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SLEEPING FISHES.
Some of Them Change Color Mt Night
for Sclf-Dcfense.

Some of Them Change Color Mt Night
for Sclf-Dcfense.
From a paper by Prof. A. E, Verrin Nalel in
Science.
While investigating the nocturnal habits
Of fishes, etc. in the aquaria of the labora-
tory of the United States fish commission
at Woods Holl in 1885 to 1887, unexpect-
edl, discovered that many species Of fishes
and also the common squid. take on spe-
cial colors at night while asleep, or at rest
in q feeble light. These observations have
not hitherto been published, because I
hoped to have had opportunities to con-
tinue them and make them more complete.
1t Is now my hope that others, with better
opportunities, may take up the subject.
Ny observations were made after midnight
when everything was quiet, for fishes sleep
very lightly. The gas jets near the aqua
ria were turned down as low as consistent
with distinct vision, and great care was
taken not to jar the floor or furniture
With these precautions l was able to de-
tect many species in the act of sleeping
Some of them took unexpected positions
when asleep.
sleeping fishes consisted In a general dark
ening of the dark spots stripes or other
markings, by which they become more dis
tinct and definite. This was the case with
various founders. minnows, the black sea
bass the sea robins, the kingfish and sew
eral other species.
In all these cases the change of color ID
in the direction of increased protective col
oration the dark markings being generally
connected with their habits of resting nat
urally at night among eel grass and sea-
weeds The young fishes often showed
greater changes than the adults
Other species showed a much greater
change in color, for the pattern of colora-
ton was itself entirely changed. Thus
the common soup. or porgy. while active In
the daytime l.; O. a beautiful silvesy color
with bright, pearly. iridescent huns. But
when asleep 1t takes a. dull bronzy tint
and Is crossed by about six conspicuous
transverse, black bands. coloration well
adapted for concealment among eel grass
etc. If awakened by suddenly turning up
the gas, IL almost instantly takes on its
silvery color, seen In the daytime This ex-
pertinent was tried many times.
common file fish (Monacantaus). which
is mcttled with dark olive-green and brown
in the daytime, when asleep becomes pallid
gray CT almost white. while the fias aod
tai, become hack. These are nocturnaIly
protective colors. The file fishes. when
asleep. often lean up obliquely against the
glass Of the aquarta, with the belly rest
ing upon the bottom In very queer posi-
tions. The tautog. or blackfish commonly
sleeps on one side, often partly buried in
sand or gravel. or under the edges of
stones, much after the. fashion of fioun-
ders thus suggesting the mode In which
the founders taay have developed from
symmetrical fishes in consequence Of this
mode Of resting becoming chronic. as 1t
were.
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1t matters little what 1t is that you want
whether q situation or q servants
want ad. In The Star will reach the
person who can I'LL your need.
Evening star., 1897-04-09
Widely Known Sporting Man Shot.

