The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13
Society and Fashion.

LACE Will De largely useu iof WILL
ming silk and cashmere suits for the
winter. rof., ft.a.
WHITE cloth of pure lambs wool Is
imported for childrens cloaks, at 81 per
yard. 1 ol
The newest style of necktie is a bow
of white lace, and over it barbe OF
black thread lace.
RUSSIA leather parasols have been IN
troduced from Europe, and are going to
be the proper thing, of course, now that
the Russian Prince is at hand.
For ladies who admire large earrings,
a new style is the head OF stuffed
humming- bird, with diamond eyes, in
closed in a wide hoop of Furnished gold.
They are very odd and very snowy.
CRIMSON cloaks, like those worn by
Gypsy fortune.tellers, are said to be a
probable fashion for ladies the coming
winter. A few of them have already
made their appearance on Broadway.
BLACK cashmere is more used for
travelling dresses than any other mate
rial.
WIDE bands of tortoise-shell are now
worn over the top of the hair, ornament
ed with birds and flowers Of the same
material.
BRAN and water is used by the French
as an emmolient for the skin.
BLACK lace mittens and low-heeled
shoes are coming into fashion.
The pink-tinted pearls are very much
in demand this year, and are also very
rare.
GLOVES without stitching on the back
are more stylish than the deliberately
embroidered ones.
BLACK velvet wristlets are in vogue
among wealthy matrons.
The ladies are going to wear their hair
in coronet of braid on the very top of
the head next winter.
MANY persons will be glad to hear
that long ribbon sashes with large bows
and loops are coming into fashion again,
and are very much worn with street cos
tunes.
THE skirts of dresses next season are
to be trimmed with vertical or horizon
tai putting, instead of hounces.
WEDDING cards are to be rose tinted
and enclosed in huge square monogram
ed envelopes.
ORGANIZE muslin dresses are very
pretty and stylish trimmed with Ouch
esse or Valenciennes lace.
TAMBoUR work is now all the rage,
and is used for trimming sacks, dresses
and lingerie of all kinds.
A NEW style of dress goods is of cash
mere, two yards wide, striped with
broad satin stripes the same shade as the
material.
BLUE or olive green cloth habits are
more fashionable this year than black,
and high hat is en- regle, and no other
is.
DOUBLE and single round capes are to
be worn for early fall.
SOLITAIRE diamond rings are preferred
to clusters of equal value.
VESTS are still in vogue, either real or
simulated by the trimming.
FELT bonnets are worn for weather
suits by those who do not like hats.
ANTWERP silk is yard and half
wide, and is the highest priced silk in
the market.
THE striped India shawl is in high IA
vor with Boston DANES for winter wear
-nne tenths of those sold in New York
being for Boston people.
A STRONG FoRTIrIcATIoN. - Recent
English newspapers contain elaborate
accounts Of the new casemated fort
which is now in course of construction
at Garrison Point, Sheerness, for the de-
Tense of the Midway. When this is
completed it will make one Of the
strongest and most formidable harbor
defenses in Great Britain. The whole
Of the masonry work was finished some
months since, and is now sufficiently
firm to allow the arming opera
tons to be proceeded with. About
one. half of the huge iron plates which
are to protect the embrasures have been
placed in position, and fourteen of the
thirty.eight heavy rifled guns with
which the fort is to be armed are al
ready mounted. These are all nine-inch
cannon, weighing twelve tons each, and
throwing projectiles of 250 pounds
weight, with a power considered capa.
bic of penetrating any ordinary iron
clad ship at ranges Of about | 200 yards.
The fort is what sailors would call a
" two. DECKER" there being a double tier
of guns, nineteen in each. 1t is shaped
like the letter ID, the round side being
armed, and commanding the mouths of
the Thames and Midway, and a consid-
cradle extent of the seaboard, while the
straight forms the gorge or entrance on
the land side, and is unarmed.
On THE eastern slope of Clark noun
tain, Nevada, near its summit, there is
a perpendicular cliff two hundred and
fifty feet high. At about one hundred
feet from the base of the cliff on its
front are engraven the characters + ! l.
ID. The cross and letters are of inn
mense size, being fully six feet in height,
and cut into the cliff two and half
feet deep-so that they can be plainly
seen at distance of five miles. BY
whom this strange workmanship was