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(an, and we an of the opinion [but to man public will not an to -W thojhllt of tho saloon-keeper Int an bicycle In depriving hlm of c bad part at MI mac. ynr wm number about 1,000,000, and In the Average cost to the consumer: on: be 815 per wheel. But um appear: .o w u very good wheeln are mid hr I much In. pflce. However that m I: lost to other trade: ll mere- h “Med to another channel. There w to be : pomlvo gun to the gantry In the lessened use of Intoxi- The boom In the bicycle trade given a good deal at uneulneee to large man- Ifecturen and tradesmen in other Ilnee. It ll claimed that last year the "cycle took from other trade: about 3112.0“.000. The livery business end fining. trade has eulered enormous- b. In the great cities the theater men hymn that thelr recelptu are much reduced. so the people prefer bicycle riding to ettendlng the theater The candy-makers any the rlders buy lee- mdy then before they rode, no other .erchnte enert thnt the blcycle ls mouthle tor the leuened sale of hon. clnre end even beer and other hover-gee. One bl. arm min-tee thnt the wheel: to he mannhctnred this The hmiaean of thn amt Manchesâ€" tt Ship Canal In honing up. accord- Ilg hi I report tg the stain Department by United sum Canml Oriulcll at Iminter, and on the basin of hia him he feels that the prospect of a non metal and an increased huei- aa- fro- thc United States direct to Ianchuier by the canal ace-a as- ured. During the tint three months at this year 61,380 ham of cotton ar- rived Iron the Unltod States, a greater quantity than arrived during the entire two nan since the canal opened. Jan. I, I)“. It in thought that a part ot the great American cattle and pro- claiou trade may be diverted to Ian- cheater to the aid of the canal. ' For maul nan New Jersey In fur-hand non (Mn her share or soul-c "now-paper uorlu." and Ruh- uny. N. 1.. in bad the m: o! the sum I. m: mochfly. Nov IM- wondcflul an: come. In the iron! unln with a nu than: - (arty-pound mavplnl lurâ€" tla "chums" (Y) (Io hon Ind nurly am" the but of them In I lerrlac hud-m-Mnd mun-I. which. evenl- ully cumd vim: nu- mule "cnugm up" (Y) with than. P‘Innlly I neigh- twin. tuner. luring Ibo an!” o! the comb“, cm to m- rmno ol the hon "M In line" I?) and dupurtml the turtle II”: I hoe. TM- la I "cotter!" It In the not! astounding thing (In! Io mm of American Ithletn can no to lack“ without getting overâ€"mined. hon clover and "Wham Bob Cook In undo all» error. ll mm. H In lino-1N0 to mu: a mu In Enflnnd - It would be u-Inod In Aflfl'k‘l. and It atom char um (he Bull-h method at mull-c. nu man or dmdu of u- ”an, mu doubtless be that but man to £514: cllmle. But "all alm- plo mum: II. evidently loo alumna (or M Cook. Chunacey ll. Dopew may have gone to Europe for tou- thnt when the silver M so! Into the saddle. they In" In- na! upon coining MI beautiful white vii-Ion. “one who celebrated 130 Fourth at Poul-c, Mich” land the plenum of II!- Ito-In; - mum. In I balloon. The contracting putln were unruly In the “(but nodal clrcln It the “no. The English nre very hospitably en- med In the occupation of trying to convince the members of the Boston artillery company that may are all blg gnu. Politics is certainly accountable for some strange acts. Ex-Gov. Waite 0! Colorado was recenily barred out 0! a populist mate convention in Denver. A morning paper says that the shirt waist is declining in popular favor in Chicago. A good bit depends, however. on which girl has it on. Hr. Sharkey, a. gentleman of «fiance Ind muscle, says there's no sort of doubt. but he's u better man than Mr. Corbett. A Kentucklan had to exchange eight shots with his bride's brother-ln-law before he got her. That marriage will be no mum-e. There are um a couple more nation- al