Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1889 — Page 6

THE "INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 18S9.

WHAT THEY ARE WEARING

THE- FAVORITE FOR DANCING GOWNS. An Attractive Kustie Coatorue From th Fjrne- Ttaa Latest Mysteries ia Feminine Adornment ir Fads And Notions. Tullo in every shade is still the favorite material for dancing gowns. This light ad airy stuff is now made up into long, ftraight skirts just touching the floor in the back, and having layers of Tarying shades placed one above another. Thus, over a skirt of white tulle there will be nne of pink and then ono of sky blue. The low, round bodice i of faille and matches the color cf the outer layer. A II ft. 1 a n re :: t drapery of three color? furnishes the edge i the corsage, and i held in place on the shoulders with great bows of broad ribb n. Orny, pale-pink and mauve are biveiy together, us fire alo black, yellow ;iri i old rose. Several .-hades of preen, vith tiie lightest outside, and the waist ttiuraied with clusters or water lilie makes aeharmicr couiliinatiou. calculated t convert a blond? nearer into the sorublance of a veritable eu nymph. Aside from the tulle there are any number of loT:tit'iI nr.tteria' for evening wear. White net arc embroidered in white silk or the pale t of evening colors. Very rich lru.--e is rut in black allows lwer dsi'jTit outlined with .cold, silver, i r per.rl bead', mid rp:u the surfaces of -.nie ar lr.g. l.:i'.;g:ng loops of thpse l-a-ls. Ch.intiiiy lu i.-i iu Black, white, rtid coior-i hau- inch-wide stripes, giving V 4 I j m.sr.'s A 1I TTTV MOIKI. he crTcrt of bei is-.' run with silk l'.os., these f'ripes bii:g ouilined with gold or tdlver tiii.-el. Then thvre ate ira:i.e, striped and iottcd, the very l.nost reinir so heavily f-hot with either 'J"M or Filver threads ! bav- tl.e f!f'( t f'f a -olid i..th-f-guld -iiv r. Tlii- i- i-isde up n a f uniiution h'-.irt in nifir.' or phiin .-ilk, anl neither t !rr,i-Li"-5 nor jomimos a crusht-d appearf.Cf. Aw-man appareled in a gown of tiiisftutt" uvra clitenins satin of licht ; .fcüüw is a ii;i.!inc object indeed. The h iver i.s lovely over a tdiD of white, pale green, or "Id ro-. A charming danrin? 're5 for a youn? girl is of deej maizc--.iorci faille, the rieh color glimmering thrown the fashionable white silken tishiitt. The net coers the kirt entirely, and is drawn in leep joints here and there with narrow maize satin ribbons. They b-in ct the belt and are can cht tojtttb'er l'jw on the t-kirt, with larsreflutfy rf-MoH with the narrowest of ribbon. The T.ai-'t is of yellow brocade, cut V-shaped lack and front, and draped arrows the left iiouldt-r with the tish-net, which is hehl in place at the middle of tho back and i urn t.r Mi m LOT A FEASANT COTU?IK. right of the wai-t line in front by rosettes to correspond with the skirt decoration. Another very charming fabric is the J-'rench broche crepe, which is so adJnirably adapted to the flinging fctyles now in vegne. Thi.i tuff has loiifiuet s of delicately colored flowers thrown upon its surface in the same tender tints as the b.'ick't'round, and every shade of the seat-on is represented. These are made up in tho empire style, with slightly bouffanus kirt over, an under slip of rich silk lrdered with a ear lan J ot roses or other lowers. A lovely model lor this style has a skirt and siuare-cut bodice of the faintest shade of green silk. Covering the hem of the skirt is a thick-fringed ruche of pale green, in which bi' pink roes are Laif buried, an occasional bud puinir a vlimpso ot rreen round its unfolded petals. The rlowers on the cauze bren ho ?re roses also. On the right shoulder is rla.ed a drapery of the- gauze, held by a hucre rose. This scarf i.i exteribjd" to the waist in th? back, is again aught by a roe, and then drops ia with the fekirt drapery, which eutirely veils tho 1 auk of the f;lk skirt and partly hides the

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left side with its intricate- fokls. Tn front the phoulder drapery crosses the boiice to the left, where it is held by a jeweled -bnekle, and crossing another breadth of the broche both are knotted together in a large, easy bow. The effect of the whole drapery is very careless and yet each curve and foll is perfection itself. The short-puffed empire sleeves are much worn, for both low and semi-low bodices, and again a second strap across the arm the arm supplements the shoulder piece. Chartreuse and pistacne ribbons are used on gowns of white tulle, and yellow moire ribbon sashes are- considered very swell when worn with a gown of white moire. These ribbon sashes have been made to extend their usefulness, aud on tulle skirts, or skirts of embroidered muslin, form panels by dropping straight down from the wAist to either si-le of the edge of the -kirt. The tulle skirt is slightlv draped between these pieces in lront, but hang plain at the back. The proper boojife withthisskirtis afull "bei!'' waist, with braces of tho ribbon forming the up;er part, the latter being gathered up on the shoulder w ith a flower spray. Xor are ribrons alono impressed into service for these skirt panel?, but any of tho rich flowered silks which may be cut in two anl lined with a thin silk of contrasting color, r.ut little novelty enters into the skirt portion of the dancing gown, and as a compensation for this the corsage is all the more varied. For this purpose one of the most graceful features yet introduced is the arrangement known as the "Ilecamier lertha." This is made by sewing the straight edges of some costly creamy lace together and carrying it across the front and back of a decollete corsage, fastening it down once in the middle and on each side of the ßhoulders, this forming a soft puff over the shouMers and making all the sleeve there i. Epaulets of dainty blossoms are in high favor, and for these are imported artificial Uowersso delicately perfumed that a sniff of tho lifelike petals is reijuired to convince one of the sham. Natural rlowers are, however, preferable, especially for the corsage: ami for those who can afford this expensive dress garniture there- is a wav of preserving its freshnees for an entire evening. It is to surround the ends ot the stems

