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Fashion Notes.


Ribbon bonnets will be worn through
the autumn.
Many of the new felt bonnets have
applique designs upon them.
Gray and blue reseda and ruby are
likewise effectively combined.
Embroidered velvets appear among
the novelties of the present season.
Many of the autumn gowns have silk
shirt waists, belted and worn with coats.
Two colors of velvet are sometimes
combined in the new toques, with excel
lent effect.
Cashmere colored brocaded ribbons are
shown in widths for bonnet trimming:
and sashes.
Miniature brooms of green gold, with
platinum handles, are worn as earrings
by ladies of political proclivities.
Silver belt buckles, varying from two
to six inches in width, and Stimulating
the antique in pattern, are now in
vogue.
New walking boots are laced in front,
the uppers being made of the materia:
of the dress, and foxed with russet
leather.
Ostrich feathers of all lengths are be-
ing restored to favor for trimming bon.
nets and large hats for autumn and
winter
A novel garniture for bonnets consists
of three Greek fllets, of gold. silver, OF
jet. banded across the top through putfs
of velvet.
Po,onaises with diagonal fronts are in
high favor, and have the advantage OF
being becoming alike to slender and
stout figures.
Long redingotes, plated skirts, pol.
onaises and Directoire coats are the lead
ing characteristics of the nearly i'm
ported gowns.
A favorite arrangement of colors in a
costume is brown polonaise over a
green skirt, which is bordered with
brown stripes.
Large "picture hats" similar to those
worn during the summer, are imported
in felt and velvet for dressy autumn
and winter wear.
Black and white onyx is the thing fol
half mourning jewelry, while inch thick
rings of jet are the proper caper for the
earrings in the depth of woe.
Satin-wovcn stripes appear in the new
woolens, mainly in gray green and gray
blue shades, and are made up with metal
accessories, either galloon or embroidery.
The fichu shawls of net, black OF
white, and lace-edged, worn throughout
the summer, are now supplemented with
others of China Grape, black, white or
colored,
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A group of bankers in downtown
restaurant were discussing the question ::
"Is the banking business conducive to
lcngevity2" when one of them said:
II don't believe men in our line of
business are any more liable to die young
than preachers or doctors. There are q
dozen bank president. in New York
who have passed their SEVENTEEN year
and are still hale and active. Two or
three of these men have reached their
seventy-ifth year. There is a lady
banker, however, who is smarter for her
years than any of them. She is Mrs.
Deborah Pows., the head of the banking
firm of d. Power g. Son, at Lansingburg,
N. y, and her age is ninety nine years.
-Neu York IeleyTam.
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do in the cut of their gowns. What
is much nearer and surer is the prophecy
of growing individuality in the arrange
ment of the hair. Fashions in hair dress.
ing are dangerous things to pass from
hand to hand. What is one woman's
beauty is the deformity of another.
Goodbye and bon voyage to you,
Psyche knot. The pug Of Cupid's lady
love has worn well with the summer
girl. 1t is easy to arrange under sailor
hats and easy to keep in place. But to
wear it with home toilet wants face
as regular as Sappho's, figure poised
like Diana's, the lightness of movement
and grace of Hebe, the culture Of an
Aspasia and the clinging robes of a god
dess or eastern queen. Alas for the
commonplace and pug-nosed girl. the
high-cheek boned, the long chinned girl
the girl of the Roman nose and hard
features, when the Psyche knot walks
abroad, degenerated into hair club,
with two corkscrew curls depending like
the tassels of patrolman's knob stick
from the end.
Hair is going higher; it is also coming
lower, and neither style ought of neces.
sity to matter much to you or me. Look
at your face first and no fashion that
suits it will be wrong.
If the simpler styles, which one need
not call a hair.drcsser to arrange, fiat
coil of small braids wound pancake
fashion against the back of the head
threatens to Elm. With full, round
cast of features and straying tendrils Of
front hair to relieve it, this plate coiffure
sometimes goes we'll. A small, round
coil, low in the neck, but not resting ON
the collar is more generally becoming
than any other suit of hair; it is almost
indispensable when the ears are promi.
nent or large, piling the hair on top OF
the head, making, in such cases, the
offending members more noticeable.
Ill-shaped ears want the hair pulled
loose above and behind them.
For the evening toilet it is probable
that the bang has received its death
blow. It struggles. bravely, but the
Louis XIV. and XVI. styles will kill it.
1t would not be surprising if bare fore.
head were exhibited this winter by many
women who can do it with impunity and
some who can't. A coming style calls
for small soft roll over which the front
hair is carried up in waves, the ends
being eoiled and fastend in round, wavy
loops with small gold or amber combs.
A curl or two is allowed to fall on the
forehead, but not to hide the brow.
With such a coiffure the home hail
dresser twists the. back hair into fattish
French Ioll, coiling the ends loosely on
top. For occasions calling for more elabo.
rate arrangements as many putfs, twists
and loops as the mind of man ever de-
vised are intricately entwined.-Detr0it
Free Press.
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Rules for War and Peace.

