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WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS CKKAM OK TilK NKWS AS Cl'LLI'. FKO.M TilK DAILY l?UKSS. Which Will Ii?? of .More or Loss Intel est to tlit! (Aoiioral Reader. Tuesday Secretary Hoke Smith closed li admiuistratiou .if aiTalrs of tho Interior I) purttueut and retired from tho cabinet. * Judtfe Thomas, assistant attorney jjener for tho portolllso depart.neut, lias doeidi that "it is unlawful to solid an ordinary l??tt> by express or otherwisn outside of tho tnui unless it bo cuclosod in a Koverninei stam|ted envelope. It is also unlawful to e close a letter in an express package unless pertains wholly to tho couteuts of tho pacl ??o." ? * * Ex-Governor Francis, of Missouri, at 12:3 o'clock Thursday took tho constitution) oath of oflle" as Secretary of tho Interio succeeding lloko Smith, whoso resiynatici u*l?u ?miil.ir..il !?-? l>...ol.l....? ..I days ago. Tho oatli was administered I Associate Justice Harlan of the Unil<>il stat< Supremo Court in tho olllee ot tin: Socretui of the Treasurer. ? Thn President has pardoned Frank Pri tier, scntem-ed pi North Carolina to Ih years' im| risomcut for counterfeiting. II also commuted t ? a linn of .v'iOO tho sentcm of three months' upon John Darkley for alii** distilling. Applications for pardons lia\ Iwi'ii denied !!i tin- casus of Samuel Kiuse ut a!., sentenced in Virginia to one year's in prisoinent lor breaking into a postolllee. * * Acting Comptroller Powers, in a deejsic J! just reudered. holds that a transfer from tl volunteer service to the regular army, a though in tho form of a now enlistment f< tho balance of tho unexpired volunteer teri of enlistment, i- not such an oulistmont as I entitle tho soldier so transferred to the vote an bounty. The service in tho two brnnutu of the artuy is held to bo a continuous bo vice. * * According to United States Consul Join son, nt Antwerp, therein no truth in thestoi which so excited American meat packers, t the effect that broken down Kuitlish omnibi horses arc killed and packed at Antwerp i canned beef under American labels. The coi sul reports to tlio Statu Department that I has made most careful inquiry and lludstbi While the Kiiglish omnibus ha<'ks do cnmo I Antwerp in iari?o numbers, they are slauitl tered and sold lor frosh moat, and uro u< packed. * * Acting Comptroller of the Currency Coin lias received a telegram from Kxamiucr Bui Kwyne, at New Orleans, stating that at tli hearing before the United States Commissioi er all the arrested olfleers of the Ameriea National bank waived examination and wet bound over to tho meeting of tin* Unite States court in November, except Directs Keillor. The bonds of President (iardes an Vice President (iuirault wero increased froi ? 10,000 to i le.'JOU. t ? The Bryan campaign managers have di cided that Senator Tillman, of South Cart linn, shall resume his campaign in Ponnsy, vania among the coal miners where, it i claimed, lie became such a hero by a foi speeches delivered recently. The Seuato will come from South Carolina and go t Pennsylvania about the 10th of this montl He will remain in that Statu until tho 2011 speaking eoutiuuously. On the l'Jth he i uphmlnliul tr% ormnL' i?? l>l?lln.lalnl.ln *? sllvorites there will prepare an ovntiou fo him. His speech there will Imi m?l? 1 particularly to the workingmen, who ur supposed to put great faith iu him. * Tho ?lei?t statement whieli lias just been If sued shows a net Increase iu the public dot; less cash in the Treasury during August c *12,342.083. The interest bearing debt Increased $10, 300,000. The non-interest hearing debt d? reused ?4i5y,'50S and cosh in tho Treasur leerensed > 12,ttl2,017. The balances of tli several classes of debt at the close i f busi uess Aug. Ill were: Iutorost bearing debt, $H47,3(54,2l50. Debt on which interest lias ceased sine maturity, ?1.