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New York.-Cuvier restored an ex- tinct fish from single scale. He could not predict future fishes from scales of the present ones. But, given one detail of dress, clever person can sketch for you a complete outline of the coming. seasons fashions. For exam pie. skirts are growing tighter across the hips every day. What follows2 ? These several things: Skirts will be somewhat narrower about the hem al- so, though the reduction in hip size does not measure other reductions accurate 1y. If skirts are narrower ruffles must disappear, on the m-him-that-hath- not principle Full skirts are made fuller by frills and founces. Narrow skirts are made narrower by fiat trim- mings. This rule is as nearly invari- able as a rule can be. All general state ments are false, including this one.
 What fiat trimmings are available? i? About this time, ia the language of the Old Farmers Almanac. except gallons, passementeries, braids and embroid- cries. How will these ornaments be -disposed9 The taste of the time is for elaborate effects; hence it Is safe to predict that seams, pockets and revers will be remembered. as we'll as the dis play surfaces of skirt breadths.
 How will the length of skirts be af- fected2 The narrower skirt the longer it will be. Women emphasize their con yictions. Once started in a given direc- tion they head all their belongings the same way. There is danger that street dresses will yearn for the ground.
 The hip dimensions condition the bodice with the same certainty. An up and down tendency confirms the doom of the sleeve. The tightssleeye is be- coming tighter and longeri and even the jockeys on the,shoulder are. .abont ready
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crops, but at present no one seems to mind any other crop if he ca only mine gold.
 A chain of mile-wide and nearly mile high mountains right round the world would be sufficiently spectacular; but if there were one of the sons of men who by some magic could bring togeth- CT all this gold, he could build with it mountain far higher and vastel thau any mere mountain of earth in ex- istence.
 The area of Greater New York is BOT and a fraction square miles. Suppose our mountain of gold to have this area for base, say Is miles wide by 20h miles long. 1t would have to tower into the air 20.75 miles, in order to contain those 21, 400 cubic miles of gold! Mount Everest, the highest peak at present known, is about five miles and half high; Mount Saint Elias is about three miles; Mount Washington but a little more than one.
 Perhaps it's just as well that this mountain of gold. is doomed to exist only on paper Men are hardly likely to dig 4,o00 miles down into the bowels of the earth and overturn every spade7 fal of it's worn old. body to get at the gold it guards. But it is a comfort to know that the gold is there, and that each one of us is potentially worth $770, 1000, ,oo0, ,oo0, put away so safely that he can't draw it out and spend it.
 Tnrr%T r NvCfTNnNT rJf,.
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with white. Add narrow black vel vet belt, jabot of white mousseIine and gray velvet hat with black trim mings and you may get some idea of one of the best-considered toilettes of the season.
 An actress of some prominence wore striking costume, which would suit comparatively few. Hers was a black velvet princess gown, trimmed with narrow rows of white silk passemen- terie. encircling the whole eorsage and the upper part of the skirt like the stripes of zebra A fluffy boa of gray feathers was worn, and black velvet hat with white plumes.
 A noticeably handsome blond mat ron was gowned in white silk, yelled with beautiful black Chantilly lace. The front of the skirt was bordered on either side with a ruche of narrow black lace and the sides were trimmed with narrow, sloping bands of black velvet, lace-edged The bodice was of white brocade, with folded reyers over vest of black lace; there were rucked sleeves of black lace and white chiffon,
 Thestreets looked decidedly autumnal. X great amount of red is seen, set off by black braid or cosy black fur. On Broadway yesterday noticed walk ing dress of almond green cloth, trimmed with two green velvet ruffies. This gown was an exception to the mo- ruffle rule and one that justified itself The bodice was made with a square bolero, edged with rufle. Plain sleeves without jockeys gave an up-to- date look, warranting any sort of Ib- erty. A boa of black feathers and 8 toque trimmed with gulls' wings set off piquant face framed in fluffy blond hair. A more thoroughly characteristic dress was of dark blue serge, made with a jacket that fastened across with straps buttoning upon olives. The jacket has short basques, and storm collar. It had plain sleeves with no jockeys and was trimmed with rows of narrow braid. The skirt was orna- mented with braid also. At the neck was a white mousseline jabot.
 ELLEN OSBORN.
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A Difference.

The major had been speculating in stocks on the Chicago exchange and had been unsuccessful. His health had given way under the strain to which he had been subjected. and he was compelled eventually to apply to physician for treatment.
 "Ah, yes" said the doctor, "I see. Mental trouble due to worry, resulting in loss of memory and"
 No, mo-" interrupted the major. ear nestly, mot loss of memory, doctor, but memory of loss. Can't shake it off, you know. ."-Military Gazette.
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EARTH'S YELLOW METAL.
Would Make a Mountain More
 Than Twenty Miles High.
s77o, ,o00. .Ooo, o,OOOi--That's What Each Should Get If All Were Minted and Di-
 vided.
copyright 1897.

