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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

Boas and high collars Of ostrich feathers are to
remain an adjunct Of the toilette. The strings no
longer come from the extreme back Of the hat fitting
il often at an unseemly angle with the hair They
are now placed well forward that they hold the nat
on firmly. There some hats which are genuine
little bonnets similar to the small bonnets worn before
I'm. Introduction of tOques. Jet promises TO be
fashionable trimming not only in millinery but on
dressc, of wool and cloth. The metal trimmings so
much in vogue last wear will be sparingly used and
the use Of jewecd trimmings in evening wear seems
to have given way to spangled nets and chons which
will be used with deucate-hued satns
Thanks are due for information received to Messrs.
Lord & Taylor, Redfen, James McCreery d Co..
and Aiken sons Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

The severe plainness Of cut in new gowns Will
necessate the use OF garnlture but this is employed
sparngly and atOnes in quality for It's lack of guam
tity Heavy rich embrOderies Of silk and Of Jet are
used in band across the skirt and at the vest collar
and cuffs while the dress is otherwise severely plain
The new sleeves are not as high as they were. The
exaggerated sleeve of last has disappeared The
new ones are fitted close TO the forearm, SOD etimes
with long gauntlet cuffs reaching over them and so
tight that they will have to be buttoned after they
are put on The upper part of the sleeve is still large
and raised at the top and gives broader effect TO the
figure than those recently worm because the shoulder
seam is a trlfe longer The long coat basque with
large pockets the hips promises TO be fashionable
feature OF dress. There is also new bodice which
IS cut off quite short in front, and Is extended In
elongated position" nearly half the distance down the
back of the skirt. Narrow gallOOns aud narrow trim
mngs of all kinds are in special demand, and are used
in triple rows around the edge of the sweeping bell
skirt and sometimes In horizontal rows around the
entire length of the sleeves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

Vests remain in favor. and are the prominent
features Of all tailor gowns-unless we except the
large pockets, which shown on long coats and at
the side of the dress skirts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

There are as yet no noteworthy new colors. Cool
shades of Russian blue or cOufOwer blue In gray
tones predominant among cloth cOlors. There are
many shades of brown in chestnut and drab tones,
and there are. few dark. rich garnet colors. The
French millinery color cards contain a preponder-
ance Of green shades, but such coors are shown
I'm dress goods Singular seem, there IS not
always uniformity Of colors issued by makers OF dress
goods and the makers of millinery goods. although 1t
especially desirable that their colOrs should be har
monious and the dealers insist upon harmony Even
among the manufacturers OF millinery goods there are
often decided objections made by one to the necessity
OF control by another I'm the essential matter OF their
dyes. National preudices even are seen I'm this petty
matter. In the time of the FrancO-PIussan war and
directly after patriotic feeling nn 50 high that the
French ribbon refused to dye their ribbons so
rs 10 match velvets of the Germans, and this gave
mlliners an endless amount Of trouble and expense
II WAS necessary for them TO send samples back and
forward and order velvet and ribbons specially dyed
to suit their customers.
Whether we shall have green as a prominent street
shade again, Is matter of conjecture. 1t is quite
likely that 1t will be used chiefly in millinery, as an
accessory trimming. Black is still popular where
bonnet in contrast to the dress is worn. and for trim
ming all colors are used.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

Many of the cloths thus far shown are plain
faced cloths shot at intervals with lines figures
formed by raised threads In contrasting coors These
are similar to the figured cloths shown in the spring
Squares lozenge spots, twin circles hollow squares
interlaced are some of the patterns. Velvet rings
interaced and broken at intervals also form design
on fine cloths. In addition TO these conventionaIy
figured wo0llens. there jacquard cloths In Hover
and leaf desgnes, and these have been largely pur
chased by the trade IA spite Of the fact that brocaded
wOOen has never met with any special favor from
shoppers. The greatest novelties thus far exhibited
are the Bedford cords in figured and striped designs
and even these strictl. new, the effects
having been shown in figured Bengalines zigzag
effects serpentne and fored lightning patterns
are shown on these repped wooIIen grounds. The
introduction Of gay colors in stripes and figures on
Bedford cords is. however a novelty. Rough fancy
chevots in scottish heather mixtures shot with threads
of color and Scottish clan pads IN the rich natural dyes
of the land of the Thistle, shown for tailor gowns
and range in price from 81 to 80 yard. Chevron
suitngs are feature Of the fall goods. II it were
NOT for the practical abandonment Of the foundation
skirt the new goods would be too heavy for cOmorta
Bile wear They have more body and weight than
any goods that have been introduced for some time
past but they are the kind of cloth demanded by the
extremely plain skirts which, being without drapery
or puff depend their elegance somewhat upon their
trailing backbreadths and also by the long coat
bodies and threequarter length Jackets. Even soft
wooens have been given greater weight to meet this
necessity for frmer goods, and the caslmeres this
season are often drap-d'etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
WOMAN'S CLOTHES.
HINTS FOR THE AUTUMN.

