r. HEW YORK Hints For the Wardrobes of Those Like to Be Correctly Gowned. New York Cut (Special). The cloth gowns show every woek somo new feature, so that it seems to be necessary to have three or four in one TAMES' OTTTAWJtT COAT. -wardrobe in order to be correctly gowned, states Harper's Bazar. The skirts of all the gowns are made long, and as olese-fitting as possible over the hips, and many of them have jackets or long cutaway coats. There is no . doubt that the long ooats and cloaks re much the fashion this year, and are SKIRT AND WAIST "being imported all the time. A smart -walking gown is made with a velvet skirt, and over this is worn a Ions I -.7; - v -: - IT... -a.vv "'6 covers the skirt. In front there is a flounce, of the same material as the redingote, that starts at the waist in a narrow width, and it gradually broad ens ont until it reaches part way up the ooat. The upper part of the ooat . is finished with a deep collar that forms a wavy cape, and there is a high stock -collar and vest of velvet, and in side the atook-oollar is a high flaring collar also of the velvet. On the front of this ooat are large fancy buttons. The sleeves are small, but have a little fulness at the top. They are very long, and are finished around the wrist with ruffled caff. To wear with this eoat is a bat of felt, some thing in sailor shape, trimmed with rosettes of velvet and stiff wings. The same gown in two shades of . .green is effective also. A Popular Mode. The model shown in the large en--graving is desirable for either silk or woolen fabrios, charming combinations being effected by making flounoe and broad collar of contrasting material. This ia also a good design for remod elling, as the waist can be lengthened over new lining, the collar of new material giving stylish finish. A flounoe to matoU oollar will give added length as well as style to the skirt, , and the deooration may be aa simple or as elaborate as desired. To make this waist for a miss of fourteen years will require two yards of material forty-four inohes wide. To make the akirt will require three nd one-half yards of material forty four inohes wide. i Ss Match tba Mat. - :r-y etji of velvet to mat ah the FASHIONS. Who hot are displayed very temptingly among the extravagant novelties. They are flnt in effect aud made with a double ruffle at each end, but large in size. A stylish sable muff in a simi lar style has a wide circular frill at each end, is lined with whitci satis), and is finished on the edges with tiny short tails set on two or three inches apart all around. The Hoy's Mull. The small boy of fashion is arrayed in blouse and knickerbockers for or dinary wear. The trousers are slight ly full and loose, depending a little from the band which is wont above the knee. Hoys like tiiis style mnoh better than the lifted knee breeches heretofore worn. Worn on the Mats. One novel and beautiful fibre which is used extensively on lints shows a coarse, lace-like niesli of heavy silk thread, woven with chenille cord. A variation of this is of coarse-meshed lace, interwoven with double zephyr wool. Ttllthnn Frills For the Oonn, The liking for narrow ribbon frills aud ruches increasesif that is pos. sible. Three, four and even five rib bons of assorted colors are frequently combined to complete the tt naming of a gown. The Fashionable Jenelrr. Neck chains, lockets and rrniiu ai-a fashionable. The slender gold chains strong with jeweis are of course pre- Th mrtat nit. ..I,:.. - . . . . - " ... w. . uin i.uiiiu lion about the throat and pear shape pearls nnisu me ends. Out-of-Door Toilet For Tot. A stylish out-of-door toilet for a tiny miss is here represented in rich red serge coating, trimmed with Per- FOR A YOUXa LADT. sian lamb fur and tiny frills of black satin ribbon. Flare bonnet of red velvet, with red taffeta bows and tie strings, black soft quills and border of Persian lamb. The Empire style needs no introduction. It is graceful and becoming to little folks, the cape oollar with its circular ripple ruffle being also a revival of a former style and at this time a very popular fea ture. ' . The deep box-pleated skirt portions of the ooat are joined tt the top to front and back short body portions, which meet in shoulder and under arm seams. The cape oollar is inoluded in the seam with the turn-over oollar. Tlia Cold-Weather Cape.' Capes . for cold-weather wear are either ia shswlpoint or seamless cir cular shape, and nearly every model ia of three-quarter length. CHILD'S COAT. