r; .1
:
It
! ;
.'l.'i
l.i-
fa
IHE M1DDLEBURGH POST.
T. H. II A TITER, Korraa uro FtVa.
MIDDI.KIJfK'iH. r.v.. .n r.Y:o. n;j.
Our "militia ot the sea"
fcers our, lit 1000 men.
now num
The (iovcriimcnt, since 1S!)0, has
lout mi it-i purchases of silver for
Coinage ?0,0'IO.0l)(.
Clmnneey M. D. p.'w is authority for
the statement t lint in mi forms few
friendships after the nt;i? of forty aud
none nt nil after fifty.
Tho Welch roil people are disap
pointed to tin. I thut the trans-Atlantic
record breaking steamer, th Cam
piiniii, on h. r li t- brilliant trip, used
Virginia cul. not Welsh. They think
list w ith Welsh coal she roulil make a
flVC-llliys' pUSSIIC.
(loners! Lord WoU.'li-v, before fir
won). I accept a British peerage stipu
lated that tln title should dosocu 1 t.i his
only child, I ruici Wolsolcv. Tho
favor i-t one seldom k r rt 1 1 1 . 1 to tin?
I'liglisij liohillty, tlio'lfli there lire H
great number of Scotch nn.1 Irish
peerages which descend III til.' female
lino.
For til'1 feeding of Iioiiilmi n litttt)
jimri tlniii llj.t.osl . ,iim .if ini iit, ponl
try hikI general provisions wore deliv
ered last year from tin- public markets
ulouo. This total w as some l.'.OOO tons
more than in nny previous vcur. There
was u:i increase of over ti-n per cent, in
tlio supplies of American incut, 'XV., ill
animals pusM-d through one cuttle
market nf the mi t'. pi li-. Hinl 111, Mil
through another, nil going to supply
tin- city with f 1. These figures, of
course, niily indicate it purt of tin' sup
plies. loctor ('. (!. Mugumhur, n dis
tinguished native physician nf Calcutta,
luilm, has liccii iii tlim country attend-intli-
World's Medical Congress in
Chicago, where he read n paper oil the
practice of medicine among the mn-ient
Hindoos. He will pay wh.it, according
to the New York Tribune, home would
consider it lieuvy jiriee for his visit to
America, ns he will henceforth In- ile.
Imrreil from social life among member
of his own ousto. Thin will in no w ie
interfere with the practice of his pro
fouion, hut he may not break bread or
sleep in the Hume house wi'.h any of bis
former associates, and anv one who re-
crirei mm wifl iiffer tue 'miuo
pennity.
Chiun in no louder tlio feehle Na
tion nhe wuh u few yenri u-o. I'r.i
fesH.ir V. A. 1. Mrtltai, of the Iliijie
rial College, hu : " luropean force
which hh.iiil.l attempt t t'uptnre Pe
king ii th:ii eiiMly ert'.-ct.-l tin)
An'lo-French rilnince in iMi'l wmilil
Iiiim- to recl.i-n with a imwil f,.rce
ftron-cr th.ui that -.f th,- l'i.it.-,l Nt.it.-s
t jir -scM Sup;i,.sini; th:it it MimiM
overcome the 1iijw, i; w , ,n I I . lie. .-.inter
it chiun ,,f f,,rt, .-..miii-kn.lni.: every
Mlhli lrt!.:.- point of til-- l-t h;i - ,iT,
litt'-.l with e.is.-n.. nt-. i. olvin- tur
rets tin. I all tie
rtilCe?! for ilef. Ii
hf.lliloW W'.lt.T-
t-.ri .1.,. son..- .
..l!l lllel ot her l-
liM-hnrx'e.i I r. :. i n .
3 I i 1 tl. way vw.'ti.l
I'V ii I j iiriuv of
ki" ii ille.j .ii ;
A MISLAID CONTINENT.
Now W im run th IM ernr,
Of moo f)r.ltnir ChriiitopW,
Who cmi imtom Columbu rams, that tag
Ritnl dull anil slow i
Tho mry Bn.ldhM mimlonris,
I na rapt rellglou Tlxlonartm.
Who thirtnrn huadred yam Ago dioorored
Mexico.
An Irishman nnmml Drondln
(Th list Is noer rndinit)
De proiwd tlm Hen of Imrknonn, rrowixl thu
wllil, tintravolM main.
He thought thut b would try a land
Homo mllm away Irom Ireland.
