Long wraps of cloth are elaborately braided with feather edged ribbon.

Green and heliotrope is a favorite com!ination, following as nearly as pos- sible the flower and foliage tints.

Lace draperies are used on almost all

dress materials. Combinations of color are «oiong the favorite studies of artists in costuming.

Heirdressing is growing more and mo! aborate. The tresses are closely crim) d and arranged very loosely over the s.des of the head.

Av.ong the innovations, or rather re- Vivauis, is a dreas with the skirt slightly raise: at one side and caught up with a rosette and a large bow and ends of rib- woh.

‘Tho ingenious woman may now trim her own hat, as there are ready made

bows, loops, rosettes and bunches of macc trimmings in almost endless yva- lety.

A rcund hat has a very high, flaring

crown. A wide scarf of silk passes around the crown and at one side of the k are upright bows mounted on founcation.

ng the Paris models is a dress of fir th in a rich navy blue, with the

co revers, jacket fronts and the low- er : of the sleeves almost covered with very heavy open embroidery.

A bhondsome costume for evening has the er half of the skirt of almost solic cmbroidery. The lower half is of silk islin in fine side plaitings. A wrea:u of violets heads this plaiting.

A | andsome costume is of heliotrope popli., with trimming of pansy purple veive’. There are a band of velvet around the s\irt, a very wide pointed corselet, a dainty bolero, with revers and a high,

rollizz collar. A cress of accordion plaited india silk

has siceves and waist front. of heavy lace. Wide, long epaulets of velvet ex- ttc icr out over the sleeve tops. The collar and belt are of velvet.—New

York Ledger.

STAGE GLINTS.

Laura Burt and W. J. Ferguson have been cngaged for ‘‘The Widow Gold- stein.’’

The centenary of the poet Alfred de Vignuy has been celebrated by the Com- edie I’ rancaise.

“The County Fair’’ has received the stamp of British approval at the Brix- ton theater, in the outskirts of London.

Carter, the magician, has been en- gaged by Joel Marks to play the part of amacic waiter in ‘‘'The Widow Gold- stein.’’

Sardoa recently wrote Sir Henry Iry- ing a letter congratulating him and E]- len Terry upon their success with ‘‘ Mme. Sans Gene.’’

During her coming season in Paris Eleancra Duse will give one perform- ance, that in aid of the monument to Alexandre Dumas, in French.

A new farcical comedy by F. Finsey, called ‘‘Solomon’s Twins,’’ was pro- duced recently by George Giddens at the Vaudeville theater, London.

Sarah Bernhardt has recently given her aunual performance to the students of Paris. ‘‘La Tosca’’ was the play. The ¢.:thusiasm was unrestrained.

Two dramatic efforts of the queen of Roumunuia, who writes under the nom de plumeof Carmen Sylva, have recent- ly bern produced at the Royal theater at Buc harest.

Jes:e Burns has secured the eastern rights of Frank Harvey’s play, ‘‘The Land cf the Living,’’ and will star his wife in it, opening the season in Sep- tem'<r or October.

« ‘Tho Wedding Day’’ will go on the road 1< xt season, after which the three stars Lillian Russell, Della Fox and Jeffer:on de Angelis will return to their icspective mauagers to star sepa-

rately. S ITEMS OF INTEREST.

For a ‘‘tight little island’’ England does a pretty good commercial business. Her tctal foreign trade in 1896 amount- ed to $3,126,815,295, while our own reached only $1,642, 925,161.

The reeent starving of some dogs on liberal allowances of water and meat broth respectively—the former dying in 18 days, the latter in 19—has demon- stratea the insignificant nutritive value of mext broths.

The Japanese do not take to fiction. Of 27,000 books published in the mika- do’s empire last year, only 462 belonged to that class. Works on philosophy, the arts and science and religion stood the highest in the list.

A man well up in dog lore counsels intending purchasors of a puppy to let the mother of the puppy choose for them. In carrying them back 6 their bed the first the mother picks up will always be the best.

Seven dollars and a haif is all it costs to knock down, beat and kick the ref- eree in a football game in England when he -decides against your side. That Was the fine recently imposed in a Lotidon police court.

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Hand engraved leather goods attract deserved attention.

Brocade cpera bags with gate tops of silver gilt are very popular.

Tea bells of decerated crystal have their value enhanced with silver mounts.

Belts, chatelaine bags and pursés are out in the fashionable purpie! seal eather.

Enameled siiver corners decorate some

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noticed i while Germany wes ‘elebrating the anniversary of Wil liam I.

General Cadorna, who eommanded

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at the age of 82 years.

