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purity of twenty.four young people,
chaperoned by Mrs. Cutting, went
down last week to spend few days in
the enjoyment of the many winter
sports which only Tuxedo affords,
chief among which was q hunt which
took place last Saturday. One of the
prettiest of the young married women
in the party was Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt, Jr., who, with her husband,
returned from a European wedding
tour but a few days previous. Mrs.
Vanderbilt's hunting costume may be
of interest, and sketch of it 10 there
fore shown in this article. 1t was
made of Lincoln green corduroy,
lined with 3 blue and green change
able tahfeta. The short skirt allowed
great freedom Of movement, and the
nobbv coat was a perfect example of
the tailor's art. The costume fitted
her trim figure to perfection. Her
boots were of soft green ooze leather
and were mGde with the now fashion
able Berlin toe. Pointed shoes, by
the way, are no longer worn. Their
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of the United States for use in manu-
featuring. The Stag goes to waste. 1t
runs off into great iron pot fastened
on car wheels, and is wheeled on a

railroad track some distance away
and emptied out on the Stag heap.
There are mountains of such Stag near
every great furnace, and the invention
has vet to be made which will turn it
to any uther uses than tina. OF ballast
ing railroads.
We lead the world not only in the
production of iron, but also in the
making of pig iron. We made TO-
10000 tons in 1892, which wss an
increase of more than 1000 per cent.
over the product of 1865. Since that
time we have increased our steel pro-
duct $50 times, and we are now max
Ing enough steel every year to give
every man, woman and child in the
United States 14O pounds, and have
some to spare. Some of our pig iron
which was lately sent to England, 1
am old, was sold for less than 81
ton. We made pig iron at the time
of the Revolution, which was worth
$50 ton, and we are making steel
now, it is said, almost as cheaply as
good class of iron.
It is wonderful how iron increases
the value after it is turned into ma
chinery or articles of use by the
people. You get some idea Of what
labor is worth when you think of it.
1t is estimated by Carroll D. Wright,
of the Labor Bureau, for instance,
that seventy-fve cents worth of com
mon iron ore when turned into bar
iron is worth SIS. If you make it into
horse shoes it is worth $40, or if into
table knives, $3.50. Seventy-fve cents
worth of ore manufactured into need
les is worth $4,000, and when made
into buttons more than $22, 600. IT
the iron is converted into watch
springs its value is almost ten times
as great, and when turned into hair
springs your seventy.tive cents worth
of rock and stone will sell for the
enormous sum of 100000. The diff
ference between seventy.fve cents and
S40O, 900 is the value paid for labor
alone. So you see that, after all, the
real wealth of country lies IN the
muscles and brains Of its people. II
we could turn all of our iron ore into
hair springs, and could find customers
for them, we would be 80 rich that we
could buy the whole world and take
flyers in all the speculative property
on the sun, moon and stars and still
have money to burn.
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THE GREAT STAG POT.

} The coal and iron of the South are
| fairly hugging each other. They lie
side by side, aud when their marriage
takes place in the furnaces with the
laid of the Aeecy bridal veil of lime
st..ne, which is also found near by,
they can produce industrial children
in the shape Of iron and steel more
oheap)y than their kind in any Other
portion OF the world.
There is no doubt that we are TO
furnish the greater part OF the iron
TOR the world in the future. We have
bigger ore beds than any other coun.
try, and our coal fields are practically
iuexhaustible. There is enough coal
in Alabama to do all the manufactur-
ing cf the United States for many years
to come. ! was told at Bessemer
that the available coal of Alabama
alone, if it could be put into lump,
would make solid chunk seventy
miles long by sixty miles broad and
ten feet thick. Such lump would, it
is estimated. furnish 10000 tons of
coal day for more than II, 900 years,
or 100000 tons a day for lis years.
But Alabama has only small amount
of the great Appalachian coal fields.
These fields end themselves in Ala.
bama. They run from there north.
ward distance, it is said, of about
900 miles, and they are from thirty to
about 1S0 miles wide. They furnish
about two thirds of our bituminous
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A Great Find.

