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USEFULNESS OF NATURE. When a Man Can Handle Her She Will Work for Him. inillanapolia Journal. The man with the ginger beard was watching his neighbor laboriously digging post holes. "They didnt dig 'em that way out in Colorado where I lived," said he. The neighbor, who was a hired man, dropped his patent digger, looked around to see if his employer was visible, found he was not and took a seat on the ground ready to listen.

"How did you Work it?" he-ask ed. By steam?"

"Steam!" said the man with the ginger beard. "Naw. Done it by lightning." "Lightning?" "Yas. You see, in the part of the State I was in thev is no metals of any kind in the ground and no trees. I've often watched the lightning eavortin' around in the heavens fer a hour at a time, jist achin' fer somethin to strike at. but not bein7 able to do so, 'cause they was nothin' it could take a start at no attraction, you see. Well, one day I was sweatin away, just like you would be if the boss was ar.wnd now, when a old feller that lived there before I come, come along and says he'd show me a scheme to save all that work. You can bet I was willin', so he sends me to the house fer a bag o tenpenny nails, and he plants a nail in every place I had marked fer a hole. They is a storm comin', says he and if I ain't mistaken she is a-goin' to do the job in one whirl.' I didn't say nothin', fer, honest, I thought he wuz crazy, -an' I 'lowed I d better humor him. "After he got the nails all planted he dragced me away to a safe distance an' told me to watch her work. Pretty soon the storm come along, with more thunder an lightnin in it than you will see here in a month o' Sundays. Direckly it got over them nails. Then biff! blam! It went to pluggin' away at them there nails stuck in the ground, the most delighted lightnin' you ever soe to git somethin' to shoot at. An ev'ry time she hit there was the neatest post-hole dug out you ever see. I did haf to trim a few of 'em up with a spade, but as a general thing, they was as neat as a body would want to look at. Natur is mighty useful if you know how to handle her." The hired man said 4 'Gosh 1" and resumed work in the automatic manner of one in a dream.

The Jaunty JTaps Somft Interesting Ideas From Their Exhibit More About the Ferris Wheel 'Gospel Chariots." Chicago Record.

THE WORLD'S FAIR the artist. Then the design itraeod

with a blue vegetable ink. rie blue outline is covered with a ricotftrch, colored dark and red, and, he reverse side of the cloth is dapened to make the starch adhere, hen all of the cloth surface except iat al- . ,1 4, l J I it it

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M. ' . J covered with rice starch to revent silks is tucked away I the dyes from spending. V dark under the gallery of rod paste is added to the Fetched

the Manufactures i outline. This is applied witlu sharp

pointed bamboo stick or paper tube with a hollow metal poit working on much the same nririnh ji

section. The exhibit comprises ev- itbe modern fountain pen. hen the

parts to be dyed are co erri with a paste of powdered beans issolved in water. Finally, as a las touch.

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erything from plain patterns to the

most elaborate designs, embroidered,

dyed and woven. To the uninitiated

theKOods displayed might b taken I thf desiVf "V1 n wU wfte,r m . , . - ... , colors. The cloth is steame, which

for variations of the same manufacture. The expert knows, however,

removes the starch, icavingthe design as clear as an etching. When

that the marvelous products before this process is finished the eojrs are

typifying the present progress, the latest development of mechanical

engineering. You know there are

really two wheels, one built thirty feet within the other. These are joined by truss work, such us is used in our finest bridge construction. Beyond all that, the wheel develops to a degree hitherto never realized the capacities of a tension spoke. You know that the wheel is not only a perfect pinion wheel, but a tension wheel as well, and these, I suppose, may be regarded as its chief points. I do not know whether vou have stopped to consider, but it is as perfect a pinion wheel as the little wheel that iroes flicking back and forth in your watch. In all that immense diameter there is less deflection proportionately from a true circle than from the pinion wheel of the most perfect watch made This is due to the fact that it has, instead of stiff spokes, the tension or jointed spokes. When I first proposed to build a teusion wheel of this diameter the feat was regarded as impossible. It was held that the spoke rods on the upper side of the wheel at any given point, instead of sustaining the weight of the upper

part of the wheel, would, from their own weight as they hung vertically, pull down that arc of the wheel which they bcre upon, and thus cause the wheel to become elliptic. As a matter of fact they do nothing of the kind. There is absolutely no deflection from the perfect circle "Considering some of tlic mechanical difficulties in the construction of the wheel, you will note that it stands directlv east and west; thus the southern side of the wheel receives the entire brunt of the sun's rays, whereas, the northern side is not only shaded by the southern, but by the cars as well, causing a difference in expansion varying from the heat to which it is subjected of from three to six iuches All these little problems had, of course, to be met, for even this slight variation of five or six inches in the total diameter of 250 feet would bo sufficient, unless properly dealt with, to cause a disturbance in the working gear."

