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Show V "&r IDNV. rarer.. Newest Boas and Wraps. Of the newest boas or stoles is one made of a band of taffeta, which falls nearly to the bottom of the gown and is covered by mousseline de sole ruffles, one above the other. This boa was so shaped as to follow the lines of the figure and was exceedingly The other graceful in appearance. toa was a Marie Antoinette fichu in black spangled velvet, and trimmed With a light chiffon ruffling. The principal feature is their flatness directly about the neck. The evening wrap this season is to be a gorgeous affair of satin, brocade and lace, as well as having a third range of depth of ornamentation of flitter, beads and fur. i if wrorn in the bosom, scent the whole bodice very delicately; floral drop3 for the breath, tiny packages to be tucked in the glove ease, and tin cans full of Oriental sachets to be burned near the window curtains or the bed, so that they wdll be impregnated with its sweetness. Indeed, lovely woman lacks no opportunity for enhancing ner fascination and making more attractive the atmosphere about her. Reception Cloth Gown. cages, hundreds in a room, and the owner's entire time is occupied in looking after the birds. It is often a business and a hobby combined. Sex and Food. The male human needs more food than the female, not only on account of his larger stature, but also because he is the more katabolic of the two. A writer on this subject in the Lancet (London) says: The man tends to expend energy and the woman to store it up in the form of fat; he burns the faster. This sexual difference shows itself in tae very blood. The man has a I 4 er Percentage of chromocytes (red blood corpuscles) than the woman, showing that he needs a propoitionately larger quantity of oxygen in order to maintain this more active combustion a fact that one may associate with his comparative freedom from chlorosis; moreover, weight for weight, his pulmonary capacity is greater than that of the woman, whose smaller respiratory need is further shown by the facility with which she can, without discomfort, diminish her breatning power by means of the corset. Rosebud Tiaras. Wreath effects in flowers are perhaps the latest things for the hair; yet variety is the rule, and no one style prevails. Twisted ribbon may form the body of the wreath, the flowers being arranged at one side. The stems of the flowers also make a pretty wreath, the flowers being in a bunch at each side, but this style is rarely becoming. What is worn tn the hair, anyway, is a matter of that which 13 most becoming, says the New York Sun. Large black Alsatian bows have not gone out of fashion altogether, and you may wear a flyaway bow of white tulle if you like, or one single rose at any point on our head, whichever adds most to your charms. It seems to be a fact, however, that flowers in some form are the latest hair ornament, barring the jewelled ornaments, which none save the few possess; but there are also gauzy butterflies with shimmering spangled decoration. Unique Fur Combination. Belts of Parisiennes. Parisiennes have adopted the narrow leather English belt to be worn with their shooting costumes. The width is a matter of vital importance to them. Tae belt must have exactly so many centimetres at the center, so xrany at the sides and must decrease to the width of a finger in front It must be made by the saddler, or they are satisfied it w'ill not be correct Nothing but black leather, with a solid gold buckle, very simple and neat, is now worn with smartly cut tweed suits. Fancy Tucked Waist. Blouse of reseda green silk made with groups of tucks, with yoke, in from Paris bands of beautiful persian embroidery and open over a plastron of white ailk tucked diagonally with a plain box plait in the center. The pretty cravat is also of pure silk. The standing collar is of the green, tucked like the rest of the waist and bordered with the embroidery, the The points turned over in front. sleeves are tucked and trimmed to correspond. Corn-Co- b Meal. It is asserted that corncob meal, made by grinding the cobs alone, and now being manufactured in the West In factories erected expressly for the Hundreds of Grateful Letters Daily tell how the Free trial Doans Kidney Pills brought relief to Rural Nocturne. glass will flow down into the glass which had contained the air. If the glass which contained the air had contained oil, which is lighter than water, the same experiment could have been performed, and the upper glass would have received the oil. Oh! the cricket And the frog. In the grass and In the bog How their ripply music soothes one! How their gladsome chorus smoothes one! How the unisons arise To salute the d skies! Just the cricket And the frog. In the grass and In the bog. Holland bows of delft blue satin promise to figure largely as a hair decoration during the coming season. Capes for evening wear are not quite out, and are most graceful, made long, and of white or of very light colors. Among the neck fixings are a pink and white muff