New York City. Hlmmo wnixts niake the favorite model of the son ion And are worn both for Indoor and street costume. This May Mnnton In- BLOUSB WAIST. 0udes pleats at the shoulder, that give the fashionable breadth, and sleeves Of the latest sort. The model Is made f wood brown henrlcttn, with velvet piped with white and ornamental but tons as trimming, but the design suits almost all seasonable fabrics. The sleeves, with their big puffs at the wrists, are specially worthy of con sideration as they lend themselves to remodelling with singular success. The spper portions are not wider than those of last season and are simply shaped to fall over the full puffs. The blouse Is made over a fitted lin ing thnt closes at the centre front. On this lining are arranged the plain bark and the pleated fronts, that are faced A Late Design and turned back to form the narrow fevers. The trimming Is arranged round the neck at the back, to form points at the front. The sleeves are snug to the elbows, but full above the narrow cuffs. At the neck Is a collar that combinos the two materials. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three yards twenty -seven inches wide, one and three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide, or one and one-half yards fifty two inches wide, with one and three quarter yards of velvet to make as il lustrated. An Extra Wrap. Little paletots, made in red, violet or puce cloth, are worn as an extra wrap over cloth gowns, says Le Bon Ton. For dressy wear they are made of white cloth. Stitching and gold but tons are all that Is used for trimming. They are a smart little wrup. Of course the bolero effect Is predominant in those gowns, and the high, tight lltting girdle is lndlspensuble. OM-FanhloutMl llrooHilna. Brocades In quaint, old-futililoned de signs are much used for evening gowns, trimmed with flue rurhliigs, says Le Bon Ton. Ouo gown of bro cade, on view at a leading modiste's, was made with a Wuttenu pleat in the back, the front opening over a pet ticoat of lace. Oruihad Pink Cloth. For evening wear cruuhud pink cloth trimmed with lace is very handsome, ays Le Bon Ton, Begonia, fushlu and clematis shades lu cloth are used for veiling gowns. White cloth and lace 4fo - WMf i l gowns, ti'liimicd with black velvet, art especially charming. Jackete Are Short. Nenrly nil Jackets are short, says 1 Hon Ton, although a few, a very few, long coats aro seen. The latter art more on the Itusslan blouse order. Bo leros are the thing, but more than any. thing else one sees the entire dress of heavy cloths or velvet, corsage and skirt to be worn without ft jacket, sim ply furs or short fur capes. These ara to be quite the thing for street wear. Ootrlrh Feathrrs In Two Colors. Ostrich feathers arc displayed, show ing two colors, as, for Instance, brown and green, royal purple and green. A handsome feather is a combination of ostrich and paradise an extreme nov elty and very expensive. The Latent In Velveta. Velvets in blues and browns, with a pin dot of white, liav3 a pressed dot the size of a franc piece, which at first gives the effect of a button. Charmlne; Kimono. Kimonos, or negligees which owe their inspiration to the garment of Japan, have taken ft permanent hold In Western favor and are constantly appearing In some new form. The graceful, yet perfectly simple May Manton .model shown is among the latest and has much to commend It The original, from which the draw ing was made, is of fine soft flannel, with bands of plain India silk, but all the materials used for gowns of the sort are suitable. Charming ones show plain cotton crepe for the foundation, flowered Bilk for the bunds and count- by May Manton. less other suggestions might be made. The kimono is made with fronts and Decks and is shaped by means of shoal, der, underarm and centre back seams. The sleeves are cut in deep points that are eminently graceful, and both their edges and those of the neck and front are faced to form the bands. The quantity of material required for the medium size is nine yards twenty A BTltlKINO KIMONO, teveu or thirty-two Inches wide, or four aud oue-hulf yarLa-four Inches wide, with one an yards of silk for trluiui: Jmwvm r yuth household flatters Keep Tin Dry. Tans, kettles and cake tins, etc., will last much longer