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F" THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1887.-TWELVE PAGES. CHRISTMAS COMING ! Your wife will expect something in the way of a Christmas present , so will your mother and your sister , and it would do no harm to include your mother-in-law as well ; or perhaps there is a nearer one still , and a dearer one yet than all others. But your heart is bigger than your pocketbook , and you are at a loss how , by the value ot your present to convey some idea of the wealth of your affections. You would give her the earth and the moon thrown in , but that is beyond your reach. Let us suggest some thing that is within your means , and yet is a present fit for a queen even for your queen. Put $5 in your inside pocket , call at 1609 Howard St. , select one of the best Union Sewing Machines in stock , make a payment of $5 and have it sent to the dear one's home on Christmas morning , with your compliments , and the motto , In Union is is Strength. " " She will take the hint , smooth the way for your proposal , and in the evening , if the "man in the moon is looking , " a dimly Ijghted room will disclose to his view , "two forms with but one rocking chair ; two heartsthat beat as one. " "How about the balance ? " you say. Easiest thing in the world. Go on paying $5 a month. By the time the machine is paid for , it won't be surprising if your wife finds it a very handy article to have in the house. Some day you will surprise her stealthily at wprkand when you inquire what she is doing , she will refuse to tell you. But you will know bye and bye , and you will know more what can be accomplished by a Union Sewing Ma chine , and other unions as well , than you ever did before. . But joking aside. A sewing machine is a useful , practical and appropriate present for a lady in any situation. The terms on which the "Union" is sold , rclaoes it within the reach of all , rich or poor. Put this in your pipe and smoke it. and take our words that it will be found more acceptable than the ordinary brio-a-brao , etc. , that is chosen as a Christmas present. More especially to those whose means necessarily limit the immediate amount they can afford , to expend in the giving of a present 1609 Howard Street. ' ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN , Woman's Answer The Gentle Sox On the Farm. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. A Smiirt , Oli-l KcportcH California Women A Girl Who rnltitcil tlio Town A Heroic Act Act- r sso4 us Moilols. A Woman's Answer. Hiirprr't WcclJy. "I told ye lust night , Mike , I'd marry yc nivur , Antl yo'll find that n woman will moan what she'll nay ; It's thruth yo'll ' got always. Thin no. no for- Ivor ; Will a woman's derision I says it to-day. And sure if uch tliroublo yu re-ally can't boar it , Thin ye'vo only to tell it to Bridget or Stic , And Molly and Dollyaro achin' to share it ; They'll always adore yo whativcr yo do. "Of ono thing I'm certain , in all of my belli' That of Jealousy , sure now , there is'nt a spark ; Hut Jist to amuse me , I'd llko to be seein1 Where ye goes when so often yo'ro out on it lurk. Yo don't know no grammar I couldn't abide it , For I'd nivur no tliroublo with gramnier , not 1 Nor wntin' it's thruo that yo never have lliried it ; IJut thin , Michael , sure how can ye toll till yo thryl "One night at yo mother's yo'd nivor dare tell her That yo'd been so unruly , ungallant , and bold I'd brought it was pourin' mo oldest urn- broiler ( For I liad't n now ono exceptin' the old ) ; What kind of u man , sure , wild yo bo to marry ( Ilomo'yo flint me alone ah , I'll never for get Yo gave me myself me umbreller to parry , Sa.vln' 'ICatethero no good in us both to gel well' "I haven't a ciut in the world , and there's why , sir , Sure I haven't as much as a pig to my name. 'And yo haven't eithcrl That's so much the nicer , For thin niver the other the other can blame. ' What's tills } 'Won't I marry yecs ? " Niver , orli , n Ivor 1 And wlien once yo'vo persuaded a woman to speak It's truth yo'll get always. Thin no. no for- iverl . It is no , Mike , I toll yol they married that work. AVoinan anil Farming , Tribune : Ilurpor's Bazar baa a loutf ai-ticlo on "Why Should Not the Woiimn bo a Farmer1 ? " The Bazar walks around the question several times , prods it up to its foot , examines it closely , null concludes Unit there \a no reason why she shouldn't , "Whv , " it continues , "woll clnil and shod , should bho not follow in the furrow' ? " I'll toll you , my fashion-plato friend , or better. I'll give you a. little illustration from personal experience why she should not , 3r , if bho will , show how it may bo very roujjh on her. 1 have "followed in the furrow" my self and have hnlpod to raise the n'l- ready high rate of mortality of the people in .tho position. I have died in tlio furrow toverul times. That is , I hnvu laid down in the furrow and tried to die as htird as I could. I remember once particularly when I was about sixteen years old and was fol lowing in the furrow over by Johns' woods with the colts. I was poinfj aloiii : all right when suddenly the plough bundle rose up and hit mo bomowhore in the _ region of the stomach , or , to sneak in medical phrase , about on the third vest button , and then I laid down on the moist , rold earth and silently prayed for death. At the end of five minutes I had stronglh enough to roll and kick and llll the air with a cloud of dirt and howl loud enough to scare the colts , so they ran away to tlio other bide of tlio Hold , where they laid down and braided their legs all up with a barbed wire fence. After live minutes of this I was able to open niy eyes , and saw the cold , stony , mocking sniilo on the ten-ton rock , now protruding aboro the groundwhich had caused the slaughter. Another flvo minutes and I had recovered the power of speech and need it ; but let us draw a veil over this ; all I wish to say is to ask the Bn/.ar where its women will be in sueh a cnso as this" ? ] t might not go any harder with her than it did with mo. But even if it didn't , the Bazar would have hard work to over detect that woman "following in the furrow" again. Again it abks : "Why should she not drive the team allold'0 ? Why' ? Why , because she can't drive it a-htreot yet- not without running down two or three men and half a do/ton children , going .right over u street ear , colliding with a load of hay , and trotting the team \ \ \ hill till the horses have to lean against a lamp-post to recover their breath. I tlio woman over gets to making n prac tice of driving the teama-llold the grow ing crops will bo nil trampled downnnt there will bo a famine. "Tho BUII , " insists the Baznr , .is no less hot in the garden than on the bcacl No. the Bazar has struck it now. I isn't any less hot , but U is just ulwut 150 degrees more hot ; and bomotimos it junj crawl up iMO or 300 hotter. And sultry too. And muggy , also. And likewiM eunstrucky. The Bazar's woman wil find it when she gets into the garden. The Bazar admits that porhap- > some of the hardest of the work might some times need bo done by "hirelings and assistants. " That is tlio Ba/.ar's way of referring to the hired man. But th'ero is more trouble horo. When ho comes back from town Sunday night Wearing u now red and blue Mackinaw suit , and begins to crook his elbows , and walk around the yard with his chin out , look ing for something to light , the woman farmer will have logo oil and biro some male farmer tocomo and pound the man nil over the place and got him down ready for the week's work. Till n , . woman can lick the hired man and spear i the bogus patent-right sharp with a pitchfork at twenty pyx'os bho has no business on a farm. There are doubtless other objections to the woman on the farm , but t trust in these few lines I have at least shown that the successful woman farmer does not so much require to bo an accom plished musician and a skilful amateur artist as that who shall bo able to hold an unruly plough down in the ground when it trios to buck , and have the fac ulty of chasing a tramp out of the hen- hou-io and down across the pasture , and of hitting him with au iron pump-handle as ho gets over the fence. Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale , heroine of the Crimean war , lias long boon an invalid it her home in London , lOngland , and the news ot her death may soon bo re ceived. Her health has not boon good or thirty-one years. That long _ ago she look fever while nursing soldiers voundud in the Crimean war. and has lover recovered soundness of health. The story of her devotion to the gallant "ellows who cruelly needed the atteu- iou of skilled nurses , is ono of the no-it beautiful in the records of pbilau- .hropy. Nightingale , daughter of Will iam Nightingale , Derbyshire. lOngland. ras born in Florence , Italy , on May . ' ? , 18:20. : She was educated by her fatl'ier , i gentleman of attainments. Follow ing tlio impulses of a. generous and sympathetic heart , she devoted herself : < > the practice of nursing the sick , and luid given hiMvolf training in hospitals ) f Kngland and Germanv , whon. in l.S > : { , the war in which England , Yranee ind Turkey wore then engaged against Russia , gave her the opportunity of loing the noble work for which her inmo will over bo remembered