ee ee : . SADNESS. OF PARTING. Sermon Preached Prior to Sailing|:; for Europe. ‘A despatch from Washington says:‘ -Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text just before leaving for Europe: “And when we had taken our | leave one of another, we took | —Acts xxi. 6. | Paul was an old sailor—not from oc cupation, but from frequeney of tra-| think he could have taken a! doross the Moditerranean as Ing a “land-lubber.” viee had been taken, the crew would never have gone ae - Melita. pass, warmed by buoy and lighthouse, énow aa of the perils of adbignt navigation. Horace ‘said that ~ the across the sea. Be- the last moment Vi being the exception; for the world was not then migratory as in our day, when the first desire of a man in one place seems to be to get into anoth- er pliee. In the ‘spring, summer, and autumn, the Mediterranean Sea was white with of ships, but at the first) wintry blast they hied themselves to the nearest harbor; although now the | world’s commerce prospers in January | as well as in June, and in mid-winter all over «the wide and stormy deep, | there float ; PALACES OF LIGHT, trampling the billows and showering the sparks of terrible | fomeee, on Paes he. minute—the world, the flesh and the devil; and that is a well-built prow that can bound over them: For lack of this, many have put back and never aes again. It is the broadside e that so often sweeps the deck tear ‘rls the hatches; but that which trikes in front is harmless. Meet troubles plea and you sur- mount t! Stand on the prow, and as you oe: off the spray of the split surge, ory out with the apostle, “None of these things move me.” fears stay aft. bulrushes, steamer. Have a good, strong anchor. “Which hope we haye as an anchor.” By this strong cable and windlass, hold on to your anchor. “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father.” Do not use the anchor wrongfully. Do not always stay in the same latitude and longitude. You will never ride up the harbour of Eternal Rest if you all the way drag oe anchor. But you must have sails. Vessels are Woke (or the'Seaunca they have the flying jib, the foresail, the top-gallant, the sky-sail, the gaff-sail, and other ee eM Id gua ayaes Eoiat it, and the winds of heaven will drive you ahead. Sails made out of any other canvass than Faith will be slit to tatters by the first north-easter. Strong faith never lost a battle. It will crush foes, blast rocks, oa Nentrince, thresh mountains. Glelocgtiior «cheek. tote aoe ponderous wheel, a lever to pry up pyramids, a drum whose beat gives strength to the step of the heavenly soldiery, and sails to waft ships lad- en with priceless pearls from the har- bour of earth to the harbour of heay- en oat you are not yet equipped. You uet have what seamen call the run- | ie rigging. This comprises the ship's | can run down a war- foot, braces, halliards, clew-lites, and such | peted and Canvass in any wise managed. We have | estack, Phosphorescent deep, written in scrolls of foam and fire, ine on these ropes, you hoist the sails | “Thy way, O God, is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters!” { It is in those days of early navi- @ation that I see a group of men, wo- beach at 3 Paul is about to leave the grekation he had Bete ed, and they are come down see solemn fe to he how many dark mysteries ~it, A few counsels, | a hasty good-bye, a last look, and the! ropes rattle, and the sails are hoisted, and the planks are hauled in, and Paul is gone. “When we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship.” The Church is the dry dock where the first need is sound timber. The floor-timbers ht to be of solid stuff. For the want of it, vessels that looked able to run their jib- booms into the eye of any tempest, when caught in a storm have been erushed like a wafer. with your lighter ne but oaks hewn, forest of divine truth, are staunch enough for this oraft. You must have Lovd for a helm, to guile and turn the craft. Neither Pride, nor Ambition, nor Avarice, will | do for a rudder. Love, not only. in) the heart, but flashing in the eye,| and tingling in the hand—Love mar-| ried to work, which many look upon as so homely a br m and rattle, yet do nothing, but love, like a river, that rung up the steps of mill-wheels, and works in the harness of factory bands not pass by on the other side, but visits the man'who fell among