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which, of course, was sleeveless, was
made of deep rose.colored cloth and
was richly embroidered by hand with
gold threads and Gtudded with mock
turquoises, a charming contrast to
the sombre red and rose of the cloth.
I noticed number of gowns consist
ing of a plain skirt and q double
breasted jacket, like the illustration
on this page. The material for such
suit is matter of fancy, many ladies
preferring plain black, blue or brown,
while others select rough cheviots in
Scotch mixtures.
Mrs. George Gould has a pretty
fashion that promises to become quite
fad. This fashion is for theatre
toilettes and is to use ones richest
ieweled pins to fasten the collars be-
hind, to hold them down firmly, or to
pretend to, in order to give excuse for
wearing the precions stones where
they can be seen, for if used in the
usual way, only the two persons who
sit next to you can view them, all the
others having their backs to you.
Speaking Of trimming on the back Of
the collar reminds me Of something I
once read that ''The reason the bows
on the backs of the women's necks
/ Arc as large as they Gun be,
'Aud I'll tell you why, said maiden fair,
AS she giggled sweet re he
'We like to feel. as we walk, dye mind,
That u big bsau's following close behind"
Another smart gown that did service
as a matinee suit was made of Yale
blue faced cloth in a Norfolk jacket
style. The exquisitely fitting bodice
WAS fastened with unique buttons and
the wearer's waist was encircled with
belt of Russian enamel set with
wealth of amethysts and pearls.
A becoming jacket that won many
compliments from the friends of it's
fair wearer WAS made of rich green
broadcloth lined throughout with a
pink brocaded silk ani trimmed with
un edging Of braid and large military
ornaments down the front and on the
collar.
This little coat was exquisite in cut
md fit and WAS worn by young soci-
ETY. bud, VINO, I understand. is soon
to be welded to an English nobleman.
1t was easily to be seen that our fair
young miss was we'll satisfied with the
world in general and with herself in
particular and why shouldn't she be
when she was the prospective mistress
of one of Old Eugland's stateliest cas-.
ties and the wife to be- of the scion of
a family which traJes it's ancestry
back very nearly, if not quite to Will
lam the Conqueror.
The costumes illustrated herewith
were made by The National Cloak
Company, of New York.
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protectorate treaties were being
signed, making the deltas of the Niger
a British protectorate, lbanitsuku,
the King, and his chiefs refused tc
oountenance the terms set forth there
in, and for several years gave 81.
Claude Macdonald a vast amount OF
trouble from time to time, as the
tribe held some of the principal oil
markets in the district. When the
Bonny men or New Calabar men went
to trade with the Okirikas their prop
erty was frequently seized, and mur.
der invariably followed, the heads of
the victims being carried off to adorn
the "Ju Ju" house. Early last June
Mr.. Moor, the British Consul General,
sent them an ultimatum, says the
Illustrated London News, demanding
the King should be handed over to
him, and also that the ''Ju Ju" house
be destroyed, or he would lombard
their town. Up till the last day of
the time allowed in the ultimatum
they refused to come to terms, 90 MIR.
Moor proceeded in the Government
yacht Ivy. with $50 troops and three
launches, to Okirika. After about
twenty minutes bombardment the
chiefs came out in their canoes flying
white flags. Some troops were then
landed, who, without opposition, de-
stroyed the ''Ju Ju" house, struc-
ture built of human skulls. The King
was then handed over, and the Ivy re.
turned to Bonny within twenty-four
hours of the time OF departure. 1ban.
itsuku was made state prisoner and
conveyed to Degama (the Protector
ate's convict settlement), but later
succeeded in making his escape. Tie
Okirikas at present are assuming
more peaceful attitude and trade be-
tween them fourishes accordingly.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS ARD NOTES.


