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^^^^ ^j^^^^ . _- - - .",", , M.PMI TESTM-D. 8. C.. WEDg^NOYEMBEB^l^. " ~ VOL. LXI. NO. il NOTES AND COMMENT, Queen Victoria now rules 3C7,900,. ODO people, a greater number than has over before acknowledged the sov ereiguity of either a King, Queen or Emperor. Gomez is Cubit's first great loader. With him at tho helm tho ten years' war would probably have had a differ ent result, suggests tha Chicago Times-Herald. .Tho advent of the trolley and its displacement of horse* hm al?jete I many lines of industry in one way or auofher, and one business which has* gono into m irked decline because o J the electrical innovation is that of a large olass of farmers who depend on this city as a market for their hay,'' remarks tue Philadelphia "Record. Eiglit or teu thousand horses, which formerly be'ouged to the old car lines, and were an important factor in tho consumption of hay,have disappeared, and nothing takes their plaie iu (hu particular. The popularity of the trol leys for pleasure travel also has cut int > tho business of the'liveries, and herr, too, with smaller btables, tba demand for thc formers' principal product ia lessened. A conservative estimate r laces tho amouut of hay now received ia this city at only two-third of wh-?t was brought iu a few yeari ago, tho great falliug off being due onfcirely to the shrunken market and cons?quent lower pricer. Altogether the quota tions on hay have dropped about fif teen per cent, sincj the trolleys wero put in operation." Tho Chinese are frankly following tho example of the Japanese in many thmss. They are evidently bent ou profiting to tho full by the lessons of their late discomfiture. They aro 8" sending yonng men to Europe to study in thu vnivcrsitics just as the Japanese begun to do a score of years ago. Sev eral of these students recently arrived in Berlin, having sailed from Shanghai with a dozen others, who lauded at Marseiiles, four of them being des tined for thc Paris lycee*, four for the English universities aud four for a Hussion univcrity. In Berlin there is a boarding house ot which moit of the Japanese students who go there livr. *r The Chinese on learning of its exis tence at once presented thcmselves for admission. They were all the more anxious net to be denied as they w?ro informed that the cuisine .was Japan ese. Thc Japanese who were already Xguests of tho houso also manifested an earnest desire that the Chinamen should bo received. This in itself would sc<?m to show that the two na tionalities, despite the late war, aro not wholly incapable of appreciating ?ach other. The Chicago Record says : If statis tics accepted as true hy the English themselves are to bo credited, Ger mau competition is now tho most serious menace to England's commer cial and industrial supremacy. Liver pool ha? 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 ia 1895-Inll 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 tho world. State-subsidized transporta tion and the superior technical educa tion of German workmen have had much to do in enabling Germany to forgo nhead of her rivals and keen commercial instinct in her statesmen in the matter of commercial treaties has enabled the German trader to undersell his riyals nearly everywhere duriug the last few years. In short, John Bull has at last been so wrought up that the three little words "Alado in Germany*' havo mach the same effect on him as the waving of a red flag has on a bull iu the favorito sport in Spain. A cartoon is Pc nob, repre senting England as a good grand motherly old lady on hor way to mar ket and fulling asleep by tho wayside, while a German paddler with hi* 3bears cuts off her spacious skirt?, ex presses a situation tho English have at last begun to appreciate. The Daily Chronicle, the Saturday Beview, tho Spectator ami tho Eng'ish press gener ally aro nov engaged in trying to arouse tho old la-jy aud induce her to bestir herself about her marketing. Causa of Fog ant Mist. Owing to the clear sky that prevails within areas of high pressure the radia tion of heat from the ground or tho ocean surface aud from the lowest stra tum of air proceeds more rapidly, aud, as is well known, duriug such periods mist aud fog are formed in the lower air. Radiation proceeds uninterrup tedly during the night time from tho upper surface of fogtcy air, and the depth of tho layer of fog steadily in creases, PO that oftentimes tho heat of Ibu ?'