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TO SEE YOURSELF TALK.
The Details Of the Phonoscope. the Latest
Photographic Novelty.


The Details Of the Phonoscope. the Latss,
Photographic Novelty.
Philadelphia Record.1
An announcement was made some weeks
ago that Frenchman had succeeded in tax
ing instantaneous photographs of the lips Of
a speaker and in recombining them in q
kind of zoetrope, SO as to produce the orig
inal movement and enable deaf mute to
understand what was said.
1t is now stated that the inventor has i'm
proved on the process and brought out q
new apparatus for combining the images,
the device being termed the phonoscope.
The changes of the lips in speaking are so
rapid that Is photographs a second are re-
quired to give good result The whole
head and bust of the speaker are repro
duced in the photograph so as to get the
benefit of the expression.
In the phonoscopes the positives are ar
ranged around the periphery of a disk
which is rapidly turned by handle. A
second disk having a single window in it
opposite the plates is also rotated by the
same handle. but at a much higher rate of
speed than the other. A beam of sunlight
illuminates the plates from behind and the
observer looking into the apparatus sees
them pass his eye one after the other in
such rapid succession as to produce the ef-
feet of single image endowed with anima-
tion. To produce this result it is necessary
that at least 10 or IL must pass the retina in
a second.
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A TRICK OF THE CR00Ka

They Have Devised a New Scheme to I'm
pose Upon the Unwary Public.
New York Commercial Advertlser.l
The crooks in New York have new trick
by which they hope to gain possession of ar
ticles of value belonging to the unsuspect-
ing public. 1t requires two men to work
the scheme, but if the victims are selected
with discrimination it should prove success
full
The trick is simple one. Crook No
boards an elevated train and sits down on
one of the cross seats on the side nearest to
the station. If the window is shut he opens
it and then begins to scan a newspaper. His
pal joins him afterward and takes seat fac
ing him.
No sign of recognition passes between
them, and they continue to ride thus until
the seat beside one of them is occupied by
q passenger carrying a satchel or bundle
which has the appearance of carrying arti-
cles of value.
Then when the next station is reached one
of the men rises leisurely and walks out of
the car. He waits until the car is in mo-
tion and then rushes breathlessly to his pal
and excitedly asks for the valise which he
left behind.
His pal picks up the valise and passes it
out of the window to his confederate before
the rightful owner has chance to protest
Explanations follow, but, the crook pre-
tending to learn his mistake, humbly apol
ogizes and leaves the train at the next sta
ton
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became under their deft hands white and
gold chiffonier, and a dressing table of
white and gold was draped with the nose
gay cretonne. To finish, some of his boy
belongings were prettily arranged in white
and gold cabinet with rose silk curtains
that had begun life plain pine shelves
When the young collegian sauntered up to
bed the night Of his arrival, his yell Of
amazed delight fully repaid the listening
women at the foot of the stairs for all their
efforts
The Indian puggarees are duplicated in
New York for fishing hats for both women
and men. They make ideal water headgear.
being light and cool, yet excellent pro-
tectora The imported ones are quite ex-
pensive, costing 50 and 81 80, and only OBJ
tainable at the high-class shops The &C
companying cut is of n homemade one
fashioned from one of the 10-cent mat
baskets from a Japanese store. The stand
ard for the head was made with four three
inch lengths OF pasteboard with . thin
sheet of leather glued over as covering
These are eewed with one or two stitches of
stout white thread to the bowl of the basket
at regular intervals, and . circle of paste
board fitted to the head Is covered with
oiled silk and fastened to these.
IT chanced to spend the night recently"
says woman, sat q small town in Western
New York where was being held st the
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FRUIT In THE GOWN.
Foulards StreWn With Cherries One
of the Novelties of Summer.
BEAUTY AT THE GARDEN PARTIES.
Elbow Sleeves Worn With Long Gloves One
of the Rages Just Now.
TIE TREF0IL THE POPULAR BROOCH

