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A stock of green silk is among the novelties. Soft silk is used, laid in tuells about the collar. In front are hanging bows of green ribbon, tied with punches of violets. Other stocks have lace effects in front, little to the left side.
 Dressy yokes are much worn and give soft effect lacking in the severe lines of plain cloth gown. These yol1es are of lace. mousseline-the Persian variety is newsstand plisse. They all have lounces falling over the arm to give width to the new tight sleeve.
 An odd stock that will be becoming to girl with sloping shoulders is of black net, spangled with gilt. On the stock, at each shoulder, is fastened a long piece of net, edged with spangled lace. This piece falls over the shoul- der and upper arm, and is fastened in place with decorative stick pins.
 The old-fashioned stock of the coun- try gentleman has been adapted to the needs of the New York girl, and many a one adorns the front of her gown. They're easily made. All one need do is to take her piece box of faces and silk, get an old print and copy it in the materials on hand.
 Jacket costumes seem to have given further lease of life to the separate waist, and one sees on all sides faring jacket fronts, revealing soft and bril- liant effects in waists.
 With heavy mixed brown cheviot costume is worn a waist of bright orange silk yelled with pale yellow chif- fon. This combination is very striking, yet as colors go these days, it is not con sidered too much to wear for shopping. Another gown, this tan, was worn with q bright cardinal waist, of satin, plain save for the tiny lengthwise tucl1s that were laid in it.
 The prevalence of jaeketed costumes has also introduced once more the vest and stock, which. when worn, give the appearance of an entire bodice beneath. These vests are worn over cambric shirt waists, and when a wardrobe in cludes a great variety of them, both plain and elaborate, it is wonderful how they will change the appearance of one gown, which must do duty on many occasions.
 Silken and satin waists suitable for house wear are elaborate with jet bands and mousseline de soie ruehings. Quill lings of ribbon are also much used, alternating with plain bands. There is no end to the number and variety of combinations which may be used. and the material on hand, no matter what, may usually be made available if it's owner but exercise little ingenuity.
 THE LATEST.
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IN CHRISTMAS TREE LAND. Where Batsey and Polly Saw Their First
 Santa Claus.
 BY ROBERT EARL.
BY ROBERT EARL.
Copyright. 1Sg7.l

A T THE close of the day the crowd
 A always rushes and swirls like a great human eddy about the entrance to the big bridge. Tonight it was even more dense than usual, for the day be- fore Christmas had brought everybody across to the great shops for the last few trifies that must always be bought, and now they were struggling back again. But it was a goodnatured crowd and it pushed andl jostled with the jokes ad laughter that a Christ mas snowstorm always brings when it is the first of the season. It seemed as though nobody could move in that mass unless he moved with it; but Bat sey was accustomed to il, and squirmed in and out among the moving legs like a slim and very elastic eel, shouting at the top of his shrill voice:
 'Xtraw! 'Xtraw! Last e-dee-shun!"
 Batsey realized that it was a good time for business, and he continued to shout and to run to and fro, though his throat was horribly dry and he felt ready to drop. Every few moments his legs tried to give way under him, but he always managed to make a rally and kept repeating to himself:
 "Twenty-six cents. Now only 24 more" and so on, as the pennies came dropping into his black little fist and his stock of ''papes" grew smaller and smaller. Batsey felt very happy ill spite of a gnawing pain that was be- ginning to make itself felt in his stomach, and he sang out Merry Christmas" in such jolly tone that many man turned and nodded kindly at him with the same greeting. "Christmas!" It was not a new word, but it had new and strange sound to Batsey.
 Batsey was ten years old and wise in the ways of the world, but he had never known real Christmas. He sold papers at the entrance to the big bridge, and his sister Polly, two years older, sold papers down by the stock ex-
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CHILDISH SLANG.
The Little ones Pick It Up in the
 Public SehoOIs.

