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FASHIONABLE GOWNS.
Some of the Recent Effects in Batistes and
Percales.

Pink, blue, or mauve hatiSteS en-
broidered with white dots and having
insertions of guipure embroidery woven
around the skirt are among the hand
soonest wash dresses. The skirt is of
fabric wide enough to serve as the
/ length, and has but one seam-that
which is sloped down the back; this
and the foundation skirt of plain batiste
are each three yards wide at the foot,
butthe latter is shaped more closely at
the top, being made of gored breadths-
Low-necked Innings are again used in
thin nuslins, the high outside being Of
shirred rows of batiste forming yoke,
or else of puipure. Four puffs an inch
wide divided by double rows of shirr-
ing passing around the shoulders, make
pretty batiste yoke. The waist is
gathered to this yoke with slight
erect rufhe, and is shirred at the waist
line in front and back. A pretty plan
with such a waist is to add two shirred
putfs at the top of the bell skirt, and,
emitting belt, pass the shirred top OF
the skirt above the end OF the waist.
The sleeves of many such dresses are
entirely without lining. All seams IN
these French dresses are sewed By
hand, those of the waist being bag
seams with covered edges.
Printed batistes with blue or white
stripes and dots have foundation SKIRT
cut from the same piece The outer
skirt in bell shape has a whole breadth
in front, half breadth on each side
slightly sloped. ana two wide breadths
in the bias back. A single deep loop on
each side catches up the skirt about the
hips. Sometimes a band of guipure in
sertion is let in the side seams their
whole length. A deep founee OF
guipure on one batiste-dress has an
iuch-wide gathered ruche Of the batiste
sewed on its faring edge, and another
as a heading Sometimes the round
waist is tucked By hand in tiny tucAs
from a shallow yoke Of guipurs, and :
belted with gray-blue or rose pink satin
ribbon two inches wide tied IN al up
turned bow at the back.
Entirely white hatiste morning
dresses are woven in wide stripes with
small dots alternating with an TN
broidered stripe initiating guipure ace.
These are made IN very elegant wrap
pers- with the prineesse back shirred ~
the waist then slop'ng out n seam
like that Of bell skirt The front =
also shirred into SHAPE, and has deep
bertha fall of lace with also a jabos
down the front The sleeves are a
single puff above the elbow and a lace
frill below. Choux or cockade bows Of
satin ribbon-mauve, pink, or blue
are Sc, amid the lace. and in deep
fiouncs at the foot.
Simple cambria and dotted psrcale
dresses for morning wear al home have
ths shirred prine<sse back with bell
seam in the skirt The front 6iEen< i.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01