The brewers horse is kept fat By food
taken from the poor mans child, says Rams
Horn.
THAT man has evidently had IN eye
opener this morning." ~ should say it was
an eye-shutter from tic looks of his battered
face"
'I can leave off when please" ;
We're the words that he said,
And TO prove it, stopped drinking
The day he was dead.
DR.. J. Rosenthal. Professor OF Physiology
and Hygine in Erlangen, says: $50 long as
alcohol remains In the stomach. digestion Is
suspended. In that case the food remains
undigested for hours"
Francis Murphy says: "If you want a drink
take it alone, and don't ask some other 1el'
low who can't resist.
As long ago as l847 DR.. Turner declared
the inebriate had suffered compound irac'
lure from the crown Of his head to the soles
OF his feet, 50 great is the assault made by
alcohol on the human system.
General Rawlings once dined with man
VINO partook of wine rather freely. Finally
tho latter said, speaking OF somebody, On,
Your enemy" said Rawlings, pointing to
tho bottle, doesn't write books.
Two gentlemen were complimenting eacE
other on their habits Of temperance. ''DiG
you ever, neighhor." said one. 800 me with
more than I could carry?' "No, indeed
was the reply, mot I. But [ have seen you
when I thought you had better gone twice
alter it,"
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TOWER OF SILENCE, RESTING PLACE CT THE DEAD.

the Brooklyn Health Department.
They were obtained from DR.. Yersin
by surgeon in the navy, who brought
them to this country.
In the Brooklyn Health Department
Journal reporter had the satisfaction
of examining few dead bacilli of the
plague under O microscope and Of
gazing at a patch of living ones re-
posing on gelatine in test tube.
What will be done to protect New
York in case of the arrival of aa in.
fected ship is an important question.
DR.. Alvsh 81. Doty, the Health Officer
of the Port, says that he is fully pre-.
pared for such an emergency. He has
representatives at Suez, Naples and
other ports, who will warn him by
cable of infected ships.
It will be hard for the bubonic
plague to come into New York on the
body or clothing of any human being.
This port has now the most perfect
and modern disintecting apparatus in
existence. 1t would be impossible for
the germs of any disease to pass
through it and remain alive.
This apparatus has been constructed
under the supervision of DR.. Doty.
1t is installed on the steamboat James
w. Wadsworth, which is stationed at
Quarantine ready at any moment to
get up steam and proceed to the dis
infection of suspected persons or
ships. DR.. Doty's principal assistants
are DR.. rHommedieu and Mr.. Skinner.
Dieinfection is enforced on persons
from abroad at the discretion of the
Health officer. 1t will certainly be
enforced on all coming from India or
other ports from which the germs of
the dreaded plague are liable to be
carried.
The Wadsworth is q marvel of sci.
entitic ingenuity in its fittings. The
upper deck is given up to the disin-
fecting plant. A series of compart-
ments begins forward and ends aft.
They are entirely lined with galvan.
lied iron, coated with white enamelled
paint, and incapable of allowing any
liquid CT other substance to escape. The
man suspected of harboring germs en-
ters these chambers with all his porta-
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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RAILROAD Acct
DENTS AND DHINK.

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RAILROAD ACC1-
DENTS AND DBINK.
The Quarterly Journal OF Inebriety says:
Recently, q great railroad corporation
gathered all the facts concerning the men
and the conditions OF every accident which
When tabulated, 1t appeared that forty per
sent. of all acci dents were due altogether, or
IN part, to the failures OF men who were
drinking; that In eighteen per cent. there
was strong suspicion Of similar causes, yet
40 clear proof. In one year over million
dollars worth Of property was destroyed by
The failures Of beer.drinking engineers and
;witchmen. The company's rules requiring
temperate men for all positions are more
and more vigorously enforced. Engineers
Ind that practically they are unable to do
good work while using spirits even In small
doses. The GOODNESS and presence Of mind
30 essential in their work ts broken up by
alcohol in any form.
"Trainmen, men exposed to the weather,
reach the same conclusion. II they are prac-
:icaI men. The startling mortality Of brake
men Is referable in many cases to the use OF
alcohol to drive out the cold, or keep awake
in long hours of service. Each year the
autifs and responsibilities Of railroad men
Increase, and men more temperate. accurate,
prompt and careful in their work are re-
luired. Only absolutely temperate men can
do this work for any length Of time; all
others fail and are dangerous In their. weak
hess.
IA Western road permitted an inabrlate,
who was really an able man, to continue as
claim agent adjusting accounts against the
company. His drinking was supposed to be
IN aid in the settlement of claims with other
drinking men. After his death temperate
nan who filled his place saved several thou
sand dollars year by doing the same work,
repeating the common experience that ine-
brlates are always more or less incom.
Detent"
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PORTFOLIO FOR WILSON,
Ex-CongressInsn From Iowa Will Be Sec
retary OF Agriculture.

