. TALMACE'S SERMON.
The text was Matt it, 151: "James,
Ihe sou of Zebedee. and John, his
brother, iu a ship with Zebedee their
lather, mending their tieti"
: "1 go aflshiug," cried Simon Teter to
his comrades, and the most of the apos
tles had Lauds hard from fishing tackle.
It is not a good day for fishiug and
three men are iu tiie boat repairing the
broken fishing nets. If you are fishing
wiili a hook and line and the fish will
hot bite, it is a good time to put the
ing'.er's apparatus into better condi
tion. Hardly anything is more pro
voking to nearly laud a score or a hun
dred ot trophies from the deep, and
l.hen you are in the full glee of haul
tng in the spotted treasures, through
some inperfeclion in the net they
splash back into the ware. That Is too
much of a trial of patience for man,-or-.
dinarily correct of speech, in such cir
cumstances comes to an intensity of
utterance unjustifiable. Therefore.no
good fisherman considers' the time
wasted thut is spent iu mending his
uet
The trouble with many of oar nets is
ihat the meshes are too large. If a fish
can get his gills and half his body
through the net-work, he tears and
rends and works his way out, and leaves
the place through which he squirmed a
tangle of broken threads. The Bihle
weaves faitli, and works tight together
the law and the gospel, righteousness
and forgiveness. Some of our nets
have meshes so wide that the sinner
lloats in and out, and is not at any mo
ment caught for the heavenly landing.
J n our desire to make everything so easy
tve relax, we loosen, we widen. We let
men, after they are once in the gospel
net, escape into the world and go into
indulgences, and swim all around Gall
lee from jicrt.ii side to south side and
i oiu east bide to west side, expecting
that t hey will come back again. We
ought to make it easy for them to get
into the kingdom of God, and, as far as
we can, make it impossible for them tt
get out The poor advice now-a-days
to many is: "Go and do just as you
did before you were captured for God
and heaven. The net was not intended
to ba any restraint or any hindrance.
W hat you did before you were a Christ
Ian do now. Go to all styles of amuse
ment, read all the styles of books, en
gage in all styles of behavior aa before
you were converted.'
Furthermore, many of our nets are
torn to pieces by being entangled with
other nets. It is a sad sight to see fish
ermen fighting about sea room and pull
ing in opposite directions, each to get
his net, both nets damage by the Strug
gle and losing all the fish. In a city
like this of more than 800,000 there are
at least 500,000 dot in Sabbath schools
or churches. And in this land where
there are more than 64,000,000 people
there are least 30,000,000 not in the Sab-,
bath schools and churches. And in
the world of more than 1,400,000,000
people there are at least 800,000,000 not
in schools and churches. In such an
Atlantic ocean of opportunity, there is
room for all the nets and all the boats and
all the fishermen and for millions more.
There should be no rivalry between
churches. There should be no rivalry
between ministers. God never repeats
Himself, and lie never makes two min
isters alike, and each one has a work
which no other man in the universe
can accomplish. If fishermen are wise,
they will not allow their nets to entan
gle; or if they do accidently get inter
twisted, the work of extrication should
be kindly and gently conducted. What
glad Bpectacle for men and angels when
on our recent dedication day ministers
of all denominations stood on this plat
form and wished for each other widest
prosperity and usefulness. Bat there
are cities in this country where there is
flow going on an awful ripping and
finding and tearing of Ushingiets. In
deed, all over Christendom at this time
there is a great war going on between
fishermen, ministers against ministers,
i Now I have noticed a man cannot
fish and fight at the tame tlme,'. He
either neglects his net or his market
It is amazing how much time some of
the fishermen have to took after other
fishermen. It is more than I can do to
look after my own net You see the
wind is just right and sach a good time
for fishing, and the fish are coming in
so rapidly that l hare to keep my eye
and hand busy. There an about 900,'
000,000 souls wanting to get into the
kingdom of Qod and It will require all
the nets and all ta fishermen of Christ
endom to safety land them. At East
Hampton, L. 1. where I summer, out
oa the bluffs some morning .we see the
flags op; and that is the signal (or
launching oat into the deep. For a
nils the water is tinged with that
peculiar ceior that indicates whole
schools of piscatorial revelry, and the
beach swarms with men with their
eoeis off and their ssa eap on and those
of us who pO not go out oa the i
en the beach ready ta rejoice
the boats come back, and la
s rash iato the water with
ocr ttioaf oa toaetpgst the boats up
tie Mash, and we .a lay hold the lines
tJ pull 13 we are red n the face, and
ri&Enst22if ca cat? mm
. mm. mmm '
vt raarr An a sa
tra en fca o?