out of the pantry. Naturally Home,
and 1, in such depressing circumstances,
| lost our appetites, and he lost his tenn.
| per; but maintained throughout firm
and dignified demeanor being constant
ly in the right in all our controversies,
and endeavoring to beat it into the
Cages that such was the case.
I must say that for an old friend
with whom l had never had cross
word Homer behaved outrageously.
He continually sided with Mrs Gage,
though anybody could see that we were
entirely in the right On account of
his perversity in this matter it grew
unpleasant for me to walk down to the
train with aim in the morning, so | &C
quired habit of strolling off by N.Y.
self, reading a paper as I walked.
In this manner / discouraged converse
ton, and | also, by the same trick,
walked into a fence post and took all
the skin off my nose. 1t got to be I'M
pleasant to ride into town with Homer,
for if we were both in the same car and
sat at a distance one from the other,
we felt uncomfortable; and, on the other
hand, if we sat together, we were more
uncomfortable still
This sort of thing was becoming I'M
bearable. How the girls got along
throughout the day / don't know
From the stories Maude told me every
night it must have been pretty cool
around the Gage-Fielding residence,
even in the July mondays. / began to
dread going home in the afternoon. |
am man of peace and do not believe in
quarreling unless | am sure to get the
better of it. In this case | wasn't Mrs.
Gage had a tongue that was sharp
enough to engrave everything she said
on a steel plate. Maude is a controver-
sialist of the first order, too. when she
Is aroused, though, as a rule, if I do
just as she says and do not attempt to
have any wildly original ideas we get
along well enough. But she used to
make it z very cold day for the Cages
now and then.
And as for that man Homer Gage.
who had been my friend, his conduct
beggared description. After Turing me
'A4lO ttldt VI L1Gppy
family cage, where no two beasts
were ever at peace with each other, he
deliberately tried to put the whole
blame for the whole foolish arrange
meet upon me. | couldn't bear to eat
dinner with him, so began TO invent
excuses for being detained in the city
and leaving the odds two to one against
Maude at home. or even six TO one,
counting the brats.
One afternoon in the latter part of
July was just writing out an excuse
of this kind, TO be sent by wire to
Maude, when l received message from
her.
1T is all over" said the dispatch 81
have spanked little Willy. lie used my
banjo for ball bat Meet me at Uncle
Joe's, ! will never, never go back to
Hohohokus any more"
HOWARD FIELDING
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for Homer and me why you should
have seen us going down TO the train in
the morning arm in arm, and filling
each others ears with delightful plans
for tennis courts, hammocks and vege-
table garden.
The Cages had four charming chill
dren. DO not remember their ages.
but the eldest was old enough to know
better and the others were not. Maude
loaded them with flattery, which was
not good for them, though its injurious
effect was not so quickly apparent as
that of some Of the things she gave
them TO eat | confess do not like
children. and they are equally cordial
to me- They do not climb about my
knees with innocent prattle, They
would rather go shin up the clothes
pole.
We had some words of friendly dis
cussion as to the disposition of the
rooms in the house. Mrs, Gage Sc
lected the western chamber for herself
and husband, the northern for Freddy
and Willy, the eastern for Johnny, and
the southern for Susie. As that left
only the cellar and the attic for Maude
and me. we venturcd to offer an
amendment. Mrs, Gage said: Goodness,
how stupid Of me-" Then we all
signed a treaty whereby one-haf of
the second floor was allotted 10 each
family. Freddy and Willy took the
attic, On our first morning in the
house these two youths arose about six
O'Clock and began to play an Instructive
historical game called the Fail Of
home, in which they took the part of
the barb2riars and . large section of
the plastering in our room played
Rome
After this catastrophe we made a
change in the disposition of our house
hold Freddy and Willy moved into
the room opposite ours. where they
continued 10 make Rome howl
Three days later Maude and
moved ND into the attic and
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spring freely when I met him one day
on Broadway, with the THERMOMETERS
95 degrees in the shade. We immedi
ately cemented our friendship owe,
again and on the sticky edges of some
glasses which apparently had been very
much overworked
"Howdy," said he, you ought to &c
into the country. You are looking
thin"
Now, Railways was thinner than one
side of a wooden toothpick, and my
friends had long ago ceased to remark
upon it. So long as l remained palpa-
bic to unaSsiSted vision it was as much
as most of them expected of me.
Il am not feeling any worse than
usual" ] said to Gage. but of course a
little outing would do me good Invent
up along the Hudson last week to seek
some cool and shady watering place,
and | was overcome by the heat in the
first one came to. was making in
quiries in clearinghouse at the time,
and after the landlady had brought me
out of my faint she mentioned her
Ah4o- oA4H L w NlO oHSh lliuo ~, u
! couldn't afford to, at the price she
asked for lodging per day."
Well said Gage, 81 have a plan
which combines cheapness with COM
fort. My wife and have discovered a
house two miles beyond Rohohokus, n.
j., which was built for rich man, but
is now within reach of the poor He
will rent the whole outfit for less than
we have to pay here for good fat, and
| suggest that we take our families out
there for the summer"
MY dear old friend" said 1, nothing
could be more delightful
So that was how we happened to take
up our abode together in peace and har-
mony, two miles beyond Hohohokus. |
say with truth that we took up our
abode in that way. Maude and Mrs.
Gage were not nearly so well acquainted
with each other as Homer and | were,
and, each being ignorant of those things
in the others history which could not
be mentioned without stirring up strife,
the chances were that they would get
along fairly well at the start. And as
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f'5glf
ABDEL HANDS, LIFE
To BE Sultan of Turkey IL Not an Un
loved Pleasure

To BE Sultan of Turkey 10 Not an Unal-
loyed Pleasure.
Considering the surroundings in which
he lives, the intelligence that the sub
lime porte is suffering from nervous
disorder is hardly calculated to create
much surprise. It is considered a very
dull day in Constantinople when evil
dence of plot of some sort to send his
sultanship into the bosom of the prophet
is not unearthed by the horde of detec-
tives which are constantly employed.
Even Chicago people can understand,
too, how the able detective may some
times unearth plot where none exists
to demonstrate the necessity of continu-
Ing his services, and it is not at all i'm
probable that the oriental sleuth is well
up in this branch of his profession.
Since the recent investigation of the
Rustchuk bomb affair and the discov-
cry that the dynamite was intended for
use against the sultan, the guards
around the imperial apartments have
been doubled.
The sultan is always protected by
Nubians (blacks4 and Albanians
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LESBURY-NORRIS MERCANTILE co

