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V..M AT-i-tT-r-r -r-r ?M m j Ll a yn n a (ttttmntc sa p Designs For Costumes That Have Be- come Popular in the Metropolis. Hi Yonx City. (Special). The deepen), pitfall in the path of the ama teur milliner in the messincss of pre vailing styles. Amateur milliners A riCTUREKUE MOPE!.. tend to messiness, and when the pro fessionals lean that way also the re sult is something to admire "wonder t" is the original meaning. In their search fur the piotnresqne the new hats are piled so high and swathed so deep with superfluous or naments that all the by in mo try of the head and figure is lost in these monu ments of misdirected industry. While the large toque with rolling nnder side of its wings dyed pale bin. On a picture hat of black velvet the chenille braid is used as a trimming for the high, straight crown, which is ban ded alternately with white chenille braid and rouleaux of the velvet (six bands of each), and also for tha under side of the brim, rouleaux and braid being placed in the same way alter nately. Two black ostrich feathers and a white paradise fastened to the crown by a brooch, complete the decoration. Tim Ni'tvvHt Form of dottle. The newest long cloHk.for theatre and general evening wear is crepe de Cliiuo. It is lightly stretched around tb shonlders to about the elbow, and from this point to the ground nil the fullness is set into narrow little rib bons or tucks, doing away with nil folds or flutes. This is n reversal of the usual order of thingp, tucks and straigbtness below the elbow instead of above it, as for n tall, slim woman tho innovation is very becoming. The high collar of this cloak is edged with leathers and the edges of the front and ull around the bottou are bordered with nuttod iiilk fringe. KfTeet nt n Wrll-cut Comnt. It is extraordinary what a trims formntion a well-cut corset will ell'oct in a woman's appearance, and how, without any perceptible pressure, the waist may be lengthened even as much as two inches. This is really a very important consideration at the present time, when princess dresses and eelskin skirts are so popular, and auy one who wishes to havo an ele gant and graceful appearance should first of all give consideration to the corset, otherwise the work of the dressmaker is likely to be lout. Sequins Are Fanliinmil)!. Sequins are to be seen on many things this wiuter, particularly on thiu goods with lace effects. White gowna of net are covered vith them, but they must bo sewed on carefully, and home sewing is usually better than that of the shops. It is better to have no sequins at all than a sequiu off here and there. It ia a degree worse than a missing boot button. ftklrts Tliut Are the Mode. This'seaaon's styles fulfil a twofold TRIMMED WITH SITTCHINGB. A HOUSE BODICE. UED IXANNEI. 21C'J33 brim of velvet comes nearer than any other to being the prevailing mode, as almost invariably becoming to pret ty hair, the small, close-draped velvet toque, worn over the face, is also a favorite to accompany tailor dress. It is trimmed with stitched bands of ftloth or Bilk, and a bird or an airy butterfly is added for garniture. A striking piece of headgour is tho accompanying example taken from the Dry Goods Economist. It is a hat of brown and blue velvet, with roses merging from eoru to dark-brown sur rounding the brim. The butterfly hows both coloriugs on a cream ground. The collet is of velvet, luoussnline de soie and renaissance lace with gold buttons and cord. Waliit. Korilite and llloimoiu None but Hattcnug comments are to Im made of dress waists as they now reveal themselves, and powerful as lias been the effort to coax, women to accept more decoration on their skirts, the waists, bodioes and blouses of the majority of costume continue to steal all the real glory and color. Stitching is in high favor as a finish for wraps and costumes. A fine ex ample of a waist trimmed with stitch logs is shown in the large engraving. Several gowns were seeu with uo other trimming save rows and rows of fanei lul stitching in some