There Is no marked change In the cloths imported
by the wholesale houses for fall wear. few light
cloths for early autumn gowns displayed by the
retail houses. September is becoming more ana
more vacation month. and never was this so notce
able as this The return OF the nauVe
once marked feature of the first OF September IS
not seen In the shops. which look dull a. in August
Several Of the largest of the shops are now making
repairs, which few years ago would have been maze
month earlier to meet the necessities OF the opening
season. A few of the smaller shops have announced
opening Of fall goods, but they attract no crowds
Of buyers for these crowds still fur away In the
mountains and by the seaside. 10 will be month
before the fashionable dressmakers and miiners VINO
dictate the changes in styles for dress VIII return
from Europe. The larger wholesale millinery houses
are displaying goods for the benefit of dealers
from the South and West who buy this side OF
the ocean. There are fewer goods shown in this
opening month of fill than there usually is in the
last month Of winter for the spring trade Gradually
our city people like the Londoners are growing 20
appreciate the beauty of autumn in the country, and
this change has had its effect the shop exhibits
only limited quantity Of demiSaison goods are sold
in the autumn the buying public coming into
late enough to need winter goods.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
Give All the hoy. a chance.

Lieut. A. b. Wyckof. u. S. N. has
written paper on THE United States
Naval Apprentice System. in which
he proposes tho extension OF the sys-
tenn in the manner TO gain recruits
from the rural districts of the states,
where good American stock is going
to waste. He would have the navy
recruited from the good boys OF tho
country rather than from the bad boys
OF the city. why should the navy
be confined to the seaports and not
have representatives OF all parts Of
the country" asks Lieut. Wyckoff.
Recruiting officers could be moved
from place to place, advertising thor
oughly In advance. and remain only a
few weeks in each town. The person.
mel needed could be restricted to three
or four persons. and tho expenses OF
each party would be small. When a
dozen boys had been enlisted they
could be sent 10 the nearest rendezvous.
In this way the navy could be Ameri-
canized and popularized, for. the poor
boys OF every state would have an
equal chance. "-Scribner' Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19

other instrument, except that IT,.
tone may be continued as long as de-
sired by manipulating q pedal which
keeps the electrical contact closed. A
chord, when struck, gives the same
tones as without the attachment, but
II the contact is kept closed the chord
will continue as long as electrical con-
nection is made. In playing simple
chords and pieces, very fine effects
and variations may be produced.
First playing few measures without
the attachment and then making con-
nection and playing the same again
gives an effect similar to repeating the
same strain on an organ at a great
distance.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
pREscIENcE.
Tho new moon hung In the sky,
The sun was low In the west,

The new moon hung In the sky,
The sun was low In the west,
And my bctrothed and
In the churchyard paused to rest :
Happy maiden and lover,
Dreaming the old dream over;
The light winds wandered by,
And robins chirped from the nest.
And 10 In the meadow sweet
Was the grave Of little child.
With a crumbling stone at her feet,
And the Ivy running Wild
Hanged Ivy and clover,
Folding It over and over:
Close TO my sweethearts feet
Was tho little mound up piled.
Stricken with nameless fears,
She shrank and chung TO me,
And her eyes were filed with tears
For a sorrow diG not soc:
Lightly the winds were blowing,
Softly her tears were flowing
Tears for the unknown years
And sorrow that was to bot
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
Infringing on an Ancient Idea.

