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Fashion
4 Hints.
GREY HOLDS ITS OWN.
in the frequent changes of popular
colors grey has held Its own admir-
ably. In fact, there is mo shade
mer' U!n demand of unci '
In I. suis just now
for both wraps uucl ,gowns than grey.
TIio osmium shade is need for gowns,
while the varying thus of pend, oys-
ter, mist and chasm are employed for
handsome wraps.
An elegant enpo is shown in groy
satin finished cloth, combined with
lace and cloth of gold. Tho color
scheme is original and very stunning
in effect, Tho cape Is outlined with
a rade of lace over the cloth of gold
and there is nn elegant fiaislt for
this decoration in embroidery in gar-
lands, chiil'on, silk and pink roses,
with their green foliage. The garland
effect is a delight and must be seen
to be appreciated. This raffia is car-
ried up 011, either side of the front of
the cape, over the cloth of gold and
with the embroidery in the flowers.
There are stole ends with the em-
broidery, the lace is full over the
shoulders and thele is a hood offoet
at the beck.
1111 NEW CAPES,
It is very difficult to tell some of
thcl new capes from wraps. They
are close tltting about the shoulders
and waistline, being curved to the
figure by myriad rows of shirring.
hen protruding from the shoulders
there are capelets of Ince, handsome
silk or other elegant trimming to
simulate the flowing sleeve effect.
These new models are among the sea-
son's s luxuri
es
for not onlyare
the
It
materials used in
their•de 1 t
v
c of most
11111 decoration expensive, but so
much is required that it places the
wraps beyond the reach of the aver-
age woolen. Resourceful women,
however, with au irrepressi-
ble genius for imitation, find
it reasonably easy to duplicate the
most intricate and expeesivo models
inthe litany cheaper and effective
cloths and tritmnings which can bo
had after the first -season prices have
been halved or oven more greatly rc-
duccd.
Paris shops are overrun with nov-
elties, and it takes a most discrim-
inating buyer to select those which
will outlast the present craze. De-
spite all that is said. and written of
their reckless extravagance, Frenclf
women can go into ecstasies over
the baubles displayed to tempt their
fancy and purse, and stop at that,
as well as can the women of other
countries and the shopkeepers very
soon And out what will take and
what will not. Someone has been
unkind enoughtosay that some of
the dainties over which women are
raging now are "novelties." which
were discarded a season o1• two ago,
but be that as it may there aro
countless exaggerations in the way
of necklaces, buckles, hair ornaments
and the like, which will never find
their way beyond the shores of
Prance.
The very wide buckles are among
the nodelties destined for fleeting
favor, so are the little collarettes
which stand high behind the neck
like the old Elizabethan designs.
Fashiol is willing to revert to the
early centuries for some of its novel-
ties, but only as long as these nov-
ties are in keeping with comfort
and graceful effect,
NEW HAT SHAPE.
A novelty in millinery is the gypsy
shaped hat, This Is turned up. sharp-
ly at the back, and usually trimmed
with a bunch of cowun's feathers
which droop over the hair, The
crown is rather hollow, so that it
can be filled in with u large bow of
shaded satin ribbon and fastened
with a handsome buckle.
Mauve hats in purple, blue and old
rose made entirely or feathers or
leaves are very. smart. One of old
rose is particularly stunning. The
brim rolled up on the left side very
cavalierly and on this side and un-
der the brim the feathers were ruf-
fled and shaded to white.
This is worn with a gown of roes
voile trimmed with Bruges lace amd
embroidered net. There is a great
deal of the openwork, but when un-
derlined with chiffon a groat deal
of the white effect: of the lace is
lost. •
A COLOR COIYIBINATION,
An odd uolnbitlation—in sound on-
ly, for 111e effect is beautiful, is pale
blue and clinlson. This is used ou
many of the stnat•test hats, especiai-
ly those made of moire and panne vel-
vet. It is vory youthful and pretty
for street, its well as dressy, 10001•,
A handsome model is shown with a
round crown, the short brim being
composed of ruffles of Valencies ee
]ace. sl stiff little scarf of ment-
he:I velvet encircles the crown, and
is Lied in a fiat bow is front. A
gown of black clout, relieved by
totiches of polo bluo and red em-
broidery, is worn with. the ]int, or
vice versa,
Alter all, the lilgh crowned hat
is not setting the world on fife, to
use a picric of the boulevards. It
is affected by we -Men who like co-
quettish °fleets and have the money
to indulge in all sorts of whims, but
the average teatime who gots only
one 01 two new hats in a season is
selecting designs less decided. The
disadvantage of choosing any style
that .is exaggerated or too out of
the ordinary is that people so soon
got accustomed to it, and it be-
comes a sartorial landmark, as it
were, which, of course, every woman
abhors.
