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New Yokk Citt (Special). With
tho coming of the rndo blasts of win
ter tbe veil becomes an important ad
junct to the toilet of all lovers of trim
nesi. '
Women deolare that it is impossible
Designs For Costumes That Have Be
come Popular in the Metronolis.
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don't gasp with horror, for it in not
one of those wicked-looking reptiles
made of frivoloui tuetallio-eolored
paillettes, bat a very up-to-date and
lovely ornament, having the flexible,
tapering body covered wholly with
breast plumago from a pheasant. Hhe
had a whole family of them, some
covered with the blue-black raven
feathers. Theso tho blonds usurp,
and a number are mado with tho rich
mottled plumage of tho breasts of
wild ducks.
"Whatever one's prejudice may be,
the serponts are already vigorously
adopted, aud so entirely fascinating
did I think mysolf with my new coif
fures that I have had my picture taken
in every one just as tho hair-dresser
completed thorn, in order to have an
authority to refer to when I begin to
do my pompadouring aud pufliag at
home." The coiffures for evening
wear spoken of are shown iu tho large
illustration.
The Uox-t-lnlteU Skirt.
The box -plaited skirt bus evidontly
couio to stay. Despite all talk to the
contrary, every now skirt will bo full.
There will be no raoro of tho habit
back except with dressmakers who
do not understand the progress of af
fairs. The new box-plaited skirt has the
box plait cut separate and set into tho
back of the garment. Tho box plait
is single, about three inches wide on
top, aud broadens to form twelve to
fourteen inches toward the bottom of
the skirt, where it is contined by au
elastio tape to hold it into form.
Many other forms of fullness aro
being introduced, but the box plait is
iu the ascendancy. Some excellent
models are shown with two box plaits,
others, as wo have mentioned before,
using a great many sido plnits. The
effect over the hips is quite as smooth
as before.
The objectionable flatness of tho
back is taken away and the severity
of the habit back is dispensed with
without adding materially to the full
ness of the dress. Altogether the in
troduction is more thau satisfactory.
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AM ARTISTICALLY DRAPED VEIL,
to feel well drossed with their hair
blowing in every direction at once
aud nu unbecoming redness decorat
ing their noses and eyelids'. The
preseut stylo of hat is not especially
well adapted to the adjustment of
elaborate veils, and the shops are
allowing mostly fine plain tulles in
black or white, and tbiu nets with
email chenille spots. Plain and fig
ured nets in silk and cotton are also
een, aud velvet spotted aud fine hair
lines aro popular. The tulle veil with
big velvet dots is becoming to fine
complexions, but great care must be
taken iu Hh adjustment. Three or
foiu' dots to a veil is the rule, and, il
one dot is allowed to come undfv the
oye, another to the side of ' tho ehin
and a third well back. on. tho eheek,
or near the hair on the temple, tho
effect is piquant and striking.
A yictty French veil is of light
New Material Fur Ten (Irani.
Something new in material for tea
gowns and. wrappers is a smooth-facod
Glo'1,' glossy as satin on ouo side, and
"oolly after the manner of eiderdown
flannel, on the other. It is less
clumsy, however, than tho latter, but
very soft and pliable, and much thick
er than the broad-cloths.
Chenlllo Fringe In Favor.
Chenillo fringe is greatly favored as
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COIFFUREH FOR EVENING WEAK,
weight net, bordered with a narrow
rnche of lace. Chiffon veils with and
without spots are worn on frosty days
by women with delicate skins.
All the newest veilings come in
eightoen-inoh width, to fit the toque
nuapod hats so universally worn. Few
colors besides black, white, browns
aud grays are in demand, although
navy bine aud mauve are occasionally
seen on well drersed women.
Ornamenting the Hair.
One of the charms of the present
fashion beiug uoleotiaism, one may
select for ornamenting tbe hair other
ornaments besides fringes without
being outlawed. Just what styles in
coiffures are most prevalent ia re
vealed in the following ohat by a New
York woman of fashion. She said:
"Last week lwent to aee my hair
dresser. She is the one who gets up
I hose stunning coiffures for Mrs. Willie
Yanderbilt, Jr., and for those beauti
ful bloud Levi Morton goddesses.
