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? uterus fioWs la BX?W/B\ MOTT, cnAPTEh XXVIII. It was a remarkable coincidence, but at the very time when Paxton was on his way to visit Judith Kredge, in answer to her letter, Stanmore was also setting out to secretly call upon the janitor'p Bister. Stanmore was approaching Garrison's office from one direction," while Paxton was coming toward it from an exactly opposite way. The former had almost arrived at hi? destination, when he discovered the detective, and believing that Paxton had not seen him he crossed the street and hurried around the next corner. Ho landed that the detective would not approve of the plan he had in mind, and which prompted him to clandestinely VIS I b UUUll/U JliCU(jCi Peering around the corner of the building, at the streets' junction, which he had gained, Stanmore saw Paxton enter Judith's abode, and he resolved to remain where he was until the detective took his departure. The note which Paxton had received from Judith Kredge stated that she had just discovered a letter which Marion Oakburn had left behind her, and that she wished him to see it at once, as it contained a ter-ible disclosure. When Paxton entered the Garrison building he was admitted by Judith, and almost immediately the woman produced a letter, which she declared she had just found in Marion's room, where 6he thought the detective must have over4sgKid it when he searched the apartment. r Paxton had previously obtained a specimen of Marion's handwriting, and he saw that either the letter given him hv .Tndith Kredere was a genuine docu ?' / 0 _ _ naent or a clever forgery, such as only an expert in chirographic identification could delect. The substance of the letter signed by Marion Oakburn, with her name in full, was a terrible confession. Wo will not reproduce the letter in full; suffice it to say that it plainly Btat?d that Marion murdered her father. When he had mastered the contents of this letter, Paxton reilected for some fi'. time In silence, and his good judgment whispered that it must be a forgery. "A criminal flying from justice never yet left such a confession behind him," thought tae detective. Judith watched the detective's face as he read the letter, as though 6he was seeking to read his thoughts, but his face -was now as immovable as a mask, and it told her nothing. "If this letter is not a forgery, then the secret of John Oakburn's fate is reTeaied. I shall find a way to decide that question soon," eaid Paxton; and taking the letter with him, he soon after left Judith's abode. Although he had not betrayed the fact, Paxton saw Stanmore as he was approaching the Garrison building, and he Baw the latter dodge across the street to avoid him. "There is something strange in Stanjnore's conduct,"thoughtPaxton, glancing about as he came out of the Garrison building. A moment later he saw Stanmore at the corner, but he passed on as though he had not seen him, and entered a Bhop. Then Stanmore hastened to the door of the Garrison building. Through the shop window Paston saw Stanmore leave hi6 post at the corner, and the detective followed him, and saw him enter the house which he had hirni self just left. Wondering what Stanmore's business With Judith Kredge could be, the detective left the vicinity, und took his way homeward. He passed the office of Pratt & Weeks, and although all was darkness thrre, couia ne nave seen wunin me private office of tho firm, he would have observed Pratt and his partner going over their at oonnts, and striving to lind a way out of the financial difficulties in which they had become involved. The railway stock6, upon the rise of which all their hopes depended, were ateadily declining in value, and the rascally brokers feit that they were ruined, unless they could use the maxked money. "I will tell you, Weeks, there's no use of concealing it from ourselves any longer. We're floored. The marked money must be used!" cried Pratt, dashJug down his pen savagely. "It has about come to the worst, that la sure," assented Weeks. Pratt paced the floor, and said: 'I mean to take the risk, and attempt to realize on the marked money. I'nfortunately, all our attempts to remove the marks so that they might not betray us, have failed. They could not be obliterated without defacing the note 60 as to attract suspicion." But while Paxton passed onward by the swindling brokers' office, there were eome startling reflections in hi6 mind, founded upon the discovery he had made when he examined the locket belonging to Marios, which Judith Kredue had fawned, and also relating to nis discovery of Stanmore's secret interviews with tfuaitn. The discovery which the sight of the portrait in the locket caused Paxton to make, and the suspicions and theories which the detective founded upon thai discovery, will presently be made oleai to the reader. But what was the motive for Stan lore's visit to Judith Kredgc? He believa^ the woman knew where