The Little ones Pick It ID in the
 Public schools.
 Slang is objectionable, but if it ever falls from the lips of children. there is an air of added quaintness that makes it all but excusable. The children ac- quire it at the public schools, and so prevalent is it that every parent is called upon almost half dozen times day to correct some of the youngsters for the bad habit, unconseiouslX acquired.
 A few days ago a mother of an inter- esting family living on Walnut Hill was berating the woman who originated big sleeves.
 "I just wish had her in my hands for a few minutes, and she would be sorry she was born"
 "What'd you do to her.mamma 9" said the first born. Would you soak her in the eye?"
 In the same family two of the boys were engaged in one of the customary squabbles that boys are prone to en- gage in, The younger, as usual. got the worst of the argument, and in self-de- feuse was compelled to resort to street slang.
 'You needn't be so smart, he said. "You're not SD many, Go count your- self"
 In another family a father was tell ing about his wonderful abilities on the diamond when he was a fielder on the university nine. His boy caught him in the yard one evening and wanted him ta pass ball. Of course the father made a poor out after a rest ofauy number of years. The boy had his fun with the old man, and the slang; "Oh. you're not so warm" You're a stiff" etc. made the head of the family think that he was not much of a ball player after all. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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An cid shirt waist may often be ef- fectively used in constructing this gar ment.
 A wrapper made up on simple lines, in which the work about ones rooms may be done. In selecting the material for this it is best te choose some bright or dark color in goods that will launder well and yet will not soil too easily. Have you ever tried the possibilities of the homely turkey-red material, trimmed with black lace? It makes a wonderfully pretty wrapper.
 The business woman also needs one dress-up house gown in which she can receive her own intimate friends in- formally. A delightful example of such gown is of wool material in soft pink, spotted with black. It is made loose and full. with a slight train. It has high collar of yellow lace, a yoke of black velvet edged with q deep flounce of lace, bands of velvet around the waist to give it an empire effect and long ends falling to the feet from a
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Bright purple was combined with black lace to form another sash. It had its beginning between the shoulders, where watteau would naturally start. X strap, extending from arm to arm, held 1t in position. The strap. in turn, was fastened in place by the use of two other straps of ribbon. which encircled the eye of the arms. They closed in front with large hooks and eyes, under rosettes of ribbon.
 To return to the sash proper. The ribbon in it was cut across at inter vals of three inches, with black lace insertion, and the edge finished with a flounce of lace. Again the ends were rounded, fact which is true about all the new sashes.
 For gowns that must be worn with out sashes there are two kinds of waist adornments-je jeweled belts and rolls of yelyets. The former are worn with blouses and may be as dazzling as many mock jewels can make them; the latter finish the fancy waist and are fastened on the side with rabbits ear loops of velvet.
 Neck fixings have all come around to tbe front. and the new stock collars are trimmed at the back and overhowing with trimmings in front. These stocks, by the way. make pretty Christmas gifts and are easily arranged at home.
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)h, ever and ever so far!"

"Oh, ever and ever so far!"
 Wish we could go there, just one day. said Batsey, longingly.
 He never mentioned the subject to her again, but he had not forgotten it. One day he preached the matter to Ma loney, the big .'cop" who stood at the end of the bridge.
 How far off is Christmas-tree land ?" he asked, timidly. Much further than the park?"
 Maloney smiled. "Its just there or thereabouts,' he said.
 How much would it cost to go, just for day?" persisted Batsey.
 "Oh, guess you and Sissy could make the round trip on fyer," Ma loney had answered.
 The 'sfver,. of which Maloney spoke so carelessIy, represented undreamed- of wealth to Batsey's mind. But the good-hearted, credulous little fellow, nothing daunted, had begun saving it at once, determined that Polly should spend the next Christmas in that fab ulous land of which she had told him.
 All through the summer he had saved by spending only two cents instead of three for his lunch When the other boys indulged in the cooling luxury of penny ices in Frankford street, Batsey had moistened his parched throat at the fountain in City Hall square, and had thought of Polly. When business was bad he was unable to save any thing, for he always took home his usual contribution to the family fund. Still his hoard began to grow.
 At the beginning of Christmas week Batsey had four of the bills, two in each shoe. Business had been good since then, and he had great hopes that tonight he might be able to make up the balance of the required amount. That was why Batsey was so cheerful and so lively.
 But his head began to swim and the pain in his stomach grew sharper, for he had gone without any lunch all day
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brilliant buckle. The sleeves are full and end at the elbosss in fiounees of lace.
 The sash has come 10 stay, and has oyerrun all but walking gowns. On them we shall probably see it next sum- mer.
 Not with the simplicity of the coun- try maid is the sash of to-day worn. but it is beruffled and embroidered and tied into fantastic shape until all sem blanee of it's former straight lines is lost.
 Such a sash is of Persian ribbon. It is arranged to form corselet around the waist, with two rabbits ears up standing on each side of the front. In the center of the back is another elns. ter of rabhit's-ear loops. but punched close together, some up, some down. From there long ends extend from the foot, founced about with a narrow edging of black chiffon and cut of rolnd at the bottom.
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Approve of sweet Corn.

England has just discovered that sweet corn is d delicious vegetable and that corn stalks make good fodder for cattle. The London Standard lays down correct principles in recommending it: "rhere is no help for you; you must take it up in your fingers and bite the corn from the cob; to attempt to cut it off with knife spoilsit Ttis an Amer ican dish, and Americans know what is good. We have much to thank them for in that way.''-Chicago Chronicle.
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JAPANESE DESIGNS.
Largely the Result of Their Meth ods
 eff Teaching Drawing.


