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The Exeter Advocate, 1893-3-9, Page 2JaREAT FLOODS IN POLAND. rent Hundred. Lives Lost and mich Pro- perty Deetroyed. THE WOREM NOT YET PASZED, A Warstear cable says : The 'Vistula has overflowed its banks and ix; causing wide- spread disaster in the West Polhill Provin- ces. The lower parts of Sippo are under water, In the etreete nearest the river the water is ten feet deep, and sores of families are either living out or have moved to the top stories. Three children and their mother, who were sleeping in a basement on the river front, were drowned lastnight. Pluck the water overflowed the largo stables near the river on Wednesday night. ,One hundred lased of cattle were drowned. in Vlocklarle, on the Prussian border, half the houses are cionipletely submerged. Twenty or twenty-five persons are reported to have been drowned, and hun- adreds of domestic animals have been swept away. The people are navigating the lakes formed along the river with rafts and small %oats, picking up what property they can tnd Rooting about and prepering to leave the district for higher land. In Krasnik thirtjaeight persons are reported to have been lose in the confuaion caused by the suddenness of the flood, and all are Sop - posed to have perished. The Wieprz, a tributry of the Vietula bee risen so as to sweep away all the bridges in the Province of Lublin and pubmerge eight small hamlets in its banks. More than 150 persons are said to have perished in its swollen waters, but as all the submerged districts are with- out direct railway or telegraph communica- tion the exact loss cannot be ascertained. Trent advices from the country along the Mug, Wieprz, and Mareff it is calculated that the loss of human life in Western Poland will approximate 400 at least; the loss of animal life 6,000 or 7,000 head, and the loss of property several million "roubles. In the Province of Vologda the -River Waga has burst through all the dams, swept away all the bridges, and has par- tially submerged the village of Wilek. Acme the border in East Prussia hundreds of river guards patrol the banks of the Vistula, watching the dykes and dame and airecting the labors of the thousands who have stopped all other work to strengthen both. The mild weather is accompanied .daily by the thawing of immense masses of snow and by occasional rains. Unless a change comes speedily indescribable de- vastation and loss of life may be expected. ENGLAND'S NEW COINS. The latest Designs by Messrs. Brock Poynter liinch Praised by Critics. A London °Ale says : Canadians will be interested in the fact that England is to lave a new set of coins throughout. The -machines at the mint are busy turning oue the new coins in gold and silver. The fol- lowing is a description of them,. from the •.Daily Graphic: Five -pound piece.—Obverse: The new bead of the Queen, detaigiaed by Mr. Brook. Reverse : The old design (Pistruccrs) of St. 'George and the dragon. Soverign and half-sovereign.—Same ob- verse and reverse as five -pound piece. Five -shilling piece.—Same obverse and Inverse as five -pound piece, but on the edge ef the coin in lien of milling, the words in raised letters, "Dacus et Tutamen. Anno nnegni--' llalf-crown.—Obverse : Mr. Brook's new head of the Queen. Reverse: Mr. Brock's design of the single shield, containing the arms of England, Scotland and Ireland. Two-shillingmece.—Obverse :Mr. Brock's liead of the Queen. Reverse: Mr. Poynter's designs of the three shields of the arms of England, Scotland and Irelandrespeotively. One shilling.—Obverse: Mr. Brock's head of the Queen. Reverse: Mr. Poynter's no- mad design of the three shields. Sixpence.—Obveree : Mr. Brock's head of the Queen. Reverse: Unaltered. JEALOEST AND CRIIIIE. • Husband Shoots Lin Wife and Then Bills Einneelze A Berlin cable says: A clerk named Beheibler, 23 years old, married on Monday evening the daughter of his employer in Elberfeld. Theyquarreled on Tuesday morning and the girl returned to her parents 'house yesterday. Her husband induced her to come back to him. Shortly after going to the house with her he bolted and locked the doors, closed the windows, and ehot her twice in the breast. Neighbors who heard the shote and the youngwoman's screams tried to break down the front door. Beheibler shot at them from a window, but wounded nobody. He then put a bullet through his heart. His wife, who lived for an hour after the house was entered by the police, said that Scheibler told her he had Learned that she loved another, and he was determined to kill her rather than give her an opportunity to be untrue to him. • Baby's Teeth. Little folks' teeth need attention from the • very moment when a tiny hard lump in baby's mouth proclaims the near advent of • one of