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waJery activity. Alraca is the favor ite material and leads in the race with serge. On board the Defender the other day promenaded an especially nautical young woman in white, her short full skirt trimmed about with three rows of navy blue braid. Her bodice was made with fiuted basque coming well below the hips and open ing to show a navy blue vest, embroi- dered with white anchors. There was a high band collar and big fiat sailor collar of white with blue edging. Blue braid strapped the bodice across the vest and caught at the elbows the white ruff1ed sleeves.
 When the boat is not going outside of Sandy Hook and the summer wind scarcely nipples the dancing sea their yachting dress is somewhat different. Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin has a duck cos tune that has made it's appearance on more than one such occasion. It has a buff colored blouse with pale green skirt and black ribbon choker and waist band. A little black sailor hat belongs to it and under the brim are dark red carnations.
 At Lenox the house parties bring out the best of the fall gowns. At golden rod luncheon the other day, when the parlors were all bright with yellow and dark red with the flaming stalks of the cardinal flower, Miss Pauline Whitney wore a delightfully."- fresh and pretty dress of white striped with fiaxen blue. The shoulder bretelles were of flax blue ribbon and the gathered bodice was draped at the waist under a sash of the the same color. Miss Whitney's rough brown straw hat was trimmed with flax flowers.
 Another smart frock that appeared on the same occasion was green and white striped chine silk with full plain skirt and bodice of tucked green chif- ion. A green silk sash tied in huge
 bow at one side. The hat worn with
 this gown was of green straw trimmed with rosette-like punches of white hy drangea blossoms.
 A white serge suit was, if possible even prettier. The skirt was full and plain; the coat was lined and faced with white silk and opened upon { dainty vest of white muslin. The stocl collar was of rose pink silk, and tht hat of white crinoline straw trimmed with white chiffon and roses. More suggestive of the days to come was brown and white waistcoat anC black and white straw hat trimmed with golden-rod.
 The first hats displayed for autumn vroor o,-a b1aaly xuith fr11it and flower trimmings. A rush-plaited black straw tied about with black velvet ribbon l from the knots of which droop spray | of goldenrod, Is e picturesque between aeasons model,
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new and pretty is of soft fiat blue, with close bodice instead of a blouse this is where the Louis Seize business comes in again. Embroideries in dark blue and in gold and silver thread do their best to reconcile one to the loss of the comfortable and artistic loose waist, and the skirt is more sparingly decorated in the same fashion.
 A very handsome reception dress is of pale green cloth, tailor made and strapped as to the seams of both coat and skirt with black satin. The coat opens over white silk vest and the large black hat is trimmed with black feathers and white chrysanthemums.
 Golf capes are likely to be used for travelling wraps all through the au- tumn. Scotch tweed is the usual ma terial, with tartan lining, bright, but uot quite so bold as in the spring. Short winter cloaks are in the market already, silk-lined and fur-trimmed. Odd jackets to wear with any skirt pop up always at this season. They are meant for morning wear only, but sue ceed in being very smart usually.
 LIsBETH PUTNAM.
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The verr strilsinr hlaok hat of Ama-

The very striking black hat of Anna zon shape is trimmed on one side with an immense bow of black velvet ribbon from which stand out white wings.
 A black hat ordered by Mrs. George Gould has it's brim covered with black -accordion-plaited chiffon and is trimmed behind with greenish-blue hydrangeas.
 The Marie Antoinette modes win ground every day, and one of the most daring efforts toward revival of the square cut bodices and rich stuffs of that mad and merry epoch is q dress ordered by Mrs. Calvin 5. Brice for her daughter Helen. The gown is of Dres- den silk with blurry-flower effects in pink and cream on soft blue ground. It has d blue ribbon belt clasped with huge gold buckle and full elbow sleeves, lace filled. But the feature of the dress is it's fchu. Yards upon yards of cream lace are thrown about the shoulders and knotted in greet rosette upon one side. From the rosetta hang full lace ends almost to the ground. A big Marie Antoinette hat goes with all this silk and lace finery and is of black lace, trimmed with black ostrich plumes.
 4 new evening dress of the Louis Seize epoch is of white broeade, cut square in the neck and with pointed basque edged with pearl passementerie, The sleeves are of white lace and fit closely to the arm from the shoulder nearly to the elbow. Not to frighten us with too radical change all at once, they are finished with outstand- ing little frills.
 There may be quite deal of work to do this autumn cutting down over grown arm draperies, and yet it's not so certain. Fashions change slowly, and the dressmaker of to-day is equal to working up three centuries in one frock and never knowing that she has done anything out of the common.
 Street and calling dresses in fine cloths are making their appearance for September and October. One that is
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nine hundred and ninety-nine members, and at this date it is almost made up.