Bo he, twelve hundred years a0, dUcovared
ti anin.
I.elf Krii-non. tho Nontman,
A rf?uliir old wa-lionomiiii,
Tio rodu tlin wjvh llkn itnlllons, and
couldn't endurn tha hor,
F'r hun lreil years thereaft"r
Hald to his wife In laughter:
time to if.) and find, my dour, America
one more."
And so he went and found It,
Wltb theoeenn all around It,
And Jurt where Urendla ltt It five hundrel
yenrs before ,
An ! then he cried "Kurka '
I'm a mint si"eeful seeker !"
And then -went off and lost It couldn't find
It any more.
They fought thenen. and erose,l It,
An 1 found a world and lost It
Thos ire-('olntnl..in voyai;ors were absent
minded men j
Their minds were n prooeeujded
Th.it when n continent they spied.
They absently mislaid it and It couldn't be
found niriin.
But Columbus wlin he found us
Homehow kept his arm around us.
For he knew he must be care.'ul when he
found a hemisphere ;
Arid he kri-w Jut how to m? It,
And he didn't misplaee and lose it.
And uiiumy it lira cortex where It couldn't
be fmin 1 next year.
I.Ike n pretty Worthies locket
II" didn't put It In his pocket
And drop the ..,v World through n bole that
be .1 f.,r-,.t t. men 1 .
T.llt h" kept Ills eye upon it,
And he k- t bis flii.-r on It,
I J 1 ho kept his k-np upon it and held on !t
to the eii.l,
Sun Walter I'.... Vankee El.tdc
"0!J Rags and Bottles."
BY AM i HANimi.t'lI.
40
LJ
TVtT t.' , I l ...
iiii., uuKlf . 1 ureiv t-oiiiiioHiire
J tinkle.'" : reJ, then white.
1
ff'in nirtin with anrtblnir Tt'a H,l
j o- -w " "
o aeeond nature to blm to hoard np
things; and as ha get further on in
yearn, he's mora set in bin way than
ver. Jest yon come round the bak
door. He'a ont and Comfort ia out,
and now' a first-rat chance to get rid
of the old wood stove as haa been
rustin' in the shed for a hnll year."
Moses Minton's eyes twinkled. It
was not the first time he had become
an acersHory to jnst such hartnleHa
domestic plots as this.
"Fin at your orders, tnnm," said he.
"And prices varn't never better for
yon nor wuss for me. Half a cent a
pound is what we're agiviu' for old
iron now."
"'T.iint mwrh," said Mrs. KaInton.
"It's better tliBn nothinir." nrirued
Moses. '.'And really, now, ain't it wnth
that to (rit a lot of old truck oat of the
Louse
"Well, I dunno but what you're
right," said Mrs. EaMon.
And w hile Mr. Ilulston was yet cull
injr out the ripest and deepest-colored
of the nprieots for nn especial order
for a dififr party nt Doctor Jfhkup'm
on th" hill, old Moses loaded up his
curt with the rusty wood-stove in the
center of tho bn;s of rn and bundles
of old newspaper and drove away,
jinpliiur his bells through the purple
twilight to the infinite disgut of the
gray horse v,ho knew an Jodeu of
clover and daisies when he found it
and corrt'Hpouingly reluctant to
leave it.
Presently Comfort Halstnn came in ;
n tall, rosy girl w ith limpid brown eyes
mid luxuriant milium locks pushed
off her fair, freckled brow.
"Am I late, mother?" said sh.
"I5-.it they kept nit; longer than I expected."
'I.ii. child, no," Mrs. IUlston re
Kpon.led. "I hain't but just huiiir the
kittle over. I'm sort o bnhindhnud
to-night. Old Mose Minton has been
here, but don't, for goodness sake, tell
your father ! And I've sold the tukh
and nil them old paper and the woud-Mt-.ivo
out in the hh"d. "
".Mother! The wood-Move?"
"I got forty-live cents for it," Said
Mrs. Kulhtoti. "And it wasn't uo unt)
to us, all rusting away there."
"Has he gone, mother?"
"Your father? Why, no, he's busy
with tlii'iu nprieots out bv the orchard
wall for "
"X, I don't mean father, T menu
Moses Miir.oti ! IIhh he gone?"
"More than hulf an hour ftgo," said
M:s. llal-ton, (.cooping the tun otit of
a little jupiiuiic.i tea-enddy with leis-
i omfort turue.I
Mie mode a uten
n.,-! iippr.ivcd ni.i.li.