them. The little teeth should be carefully rubbed twice a day with a soft rag and lime water, until the first year has passed, when a soft brush can be sub- stituted. Mothers should be on the watch tor the very first evidences of decay, and the tiniest speak should be the signal for the service of a dentist. This looking after the fret teeth and having the smallest cavity ,fdled saves tremendous bills in the fixture, as well as establishing a stronger and better exonstitution through such attention. The thought of the child's health, if not pride in its appearance, should prompt all mothers to the greatest activity in this direction, at east. . Exercise for Giris. All good mothers know the strength or frailty of their daughters, and should guard their exercise as faithfully as their diet. Excitement or enthusiasm in any pet scheme eometimee makes a girl lose sight of her physical strength until her conetitution as permanently future& Mothers should be • the most careful sentinele. There it a great cry now for outdoor exer- tion yea, for all kinds of exercise, but girls should no more be overburdened with nimilthful Mande° than with work ; when it overtaxeii the strength it ceases to he health - al, In this day of numerous entertein. weenie girls often walk too meths sing too =nob and tand too much. The Indignant Mother—You say the young entrap took you in his Mine! 'What iltd yeti say to him ? The Artless Daugh lier—/ said, Hold on "Then you purpose t� give your claugh. ter, my intended, a hundred thousand. franc,' ; that is not much." "tee, but elie will come in foe the whole of the property at our death." Suitor (absently)—About what time will that be ? Fond Parent—Bobby, Bobby, you ought not to laugh because that poor old lady fell down, Bobby—I didn't, pop. / was laugh - hag because she couldn't go up. DREADFUL DOUBLE MURDER. A Woman Kills He Mother and Her Babe. AWFUL ATFeln NEAR COIMINOWOOD. A Collingwood despetth saps Whilet ministers of the gospel of peace on earth and goodwill to men were to -day disseminating their blessed tidings a posse of police from this town were engaged in opening the con- cluding chapter ef a tragedy as dire and awful as the annals of crime ever yet pre- sented to the world. B. F, Lewis, chief of the police force of this town, accompanied by Dr. A. R. Stephen, coroner, and Conga - blas A. G. Earhart, Thome Galleon Thos. McBride and .A. R. Horton, went out early this morning to the Wench den, in the neighberhooa of Craigleith, county of Grey, where a notorious and crime - stained family has for years resided, to the disgrace and terror of the neighborhood. The accused is Jennie Womb, a woman whose age ie said to be some 35 summers, but who has lived longer years in wicked- ness and poverty. Her latest crime sur- passes in atrocity and ferocious brutality anything ever heard of in Oanada, the Don- nelly naasseore not excepted, and is so ire human in its details that even knowing the record of the woman one can scarcely be- lieve all that is eharged. HEARD FREQUENT commeenters. It appears that on Saturday Chief of Police Lewin of this town, being interested by reason of the frequent coropleints made to him, had an interview with Mr. George Rice, a respectable farmer living near the Wenches. From the conversation the chief at once mune to the conclusion that some- thing was wrong, and he secured the ser- vices, of Mr. Rice and James Wonctle jun., to disoover what they could. Mr. Rice took the boy Wonch with him, and they were not long in discovering the body of old Mrs. Wench. They at once reported to the chief, who took the matter in hand and went this morning to the scene of the tragedy. As alreedy stated they were not long in recovering the body of Mrs. Wench, but for SOMA time the body of the child was not found. At last the floor of the cabin in which the family lived was taken up, and there, under some sand was discovered the shrivelled and blistered body of the little girl, for, horrible to relate, both the bodies were burned and blistered as though an effort had been made to remove them totals,. Both bodies were brought to this town, and they have laid here all day at the drill shed, hundreds of visitors trying to see them. The body of the aged woman Wontale grandmother of the child, is drawn up, twisted and contorted in terrible shape, and the aged features, as they appeared in the dim light, were such as might have suggested Dante's Inferno, so horribly are they expressive of torture and suffering and grimed and smoked. Scarcely a rag covered the body, and the strongest could barely stay to see that the child was there. John Wench, the wretched and said -to -he half :wild brother of the accused numderess, is a man of probably 30 or more years, and is a well-known char- acter