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The sun., 1893-07-16
THE BLOUSE HOLDS IT'S OWN.

IT H Seeh IN OFeat ShFtety uhd H FOpuInr
nad Useful
Blouses have become such a necessary and
important part Of a lady's wardrobe. she
cannot have too many Of them. But the only
possible change to be made in style must be
accomplished through the kind OF material
used. rather than manner OF cut. for every
imaginable shape has filed tho stores for
montha Perhaps the latest novelty for dressy
The sun., 1893-07-16

blouse for light camtric is made with yoke
finely tuck ed and finished with a shoulder
frill This 10 equally pretty for soft silk, and
the yoke can he OF contrasting color.
nk-striped silk waist has a FULL piece around
the neck in the form Of shawl collar. which
10 laid in three platte and finished with rune.
The sun., 1893-07-16

Cosmetics have taken q new lease Of popu-
cety. IL the reports In English papers are true.
The lavish use of makeup" was very appar-
ent at the Ascot races. even on the facos OF
very young girls.
The sun., 1893-07-16

Mrs Richard King owns one OF the largest
IA nches in the world. 1t lies about forty live
miles south Of Corpus Christi. Tex. and con-
tains 700, 900 acres.
The sun., 1893-07-16

The most convenient Of all neglige gar
mont mSnts ,t Il the breakfast jacket which may bs
poae Of comfort and elegance. too. IL it is made
OF light colored surah china silk or white naln-
sook: An attractive style has a 1chp effect,
fulness around the neck Is finished on the
edge with two tucked frills OF the silk. edged
with nnely plated cream lace. one frll yelling
the other. The sleeves arc full gathered ct
the waist to form frill. The fulness at tho
with o bow In front
The sun., 1893-07-16

A novelty In trimming 10 ivory jet upon black
and ivory.
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are used as headings In the place Of Jet t 'A'n'
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Paradise feathers are included in the list Of
old-tashioned newcomers. and will be used
The sun., 1893-07-16

Long ss.a ps.9 Dc sole; or black s.tIa i.skets.
reach almost to the knees. With rather Q full
The sun., 1893-07-16

Mrs. Beerbohm Tree sets good example to
other leading Actresses. Almost every Satur-
day. after the matinee. she goes to the Re-
henrsal Club. which Is an organization Of
ballet girls and inferior actresses. Mira. Tree
spends come time with tho girls. takes tea
with them. and makes herself generally
agreeable.
The sun., 1893-07-16

the chest with one button when closed. u
| open they disclose an. elaborate trimming OF
| Gus collar that hangs In picturesque folds at
| the back.
Hats are eon orally Incoming broader and
roundst il the 6rim u the straw /: 3 not ,tsp deep
lam lamps D. -sha ade.liie effect over the forehead.
Short Eelerines edeo, double. plated bias bias
able substitute for a street mantle.
white dresses. and makes pretty. bright ef-
feet for young girls.
Panama hats. trimmed with hands Of velvet
or colored rosettes and shaded wings are
much worn. especially for boating purposes
Indian printed silks are brought iTso service :,
again for honses and dr"pea S 5od1cen S; 60 nS Ss
cceam these oriental tints are extremely
Ermine Is to be the fur OF tho immediate
future.
The rage for colored linon dresses still con-
tinues. and for children linen is more 9darta,, =,
lace around the neck
Astylish finish for thes houlders OF decolette
costume is n couple OF mercury wings oi
black or whitc lace or apangled gnuZe. Wired
bows which stand out like tho wings OF
butterfly are also used.
Long Empire .scaris Of chiffon or lace
thrown owe. the shoulders give q quaint touch
to the costume.
White. silk serge is much used for dresses
and neGlige waists.
Corduroy silk chiffon is French material !
with more body than the plain chiffon.
New gold is a brilliant shade for brunettes. |
The Princess Of Wales appears at tho opera |
dressed in black veiled with Jet and embrotd- |
cred chiffon; The fact that I'll the royal ia.
dies wear either black or white insures these
colors to 10 the leading ones OF fashion.
The m ost fashionable capes are built OF black |
MORE. trimmed with ecru lace They can be
made Of three superpoeeu cnpes. or Of one sin.
gle pelerine reaching to the waiss. while over
the shoulders there is a collar-like arrange
ment OF chiffon and lace.
Cosmetics have taken q new lease Of popu-
larity among the upper class in London so
e!ety; II the reports in English papers are true.
The lavish use of makeup" was very appar-
ent at the Ascot races. even on the facos OF
very young girls
The sun., 1893-07-16

