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5iorcn« Dailn Ctmcs ■ I M >1 "I IL'T I a,IU Ml > » ... ... I I.- Pubhthtd Evtry Day Encpt Sun Joy. Terms of Subscription, II) cents p«-i week; $1 for tli»ei‘ lunutbs, iu ml vnoec; piipvr ill li\sreii pri>i!i|itiy. Kates lor Advertising furnished oti n|i JlUcatiotl Ht till* ollico •.f ill.* Times, 194 and lS)ti W. Kmo.i m h. L. dakk, h. a: khunso:;. Manager. i.t <. FRA^K MAYO. His Career an an Actor Y* as u 51ost Racccsnfnl One. The drama lost one of Its most nbls find distinguished exponents by the death of Frank Mayo, on a train en route from Denver to Omaha, Neb., re cently. Mr. Mayo was one of the best known and most popular of American actors, lie will be most widely and most pleasantly remembered In the character of Davy Crockett In the play of that name, which had a run of many WEARIXO TIOHT CIL0YE3. The wearers of tight gloves will be interested to learn that the woman whose hands and arms are famous for their beauty all wear loose gloves. Bernhardt wears long, loose-wristed gloves, and her white, beautiful hands are among her charms. Miss Terry has a large hand, almost masculine in the strength of its lines, though the , fingers are beautifully tapered. Her Its legs were almost as long as a j 8 j a proportion with her lljgnre, and she does not squeeze cither into tight compresses. years. The past two seasons he has ■beeu acting the part of I'udd’nhead Wilson In the dramatization of Mark Twain’s story. He was born In Bos ton In 1839. He began his theatrical career as a “super” at the American Theater in San Francisco, where ho had gone with his parents in 1850. He continued to follow the stage for sev eral years In parts of Increasing impor tance until in 1805 he came east. Ho then went on a starring tour which proved very successful. His repertoire Included all the standard Shakspear- lan dramas, ns well ns Virginlus, Rich elieu. The Robbers, The Three Guards men, The Marble Heart, Damon and 1’ythlas, Jack Cade and The Streets of New York. In 1872 he first pro duced Davy Crockett in Rochester. In | 1879 he took It to New England. Ho \ appeared In It altogether more than ; 2,000 times. Philadelphia was his i home. WORTHILY BESTOWED. Decoration to a Captain Who Would Not Deacrt a Wounded Heatnun. The Queen has couferred the decora tion of the Albert medal of the first- class ou William Johu Xutmau, lute master of the steamer Aidar of Liver pool. The following is an account of the services In respect of which the decoration has been offered: At 2 a. m. ou Jau. 19, while the steamer Stafford shire of Liverpool was on a voyage from Marseilles to Port Said, signals of distress were observed to be proceed ing from the steamer Aidar, also of Liverpool, and the Staffordshire Imme diately proceeded to her assistance. As the Aidar was found to be sinking fust, three of the Staffordshire’s lifeboats were at once launched, and, with great difficulty, owing to the darkness and the heavy sea, succeeded In rescuing her passengers and crew, twenty-nine lu number. At 0:10 a. m. the only per sons left on the Aidar were Mr. Nut- man (the master) and an injured and helpless fireman whom he was endeav oring to save, and whom he absolutely refused to abandon. The steamer was now rapidly settling down, and as It was no longer safe to remain near her the officer in charge of the rescuing boat ashed Mr. Nutman for a final an swer. He still persisted in remaining with the Injured man, choosing rather to face almost certain death than to leave him to his fate. The men In the boat were obliged to pull away, aud Immediately afterward, at 9:17 a. m., the Aidar gave one or two lurches and foundered. After she disappeared Mr. Nutman was seen on the bottom of an upturned boat, still holding the fire man. Half an hour elapsed before the rescuing boat could approach, but even tually Mr. Nutman and the fireman were picked up and taken on board the Staffordshire, where the injured man was with difficulty restored by the ship’s surgeon.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The Bicycle Brake, The San thinks that New York bl- cycles should carry brakes. “What ever,” it says, “may be the value of skill or strength ou the part of wheel men, the need of brakes will be un changed. The sooner brakes are re quired by law the better.” Yet brakes are rather a nnisance. Has Mr. Dana yet acquired the trick of patting hia foot (tho off h'ud foot is as good as any) down hard on the tiro of his front wheel? Every bi cyclist who has hsa feat with him when he rides, and knows how to use them, has a pair of brakes about him that are never out of order. The skill of the rising generation in Ihe use of bicycles is extraordinary. It is a common sight to see three or lour small children piled in a heap ou top of dumb machine, which rolls oil with its load like a tame pony.