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Ci' : ' JJew York City.?Whatever styles may come and go, the coat that combines a fitted back, with double breasted box fronts is always in style, al B i ~ DOUBLE BKEASTED COAT. % v? .ways in demand. This- one is finished at the neck in regulation "opt style, and includes sleeves of the very latest cut with roll over cuffs. As illustrated the material is black cheviot stitched with corticelli silk and finished .with a collar of black velvet, but any cloaking material is appropriate and wEfcn liked the coat can be made longer, as shown in the small cut. V The coat is made with fronts, backs, side backs and under arm gores, the fronts being faced to form the lapels. The sleeves are full at the shoulders, narrower at the wrists, where they are finished with cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size is five yards twenty-seven, two and three-quarter A Late Design ! ' I / r ^ y f yards forty-four or two and fiveeight yards fifty-two inches wide, with three-eighth yards of velvet. A 'Main Waltt. If they were not actually embroidered in .Tapland, these 'mum waists look to have been. The characteristic rich, flat, heavy style of embroidery distinguishes them. One may have them made up or in a box ready to make up. A mammoth 'mum is embroidered on the one-piece waist front. Done all iu white on white it is richest. Some, however, will prefer it in all white on a light blue, apricot or pastel rose ground. In some few instances the embroidery is in shaded colors, mostly delicate ones shading to white. The giant chrysanthemum grows on a long, fcliage-decked stem, Which starts at the waist line, curves to the right and ends in a great flower of a rather loose type up under the chin. >*Each petal is a work of art. The wristband and the neckband are embroidered in something the same fashion. Paifting of Billowy Skirt*. The billowy evening gown is an extravagant garment and always more or less of an anxiety, entailing repair of some kind if not tbe actual replacing of frills, after each time of wear. This fact, together with a desire for change, Is beginning to tell upon the popularity of the billowy variety of frock, and fashion is seriously considering the adoption of more solid and lasting materials for evening wear. These are not difficult to find, and in the soft Dn'ontnl sntins nrul tflffptfls. in the new brocades and chiffon velvets, which are light in actual weight though rich ' and dignifiedjn appearance, the foamy and flimsy fabrics of the last few seasons will find formidable rivals.?New York Tribune. Lingerie Bloiine*. Lingerie blouses are to be worn with tailored coats and ^kirts. They are SBSt i | really indispensable, for they are thin taking up no room, and when musset water and hot iron restore them to ai immaculate condition. They are, how ever, as expensive as the more elab orate silk and crepe bodices, as a greater number of them are required; but they are always fresh and spotI less, and thus delight the dainty ' ? +Vv?TT nrA olmncf fo O IWUI1JU JJ. lil VJUL IJJCJ UiC Uiiuvvw *MV similes of those worn during the summer, save the heavier laces are used, eluny, guipure and the lately revived crepon being favorites. These laces are used as insertions rather than in appliques, and in many of these blouses the lace is also elaborately embroidered in floral designs in plumetis stitch. One such blouse has its crepon lace embroidered across the front in chrysanthemums. New Napoleon Hat*. A fashionable milliner in the Rue d la Paix has introduced a new Xapoleon hat. . This, worn with a single lock ol hair on the forehead, accompanying a long redingote, is now fashionable and most becoming for women with higfc foreheads. An exquisitely pretty coiffure, replacing the theatre hat, is formed of three classic bands encircling the hair, with one erect ostricl pluipe. Gray Kfbbed. A gray ribbed velvet gown has a collar and guimpe of cream lace. The bo dice is curiously built, the drapec front of velvet being a sort of a cuirasf buttoned on the shoulders with tbre< large velvet buttons. Far Band* on Skirt*. A band of fur is around the foot o: , some of the handsomest sRirts. Thesi skirts trail and are not for the prom enade. Blouse Waist. ' Waists that are shirred over th< i shoulders are among the latest an< most novel shown and are singularlj by May Manton. attractive in such materials as chiffon veiling, chiffon taffc-ta and the like. This one is made in shirt waifci style, with a box pleat at the centre front, the material being taffeta in one of the new reseda greens, t The sleeves