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' xy being striven after. e 1 o g ‘ ' \ I I n The Ruby is lashiou 3 (mm Two years ago all the girls were clam- oring for turquoises, before that it was sapphires. then solitaire pearls and re- cently we have seen a tide of favor set in toward Opals and emeralds until now. this midautumn. of 1896, the up- to-date girl has come to look upon the ruby as the one gem most desirable. But then. all jewels have become more or less fashionable. even to the old- time amethysts and the mellow topaz. The amethyst is the queen of all minor gems, and that girl is happy who can find among her mother's possessions an old-fashioned necklace of the purple stones. True. it may require resetting to make it all that her fancy desires. but then she finds the amethysts so or- quisite in coloring, so soft and feminine in tone that she straightway vows there was never yet jewel like unto them. They go with any costume and have a faculty for bringing out an exceed:- lng whiteness of the skin. Miniatures remain a good deal of a fad, wherever they can be fittineg in- troduced, and it would seem that we are linked hand to hand to fashion by pearl chains. Among the most modish of women who understand the art of dress it is remarkable to note the num- ber of pearls worn at one time. There are the dainty pearl necklets. of course, the same sort of things which usage has declared correct for unwedded youth from all time. But there is- more. Ropes of pearls (as Disraeli would ex~ press it) are worn pendant from fair necks exposed in evening dress, milk white ropes now interspersed with dia- monds, now plain or showing between each jewel tiny chains of gold. There is a positive passion for pearls. and the long “ sautoise." as it is called. In the daytime the fashionable Parisienne will be found with two small rows of pearls around ‘her neck, and perhaps two long chains of gold and colored jew- els and one of enamel. The muff chain is another trifle to be strung from the neck, and dainty thing that it is. suggests a holiday gift. The observation that there is noth- ing new under the sun is a fallacy. Man's originality is not half extinct ind his artistic cunning is visible in I hundred new designs. Individuality nd distinction of style are continual- Nowih'ere is this more apparent than in the matter of rings. To be sure, the happy possessor of a long-coveted Marquise ring need not feel discouraged because a dear friend assures her that itâ€"is f' out." The design is bound to be a lasting, if not a new one and the secret is that they alike the hand look slender and grace- Iiittle finger rings are as popular as ever, and the birth stone is usually worn in them for luck. As for the sol- itaire ring, it Will never go out as long as engagements continue to be made, and the cluster rings, as well as the six stones set in a row, are still good style, but the_ newest of fashion’s wrin- kles is the “ dinner ring." an ornament designed for very full dress and dis- play occasions, the pattern often run- ning up the finger quite over the joint. A curvmg snake of diamonds. with dia- mond eyes. runs up the finger like a marquise- one frantic; a beautiful fern branches mm a diamond band, and arkles along to the first joint of the r ng fin er. Sometimes it is a radiant fleur-de- is, sometimesa quaint mediae- val pattern ablaze With many-colored _ stones, but it is always handsome, al- wa's spreading, always remarkable. The antique. dull setting is again in favor. It is almost ponderous, after the iglit and fragile “ wire " settings to which our eyes have become accustomed, Two bison heads. supporting between Uhem a clouded or star sapphire, or the claws of a bear, clasping a burning ru- by. are among the designs. Snakes of a l kinds are orribly in vogue. flexible things for bracelets, three-headed rep- tiles for rings. coiling gold and dia- mond snakes for belt buckles. and snakes with wicked emerald and ruby eyes and diamond heads for brooches and pins. Why this should be so it is hard to say. “'omen have always loathed snakes with an unconquerahle loathing. ever since Eve came to grief through the wiles of the serpent in Eden. Yet granddaughters of that same Eve buy these gold and jeweled horrors. and love their contact. It is odd. One would naturally su pose that snakes would be unhappy a ditions to any woman’s jewels, yet a leading jew- eler says frankly that women seem to adore snakes. ” Some ladies simply go into a wild eostacy over any design which has snakes for a prominent feature," said he, "and. curiously enough, I have ob- served that these are usually dark-eyed women. or artificial blondes. Few na~ tural blondes care for reptiles." t Which is another psychological mys- er . eigh-hol