It is believed that there is a big future for hop culture in North Caro lina. Soil and climate seem to the American Farmer well adapted to the plant, especially in the Piedmont region, and some New York hop grow era are talking of removing thither. The progress ot invention nntl dis covery and applied sciences is con stantly adding new words to our language. The words and phrases un der the letter "A" in Worcester's dic tionary are 6933, in Webster's 8358, in the Century 15,621 and in the Standard, uow in process of publication, 19,736. The question has often been raised whether or not the sender of a tele gram was obliged to use the blanks provided by the telegraph company for the purpose. This point has been decided, states the Chicago Record, in the South Dakota Supremo Court. The court held that the Western Union Telegraph Company, against which suit was brought, must accept messages tendered whether or not written upon the regular telegraph blanks. The plaintiff evidently combined enter prise with public spirit in his method of testing the point. He was awarded SSO damages under the decision and has forty other cases pending. The growth of the Christian En deavor Societies, according to Secre tary Baer's report, has been remark able. New York still leads with 2805 societies; Pennsylvania is a good sec ond, with 2628; Illinois third, with 1822; Ohio fourth, with 1765; and lowa liftli, with 1186. Massachusetts and Indiana are not far behind. In Canada we find 1882 societies. The growth in the South lias been encour aging. England has over 606 societies ; Australia, 525; India, 71; Turkey, 11 societies; New Zealand, 21; Japan, 8i ; Madagascar, 32 ; Scotland, 3 ; Mexico, our neighbor, 22; West Indies, 19 ; Africa, 15; China, 14; Ireland, 10; France, 9; Sandwich Islands, 6; Ber muda, 3; Brazil, 2; Persia, 1; and Chile, Colombia, Norway and Spain, each 1. In all, nearly a thousand so cieties in foreign lands, making a grand total enrollment for the world of 2241 local societies, with a member 6hip of 1,577,010. Fivo States—lowa, Vermont, Mich igan, Wisconsin and Illinois—have no interest-bearing debt, and there are six or seven other States whose bonded debts are mere bagatelles. Among the number are New Jersey, Nebraska, Kentucky and California. To a for eigner, or anyone else not familiar with the facts, remarks the Chicago Herald, this would convey the impression that the Americaus bear an extremely light burden of debt. Such an idea would bo somewhat modified, however, by the I knowledge that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe pays interest on $500,- 000,000 or more, the annual interest charge exceeding $25,000,000- almost as much as tin; entire interest charge of the Federal Government. The Southern States have a bonded indebt edness of $141,030,000 in round num bers. The total bonded indebtedness of all the States in 1890 was $224,00').- 000, on which the annual interest chargo was $10,000,000. The total bonded debt of the States is about one third of the National interest-bearing debt. Tho Railroad Gazette has collected statistics of the attempts made during the first six mouths of the present year at train-wrecking and train robbing in the United States. Con trary to tho general supposition re garding these crimes, the statistics show that the greater number of them have occurred not in the sparsely settled "Western States, but in the older and well-settled States. The figures show sixty-one attempts to wreck trains and twenty-one attempts to rob t'nam. Massachusetts and Illinois head the list in the number of attempts to wreck trains, and Ohio follows. In these three advanced States were male more than one-hilc of all the attempts to wreck trains, an 1 the State of New York comes next in order. Th • only explanation off jr.? I for this prepond -ranee of train-wreck ing in well-settled and, generally speaking, well-governed St ites, is that the mileage of railroads is greater in those States than in others, and that tramps, who are responsible for most attempts to wreck trains, flourish in thickly settled regions. Ju t'l-j geographical distribution of attempts at train-robbing lowa licals the list; Indian Territory and Okla homa taken together have the same number us lowa. Texas follows, an I then come Kansas and Nebraska. Six! - seven per cent, of nil the train rob beries or attempted train robberies occurred in theso four States and ; \ > Icmtvrks, •'WHEN WE CONFRONT THE VAST NESS OF THE NIGHT. When we confront tho Vastnoss of tho Night. I And meet the gaze of her eternal eyes. How trivial seem the garnered gains wo prize— The laurel wreath we flaunt to envious sight ; The flower of Love wo pluck for our delight; I Tho mad sweet music of tho heart that cries An Instant on tho listening air, then dies How short tho day of all tilings dear and : bright! The Everlasting mocks our transient strife ; The pageant of tho Universe whirls by , This little sphere with petty turmoil rife— , Swift as a dren n and fleeting as a sigh— j This brief delusion that wo rail our life, ( Where all we can accomplish is to die. , —Louise C. Moulton, in Youth's Companion. , IN A ROOF-GARDEN. BY ALEXANDER J,. KINKEAD. f; AROEINE o R A jfi ham's homo was in LEJSEA the lower pnrt of New York City, on wJF the top floor of /•?