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The statistics show that out of 2,300,000 Germans who have left the Fatherland since 1871, 2,100,000 have come to America. , 4 A R SO AT SRR TTA | Every boy and girl in the old-time schoolhouse understood ‘“the art of telegraphing without wires” long before modern scientists discovered it. A ST The latest printing press turns out 96,000 eight-page papers an hour. Mennot yet old can remember when the fastest press could not print that many four-page papers in 48 hours. In 1820 the entire world’s product of gold from the famed Ormus and Golconda, from the Andes and Brazil, only amounted to $8,000,000. Things have gredatly changed in these closing years of the century. -DA T PSR .MO ST The king of Siam has decided not to visit this country because, as he polite1y says, he could not see it satisfactorily in less than six months. There is something in that, though many of our foreign visitors have written a book about us at the end of six weeks. L S TR WP W S PV A vear from now the official reports upon ‘the gold finds of I\]‘§skn will tell the true story of the value of the Yukon. A good many people are waiting till that time before venturing in the first rush for the diggings. Inthe meantime California is stemming the tide with the news of some surprising gold discoveries within her own borders. Tt is estimated that the production of aluminium next year will reach 42,460 pounds daily, or about six times the output of 1895. Not many yearsago aluminium was nearly as valuable as gold, but it will soon be classed as one of the cheapest metals. It is found to be especially valuable for its malleability, exceeding lightness and freedom. from rust, . ' e it ~ Hottentot is hard to pronounce if the graphic deseription of Dr. Aurel Schulz does it no injustice: *lcansafely liken the language to the clicking of a multitude of differerit rusty old gunlocks simultaneously set in motion. It is simply appalling to hear the fatfy click gut tkoot, tiek, lick, mktchuk, gtkowktok gtu-gktigakkij, accompanied by many gugglings.” ; RAT S W €TV W VRTINS et | Prince Luigi of Italy has rendered a very distinet service to geographical science by his successful ascent of Aount Saint Elias, in Alaska, the highest peak in North America. He has approximately determined the height of the mountain and established the fact that it has never been, as had previously been supposed, a great voleano. - For this service he is entitled to the thanks of the American people. :

Ttaly appearsto be the home of the anarchists; although they are men who know no country. The murderers of President Carnot and Premier Canovas were both Italians, and it is satisfactory to note that the police of Milan and other cities are taking steps against thé incendiaries. ~ It is only a question of time before the governments of . the world will be compelled to, unite in a relentless war against the reds, who themselves make war wpon society.

- History shows no parallel to the present Buropean situation. Thore are six great nations armed to the teeth, and each one watching the slightest move made by the others. None of them wants war, but all are ready. They are bosom friends, but one and all suspect treachery. Hence the system of vows and protests and nicely balanced attentions. Itisa grim satire on civilization that millions of armed men are thought necessary to keep the peace, and that war is only to be averted when everybody is afraid of his neighbor. ;

The youthful Czar Nicholas has at last taken a step forward in the direction of humane and enlightened government by deciding upon a partial abolition of Siberian exile for criminals and the substitution thereof of confinement in large central prisons in Russia. If the dispatches announcing this determination are authentic the changes will become effective a year hence and thereafter no more prisoners, political or otherwise, 'will be sent to Siberia without trial. An evident desire on the part of the czar to range himself on the side of liberal and humanitarian monarchs is the sign of a new erain Russia.

The death of Mrs. John Drew, at the age of 77, leaves a void on the American stage which cannot immediately be filled. For 69 years as child and woman she has been before the public, and in that time impressed her winning personality on two generations. She stole into the hearts of théater goers when at the age of six, and known as Louise Lane, she made her debut in the character of a boy in “Timon of Athens” at the Liverpool theater. Every year that followed has served to streggthen the attachment, for the promise of her childhood was realized in the genius that developed in her as she matured.

A report tothe state department from the vice consul at Hanover indicates that there is a growing desire in Germany for American horses. The original difficulties in shipping horses from this country seem to have been overcome, and transportation is'now so perfect that Lorses arrive in Hamburg and Bremen in good condition. The Amerjean horses which sell most readily in Germany are the thick-set, working gfiimals of the Percheron breed. Until Ye_ceatly these horses have been sent from Belgium. The report states that Amer-

Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, FROM WASHINGTON. The statement of the public debt issued on ‘the Ist shows that the debt increased $14,888,475 during the month of August. The cash balance in the treasury was $858,145,367. The total debt, less, the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $1,008,335,121.