One of the greatest finds of treasure
ever known was that of O Russian in
the village of Starogarsilki. The man
was a resident on the estate of Prince
Ostersby, whose ancestors were plum
dered and expelled from their posses
sions by the Tsrtars. Tho treasure
was probably secreted by the family
at the time. The man had been given
his clew somehow or another, and he
worked ten years before finding any
thing. At last he came across twelve
large boxes filed with very ancient
coins of fine gold, besides enormous
other articles of great value. The total
value Of the find was given at l7,000,-
900 rubles, two-thirds of which went
to the State and one.third to the
finder, making his share about So, ,00O,-
O00
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While the Candle Burns.

We are all familiar with the Fact
ihat a candle burns. But perhaps
there are many persons who have
never realized just WHY it burns and
that certain degree of heat is neces-
sary in order to consume the cylinder
of wax or tallow of which the candle
is made. In the Arctic regions can lies
will not burn satisfactorily at or be-
low q temperature of thirty five de.
grees G. The reason for this is that
the surrounding atmosphere is so cold
that the flame is insufficient to melt
enough of the material for its own
subsistence. The feeble heat can do
little more than melt out a tubular
space around the wick, therefore the
flame is small and weak, and some
times fails together. The light, en-
closed in small glass vase, works bet
ter, as the temperature is somewhat
raised by being 90 confined and enough
wax melts to supply the fame The
Ledger.
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GOAL output, and we produce, you
know, about one.third of all the coal
of the world. In 1894 we mined 170,-
900, 900 tons of coal, while the whole
world produced only $40, 1000, 900 tons.
The only country which beat US that
year was Great Britain. We have
thousands of square miles Of coal lands
outside of the Appalachian fields, and
there are great undeveloped coal areas
in the West. was told OF great iron
mountain which is to be opened Ey a
railroad from Sslt Lake City to Los
Angeles during my stay in Utah, and
there are large iron deposits in Mis-
souri,. To-day the leading countries
of the world which produce iron are
Great Britain. Germany, France,
Austria-Hungary, Russia, Belgium and
Sweden. Spain mines great deal of
iron ore. but she ships the most of it
to England. Iheard of big undevel'
oped iron mines in China during my
stay there, AID there are some good
mines in Mexico and Central America.
There is one iron region in Cube, and
you find smsI. beds scattered through
the West Iadia Islands. The great
bulk OF the product of this hemisphere,
however, comes from the United
States, and, az 1 have said, the indica-
lions are that our resources have not
yet been touched.
The furnaces at Bessemer are within
a half mile of the mines from which
the iron is taken out. In company
with one of the superintendents of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company I
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damned Fingers.

Few people have escaped jammed
fingers, and as the pain caused when
the finger is jsmmed in door is exa
oruciating IN the extreme for the first
few minutes, it is we'll to know of some
means of relief. TIE finger should be
plunged into water as hot as it can
be borne. This application of hot
water causes the nail to expand and
soften, and the blood pouring out
beneath it has more room to flow;
thus the pain is lessened. The finger
should then be wrapped in bread
and water poultice. A jsmmed finger
should never be neglected, as it may
lead to modification OF the bone If 1t
has been badly crushed, and amputa.
tiou of the finger must follow. Jammed
toes are usually caused throug b tho
falling of heavy weights, and should
be treated in the same way as T.
jammed finger.
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metropolis she had won the affections
of prominent young member of n
European Embassy who WAS one of
the party, and an engagement which
will be of interest to society in New
York, Washington and Vienna will
soou be announced.
I saw some very pretty costumes in
the Winter Garden of the Waldorf re-
Gently. Some of the best groomed
women in the city congregate here on
pleasant afternoons, and many q stun
ming gown can be seen. One tailor
made suit which I saw was made of
cadet blue cheviot and stitched with
silk to match. Another charming
costume, fashioned somewhat in the
cutaway style, was developed in illum-
mated serge in shades of brown and
green and had a dainty green velvet
collar. am told. that the illuminated
serges will be very popular for early
spring wear. They are being worn a
great deal in Paris and they certainly
make up very effectively. A third
gown worthy of notice WAS made
doubIe-breasted and neatly finished
with some fine pearl buttons. This
costume was developed in a stem
green canvas cloth. Over it was worn
a short cape of sealskin trimmed with
chinchilla, the delicate fufiness of
which set off to advantage the wesrer's
beautiful face.
The costumes illustrated herewith
were designed by The National Cloak
Co., OF New York.
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REALM. OF STYLE.
A MIRROR OF FASHION FOR
DRESSY WOMEN.
Attractions at the Winter
Amusements at Tuxedo-Some
New Costumes Seen at the
Waldorf. Etc, Etc.
Especial New York I.etter.l

