THEATRICAL TOPICS.
SOME SAYINGS AND DOINGS
IN STACBLAND.
Iliv llnh.t Inmtl nt lot it I'nrtl "rill Mil)
Itnlmiiii mill Hint She llnhl, (he Mir
rur I p In -Suture In I lit- ( miiii rnr,
Slugi IiIiii.
my i.r.sui: iciih
iih alioiit Viola loi -ten
in-, who used to
In tlic must nun.
lit 1 fill I lillil of till'
. t iK' UtlliiiHplU re.
Hli W.IS illWU.VS
with her father :nil
i.iotlit i. who be-
Inlll'l'tl til "Hlll-S
Suipilsc raity,"
mill the b:tbv lived
in tut tiieitr r .1
en at in in. i in1 ii .
llflM since glllWIl
In ln a hi'tiiiliful j-:lt I
who plats It, gi titif tnli'x must thiiiin-
Inglj Slu lit 'ti'it an a in .uli l"il I')
the carlv da.vs Mlii' was tin. ill everv
thlng fiiuii "lilosbiuii Canaiy Mini" to
' Angt I " ami was a hutiilln of tin- most
incalculable tiiU'hli'f. Ill lit on
"Pliiafnie' with Llvlc Webster as
Itnlph Kail stiav., V tile I'kitiev as .lo
sephlno. Hairv Hunter an Dirk Hcad
ec (loorge Poiteseuo an l.lttli' llutter
cup anil Dli I. (Soldi n as the boatswain
It tttlH II Itlllllklllg Vt'IlllltO. fllllOtWll
hj Iri'ttii iiiIoiih suit-ess Little baby
I'm test Hi' totiii' to all thi lohcarb.ils
mill knew I'wij tiotc of the music ami
would sing It with thf most frantic
gestures ami h'r own plctuicsqui1 111
ii'lto Pnitlctilarlv did kIii like Hit'
ilolli Ions aii.i in which Josephine In
vokes alternate aihlie In 'Oh, god of
love ami god of loason, hiij !" to decide
iiioti her two chances to wed In a
hurrj The hnh.v used to perch up on
a tnhle ami (limp her little Hotter
hands over her licit ami blng- "Oh, got
a hue, got a freein', say!"
Suiilou hah Ik in complaining to
friends that in late .wars his prow rhlal
luck In piodiielng mw plays when the
attention of the public was not t n
grosscd In other mole vital ami Im
portant iiuestlotis hail dpseited him.
The piodiutloii of "Sans (!em" hail to
he po.stpom.ll on acioiint of the litis
slan olltceir' visit to Paris, during
wlili h the Parisians absolutely tefiisiil
to no to places of amusement, the
streets iilTtiiilliiK nil the diversion they
uei'ileil "Pamela" was given while
tin' Zola dial was In pi ogress, ami, of
tourso, the new (.papers did not ilewite
to this Itiiptit tiittt dramatic event the
span- they would have devoted to It
had not the Clench novelist claimed all
the attention of the Pailsiun piess.
"I objict." b.ivs May Itobbon. "to be
ing tilth 1st d lii'iuiibi when I appear
as l,a I'oulette. the atitliiuutid danc
ing girl In 'The Conqueiois.' I make
up nit laic pet rrctli white. The wilt
is that have attacked nie on thlsstoie
havi never vlhltcd as I liavc. the Uitin
ipuitti r of Paris, win re women slnillat
In La I'oulette fie que nt th,. lafcs I
was, in Luiopc ist stimniei. and visit
ed oul-of-tIu-w.lv places with the
avowul putpo'-e of '.tmblm; t har.it tu
in tin Latin quartet It was mi btiaiigo
sight lo hi e the lloheuilau Kit Is 1 1 tun h
a rag into a bo of white ihaik ami
then ruli the rag all over their faces.