The district tax collector’s safe in Washington was robbed of $9,000, and Varick Hawkins, the negro messenger, was charged with the crime. - The government receipts from all sources during the two months of the present fiscal year. were $58,108,718, and the expenditures were $83,688,596, showing a deficit for the fiscal year thus far of $25,580,237. :

In Ju]yl 14,774 immigrants arrived in the United States, against 21,471 in July, 1896. -

Government exports for the . first seven months of the calendar year were valued at $549,943,879, against $500,572,005 for the first seven months of last year. : ;

THE EAST.

The Pennsylvania member of thedemocratic national committee, William F. Harrity, has been unseated. :

In Reading, Pa., the democratic state convention nominated Walter 12, Ritter, of Lycoming county, for auditor-gen-eral and M. E. Brown, of Blairsville, for siate treasurer. =

In New York E. B. Cuthbert & Co., brokers, failed for $500,000. The oldest of American actresses, Mrs. John Drew, died at Larchmont, N, Y., aged 77 years. g

In New York the Citizens’ union has placed Se'th Low, president of Columbia college, in nomination for mayor. The centennial anniversary of the founding of Waynesboro, Pa., was observed with appropriate ceremonies. At Providence, R. I, the trustees of Brown university voted torequest President Andrews to withdraw his resignation. g ‘

In Buffalo, N. Y., the twenty-fourth annual convention ~of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance union will be held October 29 to November 3.

Flames in the paper mills of Manning & Paine in Troy, N. Y., damaged the building and machinery to the extent of $lOO,OOO.

By the derailing of a train near Cortland, N. Y., Mrs..G. M. McQuillan was killed and eight persons were seriously injured. e

WEST AND SOUTH.

The death of John Walker, ex-state auditor and ex-railroad commissioner, occurred at Fayette, Mo., aged 73 years. The city of Minneapolis has been connected by telephone with New York and Boston.

Reports as to the condition of the crops throughout the country say that more rain and hot weather was needed forcorn.

Resolutions were adopted at the conference of labor leaders in St. Louis scoring government by injunction, favoring public ownership of railways and telegraphs, and the right of the people to keep and beararms. Another meeting will be held in Chicago on the 27th inst.

The explosion of a railway engine at Tredericksburg, 0., killed - Engineer Thornley and Fireman Brown. In Fremont, 0., Harry Eaton Smith, of the United States navy, and Miss Frances Hayes, only daughter of the late ex-President Hayes, were married at the Hayes homestead. PresidentMeKinley was one of the guests present. - Records and papers of the supreme court of Illinois are being .removed from Ottawa to Springfield, where ‘the court will sit hereafter. Robbers stole a sack containing $5OO in silver from the Adams Express compeny at Burlington, Ta. " Buildings were unroofed and several private residences were overturned by v windstorm in Indianapolis. It is said that Frederick MeConnell, cashier of the State bank of Ambia, Ind., has embezzled $40,000. The bank has closed. Mary O’Brien died at thehome of her son, Dennis O’Brien, in Chicago, at the age of 101 years. : Fire wiped out nearly the entire business portion of the village of Berlin, Mich. : The oldest person in Michigan, Barney Meclllrow, died at his home in Wales, daged 107 years. ; . » The Virginia republicans will hold theirstate convention at Lynchburg October 5 to nominate a state ticket. Col. D. J. Palmer was nominated for state senator in ‘the Tenth Towa district after taking 6,021 ballots. In sessionat St. Paul the Farmers’ national congress elected ex-Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, president. All rations to the Apache Indiansin New Mexico, except flour, have been cut off by the government, and they were threatening an uprising. v In Jacksonville, Fla., Robert Henry (colored) was hanged for the murder of his wife in February, 1894." A fire made 35 families homeless in the Kaw river bottoms near Kansas City, Mo. : ! L It was said that Charles A. Norton, cashier and general manager of the Bank of Durand, 111., a private concern, had embezzled $30,000. : In the annex of the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus Frank Mueller waselectrocuted for the murder of Mrs. J. W. Miller, the wife of his employer, on March 2t last. Resoutions were adopted at the Farmers’ congress in St. Paul commending the secretary of agriculture for his efforts in behalf of the dairy industry; favoring the grading of butter forexport; providing for a committee to report to the next congress a plan for cooperation between the states for the prevention of contagious diseases among domestic animals. i

The United States government claims Dawion City is in American territory, and has instructed Alaskan officials to act accordingly. : The doors of the First national bank of Greensburg, Ind., were closed, with liabilities of nearly $lOO,OOO. : To redeem a pledge made J. D. Rockefeller sent his check for $250,000 to the American Baptist Home Missionary society. | : In Jackson township, Mo., Joseph M, Lilly, a wealthy farmer, died at the age of 64 years. He had heen in bed for 21 years, claiming that he would die of heart disease if he got up. The president took part in the annual reunion at Fremont, 0., of the Twentymx*mnwf which he wis member during thewar, . member during thewar,

