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'.2ZT Firnt Bicycle Highway woman* A new episode Iihs been added to the history of the bicycle. In France the ^ther day two ladies were stopped on the road by a bicycle woman, who drew a revolver and forced theiu to surrender their valuables. This is the first authentic case 011 record of a bicycle highway woman. Tlie (ireek (ilrl. I A blooming (1 reek girl is uncommon. The girls'faees that most strike one are the color of yellow wax, which blazing black eyes light up as might a devouring flame. There is something in most of the faces that betrays liability to fever. All feeling for beautifill drapery is extinct. The rich women dress in frightful imitations of French finery; the poor in sordid I patched raiment, too thick ami clumsy j to admit of graceful folds. On Sundays, however, there is a show of fancy needlework, that, with necklaces of coins, has a pretty efleet. The Queen often wears a (ireek costume. ? NewYork Press. An \<lmiiii*t rt?l ion tilrl. Although the present administration j is distinguished for its many young j people among the otlieial families, hut . one of all the host of pretty girls lias , the right to stand in the receiving line 1 w ith Mrs. Melvinley when she wel comes the ptthlie, and this is Miss, Flora Wilson, the only daughter of the j Secretary of Agriculture. She is slender and graceful, and has exi'pii- j sitely dainty coloring, with dark hair j and hlue eves Her live brothers and ' her father unite in an effort to make up to her for the loss ot her mother, I who died a few years ago. All of the j Secretary's children have received | their education at tie- Iowa Agricultural College, which he presided over' us President. Summer I'mides in l*urn*?l?. There is no ipie^tion of keeping off j the sun by means of the parasols with which i nc ^iiniiner gin is lining tier , trunks for the coming campaign. Her , aim in simply to make her costume as j fhill'y ami highly colored as possible. j ami the parasol is ilcchlcilly ail ai'l in accomplishing the general eflect. One i>!' the most gnrgeousof the season is the "sunburst'" parasol, which is a mass of elaborate Hating. I hen there is the parasol composed entirely of chitl'on tt 11 <1 riillleil from centre to edge. Only tt shade less elaborate is the dosiu.it of. V itui'iuli 'jL 1 - j ?i - ,si? tiu npcorafed w it It frills of ehitVon, bunches of artificial tlowers. or now aud then a group of ostrich t ips. A particularly popular fancy is that , the morning parasols shall match the ' shirt waist with which they are worn, I as the summer girl still clings to the most comfortable morning costume which she has ever known. Thus the new para -Is are made of Chaiubray, iineti. muslin ami mull, aud are prettily lined with vilk of becoming shades. The numher of these dainty articles necessary to the summer girl's outlit has uot vet heeu computed. Women in Horticulture. According tot he census of 1 sito there M ete .'11- commercial greenhouses, or about one in tifteen, owned aud managed bv women. We have a personal iii*I111II11111*i?,.?i i* ;?i. - ? 1 v-j-v..???..* 1 U nil women w 11" are/successful i"? * t: 111 florist* Ot!nir women to our knowledge aro making it stnwss of raising emulations ami other flowers for the wholesale tra<le. These people sooti learn that the husiness of raising and selling (lowers is heset l?y inueli eare and labor that does not eotne under the head of poetry. And yet nearly all women florists that we have met were led into the husiness heeause hey lirst of all loved flowers. It adds to the delight and success of any occupation if one has a love therefor. There is no question that, as a rule, women have a greater fondness than men for lowers; why therefore should they not engage in growing and handling them for profit. The rougher work about U..? .... ....Jo; i. ' ..v... mu ii a" iin* cart* oi greenhouse furnaces, the handling of soil ami manure, ami the like, can easily he ihuie 1 >v men who work for uuuleratc wages. If women are sitecessful as florists they are equally so as raisers of vegetables ami small fruits, especially strawberries; they direct the rougher work, help to prepare the produce for customers, ami perhaps take in hand the selling, thus keeping closely to touch wi'h tin) state of the market, < leiierallv speakiug, we think that the raising of strawberries near our best markets is further from being overdone than that of almost any other kind of produce. The consumption is enormous, ami fresh fruit brought quickly from the ib id", w itlmut a large distanft\ intervening, always will sell <1 , ably higher ihan fruit long j fr?