Congress declares war; that is, both
Houses must act separately on bill de-
claring war by the United States against
some other country, and the bill must be
signed by the President. The President
and the Senate can make peace. Thus
it takes three separate actions to declare
war, and only two to make peaca ln
1912 the declaration of war against Great
Britain was entitled can act declaring
war between Great Britain and her De.
tendencies and the United. States and
their Territories. ."-,Sun.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Deal with the fortunate.

Deal with the fortunate.
Silence is the fence around wisdom.
No man il impatient with his cred
itors. ... ..
The amenities Of life make the true
beauty of living. -.
Life is continual routine whatever
guise it assumes.
A smile through tears is the souls
rainbow of peace. 49,
The simple faith of little child Is the
worlds truest homage.
Good breeding is like affection-one
cannot have TOO much of it.
Dreams are ofttimes the ful6lment Of
prophecy within ourselves,
The power of forgiveness is the no.
blest astribute in the human character.
To be autocratic is to be unjust to
ourselves. No man is sufficient unto
himself" ... D.
Despair and happiness are so closely
linked that each Is riven by the wealth.
of the other. ..7. ...
Getting up in the morning is like get
ting up in the world. You can not do
either without more Or less f-deniaL
Where q dam isweakened the water
flows more freely-so great, flow, OF
words may be the result of mental weak
ness. '..' ..: --
1t is, curious fact that man will.
condemn all the faults in others and ex-
cuse whatever habits he may possess
himself. "'..
With many, life is like kettle Of sap
in maple sugar time, each bubble trying
to swell up higher than the other; until
it bursts. -.
Fools may say wise things, but they
do not profit by them-so wise men may
sometimes err. In either case the nature
is not changed. 80.
Theories may be beautiful they may
contain some truth, but experience
knows all their romance: on one side,
and brings them to test Of their real
value
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
Where Woman fs Humbled.

An anecdote in the Wonaan's World
shows the attitude in Germany toward
woman's part in puplic interests. At
call made by an English couple upon a
German of eminence and his wife, talk
arose upon the public question of the
hour. The Engli>hman, perceiving that
the German lady was being left out of
the discussion, asked: "And what is
your opinion, madame" Before she
could reply her German lord made short
work of it: "Leave the room, meine
Liebe; these matters can be of no inter-
est to you."
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The Mills of the Gods.

Hark! How the mills are grinding, :.
How the busy burrs go round,
With a low and harmonic humming,
Where the harvest grain is ground.
See! how the chaff is winnowed,
How the millsto' e's wond'rous might
Sends forth on the floor before us
The wheat in its robe Of white.
So the powers of the Fate are grinding,
With a motion and plan sublime,
Our mortal acts and motives,
In the wonderful mills of time.
The mills Of the gods are grinding
Steadily, surely and slow
The wheat and the chaff dividing
To the place where each should so
And the hapless chaff is winnowed;
But lives that are lived atight,.
Like the grain on the floor before us,
Come forth all pure and white.
So the rolling hours are grinding,
And the piIiless years go round,
With slow and solemn motion
Where the mortal grain is ground.
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The Real Despots.

