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.LACES, RICH ANO RARE
FEW WOMEN CAN APraEp no cor
LEcT THEM.
A s25, 900 LACE Gown.
The N%nnderbiits and Aston. own the
karest Pieces In This Country.
Mrs. Hi~ciss-Lord's Treasures.
" r.,

NEW YORK, Feb. Z.
once In & ~ilie u bit of information
leaks out in unusual channels which calls
attention 10 a fact that is generally for,
gotten or ignored. The ether day burglars
blew OPEN the safe OF an uptown modiste
and stole something. There was nothing
remarkable about that. fer 1t Is a habit
bafgi1rs have. But 1t happened tina, they
got INTO the safe for the particular purpose
CT stealing six yards of lace. Now, why
burglars should 90 10 all that trouble and
run all that risk for the sake OF six yard,
OF hee seems on the surface a deep mys.
terry.
When the theft was reported at head
quarters the reason was made plain. The
little bit of lace was worth more than ftty
aHes Its weight in geld. Twenty years
ago IL cost exactly 81 900 A yard. or 5000
Tor Tie piece. To-day its value is between
5000 and $4,000.
For some years the fashion of wearing
costly laces has been allowed to die out,
pernsps because so few ONE could afford
to indulge 1t. no matter how great th.y
riches of their husbands or fathers. Tho
vile OF the ordinary one-time millionaire
can no more afford to accumulate costly
laces than e much poorer woman, for tho
simple reason that it would consume her
husbands entire fortune in a very short
time. II has been "a fad OF royalty for num-
perless years. but the kings and queens
spend other peoples money, so they can
afford to be luxurious.
An effort is making now TO rehahiiitats
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bodice trimmings to pc placed on the we'd
ding gown OF this Princess. The Queen Of
Italy is particularly well endowed with thhi
1eIieate fabric, and the cream OF her col.
lection consasts OF euperb pieces Of Maltese
lace, some of # said 10 be 1900 years old
Mrs. William IL. Vanderbilt, Mrs. William
Aston and Mrs. Hichs-Iord are perhaps the
,wners of the fnost laces In New York.
Mrs. !Astor Is credited with owning a lac5
gown which cost somewhere between $25, 091
Ind sac, 600. She has never been seen I'd
Sear it. but II she did there would probably
pc some broad but polite smiles in the
fashionable assamblage. In the first placd
abe gown would be sadly out of date and,
notwithstanding her riches. she would nos
be so extravaeant as to have the laces cut
up in an effort to fit them to the prevailina
mode.
Mrs. A. 7. Stewart was, In her lifetime,
the cwner OF the finest laces in the land.
AS the Wife of the great merchant prince
she had unusual opportunities for picking
up odd but valuable bits in all parts o!
the world, as her husbands buyers alwayu
aad a standing order TO buy when they Vert
certain Of the quality. At the time of her
death these laces were valued at $500, 0o0,
but since then they nave been scattered
Tar and vide.
A 81. 300 LACE FAN.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor has a Venetian
rose point lace fan purchased last fall at
the Gale of a famous collection for 81, 200.
IL may not be the most expensive fan in
the world, but there are few which cost
more. The sticks are Of mother Of pearl,
With a delicate tracery in gold. 1t is need
lass to say that this fan is seldom used, for
IN the brushes which characterize the aver
age society fur ction it would probably be
smashed to flinders and the gauzy lace torn
into shreie.
The eccentrlc Queen of Belgium has a lace
gown which cost a fabulous eum. 1t is said
70 contain sixty yards of lace of various
widths. Some wildly imaginative people. in
writing of this gown. have placed Its cost at
81. 900, 900. When The value of !aces is be-
ing considered there is a wide field for
error at hand. AT the utmost the lace gown
of Beigium's Queen could hardly have cost
more than $4,000. and one-half Of that sum
might cover the total.
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are the Prescotts. I think we ought to
ask them soon-we have been there sever
al times since they were here
They make six n ourselves eight
remarked Julia-"and Captain Legard
nine. You will want another man,
"Well-there is Mr.. Gerard d. Lisle.
We might ask him.
yes" Julia was a little doubtful,
"But if you do you Will have to ask
Nina
81 thought they were all away
NINA came back yesterday, so you cam
ask Gerard without asking her.
"No-Well, Idon't know that that would
make any difference; we will ask Mr.
O'Hagan."
Yes, he would do. That makes ten
and he will take Nina III. i shouldn't ASK
any more il We're you.n
~ don't think we will. Then, Julia
dear, will you send out the invitations this
mornipg?"
"Yes-bnt when will you have IT."
"When-oh! let me see. Let us say
Thursday week, dear-this is Saturday, so
u is quite enough notice TO give"
oh! yes. Eight O'clock, I supposew
Yes, dear-eight O'clock returned
Mrs. T'ratford. hlitholr.
Foo --r ~.-s-. ~aok meat
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 70
the'needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due TO Its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
alive; efectaally cleansing the system,
,dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts en- the Kid.
neys, Liver add Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs ia for sale by all drug
gists in Doc and 81 bottles, but it is man
u%fantured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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!. Vanderbilt 10 Mrs. Corning, the pre-
4 RETTY