/ one of the build ings whose roofs arc so many stories /PliS \ ,I * )OVU the side s' waR b and of which her fat he r was *Jk) j ft,, itor f and which was tenanted' by bankers, brokers, I rft droad officials ' ' 'and speculators. From the ninth floor a short flight of steps, communicating with the main stairs, led to the janitor's rooms. He 1 preferred to live at that altitude rather than to have a suburban home. Tho i wide, graveled, flat roof was to him a yard, where, in boxes, his wife raised flowers, and where he could at almost any hour of the day—no matter how high the temperature in which the pedestrians on the pavements below were sweltering—find a breeze, which he was wont to enjoy while, protected from the sun by a canvas stretched above him like a tent, he sat and smoked his pipe. Being so far from the din of the ! city, Caroline felt untrammeled, her j natural exuberance was unchecked by a consciousness that she was not ob served, and when she tripped over the roof to take in the wash, or to water the flowers, or in the performance of some other household duty, her song was as unrestrained as if she were a mountain girl enjoying tho freedom of a forest. Though she was usually gay she had times of reverie, and one evening, while following a vein of serious thought as she sat under the tent and watched the darkness deepen on the bay, she heard footsteps on the gravel I behind her. Supposing that George Dunwell, the engineer, had got over j his pout and was coming to clmt with her, she did not turn her head. The new-comer repeated his "I beg pardon" before she was aware that there was a stranger on the roof. She started to her feet and faced about. A tremor shook her, and she felt a chok ing sensation when she saw a tall man, with a full beard, standing near her. Remembering that she was alone with him on the top of that high building, and that the big iron gate wm lowered before the main entrance, she was afraid, yet she gasped : "What do you want?" "I want to get out, please," he said, j "What are you doing in?" she in quired, her courage returning at the sound of his pleasant voice. "J worked too long, forgetting that the big gate would be closed at six. Indeed, I never thought of it at all till it began to get too dark for me to see the lines. Then, knowing I was a prisoner, I lit the gas and finished a statement of an account I was making. When it was done I came up here to get tho janitor to let me out." "He and mother and the children are absent; he took tho key to the side hall door with him. So you will have to wait till he comes back." "Is there no way I can get out? I have an engagement for the evening ami I want to keep it." "There is the fire escape," she re plied with a smile. "But that reaches to the second I floor only," he said, with no little im patience. Her smile disappeared, and, as if to atone for her levity, she said : "I will ring for George; he may be down in the engiue room." It was with a struggle that she forced herself to make this resolution, and the effort was visible to the stranger, but his anxiety to get away from the building was such that ho did not remonstrate when she passed him on her way to the kitchen. Slowly she went down the stairs, and he, moving nearer to the door, could see her hesi tate before pressing the button of an electric bell. The light from an electric lamp fell over her, defining tho grace ful lines of her slender figure, and as, listening for a reply to the signal, she held her ear to the tube, he watched with some compunction her expression of expectation gradually yield to one of disappointment. "He's gone," she said, presently, and the stranger fancied he heard her sigh. "Do you think I could climb the gate?" ho asked, pleasantly, hoping to make her smile. "You might," she answered ser- ' iously. "There's a tall step-ladder on j the second floor; it would help you! reach tho top." "Please show ine the way to it," he requested, coming inttv tho kitchen. Without a word she took a bunch of keys from a hook near the button she had pressed so hard when signaling to the engine-room, and led the way to the stairs. He looked over her shoulder when she opened the door and wondered if she would be afraid to wind with him urouud the shaft in I which tho elevators ran into the dense darkness below. As he was about to utter an