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THE MONROE
VOL XXXIX.
I* AMI IONS l . ro DAT h.
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ELEGANT GOWNS SEEN AT A
FALI OPENING
Apple Green in Fascinating Combin¬
ation is One of the Shades Pre*
dieted to Be Popular.
The first opening that I attended
was a great ice and Dame Fash
Ion has certainh uldonc herself this
vear. Such lavish trimmings, such
exquisite colors, such rare coinhina
lions of lace, fur and chiffon ns I saw
just from the hands of the French 7l lore
i nod U.e i st e s nu„Z ' < a r ria•*« an!l g< <\v itemed n s we re lo Z
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as though they were the prettiest
that Madame showed me in her vast
collect ion of frocks. Smart dinner
dr<'.*Hes were also there in a goodly
showing, and one and all, from the
simplest to the most elaborate, could
not fail lo enhance the charms of my
lady fair.
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TllIM MI 1 > IN J’F.KSI AX I.AMH.
The skirls are plain—very plain;
in fact, few of them have any trim¬
ming at all, and are mostly made
with the three organ folds at the hack
<>f tin* skirl. To makeup for their
plainness, i! would seem ns though
the fashionable modiste had deter¬
mined to outdo herself in the pretti¬
ness of the trimmings which she be¬
stowed on the bodice,
“Here,” »a Mada me, “is one
prettx for the gown earring, suitable and only, of course, {
very smart re¬
ceptions,”
It was a creation of Wort Iff s, and
the material uas a c”eam-colored
dot lurii h a cord running through it.
The skirt was plain, wit it a bouffant
back, rs the org folds are sotne
times called Tim bodice had large
sleeves of dull purple, The hack and
the front of the cream cloth were
gathered down into points to meet a
bdt ot the purple velvet, and this ,
wn, covered w.th heavy ecmlettes
’• ' ,r ol ^ oe dot i was edged
with the purpie and the effect of the
ni; ' ! ro V!, ‘ heliotrope was
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hi>, r..ntimted thedressmai\er, (
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trying to Hitr.'duce white for , after
mum -ow ns \ e have quantities
o ci cam clot s, and lam sure that
a> uonn «o* women «u wear these
f","' n "lined a great deal with
dai v \el\oi ano inrs, in thm way re
mo mg t ie light coloring of inc
RO started "' i , it ami i i!‘ a.-t n smmon ! women m I m^t ans
main ol u* women w re w.ute cloth
gonns on thmr afternoons at home,
hen one or two ha. frocks of
deserqnum trunmd with velvet and
fur, and drove in tin* Bois. \fter
that it was an easy matter to suggest
such a gown for the American wo¬
men who were over there. Here it
will bo a novelty, ami if the modiste
is clever and her customer beautiful,
the white frock ot cloth will, you
see. Miss Madison, be one of the suc¬
cesses of the winter, but in this case
much depends on thr* cleverness of
the modiste.”
Another gown i sow there was
made of blue figured silk, with a dull
rose figure through it. The bodice
had large puffed sleeves that reached
to the elbow, and the entire waist
was covered with yellow chiffon.
J^Pgirdle _^The skirt was tied plain, around nnd the an waist. exquisite
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A .stiff, lettuce-green silk attracted
my attention, and the pattern of
blood-colored flowers on the green
silk was most fetching. It had a
pointed bodice, and the front of it
was a pale green chiffon in plaitings,
and they were finished around the
wrists with blood-colored velvet.
This same colored velvet was used
for a collar.
A ball gown displayed with much
pride . made , with the . heaviest dull
was
cream satin, lho skirt was abso
lutely plain, with the organ folds at
the back, and it was cut so well that
lo trim it seemed to detract from its
grace and beauty. But the waist, ah!
that wue a triumph of artistic color
ing ami clever fashioning. The
FORSYTH. MONROE COUNTY. t»A, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1894.
