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News From Over the Seas.
FALL OF VIRGINIA BONDS IN ENGLAND

FALL OF VIRGINIA BONDS IN ENGLAND
LONDON, November 12.-The Economist says:
the success OF the readusment party at the recent
elections"
INCREsE OF CHOLERA AT MECCA
ALEXANDRIA, November IA telegram dated
Dliddah, November 9th, announces that cholera
at Mecca has increased. The mortality on the 3D.
4tn ana 5th was So 2i5 and PA respectively Cara
9th and 1t is feared that the 400 Egyptian troops
stationed at Ell Wadj, will he unwilling or unable
sanitary commission win probably establish a
strict quarantine against FL Wadi.
IRISH TENANTS AvALING THEMSELVES OF THE LAND
ACT.
DUBLIN, November 12.-Among the applications
Tor hiking Judicial rent recorded are one hundred
and thirty on the estate of Sir George Colthurst OF
CORK: others on estates OF the endowed school
commissioners, and OF the Marquis OF Ely, IN Fer
managh county, and one hundred and seventy on
the estates OF the Mcnamara minors, where the
tenants have long refused to pay rent The land
commissioner has resolved that In all cases where
noIices nave been served on or before TO-DAY it
Will note the application, even il it sit until mid
night This greatly Increases tenants facilities.
THE NEW FRENCH CABINET.
LONDON, November IL, p.m.-The amount OF
bullion withdrawn from the Bank OF England on
balance to-day is e1000o0. Among the probable
additional names mentioned for the formation OF
the French ministry are Nj. Spuller, member OF the
chamber Sna OF deputies for the department of the
Seine, as minister Of the interior and NJ CaZot TO
De minister OF justice, which Office he held in the
last ministry.
PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH.
In the Gun Club pigeon shooting match to-day.
between Dr. Carver and Mr.. Archer for f100 aside.
the result was draw, each killing 10 out of 25
birds
SOCIALISTS ARRESTED.
LONDON, November 12.-A Berlin dispatch TO the
Sunddfd says: Several socialists at RegenSburg,
Bavaria, have been arrested. charged with having
connection with the Swiss nihilists The police
have arrested at Sosnowica. in Russian Poland. a
man with French passport and sent him in
chains to Warsaw. The prisoner confessed that
several nhllStS from Paris had gone to ST. Peters
Durg, Where plot was expected soon TO mature.
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THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
The German Orphan Asylum.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS-LADIES COMMITTEE Fol
THE COMING FAIR.