assuring remark the sharp ! rays of an electric light pierced the gloom, and he caught sight of her just turning the corner at the first landing, where she let the current in the arc of another electric light. Thus she ran on, Hooding the stairs with bril liance, and when at Inst she came to a halt it was before the door of a closet, j which was open when he reached her side. I The step-ladder was heavy, and he I staggered under its weight. Gompas- j I sionatelv, yet with a feeling of slight j contempt for his strength, she took j hold of one end and helped him to carry the ladder to the gate and put it j up. It reached near the top, and in a moment he had cleared the gate. "Thank you," ho said, when he j reached the pavement. "I wish I | could help you take the ladder to its i place. Good night." He started across the street. At the opposite curb he paused and marked his liberator's progress back to the roof by the shadow rising from story to story as she turned off the electric current at each lamp when she reached it. Henderson Meigs was a light-hearted young man, whose salary was sufficient to enable him to occupy a top hall room in a fashionable boarding house, and to dress in a stylo befitting a young gentleman with social ambi tions. He was also zealous in business, with an eye to an increase of pay and a possible partnership. So the morn ing after his adventure at the gate he was prompt at his desk, where his duties occupied his attention so fully that he had no time for thoughts of his visit to the roof the night before, further than to observe mentally that it would be very pleasant to smoke a cigar up there after lunch. This idea recurred to him on liis way home, and ! he determined to cultivate friendly , relations with the janitor. His easy, off-hand manners won that official, and when at last he broached the subject of occasional visits to the roof he was somewhat taken aback by ! the heartiness of the invitation. | "Come up whenever you feel like it. ! There's always a breeze up there, and you'll find the family sociable." At his first visit Hendersou found the family absent, but at the second he was more fortunate. He was cor dially welcomed by Caroline, whom he found in cool attire enjoying the breezes of the roof. "I love to smell a good cigar. George smokes such a strong old pipe," she said, when at her request he had lighted a cigar. "No, don't move; I said I loved it." Henderson looked at her askance, : and mentally asked : | "Is she artless, or is this candor , merely a plain statement that George is only a friend of tho family?" i She was soon interested in liis chat ter, and before he was ready to go his ; 1 cigar was burning his fingers. As an | excuse to prolong his visit he said he 1 ; would like to look over the edge of the I roof into tho court below. She rose j and went with him, cautioning him not !to lean over too far. Down in the | court-yard a fountain was throwing up t tiny streams that broke into drops, I which fell glistening in a sunbeam re -1 fiected from a window several stories above tho flagging. The motion of the j water was pleasing, and Henderson looked steadily at. it. Suddenly the j fountain seemed to leap toward him, and before his eyes there was a dense darkness. When he could next distinguish ob jects he was some distance from the roof's edge and before him stood Caro line, her face white and strained. She was trembling and her lips were shut as if they could not part-, so firmly had slio closed them when making the supreme effort of her life. In an in stant ho realized that he had grown dizzy and would have fallen to the stones in the court yard had she not prevented it. That he had fallen he knew from the bruised feeling on his arm and shoulder, but he had come in j contact with the pebbled surface of tho flat roof. He put out his hands toward her nud strove to speak as he moved forward. She made a doprecatory gesture aud took a step backward, | then turned and fled. Stupified by 1 her action he groped his way like a j blind man after her into the kitchen. Not finding her there, he sought the main stairs and staggered down to his office. There he threw himself on a lounge, and in explanation of the shudders that convulsed him at inter vals ho said he had a chill. It was several days before he went! ' to the roof again. To find Caroline at ' home both embarrassed him and gave i him pleasure. He was glad to seo her, ; yet was embarrassed by the feeling ; that no words could adequately ex ■ press his sense of obligation to her. i She endeavored to put him at his ease. ! ; "I didn't tell anybody but George, and he said it wasn't so hard to do if a person was only quick." i "Yes, but you did it, and I came to 1 tell you how deeply grateful I am to you." "Oh, it wasn't anything, really! I did only my duty to try