That mav not Mi Ike vou oi me as pio
timing a beautiful elicit, hut it Is the
lad Iti that cm utile iiclghboihooil. and
whin I appear as l.a I'oulette looking
like a shut ficsh float the laundry I
"" b holding tile mil tor up' to
iiatute '
Mr Man l).ilt. savs the Cilteiion.
has il'hiow'ied that I'lfth avenue is
picfciahlt to Htoadwa as ,i piomcn
ade foi acioiH of distinction, .mil also
that Mr John Dievv affects the liist
named thoioughfuie. There Is noth
ing new in the anmuiiHement that
Ilroailwaj Is passe as a ptomenade, foi
nearly three veins only houhiettes and
hnlr-cutteis have paiaded icgtilurly
theieon Hut it has never been Htip
jiosed bv thohe who knew him best
that Mr Drew ever walked in ptfth
uventv or an.v where else. Iteretofote,
When hut s.vhtem has ciaved the boon
vioi.a roirrnscri:.
of physical c.xettlon he has walked
down the bteps of tho Plaveis" club and
back aaln or taken a ride around
(Jramercj park 1m one of tho tleuric
cnrrlapeb.
"I believe that the stano." Paid Minn
Modjchka recentlj, in illheiisHliif; the
treatment of morals on the Btam "in
order to be a factor in civlllatlon and
In modern life cannot bo tteated on
tho piano of a klnduiKiuten, but must
touch an uio vital interests of life It ,
cannot keep even entirely aloof fiom
tho ik'llcato htibjects, which. thouKh
not plcahant to talk over In polite bo- I
clety, have n great Hochtl bcatliiK Hat
there Is a measure for ewr.vthlnt; All '
depends on the treatment, and there
8 Cn)
Q IS'
Is n higher ItiRlltitt of good Insto and
a tioliler likal that ought to be de
clslve In this regard."
Of IMwanl K Wllhinl. who K III In
ChliiiKo. the Intet On-au speiiks as fol
lows ".Mr. Wllhinl hits In en hli k for
some time, the tiimulatlw effei t of n
haul se.'ihon on the mad ami a tone h
of malaria that he hail In the mil t Ii
A m. in of Iron will ami tremendous
nervous i'tieiv, he has biavily persist
ed In (iiii.wiik out his fiiKiiKfiiH I,H ;14
oilfIiiull aiiam;(il He lias alwa.vs
iiei'ti a paitictilai ly aitive man, ami
looks afler a km at amount of detail
oiiIhIiIc of pt.'ifce woik, as he person
ally iliieetH his business ullitliH, ami
the ilfwt if overwoik has told upon
( hib naliirallj ihikkciI lonstltutlon "
I .John IHK'I. I'iikImiiiI'h oldest living
'.kKii, has Just (ilebratcd another
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . i . ills '.H'li lie plaved I, tiilti -I
lot Oobbo to the Sh.vlii'1. of IMiuuml
i Kean. ami saw the litsi Niipolinn
I when he vvah j'tlomr on hoinil the
' lliltlhh man-of-war llelb lophon. Tor
I many vc.hs lie imitiagMl a theatei,
jwhhh piilsheil lorn? iiKii. at Devon-
poii. and he had some l.tiniius names
! on his pay-roll, amotiK them those of
the Kcu.tilfs, l.lstou C. V Miooks ami
tin elder and vouiikm Mathews.
A rdoit loutlious with a piett.v
pli ce of wit is said to have passed
ilurliiK a teieiit call of Ilichaid M.ius
Held upon the wife of a lalilnet olllcer
In WashltiKtoii lie scatid himself in
a Kieat leathei easy (hair. As he sank
Into it he temaiked "lullatcd, Isn't
it ' Piifled up It Is tiiltc tiatitrally
llatti red to have a place in .vour home "
"On the iiintrary. tn dear Mr. Mans-
llelil, leplleil the i oiilplltueliteii lliiht
ehh, ' an i hair is puffed up wl'h the
honor of having .vou sit in it,"
Kale Terty has n turned to the staKo
In Lomlon, In "I'he Master." Wheti
N vv
I mA' .$mmTi
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M
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kaci: ti:hhy
slie wmr (list bet ii as Arthui In Kent's
pei foi mam e of KIiik .lohn, Maiaula.v.
who haw tile iepie.seiit.lt 1(111 of the
play hefoie tlic iiieen at Wllldsoi.
wtote to her- "I he little lil vvbo
luted Aitliur did woudeis It Is al
most wot til while to be past middle
life to sec Miss Kate Tiny plav thlh."
