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The Czar of Russia tells bis subjects
that be is an autocrat, as bis fatbei
was, and means to remain so.
M. .Andre, a Eurof aeronaut,
thiuks lie could get to tho North Pole
in a balloon at an expenditure <
about $35,(X J. Ho is still looking f. N
a millionaire to blow hi
Tho > York World annouuc
that a prize of &1C —' is offerc ^
tliis Government f — best air *C"
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)bf>« rv<« the Baltimore American:
> the report* of M. Felix Faure since
=r >n to the highest office in
France indicate that he will make one
of the very strongest Presi louts in the
history of that remarkable country.
Ho is a solid, sensible man.
A movement is on foot in England
to celobrato the sixth centenary of the
British Parliament, which will be
rounded oaf this summer. It was in
1205 that Parliament first .ssembled
»>n tho 1 Torn which has grown tho
form of the present assembly.
T he statistical fiend - has been figur¬
ing out lho cost of tho chain letter
business asking for stamps. Ho esti¬
mates that if tho letter reached its
fiftieth number and brought back ten
stamps for each letter written it would
take 101,372,791,958,091,779 cars to
carry tho stamps.
Tho examples of Now York and Ohio
in founding colonies for epileptics is
about to bo followed by Illinois, an¬
nounces Harper’s Weekly. The medi¬
cal societies of that Btato and of, the
city of Chicago aro moving in tho
matter, and liavo submitted a bill for
the purpose to tho State Legislature.
Tho Atlanta Constitution announces
that “Bishop Potter, of New York,
practically endorses the plan suggest¬
ed by Hcv. Mr. Rainsford, some years
ago, of having saloon attachments to
tho churches, In this way good
drinks may bo obtained by the thirsty,
and tho dosiro for company be grati¬
fied.”
J. Rosa writoa in tho Engineering
and Mining Journal that sinco tho
diamond discoveries in South Africa
tho Brazilian diamond-mining indus¬
try has fallen so low that tho annual
output is now not over $150,000, when
thirty years ago it was upward of $2,*
500,000. Brazilian diamonds aro so
much smaller than tho African that it
does uot pay to mine thorn against
African competition.
’A’lio political T»ntU an^
%» •nuHino of the
fo^Mhis year is of u comprehensive
character. It includes tho improve¬
ment of public credit, tho extension
of roads and communications, tho de¬
velopment of commorco and agricul¬
ture and tho promotion of tho export
of Russian manufactures. A special
tax is proposed on all merchandise
entering the port of St. Petersburg.
Thcro wore issued during the year
1894 20,803 patents. Tho inventive
Yunkoo is not losing liis grip, the Now
York Mail aud Express makes appar¬
ent. In proportion to population
more patents wero issued to citizens
of Connecticut than to those of any
other State. Massachusetts ranks next.
Rhode Island is third, Now Jersey
fourth aud Now York seventh. Mon¬
tana and Colorado aro fifth and eighth
respectively.
This season’s crazes in Eurogo liavo
been collected by au Italian editor.
In England it is clay modeling, the
chief victims being Mr. Gladstone and
Sir William Harcourt; in Paris it is
riddles, in Italy and Southern France
it is jumping beaus, painted to repre¬
sent prominent persons; they jump
bes t oil hot plates. In Belgium they
have slow-smoking races; tho pipes
are filled with half au ounce of to¬
bacco each and tho winner is he who
can hold out longest without relight¬
ing. The record so far is sixty-seven
minutes.
Kleptomania is the polite terra for
common stealing when the thief has
money or social position, remarks tlm
{San Francis*) Chronicle. Tho latest
instaneo of this vice of the period
comes from Paris, where a rich old
collector of curios looted the Louvre
and stole mauy valuable art relics.
If these kleptomanias were treated
like ordinary thieves we should hear
of them less frequently Because a
man W n,i irrentive tn ^ tWf v ''V '
cupidity .. . suthoieut why he
is reason
should bo more severely punished than
one who steals from necessity.
