North Carolina Newspapers

$f)e !)nll)auj ttccorfr mvm 11. A. LONDON, CDITOR AND PROPBOB. ' a ADVERTISING One square, one insertion $1.00 One squsre, two insoi turns. ... 1.60 One equare, one mouth 2 .59 TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. VOL. XXI. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C.. THURSDAY, AUfiTST lU8).. NO, .50. For larger adrurtiscuicuU Itrmrij contracts will ho made. $l)c Cljatljnm Record. m ?4 I '" fHAlTKIl XII.-iContinuel.) "What do yon thiuk of our new friend, Eurl?'' iiskod the rnshier. "I hardly know what to think." replied tin- tiller, who hail returned to his ta tion and who seemed yet more nervous than before, 'lie si-i-tns n queer senilis." "The idea of his nskine if it was not possible f,r a uilile.it hill to be in that package, mi'l thinking if lln-re tvm il xvoiil.l lo n-tunn-d i.i t when lie knew that liie package never iachel the Cen tral hank." Smnrihii's strange about that, very Ftranu-e." Karl .i il lh.iiu.htfnlly. "II" was ! t in ouioiniilutinK your feat. ins, I' ti 1. I har.ily believe he knew what I'e v as sil . in; " "lie 'mi ... s. in., i r.mk whom that re uni'l l! has luo-.!i;!it forward, " said Karl. 'Thai man is r r . f.'.il." remarked Terry. '! iiiru'iv he h is s.m n mi small purl nf this g! , ,.. 1 1,. must . nil of f..rty. What .uVuli-i: I. Ia,l; ovrs he has-.as Mack lis .vi'iirs." " t his i-j rs Iilaek ' Very nitaiiily. He miclit ho over here fp-in lint-ope on this ease. He Is 11 shrewd mail, notwithstanding his blnn ler, ami probably an eld defective. !id ,vm moire his accent V I hardly think he is a native rf this country." "Did jcii as. i rlain his nam, Mr. Ter ry V" "No, h, did not inform me mid ! did tint rare to in inn" Hut in my "pinion ne shall see that man main. If the mntter of lhat robbery is ever ferreted out, I he lieve he will prove an important f-ietor in the ease." "Me may. It je f,.nr o'clock." "Ti n. . We w il , i.,.o the l.-mk." (line nu tl. sreet, Karl teui'i rke 1 : 'l'o yu take tea with your intended tonight'? If so, I shall have eoaipnnj pning ten I h." "I am iming hop,,, to .a." replied Tor. r.r; "lint .i,.ii , -M I -,.r and i r- m irt- about Jano'tc I'.-.r i-irl. She de s n,,t rally cry fast. I trust we shall li..t lose h"r.'" "I Mi. tl.e ,. i,.i- savs her r-iso hi no i i .': -.1. I ' -II I wi'l i-port to I.aiiia I," lhat T!i. id ei. h "inir man went Many tinr-s .-re Karl ri-b.-l the bin!; et s n-sid-ii.e. . ,,. ,.,) himsolf this on,... tiou. "What di-l that man mean hr aslcinc Tit'V 't' le H.i. ectt-iin tint none of th" bills tn-i k i n i:p that pa. k sue were the bills .,1 defntut hanks? "What did he mean? Who is ho? What is he'.' A detective lert.iinlv; hut I fail 1,, s..r. '' The yoimg man enternd the house and in. id- his way to hi. room to resume his sp'-i -illations retarding the wan in navy Mile. r il U'TKR Xllf. If Karl Kell.-ing had tint been so deeply engi-rssrd sMvul'itinn as to the man in blue, (is h ,il..r, tinmen ard roi the even ing of .1 tjiy .,th. h (nssildy might have g!an. ed l ehii.-l h.n. Had he .hoif ... he would have seen, not n bio.-k in hi. inn-, iP. irentloman of mvs tery follow Vi j ,is ,, ;,,,,. I'nssil.lv, i. oil. I ho hove caught occa sion i word, th-n fell, in a ow tone, from the lips . f th,. m.iii ( f whom he was thinking, his n.-ivous condition might have 1,1 ,-!, lo-iiihleoed. The i ouni. nam r of the man in blue bore an i mi'. I dill, rent evpressinn from the iiiqih! in., on,, that ha 1 pervaded it when he was .pie. t i-ei in g the cashier in the hank. Satisfaction and ileterinitia -tion were sea;. ,! ilu 'i' nor . and I'Uon a peculiar smile would illumine the visage. The ey.-s would almost serm to speak and utter words rvpiessivr of the thoughts that tilled the bruin. At times the lips wre closely press. -I tosnher, at others that smile-that cninmntica! nillewniild pint them, revealing slight- ly the white and lirm set teeth. Again n low lunch, net exactly an e tiltatit chuckle, but a Inuch indicative of a sense nf conviction. w..iiM pervade the atmosphere immediately n round him, and oftlimes words would follow it Once the mysterious strancer halted fnr a moment and ea.'ed at the buildings on the opposite pidr of the sfn et. "I run walking too fust." he said. "But I must not lo.e sight of Karl Kellogg. I am on the rghr trail, ami now for a do cisive sti"kr If it is as I suspect, ten thousand dollars is mine, nt least what is to prevent V ltnt no: even I could not do that. I may be altogether wrong in my surmises. I ihh hut follow the clue I have. Strange: I wonder what has become of I shall soon learn." And the gentleman in blue hastened forward again. j His eyes were on Karl's form when the latter ruined the aale lea ling to the j banker's residence. He rrits.nl the street, walked up on the opposite side and saw him enter the door Seeing tin one at the window, he crossed ever and t.