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^^^^ ^j^^^^ . _- - - .",", , M.PMI TESTM-D. 8. C.. WEDg^NOYEMBEB^l^. " ~ VOL. LXI. NO. il KOTES AK O CO.\ISE XT, Queen Victoria now mles 3G7,9i)0, OOO people, n greater number tha has over before acknowledged the sov creiguity of either a King, Queen or Emperor. Gomez is Caba's first great loader. With bira at tho helm tho ten years war would probably have had a differ ent result, suggests tho Chicago Times-Herald. "Tho advent of tho trolley and its displao-ment of horses hm affjctel many liras of industry in one w.iy or nuother, and one business which has gone into m irked decline because oe the electrical innovation is that of a large olass of farmers who depend ou Ibis city as a market for their hay,'' remarks tue Philadelphia Kee J rd. Eight or ten thousand horses, which formerly be'onged to the old enr lines, and were nu important factor in tho consumption of hay,have disappeared, and nothing takes their place iu Ibis particular. The popularity of the trol 1 ?ys for pleasure travel also has cut int > the business of the' liveries, and herp, too. with smaller fctahlcs, tlie demand for the furniert?' principal product ?3 lessened. A coiir?y;vative estimate places tho ainouut of hay now received ia this city at only two-third of v> '.iii was brought in a few yean ago, tho great falling off being duo entirely to the shrunken market and consequent lower pr ?ocr. Altogether the quota tions on hay have dropped about fif teen per cent, sincj the trolleys wero put in operation.'' Tho Chineso are frunkly following 'the example of the Japanese in mauy things. They are cvideutly bout on profiting to tho full by the lessons o* their late discomfiture. They arc . sending young men to Europe to stud)' in thu universities just as the Japanese began to ?o a eccru of ycar3 ugo. Sev eral o' these students recently arrived in Berlin,having sailed from Shanghai with a dozen others, who landed at Marseiiles, four of them being des tined for tho Paris lyc?es, four for tho English universities and four for a Hussion univerity. In Berliu there is a boarding house at which wost of the Japanese students who go there Jive. ? The Chinese on learning of its exis tence at once presented'thcmselves far admission. They wero all tho more anxious not to be denied "as t??ey' w?fe" informed that the cuisine aras Japan ese, Thc Japanese who were already ? guests of tho houso also manifested an earnest desire that the Chinamen should bo received. This in itself would seem to show that the two na tionalities, despite the late war, aro not wholly incapable of appreciating sach other. The Chicago Record says : If statis tics accopted as true by the English themselves are to bo credited, Ger man competition is now tho most serious menaco to 'England's commer cial and iudnstrial supremacy. Liver pool has so long being th J first port of England and of the world that it causes astonishment to others besides Englishmen to learn that in 18J4 tho port of Hamburg outdistanced Liver pool, and that in 1S95-full return* of which are now at hand-Hamburg not only maintains her lead, but beats her own record for tho previous year. Germany has been making vast strides toward capturing the markets of the world. State-subsidized transporta tion and the superior technical educa tion cf German workmen have had much to do in enabling Germany to forge ahead of her rivals and keen commercial instinct in her statesmen in the matter of commercial treaties has enabled the German trader to undersell hisr?va?s nearly everywhere during the last few years.