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VELVET AND JET.
THEY ARE LEADING FEATURES
FASHIONABLE EXHIBITS.
Sage Advice to Women Of Moderate
Ipcome-How to Dress Well
ct a Comparatively
Small Cost.

r EFT and velvet, according to the
New York Ledger, are just now
C prominent features in fashion
able exhibits. Certainly, there
is nothing more becoming, stylish and
elegant than velvet and jet. The soft
ness of the fabric makes it particu-
larly effective, and as good velvet
needs little, if any, trimming, there is
something to be said on the score Of
the economy of making an investment
In this material. As long as bit Of
velvet lasts it has it's uses. There is
probably no article that has so little
waste about it. This fact should he
taken into consideration by all women
whose incomes are limited. 1t is not
the amount of money we spend, but
the materials we get to show for it
that tell in the long run. The woman
who buys half dozen dresses a year,
dresses that are SO inexpensive that
the purchaser fatters herself they are
only trifies and really amount to very
little, is the woman who is always
complaining that she has nothing to
wear, and, indeed, she has not, at
least nothing that is of practical use
in emergencies. Her cheap dresses
are not good enough to save care
fully, and she never has any that may
be called strictly elegant. If the
money she spends for these half dozen
costumes were put into two, even
though she had to wait some time be-
fore. she could buy these two, she
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Dulce q Strange Food.

Dulce is seaweed growing on the
rocks in the sea, and used as an article
of food by the poor on the coasts of
Ireland, Scotland and other Northern
countries, and of the Crecian Islands.
Even some of the wealthier classes in
those localities also show great par
tiality for this production, the taste,
however, being generally IN acquired
one. Dulce has purple, leathery,
membranous leaf, with an odor some.
thing like TINT of violets mingled with
sea salt. It is eaten raw or roasted,
and in Ireland it is sometimes boiled
in milk. Among the inhabitants of
the latter country it is considered
most important plant, and after being
washed and dried is stored in casks, to
be eaten with fish. The Kamtschat-
kans utilize it in the making fer
mented liquor. The name of dulce is
also given in the southwest of Eng
land to another seaweed of the same
family, which is eaten raw or pinched
between hot irons. Still another
variety called pepper dulce" has a
sharp taste and is used as an appetizer
when other seaweeds are eaten. Con-
siderable quantities of Irish dulce are
imported into this country, and may
be bought at grocery stores. New
York Dispatch.
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Business Aphorlsms.

Carlyle wasn't a man of business,
but he would have made a euccess Of
it, had he tried it. In his writings
one finds these lines Of solid business
truth ::
D. "A laugh is worth q hundred groans
in any market. :.
Have smile for all, q pleasant
word for everybody.
To succeed, work hard, earnestly
and necessarily,
ALI honest men will bear watching.
&c is the rascals who cannot stand it.
\ Better have the window empty than
filled with unreasonable and unattrac-
tive goods. ,l.5.<
When you hang sign outside your
place OF business, let it be original in
design and Of good quality.
Wondrous is the strength of cheer
fulness; altogether past calculation its
power Of endurance. Efforts to be per-
manently useful must be uniformly
Joyous, spirit of sunshine, graceful
from very glsdness, beautiful because
bright. Scientific American.
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A Good Kind of Food.

No sort of food is better for the
complexion than oatmeal and oranges.
The finest compilations in the world
are those of the Spanish and italian
ladies, who live largely on coarse
grained food and fruit like the orange
and banana. It is said that many
ladies are living almost entirely on
oranges. Half a dozen for breakfast
with cup Of coffee, dozen for lunch
with q glass of milk and saucer of
oatmeal, and q dozen n ore for supper
with q crust of bread and sip of tea,
may not be high living in the proper
sense OF the, word, but such course
OF diet will bring complexion which
will drive almost any belle out of her
head with envy.-New York Adver.
tiser. .... .. ...t.f. f....- ..... .-.-
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A Gorilla Dissected.

An autopsy was held upon the body
of Gumbo, the gorilla which died re-
Gently at Boston. Professor Franklin
Dexter, of the Harvard Medical School,
and Professor Councilman, formerly
of Johns Hopkins University of Balti-
more, now professor of pathology at
Harvard, conducted the examination,
says the Hartford Conn. Times. Con-
sumption was found to have been the
cause of death. The doctors decided
that Gumbo was about forty years old.
and that he had had the germs of
tubercular consumption of the slow
variety, which is disease the simia
are particularly subject to in this eli
mate.
One discovery was that of sort OF
pouch or bag in the chest, in front of
the lungs and connected by means of
an Independent valve with the trachea
or windpipe. This is undoubtedly
the organ employed by the gorillas in
making their peculiar roar.
The brain weighed seventeen ounces.
In its structure it bears striking re-
semblance to the human brain, being,
however, broader 1T the base and mar
rover at the top, and exhibiting far
less number Of convolutions. The,
brain will be subjected to variety Of
delicate tests and minute microsco.
pic scrutiny. .
Professor Dexter and his assistants
intend to make an exhaustive compari-
son between the gorilla and q human
being. In life Gumbo measured five
feet six inches in height and in health
weighed 1853 pounds. His arms were
tour feet in length and his muscles of
the texture of wire rope.
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Mammoth Edition Of Hoods Calendar foI
... 1898.