Although the sea 001,01% three -
!meths of tho eartli's suefaee, it
does trot provide in the same pro-
portion for man's wants. Only
about 13 per cettt. of the people 1n
the world gain theirliving directly.
from the sea,.
ARE PAT MEN CLEVER 1
Cadaverous People Do Not Mon-
opolize A11 the Brains,
"Thick 1x) the head and broad in
the nitoelliel's" is an oft -quoted say-
ing in the North of England, Imply-
ing that strength 1(11(1 learning aro
seldom found in double harness. Yet
the obese need not deplore their
avoirdupois, for corpulent geniuses
aro by no menus rare, especially ill
the annals of lltrcuLure.
Writing in the "If unnlnitavian"
some 70a05 ago, D1'. I{ierman took
UP 111'ma against 811050 who were
want to declare that obesity was
sign of degeneracy. An interesting
string of facts was put forward, the
significance of which could not be
minicniesel by all the arguments of
leaner brethren.
Tito world and an overcoat, it is
said, could hardly contain the glory,
of 'Victor Ilugo's frame. And the
embonpoint of the author of "Los'
Alleerables" was most richly deserv-
ed, for his plate was a conglomera-
tion of veal cutlets, Lima boans and
oil, roast beef and tomato sauce,
omelettes, milk and vinegar, mustard
and cheese, which he swallowed rap-
idly and in immense quantities, wash-
ing down the whole with huge
draughts of coffee.
Rossini, the celebrated Italian com-
poser of operatic music, had not been
able to see his feet for six year's ere
his death. ITo has been described
as a "hippopotamus in trousers,"
and yet his enormous bulls did not
Prevent him giving to the musical
world such treasures as "The Barber
of Seville," "William Tell," and "La
G azza L adt•a,"
Jules Gabriel Junin, eminent as a
Preach dramatic critic and a most
prolific writer, wouid have broken
down any twentieth-century sofa on
which he might have happened to sit.
Their take the passionate Alexandre
Dumas, author of "The Three Muske-
teers," "Monte Cristo," and a host
of otter famous works. wo s. Wh
Y, he
tel r
could three a r
ee b e fists k a s where any
other manate an C.
The most fertile of all French ro-
mancers, Ilaizac, is said to have
looked more like a hogshead than a
elan, Three ordinary persons, stret-
ching hands, could hardly reach
round his waist,
Conning to more recent times we
find ample proof that all the brains
are not stored away in the heads of
the cadaverous. Before leaving the
subject of literature it will bo as well
to mention the name of that Hercu-
les, both physically and mentally, M.
I3lowitz, the late Paris correspon-
dent of the London Times,
In the world of politics big men,
in the literal sense, have played big
parts. Prince Bismarck was no
weakling; Lord Salisbury's Bugs
frame was ever conspicuous on the
bunches of the House of Lords. Lord
Rosebery is stouter than the major-
ity of his colleagues. Then there
are Sir William Harcourt, Mr. Henry
Chaplin, and many other Parliamen-
tary "Sights who can;be mentioned
in support of the contention that fat
mon are. as a rule, clever.
It, would be difficult to find a "lean'
end hungry Cassius'' among the
great law officers of the Crown. The
Lord Chancellor is short in stature,
but I'alstaffin in rotundity. The
judges, almost without exception,
present an appearance of being any-
thing but fir -fed, rind fill with ease
the court "thrones" which they
adorn.—London Tit -Bits.
SENTENCE SERMONS,
Greed is the foe of gain.
Liberty falls where the law fails.
Love alone can interpret the law.
Light heart seldom goes with a
light head.
Moral masks deceive no one but
their wearers,
Vice is never so dangerous as when
it 8001115 wings,
You cannot purify the water by
painting the pump.
Path has a way of looking right
01101• the top of facts.
When a man tries to hide hie reli-
gion he is sure to lose it.
You will not lose any true friends
by loving your enemies.
Take your religion as a dose and
it will soon make you sick.
Religion gets its rating 111, this
world on the basis of its reality.
Tho 1110)1 who make a noise in the
world are always the quiet ones.
Tile specifications for the gates of
heaven are not drawn up 011 earth.
Tho oil of kindness is enhanced by
being carried in tho can of courtesy,
A man's plow in heaven may be
quite different from Isis pew clown
here.
Try to make two virtues look litre
ton, and they will get so titin you
won't kn010 th0111.
The sharper a plan is the more
likely is he to stick into something
and get broken oft short.