about town, as he frequently visits us to beg or to do what he can towards obtain- ing food. He was found asleep in one of the cells of the look -up and had to be roused. With a little questioning he told this story of the crime: THE BROTHER'S STORY. I went home on Thuraday nig/at and saw my sister strike my mother on the head with the axe handle. I saw any sister kill the baby with the axe handle. Shehad no reason for it. She said there was a young fellow named Jim said he would marry her if the got rid of mother and the baby. Jim's father used to run a mill. Jennie made me help to bury mother and the baby, and Dodd she would "do" me if I said anything. I was afraid. I got a pig's head when 1 was in town. • Jennie got papers and tried to burn the bodies. Mother's toes and feet were all peeled like frozen. We buried her in the snow near the track in a hole. We put the baby under the floor. John became a little mixed and said after- wards that his mother was dead when he got home, and that it was on Friday the murder occurred ' • but he corrected himself on this point andvolunteered the informa- tion that he had seen the reporter in Fore- man's store on Thursday. He added that his sister took the train for Meaford on Fri- day morning and said she would be bee& on Saturday. He didn't know wbere she was, nor could he tell the names of the parties whom she would be likely to go to. Coroner Stephen says he will hold an inquest at the Town Hall toenorrow at 2 p. m. Incidents showing the peculiar chamber of the Wench people are not lacking. In the midst of filth, poverty and grow *nee, the old woman whose awful rentaims are at the drill shed, the innocent and tinfortnate babe, the half-witted man John and the ter- rible woman Jennie lived together. Their habitation is a htit about 9 fees by 9, and it is said for a facb that an ordinary sized man cannot stand upright in the place. It is bnilt of feral boards, the °make filled with picanta paper, and beyond an old stove and a hag- raent of a lounge there is 'Merely no flame ture. In this hovel the vvrelmned women now accused of horrible murder has for years been visited by men more foul than herself, and a progeny of illegitfinates is the consequence. Only kat year the eleleat child of the alleged =thermos, a, girl of tender years, was herself confined and allowed to perish by falling tbrongh vre.ak- ness into the fire and susteined fatal in- juries. Then the ladies of this town, having heard the terrible truth, took the =Meer in band and had the den broken up. • 'Amite Won& was sent to the Mercer Reformatory at Toronto and her progeny dant:hated among those charitable enough to adopt therm then is those who were alive, for tbet bones found about the premises indieated that more than one young life bed goeo one before public attention was colien toWlrust Was ;going on. The accused is still at large. Which Side to Sleep sem " Which side should I sleep on, dactoael" he inquired. "In winter or atneemer ?" asked the cloctee, rubbing his chin thought- " What's that got to do with it ?" exclaimed the patient half augrily. "A great deal," reSponded the doctor mys- teriously. "1 don't see it." "01 mune you don't," send the imperturbable " if you did you wouldn't be here making me qtiestions about it." "Co ahead then," Maid the patient," sitting back resignedly, " Well," continued the doctor, "n winter, wheh it is cold, you ahOuld Weep on the inside, but in each weather ae this you should deep on the outdatein a heminock, with a clratight all around it and a piece of ice for a pillow. Two dollars', phsase."--- mectied Review. The old walnut bedetead mWhich Lincoln wart laid after Breath thot him, together With the inattressert of •the bed, have come into portmestioa ef a Chidago relic -bunter, Even the gas jet that pretinided free) the wail shove the bed hate been hteXtred irSt thief same collector. CAUGHT IN CHICA,GO, Queer Escapade or Upper Canada College Students ON THEIR WAY TO 110XOLDLIT, A Chicago despatob semi : Harry C. Gray, a runaway stodent of Upper Canada College, in Deer Park, Toronto, Ont., was arrested at the Palmer House thie morning by Detectives Last and Cuddy and looked up on a charge of theft. The vic- tims' of Cray's destre for "easy money" are E. N. Pugh and G. S. Steacy, both youug men who attend the same educational institution, and who in company with Gray, seb out for Honolulu, in the Sandwiela Islands, where they hoped to pick up fabulous wealth under the new state of affairs. • The articles stolen by Gray include, be - tildes $165 belonging to Pugh, five suits of clothes and an overcoat, also the property of the latter, and about $25 worth of etuff 'belonging to Reece,. All this was recovered by the officers, with the exception of $10, which had been spent