In!» In: mm the Dacha-a or
V'flatnihater pate a mime Swiss clock
as which appears the printed notice:
: , do not touch.” and she says that
I of all the men who have married the
mute: only one failed to ask the reason
‘ far the prohibition. The exception was
Hr. l’awoett, the late Postmaster General.
fir. lawem was blind.
flung Ben. the present Chinese lim-
, pane—who is in danger of losing his Job
«III I years old, with a pale. oval face
and human black eyes. Pictures of him
hi- if an amiable girl might have sat
Ii.
Gov. and Mrs. Waite, of Colorado, live
in a boardingehouae and take no interest
in aoaial matters; but Mrs. Waite is even
more anxious than the Governor to im-
press upon the public that they are apos-
ties of a great reform. The boarding-
houae clause itself is enough to make
Easternera afraid of equal rights.
After much labor and many alterations
Alma Tadema has finished and is self-
aatiailed with his ambitious magnum
optima picture of a festival in ancient
Rome. A Berlin dealer has already bought
t, the price being 0100.000.
Emperor William never rides any but
his own horses,‘which are trained speci-
ally to be guided by pressure of the knees
on either side. This is necessary to His
Majesty. for when his sword arm is occu-
pied the left arm being weak is quite in-
capable of controlling his horse. His
horses are beautiful creatures and trained
to obey his voice and even a gentle pull
at the heirs of the mane.
The Czar’a physician, Dr. Zachariu, is a
man of many eccentricities. lie is fond
of wearing a dressing gown and the big
boots of a peasant when he attends hie
royal patient. and his unconventional
ways profoundly shock the courtiers. He
refused to occupy apartments on the third
floor of the palace because his apartments
at home were on the ground floor, and he
declined to lunch with the Czar-inn at the
imperial table on the ground that he was
not in the habit of taking meals with
women. He charges the rich large fees
and the poor small. and givoa to charity
his salary as professor in the University
of Moscow.
BRING NG HUBBY TO TIME.
There are Various Ways of Overcoming
the Hot-rid Men, but this is Ingenious.
It was at a swell dinner party, and two
little women smiled knowingly across the
table at each other. As soon as dinner
was over they rushed into a quiet corner
and demanded simultaneously:
“Tell me how you ever induced your
husband to bring you? How on earth did
you manage to make him come?"
"i had ruthera hard tiuicoi‘ it -—a second
wife always does: you are. hcr husband is
versed in all the ordinary feminine wiles,
and she must. always be original. I tried
coaxing, tears. threats. cvcryihittg. for
mamma had brought me this gown from
Paris and [was determincd to show it if
it landed me in the tiivorrc court."
“0! course you Were. Slrovcs like that
_ are worth it."
“Yes. T took twenty-four hours to
think it over: then an idea occurred to
me. You know Tom is awfully sensitive
in regard to the differences in our ages.
so the next day l allowed him to find me
in a flood of tears. Naturally he demand-
ed to know the cause. At first i refused
to tell, but finally subbed out that it was
because people were saying such cruel
things of me. What things? He was
furious. 'They—they say that i—l'm
ashamed to be seen anywhere with you
because yolk—you are so old! And it isn’t
true at all!’ He was quiet for a minute
or two. Then, in a queer voice. he said:
‘By the way. you were speaking of an in-
vitation to dine with the Sweiistyles yes.
terday, weren't you? Well. I find that i
can manage to break the lmsittcan engage-
ment 1 had for that evening, so you had
better except.’ ”
“So you mcrely did as you were hidv
after all."
"Exactly. Mercy! do look at (‘lara
over there. She is actually wearing her
wedding dress againl”-~l‘liicai.:o Daily
Tribune.
THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE.
amen. Who Dispense With the Use of
Scale» When lluying.
The denim in live stock who buy and
sell the thousands of cattle. hugs, and
abeep which are daily handiwl at, stock“
yards, mus-it be expert in gun-swing the
weight of a live animal at a ulance. says
an exchange. in a com-creation with a
well-known stock man, a few daysugo,
he explained why this in lli‘ill'hhill‘y.