.tu, io tli*) nudillo of tho <lay, is uot sufficient to dissipate the tog forme I at night. It has often beeu remarked that the lookout, at, or above, tho maiu lop overtook.* the ocean of fog. In geueral, a dense fog implies clear sky above it, aud by attention to the movement of areas of pressure it becomes pos ihlo to predict fog on our coast, R?PBEn banda no thc 'ramos of bb j of ole wheals tn&ko fflrt?io K?4 wau y j rider'* aro rp-w riding j? thc air.-. A ?50,000 LUMP. PXVK TOUXDS OK BLUK CLAY ALL STU DDK D WITH DIAMONDS. It Was Smuggled Out of the Kimber' ley Dinmont .Mines by j? Ku Mr, uud Brought to This Country ?2 TAKE a good-sized Jump'of bluish putty, knead it into a rough truncated pyramid, stick small bits of white and yellow and pale blue glass into the surface at random and leave the putty to barden, and when, it is hardened the result will be a very fair imitation of the most extraordinary specimen of diamondiferons earth ever bronght to this country. This specimen is DOW in the possession of Benjamin W. Levy, a diamond dealer of this city, who bought it in und bronght it from ACTUAL SIZE OF THE St.ulh Africa. The illustration shows the exact size ol the lump of c ari b. On the surface of this lump of earth, which is called blue mass, ?re forty five diamonds of good sizr, while um ny other smaller ones can be seen glinting through a ,.hin encrustation. Dine nia-a is thu regular diamond matrix, the earth ol all the K'mberlcy in nes of South Africa. It dissolves liku lime under 210 pounds pressure in water. On un average this earth yields nbout$12 worth of diamonds to the ton. If it were nil as rich in (lia monda aa this inmp snpposnbly i.?, reckoning from wh.it appears ou the surface of it, the yield would be some think like six mi lion dollars a ton. Mr. Levy yaya that until he finds an X ray that wiil show up. the interior of tho specimen he cau't tell the com mercial value of his prize. As a curi osity ho consider* it worth about 550,000. Of the 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 mnsp. 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 octohedrens, while oth ers show almost equal geometrical regularity, but less complexity.- The owner thinks that the surface value is about 81200. Undoubtedly there are other diamonds inside the mass, and what the entire value of the diamond yield would be caD only be guessed at. Air. 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 to get it ont of Africa, as only gems brought through the regular channels TIIE PARTY THAT JJ OT THE DIA can bo taken out through Capetown, the customs officials seizing all oth ers. This little bnnch of gems wae not brought through the regular chan nels. It was bought from a Kaffir who was murdered shortly after tho sale, presumably because thc murder ers expected to find the proceeds of thc sale upon him, in which they were probably disappointed. KalTirR do not carry large sums of gold about with them. Here is the story of Ihc Mue mass so far as Mr. Levy chooses to tell it: "It was found," raid Mr. Levy to a Sus reporter 1o whom he was ?-how iog the specimen, "'in 1891, in one of tho Kimberley mi HOP, 1800 feet below tho earth's surface. A Kaffir picked it up just as it is there. How be man rged to get it to the surface of the j carib is beyond my power to tell ; al most beyond it to imagine. Only oue who knows of the rigorous watoh kept by the overseeT upon the Kaffirs who ?noik the mmes can comprehend tho enormous difficulties of getting out such a lump of earth ns that. Why, nbont tlio only ?ny tb*-y CID net aiugle ttones is by swallowing them. "Lit mn digress a moment tc tell you something nbont the mine work. All the diggers are natives, mostly Kaffir-. They come from their own Jami four days on foot to work in the miner, and get enough money to go home and buy a wife from their King. Wi the vom?