The only, way some of us can bo
made to look up at all is by being
chopped to the bottom of some deep
pit of trouble an.el loft there awhile,
CONSUM1°TION OF COFFEE,
In proportion to its population
Brazil takes first place as a couut17
of coffee drinkers. The consumption
of coffee pee capita in Brazil is 141b,
each year•, in Belgium and Holland
it is 111b., 1011110 ill the United Stat-
es each person in the population con-
sumes an average of 81h. of coffee
yearly. I1t>.glanrl is much behind in
the procession with a consumption of
only 0110-half1pottnd per capita an-
nually, but the amount of tea con-
sumed en an average in England by
oaeh person is five times as great 08
in the United States.
A tnan is not going to get a crown
of righteousness just 1)eea,tiso Ho giv05
some poor follow ibis old straw hat
along about November.
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There are too many people singing
"I want to be an angel" who would
1)e too lazy to groom their own wings
if they hail tlhelii,
The TJnited States ifg1tiionse 80r.
Vice Costs $4,500,000 a year.
Giraffes are the Most, difficult of all
animals to take by surpriso,
[ITRIORS DOURTY SAYINGS
ZANY PROVERBS AND 1VIAX-
IMS IN ENGLAND,
Rivalry Between Towns and Coun-
ties Makes Soioe Queer
Sayings,
There aro 1111)117 sayings peculiar to
the British lines which 0.00 their
origin to 501/1e Sp001111 trait of the
inhabitants 111 a certain dist set, or
to sonletlling for whieli that disttiet
may be lullons-0010e ill a rood or
indifferent Sen1)0, .Sone of 050 are
Cel -r'
11 1
111
lelltiir
I ell good
,Y, while i 0 0l, vf3 are
spoken in derision only. h
There is a saying current in Cam-
bridgeshire that "The bailiff of Bed-
ford is coming." it is aPplioablo to
the River Ouse, which runs through
Medford, becalm when it is swollen
with rain end overflows its banks it
gon0rally causes an inundation,
bringing down Suddenly abundance of
water. By this saying persons aro
warned to drive oil their cattle, lost
they should bo impounded by the
"bailiff of Bedford," or, in other
words, drowned.
Wo aro all familiar with the phrase
"Grinning like a Cheshire cat," Tho
crest of a Cheshire family was a lion
rampant, and it is alleged chat a
travelling painter, who endeavored to
paint a representative of that par
tioular boast of prey upon the village
inn signboard, made such a p01181100
drawing 0f•it that the monarch of
the jungle bore a greater resemblance
to a grinning oat, and was often 11110 -
taken for such.
Essex has a saying which describes
a person with very little figlhting
power as being "As valiant as an
Essex lion," The lion referred to
is
THE INNOCENT CALF.
Durham rejoices in many proverbs
and maxims, several of which relate
to Barnard
Castle. c One of
these
rues a follows:—
toyes:—
A coward, a. coward of Barney
Castle,
Dare not come out to fight n battle.
Barney Castle refers to Barnard Cas-
tle, and the lines are founded on the
refusal of Sir George Bowes to fight
with the rebels during the rising in
the North in 7.569. When a native
of Dunham hears a remark which
sounds a little far-fetched he may
make use of the phrase, "Come, come,
that's a Barney Cassell."
Herefordshire Hns a boastful say-
Ing, "Sutton Wall and Rend/tester
Hill are able to, buy London were it
to sell," from which we may infer
that these two places are somewhat
fruitful and prosperous.
Everyone --or nearly everyone --Has
heard of the words "Starve'm,
Ilob'm, and Ohoat'm," which is in
the nature of a bad parody on the
three Kentish: towns of Strood,
Rochester, and Chatham.
The county of Lincoln has a phrase
Which may sound somewhat strange
to the unenlightened. It runs;—
Holbeadi pots; Whaplorle pans;
Boulton organs; Weston ting -tangs.
The explanation, however, is not far
to seek, for these are the names of
four places in the county, and the
word following each of the names is
supposed' to suggest the sound of the
church bells in that place. Houlton,
we may safely assume, lied by far
the
MOST DIELODIOUS PT1AL,
Tho reference to "Lincolusihiee bag-
pipes" goes back many years. In
Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Falstaff
says he is "as melancholy as tho
drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe." It
yens a particularly clumsy instrument
emitting a doleful and monotonous
sound. One might be more accurate
in terming it an instrument oL tor-
ture rather than of music.