{ "'.'Vines that lias been shipped. Much of the work of pmkingand hand | ling small fruits is well suited to be done by women. Vick's ."Magazine. (lOHtti |>? fjuecti Victoria i" kind to her poor ; relations. The servant girls are organizing j unions about the eoiintry. Kx-Kiupress Kugeuie soon "tarts on a tour to Constantinople and the Jilaek j Hea country. Huroness Hnrdett-Coutts, who mar , | ried at sixty-seven, is now eighty , four, and in good health ' , f Club women have been rejoicing i 4 I i \ ) over the appointment of Miss Mary lied field us Postmaster at West Point, N. Y. Miss Mary Isabella Potter, who was ordained as an Episcopal deaconess in ( New Haven last Sunday, is the tirsl woman to take orders in the diocese of Connecticut. The recent, death of Elizabeth, nf lUilforil it) tfncrlmiil makes tho Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Jane Ellice the last survivors of Queen Victoria's bridesmaids. Tho Michigau Legislature has enacted a law to allow all people who own assessed property to vote at school elections, thus admitting some of the women to a limited franchise. Mine. Her Hot Ibsen, daughter of Bjornson, and daughter-in-law of tho dramatist, lias just made her public debut as a vocalist of Christiauia. She intends to adopt music as a profession. Miss Mary M. Bartelme, of Chicago, who has been appointed public guardian by Governor Tanner, is the first woman to hold the position. Her duty is to look after the estates of friendless children. Queen's University, at Kingston, Canada, has conferred the degree of doctor of laws on the Countess of Aberdeen. Lady Aberdeen is the first woman in tho Dominion who has received this distinction. In Denmark women who foresee a life of single blessedness can make provision whereby they can at the ago of forty be put in the spinster class for good aud receive a weekly stipend for their support. Next to Queen Victoria, Queen Louisa of Denmark is the oldest Queen in Europe. Princess Louise of HessoCussel was born in 1822 and was married at tho age of twenty to Prince Christian of Denmark, now King / H . .A: tv V. IiriM lllll I A. The St. Paul (rlobe .says: "A picturesque figure in the lobby of the Ryan Hotel recently ?us Miss Carrie Ihicnn. who is ont in the wild West in the interest of a mainnioth chewing gum establishment which has its headquarters in Ohio." The custom of wearing the engagement ring on the fourth linger of the left hand is traced to an old pagan superstition which claimed that a vein connected this finger directly with the heart. It litis also become a matter of convenience, as that is the linger least u"'t'tVeai interest is manifested 111 Herman medical circles with regard to an American lady student who, after having taken her degree at the University of Wisconsin, lias been admitted to h post-graduate course under Professoi Dr. Veisser at the University of Ureslull, Silesia. Hers is the first ease of a female student's admission to u Prussian state clinic. i'ltxliloii Note*. Flowered grenadines appear to be among the leaders in summer fabrics. (irenndine, both plain and fancy, takes high place among summer diesfabrics. Lilacs, white and purple,have taken the place of violets with the tlowei 1 vendors. The Parisian pompadour is the style of coill'ure which necessitates a "rat' to give its proper height. The mushroom bunches of riblacn wired to stand high above the hat crown are deemed essentially chic it summer inilIinei-v Canvas is still very popular ami seems stoutly to resist the invasion of double-faced enshiuere ami mohair two rivals of canvas now in the tichl. Senora, the new bright simile ot Spanish red, is slightly less vivid than cherry color, hut more brilliant than either the geranium or Danish dyes. (iray silks ami poplins are trimmed with corselet and collars of yellow satin; bolero of the gray lined witl yellow, ami full vest of white cliitlbu and yellow lace. Silk blouses are