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who latfly succeeded to
tin' direction of tlu depart
mint ol' practical Chinese,
at London University, va-
emu u. . ir George Brown's rosignn
lion, was political udvlscr to General
Giizoleo during the occupation of Po
kin I'.v the allied forces. Sir Walter a
marvellously iluent speaker of Chinese
-was mmiic years Chinese Secretary to
tlie British Legation at Pekln. and' af
terward ronxiiKiunernl In Korea.
One incident In Sir Walter's Chinese
career has very seldom been touched
"poll. It was he who took the Chinese
forts of Shan-IInl-Kwan when garri
soned hy :,(i()(i men, and without tiring
a shot. Sir Walter and a gunboat were
despatched from Taku to reconnoitre
the cimt to the north or Pehtung.
(Joins on shore with an olllccr niid
eighteen men. Sir Waltur sent up his
card to the Chinese General with a re
quest for an interview. This was
granted. "The Allied Forces will lie
here, all around the fortsto-morrow,"
said Sir Walter to the Chinese (ieneral.
"Are you no! of the opinion that much
bloodshed would he saved by a surren
der, as, of course, you know the forts
are bound to be taken? Nothing can
save you! It Is really the only course
to save bloodshed."
The Chinese General debated n
while, and on the question of the ad
visability of surrender bolus again
put to him, answered "Yes, certainly,
but when and to whom?" "To inc.
and there Is no time like the present,"
replied Sir Walter promptly, "other
wise I shall bo compelled to open lire
on the forts." The usual preliminaries
were then gone through. Sir Walter
placed the British lias over the forts,
sent the gunboat back to Taku to re
port, and utilizing a disused signal box
at the railway station ns a blockhouse
dotted his sentries about and himself
turned in for the night.
Toward morning the Russian troops
arrived and the Russian olllccr, not re
nllzlng the situation, was about to take
advantnge of Ids early arrival. "I
shall occupy the station," he said, "and
proceed to attack the forts." "The forts
are taken, and the station Isin my oc
cupancy." replied the Englishman.
"You will see that the British flng is
flying over both. You can put your
men somewhere over there." Indicat
ing a space in the distance outside Brit
ish influence. This the Russian officer
lld. Thp Joke was that the Russians
wanted the railway mul that only!
Thus were the forts of Shan-Hnl-Kwan
taken by the scholarly gentle
man who has succeeded Mr. George
Brown at London University. M. A. 1'.
MAX AND BEAU ON A LOG.
Conductor Davo Houston, of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, who is tak
ing a ten days vacation at Seaside,
had a thrilling experience with a big
bear which lie will not soon forget. He
only told a few of the Incidents, as be
desired to keep It quiet, but the story
leaked out. Conductor Houston is a
great fisherman, and never lets an op
portunity slip to cast the lino. Ho had
hardly got settled nt.tho seaside when
bo went out on tho Necanlcuin River
to have a fish all by himself. He made
bis way through the brush until, be
camo to a log, one end bf which pro
jected out into the creek. '"Unit's the
very place." thought the conductor,
and, adjusting his lino and pole, be
crept out on the log, where he found
himself comfortably perclfed above the
cool water of Nccanicum Creek. Hous.
ton lighted his tried and trusty pipe
and then cast bis line. lie fished nnd
Hmokcd perhaps an hour. without get
ting a bite. ' ' , ' .
Suddenly there was a movement In
the bubhes back of him, and then ho
felt the log he was sitting on tremble.
Instinctively the conductor turned
around, when to his amazement he
gazed Into tho face of a black bear.
The latter seemed to be sizing him up
nnd estimating bow much of a meal
the conductor would make, and
whether ho -would "scrap" when It
camo to the point. For the conductor
there scorned no escnpe. Tho boar sat
complacently on tho shore end of tho
log, and It was not possible for Con
ductor Houston to get past the mon
ster. The bear held him there for sev
oral hours before a hunter came alone
nnd killed tho animal. The boar
welched liuO pounds when dressed.