Rivalry between tlio two towns in
seeking the custom of visitors during
the summer months may account for
the remark: "Yarmouth for the sin-
ners, but Cromer for tiie saints,"
Oxfordshire boasts of a large num-
ber of sayings, unruly of which refer
to Banbury, "whore the cakes comp
front." One is 0s follows: "As near
akin as the cram (cakes) of Banbury
to the bells 01 Lincoln," This is
simply n suggestion of remoteness of
rola ti onslt i p.
The tinkers of Banbury wouid seem
to have dry mouths nod to be in
constant need of alcoholic refreshment
judging from the remark, "As drunk
as a ll-nbury 1i1811er," •But this
town line always been unkind to the
menders of pots and pans, for an-
other saying is, "Like Danbury tin-
kers, that in mending one hole mnldo
three," To tell a person that ho
"hetli brought itis liege to Banbury
market" is equivalent to telling ]rim
that he has brought them to the
wrong place, ns 1l0nbury market is a
"fair" market, where Bogs are not
sold.
IN WOI1Ch'ST.1712SIf11%l n
there is a saying, "You may as well
sip up the Severn and swallow Mal-
vern." It is not probable that any -
ono will undertake the task, it being
a physical impossibility; hence the
meaning of the term. Another
phrase in the .nature of a warning,
current in this country, is, "When
Bredon Hill puts on his cap, yo leen
of the vale beware of tljat,' The
"cap" is the Veazey cloud which cov-
ers the apex of the Bill previously to
heavy rain or a tliundorStorm.
It is said that a person "born in
Scotland and bred In Yorkshire will
dheat the devil." This is extremely
uncomplimentary, 01101 does not, 115
may be imagined, emanate front the
county referred to. There is another
saying, supposed to bo descriptive of
the inhabitants of this county, "Tile
three. P's of York—Pretty, Poor, -
PrOud,"
There ate many short rhymes writ -
ton with respect to the peculiarities
of various counties, of Which rho fol-
lowing le but a Selection:—
teethe 811d
n teh et Noodwo0iT1 ]>tmstall i»
• the deice
Stenhill for a pretty girl, and Bur-
ton tot' good ale,
Hampshire hogs, Berkshire dogs;
Yorkshire bite; London white.
Nottingham full of hogs; Derbyshire
full of dogs;
LeleesLershlre full of beans; Slafford-
shlro full of Queens,
The last two, it will he noticed,
commence somewhat 11111ce, but this ]e
a not uncommon felling in rhymes 02
tills nature. !loth Sl.enhill andStaf-
fordshire bond of their womenkind,
but in most enuntlen your will find
sini1111• sayings of a flattering nature
to the lndie5.-1,ondon Tit -Bits,
A BRIDE YET HT A BRIDla
UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT A MAR-
RIAGE CEREMONY,
Irish Woman Changed Her Mind
and Would Not Sign
the Register.
It is recognized as a woman's privi-
Iege to change her mind, and perhaps
the most remarkable instance on re-
cord comes from a village in County
Derry, Ireland, where a girl hats gone
through the marriage ceremony and
then refused to sign the register or
to consider herself bound in any way
to the disconsolate bridegroom.
The couple became engaged some
time ago, earl apparently were per-
fectly happy, When, however, the
engagement was announced and pre-
parations were made for the wedding
the young woman began to show
signs of fickleness. Difficulties were
placed in the way of fixing n day,
and the utmost endeavors of parents
and friends had to be added to the
persuasions of her lover to induce
her to consent to bemarried. t.
a d. 131 t
eve
ntual]y
the marriage a
a m0rn1
ng
ar-
rived, and the wedding Party, with
a
large number of friends, went to the
church,
The ceremony proceeded without
hitch until the bride was asked in the
usual form if she would take "this
man" for her husband. Tlie clergy-
man's question elicited no response.
Instead, the woman fidgeted and
Iooked confused, while a buzz of ex-
citement ran through the congrega-
tion,
SEPARATED IN THE CHURCiI.
In the Irish Presbyterian Church
there ie. no set. form of reply to this
question. Any method of signifying
assent is accepted, and the minister,
who thought that the bride was mere-
ly nervous, repeated liis question
gently. This time there was an In-
clination of the head, which 11e took
for an affirmative. Others present,
however, subsequently declared that
it was immediately followed by a
negative shake.
Bo this as it may, the clergyman saw
only the affirmative nod and the cere-
mony proceeded. The ring was placed
upon the bride's finger. and every-
thing proceeded without undsual inci-
dent to the end.
But when the register had to be
signed the bride absolutely refused.