 The question is often asked: "Where do the Japanese get the ideas from which to produce the weird and fantas- tie designs so often seen in their work ?" Numerous efforts have been made tc answer this question, and the Japanese have been alternately lauded for the beauty of their work and condemned for it's crudeness. It would appear that tie system by which the Japanese are taught designing is largely responsible for the character of their work. There is no race of people on the face of the earth, with the possible exception of the Chinese, who are more painstal1ing or skillful i'll the work which they per form.
 The Japanese student who is taught drawing is given small book in which are designs printed in small squares, and these he reproduces square by square until he has grasped the salient features of each. He is then sent out into the open country and told to ob- serve the works of nature spread out before him in all their luxurinnee.
 Finding some suitable object for his attention, he proceeds to reproduce the same, introducing, perhaps, some iln- aginatiye details. 1t is right here that the system of squares comes in Those elegant stems, those feathery petals which are apparently thrown together without restraint, are simply the par ticular feature of the mass of vegeta- ton which he has selected for this in tividual study. His long course of study in this line has given him the faculty of following a single vine through tangled underbrush and ig- noring all the rest of the growth. The tortuons course of this one vine when brought out by his ready brush appears te the western art critic as crude and without merit. whereas in reality it is catchy and full of interest.
 The wonderful facility of the Jap- anese in the production of works of art, in the execution, the beauty of color ings and the delicaey of their draw ings, is well known. While artists claim the designs of the Japanese, if esitieally examined, will be found incor- rect in form, proportion and eonstruc- ton. these same critics freely eoneede that in the failings mentioned are found the very highest merits of the Japanese as decorative artists.
 Decorative art does not admit of abs selute fidelity to nature. Slayish copy ists lack imagination, without which they can never be true decorative art ists. The very science of the art is the power to conyentionalize nature, while preserving the spirit and following all the objects represented, as, gifted with wonderful quickness of perception and delicaey of hand, they seize upon and reproduce with extraordinary ra- pidity and power of touch the charac- teristics of natural objects.-Up- holsterer.
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Donlseys in Mexico.

Donleys are large part of the City of Mexico's capital With their drivers they are everywhere. They will take you across q muddy street for small fee, or take your bundles home. or carry you home.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
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pimness of Vision.

Tn cases of weak and imperfect via. Ehe causes of disease should, if possihle correctly ascertained, so that they ma as far as possible obviated and guais against. Where the trouble is functil and arises from some constitutional ' rangement or debility, such as torpid or inactive kidneys, producing Q mel condition in the organism, constitutil : treatment with Dr. N. A. Simmons l.
 Medicine will produce the happiest res
 When caused by prolonged nursing, ex
 sive sexual indulgences, abuse of st
 lants, the excessive use of the eyes or, bright or too minute objects, too much 30 or other circumstances which produc4l termination of blood to tho head, T Simmons Squaw Vine Wine quicklyca1
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A Mnrvetons Cnrc.

Mrs. Goodsum-My! What wonder fnl cures they are making down at the hospital.
 Mir What have they done 9
 The paper states that blind man was removed to that institution last evening. and after remaining there an hour or so began to sec snakes. ,-P Puck.
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Sure of One There.

Miss Kittish-Miss Elder has an nounced her intention of going to the klondike region to teach school.
 Miss Flypp-That girl will do any thing to get husband.-Louisvill Cou- rier-Journal.
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ALABAlNA' s BRAVE WOMB
Parenfhond.