“it would be impossible in weigh the,
cattle in many cam-o ili'iumm- of the luv
menmluimr involved and the lcngthof
.tlme it :would take. Why the market.
prico. which in subject to constant fluc-
tuations, might eaaily vary from in higir
eat to its loweat limit while we we“,
weighing the animals in one ofnur big
sales.
For instance, Til-(lily thcrc have been re:
solved over 2,000 head of catt it' and about
0,” hogn. Suppose “‘4' land in drive all of
these Upon the scales to llnl'l'i‘lillll their
Weight? There are dozens of old atock-
men who can import a heard of animals
and form :an estimate of their average
weight which will be readily accepted
by purchasers as the basin of a trade. in
a test which was made some time ago, a
man who had had a lifelong experience
In buying and selling a herd of cattle.
liter ‘ inspecting a herd of 500 animals,
gunned their average Wltluiif. within one-
third of a pound of the actual figure are
certained by Weighing thcm singly. The
feat was accomplished by lion i). Olfutt,
and it is not no extraordinary as it ap-
pears, Incense similar Instances of ex.
pert guessing occur every day."
HARDER THAN EBONY.
An African Wood Which is Fire and Bill.
let Proof.
Eaverai species of irouwiiml have been
long known and widely used. on account
oftbeir extraordinary weight and hard.
than. in the manufacture of such articles
Hales and ploughs, says a writer in In»
lration. it is said, howner. that these
arsenumy surpassed by a certain thee
hand in the Northern Transvaal. The
wood haaort of ebony, and an excessive-
. if hard that it cannot be out in the ordin~
ary manna. except when green. When
mature and dry it resists every ham
teal. and blunts orbrsaks the heart tern»
moi. it is ti _ aileatt
m is admirm it w
burning,
‘ ’.
wonws FANOY LloH'er Tunas
' ti
T0 FABHTON’C CHARMS-
!adless Variety of Designs. Nag-Ileana
la Tel-miaga and Artistic combinations
in Color-a. some of the Gowns lee-n Var!
Bil-pie, bat the Bill Dispels the Illusion.
The evolution of fashion. from the earli-
eat to its latest phase of development, is
an interesting study in art for those who
arewliling to see that the tendency in
dress is toward artistic reform. Let those
who clamor for “dress reform," as repree
outed by an ugly, unbecoming, but poa-
aibly comfortable costume, reflect on the
changes, improvements and facilities for
drawing well. and sensibly. too. which
have been given to women within two
decades, and they will have no need to
treat fashion with contempt or make
themulves conspicuous by being out of
it. The whole fabric of fashion in an art.
and those who work at designing must be
in a sense artists or they are not success.
ful. Never has there been each variety
in designs and materials. such magnifi-
cent trimmings and artistic combinations
of color, or such elastic possibilities for
exercising individual tastes within the
limit of fashion.
Every skirt is full, but the extreme full-
ness, which is eight yards around, is
avoided in most cases except for evening
dresses. in the house, with a little train
added to give height to the wearer, the
extra fullness is very effective.
- Street skirts nu-asuring live yards at
the bottom, fitted closely at the hips. and
arranged in full godet plaits to give them
a pretty sweep in the back, arc the most
popular of all. Skirt trimming is chiefly
confined to a narrow band at the bottom,
but an occasional panel of velvet. lace, or
embroidery is seen. Some t’t't'ellll’ll‘ skirt
decorations appear. but they arc the or
ception and not the rule. ”or. for cxani-
pie, is a double rmv of black silk bows
lined with white. extending din-cl ly down
the back and front. of a sk'r‘ i’: continua
tionof iiir' some on the bodm- in :hfnallrl‘
size. l’criccliy plain skirts cui In them-w
generous plan of fullness are very much
worn, especially for evening llreuavrl. Now
and then a double skirt i~ shown. but. it
lain thc form of a full, all around basque
which in illtcd to look liken portion of
the bodice and has the oppcnrnnce of a
long coat.
lnhodiccs there is not much change,
except in the matter of {aim-s5; they are
still no intricate in denign llllll elaborate,
in decoration that they require an expert
hand, an well as perfect time. to make
them a noticeable success. If you have a
basque at all it must be Mllrplcllit‘lllt‘il by
awaiatlmud or aaoh. The most popular
bodice is round, or extended a little ho-
low the waist line. and iiniwlied with
narrow folds or a girdle of ln-ndcd triur
thing.
