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AN OCEAN HORROR.
A Dutch Steamer lion ml ior?Av
York Sunk in a Collision.
A Wild Scramble for Life, and
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Many Passengers jjiwnea.
The Dutch steamer IV. .'V. Seholten, Captain
Tnat. loft Rotterdam Saturday morning
for New York with 210 passengers on
hoard, including lier passengers and crew.
Before she reached Dover Straits a
dense fog set in; and while steaming
down the narrow channel between
Goodwin Sands and the famous chalk cliffs
of England, at eleven o'clock Saturday night,
the steamer came into collision with a coal
steamer, the Rosa Mary, hound for St.
Nazaire. The blow was a. mortal one
to the Scholten. A great hole was torn
in her port quarter, through which the
sea swept with an awful roar. The crew were
at their posts. Captain Taat promptly ordered
that the boats 1 w lowered, but it was
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LUUUU i;iUb UIIIJ l??V >? U t utuiiuMiv. auv
passengers, most uf whom liad retired tJ
their bunks for the night, rushed on deck in
their night gowns and filled the air with
piercing shriek >. Many fell 011 their knees
and prayed aloud. Others struggled to reach
the boats, interfering with the work of tho
crew. Some procured life belts and leajjed
into the freczingsea. Little children clung
to their mothers, who could do nothing
but shriek with terror. All steam was
put 0:1 and the Scholten headed
for Dover, ten miles distant. When within
four miles of that city, just twenty minutes
after tho accident happened, the steamer
went down, leaving nothing but the tops of
her masts visible.Uf the ? I'i persons 011 board
l::o were reported lost. Eighty were saved.
All those who had put on life belts floated
and were rescued by boats from the steamer
Ebro, of Sunderland, which cruised around
until four o'clock in the morning. Many of
the rescued lost wives, husb mds, brothers and
sisters. The survivors were supplied with
clothes and everything possible was done to
insure their comfort.
Knowing that he was only a few miles
from shore. Captain Taat headed the steamer
for the land, hoping to reach the coast before
the waters would engulf the ship, but it was
soon evident his hope would not be realized,
and she was nearly four miles from shore,
and sank within sight of the cliffs.
George Appleby, about ?5 years of age,
who was a passenger from Newcastle to New
York, by way of Rotterdam, and who is
among those rescued, has given the following
accouat of his experiences in connection
with the catastrophe:
"There were only nine or ten English on
board the Scholten, ona being a young lady
named .Sarah Louisa Hold, who" belongs to
Tunbridge Wells. I became friends with a
young man natnel Stepney, who. like myself,
belongs to Newcastle, and also with a
man named Thomas liobson. When we
were about ten mHes, I supjwse, southeast
of Dover, we were all in our bunks
when we heard a tremendous crash. I ran
on deck amidst a general scramble and I
found that the steamer had struck us on the
port bow. At first it did not seem as if any
damage had heen done, but in a few minutes
we hoard an order to lower the boats. The
sailor.-; managed to lower two b jats, but the
three others could not, it seemed, l>e lowered.
At any rate they were not lowered. One of
them would have held nearly a hundred persons.
Miss Gold ami I did not get a chance
to get into either of the boats. A fog had
just left the water and the sea was
fairlv calm. There were numbers of
life belts on our vessel and they
wore placed where all could iva,-li them.
Miss Gold and I each put one ou. About
twenty minutes aft -r the collision our
steamer foundered. We stood oil deck until
she went down and then were in tlie water
together. We could not swim, but we kept
together. Several person; had, like ourselves,
put life-belts on and these floated
about in the sea. All the others, with the
exception of those who had got info boats,
went down with the vessel. All who were
rescnod from tin* sea were wearing lifebelts.
A steamer, whic'i afterward proved to be
the Ebro, of Sunderland, came closj to the
sunken vessel, and lier boats rescued several
of our passengers and took them on the
Bteamer. They returned to the wreck and
picked up more, taking them to the
steamer. The vessel that had run into us we
did not see again. Mis; Gold and I kept together,
and got drifted toward the rescuing
steamer. The rope was thrown to us and we
held on until the boat came and picked us up.
The young man Stepney is the son of a
Wesleyan minister. He states that when the
vessel foundered he was in a different part of
the ship from Appleby and Miss Gold, and
proceeds: "I ran towards them to tell them
to come to the boat in which I was going, but
I was stopped by the water, and, oa
returning, 1 found my boat adrift. I leaped
from the steamer into the sea, and caught
hold of a boat and was lifted in. Only two
of the boats, I think, could be launched.
Our boat went toward a steamer which
turned out to be the Ebro. Our vessel
had sent up rockets and directly our
whistle commenced blowing. The other
boat was also full and we passed numbers of
persons in the water. We were taken to the
Ebro and were there very kindly treated.
The Ebro cruised about and sent her boats to
pick up as mauy as she could. The crios
as the Scholten disappeared were heartrending.
In fact all the while we were
vrusBma I? boat to the Ebro we passed
many persons on either side of us ill the
W' *" 1 lit "MlW not t^Vo tHnm Hi 1"
any assistance 011 account of our boat being
full I was very excited, and could not say
how many were in our boat?thirty or forty
perhaps. The boatswain of our vessel acted
111 a praiseworthy manner. Before the
steamer went down considerable coolness
was displayed, and the Captain and officers
remained on the bridge to the last
moment. Every one who could procure
a belt put one on. Tiiree was something
wrong with the boat I got in, for men
had to bail it out with their hats, hands or
anything they had. Before the vessel went
down several people plunged overboard with
belts on. After 1 got on the Ebro tho same
boat returned several times looking for
others. I saw several men fjo down, and
wuuittii, VUU, tUlU tucw aw?iiifu L-Auauswu uu *
.unable to hold any loader to tilings they
hal been clinging to. Children orvin^
on the deck an I the foreigners on board
proving formed a terrible seeue, and I
shall never forget it. Just before the collision
there had been a little merriment on
I board and some dancing, but we had gone to
bed when it happened. We did not feel
much of a shock. The oilicers said something
about being safe with air-tight compartments,
but I think it was said to prevent
a panic. No doubt several persons were
killed or drowned in their berths when our
ves;el was struck. The Kbro, which savel
us all, cruised about till nearly 4 o'clock in
the morning, when she came in and anchored
in Dover Bay.
The sea washed ashore this morning at
Deal, a little town eight miles northeast of
Dover, the dead body of the Captain, who
had stood by his ship until she went down
uider his feet. Ho was not tho regular
commander, but was in charge of the
ship during the vacation of Captain
BaJtker. her regular master. He
was on the bridge when the collision took
placo, and stood there directing the management
of matters until the ship went down.