-id on the door plate the name "Stephen f. Kellogg." "By .love!" he exclaimed. "That young man lias filtered the banker's residence. What dors that mean? (Mi. as his nephew he probably resides with him. I had not counted on that. "His nephew ! There i but one way he could have become his nephew, unless I am completely at sea. It will not do to utiiud here. 1 will ponder this matter ever and to morrow I will learn how Earl Kellogg became the banker's nephew." Ilia Koliloyiiy ended, the nun of mys tery retraced his steps to the business center of the city. The following morning a man of ap parently middle life, dressed in a drab business suit, was sauntering along the walk on the opposite side of the street and in front of the Kellogg residence, when Kohert Kellogg and Karl left the house. This man was yet in the vicinity when the banker, arrumpiinie.l by Klinor Kel logg and Kama, stepped mil nu the piazza and his eyes rested tittii-kly on the three forms before hi in. j "More, much more than I expected!" i ha muttered. La urs was d rested for th itreet. while I it was evident r.mt the widow, whoso hend whs lint ov ere.l. mid w hose Mai k hnir Blistetied hemnth the ras of the liiorniitK sun, had hut ac .otiipnnieil them to the hior. "Veil nppear nniisnallr worried thl.t morning, dear Klinor." sai l lr. KelloL-j. "Von must positively haw- Thomas driv" you through the palks to ,a,. V.e:r eou fineiuent to the house sime .laueite's ill ni8 has lwrti loo euiistan!. l i t us hope for the best. I dislike to set- . h-ids on that fair brow, (ioo-1 loe." And im printing n kiss on his iutet.i-, s lips. Mr. Kellogg and his daughter ties eiide-1 from the piazza. "I will surely he ba k w ithin nn hour, nusit," I.nuia called buik as they entered tte carriage. The madam w atohed the v. -hit-In until ; had disappiarel in the ip.s'aiue. af'er which, with the words. "If that man only knew w hat is voiryiim me he wohM he slightly snrprisod,'1 she re-enlercl the house. Not live minutes l.i"r there was a jing line of tl. de-ubell. Julia answered its siininions. 'Is the lady of the house nt home?" asked the geiith-iuiiti in iliab. "Yes, sir, she .lone jut co upstairs." "Will you inform he; that a gen'leinan is .oev n ho desires to speak to her for a moment :" "If you will step in de parlor, Marsr, I "fol lll i-r rinht II A .i The gentleman was soon seated in the room di'siu'tnite l. "I do w. trior." tb-oiuht the widow- ,i she dcscenih'i the ..iirs. "who this in in can be why h ha i il'.-d for me. I hope it is nothing p-hiting to Lord! I feel o nervous, llvi-iyiiiiug startles ire now. Hut, pshaw! I will venture it is nothing." The madam entire I the p-ir..r. The door was in-tantly cbsed, but not by her hand. Th only inmat.'S of that room were Klinor Kelloug mid the geiitlemaii in drab he whom, th" day previous, the i ashler had desU-na te. as the man in bine. At the ovpiiatioti of thirty minutes the parlor door opoped, and the loan who had al'ed to speak in tho ma. lam for a mo ment. . i-oss. d the threshold. "At two ,. ... k, nt the north entrance, at th h. ad of this str-a-i." lie i : l. u-l.-nv-ing back at a f. rni s.-ai.-d on ihe sola. "Ves. at two , l, k." The in vstor;,.!!, I o. i v '..I in I h isteiied an iy, ami somehow th.-r,. a as now an eMil'aio esprisslon on his fe-itnres. Tlf nidow, f-,r live nnm'-.. remained motionless; thru. pa-s... ,-,.t , f ihe room. Iler f.-;Hu-e ai.d her f n. d the si nil1 il. h i 'j eop . ulsively a she ascend- hi Ii she en--fu'.ly Udiind tried Ills ,1, A half li'-'ir !''. r the madam was again seated by .l.-.nem-'s side. Sin- bad seem incly regained h'-r usi'-.l curposuro. but i strange l-nht cmlna'.-d lioiii her dirk eyes. "How do you feel now. my love?" she had asked .lunette ns she resumed her seat. "So weik. nnnt: so languid; And th;s distressed feeling in my stom.'i'h. I can hardly describe i'." "Drink this, dear." And the nndatn handed her n sinal! glass filled with a reddish fluid resembling wine. Laura soon after returned with new remedies that the doctor had prescribed, and the two ladies strove to dispel n'l gloom from the mind of the patient suf ferer on the ouch. After lunch, th" madam again repaired to her apartment, remaining there until near two o'clock, when slm appeared nt the door of .lane le'a room. "I am going f. r a little walk, my dear gir's." sh" sad "Why, aunt," sai l I. aura, "the carriage is at your cnrnnia nd '." "I know, dear, but walking is much ninre healthful. 1 shall not make an ex tended flip, ami wh.n 1 (ire will return." Jen minutes Int.;- she t ntered the park at the head of poirh.u-n avenue. A gentleman who had been seated be neath an elm a short distance nway arnse fr .T-i his si at. joined her. end the madam and her companion w.-r.