She declared that slie was not mar-
ried, that site liad never promised to
take the man for hes husband, and
that she could not_and'would not
sign the register. Ilusband, relatives
and clergymen failed to induce her
to relent, and eventually, after some
hours of fruitless attempts at per-
suasion, the party 130oke up, the
bride's section going in one direction
and the groom and his friends in an-
other,
A NICE LEGAL. DILEDCNA.
The clergyman then found himself
in a peculiar position. In the eyes
of the Church the marriage ceremony
had been completed and the couple
were man and wife. Legally, How-
ever, tho contract was incomplete. Ito
could not decide whether the woman
was staid or wife, anti accordingly
sought the aid of the Registrar -Gen-
eral to decide the point.
Ho suggested that the marriage
certificate might be mad0 out with
tothe endorsement S, "MI — refuses
sign the register." The Dublin
officials found the point ton fine for
thein, and instructed the minister to
do as he suggested, substituting the
word "female" for "Mrs, — --
Thus the highest officials are unable
to decide whether the young woman
is married or single. She herself, How-
ever, has no doubt upon the question
and persists tont 8110 MIS never mar-
ried,
SWALLOWS AND MICROBES,
Swallows and outer migratory
Merle invariably slum those places
which are in the slightest degree in-
fected by noxious microbes, Thus
they are never to be found in dis-
tricts when cholera, yellow fever', tho
plague, and other epidemic 'diseases
prevail. Tho districts which they
select as their temporary 110111es aro
in all respects the most healthy that
can be found, It is evident from
this that persons who aro afraid of
catching cholera or other infectious
diseases ought not to live in places
which are shunned by those birds,
Tnatam JAPANI]SL] SYMBOLS.
The three symbols of the Imperial
house of Japan are the mirror, the
crystal, and the sword, and tljoy aro
carried in front of the Emperor on
all State occasions. Each has its
significance, "Look at the mirror
and refect thyself," or, other Wordi:,
"Know thyself," 0e the message of
the mirror, "Bo pure and shine" is
Ilio crystal's injunction; while the
sword is a reminder to "Bo sharp,,,
. NEW KIND OP HOBBY.
An old country sexton, in showing
visitors round the churchyard, user!
to Ston at a certain tombstone and
say 1 „'Phis 'ere is the tomb of Twn-
100s 'Oopee nu' 'is eleven weivos,"
One day a .lady remarked, "Eleven}
Dear me, that's rather a lot, isn't
flit"
The 01(1 num looked at her gravoly,
and replied, "Welt, mum, ye1' see, it
waft ah' 'obby of 'is'm,"
QUEER LASES OF ENGINES
WHAT THEIR APPLIANCES CAN
BE MADE TO SERVE,
Can bo Pound in Use Prom Min-
ing Gold to Washing of
Sheep.
Novel as was the use to which 0.
fire hose was put in Brooklyn recent-
ly, when three firemen stretched it
across the street and stopped a run-
away horse just in time to elite the
v
11'
osnd limbs mbsafll
alfa sear child-
ren o d
ren wlto were playing in the road-
way, this is fur from being the only
unfamiliar purpose which lire engines
and their applicances can be made to
serve. In such avidly different fields
as the mining of gold and the flush -
Jag of sewers, the w11511i11g of Sheep
and the propelling of boats, engines
and the fire Bose heap been employed
with the greatest success and with
weepd000Ils saving in time and
labor.
Perhaps tate boats driven by this
agency present the most picturesque
illustration of its strangely diverse
uses, though tho feet that $700,000
is named as the value of the gold
that is being taken out of a mine in
Australia each year by the power de-
rived front a singiehydrant and lire
engine has something in 1t that ap-
peals to the imagination. The Jiro,
kee ITydraulle and Sluicing Gold Co,
is the name of the concern which is
reaping riches by these simple means
and at such a satisfactory rate. The
property, which is situated at Cassf-
lis, in 'Victoria, consists of rich atm -
vial deposits, and the work which
the fire engines is called upon to do
Is exactly the same, though on a
Larger scalp, as that required in or-
dinary placer mining, A jet of wa-
ter is thrown under a tremendous
pressure against the face of the pay
dirt, and as the mud and other re-
fuse is washed away throughsluices
the gold is collected cted
by insane of
riffles
andq u'
rck e
stly r
.
The terrible force of the water was
shown in a Painful way recently
soon after the installation of the
plant, Through some carelessness
either on his own part or that of
the men who were handling it a la-
borer got in the way of the stream.
He was lifted off itis feet and thrown
30 feet, and when he was picked up
it was found the life had been knock-
ed out of him by the shock.
TO WASH GOLD.