* In shor^, John Bnll has at last been so wrongbt up that thc three little words "Made in Germauy'' have much the same effect on him as the waving of a red flag has on a ball in the favorito sport in Spain. A cartoon is Pc nob, repre senting England as a good grand motherly old lady on her way to mar ket and falling asleep by the wayside, while a German peddler with his shears cuts off her spacious skirts, ex presses a situation the English have at last begnn to appreciate. The Daiiy Cbror.iole, the Saturday Review, the Spectator ami the EngHsh press gener ally aro now engaged in trying to arouse the old lady and induce her to bestir herself about her marketing. Causj of Fog au I Mist. Owing to the olear sky that prevails within areas of high pressure the radia tiou of heat from the ground or the ocean surface and from the lowest stra tum of air proceeds more rapidly, a?. J, as is well known, during such periods mist ami fog are formed in the lower air. Radiation prooeeds uninterrup tedly during the night time from tho upper surface of foggy air, and the depth of tho layer of fog steadily in creases, so that oftentimes the heat ot thu sun, in the nuddlo of thu tiny, is j not sufficient io dissipatu the tog j forme I at night. It has often been remarked that the lookout at, or above, thu maiu lop Overlooks thu ocean of fog. lu genera], a dense fog implies clear sky above it, and by attention to thc movement of r.reas of pressure it becomes possible tu predict fog on one coast, BP85S? banda OD the fiamofl at bu fivoie w basia teak o BJ najo *nd napy j mm m no* ytfiug in tim ?in, A ?50,000 LUMP. FIVE POUXDS OK BLl'K CLAY ALL STUODKD WITH DIAMONDS. It Was S nings lcd Out of the Kimber* ley Din mond 31 In os by a Kafllr, und Brought to This Country.* TAKE a good-sized ' lamp'O? bluish putty, knead it into a rough trnnoated pyramid, stick small bits of white and yellow and pale bine glass into the surface at random and leave the put ty to barden, and when it is hardened the result will be a very fair imitation of the most extraordinary specimen of diamondiferous earth ever brought to this country. This specimen is now in the pot-session of Benjamin W. Levy, a diamond dealer of this city, who bought it in and brought it from ACTUAL SIZE OF THE i ?t.ulh Africa. The illustration shows the exact size oi the lump of earth. On the surface of this lump of earth, which is called blue mass, are for ty - ?vo diamonds of good size, while many other smaller ones can be seen glinting through a thin encrustation. Blue ma-a is tho regular diamond matrix, the earth of all the K'mberlcy in nes of South Africa. It dissolves like lime under 210 ponnds pressure in water. On un average this earth yields about 312 worth of diamonds to the ton. If it were nil ns rich in dia monds as this lump 6npposably is, reckoning from what appears on tbe surface of it, the yield would he some think like six mi lion dollars a tun. Mr. Levy says that until he finds an X ray lhat_wiil show np..the interior of tho specimen he cau't tell the com mercial value of his prize. As a curi osity be considers it worth about $50,000. Of ihe diamonds on the surface of the piece of earth the largest is reck oned to weigh about sixteen or seven teen carat.*-. This one is nearly round, and almost completely encrusted with , the blue mass. It is not of very good quality. The best of the stones ap pears to be of about four carats weight. Several of the diamonds are almost perfect octohedrons, while oth ers show almost equal geometrical regularity, but less complexity.1 The owner thinks that the surface value is abont $1200. Undoubtedly there are other diamonds inside the mass, and what the entire rah e of the diamond yield would be can only be guessed at. Mr. Levy refuses to say what he paid for the specimen, but he states that, in addition to the money, it cost him a great deal of worry and anxiety lo get it out of Africa, as only gems brought through the regular channels THE PARTY THAT JOT THE DIA! cnn bo taken out through Capetown, the customs officials seizing all oth ers. This little bunch of gems wes not bronght through the regular chan nels, it was bought from a Kaffir who was murdered shortly after the sale, presumably because the murder ers expected to find the proceeds of thc aale upon him, in which tiley were probably disappointed. Kaffirs do not carry large sums of gold about with them. Hero is ihe story ot thc Mue mass so far as Mr. Levy chooses to tell it: "it was found," ?aid Mr. Levy to a Saz, reporter io whom he was bow ing the specimen, "in ISSI, in one of the Kimberley mine*-, 1800 fe?t below the <arth's surface. A Kaffir picked it up just as it is there. How he man aged to get it to the surface of the earth ?B beyond my power to tell ; al