with moistened pow dered willow charcoal, j m:w mono;ra v.Mr.r.r.Li.A iianm.i:. this powder tilling a tiny bed of moss, which may in turn le wrapped in a bit of green tissue piper to prevent the charcoal from sitting through the moss. Besides the draperies, ribbon bows, and Mower sprays that adorn and finish the bodice of the dancing gown, there is the two-inch g'iimpe of handsome lace or net gathered with a narrow ribbon and show ing above the edge and below the shoulder-strap, having a wonderfully rc tining and softening effect on any neck and arm. Old embossed silver and chafed cold card-cases are again fashionable. . Then there are card-cases of undressed kil in all the new shades of geeen, brown, old blue, and dull red, with mountings and clasps of old silver and linings and pockctsota neutral shade. Club-like pocket-books are relegated to the shades along with the awkward crystal viniaerette. The newest candidates for favor hao the merit of capacity in available form. They are almost suare and readily accommodate the clnms silver dollar which their predecessor absolutely refused to do. These Portemonnaies are brought out in all the latest tints and have in addition to silver clasps and trimmings a vine of leafy design wrought across the flaps. Chatelains bags of this same undressed kid nre considered a rr.tTTV xuRfcs cositmk. cheap at $1S and and moderate indeed at ' Visiting list books are out in handsome crushed leather, and will be found quite necessary to the woman with a long list of acquaintances. Visiting cards are bigand S'piare, engravel in script on plain heavy cardl-oard. An unmarried lady's card is slightly smaller than a married lady', and on totli the aldres is usually on the lower left-hand corner. In stationery plain white paper is preferred for social correspondence. 1 he house adilre, in some dark lettering or else in go!l or silver, is at the topof the sheet, and the envelope is perfectly plain, l'aper that folds once and slips into a souare envelope shares the honors with the sheet that folds twice an. 1 has a long wrap. Dilletsized note for regrets aul acceptances is jud a tritle smaller than the invitation paper, and is thrust without folding iuto a square envelope. It is said that fashiouablo Farisicnnes, tiring of the regulation lre?i worn by the bonne, are trying to introduce something more striking and picturesque. With this end in view a study of costumes of tho French provinces has In-en made and several swell families of Faris have adopted the one illustrated. Jt is the dress of a peasant from the Pyrenees. There is a long, full gathered skirt with a pattern braided or embroi 1t red in colored wools around the lower edge. A colored jacket with half sleeves is open in front over an embroidered white apron and a silk kerchief is hung over the shoulders. A loose sleeve of the apron stuif pieces out the jacket sleeve And a plaited ruille of muslin at the bottom of the drawer falls over the fe t. A white cap is on the head and mixed with the hanging braids are threads of colored wool that end in a small pompons of the same. New 1'ads of Fashion. fiob'liii blue remains a hiohionahle color. It is saiil that long pendant ear-rings are being revived in y I'aris. an inr shoes are either of black satin or undressed kid, corresponding in color with the gown. The Iatt it rin; for beauty Gncr j of heavy

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in diamond-nhaped settings. In New York a youncr lady's age is counted by her seasons in society; thu. one who has been out two years is called a "two-year-old," and so on. The new French friezes are among the wannest fleece-woven cloakings that come for children's wear. They are very thick but quite light ia Weight. It is extremely swell now tn have one's note paper illuminated by band, the patterns of old manuscripts aäordius examples of correct color and desiu. Swell oyster plates are of the finest French or Fnghsh porcelain and modeled strictly upon the lines of the natural shell, while in color a wide choice is allowable. Flowers as a Mreet adornment for the corsage are entirely banished. The fashion of making a flower-hed of one's winter coat became so common that exclusives abandoned it and now it has altogether lost caste. - Nothing is prettier than undyed velveteen, which is the new and favorite stuff for decorative embroidery and harmonizes wonderfully well with patterns of pine twigs and cones, whose briirht greens and soft browns light up and beautify its creamy foftnes. Indian cashmere wool is a new invention of the trade that is especially suitable for knitting purposes. It is a charmingly soft thread anil makes the lightest of vests, jackets, shawls and veils, and such laeey comforts for baby's wear, and although fine and cobwebby in appearance is strong and durable. The latest development of the American decorative idea is the "half-sane quilt," wherein the sijuares are divided into long, slender triangles, one of them made of dark velvet, the other being after the usual crazy model. The c fleet of the whole is even more bewildering than that of the regulation variety, that seemed impossible to outd. Fashion extends her sway to funeral wreaths, which are formed by "silver leaf" or delicate silk tulle frosted with fcilver and cut into the forms of orchids or tropical leaves or plants. Wreaths of half-blown pink roses are ued for young girls' coffins, and the ribbon mania is again expressed in long, streaming bows of pink Kros grain ribbon. All gloves for evening are ma le with plain bucks and the tan shades still hold their own, although a disposition is shown by fair wearers of t'ray or mauve robes to dn the long glove of white or gray undressed kid. AVith the shortwaisted empire costume are sometimes worn long silk gloves or mitt?. Theso match the shade of the drf-s always. . In all the ra? for redingote and rounl waist the basque U not by any means passee. It is varied, however, and so chanced iri many wnys that it character is scarcely apparent. The posiiliorj back no loni'T obtains and is buriel KeneatU the back breadths of the skirt, which lire booked up over it to give the efiect of the redingote or dircetoire coat. A new am! becoming tichu will be welcomed by the poes"r of a sensitive throat. It i iuale entirely of white silk with a pinked-out s:!k ru'.