(522,0(50. Debt bearing no interest, $372,85(5,370. Total, irl.221.H43.5lH5. The eertillc.ntes and Treasury notes oiTsr t>y iin equal amount of cash in tlie Treasur outstanding at the end of the month wer $5(53,050.073. an increase of $440,000. The total cash in the treasury was $S 10 JHX.71(5. The gold reserve was $100,000,000. Net cash balance. $ 113,310.400. In the montii there was it decrense la gol oin and bars <.f $11. lsi,'.ip2. the total at th lose being $ Iu0.a25.200. Of silver, there was nr. increase of $1, 117.8(52. Of the surplu* there was in national ban |e|">sitori"s $15.(510,015, against $20,'.'52,07 it the end of tlie pre -ediiig month. The treasury ollicial statement shows tlia for August the detbdt was $10,130,580, an for the liseal y? ar to date $23,108,7:50. Th receipts for August were $25,5(51.00(5, or $3, 100,000 less than for August, ISO",. icuditures for August were $35,701,(5(50, u $3,000,00(1 :.iore than for August, 18'J5. DAHOIC MKN KIlDKItATK. Indiana laicomot Ivo Knginocrs an Other Kallwav ivimdoves Aitoh nn Tonus. A mass mooting of tlio Indiana incml>er9< !ho Ifrothorhood of Locomotivo KuKinoor Krolhorhood >f Loooinotivo Klrwnon, Ord? .f U iii vay Conductors, ISrothorhood of L< osnotivo Trainmen umt Ordor of ltuihvii Toli'itraph'-rs has adopted a resolution fnvo .,,j? f??.i?-r.iti .a, t.> ho a-voniploh">.| as son a* possible. '1'ho ipiestlon will Dually com n|t ia tin- national 111< tin-_c of tlio iiliToroi )>rothaih< > is, wlioro it wtli In* sottlod l.y tt ippointno'tit of I'oiuniiiti'cstoiiii-i't unddru up a plan for federation. Tim fodoration exiiucb d t?, be similar ia purpose to tlio Anio ioan Federation oi I.abor. Tlio followli oran l officers of tlio organization were pro out at tlio niootino and addrossod it: I'. .1 Arthur, of tno engineers; 1'. 1'. Sargent, firemen: 1'. II. .Morrvssoy, of tlio trainnioii; 1 F. Clara, of tin? conductors, and .1. II, Tan tin, of tlio telegraphers. All of tlium aru lavor of federation. A !\? A1 > SIvlfNIi'S ItlThf. \ KlorMii ^otth'iiicnt Terrorized 1? It* lr ii toil limit o Victim. A in! t llm Savannah, (la., Mornin s fr--:n st. Aui,'iif?tiiii?, I'la., says: AllMiller, ul Moultrie si ne; Iiito, was l-it'en l?y a skunk, ami at on> Havi'si:,'iis .,! Iiv< 1 r<>| !iol?i:i. Il-'fofo he wi secure. I, i>< 1 a lly Ml his step-sou ami ra throuirli 111-- woo.Is hitlntf trcs nn>l ever; thimr i"aiiiiio p, way, I{<< was to I: IiimI, an-1 in a paroxysm, l-rok-- tin- lasliin anil * ?j? 1 to tl?i? won.Is, m-yi-ri-ly ouln tWO Of Ills ki'i'|iiT.i, olio ilaiilfi-oroiisly. A| t>lu'nti->tt was tnutlo to Jiiiltto < oi?|?t Ii- i for tho Sln-rltT ami a posse to hunt for an enpturo >1 filer, who Is a ravim? mania. Wnmi'n ami ehil.lren in the srttli'innnt m terrorized. ami as wonl is passed a hoi houses are barricaded against tin- man, win When last seeu, was bit in tf cattle. "WKATHKR-CKOP UULLKTIN I Of the South Carolina Climate and | Crop Service. (? Below is Section Director Bauor's weekly crop report as prepared by ouo or more correspondents through" out tho State: Marked changes in crop conditions cannot be looked for at this season of tlio year, especially under tho normal weather conditions euoh as provailed during the week undei review. The i- principal crops are, indeed, so far matured that they aro no longer susceptible to meteorological influences. Minor crops can yet bo benefited by ;l tho rains of the patit week. Tho last fodder has boon palled I, from late corn and from one-third to ?i ono-half of it is uufit for forago on '! account of beiug badly burnt by the ^ sun Tho grain of late corn is generullv tint full nnr null .....1 lu?t week's estimato of the poor con1(1 dition aud yield of late corn is fully ^ sustained by this week's reports, with ,il this dilToronce, that a few localities u have mado a full crop. Corn in por'> tions of Hampton is iufestod with ry wecvel and worms in the car. Corn is so nearly ripe that its yield cnuuot be affected by any tort of weather, 1(. except such as may favor or inter- i fere with gathering or housing the le crop. The past week gave less favorablo weather for rice harvest than the prer, vious one, there having been showers > on all but two days in the lice region. On oue day a heavy local wind storm did considerable damage to a few plantat ions. On the whole tho rice crop I. will be a very good oue, at least for | >t the early seeding. Late or Juno eced1,1 ing looks well. ^ Cane seemingly was improved by | tho rains: Syrup making has begun r- in various portions of the State but no reports as to yield have been made. There is no improvement tc note in | .y the general condition of cotton. The .o weathor no longer affects it as for tho l!