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TALMAGL'S SERM.
! laden with opium and rum; wbfn the
! iiiiiht air of oar cities is polluted with
Pr. Taltnage text was I s" her St , 14: 1 the laughter that breaks up from the
10,iXW saloons of dissipation and 1 bau
donment; when the fires of ti;e second
"AVJlA uI,kI.- !.. !
to the kingdom for such a time as
this?"
Esther the Beautiful n.-s the wife of
Abasuerus the abouiin.-b e. Toe time
had come for jer to present a 1 etitioa
to her infamous husband in Uh.-ilf oi"
the laraelitish nation, to w U x h hhe Iiad
unco ueiongea. Mie was airaid tu uu-j chinch to sleep: The great audiences
dertake the work lest she should lose are m-t gathered iu the Christiau
Ler own life: but her uncle iiordecai, j churches, the great audiences are gath
who had brought her tip, encouraged j ered in ihe temple of sin-tears of un-
whulc! audience might feel that the
Lord Almightv is putting upon ihem
the hands of ordination Everyone,
go forth and preach this gospeL You
have as much rilit to preach as 1 have
death already are kindled in tlie cheeks or as any man has. Cidyfiiid out the
of tome who, only a little wliiie ago, j pulpit where God will have you preach,
were corrupt. ever since me curse ! and taere preacli. Iledley icars was
fell 111 011 the earth has there been a , a wicked man in th Kcglish army
t me til.cn it was such an unwise, such , The grace of Cod came to him. lie
a cruel, sin h an awful tiling for the , became an earnest and eminent clim
ber with the suggestion that probably
she baa been laised up of God for that
peculiar mission. "Who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom
Tor such a time as this f J sther had
her God-appointed work you and I
have ours. It is my business to tell
you w hat style at people we ought to
te in order that w e may meet the de-
mand of the age in which God has cast
our lot. If you have come expecting
to hear abstractions discussed, or dry
technicalities of religion glorified, you
have come to the wrong place; but if
you would really like to know what
this age has a right to expect of you as
C..:t: 1
w iiiiu men auu women, tneu 1 am
ready in the Lord's name to look you
in the face. When two armies have
rushed into battle the officers of either
army do not w;:nt a philosophical riis
cuision about the chemical prop ei ties
Of human blood or tho nature of gun
powder; they want someone to man
the batteries and swap out the guns.
And now, when all (he forces of light
tad darkness, of heaven and hell, have
plunged into the fight, it is no time to
jive ourselves to the definitions and
formulas and technicalities and con
ventionalities of religion. What we
want is practical, earnest, concentrated,
enthusiastic and triumphant help,
In the first place, in order to meet
the special demand of this age, you
need to be an unmistakably aggressive
Christian. Of half-and-half Christians
e do not want any more. The church
tf Jesus Christ will be better without
I J.OOO of them. They are the chief
obstacle to the church's advancement.
1 am speakinir of another t-ini nr!
C hristian. All the appliances for you
uLuiiuiig iin earnest christian are at
four hand and there is a straight path
for you into the broad daylight of
uoq s lorgivness. i 011 may have come
tiere today the bondsmen of the world
and yet before you go out of these
ioors you may become the princes of
the Lord God Almighty. Vou kno.v
what excitement there is in this coun
try when a foreign prince comes to our
ihores. Why? Because it is some
lay expected he will sit upon a throne.
But what is all that to the honor to
which God calls you to be the sons!
ana aauvhters of the Lord Almihtr;
rea, to be queens and Lings unto God?
-iney snail reign with Hint forever
rod forever."
But my friends, you need to be ag
gressive Christians, and not like those
persons who spend their lives in - hug
ging their Christian graces and wonder
ing why they do not make any pro.
peas. I low much robustness of health
would a man have if ho hid himself in
t dark closet? A great deal of piety
of the day is too exclusive. It hides
it i i .. .i
imeii. juieeus more iresn air, more
outdoor exeicise. There are mauy
Christians who are giving their entire
life to self-examination. They are
feeding their pulses to see what is the
condition of their spiritual health.
How long would a man have robust
health if lie keptall the days and weeks
and months and years of his life feel
lug his pulse instead of going out into
active, earnest, everyday work ?