(Special New York Letter
"RE theatres and the opera are
claiming a great share of
public attention at the pres
6 ent time, although it cannot
be said that we have any very great
or very novel attractions at any of the
popular play houses just now. New.
ertheloss, the New Workers. are great
theatre-going people, and those houses
which have attractions worthy Of
patronage have certainly very little
reason to complain in regard to the
size of the crowds which attend the
nightly performances. The opera, Of
course, is always excellent, and this
season is no exception to the general
rule. 1t is a great pity that Melba's
throat has given her 80 much trouble
as to prevent her singing any more at
present. The last opera in which I
heard Melba was "Lucia di Lammer-
moor" and never shall I forget her
magnificent rendition of the mad
scene in the last act. No other living
singer can equal it; Patti in her PALM
lest days could not excel it. With q
brilIiancy that defies description she
paralleled the notes of the flute, and
with consummate art reached, the
highest degree of excellence Of which
the human voice is capable.
Calves per 'ormance OF Carmen" is,
as 1t always has been, creationH This
wonderful woman combines probably
in greater degree than any other
artist, the genius of both the singer
and the actress. The simple announce
ment that she will appear is sufficient
to crowd the Opera House, and with
out question she is the most popular
woman on the operatic stage to-day.
The reign Of fashion for the season
is now at its height, and nowhere can
this be seen to better advantage than
at one of the popular country clubs.
Tuxedo is now blaze of glory, and
the gayety of Fifth avenue has been
in part transferred to New York's most
popular suburban Winter Club. A
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visited them. We rode up to the
mouth Of the mine in carriaee e, wind
ing our way up little range OF noun,
tains, the sides of which were covered
with terra Gotta stones picked up
one OF the stones and found it exceed
ingly heavy. and WAS told that it was
iron ore. The iron lies right on the
surface of the ground. They begin on
the vein and work right down into the
mountain, taking out nothing but
iron. Deposits of this kind extend
through the mountains OF the region,
and it is wonder that they were not
developed long ago. I was told that
iron mines were worked there during
the late war and that the Confederate
Government got large part OF Its coal
and iron from that region. From time
to time Northern capitalists were asked
to invest in the mines, but they would
not believe the stories that were told
them.
One man who owned some of the
most valuable iron territory of Ala :
bama called upon A5ram S. Hewitt,
who has made fortune out OF iron,
and who has big iron interests to day.
He showed Hewitt the ore, and told
him it lay there in Alabama on the top
of the ground and could be had for
the picking up. Hewitt replied that
he had no money to invest at present,
and he evidently did not believe the
mans story.
"Why," said he, "we people here IN
New York look upon iron rs so much
gold, and you can hardly make me be-
lieve that you people have Jumps OF
gold laying around down South and
that no one has yet picked them up.
If your story is true I advise you to
take several New York experts to the
South and get them to swear to what
they see before you try to place such
property in New York"
It was some time after this before
the Alabama mining boom began. A
great deal of this was on paper, but
the foundation is there, and the iron
mines are as valuable to-day as they
were ten years ago. They are now all
owned by big corporations, and they
are being developed after the best
business principles. The mine which
we entered was worked with com.
pressed air drills. The cars were
hauled up and down On inclined rail-
way By steam, and hundreds Of sootY
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serve for their own exclusive use.
This new millionaire fad is to wear
diamonds on the finger-aails. The
new fashion, which has all the glory
and prestige of All invention along
more scientific lines. demands that
women with bank accounts long
enough to permit of this costly triHing
shall have tiny geld cap made for
each of their fingers. From the cap
is suspended on the outer side big
diamond drop, which sparkles most
satisfactorily, there being one large
sparkle for each finger mail. OF course
the sparkles are not so conspicuous as
they would be if large number of
rings were not worn at the same time,
but society is as yet hardly ready for
the great sacrifice which the laying off
rings would entail. Some day, per-
haps, the finger.nail adornments may
be allowed to shine in undiminished
glory.
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IR0N-MAKING.
VALUABLE AND GROWING IN
DUSTET IN THE SOUTH.
Wonderful Development of Aiabamas
Iron Miues-Story Of the Iron
Eoom-A Visit TO a
Zig Mine.
WONDERFUL development

