TRIED TO BLOW UP A BAMK.
A Terrific Explosion nt Delta Which Awoki
the Whole Town.
A I"!cr:ito nt!cinrt wp mn" to. blow up
nml rob tin' Mil National I. auk nt I 1 1 n,
J'hurday morning. At .1 o'clock n trrrlhle
exiiofioti occurred In thn luitik nml thn ili
tiinalh ii wip po loiul thiil It nimnped iilmopt
tlm ntlrf f t I titt i r. '1 linn men wre tin
ihatiil In tin lohhery. J hi explosion wiip
iiiii'ntly heavier than thi-y tnteiiilotl It
should lli. An "nun up they realized what n
nol -i they hml iri'iiti-il tlm men II -! . The
directors of tlii blink oiler n reward nf fc'iiio
lor tin Bi'ri'hi'iilon of tlm rnlil'i-r". Tlm
tiuriiarp inportoil nltru-glyrcriiin In thn loi-k
nml it went off villi n noise that attracted
ieoie (or n (.-rent ill-tiinoe. l'hn burglars
IIhiI wit limit leaving nny cliie.lcavlng htiiliil
a kit ol riiri(liir'K tool". They would Intro
made a rl-'h linnl, n thnrn nhout vVOO
In the l-anit.
Mrs. .lames A. I.anKlieud, a wealthy widow
nml her daughter I. mint, of I'tiioiitown,
wit" awakened hy It strange man In Heir
room, who asked for money, I.aura'p revol
ver was iti tin bureau drawer. Hint trlt-il to
decoy tin burglar Into itn adjoining room liy
telling him tin nmiiry tu there. Hi cntii
iniiinlfil tin liii'ky girl to ho nnil get the
iiinin-y for liiin. 'I hi was lu-r ortinilty
Hinl Mho replied, "All right." Initoml of go
ing i-tinight to tin noor pun weni nroiinu
tin burglar to thn bureau, whom she .! th"
revolver, and with thn weapon " .tided lit
tin l.ink.-l.ir p hi'inl demanded that In- pur
mnlor. Hn lied down stairs. Mi.-p l.iiiur
Im'ihI opened lire on him hp hit retreated,
making him scream. To got out hi had
to olinili over tin klt'-lii'ii transom, ntut hp hn
nns ft r iiL.-L.-Him to pipioczti through Misp
l.iinglioa I llred again. T he norry Kill thou
lioixli'il tin window nml opened Ureas tlm
burglar rtii-ttr-tl on thn outside. Hn left n
bloody trull through tlm Iioiipo nml down tlm
boardwalk, indicating Unit Im had I'tm ic
veniy wounded.
Ahoiil 7.IH)0 men will be put to work this
week In tin Mnuouguhcht. tiilloy by thn r
piiniitioii of tin) Industrial tpliilili hiiii'iitp.
The Homestead nml luiqiiopne inlllp resumed
huinlay evening. The latter Is now mil it n
fseturing billets, hut, will point In fiit on
rails. Iimiaoes Nop. .'I ninl 4, tho new ones,
will he llown In iihoiit tlm 'ilitli. T Im V 11
tiierdlng Alrbrnke plant resumed operations
M"inlu nftr n pupihiipIuc l fortnight. It
will work four dnyp it wrk in nil ili-pnrt-moiitp,
hut thn tool -hop, whii-liwlll run fuil.
i lit J. .M. llunihniiKh lrhk workP nt Wil
niinlliiu rnpiimpil, niiloyiiiK elKhty turn,
nftnr R niyii-iilcn plin-n July. Hnvonil !
fiHrlnintp of tlm )ivinp Wooil .'omuiny'p
workp, whliii Iiiivm born luin, ri'Miiin il.
Thirty otitis wnrn blown In nt tlm I'lttf
liurit (Iiip nnJ Cukn 'oiu'itiiy's wotka nt
iliifl nrl.