- ,
ever to take the human race for God
and heaven. Aye, we ought to have
that enthusias m of the beach multi
plied a hundred fold and by so much
as an Immortal soul is worth more than
a blue fish. O, brethren of ministry ?
Let us spend our tiaie fishing instead
of fighting. But if I angrily jerk my
net across your net, and you jerk yonr
net angrily across mine, we will soon
have two broken nets and no fish.
Do you know that the world's heart
is bursting with trouble and If you
could-tnake that world believe that the
religion of Jesus Christ is a soothing
omnipotence, the whole world would
surrender tomorrow; yea would surren
der this hour. The day before James
A' Garfield was inaugurated as presi
dent, I was in the cars going from,
lUchmoud to Washington. A gentle
man seated next to me in the cars
knew me and we were soon in familiar
conversation. It was just after a be
reavement and I was speaking to him
from an over-burdened heart about the
sorrow I was suffering. Looking at
his cheerful face, I said. 1 guess you
have escaped all trouble. I shall judge
from your countenance that you have
come through free from all misfor
tune." Then he looked at me with a
look I shall never forget and whispered
in my ear: "Sir, you know nothing
about trouble.' My wife has been in an
insane asylum for fifteen years." And
then he turned and looked out of the
Hindow and into the night with a si
lence I was too overpowered to break.
That was another illustration of the
fact that no one escapes trouble. Why
that man seated next to you in church
has on his soul a weight compared
with which a mountain is a feather.
a.
That woman seated next to you in
church has a grief the recital of which
would make your body, mind and soul
shudder.
Oh, this important work of mending
our nets! If we could get our nets
right we would accomplish more in
soul saving in the next year than we
have in the last twenty years. But
where shall we get them mended?
Just where old Zebedee and his two
boys mended their nets where you
are. "James! why don t you put your
oar in Lake Galilee, or hoist your sail
and land at Capernaum or Tiberias, or
Gadara, and, seated on the bank, mend
your net r "John, why don t you go
ashore and mend your net?" No, they
sat on the guards of the boat, or at the
prow of the boat, or in the stem of the
boat, and they took up the thread and
needle, and the ropes and the wooden
blocks, and went to work; sewing, sew
ing; tying, tying: weaving, weaving;
pounding, pounding, until the net
mended, they push it off in the sea and
drop paddle and hoist sail, and the cut
water went through amid the shoals of
fish, some of the decendants of which
we had for breakfast one morning
while we were encamped on the beach
of beautiful Galilee. James and John
had no time to go ashore. They were
not fishing for fun, as you and I do in
summer time. It war their livelihood
and that of their families. They needed
their nets where they were, in the ship.
Oh, says some one, "I mean to get my
net mended, and I will go down to the
public library, and 1 will see what the
scientists say about evolution and
abut "the survival of the fittest,' and
will read up what the theologiats say
about advanced thought' I will leave
the ship awhile, and will go ashore and
stay there till my net is mended." Do
that my brother and you will have no
net left Instead of their helping you
mend your net they will steal the pieces
that remain. Better stay in the gos
pel ship, where you have all the means
of mending your net What are they,
do you ask r I answer all you need
you have where you are; damely, a
Bible and a place to pray. The more
you study evolution and adopt what is
called advanced thought, the bigger
fool you will be. Stay in the ship and
mind your net That Is where James,
the son of Zebedee, and John hit broth
er, stayed. That la where all who get
their net mended stay. - - i.
