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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-7-19, Page 3BUSINESS 'TROUBLES. REV. DR. TALMAGE PREDICTS GREAT GENERAL PROSPERITY.. Me Says We Are at the Opening Door of Good Tinel's—Why so Many Bon Foil by the {VayMacls—The 'Value of a lingual} Soul.' New York, July 7.—In his sermon for to -day Dr. Talmage, who is absent on his western lecturing tour, chose a sub- ject of universal interest—viz, "Business Troubles" -the text selected being Hze= kiel xxvit, 1..'i; "These were thy merchants in all sorts of things '" We are at the opening: door of return- ing, national prosperity. The coming crops, the ro-establishment of public con- fidenoo anti, above .all, the blessing of God will turn in upon all' amnions of America the widest, greatest prosperity this country has ever seen. But that door of success is not yet fully open, and thousands of business men are yet suffering from thea distressing times through which we have been passing. s Some of the best men in the land have faltered, men whose hearts are enlisted in every good work and whose hands have' blessed every great charity. The church of God can afford to extend to them her sympathies and plead before heaven with all -availing prayer. The schools such men have established, the churches they have built, the asylums and ,beneficent institutions they have fostered,'' will be their eulogy long after their banking institatioris_are forgotten. Such men can never fail. They have their treasures in banks that never break 'and will be inillionaires forever. But I thought it would be appropriate to -day, and useful, for me to talk about the trials and temptations of our business men and. try to offer some curative prescriptions. In the first place, I have to remark that a great many of our business men feel ruinous trials and temptations coming to then from small and limited capital in business. It is everywhere understood that it takes now three or four times as much to do business writ as once it did. Once a few hundred dollars were turned into goods—the merchant would be his own store sweeper, his own salesman, his own bookkeeper; he would manage all the affairs himself, and everything would be net profit. Wonderful changes have Doane; costly apparatus, extensive adver- tising, exorbitant store rents, heavy tax- ation, expensive agencies are only parts of the demand made upon our commercial men, and when they have found them- selves in such circumstances with small capital, they have sometimes been tempt- ed to run against the rocks of moral and financial destruction. This temptation of limited capital bas ruined men in two ways. Sometimes they have sunk down under the temptation. They have yield- ed the battle before the first shot was fired. At the first hard dun they sur- rendered. Their knees knocked together at the fall of the auctioneer's hammer. They blanched at the financial peril. They did not .understand that there is such a thing as heroism in merchandise and that there are Waterloos of the coun- ter and that a man can fight . no braver battle with the sword than he can with the yardstick. Their souls melted in them because sugars were up when they wanted to sell and unsalable goods were on the shelf and bad debts in their ledger. The gloom of their countenances over. shadowed even their dry goods and gro- ceries. Despondency, coming from lim- ited capital, blasted them. Others have felt it in a different way. They have said: "Here I have been trudging along; I have been trying to be bonest all these years. I find it is of no use. Now it is make or break." The small craft that could have stood the stream is put out beyond the lighthouse, on the great sea of speculation. He borrows a few thou- sand dollars from friends who dare not refuse him, and he goes bartering on a large scale. He reasons in this way: "Perhaps I may succeed, and if I don't I will be no worse off than I' am now, for $100, OOO,taken from nothing nothing remains." Stocks are the dice with which he gambles. He bought for a few dollars vast tracts of western land Some man at the east liv- ing on a fat homestead, meets this gam- bler of fortune and is persuaded to trade off his estate for lots in a western city with large avenues, and costly palaces, and lake steamers smolang at the wharves, and rail trains coming down with light- ning speed from every direction. Thera it is all on paper. The city has never been built, nor the railroads constructed, but everything points that way, and the thing will be done as sure as you live. Well, the man goes on, stopping at no fraud or out- rage. In his