Hleeves ' vere of ’eH^c-green silk.
with a fall of Inc- at the top. It was
< i ut *'l uurp in the neck, and drawn
,<> '. vn ‘‘’©rp there to the point of the
waist, and coming into a high belt of
white satin was a full front of rose
chiffon. Over the shoulders cam?
straps of , white , . satin and shoulder
bows. And so this combination of
ro8e pink, lettuce-green and white, I
was forced to admit, made the prel
bail gown it has been my good
fortun e t( > 8ee * To accompany.this
'»f ,vvn r * 8aw guimpe of the
H rose
c,llfr ° n - with this t he toilette
wouI, l be suitable for an affair less
formal than a ball. I find that these
P'nk « .njr colored chl*,n
H ’dl he worn much with the ball
t-oilette when the fair possessor
wishes to wear it 1 o a dinner or even
ihg reception.
^ b.v not t r_\ that idea of having a
.y oke made to go with a low-cut gown ?
^ HI11 ymi would find it of great
benefit.
Black I am always fond of, and so
I thoroughly appreciated the black
tulle gown over black satin, The
tulle was so prettily sprayed with
bluet and black; and the bodice of
gathered tulle with its yoke of bluet
velvet would be charming on a fair
blonde. The bluet velvet was em¬
broidered with round pieces of jet,
and the sleeves of the velvet reached
lo 11 10 elbow, and from there fell, it
seemed to me, ruffles interminable of
black chiffon. Truly, the most grace¬
ful finish to a sleeve were these waves
of tlie soft tidle.
A gown fora woman who ban passed
the first blush of youth was made of
dove-colored satin and trimmed with
rare lace—lace so prettily woven that
it seemed as though it must have
come from fairy looms, and it was
put on so well that the gown required
no ot her adornment.
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4.x aVEXlXO TOILETTE.
A toilette of black and green was
nox( s |iown me, and I thought it
very pretty. This could be easily
copied, and 1 think if one desired a
pretty evening gown they would
fj n d this just what they wanted,
The okirt is of black satin, veiled in
black chiffon, and the waist had a
square cut corsage, and was covered
xv ith the tulle that was held in at
the waist with a deep band of apple
green velvet. d’lie sleeves were of
the green velvet, and around the cor
sage was a stiff ruffic of the velvet,
Perhaps a little severe was this, but
ou a beautiful white neck it would be
most effective. If the shoulders are
not s.o beautiful, then use chiffon, as
it always softens and renders them
j.^ttler.
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BROCADE VXD A PULE GREEX.
While I chatted and looked at the
French „ . gowns r nw ono of ,
\ork s belles order !u,revening gown.
She was tall and very dark, with pale
skin Skin anaaeep nnd deen blue imie pv I\es, t >< quitt -mil,. Trish liisli
in her type, 1 thought, but with the
prettiest of futures, lithe and easv in
every movement. She selected a
turquo.se blue satin sprayed with a
deep shade of bluet, anil u was an
oddcombin.ilion of -olors. but woven
as it was the material was attractive,
"1 shall have it nude, she said.
-with plain skirt, an. the the steam call
pipes in the back, as girls
them, and. dear inadame. 1 want you
give me tlie prettiest puffed bodice
y 0U k, unv of, >hort over the hips and
pointed back and front, w'<ib chiffon
^j, e Srtine shade of turquoise blue
used in quantities on the bouloe. and
relieved here and there with touches
0 f tj, 0 bluet.”
Madame shrugged her shoulders
and said: “1 know it will be pretty;
all that you design is, but it sounds
a bit odd."
Miss Beautv went away, saying:
“f know it will be all right, so 1 shall
leave it in your hands; remember.
turquoise blue, with a tduch of
bluet.”
Bluet 1 have seen made up in stock
In g g and slippers. I do not fanev
the fad at all. It will not live. I am
SU re, and, although the town
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overrun with this color, selected b j
the Tale boys as their college badge,
I a*n sure within a month or two the
, fashionable women will declare it
passe,
Butter color and the greens will
hold their own among the smart set.
This was my opinion as I left one of
the prettiest openings of smart toi
lettes.—[Mildred Madison, in X. Y.
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, usx LIKE A WOMAX
' „ i |««t. last week week just in o as « Mms \r; E\a l
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„ the cashier of large ah
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‘^‘‘^nt »n Kansas City, was about
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AX AT-HOME COW)!.