widely KNOWN Sporting Man Shot.
Benjamin Levy. known also as George
Woods. forty-six years old. a sporting man
known IN many states. was shot and per-
faps fatally wounded in a "tenderloin"
saloon n New York the other night by Guy
Rcache. aged twenty-three. The men had
rad threatened to shoot Levy on sight.
Levy was shot twice-in the neck and 5us,
below the heart.
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back, where it falls in long sash-like
ends.
Women who favor the sacque coat.
Will be delighted to accept this gener-
ally unbecoming but often smart and
distinguished looking garment in the
newest pique or linen duck outing
gowns. AS it is a curse of fashion.
however. which has nothing to recon-
mend it but oddly. it will soon be on
the wane 1t is very different with the
bolero which continues as a useful as
well as ornamental article of dress on
many new models. indeed as long as
the blouse is worn the bolero will not
be abandoned.
The rage for pleatings strongly af-
fects the bodice which still retains the
blouse form in spite of all endeavors TO
suppress its popularity. With the Won
derful transformations which the blouse
assumes, we may well say: La blouse
est morti-vive Ia blouse." A novelty
shows the latter fan-pleated with sim
ulated belt, epaulettes and yoke of
cross barred narrow velvet ribbon. The
skirt shows the same ribbon trimming
at the hem. Although some fashionable
ateliers have ostracised the separate
blouse and the ultra fashionable wom-
en- may abandon it this summer, it has
been found so economical and practi-
cal that it continues to flourish in spite
of its condemnation.
For the simDe shirt waist, so inval-
liable for sporting wear. bright Scotch
plaid worsted or ginghams are used as
well as finely checked or striped surahs
or louisines, and linen batistes with
colored silk STRIFE.
The skirt receives the most careful at
tention of the costumer and its unsta-
bic form is watched anxiously by his
clientele. The fashion of 1880 has re-
turned to US with drop skirts and
fiounces. Only soft materials like cash
mere, foulards, India silks. embroidered
tulle, etc, are used for the rejuvenated
old fashioned ruffles which must be cut
bias. All barre or canvas goods as con-
grezs. grenadine. etamine and the old
favorite barege. look well as drop skirts
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very high, it can be made at home for
little effort and less money. A burnt
straw crown, a brim made all of crisp
black muslin or lace frills, and single
warm. pink-hearted rose. with a little
foliage, completes, a miracle Of mill
linery sweetness and simplicity.
FOR LITTLE WOMEN.
This is only just to make mention of
the very young women who. as wellsaS
their elders, attend teas and garden
parties at this time Of the year in COM
pany of those of their own age and
revel in almost as much spIendor of
costume as their debutanta sisters. As
an example of what can be done in the
way OF strictly modish toilet for a
miss of II, the accompanying sketch is
given. This illustrates a little white
swiss gown made over a. slip of pink
The fulness of the waists front is held
in check by three bands OF rose satin.
fastening with jeweled buttons to one
side. and the collar is of satin to match.
Only the wide brim of the leghorn hat
is left, its straw crown being replaced
by one OF shirred rose satin. fastened
with big rhinestone button in front.
and further decorated by a towering
cluster of white plumes behind Black
open-worked Isle thread stockings and
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Copyright, 1897. by VIM. Du Bots.

