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vfppr New York City. ? The fitted coat makes the very latest decree of fashion, and will be a pronounced favorite of the autumn. Here is one ?f the sim plest and best that can be made in either tbree-quartcr or half-length and that is adapted to all suitings. It is severe, but in its severity is found smartness, while the simplicity of its cut renders It less difficult to make than are the more elaborate ones. As shown the material is chiflfon broadcloth callow gray in color stitched with belding silk, while the buttons are of crocheted silk in matching color, tlvfi a *>Anr r? n/1 rr?Acf hi/) auuut; UCJJJ? u lictr <1IIU mv.-i uvcit?v>v one, while the material is always handsome and pecoliany well adapted to early fall. Bat the suitings of cool weather are many and one and all can be utilized for the design. The coat is made with fronts, backs, RidG-backs and under-arin gores and is finished with regulation collar and lapels. The sleeves arc rn the preferred A LATS' PSSIGN J v /*fr\ j#j i: 'Ml; /j iff HI wat style, with all-over cuffs at the wrists. When liked the coat can be made shorter to half length. The quantity of material required for the medium size is six yards twentyseven, three-and three-eighth yards forty-four or two and three-quarter yards fifty-two inches wide for threei quarter length; five and three-quarter yards twenty-seven, two and seveneighth yards forty-four or two anil liveeighth yards fifty-two inches for half length. Fabric Covprcd Shapes In Dish Favor. Except now and again when felts are unquestionably to bp the hats of the season, I have always noted that the balance is at the opeiring more or less in favor of fabric-covered shapes, at least among models of the most elegant and costly description. It is so this year. And the fabric chosen is. I need hardly say, velvet, sufficient having been done already with this material to convince us tlint it "was bournl to take the lead. It will also be very much used as n trimming, together witti ribbon. Most cf the now hats I have seen are very liberally trimmed. But trimming with velvet ribbon is not as a rule adopted with a view to the complication of colors; saeb trimmings are more often than not of the same color as the Shape, particularly -rrheu this is covered with velvet. The rule does not apply quite so tract to felts.?Mil!;n/?ry Trade Review. Ad Elnhornt* Gown. One fashionable Kown was a nianvc satin elolb. and was meant for wpmjnions day wfar. It had n shirred skirt with two wide folds simulating tncks, and was untrimmed save f?r these folds. There was a delightful little Directoire jacket, sharply pointed in front, and fastened with a double row of enameled buttons with jrilt edges. The jacket had a yoke or wnderbody of heavy Irish croolnt and pointed collar and lapels of a deeper shade of mauve velviT. The sleeves ivere short puffs of the cloth shirn d at thp bottom. The lower two-thirds f; . IttMifr I of the sleeve were tight-fitting, and draped in the seams. i c Kibbons For Full Triniu>Inc. J Ribbons of taffeta and satin textures, j of glistening finish, ami as limp as t chiffon, or as unstarched cotton mull, i are those chiefly employed in the construction of the new French hats, and ( in their trimming. About six inches is * the width of the ribbons used; and c soft enough to draw through an in- ^ I fant's rintf, they are sepn"i)ot.o?ly. on.. c the greater number of 1bo hats on i which ribbons have place, but they seem to, have supplanted the long- c fashionable narrow velvet ribbons ns r bonnet strings.?Millinery Trade Re- ? view. p A Crepe de Chine Gown. x A lovely white crepe de chine gown j bad a deep flounce of lace cut in points t at the top, the points outlined with fc bands of palest pink roses. The draped ii bodice had a deep-pointed bertha of n lace. There wore no roses on the waist except to outline the short, draped ^ sleeve. ^ d With a Fall Skirt. ? One gown of tobacco brown in some j* kind of thin, facile cloth was made ^ with very full skirt slashed from knees r to hem all around to admit pointed * gores of brown lace, lighter in color ft than the clotb. t. r. A Pretty Coat. a 1 ??L- hlim m-fnh &ilk t , A JJR'UJI WJl 1U uuiu vi?. .-j ... _ was made with the waist line high s under the arms and dipping slightly in n front. The waist had a little vest of n velvet, and was outlined on either side ? of the vest and aronnd the Avai^t with ^ a flat bias band of the silk sewed on j, by hand. a Negllcco jHCKet. tl Negligees are among the desirable * possessions of which no woman ever . yet had too many. This one is exceptionally graceful and becomlug at the }j same time that it is essentially com- a fortnble and satisfactory to the wearer c; while it can be made-from a generous ' c variety of materials. In ihis instance batiste is combined with ValencleniKS ~ lace and fancy . stitching, but while ? maiiv women prefer washable negli- "J J gees to all others for all seasons of a 11 BY WAY WAHTOH. 