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The Extinction of War.

We have little more hope of the ex-
tinction of war, or of the burden now
80 terrlble-of military preparation.
It is as certain that nations will
quarrel as that individuals will; 1t IS
most improbable that when the
Quarrel is vital they will submit to
arbitration, and when the quarrel has
once attained that height, there is no
substitute for war even conceivable
by the mind. War might be stopped
in the rest of the world by the five
European powers agreeing to give
Judgment in every case of dispute and
to enforce that judgment collectively.
But even that nearly impractlcaole
system-impracticable because the
supreme tribunal could hardly punish
either the United States or China, If
either chose to resist to the death
would be powerless to avert war II the
five powers quarreled, as they are now
doing, among themselves.
Nor are we sure that if war could
be prevented, the long years of bicker'
ing, boycotting and brutality, such as
have for twenty-three years divided
Germany and France, would be so
acceptable substitute, or would tena
in any solid way to make manklno
either happier or more noble IL Is
far easier to reduce war to minimum
than to extinguihh it, and there is fair
reason to hope that this is being done
The progress of military science and,
indeed, of all science, has shortened
wars, has arrested the old plllage OF
provinces, and has rendered the
coercion, which means the oppression,
of peaceful citizens much less neces-
sary. -.
No army will starve while the citizen
has food, but good commissariat ar
rangements have stopped that horrible
plunder of necessaries which, even IN
the wars at the beginning of this cen
tury, made invasion worse than pestl-
lence and converted regular troops
into ravening mobs OF hrigands.- The
SDeetatnr
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Pecuiiarities OF Insanity.

The differentiation of the various
forms of insanity grows apace, and
the old cry of excessive terminology
and elaborate classification is of no
account. The latest form Of madness
is reported from the asylum of Sainte-
Anne, in Paris. The patient so affected
is regarded as entirely sane in all re-
spects but two. One, an uncontrolla-
bic impulse to bark like dog, and to
otherwise initiate call the modula-
tions of the canine voice. The other,
q passion for the number "three." "
The barking mania, We take it, is not
quite exceptional, for it is not un-
usual for epileptics and idiots to mimic
dog barks, and the passion for num-
ber three is by no means uncommon
among the same. DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes observed how frequently men
think in triads. The fact is that few
men have not some peculiarity of men
tai habit known only to themselves,
and the tendency to nominate every
thing of the kind O monomania or
madness is absurd. 1t will have this
effect by and by, that madness will
not be regarded as so grave an attic
tion as in days gone by.-Medical
Press.
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Won His Cabin Eoy at q Rattle.

Captain Barratt. OF tho American bark
Carrie Winslow. which tied up a few days
AGO at pier 10. South Wharves. Philadelphia,
lad on board ono Of tho strangest prizes
over captured in rattle. 1t was nothing
less than boy, a swarthy young Argentine,
Juan Baptiste by mime, whom the captain
won in rattle ut Buenos Ayres.
Juan is only seven years old, and was On
inmate OF n Spanish orphan asylum at
BueEos Ayres when the Wlnslow reached
there on her last voyage. Juan desired his
liberty. but under the laws Of the Argentine
Republic that could only be secured by the
paymea: OF casa sum that would go to
fund for the prosecution Of persons taking
out tho orphans and then treating them
badly. In Juans case tho amount required
was s46. and in order to secure this the en-
terprising boy decided to put himsolf mp IN
a rafil and sell the tickets himself. Captain
Barratt became interested in the boy to tho
extent Of :5 spent for tickets, and when the
drawing was announced was somewhat sur
priscd to find himself tho winner.
Tie youthful! rrizo has been installed on
the Tins:ow rs cabin boy, AID though he has
now been sway from his native land several
months, shows ro desire to return to It. He
Is Drish: and intelligent, and Gs he cvnces
decided ,is;aclination to associate with the
crow. Captain Barratt treats him Gs one OF
his OWE family.
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WHAT FRUIT HAD YE IN THOSE THINGS!

