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Show CONVULSION. aid of kites have become comparatively common. Capt. Bernier believes that the method will prove practicable In the Arctic He alao Intends to dispatch small balloons each month carrying records of the progress of the expedition, hoping that some of these balloons may drift far enough to the south to be picked up by vessels or In lnhabitated lands The sight of a person in convulsions .Is terrifying, but in the greot majority of cases the sufferer is in no immediate danger. Whether or not the convui-sio- n foreshadosa a serious ending defends upon a variety of causes As a .rule, convulsions are more serious in jadults than In children, esper rally very young children. Two things are necessary for the occurrence of runvul-ionf irst, an unstable condition of the nervous system, the pred rousing cause and secondly, some exciting cause sufficient to disorder the weakened nerve centers. The Instability of the nervous system is more pronounced In children than in adults and seema often to be hereditary, the members of certain families being more prone to fits than others. Certain chronic diseases of nutrition, such as rickets, are associated with an Irritability of the brain and spinal cord, and convulsions are peculiarly frequent In children suffering from such diseases. Convulsions in children are very common at the onset of one of the aiute ilevers, sdeh as scarlatina or measks. .At that tlms the convulsions have ;no special significance, but when later during an attack of scarlet lever, they may point to the existence ;of kidney disease. In whooping cough convulsions are sometimes produced In consequence of deficient aeration of the blood, owing to a partial collapse of the lungs. In children convulsions are perhaps most commonly the result of some dlsoxd.' :! the digestive tract, caused by the presence of Indigestible material in the stomach or bowels, or of intestinal worms. Inflammation of the ear is another common exiting cause of convulsions, but teething, which Is blamed for so many fits, very seldom causes convulsions, unless the eruption of the teeth Is exceedingly difficult and painful. In children, as In adults, (convulsions may be due to hysteria or to epilepsy. They may be caused by a great shock to the nervous system, such as a severe fright. Meningitis or a tumor of the brain may also cause them, both In children and In adults. Whatever the cause. It will be safe to put a child with convulsions Into a not too hot bath say at a temperature deor ninety-seve- n of about ninety-si- x crees. Nerve sedatives are usually prescribed in the hope of preventing a second convulsion, but the cause, If discoverable, must of course be s. - WINDS UP THE LINE EASILY, chief of which seems to be that the reel does not project from the sldi of the pole to prevent packing tn era J1 compass. Then the winding mechanism is operated by reciprocating the casting instead of turning a small crank, and the inventor claims. Improvements also In the drag and linelaying mechanism. The red proper Is mounted on a rod passing lengthwise through the reel and Is revolved by a system of gearing at one end of the casing, the train of gears being in turn actuated by the reciprocating motion imparted to the reel casing by the hand. The line enters the casing at the end and is guided in winding on the spool by a sliding eyelet, which prevents kinks In the line when It Is desired to pay it out rapidly. As the reel forms a part of the pble, It la not necessary to detach it and pack It away by Itself when the days sport Is ended. THE TRUMPET OT A MOTH. One of the latest war devices Is an armored motor ear designed by an Ea- -. cllah engineering flrau Itlg Intended for use in the time of war in protec $ lng railways, and during peace to serve as a pilot for ordinary trains, for Inspecting the read,- - or- - for the The car Is sending of dispatches. propelled by a seven horse-powcooled motor, which is entirely automatic in action. It produces its own igniting spark by means of a magneto-electri- c machine, can be started in a minute, and is fed. either by petrol or ordinary petroleum. Owing to the absence of any open flame no danger from Are or explosion - t-- er the newest maids Bowers are bows and arrows, the bows made of button roeee or lilllea, the arrow or orchida or any -contrasting flower. Sabots full of b ooms hanging from the arm, and staffs with bouquets on the top, are dainty. Muffs of flowers, or rather of chiffon, with bouquets on the ton made to represent butterflies are original and charmlrg, and so are small canoes laden with flowers, which have only one drawback, that they are troublesome to carry. Pans and parasols are considered tn specially good taste as gifts from a bride to her attendants. The fana may be used if the day is warm and may be chosen to make pretty color contrasts to the dresses. Parasols to match or to contrast with the bridesmaids hats and gowns are effective for a wedding out of vown, aueie me bnaas party usually goes out or doors after the ceremony. The pretty sunshades of the bridesdecorative, as maids