Marlon was, ana as s^eant to Dnoe hei to save the cashier's daughter, to liberate her. The Interview between Stanmore and Judith aeed not be recorded in full, bul we may as well state that the formci ssured the woman that he was convinced she knew where Marion was, and he offered anv price if she would accom pus h her rescue. But Judith still protested that she wa? entirely innoccnt on the subject, anc Btanmoro was obliged U) leave wichoul ftoroBioltBhlae Roything. xne following day a stranger called upon Stan more at his hotel, and placing a letter in his hand hurried away without a word. Stanmore was astonished at the man's conduct, but the sight of the handwriting on the envelopo seemed to dtiv< all thought of anything but the lettei out ul his "It is from Marion!" he cried; an tearing open the letter he devoured it contents. The letter was as follows: Mr Stan more: You told me to call upo fou for assistance, should tho time eve ironic, when in dire extremity, I needed I devoted friend. That time has come now. I was abducte from my homo, and I am now a captive b, | :hose who are in league with persons vli aro interested in concealing the real trutl of my father's murder. I know tho secret of my poor father' torrib'e fate, and until to-day I had in ra; possession a paper, which would prove th :riun 01 ice explanation i nau resuiveu i< make the next day after my abduction, ii apen court, in order to savo Stuart liar Und. Without the par.er. which I have lost, o irhlch has been stolen from me, to prov my words. I know my statement will no be creditod, for I am aware ihat Judltl Kredge can give the most terrible and posl live evidence against rue. If I am arrestei 1 now, I am lost, and if I were to tell th whole truth of the mystery, though I swea to you by the memory of my dead mother and by all things sacred, that I am innO' ?ent. and that I was prompted by a nobl purpose, I would not only defeat that pur pose for which I have suffered so much bu sacrifice myself. Of all things, I most dread arrest I cal upon you to riscue me and shield me fron the law. You will find me at No. 72 Baxtc street. I implore you not to reveal m; thereabouts to a living souL I have mad' ?ne friend among the confederates of m; toes, who has promised to deliver this lette to you. Yours in doubt and danger, Marion Oakbchn "I will save her," cried Stanmore 'And while soeking to rescue her I mus :ry to prevent her discovery by Pas ton." The course of events had so shape* ttiemselves that now Stanmore was se ;retly arrayed against the detective, a far as related to Marion Oakburn. He could not think of revealing th< Imprisoned girl's whereabouts to Paxtoi now, since she had implored him not t jo 60, even had there been no other mo tive for keeping the secret. Stanmore paced his room thinkini profoundly and striving to devise a plai for Marion's rescue and vindication. The following morning he set out fo Paxton's office, alarmed lest the detec tive might discover Marion and arres her before he could accomplish he Ho wished to bo informed re garding all of Paxton's discoveries. As he approached the office ho sa^ one of Paxton's agents, whom he kne^v very well, approaching, and he kneT from the expression of the man's fac< that he had some important intelligent to communicate to his principal. When the agent entered the offic* Stanmoro stole to the door, placed hi: sar to the keyhole, and listened. In a moment lie reeled back, whit an J agitafed. "The fates are against her! * Marion'i prison-place has been discovered. Th< igent who just entered communicate* the intelligence to Paxton," he mut tered. Then, listening again, he heard Pax ton say: "We will arrange to secure the ffirl to oight. At least we may hope the de pelopment of the great mystery is nea at hand." "I must foil Paxton. Marion shal not be arrested!" resolved Stanmore.i As he was turning away he sawanoth er of Paxton's agents coming througl the passage leading from the street U the detective's office. Stanmore feared that he was discov. ered playing the part of a spy, but witl great presence ol mind, he calmly stoop ed down and seemed to be engaged li tying up his shoe. To the detective he said: "Good morning." Then he passed on in an unconcernec way, as though he was just leaving th< office, while the 'agent entered it. Stanmore hastened back to his hotel feeling that he mu6t work rapidly if h< would defeat Paxton and prevent thi arrest of Marion Oakburn. As he was about to enter the hostelry he came face to face with the man wh< had brought him the letter from llarioi on the preceding night The fellow made Stanmore a signal t< follow him and he obeyed. In a 6hop near by the man said: "This morning, just before daylight they removed the youijg lady to a nev prison place. You see, they mistruste< the house was 'spotted* by a detective for a fellow was 6een spying about i last night." "Describe the spy," said Stanmore eagerly. The man did so. "Ah, the agent that