THE REALM
Hats For Sprlnc and 8 a rum or.
Fashionables of Paris are now be
ginning to think of summer hats,
'eiyaw* will be, as usual, universally
.worn, and the novelties are very
charming. Among tho new ones aro
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Cr.EATION OT VELVET .AI?D TUM IB.
?ian
.t in
is is
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f ur
the effect ia charming. A uov.?
uer of ?sing tulle ie to Voling*
layers. ?ne over Ji., uer, un
quito either
? -1 IW^^ ss*
ti., .i : . g$*s?sti . i of a berat -. ?th
',;..>. loose .."-..of h4 tulle sV-narote,
Uko th? I- ".ves f > a brok, o' i o?oh
oue edged ;.it?x v. iryj jv^ow ?.tin rib
hjt. (.: a row of .ian;: rcs or it nail
Uct?c< 3. In Pa .'ls fiow?. r -ti i'm. ?ed hats
.vud bonnets ar tdr??dytli a", and
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plosely pished coarse sf-raws in ell
?hades. Finely nowa straws, Panu
^jnas, Leghorns and manillas will also
be worn. The coarso straws, how
ever, will be deemed the most ele
gant for toques and bonnets.. Tulle
will prove a strong rival of straw
during the early part of tho coming
season. Even now the nsw models
ar^p built of tullo and velvet. ; Chiffon
and tullo are also employed for deep
plaited frills to soft velvet crowns, and
'gay blossoms will doubtless be exten
sively worn in the early spring. Large
open roses are the most fashionable.
'Felt hats and toques have entire
rns made of them. As is usual in
iaio winter, viol?is aro all tho
;o, and the provident dame is now
ing a fresh noto to hor winter hat
i tho shape of theso delicate and
tut ifni flowers.
ti iris* Cost um? in Light W?lfilit Serge.
Hiatovcr number of more elaborate
|to gowns the growing girl's
jay include, ono of sturdy
iode, is essential to her
jell-being. The model
?uble-column illustra
tion, is of light
?'al blue and is
lack braid. But
md all the now
-as. cashmere,
lio waist is a
the centro
id the full
poke, which is
to form slashed
jht strip 3hown
with crinoline,
fraist proper, cov
ets. Tho
snugly,
nt the
lined throughout, but uuBtiffenod, and
is triminod with two rows of fanoy
braid.
To ranko this costume for a girl of
eight years will require two and one
half yards of forty-four-inch material.
Styles in Sashes. ,
Sashes of all kiuds and conditions
aro well to the front fia fashion, aud
tho now ribbons aro more beautiful
than ever. There aro Roman stripes,
checks and plaids, with satin bordered
edges, and flowered, ' corded, and
watered ribbons of nil kinds. Not,
chiffon, and laco sashes will continue
in favor; but it is not alono sashes for
the waist that swell tho list. Tho
sashes for tho neck aro quito as con
spicuous and moro generally worn, for
all women seom to Uko tho long silken
cravats around their throats. They
aro mado of liberty gauzo, chiffon, aud
thia silk, or.of Swiss, with hemstitched
and lace-trimmed mids. Tho newest
of these neck sashes is a scarf of net
with au elaborate laco pattern at tho
ends and an edge all around. They
range in price from $4 to $15, and aro
really very elegant. In smaller things
fo?- the neck thore is an unlimited
variety. Short bows and knotted
cravats of puro white lawn, withknifo
pl&ited frills on the ouds, aro added to
an array of lace knots and neck frills
which are ]yt youd-description.
r New Mat?'rt;?lfi fnt Spring TTcar.
Among tho ne v u ..ater?ais th?B spring
aro several woavos%i>f erepon, which
are not intended for- anything but
mourning wear. They lofjk as though
part wero made of crape, ?Jid thon of
OST?.kO.
shirrings of silk and wool. They ave
also to bo seeu with a sort of blistered
surface, resembling matelasse or quilt
ing. They are always of a deep black,
not a blue black, and wear well, but
are among the expensive materials.
However, as they do not require much
trimming, they are not so expensive
as might bo-thought.
Noveltisc in Suttons.
In fino buttons for bodices and
jackets some handsome novelties are
shown in celluloid, jot, steel and por
celain. The latter are especially love
ly, and often look like miniatures, so
exquisitely aro ideal heads painted
upon them.
Latest Spring Bionse.
The bloused fronts open over a plas
tron of white satin or of a silk which
matches one of the colors in tho plaid
of the waist material. These fr
aro hold together by cufflinks thro"
button holes. The revers ave f
GOOD ROADS NOTEES. ,
Prodding Turnpike CoiMiianle?
