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THE REALM OF FASHION. While no indication of the genuine •will cess gown has yet appeared, says May Manton, there is a decided ten dency toward producing the effect by means of trimming carried from the COSTUME IN SIMPLE PLAID DESIGN. bodice to the skirt in one continuous line. The costume shown in the illus tration embodies the idea and is emi nently well suited to such women as aim to appear taller than their actual measurement in fdet and inches. The model is made from light-weight wool material showing a simple plaid design in shadesof bleuet and trimmed with fancy black braid. The bodice is simplicity itself and -is made over a fitted lining, which closes at the centre-front, while the blouse proper is fitted with shoulder and under-arm seams and doses in visibly at the left side. The material is so cut as to allow the fulness to droop over the belt, and the left-front is slashed to form the two squares in each of which an ornamental button is placed. At the edge is a full frill of ribbon, which matches the color of TASTEFUL AND STYLISH WRAP. the gown, but both neck and waist band are of black velvet. The sleeves are close-fitting, except for the slight pnffs at the shoulders, which support the epaulettes. The outer seams are left open for a short distance above the wrists, where bands of trimming and frills of ribbon make a graceful fin ish. The skirt is five-gored. The left side of the front laps over onto the side gore and is cut and finished to harmonize with the blouse. Both front and sides are fitted smoothly and without darts, the back being laid in deep plaits to give the fan effect. The entire costume is eminently stylish and graceful, while the line from the shoulder to the edge of the skirt car ries the eye upward and gives the ef fect of height. Plain materials and those showing stripes in place of plaid aan be trusted to still further enhance the effect; but even cross lines can be worn without the disastrous effect com mon when women of little stature don horizontal decorations and ignore esthetic law. To make this bodice for a lady in the medium size will require two and one-half yards of forty-four-inch ma terial. tallies' Cape Wrap. However much jackets may take precedence as wraps, writes May Man ton, something that partakes of the nature of a cape is always needed. The tasteful and stylish wrap shown in the •illustration exemplifies the latest style and is sufficiently*snug-fitting to avoid chill at the same time that it allows of wearing an elaborate bodice without danger of rumpling. The backs are seamed down the centre and tight-fit ting to the waist line, below which they are laid in plaits. The loose fronts are laid in double box-plaits, one at each side of the closing, and the ample sleeves, of hell shape, are seamed to the backs and shoulders, isat are so constructed as to become part of the fronts, there being no seam below the shoulder joint. Attached to the waist at the back are black silk ribbons, which pass around and tie at the front. As illustrated, the material is silk velvet, with handsome jet passe menterie as trimming. The collar is Medici style, but out in squares, which not only increases the flare, but is universally becoming as well. At the throat is worn an ample bow of chiffon lace, edged, and a toque of velvet and feathers completes the costume. The wrap is lined throughout with taffeta silk and has an interlining of split wool wadding, which renders it amply warm without being in the least clumsy. Cloth, with rough or smooth faced seal plush, and all familiar cloak ings are suitable. To make this wrap for a lady in the medium size will require two and one fourth yards of fifty-four-inch material. The Vogue of Fanes’ Waists. So many efforts have been made to crush the fancy waist out of existence that no better proof of its popularity could be desired than the fact that al most every day sees the cropping out of new ideas in this convenient affair, which affords such a variety in dress to the woman whose purse admits of no extravagance. The bolero effects, which have been so much worn, are still seen, and are always pretty, though the blouse iu its many variations is fast taking the place of this dainty conceit, that has helped use up so many odds and ends of “left-overs” and bargain remnants. Even the blouse waist has been condemned by dressmakers, yet it continues to flour ish. In its infancy it was merely and strictly used for neglige costumes, but now is made into a costly and ornate confection, and can no longer be recommended for its economy. It ap pears at all fashionable evening func tions made of the most expensive tex tiles, and boasts of trimmings that would adorn a handsome evening gown. This all goes as potent evidence that they are still at the height of favor by women of fashion. —Woman’s Home Companion. Child’s Empire Jacket In Y’nle Blue. Among all tlie styles shown for lit tle girls’ outer garments there is no one that is at once more serviceable and generally