5 e: : d u t] Qt the year there are others who find the xi warmth of. light weight wool.1 accept-; n able in cooler weather, and for these E, last chaillie, albatross and the like will n be fonnd in every way desirable for e the coming season. Trimming is al- " ways a matter of taste, banding, lace, 11 embroidery and almost everything that 0 may be preferred being equally correct S The slightly open neck and elbow sleeves are always pretty as well as jP hygienic, for we long ago learned that 4j beautiful throat and beautiful arms ^ are to be obtained only by perfect free- n dom, and whatever contributes to that tJ CIIU IS LU'Jl'Xi iu kjx: uconcu, ? Tlie jacket is made witli fronts and 0 back tlmt are tucked at their upper edges and joined to the square yoke. a Tlie sleeves are generously wide, tbe ^ fulness being arranged in tucks at. ^ their upper edges. j. The quantity of material required for d the medium size is four yards twenty- ii seven, three 3<I one-hall' yards thirty- p two or two ami live eiglitii yards for(.v four Inches wide with three yards oi j insertion a-id four and one-half yards j of edging to trim as illustrated. " ? THE 'PUL'PlT. K BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE. Subject : Mimic ami Cnltnre. Brooklyn, N. Dr. Charles Edward Locke, pastor of tlie Hanson Place M. B. Church, preached Sunday oh "Musi'? as a Factor In Cniture." He took )i? text from Psalms c!:l: "Praise re ihe Lord." Dr. Locke said: irom that moment in the creation Then the morning (?tars sang togetbir and the brooks went singing down be hillsides of Eden, and the birds nadc glad the dawn of time with their brilling melodies, music has had an ndisputable place in the world. The study of mosic is a liberal edo:ation. Music, Jike poetry, makes its ippeal to the noblest instincts of the ;oul. It is said that the inhabitants >? Cynette, who slighted music, were be crnellest of all the Greeks aud no 'ther.town-was-so-immersed in luxiries and debauchery. Christianity was born with a song a,, its lips. Mary sang in thrilling aeasures of the Magnificat; the angels ang in their tumultuous hallelujah horus; and the shepherds sang in ifaintivs strains of qui:* ecstasy. Aud he world has been singing ever snce. 'aganism does not sing; it laments, ^lgodas and mosques do not lighten heir sombre interiors with music, >ut every Christian church, however lumble, is a conservatory of sweetest uelodies. Music is both a science and an art. Ls an art it does not, as do paiiiting nd sculpture, occupy itself in rcproncing nature?for it is itself a part f nature, and seeks to reveal itself, 'he Egyptians first excelled in music, ut great strides were made by the ?rceks under l'ythagoras. The word ousic is derived from a Greek term, thich includes all the learing of the iuses. Of all the line ar;s. music is be most comprehensive. The majesy of the architect, the pictures of the rtist, tlie rhythm of the poet and the hemes of all these belong to the inuician, whether he sits at the iustrulent or pours out his soul in vocal . melodies. The fable tells that Merury stretched strings of dried skin .toss a shell, and, striking them with is fingers', invented the lyre. The ow as a musical instrument was probbly first used by the warrior, who. s he described his successes in bat* le, twanged the string o" his bow. t was later discovered that the bow,, rhen drawn across certain hollow ob?cts, produced pleasing sounds? lience the lute and the violin. Music as been called the universal language, nd truly it is a means of communi- | fttion between all souls, whatever, j lime may have given them birt? It ; the most responsive of all the arts -the most human. It more nearly reathes and sees and feels. It posesses all the varying hues of the r>uf. The music of the siren would Mure Ulysses to his-death and the lonotonous tones of the bell buoy diect the imperiled mariner to safety, 'umultnous music is the completest xpression of happy souls on festal ays1 and tender, sombre strains in- , ?:-pret the language of sad hearts ! 