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$• ipr m$i d&: ••••V' S rt-': fe. "fc l-t •H "li THE W&m ENTERPRISE VIRGINIA* MINN, V. E. HANNAFORD, NW«*r| WESTERN MINING .=?Au Illinois syndicate baa purchased four mines on Bull hill, in Cripple Greek. —The Mountain Lion, Republic camp, Wash., id in 60 feet of ore and no wall in sight yef. Assays show #80. in gold psr ton. itppt of six nuuijQg.companies the Sierra Mojada, Coa- —The various mining schemes in Golo rado which were iriterferred with liy'the approach of the war, are now developing greater energy. —One mine in Qreede, Col., the Com iuodore,-l8 paying dividends at the rate of $8000 per day. It has a veiu 42 feet in width, all in mineral.' —The Yellowstone valley gold crane is now well-developed. A lafudslide uucqY1 ered a rich pocket and prospectors have in —An assiy'of rbclt from the Brack Dia mond uiii^e ou North for«k of, Crazy Woiu aa1"creek, Utah, shows in-the neighbor hood or$1200 gold to the ton. —Sonora (Cal.) Union Democrat aunoimve^, a great strike of goldi in the Brewer attd Adams uxiue, some of the ore extracted showing a value of $15,000 per ton. —The Granite-Bimetallic mine at Phil lip^l«rg, Mout., a silver producer1 owned by St. Ltuis parties, has been clcseil in definitely because of a strike of en gineers. new strike is reported from the Brown Bear mine at Deadwood, Trinity county, Cal., which is said to excel any thing produced in the palmy days of this property. —Ore which shows 12^ ounces in gold and fifty-eight ounces in silver, with a valuation of $276.04 per ton is beiii& taken from the Blue Bird mine of Gold Moimtain, Utah. •ij^Ehe Mountain Chief, the oldest copper mme in the Butte, camp. Mont., is now abandoned and will.probably soon be sold. Its first shipment of ore was made to Swausea, Wales. —An assay of ore from the Suell group of mines iu Box Elder comity, Utah, shows a valuation of $575-per ton. Of course ore of this character generally comes in small parcels* —In the South Carolina mine of th§ Metones group, near Robinson's Ferry, Cal., the development shows 450.000 tons of ore worth from $3 to $10 per ton, which can be milled at $3 per ton. —Reports from Bear Gulch, Mont., con tinue to bring information of~ fabulously rich returns from the recent placer loca tions in that district, and a veritable stampede to that camp has resulted. —On Cook's inlet the Polly company will clean up $40,000 hi two months' run. Iu July they took out from the best pay ground along rim rock as high as $14 to the pan, and $5 to the pan was uot unusu al. —For several years the revenue tun nel has been pushing into Mammoth mountain, Creede, Col,. Last week, at a depth of 2000 feet, a body of ore was discovered carrying $33 to the tou in gold value. —The Commodore quartz mine at Bark house, Siskiyou county, Cal., has been sold to San Francisco men for $26,000. The Goodeuough group of mines has been sold to the London Exploration company for $20,000. —Iu his report to the stockholders the superintendent of the Ajax Mining coni pany at Mammoth, Utah, gives a de scription of a cave 20 feet wide, the sides and bottom of which both show a fine quality of copper ore. —The Republic mine, Lemhi countv, Ida., produced about $63,000 .worth of ore in July. The shipments to the srnel* ter were 293 tons, averaging $174 to the ton, making about $50,900, and the prod uct of the mill was $12,000. —A rich strike is reported in the Lit tle Mand mine in Maggie gulch, Col. A 200-foot ore chute has been opened up, varying from 18 to 26 inches in width, Sftrt soam-vt the ore. ^nfiS ~as~®gft-^ref sixty ounces gold and 2000 ounces sil ver. —"P. F. P.," Bertha, "O. K.." and Wild Horse. They were bonded for $110,000. The price paid exceeds this by $20,000. The "O. K." has yielded considerable high-grade ore, while the Wild Horse is in pay ore at 50 feet depth. All are good prospects. —Private letters received recently speak encouragingly of the Kotzebue Sound gold fields and deny that the gold fields are a myth. The natives who speak English say there is lots of gold. Several discoveries are reported on the Xootak and Kowak rivers. —The New Mine Sapphire syndicate has been incorporated iu Montana. It is or ganized to pnrchase and operate sapphire mines. The company already has the sapphire fields formerly known as the Hobsou-Hoover group, near Utica, the pur chase price being $100,000. —In Miller river district, Wash., the Coney and Cleopatra mines have uncov ered rich bodies of ore and are preparing to ship it to the Everett smelter. This goes from $2 gold and 350 ounces .silver to $3 gold and 700 ounces silver, but the average is about $100 per ton. —With over $700,000 to his^, credit, Al exander Tarnet, one of the original own ers of the big Center Star mine at Ross land, B. C., reached Salt Sake city en route East. This constituted his -share of the sale of the Center Star for^ $2,000, 000 to a syndicate in Toronto, Ont. —The Iiuby mine at Weston pass, Col.,' has been sold to J. W. Henney of Free port, 111., and some Chicago capitalists. The pnrchase price was in the neighbor hood of $25,000. The Ruby is a new lead producer and a wonderful strike of ore was made in the claim a few months ago. —The Ruth group near Sandon. B. C., is giving employment to seventy-five men and has shipped 5000 tons of ore that as sayed 120 ounces silver and 62 per cent, lead. Thtfc/taain working tnnneLis now in 800 feerat a vertical depth of 300 feet. The net profits of the mine are about $100,000 per year. —A big strike has been made in the Good Hope mine, Riverside county, Cal., where the workmen have run into an ore body fifty feet wide at a depth of GOO feet. The ore is low grade, bnt rich enough to be crushed at a profit, while the great extent of it guarantees that it can be worked for a long time. —The Center Star, adjoining the Le Roi, has been sold to a London and Mon treal syndicate for $2,000,000. The mine is in the heart of Rossland, B. O.,- and has been among the most noted of the camp, althongh it has not held position as a big shipper by reason of the'owners preferring to develop it thoroughly first and then make a shipping record. —The story comes from Mercur, Utah, that within the next few hours the doors of Capt. De La Mar's "mint' at the Golden Gate will reopen, and that from it will issue a shipment of gold bullion of the value of not less than $70,000, thus, representing the "mintage"-for July, not withstanding a number of brief interrup tions and delays consequent upon new im provements. —'The latent news ftdni 'the Pine Creek placers in Alaska is to the.effect that at least one additional stream has been found to be rich with gold. It is Spruce creek, which flows into Lake Atlin, five miles above Pine creek. Fritz Miller has cleared up $20,000 ou discovery claim after a few weeks' work. It is now' set tled that the creek is in BritiHh Columbia. There are over 2000 people i:i the coun try prospecting. —The Thorpe mine in Calaveras coun ty, Cal., has been bought, nndcr conditions, by the California Exploration company, of which Prince PoniatowKki is president, and which has been making large invest ments in California mines during the last two years. The purchase price is $2, 025,000. of whict v25,000 is cash and the remainder is to be paid in three years if the company wishes to complete .the pur chase. V' —Mining by means of dredgers Has at last been made to succeed in California, In Butte county, on the Feather river, the Feather River Exploration company is steadily working one machine and iire naring to build two others. The dredger has attacked the mainland, into which it will cut, leaving a channel for the water to follow. Three other companies work ing along this river are preparing to hove dredgers built. —Work on the Golden tunnel in Miller river district, Wash., is showing the prop erty up in good shape, there being about 200 tons of ore in sight, valued at frbfn $150' to $200 per ton free goM, ^fTfrbi property apU M# rndtemugo ^"4 men for $70,000. The Aces, in the same district, has a tunnel in eighty feet, striking gray copper ore assaylug. $100 per tou, The vein is from three to four feet wide, and Is very promising, —Some twenty small stern wheel st^awisrs wte get 4iw«y from rSt^Miohatf'I, af$tb£| have tto Unused captains o^nginl(pc|jf Owners of tjiestj bHts thought ttgtire Would herno ianeej ,toi^ at.Jjgichaersj consequently they did not arrange for licensed captains aud engineers. The inspectors were very much