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? DIAflONDS,
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2 JEWELERS,
New York City.-Novelty waists are
In demand for all occasion?, and some
of the latest designs are buttoned at
one side. This way of fastening is said
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A FANCY WAIST.
' to admit of a great variety of rich
embroidery and other effects across
the froat. White satiu, taffeta aad
rrirorerry yfrks nuc? liprht J?hndes of pink,
blue or gray are r.uion^ the materials
.used for waists to be worn with black
taffeta silk or velvet skirts. The chiffon
separate waist has :;i.so come to stay,
despite thc efforts of fashionable dress
makers to discountenance it. A Paris
Importation in this line was made with
the groundwork of pink satiu. veiled
first with blue and th?n heliotrope
chiffon, and trimmed with ecru lace
and touches of silver.
Woman'? Five-Gored Skirt.
No skirt is more generally sntisfac- j
tory than the one cut ia five gores. I
FIVE-GOR:
The admirable May Manton model,
shown in the large drawing, includes
an upper portion so shaped and a grad
uated circular flounce seamed to the
lower edge and is shaped to fit with
perfect snugness at the upper portion,
while it flares at the lower, and thc
flounce falls in graceful folds and rip
ples. The origiual is made of sage
green veiling, with trimming of bias
folds headed with black and white
fancy silk braid that are arranged at
the foot ?D the centre and over the
seaming of the flounce and skirt; but
all dress materials are suitable, and
tailor stitching, with corticelli silk, can
be substituted for the bands when pre
ferred. Both front and side gores are
narrow in conformity with the latest
style, and the fitting is accomplished
without nip darts. The fuluess at the
back is laid in inverted pleats that are
pressed quite flat. The flounce ls
curved to give the fashionable fulness,
and is seamed to the lower edge.
To cut this skirt in the medium size
nine and three-fourth yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, eight and one
eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide,
seven and one-hall yards thirty-two
Inches wide, foui and one-fourth yards
forty-four inches wide, or four and
one-fourth yards fifty inches wide will
be required.
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est and most complete stock of I
Watches, Jewelry, Cut Glass, I
id Plated Ware in the South. ?
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r new goods?
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All-Overs as Trimmings.
Dressmakers have discovered that
the lace all-overs arc possessed of even
greater possibilities than the narrow
appliques. Henee we see tiiem used
foi everything from whole dresses to
the tiniest appliques-some one figure,
a leaf or a flower, being chosen for thc
latter. Then, too, these cut up into
big bands, some of them a dozen inches
in width. These arc usually edged
with the narrowest sort of a scroll ap
plique in the same lace.' A band set on
the skirt in apron overskirt effect
serves admirably , to head n flared or a
pleated flounce. For these dresses silky
voile and crepe de chine are ideal fab
rles, and white is first choice.
Worlc For tho Summer Girl.
Summer-girls-to-be with leisure am
skill may make for themselves very
pretty belts, which will look especially
well with their white waists or whole
dresses. Rows of ribbon arranged gir
dle fashion arc feather-stitched to
gether with white silk. A few whale
bores covered with white may bi
necessary io keep thc belt in shape
"Woman's Three-I'iftco Skirt.
Skirts with flounces, that pxutlnce
ample flaw ax me' reef, and' time lit
with snugness about the hips ?ire in
the height of style and appear to gain
in favor month by month. This grace
ful model is adapted to all soft ma
terials, whether wool, silk 01 cotton,
but as shown is made of foulard, in
pastel tan color with figures in white,
and is singularly effective and stylish.
The flounces curve in a way to give
the best results and ruu up just suf
ficiently at the back to give a smart
effect, their edges being finished with
stitching in self colored corticelli silk.
Tlie skirt is cut in three pieces, fitted
at the waist with short hip darts, and
the fulness at the back may be gath
ered or laid in inverted pleats, that are
ED SKIRT.
flat for a few inches below the oelt.
then form soft folds and fall in rip
ples to the floor. The flounces art
circular, curved to give the fulness
desired by fashion, and are arranged
over the foundation. One, two or three
can be used as may ^e preferred.