'hen a uatiou inonriis for its martyred j eroes. Glai. hallelujah, or penitenal n?tnlir> pxnrpssps tho pnntrastinc motions of the soul. ( Music was defined by onr own Sidey Lanier as "love in search of a rord." There is an inexpressible ametbing in th3 heart of man which ?eks to define itself in speech, but. liling in this, mnsic flies to his reef and ill melody lie pours out his im- , risoned soul. Music is the language f the over-soul; jt is tbe soul pro- , >nging, or projecting itself. ~ The highst music cannot be expressed in rords. This is the explanation of tlic ngel's advent anthem and ol' all mu;c in worship. The deeper the soulfe the more is one conscious of feellgs beyond the limitations of artiouite utterance. In the attempt of the nite soul to praise and glory the In- . nite, all earthly devices of language , f f n ! I r* r-i r7 rvi nn! n A n 1 rt titltSjili ticijj xciiij auu inuaii uui.v, wliih" l > an adjunct of the infinities, enbles man to sins what ho ran never spress, his adoration and gratitude > his great God and King. Conse- , uei.tly, whenever religion is the sin?rest, then music will be the purest, lusic is the echo of God's voice in ie soul of man. Without that echo lan's soul is a cavernous abyss, tilled *, rith specters of despair. Music is a gift of God. Like all the , ciences, it is a radiation of divinr \ ruth. Pythagoras taught a close ?fnity between rnnsic and astronomy. Le was right so far as he went, bill ( lusic leads men up to the perpetual liroue of glory, or which stars ami onsteilations are but glittering scinHations. St. Cecelia, receiving her lusic from angel visitants, tells the i scret of the musician's power. Great insicians are born, not made. Their xtraordinary genius is an endowieut manifesting itself in pbemoneal ways in childhood, as in the cases f Mozart, Liszt and Christine Nilson. The divinity of mnsic further apears in the fact that the greatest muicians have been good men; and to evelop the mighty impulses which liey have felt in their souls the great lusicians have chosen lofty divine hemes. This was true of .In ha I and ob, of David w'th his harp, and Snlmon with his sweet songs. It was -lie of Beethoven. whose soulful sontas Jiave won for liim a genuine ' riesthood of the emotions; and of 5ach, whose elaborate fugues have pen likened to (iothic temples in their ritricate details. It was true of Menelssohn, who, in thirty-eight years. Mod the souls of men with musical ictures; and of Batiste and Schumann; and of Chopin in 'jis nocturnes; nd of wierd if not unearthly l'agnini, with Jiis miraculous strndivarus. it .vas true of Mozart, .vhose tiiiry-llve years gave the world such treaxires from the infinite that he is truly shaustless; and of Liszt, who dying s late as 1S5M, sppius to belong to is. At eight he was the wonder of iurope; at twelve Beethoven cniiraced him as a coining master. I)urng the days of his hest work, Thoms a Kempis' "Imitation of Christ*' no III.) * mi.-iil III II ion. JL AV.I5 rue of Wagner, picturesqu?, unique, nice ostracised, now nearly worliiped. "alie Holy tirail" is the benie of one of biR masterful opera.*!, dost true was it of Haydn, tbe t'atuer >f symphony, wiiose massive oratorio >f "TLe Creation" brings men into tlie iresenee ol land's colossal creative lower; nnd true, indeed, of I-Iandei. he majt'fiiie grandeur of wlio.se niiiserpieces tios remained unequalled for wo rpuiuui'?. J novo whs anotner m-< wruaiiun wl)?a lio p;c<lucetl liis <!; rinest work, ilio oratorio of "The Mcssiau " which 1:0 doubt bo was rijjlit it! Dc.'lpving c:!:n^ to him from above. Jit U the tiji'sion *>{ liiusi.? 1? i>ofiou Did teuiove tiio arpeiitics of m?ti. it iiell*s to nuiJ.v 'lie ruoe i>nd iuak; tfapm hOKlosreueoias. i-'rtnriamsm slii.k* iii'o hiding pJaoes <?' s.J;:\n>o, as l?lia-l? .s j Wcslej*, ? Metti-jilist, singe "Jcausal Lover of My Soul." ami Toplndy, 8 | Calvanist, "ltock of Aires," and Sural Adams, a Unitarian, "Nearer My <iod 1o Tliee," and Wliittier, a Quaker "Tlie Eternal Goodness," ?nd Fa her a Koiuun Catholic, "There's n Wi^e rcss In Cod's Mercy," and Doddridfie, a ttaptist, "O, Happy Day." To-rt.13 these well-known hymns are sung by aU and claimed by all. In spite of controversy and unbelief, the music of the Christian Church is saving the world for the Christian Christ. The hymn and the singer are often a Ions way in advance of the sermon and hearer in evangelizing influences. Music refines and ennobles. In the days of chivalry the sir knights studied music because of its elevating and purifying influence. Music brightens life's dark places and soothes the heart in trouble. Many prison doors have opened and manacles burst asun der when troubled hearts have sung songs in the night. Music was believed by the ancients to have bailing power, and was used as a therapeutic. Many a weary soldier, tired and footsore, has leaped on to victory under the magic spell of fife and drum. ! There is a quaint belief that singing preceded speaking. Alas! perhaps one of the entailments of sin is that sing!nr line* dnffonoi'n(-ert