Frankfort-on-theM Main. May 27.-The
irresistible spring weather draws all
humanity out into the parks and prom
enades, which are alive with an ever
moving throng of fresh air seekers
on foot. on horseback, awheel or rev.
cling in the luxurious ease of the rub
ber- tired. silk cushioned equipage. For
all these modes of locomotion fashion
has prepared various and varying styles
of costumes.
The spring wrap. most important
feature of the outdoor toilette and des-
tined rather as an elegant finish to the
gown, than to give warmth, or guard
against stray and aggressive zephyrs,
is made of pleated chiffon crepe, draped
over changeable taffeta lining, jetted,
spangled or silk embroidered laces
Jackets light in color and weight retain
the close fitting back and loose front.
and comply with the taste of the
wearer as regards length. The cloth
cape has assumed a strange new form
which makes the wearer appear like
huge moth just burst forth from its
chrysalic, particularly when the hat is
decorated by two aigrettes standing
high to right and left like feelers.
One model TO be worn by an ultra
fashionable bride on her wedding trip.
is of tan cloth. cut in serpentine shape
very long at the back and shortening
at the sides toward the front. where it
opens with two large stin reveres over
a vest Of plaid surah and white pleated
tafTeta. The very high flaring collar is
of tan cloth lined with green, blue and
yellow plaid surah. and is filed out by
a full ruche of Dinked white taffeta.
Strips Of tan cloth decorate the cape
and reveres with serDentine lines and
are stitched on with white silk. The hat
worn. with this unique travelling wrap
is a wide brimmed tan ruche trimming
from which rise two black feather aig-
rettes, lending the odd resemblance
spoken of above Another charming
completion for the light summer tot
lette is the fichu warp of silk guaze,
ribbon or lace which crosses over the
bust ami is drawn over the hips to the
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Maiden in Distress thought I. End was
all galiantry.
There was horse tethered to grass
near by and / appropriated the rope,
the steed kicking up his heels and
starting toward Illinois. While l was
adjusting the rope TO her wheel in or
der TO tow her back to the city, a
handsome looking fellow pedalled
slowly by and seemed disposed to stop.
but l froze him out with a smile that
told him I was looking after the job,
and he went on. She was a cute little
jollier and thanked me so often and
was so sorry for the trouble she was
causing me that took a great liking
to her. But it was tough wheeling, and
I'll give you my word that for The last
five miles that girl was heavier than
a load of hay. II was more hard work
than ] had done since / was a boy.
But l hauled her right home. though
everybody was grinning at the unique
tandem. At the door we met the fell
low who had passed and he thanked me
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over taffeta underskirts. A new fea-
ture in the becoming and Youthful
pleated skirt is the stitching of the,
pleats in front and over the hips.
style we'll adapted to wash goods. par
ticularly dainty batistes, printed in soft
colors and graceful designs.
Our model for an elegant promenade
costume is made of tan colored etamine
over "fraise" strawberry taffeta glace
The blouse bodice is composed OF strips
of gold embroidered ''fraise" taffeta
ribbon and real cream colored guioure
lace, opening at the back over a V
shaped insertion of creamy pleated
gauze adorned in front by two reveres
of wide taffeta ribbon edged with a tiny
frill of cream colored gauze and dem
broidered in dainty colored silks, gold
thread and spangles. These reveres
open over a vest of cream colored
tucked gauze, each tuck being edged
By a narrow fiounce of real valencien
mes lace and having two small ruffles of
''fraise" taffeta in the center of the
front to conceal the close of the bodice.
The collar consists of "fraise" taffeta
covered with finely pleated gauze and
a frill ruche of real valenciennes at the
back The waist is encircled by a wide
belt of ''fraise'' taffeta glace ribbon fin
ished in front by graceful bows and
loops. The sleeves are of gathered eta
mine over tight fitting lining of taft
feta and the the moderate puff at the
shoulder is draped by bows and loops
of "fraise" taffeta ribbon, while the
wrist is edged with a narrow fiounce
of cream colored gauze. The close fit
ting and narrow skirt of etamine over
'fraise" taffeta' lining, is plain, ex-
cept for the bias fold, three inches in
width, of ''fraise" taffeta glace and a
narrow cream colored gauze ruf1le
which hem it.
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There is most conmendable custom
followed this season. at teas and
tournaments, of wearing short and per-
fectly plain walking skirts of brown
linen, white duck. or stiff dark blue
piquet with pretty blouses of ecru lace,
or cafe au lait embroidery that have
under bodies of bright colored china
silk The lace or embroidery blouse
fastens up on the left side. is caught in
at the waist by belt of elastic gilt
studded with mock jewels and a hip
short frill of lace hangs out below the
belt. A bright ribbon forms the collar
and, with a flower hat, a costume at
once smart and inexpensive is the
result.
Yet another picturesque fancy. adopt
ed by a younger woman. is that of
wearing with duck and linen or tweed
skirts even, shirt waists of the softest
white null, the bOsoms frilled and
tucked and over the skirts little scarlet
silk boleros that are cut very short in
the back The half tailor-made guests
on the lawn invariably carry lOng-han-
died parasols, covered with most brill
iantly striped plaid silks. while in the
butt end of every long stick is fastened
a powerful eye-glass or a followed
space with a gilt top holds comfits or
smelling salts.
ORTHODOX TOILETS.
In spite of the variation of fashion in
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quisitely figured in tiny punches of
white, dark red and crimson cherries.
in wild strawberries and their leaves
and flowers. in apple blossoms and red
apples, and not least in loneliness are
those showing wreaths of purple and
green grapes and little panniers filed
with assorted fruits.
In effect these are as decorative as
the Powered musiins, and in their
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makeup the skirts are invariably
deliberately treated. Lace is either set
on in many fiounces, or let in wide
and narrow insertion. outlining the
well-known greek key pattern A last
refuge from the wholly commonplace
has been taken by the dressmaker in
dividing her organdie skirt into panels
by means of many narrow. perpen-
dicular lace fittings, or setting on
quaint puffiings of organdie, in white
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The manufacture of cans for Three
Crown Baking Powder and Spices, re-
Gently said he would close down his
can factory if it were not for the large
orders given him for cans by Hewlett
Bros. Co. Now the public can readi-
ly perceive by this remark how one
industry supports another and if one
was forced to close down it might
affect many others, but if the ones
already started are supported it
means that new ones will commence
and that will make work for the
people of this country instead of the
east.
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Not in Stock.