convention: and 1on much tun. Italy a man has been looked on u a nutty:- to duty. when vanity or tear was what curred him. People wuo desire to escape disap- pointments uhould never take vaca- The bicycle trade in: lucked up, but the bicycle rider hun't. Will! 0807‘. : "Jim 3mm: 6mm 32mm. I, "I“ a mum». macaw 01' m Into I clean mum ' my.” mud an. cum vm mm; u an of a tru Illi- I-ltoo «cum, ban will roll The Philadeiphin American has thin: "A belated tourin wa- ohllged to not for 1 bed at I. farmhouse, having wondered for from his hotel. On rising In the morning he found hinge" with- out tooth powder. Looking about him. he copied on tho Mteipiece A small box containing powder. which he med. When he void for his bed he npoioglzed in the farmer's wile for having used her tooth powder. 'Tooih powder? she Mod. 'We hora me.’ 'Yes, my good womn. It won in I amnil round box on the montelpboo.’ Tint? the fluted. mu won not tooth powder. Tho! woo “our" Am hid been The Irony of late forms a strong kar- en in the story whlrh comes from Kan- ‘ as about the luck of Mrs ".11. Leon- ard While engaged in the task of searching among a lot of old lettera ahe dlacovered that her brother had de- posited in a Trenton (Tenn) bank, in 18”. 810,000. Not long afterward he was killed in the civil war. lnqulriea elicited the fact that the bank was atill in existence and had sought the my poaitor‘a heirs in rein. In this story we have first the tragic fate of the man who owned the money, and then the ill-starred career of Mrs. Monard’a hnahand, who, having only last fall a- cnred a divorce from her to enable him to marry another woman. waa mor- dered within two montha of his second marriage. Mrs. Leonard. since the lace of her hnahand by divorce, haa been obliged to adopt the ardnona nrolenion 1 of a wuherwouan. Now she alone, of all the parties concerned. cameo out ahead! "Well. I don't blImo you for (calla; blue over the Iltmtloo." “Who'o I lulln' bloat” “Why. I export you In." “Then you mlee I N; mlgtIlro. Ilnnnr. Thlnn dld look I llulo blue Inst week. but thnn dIn no I had thln 'en {II-m cut up Into 8.000 town loll Ind Inland I’MI I crlttn to boom ll. lld I‘m realln' ltlxI I Itnr In I cornfield. Two thousand lou It ”00 ”lave. Ill nllroIdI to arm- "I". (hm bl; car-worn I-oonln‘, ochmla. church“, toctorlea. parka. lmtolrâ€"whr. do": my Mac. but I list not yore cll- InlItln' on startln' the banks and foondln‘ two or three orphan nylums wlth my manor!“ "Then I can't. Ild you?" "Jlat I plpe o‘ tel-backer and I Mp of whisky. stringer. Ind yon toll every- body down the road that ole an: John- Ion bu founded the town 0‘ Golden Cltv and II goln' to plut gold watrhon‘ tor mlle posts all over the stall. Pooh ln' blue? WIII. [should nyther unr- gle to observe that be M: to keep hold 0! the grass to prevent hll flyln' I'm] for joy and unltnhun!" "I mppou you In dad broke on top 0! nu?" I queried. "lluen'tr so! I red cent. clr, and nnthln' but maul In the noun." he replied. “indeed, they do. Iir. Whlt'u halt the nutter with you?" "Billy“. lover." “When in tho wile?" "in“. the house with the mm thing. "And the children?” "Out thll’ behind the hay-tack shut- in' with the am. "I no you've lost your mule." *Died two day- no. lll’. (‘n't ri‘htly nay vhntvaiiod him. but he‘- sou." “Well." queried the man u I looked nbout. “thlnu look loner lonuomo, eh?" In front or 5 Dalton and clbln an I man about 50 years old who was rugged and forlorn and hungry-look- Ing. A law rod- awny lay the dead body or a mule and beyond that was a wagon with I broken wheel. There was no woke coming out at the cabin chimney. no fowl: or livestock about Ind no other human beluga to be neon. In Naples girls 14 and over assemble once every year in one of the churches or that city and the unmarried men who so desire so