most beyond it to imagine. Only oue who knows ot the rigorous watch kept ny the overseers upon ibo Kaffirs who work the mmes can comprehend the enormons di flic'.tl tins of getting out tuch a lump of earth ns that. Why, nbont tho only way they can get single (.tones is by swallowing th?m. "Let me digrc.s a moment tc tell you something nb .nt the mine work. All the digger-? are natives, mostly Kaffir'. They come from their own land four days on foot to work io the ininef, and get enough rooney to go home and buy ft wife from their King. 411 the women, are o wood by thy Ki ui, ?ho sells I uti ni to til? gap. Tuitt'ii t l*? w?y tba royal noltttjuM1 ii k?pt up. A wifv fe^st?l?? wy io?g ur IA of labor In the niinep, so the KH???r is riot above decreasing bis period of service by secreting a few diamonds about bim if be can. To keep tho men from getting away with all the diamonds, the company has an overseer for every six or eight workers. As tho Karora work with no clothing other than au extremely small breech clout, oppor tunities tor external concealment are very Bmall. Every one of them is carefully searched every day before he leaves the mine. There are three punishments for Kaffirs caught st eal ing diamonds. One is whipping ; and it is no joke the way it is done there. The second is imprisonment, which is likely to inolude whipping, and the third is being commited to the break water to break stones. In spite of all these precautions there aro many diamonds stolen yearly. "Well, to como back to the subject, it is almost inexplicable how a five pound lump of diamond earth could be brought out without discovery. h??.000 LUMP OF CLAY. Tossibly the finder.of it may have kept it concealod for months in the' mine before he could get it up; and un doubtedly there was concerted action on tho part ol several men. They generally work together. Any way, brought out it was, and by this fel low." Mr. Levy put his finger on the figure in the photograph, on the far left, then be changed it to the figure in the background on the1 left. "And that ehap was my scout," said he. "I had employed him before when I wasvin South Africa, and he told me of this wonderful lump of earth which a fellow tribesman of his had buried. It was in Christiania, up north of Kimberley. I had gone there bv ox wagon with my brother and three other white men: WhTWrabont ' thirty boys-Kaffirs and Zulus, that is, they're always called boys-with the party. Tho Kaffir who had the diamonds was to meet my Econt and complete the deal, the price Hving already been set and accepted. .\one of ns whites ligurcd in tho transaction as principals. My scout took out the money and brought back the chunk of blue mass, and that is all there was to it Tba other Kaffir-it's inconveni ent not to have any name to call him by, but the only name any of them have is just 'boy,' so far as their em ployers are concerned- the other Kaffir joined our party for a time. He told me that he had been whipped for come act of his in the mines, and he felt very revengeful over it. The picture in which yon see him was taken outside of Christiana just before that 'boy' left us. On his way back to the mines ho was murdered, but it isn't likely that the murderers got any monoy.for those fellows bury their stu if. They work in combinations, ten or a dozen to a combination, ann pool theil: in terests. All that they get is buried in some secret spot, and thoy take turns in guarding it. I have never heard of one ol thora playing tho others false, although they aro tricky enough in their dealings with tho whites. Of nm rsc, the fact that death in come terrible form would bo tho punish ment of any breach of faith acts as a deterrent. "Having got our diamonds, thc next thing to do was to get them ont of the country. If you go out by the south ern const you Lavo to BIIOW a bill of sale for every gem in your possession, and you aro searched pretty carefully, too. That is the sort of protection tho company gets from tho Govern ment. Of course I couldn't show any bill of sale for my purchase. The thing to do was to get out of the coun try some other way. We struck across country with our ox wagons until we came