"There is no new thing under the
sum-" Messrs. Robertson, of Long
Acre, in the course OF their business OF
supplying artists with pigments, be-
come possessed from time to time Of
remains of the great Egyptians, to be
in due course ground up by them, and
sold in tubes as mummy" paint.
The firm recently lent a piece of the
beautifully woven and preserved linen
bandages, in which high priest and
keeper OF the baths had been preserv-
ed, to be shown as some converse
zione or lecture in the Midlands.
The texture and quality excited
great admiration among the audience,
which eliminated to something like
astonishment upon n declaration of q
manufacturer that this fabric, woven
by contemporary of Moses, contained
the same disposition OF threads which
he had independently invented and
patented only year ago.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
Pointer for the Colonel.

After dinner we went out on the ver-
anda to smoke, but we had scarcely
got seated when colored man came
around the corner and gave the Col
onel some sort OF a signal which took
him around there. They retired out
of sight, and yet were so near that 1
could hear every word they said:
"Who is dat man, Kurnel2" queried
the negro.
"Why, he's friend OF mi me-"
els he from de Norf?"
eyes"
ais you'ns gwine to talk wah out
dere2"
81 reckon we may"
"Same like yo' allus talk?"
"About the same"
"Gwine to yt in bout de battle Of
Jonesboro'?"
~ can tell about that. Why do
you ask, Toni"
"Wali, 20 know every time yo' has
told bout de battles o. Jonesboro'
has allus called me in to prove dat
you was wearin' yo'r sword an'chargin'
around an cuttin' de enemy head of
when cannon hit yo' in de back an
fell into my arms an we lost de bat
tle.'
"Well?"
"Wall, lie got to 60 up town fur
bout half an hour, an II yo' talk
wah, keep cl'ar OF dat battle O. Jones'
boro' till git back. Yo' believe it,
an / believe it; but I'm jest tellin'
yo,' Kurnel, dat dat man up dar'
looks Like he might call W. . blamed
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
WHAT rs BEING ACCOMPLISH
ED BY MEN OF GENIUS.
Volcanic Remains In Connecticut
Type-Casting MachInss--The
Electrophonic Pfano--In-
fringing on an Ancient
Type-oastlns MaohIneo. :

Type-oastlng MaohIneo.
Now to outline the working of the
typecastina machine. A keyboard
similar to that OF a typewriter fronts
the machine. There is key for each
letter OF the alphabet. The operator
sits in front of the keyboard. Let us
suppose that he wishes to set the word
"new." He touches the key n. The
touch on the key releases from a
magazine in rear of the machine a
mold, technically called a matrix. for
the letter n. The matrix, which is OF
brass, slides down into receiver near
the keyboard. Next the operator
touches the key e. A matrix for the
letter is released, and slides down
alongside the letter n. The operator
touches the key W. A matrix for W
comes down and ranges itself along
side g. Now, in the receiver we
have, what2-the word new
in type2 No. nothing Of the
kind. We have three little brass
molds standing side by side, from
which, if we poured molten metal into
them, we would set the word new in q
solid cast. But there is no type. The
machine knows nothing of type what
ever, though, for convenience sake,
we are calling 1T at present q type
casting machine.
But the time is not come to put
molten metal into the three molds or
matrices" An entire line should be
set, not merely word. Suppose the
line is to be, "new things come to
pass" The operator proceeds to
touch key after key for the successive
letters until the mactrices for the
whole line are ranged side by side.-P.
d. Ross, in the Popular Science
Monthly.
Volcanic Remains IN Connecticut.
Several years ago, while walking
down the lower Connecticut Valley
with party Of students, we CHANGED
upon curious ledge ofrock surmount-
ing low ridge by the road that runs
from Berlin to Meriden, about half
way between Hartford and New Hav-
en-. A scramble up the slope though q
bushy growth OF youngtre led to the
foot of the ledge-a thick bed of gray
greenish rock, not in layers like lime
stone or sandstone, not crystalline
like granite or gneiss, but loose,
structurless texture, here and there
carrying roughly rounded blocks of a
dense, dark rock which we knewlto be
an old lava, from it's resemblance to the
rock elected from modern volcanoes.
Although ledge of this kind is not OF
ordinary occurrence, its features were
so well marked that there could be
little doubt of it's nature and origin.
it was bed of volcanic ashes, inter-
spersed with blocks or bombs of lava
that must have been thrown from
some neighboring vent long ago in the
ancient time when the rocks of the
valley were made. The ash-bed lay
upon n series of muddy sandstones
that had evidently been formed under
water, for they are deposited in lay
ers, just as sand and mud are now
when they are washed into pond;
and to all appearances the eruption
OF the ashes and bombs had taken
place during the accumulation OF the
sandstones.-Popular Science Month
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
At the Barracks.