! w oil I I j'ki I the
ill inlet- sow ii with
- v! o.iw.,' by p, rcu
l-y ;i. ej. -tr c -park
t int l..iit.-ry. On
further I I .eked
lU'U more -r
discipline. "
nl,o,i,
e.e, ,11
fa tins iiioi-.-y inuhriiLr. tnoti v lov
in ; an 1 money sp.-ti-lt'ig nge, ii r.
fr -hm,' t . the Am, ric.-.n I..iryma:i t i
learn that th ie i- :4 i ,- ,p;,. j-, t,
vurld who ure not tr .:il-i.-d with the
perplexities that litt.-Ii 1 ,ts Use. 'I'hi
race of pe.e.le ll V l!l t ii I i..v. ril! i.llt ol
'J'illis. Th.y
ti;;iu!.er T ' ' i
Vi.llle 1-. a . c
...... ........ HIM...- r. n,r I
T . .1... , t. ..
kv:1 ii as no soiitnl I lowaru me uoor, nut aimobt instantly
KV,.-' . i. . i i i. ... t .i . .
v.-' " Biieep-iu-iis on i ciieciieii me movcmelil. ,
Il-i ' . I. - 4 . ..... ... ...
.'ei.iiiiieH, no i in mi us.-, sue mini, io ucrsell.
"I must wait nut ti to-mofrow.
The morrow's sun was well sloping
on toward afternoon, when Mr. Kalhtou
hurried into tho kitchen where his
wife was pricking plums to preserve,
piercing each purple sphero with a
' vlentlesK fork. . ..
"Mother," said ho, "be I gcttin
blind as well an deaf, or be I losin' my
senses? If I niu't, where' that old
sheet-iron ut jva ns used til lie in the
cur in-r of the wood -house?"
Mrs. Ihilstoli's LMlilf V conscience sent
I the red iu a hot Hood to her i hecks.
I "That sheet-iron stove, Simeoa?"
said che. 'Why I sold it ! "
'".'..id it:'" bhouted Ralston.
"When? Why?"
"Yesterday Hrlernoon," an d the old
. la ly. "To fr,se Miton, as go -s around
witu the mg-Hiid-bottle wa,'on. It
wash t no use stundin' there -and he
gin me lorty-live cents for it."
'i'oity-iive cents !" rourod P.alston.
"For tv --?he cents !"
And he rubied fiaiitically out of
th-huUM-.
".Mercy on ii.i !" said Mrs. Ici'stou.
"I- father cra'.y ?" ,
Ah. .vi that time, Mrs. Minton, the
tall nn 1 "imiit heljuueet of th- itin
i rant h io, wa- down in the cei. ir of
In r hoii-.-, rooting in the ush-lruwer
'f tiie i l.-nti.-al wooil-htove -vhieli her
hii-'uaml had bought jcstemigbt;
while Comfort llai.-toii', uphtair.s
ii'- nited th" result of h. r im.idigu
tin lis with a palpitating heart.
"Here it is!" mid Mrs. Minton. "A
Hut luickct of lailiers! Audit's noo.l
thing yon thought of it nfore Mo.io had
, carted it oil !"
chiming of the
Angelusot twilight
across empurpled
vineyards and I'ou
tine nim-ilmi .-,.
It had a cheery echo tinder the white
bIof(medt)il.lerbushea and c'o. n.
'(.he old fa. ,u, even though it wan only
a string of bells stretched acioss n
wagon and ngitnted by the jog-j g of
an ancient white horse, that wiu as
blind as the little god of love, whi'e a
shrewd old man trudged beside h.m,
guiding his derioiiH wnv.
"Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle !"
"Anything ;n my lino to-dny.
squire V" usked Moses Milton, checkimr
his niurch as he caiit'ht sight of Mr
Jalst.in gathering the earlv apricot
Iroin the i.un;:v side of the U-.ll
"ilt out I" was the terse r. plv.
"lhigsV" suavely ndd.-d M..s. s,
(retching nis m-ek to look at the red
cheeked beauties whose subtle fragrance
lllled the air. "Jiottles? Old iron'.'
N'oos papers?"
"ilt out, Ih.iv!" prowled Kn!,to:i,
never once vlaneing up from his occi:
I'liti ui. "I hain't no timet., both.-i."