THE FAIR SEX.

Ouida continues to draw large roy alties from her twenty-seven novels Mrs. Oliphant receives about 100C for a story, and she writes several every year in addition to her literary work. "Edna LyalT is quite well again, after a long period of ill-health. She is at Eastbourne, England, where her brother-in-law is a curate, engaged on a new novel of moderu English life under the title of "To Right the Wrong." Jenny Lind made many contributions to the Swedish Episcopal Church in Chicago, St, Ansgarius, which was founded in 1849. This is the oldest congregation of that nationality in this country, and she took a irreat interest in it. The

communion set of this church, one of her gifts, is very elaborate. It has no sleeves. If economy is not an object here is a stylish coat copied from a French model just suited to the prevailing huge sleeve. It is a threequarter jacket of black silk stripe;! with black satin.

VIEW FROM EAST BALCOXF II ALL MECHANIC AJITS.

Potato Culture. Hartford Courant. Professor Plum's experiments in potato culture, as related in Garden and Forest, go to show that large tu'ers throw out more shoots and produce a much larger crop than small ones. Instead of cutting to one, two or three eye pieces, the professor recommends cutting to two or three ounce pieces. Regarding soils his experiments, extending over many years, show great difference in the product in a moist or dry soil, or in one thoroughly pulverized, or in a dry or moist season, in affecting the condition of the planted tubers. In a very dry soil, small planted tubers lose their power more or less in producing shoots; while in a finely pulverized, moist soil, the growth is strong and the product greater. When the potatoes are planted whole their imper

ious coating prevents this drying,

and there IS a smaller loss m a dry soil. For this reason it is often belter to plant the potatoes whole w'icn the planting is done late in spring or early in summer. In a moist and well prepared soil there is much less differencs between the effect of large and small pieces. Referring to the Professor s experience, the Country Gentleman says that some years ago it performed a series of experiments to determine the effect of using large or small tubers for seed. The large ones weighed half a pound, the small ones about half an ounce. Each was cut alike in two or three pieces containing the same number of eyes A fine, rich, rather strong soil was selected, made sufficiently fine to retain its moisture. They were planted early in the season and a uniform and proper moisture continued during the summer. When the resulting crop was dug each kind was kept carefully separate. The potatoes from the small seed were quite as large as those from the large ones, and spectators pronounced the crops of equal size. But on measuring them it was found that the larger tubers gave one-tenth more in product Had the soil been dry, or lumpy, or cloddy, or had a severe drought prevailed, or had they been planted late, it is probable that the small seed would not have given one half the others. At Le Mars, Iowa, there is a novel penalty for intoxication. Any man who is twice arrested for drunkenness mu3t submit to a course of treatment at a gold cure institute, or work on the fitreets ten days with a ball and chair.

him represent all the important processes and an infinite amount of skilled labor. American goods are practically all machine made. The difference in appearance between the hand and machine article is so slight that the maker prefers to depend upon the machine and secure the quick returns that follow. The patient artist of Niphon has so much pride in his work, so much of tradition to preserve, that it matters little to him when the profit of his labor comes home, provided he has enough to keep him and has the consciousness of a work well done. The result is, as might be expected, a uniformity of excellence in the product that can be found in no other nation's display. The certainty of values, both artistic and commercial, is the chief characteristic of all Japanese sections at the Exposition, and nowhere more strongly marked than in the rooms devoted to silks. Raw silk is shown in quaint, pretty packages, just as it is made up for export.' Altogether, about $20,UQO worth is in this section. Then comes the sketches and printed descriptions showing the methods of manufacture and the finished product

fixed so firmly there is no possibility of fading or running. Tn case the design is ry intricate and a great variety of color is used, the same result is achieved by a repetition of the process for each phase of the pattern, just as the lithograph er in colors has to run his print through the press a number of times for diverse colors or unusually difficult figures. Woven silks which differ greatly from the dyed patterns are made on the Jacquard loom, which has been adopted by the Japanese within the last twenty years and is quite general!' used. Where the thread is gold, or where unusual care is necessary, deft workmen are used to draw the ends of the threads in the pattern. The cost of some of the silks shown puts them beyond any one but the wealthy. One pattern of goods, such as the Japanese women wear for their dress-belts, is sold at $17 a yard. Another design woven in pure gold thread is at the rate of (1,100 for a bolt of ten yards. The daintiest of all the silks shown are made for summer wear. They are almost as light as cobweb, with a shimmering iridescence when held to the light that is the despair of the manufacturer who seeks to imitate