in evidence when starting however, auiLuot a boat, was allowed to leave without licensed of ficials. —Cripple Creek reports the encounter of a big" ore chute in the great Portland mine The dimensions of the ore body exposed in the drift at the 800-foot level are 800 feet long, and in places 40 feet wide. Not a pound of this ore is sorted for waste. It is broken with machine drills, and shipped to the mills just as it comes from the mine, at the rate of 125 tons daily. Four feet of the chute is much richer than the rest, and is shipped separately. It ruus au average of $800 to $1000 to the tou in carload lots. —Great interest is beiug aroused in the gold discoveries iu Thunder mountuin in Middle fork of the Salmon, Idaho. There seems to be a ledge of porphyry some 200 feet wide that carries better than $10 per tou in gold. The rock is very soft and slacks on exposure to the air a few minutes. It is sluiced after undergoing the slacking process. The Caswell broth ers, who made the discovery three or four years ago, recently brought in ten and one-half pounds of gold they had taken out in this way in a short time. —A dispatch from Seattle, Wash., says: "The arrival ot two gold-laden miners at Lake Bennett on August 1 started a stampede to the newest Klondike of the Northwest. A small creek flowing into Taku arm, a branch of Tagish lake, was located by some lucky prospectors nearly a month ago, and gold was found of re markable richness. One of the men claimed to have taken out $100 per day for over three weeks. It is said that pans running from $2 to $6 are common. The new strike is within sixty miles of Bennett. —Within a quarter of a mile of the steamer landing at Ketchikan, Alaska, George Banders of Seattle made an im portant discovery of free milling gold ore lajt week, the ledge being over 200 feet wide and highly mineralized throughout. The ore gives an average assay of $4 per ton. There is large water power avail able ou the property to run a mill of 200 stamps the year round. Discoveries of this character are now of almost daily occurrence in southeastern Alaska, and they are going to be sources of great value to the territory. —One hundred passengers, with over $500,000 in gold dust and the balance of $1,000,000 iu drafts, checks and bills, have reached Victoria, B. C., on the steamer Danube, ten days from St. Michael's. Louis Langlow, his brother, Jens Langlow,* and L. P. Avig of Ta coma brought down several large boxes containing not less than $^00,000. This they took out of claims on El Dorado and Bonanza creeks. Andrew Olsen and J. Kinston, also claim-owners, brought $100,000 in dust and drafts, realized from the sale of various properties. —Fourteen men fresh from Dawson City have reached San Francisco. They say the summer diggings are now being worked to good advantage through out the camp, and every week the clean ups made by workers add to the golden store of wealth gathered in the cabins of the miners, the vaults of the trading com panies, and the banks of Dawson. Sev eral days before they left Dawson a cleanup was made on Dick Lewis' frac tional claim on Bonanza creek, at the mouth of Skookum gulch. Four men. shoveling into sluice boxes, cleaned up over $70,000 in four hours. This is on ly one of the claims that is being worked this summer. —While the outlook in the silver pro ducing sectious of the camp is most" fa vorable, and several silver mines that have lain idle for some time will be on the shipping list again at an early day, the fact teust not be overlooked that, in addition to the gold-belt producers of the district, that have so materially "assisted in keeping things going iu, Leadville dur ing the past few years, new gold discov eries have been made within the past few weeks that but again confirm the state ments repeatedly made that Leadville will see the day when her gold product far ex ccedfr that of any other district lit-the Western ciTuimyrrStrsnys the X^IGMdo Springs Gazette. Attacking St. Elias. It is a noteworthy and by uo means creditable fact that while geographical researches and daring adventures are be ing pushed all over the world as almost never before, and while Americans are playing honorable parts therein,^ one of the greatest mountain peaks on the globe, standing on the North American conti nent and partly within the territory of the United States, remains at this late day unsealed. Americans scramble over the Alps and seek the Arctic pole, and Englishmen climb to the top of Aconca gua, and an Anglo-American, or Yankee Britisher, discovers the sources of the Nile and the mysterious Mountains of the Moon. But the:gigantic cone of St, Elias, for a century the chief landmark of the North Pacific coast, is still uuconqUered and defiant. Great Britain and the Unit ed States propose to make it the termi nal mark of the longitudinal part of their boundary line, and yet have not been able to Surmount it a curious performance, to adopt as a landmark a spot no man has ever visited! There is now. however, promise that this reproach will be removed before +he present year is past. Two separate expe ditions are now on their way to St. Elias, intent on reaching the summit. One comes from Italy, led by a nephew of the r-prince, as becomes a scion of tae Piedurtmt stock, is an expert and d.nr ntaineer, and his companions nre skilled Alpine climbers. Before th° month is past they may have accom nlisned their task, or given it up in de spair. The other expedition is American, under government patronaee. and it has a few days' start of its Italian rival. It is altogether probable, however, that both wjU be on the slopes of the great volcano at the same time, and there may be a pretty bit of rivalry between them for the honor of first reaching its summit. Various attempts to scale St. Elias nave hitherto_ been made by men of va .rious nationalities. It is not known xhat the Russians ever tried it. More than "a dozen years ago^ Lieut. Schwatka carried /S ,and» Stripes up to a height of 1-.200 feet. A couple of years afterward £i T°pham planted the British flag i'lP0 l?e? a^e tbe sea- Prof. Russell of the United States geographical ivjrvev followed two years later, but failed to reach the marks of his predecessors. A* present, therefore, the American 11ag, which is one of the two legally entitled to a place on the peak—or will be as soon as the boundary treaty is ratified-stands highest on the mountain side, and the other one thus entitled, the British stands next—New York Tribune. Butter Without Any Salt. I have a great deal of respect for the opinion of that boy who defined salt to be that which makes potatoes taste bad when they ain't got any on 'em." I think of him every time I touch French butter. Fresh butter is all very well, but I shall never get over the old-fashioned notion ,esh .h«tter is better when salted than when it is in a state of nature also that all sort's of cooked food is better when seasoned in the process of prepara tion. There is quite as much art in sea soning properly as in any other branch of C(Kkery to omit: it altogether is to omit the most material thing, beyond a fire. Per contra, as to butter, the French never Pnt ?n "J .aH unless ordered—and then a thin, sickly, deceptive, cui'Ied shading that seems to apologize for the offense.— Charles Theodore Murray in New York Press. His Interest in the Tree. A man stood on the bank of Chapman creek, in Dickinson county, the other day and gazed long and curiously at a big cottonwood tree that stood well down on tbe bank, And then to a reporter for the Chapman Standard he told of the interest J™ by himself in that particular tree. In 1809 a cloudburst In the vicinity flood ed Chapman creek and washed away many farmhouses. While the: flood was at jrtH height one Peter Bergman saw' a baby floating aloiig In 1he torrent. He rescued, the child, and then with his shirt torn into strings tied it up in the branches of a cottonwood tree beyond tbe reach of the water. There the baby, remained Sine bourn before being taken to a place of greater safety. The name of this baby was John Bostwick, and he it wag who stood and gazed for the first time in many! years at the old cottonwood trte that seired as his asylum.