made with tight sleeves, buttoning from wrist to tin scant pulVnn the shoulders, and small gold, not brass, buttons are lavishly used for trimming. (riav embroidered tulle, orange vel vet, Venetian lace, a cluster of Mermet roses, and a very uuiqiie buckle of French brilliants form a lovely model for an evening hat made by Virot. Foulards and all soft silks will be warn during the summer. They are printed in dainty designs and come m soft colors ami in such a variety of patterns that they mav serve for any pill-pose. ('rope de-Chine is to be very much worn this season, especially for evening dresses ami in combination with other materials, ami there is a new Kind, ribbed like iionlm. which is verv delicate Ulltl soft The turn-over stock collar of linen has boon a favorite for tailor made costumes ami silk shirt waists for some time, but i* has now made its appearance in dainty embroidered lawn ami is even carried out in velvet an I lace. The English tailor-made coat has ko gathers at the top of the sleeves. It ias a little fullness, which is arranged n sniall dart seams covered with fancy lu'uidiiiK Many of the coats are daborately braided, and several dilVer* nt kinds of braid arc used on one garment. MEN CROPHEPORT.' Hot Winds and Drought Has Given Crops a Set Back. FURTHERIMPROVMENTIN CORN Local Storms Have Caused Injury to Crops In Kentucky and Mlsssurl, Hut Damage Comparatively Light. The Department of Agriculture, iu its weekly crop bulletin issued last Tuesday, sayB in part: While some what too cool for tho best results over the morn northerly districts, with excessive heat in tho Southern States, the woek has, upon tho whole, been favorable for tho growth aud cultivation of crops in harvesting of grain. Local storms have caused injury to crops in portious of New Jersey, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri, but the naiuago has boon comparatively light, l'ortious of tho ()hio valley, (lalf States, Western Kansas and Colorado are needing rain. Cotton has made rapid growth in Oklahoma and Texas and a gonerel improvement is reported olsowhero. In tho central and eastern portions of the cotton bolt, however, tho reports generally indicate that tlio plaut in small and backward. A general rain is much needed over the central and western portions of the cotton belt. Corn has made further improvement during the week in the principal corn States, having made rapid growth in Illiuois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma In the more northerly sections tho crop has generally improved, but continues backward. Tn tho Southern States the general outlook is less favorable than previously reported, having been damaged by hot winds in Texas, and by drought iu Arkansas, and in tho I'.ast Oulf States, liains have retarded cultivation in portions of Iowa, where the crop has made fair growth, but its condition and tho stand are viu iablo. The winter wheat harvest has continued under generally favorable conditions. Kast of tho Mississippi harvesting is now in progress as far north as tho southern portions of Illiuois, Indiana ami Ohio, ami tlm rrnii is lmitur ing rapidly in trie more northerly sections. Some damage hits been done by excessive rains to wheat in shock in Missouri. Harvesting in t 'alifornia has been somewhat retarded by cool weather ami showers over the northern part of the State. Uains in Oregon ami Washington have been beneficial. Spring wheat lias generally made favorable progress, The early sown is heading and the reports generally indicate that the straw is short. Tobacco is more promising than previously reported in Virginia. Tennessee nud Kentucky, and the crop is growing nicely in Imliana, and Maryland. Some lias been cut in Florida and it is ripening in South <'arolina In (ieorgia o.i)'J..