White Tlee. Attractive tvhlte ties are finished on the ends with sprigs of embroid ery of stogie flowers, daisies, or for get-me-nots, or roses. The ties are of fine lawn. L Her Trestles Sparkle With Oemi. The npwest ornament for the hair Is a flllet of black velvet, upon which diamond flowers, leaves and insects are lightly laid, and which, as the f stones are set on separate wires, sparkle with every movement of the Wearer. _ Picture-Hanging as a Profession* , In the Woman's Home Companion (Hiss I'entland tells about her unique profession. ; "My work is not a usual one," said ;Miss Josephine I'entland. "I hang pictures for a living, and not only make money, but am fond of my Work. "I never consider a Job for less than $lO, and oftencr gef ten times ten. .There are very few persons who un derstand the proper hanging of pic tures, and unless they have a lot of money and can employ a professional plcturo-lmnger they attempt to do it themselves, and nine cases out of ten make a botch of It. So It Is to these people of moderate means that I address myself. Many of them know a good picture when they see K It, and during their wanderings pick them up, nud when they are prop erly hung hnve a collection that shows well. "There are now two other women engaged In this work In New York, and I am told they make good in comes." . Gem Sprinkled T.aces. The very latest idea Is that lace's Subtle grace should be still further enriched, and artificial Jewels are set firmly on Its surface so that the gleam Of diamond, sapphire or ruby will emphasize the design of the lace with out detracting any flexibility. Imagine an old Alencon lappet studded with tiny sapphires, a dia mond here and there to mnrk a blos som a Jour. Knot this round a shape ly throat or clasp it there with a gem set fastening. Next ,use the lappet as a shoulder strap for an evening gown, with roses for the other should er. Then nature and art will have I done their host for the success of the I frock, and she will be hard to please * who Is not delighted with the ef fect, says the Pittsburg Press. A butterfly of finest black Chan tilly set with small Imitation dia monds, larger gems nbove forming the nntennae, is the smartest balr ornament of the reason. It Is worn well to the front The same butter fly as a shoulder or corsage orna ment gives an up to dato appearance hardly achieved In any other way. Chlncso Torture in America. One of the Chinese methods of mak ing a criminal regret his past la to tie him to a post, with his hands firmly fastened at his sides, and leave him there for hours, with the flies buzzing about and settling on his face. He cannot, of course, brush thorn away, and the torture lie experiences Is a tribute to Chinese ingenuity. It will Interest American mothers to know that many nursemaids are humble and unconscious 'lmitators of I this Celestial custom. A walk through f any large park on any bright summer afternoon reveals dozens of baby car riages, whose Inmates have been loft to their own Infant devices, -while the nurses chat together or with their friends. Some of the babies are too young to manage their hands Intelligently; others hnve had their hands safely folded away under the carriage nf ghau by their intelligent nurses. All are the victims of the flies, which buzz about their rosy faces and set tle on their little noses and fly into their helpless baby eyes. Some of the babies suffer In silence; others Bliriek lustily, nnd are rewarded by tem porary attention. To them all the cool shade of the trees around them and the peaceful murmur of the branches above them must seem a bit ter irony. Like Tantalus, who never A reaches the water so near his lips, V some of these babies never get the W benefit of the beautiful green little world into which tlmir mothers have so lovingly nnd so confidingly sent them.—Harper's Bazar. The Heading Cnre. "There Is one accomplishment that, self-supporting women would do well to acquire," remarked a tried doctor, "and that is rending aloud. For peo ple who are convalescing or suffer ing from a slow, tedious ailment, I know of no attention more beneficial than occasional entertainment of this kind. I recommend It for all my pa tients, but I often have trouble In filling my own prescription for the simple reason that It Is hard to find a person whose voice Is soothing to I hypersensitive nerves or an Invalid. "In the homos of the well-to-do one would naturally expect to find the women of the family possessed of jk voices so well modulated that their A reading would be a pleasure to the B ear. but in reality such is seldom the B ease. Invariably, when I prescribe 1 a course of light readlug as an antl- B dote to oain and weariness the a- tlent replies with the question. 