are shlrTed to form cuffs in harmony with the yoke of the waist, and arc finished with pointed turn overs thai 1X14111 Ai U1C iw n. The waist consists of the fitted lining. fronts and back. The shirrings over the shoulders are in tuc-U style, so providing becoming fullness below, and the closing is made at the centre front through the box pleat. The sleeves are made in one piece each, with the shirred cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four ane onequarter yards twenty-one. tr.ree and SHIRKED WAIST. three-quarter yards twenty-seven, or two and one-quarter yards forty-foui in oh p? vridti. I * \ I Household ! Mitten ! ? Cake Frosting. I Cook together for "ten minutes tw< ; cups of su|ar, a rounding tablespoon o | butter and two-thirds cup of milk. Bea , I until cold and spread over the cake. Ij I i Orange Frappe. . j Make a syrup of one and one-hal . cups of water and the same of sugar ! j Add the gTated yellow peel of two or . i anges and cook ten minutes. Straii ' I and add the strained juice of six or j anges and a small lemon. Freeze a j once and serve. Lemon Sherbet. j Boil together three cups of wate; and two cups of sugaf ten minutes, 0' until it will thread when a cold fori is dipped in and held above it. Coo and add the juice of six lemons ant two oranges, and a level tablespoor of the grated yellow rind of lemon. Le stand* a, half hour, then strain anc freeze. Welsh Karebit. Break half a pound of mild chees< ! into small pieces and melt in th< chafing dish with a level teaspoon 01 butter. Add slowly four tablespoons oi i milk, a saltspoon of salt and a dust o: I red pepper. When the mixture i< ' smooth stir in two beateA eggs, anc as soon as the egg is set serve on tbii 11 crackers. ? I Creamed Onions, ( Cook one quart of medium-size< onions in water, with one teaspoon o: ! sugar, until nearly done, then add i level teaspoon of salt; finish cookinj and drain. Have a rounding table I spoon of butter melted with one leve 5 tablespoon of flour rubbed in and cool > two minutes. Add a cup of hot mill and cook three minutes; seasbn witl salt and pepper and pour over tb< onions, after they have been put in 5 I deep hot dish. If the onions breal i while cooking chop them, add to th< . sauce, boil \ip once, and serve. Excellent Plain Ntinre Meat. Take a pint bowl for a measure ant , heap it with finely chopped and wel j packed meat Measure four bowls o; apple, chopped more coarsely, and mi3 with the meat. Add two cups of sugar one and one-half cups of molasses, on< cup of butter, or part butter, and pan i melted suet, two cups.of boiling watei and one cup of liquor from picklet j peaches. A cup of boiled cider may b< used instead of this peach vinegaV Add one cup of whole seeded i*aisins half a nutmeg grated, two teaspoons ol cinnamon, one-quarter teaspoon 01 ( cloves, half a teaspoon of allspice anc j three level teaspoons of salt. Grate th< j yellow rind of one lemon and add ii j with the Juice. Mix all well togethei I And cook slowly for one hour. A litth ; more water may be needed. : rrmftQTfe M Windows should never be cleaned i when the sun is shining on them, oi j they will look smeary afterward. A strip of carpet glued to a piece ol | wood will remove mud from boots quickly and without the slighhtest in [ Jury to leather, and is far better thar j the usual brush. When pouring hot fruit into a glass ! dish place the latter on a wet cloth j This prevents any chance of the glass ! cracking, which would otherwise be vorv Ukplv to haDDen. ' When bottling pickles or ketchup ii is a good plan to boil the corks, anc while hot press them tightly into th< bottles, so# thdt when they are colt they are tightly sealed. To prevent thread from knotting al | ways thread your needle at the enc j of the cotton as you.undo it from th< I reel, and make the knot at the end thai I is exit off. If this is done, your threat i will never knot. i Wood ashes are excellent for clean ing tinned articles. Wring, a piece' ol i coarse flannel out of warm water, di; i it in the ashes, and with this scour th< J tins. Rinse in warm water, dry anc polisn "WiUi a son ausier or jemua. .To clean silver nothing is better thai whiting and sweet -oil. Mix a little to a smooth, paste, dip a piece of flanne 1 ; in and rub well the article to b< cleaned. Then wipe with a soft dustei and finally polish with a ciean chamois leather. : j Brpwers* yeast, which many peoph j use for breadmaking instead of Ger | man' yeast, if a little cold water i: poured over it, will keep good for sev eral days. When nedeed pour th( water carefully off and use iu the or diijary