Conductor Houston now has a few
more gray hairs In bis head as tho re
sult of his experience. Morning Ore-
Roman.
A BRAVE MONARCH.
If the Emperor (Francis Joseph or
Austria) is residing at his beautiful
castlo of Schoonbrunn, on tho outskirts
of Vienna, where ho spends tho greater
part of the year, ho drives into Vienna
immediately after breakfast, arriving
at tho old palace situated In the heart
of the city soon after 8 o'clock. Day
after day he thus offers himself as nn
easy target for an assassin's shot.
It frequently happens thnt persons
with a grievance station themselves nt
some point along the route nlways
taken by tho Imperial carriage nnd run
toward It, one of their number waving
a written petition in the nlr when the
Emperor is passing. In nine cases out
of ten they are immediately seized by
the detectives on tho watch, which
shows tho thoroughness of tho precau
tions taken; but whenever such an In
cident Is noticed by tho Emperor lie
tlors the person arrested to bo lib
erated, beckons him or her to tho sldo
or tho carriage, takes tho petition him
self, nnd In n few gracious words
promises that It shall receive his best
attention.
Not long ago a little barefoot street
Utah ran up to the Emneror's carrhme
and bunded him a dirty, ragged piece
of paper, on which was written: "Dear
.Mr. Emperor. Please hrlp us. Mother
Is ill in lied since weeks and father
drinks ami brings nothing home for
mother to eat. The doctor says- mother
needs good, nourishing food, but I
can't earn enough to give her this.
Good Mr. Emperor, please help us."
Within two hours a messenger from
the iiiihice was in the carrel with wine
and food for the sick woniitn, and
afterward the tail was, by order of this
Emperor, engaged to work In the im
perial stablc.llcrbcrt A. White, in
Success.
WRECKEDSAILORS'LONG TRAMP
After suffering terrible hardships in
n COO-mtlc march tliroticli the wilds of
Northern Canada. CuptaL-. Ferry and
forty-seven members or tne crew or
the steamer Eldorado, of Liverpool,
passed through Ottawa on the way to
Montreal.
The Eldorado, a ship of S.'O tons bur
den. struck an uncharted rock at the
entrance of Hudson liny, near Fort
ticorge, and sank. Every member of
the crew succeeded In getting ashore,
but all hands were completely desti
tute of provisions and saved only the
clothing that was on their backs.
The shin and crew comprised nn ex
ploration and trading expedition sent
out by a stock company. Tliey carneii
a large stock of goods suitable for bar
ter with the Indians In exchange for
furs and It was proposed to operate
along the lines of the Hudson Bay
Company.
The men began their long mnrch
southward almost destitute of provis
ions and supplies of any kind, that
could be exchanged for food. They
marched through the wilderness for
forty-two days. Their suffering was
Intense. l)Ut not a single man suc
cumbed. They struck the Temlscnn
lug Railroad, and were taken on board
by a passing train and carried to tho
Junction with the Canadian Pacific
road, where they were transferred to a
Montreal train.
Captain Ferry was outspoken in his
condemnation of thov sailing charts
furnished for the northern waters.
HUNTED WITH A BULL.
"Did you ever hunt woodcock with n
bull? Well, sir," exclaimed Mayor
".Mm" of Cadmus, Lenuwee County. "I
had an experience the other day that
was worth a week's churnln'. Bill
.foni'H. of Toledo, caiue ut herd tho
opening day of theseason and shipped
I... .1 ( .1.1,. !. Y-.M-
mu ling uy CApien.s uu nun lu-iu iuir
derbilt Hue that runs through our me
tropolis. But the dog didn't get here
on time. So Bill and I started out,
hopln to strike Komcthlu' without the
dog. We wandered out back of my
place through the corn field and down
through the clearln' to the river bot
toms without even llushlu' n Held
mouse. Well, wo kept on till wo struck
a bunch of willows, weeds and bushes
of nil kinds, when Bill suddenly peeked
over bis left shoulder, Jumped about
four foot In the nlr and yelled:
"'Run for yer life, Jim! There's
big bull.