infn rfisrnrrlnnt. rasping speech. Perhaps, when man shall have reached his highest earthly estate the meant of communication will he in the soft tones of elfastest music. Music, if not more perfectly than printing, tne art preservative of at? art, is surely the host interpreter of of all art and science. The mystery and miracle of truth reveal their open sesame when stndied through the atmosphere of music. The minster, gracefol with gothic beauty, or massive with Romanesquo magnificence, can only be tilled to groined -relies and spreading dome by music's fWKIIJIIf; lUUCK. HI uor. j^iTC-o a H1VII1 to architecture. TLe art gallery's corridors, or belvederes only reveal tlie master's secret in marble or canvas as (livinest music fills up a!l ibe interstices of finiteness. And poetry never reveals its inost exquisite tints of beauty and truth except when in the companionship of music, its twin sister. Theology would have ncr.e bnt altars to the unknown (lod if music .lid not dream, and prophesy, and feel, in the priestly office. Music i; what n/nUnw Dntrtf nollfl/1 "fhn Q f AnrlArQ ?t unci i aici vancu iuc Streben-reaching forward of all art." k is the soul of man endeavoring to come to its own?to express and realize and fulfill itself. Tt helps Browning's grasp to acquire its reach. Music is thus an intellectual factor. is not so mncJi a truth seeknr as 1t is a trnth tinder. It (Toes not delve among the rocks, but it comes down like a dove from above, singing, "This Is My Beloved Son!" It dwells in the lieights and shouts "ExcPlsior!" from l>eak to peak, and makes life's dizzy Alpine uplands echo with hope. (Jranting that music furnished to culture its initial impulse, and that music more than any other factor snstaius the qnesi of man's nature for the highest and holiest achievements, 1 dare to submit the deliberate conclusion that instrumental, and well as vocal, mnsia should be a nart of the public school curriculum for every child. Alas! that the children whom posterity ift'ords the opportunity of musical study often so little appreciate these nvivileges, while many who crave these facilities aro deprived of them by poverty. Even the hoys and'girls who are compelled to leave school to enter upon I he problems of making a living, would live a larger and more hopeful life 1f I heir musical instruction had included familiarity with an instrument. As is his Maker, so man is .1 spirit. Muscle and brain arc merely temporary expedients by which man. a's spirit, shall for a brief reason tarry upon this" 1 narth. When painting, and sculpture, find architecture, and, perhaps, even 1 noetry, shall have ended their earthly ministry, music will bo revealing the. fathomless mysteries of spirit and life. Music is the language of celestial Ihrongs. True eloquence is thought winged with jrmsic. The Infinite God I 3 nior'O perfectly worshiped with mil- 1 sical accompaniment because music ijoes beyond language and logic and opens up tlPc vistas of faith through which can b&sseen the King in His 1 ? * ?- l-f-U ? 11.^ 1 ueauty. do you "asu me which is uumighticr agency for <-uItnro. Bacon i 'ir Keethovpn? Spencer or SeliumannV Kant or MeudcIssohn?\flud 1 will answer Hint science ami philosophy have Hicir own important places in the foundation of intellect and ehnraeter. ;i:d are as necessary to <he soul as food to the body; music, however, not only lias its mission side l>y ^'de with hes<\ tut when the present coixelnsions of men shall l)e abandoned ?or the completer revelations of the .nl truth if Him who is the Way, the Trur,h and , the Life, then music, whuh was Never nnything but divine in Its nature1, and influence, shall be our old familiar friend increasing in divinity as ;0ur own evolving souls are permitted'* to- i comprehend aud participate in ttVf divinity. * \ The One Stronc Suiipor^ ^ At a critical time, when my own' theology was going to pieces. there\ was one strong support to cling "The stars keep their placcs, tbouglj 1 ??? ?? 1 UH-11 ?> miiiua IU11 li'UUU. i. UUOK.U ; that, if I could ever find trull), it would , not bo smaller and poorer. but larger 1 ;ind richcr, than my traditional belief \ I said: "It is not likely tiiat I bavp | had too good an opinion of the Creator I need not be afraid if the mystery of His nature should forever be impenetrable. My safety does not depend rm knowing, but on faithfulness to the little light lie gives."