thioves near Jericho, not merely saying. “ Poor fellow! you are dreadfully burt,” but, like the good Samaritan, pours in oil and wine, and n. ed to cut and override-the billow. That CHRISTIAN PERSEVERANCE. Where are three mountain surges that sometimes dash against a soul in a of faith and turn them every whither. | si The prow of courage will not cut the | as the sail of faith spread and p its wing, unless you have strong tae for a halliard. me more arrangement, and you will ‘07 at it every day, and always sail by it, as its needle points toward the Star id Of Bethlehem. Through fog and dark- ness, and storm, it works faithfully. Search the Scriptures. “BOX THE COMPASS.” Be sure to keep you colours up! You know the ships of England, Russia, France and Spain by the ensigns they carry. Sometimes it is a lion, some- ao an eagle, gine a star, mmetimes a crown. Let it ever be ets you are, and figure of a cross, a crown, dove; and from the mast-head let float pirate vessels of temptation will pass you unharmed as they say, “There goes up your flag on this pulley: “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation.” When driven to| back, or labouring under great stress of weather—now changing from star- board track to larboard and then from larboard to starboard — look above Ithe top heart shall beat like = war- drum as the streamers float on the wind. he sign of the cross will make you patient, and the crown will make you glad. Are you ready for such a voyage T have come to see you off: This giori- ous opportunity is about to se id Mcke up your minds. The gang- planks are lifting. The belf rings. All aboard for Heaven! This world is not your rest. The chaffinch is the silliest bird in all the earth for tryin, to make its nest on the rocking billow. Bub £ direction. eart is bound np in the welfare of this church. While the ocean may separate us in body, there are feelings of sympathy and affection that will not here, not knowing shat would befal} By a long series of Church trou- bles that Ihave no heart to describe, this Church had gone into the dust. THE PEOPLE HAD FLED. Some had gone to other churches; some fell back to the world; some had ascended’to heayen, glad to get into a place where there weré no Church fights. They fought, and | bled, and died. If there is ‘ouythicde t in all the rena distresstul to.a minister, it is get into a pulpit where things are ae typed and fixed, and where he must stand on the look-out for long- esiablished prejudices, and have com- mittees waiting on him to tell him how he must comb his hair and fold his pocket-handkerchief. Rather S me be Si proclaims liberty to the captives him- self be free? ive me sony church to start with than a 2 5 than in fifty megatheria or Masto- dons exhumed by geolo ive me one man with a great heart rather than a thousand men made out of plaster of Paris, I think all will be.well. Do not be worried about me. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and if any fatality should befall me, Lthink Ishould go straight to Him. I haye been most been as inefficient retin as my- self. But s helped a great many through, and a hope he will help ti rub any of it out, I think he will fe it all out. Meanwhile, take care of the inter- ests of this Church, In your last hours there will be no work that will yield you such high hee imes as that which you do for | there not be more strokes of ae ham- mer or clicks of the trowel on that Tabernacle than supplications to God. A field opens for us such as is seldom | granted to a Church, By a mighty @}baptism of the Holy Ghost may we be ready to enter it. And now, may the blessing of God come down upon your bodies and upon your souls, your fath- your sorrows, in the lyouse and by the the way! And if, during our separa- should strike any of u hasten on to the Ba that God a prepared for those who love him! utter not the word farewell; it is too utter a kind, an affectionate Tan a 2 cheerful good-bye! “And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship.” eae Sa COUNT ea. 