Annie Itihh will not he tin leaditiK
woman of William II Trane's lompanv
next season. Miss Irish has made an
extremely stiouu impression in the mle
of the Kteiich widow in Mi Ciaue's
luodui'.lon of 'A Virginia I'ouitshlp."
and .I'iseph llrooks his uitiiiaK) r, lias
made enticlnn offi rs for hci to (Oiitlinie
witli them net war Sue Intends tnk
m cni4aKemeuis that will not i iimpej
her to leave New Yolk.
'I he teput.ition of M Kostatid has
lately suiTcred in Pails fnun the
huiiKcs that his suuessful "Cj ratio de
IS' Wine" Is a hold plalailsm trom
an old Prench pla.v wiltten mau .vears
ai;o. This dlscovei.v Is said to have
been made i the punhasers of the
niiKllsh tights, who found that a ver
blon of the old play has icu'tuly been
iuepared for use In laimlou M llos
tatul has not )it .inswoinl the (liaise.
Pranklin Moore has finished a play
ba'-ed on the life of Nell Cw.vnue, taken
trom a novel called "I'he Impudent
Comedian." which he wrote some time
.iKo The actress Is shown llrsl as an
otaiiKo seller In the pits of theateis
and her career Is traced to the time In
which she became a point favorite.
Thee hat actcr Is Mild to he IiIrIiIv sjm
pathetic dellnn Paul, f'lara Huti. IMwanl
Unjd and Charles Kantley will slut;
with a festival chorus or some fl.ouo
and an ouhiftia of faio. led b.v AiiKust
Manns at a concert In the Cr.vstal pal
nce. .luiie ::. Pattl has not" miuK n
the Cisal p-ilace sime the Handel
fci-ilval of lisn
I 'anpwell m.ij Ute a plav for
Hli haul Manslleld "He has been at
me for veatn." sa.vs ZanRwell. "He
wants to play 'The King of the Schnor
nrs.' and once offered me a catte
blanche commission to write no lest
than four plays for him."
Kleauora PtiFe has achieved n Kieat
vuccess In Kloiuue in an Italian vei
bion of "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
Ciitles who have seen both say that
hhe did not look the part of Pa'ul.i so
well as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, but
bin passed her in foi re of act Inc.
I II. Stoddatl expects to retire fiom
the stiiKe after he has plaved In "p,..
ride the Pontile Ilrler Ilusli" for a km
bon oi two. He says: "A hon and a
daughter are tcadj to make tnv life's
cwnlim i.ts.v, and I shall enj y .i test."
lohn 11. ItoKcu, has ,, new star and
seems to be doliiK will with her In tho
PrltlFh ptov inces Her name Is Julv.
kiuk nnu sue is plavlni; the nart f..r.,..
erlv portraved bv Minnie Palmer In
"M Hi other's Sister ' t
iv jmm ,
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NOTKSOKTIIKWIIKKL
iMATTCnSOl' inti:iu;stto OLV
OTLCS OP THL LSICYCLi;.
I
(wlliiK "Hli fur tlie I'rc'M'iil Si' linn
V Clilil nil liiiirni'iiii.il l Nutli eiilite
luu ltii) mi line VShiil .V Itimil.
hide .le.
( i Mil); stvti .
N I) I CATIONS of
what the ccimtiiK
' jf -, B '.vclini; styles win.
' ' i ' N lie ine leullioiiii' In i
iippear Knlekeis
will no! be wont
full villi ov. rlu in;- ,
iut; baKnliiess at ;
the knees, but tne.v I
will 111 fnltl.v su-fc .
ami have iiilfs of
v.
'('
'l
'
-" '" the same material
Diiiilile-liteaslid mats aie ;;atutu;
mealer populaillv. Daik blue ci
black itolf hose aie selllni; well, sav '
tin oiillltters, and the prospect Is that
sioikliiKs of solid (oloih. with f.iucv '
(oloicd tops, will larKelv leplaee the
I'mii' pi lids Sweateis im- loltn;
itiouml lupidlv Man.v of those wlml
rid all ulnti i have come to lepui'lile
tin sweater, and Its use Is now tele- J
paled almost intliclv n the rut ln
men and sioiiheis It will be eotisnl- I
lied the collect llllll'. to weal kllhii
ets of a decided pallet n, with a oat ut
elifleient material, darker and of so'id
ledoi. Illc.vcle shoes aie lielliK made
heavlei. .mil with slight eMetisioi
belles. 'I be footless stoi kltiR. to be
wen it with half-hose, seems to h put
ty much the mil thltm at pie--cnl.
