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The PIASTERS LO AX and SAYINGS BANK, AUGUSTS . GA?, Organized 1870. Oldest Saying Bank In Eastern Croorcla. I.arirefit -Savings Capital in City. Paya Intercut and Compeunda every G months. VOL. LXIII. NO. 23. THE HEART Ol ?Wheo, grlei Is vast and mid its acho I long for sympathy, Tho world of mea I will not take To bear my pain with mo, To tench my soul how to endure. And probe the wound it cannot cure, I-" . "When Sorrow comes, remote from mer To Nature's heart my sighs I'll breathe alone by hill and glen Unvexed by curious eyes, And listen to the sweet "Alasl" , Of pity Ii g winds amid the gras3. * SIS The Regenera ITTJATED in a wild glen, through which the Crazy river flows and from which the mountains ascend abruptly, range on range, to the far* thest heights of the Holy Trinity, is the Wachapi Indian reservation. It was in the Waohapi that Judy lived. The tribe to whioh she belonged had dwelt here for unknown years, beyond the mem ory, even of the gray-haired Judy's grandfather, Comachsen, who was so old that his eyes and mouth were lost in the furrows of his faoe. Coraach H?n said that their race had originally issued from the depths of Mt. Tehatli, the greatest peak of th9 Holy Trinity, and that , that mountain w*as their mother and that they were the chil dren of the earth. But the mission aries invariably rebuked him for this and deolared it was nonsense, whereat Comachsen would shake his head in senile pity for their ignorance and answer oracularly: /'Was not Judy the mother of Inotliu, the little Danc ing Flame?" Now, tho little Dancing Flame had gone out thirty years ago, which was nothing to Comachsen, bnt a great deal to Judy, and these references to the anoient sorrow still had tho power to move her heart. For, incredible as it might seem, the gaunt and weather beaten Judy had once been young and pretty. The daughter of a chief, she could have married any man in th6 tribe, but her choice fell on Tuosilt, the tallest and bragest, and the day that she knelt before him and held np to him in hor arms the baby-ah, mel But within a twelve-month her young husband had died in he;- arms, shot to death by tho white settlers in the old war. They called it "the war," these Indians, although it was bnt a border feud brought about by the lust of unscrupulous pioneers for tho In dian lands, and which, further in flamed by the sale of whisky, burst forth one summer's day in bloodshed and then - settled into months of re prisal, with the occasional killing of a white man and the more frequent kill , ing of a red one, with starving Indian Women and children hiding in the mountains. And when, after tho death of her young warrior, tho fall passed and winter came, poor Judy's strength gradually left her young body, and the Dancing Flame cried for hunger as he lay upon her helpless breast, and so at last the little light had flickered and gone ont. . Soldiers had been sent to the Wachapi in response to the settlers' demand and had ended the war by quelling hostilities and bringing the poor, broken remnant of the tribe back to their homes in the valley, which was then made a government reserva tion. Since then agents had come and gone, honest men and rogues, preach ers, laymen, politicians and reformers, and through all these changes, good and evil, Judy maintained a sort of independence, supporting herself and the patriaroh ol' tho tribe, her grand father, with her own strong hands and woodoraft. She wa3 silent and repei lant, ever jreuiemteriug the great sor row of her youth which the grinding years had not been able to match, n. One day the government at Wash ington reversed its Indian policy and placed the agencies in the control of army offioers, and a Captain Baynot was . detailed for duty at Wachapi. Now Judy had always boon on good terms with the soldiers at the military post near the agoncy. They bought her fi8hand other small wares without haggling, and Mrs. Donovan, the wife of the quartermaster sergeant, taking pity on "the lon?, lorn hay then," often hired her help on oleaniug days, and in course of time taught her good, strong barracks English, with an Irish accent, which accomplishment Judy carefully concealed beneath the dig nity of her original ignorance. Shortly after the arrival of the cap tain, however, Judy, for the first time in her lifo, was taken sick with pleu risy, whorenpon the new agent hear ing from the doctor that there was a woman lying seriously ill in a wicking near old Jack's ferry, rode thither to investigate. Entering the smoky in terior, he noted with a comprehensive glance where rain and wind found their way in through crack and cranny of tho ancient lodge, and the damp ness, dirt and desolation of it all, and forthwith ordered Judy's removal to an empty log house near the fort. There were no "ifs" or "ands" or "by your leave, " but she was taken np bodily within the hour and con veyed to the olean, dry house. Here, with an iron cot, a chair and table, a fire crackling