If when washed they are placed before the fire for a few minutes to get quite dry Inside before being put awny. If left damp they soon become rusty, and in a short time are unlit for use. Eallr-M1e Boms Soap, Borax soap will remove all kinds of spots from floors, carpets, painted woodwork, etc. It is easily made by saving all the bits of soap whlcL accu mulate in the household, and boiling these down with a tew teaspoonfuls of borax until it becomes a Jellyllk sub stance. Toe AH of Cooking Pumpkin and Sqnaah, Cut a ripe winter squash in half lengthwise, take out the seeds, but do not pare. Dace the halves In a baking pan with a little water, cover and bake In a moderate oven for an hour and a half. A quarter of an hour before the squash is done remove the cover and with a spoon take out the water in the pan. Ppriukle with plenty of salt and put a generous lump of butter in each half. Return to the oven to brown slightly. Tiimpkln cooked In this way is even better than squash. Pumpkin requires long, slow cooking for several hours. The Sulky Salt. If there is one thing above another that Is the cause of genuine mental profanity at this season it la the refu sal of .that necessary condiment, salt, to part company with the shaker. Many things have been suggested to remedy the trouble. One hotelkeeper at the shore, where dampness is al ways present, says that baking the salt thoroughly in the oven and then mix ing it with one-third the quantity of corn starch, will obviate the difficulty. Others suggest that the shakers ba set In the oven for fifteen minutes every day, but the majority of advice proclaims that the only real way to get around the trouble is to put the shak ers away during the dog days and use individual salt cellars. Nevertheless one plan that has been found thoroughly successful is to bake the salt well and add corn starch as suggested. Then as the shakers are filled add to each one a small half tea spoon of rice. This keeps It stirred up and prevents lumping; nlro serves, when violently shaken, to knock and loosen the salt from around the holes In the top. For the Gueet Room. In others rooms in tho house devia tions from comfort are permissible, Dut the guest room must be perfect in Its appointments. The following sug gestions for fitting up this room are given In a comprehensive article In The Delineator: The ldenl guest room is 'arranged with an ndjolnlng bath and dressing foora, but when plumbing connections are impossible a small room for bath ing and dressing should be provided. The floor covering should be chosen from the Tertian rugs in deep colors, or matting may be used if the conditions demand it The wall covering should be a plain or two-toned hanging of soma conventional design. For the bed, iron may bo enamelled to accord with the scheme of the furnishings, or brass or wood may ba chosen, and the bed fittings should bo the very best that one's means can afford. Tho pieces of furniture should comprise a lounge for day use, a burean, a chif fonier, a night stand, a dressing mir ror, a folding screen, an easy chair and foot stool, a slipper chair and rocker, with washing arrangements either sta tionary or movable. In supplying the necessary small articles of toilet pref erence should bo given to simple, sub stantial qualities. Book shelves and a writing desk or table are a necessity, and, of course, they must bo provided with fresh volumes and magailnes and adequate stationery. Saffron Cake or Bread Two quarts of flour, one tablespoonful of salt, one half cup of butter, one tablespoonful of nutmeg, one-half cup of lard, one half package of currants, two cups of yeast, one heaping tablespoonful of saffron, steeped. Scalloped Eggs Chop four or five hard boiled eggs quite fine; sprinkle the bottom of a baking dish with fine crumbs; sprinkle in half the eggs; pour over a little white sauce and a little chopped meat; when all Is used cover with buttered crumbs aud brown in the oven. Ham, chicken, veal or fish may be used. West Indian I'epjipr Tot To a gallon of water put a gill of casserreepe;salt to taste; a sniulr salt bag of Spanish peppers or a dozen large ones, and every klud of fresh meat and fowl, raw. Cut all this meat up, put into a fruit kettle with the water and casscr reepe, and cook from six to eight hours. Put into a deep dish,' and eat while warm, with potatoes. Spanish Omelet Beat three eggs un til light; add to them three tablespoon, fuls of milk, a little salt and pepper; put in a frying pan oue teaspoonful of butter; when. hot add the egg mixture aud let cook slowly until a delicate brown crust forms on the bottom; then add half a cupful of mluced ham mixed with a little finely chopped pars ley, or onion and green nepper; fold the omelet in half, turn out on a hot flat ter; sprinkle over bojpea. r-ai-mey. . Why Fnnnrrs ahotiltt Favor. X0J4. 