A now linliiPtrlnl liomn for lllalr ?ounty'H
poor liiililn-n tt up ouiU'il Moinlny nl Mur
tlupiuiri;. nbout twniity-tlirnn rnlli'P from Al
tooliH. J ho now lioinii p tlm prnjoot of tlin
county I'ommlppionorp, JiiiIko . Miirtln ll'il
nml n iitimhorot tlm iiromini-nt iiliilr i-ounty
iitiiip nml will, It Ip liopfil, irovH it hivIhk
to tnxpnyon by rnilui'liiK tlm iounty nlmp
lioupn t-x'nnB0. Tlm oiil Juniata irolloiro,
built in 1P3M, ami tipoil until 1 hmii up r ,ri
ratf pfinliinry, mul thnn forthron ynnrp bp
Hn liullaii trniniiiK Piiiool, Imp boon b-npnil.
It Ptnuilp In a lmiilthlul lopittlon, nml ippur
roiiiutoil by pi.x in-rop of iiroimil, whh'li il ip
'Iiiiiiii-i to hntn tin) bovs of tint luptltiitn
uiilliviito. Tin) bullillnir I'lBolf Ip IIHixJS foot,
mul will HUi'omiuoiluto ouiufortiibly WO
I'lilliiron.
A tow ilnya ngn n troll-ilroppml mnn with n
tnllitiiry boHrliiLT, ri'Klrtoroil at unit of tho
li'iuliliL! In tola in l itiiBvillo up t'ouiit Ho
llill'iTt. It took tin count but n fnw iluys to
luptnll himpi-lf into thn kooiJ KruooH nt tin)
pnvorul til thn bimlinvp men, whloh Intor ro
mlti'il in tin Hilvonturor, on thn nt rcnittb of
iloounit'iitp nlli'KinK him to bo holr to un on
(towmont of 4j,nou iuiirlorly In oavli, K ttliii;
iinlliuitoil croilit. A fow ilnyp tutor hn lolt
town, li'iivintt bohlml him n liotol bill of IUU
tlm pitmn uiuount in i'Hi-li Inirrowi'il from thn
litnlloril, ("'Vi ral bar blllp raiiulnil from t2i
to 50, nml oror Hit) in colli ensh, borrowml
from n ilty ollU'lal. An ellurt to loniitu the
count hup po fur provoil uiiHuvcoppful,
An ii'ill 'ntlon Ip phortly to be mmlo to
tiovornor lluptiutfp for thn Incorporiiiloti of
the "tttatii Hank of llraililock," Willi tin) r.il
InwiiiK lomliiiK nit' li hp PtockholiloiP: 1 x
lUirxivip HonryC. HIiulloiiborKiir, l'rof. Siiinl,
llninlltoii, t iii'tuin V. H. llrotvn, II. .M. Ilol
lmni ninl t A. Hmki'H. Tim now bunk will
bn third in lirmltlock. A linn brit-k nml ntnnu
buililiiiK for the now Imultulloii Iihp boou
built ou on llriulihi'k iivi nuo m nr T:it;litli
etmn t. Thn.tiiiitHl vtock of tilt now conipnnv
will be rM'.OOO, to be uivitloii Into 1,000
liari-B of each.
With the coming of H.rlnpa buihllng boom
appoarp t have ptruck Johnptown, Con
tra i have boon lot anil work boRiin ou
bulbllnt!, the total cost of which will be clone
to tlOO.W'u. Principal amoiiK thn now bul
nM blockB ruIiik u pure thn Ellin buililin;,on
Krmiklin ft root; the HiipptH buililliiLt, on
Clinton Ptrci'ti the Tiiomiui bullitinit, ou
WaahiUKtou ptri'ot. All nru to be modern
and up-to-dntu In all appointment.
The Kelly & Jonop nuiuurai'turlnK plant nt
OrnuuxburK which madu but hair time for
nernral muntlip, In now ruiniliii; full In nil
its departmonta, The name may bit said of
the (lri'i'iisbiir iflawt workp, which until lapt
inn nan icou nun ior tiirru year p. I nuir a
formor mKimu it wiu a union plant, but xiuce
ltd purchiuie by another company it linn boon
Dou-uniun. The number of employed at the
two placet! aKKreKitte tiuO men.