-soon hidden from iew by til" foliage of the park. CHA l'TKK XIV. The evening of the fifteenth of .Tu'v. we ntain find A urns Kellogt ..f No,i': Carolina seated in the library of his Wil mington residence, He seems in a thongh'ful moo.. nM. an open letter lies on the desk before him. "T really hardly know II I should have summoned Ir. Strom: In i- on th-s mat ter." he presently remark. -V "And yet. it would l e ten idle if the ir-. t nhouhl die, and from the efforts of the gi-ntie nursing of the one who will heroine my brother's second wife. Si rang" what ill fortune has followed Stephen sme the advent cf Klinor in h: Imiur. First his poor wife dies. NoM an piess cllrrior is robbed "f twenty thousand dollars going from his br nk. N. v I e w rites me that the at tending physi.i ir n-c-inls .lauetie. who has hi en ailing for weeks, in n critical i erditnui. !:-tr:e inrlaminat ion of the stoma, h and .o a i hronie character, he .tai. -.. the il.-.-tor pronnunees her malady. At linn-, she . in. to lie on the way to recover . t..-u uueieetedly a relapse talis r'-ne and she is a greater suf'rivr than hi fore. "Mv bi--'ti"-i- notices that rach rrlap.e is bringm! !'T nta-er to the grave. The very sy 'I'l ioin. ihr wry rendition Vi drew was in. If I r. Strong was rik.li' in his i .-ni.-i tiirrs -if Andrew died an Unnatural death, and .Iain tie was to f.il' a second tinim, ou!d never forgive myself. Ii is iny duty to consult fir. Strong. Why, on the tirsi of September the woninn will become Stephen's wit'.. The girl is in a critical condition mm. Surely there is no time to lose. If there has hoi n no wrong doing, all is we'l. Ii there has been i.ed play, my brother must know it ere the first of S. iteinU r " "liond evening, Ann.s." "Why, I failed lo hear your summons at the door, dmior. Hut nue in and he seated. And ynn, too. Srl' iis. Veil air welcome, I assure you. There are tin pipes on the mantel. lake .eats; this is to he a conference." "As yon slated in your n ilial you desired to rotifer with me in rel.-.tion to a eitar in Stephen's family M iy similar to that which carried ..If poor Andrew, I derllir.l il best th.lt Ml. Sell il, i. pie. rut. II. was line, you km... mi the nt Ii , r ..era.,'.,.,. " "Vmi were perfectly right. We might have had to send for him. Much depend. on the result of this conference.' "There is n case of g.irtrif inflamma tion in your brother's family V" "Kxaitly.'' "I hid exported to h":ir of one before to day. What m-inher of his family, and how long has the patient hn n ailing? ' ' I'liilersfnnd me, d", tot-," said Amos, "I am as firmly ronvin.eil ns ever that Andrew din! from natural causes." "And I am as liruily convinced that he did mil," the doctor said. "You retmnihor how worked up we were when I !irn learned of th" death of my brother's wile, and of my writing a Irt 'i r that much surprised him, request, ing nil the details of the illness and death:" t'ertainly." "Well, n l.en we received the requested details, if was perfectly apparent that Thalia Kellogg bad been in flip hands of a skilled physician and had died from natural cans-s.'' "Even after having been nursed by An drew's widow." observed the doctor. "I have all faith in the purity of Kli nor Kellogg' character; but I am not infallible in my judgment. Stephen', younger daughter, .lanette, is suffering from gastric inflammation nf Ihe stom ach. H"r pliysiiian pronounces her in a critical condition. My brother and Kli nor wi'l, on the first of September, b" conie man and wife." "Heavens;" exclaimed the pliysie'in. "1 would carry a heavy heart through life if this daughter slmnld d;e and It afterwards was demonstrated that the nne who is nnpareiilly nursing her as tenderly as she did Andrew and Thalia Kclh-gg had been instrumental in her b-a!ll. It would be hoflibl" for Stephen lo w ed a a - ' "Speak it nut. A murderess!" "I fe't it a duty to lay this matter be fo:r Villi." "flow long; Ins .lanrtte been ill?" "Ail'ng for two months. I believe. II or is Ihr Irifer. Head it." "K'-r two months," said the doc'or. as he took tlir iniss;w "And nppamit gas trie inlliuiiii.ltio;i of a rhronb- i liar a. -or There is where I made the mistake in my diagnosis of Andrew's ca.e. Ail the symptoms .f nu ordinary case of ehr-mie gastric intlamiuntioM were thee cuntin rally there. It n t ordinary reined'os vn re impotent t,, combat the deadly poi..on that in minute d"ses was daily finding its way into his system. 1 will read Ste phen's letter." "Ho so. Well. Mr. Scllars, yi'i have rot taken h"!d of the l'nl..:i Express Company's ease? Y'on art- n d after thai ten thousand d"llars':" ' Hardly," replied Sellars, w'lh a quiet smile, "Chicago is almost to., distant. And yet, if I were there. I should pi..b ably take hold of the ca:". If is of the class that I get interested in." Chloe! Oh. Chloer' i .illed A num. "Here I is, Marse A suns!" "Hring the d"iaut"r and the rest of the fixings." "Ye... Marse Amos." A moment 'a'er Mr. Ivde'jg was mix ing the td-ics. "Downright murder!" suddenly ex chimed the d.