a PRETTY LItfEND.
There are many pretty legends of thu
origin of lace making. and one of the pref
lest is the story Of the Venetian sailor who,
On the eve Of a sea voyage. gave to the
woman he loved a piece of beautiful sea-
weed, to keep while he was absent. in mem
,ry of him. He sailed away, and the girl
Jared for his gift with constant devotion.
Juperstitiously fancying that upon its pres
s~rvation depended the safety of her lover
ir the endurance of his love for her. There
ore, when she discovered that the seq
vas slowly drying up and falling to pieces.
.he caught the fine leaves and branches
with thread against a piece OF linen and
,hus Invented lace.
Too much confidence must not be placed
IN this pretty legend, however, for come
the examples of the lace makers art have
teen traced back to the period OF about ono
thousand years before Christ. While the
irt Is an ancient one, the finer qualities did
tot appear until after the fifteenth century.
The most celebrated lacy collections are
those of the South Kensington Museum in
London, and the Bruges Museum, although
the Cluny Museum. in Paris contains in
Hitlmable specimens of antique lace.
VICTORIA'S COLLECTION.
French one are notably fond of laces,
and a valuable piece is handed down from
one generation to another with almost reli-
sious care. The famous Houiton SO. OF
Queen Victoria Is of such incalculable vaIuy
that Her Majesty has worn 1t only four
tinles--at her own and other royal we'd
iipgs, No greater evidence of the iayoritism
Of the Queen for Princess Beatrice could BID
given than her immense concession In all
'nr,ne these remarkable louncea. veil and
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TWO COSTLY TREASURES.

The collection Of Mrs. Hlcks-Lord is said
to contain the famous point de Brussels
shawl once owned by Eugenie. Mns. Hicks
Lord keeps all OF her treasures locked up In
the vaults Of a safe deposit company. and as
she naver goes into society nowadays it lis
difficult to name her possessions with any
degree OF accuracy. This shawl has been
valued at $4,000. Eighty experts worked
ION it for a year. and the Empress Euganie
Wore it but three times. Since then 1t has
never been worn.
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt WIS some
fine bits of point d'Alencon. one of the
c~ostliest lacee in the world. The reason of
the great cost is due. Of course, to the
amount Of intricate labor required. First.
the design lis drawn by an artist and then
engraved on a copper plate, from which 1t
is printed on long strips OF parchment.
| Pieces of linen are attached to the parch-
ment and the pattern is traced with thread.
The ground netting of the lace is then
worked out. More than twenty experienced
hands are required to do their several kinds
of work before the tiniest bit of point
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the lace wearing fashion. and il it be sue,
cessiul 1t Will draw a very sharp distin.
gushing line between millionaires anil
multi-milllonaires. The women memherl
CT families who have been rich for man.
generations will nave an advantage owe.
others, as in the days of our grandmother
and Observation-Disclosures the ownership Of
fine laces was a social necessity.
A FORMIDABLE POOL.
The Aston collection of lRces, for instance,
is very fine and ranks with any of III /
private collections abroad. At the time thu
laces Of the Empress Eugene were sold al,
auction the Astors were heavy buyers.
They pooled with the Vanderbilts and the
Rothschilds so as to avoid bidding against
one another. These three great families
selected an agent to do the buying, and at
the termination of the sale the purchases
were divided into thirds. Eugene. of
course. was not a gamer by this. but she
could Well afford the loss.
The six yards above mentioned were part
If the pool" purchase at this sale. and
were subsequently sold by Mrs. William
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REAL ART IN BEGGING,
The Regear's First Step Is to Get the At
tention of His Intended Victim.

