THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, BATTJBDAT, JUNE 13, onH J.QVX. They chose John Hammer for three chief reasons: First, because he was so honest and single minded. They knew as well as they could know anything, that he would never play lhein false. They could strum upon his candor to their heart's content. They also had the m it to perceive that, if ever they disagreed w ith him, or he disagreed with them, this excellent quality of his would provide ofThand the material for a dispute which would end in his resignation or super session. Xext, he was poor. That was almost as concuient as his extreme honesty. Un nuctionablv. if their man was not poor, he might by-and by kick over the trace, and tnjoy himself until the next dissolution without the least refeience to the meu who, to all public intents and purposes, had created liim. John was, in fact, so poor, that if they had not provided him withan allowance of so much a week, with traveling expenses second class, and a dress-suit, as extras, he would not have been able to pay his dinner-bill for a single week, let alone Mipport his wife and family. He was as thoroughly dependent upon them as a marine pier upon the piles which support it In the thin! place, John Hammer was an out-and-out .Red, with political views which quite accorded with their own. He had b-cn educated at the National School of "Wall'-cnd until he was 10, and he entered the world of real life as a pit-bank boy. From that time forward, until he became foreman of a 4anS of colliers, he had con tinued to mature. And now he could sneer at the Queen and royal family, bring down his ncht fast w Ufa a resounding w nace of the labor candidate should make his al lowance date from the day of his resigna tion; but to this they demurred. Their funds, they said, would not admit of such lavishness. Besides, it would be a breach of common prudence. Mrs. Hammer grumbled mightily about this, sighed in secret for the solid pound a week which John had been wont to give her for kitchen purposes, and put lard in stead of butter upon the bread. "Thee bist a fule, woman I" was all the comfort her husband gave her when sho ventured to air her grievances. On the 21st of May Mr. Juggins received a letter which made aim wink a hundred and fifty times without a pause. It began, "My dear Mr. Juggins," and ended, "Believe me, TAnr cinnro fnanil "VVtllolmJo TlnetiT-Jllo ' It was nothing less than an Invitation to lunch in a quiet and friendly wavatDash ville Castle with the Countess of Dashville. The phraseology of the letter delighted Mr. Juggins beyond anything. This sen tence, for example: "I have heard from my husband and others quite sufficient about your disinter ested love for the working-classes to feel no scruple in addressing youas a fellow-laborer in that cause;" etc. etc Moreover, it was so affable; and her lady ship actually condescended to be noetic. "Come just as you are, my dear Mr. Jug gins, for If there's a cause, Beyond other, that draws My utmost scorn and loathing, VTls tho fuss fools make, And tho pains they take, About their out-Hard clothing." This was the more remarkable, seeing that the Countess was famous for her gowns. Mr. Juggins put hisViin in his hand, and reflected. The upshot was that he resolved audit was said the rector himself feared him upon the platform. For all that, poor young Mr. Kobinson did not flourish. "Now come, Mr. Kobinson," said a cer tain stranger who had called up the- coll iers' mouthpiece and mind upon the 23d of May. "To4lay is Saturday. I'll give you till Monday. A man with your studious and refined tastes nought not to hes itate, it seems to me. You will be in the best,- and, to you, the most congenial of society that of the great minds of the illustrious dead, you know; and for my part, I needn't look at yod twice to prognosticate that, with such literary facili ties as the situation would give" you, you could make a name for yourself as an au thor.' " "0 h," gasped Mr. Bobinson: "do you really think so? It is one of the fondest ambitions of mv existence; and yet " "And yet whatf " '11 am not sure that it would be a right thing to do. Think it over; that Here's mv address. Send me a line. I'es' or 'No,' and the matter may be considered finished. Goodby, I must be off " Mr. Bobinson grasped the stranger's hand, and was about to let it drop and re turn to his studies, when something im- is all I ask. down nis ncni ii ui iouuuuuS uaw reueeieu. j.ne upsnoi was mat ne resolvec into the hollow of his left hand when he to lunch with the Countess of Dashville. JIB. JUGOINS CALLS ON TOE COUNTESS OF DASHVILLE. mentioned the civil or the pension list, become frenzied in his contrast of the earn ings of a pitman -nith the inherited income of a duke, and siguifvin ery audible and oxpresshe language his conviction that a liiac was coming vhen : all this he could do as well as the most conscientious dema poeue that "WalUend had ever had the good luck to listen to. It was clear, therefore, that John Ham mer was their man. "What wilt say, my woman, when thy John tacks M. P to his name?" quoth the candidate to his wife, a week before the polling day. 