to the river, und then traveled by water lo tho coast. On the woy we had some great huuting. Tho animals yon see in tho picture arc wild beasts shot near Chrisliauia. "Jf I were a writer,"concluded Mr. Levy, "I could write a book worth reading about tho diamond trade of the Kailirs down there; tut tho most interesting chapter I'd havo to loave ont because I won't ever know the truth of it; how that boy got the five pound lump of dirt nul diamonds, fruin tim ?hoi', 1 SOO foot do wu, up tu tba iwth'a flnrfuna ia tUa faa? of the moat p< rietst iubptiotiou py,i'>;;; io Wu. twill' ?Hw Xm? BUB, DRESS DESIGNS. MSW AXD DAINTY DEVICES IS FEMININE FASHIONS. A Stylish Jncket With Double ll ron st cd Vcsr, and Hat to Mutch-Smart Frock for u Yonne: Girl. AWN-COLOBED broadcloth, embelished with nut-brown velvet, is represented in one of the moBt popular of the season's novelties, as shown in the first large picture. The stylish top garment is lined throughout witht'.JU toned filk, showing Nile' green and scarlet tints. The stylish hat is taste fully trimmed with shaded ribbon, handsome ostrich tips and paradise aigrette. The coat, of fashionable length, is provided with a double breasted vest shaped with single darts LADIES' JACKET WITH D und seam in the centre front, the clos ing being effected on the left side with buttons and button holes. Contrast ?g material is applied to the reversed portion of the fronts, which roll back ward to form the . doep graduated . revers. The shapely back has the usual [centre, sid?-bablf and und er-ar m -seams } \ sprung below the waistline and laid in box plaits at the lower edge. Medium' sized* pearl buttons are used as decora tion. A distinctive featuro is the fan ciful and protective collar that flares stylishly at the top, its lower edge be ing joined to a deep standing band that fits the neck closely. Pocket laps cover tho openings to inserted pockets and deep bell-shaped cuffs rinish the stylish gigct sleeve?. Bough and smooth faced coatings arc equally adapted for this style, but smooth faced cloths in rich shades of jreen, blue, dahlia, tan and dove for iressy occasions, contrasting prettily with velvet or heavy corded silk. A'J tailor finish ehould bc employed when thc jacket is mado all of one material. A YOUNG GIRL'S FROCK. Two of the newest colors aro ex quisitely blended in the smart littlo frock depicted in the second big en graving. This frock shows a handsome ..laid in cinnamon-brown, cross I GIRLS' P] barred wi'iih yollow and deep violet, brown ve vet being used for thc cleeves and yoke, with ribbon velvet trimmings to match. The jauuty littli bat of cinnamon-brown felt, witl bands of violet taffeta and a large bov of ribbon in changeable taffeta ant ostrich tips forming a charming ad dition. The waist is arranged over a fi tte* lining, which oleses in the centro-bacl with small buttons and buttonholes Tho Iront has a narrow pointed yok of velvet, to tho lower fdge uf whic] ?tho fnll portion ix johicd, forming brand ?I GU til u W>x jd ait, which dr cop 'wmpWHy M tba wftitt line, wit! biomo ?ffeot over the narrow belt o? velvet, graduated revers ihat form pointed'-ep^ulettes over the ?nll phort puffs of ! the stylish sleeves aie decor ated with buttons. T'ie reek is com pleted b$r a stauding band of velvet, with tin^ pointR of the contrasting ma terial abpvf. The inll straight skirt is gathered at the top and sewed to the lower edge of the waist. Ike tcjpde is appropriate for growing girls, and may be developed in a com bination of silk and wool, or velvet and woolen goods, with decoration of braid, jd mp or ribbon velvet. COTI/D'S EMPIRE JACKET. L?dier cloth in light tan color waa chosen lor this stylish little top gar ment sojadmirably adapted for autumn wear. jThe upper part of the jacket is a deep, square yoke fitted by shoulder seams. The back is laid in fl wide box-plait on either side of tho centre. | The loose fronts are laid in similar plaits at each side, and, close in O?LLB.B1OASTED VEST double-breasted fashion, tho right front overlapping the left, and finish ing wpth four large ornamental but tons. ? A stylish accessory ?3 tho deep _ ? CHILD'S JACKET FOR COOL WEATHER. sailor