In headgear time Is little that Is new
but the i iiKtiim of weaihiL' a fedora
or some other Ft.vle of felt hat in pref
eieme to (lie little cloth cap seetlH
to bo KrovviiiK I'atiiy nepllKe .shirts,
with white collars and cuffs, and pay
coloieil neckties will be vvoin. but the
hla.liif; Scotch plaids of last eai An
to be put avva.v. Something new and
le'islblc that has Just apiieaml aie
eve linn drawers that teach only to tin
knee and have elastic seams In tin
sides so as to permit of freedom of
action. Wiih the women IiiIkIu eol
ois . " le in voyue. even the icils
and s. hi !c. h Lavish dei orations ot
black Jualil aie palultiK f.ivor. and tin
ccllim lostiime of one line will make
way for skills and coals and vests of
' out tasting coloir Willie blooineisale
prettv nnu h out of It, Ii'kkIiis ami the
high topped siloes are both lohSliv.
ground. In hats the boat and sailor
Hhnpus will have the prefeienee ovei
turbans and Tain O'Shanteis. and for
hot weather chip hats and wide Pana
mas will he iisnl, mj the clothing p e
pll'.'ls. "Mill I In Klilr.
.llmmj .Michael, the niidille-distanee
piotessional lider, has coutiaeted to
compete in si blew le match tines
during the imiiiths ol .Inly and August
this teas-on. lie will ilde unibM the
contiol of the nieilinu C.vele Hai ing
association, and will icielve a guar
anteed coiupeus itlon of $l.i,iilio. Miih
ael's elete ruillial ion to engage in lib wlc
laces again this vein settles eil'eetuallv
the talk of his riding rate Iuiim- In
consenting to tide in -l inces the
Wel.di llder iilaces himself etltllil.v In
the hands of the tneiican C.vele llae
Ing iissoclatloii I he hitter is at Uti
lity to ni range mat i Ins tin Mlibuel
with auytideis thev ma selei t. the
onl.v stipulation being that the distant c
hhall not be lees than Mfteen mil more
than thlrt.v-tlnee tulle's Putll the t.-r-mination
of his tontiact Michael is do
baiieil ft urn inlet lug an.v mateh or
rompelltlnn races but will lie allowed
to lido exhibition ut rate meets. The
six matt h lines will be i tin alteinate
Ir this c It v, Phihiilelphia ami Itoston.
'I mii Itnj mi One Wheel.
'I'he avet.ige messenger boy hns a
knack of getting his toll mone s
woitb out of his ble.vcle. One of these
i.hiewu joungsters iccetitl.v hit u on
;, st he me wheieb.v an oidinatv wheel
ttii" 'iiatle to do dui as a taudeni. One
bo.v '.Hi on the iippet bai, braee, hi
s '.N0 TIMi: AND CAUFAI.i;.
feet in the toasteis and gi.isH the
handlebaiH. He, of eouise, attends to
the steeling tlcpaitnient The othet
me hill occupies the saddle and wmks
the pedals, suppoitlng hlinself with his
bauds upon the steersman's sIioiiIiIpis.
Thus two bo.vs who have messages In
tne same locallt.v may save time anil
carefure by doiilillng up on one wheel.
VV.nK 'in Chit.
In niKapliig the leading illstamu
nun for match mces tho pioiuoteis
have Ftlpul.itcd that the ilderc, under
eoutraet must not engage In any open
or special tints oilier than the mauti
coiilists eontractcd for Tho large
number of tide it who will take par
I ,i "J7! ii
!n midille-iliptatiee ioiiNrIk will en
able the big ttaikb to arrange rncea of
siee lal Inleiest laeh week The trnrkH
at Miiiihattan Heaeh. Ambrose Pari:
nml lleikdey Oval pi upturn to schc-Juit
blK luting features at frequent Inter
vals liming the Mimtuci nionths, so
Ihat some events of tin Intet national
i haunter will 1IK he run (,ff (.w.y
Siituiiiav during .lime. Inly ami Au
miM. 'I he uriiiiiKi'iiii nts under way lor
i ni lug atiiattlons Invohe-the expeiull
luie of loiisideiiible money fot putses
nil the maliiteiiatiee of racing teams,
so that iitibbs the public shows a dhs
poslllon to give stioug support to
lib id mi ing ihb year e oiisbleiabli'
money will he lent. Well-known man
agers admit that the n.n-on will be
l.ngeh an expet Imcntal one In teganl
lo rating. Uxpeits view the extensive
plans In a sou of dt;hlou fashion.