But I am glad the heart ockets and brooches are going out, even snakes are coming in. I don't think I ever was an utterly wearied of any- thing as the Trilby heart-locket, and now it is happily no more. The few lockets that remain are round or oval in she , and set with diamonds. But even t ese are scarcely to be number- 3d anion the popular. The sword and agger esigns are also somewhat see. though occasionally desirable rpm some rare point of beauty. Ear. rings are gaining in vogue. but the efforts made to put the bracelet forth as} popular ornament seems to have quite failed. Illustrating the new vogue for in- troducing old-fashioned stones with pearl or diamond setting is a pansy rooch. the two upper petals of large moonstones. the lower petals all eu- orusted with t’ diamonds. The ef- fect is weird. w e a big amethyst is set round about with raised coronets of seed pearls. a very attractive and not expensive brooch. . Diamond aigrettes for the hair come in many dainty scroll and spray pat- terns. and the butterfly. emblem of lip. mortality. has seemed to have taken a intention to [ornaments in which it can be fittingly used. A dragonâ€"fly ornament _for the hair or corssge is still a favorite. The long. thin body of the fly is set with lovely stones. and the wings dotted with nibies and emeralds among the dia- monds. Tiaras set with stars or sun- bursts are ever popular. One which combines a pair 0 Mercury wings With a sunburst. quivering in the center.“ is a peculiarly splendid creation in fin- est diamonds. The wings and sunburst alike are detachable. and can be used as corsage ornaments when the mag- nificence of a tiara is not appropriate. Mercury wings are highly recommend- ed by jewelers, but most women prefer the more familiar aspect of stars and crescents. Among the hair ornaments. the white or black aigrette, With a frontage of pearls and diamonds spring- ing from a true lover's knot, cannot be surpassed for simple elegance. The jew- els are set on wires, so that they move. tremblingly, with every motion of the wearer. Hat pins are more ornate than ever. and as it is written that no woman ever yet had too many hat pins this is a per- fectly safe gift in anyone. . Take it for all in all, there is no display which interests a woman as does a jeweller’s showcase, and_ there never was a woman yet who did not love the embellishment of jewels. Polly. SUIUIDES IN THE THAMES THEY CHOOSE THE‘BRIGHT PLACES NOT THE DREARY PLACES. A River Policeman Finds llls Daughter's Bodyâ€"Two “’omcn Claim Girl’s Body as Their Own Child's. The great river which runs muddy and brown through London is responsi- ilbe for no less thnn an average of one hundred and fifty suicides during a. year, the majority being women. Of these suicides the greatestnumber ocâ€" cur during the warm ~weather. It doesn't follow. that there are not as many attempts at self-destruction dur- ing the winter as in the summer months; but according to no less au- thority than the Superintendent of the Thames Police, 3. body of men who do duty exclusively on the river, a person who throws himself into cold water is morel ikely to cry out, and thus unin- tentionally contribute to his rescue, than he would do if he jumped into the river on a. warm night. More peo- ple are rescued therefore in the winter than in summer. Looked at from Westminister Bridge, Old Father Thames does not appear to be the guilty thing he is, but when one stands on old Wapping Stairs or Cherry Tree Pier, Bermondsey, after night fall, everything is so lllzick and dark and dis- mally silent, and the water itself seems to roll along so sullenly on its course toward the sea, that you can ragard it as capable of any treachery. CHOOSE THE BRIGHT PLACES. Drink plays a prominent part in the tragedies enacted in the Thames, but it is not accurate to say that it isal- wpys the cause, if one is to judge by the stories told by people who are res- cued, especially women. 'Miserable homes, unsympathetic parents, unprin- cip-led men, and brutal husbands account for many victims in the long list of "Found Drowned." A STRANGE CASE. How many a poor wretched outcast of the London streets has gone to her death through causes similar to the fol- lowing? Not long ago a young girl who ~ocâ€" cupied a small room at Westminster got in arrears with her rent, and when she left home one evening on her errand of sin, her landlady informed her that unless she could bring the amount ow- ing home with her she need not return. She tried in vain to secure the money, and then in her despair she told her trouble to "a. friend," expressing her "end it all in the river." Two hours later she jumped from \Vest- minster Bridge and her friend, having herself procured the money, went in search of her to find the Thames police taking her lifeless body from'the water. 