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these stars be omitted, the remaining five
constitute a cross of the ordinary form:
and. in fact, the constellation Is known
popularity as the Northern Cross.
The Swan appears to have been favor
lite cor stellation with the ancient poets.
and number of NEUROLOGICAL personages
were accorded the honor of having been the
original of this celestial bird.
n For the modern astronomer also this con-
stella ton. or rather the region of the
heavens which it occupies, has special at
fractions. 1t is. to begin with, one of the
densest portions of the Milky Way. Even
an opera glass will reveal some of its
wondrous star-riches, while the view of 1t
afforded by large telescope is one of the
most impressive of celestial sights There
are star-clusters, such as Praesepe and
the cluster in Perseus, which never fail to
call forth an exclamation of admiration
from one who sees them for the first time
They are, however, limited in extent. the
number of the stars in them Is but few
hundreds. But here in the Milky Way the
supply of stars seems ineXhaustible. One
who would form some oint idea Of the
yastness of creation cannot do better than
to sweep slowly with telescope this con-
stellatlon of the Swan and watch the stars
thousands upon thousands, while they fall
as II were, in golden shower through the
field of this instrument.
Let him bear in mind that every one of
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GLOVES IN SUMNER.
Some Styles That Seem to Please the
Popular Taste.

Some Styles That Seem to Please the
Popular Taste.
There is really determined effort to do
away with gloves-for all but ceremonial
wear, at least! At the recent court func-
ton in Vienna, Austria, when the Empress
Elizabeth appeared for the first time in
two years, many Of the ladies' had bare
hands. The kaiserin snakes a point Of not
wearing gloves when she is riding, and
upon all unceremonious occasions she let's
her beautiful ringed hands be seen without
gloves. If gloves are worn at all they are
large and loose. because Austrian ladies
are devoted to the wearing of magnificent
rings, and the torture of tight glove over
many rings is not to be endured very long
at a time.
1t was in the Austrian court that the
custom of wearing rings on the outside of
the glove was introduced few years ago,
but it was a fashion so snobbishly osten-
tatious that it never became Popular. If
the weather Is extremely slltry, and the
attire Is of the lightest and most diaph-
anous nature. the absence of gloves Is
sanctioned. but 1t is in the worst of taste
to load the fingers with sparkling rings to
appear in public, particularly in daylight.
For summer wear with the Short-Sleeved
dresses white suede gloves will be the most
popular. These need not be SO expensive,
because they can be cleaned at home. and
look like new all the time. and there is
really nothing to be compared with them
for everyday service. unless it be the
white channels. The glace Kid, for some
unexplained reason. is the reignins favorite
just now and is most popular in white,
pearl and light tan. Silk gloves have
strong hold feminine hearts just now,
after being retired for nearly a decade.
They wear out at the ends of the fingers
and stretch horribly, which is the chief OBJ
lection to them.
Alpaca is the dress fabric of the hour,
because it Is wirey and stands out without
stiffening and sheds dust so beautifully 1t
masquerades under TIE alias of "brilliaa-
tine" "mohair' and "slci!tenne,'' but Is the
same old alpaca that constituted the Sun
day-go-to-meeting gowns of our great
grandmotAers, only it is not half 50 durable
now. white alpaca church gown, Tired
with pink silk, Worn with pink blouse
waist and pink rose bonnet, Was the
toilet of Countess Elizabeth Potocka on
recent Sunday, in Vienna, and it Is said
that it extremely lovely. 1t Ger tainiy
sounds pretty in description.
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stances are the conditions favorable to