The professional beggar in New York
uses various devices 10 get a hearing,
for if he can once gain the attention
of his intended victim he has taken the
first step toward success. says the n. Y.
Herald.
"Can you direct me to Goth street and
7th avenue?' asked a poorly dressed
woman whom ! met on 14th street.
"9ou had best take the elevated road
at the corner and get off at SO street."
| answered.
How far is iten
"About four miles."I said.
"Ihat's q long ways to walk aud 1
haven't n cent. Could you give me a
nickle to pay my farce"
Within three days I again met the
woman at the same place, with the
same story.
@Do you speak Germanp" asked a
young man with q Teutonic counten-
ance, in good English.
Il do not
81 live in Hoboken. Could you lend
me . cents to pay my ferriage. as |
haven't a cent? l will pay it to some
one who is as hard up as l am"
Twice since then the same man has
started the same conversation with me
but he gets no further than the first
question.
A woman was standing at the corner
of 18th street and 9Th avenu gazing
intently at'the Jefferson market tower.
"Aly poor old eyes are not much
good" she said in s%oliloquy and then,
turning to me, asked: Can you see
what time it is by that clock?"
"Half-past g."
$50 late? Mister, could you give a
a poor woman Il few centsp"
At 10 O'clock she was still at her post.
"Be careful if you go in there" said
q genteel-appearing man, as l APP
preached the entrance to a place of
amusement.
Why" l asked.
IL have just come out and find 1 have
my pocket picked and I have to go to
Yonkers to got home. Could you lend
me half a dollar? / will return it."
l watched the man until he had col
lected Two half-dollars.
"Did you drop these, sirP" asked a
boy rs he ran up behind me with a pair
of cheap eyeglasses in his hand.
@No. They are not mine"
Il am sorry, boss, for l thought you
might give me a few cents, as l have
had nothing to eat to-day"
Two other men We're approached in
the same manner before l had walked a
block. One evening as l turned from
Grand street into The Bowery u man
who was approaching dropped a coin at
my feet and | bad TO stop to prevent a
collision with him as he stopped to pick
it up.
NEARLY lost my Nickel he said, "and
! am trying to get another to pay for a
nights lodging. Could you help a
poor fellow out?'
Very likely he got his lodging.
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How,s This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for amy cas- of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j.. CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions u financially able to
carry ont any obligation made by their
firm, West & TruaN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Waiding. Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
7oc per bottle. Sold by oil druggists.
Testimonials free.
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Equality of SEX.


1t is natural for a woman to resent
the imputation that tho feminine mind
is not so strong as the masculine and
this spirit Of independence was early
manifested in a schoolgirl living in a
Massachusetts town. She had. too oft
eu, perhaps, been made to acknowledge
the superiority of her brothers. One
day her mother remarked upon the
apparent utter lack of intelligence in a
hen.
you can't teach a hen anything" she
said. "They have ruined more of the
garden than o drove OF cattle would.
You q teach a cat, dog or pig some
thing, but q hen-never!"
"Hm?" exclaimed the child, indig.
nantly, Il think they know just as much
as roosters!"-YouM's Companion.
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Continued next week.
HE N + KICKING.
1t Vas an Old Trick. but He Had Tum-
blcd Into 1t.