becoming than the Em pire coat. The model shown in the illustration is made of smooth-finishod cloth in the popular Yale blue, the trimming being a combination of rib bon frills in the same color and black mohair braid. While the whole efteot is stylish in the extreme the pattern is simplicity itself, as the fitting is effected by shoulder and under-arm seams only. Two box-plaits are laid at the centre-back from the neck to ; the edge of the skirt and the front i shows one at each side of the closing, which is effected in the centre-front with large pearl buttons and button holes. The sleeves are two-seamed with the fulness arranged either in gathers or plaits at the shoulders. Over each falls a simple oblong epaul ette trimmed with ribbon and braid, and a deep, seamless turn-over collar finishes the neck. The entire coat is lined with tafl'eta showing a bright hued plaid and glimpses of the gay coloring are caught beneath the collar and epaulettes. To make this coat for a girl of eight child's empire jacket. years will require one and three- : fourths yards of forty-four-inch ia- ' ferial. The Bermudas export oveii 17,000,- 000 pounds of onions annually. THE EARTH’S POPULATION SHOWN BY COnPARATIVE FIGURES OP THE RACES. ASIA 9op.opp.doo. On the Continent of Asia live 900,000,000 beings, over twice the population of Europe and almost seven times more than the number of North and South American inhabitants. Africa is third in number of people. A MOVING FORTRESS. Claimed to be the Mont Destructive Agent Ever Used iu Warfare. The German Emperor is having a new fighting machine constructed for army use in the field which, it is claimed, will be the most destructive agent' ever used in warfare. It is known as the battle-line destroyer, and it has been chiefly designed by lumpp, the great gunmaker, at w'hose works at Essen it is now building. Many features of it, however, have been suggested by the Emperor him self, who will personally take posses sion of the first one constructed. The battle-line destroyer will have the outward form and size of a Pull man car, with the difference that the wheels are not visible, the walls of the car reaching to the ground. These walls will be of the very strongest steel and fortified on all four sides and on top by many steel prongs sticking out like the bristles of a por cupine. The walls will be pierced by numerous portholes, that open and shut automatically. Behind these portholes will be ma chine guns to throw shot and explo sives. Tli6 crew of each car will con sist of only twelve men. The car will run on very broad wheels resting on immensely strong springs. It will lie on its own rails and will be able to do so in any desired direction. The destroyers are to remain under the eye of the Commanding General until the battle is well under way. /r _ * .lit* ' THE NEW FIGHTING MACHINE. Then, when great masses of the enemy are engaged, the car will be sent against them. Herr Krupp is said to have demon strated to the Emperor that the battle line destroyer will make cavalry at tacks unnecessary. In fact, the soldiers will only engage in skirmishing after the destroyers have been introduced. It has been a question whether the cars will be able to withstand heavy artillery fire. Krupp says they will, the prongs warding off shot and the machine being too heavy to be over thrown. Animals in Groups* The ingenuity of the sportsman is, perhaps, no better illustrated than by the use he puts the English language to in designating .particular groups of animals. The following is a list of the terms which have been applied to the various classes. A covey of partridges. A flock of geese. A aide of pheasants. A bevy of quails. A wisp of snips. A cast of hawks. A flight of doves or A trip of dottreil. swallows. A swarm of bees. A muster of peacocks. A school of whales. A siege of herons. A shoal of herrings, A building of rooks. A herd of swine. • A brood of grouse. A skulk of foxes. A plump of wild fowl. A pack of wolves. A stand of plovers. A drove of oxen. A watch of nightin- A sounder of hogs. gales. A troop of monkeys, A clattering of A pride of lions. doughs. A sleuth of bears. A herd or buuch of A gang of elk. cattle. On Attaining long life. Some philosopher, after reading the contradictory reports of various health regimens followed by persons who had attained great age, says: “Nothing matters, except your being provided in the first instance with a sound, con stitution (which is never your own doing), and perhaps using all things in moderation, which is another con stitutional quality. Most people would say that cleanliness was likely to con duce to longevity, hut there is on record the case of a Mrs. Jdewson, who died in the early part of the century, at the reputed age of 106, and who never washed herself, but merely rubbed her face at intervals with lard, believing the people addioted to soap and water were apt to catch cold.” Steel Harder Than Slone. It is easier to crush the hardest stone known than steel. Corundum was chosen for the stone in a recent