Subordinate "Hero's an article on 'Ptitiraoh Hiid Joseph. " Shall I put it in the local column or among the Miscellaneous Notes?" Proprietor of Bugia Somethin' about faro, eh! Put it amonsr the sports, or course-'1

1NTKRTOK OF JAPANESE TEMPI-B.

arrayed in seemingly confused masses, but really -with a view to the very best impression on the visitor. According to the imperial commissioner, Mr. Stegima, one of the best authorities in the empire, about 60 per cent, of the raw silk used in America comes from Japan. Its exploitation at the Fair has been delegated by the commissioner to the Kioto exhibitors' association. The designs include beautiful illustrations of the Yuzen designs patterns made after a process peculiar to Kioto, and taking their name from a Buddhist priest who revived it and fostered the manufacture of silks after the people had almost abandoned it. The peculiarity of the process may

be inferred by the stops described ;

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with machinery. Then there collection of uncut velvets

etched designs in colors and woven patters of peacock's feathers. A series of window panels made of dyed silk looks as though the work might have been done in oils, while another series, showing the fashions of Japanese women, is as fine as if it were meant for an art exhibition. The most pretentious of all the designs are two large patterns in brocades, resembling in effect the gobelin tapestries.

OUR PLEASURE CLUB.

"It must have been a case cide." She I don't think so.

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she refused to let Smithy take her out of the water' "Well, who could blame herhis bathing suit looked horrid beside hers. Atlanta Constitution. She-You sav that you have never been in love- How near have you come to it? He I was married once. Teacher This sentence speaks of a man who is an alarmist. Do you know what that means? Bright Bov Yes m; it'saoie gentleman wot tries to scare boys who likes to go fishing on Sundays.

OUT OF THE QUESTIOSr.

"GOSPEL CHARIOTS'' T THE FAIRSeptember Century, While the Fair lasts Washington will have to yield to it the title of "City of Magnificent Distances. ,: One does not realize how much physical exertion sight-seeing requires until one has spent a day at the Fair. You are so occupied with looking at things that your fatigue does not find a chance to make itself felt until you turn homeward. Then you

i begin to wonder if you have any legs

left. For this reason the wheel chairs pushed by intelligent beings oWl in sVy-MiiA with white piping are a boon. You can udo" the Fair carefully and systematically, and if you happen to have the same cicerone several days in succession he is apt to become en rapport with you, divining your tastes, and pushing you whither these would lead you. Many of the gracious pushers are theological students, a fact which has gradually fastened upon these chairs the appellation of "gospel chariots." The late Mr. Cook, in the earlier days of his efforts to excite the migratory propensities of the human race, was wont to add to his circulars the announcement that "a number of marriages had been among the results of these tours' From what I have observed, I am inclined to think that several of the "gospel chariot" excursions will lead to equally felicitous results. Cash-Cash's lteforination. Walla Walla Union Journal, Old Cash-Cash, the well known Umatilla Indian, is becoming greatly interested in what will become of his soul when he dies Of late CashCash has been a regular attendant at divine worship, and, being possessed of much more intelligence than the general run of Indians, has listened very intently to the teach ings that are expounded by the ministers. He is now endeavoring to lead a better life by paying his debts and refusing to gamble or drink firewater. Several weeks ago T. D, Page placed a bill against CashCash in a bank at Pendleton for collection. Cash-Cash was notified and he prom ply responded and settled. After paying the money he demanded a piece of paper or receipt

to show that the claim had been fully satisfied. He was informed that a receipt was not necessary, as the books in the bank would show that it had been settled. Cash Cash persisted and the receipt was made out. When the paper was handed him Cash-Cash was satisfied, and when he started to leave the bank he said in broken English: 4 'Me heap good Injun. Me want go heaven. When me die and old Pete meet me at gate and ask me been good Injun,me say yes. He ask me if I pay Tom Page and me have no paper from you he send me hell." How He Ate Them, Texas Sifting, During a trial in New York a witness was being examined regarding a certain dinner of fried oysters in which the defendant participated. ''Did the prisoner seize upon them with avidity?" inquired one of the counsel.