brought Paxtoi the news that he had located Marion This is fortunate, Marion will not b< found at the place to which the agen will conduct Paxton to-night," sail Stanmore. The he asked: "Do you know where the lady now is? "Yes, sir; and to-morrow night I'l take you to her." "Why not to-night?" "I've got a job on hand. No matte what it is, it can't wait," said the fello\ resolutely. With this Stanmore was obliged to res content. It galled him to think that he wa compelled thus to work in secret, am that ho dared not call upon the polic for assistance to rescue Marion. That night Paxton and his men mad a descent upon the house where hi agent had located Marion Oakburn, bu of course they did not find her, and th house where she had been a captive wa deserted. Paxton and his agents were furious "Somo traitor must have betrayed ou plans," cried Paxton. His colaborers agreed with him. Then the man who had encounterei Stanmore at the door of the office whll his associate was making hiB report o the discovery of Marion, told of tha circumstance. i "Stanmore had not entered the office He waa playing the sovl" cried Pa;cton CHAPTER XXIX. Paxton did not appear to be as mutd surprised to hear that Stanmore had as Bumed the role of an eavesdropper a might have been anticipated. To his men he said: > "Not a word about this." That same evening Paxton again vis 1 Ited the pawnbroker, and secured th ' locket containing the picture of Donaii 1 Wayburn which had belonged to Marioi Oakburn. The next day when Stanmore drcppei in at the detective's office a3 usual, th latter slyly opened the locket in hi hand, and glanced frequently from th ! portrait it contained to Staumoro's facc as though he was comparing the two. When Stanmoro had gone, Paxto: said in monologue. I "I was not mistaken when I thought ; made a discovery when I first saw th : picture. The portrait in Marion Oak burn's locket is that of Mr. Stanmon I taken years ago, and though ho ha since changed greatly he caunot chany his eyes. The name of the original c 5 the portrait is written under it. Tlir I name is Donald Wayburn, and there t fore I know that Kichard Stanmore' real name is Donald Wayburn. Ho i [ the author of tho threatening lettt , which 1 found among John Oakburn' I correspondence. Here is a mystery. H;i the Chief of Police who sent this ma } to me been deceived in him? C'an it b iiiot fhi? irmn wlinm I liavn trusted, an 5 who hftS oinployed me. is really guarii . Ing the secret of the great crime I ui Irving to unearth?" I * } I. d Thus reflected Paxton, and he added*. ,s "I believe I have the certitude that he Is Marion Oakburn's lover." Paxton considered the startling and enigmatical developments which wero n now presented to his consideration, and ;r at length Jio said, mentally: :i "I will see the Chief of Police from (1 whom Stanraore brought his letter of y recommendation and introduction. The o thought has just occurred to me that it i9 ii possible he may have forged the letter." The detective acted upon this resolu3 tion forthwith. He repaired at once to the office of the D chief of tho Metropolitan police force, a and he was closeted with that gentleman for more than an hour. When at the expiration of that time r Paxton left tho office of the chief, he e 6aid to himself: ' "I begin to comprehend the matter at * last." Wo mnet. have obtained some informa e tiou regarding the man who called him* r sell Richard Stanmore. m ? * * * Meanwhile Marion, on the second e night following the day when Stanmore " received her letter, paced a narrow apartment in a dilapidated building in 1 the suburbs of Harlem. n To this place she had been removed r by htr captors, after their suspicions 7 were aroused that a detective had dise covered her original prison place. y Marion's thoughts, were troubled, for r sho was reflecting upon the circumstances which had united to place her in i. her present unprecedented situation oi t peril and perplexity. The reflection that the truth unsupported by evidence would not be credited 3 distracted her. Before her mind arose a vision of her s arrest, trial, and conviction of a crime which she had not committed, and the 9 cheers of the public as they received her a explanation with cruel derision, rang in a her ears. "No, no: my story will not be credited. I must not be arrested, now that I have 2 lost the paper I took from the office on a that fatal night. That paper would have proved my truth and innocence, but now r I am doomed if captured." Then Marion knelt and breathed a * ?J4.lv i prayer which ucgi&u >yxlu tuooc >?uiu5. i "Father in Heaven, Thou knowest I am innocent." Fervently she supplicated, humbly 6he 5 implored divine help to lead her out 0/ ? the fatal quicksands of danger and doubt ' into which she had unwittingly ttrayed. 