At liquor dealers banquet at Demonl-
cos one evening last week, one OF the atter.
dinner speakers is reported as saying tnae
the world was too much governed and mot
least by its own dear domestic despots, by It's
homes and firesides." The speaker, OF course,
omitted to sey how much the world was GOV
erned by those other despots, the rum bottle
and the beer keg, When it comes to a choice
of governments we are inclined to the oeller
tEat the world will prefer the dear domes-
tic despots" to the grog-shops every time:
There are many, at least, who believe thai IL
would be well to give the ''dear domestic
despots" fair chance for a while. e.-Nsto
York Observer.
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DR.. B. w. Richardson on Alcohol.

DR.. B. w. Richardson on Alcohol.
In 1868, and for year or two before, had
been making some original researches into
the properties of rare chemical substance
named nitrite Of amyL Then went on to
inquire into the methyl series, and so step by
step continued, reporting every year until, III
1866, began with the aicohols. 1t was at
one time supposed that there was only one of
these, but there are now known to be sew
eral. Now, the first great fact that startled
me when examining into the alcoho!s was
that they UNIQUE. tionably lowered the tenn
perature Of the body. | did not then know
that any one else had noticed this before me;
but know now that two OF three Others
DR.. John Davy (brother of Sir Humphrey,
Dr. Rae, the Arctic explorer and DR.. Lees,
of Leeds, hid all severaly suspected this
fact: but they had not proved it by expert
mental research. My great point was de-
monstration by scientific instruments-by
the perfect Thermometers now made
That was the first step-the startling fact
that alcohol lowers temperature. Now Tor
the second. This came from the study OF
an:esthetcs. In watching the action OF alco-
hol, l found there were just the same four de-
grees or stages as in the action of anPsthetics,
viz, simple excitement without inSensI bllty;
excitement with commencing insensihillty;
insenSibility absolute; and lastly, death-llke
insensibility. I came, therefore, to the con-
clusion that alcohol does not act after the
manner Of a food, but Of chemical substance
like an anasthetic. This, then, was the
second step. This was followed up by tracing
the changes and the notifications which
take place in the body from the continued
use OF alcohol reached thus the third step
or third conclusion, viz, that alcohol is a
prolific cause of death and Of great harm to
tile internal organs Of the body; it is, In fact
in it's ordinary use, slow poison.
can no more accept the alcohols as foods
than l can chloroform, or ether, or methylal
That they produce temporary excitement
is true; but as their general action is quickly
to reduce animal heat, cannot see how they
can supply animal force. | see clearly how
they reduce animal power, and can show O
reason for using them in order to stop physi-
cal pain or to stupefy mental pain; but that
they give strength. e., that they supply
| material for construction Of fine tissue, or
throw force into tissues supplied by other
material-must be an error as solemn as it
Is widespread. The true character Of the
alcohols is that they are agreeable temporary
shrouds The savage, with the mansions OF
his soul unfurnished buries his restless energy
under their shadow. The civilized man,
overburdened with mental labor or with en-.
crossing care seeks the same shade; but it is
Shade, after all, in which, in exact proper
ton as be seeks it, the seeker retireS from
perfect natural life-CasselpS Magazine.
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TEMPERANCE.
Rally Round the Banner.


Rally round the temperance banner. Wake
the echoes with your song.
Shake the hills with your hosannas. Swell
the chorus loud and long.
Onward still the cause is speeding. Soon
will dawn brighter day.
Where humanity lies bleeding. Temperance
soon shall win the sway.
Rally round the temperance standard. In
the war against this foe
Who will lead the glorious vanguard! Who
will deal the conquering blowa
Strike now in and out Of season. Dash aside
the poison bowl. :,
Save immortal man his reason. Strike the
fetters from his soul.
Rally ropnd the temperance banner. On the
hilltops iet it wave.
Young ard old, with loud hosannas Cheer
the hearts We toll to save.
Wives and children join your praises. Fill
the air with glad refrain,
As tie daUodils and daisies breathe their
perfume after rain -,
G. W.Cook,in "Battlc Are of Temperance"
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The Fra Of Hair Dressing.