contrasting color. LloiiKus ure now exactly like thoBo of pruuou years. They are made iilitr and over very close fitting lining. The pleats, which used to bo oil the upper part of the bodice, and w ere widened at tUebrenst, pulling ont mid enlarging the wnist, are continued to the belt, kept lint, and sewed with lingerie stitch. Theso pleats are ar rauged in every possible wuy, long wise, horizontally, liiiigoually, as in sertions, etc. Collar ure still uiuilo j upright. U. or lieullle in Millinery. There is a new kind of chenille trimming a moss-liko silk braid starred with points of chenille that nmy be used merely as decoration or lie sewn np iuto toque or enpote shapes. It seems likely to take the plane of jetted and spaugled trimmings ibis wiuter. There are toques and trieorus, both with turned-up brims, 1 arreted or scalloped, made of such braids. One of t lie latter, of pale, fcky-blue tint, has a wreath of blue velvet forget-me-uoU between the lirim and crown, and rather for back uu the left side a dark green bird, the mission. They mnko the stout woman look thinner, uud the Blender woman becomes a dream of loveliness and shapeliness when shn dons n princess effect gown, a short jacket and Diree toire hat. Every skirt is tight fitting about the hips and very muoh flared around the bottom, sleeeves arc small, collars high, some basques are shown, and fringe is the aame of novelty. The favorite model in skirts will be a senmloss circular shape, fitting like a glove ovor the hips and back, and flaring at tho bottom to tho width of from four and a bnlf to five yards. This flare is very perceptible as the skirt is hold up, with one hand hold ing the bottom and one the belt, Tho front breadth, which used to bo cut perfectly straight in order to insure a "good hanging skirt," is now percep tibly flared in tho skirts, which are made on the gored pattern, whioh will also be very much worn. Tho shirred HOW OUK A1MY IS FED. A DIVERSIFIED MENU FOR THE SOL DIERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. mm ' Mm,. A SMIBliED KKinr. skirt design hero shown is cue of the season's favorites. Est Mntton Chops While on the, Firing I.tneOet lleef heven Dnys Out of 't en .Urmia Come Kvorr Irt Illcn and HutlTe flu cur a Pooulitr JMnli. The Manila correspondent of the Chicago Kocord, Harry A.Armstrong, has written the following account of how our soldiers in the Philippines aro fed: Major D. L. Brainard, Chief of the Commissary Department of the Lighth Army Corps, has asked for leave of absence that ho may take a rest. Tho Major has been putting in half time for several days past, and a week ago he was sick at his head quarters. Ilis physician has advised him to get away from his desk, and if he gets permission of General Otis he will spend a month or two in Japan, far away from thoughts of bacon and beans and out of sight of the cans of hardtack. ' The Chief Commissary has no easy time of it. About 30,000 soldiers are fod three times a dny, nud supplies must be kept up for the sustenance of the officers and tho civil employes that the Government hires. Upon the etlloiency of the Commissary every in dividual in the army is dependent. Provision is being made for 00,000 troops, and additional snpplios aro beginning to come by steamer. Or ders are given first on the Commissary-General in Washington and the supplies are bought in tho states nud shipped out cither by transports, chartered vessols or commercial lines by way of Hong Koug. The ship ments are so arranged that a cargo ar rives every ten days. Cascoes go out to meet the ships in tho bay and bring the tons of onions, potatoes, beef and bacon to the storehouse. The varioty of things in these cargoes would suf fice to stock a big grocery. Tho list includes everything from soap, candles, salt, salmon, beans, Hour and canned goods to pins, shoestrings and matches. All tho wants of the man away from homo nre provided for, and nil at first cost to tho Government. The supply department is down on the river front. Cascoes with red noses and new wicker covers are