'S OPINION. Declares That sucha ri Neither Sensible A get Vins nattbatten tien pas publicly called to am epidemic o cile, which appeared to-ba raging various parts of England. In this connection Count Leo Tolstoi, Russia's hich-minged humanitarian, has ut- tei notable warning for the bene- fit: of those who are tempted to com- mit; this form of stupid ini "says Count Tol- 5 what guarantee hava I that its ual resurrection in the here-~after will be more pleasant and congenial. “Most sbestial is the idea that life has been youchsafed to us only and alone for worldly and metal enjoy- ment: and pleasure. — Life is given us for our self-perfection and in order that we may be enabled to serve man- ikind chlastively. “All work, -everything we under- take, appears disagreeable, sometimes mountain high. "Obstacles abash us, dangers inspire fear, disappointments discourage “us, misfortunes bring dis- pair. Nevertheless, suicide is fi and immoral, because only a coward iys down. his weapons in battle and flees, rushing perhaps into greater peril : ve one anoth- fecting ourselves in this world and in the world to comie* “Ag long as we liva we can perfect | — |. Rak STR SS Negligee of old rose surah, trimmed with lengthwise bands of cream lace insertion edged on both sides with chiffon ruching. The front is gather- ed toa small yoke and the sleeves are arranged in small plaits. They are trimmed with lace insertion and lace ruffle. Material required, surab, 20 inches wide, 12 yards. CHINESE delipee ieataun Policemen in this, the fartar City, be 8 of the te esse cittes ana! Banner Corps. pis, ion ‘anms, nob even so In costume a Chinese policeman is | ¢ 4 civilized officer, bub keep swords, something between a circus clown and a football play. Queer Ofte: sq around in ecaeere ate when, | as is often the case, he wears a ooat,|s, nis gwin judgiment it also thick and clumsy, coming well | niq penalty for firing it at the wrong below the knees. Dark blue is the! is severe—it may be degradation prevailing color, seb off and accented |..4 banishment or simple strangula- with bands and facings of lighter blue, | tion. Tedeereen, maroon) and: brawn. ab) ip rades and reviews thie police- never yellow. That is the sacred or| non are always armed, especially if royal hue, permibted to nobody below | ¢oreign devils are to witness the re- view or. the parade. The w: hat is to say,|¢urious looking, but wicked in the ex- preme — the three-hooked spears they 'Y (all carry in particular make jagged made up of Sikhs from Northern India.| oq ghastly wounds, Besides mun tes The reason, perhaps, is that the Qhin-|\ithin the wall Pekin maintains a ese themselves are so essentially un-|roroe of 14,000 with which to regulate @ a proverb to the |arfairs in the outer city. The police rank officially as gendar-| nish their own uniforms, but are arm- merie. In Pekin the head of them is|eq by the state, and receive a monthly T/always.a Manobu. Policemen must he |rice allowance in addition to their plentier than black-berries in the| pay. The chief gets a fair salary, but Chinese capital. The sacred or imperial! the men and subordinate officers are walled city keeps between 15,000-and|meagerly paid. Notwithstanding, they make and save money enough to re- miles square, with two great gates in| tire after moderate terms of service. each wall face, half a mile from the|«tnfiuence” in the shape of cold cash corners and a mile from each other.|gtands the prisoner's friend in China Broad streets stretch straight from |even more than anywhere else in the e to another, thus cutting the space} world. In fact, but for the “presents” inside into a big nine-block. Police |the force is allowed to squeeze out of stations are scattered all along the} natives and foréigners alike, there nine squares, especially around their | might be difficulty in getting men for outer edges, which he upon’ the | the service, though humanity is chap- r than dirt cheap all over the Celes- passway inside the wa 3 DH tia] Empire. HEAD OF THE POLICE. has charge of all the city gates. They are nine in number—since the side next the palace has an extra gate in the exact middle of the two-mile wall Summer Suffering of Women. It requires an enormous amount of | workentirely and was almost a victim vitality to withstand the weake of nervous prostratio! “Hearing of Dr. SEAS EEE FOREIGNERS IN CHINA. in TGhiaa in - het 's Nerve Food summer weather, to overcome the lan- is, she began to use it and was bene- guid, wornout feelings, and to fight | fited from the very first. It proved the fevers and dreadful fatal dis- | an excellent remedy in restoring hor eases which a ee = valent | to health and strength. After having b used