The Era Of Hair Dressing.
The era of hair dressing is at hand,
DAYS in which the simpler styles will be
forgotten and women shall vie in the
elaboration of their II ssses as now they
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Whims in Millinery.

The American woman, in nothing, is
90 whimsical as in her bonnet. The de-
cided Partisan styles are not popular in
this country, even in New York city,
the most Partisan city on this continent
in its tastes. London fashions are more
popular, but they are not followed close
". New York miliners order bonnets
made in Paris to suit their trade here,
and many ladies who have been abroad
find that in New York city alone can
they procure bonnet which is not ex-
treme in taste and, above all, a bonnet
which fits them, an item often over
looked by the Partisan hat maker. More
extreme and striking styles are worn in
Paris and London than will be tolerated
in New York. A few weeks may change
the entire complexion of the millinery
outlook of to-day. The drygoods man
can dictate to his customers what they
shall wear, The milliner cannot. and it
is not always safe to predict that the
first importations of millinery will in
dicate what the fashions are to be-
Cool Housekeeping.
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The Trousseau Not So Elaborate.

A good Partisan dreSsmaHer says tnaC
the troussea has ceased to be the gigantic
outfit which it used to be. Fashions
now change so rapidly that what is in
vogue to-day may be Anticipated six
months hence. Half a-dozen dresses at
most are now given to bride OF tip-top
quality BY her parents. The usual num-
Der is five, to wit: The dress, par eycel
lence, which can be made to serve, d.
vested of orange blossoms, at dinner
parties and the opera; travelling cos
tune; q visiting gown; morning
gown, and ball dress. There is the
same economy shown in providing hats,
bonnets and mantles, and undercothing
is only provided in quantity amply
necessary for cleanliness and comfort.
1t is found that the store-keeper is the
best custodian of feminine tinery, and
that the less there is given over to
the safe-keeping of the servants, the
better. Then a quantity of numbering
boxes are such trial to temper, and
such an impediment to running, accord
ing to ones humor, from one place to
another. 1t is fearful responsibility for
Frenchman entering the welded state
to have q wife with vo!uminous trous-
seau. If she dies within three years
after her marriage, he is bound allowance
being made for wear and tear to return
it to her parents. Whatever objects are
lost must be accounted for. He is fur
nished with list of the garments, and
another is retained by the brides family.
The notaries of bride and bridegroom
also receive one each. The struggle for
influence between the mother-in-law
designate begins when the bride: e:elect
must be placed in the hands of Dress
maker for her outfit. One of the old
ladies wants her own favorite priestess
of fashion, and so does the other. There
is often such tug of war that the
match is broken off.-Argonaut.
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Lamentation OF an Exiled Queen