collar forming three points both back and front outlined on its free] edges with deep eoru lace. A pretty rolling collar with flaring ends com i pletes the neck. Tho bishop sleeves, i fashionably full, are gathered at thc t top and liniHhed at tho wrists witb i deop cuffs. The model will dev?b[i i serviceably in all seasonable coatiugi f for dressy occasions or goncrnl woar, 1 care being taken, however, to 6olecl - tho delicate colors so becomiug tc children, suoh ne dovo color or th? 1 richer shades of olive, heliotrope, S dahlia or foliage green. To make thii i. jacket for a child four years of age, o ono and one-quarter yards of materia li fprty?onr inches wide is required, I) - -ii g It ia ratho;1 {suggestive tbrtt Uli VICTORIA'S DAINT? HAND. A delicato bit of sculpture ia a model of Queen Victoria's band, which is still a very handsome one, and is said to have signed more im portant State papers and been kissed by more important men than the hand of any otli2r Queen that evor lived. THE >-EV:EST THING IN LUNCHES. Tho latest "fad" is to issue invita tions for a meal called "brunch." This means a repast at ll o'clock a. m., which is supposed to bo tho mid day timo betweou breakfast and lunch. Fashion may bo'foolish, but it is quito safe to state that if the freo lunch had not been knocked out by tho Haines law snch au epicurean idea would never have been thought of. THE SHORT COIL. The short girl has everything on her side so far as tho men are concerned ; a mau feels immediately at caso wita a short girl, and to most mou that is half the battle. Tho tall girl may bo more imposing, but aha cannot coax and pout, and ilouQco into pretty pas sions with the same execution as the short girl. No man likes to feel him self dwarfed by comparison with the girl he is fond of, and here again thc small woman has a decided advantage. The short womau necJs a proteoting arm in a crowd, and shu does not take up so much room in tho 6troet csrs. THE DAINTY TYPEWRITERS. Nearly every typewriter girl keepti a pair of curling tongs in her desk drawers, and tho smartest of them a cunning little alcohol lamp, too. Thai; is why they come uptown looking so trim after a hard day's worK in a hoi; oflico. No girl, however, likes to have tho mon think that her hair is not nat urally curly, so lato each afternoon sho slips out with her paraphernalia in her Lands and visits tho offices of somo kindly Arm of women storogra phers in the building. After 5 o clock thc room3 of somo of theso feminine firms seem Uko au aftercoon tea.-New York "Recorder. WEDDING IN THE WOODS. A beautiful and unique wedding oc curred recently in tho mountain town of Rockland, Sullivan County, N. Y., the details of which have just reached tho outer world. Tho ceremony was performed in the woods ut Clear Lake Cottage, near Beaverkill, by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y., a brother of the lato Henry Ward becher, and tho BOT. A. F. Eos trna c , also of Elmira. The brido was Miss Theresa C. Hall, who has spent the most of her summers at this spot, aud tho bridegroom, Lymau V. W. Brown, a Californian, who is a great lover of nature and ifatduor life. Tho spot ohosen for tho wedding was on tho wooded shores of the lake, whore cucirohog trees and vines formed a natural audience chamber, around which rose sloping banks of ferns and shrubs. A company o' about twenty friends and relatives embarked in small boats about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and were rowed to this beautiful place. The two mini-iters stood ou tho mossy carpet iu tho centre of the spot, with tho friends grouped around them. The brido and groom carno dowu a path through tho woods and took their positions before tho ministers, and tho nuptial vows were taken. Congratulations and good wishes wore showered upon tho njwly mar ried pair as thoy stepped down to the shore. Tho bride took her eeat in the bow of tho boat, while tho husband plied the oars, and they wcro soon out of sight. It was a sccno never to bo forgotten. It presented a picture of au ideal mar riage, celebrated in au ideal wey, and in keeping with tho ?implo tas:es and high ideals of tho bride and groom. New