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Collecting a Million Postage Stamp*. There Is probably not a large office In the business part of Nev/ York city where there is not at least one col lector of used postage stamps, says the Tribune. The men who clip them from envelopes and put them away in boxes and other receptacles are not postage-stamp collectors in the gen erally accepted sense of the term, and inquiry would disclose the fact that every collection is for "another men," for "a little girl in the country," for "our elevator man" or some equally vague figure; and if by chance any one of the persons for whoia the s tamps are being collected could be found and forced to tell what use ha or she hoped to make of the stamps, the answer would probably surprise the Investigator. Not only business men are asked to save their stamps, but large societies and church or ganizations frequently become the col lecting agencies for children, bed-rid den women or enterprising persons who hope to accomplish extraordinary things with a million stamps. Some ot! the collectors want the ?tamps for what they call "artistic pur poses," by which they mean that the little squares will be used to form mo saic pictures of impossible landscape and caricature-like portraits; others want to paper rooms with the ?tamps; some beg their friends to collect stamps with which they decorate chairs and tables and other pieces o? furniture; but most of the collectors want to accumulate a million stamps for the purpose of founding a l>ed in a hospital. The ambition to help a charity in that way has been a popu lar topic of conversation In many clr ces, and while thousands of parsons have helped the ambitious philanthro pists, it is difficult to find any person who has seen any tangible evidence of the scheme. Possibly only a few of the people who began to collect stamps, when the hospital, wherever I: may be, made the offer have continued the good work, and if it were generally known how long it would take to col lect a million stamps lt ls probable that not many people would attempt the task, whatever the prize might be. Those who have begun it and whose friends had only average facilities for collecting P tam pe for them say that 100 stamps a day Is a good average. If thia average could be maintai^d for 365 days a year, lt would take 27 years and 145 days to collect the cov eted number; but as there are only about 300 mall delivery days in th9 year, it would require more than 33 years at 100 stamps a day to secure enough to buy the hospital bed. That the feat of collecting a million stamps has been accomplished muy be demonstrated to any person who ls In terested at the office of the J. W. Scott Co. A million 2-cenc stamps may be seen there, securely tied and forme* into a column which stands 3 feet 7 inches high, and measures 12x14 inches. The mass weight 218 pounds. The Dwarf Elephants of Malta. The island of Malta is the only known spot where the remains of j dwarf elephants are fouud. Thero are ^-several places on the island where the bones of these miniature pachyderms have been unearthed, and hundreds of skeletons have been secured, in whole or in part. One of these, whose teeth and bones showed, was a full grown (specimen, was less than two and a half feet in. height and could not have weighed over 600 pounds when iii the liesh.-St. Louis Republic. A Dangerous lethargy. >Tba forerunner of a train of eilis. Which too j iittrn culminate^ fatally, ls Inactivity or lothargv J of th? kidneys. Not only ls Bright's disease. < ila be tea, gravel, or some other dangerous Inte gral disease of the organs themselves to he ap prehended, but dropsical diffusions from the Mood, rheumatism and gout, are all traceable to the non-remov il from the blood by thc kid neys of certain impurities. Hoetetter's Stomach Bitters depurates the blood, renders the kicneys active and prevents their disease. Toa should brace up, oven If you have to uso suspenders._ No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and main cod. Core guaranteed. SO cents and 81.00, ft all druggists. _ It ls th? yeast of pubUc opinion that makes a man rise In the world. Flt? permanenUy cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S2 trial bottle and treatise free. DK. B. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 arch St., Phila. Pa. CASCARETS sUmuUte liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10c. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. After physicians had givon me up, I was aived by Piso s Cure.