The door of the safe was closed but
not locked, and the young lady went
to it and grasped the combination,
The robber thought that she was
opening the door, but sho was lock
ingit. Sue turned the combination
and then defied the man to shoot,
1 he L How uttered an oath and fled,
This is a refreshing news item. It
is out of the usual order. The aver
ago male cashier would have yielded
when he saw the pistol and his em¬
ployer's money would have been
turned over to the bold ruffian who
demanded it.
The female cashier is the best in
the lot. She is just unreasonable
enough to take any risk to defend
the money entrusted to her care,
and this is the kind of cashier that ‘
is wanted, * big, stout man in her
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tVOMEX WOKKIXO IX THE FIELDS. i
Most Americans who travel in j
Europe become indignant when they i
see women working as farm hands.
But Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, of
Philadelphia, now in Germany, savs
the Detroit Free Press: “Such
farm work for women is neither de
grading nor too taxing. Thev havo i
pledged to become helpmates to
their husbands and they "regard it
their duty to lessen the labors of
their fathers, and, being physically
able to do their share, they* regard
it wrong to permit the stronger sex
to slave themselves to death while
they are idling their time away at!
home. Judging from their happy 1
and healthy looks they seem to be
none the worse for taking their places
alongside the men folk for the pur-j
pose of honestly earning their bread.
Had we a little more practical good
sense and less sentimentality among
our women at home, many a woman’s
life might be happier to-day, happier
for being more useful, and many a
man’s life would be spared the nec
of slaving itself to death to
indulge a wife’s or daughter’s
ness and luxuries.”
A GOOD GUESSER.
Again a girl lias carried off a prize
from a large number of contestants,
Some months ago the Memphis Com
mcrcial-Appeal offered a cash prize
of $500 for the person guessing near
est the number of bales of cotton
marketed during the cotton season
of 1893-1894. The Commercial- Ap
peal now announces that Miss Willie
Wallis, of Talladega County, Ala
bama, is the winner of the prize,
The official figures of the New Or
leans cotton exchange show that
7,549,817 bales were marketed during
the cotton year, while Miss Wallis’s
guess was 7,549,813 bales, being
within four bales of the official
figures. As a guesser Miss Wallis
is certainly ; entitled to go up head,
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VICTOR HUGOS PROPHECY FULFILLED
On any issue in which . the women
are united and really in earnest no
power can prevail against them. The
side which enlists their support null
uliv.iys be as invincible as were Con
stantino s hosts when bearing the
celestial portent on their standard.
\ tetor Hugo told the ruth when lie
said the twentieth century-would be
long to women. Indeed he should
have put the period of their power
earlier. Iney have already taken
possession of their empire.—[St.
Louis Globe-Democrat,
THE RICHEST WOMAX.
The richest woman in the world is
Isadora Gousino, of Santiago, Chile.
She owns coal, copper and silver
mines as well as a fleet of eight iron
steamships. Frorrr her coal mines
alone her income is $100,000a montL.
I—[Detroit * Free Press.
TASHrosr xorts.
I prevailing Dresden styles and natural in unabrelia woods handies, are the
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Dec-n collars of handsome lace, in
white.'ecru and beurre shades, will
lie worn with fall and winter gowns,
Moat of ffia ultra- ionahle veil
iags, whether of CG4! , « >r tine mesh,
show wide'v seatte*vu ' lack chenille
i spots.
For novel fancy a t; there are
i> e i ng sold desiraflG beautita* w Japanese
j silks in all s, at very
low prices " . : 4.», f
Handsome , check , , i.- . for , tailor
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made suits are sety *>vert cloths
^ ini striped erosr>-min©< a\es will also
he popular, <•
^ child s reefer for early fall days
j S of tan and brown mixed cheviot,
trimmed with ha I cU hu braid of a
rich brown shade. f
Little girls’ dresses with ’velvet
yokes, shirred wiw.g** ftill sleeves
and velvet collars riui cuffs are pre
ferred for ordinary v. * ar.
Pretty bright colled rugs are now
in order for Septeiifncr house dec
orating. Handsome iace curtains
have plain centers a; 4 daintily de¬
signed borders.