arq then well as more useful, than nnwleldly Sven if beautiful bouquets. Mxlif Carv Chop finely two large onlone and fry In olive oil or butter until all the juice is extracted. Strain out the pulp end put the juice into s frying pan to which are to be added two cucumbers peeled and cut Into .small cubes. Cover with milk, add a teaspoontul of curry which has been dissolved In a little milk, let boll until the cucumber Is thoroughly cooked, then add cooked lobster, crab or shrimp. Boll for fifteen minutes, salt to taste and serve with boiled rice. MODEL rOR SUMMER FROCK., ! fosea, and near the edge Is an f'fcued lacing of pale blue satin on the 1d of embroidery. Draped lace and net ARMORED MOTOR CAR. v rfeu improved fishing There are a number of reasons why the Improved fishing reel ahown In the illustration should accompanying prove of value to the fisherman, the . mmds. pride ami BMDi fancies for brides- - water-- The late Professor Moseley, the Eng ttsh entomologist, maintained that the noise.- - produced.. by the deaths. Jisad moth comes from the Insects proboscis, and Is caused by blowing air through 1L Recently Profeasor Poul-to- n employed a itethoscope in the examination of a living specimen of the moth, in the presence of the Llnnean Society, and proved that the sound really does come from the proboscis; and then, by showing that the sound ceased when the end of the proboscis was dipped In water, he supported Professor Moseleys opinion that a blast of air was the cause of the noise. . black velvet tabs with steel finish the bodice. The skirt cular tal has s plaited flounce, by a bud of appllqued satin to that ea the waist buckle Is cir- headed similar " HOREN 8 FAILIRE4. The returns of me bankruptcy department Of the London board of trade as tar women are oni erned are somewhat Interesting. Last year the women bankrupts numbered 373, or sixty fewer than In the preceding year, an he proportionate decrease tn their u case thtt wu considerably greater than in of the men who failed. Women are certainly entitled to raak u highly respectable bankrupts, as their assets averaged close on 2.50 In every 5 and their total liabilities were only $1,165 A00. Of all trades gro-ceclaims more vietlma than any other. Last year fifty-thrwomen grocers in England failed, whose debts amounted to 386,500, Jith assets of $1500. After these came thirty-seve- n milliners, who tailed fop (135,000, and no one will be surprised to hear that lodging house keepers followed closely Ifter the milliners. ry Eed Snapper Soap. Heat a quart of white stock to a boll. Stir In two cups of the cold cooked fish, freed of skin and bones and minced fine. Add pepper, salt a nutotflul of Chopped parsley and kreat spoonful of butter. Heat a cup at milk to boiling, thicken It with a white roux and a pf fine tracker crumba. When the fish ha Of tucked batiste, with lace bolero. cooked, in the soup for five minutes, Pal 'blsr'Velvet Ttbbor run "through stir the liquid Into the thickened milk the lace. White hat, trimmed wltlUmd serve, grapes and blue panne velvet Wise la he who remembers that a FAWli COIORFD CREPR. With girdle and vest of yellow sab-i- ,. )ft answer turneth away wrath esBrown and yellow satin is ap- pecially when the other fellow Is the pllqued upon the bolero In the form balf-cupf- ul Although nickel was not discovered in paying quantities in Canada until 1887, it la said that that country now produces 40 per cent of the worlds supply of nickel. The deposits of the metal are in a district near Sudbury In Ontario, covering an area of about 70 miles by 4Q. The ore contains about three per cent of nickel and about an equal quantity of copper, together with considerable Iron and sulphur. The nickel and copper are not extracted in Canada, but in the United States. One mine has already reached a depth of AS THE CAR APPEARS, .sxists. The armor is constructed in two parts the under and upper parts the latter being of a crinoline shape. The under part of the armor, protecting the machinery, is constructed of plates. Owing to heavy nickel-stethe great care in the design and the construction having been used the car gAt 'fclmoet silently and without vibration, than stabling accurate aim even while traveling xt a high speed. room has bee allowed for about 40.000 "rounds for the ordinary machine gun of 303 type, and the oil tanks contain sufficient fuel for 200 miles. At night searchlights may be used A wvnneetlon with the engine. The total weight of the vehicle, com-wiarmor, la 23 hundredweight. el th The car gun and a Maxim a small machine gun Is one-poun- KITES IX SEARCH FOR FOLK. Capt. J. C. Bernier of Quebec, who Is one of the adventurers now planning a fresh attack upon the North Pole, thltks that, even If he falls to reach the pole, or its Immediate neighbor, back phohood, he can at least bring ' tographs of lnacceslble places and scenes by employing kites carry teg photographic cameras. Within a few years past photographs of the earths surface taken at high elevations by the JOHNSON SATS "GOOD FOR feet n, SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS. w grand rapids pitcher. Oscar W. Strelt, one