About a dozen men bare boon illpchnrirnd
by the Cambria Iron Company within tha
punt fnw daya, It la aliened for belmr mem
bers of a labor union known on the llrnthor
bood of Locomotive EiiLtinei'rp. There la
tnlk of LrinuliiLt uctlou uKninpt the company
for conspiracy. Much bad feelluK uxluta over
the matter.
The Bolillera' monument to be ernctnil at
Jlercor will lie ilH .feet ami 10 hh'Ih'S in
belRht and will wiit!h from ICO to ITS toiip.
it will be urmoiuiti'il bv u bron.n llnuro U
leet IultIi, and will luiro two nimilar IlKurc
on the eiilo Boven foot hlKh. It IB expected
the llioninil' nt will be coinplnted by Hupleiu
ber. It w ill cost ubout t7,000.
Thn Hoard of JlauaniTH of the IVncayl
Tania ( hautnuiiua held u meetliiK lu I.i ban
on aud eleuled iiev. I. Calvin iiinher, of Ht,
Mark's Cnurch, corresponding secretary, to
succeed Iter. E. H. llaRon, who was elivlod
to till the vacancy In the board caused by
the death of Hey. W, H. I.ewnr.
New UrlRhton tnxpnyers arn atiltnted over
a proposition to lloat from G0,UOH to 4K),
000 lu bonds to pay for a complete si'tt-erano
system, with a uipoial plant and naruaite
furnace. Tho plau Is now bulni; advocated,
aud a vote may be taken. A warm contest
Is anticipated.
liiillp Hcbulbsback, of Hliainoklu, found
two masked buritlaro lu bis store Huuduy
niKbt aud an excltint; trundle resulted, dur
Juk which the burxiars 1 1 red a Dumber of
times, one bullet killing the watch iiug. The
arrival ot neifubors put the burglars to
flight.
Having been compelled to pay costs In
prerloup Lebanon county prosecution, lis.
tective Knuchur, of lteadiiig, reiususto luvop
tluate Lebanon county's lutest robbery ut
lUuhluud station.
Frank Kmitb, a coal miner of Drldffevllle,
was killed by a conl train in the railroad
yards at CaruoKle while koIiili to work, lie
leaves a wife and two children lu destitute
olreumstnucns.
T'be WushinKtou steel and tin plate mill
bas decided to double Its capacity und Q. V.
Knopf, of Pittsburg, bus been given the oon
tract ot putting up new bulldlugs.
Three fish warden deputies are assigned to
Yeuango, Forest and Warren oouutles to
protect the flab, as depredations recently
Bar been numerous.
Tlm Intiiphln county court, In an opinion
.li'llvnrril by lll'ltt" Hillloliton, lleoliloil that
tin Now York, I'ouiipylviiuiii nml Ohio llall
rouil I'oiiipmiy onnp thn Cominoiiweiilili of
Pemipylviiiilii about 'In. (Mm In tuxep.
Chllilron of Kdwnril llalley, who wiw kill
ed In Hmwn townlilp. near W llllniiipport.
by Ine'tloup borp tliiiKirliitf bun over mi
iiiiproto"t"i blithwiiv eii'l'iiiiknuiil, have
siii'il thn tonnihip for i.",iiiK.
.Iii'lco I'.riiii iitroiit bap ilooreeil that all
future Lriili.o-liull'lInK lu H-rkP county fit i 1 1
In miller written etmlnielp, prepnrnl uinlor
tlm supervision of Hn County Milliliter and
n competent engineer,
Mlililt Crook mine, near Tniiin'tuit, will bo
nl'iunloiieil a being tun expoiifive, mid 1110
'.oiiiilM will be throw n out of work.