tied up five deep in tho river before the door and coolies teeter up to the dark door of the cavernous warehouse with boxes and bags from morning until night. Captain KrnutholT has chargo of the "issues" department of the coiumis sury, and it is his duty to keep stock of his supplies, "checking in" all the things that come from the ship and "checking out" those things which are taken away ou requisition and which go to the, camps. He has his olllco iu a building that overlooks the water front. His clerks enter the in voices in one book aud the requisi sitions in another, while a sergeaut with a half-dozen men takes care of the warehouses. There are two of theso buildings, and when tho army increases there will be a third. These structures have a floor space of 00, 000 square feet nearly two aores and are more than twouty feet iu height. The boxes of provisions are piled up in high walls with narrow alleys running between. The sergeant iu charge knows where every article is located and can lay his hands ou tho wash-basins or the barrels of flour when the requisitions call for thorn. There ore iu storage provisions to the amount of 2,700 tons, and the supply is worth to the govermont something like $200,000. There nre supposod to bo at least 1,200,000 rations in tho depots. The army consumes 4,332,000 pounds of supplies every thirty days. Twenty ounces of beef ure issued to each man seven days out of tou. Tho issue of ten days' rations for tho !50, 000 men amounts to 202,000 pounds. Tho beef is usually frozon when it gets out in the field. It is kept frozen on shipboard long before the boat sails from Kan Francisco. Sometimes the meat issuo is of mutton and the men enjoy the luxury of eating mutton chops while iu lino nt the front. Buuon comes two days in ten and makes a totul for the mouth of 135, 000 ponuds. Tho men like bacon, however, aud would not protest if it came nftenor on tho bill of fare. Sal mon con1 oi one day iu ten. There never ha'j been a raging demand for fish that comes in tins, but of this 00,000 cans go out overy month. Of flour 1,012,500 pounds aro used inouthly. lietuis come every day, and it takos 135,000 pounds a mouth to go around. About 78,750 pounds of rice ore used overy mouth, with seven days' issuo out of tou. liico, toe, is a popular dish, uud whou served with native sugar is u palutablo delioucy. Oatmeal is issued iu tho saino quau tity asrioo. Dried fruits soinotiiues evaporated apples and sometimes ap ricots come sevou days out of ton, 78,750 pounds being issued each mouth. Potatoes aro issued overy day, in bushel orates, and when fie issuo for the ten days in complete 22,500 pounds are gone. Of onions 135,000 uounds a mouth ure used. Tomatoes are used to the weight of 00,000 pounds a mouth. Of green ooffco 00,000 ponuds a mouth ii ro required nnd 72,000 ponuds of roasted and ground coll'oo are used iu tlio same period. Tlieuriny requires 0000 gallons of vinogar, iSG, 100 pounds of salt, 2250 pounds of black pepper, 30,000 pounds of soap and 13,000 pounds of euudles month ly. Altogether the total supplies of the army amount to 215,025 pounds ir day, l,'i!il,O0D pounds for ten days and 4,3.12,000 for tho total of thirty days. For a year this makes a grand total of 81, -181,125 pounds, or ubout 40,000 tuns. This does not include tho issues from tho. sales oomiuissary, which aro one halt more. Tho sales commissary is tho institution which makos it pos sible for tho families of the officers to live in Manila. If officers were coin pullu I to buy tho necessities of life at the stores ou tho Escoltit Jt hey would havo to pity treble the prices. Goods sold by merchants have had to pay duty, nud the merchant also must re cover the expenses of freight. Major Bi'uinard talked pleasantly of the work that has broken his health. "The system," he said, "has been de veloped to pevfectiuu horo, and things go on as by clockwork. Forinstanoe, when the army was all in Manila we issued rations from the storehouses. On issue day two doors were thrown open, and it did not take longer than tiftoou minutes