> most part growth has stopped, the w plaut is nearly or unite dead, and half. I or more, of the bolls open. Iu a few ' it localities the plant remains green and :o stimulated by the late mine, ebowa aigna of putting ou a top-crop. Blooms are very scarce now; in many fields nouo are to be seen, which indicates a j u small late crop. Indeed, it is the opin _ ion of nearly all the correspondents of i?> this service that cotton will be picked out by October 1st, or by the loth of that month at the latest. It continues .1 to open very fast and the first picking "" was a heavy ono. Many correspondjj ents Hay that this is the earliest season for cotton within their recollection. Sea-Island cotton continues to do very 1 well. i- Tobacco curing is over, and it appears that this crop lacked uniformity in the various counties where cultivator ed. In Florence the crop was large o but of inferior quality. In Williams' bnrg there was less raised than last ^ year. In Darlington and Kershaw tho o the quality is reported to have been r very good but the stands irregular and tho yield comparatively poor. Tho above aro the only counties from which special reports on tobacco were received. |f There seems to bo an improvement |f noticeable in the condition of i>eas, especially where planted in corn fields, - but where sown in open fields with grass for hay the crop is not so good. The latest planted has revived and may I- yet innko a good crop. Bweet potatoes have apparently tako en ou a new growth where the showers 1 _ .V It'll IUU HU lUCrUHBO 111 ID6 81Z0 Ol the tubers is expected. Whero pota t toes have been dug they have turned y out email in size, and consequenty ? email in yield. Much land was down in tnrnipa and other root crops, following the raioe, Hud a better stand in expected than has ( heretofore been obtained. ? Tlio cooler weather favored farm work and it is being proneontcd in ad> vanco of.the scasou. I'lowiug for fall i i_ Beetling has been begun. 2 * .ItJDCK SIMONTOM'S DKCISION, it '' lie Dissolves the Temptirarary Kest ruining Order Knjolnliig the Southern Kallrouds Kroni t Cutting Kates. Judge ('. 11. Siinonton has tiled his decision in the famous railroad injunction ease. It will ho retneiuhared that tho court issued a temporary injunction against tho fteaboard Air Lino and tho Southern Status Freight Association, prohibiting them from cutting or continuing the war in which they were engaging. The ease was heard at Green'r villo, S. on August 15th, ami attracted ati tentlon throughout the country. In the decision just tiled Judge Hlmoutoll discusses tho bill. The arguments ?t the hearing of r" the ease wero restricted to the jurisdiction of hi the court. in In closing his decision, Judge Slmonton it says: "Tho temptation to enter upon the disie cussion of the interesting points involved is j \v very great, bu* there seems to bo no escape ; is from the conclusions reached. Tho limited r_ ll>. .Ii.iift ul.iiid ltd ill t lilt tlir.u. ' |lll IWII' ll.MI W. ... - ig hoiil. It is ??r<that tln? temporary ro- i s- straining order heretofore in be dissolvI* imI and that the hill dismissed, each parly ef paying his own costs." la relation to the deeislon of Judge Sims' onion, dissolving the injunetiou preventing iu the Southern States ] relight Association from cutting rates so per cent, cut by tlit* Seaboard Air Line, President Spencer, oftho Southern Kail way, says: "1 am advised tlint the injunction against the cutting of rates h sis been dissolved and y the hilt dismissed hy Judge Simonton. in the ease of Ivor Averill, of the port Koyal ?fc Augusta, against the other railroads. It is impossible in say now whnt action will fol" | low. l'.verything depends probably upon ,r j what action the Seaho.ird Air t.ine will take. ; e j If they again inuke wholesale reductions in j |M ! rat<'s the other lines will no doui t arrange : 1 for an immediate meeting to determine what 1 " | 'an Le-t he done to conserve the revenues of | Dim liens ,>f Hie s iiitherii territory g j Vol ?. ^ A !iiol(>*?s eyes . re believe" |?