A stylish model for a fancy ~rill: waist
has double puffed sleeves and a wide
ruverslikccoilnr. which is rupture in the
back and trimmed with a bunch of our
broldcr) and .I rutllc of will.
A proiucumle costume oi liovmo blue
cloth line a narrow band of paler blue
cloth thickly studded with ls-mis around
the skirt, and the yoke and cpaulets are
of the brighter shade bordered with the
same bond. The mauve isuf liuuslan blue
with law i'lri‘crl‘il rchra.
Anothcr model In carried out in dark
olive cloth. and the bodice is cut. to form
a full Hrm'k souava depending from a
yoke of shot velvet in the red and bronze
shades. which are also used for the waist
underilm jacket. The embroidery In the
yoke is of dull gold mixed with alum—
inum.
Two pretty evening gowns are given.
one of pale turquoise blue moire faintly
shot with rose pink. A border of pale
pink roses with a fringe of buds trims
the skirt and the neck of the bodies,
which is of white chiffon, made full, and
draped in a novel manner over the shout
acre. The waistband if of guipure lace.-
N. 1'. Sun.
[are to Travel.
"What i tell my wife goes."
N r
_‘ "fl I’M “Inuit“ Whether rim
. of Gen.
w may me it a mom»
a
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flea Me
city llall Hana. Philadelphia. .
duet alter the death. in October, 1385.
McClellan a movement was atartr
ed in Philadelphia to erect 'a statue to his
memory. Success did not crown the
efforts of the admirers of "Little Mac,"
but they persevered, and in 1589 an appro-
p'riation of $5,000 was secured from the
ennaylvania legislature. By continued
hard work $13,000 additional was raised
by popular subscription. William Astor
of New York and William Frasier of
Philadelphia each donating 01,000. The
ceremonies attendant upon the unveiling
were of an elaborate character, the chief
feature being the oration of Gen. William
B. Franklin, of Hartford, Conn, who oom-
manded a division under McClellan dur-
ing the rebellion. and who was considered
by McClellan to be one of his ableat
ofiloers. Gen. Franklin's praise of this
“distinguished son of Penneylvania"wu
unstlnted.
iiENi‘IliAl.
.\f(.‘(.'i.l".l.l..’i\.
The statue is erected on the northwest
corner of the City Hall plaza. only a short
distance from a similar monument erect-
ed to the memory of Gen. Reynolds, which
stands at the northern end of the plant.
The McClellan monument. which repre-
sents the once Commander-in-(Yhief of the
Union army in full field uniform, astrida
of his horse and overlooking the battle-
field of Antietam, was jointly designed
by Henry G. Ellicott and Paul M. l’elz of
\Vashlngton. the former designing the
statue proper and the latter making the
drawings for the pedestal. .
The statue is made of i'nited States
statuary bronze from one inch to one and
three-eighth inches thick. The man is
one and onehaif life size. and the horse
in fifteen fen-t six inches long. From the
pavement to the top of the hat the. statue
measures twenty-t hrce feet six inches.
KEEPING TAB ON WATCHMEN.
Means hy \t‘hlch Tho-y are I’rovrnted
from Sleeping \Vhile on Iloty‘i
A night watchman in any of the large
citics has small chance nfcnjuy iIIL: gentle
slumber while he is on duty. l-Ivcu if he
Jim-s give way to drowsincss he is apt. to
be rudely'nwokcncd bcforc lit-has had time
to get his eyes fairly ('llih‘i'll, and this
awakening is done by the American Dish
trict Telegraph (.‘onipan y.