'But who Is golug to do the reading*'* "The usual upshot of the matter ts that I volunteer to send somebody in to rend for an hour or so each day, and then it Is up to mo to provide the reader. This is not easy to do, for while very few native-born Ameri cans are illiterate, there are still few er who are fitted to dispel tlio ted ium of a sick room by turning them selves Into professional renders. Not infrequently I find voices whose tones are agreeable, but when I put the owners to the test of reading I find that they pronounce badly, Inflect still worse, and. In Bhort, fall to get any meaning out of the article glvon them. They probably get at the gist of It for themselves, but they totally fail to convey It to another. "It behooves women to set about effecting a combination of the graces of a pleasant, expressive voice, cor rect pronunc'atlon, nnd quick percep tion of the meaning of a phrase. If they will accomplish this task, they will find agreeable work to do,"— New York feun. _ Gossip. Tho deep mourning period for the late Queen Victoria is over and half mourning will continue for six months. A few weeks ago an apothecary shoj managed entirely by women—the first of Its kind—was opened at St Peters burg, Russia. Queen Mnrgherltn of Itnly Is nboul to found In Rome an asylum for the caro of children who have been or phaned by the murder of a parent The will of the late Mrs. Charlotte Bullock, of Louisville, divides the bulk of lmr large estate among sev eral charitable institutions of that city. Charlotte Cipriani, a graduate of the University of Chicago, is the first woman to receive the degree of doc tor of letters from tho University of Paris. Mrs. John S. Newbury, of Detroit, has given $25,000 for an organ In Yale Memorial Hall. Her son was a grad uate of the Sheffield Scientific School in the class of 1885. The death of Mrs. Gert Marias at Pretoria is thought to remove the last link of the great Dutch trek from Cape Colony to Natal in 1885, In which she drove a flock of her father's sheep. Miss Jessie M. Fry. of Idaho, ll one of the few women "ranchers" known in the West, and she Is also called tho champion rifle shot of her locality. Her ranch is well stocked with horses. The Infanta Isabella Is an enthu siast In all fleld sports, and she is now horrifying the stricter sort of persons In Madrid by teaming about the streets in a motor car which she drives herself. Mrs. Luclnda Towers, who died re cently In Georgetown, Ohio, was said to bo the sweetheart of General Grant's boyhood, and when Grant be came President be made her post mistress of Georgetown. A memorial of Lucy Stone Is being planned by Mrs. Mary B. Whiting and her daughters, Anna M. and Su san A. Whiting. It Is to take the form of a reading room in the girls' dormitory nt Lincoln Memorial Uni versity, Cumberland Gap, Tenn. A visit to England of two Moorish women, who have uccompanled the ambassador to King Edward, have aroused much interest lu their se cluded lives. The "new woman" is as yet unknown in Morocco, and the birth of a girl continues to bo an occasion for mourning. Fashion's Fancies. An attractive coral pin Is carved In tho design of a man's head. Nothing Is quite so ugly or unbe coming as an attempt at the corselet skirt in line. Pretty pongee waists, embroidered with dots lu different colors, and also plain tucked pongee waists are re duced to $5. Great care Is needed In the choice of the skirt of a linen frock, and those who havo picked up a good pattern ready-made "are fortunate. Many of the more expensive shirt waists of the season are finished with tlie cross pieces set into the shoulders and formed of the trimming of the waist or a tucked band of the ma terial. Fancy buttons are again coming In to use through the introduction of va rious new styles. Lnrgo ones are nec essary on the Louie XIV. and long loose coals, and the Inside vest gives opportunity for many small dainty ones. Scarlet drill, with a big collar of embroidered linen or coarse lace, made with a pouched blouse or bolero bo dice and a strapped skirt, is a per fectly charming country frock, worn with one of those big muslin hats which are so light and becoming. The tnost attractive of baby shoes arc made in the form of moccasins, the top set in the faggoting. They nre finished with frills of ribbon nbove, and a strap of ribbon passes around the upper part of the shoe, which Is high, and ties In the front. Straps on either side of the fronts of bodices or skirts, sot on from the Inside, but where they finish with a point and a button, are good, giving, as they do, the effect of holding hack the sides of a skirt. They finish many stylish frocks, frequently being grad uated In length. In tho way of strapping, a good ef fect Is given on a gown finished around the skirt with three gradu ated ruffles. These become narrow er at the front, where they do not quite meet, but are finished with two straps on each ruffle, fastening on either side wltlh a button. • gUDmuuuuuppppwppgs) I Modern tolry-Trainin^l 7*~ N eminent military expert, / \ having extolled the cavalry of h.s own country, continues: "The same is practically true of the American horse soldier, ouly perhaps a little more so, because, es pecially 'out West,' the American