'An' it'll coom to pass, mv lass, tek my word for it!" "I shanna know what to say, John. It'll be so htrange-loike; an' oime no sure it'll be good for ayther o" the pair of us." "Thee bistafulel" said John; and in his displeasure he swung the latch of hisjittle cottage at f our-and-six a week, and strode into the high road. Here he chanced to encounter Mr. Jug gins, the master of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Nutcracker-makers and Glass Mowers; and together they adjourned for the rest of the day to the "Jollv Bacchus," a snug public house with a vast deal of pol ished brass about its fittings, and a sanded floor. Mr. Juggins controlled 187 votes in the coming election. He and John were on the most friendly terms. It was mainly due to him that the six wirepullers of the district had chosen their present candidate. Mr. Juggins was immensely ambitious. He was Mnall, and feerish of speech, with a tuft of ray beard, and a habit of winking his eves for no apparent reason. He received 3 a week from the nutcracker makers and glass bloners, for whom he kindly acted as cor porate treasurer, as well as secretary, coun sellor and friend. But it did not content liim. He had seraphic visions of State patronage in the hands of John Hammer, M. P., the best pickings of which would in the time to come fall to Barzillai Juggins. Hence the inspired feavor of his utterances to the glass blowing and nutcracker making electors, whose vots he held in the palm of his hand. "John Hammer's vour man, my dear friends. He'll put his "foot down on the infamous abuses which crush the poor working-man out of the position which is his right by the laws of heaven, and equity, and nature, and common sense. Down, therefore, with the pampered aristocrat and the pension list, and up with the candidato oftheA.A.N.G.l"J Messrs. Scarth, Perkins, Bobinson, Abbott, and Banks, the other five wire pullers of "Wallsend, wero much like Bars-ilia! Juggins. Each had the fingering of a number ol votes of the local colliers and me chanics. Each in public professed princi ples the most unselfish and tihilnnthrnnin which all pointed to John Hammer as their eventual representative; and each, in the privacy of his heart, cared only for himself. These five worthy gentlemen were mar ried. Juggins, on the other hand, was a bachelor. The women of the dis tricta hardtongucd class were wont to say in jest that Barzillai would explode his wife out of doors two or three times a day, if he had such a tender help mate; and perhaps he would. a s It was the 20th of Mav the month of flowers and the election was to take place on the 27tli. e There seemed so little doubt about the issue between John Hammer, the labor can didate, and the Hon. Ponsonby Vane Fitz roy, the Conservative nominee, that the re sult was held to be a foregone conclusion by the press. John Hammer, who could write a good text-hand, spent his time in answer ing letters of congratulation and inquiries about his political intentions from men whom he had never seen or heard of. He had resigned las situation .is foreman in tho Ten-Acre Coal Company a month back, and existed Jeered on E..m". ;CrrVS.M" ?eaUt,m.1 eflect ..B7 e he was reckoned " " "; vuMuiniii; i me most accompli "Why should he not? After all, was not a Countess a human being like himself? That she was the wife of a Conservative lord was an accident for which she could not be held accountable. And so Barzillai made a careful toilet in his Sab bath black, and departed in a cab. But he had the tact to dismiss the cabman a mile from the castle. Thither he walked alone,on the end of his toes, with his trousers turned up,looking askance at everyone he met in the lanes. Once inside the park gates, he dusted himself nicely from head to toe with his dark-blue silk pocket handkerchief, took a sprig ot red geranium irom a paper bag, set in his buttonhole, and approached the grandiose portico of the castle. That night there was a meeting of the labor candidate's committee, but Mr. Jug gins, for some explained reason, did not at tend it. Mrs. Scarth, whose husband was the Sec retary of the Corporate Society of Walls end NailmaKers, a powerful body, repre senting 124 votes, was frightened almost out of her seven senses the next day by the sudden apparition of a stranger, leading by the hand her much-loved firstborn son, lteuben, howling furiously. "Are you Mrs. Scarth? This is the house, my dear little lad, is it art? Don't cry so," said the stranger, all in n breath. "Jf lease to step inside, sir," said the nailmakcrs secretary's wife, when she had scanned her offspring with a mother's re garding eye, and found him sound of limb. "It was in this way, Mrs. Scarth. I was walking into "Wallsend to see my friend, Mr. Parchment, the attorney, when I heard a horrible wail from among the pit-banks. Without an instant s hesitation, I left the road and clambered over the rubbish heaps in the direction of the cry. Now, be composed, there's a dear woman, though I feel it will give you a shock. What did I see but a tall, dark man, with a forbidding countenance, stooping into an abandoned pit-shaft, and holding something over the abyss. The something proved to be this little boy, and it was his pair 'of little feet that I saw. Nevermind now I rescued him. The man must have been deranged: at any rate, he has made himself scarce. Mrs: Scarth snatched her darling to her heart, and sobbed audibly. "He was going to his school, the precious! like the other lads. God bless you, sir I" The stranger stayed with the poor woman longer than seemed necessary. At parting she took his proffered hand in the most cordial manner. "I shall never forget you, sir never," she said; "and I will certainly do the best I can with him." "A thousand thanks, proud that I have been service. That afternoon Mrs. Scarth and her hus band had a strenuous palaver. At first Mr. Scarth was obdurate as marble. , But his wife used certain discreet conjugal menaces, which at length had the desired effect, and in the end the nailmokers' representative gave way. . At the committee meetintr of the labor candidate that .night neither Mr. Scarth nor Mr. Juggins appeared. Mr. Bobinson .acted as the mouthpiece and mind of u number of colliers who were glad to be relieved of the trouble of think ing for themselves. He was an exemplary young man, who wore spectacles, read