?C. G. Ames. The Kofl? '* Crra*. i Keep green n-,y lovp, keep fresh ny ' remembrance, keip young my heart Keed me with the feast of yesterday: s>tir me witii the songs of yesterday; brace mp with the breezes of yesterday; glad me with the glow of yester day. Let me walk the valley by flic memory of the mountain air. by th< health of tlie fipirii let me hear th< body's cross.?George Mat besom God in Votir IJte. Religion at its beKt is a high, bu still increasing, consciousness of (Jod'5 ..j. ~ in i lift? Ill fJIJf C> WWII. I ijnu mr r?nuri j , are one" is (he humblest word a mar can uttpr, when it is lint another ver sion of the prayer, "Not ui.v will, bin ihine." When that <?Hhsem?iun prayer is prayed and inp.mt and fli\ed tlie other word, "1 and the Katl^r ar< but one," becomes the Piniple/.fact. The Krend of XJfe* Religion should bp the lAread of Jif< which cometb down fpbin the higl Heaven or our most consecrated pur pose and our most" Missionate desire And. when it is tbis,/it shall ho not fo our own hunger onltf, but we shall pnsi ii on, "like brendi at sacrainrnt." tt ntlifrs who are/liunsrrring for Uod..lulm White C^ndwlck. yo/now tiio \vi?i?. Wish to bff a ebild of <?'od, and thei sunshine a^id frost, n:nl friends am i*n?:iijips, olid youth and age, and bu.si r.'^s and mleastir.'S, and :;'i things tvU help to mwke you.-I?ulkiuasj. / / THE GREAT DESTROYED SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, There i? a Decided Increase In the Use of Alcoholic JLIqnorg on the Part oi Enirlifth Women in Roth Upper and I-ower Classes of Society. Carefa! observers of social conditions in both the upper and the lower classes of socicty cannot fail to have noted of late a decided increase in the addiction to alcoholic liquors on the part of women. Published statistics relating to the number and ages of women convicted of drunkenness give one no real idea of the extent of the evil, for only a very small fraction of the intemperate fall into the hands of the police. Moreover, though a woman does not become drunk unless she Las been intemperate, she may easily be highly intemperate without becoming drunk. It is notorious that a drunken woman is reclaimed only with the greatest difficulty, for she knows that she has unsexed herself. The inebriated woman injures her reputation; the intemperate woman her health. v There is no one cause in particular which will account for this increased and increasing intemperance among women. The causes are many, and vary with the various conditions of life in which the women fiud themselves. The rich woman drinks to relieve the inevitable ennui of wealth, while her poor sister drinks to be rid of the mental and physical depression engendered by poverty; the former become intemperate for lack of occupation, and the latter for want of recreation. The moderately well-to-do woman takes stimulants to relieve the dull monotony of her life, or with the Idea of casino the mental strain inseparable from the cares of a young family. Many women take to secret drinking ?the bane of womanhood?by reason of the lonely lives they live, to soften the sorrow which is the lot of so many women, or to deaden that anxiety about the future which is so harassing to the timid minds of so many of the weaker sex. It is surely an evil sign of the times when the very factory girls, who think lightly of the present, and still less of the future, form what are called "spirit clubs," into which the girls make small payments to accumulate until Christmas Eve, and then to be spent in spirits, wine and cakes. Since, however, tlie factory girl's principal diet during all the workdays 3f the year consists of pickled cabbage and tea, the craving of her system for an occasional stimulant is small matter for wonder. And, indeed, throughout a large section of feminine society it is an m-oaianceu or lusuiin-ium uiciary that is at the bottom of the craving for stimulants. Even when the <?iet is correct, the lonely woman diner may be driven by the dyspepsia of solitude to stimulate the digestive functions with brandy and water, and finding benefit from that, may be tempted to continue the remedy indefinitely, in gradually increasing doses. Increased facilities for drinking are to be numbered among the causes of (he increasing intemperance among women. Women travel alone to a far greater extent than was formerly the :ase; women's clubs afford every opportunity to those who wish to indulge !n potent liquors"; someof the big 6tores md mammoth drapery establishments nave licensed refreshment rooms; restaurants and railway buffets continue lo multiply; while the pastry cook with i wine license is very much in evidence In every residential district. A woman !n a good position in life may be intemperate to a degree without ever having recourse to the ordinary public house. It is not pretende'l that all the places enumerated above have spirit licenses, but intemperance in port or sherry, or even in bottle ale, is almost equally destructive to