Her quick fingers did up my locks in
three stylos, and all of them, she
assured me, wero bouud to hold first
place for evening attire for the next
ix or eight mouths. My hair ahe
porupadoured, so to speuk, all around
in a soft roll above the face and then
elaborately puffed tbe length of it ou
lite orowu. Jast a love-lock or two
aba permitted to stray out on my
forehead, and then she inveigled me
into tbe purchase of three distiuot
rtylea of hair ornaments by the shrewd
device of fastening them in among the
ooila aud puffs and leaving the mirror
and my vuuity to do the rest.
"However, they are the smartest
little aids to beauty. The first is a
bntterfly made of lime, covered with
opalescent spangles and with a deli
cate white osprey springing in place
of auteuuio from bis spangled
wrought head. The eooond ia a rose
of bUuk liase, to 'the petals of whiou
pauiriua in thnuini imitation of
tiny diamonds, are attached like dew
Ci-oy. Thiu rose is to set right in
the contra aud fr jut of wy hair, and
fruia its stem, at the bail; of the
pntale, springs a blau oaprey, rather
thickly threuded with twinkling little
r limestones, and anything more
weetly beooiuiug to a woman with
blond lights iu her bair you will not
rn this season. My third extrave
uuan wui suroeut. There now!
a garniture. This is shown chiofly in
colors, its wiutu varying irora tnreo
inches to twelve inches, according to
the purpose for which it is required.
Corduroy ns a Waiat I nliiif.
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liorauroy as a sniri wuim juumu
promises to be very popular.
Charming Hoilloe Fashion.
In the accompanying cnt is illustra
ted a "cunning little bodice" which
has just been designed by a versatile
modiste in New York. Tho owner
desoribes it as follows: "My bodice is
of plain aud white spotted red silk,
the collar toned down with straps of
blaok taffeta and plenty of little clear
glass buttons at tbo points of straps,
on the cuffs and elsewhere. My only
WOUNDS BY MAUSERS.
MEN RECOVER WHO ARE SHOT
THROUCH HEAD AND BODY.
A RED AND WHITE UXaS I10DICK W1TB
GlittAH CLASH UUTTONN.
objection to rod is that it really ap
pears less worn this winter than ever.
You almost might take for granted
that the whole world of women is in
full or half monrning from the over
whelming preponderance of dead
black, gray and deep dahlia or mul
berry purple towns."
limit That "Are l'lavoil Cnrlnna Cm-.cn
of Which liecoril llu Itean Kept hy
Major ltnrirr.nl KnnmMi The Itemnrk
nule Wounil Iteoelveit bv a Llrntvnnnl.
EGULARSnow on
duty with our
army in tho Thil
ipiues are wound
ed in peculiar
ways sometimes
and shots that ap
parently should
muse immediate,
deaths give tho
victims I i tt lc
tronble. A wound
from n Mauser
bullet is easy to
hen!, provided a
vital spot is not touched, and there
are men walking around to-day, well
and sound, who linvo had holes
through their bodies nud heads and
bones.
Major Rafter, of the Twentieth
Kansas, has kept note of somo curious
sases. "You cannot depend on Mau
ser bullets, for they often go into vital
parts, and thou all tho skill of surgery
;auuot savo tho life of tho victim,"
tho major said, as ho sat in the quar
ters the other day. "I cannot tell
without couutiug up just how mauy
men we liavo had wounded nor just
how mauy have been killed or havti
lied from wounds. Homo of the
wounds wero from llomington bullets
and they are much harder to treat
;han the Mauser wounds. There is a
bianco for blood poisoning in theiu.
but that is not of Mich common occur
ence now as it used to be.
"Now for tho list: Hero is Edward
Crane, who holds the record for tho
greatest number of wounds from n
tinglo shot. Ho was brought in, shot
through the hand, the forearm, tho
muscles of his arm and his side. The
wounds quickly healed and Crauo was
jut again ou tbe lino wading rivers in
two wocks.
finger cvr oyv.
John M. Webber, Company J, put
his hand to his belt for a cartridge
and a Mauser came along and cut off
tho tips of his four fiupora. Five,
cartridges wero clipned by the same
ball.
"'CLut reminds me of an incidcut
uot down iu tho surgical records. A
jertain ofliccr was sittiug down out of
harm's way, it was thought. He was
talking to some frieuds. All at once
there was a tcriiQo explosion iu hiti
packet and he rolled over backwbvd,
yelling liko an Indian. Wo ran to
him, thiuking a shell from the en
jmy's gnu had struck him and burst.
When he was himself again ho sat np
and felt iu his pocket, finding there a
a bunch of bout aud exploded shells.