Though the Jirnicoe i5 one of the
richest mines on whlcb. this method
of gold extraction is in use, it is em-
ployed in many other districts in
,Australia, and little more than a.
year-ago orders were placed in the
States for two tiro engines specially
adapted to this purpose for use in
the lilondylfe. Once installed where
thole is an adequate supply of water
nothing can excel the method for
speed and economy combined, the
average cost per cubic yard treated
being about six cents, so that all t110
gold recovered above that value
is clear profit, and as nearly 500,000
cubic yards can be handled in the
course of a year low grade dirt can
be made to yield a rich return on
the outlay.
Alexandria, in Egypt, is one of
the best places to go to see the hose -
propelled boats at their highest de-
velopment, for there they, ate in use
as fire -boats, and the same engine
and hose that propel the boat to the
scene of the blaze throw the streams
of water with which to extinguish it.
Alexandria is intersected by shallow
canals, which are so numerous in
Conte quarters as to turn the city in-
to a second Venice. The water in
them is too Shallow, (however, to
propellers emt of the use of boats driven by wireless telephony 01101' the ordinary
paddle wheels, since system, P11011 aro three, at any
the craft have to be of such light rate, Messages can he sent more
that no such appliances can rapidly than nt present; replies to
get sufficient grip ou the water. This - messages received can be sent in-
fect gives tho lire hose its erportun- messages
in-
stantaneously, end anperfect secrecyentn-
ivy, Streams of water under a pees
sure of 300 las, to the 8110000 inch assured. Tho disadvantage of the
the distance to which
system is that
aro directed over the, stern of the
t;
boats and drive them on in exactly messages eeln be transmitted is limit -
the same way that a punt is pushed ed. Sangeine int'estigatoi's assert,
along by a pole. Where the water 11oyee1101•, that it 1N111 110 effective for
deepens tho streams are directed into a distance of a hundred an(1 fifty
the air, the resistance of the atmos- 101180, -
'hero to the pressure of the water The installation 0f wireless tele -
being enough. to propel the boat. phones on the ships of our navy
The first trial of the boats thus would, one world think, be of the
equipped as fireboats was macre early greatest value, especially at night,
this year, and proved so successful Absolute secrecy would bo insured,
that the Egyptian government re- and that, in conjunction with the
contly has ordered several more from rapidity with which messages can he
London. - sent, ought to render then especially
WASHING SHEEP. useful,
In the shearing season in England The admiral could give Iris orders
it is no uncommon thing to see a quickly to the ships of his feet and
fie engine in full blast in the fields, without fear of thole being rend by
with an in0oceet-looking nook of any hostile or passing vessel.
sheep as the only visible signs of a And on land the east of a wire -
co
conflagration, it has been found 1055 telephone is 01111111 annuglu t.o wnr-
thAt a small engine throwing up- rant ifs introcliiction arid poptilel' use
wards of 200 gallons of sbeepw'ash in for short distil/ices.
a 1011101)0 provides a far more expodi- Undoubtedly this gift of 50101100 is
tions and ecenomical means of clonus- a. Valli one, 1lid before the world
fag vhf deuces than the old-fnshioted is touch 0lclee we may see fleshing
dip, though whore ninny thousand ACM/SS 0111' CLLies and 01101' the Don
head have to be handled as on the shafts of light be¢0ring our messages
ranges In the Western States, the and enquiries,
dip remains the simplest Method.
ALONG A RAY OF LIGHT
WIRELESS TELEPIIONE IS NOW
A REALIT7.
4. Wonderful System That Out-
shines MMMarconi's Great
Discovery.
Telephoning along a ray of light;
91 seems incredible, but it has been
ecemoplirclied,
Science has harnessed to this old
world many helping bleeds, but none
0101'wonderful
c 0111111 this, delight-
fully simple though it appears to be.
You can stand beside a telephone
A MENACE TO PROPERTY
THE VANISHING LIGIITNING-
CONDUCTOB,.
Worthless as a Safeguard Against
Attacks of the Electric
Fluid,
During a remarkable storm in New
York a short time ago lightning
struck no fewer than thirty -live dif-
ferent l:uildings le as many minutes,
tlje majoroWfu,rnisll-
ed with 1iglttnityi20g-ro111011ds, were says a 10011-
known builder. The electric fluid
apparently scorned the conductor,
transmitter, "ring up" a nelgl111or or and instead of runtring down it at -
distant friend with an electric tacked the nag -staffs, splitting the
flash, and swiftly comes to 71111 along poles into a t:liou,sund fragments and
a similar strenic of light his reply, scatteriag them in all directions.