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. u (Iraniliiin-t.iind. There's a wonderful country fur nwny, And Its mime I Uraiulmii-t.iinili "J'l n beautiful, glorious nlti-hlng plneo With grmuliims on every hand. Kvery where you may look or go, Kvervwhcre that the breezes blow. Just grnmlinnmnms! .lust grandmammas! In this wonderful country far sway Where grandmamma' libido. In this benutiftil. wltehlng Ornmlinn-Lnnit The (lond Things wait on every side Jam anil jellv enke heaped In plies; Tarts and candy 'round for miles: Just Uooil Things here! ,lu-t Hood Things there' In this wonderful ennntrv far. afar, Where blow the cimHy breezes, In this beautiful, glnrluus pi i I.I I utr-tn ill l-'nh ehlld does Jtut as he pl-a-es. All through tho night, nil through the day. Every single ehlld hss his wny, F.ai'h his own wny! Just us hn leaesl In tills wonderful country fnr nwny In this gorgeous grandma elime When tired nhlldreu ran eat no more. There are stories of "Owe on it Time." Hteries are told and songs are sung Of when the grandmammas were vouug, 'Once on a Time!" "Well, let me e:'' To this wonderful nountry far. afar. Where only Onod Things stay. To this beautiful, glorious (trnndmii-I.nnd Oood uhildren only find the wny. Hut when they 'sleep and when they dream Away they float on the gliding stream To Urandmn-Land! To (irandmn-I.nnd! Harden Caruth. How Puss Sees In the lnrk. Pussy ran see as well in the dark as iu the light. Many animals are able to do so, among them tigers, lions and, in fact, all of the cat's cousins, in cluding the owl, which is uot an ani mal at all bnt a bird. The reason of this is because these animals have the power of making the pupil, the dark centre of the colored part of the eye, grow larger or smaller nt will. It is through this dark spot, which is really the window that communicates with the brain, that the picture of what is looked at is telegraphed to the brsin by the nerves spread out iuside the pupil. When the est is in the dark, she enlarges the pupil of her eye so that more rays of light cau pass through it to the brstn thsn is ordi narily the case, aud the impression is therefore a stronger one than is pos sible to the hitman eye. Trenton (X. J.) American. The Sehnolbnv's 1'arndlse. The stnnll boy who has to go to school in New York looks with envy npou the small boy who hns to go to school in France. It is the question of holidays which constitutes the dif ference iu favor of the tad who attends a public school of instruction in the French republic. The schoolboys of France have more holidays thau work-, days in the year, and in that fact lies the grievance of the American young ster. The average boy, be he a native of Manhattan or a child of Timbuctoo, is moro fond of a holiday thau be is of a workday, theorists and moralists to the contrary notwithstanding. And the more holidays he has the better terms he is on with himself and the rest of the world. Two hundred and six holidays in the year as against 150 school days! That's the record of public instruction in France. To begin with, there is the regular mid-snmmer holiday, which covers a period of sixty-four days. That's pretty good for a starter. Then there are the (Sundays. They are holidays, of course, everywhere, bnt they count an additional fifty-two days. Then ten days are allowed for the proper celebration of Christmas and New Year's. To be thoroughly observant of the great feast of Easter tide fifteen days are given. Thurs days are holidays, and that means fifty-two days more of no labor. All Saints' comes in for three days' holi day; St. Charlemagne two days, Shrove Tuesdsy and Ash Wednesday two days, Whitsuntide throe days and three days to make merry when the national fete in July Tolls around. The rest of the year the children are supposed to study. Cincinnati En quirer. , The King and the Page, Frederick the Great one day.sitting in his study, rung the bell several times but nobody came in response to his summons. At last, growing im patient, he opeued the door of his antechamber, aud discovered his page fast asleep. The king, much annoyed, was about to awaken