on the hearth, the smoke of which went out through tho chim ney and a young Indian woman to take care of her, the astonished Judy for the first time in her life had her weary body made comfortable and her wants supplied by others. As a consequence Judy's mind was filled with suspicion and her eyes watched each movement of her bene factors with ceaseless vigilance in the effort to discover the secret motive of their conduct which she dimly fancied had somo design on that mysterious thing, her soul. But her soul was not referred to, either by Mrs. Bay not, who sent her good things to eat, ,or Mrs. Donovan, who came in oc casionally "to hearten her up a bit," nor by Archie, the captain's child, a sturdy little chap of six years, who stole into tho hut to solve the mystery Of it? F_ THE WOOD, *sh-4_^ Above my head tho trees shall wavo Z. As if to soothe and bless; The little brooks where Hilos lavo Sh.ill croon in tenderness; While in some gentle wood Hie, 1 And list the wild birds' lullaby. ' U Perchanoe tho perfume of the flowers, Afloat across my droam, May then bring-back tho vanished hours With hope and joy agleam, And I shall see, as oft of yore, Doar eyes that smile on earth no moro. -Samuel" MInturn Peck. Judy saw him peeping in at the door and feigned sleep. Then Archie, after staring at her for a while, urged on by curiosity, made strategic ap proaches from the door to the bed. A dog, a mongrel cur that no ill treatment could drive from Judy'B side, growled at him, whereupon Judy spoke to the dog and," looking at the little boy, said in her quoer Donovan English, "What you* name?" "Archibald Morrison Baynot," re plied the ohild, with his hands be hind him, and then added, "That's a nice dog; is it yours?" "Yes," said Judy, with a grim smile at the only good word her wretched companion had ever received. Then, in spite of a curling of the dog's lip over its gleaming teeth, the boy ven tured to pat its head. And somehow Judy thought of Dancing Flame. And when Archie went on to tell of a dog that he owned, sho showed so much interest that he got quite enthusiastic, And 3he asked the little fellow to come and see her again, which, he did, and they talked together, he with the pretty braggadocio of a boy child and sbe with ready aseent and quick aym ! pathy. "Finally the doctor pronounced Judy well ?ud the captain dismissed her with a few words; "I hear that you are an honest, hard-working woman, Judy," he said, "BO I've had the men build you a wooden house of your own that you are to pay for in work. I'll give you plenty of time. I only ask you to keep it clean and to take care of yourself. Now you may go." There is no word in tho Wachapi for "Thank you," but Judy shook hands with the captain and said, "All right, sor." m. . Aud after this when Judy, with old Comachseu, was fairly established in her wooded house, Archie came often to visit her and she gave him queer woodland treasures, things that boys love, such as birds' eggs and the skins of small animals, the rattles from a five-button snake and strings of wam pum and red berries. And she made him a bow and arrow in true Indian style, with n quiver pf a marten's skin 'bead and tail complete, and taught him all tho lore of the forest, so that he talked knowingly of "signs" and knew the notes of many beasts and birds. It was Archie who ; took mo, the writer of this chronicle, to call on Judy one summer when I was the guest of his father. This was two years after tho captain had taken charge of Wachapi and Judy was liv ing in comfort, with a vegetable patch and cows and pigs, all of which she had acquired by her own thrift and labor under the new order of things. Often have I'seen her and Archie hand in hand entering the verge of the forest just back of the captain's quarters on their way to examine cer tain traps that they had set upon the hillside near the flume, the child's fair, bright fa'ce upturned to the dark, melancholy features of the Indian wo man as he eagerly prattled of their ventures. iv. * I had been at Wachapi about a month and summer was drawing to a close. The season had been unusual ly hot and dry and vagrant fires start ed by careloss hunters and prospectors had spread in the bush. One night the trees were ablaze along the edge of the road a mile be low the agency and the Crazy river turned an awful red as it crept by beneath the shelter of its banks. The next morning tho mountains were hidden behind a Dine veil and out of this concealment came at intervals great billows of yellow smoke, rolling upward in a pale, lurid glare. Indeed it seemed at times as though the world was all on fire. The captain and I were standing on his porch looking at this threatening display when ono of the Indians came in and reported that a fire had started on tho hills back of the post. 1 could see that this made the captain uneasy, although, as he explained to me, the clearing for tho flume, which extended along the side of the hill for several miles, would act as a safe guard in a certain