time vif
u . niwniuti ujuu.ll. J.UCU 11 con DIM
worso than a vicious horso and back
in a way to mako n broncho blush with
absoluto Bbnmc. No rider over lived 74
No rider over lived
who can stay on that perch soven feet
from tho ground during a camera ex- jV'
hlbltlon of gymnostlcs. Then ho cany A
run nmnv wlion lm fnnln Him If anitJ Si
la often seized with a desire to slop .ft
ITnnn nn nnnnalnii .if 41.1a 1tn.l 1.1m i1 a' k
w,.W.. .... uvw.u,, i iU,a .W.IU U1B lW
experiences a Bcnsatlpj Jjaiween
blown up with dynamltj
against tho throes
until all his Join
ho drops a llmj
ground. Then ;
r m&y of ovincf
la nt lonst nfcct.
twists hla BnaW1
ana, poitmg nis, m
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mouth and leth'i
In such a fetlb'j
vatcd human ?u
into tho mldd i
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