-?, are owned bj (be Kiu^'. who nellsto tb? ow, That'd thg ff UV thu I'fysl rX0hvijUt>r tl sept Up. A feigen?? ? wy tong twin o* un labor In the niinep, KO ibe Kaffir is not above decreasing bis period of service by secreting a few diamonds about bira if ho can. To keep the men from ! getting away with all lbs diamonds, the company has an overseer for every six or eight workers. As tho Kafiirs work with no clothing other than au extremely small breech clout, oppor tunities ior esternal concealment aro very small. Every one of them is carefully searched every day before he leaves the mine. There are three punishments for Kaffirs caught stealing diamonds. One is whipping; audit is no joke the way it is done there. The second is imprisonment, which is likely to include whipping, and tho 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 live pound lump of diamond earth could be brought out without discovery. rCO.000 LU.MP OF cur. Tossibly the finder of it may have kept it concealod for mouths in the' mine before he could get it up; nud un doubtedly there was concerted action on the part of several men. They generali v work together. Any way, brought out it was, and by this fel low." Mr. Levy put his finger on tbe figure in the photograph, on the far left, then he changed it to the figure in the background on the" left. "And that chap wa:j my scout," 6aid he. "I had employed him before when I was\in 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 ,bj.oj.wagon with ny brother and three other white mei:. We had"about-" thirty boys-Kaffirs and Znlus, that I is, they're always called boys-with tho party. Tho Kcfiir who had the diamonds was to meet my scout and complete the deal, the price Hving already been set nnd nccepled. Aono of us whites figured in thc 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. The 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 ns their em ployers are concerned-the other Kaffir joined our party for a time. He told me that he had been whipped for some act of his in tho mines, and he felt very revengeful over it. The picture in which you see him was taken outside of Christiana just beforo that 'boy' left na. 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 stuff. They work in combinations, ten or a dozen to a combination, and pool their in terests. All that they get ir; buried in some secret spot, and they take turns in guarding it. I have never heard of ono of thora playing tho others false, although they aro tricky enough in their dealings with tho whites. Of course, tho fact that death iu some terrible form would bo the punish ment of any breach of faith acts as a deterrent. "Having got our diamond?, tho next thing to do was to get them ont of tho country. If you go out by tho south ern coast you bavu to show a bill of sale for ever}' gem iu 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 couldu't show any bill of tale 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, and then traveled by water to tho coast. On thy way we had some great huuting. Tho animals you see in tho picture arc wild beasts bhot neat Chriatbiuii?. "Jf I were a writer,"concluded 3Ir. Levy, "? could write a book worth reading about tho diamond trade of the Kailirs down there; tnt tho most interesting chapter I'd have to leave ont because I won't ever know th? truth of it ; how that boy got the five pound lump of dirt nul diamonds, iv o in tho sUeif, 1SU0 feet down, up to tba V???WH un pf aaa i:? tba faca of tl?? moat p'f-iV.t ifthpt??rloii Pj?U'?? in H?? ff?fitt? ?Kfllf Yi'rh Sufii ' MESS DESIGNS. KEW AND DAINTY DKVICE3 IN FEMININE FASHIONS. A, Stylish Jacket With Double Urcustcd Vest, ami Hat to Mate?:-Smart Frock lor ti YourjR Girl. AWN-COLOBED broadcloth, embeliehed with nut-brown velvet, is represented in one of the most popular of tho season's novelties, as shown in the first large picture. The stylish top garment is lined throughout wilht-.il> toned filk, showing Nile' green and scarlet tints. The stylish hat is taste fully trimmed with shaded ribbon, handsome ostrich tips and paradise nigrettc. The coot, of fashionable length, is provided with a double breasted vest shaped with single darts LADIES' JACKET WIM 1) und seam in the centre front, tho clos ing being effected on the left side with buttons and button holes. Contrast ing material is applied to the reversed portion of tho fronts, which roll back ward to form the . deep graduated revers. The shapely back hos the usual centre, side-back and under-arm scams sprung below the waistline and laid in box plaits at the lower edge. Medium, sized pearl buttons aro used as decora tion. A distinctive featuro is the fan ciful und protective collar that flares stylishly at tho top, its lower edge be ing joined to a deep standing band that lits the neck closely. Pocket laps cover tho openings to inserted pockets and deep bell-shaped cuffs t?nish the stylish gigct sleevos. Bough and smooth faced coatings are equally adapted