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At Los Angeles, Cal, . woman gives up
all her time ~ forty cats.
In Germany they have begun to make
piano cases of compressed paper.
Bishop Potter is preaching in New York
against the danger of over luxury.
On the 4th inst. bouquet of pansies WAS
plucked in an open garden at Augusta, Me.
Fourteen widows and eight widowers live
near each other in single block at Railway.
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w. X. Vanderbilt has bought Jekye Is
land, not far from Andrew Carnegie's Geor-
gia island.
A washerwonan of RoSelle. n. j.. has
been Transformed into an heiress by being
left sl50.OO0.
Years ago figs were served on aristocratic
tables in Greece with salt. pepper. vinegar
and aromatics.
Walking skirts are now made as long a.
possible. care being taken that they do no,
touch the ground.
Dr. Edward Warren writes from Paris
that N. Pasteur will treat all bitten Ameri-
cans without charge.
4 tame cougar followed like a dog at the
heels If a wild cowboy in the streets OF
Portland. Ore. the other day.
evening dress; they are Of very light shade.
and are very long and lit the arm smoothly.
Cachmere shawls are being again utilized
for mantels, and are made 10 look very
stylish by being trimmed with ostrich tips
or with fur.
Fleece-lined silk gloves are becoming
very popular for winter wear: they are less
troublesome than kid. and less cumbersome
than woOlon.
The Berlin police authorities have for
hidden all public performances in theaters
and cifcuses with trained lions and other
wild animals.
AT Charlottesville, Va, recently. Rev.
Hope married young couple in front OF
his house. They stOod up in wagon sur
rounded by their friends.
A blackbird nearly as large As robin AM,
Of an unknown species has made its home
for some time past with flock of sheep be
longing to farmer Of Dalton. Ore.
Evening dresses Of tarlatan. crepe or tullt
frequently have fineiy-pinked edges instead
Of hens. although many have satin ribbon
run through the hem of the fiounces
Here is a case Of aggravated superstition
Rather than begin the year on a Friday. q
Garden City. Kansas. daily deferred its first
publication for 1856 until the ith inst.
A man IN Niesburg. " j., leads the biz
hog record SO far. with an auimal that
weighed S45 pounds and was suffocated in
its own fat while being moved in wagon.
Heavy fabrics Of rich texture are favor
ties for dinner dresses. These have trains
Of lighter color, box-pleated under the
bodice or set in gathers on the outside Of it.
Black satin or silk slippers cut quite high.
and with high, square heel, are favorite
housewear with dinner dress. They are
soft and comfortable. and always becoming.
According to ali ancient idea. pelicans
were Matched dead. but the cock pelican
brought them 10 life by wOunding his breast
and letting one drop of blood fall upon
each.
II is settled as one of the canOns of fash
ion that for fur trimmings Of dress or bon
net, sealskin, astrakan or beaver are an
propriate for blondes. and chinchilla or lynx
for brunettes.
A New Haven medical examiner states
that he found starvation 10 have been the
actual cause Of death In the ease of an in
fant that died in that city few DAYS aga.
The infant had been fed on some sort of
patent food.
At Pau. France, il is not unusual to see
u person with pair of skates i'm ono Ia MI