Thomas Nelson Page, accompanied by his wife and daughter, has gone to Eu- rope for the summer. He will most of the time in Italy.

spend

Mr. Balfour has assigned $750 of the royal bounty this year to the two sur- viving daughters of William Carleton, the Irish novelist, who are in poverty.

Theodore Schreiner of Mount Pleas- ant is dead. He was especially beloved by all the Masons of Iowa. He had been grand tyler 40 or more years. He was 86 years old.

Sol Miller, who was the editor of the

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M. Levassor, one of the pioneers in the horseless motor carriage movement in France, who generally came in ahead in road races, recently died suddenly at the age of 55 years.

General De Charette, who formerly commanded the papal zouaves, recently visited Pope Leo with the object of bringing about a reconciliation between the Duc d’Orleans and the Vatican.

Dr. Jameson is about to leave Eng- land fer the dark continent, to take charge of the administration of that portion of the Chartered company’s ter- ritory which lies between Lake Nyassa and Lake Tanganyika.

Archhishop Martinelli, the apostolic Gelegate and represeutative of the pope in the United States, has just sustained a severe loss by the death of his only surviving brother, the Augustinian monk, Father Aurelius Martinelli.

Governor Grout of Vermont, who is one of the best farmers in thut state, was recently found by a visitor to his home in Derby making maple sugar. He has tapped 45,000 trees this season and made 12,000 pounds of sugar and syrup.

William Harding of Waseca, Mirn., who celebrated his one hundredth birth- day recently, took part in the war of 1812, the Mexican war and the civil war. He was 60 years of age when the latter war broke ont, but got enrolled as a volunteer by giving his age at 40.

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A meeting of the Liberal Conservative Association of Belfast, will be held in the Public Hall,at Eldon,on Wednesday June 23rd,at 3p. m. to select Candidates to contest ‘that districtat the fourthcoming election. There will be ten deligates trom each poll.

By order.

F. B. MCRAE, Secretary

JAMES NICHOLSON, President.

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The late Lord Randolph Churchill was scarcely less farmous as a Wit and joker than as a statesman. His colleagues in the house of comrmons were oftentimes the tictims of his pranks, and manya good story in which ‘‘Randy’’ figures as the hero is still told in the lobbies. One night while Lord Randolph was conversing with several friends in the cafe attached to the house a question arose us to the time it would take a pedestrian to cross Westmin- ser bridge. Different opinions were ex- pressed, but no two of the disputants were At length Lord Randol}ph, who had been a silent auditor of the dis- ion, of'ered to wager that he could cross from the Middlesex to the Surrey side of the bridge while ‘‘Big Ben,’’ tho great bell in the clock tower of the parlia- ment buildings, was striking the four yuarters and the hourof 12. The wager was accepted by one members of

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if. the the company, and it was arranged that at the hour named witnesses should be sta- tioned at each end of the bridge to watch the performance.

A few minutes before midnight a select party of well known members was seen to errcrge from «a little door near the speakcr’s quarters inthe parliament build-

ings and stalk sedat: ly across the bridge. At the further end the party paused and was coon surrounded by a curious throng.

Severcl other distinugished legislators svon afterward appeared and politely re- quested passersby to keep to the left. Just as ‘‘Rig Ben" began to strike the first quarter the lithe figure of a man, wearing

a top hat and evening clothes, was seen to leap outof alittle group pf menon the Middlesex — side. waggish friend raised thecry of ‘‘Stop thief!’’ and in a jiffy half a score of wondering men and boys were fast on the heels of the doughty sprinter. <A policeman, hearing the cry and cbserving the fleeing man, started in pursuit.

As Big Ben continued to clang the pace grew hotter and hotter. One by one the pursters began to fall away, but the big policeman hung grimly to his task. When the center of the bridge was reached, the quarters had been rung and the great bell had already begun to strike the hour. A cheer arose from the watchers on the Sur- rey side, and Lord Randolph, who had un- til then been running up an incline, now had the descent in his favor. A few mo- ments later the panting policeman came upon his man, surrounded by admiring friends.

‘“‘What’s up?’ stuttered the breathless and bewildered bobby.

‘*Two strokes to spare!’’ puffed the vic- torious Lord Randolph.

The officer started, blushed, apologized, wiped his brow and went away.—Ex- change.

PARIS FLATS BEAT OURS.

MOme

The Frenchman Pays Less aud Gets More For His Money.

In some respects at least flat life in Paris seems to hold advantages over that in New York and Harlem. The concierge, for in- stance, has not obtained yet the despotic power of the imperial Harlem janitor. He does not even attempt to dictate to the tenants when they shali or shall not eat, and they may dump their ashes and cook their meals at their own sweet will.

