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costun Q, and sew row upon row OF 1t ABOUT
the parasol, allowing the outside row to hang
down. This Is done Of course with chiffon
that comes already gathered, finish all With a
large bow On the handle and on the tip OF
handsome moire or Louis AVI ribbon. The
illustration shows handsome parasol made
entirely Of the Jaeunssee silk, which comes IN
all popular colors and shades.
This summer shirt waists will again reign.
After the popular blouses and silk waists
women cannot 60 back to the uncomfortable,
tight-ftting dress bodice. During the heated
term they are about the only thing IN which
q woman can look neat, cool, and stylish,
and at the same time feel comfortable. The
shirt waist Of this year deserves Its name
more than any Of its predecessors. It is an
exact reproduction Of mans shirt to the
belt. The cuff, even, is made an exact copy
Of the true shirt finish, being set on the
sleeve with staying piece uppermost, open
Ing on the top, exactly like shirt cuff. The
shield-shaped bosoms are very mannish, and
the high, straight collar has points which
tnrn slightly, exactly like those Of the hus'
band and brother. The only thing which
varies slightly is the big sleeves, which, fuu
and loose, are very much in evidence on thfs
very new design. The bosoms come in pink,
blue, heliotrope, gray, and also in fine stripes,
As q rule the back of the waists are the yoke
and fulIness gathered into the belt, which
seems to have been settled upon as the most
satisfactory one. Tucks and gauged backs
are shown, but the most popular is the yoke
back.
Gowns Of organdies are to be made up over
foundations of taffeta glace silk, and heavily
trimmed with lace, which really makes the
dress in the end quite rs expensive as one
made OF more costly material. The sash Is
worn both broad and narrow, tied in the back,
front or at the side. wherever it will make the
wea,er look the most chic. Sleeves are quite
as fullas formerly, the change in their appear
ance is quite marked. Where they formerly
stood up quite high, they now are so gathered
and fulled as to stand out more from long,
sloping shoulder. The oversHrtis an acknowl-
edge fact. One Of the new colors Is called
cyclamen. It Is blush mauve, peculiar
tint, between sherry and magenta. Cling
hams are to be worn more than ever Some
come with strip Of the crinkled effect In
shades Of green, violet, tan and blue. The
dotted ginghams are novelties. One saw was
pale blue With plain glossy finish and three
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rows Of white lace insertion worn in the
goods about four inches apart and gradually
narrowing in width; plain goods OF the same
material come for extra use desired
Linen suiting is novelty for the summer
season. Some Of it looks like cheviot and
can be made up In tailor fashion, trimming
with braid Of linen and large pearl buttons.
Dotted swiss is shown in many new Designs
many Of the Frenchiest looking patterns be-
ing on the Dresden order. Glace silk is used
for the foundation. Bright scarlet-dottef
swiss Is selling well. Valenciennes lace IL
used in great profusion. The chambrays arc
also shown in beautiful patterns. Pique Will
be worn great deal this summer, and duck
suits will be more in favor than last season.
The spring wraps that are shown are very
curiously shaped and do not think would bd
Of much value to any one whodesired to secure
warmth. They are made in all sorts Of ms
terial and At quite closely to the neck but
come only In q point or round over the
shoulders and In front, In most instances
they do not make any attempt to cover the
sleeve. They can Of course be made very
dressy with lace, net and Jet, and are becom-
Ing to anyone.
There are 80 many new, odd and startling
shapes In hats that it Is hard to decide what
the prevailing style is likely to be-. Eccen-
trictty Is the leading motive should judge
The straws are in all colors as well as shapes,
and some daring combinations are essayed.
The open work straws are again to be worn
and more gold spangles are used this year In
hat trimmings than ever before; even tho
crowns, feathers and laces are all spangied-
The variety Of hats this season Is 30 greet
that no excuse is left for anyone not havinga .
becoming hat, no matter how little they may
have to expend upon It. ...'
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THELABOR WORLD.