measure. He had just said this, when Mrs. Baynot ap peared at the front door and called out in that quiet, tense tone that pre ludes tragedy, "George, I can't find Arohie!" "Isn't he in the house?" asked the captain. "No." replied his wife, her voice trembling, "I've looked everywhere," and she clasped her hands so tightly that the knuckles grew white. "Maybe ho is with Judy," said the captain. "No, no, no," protested Mrs. Bay not. "He was in the yard a little while ago. He couldn't have crossed the parade grounds without our seeing him. He must have gone into the woods." And at this sho burst into tears. The captain, somewhat alarmed, hurriedly gave her a word of comfort and passing through the hall went out into the back yard, I following. The woods were so hazy with smoke that we could see but a short distanoe, and the cries of frightened birds and small oreatures constantly deceived us and decoyed us hither and thither to no purpose. Then as we stood for a min ute rubbing our inflamed eyes and getting our breath, for the asoont was steep, we heard an ominous sound from afar off; a ripping, tearing noise, like water forcing itself through the nozzle of a hose, ending in a dull, muf fled crash. "What is it?" I said, staring at the captain's face, which had g'.own pale. "A tree has fallen," be replied. A-idthen exclaimed: ""We're losing time, I muet get the men out," And turning hack he ran down the hillside. By the time I reaohed the house I heard his voice shouting hoarsely on the parade ground, and a moment af ter the notes of the bugle rang out, sounding the assembly. As I passed through the back yard I stopped for a moment at the hydrant to dash some water into my smarting eyes. There was a tub under the fau cet, half full of the overflow, and I waa just leaning over this, sooopiny the water tip in my hands, when I was Suddenly thrust aside so violently as to almost lose my balance. Recovering myself indignantly, I recognized the Indian Woman, Judy. She had a blanket in her hands, and with a desperate energy she was Sousing it in the water. Her face was wonderful to see. She looked like one about to do battle to the death. I had but a glimpse of her when sho was off and up tho hill, her head down and partially covered with the blanket, running and leaping from stone to stone liko a hound on the scent. She did not stop to look or listen, but sped on till in a moment she was lost to sight. Then I heard the quick tramp of the infantry oompany coming across the parade ground at double time, and as it reached the edge of the woods, it deployed as skirmishers and advanced into the smoke, but as I toiled up the hill once more by tue side of the agon ized father, panting and with the sweat running down my face, I knew where the only hope of the child's sal vation lay. We had not penetrated far, though it seemed a great, distance, when among the smoke-wreathed trees in front of us appeared a speotral thing. A tall figure, but whether man or woman it was hard to say, for its gar ments hung in smoldering rags about its limbs, while its faoe waB buried in a bundle that its sinewy, blackened arms hugged tightly to its breast. "It's Judy!" I cried. "It's Judy! She's got the boy." A great Bhout went up from the men in hearing, and was repeated down the line. And at the sound the poor, scorohed, blinded creature Bank slow ly to her knees and then fell prone upon the earth. In an instant a dozen strong hands were lifting her up and, while tho captain relieved her of tho bov, the reBt of us carried her as gent ly as might be down the hill to the house. The child was unconscious from smoke and fright, but the doctor soon revived him and pronounced him in no danger from his adventure. But when he examined ppor Judy's in juries he slowly shook his head. All that he could do was to make her as free from pain as possible till the end came. She knew she was dying, and we could see how she suffered, but' she endured the ordeal with marvelous patience and dignity. At the very last she Baid, with h?r quaint Irish accent: "Cap'en, I been a dacenfl Christian woman- for nigh on two year. When I die wilt I go tdj heaver?" "Yes, Judy," said the captain. "Well, seo here, cap'n," she said.' "I been thinking 'bout thot, an' I kind o' changed my mind. ou see, I ain't sure my husband and baby'lj, be in Christian heaven, 'cause they don't know 'bout it, an' I don't wanf; to take no chances, d'ye mind. So ? guess I'll make sure an' go wheriver. they are. You can fix it for me, cap'n, can't you?" she added rather anxiously. "Judy," said the captain, in a voice)' full of emotion, "you've always been an honest, faithful woman, and you've jubt given your life to save that of a' little child, I am sure that God will be good to you. Only ask Him for. whatyou want." ? "WeIl,"Boid Judy, "all I want is to go where Tuosilt and Inotlin are, that's all. But if I got ta ask God, maybe I'd better say thot prayer He likes. D'ye think so, cap'n." "Yes," said the captain, covering his eyes with his