to keep you from falling that awful distance." Almost every work-day after that he smoked a cigar ou the roof, and fre quently ho met and chatted with Car oline, whose interest in him amounted jto friendship. Sometimes George ; Dunwell joined them, and though he I was not. rudo to Henderson, it was patent that he had no liking for him. At his next visit Henderson found ; | Caroline and her father and George ou the roof, and was cordially received by the janitor and his daughter, but ' George did not look at him. He sat ; I in silence all the while refusing to ac ' | knowledge any word addressed to him. Henderson remained until he had j finished his cigar, and when ho went I away the janitor accompanied him to t1 the elevator. pa returning fo fhu r oof Mr. Graham found Caroline nnd George holding an earnest conversa tion. He looked surly and defiant, and she was mad, but very much in earnest. The janitor turned away, bnt Cnroline called to him: "Come here, father, and henr what I said to George." "Von had better fight it out your selves, " Mr. Graham said, uneasily, as he drew near them. , 'There is no fight, father. I gave George his engagement ring because I cannot marry a man that is not a gen tleman. He acted very rudely to Mr. Henderson and made me very uncom fortable. He would make mo ashamed of him all my life, and I broke the engagement." "What have you got to say, George," asked the janitor. "I won't have another man courting the girl that's engaged to marry me." "You know very well that Mr. Meigs comes up here only for asmoke, and because it's cool. In winter time he will not come so often." George held the ring on the tip of his finger a few minutes, and then with a determined air went to his work in the hot boiler room. Henderson continued to visit the Grahams daily, and when Caroline met him she was cordial nnd unembar rassed. He soon noticed that her ring was missing, and he began to ponder the piobability of her letting him put another one on her finger. One rainy day his business took him to an office on the top floor of a tall building not far from that in which he was employed. While there he saw Caroline sitting under the tent in the roof garden. When ho returned, the elevator boy stopped tho car as usunl at the third floor, but Henderson ex claimed, rather impatiently: "All the way up." Caroline seemed surprised to see him, and was for a moment painfully embarrassed. What had occurred? He could not guess, but he improved his opportunity, nnd in a few words told the story of his love. "It isn't fair," she said, recovering herself. "Why?" he asked, surprised at such a reception of a proposal of marriage. "Because—" she could get no further. "I love you," he said. "Ever since that day you saved my life I've been getting deeper in love with you." "That's just it," she exclaimed. "You wouldn't—" Her words stuck in her throat again. He stared at her ft moment, and then a gleam of intelligence shone in his eyes. "You mean if it had not been for that I should not have loved you?" "Yes," she said, faintly. "With a feeling that his case was hope less because it needed argument to sup port it, he set about to explain how his affection had grown. It had begun with gratitude and developed into love as he knew her better. It was so deep and strong and admiring, as if it had come from daily association, and not with I such an impetus as it had been given. But she would not be persuaded. "It seems to me," she said, slowly, "as if you thought you must." "I do,"he said, earnestly. "I must, because I love you, and will be most unhappy if you do not love me." "I don't, and I am sorry you feel bad about it." She was as simple and straightfor ward as a child, and with a sigh he con fessed to himself that it was useless to plead further. Yet he fumbled for words to express to her clearly that he was making 110 offer of himself as pay ment of an obligation incurred by him when she saved his life, and that ho really loved her. . "Please don't say anything more, Mr. Meigs. Let us forget about it, and you must conic up here as usual. We shall always be glad to sco you, and it won't over be as—as uncomfortable as it was that day George acted so rudely." "Oh !" said Henderson, seeing, as ho thought, an opportunity to show him self to her iu a favorable light. "He came in the other day and apologized like a man for his rudeness. There were a lot of people in the office, but he spoke loud enough for them all to hear him. I was surprised, but I shook hands with him and told him not to mention it at all. He seemed very glad and we parted good friends." As he spoke a light shone from Caro line's eyes illuminating her counte | nance as its glow deepened. When he ceased she was gazing out over the bay, gray in the mist through which steamers and tugs and ferry boats crept cautiously. For a moment she seemed unconscious of Henderson's presence, then she turned to him and said, frankly: "I was afraid George was not a gen tlemen, but now I believe he is one. I suppose he couldn't help being jealous." Henderson could not find an apt reply, and after a few minutes of awkward conversation took his de parture. The next time he met her she was wearing the ring that he had hoped to replace, and was apparently very happy. He continued to go up to the . roof garden, but the intervals between 1 his visits grew longer. Presently the chill winds of fall began to blow, and 1 he never went higher up than the floor ; on which his office was located.