by Gray, whose fare was being paid to Honolulu, and who re- warded his benefactors in the manner de- scribed. Gray's father is a wealty New Yorker, engaged in the manufacture of machinery, and residing at 236 Lennox avenue in that city. Harry is said by Pugh and Steaey to have been au incorrigible and a spendthrift, who was sent to Upper Canada Oollege to keep him out of mischief, and where he would be under the watchful eye of Princi- pal George Dickson, head of the institution. Gray is but 18 years old. Pugh is of the same age, and his father lives at 31 Josephine street in New Orleans, and is a rich and aristocratic ex -planter. Young Steamay, whose age is 19, is from Brookville, Ont., and is related to the Steacye, of St. Louis, wealthy railroad contractors. • The three boys reached Chicago yester- day from Toronto and registered at the Gault House on West Madison street. After arranging for their transportation to San Francisco they went out to see the town, and when they returned to their room at night all felt drowsy as the result of too much beer. It was noticed by Pugh and Steamy that though Gray did nat imbibe as freely as they, he appeared very much under the influence, and at once tumbled into bed. The others did like- wise, and pretty soon all three were snoring loudly. Though Gray snored fast and loud, he was very much awake, and when he felt that the time was at hand to act, he stole out of bed and sneaked out of the hotelwith the booty, while his chums slept soundly, dreaming of the tropics, sugar plantations, pretty Hawaiian girls and all that sort of thing. Gray at once went to the depot, and, with the baggage checks, secured the balance of Pugh's and Stacey's effects, after which he went to the Palmer House and registered under an assumed name. He was arrested while leaving the breakfast • table in less than an hour after the theft was reported at the Central station. Pugh's uncle is manager of a sugar plan- tation, and had agreed to give employment to the young men on their arrival. Gray will be prosecuted to -morrow morning at the Harrison Street Police Court. Another despatch credits Stacey with committing the thefts. A VILLAIN'S DEED. Au Eat:yen-year-old London Girl Bra. tally Assaulted. - ALondon despatch says: On Saturday evening, shortly after 9 o'clock, Jennie Mc- Leod, aged 11 years, whose parents live on Ridout street, while on her way home, and only a short distance from the house, was accosted by a well-dressed youug man, who offered her fifteen cents if she would go with him to London West for a parcel, which she was to take to the City Hotel. The girl, suspecting nothing, went along with the fellow until they came to an old orchard, where he suddenly seized and assaulted her. Tho man then brought her back as far as tho bridge, and, after threatening her life if she made any outcry or spoke of the occur- rence, he left her. The girl managed to reach home, where she informed her parents of what had happened. The police were notified, but aa the girl was unable to give an accurate description of her assoilanO the chances of his capture are very slight. The girl, who in under a doctor's care, is seriously injured. iikEIETLY MENG IIP, And Then (Wetly Cut Down by the Woman He Iliad Assaulted. A Knoxville, Tenn., despatch says: The lyncbing at Jellico last night of the negro Joe Payne, for assaulting Miss Fannie Bell Cecil, was in itself a very tame affair. He confessed the crime and was swung up to the nearest tree without any noise. The mob pinned a placard on his back vowing death to anyone who should disturb the body until 10 o'clock to -day. Ab that hour fully 5,000 people had gathered from neighboring towns. Miss Cecil sent word that she would take pleasure in cutting down the body. Her wishes were granted, and with a sharp knife she severed the rope end the body fell to the ground. She smiled as she cut the rope, and the act was greeted with applause from the vast orowd. She it a very handsome woman of 18 and of good family. The Girl who is Liked. The girl who doesn't think every other pretty one "makes up horridly." The girl who doesn't pinch her feet into shorts a size and a half too small for her. The ghl wbo is not in the least ashamed of a healthy appetite. • The giri. who doesn't want to sitop and Mare into every other shop •window she penes. • The girl who will sing under a trifie leas tban thremquartere of an hour's persuasion. The girl who can receive a little polite Intention from a man without at once jtimpingeo the conclusion that he is in love with her. The girl Who doesn't tight lace. The girl who prefers a cookery book to a penny novelette. The girtwbo Gen purchase a packet of pins and a yard Of nolico without turning over everything lie the shop.