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Gold In River Sands.

Gold exists in the River Seine in o
state of division 80 fine as to be in.
visible to the naked eye, and when
the sand of the river near Paris is
used in making glass the crucibles in
which it is melted are sometimes
gilded over at the bottom. In for
mer times q sort of mining was In
vogue at Paris by men who would buy
FIVE francs worth of quicksilver, and,
after passing river sand ., over it all
day, would sell it In the evening for
six or seven francs. Almost oil the
rivers Of Europe carry small quanti'
ties OF gold in their sands, such as the
Rhine, Seine, the Aur, the Reuse, the
Danube and others. also the Clyde
and many other streams in Scotland,
Wales and Cornwall, and though sand
from the bed of the Rhine, for in.
stance, yields only one-ffth OF an
ounce to the ton, yet the total amount
of the yellow metal in that one'river
is immense. 1t has been found by
calculation that that part Of the, River
Rhine alone which flows through Whit
was formerly French territory, CON
tains no less than 36, O0O tons OF pure
GOLD
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more graceful and ornamental than
before. Fashion dictates, however.
TINT the sleeves must be close.ftting
from the wrist to above the elbow,
where a slight puff is permissible
when the sleeves fit snugiy to the
shouldeEthey are somewhat relieved
by volants, draperies or, epaulets.
Two pretty designs are given, in the
illustration. sa
No. is developed in brown canvas
cloth with figures in hyacinthe purple.
The adjustment, close to the shoulders,
has graceful drapery above termin-
ating in q soft knot at the shoulder.
The wrists have slight point extend
ing over the hand. No. 2 may be
rightly termed modified sleeve, serv-
ing as compromise between the
sleeve of last season and the extremely
tight. fitting ones of this. It is made
in granite WOODEN and has n,separate
portion. The fulness stands out FASH
ionably from gathers at the top, fit
ting the arm closely below. The wrist
is finished with cuff Of decidedly
original shape.
To make these sleeves for q lady in
the medium size requires two and one
fourth yards for No. ! design and one
and three-eighths yards for No. 2 de.
sign, Of forty-iour-inch wide material.
For q miss in the medium size re-
quires two yards for No. 1 design and
one and one.eighth yards for No. 2
design of the same width material.
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and the lower parts OF the turret are
we'll protected by heavy plates OF
steel armor, the latter being fourteen
inches thick, while the inclined sides
of the upper part present but small
target and are very difficult of pene-
tration by the shot of an enemy.
The turret guns weigh forty-fve
tons each and can throw a steel $50
pound shell distance of fifteen miles.
A 500-pound charge of powder is re-
quired to fire each ball.
The hull itself is protected by an
armor belt five feet seven inches deep,
fourteen inches in thickness to a point
below the water line, from which it
tapers to six inches at the armor shelf.
This belt extends $50 feet along the
middle part of the ship. protecting
engines, boilers, magazines and she'll
rooms. Immediately forward and oft
of this belt the armor is reduced in
thickness to ten inches for distance
of twenty feet, and is further reduced
to thickness of six inches at the ends
of the ship.
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designs, which We give as one pattern.
No. I is made OF cgeam-colored satin
faced cloth, the revers and small edges
being decorated with green braid in.
terwoTen with gold cord. The fronts
are shaped in rounded outline and the
back, of becoming length, is straight.
The shoulders extend we'll over the
dress sleeves and form pointed epau
let's.
No. 2 is represented in beautiful
two.toned velvet, combining the au.
tumnsl shades of green and red. The
collar is OF, satin in the same deep red
tint while the edges are outlined with
fancy gallcon in colors to correspond.
The jacket is shaped by shoulder and
under-srm seams, the fronts being
slightly rounded, while the back is
notched to a point in fish.tailed effect.
The collar falls deeply over the shoul'
ders and back in sailor style and ex-
fends down the front IN slashed revers.
any of the seasons new fsbrioa gill
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The armor is strongly supported by
wood backing and a system of rigid
frames and giraers. The main deck
is covered by steel plating two inches
thick. The ship will carry $50 tons
of coal in her protected bunkers.
Before the Puritan's srmor was put
in position 1t was carefully tested. In
February, 1894, plate eighteen feet
long, six feet wide and fourteen inches
thick, tapering to six inches was tested
at the proving grounds at the Bethie-
hem. Penn, Iron Company's works.
Two shots from ten-inch gun we're
fred at it at a distance of 800 feet.
Carpenter projectiles, weighing 500
pounds each, were used. The velocity
was 1881 and 1850 feet respectively.
The penetration of the lrst shot was
l2t inches and that of the second
1SI inches. There was no rsdiating
cracks from the point of impact, and
the backing showed no disturbance.
The test was eminently satisfactory
and the result was the acceptance of
the arnor by the Government.
Then again the Puritan is SO con.
structed that her bulkheads can be
filled with water, causing her to sink
so that her deck would remain but
few inches above the water. The mon
itor is provided with eight boilers,
which are fitted with appliances for
forced draught. She has twin screws,
with engines of the horizontal COM,
pound type capable of developing
S700 horse power with natural drsught,
which will develop speed of twelve
knots, while with forced draught she
will develop nearly FIVE thousand
horse power and speed OF more than
thirteen knots. All the machinery
aboard the Puritan was tried and
found in excellent working order.
The quarters of the men are large
and commodious and the wardroom
officers and junior officers have splen.
did apartments.
+, But as for the captains cabin. This
is about as small as one could imagine,
and his Office has just room enough to
hold small desk and man. Two
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How the Hand Keeps Its Cunning.

