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AN ALL-FtOUNO FOUNT OF., KNOW-
LEDG`h ABOUT LIVING THINGS.,
HIS ANT LESSON TO THE LAZY.
4Tonelder uer rraTe smd. Be wiseo—iler
Ways Are Ways of rorethought,,rro-
vidence, Anticipotion of Corning zie-
eessities--.1tee. D. Talmage Draws a
'Contrast ltetween Insect and Mau.
Washington, April 28.-1n this
kliecourse D. Talmage dame his til-
eatetrations trona a realm: seldom
tIeilized for moral and religious pur-
poses; text, Proverbs, al, 6-8, "Go
Co the ant, thou sluggard, consider
ber ways lend be win. whIchhaying
io guide, overseer or miler, provide
eth ber meet in the summer and
letethereth her good in the harvest."
The most ot Solomon's writings
taere perished. They have gone out
ief existence as thoroughly as the 20
books of Pliny and most of the books
eft Aeschylus and Euripides and Varro
Quintillare Solomon's Sou g and
Reciesiastes and Proverbs, preserved
e?y inspiration, are a, small part of
Ids voluminous productions. He was
ie great scientist. One verse in the
Bible auggeste that he was a, boa-
Anist, a Zoologist, an ornithologist,
An ichthyologist, and knew ell about
reptilen I Xinge iv, 33, "He seethe
tee tree, front the cedar tree Wet is
In Lt -dean even unto the hyssop
-eat springeth out at the wall; he
Spahe also of beasts and of fowl
niul of creeping things and of fiseese
Besides all these scientiee works, he !
Reimposed 8,000 proveres nua 1,005
sow.
Although Solomon lived long be-
fore the microseope was constructed,
Ito We$ also an inseetologist and
:tea:felled and .cieseribes Um spieler
build its suspension bridge of' silk
from tree to tree, calling it the epi -
web. and he notices its ,eleillful
fOothold in climbing the smooth wall
qf the throneroom in Jerusalem, say -
The spider taketh liold with
her bands and is in king's palaces."
But Ite is especially interested ire tint
ant and recommends its habits as
worthy or study and imitation. say -
"Go to the ant. thou sluggard,
consider bei evo.ys and be wise,
width, having no guide, overseer or
ruler, provideth her meat M the
,summer and gathereth her food in
the barvest."
But it was not until about 300
years ago, when Jen Swamzuerdana
tile son of an apothecary at Anister-
dad), Holland, began the study of
the at under powerful lens that the
full force of Solomon's injunction
wan understood. The great Dutch
liCientist, in Ids examination of the
ineeet in sue* text, discovered as
great a display of the wisdom. of
Gad in its anatomy as astronomers
discover in the heaven:: and Was so
Xebec:mixed and wrought upon by the
wonders he diseovered in the ant and
ether insects that body and mind
gave wayand he expired at 43
years of age, a martyr of the great
&fence of insectology.
No one but God could lutve
faslx-
ioned the insect spoken. of in our
text or given it such genius of in-
stinct, its wisdom for harvesting at
the right time, its wonders of an-
tennae, by which it gathers food,
And of mandibles. which, instead of
the motion of the human Saw up and
down in mae,th•ation, move froni
side to side: nervous system, its
enlarging dace in hot weather for
more sweep f reeve its mode of
attack and d f • le, closing the gate
at night rote t bandit ineraelers:
its purincatite ef the earth for hu-
man reside:. -, i social life, its re-
publican gt•:Le• ament, with the con-
sent of LI v verned; its maternal
efidelities, it I- habit of these crea-
tures gathe i now and again under
the dome •t he ant hillock, seem-
ingly in ei :/ *ation, and then de-
parting to • xecute their different
missions.
33ut Sol • e etould not commend
all the hal i the ant, for some
of them e das some of the
haaits of t ' le an race. Some of
these snaa'l r res are desperadoes
and mirth..., — and then they
marshal tee • , s into hosts and
March in s line and come upon
an encami t of their own rein,
and destrce : occupants, except
the young. • ',out they carry into
captivity, ai a if the army come
back witliou y such captives they
are, not permi t • xd to enter, but •are
sent forth to make more successful
'conquest. Solomon gives no com-
mendation to such sanguinary be-
havior among insects any more than
he would have commended sanguin-
ary behavior among:. men. These 11 a
tle creatur s h4e sometimes
wrought feel f .1 damage, and they
linve underihi ed a town in New
, Granada, ea t 1: itt time Meer drop
1 into the abs-- hey have deg for it.