—Kansas City Jour nal. 1 An Intellectual Feat* "Did your daughter make a good rec ord at college? J'-'' r- Gossip .m Myftfle.! .. Ou aigreeu slope, most Iwgraut.wltfcUhe spring. Que sweet, fair day I planted a red rose, That grew, beneath my tender nourishing, ..JfrJmin, those Who passed the little valley where it grew weet* beauty. All the air wflfi About It! Still I tended It, and knew Xhat he would come, e'en as It grew com plete. Up I led him. And a^day brought hltn! In. the warm sun my rose bloomed glorb lously-^- •. ••ji-'w Smiling and saying, Io, is it, not fair? .ekR by thee—all thine. Hut he passed Coldly, and answered, Rose? I see no rose,— Leaving me standing In,the barren vale Alone! aTone! feeling the darkness close peep o'er my heart, aud all my being fail. Then came one, geutly, yet with eager tread Begging one rose-bud—but my rose was dead. —H. Hawthorne, in Harper's Magaslne. Bachelor Hosts. A distinct feature in the society life of the day, and one which widens each year, is the number of entertainmeuts uow given by bachelors indeed, bachelor hosts rank high amongst entertainers, and their popularity is thoroughly estab lished. The facilities now at command, and of which men are not slow to avail them selves, for entertaining are far greater than was formerly the Case, says the Loudon Queen. Here and there a smart ball was given by a bachelor host or a dinner party at which lavish expense was the keynote, but these entertainments were necessa rily restricted in number, and only the very rich attempted to enter the lists as hosts. Now, almost every bachelor so disposed is able to invite ladies to some sort of entertainment, large or small as the case may be, to dinner, to a supper iS® to luncheon, to afternoon tea. The numerous clubs which now ex 'st to which members have the privilege of inviting ladies, render entertaining an easy matter to those bachelors who, though living in town, or coming thither for a few months, have no actual resi dence, and locate themselves in the vicin ity of their clubs. The clubs out of town and the clubs in town, and the clubs by the river are all noted for the parties given by bache lor hosts—dinner parties and afternoon parties. Not a few bachelors reside in chambers, or in flats, and when these same are particularly well appointed from an artistic point of view, many are the smart "teas" there given. Not so long ago a bachelor, when giving a dance or a dinner party, thought it necessary to be supported by a rela tive, a sister, an aunt, or a sister-in-law, and ladies were supposed to espect the presence of a hostess on the occasion but now it is thoroughly understood that a bachelor host can receive ladies without the countenance of- the before-mentioned relative, and, if present, it is as a guest, not as a hostess. Young men are, as it were, trained from boyhood to become bachelor hosts. The 4th of Jnne, at Eton, is memorable for the luncheons and teas annually given by boys of from 14 and upwards to their relatives and friends again, these said boj^s are accustomed to entertain each oth er in their rooms, and many are the ham pers dispatched to them for this purpose by their parents. Then, too, the undergraduates at Ox ford and Cambridge not only "play the host," in commemoration week at Ox ford, and in the "May week" at Cam bridge, but during each term they enter tain the ladies of their acquaintance at luncheon and afternoon tea at their rooms, both in and out of college. Young subalterns in the army are equal ly given to entertaining ladies at whose bouses they have been bidden to dine and dance and thus from boyhood to manhood, from youth to middle-age, becholrs successfully fulfill the role of "host," and continue it more or less After marriage. The Value of Good Looks. Some people. s£.y eodd looks dou't mat ter, but they don believe it Looks do matter, and matter very much, and the woman who does not care about her ap pearance and to make herself pleasing in the eyes of others is no true woman. Most women have an ihate love of the beauti ful, which makes them careful for their own sakes to look as nice as they ean but even supposing that in some this feel ing does not exist, they are not exempt from the duty of making the best of themselves. It is pleasant and adds to the sum total of the happiness of society to see beauty, and, therefore,, for the sake of others, we ought to strive after it. Expensive, or even fashionable clothes, are not within the range of everybody, but neatness and daintiness are, and after all is said and" done, dress only contrib utes to beauty, and does not make it. Culture and education are important factors in the making of beauty. Indeed, a gently-reared, refined and intelligent girl can hardly fail to be pleasant-look ing, in spite of lacking any real beauty of feature. The training of the mind is an immense aid to beauty, and this one often sees in girls who have been taken from surroundings where they-were intellect ually starved and where they had a dull, heavy look, much the reverse of pleasing. Placed in refined surroundings and given intellectual advantages, even the plainest of them acquires a grace and dignity and brightness which are perfectly transform ing and reveal a beauty hitherto unsus pected.—Philadelphia Times. Story of the Wedding-Ring. "The wedding ring is made of gold of the purest quality, signifying how noble and durable is our affection," writes Frank H. Vizetelly in the September Woman's Home Companion. "Next, in form the ring is round, a symbol of eter nity, implying that our regard shall be without end. Why is this golden cifclet worn on the third finger of the left hand? Because among the ancients it was thought that there was a vein in that fin ger that came directly from the heart, and the custom has survived the ages and come down to us from remote antiquity. But there are other reasons why it should be worn on this finger. Because-being a finger least used it may be least subject to be worn out, and because its distinct purpose is that it is to be the visivle, last ing token of a solemn covenant which must never be forgotten. It has been suggested, also, that the form, being round and without end, imports that mu tual love shall flow from one end to the other, as in a circle, and that continually and forever. "Sometimes wedding-rings were 'of gemel pattern, and occasionally betrothal tings were broken in two, one-half of which was retained by each jparty so that on the marriage day the. pieces may be joined. ... According to the Rev. Charles Wheatley, the commentator on the Book of Common Prayers, the rea son why a ring was. selected as a pledge in preference to any other thing was be cause among the ancients rings wete used as seals. With them all valuable goods were sealed, and all important documents were signed thus the delivery of a ring became the sign of highest trust and closest friendshio. Consequently, it was but natural that a ring should .be selected to symbolize the admission of a wife to her husband's counsels, and signify that thenceforth she shared his honor and es tate. According to Selden, the wedding-ring came into use among the Jews after they found it had been adopt ed by other races. Some authorities claim that it was given at one time in stead of dowry. The English-speaking races trace the use of the plain gold band as a pledge of wedlock to traditionary practice of the Saxons." Woman May Keep the Bloom of Youth If a woman is to protect herself from the ravages of worry, and so retain her youth for a longer period, she must come into more frequent contact with other people—as her husband does—and read good books she must relieve the monot ouy of her duties and the limiting -irtflu euee of confinement within four walls by taking outdoor exercises—a walk every day, or a spiu on a bicycle in short, she must exercise:the ,body and mind In .a healthful manner, aud she will find the bloom of youth and health remain with her for years after it has faded in other women of the same hge. "The ordinary woman,'' toys a. cele brated physician, "leads such monoto uous existence th^t her mind has no occu pation but worry she i& almost made up of worry upon fc-orry. What she needs, is^to c$me out of herself much more than w-dofft She must have intercourse With more people and take more exer- his si»ter, or his wife, thes^aids to, mind" 0f youthfu,n«88 ot^dy an& The Well-Bred Woman, One of the telltale marks of speech ol the person of little social opportunity is the unimpressionable, almost immovable' countenance, says L'Art de la Mode. The mouth opens and shuts and the words tumble out somehow.' This bad habit is common many sections of tbe country remote from social centers. The people make so little effort to be personally