81 don't believe that tie hand or
eye ever loses it's cunning" remarked
a gentleman of the newspaper fratern-
ity the other day. '.Now, I have not
had time during the last twenty years
to engage in the sports OF the field or
forest. A couple Of weeks since l was
one Of the guests of q. well known
banker of this city at his hunting
lodge in the country. We went hunt
ing. and I must confess that it was
with many misgivings chat l &C.
copied the shotgun our host insisted
that ] should shoulder, and went into
the fields to chase the gay and festive
partridge and lark. I. hadn't shot Q
gun during the time mentioned. !
waited until no one was looking, and
blazed away at field lark xhich was
flying across clearing with his little
peculiar jerky flight, and down he
came. I did it again and again. Shot
doves in full flight, and all that sort
of thing, and capped the climax by
shooting two larks when l saw only
one. the second happened to cross the
range Just as I pulled the trigger, ]
suppose, but at any rate I bagged two
and carried the horns during the re-
mainder of the day. Now, I was con-
sidered good shot in the days when
we had time enough to beat the brush,
and my hand and, eye evidently re-
tained every bit of their old-time cum
ming. as proven by the fact that I shot
everything that peeped above the
tall weeds in the fields during my
usual outing. Really believe I'll try
again. New Orleans Times.Demo.
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could not possibly turn around.

could not possibly turn around.
There are two powerful saarchlights
mounted on the monitor, one on the
forward bridge and one on an afte,
bridge where the signal qusrtermaste,
is stationed and where his flag chest i,
located. = The pilot house and chart
room are in one. The small wheel
connects the pilot house with steam
steering geer below. Numerous tubes
connect the pilot house with every
part of the ship, thus enabling the
commander and the officer of the deck
to communicate with the engine room.
the men stationed in the turrets and
elsewhere about the ship without
leaving his post.
There is fighting wheel in the af-
ter cabin below the water line. This
has hand steering gear and can be used
in an emergency.
The cost of the Puritan is about
$780,, 900.
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THE pRIsK TRADE 1N aU.sIA. e 4.

The mode Of regulating the sails OF intoxi-
eants In Russia has passed through many
phases during the last few years, and now
the Government! have taken the whole mat
ten into their own hands, aud have consti-
tuted themselves the sole agents Tor the dis
tribution among eighty million people ofthe
produce of $500 distiileries. 1t is not In the
Interest OF temperance Athat this has been
done, but ratuer In the interest OF reyenue.s
The,hope Is expressed that with the liquor
places under impartial management the,
peasants may bs induced to moderate their
drinking ON nsaints' days, and be moro regular
In their drinking all the year round, and
thus consume In the aggregate Q larger;
quantity than Is now consumed by the bouts
indulged In on the numerous holidays that
mark the Russian year Already the Ruast5n
Government are indebted to strong drink for
eighty per cent of their revenue; IL the new
scheme should realize the hopes Of its pro-
moters. the retailers profit being added to.
the large sums now received as duties or
taxes, the Golfers Of the treasury ought to-
swell to the point OF bursting. But, es q,
contemporary says. s'Theret is to be taken
into account the einherent rottenness OF Rus-
sian oflcialdom. One candmagine no better
incentive to psculation and corruption than
this gigantic liquor monopoly. s4
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A Candle That is Transparent.