To cut this skirt in the medium size,
fifteen and one-eighth yards of mate
rial twenty-one inches wide, ten and
THREE PIECE SKIRT.
one-eighth yards twenty-seven inches
wide, ten yards thirty-two luches wide,
or seven and five-eighth yards forij
fonr Inches wide will be required.
He found success most sweet
Y.'ho, having tried and failed,
Th? lt?dson of defeat.
t non his standard nulled,
Tin n straightway bade hid soul
'laktj up the task begun,
Ko paused until the goal
{A bi? desire was Won.
I AT THE POINT O?
By Helen i
This was thc second stop the train
had made since leaving Trieste and
no on* had got into thc carriage; Bea
trix congratulated herself that Uncle
George's fee to the guard had worked
so well, and opened another roll of
shawls and rugs in pursuit of a miss
ing novel.
Suddenly an uproar of tongues
aro.se cn the platform; the door was
jerked open and a stout woman stum
bled through it, followed by another
lugging a big basket; behind came a
drove cf children, all screaming, push
ing, and smeared, as to mouth and
fingers, with some sticky black com
pound which they were devouring
greedily.
Beatrix gave one glance of horror
and began to gather up her scattered
belongings.
"You must find me a place," she
said to the guard. "You were paid ?pr
ihis carriage."
"I cannot help it," he muttered; "it
is a carriage for ladies alone; behold,
these are ladies alone-the train i's
going, lhere is no time."
For answer Beatrix cast her rugs
and bass upon him, aqd snatching up
her umbrella, books ana dressing case,
made her'way through the scramb
ling children, who were fighting for
places at the windows, and dashed out
upon the platform. The whistle was
sounding; evidently there was no time
to lose; the guard opened the near
est door, threw in the bags, and gave
Beatrix an impulse that propelled lier
the entire length of the carriage. An
other jolt and the train wras off.
Beatrix was aware that she was be
ing steadied upon her feet by a strong
arm, the arm of the man whom she
had caught a glimpse of sitting at
the furt' ??t window, and upon whom
she and her ?.rar.s had descended af
ter the manner &." . whirlwind. Stam
mering "Mille paraom!. monsieur!"
she sank upon thc opposite & .? ??nd
endeavored to regain her cumj-osure.
her natural color and the dignity
which ' befitted a young lady travel
ling alone,
persoud ;
loo'-'
sm.
site, who w?- .
a large book quu<
This travo
him. ..
Beatrix was nineteen-and distinctly
"nice" looking, she decided. His
gray tweed clothes looked English;
the scarlet fez he wore by way of a
cap suggested the East. His luggage?
Yes, there was the bag of golf sticks
and the folding bath-tub-he must be
English.
Beatrix had just reached this con
clusion when the book was dropped
and the stranger said in a very agree
able voice,
"I beg your pardon, it is-er-very
warm here, don't you think? Per
haps you would like to have your win
dow raised."
Beatrix assented with thanks, think
ing, she would like to ask him how
ho knew that English was her native
tongue. She stole a glance at his
face; it was a delightful face, with a
grave, kind smile that showed very
white teeth, and a nose that might
have been supercilious but for a lit
tle irregular ripple in the middle of
it. But what a pity that one of his
eyes was injured! It was closed and
the eyelid drooped. She wondered if
he were in the army and had lost an
eye-perhaps under "Bobs."
Presently she began to collect her
belongings, scattered by her violent
entrance; and again her vis-a-vis
came to her aid so naturally and sim
ply that it would have been impossi
ble for the greatest stickler for the
proprieties to take offense. Before
her various parcels were recaptured
and reduced to order, they had
laughed heartily over her misadven
ture.
"Here's your umbrella," he said,
fishing it up from the floor, where it
had fallen. "It's not a bad weapon
for a charge."
"Did I charge? said she. "I'm so
sorry!"