for this style, but smooth faced cloths in rich Bhades of ;reen, blue, dahlia, tan and dove for ?ressy occasions, contrasting prettily with velvet or heavy corded silk. A tailor finish should be employed when thc jacket is mado all of one matcri ". A YOUNG GIRL'S FROCK. Two of the newest colors aro ex quisitely bleudod in tbo ?mart little frock depicted in the second big en graving. This frock shows a handsome ?laid in cinnamon-brown, cross J GIRLS' ri barred with yollow aud deep violet, brown volvet being used for the cleeves ond yoke, with ribbon velvet tri mining* to match. The jaunty little ha!; of ciunamon-brown felt, witlj bnmls of violet tiilFetu awl a large bo? of ribbou in changcablo taffeta ami o.s-rich tips forming a churming ad di l ion. The waist is arranged over a fitte<? lining, which closes io the centrc-bacl with smnil buttons and buttonholes Tho Iront has a narrow pointed yok< of velvet, to tho lower edge uf whicl libo full portign in joined, forming t broa?} lioublu h,?ox plftit-, WMOII droopi perrjeptM; M the Milt lino, will blouse effect OTer tbe norrow belt of velvet. "Graduated revers ibnt. form pointedeptulettes over the fall short pu fis of the ntylish sleeves are decor ated with button*. Tie reek is com pleted by a standing band of velvet, wi?h tiny points of the contrasting ma terial above. The inl! siraight skirt is gathered at tho top and sewed to tho lower edge of the waist. The mode is appropriate for growing girl?, and may be developed in a com bination of silk and wool, or velvet and woolen goods, with decoration of braid, gimp or ribbon velvet. - CHILD'S EMPIRE JACKET. Ladies' cloth in light tan color was che sen for this stylish little top gar meat sofadmirably adapted for ar.tnmn wear. The upper part of the jacket is a deep, square yoke fitted by shoulder seams. The back is laid in a wide box-plait on either side of tho centre, i Tho loose fronts are laid in similar plaits at each side, and close in O UbLE)URE A.STED VEST --+ double-breasted fashion, tho right front overlapping the left, and finish ing vr?th four large ornamental but tons. .A stylish accessory is tho deep CHILD'S JACKET FOR COOL WEATHER. sailor collar forming three points bothj back and front outlined on its ireej eidges with deep ecru lace. A pretty rolling collar with flaring ends com ?AID FUoUi plete3 the neck. Tho bishop sleeves, fashionably full, aro gathered at tnt top and Jinished at tho wrists witt deep c.uHV. The model will devei ?j sorvicoably in all seasonable coatingi for dressy occasions or general wear cure I'oiug taken, however, to solve tho delicate colorB so becoming tc children, such nc dovo color or th? rioher shades of olive, heliotrope dahlia or foliage green. To make thi jacket for a child four years of age one and one-quarter yards of materia forty-four inches wide is required. It i* rftihut' ?iiffg*idi?a thu* bib; Rills folk wow MM be**i VICTORIA'S DAINT? HAND. A dclicnto bit of sculptnro is a model of Qaccu Victoria's hand, which is still a very handsome ono, and is said to havo signed moro im portant State papers and been kissed by more important men than tho hand of any otIi3r Queen that ever lived. TUE NEWEST THING IX 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 be tho mid day timo between breakfast and lunch. Fashion may bo'foolish, but it is quite safe to state that if the freo lunch had not been knocked out by tho Baines law such au epicurean idea would never have been thought of. TUE snonr G mn. The short girl has everything on her side so far as thc men are concerned ; a mau feels immediately at case witn a short girl, and to mo3t mon that is half tho battle. Tho tall girl may bo more imposing, but sho cannot coax and pout, and flounce into pretty pas sions with the samo oxecution a3 tho short girl. No man likes to feel him self dwarfed by comparison with tho girl ho is fond of. and here again tho small woman has a decided advantago. The sbort woman noels a protecting arm in a crowd, and she does not take up so much room in tho street cars. THE DAINTY TYI'KWKITEBS. Nearly every typewriter girl keeps a pair of curling tong3 ia her desk drawers, and tho smartest of them a cunning littlo alcohol lamp, too. That is why they como uptown looking so trim after a hard day's wort in a hot office No girl, however, likes to havo tho mon think that her hair is not nat urally curly, so late each afternoon eho slips out with her paraphernalia in her Lands and visits tho offices of somo kindly Arm of women stenogra phers in tho building. After 5 o'clock thc room3 of somo of these feminine iirni3.scein Uko au afternoou tea.