"No ofivmv, I hope?'' said th.. in
domitably che. rful itinerant. "I seen
nil old w-ood rtove iu the hhed as J
t'llllie bv. "
"Well, and if yoii did, what b'isi-lics-wasit
of yours?'' r.-tortud lUUt-..,.
"Wal, none, l:,.t if you look at it
that ar' way." said Moses. "Hut if h..
be ns we cv.ii 1.1 drive a trade "
"We Hin t then, mid there's an end
OU't," answered liulstoli.
And nft.r one or two second's fur
ther wuitin-, Moses Minturn chirruped
io win ur iy, an-l once more the belli,
aminnts he rotarned, evidently mneb
reueveo.
"They were in the ash-drawer," sala
he, "and yonr husband mast ha
changed 'em around I I declare, W
tween meddling men and tneddlinf
women, I'm 'most mined !"
"Dear me!" gasped Mrs. Minton,
looking feebly after him as he strodi
away. "There ain't neither beginnin
nor end to all this fuss. What will
M.ises say when he comes homel"
Once safe in his own room at home,
Mr. IUlston fitted onhissiectacIesan
hurriedly opened the fateful package
"Fangh !" he cried, dropping it ii
dismay. "It's a pack o' love-lettcrsl
Wy own love! 'My dearest treasure!
'Yours until death !' What are thesel
And where's my five United State
bonds for a thousand dollars each?"
He was auswered sooner thsn he had
expected, for while the esclamatioi
yet hovered on his lips, Comfort rushed
ic with clasped hands.
"Father," she cried, "here is some
thing that belongs to you! 8omi
government bonds with your name on
hem I And, oh, whore did you gut
Hen's letters?"
"Hen's letters, eh?" said th old
mnn, n slow smile breaking over hit
face. "Well, here they be. A fail
eichange ain't no robbery."
"Father" the cirl's head droppeo
on his shoulder, the tears sparkled ic
her eyes "vim know it all now. Wt
love each other. We shall be wretched
nnles we en n be united. Take back
what von said, father, Do not forbid
us toiie happy, dear, dear father I"
"Well, well." said Ihilstou, ready to
concede anything in tho immense rebel
of recovering the treasures that had
been well-nigh lost, "huve it yonr own
way, if thecu.se is really so bad asthat.
Folks says Den's business is look in' ur.
of late, and p'r'sps he'll make a decent
ort o' husband for vou vet."
"Oh. father! Oh father!"
"There, there, Comfort, don't
squeeze me so evcrla-tin' close," re
tiiotistrateil the old farmer. "JJut it's
sort o queer, now, ain't it, that w
should bi th hev' selected the same hid-in'-plm
for m-.r things, eh? Like un
old raven mid a young un, eh?"
And Comfort llal-toti hastened joy
f illy to her mother to impart tho glaJ
liditiK.
"It nver wotiM lmvo happened,
mother, if yo.i hadn't sold the old
stove ! Oh. you should have Been
father's fa.v !"
And ever afterward the sound ol
Moses Minton's jangling bells was
music in Comfort liuloton's cuts.
New York Ledger.
An Artist Helps a Fakir.
Usually stories regarding the per
sonal characteristics of foreign acton
precede their arrival in this country,
but the general rule does not seem to
havo been observed in the case of
(leorge Orossmith, the Loudon come
dian, who recently returned to Eng
bui lafter a brief engagement in the
Eusli. Tie lettmany lrienos and ad
mirers in this country, and if half the
stories now told of him are true he
must be one of the kindliest of men.
One is related by the Buffalo (X. Y.)
Commercial of his being in an inn nt a
well-known seaside resort, one even
ing, when a forlorn traveling "reciter."
of the type us pathetically well-known
to Enirland us to America, gave a so
called "entertainment" in the drawing
room. Like some of its sort, it was
wearily iiuetitertaiuing, and when ho
pa-wed around his shubby hat at its
conclusion it was but togutheralenten
Imrvoht of half-peticr. As, disheartened
I enough, the tukir was leaving the
room, (irossmith, just onti'ring.cuught
a glimpse of his downcast face mid
, empty hat. Straightwuy graspiug the
situation, irossmi' ii signalled him
, with u n sture to remain, mid taking
li s stand nt the end of the room, said,
"haiiies and gentleuietl, as the next
lumber on the programme, I will give
on ii humorous sketch;" and there
upon did so iii Lis most inimitable
style. Amid the rapturous applause
which followed, he proceeded to pass
.it cm I his h it, exactly us his predo-.-i-s
ir had done. Tho situation was
i appreciated ; silver, iu coins of goner
oils size, promptly weighed it down,
iir.issiuith rejoined his humble fellow
j i nt. rtaim-r ; the modish hat emptied
kscii into the sliuliliy one. Overthem
nr. caiii.l ( i, -.vsui-.-s an-l
person,. I'll -i r unit oi
. The world is indebted
it..: .i. i :... . . . . .!'''