 These details may suggest to the average mind that the Hoo Hoos are fanciful lot and that their existence III no sense implies an addition to the sobriety of nations, but that notion is erroneous. Far from being impractical, the organization of the Hoo Hoos has applied itself to the solution of the mightiest problems affecting the minds of men. At this time it's influence eX tends to every region of our common country, on the altar of which every Hoo Hoo is by oath bound to sacrifice life, liberty, nay honor itself.
 It may be well to explain at this point that the Hoo Hoos owe allegiance in their official capacity to the Shark of the Universe, who is the highest earthly authority recognized by the kit tens The name of this dignitary Is Will liam Eddy Barnes, and his residence is St. Louis This potentate is one of the most affable of men and 1t is to his influence chiefly that the phenomenal growth of the order-it was founded in 1891 by nine travelling lumbermen, de- tained at Kansas City on account of a railroad wreck-is mainly due. MT. Barnes has been unanimously reelected to his lofty post on every occasion of the assemblage of litter-a group of kittens is technically so called-and the prospect at this writing is that he will continue to exercise his altitudinous functions. There are now twenty-four vice regent Sharks for as many states and territories.
 As matter of historical record it be- comes important to state in this place the ceremonies and the order of busi- ness to be gone through with on the approaching Hoo Hoo occasion. In the fist place, the Shark of the Universe will place himself upon throne made out of lumber and his suite will sur round him. This suite is of the most l imposing order and in itself indicates the order of mentality responsible for 1 the survival of the Hoo Hoos on earth. | This language is a paraphrase, at some 1 distance, of the address made to the Hoo Hoos by that prince of phrasers, 1 George w Peck, who, on public occa- | Slon, gave It as ms oplnlon bhat to De a 1 Hoo Hoo was a mark of distinction sec ond only to that of having written verses. But this IS anticipating. To return to the serious business of the 1 Hoo Hoos. Assembled about the throne of the Shark will be the Senior Hoe l Hoo, who is Mir. James E. Defebaugh of Chicago. Immediately opposite the Senior Hoo Hoo will be the Junior Hoo Hoo, who is known to the world al large as Carl F. Drake, of Austin, Tex
 although to kittens he is the Sublime Potentate of the Illustrious Left Paw
 The Bojum, by virtue of his office stands at the left of the Sharks thorne The Bojum is Alison A. White and h' halls from the same direction of th'
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while the Scrivenoter deserves the thanks of all who now for the first time learn of the Hoo Hoo. for it is by his gracious permission that these things appear here.
 The Bandersnateh takes in such as happens to stray Hoo Hooward. He once had enthusiasm, but now he s more practical He defines his mental attitude toward life by the assertion that he knows better by this time Be this as it may, the Bandersnatch on Hoo Hoo day will report to the Shark of the Universe, prostrate on his knees and upholding in his left hand kit ten by the tail. The genIleman's name, by the way, is Cliff $. Walker, and Gov ington, Ky, is his birthplace.
 In addition to the dignitaries enumer- ated above, the Hoo Hoes boast an Ar canoper. The functions of this official 1 constitute the sublime secret which it is the aspiration of every Hoo Hoo nlti- mately to discover. Richard T. Flour noy, St. Paul, Minn., is the way the Arcanoper puts his name down on hotel registers. An exact fac-simile of this signature is a sure guard against sud- den death, having been so decreed by the Supreme Nine. The Supreme Nine is another Hoo Hoo expression, and is applied to the officials of the order in their aggregate capacity. The remain ing two of this lofty coterie are termed respectively the Gustocation and the Gurdon. Their duties can never be re- vealed to anyone who has not been nine years Hoo Hoo, and who has not nine times on the ninth day of nine successive months pronounced the word nine on nine different occasions.
 "The health, happiness and long life of it's members. declares the constitu- tion, shall be the object of the existence of this order. Membership is rigidly re- strieted to the following classes of per- sons: LumberInen, general officers and general assistant freight, passenger, purchasing and claim agents, commer- cial travellers, soliciting and contract ing agents of railroads, trainmasters, train dispatchers and train condue- tors of railroads and all connected with the sawmili industry. In addition ito these particulars the information is af fsrded that aid is extended to distressed Hoo Hoos or their families as occasion requires. The official title of the order is sConeatenated Order of Hoo Hoo" and its corporate existence is the free gift of the state of Kansas.