A passenger who held two life belts threw
one of thom up to Captain Taat on
the bridge. He took it and then calling
one of the terror-stricken women, he
passed it down to her and told her to put it
on; she did and was saved. Her name is
riarah Gold, and <is the Captain turned away
she called out a blessing to him who dared
death so bravely. He had a wife and five
children in Amsterdam, ami was considered
one of the best commanders on the line.
It was th universal feeling that the fault of
the collision rested with the steamer Rosa
Marv
The fire losses in the United States and
Canada in October were $9,769,825, against
$12,000,000 in October, 1886, and $5,750,000
in October, 1885. The total for the first ton
months of the current year foots up $102..
953,825, against $95,400,000 for the corresponding
period of 1S86.
' Another new cotton-picking machine isattracting
attention. This is the invention
of a Mr. Graves, and is reported to have
given satisfaction in experiments trie;! with
it round about Galveston, Texas.
Silk culture is now being promoted in California
by two organizations, the Silk Culture
Society, with a fund o? $5, MOO appropri
a ted by the Unite 1 States Government, and
the State Hoard of Silk Culture, with an aouropriation
from the State of California.
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THE NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle
An extraordinary case of lmmau ossification
is 011 exhibition in New York. Jona?
than K. Bass, of Lockport, began turning to
stone thiity-nine years ago, and in nine years
his body was one soli.l bone, with the excepi
tion of the abdomen. He has been in t>ed
! thirty yeai-s.
In accordance with an agreement made by
the leaders of tiie Knight < of Labor in iJhilaJ
delphia, the local assembles of the order
j throughout the lower anthracite region of
Pennsylvania have instituted a boycott
against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company,
j Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, and
I I WO nrms, wan i fi I'M- i'uri>uruuuii?, iiiimo
I actively interested in the defeat of the striki
ing miners.
Heru Most,the Anarchist leader,arraigned
\ in a New York court the other day on tho
i charge of using incendiary language, pleaded
j not guilty, and was released on ?1,500 bail.
Two valuable coal breakers?one at l)rif:
ton and the other at New Buck Mountain,
j Penn.?were destroyed by fires, believed to
j be of incendiary origin, a few days since.
I Total estimated loss, &2OO,0JO.
j Henry V. Leslie and James A.L. Wilson,
I who, while officers of the Delaware and
' Chesapeake Canal Company, embezzled
| nearly $700,00'), pleaded guilty, in Philadel(
phia, and were sentenced to the Penitentinr}'
j for eight and six years respectively.
i P. T. Barn cm was asleep in a New York
hotel while his menagerie was burning in
j Bridgeport. When awakened and itiforme.l
j of the fire, he told his wife he was sorry, but
| it was '"all right," and rolled over and went
j to asleep again. This is the fifth time the old
j showman has been burned out. He is aefcivei
ly preparing to get together another show.
A Minneapolis dispatch says that the
] Pensions Committee of the Or. A. K., under
| instructions of the National Encampment,
have prepared another pension bill, which
has been submitted to every Post in the
country and almost unanimously endorsed.
It is substantially the same as the bill vetoed
by President Cleveland last winter, and will
be presented in this winter's Congress.
Wilson Miller (colored),pension agent at
Vieksburg, Miss., has been found guilty of
fleecing many people and sent to the Penitentiary.
An estimated loss of over $2,::00,0()0, has
been incurred by forest fires in Arkansas.
Plantations, cotton mills and lumber mills
all over the State have been destroyed, and
several villages are reported in ruins.
A boiler explosion in a sawmill near Proscott,
Arizona, killed W. T. Wilson, one of
J the proprietors, and five other men. A number
of men were seriously injured.
At the National Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union in
Nash^l'e, Mrs. Boole, Corresponding Secretary
of the New York Union, brought her
eight-monthsold baby on the platform. The
Convention rose to receive the little delegate,
who was decorated with the national badge
I by the President, Miss Willard.
I Fort Scott, Kan., has had a fire which deI
stroyed the Go>d lander flouring mills and
elevator, with lo0,000 bushels of wheat, and
I damaged adjacent buildings. Total damage,
?:r>o,ooo.
Two freight trains collided near Tunnel
Hill, 111.,causing the death of both engineers,
a fireman and a brakeman.
A Mexican* who was stabbed in the heart
by another Mexican at El Paso, Texas, Jived
for two hours with his left ventricle cut?
something unprecedented.
More than a dozen vessels have been
wrecked or badly injured in a furious storm
on the Great Lakes, and numerous lives have
been lost.
Washington.
George L. Hives, of New York, has been
appointed First Assistant Secretary of State,
succeeding ex-Governor Porter,of Tennessee,
who resigned some months ago.
Professor S. P. Lang ley has been elected
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, as
successor to the late Professor S. F. Baird.
The President has returned, with many
thanks, a warranty deed to the title of a
corner lot in a park at St. Paul, Minn.. presented
to him by land speculators.
Since the Senate adjourned last March the
President lias made about 550 appointments
that require the approval of the Senate In
the list are in.ludea some important nominations.
such as the Secretary of the Treasury,
United SUite.s Treasurer, the Inter-State
Commerce and Pacific Railroad Commissioners,
tli? Commissioner of Patents, and
others, including numerous Postmasters.
The total amount of money sent by money
orders and jiostal notes during the past fiscal
year was #135V2ii7,01<5.
Foreign.
The French Ministry,being defeated in the
Chamber of Deputies on the question of its
domestic policy, has resigned. President
Grevy accepted the resignation of his Ministers,
with the request that they continue in
office uutil a new Cabinet could be formed.
Owing to the illness of the German Crown
Prince, his son, Prince William, will, by command
of the Emperor, represent his father at
nil future State ceremonies and receptions.
Russia is massing 300,000 soldiers on the
German and Austrian frontiers.
In recent raids upon Nihilists in Russia 180
I persons were arrested. Nine officers under
. arrest committed suicide.
The Liverpool steamship Douro has been
i wrecked off Cape Finisterre. Thirteen per|
sons were drowned.
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LATER NEWS.
| A i.ad eleven years old has died in Philai
del phi a from cigarette smokinii.
General Randolph B. Marcy, a veteran
t of the Mexican and Civil wars, and fath r|
in-law of the late General George B. McClelI
lan, died a few days since at Orange, X. J.
i He was born in Massachusetts in 1811.
j Mr. McCue, Solicitor of the Treasury, in
; his annual report says that the number of
i Government suits decided or otherwise dis[
posed of in his department the past fiscal year^
I aggregated 3,193; amount collected, $003,"
I H,>7.
j The American ship E. F. Sawyer, from
San Francisco, was sunk off Folkestone,
England, by collision with a British steamer.