11E rhpldlty with which the H sentiment In favor of us- O I O tionnl aid to the common j( roads of the country has fOW spread, and the eagerness wlui wuich the proposition is welcomed since the Introduction of the Brownlow bill In Congress, have not only been highly gratifying to the friends of the measure, but surprising and astonish ing to its opponents, writes Colonel J. B. KUIebrew. The truth is the great body of tho farmers of the land are stow in demanding what they are justly entitled to. Had the same necessity as the want of good roads among farmers existed in relation to the manufacturing, mining or com mercial interests of the country, such a necessity would have long since been recognized and met by adequate ap propriations from Congress, The tillers of the soil do not work in concert for their own advancement By the cen sus of 1000 the whole number of people above the age of ten years engaged In gainful occupations In the United States was 20,074,117. Of this number 10.381.70S were engaged in agricultur al pursuits. No other specified occupa tion employs so many. The manu facturing and mechanical pursuits em ploy 7,os.",0O2 perrons; trade and trans portation, 4.700,004, rnd professional service, 1,258.730. And yet the farmers of the country, that contribute more to ltd permanent prosperity than all other classes combined, have the small est amount of consideration in the matter of congressional appropriations. In nil the history of the past legisla tion of the country but few efforts have been made to equalize the bene fits of congressional appropriations. Until the rural mall routes were es tablished a citizen living in the country rarely rocleved direct benefits from the money expended by the general govern ment, except that for the agricultural department. The commerce of the county felt the exuheratlon of fresh and lusty life and vigor from the Improvement of the rivers and hnrbors, but this ex uberance would have been vastly In creased and half the money appropri ated for rivers and harbors been ap plied In aid of the Improvement and maintenance of the public roads, the very foundation of commerce. It must not be Imagined that anyone proposes thnt the government shall enter upon the work of building public highways without tho co-operation of the State, county or other political subdivision. The policy rf the govern ment should be to help those cominunl. ties that help themselves; to stimulate action end enterprise rather than to repress it by appropriating money to those communities thnt do nothing for themselves. Automobile Topics. feel Tlnniltray a ncc. The laying of a track of broad, flat, steel rails on Murray street, between Broadway and Church street, was nc- compllshed tho middle of Inst Decem ber, it being thought thnt Murray street offered the severest testing ground on account of the heavy truck ing through that thoroughfare. The rails have been in use many months, and teamBters driving through Murray street have learned the advantage in using them, and yet the roadway shows few signs of wear. A glance at the cross-sectional cut will show how the roadbed Is prepared for laying the rails. To eighteen by eighteen inch trenches are dug and filled with one and a half inch broken stone laid oter a layer of old paving stones, and top-dressed with three inches of fine gravel. The rails are laid on this and fastened together nt their ends with fish plates on the sides and bottom, while three-quarter inch tie rods at Intervals keep them parallel and properly spaced. In building a country road, the earth is graded up to the rail on each side and filled! in slightly higher In the centre, so as to give the general contour shown In the cross-section. The rails used In