splendid equipage he dashes past, while the honest laborer looks up and wipes the sweat from his brow and says, "I wonder where that'aman got all his money." After awhile the bubble bursts. Creditors rush in. The law clutch- es, but finds nothing in its grasp. The men who were swindled say, "I don't know how I could have ever been de- ceived by that man," and the pictorials in handsome wood outs set forth the hero who in ton years had genius enough to fail for $160,000. And that is the process by which many have been tempted through limita- tion. o1 • ettptal ,:to •a rush into 'labyrinths fui =frbrn which they could notate extricated. I would not want to chain honest enterprise. I would not want to block ml up any of the avenues for honest ammo- at tattoo that open before young men. On th the contrary, I would like to cheer them P on"anti rejoice when they reach the goal, fu but when there are such reUltitudes of risen going to ruin for this life and the wi life that is to come, through wrong °0 notions of what are lawful spheres of at enterprise, it is the duty of the church of God, ands the ministers of religion, and 1i the friends of • all young men to utter a an plain, emphatic, unmistakable protest. These are the influences that drown tl�t men in destruction and perdition. I t1 ue Again, a great~ many of our business tri men are tempted to over -anxiety and care. You know that nearly all coin- io menial businesses aro overdone in this tit clay. Smitten with the love of s quick ma gain,our cities aro crowded with rneii roro:vett to bo rich at all hazards. They tLar do not care how money comes, if it othy not comes. Our best merchants are thrown me into competition with men Of snore the ineals and less conscionco, and if an Opportunity of accumulation be neglected an tits ono hour some. ono cls/ picks it up. Vrorn ,7anuary to December the struggle bo rs s goes on, Night gives no q,uiot to limbs tossing in restlessness nor to a brain that sala will not stop thinking, The dreams are . harrowed by imaginary loss and flushed , girl with imaginary gains. Evora the Sab- : 1 bath unmet dam back the title of anxiety; if 1 r this a f Wo 'dna da ho 1 _ 1. -- over thechurches and leaves its, foam Bibles and prayer books. Men, who living On salaries or by the oultivat of the soil cannot understand the w and tear of the body and mind to wh our merchants are subjeuted, when ti do not know but that their livolth and their business honor are depend upon the uncertainties of the next h 'This exeitoment of the brain, this g rolling, vara Q. the heart, this strain effort that, exhausts ties spirit, ' scud great many of our best men, in laid life, into the grave, their life thisbed against mouoy safes. They go with th stores on their batiks. They trudge 1 cmels, sweating, 1" en Aleppo to 1)am ens. They make th it life ]t orucifixi Standing behind . u,sks and counte banished from the fresh air, weigh down by carkhag case they are so n] suicides. Oh, I wish I could to=day r out some of these fines „'of care tha toga(] lift some of the burdens trout t heart; that I could give relaxation: some of these worn muscles. Ic ::is ti for you to begin to take it a little east Do your best, and then trust God for t rest. Do not fret. God manages all . t affairs of your life, and Ho manag them for the best. Consider the lilies—they always ha robes. Behold the fowls of the air—th always have nests. Take a long brew Bethink betimes that God did not Ina you for •a pack horse. Dig yoursely out from among the hogsheads and t shelves and in the light of the holy S. bath clay resolve that you will give' the winds your fears and your fretfulne and your distresses, You brought thing into the world, and it is very co taro you can.oarry nothing out. Havi food and raiment, be therewith oonten The merchant came home from the stor There bad been a great disaster tllor He opened the front door and said the midst of his family circle: "I a ruined. Everything is gone. I am ruined." His wife said, "I am left And the little child threw up its han and said, "Papa, I 'am here." The ag grandmother, seated in the room, sal "Then you have all the promises of Go besides, John."And he burst into tea and said: "God forgive 'me that I ha been so ungrateful. I find I. have great many things left. God forgi nue.'' Again I remark that many of our bus ness men are tempted to neglect the hoiuo duties. How often it is that ti store and the hoiuo 600111 to clash, b there ought not to be any collision... is often the case that the father is th mere treasurer of the faintly, a sort agent to see that they have dry goods an groceries. The work