The dainty sets > side combs
shown by jewelers ai i ■ cry expensive.
These combs are C? .vied, entirely
plain or ornament*, vt ith gold or
silver filigree work.
Black and tan [Mv iots bid fair
to retain their popularity for house
wear during the f d and winter.
They are certainly ti most com
fortable shoo for this purpose yet
seen Delicate ' evenii iis i, nus ■v are 0
crinkled chiffon • ;i. i Nith . coque
feathers. Corn ye ! h , salmon-pink,
pale blue and magenta are some of
the colors reprose a tVrl in these pretty
novelties.
Black, in velvet, s-k and ribbons,
is selling very we! ; indeed, so wel
limb it lias been observed that “one
might suppose our goi’^C f;m^uonnb!e women
on the verge of Pito wholesale
mourning.” !■
Sashes are to montlhs low none of their
popularity for to come, as
large invoices of the! most beautiful
ribbons of medium hand _\the very wide
sizes are already in importers’
hands,
For full figures an,^ stout women
who cannot or who, least, ought
never to wear beltsd^Paists that de
fine their size, the gmceful princes so
coat is still highly L popular, with
skirt to match.
The very newest hm: decoration if
simply a huge 'mill • f either that
is not a pompon. n( Slfl v a Hu\\; -ooi
a simulated doubl<v®c but u bjju'ii
a ^emblance >l ' l *“ i .....
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vei ruches
which t!7s iiem fail but ivgf»<^he attract sieves
cannot to atten
tion. They are gigantic, with puffs
which are shaped to the elbow in $
manner that is altogether inexplica*
bie.
_ Black , , and . white , . striped . , ribbons ,
f r0 mucli used to i .uke rosettes and
^°} vs W!l ll upstanding ends, these
extensively employed to trim
1 uroans and French toques, The
still popular magenta roses are very
frequently used in addition.
Rallies, cuffs, belt- epaulets—in
fact all accessories—on children’s
dresses are trimmed with several
rows of satin “baby” ribbon. Frocks
of crepon in light colors, sucli as
pale blue, pink, yellow and reseda,
are particularly pretty so garuiturei.
Flounces, forming festoons, are
much seen in the latest Parisian
gowns. These are straight across
the front, rising a little at each side
of the seam. This is done so the
trimming in this way does not leavo
a portion of the plain skirt visible
the drapings thus formed,
The materials used varv. as in treat
ment above described, and as often
as otherwise are of t!m material.
Seas Deepest, -\— Land,
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At the recent session of the British
Science Association it. was asserted
that the deepest parts of the sea are
nearly always near lard. The deep
est sounding yet made was 110 miles
Kurila Islands, where the water
was found to be 27,930 feet deep. The
next deepest spot is seventy miles
north of Porto Rico, where the depth
is ninety-four fathoms less, The
ocean with the greatest mean depth
appears _to be the Pacific, which
covers 67,000,000 of the .'.88,000,00c
of square miles composing the earth’*
surface. The Northern Pacific i?
estimated by John Murray to have a
mean depth of over 2,500 fathoms,
while the Southern Pacific is credited
with a little under 2,400 fathoms,
These figures are, however, based on
an Inadequate number of soundings.
Thus, in the eastern part of the Cen
tral Pacific there is an area of 10,
OW.UW - >00 000 square miles miles in II which ft.licn T.iero ther*
are onlv * seven soundings, while m u
. st rip crossing the whole Norti
p ‘ ; ,vhirh has an area of 2
re miles, there is m
wund| ” alI . Thc Indian Ocean,
with an area of 25,000,00. square
u has a mean depth, «*er according
M Murray, of a little 2,000
, th , v |,ile the Atlantic-bv far
, , wst s011n ded ocean-ha-an area
81 , cwo ,ooo square fathoS.- ini;* with ,
depth of 2,200 r Chi-
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What an Apple Will Do.