Mrs. Rachael Foster Avery. who was tho SEQ
rotary o: the recent Woman's Congress- at Chi
cago. says that she sent out 5000 personal
letters in preparation for the meetipga
She employed sometimes as many as twelve
stenographers. and often worked seventeen
hours day.
The sun., 1893-07-16

Black accordion plated lace makes . sue
eessful care II worn under 2 pointed figaro
Glace merveilieux, shot with gold and en-
broidered with let
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
A HORcE IN A BALLOON.
Osman Pasfa, a1 Equine Aeronaut, LIak-
 ing Ea1y Asccnsions in Berlin.

Csman Pasha, a1 Equine Aeronaut, LTak-
 ing Ea'ly AsccnsiOns in Berlin.
 The latest novelty launched on the circus-going public of Berlin is desig- hated on the programme of the famous Corty-Athol circus as ''Osrnan Pasha the great and only equine acronaut of the nineteenth century" Osman Pasha is described by the New York Press as a proud black stallion with fine head and symmetrical proportions.
 The trainers found little difficulty at first in inducing the stallion, who was very docile, to step in the car of the balloon, and in order to prevent acci- dents two stout straps connected his bit with heavy iron rings fastened to the sides of the car. After his first aerial trip, however, he strenuously objected to leave terra frma, and it required several months of patient and careful coaXing before Osman could perform his feat gracefully. And even now, after many trials, he exhibits a certain lack of confidence. When Os- man receives his command to step into the balloon conveyance he acts like NOh1uh Ou IiS pOI1G O1 IdhluS d cdDIS car-he wants to be sure that the thing does not fly away before he is comfortably installed During the as tension he behaves phlegmatically and stands perfectly still, notwithstanding the manipulations of his keepers be- low, who are constantly pulling on the ropes attached to the car, swinging it violently back and forth so that screams of terror escape the ladies, who fear that the poor beast may tumble down at any moment. The only symptoms of fear the horse evinces occur during the pyrotechnical finale. From the moment the attend ant approaches with his flaming torch with which he kindles the fireworks the stallion begins to stamp and snort furiously. During this part of the per formance his fiery eyes and pricked ears denote his interest, and when he is finally released there is a sudden dash for the stable, under the uproari- ous applause of the appreciative multi tude.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
TIE GRAY WOLF.
It Has Become Nearly Extinct il North
 America.


 It Has Become Nearly Extinct il North
 America.
 The largest wolf of North America is commonly known as the timber or gray wolf. It was formerly generally dis tributed throughout North Amer1ca, from the arctic regions to the tropics, but has, of course, disappeared from all settled portions of the country.
 Over the larger portion of it's range this wolf is gray in color, but in arctic regions it is white, or nearly so, while in Florida and some of the gulf states and in British Columbia black form exists. In Texas there are red or bay wolves.
 Except in it's color, says Forest and Stream, the large wolf of North Amer ica (Canis occidentalis( is everywhere the same, but in it's habits there is more or less difference, caused by the cIrcum- stances of it's environment. The wolves of the north feed to considerable ex- tent on reindeer and caribou, those of the east on deer, while those of the south prey on deer and on the wild hogs which run at large through the pine forests and swamps. A few years ago the center of abundance of the gray wolf in America corresponded very closely with the center of abundance of the buffalo. Great bands of these gaunt and ever hungry animals accom- panied the buffalo herds, killing calves or old bulls, and sometimes cutting out from the herd strong young heifers, which they had little difficulty in pull- ing down, if they could once separate them from the companionship of their fellows.
 Notwithstanding the fact that ever since the settlement of America the wolf has been pursued with guns, traps and poison, it is certain that no blow was, ever dealt this race so severe as the extinction of the buffalo. Their nat ural prey gone, the wolves turned their attention to the herds of the stock men, and for years now their depredations have resulted in very serious losses to raisers of horses and cattle on the northern plains. They do not attack the herds when they are alarmed and closely punched together, but prowl about their outskirts, trying to cut off the young stock, which they can easily pull down. Sometimes small band of wolves will roundup little bunch of cattle, which stand in close circle, their heads outward, prepared for the attack. After circling about them for a short time, two or three of the wolves will dash at the bunch, and if they can scatter the animals it is the work of an instant only to pull down a yearling or to kill two or three calves. We have seen two wolves thus destroy yearling steer with no greater apparent effort than setter dog would use in killing a cat
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
Ir WAS LOADED.
An Incident of the War Between Chill
 and Peru.