there and choose wives. The proposed society will carry out a similar arrangement here, except that the girls who desire to as- semble in a. church to be thus chosen will have to register with the society three months ahead of the date, that the society may satisfy itself that they are girls oi' good moral character. The men who are to apply at the church on these occasions to select brides will he required to register three months prior to the date of choosing. that the society may investigate their characters for the purpose of ascertaining it they are. industrious and temperate. Only met. who have these qualities will be allow- ed to choose whee Those who regis- ter will he informed fifteen days in ad- vance of their standing. Men will he required to pay 3 registration fee at u. ‘ but. 31‘]. will be allowed to register} W-C.T.U- MATRIMONIAL BUREAU. In. ulfll‘ III! Inn's OIIII'IOW WIII a. l-mtlgotod. The ladies of the Woman'. Chrlatlan Temperance union 0! Portsmouth. Vo. will soon organize a unique node!) to be known as the Naples Motrimonial society. can the Philadelphia Record. They think that the arsoniuuon or this society wlll he tollowed by the or- ganization of simliiar loclotles by the Woman'l Christian Temperance union throughout the United State: and that they will eventually take the place of various matrlmoniai bureaus now in operation in various clues. All nunp I. "or Who Walk. Sabin-to for Tooth Pavlov. I'M-u Won nun. lo 'I’III’I- The necklet. a dog collar of many strands. m a! top“ with Abundant told 33mm The times were butterfly-chaps. with double wing. Below than lung deep ml“ of round point hoe. White am. can m. of Nitrous (opal act upon wire: of pure gold. The bodice, in white velvet. was cut aurplice. with folded ironts ending un- der 1 girdle oi dull gold. Large yellow topaz buttons trimmed the spotless vei- vet snrpllce. The wing sleeves were of white nun. They were simply trimmed with a pattern in gold thread embroidery. and a suspicion oi the name embroidery edged the bodice at the neck. Below thin edging ran an- other row of the gem buttons. net upon a any of white satin. The girdle wan mm. Al the sides It was relieved with widening panels of gold thread em- broidery. The work was evidently done siiich by stitch upon the yellow velvet, not put on in panel iortn. Down the back the panels were very wide. my. lmu-n noun. It It not often that a lull mceptlon tolletto ts resttul to the eye In summer, yet one, mad. for n brldc's second re- ceptton day, in very captivating. The akin 'fll yellow velvet 0! thin. fine quality. I! hung perlecuy plain without pucker. llouncc or trick or There has been a return to hats and bonnets of drawn tulle and mousseline do sale. These are very delicate and light and are a pretty accompaniment to dainty summer gowns. Roses are teen in great abundance. and dahlies and hydrangea: are also in evidence. The dahlin is a flower easily copied in muslin. silk or velvetâ€"it is naturally to regular, solid and stiltâ€"hut when the fabric employed happens to he peococli blue in color. as is now some- iimee the case. the eye reiuseg to be satisfied with the limitation. More or lean tall trimming in still worn. )3! we 1', simply trimmed, a ribbon hand being often considered will: clent. The more elaborate ones have a bow and several quills In addition. Alpine hats tor out- ing wear are also seen, and some close shapes resembling the old fashioned English Walking hat. Pnrasols are, on the whole, less trimmed than in former years. Although many are lavishly adorned with lace, rulllea, pulling! and flowers, the majority are without trim- mings and are or changeable, flowered checkered or striped silk. IN WOMAN’S CORNER. lam Rom or an Ioduâ€"llllol' II-u mum-u. u liverâ€"loud: Gownâ€"â€" Wm 00'- hr WEI-co to! tho