A French chemist makes a new kind
of candle by dissolying five parts of
coIorless gelatine in twenty parts OF
water, adding twenty-five parts OF
glycerine and heating until perfectly
clear solution has been formed. To
this Is added two parte of tannin dis
solved by heating in ten parts OF gly'
cerine. A turbidity is produced which
should vanish on further boiling. The
boiling is continued until the water
has been driven of. The mass is then
cast into ordinary glass candle molds.
The candles obtained in this way are
as clear as water and burn quietly,
and without spreading any odor.-
American Druggist.
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the edge of the steel blade he made up
his mind that it must be something
very much harder than knot. So he
cut around it carefully, chipping and
splitting until he laid the object bare.
It was a huge deer horn, buried in the
very heart Of the big oak. How it
came there is' q mystery. Perhaps
some pioneer hunter or some Indian
Of hundred years ago had shot q
deer, and, to keep it from the wolves,
had hung it by the horns in the limbs
of a young oak, expecting to come
back soon and claim it. But either
he forgot where he left it or else some
accident happened which prevented
his return, and the horns remained in
the tree year after year, until the
wood grew entirely around them. =,
The part of the tree containing the
horns was sent to the museum of the
Michigan Agricultural College, where
il now is. a..
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is safe. The Puritan is the ablest,
grandest, mostpowerful, best equipped
! Sighting machine of the century" :
Every officer and every Jack tar in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, from Com
modore Sicard, the commandant of the
home station, down to the youngest
midshipman, and from the chief boat
swain's mate down to the afterguard
sweeper, feels a lively interest in the
Puritan.
j The Puritan was begun in 1875, at
the shipysrd of the late John Roach,
at Chester, Penn. She is 286 feet six
inches long, with sixty feet II inches
greatest breadth and a draught Of
water OF eighteen feet. Her displace-
ment is 6060 tons.
The Puritan carries four twelve-inch
breech-loading guns in two turrets !;
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sleeves, mounted over coat shaped lin
ing, are wrinkied from wrists to lit
tie above the elbow, wherel they stand
out we'll from the shoulders in moder-
ate fulness, according to the latest
style. A standing collar which is Gov.
cred by stock OF brown tafets rib.
bon ending in large bow at back OF
neck.
Elaborately trimmed, the waist may
be worn at dinner, informal luncheon
! or tes, while developed in subdued
colors or less expensive materials it
will be equally appropriate for COM
pleting street toilette. S.
To make this waist for lady in the
medium size it will require three
yards of forty-four-inch wide ma
terial.
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make stylish and. attractive bolero
by the mode, plain colors being usual
ly chosen in black, brown, dark green,
steel or dove gray, heliotrope, dahlia,
pistache.green or cresmy satin worn
with waist to match or correspond.
Not only will bcIeros be found sty,
lish in renovating last seasons blouset
and waists, but useful as we'll, for
when made of cloth, velvet, ETC., they
will provide additional warmth.
To make No. ! design it will require
three-fourths of yard of twenty-five.
inch wide material, and to make No. 9
design it will require one and one
quarter yards OF the. same width ma
terial.
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A MONSTER cow.
She Is a Product of California and
Weighs $3.50 Pounds.