n
The German Orphan Asylum Association last
evening elected the following directors to serve
Tor three years: Il. Handler, VIM. Ockstadt, c.
Schaener, j. L. Vogt, Edward Abner, John Mass,
j. j. Appich and w. Koch A ladies committee for
the coming fair was organized, as follows: Mrs
Adolf Cluss was elected president, ,and Mrs Theodor
foesche wee president. Committee at Large-MrS.
an Anton Becker and Mrs. Schimmelfennig. Table
aFaith".Mesdames L. Handler, NJ Reinhardt, e.
Amelia and Emma %ahihafe4 ine Mlsses TsoIe h
HHope"-Mrs. P1epenbrink, Misses Rosa GockeIer.
Magse sesehp ss5ep Hsgse Ss
ty",Mesdame Thalburg, Roberts and Widmeyer.
the MISS Misses snS r WI MMidmeysr Kate Dletz
ETsa ss ana Dr. EovS Walter a,paan %as
Minna schaefer, Emma schaefef % and "Ssa, Maseie
Schneider Capitol Hill Table-Misses Schench,
Koontz and Huter, Mrs: Otto and SchencI% Annie
Neuratn, |. Neurath, Carrie Hurlebaus Seventh
Street Iable-MisseS Frances Dittrtch, Ellen Rehu
Phiiippine Petsch, Sophia Sanders and Maggie
Emma Kaiser, Julia Memmert. Lizzie Kaiser. Mrs
Blumenberg. Klink and Misses Goebel and Herzog
Bower1MrS yH Lille Bretbarth Misses Rosa steinle
11zzie Gleseking, Minnie Giesekfng, Lena Miller
Mesdames Anna Welker, Flora Petersen and
Ps.sr Pnfaep Il dunehmMrs Thomas & schaefer
KING, Henry Wex and Fred. Vogt.
The SUFFRAGE CoMNITTEE.-Hon. A. M. Clapp,
president OF the republican central committee, as
authorized by the resolution adopted at the meet
ing held Thursday evening, has appointed the fcl-
lowing committee to visit the President and Con-
gress in behalf OF the right OF suffrage In the Dis
trict: General E. w. Whitaker, Professor j. nj.
Gregory, Colonel 8. s. Smoot, DR.. C. B. Purvis and
Matthew Trimble, esq.,
THE MAN WHO FELL FROM CowcATcHER-Felfx
Cumptcn, who, it will be remembered, was badly
injured near Waterloo, in Alexandria county, Va,
last Tuesday night, is still at the Providence Hos
pital It is thought he will recover. 1t appears
that while intoxicated in Alexandra, about the
time the train due here at 81 O'Clock started, he
got on the pilot, and when the train was making
about IS miles per hour he fell Oh. 1t Isl wonder
he as net killed outright
ARRANGEMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL CouRr-To-day,
In the Criminal Court, Judge Cox, the following
prisoners were arraigned:-Owen Flood, assault
with intent to kill q. W. LOngan, pleaded not guilty.
VIM. j. Queenan, second offence, larceny, pleaded
not guilty; Washington Meredith, do, pleaded not
guilty; George Carr, do, pleaded not guilty; VIM.
smith. burglary and larceny, pleaded not guilty;
George I. Craig and George NJ. Roberts, do. do
Waiter Brown, Phillip Handy, Alex. Dorsey and
Walter Peyton, assault with intent to kin Charles
Gray, pleaded not guilty; Samuel Norris burglary
and larceny, pleaded not guilty.
RANGE or THE rHKRNoMK1RR
The following are the readings Of the thermOme-
ter At the Signal Once during the day: m. -
06Q. Ham, 81 deg; 8 pm, 4deE. Maximum
"a d00. m1DfmUU0 - :
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BALTIMoRE. November 12.-yirsinia 6s, console,
DO no. seS 81 do st due
BALTIMORE. November I2.-Cotton quiet-rnid-
southern ba
easyesouthem red. 35al. Al do. amber, 1.4aal; ;5O
;9a Ss
Ss.ss mixed sS and
quiet and stesdysouthern' sssso; western White ssa
say po1 bf sulfs ide s
ssar rS sides I sskea 81 fnd TO-
FsneS Fns aa gpfs 1ss
soft IL WHISKY dull and t anehanged chan T Frehts to
2.SSs barrels; wheat. q as bushels; corn. S.s5s
Ssnf DSsnsie Ss Sats @ 2s bushels nens
wheat s. TSss S. bushels: 81 bushels: 49,
4 sSS s
bonds moderately active Governments quiet but firm.
,NEw YORK. Nove@be. 12.1aFlour quiet and ,,:; gp.
ifs h sp ar% anS g. kosn. azs fresh
4 s d. e
DO seeend afss soH R0 s. do sesepds
YSrk Central Illinois C Central lss nd Psnn Penn
eSn. Szss.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
The following quotations were current IN New York
to- day at 2:3O p.m., reported by H. d Dodge. OF
5Ss 18th street. by special wire:-Canada Southern.
do firsf preferred, 4Oi; Chicago. Burlington and
quincy i4s and L. s2si IA q HnSsoD q and lioS C.
:nf Sis;s,a
Illinois 0sntTss 49, ,,sI;e B. ssa and Hassy: vi:
MIes.p Gent csR ndbs T. ana and o5is E5i So So
loo; noen- New 7oss Iasss.sd: ioss YssnSiils snd
Chattanooga, Sc; New Jersey Centrsi. sSx; New
essferrsa xerthxsstsrp i2s osS ns,se Gent,1 anal
western, ssS; Pscifc NOD. as; fee. p. and
e.. z3;. kesding: g: Rok Isand lS6;
TX; do. prefesnssd. iosx; Texas fsanc. 57ss:
ss wabssh snd f.aas. OK; DO prsssrred. sss; Mes.
s&s's = -. hiss2iiH: a. sssscs. sS s'GEGS Hs
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The RAINY wearher.