I'ENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Afirll B. The" Menntn by mimilmnin rotn
mlopteil a repolutlon reeltlug tlm reports
that tlen. Ilulz. ISIrern, tin Cuban eom
iii iioIit. Ip al l ut to bo tried by drumhead
court martial mul phot, ami f.pm"plim the
jiiilL'ineiit of thn Si nale llnil If there reports
an true, the I'replilent of tin I tilled states
pboiinl prote.t to tlm rpBiilh Kovermiioiit
ntrninpt such it tloliitiou ol tin- ruli p of ciril
ir.eil warfare.
April Thn calendar wnp llllfil with bills
un third reading, mid several blilp pupped tbip
stage. A bill ppeellleiilly applying to Plato ap
propriations lor pehoolp to cities of the first
class pupped Dually without objection.
I'hi-sn blllp pasped llnaily: Aiithnrlzlng
and retiiirliig Jnrl-tp to illppopnnf thn costs
In criminal propecntloiip for lurceny when)
thn value of the booiIp nllegeil to be stolen is
lepp than til and in llkn pros lions for as
sault and buttery whero felony Ip charged
and where thn prosecutor has no responsible
ground for milking tin ehnrgci to prohibit
any person from falsely representing him
self to bn or falsely assuming to net as n !
Icoilvn or any ide'otlrn or appointive ofllce
within tlm commonwealth: authorizing the
r riling of all releases, contraetp, letters
of attorney ami other Itiplriimentp of writing
which a married woman Is or shall be author
ized by law to execute without the jointure of
her biisbiiinl milking thn record thereof of
the sumo force mul effect for all purposes In
all res ts nt If unmarried ami validating
prior record.
April 7. Among thn blllp pnssoil llnaily
wen the following: Providing for the pay.
Iiieiit of lioiinths tor the destruction of wild
cuts, foxes, minkp, Itnwkp, owls mid won
p1p: prorliliiig for levying school and piiiool
building taxes on tin city valuation In third
elas titles where tlm school district com
prlsep tlm siiiim territory hp thn city: vali
dating ernrejnnenp mid InstrumentP nf
writing executed by nttorneys lnfaet:sup
plemeiit to the act of .May i;l, IMHU, to pro
vide for thn assessment and eolleetlou ol
speehil tuxes upon propcrtlos nbuttlug for
street siirliikling nnil street eleiiulng.
Henater Walton bad called up his bill c re
nting a new cnpltol juliinil-sli'li mul appro
tirintlne tWiAH'O for erecting it new build
lug. It passed the Henntn llnaily without
amendments mul will be placed on tho cap
eudnr In the House.
Anrll 8. in thn absence of Lieutenant
flovernor l.yon, President Pro Tetu MeCnr-
rell presided over the senate to-dav. Very
little work wiip done, lis tha iiiemberp in
slsteil ou calling up blllp that were not un
the calendar. Koveral lively tuts occurren
among tlm senators over thn calling up ot
blllp out ot place.
Among tin bills reported wns mm to make
the proceedings of thn (Irani! Aruir of the
liepunitc it manor ot punun rncorti anil one
to ilellne ttiiei nml hp pumsiimeni.
Among tint bills introduced was "An net to
restrain and roguliitn thn snln of Honors." It
was presented by Mr. Mitchell mid fixes thn
license fees IIP follows: Kotllll licon'm, yWllli
boroughs, tf'J.'iO: townships, vioti. i hn whole.
sin IP'i'lisi'S llxes tlm fullowlug rules: Cities,
r:W0: boroughs. towiishlpp, I fill.
A resolution was passed to the eiTect that
when tlm senate iiiljourii It be until next
Monday. No hills tvMrc passed llnaily by tlm
i"iiutt.' A number of bills were passed on
second reuilliig, anil nt 1J:.JU the senate an
Iouriu-il.
Tim Walton cnpllol bill, nggregallng fi.'O,
OUO for n new cnpltol, to t rot-tcd ou the
site of thn old building by a commission
composed of the governor, auditor general.
stale treasurer, speaker of the House and
president pro torn, of the Senate, was ro.
ported In the House for tin) appropriations
committee.