O, ray friends! if you want to have a
stalwart Christian character, plant it
right out of doors in the great field of
Christian usefulness, and though
storms may come upon it, and thouirh
the hot sun of trial may try to consume
It, it will thrive until it becomes
great tree, in which the fowls of heaven
may have their habitation. I have no
patience with these flower-pot Chris
tians. They keep themselves under
shelter, and all their Christian experi
ence in a small exclusive circle, when
i 1.. . .. 1 - . ... . ,
urej uugui w piam 11 in the great
garaen 01 me j.ora, so that the whole
atmosphere could be aromatic with
their Christian usef uln ss. lVhat wa
want in the church of God is more
brawn of piety.
f. "But, says some man, "1 liberally
support the gospel, and the church is
open aud the gospel is preached; all
the spiritual advantages are spread be
fore men, and If they want to be saved
kt them come to be saved; I hare dis
charged all my responsibility." Ah! is
If . 9 t i a n -
huh. uk) wwiicr spirit r is there not
an OM book somewhere that commands
s to go out into the highways and
badges and compel the people to come
rar wnat wouw nave become of you
tad me If Christ bad not come down
off the bills of heaven, and if Ho had
not come through the door of the
uetmebrm caravansary, and If he bad
ot with the crushed hand of the
eroeinxlon knocked at the iron gate of
ue tepuicnre or oar spiritual death,
orj'uw, -iMimmw, come forth r Oh
nrj Christian friends, this la no time
for Inertia, wtoen all toe forces of dark-
T'i ' " " " ; . when
; printing pratjei are pob
4&w'C2r taM teMtr. when express
!? -r2mi faataa an carrying measen-
iSV.cacf (; vkM fait
a tie: able woe their baptism, the blood
of crushed hearts the awful w ine of
their sacrament, blasphemies their lit
any, and the groans of the lost world
the organ dirge of their worship.
Again, if you want to be qualified to
meet the duties which this age de
mauds of you, you must on the one
hand avoid reckless iconoelasm, and on
dippers
are
the other hand not slick too much to
things because they are old. The air
is full of new plans, new projects new
theories of government, new theologies
and i am amazed to see how so mmy
Chr'stisns want only novelty iu order
to lecmmeiid a thine "to
urine;. ui j .so iney vicitiate ana swing
to and fro, and they are u.seiess and
they are unhappy. Few plans secular,
ethical, philosophical, religious, cisat
lantic, transatlantic. Ah, my brother.
do not adopt a thing merely becausa it
is new. Try it by the realities of a
judgment day.
But on the other hand, do no: adhere
to anything mealy because it is old
There is not a single enterprise of the
church or the world but has sometimes
1
ueeu sconeu at. 1 here was a time
when men derided even Bible societies;
and where ;a few young men met near
a nay stack in Massachusetts and or
ganized the first missionary society ever
organized in tins country, there went
laughter and ridicule all around the
Christian church, Thev said the un
dertaking was preposterous. And so
also the work of Jesus Christ was as
sailed. People cried out: "Whoever
heard of such theories or ethics and
govern neut! Whoever noticed such a
style of preaching as Jesus has?. Ez-
iiou luincu vl mysterious w ings
and wheels. Here came a man from
Capernaum and Geunesaret, and he
drew his illustrations from the lakes
from the sand, from the ravine from
me lines ironi the cornstalks. How
the l hansees scoffed! How Herod de
1 11 tt ...
lueu; now caiaphas hissed! And
this Jesus they plucked by the beard
aru they spat in His face and thev
ca.:eciiiim 'this fellow!" Ail the ereat
enterprises 111 and out of the church
have at times been scoffed at. and
there have been a great multitude who
have thought that the chariot of
full n-uuU tall t yietca if U
once got out of the old rut
And so there are those who have no
patience with anything like improve
merit in architecture, or with anything
like good, hearty, earnest singing, and
they deride any form of religious dis
cussion which goes down walking
among every-day men rather than that
which makes excursion on rhetori"ai
sill"-. u, mal, Ule Ciurch of
would wake up to adaptability of work t
We must admit the simple fact that
the churches of Christ in this day do
not reach the great masses. There are
bO.OuO people in Edinburgh who never
hear the gospel. There are 1,000,000
people in London who never hear
the gospeL There are at least 30 ',010
in Brooklyn who come not under the
immediate ministrations of Christ's
truth: and the CKurch of God in this
day, instead of being a place full of
living epistles, read and known of all
uien, 13 more 11 lie a "aeaa letter" nost-
office.