A ripe, sweet, juicy apple is pleas
jn ?* nu trio us, medicinal and, using
aromatic and vitalizing is supposed
in developing physical, mental
ar *d spiritual beauty. The *eaehers
expression in art thiuk >j; the
’-‘C-al teachers say it will clear the
oice; a vegetarian says it CHI excite
muscular act ion along the alimentary
canal, and the housekeeper ought to
| know that it will save the brea*l and
butter. Broiled sour apples served
with ptwdeied hard sugar butter end before elnnamo i
aR d bits of tL?
coffee is a very fascinating breakfai t
dish.
ADVERTISER.
New York s New Clearing House,
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The foundation stone of the new
home of the New York Clearing
House was recently laid with be
fitting ceremonies. Bishop Potter
delivered the prayer, and the address
was delivered by Mr. Geo. G. Wil
liams, the president of the Clearing
House Association. One hundred
and fifty leading hankers were
sent.
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THE NEW OfcEARIXG HOUSE.
The new r building is being erected
on Cedar street, between Broadway
and Nassau, and when completed
will be one of the most beautiful edi
fices identified with Wall street, and
in its immediate neighborhood. It
will be entirely of white marble, in
the Italian Renaissance style, from
the design of Architect RoberJ^jj
Gibion. Four €ori_LLi_;
forty-five feet to
tnls wiji
trave, and twenty feet above tlM
will be a second elaborately
cornice to support a dome roof sur
mounted by a figure.
The windows fill the whole space
between the columns, ancl are arched
under the architrave with a heavy
transom, marking the division into
two stories, the first of which will be
twenty and the second twenty-five
feet in height. Above the architrave
the front of the third story of twenty
ITS SHELL ITS FORT.
How a Tortoise Whips a Number
of Rats.
A tortoise which was a most
unique attraction years ago at Par
kersburg, nearly three W. Va., years’ has absence. returned It after is }
about six inches in length and almost j
ft perfect ellipse in shape, A day or
two ago the tortoise was picked up
uptown, and tv as identified by a
series of dates—the latest one 1891
—carved into his shell. The tortoise
has proved one of the local altrac
tions for the sports.
The tortoise was presented to a
local merchant four or five years ago
by some one who Aew picked him up in
the forest. His owner set him
down m the yard m the rear of lho ,
store, and he was forgotten until one
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squealing in the yard, and looking
through ° the window, saw a strange i.i®
signt. . , , A ... big rat , had j attacked .. , the
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tortoise . . and . was , biting and j scratch- ..,-1 j
ing ° at him, but with all his attempts l
the ,, rat failed to make , even an in- .
dentation . , the of ... Ins enemy. „ „
in armor
m, The unique . sight ... soon attracted ,, , . the
clerks and customers, until standing c
___ m . ' s a a premium.
The big rat climbed all over the tor
toise and tried all points of vantage,
but his sharp teeth merely slipped
from the smooth shell. M bile all
this was going on the tortoise lay
with feet closely gripped to tne
ground, while his head had been
drawn in out of sight. Presently, in
climbing over his antagonist, the rat
stood with his hind feet in front of
the place where the tortoise s head
ought to have been, and it was there
yet, for in a second the head and
neck shot out and the horny mandi
bles closed with a snap on the rat s
hind legs. When the rat felt the
grip it twisted about witli a squeak
of pain and rage and tried his best to
get at his enemy’s head, but the
shrewd tortoise had withdrawn not
only its head but the rat’s hind leg
between the upper and under shells
out of its enemy reach. Fight and
struggle as it would, the rat failed to
move the tortoise an atom. It then
turned and tried to break loose, but
that was equally as ineffectual for a
minute, when it broke away, but with
one leg as cleanly amputated as
if cut with a knife. The rat bled to
death.
After this battle almost every day
a similar one occurred. Sometimes
the rats double-teamed on the scaly
gladiator, but the result was always
the Frame—a leg amputation, a tail
abbre viated, a disk of hide and. flesh
cleanly cleft, or an almost severed
neck, always ended the battle. Thc
clerks and young fellows enjoyed the
unique departure in sport, and when¬
ever a battle was on they filled the
windows jind doors and excitedly
j feet will be treated as a frieze, and
divided into panels by four figures
supporting the cornice, each panel
to bear Irvings of the national.