stances are the conditions favorable to
our detecting them.
Besides these stellar systems In which
one or the revolving bodies is invisible,
there are other systems which consist of
two or more luminous bodies. OF these
double and multiple stars some ten or
twelve thousand are now catalogued. They
are OF all degrees of brilliancy and vary as
TO distance apart from pairs so close that
only the most pow erful telescope can sep
arate" them to stars which may be seen to
be double even with a field glass. That
very many Of these so-called double stars
are only OFFICIALLY double-that Is to say,
they consist of two stars which happen to
lie nearly in the same line of sight, al
though one CT them may be enormously
more distant from US than the other-is
more than likely; but that all or even the
greater number of them are of this char
acter Is overwhelmingly improbable, and
in fact in some six hundred or seven hum
dred instances careful observation has
shown that the two stars are bound to-
gether by mutual attraction, and that they
are revolving around each other
In very many cases the stars which COM
pose the pairs differ in color. A white a
yellow star may have blue or red a
violet or a rose-colored companion. These
colored doubles are among the prettiest
telescopic objects, to regard them from
this single point of view. The Swan con-
tains It's fair share of these interesting OBJ
jects. of which two may be singled out as
deserving of especial notice. The star
Beta, which forms the beak of the Swan,
or the foot of the Cross. is one of the most
splendid colored doubles in the whole heav-
ems. Its cCmpoEent5 are pale yellow and
deep blue. 1t is sufficiently wide to be sep
arated with low power. and is particu-
larly fine object for small telescope.
A small circle on our diagram marks the
position of a second double star, which, al
though 1T shows no striking contrasts of
color. its components being both of an
orange yellow and nearly equal In brillan-
cy. Is still a very pretty object even for
telescope which magnifies no more than
thirty or forty times. 1t is of about the
fifth magnitude. and is, therefore, easily
to the bright stars of the Cross, and also
note that 1T is the rppermost of a small
triangle of faint stars. An opera glass will
bring this triangle cut very prettily.
This is the famous 81 Cygni, interesting
as the first star to yield up to us the secret
which this discovery was announced by
Bessel nearly sixty years ago.
The Planets.
Mars, Venus, Saturn and Uranus are
above the horizon at o pm, in the posi-
The remaining planets are below the hori-
ION at that hour and are near the sun.
Venus is now by far the most attractive
of the celestial objects in the early even
ing hours, although she will not attain her
greatest splendor until the 18th of next
month
Saturn. ten degrees eastward of Spica,
still equals in splendor star of the full
first magnitude. and is still fine object
for the telescope.
Uranus can easily be found with the aid
of the diagram given last month. 1t is
little nearer than there shown to the star
Alpha Librae.
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From The Lady.

from Inc Lazy.
We learn, on good authority, that a GER
tain enterprising gardener has at last sue
ceeded in producing black rose-"as black
as soot," as he proudly declares. Perhaps
1t Is needles to say that this persevering,
but rather melancholy, person is German.
So far. his achievement is unique, though
green roses were obtained some time ago
by member Of his fraternity. Science,
We suppose. makes every experiment worth
While, otherwise one would be tempted to
question whether the result were worth
the trouble taken, as black rose certainly
cannot, from purely PhiIistine point Of
view, be considered as beautiful as a pink
or yellow one. Moreover. the good man is
a trifie behind the times, since the artificial
flower makers succeeded in making us. all
thoroughly tired of black roses quite a
twelvemonth ago. 1t is to be hoped that
the craze for unnatural1y colored flowers
VIII not spread, otherwise we shall see
black lilies like those isothe mosaic pave
ment Of Santa Maria de- Fiori, in Florence,
and what misfortune that would be!
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DIR. sTEJNEGER's MISSION.
Sent to Study the Fur Seals of the
Com ntIer Islands.

