' LAYING THE PACIFIC CABLE ,
San FrancIsco.Cal. ( Special. ) With-
Jn ninemonths' time the much talked
, of Pacific cable connecting Hawaii
with the United States will have been
laid , and before two years have passed
away-we shall be brought within easy
speaking distance of the Philippines. A
company , composed of Joh.i W. Mack-
ay , Clarence H. Mackay , Edward C.
Platt , Albert Beck , George G. Ward ,
Albert B. Chandler and William W.
Cook , has been Incorporated to carry
out the project.
The cable will start from San Fran
cisco. , lead to Honolulu , thence to
Guam and the east coast of Luzon.
When this stretch of cable , 6,912 miles
In length , will have been laid , a tele
graphic system encircling the entire
globe will be completed. The estimated
cost of the Pacific cable is $10,000,000.
The demands of the government from
the company will be reduced rates and
absolute control over the line in time
of war. The stretching of an oceanic
cable is a ponderous task.
The cable itself consists , first , of a
core which comprises the conductor ,
made of a strand of copner wires and
the insulating covering generally made .
of gutta percha , but occasionally of
India rubber , to prevent the escape of
electricity.
Then comes a layer of tanned jute
yarn laid over the gutta percha to pro
tect It from the sheathing of steel
wires , over which come again jute yarn
and a bituminous i compound. The
sheathing varies in type with the depth
of the water In which it is laid. The
deep sea type has a sheathing of
many small steel wires ; then through
several intermediate types the sheath
ing wires become gradually larger un
til finally at the shore end the deep-set
sheathed cable is again sheathed with
strands , each made up of three steel
wires set triangularly. It will be no
ticed , however , that the core is the
same throughout.
The copper wires for the conductor
are twisted up together or stranded.
They are then passed through the cov
ering machine , by which the gutta i
percha is squeezed round the conductor
in a continuous envelope , touching it <
throughout. The coil is then served i
with jute yarns , which are laid spii
rally round it , forming an elastic , soft t
bedding for the sheathing wires. These i
latter , as well as the outer serving and f
compound , are put on in one machine , t
The served coil passed through a hoia
row shaft of a circular skeleton frame- \
work of iron , on which are mounted c
bobbins , filled with steel wire or jute
yarn , as the case may be. This frame
work can be rotated and the cable at
the same time drawn along , the wires
or yarns are wound spirally round the
core. The bituminous compound is ap
plied by the cable being passed under
a spout from which the melted com
pound runs. The finished cable is then a
coiled in large circular iron tanks , in >
which it is kept under water.
The rate of manufacture is unusual n
ly rabid , being for the deep-sea type a
more than five nautical miles
( a nau w
tical mile , 2,029 yards ) per machine in is
24 hours ; and , as the manufacture is isf
carried on continuously day and night ,
with ten cable machines in operation G
all at once , it will be seen that from &
50 to 55 nautical miles can be turned
out every 24 hours.
The cab'le ship itself is a vessel of ir
strange interior arrangement , especi irPi
ally designed for the purpose. It , is Pi
not only a huge storage department ,
but a big floating workshop as well.
In the hold there are three immense oi
oiui
Iron tanks , similar to the land tanks , ui
at the manufactory , 34 feet in diameter fr
frS
for the starage of the cable , each hav S (
ing a conical core for guiding the cable te
WAS A GAY OLD BOY.
East Liverpool , O. ( Special. ) A lo
cal attorney is about to file a damage
suit in the common pleas court at Lis
bon , which promises to create a big
sensation. Mrs. Mary aJne Miller , aged
76 , is to be the plaintiff in the action ,
and she pioposes to bring Miss Belle
Lyons , a maiden woman , aged 74 , to
account for an alleged alienation of her
husband's affections.
All parties concerned in the case
live at Calcutta , a country village four
miles north of this city. Jacob Miller ,
the husband of the woman bringing
the suit , is a prominent merchant in
his home town and is 79 years of age.
