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3 THE REALM:
OF FASHION,
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Ladies’ House Jacket.
Plain and figured cashmere in tur-
quoise blue and black is here daintily
trimmed with black baby ribbon
-““frizzed” on in evenly spaced rows.
While conforming closely to the lines
the waist 1s carried out in flexible
enameled goods. A Cupid brooch
representing Cupid carrying in his
hand a ruby heart is a new design for
part Gf a watch fob. Just below the
waist, on the left side, is now the cor-
rect place for the corsage watch, by
the way.
St. Loulis’s Only Woman Lawyer,
St. Louis, Mo., has only one wom-
an lawyer, and St. Louis is proud
of her. She is Miss Daisy Dorothy
Barbee, and is about twenty-five
years old. At present Miss Barbee is
giving her attention to some civil
cases, and is achieving suce She
believes in dress reform ‘‘to a de-
gree,” as she puts it, and in woman
suffrage ‘fin a way.” She believes in
marriage, provided people are mated
as well as matched, and never fails to
read two novels a week as a recrea-
tion.
A Smart Taffeta Coat.
A very smart blue taffeta coas is en-
tirely covered with a narrow blue silk
braid. It is made tigh{-fitting in the
A DAINTY HOUSE JACKET.
of the figure the jacket is capable of a
loose easy adjustment by omitting the
lining over which the fronts are ar-
ranged.
The full vest portions are gathered |
at the top and joinad to the edges of
the pointed yoke, closing invisibly in
centre front. A standing collar with |
frill of lace finishes the neck.
The over fronts are faced with the |
plain cashmere and rolled back tc
form prettily pointed lapels to the
waist line, under arm gores separate
the fronts and the seamless back |
which fits smoothly across shoulders
but has fulness drawn to the waist in
shirred lines. Ribbon is backed on |
each side passed through the under |
WORN WITH OR
back, but with quite a long basque,
and has a belt studded with jet that
goes under the full strai:ht fronts.
There are two deep revers, one over-
lapping the other, cut in sharp points
and faced with white mousseline de
soie. It is intended to be worn with
a fine blue wool skirt a shade deeper
than the taffeta, and trimmed with
braid like that on the coat.
A Stylish and Comfortable Coat.
A stylish and comfortable coat,
which, if made of suitable material,
may be worn all winter, is here illus-
trated. Navy blue melton is the ma-
terial selected, the collar and cuffs of
dark blue velvet being overlaid with
guipure lace. A lining of bright red
taffeta gives a smart finish to the in-
COLLAR, TO BE
WITHOUT HOOD.
arm seams and tied in a bow with
ends at centre front.
The graceful one piece sleeves are
shirred to fit the arm near the lower
edge, which is edged with lace and
ribbon to form a dainty frill. The
top is gathered into the arms-eyes. At-
tractive and comfortable neatness in |
this style may be reproduced in taf-
feta or Indian silks, foulards, challis,
or fine flannels, with insertion, lace,
gimp or ribbon for garniture. Plain
or fancy silk may be used for revers,
vests, yoke and collar. Figured or
plain lawn, batiste dimity or other
wash fabrics will develop satisfac-
torily by the mode.
To make this jacket for a lady in
medium size will require two and one-
quarter yards of forty-four inch ma-
terial.
side. The velvet belt is closed with a
gilt buckle, and gilt naval buttons are
used in closing the double-breasted
fronts.
The fronts lap widely, are long and
loose-fitting and meet the back in
shoulder and under arm seams. The
smooth back is fitted by a centre
seam to the waist line, the skirt por-
tion, which is joined on, being ar-
ranged in a wide centre box pleat each
side. The deep, round collar, that
fits the neck closely and flares widely
apart in points at the front is an at-
tractive feature of this dressy and
stylish coat. The two-seamed coat
sleeves ave very slightly full at the
| top, and the wrists are finished with
round, slightly flaring cuffs.
Coats in this style may be made of
cheviot, tweed, heavy serges, covert
or broadcloth, in either plain or mixed
A Military Cape.
A convenient and serviceable cape
in the now popular military style is
represented in the large illustration
in navy blue faced cloth, lined with
red tafleta.
The straight military collar is faced
with velvet, embroidered stars decor- |
ating the ends.