Mammoth Edition Of HsodH Calendar fol-
... 1895.
Every one who gets Hoods Calendar for
1895 secures "a thing Of beauty" The cal.
sndar Is formed IN the shape Of q heart and
is ornamented with two beautiful child
faces which have always been charming
features Of Hoods Calendars. On the right
Is representation of "Wtnter," the sweet
little face with light brown eyes peeping on.
from dainty cap, while the snow flakes are
picture OF Summer" and is lighted with
blue eyes and tho head covered with hat
decorated with bright flowers. The shades
are perfectly blended and the whole picture
ts surrounded by tasty border. The de-
sign was made by Miss Maude Humphrey,
one OF the most gifted and celebrated water
color artists in the country. Tho calendar
gives the usual information concerning the
lunar changes, and upon the back 1s printed
table OF astronomical events especially cal
culated for c. I. Hood & Co.
The calendar Is issued to advertise the
preparations Of the firm, and is regarded as
shape being such as no other concern has
ever undertaken to produce In large guam
titles. During the five months when the cal-
endsrs were being made there were actually
employed every day in thIs part OF the work
six printing presses, one bronzing machine,
four eye-letting machines, seven wire stitch
ers, eight large paper cutters and 162 per-
sons. The edition for 1895 was 10, SOC, 600,
or about Assoc. 900 more than last year. Ii
tho calendars were laid down in single
line, they would reach almost 1000 miles,
and II tho different pieees in the calendar
pads were laid In this way they would extend
almost 5000 miles, OK from New York to
Liverpool.
Those who are unable to obtain Hoods
.Ssrsspsrilla Calendars at the drug stores
should send six cents In stamps for one, or
10 cents for two to @. L Hood & Co., Lowell,
Mass.
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VELVET DRESS.
would be much better of at the end

would be much better off at the end
of the season.
One of the best dressed women in
the country makes it rule to put
away money to buy one good dress a
year, and it is good one. Little by
little she, denies herself articles that
she thinks she can get along without,
because of the satisfaction she finds in
the possession of something quite out
of the common. Among her present
seasons investments is skirt of good
black velvet, call silk" she COM
placently murmured to herself, as she
put it on for the first time. A
shower of fine jets over the front
of the skirt she made for herself
at very small cost, and with this she
wears waists of various sorts. One is
q lemon. yellow silk striped with black
velvet ribbon, the edges of the ribbon
finished with very narrow very fine jet
trimming. A collarette and belt of
velvet, lined with yellow and edged
with jet, completes costume that is
simply regal in appearance. Another
waist is of pale. blue chiffon striped
with darker blue velvet ribbon with
silver embroidered edge. The collar
and belt, of course, match, and
fringe of tiny silver-lined beads with
jet falls over the front of the skirt.
The most stylish skirts are without
trimming, but there are many ladies
who do not seem to care for this, and
ornament their skirts in various ways.
In one model there are velvet flowers
appliqued on in lines down the edges
of the plaits, in others there are very
full rose ruchings at the foot of the
skirt. Others have embroidered
edges with fine beads and heavy cord
silk. Embroidery of all sorts is some
times seen on skirts, but tllis is merely
for variety and is not considered the
extreme of fashion.
All of the ornamentation is concen.
trated on the waist. and certainly
there is quite enough of it. Never
has there been such an evident effort
to overdo all reason and sense as ap-
pears in the present styles. A concert
waist has enormous sleeves shaped
like beer kegs. Around the neck is a
collar made of braided velvet. From
this there are clusters of loops pro-
jecting on either side. Below this
collar is yoke edged with wide vel
vet ribbon, with very large bows OF
the shoulders, and below this is fall
of lace that extends to the waist-line
in front, and covers the tops of the
voluminous sleeves. The distance
between the outer edges of these
sleeves, with this enormous frill over
them, is almost incredible. 1t is i'm
possible for the wearer to pass through
on ordinary-sized door without touch
ing the castings on either hand. This
waist is worn with skirt of satin with
velvet belt and long ends, md large
velvet bows set at intervals on the
waist.
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THE POKE BONNET.