1t was evident that something had
gone wrong with an oldish man. who
cane in on n Lake Shore train from To-
ledo yesterday, says the Detroit Free
Press. He looked all around the depot
until he found - policeman, and then
began to urburden himself by saying:
81 want you to look ut this Canadian
$40 BILL"
Yes, Sir" replied the officer rs he
reached for it. Il don't see much Cana
dian money, but | shouldn't care to
take this bill for a good une. Have
you asked anyone about it?"
"The conductor said it was bad"
Lets see the ticket agent"
They walked over 10 the window, to
be told that it was not even a good
counterfeit, and the officer asked of the
stranger:
"Did you take it for good money?'
Say! How easy is it for a man to
make a fool of himself?' exclaimed the
other. 81 thought l knew enough to
fall off a fence when the top rail broke,
but don't! haven't got the sense of
a barn door. l ought to be sen to an
idiot asylum for Il term Of five years."
How did it happen?" queried the Of
ticer.
"a chap came into my car and asked
me if l could give him change for Il So
bill. That is the bill. He had on gog-
giles and seemed to have sore eyes, and
| took it that he thought the ten was u
tive."
"Chance to make $5!n laughed the Of
ticer.
"Of course. am an honest man, but
] couldn't let that chance slip. Icount-
ed him out five ones in greenbacks and
put this in my pocket. After he got
off at Wyandotte ! began to be suspi-
cious and showed the bill to the conduc-
toI. Ever hear of the trick before:o'
aAbout a hundred times"
"And I've been takin' "A daily paper
for fifteen years and am accounted the
sharpest man on fakes in our town!
Went right at it and beat myself with
my eyes wide open. Say, have you
got a machine around herep"
What sort of a machine?"
ga kicking machine-one that runs
by steam-2,000 horse power-kicks a
thousand times am~inute-lifts a blamed
fool twenty feet high at every kick
The officer had to tell him that no
such machine had yet been invented,
though inquired for almost every day,
and the man went off up Jefferson ave-
to see if he couldn't find a beer
wagon to run over him.
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arsT IN TIC Il
--
coffee That Is Not Bottled.

someone asserts authoritatively that
percolated coffee, or coffee made after
the French fashion. possesses none of
drink when il is boiled. \ cup of drip
coffee is really soothing, and puts one to
sIeep rather than sets every sensibility
TO the tingliag notch. Most expert cof-
zee makers look pen the boiling of cof-
fee as they do upon the boiling of tea-a
killing process shat should never be per
mitted.
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Mountain mud plain,

j. II. Drummer, Marshalltown. Iowa.
writes: 1T is with pleasure / recommend
your DR.. Rays Renovation for what you
claim for it, a remedy for worn out bust
ness men. | have had a tired and Ian
guild feeling in my limbs over a year and
was growing worse. l look two small
boxes of DR.. Rays Renovator II am
now entirely free from that feeling. I
am confident it will cure that tired and
languid feeling usually called spring
fever and shall treasure it as a house
hold panacea.'' Sold by druggists %
cts and $1.-See Advt.
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II Mr.. Stead will write a novel Mr..
Andrew Lang says he will be pleased
to compress 1t for him md treat him as
AIR. Stead proposes TO treat Scott and
Fielding
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can be I.ouuucd. Some OF lnae
lace has brought as much as 81, 500 a yard,
but this is an exceptionally high price.
1t can be seen from this that the fad of
lace collecting is a most costly one, and
only to those who have a limit
less income.
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The Ross street Presbyterian church
In Brooklyn is 10 be disciplined for using
individual communion cups, which is
held by the p~reshytery to be un-Calvan-
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A very pretty eolori.lg for kitchen walls
whiting in water aud then adding enough
p-armanganate OF potash to give II the de-
sired color Apply with a Wlitewash
brush. 1t looks we'll and is cheap.
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Beauty Marred by a a Complexion
may be restored With CLIENTS sulphur
Soap.
"Hiil's Hair and whisker Dye Black
or Brown, soc.
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Nerve ~ites.crsr. n Fits after ti.e iirst day'suse. Mar
veloas cures. Ireatise and $500 triat bottle free to
lit cases Send 10 III. Kline, 93I Arch ST., Phiia. Pa.
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Llck-EM sTlcK-EM,
\ Pocket Con,nanfon.

