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M/VKINC GOOD COFFEE. New York Hotels Have a Man Especially For That Purpose. if there is one particular branca of the culinary art in which the average housewife prides herself, it is her abili ty to make good coffee. As far as com pounding the favorite breakfast bever age is concerned, she nine times out of ten does not delude herself, but ask any man who is the least bit of a bon viveur and he will tell you that not one woman in a hundred can make aft ter-dinner coffee that is fit to drink. The coffee that is set before him at the family table is as different from the clear, brown-black stimulating liquid that is served in the clubs, restaurants and big hotels as is water from wine. He wonders why this should be, but were he to pay a visit to the precincts sacred So the stewards of our large hotels, and there learn just how much time, care and money is devoted to the preparation of this one concomitant of a well-served dinner, his respect for the housewife's efforts would probably Increase, while his enjoyment of the post-prandial nectar would doubtless be augmented. One of the most important officials In every large hotel and restaurant in the city is known as the "coffee man." His sole duty consists in buying, blend ing and making the gailons of coffee that are consumed daily by the guests. He is very apt to have pronounced Ideas regarding blends and mixtures, but his fad par excellence is the partic ular kind of coffee pot or urn to be used in concocting the beverage. The views of the Waldorf coffee man differ from those of the superintendent of the Imperial; at the Fifth Avenue another blend and another mode of compounding are adopted, while at the Arena the method of coffee- making is peculiarly their own. At the Waldorf the blend favored for breakfast coffee is two-thirds of a pound of Mocha to one-third of Java. The Waldorf cof fee man docs not favor coffee that is -finely ground, soaks it in cold water for a fuit hour before it is put in the large sieves of the countless huge sil ver urns cf thc establishment. For breakfast he uses about one pound of coffee to five quarts of water; this is poured through the sieve and strainers, which are arranged in the urns in the regulation French coffee-pot fashion, four times. The result is a clear, am ber-colcred liquid of excellent flavo: and strength. For the after-dinner coffee he pre fers a blend that is composed of rathtr more Java than Mocha, and but four parts .of water are allowed to the pound. The process of making is the same. At tho Arena coffee is made on the tables in Viennese coffee pots, by what is known as the steaming process. There the mixture consists of equal parts of Mocha and Java. About one ounce is allowed to each individual pot. The pots themselves are quaint-look ing affairs of hammered brass, porce lain lined, and with glass tops. Un derneath is swung a small spirit lamp. In the body of the pot is placed a suf ficient quantity of cold water, while the allotted onuce of Mocha and Java is put, perfectly dry, and very finely ground, in the glass top. When the water boils the steam slowly ascends through a tube, and as it permeates the dry coffee, drop by drop the pure coilee essence falls into a receiver, with the result that a perfectly pure, full flavored coffee of the richest strength is obtained. This process Is also used by many of the quaint restaurants af fected by the foreign element, but the coffee used is the strong black blend popularly known as Turkish. At both the Imperial and the Fifth Avenue the Mocha and Java mixture is favored, but at these hotels both French and Viennese pots are tabooed, and the old-fashioned method of straining the coffee through a flannel bag prevails.-New York Times. A Valuable Franchise Secured. The franchise of easy dicestion-one of the most valuablo in the gift of n>edical science can bc secured by any person wise enough to uso Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters, either to s?'ppi-'?s's growing dyspepsia, or to uproot it at maturity. Bilious, rheumatic and fever and ague sufferers, persons troubled with nervous 'ness and the constipated, should also secure the health franchise by the same means. Although a needle has an eyo in its head, it is not able to see its own point. You may not know it but there arc large numbers of people who have made fortunes in Wheat and Corn during the last few months. There aro equally good opportuni ties now. Why should you not do so. Henry Mugridgo& Co., 63 Commerce Building. Chi cago, make a specialty of advising their cus tomers on the condition of the market. Write to them for full particulars. All orders filled on Board of Trade Floor. Bank R?f?r ences. _ I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump tion to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D. TOWN SEND, Ft Howard, Wis., May 4, '94. CURED HIS CATARRH Getting Better Very Soon After Talcing Hood's Sarsaparilla. "My son had catarrh very badly and we could get nothing to do him any good, no was much run down. I decided to givo him Hood'? Sarsaparilla and after ho began taking it he was soon getting bettor and is now well." Mrs. J. M. Y7. Hills, Antrim, N. H. Remember I9? Sarsa parilla Is the i>e i - ,n fact theOneTnio Blood Pnrifler. ??ft'V'?'a ?