The poke bonnets suggest iu 6 mod
ernized idealized form the headgear
of the immortal spinsters of Crawford.
Crawford, that dream city of tie
Amazons, whore ECONOMY was always
elegant" and where the delicately,
sensitively fbred maidens declared
"though some might be poor, we were
all arlstocratic.
The poke bonnet seems to have all
the traditions of feminity to insure its
adoption by the distinctivcly feminine
corps of women, and it is rather Ia
mentable that it is not particularly
becoming.
Among the prettiest sort is the one
illustrated herewith. It is of black
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23
A Thoughtful Elephant.

In India domesticated elephants are
usually gwen drinks from large wooden
troughs filed with well water by
means of pump, and it is commonly
an elephant that fills his trough.
Every morning he goes regularly to
hts task. While visiting friend at
his fine residence in India, CORE.
spondent of a paper saw large ele.
phant engaged in pumping such q
trough full Of water. He continues: !:
"1n passing I noticed that one Of
the two tree-trunks which supp orted
the trough at either end had rolled
from it's place, 80 that the trough,
still elevated at one extremity, would
begin to empty itself as soon as the
water reached the level Of the top at
the other snd, which lay on the
ground. stopped to see if the ele.
phant would discover anything wrong.
Soon the water began to run off at
the end which had lost its support.
The animal showed signs of perplexity
when he saw this; but, as the end
nearest him lacked much of being full,
he continued to pump.
".Finally, seeing that the water con-
tinued to pass of, he left the Pump
handle and began to consider the
phenomenon. He seemed to find it diff
cult to explain. Three times he re-
turned to his pumping, and three
times he examined the trough. I was
an absorbed looker-on, impatient to
see what would be done. Soon live
ly Tapping of the ears indicated the
dawning of light. He went and
smelled of the tree trunk which had
rolled from under the trough. I
thought for moment that he was
going to put it in it's place again.
But it was not, as soon understood,
the end which ran over that disturbed
his mind, but the end which he found
it impossible to fill. Raising the
trough, which he then allowed to rest
for an instant on one of his huge feet,
he rolled away the second supporting
log with his trunk, and then set his
trough down so that it rested both
ends oh the ground. He then re-
turned to the pump and completed his
taak - ....... o..
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Diagnosed by the Hair.

A shepherd who can tell from see
ing q patients hair what his disease
is, and whose cures are miraculous,
attracts hundreds of people daily to
the village of Radbruch, near Har-
burg, in Germany. To protect his
own health he refuses to see more
than fixed number daily, who must
hold tickets which were distributed
by the local constable, till a firm of
spectators bought them all and sold
them for high prices. The police
authorities are investigating the mat
ter.-New York Sun.
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texture to subdue the defects. The
plumes and bows and strings are black.
The one enchanting note of color is
given by the bandeau and rosettes
which are of vivid geranium red velvet.
Any becoming color may be most ef.
fectively introduced in these bandeaux.
A bandeau of soft red velvet in a
poke bonnet that frames fair face
surmounted by gray hair is appro.
pirate and pleasing.
Attention to few simple rules will
assist any one to select from the var
ious hats of the season one distlnc-
lively suited to her peculiar needs.
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MIOHIGAN,s BENEFAOTOR.
An Oct REPEATED STORY OF TRUE
PHILANTHROPY.
What Chas. n. Hackley Has Done for
(. Western Michigan.

What Chas. Il. Hackley Has Done for
, Western Michigan.
(Erom Grand Rapids, Mich, Eoening Press.
\ The most beautiful spot in all this city is
inseparably associated with the name Of
Hackley. Chas. h. Hackley has been IN the
lumber business he-e continuously since
1856. and in that time has amassed fortune
which gives him rating among the wealthy
men of the nation. But with wealth. there
did not come that tightening Of the purse
strings which Is generally marked charac'
teristic Of wealthy men.
Il Is no wonder then that the name OF
Charles a. Hackley is known at home and
abroad. His munifcence to Muskegon
alone represents an outlay Of nearly half
million. For the past twenty years he hss
been a constant sufferer from neuralgia and
rheumatism, also numbness OF the lower
limbs, 30 much &C that 1t has seriously Inter-
3ered with his pleasure IN life. For some
fine past bis friends have noticed that he
has seemed to grow young again and to
have recovered the health which he had In
youth.
explained the secret OF this transformation.
"I have suffered for over 20 years" he said.
hwfth pains In my lower limbs 30 severely
that the only relief could get at night was
by putting cold water congresses on my
limbs. was bothered more at night than
In the day time. The neuralgio and rheu-
matte pains In my limbs. which had been
growing In intensity for years, nnally be-
came chronic. Imade three trips to the
Hot Springs With only partial relief, and
then fell back to my original state.
couldn't sit still, and my sufferings began to
make my life look very blue. Two years ago
last September noticed an account Of Dr..
williams Pink Pills for Pale People and
what they had done for others, and some
cases 30 nearly resembled mine that I was
interested. 90 wrote to one who had given
q testimonial, an eminent professor ofmusic
IN Canada. The reply Irecefved was even
stronger than the printed testimonial, and It
gave me faith In the medicine.
az began taking the pills and found them
TO be all that the professor had told me they
would be. It was Two or three months be-
fnent of nv condition. My disease was OF
such long standing that did not expect
speedy recovery and was thankful even to
be relieved. 2 progressed rapidly, however,
towards recovery and for thelast six months
have felt myself perfectly well man. !
have recommended the pills 70 many people
and am only too glad TO assist others to
health through the medium OF this wonder
ful medicine. cannot say too much for
what II has done for me-"
& DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessaryto give new life and dch-
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or mag be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. =, for
Hfty cents per box. or six boxes for $3.50.
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The Greatest rledical Discovery
of the Age. .Hzt3
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,