him, when he discovered a writteu paper hanging out of the boy's pocket. Kings are not above curiosity any more than ordinary mortals, aud without scruple his majesty softly drow out the paper without awakening the sleeper aud read it. He found it to be a letter of thanks from the page's mother, in which she blessed her boy for his thonghtfulness and devotioji in send ing her the greater part of his wages. It had been a great help to her, she wrote, and heaven would certainly re ward him if he contiuued faithful in the service of his king. After he had read this Frederick went back to his study and brought a rouleau of duoats, which he slipped with the letter into the pooket of the boy. Then, closing the door of the antechamber, be went back to his desk aud rnng the bell with such vio lence that he soon awoke the page, who hurried into the room. "Surely you have been asleep!" thundered the king, glaring at him fiercely. The poor lad, much frightened, tried to stammer out a confession, and in his agitation be thrust his hand into his pocket, where he found the roll of ducats. Confused and trembling he drew it out, and stood looking first at the king, then at the money, utterly Incapable of speeoh. "What is the matter?" asked the king, hiding a smile behind his hand. "Alas, your majesty!" cried the hoy, falling on his knees. "My ruin Is intended, I know nothing of the money! indeed I know nothing of it." "Why," snid the king, "whenever foi tune docs come she comes sleeping. Yon may send it to your m itber with my compliment, and assure her that I will provide for you both." Phila delphia Times. THE STRAIGHT-HAIRED CIRL. Advice to the Vnnng Man Whs la Said to He lnellneit Toward Matrimony. Home one of tho oracles whose mis sion is to advise vouug women how to select a husband and to warn young men ngainst feminine wiles, has re cently set up a new guide ist for mas culine wny fillers on the road to matri mony. . "Marry a girl w ith straight hair," says the oracle. "The chances are t list her wsys sre as straight as her locks, while the heart of the curly headed girl is as full of twists aud quirks as her hair." The theory is expounded at some length. If all men will but be guided by this sibylline voice, the day of the straight-haired girl is close at hand. She needs compensation. For years she has fought nn unequal fight against her sister of the curly locks, aud her temper has becu worn threadbare, all on account of her hair. What chance has a straight-haired girl on a windy day. Her hair is straggling in frantic wisps over her collar and her ears. She looks nutidy, disreputable, and all the time the curly-hnired girl is becoming more nud more bewitching. Her stray locks crisp and curl and flutter fluflily round her face, aud she smiles in serene consciousness that the wind is quite powerless against her. When rainy days come the straight-haired girl sighs dolefully and looks limp and dejected in spite of swell clothes. Hot days have the sams depressiBg effect upon her hair and spirits. Sea bathing has no charms for her. Even golf enn't be to her what it is to the champion with curly hair, lint, if straight hair is to be a certificate of eligibility for matrimony, there will be balm for all these wounds. New York Hun. The Coy Corbie. 'Speaking about smart animais," said the real estate man to a Kansas City Journal reporter, "I want to go on record as saying that there is no animal that can hold n candle to the coyote for smoothness. When I first went out to western Kansas I had an ambition to kill euough coyotes to make a lap robe to send back to my friends in the East. I tramped nil over that country with a gun, but 1 never could get nearer tlinu within a mile of a coyote. I used to drive out in my buggy and hide the gun under the seat, but it didn't muko any differ ence. Not a coyote ever got near euough so that he could havs been reached with anything short of a long range cannon. "One day"(I stal l ed out in a hurry and forgot my gun. I hadn't gone a tni'e Iro u town before I ran into a group of four coyotes. ' The critters didn't even take the trouble to lope off out of sight. They just walked off two or three rods from the road and sat down on their hunkers and looked at me and yawned. It made me hot to see their iuierual impudence, aud I made a dive' as