hand. And as she began, in a failing voice, "Our Father, who art in heaven,' hallowed be thy name," we all rev erently kneeled and joined in the petition. And when wo said the final "Amen," the captaiD, who had been holding the poor creature's hand,! gently laid it on hor breast, for Judy's regeneration had been made complete. -Atlanta Constitution. WONDERS OF WELBECK. Remarkable Underground Ballroom and Tunnels. Everybody has heard pf tho under ground ballroom at Welbeck Abbey, where the Price and Princess of Wales have just been the guests of the Duke and Duchess of Portland; but com paratively few know the real extent of the buried splendors of Welbeok. These wonders of Welbeck were tho work of the present Duke's father, who in the latter years of his life avoided completely the society of his fellow-oreatures, with tho exception of a few trusted personal attendants. H?B first step, says a correspondent of the Chicago News, was to take exception to the public right of way across his park, and to counteract this his graoe had paths sunk six feet below the sur face, covering them with an arched roof of alternate turf and glasB and having them lighted where necessary, v/ith gas. There were two miles of these tunnels made from the Duke's own designs. After this his grace be gan the remarkable series of subter ranean structures which cost him, it is said, nearly $10,000,000, and kept' 1500 woikmen employed for nearly eighteen years. So enamored was the Duke of this subterranean idea that he had all the buildings of his thirty-five park lodges constructed in the same fashion and lighted with bullseyes from the top. They cost nearly $5000 each to build. But everything at Wel beck is on a colossal scale. There is a wonderful old oak tree in the park which bas an arch cut through its trunk through which a coach and four could be driven, and its grapevines are so magnificent that some years ago one huge bunch of Syrian grapes was found to weigh nearly twenty pounds and was carried by two undergardenerB on a pole to Wentworth House, Rother ham, as a ?present to the late Lord Fitzwilliam. The kitchens at Wel beck are marvelous both in dimensions and in the perfection of their equip ment, and the dishes are conveyed from there to the dining-room by means j of a miniature underground railway, j I THE HOLLAND J W One of the Most Wonderf|l ^ ure inp At the present time engines of w aro exciting unusual interest in th United States, and among those whiclr seem to have great possibilities is thc latest example of the Holland submarfi ine torpedo boats, whioh was latei launched and has been put through JOHN T. HOLLAND, THE rNVENTOB. I scries of trials in the waters near Newf York. This boat is the sixth one invent ed and built by John P. Holland.of New! York, since 1877, The first of these] vessels was only 14 feet long; the sec ond, built in 1870, was 31 feet long' and 6 feet iu diameter; the third was a: working model, IGA. feet long by 30 inches in diameter; the fourth was the^ Zalinski boat, built at Fort Lafayette,! and 40 feet long by eight feet in di ameter; the fifth is now under con struction for the Government at Bal timore, Md., and is 85 feet long by] Hi feet in diameter, and has 168 tons] displacement; and the sixth is the one; hore illustrated. This last boat is 53i feet long, 10 feet 3 inches in diameter, and has a displacement of 75 tons. The hull. a3 will be seen from.the illustration, is cigar-shaped and is made of Wuch to ?-inch steel plates; riveted to steel frames. The top is? flat, with two hatches and a central? telescopic conuing tower 2 feet in di* ameter and three feet high. Steering is done by two sets of rudders, one vertical for steering on the surface and the other horizontal for regulating; the depth of submersion. There' ore three sources of power for propelling the boat above -and below the'water* expelling water, discharging torpedoes and dynamite guns, and lighting the ship internally and externally, name ly: compressed air, gasoline and eleoi tricity. The most important agent ia compressed air, without which it would be impossible to operate the boat un der the sea. The most important use of the com pressed air is for the respiration of the crew. The boat, is quickly sub merged by admitting sea water to a series of steel tanks connected with the compressed air system. To bring the boat to the surface air is forced into tho water tanks under high pres sure, and as the water is expelled the boat rises swiftly to the surface. The air tanks have been tested to stand a pressure of 3000 pounds per square inch, and are calculated to hold ont for a submergence lasting ten honrs, but if the supply should fail after nine or ten hours, tho tanks can be replenished by means of a tube pro jected to the surface as a suction pipe. The armament of the boat consists first of au aerial torpedo ejector, at the bow, capable of throwing to a distance of one mile, a projectile weighing 180 pounds and carrying 100 pounds of a high explosive. Immedia