A young married woman of Grand
Island called at a hardware store and
asked for q jackpot. The clerk in
formed her they were just out. She
was disappointed, for she knew from
some slips her husband had made that
he was partial TO that kind of hard
ware, and she wanted to please him.
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FULL DRESS PARAsOLs.


This summer, at least, so very lovely
are the afternoon parasols, that a
woman who attends an outdoor party
can wear her hat or not, as she pleases.
HOstesses so far have abjured their
hats and carry sunshades to exactly
match their gowns. some of them show
ing silk domes with big lace butterflies
appliqued on to the silk, but the net
wings left free TO .fiutter in every
| breeze. One and all, these full dress
paraSolS have extremely long handles,
showing great extravaganza and beauty
concentrated in the handles. An ivory
shepherds crook. prettily inlaid, a long
gold inlaid ebony staff, with a tiny min
iature topped comfit box set in the end,
or q remarkable twisted serpent, coiled
near the head and with jeweled ewes,
are among the novel and costly sticks,
ion which fiounced canopies are mounted
for use with fete dresses
Just the way the parasol is used is
explained in the double column sketch
displaying a hostess gown of many
fiounces. But besides its founces this
toilet shows to what lengths combina-
tons of colors have gone. The suit has
a foundation of pale green taffeta silk
decorated uD to the knees with six
killed fiounces Of well-starched mousse
line de sole, the exact color of the foun-
dation. Above these plaitings is laid
on the silk an Insertion of ecru lace,
headed by putting of silk muslin to
match the ruff1es below. As to the
waist, its yokehis green silk overlaid
with ecru lace and then, between bo-
leros of sky blue Japanese satin worked
in steel beads and edged with a Tom
Thumb fringe of green muslin, falls a
dOwny vest of green silk muslin puff
fings. Both the collar and girdle are
formed of ceriSe-colored velvet, while
the sleeves are; of green silk overlaid
with ecf-u lace and finished at top and
bottom by puffings of green muslin.
The mention Of green, blue and cerise
all tossed together in one costume may
set sensitive te9th on edge. and yet the
result is exquisite, and this capital
French model.sby enterprising Ameri-
can dressmakers, is copied in blue mus
lin, of a pale shade. with bolero of rose
pink taffeta and the collar and waist
band done in iris velvet. The conbi-
nations. however, do not cease with
color alone, just as important are many
arrangements in fabrics, piquet and
velvet, grass linen and satin brown
canvas and delicate lisoe, French crepe
and tweed being all united in the
worthy cause of clarifying a lawn full
of pleasure seekers.
NEW POSS1B1LIIIES IN COLORS.
A very good example of what has
been hitherto considered an impossible
contrast is showed alongside the hos
tess dress of green taffeta. The COM
panion figure illustrates a lovely after
noon lawn party dress of the finest
cream-colored French serge, elab-
orately braided in cream silk
cords. Within, the Innings are
made Of bright rose silk and the bo-
lero is edged with a fine ruching
Eve that a scaDote becomes her, she
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or a solid color. To do this the skirt
must be made very full and the waist,
for a young and slender woman is best
treated with a yoke effect and beneath
this a blouse simulated, by means of
many overlapping lace edged flounces
that are narrow and full. The hat that
accompanies the organdie gown is
especially for a young face. marvel
ously becoming, and through those
bearing the Partisan trade mark come
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of rose tinted taffeta where it opens to
show full chemisette of valenciennes
lace.
1t is worth while just here to take
moments breathing space from the
talk of gowns to say word of the hat
that crowns the models head. This
headgear may be formally introduced
as the highest evolution this summer
of the capote, and if a woman is so
created in the likeness of her mother
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GARDEN PARTY GOWNS.
A TINE OF AIRY FRoCKs AND
FLoWERY HATS.