agreeable they 5 finally take on. an almost bovme immovability of countenance. At the other extreme are the people who make so much effort to give force to their -words they use the muscles of their faces, often their bauds, in a ridicu lous way. Women of nervous tempera ment are especially prone to wrinkle their foreheads and the skin about their eyes, aud to mouth their words in such wise as to make their faces a series of contortions painful to behold. Women of social position who talk well noue of these things. Their faces are animated by what they are saying their eyes are expressive, but their muscles merely perform the. work necessary to proper hronounciatioh they do not 'mug,' like, the plebian of the cheap boarding-bouse, neither have they any of the apathy of the overworked^ country woman. It is worth while for one to pay atten tion to "these trifling matters'?' It cer tainly is. Refinement and good breeding are worth while for their own sakes. They may be trifling in themselves, but' they contribute so greatly to the charm' of social intercourse no one who enjoys or wishes to enjoy the best social life can afford to ignore them. Sympathetic Companionship. Many a wife complains that her hus band does not take her about, that she only sees him at meals, or that he iftakes friendships in which she has no part. She blames him for neglecting her, and thinks herself ill-used. Yet he is only following the natural instinct of humanity in seek ing for sympathetic companionship the fault really is hers. If her conversation does not interest him sufficiently to hold him, she should study him and the sub jects that he cares for, and try to live to his standard. She has once had his love and sympathy if she has not kept it, it is she who is to blame for not striving to care for the things which occupy and interest him. A man, to be won and kept, must first be attracted, and then made to feel that he has found a sympathy which draws him out, and makes him talk about what interests him most. It is not enough to make him listen whilst he is being talked to. For a time that may keep him, but he will tire of always being a listener, of always giving his sympathy and re ceiving none. To hold a man, a woman must understand aud study him she must not be exacting, for to expect too much only makes him feel that he wants to give less. She must realize that men are almost always selfish, iueradically sc, not from any innate depravity of their sex, but merely from the modern condi tions of life which have moulded them. A man usually goes out. into the world young, he leads a separate existence at an age when his sister is still surrounded by her home circle. When his work is lf t6.!1ars ,auy' ,he If has only to think, "What shall I do today that will give me the most pleasure?" That men act more and more on this principle is shown by the way they now treat their ordinary so cial engagements the way they will break oue when another more attractive offers itself, and will not decide until the last moment whether or no they will go to such and such a party. Can any one wonder that many years of indulgence in this, coupled with a larger command of money than their sisters, should make them more selfish, should end by fixing the habit of thinking of. their own pleas ure so firmly in their minds that it is practically ineradicable? It may be over powered for a time by a strong affection^ and all the counter-influences of courtship aud early matrimony. But later, when these have ceased to be novelties, and a man .settles down to a regular married'-, lire, the old selfish habit of years Triiaw? serts itself, a-nd his wife.is inclined .to• blame him for changing towards her. 'i This is unjust, for he is no more to be blamed for the habits which have been acquired from his circumstances and «n vironments than he is to be held responsi ble for those qualities which he inherits from his progenitors. It is better for the woman who lives with him, and whose happiness is bound up with his own, t6 recognize this fact, and, in studying his tendencies, to take her measures accord ingly. A woman, on the -contrary, is trained in a different school. WThen her brother-is out in the world earning his living, or, at any rate, leading a separate existence, she is usually at home with other members of the household, whom she has always to Consider when any plans or engage ments, however trivial, have to be made. She, though she rarely realizes it, can only think, "What can we do today which will interest or amuse us?" She cannot go about much alone, and often her means are too limited to allow of much independent action. Having thus to .defer to the wishes of her relations, she is daily trained in habits of yielding to others and of unselfishly giving up her will and pleasure, to them. Thus he in his bachelor days is daily trained to sel fishness, she. in her spinsterhood, is equal ly brought up to unselfishness. The soon er a woman recognizes this fundamental difference between the acquired natures of herself and men, the more likely is she to be attractive to them, and the better chance she will have of lasting happiness. —Philadelphia Times, Garden Parties—Real and Ideal. The. laws which govern the fate of so cial entertainment sometimes appear in explicable. Why is it that a late supper in a stuffy room is sometimes the most agreeable of events, when a garden party, with tea and champagne cup served un der umbrageous trees is Often the most depressing of all social functions? For, though, in theory, the garden party is an almost ideal form of fete, in reality it is only too often stiff and cheerless. One of the reasons, indeed, is not far to seek. The hostess is not in touch with her guests. Wandering aimlessly about a lawn her friends are beyond the reach of her influence, and she cannot manipulate the diverse elements of her party as the born hostess must if she aspires to brevet rank. They enter, .shake hands, murmur something agreeable, and disappear down garden paths for the rest of the afternoon, vague, errant shadows, condemned to wander about a lawn and gaze pensively at- flower beds from 4 o'clock till 7. j. Charm of Daintiness. Daintiness is a most attractive quality in both "girl and woman. This is often an inherited gift, but may be cultivated It shows itself oftener in earliest childhood in the care which even some of the small est children show' for their apparel and belongings, This charm is in a measure due to the fact that these dainty habits are not put on for outside effect, and the dainty girl likes to feel herself immacu late in regard to her person, whether any one is to see her. or not: When the Tots Trhvel. When ou a journey with little children, especially in hot, dusty weather, it will be found a great comfort to have with you a bottle of soft soapy ,water to which has been added some good cologne. To keep the bottle company there should be souk soft cottbn wash-cloth material cut into bits about two inches square. You" can frequently quiet a tired, traV cl-stained child by wetting a bit of cloth and washing .the dust from its hands, throwing away the rag when it has once been used It is most soothing.to a nerv ous child* to have, its dry lips and heated cheeks touched with a wet, perfumed cloth. A dear old lady told me Of this satchel convenience, and at the same time de scribed to me how once on a hot, dusty day in a crowded car she answered the longing look of a troubled young mother by passing her the bottle and several of the bits of wash cloth. Because of tne fragrance of the cologne other eyes "were turned, their way, and eventually she sajd that the other mothers should' take* and keep the bottle, giviUg also all the pieces of cloth she had left. The-speedy re sult was .clean and happy iace£h for fill the little .children in the car.?f ic*%/T£ ''-Care 01 the Scalp. Ti The hair itself should be .Wei] erery few ??eek8 in a shampo The+yolk"of a fi follows .tea Into v»ts S^TJtW! rubbed into the roots of the hair also be fore brushing it. Where there is irritation of the scalp it shows that (he head needs washing. Many people are uot half enough particular about this duty and have an idea that frequent washing will injure the hair. :iThlB Is a great mistake, as un less tholpgad it^jFashcd 0 the *ets iuto ^stute irritation and atoses mujih *mitfyaw:e. h- there is delicacy or illness, and you are afraid of using water to the head, rub a.little of the shampoo wash into the scalp, for