Marconi's triumph is boc•111y more. Electricians have told me that while
marvellous, Ifs has dispensed with the forked rod undoubtedly attracts
wires in telegraphy; the scientists the lightning the electricity, in nixie
who Have been experimenting with eases out of ton, does 1101, run down
photopiiony, or radiophony, as the the wire and into the ground, as 10
transmission of 501111(1 by means of generally supposed, but strikes • some
light is sometimes culled, have been other part of the building neat' the
equally successful, and have added rod.
another to the great discoveries of
the nineteenth and twentieth cen-
turies.
How is It clone? It all hinges upon
the peculiar property of selenium of
o,tering its resistance in the light
A plain lnirror is arranged to refect
beam of light upon a selenium cell
in circuit with an ordinary telephone
receiver at the receiving end.
USE 01' THE MIRROR,
Trio mirror, which serves as a tele-
phone diaphragm, is placed in front
of a resonating chamber and n
mouthpiece, so that the slightest
sound makes it vibrate, and thus
alter the intensily of the beam of
light.
These changes in the beam of light
affect the selenium in the receiver
and
so the message + fit
t tis 't
g
its way
through h s c
$' space,
e.
It is to Bell that the credit of the
discovery is due. In 1890 the devised
the "photophone," and subsequent
experimenters all acknowledge their
indebtedness to him. 'rite Cel•man
Government granted a substantial
sum of money to a young Berlin sci-
entist, Ernst Ruhneer, wlio had al-
ready carried out successfully experi-
ments, proving his ability, under
varying atmospheric conditions, to
transmit articulate sound across wa-
ter over distances ranging from a
mile to nine and a third miles, the
messages being satisfactorily received
and understood.
Earlier experimenters had succeeded
in transmitting sound for the brief- lightning -conductor was erected, re -
est instances. Ruhmer had his eye maimed uninjured. The owners were
on a system which would be of com-
mercial value.
He discovered tliat selenium is sen-
sitive to other than red and yellow
rays—to blue, violet, and 'ultra -violet, ever, before renewing the policy, in -
or invisible rays—otherwise it would I listed on the lightning -conductor be-
have been impossible to use the ap- 1rl9 nines -0d, settee, of cou050, was
paratus when the sun was shining, done, and the building has
He also found that the distance over
which the message could bo transmit- NEVER BEEN STRUCK SINCE.
ted depended largely on the size of
the mirror used.
A receiving station was erected on
the Kaiser Willleltn Tower in Grun-
wald, and tests were made on a dull
and foggy evening between the trans-
mitter on a small launch and the
station, a distance of four and a
third utiles. Though the mirror was
small and the light imperfect, the
Some of the biggest sky -scrapers in
the world are now 1)11111 without
lightning -rods and, as a consequence,
aroseldomstruck, 3e order to prove
to you hone the value of the light-
ning -conductor has waned I may toll
yet that, while ten or fifteen years
ago every insurance company insisted
that each building for which they is-
sued a policy should be furnished
with a lightning -rod, to -day they
make
NO SUCH STIPULATION,
A. couple of years ago a valuable
testimony to the uselessness and even
danger of the lightning -rod was af-
forded by a case 1011101 came under
my personal knowledge. A big build-
ing was being erected in one of the
great cities, and as it neared com-
pletion
the subject of the lightning -
rod c
ig1Lnin -r t carte ap for discussion. The
contractors asserted that no rod was
necessary; in fact, they said the
building would be safer without it.
The firm for whom the sky-scrapor
was being built, However, insisted
that the usual supposed safeguard
against the structure being struck
should be included. Of course, the
contractors made no objection, and
as soon as the work was finished tho
lightning -rod was run up.
The, very next week a terrific thun-
derstorm swept over the city, and trio
first building to be struck was the
newly -completed sky -scraper. Almost
the whole of the roof was torn off,
while the flag -staff, on which the
aStotuded at such a cu110135 coinci-
dence, but as they were fully covered
by insurance they suffered no great --T
loss. The insurance company, how -
If a list were made of all the build-
ings struck by lightning in any great
city during a twelve-month, I ant
convinced that at heist 95 per cent,
would be found furnished with light-
ning -rods. There is no doubt about
it that the long respect which the
lightning -conductor has enjoyed as a
kind of mechanical Ajax is drawing
massage was distinctly understood, to a close, and soon everyone will ho
With larger mirror much larger tearing thm down 110(1 turning them
distances were successfully "bridged." tato laundrey lines.