Democrats, populists and silver republicans joined in fusion and placed the following ticket in the field in Nebraska: Supreme judge, John J. Sullivan (dem.), Columbus; university regents, E. Von Forell, Kearney (pop.); George F. XKenower, Wisner (silver rep.). -

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In Stockholm a universal congress of religions opened in connection with'the exposition being held to celebrate the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Oscar. ‘ : On the return of President Faure to Paris from his visit to Russia a bomb was exploded on the route to his home, and it was regarded as an attempt on the president’s life. . The proposal of Lord Salisbury for a jeint guaranty of the indemnity to be raid to Turkey by Greece has fallen through owing to Russia’s reluctance and Germany’s jealousy. . In Brussels Gustav Daubenspieck was arrested upon suspicion that he is concerned in a plot to assassinate Emperor William.

- In Naoetsu, Japan, high water flooded 1.600 houses and 300 persons were drowned. : ]

Spain’s queen regent will receive Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the new United States minister, on the 13th inst. Insurgents at Crete fired upon the Tuarkish troops, and the latter returned the fire, but no casualties occurred.

In St. Petersburg a special commission will meet to discuss the introduction of compulsory education.in Russia.

The liberal candidate, Gen. Ignacio Andrade, whas elected president of the republic of Venezuela. ,

LATER NEWS.

It is said that Dr. E. B. Andrews, who resigned the presidency of Brown university at Providence, R. L., has accepted the position of president of the new Cosmopolitan university, founded by John B. Walker and to open on the 13th inst. in Providence. : .

An explosion at the Sunshine .coal mine near Glenwood Springs, Col., killed 12 men. i

A company has been incorporated in New York with a capital of $75,000,000 to construct a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico.

The populists of Colorado met at Salida and nominated William Gabbert for the supreme court bench. Charles M. Charnley, of Chicago, for 15 years treasurer of the Presbyterian board of aid for colleges and academies, was said to be a defaulter to the extent of $50,000. 5 Lazarus Greengard, the oldést Jew in the United States, died at the residence of his son in St. Louis, aged 105 years.

There were 191 business failures in the United States in.the seven days ended on the 3d, against 223 the week previous and 334 in the corresponding period of 1896. e

~ Fire destroyed all but two business houses at Hillsboro, la. ' :

President McKinley and his party were the special guests of the Ohio state board of agriculture at the fair grounds in Columbus. A bill was introduced in the Nicaraguan congress toilestablish a gold standard in that republic. Rifaat Bey, until recently councilor of the Turkish embassy in London, has been appointed Turkish minister at Washington. Seth Low has#ignifie§ his acceptance of the nomination by \he Citizens’ union for mayor of Greg#er New York. On the farm of Nathfin Cox in Taylor county, Ky., his tw¢ young sons were bitten by rattlesnakdg and died. Judge Ellsworth, Qak]and, Gals; ruled that a bicycle is fflersonal property and exempt from exggution if used by the owner in his dai® business. Mrs. Helen Lewis died at her home in St. Joseph, Mich., aged 107 years. She was born in slavery in Delaware in 1790. It was thought that the miners’ strike would end in a few days, the national executive board of the United Mine Workers having agreed to recommend to the miners a proposition from the Pittsburgh operators for a straight price of 65 cents a ton, to continue in force until the end of the year. Forest H. Parker, president of the Produce Exchange bank of New York, and his wife were drowned in the Chain lake in the Adirondacks by the upsetting of a boat. : The sixteenth annual exhibition of the Milwaukee Industrial- Exposition association was opened by Gov. Schofield. e ‘ Benjamin Brewster, president of the Keokuk & Des Moines railroad, died at his summer home in Cazenovia, N. Y., aged 69 years. In the ten weeks the miners’ strike has been going on the strikers have lost in wages $10,500,000. : The financial statement of the committee of ’97 of the sixteenth international Christian Endeavor convention shows a balance in the hands of the treasurer of $2,274.38. An official estimate of the corn crop of Kansas this year places it at 165,677,230 bushels. : ~ In Bloomington, Peoria and other Illinois cities many business men were }victimized through two-dollar bills raised to ten-dollar bills. : Three tramps set fire to the jail at Conway, N. D., and perished in the flames. { President and Mrs. McKinley arrived at their home in Canton, 0., for a few days’ visit. S Two little sons of Adam Majewski were drowned at Stevens Point, Wis. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, consul general, left Cuba for New York on a leave of absence. o It is said that the sultan has agreed never to use his influence against Russia in central Asia and that the czar has pledged himself to uphold Turkish rights in Europe. An excursion train was wrecked near Newport, Me., and one man was killed and four other persons were fatally injured. ' ~ ‘ Yellow fever was reported at Ocean Springs, Miss., and the place was quarantined. , Four masked men held up a train at Irvin Mountain, C 01.,, and took $lO,000 from the express car. : Two explosions of natural gas at Broad Ripple, Ind., killed eight persons and 24 others were badly injured. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 4th were: Boston, .696; Baltimore, .694; New York, .639; Cincinnati, .583; Cleveland, .514; Chicago, 446; Brooklyn, 441; Pittsburgh, 439; | Washington, .434; St Louis, 243,

FUSION IN NEBRASKA.