York Herald. MENDING AS A T?ADE. Ono of tho charitablo activities of public-spirited women in London that is said to be doing much goo 1 is a "mending guild." Tho probabilities are that there will bo ono iu New York soon. Mrs. L. S. Bainbridge, Super intendent of the Woman's Brunch of the New York City Mission, think? well of it, and inteudo to organizo a guild rijdit away. Tho inteution is to furnish work, in tho way of mending and plain sowing, for that class which is alwajs co piti fully promiuent iu largo cities-that of pereons who havo been reduced ia circumstances, and yet havo so much pride that they cannot tnko employ ment which would bc welcomol by others who always have beou accus tomed to laboring for others. These reduced womeu uro not lazy. Indeed, they aro eager for work. But they do not know how to procure it, and consequently aro iu a statu of destitu tion that is (vorso than any endured by their sisters whoso wauts f.ro moro often brought to tho notico of tho public. lu hundrods of families in N2W York there is a "mending basket" that is never loss than full and runniag over. There aro garments of all kinds that seem to becomo ragged withot.t rhymo or reason, and that never yiold to the attacks of needle aud thread to auy satisfactory extent. Yet tho house wife is anxious to seo tho heaps of torn clothing reduced, aud ii willing to pay reasonably lor help. Sho knows, however, that thu uverago seamstress is uut of much uso iu darn ing and patching, and that Ibu work is not likely tc bo satisfactory if dono by her. Hero is the chanco for the reduced gentlewoman. If tho guild comes in to existence it will bring thu house wife with tho big basket of ragged clothes and tho ucat-handed woman anxious for work togothor. Tho prop osition is that tbcro shall bo au of ficial in connection with tho guild who shill bo herself a practico I ?eodlo? wo'i'iau, with a pronoi uudt^stftudiog ai tho Yftlua of tho work io be I??PP, ii?'i tbe bosl lt i ip;! of ?WI?? to do ii The women who need work will give their names and addresses to the pru i ld, and the officer whose duty it will bc to arrange the work and tho price to be paid for it will select tho woroon she considers most adapted to a par ticular job. The sci le of prices must necessarily be moderate, bat still high enough tb reimburse tho worker fairly.-New York Press. GO:?IP. The Woman's Exchango in Philadel phia had receipts of nearly $35,009 in tho year ending February 1, 189G, and is free from debt Mrs. Julia Bradley, of Peoria, IM., has left by will over ?2,000,003" for s polytechnic institute to be associated with the Chicago University. Mayor Doran, of St. Paul, Minn., has appointed Mrs. S. V. Koot, promi nent in society, a special police officer, possessing full power to make arrests. Muncie (Ind.) young women have a cold feet club whoso newest and most popular amusement is a "corn roast," at which tho chilly members are warmed around a Ure. Miss May Abraham, the new English superintendent of factory inspector?, is a beautiful woman ol' tbe Satnitic typo. She bogan ber career as Lady Dilke's private secretary. At the last meeting of the convoca tion of the Law Society of Upper Canada, held in Toronto, the legal committee wero directed to frame rules providing for the calling of women to the bar. Even in India tho new woman is be ginning to appear. Miss Cornelia So rabjee, B. A., barrister-at -law, of Puna, has formed a business partnership with K. P. GaJgill, barrister-at-law, of the samo place. Miss Eliza Talcott, who has been a missionary in Japan for twenty-five years, and acted as a nurse in the Japaneso army during the war with China, is visiting her old homo in Rockville, Conn. Mrs. Beck Meyer, a Scandinavian lady who represented three Scandina vian countries at the International Woman's Congress at the World's Fair, is at present a special lecturer at Stan ford University, California. The death is announced Ir o m Paris of the Countess de Barck, who, under tho Second Empire, occupied a brill iant position at the oocrt. Owing to a succession of financial misfortunes, she had been reduced almost to pov It is not generally ' known that tho late Lady