Previous to turning her case over to
her attorneyMrs. . Miller applied to
Justice David McLane for cojinsel. She
related a sad story of endurance , cov
ering a period of two years , and ap
pealed to him to right the wrong
which , she said , is pulling hard at her
heart strings.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have for several
years been living in a house owned by
Miss Lyons , the latter occupying half
the property. According to the wife's
narrative , Miss .Lyons has winning
ways about her which are too much
for the age dhusband to battle against.
As a consequence , Mrs. Miller says , he
has become fickle and careless.
During her conversation with the
magistrate Mrs. Miller said she had
given up all hope of setting the exist
ing difficulty until the courts had been
appealed to. She said the last time she
undertook tk > expostulate with Mr.
Miller , in an effort to point out to him
wherein he was doing wrong , he flared
np in anger and told her to 'go to
grass. "
"I don't care so much for losing the
old man , " she said , assuringly , "but to
think that he would give me up for a
young and giddy girl , who ain't half
s good locking , is more thjyi I can'
( When it is being paid out. The space
within these cores is utilized to hold
fresh water. The capacity of its tanks
in the regular cable ship is about
1,400 tons fo cable.thls being the equiv
alent of about 100 miles of Inshore ca
ble , weighing fourteen tons to the
mile , or 700 miles of the deep sea type ,
weight n about two tons per mile.
The cable tanks are all connected by
"ways" or troughs , so that a tarnsfer
may be made from one tank to an--
other or from any tank to either of
the huge paying-out machines. Hand
ling of , the cable made necessary by
such transfer is usually done by means
of a small engine connected to a drum ,
and al Imounted on a truck by which
it may be moved about the deck.
As the cable is brought from the tank
it passes over an iron sheave , fastened
to the framework of the hatchway ,
thence around another larger , deeply
grooved iron sheave , and the friction of
the cable at this point acts as a ten
sion. It then passes several times
around the giant drums of the great
dynamometer , over several pulleys on
the deck and out over the sheave of
the stern to its resting place at the
bottom of the sea ,
The dynamometer Indicates tht
amount of strain to which the cable
is subject at any moment and also en
ables the man in charge of the brake-
wheel to regulate the strain put on by
the brake to suit the varying condi
tions of laying. After leaving the dy
namometer it passes under and over
several large retarding wheels before
wending its sinuous way into the sea.
When all the avalable cable has been
laid the end is carefully sealed up and
having been attached to a rope , is low
ered to the bed of the ocean. A buoy
is 'attached to the other end of the
rope and is left floating on the sur
face of the water until the ship can
return to port with a new cargo.
On May 6 , 189 , the United States
ship Nero began the survey to locate
a route for a cable from the United
States across the Pacific to the Phil
ippines.
Along this route an obstacle was
encountered in the nature of a sub
marine abyss , the deepest yet kno\vn
in the world. The abyss was named
the Nero deep , and its depth makes it
necessary to deflect the direct route
from the Midway islands to Guam. In
this lowarea the Nero , by means of
an extraordinary long sounding wire ,
was enabled to take two of the deepest
casts and also two deepest water tem
peratures ever recorded. The depths
found were 5,160 fathoms and the other
5,269 fathoms. The temperatures found
it these points registered 35.9 degrees
ind 36 degrees Fahrenheit respectively.
Here is a description of the route
jeginning at Honolulu :
An ocean bed of almost level mud
it a general depth of about 2,700 fath-
ms extends from Honolulu to the Mid-
vay islands on a route a little to the
lorthward of the line of reefs running
ibout west-northwest from the Ha
waiian islands to a point beyond Ocean
sland. The plain affords an ideal route
or a telegraphic submarine cable.
Beyond the Midway islands toward
Juam is another great level plain at a
lepth of about 3,200 fathoms.
The remainder of the distance , how-
ver , while in general faily level , is
nterspersed with reefs and mountain
anges that required much time to ex- ;
lore and avoid.
In fifty years the words and phrases
the English language lexiconized
nder the letter "A" have increased ;
rom 7,000 in number to nearly 60,000.
cience and invention requiring new :
srms are largely responsible. ;
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understand. She is egging him on be
cause she is mad at me. We are not
on speaking terms , but I am told by
the neighbors that she makes a terri cc
ble fuss over Miller when I am out ,
and tells him that I am not the right
match for him. He is foolish enough
to think that she is 'sweet' on him , but
I have said all along that she just
wants to get him away from me and
then give him the shake. "
Mrs. Miller alleges that her husband -
refuses to sup'port her , and says he has
ai
been spending his money for rings and
candy for .Miss Lyons. She packed up in
her belongings today and came to this
'
city , declaring she would never return.