which the recipe has been given above, and have the hair well and thoroughly brushed for ten minutes at a time, both night an4 morning, with a moderately stiff How to Wear a Veil. Veils are, no longer drawn beneath the chin. They, should come just below the nose, and are Worn tighter across the face than heretofore, This abbreviated veil is becoming to only a few women, which makes its popularity doubtful. White veils are both stylish and becoming to women of regular features, but must be choseir with care, so as not to get a mesh thttt shows the skin in blotches, which an pears ml in contrast to the threads of the -veil. White veils of circular shape with patterned border are popular, and we are threatened with red ones in the same Shape, having spofs of black chenille sprinkled here a fid there. Black veils are by all odds the: most stylish-and becoming: pud the simpler the mesh the safer the re sult—Woman'W Home Companion. For Your Shirt Waists. Now. that shirt waists form an integral part of every woman's summer wardrobe, a box for holding them without crushing becomes a necessity. These may be made at home by anyone with a little ingenuitv A soap or cracker box, which may be ob tained at the nearest grocery store, af fords the foundation. This is covered in side and out with pretty figured cretonne using an interlining of any old soft mate rial on baud. The cover of the box is created in the same way, then fastened to flie box with brass hinges. Brass han dles complete the ouffit, and the box is an drnament to any bedroom. Sachet pow ders of the favorite perfume may be tacked inside, and milady's shirt waists will emerge from their hiding place crisp, fresh and fragrant. A Genuine Reform. In these days of "reforms" and general advancement of various kinds women are beginning to know the peace of mind that comes from the freedom of wearing com fortable clothes. This is especially notice able in the matter of shoes, which now fit the. feet tind allow them to do the work that nature intended. Whether women's feet have actually increased in size, or whether it is simply their determination to be comfortable, would be difficult to tell, but' it is a fact that much larger shoes are demanded and worn than for merly. Sweeping Carpels. When you have to sweep a carpet, don't for the sake of laying the dust, sprinkle it with either water or damp tea leaves, and don't dampen the broom. This practice may may a carpet look better for a few minutes after it is swept, but it is ruinous in the end. Two carpets, bodght at the same time from one piece, have been used just about the same. One has been dry swept, the other sprinkled, and there is 110 comparison between them the dry-swept one looking as good as new, and the other decidedly shabby. A New Color. A woman writing from Loudon savs that the color will be among the fashion able things at a near-at-hand date is known as mulberry. Mulberry is a beau tiful and refined tone, and as it will har monize so graciously with any number of bright shades I would not be in the least surprised of the early forecast as to its popularity proved altogether correct Mulberry-colored straws, .with damask roses, are hinted at for the earliest fall wear. Have We Asked Enough CertaiDty is always better than uncer tainty. The protocol agreed to by the representatives of "the United States and Spain provides for a free Cuba, for the annexation of Porto Rico to the United States, and leaves the question of the Philippines to the decision of the joint commission of five members to be ap nointed by the two countries. Senor Jloret, who was minister of the Spanish colonies when the war began, and who has been prominently mentioned in con nection with the appointment of the Spanish peace commissioners, raises a question as to the possibility of a disa greement, aud says he cannot see how, with an equal number of members on each side and no umpire to give the cast ing vote, a decision can be reached in case of a deadlock. It is quite possible that a deadlock will result, and it could have been provided against if we, as the victorious nation, had insisted upon the right to name a majority of the commission, or to select an umpire in case of disagreement. We said at the outset of the peace negotia tions that our government promptly should have asked for the full measure of its demands, and should have insisted upon Spain'p absolute consent to these re quirements, before the commissioners were named. It is easy to foresee, iu the case of the Philippines, that complica tions may result from a deadlock. These ccmplications may involve other nations, and this may prolong the uncertainty into a dangerous stage. Every business man knows that uncer tainty in such an international affair of the gravest importance means a serious handicap to business interests. The wheels of industry will not move rapidly while such issues, embracing far-reach ing consequences, are at stake. It would be most unfortunate if, by any lack of foresight, such a condition of uncertainty should arise from a situation in which we had only to make our demands to have them acceded to by Spain.—Leslie's Weekly.— Harvest Festivals. When fears of wet weather and blights no longer harass the husbandman, and the golden sheaves have been borne home through sunshine scarcely more golden, festivity seems to have a just excuse for being. The best authorities regard this custom as of Jewish origin, and the heathen fol lowed the example of the chosen race in Offering up, at the end of the harvest, the first fruits to their gods. The-Jews re joiced and feasted at the conclusion of reaping tide, not only from a sense of gladness at labor finished, but because they were under religious obligation so to do. The agricultural significance of the three great festivals of the Jewish year is clear ly set forth iu the Twenty-third chapter of Exodus and the Twenty-third chapter of Leviticus. Eugene Aram, in his essay on "The Mell-Supper," refers to Callimachus' Hymu to Apollo to show that the heathen, through ignorance, misapplied their knowledge of this festivity. They directed it to the secondary instead of the primary fountain of the benefit, name ly, Apollo, of the Sun, and offerings were sent by every nation to. his temple at De los. Homer declares that a cake, thrown upon the head of the victim .was a part of the Greek sacrifice to Apollo, who was also formerly worshipped in Britain but when, with the progress of Christianity, Apollo lost /his divinity, what had been anciently offered to the god was pru dently consumed by the reapers them selves.—Gabrielle Marie Jacobs, in Lip pincott's. Our Sunday Victories. The old saying, "The betler the day. th4 better the deed," seems to find sub stantial support in our war with Spain. Dewey's great victory at Manila was fought. On Sunday, May 1 Schley discov ered Cervera's ships: hidden in the harbor of Santiago on Sunday, May 29 Cervera's fleet was smashed by Schley on Sunday, July .3: the Spauish flag ou Morro castle, -Santiago, was hauled down on Sunday, July 17 and the first battle between our land forces and the {Spaniards at Manila began ou the night of Sunduy, July 31, ending in a victory for the American troops.—Leslie's Monthly. A Nation of Widows. A German missionary declared in a re bent address at Fraukfort that iu conse quence of the massacres in Armenia there were at present in that country ubont 540,000 widows and orphans. German asylums have been opened at Bebeck, Karkitt and Moseri to .assist as many of -them as possible. Bolwd of StrategyJ.: :$c'flt„al real board ..of strategy is want ed—" "Wtfir ..... "—Go to Shy' fashionable summer ?re .sort and gataer the mothers of marriage able daughters." ornia'a Qil Yield. Jttt .be tto question in the mind most-casual observer that-the "oil told as now bou£feJ is ifti Bab's Bright Babble New York, August, 1888,—Having been flying here, there and everywhere for the last ^.ght weeks, 1 have come tao the con clusion that if I had a daughter who wished to enter the holy bonds of matri mony I would .fetch her to Newport. Here everything is dignified and rich no body frivoj* .and nobody enjoys, herself venr much unless he happens to be richer and more stupid than all the rest, and then she is spoken of with approval, and everybody says she possesses "so much re jMise. Ihey may call it "repose." I in sist that it is inanity. Here you must drew and dress and dress. "Your clothes must bear the stamp of Worth, Red fern and