"The bull wns comln. too, I wnnt
to tell you. Bill's gun went off In the
scrimmage und the bull turned tall
and plunged back Into the brush, when
up. ui went a woodcock. I let go both
barrels and got him on tho second. By
this time Bill was on the other side of
the cntholo and the bull had scared up
another nnd Bill got this one. Say,
we kept on shooting woodcock and
chnslng that bull around till we got
seven birds, but, by Jlmlny. thatls the
first time 1 ever bunted with n bull."
Detroit Evening News.
A NIGHT WITH TnE BEARS.
A Bernese has bad an unplensant ex
perience which be Is likely to remem
ber all bis life.
hlle returning home late In tho
night the worse for drhtlt,-liefoll Into
the bears' pit nt Berne, Switzerland.
Fortunately, he wiih lu the pnrt re
served for young bears, and he went to
sleep, surrounded by the animals. On
discovering bis plight next morning be
shouted for help, nnd with the aid of
ropes nnd n bidder he was drnwn up
Into the street, apparently none the
worse for tho ndventure.
His sleep might have boon of a longer
duration If he had fallen u few yards
to the left, where the full-grown ani
mals are conllned. London Dally
Chronicle. . .
A I'lnMeror.
The late British Ambassador. Sir
Michael Herbert, was a guest at a din
nor nt one of the clubs In Washington
not many months before his death. He
was one of the speakers of tho even
ing, and was to lie followed by Rear
Admiral Chorles Beresford. "I am to
be followed by a little sailor man," be
obsonod, after an extremely felicitous
speech In a more serious vein, "ut
least, he has been n sailor. I bellove
he Is engaged at present In the plnstor
lug business." There wns a little po
lite laughter fioni those who felt sure
that a Joke was Intended, while others
waited, believing that the final touch
was to come. "I see you don't under
stand my Joke," bald the Ambassador,
'taking In the situation; "I moan that
he Is engaged In cementing the good
relations between England and Amer
ica." Sjoiicllnp: Meat by Mull,
I know a resident of Berlin, says n
writer lu the World'N Work, who has
n package of meat mailed to him every
Saturday from n point 150 miles away
lu Silesia for a little more than twelvo
cents the rate of a twenty-two pound
parcel. German merchants deliver
most o their goods by mall. Tho small
storekeeper, is thus provided with as
good n delivery service as tho larger.
Germany has oven boon permitted to
mall eleven-pound parcels to addresses
In tho United States.
&he Funny
Jtde of
Life'.
A COMPARISON.
Mol go.oiip like nu auto arc,
Deserving of our scorn;
For while they run their neighbors down
They aNu blow their horn.
END OF THE ARBITRATION.
, He "And at hist they agreed to mar
ry." She "Yes nnd It was the Inst thing
they agreed on." Denver Republican.
PROTEST.
Doctor -"I fdiould'sny you have nbout
three months to live."
Patient "Make It longer, doctor; 1
can never pay your bill In that time."
-Life.
TOOK NO CHANCES.
Edith "Dearest. I hnvo graduated
from a cooking school."
Wise "That don't iimke nny differ
ence. After we're married we can
board."
PLACING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
"'Hamlet' drew a rank house last
night."
"It did. Rnntlnglon doesn't know
whether to blame It on Sluikespenre
or the public." Puck.
WORSE.
Belle "Whot could be mode worse
than being made love to by the wrong
man?"
Nell "Not to bo made love to by the
right man." Town Topics.
GOING BACK. "
Cora "Kipling must be a very dif
ficult writer to Imitate."
Merrltt "It would seem so, my dear;
of late lie doesn't appear to be able to
lmltnto himself." Town Topics.
WHERE SHE SCORED ON IIIM. .
The Man "Didn't you promlso to
love, honor nnd obey me?"
The Woman "Didn't you promise
to endow me with nil your worldly
goods?" Chicago Record-Herald.
FRANK CONFESSION.
KtTmi
Teacher "Come here, Johnny. Who
helped you with your lesson?"
Johnny "Didn't nobody help ,rac."