4 But name, the habits which
ISolomon would enjoin when he says,
"Consider her ways and be wise."
First of all providence, forethought,
anticipation of coming necessities. I
am sorry to say th.ese qualities are
not characteristic of all the zeds.
These creatures of God are divided
into grextivorons and earn ivorens
The latter are not frugal, , but
, itenner are fregel. 'While the ale is
warm and moving about is not I,
ili-
dered by ice or anoerbank they im-
port their cargoes Of food. They
:bring in their caravan of provisions;
they haul in their long train of
wheat or corn or e zee. The farmers
are net more buy.0 July and Aug-
ust in reeping their hexvost than are
the ant a liuy in 'jelly and August
reaping their liar -Fest. They stack
thein. away; they pile them up. They
question when they have, enough.
they- aggregate a siifficient amount
to last:tient until the next warm
neeeen. 'Wiese winter opens, they are
reedy. peeve ye ,Wititry blasts! Hoeg
7:eize icielets from the tree branciites! ;
ltnbed :all 'the 'highways' under snow- t
•,d_cifts! Enough for all jell-. denizen.; 1
•'lee tile Mlle. Hunger shut alit ens I
the ant hill.
In contrast with that inseetile be-
havior, what do you, think. of that
' large number of prosperous men aria
women wits) lige up to every dollar
. that tbey make, raising their tun-
nies in luxurious habits end at death
exPeating some, kind friend to give
their daughters ellaPloyMent as*mil-
, sic teachers or typewriters or goy-
, ernment employes. Such permits
„have no right to children. Every
neighborhood has specimens of setae
improvidence. The two words thet
most strike me in, the text are "sum-
xner" and "wilder." Some people
• have no summer in their liven From
the rocking cradle te the still grave
it is relentless January, Invalid Me
fancy followed in some crippling ac
cident or dimness of eyesight or dull
ness of hearing or privation or dis-
aster or unfortunate environment
. make life a perpetual winter. Ltut, itt
ITtOet lives them is a. period ot amp -
men altireugh it may be a. short
' summer, and. that is the time to pro.,
, vide for the future.
One of the best ways of insuring
the future is to put aside all you "
can for charitable provision. You
put a crumbling stone in the founda-
tion of your fortune if you do not
in your plans regare. the sufferings
that you may alleviate, You will
, have the pledge of the WO heavens
for your teniporal welfare when you
help the helpless, for the proutile is:
Blessed is be that ponsiciereth the
poor. The Lord will deliver tem in
• tune of tremble." Then there is en-
. other way at providing for the fit-
ture. It you bave $1,000 a year in-
,eoine. Salt, , ar ee,000 a year,
save $500; or e3„000, save $1,000,
4 Do you say such economy is mean-
ness? I say it is vaster 1:lee/mess
4 for you to Make no provision for
the euture and -compel your friends
or the world to take care of you or
yours in case of bereavement oe vele
amity.
There aro women who at the, first
increase cot their husband's resources
wreck all on an extravagant ward-
robe. There are men who at the
prospect of larger prosperity build
houses they will never be able to
pay for. There are people with
S4,000 a year ineome who !taw not
SI laid Up for a, raioy day. It. Is a.
ghastly dislzouesty praetheed on the
next generation. Such men deserve
bankruptey and iMpoverishment, 141
almost every man's life there coxnes
winter of cold misfortune. Prepare
or it \sidle you may. Wbose ther-
mometer has not stood soinetimes
below zero? What ship has never
been 'aught in a. storm? 1Vluet regi-
ment at the front never got into
a battle? Have at least as much
foresight as tiw insectile world. Ex-
amine the pantries of the ant hills
in this April. weather, and you will
find that hist summer's supply is not
yet exhausted. Examine them next,
July, and you will lad them being
replenished. "Go to the ant, thou
sluggard, consider her ways and be
wise, which, having no guide, over-
seer or ruler, proVideth her inent, iri
he summer and gathereth her food
In the harvest,"
ttut iny subjeet reaches higher
than temporalities—foresight for the
soul, provision for eternal experi-
ences, preparation for the far be-
yond. Ant hills, speak out and
teneh us a larger and mightier les-
son of preparing food for the more
important part of us! Da you realize
that a. man. niay be a millionaire or
a. multi -millionaire for time and a.