5 Little did Marion Oakburn suspect e that human ears heard her prayer, or the soliloqfty which preceded it, but c such was the fact. s Every word Marion uttered was heard by Stuart Harland, who was at that e very moment a prisoner in the cellar under the room in which Marion was a e captive. e An explanation as to how Harland i became a prisoner in the power of the - wretches who were acting as Marion's jailers must be given, and we will consider tho events which led to his capture. Stuart was not discouraged by his - failure to capture the mysterious man who had exchanged coats with him. On t the contrary, he was encouraged by the fact that he had sighted him once, and ] he believed he should sight him again. Thus it was that after his encounter - with the unknown, where Levi Kredge 3 had struck him down with a cowardly 3 blow, Stuart still continued his "still hunt" for the man called "Garnar" by Pratt and "Weeks. 1 On the evening when Marion's secret - friend had deliverod her letter to Stan) more, Stuart Harland chanced to enter a lodging house on West street. While he was in the office of this es3 tablishment, Stuart heard a clerk say to ; the proprietor, as he took a valise from under the counter: , "This traveling bag is in the way here j behind the counter. I hardly think the 2 man who left here will ever call for it. What shaH I do with it?" As he spoke, the clerk placed the trav3 eling bag on the counter, and Stuart j read the name "J. C. Garnar," which was stamped on the side of the valise. 3 The young man started as he read the name of the supposed assassin, and stepping to the counter, he eaid. "I think I know the party to whom ] that bag belongs," and speaking rapidly, j he described the man who had taken his coat t Of oourse Stuart knew that there might be a large number of men by the , name of "Garnar" in the city, but he bad a kind or presentiment mat ne naa found a clue to the supposed murderer, i "You certainly must know the man . who left the valise. You have told just 3 how he looked to a dot," said the clerk, t "I thought so," answered Stuart, and j repressing his excitement he asked: "When this valise was left here did not the owner say when he would call " for jt?" .1 "It seems to me he did, but I don't recollect what ho did say," wus the answer returned. r Stuart remained in the lodging house v for some time, but he finally went out. He was crossing the 6treet, when t chancing to look back ho saw a man entering the lodging house. The man s had a full beard and long hair, and he -j was dressed like a farmer. 0 Stuart stopped on the opposite side of the street, and as he stood considering 0 in which direction he should wander 8 next, the man who resembled a farmer t in a clearance come out of the lodging 0 fcotis? carrying the valise with the nam? 8 * J. C. Garnar" on it in hi6 hand. In an instant the thought traversed *1 the mind of the young man that the man In the garb ol a farmer mignt reaiiy Da the supposed assassin in disguise, and , he proceeded to follow him as be walked rapidly away. ? The man led Stuart a long distanoe. f Although he did not betray the fact, 1 subsequent results proved that the man whom Stuart was following discovered ' that he was shadowed soon after Harland took his trail. Finally he entered a building, which was ostensibly a cheap restaurant, but i the rear of which was a low gambling - den. s Thi6 was the very house in which Marion Uakburn was now held as a captive. The proprietor of the place was a friend of Levi Kredgo, who had been bribed to act as Marion's jailer. 9 lTpon entering this place, the myster3 ious man who was the object of Stuart i Harland's pursuit, darted through the little restaurant in front and entered the 4 gambling room in the rear. 0 lie seemed to be well known to the 9 proprietor uf the place, who, with a dozen 0 or more other men, was present, for tha >i latter greeted him in a familiar way. "Vou look scared. What's up?" ha n asked. In his interlocutor's ear the man whom 1 Stuart had followed, whispered: "There's a detectivo on my trail. A - hundred dollars tor you if you trap him ami give me a chance to get off." "Do you mean that fair and honest?" asked the other. "Yes. In proof, if you will give me lt your word to do mo this good turn, I'll '* pay you in advance. The detectivo will 8 venture into the restaurant, I am sure." :S " 1 Innn I'm vnnrmnri TjOt's Rftrt tllfl !r color of your money." s The other bunded tho gambler a roll ol is bank notes, and then he sprang into a n closet and c'osed tho door. ?e The man who had received the money J whispered to his companions for a moI ment, and then all became silence in the n gambling den as thoy heard some one enter the restaurant. _ .... ears 01 tne men in tne gambling <Jen waa Stuart Harland. He purchased a cigar, and presently, when at a signal from the proprietor the men in the rear room began to talk and use the terms of the game, Stuart strode to the door and entered, 6aying: "I think I will buy a few chips and see how luck runs to-day." [TO BE CONTINUED. 