of family gover • he does not touch. Once or twic n a year he calls the children on a Sab- bath ;when he has a half hour he does not exactly know what to do with, and n that half hour he disciplines the child- ren and chides thele and corrects their aults and gives ;,them a great deal of good -advice, and 'then wonders all the est of the year that hie children do not o better when they have the wonderful dvantage of that semi-annual oastiga- ion. The family table, which ought to be he place for pleasant discussion and heerfulness, often becomes the place of erilous expedition. If there be any leasing asked at all, it is cut off at oth ends and with the hand on the easy -, ma• king estimates in the interstices of the epast. The work done, the hat goes to he head and he starts down the street, nd before the family have arisen from he table he has bound up another bundle f goods and says to the customer, 'Anything more I can do for you to -day, ir?", A man bas more responsibilities ban those which are disohared by put- ing competent instructors over his child - n and giving thein a drawing master nd a music teacher. The physical cul- ure of the child will not be attended to nless the father looks to it. He must ometimes lose his dignity. He must nlimber his joints. He must sometimes ad them out to their sports and games. he parent who cannot forget the severe uties of life sometimes, to fly a kite, nd trdndle the hoop, and chase the ball, nd jump the rope with his children, ught never to have been tempted out of crusty and unredeemable solitariness. you want to keep your children away •oar places of sin, you can only do it by taking your home attractive. You may reach sermons and advocate reforms and enounce wicked/1,as, and yet your chilli n_ will be captivated by the glittering loon of sin undoss you can make your cine a brighter place than any other ace on earth to them. , On, gather all aurins into your house 1 If you cau tford it, bring books and pictures and reerful entertainments to the household. ut, above all, teach those children, not y half an hour twice a year on the Sab- ath day, bat slay after day and every y teach them that religion is a great adness, that 1t throws chains of gold' out the neck, that it takes no spring om the foot.. no blitheness from the art, no sparkle from the eye, no ring om the laughter, but that "her ways e ways of pleasantness, and all her the are peace." I sympathize with o work being done in many of our ties, by which beautiful rooms are set art by our Young Men's Christian As- oiations, and 1 . pray ' God to prosper em in all things. But I tel you there something back of that and before that we need more happy, consecrated, cheer - Christian hones everyw,lrere. Again I remark that a great many of r business men are tempted to put the ttainment of money above the value of o soul. It is a grand thing to have enty of mover. The more you get of it o better, if it comp honestly and go mo- lly. For the lank of it sickness dies Uhnut Medicine, and hunger finds its din in the empty bread tray, and Lkecluess shivers for lack of clothes and e. When I hoar alnan in canting tirade ainst money -•-a Christen man—as ough it had no possible use on earth d he had no interest in it at all, I hie almost to think that the heaven ae would bo appropriate for him would an everlasting poorhouse, While, my ends, wo do admit there is ,noir a ng as the lawful use of money—a fitable use of inonoy—lot us recognize o the fact that money cannot satisfy a II'S soul ; that it cannot glitter in the g' rk valley • that it Dann + y, of pay our faro oss the Jordan of death; that it can - unlock the gate of heaven, There are n in all occupations who seem to not as ugh they thought that a pack of bonds ammortgages could c rig go bo traded cif for a F o to heaven, as though' gold would a lawful tender iii that place whore it o eo union that; they. make pavenronts. of it. Salvation by Christ is the only vation. 