Pointed straps, attached by button-
holes to regular military buttons, or
buttonholes worked in cupe and but-
{ colorings. Braid, guimpe, ribbon,
| lace, applique or edging will be ap-
| propriate decoration. It isa practical
| and economical idea to make up a
coat in this style now without liring.
| As cold weather advances, a warm
lining and edging of fur on collar and
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toned all the way. may be used in|
closing front. The capeis circular in
form and closely fitted by a dart on
each shoulder, pretty rippling folds
falling to a fashionable length. The
hood, shaped in pointed military
style, is lined with red taffeta and may
be made adjustable or omitted, as
preferred.
Machine stitching provides the coi-
rect finish, well pressed seams and
edges being all that 1s necessary to
secure the correct tailor-made effect.
Capes in this style are exceedingly
comfortable in cool or wet weather for
traveling, shopping or general wear.
Pouble-faced cloth is much used
for making these capes, in which case
no lining is required.
To make this cape in the medium |
size will require two and one-half
yards of fifty-four inch material.
The Fashionable Handkerchief.
The most fashionable handkerchiefs
of the moment are bordered with nar-
row colored Valenciennes lace.
may be fashionable, but the woman of |
really refined taste avoids everything
but pure white in her linen from her
handkerchief to her nightdress.
Dainty Trifles For Belts.
Some dainty triflesareseen in belts.
4 peacock's feather winding around
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BOY'S COAT.
cuifs will transform it into a good win-
| ter coat.
| To make this coat for a boy of four
| years-it will require two and a quar-
ter yards of material forty-four inches
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BEAR ADMIRAL DEWEY'S ¢
¢ SWORD OF HONOR,
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O00 SIC OIIEIOIEIOIICIBIR
Of all the presentation swords
which the United States Government
has given in times past to its heroes
of the army and navy, none equals in
artistic beauty and skillful design the
sword of honor soon to be given Rear
Admiral George Dewey. ,
The cost ef the sword will not be far
from $10,000, which was appropriated
by Congress last May to defray the
expense, also, of manufacturing a set
of bronze medals for the officers and
men of the Asiatic Squadron.
With the exception of the steel
blade and the body metad of the seab-
bard the sword will be made entirely
of pure gold, of twenty-two carats
fine; the grip will be covered with fine
sharkskin bound with gold wire and
inlaid with gold stars. Above the
sharkskin the handle termiuates in a
richly carved and ‘enameled gold
collar and knot. A narrow band of
oak leaves unites the sharkskin to the
collar, Then come the arms of the
Admiral’s native State, Vermont, with
tho motto, ‘‘Freedom and Unity,”
FARM WAGON BY TROLLEY,
A Special Truck to Carry It When
Are Reached.
Rails
A great many different schemes have
been proposed, and some of them have
been tried, for lessening the work of
carting farm produce into town. The
traction engine is used for that pur-
pose té a considerable extent in Eng-
land, although in America very little
hauling is done therewith. Then
again there has been a good deal of
talk of laying broad, guttered rails on
the common highway for the wheels
of the ordinary wagon to run in.
In some parts of the United States
there are trolley linesreaching through
the rural regions and carrying not
only passengers, but also mail and ex-
press matter.
A Toledo man, named Bonner, has
devised a special truck which is de-
signed to run on a street railway and
to carry a farm or express wagon. In-
asmuch as the ordinary vehicle would
not fit the truck, Mr. Bonner thinks
it better to have his own wagon as
well as his railway truck, He has ob-
tained a franchise from the city of
Toledo for running his wagons through
the streets.
After the city service is fairly started
Mr. Bonner will endeavor to secure
reral patronage. Of course, it will be
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REAR ADMIRAL DEWEY’S SWORD OF HONOR.
(Showing both sldes of the blade, together with the scabbard and belt.)
and above this, and spreading toward
the top, is the great seal of the United
States, with the blue field of the
shield in enamel; the shield in the
arms of Vermont is also enameled.
The collar is surmounted with a
closely woven wreath of oak leaves,
the, standard decoration for rank, and
the intervening spaces between the
decoration are studded with stars.
On the pommel is carved the name
of the cruiser Olympia, and the
zodiacal sign for the month of De-
cember, when Dewey was born.
The guard is composed of a conven-
tional eagle, terminating in a claw
clasping the top, the outspread wings
forming the guard proper. The ex-
pression. of the eagle is one of cool de-
termination, and, while firm, still
bearing a message of peace in the
laurel wreath held in the beak. The
“wreath serves as a protection, cover-
ing the point of the beak, and at the
same time preserves the proper out-
lines of the guard.