N WONDERFUL development
n is gong on iu iron-maklng IN
NJ tho South. l spent some
time in Birmingham, which
oity is the biggest iron producer south
of Pittsburg. writes Frank &.
Carpenter in the Chicago Times
Herald. There are twenty-slx
iron furnaces within thirty miles OF
The town, with daily output OF al
most 1000 tons Of pig iron. They en-
plov nearly 1000 men, and pay wages
}of $50, 900 a month. They claim to
make iron cheaper than anywhere else
in the world, and one OF the furnace
companies shipped some OF It's pro-
duct not long ago to London and sold
it there at profit.
The South is doing its business on
dig, broad scale. There is an enor'
nous amount OF money invested. The
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company has
itself q capital stock of s2l, ,ooo.,,
COO. It has mines scattered
throughout Tennessee and Alabama,
and I am told that It's property is
worth as much IS some of the small
European kingdoms. 1t has vast
area of ccal beds, and is now mining
more than 1900 tons of coal o day:
1t owns mountains of iron ore, and
last year it produced more than 5oo'-
600 tons OF pig iron and more tnan
$500, 900 tons OF coal. 1 visited Its
coke ovens at the town of Bessemer.
south OF Birmingham, and was told
that the ovens there, together with
the others owned by the company,
make almost 5000 tons OF coke day,
while out of it's Alabama iron mines
alone are daily taken more than 5000
tons of ore. This is perhaps the big
gest company of the South. but there
are other large establishments, and an
enormous industrial development may
be expected there within the next few
years.
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A Famous Kentucky Dwarf.

The Covington (Ky.) Post tells OF
the death ofa famous Kentucky dwarf:
"Mary Eliza Morford, daughter of
Mr.. Samuel Morford, died at her par
ents residence. 3Sl Elm street, New
port, Wednesday night. Miss Morford
was credited with being the smallest
woman in the world. She was twenty
nine years of age, three feet four
inches in height and tipped the scales
at fifty pounds. She had been on ex-
hibition iu. every large city in the
United States"
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BIRD AND DOC ARE CHUMS.

Whenever the hen strays off with her
progeny Duke corrals her from the
rest of the flock and drives her back
to the yard. When night comes the
hen roosts upon the dogs head and the
two sleep together.
The most remarkable thing about
Duke and the hen is that they seem to
perfectly understand each other.
When the hen begins to cackle just
previous to laying, Duke Lever leaves
her. He squats down and with his
four feet forms nest, in which the
hen Lays her egg. Mr.. Higginson has
refused large sum for both the dog
and the hon.
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Queer English Advertising.

Some curious advertisements are
frequently seen in London, as witness
the sign erected by a merchant over
his door, which displayed in large and
vividlty colored letters the following
legend: "ALnual sale now on. Don't
go elsewhere to be cheated-come in
here" An English newspaper recently
contained the following: "Respect-
able widow wants washing Tuesdays, y"
while Mr. Brown, furrier, "begs to
announce that he will make gowns,
capes, ETC., for ladies out of Ghelr own
skins"
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4 KNOWING DOG AND HEN.
Fowl and st. Bernard FrOlic Like
Two Old Chums.

Whitestone Village, says the New
York World, contains some remarka-
BILE animals, but the most intelligent
one is huge St. Bernard dog that be-
longs to William Higginson, the archl-
tect, of Fulton street. Many strange
tales are told of the intelligence of this
dog, who answersto the name of Duke.
Duke is beloved by the children of
the village. He escorts them to school
every morning, and waits patiently at
the school door until recess time, when
he joins in with the children in their
games. No play is pleasure unless
Duke is participant in it.
Among Mr.. Higginson's possessions
is large flock of fancy chickens.
These are the product of one chicken
and her mate, a large buff Cochin
rooster. The affection Duke has for
this hen is almost filial. He allows the
hen to perch on his head and then
csnters around the yard with her.
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About Finger Nails.