\\\et ?ire tho o-ily pills to tako SlViiiJ g rt?5 with Hood's S irsapariihu si ma II (?ono The price of Cotton is at all times controlled by a- few Kew York and Liverpool operators. I nm fully posted in advance of all their In tentions, and can show you how to make mnney by investing in Cotton, with none of the risks of speculation. Write for full par ticulars. H. L., P. O. Box 1044, New York. LOOK AT THESE Kolled Plate Cuff Linke. Send 8 evins lu Stamps to DUM o BELL LINKS. D. M.Watkins & Co. CATALOGUE FEEE. PBOVIDEXCK. R. I. CHEW STAR TOBACCO-THE BE8T. SMOKE SLEDGE CIGARETTES_ INT ioHTHis pflPERss'raass cr Colds, for Asthma, E ing Cough, and all Thro eases, you can't beat ai Half size y ^ y y ^ NIT *Y* W ifffSi ^ -A/.A, A. A. .A. , COMMUNITY OFZOAR. Old World Organization That is Flourish ing in Ohio. Among the communistic societies ol America none are more interesting than this one of Zoar, located about fifteen miles southeast of Massillon, Ohio. It owes its existence to a reli gious society not unlike that of the Friends, founded in Germany 100 years ago and driven from that land by re ligious persecution. lu 1817 about 250 of the sect left Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden, and after many weary days of travel reached one of the most beau tiful places in Ohio, where they decid ed to locate. This settlement was named Zoar, and is stih in a flourishing condition, all bough they have not increased in numbers, as many of the younger members, dissatisfied with this small world, have cut loose to make a namo and fortune for themselves. Those whc. separated themselves from the colony cannot lay claim to a share in tho property. The society, however, usually makes a voluntary gift, which is sufficient to establish the deserters in business. Until recently there were no difficulties, but some of the young people urged a division of the proper ty ant that each one be allowed to mesage his own for himself. The original charter, however, provided that the property could not be divided so long as three members wished to hold together. The place has the at mosphere of the old country from the garden, with its old-fashioned holly hocks anO bower covered with gr^pe vines, to the old Dutchman sitting at his back door on a high, straight backed wooden bench, smoking his pipe. There is an air of cleanliness and comfort about everything, for each has the same pride in the whole as in the spot where he abides. The society at present owns 7,000 acres of land. On the whole the co-operative lys tcn. has been a great financial success, although last year the society was somewhat in debt. The crops have been exceptionally good this year, and so enough may be realized to cancel tho debt and the balance laid aside for a rainy day. They have about SCO acres sown to wheat, 100 to rye and 200 to oats, and this year the wheat yielded 50 bushels per acre. Toward evening one may see about 200 fat cows wandering toward the stables and filing into their stalls in the most perfect order. Each stall has the name of its occupant painted above it, am1, as the names become duplicated a number is added to the name, as Daisy 1 and Daisy 2. Each cow knows her own stall, and always walks into the rifiht one. The milking is attended to by the women, each woman having a certain number of cows to milk. After this task is finished the milk ls car ried to one of the cleanliest of dairies, where some is apportioned to the dif j feient families, and the remainder kept at the dairy for butter and cheese. Besides the farm conveniences the people have their own flour mill, saw mill, woolen mill, and. dyehouse, tan nery and brewery Their woolen mill produces cloth for their clothing, blan kets for their beds and also for their horses. The surplus from their mills finds a ready sale through the eastern jobbers. The Tuscarawas River flows th)c?t:gh their land, and furnishes pow er tc run the machinery of the several m Un? which they operate. About fifty hards are hired from outside