al most lives on horseback, and of course he has the old Anglo-Saxon affection I for horseflesh in his blood. Then, too, some of the most graceful horsemen in the world are to bo found in the Southern States. The great training, however, of these cavalrymen has been found in the Indian wars. Their work there was rough-riding in the very truest sense of the word, and nowhere could man and horse be found more perfectly joined as a fighting unit than TEACHING HOUSES TO HIE DOWN, on those wild battle-grounds on which the white man and the red man fought their last tights." During the earlier stages the train ing of the United States cavalryman differs in no essential particulars from that of the Infantryman, but, later on, the great variety of instruction In the cavalry arm of the service renders It most interesting for botli officers and troopers. Beginning with the "set ting-up" exercises, the recruit looks fot'wnrd to the' time when he shall be assigned his horse and be a full-fledged cavalryman. The new horses, or "re mounts," as they are called, no doubt also look for the time when neck bending lessons, the passaging, the turning of the forehead to me right and left, about, etc., are over, and longs, as docs the recruit to be among the horses that know how to handle themselves from their foretops to their heels. After the soldier has learned to sit his saddle aud to govern ids horse, lie gets the more interesting finishing-work—jumping, potato races, s..bre practice and rough riding. In I J A FANCY CAVALRY EVOLUTIOX—THE MOVING CROSS. the old cavalry regiments, before the Spanish war and the present reorgani zation, whole troops could give exhi bitions of Cossack riding that wore not to be seen outside of a cricus. The troop known as the "Black Horse Cavalry," at Fort Myer, Vir ginia, contains men who are .believed to bo the finest riders in America. Thousands of Washington society peo ple go out to witness their weekly ex hibition drills, and are not only inter ested, but excited,,for there is nothing more thrilling than a drill with the vigor, snap and precision that are characteristic of our American cav alry. Beginning with the simpler evo lutions of the troop these "Black Horse" troopers go through the "School of the Troop" at all gaits tvitli equal precision and n marvelous uniformity. As in some of the Euro pean armies nil American cavalrymen are dragoons, that Is to say, they are trained to tight both mounted and dis mounted. AVhilo dashing down the drill-ground, doing some Intricate movement, the troop Is given the com mand "dismount to tight on foot," and in a couple of seconds the men are in an infantry skirmish line, and their horses are being led to the rear, at a full gallop, by the No. 4 of each set of fours. The skirmish line advances, firing "volleys by platoons," "by squads," "tiring at will," etc. Upon arriving at the proper distance "mag azine rapid tire" is ordered, and liually the imaginary enemy is charged and captured. Then follow the exhibitions of individual horsemanship—jumping over hurdles and fences and covering ditches and stone walls. A most in teresting feature of the drill at Fort Myer is the training of the horses and their use by the troopers as a shelter from the enemy's tire. At the com mand of the captain, a word from each trooper, and the horse goes down with out a quiver, aud lies at lull length on the ground, while the troopers fire with carbine and revolver from be hind their shelter, and with the weap ons resting on the horses' hacks. An other word of command, the firing ceases, the horses are all standing, the trooper in the saddle, awaiting further instructions. For the Musical Hide the arena Is cleared, and from one of (lie entrances at the extreme end the band rides in, followed by the entire troop, now dressed in full review uniform, and slowly circle around the Inclosure. The entry Is made In pairs, dividing to tlio opposite sides of the ground, the hoi'sos keeping time to the music, and moving as a unit, turning, wheel ing, halting, taking up the trot, the gallop and the charge with the accur acy, regularity cud mechanical pre cision of clock-work. At the entrance end the lenders wheel about and break into a canter, which is followed by all while a number of fancy movements are gone through with—crossing aud counter-crossing, forming stars, form ing the figure eight, the ladies' chain, circling around each other, and so on, until the spectators are worked up to the highest enthusiasm. When these figures nre finished the troop draw up in two flies at the end of the arena and charge at full gallop, cheer ing aud yelling, and only halting with in a few inches cf the wall at the other end of the arena, when it seems that every rider's neck will be broken by the collision.