Paquin, while Virot must cover your head. However,-each has his own time and display for his own special smartness. Paquin fits you out insome delicious cot ton thing that was to cost $150, or "Per haps niadame would allow a very little 2fS?e'u "the very little more!' means $50, but as the artist in dress assures madame that she would not have herself appear as anything but perfection when it is a question of a few dollars, and madame is flattered, she pays her bill and is gladly fooled. Paquin dresses her for the morning, when she stands out on the smooth green lawn with a wonderful mass of color before her, great parterres of flowers, gorgeous tulips, bright roses and ricp, red geraniums all seeming to bow a stately good morning to her. A little later in the. day and a famous French tailor whose name the Vere de Vere set do not whisper permits my lady to be dressed iu a wonderful white serge of his creation, and then she goes on the yacht built on the Clyde. The afternoon finds my lady dressed by Worth. She is in some sort of a sheeny looking silk, which seems covered with roses, while on her head is a small hat made entirely of rosebuds. In her hands, covered with white kid, is a para sol made of white, fluffy stuff, a handle of pink coral and gold, having cost enough to really keep a well to do family in bread and butter and beef for the year. My lady rides in her victoria, large and huug on springs, so that he motion is as easy as if one were being rocked veri tably on the billows of the ocean, with no inclination to be "not quite well." Up and down, up and down the car riages parade, while the pretty rider has a cool bow for this one, a stately inc-lina atiou of her head for .another and an al most imperceptible bow "for that other person whom she barely knows. Familiarity is not the thing at New port. You are well acquainted with this or that man or this or that woman, who went to the same dancing school with you, who went to the same parties with you and who has been educated in the same artificial way you have. Oh, I don't mean that the very fashionable women never do kindnesses, for they do many of them. When so much time is given to dress, when so much thought must be given to having one's jewels re set and when one must entertain and must visit, really, after all, how can "one have time to go among the pool- and suffer agonies afterward, through seeing how unpleasantly they are situated? But we had a little romauce here for all. The most dignified lady in the land, the one who traced her blue, blue blood back to the beginning of the blue skies, the woman to get into whose house meant the entree to real society, concluded this year to fetch one of her cousius from away down near New Orleans to visit her. The lady—we will call her Mme. Graudame—was In reality a lady, though, as she was au old one, how could you or I know that her heart was frozen the day two small boy figures were brought in cold in death, drowned while at their play, and she was left childless? Ah, if we could read each other's hearts, how few would be count as entirely selfish! So Mme. Grandame, writing to her cousin, said: "Send me on the prettiest and brightest of your daughters. I pro pose to make her the success of the sea- son. Don't trouble yourself about her having a large wardrobe, as one will come over from Paris for her." This letter brought delight to the mother—a perplexi ty for the three affectionate girls. The youngest and prettiest said she didn't want the old madame to condescend to her, she wouldn't wear her old truck, and, being the oldest, it was Madeline's place to go. But Madeline whispered of the man to whom she was engaged and how .impossible it would be for her to leave him. Then said she of the quick temper,. "Marion must go, for she's the next oldest," and Marion whispered in her mothers ear with much impressive ness on her part, and the mother said, "Dear, dear, there's another one of my girls taken from me." So it happened, after all, that Effie had to go. Each sister wanted to lend her something—fans, a new pair of gloves, a fine handkerchief—and all these kind offers she accepted, but she drew the line at her mother going into debt one penny to buy her a new frock. "For," said she (aud she said it with a certain amount of defiancc), "if Newport and my wealthy relatives don't approve of me, I can al ways) come home," and then, like the good, affectionate creature she was, she threw herself into her mother's arms to be hugged and kissed as if she had just celebrated her fifth birthday. Effie was something of a surprise to Mme. Graudame. She declined with dig nity all the beautiful dresses and lovely belongings, adding to her refusal: "It was very kind of you to think of me, but I am sure when you and mother were girls a white mousseline gown was enough for you and her, and so it must be really fine for me." Mme. Grandame quivered a little as she thought how the young girl from the .South would appear among the richly-dressed women and the gay, bright men of the world who would be around her dinner table. The butler, with a clev er foresight, had pnt neither orchids nor colored flowers at the young girl's place, but instead there was a bunch of great white roses half opened and tied together loosely with white ribbon. My lady, Mme. Grandame, gave one glance at her cousin, and was satisfied. The white mousseline frock brought out to perfection the slim, girlish figure. About the waist was a pale green ribbon sash, and about her pretty neck was a string of small but real pearl bead*.. They were the very last of her mother's wedding jewels. During dinner Effie was pleasant to the man who took her in, but after din ner somehow the men seemed to drift where she stood, and in a short time vari ous strangers were offering invitations to her cousin and chaperon. And so the days went on, and in her print frocks in the mornings, with the big leghorn hat hiding her face from the sun, when she wore her dainty colored lawns in the afternoons and her white gowns in the evenings, the girls who were very much dressed began to look at her and wonder if simplicity were not the right frame for youth. Effie enjoyed her life as only a good girl can, and her chaperon was too clever a woman to open her eyes to the wickedness of this world. One day they had a little unpleasant ness. Mme. Grandame thought that she didn't quite understand what she was do ing when she refused the hand, bankbook, four-in-hand and what he was pleased to call heart of the young man whose grand father had probably arrived in this land of the free in tbe steerage, not that that was a disgrace to him, but as Effie said, "Why should I marry him when I love somebody else and have accepted hinv?" Then Mme. Grandame did lose her tem per. Shg screaiped.She had .hysteria,, and she only came to when she heard that the future husband of Effie was to be a gentleman whose father's name was in the peerage and who owned no end of boats, steerages, and all, aud who had come over in his pretty yacht, the Sphinx, to see what au American girl was like. Then Effie was hugged aud kissed, and that night at dinner her engagement was an nounced, and her chaperon believed.she was the first to really know it. But Effie was too good a girl for that. Before any body dreamed of it the commander of the Sphinx had gone away down South and with dignity asked in person for his lady love. But what nmused Effie was a letter sent h£r by her mother. It was from Mme. grandame to her cousin, and she said: My Dear Gerahllne—You have probably beard from Ettle about that dear Englishman who is really sd noble. My dear, what a Eusbands,haven't ity you some more girls who wish for 1 could marry them all for you aud get for'thcih, as tttiie Ms, the catch ot the seasou. Your mode of education ta a great success. Eflle was perfectly well bred, well informed and attracted men who were tired to death of the fetching girl, the fast girl and their Uk. I once doubted your wis dom,- but really it does seem possible now that, a quiet home and an education super vised by a mother who is a lady will result In the right kind of a daughter. Blffle seems to have no idea of her betrothed's great wealth, but seems satisfied with vhla love. My dear, it Is beautiful. It seems to me there ought to be a contract Issued by the government- whereby such mothers asyou are should control -our daughters.. Ever tilde G: faithfully, Clotllde. Grandame. AQ$ this, was the end of & Newport