Ex-CongressInan From Iowa Will Be Sec-
retary OF Agriculture.
Former Congressman James Wilson, OF
Ames, Iowa, Professor Of Agriculture In the
Iowa Agricultural College and Director OF
he Government Experiment Station, an
aounced that he hal been offered and had
accepted the SecretGryship of Agriculture in
;he Mckinley Cabinet.
Mr.. Wilson was born in the parish OF
Girvan, AYRSHIRE, Scotland, in 1910, aud was
brought to America by his parents when
small boy The first settlement of the family
vas in Connecticut, from which State they
removed to Iowa, In the ffties. For many
years Mr.. Wilson was teacher in the coun-
try schools. In the course OF time he ae-
cumulated money enough to purchase the
magnificent farm OF 1900 acres, which he
now owns in Tama County.
Mr.. Wilson was member OF the Twelfth.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth General Assem-
blies of Iowa, has been State Railroad Com
missioner. President Of the State Temper
ance Alliance and has held many other i'm
portant public offices in the State. In 1874
he was elected to Congress and was re-eleot-
ed in 1876. For several years Mr.. wilson
has been professor Of agriculture In the state
school al Ames and, In connection with his
o.her duties, has edited q farm department
for the newspapers that has been published
in all the counties OF the State.
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ern climate and hard work in the
laboratory. His hair and beard are
cut short, and he is full of life, intel
ligence and enterprise. Here is DR..
Yersin's description of the plague from
personal observation:
"The disease presents the chemical
characteristics of the bubonic plague
of the Middle Ages. The outbreak is
sudden, after an incubation of four
and one half to six days. 1t is accom-
panied by complete prostration. The
sufferer is attacked by high fever,
often accompanied by delirium. The
first day bubo-gene1ally one only
appears. In seventy five cases out
of one hundred it is in the groin, in
ten cases out of one hundred in the
armpit.
ssIn the case of the plague reum a
serilized broth containing the dead
bodies Of the bacilll is used. This
is injected daily into horse, which
in the space of two weeks be-
comes immunized against the plague.
The serum of the horses blood Is then
drawn of and serves as preventative
of or remedy for the plague in man. I"
The plague appeared in China in
1896, and DR.. Yersin Immediately went
there. He started at Canton, but the
Chinese population did not wish to be
treated by European physician.
But an accident won him the day.
Three seminaries of the Catholic mis-
sioo at Canton fell sick of the plague.
DR.. Yersin treated them and saved all
of them. He then went to Andy,
where he treated twenty.three persons
and saved twenty one. He had then
no more serum, but he converted
large part of the population. When
he left Annoy they gave him an ovation.
Thej Hou Pao, Chinese newspaper,
devoted an article to the praise OF DIR.
Yersin and concluded by saying:
sis not this divine art? Who will
dare to say that Hoa-to has not re-
turned to earth again?" Hos-to, 1T
should be explained, is a celebrated
Chinese doctor who lived 1000 years
ago, and has been turned into god.
The first man in this country to re.
ceive a supply of the bacllli was Pro-
fessor J. T. Wilson, bacteriologist of
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have lost that ungraceful, baggy look
that characterized the sleeves of last
summers blouses. The fullness below
the elbow is laid in half.inch plaits
which are either neatly feather stitched
or finished by machine. These plaits
extend from the wrist to within about
two inches from the elbow where the
fullness forms the putting for the top.
Cuffs of the material instead of white
linen will be popular. 1 have it from
New York authority that popular
material for summer wear will be
printed Japanese silk. This prospect
Of the increased popularity of silk
from the Orient should be heralded
with joy by femininity, for no other
material is so invariably becoming, so
cool and capable of most artistic drap-
ing. In light colors and elaborate
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of Gotham's fashionable set. This
role has heretofore seemed part of
Nine. Melbs, but now tina. Calve has
sung it with such infinite charm her
Marguerite is doubtless destined to be
one of the most beautiful impersona-
tions of the character.
One of the neatest and svellest
gowns seen in the audience last Sat-
urday was made of deep red broad
cloth. The skirt and short jacket
were perfectly plain, the latter, how
ever, was finished with silk stitohings
and vel, ct color in darker shade Of
red velvet. The right fitting vest.
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First Geography.