of the pitchers of ths Grand Rapids club of the Western association, was born In Florence, Are Far Ahead. Americans are twenty yean In Advance of other nations In the art of bridge design and construction. The steel of which a bridge la made represent about half of its cost Steel !e now made in the United States at much less cost than In any other counj cels-brate- silk-wor- -- i GRIFFITH AN EIRLT DESERTER. Among ths well known National; League players who at an early stage, of Its history went Into tbe American League Is Clarke Griffith, for many year one of Chicagos star pitchers and who has also been a utility man, on th White Stocking team. Clarke 1; now the right bower of Charlie Com- iskey on the Chicago American league! beam and filla the position of captain.', He is endeavoring to infuse ginger into, the players snd expects that the team, will walk off with the pennant thlaj season. Clarke Griffith waa born In' 1869 at Nevada. Mo. He first began, playing In 1886 at Bloomington. 111. It waa not until the following year, however, that he invaded the ranks of the professionals tn Bloomington. ' The, succeeding three year found him with1 tbe Milwaukee team of the Western CLARKE GRIFFITH. ! Association. In 1891 he was with the St Louis Browns, and also the Boston; American association club. In 1892 the Tacoma (Wash.) club signed him. He. remained there during that season and the following bis services were en- gaged by Oakland of the California! State League. In August, 1893, he wasi purchased by Chicago, where he has remained up to this season. "KINO OF TBR FANA Barney Dreyfusa, president of the'. Pittsburg National League dub, la1; well worthy of the title of "King of tbe Fan. He la better posted about ball ploy ev than on sis la tb country. Preyftie has the record of," every player St bis Ungers' ends. It does not matter where the man Is from; or wbat he is doing at ths present, tlms, Barney knows all about hinu He can tell yon at a seconds notice who led the Western Arizona League In batting and fielding three years ago. All you have to do lk to mention thei name of some, player and then ask) No matter) Barney how about him. bow obscure tbe player may be, Drey-- t fuss is there with a talk about hltnj what hie batting and fielding average! have been since he started to play the game, just where be played and all tbaf other little details abont him. j i SWARMS WITH INGRATEA From ths New York Telegram: On, feature of the base ball war that real-- i ly Is desplcabl to men of honor Isj that some of those who have worked; hardest to pull down certain National) League magnate are under the deep set of obligations to them. It takeij a time Ilk the present to find out how; many Ingrate there are to every; square acre of some human territory j NO FLOWER fiesign on tbe bolero edges. Stock collar of embroidered lawn. Tie and flattings of the same at neck and 'arista. High black' sash, taught by Ald slide. Black straw hat, flared off the lac,' faced with chiffon. ery low crown, with band and bow black velvet. Bunch of flowers oo brim edge. P WANTED. ' The Orphans will not be allowed t receive floral gifts from their friends! this year. President Hart says there is nothing more Incongruous than the, spectacle of a batter receiving a bunch; of roses when he comes to the plat. He hae lee objection to other and! more appropriate tokens, but will not; tolerat ths flower custom. , Light sal Silk Worn M. Camille Flammarion. the d astronomer, has been studying the effect of colored light on m White light yields the maximum and blue light the minimum production of silk. Next to white light the purple of the red end of the spectrum gives the best result. - , A Saboltata far Coat tA workman In a German chemical works has Invented a substitute for coal, which costs about ,25 cents per 220 pounds to manufacture. Peat Is tbe basis of ths fueL It gives out great heat, burns with a bright flame and leaves no slag and only a small quantity of whit ash. The peat Is dried, chemicals and pressed into brick shape! cloth, the circuit Black satin-face- d r being The largest gulf Is the Gulf of Mexiapplied ruffle at bottom of skirt Into cut co, Which has an area of about 800.000 entirely tacked, and the top square miles, double that of the Bay . fancy points.' The bolero Is cut low a of Bengal and nearly one-t- h r t t fit . the neck, hut the undervest area of the United States. ; to the slock. It Is of pale re'l - Some people dont know Th J very xz jo't, embroidered with silver snd gold. and what little they do know are P In Napoleonic they Is repeated not altogether sure of. embroidery , it DIAMOND DUST, Jimmy Ryan will manage and caps tain ths St Pan team of th Western. League. For sixteen years hs played) with Chicago, and is the last of ths ol guard of players to quit ths league. Blck" Weaver, who played for several seasons In tike Louisville outfield. Is now manager of the Denver, Col., clnb. He will not be seen In the game himself unless in case of emergency. The American League starts off well. The attendance figures tor last; Saturday, as given in th reports ofj the four games, totaled 29,947, while, the