The crew was saved. The ship had a cargo
of grain valued at ?118,000.
Don Juan, father of Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, has just died in Brighton,
i England. By this death Don Carlos claims
to have l?ecome the legitimate King of
j France.
PROMINENT PEOPLE,
j Governor Ames, of Massachusetts, is
worth $20,000,000.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will
; spend the Christmas holidays at the White
i House.
Sir Henry Raikes, Premier of New South
Wales, began his career in that colony without
a cent as a maker of toys.
Senator Stanford, of California, is about
to import skill**! laborers from Bordeaux to
replace the Chinese now working in liis vino
I yaro-s.
The venerable Simon Cameron takes
great pride in his cattle. His pet is a steer
that girths over eight feet and weighs 2,100
pounds.
Robert Bonner, proprietor of the New
York Ledfjer, has made over his business to
his three sons, and retired, after an activo
career of nearly fifty years.
Warren 0. Arnold, the newly-elected
member of Congress from Rhode Island, has
never held a public oilice before. He was
born in Coventry. R. I., in June, 1830.
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, is writing a
novel of Washington life. It will he somewhat
satirical in tone, and various noted men
will figure in it under assumed names.
General A. e>. Edwards, of St. Louis,
who has just celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday, says that he and Jefferson Davis
are the last survivors of the West Point class
I Of 'ol-'o,'.
Dk. H. T. Helmhold, the one-time noted
I advertise!-, was arrested the other day in New
I York wliilo 011 a spree, and committed to the
! care of the Commissioners of Chtu-it.es and
Correction.
i The report is confirmed, at Vienna, that
Baron Hirsch has devoted ?4,000,01)0 to the
relief of distressed Jews and to the assistance
| of Jewish charities of Europe.
A BIG CIRCUS BURNED.
Bar it urn's Winter Quarters at
Bridgeport Destroyed.
The Greater Part of th9 Wild
Animals Lose their Lives.
The main building of Barnum's winter
quarters, at Bridgeport, Conn., where "The
Greatest Show on Earth'' is kept through the
winter, was entirely destroyed by fire at
J 0:30 Sunday evening. The loss is
about $*00,000; insured for $100,000.
lnree eiepnants nna ail tne menagerie
excepting one lion and hippopotamus
were burned. Thirty elephants and one huge
African hippopotamus burst through the sides
of the burning building, and rushed roaring
through the streets. Six of the elephants
were terribly burned. Great pieces
of flesh fell from their sides, and their blood
spattered the ground as they ran. The afrighted
spectators dared not approach the
burning building, fearing the crazed animals
The fire started in the horse room. A
watchman was going his rounds when his
lantern exploded, the light hay caught fire,
and in less than ten minutes the entire
building was in flames. It was 600
feat long by 200 wide. All the
ring horses were burned. In the
second story were the seats, tents, poles, and
plumes, also all the .harnesses and trappings
lor street parades and ring performances.
In tho cat room were
lions, tigers, hyenas, and the tri-menagerie.
In this room the howls and moans
of the dying beasts were terrible. They were
burned up in wooden cages on clumsy wheels,
and no effort was made to save any of them.
A lion and several smaller animals escaped
and are loose in the streets. In the elephant
room were thirty-nine elephants. Three were
burned, six escaped through the sides of the
building,and the rem tinder broke their chains
nnd ran through the open door to the street.
The keeper was away and no effort was made
to capture the infuriated animals. Some ran
toward the open country.
Thousands of spectators flocked to see the
fire, but when it became known that the animals
were loose hundreds rushed to their
homes and barricaded themsalves in. The
lo s on the building is ?10,000, and on the
animals ?500,000, and on fixtures ?800,000.
P. T. Barnum was nt tho Murray Hill
Hotel. New York, and James Bailey, his
Sartner, is at his home in Bridgeport. Mr.
rotherell, Barn urn's agent, said that the
buildings would be rebuilt in Jersey City, as
the railroad facilities were greater there
than at Bridgeport. Charles McLain and
Louis Hedger, Barnum's agents, began to
make arrangements for new animals and attractions
before the fire was out.
The fire was so fierce that no effort was
made by the firemen to save the building; it
burned like tinder. Streams of water were
thrown upon the adjoining buildings. The
chariot house and the car sheds were saved.
All the chariots, band, and tableau wagons
were run out into the adjoining fields.
The sacred white elephant was among the
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UJillllUlb UU1 UCVU ibMUUCU 1U1 LIIOUUUI , UUU
turned back and perished. A lion mutilated
the leg of George Tucker. He was carried
into the Atlantic Hotel, and Bartley O'Connor,
the hotel surgeon, dressed the wound.
The leg had to be amputated.
The first intimation of the fire was given
by the roaring of the lions and tigers, which
seemed to realize the impending danger.
Next the elephants struggled in their chains,
but in an incredibly short time the
flames swept from 0110 end of the huge
Rtruetiye to tho other. There were
six watchmen employed on the
premises, but they were helpless to check the
flames. The upper portion of the building was
filled with hay ana all tho paraphernalia of
the great show. Before the hrst alarm ceased
sounding, the whole building was enveloped
in fire.
In the horse room were all the ring animals
?trained stallions, ponies, <fcc. These were
all burned. In th-j upper rooms were all the
tents, poles, seats, harnesses, &c., for the
entire show, and these, too, were all
dostroyed. In the cat room were the birds,
monkeys, three rhinoceroses, hyenas, tigers,
lions, and all the menagerie, which
fell a prey to tho flames. So rapidly did
the flames leap across tho main building that
thj firemen made no attempt to save it. but
turned their streams upon the chariot and car
sheds, which they succeeded in saving; but
me neat was so intense mac cms was accomplished
witli the greatest difficulty.
The lion which the police attempted to kill
at the time the fire broke out was afterward
found in a barn devouring a cow which he
had killed. lie was shot.
The watchman making his rounds discovered
the fire and parted to give the alarm,
when some unknown person hit him on the
head with a blunt instrument, felling him to
the ground and cutting a number of severe
gashes on his head. He staggered to his teet
and gave the alarm, enabling the other
watchmen in the building, who were pieparing
for bed. to escape.
KILLED BYA WHALE,
Desperate Fight Between a Boat's
Crew and a Marine Monster.
The whaling steamer Lizzie N., Capt.