GERMANY runs Government lunch rooms.
A BOSS mason in Ceylon can earn s3. 20 per
week.
Boston stair builders Will open trade
school
COOPERATIVE banks are increasing in
England.
POLICEMEN in SaxonY receive s261 yea,
as salary.
New SOUTH Wales workingmen TN a
newspaper.
LOWELL (Mass.) unions demand city work
for the idle.
DETROIT labor unions have library and
reading room.
MICHIGAN building trades workers average
S489 per year.
The master horseshoers of st. Louis have
declared a lockout OF the journeymen.
TIE National 'Longshoremen's g Association
OF the United States has thirty local branches.
EIGHT THOUSAND miners are out Of work ID
Birmingham, England, owing to cut Id
wages.
ALL OF the unmarried men at the New Cen.
tral Coal Mines, Cumberland, Nd, have been
discharged.
THE pay of organizers Of the Bakers and
Coniectioners' International Union has been
fixed at S5 per day.
TEE Columbia River Fishermen's Protec-
tive Union has established labor bureau
and reading room at Astoria, Oregon.
IT is asserted the annual income of Chief
P. NJ. Arthur of the Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood, Is not less than $4,000.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. has eighty-nine labor
organizations, thirty-nine Of which are aff1h-
ated with the Cleveland Central Labor Union.
ORGANIZED labor Mt San Francisco "turned
down" the Midwnter Fair because non-unian
wsges and hours were in force for the erec-
ton OF the buildings.
Mr.. WILLIAM an English Member Of Par
Hament and part owner OF tie Salford Iron
! Works, reports that the eigbt-hour move
ment has been marked success in his hrm.
The petition OF the unemployed, bearing
1883 signatures, was forwarded to the
! State Legislature by the Secretary OF the
| Neighborhood Guild, 26 Delaney street,
! New York City.
The Spanish Cabinet resolved to establish
public works in Granada. Cadiz and Anda-
| iusia for thousands of workmen now unem-
| ployed. in view of the bread riots at San
| Luca, Mcmillan and Ecija
| The development OF machinery has pro-
gressed to sucn an extent that in South Da-
kota 65OU buSaelS OF Wneal represent tne
| product of one human being engaged In
| agricultural labor, and in this city 1000 bar
| rels OF -four are transformed into bread by
| one baker per year, while seven men suffice
10 produce bread for 1000 people.
| In Lyons, Iowa, cooperation has been
| quite successful. Five years ago few men
rented small store at SIS month. Now
| almost anybody in town is member OF the
! Cooperation Association, and their store oc-
| cupies solid block, employing thirteen
clerks. It Is worth to-day between S5O. 900
| and $4,000, paying seven per cent. div
| dends on the stock.
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the circular ruffle now so fashionable, and
this has small appliqued pieces Of the lace.
The double skirt and pointed will be most
worn this Spring, and the rufae about the
bottom Of the waist is only suitable for small
hips and slender figures. The long coats are
made up as much in silk as in cloth. The
crepou Is decidedly the most popular Of all
wood materials. It is light in weight and fine
and pretty In texture, comes in all colors,
and Is suitable for every kind Of function. a
combination Of black crepon, jet and moire
silk Is very effective. Louis XVI reigns In
everything. Flaring bows appear everywhere,
and in the oldest Of places.
The costumes this season are exceedingly
stunning, especially the street gowns. The
pleasant Spring weather coming so early has
made the streets look very gay, and this sea-
son the women have elected to dress very
conspicuously. For evening wear some new
designs in decollete bodices are seen; one
S.-g handsome one was for white satin
toilet. Tulle was put on the waist In full
plaits, very broad at the top and tapering at
the waist line into a tiny point The tulls
was on back and front Of the waist In this
fashion and had very beautiful effect It
was held In place by q broad cap wire
bent In and out and sewed on the tulle to
form the plaits.
Waist coats and shirt waists are TO be seen
with all the cloth suits, and instead OF the
coat being open the whole length as last year,
1t is now double-breasted, and longer skirted
than formerly. Some Of them are cut 80 they
can be worn open or closed and short skirts
are used entirely with them. The new gowns
are cut entirely different from those OF last
year, aud to remodel an old bodice or skirt,
Il Is necessary to almost cover the waist at
teast with vuffles or Lace trimming.
It Is somewhat early to carry parasob and
doubt if many Of those have seen in the
shops Will ever be carried on the streets, or
even In carriages or at the seashore. But
they are certainly most tempting and beaut-
full Those Of the taffeta silk with rows OF
lace, one laid fat upon the parasol, and the
other hanging full around the edge, are very
dainty and beautiful, while the plain SILK with
the chiffon rufling with a slight trimming
are enticing to any one. A good way to udl-
lie old parasols that are plain and old fash
loned and with the long walking stick
handles that were so much in vogue few
seasons ago, is to buy chiffon to match your
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RELIGIOUS READING.
ADVICE OF A SUCCESSFUL MAN.

