af E W-iF Eft S-. m VEST-POCKETDINNERS CAPSULES THAT CONTAIN ES SENCES OP SOLID FOODS. A rill Hakes n dtp of Ten llcef Com In Tablets and Soups In Bmall Cnp eulei War Department Kxperlntenti with Candenied Foods. OMING genera tions will dispense with the cook and the kitchen. Beef steaks are to be done away with, vegetables will be n thing of tho past. "WE&sil an(1 a roast turkey rcSSj will bo put up In a (y Bmall packngo no bigger than a box of cigarettes. Restaurants are to disappear, dinners will no longer be served, and tho time now wasted in eating will bo saved for more useful purposes. AH this is likely to come about through tho discoveries which tho war department Is now making In putting up square meals that the soldier can carry In his pocket. When the Jap anese soldiers marched into China each man carried a cartridge belt and a din ner belt. In tho latter were stuffed capsules, pills, buttons and small pack ages like cartridges which contain condensed foods of vnrlous kinds. If tho soldier wants a cup of tea while on the march, he dropped a but ton Into a tin of hot water. For din ner ho could draw a largo variety of meats for his food belt. A capsule made the soup and a couple of pills the fish, always seasoned. For the roast iho used a few slices of beef which had been condensed under a thousand pres sures into a plug like tobacco. Buttons of various colors supplied all tho vegetables, n capsule made a pud ding and another button when dropped in hot water made a cup of strong black coffee. It was oven reported that cognac and whisky had been con densed Into tablets. ThlB system of furnishing tho march ing soldier with a cartridge belt that will make him independent of the com missariat is now being experimented upon by the United States government, Tho great question of food supplies which so puzzled Gen. Grant and Gen. Leo has been solved. Huge wagon trains of flour and beef "on the hoof" are to be things of the past. Armies in tho future can cut themselves off from their base of sup plies, as they will carry their supplies with them. Their movements will not be impeded by droves of cattle brought along for food, for the cattle In the form of little tablets, will repose In bolts or knap sacks, and victory will not wait upon the cook. The soldiers can even dine Tvhlle fighting. After putting a cartridge in his gun the private can put a capsule of roast beef In his mouth. Ho can have beef tea whl!o charging the enemy, Boston baked bean3 during a pause In tho bat tle and a condensed mince pie In the very hour of victory. These nro some of tho staples which governments are now supplying to their men. But the benefits of condensed food tablets can be extended to private citi zens. Only a few men have the sense of ta3te and gourmets who really en joy a 'meal are rare. It Is estimated that every man now wastes three hours a. day eating. After he has eaten he forgots all about "tho pleasures of the table" and only remembers that an hour is gone. All this time can bo saved. The food buttons and pills already contain every necessary element. The small button labelled "a cup of tea" Is already sweetened. The beef steak pills contain tho duo amount of salt and pepper. Tho soup capsule has all the condiments. From this it is but a step to put a whole dinner Into ono small package. An ordinary New York tabic d'hote dinner can bo put up in a form no big ger than a pack of cigarettes which will be sold for 25 cents and may be carried In the ve3t pocket. This will embrace everything from the oyster to tho coffee, including the wino and the Inevitable olives. Breakfast buttons will Include coffee and rolls, oatmeal, fruit, and a small chop or steak with perhaps vegetables. You will be able to buy a dozen as sorted lunches, running from the sim ple sandwich and glass of milk to the most elaborate Hotel Waldorf spread. ,1 A l'ajrlncr Cute. That famous steer caso of Penley vs. Bcsso Is now being tried for tho third time at the Supreme Court In Auburn; and It Is estimated that each of tho liti gants has expended already a matter of about $400 In contesting over tho re mains of a bullock worth, at his best, 5120. Both are wealthy men, however, and they are In It for the principle of tho thing. On Tuesday, during recess, a brother attorney came and, speaking to the two opposing counsels