four boxes she és now sate of health, | aga‘n, sant happy, and attri- butes h ery ae Hee use of Dr. haae’s Neree SF OCE in the summ«s attack those in a low There Is nothing so trying on the/| he hot, summer weather, | and,none who suffer more from the} As @ summer Bs ‘cine to revitalize heat than the woman with the cares | the br of a family on her bands, requiring | an work in the hot Kritohen and the | body; Se's stove. Many a despondent | pryalied and “unapproached. It in- woman who could secu drag her-| creases the namber of red corpuscles 2 the b f great blood builder and nerve restor-| mer ‘W. Cransherry, 168 Rich-| # saves a by using this rs. } t restorati mond St. West, Toronto, Ont., states: | tea —“™M hter got completely run} Dr. Chase's ae Food, Pached eryes were 80 ay x bor, at alk dealers or fe: Sew do in health. Her n sxbausted and she was 40 weak an aid receipt of pre,” from debilitated that she ae to give up: Ayaeemaes Bates & Oa, Ts ere were 11,607 foreigners settled - 1897. i A ie a LOST MAN'S CANE. ‘A Second Episode in the Romantic Life of Amelia Butterworth, BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN, Bought dimity, sowing silk and what ‘ould, but this did noi ‘was a more or les: lent one. I had conceived such a of the man beside me that talking fot talk’s sake was impossible, while he was in a mood which it would be cha ity to cal) sacle NER Tt may de that my own reticence wasat fhe Dottom of this, but Irather think not ‘The remark he ma “4 hy owed ore thi ite was working in his slow tat ae re brain. here’s a mau of your own sort,” he crie a “You won't find oe doing anything out of the wari 2 ity your visit wasn’ Yow 3 have got a better conan er the “that you and Srolim Bad ‘ed dovit of'a say about ahd Sida ated na cine ae as t isn’t going to an 40 long. Wehave aioe ca a pinch ed and starved all I’m to. I'm going to have a es ave a dress, and that mighty quick too, I’m tired of all this shabbi- wess and mean to have a change.’ I wanted to say, ‘Ni ety ge en the present olzoomatenges would worst thing possible for wm al ” rt S ‘el tht this would be d refrained, say- ing pe sacra sideways ot me for a word: ssTiahivanesds a ed dress, That ni one can deny. But you had better et me get it for her, a oun that is what you meant.’ ‘As soon as I was relieved of his pres- ae NN ok ak eielncaua I ni tered my whole manner and cried o in querulous tones “Mrs, Carter BT eye Bada Gitten: ence.” ( as true. We did havea perfectly justified in solves.) “She oeaeee Roan fm the New 1 Tetament one way and I in another. had not time to settle it bya conto with the faced word, but rest ae it is settled, 20 will soi? ee your Bible ines my dear, that I may look careers up?" We were in the upper hall, where I lity aakebh wat aco fashioned a] g = & £ ial B 3 s a a4 as 3 it was ‘was anxious to consul ashe it. Lucetta’s pitiful face had a strange sweetness in it this morning, and [ fel sure ag I took the sacred book from her hand that her thoughts were all with i Tove Wy coe Sa nt alas and not at all with me or with what at the occupied me Sf ine Uiecane larkened and resigned mind. As I realized this I heaved an im ee tary sigh, which seemed to start! for sho turned and gave me a quick Took hd: shs'<win dlipulag awa ee ich: Be fe, ; Who was busy at the other end of ‘he Bibs I held was an old one and most, Sscellent print Thad no dimenlty in finding the text and settling a aaeetion witch had for wanti bans wah ache ia at Wisgalh hag sesame We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be chan, “In a moment, in the twinkling of tm eye” — CHAPTER XXVIL AN INTRUSION. Iwas 20 moved by this discovery that ‘was not myself for several instants. reading oF thes® words over me oe “which had been laid away under the flower parlor was in keepinj the knot of crape on the window shut- ter and argued something more than re- orse._ on part of ator, one of the Knollys family Who was this one, ~ why, with ach fealings in the breast any of the ee, had the deceit sod crime to which Th had been witness su: h a point as to demand the semis the police An SS roblem to which I d: solu- Ha even in the faces ry cen eate ly innocent girls. What plan Mr. Gryce intended to pursue J was of course in no position to determine. I only knew what course I 0 pursue myself, which was to remain quiet and sustain the part I had already