Three State Conventions Unite on & Single Ticket.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 3.—As predicted at the start by the party leaders, the three parties, demoeratic, populist and silver republican, joined hands in fusion and the ticket placed in the field is: For supreme judge, John J. Sulliwvan (dem.), Columbus; for one state university regent, E. von Forell, of Kearney (pop.); for the other regent, George F. Kenower, of Wisner (silver rep.). Many delegates maintain that the fusion was perfectly harmonious, while there are others who claim that; there may yet be dissension on the silver republican side, as about one-third of those delegates went home before fusion was effected. For awhile in the three conventions Thursday morning it looked rather precarious for bharmony, and it was not until the announcement that the democrats had agreed with the silver republicans to substitute John J. Sullivan for W. H. Thompson that signs of fusion began to appear. Even then it was not until Judge Neville urged the indorsement of Mr. Sullivan that the populists gave in. Atnoon the agreement to fuse was finally reached and the rest of the proceedings were of short duration. It became very evident near the close of the convention that neither Scott, Neville nor Thompson could be nominated by any two of the conventions, and the maneuver of the-democrats in substituting Sullivan was considered a coup d’etat that cut short what might have resulted in a long-«drawn, knotty convention, full of fight and ultimately separating the three parties so widely that fusion would have been an unknown condition for years to come. This is the opinion freely expressed on every hand. There were 15 counties unrep‘resented in the populist convention and about the same number absent from the other gatherings. ; Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 3.—The conference committee of the populists, silver republicans and democratic conventions, after holding sessions that lasted until three o’clock Thursday morning and failing to agree upon a ticket, made the following report to the three conventions: : ~ ‘“We recommend that the three conventions meet separately and ballot for judge. All nominations shall be presented to the three conventions and bhalloting shall continue until one man shall receive a majority of two conventions. Each ballot shall be announced to each of the other conventions before another ballot is taken. The regents shall be given to the parties which do not secure the judge.”

The report was adopted by the democratic convention, but the committee was not discharged. : The populists adopted the cottage home for their party emblem, the same symbol as that of the populists of Colorado. The silver republicans adopted the liberty bell with a crack in it.

CONGRESS OF FARMERS.

New Officers Tlected — Important - Amendment to Constitution.

St. Paul, Minn,, Sept. 2—The farmers’ mnational- congress Wednesday morning postponed the election of officers to hear a paper by E. W. Randall, secretary of the Minnesota Agricultural society, on the causes of failure and success in state fairs. Among other things he counted state management and ownership of grounds as essential to success; also impartial award of premiums and prompt payment of same; a comprehensive line of exhibits, sirecng amusements, e{,\:clusive of all gambling, and generous local support. The election of officers followed. ExGov. W. B. Hoard, of Wisconsin, was chosen president by a vote of 176 to 60 for B. F. Clayton, the present incumbent, and 851, for Secretary Stahl. John M. Stahl was.reelected secretary and N. G. Spalding, of New York, was made treasurer hy acclamation. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3.—The morning session of the farmers’ convention Thursday was given over to choice of piace for next meeting, first vice president and action on more resolutions. Fort Worth, Tex., was chosen almost without opposition for the next place of meeting. L. H. Maxwell, of Louisiana, was chosen for vice president. An amendment to theconstitution was adopted intended to broaden the scope of the organization. All institutions and organizations interested in agriculture may hereafter be represented by delegates to this Farmers’ na--tional congress. A resolution favoring the government ownership of railroads was overwhelmingly defeated, receiving only five or six affirmative votes. A resolution urging congress to hurry work on the harbors of refuge on the great lakes went through without opposition. ' At the afternoon session a resolution favoring silver was after debate rejected. Adverse report of the committee on resolutions was adopted with reference to the following subjects: Governmentownerskip of railroads, the initiative and referendum, income tax, and a resblution declaring against corporate ownership of land for speculative purposes. Resolutions were adopted. as follows: Commending the secretary of agriculture for his efforts "in behalf of the dairy industry; favoring the grading of butter for export; favoring reduction of all official sal‘aries; providing for a committee to report to the next congress a plan for cooperation between the states for the prevention of contagious diseases among domestic animals. . ‘

German Ire Aroused.