West, which has been engaged in the flnback
whale fishery on the eastern coast this season,
when about fifteen miles east-southeast from
Seguin Island, off the coast of Maine, saw a
largo lona whale of that species, and attempted
its capture. A boat was lowered
and manned by Capt. West, his mate and
four seamen. Capt. West, with a large,
heavy whale-gun, in which was an explos.ve
bomb-lance, took the breach of the boat
while the mate steered. Upon approaching
the whale it was seen that he would be an
ugly customer to deal with, as he showed no
inclination to run, but kept slowly milling
around, evidently waiting to be attacked.
When the boat was near enough to warrant
ishot Captain West fired the gun, but as the
sea was rough tho motion of the boat destroyed
the accuracy of the aim. The whale
, was badly Mounded, but not in any vital
part. The whale thin inado for the boat,
and in passing under it struck it with his
flukes, throwing it some thirty feet into the
air with its crew. As the boat descended the
whale again struck it with his tail and completely
demolished the boat and killed one of
the crew, Jacob Kloek, cutting him completely
in two. The whale then commence 1
to bite and strike with his tail at the pieces
of the boat, killing two more men, Neal Olseu
and Chris. Johnson, who were supporting
themselves on pieces of the wreck. Captain
West, the mate and tho other men were
safely taken aboard the steamer and another
boat was lowered to capturo the monster.
Then the whale attacked the steamer. By
a quick turn of the rudder the steamer cleared
him by a few feet. This occurred a second
time, and tho swell which was creatcd by the
whale's fall back into the water knocked all
on board off their feet. By throwing over an
Immense cask, at which the whale, thinking
it was the ship, kept bucking away, tho captain
was enabled to get a shot with the bomb
lance, and finally tho whale was killed. When
the whalo was brought ashore, R. F. Pierce,
of Chicago, bought him and will exhibit him
through the West. A large car to transfer
him has been built at an expense of $4,0 Kj.
SAVEDlYTpoa,
Ho Aids In Rescuing tlio Crew of a
Wrecked Schooner.
By the aid of a Newfoundland dog and a
daring sailor the entire crow of the schooner
Stampede have been rescued from certain
death in Lake Michigan. The vessel had
been disabled in a fearful storm and had by (5
o'clock a. m. drifted oflF South Chicago, her
crew half frozen and nearly disabled.
The Captain induced the cook, an athletic
young fellow, to make the attempt to swim
nshore.a distance of about 100 yards,through
the heavy sea, with his arms around the neck
of a huge Newfoundland dog which belonged
to the vessel.
The dog did his duty magnificently and
swam ashore, but the poor cook was helpless
and unconscious when he gained the beach.
He would have nerisherl in the cold if a man
who was passing had not heard the doit's
cries. In this way word was sent to tho life
saving station in Chicago and the whole crew
was taken from tho vessel in safety.
Ti:n years ago the Governor of Michigan
pardoned David Foster, a lifo convict, and
the old man seemecl overjoyed at his release.
Recently, however, he returned to the penitentiary
with a request that he be allowed to
pass the remainder of his days there.
THE NATION'S FINANCES
The Annual Report of the Unit
States Treasurer.
The annual report of James W. Hyn
Treasurer of tho United States, shows tl
the revenues of the Government for the flsi
! year ended June :iJ, lb-iT, were $071,403,2
and the ordinary expenditures $2(17,932,1
the surplus receipts, available for the
duction of the public debt being $1(
471,007. As compared with the previ*
1 year tho receipts increase! $31,!Hi 5,550, 1
expenditures $25,440,041; and the surp
revenues $0,514,500. The receipts of the i'
Office Department amounted to $54,732,3
and tlie expenditures to $53,583,
The operations of the year involved 1
redemption of $127,011,0*>0 in United Sta
bonds, of which $47,S!) 1,200 was on accoi
I o? the sinking tuna: tue issue oc nearly oj
003 drafts and checks: the redemption
upward of $193,<)0.),0JO in United Sta
pip ir currency and National bank notes; a
the handling of SI92,0;) >,0.1) in United Stal
bonds deposited or withdrawn by Natior
banks.
During the year ended October 31 the g<
balance increase 1 $44,332,053, the sin
balance decreased $21,230,772, and the to
balance ran up $1,959,28!. The to
assets at the end of this p<5ri<
exclusive of certificates and otl
obligations held as casii, were $3l9,l!(0,'Ji
and the total liabilities $i02.432,ti it).
The statement of United States notes o
standing shows that between June 30, 18
and September .'10, lSST, the circulation
one and two dollar notes generally ran doi
from $51,500,00.) to $15 400,000. This i
crease has been made up by changes in otl
denominations, the volume of fives, tens a
twenties increasing about $13,030,000. T
demand for notes of thsso denominations 1
been constant and greater than the Treasui
has been able to suppl}'.
Under the provisions of the act of March
18.37, there was received within the limit
six months fixed by Congress $7,089,030
trade dollars in exchange for standard silv
dollars and fractional silver coin. 1
Treasurer balieves that few trade dollars r
in the hands of collectors of coins remain
the country.
Tiie coinage of standard silver dollars f
the fiscal year was $33,216,831, an increase
S3,377,026 ovor 1880. On October 31 t
Treasury held ?214,175,532, and there we
$ >2,5 40,025 in circulation. The storage vat
in the Treasury building, completed in 18!
is Hntirolv filled with standard silver dolle
and gold coin, and the new vault in coui
of erection is urgently needed.
Bet.veen June 30, ISSfi, and October !
1887, the fractional silver coin in theTreasu
decreased from ?38,004,081 to $24,408,13.5, a
the minor coin from >*5:7,814 to $51,400, T
one and Ave cent pieces on hand are not mc
than sufficient for payment over the count*
Between the end of the fiscal year and C
tober 31 the number of depositary banks w
i ncreased from 20J to 320.
GREAT FOREST FIRES.
The Banks of the Mississippi Abla
for Hundreds of Miles.
Forest lircs have l>cen raging for hundre
of miles along the lower Mississippi. Mai
cotton gin houses in Crittenden County, A
kansas, and in tho counties of Mississif
which border the river, have been burnc
Steamers could not run at night owing to t
dense smoke which prevailed from Vicksbu
to a point 150 miles above Memphis,050 mill
Fires were burning everywhere within tl
frvrihirv nml t.lir>iv? uns 110 iinniLHliate 1)1'<
poets of rain. Travel by rail was also c
strutted from thc*s? causes. Several trestl
011 the Kansas City I toad were destroycd,ai
communication with St. Louis was made v
Forest City, Ark. The un'y escape jiromis
could come from rain, and in many church
prayers were offered that showers might ft
and the destruction ceasj.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Minnie Palmer will impersonate four d
ferent characters in her new play by Lconu
Grover.