-New York Bocordor. WEDDING IN TUE WOODS. A beautiful and unique wedding oc curred recently in tho mountain towi of Rockland, Sullivan Coauty, N. Y., the details of which have just reached tho outer world. Tho ceremony wes performed in the woods at Cloar Lake Cottage, near Beaverkill, by the Kev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y,f a brother of the lato Henry Ward "Beecher, and tho Bov. A;TF. Eastmac, also of Elmira. The brido was Mifis Theresa C. Hall, who has spent the most of her summers nt this spot, and tho bridegroom, Lyman V. \Y. Brown, a Californian, who is a great lover of nature and cfatdoor life. The spot choseu for the wedding wriB on tho wooded shores of the Jak*, whoro cucirohng trees and viues formed a natural audience chamber, around which rose sloping banks of ferns aud shrubs. A company of about twenty frieuds and relatives embarked in small boats about ? o'clock in the afternoon and were roved to this beautiful place. Tho two ministen stood ou tho mossy carpet m tho contre of thc spot, with tho friends grouped around them. The brido and groom came down a path through tho woods and took their positions before the ministers, and thc nuptial vows were taken. Congratulations and good wishes were showered upon tho ujwly mor ned pair as they stepped down to the shore. Ibo bride took her seat in tho bow of the boat, while tho husband plied the oars, aud they were eoon out of sight. It was a scene never to be forgotten. It presented a picture of an ideal mar riage, celebratod in an ideal way, and in keeping with tho ?implo tastes and high iderls of the bride and groom. New York Herald. MENDING AS A T??ADE. One of tho charitable activities of public-spirited women in London that is said to be doing much good is a "mending guild." Tho probabilities are that there will bo ono in New York soon. Mrs. L. S. Bainbridge, Super intendent of tho Woman's Branch of the New York City Mission, thiukfi well of it, and intends to organizo a guild rijjkt away. Ihe intention is to furnish work, in tho wny of mending and plain sowing, for that cla^s which is alwujs so piti fully promiuent in largo cities-that of persons who havo been reduced in circumstances, and 3-et have so much pride that they cannot take employ ment which would bc welcomo I by others who always have beou accus tomed to laboring for others. These reduced women uro noi lazy. Iudeed, they aro eager for work. But they do not know how to procure it, and consequently aro in a stato of destitu tion that is A'or?e th'in any endured by their sisters whoso wauts are moro often brought to tho notico of tho public. In hundreds of families in New York thero is a "mending basket" that is never less than full and runniug over. Thero aro garments of all kinds that seem to become ragged without rhymo or reason, und that never yield to the attacks of necdlo and thread to any satisfactory extent. Yet tho house wifo is anxious to seo tho hoaps of torn clothing reduced, aud is willing to pay reasonably Jor help. Sho knows, however, that tho average seamstress is not of much uso m darn ing und patch i ur, and that tho work is not likely to be satisfactory if douo by her. Hero is the chance for the reduced gentlewoman, If t?o pjj < i i I-1 como? iu to eziatonco it will bring tho hou-e wifo with tho big basket of ragged clothes and tho ucat-huodod womau anxious for work togothor. The prop osition is that there shall bo an of ficiai in oonnecttorj with the guild who shy ll bo herself a practical needlo. womal), with ft propos uude?6tftndiog j (it th') Vallie ut tho \UiA io ho ??Wj m\ tue b??t kiuil o? iws?ii to ?to ii Tho women who need work will gire their names and addresses to the guild, and the offioer whose daly it will bc to arrange the work and the price to be paid io? it will pelect the woram) ?ho considera most adapted to a par ticular job. The scale of prices must necessarily bo moderate, bat still high enough to reimburse tho worker fairly.