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Measuring the Great Wall of China.

EFo'h Tie PIllIaUeIpAla Tress-
The great wall of China was measured in
many places by Engineer Unthank. the Amer
lean, who surveyed for the chief Monaghan
railroad. His measurements gives it an aver
age height of eighteen feet and a top width of
fifteen feet. Every few hundred feet the wall
is widered and surmounted by towers of TWEEN
ty-four feet square and from twenty to twenty
Ave feet high. The foundation OF the wall is of
solid granite and the brick. which constitutes
the main par; OF the structure. are still good.
even though they are supposed to have been
made 200 wears before Christ.
In building this immense fence as n barrier
TO The regular incarsions of the Tar ars the
builders did not even attempt to avoid noun
tains o. chasms to save expense. For 500
miles the wall goes straight over mountains and
plains, hills and dslcs. utterly regardless Of
natures greatest obstructions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

HE WOMAN WHO
strives to look sweet
and pretty should be 80
in her house gown this
year, because her house
gowns may afford q
change and contrast in
style from her street
and reception dresses
that makes her esPe-
cially charming in all
On the street and at the
smart 5 o'clock tea her
pretty skirts will spread
and she will be all puff
and fluff; in the house
she may be as empire
as she pleases and lovely
IN unite n different way.
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tulle. The waist has elk lining. but the back
of crepe has no center seam and the fronts are
composed Of crepe taken bias. The latter must
be cut full enough to make numerous tiny
pleats that all meet Mt the waist line The neck
Is Gu. V-shape in front only, and is finished
with pleated bandeau of tulle and two tulle
ruffies that go all the way around. The balloon
sleeves have tight lining.
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A Great Woman.

From the New York Press.
''She is deeply interested in the elevation of
the masses believer
Her life is given to the work. Why. her
time Is so much occupied with the welfare OF
her fellow creatures that she is obliged to let
her children RUN wild She is a great woman"
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A H0RRID WRETCH,
W. ]. hampton in Detroit Free Press.

RANK II A s TIN GS
was an American resid-
ing in Paris for the
pleasure Of it, and Incl
dentally to attend to
the European business
Of the firm of which his
father was the head.
America was good
enough for the father.
rich though he was, but
the young man had
been educated abroad,
and he was slow to re-
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which can be attained by limited purses The
reader should bear in mind that cheap
materials can be often made up to handsomely
initiate the most expensive toilets. By remem-
oering this. costume which would cost twenty
times what you can afford to expend can vet
eft.
The material used in the costume Of the
initial picture is green and canary changeable
SIX, trimmed with green velvet and ecru lace.
Inc skirt Is lined with taffeta and is gathered
to the waistband in the back At the bottom it
Ii garnished with three bias folds Of velvet Of
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OIL L A POD R | D A.
Things of Interest to Both Men and
Women.
I n A LIG HIT VEIN
The Comfortable Fashion of No Gloves
When They Gould Be Dispensed With
The Proper Dinner for Warm Weather
Dancing Trust.
Written for The Evening Star.

are, in some ways, a
boon to England.
Would that America
was blessed with a few
sensible ones. such as
those who have recently
started the comfortable
fashion of "no gloves"
One very fashionable
countess recently ap-
Feared at a conspicuous
out-of-doors social func-
ton in London WEARING
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equal width. each one finished by Jet passe-
menterie at the lower edge The bodice
fastens IN the center. but the vest OF velvet
hooks on the left side. The fronts are a trifle
full and are trimmed with lace in the manner
indicated The sleeves are short elbow puffs
and are finished, with a full ruffse OF lace
Around the bottom of the bodice there is a
pointed narrow velvet belt finished with jet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
GOWNSFOR THE HOUSE
For the Woman Who Wants to Look
Sweet and Pretty.
tn E EMPIRE ELS,
Picturesque Toilets TO Wear Indoors-Fresh
Prints and Lawns for Summer Weather
and How to Make Them Up - Materials
and Coiors-Bodices and skirts.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK, June 16, 1893.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