But," say the people, "the world is
going to be converted; you must be
patient; the kingdoms of this world
are to become the kingdoms of Christ"
Never, unless the church of Jesus
Christ puts on more speed and energy.
Instead of the church converting the
world, the world is converting the
church. Here is a trreat fortress. Ifnu,
shall it be taken ? An army comes and
sits around it, cuts off the supplies and
says: ".ow we will just wait until
from exhaustion nd starvation they
will have to give up" Weeks ami
months and perhaps a year, pass alone.
and finally the fortre s surrenders
through that starvation and exhaus
tion. But my friend, "the fortresses of
sin are never to be taken in that way,
xi iney are taken for God it will be
by storm; you will hare to brimr uo
the great siege gans of the gospel to
the very wall and wheel the flying ar
tillery into line, and when the armed
infantry ot heaven shall confront the
battlements j. u will have to give the
quick comra ,nd, "Forward I Charge I
Ah, my friends, there la work for you
to ao ana ror me to do in order to
achievo this grand accomplishment!
Here if a pulnit and a clergyman
prea lies in it 1 our pulpit la the
bank. 1 our pulpit is the store. Yoar
pulpit is the editorial chair. Your pul
pit is the anviL Your pulpit la the
bouXaffoiding. Your pulpit is the
mechanic's shop. I may stand in this
place, and through cowardice or self.
seeking, max keep back the word I
ought to utter; while 700 with sleeve
rolled up and brow bet wonted with toll
may utter the Word that will jar the
foundation of heaven with the about of
a great victory. Qk, that today this
tian. Thty sciffed at him and said
"You are a hyocrite; you are as bad as
ever you were." Mill he kept his faith
in Christ, and after awhile, finding tlwt
thev could not turn him aside by call
ing him a hypocrite, they said to him:
Oh, you are notliing but a fanatic.'
That did not disturb him. He w ent on
Informing his christian duty until he
had formed all his troop into a Bible
class, and the whole encampm. nt was
shaken with the present of God. .o
Havelock went into the heathen tem
pie iu India w hile the English army wag
there, and put a candle into the hands
ot each of the heathen gods that stood
around iu the heathen temple, and by
the light of those candles, held up by
the idols, General Havelock ureached
their conti- j righteousness temperance and judg-
meiit to come. And who will say, on
aarth or iu heaven that Havelock had
not the right to preach ?
1 think that before the sun of this
century shall set the last tyranny may
fall, and with a splendor of demonstra
tion that shall be the astonishment of
the universe God will set forth the
brightness and pomp and glory and
perpetuity of His eternal government
Out of the starry flags and the em
blazoned insignia of His world. God
! will make a path for His own triumph
and returning from universal conquest
He will sit down, the grandest, strong-
uiguest throne or earth His footstooL
When hl (he Bilious' onis aeoend
To Dxee, our Ituler, EadW, Krieud,
Till heaven ' high arch rwtonnd gain
Wit 1 "Peace on earth, rood will i mn "
1 preach a sermon because I want to
encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department Hosts of
the living God, march on! march on
jus spirit wm uiess you. His shield
will defend you. His sword will strike
for you. .March on! march on! -The
'Jut dr.Al.,.. -i i
moyu.jsm win lan, ana paganism
ww ourn its Idols, and Mohammedan
.am iu give up its lalse prophet, and
LUO 8'eai, wans 01 superstition will
come down in thunder and wreck at
me long, loud blast of the gospel trum
y-u jiarcu on: march on! The be
siegement will soon be ended. Only
a few more steps on the long way; only
a few more sturdy blows; only a few
more battle cries, then God will put
".c wurei uppn your brow, a.,d from
the living fountains of heaven will
oauie oir the sweat and the heat. a,i
.ouuolui me connicr. Mnroh ni
marcn onj ! or you the time and work
m soon De passed, and amid ti.
flashings of the judgement throne n,i
(Iin (r, 1:....
w "muuu, oi resurrection anzels
upheaving of a world r
graves, ana me liosanna of the a..,)
and the groaning of the lost, we shall
oerewaruea lor our faithfulness ,
punisneaior our stupidity. Blessed
be the Lord God of Israel from ever.
asting to everlasting, and let fi,
whole earth be Oiled with His h,,
R FARM DEPARTMENT.