-liiu-.: all th-; way around. The double part is rounded at the neck aud is continued iu irtnir ends f.iilitie away below the waist and finished o.1 wii h white bows. They can he carried over the arm ready for wear when necessary. Fmbrella hamlies are now marked iu an entirely new and practical manner. Instead of engraving the initials on the top or having a monogram riveted on, such letters arc now wrought into the shape of the handle itself. These uionrigrauis are in gold, silver, or nickel to match the metal of the handle, while enameled ones are particularly distinguished. All evening lans are lark;e ami mne in sie from eleven lo thirteen inches, (iauzc fans are prime favorite-, ami next t them conic the long leather fans. Nearly every style of this elegant accessory is mounted on sticks of carved ivory or pearl. The newest fancy of the season is mounted or. sticks of fragrant violet or iris wood and is very choice, made of watered gaue, painted with classic female ligures and briuht-hucd flowers. Frail carved amber and tortoise-shfcll combs, very small, and the tops stuöed with jewels, are simple and effective ornaments for the hair when dressed high. The temlency increases, however, to drop the hair to the lrwer part of the head ar'l have a few sofi flufly rings resting on the horchend. Tuen the pretty fashion ot wearing flowers in the hair is again the rage, and youne women appear with a single rose in one side of thecoitlureor poised coquettidily ri'ht on top of the head is a small wreath of flowers to match the corsage bouquet. A toilet baket for baby is an indispensable convenience nowadays. This pretty adjunct to the charmer's ward nil e should contain, besMes the customary jincnhion, a piece of Spanish caetile soap, a ike of white wax, a small velvet sponge, a box of baby powder, t. roll of old linen, two si.es of safety pins, a soft towel, a pair of sharp, new scissors, and a piece of tine linen bobbin. The basket is usually coverel with pink, blue, or whit silesia and over the silesia is a covering of dotted muslin, trimmed with lace. A large pasteboard will answer the same purpose and. strong pieces of cotton should be pasted around each corner to strengthen it. The box may then be covered and lined precisely as a basket would be. WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. Trde Iurtng the Ist Week Has Shown JIarked Improvement. New Yor.K, Dec. 2:,T- G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tays: Trade, during the pat week, has been undisturbed by the monetary pressure oftcu experienced near the end of the year, .and has, on the whole, improved. The long forehadowel break in wheat speculation came, but there has beiu sonic recovery. Sales here have been but 1V ojjO.Ooij bushels for the week, und it is still uncertain whether prices have declined enough to permit the marketing of the lare surplus the country has on hand. Fnormous crops in Kussia and the Danubian state, with lower freights, keep Furopean prices low, and the constant unloading by operators throughout Furope who bought heavily when the crop-scare f re vailed. Corn closeit lVi'o lower, oats ".;c ewer, pork L'-'ic per barrel lower, while hogs ro.-e ''-"e per P pounds. A break in oil dropped the price 5Jc, and refined also declined 10c per HK) gallons. No monetaiy pressure now forces liquidation. Throusrhout the couutry the money markets are amply supplied, though flieht closeness is noted at St. Paul, ami frequency of failures causes uneasiness at Memphis. The treasury is still putting out more money than it takes in 1,'.M0.ioO during the past week, and the outgo of gold has ceased for the present, thoueh bank rates at London remain 5 per cent., while money ou call at New York i ouoted at 4! per rent.; the merchandise export improve from New York for December A -ceding last year's by f.per cent. The excess or ex ports over imports for November reached $2i,.510,:K-l merchandise, and $-', 410,415 gold. Trade accounts for the interior are generally atisfactory. The iron, tcel and coal trades at Pittsburg are dull. Cold weather at Omaha and snow in Wisconsin have improved the situation. At Philadelphia the iron traie is perplexed and uncertain. Steel blooms are unsettled and low, but rails and manufactured iron look better. Copper aud tin are unchanged; the syndicate has been obliged to increase its holdings of copper by several thousand tons, and the stock is now supposed to be KiO,iiiO tons in Furope and 20,000 here, held at H'i.Uio.wXlorniore. Reports of railroad traffic show the eastbound shipments last week were 111,0hm tons, the largest ever reported, against öl,00otons for th corresponding week last year, learnings continue good. The course of stocks during the past week hns been dccideilly favorable to holders, especially in a few of the more active shares, and the general average of pricca is about a dollar per sliare higher than at th opening of the year. Prices of commodities, on the other hand, still tend downward, having, declined about l! i per cent, in December and about per cent, since Jan. 1. The year closes v.ith general confidence rather greater, indeed, than the present state of prices mid rate of consumption in some of the most important industries appear to warrant. The business failures number against oil last week and .'fO-' the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year tho figures were 1'a. Iiflrcuco in Uw Material. fN. Y. un.J 'i'a." inquired Cobby, "are all the people made of dust?" "Yes, yes," replie! his father, who was readins:. "Ami is everybody made of the same kind?'' continued Hobby. No, no; some of them ere inadcof the cheapest kind of dust to be had." A Continuous I'lraaurr. Hartford Tout "I wib, ma," mdd a small Hartford girl, "that r!I the Christ mases could be rolled into one. What a jolly time it woubl be." "Put what would yon do another year?" "lloll all the New Ycar'i daya into uu aud Lave auether J0II7 time."