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 The most fascinating of all games is the game of If"
 Next to love and eternity, the most fascinating of all subjects is gold.
 The game of If" played with golden counters has double fascination, then, in spite of the fact that it is not very profitable.
 If all the gold in the world could be got at, could be mined, crushed, amal- gamated, sulphuretted cyanided, chlor- ined and refined, from molten center to chill circumference, some surprising results would follow, along with one re- suit not at all surprising-the stuff would become almost utterly valueless. There would be too much fit.
 Of course no one knows exactly how much gold there is in existence. What is known is that it is everywhere pres ent. It is in every soil in every part of the world. It is found in every sort of mineral or ore of any quantitatiYe im- portanee-though not, of course, in pure substances, such as diamonds, quartz crystals, emeralds and the like. It is found in soundings at the bottom of the sea. It is even held in solution in the ocean wayes-chlorine, which is a constituent of sea water. having the power to dissolve gold. Scientific men have even schemed to extract gold from some Of these unpromising sources, but sea water is yet far from proving "pay dirt"
 Alexander E. Outerbridge, Jr., has re- gently recalled attention in the Popu- lar Science Monthly to the experiments made away back in the ffties at the
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United States mint in Philadelphia by the late assayer. Jacob R. Eckfeldt.
 Mr. Eckfeldt examined and assayed a large number of minerals and sam ples of soil from different parts of the country. He found gold in antimony in the proportion of one to 440,00o; in Bucks county galena in the proportion of one to 6,22o,ooo parts. This galena, assaying less than ten cents to the ton, was very far indeed from "pay dirt;" but it held gold. So did bis- muth, lead and copper.
 Common clay dug up in Philadelphia itself assayed about cents to the ton, or one part in 1.224,oo0. It would probably do as well in New York or Boston.
 These experiments, and many others of like import, show that gold ranges from the pure nuggets worth $6Oo,0O0 per ton. from rich quartz sometimes assaying $50,000 per ton in small poek- cts, and from Klondike gravel running $100 to the painful, down to the 37-cent would be pretty safe to estimate-at least, no one is likely to dispute it-that the proportion of gold in the whole sub- stance of the globe we live on is not less than in the 37-eent clay soil of Philadelphia. This amounts to three cents worth of gold in every cubic foot between China and Brazil, between Chicago and New eZaland.
 Now, in the whole globe there are 260,000,000, 900 cubic miles of soil. water. rock and other substances. and each cubic mile contains 12,144 cubic feet, 1860 tons, or $4,415,o ,o38. .560. in pure gold, even at the low Philadelphia ratio of three cents to the foot The multipli- cation gives for the whole globe some 21, 400 cubic miles of gold. worth the in conceivable sum of $1.148, ,344. .o25 ,6O0.- 000,000, ,000.
 To be sure the gold wouldn't really be worth this sum if it were accessible. It would cease to be measure of value; 1t would be too common, as each man, woman and child of the l, ,4s7 ,O0o,- ! 900 of us supposed to be living on the earth would have $770, ,o0o, 1000, 900 or so for his personal share. And quite enough, too. For were this $770, ,0o0,- 100000 all coined in nice, bright fiye-dol- lar gold pieces, it would take each one of us trife over 5000 years to count his hoard, counting industriously at the rate of 150 pieces per minute for six hours day and 315 days in the year. If the bank clerks of humanity had to tackle the problem they might, instead of counting, weigh the coins, as is com monly done in England. This would keep 100000 bank clerks handling each d ton of gold day, for more than ,Oo0,- 900 years. Even pleasant pursuit is apt to become monotonous in time.
 A cubic foot of solid gold is worth about $361 GOO. The total stock of gold on nourp rplanet-21, ,400cubiclniles- multi piled by IF, ,1o7, ,052, ,000-fhe number of cubic feet in cubic mile-would give 3,156, 1000 900, 100000 cubic feet.
 This is considerable quantity; enough to make a girdle around the world of solid blocks of gold, each block being mile square on the ground and .s56 of mile high. Or. by a still more showy arrangement, the worlds gold would cover all the land of the earth say sonic s6.00o,oo0 square niles-znith beautiful solid gold plating about 20. inches thick. This might be bad fer the
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tain side, and the way was " and perilous that he did not bel1 could reach It. While lying concS
 he caught sight of the male condor . the female also returned from foi~ aging expedition with large bird in her claws.
 It was five days before my foot was well enough to undertake the tramp. and Jose and started alone. We had made stout grass rope hundred feet long, and we had our rifles and provi- sions for two days. When within two miles of the spur we came across na~ tive and his son-the latter about IF years of age. When Jose told theIU the object of our expedition the father replied:
 "Yes. there is a condor's nest up there. It has been there since my grandfather was boy. 1 was close to it once, but it was empty. My son here was near it, too. only few days ago. For little money he will show you path"