to do the work for a regimont, and five hours was sufficient to supply the entire corps. "Now the second division, General MacArthur commanding, gets its ten dnys' rations all at once, and the com missnry ouptaiu ships the whole lot np on tho train to San Fernando, na tions for Goneral Grant's lines are sent by cases to Hacoor and from thero taken by bull trains to the different commands. Wheuwe got 00,000 ftion hero we shall have to work harder, but tho gororumout will give us more help." CURIOUS FACTS. Fresh milk cannot bo obtained iu China. The Swedish mile is the longest mile in the world. It is exactly 11,. 700 yards in length. A recently built organ run by elec tricity contains Bixty-four thousand five hundred milos of wire. The oldest living creature in tho world belongs to Waller ltothschild. It is a giaut tortoiso, woighing u quarter of a ton, and it has a known life of 150 years. It is a somewhat curious fact, uni versally noted by travelers, that, lions, tigers nud other fiorco carnivora aro too weak iu lung powor to ruu moro than hulf a mile. Tho Mayor of Hays City, Kan., is only twenty-two years old, tho Presi dent of the Council is twenty-two, and the oldest man in the municipal gov ernment is twouty-nino. A Port Angeles (Wash.) man took 300 chickens into Dawson last sum mer. During the trip they averaged three dozen eggs a day, aud tho eggs were sold for $ji a dozou. Swiss archaeologists hnve decided that a certain ruin near Biol which has been held to be one of tho many lloman remains is roally Celtic, tho only ono of tho kind iu the country. What is probably the most venorablo piece of furniture in existence is now in tho British Museum. It is the throno of Queen Hatsu, who reigned in the Nile Valley some 1000 years B. C. J. B. Fryo, one of the oldest resi dents of Virginia, died recently and was buried, according to his wish, in a walnut oolliu made with his own hands from an old wuluut tree on his farm. A church clock at Harborne, near Birmingham, England, was found to have stopped, on account of bees swarming in it nnd filling the works with honey. It took two days to get the honev out. A Kollnctlve llull-l'iip. I think, the following is an instauco of a very, high order of intelligence in an animal; of a power of reasoning ns distinct from uny acquired instinct. I havo a bull-pup aged ton months and another bulldog four years old, both of which live in the house and aro great pets. A short lime ago my wife was ill, aud, though the older dog, owing to his quiet aud sedate ways, was allowed to enter her room, the puppy was never admitted. Tho nurse could always toll which dog was at the door because the older dog gave one eiaglo and goullo scratch nnd theu remained quiet, while tho pppy scratched violently and frequently and whined. The puppy apparently could not understand why bIio was not ad mitted, and felt her exclusion sorely. One dny she scratched furiously as usual. No notice was taken. Presently sho was heard going flop, flop down stairs. Iu a few minutes the single gentle scratch of tho old dog was heard, the door was opened and there woro both dogs, nud, strango to say, from that time tho puppy so imitated tho sornteh of the other dog that it was impossible to toll which wns at the door. Undoubtedly the puppy went and asked the old dog to show her how ho gained admission. How else oau one explain the fact? Corre spondence London Spectator. r.ludlni; a Notice, An old bachelor, who resided iu Shellield, in order to prevent hawkers annoying him by knocking nt his door to dispose of their wares, affixed to his door a lnbel to this effect: "Hawkers, tuko notice! Tho inhabit ants of this house never buy anything at the door." Shortly afterward he was aroused by a loud knocking at hie parlor window, aud looking out he saw two fellows with olothos lines, mats and pejs for sale. Throwing up tho eash, ho bawled: "Can you read?" "Yes, master," answered ono. "Then don't you see a notice affixed to my knocker that I never buy any thing at tho door?" "To be sure we do. That's the reason why