played in this house as their Seal and rend. i was fa as both i manner that I bastened from sep mane late in tbe ate inet the two Miss Knoliza, looking more openly anxious and distraught than at they looked up and saw my face Loreen paused and laid her hand on Lu- But Lucetta was not to be Hie cried, dared t0 enter our gates, bringin; lice officer with him. We know he is a police offi- be boa man, exce) — the pressure of Loreen’s hand ete 80 fees as to make the Ser oe cetfa quiver. She stopped, an Knollys took up her words: “Except to make us talk on subjects igah toteer Deriay: Ib Oaiiviore Miss Butterworth, will y us? Your presence.may act as a re. straint. ms to have some It is his Eset which has so Gases Lucetta. He : "sania she, “amy anger and disdain may,give some weight toyour quist Seoapeshes oF fe faraily's isgra Abell not npoope his cshun: ciatons quietly, Loreen. You must ex- ig siave noene od jul Feetnahs tins L wate ‘tld in check all these years.” And w: ent waiting forreply, ‘without aii even to see effect Agnifea ag cheney! ack me, whom she must presume to entirely nprepated for them, she dashed down the italre, sa pallod open the rife bad followed rapidly, too rapidly epoca onsseltee, aad. were tiersfare in the hall when the doo: k, Fevealing the fo peracha i han been tad to expect. Mr. Trohm spoke first, evi- dently a4 answer % she dalianoe 40. be seen in 8 faci Ey iss [pare been I know Iam transgressing, but oo casion warrants it, I assure you. sure you will acknowledge that ses rp thine what can it be,”” she aes htt Why did ae pause? Mr. Gryce had not looked at her. i erself I was as certain as we can be 0 sit. “Let us hear your erran in with that ‘etl emphasi, Loreen, which is no sign of weakness. ‘twill et this + gnome say,” turned Mr. Tr: have itn netare— a New Vonks Autective ch whose business in this towm you cannot be ignorant.” “He professed,” fell from Lucetta’t is ances which have unfortunately taken ee eee “Yes,” Trohm’s riod seemed tc say. But ares was looking at the detective. “Ts that your business?” she asked. “Miss Knollys,” b an — how quiet and fatherly his accents fell after the alternate fire and iciness with which This was certaitly thoughtful, but knowing what I did oonld-not expect prewises, and, atc a hanes tales wan Leteaelt sill Wastuceelnsaee? naiiee which hey labored was evident, though neither attempted either subterfuge or evasion. thi lice to search this house, it is open te them, ’’ said Loreen. 4 ot to Mr, ‘Trohm,’” quot a cetta quickly. ‘‘Our poverty should be our teeter from the curiosity of neigh nines eotinithas Bawiah to intrude,” said Mr. Gryce, but Mr. Trohm said thing. | He. probably understood why Lucetta wished to curtail his this-house better than Mr. Gryoe ¢ a CHAPTER XXVHL Lhad meanwhile stood silent. Thera ag,n0 redon for mptoobtrnde myself, Tatras bippy noe too af Thivdoe not nat erence es my seactice Was, tot otioed | Me. ‘Trokim hdnored i @ glance during turbed, and when in response to the un- Abubtod disainen! Wiad feoeived treat Lucetta he prepared to take his leave it ‘was upon me he ba his bins Sir and most une tial bo was t -position ask iuataetee carefully watching his departure, turned ae 6 With chi. naling impetuosity, say- etnias mast be very te eee for you, Miss Butterworth, must os ca you to stand Ae “God kno’ we need one. “I shall never forget I occupied ist position toward your mother,” was m:; ternightforward reply, we rigid. not pain it, not for @ m tabs 11 begin with the Yeellas,”” said Mr. Gryce. Botl oth gts ght eral Then Loreen lift- ed her proud head and said quietly al. Only I pray you to Sone ee pberithe. “Maeer s'ah roll and the sooner our humiliation is over the better {t will be for her.” nd, indee img was in a state that aroused e -yco’s anxiety. Ber ahataicnw of an ehapehinere De Mia ied hora apishigs axteacr- dinary effor' i ide, took the first ae herself in the direo- tion of the kitchen, from which, as I Matha te tly Ga aoons Ie be had to the cellar. Mr. Gryoo immedi- ately dolore, hy Puaviid tins one , both too much egi- tated t aileaieae patlor Mr. Gryco as if) be bad torgieen’ somotning. bat Imeetta urged him feverishly on, and are least, for the Ba hd look she cast t her stove Reais aveeot Ne gotta tito “What is the matter, Hannah?” ‘nrkea “They are my men,”” eaid Mr. Gryce. “The job Ihave undertaken cannot be carried on alone.’ MTG eB" loak, Hhatewro Kitess inte hanged did not escape me, or the quiet air zogibistion which was eottling Bowly Gra Lifea "Must they go into the cellar, too?" the asked: Mr. Gryte smiled his most fatherly, il muile. “My dear young sears said he, ted in but one may see there will remain in Gee ent.’? ‘a said no more. Even her domitable spirit was giving way bere the inevitable discovery she saw before them. “Do not let William know,” were her low words as we pi a but from regres glimpse I caught ops by two otaer men, on the stable the herself had addressed nd horeelf. hardly know how pai you without pupeing, acd juet If your brother UMy brother would tae youth less patience than we. Gryce, and not till we ial to alee you or to satisfy all your demands call aan who, will Ae Pan awer you ay ay not satisty 70 demands. ” ae said he. “The quickest case! surest way to do this is to find out sce for all where they and could not have taken place, to make an official search of these premises as J already those of Mother Jane and of Dea- ‘was quite tengo Williain -evjdently” did know. not going to descend the cellar stairs, but the girls mado me. wish sisted ise whine oieeee iahied part een’s orders, bad fornished one of the men with a lighted tern, and upon our t into the fark labyrinth below it became his duty And my errand here,” sa‘$ Mr. | small collection of stores, a wine cellar, ‘Trohm, ‘‘is te make all easier ~ the | the very door of which was unhinged and’ lay the cell ttom, we struck into # hollow void, in whi e | there ae nothing worth an instant’s — — gation save the exrth under ou: oot complain or f at- | te0 tacked.”” To be Continued. PERSONALITIES. : Maurice ies ot grand opera man- a write_a book of reminis- e famous singérs and com- apes he has known. The only woman ran on record fs Miss Rach sh nk, who had conferred on her en. by a Jewish rae in mH Tee n ©. Fremont, supetvisor of the iialoet of New York; who has. just been transferred to the Asiatic squad- ron, is a son of J. C. Fremont, “the Pathfinder.” Lieutenant Hugh A: Drum is youngest officer in the United States at iat ‘8 only 20 years old; and fellow, officers tn the Twelfth fants are earay nese Ex-Governor Geo! Peel Wisconsin finds. it ietposstiie > uve down his reputation as ie: oe hor of “Peck’s Bad Boy” and at the Demo- ease arene was noua known as “The Bo Se Fi Gordon Sprigg, the new. pre- mier and treasurer of Cape Colony, was born at per ee and was the son rota Baptist minister. As was the case with Cecil Rhodes, ‘aL nai drove him to South ger in Henry B. erie m7 Rhode Island, Prohibition nominee for vice president, See born 2 Massachusetts 71 year: 0. He has been the nominee fe the Probibition party on eres ° Bhade Taland peyetal t aes kot B. Petzel ‘a ‘Cleveland re- oh * My Fatherland: in both English and eS 2 Berlin papers, brough latory letter from Emperor William. ‘The late Professor ©. A. Bucbheim, professor of German at King’s college, London, was one of those. who mai mien hate taualliac. te 8 eartens nd. .His translations of some ‘of Dievons! Hatea'inte Cermate have tad an immense circulation. When John G. Gowdy, consul general to Paris, was about to depart to enter upon his duties, he asked Senator eae na for some suggestions.. “Shave that goatee,” was the senator's feu ly. Hence the beard which was once famous is now no more, and Mr. Gowdy wears a smooth chin. mmergau’s oberburgermeister, a high priest, in the 1860 per rary -pobeement one. ghia year. His successor will probably be Johannes Meyer, the Christus of 1890, northern Morocco at any rate, no dis- turbance whatever among the natives. His successor his cousin, Hadj Mukhtar Ben Abdallah. era ie, who is the son of a once well known’ governor of Fez, is a typ- fcal Moorist government official, in character as well as by descent. TRE GLASS. OF FASHION. and pique gowns are trimmed weit Eiachive edtched: Ubu, Boilie White corselet belts of plaid ribbon are worn with either black or white pies apa MamebicS beter deg or yee as you li lack and ane lace gowns are com- tag rapidly ‘to the front for the ma- ron’s full dress, leaving the spangled nets quite out of the race. Suede kid slippers in a variety of this season. Som kinds show a trimming of gold braid. jovel feature of parasol handles in England is the head of some general Ripa trea ti ARE ether ae in wood