He had had several Krag cartridges
in his pocket aud a bullet had (truck
him in such u mnuncr as to evplodo
the shells.
"Private SLcrbon at the railway
track at Calooeau felt a blow iu tho
region of his heart. Ho jerked open
his shirt aud snro enough there was
the holo. But the bullet was. thero,
loo, aud he pulled it out with his tin
ders, put it in Ins pocket and went
'jn with tho light.
"Nicholas Tuluhan received n
wound while stopping to till his can
teen at a river. A Manser bullet
caught him in tho shoulder and
raged downward, coming ont at tho
pit of tho stomach. His wounds were
dressed aud ho was sent to tho hos
pital. There it was found that the
ball had turned agoiu on his belt
clasp aud had re-entered. It was
found just uudcr the skin. Tulahau
tpt woll without much delay.
DIlliMHKI) HIS OWN WOUND.
"One of the plucky things wus the
caso of Hurold Chambers, of K com
pany. Tho day of tho advance on
Santa Toinas ho received a slight
wonud iu tho side. He dressed it
with a 'first aid' package and never
reported. After it was well I found
jut about it. Then 1 asked tho lad
why he had kept ritill. 'I did not
want my mother to know of it,' ho
said. Had ho been sent to tho hospi
tal his name would havo appeared in
tho ofllcial report.
"Probably the most remarkable
ease ia that of 1'innk Somplu, cor
poral of Company E. Ho wan shot
through tho head from sid j to sido on
the day ot tho Santa Tomaii tight.
15y the time ho reached tho dressing
station he had lost a great deal of
blood. His wound was dressed and
later he was sent to the hospital iu
Manila. He is alive aud well to-day
ana tuoro is nothing tho matter with
him.
"Another peculiar case in that of
Musioiau Portlaud Fleming, who was
acting as utter-bearer when he re
ceived u shot iu the thigh that passed
out of his back. This happened
I Marcu iio is u.ive and wc!l to
day.
SHOT HOI.n IS HARDTACK .
"There havo benu some curious
incidents of close nscupes. James V
Kirschnor, ot K CompHiiy, wus sittiug
at his dinner ouo day, talking to his
comrades and gesticulating with a
cracker. A bullet passed between tho
men and oaught tho hardtack square
in tho center, leaving a neat hole and
lots of astouishmeut for Kirschner.
Similar to that is tho experience of
two Chinamen who were trotting along
with a big can of colfec. A bullet
went through both sides of the can
near the bottom and tho coffee ran
out of the holea before the astonished
Chinos' could plug up the leaks."
In the hospital to-day Lieutenant
William W. Williams, of the Twelfth
Infantry, is lying with a bullet wound
reoeived iu the Angeles fight. The
ball entered on the right side of &is
face at his cheek bone. No one kuows
where it came out or whether it eamc
out at all. The Lieutenaut says he
lost a tooth, but tho doctors cannot
find that ouo ia missing. They be
lieve that he spit out the bullet and
did not kuow it. There is every in
dication that he will get well.
Army aud navy surgeoua are greatly
interested iu a medical report from
the Philippines iu regard to a wound
ed marine. He was shot twioe with
Mauser rides at Noveleta; both bul
lets peuntrating the head iu nearly the
same place ;auU ouuimg out at differ
ent pluaes. The brain was ooaing out
hm the marius was removed from
the flold, and ho was not expected to
Btirvivo nntil tho hospital was retched,
He not only lived that long, but the
last mail ndvicos say he is living yet
and will survivo tho wounds. It is
likoly the unfortunate marino will al
ways bo clouded mentally, and though
thin is the case now, ho can ask reas
onable questions and usually answer
logically.
CURIOUS FACTS.
Indiana has six largo sknnk farms.
William D. Lut, of Heading, I'enn,,
weighs 4.r0 pounds.
Tho first steam-engine on this con
tinent was brought from England iu
10011.
A Iwelve-year-old Iiiehmond (Mo.)
girl weighs pounds and i still
growing.
Near Hasting Eaglaud, lives an
ccoontrio old muu who daily prays to
the sun at noon.
Among the coachmen of Herlin are
seven retired army offlcer.-t, threo
pastors nud sixteen nobles.
Telephonic communication, it is
said, has boon established between n
nnnibcr of farms iu Australia bj
means of wire fences.