Lord Chesterfield, the celebrated worldling,
has borne as emphatic testimony to the van
ity of this world, as we remem Der to nave
read. Saws he. "I have run the silly round
of business and pleasure of the world, and
consequently know their futility. and do not
regret their loss. l appraise them at their
real value, which Is is in truth, very low;
whereas. those who have not experienced
them, always overrate them. They only see
their cav outside, and are dazzled with their
glare. But have been behind the scenes;
have seen all the coarse pulleys and dirty
ropes. which moves the gaudy machinery.
T have seen and smelt the tallow candles
which illuminate the whole decoration, to
the astonishment and admiration o. the lgno-
rant multitude When 1 reflect upon what
have seen, and what have heard and done.
can hardly persuade myself that oil the
frivolous hurry, and hustle, and pleasures OF
the world had any reality: but 1 look upon
all that has passed, as one Of those romantic
dreams which opium commonly occasions;
and I do by no means wish1o repeat the nau.
ceous dose forthe sake ofthe fugitive dream"
Lord Byron declares, that. upon the most
careful recollection Of his experience OF life,
of ioy and sorrow from childhood onward, he
could not recall but eleven days in which ne
enjoyed himself, and which he could wish to
live over again.
There can be no doubt OF the entire SINGER
ity of these declarations of Byron and Ches-
te:field. and as little reason to doubt their
truth. When, then, we reflect upon the emin.
ent opportunities Of these witnesses to make
the most of this world. and enjoy it to their
hearts content, we must see the overwhelm-
ing force of their conclusion, that the world.
taken as portion, is very vanity and delu-
eon.
It is a very observable fact that they mourn
the most about the delusiveness Of the world.
who have gone deepest into 1t and had the
largest share Of it. Not your beggar, with his
bone and rags but your Byrons, Chesterields
and Solomons, who nave from infancy had ev.
cry temporal good to safety. These are they
who in the bitterest spirit cry out, VANITY OIL
vanites."
Equally true and worthy of reflection Is it,
that those who seek but little here below,
find much. We suspect that there has been
very few lively Christians who have found
this world so barren as Byron found it. They
have found this world to answer very good
purpose. and yield them many enioyment5.
But the secret of this has been, that they
sought the kingdom Of God first, and the
world last, in its proper place and for its
legitimate uses.-Mother's Magazine.
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Homesickness q Fr1ghttul Malady.

"Thsre is one frightful malady with
which medical science has never been
able to cope, even partially, though it
is as old as the human family and has
undoubtedly counted its victims by the
Millions" said DR.. 7. J. Williams, of
New York, at the Southern. 81 have
seen little reference to it in the medi-
cal books, but the pension rolls Of this
and every other country that provides
for its veteran soldiers or their de-
pendents abound with evidence of its
deadly existence. Nostalgia is the
name given to it on the pension rolls.
Inconsistencies is what common peo-
pie call it.
"That men die from homesickness
there is no doubt whatever, and many
a widow in the United States to-day is
drawing a pension for this reason. 1
was in the Union army myself and I've
known any number of men-great,
big, strapping fellows-who died from
nostalgia Anybody who has ever
been to college knows what it Is,
whether or not they saw anybody die
with it. Its symptoms are the same IL
the schoolboy as in the soldier. The
reason it is not as fatal among the first
named class as among the latter is that
every effort is made to cheer the col
lege boy up and drive his melancholia
away, while in time of war men are
too reckless and thoughtless to give
proper attention to their unfortunate
comrade who has fallen under the ter
rible spell of homesickness. st.
Louis Republic.
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Long Clock Ee1GuIumS.