1118 OWN CHILD’S BODY. A'still more distressing story of the 'l‘hames’ victims is told of the suicide of ayoung girl whose mother turned her out of doors because she returned homel ate from a theater The girl’s father wasariver policeman, and hearâ€" ing that a woman was in the river he put off in his galley and was horrified to find that the lifeless body which he lifted from the dark waters was that of his own much-doved daughter. But it is not these. secluded dark uar- ters of the Thames that the wo d-be suicide selects in his despair. It is es- timated that at least 80 per cent. of the persons who destroy themselves in the great river throw themselves from one of the several bridges which span it, air 1- cap from the embankment at one of the best-lighted parts of the river- side. Of the 150 bodies annually tak- ‘en from the Thames as a. rule not more than thirty are identified. A curious feature about the suicide of women is that nearly every case they leap into the river with all their clothes on. not even removing their hats, but in the case of men. in nine instaces out of ten they will throw off their coats, and not infrequently turn their shirt sleeves up before making the fatal leap. CLAIMED BY T\VO MOTHERS. Many curious stories are told concern- ing the indification of bodies taken from the Thames. A few years ago a five-yearâ€"old girl whilst playing on the banks of the river fell in and was drowned. The body “as not recovered for some days, and' then two women claimed the child both being ually aeriain that it was her "little dar ing." The coroner. powerless to ascertain to whom the body really belonged. gave order for burial and advised both wo- men to attend the funeral. This they did. and the little. grave is marked to- day by hvo plain headstones, both hear- ing different names. The women did not allow their claim to breed illâ€"will not allow their claim to breed ill-will, but berame very fast friends. . whine. Sheâ€"\Vhat a keen little cresturethat Miss \Visely is. lieâ€"Yes. she cuts me every time .flrm hold upon public regard for all there is a chance l mils "some HOW TWELVE MEN WERE LURED TO THEIR DEATH. Frank Butler’s Wholesale Murders in the Heart of the Mountains -l!ow He Lurcd Hts Hotlan to Their Death. Frank Butler. the notorious murder- er. recently arrested in Sm Francisco. is to be returned to Australia for trial. His scheme of crime was unique. He selected for his victims men who had come among the Australian colonies in search of gold. They were mostly un- known men. concerning whose disap- pearance it was extremely unlikely that enquiry would be made. These men he would lure into the Blue Mountains upon the pretence of showing them a valuable mineral vein. \Vhen be had led them beyond the limits of huâ€" man habitation he wondd induce them to take axe and shovel and dig into the earth. Then, from behind, a pstiol shot, or the stroke of a knifeâ€"without a cry, without a witnessl KILLED TIVE’LVE thN. The murderer took from his victim's pockets all the jewellry. money and valuable papers he could find. He then buried the body in the hole, which the victim had dug for himself, destroyed, as ,well as he could. all traces of the crime, and returned to civilization for a fresh victim. This be repeated again and again, and. unless he confesses, the world will never know the true number of his victims, The authorities say he has killed over twelve men in this fashion. H‘e selected for his last victim amen- who ha dmany friends. The man was: missed, and the search for him revealâ€" ed the crime. The murderer. unconscious of the fact fact that his crime had been: detected, adopted the name of his last) victim, who had been a sailor, and ship- ped as able seaman uponasailing ship bound for Sun Franscisco. Two detec- tives immediately took passage upon a steamer for British Columbia,i.n order to reach San Francisco ahead of the murderer. (At the same time another detective set out from London to obtain extradition papers. pon obtaining these documents he crossed the ocean, and immediately de- parted for San Francisco. IN THE \VILD MOUNTAINS. The Blue Mountains lie nearlya hun- dred miles north of Sydney, New South Wales. The country is wild and desoâ€" late, and, were it not for its wealth of mineral resources, would afford not the slightest attraction for either tourile . or settler. It is the resort of men from: all parts of the world bent upon making: their fortunes. They are, for the most part, honest men, earnest and sturdy. \Vhen Butler came toAustralia. three years ago he was forty years old. About four years ago he was in the United States. {His occupation and his habits while there are shrouded in