Mr. Smiles' "Self Help" in bed,and thoroughly believed that it was the duty of every man to advance himself in the eves of the world by any means whatever of course, assum ing that the means were lawful He at tended a variety of improving classes in the Free Library, and had written excellent ex amination papers on mathematics, English literature, French, Latin, chemistry, and ujuuciu puiiosopnr. .ne aiso played the I am more than able to do you a violin, and could recite his own poetry with By some he was reckoned isied person in Wallsend;. vou That settled 156 more votes. The nxt day was Sunday, which brought Mr. Banks, the ironworkers representa tive, divers duties of extreme importance. Mr. Banks was leading deacon of the Mount Carmel Chapel of the New Primitive Meth odist Connexion. The ironworkers did not think much of John Hammer, especially as their works were the property of a relation of the Conservative candidate, who mieht be tempted to propose something disagreea ble in the matter of wages. However, Mr. Banks was a potent force in the district, and he was to have his own way. At the morning service the deacon's sharp eyes discerned a pleasant-faced stranger, and after service the stranger accosted Mr. Banks. "Come into the pastor's room." said the deacon "he'll have changed his clothes and gone by now." "Thank you, Mr. Banks," said the stranger, "but I think our conversation will be better in the open air, and as the day is mild for the time of year, if you have no objection " JNot a mite, said Mr. Hants. When they had walked up and down the pavement in front of the ugly little chapel for about half an hour the angry looks and gesticulations with which the deacon had at first seemed to receive the stranger's com munication wholly disappeared. It was dinner time ere they parted, and at parting Mr. Banks smiled a beaming smile upon the stranger. "It'll be an acceptable wurruk, sir, and do a power of good. One can't hev a fold too large for the stray lambs that hev to be gathered into it." "Goodby," said the stranger. "You shall hear from me." "I wish you good day, sir." said Mr. Banks; and as he walked to his home he sniffed the smell of roast meat which per vaded the thoroughfare, and held his head nign. and looked everyone ana everything full in the face, wjth an expression in which conscious uprightness and contentment were agreeably mingled. The committee meeting of the labor can didate on Monday evening was a melan choly farce. Only Mr. Perkins and Mr. Abbott attended it. Mr. Perkins repre sented the locksmiths and Mr. Abbott the tin-plate workers. "What I wornt to know is this," said Mr. Perkins to Mr. Abbott: "Who's to pay for the wehicles to bring the men to the pole?" "I hev heered that they're all took by Fitzroy," remarked Mr. Abbott, with a mournful shake of the head. "And why ar'n't the others here, eh? Bobinson, I know, has bin called to his sick mother; but he ain't all." "Banks, I heered, have had a kick-up at his chapel something smart's on, I've heered. "Well, Mr. Abbott, I don't know as we've newt to stay for, and I'll be glad of my bellyful at supper. And 60 I wish you 'goodnight.'" "Good night, Mr. Perkins, sir," said Mr. Abbott, who was a common mechanic, whereas Mr. Perkins employed 15 hands in a factory of his own. The next morning, which was Tuesday, the 26th of May, Mr. Perkins met Mr. Jug gins in the street, and promptly stopped him. "Are we all of the same mind that we was a while ago?" he asked; and then he tight ened his mouth, and tried to look intelli gent "Hush!" said Mr. Juggins, with a finger set vertically across nis lips tor one moment. "Come into the Temperance House, and have a cup of coffee." "What's the meaning of it all?" con tinued Mr. Perkins, much excited. "Things be changed, Perkins," said Mr. Juggins, when they were seated in the far corner of the big room, and concealed from the outer world by the vapor that eddied from two elephantine mugs. "What do you think of Hammer taking to drink in this way?" "Drink!" exclaimed Mr. Perkins, and his finger involuntarily grasped the bit of blue ribbon that patched nis coat where he had frayed it against the desk. "It was only the other night I saw him in the 'Jolly Bacchus' in a state well, I won't particularize. We all know what that means. The man ain't strong enough in the head. Bf he sees fit to elevate himself on account of two birds in the bush which he thinks are both his. i-i,n .. i i , ' wuai 11 it ne wnen ne oecomes our master, so to speak, and free to play the gentleman at our expense?" Tm main sorry," said Mr. Perkins, med itatively; "but, of course, there's nowt more to be done. What shall you do?" , "It doesn't matter to anybody what. Fitzroy must come in, whether we back him or don't Better an aristocrat than a drunkard." tfn,1i linUn- .I,n If. T 1.! Tkeh we needn't trouble about hiring cars and all that?" "Of course not. Don'tyousee, we ought to have done it weeks ago, really. It's provi dential, and nothing else, that we held our hands." "Well!" said Mr. Perkins. "Well!" paid Mr. Juggins; and thus they parted. To his extreme Irritation, Mr. Abbott, the tin-plate representative, found himself all alone in the committee room of the labor candidate on the Tuesday evening. Having clumped up and down the chamber for half an hour, with his hands in his pockets, he departed, and called upon Mr. Juggins. 