-RALPH EKIEG, winiamsporr, Pa^ Nov. 82, 1803. J. C. Simpson, Marquess, W. Va, fays: "HaU's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad case of catarrh." Druggists sell lt, 75c. JUST try a 10c. box of Cascarela, tho finest Uver and bowel regulator ever made. Vigor and Vitality Are quickly given to every part of the bidv by Hood's Sarsaparilla. That tired feeling te overcome The blood ls purified, enriched and vitalized and carries health to every crgan. The appetite ls restored and the stomach toned and strengthened. The nerves are fed upon proper nourishment and are therefore strong; the brain ls cleared and the mind refreshed by Hood's8".^, Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Bood,8~PSHs ffia%XS^g E MAKE LOANS on LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES. If yon have a policy In the New York ll fe. Equitable Life or Mutual Life and would Uke to secure a Loan, write us giving nun: ber of your policy, and we will be pleased to qioto rates. Address KieEiiflisli-AinericaflLoan aol Trusted.. No. 12 Equitable Building, Atlanta,Ga. ' W " When I was a boy I was ' troubled with dropsy,1 f my legs swelling until 11 f could hot walk and finally I ' bursting open and becom I lng running sores. The doc-1 ! tors gave nie up and said 11 I could not live. At this Urne 11 I began to uso Aycr's Sarsapa-1 ' mia and after taking fourteen' bottle 31 was able to get ont and1 ' go to work. My leg is still tender and at times somewhat sore but I I have no hesitancy in saying Ayer's ! Sarsaparilla saved my life."-J. F. HAZEL, Tallulah. La., Nor. 21.1895. WEIGHTY WORDS FOR Ayer's Sarsaj A SCIENTIST SAVED. Presidont Barnaby, of HarUviJJe College, Survives a Serious Illness-Through ; th? Aid of Sr. Williams' Pink . Pills for Palo People. \ From the Republican, Columbus, Ind, The H arts ville College, situated at Harts ville, Indiana, waa founded years ago the Interest of the United Brethren Church when the State was mostly a wilderness and colleges were scarce. The college well known throughout the country, former students having gone Into all parts ol tba world. A reporter recently called at this famous seat of learning -nd wss shown Into the room of the T^?aident, Prof. Alvin P. Bar naby. When last seen by the reporter Prof Barnaby was In delicate health. To-day he was apparently in the best ol! health. In response to an inquiry the professor said: "Oh, y?s, I am much better than for some time. I am new In perf jct health; but my recovery was brought at out in rather a pe culiar way." "Tell me about lt," said the reporter. "Well, to begin at th? beginning," said the professor, "I studied too hard when at school, endeavoring to oducato myself fox the professions. After completing the oom mon course I came hei-o, and graduated from the theological :ou-se. I entered the ministry, and accepted the charge of a United Brethren Church it a small place in Sent County, Mich. Being of an ambitious nature, I applied myself diligently to my work -and_stiidles. In time I noticed that roy~health was failing. Sly troible was in digestion, and this with other troubles brought on nervousness. "My physician prescribed lot me for some time, and advised me to take a change of climate. I did as he requested and was some improvod. Soon after, I came here as professor in physics and chemistry, and later was financial agent of this college. The change agreed with ms and for awhile my health was betts., but my duties were heavy, and again I found my trouble returning. This time it was more severe, and in the winter I became completely prostrated. I tried various medicines and different physicians. Finally, I was able to return to my duties. Last spring I was elected President of tho col lege. Again I hod considerable work, and the trouble, which had not been entirely oared, began to affect me, and last fall I collapsed. I had different doctors, but none did me any good. Professor Bowman, who is professor of natural science, told ms of his experience with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and urged me to give them a trial, b ?cause they had bene fited him bi a similar case, and I concluded to try them. "The first box helped me, and the second gave great relief, such as I never had ex perienced from the treatmeut of any physi cian. After using six boxes of the medi cino I was entirely cured. To-day I am perfectly well. I feel better and stronger than for years. I certainly recommend this medicine." To allay all doubt Professer Barnaby cheerfully made an affidavit before LYSIAK J. SCUDDER, Notary Publia. Pr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People aro sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 (they are never sold bx bulk, or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Will iams' Medicine Go., Schenectady, N. X. How Large Profits Are Made. If first-class bicycles can be manu factured in large quantities for twenty five dollars each, how much less does it cost to build type-writing machines? Is there any reason why such machines should sell for $100 each? Is there any reason why purchaserr should pay