She is Product of California and
Weighs $3.50 Pounds.
Farmer William Bruce, of Tulare.
CAL, owns a COW which has the dis
tinction of being the largest by long
odds of any animal of her sex in that
part of the world. She could give
pounds by the score to Clydesdale
stallion and then win the laurels from
him as heavyweight, and she is but
six years old at that. When placed
upon the scales to be weighed and
afterwards photographed for the San
Francisco Examiner che tipped the
bean at precisely $3.50 pounds.
Remarkable as she is for weight, her
height is even more astonishing. The
measurements taken as she posed for
her picture show that she stands ex-
actly sixteen hands hia~Ssr, to come
down to ordinary tape measure, FIVE
feet and four inches. OF her own
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WHAT Is a pnuskAap2

t.What is drunkarda I have gone
through the whole creation that lives, said
Archbishop Ullathorn6, tssnd I find nothing
In it like the drunkard. The -drunkard Is
nothing but the drunkard. n There is no
other thing In nature to which he can be
lIkened The. drurkard Is q selt-made.
wretch who has depEayed cravings 6E-the,
throat OF his body until he has sunk his sodk
so fnr that 1t is iostin his flesh. and has
SON than that OF the animals which serve
him, He Is 8 seii-degraded creature whose
degradation is made manifest tq.syefyone
but himself; a self-mtserRble bs : Who,
while he>is insensihle to his on misery,
afiicts everyone arc1nd. him or belonging
to him with misery: The dfunkard Sis LET
loose upon mankind liEs some foul, bod
ing and nonous animal, to pestsr, torment
and disgust everything that reasons or feets,
whiic the curse OF God hangs over his
place and the gates OF heaven are closed
against him. Drunkenness Is never to-
be found alone; never unaccompRnied
by some horrid crimes, II not by ai
wicked crowd of them. Go to the house of
the drunkard. consider his family, look at
his affairs, listen to the sounds that proceed
from the house Of drunkenness and the house
Of infamy as you pass. Survey the tnsecur-
ity Of the public highways and of the stteets
at night Go to the hospitals, to the house
of charity, and the bed Of wretchedneH.
Enter the courts Of justice, the prison, and
the condemned cell. Look Mt the. hsgged
features OF the ironed criminal. Ask all these
/, why they exist to distress you, and you VIII
everywhere be answered BY tales, and recft-
ais Of the effects of drunkenness. And the
miseries and the vices and the sorrows and
the scenes OF suffering that have narrowed
up your soul, we're almost without exception
either prepared by drinking or were under
gone for procuring the means OF satiafytng
this vice and the vices which spring f6m II.
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Sportsman's Paradise.

South Africa seems to be the sports
mems paradise, even if the stories told
about the country are only half true.
a recent account says the country is
simply teemlng with big game. Buf.
faloes ore in immense numbers, one
herd which was seen recently being at
least 1000 strong. Bucks ore also ex-
tremely plentiful, while zebra and
quagga and lions are too numerous to
he pleasant. Wild fowl are in myriads,
from black duck with white patch
on it's wings down to sandpiper.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Mexieo,s New Gunboat.

Mexico has virtually no navy. She
has one or two so:caDed vessels of war,
but they are the himsiest apologies for
any kind of naval service. The Res
public is, however, having a little gun
boat built at New Orleans for special
service on the coast OF Yucatan to pro.
tect the Governments mahogany in
terests from Indian depredations. It
is the first boat, says the New Orleans
Timea-Democrat, which Mexico has
contracted to have built in the United
States.
" The boat has cypress ribs; will be
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Tie Rain Tree Of Fierro.

Trayclers in the Canary Islands tell
of a remarkable tree that grows on
one of the group. 1t might well be
called rain tree. Fierro, the island
referred to, is extremely dry, not a
rivulet traversing it anywhere. Yet a
hee grows there around which is
gathered cloud, from which gentle
rain is always falling. Underneath
the tree the natives of Fierro have
constructed cisterns which sre kept
constantly full, thus giving them a
water supply which they otherwise
would not have on the island.
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planked on the bottom and sides with
cypress three and four inches thick |;
will have pine planking between the
decks and will be finished in oak. The
length is si1ty.fve feetb by twenty-four
feet beam by twelve feet depth and
the draught will be two and q half
feet. When completed the total height
will be twenty.four feet. The heavy
armament will consist of two guns,
one in the bow, the other in the stern.
These and the small guns will be
placed aboard the boat after it has
been delivered to the Mexico Govern
ment and is in Mexican waters. The
cost willbe $4,000. ..
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sented embraces the latest fad in the
bolero jacket and wrinkled girdle belt.
Glace silk was chosen for the waist,
the ground of fswn, showing stripes
Of golden brown.
The waist is arranged over fitted
Innings which close in. centre front.
The jacket fronts in8srounded .bolero
style are trimmed with irideseent jew.
eled passementerle while the free
edges are outlined withra quilting of
brown satin ribbon. The full front OF
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/ an ERRONEOUS IDEA,