or wrought out in silver or uae andsomely> embroidered ecru_ ba. tit made up over pink silk‘constitutes one of the prettiest apewtialt 's gowns seen this season. ttings of lace may be added for ipa elegance, e craze for faney handkerchiet squares of silk has assumed aaa form since the fad for waists made of these squares broke out in the aoe 3 and they-are ee as a hat trimming, being draped s h the corners fall 0g ‘in short ends over the brim at the bac! Russian linen in the ecru shades is which are made without The short skirts bave stitched hems, tucks down either side of the front and one box. plait in the back, and the jackets are Eton in shape, ae short bell sleeves, worn over a color shirt waist. used for yachting and golfing gowns, lining, | about a: 2 Resolution. Kind oa aby '—You say Be fast bf worked for or 18 years. Ha ae iy amici? thent atthe mum; y’see it was jest mars Pi that me brides died uv overexertion, an I’ve beep avengin bis death ever since. | ways foun ‘o| ing fast as a pacer, ther The new THE TURF RECORD. Dione has the fastest Sots. per formance Ee 1900 t Ila, by Temple war, Bs clea. with A wile in 2: 19, ‘halt in 1:06. Searchlight is reported to have work. eda mile in 2:11 to road cart. Hy Wilkes, 2:20, pacing, although 20 gears old: Is belng used on the road ‘at Hart Cc seats ie ns Cal 00 ft Banta’ Roet, paced i . July is the esi na class race iis year’ ® date. John R. Gentry’ on July 4, broke the “world’s balt mile track pacing race record, previously held by Prince Alert in 2:05%. think bat it will prove ae "tebe: trot: ting track in the oe horses feces s the es tate of the late Duke of Westminster sold in London recently for a total o' $218,870, or an average of $18! 240 per head. An att eae was made a few days since to poison the Ay Eber dite Golden t Morenel, Mich., but bn animal had pores horse sense not to swallow the dose. vial: by Alex Button, out of Viola, trialed a mile 2:07% at Capiolani track. She is owned by-Prince David of Hon- olulu, and her mile is said to be the fastest ever stepped on the islands. The Supaots: jae track a ae burg ts said the fastest in the fads mens ish times by. different surv Maes BS: a over a mile. n Telmo, a 4-year-old; by Arion, dam Houri, 2:17, by Onward, is in Lemuel Hitchcock's pea! and is go- aving shown a& mile in- 2:18 and wadhtonie at a 2:04 gait. STAGE GLINTS. May Howard is In Germany. Mary Maunerine rah known in Lone don as Florence Fr ‘John Kellard. will ae in Charles Klein’s “The Cypher Code.” Charles Hawtrey is cn oe his first tour a this conutry nex! Henry Hamilton is aamaticings “Case tle Tan” Stanley Weyman’s novel, for Jacob Litt Badmond. Rostand’s next play will be written for Sarah Bernhardt, but will not provide for her another male char- acter. Among the soloists who will appear at the Worcester (Mass.) musical fes- tival to be held in September are Lil lian Blauyelt and Schumann-Heink. tennial of the Prussian kingdom next ye é The absence of all scenery on Chinese stage makes it necessary tr each performer to explain-who he where he 1s and the obect of his belay 2. Madeleine Lucette Ryley, who was a opine Ate sarees opera AEE sue retired to becom: matist, hag Roearued ta) thovatae tn Hugtendiand in one of her own W. S. Gilbert’s “comedy and Trag- dy “bas. been translated! Into Prench ent eee eas aad fee in this countr; came from a French play in the he torte, Mrs. Coghlan, the motlier of and Charles Co} Hg sah stilt diving: pr New nee N. said the story of son Chacleat death has been kept PEM Hae aon thet ano gui thinks he is on tour. COMPARISONS. Greece {s about the size of Vermont. yeti W about one-fourth the size of New San Ae uae than 100 times as large as Palest The English ee is nearly as hae as at Superior. desert of Africa has nearly i cies dimensions of the United States. The Red sea would reach from Wash- ington to Colorado ae is three times as wide as Lake Ontar! The ees ‘anean, e placed across Adel Am isreat Britain is about two-thirds the aire of Hindustan, one-twelfth of Chi- one-twenty-fifth of the United States. The gulf of Mexico is about ten s larg e Si ay of Bengal, China sea, Okhotsk or Japan. Lake sea half as large and ger than Lake fee SuneoR: Going the Same Ro: “I want $10 to buy Indian curios, si pee you know, will soou be ex : ee If you keep on calling for money I'll be extinct long before the dians.”