mi:

' Xfw York City.—Dainty, filmy materials. lace-trlmmcd. are a feature of the waaou for younR girls as well ns for thoir elders. The charming little

ta’ waisr.

May Manton waist Illustrated U shown In dotted Swiss muslin with trimming of Valencennles lace and yoke of Inserted rucking, but Is equally ‘well suited to batiste, dimity, lawn and all similar materials as well as to albatross, veiling and the ’ like, and simple girlish silks. The foundation Is a fitted lining that closes at the centre back. On It are arranged the round yoke, the full waist and the bertha; Tint, when preferred. the lining material beneath the yoke can be cut away, or such thin fnajfrial as whlte'TjaUste can be need.

buckles, so commonly worn ’*rlth low shoes, slippers and ties. Consequent lyft Is rather a relief to the eye to set a dainty lady In her tailor-made gown of ecru linen, with a foot peeping out beneath the hem. and a little shoe In nocent of buckles. The ties are half low and are laced up with narrow rib lion of black ribbed silk. They an stout and strong, and finished with s ueat butterfly bow. A French Fad. The plan of hooking dresses up the hack seems to be one the French fads this season, most of the French gowns being fastened In this way It does away with many of the dlffi cullies which the dressmaker encoun ters in trying to arrange the complicated fronts, hut Id nine cases out of ten It ruins the effect of the back, which 14 perhaps the most noticeable line In the gown. OrjcmadT Tnra-Orsrs. Broad, soft collars of white organdy or white lawn arc a highly becoming substitute for the stiff little linen turn overs, which are too severe for beauty A broad, soft collar of lawn or organdy edged with lace or bordered With Insertions of needlework or em broidery Is a far more becoming piece of lingerie than a linen band. These new collars launder to perfection, and so need not be considered expensive. A Variety at Boas. Boas of every conceivable kind arc worn this season. They are made of feaihers, and flower petals, mousseline. net and lace; it hardly matters

STYLISH BOX COAT.

The sleeves are fun and soft, with elbow pulls that terminate In friUs of lace, but they can extend to the wrists If bo desired. Pale pink Liberty ribbon is tied above the elbows atfd the ■ame ribbon Is used lor belt and rosette. , To cut thla waist for s miss fourteen years of age, four and k half yards of material twenty-one laches wide, two and a quarter yards thirtytwo Inches wide, or two yards forty-, four Inches wide, win be required, .with half a -yard of Inserted tucking and four and a quarter yards of lace edging to trim aa Illustrated. Srmwa's Max ConU The box coat makes a most desirable. serviceable and stylish Jacket for *11 round general wear. The May Manton model shown In the large drawing Id dudes the latest features and la made from tan-colored broadcloth, but covert doth, cheviot, melton and both bine and Wack broadcloth are appropriate. The regulation box fronts extend well under the anus to meet the seamless back In shapely curved teams that are left open a few inches from the lower edge. The sleeves are two-seamed. In tegular coat style, and are stitched to give a cuff effect. At the neck Is a rollover collar of velvet that meets the fronts in pointed revest. To cut this coat for a woman of medlum site, one and three-quarter yards of material fifty Inches wide wU be required, with one-quarter yard of velvet for collar.

ployed to spin the dainty tissues of finest draws tbfead or sewing silk which composes the modern veil. It Is well to try a veil-on some one else— ■ay. the shop attendsnt—before Investing In It. - Avoid, If you can. the Involved patterns.* and large splashing designs, which disfigure some veils. Unless you are ambitious of rivaling the “tattooed lady from the South Seas" you will sot assume such a fantastic mask on your face. Cobweb veils hare delicate tracery, but beware of^too much pattern on a face Vety CIM4 W

which, so long as they are fan and fluffy enough to ruin quite the pretty our of the neck and

contour of the neck a

1 shoulders.

Dressy, pretty little aprons that cover nnd protect the frock, of the playing child serve the double purpose of making a most attractive effect and serving a practical end. The stylish May Manton model Illustrated includes many desirable features and Is cut after the latest model. It completely covers the skirt, leaving only the

uarc. aa nutiwu. iuc umiicimi i white dimity,, with sash of the and trimming of needlework; but India linen, cross-barred muslin, lawn and other white mortals can be substituted for .the dressy sort, while madras. gingham and the like can.be used for the aprons designed for hardtst sage. To cut this apron for a child eight years of age. three yards of material

thirty-two Inches wide will be qaired, with five-eight yards of s '

SHREWD ANIMALS.

sblts Is raarvolla ho lives in the

I the

Os* Bon* Always Oodgoil Iron and As-, olhar Turnad os Ilia Malar. "The aptitude shown by animals of the lower order In acquiring human

habll

ipper part of the that the old fiea-

iten mule had learned to unlock the lb door with a snagged tooth is not. judgment, altogether a legend, isnces are that such things have happened. I have known of Instances where mules would pull gate pins with their teeth or shove a latch up with their tongue In order to break Into the cornfield. There are but few farmers who have not had occasion to observe the same thing. . But I have found that horses arc more observant

than

lorsca are not as cunult

not as skilled In the artifices

louble stealing,

they are naturally more i iment and no doubt reason with more delicacy and more

nlng and !1 of de-

1.1 may say sensitive In

:curacy. I

ono of the elec*rlclsns of m will not. under any

on a steel rail 01

near a swinging wire, because i her cars was lightly brushed

several years ago

of her feet on the rallli

a car track. She was knocked the shock, but was not seriously t. Since that time she has been

•mely careful about where

bat, an-

timet. But I owned

COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Ocosral Trade Caailtlsas.