They piolis-t to know that the hciixoh
will either sei r'icliig made one of t Ik
picinlt i sporls or . 1m witness Its death.
ICniiil ItciiinU.
Ollltlal mad retoieb In Hnghtiul wli;
he made undi r strict mles this yeui.
A new legiilatlou is a-c follows-' "A
llder attempting an iinpiced leconl
must be entllely alolle throughout, lie
tuny lie followed bv a witness, who
must not. while the competitor n
nioiiniid. either appioaeh him within
l()t j.itcN or couch lilm bv audi! le
"ignuls" l records must lie timed
by an ollli 'al tlinel.i epei. using a spe
tial walili. but in tases of the leconl"
bet w i en London and York. Liverpool
ami Kiliuhuigh London ami Liverpool.
It will sulllte if times are taken fiom
the gentral postotllcc e locks al e.u'l
end provided those times are vouched
foi b.v at least two etiilitnble witinMbii
In cm h ease anv fiactlon of a minute
being id l.uued as a whole minute.'
V ItniiiMilc .ln..
The idea of n roadside air pump thai
the disabled tiavelei loulel avail hlm
telf of through the peiiii.v-ln-the-slot
device was suggested in the earlv fall.
The time s now appioacblng when de
llatcd tins and thorns and tacks will
I 2. '
ni wm
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V.
THL PHNNY-IN-TIIIC-SLOT PCM P.
he met with at cvoiv tii'n of the ni.'tl
ami wht n some sin Ii eoutiivaiiee a
tlie above would be a boon to many
ln ni Kill lot; 1 1' im.
One of the M lunges', lacing t otnbln i
tioils ever got ten togetliei in this eollll
ti.v has in en formed la making up the
quad team cmuprisiug Cbailet Chiiieb.
Clem Tin vllle. Cliui lev Tuitille and
Hob MtCindv. Thes-e mill aie the best
that tliW iitv i vet tin mil out Church
and McCinilv have splendid lerortls as
spiliittrs and shoit distance ildeis.
Chinch being the fastest mini in the
slate up to live miles, anil Hob, the old
war boise. was alwa.vs a ilaiigeious
man to have at .vour icai wheel (tim
ing down the lionu -sit etch. The Tut
vllle In others were out lor the stuff
all the time and thej made a lot of the
leaeleis sit k in the Mulshes of the han
dicap events Church and Mc Cindy ar
the fastest team ill tlie state anil one
of the .lstebt In tin inimtiy The Tui
vllles aie also tast as a tandem team,
it would indeed he hard to get a bet
ter mate bed four up fot a taclng quad
team. A machine is- being built fot
the team and in n shoit time the.v will
have one eif the lightest ami best
win els In the countrv. As a email team
thev ate open to race any team In
the woild or luce against running or
trotting hoises In relavs. As a tandem
team Chin eh and McCurily are open to
imet any American or foielgn tandem
rating team In the business.
foreign VV IihiIiik.
The earnings of the piofessional
taclng men in Hurope dining the sea
son of '!" have been estimated at vari
ous figures. A member of the N. C.
P.. In older to ascertain the actual win
nings of the noted ildeis dm ing last
.war. (ommiiiilcnted pi'i-nnnlly with
the men. with the icsult that the fol
lowing stntlstlts have been completed
llourlllou and Mm In, ?PJ.()0(i each,
Constant Htiret. J'.i.fitlti. Champion
fll.MO. Nleuport. JL'.OO; .lai quelln.
Riilnnrt. Ta.vlore and Itoinaln, about
JL',000 eaih. Stein. $l,S0O. I'ellx-Henry.