even fifty dollars for such? What makes it possible for the manufactu rers to secure five or six times the original cost? Persistent and judi cious advertising. A Story of a Manuscript. A story is told of a certain southern author who had a manuscript accepted by a northern periodical that only pays on publication, but he has never had the pleasure of seeing his production in print. Finally, he went north, and, getting hard up, called on the editor, who would neither return his manu script nor guarantee him a day of pub lication. He repaired to his hotel and wrote the editor a threatening letter, in which he mentioned pistols and coffee, etc. Shortly after he was ar rested and taken to the station house, where he remained all night. The next morning he sent the following i message to the editor: "I don't know the rules np here. For heaven's sake, come down and pay my fine and take the manuscript as se curity." The editor was unmoved by his ap peal and replied briefly: "We cannot violate the rules of our office. We will pay your fine when we publish your story. We wish you well."-Atlanta Constitution. To Be Sure. Mrs. Peck-Here's a lawsuit in Ken tucky because a man refused to pay for burying his wife. She didn't live with him. If that isn't the queerest case! Henry Peck-I don't see as it was so queer, Nancy. Why should a man bury his wife if she didn't live with him ?-Judge._ At the (?ates. Actress-Hello, who are you? St. Peter-Be moro respectful, please. Don't you know I'm an angel? Actress-At last, thank goodness! You're the very man I've been looking for.-New York Journal. COOD ROADS NOTES. Aooording to Conway W. Sams, Chief Consul of the Maryland Divis of the League of American Wheelm between $300,000 and $400,000 is ing spent annually on Maryland ra to no purpose. The Good Roads Committee of Board of Trade of Saginaw, Mich., '. asked the State Legislature to ami the County road law so as to prov for special assessments, whereby course of road improvements ourdd charged against the property direc benefited, instead of the entire c being a general tax. P. V. Collins, a prime mover good highways in Minnesota, figu out that the average cost of hauling the average road in America ia $1 ] ton for four miles, while in Europ< is sixteen cents for the some load 1 same distance, and anywhere it is 1 than four cents ? ton for four mi hauled on steel rails. . An authority suggests that a bill drawn requiring all new wagons n new wheels to be made of a cert width tire, according to the load tl are built to bear, but permitting < wheels to be used for a period of, s; five, and possibly ten years. C. A. Clonser, of Orlando, has vented a bicycle path machine, wh: is now being given a practical test, resembles a cotton drag, only it ha convex lower surface, and has thi ribs arranged in V shape with 1 apex pointing forward. The slit edges of the ribs drag over the gri and weeds and soon wear a smoc path. It is understood that the Natioi League of Good Boads will soon op branch offices in New York, Chicaf San Francisco, Omaha, Milwaukee? Atlanta, which will co-operate with t headquarters in Washington, a which will have a full supply of go roads literature published by the Gc ernment. The county commissioners of Jeff< son county, Ohio, have adopted a put into execution the following reg lations for the protection of improv Toad3 from heavy burdens: Wago with 1 1-2-inch tires not more than 13 pounds; 1 3-4-inch tires, 1700 pounc 2-inch tires, 2000 pounds; 3-inch tire 2500 pounds; 3 1-2-inch tires, 35 ?ounds; 4-inch tires, 4500 pounds; -2-inch tires, 5500 pounds; 5-in tires, 6500 pounds; 6-inch tires, 75 pounds. The Secretary of the National Fr mers' Congress has figured out th the agriculturists of this country nee lessly expend $600,000,000 a year moving farm products over the bi roads of the United States. lu the whole territory of Alas] there are only sixteen miles of road according to a recently publish* statement. It is not an uncommon thing France to see a farmer forty or Hf miles from home in wet weather wi a heavy load. The rain has no effe on the highways of the French repu' lie, and the farmers choose just sue weather for long hauling, protectir the load with a tarpaulin. The plan pursued by the New Jei eey people is pronounced the be method that has as yet been developet The people in the neighborhood wi want their highways improved agre to pay an assessment of ten per cen if the county does the work, and tl State bears one-third of the expensi According to an authority permanei good highways can be built at an e: pense of $3000 per mile. There hav been so mauy highways built at an e: pense as great as this which failed 1 he a permanent improvement that th farmers are rather chary of expendin so much money. Chief* Consul Sams, of Maryland who intends to deliver addresses