luii- ,..,. ..ju. i . ..... ' .i ... . . . , nrosHijiita HiniliMl Lm oun h v. uuaint
'" b'th. r's ligure trudging up" the Ian- ?' :Ba'1 W V1'- WV vu " Vtvtty
".Stiiu-c how persistent thorn mis- "Let me get ..way before father comes! ? ,',"' ""'"V' ,,aVcn 1
crable creatures th.iiLt Farmer Mind, Mrs. Minton, not a word of this . " ?, wa?..Mir Lofwre OUU could Bu
Lul-t.-n. to him!" ! tliuuyou!
to th.
of l:
ii-t.-le
present i'l
is n- cii-h
Imp' r.al (i.-. .graphical Soci.ty
-l.i : T know i.-do ,,f t).ir ex.
Jin- .le.-ree o! V ! 1 1 III i IU
a com' ii i v. 'n tuere
"'i-t i.'- -a. ill. .ml v.-t the
iicr- .- ol hir.p'(..-, a-, tie-y under
stand it in. iv In cor,'. -i.oii.hn-ly . ri at.
:u- won 1. r wicil incentive such peo
ple can have ;..r clfort in the ui.sence I
..' tic i ' i r - i it ..f tie- mi-.'i.ty dollar.
'J l.e .pi. rv naturally uri-e-. how does
tli- p-iblisher of t ii.-1 r a.-rieultural
pap.-r get paid for his subscriptions,
ii ud Low lioes he ii.'-. t h:s i,.U ,,r pa
per, companion, j.r-, work, postage
and editorial servic.-v The more
think about it the (-reut-r our dilti
culty to understand it people who use
no money iu their dealing w.tu each
ether.
Th Output of Kiour
Tlis Siirllirefsrii llii.tr," M ouieup.jlis.
in ill wiekly retiew tiiye Tu output ol
tl'iur til tlm iijiIU litt seek w onlv J'jl.'jiiC
l.nrrflt, aversliiK L'.' Jl'l brrf !t daily,
sitiiit lVl.7 .4 bsrrelt the week hef jrt. Il7.
8AI rsrrvli th corrvpiiii liiiK tirus In li'JI
su.l li'.l .reis In I ill. The direct x
Mr.iiii."- how crablu'd Simoon Ibi's-
o:i g. ts. at he gi ts older," meditated
Mos, - if that iir's what ni..!i.-v
liru.Ks with it. I. for one, don't wants
to be rit h. Oct up, O'd dray."
Further down the lane, 'however,
whi te th- riiu mug blackberries hun
tlic.r l.ai.iis of jet on every bo'lgh and
spray i-.nd the -oimd of Jttl. -brook
n..m-nl.ere 1 1 . the distance mude 11
drea'iiy j. ur-liii, Moses Minton cum.-aero-
Mr--. ltaJ-to::. u !nt, comfortable'
old iliiiue, us unlike her luii-liandusthe
mothi rly bm -; ,r h.-u is unlike the
gsunt, hi;-!i shoiil-l.-rcd "am.-cock.
II. .11 I .!....! ... . w ...
...iiaic, smio .urs. 1 ii k-
port tiipmenU by ths tnillert Ut .- don't ieak so louiL I kind o' don't
wtrs only ih.'ii) ti.rreii, sennit 7U,u.m bar ' waut Uther to hear, he so mortal aut
rU tbt prsceJitiK wk, '
to him !