the col ony to help run these different mills. Formerly these people were gov erned by a "general agent," who lived In a large mansion, that is still stand ing. At present the colony is gov erned by three trustees chosen by bal lot. The colony is divided into two Cias.ses, one consisting of those who aie competent to vote because of their good behavior and age, and the other of those who still enjoy the benefits of I the colony but have no voice in its ; government on account of their ques j tio:iable character. ' While all speak both English and German the foreign language is spo ken almost entirely in the homes. In the village school English is taught three days a week and German two. A Simple Fire Extinguisher. Hand-grenades, the simplest form of fire-extinguisher, can be made at home cheaply and easily. And it ls well to have at hand a simple contrivance for extinguishing a small fire at its start. Take twenty pounds of common salt and ten pounds of sal ammoniac (ni trate of ammonia, to be had of any druggist), and dissolve in seven gal Ions of water. Procure quart bottles, of thin glass, such as are ordinarily used by druggists', and fill with this, corking tightly and sealing, to pre vent evaporation. The breaking of the bottle liberates a certain amount of gas, and the heat of the fire generates more, thus work ing its own destruction. Kan No Kisks. The boy hung back when the visitor spoke to him, and his mother waa nat urally annoyed. "Won't you go to Mrs. Brown, Wil lie?" she asked. "No," replied the boy, shortly. "Don't you like me?" asked Mrs. Brown, good naturedly. "No, I don't," answered the boy. "Why, Willie.'" exclaimed his mother, reproachfully. "Well, I guess I got whipped for not telling the truth yesterday, and I ain't taking no chances today," pro tested the boy.-Chicago Post. A Sure Thing. A man dropped his wig on the street and a boy who was following close be hind the loser, picked it up and hand ed it to him. "Thanks, my boy,' said the owner of the wig. "You are the first genuine hair restorer I have ever seen."-Roxbury Gazette. <?> ifri Ak A ?ronchitis, Croup, Whoop at Troubles or Lung Dis nd you can't better bottle, 50c. OU? BUDGET OF HUMOR LAUCHTER.PROVOKINC STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Slarrled Now-Only Enough For Two Her Advantage- How You Can Tell Too Personal-Consideration-Admires the Sentiment-Intimation* Etc., Etc. Ab, onco when Jolla read aloud, My doting soul was rapt and proud; But now, although I love her moro, When Julia reads I doze and snore. -Chicago Eecord. Only Kn on Eh For Two. Landlady-"What part of the blacken would you like, Mr. Hardy?" Hardy-"Either. "-Puck. How You Can Tell.1 "You can tell how old a tree is by its rings." "Yes; and that's the way you can tell how young a girl is, too." Tho Terrors of Baldheadedness. Gadsby-"Your hair will be gray if | it keeps on." Wool?n-"Oh, veil, if it keeps on I'll bc satisfied."-Itoxbury Gazette. Tier Advantage. "Your daughter has au angolio dis position." "Yes; wo always let her have her own way about everything."-Chicago Becord. Too Personal. "What a singular nose the new boarder, Miss Perkins, has!" "Yes; she looks so much like a par rot that I didn't dare pass her the crackers." Admires tho Sentiment. "That mau singing 'Only Ono Girl in the World For Me' has been mar ried three times." "Woll, that's all right; ho means only ono girl at a time."-Chicago Record. A Burst of Speed. Street Car Conductor (to driver)- j "I wonder what that man is running so hard for?" Driver (looking baok)-"Mehby the fool wants ter git on. G'lang!"-New York Weekly. Intimation. "This newspaper says that a young j woman ought not to Bit at a piano more than fifteen minutes at a time." "Hero, cut that out and let's send it to that family in the next flat."-Chi cago Tribune. Consideration. "Which would you rather have around a flat building-a dog or a baby?" "That would depend entirely on which ono of thom was mine."-In dianapolis Journal. A Sure Indication, "By George, Mrs. Monger must be telling our wives tho mo3t awful scan dal." /:, "What makes you think so?" "Why, they are both listening with out interrupting. "-Life. A Useful Art. "Of course," said one old farmer to the other, "your boy is learnin' Latin and Greek at college, but is he gettin1 anything practical?" "Oh, yes. In the last letter he writ he tells me he is takin' lessons inf enc ?a'."-Detroit Free Press. Endowed With Reason. Professor-"Where did you acquire the information tirt microbes ponsess a high order of *' -diligence?" ?u-~./W* ^k isa deduction of my j cnn." Professor-"From what?" Student-"From their being found in kisses."