we thought we would make bold nnd try to do a little busi ness at the window." The old bachelor was pnoifled nud made a purchase. Immediately nfter wurJ, however, he sent for a painter, and had the following addition made to his announcement: "Nor nt the wiudow either." Lon don Tid-Bits. The JtRRtiuihliitiro, "Do you know," inid Bobbio to his maiden mint, who is thirty-six, nud rich, "what I heard papa say about you last night?" "No," she replied; "what was it?" "lie nst mamma why 'you and Dewey was alike, aud uiauimasaid nho didn't kuow." "And then what did your papa say?" "lfe snid you was lilto Dewey be cause you never run away from any urn ii yit," Bobbie's aunt has gouo homo to havo her will changed. Funny Chinese Jilean. Many so-called educated Chinoso firmly belinvo that a kingdom exists where all tho inhabitants aro pigmies; one where ull aro giants; another where nil are women, nud still an other whero every person has a hole through the center of his body, so that, by meuus of polo thrust through this hole, they may be carried from oiie'plaoe to another. In substantia tion of this belief they say that they have seen pictures of them! North Chiua Herald, IUR0PEAN3 TRY ORDEAL BY FIRE. British Officials Walked Hsrafont Over lied Hot Stones Unseotheil. Some weeks ago, writes Andrew Lang in the London Athenmura, Icon leased in the Atheniruni a description f the Fijian fire walk (Uinu Ti). In :he Journal of the Polynesian Society, Colonel Gudgeon, British resident of Flaratonga, late a Jutlgj in the native Land Court, nnd an accomplished stn dent of the Maori speech, records his awn experionco. A Raiatea man, young, but of tho lire-walking clnn, officiated. Tho date was January 20, ISO!). As usual, n large fire had been blazing on a foundation of stones; the burning logs were booked ont nnd at 2 p. m. Colonol Gudgeon found the glowing stones ready for the cere mony. Tho officiating llaiatea man pointed out to his native pupil that two stones were not hot, they having boen taken from a mario or sacred place. Nothing was dono by way of mngic except that the llaiateon spoko a few words (not reported) whilo he aud his tauira, or pupil, thrice struck tho edge of the oven with witch brunohes of tho ti (Druoicna). "Then thoy walked slowly aud deliberately over the two fathoms of hot stones." Tho pupil handed his branch to Mr. Goodwiu (on whoso land tho perform uuco took place) and said: "I give my maun over to you; lead your friends across." The word maim menus a king of "magnetic" or magical force which individuals nre supposed to possess in differing proportions. Perhaps "powor" is the best English equival ent for m ana. Colonel Gudgeon, before theso per formances, had asked that tho glowing stones "should bo leveled down a bit," ns his feet "woro noturally touder," nnd so the stones were "leveled flat." In walking across, three white meu ac companied him Dr. W. Craig, Dr. Georgo Craig, and Mr. Goodwin. Col onel Gudgeon "got across unscathed." He says: "I kuow quite well I was walking on red-hot stones, and could feel tho heat, yet I was not burned. felt something resembling slight eloo trio shocks, both at the time aud after ward, bnt thnt is nil." As to tho heat, the oven is rondo for cooking the ti, whioh is put iu aftoi the rite. Half au hour after thnt per formance a green branch thrown iuto the oven blazed in a quarter of a min ute. Tho ti (teste Colonel Gndgoon, who ate his share) wns well cooked. He wnlkod "with deliberation," and "tho very tender skin of my foot was not even hardened by tho fire." He oilers no explanatory hypothesis. In this cuBe (1) no preparation of nny kind wns applied to the feet; (2) they were not hardened by walking unshod; (3) no abnormal psychical condition was involved. Three stock explanations were thereforo put out ol court. I have none to oiler; but the faetB nppear to illustrate the mediicvnl ordeal, as well as certain other curi ous phenomena handed down from ol old. llnhlle of the l'j'icuilve of Africa. An ivory horn was also carried by some of the Pygmies nnd with