These dear brethren of an denomina
tions, afflicted with theological fidgets
had better go to the mending nets in.
stead of breaking them. Before they
break up the old religion and try to
foist on us a new religion, let them go
through tome great sacrifice for God
that will prove tbem worthy for such
a work, taking the advice of Talley
rand to a man that wanted to upset
the religion of Jesus Christ and start a
new one, when be said: "Go aad be
crucified and (ben raise yourself from
the grave the third day!" . Those who
propose to mend their nets by secular
and skeptical books are just like a man
who has just one weak for fishing, ana
six of the days, be spends reading
Isaac Walton's Com paste Angler" and
"Scott's Fishing In Northern Waters,"
sod "Pullman's YadeTUocam of Tij
Fishing for Trout" and then on Bat-
urday morning, his last day goes to the
river to pry his art bat that day ' tbs
fish wm not bite, and lata on Batar&y
nigtt he goes boats wia eatptybs
But do not spsod pewr time Cj
wlih hook and -Kan. -wtj CA
Jesses. Ue sen sftti3. a en fee
wknrf atChwaE txX tSSSf
kSo,tl3ll fcrj r M
woman a bxl Cl t e
wei t er ar ft ria c?
trying to catch one eei? No; that
work was too slow. These men were
uot mending a hook and line. They
were mending their nets. So let the
church of God not be content with
having here one soul and next month
another soul brought into the kingdom.
Sweep all the seas with nets-eoop
nets, seine nets, drag nets, all-encompassing
nets and take the treasures in
by hundreds and thousands and mil
lions, and nations be born in a dsy, and
Ue hemispheres quake with the tread
of a ransoming God. Do you know
what will be the two most tremendous
hours In our heavenly existence?
Among the quadrillions of ages which
shall roll on, what two occasions will
be to us the greatest? The day of our
arrival there will be to us, one of the
two greatest The second greatest, I
think, will be the day when we shall
put in parallel lines before us what
Christ did for us, and what we did for
Christ, the one so great, the other so
little. That will be the only embarrass
ment in heaven. My Lord and my
God ? What will we do and what will
we say when, on one side are placed the
Savior's great sacrifices for us, and our
small sacrifices for him; his exile, his
humiliation, his agonies on one hand,
and our poor weak, insufficient sacri
fices on the other. To make the con
trast less over-whelming let us quickly
meial our nets, and like the Galiliao
fishermen may we be divinely helped
to cast them on the right side of the
ship.
- No One Discovered 1
Two neighboring Yorkshire rectors
recently exchanged pulpits on Sunday
morning. Both gentlemen are in the
habit of preaching a sermon from the
collection of some noted divine when a
week passes without their writing a
sermon, which is quite often the case.
They defended their practice in this re
spect alleging first, that the sermons so
borrowed are much better than any
they could write, and secondly, that
the few peasants in smock frocks who
attend service never understand the
sermon anyhow, and in fact would sus
pect their rector of heresy if they did
understand him. Un the dsy in ques
tion it happened that tbey both de
cided to use the same sermon from
Blair's collection for the morning ex
change, and on thinking the matter
over they both concluded that it
wouldn't be worth while to prepare a
sermon for the second service. The re
sult of all this, of course, was, tbat the
same sermon of Blair's was preached
twice in each church, though not one
in either church discovered the fact
A New Game.
Blindman's buff under the new name
of blindgirl's buff is in our midst says
the New York World. This is the
way it is done. The pretty buffer is
blindfolded bv means of a lour black
mask which effectually keeps her from
gazing underneath. She is then seat
ed in the middle of the room, while
the company, joining hands, slowly
walk around her. High above her
head the buffer flourishes a weapon
not unlike the shield which the darkies
down south use for protection against
flies and mosquitoes.
As the mystic circle silentlv passes
around the blindfolded enchantress.
the latter brings down her wand light
ly upon the bead of any one whom its
aim may concern. lie quickly catches
it, kisses the hand of the Queen of the
Mas ana takes his place upon the
throne where he in turn sways the
sceptre. Should a young woman be
touched with the wand she embraces
her ex-queen and tries her own hand
with the wand.