if I were going to get the gun out from under the seat. I thought sure I would scare them away. Well, maybe you wouldn't be lieve it, bnt those cussed coyotes never moved. They just set up there and actually grinned. They said just as plain as if they had used the word' : 'Oh, you needu't try to run that b'rfl on nsl We are strictly on to your job.' How they kuew I hadn't that gun I don't know, but I have had great respect for the souse of a coyote ever siuoe." Teaching a Farrot. A well-known country squire owned an equally well-known parrot, which he christened Judy, because of its popularity and reputation for saying fuuuy things. On one occasion the a inire was expecting his uuole for a visit, and thought it would be great fun if, on thean ivnl of the said uuole, Judy came out with: "Halloa, Uncle! How.are yon?" So one morning he triod to teach the phrase to the bird. Judy, how ever, was in a depressel mood, and she couldn't be persuad jd to talk or do any1 of her tricks. The squire, who was an irascible man, shouted violently: "Say uncle! say uucle! Bay uncle, you fool!" But Judy was obstinate, and no threats could make her ay a word. The squire thereupon gave way to his wrath, and, seizing Judy by the head, swung her round and round, then threw her out of the window. About half 0 hour afterward he heard a great screeching iu his fowl yard. He hurried put and beheld 19 of his chiokens lying dead, while Judy was pursuing the 20th, at the same time shrieking: "Say uncle, you fool! Say unole, you fool!" Judy had, after all, learned her les son, but too well. Judy. ' Laws on Ealing. Philippe de Bel of France in 1294 prohibited any snbject from partaking of more than one dish and one entre met for an ordinary repast. On a gala occasion two dishos with bacon aud soup were allowed. Charles I pro hibited tho serving of flosh and flh at the same meal, aud only at bridal banquets were three courses pern it ted. Louie XIII went even furtlur. If an Individual dined at a tavern he was not to expend more than 50 cents, and if at home his service was not to exce4 three dUuos. HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES. I'retly llrrfrooirt Curtains. Curtains of flowered or striped den im, cretonne or chintz on small rods Just long enough to reach the bottom of the window are very pretty for bed room windows. Those are particular ly nice for a too light room where the light needs subduing by a drapery with a little color in it, rather thau plain white. A llnlnt.v Sachet. . An excellent perfume for perfuming clothes that are packed away, and which will retain its properties for a long time, can be made iu the follow Ing way: l'ound to a powder one ounce each of cloves, caraway seeds, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and Tonqnin beans; also as much orris root as will equal the weight of all the foregoing ingredients. All that is needed is to HII large bags of mnslin with this mixture and lay them among the gar ments. A Oood Wnshlng Snap. A good washing soap may be made from the following receipt, the ingre dients costing $1 for CO pounds: Ten pounds of hard soap cut into small pieces, four ounces of borax, three ounces of nulphate of soda;' dissolve in five gallons of soft water. When dissolved let it cool, and then put it into a wooden firkin or tub. This will make fifty pounds of thick soap, and one pound will do a large washing. The soap may be dissolved in hot wa ter and used as soft soap; and it w ill be much less trouble than the usual soft soap making. The Sun as a Disinfectant. A broom is fit only for the removal of coarse dust or litter. Iu carpets of deep pile its penetrating bristles often carry iu more dust than is brought out. If used to dislodge the particles of dust, the carpet should be promptly gone over with cloths that are slightly dampeued to catch aud hold the loosened particles. The feather duster has no use in the clean ing process, except to dislodge from high places aud unreachable walls and corners the dust, which must then be gathered and burned. Sanitary teach ers insist even that dust-cloths are not only to be thoroughly washed and rinsed in boiling water, but should be dried in the sunshine as often as pos sible. In accordance with this prin ciple that the disinfectiug properties of the sun are necessary for