-Puck. Tho Little Critic. "Why, papa," said Frances, who was looking at tho album; "surely this isn't a picture of you?" "Yes," replied papa; "that is a picture of mo, taken when I was quite young." "Well," commented the littlo girl, "it doesn't look as much like you as you look now."-Harper's Bazar. Computation. "What I want," s?.id the man who was talking about taking a flat, "is some place where the rooms aro big enough for me to turn around in. "Certainly," replied the agent. "That can be easily arranged, as you are not an unusually large man. Stand up, please, and let me get your exact mcasuromont. "-Washington Stai\ What He Needed. Mr. Woodware-"That young fel low you havo in your office is the most conceited puppy I ever ran across. Mr. Queenswaro-"Yes, I know; but you must remember ho is young yet, and his character is not fully formed. He has never been tried by fire." Mr. Woodware-"Then you'd bet ter fire him."-New York Weekly. Expensive Diet. "No, I can mako you no contribu tion. I don't believe in sending out foreign missionaries. "But the Scriptures command us to feed the hungry." Tho man of wealth shrugged his shoulders. "Well, I'd feed them something cheaper than missionaries," ho re joined, with the brusquerie that char acterizes his class.-Detroit Journal. /'It is a Wise .'Father," Etc. A certain learned professor in New York has a wife and family, but, pro fessor-like, his thoughts aro always with his books. One evening his wife, who had been out for some hours, returned to find the house remarkably quiet. She had left the children playing about, but now they were nowhere to bo seen. She demanded to be told what had becomo of them, and tho professor explained that, as they had made a good deal of noise, ho had put them to bed without waiting for her or call ing a maid. "I hope they gavo you no trouble," sho said. "No," replied the professor, "with the exception of the one in the cot here. He objected a good deal to my undressing him and putting him to bed." The wife went to inspect the cot. "Why," sho exclaimed, "that's lit tle Johnny Green, from next door." Pittsburg Dispatch. Grass Paving Blocks. Paving blocks made of meadow grass are now manufactured. Their inventor was a clergyman, and the meadow grass, impregnated with oil, tar and resin, is pressed into blocks and finally bound with iron straps. The advantage claimed for those blooks is that they are noiseless und elastic, resist wear well and are im pervious to heat and cold. A 1'lace to Avoid. Moro men have died and are buried in tho Isthmus of Panama, along the line of the proposed canal, than on any equal anwufitil territory igjbejyorld, WORDS OF WISDOM. Thepaths to God are more in num ber than the breathings of created be ings.-From the Persian. A soul's rays, looking Godward, must blend with all other rays thus tending. It is tho only abiding nearness.-Trin ities and Sanctities. The regeneration of the world will begin when humanity fully realizes that its humanity is divine, and that life, in its true sense, meana simply and always divino life.-Lilian "Whit ing. Pleasant retrospections, easy thoughts and comfortable presages are admirable opiates. They help to assuage the anguish and disarm the distemper and almost make a man de spise his misery.-Jeremy Taylor.) Solitude is a good school, but the world is tho best theatre; tho institu tion is the best there, but tho practioo here; the wilderness hath the advan tage of discipline, and society oppor tunities of perfection.-Jeremy Taylor. The needful thing is not that we abate, but that wo consecrate the in terests and affections of our life, en tertain them with a thoughtful heart, serve them with the will of duty and revere them as the benediction of God. -James Martineau. When God sends darkness, let it be dark. 'Tis so vain to think we can light up with candles, or make it any thing but dark. It may be because of the darkness wo shall seo some nev/ beauty in the stars.-George S. Mer riam, in "The Story of William and Lucy Smith." Glory is the crown woven by the self. A soul in which the spirit of a divine purpose is at flood glorifies everything it touches, enhaloes every place and act, lifts tho meanest thing to bs divine, sends tho thrill 'of its energy through the dullest, puts life into that which means death. Such soul transfigures, if it may not trans mute, everything it comes in contact with.-J. F. W. Ware. The loftiest test of friendship-un derstood as companionship-is the power to do without it. And in this world of external confusions and separ ations there is often such a need. We do not yield the friendship, but we must again and again forego the com panionship. Then comes tho proof of our capacity for sacrifice, our loyalty to the Highest of all.