The revenue bills framed by State Chair
man l.lkin, it 1 1 . 1 tlin hill taxing foreign ami
domestic biilliliug uuil loan associations p
state purposes, were reported I ruin the ways
mul tiieaiis commute.
April !. Only tlm boiisn was In session to
tiny. About Jliil bills passed II rut reading,
including that rciiiilring mayors of cities of
tlm second tiasa to adverlso nflhial notl"ea
lu oils ulteriiooii and one morning English
newspaper having at least 10.000 circulation
mid one (leruiau paper having at least 0.0(10
circulation.
Hills were reported favorably giving street
railway companies the right to carry (night
nnd conferring on them the power to emi
nent ilomalui regulating the height of build
ings In cities of the llrst class. Tho llliss
rcvciiun bills were reportnd for printing lu
order that a thorough examination may be
glvcu them. A bill fixing the minimum
school term at tight mouths was ncga-
t veil.
Mr. Maist, Cumberland, Introduced bills
repealing acts of May 10, 1H'J&. authorizing
the consolidation of traction companies mul
authorizing traction or motor com pan lop
owning, leasing, controlling or operating
different lines of street railways to operate
nil of su .ii lines as a general system and to
lay cut such new routes or circuits over the
whule or any part of any street orBtreete oc
cupied by sui'll dlnVrcni companies, and to
run cars thereon tor suil dl-stuiiaea anil In
such directions as will, In their opinion of
the operating company, best aocoinmoduts
tue tmoiio travel.
Minor Mcntlnna
Alnhnmn Is to have two now cotton mills,
There nro about 38,000,000 sheep in the
unitca mates.
Tha rioiitliorn pencil crop has beon dam-
agon ny irosts.
About .lOOOnlditlonat Oormnn troopi will
be sunt to the Uuruiuu po'SusMous la Hoitln
em Africa.
Great dnmage bns been done by floods In
Jliunosota and North und Hnuiu Dakota.
It Is estimated that not less than 40,0.10
rnhtilts have been killed lu Hlnghnin County,
Idaho, this year. The bounty of Uif oeuts a
scalp seems to have euoouruge i tne siuugu
ter.
Tho Rtnte nf New Jersey did a graceful
thing In passing a bill, ou the eve of the
Legislature's adjournment, making April it
a legal holiday in recognition ot tue audio
tion ot tne urant monument.
Itnce promoters In London nr discussing
a race for motor carriages. It Is not ex
pected that the scheme will pity. At one
man remarked, It Is not the sulky that the
crowds watch In a race, but the anlinul In
action, and It Is thought thnt a horseless
carriage contest would fall nut.
Thn Epwortb League bas 10,953 chapters
nnd 1 ,'200,030 members. There ere 00M6
Junior League chapters, with a membership
of 300.000. There are throe Enworib League
orphanages and live Epwortb League
bouses.
There has come to light Id a New York
hosnltnl a uuecr case of abnormal develop'
ment In the shape of allttlegirl about twelve
years old who has three perfectly formed
bauds on her right arm. Each of the bauds
bas four lingers nnd a thumb, over all of
which the girl b.m nerfuot control.
Whllo plowing In a Held lately, whloh had
been uuiler constant cultivation uutu last
vear. a colored farmer of Hogunsville, Ga.
uncovered a jnr, burled beneath two big
stones ana an iron piate, containing via,.
000 In gold. Apparently the mor.ey bad
been stolen. The burial plaoe was marked
bya oiroie oi small neia stoues.
QUKKIt CL0THE8.
THK vuly rosriiMKS OH1 TIIK
MNK I -V.KS I II I KNTf IIV.
Whnl riillilrpii Worn 8pventr-Klve
Years Ann I lie Pnnlnlotte Agony
nml thn Itelin of tlin
Koil Mlioc.
rnmomlipf how wo noil
dross wlinn I wnsn child?