absolute clesnliuess, is the claim made by some laundries that linen sent to them to be washed is sun-dried. New York Post. Carving as an Art. Only persistent practice and definite knowledge make carving a pleasure and a success. Neither illustrations nor diagrams are of mnch assistance in learning this art.. As a distinguished authority on carving says in his mono graph ou the subject: "Illustrations cannot prove helpful because the ac tual thiug before ns bears faint resem blance to pictures, these being able to give ns only surfaces, with no hints of what may be iuside. " By right of precedence the carver's chair belongs to the head of the house, either father or motlier,but weariness, preoccupation, or, more often, a par ent's pleasure in contemplating the increasing deftness of a clever Bon or daughter in presiding over and prop erly distributing a joint, fowl or fish, lead the elders to resign in favor of the youth when guests are not pres ent. Carving at the table, it is said, is now considered not only a nseful art, but a social accomplishment as well. A practical knowledge of its process should be a part of the education of all young people. Children should know how to carve by the time they are fifteen years old. In Frauce a boy is required to tske his turn in cutting and serving meats at table as soon ns he is strong enough to handle the knife and tall enough to readily reach the joint or fowl. Some times he stands upon a broad stool made for the purpose, aud he is prond when he is successful aud ashamed when found imperfect. Philadelphia Times. , Iteclpes. Orange Sauce Two heaping tea spooufuls cornstarch, dissolved in water, with boiling water poured ou to make a smooth, thick paste; add a beaten egg, a heaping teaspoonful but ter and a small cup sugar. When cooked add the juice of two oranges. Serve hot. Cheese Rolls Work a tablespoon fill of butter into a pint of light bread dough. Make iuto round cakes with a biscuit cutter. Spread the tops freely with grated cheese, double aud bake wheu light again. These are particularly nice when small and crisp to serve with salad. Potato Finger Puffs Mash four po tatoes and boil until soft. . Mash with a tablespoon of butter and season with a half teaspoonful of salt and a quarter teaspoon of pepper. When cold add one egg and beat well. With floured hands mold into finger puffs and fry to a light brown. Serve in a hot dish. Bye Shortcake Toast Mix one cup flour, one oup rye flour, half a tea spoonful salt, one tablespoonful sugar and two level teaspoonfuls of bakiug powder. Add one tablespoonful melt ed butter aud milk enough abont one cup to moke a dough that- can be kneaded and rolled. Mould it smooth, roll out quite thin, cut into rouuds and bake quickly. While they are baking make one oup of white sauce with one oup hot cream or milk, one level tablespoonful each of butter and cornstarch and one-quarter tea spoonful salt. When the cakea are done split them open and lay on a dish with the hot oream over them and serve very hot. THI MARKETS. ,' riTTDHVIld. drain, floor and Peed. WHEAT No. Ired 70 Tt No. 2 red 08 ' 67 COn.N-No. 2 yellow, ear. 8s 89 No. 2 yellow, shelled 8(1 87 Mixed ear U4 85 OATH No. 2 while Hi 89 No. 8 white 81 8i RYE-No. 1 00 1 FLOIH Winter patent 8 93 4 00 Fanny straight winter.... T.T. 8 (Ml 8 60 live flour 8 21 8 45 HAY No. 1 timothy 8 60 9 00 rioter. No. 1 7 75 l FKI-No. 1 white mid., ton. . 18 00 10 50 Brown middling! 13 00 IS 60 Bran, bulk 12 25 12 75 "TRAIT Wheat 8 00 25 mt e 60 7 00 BF.KDM Clover. GO II. i. 2 60 8 00 Timothy, prime 1 20 1 40 Dairy Products BUTTF.R Elgin creamery. .... f 22 2S Ohio creamery 18 1 Fancy country roll...., 14 18 CHEEnE Ohio, new 10 11 New l'ork, new , 11 12 Frulfe anil Vegetables, BF.ANB I.ltna Y qt ISO) l I'OTATOF.H r'anoy Whit , V bit 8 40 CABrtArtE-l'er 100 heads . . . . t B0 8 00 O.MONH Choice yellow, r Lu. 40 4 . Poultry, Ktr. CHICKENS Per pair, small... S3 40 TUIKEYD-rerlh 12 18 EOQS-ra. and Ohio, fiesh.... 24 25 CINCINNATI. Fl.OUIt 3 10 8 80 WHEAT No. (red 69 II YE No. 2 67 C'OltX-Mlied 85 OATH 28 20 EOQH.... 20 BUTTER Ohio creamery 20 PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR 8 CD'S) 3 70 WHEAT -No. 2 red 71 72 COHN-No. 2 mixed 89 40 OATH - No. 2 white 81 84 BUTTER Creamery, extra 22 EUGH Pennsylvania Brats 20 NJW VOItK. FLOUR- Patents 3 69 8 80 WHEAT No. 2 red 75 CORN-No. 2 40 OA1H -White Western 82 BUTTER -Creamery. 