New York (Spceisl).—B. G, Dun & Co.*s Meekly review of trade says: Increasing distribution ~ of • pierchaivliae particulsrly in the territory beyond the Ohio river, including the fir Northwest, is a feature of the general busj- I ness situation and tells ol widespread j prosperity and confidence. The rsilgpads are carrying more goods tha; may be classed as luxuries than evet before, and in spite of Wall siree:’/ slightly higher money market, there is no fear on this score in any line ol legitimate trade. Crop news continues good, there is less trouble iroio disa greements with labor, and the lon^ laggard cotton goods market has rr—"v ... J -action oi

.labor con-

troversies at machine shops makes the iron and atcel iudstry more fully employed thin in recent weeks, and fot another week there is assurance of vig orous activity at mills and furnaces. In many instances promised deliveriet nnot be made before July i. and ur-

• offered canncl

cannot be made befe gent business that' is

be undertaken, “radstr*"'* ”*«•

itrem

puts her feet,

the

r go e of

ed by a rhlle she lllng of 1 down

ot, and koeps hsr gase on at all times. But I owned

several years ago malderablc trouble

for more than a month I was mich worried by an unaccount-

tny place New Orh

that caused me <

before I moved to

The water rates of the town where lived were fearful 1 had a hydrant In the back yard. Ever’ few nights the

water would be tufned mysterious way and the

Imply be flooded the next morning, ailing to discover the cause of the -ouble before the end of the month, when my water blH bad doubled. I notified the police, believing that some msliclocj person was attempting to satisfy some grudge against The chief stationed two men place to watch the hydrant concealed themselves, and along aboul midnight they beard a squeaking sound at the hydrant and In a few minutes the water was spluttering out at a fearful rate. They made a ruin for the place, thinking to capture the culprit but when they got there they md my little bay mare, with her bead stack down In the flow from the hydrant She was drinking and dibbling In tits water, and seemed to he having a good time generally. They reported the matter to me and I had ao more trouble about my hydrant"—New Orleans Tlmes-Demo-

crat

ntghl a In

yard would

nst me. i at my

They bout

kings by name Ethelstane

ward.

Now both of these kings, simultaneously. as it chanced, dreamed of universal peace, and proposed as with one voice the disarmament of nations. Hereupon each of the kings. Ethelstane equally with Ethel ward, fell to felicitating himself upon having been the first to conceive of this excellent

project

"It is my Idea!" quoth Ethelstane. "Pardon me. It Is'my Idea!" protested Ethelwsrd. At first' the kings were courteous, though Insistent but presently their blood warmed, neither being at all given to yielding, until they were finally quite beside themselves with ^'"We shall see whose Idea it Is!” thundered Ethelstane. placing himself at the head of .his army and marching boldly Into the domains of Ethelward. "We shall Indeed see!” roared Ethelward. gathering bis forces to

meet the Invadi During 10 Ion

ceeded. with varying fortunes, nt

i kin

both klngdoi depopulated,

by thh sword of his foe.

“It was my lues.

long years the war provarying fortunes, until • were' devastated and At last Ethelward fell

excliilmed Ethel-

forgettlng to fall upon his and humbly to thank the Ood

stone, not knees and of Battles.

This story of Ethelstane and Ethel-

there are some things which cannot be settled save by an appeal to arms.

—Detroit Journal.

Bow Loadaa Could Bo DoTaodod. It the Dutch ever sail np the Thames again or a Norman force

mnsty schemes for the defen metropolis which It was would be undisturbed nntll

thought tits war

d to move into there are busy

lug Ilka

be al-

60 batteries of artillery will

lotted it

of heavy i ch will be mounted in cc positions, covering a wldi arc. The mobile foi te will Include nearl pounder field guns, and an #f three divisions of regular Infantry and 100,000 ‘ ~ ~ :

Aar* cm Bln. "HI have to leave your sendee, sir."

Bradstrcet's says:

Wheat, including flour, shipments tm the week aggregate 5.530000 bushc'.s. a gain n 5.159.107 corrected last week 4.045,180 in the corresponding week o! 1900. 3746.718 in 1809 and 3-7W47e in -1858. From July 1 to date this seasor^ wheat exports are StLStUU bushetJ; against 150.480.136 last Season and 233193.476 in 1898099. Corn exports ip: the week aggregate 5.5»53« Jus teh

against 2.569.254 last week.

this week a year ago. 2.872.434 ; n 189s and 3.902.321 in 1898. From July 1 tc date this season corn exports are I73. - 081.949 bushels, against 198.768,920 last season and 165.209.152 «“ >898-99-Failures for the week number IBS. against t88 last week. 167 in this week a year ago. 199 in 1899. 220 ,n l8 58 an<1 failures in Canada for the week number 26. as jgainst 17 U*« week. 2* in this week a year ago, 22 in 1899

19 in 1896. _____ LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour.—Best Patent. S4.6aa4.85; High Grade Extra. $4«oM-35; Minnesota ^Wheat^New York- Ns. 2. red.- 7SM 379H C : Philadelphia No. 2. red, 75«*

76c: Baltimore,

Com.—New York. No. 2. 46%c; Philadelphia No. 2. 44^244^; Balti-

more. No. 2, 47048c.