Thero is n Norwegian belief that it
ono Bpills salt ho will shed as many
tears an may sofilco to dissolve the
quuutity of salt he has lost.
lieattlo, Kan., had a firo at uiirht.
and tho next morning, after it was all
over, tuo town suddenly remembered
that it has n firo outfit that it had for
gotten about.
Tho public entraueo doors of the
great, building of tho Hank of England
are so finoly balaucod that a clerk, by
pressing a Isnob under his desk, can
closo them iustantly.
Tho Princeton Col lose flair was at
the masthead of the Poury relief ship,
along with the Stars and Stripes, aud
was carried farther north than any
American flag Biuce 1871.
On tho Queensland (New South
Wales) boundary line, on tho edge of
i no Australian desert, nil artosiau
woll has struck a yield of water gf-
4,000,000 gallons a day.
Among tho curiosities in' the new
Kail way Mnsunr at Dresden, Ger
many. -is a proclamation ivriutcd in
183!l, warning passengers that trunks
cannot bo forwarded unless thev aio
brought to tho htation ut least nu
hour before tho departure of tho
tram.
A St. Petersburg paper has tho fol
lowing interesting item concerning
rations iu tho liritikh army: "Tho
English hove plenty of food for .their
soldiers, but, liko thn Malays, they
feed their men ou tigor'fi (lesh to make
thorn uioro courageous nud blood
thirsty."
Tho fanions Dluo grotto of Cauri
linn now n rival in tho State of Minne
sota. It occurs iu a lake, ou tho
shore of which is a cavern of white
liracstono flooded with water. A
swimmer enters the oavo nud, turning
to look outward, ncos the most beauti
ful sliRdos of green and bluo in the
water and a silvery uhecn over hiu
bubuiorged limbs.
llolmrU' Marl In I. lip.
II. F. Moflirvto, who was Diroator-
General of tho Midsummer Carnival
held in Salt Lnko City, iu 18!) 7, tells
tho following from personal knowl
edge, in explanation of his assertion that
Ilopieseutativo Brigham H. Koberts
is a fighting man and will not give up
his scat iu Couqress without u hard
battle.
"In 1871, a band of Mormon ohiefa
wero on a missionary tour iu thu
mountains of Tennessee. Tho moun
taiuocrs warned them to jump tho
country. Tho cldsrs didu't pay any
attention to the warning, A band ot'
Wbitccaps undortoo; to run them out
and two of tho elders wero killod at a
plaeo called Calders Euriu. Tho
Tenuossccaus refused to send tho
bodies homo and sorvod notice that
ii any more Mormons caino to got the
bodies, thero would only bo just so
many more bodies to be recovered.
"Tho church called for volunteers.
Koberts responded. Ho was a' black
smith iu those days, and in that char
acter he traveled to Calders Farm
aud opened a shop. Betwoou shoeing
horses and sharpening plow points,
ho managed to learn where tho
bodies of theolders wore buried. Ouo
night ho opened tho graves of the
ciders aud when daylight camo ho
nud the dosired bodies vera on tho
way to Utah. It was a big feather iu
his cap when ho got back xafu to Salt
Lake City, ami from that timo ou ho
hud only to nsk for whatever bo
wnnlml from the Mormon Church au
thorities. That, gavo him hia start in
public life. "-Mow York Sua.
The Smith in I'ongrniiR.
There are no-v six fimitha in fan
House ot lleprcientativos, tlueo of
whom aio from Michigan. Four of
tho Smiths aro Republicans nud two
are Democrats. Illinois contributes
ono Smith, Uoorgo W., of Murphys
boro. There wero two Smiths in the
Michigan delegation lust session, tho
better kuowu being William Aldcu
Smith. Another Michigan Smith ia
distinguished as "Little Sam" Smith
of tho Skeleton Army, tho latter part
of tho sobriquet dating from the intro
duction of a bill for a certain form of
army organization, while tho new
Michigan Smith it known ns "Hnuk,"
an abbreviation r.t Heuiy, and tho
title is usually combiuod into "Hank
smith." Thro cro regular Smith
jokes amoug tho Michigan dnloga-
tiuu. Jjiltlo Sam Smith tuys tho state
is iu much tho same v011'1'01' ns Mr,
llohurtrf cf Utah, in bo respect tha1-,
it has three of a kind. Hauk Smith
says that, ho was nominated to secure
tho Smith vote for tho pirty. Wil
lium Aldon Smith thinks it was tho
force of his example nud tho glory
which he bad lofloctcd on thu linmu
which brought tho cheaper imitations
into tho mar Let.
fl wniiiriiT!