There is another Papacy, 1 think;
WONDERFUL SYSTEM. with regard to lightning, via,., that
The reader may wonder whet ti it always strikes the highest point of
the advantages of this system of a building, and lienee the custom of
placing the rod a few inches above
the loftiest pinnacle. In many cases
you will find that this is by n0
means the case. Last year, for in-
stance, a certain eliureli was strucks
by lightning, but it was not the top
of the spire which was shattered, but
the roof of the neve. The church
was furnished with a lightning -rod
which ran up the spire and a foot or
so above the va110, hitt it was useless
as a. safeguard. Another church near
by which had a spire. several feet
higher, but which was without a
lightning -rod, escaped all injury,
Mee used on sheep of course the
pressure of the into water is consid_
PIN IT OP THE NECK,
erably moderated, and in place of the An intportnnt factor in the malting
Ordinary nozzle, with its single of either a wrap or jacket is the fin-
0tr0anl, a rose til) is substituted that ish of the neck. This should net be
throws a 11/10 SPr ay 111 0t cry direc-
tion,
Identical In principle Is 1110 employ-
mon1 of tiro 01)91ne5 in the hop Melds
of Kent enol the tea gnrclens in Cey-
lon and India. All these growths
have much to fear from insects and
blight, and in a bad year the plants
often have -to be sprayed almost in-
cessantly in order to save rho crop,
With a Are engine 10 or 19 jets can
bo oporetod at once, each ono of
which cats do the work of six men in
a day.
Another 1101101 use of the fire en-
gine often can he seen mail•et' hom0
at any seaside resort 1811e1.0 piers or
other buildings aro hei(g constructed
on the beetle Instead of d199111g
holes for 111e p11es whichare to forret
the foundations a strong jet of wa-
ter is turned into the send 111 the
foot of all 119)19ht pole. The force
of the water so loosens the sene that
the piles sink to the desired depth,
the sand settling securely 11101111(1
thein again as soon as the stream of
water is tented off.
CONCERTS IN TICE CAVES.
English Town finds Them Very
Cool in Summer.
The problem of providing entertain-
ment in cool and comfortable at-
mosphere during the hot weather liar
been solved at Cliislohurst, England,
by utilizing the Caves.
Those caves --which sono authori-
ties contend ere ancient hiding Places
anti dwellings, while others say they
are nothing but oldchalkworkings
—are situated about 150 feet bo-•
neatlt Clhis01hu1'st Common. En-
trance is obtained at a lower ground
level near the railway station.
A stage has been erected, with loot -
lights, etc,, the illuminating power
'being electricity, The dressing -
000015 rind greed -roost are part of
\\lint is known as a druidical temple
—a sort of 'underground Stonehenge,
with circular galleries --and the tem-
peraturetoo high or too low, and yet,n, remains steady at r0 deg.
as par- throughout the year, the. concerts
acloxieal as it may seem, it night provide entertainment in an Alines -
be either, for the status of the col- Innen which is a delightful change
1ar is not definitely settled. Some from the recent oppressive ileal-. Tho
c0uttn'ieros considering rho plea of ll0vrlty lips pruvc`d 110ry attl'ollt ve,
150111011 with doticate throats are try- Au a111t15ing point arose when 11(1-
3119 to rrvit'0 high 0011)81' effects; 1)1100110)1 was m11(10 to C111s1 I i •
others, for just the opposite reason must
are 8Urlv1ug just as held to main_ lJrhan 11)1)19ct Goancii for rt music
twin the low 0(011,8. :1'110 square and dalheing 510 01 lr 1' Codicil
110011 is pretty (111)1 is finished 101111 found 00111. noun' of their ' bllII hogs
n band cut in 11111011111 effect i1elr and ns to coustt of 1I,' caf the "building"
there, 8011(118 affords a cllnruli09 op- or 1100 ('fol oC fire eo lglit Shing ap,
portutity fol' Lhe 01051 delightful pliancy. could' br briso10 they of soft 1020 111111 chiffon ref and, alter 11 10 di0 21111ien lhev d21
flea ns dller-s-int, cidrel that it teas a unique cost, in
1`urs aro combined with ha1ulsotnc wli1ch' no 1100010 was required.
laces 111(110 1110)1 weir; they aro else. .
trimmed with 110udanis of 51111
braid, As if they were not nlroad It is a good rte)81 easier to rlcbnte
cxprltsixc enough alto latest. evening alt vh•tttrs you 1011111:1.100110'11; gat 11411 it
capes and collars of fur are dined' with 1s t0 dem0nstrai yon csirgltt to
couu(1055 frills of narrow old. lace. 'II" 0.
The Tiffany n. melt who preys. for power.
1'1io man Who lits most to soy of to nit a world shuts his eyes when
he sees a p001' woman struggling
with a Heavy satchel,.
the denge15 of money getting peer -
has least of it,