What the New York Mail and Ex
press esteems an excellent scheme for
an international postage stamp is
shortly to be submitted to the various
Governments of Europe by the Ger¬
man authorities. Tf IU0 exceeding in
convenience now existing in the case
of those who .wish to inclose stamps
for reply in a letter addressed to a
foreign country will be wiped out and
a stamp earing tue names of all the
eountries in which its value as postage
is recognized, together with a table
aivino- 8 g its value in the eoin of eaek of
these countries, will become universal
if the scheme is adopted.
NEW COATS.
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JACKETS ARK SHORT AND SKIRT
PART IS OFTEN IN FLUTES.
Either Double or Single Breasted—A
Coat and Skirt En Suito
is Invaluable—Jabots
and Collars.
~T~T has been decreed, says Ella Starr
I in the New \ork Recorder, that
f the applique of cloth upon cloth
^ shall distinguish many of the
tailor-made costumes of the season.
This does not imply simply an ap¬
plied pattern of cloth upon a plain
surface, but the idea is elaborated in
a dozen and one different and charm
ing ways. One delightful example
recently displayed is in faced cloth of
the new brown, with reversof biscuit
colored cloth, covered with applique
designs in dark brown velvet. Broad,
flaring turn-over cuffs aro mado to
correspond.
The new coat is easy enough to
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COATS WITH THE BOX-PLEATED BACK.
make when tho cloth is thick enough
to dispenso with lining, and then ono
length of silk will bo sufficient, if cut
down tho centre, to face tho fronts
and make a nice, neat finish. Some¬
times the fullness at tho back is set in
two box-pleats, cut in ono length with
tho coat, as in the double-column
illustration. The sleeves aro of mod¬
erate size, with the fullness collected
well round the top of the arm, and not
spreading all down tho armhole, as
this gives a broad effect and shortens
tho figure. Tho cuffs aro mounted on
stiff canvas, and tho lapels aro also
stiffened and lined with silk.
A largo number of tho new jackets
and coat^“ display bishop sleeves and
very largo rovers. In most of those it
isnoticoablo that thorevers are double,
tho upper ono being mado of cloth,
and tho under ono of lighter silk or
cloth, white being used to a very large
extent. Tho object of those double
rovers is, of course, obvious; for should
profiab'lf wilf.fthey iiftn^tluyr
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separately and buttoned on mnuer
ncath.
Jackets are'short, ancFwkilejtke skirt
part of tho backs aro almost invariably
in flutes, tho fronts vary to a wonder¬
ful degree. A great many have loose
fronts, cither single or double breasted,
with pockets inserted in tho sides, with
or without lapels, and another grace¬
ful shape is slightly fitted in to the
figuro at tho underarm seams, and is
caught together at tho breast with a
single button.
For this season’s wear, a coat and
skirt cn suito is surely invaluablo in
every wardrobe, and as tho warmer
days approach, the skirt is of the great¬
est service to wear with shirt waists
and blouse bodices. All kinds of
faced cloth are largely used for theso
costumes, as well as Amazons and habit
cloths, coarse-ribbed serge, and the
delightfully soft zibeliues, svith silky
hairs strewn over the surface. These
aro all sown in the new tints, which
aro dull and artistic, and simply re¬
peat old colorings in softer and more
subdued tones. Tweeds aro also popu¬
lar, but covert coatings will not en¬
joy that extremo popularity which was
bestowed upon them last season.
SOME NEW EVENING SLEEVES.
Tho sleevo on the left of tho dia¬
gram is intended for gauzo or chiffon,
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TWO PRETTY DESIGNS.
and it takes two whole widths of
forty-three inch chiffon, or one and
one-linlf widths of gauze.,This is gath
ered up very full all round the arm
hole, and left nearly double the length
of the sleeves. The lower edge is
gathered along and sewn to the bot
tom of the sleeve, and-a ribbon strap
cdllects aua hokls some of tbo f ^ ln ess
« b lut two-thirds of the length from
the top.
