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SOME FINE STABLES.

HORSE HOMES IN NEW YORK THAT COST $1,000,000.

Where the A*tor*, the Belmont*, the Rockefeller*, the Benedicts and Other Wealthy Owner* Keep Their Thoroughbreds.

Large Soma S|»ent In Their Care. [Special Correspondence.!

New York, Nov. 15.—Just now the "horsy set"—and when one says the "horny get" one might just as well say the JoO of New York and be done with it—ifi bowing down and worshiping at the shrine of the thoronghbred.

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borse show time, and that means that,

EXTERIOR OF WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER'S 8TABLE8 AT TARKYTOWN. about $87,000. Mrs. Howland, a daughter of the late August Belmont, is acknowledged to be one of the best horsewomen in America, but many of her equipages are of foreign make and strange appearance. She frequently uses a Russian drosky, which looks very like an American victoria, therein differing from the cm so common in Petersburg. Another favorite of Mrs. Howlaud's is the dehiidaumpnt, which, as the name implies, is half a daumont, a vehicle driven by outriders or jockeys, the carriage proper having no coach box or

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ROCKINGHAM ANT) KXTKKIOR OF O. 11. P. BELMONT'S STAIILKS.

the leaders of society are devoting themselvos alone to smart traps and the big affair at Madison Square Gardon.

But there is one thing the general public doesn't know, and that is what it costs to maintain a swell stable in tho first city of the new world.

Moro than $1,500,000 is expended yearly on tho care of the horse in this city by tho owners of 50 stables alone. This is given on tho authority of W. D. Grand and Martin J. Logan of tho American Horso Exchange. This $1 ,500,000 applies only to thoso whoso establishments cost from $20,000 to $40,000 per annum. In addition to such there aro perhaps 100 stables that require a yearly outlay of $10,000 each and 200 tho running expenses of which easily reach $5,000. Thus it will, bo seen that no less than $3,500,000 is put in circulation by the aristocrats whose fad is the noblest of anciout or modern animals.

And, aside from these figures, millions more have been spent in the construction of stables for tho petted prize winners and roadsters of the rich.

Bel court alone, the stables of the Hon. O. H. P. Belmont, cost upward of $100,000. And now ho has gono and sold most of the blooded stock therein, and of the 40 thoroughbreds he formerly owned he has disposed of all but ten. The 80 brought an average price of $1,000, or $80,000 for the lot, an evidence that breeding is still profitable.

Thoso who know Mr. Belmont predict that he will soon bo a purchaser again and that tho sale was merely a weeding out one. In his lot was the famous Rockingham, winner of many "a blue ribbon, and Sundown, and Hurlingham, sold to .lames Stillman, the millionaire Wall street broker, for $8,800. It is said that Mr. Stillman intends erecting a magnificent stable on Fifty-eighth street, just off Fifth avenue, and that it will uot cost a penny short of $75,000.

Fully this amount was expended by Will bun Ii. Rockefeller on his handsome stable at Tarry town. Tho stable* of Johu Jacob Astor on West Fiftyeighth street are more modest without, but inside they are fitted with every convenience for tho health and comfort of the horse. The stalls are veritable palaces and the drainage perfect.

Of the horsewomen, Miss Benedict, daughter of Commodore E. C. Benedict, on whoso yacht Oneida ex-President Cleveland spent so many vacations, and Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes are perhaps the only ones who have spent more than $50,000 for stabling purposes. Miss Benedict's horse home on West Fiftyfirst strvet and Mrs. Stokes' mansion feet thoroughbreds on West Fifty-fourth street are complete and picturesque within and without Everybody sympathised with Mrs. Stokes when hetj stock farm in Kentucky was burned last] spring but, nothing daunted, she had concluded to engage in the {Mistime again. I

John Rockefeller's stables are on West Fifty-fifth street, and the multimillionaire lut&, it is said, expended $ 125.000 on them already. The stsfek* of II. M. Flagler of Standard OU millions. immediately adjacent cost about the same amount J. D. Havemcyt»r of the Sugar trust has stables at Greenwich. Coun., his country home, and the buildings there only necessitated th* modest outlay uf #40.000. 3. S Howland, the banker, is an enthusiastic horseman, and his stables cost

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driving seat This style of driving was introduced by the Dcc Daumont, an eccentric nobleman cf France under Napoleon Mrs. Howland takes great pride in her horses, rigs and stables.

Among the other magnificent stables in and about New York are those of exMayor William R. Grace, Adrian Iselin, W. K. Yanderbilt, W. Seward Webb, Hon. G. G. Freylinghuysen and W. D. Sloan. Eexest Berkeley.

