Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-07

10 dI pIOuuCtS III bIopOIilou. Ah0 soiA
Il rich, and Of late years the seasons hay
70 been favorable with regard to rain. B'
@ drcughts do occasionally prevail, yet wit
,, deep ploughing and early rlanting every
IS body makes produce to spare.
= Fashion Notes.
= Wigs are now fashionable for ladies j
: Paris.
= Bamboo is the favorite wood for ladies
:, umbrella sticks.
Cut jet is used not only for mourning
but for fancy jewels.
s Rubber aprons for ladies doing house
, work are among the novelties.
+, Daggers. poniards, and arrows are wor,
in the hair, giving one quite fierce ap
' pearance,
The new shades Of yellow are butter
cup. maize, old gold and mandarin
Which is vivid yellow.
Ladies with gray hair wear the Pompa
> dour coffure, and young ladies wear lhei
: in the Grecian style.
Cobwt b cloth is a novelty this season
This lace like fabric is made of threads OF
loose zephyr wool tied in diamond figures
with silk.
The fringes of this season are the
handso NEST that have been imported fol
years; hence, fringe is the fashionable
trimming.
!, The newest kid slippers for ladies are q
I, kind of sandal, with straps buttoned
across the foot, and each one ornamented
with bows of the color of the dress. OF
with black velvet bows and steel buck
les.
i 10 keep the veil down when visiting i;
now not considered breach of etiquette
and th're are, in consequence, several
i. novelties in preparation; but the most be
coming Wells are either plain white tuile,
or black with chenille spots.
A substantial improvement in bustles
and panicrs is that of having the ends OF
the horizontal hoops interlOcked with the
llengthwise wires in a secure way that
prevents them from being displaced and
lpro.ruding at the ends, as they are apt to
do. Another good invention puts hinges
III the lengthwise wires, SO that they will
fold without breaking, when the weare'
sits down. These are made up in cloth
and in skeleton paniers, small bustlts
long ones, and the small hoop skirts thai
many ladies like to use during the sum
). mer months.
The habit basque costume is favorte
design with the best Partisan houses, and
jpromises to be popular for the street and
house alike. 1t may be made of two
materials of two colors, but looks best il
one color is used throughout (though the
materials may differ), and the contrast be
introduced merely in the trimming Thus
mandarin yellow is used as the lining o.
the bows on this dress of plum gray
camel's hair, and the rows of sewing
machine stitching are of grayish white
Other suits made by this design are OF
olive-g green wool, stitched with pale blue
or else myrtlc-green, stitched with till
tel.
Il The scarf dolman is one of the bes
models of the new short wraps. Its ex
treme simplicity of shape, with only one
bias seam down the middle of th,' back
and Talma dart on each shoulder, will
commend ii to all, and this scarf-shape
!, with the mercst slit to pass the hand.
through, makes it cling around the shoul
ders aud hold the arms closely to the
sides, giving the slender appearance now
considered stylish. The most dressy OF
these wraps are of light colCr,d woods
!, with black silk. Sicilienne and net will b,
used for summer, and plaia black lsll
mere is used for plalner wraps that are
neat and lady like, though not meant to b,
dressy.
Sewing Machine MOnOpOlies.
An E,s,ern paper says: The first OF
May ushered in ar event of even greater
!, moment to many housekeppers than tbt
annual moving, namely, the expiration o
the last Important patent which enabled
, the makers of sewing machines to keeI
up their exOrbitant prices. For year.
past the large corporations have bough
up inventors patents and concentrated
, their rights, thus enabling themselvest {
!, restrict any such general manufacture a.
! might interfere with their practical mon
opoly. The grand central y: :euted feat
, ure, the needle with an eye near its point
was one to which all the makers paid roy
D ally. and for self-prOtectlon they com
bined to dive dangerous rivals out Of tn
field. The last of these patents in which
all the varieties of standard sewing ma
chimes had 3 common interest was tn
four motion feed, and for months past tn
combined corporations have been workin!
= for renewal of the patent, but renewa
has been denied. Already the prncipa
8 companies have begun selling their ma
chimes at Is per cent. discount for Ca sh
:. and ere long the Howe, Singer, and o,he
machines will be extensively made b.
other companies than those that have ha
!, the monopoly, and machines that cos
I only ten dollars each will no longer sci
for sixty.
Cremation.
The ~izOna Indians have a weak mes
; for cremation, and it is no draw back At y
: if the subject Of the operation be sti
alive 10 fact, it rather adGs interest I
the occasion. Among them, when hns
band aud wife cannot live haDDilv tn