--Leedon fictif.Holiday. A Practical thilantbronist, She—The man who le collecting money for the poor people wlain, were burned out last Week is at the door. s. Shall / put our name down for $2 n' He—No. One doller is enough, but pay it right away. You know:: the old „adage, Qui cito dat, bis deet—ho who givee quickly giveri twke.—Schaik. , Wino ist frequently used instead of water In Spain in relating shoe -blacking. Probably that is the Cause ef the shoes feeling tight, e Every time you spill anything on the tablecloth you !nest give me a nt," said Frank's mother. "Awl do I get e cent V• ery time 1 don's ',spill?" asked, Frank, aentionely. MODISTES AND MILLINERS. A Few of the Gowns British Dames and. Damsels Sport in High Society. Old Poke Bonnets Revived—Enormous lints, High hit the Crown and Broad Leaf, the Correct Thing—Light Green Shades Canter in /or Spring Wear— Antique Lace Rage In Full Vigor— Skirts naive 8 Fulinesi and 'Width Rowed the liem—Ilair Dust be Frizzed. LONDOZ,T'Feb. The taste for old lace has returned in full vigor, and it is astonishing what a quantity has come to light of this priceless article since it became ao much in vogue. e Everyone is ransack- . Me lug their possessions to collect every morsel r of olb, lace that they possess wherewith to beautify themselves and their toilettes. For nothing 18 80 becom. ing as the fihnsy eoftness of point d'Alenoon, Brussels point and the like. The Primmer' Margaret, of Prussia, has a great penchant, for rare old lace, and a number of her trousseau gowns, both for afternoon and evening wear, are trimmed with it. The beautiful point de Venise used upon a visit- ing gown of Nile green velvet was the gift • of the Queen of Italy. Lacenaskers have nowadays arrived at such & pitoh of perfec- tion in their work that it is no easy matter for the uninitiated to discriminate between old lace and new. Some Irish lace in a London store window is copied from antique designs and is scarcely dietinguishable from old Venetian point.' TEN DREAMS OF LOVELY GOWNS. If there was ever a time when women could wear what they choose it is now. The other night at a dance, where many remarkably good dresses were worn, were ten distinctively different kinds of evening gowns, and they -all looked nice. There was an Empire dress in black satin, veiled with jetted net; an 1830 drone in pink satin with beaver, and an msthetio gown in yellow Liberty silk; a Zouave ball gown in white satin and mouse -colored velvet ,• a Princess robe in rich blue brocade, and a Directoire toilet in black brocade and Nile water green satin. Besides these there was an Anne of Austria gown in amber and golden -brown, and a belted dress in white and gold, Spanieh in character by reason of the deep belt and a small costee of white velvet, fringed with gold, dropping down over it. Then came a baby hell -frock, all pleatings and folds deftly arranged to seb close into the figure and trimmed with baby ribbon and tiny white roses; and last, but not least, either in beauty or effect, an accor- dion -pleated gown in pure white orepe-de- chine, with a satin bodice embroidered in silver. Thera was variety enough for any one to choose from, and yet some women always seem to choose what suits them least. ABSINTHE -GREEN, EDGED WITH CHINCHILLA. Here is a smart gown worn by a pretty blonde. The materiel was absinthe -green cloth, and the skirt was edged with chin- chilla. The tight -fitting bodice had a draped rever, lined veith black satin on the right shoulder, from beneath which appeared a stole -shaped piece of embroidery in green and black, descending nearly to the edge of the skirt and terminating in a fringe of jet and green chenille. This also formed a part of the corselet, which was embroidered to correspond. The sleeves were very full and reached but little below the elbow, so that long puede gloves were necessarily displayed. A collar and muff of chinchilla and a hat of emerald green felt, trimmed in front with a Bernese butterfly bow of heliotrope ribbon and black wings, completed the costume. Quite a pretty frock is of electric blue bengaline. Each seam is outlined with galon of fawn and gold. The carmelite cape is edged with •the mine, and the collar and guipure belt are striped with lines of galon. SKIRTS HAVE A DECIDED SPRING. Skirts are being more trimmed now that they • are worn wider. The very best bulldoze say that they are not making them so wide as in October last. They are so cut as to fit well, and not to hang too full round the waist. Lower down, however, they are given a decided spring, and are quite a great width round the hem, where they mauve voile they are an Worm:lenge, and, aro due solely to the lack of dreea uovelty just now, They will Boon be played out, and that confident she who iuyeete In dozen pairs