"Oh, well, you Americans are so
impetuous, d^n't you know? One "ex
pects little things like that."
"'You Americans!' How did you
know that I am an American? I
thought I spoke beautiful English."
"Why, so you do, I assure you, but
-there is something-I can't exactly
tell what, but you have a quick little
way with you, and you look different
from most English girls I know-and
-and-you must be tired of hearing
about your boots and your gowns."
"I don't know that we are ever ex
actly tired," admitted Beatrix, slow
ly. "I know what you mean; we have
a great many faults-oh, I know it!"
she sighed. "But we do not let our
skirts hitch up in front or on the
sides, and we always make connec
tions in the back. How frivolous that
sounds!" she thought. "He will think
I am one of those dreadful free and
easy Americans he has heard of who
have no manners and will take up
with any one."
She buried herself in a book, re
solved to be very dignified in the fu
ture.
A shower had-arisen; the rain was
beating in and it was necessary to
close thc window; he seemed glad
of the interruption, and seized upon
it to make some remarks upon tho
Country they were passing through.
As she lay down her book and gave
him her attention, she noticed that
his right eye was no longer closed;
ir was almost as wide open as the
oilier, although it still drooped a lit
tle, as if it had been hurt. It sudden
ly flashed upon her that she must
?ATIONS.
For Joy the keenest seems
Whore grief lins Leen bofe
After night's troubled dreams,
There, nt tho open door,
Thrice glorious she stauds
Dawn, with her ro*es gay,
And in hor outstretched hands
The shining gifts of Day.
-Youth's CompanIon.::H
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' THE UMBRELLA.
M. Palmer*. wt
have hit him when she made her vio
lent entry-that was what he meant i|
by his speech about the umbrella.
"Your eye"-she stammered, the [
image of remorse. "Did I? Did you
mean, oh, I hope I didn't hurt you
very much!" Vi
"It was nothing, really nothing; 8
scarcely feel it now," he hastened to-'
assure her for her eyebrows were:
drawn together and her.lips weraki
quivering, and altogether she looked.]
as if she were going to cry.
"But I might have put your eye.!
out!" she gasped. a
"You might have done many thing" '
with that deadly umbrella. But y
didn't-please don't think of it aga!
he pleaded.
"Hov/ good of you!" ?
gazing at him wita adn
"May I ask," he res .
moment, "whether you
herd's some weeks ago
Duzers?"
"Yes," she said. "IV
is my uncle; I went up ..
him and my aunt. Were
" "Unfortunately I reached tnere j..-. ,
as your party v.-as leaving. I met Mr.
Van Duzer, whom I have often seen
at home, in-er-England, but I only
had a glimpse of the rest of hi3 party.
I was sure, though, that I remembered
you. I. ara-cr-Sir Hugh Chester,"
he added after a pause. "I don't "sup
pose Mr. Van Duzer will have men
tioned me."
"But of course he did!" she cried.
"He talked a lot about you, and was
so sorry that we missed you as we
did. Isn't it odd that I should hap
pen on you in this way?"
"It's uncommonly pleasant-for
me."
"But supposing I had put your eye
out with that wretched umbrella?
Uncle George would never have for
given mc."
".Uncle George?'" he queried with
a quizzical expression, and they
jciae.'- in a light hearted burst of
ls iv
_?i Aiueiictm gins who
keep 'mommem' and 'popper' in the
background and just strain around
having a geed time regardless? There
are a few specimens left, hut not
nearly so many as your novelists
would lead you to suppose."
"I won't tell you what I think," he
declared, "but I shouldn't mind tell
ing Uncle George."
Tho long hours flew by in discus
sions of books and people-for they
found some acquaintances in common
-and the exchange of what. Beatrix
called "views of life." Together they
laughed over the queer dishes of their
makeshift dinner, and when Sir Hugh
returned from a smoke at the next
stop, he found Beatrix pensively
watching the ming moon.