TIE longest clock pendulum ever
made is that used at the Eiffel Tower
in Paris, which is 377 feet in length.
The pendulum of the clock OF St
Chad's Church at Shrewsbury IN Eng
Land is twenty-five feet long, with q
ball four feet three inches in circum-
ference and 200 pounds in weight. The
clock known as "Big Zen" in the
Westminster Hall Clock Tower has a
pendulum fifteen feet in length, the
dial is seventy-one feet in circumfer-
ence and the minute hand, which ls
eleven feet SIX inches long, is hollow.
made of copper, and weighs Ii hun
dred weight. The figures on the face
of the clock are over two feet IN length
and the minute dots exactly one foot
one inch apart from centre to centre.
The clock reports It's own time at
Greenwich and is so accurate that II
does not vary more than four seconds
in the year. New York Gun.
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RECENT EXPLORATIONS.

''Let me in love urge the question home
what are you doing with your pound? II
there is soul who hears me that has laid
his away In napkin, giving as excuse for
lack OF service that God is austere-and oh!
how many do give just this reason for their
niggardly service, negleeting holy living
because they think events have taught them
God is hard - II there is such q sou!
hearing me, warn you this hour OF
the hour OF reckoning and I urge
you to begin at once trading with
your pound. Maybe you can increase, 1t
three-fold, if not five or ten. The napkin
should be used to wipe the sweat of service
from your forehead, and not to hide the gift
of God. To us all the words come, not as the
lash of task-master. but rs trumpet blast
calling onward to fresh victories. new tri
umphs ard increased renown. In the little
while remaining some of us may please our
Lord by surprising gains, ald in heaven en-
joy the rewards that we ought to enjoy, and
bc sovereign for good over alithe cities which
He desires us to nlle.
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A Curiosity of Taste.

What do you think of the idea of
sweetenirg your sugar with little
salt or quinine? asks the "Facts for
the Curious" man of the st. Louis
Republic. Don't laugh at the PROPOSE
tion, for there is more of a point to
it than can be seen on the surface of
the mere assertion, as you will see be-
fore finishing this "note." Professor
Zunte, German chemist, and an ex-
pert before some big Berlin physio-
logical society, accidentally discovered
the fact that sugars sweetening
properties were actually strengthened
by the addition of minute quantity
of salt. From his experiments he
finds that if to solution of sugar
there be added a slight amount of salt
and water, 80 weak that it excites no
saline taste, the result proves that the
strength of the sugar is much aug
mented thereby. He also says that
the very weakest possible solution OF
quinine and water produces a similaT
effect. The explanation which the
learnsd Professor gives of the above
seeming incongruity is this: That,
be the saltness or bitterness ever SO
feeble, providing it is sufficient to
excite the follicles of the tongue at
all, it imparts an increased sensibility
to the organs of taste. For fear that
the above will be hardly Ineligible
to the Republics scientific readers,
will close by giving quotation from
Professor Zunte: s"The sensation Of
taste is wonderfully excited by the
simultaneous stimuli of the epyrean
follicles and the consequent enlarge
ment of their peletia."
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Breathing Through the Nose.