The scabbard will be of thin steel,
damacened in gold, with sprays of
rose marinus, signifying fidelity, con-
stancy and remembrance. The sprays
are interlaced in the form of a series
of cartouches, with a star in the cen-
tre of each, while dolphins fill the
outer spaces. Sprays of oak leaves
and acorns secure the rings and trap-
pings of the scabbord;above these, on
the front of the scabbord, is a raised
monogram in brilliants entwining the
letters ‘G. D.,” and immediately un-
der them are the letters ““U. S. N.,”
surrounded Ly the sprays of rose
marinus. The ferrule, or lower end
of the scabbard, terminates in en-
twined gold dolphins,
The sword blade
with the inscription:
is damascened
The Gift of the Nation to Rear :
: Admiral George Dewey, .”. 8. :
i N., in Memory of the Victory
: at Manila Bay, May 1, 1898.
The letters are of an ornamental
character, and sufficiently large to be
dignified. The Phenician galley,
representing the first. craft of the
world’s navies, supplies the rest of
the ornament on this side of the
blade. ‘On the other side of the
blade is shown the flight of the eagles
of victory. bearing festoons of laurel
to the four quarters of the earth.
Three women hare members of the
Board of Aldermen at Lincoln, Neb.
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necessary for such farmers as wish to
take advantage of his plan to have the
right sort of wagons and to haul them
by horse power near enough to town
to reach the trolley tracks. But in
Ohio there are numerous trolley roads
extending from one town to another
and attaining su length of ten, fifteen
and even twenty-five miles. If a
farmer only lives along one of these
routes he will not need to haul his
wagous more than a few rods. Indeed,
if he has a switch and sidetrack and
loads his wagons while they stand on
the latter he will have an easy task
NOVEL TROLLEY WAGON.
= al
before him. The rapid development
tricts nowadays makes Mr. Bouner’s
idea an interesting one. There is no
telling how far it is likely to become
serviceable to American farmers.
What Dusty Ithodes Did.
“At the first call he went to the
front.”
Letter Carriers in India.
Each letter carrier in India has a
run of six miles, and at the end of it
is relieved by another carrier, who at
once begins his run. Thus the mail
is conveyed over unpopulous sections
in comparatively quick time.—Cleve-
land Leader.
Packing an Alligator For Transportation.
So pe
Nora (5
He was sent packed like this on {he
| way from Panama to Londen.
| progress that have been
i to
| New York Tribune.
GOOD ROADS FOR CUBA.
THE ISLAND ISA NATURAL PARADISE
FOR WHEELMEN.
The Picturesque Beauty of the Scenery
Is Sure to Attract the Attention of the
American Cyeclist=The Militant Apostle
of Better Highways Is General Stone.
It might seem a trifle premature to
consider Cuba as a favorite resort for
wheelmen. The island is not now
blessed with many roads available for
anything more than mule trains. but
the militant apostle of good roads,
General Roy Stone, has shown in
Porto Rico what a little Yankee ener-
gy can do for the improvement of
highways and, of course, the same
can be done in Cuba, and doubtless
will be done now that the island has
ceased to be a colony of Spain. For
one thing, the picturesque beauty of
the island, enhanced by the charm of
its semi-tropical verdure, is sure to
attract the attention ¢f American
wheelmen, and when wheelmen get
their eye on a country it is certain
that the condition of its roads will
speedily improve. In the case of
Cuba, however, wheelmen will find
that their task wil be not so much
the improvement as the creation of
roads, for practically no roads worthy
of the name exist, and even the streets
of the cities and towns ave in a
wretched condition. Were the pa-
tient native mule endowed with speech
like his kinsman of the Balaam story,
he would undoubtedly cry out against
what passes for a street in a typical
Spanish town. It will sound a little
strange to read of century runs being
made in Cuba, but the thing may hap-
pen, and that, too, before many years.