having a deep bodice made Of cross
folds of percale an inch wide fitted To
the figure, with the part above gathered
to the collar, and dropping over the top
of the bodice. This upper part is of the
colored percale striped lengthwise with
open embroidery and sewed TO a stand
ing collar of the embroidery. The
skirt, three yards wife, is without a
foundation, and can be worn over any
pretty white cambria petticoat The
foot is trimmed with two tapping full
frills of the percale each two inches
wide. and each edged with white guip-
ure lace equally wide. These ruffies
have no heading. are whipped" on the
skirt, the lace of the upper ruffle lap
ping entirely over the percale of the
lower, making full and bunchy trim
ming.-Harper's Bazaar.
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forty eight hours afberward
favored taking To the roof bpf Maudf,

forty-eight hours afberward I
favored taking to the roof, but Maude
objected that that was little too steep.
These changes were not affected with
out an interchange of sentiment, some
of which did not tend to make home
happy. But when Homer and | went
down to the train that morning we
agreed that we would never be drawn
into trifing disputes between the ladies
of our household.
We remembered this little talk when
the question of the arrangement of the
parlor furniture came up for discussion
on the following day. Nevertheless,
couldn't help telling Homer that it was
perfectly clear to any sane mind
that Maude had altogether the right of
it. We ended by compromising on the
placing of the furniture and we fixed it
SO that the apartment suited nobody.
Then Maude wouldn't sit in it, and
Mrs. Gage wouldn't sit in it. so we all
sat on the piazza, the Gage family
facing southeast and the Fielding fam
lily northwest Homer and / did not
walk down to the train arm in arm next
morning.
The superintendent of the cuisine
was divided equally between Maude and
Mrs. Gage by the terms of the original
agreement. With that unerring intui-
ton which is woman's high endowment,
each Of the ladies selected with the
most unvarying accuracy those ar
ticles of diet which nobody in the
others family could be induced to
eat after eleven days on raft in mid
ocean without food, water or chewing
gum. 1t was agreed that each should
preside at table over the meals for
which she was responsible. When
Maude assumed this position she
watched the Cages narrowly, and if
they didn't eat as much as she thought
they ought to have, she could tell me
afterward that they were just mean
enough to starve themselves to death in
order to spite her. Then she would get
square on the next meal designed by
Mrs. Gage, and this would necessitate
retaliatory measures, SO that after
while neither of them took food oftener
than every other day, unless secretly
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twhites), for these two regiments exc
crate each other and in their divisions
the padishah feels secure. The BLACK
Guards" are his favorites, for they are
SO exceedingly fierce when they have
any cutting-down work to do and thew
are also less rapacious than the Alban-
ians, whose claws are always being ex-
tended for backsheesh. Taking them
all round, however, the two corps of
Pretorians, black and white, form a
gang of unmitigated scoundrels. They
are superb looking rufians, magnifi-
Gently dressed, overfed, overpaid and
enjoying practical immunity for every
offense they may commit, except that
of being negligent on duty. They are
the terror of the whole quarter sur
rounding the palace and the sultan him
self is SO afraid of them that he is con-
stantly trying to bride them into loyal
ty by gifts of money.
While the half-starved Turkish SOL
diers in Macedonia, Armenia and Ana
tolia often remain for weeks without
pay, the Nubians and Albanians are
capriciously RECALLED with tips which
sometimes amount to seventy-fve dol
lars per man. The two corps have only
to quarrel and the sultan Immediately
sets himself to smooth matters by pour
ing down a golden shower into their
miscreant paws. On the other hand, if
a soldier of one corps misbehaves BY
showing himself insubordinate or by
going. to sleep on guard dozen soldiers
of the other corps are called upon to op-
crate upon him. Then there is pri-
vate stranghng or a private bas-
tinadoing, as the case may be. But
in either event the work is executed
with dispatch and gusto.
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constituent in soups and other foods, for
which purpose they are cut up in small
slices like okra.
When fully grown the interior Of the
gourd becomes fibrous, spongy mass,
and this is separated from the shell and
outer flesh by boiling in water to which
large quantity of soda or soap has
been added. After being thus treated
the resultant fiber is dried and then
takes on sponge-like appearance. For
all the uses to which sponges are put
this vegetable, fiber answers most ad-
mirably, having been tested in the bath,
in the household and in the stable. The
hottest water does not iniure il. II is
very flexible and soft, aud it is durable
as well
The correspondent who has been
making the tests is very enthusiastic
over the results, and believes the COM
mencement has been made in what Will
become q very important industry
The accompanying illustration shows
the gourd in its natural state and also
the fiber after being prepared for use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01
Managing Hubby.