The captain called o private to
him and said: 81 am told that you
can draw and that you have the inso-
lence to sketch my caricature."
"Captain!"
Enough! You march into the lock-
up for q week"
"A week. Oh, captain! pray be
mercifulW
"All right; if you will draw a carl
cature OF the colonel, I'll let you
oil this time. "-Blancoy Negro.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
STRAY BITS OF HUMOR.
HUMOROUS SELECTIONS FROM
BRIGHT EXCHANGES.
Laughabie InoIdents---Humor
Sayings and Funny Doings--
The Best Medicine In the
World for Various
Ills.
wlIlIna to satlsfy Hls curlosIty.

willing to Satisfy His Curiosity.
Every one has seen him. He works
in some capacity in fully halfthe stores
in the country, and is known either
MS the Inquisitive Clerk or the Clerk
Who-Knows-It-All.
He was behind the counter in one OF
the many drug stores where he is en-
ployed, a few days ago a man came
in and said he wanted to get half a
dozen six-ounce bottles.
"BottlesY" he asked.
"Yes, bottles" responded the man.
.With or without corks?" he asked.
"With corks," was the response.
"Want'em emptyg" he inquired.
Certainly"
"And new"
do you suppose want bottles
you've been keeping strychnine in?"
The clerk said such an idea had
never entered his head, and then ask
ed:
what do you want them for?"
"To break, responded the inipati-
ent customer promptly.
"What"
The customer beckoned to him to
lean over the counter and then caught
hold OF the lapel OF his coat and wnis-
pered ~
II wouldn't want the neighbors to
get onto it, but rather like to hear
them crack. Just a whim of mine.
It's better than breaking windows,
and gives me just as much pleasures;
but my supply has given out and l
want few to hold me over until an
other carload arrives"
The clerk looked at the customer
doubtfully.
30, well, of course it's nothing to
me-" he said.
"Then what made you ask about
it?" demanded the customer.
The clerk made no reply, but got
the bottles. AS he was making the
change, however, the spirit moved
him to ask:
what do you do with the corks?"
"Chew EN-" was the reply. cts
good for the digestion. Try it some
time.
Then the customer walked out, and
the clerk shook his head and tapped
his forehead. But he has asked no
questions since.-Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
A Thoughtful Master.

Gedeon's coachman, who has just
recovered from an attack of bronchitis,
is waiting to recievehis masters or
ders.
you don't cough now, Bautista.
Are you fit to drive, do you Think"
"Yes, sir" replied the coachman,
eli wrap up we'll"
81 thought OF taking the victoria"
said Gedeon, "but lest you should
take cold, we had better order out the
brougham. "-El Faro de Vigo.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
How he Beat the Rarber.

One day last week q spruce-looking
young man entered a downtown bar
ber-shop and, seating himself in the
BARRIERS chair, was speedily enjoying
the luxury of a haircut and shave.
After his mustache had been curled to
the young mans satisfaction he got
out OF the chair, put on his hat and
coat, and, taking from his pocket
what the barber supposed was %
cent piece, turned around to the bar
Der and insisted that he should go out
and have a drink with him, as he
wished in that way to show hirappre-
ciatIon of the artistic manner in
which the tonsorial artist had manip-
ulated him. The barber firmly but
courteously declined the invitation,
saying he never drank during business
hours.
"But," said the young man, ''you
have given me the best haircut and
shave have enjoyed in good while,
and insist upon your going out and
having drink with me for friendship
sake, as ] cannot think OF leaving
without expressing In THIS manner my
esteem for your excellent workman
ship"
The barber was n little nettled by
this time, and replied brusquely.
81 told you / never drank with any
one during business hours, through
friendship or for any other reason.
Don't you see the gentleman who is
waiting? Next"
"Well! ] call this a downright
insult" said the spruce-looking young
man, "and / shall never patronize
you again. There'syour money" and
throwing the coin over in the corner
of the room, he hastily left the shop
and disappeared around the corner.
The barber, not suspecting anything
wrong, finished shaving the next man,
and then, going over to the corner for
the money, found cent.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
What Electricity Is.