and boa made of white coque feathers and pink rose silk petals. The newest things in wrist bags is made of tapestry of very fine texture. They are woven in the most delicate colors and finished with a golden clasp. The smartest things seen are built of white French broadcloth, camels hair, satin or what not, so it be white or an exceedingly delicate shade, and there is a lot of material in them. The hat is popular, whether the foundation be made of velvet, fur or felt A picturesque effect is obtained by a short drop of lace over the brim, with floating scarf ends behind. Beautiful evening slippers are now made of brocade and flowered silks to match the party gown, some of them being elaborately trimmed with black lace applique and seed pearls. The high carriage boots are also made of the figured silk, lined with white fur or fleece and finished with a narrow band of fur at the top. ' lace-trimm- purpose, is to some extent used for the adulteration of certain prepared foods made from cereals. The meal is perfectly harmless, however, and indeed flour made by grinding the icorn and cob together is said to be as valuable, pound for pound, as the flour or meal made from corn meal A fur worn constantly around alone. This is on the theory that the the of the neck not only affects the whiteness of preveion of concentration nutritive portions of the meal aids the the skin, but increases liability to sore throat, processes of digestion. Electrical face massage is resorted I to not only for the improving of the The Use of Perfumes. ! A delicate toilet water for the bath complexion, but also as a remedy for is Geisha fiower water, an Oriental neuralgic attacks. The fondness of women and girls preparation, subtly sweet, like all the perfumes of the Orient. It is not ex- for athletics is said to somewhat pensive, and is very refreshing when injuriously affect the glove trade, so a tired brow or many sports and pastimes being inused for bathing weary eyes. Bottles of violet sachet dulged in with bare hands. For those whose complexion is at tablets, to be dropped in the bath water, may he had at any druggists. One all greasy, rubbing the face with a tablet will sweeten the whole bath, clean piece of chamois leather has or, if dropped in a basin of water, been suggested. The leather is easily will perfume a room. It has been dis- carried in ones pocket, and upon covered that perfumes feed the soul, many skins its effect is all that can be purify the thoughts and sweeten the desired. In the Hartz mountains of Germany emotions. Therefore they are no longer vulgar. They come in the odd- many women earn good Incomes by est forms, these days; floral hearts rearing canaries. In their houses sevwhich look like lozenges and which. eral rooms will be filled with the THREE CHIC EVENING GOWNS The Doll Fisherman. This is an odd method of catching fish, which is used in some sections of the country. It consists of a jumping-jack, or small, jointed man, whose limbs are moved by jerking a string We will have no cares to burden. Where the things of nature sing, But a holy quiet rests us. Where the night biids softly wing In and out the sleeping verdure Of the hedges and the trees; And the sacred theme is wafted In, to lull us, on the breeze. There the kine In slumber huddle, And the fowl have gone to rest. And sweet nature seems to nourish All things living at her breast; comes the music Strong, From the trees and from the bog. And the leaders in the chorus Are the cricket and the frog I i Oh! the cricket And the frog, In the grass and In the bog How their ripply music soothes one! How their gladsome chorus smoothes r one! How the unisons arise To salute the d skies! Just the cricket And the frog, night-garbe- In the grass and In the bog. When a Fish Is Caught attached to them. This little figure is fastened to a stick, which is secured in an upright position on a float made of a piece of board. Through a hole in the float is passed the string attached to the figure, and tied securely to this are the hook and line.- - After the hook is baited the float is placed on the surface of the water, and the little man, standing upright, is left to wait in patience. Presently a fish attracted by the bait, comes nearer the surface, seizes the hook quickly and darts downward, pulling the string and making the little figure throw up its arms and legs as though dancing for joy at having The caperformed its task so well. pering of Jack is the signal to his master that a fish has been caught and is struggling to free Itself from the hook. This manner of fishing is necessarily confined to quiet bodies of water, such as small lakes or ponds; for in rough weather poor little Jack would he upset. The illustration shows how to rig the dancing fisherman. How to Make Paper Roses. Can you make paper roses? It is quite easy, and costs scarcely anything. First buy a cents worth of white or pink tissue paper for the rose, and some green for the stems. Cut the paper from end to end in straight lengths of about four inches wide. That done, cut the slits as in Fig. 1,' about one inch apart Then get a hatpin and roll the pa-- Fig. 1. Cut paper like this, round it from the corner of each per slit to the center, as in Fig. 2. A shows how the pin should be on the top of the paper as it is commenced. B shows the paper as it is being ' ' rolled round the pin. C shows the pin still in, but the paper is rolled as far as it has to be. D is how it should be just before the pin is taken out. When all the dif- - A Surprising Trick. This is one of the prettiest and most surprising tricks you ever tried, and yet It is one of the easiest Get a conical-shapewine glass, with a diameter near its mouth a little larger than that of a silver dolFlg. 