- Berlin, Sept. 3.—lt is asserted upon reliable authority that the German government will demand from France an explanation of the dispatch sent by M. Meline, the French premier, in reply to the message of congratulation of the Alsace-Loraine society upon the signing of the Franco-Russian alliance, in which dispatch M. Meline expressed the hope of a reunion of Alsace-Loraine with the French republic. Germany, it is announced also, will demand satisfaction for the excesses committed before the German embassy in Paris en the evening of President Faure’s return from his visit to Russia.

Trusted Man Missing.

Chicago, Sept. 4—Warrants charging embezzlement have been issued for the arrest of Charles M. Charnley, for 13 years treasurer of the Presbyterian beard of aid for colleges and academies. He cannet be found. The American Burety company caused the warrants to issue, and alleges thiat Mr. Charnley has confessed to a shortage of $50,000, the trust funds contributed for educational institutions having been used in sncculations on the board of t¥ude.

THE END IN SIGHT. | e e Miners May Resume Work at 65 Cents » Until End of the Year. ; Columbus, 0., Sept. 4.—"The end of the great miners’ strike is in sight. Friday afternoon the national executive board of the United Mine Workers agreed to recommend to the miners a proposition from the Pittsburgh operators for a straight price of 65 cents a ton, to continue in force until the end of the year. A delegate convention of all miners who have suspended work has been called to meet in Columbus September 8 at ten o’clock a. m., to act upon the recommendatjon. President Ratchford and the other members of the board say there is not the slightest doubt but that the miners will approve the recommendation. The proposition does not involve arbitration, and in effect provides for an immediate settlement of the strike. President Ratchford said that there were special reasons for the board recommending the proposition. It the first place it concedes the miners a material advance. Had a 69-cent rate been secured he was confident it could not have been maintained for more than 70 days. The proposition does away with all the uncertainties of arbitration and will bring the strike to a speedy termination. As soon as the miners ratify the proposition work will be resumed in all the mines. In the second place the proposition provides for a revival of the joint conferemce for the adjustment of prices. The operators are pledged to meet with the miners prior to the termination of the agreement and determine the rate of mining for the next year. . . Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 4—The settlemeht of the coal strike on the basis of the proposition now under consideration at the Columbus conference will have no effect upon the future action of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company, according to the statement of President De Armit. Said he: \ “Even if the great bituminous coal strike is settled in every state and district involved, and'all the strikers return to work pending arbitration on & new price; the miners of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company will have, to fight it out with the company and return to work to carry out the contract legally signed and accepted by the workmen.”

In the last great strike De Armit’s men were induced to join the strike, and it was three months after the strike was settled before the miners of the New York and Cleveland company returned to work at the same price they were receiving when they quit. President De Armit figures that the strike has so far cost the miners of the country $8,000,000. He bases this statement on the supposition that 100,000 men were out, and that they averaged ten dollars per week. His men have forfeited $15,000 in wages tothe company by breaking their contracts. The fight of the De Armits against the miners Las also been a very costly one. Al ready about $115,000 has been spent by the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company for wages and [board of deputy sheriffs. i . ’ ANDREWS DECIDES, Will Be Hem} of the New Cosmopoli- ) tan University. ) ) New York, Sept. 4.—Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, president of DBrown university, Providence, R. 1., whose resignation as head of the faculty of that institution is still in the hands of the officers, has accepted the position of president of the mew Cosmopolitan university, founded by John Brisben Walker. * ' ‘ Dr. Andrews resigned from DBrown university because of his radical views on the silver question. His resignation was taken up recently by -the trustees, and the learned president was requested to reconsider his action. Not that Brown university accepted or stood sponsor for his economic ideas, ‘but that Brown university wanted Dr. Andrews. : In the meanfime Mr. Walker had offered to Dr. Andrews the presidency of a university that, it was promised, should be world-wide in its scope—a university without fees, without diplomas, without red tape and expenses of any kind. Friday night Dr. Andrews gave out a statement in which he’announced his acceptance of the offer, and said that the work to be done by the new corporation is in the nature of the university extension already carried on by Brown university,’so that the head of Brown university might conceivably be the same person who had charge of the new work. He, however, did not deem such a union desirable, and if resorted to it will only be a device to tide over a temporary difficulty.

A BETTER TONE.