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WIT OF A KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL. Flossie Sticks To Her Tolnt Art Irupe-r. feet Job A Strange Lamb-An Anchor to the Windward Children'! Chat Knotty Problems. A New Orleans contributor to the New York World 6end.? the results of recent observations in a kindergarten school. . A littlo boy, five years old, presented bis teacher with a bouquet, and upon receipt of it she asked him if he had arranged tho flowers, and he replied: "Grandma made the bouquet for me." The teacher then haid: "Well, your srandma has nice taste." "Oh, no," he responded, "she can't taste at all ; all her teeth are out." Every Friday we select a subject to be discussed the following Friday, and on one occasion, alter a lengthy explanation in Mtnplg language of what constituted a quadruped and what a biped, the little foik decided they would each take a quadruped for the next Friday, and in the meantime find out all they couM about it, and a cow, horse, doir, cat, bear, elephant and so on were satisfactorily eelectcii by one little tot after another until all had chosen excepting a little girl of rive or six, whohur.g her head and said: "Please, Miss Clank, can't I take a dude?" Whereupon a little boy of about the same age exclaimed, with a horrified air: "Why, a dude! That is a biped, bt cause he has only two legs!" It i; strange how f)nd children are of outdoing each other in telling a btory, Ono of our littlo boys at the baby table camo in ono morning full of the fact that he had for his lunch a bard-boiled egg that his little bantam hen had laid, whereupon a midget of a girl, not to be surpassed in this style, said: "Oh, that is nothing! We have a hen and we put her on the ne.t every night, and next morning the nest is just full of esrgs, and we make cake and all kinds of good things of them." "Oh, Miss K. I" Kiil one of the little boys one morning, "Hrolher Tom conies homes so fcirk every night he can't get up the step-s. The other night be was going to i-hoot our china dog in the hall." N Ono of our little girls, three years old, who had been quite interted in the painting of her home, was taken on the cars for a t-hort trip and the train ran over a cow. When the little one f-aw the bleeding animal taken from under the wheels she cried : '"Oh, mamma, look at the paint running out of that poor cow !" One of the littlo boys has a wonderful capacity for learning anl reciting long verges of poetry, often using words he does not understand. One day a part of his recitation read: "The birds put forth their lay." What does it mean, Lewis, by lay?" asked his teacher. "Oh, they were laying eggs," he unhesitatingly replied. Au Imperfect Job. Cfii-a HeraM.l Pot was a bright-eye'l, flaxen-haired little country girl, and not accustomed to seeing the now prevailing style of short hair as worn by the gentlemen, so when her big pister's lover came out for a visit his closely-clipped hair attracted the little onc'a attention. While tho two lovers were enjoying a quiet tete-a-tete the little girl climbed up w here the couple were seated and began cautiously rubbing her hand "against the grain" of the short hair on the back of the young man's neck. Finally her thoughtful little face lighted up as If she lüul " "satisfactorily solved a dithcult problem, and she remarked: "Oo better do back to town and det the pinfeathers tooked out." Iteixd nnd TatU . iThe World. A little clans' of bovs and girls in my Echool were reciting their geography lesson recently when the question was asked: "What is the place where a river empties called V" A little girl answered quite correctly; "Its mouth." "Then w hat is the place where a river rises called?" was asked.. The littlo y at the loot of the class shouted himself almost to pieces in his anxiety to answer, and much to his satisfaction the1 queidion was mbsed and passed from one to the other of the children until it came to him, when lie instantly jumped up and exclaimed in great triumph : "The tail !'' Tommy's Hrtjjht Idea. IVtroit Frc Pros.J Aunt (jocosely) "Why, you h-tve been here fully ten minutes, Tommy, and haven't spoken of your new boots vet; how is that?" Tommy (confidentially) -"I chm't think of theso boots more'n half the time, aunty." Another time Tommy came down the street whistling so loudly as to make himself conspicuous. Aunt "What made vo'i whistle so Tommy " Tommy "Oh, T was thinking I'd just whistle my daylights out ii I should lind a jack-fcnife." A Stray Lamb. I Puoy Journal. A bright little fellow in a neighboring city was visiting his . grandparents, very devout and religious people. Tho family prayers were tiresome to the young visitor and he showed his impatience every evening. Finally, at tho close of tho exercises one evening, he said to bis grandmother: "T wish 1 didn't have to stay to hear grandpa every night." "Why?" said the grandmother in surprise. "Don't von have family prayers at your house?' "Yes," replied the young American, "father docs after I go to bed, but he doesn't bother us children with them." Superior Wisdom. Pelroit TriUine. A new baby camo to a home on Char-lotte-ave., and the little three-year-old, Harry, brought in little playmate to rejoice with him over the new sister. After looking at it a moment the littlo visitor say: "Why don't it laugh? Our baby does." Little three-year-ohl looked at babvand then at his plavmato with marked disapproval and replied: "Our baby Knows better than to laugh at nussin'." Alt For the Best. Potoa 1'c.icfin.i Madauae'ß small boy has broken out in a new place, fie had been visiting one of his schoolmates, and he came back with a serious face, ".Mamma," he said, "I guess it's all right with that piece of poetry you told me about, 'lie doeth all things well.' " "Oh, indued," said madame, "and why?" "Well, I think he dil just the square thing in giving metoyou instealof to Mrs. Dunnep. For I've been over there three hours, and I know I could never stand that woman!" An Anchor to Windward. The W orld Our little five-year-old Agnes having been reprimanded by her mamma for Home slight misdeed, went and knelt down ! bv a chair and praved as follows: "O I Iiord, make me good little girl. I want i to be a good littlu irl, but I don't know