in his- , ory. Taking with lior a corps of trained nurses , she wont to the front mil administered to the needs of wounded soldiers. When , after her ro- ; urn , her fellow-countrymen presented iior with .r 0,000 as an acknowledgment of her invaluable services , she devoted that mugniticant sum of money to charity. A Smart Girl ISenortcr. Denver Correspondence : The smart est girl reporter in this country is em ployed on the Denver Uopublicnn. She Is a young woman , good looking and ( airly glowing with the rosiest kind of health. Her mime is .lonnio Hopkins , and she has written a book and con tributed several very pretty ideas to the ca.storn journals and mngay.incs. but her newspaper work is the most remark able. She lias been with the Denver Republican for two years , and in that time she has more than held her own against all the male talent in the town. She taites assignments like a man , aud can attend to the routine of the courts or any of the public departments with as much ease as any gentleman on the btall of the paper. She trees every where , and is afraid of nobody and nothing. I for perfect manners aiid thorough lady like qualities compel respect , and whether she is writing up a baseball match or a murdershe wreathes it with a charm of rhythmic language that as sorts hop to IHJ an artiste. She writes society , of course , but hesitates at noth ing , and I do believe that if she worn assigned to report a prize-light she'd simply ask where it was to bo and when , and train time would llnd her at the depot with the crowd that was going to the mill. Miss Hopkins has the news paper instinct more fully developed than any other woman in America. Those who are eapablq judges are fond of say ing thuts'ho is the best newspaper man in Colorado. The Women of California. Joaquin Miller in Now York Star : Surely there is n largo sincerity , a touch of solemnity , if you like , in the face and the character of tlio California women , absent from all other women of this earth. I have studied this touch of solemnity , this dignity , this almost majesty , for years , watched it , waited for it to depart. It is a distinct feature of the Cnlifoaiila woman , This woman has less to say than any other woman in the world. The golden silence of our golden hind is upon her lips forever. Leaving this beautiful sincerity of character aside aud this glorious and over restful silence , I must mention two unmistakable features of the single and sincere California woman. The Hrst of these is her early development. I was called upon to address the young ladies of our celebrated Mills seminary the Vassal-college of the Pacific coast not long ago , but before I had-boon five minutes on the stand I .found I was speaking to women womou of body and women of mind. A second and singularly beautiful feature of the coming California ! ! , this now woman of the new world , is her golden hair. When called upon to speak to the girls of the high school of San Francisco a few weeks ago , it was llko looking over a yellow harvest field. And I count this very singular , for wo hnvo a dash of Moorish blood here the Moor af the Alhnmbra , the Arab of the Sosiiit fathers. Wo have sotno of the pure Cabtiliau , it is true , but nearly & \ our Spanish stock is plashed with th tawny blood of either the Moor or the native American Indian. Then again wo have the Kimalm in our schools. There are nl-to many swarthy folk from far down the Pacific seas. But over and above all those towers the tall Cali fornia girl , head and shoulders laden with ripe wheat. A Oil \Vlio I Hail a Gay Time. Minneapolis Correspondence Now York World : Nellie King , the young woman u ho created such a sensation in Dakota a short time ago by claiming to bo a fomulo detective , hat returned to Minneapolis. In an interview she says : "Yes , 1 had rather a gay time in Da kota , but I did nothing that was really criminal. I wont out thereto visit a lady friend who lived on a claim with her husband. It is needless to say it was a dull life and void ot excitement such as I had been aecubtoinod lo. 1 miido up my mind to have a little sport if I had to got it all up myself , tn the language of the city. I resolved to paint tlio country about there a livid hue , and you can hot I did it inelegant style. I wont to a , little town and purchased a suit of man's , or rather , boy's clothes , throughout. 