The game is made interesting bv the
announcement that should the queen
fail in three strokes to touch one of
her subjects she is presented, biter on
with the Court Jester's paper cap and
Delia, and should any subject be so for
tunate as to be three times chosen ah
is given a Jubilee and Is awarded a gilt
crown, or prettier still, a flower one.
Country Life In the Argentine.
In a new country the traveller mnt
not be particular, much less exacting;
auove au, no must not expect to find
refinement amour the inhabitant.
whose whole efforts barely suffice to
sustain ins combat against the ele
ments. 8UIL 1 cannot refrain fmm
noting the Impression of sadness and
august, proaucea by the sight of the'
towns and colonies of Us pampa, and
by a glimpse of the Ufa that the inhab.
uania aaa veruy ta majority live
worse than brutes, for thsv h
even the cleanly instincts of the beast
of the field, -i Their bouses are lea
agreeable to the eye than an Eskimo
bat The way they maltreat that
mats Is sickening to behold. Barely do
you see the face of a man woman
caBd that does not wear a betstlal and
ferocious expression, in th iiu
there are no clubs, no UbrariesTie
TTV1 Pru, rarely even a
senses, Toe men and Vnm
eat, sleep, and their only distract-
Bk4iaaanttls knifing and revolver
tetftfr wwtofay whole stay u the
'TrTmmmmaiM centres that
t ftoKan, I was struck by the otter b
smes of moral restraint v
OIK FAR)! DtPARTSEM.
.- Kra ar4a.
Someday. hen jou have nothing
else to do. take a ride through the
countrv and count all the neatly kept
v. . Even if you have
other duties, go, K lor no u
than out of curiosity. In a ride of
twenty mi'e you will not see ten half
neatly-kept barn yaraa, anu m.
than two-more likely not one-as it
should be kept You will see a wagon
here, an Jtber there, over there a s-u,
and iu another place a hsy-rack, fiat on j
the ground, all ranged aliout the miu-.
.. .. . ..II
dle of the lot; Slid besides au uiesc
things you will see plows, coru planter,
harrTwa small haystacks p.les of
boards, rails, posts and many other
thiugs I cannot now enumerate, throw n
inuinuw euuilinnw;,
haphazard way that ought
farmer to shame. Not a
as to be seen, when there
around in a
to put any
blade of irrass to be seen, when
siKJuld be a well sodded yard.
In thinking of the many, many farm
ers I have known, I can remember but
.ne who has a well-kept barn-yard.
And, as the yard indicates, he is a very
methodical farmer. "A place for every,
thing and everything in its place," is
his motto, and the entire farm shows
that his motto has become a reality,
not a mere theory.
When he drives into the lot his wag
on has a place of its own, each piece of
machinery has its own place. Noth
ing is left in the center of the lot for a
horse to run over ana perhaps cripple
itself. This barn-yard furnishes past
ure for two work horses during the
summer nights, and for four or five
calves through Die entire summer, yet
it does not contain over two acres. Hut
the horses are never allowed to run in
it when the ground is soft Of course,
it never becomes cut up and rough.
The farmer has hauled plenty of gravel
about Die barn, and little or no mud is
found there.
As most barn-lots are along the road
in line with the house-yard, one would
suppose as much care would be taken
to keep them in order as is used on
other premises. There is just where
you are mistaken, as a ride will con
vince you. The house-yard may be
perfectly neat and the adjoining barn
lot may be a perfect slough of filth and
disorder.
Why do not these men realize that
their lots are but lota on an otherwise
lovely picture? Why not use a little
forethought when driving In with ma
cmnery ana veniciesr Jt takes no
longer to drive a wagon to the same
place each time, than it does to un
hitch wherever the horses may happen
to stop.
"But," says one, "I haven't room.
You think you hare not room simply
because your lot is in such a confused
jumble that you do not know yourself
how much room you have until you
"size up," as the housekeepers say.