'No, sir' answered the witness, "he chucked them down into his aesophagus with a three-tinod fork."

THE 1-EKlilS WHEEL, Uevicwof Reviews. I said; 'Precisely what does the great wheel represent in mechanics?"

by the association. As a preliminary j 14 Well," Mr. Ferris replied. 'I the cJitb is boiled and prepared for suppose you might consider it as

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Below the waist line it flares in the same manner as the skirt. Around the shoulders is a collar of duchesse lace, which forms a yoke to the shor; cape of black velvet. This is fluted over the shoulders and trimmed with jet fringe. Two jet pendants swing from the center of the yoke in the back. The front has wide rovers of white moire silk screened with black guipure lace. The jacket lias no beeves, so the voluminously puffed affair belonging to the gown has things all its own way and so is not crushed.

Houston Congratulate

man. I was married yesterday Mrs. Morel v." Bleecker Mr&. Moreley! Why, her third husband has just died. Houston Well, you don't suppose I would have married her if hehadn't died, do you? Jones (to intoxicated friend) Good heavens, man, here's your wife! Let's turn back. His Friend No (hie). She'll never see us. She's looking at her reflee v ion in the windows to see if her hat's (hie) on straight. Skiggs Must be something interesting you are reading. What is it? Skaggs Long account telling how a man was robbed on a ear. - Skiggs Humph! Wagner or Pullman? Pocr Mary mournert ict little pet. And inU tears fthe burst

F r wbrn it v.ame to bor agala It oatne as wieaerwurst Ttaf-y grabbed ft missionary And th y bound him to ft post; Ther kindled the lire under hiro And let him slowly roast: And h only smiled back at them And let his memory roam To vision? of the lynching b06 He used to bee at home.

A HAT IN PALE fiRV.KV AND BLACK. Colored hats arc much in vogue this summer. One trimmed in a novel way with black feathers is pale green in color, trimmed with a large bow of black ribbon. One long olack ostrich feather nestles between the under part of the llaring brim

A Hen tttory. Texas -Siftlnss. Jones I think the colored people of the South have been basely slandered. Smith What makes you think so?

Jones Here is a Georgia paper i

that says that a man down there has a hcii twenty years old.

and the hair. A black tip falls from the hair, up the hack and another lonrr curlv feather is fastened tlat

on the side of the hat where the brim turns down. This hat is worn with a French costume of pale-green light-weight broad-cloth. Miss Loisetto W-maparte is the great-grand-daughter of Uauiel Web ster and the great-grand-niece of Napoleon Bonaparte. Her father was Colonel Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, grandson of .leromw Bouaparte, who married Elizabeth Patterson, and her mother was the grand-daughter of Daniel Webster; her maiden name, Caroline Appleton. Mrs, M. A. Haulenbeck. of New York, who has been a commercial traveler ten years, earns $5000 a year in commissions. Lady Florence Dixie, who is credited with the intention of starting a new woman's paper in England, is a sister of the Marquis of Queensberry, and one of the most versatile women of the day. While yet a girl she had excited the enthusiastic admiration of 14 the. Shi vs," where riding is carried to a fiue art, by her straight and intrepid going, and in the saddle she has journeyed over the the best part of Europe, has explored the wilds of Patagonia, and went through the Boer campaign, early in the eighties, as "special" for the Morning Post. She bus written i novel, is by way of u poetess, and has appeared on ths platform to plead for the "rights' of her sex. Furthermore, she has a devoted hus

band and a delightful home ine Fishery, at Windsor and two naud9 cine boys.

THE HEIGHT OF DIGNITY

Judge.

She Isn't your father a very dignified man? lie Very. Why. he wouldn't let me touch him for a hundred dollars. Uncle Clover (hearing music at Chinese theater) Mandy,I guess we better not go in just yet awhile. Mandy Why not? Uncle Clover Well. I guess they are having trouble with the boes swarming. Years ago Sand-Lots Kearney's name was Dennis when he raided the Chinese. Now the Government is wid 'im; see? j The Piquant Girl (half an hour after the introduction) Well, why don't you say something? The"Suspicious Youth I catf t de-1 termino whether you arc one of the chaperons or one of the young ladies.

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Cholly Darling, I dream of yon night and day. Molly That's just what's the mas ter. My young man has- got to be wide-awake.

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posite. She (encouragingly) Well; Mr. Duffer, there are numbers erf bright and intelligent girls in thii neighborhood. London Tit-Bits. ,

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semineu at vue registrars. lut bridegroom alone was missing. At last he put in a belated appearance.

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