> give the re iiniiiinl iiolliiiig i>.ioi.? lli,ii: at: i:.i;. d sioii of light, wliieli is prolui!. !;, p:iinfill, o". in leg-1, riinios i:ig. the i. "jinn pn . . ,j prompting 1::. rfenture :it ? ?. |. .rj, row into the enttli ::inl c^eape i:.e a atioyn lice. NEWS OF THE WORLD. A H IIA X< i K.I) PA RAO KA PH1UALI.V FOR TH K IJirSY KKADBIt Happenings I loth lloiiin and Foreign as I'ukrn Krom the Lutust Dispatches. Notes From > ho South. Tho street cur linos of Chattanooga, Tenu., liuvo been placed iu the huuds >of receivers. At Augusta, (la., Tuesday, the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad was sold at auctiou to Thouias aud Ryan for $550,000. E. H. Mullen, of'Biriningliam, Ala., while sitting ou the side of his bed playing with his buby, suddenly sent a bullet through his brain. The twenty-third annual convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union will convene in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 13-18. At Frankfort, Ky., lire destroyed the main building of the Statu Feeblo Minded Institution. Muuy of tho iumutes were hurt. Loss $15,000. ?? ? Throughout the North Tho cotton print mills at Fitchburg, Milvivi l,tiu rnannuitl miiir.><in.i nine week's shut-down. At Pittsburg, Pii, Joseph Orozz was hanged for niurdoriug his sweetheart, Theresa 13obok, Januarys, 1896. Tho American Watch Factory, at Waltham, Mass., has begun work again with a full set of hands and will run on full time. I At Van Clock, Out., the Commercial Hotel, owned by Georgo Constuutincnu, was partly destroyed by lire and live pearsons were burned to death. I Tho Manufacturers' bank of West , Duluth, Minn., has been placed in the hands of a receiver by order of tho State bank Examiner. Deposits amount to 840,000. i ('mis. E. Warburtou, proprietor of i the 1'hiludclphia Evening Telegraph, ( is dead of fatty degeneration ol the heart, lie had been iu poor health for a long time. F. lvlinkert, brewer, has made au assignment for the bom-tit of his creditors, at ltncino, Wis. Tho assets are said to be 8200,000, while the liabilities will not reach over half or threo-qunrters of that sum. In tho presence of 8,000 spectators at Fleetwood Park, New York, Wednesday, John It. Gentry lowered tho colors of ltobort J., ' Frank and 8tar Pointer, winning the most remarkablo harness race on record and pacing three heats in 2:3;, 2:31 and 2:31, tho fastest time ever kuowu for three consecutive miles. At tho New York Itiflo Association meet at Seagrit, N. J., tho team of the First Cavalry of Georgia won tho car bine school prize. The lirst team of the Euginocr Cory, District of Columbia, won the match at 200 and 000 yards. The team of the First Infantry of Georgia won the inter-state regimental match. Miscellaneous. The Bible is now printod in 381 languages, 52 versions having been added in tho lust iWe years, forty-owo of these versions are croditod to English aiul Scotch societies, and tivo to American societies. Tho Seaboard Air Line Railroad has given notice that after September 4tb all 1,000 and 2,000 milo tickets will be issued at two cents a mile. This is a reduction of one-half cent a mile, as the rate has heretofore been two and a hall cents. The Seaboard Air Lino officials state that it is not probable that the Seaboard will meet the cut of the Southern Railway since Judge Simonton dismissed the injunction bill. They state that tho Xi 1-0 per cent, reduc tion will continue. Tho Southern and Seaboard railroads have filed with tho Interstate Commerce Commission schedules of freight and passongor ratos to take effect September 5tli. Tho reductions from