mystery: In fact, practically nothing is known about the man save his crimes, and even these have not yet been satisfac- torily described. - SELECTING A; VICTIM. Butler became acquainted with a young student of mineralogy, whose name was 0. G. T. Preston. He met the young maninadrinking place in S d- ney. Preston was from Queensland. is parents were well-toâ€"do people. who kept their only son supplied with money in order to enable him to carry (tin; his“ prospecting in the Blue Moun- Butler told him that he knew of an exceptionally fine mineral location to which he could lead him, but explained that he was pennilless. “I wouldn'tdo this for money," he explained, "but if you‘ll pay expenses out here, I’ll go half with you when: we begin to work it.” [Preston consid- ered this a fair offer and accepted it. HOW HE KILLED HIM. Butler and his young companion were well equipped With supplies and pros-' pecting mplements, having planned to spend a month in the mountains; Exactly how much money Preston had! with him has never been ascertained.l In the thick forest north of the sta- tion Preston went to the brook for. water. He thud filled a tin pail and was stooping to pick it up when But~ ler approached him from behind and shot him through the head. ,Preston fell like a log, and never drew an« other breath. Butler tied a. rope around his neck and dragged the bodyl to the trench, where, without further ceremony. he threw it into the pit and covered it with the earth that Pres- ton had piled up beside it. The rope was buried with Preston. The pail was allowed to lie on the bank of the stream. The camp dire was extin- guished and the ashes scattered about. Every other trace of the camp was re- moved. Then Butler returned to Syd- ney. “Preston is working up northward," he szid. In an unsettled mining coun- try men come and go Without explan- shop or excuse. There was nothing in Butler's manner to arouse suspicion, and; save Preston's parents, who were far away. no one cared particularly what Preston was doing. And it hapâ€" pened that for nearly two years Pres- ton's fate was unknown. LOOKING FOR ANOTHER. Butler looked around him, but could find no one whom it would have been safe to lure into the mountains. _He concocted a brilliant scheme. He in- serted in one of the $‘dney newspa- pers the foilowin advertisement: “hatedâ€"Mate or prospecting expe- dition. Must have at least £20. . The smallness of the sum was in it- self sufficient to disarm suspicmn: Dut- ler received a great many replies to his advertisement and carefully select- ed those that best suited his purpose. Ten sepa Frink But’ler select one out of the and set out with him for the moun- {81118. . And although all Australia is toâ€"day in a fever-heat of excitement over these crimes, not one man has come for- ward to my: "I went ros acting with this man. and behold am ere alive!" Nok man who set out for the Blue mountains with Frank Butler ever re- turned! HE IS WORKING NORTHWARD. _ To tell _the details of Butler's crimes is impossible. His advertisements ap- peared in the_ Sydney pers several days in.,succession and t en was sto ped. It can only be surmised that Bu - er had found a. partner with whom he had set our for the mountains; After an interval of a month or so the _advertisement reâ€"appeared. \vas published several days in succession again and then stopped. This was reâ€" peated {again and again at intervals of a month or five weeks for nearly two ears. Upon tan occasions Butler -Gs nown to have obtained a prospecting mute. \Vhat became of these unfortu- nate men, where they were killed and how. whether they struggled for their wives. whether they perished b knife or pistolâ€"all these are matters or con- jecture. 'Butler was never suspected of foul play. No one took the slightest inter- est in the doings of the disappearances of the men who set out with him, and no questions were asked. True, young Preston's rents inquired after their son, but t e explanation "He is work- ing northward." satisfied them. U to the day when they leamed that t eir son's bod had been found buried in a trench. t ey confidently expected that he would return home some day with a fortune. HIS LAST. VICTIM; lAnd nowcame Butler's fatal mis- take. =.H_e sellected aman who was well known in Sydney, and who had many friends, and through this mistake he Will probably hang. Lee \Velller was a retired sea. captain, who had saved a. little money. and, after his Wife's death. had settled down to a. quiet life in Sydney. Butler's advertisement caught his eye one day and he answered it. Butler assured \Veller that he knew of a mineral location that would make them both rich within a month. _. "All we need," â€"he said, “is £10. That is for our outfit. .1 have no money, but