way. . ; v A burnt saucepan should be fillet with cold water, to which a liberal al lowance of soda has been added, ant then brought slowly to a boil. If wooc eshes are obtainable, a handful of thes< I added to tne water win greuuy ucji in the cleansing. j To wash paint, make a good soap: i lather by boiling one ounce of soap ii j half a gallon of water, rain water?i: I possible. This is a far more econom I leal plan than rubbing the soap on J brush or flannel. Wash the paint ii ! the soapy lather and dry first with i : cloth wrung out of warm water, ani j then with a clean, dry duster. Potato water is excellent for bright | euing shabby carpets. The carpet: I must first be well beaten and shaken I Then take half a dozen good sizei potatoes and scrape them as finely a: j possible into a bucket half full of warn j water. Strain, wring a cloth out of th< i potato water, and with it give the car pet a good rub all over, rinsing fre | ijuently. ! The nervous housewife who lives ii ! constant dread of fire may, with ver: I little trouble, make an extinguishe that will put out the blaze if used a once. All she needs to d<7 is to pu three pounds of salt into a gallon o water, and to this add one and one half pounds of sal ammoniac. Thii ilquid should be bottled, and when tni tire is discovered it should be psure< on it. W T v v'r"v': : 4' I 1 . ; \ | \ ! A SERMON FOR SUNDA I I ?????? i j AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLE 9 ' THE TRAGEDY OF A QUEEN." "i The Rev. F. F. Shnnnon Draws a Time Leuon From the Story of Vasht: There Are Few Finer Exhibitions 1 1 Sacrifice in the History of Womanhoi 1 j Brooklyn, N. Y.?For his Sund; ; morning sermon, in Grace M. E. Churc "the pastor, the Rev. Frederick F. Sha j non, had for his theme "The Tragedy of j | Queen." The text was from Esther 1:11-1 "Bring Vashti the queen before the ki: ' I with the crown royal, to show the peof | and the princes her beauty: for she w d fair to look on. But the Queen Vasl ,. refused to come at- the kinjps commac . ment by his chamberlains." Mr. Shanm ' eaid: The AhasueruB of the book of Esther ; the Xerxes of profane history. By coi ! mon consent of historians he was one r the most powertul monarcns that ev lived. The pages of Herodotus arefill c with his exploits, and Grote and Kolli J also, dwell upon his posver and achiev 1 ments in. an interesting manner. But J i tawdry greatness is worth while only as serves to set forth the heroism of Vash 1 Already the centuries have tarnished t t brilliance of his court, but not the beau j of bis queen. Shushan. the palace, exis J only in name. The hundred and fo ecore days during which he sTiowed t riches of 'his glorious kingdom and t honor of his excellent majesty are k ? than a shadow on the dial. The whii j green and blue hangings, tied with cor " of purple and fine linen to silver rings [ pillars of marble perished long ago. T f gold and silver beds, which 6at. upon f pavement of red and blue and white ai . black marble, have had no occupants i ' more than 2400 years. The colden vesse ' from which princes quaffed tne royal wii l ere all one with the golden sand grams I the desert. Time is no respecter of p< ' eons. If it buries the common things j "oblivion, that shadow of darkness," does not forget to pluck tLs spangles fro 3 the robes of kings, tossing them into t ( night also. But time cannot dull the bea iv oi a great suui. xjiiic i-amtuii ijuui the flame of a white life. Time cann > stain the snow of a pure heart. And th is why Queen Vashti and the tragedy j her life forever hold our admiration ai our tears. ' 1 Perhaps we shall he more capable c measuring the unfortunate queen by glar i ing at the monarch she opposed. Ahasi 3 rus possessed the almost unlimited pow " of an Oriental despot. His will wasjt ' preme in everything. We find him h| ; giving a feast to his lords and princi , Having conceived the idea of making, w on Greece, this feast to his subjects is ] step looking to that end. Whatever j undertook usually came to pass. He tfou dig a canaV through the Isthmus of Mou j Athos. He could build a bridge of shi . across the Hellespont. He could scour the sea for its tempestuousness. Hecou ( btdeck the branches of a tree with jewel [ as a reward for its fruitfulness. He ooa raise an army of more than 2,250,000 me ' He could even shed tears when he i i fleeted that in less than a century not o t of these men would survive. But we ha f in our test one thing this monarch cou 1 not do. He could not compel a helple \ woman to permit him and his drunk ;* courtiers to make a toy of her beauty. 