tely under this is an expulsive tube for a Whitehead torpedo, with the usual charge of 200 pounds of gun cotton; and pointing to the rear is a dynamite gun capable of throwing 100 pouuds of a high explosive 100 yards or more through the water. When i equipped for service the "Holland" would carry three Whitehead tor-j pedoes, six shots for the forward gun 1 and five for the after gun. The most important test the boat has undergone was when she made four dives of a mile each, went through a series of surface evolutions, tried her aerial dynamite gun and expelled a dummy torpedo from her submarine tube in Raritan Bay. The experiments were conducted for the benefit of the board appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to witness the Holland's trials and report upon her efficiency. Lieutenant-Commander C. S. Sperry, Chief of the Bureau of Equipment; Lieutenant-Commander Swift, Chief of the Bureau of Ordi nance, and Lieutenant Rock, Naval Constructor, who comprise that board, witnessed them from a tug provided by the Holland Company. Elihu B. Frost, Treasurer of the Holland Com pany; ex-Assistant Secretary of the Navy McAdoo; General Murtwaygo, AT HIGH SPEED WITH CONNING TOWEB ABOVE SUBFACE FOB OBSERVATION. the special agent of the Czar in this country; Lewis Nixon, who construct ed the Holland at Elizabeth, and Cap tain C. A. Morris, Superintendent of the Holland Company, were on the same tug. General Murtwaygo came from Washington for the special pur pose of wituessing the experiments, and after they were over ho told Mr. Holland that his. bout was the ni cst BMARINE BOAT. I Pieces of Naval Architect- )K Existence. . wonderful piece of naval architecture in existence. The programme arranged before hand was that the Holland should make a two-mile run under water, coming to the surface three times at ^intervals of one minute each. The folland did more than that. She' atarted'from the blacl?:.buoy at ! .the eastern end of Baritan Bay, about ! four miles iouthwe^t^o^?t Ol?^'Or^j :.?lu^%^ the jersey-labore for a mtba, sh? conning tower on the surface for a thirty seconds, ran another mile??def , water, came up again, turned around, pand wert back to the black buoy in the same way. Aided by her automatic steering gear, she held her course perfectly be neath the surface. The average depth of water over her conning tower dur ing her submerged trips was about fif teen feet. In her surface experiments after the diving trials were over she obeyed her helm more quickly than ?he ever did before. She did not have to stop and take on more ballast as she has in all her previous trials. 'This difficulty was overcome by using her compensating tanks. There was delay. Sho went at her work promptly and behaved as thongh she fiwere on dress parade. Her gun experiments were as suc cessful as her evolutions in the water. .She expelled a dummy torpedo from ! her submarine tube without difficulty and hurled a 75-pound wooden pro BOW VIEW OF T (The mouth of tho aerial torpedo gun, tower aro jectile 400 yards through the air from her forward dynamite gun, using com pressed air in both instances. Raritan Bay was chosen by Mr. I.Holland for the trials because it was comparatively free from the harbor boats that pestered him so much in his experiments in Staten Island Sound, and a depth of water sufficient to develop the full diving powers' of the little whaleback could be had. The Holland behaved perfectly in the seaway. She ploughed right through the waves, which tumbled the two tugs about and dashed clouds of spray up to their pilot houses like a water soaked log. The waves simply rolled INTERIOR OF THE HOLLAND BOAT. over her, alternately submerging her completely and exposing her sides until the lights in her broadside windows could be seen. He* superstructure and about twelve inches of her body was out of water. The Stars and Stripes, on a four-foot staff, floated aft. She had about 3000 pounds of pig-lead ballast inside of her, and her tanks fore and aft, which have capacity for about nine and a half tons of water, were full. Her trimming tank amidships was empty. Her crew con sisted of Mr. Holland, who was in the conning tower; F. T. Cable, the elec trician; Henry Meyer, his assistant; Nathaniel Addison, the engineer; W. W. Scott, the draughtsman, and W. F. C. Nindemann, the gunner. Mr. Holland clamped down the lid of her conning tower and filled he* trimming tank. The little whaleback settled until her-decks were awash and noth ing showed above the surface except her turret and her flag. A whistle an nounced that she was ready to dive, and the tugs baoked away to give her sea room. Before the dive Mr. Hol land sent the little whalebaok along the surface for a 200-yard run. She developed a speed of eight knots. Her nose was pointed out toward the Sand Hook light. Assured that everything was in working order, Mr. Holland slowed the little boat up and pointed her nose in toward the Navesink Highland, which loomed up smoky and indistinct on the Jersey shore four