The short sleeve on the right of the
same diagram is suitable for two ma
terials, such as satin and brocade, or
satin and velvet, the epaulette being
always of the heavier fabric. The full
puff is first arranged on <* foundation
of less size, an- 1 c.’er this comes the
epaulet*^ edged with trimming, and
loose at tke em ^ Broad
bands, covered with jewels or bordered
witk passementerie, are equally as
fashionable as frills, but require a
well shaped and full arm to prove be
coming.
Sftshes are to be WO rn- with most ol
the inexpensive drosses, and some verj
pretty ones are made of long length:
°f fine grenadine, either in colors or
b l ft0 k. These aie finished with fringe
of knotted silk or tine strands of
beads. One extremely handsome sash
of grenadine has a fringe of black core
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itb this sash is worn an adjustable
; yoke of black velvet and grenadine.
j The yoko is cut square across the front
and back, and at the corners of the
front next to the sleeves there are ro*
settes of the grenadine with long tas
eels of silk and jet to match the fringe
of the sash. From beneath these tas
sels there arc velvet straps that ex*
tend to the waist line, meeting in a
point in front. These are fastened un
dor the sash. This makes an exceod
ingly pretty and stylish trimming for
an otherwise simple dress,
JABOTS AND COLLARS.
For half-long jabots, says the New
York Press, de chine and "mousselaine
chiffon are much used, principally
without the addition of lace. Paris
makes these articles in plisse, finished
with a collar or thick ruche with flow*
I ers intermingled, principally daisies,
! the jabot itself being open in the mia
die, where it leaves free space for their
display.
Novelties are plaited black tulle col¬
lars with ribbon arrangement and a
ribbon bow or several colored rosettes
where it fastens in the front.
A flower collarette is shown herewith
which differs materially from styles
hitherto produced. A stiffened lining
forms the foundation) on which aro
sewn loops of satin ribbon with artifi¬
cial flowers arrangod at regular inter¬
vals in their folds. On either side of
the centre front hang two softly plaited
ends of chiffon, which match the rib¬
bon in color aud are finished with a
double solf-shirring edged with fino
net-top applique lace.
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A NEW IDEA IN COLLARS.
A band of satin ribbon overlaid with
closely clustered stemles3 blossoms,
finished with a large outstanding bow
in the back where it fastens, consti¬
tutes more simple style.
OVER THE EYES NOW.
The latest hats are not perched on
the extreme back of the head as they
have been all winter, with an effect of
being about to glide off backward. On
the contrary, in the present headgear
the pendulum has swung to the oppo¬
site extreme, and the dainty little
confections of lace and jet are tipped
down over the eyes. -
TAILOR MADE SHITS.
Tailor made suits of wonderful va
riety are being displayed in the New
York shop windows. These are of new
shades and principally of tweed, whip
cord or clreviot. The short jackets of
j the suits to be worn this summer are
verv nattv, some buttoning almost to
the collar with a fly, and others open
mg in front, and finished on each side
with a large pointed rever.
Expansion oi Water iu Freezing,
Mr. Prompt read a paper before the
French Academy of Sciences concern
ing the augmentation of the volume of
water at the moment of its transforma
tion into ice. His experiments were
made with a view to ascertain the
cause of this phenomenon. To this end
he caused water to freeze in a trans
parent "bulb. According to Mr.
Prompt, fiist a clear and transparent
layer of the ice is formed, then
another layer traversed by streaks at
the points of which gaseous bubbles
appear. These bubbles, compressed
more and more by the formation of
the ice, eventually break the vessel in
which freezing water is confined. By
using distilled water from which all
gases had been set free, and protect
’ ing the water by covering it with oil,
Prompt claims to have frozen the
water without obtaining any dilation
of the volume originally taken up.—
La Nature.