In the winter, with the improved
sanitary conditions that will soon ob-
tain in the Cuban cities, the island
will become a favorite resort for a
multitude of Americans. The beau-
tiful Isle of Pines will probably be-
come one of the most popular places
in the West Indies. Even in the
midst of their fierce fighting our sailor
and soldier boys were struck by the
charm of the country around Santia-
go. Scattered about in the sugar dis-
tricts of Cuba are splendid sugar plan-
tations owned by Cubans and Amer-
cans, whose owners, under a decent
and ‘stable government, would soon
open up the country by good roads
and other improvements. Then there
is the centre of the island, as. yet
practically unexployed and unknown,
but said to contain great forests of
valuable woods. It will not be long
before this terra incognita will be
opened up under the stimulus of
American enterprise. Towns will
arise, railroads will be constructed,
and then about that time along will
come the wheelmen, not long after
which we shall hear of this, that and
the other bicyele path or path run-
ning, it may be, throngh a grove of
palm trees, while tle air is laden with
a tropical fragrance and the stillness
of the forest is punctuated with the
notes of strange birds. If the adven-
turous American wheelman fails to
take advantage of this new and de-
lighttul experience, we have very
much misjudged him.
General Roy Stone has already
spent some time in Cuba, but his
duty there has been simply to advise
in the building of temporary military
roads for the use of the army. But
it may well be that these temporary
1oads will become the nuclei of per-
manent roads, just as the points near
Santiago at which engagements with
Spanish troops have taken place may
become interesting towns and villages
with American names inthe new Cnba
which is to be. Indeed, it is inevita-
ble that this American invasion of the
island is going to make many changes
in its geography and topography.
While the more important places will,
of course, retain their names, Ameri-
can indastry and commerce will create |
new centres of life and trade and de-
velop to their fullest extent the splen-
did opportunities for growth and
so shame-
Eut to re-
Cuba is a
wheelman;
1s going
built. —
fully neglected by Spain.
vert to our first thought,
natural paradise for the
and when he finds it out he
that roads ave
see cood
Captain Sigsbee’s Lost Dinner,
Somebody aboard the auxiliary
cruiser St. f'aul got a fine dinner that
{ wasn’t intended for him, and Captain
[ Sigshee was the loser, says the Phila-
of trolley lines through the rural dis- |
While the St. Paul
Montauk
dely hia Record.
was making the run from
Point to New York, the captain’s
cook prepared for him a fine pair of
mallard ducks, of which Captain Sigs-
bee is especially fond. Orders had
been given to the cook to be par-
ticalarly careful in the roasting of the
birds, and he bronght them forth from
the oven nicely browned. The cap-
tain, upon the bridge, had had his
mouth set for them all morning, and
occasionally fancied he could smell
them cooking, Just a few minutes
before dinner time, while the cook's
back was turned, somebodyg whisked
those two luscious birds out of the
galley, and disappeared with them.
The St. Paul is a big ship, and the
thief bad ample opportunity to hide
himseif while he got on the outside
of the roast duck. At any rate, he
was never caught, nor was there any
clew to identity. Captain Sigsbee was
obliged to content himself with a can
of sardines.
False Report,
“IT was very sorry to hear that you
had failed, Jones,” said his next-door
neighbor,
‘It was a slander, sir. I did not
fail. It was my plans that failed, sir.
Had they succeeded I could have paid
every dollar I owe and had a band-
sone fortune left.”-—Detroit Free
Pyess.
THE MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
WHEAT—No. 1red......... ... 8
No. 2 red
CORN—No. 2 yellow, ear.......
No. 2 yellow, shelled.........
Mixed ear
No. 3 white
RYE—No. 1
FLOUR—Winter patents
Fancy straight winter
Rye flour
HAY No. 1 timothy
Clover, No. 1
FEED-—No. 1 white mid., ton. .
Brown middlings
Bran, bulk
Dairy Froducts.
BUTTER —EIgin creamery.
Ohio creamery
Fancy country roll
CHEESE--Ohio, new
New York, new
Fruits and Vegetables,
BEANS—Green, # bu....
POTATOES—White, 3
CABBAGE—Per bbl
ONIONS—Choice yellow, © bu.
Poultry, Ete,
CHICKENS—Per pair, small... 8
TURKEEYS—Per Ih
EGGS—Pa. and Ohio, fresh....
CINCINNATI,
RYE—No. 2
CORN-—Mixed ............}.. .
OATS
EGGS.... . .
BUTTER— Ohio creamery...
PHILADELPHIA.
PLOUR.. .. io insiasan vee eB 3
WHEAT No. 2 red
CORN—No. 2 mixed
BUTTER-—-Creamery, extra....