NEW YORK, November 12-It is raining this
morning at Cincinnati, Toledo, PittSburg and Buff
falO In other sections west the weather is cloudy
or clearing.
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kilograms to The Star.
Disastrous Fire I'm California.


SAN FRANCISCO, November l2.-The fire at Mo-
oeSto yesterday destroyed the Arendte and Modesto
hoteiS. end number OF stores and manufacturing e
establishments. The loss aggregated about s5o.O0o
The remains OF A. II. Chapman a sheepher,ler
were found In the ruins OF the Modesto hotel An
explosion or quantity OF powder I'm one OF the
stores and or cartridges In the shooting gallery in
which the fire originated, scattered the crowd and
checked the Efforts to extinguiSh the flames No
one was injured by the explosion. The insurance
is light
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DOUBLE SHEET.
Washington News and Gossip.

THERE are 137 new advertisements In THE STAR
to-day.
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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve
nue. $467 .39, customs, 4725, ,6SS.11.
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SECRETARY BLAINE will return this afternoon on
the limited express from New York.
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THE STAR ROUTE CAsEs.-Col Bliss will be here
tonight and remain until next Tuesday. The
probability is that by that day it will be deter
mined as to the order in which the star route
cases will be presented to the grand jury.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

r-Ts NEW JERUSALEM TEMPLE, (SwEDEN-
all free. It.
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SECRETARY KRKwOOD has about completed his
annual report. He devotes an interesting chapter
to Indian affairs. 1t will not be made public until
1t Is transmitted to the President
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The ssalwar1 Ticket fo9 lisa.
For President: Chester Allan Arthur, of Lex1lD.
ton ay yenze, New York.
asa .. & Grant WIN pass take nouca--nu
) EorS Ss1. te-dak
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- GETHSEMANE BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST
L-S Washington.-Rey. J. w. GAINES will preach at
IL am. and 1880 Pm. Communion service at
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rESo UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, MASONIC TEN
LGS ple.-Services Tomorrow at IL am. Sermon
by the Pastor, Rev. ALEX. KENT. Sunday school at
9:3O a m IT.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT TO-DAY the following
business was transacted: Estate johanna Barry;
order on collector 10 pay amount In MS hands 10
y. Barry. Estate &. A. Sage; order appointing Jo-
Siah Simpson administrator on bond OF s2.J0O. Is
tate VIM Reed: answer OF Sarah A. Reed flied.
Estate OF Joseph T. h. Plant; order lappolnting z.
Riechenbach administrator; bond $500 Estate w.
B. Reed: order OF sale. Estate Ann Hines; order
appointing Betsy King Administrative; bond $780,
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WILL CcNTEsTKD.-In the case OF the win q
Patrick Brown, caveat was yesterday 6led ~
Daniel Brown, his son. The real estate ID LETT -
be divided between hts niece and brother, and g y
charged that undue influence was used. Mr. Il 81
Taggart appears for the caveator, and NJ. +. =
DOnahue for the propounders OF the VIII
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JUDGE FoLGER, the new Secretary of the Treas
ury, has telegraphed for rooms at the Arlington
from noon to-day. From this it is expected that
he will come over from New York on the limited
eXnreSS this afternoon.
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NAVAL ORDERs.-COmmander H. L. Howison, to
command the Minnesota, on the 18th inst. Passed