"Please, when you next discuss
Americans," said she;-"you do dis
cuss ns now. you know; the time has
geno by when you confounded us with
the outer barbarians-do not say that
thc American girl on her travels is in
the habit of talking a dozen hours on
a stretch with the companions Heav
en sends her. They are not all so
spoiled as I am; I confess I am apt
to do what I like."
"I don't think I shall judge th<3
American girl by you," said Sir Hugh.
Then, after watching her a moment.
"Since you are speaking of yourself,
don't you think you are rather a per
verse little person? Even your dim
ple is in a place where no one else
has dimples."
"Is it?" said Beatrix. "Do tell me
more about that delightful Politicil
Reform club; Tam so interested in
it!"
It was amazing how much . they
found to talk about; one stout old
lady got out and another got in. but
TS no tourists appeared to interrupt
their tete-a-tete, and as the night rell
and the train climbed the heights i-f
tho Semmering Pass they were'left
alone. The full moon was flooding
the deep blue spaces of the sky and
liding the valleys with a mystery of
silvery light and deathlike shadow.
Sir Hugh drew the green silk curtain
over the impertinence of the glimmer
ing lamp, and lighted only by the soft
radiance they gazed into the shadowy
jeptbs that unrolled below them.
At one station they seemed to pause
high up in air,, and from the platform
beneath bouquets of wild flowers were
lifted on poles to the level of the car
riage windows, accompanied by a
shrill announcement of the price. The
biggest and sweetest of these, a great
mass of white and purple rhododen
drons, was selected by Sir Hugh, anl
together he and Beatrix detached the
flowers from the spectral pole and
followed the tinkling sound of the
silver coin as it went dropping into
space until it struck the rocks below.
"It seems like a dream," said Bea
trix, with a sigh, rousing herself from
the charmed silence in which they had
hung over the beauty of the sleeping
land, "and I shall feel like an opera
singer en voyage when I arrive in
Vienna with this." And she buried
her face in the great disk of dewy
petals, framed in a stiff rim of pierced
and scalloped paper.
"Vienna? Of course; we shall soon
be there, and your people will be
meeting you and taking you away,
and this journey will be a forgotten
episode-you Americans run about so
much," he added, as if to strike a lesa
personal n?te.
I never run about alone-at
ver here. This is a great ad*
. I assure you. And-I think
likely to forget that umbrella,
' good you may be about for
going it. You're sure it doesn't
pain you now?" And she lifted her
brown eyes anxiously to his gray
eyes.
"Oh, well, of course there is tho
bunch of flowers, too " she rejoined,
dropping her eyes to the rhododen
drons, which she still held.
He stole a glance at her, and his
voice was steadied a little consciously
when he next spoke.
"One never knows exactly how to
take you-you are quicker than wc
are and you may bo laughing at me
but I want to say i m more glad than
I can tell that I have met you, and
IJm sorry the. journey is over; but I
am not going to lose you now, if it ls
over. May I come to see you In Vi
enna?"
"Yes," said Beatrix, .softly.
"May I come tomorrow?" he urged,
r "Certainly," she said, recovering
I the self possession which his earnest'
ness had shaken. "I shall be delight
i ed, and co will mamma, I am sure."
i It was midnight when Coy drew
eil?lo the big, bustling station; they
Pocked at each other and found it har j
leave the memories or tho day
wned by the poetic charm of tho
!t. night.
ill be here In a moment,"
.ught, "the boys and Uncle
d I shail be going home,
i a way, it seems as if I
ere, too."
?ir Hugh, he turned away
loor opened, and her peo
upon her with kisses and
tings. But there was an
n he caught her hand and
presstu it, whispering, "Tomorrow,"
and they botn knew that tomorrow
meant "Forever and a day."-Waver
ley Magazine.
THE COMET'S TAIL.
An Interesting Theory in Explnnntion ol
Ita Presence.
A Swedish chemist, Professor S.