miles to the southward. Then, at right angles with the course he told the naval offi cer he would take, whioh lay from the black buoy almost due westward to the Great Bed Lights, at the head of the dredged channel he sent the Hol land forward at full speed and forced ? -lei- lin rudder down. The Holland reluctantly buried her blunt nose and tilted np her tail nntil the blades of her screw were visible as they ohnrned the water. She ran alon'" in this fashion for fifty yards, and then suddenly swinging about and pointing her nose toward the Great Beds light she slipped out of sight. There were a few ripples aft and a little patch of foam, but that was all. Two hundred yards Trom where she disappeared the Holland came up like a huge porpoise and a most immediately vanished from view again. Every man on the two tugs took ont his watch and connted the minutes she was under. Many of them had never seen a submarino boat perform before and were a little skeptical as to the Holland's ability to go down and come upas she pleased. The nervous ones were reassured after a -wait of twelve minutes by seeing her appear again, but she disappeared instantly, ^fisLfor fifty long minutes not a glimpse of fis* was caught by any one on either tug. The most confident of the spec tators were discouraged long before the'fifty minutes was over. Exactly one. hour and two minutes after she had made her first dive "and, about fifty minutes after her second appearance above the water the Hol land was discovered three-quarters of a mile away from the tugs. Her flag was gone, and all that could be seen of her was her conning tower which looked like an oyster can as it bobbed np and down in the distance. The crowds on the tugs gave a . yell of delight, and the tugs' whistles ioined in the chorus. The boat, grow ing bigger and bigger, ploughed through the water in the direction of the black buoy at eight knot speed. She made several quick turns to the right and to the left on the way, which indicated that her steering gear was in perfect working order. Finally she stopped and summoned the tugs along side by three shrill whistles. It was HE "HOLLAND." the superstructure deck and conning shown.) too rough to open the lid ot the con- J niug tower, so Mr. Holland blew hie whistle twice more to let the men on the tugs know that he was ready to try his dynamite gun and his torpedo tube. The aerial dynamite gun was tried first. A wooden projectile eight inches in diameter, half an inch smaller than the bore of the gun, was fitted into the breech and expelled from the gun by n compressed air oharge. of 600 pounds pressure to the square inch. The projectile was hurled through the air for 400 yards at an angle of about sixteen degrees. Its flight was rapid, but it could be seen. A powder charge sufficient to increase the pressure at the muzzle of the gun to 2000 pounds to the square inch would have been nsed if the breech of the gun had not been defective. The projectile was oA the! same ' shape as the dynamite shell which will be used in the gun in actual service, but its weight was about 100 pounds less. Immediately after this trial the submarine torpedo tube was successfully tested. Mr. Holland was taken aboard the tug which carried the naval experts and was questioned by Lieutenant Commander Sperry and his associates. He explained to them that the reason the Holland could not be seen when she rose to the surface was that she poked only her nose and conning tower up, and the sea was so rough that so small a part of her was not distin guishable two miles away. "If you managed to keep out of our Bight when we were scanning the whole surface of the bay for you, I don't know what a hostile battleship that did not suspect you were after her would do," one of the men remarked. The water in which Mr. Holland dived had an average depth of thirty feet. The last time she was under she bumped along the bottom for half a mile, and her crew oould hear the oys ter shells scraping against her iron sides. When the Holland is equipped for war it will not be necessary for her to take any metal ballast on board at all. The weight of her projectiles will make her heavy enough, and she will be operated solely by her ballast tanks. A Guidebook's Offense. A certain guidebook recently said ol a hotel in Paris that "complaints about the cleanliness of this hotel have been made to us." The landlord promptly instituted legal proceedings, asking that the offensive sentenoe should be suppressed and that he should be awarded some substantial compensation as well. This affair has just come before one of the Paris ap peal courts, which hfts decided in favor of the proprietor, Advent of the Long Skirt. Long skirts are ?L, decidedly and distinctly. They are not trained, but are long all around. They are un lined, but bang over a separate silk skirt, both being sewed into one band at the waist. They are charmingly gra'.oiul, both because of the slender effect of the separate lining and the length. They aro also entirely