-New York Press. GOSSIP. Tho Woman's Exchange in Philadel phia had receipts of nearly $35,009 in tho year ending February ?, 1890, and is free from debt. Mrs. Julia Bradley, of Peoria, HI., has left by will over ?2,000,009 for a polytechnic institute to be associated with tho Chicago University. "Mayor Doran, of St. Paul, Minn., has appointed 91ra. S. V. Koot, promi nent in sooiety, a special police officer, possessing full power to make arrests. Muncie (Ind.) young women have n cold feet club whoso newest and most popular amusement is a "corn roast," at which thc chilly msmbor3 aro warmed around a fire. Misu May Abraham, the new EDOJ?SI] Superintendent of factory inspector8, is a beautiful woman of tba Semitic typo. She bogan ber career as Lady Dilke's private secretary. At tho last meeting of tho convoca tion of the Law Society of Upper Canada, held in Toronto, the legal committee were directed to frame rules providing for tho calling of woaicu to the bar. Even in India tho now 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. Gadgill, barristor-at-law, of the samo place. Miss Eliza Ta!cott, who has been a missionary in Japau for twenty-five years, and ac'ed as a nurse in tho Japaneso army during tho 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 Internat?onal Woman's Congress at the World's Fi\ir, is at present a special lecturer at Stan ford University, California. The death is announced from Paris of the Countess do Barck, who, under tho Second Empire, occupied a brill iant position at tho court. Owing to a succession of financial misfortunes, It is not generally known thai tho lato Lady Tennyson was herself qnite a poet. Sho set to music many of her husband's songs and ic wa3 she who wrote the music of the words which yero suug at Tennyson's fanerai und which he dictated on his death bed. In remembrance of the heroic deeds of Miss Edith Ledingham, a memorial is to bo raised in West flam Cemetery, England, where she is buried. 3he was second stewardess on board the stermship Iona, which caught lira in September last off Clacton-on-Sea. Miss Ledingham tried to savo the life of a child which was ia tho cabin, but lost her own in doing 60. Mrs. Hendsh, who is known in tho West as the Queen of the Ohnckawalla, has mado ?1,009,000 solely by her own offorts. Her minesyioid her thousands of dollars a mouth. Sho is her own geologist, prospector and superinten dent, und attends to all the details of her business herself. Slio has a beau tiful homo at Riverside, Cal., and is said to bc a woman of charm and cul ture. FASHION NOTES. Real raagonta will bo a very popular member ol' tho color card. Buttons to match belt buckles aro the latest feminine extravagance. Reptilo jewelry has a strange fascin ation for eveu tho most timid aud re fined women. Tho fair golfer has her cote paper decorated with a tiny golf stick, tho fiat end of which bear* her monogram. As the season advances velvet rib bon in black ami pretty autumn foli age color? will be in great uso both with dressmakers aud milliners. The greatest novelty in wraps is tho model fitted with a back, cut ia threo pieces, with dolmau sleeves sewed iu with tho back scams, but falling loose ly in Iront. Tho collar is in Stuart shape. Tho skirts to bo worn will flare on tho lower odgo, bo fivo yards wide, ! have a stiff interlining roai ten to fif teen inches deep all around to givo tho very do.siraolo flare, as only tho propor interlining caa do, and remain as closo fitting around thu hips as they aro now. Japanese crape is an admirable and inexpensive material for covering pil lows. In dark bine, with largo white conventional flowcra wuudcriug ovci it, it is most effective. Both chiut2 and cretonno make pretty pillow?, and tho pillows covered with plain gingham aro among favorites o' tho season. A stylish gown is formed of sheer grass linen, made u;i over cerise satin aud elaborately decorated with cherry satiu ribbons, including shonldei bows and a belt with many loops and cuds. Tho full bo lico his fivo half inch tucks ou either tido bolow a pointed yoko of embroidered liuoa, finished with a twUt of tho ribbon, ending oa eithor side of tho yoke in a small rosette. The chaugeablo silks aro made ur. very much just now in waists. Au ex ceedingly pretty uuo ot clmnyeable blue aud green, fashioned to wear with olack batiu skirt, id lolded, surplice fashiou, into a most perfect-fitting black eatiu corselet. A ruche of black ?atiu with a frill of tho changeable silk and au inside niching of white lace is made to wear with thia waist, Qr separate frons it, if su desirod, a-s it ia aa ?funr. a gafBt??, M could wall by MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. 