Arrhenius, has applied the electro
magnetic theory of light in a very
ingenious and very plausible way to
the explanation of comets' tails. Ob
servation with the telescope long ago
?ed astronomers to conclude that the
tail of a comet consists of matter
which, having first been thrown off
from the nucleus, or head., e? the
comet, probably in a gaseous form,
is then repelled by a force evidently
residing in thc sun, since the tail al
ways points from thc sun. According
lo Arrhenius, this repelling force ls
light itself. It follows from the new
". ..eui, vu aavuuiu Ltmumetci ui wa
ter would be only one ten-thousandth
part of the weight of tho body, or. in
r?ier words, the pull ci 'lOlar gravity
upon it. But let this small body be
come smaller, then tho difference be
tween the two forces-the push of
light and the pull of gravity-becomes
bxs, for the well-known geometrical
reason that its volume, and, conse
quently, its weight, will diminish more
rapidly than its superficial area.
Arrhenius finds tnat when tin's tiny
body has become an invisible mote,
al;out one-thousandth of a millimeter
in diameter, the repulsion of it by
light will just balance the pull of
gravity. If the particle becomes still
smaller, then thc light, will have thc
advantage, and Ihe particle will be
driven away from the sun. He sup
poses that the matter ejected from the
nucleus of the comet is in an exces
sively comminuted form, and thus is
explained thc fact that it is driven
from the direction of the sun by the
repelling force of light instead of be
ing drawn toward thc zu:\ by the force
of solar gravity.
QUAINT AN") CURIOUS.
Wasps may often be observed de
taching from fences, hoards or any old
wood the fibres which, they afterwards
manufacture into papier mache.
The Hawaiian islands must be a
damp place. It is reported that one
Monday night at Pakaikow U began
to rain and the next morning at 7
o'clock the gauge showed 13 inches.
In five hours at Sanpaboenoe the gauge
measured 10 inches. At Papaaloa, in
21 hours, the gauge showed 10 inches.
In the city nf St. Louis, Mo., there
is a certain hairdressing saloon the
ceiling of which is entirely covered
by the photographs of stage and music
hall celebrities. Every likeness bears
the autograph of its original, and a
step ladder is invariably kept in the
shop in order that any patron may
inspect the curious ceiling at close
quarters if he so desires.
A street In Paris, France, that has
been opened to thc public ls paved
with glass. It was thought that the
surface would be slippery, but on the
contrary it has proved to afford an
excellent foothold for horses., and will
not become dusty or ?bsorb filth. All
kinds of glass debris was utilized in
the manufacture cf the pavement, and
the inventor of the process is sanguine
r i its adoption on a large scale.
The Indians of America were gen
erally Polytheists, or believed in a plu
rality of gods. Some were considered
:ts local deities, yet they believed that
there was one supreme (Jed, or Great
Spirit, the creator of the rest and all
creatures and things. Him the natives
of New Englnnd called Kichtan. They
believed that good men. at death, as
cended to Kichtan. above the heavens.
r.ii3rc they enjoyed departe.: frier ds
Mi? all good things; that bad men also
v.. nt 'u. knocked at the gale of glory,
'.ut Iviohts? bade them depart, for
thar? wr s un ?)!:.:? for such, whence
th**y wandered in ;cstles.j poverty. This
Supreme Being they held to be good,
and prayed to him when they desired
any favor, and paid a sort cf acknowl
edgement to him for plenty, victories
etc.
^f?i^^'?ieieK ?i<^??^es^o?? ?^Jieieieieii?i^
I Harvard ?staionjiGal I
I Obser?atory in Peru, |
HE selection of Arequipa,
Peru, and vicinity as a per
manent Held of astronomical
and meteorological venture
was the result of an extended* investi
gation by Professor Solon Irving Bai
ley and associates of Harvard Univer
sity of nearly the whole west coast of
South America, and much of the inter
ior of Peru, Chile.and Bolivia. Mng
niheent heights were plentiful and am
ple, but across their glorious -views
float mists for most of the year.