A law hos been passed by theMiolnV
gan Legislature requiring the j tura?
pike companies-in the State-l^f?^^
struct, reconstruct, repair and niaih*
tain their roads in good repair, at d
of the same material and in the sanxo
manner as required by .their; charter,
within six months after the passage
fha Act." If they fail to comply wi
the law, tho roads are to bo consider
as abandoned, and no furthor toll
bo charged on them.
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Hoir. It Helped tho Former?. : '
.'Tho beauty of goo%i roads
empli lied ?aturday," says r. tho C??b?^.
(Ill:) Herald, "'when the' farmers;?t
Itiverside aud Ellington ' townships
came to town with loads of hay ard
atraw and nvoduqe, and the farmers fft
other townships had to stay at hon)p.
The Riverside and Ellington township
farmors came to town via tho Loount
street telforded boulevard. The far
ors of tho othor townships had to liv
main at home, because the roads w?lo
too muddy. To start meant to ?le
mired, and ao no start was made. Ai
all because of lack of enterpriser
providing good roads."
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I'oivor Kcriulrod on Gnuie?. :
American highways have dften doub
ly followed the old Roman model, aid
run straight ahead regardless of ob
staoles. It seems not to have occurred
to our road-builders that less power
is, expended in going three miles
around a hill than ono milo up it, cr
that it is easier to cut down a hill o lice
than for all travelers to climb it thou
sands of times, or that no heavier load
can be hauled than can bo drawn up
the steepest part. To attain higher
levels the precipitous sides of hills
have been scaled, requiring* extreme
grados, when such could have beeu
avoided, and moro circuitous courses,
not materially longer, would havo ar
rived at the same spot with less ex
penditure of energy. Mountain roads
can be kopt in order only with extreme
iliftjoulty. The work oh them, tho
timo aird- ^unnecessary energy wasted
iu surmounting them, and tho half
loads that only cainbeji'aulod on them
aro sources of great and" constant loss.
In foreign countries every effort ?B
made to keep grades down to> four per
cont., that is, a riso of four fe ot in
every hundred, as this has been shown.,
hy experience to bethe maximum on
whioh loads can bo advantageously
hauled, and even it necessitates tho;
expenditure of as much energy in ono
mile as in traveling three on a le vol,
""'hat but one-third as heavy a load
be drawn. A.s tho grado increases
lubOvjOAt"! ' : \ areoi? Lage tho labor in
&?Ivo(f"% i>: . -p. nxcessivft tha^
xiinuni of ttu ?oet nseTlh g*^???
fS?V;U8od abroad for mountain g38
dud on this less than one-half ?vm l?e
hauled of what is possible at < four an a
hundred, and but one-sixth a^^nuch
as on tho level. / >
So little attention has been paid to
thi3 subjeot hero that a riso of ton in
one hundred ia often found , o?; main
roads which ' are constantly^najad^by
heavy traffic, and even twe?yie; and
?fteen in a hundred aro by no means
uncommon. This is wrong. . The
courses of old roads could he ?lightly
altered iu many uusos Lo tu?ir great
advantage, and in other casen now
roads could be laid out." Thffae points
ought to be thoroughly looked into be
fore making hilly roads permanent by
macadamizing thom.-L. A. W. Bul
letin. t,f
Vf hy State Aid la Necessary.
In .nddressiug tho Maryland Stato
Grange reoontly, General Stone spoke
of conditions which may oxist in other
States as well. He said in parti
"Ifindthut tue question of State
aid is eliminated iu -Miuylaud ? hy a
constitutional prorls?pn \wb4oh .' pro
hibits the use of State-funds for' such
a purpose. Get u]i .a sentiment s iron g
enough, and amend yoifrConstitution,
like other States are doing. It is a
vicious system that requires localities
to keep up the roadsA," It is a work
that concerns t
State, and is
Roadsju'o of vi
Blookade your
and to-morrow
s oatt er. Tho b
are equally aharo
thoy must assist in
the whole
question,
the cities,
roads to-day,
" ll begin to
d roadB
es, but
of con
struction before thpn can reap tho ad
vantages.
"About thro$:
erty interests o
found in tho cit
dbrporatioUs.'li
Bonting about;
public,
this di
Mf.
paringi
This ht
States,
ical ai
The
ths of ?toiQ. t>rop
country are "to be
nd held by the
bo farmers, repre
irth of the prop
een endeavoring
a for the whole
'osult is obvious. The
much, abd'bad roads
!jW i^vwher??v
>A m-?ur - P-I'.^es^. stronr
.c?;.'?iciS.T\?jAU
liHi iu of
ta it
)pre
er. of
< proved to be an ecoifom*;
n healthful way of wbr$$
y^'prx satisfied thatMary^
employ its short-tern
,nd ?3n.n?o'c}f Correction in
?ia. \? ty, ..'id deliver road
fifty sou ts'a ton in any
State
pour legisla
ryland is en
lation as any
th..Yon must
lom to
>u caVfc tell
moral
or ronds, -without moro taxes on farm
?roperty. ,
;3*'Third-Ton want an officient
?tato' supervision to make sure that
(be now money spent on roads shall
ac spent to the best possible ad van
Wi.'