DR.. Leonhard StejneGer has been sent
by the United States fish commission On
special mission to those interesting islands
known as the Commander group. which are
situated to the northward of the Japanese
archipelago. Ten years ago he was dis
patched thither for the purpose of Sc
curing skeleton of the extinct sea cow"
or rhytina, and he brought back several
skulls and a large number of miscellaneous
bones of the species. His present trip has
for its object the study of the fur seals,
which breed on the islands. They are be-
lieved to be Of the same species as those
Of the Prbylov Islands of Boring sea,
though composing an entirely distinct herd
and restricting their migrations to the wa
tiers of the western Pacific. Not much Is
Russian government has never permitted
them to be investigated.
Recently a request was forwarded
through the State Department to st. Pet
ersburg, to the effect that a scientific agent
of the United States might be allowed to
visit the Commander Islands for the pur-
pose Of studying the seals This was
promptly granted. and orders have been
conveyed to Col GrebnitZky, the Russian
governor, to afford all facilities to DR.. Stej-
meyer. The group, it may be said here,
consists of two principal islands. Boring
and Copper, with numerous outlying islets
and rocks. The population of the two to-
gether comprises twenty whites and $50
natives, all of the latter having come orig
inally from the Aleutian chain.
On the occasion of a recent visit to the
Commander Islands the naturaliSts attach
ed to the Albatross inspected the rookeries,
took photographs of them, and procured
two young male seals 1t was ascertaired
that the numbers of the seals are fast de-
creasing. owing to indiscriminate slaughter
of all ages and sexes by the merciless pc
lagic sealers. This is so notwithstanding
no ,ty,,n- off Of ha PYySS n rr-
ment to protect the animals.
A fine of 100 golden rubles is imposed by
the government upon any one who kills
a female fur seal, and 10 rubles for killing
a pup.
The islands are leased to company,
which pays into the common fund of the
natives l 1-2 rlbles for every fur seal skin,
IA rubles for each first-class blue fox skin,
and 7 rubles for second-class fox skins.
Blue foxes are regularly bred on the Com
mander Islands-that Is to say, their nat
ural increase is encouraged by regulations.
They are always taken by traps, the use
of firearms being forbidden.
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St. Andrews or Northern Cross.

these specks of light, even the most tiny,
Is a sun, comparable in size with our own
stupendous luminary, and that many of
them are SO remote that their light must
have been thousands of years in flashing
across the unthinkable extent of space that
interveres between them and us. To in
tensify, If possible. the almost oppressive
sense of immensely which is thus forced
upon one, let 1T be borne in mind that We
see only the luminous worlds, and that the
extinct suns and planetary bodies which
we cannot see, but of the existence of
which there is abundant evidence, possibly.
hay, probably. far outnumber those reveal
ed by the telescope
10 On two occasions in recent times new,
or temporary stars-'novae." as they are
now usually styled-have appeared in this
constellation. One of these. first seen by
Prof Schmidt of Athens, November "a,
1876 at a point marked on our diagram
with small cross, was particularly inter-
esting for Its great brilliancy and it's rapid
decline in splendor When first seen it was
of the third magnitude-the average maSnl-
tude of the stars which form the Gross"
but by the middle of the following month
1t had become barely visible to the naked
eye. In the following September it had
fallen below the tenth magnitude, and was
of decidedly blush tint In this condi-
tion it has since remained.
The story told by the light of this star,
as analysed with the spectroscope by sew
eral Observers, was an interesting one, even
though not complete at every point. Cross
ing its faint rainbow spectrum, such as Is
given by the light of ordinary stars. We're
seen number of bright lines. two or three
Of which were of great intensity, indicating
Enthusiastically that portion of It's light
probably the greater portion-was due to
glowing gases. Among those were hydro
gen and. perhaps, nitrogen, the vapors of
sodium and magnesium.
There could be no doubt that the stars
sudden outburst OF splendor was due to
genuine conflagration. What had hap
pened? OF various suggestions which have
been made in explanation of these"novae,"
the most reasonable seems to be that they
are the results of collisions of some sort,
but whether of massive bodies-suns or
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The American Language.
From the Forum. -

roln 'ne 1ofua' nj II
The prevalence Of lower-jaw rigfdity
among our men Of all caAings and degrees
of culture is amazing. The following report
of a conversation in Street car between
two prominent, well-educated business men
does them no injustice: IN
''Wyeh." How are YOU'D
"Whaheh." GLOW are youD
"Ine deh." Fine.day)
IS, uh call ut s." Yes, I call 1t SOY
''Wah thing genl?" GLOW are things in
generalD
"Weh, web don ALL, tmuch thuh; sar kee
thiz tirn these tie" Well, we're doing
little-not much, though; it's hard to keep
things stirring these times)
sub. Bout rye Fine suh." Chats so.
You're about right. 1 find it so.)
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Narrow ESCAPE.
lOhiol Indicator.

From the Youngstown (Ohio) indicator.
Father" said Johnny Ironside, chow big
a fish did you ever catch?'
Il caught a catfish once, Johnny" re-
piled Deacon Ironside, that weighed"
The good man stopped short. looked fix
edly at his youngest sen. and resumed,
with an altered tone
John, this Is Sunday"
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That Was Different.
rom the indianapolis Jour- al.