who wero sitting In tho attorney's room, said: "Look out in there. Your clients are having a talk together. If you don't watch out they will bo settling that caso between themselves." Each attorney started In mock alarm and rushed Into tho court room. Tho Joke lasted the rest of tho forenoon. The first timo the caso was tried the Jury disagreed. The second time the verdict was for the plaintiff, but the law court set aside tho verdict, and now they are trying for tho best two out of three, not Including tho dead heat. Lowlston Journal. Hrr Favorite. Studr. She loves tho sciences, they say; Her style Is prim and collegy; And when It comes to bargain day She most affects buy-ology. Washington Star. . v wwlsz. r A PRETTY OII1L. dot the net of Fire Harvard Men at Their Own Game. There was a lively little scone on ono of the west-end lines last week, Bays tho Boston Post: A pretty girl got on a Trcmont-hotiso car at Hancock street, and there were five Harvard men on tho bnck platform when sho got on. Inside sat only two elderly ladles, who looked severe There was a llttlo whispered conver sation among tho boys and a good deal of suppressed laughter. Then they ar ranged themselves gracefully and stared at tho girl. They intended to make her life a burden to her bofore sho reached town. It was well they laughed then, becauso It was her turn later, Sho never glanced that way, even. Sho was absorbed in tho fine houses on Massachusetts avenue. When they found this llttlo scheme didn't work thoro waB some moro pri vate conversation, and then came tho coup d'etat. First ono fellow camo in, took a seat opposite and began to stare at her. Then tho next one followed a few moments later to do the same thing. Very soon oil the five wero ranged opposlto her, staring with tho united strength of ton eyes. Sho had only two, but they were good ones, and did ns well as moro would have done. She was reading tho bromo-seltzer and Ivory-soap signs until they wero all nicely seated, and then sho changed her plans. Sho evidently understood human na ture, for Bho took tho weak point nt which to open her attack. Sho lpokcd at tho leader'B feet. Thoy were nicely booted feet, covered with the latest in patent leather, but they seemed to bo old, ugly and Immense before that fel low got out on tho back platform again. Tho next pair of boots wero stouter. So was their owner. Ho only Bhuffled his feet a llttlo at first and tried to put them up his trouser legs. Ho couldn't manage this, and so ho tried tho wood at tho back of tho seat. This was not exactly practical, either, so ho brazenly placed them straight out In front of him In the aisle. The conductor Btum bled over them and seemed to strike a corn, for tho owner drow thdm back with an expression that was not an gelic. But tho girl's expression did not change. And her eyes were still fixed on those big shoes of his. Then ho re membered something ho wanted to say to his patent-leather friend nt the back of tho car and ho went out. Then sho began on No. 3's feet. Ho had a crack on tho side of one boot, and ho knew It beforehand; therefore ho fell an easy victim to tho disease. He thought ho hntl twenty cracks In his shoes beforo ho joined his friends on the step. He felt that they wero as full of holes as a sieve, and examined them privately to see Just how they did look. Four and five gave up the fight to gether and rejoined their friends grin ning Bomewhut sheepishly. When sho got off tho car Bho .smiled a little, but she did not look at ono of the young men who stood back to let her by. As the car moved on ngaln ono of them said: "That girl has tho evil eye." And they all agreed. Dead llany. Before the eyes of the doomed man the fatal knife is tested. At a mere touch It swiftly descends. Tho victim cannot forbear to shud der. "You take life all-fired easy," he mut ters, hoarse!y. Tho executioner presses his hand to his brow. Luckily ho has placed a cab bage leaf In his hat to protect him from a sudden rush of blood to tho head. Detroit Freo Free Press. Time Thrown Awa). Clara Whnt's tho matter, dear? Dora It's too much to bear. Mr. Faintheart hasn't proposed yet. Clara But you told me you wouldn't marry him. Dora Of course I wouldn't, But after all tho time I've wasted on him I think ho might at least give mo a chance to refuse him. New York Weekly. WORTH