Honolulu. CURRENT TOPICS FOR DAMBS AND DAMSELS. DOWNEBS GROVE mourn AIDOR. hats are worn at much as over this summer. These pennnlal {avorlteu are most- AN ARTISTIC TEA' GOWN. If a strip of webbing two Inche- wlde Is navel tightly on the under side at a rug, clout to the edge. It will pre- vent the edge: from curling. Boron commencing to seed rullnl um the am In removed cover the fruit with very not water and lot it mam-Mucus“: Dru-tho m at m m and: may no: In n» I! n ubiespoonful of vinegar Ia added (0 the water In which cough man or town are boned it ill! tend to mike them tender. A pinto made of melted lndla rub- ber mixed with shellac varnlsh In the best thing to ms for fastening leather trimmings on wood. In" for “no limo! '. Warm mud and cake should be cut with a knlte the blade of whlch has been heated by standing It In boning wuef. I! clothesplnu are boiled a few min’ utes and quickly dried every few weeks It will clam them and make them more durable. The sketch shows I costume of pearl gray mohair. The tnirller oi the cadet skirt is framed by two long straps, terminating in points at. the toot, where they are interned by piste hut- tons. The clone bodice has n short. rippled basque and is cut away In (mat to form two straps over a vest oi white silk. The rent; of the vest are em- broidered with pompadonr flowers. Paste buttons fasten the straps at the shoulders end are pieced at the corner: at the basque and vest. The cravat is of white embroidered tulle. The hat worn with this gown ll of yellow braided straw. and il trimmed with pompadonr ribbon having a white ground, pal-ma violet: end I drapery of white tulle. there Is no fullness at a", or the sleue Is wrinkled close to the mm In mesa latter «2:99 a wlde efl‘efl at the (op I! obtained by bnws. opaulotn or plamnn [suing from the shoulder. In conlncd to th' upper pm. of the am, nenr the shoulder. nod sometime: lancltul Iona or may give I noun a. (pct. The sleeve In no longer and: with two bnlloolu. The entire mum Young girl: and young women wear decollete bodice!) over a guimpe or chemisette oi embroidery, lace, iinen and similar fabrics. This decoiietage assumes a great variety of form. The opening may be square, round or of I showing fine' silk stripes waning lengthwise in straw. blue, pink and similar bright colors. Others are sprinkled with flowers worked in silk or ilsx. Costumes oi either plain or lancy linen otten have n wide belt of since or flowered tenets. Burns is worn largely, end there is n wide choice or styles. Among the prettiest ones are those having 3. warp design of printed flowers. These are made over n colored silk lininx, with n girdle o! the same sort oi tniretn. There are also some very attractive plslds in rich colors. Crepe de chine is to he in great (“or this year. A number of gowns have been seen entirely composed of this tshric. Black. gray and beige oh paces are Well liked (or useful summer toilets. They often have revere of white pique and a belt of silk or leather. , nunm nu. 'nie finest engineers in the world, considering their nt'ze, nre certain South American mu. Tunnell constructed Ivy than inn-been mead n autumn of two miles, «no of then panning WI m In: yua- wide. In!) Am at. in. nu mac- “E'Wflhnbmu A we at Intern. Nature tells a tale of a pan- of roots. evidently young birds, that strove in vain to build a heat. The wind each time blew the foundations down while the route, which iiy (at for neat ma- terials Instead of taking thoae close at hand, were away. At last. despair- ing of building a home by iegitimae mean, they fell upon a completed neat of another pair while the owner: veto absent, tore it to pieces, and built a neat foundation that would stand in the wind. Then they made a super- structure in the clumsy and Inexpen- euced way that young