will find the fashion over by the thee alto has worn ev,ch of them twice, rola nemeses noomilea tun A rumor not far removed frora 'Oust of the crinoline comes as a whisper from some of the milliners bo the effect that one of the spring novelties in bonnets will be the old. fashiened " epoon" shape, unalloyed and undieguised, The wide brittle steed high above the brow, giving space for flowers and loco quillings inside, as of yore, while the crowee pnesess all the salient feeturee which liyed in the earlier part of the last century. "Empire" and " Inc/aided 1830' are the lines into which the manufacturers nva,upufitya ca rtfouanroteeirsy og s, scorn mostly to have run, but these are h' boar undesirable result tyles, having, of avingt adding HATS TILT TO A SHARP ANGLE. Soine of the latest lupiest of Paris hats are quite enormous, being high in the crown aa well as broad in the leaf, The long feathers that trim them are wired so as to stand up and lean over towards the hat rgaiu, though with a slightly outward in - ciliation. 33y the time that summer cornea there will be a great inclination to- wards wearing tha hat tilted on one side, a fashion which so greatly worried old-fashioned folks, when, it was introduoed some ten or twelve years ago. They thought it gave a sadly rakish look to the countenance,. This is a fashion suited only to the faces that are fresh and young. It makes fun of the careworn or elderly. or even the passe complexion which has lost its roses and lilies. There is a sort of affective tion of the picturesque that makes one critical of the wearer. This idea is often at • the root ole vague disapprobation, of whioh one is hardly conscious at the tiine. mem FRIzZES OvER THE FOREHEAD. Elaborately dreeeed coiffures for the even- ing are relegated to the past. The hair is arranged quite simply with the Greek chignon and frizzed over the forehead. A little crown of flowers or a band of ribbon encircles the chignon like a ring, and out of it rises an aigrette or some fanciful butter- fly with jewelled winge. Smart women have not as yet adopted the •old-fashioned chig- non, pur et simple, but have left the experi- ment to their more dowdy sisters, whose task is hardly equal to their zeal to clothe themselves as fashion dietates. TO PASTE OVER YOUR DEAR. Some Common Business TerniCand Their Meanings. Abatement—Amount taken off a bill of goods. Acceptance—Agreement to terms. Account Current—A plain statement or running account. Ad Valorem—According to value. ' Antedate—To date forward or before- hand. Bill of Entry—A bill of goods entered at a custom house. Bill of Exchange—An order for the pay- rnent of money. Bill ofLading—.A receipt from a railroad, able, etc., for goods or freight. Bill of Sale—A contract, under seal, for the sale of goods. Bill of Light—A temporary form of entry at a custom house, permitting goods to be provisionally landed for examination. Bills Payable—The name given by a mer- chant to notea made and Mimed. Bills 'Receivable—Notes taken or given— except one's own. Bank Credit—Permission given by a firm, or person, to draw money on account. Bond—A note or deed, given with pe- cuniary security. Bonded Goods—Goods for which bonds are given for duties instead of money. • Bottomry Bond—A mortgage on a vessel. Bounty—A bonus, or premium, given to encourage trade. Cash Credit—Privilege of drawing money • at a bank, obtained by depositing suitable seeurity. • Cocket—A custom house warrant to show goods have been entered. Consign—To send goods to an agent or factor for sale. Consignee—A person who receives goods in trust. Consignor—The person who sends the goods.—National Retail Jeweller. A Versatile German Barber. The following prospectus of a gifted barber of Nuremberg, who flourished in the year 1640, 'is published by a German news- paper: "Isaac Makerl, barber, maker of per- ruqueo, surgeon, dyer, schoolmaster, black - look like a deep flounce. One drum measures snaith and accoucheur, ehaves for a 1 eight yards round, and yet is fairly close- kruetzer, cute hair for two kruetzers, in - fitting round the hips. The fullness of the eluding pomade for pretty girls, cleans hem is kept well out by means of stiff stoves, instructs noble young persons, muslin, lace -edged frilling and lace -edged silk frillings on dainty petticoats. Tailor - built dresses remein rather full, and not anything like " eight yards round the hem." Four in extreme in tailor -built. The trim- mings for day skirte are usually flat, though big bows and rosettes appear on evening gowns. A sEvitneercee IN DOVE -GREY scLOTH. A very favorite style is having the seams done with trimming, not narrowly over- laid with a single line of passementerie, as has been done for some time past, but with wide bands of velvet, satin or jet. The