The attorney who has charge of the
woman's case says he proposes to
bring suit against Miss Lyons for
$10,000. She is wealthy and prominent.
Miller si a deacon in a Calcutta church
and measures have already been taken '
to nost him. The community where
of
the aged trio live is much wrought up ofw ]
over the affair.
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The Civic federation , whose Industri
al department Is to meet in New oYrk
City on December 15 to discuss the re
is
lations between capital and labor , has
among its members Cardinal Gibbons ,
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Archbishop Ireland , Bishop Potter.Seth UiN
Low , Charles Francis Adams and pres-
idents of a number of important man
of E
ufacturing and transportation compa th
nles , Carroll D. Wright , Samuel Gom-
pers , and the international presidents
gt : (
of nearly every , trade union in the
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country.
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Trenton , N. J. , is another rough place
tei ;
for the cooing lovers. Not long ago the
residents of Weit State street called
ha
on the police to take action against ch
strollers , and now any man or woman
thi
caught billing and cooing in that sec- '
'an
Is t&figjnft custody. . an
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THESE MEN STOLE AN
: OKLAHOMA POSTOFFICE
1 Oklahoma City , O. T. ( Special. ) '
One of the strangest cases of alleged
I fraud developed In the history of the
j postofflce department has been brought
to light through the instrumentality of
Postofflce Inspector R. M. Hosford ,
Wichita , and F. A. Bebee of Oklahoma
City. It is a story that Is stranger
than fiction.
R. F. Burnett was postmaster at
Bain , Kay county. He had a regular
commission as such from the postoffice
department. He conspired with his
brother , G. W. Burnett , who lived at
Longwood , six miles distant , to get the
postoffice at that place. But running
country stores at Bain and Longwood ,
postoffices would help their business.
R. F. Burnett proposed to his brother
to erase the initials in his commis' I
sion and substitute G. W. Instead , also ,
to erase the word Bain and insert the
word Longwood. It was a unique and
daring proposition and the brothers fell
in with it. They did the work so clev
erly that when G. W. Burnett went to
Postmaster G. H. Pellman at Long- .
wood and told him that he had been
appointed postmaster to succeed him , "
Mr. Pellman turned the office over to
him without protest. He could not
doubt that he had been removed in
view of the commission Burnett show-
ed him. i
The postoffice was moved over to I
Burnett's store last June and has cont
tinued there ever since. After this
bold stroke it was necessary to de- ,
celve the postoffice department at
Washington. This was also accom- |
plished by G. W. Burnett forging the
name of George H. Pellman to all re-
ports and correspondence with the de
u
partment. The postoffice at Longwood
continued to be run in this manner for i
several months , ' the department not '
:
knowing that Mr. Pellman had ceased
to be postmasters. I Sl
To complicate matters R. F. Burnett
appointed the Longwood usurper as- I
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sistant postmaster at Bain and the
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usurper in turn appointed R. F. Bur
nett assistant postmaster at Long-
wood. After this they actually swap-
ped postoffices , R. F. going to Long-
wood and G. W. going to Bain.
When Postmaster Pellman turned
over the postoffice at Longwood to , *
Burnett , the fraudulent appointee , he *
turned over with it all stamps , money
orders , supplies and cash on hand. lc
Burnett used these for his own adrt
vantage. H
The two brothers entered into a con. m
spiracy to defraud on a larger scale.