From the Indianapolis JOUR- al
Young man." said the fond father, 'in
giving you my daughter 1 have intrusted
you with the dearest treasure of my life"
The young man was duly impressed.
Then he looked at his watch. Really"
he remarked, 81 had no idea it was SO
late. The cars have stopped. Could I
borrow your wheel to get down town."
Young man, l would not trust anybody
on earth with that wheel"
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The Worth of His Words.

From Tft-Bits.
There was one occasion when Mr. Forrest
received from one of the supernumeraries
of theater an answer which seemed to
satisfy him. 1t was the mans duty to say
simply, THE enemy is upon u.s." which
ne uttered at rehearsal in a poor. whining
way.
Cant you say it better than thatr'
shouted Forrest Repeat it as do" and
he gave the words with all the force and
richness of his magnificent voice.
III I could say it like that" replied tho,
man. 81 wouldn't be working for fifteen
shillings a week"
rs that all you getf'
Yes"
well, then. say 1t as you please"
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Their Faxartte Tonic.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mistress Ito her domestic)-'I suppose
you girls talk about each other just the
same as we ladies' do about each person
in our set?''
Domestic-"No. mum, we mostly talks
about the mistresses"
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a Clever Piece of Detective Work
Done in This City.
IHE Case OF WINOLOW RECALLED
A Chat With the Veteran Detec-
tive James J..Brooks.
HE FINALLY COMES SEQ
RECENT CON

HE RECENT CON-
viction of Capt. How
gate for getting
away with funds be-
longing to the United
States government,
naturally calls to
mind other cases of
the sort that have
preceded 1t. The
most interesting Of
these, by long odds,
is the case Of Wins
low, the employee of
the cash room at the
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long after. 1t developed later that he had
served a sentence IN Denmark for forgery.
I think, before coming to this country,
but political infuenSeeeand his own pleas
ing manner got him a place in the cash
room of the United States treasury"
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years ago, when the
country was not as
peaceful as it is now,
a lot of vigorous fell
lows were busy one
sunny noon in a
great game of get
ting at one another
and getting out Of
one another's way.
All We're on horse
back, and as some
wara in h1,,e clofbas
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An Attractive Constellation in This
Region of the Heavens.
WONDERS FOR THE SUMMER OBSERVER
The Luminous St. Andrews Cross
Flashing in the Sky.
CONCERNING THE PLANETS


= =
s u MINER constella-
lions Is I h e Swan
(Cygnus), now stu
ated at 8 pm. In
midheavens in t h e
northeast directly be-
the bright star
Vega. 1t will readily
be identified fro m
{ h e arrangement of
its six brighter stars
in the form of a st.
Andrews cross. If
the 10 W er most of
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Steamer Manchester to Marshall Hall and
Indian Head Friday and Saturday evenings
at $50 p. m.-Advt.
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Splendid bathing. on clean, safe beach al
characterization
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From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
"a most wonderful bit Of work. Those
things were painted by q blind painter"
What were?'
Those blinds"
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THE CAPTAINS FOURTH
BY JOHN HABBERroN.
Copyright: 1850

OWN IN SOUTH
fern Virginia, a few
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Dress GinghamS and
Outings.