1 could not drag a high-souled queen do\ from the pedestal of her stainless purity ' Consider, in the first place, that tbe ii< ' story of Vashti recalls the fact that palac I have furnished the actors in some of t I darkest, deepest tragedies in histoi When Shafcspeare -wanted material frc ; which to create his immortal dramas, wi t unerring vision the l-ighty master begi to probe the life history of kings ai , queens. From their laughter and teai ' j from their splendor and shame, from th( rise and fall, he wove a literary lapest j which is the growing wonder of .men. ] deed, as we watch Shakspeare move 1 royal players over his mental chess-boai we have to exclaim, with Aeschylus,"Wh a shadow of a shade is human royalty Rising in brilliance, these royal stars e in darkness; and, usually, their darkne is made more terrible by the omino flashings of red lightnings of remori After a palace and its occupants ha [ passed under Shakspeare's pen, this . the conclusion' of the -whole matte Thrones are painted bubbles* and kin and queens are bubble chasers! This not saying there are no good kings ai queens, because there are. It is, rathi i emphasizing the fact that the happi< people are those who are fortunate enoui i ! HOC to nave oeen corn unuer uic ciai J royalty. I We all know how the historian loves ' ; dwell upon the character of Cleopatra. I . J yond Question, she was one of. the mc 5 captivating women ox paganism. JDescen | ed from a long line of Kings, royal blot j flowed in her veins, beauty adorned h person and brilliance sparkled in b k I brain. When Nature called for an Egy i tian aueen, this fascinating Greek prince ' j was the answer. At fourteen she was i ; j accomplished linguist, a student of histo j j and a skilled musician. At nineteen ei I conquered that Caesar who had conquer ! the world. Forty-six years before t ! Christian era she accompanied him I Rome, where she lived in pomp and lu urfr until Caesar's assassination: vben s! ; returned to Egypt. She met Mark Antoi t at twenty-eight?"a period of life,'-" aj:coi 1 ing to Plutarch, "when woman's beauty most splendid and her intellect is in fi maturity." Antony summoned her to a pear before him in Cilicia, charged wi j I having assisted Cassius before the batl I of Philippi. Upon this imperious sui i mons hung the destiny of that gifted E ? i man, and he knew it not. You kne 1 ' how she answered the summons?not as j craven culprit, but as the peerless qu& of the south. As she went up the Cydn ) ' in her royal barge, the like of whicn w > j never beheld before or since, the see; i ! enthralled the fancy of both Plutarch ai i Shakspeare. He who could make wor ; j cay wnat no other man could, had to co r ' fess, "For her own person, it beggared i j !. description." Like a burnished thror | her barge burned on the water: the poi ! was beaten gold; the purple.sails were > perfumed that the winds were love-sii | with them; the silver oars kept stroke ! the tune of flutes; she was couched in 5 gold pavilion like Venus, "where we s the fancy outwork nature;" dimpled boj ? j like smiling Cupids, were standing < j each side fanning her; gentlewomen, li! i Nereides, tended her. When she arrivi | nt the city the people rushed out to s j i her, leaving Antony alone in the mark< j place. " I Like the incomparable Julius, she cam ^ j ehe saw, she conquered! Antony w 1 dazzled, bewitched, enslaved by thic sin s queen. Ever afterward, with the possifc I exception of three years, he was her slat ) I vr-i. ?:t _ | 5>aiiMicu javiQiiiux eiivci ai ; gold and precious stones and silks ai , ! works of art upon her, he threw who I kingdoms at her feet, as if they were 1 i manv Roman forget-me-nots. He was t j helpless in her power as a bird under tl . i hypnotic spell of a snake. All the wor i knows how, at a critical moment in tl I battle of Actiuni, Cleopatra, for eon i j unknown reason, was seen leaving wi i her vessels for Egypt. This was a sign j j for Antony to abandon the battle ai j follow his sorccress. For strength, si ' gave him weakness. For infatuation, sj . ; gave him deceit. Forthesweets of love, s' j gave him the er.