2. Showing how to curl the paper, Into the glass put a silver quarlar. ferent petals have been curled roll the which will rest horizontally near ter, paper round a taper tightly, as in the bottom. ' Then put in a silver Fig. 3. which will rest horizontally dollar, When the paper is rolled round, near . the top. fix it by tying a piece of cotton tightly have what Now, to do is to you round the whole stem. Add enough make the out of the quarter leap rose. petals to make a good-sizein spite of the fact that the Then cut a narrow strip of green pa- glass, seems to be covering it like a dollar per about an inch broad, and. twist it lid. And can do it very easily, you round the stem, or taper, beginning without touching the glass or the from the rose end and finishing at the coin. Move the glass close under your mouth, and, then remove your hands from It, blow your breath hard on the dollar. The effect will be to make the dollar assume a vertical position, and ttye breath at the The Choice of a Hat. Fig. 3. The petals ready to curl bottom ofcompressed the glass will make the around the stem, Great care should be given to the quarter leap out on the table. The chosing of a hat, as it occupies the other with a twist of the paper to keep dollar will then gently resume Its from of honor whole in the it it undoing. place toilet; , is conspicuous, has a character- to ' You only nave to bend the stem horizontal position. keep up, and therefore should be the gently so as to make it less stiff, and Conundrums. most beautiful and expensive part of tie them up in a bunch, when you have When was beef the highest it has our attire. Headgear ought to act as made five or six, with some pretty ribever been? When the cow jumped the framework of the face; it should bon that matches. over the moon. You will be able to make them after conceal a bad outline and display a How do we knoV that the cow enwith fine one; it should, by its color, hardly any very little practice over the moon? By the milky Jumped hance the complexion, and prove a trouble, and they are very useful for way. to the time. of Christmas at hue decorations backgrund becoming is a soldiers definition of a What A to womans hair. role is the attract, kiss? A report at headquarters. and when she nas attracted, to enBoy Weavers of Persia. , . Why do some preachers need no um12 8 do to a old from chain; the instincts of sex prompts years Boys in going to church on-brella rainy weavto a her prefer style that gives height, great part of the carpet and rug Sunday? They will be. dry when thty piquancy, and most of all conspicuThey are very deft ing in Persia. ousness. Then a hat should either Having been shown the design and col- get into the pulpit. What state is round at both erds correspond wuth ones costume or oring of the carpet they are to work, make an effective contrast to it A the boys rely on their memories for and high in the middle? Ohio, safe general rule decrees that a white the rest of the task, says the American er like emblems of Chrlstianityt They or pale colored gown demands a dark Boy. It is very seldom that you will do to one another as they would that hat, but that a black or sober-tintesee on any of the looms a pattern set men should do unto them. I tremble at each breath of air and frock requires a bright-buebrilliant before the workers. The foreman of can heaviest burdens bear? Watyet 12 headpiece. a loom is frequently a boy of from er. 14. behind to and down He walks . up Hot Stuff. Why are two girls kissing each oth- Struggling Author I am told you the workers calling out in a sing-son- g Why is a mischievous boy like a botgave that book of mine an awful roast manner the number of Btltches and tle of patent medicine? When taken to be of threads used. colors the the Literary Editor I did. I threw It must be well shaken. He seems to have the design imprintin the fire. Of what trade are all presidents? A copy of a famous ed in his mind. Cabinet makers. now South the at Kensington carpet Museum is being made. The design The Swimming Fish. and the coloring are unique, but the on are who are the copy working boys doing it without the design before them and at the rate of from thirty to thirty-fiv- e stitches a minute. Nothing but handwork is employed In the manufacture of Persian carpets and rugs, and none but natural or vegetable dyes are used. This accounts for the