1 TEMPERANCE." TO ABE NEEDING MOP.E. The hardy vet'rans stand in front Beneath the temperance Jlac. While fresh recruits are marchin in With steps that never lug. Still we would say to those outside, March in with those before. Tor many battles must be fought, And we are needing more. Chorus. Yes, wo are needing more, Oh, we are needing more, Yes, more to battle for the right, for the right. Come join, come join our ranks. Come join our ranks and help us light, Till rum shall reign no more. We want the patfints of the land, With hoDest hearts and true. "With cheering words at their command To lead our armies thro'. We care not what the sect may be, But open wide the door To all who wish to swell our ranks, For we are needing more. Chorus. Yes, we are needing more, Oh, we are needing more; Yes, more to battle for the right, forthe right. Come join, come join our ranks, Come join our ranks and help us fight, Till rum shall reign no more. We come to pull the strongholds down, Where now are held in chains. The victims they have cathered in From all the hills and plains. Come, patriots all, and help us fight Until from snore to shore, There never shall be heard atrain The cry we're needing more. Chorus. And then from siore toshoro We'll sing it o'er and o'er. Yes, shout and sing it o'er and o'er, o'er and o'er, The fight, the fight is done. The fight is done, the victory won, And rum shall reisn no more. ?Youth's Temperance Banner. A XO THAT MEANT SO. A line young fellow was "Tom" Jeffrey?, strong, pleasant and pood looking. Ho was but eighteen when he first began "railroading," but he could set a brake with the best. When his clear, deep voice announced the stations, people listened and made no misI take. Old ladies oautrht the gieam of his pleasant eye, and let liim help them on and off with grateful surprise. Mothers with more children than they could manage, tired women bundle-ladea, and old men, recognized a friend and made use of him. Nor were the railroad ofH jials blind to the young man's helpfulness and popularity, and although Tom did not dream it, he was on a list that meant promotion. The young brakeman's easy going good nature, however, was a drawback in one direction. He disliked to say "no." When the train reached A he always had two hours to spare. In that time some of the boys were sure to say: "Come, Tom, let's go to the barber's." Now, this sounded very innocent, but in the barber's hack room was a ereen door which opened on a stairway leading into a drinking bar. Here tne men used to gather, a few at the time, to have "a little something." Tom usually said his good-natured "no," that meant a "reluctant "yes," and ended by going. He never felt wholly at ease when taking his beer. He would not have gone for it alone. Over and over again he acknowledged to himself that it was the laughter ofhis ctiums tnai iook. ma cuuraso away, and so things went on. A year slipped by, and beer had become almost an everyday drink with him, when one afternoon he was summoned from the "barber's shop" to the office. "Jeffreys," said the superintendent, when be entered. "I have been very much pleased with the way in which your duties have been performed on the road in the past, and I find we need another conductor." The gentleman stopped, and the pleasant smile was prone. "Jlr. Jeffreys, your breath tells me that you have been drinking." "Only a little beer, sir.'* said poor Tom, flushing crimson. "I am very sorry," replied the superintendent. "but that will be all to-day. You may go." The young man left the office down-cast, disheartened. What he had been wishing for, what he had so nearly gained, had been lost through his own misconduct. As he thought of it his good-natured lips took a firmer curve. The next day one of the boys said, "Comln' over to the barber's?" ''No!" replied Tom. "Oh, come on, what's struck you?" "That barber has shaved me all he ever will!" -was the answer. Although Tom's "no" seemed very determined in its sound, there was something wanting in it. He felt it, and when after a few days, the real longing for a glass of liquor began to make itself felt, it seemed as if the "no" would be "yes" in spite of himself. "No use in lockin' the barn door, now," said his chum: "the horse is stole; the 'super' knows you've taken a 'smile' now and then, and he'll never forget it. Better be young while you can." Tom still said "no," but the little negative grew weaker and weaker: the next thing it would be "yes." When this was almost accomplished, spurred by his danger and remembering his early training in the right, he said an earnest prayer for strength. "And then," he said, "I learned to speak a 'no' that all the men on the road couldn't turn into a 'yes.'" A DEN* OF EVII, OVERTHROWS. Recently a saloon at Monterey, Tenn., was purchased by a few gentlemen, and the contents of bottles, jugs and kegs emptied out on the ground, and the bouse closed up. A strong sentiment exists in the mountain city against the unholy truffle. Nearly all are agreed that their beautiful, healthy country can get along without a saloon. Some wanted to save the whisky for camphor, nnd other/ 1 11? 