(_\Le,v V,.rk it is sull'eriug from IJI'SIN KSS liMX li 11 LOW N ll?. Terrific Fx plosion of Dynamite at South Scranton, I'a. An explosion of dynamite Tuesday in -'outU Scranton, Fa . seriously damaged the business block of I.eon < Hchet'oski. a double dwelling block and single houses. The hussiness block w as blown to pieces, 'n twenty one houses all the windows were blown out and the plaster shaken from the walls. I he shock was felt all over the city. bulla's Yellow Fever Scotirss. The reports received from Cuba by Surgeon (icnernl Wyinan, of the Marine Hospital Service at Washington show that yellow fever is spreading. The I nited States sanitary inspector at Havana report-- that during the week there were in that city deaths front yellow fever with approximately '.Til now cases, and MO lieu cases of smallpox. with three deaths The I nited States t'onsul at Sagua l.atirunde reports that during the week there were n that eitv -1 new eases reported from yellow fever and v: eases from smallpox \ ^liiiiilii'i'iil <'outrllmtion. dames ('. Carter, the New York lawyer, has coiilribute.t to the Kan I < >11 >11 flicker Memorial Hall to be crccteil at Washington anil l.cc ITiiver >lt>. ! cxiu^tou, \ a . at a cost of " mi, tor the uccoinmodat ion of the law school. riirninj? ol' t lie I':ile. After liein^ i?ile for some weeks, t o tulie department ami the -beet mill of '.he Heading I'a Iron Works has resumed operation. I he former tfives employment to over !'"n haiols, wlulo the latter will tfive work to '.' "id. I)el?s' Scheme AIiji niloneil. Kimeiie V I )elis socialist colony J scheme has heeti ahaioloiie I ami there I will he a mitral i< >n of iinem pi >;. e I tnen | to the Mate of Washington in its st?*a>l I lie ex pew-e of their trail poi latioii will | lie |-aii| thr< iijli a per capiia tax of 1 "> J cents a month on members of the ":o I cial Democracy. 1'ehs new party. I'w o ol n I\ i11<I i IIcpreseiitan\e Ixiiu. of I tah, has j introduced hi the 111 iii-e a l>ill iiletit ieal t with that intI'm!ueeiI by Senator Moi | "an in the Senate, proviilim/ for the an nexation of Hawaii under the conditions of Ihi' treaty negotiate! by the 1 resnlent. A lliij x 1111 > lints Down. The Massachusetts Cotton Mills have i been closed at l.owill, Mass.. and will ' not be re-opened until duly I Jth I he mills employ l.hOO men ! lie shutdow n was decided upon because of the lov price which Moods are selling at. ami the poor demand. Dpotriicllvi' in Kiissiii. Floods in Kussia have destroyed many houses anil bridges. Hundreds j aro homeless, then homes having been carried away with tin* rn?-h of the waters. hctttii'ii Kolomeu and Inrkna train went through a bridge and it is behaved tliut many perilous have been drowned THIS WORLD OF BUSINESS* Messrs. R; (J. Dun & Co.'i Weekly Report of TrMnsuotlons. Messrs. R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade for the week ending Saturday^ July 8d, says: Midsummer vacations have oommenoed in many works, with a decrease of orders usual lit tit in RAHnnn Tliin Diiu^nmafv vana. tiou is called a strike wliere agreements regarding wages for the coming year have not been reached, and the extensive strike of the Amalgamated Iron Workers announced July 1 is of this nature, but the Btrike of coal miners in Illinois and other Central Wosterit Hiatus is not, and mAy |>rove costly. Jii some iron and cotton works wages have been reduced, owing to low prices, one cotton mill in Virginia closing because the reduction was not accepted. With a bottor demand the employers will seek agreement. The situation is distinctly of a midsummer character; Large hopes ave built on the prospective demand after the taritt'bill lias passed, but the pressure in the market of largo importing stocks may defer it. The general belief is that a removal of uncertainty will in auy case increase business. Since much of the future depends on crops the brightening prospects are of the highest importance. Kstimates by persons usually most pessimistic now far exceed au%\ made a mouth ago, on the promise of 350,000,000 bushels of wheat, of lowor condition, but a largely increased ncrea-je of corn, Cotton prospects are brighter as the crop uppcars to be rather early, rather than later in tho regions which were not flooded. Tho movement of wheat is small. Western receipts for the week being only l,(jjt(),770 bushels against '',041,710 last year, and Atlantic exports 2.004,173, Hour included, against 2,102,172 last year, but a strong eft'ort to lift prices failed, and the close is ljj cents lower for the week, with corn half a ceut lower. Cotton rose with small sales. The iron and steel industry halts at midsummer, although tho demand for finished products still increases and disappointment is duo only to the fact that the increase is not yet enough to keep all mills at work and thus to bring better prices, which now averago slightly lower than ever before. though not 1 per cent, below those of March, lSDo. 1 ho export trade is increasing, and a large order for India has just been taken at a price said to be below British bids. Coke production is increasing again, as more iron furnaces ai o going into blast, ami an addition of cents has been ordered in anthrneite coal. Tin is higher, with larger consumption, and copper at to} for Lake, with heavy exports, while lead has advanced to 0 cents. Aniercan makers are o ling tin plate largely at .