this, also, most curious sounds could bo produced. They all carried bows and urrows, nnd with them were most ex pert little murksmou. Homo of the arrows were poisoned, others wero not; no doubt the poisoned ones are used for their enemies, nnd the or dinary iron-headed shafts for killing tho animals of the forest. I asked my little friend what they lived upon, ami ho told me nuts and fruits from the trees and wild honey; also the animals that they killod. "Whatani mals can you kill?" I nskod tho little chief who Blood before me ou this memorable occasion. "Antelope, buffalo ond elephants," said he. "What?" I said, "little people liko you killing bufl'ulo aud elephants!" At whioh he laughed honrtily and turned to tell his companions what I had said, and they also joinod in the fun. "How do you manage it?" I nskod. "With these," holdiug up his bow and arrows. "Very many of us surround the elephant nud shoot many arrows into it." "But," said I, "how long do you take to kill an ele phant?" "Oh!" he replied, "some times three days, sometimes six days, but whou he is dead wo make our tents round the carcass and thero stop till we have euen all the meat, aud thou wo hunt auother elephant." From this remark, oue gathered nt once that the Tygmies have no "abid iug city," but they move fom place to place, wherever thero is food to b fouud. Albert B. Lloyd, in Aiusloo's Itevolutloimry Hlitiriliootere. The settlement of a new country amid hostile Indians demanded from our colonial grandfathers eternal vigilance, and developed in them con siderable skill with firearms. Even the colonial boy, wo are told, as soon as he was big enough to lovel a rifle, was given powder aud ball to shoot squirrels. After a little practice he was required to bring iu as mauy squirrels as he was given charges for the gun, under peunlty of a severe lecture or even having his jacket "tanned." At tho ago of twelve the boy became n fort soldier, with loophole assigned him from which to fight when tho Eettlement was attacked by tho Indians, Growing older ho became a huntor of doer, bear and other wild animals, and must eoustantly pit his life against thoso of tho hostile Iudiaus iu tho fortmt. t in no wonder, thorofore, that the mou of tho Involution wore ull expert r.hurpshoolers, whom the British dreaded and the Indians feared. God had been schooling thorn for their struggles for liberty. Forward. ConuiiHiHler of n I.nrijo Army. There aro few living generals who have boon called upon to command moro than ono hundred thousand men iu time of peace, but that lot bus just failed to the German cavalry General Couut Vou Haeuelor. He is tho com manding general of the Sixteenth Army Corps, Btationed nt Metz, aud ho was intrusted with tho chief com mand during the recent army man euuvres, which took pluco on ground luuwe memorable by tho conflict of 1870-71. Tho mauinuvros lasted more than a week, aud four complete nrtny corps, un entire cavalry division aud more than ono hundred thousaud mou took part, under the persoual observation of the General. The seoond in com mand was General vou Fulkenhauseu. PUSSY IN A MINE. Tim AdventnVes of .Feline Pet Dnrlnji Months of Underground Wandering. Little Annie McGinn, of West Butte, owns a kitten that has emerged from one of the strangest adventures that ever befell any little girl's feline pet. This cat iu particular, after wandering through the mine workings under Butte, reappeared on) the sur face two miles from the place whore she tumbled down a shaft. Pussy spent fully four months wandering through underground Butte, but has survived in good shape. The cat, becoming frightenod at something, jumped down a shaft near th big Poulin hoist. She survived and opened up a howling contest by herself. Little Annie was heart broken. Her brother secured a long rope and lowered it into the shnft, hoping that the kitten would "catch on" aud be hoisted, but the cat only howled louder. Annie mod to carry bits of meat and bread over to the hole and throw them down for the cat to eat. After a couplo of weeks the morning in the shaft