Murray street arc forty feet long and one foot wide, with flanges three inches wide on the under side and three-eighth inch wide on the top. The rail Is three-eighth inch thick near the flanges, and a trifle thicker lu the centre. The slight flange on each side of the top of the rail tends to keep a wagon wheel from runuig off with any slight side pull, while it can nevertheless easily surmount the flange when the driver wishes to run on or oft the track. The rails are laid with the alternate joints on opposite sides, sim ilar to those of a railroad track. Tho distance from centre to centre is Ave feet six inches. The weight of the rails Is 'twenty-fire pounds to the foot, or 132 tous per mile, and the estimated cost of a mile of track, including lay ing, Is $4000. On country roads lighter and narrower rails welching but lot) tons per mile can be used, and, with steel at $18 per ton, this llgure cau lu cut In half. When once built, a road of this type will last a generation If the earl lieu part of it Is kept in repair at slight expense. Comparative tractive tests have demonstrated that the power required to haul a wagon on a steel roadway Is lens than one-fourth that needed ou the ordinary stoue road. New1 York Press. Kansas City, Mo, Alone has $50,000,4 00 Invested la Mexico. 0BO88 BBOTIOH OF STIBL BOADWAT. OZAAK MOUNTAINS. Said to Be the Meet Aaelent of Bills o AU Jfothat Earth. Men ore speaking in wondering words of Jura, of the grandeur of Ev erest, of the awe inspiring canons of the West, of. the" Andes and the Alps; but no man has ever looked upon a scene more Ineltlve to thought and pro found meditative Imagination than the rugged hills of the lower Ozarks. lie who climbs the Jura stands upon a peak of the modern world, but the man who stands upon the highlands of Ozark County looks upon land so old that the brain becomes weary In Attempting to measure Its age, though measurement be made in epochs not in thousands of years. The Himalaya Mountains have, dur ing some thousands or millions of years, poured their deposits Into that body of water which we know as the China Sea, and by filling the basin of that sea have deposited so much al luvium that the Empire of China, with its untold population, now occu pies the space over which the water once flowed unrestrained. Look to your maps and note how large tho low lands of China are; conjecture tho depth of the alluvial deposit in these lowlands, and then comprehend, if you can, the ages during which the Hima laya Mountains have been busy filling up the basin of the sea and by wash" of the tides and overflow of the rivers building the land of China as wo know It to-doy. The brain wearies of the effort. We are Incapable of comprehending such almost Infinite time, and yet wo do know that the mountains of Asia are the youngest mountain ranges on earth, and thnt the lowlands of China belong to the last days. We may grasp a suggestion of facts by comparisons sometimes. If the Himalayas are the youngest the Ozarks are the eldest of all mountain ranges, and between the datoa which gave them birth the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachians, the Apennines, the Alps, the Andes, the Nevados, the Cir cassians, the Caucasus, the great mountains ranges of Australia and Af rica had birth. Yet these were not reared suddenly by some continent ere. sting explosion, but slowly, surely, tenderly, as It becomes mother earth to develop her giant children. Thus, by analysis, we arrive at the ago of the Ozarks, yet fall to compre hend, for we cannot measure their ancient height nor picture tho stormy world. We can simply Imagine a huge bnll hung in space rapidly re volving, enveloped In clouds, the rain In ceaseless torrents descending and the wide ocean rolling free and un broken, save where the Ozarks breast ed tho waves and turned the tide back upon herself. St. Louis Globe-Democrat Coal Experiment. Some curious tests with coal are now being made at Portsmouth, the object being to ascertain to what extent, if any, it is improved by being kept for a certain time in salt water. Twenty-one tons of coal taken from the same heap were first divided Into three parts, two of which contained ten tons each and one oue ton. One of the ten-ton lots was next divided into Ave pnrts, each containing