experiment. A weight of six tons smashed the corundum, but forty-two tons were required to crush the steel. With a loud explosion the steel flew into powder, and sparks are said have bored minute holes in the crush-' mg maehhae, TROT, PACE AND RUN. Description of the Various Motions of the Hors*' When Extended. When in full motion the runner strides with both front feet at the same time, following ‘with the hind, and leaving the ground first with the front. In ether words it is a “fore and-aft” action. The pacer moves by lifting both feet of the same side simultaneously, and ' " -. _ TROTTING, PACING AND RUNNING. is known as a “side-wheeler.” It is a natural gait. In the trot, when going slow, there is always one foot on the ground, a part of the time two and a part of the time three. When fast, there are two in tervals in each stride when all of the feet are off the ground, the horse leav ing the ground from the hind feet in succession, while in the run lie leaves the ground from a fore foot. The limbs of the trotter move in pairs, di agonally, but not quite simultaueously, even in the “square trot.” The trot is not a natural gait. The fastest marks at the three ways of going, and the number of feet that the champion runner, pacer and trot ter covered in a minute, are as fol lows: Runner, Salvator, 1.351.; 1 minute, 3315 feet. Pacer, Star Pointer, 1.59 J; 1 minute, 2GGO feet. Trotter, Alix, 2.03 J; 1 minute, 2559 feet. Unpaid Scavengers. The crustaceans are among the im portant scavengers of the sea and are also valuable as food for fishes. The collection of crabs, shrimps, and lob sters forms large industries all over the world, contributing directly to the support of man. In Delaware the horseshoe crab is used as guano, while the collection of fossil crabs, as trilo bites, is a peculiar industry. The fresh-water crayfish produces a concre tion used as an antacid, well known to chemists. We owe many of the beau ties of our summer fields to insects, all of which have their special func tions and use. Even the persecuted flea may render man a service by keep ing the drowsy watch dog awake, while the mosquito in tropical coun tries may aid in preventing the human inhabitants from living a continual siesta. The flies are among the most valua ble insect scavengers. The spiders prey upon Hies, holding them in check. The silk of the spider is used as a cross line in astronomical instruments, and that of a Bermuda species as sew ing silk. Bridge makers have ob tained valuable suggestions from these silent workers, from whose web one of the Kings of France is said to have made a coat. Grasshoppers and lo custs are enemies of civilized man, but are eaten by the Indians, while in the Malay country the dragon fly is con sidered a delicacy.—Appletons’ Popu lar Science Monthly. AVliy Olcl Clocks Have 1111. Not every one who looks at the dial of a clock knows that the four I’s which are in place of the usual IV. to designate the number I are there be cause of the obstinacy of Charles V. of France. When Henry Vick carried to the King the first accurate clock the King said to him that the IV. was wrong and should be changed to 1111. Vick said: “You are wrong, your Maj esty.” Whereat the King thundered out: “I am never wrong. Take it away and correct the mistake.” From that time to this day the four I’s have stood as the mark of the fourth hour. —Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A Bee-Line. The eyes of bees are made to see great distances. When absent from their hive they go up in the air till they see their home, and then fly to ward it in a straight line and with great speed. The shortest line be tween two places is sometimes cjjled a “bee-lime.”—St. Niche las. Smallest Book in the World. The smallest book in the world is not much larger than a man’s thumb nail. It was made in Italy by a firm of Padua publishers, the Salmin Brothers. It is four-tenths of an inch high and about a quarter of an inch wide. The volume contains 208 pages, each having nine lines and from nine ty-five to 100 letters. The text is an unpublished letter written by the fa- mous inventor of the pendulum clock to Mme. Christine, of Lorraine, in the year 1615. The next smallest book is issued by the same firm. It is an edi tion of Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” be ing a little more than an inch high, a little less than an inch wide, with type so small that it takes a microscope to read the letters. A Gold Leaf Temple* Not in America, not even in the Klondike, but in the far-off East, at i llangoon, the capital of Burmah, is I situated the famous golden pagoda of a Buddist temple, the whole of the j exterior of which is one mass of shim mering gold. This generous coating i of the metal is the result of years and J years of offerings to Buddha, for de j votees from all parts of the world I come to Rangoon and bring packets of ; gold leaf, which they plaoe on the pagoda. Daring the last century the King of Burmah gave his (litoral) weight in gold to the walls of the pagoda, an offering