o the Bubject of good roads trirougnou that State, has received an intcrestin letter from H. B. Messenger, of Fee eral8burg, on the subject of goo roads :in Caroline County. Mr. Mes senger says that the great need in th country is broader tires on vehicles The narrow tires now in use cut road to pieces as soon as they are made He favors a law giving a bonus fo wide tires, and when the wide tire i adopted he thinks that there shoal be a law prohibiting the use of others The Quarrelsome Hobin. "> The robin, that "pious" bird, i very .quarrelsome, and it exasperate one to watch him wasting the preciou hours of food in hunting another hun gry robin up and down, and round am round, till the sparrows have clearei the board. The blackbirds, too, an very annoying in the way that the; snatch up a lump of bread and fly of with it, only to be chased about for thi rest of the morning by other black birds, while a Bparrow makes a square meal off th 3 morsel fallen meanwhih under a shrub. But relentless as thej are in pursuit, the curious fact is tba' they seldom fight. If the pursue(' turns, the pursuer stops, perks up hit tail, and being promptly charged bj the other, becomes in his turn the pur sued. But woe to both when the mis sel thrush comes. He is pitiless ir pursuit, and I have seen them pass mj window time after time in the course of a morning, the storm- cock hard or the "heels" of the blaokbird. And when they overtake them what hap pens? For myself, as I have ofter said before, I believe the missel thrust is a cannibal. At any rate, I attribute some of the dead blackbirds and thrushes that one finds about the grounds to his cruel beak. He watches for birds for hours at a time, like a bird of prey, and attacks them like one. I have often stopped a chase which ] knew could only end one way.-Con temporary Beview. A Champion Lightweight. Bemarkable in many ways, the "tule gnat" of the far West is the most curious for its almost total lack ol weight. The little insect has a nearly microscopic body, but a relatively huge spread of wings, which gives it the ap parent size of a mosquito. In some parts of California "tule gnats" swarm so densely about burn ing lamps that several times during an evening the dead must be cleared away to give the light a chance. In bright ly-illumined stores the gnats are veritable pests, and it wai in a Lake County (Cal. ) drug store that a curious experiment was recently made. As many gnats were collected as could be heaped upon a pan of the apothecary's scales; the smallest weight in use to measure the most delicate drugs was then put'upon the opposite pan and was found^to overbalance the mountain of gnats.-New Orleans Times-Demo crat. Giant Sewing Mac hine. A giant sewing machine has been finished, at Leeds, England. The machine, which is to be used for at taching cotton belting, weighs five and a quarter tons. Raising onions in Kansas is better than growing corn to burn. A farmer of Oskalosa, Kan., got 200 bushels of onions from an acre of ground last season, and has just sold them for $1.20 a bushel. - - \ PITH AND POINT. The Cynic-"Men don't paint their faces." The Fair Observer-"And women don't paint the town."-Puck. "Don't you think, Grumpy,that Miss Harshly is a beautiful singer?" "Vary. But she can't sing."-Detroit Tree Press. , He-"You girls seem to be awfully fond of sweets." She-"And you seem tp be awfully fond of sours."-Cornell Widow. She (coming up suddenly)-"Where did that wave go?" He (coughing and struggling)-"I swallowed it."-Dub* lin World. Tramp (at dentist's door)-"I'd like my teeth filled." Dentist-"What with-gold or silver?" Tramp-(eag erly)-"Oh, just plain bread will do." -Pick-Me-Up. "When Fratters played Hamlet down at San Frustino did the audience egg him on when ho reached his heroics?" "Not exactly. They egged him off."-Judge. !? Becker-"I see by the posters that Footlights, the tragedian, travels un der his wife's management." Decker "So do most men, only they don't ad vertise it."-London Tit-Bits. Briggs-"I'm thinking of moving over to your boarding-house." Griggs -"What for?" Briggs-"My doctor told me not to eat anything with my meals."-Detroit Free Press. They had been talking about the Sandwich Islands. "Are you in favor of annexation?" the young mau asked, and the maiden ?eplied coyly: "Oh, George, this is so sudden!"-Twin kles. "You don't even dress mo decently," she cried. "I'm going home to papa." "All right," replied Doolits; "you might say to him also that I need a new suit myself."-Philadelphia North American. Crane-"Simpers seems all broken up. I wonder what's the trouble?" Polk-"His wife has engaged in double dealing; she presented him with twins this morning."-Philadel phia North American. Every father should buy a savings bank for his children. Its possession is sure to encourage habits of economy in them; and, besides, it is a haudy placo to go when he wants small change.