-Lucy Larcom, in "As it is in Heaven." Tho Great Ribbon Muddle. He entered the shop hurriedly, with the air of a man whose mind was filled with a weighty commission. Those whom he passed at the door heard him muttering under his breath a formula, which he seemed to fear might slip away and bc lost. He ap proached tho counter like one who wishes it were well over. "I wish to get," he said, boldly, "some ribbon for a red baby." Tho shop girl's blank stare soemed to arouse him to a sense of something lacking. "That is," he said, "I would like some baby for a red libbed one." The shop girl was smiling broadly now, and four errand boys, a shop walker and seven lady customers gath ered and smiled in unison. He began again : "That is-of course-you know-rl mean-somo red libbed baby for one -that is-some red ribs for one baby -soine one's red baby's ribs-some baby for one red rib-some-thunder and gunsl Where's the way out?" He 1 jparted on th d run. "I -inder, " said tho shop girl, thoughtful!,, an hour or so afterward, "if he could have meant red baby rib bon?" Odd Death of a Sparrow. A little English sparrow meta tragic death ono day last week. A number of teams are stationed in Eoot street to help the passing stroet cars across the railroad tracks. Two or three of thom aro at rest most of tho time- in tho cool shado of neighboring build ings while their drivers loungo and talk. , Now, a sparrow thinks nothing is quite so nice for nest building as long horse hairs. A number of them visi ted tho corner every day, and gleaned tho hairs from the ground. .Of coarse, this was slow work, and ono of the birds, more ambitious than the others, finally concluded to go to tho fountain head of horso hairs, and so he tried to pull a hair from tho tail of one of tho sleepy horses. No doubt the horse thought that a fly was biting bim, and switched his tail vigorously. In some way, no ono knew just how, tho spar row was caught, and when the driver came back ho found tho poor little bird hanging quite still and dead, with ono of tho long hairs twisted around his neck. And tho old horse didn't seem to know that anything was the matter.-San Francisco Post. Uses of Emery. For many yeais most of the emery has been brought from Turkey and tho j Greek islands. Its value for cutting , and polishing has been known since | tho beginning of history. Very crudo , methods are in use for obtaining this j substance for market. Enormous fires , aro built on or against tho rocks, which aro thon cracked or broken by throwing jets of cold water against thom. Emery ha3 many uses, among , which is its employment in polishing , and cutting. Being so unmanageable, ? it for a long time defied the efforts of \ mau to put it into available shape, but at length it was cemented into usable i forms and it was molded into wheels, j Emery millstones are a later-day im- j provement. They are the most prac tical of all stones, because they are not affected by heat and tho face is al- ' ways sharp. As cutting and polishing powder, emery is of great value, and emery sandpaper is au important arti- ' cle of manufacture.-American Culti vator. Pnoumnilc Trousers. ( Ono of the most novel uses to which i compressed air has been put is that of ' pneumatic-seated trousers patented by . Moses E. Isaacs, of Philadelphia, j These trousers will, when ready for I use, have in their lower middle portion 1 an air cushion, and a suitable tubo ] connection extending up the back por tion, whereby the owner of such pants < can at will inflate them for his com- | fort and convenience. When he desires < to mount a horse, bicycle, merry-go- j round, or anything with a jolt in it, j ho simply pulls from his pocket a \ handy pump and churns air into tho j cushion ad libitum.-The Pathfinder, j A Boo In Ula Stomach. . While Peter Carson, of Kalama, Wash., was eating his dinner a yellow \ jacket got into his mouth and was f swallowed, or at any rate went down ( his oesophagus, and, according to the. I Western chronicler, stung him in the r stomaoh. It took a physician's ser- g vices to give tho bee its quietus. Car- c son described his sensations as those e a man might feel who was blown up j by dynamite just as a house fell upon 3 to,-Ne^ ^rk gua, . Jf WOMAN'S WORLD. j J A Gallant Savant. When Professor Virchow was in Russia, a few weeks ago, he was wait ad on by a deputation of female phy sicians, who crme to thank him for liaving thrown . open his lecture room and laboratory to a Russian woman at a time when the German universities did not yet admit female students. Virchow, in reply, invited