Towards the close of the recent war between Chili and Peru, the Peruvians found themselves quite shut in from the outside world by the ChiIian block ading fleet that lay off the harbor of Callao. With two exceptions, the Persl- vian navy had all been captured or de- stroyed by the enemy, and these two remaining ships, vessels of low speed and little power, were moored behind the breakwater, absolutely useless for purposes of war With all their power of opposing the enemy gone, the Peru vians turned their attention towards destroying some of the hostile ships that lay few miles off, constant menace to the city of Callao. Frequent futile attempts were made to blow up the ChiliaD cruisers with torpedoes; but the ChilianS were too alert, and sue ceeded in avoiding or destroying the deadly missiles.
 One forenoon, says Harper's Young People, the picket vessel of the Gillian fleet, Q small steam gunboat, was the town and Notifications. While steaming slowly along boat was dis covered drifting down with the current. A nearer inspection proved it to be fine new whale boat, with oars and sails and complete outfit. The com mander of the Chilian steamed close up to the boat and ordered tackles rigged for hoisting the prize on board. The tackles were hooked, and the men on deck walked away to the pipe of the boatswain's whistle. Suddenly, as the boat left the water, 9 terrific explosion took place, tearing the boat to atoms and crushing in the gunboat's side at the water line, so that she filled and sank, leaving her startled crew struggling in the water. Most Of them were rescued by boats from the foreign men-of-war lying near, but some were never seen again. The boat was a cun- ningly-devised weapon, having double bottom filled with powerful explosive, with fuse and detonator connected to the bolts to which the tackles hooked. When the strain came on the bolts, as the boat rose from the water, the fuse was ignited and the explosion followed.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
NEwoPAP1R3 IN cDo CORNERS.
Among Them Is a Uniqac Sheet Issued in
 the Canadian Ncrshwest

Among Them Is Uniq2c Sheet Issued in
 the Canadian Northwest.
 At Prince Albert. a remote but busy village ill the Canadian northwest, a weekly newspaper is, CT recently was, regularly published in the handwriting of it's proprietor, editor, reporter, ad- vcrti5ing agent and printer. the five being one nan. He adorned his lively four-page sheet with caricatures rude ly copied from comic papers. and dec orated his horse and stock ads with rough cuts. The paper appeared in purple ink from gclati1e copying press, CT hektograph, and it's editorials and local news were usually so clearly presented that the little journal was influential in the territories, read with avidity in the newspaper offices of eastern Canada and constantly quoted as an authority. A newspaper by the same process is the Mashoraland Her ald and Zambesi Times, conducted by an Englishman in the wilds of Africa, and supported by subscriptions and ads from miners and traders. The
 most nOrtherly of newspapers is said by the Youths Companion to be the Nord Rap, published weekly in Ham merfest, Norway, by Peter Johannsen, who lives and works in little turf roofed house. The Nord Rap is, how ever, regularly printed from news re- ceived by ship which touches at Hammerfest but once in eight days. Sometimes the latest news arrives on the day of publication for the former batch, and then ''the latest" does not get into the Nord Rap till it has been known fourteen days or more to the great world to the southward. But the most curious paper of all is that de- scribed by G. A. Sala, as formerly pub ished in the Deccan. This paper was Autographed every morning on a square of white cotton cloth. After having perused it the subscribers em- ployed it as a pocket handkerchief. Then they sent it to the local washer woman, who returned it, a clean square of white cotton, to the publish CT, who Autographed and issued the same sheets again and again.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
THE VENGEANCE OF WOLVES.
A Pack Kills One of Their Number for
 Supposed Lying.