'Treasures in heaven are the y iriecorruptiblo treasures. a a you over otpbeeed out in the rule 088 and PI 11 the stint, "What shall it lit a pian if he gain the whole world on are ion ear ioh ley cod Mit 4tir. or - of s die out ole ike as - on. rs, ed an.y ul;t tI he to isle or., he es ve ey th. ke es he ab - to ss nD- r- ng. t. 0, e. in m all „ ds ed d, d, rs ve a ve 1 it re tit It 0 of d an- e and lose his own Soul!" however Ane your apparel, the winds of death win flutter it like rags. Homespan and 01. threadbare coat have sometimes been the shadow of coining robes made white in the blood of the Lamb. '1'"be pearl of great price is worth more than airy gerli you can bring front the OeOan, than Aus- tralian or Brazilian /nines strung in one oarcanet• Seek after God, And His right eonsness, and all Flab be well here; all shall be well hereafter. Some of you remember the shipwreck of the Ceutral America. That noble steam- er had, X thin':, about 500 passengers aboard.: Suddenly the storm cane, and the surges trampled the decks and swung into the hatches, and there went up a huudrod volved death shriek, The foe}ni oil the jaw of the wave. The pitching of the steamer as though it were leaping a mountain. The dismal flare of the signal rockets. The - long cough of the steam pipes. The hiss of extinguished furnaces The wailing of . God op the wave 1 The steamer went not down without a strug- gle. As the passengers strained them. selves in 'rows totale out the vessel, hark at the thump of thebuckets, as risen unused to toil, with blistered bands and strained muscle, tug for their lives. Thorn is a sail seen against the sky. The flash of tho distress gun is noticed; its voice heard not, for itis choked in the louder booming of the sea. A few pas- sengers escaped, but the steamer gave a luroh and was gone 1 So there are some Hien who sail on prosperously in life. All's well ; all's well. But at last some financial disaster comes—a euroclydon. Down they go l The bottom of the com- mercial sea is strewn with shattered hulks. -.Rut ,because your property goes do not let your soul go. •,Though all else perish, save that ; for I have to tell you of a more stupendous shipwreck than that which I just mentioned. God launched this world 0,000 years ago. It has been going on under freight Of mountains and immortals, but one day it will stagger at the ory of fire. The timbers of rock will burn, the mountains. flame like masts and the olouds ]ike sails in the judgment hurricane. Then God shall take the passengers oft the dock, and from the berths those who have long been asleep in Jesus, and he will sot them far beyond the reach of storm and peril. But how many shall go down will never be known until it shall be anounced one day in heaven. Tho ship -wreck of a world 1 So many millions saved 1 So many mil- lions drowned 1 Oh, my dear hearers, whatever you lose, thougb your houses go, though your lands go. though alt your earthly possessions perish, may God Al- mighty, through the bioocl of the everlast- ing covenant, save all our souls ! New Designs in Skirts. The skirt is the important part of the costume nowadays, and has added wonder- fully to the amount of dress goods now necessary. The regular godet or organ - plait skirt is very stylish, but is not fit for a dress that -one expects to do much sitting in. This is from four yards and a half to eight yards in width, and the best dressmakers now interline the entire back with hairoloth, and either fade the re niainder of tho skirt twenty inchesdeep with it or interline the remainder with grassoloth, which must not be confound- ed with hairoloth. The godet plaits at the back require an elastic band ten inches below the belt and caught across each plait. All shirts for the street should clear the ground. •If a skirt is, interlined with haircloth it should have an inch extra length allowed, as hair- oloth does not give nor sag like an ordin- ary lining. A tiny band of flexible steel covered with webbing is sometimes run in between the lining and interlining of skirts an inch from the edge. Sometimes a second and even a third row is used, placing them two inches apart. Skirts that open on the left side aro less apt to sag than if opened in the centre back. The pocket is placed in the side bank seam on the right, and should be faoeo with the material. Bind skirts so that the velveteen binding just projects be- neath the edge of the dress goods; hem down the upper edge and press. Baste tho binding to the skirt before stitching it and tho upper edge down before hem- ming. The Pota•o cure. An Eastern man who has been indulging in cucumbers, or something, else, relates the following incident as a matter of per- sonal experience: Ono thee, about two months after I had signed the pledge, I had a cravin; for a drink of whisky so strong that I could see nothing, but drinks about me, and felt that I must have et least ono drink. I told a friend of my state of mind. "He said, 'You need not drink. I can tell you of a substitute that will stop your discomfort. Got a raw potato and a bows of ice water, peel the potato and cut down ono end of it to a size convenient to take in the mouth. Dip the potato in the ice water and suck it every time you think you must have the 'whisky.' I did as he advised. I took the bowl of ice water