roBaancg. -xet ft was a simple,Romance, W man, the usual accessories, the air of Newport, all of which resulted hi the union of affinities. I never knew before that. I was acquainted with so many big words. Probably that is the air of New port as it affects Bab. THE MARCH TO THE FRONT. w«Sre T£ey Al«»ra Hunting Bations and 8poil*. I have been asked many times what I think of the Cubans after having seen the whoie of Gen. Garcia's army and officers and the natives around Santiago, and 1 cannot truthfully say much in their fa S?r* wtainly do not look as though they were starved to death in fact, it is seldom they are seen when not eating—it does not matter much what, but always eating! The private soldiers go around half-naked, their clothes worn to shreds. Always begging and always pres ent when rations are to be issued, and when, a battle is going 011 they are always to be found at the rear, watching for an opportunity to get clothing or rations which our men,were forced to abandon be fore going into the fight I never saw one of them lend a hand-when our troops were lauding, and I did see our troops helping them iu fact, they helped Garcia's entire army to get ashore, and then, even after road? wero being built, so that the artillery and army wagons, pack trains and both armies could move on to ward Santiago, our men, unaccustomed to that climate, were compelled to do everv stroke of work which was done. The Cu P"n« were asked to help, and did thev do it? They crawled out of it like a pack of whipped dogs, with the remark: "Oh, nos me soldier—not workiugman." Now, ff they had been soldiers they might have been Excused, but when the time came for tbcm |o show their, soldierly qualities thev were.ininus*ha«,.* Now, after that, can our soldiers be blamed when they treated them with utter contempt, and in one instance, when one of our men was re turning wounded from the battlefield and he found a Cuban with his hand in a dead soldier's pocket, he shot him through the heart? H. C. Christy In Leslies Weekly. Women in English Journalism. ?|J?rou.a(lmit t0 111 a woman of the upper middle class in England that you, a wom an of education, work for your living, even in an intellecual capacity, you will bo eyed with a sort of dumb compassion that gives you the idea that her pity is too deep for words. At a country house Cheshire a few years ago a young journalist was asked to hide an American paper containing her name, lest her Eng lish cousins should discover the fact that she was a "professional." "How can such things be when royalty covets the fame of authorship?" Yes, but royalty sometimes runs with a fire engine and has been known to take an afternoon frolic on the toboggan slide at an exhibition yet the nobility and gentry never imitated the example. Moreover, the appearance of titled names iu magazines has as little to do with the standing of the regular working journalist as these same names, thinly disguised on the signs over west end shops, have to do with the elevation of milliners and dressmakers to a plane of social recognition. Englishmen, on the country, are delighted to make the ac quaintance of a woman who dares to be independent and to talk with them as our women do talk, frankly and with the feeling of equality iu intellect and the ex pectation of considerably more courtesy than these Englishmen admit our right to the same. This is true of English editors and publishers as well as those men whom one meets in society. The English editor welcomes the American man or woman, and is more than willing to listen and seek to catch the spirit of our pro gressiveuess. There is but oue American journalist of whom I have ever heard the English speak harshly, and that is the woman who deliberately entered English households as a spy for her paper and found out—what? Why, simply that there are good and bad mistresses, true afld fco ble gentlemen everywhere. The invasion of the home for journalistic copy is what the English cannot and will not' condone. It is this genuine and deeply ingrained desire for privacy which frees English so ciety from that disgrace to our professioh —the newspaper woman who .consents to be a scavenger.—Margfiret ComptOn in Brooklyn Eagle. The Cost of Being a Guardsman. The aetual surroundings of a guards man's daily life are simple. If quartered in London, unless at the Tower, he will live at the Guards club, as the mess at the Tower is the only one maintained by the Foot-Guards iu London and his ex penses at the club will compare favorably with the expenses of any other club in town. If the battalion to which he be longs is quartered at ClielSert barfcieks, he may very possibly have a room in the barracks if his people live in town, as is often the case, he may live at home, or he may prefer the freedom of a couple of rooms in the neighborhood of Jermyu street or St. James'. The entrance fee to the Guards club is 30 guineas, and he will have to pay an auhital subscrip tion of £11 a fair average of the living expenses of the club may be taken as some £20 a month, though, if of extrava gant tastes, it may be much higher, and the rent of his rooms will depend almost entirely on what he chooses to pay so that it is clear that the necessary ex penses of life in the Foot-Uuards is not nearly as prohibitory as is generally supposed. The guardsman receives the same' pay as officers of corresponding rank in the line, with the addition of £70 a year guard's pay, so that it is possible for a youngster of an economical turn to live hi the guards on an allowance of £300 a year in addition to his pay. As we have just shown, it is possible, but I must admit that it is not often done. The young guardsman is very seldom contented with oue club, or even with two, and the brigade will be found to be fairly strongly represented at the "Bach elors-'," "White's," and the best service clubs. The lovers of cricket and teflnis proper are mostly habitues of "Prince's," and the majority belong to the principal racing clubs, such as Saudpwn Park, and the horsy, or rather "pony" clubs of Hurlingham and the newer Ranelagh.— From "Social Life in the British Army," by A British Officer, in Harper's Maga zine. Revival of the Croquet. All lovers of croquet will turn their eyes today toward Wimbletou, England, where the competitions for the associa tion gold medals will be held. No further evidence of the revived popularity of this old game is needed than the number of tournaments arranged for this season. They have already been held on the clas sic heath of Ascot, aud the Scottish championship was competed for at Edin burgh where the grounds are said to be the best in the world. The revival of the game in the North is due largely to the enthusiasm and energy of Mrs. Macfie, who was the champion last year. The contest for the gold medals is always j»n animated one, for the gold medal is real ly the blue ribbon of the croquet world. Two of these medals are giveu annual ly one is open to all silver medallists the other to women only who hold silver med als. The tournament arrangements for this season have one noticeable and ap proved change, uamcly, the abolition of time games, which caused so many heart burnings and disappointments in the past. An Important Result of the War. The London Statist predicts a great wave of prosperity for this country, based upon the employment of large amounts of American capital in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines, and Wall street is en couraged, but it forgets that if capital seeks advantageous opportunities abroad all this mouey will be taken from our financial centers. If it finds a better out let elsewhere the tendency will be to sell our securities and put the money in more profitable investments. How will this help Wall street? The most important result of the war, as far as the main tenance of prices 011 Wall street is con cerned, is the establishment of our fiuauces on a sounder basis,, because of the fact that the new revenue law puts an end to the dread of a deficit. The revenue law and the tariff law conjointly will bring in more money than is required to pay the expenses of the government, and there is no reason why we should not proceed at once to wipe out our public debt with the surplus.