The city of Charleston, S. C., has
concluded the purchase of 500 acres of
land on the Cooper River, five miles
j has a vigorous natural* growth of pine
j and oaks. constructed. An avenue 100 feet wide
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’ According to the city directory just
issued, Baltimore has a population of
| 617,694. an increase luring the year
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of 27,917.
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DISHOP WALKF.Rfe NOVEL PLAN
IN dakIta.
A Portable Church* la Which the
Prelate Travels to Many Places
Remote Frorq Ordinary
Pulpit Influence.
M AHOMET mountain mountain would went because not to come the
to him. In like manner,
says tho New York World, the
Protestant Episcopal Church in North
Dakota has built a*cathedral which
goes to the people. Taking tho sug¬
gestion from the 'missionary ships
which fly from island to island in
Oceanic3, Bight F iv. William David
Walker, bishop cif the missionary
diocese of North Dakota, got together
the necessary funds''and built a port¬
able church. In 1891 “The Church
of tho Advent” was launched unon its
mission among the widely scattered
villages on the liTff- of the Northern
Prcilic, Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
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TRAVELING CHURCH OF EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
roads, within the limits of North
Dakota.
This was and is tho only cathedral
car in the world. Its success induced
John D. Rockefeller to defray tho
cost of a car, which is being operated
over tho entire line of the Northern
Pacific Railroad by Boston Smith, a
Baptist evangelist^ A movement is
also on*• foot to construct a car for
missionary service among tho colored
people of tho Southern States. There
have been at various times missionary
boats on the Western rivers, tho
Evangel being an especially elaborate
affair, with a seating capacity of 300.
“The Church of the Advent” differs,
however, from all of these, in that it
is but incidentally a missionary car.
being primarily tho oathedral of the
diocese, and it will remain as such
until the further development of the
State warrants a more conventional
arrangement.
North Dakota has eighteen estab¬
lished churches and forty-five missions
of the Episcopal faith. The growth
has been very slow, as the bulk of tho
immigration into the State ' has been
from countries where the English
Church is unknown. The majority of
the Episcopalians in the State are from
Canada; the remainder are English
people and Easterners. Tho cathedral
car was built at Pullman, Ill., and cost
$3000, Its principal external featuro
is tb Gothic pr ojec tion, or transept.
■Charles {jL-H.sddBite^ JSnw,, 1 Yqrk arch i -
try car is six
feet long, on* end is the chancel,
with altar, lectern and font. A cabi¬
net organ occupies a position at one
side of the car. The body of the cathe¬
dral is equipped with eighty chairs.
In the rear of the chancel is a snug lit¬
tle apartment, which Bishop Walker
facetiously calls the Episcopal palace.
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INTERIOR OF THE TRAVELING CATHEDRAL CAR.
By day this serves as a study, rectory,
robing-room, and, on occasion, as a
kitchen. At night a berth is let down,
fk e Episcopal palace becomes the
bishop’s bedchamber.
The body of the interior of the car
is finished in antique oak. The church
idea is very emphatically impressed by
t* 10 Gothic panels and the carvings of
sacred symbols. Nearly every Episco¬
pal church in America contributed its
mite to the construction fund. The
altar was the gift of a church at Sum
m it, N. J. The lectern was furnished
as a memorial by a Philadelphia clergv
rad/of man the son of the late Rev. Dr. Con
the Church of the Heavenly Conn",
gest, Mrs. Colt, of Hartford,
gave the silken cloth and the linen was
the offering of the wife of the Bishop
0 f Frederickton, New Brunswick. The
bishop’s chair came from Davenport,
Iowa. St. James’s Church of Brooklyn
donated the altar books. The font
was the gift of Calvary Church of New
York. Chicago sent the solid silver
communion service, and the Young
Ladies* Missionary Society of the
Church of the Heavenly Rest presented
the or^an, ° which is a high-class instru
ment.