KNOWING. That very hot water is now preferred to cold to stop bleeding. Building ground comes high in Lon don. Lately a plot of fifty-seven square yards in Lombard street sold at $G,500 per square yard. The oldest known apple tree in thl3 country Is In Cheshire, Conn. The seed was planted 140 years ago, and tho tree still bears a few apples. A company producing only one form of one part of a bicycle, the jolntless rim, covers two acres of ground with Its works at Birmingham, Eng. Six of tho newspapers now published in Germany wero established over 200 years, ago, the oldest being the Frank furter Journal, founded In 1615. The recent enumeration of voters In Indiana shows the total vote of the state In 1895 to be 027,072. Of this rum ber 013,750 are white and 13,332 col ored. In some southern localities the col ored people believe that if a crow croaks an odd number of times foul weather will follow; If even, the day will bo fine. Japan has ordered S00 miles of sub marine cable in England, which is to be used in a line to Formosa. The Japanese propose to do all tho work themselves with their own cable ships. Twenty years ago a Chinese hello could be bought for $25. The price has gradually risen to $G00, and the cus tom of murdering birl babies has di minished correspondingly in public practice. Cars In which aluminum will be used for all metal work, save the wheels and axles, are to be put on tho state rail roads of France. The saving In weight for an ordinary train will be thirty tons. I P mw J 0f I IL MA 1 1 1 U. m ra , ., . ..,..,, ,,- .. ... -.My , ,il ,,., . .. ,. ..,,.. - ... -- -. .- - -- " i. - - - ,,. , .. - ! .,...-.,. , ., ,.-, ,,. ... . ... .,.,-. ,.,...., i i - n - l i . ,,, i ., .,.,,. ALCHEMIST FABLES. PRETTY THEY WERE AND EN TRANCING TO ALL. The Shy Philosopher' Htone For I.oiik uud Weary Yearn It Yi'n Nought for, hut Never Found Itcllcf In the Tranimutatlon of Metal. HE theory Hint gold could bo produced artificially from other metals waa first recorded In the fifth century after Christ; beginning at that tlmo tho prob lem of finding the Philosopher's Stono that la, a sub stance by which base metalrf could be turned Into gold began to exclto public Interest. Most alchemists trace tho origin of their art back to Egypt, and recognize ns the first to practice it a certain Hermes Trlsmeglstus. Though many of IiIb supposed writ ings are still in existence, nothing defi nite Is known nbout hia life. Alchemy was largely developed and practiced from about A. D. 400 to the year 642. From tho Egyptians It passed over to the conquering Arabs. It was not long bofore they began to acquaint them selves with the sciences, by contact with the conquered people, producing celebrated scholars In mathomatics, natural sciences, and, above all, In med icine. Quito a number of Arabians turned their attention to chemistry, and here It received tho new namo Al-chemy; they added to the formerly employed word "chorale" their article "al." Hi tho Arabian school at Seville the cele brated Arabian philosopher and al chemist, Geblr, made a great reputa tion, and at this tlmo It Is particularly Interesting to trace tho progress of al chemy from the Arabs In Spain to tho remaining countries of Europe, espe cially Franco, Germany, and England. Tho high schools of tho Arabians In Cordova, Sevlllo and Toledo wero fre quented by men from all lands desirous of acquiring knowledge, and chiefly af ,ter the pattern of theso institutions woro tho universities of France, Italy, and later those of Germany, shaped. As early ns tho thirteenth century ol chemy was spread over tho entire Northwest of Europe and was practiced by Albertus Magnus In Germany, Roger Bacon in England, and others. Albertus Magnus (von Bollstadt), the most eminent scholnsticist of his time, was then equally prominent as philoso pher and alchomist. Although the Pope assumed at first an opposing attl tudo toward alchemy, there were, nev ertheless, numerous ecclesiastics who were tho first to master the art, and mainly in tho monasteries did it find a home. But tho thought to produco the Philosopher's Stone, and by means of It to procure Infinite riches, was too al luring for it to remain hidden In the narrow sphere of cloister life. ' With the beginning of tho seven teenth century, after the failure of sev eral experiments had become