think the habit of generosity may be cul-
tivated like other habits. And have felt
that it Is a greK mistake to put off being gen.
erous until YOU are dead. In the first place,
you lose the pleasure of witnessing the good
that you may do; and again, no one can ad-
ministery our gifts for you as well as you can
do it for yourself 1t is great pleasure to
be brought into personal relations OF that
kind, and to make people feel that you
are not philonthropist in the ABSTRACT
but that you are interested In them per-
sonallv. and care for their welfare In
that way you benefit them not merely In
the natural way, but you make them feel
that men are really brothers, and that they
were made to help one another. Not only is
that feeling agreeable in itself. but 1t will be
apt to prompt them to carry out the princf-
pies themselves. Put yourself into all you
do, and let others feel that you are there. DO
not only contribute to charitable object, but
go yourself and help. 1t may seem an in
convenience at first, but soon you will come
to consider it worth an Inconvenience.
Perhaps ought to say word about the
companions young man should choose Tor
himself in life. You should try to make COM
panions of the best people you become &c.
uuainted with. In order to do this you must
have something in yourself that may be re-
turn to them for what they give you. It is
not necessary for this purpose to be genius,
or to have remarkable intellect, or extraord1'
nary erudition. But be yourself and be a
man, and learn to think OF others
before yourself, and you will have
friends enough, and of the best. To be init.
mate with the magnanimous and the noble,
aids to form those qualities in ones self. a
man Is known by the company he keeps, and
those who know what friends you have, Will
be able to form very correct idea Of what
you yourself are. You should see to 1t that
this estimate be as high as your opportunity
may secure.
Icannot better sum up my advice to. young
peopleth to say that have derived, and
still find the greatest pleasure in my life from
doing good to others. Do good constantly.
patiently and wisely, and you will never have
cause to say that your life was not worth hV'
ing.-[George William Childs.
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Shortage In the Supply of Wheat.

The Secretary OF Agriculture. in response
to peremptory request. sent statement TO
the United States Senate showing the AVAIL
able wheat supply. Under the exact terms
of tho resolution the Secretary finds an ap-
parent shortage of 50O00,0O0 bushels. In
another statement which he volunteers end
which he says will definitely present the sur
plus available, he shows the amount availa-
bic for export from March 1. 1894, to July l,
1894, to he GO 900, 900 bushels, and the ap-
parent discrepancy, 119,000,O00 bushels. be-
tween the amount Of supply and the quantity
distributed due, he adds, to an underesd-
mate of the reserve stock held By farmers on
March /, 1895.
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It Is not well to follow the caprices Of
fashion In decorating your home. In the
matter Of wall paper, for instance, take into
consideration the size and location Of tho
room. If it receives the cold north light use
q warm-dnted paper, while gray paper may
look better In room with southern e1-
posure. A delicate, retiring wall enlarges
small room, while a flaring, bold design con-
tracts the apartment unto su1ocation.
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AIDS TO HOME DECORATIONS.

A pretty border decoration for walls repre-
sents cornice or frieze upon which pigeons
are sitting-as real pigeons do on such places.
The birds may be in various positions, and
so colored and shaded as to look like bas-
relief work. If you can draw little bit"
you might paint them in water-color on the
white wall.
Aesthetics is showing itself in architecture
as well as in what is inside OF the archl-
lecture An attractive exterior presupposes
an attractive interior, just as one expects TO
find a pretty woman a witty woman; and
there is hardly plausible excuse for allowing
your home to look rigidly plain and to be OF
bad complexion. You can fix up the coihure
with dormer-window or two, and give it an
embroidered apron in the shape OF an artistic
porch, and fancy pocket will do for a pretty
bay window, which adds to both the outside
and inside Of the house. These innovations
are comparatively inexpensive, and return
big interest In joy and comfort. ....-,
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DAINTY TOILETS.
THE PREVAILING STYLES In
WOMEN'S GARMENTS.
Street Costumes Are 'sStunning'' =
The Latest Fancies in Parasols
Startling Shapes In Hats
Dresses for Misses.

The most beautiful combination this season
is green and heliotrope, and the most fashion,
ably dressed women have those combinations
showing it some way. Apretty toilet is made
Of green and heliotrope mixed goods, COM
bned with a pretty shade Of dark green
MORE. The pointed overskirt has circular
rufHe, on which areappliqued lace pieces. The
bodice has large revers, with lace tops and
vest of delicate shade Of heliotrope chiffon.
It Is finished about the edge Of the waist with
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RESIGNATION.