The best bar muciiase and cement on
earth. For %crockery, wood. leather and
above expenses. Sem 10 cents for sample
and price TO agents. +. Hill. Muscatine,
iowa
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Lacking in Other Respects.
Washington Post.
According to Whiteiaw Reid the def
cheney of the Morton boom is not con-
fined to its hair department..
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What the Savage Club Likes.

Miss A. A. Schmidt, the cordon-bleu OF the
Savage CLUB of London. gives this as her
pet recipe for half-moons Of salmon a I'm
and economical dish. and can be served with a
fish course or as an entree. Any cold salmon
that you have left may do. Take all the skin
and fat part OF the salmon. mince 1t finely
With about half a pound OF the meat. Season
It with cayenne pepper and a little salt, half
a teaspoonful OF anchoyy sauce. a teaspoontul
or cream or the .yolk of an egg. Mix all this
with the meat. Make a ~sauee."
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Iowa farms for sale OH crop payments,
10 per cent. cash, balance Il rop yearly,
until paid for. j. MULHALI.,
Waukegan, Ill.
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A Great Chance to Make Money.
Pure

healthy blood, the stomach aud digestive organs
will be vigorous, md there Will be no dyspep-
sta. Rheun atism aud neuralgia will DO un-
known, Scrofuls and salt rheum Will disappear.
Your nerves will be strong, your sleep sound.
sweet and refreshing. Hoods Sarsapartila
makes pure blood. That is why itcures SO many
diseases. That IS why thousands take 1t to
cure disease. retain good health. Remember
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A Constant Cough with Failing
Strength, and Wasting of Flesh, are
symptoms denoting Pulmonary organs
more or less seriously affected. o
will find a safe remedy for all Lung or
Throat-ails in DIR. d. Jayne's Expector-
am;
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The only difference between them is
that Morgan was dealing with an abso-
lutte certainty and with a complete sense
of responsibility
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OF the Ordinary Kind.
Washington Star.
Possibly this congress could get along
with a little less senatorial courtesy and
a little more common ~politeness.
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For the summer GIrl,s CAMPAIGN.

The woman who is devoted to tnines nuuti.
cal should have at least one room in her
house eurtained with iishnet drapery. This
effective material is an excellent imitation
Grapes better. 1t Is made of threads woven
with a loose, coarse mesh, ard when used
ior curtains is generally finished with n Aounco
OF Itself An odd idea is to have the pole
fs1m which the curtain hangs shaped like an
oar. II the curtains are tied back ut all, let
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It Disc barpeners S. polisheIs sample ~. 90, de.
liiveredi and other useful things 10 farmers Salary or
com Send Stamp Weazelmann Mfg. Co, Strcatar. Ill
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bronchitis. Sudden changes of the
weather cause Bronchial Troubles.
BROWNS Bronchial Troches'' will give
effective relief.
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I never used so quicke a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-J. b. Palmer,
Box 1171, Seattle, Wash, Nov. 25, 1895.
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Mics LouIae ]Mogen Quincy, speaking In q
private letter OF the Armenian outrages. SAYS;
II do not suppose my name would 30 Of any
value toward spreading tho virtue Of indig-
great sonnet
'Ayenge, . Lord. thy slaughtered saintsr
IL a text In ones mind night and day. Where
are the chivalrous Christian nations7 I am
2 great lover Of the middle ages-we!I. such
things could not go uireaulted In the middle
ages. The Lord help uN II. In orr progress
and prospsrity.. We have learned less about
Justice and brothsrlz loysl'