Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1896 — Chameleon Silks. [ARTICLE]

Chameleon Silks.

Changeable or chameleon effects in silk, fancy satins and silk-and-wool mixed fabrics will continue to be very, largely represented among spring importations, and to correspond with these will be made a superb display of| wholly new Parisian and itiidesetut gimps, galloons, elaborate passementeries and appliques for dress garnitures. The oil of tobacco found iu the stems of long-used pipes, or, obtained by dis-‘ filiation at a red heat, is one of the most active and powerful poisons known to the chemist. A single dr«ij> will often cause death in the case of a dog or eat. Thp British navy contains Ss.armored ships, 147 unarmored ships, with G,403 guns, while the German navy has 20 armored ships, 27 unarmored ships, 33 gunboats and 200 torpedo beats, with I,ooo' gttns. ... t .