<z$ of scorpions. For id< " ! atry, she gave him death. The Egyptii | Delilah had clipped t.:e locks of this R ] ! man Samson and he wist not t*at h 5 ' strength was departed from lnm. I So far this bewildering woiftan Ins on J ; toyed with strong men. This?hi!d of tl t : palace has held the eolden bit of destir . | between her teeth ot pearl and her gc< ; have not reined her in. But her end coming. After betraying Antony, she r tired within a castle, which had been bui for just such an emergency. She then sei her paramour word that she had kill* * herself and his grief was such .hat he ft I upon his own sword. But he lived loi 1 enough to discover that she had deceiv< . him again. Dying and soaked in his o^ f Djooa, ne oraerea ms servants 10 can ' him to her mausoleum. As the only e trance to her retreat left unbarred was s window, he was drawn up by ropes in her presence and died. And what becan of her?this actor from the palace? Yc 5 know the story. How she tried her chain upon Octavins Caesar and failed. How tl prospect of being carried a prisoner i Kvme stared her in the face and hoi ' > V rather than he "led a captive princess up A the Capitoline Hill," she died'by her own hand. Lacking moral sense, she wore a face of brass to-the end of the tragedy. D. Unlike the sweet-souled Vashti, Cleopatra had no veil of modesty for her face, and she asked none for her soul. Darker than Egyptian night, she has left a dark stain ,jy upon the brow of universal -womanhood! [_ Whiter than the whiteness of the dawn, ~ Vashti, like Shelley's heroine, "clothed in virtue's adamantine eloquence, paves her 0'* Dath with human hearts!" ly Consider, also, that in studying the traeh, edy of Vashti, we have to reckon with n- her beauty, "for she was fair to look on." a When some genius equal to the task of L2: writing a history of heauty appears, men ng and women will find a perpetual charm in >le its glowing page*. It will contain a page as of joy, a page of sotrow. a page of peace, iti a page of war, a page of love, a page o! id- hate, a page, of poetry and a page of art. 011 But itTvill contain many pages developing this thought?the tragedy of beauty, is But aldbg with her beauty, Vashti poed Bessed that other Quality which lends of beauty an enduring freshness and charm? er modesty. Vashti owes her place in history ed not so much to her beauty as to her moan, esty. If beauty made her a queen, modesre ty made her a woman-, which ia far better, lis As queen, Xerxes could banish her; as it woman, he was defied by her. As queen, ti. be. could and did dethrone: as woman, he she sits upon a throne that has hearts for ty its cushions and centuries for its pillars, its The Dubarrys, the Pompadours, the Monnr tesnans have their day and cease.to be; he but the Vashtia go on forever. The iSJyhe temnestree, the Aspasias, the Cleopatras :se are meteors flashing through the jforknesa te, of eternal night; the Vasntis are golden ds suns burning through 'womanhood's endin less day! he Indeed, modesty is so inherent an ele- I a ment in the great essentials making genuad ine beauty that without modesty beauty or is impossible. We are indebted to no hute; man Jaw for this truth?God has woven le, it into the fabric cf our natures. Art1 of critics tell us ^hat the eighteenth century ;r- was pre-eminently the century of women, in Then, we are told: "Her grace possessed it the most prestige, her coquetry the moat im disquieting elegance and her beauty the he most triumphant authority." It was the ,u- age in which Mme. de Pompodour reigned ch in the court of Louis XV. The brushes of ot Latdur and Boucher have pleaded with all at the eloquence of their genius and art to of deify this daring woman. She appointed ad ministers, she exiled those who incurred her ill will, she sentenced to the Bas tile of those who ran counter to her imperious ic- wish. She waa the patroness of" philosoie phy, art and song. Through her magic j er wand Versailles was touched into a dream I oi- of splendor^ which has not yet vanished, re Her-'collection of pictures, crystals, camis. eoa, antiques and gems was unparalleled in ar the kingdom: She squandered fortunes on a her palaces, fetes and ball; and then he other fortunes on her tcilet. For twenty Jd years this butcher's daughter held her imnt I perial sway, which was_ broken only by ps death. But -when the historian tens ub ?e that it was the dream of her girlhood to Id seduce the king; that her shameless prodiry gality makes the cheek of decency burn; ild that modesty found no hospitality a^nong m. her sensual charms, we may well repeat re- the Question of another, "Was La ?om? ne padour beautiful, or merely pretty?" In? ve stinctively drawing back as we would in Jd the presence of a snake, we answer, "She ?8 was neither. She was a royal harlot, paen raded in gilded shame, lacking most of all le that jewel of modesty which sparkles in na the crown of true beauty." Ala9 for that ! land whose women forsake their veils of fe- modesty to show the people and princes :es their beauty! he Consider, finally, the price Vashti paid y. for her modesty. For her refusal to come im at the king's command was the immediate th cause of her dethronement. Surely there i an are few finer exhibitions of sacrifice in the ad history of womenhood. We love to read rs, of Telesilla, "who united courage with the ;ir gift of song, and saved Argos; of Octavia, ry shielding the children of Cleopatra, her in- shameless rivalof Sulpicia, renouncing >jo 4-vio nlpnfmrpa ot Rome to bo into exile d, with her husband; of Lucretia. who killed at herself rather than live in dishonor; of !" Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, urglet ing them to deeds of patriotism; of Paula, :ss leaving her palace on Mount Aventine, to us walk as an angel of charity through, the se. slums of Rome, but not one of them ?Hive shines Vashti. is Nor has history given this lovely queen :r: her dues. We read much of Lais, who gs lived in the same century as Vashti, and is who was a notorious courtesan; of. tbe id immoral Aspasia, who counted Socrates >r, and -Pericles amc-in her -one list of ad;st mirers; of the treacherous Lucilla, who gh ruled the court of Marcus Aurelius; of of Agrippina, the infamous mother of still more infamous eon?Nero. All of these t0 names have been emblazoned high up in. |e. the hall of fame. But, sadly enough, tha lgt events of Vashti's life, like Sappho's songs, [{j. have been lost. And yet these few 0(j glimpses we have of her in the first and[ er second chapter^ of the Book of Esther er will cause people to look at her forever, p. She was beautiful in Shushan the palace, jgg and she will be beautiful for all time. in She was fair to look on five centuries bery fore Christ, and she will be fair to look he on to the last day of the world. It Was e(j Vashti's beauty of soul that proclaimed he her the forerunner of that renaissance for which the world is suffering to-dav, viz.:i x_ A genuine revival of the old-fashioned, lip homespun, immortal virtue of modesty! ay While the ?5ible saya notmnpr oi.ine sac(j. rifice she made, be assured that it was big j8 with pain. Long nights of sorrow shut ajj her in. She knew the bitterness of friendp. less daya. Like Dante, she experienced how hard it was to eat other's bread. But ije she took no counsel of her expediency. Let the king's anger burn within hi'm, let \0- the godless court make her a laughingJw Btock, still Vashti never faltered. She a knew that beyond her Gethsemane, AscenEn flion Mount waa robed in glory. She UlJ knew, with all queenly women of like spiras it, that gates of pearl would 6wing back to Qe let her jn. and that she would march to 1(j another coronation on high, dg : n- "To ATe It is the Word of God." The conversion of Swami Dharmananie> da. the celebrated Indian mystic, to the Christian faith, is an indication of the SP great movement which is going on among the educated classes of that wonderful country. He has of late been addressing a the Brahmins upon texts taken from their own 6aered writings, in defense of the fundamental doctrines ol the New TestaI ment, viz., incarnation, atonement and' f, regeneration. He has also preached to pp the Mohammedans and the l'arsees. He says 01 tne uioje: it js* me buhluj power to my own soul. To me it is the Word of God." ie- Disowned by his own friends and r> I as nounced by his own family^ he has con- j SP tinued faithful to his profession, although he has aroused some opposition among e- Christian missionaries themselves by his attitude toward caste. Strangely enough, I" in these days when we are told that Indian theosophy is founded upon '"the s0 Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man," the common salvation offered to !?f all men by the Gospel is the one stumbling J" block in the path of the average Hindoo. 11(2 The educated Hindoo can find in the fraternal spirit and the religious optimism of . I Christianity only something repellent, as a' wa3 true of the Jews when Jesus made i } friends of the submerged elements of so- I t ?et7 The attitude cf the Pharisee, the Brah- | ,e min and the [Mandarin prove to us how j truly the Gospel is of God r.nd not cf i 0_ men.?Interior. j, 'is . llie Many Mansion!!. One thing I have desired, that wHl I v seek after; that I, in 1117 study; I, in my ie shop; I, in my parlor, kitchen or nurY aery; I, in my 9tudio; I, in my lecture ?a hail, "may dwell in the house of the Lord [ -,U the day3 of my life." In our "Father's j j- house are many, mansions." The room I 5 .hat we spend most of our lives in. caeh j 01 us at our tasks or our work tables*, may j %l be in our Father's lionse, too, and it is only we that can secure that it shall be.? ^ Alexander Maclaren. 