Children bind husband and wife n closely than the wedding ceremony it's 0ne-half of married misery is due to growing physical weakness of women, WI makes child-bearing 8 dreaded burden prevents those close relations between ] band and wife, without which happiI cannot exist. How important then i that the woman be brought to as pcrfe condition of health, of which she is capa her abundance Of life and spirits. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine will oo il it will purify her blood, tone np her ner'l system and give her courage and asl ance of safety to go through the ordea childbirth.
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Ashland Ala. writes T I used Dr. M. A. sinln Liver Medicine 10 } for Colds, Diarrh Summer Complaint children. It gives bl satisfaction than TT
 ford's Black Draught, "st. Joseph's RegulaI or anything we can get
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Women have great respect for worl who has her hair done up by a Rrof esslp
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We believe some congregations giAt pastors a vacation so they can go ag other preachers.-Washington DemoNx
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Polly explained many things to the gray-haired old gentleman and his pleasant-faced wife. The result was that when Batsey revived, on the even ing of Christmas day, he was lying in big room which seemed to him a veritable fairyland, but which was really the nursery of a big uptown house. The side of the room opposite his bed was filled by couple of large trees, ablaze with lighted candles and hung with all manner of things tempt ing to the eye of childhood A tall gray-bearded man was. bending over him, and by his side sat Polly in . beautiful new frocl1. Batsey let his gaze wander over the room and it's con. tents for few moments, then looked up into the kindly face above him.
 Hello, Santa Claus!" he said, faintly I'm so glad you didn't mind about the other eight cents. You see, I couldn't get no more, but I'll make it up to you afterwards
 He turned gleefully towards Polly.
 "Aint it great 2" he murmured We're in Christmas-tree land, sure enough, now, ain't we?"
 And that was the beginning of new life for the two waifs of the city.
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With cold Neuralgia increases. With Jacobs Oil 1t decreases and Is cured.
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Glass was early known. Glass beads were found on the bodies of mummies over s,eoo years old.
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He leaned against an q" pillar fof support. Then he saw d man on the other side of the street motioning for a paper and started across the slippery pavement.
 At that moment a carriage drawn by a lively team came rolling across the bridge ard turned sharply into the street. Batsey tried to dodge out of the way, but his head was whirling; the carriage pole struck him, and in an instant he was lying beneath the horses feet, his papers scattered in the muddy roadway, A crowd quickly gathered and dignifed old gentle man got out of the carriage to see what had happened. Big Maloney made his way through the crowd and picked the boy tenderly up.
 Poor little kid" he said. q guess he's done for this time"
 Then in answer to the old gentle mans questions he told the little he knew of Batsey's history, adding: You'll find his sister down at Nassau and Wall. sir
 The carriage drove away in search of Polly; meanwhile the old gentleman stood at the boys side while his wound was being dressed in neighboring drug store and listened to his inco. herent words:
 "only-eight-cents-more; I tried hard-Polly-but it's too late-now."
 Well, we'll" said the old gentleman, well have to look into this"
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The Lawyer Kna

To Cure Il Cold in Take Laxative Bromo QuinineA druggists refund money if it failst3
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The Purauif of

When the Declaration serted man's right to tll immortal truth. The b] the road to happiness whd Hostetter's Stomach Bit cacious regulator of the Equally reliant is 1t in ch stipation, dyspepsia, rh trouble and nervousness and not at odd inteE
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 Plankington-I undes to go to law about that k left you. Have you d smal
 Bloom6eld-You bet I the property now.-Boston
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
Fryer Uphoids Low Petition.

The application OF Otto Irving Wise for an
order setting aside the decision OF the Police
Commissioners that the certificates OF nomina-
ton OF the candidates OF the Citizens Union
were valid. was denied by Justice Pryor Of the
Supreme Court yesterday. An effort was mado
to have the motion denied pro forma because of
the decision OF Justice Gaynor on a similar APP
plication. but. as there seemed to be a doubt
whether the two applications were on all tours.
the argument proceeded. In the course of 1t
a decision of Justice Barrett was read stat
ting that the law must be strictly construed,
and Justice Pryor said that II Il had not been
for Justice Barretls decision he would he in;
not so as to prevent independent nominations"
Mr.. Wise sail:
don't want to disfranchise these parties,
who desire TO 20 down on their knees and wor-
ship the golden calf set NJ, by Seth Low. but We
want the law carried out.
The points relied upon in the motion as TO tho
insufficient attestatiOn OF the identity. names.
and addresses of the signers were then over
ruled by the Judge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
Low SENTIMENT COLLAPsING.

Brooklyn supporters or the Cits' Candidate
FiectinE TO tho Republican Ranks.
Within the last week there has been q remark
able collapse OF the so-called Low sentiment in
tho Twenty-second ward in Brooklyn. where it
was supposed to have a solid hold. Jesse Frost,
who halls from that ward and is tho Chairman
of the County Committee, was one of Jacob
Worth's strong supporters and voted for tho
resolution In the committee declaring Low tho
most AVAILABLE candidate. said last night:
Whatever my opinion may have been. I have
bowed like q good and faithful Republican to
tho judgment Of tho party as promulgated by
the City Convention. In this ward all the Low
men are focking back to the regular ranks, and
we are nov practically united in the entire
Park Slope district for Gen. Tracy and the entire
the situation can see that Mr.. Low has not tho
slightest chance OF winning and that the fight IL
really between the Republican organization and
Tammany Hall. Day by day this fact will be
more and more impressed on our people and the
assertions from Low will become more and
Henry George has developed is shaking the con-
fdence of the Democratic managers. and that
Gen. Tracy 10 the only man they fear"
The true blue Republicans OF the Twenty
second ward have arranged for a big mass meet
ing at Prospect Hall Tomorrow night. The
the Republican candidate tor Congress in tho
Third district; John s. Wise, Henry A. Powell,
Henry f. Abel, Samuel p. Donnelly. Fred w.
Singleton. w. B. Martin. and A. Stewart Walsh.
The Republicans in the Eighth and Ninth. the
adjoining wards. are invited to join in the rally.