The play of "Dorothy" haspassed its 400
performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatr
London.
Henry Irvino has commissioned M
Wills, the English playwright, to dramaci
"Don Quixote."
At the 500th performance of "Faust"
the Grand Opera in Paris, .Gounod was pr
sented with an ebony and gold baton.
This is the first season siuce Gilbert ai
Sullivan began writing operas that a new o;
has not been given by them to the public.
Mme. Christine Nilsson, Countess Mi
anda, has just recovered from a long and a
noying deafness caused by abcesses in bo
ears,
Barton McGuckin, the Irish tenor no
Wnffrom 1 Hrvn o I 'nmnnnv nnncirfa
the Philadelphia Academy of Susie the liDe
hall for singing he has ever seen.
Clara Louise Kellogg, the noted Amei
can singer, was privately married recently
her manager, Carl Slrako3ch, at Elkhar
lnd. She is forty-live years old.
Henry Arthur Jones, author of "T
Silver King" and olher successful plays, hi
scored another triumph by his "Heart
Hearts,'' recently brought out iu London.
Mme. Janauschek started on the rof
again to fulfill engagements in Now Englai
that she was compelled to cancel last sprin
owing to breaking her arm at Newport la
may.
Mus. Scott-Siddons is not prospering vei
largely on her reading tour. In Canacla hi
business has been noticeably poor. Six yea
ago sUo actoi Shakespearean roles there i
enormous houses.
Booth and Barrett have met with such
phenomenal success this season that they ha
made arrangements to travel together ne
season also, introducing several other pla
into their repertoire.
Mme.Teresa Carbeno, who since she w
heard as the child wonder has not ceased
give pleasure to music lovers, is arranging
give this winter a series of concerts in
York and other cities.
Miss Lena Loeb, out in Colorado, is fe
discounting Lulu Hurst's fame as the poss
sor of extraordinary magnetic power. S
recently pulled four strong men around t
stusre at Denver with remarkable ease.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YOHK. 47
Beof, good to prime 0 7
Calves, common to prime.... 9 @ 11
Sheen 8
I^antbs 7
Hogs?Live 5 (d/ 5
Dressed 7j^'$ S
Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 4 35 @ 4 55
West, good to choice 3 15 (<5 3 50
Wheat?No. 2 Red 87,\{7$ 87
Ryu?State 50 @ 5S
Barley?State 82 (# 85
Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 55Ja<3r 50
Oats? White State 34;;^St- 35
Mixed Western 34 @ 31i
Hay?Med. to prime 05 @ 80
Straw?No. 1, Rye 75 (?# F0
Lard?City Steam 7 55 @ 7 75
Butter?State Creamery.... 25 (<Q 28
Dairy 10 @ 27
West. Im. Creamery 18 (k 23
Factory 12K@ '7
Cheese?State Factory 10 (& 11
Skiins 5 @ 'J
Wostern 11
Eggs?Stute and Penn ? (g 25
BUFFALO.
Steers?Western 3 25 @3 75
Slaeep?Good to Choice 4 20 ($ 4 <?0
Lamus?Western 5 '!0 (<? 5 75
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 40 (?|4 70
Flour?Family 4 75 @ 5 15
Wheat?No. 1 87 ($ 80
Corn?No. 2, Mixed 51 @ 51
Oats?No. 2, Mixed ? @ !52
Barley?State iu oj
BOSTON.
Beef?Good to choko. 8 @ 0
Iiogs?Live li
Northoru Dressed.... <)%(($ 7
Pork?Ex. Prirao,per bbl. ..17 00 ($17 50
Floor?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 70 (nt 4 95
I Corn?High Mixed ? (d> 50
' Oats?Extra White 30 (ft ;>l>
Rye?State 00 (3) 05
WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET.
Beef- Dressed weight 0 @ 7
Sheep?Live weight 4 <?j 5
Lainbj ,r,%(3l 0
Hogs?Northern ? ($ 0
i l'HIL A delphia.
Flour?Penn.extra family... 3 00 @3 85
Wheat?No. 2, Red 80 (a) 8-5
Corn?State Yellow 54^@ 55
Oats Mixed ? @ 83
Rye?r-ta&> 52j-?(fl) 53
Butter Creamery Extra... 28 @ 29
Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 12 @ 12
I
TIE NATION'S GROWTH.
cd
Facts About the Country's Promt
gress in Twenty Years.
cal
I,]; Figures Relative to the Corn,
ro- Cotton and Wheat Crops.
(3,
5ua It requires facts ami figures to enable one
jlle fully to comprehend tha wonderful growth
of this country during the past twenty years,
47 says a Nejv York financial paper. The railroad
mileage of the United States has been
doubled in about twelve years. At the
close of the current year the total I
ID,- number of miles of railroad in the country i
of will be about 150,000; at the beginning of j
tes 18! >8 it was less than 40,000 miles. During the
nd same time, the population of the country has
tes increased from about 30,001,00) to somewhat
til _ more than 00,0:0,01KJ. The wheat,corn and cotton
crops are among the most important projld
duced in this country. It is true that very little
'ei* corn is exported as corn, but after being contal
verted into cattle, hogs, whiskey, etc., it i
tal furnishes part of our exports. In the followed,
ing table is shown the number of bushels of
ier wheat and corn and the number of bales of
li>, cotton raised each year during the
past twenty years, beginning with 1808,
ut- and also the total number of acres planted to
Si. the three crops named, except for 1808; we
of are not in possession of the figures giving the
tvn cotton'acreage for that year. The total area
1e- planted to corn and wheat that year
ler amounted to 53,347,378 acres.