National League fell behind 7,000.; "I do not like the league rule compelling th catcher to stand close be--, hind the bat all ths Urns. says Cyt Young., "It handicaps a pitcher. I do, not want my catcher to stand too close.1 I cannot extend myself as 'I would', OSCAR W. 8TREIT. . i ; j His first professional Ilka Ala., in 1876. ' Brooklyn came to secure Pitcher) ' 1896 was with In ths engagement Washington, C. H. team la the Ohio McCann in a peculiar way. The Boston; league. He was with Dubuque In 1897 Americans had been dickering with the. and with Dayton In 1898. He wore a young man, who practiced with the; Boston uniform for a while in 1899 Baltimore Americans in the Johns, and was also with the Newcastle clnb Hopkins cage. Wilbur Robinson told; of the Interstate league. He Joined the Joe Kelley that McCann would maksi Columbus club last season, but did not a good one, never dreaming for an In- -j do himself Justice, as he waa a victim stant that Kelley would take the tipi of malaria. He is In good condition and sign, the player for Brooklyn.! and is expected to show his old form. which was just what Joe did. - try. - In 1898 he won ten straight games. In none of which more than five hits werei made off him and In 1899 officiated In' three one-hgames, two against Man-- ! field and one against Toledo, , HI." President Johnson of the American League, does not share tbe views of President Young and other .National League magnates regarding tbe outlook for baseball this season. He ex presses himself confident in the belief that the present season will see a considerable Improvement in the conditions which have prevailed for some years Said' he the other day; ' "We are not looking for a disastrous year. In . fact. I anticipate a League. The clubs all look strong snd well balanced to me. No one wlll attempt to select a winner out of the list, while In the National League the superiority of two of the clubs Brooklyn and Pittsburg Is so apparent that I do not believe there will be mnch Interest after the first month. Ths attendance at the National League games. If the published figures are anywhere near the troth. Indicate a revival of Interest In the game, and we expect to share In it largely. Tbs sentiment la our favor la strong everywhere and particularly sp In the E Mt w h ere ou r style of game Is certain to prove attractive In contrast to the more tedious games to which the fan! hsvs been accustomed. The us National Leaguers expect-to-s- ea swamped under high salaries, they say, but ths circuit is enough stronger to warrant the added expenses, and there Is another point to be remembered. Comlakey, for instance, paid out nearly $6,000 last year for protection and players under the National agreement. This moey went to the magnates. This year It all goes to the players In our League, and that $6,000 will pay at least two star players for tbe entire season." at-th- d manned by one officer and two or three men, and la capable of a speed np to 10 miles tn hour. The idea Is that a railway line extending over S00 miles eonld be held by 2S of these cars. ke , -J1H HART'S VIEW. Base ball club owners must have laws which, are peculiar to themselves, says President Hart of th In no other business Chicago Club. are partners rivals as with nsr We ars all members' of one corporation! under the National Agreement; w try to e expense strengthen our teams of other members, and yet, unless they have a good drawing card, w are losers along with them, for th receipts of the various cities are divided. Tbe anomaly could be carried out much further, but this is sufficient to show the difficulty experienced In th base ball business, Chicago Inter-Ocea- CANADA'S NICKEL PRODUCTION. 1,100 ODAT OR NEW RULE. Henry O'Day, on of the National League umpires, favor the new rule. "They are working fine, he said the measure other day. The foul-striIs a good thing. When player first made a practice of trying to foul off balls there were only two or three who could do It. The next year there were about a docen, and this year would have seen still more who were adept at that trick, as players were in the habit of practicing such things In the morning. As to the pitcher not warming up before the batter Is In the box, he has plenty of time to do It If he hurries, I think, the rule preventing a batter from taking first base when bit by a pitched ball should have been retained. Any expert batter can get out of the way of a pitched ball If he wants to. The rule requiring the catcher to play up behind the bat la a good thing for the umpire. ""Being clots up also, the umpire can tell better when a ball that rolls close along the base line Is foul or fair, and on a alow hit ball he can step out on the diamond and be In a better position to judge the decision at first base than when he stood back of the catcher. Regarding batting averages falling off under the new rules. If the best hitters drop as low as .300 there will still be somebody to have the best average, so that there will be good bitters just the same. I do not think there will be as much kicking this year For one thing, the public does not want It |