It is al-imr ortant, in order to pre-
serve the system from shock and the
danger of contamination by foreign
substances, that before the air entera
the lungs it should be made as nearly
as possible of the same temperature as
the blood, and should be deprived OF
all particles of dust, which might be
hindrance to the bodily functions.
The entire course of the tortuous
nasal canals is lined with mucous
membrane, and this membrane is Of q
highly vascular structure. That is to
say, the whole tissue is flushed with
blood by perfect network of vessels,
over which the air we breathe passes,
and from which it borrows the requi-
site heat. The mucus which is
secreted by the membranes is also ad-
vantsgeous in rendering the atmo-
sphere suitably moist.
In the light of these considerations,
the difference between air breathed In
through the nose and that taken in by
the mouth becomes at once apparent.
In the first case it is gently drawn in
through the winding canals, and is
tempered and purified on the way;
while the air which reaches the lungs
by way of the mouth comes upon
them all at once, and is Identical in
nature with the surrounding atmo-
sphere, whether that be warm or cold,
dry or moist, full of dust, or free from
it.
Of not less Importance than the
benefits accruing to the whole system
from properly breathing through. the
nose, are those which result to the
nasal membranes themselves. In the
process of imparting heat and mois-
ture to the air as it passes over them,
the tissues are prevented from &C.
cumulating an oversupply of mucus,
and any excess of blood-pressure in
the parts is relieved by the contact of
the cool air which is constantly
breathed in One Investigator has
even gone 30 far as to assert that many
forms of colds may be greatly bene-
flied by correct breathing exercise
taken every few hours.
However that may be, it is certain
that the disadvantages of mouth
breathing are too numerous and glar-
ing to be lightly passed over. Youths
Companion.
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called "upper four hundred" Money will
buy rich materials and skilful workers, but
taste, like knowledge, is something beyond
its power. To be sure taste can be ,ulti.
waited, but have always maintained that the
skill, the art, to wear becoming thing grace
fully is, like the poets gift, born with one,
but impossible to acquire.
The summer is season Of cotton gowns
and cheap and becoming musins; time
when the typewriter, out for her vacation.
can dress as tastefully and becomingly as
the daughter Of the millionaire oil king in
her mountain chateau. This season batistes,
organdies, dotted muslins, and dimities are
very popular, in a brilliant poppy red. These
red gowns can be becomingly trimmed with
black insertions, but where the material Is
blue, white ribbons or other embroidery OF
the same color give better finish.
Belted waists are the rule, a majority
having narrow belts of ribbon or Of inser-
tion; have seen cases where the ribbon
itself was becomingly wound around the
waist three or four times, the upper row
reaching. to the bust. Pink or blue lawn
dresses Of single clear color are charminSly
made with shirred or tucked yoke, shirred
wrists on full sleeves, and sometimes shir-
ring about the hips Of a full, straight skirt.
Black or white ribbons make the collar and
the belt of dresses in preference to having
them the same material and color.
EMBRoDER1Es-I notice pleasing novelty
this summer. It is the introduction OF an
open embroidery, very popular some ten
years ago, when it was known as English
embroidery. This is now done on colored
Chambery, as we'll as on ecru or white, and
is used on parts of gowns OF Chambery Of
the same color. Other embroideries In open
wheel, star, or compass designs, cover aD
entire skirt Of Chambery and is very pretty
In the sweet pea and mauve colors Of
mingled pink and blue, the skirt Is usually Of
circular shape and hangs over foundation
skirt Of white lawn, that is faced at the foot
with colored embroidery. The prettiest
muslin for an upper waist to wear with this
skirt and for the lower part Of colored sleeves
has small dots, in stripes, in very effective
way. Many Of the New York shops display
butter-colored embroideries as trimmings for
summer gowns. They are done on sheer
null and come in both open and loose pat
terms. They will have to be used with care
for yellow does not harmonic with every
color and is not becoming to every COM
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we need not expect to see the proposed cos
tunes on our streets for some years to come.

MISUNDERSTANDING does not always force
itself into popularity. An attempt was made
recently to force taffeta into favor, but In
these times when women have to be economt-
cal they would be glad to know that toulard
retains its popularity. It is being used In
combination with soft woods and it Is the
favorite material for combining with crepons.
Cashmere is another material which has again
become popular and am glad OF 1t, for 1t IS
one material that can always be depended
upon to give its own peculiar grace to drapery.
The latest cashmeres are made up with long
English overshrts showing few inches OF
the underskirt beneath them. At the edge
OF q round waist Is volant Of silk and large
leg Of mutton sleeves. Black cashmere and
black Henrietta gowns for wear by ladies' VINO
are not In mourning, have again been re-
vtved.
FROM PAR1s-My Paris correspondent
writes me Of the bright display Of summer
toilets now to be seen at all the Paris picture
exhibitions, flower shows, garden parties,
and on the Bois. I notice that many Of the
most gracefully draped dresses are still the
plain, lamp-shade shaped skirts which are
still generally adopted. I also notice with
pleasure that even in Paris individuality is
beginning to assert itself, and that more latt-
tude than form erly, and hence better oppor-
tunities for the display of taste, are conceded
10 be in accord with social harmony. For
very thin, transparent fabrics, draperies are
more graceful and may be safely adopted, as
they will certainly continue to be fashionable
all summer. For silks, fancy woolens and
goods Of firner texture, the abatjour skirts
much more suitable. This skirt has been
greatly modified since its first introduction.
Quito clinging at the top, it gradually widens
and forms full goget pleats in the lower part.
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SUMMER STYLES.
NOVELTIES THAT COME WITH
WARM WEATHER.
Muslins Again in Vogue New
and Becoming Materials That
Have the Advantage Of
Being Inexpensive.