Amid the various scenes of ills,
Each stroke some kind design fulfls;
And shall murmur at my God,
When sovereign love directs the rod?
Resignation is an exalted Christian virtue.
It Is plant that grows not up from natures
soil. 1t Is grace that must be cultivated
like the rose tree, that it may flourish and
shed forth its sweet fragrance amid the pass.
ing scenes of life. To possess resignation,
calm and settled, under all circumstances, is
O high attainment. Yet it is attainable; and
blessed are they who live under Is benign in
fuences. 1t will shed holy balm DER the
moral waste Of life, and cheer US amid the
darkest hours Of our pilgrimage. Life has
its cares and Affections. its crosses and its
conflicts, its disappoontments and Its sue.
rifces. But in every scene of earth
resignation, like the strong and faithful ar
chor that holds the ship in safety till the
storm is past, secures its possesscr peace and
quietness, till the darkness and danger of the
tempest are over and the sunshine of tran.
guilty and Joy again beams upon US. Moth.
ing is ever lost to the just by the exercise OF
this virtue: but it will secure to the anxious,
the impotent. and heavy-laden, much Joy,
blessedness and consolation. 1t will render
our Affections, blessings; our crosses, pleas
ure; our disappointments unexpected good !;
and our sacrifices either for our own or the
well-being of others, acceptable oblations to
God. Then
Though Heaven afflict, I'll not repine
Each heartfelt comfort still Is mine
Comforts that shall DER death prevail,
And journey with me through the vale
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On the toilet tables are now seen the new
Dresden china articles Of toilet, and gold
has succeeded silver. The designs are
strictly new, or less very, very old like those
used In the sixteenth century, and the mora
years these articles have been in your family.
and the more generations that have handled
them, so much more claim have you to one OF
the latest fads.
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It is custom OF the French young woman
to accept no presents from men, even from
hancee, except flowers. This prevents obli-
cations and any possible entanglements, for
the flowers, being perishabe, can have no
lasting claim. and can only be construed as an
evanescent and swAaH-s"anted bit of etiquette.
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Decline in immigration.

Official figures prepared by Superintendent
Stump show thGt the number OF immigrants
entering tho Port of New York since Janu-
ary up to March Is this year, rs compared
with the corresponding period Of last year,
had decreased 17,767.
Superintendent Stump says this decline IN
immigration is due to dull times and strict
enforcement of immigrant laws. Ocean
steamship lines report that the number Of
immigrants booked by them for the United
States this season is sixty pei cent. less than
at this time last year.
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It Is said Queen Lii Of Hawaii Is coming
over here to lecture, and, to make her pres
ence more royalty realistic, she is to wear q
crown while speaking, 'just as she does at
home"-except when the royal brain is
woolng repose and wears night cap.
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II one is troubled with frequent headache %
or hot and feverish sensations, before retiring
for the night wash the feet with cold water
and thoroughly heat them before the fire
before getting into bed. This is particularly.
beneficial to nervous. irritable child.
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Turbulent Central America.

The epidemic OF revolt threatens to sweep
over ali of Central America. Nicaragua's
covetous gaze is said to be now directed
towards Costa Rica. The Bluefelds ENJOYS
and Minister Guzman conferred with Secre-
tary Gresham over the Blueaelds affair.
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FEMININE SMALL TALK.

There is more danger Of catching disease
through not washing the hair frequently than
In any other way.
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Peace and Prosperity Predicted.
It Is claimed that the Russo-German treaty
will make for peace and prosperity all over
Europe.
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A liquor seller presented his bill 70 the ex-
ecutor of deceased customers estate asking,
"D0 you wish my bill sworn to?" "No,"
said the executor; the deal of the deceased
is sufficient evidence that he hud the LIQUOR"
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When you want q friend don't choose q
man whose children are afraid of him.
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0utnit of-Wrappins Paper

Every year 81, 900 tons OF paper are used
for Wrapping store packages.
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either in Joke or hate snail run up Denlnu
you and push you of. 1t is easy enough to
push you off, But who would do 80 das-
tardly deed! Why, this Is done every hour
of every day and every hour Of every night.
Men come 10 the verge Of city life and say
SHOW, we will just look of. Come, young
young man, do MOI be afraid. Come near,
let us look OF" He comes to the edge and
looks and looks until, after awhile, satan
sneaks up behind him and puts a hand OF
each Of his shoulders and pushes him of.
Society says 1t Is evil procliyity on the part
Of that young man. Oh, mol He was SIM
covery.
A young man comes In from the country
Dragging that nothing can do him any harm.
He knows about all the tricks of city life.
"Why," he says, "did not receive circu-
lar In the country telling me that somehow
they found out was sharp business man,
and If I would only send a certain amount
OF money by mail or express, charges pre-
paid, they would send package with which
I could make fortune in two months, but I
did not believe 1t. My neighbors did, but I
did not. Why, no man could take my
money. carry II in a pocket inside my
vest. No man could take it. No man could
cheat me at the faro table. Don't know all
about the cue box, and the dealers box, and
the cards stuck together as though they were
one, and when to hand In my checks? Oh,
they can't cheat me. know what ! am
about" while at the same time, that very
moment, such men are succumbing to the
worst satanic influences In the simple fact
that they are going to observe. Now, II 4
man or woman shall 60 down into hauIt
Of iniquity for the purpose Of reforming man
and women or for the sake OF being able i,
telligentiy 10 warn people against such
perils If, as did John Howard or Elizabeth
Fry or Thomas Chalmers, they go down
among the abandoned for the sake of saving
them. then such explorers shall be God pro-
tected, and they will come out better than
they went In. But II you 60 on this work OF
exploration merely for the purpose OF satis-
tying morbid curiosity will take twenty