Previous Activity in All Lines of

Trade Maintained. | \ New York,Sept. 4—Bradstreet’s says of business conditions: 1 “Previous activity in all lines of trade is maintained. There is a better tone to demand from jobbers and the volume of business in wool, leather, cl'oth_‘ing. hats, groceries and light hardware has increased. There is a better request for woolen and cotton goods, jewelry and rubber goods and for boots and shoes. Some wholesale merchants at western centers report the largest volume of August trade on record. There has been an increased consumption of cotton by southern mills. Western' iron and steel mills have orders to keep them bugy until January 1. In the central western states the bituminous coal strike has had a further depressing effect upon the general industrial situation. At the northwest some commercial houses have had to work overtime to meet the demand for goods, and the warm weather is reported to have practically assured the Indian corn cg-op. On the Pacific coast wheat exports 'have been checked by inability to secure crews for vessels. Mercantile collections have greatly improved in some sections. Last week’s general and unprecedented expansions of prices for staples is continued, wool, cotton and woolen fabrics, hides, leather, white pine lumber, sashes and doors, iron and steel bars, billets and rods, wire nails, barbed wire and southern foundry iron, wheat. corn, lard and sugar having advanced and higher prices being expected for boots and shoes. Lower prices are recorded for cotton, wheat flour and coffee, while those for oats, pork, print cloths, petroleum and coal are unchanged. ; Three W, C. T, U. Conventions. Buffalo, N, Y., Sept. 2.—The twentyfourth' annual convention of the National Woman’s Christian: Temperance unon will be held in Music hall, this city, October 29 to November 3, 1897. It will immediately follow the fourth biennial convention of the World's W. C. T. U.—October 23 to 26—which in its turn will follow the annual convention of the W. C. T. U. of the Dominion of Canada; the last two to be held in the city of Toronto, Ont. These will, without doubt, form the most remarkable trio of woman’s conventions ever held 1o this or any other cowntry, = GEAL e e R O e el

SHOWN IN THE STORES.

Girls’ checked cheviot frocks with braid trimmings. , Pale-green, grayish-blue and pearlgray note paper. '

Many mohair braid yokes and shaped waist pieces. 3 ‘Blue serge blouse and short trouser suits for small boys.

Band trimmings of silk embroidery in applique effect. . a Boston bags of brown cloth mounted in crocodile leather.

Cambric and batistenightdresseshaving a small square neck. . s Nightgowns with large empire collars of lace-edged tucking. Leather-covered flasks having silver screw tops for traveling. , Close reefers in tan, navy and gray-ish-blue cloth fo¥ early fall. ,

Small toques for September trimmed with knots-of velvet and wings. Long black and white net scarfs edged with a plaited frill of lace. ' Small square and round empire picture frames enameled in colors. . -

Small toques having wings or quills and a knot of velvet for traveling. - Sets of black mohair braid vandykes for basque and skirt of woolen goods. Bicycle suits of cravenetted serge or mixed gray and brown covert for hard wear.

Ladies’ handkerchiefs having a tiny vine of embroidery; others with a very slender initial.

Boys’ sailor suits of blue serge or flannel with black or white braid and white collar and vest.—Dry Goods Economist. |

SAID OF KLONDIKE,

If the Klondike gold fields turn out to belong to us, we may expect Great Dritain to ask for arbitration.—Toledo Biade.

The XKlondike mosquitoes are very disagreeable creatures. They are too big to bar out with blankets, and yet hardly big enough to eat.—Kansas City Journal.

Considering the reports of gold discoveries which come from at least three of the four western points of the compass, the whole western hemisphere is under suspicion of being infected with a Klondike microbe.—Pittsburgh Dispateh. A liquor purveyor in New Orleans found out a day or two ago that the two gold bricks he had purchased for $7,000 were worth about two dollars a Jpair. .He is evidently taking his Klondike disappointment right here at home.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

PERSONAL MENTION.

Thomas Ball, the scuiptor, who has resided in Florence, Italy, for the last 30 years, has returned to America, and intends to spend' the rest of his life in New York. Mr. Ballisin hisseventyninth year. : . F. W. Ayer, of Bangor, Me., has a collection of postage stamps that ranks ithird in the world. e lately returned from London, and is reported that while there he sold a single stamp of the Hawaiian issue of 1851 for £7OO, or nearly $3,500. o .

Tt is some satisfaction to some boys to be teased about a girl they would like to-go with, but can’t.—\Washington Democrat.

A Distinction and a Difference.—Mrs. MulJarkey—""Excuse the remark, Mrs. Rooney, but hasn't your tay a maley taste?” Mrs. Rooney—“l"d have you to know Mrs. Mullarkey, that whin we make stirabout ~we make stirabout, an ’whin we make tay we make tay, but we niver make them in the same pot.”’—Truth.

Ay good man,” said the severe lady, “have you ever stopped to think how much money is wasted in-tobacco and rum?”” “No, mum, I haven’t,” answered theobject. “It’s taking up all my time jist now to figger out how many families could be supported on the price of the extra material women put in their sleeves.”—Tit-Bits. .