Russian fe male physicians to make use of his pathologio and anatomic museum at Berlin, which has been recently en larged. Education of Women. Mrs. Robert E. Park, of Macon,Ga., who has been spending a week in New York, was a leader in a recent fight in her State for. the university education of. women. To a Tribune reporter she said: "It is university privileges we seek, not co-education. If Georgia can sustain a woman's university,well and good. But that is practically out of the question, since she does not properly care for the one she now has. Our correspondence has been exten: sive on the subject of co-education in universities, and the testimony every where, but especially in the South, is emphatically favorable. Th? dire re sults to morals and manners predicted and feared by many do not follow. As Chancellor Jesse says, 'Only those ob jeot to co-education who have not tried it.' This is the testimony of a Southern man-a Virginian."-New York Tri bune. Tho Season's Sic; Muffs. - The muff of tho season is big. It is drawn up at the top into _a satin bow and a cascade of lace. Inexpensive shoulder capes are made entirely of mink or sable or Persian lamb paws. These are lined with brocade and finished with lace or ribbon. RuiHe collars in mink, twelve-tailed necklets in the same fur and white-tipped fox boas to set over dark coats are among the most novel fur accessories. I have seen a few fur-trimmed dresses, green tweed and Persian lamb being one of tho best, writes Ellen Os born, of New York. A theater party that burst into a restaurant the other night for supper brought somo good gowns. One, of 'old rose silk, was slightly trained. A band of jeweled lace insertion edged the skirt behind and ran up on either sids of the front to the waist line. Across the bottom of tho front was a line of sable. The blouse bodice of old rose velvet was cut with a large square yoko of silk outlined with tho jeweled insertion. Tho yoke was prolonged into epaulets, edged with sable. There was a hirjh collar of unique shape made entirely of insertion and stauding in a flat ruf fle of old Tore ribbon. The large hat of old rose velvet was trimmed with feathers. A second costume was of fawn-col ored cloth, with the lower part of the skirt sprinkled with irregular spots of greer?, velvet. A green-velvet blouse, corselet belt and sleeves of cloth and a poke hat of brown felt, faced with green and trimmed with upstanding feathers, completed the outfit. A pink-face cloth dress was charm ing. Its skirt was trimmed with bands and bars of golden-brown velvet. The bodice was tucked round and round and was finished with a velvet belt and a-tabbod, collarliko top of brown and pink figured silk. This also had vel vet garnitures.-Chicago Record._ Administration Curls Stylish. All the femininity of any conse quence in Washington ar^ vearing their'hair cropped, curled and held at either sido of the parting by tiny combs. This is because Mrs. Mc Kinley, as the first lady in tho land, wears ber hair that way, and, of course, should be copied. The curls have come to be known as "Adminis tration curls." At the various sum mer resorts these dames from the capital were gazed at in horror at first, because the fashion is certainly unbe coming to almost every one, but when the "why and wherefore" was learned maids aud matrons rushed to their rooms, combed out their Merode curls and cut them off. Now tho McKinley curls have made their appearance from Maine to the Rio Graudo and from Key West to Klondike, aud will doubt less hold their own uuti.' the arrival of some new social or theatrical stai\ Why women should change the fashion of wearing their hair is incom prehensible, because to every face some one style is absolutely suited and all other modes are more or less unbecoming. But let a professional beauty or a French music hall dancer adopt some curious and wonderful method of aranging her hair and women the world over will make this method "the fashion." It is many years since Mrs. Langtry started the fashion of chopping oil' all the hair on the top of the head, curling the short ends into little rings and wares and produciug what was known as a "bang." The much-abused tresses bave had time to grow long, and now women are lookiug out at the world From behind straight bands of hair ?Irawn clown over the ears, because Cleo de Merode, Parisian music hall lancer and favorite of a king, has set khe fashion for so doing.