Jnduitil, I hi, my ilonrj I
enn poo every otio of those
querr little frookH you wottiu cor
laitilr think tlinm so now, nt any rnto
as plninly as if I inI tliom before
my ryes." J be HfienktT, snys tne .lew
York Triotttii'. was a wutto-iiairou,
swcot-rnccil olil lmly of rifihly, whoso
reinnrkntily fnittifitl memory, not only
on tho snlijent of nlollics, lint coneeru
ina nenrly every iticiiletit of her rather I
eventful life, ii t eouHtnnt source of'
marvel to her friends. I
"I bolirat uress ol wnicr. i nnve a
(liHlinct iinircpiim ,wns miido for mo
when J wna four years old. Tlmt was
in the yenr 1H2I j so yon nro hearing
now of tho slyli.'S of seventy-five years
n''t. It in n luiiK period to look hiiok
upon, lint tho timo doosu't seem so fur
awny to me. Well, tho frock wns (,'iven
to me hv my godmother for my
nnnie, you know. It was mmlo of rat-
tinet 1 don t supp-jso you ever
heard the word liefore hut it was the
nanioof n kind of thin woolen goods
very fiishionaldo at tho tune. The
color was senrlet, nnd as I hnd never
had nnyiliiiiK so gny before, you may
ho sure I was proud of is. There was
a littlo red cloak to tnnlcb, anil n red
bonnet, irimtnoil with swnnsdowit.
"l'ho next drofisos I remember were
r.Aiu.y vicToniAV Piii-m.
two Sunday frocks, made cxntttly
rtliko, whioli my sinter and I wore, per
haps a year or two luter tuun tho timo
ot the 'oi! rattinet. You will laugh
when I tell yotl that theso dresses.
""hich wero considered especially
beautiful and elaborate, wero tundo of
calioo. It was French cnlico.thoiigh ;
much liner nnd prettier than anything
of tho kind to bo bought nowadays,
and it cost from fifty to scventy-tivo
cents a yard. All mntcrinls wero dear
then, and you Baw very fow silk dresses,
particularly for children, exoept
the wealthy families. Yon could havo
A silk gown now for what Fronoh cali
coes used to ooBt. I can even remem
ber the oxnot pattern ot the calioo in
tboso two frocks. Thero was a white
ground, dividod into squares, with a
OIItl.'M MSTfME, JAN'CARV, 1811.
vino and leaf design in purple, run
ning all over it. Wo thought it was
wonderfully handsome, and I bolievo
it would be considered very dainty
even to-day, nmoLg the variety of
protty, thiu goods whioh ura shown.
All ohihlren wore low-necked and
short-sleeved dresses in those days,
and, indeed, for many yean after
ward. It would have bean considered
ridiculously inappropriate to pnt
anything different ou them, even in
winter. Bo our littlo frocks were, of
course, made according to the fashion,
leaving our necks and shoulders bare,
andlookiug, I must confess, as I ex
amine tho old daguerreotypes, as if
thoy were in constant dunger of slip
ping oil' over our arms. The sloevea
wore tiny, circular pulls, not more
than three or four inuhos dcop, so that
we had almost uothiug on our arms
either. The little waihts were very
short, wuoli resembling the Empire
styles soon now, uud were usually
made with considerable fulness. The
skirts, always sewed fast to the waists,
were straight, and reaohed to about
half way between the knen and ankle.
Really short dresses, as children wear
them now, were never seen. Below
oar skirts, and banging down to oar
very feet, were oar pantalettes pUio
yellow nnnkoen ones for every tiny, rintl
line white embroidered ones for Hun
days. With tbeso particular frocks 1
nm npcaking of we always wore our
bent pnntnlcttos.