present rates in some instances exceeds 50 per cent, while tho average reduction is over one-third of tho rate now in forco. What tho Cable Strings. Tho cruisor Cincinnati has been ordered by the government to Turkey. She will not bail until some time in October. AH the banks in Constantinople and Cialata, except tho Credit Lyonnais, liavo reopouod their doors for business. I Tactically no business bus been transacted, but it is nevertheless a fuel that a commercial confidence is returning. Tho steamer Laurada, tho Cubau filibuster, which recently landed at Xavassa and transferred her men and arms to tho tug Dauntless, and later arrived at Port Antonio, Ja., has been wrecked at that port. It is suspected that her mishap was tho result of lou) I..? Anil the fJrentest Wo* tho I.nnt. T.lP! .? Willie S. was asked by his Sunday school teacher to name the "three great festivals of tho church." IIo thought a moment, and then, memories of the glad and Joyous past doubtless crowding upon lilin, replied; "Christmas, Duster and tho strawberry." And in New York. Wade?There go-?s a man who fcas served twenty yearn as a policeman. Hutelier Where has he served? Wade Fifteen 0:1 the force and five in Sing Sing.?New YjrU World. WKATMKK AN l> CKOPS. Conditions for 'Jottou IMcklng tlcncrullv </oo<l. The following are extracts from the weekly crop bulletin of the weather bureau at Wush ington: Virginia--!Gentle rains in tidewater mul valley comities have improved the prospects for late corn, pastures, tobacco and truck and have put the ground in condition for plowlug; the geuerul condition of corn shows above the average; in middle counties crops are falling off; tobacco curing begun. North Carolina?No material change in crop conditions this week; rainfall poorly distributed and drough still prevailing in middle counties; nearly haif of tho cotton crop open nud bulk of crop cannot now be improved by rain; tanking pea vtuo hay, ground too hnrd for fall plowing, Houth Carolina?Cooler weather and numerous showers helped sweet potatoes,cane, peas and root crops materially, but not corn, which is ftdly ripe, nor cotlou, ex?'t,,t to check premature opening; half of cotton crop open and no blooms to iudlcnto Into or top crop; unfavorable rice harvest weather. Qeorgiu?With the exception of local showers during the first of the week, dry weather wuii warm iiays uml cool nights continue: cotton is shedding auil opening rapidly; picklug is beiug pushed as rapidly us possiblo and most of tho crop will ho gathered by ttio middle of this month; yield of cottdli will bo but little more thun h.vlf tho average; lato corn and all interior crops inferior; Hardens a complete failure; some lato gardens beiug planted. Tennessee?Local showers enrly in week slightly improved conditions where they fell, but drought still severe in most soctions;cotton opening rapidly and picking in progress; tobneo" mostly housed, and good except whoro worm eaten; quantities of fodder, pea and millet h?v saved; plowing greatly delayed. COLORED 'COLLEGE. 8BTTLKMKNT OF DISPUTK WITH CLAFLIX I N IY KKSITY. Tu State Secures a Good Thing In tha Adjustment?Professors Klectod. The board of trustees ot Orangeburg Industrial College at Orangeburg met in Governor Evans's office Friday and of last week aud succeeded in settling the differences between tho institution and Claflin University and elected several professors and instructors. BeBides Governor Evans there were present Messrs. Kortjohn, Bradham, Floyd, Brice, Kiblor and Lowman. Bishop Walden, of Cincinnati, and Rev. Dr. Hamilton, representing the Northern Methodist Church, which controls tho University appeared before the board, and after a long consultation came to au agreement as to the disputed lands and buildings. Concessions wore made on both sideB, but the State got tho land t*kat they wanted and two or three bnildings claimed by the university. The settlement was mutually agreeable, but the State got the best of the bargain by about 32,500. At ttio nftornoAu mm*aw J the professorships were filled by the election