Butterfly Parasols-The Fashionable
Colors Are Red, Violet and Egyp-
tan Iris - A Capote That is the
Very Subliination OF Style-Black
and White Costumes of Muslin
and Lace Are Very Much Worn
at the Seaside and Are Smart in
the Extreme.
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favor of many new materials orthodox
womankind still clings to the idea of
organdie for warm weather teas, open
air fairs, and the like, and it is well the
old love for this charming material is
not forgot No sweeter gowns are to
be imagined than the sheer organdies
of this season, figured in novel patterns,
not so often of flowers and conven-
tional designs as of idealized liliputian
fruits. The newest of the new are ex-
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TowED THE GIRL HOTTIE.
Detroit Mans Remorse After Deed
of CALAMITY.

of Calamity.
Detroit Free Press: Il have first
class 81 bicycle for sale at bargain
counter figures" was the admission
ground through his teeth by swell
society beau who holds himself ire
sistible with the fair sex.
Whats happened p
Been made a sucker of, that's all.
Was taken in as easy as The fellow
that goes all the way to New York 10
buy sawdust. Put On my most ;e-ching
uniform the other morning and took a
spin out the road. Ten miles from
town, il it's a rod, 1 encountered as
pretty little woman as you ever saw
dainty from head to foot and -ull of
snap. But she had broken the chain of
her wheel and four links were gone.
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for bringing his wife in. He didn't
think he could have managed it. 1
was too nearly paralyzed to do any
thing but glare. Next day an old far
mer taxed me SO for turning his horse
loose. Sell? III give the wheel away"
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New York, June. 1s97.-Golf and ten
mis- tournaments. bicycle meets, open
air bazars and strawberry teas are the
predominating functions this month,
that make crisp lawn, light silks and
organizes and swiss muslins actual
requisites in every wo1nan's wardrobe.
What with the brilliant colors these
costumes reflect and the flowery hats
their wearers adopt. even the smallest
garden party presents an amazing blaze
of color that should quite put TO shame
even the peonies, fuchsias and like
guady blossoms, who are quite outdone
by their human rivals.
While it is true enough that no more
artistic contrast is known in a muslin
gown this season than black lace with
white lawn, in the majority of cases
very gorgeous effects are still striven
after. Cardinal colpred hats continue to
hold commanding position. The very
new color is red violet, vying for pre-
eminence in fashionable patronage with
Egyptian iris, the most flaming shade
of purple known. All of these glowing
tones, on black ground of green foil
age and blue sky, form a picture well
worth seeing, while the details of the
toilets are sometimes as astonishing as
beautiful.
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An Expensive luxury.

Where are you going. my pretty maid?'
Going to graduate. sir. she said.
Can 1 go with you, my pretty maid?''
= If you have flowers and a carriage sir
she said.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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One Of the principal uses OF

One Of the principal uses OF DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
preparation of prospective mothers for
the time of trial and danger that comes
when a child is born. The "Prescrip-
ton" is strengthening and invigorating
and lessons pain and danger. 1t In
sures the perfect well-being and the
perfect health of both mother and child
Every woman should know these things
before she really needs to know them
They are many things In DIR. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser" that
every woman ought to know. This
celebrated work has reached a sale of
$50. 900 copies at $3.50 each. The ex-
pense of production having thus been
covered. 100000 copies are now being
given away. A copy will be sent to
any address on receipt of twenty-one
(21) one-eent stamps to cover cost of
mailing only. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association. Buffalo,
n. Y
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She Wore Them Right Side Front.

London Tit-Bits: A lady cyciist In
knickerbockers was riding in the vicinity
of Wareham She lost her way. and. Soc
In a countryman in front. rode UP to
him. alighted. and said: Can you tell
me is this the right way to Wareham?'
The man looked her up and down with
great attention and then slowly replied:
yes. miss: yes; you seem TO have got
'em on all right"