bankrupt for eternity, a prince for a
fONS years and a Pauper forever? The
ant would not, be satisfied with gath-
ering enough food for half a winter
or quarter of a winter. But how
laiany of us seem content, though not
having prepared for the ten -million-
th part of wbat will be our exist-
ence! Put youreelf in right rela-
tions to the Christ . of the ages,
through him seek pardon for all you
have ever done wrong and strength
for all you will be called to endure,
and there will be no force in life or
death or eternity to discomfit you.
I declare it There is enol -eh of
transforming and strengthening pow-
er in Christ for both hemispheres.
Furthermore, go to the ant and
consider that it does not decline
work because it is insignincant. The
fragment of seed it hauls into its
habitation may be so small that the
unaided eye cannot see it, but the in -
sectile work goes on, the carpenter
ant at work above ground, the- ma-
son ant at work under ground. Some
of these creatures mbe- the leaves of
the fir and .the catkins of the pine
for the roof or wall of their tiny
abode, and others go out as hunters
looking for food, while others in do -
ince -tic duties stay at home. Twenty
specks of the food they are moving
toward their granary put upon a
balance would hardly make the
scales quiver. All of it work on it
small . scale There is no DSC 111 our
refusing- a mission because it is in-
significant. Anything that, God in
his providence puts before us to do
JS important. The needle has its of-
fice as certainly as the telescope and
the spade as a. parliamentarian
scroll. You know what became of
the man in the parable of the talents
who buried the one talent instead of
putting it to practical and accumu-
lative use. His apology was • of no
:tenth
Furthermore, go to the ant and
consider its indefatigableness. If by
the accidental stroke of your foot or
the removal of a tiMber the cities of
the insectile world are deetroyecie in--
etantly they go to rebuilding. They
de not sit around moping.'At it
again in a eecorid. Their fright Mi-
nted ately gives way to their indus-
try. And if ourschema e of useful-
ness and our plans of work fail, Why
sit down in discouragement? As
large ant I,. ills as have ever been
constructee will be constructed
again. Put your trust in God and
do your duty, end your best days
are yet to Wax% Voll have never
heard. such sones as you will yet
hear, nor have you ever lived in such
rand abode as you wtll yet occupy,
and all the wortely treasures you
have lost are nothing compared with
he opulence that you *ill yet own.
f you love and trust the Lord, Paul
Doke you in the fa.coanel then wavea
his hand toward. a. Ileaven full et
Palaees end thrones, saying, "Ail are
yours!" So teat whet you fail to
get in this preoent life. YOn Will get
in the coming leife. Go to work right
away and rebuild as well as you can,
knowing that wbet the trowels of
earthly industry fail to rear the eeep-
*tors of heavenly reward will nnore
than, make up, Persistence is the
lesson of every ant hill. Waste not a,
moment itt useless regrets or ua-
llealthY repining. Men fret theme
selves down, but no man ever yet
fretted himself up, nlake the ote
etneles in your way your coadjutors,
SA all those who have Accomplished
anything worth accomplishment.
leurtliermore, go to the ant and
consider that if God nonors an in-
sect by leaning it our instructor in
hp -Portant lessous we ought not to
abuse the lower orders of creetion.
It has been found by scieutiste that!
insects transfixed in the case of a
museum, 'mho beef alive and in tor-
ture for years. How much the in -
Sect and the fowl and the brute may
be rightly called to suffer for the ade
vancement of human knowledge and
the betterment of the condition of
the human race I do not DOW stop to
diseuss, but he who uselessly harms
any of God's living creation insults
the Creator. Alas, for the horrora of .
vivieeetion! 1 neve no confidence in
the morality of a man or a woman
who would harm a. horse or A don
or a, eat or it pigeon. Such :nen and
women, under affront, if they -dared
noel4 take the life of a. human be
kg. Vot cannot make me believe
that tecei looks down indifferently
upon the galled neck at the ox or the
. cruelly curbed bit. of the horse or
• the unsbeltered cattle in the snow-
!
storm or the cockpit or the bear
baiting or the pigeon shooting or
laceration of fish that aro not. sed.