worth £9OOO sterl ing. The Blood Travels 168 Miles a Day. The mileage of the blood circulation reveals some astounding facts in our personal history. Thus it has been calculated that, assuming the heart to beat sixty-nine times a minute at or dinary heart pressure, the blood goes at the rate of 207 yards in the minute, or seven miles per hour, 168 miles per day and 61,320 miles per year. If a man eighty-four years of age could have one single blood corpuscle float ing in his blood all his life, it would have traveled in that same time 5,150,- 800 miles. Parrot Hatches Chickens. <T. D. Austin, a merchant at Kansas City, has a large Brazilian parrot that is the proud possessor of five little bantam chickens, which the big bird watches over and cares for as if they were her own brood. Some time ago the parrot, although unmated, laid two eggs. These were taken from her and POLLY AND HEI! FIVE CHICKS. a half-dozen small chickens eggs were placed in the nest. Polly comes forth regularly with her little chickens peep ing and scratching about her, and many people stop to view the strange sight. It is a very unusual thing for the parrot to breed away from its native land even under the most favorable circumstances, and it is more remark able that the parrot should adopt the chickens as her own offspring. Skaimani* Qouriky, Washington, boasts a railroad lour miles long which cost $3,©00,f00 to build. MRS. LYNESS ESCAPES The Hospital and a Fearful Operation. Hospitals in groat cities are F.ad places to visit. Three- fourths of the patients lying on those snow-white beda J wK&nKsZf are women and girls. WS ffq ggjgb ffgKyrcSyH Why should this be the case ? Because they have neglected themselves! Women as a rule attach too little Importance to first symp toms of a certain kind. If they have toothache, they '-'ill try to save the tooth, though many leave even this too late. They comfort th. ms dv s with SHBMe fcej i the thought that they can replace their teeth; but j 'fwM; they cannot replace their internal organs! MHH Every one of those patients in the hospital beds ’> nL.i ; ' had plenty of warnings in the form of bearing-down m feelings, pain at the right or the left of the womb, T fl. EWj tw| nervous dyspepsia, pain in the small of the hack, the Vfiß l.jT; “ blues,”or someother unnatural symptom, but they did'Tj * not heed them. Don’t drag along at home or in the shop until you are finally obliged go to the hospital and submit to horrible examinations and operations! Build up the female organs. Lydia E. Pinkhanj's Vegetable Compound wiUL save you from the hospital. It will put new life into you. ** The following letter shows how Mrs. Lyn?ss escaped the hospital *r ’ fearful operation. Her experience should encouragP' other women to follow her example. She saj| *■ “I thank you very much for what you ha**) J ' done for me, for I had given up in despair. February, I had :i miscarriage caused <• to have sinking sp*Tls Ihree to four a could not be left aloue. I flowed eon-e ” for a week, and once a day for four weeks, Jr* i ’ then three or four times a week for four /f I H>) £(KHv\ f\ months. Finally he said I would have to un* pjC -J * dergo an operation. Then I commenced taking; Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and after one week T began to recover and steadily improved until I was cured completely. By talcing the Pinkham medicine, I avoided an operation which the doctor said I would certainly have to undergo. I am gaining every day and will cheerfully tell anyone what you have done for me.”— Mbs. ThoS. Lvmess, 10 Frederick St., Rochester, N. Y. A STRANGE BIRtX The Stately Bustard Is Gradually Becom ing Extinct! The bustard has become extinct In Great Britain and cannot be found in America. It is true there is a so-called bustard in British America, but it is really the Canadian goose. Spain and Africa are the chief strongholds of the family, many well marked species be ing found in these countries. India, too, has at least three distinct species. Australia possesses at least one large species. It was thought at one time that the bustard was nearly allied to the os trich, but that is a mistaken view. He would seem to be more nearly re lated to the cranes In one direction and the plovers in another. A male bustard measures from the tip of its bill to the end of its tail four feet or thereabouts, and its wings have an expanse of eight feet or more —double the length. If put on the scales, it would weigh from twenty two to thirty-two pounds, according to age. The female bird is smaller. There is nothing ridiculous about the appearance of the bustard, although when compared with other birds fre quenting open places its legs are very short. Indeed, it is quite a stately creature, and when on the wing almost as majestic as the eagle. The bustard’s bill appears longer than it really is on account of the flatness of the head. The neck of the male is thick, particularly in certain seasons, and at such times he earries his tail in an upright position, turning it frequently forward, twisting