The first geography printed in this
country was compiled by Jedediah
Moss, and published in 1871. for the
use of schools. The attempts at maps
IN this publication was extremely
crude, and gave very imperfect idea
of the outlines of the countries they
we're supposed to represent. 1t is said
that only twenty-five or thirty copies
of this work are now in existence.
Boston Globe.
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The Danger OF Tuberculosis From MILK,

The apprehension which exists in
the public mind regarding the danger
of receiving the contagion of tuber.
culosis from infected milk seems to
require that we refer to the subject.
hat the danger exists is no longer
denied, but that it is sometimes over.
estimated is also true. The danger is
evidently greatest when the udder is
affected and it is then very grave
danger. fortunately. the cases in
which the udder becomes affected are
not numerous; in only seven per cent.
of the animals condemned and killed
by us was there any disease detected
in the udder. Report of a Connecti-
cut Commission.
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MoRE MEDICAL EVIDENCE.

The Lancet Memorial, signed by Oil British
medical practitioners, was as follows:
"We, the undersigned. being members OF
the medical profession, beg to record our
strong persuasion, that the facilities for OBJ
tanning spirits, wines, stout, and ale In bot
ties. which are provided by thu grocers'
licenses. have most injurious tendency.
We believe women. servants, and children OF
respectable households, who could not or
would not procure intoxicating drinks at
public houses, are encouraged to purchase
and use these liquors by the opportunities
offered when visiting the grocer's shop for,
other purposes. Female domestic servants
are often enabled to obtain bottles of spirits,
wine, and beer at small cost, or credit, or
as commission on the household bills. We
therefore protest against the continuance Of
the licenses"
q, The British Medical Association adopted
the following resolution, proposed by DR..
Drysdale, seconded by DR.. Gray: ''This,
meeting is Of opinion that grocers' licenses
to sell Intoxicating liquors are highly detri-
mental to the health OF the community, and
earnestly requests the Government to dis
continue them"
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REALM OF STYLE.
EXQUISITE SUMMER FABRICS
NOW AT NEW YORK STORES.
Coming Fashions in Shirt Waists and
Warm Weather Gowns-Tailor-
Made Gowns Seen at the
Opera Matinee.
Especial New York Letter.)


ffTN time of peace prepare for
" war" Which the guardian of
our wardrobe parsphrases
thusly:
You'll not be in high feather
If you Vait till warm weather,
and 80 with scarcely breathing, spell
since winter frocks and wraps were
finished, we turn to lawns and laces
with the summer vista in prospective.
Winter goods have been superseded
by the irrepressible cotton shirt waists,
iainsy muslins and filmy parasols
in spite Of the fact that their time of
usefulness is three or four months
distant. "Serpentine" null is one of
the prettiest materials that has ever
graced the drygoods market. 1t
is sheer enough to be dainty and strong
enough to make serviceable gown,
while it seems exactly to suit the re-
quirementa of the shirt waist. ''Edel-
weiss" is perhaps the most srtistlc
production of cotton stuffs shown in
several years. It is made of silk and
wool-wonderfully fine and sofs-and
the hsnd-printed flowers that form the
design look far more as though Ehey
were hand.painted. Dimitias, Of
course, come in designs as dainty as
the fabric itself, and in ginghams
both Scotch and French plsids and
stripes will predominant. A good way
in which to make gingham frock is to
have the outside skirt aud lining made
separately, just fastened at the belt.
In this way the dress is easily laun-
dered and the skirt will be more apt to
keep in shape. Trimmed skirts will
prevail for summer gowns Of cotton,
but our tailor-made street suits will
still retain their plain neat skirts now
so fashionable. The advance models
in short-waists show tho separate col.
lars OF last summer, but in many cases
these are made fancy, either by having
a colored edge or arranged in small
square tabs edged with embroidery,
much on the same style as our winter
collars are made. Fortunately the
sleeves are considerably smaller and
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and prosperous native community in

and prosperous native community in
Bomb
When Parsee dies his friends con-
vey his body to one Of the Towers OF
Silence, which are clustered together
in q garden. After the mourners
comes man leading white dog, the
emblem of faithfnlness, followed by the
priests. The procession ascends the
tower, in which a sacred fire is always
kept burning. At the top is plat
form, on which the body is left. No
sooner have the people withdrawn
than flock of vultures, which have
been lowering about descends. In ten
minutes they pick off every particle of
flesh, and at the end of three weeks
the friends return and deposit the
bleached skeleton in central we'll.
The scenes on the banks Of the
Ganges, the sacred river of India, are
awful. In the neighborhood of Ben
ares, the metropolis of Brahmanism,
they reach their elimination. To die
here in the waters of the sacred river
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NEWSPAPER MEN DROWNED.
heir Boat Sunk While ON a Mississippi
Riyar Aasipnment.