—Jasper in Leslie's Weekly.! rv High Heels Cause Hysteria. A foreign savant has declared that a most prevalent cause ot hysteria in wom en ui high-heeled shoes, and that if the objectionable boots are abandoned the hysteria will cease. -p Battle Drab the New Color. The color of the paint on battleships has suggested a new tint to the silk manufac turers, and for the fall trade we will have dress goods, ribbons and other stuffs in a shade that will be called battle drab. It is a lead color. Latest Novelty in Padlocks. '3 3@hfr latest novelty in padlocks is one with an auxiliary chamber containing an explosive for creating an alarm on the GETTING BESTED. Tl» now tbe mellow season when The man's who's all ran down— The man -who's sick of noitu* and The hurry in tbe town— Tbe man whose back ache* and whose legs Shake like two slender reeds— The man. in short, who's tired out, Just saws off and proceeds To get away from worries and Prom all life's petty cares— Throws off the yoke while other* stay To fret o'er bis affairs Drops everything that smacks of work And faies himself away into the woods and logs around A heavy gun all day. —Cleveland Leader. FIRST I» THE WORLD. Egg-shaped Chnrch to be Erected Jjai Buffalo. Plans for a church structure to be erect 1 at be northeast corner of East Utica street and Wohlers avenue were filed yes terday with the bureau of buildings, and if accepted Buffalo will have tbe first egg-shaped building fa the world, says the Commercial. 'Hie design is so curious J™., tne. Plan so original that the building is destined to arouse wide spread interest, although from the cost of the huilding and its small ground space the little dhnrch would otherwise attract almost no"notice. It will be occupied by a Lutheran congregation. ed The plans call for a |2200 wooden struc ture 60 feet long and 35 feet wide at its largest point. At the larger end a tower will be built, which will form 4be en KtMncfe to tke builduig. Tjie intetior will be so divided that the main auditorium will include one-half of the egg-shaped building, with the puipit at the small end. The^fCft of the. building will be used for Suuqay- schoolrooms and classrooms. The two portions of the building will be sepa rated by a rolling partition, which can be rolled upward out of sight, throwing the" entire structure into one large room. Over the Sunday school room a gallery will be built. When the partition is rolled up, 500 persons can be accommodated in this space, which will lie called the chapel. The National Acoustic association pre pared the plans, of which E. Henri Kelly is the architect. The new building will be begun about September 1. The author of the design claims for it a great many advantages and has pat ented his invention. Ancient Names of Cuba. The ultimate survival of the original Indian name is of somewhat rare occur rence in the history of Spanish conquest. When Columbus first saw Cuba, about sixteen days after his difficulties had been laid at rest by the sight of Quanahani, be was confident that at last he had come to the shore of Asia. Further to ingratiate? himself and his designs with Queen Isa bella, he named the place Juana, in honor of her son, Priuce Juan. When, a f«w years later, the prince died, Columbus promptly transferred the honor of the name to Ferdinand, the bereaved father, and for a time Cuba was known as Fer nandina. This act of flattery could not have had the desired effect, for the island was uext put under the patrongae of the greatest of Spanish saints by being called Sant Iago. The next name suggests probable perils of the deep from which colonists escaped by pious recognition of the ever watchful care with which the Virgin protects mafi-' ners. They named the haven of refuge Ava Maria. Other colonists, noting the irregular, jagged coast lines, called theirs home La Lengua de Pajaro (sparrow's*" tongue). Finally the use of the old In dian name became established, and today we speak of the island as it ha* been spoken of by generations that passed away in happy ignorance of the oppres sions that were to crush their race to the ground aud blot it from the face of the earth. The original Havana was on the southern shore of Cuba—San Cristobal de la Habana, so called in honor of the discovert*. Batacoa first enjoyed the honor of being the capital, then Santiagq de Cuba became the thief city, but about the year 1649 the name Havana and the seat of government were transferred to the city on the northern coast, where they_ still remain. Philip II. gave the eity a coat of arms and a liberal local government, and since that time it has easily maintained its su premacy among the Cuban towns. Cost of an Imperial Army an avy. The cost of the United States navy in any year since tbe war had not MHrd $32,000,000 until 1897, when $31,500,000 was reached. A navy for offense and de- "*f feuse, with objects so distant as the Philippines to be protected or kept in sub jectiou. will demaud a larger sum. and $50,000,000. a year will not be too much. The artiiy. has cost ifl time of peace as much as $55,000,000 iii a year iu war it costs nearly $1,000,000 a day. and ou return of peace can never be l»rougbt down to its former cost or dimensions. From $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 will be required, for no less thau three corps of occupation, in climates deadly to our peo pie, mdst be kept effective. Even at the lower figures thes« two branches of the service would require $125,000,000 a year. without any civil servants sent to those newly acquired colonies. A civil list of unknown size would be a necessity, but it may be assumed that enough local reve* 4 nue could be squeezed out of the existing populations to meet that expense.—From "The New Fiscal Policy of tbe United States," by Worthlugton C. Ford iu Har- 2 per's Magazine. Chinese Dude Topside Gala. Jung Lu, the new viceroy of Chihii. is one of the most popular generals in the imperial army. He has always been a- dandy in dress, and has the reputation of being the best dressed man in Pc-kin. while the gilded youth among the Man chu nobility always copy his dress ondrj swear by "Jung Lu's style." His huc.se§ji® and mules also have ever been the in Pekin, not even excepting the Em-^ peror's stud, and he loves to mount the most fiery and restive cattle when riding.^ out. Tfiis has led to several picked^ horses sent as tribute to the Emperor^ from Kttldja and Mongolia, but which1 no one could ride owing to their unrained5 and restive spirit, being specially present-*? ed to ung Lu by the Emperor com mand. This is the man who now holds*! the responsible post of guardian of thej dragon throne at Tientsin.—Pekin and^ Tientsin Times. "World's Smallest Republic. Gaust is the smallest republic in the|» world. It has an area of one mile and a population of 140. It has existed since 1648, aud is recognized by both Spain and France. It is situated on the flat top of a mountain in the Pyrenees. It has a presi- 3r dent, who is elected by tbe council of . twelve. In this campaign Mr. Schiffender's old wound began .to trouble him and he was sent to the hospital aud then home, He had also contracted catarrh of the atom ach and found no relief for years. "I happened to read an account of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People about a year ago," he said, "and thought that they might be good for my trouble. I concluded to try them. I bought one host and began to take them according to directions. They gave me neat relief. Afte&Snishing that box bought another, and Shen IK* tato $e niS I feit f. 51** 3 1 31 i-.' HKROESOF WAR. From the Chicago Times-Herald. The feeling of admiratiou for heroes of war seems to be innate in tbe human .* heart, and is brought to the surface as the opportunity and object, for such hero worship presents itself. Among those who proved their heroism ,, during our Civil War was A. Schiffeneder.i of 161 Swig nick Street, Chicago. He is an Aus an by birth, came to America at the age of twenty, and soon became an American citi- -n. He as living at Milwau kee he the call for 1-u nteers came, early. in 1862, and he promptly enlisted in Company A, of the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. In the Army of tbe Potomac our hero saw much fighting, campaigning in the Shen andoah Valley. H&rece&ed atcownd. In the first day's fighting at the_ battle of Gettysburg, Scbiffeneder received a wound in the right side, which^ afterward caused him much trouble. With a po% tion of his regiment he was captured anft imprisoned at Bell Island and Anderson ville, and afterward exchanged. He re turned to his regiment, which was trans ferred to the army of General Sherman, ami-marched with him through Georgia to tlufe sea. •'?$S