. lr. O'l'rirli'a Victory.
A woman named O'Brien was lately
brought up in conrt fornusnulling he.'
husband. Her husband, being oou
finod iu bed, was unable to appear iu
court. The womau's face was bruised,
one eyo olose.l, tho noso split, and alio
had u baudatfo over bor head.
"What a i uwful co.'iditiou tin poor
woman h iu!" mid tuo uia;;UtraU,
pityingly.
"Ooh, yer woruhip!" cxolaimed the
woiiiud, "but jest wait till vex see
O'llrieuT'-Tit Bits.
A CO-CPRATIV MARKETER.
One Woman r.nrm a (lool SbIbtt flnylng
For Manv Famll'ru.
"There are fourteen families for
whom 1 market and aiy salary for tho
work is $2800," Miss Elizabeth Arnold
admitted wbeii approached aud asked
to talk about her work. "I may or
may not he the only co-operative mar
keter, bnt it thero are others I havo
never heard of them.
"I began with three families,
friends, who agreed to allow me to do
their marketing aud profit by tho per
cent, which I could induce the market
men to allow, after the manner of a
shopping ngont. That plan (didn't
work so well and I finally induced
thorn to try mo for six months ou a
salary $100. At tho and of the time
agreed upon all the parties concerned
myoolf included wore so well
pleased with the result that I con
tracted for n year.
"Kealizing that the larger tho quali
ties of provisions I could buy tho
cheaper they would bo, I set about to
find other patrons. I succeedod in
getting ten families on the samotorms,
and cilice that timo four others have
been added to my list. These last ad
ditions I would like to say, however,
came to me. I did not solicit their or
dors, becaune I really did not caro to
take more than ten.
"My work in so systematized that I
can toll you just how I manage it now,
though when I first bejian I fancy it
would have been difficult to mako any
ono understand my many maneuver.
"First, oT course, I visit caoh pa
tron, and find out just what they wish
for the noxt day. Next morning I go
to tho market with my lists, examine
meats, fish, vegetables, fruits or what
vver I am to buy, and give my orders.
Of course I see that vry article is
tho very host of its kind, nnd buying
in siicU largo quantities the dealers are
'"i'.iing to allow me the discounts they
givo small dealers. My patrons get
tho benefit of this disoount, so, of
course, their supplies come to them
cheaper. Besides a reduction iu price
by buying at tho market instead of the
corner grocers, they get everything as
fresh as it can bo bought, aud have a
much greater variety to select from.
"Certainly my experience tells, and
I am better ublo to select good pro
visions than the averago cook or ercu
mistress, thongh it is vory seldom those
days that either of thorn go to market.
Aa a rule they coutent themselves with
ordering through their grocer aud
butcher and lake whatever ho bring
them at whatever price he charges.
"My work, as a rule, is all done in
tho morning before 10 o'clock. Gen
erally my actnal marketing is over at
8.30 o'clock; theu I start out ou my
r-otind of calls to receive orders for the
next day. I make it a point, of course,
to visit my fourteen, households each
day, and you can easily understand
how busy I am between 8.30 and 10
o'clock. However, they aro all quite
near together, so I manage it very
comfortably.
"I havo nothing to do with makiug
out tho menus, although I fancy it
would como iutothe province of my
work wero I not ho busy. For a
woman wishing to undertake my busi
ness I would advise her to market for
fewer families, nud as far as possible
mako out the -menus. Every house
keeper will ask bor advice, and will
in the end leave tho greater part of
tho selection to the marketer; so, if
sho would begin oorrootly, lot her bar
gain to mako tho menus for each day.
It will not only put more money in
her pocket, but sho wilt be credited
with what she really does. Now I iu
reality mako tho menus for a large
majority of my patrons, bnt I am bene
fited by that branoh of my work
neither financially nor otherwise.'
Chicago Piocord.
A lUuialng- to Mothers.
Volveteen is a boon and blessiug (o
mothers. It has always been known
ns a serviceable, loug-wenring fabric,
and now that wo learn (from tho
Weekly Scotsman) how to wash it, we
should indeed pay a tribute of grati
tude to tho memory of the inventor
of velvotcou. "Velvet is all vory well
for thoso who havo any amount of
credit with their modiste, or who can
spend many pounds on a costume;
bnt for the average woman velreteon
answers just as woll and oosts far less.