DURING VAN BUREN's ADMINISTRATION
FORMER HosPALIrIEs TO RoYALrY-A GUEST
ON ANALosTAN IsLAND-FANNY KEMBLE BUT
LER AND HER HUSBAND.
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1t is said that Washington hostesscs will be
able to insure undoubted success for their balls
next winter merely by an additional expense.
The plan, conceived and arranged by a Napoleon
of social strategy and finance, is this: There is
to be dancers association. to be known rs
The Saint Vitus League" The young man at
the head of it will arrange with the hostess who
wishes to give a successful dance for the num-
Der of dancing men she requires and the prices
to be paid, and he will furnish them. Invita-
tious will be sent the same IA TO other guests,
but private mark will indicate business"
Can you imagine more delightful stride in the
social whirl of n city where men are scarce, or,
at least not available? Washington hostesses
heretofore have had much to endure from men
guests 1t is u well-known fact that society
bachelors are SO sure Of being necessity for
social functions that many OF them stalk
through the season utterly regardless of even
the scant courtesy of All after-dinner call. The
dancers association will bring into tottering dam
ger this conceited indifference. When a hostess,
by the payment of a sum such as she often pays
to professional singer, reciter or dame de
lecturette can secure dancing man who
knows that his future social facilities depend
upon his being really and systematica ly civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

met o gentleman. member OF Tammany,
who tells me there is danger of an intestine war
that may rend that powerful organization.
What its opponents could not do. including the
aEti-snappers, the fair sex, whose husbands are
the controllers OF the metropolitan city are
arrnyed against each other on the social CUES
ton. Mrs. Gilroy and Mrs. Crocser "do no.
speak as they pass by" Mrs. Crocker enter
taiued the officers of the French ships at dinner
and reception and the mayor and mayoress were
not invited. The lady who assisted" at this
grand demonstration Mrs. Stanley. the
widow OF Marcus Cicero Stanley. whose name
is known from one end of she world TO the
other. Stanley the brother Of the Mr..
Edward Stanley of North Carolina, who was
for years a leading whig in Congress. and
Of Commodore Fabius Stanley Of the navy.
He was in various ways a most remark
able man. keen detective. nature
made him one of the most useful men in deal
ing with The cnstodians of stolen bonds when
n bank WAS robbed. He il was who recovered
the two or three millions of bonds stolen from
the Manhattan Savings Bank. In this and such
like pursuits he made u large fortune Mrs
Stanley now comes to the front as the controller
OF the movements OF the distinguished foreign
notabillties who visit our shores These rivals
OF NC Allister's four hundred" have laid their
plans to capture the infanta when she has full
hlied her engagement with our governments
and frees herself from the trammeis of national
incumbrance. Mrs. Stanley's daughter. now
married to n German gentleman, was educated
at the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Paris. and
the infanta was her schoolmate She has
been cabied TO come at once and renew her &c
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

was found half mile away driven into
the rail of a fence. Two heavy quarter
inch wagon tires were twisted literally
into knots.
In Marshall County, Kan, the same
year that the two storms already referred
to occurred, another tornado tore down
massive iron bridge. It lifted the
heavy structure squareIy from the piers
and dropped it into the river. The rods
and beams were twisted into all sorts of
shapes. Rods two and one-half inches
in diameter were broken squarely off.
The structure was lifted from the abut-
ments so easily that but two stones of
the three piers that supported it were
disturbed in any way.
In April, 1879, there was severe
tornado near Waterborough,S. (which
was signalized by many peculiar occur
reuces. A hickory tree fifty -four inches
in circumference was lifted bodily out
of the ground and carried some distance
up steep bank. An iron chisel was
earned ninety feet and driven two inches
into log. A basket of books weighing
fifty pounds was carried two and half
miles, and found hanging In tree, with
the contents intact. Geraniums in pots
were carried mile and found unin-
iured. Letters and books were carried
six miles, and articles of clothing were
found ten miles from their owners
houses.
At storm in Missouri an entire rail-
road train, with the exception of the en-
gine, was thrown from the track, the
cars being deposited in all sorts OF po-
sitions at varying distances from the
track. In recent storm in Kansas a
barn with horse inside of it was lifted
by the wind and deposited on the roof
of two-story building, while trees were
driven through the walls of houses and
many other strange occurrences were
noted. In fact volumes could be filed
with the bare recital of the strange
freaks of tornadoes.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