They ordered goods at Kansas City , li
Memphis and other wholesale centers w
and when the bills matured they placei
ed money to the amount due in regisse
tered letters , sealed and mailed them ri
before witnesses. The envelopes , of ss
course , would be rifled in the offices , hi
and when they reached wholesale esto
tablishments in bad shape all that v
would be in them would be a note m
stating that the sum due was inclosed , sh
In this way they committed considerBi
able fraud. ne
At one time the Burnetts b'ecame of
alarmed over their own actions and so
skipped the country , going to the Cheras
okee nation , where they remained for h
several weeks. They soon ventured
out again and resumed their offices so
and their old methods. I sa
While they weer absent somebody sh
made complaint against them , and that i hi
is what first attracted the attention hi
Df the department to their cases and be
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caused the investigation that led to of :
he above facts. th
Both men were decoyed into Ponca ha
2ity .where a confession is said to j fin
lave been obtained from them after Hi
jeing arrested. The confession is said
o be a story of the most weird and tin
wonderful details , containing some ex- Bl
raordinary romances. It is stated how sir
he conspiracy was conceivedand ex- sis
icuted , how the commission of R. F. olc
Burnett was changed in favor of G.
W. Burnett , how freely the old post- pr
naster gave up his office , and other 1
ndicents of the conspiracy. ter
The authorities say that no two of Im
he innumerable postoffice frauds in res
he history of the department have chi
ieen exactly alike and that this one is ho
lifferent from any crime heretofore sh
ommitted. It was , in effect , they say ,
he theft of an entire postoffice.
FACTS FROM EVERYWHERE.
Nearly one-half of the students at
witzerland's six universities last sum-
ier-r-1,990 out of 4,046 were foreigners.
Sillicus Why have you never mar-
th
ied ( ? Cynicus I'm a high churchman
nd I have scruples against divorce.
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More than forty guides have been
nsured free against accidents by the
°
'wiss Alpine club at an annual cost of
t *
ver 12,000 francs.
One out of every 49 deaths in Min-
ver
esota is due to accident or negli-
2.TK
ence , according to the report of vital
gre
tatistics for 1894 to 1897 inclusive. j
The colored element constitutes in
'irginla nearly one-third of all males { s
voting age , and is composed almost _
holly of persons of negro descent.
A giant sequoia in the MariposaCal. ,
, , . . orn
i j. j a. i i
rove has been selected to be named .
i coc ]
7illiam McKinley. It stands between
ie Washington and Lincoln trees and
estimated to be 3,000 years old. .
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The consumption of sugar in the j ,
nited States in 1899 was 2,094,610 tons. I
early two million of these were im- I
orted. California yielded 72,944 tons . .
.
beet sugar and Louisiana-most of
pro
ie rest.
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India wag once in possession of a , -
t-
eel secret which is now lost. This '
as inlaying with gold of steel blades
such manner that the strength of .
ie blade was not impaired nor Its
whi
mper lost. had
In England an electric automobile
as recently run 94 3-4 miles on one
large. It carried four persons and
T :
ie average speed was twelve miles
ons
hour. The vehicle weighed ' 3,900 ,
ad the battery" 2,200 pounds.
ROOSEVELT KILLED A BEAR ,
Theodore Roosevelt has a record as i
a successful hunter of wild game that
Is certainly unique among Presidents ,
If not among professional men gener
ally. His own story of his killing of a
grizzly is as thrilling a bit of genuine
adventure as you are likely to meet
with.
It is told In his interesting volume ,
"The Wilderness Hunter , " published
by G. P. Putnam's Sons , and forms a
part of his account of a hunting expe
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dition through Idaho in the fall of
1889. The story , as told by President
Roosevelt , is as follows :
"At last , as I was thinking of turn-
Ing J toward camp , I stole up to the
crest of one of the ridges and looked
over into a valley some sixty yards off.
Immediately I caught the loom of some
large ' , dark object , and another glance
showed me a big grizzly walking off
slowly with his head down.
He was quartering to me , and I fired
into his flank , the bullet , as I after
ward found , ranging forward and
piercing one lung. At the shot he ut
tered a loud , moaning grunt and then
plunged forward at a heavy gallop ,
while I faced obliquely down the lhill
to cut him off.
After going a few hundred feet he
reached a laurel thicket , some thirty
yards broad and two or three times as
long , which he did not leave. I ran
up to the edge and there halted , not
liking to venture into the mass of
twisted , close-growing stems and glos
sy foliage.