FADS OF FASHION.

VThere Button* Are Worn Sew Dreca Goods—Tea Gown* and Caps. [Special Correspondence.!

New York, Nov. 15.—The girls can always be trusted to evolve some new

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Bailor hat of dark felt, with a black ribbon band and a bright plaid ribbon bow on the right side near the front The black band is studded with buttons, army buttons and navy buttons, in different sizes. These buttons are supposed to have been cut from the sleeves or fronts of coats or from the naval or military caps of admiring friends. I saw one young lady today wearing 18 of these buttons. On some was the eagle and on others the anchor. She looked so very demurely sweet and innocent that I know she was rejoicing with a great though secret delight over the too evident efforts of all other young girls there present to count the buttons. It may be said no other uniform buttons count than those belonging to the army and navy, though it is possible that one from the coat of the* big ocean steamer captain would count in. If I had a button factory, I would at once start in and manufacture these buttons and sell them in broken lots, so that all the girls could have all they wanted. Who would know whether they were purchased or whether Tom, Dick or Harry gave them?

Buttons as garniture are seen on many of the smart capes and coats in smoked pearl, mother of pearl and other material. For the coats they may be large or small, but for the capes they are nearly always very small, in some instances no larger than those used on shirts and gloves. They are set in clusters of three in triangular form or in lines almost overlapping each other in Breton style. Straps and strap seams usually belong with this style of trimming. Some of the horn coat buttons are ridiculously large. It is something of an innovation to see large horn or rubber buttons on an oveniug cloak, but one may see it now with half an eye. One lovely long wrap for eveniug was made of the new Russian frisette cloth in gray and white. It was laid in plaits down the front

EVENING CLOAKS.

with opening for the hands. There were also hollow plaits in the back and a round cape over the shoulders, with a collar of Alaska sable and binding around it Four immense black rubber buttons were put along the opening.

Speaking of evening wraps reminds me to mention the fact that the latest are rather snug around the bottom and have little or no flare from the top. Oue was of gray cashmere, quite plain as to the lower part, which reached nearly to the bottom of the gown. It was lined with magenta quilted satin. The upper part had a qraintly shaded cape, cut to represent a yoke and shoulder forms, yet all in one piece. This was bordered with fjray fox fur and had a storm collar of the same. The newest capes and wraps all have dark or black satin lining, very few having any brocade or figured silks at all. Evening capes and wraps may have lighter shades. One hunter's green cloth long cape had a lining of a deep cherry red satin, but that was an exception. Those lined with black are infinitely richer.

Black satin duchesse is one of the handsomest of all the goods of the season for almost all purposes. In skirts to wear with the fancy waists and blouses it is rich and handsome and the right thing in the right place. It makes rich street and visiting gowns, and when rightly trimmed for the purpose is handsome for swell dinner and reception dresses and can be cleaned when soiled, as no other silken fabric can, without showing that it requires such ignoble treatment Satin duehesse is capable of so many different uses that I could not enumerate them all in a week. It is stylish for the young and stately for the old.

The new woolens for whiter outdoor Wear are very rough. There is a Russian frisette which is as fuzzy as a Skye terrier, only the hairs are not quite so long. Plaids with lines of curled or knotted mohaii marking the outline are among the baulsrmiesfc things for young ladies. They are always cut bias, even the blouses ami sleeves. Velvet trimmings finish thfm off.

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The alligator pot hunter kills his scaly game in rather a different manner from that adopted by the sportsman. The best places to bag 'gators are to be found at the mouths of streams emptying into the sea or its arms, where the water is "brackish"—half salt and half fresh. The best time to get them is at night. "Gator hunters never go after their scaly game singly, of course. Sometimes there are only two in the part£, but oftener more.

They go in small boats on moonless nights, rowing as quietly as possible to the places where the 'gators are pretty sure to be found. Each boat crew carries a lantern, which is held in the bow of the boat exactly as torches are some-

THE FLORIDA ALLIGATOR.

Rebecca Wilkinson, of Brownsvalley, Ind., says "I have been in a distressed condition for three years from nervousness, weakness of the stomach, dyspepsia and indigestion until my health was gone. I had been doctoring constantly with no relief. I bought one bottle of South American Nervine, which did me more good than any $50 worth of doctoring I ever did in my life. I would advise every weakly person to use this valuable and lovely medicine a few bottles of it has cured me completely. I consider it the grandest medicine in the world." Warranted the most wonderful stomach and nerve cure ever known. Sold by all druggists in Terre Haute, Ind. ,,

The First Cabs.