EGGS—Pennpsylvania firsts. ...
NEW YORK.
FLOUR—Patents...... 00@
WHEAT No. 2 red N37
COEN--No. 2 35
15
16
BUTTER
Creamery. .
EGGS
State of Penn
LIVE STOCK.
Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa.
CATTLE.
Prime, 1300 to 1400 hs. ......8
Good, 1200 to 1300 ths
Tidy, 1000 to 1150 Ibs
Fair light steers, 900 to 1000
Common, 7€0 to 900 ths. ...
5 20@ 5 30
490 500
470 490
410 470
360 400
hs
Medium
Heavy
4 25
4 10
3 40
COW
-3 = CO
Cw oOo
Prime, 95 to 105 Ibs
Good, 85 to 90 hs. i
Fair, 70-to 80'1bs. ..............
| ~300 i
| oie Oro ~1
coouLo
Veal Calves
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Financial Condition of Business Unusually Strong
— Cotton Market Very Dull.
R. G. Dun & (9. in their weekly re-
view of trade report as follows for last
week: Failures in September have been
about $6,700,000, and for the quarter
about, . $22,875,000. No report covering
the exact month or quarter is possible
this week but the returns indicate a
smaller aggregate of failures than in
any other month in many years, except
in August of this year, and smaller for
the quarter than in any other quarter
since 1892. In fact, excepting one quar-
ter in that year, no other appears to
have shown a smaller aggregate unless
more than 10 years ago, when the vol-
ume of solvent business was very
much smaller than it is now. Evident-
ly the. complete returns to be given
next week will show that the state of
business is in that respect more satis-
factory than it has ever been, unless
in one quarter of 1892.
Changes are all for. the better ex-
cepting the fall of cotton to the lowest
point for 50 years, and even the lowest
prices of 1848, considering difference of
qualities, where perhaps not lower
than prices this week... If there were
not on hand commercial and mill stocks
unusually large, or if manufacturing
were more successful, early recovery
might seem probable, but the heavy
fall in material has affected the de-
mand for goods, eausing buyers to ex-
pect still lower prices for them, al-
though after the decline last week,
goods now average lower than ever be-
fore.
In the minor metals, slight weakness
in tin and lead does not indicate smal-
ler consumption, while copper is strong
at 121%c for lake, and spelter strong at
$4.321%.
With pig iron firm everywhere, in
spite of the extraordinary output, and
Lessemer held at $10.40 at Pittsburgh,
while wvilley producers report 230,000
tons sold for delivery before June
next, the consumption is evidently
growing. The week's reported con-
tracts include one for 17,000 tons pipe
Iron basic steel by the Standard Oil
Company, material for 2,000. cars or-
dered by the Pennsylvania, structural
work for many ordinary and two large
buildings, and heavy orders for plaies,
partly for two lake vessels, and partly
for eastern shipyards, which have
larger business than ever.
The demand for iron bars owing to
increased use of steel, is in some quar-
ters below expectation, and shipments
are less active at Pittsburg, though
the mills are full of orders. tail pro-
ducers are negotiating a new compact,
and the usual castern price, $18, is said
to be shaded in some quarters, while it
is pending. But car locomotive, bridge
and structural work is exceedingly
heavy, and there are no signs of de-
crease in the demand. |
Wheat rose 2l%c, but on Thursday
declined sharply, closing 2c lower for
the week, notwithstanding very heavy
exports, amounting for the week to 4,-
911,022 bushels, against 5,092,186 bushels
last year, and for four weeks to 15,011,-
962 bushels, against 20,661,315 bushéls
last year, included. The usual
babel of guesses does not change the
belief that the crop will be the largest
ever grown, and while farmers
throughout the West are holding back
again largely because of the low prices,
the western receipts are now running
above even the extraordinary move-
ment a year ago, both for the week
and month. Corn is a fractian lower
with some decrease in export demand,
though the recent shipments would
have been considered heavy in any
year until the last, and can hardly be
continued long.
Failures for the week have been 195
in the United States, against 194 last
vear, and 17 in Canada, against 34 last
rear.
NEWS NOTES.
The president in his annual message
will rea~ommend a regular army of 100,-
600 men.
Senator Mark Hanna says that Spain
will have to relinquish her sovereignty
over the entire Philippine archipelago.