Moreover , as I halted I heard him
utter a peculiar savage kind of whine
from the heart of the brush. Accord
ingly ] , I began to skirt the edge.stand-
ng on tiptoe and gazing earnestly to
see if I could not catch a glimpse of
lis hide.
When I was at the narrowest part
f the thicket he suddenly left it di-
ectly < opposite and then wheeled and
THE ROMANCE OF HEPZIBAH ,
Charlotte , N. C. ( Special. ) The fol-
owing romantic story is made public
egarding the coming-marriage of Miss
lepzibah Dye of Rotk Hill , S. C. , 25
liles from Charlotte :
There is a romance attached to the
fe : of Miss Hepzibah Dye of this city ,
rhich has been developing seven or
ight years and which is now about to
ee a blissful climax in her happy mar-
iage to a certain sea captain in Pen-
acola , Fla. She has never seen her
usband-elect , having been introduced
3 him through the medium of an ad-
ertisement he inserted in an Atlanta
ewspaper many years ago , and which
le answered as soon as she saw It.
ut he has shown a devotion and a te-
acity of purpose through these years
C correspondence that give every rea-
m to hope that the real end will be
3 in the story books , "and they lived
appily ever afterward. "
The bride-to-be will sell out her per-
> nal effects and at once go to Pen-
icola to meet and marry the man
IB has learned to love through seeing
s ! advertisement , his photograph and
s : letters. Miss Hepzibah is a mem-
ir of a good , solid , substantial family
this section and has numerous rela-
ves living near this city. 'She is a
ird working , industrious woman of
le character , and practically all Rock
ill knows , esteems and likes her.
She has always lived at Rock Hill , at
ie old home place , at Wilson and
lack ; streets , and has lived there alone
ace the death of her mother about
K months ago. She is about 35 years
3 , dresses well "and is good looking ,
er brothers at one time owned much
operty < in this section.
The story of her romance is an in-
resting one in several particulars ,
imediately after she had opened cor-
spondence she and the captain ex-
anged photographs and the usual
meyed : sentences. She told him that
e could raise about one thousand
THE SOUTH SEA ISLAND
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Dr. Alfred C. Haddon , the head , of
j British anthropological expedition
New Guinea , has come to America
deliver lectures. He tells of the
eer people who inhabit the islands
the south of the Philippines and
iir peculiar customs.
Che Papuans of New Guinea are
: y proud of their hair. It is black
d woolly , and the men dress it with
; at care , and decorate it with ele-
nt combs and feathers. As among
imals , it is the male Papuan who
decorated.
n Papuan villages young men , gor-
msly got up with feather and shell
laments , strut about like turkey
ks , while the more sober appareled
nsels gaze at them admiringly ,
i the Mekeo district the extreme of
hion is reached by the young men
tight lacing. There the youths wear
ids drawn about their waists so ex-
mely tight that the flesh oozes out
.ween the circles of the belts in
iminent rings , and the chests seem
ated , until they bear the character-
c appearance of pouter pigeons ,
'apuan women are much less orna-
ntal than the men , and after mar-
je their hair is cut off , faking away
at little attraction they may have
I. The shaven pate is , in most cases
only outward and visible sign of
rriage.
he Papuans are an excitable , dem-
trative and fairly intelligent' peo-
They are fond of dancing , for ,
stood broadside to me on the hillside ,
a little above. He turned his head
stiffly toward me ; scarlet strings of
froth hung from his lips ; his eyes
burned like embers In the gloom.
I held true , aiming behind the shoul
der , and my bullet shattered the point
or lower end of his heart , taking out
a big nick. Instantly the great bear
turned with a roar of fury and chal
lenge , blowing the bloody foam from
his mouth , so that I saw the gleam of
his white fangs ; and then he charged
straight at me , crashing and bounding
through the laurel bushes so that it
was hard to aim. -
I waited until he came to a fallen
tree , taking him as he topped it with
a ball which entered his chest and
went through the cavity of his body ,
but he neither swerved nor flinched ,
and at the moment I did not know
that I hadstruck him.
He came steadily on , and in another
second was almost upon me. I fired
for his forehead , but my bullet went
low , entering his open mouth , smash
ing his lower jaw ana going into the
neck.