—Frank Leslie's Weekly. Statistics of Male Workers, Assuming the working age of a man to be from twenty to sixty years, and counting only male workers, the num ber of people dependent on the earn ings of every hundred male adults is smallest in Franco—3B7—and largest iu Ireland—476. The burden on the working population of Ireland is ten per cent, heavier than in .England.— Chicago Record. The Nat ions richest in horses are tUo Argoiitine Republic find Uruguay, RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Motes Calling the Wicked to lla- is no re- I liglon in a whine. A COAT Of V /i v-J paint adds no I warmth to the H pas FAITH nevci l\vwSam KOes ' lomo w 'th vtSdJ v vJKwf an empty basket. I' r we run i angels sing. THE devil's claws arc often covered with white gloves. A FOOL is sure to toll who he is by the questions he asks. MAN'S doubt of God makes angels wonder. (Luke 1,10.) THE day is sure to conic when the devil's money will all burn up. WE please God most when we are most anxious to be like Christ. No MAN ever sinned in deed who was not first sinful in thought. GOD'S promises are heaven's bank notes, made for circulation on earth. EVERY man lives in a glass house Into which somebody is always look ing. No MATTER how good the gun is, It is wasting powder to shoot at the moon. THE great thing about Influence is that it sets forces In motion that will never stop. THE solllshness of man Is probably the ugliest thing upon which angels ever have to look. DON'T put much dependence in the religion that tries to advertise itself in a shop window. TnE heart of man nevefr finds out what rea l joy is until Christ begins to rule and reign in it. You can find a hundred people who are courageous where you will find one who is patient. THERE is something wrong with the Christian who never gets happy outside of prayer meeting. IF the devil ever rubs his hands with satisfaction it must be when a hypocrite joins the church. THERE is many a wife whose hus band belongs to church, who never suspects that helms religion. IF God could forgive his enemies without repentance, nothing could keep the devil out of Heaven. IIOW MUCH bigger it always makes us feel to look atother people through the large end of the telescope. THERE are men who occupy high positions in the church, at whom the devil has never thrown a single stone. IF some people were birds, they would sit down in the dust and com plain that their wings were a heavy load. THERE is many a wife hungoring for an occasional word of approval who will bo burled in a ro ewood casket THE man who will deliberately break one of God's commandments, would break down thegaterof Heaven if he could. WHEN a particular man marries a poor housekeeper, it takes a Rood deal of love on both sides to make their home a happy one. HOW BABY GREVERT GROWS. He In So lllg Now that lie Must Have a New Incnbator. Joseph Grevert, who is beinß raised In an incubator at the home of his parents, No. 315 East Twenty-sixth street, New York, passed his thir teenth day of existence comfortably, and with an appreciable Rain of strenßth. Heretofore Joseph has been fed a drop or two at a time with a medicine dropper, but as if in mockery of superstition, he celebra ted his thirteenth day in the incu bator by nursinß from a reßular sure cnough bottle. He also cried in reg ulation baby fashion so loud that it could be heard outside his box. The Incubator has all modern im provements. Joseph has gained a pound and a quarter since his birth, and now weighs three and one-quar- BABY OIIEVEBT'S INCUBATOR. tor pounds. The incubator is 24xltix 1G inches In its inside dimensions and consists of four tin cans that are to protect Joseph from cold draughts. A gas jet below heats the air in the outer compartment. The second compartment contains hot water and the compartment next to that con taining Joseph again contains hot air for the purpose of obtaining more even distribution of heat. Joseph reclines in a little basket of wire nel lined with cotton. In tho top of thf incubator are the ventilators foi Joseph's sleeping apartment and openings to supply draught to the outer fuel compartments and for