—Har per’* Weekly, LTBIOUfi FACTS. China has many dog farms. Paper teeth give satisfaction. Atlanta, Ga., has a paper house. A London hotel has 1000 rooms. An electrical machine cuts cloth. There are pumice stone lifeboats. China has 4,000,000 opium smokers. Halem, Mass., reports white whales. Jerusalem has eight printing offices. Compressed air is to propel Chicago cars. St. Louis, Mo., has tho biggest brewery. Kain falls on tho eastern coast of Ireland about 208 days m the year. A rancher of Sheridan County, Wyoming, claims to be able to raise 1290 bushels of potatoes to the acre. A lady in Nebraska a Ivoitised for a husband, and announced: “Iowa a good job printing office and can set type.” Japan ranks sixth in population, being surpassed only by China, India, Russia, the United States and Ger many. Seven lions are among tho pets of the Sultan of Morocco. At night ha lots them range tho courtyards of hia palace, to act us guard to tho royal harem. A huge frog, weighing eleven and three-quarter pounds, was shot by Taney C. Hefei at Delaware Lake, lad. man’s arms. Cyclometers are in use in public carriages in Berlin, Leipsio and Dres den. They record the exact amount of miles traveled and the legal fare of the occupants. The average speed of a carrier pigeon, in oalm weather, is 1210 yards a minute. With a strong wind in the lirection of flight, some pigeons have made 1980 yards a minute. In some of the old houses in Holland ire i wo doors which are never used unless in case of marriage or death. By one door the bride and groom enter and through the other tho dead have exit. There are seven members in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Hutchins, of Dover, Del., and their Aggregate weight is 1706 ponuds. The heaviest weighs 295 pounds and the lightest 182. Some months ago the heirs of an estate worth $20,000, in Los Angeles Connty, Cal., went to law about it. The executor has just announced that tie has only forty cents left. The law yers got tho rest. Some of the women of Knssia need reformation in regard to tho use of tobacco. So thinks tho Bishop of Karsh, who in a circular letter has urged the clergymen’s wive* to refrain from smoking in public places. A religious sect, called the “Ab- jbiiner.-,” eat no meat. They built a church in Third street, Philadelphia, years ago, and lack of zeal on the part of the members compelled them to sell the edifice. It is now used as a sau sage factory. A sedate wheelman, who is anxious to strietly follow tho rules of etiquette, wrote to au Indianapolis paper and asked this important question: “Would it be all right to ride a bi cycle to the funeral of a distant con nection by marriage, providing you keep behind the hearse? ” =5 r ' Kpitilib? f Wl y A COSTLY DETENTION. Lady Bandolph Churchill had to pay a London shopkeeper 817 for keeping a chiffon front over night and returning it the next day as unsuit able. The shopkeeper testified that ladies would order things sent home on approval and after their maids had copied the pattern would return them the next day. Colds and Cold Taking. A person in good health, with fair play, says The Lancet, easily resists cold. But when the health flags a little and liberties are taken with the stomach or the nervous system, a chill is easily taken, and, according to the weak spot of the individual, assumes tho form of a cold or pneumonia, or, it may be, jaundice. Of all cases of “cold” probably fatigue is one of the most efficient. A jaded man coming home at night from along day’s work, a growing yonth losing two hours’ sleep over evening parties two or three times a week, a young lady heavily “doing the season,” or young children overfed and with short allowance of sleep, are common instances of the victim of “cold.” Luxury is favor able to chill-taking. Very hot rooms, feathers beds, soft chairs create a sen sitiveness that leads to catarrhs. It is not, after all, tho “cold” that is so much to be feared as the antecedent conditions that give the attack a chance of doing harm. Some of the worst “colds” happen to those who do not leave, their house or even their beds, and those who are most invulnerable are often those who are most exposed to changes of temperature, and who, by good sleep, cold