.^"Fourth-You want to make sure
for the future that all property, and
di tho people interested in or beno
ite d by good highways shall contribute
meir proper shat?? toward building
ind maintaining those roads."
Endurance of Xloriet.
-v.Tho "Vedette, the regimental journal
jf the Twenty-first Lancers, gives an
interesting account, of a march carried
jut between Cairo and th o Bitter Lakes
ind back-205 miles in five days. This
?vftH? done to" ?est the relativo merits of
?he three classes cf horses in uso in
??he' r?giment, namely, Arabs, Walers
[brought from India by the Seventh
Dragoon Guards), and Hungarian re
mounts lately suppliedyto the regiment.
The Arabs were six to ten years old,
the Walers fourteen years and upwards
ind the Hungarians four to fivo years
old, "rather young for such a trial.
The verdict was that, oven allowing
for ago, the Hungarian horses wero
decidedly, inferior iji breeding and
stamina; and the Waiora, though in a
more temperate climato they might bo
superior to tho Arabs, under tho pre
vailing conditions of service in Egypt,
"with short rations and plenty of saud,
long periods without water, and tho
temperature nt 130 degrees in tho
Bhade," were decidedly inferior tp tho
Arab, which, in a desert march, showed
itself well able to carry the British
soldier, with his impediments. As
the woight carried was nu average of
nearly sixteen stone, the marches were
decidedly good, namely, thirty-five,
fifty, thirty, fifty-eight and thirty-two
miles per day. Ono Arab, three Wal
ers and eleven Hungarians wero ' 'laid
up irr the sick lines" after tho trial.
London Sketch.
Tile Locality of DiseftBC. -
In an interesting article on tho
areas of disease the London Saturday
Beview remarks upon -the consensus
of medical opinion that diseases in
general have their local habitations
some, like tropical animals and plants,
living only in tho tropics; some, like
consumption, gradually spreading
over the whole earth, while others,
like leprosy and smallpox, are by de
grees becoming limited in their dis
tribution, possibly tending, it may be,
toward extinction. On the other
hand, however, there are regions to
which diseases have never reached,
for instance, on tho summits of high
mountain rangesI and in tho circum
polar snowfields of the earth and air
and water are as barren of tho mi
orobog fflBBfrjWE QS they arc of animal
life. CTpfwint^ in the Review ad
mits t?pfc|^^?rtnntry iiko Britain,
^ixiek^vw??i^nlfor- many .centuries,
anti wi tffiffi^liMt circulai on of popu -
lation, uPaffiffiVJbe doubted that every
yard of surfaco contains the germs of
the more .common diseases, and the
native oft some newer land, brought
over to Britain's shores, falls a victim
to its plague-stricken soil ; but by gen
erations of a destructive elimination
Britons have become highly restraint
to their native diseases-yet not fully
io, for cancer and'consumption, two of
the most common scourges, still hold
powerful sway.
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Australian Fever Cure. ?
?'What's that fired grave for?"
isked the recruit.
"Fella all sick; weather bad and
judgery no good down 'bout Womba.
Plenty rain one time, fella catch cold;
plenty fever this time ; by'm-by fetch'im
onga that place," explained Warrigul,
is a litter emerged from a wurley of
he camp, and the sick man was borne
o the curious grave. The doctor
valked in tho rear.
Thrusting his hand into tkp long
litch, to tost its warmth, the doctor
tignaled to lower the patient into it.
Ie was then covered from neck to
oot, feet and all. His head alone
ested above the dirt. Sergeant Dal
on explained:
"The blacks put fever patients in
ho ground like that, and steam tho
ever out. They say the earth Will
Iraw off tho evil spirit, and then fill
im with life."
"Electrio ourrents, by Jove!"
The next day the late patient was
lobbing around like a three-year-old.
-Outing.
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New Bicycle Tires.
The ingenuity of inventors has been
xercised to tho utmost on bioyclo
ires that cannot he punctured in the
rdinary way. Various combinations
f springs, plates and rubber have
cen made, and tho number of de
ices registered in tho Patent Office
a this line runs far np into the thou
and.' One of the latest models shows
aeries pf spring plr'- :*3 nnderneath
.: allT-i, f.Vi pV?/S ? ino cov.' ed v iib. ix
envy /.tuber casing., lt is claimed
li?t'a greater amount^ of elastioity ia
ecured with much loss danger of in
?ry tb tho rubber. 'In passing over
cry, rough auria, er, tho eprings yiold
> sudden presViirv, and thus insure
lore safety to t ic .ooro fragile outer
?rtion,-New Y ?rh Ledger..
k ?