effect is very pretty, and the flea trimmings are a reprieve from frills and furbelows, A lovely gown is in dove -grey cloth with deep bands of rich amethyst velvet down the skirt. • It had a wide folded belt and a round yoke of similar velvet, and the full, handsome sleeves were composed entirely of it. There was a dove -grey felt Cavalier hat to match, with amethyst velvet trim- ming and plume, and a cape of velvet lined with mink and trimmed with sable. It was one of the prettiest oostumets imaginable. The wearer was tall and had a lovely conn plexion and red hair, which it is perhaps more polite to call Titianesque. LIGHT GREEN'THE COMING COLOR. The fashionable woman always eager to anticipate spring, is introducing much green (the tender green of a budding leaf) into her toilette just now. This, mingled with a soupcon of lilac, is a dainty and re- freshing combination, Crocuses are quite a feature ef spring millinery. Bonnets are small and the crowns simply a mate of rich embroidety in gold or pot and colored stones Jet and emetalde are is favorite mixturie, A charming little bonnet has the crown worked in gold, studded with peaels and turquoises. It is trimmed round with dark sable tails, thile n eimple btew ef brown velvet and a golden osprey rise in front. Theatre bonnets are so absurdly small as Lo be scaroely deserving of the name. They are irideed hothing more than tiny head. dreesee. A jewelled or velvet haecleatt, bunch of dewdrop -laden flovvers end voila I he cepuce is complete. But leb not the riovice, he beguiled by its eimplicity and try her 'prentice hand upon its constritc- tion 1 The newest gloyee are bright grata green. In Paris they are being worn With coatutnen in which green plays no other part, or perhaps but a slight one. Like the without difficulty, in the principles of grammar, and teaches them lane manners, as well as the alphabet. He puts on heels In a masterly fashion, repairs boots and shoes, teaches the hautboy end •the flute. lets 1 the al of al brush stren vege tt fore; Satu Do man • Up a fur for t her c has show the p e in ev what his w Vi a pa man ther Inn I: COM inter Ch tilde' spice 1 Yes. Well, hert'a a whole box full, of all colors, that I bought at tile bar- gain counter for 75 cents. A London coefectioner says that he ia sometimes called on to fernier' wedding. cakes weighing 1,000 pounds esoh, and meldieg of a size suffident for 500 hearty appetites. "My dear, can't yet manage to cut down your expenses in some way i" She (reflectively)—I have ib; yeti, I can etop putting that 10 cents in the contribution box every Sunday. A Senclay school teacher asked her Masa of boys what a boy shonicl do to go lO heaven., No one answered until a little vornwrioN 4vor movA, The inroads Widen resilience and rainitie- Make In(0 The population of the IUdICO. Empire hes risen within the memory of the present generation from 200,000,00U to '480,000,000 ; ib bas been incommieg at the oste 2,50n,- 000 aunually, and it is now rieing am the rate of n000,000. If no large famines occur, it will considerably enoeed 300,000,- 000 at the end of the mutat y now drawing to a olose in the event, of decirae- tion from these otzusen there will be an excess over 300,000,000. Una augmentation is orancidont with a growl means and resources of livelihood, and n renterial prOfi- perity of all kinds. The export of food grains in vast quantitiee tembinten • The average of population in the Indian empire is very moderate. For all that the density in some parts is coneidereble, and In other parts too great. On the other hand, there is a large qinaitity of culti- vatable land etill unuree, the extent of which can be fully known by experience; • alone. Further, the existing cultivation, can hnadv ncee tied nue litoective by agricultural science, by devehepreent of irrigation in detail, and by '41:19roved appli- armee for husbandry. On the whole there M fair 'meson to hops' that the magnificent area et laid will be - abbe to sustain its people, and that the ac- cession of teeming miliime decade after de- cade under the Brinell rule may be web - cooled without an afterthought. • On the other hand, there have been and still are - frequently recurring cauttes to Check the growth of population. One fearfully potent cause, arising from internal war, devastation and disorder, which up to the present century acclimated the people, has been effectually stopped. But pestilence which in former taenturtete occasionally stsalked through the land, still lurks in many places. It is kept down by sanitation, by the diffusion of ineclical edu- cation among the melee, and by the puri- fication of the water supply, The waterworks are to be found in almost every town. In tlao greet cities they may be compared with anything of their