Carmen Alto, a site two miles east of
Arequipa, was selected in 28!)o, and
approved by the Director, Professor
\Y. H. Pickering. Arequipa is a city
of some 30.000 inhabit, ats. Here were
rail way, telegraphic and telephonic com
munications with thc outer world, food
and water supply, and immediate tele
phonic contact wirb all the brilliant
heavens from the Equator to the South
Pole. Temporary quarters were util
THE HIGHEST WEATHER "SIG
(This station, on the summit of Ei
anemometer being S feet higher thai.,
foreground was placed there by Bishop "
ized, aud the instruments removed i
from Mount Harvard, and later place'
lu the new c servatory, which is visi
ble for mile*. The conquest of El I
Misti, the great volcano, was also the j
remarkable achievement of Professor ?
Bailey. Hundreds had tried to reach
tho lofty peak. Many of them had j
died of exhaustion and sickness, many
were killed by falling over precipices,
and few had ever succeeded in reach
ing tiie top. He persisted, liually cou- '
CARMEN ALTO, THE SEAT OF THE HAR
VARD OBSERVATORY.
(In tho background rises El Misti, on which
is located the weather station, nearly 11,
000 feet above th) observatory buildings.)
from mal de mer of himself, his mules
and the work were something fright
ful. All the natives tried to dissuade
bim from the task, and predicted
frightful disasters if he succeeded, a
feat which all regarded as impossible.
! Arequipa is a city of white stone,
called sillar, of the appearance of mar
: ble, contrasting pleasantly with the
] surrounding green Heids. t It is a vol
canic deposit, found in vast propor
tions, soft and readily worked. It is
cut with an adze, ns if it -were icc.
Owing to an entire absence of native
lumber, sillar forms a cheap substitute.
One-story houses arc the rule. The in
habitants have a wholesome respect
for earthquakes. Ruined walls aud
debris are eloquent testimonials of thc
great shake of ISGS. The earthquake
of that year destroyed all two-story
buildings.
Moliendo is a railway terminus o?
500 population. It lies above the sea
on barren sand and rock. Its sole
water supply is 100 miles distant in
the River Chile. Thc water is con
veyed to it iu pipes along the railway.
It ls fed by rail and boat. Land in
. NX
IN V
CLIMBING Trtfr SLOPES \
;l-OP CL M I.ST._>
(Headache and nausea attack men
und until accustomed to the atmosphe
altitude of 10,200 feet is attended wltl
occasionally delirium, and some'
eyes, il is. .e-?sar; ..> . r<>| '."?
these pauses ;i? :t:. uivdud ol ? ?,Ou) I
Peru rich enough io produce tluugs i
too rich to plant towns upon.
The railway from Moliendo to Ari
quipa paints the entire rise of SOO
feet with numberless curves and loop:
For fifteen miles it follows theocea
southeasterly, then runs due ea.
through the fertile valley ol' Tainui
Thence it mounts the hills to the desert ,
pampa of Islay.
Suddenly the mountains begin IE i
earnest, and the train passes around ??
their sides above the steep, nar
row valley of thc Chile Uiver.
Soon the mountainous aspects cease,
tlie river valley sprawls out flat, and
Arequipa bursts into view in the midst j
of a great arable plain. Orchards and
grain fields replace forbidding areas,
and the traveler finds himself in the
' most picturesquely beautiful city and
environs in Peru. To the east, a little
way, rises with the regularity of a co
lossal coal heap El Misti, to a height
of 19,200 feet, capped with very nearly
perpetual snows, a volcano, quiescent
now, but some day to speak and de
stroy.
