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
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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.
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| Considering tHe Monorail
LTho Eolir Itnllwny Agpin TUiforo tho
English House of Fnrllainent. Q
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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.
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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
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Or. GERMAN /JJ ,
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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.