Thero is, however, oue difficulty about
garments madoof velveteen, especially
thoso worn by childrou. When soiled
they aro very dillloult to clean. It is
true they oan be sent to a firm of
professional cleaners, but mothers of
many children cunuot always afford to
put things out, aud will be glad to
know that velveteon oan be washod.
"Muke a lather of soap aud water
(as hot as for colored flannels), dip the
velvetoeu u; aud dovn in tho lather a
short time, repeat the process two or
three times with fresh lathers, and
then rinse through varm water with
out soap. Hang out on the line (with
out wringing) to dry, nnd, while still
damp, iron iu tho following way: Let
some one hold one end of the material,
while with tho left baud yon hold the
other end, right side uppermost. Take
a hot iron in your Tight hand and run
It quickly along the wrong side ot the
volveteen. Tbe ster.m sets up the pilo
beautifully and makes tho mutmial
quite lite new.
Knlantl Lates a Ileuiarknhle Woman.
Lady MubeHu Knox, who has just
died at Bath, England, was a remark
r.ble womau. She was the youngest
daughter of the first Earl of Kilmorey,
and widow of tho Hon. Henry Knox,
who was a sou of Orlando, first Earl
of Paufurly. Lctil the last day ot
her life she retained-vivid recollec
tions of persons and events that have
long eince passed into tbt domain of
history, and as she possessed all the
vivacity and mirth of an Irish woman
of the old school, full ot wit and
bright repartee, bar conversation was
a treat which those who had the pleas
ure of her acquaintance will never for
get. She remombered woll the rejoiciugs
which took plaoe iu Lord Kilmorey 'a
Park, when she was about eight yeari
of age, to oolehrute the jubilee of
(loorgo the Third, aud she wan pres
ent at the coronation of George tho
Fourth. Lady Mubella Knox reool
looted the Bussian campaign of Na
poleon in 1812, the exoiteineut oaused
by tho burning of Mouoow, and tho
news ot tho battle of Salamanca, at
which her future husban 1 carried tho
colors of tho Scots Fusilier Guards.
Among social events sho had a vivid
rccolleotiou of a children's parly given
by the Trinco ltegeut at Carlton
House for tho Princess Charlotte, nt
which Lady Mabellu was present, in
her sixteenth year, In 181)2 she mar
lied tho Hon. Henry Knox, and lint
married life extended to fifty years
exactly, for nho beer. mo a widow i:
1872.
Colnml (irrl Mild I'nltilpil Vrlvor.
Colored grebo is a decidedly French
notion and rather pretty in npile of its
bizarrerio. A toque of rod volvet ha"
an edge of grebe shaded from red to
palest rose, and no more picturesque
headgear could be imaginod. A
charming litt.lo bonnet is mado en
tirely of mauve feathers, is trimmed
with clusters ..if violets and has a
small bunch of violet leaves ns o
crown. A black picture hot is bro
caded with Wattcanesquo bunches ot
golden yollow flowers, nud is turnod
np in cavalier fashion at ono side, with
black plumes. Another picture hat
is of browu velvet, tho brim has a
wide sweep nnd is facod with pink
velvet paintod with tho foliage of thu
Virginia creopor. Tho high crown is
draped with the pinkvol vet and a waved
ostrioh plume of soft, rich brown falls
over thn brim. Theso painted velvets
are decidedly novel nud the work is
vury delicately executed. Turquoise
blue and bluish-gray, with painting i
of wheat-ears in their' natural tints,
are effective, while a creamy-white
velvet, patterned with leaves nnd ber
ries of ivy outlined with gold, is boun
tiful iu color and design.
A lllaek anil an Anther down.
An unusually soft and pretty black
evening dress is of point d'esprit with
apparently innumerable underskirts
of tulle; coarso cream-white lane como?
up iu a point from the train at the
back and again from tho hem of the
skirt in front, where it opens up in
show tho black tulle. The sleeves,
which are of black spotted net worked
iu with tho same lace, aro poi'foctlj
tight-fitting, aud clasp oaoh shonldet
like u cap; while tho low bodice, wluol
hos a drapery of lace, is finished with
a deep sash of rose-red silk and o
jewolled clasp.