two tons, and these after being pluced in Ave per forated boxes were sunk in the sen. The other ten-ton lot is also to be di vided into five parts, each containing two tons, but instead of being sunk In tho sea, there are to be kept on land and will be covered with tarpaulin. The one-ton lot was burned a few days ago, and a thorough test is now being made of its qualities as shown by com bustion. In twelve months tho coal In ono of the submerged boxes and also that In one of the boxes which have been kept on land will be burned, and the result will be compared with that which was obtained when the one ton was burned a few days ago. In this way the scien tists and the naval authorities of Eng land aro confident that some new and important facts can be learned In regard to the qualities of coal. To Ll(ht Tunnels, Phosphorescent tunnels and stations are now suggested for Insuring public safety in the Paris tube. A company has offered to paint luminous bands on the walls, on exit doors, etc., which would obviate all danger from the sud den extinguishing of the electric, pe troleum or other lamps in case of fire or any other accident. The phosphor esence Is produced by a coating of cal cium nionosulphlde, obtained by mix Ing sulphur and oyster shells, or cal cined cuttlefish bones, and therefore costing very little.' Besides lighting tunnels and stations sultlcieiitly for emergencies, the phosphorescent pnltit could be used for Inscriptions by en graving the latter on glass aud tilling the Hues of the letters with the cal cium nionosulphlde. Thus indications as "This way out," would becomo lu minous in the event of failure of the ordinary lights. The paint remnlns phosphorescent for a considerable time as oxidization, transforming tho sub stance Into non-luminous sulphate, of lime, only sets lu very gradually. Pittsburg Press. Sorrows L-Ike CloutU. . Sorrows are often like clouds, which though black when they are passing over us, when they ore past become us If they were the garments of Ood thrown oil In purple and gold along the sky. If each man had the spirit of self-suiTeuder, the spirit of the cross, It would not matter to hint whether tie were doing tho work of the mulnspiing or one of the inferior parts. It Is his duty to try to be him keif, simply try to do his own duty. Peter Perron, the guldo who took the first party of tourists up tho Mat terhorn, is still alive. llt has muiie the ascent foity-oue times sluce, THE JEFFERSON 1 SUPPLY COMPANY Being tlie largest distributor af Pane raj Merchandise in this vicinity, ia ahsraya 6 rioaition to cira the beat Oatttr of ooda. ta aim ia not to aall 3011 aheap goods tat when quality ia eonaidered to pride Will al ways be found rig-ht. Ita departmeate sire all wall filed, aa4 among the epecialtiea handled ofay be mam. tioned L. Adler Bret., RoeWer, H. T, Clothing, than which there U batter made; W. L. DomrUae Shoe Co., Broektoa, Mas,, Shoes: Curtice Bros. Co., Xoefceeter, N. Y., Canned Goode; and Pillabury'a Flour. This le a fair representation of the of goode it ia aelling to ita euetoaaere. iiiiuiiiiuiiiaiiiiiaiiiiuiuipuuiuiuiiiuiiuuiiuuiuuiiu NEWSY CLEANINGS. The United States now has 3546 mil. Ilonalres. Pope rius X. has ordered spectacles from an optician In Dublin, Ireland. Seven million persons In the Punjab are being vaccinated against the plague. Tellow fever cases at Laredo. Texas, so far number 800, with eighty-two deaths. Fighting the Adirondack fires las! spring cost the State of New York some f 05,000. "Brain fag." according to a special cable dispatch, Is becoming a malady of modern life. Sovereignty has been assumed by United States over the Oaantanamo naval station at Cuba. The Austrian budget for 1004 shows a small estimated surplus, with an ex penditure of 1340,054,258. Poultry culture pays Hungarian farmers ten times as much as any other branch of agriculture. The suicide rate In the United States has Increased In ten years from twelve to seventeen per 100,000 population. It costs 1 10 a week to feed a horse In Pretoria. There is plenty of fertile land in the country, but very little wa. ter. The bequest of 1240,000 for a Ma sonic orphanage made by William L. El kins, of Philadelphia, Pa., has been declared illegal. Kaiser Wllhelm of Germany Is Im patient under