--rtnr, leaping to his fee.. "If you fail lo act in this case, Amos, and to il , if ut oues I shall act without von." "Then yon are nior than ever impress cd witli the belief that Elinor Kellogg is a roisnner "She i after Stephen's fortune. She had ruined Andrew and helped him out nf Ihe world in order to be freed from her fetters. In regard to the causes of Thalia Kellnk-g's death, I am not prepared p. xpress an opinion." "Surely h"r physician's statement ami my brother's lettor s'ntinc nil the cirri..... stances of her years of invalidism, firm! I set at r"-t o'l dntiht of fnnl play i here." "It would seem so. And yet. it was only after Andrew's death that I liecan." fully convinced that he died from the i ; fects nf poison. Hut now, as was al.oiii to remark, nne nf Stephen's daughters is eriticnllv ill; supposedly from a malady that seldom attacks people in the bloom of youth. Something is decidedly wrong. In my opinion Elinor Kellogg is taking steps to diminish the size of jour broth er's family." "What would yon have me do? Write my brother of all out- suspicions '" "By no nnans Whv, man, Ivioor I--, won your brother's heii't is his int.-.. i ed bride. Seemingly sh" is drv.it.-I i. every member of his family. II" e.e-.l-l laugh at oar siispi! ioi ami .as- y-n- '. i ter into the lim. l.ov.. bbii.i. -.; i, j .-I rt if il -i rr v .... men of Stephen's ;.i:-. W bat th.-n?" "If y on v ..:!! save t!m bfe nf t nin e, .In- must be immediately i-..-... ,- ; rr..m tl.e residence of her t'n ! . f -1 i entirely from the tender chip A - ' ; widow. But even now it tray b" t late." t'I'n be continue!.. Motlern Keontitrli-. In Mdli !iisliies-i. An application of n'-eb'tt" e .in.,:..i.. ro Hie milk business, profit !-,!,. ,:.. ., the producer, th" roistio... !"' i'-. middle-man. is rqini'te. from S. ro nt..., I'll. All Ihe w holesale and r-tail i! ers were bought out by a svirp. ). which ronrenfrated the disti i tm; i.,.. , t the milk at one lentr.al cn-timeiy ' t'e cilr. Another vnilical iniun ntinn w i. a teiliiction of tlin ntiuilii r id' pe I llrr by three fourths. It was found that by the establishment of a proper m s Inn nf rt'.iru-tl'ig the public were servi-il better than ever by only opt fourth of th" number of pe bllns. t ;iv not hi tig of tlir gri a' saving In vvoilcinq evpi'iises. Kinl.-r 1 1 - old svstem tin wi'tter price of m'lk to consntncis n Scrantoii was x nuts per iiiar:. . i,il 7i to ii ira's in siiiiimrr. o- th,. i ; . , Is ii i e'i's ;ii wliiti r and ." rrtifs in sin . !l'e; A cotll i .-l. t lllls h. ell rll'el ed inti for .i th- niMU piodii.-ril wifirn a Viid'tis nf twrtny mi,.s .it.' the i in . a.;-; fanners ate i-e.-eiv bu l':i cents a qii-iii in siiiiiii'ef re "i 1 "'i cents 'ti wintev I'm all the mil1; t r y bine, dclivrn l at th coinpapy's. i !' iiinilrs in various pi:-: i.f lie nclk ;i:-eluriiig trn-jto-y. i,e.i pi irr.s mi"r." pearly :l, i cut hull", thaii itnib".- t'n- old competitive sy.n m anil i'i'".i.i ''! t full ay for all tlieii iiplk. itis'i id of snlTrririg l euvy i.so. by tiin failure ,,f ifrrspiiiisiliie peddi". . siiort p...nns can raise theuiselv to ttin heivrlif of others In a crowd hy a new Ceo: attarlimriit consisting of mi iron foot late having legs long cr.ougii ti raise the um-v fo any (K'sired lie i.lit wlirii nt ra 'I eil to his fret. Tlir s( .im powrr nf tlir vyoil.l oi.iv be in I lli cit :m r.iin alellt r . . streiig'h of 1 iMMi.iiiio.iiii men, w i ;. more than twice tint number of v. or,. men existing. vu it, i) t Ui rirC--vfvret6f$6ti$ f rtr7tf fc A REVIVAL OF FANCY WORK. Sew Slj-les in the Old Style rros-tltili Cross-stildi embroidery is so quickly csecuted nn. is such an Httrnctive deoojat.ou, beaulcs being easy lo learn that many ladies who are no ulepta with the needle au-.l would not dare undertake an elaborato piece of work requiring ruiicu neatness and dexterity, can make quite handsome decorative articles out of nn ordinury piece of burlap by working ou it in silk, wool or cotton. Cross-stitch originated in llmsia and Germany, where it in much used for household liuen, us it wasliei and wears so well, and at one time it was the custom to large hotel fjr them, which will nc work the stitch on canvas placed ; eomuio.late one tli.niHnnd Riicsts. It over the material to bo decorated, and j is to be In. tlf practically for those who when the design was linished the can- j are "s'lppurtinsf themselves as artists, vasi threads were carefully pulled litterateurs, teachers, clerks, utid in away, leaving the. embroidered put- j similar pursuits." The hotel is to be tern on the mnterinl: but there are fitted out with all modern conveiii now so many fancy burlapa und linens j enres "utnple pari, rs; reading;, woven nil widths and colors on pur- ; imino und n-n ing; rooms; restaiirauls iose for this kind of work, and nt th? ' und ten room..."' lJciird is to cost art stores patterns for any article, are ! three dollars week, and rooms from Mumped nt such modiv.iit.i rates, that i three dollars a week upwards. This we cua generally dispense with tho hotel, ii it is built, will in its fullest eaiivos, except, of course, 'vheii our j im-a ..urn till a. loii.cj felt want, and foundation is ouo of tino cloth or doubtless uiiiong all tho women work Bilk. ! in.,' in tho city thorn will be a thou- Table cloths, piano covers, curtain borders, mantel draperies and tunny other inexpensive articles can be nmde beautiful and valuable when elaborately worked in