'Mr. Juggins, sir," said he, as soon as he saw Barzillai, "I'll be dommed if I hev anything more to do wi' Jack Hammer. He've cost me, I reckon, 14 hours this past fortnight, at a shilling and a ha'pennv the hour, and I be tired of it It's different for you. mebbe, being as you be, treasurer as well as union deputy." "Sit down, Ezra," said Mr. Juggins, kindly: and then, having brought forth a black bottle of Old Tom, he soothed Mr. Abbott's wounded feelings, and informed him that it was all over with Hammer's chances. "Everyone knows it except Ham mer himself." "Dash me!" observed TZira. Abbott, wlnon he had digested some of the Old Tom and this information, "it be the fust toimo I've took up wi' this bisness, and it'll be the last I baint a-goln' messin' after labor candidates any more." By the desertion of Mr. Perkins John Hammer lost 111 votes, and by that of Mr. Abbott 90 more. The six wirepullers could mall account for 79C votes, out of a con stituency of 1,351 electors. The shopkeep ers, professional men and emplovers of labor, who comprised the bulk of 'the 555 other votes, were, almost to a man, for tho Conservative candidate. One very odd feature about this election was the ignorance in which John Hammer was kept about the change of front of tho men whom he had every reason to believe were his supporters, tip to the last he had no doubt about his success, and on the Tues day night ho spent an entire hour trying to explain to a lady correspondent his views on the woman's suffrage question. "Females," he remarked in this letter, "differ but little from males, and have.more trials to bear than men, and it would be a shame if we men were to deny them the compensations that are theirs by right; re spect for female opinion is one of the strongest points in myprogramme." If IF w W w w "John, dear, won't you come to your bed?" entreated his anxious spouse while he was writing this. "Hould thy tongue, woman! Thou'rt cat and kittens all in one for talking," was his reply. It was surprising how different his written style had already become from his stvle colloquial. But the good creature, his wife, was not deterred by this rebuff from trying her best to prepare her husband for the physical fatigues of tlfe morrow. "There 11 be a Bit oread, wr a sausage in it, in thy right tail-pocket, an' a flat bottle in the other. Tak' care how you sit; and do, John, if they want to cheer (chair) thee, see as it's a strong un, for thee beest no lightweight" "Wilt stop gabbing or notr shouted the labor candidate, tempestuously; and then there was silence. The Wallsend election will long be re membered for its sensational surprise. It was known that the primrose dames and their knights and esquires had been ex traordinarily active at the last moment in trying to undermine the Badical interest in the borough, but few indeed supposed that that they had succeeded. Most people who saw the Countess of Nashville driving about the grimy streets thought it was lost labor on her part John Hammer, who went to and fro in a mild one-horse shay, and at tended by a single faithful henchman, would, it was generally believed, be re turned by a large majority. John had been advised a fortnight previously to spend the day in this pleasant though somewhat mo notonous public display of himself, and he faithfully acted upon the suggestion, at a cost of several shillings and sixpence out of nis own pocKeu At times he marveled that he saw little or nothing of the various com mitteemen who had Deen so enthusiastie about his candidature. But he consoled himself with the idea that they were fight ing manfully on his behalf. The result of the poll was announced at 11 o'clock the same evening, and the Hon. Ponsonby Vane Fitzroy was declared duly elected by a majority of 1,109. Poor John Hammer received only 45 rotes. Messrs. Juggins, Scarth, Bobinson, Banks, Perkins, and Abbott had prevailed only too well with the free and independent electors, of whom they were the advisers. Hardly a dozen of them had acted upon their own instincts. John Hammer returned to his cottage at fnilr.nnn.CIT n TrooL- nrnm nnf ianvaeaail -u. muu-uba u i wwh u wu vrubf u-w vaatUi and so stupefied by the .disappointment and the coldness of those he had believed Ms friends that he could not think he was in his right senses. Mrs. Hammer, however, good soul, re ceived him much as the father in the par able welcomed his prodigal son. "Never thee mind, my man," she said, cheerfullv. as she bustled about a prime pork chop she was cooking for him; "it be au ior ine Dest, J. be sure1. - Thee an' me would ha' bin miserable inEunnon; we ain't fit for t Thee'H soon get the old wurruk agin, and then we'll be nappy, an' be able to buy ninepenny butter aem. John, mv man, I canna help sayin' it, but I be right glad thee'st lost, an I canna help it" "Because thee bist a fule!" blurted John, with a bent head, as he turned toward the pork, which had been thrust smoking under his nose. ConihSl. FOE WOMMOF TASTE How the Dear Elderly Ladies May Betain Their Comeliness DESIGNS FOR GOWNS TO PIT THEM, latest Gossip About Pans anil London Fashion Novelties. SCItAPS FOE THOSE WHO STUDY STILE It is a mistake to suppose that -fashion exists for youth alone, and never gives thought to mature and even old age, says a writer in the Young Ladies' Journal. The young are her favorites, of course; but the elderly are not without a share in her solic itude. The fact is, those who no longer possess the charms ot youth need more care and taste in dress. While the merest trifle a flower, a ribbon, a scrap of lace- suffices to adorn the young, those who are "on the wrong side of 40" require special combinations of shapes and colors, and all the skillful art of the modiste. To dress well becomes quite a study, and requires no little tact and ingenuity. How few women know how to grow old gracefully, and adopt a custume and head' gear in accordance with the calm and seriousness suitable to matronly age and worthy of inspiring respect and sympathy. The world is full of foolish women, who use powders, cosmetics and dyes in the vain hope of recalling the beauty and freshness of