Go to the ant, thou miscrennt, and
• sea how God honors It.
letertherinore, go to the ant and
learn the lesson of God appoietee
der. The being who taught the in-
sect. how to build was geometer as
well ti's architeetn. Tile paths insida
thatdoorwith latosniceonriallieattoe arfria.osiligtoolstsolet).
as ever the boulevards of a roe* rad-
iated, front a triumphal arch or a
flowered circle, And when tiny taaee"
they keep perfect, order, tam
straight lines, turning out for evil .
Mg, If n timber lie in the way. 11.
climb aver it. If there Le a house fa
barn in the way, they mirth through
It. Order in architectural strarturee
order in government. order of move-
ment, order of expedition. So let us
aU observe this God appointed rule
and take satisfaction in the face
that things are not at loose ends in
this world. If there is a divine Retie
Melon in a. colony or republic of in-
sects, itt there not. n. divine regula-
tion in the lives of immortal men
and women? If God cares for the
least of his creatures and shows
them bow to provide their meat in
the summer and gather their food in
the harvest, will he not be Interest-
ed ill matters of human livelihood
aad iu the guidance of human af-
fairs? I preach the doctrine of a
particular providence. "Aro not two
sparrows sold for a farthing, and
yet not one of thent is forgotten be-
fore God? Are ye not of more value
than many sparrows?" Let there bo
order in our individual lives, order
in the family, order in the churcit,
order in the state. In all the world
there is no room for anarchy.
After what, Linnaeus rind Pierre
Huber lueve told us concerning these
living mites of the natural world,
are we not ready to believe that the
God who turns the wheel of the sol-
ar system and the vaster wheel of the
universe regulates the beehive and
the ant hill and that all the affairs
of our mortal lives are under divine
management? .When some one asked
a hermit on the top of a mountain
in Italy if he did not feel it danger-
ous to live so many miles from hu-
man habitation, he replied: "No.
Providence is my very next door
neighbor."
Before we leave this subject let us
thank God for those who were will-
ing to endure the fatigues and self
sacrifices necessary to make revela-
tion of the natural world, so re -en-
forcing the Scriptures. If the mic-
roscope could speak, what a. story it
could tell of bardship and poverty
and suffering and perseverance on the
part of those who employed it for
important diecovery! It would tell
of the blinded eyes of M: Strauss, of
the Ilubers and of scores of those
who, after inspecting the minute ob-
jects of God's • creation, staggered
out from their cabinets with vision
destroyed. This hour in nia.ny a pro-
fessor's duty the work on putting
eyesight on the altar of science is go-
ing on. And what greater loss can
one suffer than the loss of eyesight,
unless it be loss of reason? While
the telescope is reaching farther up
and the microseime is reaching far-
ther down, both are exclaiming:
"There is a. God, and he is infinitely
wise and infinitely good1 Worship
him and worship hint forever!"
And now I bethink myself of the
fact that we are close to a. season of
the year which will allow us to be
more out of doors and to confront
thd lessons of the natural world, and
there are voices that seem to say,
"Go to the ant; go to the bird; go
to the flowers; go to the fields; go
to the waters." •Listen to' the can-
tatas that drop from the gallery of
the tree tops. Notice in the path
where you walk the lessons of in-
dustry and divine guidance. Make
natural religion a commentary on re-
vealed . •'religion. Put the glow of
sunrise and sunset into your spirit-
ual experiences. Let every star
speak of the morning star of the Re-
deemer, and every ' aromatic bloom'
tnake yo e think of him who is _• the
Rose of Simeon and the Lily of the
Valley, and every overhanging cliff
remind you of the Rock of Ages, and
every morning suggest the "day -
spring from on high, which • giveth
light to those who are id derIcness,"
and wren the little hillock built by
the roadside or in the fields 'reminds
you of the wisdom of ineitatieg in
temporal and spiritual tbiege the
iesectile forethought, "which having
no guide, overseer or ruler, pro-
videtle her meat in the suxamer and
gathereth her food in tb.e harvest."
