Miss Emma Arnold, tho beautiful 19 year-old St Louis girl whom Lieute.- nant Hobson kissed at a reception at Longbeach, has become the fashion The kiss of the hero of Santiago has (says the New York Journal ) made of her the arbiter of fashions, the direc tor of the latest fads. In a word, the pressure of his bearded lips has made her the “ rage.” Dressmakers are begging her permission to name new garments in her honour. Milliners crave the privilege of calling their latest “ shape ” of hat by her name. Shoedealers want a new tapering heel as a novelty in dancing slippers to be known as the Emma Arnold. A com poser is at work upon the Hobson-

Arnold waltz. Poems have been inspired by her. A famous collie, valued at 2500d01. is no longer known as Gold Dust, but as Emma Arnold. Letters and telegrams come to her in floods every day. They are requests for looks of her hair, inquiries as to how she dresses her hair, petitions for her autograph, and proposals of mar riage. The returns of the taxes and duties collected by Imperial officers for the year ending March 31 last, have been published. The total revenue from customs was £22,321,882, of which more than a half came from tobacco. The total excise duties amounted to £33,951,884, of which more than a third came from beer, and nearly a half from spirit duties. The gross receipts from income tax were nearly £18,062,000, and from the post and telegraph service nearly £17,500,00. The gross amount of revenue from all quarters was £108,061,070, the aggre gate net receipts being £101,010,420 The French War Department has ordered the issue to the infantry of a new brass bullet. In the Birmingham Post this bullet is described as being longer and more pointed than the one now in use, but of less aggregate weight. Its chief merit, however, is said to consist of its great penetrating power.