'n ry ?r.o Iln;?blc. n- I charge my thoughts be humble still, a And all my conduct mild* to Content, my Father, with Thy will. ? 1 ?__ ? ?u;ij le Ana quiet uo u uuiu. )u Unite, my roving thoughts, unite is In silence soft and sweet; le And thou, my soul, sit gently down to At thy greut Sovereign's feet. , IT. ' ?Doddridge SHHHHPS(HffiHRnHH9EHRSVMnnME093H SISTERS U Uses Pe-ru-na for Coi Catarrh?A Corigr ? # ? ? ? * * In every country of the civilized world Sisters of Charity are known. Not only do they minister to the spiritual and intellectual needs of the charges committed to their care, but they also'minister to their bodily needs. With so many children to take cars ofand to protect from climate tmd disease, these wise and prudent* Sisters have found Peruna a never failing safeguard.) Dr. Hartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over the United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., reads as follows: ' Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir: " The young girl who vsea the Per una was suffering from larynfjitla and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory She found, great relief, and after further use of th+, medicine we hope to be able to say she is entirely cxired.''?-Sl*ter8 of Charity. ,f The. young eirl was nnder^ the care of the Sisters of Charity and need Peruna for cataarh of the throat with good results a? the above letter testifies. . Send to The Peruna Medicine Co? Columbus, Ohio, for a free boqk written by Dr. Hartman. New One on Him. The principal of the school was talking with him about his boy. / "fey the way, Mr. Wipedunks," he said, "I have made a discovery about Jerry. He's ambidextrous." "I don't see how thatlcan be," replied Mr. Wipedunks, with rising indignation. "He hain't never been exposed to it. Besides, he was vaccinated last year, we bathe him reg'ler every'week, and his mother always makes him wear a little bag of assafiddity tied around his neck. Some of the other boys has i?tMf ? i~: if rr?iki?nA ueeu 111 uu iniii. ?v^uivngu jliiuuu^. Skunk ^arm? in Connectlent* . 0 Readers of the Day will remember that the raising and tanning of skunks was an industry ' established in the northern part of the town of Stonington last year. -Two farmers residing in that section engaged in the business at two different points a|id the venture proved a success. J. Calvin Wilcox is the most extensively engaged in the business of any person hereabout thte year, as he already Las his yard quite well stocked. The animals are fed mainly on beef scraps, upon which they thrive Rapidly. The skins and their oil is where the profit on tlie transaction comes from and this amounts to no inconsiderable sum.? New London Day. Knew How Frenhtnan Felt. TKa innn <yti ru I? An n f T +A hie xiiau^uiaiivu ui jl/i, uuiuci iv .lie Presidency of Trinity College, Hartford, which took place recently, suggested an incident of a rainy day some years ago. A, freshman was walking along in front of Nortbam Hail, when the strap that held lis hooks suddenly partedj and they were scattered over the -wet pavement. He was just about to punctuate lis thoughts with a few well-chosen words, when he heard some one just behind him. Catching himself, he glanced over his shoulder and saw Professor Luther, ?who smilingly said: "Say it; go on and say it?I never can, you know."?New York Times. 4 In Africa wives have been/, sometimes sold for two packages of hairpins. - . N. Y.?1 FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervou snessafter first day's U9e of Dr. Kline's Great \erveR?storer,.f 2trial hottleand treatise tree Dr. R. H. Kline,Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. i nere are auout suu.wu s.ueeies 01 animals on land and sea. A tinarante?il Cn?e For Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Druggists will refund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure in G to 14 days. 50c. Roumania has ordered from Krupp 300 field guns. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J.. Feb. 17, 1900. At one time King Peter of Servia was a Socialist. Mrs. Winslow'9 8oothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c.abottle Last year, in India* over 23,000 persons were killed by snake bites. , E GUARANTEED CURE for all bowel troublt t blood, wind on the 3tomnch. bioated bowels, : |:, pains after eating, liver trouble sallow skin m L regularly you Are sick. Constipation kills mo: H starts chronic ailments ana '.one years of sufie C ASCARETS today, for you will never get w I right Take ouv advicc, start with Cascoreti R money refunded. The genuine tablet stamp* I booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Comj V . . \ F CHARITY jghs, Golds, Grio a?tf ' #<# ^ The following letter is trom uongroe* zn g man Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: The Pernna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0.: ?