 That was exactly what we wanted and 1 soon struck bargain. The lad had not approached the nest from below. but from above. and had not found the route very difficult. He had gone near enough to see a fiedgiing in the nest but being afraid of the old birds re- turn had retreated after brief view. lie was a fairly intelligent lad, and proud to go with us, and he led the way in manner to give us confidence While it was only about five miles from our camp to the base of the spur, it was nearly noon before we reaehedit. With the aid of my glass 1 could make ouE the nest, and 1 also saw that no living man could reach it by direct approach The height was fully thousand feet and there was one smooth, perpendic- ular cliff at least a hundred feet high The boy, however, struck up the noun tain, and though he led us the easiest way, it was climb to exhaust the strongest man. It was three o'clock iH the afternoon before he said to us:
 "The nest is not far away now. When we have passed that peak we shall be. close upon it.''
 The peak seemed not more than 30d feet above us, but another half hour was spent in reachingi it. A dozen times during the ascent of the mountain the boy had scrambled up the steep faces with the rope and fastened it so that
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to disappear. From the extreme models they are already gone. Long, narrow skirts and long. tight sleeves call for basques to produce long bodice. The Russian blouse has appeared in answer to the appeal. It will last until present tendencies are modified.
 Where did the Medici collar come from? It reared itself to it's full height upon evening dresses, reception dresses, afternoon dresses and street dresses as soon as the passion for perpendicularity was manifested. It was necessary. It was the corollary of the situation.
 The big hat is another eorollary. It looks like an inconsequence, con founding of the logicians? Not a bit of 1t. Feminine logic has rules of it's own. Perpendieularity would be failure from the art dressmaking standpoint without a picturesque crown. Voila; the whole toilet hangs together. By a person wise enough, a dress could be recreated, given the adjustment of a ribbop-
 To add few particulars: The diff ference between the hip measure and the hem measure of skirt is dimin- ishing. A yard and half for the first is excessive; 50 inches is the approved size. Three yards and half is enough for the other. A circumference of four yards is the extreme allowed.
 Certain vigorous fashions whose course Is not yet run are modifying themselves to suit the times. Thus, there is a new bolero long enough to reach the waist in the back or falling trife below if; In front it Is cut with little lappets like mantelet
 The belt thus far resists the trend of things. It ought to become nar- rower, but the only change apparent is that 1t shows only in front upon many designs.
 The Medici collar will do away to a considerable extent with high neck bands.
 Embroideries vary as do gowns; black is preferred for tailor dresses, bright colors for dressy toilettes.
 Fur is as much used upon winter frocks as in past years. Whole gowns are being made of earaenl, estrakhan eand chinchilla. Women who cannot af- ford such luxuries or who object to the weight of Arctic apparel are ordering Russian blouses of moire lamb or of other furs to be worn with cloth skirts As a hint of the variety of causes by which fashions are affected it is likely that the Klondike craze has given 2 considerable .nsssaQtas to the use of fur for dress HhaA
 The p1 A TRrep-
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we might have it's aid in climbing When we reached the peak we found natural path leading downwards, and a few feet away it curved to the right.
 Just beyond the curve is the nest" whispered the boy, as we came to a halt eff the old bird is there what will you do?"
 Shoot her." I replied.
 But if both are there?'
 "Then we will shoot both.n
 He looked serious and doubtful. I did not expect him to go further, but he started off, having his bow and arrow 1 in hand, and we followed. As we turned the curve we came full upon the nest; the mother bird was there feeding a fiedgling With a shrilI scream of rage and surprise the old bird lifted herself about ten feet into the air, and as I fired at her she fell. The lad had rushed forward to the nest; Jose and I were advancing upon the futtering and screaming bird-which was only badly wounded--when there was a whirr of wings and shrilI scream, and the male bird dropped from the clouds fair upon the boys back. What happened passed so quick ly that we stood in dumb surprise The condor simply swooped down. fastened his talons in the boy and was in fuH flight with him-all in the space of ten seconds. The lad must have weighed at least 50 pounds, but the bird lifted him easily and flew in the direction of our camp, sinking little .in his flight down the slope. yet keeping above the trees.
 As we stood looking, the wounded bird futtered over the edge of the cliff and was lost to us; and in his grief and rage Jose clubbed his rifle and killed the fedgling at a blow. It was several minutes before we could realize that been done so quickly that we had not raised hand to prevent.
 It was night when we got down the mountain. and noon the next day before we found the father of the boy. ] had expected an outburst of sorrow and in- dignation, with claim for heavy dam ages. but when he had beard the story he simply said:
 Ut was no ones fault. and it is no use to look for the dead He was good boy. but it was to be so. Perhaps you will give me a few pieces of silver to comfort his mother?'
 Family Athletics.
 kites, they say, are good for cor pulency.'
 sHow do they worlx?"
 Well, make one for your little boy and you'll get exercise that will lose vnn three n1. fcnr .Iafal11a6s a rlan ,, T.n,x.
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Family Athletics.