Another prelly gown for oveninj
wear ia of soft amber chiffon, veiled in
string-colored net, with insertion ot
lace, nnd lightly worked iu silver;
while a fichu of lace, whioh is drawn
across tho baro shonldors, is caught
np on tho breast with a croscout
shapod ornament of steel, nnd three
big steel buttons fasten it behind.
llrlilal Itrraar.
A bride is a bride, but for ail that
sho is coming to bo bouud by rule"
about her age and the way she shall
dress. Twenty-five seems to be a oort
of dividing liue which separates the
girlish brido from the bride who has
arrived at years ot discretion aud
white satin. It you are preparing
your wedding outfit nud are still ou
the sunuy-sido ot twenty-five, choose
silk and chilf.m, a mass ot dullness,
for your wodding gowu. It you havo
passed the lino you may bo grand iu
ivory satin aud brocade. Either stylo
is attractive, but the balauco of coin-,
pensatiou seoms to be ou tho sido of
the woman who isn't in her first youth.
A wedding gowu to bo appreciated
whou handed down to future genera
tions should bo sumptuous, r.iul Matin
takes tho lead in that liuo.
Nnr Slvlo In Itriicelnle.
Tho latest addition to tho bracelet
family is a hnge, unwieldy article
fashioned of old Komau coins. Whethei
all those ooius aro genuine is a matter
for conjecture, bnt they look vory
green and yellow, which given thorn a
venerable appearanoo auyivay; nud it
is tho appearance wlmh counts iu
such matters.
Theso coins are fitted to form a
lioavy chain, and this chaiu is jit'.!:
large enough to clasp about tho wrist
with a olasp that is massive and ancient.
Though perhaps it is not ahveys "gen
nine" autique.
Novel Trimming on tha Nenr KUIil.
The new skirt ot the moment is
mado with a single box-plait at tho
back, narrow at the waist and getting
gradually wider as it nears the hem.
A recent importation of brown broad
cloth was trimmed With a ribbon de
aigu composed of brown bisouit and
flume oloth, intermingled with email
buttons and ty narrow black silk braid,
Tho beautiful fiame-oolored panuc
vest was outliuod with this novel trimming.
Uueen Victoria1 Three tttuca.
Thero aro threo rings which Qiiooti
Victoria never by any chance romovos
from hor hand, aud it ia superfluous
to add that they are closely oonneoted
with her courtship and marriage. One
is the little enamel ring set with a
single diamond given to hor whou
quite a child by Prince Albert, an
other is bor betrothal ring, a beautiful
snake ot emeralds, aud the third is a
pla'u narrow bund hor redding ring.
Novelties 8uen In Hie Blti.
Small oroohot buttons for deoorat
ing oloth gowns.
Ebonizod toilet m tides showing
slorliug-silvor medallions.
New assortment of sido r.nd back
combs set with rhinestones.
Silver pin aud bon-bon trays in
square, round and oval shapes.
Sterling-silver jewel cases, effec
tively engraved, liued with aatiu.
Golf caues made of light-colorod
cloths with bright plaid borders.
Brooch pins in floral forms with
pearl, amethyst aud oliviuo aotting.
Dumbbell link sloove buttons and
chniu charms with diamond cuttings.
Neatly boxed suspenders with
sto 'ling-silver mountings for gift pur
poses. Beudod purses nnd bags of every
description, with tho steel varieties
preferred.
Long ad short boas o2 sable fox
finished vitb oue or two beuds with
tails to match.
Many tinsel-tipped fouther pompous
in white, blaok or colors for millinery
or the coiffure.
TJmbrellua finished with gun metal,
silver, shell, rieh Drosden aud rut-urul-wood
handles.
Cat-gluss toilet bottles covered with
au open design carried out-in deli
cately engraved silver. Dry Goods
Economist,
he lias Fenailett a Or I n
qunreil a Wn(J 111
The Texas cow kne, rar
n creature ns man, f'
n-horsebaek she wM "
before him; when J(, 'itoll
sought him ont and v Drc
death. Onco hor ciate
gethor, put ropos npo,'" '
youthful and vigoro'idf"'
ground, nnd scarod b.-Per
iron. Later in lif0 i lr
her again, when ,e ci
pride of motherhood. I 'e
spring from her iie l,ri
flesh as hers had beet1"1"1
Theso were terribln t:ter
sho cherished a fleer'1 r(!