his head and neck along his back in a most curious maimer. It Is then, too, he drops his wings and erects their shorter feathers. The appearance is most strange—for tail, head and neck are almost buried amid the upstanding feathers, and the breast is protruded oddly. The bustard is of a pale gray on the neck and white beneath, but the back is beautifully barred with russet and black, and a band of deep tawny brown or claret color descends from either shoulder over the breast. No tice the tuft of long, white, bristly plumes springing up upon each side of the head. These are only seen in the male bird. The bustard loves the open country and feeds on almost any plant growing naturally in the country. In winter, when natural or wild plants are scarce, he readily feeds on those which are grown by man. He is by no means a strict vegetarian, but adds to his vegetable diet a fat worm or a liv ing mouse, or anything that lives and moves and is small enough. Smallest Train in the World. A “Tom Thumb” train, so-called be cause it is the smallest iu the world, is to be exhibited at the Transmissis3ippi Exposition at Omaha. The engine weighs 450 pounds. The driving wheels are eight inches in diameter, and yet the locomotive hauls six ob servation cars, in each of which two children can be comfortably seated. The entire train, consisting of engine, tender, four observation cars, one box car, and a caboose, is but twenty-nine feet in length. Six gallons of water in the tender tank and five in the boiler will furnish steam to propel it for two hours. Coal is hauled and shoveled oat of the tender in the orthodox man ner. In fact, the little engine is com plete in miniature in every detail. Keep on Scratching:. Dig clear into the bone and the Tetter will only be the worse. There’s only one way to treat an irritated diseased skin. Sootlio it: Kill the germs that cause the trouble and heal it up sound and strong. Only one thing in the world will do this—Tetterine. It’s 50 cents a box at drug stores or postpaid for 50 cents in stamps by J. T. Sbuptrine, Savannah, Ga. A man seldom wears his trousers out at the knees praying for work. A COTTON BUYER’S READY RECKONER. .Tames F. Meegan, of Atlanta, has Issued a Ready Reckoner for the uso of cotton buyers at tho low price of SI.OO. It gives the rates from 2 to 13 cents for from 300 to 749 pounds, and is in such shape that it can be carried in the pocket. It will prove a valuable book for cotton men. GRAVELY & iViiLLER <9 0 9 DANVILLE, VA. f —MANUFACTURERS OF KIDS PLUC AND KIDS PLUG CUT TOBACCO- Save Tags and Wrappers and get valuable premiums. Ask your dealer, or write to us for premium list. SsudMtedd d//me Ansusta, (ia. Actual business. No text & books* Short time. Cheap board- Send for catala^ne. MENTION THIS PtfERSSTLSS&S ALABAMA LADIES Brave as Lions. S Jenifer, Ala., wrltfi> My Husband wa * cured of DillouiaeM, by Dv. M. A. Bim-.t mono Liver Medl-.£i cine, which I hv* ' need 10 year*. Hv* tried bothZcllin’e #§., ‘■BlßOlt Draught •' and I think lho M. Af X Slmmona IfediclM,.: eo far Superior that one Package of it Ml worth three or four of either the other kinds. Insufficient Menstruation Is sometimes caused by non-development of the parts, sometimes by itt mouth o* vagina, and sometimes by const;* patod bowels, but usually results from ado** Dilitatod condition of the system, which pro* vents nature from overoommg any unusual exposure, ouch as fright or getting feet wew Dr. Simmons Squaw Vin© Win© builds Up the Bvstcin and enres the disorder, X>r. Tit. A. Slmmona Liver Medicine cure® the constipation, indigestion, loss of appe* • tite, pains in back, hips, head and UfllM© Which arc usually present. gShellman, Ga., writes! X have used Dr. M. A. Sim* mono Liver Medicine 1 • years. It cured me of Tor* pid Liver, Inilicestioa* Nervousness ana Sleep-, lessness. It cure and m* Wife of a Female Com- , plaint. My two Aunt* have been greatly beat* ,* flted by it in their old aM. Have used “BlackDraughtf j blit think Dr. M. A. S. L 31. far aupefipr to it. Skin and Eyei Yellow. This disorder finds its direct cause In 80!M derangement in the liver and its clpMlfT; allied glands. The bile, instead of paAsiwg . out through the bowels, has been obetructflOi and finding no outlet through its usual chaa* ncla, has accumulated and been taken up by the absorbents and distributed over tM Bystem, poisoning toe blood and disturbing nil the functions of the body. In the treat*' ment of this disease. Dr. M. A. Simmoni Liver Medicine should be taken night as4 morning until the complexion becomes clear. Spurn Frauds that court you for your money. The imitations that try to take tn® place of tho Original Dr. M. A. Simmon® Liver Medicine, while by interested dealer# Bold as “ the same,” aro advertised as ‘not the same,” and yon may bo courted ana deceived for your money at the expeaSO of your health. Dowure I ' 'eju improvement H.F. BRIMMER MFG. CO., oVvanport. lowa. From 519.00 Up. SECOND-HAND BI CYCLES from *.>.00 Up. 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