ceased. Annie gavo np her pet as lost forever, and Christmas at Annie's home was not as cheerful for tho owner of tho lost kitten as it might have been had kittio not boon so venturesome. Early in the winter tho miners in the Green Mountain, the Mountain Con and other shafts in the vicinity imagined they heard sounds similar to those made by a sick infant. Later the samo noises were heard in tho Anaconda, Mountain View, Gray Bock. Modoc, Mountain Chief, Barns and the olhor workings ou the Meadcrville slope. While some children were playing near the dump of the Colusa miuo thoy wore startled upon beholding a cat tumbling down the pile of rock with a carload of waste that had just been dumped. The cat meowed pite ously as it rolled over just in time to escape a big chunk that came .bound ing past. Tho children ran to tho rescue, and found n Borry-looking specimen of the cat family Its hair was matted and soiled, its eyos red and it was sore and lame. The only mark of identification was the little ribbon about its neck, to which was nttnohed a small brass bell. The feline underground explorer wns re turned to its owner at ouce. Ana conda (Mout.) Standard. WORDS OF WISDOM. Principle flies no flag of truce. Servico is greater thau sovereignty. When money is king misery is queen. Circumstances are less potent thau ideals. No time is wasted in oiling the wheels of life. You may oppress tho truth but you cannot suppress it. Grasp the irksome duty, it shall turn to sweet delight. The only way to cleave to the good is to cleave the evil in two. The prenoher who starves his head cannot feed his people's hearts. There is greater blessing to a blade of grass iu a dewdrop than inn dia mond. How foolish to stop at the iuu of life without thought of the bill or reckouing. . If the heart-strings nre rightly moved tho purse-strings will surely be loosened. We can benr ono another's burdens withont being busybodies in each other's business. Thore is no difference iu quality be tween sins of omission aud sins of commission; either are fatal. It is a good thiug to know how to feed the sheep nnd beat the wohes at the same time. Barn's Horn. Crow til or Wenlern Fluheiiea, In their fisheries, Washington and Oregon possoss a great source of wealth, which both the Stute and na tional Governments havo been sys tematically fostering for some years, through laws preventing indiscrimi nate fishing practices, and establish ing regular culture of native nnd for eign spcoies of fish. Iu Washington wotors the catch is already very large, nndiuoludes salmon, halibut, ood nud other kinds. Ia Oregon, salmon fish ing along tho Columbia represents nearly the whole of the fishing busi ness. It bognu some thirty years ago, and has been pursued on a large scalo ever sinoe. As early us 1870 15,000 tons of canned salmon were shipped from Astoria nt the mouth of tho river to San Frauoisoo, nud from then until now the "crop" has varied from 10,01)0 to ovor 20,000 tons (thirty-one cases of four dozen one and one-half-pound cans each make a long ton), a season, nnd this notwithstanding the intense competition which tho catch iu the waters of Washington, British Colum bia, and even of AlasKa, amounting together to nearly 30,000 tous more this season, hus created. Sometimes it seemed as though a decline in the run of the fish had sot in, but such fears have always been dispelled by its appearance in largor shoals. New York Post. Ihe Vttlutible liiinmui, Tho banana is said to havo thirty four times tho nutritive value of the potato and twenty-live times that of breail. In tho West Indies the na tives cut the fruit iuto strips, called "pegs," dry theso iu the sun, and grind thorn into flour, out of whioh many excellent dishes are made. No cheaper food grows in the tropics. The plant begins lioaring fourteen months after being plunted; it requires no cultiva tion and produces harvests uninter ruptedly for oloven years. A few foot of ground nourishes a plant, and tho spaeo of a dooryard will grow plants enough to maintain a largo family. The Itlryole Giant. A