 The ritual transcends in beauty the loftiest conceptions of the sublimest poets with the exception of Homer. This fact is substantiated by the Hoo Hoo manual which makes the state- ment positively When the kittens meet they make themselves known to each other by a series of mysterious signals, although MT. Barnes declares that he never finds such proceedings necessary, owing to the intellectually and altruism so conspicuously char acterizing the visages of kittens wherever they may be. It Is difficult for outsiders, however, to be sure of the identity of any human being from the Hoo Hoo point of view, as the most solemn oath binds all kittens to hide the fact of their being kittens. Thus the governor of Missouri and the vice
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he required his customer to sign receipt for the culture, such for in- stance as the following: New York, July 31, '94. Received of A. B. one test tube said to contain a culture of the bacillus of anthrax. The said purchased for purposes of scientific research. Signed y If this is the case, and the man in question is a law yer of fame in this city, there is less risk in selling dozen of this class of Of poisons than in selling one dose of laudanum, in one word, it is free trade in murder It would be simply impos- sible to reach the seller until the buy CT is caught, and if the sale is made crime then the condition of the middle ages is reproduced exactly, and at that time the most severe punishments were unable to restrain the sale of poi sons so it will be now, just as soon as the criminally inclined see how much easier it is to do murder accord ing to the laws of scientific crime than against them. They will no longer have recourse to such vulgar poisons as the trough on rats, and,the like, but they will purchase any one of the sev. enteen invariably fatal diseases that they can produce in the human subject at will.
 There are two ways in which this new form of crime can be met, at least there are two that are obvious. One is to register every culture oven owner in the city and then punish every one that is not so registered, if he is dis covered; and make it misdemeanor to have an oven that is not registered. Owing to the fact that Einier and Amend, in New York city, sell much more than half of all the supplies in the United States, it would be easy to obtain the sales to private parties if it were required by law. To stop the transfer of the cultures between those that are interested in such things, would not in any way aid, because the more men that are able to make the l cultures the more there will be on the l lookout for this sort of crime.
 The other, and the better way, is to treat every case that is proved to be one of the so-called Sporadic cases' of contagious disease as a murder, and | investigate it as such The fact is well known that these cases can all be proved to be murders, or result of the contempt of law. ". H. BIRcHMoRE.
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@acute phlebitis." This disease is also one of the strictly contagious class, and no case has occurred in the civilized world in the last ten years that is not distinctly traceable to another of the same kind; consequently, when two eases occurred one after the other in the same city, three months apart, without any connection, so far as hu- man skill could trace, with any other either in the city where they happened or in any other, there was plenty of cause for any inquiry that scientific curiosity should suggest.
 This disease is produced by the growth in the body of "micrococeus" tEng. small round thing), whose re- lations, form, growth and habits are as well known as those of the potato, and there is as small probability of the coccus growing in any but it's accus- toned way as there is that the said potato wM suddenly take to growing as tree. Under these circumstances there was only one course possible ito start hunt for the source of the con tagion and find out who had committed the crime of treating case of this disease clandestinely, and had let it es- 1ape from his keeping, for this was the gf&iana facie case. Of course, all such
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president of the United States of Amer lea have been accused of being Hoo Hoos. But neither of these gentlemen is connected with the lumber business, although A. E. Stevenson was once claim agent for country railroad anc was discharged for refusing to agree to reduction of his salary.
 The Hoo Hoos at present numbs- 9,099, so that their complementisn is nearly made up. Nine states are at present applying for the dignity of Hoo Hoo hood, and it is among the possibilities that their applications will be granted.
 The meetings of the Hoo Hoos are in- variably opened by the blowing of nine trumpets nine successive times. Among the paraphernalia are nine snakes in cages, nine cats and ninety kit tens. This circumstance occasioned the descent of the Society for the Proven tion of Cruelty to Animals upon meet ing of the Hoo Hoos and quite dele gation of the order was brought into court in St. Louis; but the decision of the judge was that he could not inter- fere, it being proved to his satisfaction
 
 and had been dead for nine years. The Shark of the Universe is attired in silk from head to foot and over this costume he wears a robe made out of the fur of cats and kittens.
 One of the most important of the many important measures to be brought before the supreme nine on Hoo Hoo day will be a project for the increase of the membership limit to 99, ,909 This idea has been agitated for months past and there is every prospect for it's adoption. The reason for this IS the unexpected popularity of Hoo Hoo l hood. So valuable are the benefits of the brotherhood, (for all Hoo Hoos, i'll addition to being kittens, are brothers), that it is intended to make quite an or ganization, and it's growing influence l in all directions is calculated to make the Sharks as influential as amusing
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SCIENCE USED IN CRIME.
The Bacilli of Deadly Diseases
 Are Used for Murder.
Three Recent Suspicious s-Evidsnce That the Bacini of "Le Rouget" and ssAcute Phlebitis'' Are Cultivated
 and Sold to Marderers.
