Daily Kennebec journal., 1873-04-07


two yet to be chosen. The House COM
prises "a republicans, IA democrats, and
in four there was no choice
Some of the foreign papers have chosen
to ridicule that portion Of President Grants
inaugural in which he pointed to the ten
dency toward republicanism in the world,
and presaged the day of perfect har-
mony among the nations, when armies
and nayies would be unnecessary. The
London Nonconformist, which represents
much of the best sentiment of England,
treats it in different vein. For our
Selves" says that paper, "it seems to us
that no nobler language than this has ever
been held by the rufer of great Empire,
whose power is almost unlimited, and
who has nothing to fear from any other
nation on the face of the globe. Its rarity
and simplicity are certainly undoubted. -
The facts in the wrecking of the Allan
tic bear hard against Captain Williams
The vessel was out Of her true course
and if ever the Captain should have beer
at his post it was when approaching the
coast ut this inclement season. But be
went to sleep and was only aroused by
the fearful shock that sent his vessel and
hundreds of lives depending upon him to
swift destruction.
| THE STILES EOR SPRING.
The full assortment of silks now in the
market is very beautiful, and the American
lose nothing by comparison with the imported
ones, while they have the advantage of cost
| ing less. The fashion Of two shades of the
same color in dress is SO popular that silks
are made in reference to it, and two harmon
izing shades are shown in all the new colors.
A dark, dull blue, becoming and refined,
called Napoleon blue or Sevres; ashes OF
roses; a green gray called vert de girls rese-
da or nlignonette; and noisette, or hazel nut,
share popular favor with all the sage, bronze
and brown tints that have been worn during
the winter. For evening dresses, silks have
the faintest possible tint Of all the pretty col.
ors. They are just not white; the most deli.
cate flesh or rose color, the slightest sugges.
ton of blue; the buff of Alderney cream the
pale, exquisite green seen in wild rhodo.
dendron; and real pearl, copied from the
great, rich pearls of Mexico, are found in
heavy silks. Then there are endless combi-
nations of black and white in stripes, sprigs
and chene, from those that are almost black
to those that are very light. The Cheney
silks, made in Manchester, Connecticut, have
been well known for years in black and in q
few fancy colors and stripes. This year they
come in all the new colors, and in almost as
great variety as the French. They are firm,
enft do MT cracl da pot fa6o p,oro thar l,o
imported ones, and are in every way desira-
BILE. The black are $500 dollars a yard, the
colored 1926. Imported silks of the same
quality arc much more costly. The Cheney
silks are said by experts to be superior to any
others made in America.
Chief among the expensive wooden goods
are the camel's hair fabrics; they are rough,
soft, loosely woven and in ecru and sage
shades, are of two qualities, thick for polon-
ases, and thin for summer dresses, are a yard
and half wide, and cost IS or Sc yard
They may be worn like everything else, with
a black silk skirt, or made into a suit of two
shades. There are great variety of soft,
twilled materials now in the market. Wig
ogne is cashmere with long serge-like twills
on both sides, and is light enough for spring
aud summer suits. A new kind of de bege is
thin and useful material for mild weather.
Raw silks in plain colors at 81 make hand
some dresses, but cannot be trusted to wash
like pongee, which is a most useful and really
handsome material for summer dresses or
polonaises, though it does look vory much
like fine crash. The simplest way of trim
ming it, as we'll as camePs hair, is considered
the most elegant. Coarse worsted embroid-
cry suits for snowy tastes yak and linen laces
are favored by dress makers as they are easily
put on, but numerous French folds, narrow
ruffles, or deep scollopes bound with the ma
terial are by far the haAdsomest trimming
SIX serges at 81 yard. mohair serges at 80
cents yard, and Milan serges at from so to
70 cents yard, arc all twilled fabrics TOR
spring wear, and are in all new colors. Col
ored alpacas and brilliantnes too, are in COM
mon use; although nothing will ever replace
the useful and convenient black suits of the
best brands of alpaca, silk finished mohair.
and Turkish brilliantine. Basques of ali
shapes and sleeveless jackets come in i'm.
mense quantities for outside garments, and
| there Is an attempt to revive the old pelerine
cape or mantilla. 1t should be of black CASH
mere, embroidered with India colors and
trimmed with fringe.
thick, clumsy CLUB sticks, and are furnished
with chain and hook to attach them to the
vest or chatelaine. The tourist walking stick
handle will probably give place to the latest
novelty. The most fashionable colors arc
blue and plume; the materials twilled silk
serge and changeable Venetian silk. Large
parasols are of black silk, lined with a color,
or of colored silk lined with white, and are
trimmed with single row of fringe, or with
two rows, one the color of the outside, the
other of the lining. Parasols also come in
linen, alpaca and gingham, some as low as
25 cents. The silk and serge range in price
from o. to SIS, and with lace covers may be
made very costly. When lace is used, the
sticks should be of yellow carved ivory
[ Boston Adrertiser.
Danville, on the Tennessee River, has be-
taken itself to the production of gigantic
skeletons. On the river bank where there
had recently been a slide, the skeletons of
some forty or fifty persons, some of extraor-
dinary size. bave been discovered. Nearly
al Of them are over seven feet In length, and
evidently belonged to race of men who in
haoited the country prior to the Indians.