Professor c. s. Page delivered a
lecture on electricity" before small
audience at Central Music Hall
Chicago, recently. With the aid o!
electrical appliances, q galvanic bat
terry, and blackboard diagrams, he
set forth his new theories. Professor
Page claims that attraction is the
affinity of matter for ether, and that
repulson is the meeting of currents OF
ether from opposite directions. He
also gives ether the credit for being the
fluid of life, and the nervous fluid
which supplies the body. A few of his
principal ideas are given in the follow
ing terms:
"Not one OF the sixty-four elements,
without the presence ofether, possess
es weight.
Force is not creative, and can not
be annihilated.
either is the cohesive force of ma
ture.
Light is the divinest subject in the
universe, and the more you study it
the less you know about it.
Light is the broken particles or
atoms of ether"
Professor Page gave his peculiar ex-
plantations of the thunderbolt, the dy-
namo, the arc and incandescent
lamps, the law of gravitation, and
various other obstruse matters con.
corning astronomy and the laws gov.
erning tho universe. He was seized
with fainting fit early in his lecture,
but soon recovered and was able to
proceed to the end.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19

Mr.. Dibbles, whose loquacity was
notorious, was recently shavine in
Connecticut an influential "elder" Of
the Church, who insisted on the bar
Der stopping talking, and further
branded him as "babbling fool"
This was too much for Dibbles, who
told the indignant elder that he might
90 elsewhere to get the other half of
his face done, and the evidence was
clear that the prosecuted had to un-
dergo the indignity OF sallying forth
into the street with one side only
shaver. The judge in passing sentence,
animadverted strongly upon BARRIERS
loquaclty, and not only fined Dibbles,
but, to his surprise, also sent him to
prison for a week.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
A Small Loophole.

Housekeeper-"I know that milk
fresh from the COW is warm, but that
you left here yesterday was hot-hot
and thin too, just as if boiling water
had been poured in it."
AIilkman-"Oh, the milk's all right,
mum-no water in it; no, indeed,
num-"
Housekeeper-"Then how came it
to be almost boiling hot!'
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS see mum
some OF the cows has typhoid fever"
Street & Smiths Good News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
"The Fourth Party"

A gentleman's servant called at the
doctor's: "Please, sir, will you come
at once to my master?"
The doctor. who was just stepping
into bed threw his clothes on, and
hurried off to see his patient.
"What is the matter?" he inquired.
al have Il couple OF friends here to-
night and we want q fourth man to
take n hand at a rubber. LA Con-
cordia.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
No Common Dog. This.

Gentleman Indignantly, to dog
dealer): II gave you high price for
this dog because you guaranteed it to-
be a splendid watchdog. My house
was broken into last night, and tho
animal never even barked."
Dog Dealer: "No, sir; he was too
busy lookin' at the burglars, so as to
be able to identity 'em, to think of
barkin' II you was out with this
dorg, and was to meet them burglars,
he'd know 'em in a minute. He amt
no common barkin' dorg; he's a reg'ler
detective, an worth is weight in
coldp'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
The Eleotrophonio Plano.

This peculiar musical application of
electrical mechanism is the invention
OF DR.. r. Eisenman, and was exhibited
at Frankfort by DR.. Nehab, Of Berlin.
The apparatus may be attached to
any piano and can be removed at any
time without injuring the piano. By
pressing on the keys OF the piano,
without striking them, more as in
playing an organ than a piano, cleo
trical connection is made with the APP
paratus. The springs begin to vibrate,
giving forth very fine soft, tones, in
unality more like either than any
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-12-19
A Great Temptation.

An editor, who does not mind joke
at his own expense, says he went into
chemists shop recently, and asked
for some morphine. The assistant
objected to giving it without a pre-
scription. "Why," asked the editor,
"do look like man who would kill
HIMSELF"
II don't know" said the assistant:
"if l looked like you I should be
tempted"