of the following: Mathematics and mechanios?B. S. Wilkinson, A. M. Mental and moral science?Rev. I. N. Cardoza, M A. English language, litorature and elaseics?,W. R. A. Palmer, A. M. History and political soienoe?W. M. Gilbert, A. M. Agrioultnro and agricnltnral chemistry? G. W. Barnes. Instructor iu English and history? J. E. Wallace. Instructor in mathematics?M. C. Nix. Instructor in chemistry and natural science?J. C. Whitnker. Instructor in physical culture, philology and hygioue?Harali V. Smalls. Vocal and instrumental music?Rowena E. Andrews. Freehand drawing and art?Louise B. Fordham. Principal primary department?Ada R. Stewart. Matron?Mrs. C. G. Grey. The following instructors nro to be fdled at the next meeting, which will be held September 12: Sewing, dressmaking and millinery; cooking and domestic economy; carpentering and woodworking; bricklaying and plastering; architecture am! mechanical drawing; bookkeeping; superintendent of farm. President Miller reports that the building will bo ready for all students when tho college opens in October. Tho prospects for tho institution or encouraging, about 300 students havapplied for admittance. The denominational cast of the faculty is as follows: jiapnsi?nov. At. W. Gilbert, A. M., liev. N. C. Nix, A. B., anil Miss Sarah V. Smalls. African, Methodist Episcopal?J. C. Whitakor, Miss llonoun E. Andrews, Mrs. Ada It. Stewart and C. J. Gregg. Methoditt Episcopal? ltcv. Win. It. A. Palmer, A. M., D. D., Prof. 11. S. Wilkinson, A. M., and Geo. W. Burner. Episcopalians?Miss Lionise I>. Fordham and .1. E. Wallaco. Presbyterian?President Thos. E. Miller, L. Ii. P., Prof. J. W. HotVinan, PL. B., and ltev. J. N. Cordoza, A. M. Lincoln University, of Pennsylvania; Harvard, ef Cambridge, Mass.; Michigan State Agricultural College; Howard University, Washington, I). ('.; Clatlin, Orangeburg, S. ('.; Oberlin College, Oberlin, ().; West Point; Collegiate College, Hamilton, N. Y.; Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. .1.; Avery Normal Instituto and the public schools of Charleston, Poston Conservatory of Music; high and normal Bchoolsof Washington, 1>. C.; Itenedict and Allen ami the art schoolsof Mnssachusetts, "are all represented in the corps of professors and instructors, It was tho sentiment of the trustees that no one should be elected a professor in tho collego department who did not liavo tho degree of A. 15. or A. M. from somo institution of high grade. ?????? I I 1 REASON FOR ABANDONING CORSET?. Science 1ms found still another reason why women should abandon corsets. It affects, however, o?ly those of tho fair sex who thirst for tho highor education. At a certain youug women's collcgo it was noticod that the delicate electrical instruments underwent sudden and extraordinary changes. Every ouco in u while, when n crir1. camn un to omlnin U ?r w what sbo bad learned about volts, ohms, and tbe like, galvanometers would gyrate wildly and the needles in the various dials would sworvo in a most unaccountablo manner. Finally the profossor discovered wliero tho trouble lay. It was tho stool in tbo girl's corsets, and tho faculty thereupon passed a law debarring all cor eted girls from tbo cloctrical department. At first tbe girls tried to ovade tbe rule by tbo utteranco of mild tarradiddles. But the inexorable professor circumventod them by making tho class, as it onterod, pass in Binglo lllo boside a delioato galvanometer. The instructor stood besido it in apparent unconcern, but tho instrument "spotted" evory steel-corsdfeed girl with unerring skill. One leoturo undor the conditions was enough, and the girls have all gone in lor bygiontc waists or dress roform.