Solbutl. (iiilgnard, fl.liOO each; Hon
lotte. ?l i!ii(i. (Iras and Lo Veller. $1,000
each, (iiiston, I'revot ami Orrniain,
$40 tath
VV i) the I'lre spiiticrM,
Kroiu the St. Louis Hepiiblie: i:v
nryoue who enjn.vs sitting b a wood
fire must have obsei veil how the wood
sputtets and hisses and frequently
gives ofl little Jets of flames anil again
the piece crackle and lly off al a con
slibrable tllstaiue. This is (inised by
the water In the wood, which, ton
fined In the cells, becomes heated and
generates steam It is a curious fact
that Interna.' heat and Intense cold
produce fractures in various substan
ces. In the most e.xtieine cold weather
It is not uncommon, especially If the
e old has come on suddenly, to 11 nd trees
that are split from the ground to the
top by the action of the frost lreiv
Ing expands the water In the cells of
the wood, and so sitdilenlv Is this dono
that the tiees burst ns would a pitcher
oi mug in which water was confined
ln.-n2w:n v i
I xx-y --- - - -- '
I IN TIIK 01)1) COKXKK.
QUCEIl AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVCNTS.
.Ml I'nlirniiiii's Urate liillle I nni;lil In
Vain ( IiiiiiIn nt Set lln-l I lie stmill
et Willi Ii I In I'ljliig llr.ij,'nn -An
t iiilinllii Mir. I.
I be I mii It llttulM-N.
!i'n brum In Kicrii brlitirluH, I rr
vou tin I. mi, I tnllnw !
Swiet Is tin pluti vou gunril, tlirrc III
tin InWiili trie linllow
Tin in he Kin m tin ilarbnix lititb r tlir
null wblte llnwfts
llmtleKH nt taut In the slleiei, of II.ih..
hwn t iiililMiiiiiliie I huurx.
Hill ottnifi It mat In, the tiiiis uluir
mi In Ik llei g now.
Am) Httniir tin ftintniiii tlnwrrs Pint
mitt .row n Ids monii-v. Iilte I row ,
And swuiir the shady phuc tlti In
IM'ii Imllnw
In rein in iinaniH ) v. lib Mm aim
ilriiuntiig, wliliiri "Pollotv'
i in i o ttiiul from the uicto-gnlil tiranebeii
wliui i Hi,, koiii; ynii l.nriK''
What mi nil uiirf fnr mi . now. who no
Minn in. In slug"
l'"l III lln Iii an nt Siiimnr:. Mini Is
life lo llle ntlH,
Ii.il ui lii'iitt Is u Inn. l himtir tlifil
biinls on it loin l bill.
nrnii Im Hint Mil am! lomlj eel fur III a
shadow. t plain,
lilti w ( In- hiinterV iimirr. .1 tc.tt-
lotnl biiiniili line.
O liiintliii; In ni t. shun sou Una It. wl'h
in mw or railing luralb
I.. ii n er a km,,, tli ,.ij t,y (hi
hIiiiiIiiwv IioiiiiiI of lleath-'
i Im n liniiii'hi i ki,., i, l rnin hr i. ti ii tine
of ii tnriotv oldm,
Hill now II It uililsiiiuinrr winllio mill.
Wiling, HUH ilpe, Kiildell.
Jl.'ie I siami nml t wall, hi ro In tin
rownn-itii hollow,
Put in vi i a green leaf w hUpi r-. 'Pol
low, oh, lollow, follow: '
ti iicvi r n gii i ii leaf wMpn whin tin
gin ii-nohl hraiuhrt vwin,
O iiftu a -ong I heat now, win re e nt
wat wont to sing
llin In the hunt of SUmitmi, n i
llfi to me sun.
Put in heart Is a Intuit, hutilir (hat
bunts nu a Inmlv hill
- Plonti .Mn. IcckI in 'Thf Hills (l luiam
I'lmiiN of Sim IMist,
We have bean! of waterspouts, of
Khoweis of llsh, of bait lain and man.v
other curiosities whhh pioent tlietn
belves in the attnostiheio. but nsseit
that theie is such a thing as .sea dust
is to transcend all icasonnble bounds
'I he evidence, howewt. In lav or ol its
existence Is exetetllngl grrnt-indisputable.