rcoRRKsPoNDENcE OF THE DIsPArcH.1
NEW YORK, July 16.-Strange as 1t may
seem, there are some, even In that select
circle known as the Four Hundred, who re-
main in town of and on through the sum-
mer, paying alternate visits to different re-
sorts, without remaining long at any one
place. While in town they manage to live
very comfortably by dining at Delmonico's,
driving in the parks or out to Tuxedo, and
meeting at the Casino or Madison Square
Garden for some light entertainment of the
flavor of the Partisan Cafe d d'Ambassadeurs
order. Undoubtedly these stay-at-homes
get more variety out of the summer festivi-
ties than if they were domiciled perma-
nently. Most of them through relations
and friends have standing invitations to
Newport, Narragansett Pier or the Long
Island fashionable resorts, which they
choose in turn according to the induce
ments of each.
A favorite pastime for day is for party
to take the steamboat Laura M. Starin at
Thirty-second street for Oyster Bay, where
Mrs. s. V. R. Cruger entertains often at her
country residence, Idlesse, one of the most
fascinating spots on the island Luncheon
is served on the verandas with music, and
here may be seen the very latest inventions
Of Paris modistes.
A Gown That Made . Sensation
Mrs Cruger herself is noted for her beau
full gowns, that Of canary colored uncut vel
vet, trimmed with gold and white silk, ac-
companied by a sunshade of canary and
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time Woman's Temperance Convention.
Two delegates occupied the room adjoining
mine, and in the silent watches of the
night INDUCED in various condolences. As
door and loose transom constituted part
of the partition it was impossible not to
hear their conversation. One complained
in strong terms of her husband who, she
said, did not help much with the children,
of whom there were six under 10 years of
age, and the dear knows she said, 4
have no time to look after them with my
appointments on these conventions
. 'The others tale of woe was equally dis
tressing; her husband was so neglectful of
his duties; sometimes she came home to
dinner and the cook announced nothing for
the meal, that lazy man having forgotten
to do the marketing, expects me to look
ing and temperance work. Why she
finished with serious emphasis, Il might
just as we'll not have husband It struck
me she might much better not have had,
and also that those two women might find
some temperance work right in their own
homes before they knew it"
1t is this objection that is being brought
against woman's clubs and other organiza-
tions of the sex which have multiplied on
every side. Certainly no woman should let
her devotion to certain "causes" or "cult-
ures" deprive her family of the attention
and care it deserves and sacredly claims
from her, but on the other hand it is pos
sible to be a better wife and mother, sister
or friend from a judicious and moderate in
termingling of ''cause" and home work.
Like most other things in life there is
golden mean in the woman's club movement
which is not slow in outlining itself to the
sensible woman.
MARGARET 81. WELCH,
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THE LoRGNETTE GIRL.
She Contrib utes Her Share to Furnish
Flirtations for Young Men.

She Contrib utes Her Share to Furnish
FIirtations for Young Men.
Once Week.
What shall be done with this quintes-
sence of graceful impertinence? She is usu-
ally not one bit near-sighted The dainty
tortoise-shell toy she so deftly and effectively
wields is either an instrument of coquetry,
defense or cruelty.
Viewed as the former weapon, it is with
out equal in the entire arsenal of Irritation 8
weapons A skilled coquette can do more
damage with it than with the fan. As a
means of defense against the impertinence
of other women it is invaluable. A cold
stare, contemptuous scrutiny through it,
will put to rout an army of Impudent wo-
men.
But as an instrument of cruelty, an in
quisitorial weapon, it does greatest execu-
tion. The lorgnette girl can display the
most finished insolence with her fragile
plaything. She is quite capable of calling
the attention of the public to the worn
gown or mendeG gloves of her victim.
A favorite and systematic course of
cruelty is to take her station at the door of
a summer resort hotel at the hour when the
omnibus is arriving from the station with
its load of weary, travel-stained passengers
and closely scrutinize the dress of each
woman as she alights The lorgnette girl
can be fascinating, she can be clever, but
she has possibilities of brutality which
would make a strong man quail
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CHANGED SHIRTS WITH EACH OTHER