bathing, and reg ular habits, preserve the tone of their nervous system and circulation. Prob ably many chills are contracted at night or at the fag end of the day, when tired people pet the equilibrium of their circulation disturbed by either overheated sitting rooms or un- derhoated bedrooms and beds. This is especially tho case with elderly people. In such cases the mischief is not always done instantaneously, or a single night. It often takes place insidiously, extending over days or even weeks. SCABBED ROYALTIES. It has been remarked that fno mat ter how fashions in the dressing of ladies’ hair change, the manner in which Her Royal Highness the Prin cess of Wales arranges hers alter!not, ! her curls remaining, so far arrangement is concerned, like the laws of the Modes and Pa The Duchess of York, in like fi dresses her pretty brown hair after the manner adopted b; mother-in-law; bat in Her Highness’s case the style in whio] arranges her earls to a graceful point on the forehead has considerable method in it, for years ago, when a child, in course of play with her brothers,Princess May fell andent her forehead somewhat severely, and a re sult of the mishap has been that a scar has ever since remained, bpt this is so artfully covered that its existence is only known to a few. FEMININE FANCIES IN QLOVES. For walking, traveling Jand general outing wear, four hook or button gloves are correct iu glace or piqne kid, the latter being heavier than tho usual dressed kid. These are in tan, brown and gray shades. Chamois gloves in white are very stylish for wear with cotton or piqne costumes, and as they wash and clean easily are not expensive. Black gloves are well favored in'Paris with light toilettes trimmed in black, bat here they are chiefly noticed with mourning gowns, or with evening jgowns o! black and soma bxilUanAeon-* \ trast. White and ficelle, very pale straw, suede are the fashionable even ing colors for fall dress, with pearl- gray, lavender and pale tan following. White glace and suede gloves in foar hooks or battons, plain or stitohed on the back with black, or worn for vis iting, concerts, driving, etc. .There is much favor shown to such gloves in white glace or dressed kid with hook fastenings. After white the tan and brown shades are favored.—Ladies* Home Journal. ROYAL LEADERS OF FASHION. It is a curious fact that of the ladies of royal rank during the present cen tury only two have been leaders of feminine fashion, and they have both been plebeian-born empresses of the French. In the early years of the century, the Empress Josephine was the accented model for the feminine world to follow in its dress, and fifty years later the Empress Eugenie dic tated the fashions from Paris. Queen Victoria never originated a fashion, and her daughter-in-law is responsible only for the high collar or band about the neck, which she wore to conceal a scrofulous scar, aud the bunching of frizzes on the forehead which be comes her better than any other style of hairdressing. Queea Margherita and the Empress of Austria never orig inated a style, and the present Ger man Empress and her mamma m-law are too domestic to care for fashions. And an Eastern paper states that I Queen Sophia of Sweden, far from curing for frills and furbelows, is a ! member of the Salvation Army and ef- ! fects the garb peculiar to that organi zation. —Argonaut. of the voices at last reached Joan’s father, who was naturally very much surprised and angry, not only to feel his bright little daughter wai becom ing tbe laughing-stock of the village but to think that, perhaps, she was losing her mind. In no uncertain manner he reproved the girl, calling attention to the presumption she was showing in urging her ability to ao to war and command armies. He warned her of the moral dangers which lurked in the camp of the men-at-arms, and threatening, if she did not cease her foolish dreaming, to take her to the brook and drown her with his own hands. Hardly knowing what to do, or how to combat the subtle influences which seemed to be surrounding his daughter, he determined to marry her to one of the young men of the vil lage, but Joan qnickly put an end to his hopes in that direction.” » THE GOWN TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED IN. The society dame of ’96 is as fastidi ous about the gown in which she is to be photographed as she would be if some great artist were about to parat her portrait, or a sculptor to model her classio features iu bas-relief or statuette. It is a different phase of art, that