known, societies sprung into cxlstenco whose purpose it was to discover the produc tion of tho Philosopher's Stone. Tho most celebrated of these was the "Rosl cruclans." Another was the "Nurn jberg Alchemical Society," which was founded in 1654 and is noteworthy on account of its having had for its secre tary the eminent philosopher and statesman. Leibnitz. I Even long after the science of chem istry had branched out Into the medical direction the search for the Philoso pher's Stone was continued, and ex pended into the Phlogistic epoch, yes, oven Into tho ago of modern chemis try, as it Is well known that Goethe practiced alchemy with groat zoal In his youth. Even a book printed as late ns 1832, relating to the history of nlchomy, is concluded with the following words: "There exists a chemical preparation by means of which other metals mny bo changed Into gold." Consequently "a Philosopher's Stone." Hut tho Btar of nlchomy was no longer at its height. With tho triumphs of n Copernicus, n'Koppler and a Galileo In tho sphere of nstronomy, and a Newton in that of mathematical physics, a doc trine like that of tho Philosopher's Stone could not stand, so it gradually sank Into oblivion and wau forgotten, except In history. Only nfter the time of Geblr accurate descriptions of this mythical stone came to the surface. At the beginning It was pretended to consist generally of a fireproof powder of various colors, and only lator It assumed tho shape of a precious etono. Especially Ilnlmund Lulll repeatedly speaks of It as "Car bunculous," and according to Pnracol sub It consists of a ruby-red, transpar ent crystal "which Is as floxiblo as roalu and brittle ns glass," Somowhore later it was principally employed in the form of u powder, and was frequently called "trlxturo," also "elixir" or "maglateri um." It must also bo remarked that many alchemists mado a distinction be tween two stones differing in their ex terior appearance, one for the produc tion of gold and tho other for silver. Tho belief in the transmutation of ono metal Into another no doubt resulted from tho fact that It was noticed If molten copper is mixod with zinc It nt talns a beautiful yellow color, and In former years, when people were not par ticular about noticing smnll differences, tho obtained brass mny have been mis taken for a kind of gold. Perhaps also tho circumstances that many metals themselves contain gold, or that thoy used for their fusion ex periments sand containing gold, with out their knowledgo, gavo rlso to these Illusions. Without noticing these sources of orror It could not be ex plained how notoriously excellent and honest alchemists outlines believed that they had the Philosopher's Stone In their possession. LABOR NOTES. Tho stone work craft3 are active in organizing again. The printers chartered seven now unions last month. Two A. B. U. unions wero organized In Minneapolis. The laundry drivers of Chicago have organized a union. The large iron works of Pennsylvania have work for a year ahead. The molderB havo Issued twelve charters since their annual convention. Tho new bicycle workers' national union starts out with 20,000 mombers. Barbers of Minneapolis have formed a union with eighty-seven charter members. In tho province of Moglley, Russia, eight-hour experiments are proving a success. The uso of convict labor is increasing In Germany, according to consular re ports. Honolulu Typographical Union is the only labor organization on tho Hawaii an Islands. A union label league, composed of unions having a label, has been formed in Chicago. The Minneapolis Trades Council has decided to hold open meetings for the next three months. Tho Journeymen plumbers and gas fitters held their stato convention at Minneapolis last week. Federal Labor Union, of Cincinnati, holds open meetings to d(scus3 political dud e:onomlc questions. A Irrgo numbor of unions of clerks havo bcfii formed in different cities fcnce their lato convention. PARIS ON ITS EXHIBITION. The Hitter DUcuilon Jtnclng llctween It Mupportcrt ami Opponent!. Pall Mali Gazette: Though Paris seems doomed to tho exhibition of 1900, tho discussion concerning tho utility of tho vnst kermcssQ is continued with Bonio bitterness. M. Maurlco Barres, the unfatlgued champion of decentrali zation, still leads tho opposition with onorgy and Bound argument. Some