Just try It once; if not tx your own
satisfaction, do bo for the pleasure of
the people who pass your place. At
first they may make remarks and be in
clined to wonder what can have taken
possession of you, it is so unlike you to
have order in your barnyard. But
never do you mind their talk, when
this systematic plan has become
habit with you, others may be led, see
ing your "light," to "go and do like
wise," Why Popooia Won't Pop
The question is often asked why pop
corn sometimes fails at the critical mo
ment to pop. The trouble is that the
corn has either been pulled too green
or has become too dry, explains Cali-
iorniairuit Grower. In the form-.
case the skin would be too tndr .
tain the heated air until the explosion
uxik piace, ana in the latter case the
skin is so brittle that the ir c.
without bursting the kernel If the
corn is too dry, which is most frequent
ly the trouble, immerse
"WMVUOU
ears half a minute in water and ih
grains will pop with a delightful ex-
uherance.
Ilradstreet states that there are In
-New England half a
farms, where twenty years ago there
were practlaUy none, and in California
the breeding of fast bomn h.. KaAAM
- p wwuiilQ
almost a craze.
The importance of econAm i
ing is illustrated by the statement ac-
credlted to Dr. CollW ,.r .i.. v--
i ork experiment station th.
of one cent a day upon the dairy cows
- -w im UTer wjMOfiQQ a year.
BiaUSUCS or the SBTicuItnr.1 a .
ment place the total number of sheen
vvrw gin. 1. TMUI .
JMJ1JV rained , at ,oW;47. 'j
, 10, the number of sheep in the
The fowls shoald have rood atten
lion during cold sp, ouTd
" ' eTmg; be sure to
Ure them water. They want warm
wmforUbl. quarteWwhlTh V. Sj
"things areneeesevy. cZ,
luartersandnofeed wlllctuJeJ
bath in wi . dul tt
and receive nrucn banaflT SSL .l"??
failed toTayln V2i??,,t !
dust whsn ItCaVpnU
ta suWitut ifT"1! asat thine
Xo man should spend his labor and
rr xi larire an at re:igo as to fail
in making a first-class garden. In this
much of the satisfaction and ofteu no
little irt of U.e profit of country and
faruiLfecusisti. It is ratlier dis
heartening ft the city resident who
if.)-s into the country during summer
B . . . . . ..-all fmit
forfreti air nome giuxii .-. -
and garden vegetables to look into back
yards and find tin earn carelessly thrown
ay. which that even for such com
mon table luxuries as tomatoes, green
corn, and often green las, the farmer
and his family have nothing better ior
him than he could himself buy at the
retail grocery. If farmers wisnioav
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tract other men to their business, as
lis clearly their busmess to do the
business, as it
must iu every way make farm life as
pleasant and enjoyable as possible.
i . . -
Labor-saving machinery enables th
farmer to Uke life easier If he mill H
complains that low prices for slap!
enables uie
lie
prnna tjtke off nil his nrolit
Grow les
of crops then, and devote a larger share
of time to fruit, especially the small
fruits, and to garden vegetables. So
soon as the farmer grows enough ot alj
kinds of vegetables for table use in
their season he has procured luxuries
that only wealthy men can atTord. As
he thinks over what he would have
been obliged to pay for such delicacies,
the harder lines of his life fade away.
It seems worth while to live on a farm,
and when lie (rets to feelinir this war it
is ten to one that he falls into the habit
of marketing surplus he does not need,
and thus after a few years develones
into market gardening the natural way.
First make a garden that will supply
your own table with all garden deli
cacies, and if there Is a surplus it will
be sure of a profitable market
Strawberry Mt.