Our fine is complete and at prices that
defy competition.
Nice New Dress Ginghams, would be con-
sldered good value at other stores at
&c.; we sell them at .................: DC.
For Sc. we give you the same Dress cling
hams that you go elsewhere and pay
Toe for.
5000 yards New, Good, Desirable Patterns
In outing Cloth, we are going to sell
at &c. Go anywhere ard you Will have
TO pay Sc. for no better.
10000 yards staple Ginghams. for aprons
and children'5 wear They were
bought cheap and will be sold at...5c:
Heavy Cheviots. for meps shirts-you VIII
pay lOc. for It elsewhere-our price
Big line OF Striped outing Cloth. for
shirts or boys waists Best value you
ever saw at :..'..;.;;;,;;....;.'';,i . .,oc.
can't tell them from the genuine wool
goods-they are only ......s::....:...o &c.
Good Quality, Solid-Color Outing. Cloth.
Just the thing for skirts or shirts, at
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steamer and partly by post chaise over
roads built with as much care as the
bed Of a railroad, being, In many places,
chiselled ont Of the side OF mountain
and made Ike shelf with the mountain
torrent raging below. We stopped at q
little town called Odda in this region
and have since congratulated ourselves
that we had a most fortunate escape
The hotels at this place are built OF
wood. and the night after we left the
town the hotel ut which we had been
stopping was demolished by fire.
The Norwegian roads are the finest sys-
TEN Of driving-ways In the world For
four days we drove from flfty to sixty
miles a day without fatigue over roads
that would put the average city streets
TO shame.
Every house. however small. looked
fresh with paint or whitewash, and
homelike. too. with its fiower-garden In
front. In the cities II was the excep-
ton to see window in a dwelling-house
that was not filled with growing plants.
In the almost continuous day Of the
short summer in these high ATTITUDES.
flowers seem to attain their greatest per-
fiction. and nowhere else are they more
beautiful. 1t seemed appropriate that the
home Of Iinnaeus should have been In
the adjoining country.
INTO RUSSIA.
We spent a little time at Stock
holm, and then crossed the Baltic TO
St Petersburg. Right here" continued
DR.. Shields, II want to tell you that the
average Individual has an entirely err
roneous opinion OF Russian people, and
Russias as a nation. With Its immense
territory and its inexhaustible mineral
riches in Siberia. believe 1t Is ces-
tined to take the foremost place among
nations. Our passports were required
everywhere we went. but beyond that
surveillance we were Just az free as In
our own country. The Russian soldiers
are fine. manly set OF fellows. The
Russians seem to be making a special
effort now to make their navy the finest
In the world. On the river Neva. between
st. Petersburg and Peterhon Palace,
I counted no less than eleven colossal
warships In course OF construction.
The brilliant Catherine ii. made the
summer palace and surrounding grounds
at Peterhoff beautiful as they are. and
had constructed the fountain, possessing
more varied effects even. though not
quite so large, as those at Versailles
one of these fountains showed that In
spite OF her admitted intellect and per-
eonal attraction she possessed one OF
the weaknesses sometimes attributed 10
women--vanity. 1t was fountain In the
shane Of a rustic bench, and II lady
present were more becomingly dressed
than herself the Empress would invite
her. 10 be seated, and then order the
water turned on.
From st. Petersburg we went to Mos
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preparations are now being mads TOT
the coronation of the young Car. next
winter. The present GEAR ~
particularly fearless. ana Walks
the streets unattended. There was ru.
NOR while we were there to the eneot
that a plot to assassiAats him had been
discovered. The average Individual nae
an absolutely incorrect opinion OK tns
severity mcted out to the crim!nai class'
I was informed that prisoners Tor pontr
cal ofsences are merely exiled, ana nave
10 undergo no hard.hips. There IS no
death penalty In Russia, and II ID onIy
those who commit murder ana crimes
which are punished with death IN other
countries who are sent TO me coppeI-
mines. where they can only live ~"
years at best.
THE GARRISON AT WARSAW.
"Wo went to Poland and visited war
saw, where there Is a garrison OF .oV"
Russian soldiers, all the Polish soiciers
being utilized IN Russia The eonoi'ion
OF this country Is very healthy ana
thriving. There has been no insurrecuon
there for years, and a very general pros
perity 10 resulting. which IL ieey ao'
knowledged by Businessmen. we were
disappointed In the Polish women, VINO
bear the reputation OF extreme beauty.
From Warsaw We went to Berlin, rsiis,
and London, and returned home on tho
Furst Bismarck. We ran into q terrino
storm which lasted two days. The wihd
registered seventy miles an hour.
In conclusion, DR.. Shields expressed the
opinion that while Norway offered more
in varied scenery 10 tho traveller. for
pleasure than any other country with
which he was acquainted. 1t was par
excellence the place for the overworked
professional or businessman to rest;
and the haven to which the sufferer from
neurasthenia could fly for stronger nerves
and hopeful recovery.
DIR. Shields brought a large number OF
photographs and beautiful curios with
him from the various places he visited.
The illustrations used in this artcl"
are made from views kindly loaned a
Dispatch.