fill ing the water compartment. There Is an automatic regulator that closes the ventilators of Joseph's bedroom If the temperature falls below !)S degrees and opens them if It rises above 100. There are two openings for thermometers to avoid any possi bility of inaccuracy. The front of baby's home is of glass. THE back seat professor irants 8 front seat at the circus. A OOOD HAIR WASH. The following hair wash is said to oe harmless: Dissolve au ounco of lalts of tartar in a quart of warm water ind add the juice of two lemons. When the effervescing is over, dip the hair in the basin and with the fingers rub the seal]) until it is covered with lather and all the dandruff and dust lias been removed. If the water is i)lack, you may know that your head is red and clean. Rinse in warm wa ter, again in cool and a third time in cold water. It will tako from one to three hours to dry the hair, and it should not be done up until it is dry. —New York World. THE ART OP GRACEFUL WALKING. It would seem sometimes that the art of graceful walking might be num bered among tho lost sciences, so few women master the accomplishment, or even acquire any approach to perfec tion in this exercise, which is the foundation of all others. Every one succeeds in propelling themselves along by means of their feet, but that is not true walking. An English au thority says : "Tlio body should be held erect, the shoulders down, chest extended, and the leg moved from the hip, the whole figure above being im movable. Tho movement from the knee is said to be the secret of bad walking, combined with the discom fort of tight shoes and high heels, which turn tho figure in a most un graceful manner. A short, brisk walk is beneficial, while a tramp of miles results in weariuess." THE AUSTRALIAN WOMAN. Though pretty, tall and well-formed, says tho North American Review, tho Australian woman is not graceful. Her toilet has none of the chic of the Par isieune's, and little of tho sobriety of tho English woman's. Overdressed or dowdy, she produces tho impression of not only having little taste, but no ar tistic sense of tho fitness of things. Stylish and elegant women are to be seen more frequently in Melbourne than elsewhere. Dress is dear to the soul of an Australian, and much is spent on it. Australians hug the idea of equality, and believing in uniform ity of dress as the sign of equality often sacrifice actual comfort to ob tain fashionable clothing. An Australian family makes a brave show on holidays. There may be bare feet and rags in the house, but there are cheap feathers and gloves in the street. Vanity is stronger in the Aus tralian woman than ambition, just as indolence is more inherent than en ergy. She is clever, but not intellec tual ; accomplished oftener than highly educated. Tact is natural to her ; also a quick sense of perception. Tho Aus tralian is affectionate and in manner hospitable, friendly and sometimes sympathetic. Strangers to-day, to morrow you are intimately ac quainted. In friendship there is no tentative stage, but a plunge in mcdias res. HOW TO DRESS FOR TRAMPING. In a picturesque country, a Walking Club is productive of many jolly times; and aside from the pure enjoymeut, the gain in health from this exercise is very great. Of course, for thiH, the question of dress for the girls and women comes up; and it is an impor tant one, for much of tho benefit to be derived depends upon its suitability and comfort. Tho first consideration is lightness, the next caso. Every garment, from the skin outward, should be so made and shaped that it will not get out of place ; you never want to be reminded of your clothes. A drossing ; that has been tried for many years in eight and ten mile tramps, iu the ! mountains and down by the sea, and has proved the acme of comfort, con sists of a raw silk undervest—for cool days, high-necked and long-sleeved; for hot ones, low-necked and short sleeved—loose, perforated corset, com bination garment of pongee, and a di vided skirt of the same material. An outing gown of dark blue serge or of gray summer camel's hair—clearing the ground by four or five inches—a silk or French fiannel blouse, soft felt hat with brim that shades the eyes, and mouse-colored laced boots of ooze calf, complete the outfit. The advan tage of the pongee for underclothing is that it is cool, soft and light; it does not stick or cling as cotton or linen will. If you do not want a divided skirt, make an ordinary petticoat of pongee to wear under the gown skirt. For an all-day tramp when it is nec essary to carry the mid-day luncheon, it is a simple matter to divide this, packing it in small boxes or baskets which can bo suspended over the shoulders, so that the weight, shared by all, will be felt by none. It is ab solutely necessary for comfort that tho hands bo left as