immediate path of the cloud, as when
the small end just touches the earth.
When the body Of the cloud lowers and
more Of it rests upon the earth the vio-
lence increases and the path widens to
the extreme limit.
The tornado with hardly an exception
occurs in the afternoon, just after the
hottest part Of the day, and generally
disappears before the going down of the
sun. The hour of greatest frequency is
from to 4 p. M, though they fre-
quently last until as late as 8 p. m.
Along the immediate pathway of the
storm, even to the shortest distances, the
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

Miss Eleanor Lewis has written a
charming little book called s'Famous
Pets of Famous People" which was re-
Gently published in Boston. Sir Walter
Scott, it says, was fond of poultry, cat
tie, sheep, pigs and cats. Byron was
fondest of dogs and wrote poetry about
them. Charlotte Cushman, the great
actress, was another lover of dogs, as
was Charles Lamb, the poet, and Carlyle,
the philosopher
One of the earliest pet cats on record
is that of Prince Hama, an Egyptian
notability who lived several thousand
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28
The Papaya Tree.

The papaya tree is believed to be IN
digenous to the West Indies, but is
plentifully found in Mexico. 1t has also
been introduced into Florida and Ber-
muda. Our cut is from photograph Of
a tree growing in Florida, and is a good
specimen of this curious plant. The tree
bears striking resemblance to a palm,
growing to about twenty feet in height,
while the fruit, when ripe, looks some
thing like sn immense orange. Its flavor
is usually insipid, although the product
of some individual trees is very palatable.
This indicates that, like the orange, it
might, by cultivation, be improved and
become an important article of commerce
and source of profit to the horticuitur-
ist.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

distul bing the remainder of the object
attacked. Sometimes there appears to be
almost human intelligence guiding the
storm and discriminating between OBJ
jects to be destroyed and those which
are not to be injured.
By due attention to the appearances
which invariably precede the coming of
a tornado one may, if he retain his pres
ence of mind, be prepared to avoid dan :
ger to his life by seeking safety in fight.
Thus, the pathway of tornado, as al
ready stated, is always from the south
west to the northeast. If in a house or
other building from which egress is i'm
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clone, is always . land storm, and it
follows path varying from few yards
to eighty rods in width. The general
direction of movement of tornado is
invariably from the southwest to the
northeast. The tornado cloud assumes
the form of funnel, the small end
drawing near or resting upon the earth.
This cloud, or the moving air of which
it is the embodiment, revolves about a
central vertical axis with inconceivable
rapidity and always in a direction from
right to left. The destructive violence
of the storm is sometimes confined to the
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

years ago, and between stone feet OF has
statue was placed the image of his cat,
ssBouhaki." The statue may still be
seen at the Louvre. More famous than
Bouhaki is ssMuezza, the cat of Ma
homet. Petrarch, too, was lover OF
cats. and when his little white ssmicino"
died its body was carefully embalmed-
Tasso addressed sonnet to his cat.
Gregory the Great, Richelieu and VOL
sey are among the ecclesiastical digni-
taries who have shown their preference
for cats. Lord Chesterfield gave all bis
cats--and they were many-a life PEN
sion. Another cat deserving OF mention
has only two legs, and is owned BY DR..
Hill. Of Princeton College.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

This tree possesses peculiar property
in which it is believed to be unique. The
sap contains fibrlne, which is constitu-
ent of animal blood. So far as known,
this is the only member of the vegetable
world to contain this substance This
juice poured upon dressed fowls when
old makes them tender, and the same re-
suit is produced upon tough beef by a
similar process, or by wrapping them in
the leaves of the tree. The extracted
juice of ripe fruit furnishes a cosmetic.
In Florida it is called pawpaw, and it
does bear some resemblance to fruit OF
that name common in the Ohio valley.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