and the potato and placed them on the table at the head of my bed and would dip the potato in water andplace it bewteen my lips every few minutes until I fell asleep. I awoke free from any desire to drink whisky and have boon free from it ever since. That one treatment has eradicated lay craving for whisky for all the time that has since elapsed." The knell of Dwight and gold pure pre - :Partitions is- spnndod,• The tataln'ge'i5 to bo laid aside, and suffering, bibulous hu- manity can now turn to a cold murphy and a glass of ice water and be cured. .4 Rival Skirt. A skirt that will rival the geci•'t shape among conservative peapio and those wishing one comfortable to sit in is cut with the usual front. side and back gores and darts at the belt, with a width of four yards to four and. a half. 1t is inter- lined with grasscloth, or only the back is interlined and a canvas facing twenty inches wide finishes the front and•sidos. The back is laid in two box -plaits at the belt, which are only pressed, not caught into position, This came from the Eng- lish ladies' tailors and can be recom- mended for outing, general wear, travel tug and such wear: When last year's gowns aro made over, the skirt is always scanty, which can only r be obviated by Side panels of the second material or an entire new front. Cotton dresses have a gored front and sides and full gathered back, At the bolt the front and sides are fitted to the figure by a few gathers or darts; the former is better, however. Skirts are seldom trimmed, though French dressmakers aro hinting at fiat bands to conte. .k en the full skirts aro becoming to large flgtiros when left un- trimmed,. as they draw attention acorn the figure in place of accentuating the wear- er's size. As stylish skirls tine too heavy t0 lift, cote fortably 11107 lutist be cut reasonably short. LQ la PASTEUR. afar to lluwanfty of the Greatest ot'ity- lag seelltoo-seam tate. Louis Pasteur is the sou of a tanner, and he has saved more liyesthan any other man who ever lived. He is a paralytic. His hair is white as. snow, His days are numbered.. But if his, Walking is ended, the march of pro. *;rens which he began, still goes irresist- ibly on; if his hair is white and his eyes are dull, the memory of his achievements will stay bright in the memory of the• World forever; if his life must soon end, countless lives prolonged will add, their usefulness to the world's sum total, and thus testify that his was not lived. in vain. It is a distinction to have met lam, it is a privilege to be permitted to even faintly hint at what he has accomplished. His work bas grown out of one great discovery. It was, until he came, the be- lief of science that organic decomposition —decay—was the re,aultofpurely chemical, action. He proved that there is nothing chemical about it; that decay is merely the generation of destructive life -of tar- °robes. Pasteur might almost be spoken LOUIS Pea.::.. of as the inventor of the microbe. He proved that there constantly exists in the las certain forms of life, which, if they come in contact with a field sympathetic to their growth, thrive and multiply in- credibly consuming the substance and disorganizing it in order to maintain their own life, He found that decay was the work of these germs. Thus originated germinology—bacteriology. Bacteriology is the basis of almost every great medico - scientific discovery which has been made since. The science of curing and the science of preventing disease have ad- vanced by leaps and bounds since this avenue was found. After he had discovered germs and their place in the world he discovered how to use them—how to make them fight themselves. The virus of certain diseases was made up of germs. These seemed to be proof against any enemy to thein which he was able to create' out of drugs. But he found that he could attenuate the virus—that is to say, he could artificially vary the 'virulence of the germs. He could make it weak enough so that it would be apparently without effect, or he could make it so strong that it would instantly kill. By weakening It he made it safe to introduce it into the veins of animals, and he found that when he had done this those animals were rendered stronger • in their resistance. The germs created a property which was fatal to themselves. It was the old theory of "similia similibuscurantur" (like cures like). He made germs fight germs. That is the story of his great gifts to humanity. This is the order in which they are given: His first work was turned to the protec- tion of the animal kingdom. He wiped out epidemic carbuncle from the stables of the world and destroyed