Like the buses, cabs were introduced from Paris, but some ten years earlier, or, say, about 1820. Although its type was not at all settled, the cabriolet was a little, hoodshaped vehicle, quite above its axle, and therefore very high and difficult to get into. It was only intend ed to carry one passenger, though two slim ones who did not mind squeezing could generally manage to find room. The driver sat on a little shelf or perch on the right hand side, quite outside the body of the machine. This waa an English innovation. In Paris driver and fare shared the same seat, and this was continued here for private cabriolets.

The ingenious Mr. Joseph Hansom, who was an architect of Hinckley, Leicestershire, however, bethought him in 1834 that if he used larger wheels and suspended the body of the cab between them, the vehicle would hold two easily, or three at a pinch, would balance better, be easier to draw, and safer if the horse foil. Further improved by putting the driver behind and the axle under the seat, the invention soon made its way, and by the fifties the Haw«^m I was as much the favorite cab of London1 as as it is today. The original patent is

decided by dated Dec. 23, 1S34. Gentleman's

the courts that an unmarried woman bscomes an old maid at 80." "That rule would never do in this country." •'Why not?" "Single women nerer reach the age describing a new hat to Of 30 in America. "—Detroit Free Ptm girl f*

SJeqacat Actios.

"See that girl waving her hands around her head. Is she an elocutionist?'

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATT,, NOVEMBER 20, 1897.

SHOOTING 'GATORS.

The Demand For the Scaly Monsters* Hides Makes a Fairly Profitable Call inc. [Special Correspondence.!

Fla., Nov. 15.—It was

eight or ten years ego that hunting alii gators for p.ofit,• began on a noticeable scale. Before that they were shot for sport chiefly, and often the hides were never gatbeicd. Along in the eighties, however, the demand for alligator skins became strong enough to warrant number of men making their capture a regular business, and while there have teen fluctuations from time to time in the demand the occupation seems to have come to stay.

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times used in hunting deer. The light serves both to attract the 'gators and to "shiue their eyes," as it is called here —that is, the light from the lantern is reflected from the alligators' eyeballs, thus rendering the game visible.

Once a gator has got sight of the shining lantern he rarely tries to escape unless there is undue noise, and so all the huuters have to do is to row softly toward him until only a few feet of water intervenes between the boat and the monster. Then a rifle ball is fired directly into one of the creature's gleaming eyeballs. This does not invariably kill him, even if he is fairly hit —in. fact, it does not seem always to stun him, but it does confuse and anger him beyond measure, and a great thrashing about in the water ensues.

The hunters are always provided •With a sharp hook fastened to along pole, and with this implement they aim to catch the alligator before he .starts off. Then comes the fun, since the wounded eaurian is generally strong enough to drag tho boat some distance at a smart pace. After awhile he slows down from exhaustion, and then a second shot is administered, and this generally ends the slfruggle. The teeth are in almost as much demand as the hides, being worked'into jewelry, whistles, etc.

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"That case in Maine recalls an incident in my own experience," said the lawyer who profits largely upon the matrimonial troubles of others. "There was a rich widow living in the town where I began practice and after hex weeds were discarded she was given over to the lighter ways of society. She was especially prone to flirtation at hei favorite summer resort and her engagements there were held as lightly as those of the veriest summer girL Her return home from a summer of unusual brilliance was followed in a short time by a respectable looking gentleman of 80 who showed his business qualities by walking into my office and putting down a handsome retainer before talking business. 'Now, sir,' he stated with admirable directnesa 'I want you to begin a $50,000 suit against this wealthy widow. She gave me an unqualified promise of marriage and now refuses to make it good. Men have hearts to break and pride to humiliate, just as women have, and I propose to strike a blow for my sex.' 'Would you compromise?' 'Yes, in case you so advise, but not for less than half the sum named and a written apology from her. If it would help any in the matter of a settlement out of court, I have the affidavits of half a dozen poor devils that she has thrown over from time to time.'

The widow stormed and fumed and then capitulated. She couldn't face the prospect of having her foolish flirtations blazoned before the public. After she had wedded again and gone abroad my client mad* this admission to me: 'I was never engaged to that widow and had she proposed to settle by marrying me 1 would have run. 1 took chances on her forgetting: just whom she did promise to marry and I won.'"—Detroit Free Press. 'f:'» V.