...I . . . i: - . . ;
............ r,w,, ui.siiiipesrin'r into ..- i-n- ...
the pu,e woods before Mr.. Mint ju 1 "eli 1 nU,p
could realize whnt it nil m. unt. ! On ninht lust week a beur killed
"Well, 1 never !" said Mrs. Minton. ' and carried otl' n veal belonging to
"Ilu-ii it's true tlmt she and !!cn Willi l'. ter Ficker, and so badly crippled a
are eiigr.ged ng'iu her futhcr's wishes ! yeurhng thut it died the hinne dav
And th.-f.e is love-letters. Well, I do fioiu the effects of the injury. An old
declare! Nobody needn't never tel! ! cow was iils. pretty badly used up at
me tint there ain't n,, romance, cvt-a the same tune und curries evidence of
in Hi.- rug-aiid-bottle business !" ' I ruin's claws. The stock were nil in
Th- n entered Mr. liaison, panting tin- pasture ut the time the attack was
and p. r.spiring with the haste ho hud ! m i de, nud att.-r the calf had been
"m'l'- ' j killed th,. bear curried it a distance of
"l.'e you Mis' Minton?'' was his curt ' "vvr H 14 gulch overgrowiug
address. I w.th undergrowth, where it was i atou.
ia- i . , . . . . I i . l . .. i . .. .....
.. , , . ' '" ""- es, i. lease, sir, SIiMtliU u M wo- i s ru.n i un oears are l.l.-lillllll 111
10.1, ii i wksi, t jest ii-thinkiijg about : man, smoothing her stillly starched : o"intry above where the (irund
,U!!i- '' ' ' white apron. I Konde ini.tie.s into Snake Hivcr, and
0'l. WiOUL'Il.' CllUCk e.l tin.: "V,,r L,.l,.l I l.i t lev es'i In. u , ., ..
eld luuu. "Anth'ii iu nit
day? Woo-os, Ortiv ! I sw'ur to e
Kirm I T tit (till li.ui. 11.. II I . . . ... .
, ... '" '"" loui. -ui'-uiv its, sir, u little tlinnllv. "Jt s in
Mined his uoo in a green bank, "that ' his way of business, you know, sir."
there fritter couldn't tind out where "Vis, I know. Hut there was a puck
the elovc-r crumps grow no better, not age of papers in the i.ipe-joint--"
If he Jm, lorty pair of eyes, iustVd o' "Xo, sir, it w,,' ,,'t," said Mrs. Min
being stun-bliud ! ,.., temporarily thrown off her guard.
Mi and Comfort, we was a-savin'," "It was in the ush-drawer, for--"
contentedly jmrred on Mrs. IUlston, I And then, remembering herself, she
who wa-i in full purMiit of a flock of screwed her lips close together and
lemon ducklings who were evading her I grew very red.
Kuardiaucliip ju every direition, "that j "Where is the stove?" ejaculated
vim l.n.ln r. l.c.n ul. ,i, i. ..;. .. n 1 r..i ... '
4 ' - ".5 iUHO Bpt-'ll. 1 A.U1SIOU.
"Uown cellur, sir," said Mrs. Mil
ton. "Look for yourself. I'm sure I
don't wunt nothin' to do with uoua of
your papers!" (
Afld dowtt rushed Simeon. Iu half
THK MOTT FASHIOXABr.R BODICK,
The round-waisted bodice, whether
plain, gathered or draped, is that most
generally adopted, although short
peaks are permitted when more be
coming to the figure. Sleeves puffed
np above the shoulders are now quite
gone ont of fashion; they are still
ample in the upper part, but come
sloping down from the shoulders,
draped to the elbow, and then clinging
to the wrists. This shape is moro
graceful than the balloon sleeve, which
is still fashionable, but becoming
only to very slight figures. New York
World.
a ponTncr.it or mm,T.
A lady who spends her summers nt
he seaside hss collected about a bush-
I, more or less, of small, almost flaf,
thin yellow shells, w hich ab.innd nt so
many points on the const. With these
she this veer fashioned n portiere that
is novel n:id pretty beyond description.
F.ueh shell is pierced with a hot wire,
and then strung on a delicate wire, so
that the narrow end of one is next to
the wide end of the other. A number
of strings were made iu this wny long
enough to reach from the floor to the
curtain polo, where they were securely
fsb d to n strip of pl'nntutiou cloth
of the same shade ns the shells.
Through the fretwork above this cur-
sin is draped u length of nen-green
India silk, fallim hulf way to the floor
on the right side."