tormentor, which n.enl,:
coniagmnent in heroi'
Tho Texas cow whi'ht
noso oVor tho top c v st
looked down tho Ion' 811
Missonri drainage ,?nsl
wild animals of tho py
her head high, her 1
hor eyes soft aud mill
doer, and sho was in
feet as a cat. Heru
and tnporiug, her ,-, e
She ran like a horse,,'
also, at tho slightest flo
Oace in a wnilo mi' to
bors, aud seemed m ,Ta '
the Texas oow slioojho
him. He prided Lilhc 1
skill in the drive, ani D1,r
was light-hoarted, for.601"
delusion that she t if 8
in hor daily travel f?c1
the reach of man, ber ,l)e'
was some cnnsolnliot' th'
found bIio always t-. 1)01
cool watering-places, ,nna
ngaiu tu her own ricvi ln
the grass was higher11'
culent thai, where she'"'
In the early dnyj How
head of tho herd was 1
gruff old fellow, who Jw;
as fast as she could, ii. ,
thick, his flanks wor:
head and neck sliog-J.
tho buffalo. Then
One by oue these '"our
appeared. The hat tho
them low, or men cat "pie,'
and drove thorn awckly'
turn. Iu their r.lir'"''"
heavy, curly-haired ct'
bad no spobd, but flx
aristocratic and diffui. . .,
gentlo manners r.nd
faces, nud they all lo
soeinod friendly witlf
drove them, nud ttKieai
them with consiilenijijjj,
remarking, "These I Tali
heavy where the liig'.Vn
found." iher
All this was Orecfn.,
cow, but she grow totorm"
aud her mannors
Thon camo
calves, which
white-faced straugcMX re
grer apace. In jrUI1,'i
be nearly as big a.' mljV .
Their hiud quarters '
th eir shonlders, au-.l
thero, so they were qj Uow
could not ruu. Tli ,
ns good care of tbo "-"j"
she had of the brim! wt
cow was the best u drag!
has over soon. 11 -
The calves grew ut j 'n
faced children of t:)rt pb
Texas oow crew on wn
tatarr
lltlon
nil IheirVoO
lookeda'S?
Rings camo upon lieij'""''
could not count tin,.
.... Spara
Mho had no tnoro c.a.mer
was lonely. Slioco:
a i coal I
there was no one to
day eho wandered ii.
coulee and lay down I aw, dt
hoart. Sho thought",")
frionds. Her owu i.h t.
Indians tho pale !,, 0n
them all away anils.
she was forgottcu. ' -
The Toxa, cow
sho founded a great c. a O
mother-love, streiifv"Tr;
She conquered a vii rjj o
pared it for tho cuiu
faccs, who btill ncfi,7
fight the seasons o:ftn,"
some day the men i p'".
drovo in the white lWllU(,
monument to the Tci. rxect
needs bo imposiug 4
owe to this long-lior:
founder of a great u v,nng)
Ihe Western plainMj
J. D. Whelpley.iiiir.oiii
-lyp1
The lletnber l'"BBC
Former Speaker
moral influence o"; Zt
and, whether williivn n
they were wont to o f boa
One afternoon, r
lacked a quorum, m'f i
gera was dispatclioJ d22I
C. at Harvey's, a nna
town. 2
"The Speaker y
yon come up to tlte .
is no quornm, 8ld w. ,
tbe member, who v'", '
a broiled lobster wi'
etitnont.
"Yon tell the fprtpai
thunder," said tlnnlMrfofc
to finish roy lobster r ,
"Very well, ':S(fr
messenger, "I will am-yyu'
left the room hurrifi
as his back was tun'.
member rushed t1f
stairs, through
cab. and wai np
before the arrival of
Washington Corr ,OB
York Mail and Exp'1;,"
1 ami ilic
Travellna i',
Aftor tho
;.. i. i :a ,I.t
CBUOeillU liUll iva '".
nearly all land tra' a
wan on horseback, ' 1 .
r, . 1 . i .1.1
wore only six star
whole of Great ' D'
wrote a pami
encouraged too
theu bad one in
and children usual!,'!
pillion behind " , . .
progress which wot j. - ,
sons ride part of
whit was called j.
ayStem. Two of t"""
were traveling ata'T
on foot; two, moutB f
and pillion, rode V . .
mounted, tiod tha H
on. When the tffJ
rr 9itA. v a , 1 1 A 11 til T
w - - -a1 h j
mounted, rode ou P . )
for mile, duo"
walked on; and
lof, Vi
Pfu'av!
phletp!V ai
too aC
e priva-I