Snalces That Lfke Thunder. One of the wonders of the bare, sandy plains of New Mexico is the thunder snakes. They are by no means common, yet they are often encountered by prairie travelers, especially before and after thunderstorms. Flashes of lightning and claps of thunder, which are so terrifying to bipeds and quadrupeds, seem to have the greatest charm and delight for these members of the serpent family. Whenever a thunderstorm comes up they have a regular picnic. They come crawling out In holes, from behind rocks and rotti etumps and enjoy the fun while it las\ Their nature is quarrelsome, their character fierce, and they are aggressive in a high degree, although their mark.^ nre very beautiful. They are not poisondw however their bark is se than their cite.—Chicago Record.

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When unwritten on, Is not more colorless than the cadaverous countenances of those unfortunate persons whom we are accustomed to call "confirmed Invalids." \Vtaq,t a mlsnomei! implying, too, despair, a Riving up for lost! As long as the vivifying power of Ilostctter's Stomach Bitters can be felt, and that is possible so long as there is no absolute collapso of the faculties, fresh vitality can be infused into wasted, feeble frames color and flesh can be brought back to wasted, pallid cheeks with this grand sheet anchor of the debilitated and the sickly. It is a tonic of the greatest potency ana the utmost purity, ana a remedy for and preventive of dyspepsia, bilious, malarious, rheumatic, nervous and kidney complaints. Appetite and sleep are greatly aided by it it counteracts the effects of undue fatigue, or excitement, and nullifies the often perilous consequences of exposure in Inclement weather or damp clothing.

Animals In Groups.

The ingenuity of. the sport sin tin is perhaps no better illustrated than by tho use he puts th English language to in designating particular groups of animals. The following is a list of the terms which have been applied to the various classes: A covey of partridges, a nide of pheasants, a wisp of snipe, a flight of doves or swallows, a muster of peacocks, a siege of herons, a building of rooks, a brood of grouse, a stand of plover, a watch of nightingales, a clattering of cloughs, a herd or bunoh of cattle, a flock of geese, a bevy of quails, a cast of hawks, a swarm of bees, a school of whales, a shoal of herrings, a herd of swine, a skulk of foxes, a pack of wolves, a drove of oxen, a sounder of hogs, a troop of monkeys, a pride of lions, a sleuth of bears, a gang of elk.

Leigh ton's "Ciinabue."

In describing a visit paid to the late Lord Leighton, Mrs. Tooley said that the artist on that occasion referred to the success of his first picture of note, "Cimabue,"and to the fact, which evidently still pained him, that his next picture, "Orpheus," was greatly ridiculed. "Where is the picture now?" he was asked. "Don't I wish I knew!" he replied. "It would be worth a fortune to me at the present time." And that was all the reference he made to it

The curious part of the incident, however, lies in the fact that after his death the canvas of this very picture was discovered rolled up and thrown away in the coal cellar.—Strand Magazine.

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There Is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O. made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 eta. per package Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.

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WHAT MAN DOES NOT LOVE BEAUTY?

Mrs. Pinkham. Counsels Young Wives to Keeep Their Attractiveness. A Letter Prom a Young Wife,,

What a disappointment then to see the fair young wife's beauty fading away before a year passes over her head 1 1 feel as if I would like to say to every young woman who is about to be married— "Strengthen, yourself in advance, so that you will not break down under the new strain Qn your powers." Keep your beauty, it is a precious possession! Your husband loves your beauty, he is proud to be seen in public with you try to keep it for his sake, and yqur own.

The pale cheeks, the dark shadows under the eyes, the general drooping of the young wife's form, what do they mean They mean that her nerves are failing, that her strength is going and that something must be done to help her through the coming trials of maternity.

Build her up at once by a course of some tonic with specific powers. Such as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. You can get it at any druggist's. Following we publish by request a letter from a young wife—of her own ao»: cord she addresses it to her "suffering sisters," and while from modesty she asks to withhold her name, she gives her initials and street number in Chambersburg, Pa., so she can easily be found personally or by letter:

To my Suffering Sisters:—Let me write this foi your benefit, telling you what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I am but nineteen and suffered with painful menstruation, leucorrhcea, dizziness, burning sensation back of ears and on top of my head, nervousness, pain and soreness of muscles, bearing-down pains, could not sleep well, was unable to stand without pain, and oh! how I longed to be well!

One day I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham telling her r/ll, knowing I could do so in perfect confidence. She wrote me a lovely letter in reply, telling me exactly what to do. After taking nine bottles of the Compound, one bo.x of Liver piils, and using one-half package of Sanative wash, I can say I im cured. I am so happy, and owe my happiness to none other than Mrs. Pinkham.

Why will women suffer when help is near Let me, as one who has had some experience, urge all suffering women, especially young wives, to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice.—Mrs. R. S. R., 113 E. Catherine St., Chambersburg, Pa.

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