-Somerville Journal. Author-"You have no idea how many stamps I use posting my manu scripts to various editors." Critic "Very likely. I think there ought to be excursion tickets for manuscripts at reduced rates."-London Tit-Bits. He-"Do yon remember when first we met? The dew was on tho grass, the air was full of. summer scents, and-" She-"Yes; and now there's no summer, no dew, no grass and no sense. By the way, have you heard of my engagement?"-Detroit Free Press. ."I hurl my defiance into your very teeth!" she exclaimed with heaving bosom. "Ha! ha!" sneered her perse cutor. For hers was a crude age, and women were not as yet received at those seats of learning where they play basket-ball and things and become adept at throwing.-Puck. NhARING THE MILLENNIUM? Wonderful Things the Future lias In Store for Our Descendants. The Philadelphia Press foreshadows the coming of the millennium as fol lows: Flying is solved. The principle is known. A mechanical expedient is all that is now needed to make it success ful. Practical flight is to-day not more than five or ten years off. A glow worm makes light with about j one three-hundredth part of the force j used in ordinary artificial light. When men know how to make light as cheap, | streets and homes will be as light as j day for a mere fraction of what light now costs. This is near. Vacuum il lumination without incandescence is already in full operation, and in a year or two should cut down the price of light to a sixth of its current cost, and in five or ten years light may be, like water, turned on in every house at will. Compressed air has long been known to be the best way, theoretic ally, to store force for use in transpor tation. There is no waste and no de terioration. The need is a cheap and efficient motor* to apply compressed air to city transportation, li this can be done, first the trolley poles and wires will come down, next the horse less, compressed air motor carriage will do all the work of city delivery. When these come the only use for gas will be for cooking-if this is not by electricity. Factories, also, before many years, will be run by trans mitted electric power. This has be gun to be done and in five or ten years will be completed, and the factory fire and boiler will be a thing of the past. The city of the future, and no very distant future, will have no trolley poles or wire and no horses. All movements will be on rail by silent air motors or by horseless carriages equal ly silent. All pavements will be as phalt. Unlimited light will be as cheap as unlimited water is to-day. No coal will be delivered at private houses and no ashes taken from them. With no horses, no 'coal and no ashes, street dust and dirt will be reduced to a minimum. With no factory fires and no kitchen or furnace fires, the air will be as pure in the city as in the coun try. Trees will have a chance; houses be warmed and lighted as easily and cheaply as they aro now supplied with water. A city will be a pretty nice place to live in when the first twenty years of the twentieth century are passed. Rescued by a Canine Samson. Wilbur Stevens, a six-year-old youngster of Garlandville, N. Y., fell into the river while flying his kite. A big St. Bernard dog named Samson, which was assisting at the ascension, plunged into the water after him. The banks of the river were too steep for the rescuer to climb, and he was obliged to swim a long distance down stream before he could land his little burden. The boy was none the worse for his ducking, the dog having kept the boy's head above water all the time.-New York Mail and Express. - 8250,000 Worth of Time Lost. 1 A statistician says that 12,000 vehicles, including 3000 omnibuses, pass through the Strand, London, iu the day and the narrowness of the street causes each of the 03, OOO occu pants to waste, on the average, three minutes. The total waste of time equals 3150 hours, the money value of which, at the very moderate rate of one shilling an hour, is $785 per tiny, or nearly ?250,000 per annum. College Newspapers. < The increasing wealth of American colleges enables no less than ten of them to publish daily newspapers. This luxury is indulged in by Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Brown, Stanford, Tulane and the Universities of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Mich;, j gan, - -. WOMAN'S WORLD. ' Gnus Embroidery. Needle-workers have discovered thal tho threads of Madagascar grass cur tains, pulled out and used iu place of embroidery silk produce excellent re sults. This is the foundation of th J new grass embroidery. These threads never fade or fray, and will stand washing. Narrow Belts With Shirt Waists. Narrow belts are the only ones per missible" this year for wearing with shirt waists and velvet blouses. They are supplied in leather, black, white or odored, but those who find difficul ty in making a leather belt cover the top of the skirt in the back use the time-honored webbing; , ?