A less ambitious woman has made a
curious scurf by sewing these shells iu
artistic confusion on either end of a
length of Nile (Irecu silk, putting lu re
and there among thinu bits of golden
brown seaweed. A fringe is miulo lor
each end by stringing shells on green
embroidery silk instead of wire New
l'ork Coininercisl Advertiser.
white apron. j Hon.le empties into Snake lliver, nod
kled the' "Vonr huband bought a sheet-iron ! ,!u'.v ,,,t! be seen at all times of tho
line to. j stove nt our place yesterday--the j .v the bunks of that stream,
'to goo.- I IUlston farm didn't he V" I A prospector's camp was visited 1T
...,, ...!!.. i.v : o ..... . 1 I-... l l . ii .
. - -'.5 i..s. "J .1.
And the bag of luised rugs is quite
fall, and there's a lot of .l.l
, of th MiMfioaurjr He view, and Jiut
biuiu last Moiiduy during the nbseuo'e
oi llie men mill a quantity of buooii
and sugar eateii ami destroyed, The
tracks iu the sand show there must
huve been three In urs. Asotiu (Wash
ington) Sentinel.
New Vork Ilahy Hoarder.
There are quite a uumber of women
in New Vork who cam their living by
taking in "Uby boarders." These
little teuuuts ure anything but a bur
den to their foster parents, muuy of
whom are widows or old maids who
have passed the frivolous age aud get
great dual of comfort out of a baby
guest.
FAnmcs roit sioit.xino rr:F.s.srA
Deeply crinkled crepons of pure
wool very thinly woven are excellent
fabrics for summer mourning drosses.
They are chosen Ht this season for the
first ami deepest mourning dresses,
though many modistes commend Hen
rietta cloths and French bombasines
all the year round, especially for the
first gowns worn by widows. Nuns'
veiling is still liked for its lightness,
and is already ordered for next rear
by the merchants. Iron grenadines 6T
exceedingly fine meshes of mixed silk
and wool and those with a sheer sur
face not defined by meshes are suita
ble for the deepest mourning dresses.
A new fabric, culled "suble." is a silk
crepon as thin ns Liberty's silk, and
deeply crinkled like Japanese silk.
The fashionable niodi.stesn.se sable for
the whole gown, ami trim it with the
soft-finished Knglish crape that is now
made without dressing ami is entirely
lustreless. (Sauze greundines with pin
dots or with larger bulls make thin
dresses for midsummer or nre used for
blouse wuists, with sleeves and skirt of
crepon or grenadine.
For general wear and traveling
dresses is a new 1'riestly goods, called
Carmelite, a light-weight mixture of
silk und wool Hint idicd dust, und is
as cool ami thin as muslin. The silk
wurp erystallctte introduced lust sum
mer is still liked for its dust-resisting
surface and feuther weight. Cumel's
hair grenadine, us strong as iron, is an
admiral. le sheer wool fabric, entirelv
without lustre, cool to the touch, anil
either plain, striped or figured , it is
forty-four inches wide, and costs from
81. .V) to '.' a yard. All-wool batistes
and tuinise cloths are slightly heavier
stuffs for "second best" mid traveling
dresses, l'lnin black iudia silks have
so little lustre thut they nre commend
ed for cool summer gowns, for travel
ing, and for World's Fair dresses for
those wearing the deepest mourning.
Storm serges of very wide twills and
hop-satking woven in basket checks
ure suuuiue jor scasitie, mountain and
traveling gowns, and are also safe
purchases for the next season, ns the
merchants have alreudy placed large
orders for these stuffs for uiituuiu und
winter use. Harper's Kuzur.
ITER COSTr.T liOlIK OP SPtr.N 0LASS.
I'riucess F.ululia, upon her return
home, will introduce juto the royul
wardrobes of F.urope a new and pe
culiar product of American invention.
Her Highness, sinoo arriviinr iu this
country, has s?ou muny things for
which admiration v.-as expressed.
While making a trip through cosmo
politan Midway l'luisanee, at the
World's l'uir, her eyes rested upon an
object which seems to have charmed
her above all others. She mude no
hesitution in saying it delighted her
when it was first presented to her view,
snd long after she left the pluisance
thoughts of possessing a sumple tilled
her mind. Next duy her mimf was
made up to procure it at auy cost, and
negotiations were at once entered into
for it.
This product of our genius which
the royal lady has so signally houored
by her wish for it is, of course, a dress.
But it is a dress such as uo other wo
man has yet worn, although one a
distinguished actress, had found it be
fore her and had made arrangements
for having one mudu. The dress is to
be made of glass, and will be woven es
pecially for the princess at ths worku
on the yhtisance. The material is made
I'nin A ttraHt. f ailW t
body of spun glass so delicat
... u. i. in j-in.oiu m mesnit.-f
The process was invented hntroH
ani none oi the peculiar fabric J.
yet been pnt npon the market ni
in email articles sucn as necktie
these only as souvenirs from the
on the rdaisanoe.