youth. They wear outrageously low dresses, and effect youthful airs antl graces which only result In covering them with ridicule. How much nicer they would look if they were sensible enough to simply own their age and to dress quietly, and leave their hair white. As one grows older one must take more pains with one's dress and appearance, not, satin ribbon, and two ends which were ar ranged to cross over, encircle the waist, forming a belt, and form a large falling bow and ends behind. The hat wasTuscan straw, broad-brimmed and low-crowned, with a flat brown velvet band over a bias fold of satin, the top of which just edged the velvet Behind the leaf was turned up, and was sur mounted by a tuft of yellow feathers. Madame Floquet was in white crape over white silk, with a front flounce on the skirt 3r SX i Wa-7Mh.'m m&. IMlfftmr 432K mJmmKk :i Mfflffltir m..m WSK wJM m If- m. m ua ' ! m m, n.s -mf, mi, a w l 7 JU Worn by ilia FSippt, the London Actress. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SUMMER HATS! FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN AT. HALF THEIR VALUE I HE WANTS SATISFACTION. William Smith Claims to Have Been Both Cheated and Assaulted. Theodore Geiger, of 52 Sixth avenue, was arrested yesterday and committed to jail to await a hearkg before Alderman McKenna next Tuesday on a charge of assault and battery preferred by William Smith. Geiger is a portrait copier. About two months ago Smith says he agreed to enlarge a por trait for him for 25 ceits. He gave Geiger a small photo which he wanted enlarged, and a few weeks after called for the portrait, which he said was not finished. Yesterday Smith says he called for the picture, and Geiger refused to give it in him unless he paid him $10 in addition to the 25 cents. Smith says that was not the agreement and he would not pay it He then asked Geiger for the photo he gay him, and it is said he was also refused this. Smith says he then acoused Geiger of working a swindling scheme, when he struck him in the face several times. EUROPE'S brightest Cable Correspond ents will send Cable Letters to THE BIS VATCU to-morrow. of black silk lace, and a deep black lace fichu-collar. Her bonnet was of white lace, with black feathers and a diamond aigrette. Madame Carnot was in slate-blue silk, made plain, slightly lifted, panier-wise at the hips, and embroidered round the edge in light blue. Her bonnet took a diadem form, and was of cornflowers. T1 HIS IS TRULY the banner week of the season for bargains in Sum mer Hats at Rosenbaum's. We boldly defy competition in prices and invite ladies, misses and children to call and see what we offer. Every article advertised in the followincr list is iust as represented. and if you don't think so just come and see. We have been lucky enough to secure at our own priee a big lot of the most stylish Straw Hats to be found anywhere, Our own stock was fortunately low, so we promptly closed the deal. NOW LOOK HERE! The prices quoted seem ridiculously low, but figures don't lie. Buy now and buy quickly if you want to take advantage of the astounding values offered. 1,200 Black Beige and Drab Sailor Hats, Piccadilly shape, at 20o, selling elsewhere at 33c. BOO Ladies' Black Milan Hats, fancy straw edges, best shapes, at 85c, were SI SO. 500 Beautiful Drab French Chip Hats, best shapes, at 62c, were 51 22. 250 Brown Chip Flats, finest quality, 75c, were 51 23. All the novelties in Ladies' Sailor and Mull Hats. 500 finest Milan Hats for Children, lace straw edge, at 45c, were 51 50. 2fow, mothers, here's a chance to fit out the little ones for Jubilee Day at a trifling expense. 500 finest French Chip Hats, light colors only and large shapes, at 75c, were 51 35. 250 Children's Lawn Hats, shirred rim, Pink, White and Light Blue, at 25c, were 50c. CBUELTT 10 ESKIMO BOYS. of a A Superintendent and a Professor School tho Guilty "Parties. Sajt Feancisoo, June 12i E. P. Alexine, Superintendent of a school which occupied the basement in the Graco-Bussian Church of this city, and his assistant, "Professor" Ligda, were arrested this afternoon on a charge of cruelty to children. Fourteen Eskimo boys were rescued from the school, and according to a statement made by Joseph Levin, a priest of the Bussian Church, the boys have been victims of ex treme neglect and cruelty. The priest states that the boys were in duced to come here from Alaska upon the representation that' they would become priests, but that in reality they are slaves. He says that the Superintendent has frequently been intoxicated and that lie and his assistant have beaten the boys brutally, shut them up in dork cells ior aays ai a nine unu given mem lnsut ficient food and clothing. They have been taught nothing and have rarely seen sun light. THB0WH INTO A WEIL. Worn by Mrs. John Wood, the London Actress. however, to pretend to look young, but by taking greater pains with one's person to preserve a graceful and pleasing appear ance. The present fashion of gowns plain in shape, but susceptible of much rich trim ming, and with a train to give it graceful dignity is particularly suited to elderly ladies. Elegant indoor gowns for receptions and dinners can be made of striped or figured silk, cut in the princess shape, with plaited train let in at the back and open in front, over an underskirt of bengftline, foulard or some light silk texture arranged in flat plaits. The bodice is also open over a plastron to match the skirt front. Tho sleeves are in the gigot shape, full at the top, and clinging from the elbow to the wrist. A full ruche of tulle, lace or crape is worn round the neck, and a lace coiffure completes the toilet. Walking and visiting dresses for ladips of a certain age are of cashmere or fancy woolen material, either partly or alto