<}. 20 for full weight against jsl.NU for foreign. Textile manufacturers are waiting and cottou mills curtailing production, with largo stocks on hand, and prices scarcely changed, while woolen mills are gradually increasing work with better orders, and prices incline to advance n shade. Enormous buying of wool, 2>0,000,000 pounds this year, against 102,000,000 last vear, reflects speculation mainlv, and some larger lots have been sold three to live times ?.lP?9^PfrA\?l,.?.ea.X>^?s high in the interior that dealings in domestics are restricted, amounting for two mouths to less than 21,000,000 pounds, against 000,000 pounds foreign. Failures for the week have been 2-11 in the I'nitcd States, against 2~>? last year, and :$0 in Canada, against 22 last year. Change In Freight Transportation. An important ehatigo in the freight transportation service between New York. Philadelphia and the South has been made by traflic agreement arranged between the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company and the I Salt iinore Stenni Packet Company b\ hi I'* 1, in pi N in at I til \\ : L it; k'i in Sf ro of fr :{i St St \v l'? \v I* \v t'( \\ o S II w y t 1 t hlllUtv 111, int i tiliuunt'u tub .mi, with ii bequest tif 000. A < litnt Sewing >1 hi-hino. A giant sewing machine has been finislioil nt Leeds, Kngland. The mnoliino, which is to bo used for attaching cotton bolting, weighs five and a quarter tons. Indians I>1?? From I>rlnking. I'ive Indians are dead and several others are expected to die at Alalone's I'oint, Alir.n , as the result of excessive inking of pain-killer, hair oil r.nd i :l.< i partitions containing alcohol. * J',. Ilit; \\ i-cokei Sentenc* ... Louis I .a lot, the convicted (Anion Itank wrci ii r, of New Orleans, has been seiitein ed bv .fudge I'arlange to eight years in the penitentiary at hard labor. I he case will bo appealed. NEWS ITEMS. &Outlicru Pencil Pointers. A tramp census is being taken by tho authorities throughout Indiana. Mormon missionaries have been exI>elled from Meridian, Miss. Thero is talk of the Virginia Prohibitionists holding a State convention at Lynchburg August 20th. The total paid attendance at tho Nashville Imposition for the iirst two months id very near 500,000. Afore than 100,000 people passed through tho gates of the Tennessee Exposition last week. Government engineers srty all immediate appropriation of 8500*000 is need ed for Cumberland Hound, Pin. A cloudburst in the vicinity of Henderson, Ky., washed away about a mile and a half of railroad track. Tho Federal and State officials will uuito to protect the Florida coast from importation of infectious diseases. Sliurht earthuuake thocks wero felt in Charlotte, X. , and neighboring towns on tho night of the 58th of Juno. Several people were awakened from their sleep by tho disturbance. The Cirand View, ouo of the leading hotels at Tallulah Falls, (in., has been burned. Miss llattie Higgins and her mother, of Atlanta, bearly escaped with their livos from the burning structure. IJ08S, $55,000. Muck damage was dono by a wind and rain storiu throughout Centra! Georgia. A great deal of timber was blown down, ami tho telephone wires are all down. There was some hail, but it did very little damage. At Tampa, Fla., .Tames Davis, colored. entered the house of Airs, ttipard lvnowles, white, and assaulted her. He was frightened away by her screams and tied without hat, coat or shoes, lie was captured and jailed without any demonstration of violence. Governor F.llerbe, of South Carolina, has issued an order 011 the basis of the finding of the Court of Inquiry upon the recent riot among students and police and militia on South Carolina campus. He did not have anything to say as to Watts, as he will report his case to the General Assembly. The Tennessee F.xposition which is attracting so much attention throughout the country, and which is being attended by thousands from both the Northern ami Southern States, is beautifully illustrated in the duly number of the Oriole, which is published monthly by the llaltiiuorc Steam Packet Company. The illustrations were sent the Oriole specially by the hoard of managers of the exposition. Tho same number also contains maps of the famous dames river route of the Haltimore Steam Packet Company between Haltimoro and Kichinoud, and a 1 ? 