DONALD KENNEDY, 0F R0xBuRY, MASS,
Has discovered in one of our COM
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the worst Scrofula down to COM
mon Pimple. SEND FOB Book.
Dunbarton, Ohio, Dec. "a, 1894
Donald Kennedy,
Dear Sir: -.
Last spring La Grip and Bronchitis
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taking medicine all the time. a friend
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II had helped a friend of hers and I
thought I tcould try il. I haue taken ttoe
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A House in q Fret.

Let the mother become sick and helpless,
and; the house is all In disorder. When
both father and mother arc down you may
as we'll close the shutters. Order Is brought
Got Q. Msn o sonfb suts Mont. Feb
1898, found an easy way out Of her diff
culties, as she writes thus: my husband
and took very bad rheumatism from severe
colds, and my arms were 30 lame could not
raise them to help myself. I sent at once
for q bottle OF st. Jacobs OH, and before the
bottle was half empty could 20 about my
work. My husband became 30 larae he
could NOT get out Of bed. Two and half bot
ties completely cured him. will always
praise st. Jacobs OIL, and you may'nse this
as you see fit" This Is clear case OF what
Is Sest at the right moment, and how every
household can be made happy where pain
abounds. .
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CRINCHILLA,

Chinchilla, says Harper's Bazaar, is
very decidedly the fashionable fur for
those who have suficiedt color in lip
and cheek to wear it becomingly.
There is great choice in this fur, the
inferior skins looking brown and
dingy beside the clear gray shads seen
in the best qualities brought from Af-
RIGA. An undulating collarette in
two rows, or with stolo front, is the
favorite shape, as many insist that
mass of this fur when seen in large
capes is not effective. 1t is, however,
a charmingly warm and velvety fleece.
It is ct it's best when combined with
black or with seal skin.
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COMBINATION CAPE AND CLOAK.

People with thin, delicately modelled
faces, whose chins are inclined to be
pointed, should avoid the bonnets
with broad frontal trimming or hats
with wide straight brims, as they have
tendency to emphaize the 'point-
edness' of the face, giving it the look
OF fat-iron or wedge. Such faces
should be surmounted by hats with
rolling brims and bonnets of high oval
shape or trimming.
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built on circular lines of Lincoln
green velvet. A deep founce Of
Renaissance lace, cream tinted, falls
from the shoulders, where it is headed
by band OF sable, which also edges
the bottom of the cape. A sable thibet
trims the neck, its long stole ends
reaching far below the knees.
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BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that Is By constitu
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets IN.
famed you have q rumbling sound or imper;;
Deafness is the result, and unless. the inham.
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an In
We will give One Hundred Dollars for am
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can.
not be cured BY Halls Catarrh Care. Send for
circulars, free.
w Sold by Druggists. 75c.
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BODICEs.

Bodices are atill cut Of at the waist
line, trimmed all around and worn
over, and not underneath, the skirt.
Stout hooks must be provided to hold
skirt and bo'lice tcSether, else the re-
sult NAV be disastrous in the extrama
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A 7oUcHED FUR wAIsTCoAT.

Erminc, which is so fashionable for
capes, collars and various purposes of
trimming, has found further resources
for usefulness in the waistcoat worn
with the tailor-made coat. 1t is made
with q box plait and arourh effect in
front quite as successfully as If it were
velvet.
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SHORT CAPEs.

Short capes are greatly affected for
winter, and are particularly nice for
dressy occasions when an elaborate
toilet is worn, adapting themselves
better than any other form OF outdoor
wrap to the requirements of the pre-
vailing large sleeves.
An especially charming model is
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A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing
effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of lax
ative, and if the father or mother be costive OF
bilious, the most gratifying results follow its
use; so that it is the best family remedy knowr
and every family should have q bottle.
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Dr.. Kilmer's SWAMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Dinghamton. n. Y.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton allays pain. cures wind colic 25c. q bottle
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

When Chileans enter or leave a cab OF
other public vehicle they bow to all.
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Lehigh is corruption OF the Indian wort
lechau, "a fork"
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karl's Glover Root. the great blood purifier.
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation. 2h cts. 80 cts, 81.