tether in the princess shape, trimmed with braiding or embroidery. Beading is also a favorite trimming. One very tasteful model is of pretty colored Indian cashmere, embroidered with beads in various shades of golden brown. It is made in the princess shape, strings of beads fall from the shoul ders down to the skirt, coming closer to gether at the waist. Pretty beaded patterns are plaoed between these strings, and form a rich trimming, especially above the waist, where they simulate a corselet. The sleeves are also richly embroidered in the upper part. The back is "simply trimmed with strings or beads, describing a V in the cen ter. The patterns upon the shoulders and about the waist in front are repeated at the back. Capotes for elderly ladies are mado rather larger, either in the diadem or Mary Stuart shape, showing the smooth or waved snowv bandeaux in front. Black beaded lace is very suitable for such capotes, with an aigrette of flowers in front. They have strings, or a mentonniere of beaded velvet or silk, lastened across the neck in front. Full-blown toses, carnations, pansics and the large Parmese violets are suitable blos soms. A lace mantle or cape gathered on to a deep-beaded shoulder-piece is a becoming wrap for toilets of the above style. Even in the height of summer elderly ladies never go out without a wrap of some sort. MissMantauni, in the PaUHcO. Budget, thus speaks of the latest London styles: Dust-cloaks arc more elaborate than ever this summer. They are mostly made of flowered shot silk, delaine, canvas cloth, or printed alpaca. Perhaps I had better de scribe a few new models yiat I saw at a Begent street shop. A very handsome cloak to wear with a fete dress was a black silk, shot with red and patterned with red flowers. It was quite circular in shape, and had by way of trimming a short lace cape and a ruffle of silk and lace round the neck. I should think such a cloak as this would suit a dark beauty "down to the ground." Another model of cream delaine flowered in pink and blue was. adorned with a high collar and i a lace fichu. It fastened at the throat with broad strings of pink ribbon. The back was arranged in folds and ornamented with a lace cascade which fell from the collar to the hem of the skirt. This was a very grace ful cloak, but I fail to see how it could be of the slightest -use as a protection to a dress. It would scarcely keep clean long enough to wear half a dozen times. If I were seeking a summer cloak I should try to combine the useful and ornamental in some material rather more substantial than delaine. It must get rather wearisome when one goes out s for a day's pleasure if one has to Keep thinking about one's clothes all the time. Nice serviceable cloaks of printed alpaca in attractive shades of gray fawn and blue, trimmed with lace, can be bought for 25 or 30 shillings apiece. They are dressy enough to wear on any occasion, and, having a glossy surface, will keep clean a long time. THAT WONDERFUL RIBBON. Your neighbors may have been lucky enough to get some of it. We have more of the same if you come before it's all gone. 3-inch wide Pure Silk Gros Grain, Satin Edge, the choicest shades, at 23c. reeular price 38c ' b 600 pieces No. 22 finest Pure Silk Gros Grain Bibbon, cream only, at 25c: worth 50c. All the novelties in Thistles, Aigrettes and Pom-Pons. Just received, another lot of those particularly pretty French Gilt Hat Pins, with finest cut -steel trimming, at 22c, worth 73c. The prices at which we are selling all of the above goods demon strate that we are the leaders in, and headquarters for Millinery Goods of all kinds. ' JCast your'eye on the bargains offered this week in Parasols, Sun Umbrellas, Laces, Embroideries and White Goods. Mrs. CnAWfOED writes entertainingly from Paris as follows: "The French woman's taste is never seen to more advantage than at a fashionable gathering in this season of roses, she, on such occasions, aiming chiefly A Fnrraert SUter-ln-Iaw Murdered by a Young Englishman. WlKNlPEa, MAN., June 12. James Tad gellc, a prominent farmer living at Wood lands small place 20 miles from Winnipeg, left his home yesterday evening in order to attend a meeting of school trustees. He left his sister-in-law and a young English man about 17 years old at home. When he returned rather late he could find neither, but making a search, discov ered his sister-in-law'B body in a well near by. There were two bullet holes in her head, and her body had been mutilated as if with an ax. The house had been robbed of everything of value, including a consid erable sum of money. The young English man, who was being brought up by Tad gellc, is undoubtedly guilty. Mounted police ore scouring the surrounding country for him and he is. almost certain to be captured. CLINTON IXOYD, who was Chief Clerk of the House during Schuyler OoUax's palmy days, gives some charming reminis cences of that statesman In THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. It puzzles me, says Miss Mantalinl, to tell why the three-quarter capes have remained fashionable so long. I am sure they are very ugly. They haven't the grace of a long robe nor the piquancy of a short one. Moreover, as I have said before, they make a woman's figure look short and dumpy. If you' put a little woman into, one of these fashionable garments she looks all cape. The new mantles, however, are all three quarter length. They are made of Notting ham lace, and the majority are loose-fitting. A gorgeous garment shown to me was of black lace' much puffed about the shoulders and trimmed all over with gewgaws formed of jet beads and colored stones. As it had no lining, I presume it could only be worn over a silk dress. Another cape with a trifle less trimming on it was adorned with a