In fact ami this is the sloiv
told bv eve witnesses. They say that
in eertaln parts of the woild, notnblt
alioiit the Cape de Verde islands, time
arc constant l.v met at sea, seveial hun
dietls of miles away fiom land, thick,
.vdlovtish letl fogs, not unlike London
fogs in November. These fogs oh
st lire the atmospheie and are very in
Juilous to navigation, but they have
not tbebaleful odor of their London pro
totypes, nor do thev effei t the breath
ing In the same way. While .stand
ing tbiough them It is found that the
ship, sails and rigging nie cov 'ted v. it
a line, Impalpable powder, whhh fall
as ill lain and covets the s.nfure oi
which It falls, sometimes to tin dep b
of fully two luetic, in eoleu it Is of a
bright, brick dust hue, oniotiniiH of a
light .wllow. and It feels between the
teeth like flue gilt, silt b as might be
blown Into the mouth on a windy d .v
in .March. No place is free fiom its
piesenee. its fineness giving it power
to penetiate eveiywlieie. Tlie sea,
while the dust Is falling, looks as
though it hud been peppeied. and lb
dlscolm cd for some distance down
Sometimes tlie dust comes in ;l showe.1
and passes oil again. The fogs an
nothing but vast quantities of the dus
suspended In the air.
It Is not onlj in the ve!i,it ef Capi
de Veule that this woudeifn! dust i--sen.
In the Metliteiranian. on the
northern paits of Afrit a, ami in th
middle of the Atlantic It luih been ic
ported. It is Invariably the same m
kind and appeal am. c, anil examination
under microscopes has proved the iden
tity of. say Cape de Veule sea dust
with .Mediterranean sea dust All this
is very icmarkable dust falling It
clouds, no land within s'ime hundred''
of miles, nothing visible which could
possibly account for the curious phe
nomenon Sand spouts there are in snndv di s
erts.and showers of sand taken oilgin
ally from spots wheieon the (airle
wind has left Its mark, hero there I
no deseit from which the sand cm lie
drawn, and the wind, so far ftom br
ing boisterous or disposed to plav
whirlwind pranks. Is light ami s'eatU
blowing ships along at a calm ilvi
knots an hour.
It Is believed by scientific men the
the dust clouds of Central Ameiita ate
in all probability, closolv tonneceu
with the phenomenon of sea iliit.
'I he I'l) Ing lrB
No living teptlle pobbessfs true poiv
ers of flight, and only one, the "Hying
diagon." has any powoi ol sustaining
Itself In the air. This leptlle. whica
is of small size, Is found in the Indian
Archipelago and Last Indies, and lives
in trees, feeding on small Insectb. The
upper ribs are stialghteneil out and
support a wing-like fold of skin on
each side of the body, whhh, when the
animal is running about, is folded
down to the side, but Is expanded when
It wishes to Jump from tree to tiee
These so-t ailed wings tan not lift tnf
dragon from the giotintl, nor havo thej
any piopelllng power, they slmplv sus.
tain it In the air and enable it to'niak
leaps of tonipaiatlvely enoimoiis
length. 'I hough no reptiles 0f (0(.n
possess the power of Ulght. geolopv
teaches us that an extinct species call
eel Pterodjctvles could iv. They had
a leiiinei I'MMiuieti membrane attach
ed to hind limbs, body and fore limbs
- im i mii hiiiiiiuri iieing tne oiiterinns'
, firmer of the forellmb, which was enoi
m';iisly elonguted. Thrtt thev p,!S e i
Ihelr time in the Mr and did not. likn
the ' Hying dragon ' lmpl.v Jump from
life to ttee, Is proved b.v their bones
being filled with air like those of birds
am! b.v their Invlng a prominent ridge
to support the general muscles that
worked the'r limb. Many of ilum
were snii.ll, ba: s. tne must have b en
gigantic: the expanse of wing of one
specie) viib pioeably L'7 feet fiom L"
to tip.
'I he "siuulti'st Ui.n ll. '
The smallest watth in the woi'gf l
ut pterin on rxhiliitioti In a show
window In Meilln It Is the lutes' tr.
iitnpli In tin ait of v.a.tclimaklnt. b'
art that ba uiadr such wondei'M'
1'iogicss within tin l.itt drmde 'I n
lillputlati tltucpl (t was made in 0 t.
evil, rollowlng an given some of tla
tiny dimensions of Its woikn. The d
nnuter of the little waMi is bs- t'i..
half an Inch '1 he cx.it t nieisuinnei
Is Wi- mtlllinrteis. or .11117 lirh It
tlnckness is HS2 it eh. The lengih ef
the minim liainl i.t '.' I-in mtllimett i"
or .('Ma, Indi. 'I Im of the limn hand
Is 1 .Mo nillllmel. is. or .O'lll'lJ im Ii
'I'he entile w cults compiiM! ) Ititll
vlilunl pleieii, and Its exact weigh' 1?