1 ..f u.? f ihi*^o uiiiuiuii ui uuifi liiinriiiiiiurn *'i value to the general public as well as travelers. ? All About the North. Arthur (latdiner. of Chicago. broke the world's one nii'e hieyele handicap record, hi time being tion of play-goers ns "Old itoss," died at his home 1:1 New York w it li acute paralysis. Four armed rubbers looted an (>maha, fNeli. ) bank, and were pursued and captured. The caslrer and one of the robbers were shot. Tho Pan-Amorican I x position Com pauy, just incorporated at \lbany. .1 arranged for a six months' e\hi' r Cayuga Island, N. Y., in, Congressman Edward I ' un 4 oi,o, of Chicago, was found dead in ti- loom at the ('oehran Hotel, \Yu ...ngtou, from a clot 011 the heart. Tlie jury in the conspiracy ease of the American Tobacco Company, 011 trial New York, has fai ed to agree, n were for conviction and two for aeittal. I'ho publishers of the city directory Chicago, now in press and to he isod -0011, have made what tliey claim a conservative estimate of the popu:ion of the city. Thev put the iiges at one million, eigut hundred ami euty-eight thousand. >1 Iseellaneous. Nine children killed and many others jured by the collapse of a church in e province of Cludad Ileal, Spain. I'he decree of Id,. I >. has been con!'red 011 President McKiuley by the estern Heserve ITiiversity. Seveu hundred and sixty soldiers j re returned from Havana. Cuba, to I >nin June JfOth, who wore on the inlid list. Many of the passengers ami crew of e steamer (* it v of I'aris. Panama for m Francisco, ilie<! of yellow fever on e voyage. Yellow fever is reported hv the Ma* ne Hossital at Washington to be at era Cruiz, Mexico, and tube epidemic I'anama, Columbia. A severance of fraternal relations iioiio ISoyal Arch Masons of Virginia i<1 I "ennsylnnnia has been ordored by ie authorities of the former. \ cablegram from London says the to of the Pacific steamer "Aden," liieh left Yokohoma .1 line 1st for L011m. is at last a certainty, and it is ioiioht that ion have been drowned. Short Stop Jennings of Ifaltimorc, ho was hit 011 the head by a ball inrowii by Pitcher iSusie in a baseball game. is said to be siilVerino from conCUBHlOll of 1 lie bi ll i II. The susoc isiou of work in the steel nuns, with iii?* j i i < i it ion of tin- coining lijo coal strike, will In; the Invest suspension of business at one time tor vein s JlftSt. WHRhlngtoii Helloes. Col. \V. .1. Calhoun has decided to doeline tho jiosition of eonii troller of the treasury. The Secretary of the Interior \\ ill Iih tribute 81,101,(inn moony tho State agricultural colleges. The Senate comiuittee on liuaneo has lixeil the ilutv on coal at r>7 cents per ton. Tho rate applies only to co.il shipped from countries which do not impose a hiy'ier rate on American coal. It therefore affects only Canada. FIFTY-FIFTH CONORK88. * Report of the Proceedings from Day 0 to t>aj< ti SENATE. b Jt'NK 28tii. The Senate made koo<1 p progress on the tariff bill today, die- JH posing of the paragraph* relating to hides, which have been the source of { much controversy. As finally agreed on, the duty on hides is placed at 20 | per cent, ad valorem, in place of 1J per ceut. per pound, as originally rejiorted by the finance committee. The discussion was protracted, drifting into a * general debate on trusts, and from that e back to tlio sugar trust. Mr. Smith, of ^ New Jersey, sj>oke at length against the duty on hides, whilo Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, supported the du- t ty. The new paragraph was agreed to, t1 HO to 20, one Democrat, Mr. llawlins. voting with the Kepilblicaus in tue ui- j finnativo. Tlio incidental debate on f trusts led