These should have a thorough clean
up and a heavy mulching of farm-yard
manure. The Dutch hoe should be run
through the rows, and the beds raked
lightly before applying the mulch. - If
the soil is of very heavy nature, and
subject to cracking on the surface, it
may be picked up with a fork, but
light soils are better when not disturbed
except by the hoe and rake. In mulch
ing them, pack plenty of the materia)
close up to the plants. Go over all aut
umn-planted beds, and tread the soil
firmly about the plants, mulching
these beds likewise with soraekind of
mild manure; only poor laud will re
quire mulchings, 1 oung plants of
strawberries standing in nurse beds
should be planted out 20 by 21 Inches
apart on a plot deeply trenched and
thoroughly manured land, planting
them firmly. Tut a large label to mark
each variety and make notes of the
names and positions of each variety, in
case of the loss of the labels. Those
who make a practice of planting their
forced plants should now get the land
dug for them, so that it may settle be
fore planting time arrives. Gardner's
Chronicle.
Itiiclnx Itullo-ki In India.
In India the favorite animals, buth
for speed and for endurance, are the
native bullocks. The animals are
gmall, wiry, muscular and swift They
are trained to race and run well, not
only under the saddle, but in harm
The Indians are fond of racing their
beasts, and the sport is encouraged by
the English part of the population.
The animal U guided by a cord
through the nose, but the driver places
more reliance on whip and voice than
on the cord. The Indians are natura'
gamblers, and will bet their last rupee
on the result of the race, taking so
much interest in it that a penniless
native has been known to wamr t.i.
liberty and that of his family for an en
ure year, ana sell himself into volun
tary slavery at the result of losiiiff a
bet.
l ne races are frequently attended
JrlT.1rnt8' frora th that
" ouuocss may be trained
to treat swiftruwi it
poasible to teach thenT to run In a
Snd thus freriiwnl a m...!, . "
of the vehicle. ' w mon
Exciting ss are the bullock races
When the beaibi 1,..
"""ocas are ridden bv
Lurouean uUim ..n ."'
chief danger in a race of this descrin
lion Ues in the fall which are Z tx
GiobDemocrat. "" lj0ul
"Ouldn" Is Growing Old.
-Ouida is growing old now, and her
works of late lack much f i-
ii3 VUr
quence and poetic fervor k. .....a
ethetn so Irresistibly attractive.
She cannot prmnt bs far from
sixty. , She sever waa a h.... .
InprahspoVuTkn1
linU; her "amber kalr- of precise!?
U abans which she used to dcribs
in her earliest novels, and a palrof V
ffMof whon,lIair.itt
ad perfect symmetry she was justlr
L". 0f th Langham hot.
with her golden lock, hanging down
her back and with her long skirts held
uplnon.hend.oa.to show off W
Pttyfeetlnths dainfstof PartaE
Uppers. She ImmoHii u.
fon, who was at the time t
is kntu .t i j . teenager of
KTirvr "7 nuxing him tfie
hero of her novel of "Tritirin
iwlt. an
aairea inst Is tnritiii
,mVlmm and kc
ttOMEVS DEPARUEn
Mmw Mlfe f 4 eaau
Changeable twilled Silkl rrwiM
twilled than surahs, with dwijT;
dots, stripes, waving ribbons, and J
keta of flowers, in ecru or whit. -
ise to rival the smoothly woven
ilka - j
- . j SS
made into charming dresses l, &.7
modistes, who delight in color this T
son, and add silk of a bright eoutn
ing hue for their trimming ti..
r UUJ a
green and red changeable silk stn
with ecru baskets of flow ers is trims
with pale blue surah facings, and hsi,
collar plastron, and pointed ui. -
Louis Seise embroidery of rru.uj
and gold done on pale blue cloth. TjJ
seamless bodice with coot skirts ! .
favorite model. The frouts gathen,
on the shoulders cross diagonally m
lap under the blue belt and the chaap
able silk laid over pale blue surah, ea
frill cut with selvage finish. The wio,
back is shirred at the wnist line, xts
coat skirts are three lwpi, ka
deep when doubled, vf the matensl
showing facings of pile blue. TWj
are sugiiuy lull, and are gathered tt
the bodice back of the pointed belt m.
der a twist or scarf of the twilled i
The mutton leg sleeves are vry kmr,
and without trimming. The skirt of
five breadths has the front breadtt
turned under at the foot and fami
w ith blue to match the -coat skirts
then falling open on each side on
flounce of pale blue silk. This deslp
Is tot confirmed to changeable silks,
but Is beautifully carried out In foul
ards, as one with gray ground stress
with large white leaves, mado un with
a collar and belt of gold embroidery,
and facings of yellow India silk in ths
frill and coat skirts.