Supposed Lying.
 During one of my hunting and fish ing excursions in Louisiana, says a writer in Forest and Stream, was fish ing on a lake two or three miles long and from one-quarter to one-half mile wide. On one side the hill land came down toward the lake, leaving about one quarter mile Of sand beach, and while there I saw deer running at the top of its speed toward the lake, and a moment later a wolf appeared in hot pursuit. Expecting them to plunge in- to the lake, when I could overtalze and kill them both in the water, kept my place. Just before the deer reached the water it was caught by the wolf, which pulled it down and killed it. Then the wolf stalked about, looked around, trotted off some distance, and set up howl, went farther and again howled, and then into the woods, when I heard more bowling. The wolf being out of sight 1 rowed my boat to the place and got the deer, and then went back to my fish hooks. Shortly there appeared on the scene a pack of ten or twelve wolves. They snitfed and moved all around where the deer had been killed. These movements occupied con- siderable time. They would huddle to- gether, change about, and mixing up trot around in all directions, keeping close together. Finally they got into fight, the whole pack attacked one wolf and killed it. It was literally bit and chewed to pieces. Now, what was that wolf killed for? The probability is, and am almost positive, that the dead wolf was the one that killed the deer. I have talked to many hunters upon this subject, and have come across but two who had seen anything similar, and they thought the wolf had been killed for lying. If it was done in the case saw for lying it was the only time ever knew wolf to be killed wrOnpfullV
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE.
The Number of Heavenly Bodies Is Too
 Vast for Human Comprehension.

The Number of Heavenly Bodies Is Too Vast for Human Comprehension.
 To form some idea of the largeness landscape from the top of an ordinary church steeple and then bear in mind that one must view 900,000 similar landscapes to get an approximately correct idea of the size of the earth. Place 800 earths like ours side by side, says the Copenhagen Nordstjernen, yet Saturn's uttermost ring coul1 easily inclose them. Three hundred thousand earth globes could be stored inside the sun if hollow. If human eye every hour was capable of looking upon a fresh measure of world ma terial 14,OO0 square kilometers large that eye would need 5000 years to overlook the surface of the sun. To reach the nearest fixed star one must travel 8, ,O00, ,Oo0, 900 of kilometers, and if the velocity were equal to that of cannon ball it would require 5.000,000 years to travel the distance. On a clear night an ordinary human eye can discover about 1000 stars in the northern hemisphere, most of which send their light from distances which we cannot measure. How large they must bel Round these 1000 stars circle 5O,O0O other stars of various sizes. Be sides single stars we know of systems of stars moving round one another. Still we are but short way into space as yeti Outside our limits of vision and imagination there are no doubt still large spaces. The milky way holds probably at least 20,191, ,0O0 stars, and as each is Q sun we presume it is en- circled by at least fifty planets. Count ing up these figures, we arrive at the magnitude of 1000, 0,955, ,OOO stars. A thousand million of stars! Who can comprehend it? Still, this is only a part of the universe. The modern tel escapes have discovered more and sim liar milky ways still farther away. We know of some 6,OOO nebule which represent milky ways like ours. Let us count 2,0OO of them as being of the size of our milky way, then 2,OOO by 20, 191, 900 equals 40,3S2, 900, ,O0O suns, or 2,O19, 100, ,000,000 heavenly bodies.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
SCARED AWAY THE sPARROWS.
A Stuffed Cat Found to Be Cure for the
 TVvitterzng Nuisance.

A Stuffed Cat Found to Be Cure for the
 Twittering Nuisance.
 Whatever else may be said against the English sparrow, no one can accuse him of being a sluggard or of folding his hands for little more slumber when he should be out in pursuit of the early worm. But in this connec- tion one very bad habit of the bird which came to this country as for eign pauper laborer employed to do contract work, may be mentioned. He awakens with the first streak of dawn, and fully half-hour after awakening he spends in chattering like lot of schoolgirls, until everyb ody in the neighborhood is wide awake and breathing generations. A story comes from Westminster, Md, which the Bal timore Sun gives for the benefit of readers who are afflicted with the spar row plague. A tree near the bedroom window of a lady of that town became the home of large covcy of brazen- lunged, wide-mouthed, vociferous spar rows. The lady became as sleepless as Darius when Daniel was in the lions den. But her ingenuity came to her rescue before it was too late. One of the children in the house had an imita- tion tabby cat made of calico. This was placed in the window by the tree and the tables were turned on the sparrows completely. The very sight of the imitation cat made them shiver with fear and futter their wings in dismay. They all left their home, and as long as the calico cat sat on the win dow sill they did not return, but went and sang morning songs to one of the neighbors. This is discovery which may be valuable. A paying industry may be started in killing backyard-fence cats and stufing their skins to frighten sparrows, and then if something could be found which could be frightened by stuffed sparrows there might be life in the old land yet.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
Bees Helned Him to Win.