to a severe arraignment of , the sugdr trust by Messrs. Caffery and fi Lindsay, and a general discussion of v the menus to deal with the trusts, by j Mr. Hoar. Among other paragraphs disposed of during tlio day were all ( those relutitig to gloves, a substitute j for the paragraph on live animals, iron j ore and stained glass windows. . Jr.NK 'J!)tii?After tedious consider*- . tion of the tariff bill throughout the day, the Senate wound up with a half hour of lively and amusing colloquy be- , tween Senators Tillman and Chandler. . The former had proposed an amendment to tho tariff bill, providing a 8100 head tax on immigrants, nud a restric- . tion against all those not coming to the United States to becouio citizens. During tho day tho Senate disposed of tho ' lend paragraph, tho committee rate of IA cent per pound on lead oro boing agreed to. Tluvother paragraphs considered were comparatively of minor importance. Jpnu 80th. Tho Senate did rapid work on tho tariff bill. Tho close of j the long debate in tho Senate and the j final voto on the bill is felt to be very , near at hand. Two of the most important provisions those relating to I tho Hnwaiian treaty of reciprocity aud ] the duty on coal were perfected, whilo ; another source of much conflict, the J reciprocity section, was matured by , tho finance committee and presented , to tho Senate. Aside from these j large items a groat many minor ( ones which have caused more or , less conflict, wore disposed of. The Ha- , waiian provision of tho bill was restored , after brief debate, and without tho formality of a vote. This has the effect of leaving the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity in full force and effect. Turpie, of ( Indiana, spoko in support of thenmondnient for a two per cent, tax on inheri tanees. It was agreed upon in the canons that cotton hairpin?; and burlaps were to go on the dutiable list. .Tn.v 1st. - Cotton bagging and cotton ties wore placed on the free list in the 1 Senate bv a vote of 2!f to 2:1. The duty on white* pine lumber was reduced from ; ? to SI per l.iHK) by a vote of 112 to 111. The bill is now completed with the exception of the reciprocity section ami some comparatively minor paragraphs. Much progress was made in clearing i up detached paragraphs heretofore passed over. Only three of these, coal tar. potash and tea, remain, so that these items, the reciprocity section ami the brief internal revenue and administrative provisions, areull that is left of Un *1 l?ouo?1 of llofoVO tlld 1 final vote is taken. I?'i.Y 2i>. Keciprosity and retalia tion were the two phases of the tariff 1 ?il 1 to occupy the attention of the Senate, to the exclusion of all other subjects. Both provisions wore agreed to, although the debate on the reciprocity clause was protracted toho'oloek. ' he reciprocity clause empowers the osident, with tho advice and cohsent i the Senate, to make reciprocity treaties jiving 20 percent, reduction in duties on designated articles, or placing articles on the free list. Tho retaliatory clause provides that whenever any country bestows an export bouuty on any article, then upon the importation of such article into the ITiited States, there shall he levied, in addition to the duties provided by the act, an additional duty equal to the amount of the bounty. Ii'i.v :in. In the Senate all effort to fix the time for a final vote on the tariff bill proved futile, but during tho day the bill was brotiirht to a state of practical complct ion. Mills, of Texas, ! brought forward a new amendment for a tax of 20 cents a pack on playing cards ' which was agreed to by a unanimous ; vote, amid much amusement and sur- i prise, as Mills had not expected that j result. All of the administrative sections of the bill, and that repcalim/ the Wilson not. wero disposed of during tho lay, ami the paragraph proposing a tax on boor was withdrwn l?y the coin- 1 inittee. The Seiiato adjourned till tho I *?th. no dibit hein^ made to observe the 1 national holiday. , IIOUSK. 1 JrNK 'JStii. The session of the ] House lasted only lon^ enough to call the roll on Mr. Din^ley's motion to ' adjourn. The next session will bo i hold Thursday,. < l 1897 Lowell Diamond thbwS PlS IR9R I nvplI niamnnrt. 