1l?anf fAr fhrt wanreu in? siun cnucu mue >.? Lord's table, but the majority decided that it should all go to Mother Earth, at the same time admitting she did not need it, but could stand the imposition better than any one else. There is great rejoicing among the good people at the overthrow of this den of evil.?Temperance Advocate. BEER DECIMATING THE BAVARIANS. , One of the greatest boasts of the Bavarian city of 3Iunk-h ha? long been the beer which is manufactured there, and to whose purity and healthful properties the average Bavarian is always ready to make attestation. Such attestations are of very little worth, however, in view of the fact that Doctor Bollinger, Munich's most eminent physiciau, assorts that it is very rare to find a normal heart and normal kidneys in an adult resident of that city. The reason for the kidney disease is the tax put upon these organs by drinking of this so-called pure beer, and tho cardial hypertrophy and degeneration are secondary loBions for the most part. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. Ferry-four countries of the world now iiavo branches of the W. C. T. U. The greatest difficulty in the way of good government in cities is "'saloon domination." Ever}'Nation, it is said, has its own devil, and the devil of England is intemperance.? Archdeacon Farrar. Joseph Malins has been re-elected Grand Chief Templar in England for the twentysixth successive year. The total adult and junior membership of Good Templars in England is over 105,000, with over 2C?0 branches. Thrilling: Experience With a Massive Kite. Charles Barber made a kite as big as tho Ride oi his house and tried to fly it ;it Winona, Mian., hs nu experiment. Th? kite took him into the air like a balloon and dropped him into tho Mississippi ltiver, from which he \YU3 rescued without serious injury. ( ~ SECRETE OF FASHION THE VEIL LIFTED FROM AU TU3IN AND WINTER STYLES. - Textures and Colors to Be 3Ior< Splendid Than Ever?Plaids Coming In Again ? A Brave Blue. "I T'UREKA! the iroD silence o =/ fashionmakers has b e e i ^ broken at last, and the arbit ers of styles have consented to lift the veil of future modes. There was a marked disinclination to talk around autumn and winter nt.vlps Yet. vrrifpn thfi New Yorll correspondent of the Chicago Record, a few of the great big wigs have beer persuaded to show here and there seme early confection which, ;if nol pointing toward any radical changes in cut, seem to indicate that texturee and colors are to be more splendid than ever. In the way of shapings likely to b? carried over to a new season at a leading dressmaker's it was learned that there will be doubtless the redingotes and short "court" ccats that have already received catchet from elegant Parisiennes. Bound bodies will also continue, in gauzy instances hanging sometimes over the belt, back and front, in a complete blouse effect, and with the round bodies, especially in the case of evening gowns in stiff silk for slight figures, tiared peplum tails, shaped like the shorter ones of the jacket shown, will frequently be added. Acnin. this nenlum effect mav be ?o ? ?r f * made by squarish tabs of lace, slight 'i/ T Si TOUXO Li A very neat and stylish bodice for cut, the material being a violet swi ranged in three broad plaits, which ar tre front being ornamented with three leg-o'-mutton sleeves have a lining of to the bodice are made of deep pansy ly wider at bottom than at top, and hung at intervals all round. In the way ^f autumn and winter suggestions for street wear, the only new things as yet to be seen were at the smart dressmaking establishments, the importers of confections, and at one of these places some fine samples in novelty wools, in splendid autumn tints, seemed to indicate that plaids were coming in again. I The choicest tints in these were rich reds and browns and butter and October leaf yellows; the patterns broken bars in difft-rent shadings and theu squared with black, which gave tone to the whole. In no instance was the faded color of the summer seen, but a bold plaid in strange bluet, webbed over with black, and so familiarly creponated that one would have called it crepon had it not been known that this word was now forbidden in polite fashion circles. "Of course crepons will be worn," said the fashion light who was showing off the sample. "Too many have been made for the manufacturers to ha uri 11 {tior +.n shfilve them entirelv. "Only they will be called by a new name, perhaps simply 'nouveautes' " ?and the great general of fine clothes smiled cunningly. In the way of stuffs for evening wear some pompadour silks, gorgeously hned and of a boardlike thickness, were simply awesome in their magnificence. A green brocade, which shades in movement iide a lizard's skin, was patterned with great gold bettles that stood out like the figures on Chinese draperies. In