Lamentation of an Exiled Queen.
Marie, the exiled Queen of Naples,
lives the year around in Paris, in hired
apartments on q third floor, for which
she pays $1,000 year rent. The house
is retired and unfashiouable, and the
rooms are furnished with almos meagre
simplicity. This recluse-like life is fol-
lowed by the Queens own desire, to
which her husband readily accedes. She
feels that she is an outcast from her
former estate, and therefore is deter.
mined to live like an outcast. 'If,"
she once once remarked, Il remain at
the bottom of the ladder / shall at least
have no fear of falling further. If l
cherish no hopes shall suffer no disap.
pointments. If set my heart on moth
ing thall not be bereaved. went to
Naples a queen, and in year I lett an
exile. My rooms in the palace there
were scarcely put in order for me when l
was driven out by the revolution. Then
we went to Rome. My husband owned
a palace there, and made it our home.
What then? In few years Victor EN-
manuel drove US out of it. We fed to
England and then to France. We were
about to make permanent home and
devote ourselves to our only child. when
that child died. Has not misfortune
pressed US cruelty? Doubtless, if we
were to purchase house and seek to
make q permanent home it would be
taken from us. If We were to make
friends we would lose them. No, we
are exiles and wanderers, and such we
must ever remain. ."-Neao York Neaos.
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rode along here On that pillow OF consolation
put down my head to sleep at night.
On that soliI foundation build when see
this nation in political paroNysm every four
years, not because they care two cents about
whether it is high tariff, or low tariff, or no
tariff at all, but only whether the Demo-
Gratis or the Republicans shall have a
ropean nations are holding their breath,
wondering whether Russia or Germany will
launch war that will incarnadine a con-
tinent, | fall back on the faith that my
Father drives. Yes, cast this as all anchor,
and plant this Us column of strength, and
nft this as a telescope, and build this as
fortress, and propose without any perturba-
tion to launch upon an unknown future trlum-
phant in the fact that my Father drives. Yes.
He drives very near. l know that many OF
the clouds that you see in summer are FAR
off. the bases OF some Of them five miles
above the earth. High on the highest peaks
of the Andes travellers have seen clouds far
higher than where they were standing.
Cav Lussac, after he had risen In a
balloon twenty-three thousand feet, still
saw clouds above him.
But there are clouds that touch the earth
and discharge their rain, and. thouSn tne
clouds out Of which Gods chariot IS made
NAV sometimes be far away, often they are
close bv, and they touch our shoulders, ana
they touch our homes, and they touch US all
over. l have read of two r.des that the
Lord took in, two dinerehe en- cnafiGIs u:,
will take. One day, in a chariot OF
clouds that were mingling of fog and
smoke and fire, God drove down to the top
Of terrible crag fifteen hundred feet hlgh,
now called Jebsl-Musa, then called Mount
Sinai, and Iie stepped out OF Ills chaTlOs ros
among the split shelvings or rock. lne
mounta;rs shook as with an ague, and there
were ten volIeys Of thunder, each Of the ten
emphasizing q tremendous Thou shalt, OF OF
Thou shalt not" Then the Lord resumed
His chariot of cloud and drove up
the hills of heaven. They were
lark and portentous clouds that made that
chariot at the giving of tue law. But one
day He took another ride, and this time down
to Mount Tabor, the clouds out of which bis
chariot was made. were bright clouds, roseate
clouds, illumined clouds, and music ralneo
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Hail Him in worship as every morning He
drives out in His chariot Of morning cloud,
and cry with David:
"My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning;
in the morning will l direct my prayer unto
Thee and look up.' rejoice in these Scrip
ing" my soul waiteth for Thee more thar
they that watch for the morning" "lf take
the wing of the morning" THE eyelids OF
the morning." 1.-THE morning cometh, WHO
is she that looketh forth as the mornng!'
''His going forth is prepared as the morn
ing" Gas the morning spread on the mount
ANS" THAT thou snouIos5 vlslt MIN every
morning" What mighty thing the King
throws from His chariot when He throws us
the morning! =,
Yea; He has his evening cloud chariot. II
is made out Of the saffron and the gold and
the purple and the orange and the vermlllon
and upshot fame of the sunset. That IS the
place where the splendorS that have marched
through the day, having ended the process
sion, throw down the torches and set the
heavens on fire. That is the only hour OF the
day when the atmosphere IS clear enough 20
let us see the wall of the heavenly city with
its twelve manner Of precious stones, from
foundation of jasper to middle strata
of sardius and on up to the co
ping of amethyst At that hour with
out any of Elisha's supernatural vision
we sec horses of fire and chariots of tre and
banners of fire and ships Of fire and cities OF
fire, seas Of fire, and it seems as If the last
confiasraton had begun and there is world
on fire. When God makes these clouds his
chariot let us all kneel. Another day past,
what have we done with it? Another day
dead and this is its gorgeous catafalque.
Now is the time for what David called the
s'eveniug sacrifice" or Daniel called the
s'eyenins oblat;on." OH oh! what a chariot
made out Of evening cloud! Have you
hung over the taffrail on the ocean
and seen this cloudy vehicle roll over
the pavements of calm summer
sea, the wheels dripping with the ma.gnif-
cence? Have you from the top OF Ben
Lomond or the Cordilleras or the Berkshire
hills seen the day pillowed for the night. and
Oh, what a rich God we have that He can