Teacher "Be careful nnd tell the
truth. Didn't Willie Jones help you?"
Johnny "No, ma'am, bo..dIdn't help
me. He did Jt nil by himself."
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EXERCISE.
Clererton "For a man who has been
1ri love with ten girls In three weeks
you look pretty well."
Dushnway "Yes, I've, been getting
regular nnd systematic exercise."
Wfe- oiSii
THE BALLOON WEDDING. "
Sbiirpe "I wonder why that girt
wished to 'be married up lu a bal
loon?" Whealton "Probably she boasted
she wouldn't marry the best man on
earth." Chicago News.
ONE FOLLOWS THE OTHER.
Subbubs "Friday Is always our ser
vant girl's off day."
Citlnian "You menu her 'day off,'
don't you?"
Subbubs No; Thursday Is her day
off. That's why Friday Is her 'off
day.' "Philadelphia Press.
THE BRUTE.
Mr. IIannlJar-"Why Isn't this hat
good enough to wear to tho horso
show, I'd like to know!"
Mrs. Hnnnljnr "Because it is old
fashioned, nnd a fright. It will make
people talk."
Mr. Hannljer "Not If yon get start
ed to talking first." Chicago Tribune.
WHAT SHE THOUGHT.
He "Often When I look up nt tho
stars In the Armament I ennnot help
thinking bow small, how inslgulflcant
I nui after all." ,
She "Gracious! Doesn't that
thought ever strlko you except when
you look nt the stnrs In tho firma
ment?" South African.
PERVERSE.
Subbubs "Como out to-nJg!it, nnd
I'm sure you'll get n good dinner.
Cltlinnn "I thought you had no cook
now,
Subbubs "She doesn't leave till to.
morrow. She'll do her best to-night
Just to mnke us realize how much we'll
miss her when the's goue." Philadel
phia Press.
HOUSEHOLD
AFFAIRS
MONOGRAMS ON GLASS.
There is a sort of revival of the fush
ion of having the family cipher or
monogram on china ami glass. Elab
orate gold traceries are preferred for
china, but the monograms are often
done lu colors, such as green or blue.
These decorations tiro done to order,
and are very durable.
BREAD STICKS.
Take a pint of raised bread dough
and work It into the well-beaten
while of nn egg. This makes the
sticks nice and crisp. Mould Into lit
tie sticks mid place in pans which lomo
for the put pose -pans with little
troughs lu which the dough Is placed.
Let rise to double their bulk, brush
with water, milk, or diluted white of
egg and bake for tit teen minutes lu a
very hot oven.
TO WASH BLANKETS.
Now, If one lives In the country,
where a garden or Hold or good drying
ground is close by un excellently ap
pointed laundry, a big annual orgle of
blanket washing may be advantageous,
though "1 lino mo doots" about that.
To the ordinary housewife, who has
neither the space nor the appliances
nor the necessary number of servants.
It Is a far wiser plan to send one
blanket to the wash every week, or
two If the washing is a light one, and
It Is always necessary only to wash
one nt u time, otherwise blankets
shrink.
They cannot be treated en mnsse as
linen or cotton things are, but must be
done speedily and thoroughly, and
dried on n flue hot day out of doors,
but not In the hot sun.
CAULIFLOWER A IITALIENNE.
For the nbove dish n nice compnet
cauliflower Is required, which has
been boiled until It is Just tender, and
very carefully drained on a cloth. Place
It In u round llreproof china dish and
pour over It with a spoon, so that every
part of It may be coated, u breakfast
cupful of warm butter, which has been
mixed with u large tablespoonful of
tomato conserve and seasoned with
salt, pepper, nndn very little powdered
mace. Then mask the cauliflower with
very fine dry bread crumbs seasoned
with salt nnd pepper, and bake in n
quick oven until the crutus arc u gold
en brown. It should be carefully bast
ed once or twice while In tho oven
with warm butter, and should be
served in the dish lu which It Is cooked.
CARAMEL SHORTCAKE.