cross-Mitch, which is always durablo and Fiiitahlo for uuy purpose, mid now that the silks mid cottons can bo had in all the art shades, we can pive our work the variety of color of the most artistic oriental productions. Cross-stitch is so extremely simple of execution that liltlo instruction or practice is needed to do this work, the great thin.: being to cross al! stitches one wa v und evenly, which t a very easy thing to manage, on 111" bllil.ips :t ii . I liiii'iis novv sold for th purpose, mid wliidi are as easy t- work upon a-i the old siimpliir, or per forated cardboard. The manner of rxeouting this most simple) work is ns follows: From the left-Laud corner of one ot the squares bring up the needle and cotton, (lieu in a planting direction, that is, taking it across the square to the top of the ri.'ht baud side, you pass the needle down, thus forming tbj first or under part of tho stitch. Thou eomes the 1 upper stitch, which gives it the form of a cross, from which it takes it.-, name, which you do thus: firing the ; needle on the top left-hand corner of I tho square and pass it down through tho light-hand corner, when you will ! hnvo formed the complete stitch, and , this, through being repeated in dc ; signs and various colored silks or ' cottons, forms most attractive and i quickly executed decorations for i nearly everything. i In doing cross-stitch, each stit di j can be at once perfected as above do- i scribed, or some prefer to do all the un.ler stilches first, then cross ull ! afterward. A l-avm-tte Wrrldini; flown. Sal in of u ivory white holds its own I year niter year as a favorite material for a wedding gown. Itmuy be cov ered with lace, trinni.od with lace llouuces, or it may (us has been the ciiso with tivo or three wedding gowns turned out recently) be absolutely plain, with only u bit of luce around the neck. In each ami every ease it nn exquisite material for the pur pose, 'rue long lines of the trail that is now part of every wedding gow n show the beauty of tho tabrio to the best advantage, while the lace or tulle of tho veil that fails over the long folds of the skirt only seems to enhance the beauty of '.bo satin. Tn this country, as in France, it in the fashion fyr wed ding gowns to be made high-necked and long-sleeved. There are now- n great many gowns made with yoke and sleeves of lace in guinpe effect. These pan be taken out and the gown left as a low-necked evening gown if so de- sired, but on" of tho objections t this is that il is difficult to make the giuiiipo and sleeves tit correctly. It is nevei'theb's.'a fashion th.d many followers. 1 1 at pel 's lia.iii . Iletut ii of tl.i t.,iri-iii3. F,nrriiii:s are e.iunii;; in again, nn-1 while fas'.. ion's slaves are meekly pm tesnng l'.iiit they will tud wear the barbarous things they will undoubt edly qiiiei ly sulmiit in tli-eiid. The edict has gone forth that earrings nre to I..! worn again, and the je v elers are prepared for an immediate demand for th.it article of jewelry v.hii'i was rele gated to oblivion t"ii years ago. due dia v'oack to the i evival is tli" fact that nine out of every ten women will need to have their ears pierced again, and everv woman has an nciit" remembrance of that paiufnl ordeal i.i the past. When our mothers were young it was tue custom to pierce tue ears by putting a cork behind them, Mrelehing the lobes of the ear tiejit over the cork and thou piercing with a needle, afterward drawing a silken thread and a gold ring made especi ally for the purpose through tho hole. Pearl or diamond screw rings will hob! their owii for a long tune in vv i -.nail's f r.or, but there are some new and startling fancies shown in the v,-.:v ot r.jniucs in the jewelry stores. New York Herald. lli lul.ls nl Miiitrr.v (Jneelll. Ouc-.-ii Wilholiiiina takes serious ex cent mu to I. - ii.; mentioned in foreign papers as "ihe little tlueen," though she ratlin bkt s "the young Queeu." She se on to believe that foreigners in c tli i i-i i th-ir estimate of the iioiim Ian - -! her kingdom, "for," she has i -niaikcd, "it cannot justly ' apply t i my stature." Ar,d she i- tight, lor tlia Queen, who nieasurtt ; five feet five and onc-linlf incbet", !s j tuo imie.M oi women rulers. j The (Jit ecu of Spain is only five feet ' Cvo (ind two liftlis im iios; tiie Kmpress ! of lJufsin, livo feet two and one-half j inches; the Kuipress of Cicriuauy ninl j (tuct.'ii Victoria still Ptuallcr. Asidi! t from her height tli yonnjr lJut h i Oiteen is also of tho best luiild. Iler twenty-oue and a hulf inches w.iist mi-nsiiro nn.l forty -two-iiioli Imat . artiniVal.le proportion. Her , H of onllu.auo'e were well teste I , m ,1,M1..tiou ,,,, wUen for six ,nR hoan woi.l ct,rem,milll malMn of red velvet, trimmed ermine, a weifiht of not less than thirty pounds, and showed no marked symptoms ot fatigue. A fined I'l-npilsltlon. I Recognition of the number of work- in K women in New York has been I show u by the proposition to build u sum I who will gladly flock to it for tho , shelter and protection it