COPYRIGHT. 1895.

Last December man died in city not lar from New York, under circum- Stances that make ore wish that Conan Doyle had not killed Sherlock Holmes. Re was carpenter, laboring industri- ously to support wife, when he was 3slxen i'll with what was soon seen to be some rather unusual form of septic poisoning. Growing rapidly worse, he died on the fifth day of his illness and was shortly buried under certificate of death by septicaemia. The day be- fore he died, however, an eruption ap- peared on the side of the neck, diff fused red blush, such as might be pro- duced by a smart blow with the open hand The peculiar color and the gen eral aspect of the case caused the doctor to examine the patient more carefully and it was found that like blush, but less deep in color, extended along the Sides of the thighs. Realizing the pos Abilities he removed small portion of the blood and took it to a mycologist for examination. After about ten days the answer came that beyond all ques- lion the case was one C. rouget, occur ring in the human subject.
 Le rouget, in English, "the red null let, /" is form of septic pois onsng that is
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HOO HOO DAY APPROACHES.
A Wonderful Brotherhood Pre-
 pares for September g.
Tho Shark of tho Universe -o,o99 Hoo Hoos VIII Knesl to Do HiTn Honor and the Bojum Win Crown
 the Custocatisn.
COPYRIGHT. 1895.

Hoo Hoo day approaches This can be an unimportant announcement only to those to whom the fame of mighty secret order is unknown. Hoo Hoo day is the ninth day of the ninth month of the year. The annual meeting begins the ninth minute after nine p. m. on that day The initiation fee is nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, and the annual dues are ninety-nine cents. Brethren are known as kittens. The symbol of the order is black eat with back and tail up, chosen be- cause of it's traditional nine lives. The membership is limited to nine thousand
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THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Some of September's Trig Travel
 ing Dresses.
Yachting Gowns Get More Attention Than Others at tho Atlantic Coast Resorts One Seen on Board the Defender
 House Party Toilets.
 COPYRIGHT. 1895.

Women are a-wing in September and picturesque birds of passage they make in their trig travelling dresses On steamer coming down Lake George one afternoon recently it was posi- lively distracting to try to listen to the voluble captains bear stories and deer stories and to take in at the same time the points of one of the newest of the autumn gowns. The girl who wore it was round little blonde with black eyes. She sat by the rail, looking off at the islands and the hills in provoking disregard of a young man in golfing stockings who bent over her devotedly, She wore corn-fower blue serge that suited well her brilliant complexion, but Is sure-being ''the fashion'-to be essayed within the next month or two by hundreds of girls of duller skin. The skirt of it was full enough to have made two skirts of year ago. It hung straight in front, but swept the deck behind in deep folds. A little open jacket or basque with tails made the bodice, tied across a cream-eolored chiffon vest with broad black ribbons. There was OlaCR rlODOn SdSHs Oldch ribbon at the neck and black feathers upon the broad rough straw hat of cornfower blne. Taking her alto gether, black, blue and cream, with yellow hair and dimpling smile, it was no wonder the captains eoterie way cred in its allegiance and deserted, man by man.
 Yachting dresses get more attention than any others in these days of
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ful. This disease is a strictly conta- gious plague and there was no end of wonder to the few who understood the matter as to the place and way in which the man contracted the disease. Just while the interested ones were asking Themselves series of conundrums that they knew they could never guess they were informed that the dead mans life had been insured for the sum of twen- xy-five thousand dollars, and that the Beneficiary was the daughter of his wife, by former husband, and that Che daughter had married nearly three years before, that the policy was a wedding present and that the husband of the daughter had paid all the pre- miums except the drst. Here was the material for q frst-rate romance, if there had been anyone to write it, and the suspicion of a tragedy which neither of the physicians found at all to their taste. Obviously the first ching to do was to verify their diagnosis. This was soon done and the identity of the dis ease established beyond any question; the diesease was fatal to rabbits and to mice and pigs, while guinea pigs resisted 1t completely.
 The lawyers and detectives then took up the chase and found that three or four days before the man was taken i'll, the daughter of his wife had sent to him salad of which he was very fond, salad of boiled rabbit and cab bages. From somewhere they ascer- tained that the woman had made the Salad from rabbit that she purchased at the market and, contrary to her usual custom, brought home instead of caus- ing the delivery. Having made Che salad she took the whole of it to hermother.
 Here appeared the only hint of a clew, the rabbit that shepurchased was certainly cotton tail, while the serv- ant asserted that the one that she cooked was small gray mule ear. ' Naturally the detective thought that this would lead to something, but, what eyer the future may have in store, it has lead to nothing yet.
 The next case of this sort to attract the attention of the interested was o1