16 21 EOOH State of Penn 22 25 1.1 VK STUCK. Central Stork Tarda, Past Liberty, Pa. CATTLE. Trlme, 1.100 to 1400 lbs 4 80 8 00 Oood, 1200 to 1.100 lbs Ill 4 80 Tidy, 1000 to 1160 lbs 4 80 4 60 Fair light steers, M0 to 1000 lb 8 70 4 20 Common, 700 to 800 lbs 8 40 8 70 Boot. Medium '8 45 8 65 Heavy 8 GO Houghs and slags 2 75 8 00 Hurr.p. Prime, 95 to 10S lbs 4 40 4 AO Good, 85 to DO It.s 4 25 4 80 Fair, 70 to 80 Ibn am 4 10 Common 8 00 8 26 Veal Calves 0 00 7 20 LAMBS. Rpringer, extra 6 23S 8 60 Hprlnger, good tocbok-e 6 01 6 25 Common to fair 8 60 6 15 Extra yearlings, light 4 05 4 73 flnnil In i.Kol..- ....... 1 1 .. ... J K1 A Cm. Medium , 4 25 4 60 Common 8 00 4 00 ' TRADE REVIEW. Closing Month of tht Year Remarkable for It Volume of Business. 11 It. CI. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade reports us follows for Inst week: December Is adding a surprising close to the" most surprising year or American history. November sur passed all other months of the century In volume of business and production, and thus far December Is doing even better In payments through clearing houses. In railroad . earnings, In foreign tade, In output of pig Iron, In activity and strength of securities. But that is saying a great deal, for In all these and ether tests, November was far the best month of American financial history. December began with a pig Iron out put nt 235,628 tons weekly, against 228, 935 November 1st, and with storks of unsold Iron diminished 28.988 tons In November, which Indicates a con sumption of 1,024,813 tons during the month. Not onlv Is the output the. greatest ever known, but It has In creased 22 1-2 per cent since 1892, when the greatest monthly record then ever known was made, and besaemer pig but until the middle of November, sold at $1010 this year. It has since risen with enormous demand and sales to 110 65 there, with gray forge lit 35, but the Chicago market Is also strong, with sales of 100,000 tons, besides 25.030 tons billets, which had risen at Pittsburg with big- transactions to $16. With scarcity of pig Iron feared both east and west, there Is aa yet no rise whatever In finished products, al though the demand is far beyond all product. Hteel rails are quoted at $17 per ton at the East, although- the Lackawanna Company has taken or ders for 100.000 tons at the West, both the Pittsburg and Chicago works beirfg sold fur ahead, and bids for 32,000 tons for Australia are to be opened, while Chicago has pending a bid for 200, 000 tons, deliverable In two years In Asiatic Russia. In other lines the de mand for finished products is of the same surprising magnitude, especially In plates and In sheets. The woolen Industry also comes to the front with very extensive pur chases of wool by large houses and' small, helped by material concessions at Boston, so that sales at the three chief markets have been 17,968,700 pounds, of which 13,860,200 pounds pounds last year of which 7,443,000 pounds were domestic and 16,604,100 pounds In the same week of 1892. of which 12,399,600 pounds were domestic. The transactions show a demand fair ly tup to that of the most prosperous yea re heretofore. The exports of wheat continue heavy ' from Atlantic ports, flour Included, 5, 492,692 bushels, against $.68,806 bush els, last year, and from Pacific porta 741,991 bushels, against 1.520,612 bushels last year, so that for two weeks tha outgo has been ll,871,e0 buahel against 2.401,556 bushels last year. As the wheat output In December of last year was close to the largest on rec ord, the returns this year show a real ly surprising gain. While prices have been 3c stronger for cash, the western receipts for two weeks of December have been about 6,000,000 bushels greater than last year. The corn movement Is the most as tonishing feature of the business, the exports for three weeks having ta 7,187.302 bushels, against 6.326,894 bush els last year, and the price has ad vanced for the week. Should auch a demand for American corn continue It would be of enormous value to the western farmers. Failures for the week have been 2(1 In the United States, against 124 last year, and U In Canada, agalnat SI Uat veery )
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