*Argonaut. MOHNTNG GOWNS OP KITCHEN TOWELING. The grass cloths, linens, Russian crash and kitchen toweling are all very much tho rage for morning gowns. The grasfc cloths aro mado elahorato enough to be worn at garden parties, and aro oxtremely protty gowns. Thoy also look best made up over silk ; that is, with tho silk lining; but more than ono has been turned out latoly with tho under petticoat of fino saUcn. These gowns aro not cheap. Tho material itself does not cost much, but again it is tho accessories which make the expenses mount up. Ono gown of grass lincu, sent home tho other day from one of the leading dressmakers, had a tiny polka dot of heliotrope. Tho skirt, which was very full, had a ruche headed with quilled heliotrope satin ribbon. Tho waist, whioh was cut round, had a deep yoke oollar of open work batiste, lined with white satin, from whioh, front and back, went three narrow strips of . oiien work embrniderv. also lined with the white satin, which extended a short distance below the belt. Tho belt, however, was passed over them and kept them down in plaoe. The belt was of fanoy Djresden ribbon of heliotrope und white, and insido tho high standing oollar twas a rnoho of heliotrope chiffon. The skirt was lined throughout with a transparent lawn, the exact shade of the grass cloth, and there was a dainty petticoat of heliotrope silk made with many pinked rufties. The Russian crash and kitchen toweling are as yet not need for any other purpose thau tho jackets and skirts. These oan be had ready mado, and tho swell tailors aro tnrning thom out by the dozens. The tailor's prices are about five times iu excess of the pricos asked in the shops, and for once it can trutnfnlly bo said that the difference is not worth paying. The little, short jacket with the wide, much gored *kirt, is tho only pattern. ?Harper's Ilazar. CTCMSa FOR WOMEN*. In an article in the Nineteenth Centuy outitlcd "A Medical Viotv of Cycling for Ladies," the author, Dr. \V. H. Fenton, indorses the exorcise, asserting that it has done more to improve the health of women than almost anything that lias ever been invented. "Let it at onco bo snid, an organically Round woman can cyclo with as much impunity as a man. Thank neaven, we know now that this is not one moro of the sexual problems of thn< day. Sox has nothing to do with it, beyond tho adaptation of machino to dress and dross to tho machino. Womojj arocapablo of groat physical improvement where tho opportunity oxists^ Dross even now heavily handicaps them. How fatiguing and dangerous wore heavy potticoats aud dewing skirts in cycling even a few years ago tho plucky pioneers alone can tell us. "Inappropriate droso has a certain uuiuuur 01 emus to aucouni ior. ? \\ neu fair practice has boon made, and the 'hot stage,' so to apeak, is over, the feet, ankles, nock and arms get very sold when working up against wind. Waiters or spats, high collars and 3loso-titting sleeves meet this diflimlty. Summer or winter, it is far safer to wear warm, absorbent undorjlothing and avoid cotton. "The disenscs of women take a front place in our social life; but, if looked into, ninety per cent, of them are functional ailments, begotten of cnui and lack of opportunity of some means of working oil' their snperflous muscular, nervous and organic eni orgy. The effect of cycling within the physical capacity of a woman acts like a charm for gout, rheumatism and indigestion. Sleeplessness, so-called 'nerves' and all thoso potty miseries for which tho liver is so often mado the scapegoat, disappear in tho most extraordinary way wi'h tho fresh air inhaled, and with tho tissue destruction and reconstruction effected by exercise and exhilaration. -Tlio lurgo abdominal muscles Jo littlo iu riding down hill or on level ground, hut iu hill climbing groat strain is thrown upon them. There nro many reasons why women should not overtax this group. Already thousands of women qualifying for general invalidism have been rcacuod by cycling. Women arc very subject to vurico8u veins in tlio logs. Cycling often ride them of this trouble. 