Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-05

Ouo Ii 10 SOCK 1acKku1e II tAo ueooDO1fO
Of a bed on retiring for the night, and the
| other is to arrange the slippers very care
fully, bottom up, at the foot OF the bed.
Garden and Forest quotes this simple method
Of testing the qualify Of pear: Write name
with pen and ink upon the dry skin Of the
fruit. II the ink is quickly absorbed, leaving
clear, sharp lines, the quality Of the fruit is
| good; il the skin does not absorb the ink
| quickly, and tho lines are blotted, the quality
| is inferior.
| Here il an item from the Choctaw, Ala,
| Herald: We are requested to say to the men
Of this place that on the tap Of the bell at the
church on Saturday evenings, before the
second and fourth Sunday in each month,
| they are solicited to attend and assist the
| young ladies In cleaning the lamps and
church for services the next day.
| The ways Of auctioneers in different parts
Of the world vary greatly. In the United
| States and England the seller bears the ex-
pense of the sale, but in France the purchaser
| bears the cost, per cent. being added to his
| purchase. In Holland it 10 still worse, the
buyer being required topay 10 per cent. addi-
tional for the expenses OF the sale.
The quality of roof states, says German
trade journal, may be easily tested by care
| fully weighing samples, then putting them
! for quarter of an hour into boiling water
that Ia fairly free from lime, saltpeser and
ammonia; on reweighing the states those that
show the greatest increase In weight are the
most capable Of resisting deterioration.
An Austin inventor has devised a steel corn
husker, which, drawn by team, picks and
husks the corn at the rate Of eight to twelve
acres a day, according to the capacity of the
team The team and machine move astrids
the row, one horse on either eide, and every
ear of corn, large or small, u picked up.
Corn husking can now be done just as thrash
ing is, lasting but few days
The production of wool in India, central
Asia and China is estimated at 300, GOO, 600
pounds Australia and New Zealand possess
"a, 900 900 sheep, producing zoe, 000, 900 pounds
of wool, worth e114, 10000 La Plata pos
sesses 1OO, oO0, 900 sheep, producing $1,000 tons
of wool, worth s., 900. Europe possesses
200, 600 600 sheep, yielding 400, OOO, 900 pounds
Of wool
There is so long list of applicants for adj
mission to the London Atheneum club that
the last man elected has been waiting for six
teen years, and fifteen years is the average
unless it is so distinguished that it is taken up
out of its order. Three or four years is said
to be moderate time to wait for chance
Of admission to many other clubs In London.
A woman in New York has invented an
ingenious and unique bath for infants. 1t is
made of pure rubber on strong cloth, and is
folded over a pretty frame of bamboo, which
can be enlarged as the child grows older.
At the bottom is q hard rubber faucet for
the water outlet One end is furnished with
convenient pockets for toilet articles and
the other end with a clothes and towel brack-
ct. 1t is raised sufficiently from the floor to
make it convenient for the mother to sit in
her chair while bathing the baby.
WOMAN'S WEAR.
Black Is again leading color for dresses,
hats, bonnets and wraps
The new gown stuff veloutine has a silk
back, and stripes Of short pile velvet over the
right side.
1t is thought that the centennial will help
the white vest to spread and flourish like
green bay tree.
London will have none Of orange colored
stationery-not that it hates Parneu the less.
but loves quietness more.
Ladies' shirts Of striped linen or pale silk,
for wear with directoire coats, appear in the
shops in almost distressing profusion-
Frocks of fine white wool braided all over
with white silk look simple enough for
shepherdess and are costly enough for q prin-
cess.
A discovery, due to the plentiful royal
he oh &c hot looo
worn between two jet ones is strict half
mourning
A new finish for sashes of silk or ribbon is
two bands Of jet openwork across the ends,
with handsome jet fringe falling from the
lower one.
Seen upon recent hat: Two birds, three
butterflies, two yards Of ribbon. four of lace,
about ten of silver cords in rows and rings
and rosettes.
You can buy child's sash Of washing silk
five inches wide and two and one half yards
long, for one shilling, but you must go to
London for it.
For morning walks or shopping thick wells
are allowable, but for all other occasions the
sheerest dotted net, coming just below the
chin, is the correct thing.
An easy mitigation Of the new baggy sleeve
is to shirr it just below the armhole, and set
velvet or GALLON under the shirring, with an
other row just above the cuff.
Bands Of Grape flowers with pearl centers
laid fat upon Grape and making the hem to
gown are among the latest devices of Felix,
the famous Partisan costumer.
The perennial and superserviceable jersey
will be worn again, mainly in black The
pretty silk blouses are used In its stead where
a color would be in better taste.
About the most comfortable underdress for
black lace gown is Of the striped or plaid
washing silk, which is firm enough to need
lining neither in skirt nor waist
One of the newest stuffs for panels, bands
and SO on Is fine cord checked white silk
worked all over In outline stitch with the
quaint figures of Queen Anne embroidery.
Vests of white tulle, outlined by braces of
handsome ribbon and finished at the neck
with frills of dainty lace, are among the most