Caramel shortcake Is u pleasing
variation from the ordinary varieties
und is especially good nt this season,
when fresh fruit suitable for filling
Is not In mnrkct. Make a caramel by
dissolving first a tea cup fill of brown
sugar with a spoonful of water, then
add a tcnspoonful of butter and a few
drops of brown coloring. Stir till It
bolls and is quite clear; then allow to
cool. Mnke a simple layer of cake,
using rather more butter tlinu usual,
and spread between the layers a cho
colate cream or some fruit preserves,
then pour the thickening caramel ev
enly nil over the top, doing this more
than once, giving It time to set In be
tween. When cold, orunment with
candled fruits. If chocolate Is chosen
for the lllltng add a little grated cho
colate to the caramel before it bolls.
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RECIPES -.J
Tomato Juice Bottled Slice n num
ber of tomatoes; udd two tablespoon
fuls of water; inlt, pepper nnd sugar
to season; put In nu agate pan over tho
lire; when the tomutoes are very ten
der rub them through u fine solve; re
turn to the lire und coon until quite
reduced and thickened; till bottles and
seal.
Bombay Toast Beat two eggs; add
one level teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon
of chopped capers nnd u dnsh of cay
enne; put one tablespoon of butter In
a pan; when hot stir In one tablespoon
of Anchovy paste nnd the egg mixture;
when It has thickened take from the
fire, spread on thin slices of buttered
toast und servo very hot.
Apple Ginger Wipe, quarter, pare
and chop two nnd one-half pounds of
sour npples, put them lu a stew pan,
add one mid onc-hulf pounds of light
brown sugar, rind and Juice of onu
and one-half lemons, hnlf ounco of gin
ger root nnd enough wnter to prevent
hurtling; cover nnd cool: slowly four
hours; ndd.some water whllo cooking
If necessary; when cool, put luto glass
Jurs.
Onion Stuffing for Duck of Gooso
Throe large onions, two tablespoonfuls
of dried sage, two ounces of butter,
four ounces of bread crumbs, ono egg.
snlt and pepper. Pool the onions, put
them Into n saucepan nnd cook for ten
minutes, Drain nway the water and
chop very fine. Mix the onions with
the break crumbs, butter mid sage. Sea
son with Bait and pepper and moisten
with the yolk of egg.
Baked Eggs Eggs nu gratlu in
French rolls make, a delicious luncheon
course. Uho tho small French roils.
Cut off the tops and scoop out the
crumbs. Brush them with melted but
ter und fill with u mlxturo of eggs
slightly beaten, seasoned with cream,
grated cheese, salt nnd a trace each of
mustard and paprika. Bake until tho
eggs nro set. It Is well to havo the
rolls hot, to begin with,
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UTILITY BOXES,
rilllly boxes have made n stand for
themselves and are boked upon as be
ing as useful as dressing glasses and
bureaus The most expensive lire of
lertber and hac something of the ap
pearance of an old-tlmu chest. Others
are made of suede lu tones of any
dark, rich color, and are covered Inside
with suitable cotton texture. It Is on
ly when employing n ti'liiner fclnio
that they should bo padded, because
the rough places lu the box are sure
to Injure and cut uway the cloth.
WINTER BLUE.
In spite of the usual autumnal pre
dilection lor browns, myrtle green and
plufii color, there can be no shadow of
doubt that the novelty no far Is In Im
ported robes of the brilliant shade
properly called winter blue. These
must not be confounded with navy
blue or the duller shades of that popu
lar color.
Winter blues are clear and bright. No
one can say of them that Is a gray blue
or a dingy purplod-bluo.
Winter blue Is blue, und It Is bright.
Just what Is desired for n long-coated
two-piece suit for out of doors.
BUILT BY WOMEN.
The reciyitly dedicated Christian
Church, at Muucle, Intl., was built
chiefly by the hands of women. They
carried the hods, brought the water,
mixed the mortar and helped to lay
the foundation of the little chapel.
There was little money with which to
construct the building so greatly need
ed, the parishioners being poor, the
men of the congregation being com
pelled to labor for n living, so the wo
men volunteered. All summer long lu
the hot sun and Into the fall they
tolled nnd now their hopes nrp realized.