birda always do. 0M ‘Iltocrl Cot. J. V. Brower. Minnesota State geognpher. has made the sensational discovery that the source of the Mis- souri river is not Red Bork inhe. MonL. as has been stated. Coi. Braver has explored the whole region of the upper Ilimuri. and now makes public the re- «nit of his discoverieu. He an? the longest upper branch of the Missouri does not flow through the lower Red Rock lake In Montana. but comes from I hole in the mountains. volcanic in its character. u the summit or the Rocky mouuuina. west of Herley's lake. Idnho. and at a point bordering the boundary between tint state and float“; Rm 0! "to. You have often nomad the many tinted ban Ind hands that rise in thc shape 0! "tnrlted tongue; or lumen" from wood hunting in thp grate. it is ten to one. however. that you not" have thought to figure on the can» oi the variegated in». mane-tell by llama. To hrinx the mutter quickly to the point. we will any that the many colon are the result of combustion among the dttlerent element. 01 the wood. The light blue is [mm the hydm gen Ind the white from the urbon. the violet I: from the mannanosp, the red from the magnesia and the yellow from the ioda, which no constituent parts at the wood. In the palace oi the shah-'0! Persia at Tehenn is a room hung with Goeb- iiu tape-try, and next to i! the library. tilled with priceless manuscript... 0! all the calilraphen Mir seem. to be the most inmouo. and hi: writing in vulucd at two tumario I line. At this rate, the manuscripts by him in the Ihlh'l Ibo-mulch mum ho Worth hou- dndl of thousands oi pounds! The armory or the pol-rd in small um i:- icrior to many Europe-n collection. Tim "on nwols are worth many mil- lion. Among than in the sister din- moud to our Kohinoot (Mountnln of Light.) it in a huge diamond an Intel and I hall long and In inch broad. but not very bright. and could he pardotr only mini-Inn [or glut. It dates from 3000 u. (3,, and in roiled tho Daryl-i- Nut at Ben or Light. My petals, till I rosler grew. But, woe is me! one luckiess any There passed a plow-boy on his roan, Who plucked me In his sporllve play And claimed me (or Ms own. I faded in Ms ruthless grasp, He cast me here, alone, to die. ' 0 Love! once more to [eel your clasp, And breathe 1: last good-bye. blood- Upon my snow-white rosebnd tips; And 10! there surged a. crimson flood Throughout my velns, which dyed my breast As never sun nonmln could do. And so“, each morn, his fond llpa “PI-Inc a: mu navâ€"uum: Ann- AI Auk-t Llurgy-lo-m of the Wino-II- flintâ€"A Ion-tor Bunn- lo-o oddluu. BOMB QUEER AND CURIOUS FEATURES OF LIFE. IN THE ODD CORNER. When, son one morn. as yet the dew Bparkled on my snowy breast, A poet came and pressed his lips~ Warm, and red with Mes young 'l‘lu Shah's Lum- r1. N lonely spot. all wlld I grow. Paleâ€"mouth sun and rain ca- A stone bioitlng pad Ia being intro- duced. It is made of n hibnlnnn stone that in said to absorb ink more readily than any blotting paper in nu. It in formed by compressing tho sediment capo-lied by certain hot wring, which, having been accumulating for ages. "in nun-hie In inexhnnsubio annuities." It in highly mun, nnd will, it in mid, take up n anrprinin; qmtity of ink. requiring only occu- niouny m with I hit. a IIQ it In and roll In an. 1;; Fully 20,000 of the population or Incl. are annually killed by gun. bum war: a flew to reducing the nomflty. the government olera a reward for snuen' bands. which, Instead of dimin- Ishlng the number 0: these refills. lends tn Increase It. as the naive: bred snakes solely to secure the rewnrd. Blshleen miles in the longest die. lance on recon! at which a man's voice has been heard. Thi- occuried in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, when, one man shouting the name "Bob!" at one end. his voice was