News reached Raleigh, N. C., the other day of a remarkable fight in Cleveland county, near the South Caro-
 lima line. Two men, named Trout and Hutchins, were removing a beehive about which they had wrapped a cloth. Two men named Mcdaniel met them and a quarrel and fight followed. Hutchins stripped the cloth from the hive and placing it over his head held the hive in front as he advanced toward the McDaniels. Bees poured out and savagely attacked the latter, who had to retreat. One of them shot Hutchins in the shoulder, but he ad- vanced with his novel Gatling gun, Land, aided by the bees, drove the McDaniels over the line into South Carolina.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
The Alaskan archipeIago.

Some time great deal of money will be made by the sale of islands that line the shores of Puget sound and ex- tend northward along the coast to Alaska. There are thousands of them, varying in dimension from mere points of rock, uncovered at low tide, to wooded areas larger than Staten island and much more picturesque; for, every where in view is green and placid water, enlivened by the painted canoes Of the Indians-vessels hewn from monster logs-and there is back ground of magnificent mountains, snow topped and Alpine in outline. There are no such places for summer resi- dence in the world, and although further north than New York the climate is softer and more equable than on this coast.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
QUEEN vcToRIA's WILD BoARs.
A Fine Herd Of Them in the Home Park
 at Windsor.

A Fine Herd Of Them in the Home Park
 at Windsor.
 Few people are aware that the queen possesses a fine herd of German wilS boar at Windsor, which are kept in 0 schweingarten formed out of a corner of the Home park. Wild boar was intro duced at court during the regency, and it has ever since been a favorite winter dish at the sovereign's table. George W. was exceedingly partial to roast wild boar, and Prince Albert also liked it very much.
 Mir. Croker relates that the wild boar which he tasted when dining with the king at the Pavilion was like pork with a game flavor, or what pheasant is to fowl; but George ". always insisted that roast fowl is much better than a roast pheasant.
 Ernest, king of Hanover, sent a boars head Ia genuine hur de sanglier) to each of his English friends every Christmas from 1887 until 1850; but any one who infrinCed his majesty's rigid political creed was at once struck off the list, which, therefore, contained but very few n.nes when his majesty died.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
NOT EVERYBODY IS A BREWER.
The Discovery Made by Philadelphia
 Man Who Tried to Make Beer.

The Discovery Made by a Philadelphia
 Man Who Tried to Make Beer.
 Anybody can make beer," said John Logan, shrewd Philadelphian. "All you have to do is to get barrel and put the stuff in and let it work" So he got an empty barrel and recipe for making beer. He threw in whole lot of hops, three bucketfuls of yeast, five pounds of sugar, half bushel of finely ground barley and corn meal. Then he filled up the barrel with boil ing water, closed the bunghole tight and left the beer to work. It worked, says the Brewers Review. Logan and his wife and children were sitting at supper, a cat was purring near the kitchen stove, dog was snoring in the corner. Suddenly the house shook, there was 3 rumbling of thunder, a crashing of glass, the bowling of a dog and the wailing of q cat; rain of some sort, then all was still. The family rushed to the kitchen. There lay pieces of slaves and barrel heads scat tered all over the place, from the cell ing and the walls there was dripping and oozing slimy liquid, and the frag- ments of crockery and glassware were strewn over the floor. Under the table lay a dead dog; the cat had disap- peared. Next door to Logan's house was china store. The show cases were broken and the chinaware smashed. The owner of the store de- manded one hundred dollars to cover his loss. Two days before the experiment Logan refused an offer of one hundred dollars for the dog.