'X girl who bus to stand for hours and hours sorving behind a counter gets relief untold from an ovoniug spin on her 'bike.' Her circulation has boon improved, and tho aches and pains which would huvo shortly made an old woman of her havo gone and a sense of exhilaration und relief has taken their place." A QUEEN'S BATn. Persons who pride themselves upon what they call their sturdy common sense affect to despiso elaborate civilities under tho expressive term o{ "starch." Nono tho less do snoh sacrifices to exooting graces flourish, and certainly not less than in countries nearer homo among tho Hovas of Madagascar, who were, even bofore their annexation, nothing if not Parisian. Starch is, however, at tho court of Antananarivo no mero matter of form; rather, if ono may say so, a form of matter, for it is the starch so indisponsablo in oar laundrios that,' like Shakesnoaro'sdivinitv. doth hndow Around tho Queon ltanavalo. She. liko Mario Antoinette, in accustomed to recoivo stato visitors in her morn* iug tub, nud qnito seeing the disadvantages of having licr bath wator, like her state policy, too eloar, tho staroh is thrown into it to dissolvo as a wbito veil around tho Queou. Among dignitaries thus received by hor was, according to tho Paris correspondent of tho Times, a Fronch Ambassador, M. Le My re do Vilors, who, after a plentiful ubo of diplomatic "soft soap," retired highly confident. An old Hova, howover, moro experienced in Madagascan etiquette, took a different view of the results of M. de Vilors' mission. "Oh, ho will not obtain anything," ho said,'"there was too much starch." Excessive etaroh would B6om to make Queens i^pd collars alike "stuck up."?London Gtiaiihiu* HAOTTT^U v/vrmq; .1 . ,, It is quite usual to line a Crash gown with silk. . r Butter-oolorod straw hats with blaolfc plumes are very stylish. < ' Overskirts in long pointed effoots aro among tho loading features of autumn fashions. .* Tho cinnamon brown Alp.ine hat would seem to be in high favor for headgear with girls, and oven women of mature years, who rido tho wheel. While many of the now dress skirts show a strong tendency for ttimming, the bodice is still the- portion - of the gown whero decorations oontinuo to flourish without .limit. ? A black and white model has ae^own of whito silk poppies and a rqcho.qf black and whito Btripod chiffon, forming the brim. The trimming is a singlo black and white tip fastened in with an old paste and jot buckle. * It is probablo that veils will be wofrn nil summer by Flora McFlinsoy,"wlio always hns'a method "ifi Ifer fashionable madness. Somo of tho now Brussels veiling material is beautiful, and is ssid to give a soft, pleasing effoot to tho face. Bamboo aud teak wood enters into tho furnishing and equipment<of tho modern country house beautiful more extensively than over before. Solid, upholstered furnituro is almost unknown. Everything, the edict is, must bo light aud airy. Thero was a chic littlo cap, beretta' shaped, made of tho plaid, goods, with a twist of brown volvet and a quill, that goes with a golf cosiume. It must l>o more comfortablo thau tho regulation alpine, that looks so perfectly absurd when tilted back from the forohead. Tho most popular bathing ooatnnho this season is ruudo of black or whito unrrrA ttri tlv .7WlnU Wi y ?T 1 I U illll Pail l I(UU knickorbockers, a fitted belt roiind waist with a deeply pointed yoke, full sleeves thftt burely reach the elbqws, black stockings, and nn oifs^in cup covered with black or Tartan surah. For visiting and similar occasions palo^rceu straw is made info a high* narrow crown with vory- wid* brim, which is veilod in white tu<llB*jcaught up on one side with n big rosetto and three nodding black plume*. On the other sido is a knot of lilies and n Iripf bunch of tho same rest upon' the hair, underneath tho brim, at tho back. Justin front aro two ltftgo emshfcd pink roses that lobk op ff 4lfby had fallen into place'. ' .. > Never was lace so profusely hSod'Or so varied in] desfajni From .jUarryw guipure insertions to wide ilo'uncing.s j in cream, corn ami gutter^oiilbr.i?.it to bo seen on every nrticio of fashion* : able dress. It is now in a 1T0 in grass ! cloth, to trim tho grass cloth gowns | and blouses that are to bo in tho acmo of popularity in tho hot days. It can be had in insertions, edgings and pieco lengths, aud has a color beneath. This is not strictly lace, but it goes in tho sarno category.