,'ld Wheat, Corn. Cotton. Total
ho Year. Biithel*. Buxliet*. Utile*. Avrcaac,
las 1868... 224.?3G,GJ0 906.527,"00 2,:t6G,407
18B9... 2t)",14'i,900 S74,320.<K)0 3,122.551 61,217,249
1 1870...235,SSI,7?0 1,091,235,1100 4.35.',317 57.0.'4.568
? 1871... 23 .722,400 93l.sW.000 2,974,Sol 62,946,030
1872... 249,997,100 1,092,719,000 3,930,508 03,945,195
Of 1873... 231.254,700 932,274.0)0 4,170,338 72,iS4,S24
in 1874... 309,102,700 850,148,500 3,832,991 76,983,945
rer 1875... 292,136.0 10 1,321,089,00 ) 4,6.12,3 i3 S2,857,>>83
'he 1870... 239,356,51)0 1,233,327,500 4,474,n69 83.160,S83
,nf 1877... 364,lt?4,l-J6 1,342,558,000 4,773,866 83,471,659
7? 1878... 420,122,400 1,358.218,75') 5,074,'55 95,933,500
111 1S79... 44S.75G,G30 1,547,901.790 3,761,252 93,311.403
13S0... 498,549,SOS 1,717,434,543 6,6)5,75 > 116,427,559
or 13S1. . 380,280,>90 1,194,916,000 5,456,018 118,S22,045
Of 1382... 5 4.185,470 1,617,025,10i? 6,949,756 119,002,740
he 1-883... 421.086,160 1,55',056,895 5,713,200 121,5:17,482
ire ISSt... 512,7G3,900 1,795.3.:8.0)0 5,706,165 116,583,665
,14. 1885... 357,112,000 1,930,176,001) 6,575.691 125,693,840
<! 1SS6... 457,218,0.10 l.CG>,441,0H0 6.505,087 131.081,404
**? 1837... 450,000,000 1,403,000,000 0,300,000 129 775 tjOO
Lrs ' ' iii
s;e In the table given above the figures are for
calendar years, that is the period during
which the crops were raised. Prior to 1SG-S,
ry nearly all the wheat produced here, as well !
as corn, was consumed at home. Since that
h9 tim?, however, our wheat crop has become
ira the most important of our cereals for export.
3r Cotton has always held a prominent position
lc* in this respect, so much so. in fact, that beag
fore the rebellion cotton was king.of our cominoi*na
Tii IHfiK Mia who/if*. rrnn wah ^1*4 (KlO -
boo bushels, in 1884 it was 5 1:2,800,0 X) bushels,
and for the current year,according to the latest
estimates,it was about 450.000,0X1 bushels, or
just about double the crop of 1808. Our
zc corn crop has grown fro:n 000,500,0)0 bushels
in 18(58 to 1,9:10,170,OK) bushels in 1885, and
about 1.453,000,00J bushels for the current
ds year, f he cotton crop of 1868 was only 2,- t
rjy 366,467 bales, while the latest estimates place
the present crop at 6,000,000 bales, or an in- I
Ll * crease of nearly three fold. 1
>pi The acreage planted to the three crops
iJ, named has been .just about doubled during |
u_ the same period?it was about 1, "00,000
r_ acres less this year than in 1886,
J? which was the largest on record. It 1
js will aid in forming a conception of the i
* wonderful growth which is still in store for
u* us, if we remember that the State of Texas
ies alone contains over 175,000,000 acres, while
the total acreage of the crops referred to was '
la-? than 131,000,0J!) acres this year, or 45, '
i 500,000 less than the acreage of a single '
es ^tate- '
NEWSY JjLEANINGS. I
Connecticut has eleven living centena
rians. .
.. The cattle industry of the United States
represents $1,200,000,(XX). '
100 farmers' institutes the coming year. a 1
-e Pkokessor Ccshmax lias unearthed a city <
' and -,000 skeletons in Southern Arizona. i
r# A compaxy has been organized in New ?
20 Yurie City to insure merchants against bad <
lebts. (
at Cuicago gains 00,000 in population i
0. through tho annexation of the Hyde Park ,
suburb. '
ia At Gar.liner, Mo., at a recent wedding,the 1
a0 groom was but nineteen years of age, while t
his bride was sixty. f
r_ A mammouth cave containing thousands of ?
n_ tons of zinc ore has been discovered in the ,
town of Shu] Is burg, Wis. ,
Gex. Benjamin F. Bdtler has for
rs years been a close student of Shakat
speare. and has a large acquaintance
ri_ among Shakspearean scholars. To a ^
to New York correspondent Gen. Butler |
' saiil the other day, in relation to Mr. a
he Donnelly's Shakspearean theories: "I 1
^ am very greatly interested in the mat- g
ter of the authorship of tho so-called j
id Shaksneare olavs. and am well ac- r
^ quainted with Mr. Donnelly. I knew 1
at him twenty years ago in Congress, and
I have read his books. Long before I
sr ever saw him, however, I became thor
onghly convinced that Bacon was the
author of the plays. I am a firm bea
liever in the Baconian theory. The
author of the plays had access to an
ys enormous library, and his research into
) all languages was amazing. Shak- v
to speare was a low fellow. Bacon says 1:
10 somewhere that it will all come out 11
sw c
some day. As Donnelly says, it is ?
ist highly probable that Bacon ran a I
^ cipher through his works. He delight- t
ho 1 a/l ir> m'nllOTO Onil OVOrvVinflv liSftfl tllCm ^
in hia day. All messages between j!
? courts were in cipher. It is very rea on- j
able to believe that Bacon inserted a a
y cipher in his play. Everything else c
points logically to such a conclusion, j3
and it remains only to discover the key t
% to this to establish beyond question
Bacon's claims. You suggest that either
w one of the three things must be true:
(1) That Donnelly is right, (2) that he y
w has made a mistake and is deceived, or i
J (3) that he is a fraud. Now, I know 11
personally that the latter is not the ?
case. Mr. Donnelly is perfectly honest. a
I also know that he is too thorough r
and careful to make a mistake. That f
leaves tho first suggestion, which is '
% right. I feel full confidence that Mr. "
Donnelly has discovered the true \
cipher, and will prove all that he a
claims, and that he will establish Bacon's
undisputed authorship to the r
Shakspearean plays." 1
? - t
The expense ol living nao grenuy iucreased
in Washington, and the high ^
rents are troubling many Congressmen j_,
who have only their salaries to depend 'J
Vx upon. Houses in the fashionable see- *
^ tion rent for from $U00 to $18,000 a ?
year, and the ?G00 houses are, as a e
yt rule, little ones of six or eight rooms, a
Vx Provisions are plenty, but prices are c
Licli. " F
i
\y NEwronx is becoming more and moro r
a place for the very wealthy. People J
with incomes of $20,000 to $.15,000 a
year can no longer make a show there s
yi and participate in fashionablo gayety. \
An income of $50,000 even does not *
enable one to meet the exacting dc- j t.
I mands of the American Vanity Fair, j <j
\ t ' ' *
; ' r
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FC
FEMININE READERS.
Coiffnrcs of thr? Day.
The low coil of hair on the neck
only for morning and street wear.
Coiffures is the most distinguish!
characteristic of the present fashion.
The pointed hang, which has been
trying to many faces, is now worn 01
by school girls.
The latest fashions from Paris slio\i
French twist, with the hair knotted a
twisted high on the head.