11897 Lovell Special, Excel Tandem, Simmon's Special, Boys' and Gilrs* Our reputation of 60 years In a i.S tlie l"'St wheel MiH'lO. Insist on seeing the Lovell Dinm< r? SEND FOR CATALOGUE JOHN P. LOVELI 147 Washington St., 131 Bi July isf.-^The message of the I'resient recommending an appropiiation of " f $000,000 for rebuilding the immigrnon station on at Ellis Island, was laid efore the House. A bill pi local imortauco was passed, and at 1:80 the louse adjourned until the Oth. iUILDINU AM) 1A>AN FAIIdHlFS. 'owr Louisville Associations (io to the Wnll. Four building and loan associations, ?l?osc estimated assets and liabilities aeli foot up over n million and a qtiarer of dollars have gone to the wall in jouisvillo, Ky., finding it imi>oHsiblo o conduct business under the recent lecision of the Court of Appeals in regard to the legal rate of interest. 'resident Fred lloertz said that booro the constitutionality of the laws, imler which the building and loan nsociatious operated were attacked, they core prospering, but since the Appol ate Court had decided that all intorcst harmed or collected over ti per cent, onstituted usury, that it was iiupossi>Io toortrry on business only at u lo.s. livery such corporation in the Stato hat did businoss would go under. At ,ho offices of all the building aud loan :ompauies in the State the greatest uneasiness prevails aud stockholders aro lourly giving notice of withdrawals. It .8 the general opinion anions local finuiciers that tho building and loan business has suffered its death blow in Kentucky aud tliousnn Is, perhaps millions A dollars, will be lost to the sliarehohl3iR in theso institutions. THE STRIKE T\ TKWKSSKK. Two Hundred Thousand Men Idle in the Jclllco District. The situation in the East Tennesseo uid Southern Kentucky coal mining ields is rapidly becoming very serious. There are '-'OO.OOO idle men in the Jclico district and nearly tho same uum[>er along the line of tho Cincinnati Southern Railroad. These men struck ?n May 1, and have done no work ?ince. Few of them had any money laved up and tho majority are now suffering for t'm necessities of life. All efforts to si lo the strike have proved unavailing and it is now admitted that, none of tho mines can be operated for several mouths. Tho strikers have so far made no attempts at violence, but. as the sufforing among them increases, it is feared that soino trouble will coiuo. A GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED. A general strike of miners of tho United Mine Workers of America haH been ordered for July 4th by tho national executive board, whose headquarters are in Columbus, O., and also by tho district officials at a meeting *?nld recently. Isinglass. The name isinglass is supposed by Edwards to lie derived from a corrupted form of the Herman name of the sturgeon, hauseiiblas. Ii lias probably received its English name from some improper association with the word icing and the French glare, lee. The mi list ii iico itself is tin* ?I rii m 1 membranes of certain kinds of lish. formerly only tIn* air bladder <>f tin* sturgeon was used, but in the last few years it was discovered that many other port ions of the body of the lish yiehh d isinglass of as good quality as the air bladder, and now isinglass is proettred from ninny different quarters instead of. as fornierly. solely from the Russian fisheries of the Italtie Sea. Isinglass is nearly pure gelatine, the ease w ith which this stibstanee is separated from tit" membranes of the lish constituting the value of the material in the arts and sciences. The most remarkable varie1y of isinglass conns front the mouths of the Amazon, r<semb!'iig" redd'-It brown grapes growing from a thick, apparently woody, stem, tins variety being the dried eggs of the Stabs gigas, a lish abuudani. in tin- Amazon, Italy's \e\t (Juccii. Italy's next queen will be the most -cinarkahlc woman ruler in tin- modern History of the world. Sin- has the eolirtge of a lion, the pliy.-iqtte of an Autumn. the spirit of .loan d'Are. She is [terfeetlv at home in the saddle, and is in expert with the title. The princess, moreover, takes a keen delight in shooting birds with a revolver, ami so great is Iter skill with that weapon that even I he smallest animal falls tin easy prey lo her unerring aim. 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