1 took them back to the home of my friend and togged myself out. I made a dandy looking boy man , too. too."I "I got ono of the horses belonging to my friend's husband , stuck a big re volver in my pocket and started out. 1 wore rny hair done up closely under my cap. Thou I painted the first town [ came to in good shajio. Here they found out I was u woman , and the men got stuck on mo and the women got real mad. 1 told them I was a female de- teijtivo from Minneapolis , looking nftor hor-othioves. I had a great time , 1 can toll you. "Did I get arrested1 ; Yes. several times ; but I bad a picnic with the olli- cers who pulled mo. 1 scared the whiskers off of their faces in many in stances with my revolver. 1 led them a good many gay chases , I can tell you. Hoiv did got out when arrested':1 Oh. they had no ease to hold mo on ; and ' llie'n I sort of paralyzed them--mashed them , in other words. Tt got to be an ild thing after a while , though. I [ lined for life in a great city again , and liere [ am. " Tlio heroine is a quiet prettv blonde , whose relatives live in Duluth. Actresses as H New York World : Actresses make excellent models because they poesn the costume , instinct , and aUo tbu abil ity to pose gracefully nnd naturally , while , on the oilier linnd. what they lenvii from iirtist.s in such matters is of great vsilue to thorn in Ihoir profession. Tlio charm of being a model lies in tlio sense of impersonation. This also be longs to Uio.stnge , and tbo uomun who has once indulged her fondness for u shifting personality is apt to become u female kaleidoscope. To bo a Romi'ii ' maiden hugging an nuiphorii ono day. an old colonial short-waisted beauty the iioxt , and tin allegorical decorative 11 g- uro representing "Day'1 or ' 'Morning , " in scanty garments , the third is enough to give any woman a distaste for dish washing and plain sowing. Then the sense of companionship with clover , brilliant , aud jollv men , is of itself a pleasure ! The relations of an nrtist with a congeniiil model who is bright and pretty uro those of comrade ship. Illi many eases artists fall in love with their models and innrriago is the result , It is soldoin that any scandal occurs , and when it does it is generally disoovereil that the model was u woman who would have created scandal in heaven ! Koine of the best New York artists have married models. I can think of live models at this moment who Imvo become artist * ' wives within two or three years anil they are nil young woman 'upon who-o reputation there is no stain , which is moro than can bo said of some of the other wo man who marry artists ami move in "art istic society. " Tno question is often asked by girls with pretty faces mid graceful figures. "Is it respectable to bo u model ? Could I pose without risk of insults from thu artists or without lo-ing my reputa tion ? ' ' The Ural answer to this question is that "Reputation is a personal quality which does not belong to any profes sion , calling , or state of life. The woman who as a model loses her repu- tntion would probably have lost it any where. " To the question as to risk of insult from artists , 1 would simply say there are blackguards in the artistic profes sion , lib there are in every other. There are few men who are carefully avoided by respectable models , but they are easily identilled and are quietly ignored by self-respecting girls. . When wo como to the question of gen eral respectability of models in the eyes of the world wo must , first of all , settle our point of view. Is it respectable from the standpoint of the Dorcas tn- cioty old women in city or country who regard an artist , especially if ho bus lived at Paris , as n rullhin of the deep est dye. and who look upon actors nnd actresses as emissaries ol satan ? No , it isn't , and what is moro , it uover will bo ! Uut hanpily "time , patience , und the grave-digger , " as a Now York artist once said of hia elders in the profos- sionwillsoon make an end of old women of botli soxos. Is it respectable In the eyes of ' 'ladies'1 who take boarders for company , or do dross-making on the sly and turn up their noses at women who work openly for a living. No , it isn't. It must bo remembered that the art idea in this country is just at the begin ning of its development. It is not very long Kinco artists of both sexes were looked Uskanco upon , socially nnd morftlly. TwQuty years ago yuunjj women who followed art occu pied about the sumo position that minor actresses and models do to-day. IIOMOY FOH THI3 IjADIES. The braided cloth jacket is the fancy of the moment. Watered velvet is the latest noveltv in moire stulTs. Very wide galleons trim souio of the tiowcst long wraps. Long and short wraps are equally fashion able , whether braided or not. Mrs. Frank Leslie wears twenty large diamonds mends on her corsage when she attends the oi > ora. The braided felt hat nulls favor with little people and very young ladies. ] Jig brown leather buttons are the