iiov'h ttoxri'MB is voiitm junk, 184 1,
"Our shoes were made of soft, green
morocoo leather. And that reminds
me of the ngi;rievnd feeling wo chil
dren always cherished beonttso wo were
obliged to wear thnt color. The two
fashionable shades for shoes wore tea
green and bright red. My mother,
whoso taste in her own tlress was sub
dued, clothsd her children according
ly, and would never allow ns to have
the scarlet shoes. Ho my sister and I
were obliged to wear the green, and
to pnzo with hopeless envy at the
gayur footgear ot most of our play
mates. "There wero different styles of hats,
but, if I reinoinbt r rightly, thoso thnt
went with our purple and white
French calicoes wero bonucts of green
silk. They were shirred very full and
cut so that thn eil;:o around tho face
was bias. This was then fringed out
to souto leptb as n border, aud tho
bonnet was trimmed with lace nnd a
ribbon bow nt the baok. 1 think thnt
is a complete aaoonnt of tho way we
looked, or have I forgotten any
thing? Oh, yes ; our gloves. They
wero of straw colored silk, nnd pretty
short, scarcely reaching ubovo our
wrists.
"The time I nm telling you of was
long before the days of hoopskirts,
yon know. We children wore a num
ber of stiff, quilted petticoats, though,
to tnako our dresses 'set out' in the
proper way. I can't remember that
we were ever really uncomfortable on
acootint of our odd olotbes, though I'm
afraid children would complain now
adays at the heavy skirts and the
dangling pantalcttos. These panta
lettes were somotimcs a nnisnnoo even
to ns, aooustomoi as we were to them,
when we wanted to play some active
game. I recall one of our playmates
who was regarded by tho rest of ns as
a marvol of daring because she had
bee'a known on diQerent oocasions to
nntio her pantalettes deliberately from
her stookings, to which they were fas
tened, and bundlo thorn in some con
venient corner until sho had finished
her play and was ready to go home.
"The boy's clothes at that time
were almost as funny, when oompared
with modern stylos, ns were those of
the girls. No knickerbockers in the
days when my brothers wore little fel
lows ! lioys wore Ion?, loose trousers,
similar to those ot their fathers, and
usually inado at home from an old pair
which the bead of the family bad dis
carded. Their queer little jackets
were somotimcs boltod in at the waist,
with tha skirt hanging a few inches
below in blouse style, and sometimes
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they wore open coats, very short and
elaborately braided, in military fash
ion. They wore various kinds of caps,
and I remember a flat-shaped one.
I with long tassel hanging down be-
hind, whioh was rcgnrdod its very
stylish.
"Fashions did not change to often
then, my dear, ns they do now. When i
yon hnd a dress yotl could wear it for
years, just tho sumo unless yon wore
it out. Fine clothos could even bo
handod down from one generation to
another. Years Inter than the timo 1
havo been taking; about, when 1 had a
small family of my own, tho Htyles in
children's frooks worn not prently
Altered. The materials hnd clmngod
j more than nnythitifr olse, showing
! mttoh more variety, and tho woolen
! Roods in particular being finer lu
i quality."
TIIK DIM ISO noun.
Its furnishing ami DecoratingCo
lonial Kneels the Most lieeotnlng.
There is no more barb srons con
trivance than the basement dining
room in the ordinary city house;
although it may be made neoessary by
considerations of economy and con
venience, these facts do not make it
any more admirable. Architectural
limitations are such that the basement
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dining room must ot necessity have a
low ceiling, littlo natural light, and an
unattractive outlook. Theso are draw
backs very difficult to overcome by
any schome of decoration or furnish
ing. For various lesions rooms of
this kind may be dismissed from con
sideration in tho present article City
houses are always built with certain
restrictions and limitations in mind,
and eash houso must be a law nnto it
self, lint aside from tho question of
means, tho builder of a detached viiln
house has free rein, and can consult
his own taste aud inclination in tho
arrangement of the various rooms.