A Curious Example Of th~ enforcement of
Discipline in the British Army.
Youths Companion.]
The true soldier obeys orders faithfully,
no matter at what sacrifice. A company Of
British regiment was once sent on some
duty, in time of peace, to remote village
in Ireland, and left there for several weeks,
quite separated from its usual base of
supplies.
During this period some general orders,
applicable more especially to men in bar
racks, were sent to the commander of the
company. One clause of those orders were
as follows:
GAIL men in the command shall change
their shirts at least twice q week"
The captain gave orders to the orderly
sergeant to see the command put into exc
cution
''But, captain, said the sergeant, there's
only shirt apiece to every man in the
company. How can they"
''Silence!' exclaimed the captain; "orders
are orders, sergeant. Let the men change
shirts with one another"
So the sergeant saw to it that, as long as
the company remained in the place, on
every Sunday and Wednesday morning the
soldiers snapped shirts one with another.
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big hats and chiffon parasols accompanying
the one, bouquets, fans and Jewels the
other. A girl who Joined in the dance in
the lawn, unique feature after the pretty
wedding OF Miss Pauline Jerome to Doug
lass Worth Olcott, at Gluckheim, Will
Jamestown, Mass, (the residence of the
brides father) wore a cream delaine, fig
ured with honeysuckle in pink and green,
with big shoulder rosettes of green velvet
ending in long streamers. Not an expen-
sive gown at all, but answering the fashion,
able requirements of the day by its quaint
coloring and simple cut This girl is one
of the pretty debutantes of the season, be-
longing to the Van Rensselaer, set of New
York. but with an income far out of pro-
portion to her position. Economy is with
her necessity, but she chooses so wisely
that to see her one would think she had un.
bounded means When this dress must do
duty at a garden party she wears it with Q
becoming hat of crinoline straw with bows
of pink and green, and carries a cream par
asol with bow of the same on the handle.
Even a simple white muslin is in keeping
with the occasion if worn with a wide baby
sash and a soft brimmed hat
Thanks to Mrs Frederick Vanderbilt
and few other social leaders, who for
several seasons have essayed to set the e1-
ample of less extravaganza in dress, fashion
and economy may be thus made to coincide,
when CHEEKY hearted women have the good
sense to choose what they can afford rather
than to try to copy the costly gowns Of
their acquaintancea DOT DoMMICK.
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the elbow, often terminating in deep frilL
Again the fullness is gathered in to tho
deep cuff over which it falls gracefully or
1t is carried away to wrist, where it is held
with band. The long-wristed, silken
gloves are an expensive luxury, as are the
evening gloves of white kid, reaching to
the shoulders and paneled with white lace.
White gauntlets with colored stitching in
Greek patterns make dainty outing gloves
Girls who imitate the picturesque garden
gowns OF Maud Howe Hall and Carrica Ls
Favre wear some dainty enough for BRIDE
maid, of white surah or China, cut short.
waisted and trimmed with Valenciennes
lace, the sleeve draperies of diaphanous
fabric caught on the shoulders with jeweled
ornaments Hats to correspond are made
of drawn silk and trimmed with rosettes of
Valenciennes, or when bonnet is desirable,
as an out-of-door theatrical performance, the
same is the cutest imaginable, composed Of
rose petals and adorned with rose buds and
white hlacs, tied with white satin strings
fastened with tiny diamond arrow. Amid
the folds of lace at the neck CLEANS dia-
mond trefoil, most likely, set in circle Of
brilliants, that being by all odds the most
desirable brooch of the season.
Worn at a Wedding Ball.
If gowns are only artistic they may b
worn at country house weddings, balls or
garden parties with little discrimination,
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SAVED BY HIS COOLNEsS