superior quality of the Persian Cut a fish out of 8 tiff writing paper. products. The secret of the beautiful dark blue dye used in the older days Make a round hole in the center and from there a narrow channel to the has been lost tail. Lay the fish fiat on the water Air and Water Teat. without wetting the upper side. If you Fill a glass with water and, without put a drop of oil in the hole the fish removing it from the vessel in which will swim without being touched. you filled It, stand it upside down un Dolls Box. der the water until you are ready to use It Now take au empty glass and Take a cardboard box, large or small turn this directly mouth downward as desired. Cover with flowered wall into the same vessel of water and no paper, InBide and out Attach cover to matter how hard you press it down box with garter elastic, shade of the ward no water will flow into it, for It flower on paper. Glue back edge of Is not really empty, as you at first sup- cover to box so as cover will stay up posed. It is filled with air, which when box is open. Glue strip of elastakes up room, and this must flow out tic to cover inside, for hat, etc. Make before water can enter it Now, keep-In- a dolls outfit and lay Inside box with the first glass, which la filled with doll. A small piece of looking glass water, mouth downward, raise it near might be inserted on inside of cover if the surface, though not above the wat- liked: These boxes are very nice to er. Now, carefully turn the glass of give a little girl at Christmas, and can air under the water so that its mouth be made at home at small cost Any communicates with the mouth of the kind of figured thin cloth might be water-fille- d glass. Since air is lighter used if one does not have paper, but than water the air from the lower ves- paper is best Use paste to stick the sel will flow up into the water-fillepaper or cloth on with, as it dries ont glass and the water which was in the best Tiny Pink Rose Trimmings. d . d - a d d g d Ring of Spotted Net. 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According to a contemporary an old Scotsman and he must be now very old indeed who was addicted to parsimony, was found by a visitor to be manifestly suffering from want of food. He was strongly urged to take some animal food, and promised that he would; but presently thought better of it and thus delivered his final verWecl. he said, Tm willing dict: to try a turnip or maybees an onion, but Im blest if Ill eat straw.. The decision showed which way the wind blew with him. T orrion Globe. Sufferers From Consumption should write Derk P. Yonkerman & Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., who have a wonderful remedy for this dread disease. An Easy Solution. The, duke of Wellington, while a member of the British ministry, once turned a crawn battle into a glorious victory. When the news of the bloody action of Ferozhuhr, in India, arrived there was great consternation in the ministry; at best it was a drawn battle. Sir Robert Peel was much affected at the council taking a most gloomy view, when the duke, lighting Make it a victory; fire a up, said:salute and ring the bells; and ?o it was ordered and done. - Mrs. Winslow Soothing yrop. For children teeibing, softens the gums, reduce (iv fUmmatloa, allays pain, cure wind colic. 25c a belli a. Family Too Noisy. family, kept by an old woman in Paris, aroused the indignation of the neighbors. It consisted of twenty hens, fifty roosters, thirty pigeons, eight dogs, four cats, a parrot, a goat and a dozen small birds. The neighbors couldn't sleep, they complained and the womans family was scattered by the police. A noisy I do not believe Plsos Cure for Consumptloz has an equal for coughs and colds. John T Ind., Feb. .6. IBOU Borns, Trinity g. Sp-in- Monument to Spanish Martyr. Geneva has granted permission to a number of Spanish literary and political men to erect a monument In that city to Michael ServetuS, - the Spanish theologian, who was burnt as Unitarian heretic by order of the magistrates of Geneva at the instigation of John Calvin, The monument is to be unveiled next October on the 350th anniversary of the burning. ' ' To Cut Glass. Who ever heard of cutting glass with a thread? Yet it can be done. Dip the thread in sulphur and wrap it around the part of thr piece of glass that you wish to cut. Then set fire to the thread, and while it is burning dip It quickly in cold water, and it will then cut .the glass., This is not only a very curious but a very useful thing to know. ' f , fMnejr drills. STteW 'V Tan I Please send me by mall, without trial box Loans kidney Piita, " , t i.. R , T . Name - State........... (Cut" pat coupon on dotted oueter-Xiiliu- linos snd msll Puilx.o, a. V y Bill Has Little Chance. The bill Introduced in the Virginia' house of delegates 'to prohibit miscuous kissing will hardly become a law. There are too many bachelor, and married men, not to mention wij. owers, among the members of the lea islature. Many School Children Are 8Iekly. Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children Home, New York, break up Colds in 24 hows cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists. 25c. Sample m.ilZ free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, NT. Large Christmas Candles. Christmas candles are made of enon tnous size. The largest, known u altar staffs, are sometimes S feet long. They weigh nearly 40 lbs sat ere worth $25 apiece, being made of he purest beeswax. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES oolor more goods, brighter colors, with 1cm , work than others. Monograms on Peaches. The peaches placed on the table at a London dinner party bore the monogram of their owner traced distinctly in the velvety bloom. Letters had been cut from paper and parted ci the growing peaches. When the trait was ripe on removing the paper letters the monograms were found picked out in most delicate green, the rest of the fruit being rosy and deep huei. Sensible Charitable Movement Mrs. Rufus P. Williams has started in Cambridge, Mass., a movement to furnish .the consumptive poor with free diet fresh milk, fresh eggs and soup with free nursing and with frso courses of instruction In healthful living and iq pulmonary gymnastics. ' Will Not Appoint a Woman. Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco has refused to grant the petition of the ladies of the California club asking the appointment of a woman on, the school board of the city. Ho says that ouch an appointment would bo apt to create a spirit of unrest among the school teacherd, many of who are opposed to such an innovation. , -' Dont Dio of Consumption. Fositivs Cure Found by a Celebrated Michigan Physician He Bends a arc Trial Package Free by Mail to . AU Who Write. At last a can has been found, Incredilahte aa it may seem, after the centuries of tailara 0 I ' . f COURSE DINNER FOR TEN CENTS. i l Clever Sharpers Systematically Beat New York Restaurants. The manager of a New ;York restaurant, where several hundred persons eat every day, has discovered that seme of his customers have solved the problem of faring sumptuously on a dime, and the head waiters are on the lookout for these clever beats. The restaurants rambles through several rooms and has entrances .on .two streets. The man who has discovered how to make 10 cents satisfy his hunger goes into one of the side rooms and orders soup, receiving a check calling for the payment of 10 cents. This course properly disposed of, he goes out into the main dining room ae If looking for a seat and finding a place to his liking he orders meat, vegetables, dessert, and coffee, and rolling the check up into a little ball he drops It under the table. Going out by the entrance most remote from where he has eaten last the man presents the first check he receives and escapes with the payment of 10 cents. - Says Germany Covets Denmark. Prof. Freeman, United States consol at Copenhagen, has Just arrived at his home In Madison, Wis. Ha says he believes that Germany will ultimately absorb Denmark, as the Kaiser covets that country. , OS. O. . TOmtXRMAW, The Oiaoettnr f Tubnreuloryne Endorsed by State Ofleiah and Greatest Kedieal Sen of the Werli - - ' aa tha Only Cure for Consumption. positive and certain cure lor the - deadly eiw sumption has at last been discovered. It IV mained for a treat physician of Michiiai te find tha only known cure for consumption aM almost S lifes worh spent in experimental Wd ' . study. i Consumptives who" have returned from SI West come home to die because they theagsa SM nothing could be dona for them have tried nw discovery and are now well and stroeg. If yon are afflicted, do not fail to send at asH i Dr. Derk P. Yonkerman, 87 Shnkeepeari Bldg., Kalamasoo. Mich., for a tree trial issjad of this remedy, proof smd testimonial hundreds of cured patients, it coat nothing. W Doctor doe not ask any on to take hi weld any one else, a he sends a trial pachagn and n few day nee will show yen how easily sulckly yon can be cured. Delay 1 daageMS Thera lane time te lose when the death haad eennumptios i tightening its clutch apes I W M Write - , . REMEMBER! To Cure a Gold In One dny. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH druggists refund money if it fall to cure.! ' ' No Escape From Trouble. An interesting light on the subject of government ownership of railways comes from Victoria, Australia, where the 10,000 employes of the government railway, defeated In an attempt to elect legislators who would raise their pay and shorten their hours, are threatening to strike. Evidently there is no royal road to Industrial peace. Youths Sweet Memorise. Among the other sweet memories of youth that Lucky Baldwin might put In his front yard is the school teacher who used to whip him. The ordinary boy would be satisfied with great rlcbes could he cnain- - the stern pedagogue to the front fence and gloit over him hia declining days. . Three Crown Powder te f- - Baking in action; told at a popular price; Its F- HEWLETT BROS. 4. - ' OO- - J nDODCV quick relief sedoerseet . lODAxl NEW OISCOVgHTl cwfit, fifcokof tetimonU)$nd |