1 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Pains, Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigesti?n and all Dis eases of tho Stomach and Bowels, PITT'S CARMINATIVE . i [ls tho standard. It carries children over thc critical period of teething, and is recommended hy physicians as ? thc friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It is pleasant to thc taste, and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its BU {?erlative virtues. Price. 25 cts. per >ottlc. For salo by druggists. ?0USEH?L1) A Ff A Iii S, \ THE TABLE. ' ? Napkins should be folded at the right of plates, with a small piece of bread or roll half concealed by the last fold. Beside each plate should be placed as many kui'ves, forks and epoons as will bo needed in all the courses, and a glass to bo filled with water. Flowers and fruits tastefully arranged add to the appearance of the tablo at all seasons. When the soup tureen and soup plates are placed be fore tho seat of the hostess, dinner may be quietly announced by the waitress striking tho table tell. BEEF Mi BROW. To melt tho morrow, put it in a cup cr" other small vessel and placo over boiling teakettle, then strain, and when nearly cool etir thoroughly with o 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 oues have a tendency to canker sores round the mouth, nothing is better or moro healing than beef marrow. For those who use pomade for tho 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. HTGIENT3 OF THE NUB8EBY. Bogular baths, proper food, and long hours of sleep aro necessary con ditions to a healthy infant. Tho three primo essentials in tho nursery are fresh .ir, good food and pure 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 ia better, than food. fc Do not feed the baby because it 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 ?lave. More infants' lives aro taken by overfeeding than by starvation ; nevei 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 ofteu aid the digestion, and satisfy the child when restless. Vomiting and diarrhea arc indica tions that thc 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 the infaut in hot weather. Cleanliness, as applied to tho body, tho mouth, the food, tho vessels, the clothing, tho furniture, tho floor, the carpots, tho beds and the atmosphere should be ttrictly observed.-New York Ledger. BROTES. Duchess Potatoes-Two cupfuls o! grated or mashed cold boiled potatoes ; add one tablespoonful of flour, one quarter cup ol* milk, and two well beaten eggs; salt to taste; drop by small spoonfuls into hot lard and cook until they are a delicate brown. Fruit ?Sauce-Cream together one half cupful of sugar and one table spoonful of butter; add one beaten egg, one cupful of mashed berries and one cupful of boiling milk. Wet one teaspoonful of corn starch in.enough milk to dissolve it, aud stir slowly. Let all boil together three minutes and serve. Potato Dumpling-Boil one pound of potatoes pa*s through a sievo ; chop one-half pound of suet finely aud mix with the potatoes ; add salt, ono tea spoonful of baking powder aud one half pound of flour. Work all to gether and tic in a pudding cloth ; boil for thrco hours. When doue cut iu slices, put on a hot dish, and pour somo of tho beof gravy over it. To bo eaten with roast or boiled beef. PeanutCookies-Shell sufficient pea nuts to give ono pint of tho meats. Piub off all tho inner skin and chop very fine, or put tbrough a mea? cut ter. Cream together two tablespoon fuls of butter and one cup of sugar ; add thrco eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk, one-fourth teaspoouful of salt, thc chopped peanuts, und flour enough to make a soft donga. Boll out, cut in circles aud bake in a moderate oven. Tomato Jelly Salad-Take eight good-sized tomates, remove skins and btew gently for ten minutes, with a slice of-onion, six cloves, a sprinkling of popper aud a quarter of a teaspoon ful of salt. Pass this through a sieve to remove feeds, cte. Stand it on back of stove and stir into it one-half box of gelatine dissolved in a small half a cupful of boiling water. Strain through n cloth into clasBes wot ia cold water, and eet away to harden. There should bo a pint and a half in all. Serve in slices on hdluco leave?, with mayonnaise dressing, This may be prepared with canned tomato also. Civic virtun ?a ft flood test for tho pWfl??ef alway, btu t U?ttf? Ulla?? M cwj v Cltlio? io gnw? iii his d&U; I-f>,