free as possible. A driukiug cup eau be huug from the belt, and a field glass over the shoul der ; their weight, thus distributed, is imperceptible. —Deniorest. FASHION NOTES. Mephisto red English serge makes a stylish yachting costume. Fashion has decreed that short skirts only wu*t be win in tby ptfeet. A soft, uncrushable silk called regence is very popular in Paris. Laces are worn in every conccivea ble way for decorating costumes and garments. Tucked yokes, with big frills of the material, are seen on dresses of cambric, lawn and mull. French dotted Swiss, with tinted de signs, is one of the dainty fabrics for summer gowns. Embroidered nuns' veiling makes pretty and inexpensive evening dresses for young girls. Ruchings for the neck are very popu lar, but are Smaller and narrower than those formerly worn. A bow of accordion-plaited gauze is the only trimming on the front of a large hat of lace braid. Recently imported silks have raised designs in chrysanthemums, lilies and butterflies on a white ground. Recently imported silks havo raised designs in chrysanthemums, lilies and butterflies on a white ground. Deep square collars, sometimes fall ing in folds at the edge, will be one of the features of autumn jackets. Deep, square collars, sometimes falling in folds at the edge, will be ono of the features of autumn jackets. The latest parasols arc made of laco and lined with rainbow chiffon, and have gold mountings on the handle. Dresses of white serge, duck, moliafr and cashmero are trimmed with pas sementerie and large crochet buttons. A pretty idea for decorating finger bowls is to have a bowl of larger size, so that space for flowers is left be tween. The "Eulaliu" coat is a cream-white cloth jacket trimmed in various ways to make it appropriate for many occasions. A hat with the brim bent up in a sharp point over the front has the top almost covered with heavy, handsome ostrich tips. A new fashion in stationery for out of-town use is a rustic paper, with the name of your house printed in rustic letters at the top. Little girls' dresses have waists made of straight widths of the material shirred into a band about three inches, with standing ruche above. The turban is increasing in popu larity. The favorite trimming is standing loops of ribbon with long stemmed flowers at the front. The hair at present is completely waved all over the head. Fortunate is the woman whose hair waves natur ally. Others must betake themselves to the curling iron. * Narrow-brimmed liats, somewhat on the sailor order, but with brim narrow at the back, are trimmed with solid wreaths of roses, chrysanthemums and other similar blossoms. White lias been very generally worn this summer, and pretty, simple dresses of white linen-lawn, with hemstitched tucks and hems, havo been quite the thing for dainty young ladies. English silk woven in Bradford is designed for traveling costumes. It resembles line cloth, is almost without lustre, light in weight, and has a smooth surface that repels dust. Cuffs worn outside the sleeves are among the new fancies, and are shown in lace, linen and kid, whilo with out ing gowns the kid cuffs are chosen to match a lace corselet of the same. Black round hats trimmed a largo wired bow of wide white applique lace, sprirging from the center of which are long, slender, jet ornaments, promise to be one of the fancies of the summer girl. A new waist trimming is made of a straight piece of material about four teen inches long. This is gathered in very full at the collar and droops of its own free will over shoulders and bust. Plain French cashmere is a favorite material for house gowns, which are made with a simplo round waist, with immense silk bretelles that cover the shoulders and graduate to a sharp point at the belt. A pretty idea for a bridesmaid's cos tume is a gown of soft white silk with pale green sash and shoulder cape of white lace, and a 1 irge white leghorn hat trimmed with yellow tea ro.es and green foliage. A pretty accessory to a gown, anc one which makes an old waist look new, consists of a flounce of lace falling from the neckband in straight folds nearly to the wrist in front, forming epaulets on the shoulders, a collar in the back, and all in one piece. Skirts with Spanish flounces seem to be holding their own in popularity. Some of the new ones have a flounce finished at the top with a puff of the material. This puff is cat wide enough for a shirring above and below and an edge which is trim mod with narrow lace. The Eton jacket is the most popu lar waist this season. If we could sea ourselves us others see us, perhaps many women would havo that back changed which rambles apparently aimlessly upward to the shoulder blades and is the most awkward form ' { ditfsa that cuii b$ imagined.
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