ap plaud this holiday of half a year; oth ora execrate It. Tho reasons urged upon either sldo aro often the same, and generally Irrelevant. Thus, for Instance, M. Gervcx, a painter, is on tho sldo of exhibition, becauso tho ac cepted plan requires the demolition of tho Palais do 1'Industrlo. M. Bouguo roau, another painter, deplores, with tears in his voice, tho outrage which threatens tho paints of his own tri umphs. Who shall decide when tho experts thus wantonly differ? M. Gcr vex, however, upholds tho exhibition upon nuother ground. Competition, he finds, Is an ftlmlrablc stimulus, and ho Is euro that artists will accomplisn mnsterpleces In their frantic strugglo against tho world. The argument of M. Roll is ingenious it oblique. Ho de sires tho exhibition because (ho says) tho exhibition will compel tho build ing of a picture gallery. And tho pict ure gallery will remain after tho ex hibition 1b finished. Aud then the pictures which arc now being rapidly destroyed in the Luxembourg will bo removed to the gallery of tho exhibi tion, and will at last find salvation. That is to say, tho exhibition of 1900 will save tho pictures of tho Luxem bourg, which one did not know wero In danger. Truly a pretty argument. If only tho intcrmediato links will hold! Tho men of letters nro likewise divided. M. Arsene Houssoyo, for example, re gards the immense Industrial picnic as tho ultima ratio of fraternity; where for ho would give It his academical ap proval. With a keen conso of humor M, Aurelien Scholl dismisses tho project In a dozen words. Do you Hko Sunday? No. Well, then, an cxhltmion Is a Sunday which last six months. And there's an end on't. If a moro serious argument Is to your tnste, turn to tho letter of M. Phllilbert Audebram), who tears the offending project to pieces, and moat pertinently suggests that If the republic must celebrate tho be ginning of tho now century, it should plcrco tho Canal des Deux Mers, and thus secure tho permanent prosperity of Franco. Tho most of the deputies, of course, are on tho sldo of the pic nic, and M. Jacques, the member of Paris, though ho sees the grave dan gers of a decennial fair, insists also that an exhibition is an Industrial tonic, warranted to revive a failing trade. Yet It was reserved for M. De loncle, never tlw wisest of men, to ad vanco the most preposterous argument In favor of tho exhibition. "The ex hibition of 1880," he said, "procured for us the Ruoso-French alliance. Who knows what 1900 will bring forth?" Who knows, indoed? But does M. De loncle believe that the Czar was ever moved to an alliance by a gigantic ba zaar? Jn Russia, at any rate, poli tics are not tho sport of children. ICilMell Sage Drew Out 810.87V. Now York Sun; Russell Sago went to tho sub-treasury Friday and drew out $1(5,875 In crisp new greenbacks In ox change for treasury checks represent ing Interest paymonts, and bofore tho occasion for his visit became known there was speculation as to why ho was there. Tho attaches of the sub-treasury say that they never before saw Mr. Sage collect money there personally. Mr. Sago tucked tho bills into an Inside pocket, buttoned his coat tightly over them and went back to his office. If a man could run out of debt as easily as ho can run into It, times vou:d not be so hard. PERSONAL APPEARANCE. (llrlft. Do Not Neglect the Little DalBllt of Your Toilet. "I should like to call a halt," said a woman, "on the lack ot thought and care that most women put upon their personal appearance. Now, I know very well thnt tho average woman payi n great deal of nttenUon to such things, but the troublo Is that what attenilon sho does pay Is of tho wrong sor; it's directed toward things, thnt aro of no vltnl consequence, If not absolutely wrong. She's like the man who had n grent deal ot taato only it was all bnd. Tho average woman that ono sees upon (be streets, in tho shops and aboard tho street cars Is first and fore most rarely dainty a criminal act vhero n woman is concerned. Dainti ness, however, does not Imply costly frocks, loves of hats and lotB of lnco and Jewelry; It doesn't oven Include, although it is undoubtedly enhanced by tho severity and simplicity that nro so ndmlrnblo in a tailor-made costume, but which, na every woman knows, cost Hko everything. It does Imply and In clude, however, absoluto cleanliness