Assistant Surgeon Thomas H. Streets, to special
duty, Washington, d. c.; Assistant Paymaster
J. S. Carpenter, to duty In the bureau of provis-
Ions and clothing; Lieutenant Commander G. F. F.
Wilde and Gunner Patrick Lynch, from the Van
dalia and placed on waiting orders. Master b. A.
Ffske, from the Saratoga and ordered to the Min
nesota; Midshipman John Hood, from the New
Hampshire and ordered to the Brooklyn.
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THE CHATTANOOGA MISREPRESENTATION. H. F.
Griscom, president OF the Tennessee Press associa-
tion and a prominent republican leader in Tennes-
see, is an applicant for the postmastership at
Chattanooga.
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A HUSBANDS BILL FOR DIvoRCE.-To-day III. B.
MOulton for Phillip L. Burlls, flied bill for d.
vorce from the bonds OF matrimony with Francis
L RurllS They were married at Little Falls, N
Y, April 15 1868, and removed 10 this District ana
he charges that she committed adultery with one
Robert Brown at AnacoStla In 1873, and imme-
diately after he had discovered IL she abandoned
his home and went TO live with one Richard Smms
and has not since returned TO complainants house.
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SECRETARY LINCOLN RECoMME>Ds THE SPEEDY CON-
PLE1ioN OF THE NEW WAR DEPARTMENT BUILD
ING.
The following paragraph viii appear in Secre-
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DOESN'T LIKE HIM.-HOn VIM. E. Chandler is
located In the city for the winter He is not promi
nent just now In giving his opinions to the inter-
viewer except on the. subject of Attorney General
MacVeagh. This he gives without reserve. He
doesn't like him.
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soNAi"-ASA-NOSCAuoi ICIudlll ana WIFE. OF
Ma1ne are In the city on brief visit staying with
their SON at his residence, 91S street northwest
Rear Admiral Rogers was rendered and enioyed
reception by the officers OF the naval academy
at Annapolis, last evening, on the occasion OF his
retiring from the superintendency OF that institu-
uon.-W: =. Storey, proprietor OF the Chicago
Times, and Mrs. Storey, and u. s. District Attor-
ney Keasby and wife, OF New Jersey, are at the
Ebbstt--The Rev. Charles d. Andrews OF Christi
church navy yard). has sufficiently recovered
hts pulpit duties. Colonel HoratiO G. King. of
New York, Is In t0wn.---Mr. Sweet, private Secre-
about week. is able to be at his Work again
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A MODEL Observation-Disclosures Porter reports
to the Navy department in regard to the late in
spectlOn of the United States steamer Trenton be-
fore She was put out of commission that he con-
siders her the best specimen Of shtp-of-war that
he has seen for some years, as far as her good
order is concerned, and that her late commanding
officer, Captain F. M. Ramsey, deserves recogni-
t1On from the department for the fine condition of
the ship. Admiral Porter recommends change
in the TrentOn's battery to put her on a footing
with war vessels OF her class OF other navieS
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MISSING FROM HoME.-Laura Jane Coleman, an
insane colored girl IL years DID, LETT her home, in
alley between 2lst and 221 streets northwest Mon
day last, In company with her young brother,
Lewis Coleman, and neither or them have been
heard OF since. The police are looking for them.
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MR.. BAILEY, who was recently transferred from
the position OF railway mali superintendent OF the
third DIVISION which includes the District OF Co
lumbia, to service in the Poet Ofilce department.
is now acting superintendent OF the mail service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-12