I'uullry Mote.
Laying hens must have exercise.
Scatter haves, cut stra, or dry dirt
wtr a part of th door and scatter al1
grams fed Iheui iu it so as to comjl
them t jwork. '1 he good scratcher Is
also a good layer.
When your fowls have swelled heads
or ees, or hoare breathing, if you
examine closely you will lind a crack
or crevice in your house or a draught
from vour top ventilator strikes theiu-
That tp ventilator has caused thou
sands of deaths.
A fat hen is a poor layer, and if she
ays any eggs at all they will either fail
v hatch or produce deformed and weak
hicks. Soft shelled epgs, double yolk
i ggs and other irregularities, are a sure
indication that your hens are too fat.
Did you ever try boiling the water
or vour fols? Sometimes water that
has not been boiled seems to cause
diarrhea in chickens in the winter sea
son. The water should bo given fresh
and in clean vessels daily.
Amen and amen.
Wluilmlll orCrnfk, Vihlch
The winter water supply for the farm
animals should be carefully investigat
ed now, when arrangements for needed
changes may be placed upon the list
for fall improvements. The creek sup
ply oi water for open weather in
spring, summer and fall is too great a
convenience to be argued against sue
cegf fully. But when we review our
exjierience iu handling stock at the
creek cutting ice to keep ojteu th
drinking places, paying doctor's bills
for animals injured 011 the ice, and the
dozen other inconveniences and diffi
culties arisiug from a dependence upon
creek watering for the winter seasou
we feel like endorsing any suggestion
that has for its aim an encouragement
of a more general use of well water
for stock in the cold season. The fol
lowing we take from the National
stockman by a correspondent, ,-Betse:
iiieie is cousiueraoie loss m turning
stock out of Harm btables in winter to
go to the creek for w ater. If Hie dis
tance be ten rods, no one would esti
mate the exposure to cold and the
drinking of ice-cold water which the
heat of the animals would have to
warm up at a figure less than one cent
an animal, for it lus to consume extra
todder tu uiak up for this Joss, the
tendency of which is also to check
growth, and 111 the case of cows milk
iecretioiL At this rate twenty animal i
waste lu cents a day. And then the
farmer leading his horses to that creek
twice a day for water travels uimec s
jftrily forty-five miles a )e, This
consumes two days, worth t'i. M ure
loss at the creek is worth ft more. A
windmill could be erected to supply
witter to the btables at a cost the daily
interest 011 which would Ui over ten
times less than the amount of this daily
waste. All the stock would tret ui.tr.r
at ine rign; temperature and clean
wider at that Creek or other surface
water may contain any or alt kinds of
tilth, and the practice of permittinir
tnilfll relive in r!,.I. It 1.. ..... .1
11. 13 iiul always a
inarK of cleanliness. Water fr. i,
iieat h the surface, in right localities, is
clime CwHc
It tikes about two acres of goad
pasture to keep a cow through I lie sra
f,n. Iu other rrds a M acre h will
furnish pasture for 10 cows. Where
Uud is cheap and abundant it is not
a very expensive method to keep cattle
as it involves little labor. Most far
mers think it is best to have twe- ten
acre lot instead of 2), so as to afford a
change- Eienence teaches that
every time the cattle are changed from
one lot to the other they will not feed
quietly until they have spnt a day in
exploration and in the investigation of.
the fence question. Cattle do best! has ever
when in quiet; they hll themselves and
then lie down to ruminate. It will
take a full week and good fer-ces to
settle down to this method after a
change of pasture is made.
Certainly double the stock or mre
can t kept cu the same number of
acres w hen the feed Is out and fed to
the stock iu a small lot or at the end of
a tether.
ocr nurs depariiqt;
Italian Hui,
The women of lieathen li.n
much better care of the system jT;
the Christian women of this t,m.
era lake of theirs, says the , v
Ledger. They wore loose gWlwJ
that gave their lungs full play, fu!
muscle were systematically dert-u
and educated. Thry ere prohibit,
law from all usages and practices Li
ly to impair their health or their coq.
stiUitions. JI-nce their sous ( rt;
hardiest race of men that the ,,,
seen; hence for Tin
Home triumphal over all her Hie,Uk.