health. Intemperance among women is in compatible with the weirare 01. xne children, who, even if they are unaf-' fected by a bad heredity, must be affected by evil parental example. It is because of this that the drunken mother is regarded as a curse to her family and a menace to the State. Even tha most unprejudiced and tolerant of moderate drinkers on the male side look npon a drunken woman with a horror and loathing that are almost instinctive. Although medical men as a body are largely, if indirectly, responsible for the present enormous consumption ofwhisky by the laity (they having advised it as being safer than adulterated wines and doubtful beers), they can with assurance declare themselves in no way responsible for the increased consumption of spirits by women. For the favorite "pick-me-up" of the wellto-do woman is a brandy and soda, while in the case of the1 washerwoman it is a drop of gin. Medical men, whatever their shortcomings, never have recommended the general consumption of brandy or gin as a bever-: age. Women who can .afford a choice take to brandy with fatal facifity; or, if they prefer wine, to port?they seldom become confirmed whisky drinkers. . Hope for the future of our womankind lies in the fact that all women are to some extent the slaves of fashion, 1 " **fn | and oneeit lo comes no iuh^cl *.,0^- ( ion for women to drink freely of potent liquors at dinners, dances and other convivial assembles, intemperance among them will receive a check. !But against the pet vice of secret tfrlnking the only remedy is in tlio Reaching of temperance and liygiene.? Ij/>nd0n Chronicle. \ Alcohol Dwarfs I)o;g. ^hc Watchman explains the Japanese method of breeding dwarf dogs. 17-1 cy take puppies when young from tl*e mothers and feed them on an aTcobtflie diet instead of milk. By interbreeding two <k three generations the midgets result. Gats may be dwarfed the same way, and also boys. | Died by Hanging, We find this clipping in one of our nnlnors. and we give it for its pointed truTthfulncss: Smith?"What became of your friend, Brown?' jTones?"Dead, poor fellow. Died bj banging." Smith?"Hanging! Is it possible?" Jones?"Yes; hanging around saloons." And it might be added that poor Brown's death was a "capital" killing, j in case the saloons were legalized l>.v the State?Dial of Progress. "Women Alcoholic* in France. During the last twenty years alcoholism among women of France has made alarming progress. Out of ten divorces or separations, pronounced on account of wrongdoing on the part of the woman, there are eight in which alcoholic excess has been returned a6 the cause of their being no longer able to live together. Governor Cobb, of Maine, calls for the strict enforcement of the prohibitory law, and energetically urges ihe sending of sheriffs from tlie outside into counties whose officers will not enforce the statues. ( FRUITFUL FURNACES. INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES PRECIOUS STONES. Scientists Have Succeeded in Plucking Real Diamonds and Knbies From ?hc Crucible of the Furnace. Recent advices from France state that Professor Moissan, the eminent scientist and invento*, lias actually succeeded in making genuine diamonds and rubies. He employs for this purpose the electric furnace, which has been so improved that a degree of heat can be prodnced approaching the extreme temperatures which were undoubt"dly a factor In the formation of minerals and gems in the interior of the earth. The rubies obtained are of large size, weighing ten or fifteen carats, and in quality and color equal and even surpass those found in the earth. The natural forces attending the formation of diamonds seem to have beeri more complicated, and, so far the diamonds resulting from the efforts of the scientists have been very small, but still they are positively identified as the carbon crystal?the diamond. They are remarkably clear and bright, and on a small scale a3 fine specimens as nature's own product. The electric furnace has enriched chemistry with a whole series of new compounds. Probably the one of most value to mankind at larce is Calcium Carbide. The simple application of water to Calcium Carbide generates the gas Acetylene, which is now being commonly used for lighting. The peculiar merits of Acetylene light are its brilliance and high candle power, ease of installation, economy and its adaptability for lighting buildings of every description, regardless of their location. Not a Willing Victim. The neat, middle-aged matron gazed suspiciously at the disreputable-looking tramp who had knocked at her kitchen door. "What do you want?" she asked. "Would ye mind givin' me a piece o' pie, ma'am?" he said. "I don't know about fhat. I can't say I like the looks of you." "T knnw 7 m'n't vim-v nrennssessin'. ma'am, bat it ain't my fault. 