plain cloth a brave blue that hinted of bugles and battlefields was novel and elegant. It was just the tint of the trousers worn bv United States soldiers; and when later on it was discovered in part-composition of a dashing visiting toilet, one was not surprised to hear that it had been dubbed "soldier blue.1' All the dark portion of it iB black satin, the light, the soldier-blue cloth; the buttons are wooden molds covered with the satin, the outline embroidery being in copper and jet on the blue. A striking bodice is a carriage zounve in "faded" peacock-blue cloth, with square revers in whits brocade, the figures of which are superbly outlined in black an.i gilt. The wide border and smart, square lapels are in tho same gold and black embroidery, and the gown worn with this very elegant corsage will be of black peau de soie. Apropos, however, of tho tall stock and "cabbages" that ornament the throat of this design, and which were of black chiflon, the oracle of modes declared that this sort of thing was not worn at all now. It had only, she declared with heat, been put there at the express command of the dame for whom the zouave had been imported. The newest neck finishings are to be on the Valois order, dainty collars in fine lace or silk muslin that turn in shaped tabs over a velvet or satin stock. zm f A promenade costume in a thick, ' brown, hairy wool ha-t decorations of white Russian embroidery, very open . and plaied over black satin. The ! chemisette and deep Valois collar are of tucked batiste and yellow lace, which dainty garniture, to judge from s indications, will, in the near future, be as popular as ever. A useiul home gown is composed ol a plaid skirt in novelty delaine, and a blouse in old red, of liberty satin with gilt buttons. f Another design is a fichu effect foi 1 a house gown, and is especially united " to tall, slizht figures. The fichu ' proper and deep shoulder frill are of white point d'esprit, white guipure 1 over butter-yellow satin forming the etift revers. the flat braid coifftre. A revival of the peasant mode of l wearing the hair in vogae fifteen 01 J twenty years ago is seen on the streets ( of Eastern cities. It carries with it ^ an air of neatness in warm weather that can not be got by any other style ( of wearing the hair. Young women who have not a heavy head of hair eke it , out with a bow of ribbon, but the | prettiest coiffure is that of many flat braids pinned closely to the headIts shape may be varied to suit the shape of the head, a round knot re* quiring a mat-like effect, a long coiffure the oval face. a talking c03t0jte. This walking costume has a skirt of figured crepon?a new material?in shades of green and black. The waist i< of black satin, with white satin sleeves, striped with cream lace insertion. The waistcoat is of chartreusegreen velvet, forming a sash at the DY'S a young girl is pictured in the above veled Bilk gingham. The /rout is are drawn in narrow at the waist, the cen-' large buttons in Russian enamel. The thin crinoline, and the belt and collar mirror velvet. back. The sleeves are immensely full and set in sharp plaits, each plait being stitched flat at the edges. The front of the waist is of flue cream lace, and a few rhinestone buttons will adJ FOR THE PROMENADE. greatly to the effect of what is really a stunning suit. PRETTY BLOUSE WAIST. The accompanying cut shows an admirable model for a blouso waist for eilk, grass lawn, or any thin texture, and, if very light in tone, black lace may be employed; but a cream-colored lace of the guipure stamp, with front of net, strewn with paillettes, and the V\ lJ\ \ w/ collar and waist bow in silk of a darker color, makes a very smart combination. A blouse such as this is useful for evening wear at country house visits, more especially when made of China silk in some delicate tint, and udorned with light-colored lace. Rhode Island at the last census had 34,777 cattle. ======== POPULAR SCIENCE. A flying dormouse has been sent to ^ Berlin from Cameroons, Africa. A distinguished French specialist ifl . M now claiming that a hypodermic in- 'jig jection of nitrate of strychnine will cure alcoholism. Sponges, elates and slate-pencils are ? no longer allowed in the Publio Schools of Cambridge, Mass. Paper, pens and pencils have been eubsti- ' '3 tuted. ? Professor Andre asserts that he has .1 proved by many experiments that he . ; is able to steer his balloon perfectly ^ and that he has no doubt at fell about ' getting to the North Pole with it A round or octagonal buildiug il . acoustically the worst. But in ? room of any shape the more it is broken up by galleries and the like \ the better will be its acoustio qualities. A resolution was adopted at the In- ' 3 ternational Geographical Congress in J London to the effect that the greatest 'A 1 A~ X A 4a in exploration iu uo uuuoi cna?u ?M , ? _ Antarctic fields, in view of the great . additions to knowledge which most re- jjj Maxim's cavalry gun, which