rider using a wheel of 120-r;er.r, according to the Scientific Amurioan, becomes, in eflect, a striding gii.ut. Every revolution of tho crank carries the wheel forward 31 feet. This re quires two strokes, oue with each foot; uud is, consequently, equivalent to two steps taken by n walker. The average space covered by a uinu iu two steps is live feet, so thot, prciurviuf; about the same proportion of dit Uuce to height, a man who should under take to keep eveu pace with a !.igh geared bicycle would need t''bo nt leant thirty-five feet tall) resta 7" " ' "Ign.f ot entm One 1'V? t ORIENTAL HASHES Off Jmpa and Chine Maki,,?.. tempt la Vfey of pobllS t,. From the London 8U:' '"' Japanese are rare hands i"''1" I lng unconscious wit wh kr' ' tempt a pitbllc notice In tfn n' an art exhibition at Tok'"' 1 the following: "Visitors ,.Pr'""' at the entrance to show t)f,"b(1 spectlon. Tickets are cha1"' tw and 2 cens for the special i"v b respectively. No visitor turjr or Intoxicated Is allowed tk 10 If any person found in sha;)'' to retire.. No visitor In Lnrr carry in with himself any ' brella, stick and the like i"""' his purso, and is strictly ijj'", take within himself dog c.t kind of beasts. Visitor ; " to take good care of h & thlovelv." Outside a rest, wi'on same city swings a sl lng, "Let food be eventusi another advertises eggs ns I ln' fowl." A recent visitor t r . saw painted on shop fron: 1 Countries Boot and Shoo S; Maker Instruct by 1 U ,, I..... 1TI. 1 . jm, vui u:ur uop, or- sell watch I will buy, If yr B watch I will sell," "Ha jf" H Country" and "Autematlc Marina" (remedy for tper The Chinese, of course, a',j hash of our tongue. Wltrj a laundry in Shanghai: "'l," ence to notify you for the(" the various laundries In Shofi' any washermen !s quite disadvantage to washing -,t and, though the high price r 01 for rent, charcoal, coal, soa;io twi It is never counterfeit. T.JB" tee of the Laundries guild ' notify tho general public, will be Increase. If any r. ttum. lady will unbelief, upward., will can seo the dally nowikmii qultoly distinctly, and ot):" thanks." The Chinese haiietw habit of getting rid of ever-Jrrr: after the first, and thus T tated a warning over a pi? J chow: "Girls may not b!; here!" One Wong Foo ndvci his workshop: "Always I . France Pastry, Dinner, I.un All kinds of Foreigners , Sale." Another: "All sorts'' 4 many merchandise In ste.irc " dom anwhere and safe." i H ally brief inscription adJ.icdP"' "Ah Chan upstair." The ft mh, efflorescent signboards Is & "The house of Increasing pr0tj hull of brilliant light." "0 r vantage," "Groat felicity." f Groat Peace." r tctlc The New Color. Burned bread brown Is no ;But her that captivates all tastes, gQ promises .to gain a great J, h when the autumn clothes t,-j j is the one brown tone tha," make the skin grow sallow neighborhood, and gloves o: belts and straws as well, sho richly-bronzed skins, what new color la already exertlc,-. I at fnt According to tahl 04 marl. J ing men, over S250,000,()i: t ho tm f every year. Of tlii i 000 is lost ou .English nutjroi and, strange to say, about led 000 on Australian courses."" noainder is chiefly distribute Franco, the United Stutes uLfi colonies. : El Lh trug MARKETS. rI.TlMOUK. f.-l on a lit pra ri.orn-linlto. I lest Tat. Tilth GrnitM Exlra WHKAT No. 21ted COJtN-Ao. 2 Wlillo Onts Southern A Teim... HVE-No. 2 II AY Choice Timothy.. 14 f" Good to Prime lilW 11 It AW live Ii, ear his.. 1 M wheat Jilui-ks Ont Jlloeks cannkii noons. TOMATOF.8-Stiul.No. 3. No. a ri'.AH stuiuliirds HccoikIh CoitN Dry Pnekt. . . Hoist fid (er k- ler, ;ui lis. r V 7011 ii, CITYBTF.Kim... thy Cows ft c 1 1 r: !lm ireo 11 I'OTATOT.S ANII VKO UTAH!.1' j j POTATOES Uurtanks. . ONIONS ntnvinioN. iion rnoDucTs-8iiU flour iILmIiIos Hams Mo.n Pork, per liar I.AHD Crude llent rellnud rtvrrKo. t HL'TTF.n Finn Crmy u nuer v in C'roHiimry ItolU rllFKRR. OHFKHE X. Y. Faucv... N. Y. Flats r-kliu CUiooite cans. Efinsstiitfl North Carolina i.ivk roui.ner. CHICKENS Ducks, pnr lh TitnAnrirt. 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