chicken chol- era, a disease whose ravages had been severe and irremediable. Next came the food supply. His studies of the diseases of wine, beer and vinegar have entirely robbed these three import- ant products of their danger as the origin- ators and communicators of disease. When he advanced:' to work upon the human system ho amazed the whole world by his utter destruction of such diseases its lid attacked. Hydrophobia fled out of the world when he fought it, and his treatment of it has enabled other men to take up the battle along similar lines against other diseases, and to vanquish them also. His methods of isolation and disinfection to -day protect the cities of the earth from coutoga ous . and infectious diseases, and will, when fnlly developed, make epidemics impossible. His aseptic and antiseptic treatments have cleared hospitals of the dreadful sores—prurient infection, septi-• caemia, erysipelas -which formerly so often followed the surgeon's knife .and nullified its skill. In lying-in hospitals especially have his discoveries worked a revolution by renderin_ puerperal infec- tion impossible. It is estimated that 50,- 000 mothers' lives have been saved through this method. To a Clever Girl: She paints a little; glorious things, Which nature neer produces; She's also musical and sings When asked, nor makes excuses. And yet not pictured canvas shows The coloring delicious, Which 'neath her skill so pradtised grows Upon the diii'ner. dishes. No melody is half so sweet As that whose notes come streaming. Out of the kettle, small and neat, Where cheery coals are gleaning. Upon your charming, gifted youth, The world with joy is looking; But, of your dainty arts, in sooth, The daintiest is cooking. —Washington Star. Women's Bootblacks. The new woman will not black her own Shoes. No one has discovered that quicker than the bootblacks. Accordingly a sign new to the streets is springing up in vari- ous parts of tiie city. One in outline is in process' of construction on a basement window in Wabash avenue, It reads 'ladies' Shoe Polishing a Specialty." Down below stairs cushioned chairs Stand in a row on a white marble rostrum. Dainty brass footrests are placed i i front ofIle hairs and the whole is concealed t c or. ed i'om the male portion of the establish- ment by a fancy Japanese screen. Tho glace is not far from the Woman's Club,, and is near the Woman's Exchange, the \oonday Rest, and the 1ieot Suburban Club for women, and promises to do a good trade, -•-Chicago Tribune, Wife(ri11ectionately)-11ow's your rheu- matism this morning, ,john? Husband - Pretty bad, my dear, pretty bird. "fry don't you try the mind cure?" "There ain't anything the matter With my Mind; it's my joint&" ammeammisaioliliesmai j.. 'ants .'\ \ ens sa'1 ' for Infants and Children's rrr,111ss ...TY years' observation of Castor's, with the patronsge of millions r 0 of persons., r _ permit us ■ p .to speak ! it t without ot. n ]P g .Mir It is ,unquestionably the best remedy for Infants and Chilldrrea' the world has ever known. It is harmless. Children 'ie it, ' It giver them health. It will rave their lives. In it Mother's have something which is absolutely cafe andpraotioallyiserrfeot as.:si child's medicine. Castoria destroys Worms. Castoria allays Feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Boni Card, Castor's wares Diarrhea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves Teething Troubles. Castor's cures Constipation and Flatulency. theorist neutralizes the effects of oarbonio aoid gas or poisons, slim,. Castoria does not contain morphine, opium, or other narcotic property.,, Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels,, giving healthy and natural sleep. • Castor's is pat up in one -size bottles only. It is not sold in burr Don't allow any one to sell yon anything else on the ploy or .s.,...,..,-.1 that it h "just as good" and"will answer every purpose," See that you est C -A -S -T -o -R -I -A. The fats -simile 1. signature rt 14,tu , . Children Cry for Pitcher's Casterrn 1, •tet" „x SUMMER WRAPS. Garments Often Forgotten but Most retching of .111. In the preparation of summer gowns one sometimes forgets to provide for a wrap. Some people depend upon their spring capes to serve hero for the few cool days of summer. This is perhaps wise for the young woman who is com- pelled to deny herself a few coveted gar- ments. But tho girl of unlimited means should know that it is possible for her to A MARINE CAPE. look more fetching in a wrap which is made with that in view, than in the most attractive dress. One of the wealthy young ladies whose hobby is yachting, has evidently