-San Fran cisco Chronicle. Fashion Notes. Corded silks and ribbed woolens md velvets will be very fashionably used for handsome gowns, entire street costumes, redingotes and wraps this winter. A gay and pretty coat for a girl of ive years is of scarlet cloth, double jreasted and ornamented by military ,'rogs of black silk braid. A capo of icarlet velvet, under heavy cream gui pure lace, falls from a yoke braided arith black. A rolling collar and deep :uffs of the cloth, both braided, com plete this pretty little garment. Some of the new fur capes are made rery short and full on the shoulders, md many models show a fur ruffle iud stauding collar attached to a rounding yoke of deep moss-green, (vine-colored or golden-brown velvet. Other pelerines have inlaid yokes of ?et, bronze or vari-colored Persian beads, or the joke is nearly covered ivith rich, heavy-silk-cord arabesque patterns en applique. Facings, revers and vests of white jr cream cloth still appear on some of :he handsomest cloth costumes for jpecial wear. This is an easy and most effective addition to a gown, and ilways a becoming one. Some of :hese gowns show the white or cream portions bordered with rows of white ind gold braid; others aro almost Ind ien by an?- intricate arabesque or ver nicelli design in hand-braiding. A smart afternoon frock for a girl of ion is of bright blue cloth. The blouse ront is a separate piece which is fast med to the shoulders by bretelles of he cloth. A square yoko of finely )laited bright red satin and sleeves of daited red satin give a charming touch ?f color. Tho edges of the bretelles ind of the blouse where it touches the .oke in front are adorned by a fine de ign in narrow braiding, which also irtish es the bottom of the skirt. THE OEDE? OE MULLAHS REMARKABLE WHITE-BEARDED MEN OF THE? INDIAN FRONTIER. They Are Schoolmaster, Lawyer, .7 ntl pc and Priest All Combined, and exor cise a Strong Influence Over tlie In habitants vt the Afghan H111&. During the spring of 1887 I accom panied a survey party which set out from Peshawar to penetrate the coun try north of th? Khyber, and examine such routes as would be available in the event of the pr.ss being held hy a powerful enemy. During that time I had many opportunities of studying the manners and methods of the Mul lahs-those remarkable men who aro at present using their fanatical follow ers to chive them to revolt against tho encroachments of the Feringhees. The visitor lo the towns of the in dependent tribes will often see a'ven erable white-boarded old man, fol lowed hy a crowd of young Pathans, who show every sign of respect for their leader. In his right hand the venerable figuro carries a staff, aud in his left a largo volume of the law ac cording to Mahomet. When tho pro cession reached a public place the leader seats himself; his disciples stand around or sit at his feet, and the general public assemble at a little distance to hear the gems cf wisdom that fall from the holy man's lips, or to roar at the world-wide "chestnuts," not always of the most decorous'char acter, which ho sometimes unbends sufficiently to tell. Such a man is a mullah, one of a class who exercise an influence over the inhabitants of the Afghan hills so passionate and wido that to Europeans it is beyond belief. The Mullahs are collectively known as the TJlinia, or learned. They are the schoolmasters, lawyers, judges, as well as the priests, many of them be ing men of great ability and scholar ship; and a3 they are all passionately devoted to their order, it cannot be said that their influence is altogether evil. They are great peacemakers in a land where fighting is the breath of a man's nostrils. I once saw one of them in Lalpoorah rush between two bodies of Mohmunds who wore drawn up to attack each other, and, hy pas sionate prayers to them to remember their common God and their common country, make these desperate men forget their purpose and go away aa quietly asirightened schoolboys. Tho position of Mullah is conferred on such candidates a3 have undergone a special course of study in the intri cate Mahometan lav/ and successfully passed au examination therein. The principal part of the ceremony con sists of the most saintly Mullah pres ent investing the novice with the wide flowing gown of white cotton and the peculiarly shaped turban. The Mullahs marry and live like the laity in most particulars; though some of them assume the most ridiculous austerity, frowning on the simplest amusements, and even condemning all music except the warlike drum and trumpet, as being effeminate. To such men the merry fiddle or the sigh ing lute are as the horns of the Evil One. One rich source of revenue with the priesthood is their fine collection of oharins and incantations. It is no un common sight to see an ancient Afridi or Mohmund sitting with a Mullah and vigorously repeating a charm or performing a