- ? th? latest Fad? The very latest style in woman's dressy toilet is the jewded belt, and the shirt Waist buttons match. They are of the Italian gilt and studded with various jewels set in button-like figures and are the very latest in the girdle- and belt fashions. Leather belts ornamented similarly are quite as popular, and are seen in all colors of leather. One especially admired is of dark blue leather ornamented with the guilt figures studded with tor quoise. To match are the shirt buttons in blue enamel, and the combination worn with a white gown would be most effective.-Atlanta Constitution. !T* Woman's Work in India. 1 Dr. Harriet E. Parker, of Putney, Vt., is in charge of the Women's Hos pital in Mudura, South India. Last year there were 18,000 cases treated in the hospital. So much more addi tional room is needed, a large and really well-appointed building is now in process of ereotion just across the street from the present structure. The Woman's Board of Missions in Boston has done a great deal for the hospital, and the amount of relief given the na tive Indian worn on is almost incalcu lable. , A "Bible woman" reads regu larly to the patients, aud religious ser - vices are conducted every day. Lep rous patients are treated in large num bers. Mothers of Great Men. In a recent sermon, the Bev. Dr. Bristol, of Chicago, said: One of the chief glories of the Bible is its recogni tion of the dignity, rights and useful ness of woman. Where in any other body of literature will you find so pure a respeot and love for wife, so devoted and self-sacrificing an affection for sis ter and daugther, so noble a rever?, ce for mother? The world generally in its laws, literatures and customs does not treat woman in any of her relations with the sweet, divine justice which the good book inculcates. Travel where you may, you find very few monuments reared to celebrate the genius, virtues and self-sacrifices of womanhood. No holidays are legalized in hone? of great women. Even the queen's birthday is not ?o much a day in honor of Victoria as of the queen. On that day the English people cele brate the dignity of an office, not the virtues and greatness of a woman, though she be the most queenly woman and the -most womanly queen in the history of sovereignty. Too many women care more about an illustrious ancestry j than a useful progeny. A great pedigree has in it not half the honor that belongs to a great posterity. It is nobler, more praiseworthy to be the mother of a great man than to be simply the daughter of a great man. From the^days of Moses, whose mother made possible his edueation, in all the learning of ?he Egyptians, nearly every great man has been honest to say: "I owe my sftccess chiefly to my mother." If liberal education is antagonistic to motherhood so much the worse for that miserables pernicious type of educa tion. If ; society and its demands are antagonistic to motherhood so much .the woree for that type of society. What is a book or pioture or song good for except for what it can do for men's minds, hearts and lives? For that does the faithful mother give to the world her children, that they may minister good to the world. The religion that honors mother will save the world, good mothers give nations great men, and great men make great nations, t . Fashion Notes. Tinsel gauze is the very latest thing for millinery. Pearls, real and artificial, are the fashionable rage. Geranium pink and purple are the two popular summer tones. Pearls and opals are one of the new est mixtures in jewelry, and two gold chains are worn at once, each having a different object-charm chain, watch, chain. A stylish wrap is made with a yoke into which are plaited breadths of cloth or velvet. The effect suggests the Mother Hubbard and is becoming to but few figures. A handsome costume for evening has the upper half of the bkirt of almost solid embroidery. The lower half is of silk muslin in fine side plaitings. A wreath of violets heads this plaiting. A dress of accordion-plaited India silk has sleeves and waist front of heavy lace. Wide, long epaulettes of velvet extend far ont over the sleeve tops. The collar and belt are of velvet. An attractive dress is made of black satin and velvet. The skirt is of satin and plain except an eight-inch ruffle at the hem. This ruffle is gathered into a narrow puff at the top and is quite full. The waist has bolero fronts and ample sleeve ruffles of velvet. A millinery novelty is a bonnet frame or foundation of beads and lace ready for the trimming. It is tower-shaped as to crown and has sides that look like old-fashioned