possible always seek the west SIDE, TO-
ward the storm, and invariably avoid
the east side. If in the open air and a
tornado is seen approaching, stand facing
it as it draws near. Then if it appears
to be going to the right, run to the left,
and vice versa. Always run to the
northward or southwark at right angle
from the storm, giving the benefit of the
doubt in favor Of the north. The path
way of a tornado is usually SO contracted
in its width that an ordinary person can
readily put himself beyond its reach. On
level land, as on open prairies, the storm
car be seen at distance of five or ten
miles, and this gives sufficient time for
a self-possessed observer to get out of
the way in full time.
The awful force of tornado cannot
be realized by anyone who has not had
an opportunity to become personally
familiar Herewith. The history of these
disasters is replete with examples of the
most extraordinary character. Thus an
account of storm which took place in
Kansas in 1879 relates that sulky plow
weighing 700 pounds was carried long
distance, aud one of the axles, one and
three-ouarter inches in diameter, was
snapped squarely off. Wagon wheels
were broken into splinters and the tires
twisted into all sorts of shapes. A man
was carried into the air and there came
in contact with horse whose tail he
seized and was thus carried along for a
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

ship. A liberal guesser, not familiar
with his subject, might suspect that it
was an artistic packing case or an orna-
mented piano case, but a ship-never.
How Columbus ever got across the
ocean in such an affair is keeping the old
salts guessing around Erie Basin, where
the model caravel was brought in ON the
steamer George W. Clyde. One of them
looked her all over yesterday with a
scornful expression on his face.
ssAnything like that ever come across
the salty2'' he said. ssNot on yer life.
She might have hauled load er coal
from Canarsie, but nothin' like her ever
come across tn 'Lantic, I'm tellin'
yer"
Then he tackled off the wharf with~an
injured expression, ,tsizzling between his
teeth the famous song Of the watermen :
Leakin' like lobster pot.
Steerin' like dray.
all of which probably referred to the
model caravel. Outside of the watermen
are lot of other people who have looked
at the small ship with profit and pleasure,
and crowds have visited the dock to get
good look at San Domingo's gift to
the Fair.
The caravel, which was consigned to
F. Ober, has been put on fiat car and
taken to Chicago. New York World.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

smallest objects often remain undis-
turbel, although few yards distant the
largest and strongest buildings are crushed
to atoms.
Observations with the barometer are
Of little practical value in determining
the approach Of tornado, no matter
how near to the point Of the storms in
ception. The tornado season is embraced
between March and October, the months
of greatest frequency being May and
July. There are exceptional instances in
long series of years when tornadoes
have bren reported in every month OF
the year. They may and sometimes do
occur in the Southern States during the
winter and spring months. Taking the
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KISSED HIS MOTHER.

She sat on the porch in the sunshine *.
AS 1 went down the street AZ.
A woman whose hair was silver.
But whose face was blossom sweet RI
Making me think of garden
Where, in spite of frost and snow,
OF bleak November weather,
Late fragrant lilies grow.
heard footstep behind me
And sound of merry laugh,
And knew the heart it came from
Would be like comforting staff
In the time and the hour of trouble,
Hopeful, and brave, and strong;
One of the hearts to lean on
When we think that things go wrongs
turned at the click of the gate latch
And met his manly look;
A face like his gives me pleasure,
Like the page of a pleasant book;
It told of steadfast purpose.
Of brave and daring will
A face with promise in it
That God grant the years fulfill.
He went up the pathway singing;
saw the woman's eyes
Grow bright with wordless welcome,
As sunshine warns the skies
Back again. sweetheart motherv
He cried and bent to kiss
Tne loving face that was lifted
For what some mothers miss.
That boy viii do to depend on;
i hold that this is true;
From lads in love with their mothers
Our bravest heroes grew.
Earth's grandest hearts have been loving
hearts
Since time and earth began,
And the boy vino kissed his mother
Is every inch a mani
-Eben e. Rexford.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

In order to reduce to the minimum the
weight to be drawn by trotting horses,
with the possibility of still further lower
ing the mile record, two western in
ventors have designed the novel vehicle
shown in the accompanying illustration.
In describing it the Philadelphia Record
says it possesses but single wheel, the
endless shaft beng bent in front to form
q ralsed top portion connected with the
saddle girth of the horse. The rear
portion of the shaft carries the connec-
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28
TORNAD0ES
WERE VERY DESTRUCTIVE IN
THIS COUNTRY LAST YEAR.
The Causes Which Produce Them
How They Differ From hurricanes
Remarkable Phenomena of
Their Occurrence.