Fluffy bangs are decidedly more 1
coming than the pointed bangs, and i
cut by the hairdresser in such a way tl
the straightest hair will look fluffy.
The most popular style here is 1
Galatea, introduced by Mrs. Langt
In this coiffure the hair is neither hi
nor low, but just on the crown of t
head, looped, while the ends are curl<
This style is most successfully earned c
with false hair, as so few ladies have
natural wave.?New York World
Italian Love-Charms.
There are some pretty love-charms
Capri. To win a girl's heart the lo>
must steal a hair l'rom her head and
it to one of his own. So long as t
knot holds firm hi- love is 'returuc
This resembles the charm used on t
sacred hill of Monte Vergine, ne
Naples. There bcti o hed pilgrims fast
broom twigs together with a strip
rag, and until the twigs part their lo'
endures. l?ags flutter on every bu
along the path to the great sauctuar
and married couples often return tht
to examine their united twigs. I
matched pairs probably scorn to ren<
the pilgrimage. Love-sick maids ai
men mix a drop of their blood in a litl
wine, and persuade the object of th<
affections to drink it. This is an i
fallible love-philtre. A man may al
win a girl's heart by pricking her nar
upon a lig leaf, and letting the wii
blow it away.?English, Illustrated May
zinc.
Hiffh Hats Downed.
One of the noticeable features of Mi
Potter's debut was the fact that nin
tenths of the women appeared in lo^
crowned hats or bonnets, thereby addii
materially to the comfort- and enjoyme
of the audience, particularly the masc
line portion of it. And indeed, apa
from this interesting occasion it may 1
Btatcd that'Jilic day of towering hea
gear is rapi ily vanishing. Women a
discovering by degrees that a mass
velvet, ribbons and feathers piled up<
a feminine head is neither pretty 11
elegant, and gradually the fair dam
ire coming to look less like cockato
and more like nature's noblest hand
work. At theaters one notices invari
bly now the advent of the low, clos
Btting toque, which is usually becomir
to every style of face. Two or thr
years ago these little cap-like bonne
were universally worn, but fashion di
tatcd the sticking of a tall, stiif, hors
tiair ornament, resembling a gigant
paint brush, into the front of every h:
jf this kind, and the result was eith
hideous or grotesque and sometimes
lombination of both. At a theatric
performance the other night I observed
auy charmingly dressed in a simple bi
iffcctive costume, while her head wi
nnocent of either hat or bonnet. Ii
itead she wore a graceful mantilla <
Spanish lace artistically draped an
jaught on one side by a crimson rosi
What a charming fashion to imitate
Certainly where women who have ca
iages to drive to theaters tlie lace mat
ilia would be convenient as well as el<
*ant. Meanwhile let us congratulal
ind applaud those sensible creatun
vho have discarded millinery fireworl
ind adopted the tiny toque.?Ne
Yorker.
The Size of Ladies' Pocket Books.
The evolution of the ladies' pocke
>ooks is won'^prful. One year ago tl
adies were satislicd with a diininuth
tfTair they cuuld hide in /the palms <
huir hands. In 3(>5 days the pocke
>ook has grown to the length of a gooc
ized healthy car of corn. Here ai
11 ustrations showing the length tl
lockutbook has grown every thr<
nonlhs:
January 1, 1837.
April 1, 1887.
July 1, 1887.
October 1, 1887.
January 1, 1S88.
If this thing keeps on the pocketboo
will grow in another year long enough t
>e used as a walking stick. They ai
iow as big as a policeman's club and ai
[rowing at a marvelous rate. Tbey be:
he growing of the smclling-salt bottli
f a man was struck over the head wit
he present fashionable ladies' pockc
100k loaded with silver dollars he woul
lot sec any stars, but crape would vcr
ikcly hang from his door bell. A loade
locket-book in the hands of an infur
ted woman would be just as eflectiv
ivcr a man's head as a slungshot. Tli
nale popu'ation of Albany are wonde:
ng where the evolution ot these pocKe
looks is going to stop.? Albany Anj"t.
Darinjr Female Smugglers.
A New York woman Customs Iuspe<
or says: "Very often we have had t
ic on the wharfs at seven in the mori
ng, rain or shine, and there have bee
lights when we used the latch-keys t
>ur homes at midnight. IIow are we le
o suspect passengers ? By their fact
nd contours. The vast majority of w(
den who smuggle seldom turn thei
aces from the inspectrcsses. I invaru
>ly say to the woman suspected: * I ai
fraid you hive dutiable goods on yoi
terson.' They tap their bodiccs au
nvitc me to examine th<m, and if I ta
tt?_nt!on to their bustles, siyiug the
cxik unusually large, they say that tli
i/.c is the latest from Paris. Some wc
iien, no matter how warm it is, wea
ieavy ulsters, and when I ask them i
hey do not wish to remove them the
[raciously reply: 'O, no; I am quit
omfortablc.' We can always tell th
juilty ones by the way they sit dowi:
fhe stillne-s with which they use thei
todies is not compatible with the grac(
ul carriage of the head and arms, an
hey are immediately suspccted of bavin
,'oods concealed about their skirts. A
. rule they arc mighty cool. Vcry.fe1
ry. Their methods of concealment ai
nany. Lace is wound around their form
n ide their corsets, and with thin wt
nen t}:c curvatures in the corsets at
lacked with rolls of lace. They stu
heir stockings with ribbons. Othei
>artial to lace curtains have had the
kirts made of them. The bonnets wit
I'ums for ornaments when dissected ai
oiind to contain dia nouds. Some fals
[pels to shoes have been discovered. It
ide, packed in cottou, have leeu foun
liamonds of the purest ray."
A Chinese Imperial Outfit. , | I
The choice of the bride for the yotm^yWk
Emperor of China has been made, and in '^1
)K, due time the daughter of the Duke H
L'hao, the brother of the present Em- B
press, will be Empress of the Celestial M
Empire. Although the wedding will H
probably not take place before 1889) .H
is thousands of hands are already busjj H
with the lady's trousseau and wedding H
ng prt'sents, which have probably never H
been equaled in wealth in any othexs^^J
so Court. The following, for instance, aro jH
?ly the presents which the young Euiperotf
is presenting to his fiancee before their^M
marriage, after the actual engagementjgBB
' '"J present, which consists of a gold scal^HR
,u richly inlaid with jewels, the handl^^B
being formed by two gold dragons. Up
be- to a month previous to the wedding
lady is presented with 10 piebald horses,iat
with complete trappiugs; 10 guilt hel*]|9
mets and cuirasses, 10U pieces of sat'n o^^H
he first quality, and 200 pieces of cottoi^^H
ry. material. ^Hj
"h As wedding presents the bride receive?