Tennyson was herself qr.ite a poet. She set to mu no many of ber husband's songs and it was she who wrote the music of the words which yero snug at Tennyson's funeral and which he dictated ou his death bed. In remembrance of the heroio deeds of Miss Edith Ledingham, a memorial is to bo raised in West Mara Cemetery, England, where she is buried. She was second stewardess on board the stcrmship Iona, which caught fire in September last off Clacton-on-Sea. Miss Ledingham tried to save the life of a child which was in tho cabin, but lost her own in doing so. Mrs. Hendsb, who is known in tho West ns the Queen of the Chucknwalla, has made ?1,000,000 solely by her own effort?. Her minesyioid her thousands of dollars a mouth. Sho is her own geologist, prospector and superinten dent, and attends to all th ? details of her business herself. She has a beau tiful homo at Riverside, Cal., and is said to bo a woman of charm and cul ture. FASHION NOTES. Real magenta will bo a very popular member of tho color card. Buttons to match belt buckles are the latest feminine extravagance. Reptile jewelry has a strange fascin ation for even tho most timid and re fined women. Tho fair golfer has her noto paper decorated with a tiny golf stick, tho flat end of which bears her monogram. As the season advances velvet rib bon in black aud pretty autumn foli age colors will be iii great uso both with dressmakers and milliner*. The greatest novelty in wraps is the model flttod with a back, cut in three pieces, with dolman sleeves sowed in with tho baok scams, but falling loose ly in iront. Tho collar is in Stuart shape. Tho skirts to bo worn will flare on tho lower edge, bo ?VJ yards wide, have a stiff interlining Iroai ten to Hf teen inches deep all around to givo tho very dosiraolo flare, as ouly tho propor interlining can do, and remain as close fitting around the hips as they aro now. Jf.panese crape is an admirablo and inexpensive material for covering pil lows. Tn dark hine, with largo wkito conventional flower.? wandering over it, it is most effective. Both chintz and cretouuo make pretty pillows, and tho pillows covered with plain gingham aro among favorites of the season. A stylish gown is formed of sheer grass linen, mado ap over cerise satiu aud elaborately decorated with cherry satiu ribbons, including shcmldoi bows and a belt with man; loops and ends. Tho full bo.lioo has five half inch tucks ou either sido bilow a pointed yoko of embroidered linen, finished with twiV o? tho ribbon, onding on eithor side of tho yoke in a small rosotte. Tho changeable silks aro made uy. very much just now in waists. An ex ceedingly pretty ouo ot' ohungeable blue aud green, fashioned to wear with black sntiu skirt, is folded, surplice fashiou, into a most perfect-fitting black satin corselet. A ruche of black satin with a frill of the chaugeabk silk and au inside niching of whit?, lace is made to wear with this waist, op separate from it, if au desirod, aa it? la BA *(uwt a garment a* could well hv MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In font um, Too thin z Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Fains, Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of tho Stomach and Bowels. PITT'S CARMINATIVE . k [ls thc standard. It carries children over' the critical period ot teething, and | is recommended hy physicians as. % the friend of Mothers, Adults and' Children. It is pleasant to the taste, { and never fails to give satisfaction.! A few doses will demonstrate its su-' perlative virtues. Price, 25 cts. peri bottle. For salo by druggists. ? ?OUSEHOLi) AFFALBS, jj THE TABLE. * Napkins should ba folded at the right of plates, with a email piece of bread or roll half concealed bj the last fold. Beside each plate should be placed as many kniVes, forks and spoons as will bo needed in all the courses, and a glass to he filed with water. Flowers and fruits tastefully arranged add to the appearance of the table at all seasons. When the soup tureen and soup plates are placed be fore the seat of the hostess, dinner may ba quietly announced by thc waitress striking the table tell. BEEF MJBBOW. To melt tho marrow, put it in a cap or* other small vessel and piare over boiling teakettle, then strain, and when nearly cool stir thoroughly with a teaspoon ; then put away under cover, lt is valuable as a remedy for chafing in infants, for chapped hands/ for sore feet, caused by much walking ; and if your little ones have a tendency to canker sores round the month, nothing is better or more healing than beef marrow. For those who use pomade for the hair, it is ex cellent if mixed with a little sweet oil and stirred till white. It strengthens the scalp and promotes the growth of tho hair. If desired, a few drops of rose water may bo added.