saddle bags. The trim ming is to be of loops, ends and flow ers made of fine lace, with velvet roses. Among the new straw hats are to he found not only those in the usual col ors, but tints, tones and shades of the most delicate sorts. One may match almost any shade of silk or cloth and by this means secure either contrasts or harmonies, according to their special fancy. Many Princesse dresses are among the best stocks in the best houses, and they are growing more popular every season. They would doubtless be more generally worn but for the difficulty in fitting them. Only an artist can cut and fit and finish a princesse dress in the most approved fashion. A handsome hat trimming is made with a couple of very large bows as ai foundation. From these a twist is car ried upright and sustained by wires. This twist supports a large bunch of gold and purple pansies, and above the flowers are perky bows that stand up saucily far above the hat crown. An ideal hat is of rough straw. The genera! effect is sailor shape. The. brim is a trifle wider in front than at j the back, which rolls up against the I crown. Large loops of fancy straw | braid nnd gauze ribbon alternating form a band around the crown, and up- j right bows and loops complete the trimming, i POPULAR SCIENCE. Each square inch of the human skin contains no less than 3500 perspiration pores. The Bureau of Ethnology in Wash ington has at present about 6500 vol umes on anthropology. An actress in Stockholm, who lost her power of speech and memory, was hypnotised, and went through her part accurately and naturally. Nicola Tesla disputes the Roentgen theory of the cause of the effect of the X rays and ascribes it to a longitudi nal disturbance of a material nature. The sound of thunder may be heard for twenty or twenty- five miles; with the ear to the ground much farther. Lightning is reflected for 150 to 200 mileSi When gold is vaporized it is depos ited in the condensiug tube in the shape of a powder of brilliant purplish hue. The French chemist who found this ont is not likely to be troubled with Imitators. Dr. Aoki, of the Japanese navy, says that it has been found that the disease, known as beri-beri, is caused by an ex fclusive rice diet, and has been over come in Japanese vessels by the intro duction of a mixed diet. A writer in the London Lancet says that since the reintroduction into In d-a of ipecacuanha in large doses as n remedy for acute dysentery, the death rate from acute attacks has been re duced from ll per cent, to less than 5 per cent. According to observations made at the Royal Botanic gardens, London, it seems that the rainfall in England during the first three months of this year exceeded that of any of the totals recorded since 1887 by more than two inches. The fall was double that of 1895 and 1896. Dr. P. Penta has studied the fingers and toes of 4500 criminals, and finds a deficiency in the size or number of toes quite frequent among them, although very rare among ordinary men. He has also observed that prehensile toes, marked by a wide space between the great toe and the second toe, is a con dition quite common among criminals, also a webbed condition of the toes, an approximation to the toeless feet of some savges. ' The Greek National Dress. The Greek National dress, which is not really Greek at all, but Albanian, is going out of use except among the shepherds and the people of the mount ains. But though it is discarded foi everyday use, the Greeks are fond ol their old picturesque costumes, and nearly every man aud woman who can afford to do so keeps a suit of the for? mer type to wear upon family fete days, half au s?rieux, half as a fancy costume. Greek children ordinarily wear much the same clothes as do American boys and girls at school and about the streets of the larger towns, but are put into the Albanian kilts now and tb^n-per haps just as much against their wills as it is against the grain of little tote at home to submit to Lord Fauntleroy "fixings." The Albanian dress is very pretty upon a boy of four to ten years. The dark rosy face of the Greek child looks out winniugly from under the drooping red fez, with its long blue or gold tas sel. The little blue or yellow jacket, sleeveless and shaped like a zouave, is covered with embroidery, and is worn open in front to show the white shirt with full flaring sleeves. About the waist comes a leather girdle, heavily embroidered, and with a great pouch called a "banderole," into which men stick pistols and knives, but which does just as well for the small boys' marbles. Below the waist falls a short white cotton kilt, known as a "fus tanella. ' - There are also short white breeches, high red gaiters and red shoes which turn up at the points and have tassels on the toes. A little boy in this sort of rig looks like a cherubio bandit