velvet yoke embroidered with gold and mock gems. Its price might have been three or four guineas. Some of the modeh were marked nt a startling figure. The cheap capes were nearly all made of guipure lace, trimmed with a little jet. A jacket--mantle I think it was a Paris model com posed of jetted net, was bordered with a deep lace flounce, and had loose open sleeves of lace puffed at the top. It was a tremen dous weight, and it occurred to me, in help ing the young lady in the showroom to put it on, that to carry such a garment on a sweltering summer's day one would have to have a good deal more vanity than sense. Cloth caps in light shades such as mush room, biscuit, pink and silver gray trimmed with iet and sold passementerie are worn at the theater. An elaborate mantle one of Pingat's models was of blue gray silk trimmed down the front with a cascade of lace. It fitted the figure closely at the back, and the sides, which were arrangedto simulate wide sleeves, were trimmed with iet cabauchons. A fawn colored cape that I .saw was trimmed all over with jet stars. The sketches accompany this department are taken from the Budget. They show the costumes worn by. Mrs. John Wood and Miss Fllippi in "The Late Lamented," which is drawing big houses at the Court Theater, London. peibaium 510-518 MABKET STREET. leO-TTSSu are figured with violets In a darker color, and made up over a silk In tho samo hue. PrsK or delicate green, flowers and black velvet ribbon trimnvellow lace straw hat admirably and charmingly. A very pretty yeUow toque has a straw crown embrofderod In gold, with gold passementerie edging slight brim. It has a wreath of yellow vel vet roses and velvet strings, to Do fastened loosely with a fancy gold pin. Visitiho toilets, such as can afterward be used at watering places by making a very trifling alteration which lowers tho top, or substitutes a square cut for a high bodice, shows a now material like, satin mervell leux, which Is disposed in a long, sheath liko skirt, having a very deep ruffle at the hem. The bodice shows cfleots of slashings In the sleeves and on the sides, with pip ings. There Is a full vest effect, and a corse let of metal galloon or jet. Long waists prevail. SII1RLET DAItE says people do not know how to rest. In THE DISPATCH to-morrow she will expoand tho Science of taking Ufe easy and Incidentally will talk about cures for Insomnia. of Don't Fall to Attend the Great Sale Men's Salts To-Day at the P. O. C. O. This will be one of the great days in our men's suit department. Please note what we have to offer: 460 men's cheviot suits, cut in sack style, sizes from 34 to 42, at ....$4 00 565 men's elegant cassimere and cheviot suits in stylish shades, cut either in sack or three-button cutaway, frocks, small checks or stripes. . . . . 56 00 980 men's very fine dress suits made of Globe cassimercs, Hawthorne cheviots and stylish worsteds, all sizes, and choice of either sack or cutaways at $10 00 This is a remarkable offer, and no doubt shrewd buyers will take advantage of this great sale. P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cloth ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets. SUMMER ISESOKTS. Other Besorts. WEST END HOTEL, ASBUItr PAKK, N. J. It has tho finest location of any along the coast. It has been beautifully decorated, and contains all modern improvements. Inquire J. S. RIPLEY, Proprietor. Jell-U p TyiNSLOlV INS ' AMONG THE TINE3 At WInslow Junction, N. J. New aa Open all the vear. id. Modern Improvement. myl9-73-TT3 PINE HEIGHTS INN AND COTTAGES Allegheny Mountains. Location unsur passed, most picturesque region of Pennsyl vania; all modern improvement, purest water and finest nlr: steam heat; tennis. Open about JUNE20. Illustrated circular. A. It. GBIER, Birmingham, Huntingdon coun ty, Pa. my2&86-Trs CAPON HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. W. VA. Alkaline Lithls Water, also Snpe- nu. uuu im xrwsionw waters. CDDIMPO 3?aills of any temperaoire. Largest Or H I Pi Ud gwlmminR Pool of Alkaline Lithla wi ""'-"-''aterln the world. Superb sum- AND mercllmate. Here is where the sicte r i -T-i ir recorcr antl the well are always MA I H happy- SendrorPamphleWandae- UnlllO curerooms. f. H. Sale. rrop. myl-1727-D IDLEWOOD HOTEL AND COTTAGES NOW OPEN. Beautiful summer resort, six mile3 from city, on Panhandle R. K. Dinner and lunch eon parties provided for on short notice. For further information address M. STANFORD JACKSON, jei-20 Idlewood, Allegheny Co., Pa. See our new teck scarfs. James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth avenue. 83 To Cleveland and Return 83, nsQS Via the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, for all trains of Monday, June 16, and morn ing trains of Tuesday, June 16. On Tues day a special train will leave Pittsburg at 7:30 A. M., arriving at Cleveland at 11:30 A. M. Returning, leave Cleveland at 6 P. M. Tickets good to return on all regular trains until June 21 inclusive. Ladles' Wrappers. 