There is nothing sadder than to look at dressy " old things, who have reached the frozen latitudes %)eyond fifty, and who persist in appearing in the airy costume of the tropics.—Frederick Sheldon. .

Peasant Wife (to country quack)—*“Oh, doctor, you must do something more for my husband: he is much. worse.”” . Doctor—- “ H’m! I have already cupped him and bled him. There is nothing else I could do for him but pull one of his teeth.”—Fliegende Blaetter. - ,

Teacher—“ Freddy, “how is the earth divided?” Freddy—'Between them that’s got it and them that wants it.”—Credit Lost.

Flabson—“lf you had a million dollars what would you do?’ Joggins—‘Oh, T'd probably spend my time going around telling everybody how hapfiy I was when I was poor and had my health.”—Roxbury Gazette. - )

A Difficult Problem.—“ What kapes ye shtill so long, Dolan?” inquired Mr. Rafferty. “Oi'm arguin wid meself.” ““About what?”’ “Oi'm thryin’ to convince meself that it’s no harder to push a wheelbarrow on the level than to push me bicykle up hill, an Oi can’t do it!"’——kVashington Star. .

It keeps a fellow busy most days dodgi bores.—Washineton fifl?’nnnraf VECOCENS

THE HEAT PLAGUE OF AUGUST, 1896. Mrs. Pinkham’s Explanation of the Unusual Number of Deaths and ~ . Prostrations Among Women. The great heat plague of August, 1896, was not without its 73, lesson. One could not fail to notice in the long lists of W the dead throughout this country, that somanyof .- ¢ ' % the victims were women in their thirties, and |= _ (Ca/adity &, Wi women between forty-five and fifty. 42 SRR (¥ The women who succumbed to the pro- TR R ' tracted heat were women whose energies 3RS i B ‘ were exhausted by sufferings peculiar to { i e g‘\“fieifll\‘;llw their sex; women who, taking no thought s W 54];?:5/ : of themselves, or who, attaching no im- 798 ‘ i portance to first symptoms, allowed their ‘3" £BP Q s female system to become run down. ¥ y/ P Constipation, capriciousappetite, res‘clessnes&;,fl G 5 _/ forebodings of evil, vertigo, languor, and wea,kj : ‘ \{ w . 7 ness, especially in the morning, an itching | .»'.;»_‘::,,/; S sensation which suddenly attacks one at % R L W night, or whenever the blood becomes /SN Hhox RSO / i overheated, are all warnings. Don't wait ::/J g -3 too long to build up your strength, that V 74 R it A T is now a positive necessity! Lydia E. ~4&' ' SRR A .fl ) Pinkham'’s Vegetable Compound has spe- / R ' il cific curative powers. Youcannotdo better v EIEE e e than to commence a course of this grand medicine. By the neglect of first symptoms you will see by the following letter what terrible suffering A came to Mrs. Craig, and how she was cured : ey “I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- ' RS g pound and think it is the best medicine for women in IO R the world. I was so weak and nervous that I thought : G " ../ I could not live from one day to the next. Ihad pro. RSN, F( lapsus uteri and leucorrhcea and thought I was goALI 4 ing into consumption. 1 ‘would get so faint I thought v,(% I ' : I would die. I had dragging pains in my. back, burnN ':: —_ ing ser.lsation down»to; my feet, and so many miserable \\ = S\ feelings. People said that I looked like a dead @ % = < ‘woman. Doctors trfied to-cure me, but failed. I had NS .{/4 given up when I heard of the Pinkham medicine. I _ § SR=\_ 7~ got a bottle. I did not have much faith in it, but o § thought I would try it, and it made a new woman of me. I wish I could get every lady in the land to try it, for it did for me what doctors could not do,”—M=s. SALLIE CRAIG, Baker’s Lagdbig PR 0l S e e S . e :k‘ykwv S e s i e e e z&mfif&i*mflfimf&%fi

ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKEN. One Way to Spell Tomatoes, Five to g Pronounce It. ‘One word in its time has many pronunciations. For instance: Mrs. Housekeep the other day was doing her morning’s marketing. With her had come the stranger who was endmg. a week or ’éfiro within her ,gait; Stan mgi by while she snapped the beans between her fingers to see that they were tender, parted the husks to make sure that the corn was ripe, pulled the pears out of their .p_axl)er wrappings and conducted herself generally after the manner of a careful housewife, was the clerk, order book in hand, and obsequiousness on hig brow. The visitor began it with: ) i “These tomaytees look nice. Get some—there’s a dear!” ; To which Mrs. Housekeep replied: “Why, certainly, i# you like them!” Then to the clerk: “How much are tomahtoes this morning ?”’ . _ “I’'m not sure; I'll ask. Jim,” calling to a fellow clerk, ‘“how much is them termaiters?’- ° “I'll ask the boss. Say,” passing the word further back, “watcher gettin for tomattoes to-day ¥ - “T’mats? O, two baskets for a quarter, I guess.” = & ; ... Pherefore, to please her guest who loved ‘tomaytoes,” Mrs. Housekeep invested in some ‘‘tomahtoes” and Jim, who was investigating the price of ‘‘tomattoes” for the benefit of a fellow clerk who wanted to know how to sell “termaiters,” was enlightened as to what he should charge for “t’'mats.” And tke bystander was left marveling at the infinite variety of ‘*‘English as she is spoke.”—Chicago Chronicle. g —_— “LAGER, ALES UND WINES.” Meaning of “L. A’ W. Hotel” as Explained by a German. ¢ Among the many advantages set forth by the L. A. W. to riders to join the organization are the specialaccommodationsextended to members at the official hotels in cities and towns. It is the custom in suburban placgs for proprietors of oflicial hotels to displdy a sign lif{e this: “L. A. W. Hotel,” in some conspicuous place. Naturally riders patronize the official quarters, and as a consequence the keepers of road houses and of hotels in the country are now hanging out “L. A. W. Hotel” signs. The practice has been called to the attention of the league, ‘and its officers are trying to compel the nonofficial houses to remove the signboards. Complaint was made to the New Jersey division of the league that a hotelkeeper on the outskirts of Jersey City not entitled to - display the official sign of the L. A. W. was fq!i\l offender. A visit to the place ;leve]o(ged he fact that the owner was not disposed to accede to the demands of the league’s rer.resentative. The latter, finding that mild persuasion was futile, became indignant and threatened lega! proceedings. The pro&)ri- i etor, a German, also waxed warm, and in | response to the remark that he was using ‘ the official sign of the league without authority, retorted; : “Vot I know aboud veelmen’s leegs? Dot don’t. shtand for noddings like dot. Dot 'sign shtands for lager, ales und wines hotel, alretty yet. Dot my leeg, togedder.” The explanation amused the officials so * ! ré]uch that no legal move was taken.—N. Y. ' Sun. .

YIELDED TO TEMPTATION.

With . Soul Above Selling Lace He Thought Only of Love.

He was a clerk in a dry goods store, and her beauty and grace simply turned his head. Tt was in a Chicage dry goods store, which is in its way unique, and the Chicago dry goods clerk is a creation indigenous to the plant he serves. The “booful” lady was voung, albeit she is a matron, and as she stood ‘entranced before remnants of lace and tried their different effects by spreading - the mesh over her lily-white hand, he, poor fellow, was entranced too. ) “Isn’t it beautiful 7’ she asked, enthusiastically, ag she laid another specimen over the back of her small, plump fist. ° “Exquisite! Divine!” ejaculated the bewildered clerk, with an energy that ought to have sold all the lace in the establishament, but which was lost on the object of it. “Is it pufe white or cream?”’ she further demanded. “Pure white, with dimples,” responded the lost knight of the yardstick. There was one more question for the shopper to ask and she asked it. ‘ “Is it hand-made?” : “No,” answered the poor fellow, rushing on to his doom, ‘it is heaven-made.” It took the manager of the department some little time to square the matter up and sell the lace, and now the too susceptible clerk is transferred to a department where he wil be out of the way of temptation.—Chicago Times-Herald: ! = —_— " The Main Thing. , *These here quick-firing guns,” said Rubberneck Bill, critically examining the weapon left by the gentleman who was being buried—“these here quick-firing guns ain’t 80 important as a quick-drawing man behind ’em.”’—lndianapolis Journal. ' : i - - e : More Terrible. ‘ He\_vitt——’."\lyr wife was looking for a dry goods store yesterday and by mistake she walked into a saloon next door. Jewett—That was terrible. . ‘“Yes, she found me - inside.”—N. Y. Truth. [ A _—————————— . "Outdone. Prof. Braintank—Newton was a great philosopher. By observing the mere fall of an apple he discovered the law of gravity. . Smithers—That’s nothing. By simply biting an apple Eve discovered the gravity of law.—N. Y. Journal. et i Little Dot had just been to the dentist, and she looked very serious, indeed. ‘“‘Mamaa,” she said, presently, “‘do they call that man a dentist because he puts dents in your teeth 7”’—Washington Capital. 2 —— i A Natural Inference.—“ Did you hear what Whlm({)leQOn’s litle boy said when they showed him the twins?’ ‘“No; what was it?” “Héesaid: ‘There! Mamma has been gettin’ bargains again.” ”—Tit-Bits. . I =0 — When a woman takes off her coat at church it 1s not necessarily a sign that she is too warm.—Washington Democrat.