1 OA A ~ - L' 1 J . 1A AAA /A 1-V
nc -sww uunuus ui Komi iu,ouo ounces ^iaei?* \
:d. of silver; 1 gold tea service, consisting of
>ut teapot, and 1 cup, with lid; 1 silver teaj 1
> a service; 2 silver wash basins; 1>00(J
pieces of satin of the best quality; 20
horses, with complete trappings; 20,
horses without trappings; 20 saddles for
packhorses and mules. The parents x>1
in the lady also recive 100 ounces of gold;
'?r 1 gold tea-set; 5,000 taels silver; 1 sil^ie
ver tea-set; 1 silver wash basin; 50<f ; m
h.e pieces of silk; 1,000 pieces of cotton
material; 0 horses; completely bar-!
hc nessed; a helmet and cuirass; a bow and,
!ar a quiver, with arrows; each parent 1'
e" court drcs* for summer and 1 for winter,
0 1 every day dress and a sable coat. The
brothers and servants of the bride also
_ receive rich and costly presents.
y' 'l'hc bride's hats are the ifiost remarka-? re
ble articles amongst the rich trousseau.;
"" The winter court hat has a rim of ?ablei!
?W . -
' iue crowii is maae 01 rea velvet, trom *
' the centre of which rises a button com-j
\e posed of three parts, each of which is'
;ir ornamented with three small oblong:
n" pearls of particular beauty and seventeen;
s? ordinary pearls, while in the ccntre of\
each part another splendid pearl is set in
gold and surmounted by a gold phxnix.j
a~ The button is surrounded by seven gol<i
phoenixes, of which each is inlaid with'
seven large and twenty-one -small pearl*and
a cat's-eye. At the back of the hat,;
PS* below the button, a gold pheasant ifie"
placed with one cat's-eye and sixteen >'
iV* pearls. The tail of the pheasant ir \
divided into five parts by 302 small and
nt live large pearls, forming a pendant, the- '
u" centre of which is made of a lapis lazuli . \
^ surrounded by pearls. At the end of the' *
pendant a big coral is suspended. JLV?j
d" collar is fastened at the back to the hat,V'*
r? the outside of which is of sable, the in- :
of side of blight yellow material, with vel)n
vet ribbons, embroidered at the end with, ;
or diamonds. The three gala court dresses
es are of a' dark blue color, with borders of ' *
?s gold embroidery and large dragons cm- '
'l* broidered all over the dresses, while down
a" the front are sewn in gold thread tha
e" words: "VVan-Fu" (eternal happiness)
'? and "Wan-Shon (eternal life).
ee The necklaces and chains are of an ;
ts enormous value, and composed for thec"
most part of pearls, turquoises, corals- \
?* and diamonds. A handkerchief whicb?
IC is worn in the belt is green, richly em- :
at broidered, trimmed with tassels of jewels
er and yellow ribbons. A gala apron of *
a red and blue satin, trimmed with otter M ?
al skin and embroidered in gold, dragoa' a
fans and skirts of many different kinds
are also part of this gorgeous outfit, and ?
iS j the furniture for the future Empress is 1
x~ i keening every trade brisk throughout*
5i China.
u '*7^
3' Fashion Notes. 9
j. Dark, long-haired furs are popular this "9
. ' season. 'vwr?IH
t Mb
te I Polonaises appear to be steadily grow- 9
jg ; iug in favor. 9
cs Buckles are in very pretty enamel of ' I
tc different colors. 9
I H'* "jMH
All shades of coffee color are very 9
! stylish this season. . .9
Iligh combs of curried tortoise sheH 9
t- are again in fashion. 9
ie j The deep leather shades braided with 9
? I soutache are very stylish. . 9
^ ! Loop earrings are revived among other I
I ! old fashions in jewelry. . 9
re Flowered moires are now seen in dark ~9
ie back grounds as well as light. 9
ie j Gold braid, with jet beads, is used to- 9
' trim some very dressy black toilets. 9
The latest setting for rings is the 9
simplest band with crown for the jewel. 9
A novel idea in wedding costumes is a- SH
tailor-made gown of white cloth, very 9
simply made.
Tinsel thread have been introduced on *. 9
fancy cloths which are intended for use- 9
j upon bonnets. 9
, I The English double violet in enamelr K
set with small diamonds, is a very popu- 9
0 : Iar design for a brooch. H
SB
<c Iridescent beads arc made into a pretty 9
lt passementerie, and the elegarit costumes 9
, 1 of the season are trimmed with it. 9
h ! Large turn-over collars are seen on 9
t- some of the new dresses, finished off with 9
d : a revers, plastron or fischu trimming. 9
y j Bonnets of striped or plaid velvet are 9
d ; sometimes but not often rather pretty in 9
i- i effect, but can very rarely be becoming. -9
c J Barred stuffs and plaids are by far
ie | more elegant than black plaids for street 9
r" wear, but stripes are more elegant than 9
| cither. 9
I The tea jacket is a garment corapara- 9
tively new here and is made of rich 9
materials, such as silk lace and metal 9
| embroidery. 9
i- | The little ribbon bows which finish 9
n j the neck band and cuffs are very fetch- 9
o ! ing, when in two colors, which is 9
d J the latest style. 9
s j Faille is used with the stylish valen- 9
)- ficnncs net and other dainty weaves, 9
ir bunds of bengaline making the finish for
i-! such costumes.
n I Very decorative and becoming are the
lr ruclics of ostrich feathers in light shadc9
^ I which border pretty little capoto bonnet*
11! for young girls.
^ i A novel shoe to be worn with an cvenc
ing dress is of white patent leather, with
'*! a high flap of silk or satin matching the
!f , color ot' the dress.
y j The shades of copper color which are
c ' new here this season, are very stylish,
e and arc combined with a great many
lt colors, particularly a dark green.
;r ; A line or colored ribbon is worn inetiwl
nf nnv nork linornrie and is con*
d j sidered stylish. The linen collar is only H
g ; worn where there is a cutaway neck with B
s lapels. Masculine neckties arc worn with jE
iV the collar. B
j. A Cotton-l'icking Crow. B
e A farnicr ot Mecklenburg County, N. B
II C., owns a lame crow which goes rcgu- B
rs larlytothc cotten field and picks a* B
ir much in a day as any of the human pick- B
h crs. With its beak it twists the cotton B
e out, and puts it in a bag. The owner of B
>e this truly rare bird, as well as the neigh- S
i- bors, declare th:.t the statement is true B
d in every particular. ?Minneapolis TrU B
1 hune. IB