We talk of the Koman fathers, but it
was to the habits of the l.oman moth
ers and the vigor engendered by tho
habits that the republic and theeinw,,
largely owed their greatness. in
yet the figures of the Italian
show the inherited effect of the
training. v Here else in the wurl,l .
If ro, tl.lu l, v. ilvca lalM.r ' ,,,.!. .. ... , .
....o ... . . v.. . ... , .,, max inner ui leuiaie bust la
and judgment. But it pays where land
is worth 81uu or more er acre. GraM
cannot be cut and left iu hoaps while
the dew is on or utter rain has fallen.
It should, under such conditions, be
spread out and dried off. it is not
meant to be made into hay, but sim
ply to get rid of surface w ater and r
haps of a part by evaporation, as new
ly or fresh cut grass is full of sap or
water a siiirabundance of which is
of no value or use to the stock.
Every farmer has no: iced that catte
will not eat close to their droppings
even for months afterwards: hence we
see many tufts of high, good grass all
over the pasture; when cut and parti
ally cure I, thy stock will eat it readi.y.
This leads me to remark that these
deposits ought to be spread and dis
tributed in pasture or meadow Ire
quenuy, so ma; an the lann, more or
less, can have the benefit of the fcr
tilizer.
found as in Italy ?
form
for
so:ne
Walking llutlri.
A subscriber w rites: "I would like
(o hear something about working and
salting hutter. I know some jK-ople
who are considered the best butter
makers in the mghborhood and they
think that butter cannot be made riiht
wiuiout making it with the hands."
Well, each one has a right to his own
opinion about butter making as well
as anything else, but he ought to be
aljleiOiVe 8lKxl r(-'afi0"8 w ''" his meth
od isV right one. There is not much
to be said in its favor. In the first place
ii. is a uiriy practice because, even
though the hands bo cleanly washed
the p rsplration will leave them aud re
main in the butter; the heat of lhe
hands has a tendency to melt the but
ter and ihe working Is not so evenly
ilitlm cm it u.,i,LI I ... I... .i .
. ulu J Uy llm um 0
worker or the puddles; the grain is
more easily injured and the butter is
liable to have a greasy look.
Russian Servility.
Nothing imnres9l Mr.it i- .i
in Itussia, more strongly than the do-
uiu suumissiveness of the
the only stamp of freedom in.m i'i,
germs cf diseate.
Hog. in Siubble Field.
Stockman and Cultivator; The cus-
om of turniinr
stubble fields to glean the heads Unit
ire dropped is almost universal. This
practice is well enough where the field
whether soldiers or civilians ti.!
Kussian,', he writes "must tKtfi.i
have a master; if he has non i, ..
himself to find one. Each comn,,,, to be plowed and reseeded to irrain:
lllfUlU Ito elA.n.. 1. - J illllt. fillMl Clul.lu ..
a,u,olalu,s or Claer from 1 - aic ine exception ana
uiie uuirea men, else it would be iik ut lue ru,e 111 almost every ulaee
Bwarin oi uees without a queen. 'Our 1 18 f?r iu a crop rota'
lanu is gooa, nut we have nobody over uow lhe larr Pr of the
us. Come and rule us.' Thus ran the CUU!ilrr- u tlj hogs would confine
message of the Bussian common t ' tir llt,e,1'-' t looking for the strav
lturik, the Varangian. And so it a '"'at heitds lel"iining in the stubble
with the Russian
soldier. Witi.,.
his capUin he would be in deadly per-
A.,,,. uo wouia inins: for him
lead him or punish him?
"His captain may possibly defraud
...ui vi uis aue, or m treat him in
anger, but nevertheless he loves him
better than he would a German officer
wuuwpuniniimeniaarejtat and well
considered. It an Jfciropean soldier
7 8 "-commissioned
officer drunlc, discipline would become
impossible, but the Rmelan puta Lim
to pen, wipes him clean and obeys him
as falthfuuy a. ever on the morrow
when his fit is over."-MacmilW.
Magazine.