nowcs fastening for tuilor-mudu long wraps. Caller ( to servant at the door ) "Is Mrs. Ilobson at homol" Servant "Xo , mum , it's her afthernoon out. " Thu scalkin wraps , long , short and of me dium length , take precedence of all others in elegnneo and high fashionable favor. Dr. Mary Putnam .lacobi , of New York , has line of the largest professional incomes in New York , said to bo over $10,000. London smoke , serpent gray , steel or dove- color , with a lingo of ecru in it , are the favor ite colors for travelling dresses for brides. A woman who is advanced In her views is likely to be behind in her fashions. It is an other illustrationof , the law of compensa tion. , "Long gloves for full dress have the kip only long enowh Vo cover the wrist , the rest of the glove bojng made of lace net of exactly the saint ! shade. , A blanket mill , said to bo the llrst on the African continent , has just been opened at ( Jape Town , worked by Cafllr girls , who re- col ve ! i4 cents a day. Old maidislr'-looklng girls in Kentucky are wearinir the little i-orkscrow curls that were fashionable forty years ago. Same curlsbut not the same girls. Cloth and fur , particularly short pile furs , seal and beaver are beautifully combined in dressy bonnets to wear with dressy tailor suits and wool costumes. Mrs. M. K. PeGreer , the woman lawyer of Topelta , is g.iming a reputation as an elo quent and foidhle speaker. The list of her clients is also ImMvasmir. Women engaged in scientific dressmaking in London are going to form a trade union , and they are promised the support of the sensible women in Knglund. Women who can play the fiddle are all the range in Boston. The Hub folks now frown on the banjo , and the squeak of the catgut is heard in the houses of the exclusive. "Thoro is evidently a great deal to learn about women , " says a Philadelphia editor. There is , indeed , and the best way to learn it is to ask some other woman about it. Kve must have felt that she had lost ono of the chief Joys of fresh young love when she rollei'tcd that she could not ask Adam if she was the llrst woman he had cared tor. A law was recently passed by the Ohio legislature declaring that the husband was the head of the family. It will tjko moro than an act of the Ohio legislature to estab lish that in many families. Did you ever w.itch the noiseless move ments of n pretty girl's lips as her dress is trodden upon , and marvel at the self-com mand which enables her to do the situation justice is so quiet a manner ! The Japanese government has engaged a young San Francisco woman to organize a school of domestic service at Tokio to famil- iuri/.o Japanese girls with our customs. A lady in Massachusetts , who is arrang ing a cook book to lie Bold at a fair , took n novel way of advertising the book by send ing around to all her friends specimens of doughnuts made from ono of the receipts. Aunt Minerva ( to fashionable niece ) : "Do yon expect to do anything in the direction of charity this winter , Clar.ii" Miss Clar.i ( brightly ) : "Oh , yes , aunty. I am already planning my costume for the chanty ball. " It is astonishing to notice how completely the fashion of wearing e.irrings is dying out. Ksthetcs have iniido nn earnest crusade against the barbarous custom of mutilating the ears , aud seem to have carried their point. "Holdth is baby while T have a light with that "man , " said an ICust Boston woman to a sailor who had just como ashore. The sailor , always ready to bo entertained , took the in fant and the woman took the man's arm and walked nwav. Mrs. Blossom What's that ) Oh , horror ! The hotel allre ! Mrs. Blossom Yosv como on ; we'vo no time to lose. "But hero 1 am in my night dress ! " " ( iood enough 1 I'm glad you've got out of your ball dress into some thing decent. " Mine. Bouclcault , the great Parisian shop keeper , has given about * IHX,000 ( ) as u pen sion fund for her employes. She has also founded a lijerary and reading room , and she gives her employes a share in the business. A labor queen , indeed. Mrs. M. M. Young of C'reston , Iowa , has nearly completed ja bedspread and pair of pillow shams miido entirely of white linen thread. Its construction has occupied odd moments for the past six months and con sumed 300 spools of thread. Kunico White Beechor , Henry Ward Boeclier's widow , lias been writing to the Boston Journal on "Tho Follies of Fashion. " She thinks thrf changes in fashion are be coming constanUy moro frequent , nnd are both absurd and unnatural. A number of St Paul women hiivo organ ized themselves in o a band to report to po licemen all gentlemen who try to flirt with them. There will bo little roi > orting , for