Bishop Walker sends placards to the
railroad stations he intends to visit,
by which he announces his coming,
These are posted ten days ahead, in
order that news of the approach of the
Church of the Advent mav reach the
ranchmen and farmers o'l the sur
roundin -7 district. On the appointed
day the bishop is prepared to admin
ister the sacraments of the communion
ad^S^th^ritTof^apUsm Tr °or
dain qualified applicants in the mis
gjonary service of the church. The car
is hauled from place to place behind
freight trains, the Presidents of the
four railroads over which it runs hav
ing agreed to transport it free of
charge. In Bishop Walker’s most re-
cent report to the Episcopal Board of
Missions he speaks of hav¬
ing just returned from a trip embrac¬
ing eighty towns, villages, hamlets
and “vicinities.” In no instance was
his congregation less than seventy-five
souls, although the immediate popu
lation of the point visited was in many
instances less than forty. Ranchmen
and farmers with their families would
often ride a distance of fifty miles to
attend services in the traveling church.
Many people attended, no doubt,
through a feeling of pure curiosity,
On this point tlio bishop tolls the
story of the old Scotch woman who
boasted to her rector of having at
tended church ou the previous Sun¬
day, but when catechised sho could re¬
call neither the text nor a single point
of the sermon.
“What good, then, does it do you
to go to church?” the rector asked.
For answer the old woman pointed to
a lot of freshly-washed linen hanging
on tho lino and asked him whether
there were any signs on it of the soap
and water through which it passed,
yet it was better for its experience.
Tho cathedral car is especially pop¬
ular among the railroad men and they
attend tho services in largo numbers.
Bishop Walker travels with a single
servant, who acts also as sexton of the
cathedral, On rare occasions tho
bishop has been called upon to offici¬
ate at funerals.
Bishop Walker was born in New
York City in 1S39, and after ordina¬
tion served for many years as assist¬
ant in charge of Calvary Chapel. In
1883 tho missionary district of North
Dakota was created, and ho was as¬
signed to it. He became conspicuous
in church history by his labors among
tho Indians, and in 1887 he was ap¬
pointed by President Cleveland as
ono of the National Board of Indian
Commissioners.
The cathedral car is on the road
fully nine months of the year, aud
tho bishop has at time.3 suffered mush
privation during tho winter months.
Giant Among Sailing Ships.
Whon the Wilson Line steamship
Persian Monarch ran ashoro on a Long
Island sandy beach about nine months
ago it was several days before she was
dragged off and hauled to Erie Basin,
where it was found she was badly
stove-in forward. Tho vessel was a
big iron steamship, with a tremendous
cargo-carrying capacity, but she was
slow.
Her owners, who were willing to
sell, could not get a price big enough
to enable them even to pay the wreck
■STiS^m> purchased , l^ 6 .£f" s KL" p ^s u V
She was “for a songF r Jay
Charles R. Flint, who has had the old
craft converted into a sailing vessel.
The transformation from a low, raking
steamer to a sailing vessel with sky
scraping masts has been completed.
The Persian Monarch is tho largest
sailing ship afloat. She is 411 feet
over all, When the canvas on her tall
spars and wide-spreading yards is
thrown to the wind there will be an
exposed area of 10,000 square yards.
Mr. Fiint will fly the Stars and Stripes
from the maintopmast-head of the
great vessel.
Her measurement is 3923 tons. Her
masts tower 184 feet from the keel, and
the great fore, main and jack cross¬
yards are ninety-five feet long. The
four great masts and spreading yards
are all of steel. The bowsprit and jib
boom extend out forty feet; the royal
yard is fifty-six feet; the topgallant
yard is sixty-five feet, and the upper
topsail yard eighty-five feet. The
spanker boom is fifty-six feet in length.