1 can't I afford to dress any better." "I'm not speaking of your clothes, altogether. You don't look clean." "I'm willin' to confess it, ma'am. I guess I don't." "And you don't look as i? you ever combed your hair, or took any sort of care of yourself." "Well, I reckon that's 'cause I live, close to nature." "If you do," she said, as she went after the pie, '-'I'll guarantee it isn't natnre'6 faults"?Youth's Companion. Smart Cat?or Skillfol Liar. Cats do not think?no animal does, says Mr. Burroughs. But how about the Laconia cat that found it difficult to catch the abundant English sparrow in his New Hampshire village and evolved the scheme of planting himself with his back to the street where thr sparrows congregated and watching them in the reflection of a plate-glass window? He has played this game for a long time, not being decei'ved by the window, but when a sparrow gets within jumping distance then the cat leaps and gets his Victim. And is not this reasoning??Philadelphia Press. The Mean Thin p. -** ? ---J If "U, my ueur, iwiu xuio. x>iiuuu, "here is just the place we've been looking for to spend our summer va-' cation." "What makes it so good?" growled Mr. Bildad. "They advertise good bathing, good fishing, good boating, but best of-all, they advertise all the comforts of home." "Then we don't go," snapped Bildad. "One reason for taking this vacation is to escape some of the thiDgs you mentioned."?The Commoner. TKo PfinSun Atmv The Persian army strikes a stranger with wonder, and he is apt to tmag.ne that he is gazing on the gathering of opera bouffe characters. To every three characters a donkey is assigned, for there is neither baggage train nor commissariat. On this donkey is placetl the worldly wealth of its three masters and their muskets. Occasionally the veiled wife of a soldier bestrides the beast. "Pips" At? ol Wood. The candid correspondent of a Rus- . sian paper hastens to correct a misstatement that the "pips" in raspberry, strawberry and currant jams that are not jam, a*e made of wood. He bluntly declares they are Ue seeds of sesame. "This," he reassuringly adds, "is quite harmless and gives a pleasing air of reality to what would otherwise appear a palpable fraud." STRONGER THAN MEAT. A Judge')) Opinion of Grupc-Nntt. A gentleman who ha6 acquired a judicial turn of mind from experience on the bench out in the Sunflower State, writes a carefully considered opinipn as to the value of Grape-Nuts as fop'dHe says: "For the oast five vears Grape-Nuts lias been a prominent feature in our bill of fare. "The crisp food with the delicious, nutty flavor bas become an indispensable necessity in ray family's everyday life. MIt has proved to be most healthful and beneficial, and has enabled us to practically abolish paltry and pies from our table, for the children prefer Grape-Nuts and do uot crave rich and unwholescnie food. "Grape-Nuts keeps ns all in perfect physical condition?as a preventive of disease it is beyond valu?. 1 Lave been particularly impressed by the beneficial effects of Grape-Nuts when used by i ???-1? K1 A.1 it?I + H fo/vj lUUlt?3 Yin J ait* UUUUiCU mm ?at\ blemishes. skin eruptions, etc. It elenrs up the complexion wonderfully j "As to its nutritive qualities, my ex- ! poieuce is that one small dish of Grape- J Nuts is superior to u pound of meat i for breakfast, which is un importanl consideration for any one. It witl.stie> the appetite and strengthens the pow er or resisting laugue. wum? uw use involves none of the disagreeable consequences that sometimes follow n meat breakfast." Name giveu bj Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. > '?"^35 lorrkln and Katare. By the great Italian masters landscape had been used almost entirely as a background for the figures. Claude Lorrain went a step further, making his figures of comparatively little importance and concentrating his effort upon the ideal or heroic character of the landscape, into which he incorpor- / J ated the beauty of architecture. Hr {m was a close student of nature, sketched and painted in the open air, and filled "3? hie skies "with sunshine. But tbe use that be made of nature was unnatural. _ VjH ?St. Nicholas. PAINFHLPERIODS AMERICAN WOMEB FIND RELIEF The Case of Miss Irene Crosby Is One'"of Thousands of Cures Made by Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. How many women realize that men struation is .the balance wheel of a woman's life, and while no woman is entirely free from periodical suffering. it is: not the plan of nature that women should suffer so severely. Thousands of American women, however, have