from top to too, nlmoluto neatness nnd an unswerving rcgnrd for tho eternal fltneeB of things. No matter how plain or cvon poor tho nttlro may be frr necessity, so far as cholco goes, It rou, always keOp clear of pendant skirt braids, frayed "oagosrrun "clowruoot heels nnd spot nnd soil, Just look at tho army of working women Unit tho elevated trains bear down town dally. Typewriters, stenographers, clerks or whatever thoy bo, they are, as a rule, tricked out in finery, instead ot the sober, (sensible garments suitable for business wear. It's fluffy white veils and feather bona and flower and feather-laden hats. Tho very Bamo girl, too, whoso hat Is heavy with tho biggest and brightest of rones; whoso onco white kid gloves aro tho grimiest! and who ilourlshea n coarso-cinbroldered handkerchief redolent of cheap perfume Is also sure to bo tho girl whose shoe buttons aro conspicuous for their ab sence, whose collar Ib soiled, and whoso dress skirt and shirt waist aro losing their connections. If that same girl, however, would tako a tltho of tho nion cy and enro that sho wastes upon her roscB, her lacos and her perfumery nnd put It upon repairing, cleaning, and, above all, seeing to it that her garments nro sultnblo for tho occasion on which they nro worn, tho gain would bo im measurable. Thercforo I say that It would bo better for most women If they gave moro enro nnd attention to their personal appearance." USED A LAUDER TO GET IN BED. Keiuarkiilile Kxperlenro of un American To n r la t In Ireland. "" Ah" American who lately visitod Ice land writes: In tho hotel at Dublin was n, bed ho largo and bo high that It fieemod a tnblelnnd of innttreso ovor bhadowed by a cliff of headboards. It seemed preposterous that any one tlioultl monopolize a bed of cue)), size and attempt to warm IL By proper di vision it would havo supplied a family. When It camo tlmo to retire the ques tion wan not how to got "Into" bod, but how to get "on" tho bed. Tho top inat-Irof-.a was utmost chin nigh, and It get-mod thnt to reach It thero would have to bo n hard climb or a desperate leap. Whllo tho problem of retiring was under consideration a dark object was seen in ono dim corner of the vasty bedroom, which was imperfectly light ed by a solitary candle. ThlB object proved to bo a movablo stairway, mounted on rollers. Whun It was pushed against tho behemoth bed the problem of how to retire waa immedi ately solved. Ono had only to ascend tho stairs and then fall oft into the cm bracing depth ot this most remarkable bed, Cueinr's Blntue Chnncoi Color, Chicago Tribuno; If Augustus Caesar could como to Ufa and see his statue as It now looks, down In front of the art Institute, that warrior surely would "drop dead again." It and thnt of Hermes are painted a bright orange. The two statues, together with tho larger one of Flora, havo stood In a niche over the entranco almost slnco tho first opening of tho art institute. But It Is safe to say that not half ot the people who entered tho doors evor gave them a thought and scarcely a glance until yesterday. She, too, stood out in bold relief ogalnst the smoky background of tho building yellower than any ot the fall crop of pumpkins. People who went hurrying along tho street stopped tho Instant they beheld them. "Talk about Impressionism," said a man who apparently knew something of art, "not tho most rabid piece ot work in Europe could compare with that." Those inside, who understood that tho bright yellow was only a priming preparatory to a coat of bronze, en Joyed the Joko immensely. Like tho boy with the trick on All Foms Day. they stood behind tho glass doors and waited to see tho effect on every new comer. To Itentore Illenched I.ncki. Many a poor victim of dyed hair would b happy to know how to bring back tho natural color after having been an artificial blonde or brunette. Dr. Morin gives them the following re celpt, tho Ingredients mixed In equal parts: Alcohol of roses. Oil of bitter almonds. Tincture of cantharldes. Tincture of citron. Boston Traveller. "Well," said tho Kentucky cam paigner, "I havo left absolutely noth ing undone to win friends for our causa. I have considered no personal sacrifice too great. I iave treated everybody in tho country. I oven drank water with the prohibitionist party and ho'a going to be right with us," Washing, ten Star.