?.j. recline th? '.
The fan ci fal m;i?
metimos to ont rt
^^sp^meense, ,i ?^ingj
olin Milne <$<$Vot
nd quivers t&raf n j Mj runthrough
s rocky frainefcytm. l?Sg?ttMBffic6 e?y;
apb when watched .'. iimfcWspcciulftf
nn s tr nc tod ahd; OXC? Flh'srly delicate
nparatufl. Professed tilno $gfj|rt8
THE CHRIS'
A dist?uctivoly Christian flag will
roon bo adopted by a large quimber of
cburobos throughout tho country with
out regard to denomination. "Buttons
on which the flag is conspicuously
shown aro already being worn. Last
rally day at Brighton Obapc?, Coney
Island, n well known Christian worker
had been nunouu?ed to muka au ad
dress. Tho chapel was well lilied and
when tho time for {ho address hud
como tho speaker failed to appear.
Tho superintendent of tho Behool, C.
C. Overton, aftor apologizing for the
abaonce of the sjieaker, was1 obliged to
take his placo. Tho subjoctof his talk
was "Tho American Flag." On tho
platform was a beautiful flag, thc gift
of Jumes H. Perry Post, G. A. Iv. Mr.
Overton dwelt upon tho. principles
for which tho flag stood, the devotion
of its followers, tho loyalty, fidelity
and constancy which should bo shown
by Christ's followers. The want of a
Christian flag impressed Mr. Overton,
nnd as be told the writer, "the Chris
tian flag appeared to bo floating in tho
air as I was speaking, and I gave tho
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FASNY J.CROSBT.
f- KUI. J. 79s 70. -*
Tile .ChrUl-ian Flag?- bs . b
The Christ:lan Flag! cn - fa
The .Thrift-."{'aa Flag! Cod bi
lone
free
Seos,
To, ev . 'ry clune ar. j " m
Thn Christ-inn Flag! on . fer
Till all the wide ere < a
God ?peed its S?o - rious , m li - sinn
Ob, ajiyi it bear tba mes. sas
Aid all . tho world o ? ai . ted,
eborac.
J r i ? ? liv
Andf let the voice of ?il - Hons
CrOWS ami." CtV
s\..*?Why fe it,'' asked
awn7
tue inquisitive
i ono v'that a rooster craws, and o crow
. caws?" It is trno that nroost?>bpsts,
but uoboriy over heard of ,?'er??f o'T'Ow
ing. Thia is a question tb?fr^Bh??jd
occupy tho attention til tho Bcientiflj
A woman, porhaps, c|
I
nco n description of it then an
, as it stands upon our platfon .
I believe it was an inspira
om beaven of a banner tba;
triumphant over the
wor?l
Tll ?'ag is most? symbolic. Tho
gron: ? t white, representing peace,
puri' .l id innocence; in tho upper
corn >t i >\&blue square, tho color of
tho -.r-doudod sky, emblematic of
bea-. ^ , ti: i homo of the Christiau, also
a syo)Dol ' * faith and trust. In tho
eentrelof ';?o bino is the cross, tho en
sign and cb" -'sen symbol of Christianity;
the ero.- j: red, typical of Christ's
By oby sect of Christ's follow
UL -so tho flag, and it is
?ph iblo to all nations. It
no K< rood or denomination.
Miss Fa. ry JCrosby, tho Christiau
poet, ha. writ . n tho words of tho
hymn an R. . "untiugton Woodman
tho music aere 'cproducod. Neither
tho Hag, nun mr music has been
oopyrightciu and di are dedicated by
M". Overt? .) to t? 3 followers of Christ
tho world o v. T.-J. -ookln Eagle.
Mrsicb7 J.,
.\SU? T 'XQTON x:ooH^?.]
blood,
eta can
equally
stands 1
i '- lion, WJ ccrd U Torii> lt . ?fi?, ' (
1 it, ARJ ocr and oVr .? . Cain-A
. ?oa Up - #on ttl fold >. Es**,
With ear - nest hearts w?j
"Cooa ?ill . and peace to
OnT lov-Jnj Sar_. tow p
Aaa ?hau) .U. >ua ?Sk. peag'u \ ?
The joy -^ial elraia. 'pr? ? tong
limro In Cool; ?efl, Hot.
j The thermometer neema to fall
degrees Jvhen you walk into a
room. /Yellow is an advancing o-J
ther?fo/o a room fitted up in y^
will aplicar ^mailor than
other hand, blae of