bow. But if I am nausrhty, please send Santa Claus just the same." " II. K. S, Jamestown, NT. Y. r'losMe Sticks to Her Point. Ifroy Time. Flossie "I don't want to go to church to-day." Mother "Why not?" Flossie "Because I haven't got a new dress." Mother "Why, Flossie, von don't go to church to 6how your cfothes, do you ?" Flossie (tearfully) "No'ru, I don't." Not when I haven't "got anv." Little Folks' Chat. "Say, mamma," said Willie, when h paw a Eicture of Pega.us for the first time, "is that a orse-fly?" llarptft Bazar, "Ami now, little girls," said a Sunday-school teacher, "yon may tell ine aboijt the epistles." A little eirl Leid up her hand. "Well," paid the teacher. "The epistles," paid the little girl, "the epistles are the w ives of the apostles.' Button JMiriia!. Aunt Fenelope "Do you remember the text at this morning's eervb-e, Willie?" Willie "Veth. iiia'ani." Aunt Penelope "What was it?" Willie "Mi'ther Minither cot up and said: 'Will the thext-n plea?h clothe the window behind the pulpit?' " Timr. Tommie "Do j ou suppose Oen. Harrison is a betting man, mamma?" Mamma "1 doa't know, dear. Why?"' Tommie "llecause, if he is, ierhaps he bet a new hat on the election, and then, you know, he won't have to wear that horrid old thing of his grandfather's iu Washington." Lite. Little Flora, three yea's old, lives in the country where vigs are numerous, and are in thejiabit of nibbing or n-ratehing themselves against the fence or anything convenient. Flora saw one indulging in this one day, w hen she said: "Oh, mamma, there, is another pig sharpening himself!'' Youth' Comp n -on. Little Lisa, who lias learned that it U nkdit in America when the sun is t-hining in (it-r-many ami vice vcr-a, hears that an aged lady is preparing? to go to her son iu Atnt-rica, and aks: "How will the tdl lady ev-r get used to living there when it is night in ihe daytime and day in the night-time?" Fllfjunle jiliit'cr. Doctor (to bobby) "So you're sick aain, are you, my little man?" Itnbby (who doesn't like medicine) "I don't think lain; I don t feel hick." Doctor "Well, we'll see. Show me your tonerue, pleae." lioi-hy "Well, .low, doctor, you crm't always tell that way. I've had a busy day of it to-day and if my toncue looks bad I guess it's only because it's tired and need j a good night's rest." llnrpet't Obi lady (inndly t boy cryingV-"What's the mutter, souny?" Hoy "Wn just busted a button o!f me t router"." Old lady "Oh, I can t-oon liv that, sit down and 1 11 sew it on for von. Have you cot the button?" liny "No; 1 lost it. You'll have to give me fi' rents to buy one." Old lady "bn't that rather high for a button?" boy "It iuy sound high, mum, hut this is a very fashionable neighborhood." Jurji.f' Ba:tr. "Why mustn't I tatid up on the seat ?" sail a small boy to his mother in a suburban train the other day. "fVcanso I know you'll fall over and knock Miss Blank's hat oil." was the maternal reply. The small boy remained silent for a moment while he .took Mock of the bat on the lady in front. Then he s;id in judicial toucs: "Why. mamma, that's the hat you said you'd knock off Miss Blank's bead if yen were her mother." Pittsburg JJ it patch. KNOTTY PROBLEMS.

fOiir rpüftor nro fnvit.1 to furnish oi icin.il ni--ma, ebrrailr, riM!rs, rrt.ti. :ml olti- r "Kiif-fty PriiliMns'' addrein all romnmuii.'ati"ns rHative to tb is department to The ?ex JI ll, lndiau.ux.iis. Ind.J No. SCOg Dying To-Iiy, Living To-Morrow. I2utort? fr Prif. What it it that Vil-ls the. Utn Vi which refill ss mortals wait ? PriOk.'lor us, from near and far, Gifts which good and evil :ir. f oraint: to us Tcry near, Tt iU"nilckly disapprtr; When it leel oir IniDg hr?.th, Silmtly It meets its dath. In its fr-ofl" nstive land, S-L.i? are with bright rainbows spsnnf J, 1 inilv we rtis'-erd its light. Veiled In ditam-e from our siht. Miinr would the mriain lifr, .vitjnj come dpsircl pi ft. ivinse thorn are its merits chi le; tvtne 10 it tliir all confide. ircetinK it with careless h3f, J'.t rkleslr its jc'U to wast. Wilier nil!, uie? imy rntrett, AU this intss.-n.vr must nieot. fine it wetcmne as it die, l-'.innj to us lifo's Mippiii-s. I "'t tis u'i its Jd-.'ssin-.'s share, Vt tili a grateful, pm-letit -are. 'sr.. No. "603 AnaRrnm. fl'niered for j.rire. ) A I 111 'ta n; vor ni'f nt t liou!:l h" p-v i'i- nt. Transposed I'm n-it 'i.trl.'." Tu sit at the white bouse ui., ) U o. SCO I From Ihe I.ir of Washington. Fintered Ur pru. Yoimg Washington did with his hatchet ' h's father's tree, hut wnuld not "Y.-Miis eharactcr by a x-im- of faix lioo.t. His father wotihl tmher he would, with .t 11 ßi ev'-jy tree, ih.m hv deception eaue a nW to enter his ,iw ri he;iri: i r in.üiy v-i...t of truth t-onl-l not third l?jjr-t her th- u l record when lro ti. He .-nie near l-r ini int;i,i:n I y associated, sub tbo ', tut oho.tiene to bis Mother led him alonu' another ,.-m,. ;aid a'terwjird he oftener 11s. d tle ihinl, Mit t lie neili wa tsu in-ili-pensalilo implement in his ranipaiu. an I without it the rietorv of Nelsou tuicht have Uueu lo. ' M. B. C. 'o. f50.- Decapitation. I'merrd Tir pri.o. ! 1. T ran heat you in any weather; I esn free re through wookus and leather; ;t. I approach the end of my tether; 4, 5. Neil and next are moner. Now whether S"ou find ui" ur lose me, f've nothing to say, Save, from till but the last tmu deliver. Caei. Ukey. No. rjGOß-A December Idyl. PltOytTlC. Alps! AlasJ What shall I c'.o? Far too many a nn If; v' i th cloomy clouds my sky's oYreast, Vor New Vi-ar't lay is coining fast; Orer the total I hate to skip; And (.'auada's too cold ;i trip; If 1 reiniiiu sad situation ! I'm sure to lose tny reputatio'i. Ono thini I've pained, hard work to cam it; A lesson learned, tho' hard to learn it; If o'er this crisis safe I m tid d On other course I ant d-y.idtd. No more I'll buy for fa.-hion's ssVe; And only needful loll will make; Never aJain I'll try to lorrovrr It only brings regret anil sorrow. IM. C. Vooioir. No. iCQ" llhomboid. Aero?: !. The scriptures of the Mohanuuedan. 2. Conclusive. 3. A cj'JTin power. i. Jlnritinie. ". lawfjl. Pown: 1. A Idler. 1. Coner-inir.jj. 3. The margin. 4. At another time. Ö. Native. 6. Aü'octioD. 7. A ilired. S. Behold. . A letter. . Con cove's. No. 260S Charade. (Kntt-red for prize. The t': upholds ti9 when w slV, When we ram hie, and hon nc Ul; The lfri denotes an action past, A Rodde found at ivory i r.si; The !otil to distant eotnurlc went, To do our cation's bidding sent. CM a nus. The Puzzle Making. All Knotty Problems inlonded for the pri? romTetition have doubtlew been prepared ero thl.i, as the contest closes with leee;iiiM-i-. fsrui? oi fin favors entered have lx-t-n published aud many others await thtiir turn. Tim rcs.ilt oi the pu7.1e-mafciiir, with tha names ef tho prize-win aers, will bo announced about Kcl). 3. -Answers. .51 Florence Nightingale. 'Narsa at tho Crime; Ixirn at Florence.) 2,'s7 Huruian, Herman, Krmau. 2,r$ . A C V A H ISA A It C I A I' T K I E M U V O It A M V. N T K V I. V U N A A o r E A V P r. T N UTA t.:!) Cutter. V,5'.i PUiloproK)nltiTrness. 2,.T:1 1. Nap-kin. 2. I.ar-in. .1. In-hnrn. 4. rrfot-les. S. l-ss-on. 6. Ijije-wini;. 7. Win-now. 8. Upe-man. 9. Dun-lin. 10. Ltust-wort. 'J.'i.ij A one-eyed man took on pio and left one pie tteliimi. '2,ö'j3 ln-fancy. Presence of Mind. Timed fJentlcnian (whose parachute has collapsed, peaking to assistant on the ground) "You've tot just teti coonil. Jimmy, to move that fat feu l over u here i Ua fall on hiiu."