out of a comic opera-an effect which is of course quite fascinating. Philadelphia Press. ? Tho Democracy of Greece. "* "Our country is certainly more dem ocratic than the United States," the Crown Prince of Greece one said to me, in tho midst of a conversation about the political institutions of his coun try. He was surely right, if the re mark be applied to the sociel and poli tical instincts of the Greek y ?opie. No more naturally and unaffectedly dem ocratic people exists under the sun than the Greek. Not only are there no aristocratic titles, but there is no ap parent consciousness, in the ordinary life and manners, of the existence of social barriers. The village demarch sits placidly and comfortably with the other villagers and the peasants in the cafe or bakali; the cabman who served you yesterday does not omit to give you from his box a graceful salute as he passes you on the street; no hum bleness of occupation or of presumed station in life deters one man from greeting another whom he meets on the road or in the square, or from begin ning the frankest and freest conversa tion. The reserve and cautious, if not bashful, self-respect of the Anglo Saxon commonly interprets this Greek freedom at the first as bald effrontery. In the judgment of the newcomer the Greek commonly gains the credit of being what the American collegian would call "decidedly fresh." In reality, it is part and parcel of the Na tional courtesy, tinctured aud con ditioned, to be sure, by the equally National curiosity. Democracy is no affectation. Tho bashfulness which springs from suspicion of barriers is un known. -Century. A Magnetic Island. "The stories of magnetic mountains that exert an attraction that cannot be withstood on all vessels that come into their vicinity have some foundation in reality," says Der Stein der Weisen (Vienna, March 23), "and that, too, in the i.eighborhood of Germany. The well-known island of Bornholm, situ ated in the Baltic and belonging to Denmark, may be regarded as a huge magnet. Although the power of this magnet is not so great that it can draw the nails out of ships, as was told of the legendary maguetic hills, the magnetism of the rocks on the island of Bornholm can cause a good deal of trouble to ships in quite another way. For the island of Bornholm exerts such an influence on the magnetic needle that it can cause a vessel to turn per ceptibly aside from its course. This is quite possible, as the effect of this magnetic island is perceptible at a dis tance of fifteen kilometers (9} miles). A rocky reef near Bornholm is also made of the same magnetic substance." -Translation in thu Literary Digest. A Preacher Teaching Boxing. In Waterloo, Me., there is a pastor who used to be an expert boxer in his college days, and last winter he gavo lessons in the manly art to the youths of his neighborhood. England's total foreign trade in 1896 amounted to $3,126,315,395, while our own reached only $1,642,925,161. How Should She Know! Mr. M., a Boston gentleman, has a telephone in his new house, and he in structed a newly engaged Irish maid servant how to reply in case there should come a call over the wire dur ing the absence of Mr. M. and his wife. One day there came such a call, and Nora went to the telephone. "Well, sor?" said Nora, with her mouth to the speaking tube. "Who's that?** came over the wire in a masculine voice. "It's me, sor." "And who is me?" "How the divil should I know who yeez are?" retorted Nora.-Harper's Bazar. She Was Prepared. A certain minister always felt it to be his duty to give each young couple a little sei ious advice before he per formed the marriage ceremony, and for this purpose he usually took them aside, one at a time, and talked very soberly tu each of them regarding the great importance of the step they were to take, and the new responsibilities they were to assume. One day he talked in his most earnest manner for several minutes to a young woman who had come to be married to a bright looking young man. "And now," he said, in closing. "I hope you will fully realize the extreme importance of the step you are taking, and that you are prepared for it." "Prepared," she said innocently. "Well, if I ain't prepared, I don't know who is. I've got four common quilts and two nice ones, ard four bran-new feather beds, ten sheets and twelve pairs of pillow slips, four all linen table cloths, a dozeu spoons and a good six-qnarts teakettle. If I ain't prepared no girl in this country ever was."-Dundee Times. THE largest orcnard in Great Britain is ,t Tottingham, in the county of Gloucester. It is 500 acres in extent and in some seasons yields its owner, Lord Sudley, a profit of $50,000. The trees are chiefly apples and plums. Pen Why Will 1 is nothing better for this purpose tha pound. 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