Wife, shall need ten dollars to-day.
Husband-Good gracious. gave yos
ten dollars yesterday. ten dollars tha
day before, and ten dollars the day be-
fore that
Wife, need the ten dollars, az Q
would not ask IL I wish 20 get q new
dress
Husband-ohl well, you do need an,
other dress. that's fart Here's tha
money. Can you get dress for teti
dollars2
Wife-No; but this ten and IN. othes
three tens make forty. Good-by. dear.
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01
Willing 10 Work.

Nh Rullion-Huh, Want to marry
my daughter, Ell? What do you expect
to do for q living? Tell me taat9
MIR. Poorchapp-Well-er-I was
thinking you Eaight-er-need conf
Dental assistant to help clip coupons
n y Weekly.
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HE NEVER DIED.
The Perennial Politician Who IL Death



Proof.
ut is your last chance" said the
agent. You have been very sick; halt
d dozen doctors have given you up; take
out policy now and be prepared for
the worst
Il think not, said the old man, wrap
ping himself closer in the blankets.
But think of your wife and family"
That is true" said the man shiyer-
ing as though in the arms of death.
Our company IS liberal: our policies
take immediate effect; if you keep mum
/ viii be able 20 write you up and 10
one viii know the difference; there is
no other company in the United States,
| believe. that viii take the risk"
That IS perhaps true, said the man,
huslzily
According 70 your own story you
have a silver plate in your head. your
vital organs are shattered, your left leg
is broken in three places, your liver Is
dead, your right lung is al gone and
your eyes are closed
Every word true" murmured the
patient. coughing dismallv.
Then yoa do not care for q policy,
eh?''
Il do not; not even ten thousand dol
lars for fif,y cents; good day, kind sir =
well, this = such strange case,
perhaps Won might tell me exactly y hat
veur reasons are. EnaT De able 10 over
come them with logic
s-Exar.,at1Ss- sir I never die -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01
THEY WERE VERY COOL.
Fielding Tells Of His Enlargement
from q Friend.
They Tried to Make One House Hold
Their Families, But Discord Resulted,
and When Little Willy Was
Spanked That Settled Il.
ICOPYRIGHT. Isg2


The heated term has now fairly be-
gun, and most of US are getting ready
to rush away TO some secluded spot in
the country beautifully located be-
tween two hills which cut off the
breeze. no matter which way it tries to
blow. In that sylvan retreat we shall
find both the temperature and the price
of board much higher than they were
where we came from In view of these
facts, feel moved to tell how man.
aged to spend summer that was char
acterized by a GOODNESS such as had
never encountered elsewhere.
Mr.. Homer w. Gage and were warm
friends. | cannot say for certain that
Mr. Gage was warmer than the rest of
my friends, but he appeared to be per-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01
Defective Sight.

German Officer Ito soldier on guardl
Don't you see anything wrong?
Guard-No, lieutenant
Don't you see anything wrong yet?"
''No, lieutenant"
You wretched ass, can't You see
that you have got your helmet hindside
before on your fool head
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In 1910 an awful IamIne ragea
throughout all Europe, and again from
1893 to 1l95, when complete failures
caused terrible suffering. In England
and France the people ate the flesh Of
dogs and cats, and many cases of eanni-
balism were recorded During the lat
ter three years thousands upon tAousr
ands Ierished from starvation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01
1raye Eoy.

Mrs. Twickenham-You son is earn
ing hts own living now. isn't be?
Mrs. Witherby-0h, yes, indeed. His
father provides him with mis- clothes,
and. of course, he lives home in the
house, bat otherwise he supports HIM
self entirely.-Detroit Free Press
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A VEGETABLE SPONGE.
Tho glsnt In It's Natural State and Pre-
pared for Use.

pared for Use,
A correspondent in Kern county,
Cal, sends to the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle specimens of u peculiar growth
which for lack of a better name may be
called vegetable sponge. The plant
from which they are obtained is ma
tive Of Japan, is OF the gourd family
and the name given is the lupha. 1t is
of luxuriant growth, sending out
heavy vines to length of twenty or
thirty feet. Abundant crops of gourds
similar to those in the illustration are
produced. and these, while young and
tender, are highly priced as a favoring
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oh, Yes. He Nigh. Be Coaxsd.