NEW YEAR FARM TOPICS.

EUGHTED PEAR TREE EXPERIMENTS. An Important Letter on the Snbjeet Farmers' Organization Feedii'g Ex. periments Friendly Farm Talks Recipes For the Home. Despite the experiments inade at the experiment stations in order to prevent the blight of the pear tears, anil to discover a remedy therefor, the disease annually destroys hundreds of orchards and causes heavy loss to fruit-growers. A letter cn this eubject to the Philadelphia Jlecord may be interesting to farm people. The writer says: In your isue of Deo. 1.3 you gave the experience of a North Carolina pear-grower incutting away the deceased tark of blighted peartrees to cure the Miht, and adds: IVrbnps th- trees would have lived had ther not been so tre;i:cil. Having myself practiced this method successfully for about twenty-five years, i think I can afely say it is almost a certain eure. I first satisfied myself tnat the blight was a bork dfgffitr, originating in the outside bark, end causing it to dry and fhrink, eo as to stop the circulation of the sap. The inside hark seems to remain healthy until it is pinched ly the drying of the outer bark. I found, many years atro, that the firsd indication of blullt was in blood streaks in th.; bark, that could only be found by hacking or peelin? with a knit'e. If the bark yields to the pressure of the hand it is well to use the knife to ascertain whether ihere are blood ttreaks in it, find, if found, the tree cannot be peeled too qjiek, being careful not to injure the inside bark. I ue a lart;e pruning knii'e for that purpose. I think I have not lost a tree since 1 commenced this wpy of treating them, unless it was too lar "one before I discovered it; that is, the inside bark was injured. I have trees that were black aud brittle all around (but the inside bark w:is yet alive), that, after peelitic, zrcvr freely. I have trees in bearing (the last senson) that I peeled in the winter. I think with c ure we can successfully rarse pear trees in this climate, although they rt-uuire elosu watching. The serious iiestion, however, is: What causes the blicht? I think it is caused by an insect stin'ini; the bark. My reason for this belief is the app aranoe of the red stioaks that precede the dark coloring of the bark. They seem to start from a civen point and exten.l each way up and (Wii. May I not be riqht? What f-ay the nurserymen ? The writer has describe! the t-vniptoms of blight, and piven a remfdv that has ; been tried mce.-s fully on the first appearance of blight, and at certain stages, but much depends on the soii and grow th ! of the tre. That it is a dark disease is i true, hut it is a matter of diputo regard ing its mode of attack and its progress alone: the bark. Trees have been cut back, hf-Iow the point of attack, yet the disease apjared lower clown. The cause is attributed to the forcing; of young trees in growth, but the disease is contagious, attacking every tree in the orchard. The method given by the writer of preventing the spread of the disease by pot ling the outer bark is simple and worthy a trial by others. If the inner bark is pt-elcd. however, the tree will be killed. Feeding Experiments. Trof. Jordan has experimented with whole corn and meal fed to pigs, and has found that the gain made by hogs fed corn meal rost about 4 per cent, more than the jrain made by the hogs fed corn. In all trials the hogs were fed potatoes and milk also, and the same quantities of feeds. It seems that the results would have been of more value if the animals had been given all the whole corn or meal they would consume, as this would have tested the palatableness of the feeds, which has a particular value. l'robably meal will finish up a steer better than ear corn, but for the bulk of the feeding there are no trials to which we can point that show in favor of meal over whole corn. A step still further in the right direction is to feed unhusked corn, follcr and all, to the cattle. Such innovations may appall many farmers, but what we are dritting toward is not more complicated methods of feeding, but big crops t feed, better stock to feel it to, and simple, rational methods of getting feed to the animals. 1'nrnters' Organization. Farmers' institutes and clubs have done much to educate the farmers to a knowledge of better pvetems of agriculture. The advantages are the extiresions of indivM- i ual experience, which often brings on beneficial discussions of special subjects. Co-operative ell'ort is procuring thoroughbred stock, and the making of experiments aid improvement and add to the wealth of such a community. The winter is the appropriate time for such organizations, and the children should also be induced in some measure to become interested. Fireside 1 arm Talks. It is said that if greeu catnip is placed over the brood in hives where ants sometimes gather the ants will leave. The calf that has not crow n well before it reached cold weather will make but little progress lroni now until spring. The first six weeks of the life of a young pig ere the most important. Warmth will do more at this season than food to give the fall pig a etart. It will soon be time for the ewes to lamb ami they require a warm place. It should be provided now, when the work can be done nt leisure. It is snid that our corn docs not pay our sugar bill. That is, we not sell enough corn to "foreign countries to pay for the sugar brought in. IJees, if not protected in winter, will consume more honey than when iu a cellar, 9 strong colony using about twenty pounds outride and twelve pounds inside the cellar. Very cold weather does not injure stock as much os dampness. A moderately cold day, with a driving rain-storm, caues more illuess to stock than severe cold ou a dry, clear day. The flower bel for nest year maybe made very rich by scattering the sweepings of the poultry-house over it. Soapsuds may also be well utilized by throwing tneni on the tiower