. oameieon Silas, as ue ciianreahb
ilka n rA rfi 1 l.ul m Imtwivfjwt In I .
taffeta with tiny dots and figures, to be
used for sleeves, vests, and flounces of
wool dresses, and also in heavier faille.
with chine flowers and ribbon strips
for entire gown. A lovely house dress
of yellow silk shading to pink hn
chine bouquets of violets, roses, sA
carnations, it is made all in one piece,
the skirt sewed to the round v. aist,
which fastens invisibly in the back un
der a plastron of olive green velvet
that extends the length ot the bodice
in front also. The silk is pleated fail
on the high shoulders, and drawn with
out darts next tho velvet pieces, A
single under arm form Is on the side
A standing frill of velvet edges the
low rounded throat Sleeves full ti
the elbow have a gathered frill below.
The skirt of six breadths lias t!in
breadths for the front and sidea ex.
tending around to meet at the hack.
where three other denV. -trained
bread tin are massed in pleats in scarce
ly an inch of space at the vmt and
spread out widely below While em
broidery in upturned points is set at
the foot of the skirt
FaaMoB' FbbcIm,
(loth-like fabrics are very popular
this season.
The Louis Ouinre coat basnue is one
of the leading styles for house and
street wear.
KfTwtive trimmlnn for nn erpnin?
dress are the jeweled butterflies tliat
are sold in sets, to be used for the hair
shoulders, front of corsage, and amia
the drapery of the skirt
Gilt and black passcmemterles and
gimps are used for new costume,
u'hiln iritt. frfur nraamprtfa qpa uu.l nn
the front of hahoues and there are flat,
open-interlaced insertions of gilt, and
also gilt cord of twisted strands, that
are used ou the edge of seams and
basques.
Green is the favorite color for fane?
articles, and pretty little purses fr
young ladles are of green leather, orna-
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nieiiieu wiiu a suver monogram.
Hilk is more used than it has Ixvn
for many seasons, and panels, waist
coats, and sleeves of silk In most of ths
woolen stu.Ts are now seen.
Bengaline Is the particular choice of
the season, both plain and figured, be
cause It Is soft in drapery, lustrous,
rich looking, and not expensive.
Light shades prevail for woolen ma
terials, while cheviot diagonal and
serge will be employed for traveling
and street gowns.
The hair bsud, or small coronet, ba
been received for hair dressing, and it
is set with jewels, Just like the old
fashioned article, and is equally be
coming with high or low coiffures.
1 A new Parisian fancy is to have
small jewels sewed upon the material
of the drees, and in some cases even
knitted into the stockings.
Yellow Is the favorite color of the
season for dressy toilets, and for the
dicoration of plainer gowns, while
white strewn with tiny sprays of pink
roses and forget-me nots is a most ef
fective combination for waistcoats.
Mrs. Catherine Banvllle, of Washing
ton, has, since the death of her hus
band. Are years ago, carried on hi
business of horse-shoeing, and is thus
supporting and educating her four lit
tle boys. lira. Banvllle is said tot,
thoroughly practical woman and pay
her employee union prices. Mis ns
done work for some of lbs finest stabs
in Washington, including that of
stor Iceland Htaaford, and the serges"'
at arms. Captain Valentine,
awarded bar the contract lor this cl4
of work for the United Slates t""-
Women who wear stiff Iltlto4
fronts under the eutawsy rests of their
tweed tramkm mm ntkia narssols ul
silk, with apfdesor cberri
bos or most anwholeeouw looking
fraas the !.? 1. - - i
, C4rls who earrr long stalks of row
is Ua new osOssUe fashion hsre etbst
rtMsrtfatasoatv. npon tneir p