NEW REGULATION OF THE US. TREAsURER.-It
has been customary for the U. S. Treasurer upon
receipt OF bonds properly assigned to him in ex-
change for other bonds On file with him as security
for national bank circulation, to surrender the
bonds on file, pending the transfer of the new
bonds On the books OF the department., during
which transfer the bonds are not in his possession
Being recently advised that If such bonds are lost
or mislaid in the department he is personally re-
spOnsibie the Treasurer has just issued circular
ordering 'that no bonds deposited as security for
circulation or public deposits, shall hereafter be
OF s oe or 70 ass tae Of r
lating notes, deposit OF lawful money, deposit of
other bonds In the name of the Treasurer U. S. in
trust, in the OF depositary bank, upon the
order Of the Secretary of the Treasury"
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d. H. STRAHAN, late a member of the New York
legislature, is at the Riggs. Mr.. Strahan is a
pronounced stalwart and there was story afloat,
it will be remembered, that through Johnny
davenport he was rendered the U. s. marShalShip
for the southern district of New York to abandon
COnkling in the senatorial contest
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- GURLEY CHAPEL, CORNER OF 7TH AND
G-S Boundary streets Notwithstanding at IL a.
m. and 80 pm. by the Pastor. Rev. WARD BATCH
ELOR.
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IMPORTANT TESTIMONY IN THE CHRIsT1ANcY CASE.
The taking OF testimony in the Christiancy divorce
case was resumed this afternoon in the Office of
Messrs. Cuppy and Ingersoll, by Examiner Love-
took the stand, and testified that he took the tes-
mony of Edil Giro, and to the production before
by Mrs. Christiancy, and that Mrs. Christiancy
admitted that the letters had been written by her
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LONDON, November 12-The Economist saws
"Virg1nia funded bonds have fallen g. because {
the success the readjustment party at the receI
elections"
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BALLS, PARTIES. &c.

GRAND ANNUAL BALL
" THE
GERMANIA MAENNER-CHOR,
AT ABNERS MUSIC HALL,
AONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER nth, 1881,
:, Admission one dollar. admitting a gentleman and
ladies'. NIL I-1ts
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Fo METROPOLITAN NJ f. CHURCH, CORNER
~ and 413 streets:.Rev. R. n: BAER. Pastor,
day School at $50 Strangers cordially invited to
these services. 1t.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-06
Fishing in the Red Sea.

All the islands in the Red Sea, Will
the exception of Noerah, Great Har
nish, and Dallace, are barren rocks, un
inhabited and without water. Three o
four of the largest, between Akabah anC
Jiddah, are generally taken possession
of during the pilgrim season by watel
carriers, wood cutters, and fishermen
from the main land. They erect tenn
porary habitations for themselves ant
families, and chiefly live on fish whicl
abound along the coast. They catch
the fish by nets, hooks, and spears; but
the turtle they generally catch while
asleep on the waters, which they nc.
complish by suddenly turning it upon
its back. However, should the turtle
be disturbed before capture, and disap-
pear beneath the water, il seldom es-
capes its pursuers The turtle is both
a slow and awkward swimmer, and il
quite defenCeless, even in its own ele-
ment, when attacked by an expert div
er. Each fisherman carries large net,
made of strong twine, to which is at,
tached long rope about twenty feet i'll
length. With this net i'll his left hand
and n short spear i'll his right, the fish
erman dives, pursues, and generally
overtakes the turtle which he manages
TO entangle III the net, and at once hauls
it to the surface. In this manner they
capture thousands; but they are not SO
valuable as an article of food as those
procurable in the Mediterranean or
West Indies. They are caught for the
value of their shell, which has become
II great article of commerce between the
Red Sea, Ceylon, and Europe. The ma
tive turtle of the Red Sea and Levant,
when fully grown, generally weighs
from one hundred and fifty to two hun
dred pounds. The Arabs on the shores
of the Red Sea, having never found a
dead one, seriously believe that the tur-
tie species are endowed with everlasting
life. 1t is stated as a matter of certain
ty that the turtle lives over two hun
dred years. In bringing forth its
young, nature has taught it to take the
same advantage of the sand and sun as
the ostrich in the desert. The female
turtle generally selects a soft, sandy
spot on shore, beyond the reach of the
tide, where she makes hollow nest, in
which see deposits between one hundred
and twenty and one hundred and fifty
eggs, which she covers with sand; and
then, like the lazy and selfish cuckoo,
she abandons her offspring forever.
The turtle and land tortoise are Of the
same family, for they can both live in
close confinement without food for a
period of from twenty-five to thirty
days. When this process is adopted in
their shipment from their native seas to
Europe, they become very weak and
lean, and many of them die ON being re-
stored to their liberty.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-06
Hand Painting Dresses.