Says the Scientific American: For sorns
years past adecided inclination has been APP
parent all over the country to give up the
use of whisky and other strong alcohols, u.s..
ing az u substitute beer and other COM;
pounds. This is evidently founded on the
Idea that beer Is not harmful and c0ntains .
larger amount of nutriment; also that blt-;
ters may have some medical quality, which
will neutralize the alcohol 1t contains
These theories are without confirmation In
The observations of physicians and chemists
The use OF beer Is found TO produce species
of degeneration Of all the organism, pro-
found and deceptive. Fatty deposits, dimin-
ishsd circulation. conditions OF congestion,
perversion 81 functional activities, local IN,
fiammation OF both the liver and the kid
ueys, are constantly resulting from It's use.
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progress made in the evolution of
modern naval architecture regard this
novel fighting monster with PRIDE. No
wonder the OLD salts. and the young
ones, too, for that matter, have chris
tened her the Pride OF the American
Navy. ..... .....
"With ships like the Puritan at the
entrance to this harbor," said an off,
Ger, as he stood on the deck of the
monitor, ''the people of New York
never need be afraid that an enemy's
ships will ever dare to pass inside Of
Sandy Hook. New York's commerce
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TIE NATIONS DRINK BILL

During 1895 there were spent for the sup
port OF churches in this country, In round
numbers, S125 5.00O, 900; for public education.
S165, ,000, 100; for printing and publishing.
S37O, ,OO0,OO0 for staple articles Of food
(meat, flour. sugar, molasses and potatoes),
S1,55O, ,Ooo, 600; for liquors, 81 ,oSo 0C0, 200.
liquors than were spent for the support Of
religion, public education. printing and pub
Wishing, combined. a'r 2@I-f''i
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tan chiffon is gathered at the neck and
waist line, falling in pretty folds to
the top Of the deep gird1e belt, the
closing being effected invisibly in cen.
tre.
The back, smooth fitting across the
shoulders, has the fulness drawn we'll
to the centre in overlapping plsits at
the lower edge. The. .girdle of satin is
deepest in centre front, where the
fluted edges conceal the closing. The
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The Speed Of the Camel.

The speed OF the camel when on .
journey of considerable length rarely
exceeds three miles an hour. and the
swiftest dromedaries are rarely known
to 60 faster than q ten-mile gait, but
this can be kept up for twenty hours
in the day, and for six or seven days
at a time.
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A Willing PariSh;Oner.

A rector in Suffolk village wno was
disliked in the parlSh had a curate
who was very popular, and who, on
leaving, was presented with a testi.
monial. This excited the envy and
wrath of the rector, and meeting with
on old lady one day he said: 81 am
surprised, Mrs. Bloom, that you
should nave subscribed to this testi-
monial. "Why, SIR" said-the old
lady, elf you'd been a.going I'D ave
subscribed double. ."-London lit.
Bits.
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WHAT MAKES CRIMINALS. a

Statistics show that flftgsto seventy-fiye
per cent of all the crime cpmmitted In tho
United States Is done byp persons while under
the influence of acohoAE Fhe reason for this
Is plain The person committing the crime
is anesthetized, his brain is paralyzed. he
cannot think or act rightly. The mono
maniac, the dipsomaniac, the idiot, the cpl
ieptic, the inebriate and the feeble minded
are increasing at u greater ratio thanthe nor
NAL increase Of the population, and 1t is this
class OF detectives which largely compose
The criminal class. tfI
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claim to fame she is very modest. but
of her calf, she is very proud, as, in
deep, she might well be, for it is nearly
as large as an ordinary COW. and as it
persisted in being photographed at
the same time as its mother it neces-
sarily came in on the weighing and
measuring process. While it is just
half as high as its mother, it weighs
but one fifth as much. . ..