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o szturarasiES or czA Baser.
Russian Vorreseeneeets or seine, News.
• papers Comment on xoletoi ineieent.
Berlin, April 27.—The Natieeee
Zeitung yesterday prints Russiten
special corresponcleoce widek eon
taine another -Version or the letter
Count Leo Tolstoi of April. 10 ad-
dreesed to the Czar and the cabula.
The letter protested against the sys-
tent ef forcibly suppressing nate-
leetual and political progress, eomie
selling the liberation of the peasants
Fro m despotic treatment, the re-
moval of all barriers of enlighten. -
Meat, and the free profession of any
faith. The letter concludes:
"This appeal have I, Leo Tolstoi,
written not as a personal coulee,
tion, but as the couvietion of mil-
lions belonging to Russian intelin
gence.-
The correspondent adds:
"The letter has made the deepest
impression throughont Russia."
The Cologne Volks-Zeitueg prints
St. Petersburg special, which sans
the university situation has again
suddenly grOW.a worse. From Mos-
cow University, word, has beett given
to persist in passive opposition meta
all the seoteneed students have been.
pardoned.
The Vorweerts publishes it point
protest from the Proletariat to the
world., bearing the signatures of the
leaders of the Socialist movement,
ineladieg those of the United States,
dated from Brussels, against, die
brutalities of czarism.
It merles almost Rite painting the lily
end adorning the rose to attempt to de-
scribe the spring styles as they have now
crystallized. For awhile after Easter it
is not quite so sure what will be the pre-
vailing styles, as some do not (mite like
tile extremes that are wandered just the
thing for the first great day of spring ex-
hibition. They might almost be called
curious enough to be put in a museum at
antiquities, as they bave been copied
from the pictures in the Louere and in
the books of ohl costumes.
This would not be so very bad if the
designers had only eonfirted themselves
men ram= rerun= Woe.
to the special dress of one period, but
they bave Instead chosen a bit here end q
another there, quite unmindful of the
unities, and now we nuty see modes „1
capted from half a dozen differeut his- !!
tortoni periods awl all jumbled together
to make ono costume. We see the sec-
ond empire flouncem and the Incroaable
rovers and the Eugenie sleeves and gen- '
eral outline ot all save the hoops. The
straight front corset is utilized to tic-
centuato the long, pointed waist, and the
high collar has giren place to the V
shape or the pompadour, and we oven
fled Duchess Dubarry goats and several
imitations et Louis XVI shapes in the
way of jackets.
We know that hats haye long beca fon
lowing the old forme, and we may add ,
colors, for higb, colors are quite fashiona-
ble this spring. In this letter I have put
ethree different styles which belong to
three separate eras, and yet all are in
'vogue at the present moraeut One shows
a Louis somebody coat and a skirt of an
origin so remote that I cannot place it
The jacket is richly ornamented by hetrfY
gold lace braullug and has a white satin
'vest, The sleeves and collar both belong
to some other era, and the bow at the
throat is of today. So it can be seen that
the present fashions are eclectic to a de-
gree.
Next comes tho everlasting shirt waist,
which dates from about 1856, though the
waist of today differs slightly from that
Of old times. We have improeed upon the
original and no* use every material un-
der the sun, even fancy silk handker-
chiefs, in a thousand tints and colon:.
Tucks, piping, shirrings. gathers, braid-
ing and in short everything possible to in-
vent is employed on them.
I have before me several pictures of the
latest and moat reniarkable new stiles
in gowns for various requirements, and It
needs but a change in the coiffure to
spring end senamen It is also used quite
as lavishly upou the miltineny, ouly itt dif-
ferent 'widths.