Buttermilk for Freckles
There la nothing that equals fresh
buttermilk for removing tan, freckles
sunburn or moth spots. It i,u ,i '
srreat advantam thut . .
- , " -uuni hoi injure
'Uv " "ft "ke a litUe
child'a. Take a soft cloth or . !
ami llh. .h. 4 .
- necK and arms
thoroughly with buttermilk before re
tiring for the night; then wl. r .v.-
uiiiiiu7. xu tne morning wash it
vuwrvuguiyana wipeary with a crash
toweL Two or three such baths win
takeoff all the taa and freckle, t
III I At.. I M " X
it ue nanus son and smooth,
The Bast mt fMtaia
Etbal-Whr doo't you go and talk Ln
the otter glrkr You kW t TJ.
wwuias ruu an or nov, .
Jack Yes. I know. Bntr m ....
interesting you know. In fact I'm .
perfect bora, and I'd rather both. "
than thasK.-iw York Epoch.
would be kept busy in these days
- uiuurn picaiug up enough to
ive on. Hut his hogship is too indolent
w conline himself to one kind of em
pioyiueut iu hot weather, and too in
Jilleient to wheat in the chaff to hunt
tor it wueu sweet and Under clover is
within his reach. The result is the "hog
... mo Biuuoie becomes the pig iu
clover, aud the wheat is eteu only as a
side issue. This turns out fairlv well
ir as ine pig is concerned, but is aw
i ully expensive in clover.
Whnd4v.i will t.ibi..
wc me care to exam.
me a young clover plant iu his field win
find that the crown of the clover nlant
... jut t, lue suriace or the crr,......i
and that tle clover plant, although a
vigorous grower, is also the uo.t
"faH grasses. The one Up root which
characterizes the clover plant has Il0
habit of sprouting below tl.
and when this part of the plant is de,'
Kprur Itar,
This is also an excellent summer
drink. 1 1 should be made and bottled
in the spring. To make it, allow one
ounce of hops and a spoonful of ground
ginger to each gallon of water; when
not l.ill ...j . .
pint of molasses and ha!f a pint, orlessi
of the essence of spruce: when cool
add a teacupful of yeast, and put into
a clean cask and cork tightly. Let it
ferment for a few days, then bottle it
for use. If more convenient, boil
sprigs or spruce fir, instead 0f using
the essence.-Good Housekeeping.
The trotting horse interests in Iowa
have received an infusion of new life
this fttlHlIP I'l.r,. .
r.... . --v.v me mure norses in
training on the tracks in Iowa today
than ever before.
. Johnston has been defeated in his
first race after his long retirement At
Grand ltapids, last week, Yolo Maid
won a frte-for-all pace ain.i t
ston and Grant's Abdallah, the best
iiujo ueiug c;iz.
I'ractlcai Millantliroiiy.
A sound scheme of philanthropy h
vvm v.,,iut-u y IL W III
rou, a gentleman of for
tune in I arts, who some years ago, be
reft of wife and children a, . '. ,
otiiiriisti uiv
,7 ,: . 'i-stalled
... ... ..uo om uesoiate house
suitable staff of ffoverne.
them educated carefully under his
under a
and had
own
K'fl
ce
and two have tS"'? 'y . ? WK
tri is presented with j nm L . '-'"
" of tuir
rty they are brought up wJtt i PrP
ious tastes nr -"J . "?. Tth "oluxur
while clover fa ur,.. . . ' '
, unu teuder the
lin ( annlotl. . .. J - . ' l"e
root of the plant, and with h l f
like teeth quickly and effectually
the crown oil the plant or goui K
entire root out of ue ground K
not require close observation to see th?
work golag on in any clover field whir!
hog. are grazing, aa tb d
daman where ti, ..i--. m08t
the irrnwlli iii.i " "MB and
B wsiajnij,, v
ItispooreconovnvtA - . .
newlyedloclover "' e,d
of stock. The am.. SI" "7 K,m
f..T.7 , l,",l"llonthe
VOUBr clover fnr.,1.1... i
tag wd tramping irreparabT
(Lf " lck of song BiPl4
fo llZl"""1' -nlzed
. "reign song birds in
ll In Clilnniui,.! ...in at
is being secured br co,., 'a07
isheinVt.i.M - -"""', ana
" ' sraauaiiy. The ah
.houtd bs'au v. id mirrr wUh ,r k
1 hey would be an atUacflon ttJ ttL
beautiful as Uhi man hliirf iiL" u
rrairni j 7 "uta nowars. th.
graceful trees and
Kotr of Kubion.
tirenadine is a new groundwork
galloons.