we will share all we get.” \Velller repeated this conversation to several of his friends, making no men- tion, however, of Butler's name. A few days later he and Butler set out afoot for the Blue Mountains. In a moun- t‘am gllen about 50 miles from Glen- brook they pitched their camp. But- ler left the glen alone. Of the awful tragedy that; transpired no human being save one will ever know the hor- rible details. . From what‘ was afterward discovered it‘ would seem that Weller had rbegun to dig for mineralls. and that .when he had dug deep enough for Butler's pur- pose the latter cunie‘ behind him and withpne shot of his revolver blew out his victim’s brains. In the grave which \Veller had dug for himself his mur- derer buried him. The body of Pres- ton, the young student, was buried less than amile away from this spot. SHIPPED AS A SAILOR. Butler returned to Sydney, and then, prompted by reasons which are not clearly understood. he decided to go to Newcastle and ship as a sailor. He went to Newcastle. remained there more than a week, and secured a berth on the Swanhilda, Captain Fraser, bound for1 San Francisco‘ with a. cargo of coa . Capt. Lee Welller was well known in Sydney. and his disappearance was quickly noticed. _Detectives made search for him, and his body and that of young Preston were found in the bush, and the mur- derer was traced to the Swanhilda. â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€"~ DESOLATE SPOT. â€"â€"1 Island of Tristan d'Acnnlm In the South Atlantic Sea. The loneliest spot in the known world is said to be the little island of Tris- tan d’Acun‘ha, one of the little group of islets right away in the South At- lantic sea. The islaind has an area of not quite 50 square miles, but the popâ€" ulation is 1358 than 100. This little knot of human beings represent two of the largest and two of the smallest na- tions in the would, their nationalities being British., American, Dutch and Danish. : The island has a most desolate ap- pearance. The nearest neighbor to the settlementâ€"not reckoning the two oth- er isles in the groupâ€"is St. Helena, 1,- 200 miles distant, and it is seldom that any Sign of outer civilization comes within sight of Ttristan d'AUiiuha. Oc- casionally a. ship passes within commu- nicating distance. and once a year a‘ Government ship of war calls with mails. This is the only opportunity the islanders have of receiving news of the world, outside their borders, and they have to wait 12 months for a re- ply by post. , - Tristan d'Aounha, however, lonely and desolate as it is, has a min-moo all its mm. The "grand old man” of the island has had a remarkable career. \Vrecked off the island in the "thirties," he was treated so kindly by the island- ers that he declined the offer of a pass- ing ship to take him on board, and threw in his lot with the inhabitants. In 1853 Governor Glass died, and the ship-wrecked E l'ish'manâ€"whosc name, by the way, is was unanimously chosen to fill the dead man’s place. He has held the office ever since. z Green is a grand old man in the best sense. The hulmber of lives he has saved off the rocky shores of his island is not known. but it must be some ’hun- dreds. The British and American Gov- ernments have recognized his humane efforts, and Greenvus some time ago presented with a life-boat b the Brit- ish Government. He also ho ds a med- al from the King of Italy. He is man- rie'd to a native of St. Helena. Dur- ing his "Governorshlp" the old man has acted as Magistrath and cler yman, performing the marriage and uneral ceremonies when required, and preach- ing the Gospel in the little cottage which new as a church. HER. LAST RESORT. Heâ€"W‘hy did Miss Oldly take to the rate and distinct times did violin! She-Because there’s a how goes many who answered advertisement with it. i UNI] pillow eter William Greenâ€"' 5 WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. f â€"â€" Old and New World Events of Interest Chron- lcled Brieflyâ€"Interesting Happenings cl Recent Data. Wales's three congregational colleges at Caermarthen, Bolaâ€"Bangor and Brec- on, are to amalgamate. Herr Yachille's collection of armor, which was exhibited at the Chicago’s World's Fair, is to be sold! by auction in London. . ‘Belgium has followed theexample of Italy in adopting 24-hour-tune on the Eggheads and in the post and telegraph ices. A three hundred and ten pounder of nineteen turned up in this year's batch of French conscripts. He was active enough to be accepted. A Welsh Congregational minister in the Rhondda Valley out his fingerlvre- cently and was so badly frightened that he died within two hours. Count Muravieff, the new Rpssian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is the grandson of the General whlo so