kind in any country. The chock on popu- lation, as imposed by nicketese, will be gradually lessened. Then there is the terrible cheek resulting from famine or scarcity. The reoorded experience of more than a century ehows that this scourge him appeared in one quarter or another once in every three years Ite recurrence is extremely probable. It epringe from - atmospheric conditions, which may be partially controlled, but cannot be wholly averted by the power of man. It terrible power is in part weakened by rail- way communication supplying the markets, which have been depleted by nudity. Its. area may be in some degree limited by arigation works. The conservation and propagation of fer- ias will improve the supply of moisture in the country. Great efforts, without stint of money, will be made by the Govern- ment to find wages and employment for the multitudes suddenly thrown out of work by the cessation of labor in the fields and the temporary paralysis of the hand looms, the potteries and other village industries. Infinite good will, indeed, le effected in these various ways. But no seirainistration • can guarantee security againet loss of life from hunger and from the many ailments vvhich ensue after a period of pnysical de- pression. Therefore the population will be checked in some degree by famine. The loss from that cause appeare to be about one-half a million s.nnually.—Portnightly Review. History of False Teeth. Those who imagine that Mae care of the teeth and the replacement of the natural grinders with false ones is " something new under the sun" may be emprioed to •learn. that artificial teeth were made of ivory,, placed on plates of the same material and held together and in place by gold wires and rivets 500 to 1,000 yeoxit bcSore Christ, sows the St. Louis Republic. Herodotus, " the father of history," tells ua that the Egyptians of the fifth dynasty understood the diseases of the teeth andtheirtreatment. There are several passages in bixtery to lead one to the belief that both Ceesar and Antony wore artificial teeth. The date of the introduction of false teeth into Europe' is uncertain. They were known in England as early at least as tbe time of the dis- covery of America. "The :niathematical Jewel, published in 1585, °Detains an account of Sir John Belgrave, " who caused. all hys teethe to be dmvvne out, and after had a sett of ivory teethe in agsyne." The visitor at the Centennial on 876 was given a chance to view the false Ivory masti- cators which once served the immortal Washington. Look to the Bed. The components of a good bee are con- sidered by Dr. E. G. Wood in Lhe healthlr home. In conclusion he saes • "The main point nowadays is the coverieg, ''here is a, strong temptation to use s Tinted cotton comfortable, costing a dollar, in preference, en n pair of blankets costing five times as. 11, yet th.e blankets ars far cleaner,„ aer (for the same weight), and better a health standpoint in evezy way. In edless to add thab the good housewife eee to it that bedding and clothes havc. ly airing sufficient to abolish entirely stale, unpleasant odor which hangs d a bed and indicates the presence of ndefinite amount of alluvia. Clean a and sunshine woik wonders with If you are Impelled to pee a mod- - Ming bed, be mire it has (a/Tie spacee ntilation, and that it is never put mem o morning until sun and air have ed their miracle of cleansiug. "Bless This Frugal Neal." low do you like the new minister 2" ed one of the • leading members of a. an flock of the deacon a wife, says the, ork Herald. don't like him at all," wee the reply. .ourse I invited him to dine with us, •he was here on trial, apd naturally th I apologized in advance for the din. ut I leave it to you if that afforded round to anent me ? " asult you? Certainly nob How did 1 that ? ' h, when it came time to say grace, ked the Lord to bless the 'frugal ancl really, between es, I must admit n n had made most elaborate prepara•- -vr, crxitell An old orange peddler in Anutterdam has died and left Ms heirs $80,000. He was a. miser, and orange -skins were good enough ' or him to eat. faehimi of tooling letters is being revived again, and consequently sealing - wax is now made in meet of tbe favorite tintto mateh the note -paper, mid in inany of the ehops quaint little ornamental taper - holden are now being shown, the moot - popular beieg a little demon or miniature Mephistophelea Mrs, Edward Lloyd, who died in London the other day at the age of 90, when a girl helped to entertain Blucher on his Arrival in England after Viraterloo, and was present Irish boy at the bottom a the class held up in Westminster Abbey at the coninationn his band. " Well, dr 2" said the teaeheie of Oeoi.ge IV., William 1V, and gueen " He must die," answered Patsy. Victoria.