fires 700 -.J ehots a minute, weighs but thirty VJa| pounds and can be carried strapped to ,3 a soldier's back. The gun he made .">'i for the Sultan of Turkey fires 770 Jag shots a minute, but it is a field piece rjj on wheels. Firemen's clothes in England are in V' the fature to be made of asbestos or 'Vl| mineral wood. The efficiency of suits exposed of this material depends oa . ^ three facts. It is non-combustible, a 1 non-conductor of heat, and in no way injured by water, , Acetylene, the brilliant new gas, 5jgf can be easily liquefied and stored un*'' it. ia */? Ha nfifld thft ^8 Hi neeueu. nucu ? ? ?w ?... pressure is lessened, and it becomes gaieous again. It gives more than ten times the light of ooal gas burned in the best burners. / The production of platinum is still "'?3 insignificant. The results of the ex* amiuation of the black sands of the '*2? Oregon beaches have proved a disap- vis pointment, the amount of platinum 1 |S being scarcely noticeable, although. . 'M the sand contains $1.55 in gold per .Jh Professor Durand, in an article in ' ;Jj Caesier's Magazine, discusses ship propulsion by storage batteries, and oon- .^Jj eludes that for the same amount of \r|8 energy storage batteries at present weigh about 550 times as much as ' ;'| coal and occupy about 220 times the space. In Milwaukee, Wis., a private telephone line has been recently installed between the engine house on shore to ^ the end of the in-take tunnel for the water works. 2000 feet out in the lake '-M and eighty-tive feet below the surface ;? of the water. Without telephone ' communication it would be difficult ' i for the tunnel miners to work in ,1| safety. 1 The Sight ot Birds. Birds are commonly credited with -y an extraordinary range of vision. ; J Circumstances lend aid to the develop* -JM ment of the mental factors in their case. The asual distance at which terrestrial species use their eyes is limited by tbe ground horizon. But 3 in the case of the soaring birds, snob ; > as vultures and eagles, the horizon, /J* the natural limit of sight, is enor- ' J monsly extended. Macgillivray early ? noted that thoagh birds of prey have orbits of great size?the eyeball of the common buzzard being 1& inchet in diameter?they do not, as a rale, soar when seeking their prey. The eagle, when hunting, flies low, just as do the sparrow-hawk and the ~f hen-harrier. Yet the vultures and condors, birds which admittedly do soar when seeking food, have been ^ proved to find carrion by sight. A carcass was covered with canvas, and . ^ some offal placed upon it. The /JS vultures saw this, descended and ate %Ba it, and then sat on the covered por- & tion within a few inches of a putrid J carcass. When a hole was made in A? the covering they saw and attacked vj the food below. But the rapid con- M of vnltnres from a distance . to a carcass is probably due to their :r% watching their neighbors, each ol |j which is surveying a limited area. /?i&| Charles Darwin pointed out that in a level country the height of sky com- ^ monly noticed by a mounted man is not more than fifteen degrees above the horizon; and a vulture on the ' ;i,| wing at the height of between 3000 $ feet and 4000 feet would probably be two miles distant, and invisible. Those which descend rapidly and appear to have come from beyond the range of human eight, were perhaps hovering vertically over the hunter a when he killed his game.?The Spectator. Bridge Forty-one Miles In Length. A gigantic undertaking, the bridging over of Polk's Strait, separating vjj the Island of Ceylon from the main- ,> land of India, is seriously proposed by the Ceylon Government, say3 the ^ Philadelphia Telegraph. The strait is 5 forty-one miles broad at its narrowest point, doable the width of the ttDgiistt Channel, but is very shallow, in many places only six feet deep. The ielands, reefs, and channels in it have been recently surveyed, and the cost of works, extending over sixty-one miles, including the Pambam Channel and the Adam's Bridge reef, is estimated at ,i*j 28,000,000 rupees. The ends will bo connected by 145 miles of railroad with Colombt, the great harbor of /$? Ceylon, on one side, and by ninety miles of road with Madura, the nearest point of the Indian railroad system, on the other. If narrow gauge is used, this can be done for 11,000,000 rupees more. . Ml Remedy lor Warts. Those who fail to charm their warts away by rhymes and ceremonies will find glacial acetic acid, or a saturated nnlntion of salicvlic acid in water. th& beat domestic remedy to nse for them. Apply the remedy to the surface of the wart with the sharp point of a wooden toothpick or match. Use it carefully, and keep it from touching -*T tte surrounding sound skin. In two ditys carefully scrape off the dead surface and apply the liquid again, and continue in the same way until the growth has disappeared. Label the drug plainly, write on it its use, and keep .out of the way of children.? New York Post. i . ,1