found relief from all monthly ' %? Buffering1 by taking Lydia E. Pinkham'9 Vegetaoie compound, as il is tne most thorough female regulator known to medical science. It cures the condition which causes so much discomfort and ' % robs menstruation of #ts terrors. Y*|l Miss Irene Crosby, of 313 Charlton Street East Savannah, Ga., writes: ' '"Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound te a true friend to woman. It has been of great benefit to me, curing me of irregular and painful menstruation when everything else bad failed, and I gladly recommend it W other suffering women." Women who are troubled with painful or irregular menstruation, back* ache, bloating (or flatulence), let con* ^ rhcca, falling, inflammation or ulcera tion of the uterus, ovarian trouble^ that " bearing-down"' feeling, dizziness. faintness, indigestion, nervous ' *. * prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the s?rious consequences, and bo restored to 'hAn.lt.h and strencth bv taking* Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coat .'.q pound, and then write to Mrs. Pinlf ham, Lynn, Mass., for further free a4> vice. Thousands have been cured bjp so doing. . " ? +kn,nn?hl,,/.|?intM HllQ<H?*oa*?7?rm? I 31 IfCdOlUit AUUlVtf^iMt * . ? - . w j r-m mum i_ - , tops discharges, heals inflammation analoc4 soreness, cares leacorihcea and nasal catarrh. Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in porf water, and Is far more cleansing, healing, geimicidv and economical than liquid antiseptics for all TOILET AND WOMEN'9 SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 00 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Prcc. The B. Paxtom Compant Borrow, ?at A FEW , ^ CUTTING k ffl REMARKS\^|* The purpose of a saw is to out / It should cut easily, cut cleanly; g * 7/ ( 'Jig and cut with every movement nam V ' I prefer an Atkins Saw Its blade e8PK?y / - '.5 Is "Silver Steel", recognized the world over as the finest cruicihlc Wn ) steel ever made in ancient or modern ll] times It is hard, close-grained atyl 1/ touch. Itholdsiisharpcuttingedge V 1/ longer than any other Saw. Its V blade tapers perfectly from thick to thin, from handle to tip. Thus it fS mni-PM ipfwav for itself, runs easily IvhvA and does i>ot buckle. Its temper is \JSy :'MS perfect. When bent by * crooked thrust, it springs into shape without kinking. The AtkinsSaw cuts?and does it best of anv. We muko all types and sizes c 1 saws, but only one grade? the best Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scrapers, etc., nre told by all good hardware dealers, Catalogue ou request E. C. ATKINS CgL CO., Inc. Largest Saw Manufacturer* in tb*. World. Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolis, IndianaBRANCHES New York. Cblsajro, Minneapolis, ? PonUuid, (Oregon), Seattle, Kan Kranclsoo, I Memphis, Atlanta ao<l Toronto, (Canada). J Accept no Substitute?Inset on tfy Atkins Brand 0, rf?SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVERV/S^T~f] W. L. Douglas i *3= & *3= shoes 8* W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cllt Edge Line cannot be equalled at a^y price. l ill PRICES ; EstaolUhed^^s. c<? lil July0.16?. %7 W.L.DOUGLAS MAKESANG SELLS MORE MEM'S $3.BO SHOES THAU ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. <M n nnn REWARD to anyone who cm I UjUUU disprove tna statement W. L. Dougla* S3.50 shoes have by their ex. selient style, easy fitting, and sureribrwearing; Qualities, achieved the largest eale of any S3.50 shoe hi the world. They are Ju#*t ma good a* those that cost you S5.O0 to S7.00?the only . v ' difference Is the price. If 1 could take you Into my factory at Brockton, Mas*., the largest la the world ur.der one roof makirg men's fine slaoes, nnd show you the care with which every ' " 1 - I _ n.11,1 pair 01 j.-. hum, jv w> ~.u .? ...*?, why W. L. Dou las $3.50 shoes are the beat shoes produced In the world. If I could show you the difference between the ihoes inaJe In my factory and those ot other makes, you would understand why Douplas S.1.50 shoes coit more to make, why they hold their ehnrie, fit hett:r, wear longer, ard are ol gn-ater Intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on ttje market to-day. W. L Doagia* Strang tda Sho? fcr Men, $9.BO, $2.GO. tJays' School A Orcse Shoe*,$2.HO, $2, $1.75,$1.BO CAUTION.?Insist upon having W.L.Dong.as shoos. Take no substitute. Nono fr<*nuine rtlionl liis name and price stamped on bottom. WANTED. A shoe dealer in every town wliere ftr. K Douglas Shoes aro not sold. Full lino of wimples sent frco for inspection ujtoa request. Fast Color Eyolxis uxod; they will not wear brassy. Wrlla for ?llustr*Uwl Catalog of F*ll Style* W. L. DOUGLAS, llrocktoJi, Haw.