The lenders of the work were Mrs.
Mnbalhi Rhoiides, Mrs. M. J. Slimier
nnd Mrs. Elizabeth Tlnsley.
CLEANSING HAIR BRUSHES.
Good hair brushes are costly Items,
and a way to keep the bristles stiff und
clean for years Is worth knowing. A
Russian coiffeur gives this recipe:
Have ready two bnslns; put a lump
of soda the size of a walnut In one nnd
three pnrts III! It with boiling water;
the other basin should be three pnrts
tilled with water as cold as you can
get It, to which you have udded suf
ficient lemon Juice or good white vin
egar to give it a noticeably add tnste.
Shake the bristles of the brush well
up and down in the boiling water till
they are clean, then nt once rinse
them thoroughly lu the cold wnter nnd
stand them up to dry in the nlr or in
a warm place, but not too near the fire.
Of course, the backs of the brushes
must not be wetted.
WOMEN BOOKSELLERS.
Curio shops are Inrgely In the hands
of women, but though women writers
of books are legion, women sellers of
books are consclcnous by their nb
sence. Has the trade of the booksell
er no charm for women?
It has been suggested, nnd with ap
parent reason, that a charming wo
man, with delicacy of feeling mid tact,
might establish a book shop lu nny
fashionable thoroughfare nnd attract
to It all the most famous and fashion
able people of the day, making It, In
fact, something of n salon.
Of course, special personnl qualifica
tions would be necessary, nnd probab
ly they are nut often found in the wo
man possessing the requisite capital.
Still, that Is no matter, for tho open
ing is for ono, not for the mnny, nnd
thnt one would probably be thnt rnra
avis, the business woman who finds
lor work entirely to her mind nnd a
real pleasure. Establishments some
thing on this order arc flourishing In
England, having grown from modest
little shops for the sale mid exchange
of books to widely known places whero
one may revel lu rare volumes ami an
tique furniture.
HYGIENE FOR HEALTHY FACES.
Since the study of cutaneous affec
tions has been made a medical special
ty the dermatologists And themselves
lu constant dispute with byglculsts
concerning thu employment of warm
water or cold water for bathing the
face, so much so that it lias remained
an open question oven for shaving. In
my opinion. It Is best to continue the
practice that one has been following
from childhood. In any case, so much
Is certain that cold water may pro
duce accidents, mont of which one can
avoid by using warm water. For ono
thing, microbes mid parasites tluivo
better lu coIU water than In warm.
Furthermore, few things irritate tho
tender skin of women more than the
acute difference between the tempera
ture of very cold water and very warm
dressing rooms. With full-blooded
persons cold water turns the faco red,
and the cold calling for the counter
effect of friction tempts tender
skinned women to use soothing soaps,
which in turn dlssolvo the fatty sub
stances and leave the sklu exhausted
and drier than ever.
Second only In Importance to tho
question of wnter is thnt of soap. Only
persons with fat sklu should use chem
ically pure soaps, and theso with mod
eration; as for women with dry skins,
they should abstain from the uso of
soap altogother.replaclng It with eith
er fresh cream of milk cr cold cream
freshly prepared. Woman's Home
Companion.
ovefofr'
Mfy;
tWAT
One-half of nil (be women lu Massa
chusetts who nre able to work are
wage earners.
Annie Russell, the actress, has n
handkerchief carried by Marie An
toinette on her way to her execution.
Queen Wllhclmlnn and the Sultan
of Turkey are the only rolgnlng inon
nrehs who are teetotallers, Holland'H
Ojieon Is, furthermore, an earnest tem
perance worker.
The Countess of Limerick, the recog
iilzed beauty of Ireland, who Is equal
ly popular lu Dublin and Ireland, linn
arranged to appear lu the latter city
during the winter lu a series of piano
recitals.
An Irish woman, Miss Douglass, ban
been appointed to the post of horticul
tural lecturer by the County Council
of Louth, the first woman appointed
to such a post lu Ireland, mid over men
competitors.