The Lydia Languish gowns are Seen
quite as often as the crisper Parisian
styles, and, as I said before, it needs but
the side ouris and the heelless slippers
to complete tee picture, There was in
one of our big Broadway stores a gown,
and, in fact, a hat tied none, whiele com-
pleted the illusion that it was a Spit be-
longieg to the dim and misty past. Tile
dress looked hall like a long coat, but it
was net. It had the beck of the waist
in the straight Spencer shapa thaa which
nothiag is mom ungainly. The upper
portion was oe ivory it mull awl close-
ly shirred. A, wide lace searf wee draped
around the shoulders and tinned lute it
bertha, and gat elide reeebeel to the feet
In front. The skirt watt quite long in
the bask„ but alert earnigh in ront to
show the boots, it was Of Vele lilac rel.
vet and bad a trimming around the boa
tem done in silver soutetha two rows bee
lug requirea to form the !Mee, Tbe hat
Was or white breach elup, end it was
, laced wit-U.111aq crepe nese laid in the
tiniest at folds. Three learaenee cream
colored ostrieh plumes trimmed it. There
Wail A bight alglon caller to the waist
with eilrer braid. A. big tulle tie was
; fastened at tbe throat. But the queer- '
!est part ot this wee the awful sleeve&
Tbey were cut in it shapeless flaring form
to the elbows, and beneath them were .
y white silk mull undersleeves. Two large
fiat button molds covered with the vet-
, vet were set on tbe sleeves. There was ,
a big muff to cam' with this drall
look-
irig coettime, and it Was made entirely of •
pale tea roses, with it suspicieu of yellow .14
and pink ia the centers. 1 have seen ,
!muffs made et violets and et pansies, but ,
'never before one at roses.
While the eonscientioua faultion writer
, should any that white is to be the best ot
, all for summer wet; she west else say
that everything in the way of dress mate-
riais for warm weather is not white. Eta i
ery day eees the Introduction of some- t
thing new, and this week It is it new eillt l I
, and cotton mixture called crepe bred* de t
salon This is quite cheap, but is exceed.,
ilrig17 dainty and pretty, and it will make
; up beautifully. It comes In all the fash-
ionable colors. LAC° goods in all over de-
signs wide enough to form the leagth of
Many a s boo
girl is $ ki to
be laz and
shiftioss
when s -he
doesn't deserve
the 'east bit of it,
She can't study, easily
fails asleep, is nervous
and tired till die time,
Aud what on you ex-
pect? Her brain is being
fed with impure blood
elld her whole system b
suffering f, xrk,„ poisoning,
Such girls are wOnder-
fully helped and greatly
changed, by taking
j IAi
leltg4TriN ON TUE WAltrArlf,
Ile instructed ills Solicitor to Sue 4T o
E. D.eritester Per Libel.
Ottewa, APril 27.—Mr. W. T. R.
Preston stated before leaving for
west last night that he had instruct-
ed his Solicitor. Mr. Louis need. to
tate proceedings for libel against
felie Evening Journal of this •-t, on
aseount of a letter published in its
columns reflecting. upon. him. The
letter is signed by John E. Iltaltes-
ter, son of the late John Rochester.
M. P.
When Mr. Preston was giving evie
deuce in the Cook investigation, Mr.
Marsh aeeed him if his uncle, Jolui
ROthester, had not testified once in a
ibel suit that he would mit believe
Preston on his oath,
Mr. Preston made a. statement in
ply. to the effect that Sir, Ina:lies-
gave that. evidetwe in the heat .
family feud arising out of a hew -
nit, which Preston, senior. hod won
gainst Me Rochester. and that the
atter on his death -bed asked Bre'.
on's forgiveness.
John E. Rochester's letter gives a
, vastly different version of the asteer.
1 He says, among other things, that
the lawsuit was won by his father,
eir. Rochester, who, so far from for-
giving, referred to Mr. Freston to
1 the last in terms of loathing and
distrust.
Tin COMPOSITE T4.IL011 SETT.
the skirt are among the flrst favorites,
and as a eatural circumstance they re-
quire a taffeta lining. A11 the organdies
and in short all the -very thin goods must
also be silk lined to be fine. The minted
Silk rauslins are exqui-site. Some few of
them have printed borders intended for
flounces. The woolen goods for tailor
suits are just as liable to be flounced as
the thin stuffs, with this difference, the
wools wifl have the ripple or the Dewey
oresorne other of the many. varieties of
the &mace. I have even seen a couple of
plaited ones, though I had really not in -
feudal te tell of it, for of all flounces none
is so our:tele'. A flounce is a thing of
grace and beauty when it sweeps out
loosely 01 its own volition', but when it is
'Wily- plaited and tacked down to the
stuff, as it must be, it is ne longer beau-
tiful.