The concierge, like the janitor, lives in the building, and he is expected, besides keeping the building scrupulously clean, to attend to all the wants of his tenants. He or his wife must run all the errands, take up the cards of visitors and see that no guest is compelled to climb up to a flat when the owner is out. For his services the concierge receives a regular fee, amounting to about $250 a year.

The rental, too, of the Parisian flat is mueh less than that of New York, Har- lem, or even Brooklyn. At Neuilly-sur- Seine, a bus ride of about three-quarters of an hour from, the heart of Paris, one may geta three room flat, with kitchen and bath, for less than $10 a month.

The apartments in this suburb overlook a beautiful park, the rooms are honestly “light and airy,’’ and the kitchen contains running water, a stove, meat safe and eoal bin. All the rooms are furnished with parquet flooring, the ceiling is deco- rated prettily and French windows open out on to little balconies.

The marketmen in the neighborhood deal in products suitable to such miniature homes. It is possible to buy rabbit, duck, hare, chicken, turkey, goose and other game by the pound. Vegetables, cut ready for soup, can be bought, and the baker brings around crisp bread at 6:30 every morning.—New York Press.

The Eyes of the Eagle.

That the cagle has a most wonderful power of vision is shown from the fact that it flies in almost a straight line for any object which it desires tosecure. Baby eagles also possess this farsightedness. Long befere human eyes can discern them their gaze is fixed on distance, and their crics of welcome to their parents are shrill and continneus. The structure of their eyes makes them peculiarly strong. ‘The brightest glare of sunlight does not affect them. Eagles do noé fly as high in the air as some other birds, but their flight is very long and steady. A peculiarity about eagles is that they are constant to their mates, not changing every season, as most birds do. Sometimes the same pair of eagles will return to the same nest year after year. They seem to become acquaint- ed with the locality, and if they are not disturbed are regular tenants.—New York Ledger.

A Guilty Conscience.

“*T was quite at a loss,’’ said Mr. Storm- ington Barnes, ‘‘to understand why, when I pointed my finger into space and said ‘the counterfeit presentment of a man,’ a fan got up and left precipitately.”’

‘*T guess,’’ exclaimed the treasurer, “that he must have been the man who did it.’’

“Did what?”

‘‘Came inon a lead quarter.’’— Wash- ington Star.

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Pine and fir have long fibers, exceeding- ly well adapted to the use of the paper maker, but the resinous substances con- tained in these woods form so large a per- ecntage of the composition and are so ciffi- cult of removal that the paper makers are compelled to use other varieties.

Every Japanese barrack has a gyimna- sium, and the Japanese soldiers rank among the best gymnasts in the world. In half a minute they can scale a 14 foot wall by simply beunding on each other’s shoul- ders, one man supporting two or three others.

The domestic tastes of the Princess of Wales have a most natural origin. I father in early manhood wasa poor young- er son and lived al:uost in seclusion with his wife and children. Her mother, a Gere %Qau matron, trained ber to housewifery.

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The Sktli and Machinery Used In Turning

Out the Monsters.

Think wkat one of these guns is. It is a piece oi solid steel weighing about 60. tons. It has a chamber running nearly its entire length 13 inches in di- ameter. At the breech of the gun that chamber is enlarged to a diameterof 15}, inches for 634 feet. The long tube of the gun is strengthened by an enormous band, reaching almost half its length and called a ‘‘jacket,’’ and in addition jt has what is called a hoop or band with the appliances whereby the gun is fastened or locked to its carriage. In- side the tube of the gun there are about 50 spiral grooves, which give the pro- jnctile or long bullet a twist as it leaves the gun. That twist causes the projectile to turn nearly 75 times a second as it plunges through the air. This projectile weighs 1,100 pounds, and it requires no less than 500 pounds of powder to give it its full force. Every discharge of the gun costs in powder and projectile fully $600. 'The cost of one of these guns is not far from $100,009.

To make one of these implements of war requires not only great skili, but the use of very costly machinery. Not chly must the steel be cooked in enor- muus furnaces, but it must be seasoned as delicately as the most expensive dish for a banquet, Chemistry is called upon to say just when the metal of which the gun is made is of the proper degree of purity.

Then the steel is cast into a long cast- ing. When it is cooled, it is forged or elongated under pressure while hot. Then it is turned outside and inside on enormous lathes. Then it is tempered, so as to harden the metal and to distrib- ute the molecules evenly through the mass to prevent dangerous strains and bursting when the gun is fired. Then it is turned again ontside and inside with absolute accuracy as to size. Then the powder chamber is finished, and the mechanism for the fastenng of the breech block is made. Then the gun is ready for its carriage, without which, of course, it could do no work.—Har- ver’s Round Zable.

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