plainly heard at the other end. which Is eighteen miles awny. Counting In clerk hire. mileage and Incidentaln, a member of congress now receives n total of about $12,650 for his two years‘ service. DanleI Went" used to get for (he came period 83.318. From rough calculations lately undo by conmbumn to the Zoological nec- ord. It appears that over 350.600 species of animals have been described by, naturalists up to the present «late. Glaehler. (he aemant. has noticed that the voice at a woman is Incline in 3 helm at the height of about two mlles. whno that of a man has never reached higher than a mile. I! the armlvn 0! Europe shank! march at an eight-mile gnu. ave abroad. M- toen Inches apart. It would require nine and one-half day: for them to past t given point. Sllght "mm to ”no Mona vull u the Bloody Anglo, Gettysburg. mad. the other day. unmvuretl over 190 bulo lets. pieces of shell. parts of gums. etc. llnn u Inclucs About 2,000 sailing man]: of I“ klndn ("appear In (he an every par, marrying down 12.000 human hung- nml Involvlng a loss of about $10,000.- The rm. 0! In". The um white and horn an mama Sum mil I’M the grnml daughter 0! Wblu, nu- mvvmor of Roanoke Ma and. mm was «trimmed by "an nun. a! Virginia Dim, and her birthday Ill Aug. 18, 1581. A lo- had. .\ dlpmnry ol plum-um In rum-led to have Mn made near (fnnluholll, Scar South Wain. Some tm-Iu- hunt dml ounm ol the mm! haul Mu'ob- ultml by Ian mlem. tantalum. 13 per mm M maunnm. Undo. o M 0' (“c-I. The din-m"; o! I human null In I [and nun o! preservation by well dlnrn n u drplh o! to («I burn": I Iolld. (our-loot "In of coal II nu Irncllnu I good deal of Mlcnlion u Ulcklmon. 8. I). A Ion-loo lusts. , minnow, 1m «(no o! I". 000m Vanderbilt. I: . whoelmm'n penal-o. Them In 93.000 um In In. nun. and the system 0! roadway: II to uni lock that Mr. Vanderbilt, who II u wanna", an ac a hundred miles on! a mnrndnmlud road without going at! m. nun. “I". Walla at Jami... A newspaper published In Jeruulem; printed In the Hebrew hn‘uuo. states (In! Dr. Bllu, superviwr o! the Plies- tlne explomlon (and, but lately diu- eovetcd. near Mount Zion, the exact course at the city will. at Jerusalem bum baton and during the Roman on: tho A number at um and male: 0! high and Isl-tonal value. Which sure c-a am Thu? When Tennessee onlered the Unlnn' as a slate, ll hall about 40.000 popula- tion, or an average oi less than one person to each of its 42.050 square mlles of territory. In 1890 it had 1.767.618 inhabitants, or an average of nearly lorly persons lo a square tulle. Nearly all this increase ls {mm the native Block. only 20 029 being foreign born, and only 30.251 of the native born being of foreign ho-rn parents. no ehlnou Ila; In China the hen is kept constant” busy. When not engaged in illitehinib her own brood she is compelled to hatch fish eggs. The spawn 0! fish no placed in an egg shell. which is her- metically sealed and placed under the unsuspecting hen. Alter some days the egg shell is removed and carefully broken, and the spawn which has been warmed Into life Is emptied into a; shallow pool well warmed by the sun; Here the minnows that soon develod. 330 Martin Rule dlacovared In the ll- brary of thoCorpunChrlsn collagen“:- brldge, the mlssal brought. by 9!. Au- xuatlne to England, with annotations by Pope Gregory the amt. Mr. Rule Is reprinting this wlth annotations. are nursed until strong enough turned into a lake or stream. AI Incl-II Ilium. Antiquarian: will feel a lively lntet: at In a work about to appear lnEu land. n In a reprint ol.’ the unless! eon mining the first written mum ova" brought to England. and probably and first published anywhere. Some time their subterranean how have boon‘ found “upended bridge. Mus Imm‘ one gallery to another and annulus gulls eight to ten Inches wide.