Ribbon is to have its old position In the
outfit of wemen and children, and nearly
all of the finest millinery is made with
no trimming but handsome ribbon bows,
rosettes and draperies. As to sashes,
neckwear end narrow ruffles to go be-
neath the lace and mull flounces, noth-
ing is mom desirable. The ribbons are
nearly all soft and flexible, with, several
neer qualities. The colors are the same
as those In the dress goods, with the addi-
tion of the wide cashmerp designs for
• sashes., Very narrow black velvet rile
bons are much used -on the•thin and trans-
parent gowns, for roost or the new gowns
are so brilliant ati to color that they re-
quire something to tone them down, and
notliteg else yet discovered is se well
• adapted te iitat end. In -the waist shown
,mws VELVET EINEM= WATM it will be netleed how the velvet ribbon
make' them aPPeer exactly 11'6 the Old: Is °sea.* N'etkbet c"'1111 be 'Pettier at mere.
One ' 'dress, for - instance, hes the low
necked .effect, with 'a long pond in frost,
icberthe 'around' the shouldera and elbow
eleeves. .The skirt is Made with a short
train, and half Way op Is a ffounce of
white loco. Another black taffeta gown
hit a full gethered.seirt, With. ter, deep
flounees of 'lelltek thread Inc "enact
ztritight around: `Tletewalstte tide le cut
, equal*, and Ineesheulder 'piecei arre.erlex-
-treed, wide 'ninny 'Ioopshif vel yet rib-
bon:, If 'would be etreeet ' if I
were te tell hew Meal' blank vel vet' rih eon
tii,iMplied'te 'the coats and , go w Of Lila
effective. Wen Minor,
For Show Only.
"Mr. Bloff wants to know if yosre got
a blank check nou could glee hire," -said
Mr. Blefffe brig* office by.
"I've set Beene on the A.rtlson's leaok,
bet 'I illira't,'seppesa the's.% do;" replied
ilia nierteiant.
"Any old bantetz de. Hid datighter's
going to -be merniede and Ire Wants to
drew a bendierae cheek to dleplagtaateal
her 'wending" presentazte—ellekftitailelliel
Press. " '
wArs =on r: entita.
The Toronto Horse Show this sea-
son bits been a nuirked euccess. and
Ont Probs certainly has favored the
function. The attendance on ke iday
was a shade larger than the day be-
fore.
The trial on Friday of Prof. East --
man. Harvard Instructor, charged
with. murder, gave his version of the
story.- He says shooting was acci-
dental and that Richaril IL Grogan,
Jr., who was killed, was not inten-
tionally shot. s
The Governoreteeneree, Lord Minto,
accompanied by Lady Minto, Capt.
Graham and Capt. Bell, arrived in
Toronto on Friday morning at 7
o'clock, and is it guest of Lieut. -
Governor Mowat at Government
nOlISC. The presence of the vice -re-
gal party set society agog, and
inane- pleasant social functions will
be crowded into the two clays in
which they are in town. The Horse
Show, of course, is the special cause
for Their Excellencie.s visit at this
t Mee.
Maier Beck For West Duren.
Goderich, Ont„ April 27.—West
Huron Liberal -Conservatives held
their annual meeting at Smith's Hill
yesterday. After electing officers, the
meeting discussed the approaching
bye -election, and without a mo-
ment's hesitation ratified the nomi-
nation of the president, Major Beck,
who was nominated in December,
1899, after the trial of the election
protest recently 'decided by the Court
of Appeal. Mr. Beck received the
heartiest assurance of support from
the entire gathering.
London Is Afraid.
London, Ont., April 27.—On Sun-
day afternoon and Monday morning
a G. T. R. locomotive will pass
through London on its trial trip
from Sarnia to the Bridge. If the
trial is successful over the 180 miles,
it is thought here that London will
be but a whistling station, and that
express coaching will be done on the
frontiers.
lee Bloelcsae Broken. •
Port Huron, Mich., April 27.—The
ice blockade at the foot of Lake
Huron, which has been blocking navi-
gation. for a. week, was broken yes-
terday by the combined efforts of the
steanaers City of Berlin, Hadley and
Fedora, releasing about 20 vessels.