Tho Iron Dukes Strange Interview With .
Murderous Maniac.
San Francisco Chronicle.]
Some years ago the Duke of Wellington
was sitting at his library table, when the
door opened, and without any announce
ment in stalked figure of singularly ill
omen.
"Who are you?" asked the Duke in his
short and dry manner, looking up without
the slightest change Of countenance upon
the intruder.
Il am Apollyon. am sent here to kill
you"
''Kill me? Very odd"
81 am Apollyon, and must put you to
DEATH
"'Bliged to do it today"
81 am not told the day or the hour; but I
must do nv mission"
''Very inconvenient; very busy; great
many letters to write. Call again, or write
me word. I'll be ready for you"
The Duke then went on with his corre-
spondence. The maniac, appalled,, prob
ably, by the stern, immovable old gentle
man, backed out OF the room, and in half an
hour was in an asylum.
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that of Shakespeare in interest. Then the
Emerson kitchen would be very attractive.
Ralph Waldo, the profound philosopher,
can hardly be imagined in kitchen, and
yet there is little reason to doubt that he,
many time, ground the coffee and brought
down his great mind to breakfast and din
ner subjects. The kitchen at "Apple
Slump" would be full of interest to every
reader of Louisa Alcott. In that kitchen
while at work she thought out her stories,
and brought her brains to bear upon the
in her books. Many who love Little
Women" would reverence even the tea
kettle, and the skillet. and the saucepan in
which Louisa got up the. family dinner in
a real New England kitchen. Then who
would not be pleased to see the Beecher
kitchen, as it existed on the narrow means
Of minister?
The Typical New England Kitchen.
A New England kitchen at the Fair will,
however, be most likely "away off, from
historic association. It will present, we are
told, the Puritan kitchen. It will show
the old dresser, rich in Dutch blue dishes,
the old clock with all its strikes and gongs
on. The festoons of dried apples, held to
be native feature, the rafters strung with
hams and sides of pork, the spinning wheel,
which clad all men OF old In homespun, the
crane which has been immorralized in song
and story. The homemade rag carpet, the
homemade bedspreads, the ancestral chairs;
the time-worn relics OF that elder day will
all be shown. How the foremothers worked,
and toiled, and slaved, will be made as plain as
how the fathers wore out theirlives before the
day Of steam plows, patent reapers and
machine mowers.
The New England kitchen to be exhibited
is, of course, one of the Miles Standish pat
tern, one of the Governor Bradford like
ness-ene of the 'tMayfower" limitations
There will be the ancient clocks from the
old home beyond the sea, the corner cup
board rich in pewter and blue delft. the
furniture in brass and oak, the
English teakettle and the Dutch oven-so
common and yet so useful. But it will not
be the kitchen in which Longfellows grew
up and Emersons found footing.
BESSIE BRAMBLE.
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of six raw eggs; whip, and heat thoroughly
but do not boil The knack In making the
dressing is to heat sufficiently yet stop short,
of the boiling point When cold set in a
pan of ice water and add, little at time,
half pint of salad oil, whipping constantly
with egg-beater. Lastly add juice of half
lemon.
This is sufficient for three chickens To
prepare the chicken after it is boiled and
cut into dice pour over it half cup of
wine vinegar with one teaspoonful of Old
Madeira and one teaspoonful salt. Add be-
fore serving six small heads of celery that
is cold and crisp to each chick en-. Pour
over the dressing, toss the salad lightly to-
gether and send to the table.
The illustration is modelled after the
fashionable little Marie Antoinette tables
made of plain pine wood and covered with
cretonne or some of the inexpensive chintz
pattern satins. The material is glued to
be used instead of the fringe. The COM
parrments NAV be interlined with per-
fumed waddiug and used for gloves, ties and
handkerchief
A couple of sisters, whose brother came
home permanently last month after a COL
lege course absence, spent the six weeks be-
fore his return in Transforming the rather
grim den he had left, lad of Is, into an
apartment young belle might envy. 'Ned
loves dainty things as much as GIRL" they
said coaxingly to their mother, and,
eff it does not cost too much" was her re-
ply. The paper, a dull yellow, was stripped
from the walls, and in its place delicate
cream paper with gold bow knots all over
it, was put on by the girls themselves A
fresh mating was laid on the floor, and each
contributed rug from her own room, with
the expense of white goat skin to stretch
before the bed. This was an iron one
painted white, with brass knobs, and thew
were able to sell the old black walnut one
for its price. Dotted muslin curtains with
a fluted rufle, tied back with pink ribbons.
shaded the windows, and a wide founce of
the same was tucked to the white bed spread
in imitation of q valance. A straight piece
of the muslin ruffle trimmed went over the
two pillows, giving the bed wonderfully
dainty effect
Then the young vandals attacked the ma |
hogxny and hair-cloth furniture, which |
might be "rich and antique" they said, but |
was not ''pretty." They painted the ma
hogany in white enamel picked out in gilt.
and replaced the hair cloth on sofa and |
chairs with some charming cretonne that had |
punches Of pink roses tied with bow knots |
on a creamy background. A tall pine chest |
Of drawers made by the village carpenter
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The Truthful
Test

It requires no learned experts
or scientific experiments to
establish the fact that DR.
PRICES DELICIOUS FLAvoRING Ex.
TRACTS are not only the strong
est, but positively the sweet
est and most delicate fruit
f1avors. If housewives will
flavor a cake, pudding, Gus
tard or cream with DR.. Prices
Extract of Vanilla, Lemon or
Orange, and a smaller guam
tity gives a more natural and
grateful taste than can be i'm
parted by any other Extracts
is it not an incontestabla
proof of their greater excel
lence? In every case where
DR.. Prices Flavors are used
they give perfect satisfaction.
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SOMETHING ABOUT MATCHEA
OF All the Different European Kinds tn,
Swedish Are the Best.