state and city emblems, freely jier
forated so ns to light the rooms,
The dome will tower t„e..;., feet
above this, making the total height
of the building seventy feet,
The entrances will be outside of
the four columns forming the lower
facade, of massive stone, seventeen
feet high and nine feet wide. The
eastern entrance will be used by the
Clearing House, and the western by
a bank—the only tenant of the new
building. The board room and ad
ministration offices of the Clearing
House will be on the second floor,
; The clearing room or exchange will
ta ke up near ly the whole of the third
fill hc””\‘y feet square,
ill 1 *into three
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itor’s dining-roc
janitor’s private departing
Besides the engineer’s
j the basement will contain three large
; money vaults of the Clearing House,
A committee of members of the
j Clearing House, consisting of Freder
ick D. Tappen, J. Edward Simmons
and William A. Nash, will have the
j erection of the new building in their
j special care.
made their bets on points. The tor¬
toise never paid any attention to the
spectators, and the rats after getting
fairly excited paid all of their atten
tion to their enemy. This sort of
thing continued for months, until at
last it appeared as if the rats had
caught on and quit for good, as they
entirely disappeared from that lo¬
cality Some time after the rats
ceased to appear, the tortoise, prob
ably ennuied from lack of sport and
exercise, disappeared, until lie was
found a day or two ago.—[Philadel
phia Press,
How Walking Sticks Are Made,
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liri „ 1,0 ot meter,al lor „
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Vork, T v »„ Clove, of
al the Umiell last night,
’,o™Tfor hamlies.' •*.»><> WhileSn
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London r . last , , T 1 went . into . .
” year a „ nian
ufacturing , . - establishment, the floor
ot winch ncau\ , acre.
*P* ce co\ers an
This concern lias storehouses filled
with ... native and foreign sticks from m
n
which ... stock . , . drawn . it ., is . wanted . ,, .
is as
, ' , TJ kss \ thev
grow, are often very crooked, and
j^ve to be straightened. A heap of
?and is pi!ed on the top of a hot
stove into w h ic h the sticks are
p ] n nged until they are pliable. The
workman takes the crooked stick
while it is yet hot, and inserts it in
a no toh cut in a stout board, placed
{lt an an gj e inclined from him, where
];e bends and strains it. When it
ha8 become perfectly straight it is
thrown down to cool, after which it
becomes rigid and permanent in its
IinPS . The same power which makes
a croo ked stick straiglit is applied to
ma i <e a straight one crooked. All
var j 0 us kinds of sticks that are
required to be curled or twisted are
^be application of heat made to
assum e any shape or form.”—[St.
Louis Globe-Democrat,
A Record-Breaking Trip.
An engine drawing the Empire
State express, on the New York Cen¬
tral, is slid to have run 3.848 miles
at a speed of fifty and one-half miles
an hour during July, on a coal con¬
sumption of thirty-one pounds a
train mile. This is very small, in¬
deed. On July 24th, the same engine
ran from Syracuse to Albany, 148
miles, in 144 minutes, and stopped
three minutes at Utica, making the
average rate of speed while running,
62.98 miles an hc*ur. Between Utica
and Albany it ran ninety-five miles in
ninety minutes, or at the rate of
63.33 miles an hour *■—[Atlanta Con¬
stitution.
Sait cataracts are found in Nor
way, Southern Chile and British CoL
umhia.
NO. 4fi
LEAPING FROM CLIFFS.
California Sea Lions are Champion
Jumpers.
Close resembling teller’s sea lion
is th*» California sett lion, the slim
fellow In the animal show who climbs
up out of the water, all black and
shiny, points his long thin neck
straight upward, gazes at the top of
his cage, and bawls out, “Hoke!
Hoke! lioke!” until all the little
boys outside the tent are fairly wild
to get in. In form and habits this uni
mal so closely resembles the smaller
specimens of Steller’s sea lion that
on the Farallone Islands, where the
two species come together, the dif¬
ference between them was for years
quite overlooked. Nevertheless the
points of difference between them are
very marked.