The application of hand-painting to
accessories of dress is daily gaining
fresh importance. The latest novelty is
painting on the corner hem of China
silk handkerchiefs. These small pock-
ct foulards are made in Paris of plain
red, blue, or ecru for the centre;
around this a figured hem is stitched,
and this is of printed silk, but the four
corners are always of the same color as
the centre On one of these corners
comes the painting by hand The sub
jects are very decorative; there are birds
of paradise in tangle of exotics; chari-
OTIS drawn by swans or dolphins, and
plenty of white foam splashing up and
even to the centre part of the foulard
climbing plants that form a mass of
bright color on the corner hem, and
that diminish as they taper up to the
centre; Venus rising from the waves and
holding above her head shell, i'll the
midst of which was a large shining
pearl. 1t is the proper thing to exhibit
the painted corner. This decoration
does not exclude "a worked crest and
monogram, executed in embroidery on
an opposite corner, but not on the hem.
A handkerchief of the kind here de-
scribed costs in Paris from fifteen to
eighteen francs. The artist gains from
five to ten francs for each subject. /
is not supposed easy to finish two in one
day. as the painting is as fine as NINA
ture; but even should three be got
through in two days, this is not despi-
cable employment, and ladies might en-
deavor to introduce this novelty at
home. There also are exhibited new
perfumed sachets to be laid on the CEN
ire of quilts and smaller pocket sachets,
now used for cardcases and photos, in
stead of the stiff leather and pasteboard,
ivory, or tortoise shell pocket cases of
the past. These sachets owe their sue
cess to fragrance with which the lin
ings and the inside are impregnated.
1t is so lasting that coat front retains
the mild perfume long after the sachet
has been removed. Sachets are also
painted on the outside by hand: they
have two pockets, one under each cover;
these and the inner flaps are outlined
with silken cord. Another suggestion
for the industrious is the application of
embossed designs applique on the. quar-
ters of velvet parasols. They are of
stamped satin, tackled on all round the
contours with stitches that disappear
under thin silken cord, which is guild
ed round over the first tackings on.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-06

up into children's under-garments.- -
Dressing sacks or sacks to wear in sick
ness can also be made from the skirts of
worn-out night-dresses, and there are
various uses which can be made Of half
worn underclothes in families where
sewing machine is used. OF course it
would not pay to spend time in sewing
by hand upon any but new muslin.
Another economy that may be new to
some people, is making pillow cases
from the corners of worn out sheets.
There will be more seams than is quite
orthodox in such pillow covers, because
the centre piece on each end is gener-
ally too thin to be avsilable, and cutting
it out, necessitates JOIN of the pieces.
Where old linen pillow cases are good
at the corners, small square napkins for
washstands, bureaus and toilet tables,
can be made by raveling out deep
fringe 1t will be beautifully soft and
silky on coarse, old linen, and working
an open button-hole stitch all around,
in colored crewel, to keeping it from
farther raveling. If the linen is worth
it, letter, or little figure, can be put
in the centre in outline stitch, with
crewel or indelible silk. Useful table
napkins for everv day can be made from
the corners and sides of worn out table
cloths, and it would be well not to con
sign the worn out centres to the rag
bag, but keep them in the bag or box,
which in every family should be appro-
priated to old linen and cotton, to be
ready for any emergency. Bandages
and strings of the right sort, physicians
say, are seldom at hand in private
houses when accidents demand their
use, but they should be ready, even if
there seems bnt little possibility of their
being used.