With the present facilities f,,r,J
factoring it can be made but ii
anu si gresi cost. One yard (.vj
is considered a big turnout, j.
therefore, expensive material,
dress which the princess sj)i .
w hen Completed w ill cost about J.
Cost, however, will not be takta
consideration so long as the pr.
is pleased with the figure and it
will be presented to her by tl,t.
works, when finished, and .j
taken to Spain for the especial J,
of the courtiers at home. M.-
Libby, of the glass works, sti,lth".
arrangements had not been ci.ru i
for the acceptance of the ilr.-
thst thev were under war .1
doubtless be finished that dav -1
5
cago Herald.
FA.srtlOX NOTK.
B'nok roses are novelties in null
Shot moire antique dressi s v
latest.
English coats of rain-proof t; ,
in great demand.
Illuish violet shades are now ,
better in Furis than the rcdditii i
crae now here.
Bolted waists, which the rr,--'
call blouses, tire psrt of innnv v..
imported dresses.
1'aris is advocating fleshr.'
suede gloves for evening wi n.
of the pure white s long Worn.
Dress nets, more popular thi:
skirtings, iu large meshes, hnv. i
dor trimming in guipure ell'ec!,..
Black organdies have ohi,r,r
cherries, nurine blackberriesmuli
berries toss:d gracefully on tlw
black surfaces.
A favorite combination of n.1.-
evening dresses is whito a:i 1 1
or.snit vell.iu- tl. a.ifi io,i. i ... .
O j . .Mv v, ttvu ..'UC R
riio nectarine. I
Shoulder ruffles seem to suffer
crease in popularity as the sciuot
vancea. iney are nsewn slfunt!
dressi's bl alTmaierlals,
Waists are inclined to be hor .
ore finished at the bottom- wi ht
a frill or soft folds of silk, ici.
enormous drooping sleeves.
Parasols are shown in all nor
pretty and graceful shapes.
follow the dresses in being o:
fluffy order, aud are lit jrnilv 1
with Ince. ' i
Linen tatting, in the r.cw im
am! really bountiful Dutterns. iui).
exceedingly lirtty trimuiii;
morning dresses for both W0L..1
children.
The hair nt present is c(. t,;'.
waved all over tli head. Fort
thu w oman whose hair waves in::.:
Others must betuke themsel.n t,
curling iron.
Tho lutcst fad for weddings nt
little girls act us bridesmaids i
they should be dressed as llmwr
and curry wicker wutcriug p"t.
und twined with roses.
Knglish walking gloves to l
with promciiude costumes conn' :
the cloth shades to match the t
(iloves for the street fasten sw
over the wrist by four or five h".'
and are mude with pi.jiicst.'
seams.
Tho half-hoop rings nre b'
used, und are sold in sets of free'
to five; ruby, diamond, suppbir
enameled ones are worn togetb'
two rings of colored gem
separated by a couplo of ib
hoops. Lace is to he worn to s:i
heretofore unheurd of. To be ft:
fashionable, 01111 may sinipl.'
swathed in it. There is iiotlim.
lends itself so readily to t!u :
rullly i-ffeet of v.aist trimniiiii" "-''
material.
A line quality of ladies' clotli. '
is now called habit cloth, i
trc-mely popular material. It t
in all the exquisite new shades,
Used not onlv fur tiiili.r.ni.iile cut.
but for those that are iuii.-u -
elaborate.
There ur. few fabrics that sii)'
mohuir and ahipuou iu their il'.'
sihtingand admirable wearing1;
ties. These goods are now dyid
greet many of tho new shuiii'S
look particularly effective in row"'
shot with gray, und reseda slunk
to pule golden russet.
When will we hear tho lust 0'.
absurd talk about hair-cloth?
may search for hours through th
establishments aud never find
of it in most approved dresses,
just why there should be so imii'h'
about it is something thst fJ
seems to understand.
The lu.lt-aiid-oiF.il furor W-
have uo limit. Fitted belts of mot'
elaborately embroidered with
and jewels, velvet folds and dr)
silk, satin, beuualiue. ribbon, '
lace there is no end to the mt'
aud combinations as founduti"'
finish for tiiedo popular accossutu