—Frits Morris, in Harper's Weekly. nocooooooooooooooooooocoon 8 • • 8 | Considering tHe Monorail LTho Eolir Itnllwny Agpin TUiforo tho English House of Fnrllainent. Q oooooocoooooocy,oaoocccc6 v —ry IIE Behr Monorail system, by . I i which it is proposed to give a I ' lightning passenger service between Manchester and Liv erpool, after having met with all kinds of experiences before tho Eng lish House of rarliament, is again be- fore that body demanding recognition. The measure is now being considered by a committee of the House of Com mons, before which Mr. Behr has again appeared. Ho stated that he had designed carriages to give accom modation for 10,000 passengers a day, SECTION OF THE DEHr. MONOEAIL CAB. and another series for 7500 passengers, but he said it would be as unfair in the committee to bind him to any de sign of carriage as it would have been v noHontit to limit Stephenson to tlio "Rocket" type of locomotive. The carriage, of which this is a sectional view, is sixty feet long and ten feet ten inches wide, and has accommodation for 100 pas sengers, eacli person having a separate seat, specially arranged so as to avoid discomfort while passing round the curves at high speed. The electric current is picked up by trolleys at tached to the car, but insulated from the bottom of the bogies flexibly coupled together by a specially de signed joint, of which the carriage consists. The bottom part of the car riage is quite open, so that all the guide wheels are exposed to view, and there is ample play between the car riage and the line. The motors only are completely shut off on all sides by a box for their protection. The guide wheels are two feet in diameter, and there are sixteen. They are very broad, and are inclined vertically to the trestles, instead of being horizon tal, thereby considerably reducing the friction. The guide wheels below the driving wheels are attached to the un der frame of the carriage, and those between the two small bogie wheels are attached to the centre of the bogie itself, so that they cannot move at all with the carriage frame. QUEER DIFFERENCES IN CATTL& They Aro the Direct Ilesult of Nation! Prejudices. That It Is possible for popular tasb to exorcise a most potent Influence 01 the tier .opment of animals that am used for food has lately been show! in the difference between French aid English cattle. The English are very fond of roas) meat and show a marked preferencf for those portions of a cow. such al the fillet, that are in the region of tlit loins, whereas the French like nothing better than "pot-au-feu," which is made of soup and boiled meat, tht rump being the part of the animal from which the meat is taken. Thus, if it is true that steak is the most pop ular dish in England, so it Is equally true that "pot-au-feu" or beef a la mode is the most popular dish in France. II oil Ii I i qjfcij The numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the accom. pauying pictures indicate, respectively, the first, second and third qualities of meat, as they are rated in the markets of Paris, London and Berlin. It will be seen that in France the entire rump and a small portion of the back are re garded as of first quality, that the shoulder and flank take second rank; and that the head, limbs and stomach are not highly prized. In London anil Berlin, on the other hand, only the up per part of the rump Is regarded as of first quality, though not better than the loins, and the shoulder is con signed to the third rank. These differences of taste arc not more striking than the differences be tween the animals themselves. A Dur ham has a sharply defined head and a small neck and shoulders; its back is large, and is developed in a horizontal direction, the evident reason being be cause breeders took most pains to im prove that portion of the animal in which Is the fillet, so dear to the Eng lish and German palate. On the other hand the rump is hardly developed at all. In a Limousin cow, on the con trary, the rump Is greatly developed.'* "These differences are not the result of chance," says M. Paul Diilioth, a well-known French agriculturist, who has been studying the subject. "The Durham cow of to-day was created, so to speak, by the brothers Charles and Bobert Colling, and its ancestors were the shorthorns that used to feed on the pastures of Durham. Their shape was faulty, however, and Rob ert Colling, noticing one day a beauti fully formed calf in a yard behind a blacksmith's shop, determined to try and improve the breed by means of it. "The experiment succeeded, and from this calf, known later on as the celebrated Hubbnek, the Durham of to-day are descended. These English cattle differ in many respects from those of France, and the difference must bo ascribed in great measure to the fact that the British and Germans like beefsteak and roast beef and the "^EK^r^ Mlf ENGLISHi ])}'.. ) I) AMI> I Or. GERMAN /JJ , -fim■x^rr '-J ■ wSSWXZT". J-.V.V ■'-. I French like 'pot-au'feu' and beef a la mode." A head of fair hair consists of 143,- (110 hairs, dark 105,000, while n red head has only 20,200. Fair-haired peo ple are becoming less numerous man formerly.
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