will afford 1 then; but there will always bo some "dim- thousands to whom life on so public a scale would no doubt be a ' great cross, if not nn actual iuipossi- bilily. Harper's Unzar. Mik I'm- Hot Weather. There is no more serviceable sum mer wear for women who are obliged to slay in town during the hot mouths thati silk. Ti is cool, liolifiveight ami dm s not mu nu laundry bills to a di; vy point. TaU'etas, fancy and plain; foulard, c rdi'd tud'ein.s, China and .Inpuno.sc) silk' are in urrat demand. An entire .nu n is a Idessing undisguised, par ticulyrly when the wearer has the i milage and sense to step out of the beaten track and sitbsl itute surplic idVects for hot, uiicoiiiforlablo stock collars. Ihiiiily rullles of mull and luce about an ever no slightly -shape neck are bccoiiiiu ' and comfortable. Tlie Strength of Hie S ll ft t t s. At the thirty-first annual meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, lately held at (iraud Kapids, Mich., it was an nounced that there ure now forty State and Territorial sutliitge associations auxiliary to tho National. The Treas urer's report, bore somewhat striking testimony b tho growth of public in tirest in the equal rights movement. Fight years ago the annual income of the National Suflrage Association was only .f iHill). Three years a;o it was l",n!'(). Lliiriir.: the past year it was ! :s! t, Hi II'. nattily rolot-nt Muslins. Tho latest muslins are dainty in coloring. Pale Mho, green, pink and J lavendiii' muslin wiil I.e. worn, but the biscuit, almond and ivory tints will Im chief favorites, a'ol lh".v nre most f -; fp 'tiv.' with iia-tur'iuni, dulia or black i velvet applied in narrow cords and j hands. Ititili ins I in- the Hats. j Tn rih!m:n for millinery, taffeta or light wcu'iit ami limp hinsli is gener ally ill us.-. U does nut ctcii.it; readily when made into bows or loops. Those ribbons ,'onie in plain colors, fn in five to cinht inches i.i width. Narrow j i ibbmis are sold for the edging of j niching.' j Tomb Are Very I'npiilur. I Combs are used more than ever and the broad shell ones are pai tieularlj j pretty. j tr lisiiimr fr'ads tlli.l Fancies. Tiiilor-madfj gows of taffeta silk nre the latest novelty, i 0ae o tue most becoming colors to brunette is palo blue. This is not I o;0,ie,-aHv known, i .... . . . .... I folds of tulle, with one single ostrich ! fiui'lier at the M-l... Sulor n il. made of fancy braid and tin; li.-d with a band ot brown or blue velvet are very stylish. l'liii rii-tace l pliii-l c inibin.'itiotis in which white is prominent arc greatly in d.'i.iati I for cool-weather gowns. ch.U iuin.1 li.it of 1 i'-h dark stiiiw has folds of ili-ep li'diou'opo velvet ly iu in tin- lid Is of the straw, with do ll'Mitfill etler! A pirlly tmlet set - made of silver with -rold tracings. 'I lie ba-'ks of tlie niirror and of tiie brush ai - of ivory, with a miniature m I In- center. In Pitying mat. nil for the summer silk sliii twai .t. t c oi- in I e-r that a wcli made foulard is i vireahle member if the most srt t'no silk fannlv. I For summer . n t 1 - o- garments a j great deal of bl.i. i, lace will be used in the shape of r.ii-. . and even ja.-k j ets. built up over colon- I linings. For oldei women tlie loo .- style of gar ment still claims tii-.t place and meets . with general approval, l A violet straw yvill in- ti iiniuod with ; violets, the niecil slra-vs with gar denias and a great many -'i-.-eti leaves, and so on, while on the rimti there ' are always yellow flower . Flitter j cups are i:--- I on many of tli- so tur j bans, and ran very easily be arranged in the elumii trimming. The Kiigli-h walking hat is i tten a ! dainty littl- ha( of plain straw, with i some triminiii-: at the back, b o; nnr j quite in keeping with tlie tuil.-r I gowns, hut it is also made up in tiilV and jet, and is then trimmed w it h leather Mowers mid hows of ribbon velvet or tulle, but i is ratiiei too htuvy iu appcaisnue to l vuiy smsi i. POPULAR SCIENCE. Vegetable life is influence 1 much Mure by certain kinds of light rays than by others. Four hothouses ot led, green, blue and ordinary glass were built, aud vegetables of th-? a"i npecies wore cultivated in caoli. Th- ;petiiueiit showed that plants in tin' red house attaiued a much greater size than those in the blue house. The light through blue glass stunted the plants, which thrive better under green light, still better underthe chemical in tluence of red rays, and best of all iu white light. In the Yellowstone National Park is a ravine "called Death Gulch, because it is evident that animals occasionally perish iu it on account of the excessive quantity of carbonic acid iu the air. In this rtspeet it resembles the celebrated Dog (irotto near Naples. li. th are in a volcanic region where active erup tions do not now occur, but where mephitie gases issue from the rocks and settle in low phi"!--. A recent visitor to the Y'"'lo'.vr-i..iio Park n -poi t having seen tin- raivassts of tight bears in Jleath (inl.