I leaped to one side almost as I
pulled the trigger , and through the
hanging smoke the first thing I saw
was his paw as he made a vicious
side blow at me.
The rush of the charge carried him
past. As. he struck he lurched for
ward , leaving a pool of bright blood
where his muzzle hit the ground ; but
he recovered himself and made two or
three jumps onward , while I hurriedly
jammed a couple of cartridges Into the
magazine , my rifle holding only four ,
all of which I had fired.
Then he tried to pull up , but as he
did so his muscles seemed suddenly to
give way , his head dropped and he
rolled over like a shot rabbit. Each
of my first three bullets had inflicted
a mortal wound.
good , solid , honest American dollars
and he replied that he was a sea cap
tain , sailing out of Pensacola , had a
good business and could well support a
wife. He ended by fervently express
ing his passion , urging an immediate
marriage.
Miss Hepzibah couldn't , or at least
didn't , resist the usual feminine pecu
liarity of a negative answer. She wrote
that she could not think of marrying
anyone as long as her father and
mother were alive. This seemed to
somewhat jar on his devotion , for at
about this point the correspondence
ceased. '
Soon afterward , however , her father
died , and about six months ago her
mother passed over the river. Miss
Hepzibah reopened correspondence and
found her sea captain willing to launch
forth on the sea of matrimony as soon : >
as she was ready to accompany him.
She consented , and he wrote her to
sell her property and come to Pensa
cola that he was so situated that he
could not come here to marry , and
that , should he be off on a trip at
the time she arrived , he had prepared :
a place for her in a good family.where
she might await his homecoming and ±
the wedding. n
It was Miss Hepzibah's intention to :
follow his instructions right away , sell
ing all the property , both real and per s
sonal , but when her sister living in
St. Louis heard about it , she consulted 1
a spiritualist friend , who gaVe this ir
irdi
message from Miss Hepzibah's mother di
in the other world :
"Give Hepzibah my love , and tell \
her not to sell the home. "
So she will reserve the house.
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Calvary Methodist Episcopal church , ct
the largest church of that denomina 1
1fl
tion in New York City , raised $70,000 fl (
on last Sunday to clear off the church h
mortgage. J. S. Huyler , the confection 1 ;
er , contributed $10,000 of the amount. a ]
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which pastime they array themselves
extravagantly. However the
, great ge
majority of their dances are of a cere Ci
monial nature , and among some tribes vo
they are held on supremely important va
occasions , as when a youth is initiated
into manhood. Some of the dances are of
ofT
performed by men wearing wonderful T\
masks. lUJ
They have magical dances to make ar
food abundant , and to make the du- Te
gong come to be harpooned. At these
dances masks are worn , such as a cro Fr
codile's head combined with a human wl
wlmi
face , and above it the effigy of a mi
sawfish. Some of the dances are in tio
the nature of harvest festivals , and an
to carry over the fertility of one sea ye ;
son to another. j
Important ceremonies are associated PO !
with death. Life after
death is assured an
by means of dances performed by men wr
who by gait and actions mimic re soi
cently deceased persons. Women and wil
children believe these mummers to be hei ;
the spirits of beloved relatives and are wa
comforted. Women never participate waa
In the secret dances where masks are filli
employed ; some of the dances being Ge *
too secret for them to even witness. car
Among one tribe it is considered highly sisl
Indelicate for men and women to dance str <
together. Indeed , women rarely dance , oth
although In another group of the Pa the
puans boys and girls dance together , sou
the male dancers beating the drums. she
On the mainland of British New nd
Guinea homes are almost invariably see :
built on plies. In the west are im-
metise" Houses- which many famillea
live , while In the east each separate
family group lives in a separate house.
Some tribes build their villages in tho
sea. As In the' stone and bronze ages
of Europe , thousands of years ago ,
when the dwellers by the Swiss lakes
lived over the water , so today In New
Guinea dwellings are built on piles ,
with rickety platforms and unstable
log bridges from one marine house to
another.
Papuan women are extremely tidy
about their houses , and it Is a matter
of pride with them to keep the open
spaces in front spotlessly clean ; to do
otherwise were a disgrace.