beds. If the hives arc kept too warm the bees will rome out at periods when it is not desirable to have theni do so. The " hives easily become warm from the animal heat of the bees if not in a cool idace. The young trees that have been kept clean j iu cultivation should have tue crouna wen limieil around them if the frost leaves the ground at any time, or they w ill be thrown over by high winds. If the bulbs of certain flowers start to sprout when in the cellar it indicates that they are kept too warm. They should be kept cool e noiirh to remain in a dormant condition until spring. Sprouting injures them. Every fanner's son should be educated to a knowledge of botany, aud also to thoroughly understand all the points of the dilierent breeds of stock, as well ns Ikj familiar with the nature of fertilizers and tiicir titness for certain crops and boils. lo not sell ofl'yenr surplus hay or btraw yet, t you may rind yourself short of a supply hcfor the wiuter is over. The amount to be retaincil depends on the condition of tha stock nnd t it severity of the weather between now and spring. Do not be afraid to open the doors and w iudows of the cellar on clear days. It is much better to have pure air in the cellar than to keep it too close and damn. When the cellar is musty and a disagreeable odor noticed the entire house is likewise aflccted. Dehorning, no doubt, causes some pain and has its advantages uud disadvantages, but as long as wc can resort to the hornless breeds for crossing, such as the Angus and (ialloway, it is better to breed cattle for beef by the uso of these breeds than to resort to methods that j veriro on cruelty. Put potatoes on clean land that 1ms been iu corn, so as to have the land free from weeds. (Jive the potatoes close cultivation until harvested, nnd after fertilizing the plot put it in grass. If the seed is clean the weeds will not tuine up to kill tho rasa when it ia youcc

The trowing of a grass crop demands that tha land be gotten in condition a year before tbo seed is sown. Old stumps, if allowed to season, can be utilized for bacc ioc-s in the fire-places, or may b chopped for th stove, as they should be converted iuto allies for spring use. So far the pastures are not entirely devoid of of grass, as the lew warm days of December Lave somewhat caustd the young clover to keep in a green condition in many localities, but it is not advisable to allow stock to trauipl the fields at this stxson. ps the ground is soft and the grass may b injure-L Eggs are searce this season, compared with the correspon ling period of last year, ami prices are Llch even-where. The operttors of incubators tind greu ditfculty in stearins: orgs that give good hatches and offer eitr prices for egs from choice stock. AniScisl meubauon is Leiug cord-acted now on a larger scal than at any previous time. A farm must not ocl be sclf-up porting but should pay a profit When the farmer reacbe that stage when he is compelled to borrow, or depend on some income from puothor ource, his farm is unprofitable, an 1 he should then endeavor not only to dis -over the cause of the loss but also ai.u to improve in some manner iu order that the farm may be self-supporting. The most disagreeable thing on the fr.rra ia winter is nm-1, and, although it cannot be entirely avoided, yet some ot iis disad vantages may be ovetveene by carefully draining every location that allows :n eicess of water to accumulate. Winn the cattle are compelled to stand knee-deep in msd there is a loss of animal heat, aud a greater proportion of food will be required to keep thea in condition. Household Hints. Sweet Potatoes lloil. masli and mi in pud iing dish, w Ith a U bk-spooniul of butter, two of sug.ir and two eggs to every pint rf po tatocs; stir smart r.ndstt in th oven. Parsnips Wash and scrape; put in boiling salt-water, cook terrJ-r, take up, shoe, lay ir a pan, pour over melted butter and tprinkla with suirar: set in the oven to brown. hire Cocoanut Props One pound grstd cocoanut, half pounl pulverized snar, w hires of six ecgi beaten still"; drop on buttered pana and bake. These drops are delicious. Cream Almonds Two and a half enps of fine sugar and half cup of water; boil four minnti's, then beat ut-.tii cold enou h to handle. Mold over almonds and roll iu coare sugar. Roast Haunch of Ytni.-on Hub the venison with butter, pepper aid alt, put in the oven, stick ehvis all over the roast, hatte with butler. When done pour over a tcac:ip of wiuo or vineir. Thicken the sravy with crated crai-ker. ScTte vith currant jolly. -. Oyster Grease a deep tin plate an 1 cover the borpuu with pu lVa pate: lay on it a, down gooi-s.i..d oysters; season wkh butter, pi pper and sn'.t; spread over this cn ecg batter and cover wi;h a crush ot th- paste, making smrtll opi-nirto in it with a fur ; lake about twentv-hve minutes. Cabbage Sl.iw Take ore smdl head of eahbatre; shave line; to one quart aa i the yelks of three ej;ur beuten, a tablespoon ful of sturar, oo of live oil or incited butter, hah a teacup ef thick cream, with a teaspoonful ef mustard, a little pepper and alt. 1 Ii t th mixture over the tire and stir; when thick pour ov r tue cabbare. Let cool and slice hard-boiled egg? over the top. C hocolate Cream Two cups of sucrar, oc cup of vCHtcr, one and a half tablespoonfulj ef com starch, one tables poonful vanilla; mil all except vanilla. Ict it loil from live to eight minnic, Mirring sill the time ; take it off and stir until it comes to a creaui; when nearly smooth add vitiiiila. and make into balls. Mix: half pound of chocolate, ijut do not add water. Holl the balls iu it while warm. Spanish Macearoons. Four oumt-s of almonds, half pound n'?a', six yeiksof eirjrs. half teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, rind of one orange, boil jugir first, then add pounded almonds nnd flavoring. Let them simmer gently over a slow tire ten minutes, s.'irr:ng occasionally; then add the yelks of the eggj and stir until the mass becomes firm; take" from fire; when cool roll between the hands, greasing them slitrhtiy. Make into 6mall rakean4 spread on white papfr. Cranberry Sauce 1) One quart terries, one pound granulated sugar and oie-half pint water. Cook ten minutes; shake the vessel, d not stir. (2) One quart berries, one pound granulated sugar and one pint water. Dring sucrar and water to a boil; add the fruit and boil till dear fifteen or twenty minutes. (3 One pound berries, one piüt f scant 1 cold watet and one jound granulated su'ar. Boil togethet berries and water ten minutes; add sugar and.