absurd for street vrenr. For carriages and for the house in tea gowns and dinner frocks they are pretty. Forthe street they are so .inappropriate as. to be a positive menace to health. My Lady's Ties. . Brothers and husbands need to look up their ties no longer. Their feminine ones will not make any inroads on their stock. Even the youth with the most fastidious taste in his ties will look sombre beside his sister. Her tie will put his to shame. No riot of color has. exceeded that astonishing thing, tue up-to-date girl's tie. If there is a tone or tint of the most glaring color not in that tie, it is be cause there was not room for it in so Bmall a space. The tie looks like the four-in-hand, only it goes about the throat twice, aud ends in fringe. Chlca-o Woman's dab's Lesson. - The Chicago Woman's Club has un dertaken to teach the Board of Educa tion a practical lesson in economics, with a view to having moro thorough cleanliness and better sanitation in the school buildings of the city. The club scrubbed and scoured the Carter H. Harrison School building, at Wentworth avenue and Twenty third place, from attic to basement. Never did a public building receive more thorough renovation, for. the members of the club committee, hav ing pride in the task undertaken, gave close watch to the scrubbers and furbishers. The work accomplished will be used as an experimental basis, from which the club hopes to show the Board of Education how to keep every school building in the city thoroughly olean throughout the year at an expense no greater than that now incurred for un satisfactory work. The committee of the Woman's Club that directs the experiments ia composed of Miss Sadie American, Mrs. George D. Bromell, Mrs. H. M. Duncanson, Mrs. L?o and Mrs. Ben nett.-New York Times. Woman at tho Taris Exposition. An association has bein formed by some public spirited women of New York to insure for their sex a proper representation and display at the com ing World's Fair in Paris. It has been intimated by the authorities in Washington that if women organized for such a purpose they would not only receivo official recognition, but substantial pecuniary aid. The exhibition of woman's work the fruits of her intelligence and in dustry-was one of the most interest ing features of the Chicago exposi tion. Such a demonstration made in Paris would be a novelty that would open tho eyes of foreigners as nothing el.ae could to the advantages which women enjoy in America and the good uses they make of them. In most countries of Continen tal Europe woman is either a drudge, who endures an unreasonable amount of hard work, or a doll, to be fulsome ly flattered and adored. To the French in particular it will be a revelation to find woman's work lifted to a plane of dignity and importance and her achievements ranking with these of men. In this movement the Herald 'fore sees additional triumph for the sex which may still be called gentle even as it becomes superlatively useful. New York Herald. A Dictionary of Fashion* Names. ' There are so many new names now adays for materials, colors and fashion effects that a glossary of these bewil dering designations is almost indispen sable, says Demorest's Family Maga zine. Tho following is a really useful list and will enable any one to follow the average fashion review with a fair de gree of intelligence: Zebiline-A wool material in imita tion of sable fur. Vigoureux-An effect produced by printing tho yarn of which a fabrio is woven in various colors, without a set design and withdiit regard to order or combination of colors. Satin Soleil-A satin faced armure fabric, woven with a ribbed effect. > Gloria-A mixture of silk .?nd wool. Losanges-Square tabliers used in trimming. Sicilian- -A plain material composed of a cotton weave and mohair filling. Cheue-A printed effect. Plisse-Materials shirred in the piece by machinery. Carreaux-Checks or squares. Bayadere-An effect brought about by matorial woven with stripes run ning crosswise, or by horizontal trim mings. Beige-Material in which two colors are mixed. Pique-Stitched in some fancy way, like the stitching on the baok of gloves. Chou-A rosette or cluster of ^rib bons, feathers or laces. Paillettes-Spangles. Casaque-Short basque. Lansdowne-A combination of silk ind wool. Applique-Woven embroidery with gauze ground-work. Sortie de Bal-A French expression for a party wrap. Moire-A certain way "of weaving, which gives a watered effect to any kind of material. Matinee-A breakfast or house jacket. Gossip. Vassar girls are happy because the rule compelling them to go to bed at 10 o'olock has heen rescinded. Lilies of the valley and the white rose.-the Rose of York-are the favorites of the Duchess of York for / her own wear. ? The Princess of Wales is never con tent unless her rooms are fled with scented blossoms, and her husband is seldom seen without his nosegay. Mrs. Esther Herman has raised for the New Tork Skin and Cancer Hos pital a "prize fund" of $1224.56. It is to be used in offering prizes for the discovery of a cure for cancer.. . Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, the widow of the Pathfinder, who is living at Long Bench, Cal.; still retains her ? early charm of manner and keeps up - her interest in philanthropic work. Miss Anna Dawes, daughter of ex Senator Henry L. Dawes, of Pittsfield, Mass., gave a lenture describing her I travels in Indian reservations, in ?-. Springfield, Mass., the other evening. It is reported that Yilla Achilleion, Corfu, whieb the Empress of Austria has abandoned, is to be bought by the Byron Society and turned into an orphanage for Greek children as a memorial of Lord Byron. , Miss Juanita A. Phillips, the prin cipal of Hephzibah House, Mrs. De Peyster Field's training institute for missionaries, has resigned her place in order to minister to the spiritual needs of a little congregation near At tleboro, Mass. The Countess of Meath has sent to Lord Monteagle, President of the Irish ' Workhouse Association, a check for $10,000, to form the basis of a fund for the training of workhouse girls as domestic servants. This sum will be equally divided between Protestanis and Roman Catholics-$5000 for each. " Miss Mary Durham, an Iowa young woman who has been a Washington correspondent for the Burlington Hawkeye, has received a $1000position in the office of the Auditor of the War Department. Miss Durham was at one time connected with the Woman's Tribune, previous to its removal to Washington. j Queen Victoria's special flowers are said to be lilies of the valley and Vio lets, excepting in the early springtime,1 when fields and woods are ransacked to give her the wildflowers that shebas always loved. Violets, the pet flower of the late Emperor Frederick of Ger many, have become sacred in the eyes of his widow. j' Countess Vilma Hugonnay, the only, woman physioiarfin Budapest, recently; made an application for admission to the medical society of tne Hungarian' capital. After a stormy session'the society refused her application. The countess-doctor intends to renew her ; application next year and expects to have it granted. Two women doctors have] been spe-1" cially honored hythe India Office. Dr.' Margaret Marion Christie and Dr. Alice M. Corthren have been appointed to look after the hospitals for native wo-| men in Bombay, especially iu connec tion with the bubonic plague. Dr.' Corthren at present holds the office of demonstrator of physiology at the Lon don School of Medioiue fer women, j - - Fashion Notes. A popular visiting costume is black net, with or without an interlacing of chiffon. Capes for dresses are finished at the bottom with points, under which is a fiouuee or pleating of tulle or chiffon. Jct is also much used. Waists are to be fastened on tho side and will be trimmed with lace and ribbons in all colors. Satin will be the material most used. Flower gardens on tho head in the shape of hats will be prominent this summer. They will be made of old garden posies, and no ribbons will be used. That golden oak is more than a passing. fad of furniture buyers is proved by the large line of goods in that material shown now by the lead ing houses. Nuns' veilings are shown in the most exquisitely fine qualities, and there are canvas goods, with gauze stripes and blocks, that are exceed ingly handsome. Veils are worn in dots aud large blocks, and are the proper accompani ment of every big hat. * They come down below the chin and knot com fortably at the baok. We can congratulate ourselves on the fact that the enormously wida skirts are a thing of the past, four yards and a half being considered the allowable size at the hem. Roman sashes are still the rage.' Dealers say that they will be much worn with white duck skirts this sum mer. They come in all lengths and in every known combination of color, and are finished at the ends with fringe. A novelty Sicillienne shows cords and cross-cords outlining squares of thin material. In some of the pat terns the thin portion is slightly full, giving the appearance of shirr threads, whioh have drawn the fabric up very i slightly. Among the novelties in dress goods are those with bayadere, or lengthwise stripes of heavier threads, with the spaces between made of much lighter material. This gives the semi-trans .parent, gauzy effect, that is most j sought after this year. At last something simple in the way of a lorgnette or watch chain has come into vogue. It is a plain black silk cord of effective design, and is em bellished with tiny out steel orna . ment s let in two inches or more apart.1 Its simplicity is winning, after all of the gold, silver and bejewelled ohains that have held sway so long. A simple dress is of plain, black organdie. . The skirt is made with four ruffles of equal width, the upper one being gathered into the belt. The flounces are edged with lace set on perfeotly flat. The waist has a yoke of lace over satin, and from this the material is gathered full to the belt; the sleeves are a s?ries of paffs from shoulders to wrists.