-li. Mr. Darwin onre writ" n bonk, which many readers pronounced as in teresting as a novel, on earthworms and the wonderful way in which tln-y plow up, turn over and invigorate t'i--soil. In a recent address Dr. F. O. Howard, of Washington, showed that many species of insects are also impor tant agents in soil-making. They are found beneath the ground, he says, in incredible numbers, and they peuetrate to a surprising depth. "The minute insects of the family I'mluridn- which are vvinglesf! have been found swarm ing literally by tho million at a depth of sin to eight feet in a still' clay sub- A ti lo thnt sweeps across the south ern Indian Ocean from Australia to the Cape of Good Hope divides nt tiie latter point. )tie partToontttiues to travel in a westerly direction toward Patagonia, and th- other moves north ward up the Atlantic. The latter por tion, reinforced by a lewly b un tide formed bet ween Afrn:: mi i South America, takes twelve hours to ad vaiioe from t he ( ape to the coast ot New Jersey, New England and Viva Scotia. The eastern wing nl th" At lanlie wave swciqis mi toward Ireland and Norway, arriving sj- hours later iu the vicinity of the foimei, and twelve on the coasts. ..f the lain-r. It is very rare that nu opportunity occurs to make a truly scientific ob servation of a waterspout. An Eng lish engineer, Mr. D. 1. Crichti n, had w hat is said to In- a unique experience of this kind nil' Eden, New South Wales, hist year, and his report has been published by the Koyal Society of that colony. Foil! teen complete water-pouts formed oil' the slnn e where he was at work with a th lolile, and he made ca refill measurements of them. The largest sj out consist. -1 of two cones, connected by n pipe-shaped spoilt. The top of the tipper cone, which was inverted, was ."' -I feet libove the sea. Fncli cone was about lilt) fret in ilium--!--:- at the base, dim bushing gradnall v until it merged info tho spout. TheleiiTth of the cm. s was about "."H i-el each, leaving I'll i feet for the length of th" Spout full uoeting tl.eai. The air-en 'c of coloration in certain limpid natural wut.-is. is flu- sulijem id a recent a.'ticle in the Hihli-.t be jo r Fniversello by Prnfc-por W. Spun:, iu which he det.nl , t i o rc -ulls of care ful expr rime nt s t-v i..-ert,ii 'i t Ii" :'.-; of this plieiii.uiru-in. I'm e vv.d - j qilitti Id le. and 111-- i-ieeii color s,i it' ten notice. 1 i-- -l ie to t'm- l-i-e-i m . nt muddiiiess, v. Inch ucs in n-mil r on tion with the blue color to giv - tii greenish appearance. The uliscm',. ol color the investi inter nttnlmtrs tolhs suspension of minute partic'i s of an hydrous fen ic oxide or lu inat ite. whi h. having a red color, would neutralize the blue coiiiplctt-Iy. Iu support ol this hypothesis, it is stated that nu croscopic grains of hematite ure almost always present in the soil, and that terrestrial waters lately have the blur color. The water from glaciers oi snow at high elevations, where no lit, unfile would be found. mi the other hand, infi.-u -riy bine. The hy Irate-1 ferric oxi. I" is different in it action, having a yellow c lor. whi-'ii si.vv. h to makes the vva'ei appeal green. Ho.-I t In A! i. Attclili.-:- has at la-t ben; f.ro-ised over the ..,,.-.) tide of iiutiiigr".ti.'n t lim isp-.-iiing into Asiatic dussia Ii -m F.'iioj'ian liitssia: indet !, a comtn lliis.-iau Fnipcror in the Fast i. tho:-. ;i by some p. be in sight, rivaling lhat which we have already built t.p in the West. Hut it ni'ist 'be remembered that the conditions arc .litim eiii. Ii. the thst half of tin., cmitniy thcr- w r llo Willtill:' t-'l ( ioV rl llllli-Ut to io.lio railroads and devrb.p t'n- rrs.-urci-s ol the country nt the expense of the pro pb'. Population surged w r-t war-l in obedience to inittirul laws, a.i-1 ecoilo-iiili- mpi . .vciiii-'it s wei e. with few i-x-rrplioiis. the rrsull of lndividaa! r.i itiauve. Moreovt r, population poured iu fi.-m tin- Old World, and thai, too, in face of the fact that savage f..e. roauied t'le wesli rn plains. Nothing ; oi this l in. 1 is st -rii iu Asiatic Fussi.i. 1 Tlie people settling there are mostly i Slavs, i.nd they have all the repose, ; the slowness, not to say laziness of ! that lace. In trying to people her , Asiatic ten itory liussia may think to - lake a chapter 1'roin American history, but it is If ii 1 it I'm 1 if the world wil ever again witness so rapid an estab lishment of the highest order of civi lization us lhat which tlie history of the Western States presents. Cer tainly we look !..!' lio ollirr si,. cm. pile of ti ll" in. bilily an I iutclli ci "c as has I ii so ma .'.nitim-iit I v Imii I nji by our brethren oi the erect West, -Ne v York (Kis.-i v er. SHIVVERS TRIES HEROIC TREATMENT Slipped tin a Oilo; of Mui uuil Spoiled Ills Until. "t'lii-m-m!" said Mr. Shivvers, thoughtfully, layiug down his paper. 