Approaching the Persian Monarch in
size the French bark France is 3624
tons, the British .*hip Liverpool is
3330 tons, and the handsome clipper
bow American five-masters Shenandoah
and Roanoke are 3400 tons each. A
peculiar feature about the Monarch is
that her straight steamer bow remains
unchanged. In this she will be a
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Persian monarch as she now appears :
novelty among sailing vessels, and the
blnff bow will doubtless interfere with
her speed. Steam will be used to hoist
sail, load cargo and work the capstan.
England has twenty-one certified
lady sanitary inspectors.
B1GUEST BATTLESHIP OF OUR NEW NAVY.
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STATES IOWA.
When completed tho coast-defence
battleship Iowa will bo the most im
portant and the biggest addition to
* be United States Navy. She will be
odd R ud w 'll bo heavily
armed with numerous breech-loading
and rapid-firing guns. Her one mili
tary mast will have three “fighting
FOll SEASIDE OR MOUNTAIN.
Plans For .a Cottage Which Will Cost
$1800 to Erect.
(Copyright 1893).
Hundreds of city dwellers of mod¬
erate moans have found it possible to
build comfortable homes for tho sum¬
mer months away from the heat and
bustle of tho crowded streets.
What could bo more homelike than
the cottage pictured here, with its
broad veranda, its pleasing effect of
roof construction, vieing in artistic
appearance with surrounding nature
herself.
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The cost of the house, as shown by
the perspective view and tho two floor
plans, is $1800, not including mantels
and range, which aro generally
selected after tho owner’s own taste.
Tho estimate is based on New York
prices ior materials and labor, and in
mauy sections of the country the cost
w:rald be less.
Its general dimensions aro : Extrcmo
width, 50 feet 6 incaes; depth, includ¬
ing veranda and porch, 43 feet G
irches.
First story, 9 feet high; second
story, 8 feet.
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Oining R.
Parlor is'x la'o"
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First Floor
Exterior materials: Foundation,
stone piers; walls of first story, gables
and roof, shingles.
Interior finish: Two coat plaster,
hard white finish. Soft wood flooring
and trim. Staircase ash. Chair rail
in kitchen and dining room. All in¬
terior woodwork finished in hard oil.
These general dimensions and mate¬
rials may be changed, and as to colors
would offer a3 a suggestion : Shingling
on first story and gables, pearl gray ;
trim, including water table, corner
boards, casings, cornices, bands, etc.,
white ; sashes and shingled roofs, dark
green; veranda floor and ceiling oiled.
The princijial rooms, their sizes,
closets, etc., aro shown by tho floor
plans. No cellar or blinds. Open fire
jilace in first story hall, making a
cheerful and attractive room in itself.
Portiere opening between parlor and
hall; servant’s bedroom off kitchen ;
good sized room for storage in second
story.
This design is capable of.many feasi¬
ble modifications. Cellar may be put
under whole or portion of the house,
with inside and outside entrances and
concrete floor ; bath room could be in¬
troduced in second story with full or
partial set of plumbing; open firo
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places may be introduced in parlor
and dining room ; brick set range may
be placed in kitchen.
This design also presents a very at¬
tractive appearance if it is run up a
half story more, Mansard roof.
Let it be by the seaside or on the
slopes of the mountain, with broad
veranda inviting repose; everything
around is restful ana a man gains rest
and strength in peaceful enjoyment.
De Castellane Scrap Books.
The comments of the newspapers
and periodicals of the country on the
mr.rriage of Miss Anna Gould an 1
Count de Castellane, with all the il¬
lustrations used, have been collected
and made into six handsome library
scrap books by a PressClippingBureau.
The books have two hundred pages,
and each is bound in morocco with
• gold stamping. The great variety or
the portraits of the Countess de Castel
lane is a novel feature of the collec
tion.—New York Advertiser.