is all. That the photographer himself is an artist, his assistants men and women of no small artistic talent, does not satisfy the women of fashion who thoroughly understand the possi bilities of modern photography. She must also secure the services of some portrait painter to accompany her to the “studio”—as photograph galleries are now called—to see that she as sumes a most graceful and interesting pose, to decide upon the most appro priate background, the most becom ing dress, and the style of hair-dress ing that will accentuate the beauty of her face and at tho same time harmon ize with the selected toilet. The services of a trained maid are necessarily required in conjunction with those of the aitist, for my lady of fashion has several fine gowns taken to the studio tho morning of the sit ting, and one after the other is donned in the richly appointed drawing-room ere the artist, who is called from time to time, gives to the right one the cachet of his approval. And he must judge, not only of tho prettiness of the frock, but of its artistic possibili ties when separated from the ohnrm and color of the wearer and reduced to so much flat service of black and white. Its adaptability to the stylo of the subject must also be consul- rea. If there is an inclination to mwOUpoint, shotft wtoist and volumin-* ous (draperies are forbidded; neither are the decollete gowns and olose-fit- ting princess frocks permitted to the girl who tips the scales at ninety-five poqhds. Yet the artist decides all thme momentous questions at a glance, and his judgment is considered final; for the probabilities are that the maid of high degree is paying from $25 to $50 for the opportunity of accepting it.—Demorest’s sine. Czar’s Horse Mill Stand Idle. Tbe horse which tbe Czar roue on hia solemn entry into Moscow is a thirteen ytar-old raaro of English race named Norma. It was bought for the imperial stables iu iiauover. Its color is a bright gray. Norma is tho Czar’s favorite horse. Ho has ridden her for years, having purchased her when ho was a Czaro- witz. She was shod with silver shoes for the solemn entry into Moscow, and, according to Russian custom, she will never be ridden again, but will ho installed as a “pensioner” in tho royal stables for the rest of her life.—Ber liner Tageblait. JOAN OF ARC’S GIRLHOOD. “Joan of Arc was a happy little girl, beloved by all tho people of Dom- remy, and with an early home life as simple aud apparently uneventful as that we see to-day in that quaint old village,” writes Emma Asbrand Hop kins, in au article on “The Home and Personality of Joan of Arc,” in the Ladies' Homo Journal. “She arose with the birds, with brother or sister made the fire, pattered barefooted across the grass to the brook for water, and assisted in the preparation of the frugal breakfast. Noonday found the family afield, for in the peasant home the work is divided among old and young, and all have to share it. With the other children she rode the horses to water, and, as it came her turn, drove the flocks and the herds of the village to a common pasturage ground in the meadows to ward Neufchateau. * • * At the age of thirteen Joan saw her first vision while in the meadows near her home, which, os she grew older, ap peared to her frequently. Some of her stories based upon the revelations FASHION NOTES. Taffeta nbbcns still take tbe lead for stock collars, belts and sleeve knots. White sweet peas and white roses are used at the all-white weddings now so much in vogue. Early dawn seems to bo the time enthusiastic bicyclers find most pleas ant for their ou'tings. Pink and white is an essentially summery combination for hall decor ation in country houses. A match box and miniature case combined is the latest novelty in tended for the dearest man in the world. Inch-wide tucks on bodice.sleeves and skirts are a favorite trimming for dimity, linen, organdie and similar fabrics. Good taste shows itself in the selec tion of handkerchiefs more than in any other featurs of the feminine wardrobe. If you make your porch attractive visitors get a very favorable impres sion of the house, even before seeing the interior. Uncommon and most effective are the white horsehair hats in upstand ing plaits, with brims turning up in front and bright-green quills shooting at the sides. Hats with bonnet strings are a late edict of fashion. Charming creations in millinery for garden party wear are provided with two-inch ribbon strings that are tied in a square bow under the chin. Tho lavish and artistic use of lace this season makes the simplest dresses attractive, and lace vests, collars, ro vers and trills add charm to many a gown which has little else to recom mend it. As to the collars of your drosses, if they are of any dark fabric sew a piece of white silk or white muslin in side. No French woman ever allows anything dark to some in contact with her skin. Silk canvas is a favorite dress ma terial. So is foulard silk, which this summer takes the place of china silk. There is an infinite variety of all sorts of little turnover collars and cuffs of liueu batiste aud lace. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKKTCHKS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. No flurry—Taken—A Delicate Re minder—Fluoroscopic Possibili ties — Wouldn’t Have the Chance, Etc., Etc. There was a young lady ot Crews Who wanted to catch the 2.02; Said the porter: “Don’t hurry Or scurry or flurry; It’s a minute or 2 2 2 21” in TAKEN. Blossom—“Did you take church fair last evening?” Bloomer—“No, it took mo in. San Francisco Wave. the TWO POINTS OF VIEW. She—“How full of his subject our pastor was this morning 1” He—“Yes, and how slow he was in emptying himself!”—Truth. A DELICATE REMINDER. Ghollie—“How do you account for this suit shwinking so?” Tailor—“Too much due on it, 1 ’spect. ”—Indianapolis Journal. CHANCE FOR A REST. Collector—“This account must be settled. Mr. Shorts. It has been run ning a long time.” “Well, let it stand awhile.”—Truth. FLUOROSCOPIC POSSIBILITIES. Miss Anode—“Why did she break the engagement?” Miss Cathode—“X believe she saw something in him she didn’t like.”— Brooklyn Life. FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY. “Let’s see,” said the teacher. “Your name is Peter Marmaduke Jones?” “Yessum,” said Peter. “But that ain’t my fault. Poppy and mommie did it.”—Harper’s Bazar. INSOLENT. “What a distinguished looking man your father is! His white hair gives him such an aristooratic look!” The Dissipated Son—“Yes. and he can thank me for it.”—Tit-Bits. SELF-CONSCIOUS. Waiter—“Will you have the kind ness to write your name in the regis ter?” The Youth—“Give it here. (Writes) 'Schulze, cadet, with family.’”—Flie- gende Blaetter. HAD THE ARTICLE. “I should like to see a nice, fat goose,” said a customer, entering the poultry shop. “Yes, sir,” answered the boy; “father’ll be down directly.”— Youth’s Companion. FOUND OUT. "Billy is in love with Miss Billing- ham.” "Did he tejl you so?” "No, bat he’s got her picture hang up by the side of the portrait of his best dog.”—Chicago Record. THE THING TO BE CONSIDERED. "If Miss Gay devoted as much time to mental culture as she does to dress, she would be a very learned woman.” “Yes, but she wouldn’t have the satisfaction of making other women green with envy. ’’—Life. SERIOUS. Speker—“From the frequency of yonr visits to Miss Wagner I judge that your intentions must be serious.” Seeker—“Intentions serious? Say! They weren’t anything like as serious as tbe outcome of my proposah”— Boston Courier. ms DEFINITION. “Uncle George, what is a valedic tory?” "It’s the farewell address the girl graduate reads to her weeping class mates the night before she packs her trunk to visit among them all sum mer.”—Chicago Record. wouldn’t have the chance. Mrs. Newife—"I acknowledge that I have my faults and am sometimes cross, Jack, dear, but if 1 had the last two years of my life to live over again I should marry you juit the same. ” Mr. Newi/e—“I doubt it.’’—Vanity. ARTFUL. Customer—"Why do you always re late those horrid robber stories and other uncanny adventure when you are cutting one’s hair?” Hairdresser—"Because they make people’s hair stand on end, and it is thus much easier to cut.”—Pick-Me- Up. t LOST HIS IDENTITY. Smith—“Who is that young man over there?" Sones—“That’s the husband of Mrs. Jinglodaw, the celebrated au thoress.” Smith—“Ah! And who was he be fore he was married?”—Harper’s Ba zar. IN’ability. Returned Traveler—"Mr. Richman could draw his check for a million when I left. How much money has he now?” Citizen—“Ho hasn’t any.” "Eh? Wha—did he fail?” "No; , he died."—Detroit Free Tress. DEFIANT. A woman L accused of having tried \o pojsoa her husband, who is in ■court. ^ "What have you to say in your be» half?” asked the judge of the prisoner. "I am innocent. I demand that an autopsy be made of the plaintiff! ”-y Sketch. HIS THEORY. Lowler—“I notice you have put an orchestra in your restraurant. Did you do it on the theory that music aids digestion ?” Mr. Eatonhous—"No. The music sets tbe boarders’ teeth on edge, and they bite tbe toughest steak with the greatest ease.’’