A number of the craft have been in
very dangerous positions.
,Bouts For Toronto.
Toronto, • April 27.—The Crescent
Athletic Club has matched Chicago
and New York boxers for the emir:
bout Saterday May 4, in the Mut-
ual Street Rink, when Martin Duffy
will meet Danny Duane for 20
rounds at 133 pounds. Jimmy- Smith
boxes Mike Ward of daraia, iiithe
main preliminary._
Day Resigns the Berth,
Washington, April. 27.--Acie1bert
Hay, son of the Secretary- of State,
eas resigned his post as 'United
Stales Consul -General at Pretoria.
Tile resignation takes effect to -day.
1 h--; successor has not, yet been -se-
leeted,
dreds ofthousands
'girls have taken
- It during the past 50 years.
ny of these girls now
ve homes or their own.
• They remember what
d them, and now
• ey give the same
mclU-
cine to theirown children.
You can afford to trust g
• Sarsaparilla that has been
tested for half a century.
SIM a bottte 4U1 drettists.
if your bowels are consti-
pated take Ayer's Pills. You
can't ,have good health unless
'elm bare daily action of the
owels, 26 'Oa a bor.
ClattbaX.Of Ayer's rzu4 eared ei
2. 41ip31
lele Cm:melee,
aleiniFa
Weft. trus Ooorosr.
fyou Lave aey cereeialat whatirree
eclat. the tern ratetcal attxto* XRI$
rztn emittey emote ante lee teeter
-oe Tt7zt. Isla receive a exempt zee
Moat awe "41,4=ra.
r.rwce.
PIMPLRS.
These Troublesome, Disfiguring
Blemishes can be Removed
by the all Powerful Blood
Purifying Burdock
Blood Bitters.
The nasty little pimples that corn!)
on the face and other parts of the
body are simply indications that
the blood is out of order and re-
quires purifying.
They are little irritating remind.
ers to you that you need a course o2
treatment with Burdock Blood Bit-
ters.
When B.B.B. makes your blo
pure then the pimples will vanish -
and your skin become soft and clear.
Here is evidence worth consider-
ing :
Mrs. Morrice Ketch, Bristol,
Carleton Co., N.B., writes: "1
take great pleasure m recommend-
ing Burdock Blood Bitters to evey
one troubled with. pimples. I was
for years that I would break out
with them at times on my face and.
back. I tried all sorts of remedies,
including doctors' medicine, but
ev?rything failed to cure me.
' At last I heard of B.B.B. and.
thought I would try it.
" When I had finished taking
two bottles I .felt a great deal better,
so kept on using it until I had take
in all six bottles. It has completely
and permanently removed every
pimple from my body and I never
felt better itt my life than I do at
the present time:
Dominion Uwe Stook Dealer,
Toronto, April 27.—The .F.executiee
Committee of the Dominion -.e Live
Stock Dealers' Association mete,
yesterday. The following resolulio
was passed: Moved by T. 0. Robin-
son, eeconded by John Brown. of
Galt, that, on account of the large
amount of business which is now --
transferred at the Cattle Market, we
find the aceommodation furnished bY
the city of Toronto inadequate for
the requirements of the trade, which
is bound to stile grow to larger pro. -
port ions. And we also and the yards
intiney too small, which is injuri-
ore to the cattle placed itt thein.
hesolvedearehat as the city of Ta-
ro:no het: takee no action to meet
t' retitle ements of the trade, ere, aa
;1+1 aRa()ClatiOn, pledge oinneivee to
give our sympathy and support% -to--
any joint stock company that will
talerrake to provide suitable accom-
modation for the requirements oi our
growing trade. '
Blaze in Burlington.
Burlington, April 27.—There wan
a bad fire here earlying. Baxter & Gallowa,y'e dour mill
yeaterdey moret-
i
and granary and Baxter's Bank, ado.
joieing the mill, were de.stroyed. One
ly the four wells of the milli:rim nine
by the four Wells or the bank ancl tht
vaults are standing ;Low. It is
thought the cash and edeletkein th
vault are till right, but it hate`
yet been opened. The, origin of th
tire is net known, The loss of th
Baxter-a-milow.ay Milling Company i
,
estimated at $05,0Q0,
,
Children Cry for