-New Eng land Housewife. HYGIENE OP TUE NUBSEBY. Bogular baths, proper food, and long hours of sleep are necessary con ditions to a healthy infant. The three prime essentials in the nursery are fresh air, good food and pu re water. Never put a bottle nipple into your mouth and then into the baby's mouth ; this will often prove danger ous. Always hold a baby in your arms when feeding it, in about the same position as if nursing it. Feeding at night, after the third month, is both inconvenient and un necessary; sleep nt night is be than foo J. ' Do not feed tho baby because cries ; this may be duo to pain, and it is hurtful to fill an infant's stomach at such a time.. Have a rule for feeding the baby, and do not vary from it; without regularity tho mother becomes a slave. More infants' lives are taken by overfeeding than by starvation ; never liken an infant's digestion or diet tc your own. An infant's thirst is not quenched by milk ; it needs clean water to drink with regularity. Plain, boiled water, given betweer feedings, will often aid the digestion, and satisfy the child when restless. Vomiting and diarrhea aro indica tions that the child is either sick or approaching sickness, and probably needs a physician. Light and loose clothing, frequent bathing, or cool sponging are necessi ties for tho infant in hot weather. Cleanliness, as applied to the body, the mouth, the food, tho vessels, the clothing, the furniture, tho floor, tho carpets, the beds and the atmosphere should be strictly observed.-New York Ledger. RECITES. Duchess Potatoes-Two cupfuls of grated or mashed cold boiled potatoes ; add one tablespoonful of dour, one quarter cup of milk, ana two well bealen eggs; salt to taste; drop by small spoonfuls into hot lard and cook until they aro a delicate brown. Fruit Sauce-Cream together one half cupful of sugar and one table spoonful of butter; add one beaten egg, ono cupful of mashed berries and one cupful of boiling milk. Wet one teaspoonful of corn starch in.enough milk to dissolve it, and stir slowly. Let all boil together three minutes and serve. Potato Dumpling-Boil one pound of potatoes pass tbrough'a sieve ; chop one-half pound of suet finely nud mix with the potatoes ; add salt, ono tea spoonful of baking powder and one half pound of flour. Work all to gether and tie in a pudding cloth ; boil for threo hours. When done cut in slices, put on a hot dish, and pour some of tho beef gravy over it. To bo oaten with roast or boiled beef. PeanutCookies- Sholl saflicient pea nuts to give one pint of the meats. Rub off all tho inner skin and chop very fine, or put through a meat cut ter. Cream together two tablespoon fuls of butter and one cnp of sugar; add three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, thc chopped peanuts, and flour enough to make a soft dough. Boll out, cut in circles aud bake in a moderate oven. Tomato Jelly Salad-Tike eight good-sized tomates, removo skins and stew gently for ten minutes, with a slice ofjonion, six cloved, a sprinkling of popper and a quarter of n teaspoon ful of salt. Pass this through a sieve to remove sueds, etc. Stund it on back of stove and ?tir into -it one-half box of geltttino dissolved in a small half a cupful of boiliug water. Strain through a cloth into classes wet in cold water, and eet away to harden. ? There should bo a pint and a half in all. Serve in .dices ou lettuce leave?, with mayonnaise dressing, Thia may he prepared with canned tomato also. ?IYKJ virtu? iii ft Rood text fe? tho pf?fleh?f alway*, but A hetffjp ?bi?ff f?n fcvary citlion to gu*r? i? hie tolly l