Gold threads ami rubies
exquisite garnitures.
Black kid worked with flowers, tln-ik
beetles, etc., are new.
Louis XV basket designs iu i. t on
frellis work of silver and pearls xr
new.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde's latest gown l
said to be a "furniture like white crej
covered with small flowers and fasten
ed at the waist by a curious chain.
.Silk muslin, brocaded with brizht
posies, ii used for the summer tu
gown. It is fashioned in medieval
style with full, big sleeves and slightly
draped skirts.
.Mrs. OVhea Parnell is said to lie a
woman of high literary and mciitai
tastes and of considerable acquire
menu she is strong-minded, original
and brilliant, besides possessing a win
ning personality.
At.-andown Lady Brooke, not at all
discomforted by recent events, was in
the royal box in green and brown shut
silk, trimmed with blaik lace. Her
hat was a small round one triuiti.ed
with blue flowers.
Dotted dimity night robes are a new
feature. They tnaka pretty chamher
gowns with their clear white eroui.J
and tiny blue or pink polka dots. They
are tucked in shape of a yoke, the back
being laid in front in tiny box plans.
Miss Braddon, the novelist, had a
daughter married to a Cambridgn dun
me owicr uay. .Mrs. Maxwell, fur m
called when she isn't writinif novU
gave her a wedding reception and
bloomed in black and gold as hand
some as the bride.
John Stranhe Winter, the aull,r
who, in private life, Is Mrs. Arthur
Stannard, is a very handsome young
woman. .She Is lull and slender, with
fine dark eyes, a pretty mouth 'and a
well shaped head. Altogether she is
pretty enough to be a summer girl in
stead of a Winter.
Voting matrons wear dinner nwi.i
of chamelou silks-yellow, lilac or Niio
.rv--nUU gu-ipes of deeper tints,
and china blossoms or great boquels
in spam between. The trimming
are real laces, forming coat frills and
a plastou on the low pointed corsuire
with panels on the skirt
Miss Urne Tstida, a student in liryn
Mawr college, is taking a special course
m Lnglish literature and American
I . i a . .
wrj, ui oraer to continue her work
in the peeresses school in Tokio. Miss
Tusda was one of the five little gith
--tit by the Japanese government In
IS. I to be educated ln America for a
term of ten years. M,6 is, in conntc-
uon witii her studies, soliciting con
tributions to a Japanese fund for the
establishment of a scholarship in the
United staU-s to fit three or four Yum
Yuma for teachers every year.
There is nothing like self possession
in all irnmergericies. Not U.mr mm n
clever womaii was dining at a hand
some board in an interior ritv ki,
had never, as it happened, seen lim..
Juice offered h t'. course of a meal.
When the buu.e ..a4 handed around
some salad had just been served her,
nd without giving the matter any
thought she assumed the liquid to 1-e a
wuce piquant for the salad and dash
ed a few drops on her lettuce he.vu.
In an instant she became aware, by
that sort of intuition which is in the
air at such times, that she had done
something wrong, and when rhe saw
egoor adding on.e of the bottle
to Ids glass of water, she divined at
once what her blunder had been.
"i he meal progressed and she finished
her salad with apparent relish. Her
hostess pressed more upon her and she
pted B second serving Then with
fNN&fJ'of not baring everything to
ter liking, she looked up and down
i5I?uU.bte nd Hgnaied the waitress:
l he lime IuIcml hImu .i,. .u..i mm,
clialanUy, and as If salad without lime
liilce were an uneatable xlish. ihis
hit of adroitness mt m,M .i i,, in
niclte amonc the comMn un ni.
cure of occult and
edge.
Gold rone Is tnnrh nmmA tar nlMur
frames. It should not, ho em tLan an
Inch In diameter, urmnt for Utm
as
osps-sw FranaiKofit
I fiaa imIIi.
pictures. Hemp and man ilia are also
M:hut bemp Is batter, for It ai
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