One who plans the erection ot such
a house will bo wise if he gives his
greatest care And Attention to the
dining-room, for no room is more im
portant, nor contributes more to the
character of the house. No hand
somer room was ever designed than a
colonial dining-room, and it will be
well to follow its general style nnlcss
it forms too violent a contrast with
the remainder of tho house. For this
reason it is woll to havo a cluster of
narrow windows at ono end of tho
room, opening with hinges, perhaps,
glazed with diamond panes of glass in
leads. This gives a most beautiful ef
fect, if the remainder ot the room can
be brought at all in keeping. As the
room should bo warm in the severest
weather, an open fireplace with brass
fire dogs must bo in cvidnnco. The
trimming should bo walnut or oak
with colonial ornaments, unless theso
are found too expensive. Tho mantel
should bo simple, so thnt it will not
dotrnct from the crystal and plato
with which the room will naturally be
ornamented. Tho walls should be a
warm, red brown tint, or be covered
with some warm colored paper with a
simple, formal design.
liy far the most effective furniture
for the dining room is mahogany, but
this is costly. If one has the good
luck to inherit old pieces of mahog
any tho problem of furnishing is made
easy, for these can be made moro
beautiful than any modern pieces at
very little expense, no matter how
mnoh they may have been marred by
usage. With mahogany .out of the
question, pretty effects can be had,
whioh will make the room riob, with
well-made oak furniture, provided it
is simple in design and not disfigured
with machine carving and glued orna
ments. A hard wool floor costs no more
than a line carpet, and is far moro ap
propriate. In this case a large rug
will be wanted, but it need not be ex
pensive; extremely pretty designs are
to be had in -what are known as "art
squares," which are nothing more than
reversible ingrain carpets. There is
no need for ornameutution other than
pare and simplo porcelain, glass and
silver ware, whioh caa be made to do
good servioe if not huddled away in
elosets, and a few good pictures in
modern frames, chosen with some idea
of the "eternal flitness of things."
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dinini? room whloh lends itself readily
to tho treatment described in this ar
tide.
Tho width of this house is 01 foot,
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(i inches, And tho depth, inoluding
veranda, 50 foct, 4 inches. With first
story !l feet, (I inches, And second
story !) feet with nttio 8 feet. This is
a oomfortable dwelling, easily heated.
Tho size ot tho dining room is shown
by the floor plans.
The room is finished in onk, with
onk floor. Tho two windows are leaded
with diamond-shnpnd panes looking
out over the vcrnndn. The walls nro
covered with pnper of yellow brown
color, with a stiff, formal design in roil
brown. This runs to tho coiling, with
no frieze, but with onk picture rail
about twenty inches below tho cor
nice. Tho ccilin.T repeats tho side)
wnll colors, though tho pattern of tho
pnper is not so pronounced. Tho fire
place is faced with dark brown brick.
I he fiirniluro is neb mahogany with
brass mountings. The sideboard, on
which are a few pieces of fine glass
reflected by tho firelight, glistens a
welcome, ilright china gives points
of rich color for tho eye to rest npon.
A Smyrna rug in deep reds nnd browns
laid on the polished oak floor adds
still more color to the room, and a few
choice hunting nconcs finish tho
walls.
Tho cost to build tho honno illus
trated in this nrticlo in the vioimty ot
New York City, is S'JoOO, not inolu
ding tho heating apparatus. In many
sections of tho country tho cost should
bo much loss. Copyright 1897,
An Extraordinary (irontlt or Hair.
This astonishing growth of human
hair is known as the Plica I'olonica,
from its prevalence in Poland. Tho
I'lioa consisted of hair closely matted
together ; and tho above example was
sent to Dresden in 1780, After adorn
ing the head of a peasant woman for a
spnoe of fifty-two years. It was over
twelve foot in length, and nearly s
foot in circumference. It was consid
ered fatal to cut it, hence the dimen
sions it sometimes attnined. , I
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Tho Forth Bridge, in .Scotland,
is constantly being repaintod ; in fact,
no sooner havo tho painters reached
ono end than they have to commence
again at the other. It takes fifty tons
of paint to give it one coat, and the
area dealt with is something like 120
acres.
A Surprise Tor Pa.
1. Tommy was sent to sow tho lawn
plot with grass seed. l'a and tho
poodle were having a siesta out there.
As Tommy daren't wake them ha scat
tered the seod everywhere but where
they lay.
2. When the grass began to oome
np, those bald plaoes looked well,
quaint. The neighbors thought they
were new deaigut for flower beds I
Comio Cats.
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