* Gentlemen: *T. v from ^my Davlil Meefelsou. 1 ?<4 ?David Meekisoa, Dr. Hartman, one of the best know* . physicians and surgeons \ in the Umte4 tstaies, was the first man to fottnalat* Peruna. It was tbroofjb his Kenton an4 :'.*s perseverance that it was introduced te the medical profession of this country. ~ If you do not derive prompt and sati?> factory results from the use of Pernna, write at once to Dr. llartman,. gfcuif * full statement of your case and he will 1 be pleased to give you his valoable ad-v vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartnum, President at ?;r^B The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. Kind of Music Govarnment Had. A certain Congressman who takes an interes: in musical matters lately presented a bill advocating a larger %$j| appropriat ion for the care of the music in the Congressional Library. He spoke briefly on the Eubject and after ytji the session a fellow Congressman approached him confidentially. ;.$H "I say," he salty'in a low voice, "I' like that bill of yonrs; bnt tell me? what sort of mnsic does the Gover* ment have over mere in use iJior*rjr-?. is it a band or just a hand ofcgan?*? Harper's Weekly. > }*rM\ The OoddMt From the Machine. < Singing for phonograph seems to be 'Y'^J as higti-paid musical exercise as there is. A phonograph company has offered a prima donna, who Jiings at the Met- ' Mrvnllfnn Hnerq TTnnKf. tfiis-wintef $14. 1 UpUJlltl u V/JJ/V* M _ ? ^ ^ _ 000 for four songs. That is, $6000 a* soon as the songs are sung, and $2000 , v|| a year for four years as a reward fcr ' -i not singing into any other machine, Great and many are the means of in.come of a goddess of grand opera. A 5$ She could-live* splendidly on what she can get for using a pill, a perfume, a iWi piano, or a phonograph.?Everybody^ Magazine. / . 100 Reward, sioo. The readers of this paper will be pleased t? learn that tliere is at leant on? dreaded dis- j! ease that science has been able to care la ail itssta-,'63, and that Is Catarrh. Hail's Catarrh v f Cure is the only positive cure now knownt# the medical fruteruity. Catarrh being u con- , -jC stitatlunul dLsou.se, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Utve is taiceniat?rnally.actingdlroetly upon the blood and ma- , i| coussurfaces of tlie system, thereby destroyingthefoundationof the disease, and givln? ia the patient strength by building ap the con- i stitution and assisting nature in doing its . <v worlc. The proprietors hayeso much faith in itscuratlvo powers that touy offer One Hundred Dollars for auy *iase that it falls to oara. . Send for list of testimonials.' Address F. J. Crkxey & Co., Toledo-Q. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipatin\ ? . x Lofty Statue. ; \ A liuge statue of the Virgin has been successfully placed on the summit of | the Dent du Geant, a mountain' iif i r>?w. nnnn foot hiVh nnnr Affinn Di* ' HUiJ XU|WV ?. UIQM) MV%.. --??v . . vine service wds performed on- the summit in celebration of the event bj_ the vicar of Courmayeur. To Cure a Cold in One Day 3 Take Laxative Bromc Quinine Tablets. At druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on bos. 25c. The Japanese are small eaters, .TDd,indt? gestion is almost unknown among them. /"v^freeti f 1 K remer'fl Marre i o:T D rtpejw L 1 da Powder kllli Ujrapapala, luff m<ggrc*Urotlon.CMirraortbcS(o<n\i r Wacn, PaJpltatiou, Pile* mad ait S r (leraagemenu ot the Storaacu, >nH Nrrtua firitm. i5ri?t? tnythlDR In ihe workL --^rL WriUr, enclo?lag?Umji. / JOHN KREMER ' tTv'^VfllVVl BHWOOWT. OflMl 42arm?v?., h. r. nDHDCV NEW DISCOVERY; ft? \J f\ Vrfj I ^9 1 qnkk rrlltf u4 nw nm Tim Book of totlmocUli "J 10 d?M' tTMtM* J Vr?. tir. X. B. S&EEa'a loss. BoxB, AUmmU. Uc TffCMISWMEE All ELSE ' 1 U Beat Cough Byrap, Tastes Good. U80 Hp - r \| Eel In time. Sold by dnmgiita. Ww r THI BOWELS ^ SI Witty C CATHARTiG *S, appendicitis, biliousness, bed breath, bad foui mouth, headache; indigestion, pimples. ad dizziness. When your bowels don't move rc people than all ot^er diseases together. K ring No matter whei ailc you: start taking ell aad stay well untii you get your bowels # c .odoy -uder absolute guarantee to cure or 2d C C C. Never sold in bulk. Sample aM ,iEVo Cbicaco or New York. <wa \ . 'Xdt&.rJrliz A**i?i?t ' -.. - . -M