the woman who does not want to llirt raiely llnds any one trying to flirt with her. A skirt of velvet , velveteen , or cordurov , nnd an undrai > nd long polonalso or rcdingott * of light lady's clutli , with velvet sleeves nnd collar , or cufTs and collar , is a late and much admired form of the tailor gown From the head center of millinery styles wo learn that bonnets tire not only of all Shanes , but also of all materials , from felt and cloth to velvet , plush , broche , feather fringes , aud for evening of jet , lace aud tullt j while tinsel reigns supreme over all. With such homo costumes as the red cashmeres - mores , red hose and black shoes are worn. With black house dresses any color Is worn , but black and dark gray uro choice. In re gard to ornamentation , silk embroidery in small designs is used , mostly in self color ing. ing."Mamma "Mamma , " snid a Philadelphia girl , "what would bo mi appropriate present to give GoorgoJ You know wo are not engaged yet. " "How long has ho been culling upon you ! " About two years. " "Then I think a grctty plain hint will bo the proper thing to plvo him , " A New York paper has boon making nn ex haustive inquiry iuto the condition of eome 40,000 female workers in that city nnd this is the melancholy conclusion which it reaches : "Tho sowing women of Now York do skilled labor for llftcca hours a day for so little pay that they must accept charity or stnrvo. " Bridesmaids'dresses are generally trimmed with llowersbut this is not an arbitrary rule. They may be high or low in the neck , short sleeved , half long , long- sleeved , or , if tlio wedding is at the bride's house and in the evening no sleeves at all may bo adopted , with strands of pearls or flower bands for epaulettes on the shoulders. Miss Nellie L. Cook , the democratic can didate for school commissioner in Wayne comity , New York , was defeated on Tues day. Miss Ida L. Griflln , democratic candi date for nchool commissioner in the Third district ot Oswego county , was elected by nearly 400 majority , running 000 ahead of her ticket. Scnorita Matildo Montoya is the first Mex ican girl to become a doctor. A committee of young men of the City of Mexico got up a bull light in honor of her courage , and devoted - voted the proceeds to the purchase of books and instruments for her. In the bull light two of the toreros were hurt , ono of them seriously. There seems to bo no reason why Plioobo Cou/.lns should bo turned out of the United SUite marshal's oftlco at St Louis except that a male democratic worker might bo of moro use to the president. Miss Con/ins has virtu ally carried on'tho oftlce during her father's illness , and under tlio civil service rules was entitled to succeed him. It is getting to bo the fashion now in the upper circles of Chicago society to name chil dren before they arc born. Kngraved cards are sent to friends the Instant the baby makes ts advent into the world , and to guard against any mistake in prognostication two sets of cards are printed , ono bearing a mas culine , the other a femlne , name. Nothing inspires a woman with such a supreme sense of just appreciation of her self at this season of tlio year as to know that she is the only ono of her sex in the en tire block who has a set of furs nicely laid away in camphor and a cedar chest ready to be paraded up and down the street on the llrst premonition of Irost. A bride may wear what she chooses now adays for the materials of her dress , always piovided tlio stulT bo white or cream or ivory tinted. Tlio purest white satins como from Como , and the wealthiest brides always choose Como satins for their dresses. Tlio veil is short , and of rare old point d'Alcncon. It is a deeper tint of yellow Hum the dress. So are the other laces of the gown. For wear in cold or wet weather are petti coats of cashmere or light flannel in various shades , gray or red being the preference. When ol cashmere they are .sometimes faced with paper cambric and are edged with a nar row plaiting. They are set on a yoke to avoid rnllnessiibout the waist and hips , and quite short skills reaching but little below the boot tops , in order to escape the moisture of the streets. Flannel petticoats are worn to the knee and are made of embroidered white flannel or of dellcato shades of pink , blue or lilac A pretty dress for a debutante has a simple skirt of white satin frilled with two narrow platings of satin , alternating with two of white jwliit d'esprit. The low necked waist , laced in the bank is sharplyvointcd back and front and is quito plain save for a frill of point d'esprit and a garland of daisies about the low , round neck. The hair is rolled high and smooth