80 dozen just opened, 75c, 85c, 98c,$l 15 to $5 00 at Rosenbaum & Co.'s. JjACE urntTATNS at any price you may want, at Welty's, 120 Fede; b and 71 ParK way. street, 65, 67, xxs w NvliPtfsTr d 'A Worn by Mrs. John Wood, the London Actress. at fresh and spioy, rather than luxurious, elegance. Her style is wonderful I saw" ot the private view a yellow muslin dress with brown flowers, high and full-shouldered sleeves and a plain skirt, which, owing to the spice given in a very sparing garniture, was one of the most effective there. The garniture was simply a deep falling collar of plaited lace and a puffed fichu of the same material, filling in a wide, short V opening in the front of the corsage. At the point of the V there was a small bow of yellow Some Seasonable Scraps. Basket patterns of lace nc Bkusslls nets emboidered in jet. ApriE-QREiaf effects for evening wear. Black grenadines in serpentine stripes. Neck folds of ecru-net studded with Jot. GBATisn tan evening gloves of suede kid. Mahy Medici collars of very open-worked Jet. Safett pocket3 to wear under the dress skiit. Lafqe jctnailheads to edge bodico acces sories. The newest -combination Is old rose and dim blue. The newest millinery flower is the yellow primrose. Mast rose wreaths of pink, yellow and cream tints. The no west color is golden yellow shading into mauve. y Cbepox jackets and accessories for China -silk costumes. Wipe moiro ribbon to make girdles and jacket fronts of. Black biocadcd evening gowns having front3 of pink silk. Flat-topped derbys in tan and gray for men's summer wear. Black taffeta petticoats 'trimmed with pinked or laco ruflles. Black gauze fans having dull finished sticks for mourning wear. The newest parasol handle is in black wood with pierced monogram In gold. The newest sleeve is wide and full at the top, but is not nearly so high as formerly. The newest hat Is the flat picture shape of black hoi-behair trimmed with yellow flow ers. The newest bonnet is a small jet coronet with a tiny bunch of flowers In lront and a larger one behind. Two or three rows of laco will be used at intervals with matching Insertion as a yoke effect on the pretty French ginghams. This sets off the plaid to advantage. The newest way to arrange a laco flounce is to festoon it twice across the front of the skirt, flrnt half-way down and then near the edge, turninjr over the top In a hem and run ning in a ribbon. Mousselixe3 pe sores are Imported in white and delicate evening grounds, and are fig ured with flowers In soft, lovely French colors. Pale lavender moussoltacs de soles Ohio Pyle, Pa. The B. & O. R. R. will sell excursion tickets to Ohio Pyle every Sunday during the summer at rate of $1 CO the round trip. Train leaves depot 'at 8:15 A. M. , Ladles' Undervests 26c, Formerly 7oc, In fine cotton and lisle ribbedLN N S, black. A. G. CAMPltELL & BOK3, 27 Fifth avenue. LURAY INN, Luray, Va. A beautiful appointed Inn, complete In all details. Surrounded by superb mountain scenery; ono mile from tho greatest known caverns; a cuisine of particular excellence. Music and other amusements. Open Mav I to Nov 1. FRED. W. EVANS, Proprietor. . Je6-03-w8 MOUNTAIN HOUSE, , CRESSON SPRINGS. Main line Penna. R. R.; all trains stop. On the Summit of the Allegheny Mountains. Will open June 23. For circulars and Infor- niation address WM. R. DUNHAM, Supt., Cre3son, Cambria, mylMS Co., Fa- BUMMER RESORTS. Atlantic City. OTETj BLACKHURST. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. B H A vlrfitiana fiv ill fnn-ftTlana h. (tid ing bath and bar: near Renrtlntr depot and beach; terms lnooerare. wjji. n. iL,Ai iiiuiKtr. jeiz m HADDON HALL, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Now open. Hot and cold sea water bntln In the house. jeC-54 LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. T ONG BRANCH, N. J. United States Hotel, Select family and transient hotel, directly ontheocean MO feet frontage; $3 and $3 30 per day; reduced weekly rnte3 to families. J. C. VAN CLEAF, Prop.. Mansion House, Brooklyn Heights, N. y., di rectly opposite Wall street ferry. JeU-13-TTS THE CHALFONTE ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. On thebeach, with unsurpassed ocean view. Salt water baths In the house. Send for circular. ap30-92-D E. ROBERTS SONS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. The largest hotel. Open all the year. Jell-11 CHARLES McGLADE. Cape May. CONGRESS HALL, CAPE MAY, N. J., SEA SON 189L Hasslor's Celebrated Orches tra. Opens June 6. J. F. CAKE. myS&W-TThs HOTEL CHALFONTE. Cape Mat, N. J. Greatly enlarged since last season. All modern improvements. Opens June 4. H. W.SAWYER. Je9-2Co HOTEL LAFAYETTE, CAPE MAY, N. J. JOHN TRACY 4 CO., Owners-and Props. Direotly on the beach. Complete in every department. Thoroughly renovated and sup plied with the latest improved passenger elevator. Address JOHN TRACY, Pro prietor, Washington Hotel, Philadelphia, or to Cape May. my31-6t Spring Lake, N. J. MONMOUTH HOUSE, SPRING LAKE BEACH, N. J. SEASON OPENS JUNE 27, 1SSL HOUSE ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. Particulars on application to x L. U. MALTBT, Hotel Lafayette, Phlla., or Monmouth House. jelUG-D HOTEL KAATERSKILL, CATSKIIL MOUNTAINS, I T.f OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 27. RATES REDUCED FOR JULY. For circulars and Information call on or address p. O'CONNOR, Grand Hotel, Broadway and Thirtv-flrst street. New York City. mylS-43-ws BEDFORD, PA. BEDFORD SPRINGS Hotel Opens June 13v Write for pamphlet on this great Resort, and the famous BEDFORD SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. L. B. DOTY, MANAGER. myS0-3O-TTS EUREKA MINERAL SPRINGS, SAEGERTOWN, PA. Only 100 Miles From Pittsburg. The Hotel and Sanitarium located at this delightful resort, under the management of Colonel Stacy, of Now York, is open winter and summer and commends Itself to the seeker after health, recreation or rest. A home for the afflicted, a haven of comfort and rost for tho over-worked professional or business man, and a dclighttul resort for a summer outinr. Conveniently arranged, well located, pleasant surroundings, excel lent table, superior service. A fine orchestra will give concerts daily dnrlmr tho imnimr months. The EUREKA CHALYBEATE (IHON) and Alkaline waters, nature's reme dy for rheumatism, scrofula, eczema, ame mia, liver and stomach troubles, kidney dis- cuc?, ui&, ittuuiiuciiucuuuu prescnDeu Dy eminent practitioners. For descriptive pamphlet addres EUREKA MINERAL SPRING CO..
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