Miss Eleanor Lemcke, daughter of
Captain J. A. Lemcke, one of tho
wealthiest citizens of Indianapolis, lias
given up her beautiful home and gone
to Chicago to work In the Hull House
f'ettlement.
In the opinion of the editor of the
Mirror, u paper printed in English In
British India, "American womanhood
Is admittedly the finest, the very best,
physically mid intellectually, of nil the
womanhood of the world."
Mrs. Parker, or "Mother" Parker, ns
she Is called, who has labored for thirty-four
years under the American
board lu the Hawaiian Islands, Is now
lu her ninety-eighth year, nnd Is nblo
to receive her guests nt her home In
Gllbertlna, In Mnnim Valley.
Basqued bodices and coats find much
favor.
Serge Is still a favorite materia! for
bard weurlng gowns.
Button effect patterns arc among tho
latest lu embroideries.
Monkey sklu Is seen lu combination (
with ermine and miniver for fancy ,
neck pieces.
Three tones of one color In ribbon
formed the novel trimming of ono of ,
the new hats.
Tho favorite wal'-.lng costume will
not bo overloaded with gathers mid
plentlugs this senson.
Crushed velvet, particularly in black
and silver gray, Is to be much used tor
very handsome toilettes.
A broad network und fringe of very '
thick chenille on the edge of fur stoles
and pelerines Is very new. .
There Is a strong liking for fancy
cloths, and nt the sumo time plain
clothes are much In demand.
Pretty Swiss shaped satin belts, nar
row at the sides mid forming a deep
point back nnd front, arc the fashion
of the moment.
An all-white gown Is tho sinnrtest
for reception wear, and can be In light
weight doth, embroidered silk, crepe
do chine, chiffon, or batiste.
In the spangled robes to be so much
worn for evening this season tho net .
nnd the spangles nro always of the
same color. Some of the prettiest nov
elties nre very dellcntcly tinted.
The little capes which have been a
feature of the coats for eomo time ure
longer than formerly, nnd tho lndlca;
tinns are that they will form n sleeve,
falling In folds around the arm.
A touch of pnle blue of burnt orange
Is effectively Introduced Into tho em
broidery of tho front of the waist of
the costumes of golden brown crepe do
chine, so fashionable this autumn.
CoallcM Htfltzffrlaud.
With a population of U.OOO.OOO Swit
zerland Is without uny conl supply of
her own. None of her rivers Is navi
gable, and nil her coal Imports have to
be brought lu by rail, which makes It
very expensive. Her coal bill Is about
$R.rJOO,000 n year.
In order to make her outlay for fuel
as economical ns possible the Govern
ment has decided to estnbllsh a Fed- t
oral testing station attached to the
leading Institution for technical In
struction ut Zurich. At this station
every kind or fuel used In the little
republic Is to be scientifically tested,
to determine Its exact heat-producing
value, which will be made known to
the public through periodical publica
tions by tho Government. It is In
tended to reform the whole conl trade
by substituting hent-produclng value
for weight as tho basis of Its price
per ton.
Our Consul nt Zurich, In reporting
this scheme, stales that Its originator
Is nn American, Dr. E. J. Constant,
from New York, nt present professor
of chemistry In tho Swiss Federal
Polytechnic.
"Mountain" Paper Wlj;!t.
The German Emperor uses as a pa
per weight on his writing desk tho
summit of one of tho highest moun
tains in Africa. Dr, Buchner, nn Af
rican traveler of some fame broko
the piece of rock from the highest
point of Mount KIlImu-NJnro, which
Is on German-African ground, and
presented It to tho Emperor.
queer Nnnn of Gypulca.
It Is reported that u letter posted in
America nnd nddrcssed to "One-Eyed
.Too Lee, his van, England," wns duly
delivered to tho qddrossoe, a gypsy lu
a midland village. .Too answered tho
note, which was from mi old comrade
lu tho States, mid his reply was ad
dressed to "Red Jack Lavcll, van or
prison, U. S. A."-London TU-Blts.
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