discover- ed the above mentioned truth, for she appears on every possible occasion in a most startling cape, with a hood, in which she can nestle her pretty head until very little is visible, but her two bright eyes. It is beautifully planned to protect her hair from the sea breezes without disarranging it by too close con- tact. It is made much larger than the head, and is wired at the edge so as to stand away from the face. A ruche sewed inside the hood softens the effect around the face. The cape is fulland hasa ruche around the edge. When made of some dark material this is a remarkably well -adapted cape for yachting or even for ocean voyaging. A'similar wrap may be made of light colored material and used for an opera cloak. The same young woman who goes yachting in her stone gray marine cape, with its pale -blue lining, wears a lavender ane of the same out to the hops at tine hotel, and looks bewitching in both Trying is yellow. Yellow is a color that is becoming to most women, blonde or brunettes, but the paler shades that border on straw color are very trying, particularly if the complexion bas lost its freshness. To obviate this, the clever modiste insists on knots of black and a black , hat, and presto! the gown and its wearer are in accord. .A. gown that is a veritable "dream" is of pale yellow mousseline de soie, made with full plain skirt over a lining of silk. The waist has a shirred front, with bands of lace insertion between the rows of shir- ring. Two rosettes of pale yellow are placed on a line witho the sleeves, and from them hung to the bottom of the skirt twoflounces of broad applique lace, so arranged that it hikes of itself the shape of a jabot. The gown is very strik- ing, • but would be almost too colorless were it not worn with a large black bat trimmed with feathers. The hat is of very fine Ioghorn, the brim curved in and out, and trimmed with a fall of blank lace. These falls of laces on the hat brims must not be attempted by amateur milliners, and only the most expensive lace looks well. In this case both nail - liner's s t L it and handsome atiIso, n0 lace are sod and the result is most satisfactory. A, pale yellow batiste, with knots of black velvet, and blaok dockade hat, trimmed with yellow flowers, make a smart outfit for a garden party and an exceedingly becoming ono as well. When silk gowns are worn this summer they will be of the taffeta and stiff silks, and very 3n0011 trimmed with lace. Ctepens• will have a rest for a few Weeks, but in the lighter colons will not be ban- ished entirely; and sensible individuals Will always have in order to wear some (lark gown. PASSING EVENTS. The order of St. Catherine is a highly coveted Russian distinction. • This order was established in 1714 to reward the heroes of tL Turkish war. The country in whioh the large towns are most nearly equi-distant is Holland.. They aro at an average distance of twenty miles from one another. Europeans do not take kindly to Ameri- can confections. The man who kept the peanut and popcorn stall at the recent - Antwerp exposition lost $5,000. In the fiords on the Norway coast the: clearness of the water is wonderful. Objects the size of a half do`ar may be seen at the depth of twenty -ft 'e or thirty fathoms. The recent insurance statistics show that if the wife dies first, the hus- band. on an average survives nine years; while if the husband dies first, the wife survives eleven years. The standard Chinese work on coinage is in twenty:volumes, the Chinese money itself is not less bulky, as a string of cash weighing five pounds is worth less than. twenty-five cents. In 1771 an unprecedented drouth pre- vailed throughout India. Scarcely any rain fell for a year, and hundreds of thousands died of famine, whole districts being denonulatod Fox would never stand covered in the pesence of ladies. Calhoun was so absent-minded that e often forgot he was in company. Monroe was, even in his own time, call- ed "A gentleman of the old school." Bancroft was rather reserved than otherwise with most persons he met. Henry Clay was said to make the most engaging bow of any gentleman of his time. Andrew Jackson was rough in his man- ners, but could be polite when he pleas- ed. He was always courteous to ladies. The Duke of Marlborough said that he owed his success as much to his elegant deportment as to his talents Byron was affable to his equals and to those whom he wished to please, but haughty and distant to most others. Talleyrand owed his success in life, toy no small extent, to the uniform courtesy with which he treated every one. 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