~ the San Francisco
: ! ! !; ! ! !; : !; ! !
Il T.. Chronicle, wa s
SM k4 signalized by the
FSAW Mk occurrence of q
za&& greater number OF
SHBl22Hz1. fatal and destruc-
tive convulsions OF
- = nature and disasters
of various kinds than almost any other
on record. During the first six months
of the year the total loss of life In the
United States alone from these causes
was upward of $500, while the disasters
in other parts of the world will double
or treble this appalling total. OF the
large list of casualties in this country no
less than AGO deaths were caused by tor
nadoes and thunder storms, there having
been four of the first named disasters of
unusual violence and large number of
less severity.
Happily for Californians, they live in a
region where loss of life or property from
tornadoes is absolutely unknown and
even the most destructive win1s--the
infrequent northers--do not infllct tithe
of the damage in an entire year that is
caused by single whirlwind such as
there have been so many OF in the East
during the present season. The people
Of this coast, nevertheless, take deep
interest in these direful phenomena OF
nature, enhanced, undoubtedly, by the
security they feel that they are in no
danger of ever being exposed to their
fury.
It is to the peculiar physical formation
of the great interior basin of the Miss
issippi and Missouri valleys that this
country owes the fact that tornadoes are
more frequent and destructive than in
any other part of the world. With no
great mountain ranges between the Rocky
Mountains and the Appalachian system,
it follows that there is no natural
obstruction to the sweep of the wind
across that vast territory, and hence It is
that here is found the home of the
terrible phenomenon.
In Lieutenant Finlay's interesting
little work upon 'sTornadocs' are en-
bodied facts and deductions made from
the examination of over a thousand of
these occurrences, from which certain
rules in regard thereto are laid down
with measurable accuracy. Ordinarily
cyclones and tornadoes are spoken of in
Discriminatory, as being one and the
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

is that of black cloud bellying down.
ward toward t g earth and terminating
in an elongated trunklike formation
which moves along rapidly either imme-
diately upon the surface of the ground
or at some distance above it. Sometimes
this great trunk is drifted and a
space of several miles intervenes be-
tween the point where it ceased
its work of destruction and the
one where it commenced again. Some
times it just skins along at an elevation
where it removes the tops of tall trees,
the roof or cupola of a house, without
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28
The Flagship of Columbus.

The model of the flagship Santa Maria,
sent to the Worlds Fair by San Domingo,
hardly could be called yacht, accord
ing to modern ideas on shipbuilding.
Neither would any one not familiar with
ancient shipbullding set it down as a
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

whole United States together and aver
aging the dates Of occurrence for . long
series Of years lover 20O) it il found
that the region Of greatest frequency
embraces the States Of Kansas, Illinois,
Missouri and Iowa. Ofall the States in
the Union Kansas and Missouri rank the
highest IA regard to frequeney-
The ordinary appearance q tornado
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

and discoveries have placed him in the
front ranks of scientists in this or any
other age. Thomas A. Edison has for
years been hailed as the king of cleo
tricians. Until few years ago cleo
tricity was mans master, but through
Mr.. Edison's genius it has been made his
slave. Mr.. Edison's extensive laboratory
at Menlo Park, in New Jersey, is known
far and WIDE, for there some of his most
brilliant scientific problems have. been
worked out to successful conclusion.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-28

The accompanying portrait is that OF
an American whose numerous inventions
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-28
l'cnnsylvanla Apple Butter.

A good supply Of apple butter IS a
great comfort in winter time Boil
down new cider to half. Pare, cut and
core equal quantities of sweet and sour
apples. Put the sweet apples in ket-
tie to soften little first, as they are
the hardest. Add enough boiled cider
to cook them. After boiling half an
hour, stirring often, put in the sour ap-
pies and add more boiled cider, with
molasses to sweeten moderately. Boil
until tender, stirring to prevent burn
ing Pack in flrkins or stone jars for
winter use