back from the forehead into half a do/en puffs , among which is set a little aig- . ret to of daisy buds. Long , gla/.ed kids nnd white satin slippers complete this fresh , dainty costumo. Largo plaids of two or tlirco colors not moro are shown in line wool goods for second best , and for the English costumes such as are now made with draped plaid tkirt and bodice of plain cloth of line diag onal wool of the color most prominent in the plaided stuff. There are dark blue fabrics with terracotta bars , or these witli IJonian red lines , four or flvo inches apart , nnd some olive or yellow may bo added to the red in pencilled lines ; green wools are similarly plaited , and golden-brown grounds have bars of chamois color with scarlet lines each side as an outline. Ulsters are made in a variety of now ways , ninny of which m-o pretty and becoming. The favorite braiding has found lt.s way on to the Ulster which might hnvo been supposed too rough to adapt Itself to any species of or namentation. Military braiding down the front of a close-fitting ulster , narrowing in from tlio shoulders to the waist , Is noted on several ulsters In plain cloth , blue , brown , or green. Some of the useful garments have Astrakhan ! capes and collars. Among the novelties in line woolens nro braided stripes , woven In bolu relief to rep resent rows of braid sowed to the fabric. Wide stripes are formed of six or eight rows of what seems to bo soutache , or basket- plaited or diagonal braid , but is in fact woven into the background , and these groups of stripes are separate ! ! by stripes of the twilled serge , the braid in black , on tcrra-cotta , Hus- sian-prcon , rosewood , dahlia , and the bronze shades. The newest tailor gowns are cut In simple princess form , the continuous gored breadths lilting perfectly , and with no drapery , but quito full in thu skirt at the back , where all the pleats nro thrown at the bottom of the middle forma of the waist. The correct trim mings are braid nnd cord put on in horizontal or vertical lines in geometric patterns , mae- caraons , or other close designs , and fur in bands or edgings. In tlio choice of millinery , a belle has a re sponsibility put upon her which the beau never feels. A man's taste in head covering cannot fashionable range further than be tween tlio and Derby , but a woman en counters Infinite variety , nnd she must study her own face quite as closely as the milliner's offerings , if she would npdcar at her best. White hats nro golnc to bo a winter novelty , nnd they nro a happy medium between the over picturesque and the insignificant. They are mndo of felt. There will bo no great changes as to the kinds of fur worn. Among the long-haired furs are monkey skins in deep raven black , lynx nnd black mnrton , or Alaska sable , ns it is otherwise called. Both nro dark in color. Grecian lynx , the lorg-haired fur. light , with n yellowish tinge , is a popular fur. Black fox is an elegant long-haired fur much used upon Paris costumes braided in black. Hud son bay sables nro still higher priced than black fox In the liner grades , yet not BO ex pensive as the Russian sables , which are the superb wear of the highly favored of fortune alone. Seal skin garments nro greatly im proved in shape , being fitted moro perfectly to the form. They are also fuller in the back , to hang well over the tournure , are mostly double-breasted , and have a less bulky ap pearance over the arms , the sleeves beimr lltted moro snugly. Short mantles in seal uro made in all the fashionable shapes for velvet or plush wraps. SIXGUIjAIUTIKS. Texas prospectors recently saw a battle between eight big gray wolves and a herd of ! ! ( X ) cattle. Tlio wolves separated a cow and calf from the rest and attacked them. The herd came to the rescue and drove the wolves away. In Boone county , West Virginia , forest fires hnvo caused such an unnatural heat in the atmosphere that the trees nro budding aud putting out now leaves and blossoms. In places whcro the llrcs have been raging the the thermometer has marked 90 degrees. A Norwich , Conn. , cocker spaniel that spent his early days in a family of children and had his face washed regularly , will not now In its old age , eat breakfast until his face has been washed. If his toilet is neglect ed ho sits down nnd howls loud and long. In Southwoodbury township , Bradford county , Pennsylvania , the other day , Nicholas las nnd George Clouso captured a wild swan which had became entangled in the brush , t is a beautiful bird , with plumage as whiten as falling snow. The boys intend sending it as a present to Mrs. Cleveland. Fannie Cook , the wife of Willis Cook ( col ored ) , of Palatka , increased his already largo family by four girls Wednesday. This pair have twice been blessed with twins , all of whom nro living. Dr. Ames says that twins occur once in novcnty-llvo or eighty oases , trinlots not of tenor than once In 5000 cases , and quadruplets are extremely rare. A subscriber presented the Gibson county ( Tumi. ) Herald with a monstrosity In the shape of a dead-chick , with four well devel oped legs nnd as ninny wings. It has but ono head and only ono eyo. It had ono sot of legs and wings on eaeli side , and was built as if to walk on ouo Hide until it was tired and then turn over and walk on the other. Maggie Blauchard of Boiling Point , N , F. . is n big child. When she was flvo months old she was largo enough to sit at the tabla nnd eat the satno food that her parents ato. Now , at the ago of live years she measure * forty eight inches around the waist , weighs 170 pounds , nnd wears stockings n.s largo at the ankles ns ton cent salt bags. Withal she is very nctivo nnd playful. Ono of the ugliest of the finny trlbo is the toadllsh , n slimy creature noteven nn cuthut. last could venture to touch. The enormous mouth extends In a seml-clrclo from side to side and is the most prominent feature of the soft-wedge-shaped body. The colors nro ill * lloilned and impress ono with their dirtiness , adding to the disagreeable ofTcct. Hepulslvo looking as the toad-llsh is , it is mild to mani fest moro care for its young than is usual among fishes , redeeming its nppenranco by Ua moral character. One of the leopards nt Barnum'.s winter quarters in Bridgeport gave birth to a cub a few days ago. It was taken away from the mother a few days and then returned to hor. She licked it nil over with'much nppnrent af fection , and a few minutes afterward under took to eat it up , beginning with the tail , which she devoured before the keepers real ized what was going on. The process stopped there for the time , and the fuUiro fatoof the cub is in doubt. A Norwich , Conn. , man who had stocked his pond with a rare nnd handsome breed of ducks found that they wcro slowly disap pearing , but where they went ho could not detornu'no. Ono day a visitor , sitting on the piaza , said : "You've got queer ducks. I've seen two of thorn dive , but they haven't como up yet. " This was a suggestion U ) bo acted upon. The owner drew olt the water from th pond nnd found seventeen snapping turtles. Ho killed thorn , nnd now the duck * do not disappear , or at least when they dive they como up again. Food makes Blood and Blood makes Beauty. Improper digestion of food no- cessar'ilv produces bad blood , resulting in a fooling of dullness in the stomach , acidity , heartburn , sick headache , and other dyspeptic symptoms. A closely confined life causes indigestion , consti pation , billiousncss and loss of appolito. to remove these troubles there is no remedy equal to Prickly Ash Bittors. It has boon tried and proven to bo spccillc. By n Lnr e 3IiiJorlty. "This is all BO sudden , Mr. Sampson , " pho paid , with maidenly reserve , "nnd so unexpected , that although I confess I am not entirely indilToront to you , I hardly know what to say in reply to " "If you are in favor of the proposition , " suggested Mr. Sampson , who , like Dick Swivoller , is a perpetual grand master , "you will please signify your assent by saying 'Ayo' " "Aye , " came softly. "Contrary ? " "No ! " thundered the old man opening the door. "Tho noes have it by a largo majority , " said Mr. Sainp- on , ha&tily reaching for his hat. A few years ago a pious church member in the western part of this state arose in an ex perience meeting nnd gave a review of his life. Wheu ho came to the declaration , "I thank God that lowe nomananything"n quiet man in a remote comer Jumped up nnd said : "I have n little account against you , brother , that you must IKIVO forgottou. " "Ah , Brother O , , " said the speaker unctuously , "that debt wns outlawed a good whllo ago.1' ' NOW PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER. It will surely come , and very soon. The way to keep warm and do it in good style is by buying one of our OVERCOATS ! Buys a good one for service. Buv.s some very nice ones , suitable for dress or business. SIB 8110 S20 ometh nS1 'm Melton , Kersey or Chinchilla CQfl Qllfl CQK Verv Fine Tailor-made from im- i Vvll 3IIU 0V0 ported goods , in styles and colors that no other house in the city can show. If you want to SAVE MONEY and still WEAR THE BEST OVER COAT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE , just look through our stock. We carry FINE and MEDIUM GOODS at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. 1311 Famam Street