Kites, they say, are good for cor pulencyn
 ''How do they work?.
 Well, make one for your little boy and you'll get exercise that will lose you three or four pounds day.'-Lou- isyille Courier-Jnurnal.
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THE GENERALS ILLS.

But He Could Not Get Sympathy from
 the Army Surgeon.
 When Gen. Ord was in command of the department of Texas, not long after the close of the war of the rebellion, he was taken down one day with a severe attack of rheumatism and confined for some time thereafter to his room and bed. He eventually sent for the medical director of the de- partment, a grizz1ed, gruff, old vet, eran, who had entered the army as a surgeon long before the war, and was
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Tired Out nt Last.

Mother (wishing to hurry matters) Mir Sampson has been coming here now for three years. I should think he would be getting tired of making love to you.
 Daughter = I think he.is. Last night he asked me to marry him.-Iit-Bits.
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Pay of German officers.

A lieutenant in the German army re- ceives about 5000 as his yearly pay. A captain receives about S1.900 and ma for S1,575. These salaries compare very favorably with those given our army officers of the same grade, considering the difference in the cost of living in the two countries. Military Gazette.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-18
WELCOME!

more Important issue than was expected,
| When the house committee on coinhra took
| charge of the bill there was thought to be
no doubt that IT would be reported favor
| ably but the opposition TO the bill has
been growing steadily. ana /. rs probable
! that " reported the action will be taken
against the wishes Of majority OF the re-
publican members. who have spolun on the
measure before the committee and who
have argued that II would be an cmbarrass-
mcnt 10 the incoming administration ON
tho other hand some republican senators
say that Senator Carter ~ Montana, who
recently rad an interview with the prcst-
dent elect reports Mckinley a. expressing
n desire thai Tho bill, .horld pass, The re
puhlicans NJ the Committee have hcld a
conference on tho matter, which left their
policy undecided Further hearing on the
bill has been POSTPONED until Friday. and
il IL now doubtful whether a vote on re-
porting II Will be taken Saturday. rs the
committee had intended In the meantime
many communications protesting against
any further steps toward IN International
conference, on the ground that one would
tend to disturb business, are being re-
coivcd from business men In the East.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-18

'onH'Aniinoplc February a. Copyright
"a, 1897, by The AssnclaTci Press The
council of mlnistcrp MI tho result OF the all
day session at Nildik Kiosk Yesterday, do
oi1od TO leave the ppollcatlon OF Crete to
tho npworB. This Is regarded as wise do.
oirion, In the face OF tho most complicated
situation IN Crete, whore the Gags OF rus
Ha, France, Great Britain. Italy and AUS
tria ARE floating alongside the Turltsh
standard. While Grcoce IL seemingly dofy-
ing The powers. The ministerial council also
decided Tn send ISaialhodori pushn 30 Crete
ms Imperial high commongr, to ADOPT milf
tarv measures on the Creek frontier.
Az previously iniimats'li II was decided
IN appoint Marshal Fdham pasha, who di-
rocicd tho operations against the insurgents
In Ieitoun In 1896. 10 thu command ~ The
Turkish troops nj i'lassoin, and cali Out thu
kcdlGH tflrst reservcsi third army oorpa.
which Is nov at Jalonika.
These mcaEures however. are rarcly for
defensive purposes. ma aro taken In or
der to enable the Turkish gOyfrnmont to
he preharnd for all evontualiiles. IN optic
OF the peaceful outlook, II lis Well known tho
of Greek forces Ia Crete, caua-
ed n rreai sensation nj Yidizc Kiosk, and
II required the use of much tact on the part
N the ambassadors to prevail upon tho
porte TO accept the situation NJ IL Is now
prpnpntpd
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-18
Medal for u Landsmnn.

Washington. February IL Secretary
Herbert has carried with him to Charles
ton valuable medal which he VIII in
person present to the gallant landsman of
the Maine who sprang overheard in the
midst OF tempest on the way to Charles
ton In the attempt to rescue Apprentice
kosel The medal is Of gold and bears
upon the face the feature OF the United
states steamship Maine IN relief On the
reverse Is the inscription: william j.
,roH'inan, United States Navy, for extrn-
ordinary hcroism February G. 1897. Pre-
scented by the Secretary Of the Navy"