Their Boat Sunk While ON a Mississippi
River Assignment. ., ~
Harrison P. Hester and 81. B. Blessine, two
well-known newspaper mea Of New Orleans
we're drowned by the sinking OF the steam
yacht Argo, while following the Congress
committee now visiting New Orleans, to ex-
anime the crevasse in Passa Lout-e and to
determine as to the advisability OF an appro-
priation.
Hester was the son of Henry G. Hester,
Secretary CT the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, and was probably the leading cotton
statistician in this country. He was q cor
respondent of several papers at Washington
for some time. He WAS married. Blesslne
was only twen'y-seven years old, OF a we'll
known Creole family. 80.
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AZ
H ions of victims in India, and
~ the plague is not only ravag-
ing that land, but is begin
ming to cast its shadow over the world,
SAYS the New York Journal.
In well-fed America we can hear OF
the hungry millions with q pity not
unmixed with satisfaction that we are
otherwise. But no nation or class IS
above the fear of the plague germ. 1t
can travel round the earth in thou
sand different receptaoles, is insensi Bile
to climate, and, attackil5 lnvIs1bly,
brings wholesale death.
Plague and famine are cooperating
in way that must make the best ef-
forts of officials and scientists seem
hopeless. The irrigation tanks, very
numerous in Northern India, have
been reduced by drought to stagnant
puddles, and these have been con-
verted by diseased men and animals
into inexhaustible sources of conts-
gion. The prevalence Of famine has
forced the people to eat the most pu-
trid of TODD, which is in many cases
infe:ted by diseased rats and insects.
The native quarter of Bombay is
practically deserted. 1t is strewn
with deserted bodies, and its condl-
tion menaces an epidemic in the Euro
pean quarter. The death rate among
the natives has grown so high that 1t
is impossible to keep reliable record.
The country for hundreds of miles
around Bombay is ravaged by plague
and famine. The large port Of Kara
chi is very badly infected.
The most horrible spectacle in Bonn
bay is presented by the Towers of 81
lence, the Parsee burial places on the
Malabsr Hill. The Psrsees are ire
worshippers, and the most industrious
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lDAHO'S NEW SENATOR.
Henry Heitfelt, Populist Farmer, VIII
Succeed Dubois.

Eenry Heitfelt, Populist Farmer, VIII
Succeed Dubois.
The Senat orial contest in the Idaho State
Legislature has terminated by the selection
of Henry Heitielt, a Populist. to succeed
Senator Dubois. The last ballot was as fol-
gows: Heitfelt, thirty-ntne; Dubois, Silver,
Republican, thirty; T. F. Nelson, Populist,
one. twenty-five Populists, thirteen Demo
'crats, and one Republican voted for the sue
cessful candidate. e
senator-elect Heitfelt Is forty years Of age
and is a farmer In Nez Perce County. BE
has several times represented his County In
the State Legislature, and is at present
member Of the State Senate. BE is, Of course,
a Free Silver man. Senator Dubois, whom
be succeeds, is Free Silver Republican. T.
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Buried the Wrong Man.

By a curious mistake in the records Of
New York hospital man was recently re-
ported dead. His brother went to the
lnorgue to identity the body, but foun 1t,
after the autopsy. almost unrecognizable.
They had it buried and shortly atterw2rd
found out that Il mistake had been made and
that their relative was not dead. They arc
now endeavoring to recover the costs OF the
fun
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The Bible a Defence for Murder.

An excited crowd gathered around the jail
Mt Wayne. Neb., threatening Clarence Rash,
the wealthy farmer, who was arrested at hts
home, surrounded by the bodies Of his wife
and three children, all terribly hacked and
battered. He said when arrested that the
Bible was his defence and would prove that
he but did his dury. Rash had been attend
ing revival meetings and had grown enthust
astic over religion. e.,