IIIMH!) grains Afn r having 1 en
woiintl up with its diminutive ke.v the
watth will t tin tor t.wntv. eight hours.
The wrick: of tin loin null) wheels
with the Ir springs. Is filfiS ginln
There are- thiriteii cogs on tin llt'b
(.vllutlcr wheel, whhh has a circutn
feiente of two millimeters, or .07SS
Inch, and weighs ,7."i milligramme, or
011.1." gr..ln. 'I be nio-t delicate toils
anil measuiing liiftruiiients were ma'io
.speciallv for the eotistiiiction of this
llllputlan watch. 'I he prellmlnat v
woik in the making of the tlineplei"
was veiy expeiisr, and the sellnu'
price of the watch is conip..iativelj low
being ? l,:-.0.
'he I inhrilli Klr.l.
'I he I'tnliKlLi blnl. wlnth has some
resumblniici to a crow both In sle nnd
plumage. Is so called fiom a wide cirst
which spread" out above Its head like
a parasol. This eiest is composed of
long slendei featlnrs. ribing from a
contract lie Mvin on tlir top of the head
The shafts aie white, and the plume
glossv blue. Ii.. i r like, am) euived out
ward at the tip When the crest Is
laid back the shafts fen in a compact
white mass sloping up fiom the top of
the head, ami surmounted by the deii'-e
halr.v plumes, but when f nil v spread
the top foi ms a perfect sllghtlv elong
ated dome, of a beautiful shining blue
eolor. Tlie length of tills dome from
front to back is about live Inches, th"
lup.idth, four to four anil a h t If Inches.
This blnl is a native of the Islands of
the South niirican ilveis, being sel
dom If ever sppn cm tin mainland.
T.illtrs. I)n;s.
'I he ' fdiippeiki," a small dog which
comes fiom the Low Countries, is tail-le-s.
lie is in his native countiy tho
favorite companion of the I-'lemlsh bar
gee, and heme ht- name, vvhleu. In
nngllsh. means "little skipper.' At
the Pakeiihaiii dog show of 1S70 tho
Prince of Wahs exhibited a ptir of
Indian tailless tings. 'I ben there Is
tin- bob-tail sheep dog. Pntll within
the last half tcntiir.v sheep dogs with
out tails wpic exempt liom taxation, It
being supposed that no one vvtnil I keep
a tailless dog who could afford to p,.y
tho tax. As a consequent e almost ev
ery sheep dog had his tall cut olf, and
owing to ibis cause tlir tailless sheep
dog, still met with In some loeallt'cs,
has ntisen. iMivvin tells us that a
mutilation of this kind will oftei. bo
some heiedlt.ny.
VIUs I'nlirui iii's Itr.iir I Itjhi.
The Mucvrus (Ohio) corresponelent
ol the Dallv News savs that Miss i:m
ma Piilnnian of that elt fought a local
telephone company lo a standstill
Wednesday night, but was flnal'y wo,
stecl. Miss r'uhiman was stnrtlng to
make some call, being MMIshly gown-
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s.i IlWirfrt
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ed for the stieet. When she stepped
from her door she found a telephone
tompanj about to tiect a seventy-foot
polo In fiom of her property. Shu
lernonstiated without avail, and starl
ing a memliei of her finally to seeuro
n Injunction, she n?mnlned to stand
guai d The hole was completed and
the pole leudy to lower when Miss
Piihnnan got Into the hole and elfec
ninlly stopped work. After unsuccess
ful clients to oo.u her to come out tho
men started a new hole a few IneheB
away, ami nibheil n to completion.
Tho pole was put up while thejndy
held the fort ami watched pioteefrlngs
from beneath the gieiiiutl. As the af
fair became noised about people,
swarmtil about to see the sight not
less than .liiim people witnessing tho
iH'eullar nir.ur After being tl(,Pr.
ground five hours the ladj , ft Pr n ,st
lie lard) injiinpih,, mlllB lcpJ Rcr'r;
el after I was too late
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