subtteincantation to en able him to fix the affections of some fair lady who is not enamoured of his gray hairs. A Mullah's most sensitive point is the dignity of his office. When that is outraged there is trouble in tho land. Ho calls the brethren to a coun cil. They suspend, all the rites of public worship, denounce their enemy as a dog and an infidel, cover him and his people with their maledictions and practically excommunicate him. If this does not bring the unhappy man to his senses, the Mullahs don their sacred robes, and carrying the green standard of the Prophet, go up and down throughout tho land proclaim ing the Mahometan warcry, and calling on the faithful to avenge the honor of the apostle of the Prophet. To those who flock to their side they promise eternal bliss; to those who ignore their appeals everlasting torture. The Mul lah's voice is not raised in vain. He soon has a frantic army following th 3 green flag, willing to go auywhere and do anything their leader pleases. When a Mullah dies the place of his death becomes a sacred shrine at which miracles are. worked. There is not a village throughout the whole Pathan country which has not its holy spot to which the sick, thc halt and the blind resort for relief.-St. James Gazette. Sea Water of Many Colors. On a bright, sunny day visitors are often puzzled at tho numerous colors visible on the surfaco of the sea. Thero will, perhaps, be somo four or fivo streaks of green, blue, yellow, black and so forth, making the water appear as though it were painted in color-stiipe3 of mathematical precision. To the initiated these several stripes have their meaning. They are nearly all produced hy the character of the ocean bed, and as a rule are only seen in close proximity to land. If you see a deep blue or green patch, you may label it deep water, the blue usually being deeper than the green. A yellowish tint signifies a sandy bottom, and, if it is very pro nounced, indicates a shoal or sand bank. Black indicates rocks, although sea weed or cloud shadows will sometimes produce a similar effect. On the east coast it is no uncommon thing to seo a patch of bright red where the sun has reflected tho color of the deep brown sand on the sur face. Where the bottom is muddy, as on the Essex coast, a streak of bright silver-gray is often seen. Many people who cannot claim inti macy with the sea imagine these col ors are in tho sea water itself, whereas its intrinsio tint is bluish-green. London Ans wers. Method For Disco venns Forgery. Tin's new method has been devised hy Professor 31. Bruylauts, professor in chemistry in tho University of Louvain. 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The moon was not shining, but the star-light fil tered down, uninterruptedly, through cloud masses and slightly tinged the dark, heavy air so that objects were visible to the steady gaze. On some quest I had gone to tho horn alone. Just before reaching it, however, I saw a sight tha? turned the currents of my blood back on themselves and made the very hair on my head stand up, as ii were. Just l\i front of me, with arms outspread and supporting a thin, unsubstantial vesture of grayish white, loomed a spectre whose head must have been at an altitude of three times my own. There was nv doubt about the matter. Riveted to the spot I, at first, gazed awe-struck. The spec tre moved not nor did it vanish. Hy disbelief in ghosts asserted itself, how ever, and I found myself emboldened enough to question the spectre, after a short spell. I did more. My foot struck a hard substance which, on ex amination, proved to be a brick-bat. It occurred to me to test his ghostshlp. I did so. Moving a pace forward I deliberately hurled the bat full at the body of the apparition, thinking, If it were a tangible fraud, practicing de ceit, I would get oven with it The bat, true to the aim, struck the spectre, but, to my great consternation, it passed through it and hit the barn beyond with such noise as I thought I had never heard before. I thought I heard a sigh, and, in the uncertain light, I thought I distinguished a rustle of the airy robes, but this was all. There stood the spectre still; but I did not longer tarry, leaving abruptly and in firm faith in the supernatural." How Berliners "Spruce b'p." The men of Berlin have an odd habit of brushing and combing their hair and whiskers in public. In the rest aurants and cafes men pull out their implements and "spruce up" while waiting for their orders to be filled. They do not take the trouble to leave the table, either. In the foyers of the Berlin theatres there are many mir rors. 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