Certain hill tribes build their houses
on narrow ridges of high hills , or dwell
in the tree tops , their houses serving
as watch towers.
A house in a tree would not seem a
very safe refuge , because It would be
so easy to cut down the tree and de
stroy its inhabitants at one fell blow.
Until recently the Papuans had only
stone Implements , and It takes time to
fell a tree with stone axes. In addi
tion to this it is contrary to the eti
quette of war of these people to cut
down a tree house , so they really are
houses of refuge. Tree houses are not
common , however , because' the govern
ment of British New Guinea has so
pacified the country that the hill and
mountain tribes are no longer warlike.
FRILLS OF FASHION ,
Stockings matching the shoes and
slippers are very fashionable.
A revival is predicted of black vel
vet coats with collars and cuffs of er
mine and sable.
Black net or mousseline de sole over
black or white silk is a favorite com
bination for evening wear.
Buttons are immensely popular and
a revival of an old fashion is the usa
of velvet covered buttons.
Large green onyx buttons set in cut
steel are used for trimming some of
the smart corduroy fal costumes , par
ticularly in gray and green.
Long fine silver chains are worn
again. They must be very fine to meet
with fashion's approval and have one
single unset gem of some sort sus
pended therefrom.
Smal brooches of gun metal with
turquoise or diamond ornamentation
are among some beautiful little pins in
red and pink coral.
For evening gowns for young girls
the small pompadour brocades and
striped silks are charmingly appropri
ate. The new silks with either fine or
coarse weaving show a most brilliant
sheen.
Ostrich tips in pale turquoise blua
or wild rose pink are included among
the dainty ornaments for the hair , * as
are Louis XVI bows fashioned of tulle
and gold tissue and combined with
Jeweled aigrettes or half wreaths of
roses.preferably Banksia or La France.
The one new lace which stands out
very prominently among all the vari
ous kinds in use is the filet , a Breton
specialty , which is sort of embroidery
n a foundation of very fine fishnet
made of very fine thread , and this has
Drought square meshed nets of all
dnds into fashion.
An effective touch was given an
ivening gown of deep cream mousse-
ine de soie with incrustations of lace
he same tint , by a large chou of black
let fastened at the front of the bodice.
swathed girdle of soft silk in the
lew mellow lemon tone completed the
own harmoniously.
The latest thing in umbrella handles
enameled in white and it Is the
ashionable white frocks
which
are re-
ponsible for this fad. The design
nay be the head of a swan or a white
luck or perhaps an Angora cat with
eweled eyes. This fancy will bring
vory handles into vague again.
A pretty novelty in Jewelry is the
lower pendant which is particularly
mart , caught in a soft lace scarf. It
onsists of a gold knob holding two
lender gold chains each ending In a
ower of enamel. At the back of
hese are tiny gold hooks to secure
hem to the corsage some distance
part.
TALK ABOUT WOMEN.
The women college graduates of
'ork are to have a club house of their
wn.
wn.Mrs.
Mrs. Maria Ferguson of Los An-
eles , CaL , has Issued the first Dawson
ity , Yukon and Alaska directory.
olume contains 900 pages and
aluable mining maps.
Miss Orro Eddelman.a young woman
Cherokee blood , owns and edits the
win Territories , a thirty-two-page IT-
istrated magazine , whose contributors
re residents of Oklahoma and Indian
erritory.
Mrs. Stanford has returned to San
ranclsco after a Journey to Egypt ,
here she purchased for the Stanford
luseum a remarkable private collec-
on of Egyptian antiquities
, treasured
id supplemented during
thirty-five
jars by a foreign resident of Cairo.
Miss Braddon , the English novelist ,
isitively refuses to be photographed
id only one picture of this prolific
riter is known to be in existence. For
me time past she has been content
ith writing one book a year , but in
r younger days-her annual output
is at least two long novels.
Mrs. Maud Barker Cobb , who is now
ling the office of postmaster of the
orgia house of
representatives Is
, a
ndldate for the
appointment
as as-
stant state librarian and presents
rong letters from judges , lawyers and
her prominent men in all parts of
state. It is said that when she
tight the postmastership last year
had such an array of Influential
lorsements as had never before beea
m In Georgia , '