The system employed is simplc but ef-
fective. in each building of a slibscrlber
are placed culls. connected with tickers in
the district oflicc of the company. To
reach the calls succeaofully the watch
man has to traverse the whole building
from top to bottom. 'l‘hcrc is a schedule
made. out for him. showing: the time at
which he must pull each call. if he falls
to do so at the appointed time. he will
soon be asked for an explanation. For
instance in one of the large drygoods
houses there is a station, as the calls are
named. in the deliVery room in the sub
baneuirnt. Here the signal munt he turn-
ed:in for l he first time at 7 l'. .\i. At. 7.0:!
i‘. M. a call must be sent in from the
audit water fountain on the main floor; at
7:04 from the front of the main floor: and
an on, signal»; must be turned in at inter.
vein of two minutes until the watchman
has gone all over the storc. Then at 8
o'clock he begins again. and kccps up his
roundsuntil ll o‘clock in illi' urning.
if the signal does not i‘tlilit‘ Io within a
short. time of the hour and illliiIili' not. for
it, a man isscnt immediately to the build
ing to find out what is wrong. and the
next morning a report is M‘lil to t he main
office and to the Hliilhi'l‘illt‘l', so) int: that
the watchman failed to turn in a certain
signal the night bciorc. and giving the
watchuian'a cxcuw fur Iii~ failure to do
so. fly thiasvntc-ni it is ainnmt impossla
bio for anything to Ilnppcn in a building
without the company knowing it in a
very short time.
OUGHT TO HAVE iT.
Milwaukee Girls Nhould lie Taught.
to Pool With German Lovers.
Not
Adolph Schultz wantstliwllo for breach
of proniiw mun Katlwrlna l’ltucr, the
daughturnf. Milwaukee merchant. in
his colliplultll it is remind that on August
I. IMD. Sciiollz was engaged in the bank-
lug [matures in lierlin. Harmony. lie
olnima he met Mia.» Minor and propuaad
tnarrlnuc. and won ucccptml, Acting on
her advice be disposed of his lair-litres in.
tereato in iii-rniany and came to Mll-
waukce.
Ila arrived here in "Ni. bul. Mina l'itgcr
refused to marry him. Hcholtr. oaks for
$15,000 for ill" allcuwl breach of promise.
and an additional “rum fur m... 1...... of
business.
(lav. Neymour'a Advice Settled It.
Says Mr, llcorge .l. Obormann, head of
the famous Milwaukee inn-wing company:
”i started out. in life with the intention
of being a lawyer. and firm in that pnr»
pone I entered the office of Judge Levi
llubhcll. one of tho obit-Ht practitioners
in the Nm‘ihwcat. i had been purging
away for two years over the law books
when one day Horatio Seymour canto into
the onion. .luduo llubbell and be had
been schoolmates together at (Yaoundaiv
gun, N. Y. Happening to he in Milwau»
kce on his way to Minnesota upon a
political campaign, he called to see his old
friend. Judge liuhbell was busy just at
that moment with a client, so Governor
Seymour sat down and chatted with me.
“'What are you reading. my ladt' he
asked.
” ‘latw hooke,’ says i.
“"I‘hat‘s rigiil,’ says he, approvingly.
‘Keep hard at it and let. nothing swerve
you from your course. Read and study.
study and ri-adfithat's the only wayto
become a lawyer? Why. my boy,l read
and studied law seventeen years before i
felt competent to go into court and try a
oau-aeventeen years of hard studyl’
"'Well. that settles iti' says i. ‘Tf It
took you seventeen years to learn the
barium. Gov. Seymour. wh , ha in the
my buninm, and Hi en t ri ht M
lame anymoretilael’" ideals
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The Oonnectlcut General life in-
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By the beautiful new steamships of the
Old Dominion Line.
To 0ld Point Comfort or Virginia
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Most delightful resorts on the Atlantic coast
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quarter’s board at either hotel.
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