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! Hall of the world’s product of qui
! t nine is used in the United States.
tops” of four-inch steel, capablo of
pouring an enormously destructive
fire on the decks of any adversary which
may approach to within close quarters,
She will bo propelled by twin screws,
and tho engines will bo separated bv
water-tight bulkheads, Her cost will
be S3,200,000.
A Singular Fire Test.
Max L. Lane, writing in tho Pro¬
gressive Thinker, gives tho following
narratives ot experience with Mrs. Isa
Kay nor at Milwaukee, Wis.: “Tho
feature of tho evening was the ‘lire
test,’ during which Mrs. Kaynor
handled with impunity a very hot
cylinder, direct from over the flame
of a kerosene lamp; also passing
paper, bank bills, silk and lace hand¬
kerchiefs through tho flame without
burning them, although one of tho
gentlemen of tho committee chosen by
tho audience was well blistered for
daring to handle the same glass cylin¬
der which Mrs. Kaynor had held to
her face for over ono and a half
minutes by tho watch, while it was on
tho burning lamp, A boy of eleven
placed his hand confidently in Mrs.
Kaynor’s, and, thus protected, sho
pressed his hand “ghtly against tho
hot cylinder for over, half a minute,
tho boy experiencing but a pleasant
sensation of warmth. After experi¬
ments with tho cylinder sho took it off
and proceeded to pass her fingers
slowly through tho flame, then the
hand, and finally the wholo arm up to *
the elbow. Before boginuing opera¬
tions Mrs. Kaynor had insistod on
being washed in tho prescnco of tho
audience by so mo of tho committee
who thoroughly soaped hands and
arras, and demonstrated that chemicals
wero not used to protect her. Pajier,
and also silk, which Mrs. Kaynor had
slowly held in the flame, and passed
through it without injury, wero
burned upon being tried similarly by
others, when Mrs. Kaynor motioned
them to do so.”
Smallest Cyclist In tho World.
In San Francisco there may be seen
any bright day a tiny figure on a tiny
bicycle, scurrying along tho roadways
of tho park of that city. This is little
Laurino Dovany, who is the smallest
bicyclist in tho world. Sho is only
three years old, a dear little girl, with
fluffy yellow hair and big blue eyes.
She rides a wheel that had to bo made
Or 1 ’.' V.....V for her of ennrae, and it
weighs ,
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picture of her which is given ■e
shows what a roguish littlo face sho
has, and what a chubby little sprite
sho is in her blouse and bloomers.
Those who have seen her ride say it is
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something to remember, * as those
twinkling legs churn the pedals and
tho bright curls toss back from
beneath tho Tam o’ Shunter as sho
races before the wind.
Innovation in Ambulance Cars.
An important test, with a view to
mitigating the sufferings of thoso who
are unfortunate enough to bo tho tem¬
porary occupauts of tho ambulance
wagon, is now in progress. The jolt¬
ing and noise of the wheels as tho ear
is dragged rapidly over thorough pave¬
ment of city streets often inflict tho
crudest torture on tho patient who
may be’already enfeebled by diseaso or
bodily injury. Two rubber-tired am¬
bulances, one equipped with solid and
the other with pneumatic tires, are be¬
ing experimented 'with. When ^sup¬
plied with rubber-shod wheels the
wagons, which usually have to bo mudo
very heavy for the sake of greater sta¬
bility, and consequent reduction of vi¬
bration, may be) lessens lightened at least 409
pounds. This the load for tho
horses and diminishes the cost of con¬
struction. So far it is found that from
the great weight of the ambulance tho
pneumatic tiies collapse very often,
and the severe strain tears the solid
tires from tho wheels, but it is certain
that the use of rubber in eome form
wilYeventually be adopted.—New York
Advertiser.
A Surprise lor Dennis.
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Dennis (a green “The Boss.”
hand, and to whom
the speaking pipe ia
an unexplored mys
tery)—“I’d give me
month’s wages to
foind out how tho
boss iver managed
to shqueeze himself
into that bit iv a
poipel” —Life,