1 believe there is something in that!" "Ju what?" asked Mrs. Shivvcrs. ' Why, iu their 'Health lliuts for the Helpless" they say that the reac tion ami uftcr-glow of cold morning baths is an infallible cure for neural gia and lheumutisni," ejphiino I Mr. Shivvers. "Cold water right out of the fcpipot, without any warm water at all?" cried Mrs. Shivvers. "Certainly!" replied Mr. Shivvcrs. "O-o-o-oh! 1 couldn't!" shuddered Mrs. Shivvers. Mr. Shivvers smiled a superior smile. "Of course it is rather heroic treatment, aud requires considerable moral as well as physical coin age, but to a man convinced of its ctlieaey that is of no consequence," he said, com placently, "and I certainly shall give it a fair "trial. Ih-sphu'," he contin ued, to! (li ving his sudden resolution, "it is not one sudden freezing plunge, but a gradual iuiiiut-iou while you very slowly count six. Like this: me. and yon put in one loot; two, you put in the other; three, you sink upon one knee; four, you kneel on both, five, you plunge in ymir nrrus, and six, you immerse your body. So, after all," it is not so very dreadful. Yes, f shall certainly try it to-morrow n.iirnitig." However, Mr. Shivvers did not seem so enthusiastic in the morning. His wife let the cold water run. according to his instructions, until the tub was full to overflowing, but, in spite of reiterated information to that effect he still lingered in bed. "Jeremiah!'" cried Mrs. Shivvers at last from the bureau, v. here she was doing up her hair, "this is the elev enth time I've called you, and you just inns! get up. You'll In.- late for breakfast as it i-. Y.ni needn't try the bath if y.m are atr.tid of it," she added, xv it U a laugh. Slow ly and reluctantly Mr. Shivvers crept out from und.-! the warm covers, silently casting a look full of re proach upon i i smiling spouse, and into the bath-room, wifh 'he laggard step of iiii" who has something weigh ing upon his mind. Then tii -o was a long, a very long wait. Nor was it until his wife had -i-vmul times ex horted him to ' lliiny up, Jeremiah!" t hat she heard him say : "( 1-o-o-oiie. Ouch! dosh!" Then there was auother wait, and another cihoi tatioti. "T-t-t-t-twoooo. ( w-ow-ovv-wow!" "Th - th - th - th - th f hi rr -e-e-e-e-e," next camo chattering from the bath looiu, immediately followed by a lili'od-ciiidlingehout mid a tremendous splash. Then there wus u micccmsiou nf agonized yells, and what Mrs. Shiv vers at lu st took for a sti'cak of light ning (lushed out of the bath room, plunged into bed, and rolled itself tightly up in the rovers. "Why, Jeremiah!" gasped Mrs. Shivvers. Mr. Shivvers simply glared and shivered. "Woman," ho growled, when he could control his chattering teeth, "did you leave that cake of soap in the bed torn of the bath-tub on purpose?" -Alex, liiekctts, in Harper's Bazar. Miirrini;e Amnio: tlie lli-af. Dr. l'dvvard Allen Far, professor of languages in (inlhiudet College and editor of the American Annals of the Deaf, details the results of an inquiry into the results of marringes of the deaf of America, undertaken under Ihe auspices of the Yolta Dtirenu and proM't'iited in conjunction with the eleventh census of the Fnited States. The total number of marriages of the deaf in the Fnited Slates nnd Canada, one or both partueis beiiif! deaf, concerning which trustworthy returns, moie m less complete, were received, was t "i)l. It appears that marriage is more common among the deaf iu America than in Fiirope. The number of marriages in each decade of the present century has increased from 1 in the first to 1.017 in the ninth. There is a greater tendency on the part of the deaf to marry one another rather than hearing poisons, as a result of natural selection. The pnq i l l i.-n of children born deaf is gi enter iu the offspring of deaf I huii in those id" hearing parents, al though mariiagcs ot deaf persons are l nr more likely to result in normal children than in deaf children. 'A smaller prrcr'it.ige of marrtii grs irsiilt in deai otlspi ing, however when both parents are deaf than when only one is deaf. The percentage nf divorce" and separations is far less alter mar riages in which both the partueis ar it-af than when oulv one is taf. Medical Kecord. riill' Tl't-Htiiient til - r.f'l.lrj;! ntilil . The FtLiporia I Ivan.) (iazctte has a piece an uit the gentle nnd refined coiiilesics which the people of that cultured town are wont to bestow upon briijnl couples. Albt-rl Sheldon, a nor mal student, came lo town with his bride, a pretty young school teacher. Ou alighting from n tram their en thusiastic friends first, deluged them with buckets ol wafer, after which tho groom was seized by his former com rades iu the Twenty-lirst Kansas and to.ssed up mid down in a blanket until, as the (iazctte reports, "Mr. Sheldon fell out of bounds on the depot plat toi in." Then there were some more -ough and tumble, after which the mi ll, tppy pair escaped. 4 ine of these days there is going to be a Kansas Legislature big enough and linen! em-ugli lo enact a lav. excluding bride grooms from the penalties of homi cide There are forty-tight different ma il rials ii -cd in coii'-ti noting a piano, ti-otu im fewer than sixteen different co intrics, employing foi ty live diller- it bauds.