II should steal kisS" he said,
And softly sirokec her dAaaty hsaS.
What Ihear y
She, answering, said: - doo'f kEow. Jack;
You might be eosxed 20 give il hack
Again"
-NAtrn., EreA Pre&S
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D EEInrN6
He Could Spell 1t.

Flushly-Do you like terrapiu7
Poorbone-Hm' I'm only acquainted
with it alphabetically.-N Y. Truth.
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"A Modern Specimen Tezeher-
What Is a knight-errani, George Gax-
zarng' Georgia Coin for the fiocTor
after DARK, Ia am-Deuol; Eree P:esa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28

WANIFD.-50 OUO, coo TeOple 10 send
hr Birch's c0rr.ace and harness ceta-
Eyres; ie-gest assortment IN Arefics, 'etN
4 odcrate priccs don't pay such catrsvagani
MICE iof harness md carriages, estao-
}ahAd lsF" Address J. n. BIRCH. Bur
t'rgpn. y. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
Connirn Real estate Go Get.

TO LET-Nirrly furnished house in
healthy location, minutes walk from sta
tOn. 81 minute iidr from New-YofA
modern Improvements lfrgc e ound> fruit.
sadc Park, y. J.
10 KENT.-Iiaif or less OF large rest
dencc in Wcstchcster County, near the
Sound, and station threc-fourth- OF . ulie.
30 desirable parties at reasonable terms has
extensive grounds and stab IS with fruit
and vegetables. and good n''ghborh0c1. Al
dress AMERICAN, i. o. Box SO. Il1;ii,Cn,
n. Y.
FOR RENT. furnished o. unfuinishrd. 40
Goshen. y. Y. large. old-fashiOncd home.
stead year or term Of years high location
fruit In abundance; cN, client water. within
walking distance II excellent schools
churches and depot rent reasonable.
- OFT 20 south liaIrilton.st., POuphA"ep-
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ilnfurnisheo 6ouses 60 Eei.

u AND IS EAST nth -ST.-To let. un'
Furnished very -tvlish medium siled houses,
d.coratcd. upstairs dining.rcom buffers
caotrv extension very nice fsi r@nncd fam.
w seen without permit week days. !" - 70
10 and 10 8 sundays. 10 ! rent - Wy
r.,s OWNER room 80 No. ~ CEDAR
ST. untii 4 .----.
-, 2e5 LEXINGTONAVE.-Tc lct. unfalr'
,,,sted ,ery stylish little house, decotat d
mnsraifs dining.ron., butlef's Iantry eNteh,,
sion very nice t9J esnsd iaiy p e, 10 o.
ro~. with janltOr. lGi East SHih-st.
- rIST scTU ST tn lot unfinished
-. s.,lish little house. decorated. up
20. dinins.roorn. butler,- pantry extension
yerv nice FOR refined family pienw OF rem
rr.S ,s,ltor az is4 East s9h-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
Ciin Real Csiatc for Sale.

FOR SALE or TO RENT. furnished or
unfinished a new 4-stOfy house on Wet
1Ith-et. For permits apply 10 WM. ID.
WAl.BRlDGF, Pres. American Coal Co.
INSPECTION INVITED First-class
cabiAct-Nni>h. arti~tcaly de-, olatrd i-~toiT
high-.tOop red stone and hrick dwelling. %
feet aud 10 inches by 50 feet and extension
by 102 feet; extension includes every story
but the fourth block restricted lG2 Wet
7Gth-st pice. 1}S 900 Inquire on
premi."s. SAM'L COLCOED owner.
INVESTMENT Grand Central
Depot might exchange; equity over 800
600 at per cen;. :. NIXON, GO B Odd
way.
NEAR 5TH.AVE. and GiST-ST.-EIe-
gent house side light equal u c0in-r,
2-stOry extension. : NlNON. 60 P'way.
WEST SIDE. NEAR THE PARK
% feet wide i-story and extension brown
stone llOnt house. Splendid ocalon.
GEO. Il. STONE. 1877 Broadway.
900 FEET from Central PARK criitncc. In
restricted block. Llst--lHs, cab'ro,-fnish.
20-foot front and extension 4-story high
StcOp brick and bowE~tpne bow window
dwelling Handsomely decorated lot full
depth; IG Wes' S5th- st. SIS on. Inquir"
on premises. SAM'L COLCOl;D. Owner, 3
Wp>t Sf-St