Peru is a wonderful country. It has
longer and greater aqueducts than any
other nation, so old that on one knows
their builders. Its ruins tell of civili
zations thousands of years prior to tlio
Xoahic flood. It is a country unique
because it is a mountain range rising
out of the sea to dizzy heights, its
western face forming the refuge of a
nation. All the world's climates and j
masons exist there all thc year round,
-L STATION IN THE WORLD.
iisti, isl9,200 feet above sea level-the
he peak. The iron cross shown in the
.tiguel Gonzalez in 17S4.J
.eposing in graduated strata from
.-ean to lofty peak. The inhabitant
" as only to step up or down to lind thu
i atmospheric conditions that pienso
aim. Railroads nm everywhere with
!?: reason; the trains, however, are sub
.ct to frequent delays, caused by
I wash-outs, from floods, slides and ava
, hinches. Outside of towns the only
j . ?hieles possible are railway trains,
j The automobile will never be popular
' u Peru, but the opportunities for tba
The observatory building, two miles
out from Arequipa, and 400 feet high
;r, cover several acres, including cul
?vated gardens and lawns. The larg
est building is tho dwelling house of
the astronomer, his family and assist
ants. On its roof is a cluster of meteor
ological instruments for measuring at
mosphere und wind currents. Ad
joining the dwelling house is the labor
atory, or work-rooms, in which are de
veloped the sidereal plates-thc work
there is mainly photometric-the celes
tial umps and calculations. The ob
servatory itself stands in the rear-the i
usual slitted, revolving dome, in which
is the twenty-four-inch telescope pre
sented by Miss C. W. Bruce. Further
along is the square observatory, con
taining thu thirteen-inch Bache tele
scope and tin- meridian photometer,
photographic dark room, tool room,
etc. In the rear is the dwelling for as
sistants or servants. The entire outfit j
is protected on the stream side by a j
heavy wall, ami there are shelters for,
the housing of domestic animals, etc. ?
Thc grounds are somewhat self-sun- j
porting; otherwise, supplies are of easy j
access at Arequipa. Automatism, the.
exact servant of the astronomer, leaves
the observer almost a clear field to im :
dulge solely in celestial studies. Pho
tographs take themselves automatical
ly, and weather instruments record
the atmosphere and force of the winds, j
Thus certain branches of the work are ,
made comparatively easy, and observ
ers need only climb to the stations ou
the side (10,000 feet) and rho top (10.200
: feet? ol' ICI Misti whenever inclined to
I bring down the records automatically
j made there.-Harper's Weekly. j
The Sure Winner. I
For thc loug race in matrimony you ?
can bet your money with perfect safety
CRE5T or AN ANCIENT VOLCANIC
"^^^ CRATER ON EL_M]5TI
ia: ?] animals at a height of 1?.S3S feet,
re ?e rest of the journey to the extreme
li i'! 1 de mer, dizziness, fainting spells,
'hemorrhages from the nose, ears and
ty for a rest, and it was during oue of
?r t that the photograph reproduced
ou the li'i le woman who knows all
about buckwheat cakes and good
soups.-New York Tress.
If time is money, how is it that some
people with lots of money have nc
time to spend it, while others with
lots of time to spend have no money?
TO A TORTOISE.
Potado], glum with misdirected legs,
iou hiilo your history as you do your egg?.
And oller us an osseous nut to crack
Much harder than tho shell upon your back.
Ko evolutionist has ever guessed
Why your cold shoulder is within you?
chest
Why you are discontented with a plan
Tho vertebrates nccept, from Ash to man.
Por what environments did you provide
Uy pushing your internal Trama outside?
How carno your ribs in that abnormal place?
Inside your rubberneck you hide your faoe
And answer not. To science you're a
Sphinx
A structural epitome of missing links:
And whon decapitated, still you swell
Aud kick and claw and scramble just as well
Hut I'll not phiguo thee, liven here I find
A touch of fellowship that makes me kind.
Sometimos a poet who has lost his head
Will keep on scratching when ho should be
dead.
-Chauncey Hickox, in Lippincott's.
HUMOROUS.
"You know money talks." "That so?
Well, it don't seem as if I could en
gage in conversation."
Her Father-You must never see my
daughter again. Gawley-Well, I'd
just as lief do my courting in the dark.
Tom-Don't you consider Miss
Kayne rather dull? Dick-Well, aftsr
the way she cut me I can't say that
I do.
"Your train goes at 2.50," said the
ticket seller. "Make it 2.4S, and I'll
take it," murmured Mrs. Bargainsales,
abstractedly.