The California sea lion is only
about half the size of the preceding
species. The male has loss develop¬
ment of neck, less abundant hair,
and, being much lighter in build, is
more active in movement. Indeed,
if reports are true, we may truth¬
fully call this creature the champion
climber and jumper of all the pinni¬
peds in the world. Captain Scam
mon states that on Santa Barbara
Island the old male sea lions are in
the habit of climbing to the tops of
the bold rocky cliffs that abound on
its coast, and lying there for days at
a time—to enjoy the scenery, per¬
haps! What is stranger still, these
wonderful creatures when attacked
or thoroughly alarmed, will take ily
i+ig leaps from the lopsoi’ those same
cliffs into the sea. Captain Seam
mon relates how ho and his crew
cornered a herd of about twenty old
male sea lions who “were collected on
the brink of a precipitous cliff, at a
height of at least sixty feet above
the rocks which shelved from the
beach below. Our men were suro, in
their minds, that by surprising the
animals we could drive them over the
cliff. This was easily accomplished;
but to our chagrin, when we arrived
at the point below where we expected
to find the huge beasts disabled or
killed, the last animal of the whole
rookery was seen plunging into the
sea.”
The California sea lion is found
only on the coast of California, and
its two centres of greatest abundance
are the Farallone Islands, near San
Francisco, and Santa Barbara Island.
In former killed years immens^^^Mdtf^
were
ceased to
nunrf’o Ipfuw, tact that Uney are jm)^
they have become so
HB|bwid in the San Cliff Francisco House,
^totioi BWH^Jbeir viuimblo food wholesale fishes is destruc- bitterly
complained of by the fishermen of
San Francisco.
Of all pinnipeds, this species is the
most noisy. “On approaching an
island or point occupied by a numer¬
ous herd,” says Captain Scammon,
“one first hears their long, plaintive
bowlings, as if in distress; hut when
near them the sounds become more
varied and deafening. The old males
roar so loudly as to drown the noise
of the heaviest surf among the rocks
and caverns, and the younger of both
sexes croak hoarsely, or send forth
sounds like the bleating of sheep or
the barking of dogs. In fact, their
tumultuous utterances are beyond
description.”
In the water, the body of this
creature appears to be a shiny dark
brown, but when the skin is mounted
and dried in a museum collection,
the hair is found to be thin, coarse,
very stiff, and of a dirty browmish
yellow color.—[St. Nicholas.
HANGMAN OF PARIS.
A Much-Hated Individual, Who is
Master of His Business.
Deibler, the Parisian hangman, or
“Monsieur de Paris,” as he is often
called, is naturally unpopular among
his countrymen, although on one oc¬
casion he was received courteously
and welcomed by the citizens of the
place where he was about to show his
expert ability as an executioner. This
was at Rouen, where he went to
guillotine a man named Gamelin,who
had brutally murdered a little girl.
The feeling against the scoundrel
was so strong that Deibler was re¬
spectfully saluted by the populace as
he went from his hotel to the place
of execution. “Monsieur de Paris”
is a thorough master of hisgrewsome
calling, arid says he never felt at all
nervous on the scaffold except when
taking part in the execution of Rava
chol, the anarchist. After this noted
criminal had been bound he was put
into the hearse to be conveyed to the
place of execution, some distance in
the town. Though perfectly livid, he
began howling a vile song and kept
it up till the guillotine was reached.
He endeavored to address the enor¬
mous crowds assembled, but the as¬
sistant executioners forced him on
the bascule. The howls and impre¬
cations of the anarchist continued
with such fury that Deibler for a few
moments became unnerved, but he
speedly recovered himself. He re¬
leased the knife, and as it whizzed
down the groove the crowd heard the
anarchist shout : “Vivelarepu—”
The official standing by the guillo¬
tine affirmed that as the head
dropped into the basket the lips dis¬
tinctly emitted the concluding syl¬
lable “blique.” The assertion gave
rise to a good deal of controversy
among the French savants, but it
was generally conceded that the
guillotine severs the head with such
terrific suddenness that it was pos¬
sible the sound which the fellow was
uttering was emitted after tfie knife
had actually performed its deadly
work.
M. Deibler has a fortune of about
$ 80 000 arid receives for his work as
, , month. He
executioner 8*;Ud per
lives quietly and is generally believed
to be saving one-half his salary.