The japanese have some curious
ideas about their finger nails. One of
them is to the effect that they must
not be cut before starting on jour.
ney, lest disgrace befall the person
before he reaches his destination.
Neither should they be cut at night,
lest cats claws should grow out. To
throw nail parings into the fire is to
invite some great calamity. If, while
trimming the nails, piece should fall
in the fire, the person will soon die.
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made of q wood-brown unfinished
worsted, and the short jacket waa
handsomely trimmed with heavy
brown braid. This modern Diana, by
the way, while not very successful in
filling her hunting bag, nevertheless
secured more than her share of the
spoils, for before she returned to. the
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Buried in q Winding Sheet.

John Mauck, a pioneer of Washing
ton, who cast his first vote for Jack
son, died on the day before Christmas
at Oakdale, in that State, at the age OF
ninety three, and lett directions that
his body be wrapped in q winding
sheet and put in plain pine coffin, as
had been the usual way in his early
life. New York Sun.
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DAY.
i i; !: ];
fought Of those
= the setting sun
NOT but days begun
flushed with starred reposel
Wise had hat mode to keep
To say tia th, like sunset, brings
A source and Not an end Of things, .
A new day opening with sleep.
&C. ". Wood.
PITH AND POINT.
The luck which has pursued me
Oflate has been so dire,
! think the wheel OF Fortune
Must have a pun:tured tire.

- uCE-s
"Shall You go South for
the winter, Miss Bay?" Miss Bay
"Oh, dear, no! I shall &C South to-
get rid oft, don't you know. New
York Journal.
He (angrily)-"Was there any fool
sweet on you before married you?"
She--"Yes, one" "I'm sorry you re-
iected him." "But I didn't reject
him l married him. dublin Free
man.
Borgeus-'sSay, Freds can't you
lend me $40? I shall have some money
coming in the last of next week." Gill
gal-"Very we'll, we'll wait until the
last of next k."-Boston Tran
script.
Mrs. Turnbull-'sIt's too bad your
husband cut of mis- flowing beard"
Mrs. Crimple -"Yes; he had to do
it. gave him q diamond scarf pin
for birthday present. "-Fliegende
Blaetter. a..
He-"So you have ambitions?" She
Eyes, decidedly. I want to solve
some important problem" "Well.
you just study out how to bring up .
family on fifteen dollars a week and
we'll get married. Life.
"Do you think they will allow Us to
scorch in the next world7" asked the
bicycle crank. "Some OF you will get
n ,>o-ro,k o,,o ~ onr-ara5 hio 1skfhS
wife. who had long been jealous of his
wheel. detroit Free Press.
tI shall hold him in sweet remem-
brance, said the potentate of Bwkplo.
He could hardly have done otherwise.
Even at home the young missionary
had been spoken of as one of excellent
taste.-Cinoinnati Enquirer.
My heart she surely might have had
+ asked thrice-no more;
She's grown so fast I'm mighty glad e
didn't make it four.
-Cle7eland Plain Dealer.
"I'm only twelve, sir" said she, aa
she tried to make herself look as small
as possible. "But you are altogether
too lovely to be taken for only half
fair" replied the conductor as 30
smiled upon the pretty face. The
Kentucky Colonel .a =,
Robert -"But why are you SO GER
tain that you will happily with Miss
Browne? You have not been much in
her company, notwithstanding your
engagement to her." Richard-"No.
I've been more sensibly employed. 1
have been studying the temperament
and peculisrities of her mother. -
Boston Transcript.
She-"I don't-see what reason you
have for expecting anything but q re-
fusal. I never gave you any encour-
agement." He Gust rejected -"Oh,
Miss Gotro1-Msud! You did-you
most certainly did greatly encourage
me! You told me you were worth
two hundred Thousand dollars in your
own name" -Tit-BiGs.
Two or three young women who are
interested in art were discussing the
other. .s'Did you ever see anything
like the color Of her cheeks" "And
yet some men admire them. One said
to me the other evening that they
looked just like peaches. s'The ideal
What did you answer?" 81 said that
he was probably right; that Mamie
was noted for being good OF still-lite
studies. Washington Star.