Patience-What lovely hats she
wears! Patrice-Yes; you know her
husband is a landscape gardener, and
he designs them.
"Flirting," said the mother severely,
"is dangerous." "In that case," re
plied the daughter. "I should think
you would be proud of my courage."
Rusty-Where'd ye git de quarter?
Dusty-I struck up an acquaintance
wid a trained dog wot was goin' to the
bakery fer two bits' worth of bread.
"Some say that marriage is 'one
grand sweet song.' " "Yes, and man
has to furnish the notes." "Well, there
is no difficulty in getting woman to
furnish the words."
Judge-Haven't I seen you before?
Defendant-Yer face, sir, is werry fa
miliar, but I really can't recklect de
circumstances under which we previ
ously met, don't yer '?now.
"Dickie, when you divided those five
caramels with your little sister did you
give her three?" "No, ma. I thought
they wouldn't come out even-so I ate
one 'fore I began to divide.
Blobbs-He's rather amiable, isn't
he? Slobbs-Amiable is no word for
it. The photogpraher doesn't even
have to tell h'm to look pleasant when
he is having his picture taken.
"T inst hp:ird about on o/m~- ?-J
I can't work at my trade, and-"
"Why," stormed the prosperous-look
ing pedestrian, I just gave you a dime
at the otner corner! What is your
trade, anyway?" "I know you gave me
that dime, sir," said the Lr?gar, "but
you sec I am c retoucher by profes
sion."
THE RESULT OF ERRORS.
Fancy l'rioo* Reallied for ttio Imperfect
Stamps-Tlic Colh-clor'H Harvest.
During the 'past winter a sheet of
the common 1-cent stamps, with the
word "Guam" printed across the face,
for usc of the fsland, slipped through
the bureau with the word "Guam" up
side down. Just how many of these
stamps arc in the hands of collectors
cannot be ascertained, but they are
held at fancy prices and few offer at
any price.
In 1S73, when each department of
thhe government service used its own
distinctive set of stamps, instead of
the penalty envelope, an error was
niv.de y the bank note company then
having tile government contract for
postage stamps. The regular color of
the navy department stamps was blue,
and in some way a sheet of the 2
cent denomination was printed in
green. These errors of color are held
at $40 each, while thc same stamp in
correct color sells for about 40 cents.
A bank note company, in printing
the Columbian series of stamps, made
a similar error, a sheet of the 4-cent
value, which wao in ultra-marine
shade of blue, having ueen printed in
tue steel blue shade of the 1-cent val
ue. The entire sheet was captured
by a stamp collector. Single copies
now sell at about $30 at auction.
Thus it will appear that, snould no
further errors be made in the Pan
American series, and the lapse of
time discloses thata the six inverted
train stamps referred to are the only
ones in existence, they will be the
rarest of all United States errors, and
tremendous prices may ultimately be
paid for them.
There is little doubt that many deal
ers would cheerfully pay $2000 for
a she^t of inverted picture stamps.
There being six denominations, this
would figure up $12,000 for the series.
Then an equal amount would be paid
for the series with the colors of me
border in various colors, making 30
additional combinations, or $60,000
a total of $72.000 for a few sheets of
stamps costing the government less
than $5.-Washington Star.
Lilliputian I'arlahes.
Mother England is in possession of
one sort of oddity at least which
America cannot boast of, and that is
Insignificantly small parishes in her
state church, the equals of which do
not exist in the branch of that church
in this country, even in the least set
tled sections of our wildest regions.
Think of an ecclesiastical territory
with less than a dozen inhabitants!
England has seven of them, according
to the census taken this year, and
they are veritable, legal, existing par
ishes, even though some of them have
no churches, some only ruins of
churches, and some patched up ruins
?fid little chapels in which services
are sometimes held.
The smallest of these lilliputian par
i?hes is Southam, 12 miles from Grims
bury, Northamptonshire. The ce
taker bf last April found o
inhabitant in the parish and
his death has been annou