harsh- llys'sesuppressed the Polish revolution of This year the Pope will award the golden rose of virtue to Duchess Philip of \Vurtemberg, who is a daughter of the late Archduke Albrecht of Aus- tria. ' Exhibitions of fat. women are called "an offensive trade" by a. _London landlord who wants an injunci_iou against their being held on premises he had let. Princess Henrietta of Schleswig-Hol- stein, the German Einpress’s aunt. who married her doci or. Prof. Von Esinarch, is about to celebrate her silver wed- ding. . Slumming in the East End of’ Lonâ€" don. has been revived as a fashionable amusement. and the arrangements for personally conducted trips are manag- ed by an agency. "Trimmings" is the term under which alcoholic drinks are disguised in lllf‘. bills English ladies run up at the Lon- don department stores, according to Salvation Army investigators. Ireland is to have ils first Oireachlus. at which prizes will be giveniifor reci- tations, essays, poems, and songs in the Irish language, this year. It will be a counterpart of the \Velsh Eisteddfod. Le Jardin de Paris, the successor of the B31 hfaliile, has completely disap- peared, the buildings have been iorn down and the trees dug up to make room for the new Exhibition buildings. Increasing the duly on playing cards to 25 cents, double the previous lax, when sold to private persons, and lo 50 cents when sold to clubs: only iii- creased the revenue by $50,000 in France last year instead of thel $240,- 000 expected. Austrian Galicio. is in danger of It revival of the violent. ()lliifl't‘AlkS of the peasants against the proprietors of land, such (is appeared in 1847. l'l‘lioy do,- mind that land not" under tillage, esâ€" pecially forest land, shall be thrown open to them. . Mr. Robert Urquhart: of 'Fbrrcs, be- in 95 years of age has resigned the of iceof Town Clerk, which holield for forty-two years. life is the oldest sol- icitor in Scotland, having been admi- ted seventy-three George IV. was King. Germany, by the lust census, has 52,- 279,091 inhabitants, :in increase in five 'ears of 2,851,431. lli‘rance's population as increased in the Slilllc time only 133,819, being now 38,288,909. Thirtyâ€" five years ago the population of the two countries was nearly equal. Sailor's luck saved a man who lately fell out of an English railroad from going at sixty miles an hour. llleiewus leaning against the door of the car- riage, when it gave way, but” on pickâ€" ing himself up be found he had only a slight bruise on the neck' and a few cuts on his fingers. - A canny Sllndel‘iltlld woman recently lost her ring in some cake she had balked. Imsleud of cutting up all the cake ix) find it, or running the risk of endangering her family's lives by leaving it to be swallowed. she put the cake under the X rays and marked the place where the ring was hidden. Lieut. Mzizerau, cmmnanding the French upper Melamg flotilla liiis suc- ceeded in getting his boats above the rapids of 'l‘angho which were beliele to be impassable,und has reached Kieng Kong, the capital of the rich Chinese province of the same name, passing through regions previously unknown. Rupert Guinness. winner of the Dia- mond Sculls at l-lcnley two years in sucucssion and holder of the \\'ingfield sculls, will b carries with it the ama- teur championship of England broken down in health owing t over- siraining 'his strength in one of the minor races at Cambridge Universin this fall. lie was in training for' the university eight. . Prince ’ilenri d'Orleiins is going to Abyssinia soon, and thence to Central Africa, :urrmiipnnicd by a number of lli‘rench scientific men. Negus Mcnclik lis making ready io welcome him, as the name of Orleans has been mpular in Abyssinia ever since Louis Philippe made a treaty with Negiis Johannes. "The Prince has talked his plans over twith Capt. Lelm‘tjeff, the Russian eni- l issziry at Menclt’x's court. In Russia a necessary formality for the luippinuss of a newly married 9couple is that. their parents should be 'wei. from head to foot. In summer ltliey are ducked in the nearest river [or pond, and in winier ihev are usually {rolled in the snow. At the village of Syserisky in Uplia recently, the wed- ding guesls being drunk, as is custom- Eary, poured buckets of water over the lbride's father with the thermometer at 110 degrees belmv zero. whereof he died. â€"-a.â€"â€"- yczirs ago, when has | THE AM J'I‘HYCT IN FAVOR. Old-time necklaces and brooches of ameth at that have been cast aside as out 0 fashion are coming once more to the fore. The exquisite coloring of the alone 18_ quoted universally. and is always admitted to have a peculiar fac- ulty for bringing out th'e whiteness of the skin. A great deal is said. too, about the soft comforts of its purple. dep .V' i. ii.