bod five minutes Ionizer. Gently stir or shak to prevent fcorching. Iloast Tig To prepare the pig make ready large pan of boiling water; put the pi? for te minutes into cold water, then plunge it into th pot. tnovincr it about t.ll the hair begins t loosen. Take it out, dry it, rnd with a coarsj cloth rub the hairb backward until thev are all removed. Take out the entrails and wash it thoroughly iu cold water. When the pig is well cleaned make a filling of mished otatoesor ol bread, sage, pepper and salt, just as you like, Sew it up with a stroi.g thread, tius it with it4 forelegs skewer'd b-.irk and its hind Ier forward. Hub it with butter and flour it U over. Well butter the dih.you bake it in, Haste frequently with either pure olive oil oi melted bulter. When done take out nd rub " it well over with a buttered cloth, put it backs in the oven a few moments to dry. Chicken Salad I.oil the chicken until imi der; when cold cut into small pieces; mix with celery cut into pieces about the si-re of th chicken. Tour over it a mayonnaise dressirn made as follows: A t.ib'espoouful of mustard, one of siiiar, one-ten tli of a teaspoon Mil o cnyenne, one lenspoonftil ef salt, the yelks ot three uncooked es, the juice of half a lemortj n quarter of a cupi"u! of vinegar, a pint of oil' and a cupful of whipped cream. Beat tho yelks and dry ingredients until they are very light and thick, with either a silver or wooden spoon or, borer still, with a Dover beater of second size. The bowl in which the dressing ü made should be set in a pan of ice water during the beating. Add a tew drops of od at st time until the dressing becomes very thick and rather hard. Atter it ha reached tins stagi the oil can be added more npidly. 'When it pets so thick that the beater turns hard, add a little vinegar. WJifü the lat of the oil and vinegar has been added it should b very thick. Now :idd the lemon juice and whipped cream, and place on ice for a few hours, unless vou are ready to use it. Th; cream may be omitted without injury. A CRAWFORDSVILLE SENSATION. Wallace l'eterni.nn Desert His Wire and IMopes With Iter istcr. Cr.AWFOKlviLLC, Ind., Pec. 2?. Special. Quite a sensational elopement that occurred here last night has come to light to-day. Wallace Peterman, who has for the pnt five year held a responsible position with the larg dry goods houe of Campbell Bros., in. this city, eloped Ja-r nicV with his sister-in-law. Miss IVarl Freeman. Miss Treeman is not quite eighteen years of . n-je and was still tin ier the e-ire of her iruardiau. who has Srl,'-' of her money. Sdie is very attractive and pretty girl. Peterman i twenty-five years old ami was always considered quite a Sunday-school boy. He married about five years ago. his wife being some years older and quite a homely woman. Since thnr marriace, or tor three years past, Mi- Pearl lias made her home with ber sister, ns she had no other. About a month ago the wife caught her husband kisir,g Miss Fearl und became very ancry, but he assured her that it was orly a true brotherly affection lie had for her sifter. So the matter was patched up by the sister returning to Lcr former country borne with her guardian. Last Thursday Mr. Peterman cave ur bis keys of the store a? well as his position, stathj that he was iroing to Canada and left last night. To-day it is learned that Miss Pearl joined him a few miles est of here, and the two have skipped to parts unknown leaving the brokenhearted wife and young baby behind. look Arter Her l ather. H.irtt'..rd r-o-t. "Vc, I'm saving up for Christmas. Iam." sai.la Hartford little girl, "I've got 11 cent now and I'm iroing to buy papa something, mamma somethincr. aunty something and everybodv I know something." "I'm afr."id, mv dear, your purse will hardly hold ot." "That's jusl what papa said about your purse yesterday." Wc arc all in the Fame hoat about these days. The Jo-tor lV.n There. rit'shurg Bulletin. Mrs. Veneering "Heally. my dear doctor, you must come to my ball. It is Lucy' comingout atlair, and I shall take no refusal Lone at all." Dr. Bygfee "Well, you see, tny dear madam, I am a" very busy man. iiy timeisuotmy own." . Mrs. Veneering ".vy no iiior-. Include th-s visit in your bill. There,. 1 shall txpvt yea. Cood-br.''