The woman who has abundant means and
ON nle leisure deserves no credit for dressing
well, for even IL her taste be crude she can
depend upon her modiste and be safe IN fol-
lowing her advice. But to dress well on
limited means, and particularly where a
woman has to take the time from other
duties to be her own seamstress, is an entirely
different matter, yet will confess that 1 have
seen better dressed women-by this, mark
you, do not mean more expensfTely
dressed--among the middle or salary-earnine
class than have ever seen among the CO.
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plexion. I have seen even white dress
trimmed with this butter colored embroid-
cry, but as to its being becoming, will depend
altogether on the wearer. Butter-colored
embroideries are destined to be q fad this
summer, and will be worn, no doubt. whether
they are becoming or not, simply because
they are fashionable.
OUTING DREssEs.-The favorite costume to
be worn this summer for travelling, or even
for street wear and general shopping, is the
blazer suit. One great advantage OF this In
expensive dress is that it is nearly always
becoming and is alike suitable for the young
and midde-agcd. The Eton jacket OF last
season and tho new blazer or "waiter jacket"
as it is called, arc particularly becoming to
cirls. The popular material for blazer suits
ere serge, mixed homespuns and hopsacklng,
and the favorito colors arc blaci and dark
navy blue. The blazer suit Fer Sc consists OF
IN outside coat and skirt which are worn
5ith shirt waists OF percalc or linen. me
:alors have tried to popu!arize this summer,
or ncglige wear, a new material called fax
.loth which has the merit Of being inezpen-
sive and ut tho samc time being becoming
md durable. It is in reality u heavy linen
much resembling the light duck OF former
iays, and is finished with strapped scans
and without any lining. This fax cloth IS
imported and comes in great variety OF
.olors, but the favorte seems to be dull
brown, or what is known in the Southern
States as "butternut."
Apocr WA1sTs.-Therc has been change
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Railroads In Japan.

Sizty-two applications for new railroad
concessions are under consideration by the
authorities In Japan, the total length Of the
projected lines being about 400 miles. Dur.
ing the next twenty years the Government
will build 1864 miles OF road, which, added
to the mileage now In operation. will give
total of 1915 miles. Besides this there are
now 1919 miles Of road owned BY private
capital, the total lengths Of roads now opcr.
ating being 1870 miles.
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The Tennyson Beacon.

The English Committee have accepted the
design Of John L. Pearson. o member Of the
Royal Academy, for the Tennyson memorial,
which is to be an Iona cross thirty-four feet
high. and called the Tennyson Beacon.
The cross will bear IN inscription showing
that 1t was erected by the friends of Tcnny-
son in England and America. Tho beacon.
which will occupy a commanding position
near Farincford, tho home Of the late
laureate at Freshwater, Isle OF Wight, will be
ZIG feet above high water and visible many
miles landward and seaward.
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Stran.led Leaders of Strikes.

Owing to strike OF the artisans engaged
in repairing the palace at Pekin, China, for
celebrations in honor OF the birthday OF the
Empress Dowager, the Emperor promul-
gated decrae that all strikers should be
punished without mercy, the ElnSleaders
should be strangled and the others hanished
to the fever and mosquito grounds. The
strike Immediately collapsed when this de-
cision OF the Emperor became known.