Oats.—New York. No. 2, 32c: Philadelphia. No., 2. whit*. 34c; Baltimore, N Rye-New VSTno. 2. f.c; Phila delphia. No. 2. 6sc; Baltim '-c. N-j. 2.

easy. We

1 Veg;:3Wes.—4 »r O bunch-a. 63375,

H^.-^ie market

quote; No. I timothy. $f6. No. 2 timothy, $15-50: No - 3

’■KS.*?™,. ..I

ions, spring, per too bunch

do Egyptian, per sack. $2.2*-- -r- — paragus,' Eastern Shore Maryland, per dbzen, primes. $1.0031.50. Cabbage, native, per too. S2.ooa3.oo; do. Norfolk, per bbl, 603750; do, Norfolk, per crate. 603750; do. Eastern Shore Virginia, per bbl. 75180c- Celer* Florida, per crate. $l.$oa24X>. Cucumbers. Florida, per box. 75ca$t.oo; do. Charleston and Savannah, per basket. $1.00a 1.25. Lettuce, native, per burfiel box. isaasc. Green peas, Anne Arundel, per bushel. 80290c; do do. Eastern Shore Maryland, per bushel. 60370c. String beans. North Carolina, per basket, green. $1,258$! 50. Strawberries, per ouart. 2'A*7C. Cherries. Maryland and Virginia, per box.

red. socaStoo.

Potatoes.—Old. Maryland and Pennsylvania. prime, per bushel. 60370c; do. New York, prim*, per bttskfl, 70175*; do, Michigan and Ohio, per bushel. 65 370c; White, new. Savannah, per bbl. No. t, $2.5013.00; York river, per hbl No. 1. $2.5002.75: do, Rappahannock, per bbl. $2.252250. Yams, choice, bright. Nonh Carolina, per bbl. 75c

a$Loo.

Provisions.—Bulk she do short ribs. 9J4c; do cl bacon rib sides. 10c; 1

ned hams, I3l4c; picnic hams. Lard—Bert refined, pure, in litrees. 954c; in tubs. oHc per lb. Mess pork,

per bbl $16.00

Live Poultry.—Hens. toMattc; old roosters, each. 25a30c; spring chickens, laaaoc. Docks. 719c. Spring ducks,

i 4315c. Geese, apiece. 23a35c.

. Hides.—Green salted. 654c; do do, damagfl. 6c; do do. Southern. 654c; green. 6c: do. damaged. 554c; dry flint. 13c; do do. damaged, io54c: d-y salted, tic; dodo, damaged. 10c; dry ca'f. 10:; dry Blue- 6>4c. Bull hides, per !b green. e54*6cLdo do, per lb, gre n *cl:ei. fd Goatskins 15225c. Calfskin, gem salted. 6oa8oe. Sheepskins. 6ca7SC-

Spring lambskins, ggjOc.

,SN£.

EAst Liberty. Pi.—tV -, $5.9016.00; r—

rtcady; rx-

_ prime. $5.6515.75: sond. -35»5-55- Hogs s.rqnger; frmc fa-avy and assorted mediums, /tt.15; beavy Yorkers, $6.i2/,46.i5; light Yorker;: $6.0516.10; skips, $4-3525.50: roughL

S4.ooa5.60. Sheep fiun; I $4.0004-10; etuis and 10: 2jo; choice yearlings. $4-; a-wM $3 00a4 -

Chicago.!!!—-Good to choice steers strong totiiert-f* o w; but hcr« - 5 eck

r ethers;

inrmon. $1 501. j. 7515.00; co:n-

.0024.50; veal calves.

steady; good To pr.mc -t c-». Ts.ya 6.30; poor tc mediucL St.JO’S <0; c cws.

$1.5326 w Tcx'i

ibs up to . $3-9004

.. choi Sheep—Spring

>; gbod to choice we hpas; fair to choice mixed.

.... Western sheep. $40001.25; yearlings. $4.2004.50; nativc'lambs, $403 15-25; Western lambs. $50085.25.

LABOR ~AWP WptiSTBV ' >' of Li has 640 organizers.

Mexico contains 115 cotton tqifls.

1 lib Chinese p

G. F. Q6JIB0RT Sanitary Engineer

CLCCTRICAL CONtRACl OAS AND STEAM FITTEI SANITARY PLUMBING GAS AND COM SI N ATIOI

IATION FIXTURES

HOT WATER

* STEAM HEATING

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