OF All tho Different European AindB tho
Swedish Are the Best.
Philadelphia Times.l
The oldest and it is said the largest match
mandatory in the world is in Sweden.
Matches were made there long before the
old, roughly trimmed splinter of wood,
tipped with sulphur, was discarded with
the tinder boxes, for which they were used.
In % years the export trade of Sweden in
modern matches increased 1000, 900, 900
boxes year.
Some of the machines for making matches
which we use in these days make 200 revo-
lutions minute each and turn out about
2, 500, 900 of matches daily. Rather more
than five matches per head for the whole
population are used daily in. the United
States. Strange to say the quality of these
Swedish matches, in many cases, is so bad
that the State intends to resume the manu-
tacture and computes that the profits will
produce revenue of 81 ,0OO, ,0O0 Altogether
there are in Europe about 30, 900 factories,
and they yearly produce matches valued at
e50, ,OOO, 900.
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A Strange Condolences.

During the Fourth of July celebration at
the Washington monument, in Washington,
just as the speaking began beautiful rain
bow formed apparently just above the apex
of the monument It soon disappeared and
reappeared Just as the ceremonies ended.
The phenomena was the more marked as the.
weather was delightfully."- clear.
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HEART-sTORMs,

Chambers Journal.1
The shadow of night is falling,
But the shore is sunlit yet:
Oh tranquil tide, what Hood you bear
or bitter and wild regret!
When the storm your waves uplifted,
When the wind was wet with spray.
My heart was eased OF It's long dull ache.
IT'S when all is calm and peaceful,
When at rest the whole world lies.
That the heart is stirred with . storm un.
seen,
And utters its lonely cries.
r. " Rooss
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In Persia the first time man is caught In
the act of stealing he is "bastinadoed"
(beaten on the scles of the fest with an iron
rod) and made 70 sign a paper<1aring
that that will be his last ofense. If he
forgets this when the soles of his feet quit
burning, and tries it again, the second
offense calls for the amputation of his right
hand. If he is still obdurate, and goes at il
left handed, the third, and, of course, last
resort, is decapitation.
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Fishing in Siam.

In Siam the natives utilize . curious
wicker contrivance for fishing in narrow
STREAMS The device in question is in the
shape of an inverted vase, without a bottom.
While one man devotes his attention to
driving the fish down the waterway, an
other stands ready to clap the basket over
their heads when they come thickest
Having thus penned in a number OF them,
he thu usts his arm into the trap and pulls
them out
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Manufacture of Shaetinx.

Bamboosheeting is new Chinese manu-
facture which is extending in the provinces
of Wenchow. The cane is split up so as to
form q sheet, which. after being softened in
boiling water, is pressed out fat. The
sheets are used for veneering, making trays,
fans, screens and carved fretwork
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Some Ancient Mirrors,

The mirrors of the ancient Greeks and
Romans were. thin discs OF bronze highly
polished, and usually fashioned with
handles, though sometimes they were set
upright on stands Later on, silver was
used, and the first mirror of solid silver is
said to have been made by Praxiteles about
the time of Julius Cesar.
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THOSE
UNSIGHTLY
FIRE
PLACES

Can be beautifled for aks
most nothing. We sell
very handsome tile pa
pers by the yard, to b
used I'm covering hearths
during the n m m . r
months. The paper is dur
able and beautiful. Costs
1Oc to Soc q yard.
WIN. TRINKLE Il CO.,
54I Wood St.,
Cor. Sixth Ave.
Fine Wall Papers and Mouldinen
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The Gloves Are an Item.

The new sleeves are not lifted, a. Of late,
at the shoulders but are made with such
fullness a. to droop in many folds toward