--Cincinnati Enquirer. ms work. Farmer Greenshaw—"Needn’t toll me that tramps won’t work! One of ’em worked yesterday, to my certain knowledge.” Farmer Whetrock—"What did he do?” Farmer Greenshaw—“He worked me! Ho promised, if I’d give him a good dinner, to tell me how to get rid of tbe cockle-burrs on my farm, an* when he got through eatin’ he told me to jest move off an’ leave ’em.”—Puck. NO OBJECTIONS TO CHILDKEN. Fond Mother (accompanied by small son)—“I see you ta>*e children at this hotel?” Summer Hotel Proprietor (glancing genially at many little boarders)— “Oh, yes, madame; of course. How do you do, my little man?" Small Cherub—“None o’ your bus’- ness.” Fond Mother—“Ob, baby, you should not speak so to the gentle man.” Cherub—“I will.” Fond Mother—“Bless his ’ittle heart, don’t ee know ee shouldn’t speak so to mamma ? Say, 'I’m very well,’to the nice gentleman.” Cherub—“I won’t." Fond Mother — “Mercy! Don’t throw your ball that way. You’ll break a window. Children are so in nocent and joyful that—” Proprietor—“I beg your pardon, madame. I said we took children, and we do; but it is my dnty to warn yon that we have measles, and whoop ing-cough, and chicken-pox, and scarlet fever, and small-pox in the hotel, and five children have some thing that looks like Asiatic cholera.” —New York Weekly. His Right to Suore. Martin Albert, a band leader and cornet player, of New Brunswick, N. J., caused the arrest of Johu Barry, whose room adjoins his in an apart ment house, for snoring. The reason given by the complainant for the ap prehension of the accused was that Barry’s style of snoring was a shock to his musical instiuets. “The snore is away up in G,” the cornetist ex plained to the judge. “Hediminuen- does, strikes a cantibile movement, takes a crescendo neatly and then catches his breatn on the retard as if he had a small circnlar saw in his larynx. When he gets his second wind he begins well down on the bass elef, and then bursts with a tine Wagnerian craokp the wall paper in finale that !my room,” In rebuttal knowledge of h thermore declared that he did propose to stay np nights to rry disavowed any ing snored, and fur- not see whether he did or not. When the judge asked him what he had to say in answer to the complainant’s statement that he had heard him snore, Barry answered that one couldn’t always be lieve what he hears. The judge dis charged Barry. Evidently the court was convinced that the complainant had misstated his reasons for arresting Barry. It was quite apparent that the other occu pants of the apartment house had mis taken the snoring for Albert's cornet practice, and had annoyed the mu sician either with compliments or no tices to quit. Anyway, the court rea soned that even if Barry’s perform ance was as bad as the baud leader re ported it the offense was justified by the law of retaliation, and to be im partial both the snorer and the cornet player would have to go to jail. As to requiring snorers to take instruc tions in order that their nocturnal exercises shall not offend the trained ear of a musician who may happen to sleep in the same block, that would be a flagrant subversion of the consti- utional privilege of every citizen to enjoy life, liberty and audible respir- tion.—Detroit Free Press. Fog and London’s Death Rate. The death rate in London is consid erably increased by what is known as the London fogs. One of the wors' on record, both for density and dura tion, lasted from the beginning o November, 1879, until February o the following year. The number o deaths which occurred during this pe riod as the result oi the fog was some where in the neighborhood of 15,000 Hundreds who were troubled with asthma died in a few days. The death rate for bronchitis rose to 331 per cent, and for whooping cough 231 per cent above the average. Again ii 1882 the records show a most alarm ing fatality. Daring the great fog o: 1873 there was quite a loss of catth caused by suffocation. For the lasl fifteen years the London fogs have been of a milder character and but lit tie damage has been recorded.—At lanta Constitation. Historical Age of the Dog, M. Quatrefagos, the zoologist am all-round scientist, states that ii China the exact period of the intro duction of the dog is well known, viz. in the year 1112 B. C., which puts i about the same time of the siege o Troy, 3000 years ago. It also appears from the Chinese historical account that the dog ii a domesticated jackal and that the jackal of to-day is eimpl; a wild, savage dog.