restraint and his physi cians have the greatest difficulty In keeping blm from overtaxing bis voice. No women in England work under ground in the mines, but 8 XX) woTk st the pit beads. Three hundred of these are coke burners and patent fuel makers. A special cable dispatch from Ber lin states that Baron Speck von Stern burg has so completely recovered that he will soon return to bis post at Washington. PROMINENT PEOPLE. r John Morley's compensation for writ Ing the biography of Gladstone is said to be ?30,0U0. With the recent deoth of the Duke Of Itlchmond passed away the last of .Wellington's aide-de-camp. Lord Cromer, the real ruler of Egypt, has recently Issued a volume of translations from Greek verse. An obelisk of unpolished gray granite has been placed over Virehow's grave In the old Matthal graveyard, Berlin. Paul Loubet, son of tho French resident, lives In the Elysee. where he acts as private secretary to his father. Professor William H. Brewer, presi dent of the Arctic Club of America, thinks Peary will locate the North Pol next time. Ex-Senator Pettlgrew, of South Da kota, is at the head of a company which bos been organized to colonise Boers in Mexico. Henry Labouchere, editor of London Truth, is a very rich man, but ho en Joys few of the ordinary pleasures .which are supposed to go with riches. John G. Carlisle, who was the Treat, ury chief during Mr. Cleveland's sec ond term, has purchased a residence and fifteen acres of land at Diamond Hill, near Greenwich, Conn. The Emperor of Japan is fifty-one years old fifty-two by Japanese reck oning. His reign has witnessed tho complete change of Japan from a me diaeval to a modern nation. Dr. J. W. Swan, the inventor of the Incandescent electric light, has Just passed his seventy-fifth birthday. It Is a generation since be first exhibited the light that has come Into such uni versal use. Miss Dorothen Boale, LL. D., hat been for forty-flve years tho bead of Cheltenham College for girls lu Eng land, which, with its 000 pupils, is ono of the largest as well as one of the oldest institutions of its kind In tho world. ' When la a maa too old .to marry T For heaven'a oak, Chauncoy, do be aulet. Tommy Piatt la now the lead ing lady. sa4 havs emfiMira al ".! "rout mM ek atuatuirr, uimhn, selei lb aUwUiiva, auka ikwdaa Barbel, ana naaut a KulaW V M Ota vluie Maa. ralM aa4 era alaa4 nr. uaitai ammaaamm i -ssssass" kiuj av . a ga vMrttl Atm btojauaity, Cwaii; I I BUSINrarOtRDS. Q at. MaDOHALD. ATTORNBT AT LAW. lfatarr PnMIe, real aetata asest. Pi wviiKiioni dmi promptly. oniiiaaie dvimiidb, aernoiaeTlllai Jja B, B. HUOTKIt, REYNOLDS VILLK, Tk. Reatdenl Sentlet. In the flnifor kaleaaaj Jialn atreet. Genileaiiee la operating. J)R L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, j)R R. DaVERS KINO, ' DINTI8T, jytL if. A. BaWRT, DaTOTMT, .iSte.rM!Jr'''a- JUBTIOB OV TBI P1ACZ Aaa Baa 1 Katata Agaat, BrastsaitOe, , gMITH M. MoCREIOHT, r" ATTORN KY-AT-LAW. lfotary FaMIs and Baal Batata Anns. Oak Iti2L,l.7."Lrc,,T Prompt attention. Of3 AT YOUNG'S PLANING MILL You will find Sash, Doors. Frames and Finish of aU kinds, Rough and Dressed Lumber, High Grade Var nishes, Lead and OU Colon in all shades. And also an OTerstoclc of Nails which I will sell cheap. J. V. TOUNO, Prop. Tha LATEST FASHIONS IN GENT'S CLOTHING The a wast, iasoiolrths, the la teat anstgna, aU tke saoat IsahloMbU carte lor the Nasaer aaaaom. Call aa oar shop aaa see earn plea of okrth-- eomplet Una sna let aa eoarlaoa yoa tha wa are the laadatrs la our lino. Reasonable prioas always ana saturaottoa ! Johns & Thompson? 1 1 First National Bank 01' REYNOLDS TILLB. Capital Surplus $50,000 $25,000 Seett BUCIellaBd, lreal4eat 1. V, nVlaa, Vise Preeldenll JaVa II. H.anea.er.Caaatfer. Dtraotoroi Scott MeQleUand J. O. Kins Onalal Nolan John B. Oorbett J, H. Keaehet O. W. full B. H. WUaon Com a (enwal tonkins bosbuae and aoileUs tha aooounta of march lata, nroieaatoaaj men. laraere, mechanlce, ulnera, lumbermen lu otbera. proalaros tha moat careful nttnnMen to the Dualoeaa of all peraona. Bate Depuelt Boxes lor rent. rirat National Bank balMlns. Nolan Mooh riro Proof Vault, EVERY WOMATf entaljf rarwiatnif n7kaa DR. PCAX'B PENNYROYAL PiLit fat 0 B, Ate." r faf alakytt. aUas ttaka. 1
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