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Now York City.—No stylo of boillco Is more generally becoming than the bolero In Its ninny forms. The excel lent Xlny Mauton design here lllns- ladies' waist wrrn noLsno. tinted Is adopted to ninny materials, but Is never more effective Allan, ns .shown, In black taffeta with applique •of l'erslnn embroidery. The model from which the drawing wns made is worn with a skirt of figured black silk ■nmt over a M'nlst mnde of rendytucked moussellno In cream white. The'lin ing Is white satin, but the rovers nro faced with black pnnue, which adds greatly to the effect. The high stock, which matches the waist, Is finished with an applique of heavy cream lace. Pastel tinted taffetas are admirable and exceedingly attractive for garden party and Informal evening wear, but the latest hint from Paris tells of taf- fetn enriched by embroidery Into which gold and silver threads arc In troduced. The waist beneath limy be •b.f any contrasting material, but Is most effective In such diaphanous liluiy stuffs ns chiffon, moussellno nud Liberty gauze. material tlilrty-two Inches wide, or two nud a quarter yards forty-four Inches wide, with one-half yard of lin ing, will be required. Autumn Fabric* Not Now. So far autumn fabrics nro not dis tinctly new. Cashmere will number among the lending mntcrlQls. Both plain and embroidered cashmeres will bo worn. Cloths will be ns much In favor ns usttnl, and the light weight variety the favorite. Silk canvas will be used extensively for simple frocks, especially In the nutunra. S^lks will bo gorgeous. The Louis XV. and Louis XVI. broendes 111 beautiful tones and designs Interwoven with silver and gold will reign supreme. The soft, becoming pannes will bo Ill favor, as will also the liberty Batin. The summer of lace will bo closely followed'by n winter of lnce. In fnct, lnce will be so much in demand thnt It will be Impossible to get certain de sirable qualities. ltnlny-Dur Wuslinbto Fottloont*. Bendy-made wnshnble petticoats for rainy day wear arc shown ut the re markable prices of lltty-ulno and sixty-nine cents. The material of which they are made Is grass cloth, lawn, or seersucker, nud they' nro trimmed with corded Bounces or nar row rutiles of the same. The skirts are made adjustable to nuy size by drawstrings at the waist. Terminate ut tlio Waist Lino. The majority of the best corset cov ers terminate at the waist line, and their fronts arc lu surplice form. Tho high-necked or half-corset cover Is no longer used by the host-dressed women. The Fnvnrlte Garniture. Black Chantilly appliques nrc tho favorite garniture on llliuy white cos tumes. Skirt With Inverted l'lout In Unrk. Skirts continue to be snug fitting about tho hips, but nrc cut to flnrc at tlio feet nml to nlloW nil possible free dom. The smart May Mantou model GIRL'S BLOUSE SUIT. To cut tills bolero for a lady of me dium slzo three yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, or one nnd three-eighths yards fifty Inches wide, with one and three-quarter yards of tucking eighteen inches wide for the waist, and one and a half yards of llu- Ing, will be required. > Ideal Costume For School. . The comfortable, serviceable blouse suit fs always In demand. It makes the ideal costume for school wear and for the hours .of piny. During the . warm months it 1ms been popular anode from khaki cloth, linen and -duck, but ns cool weather approaches serge and light-weight flannel will be In demand. The smart May Manton design Illustrated In the large drawing Is suited to all the materials men- . Honed, but the model Is mnde from linen In two shades of red, the trim ming being the darker and banded with white braid. The skirt Is full and straight, gath ered and Joined to a fitted waist that is quite separate from the blouse. Tho waist Is In two pieces, and closes at the centre back. The fitting Is accom plished by means of single darts and under-arm seams, but the darts can be omitted when the figure makes It desirable. Tho plastron Is faced onto the fitted waist, and the collar sewed fast to the neck. The blouse Is separ ate nnd fitted with shoulder and un der-arm seams only. The sailor collar Is seamed to the neck, and the blouse closes at the centre front, the fulness at the waist being arranged In gathers. The sleeves arc one-scamed, gath ered at shoulders nnd wrists nnd nrc finished u ltb deep wristbands or cuffs. With the gown Is worn n regulation sailor bat. To cut this suit for a girl of eight years of age three nnd a half yards of shown Is equally adapted to the heavy linens, ducks nnd piques of worm weather wear, nnd to the woolen stuffs that will bo In demand before many weeks. As Illustrated the material Is veiling In chartreuse green and can' lie worn as part of tho costume or with odd waists as occasion demands. It Is cut In three pieces, the shapely front gore, and the two circular por tions. Tlie'lnverted pleats at the foot of the front gore actually extend to the scam only, but ns the seam Is stitched down fiat the effect Is that of the stitched pleat without the bur den of Its weight. The fulness nt the back Is also arranged In an Inverted pleat, so carrying out the symmetry of the design. The skirt can be mado long for Indoor use, or short, to clear the ground,'for the street, as preferred. To cut this skirt for a lady of me dium size seven yards of material thirty-two Inches wide, four and one- half yards forty-four Inches wide, or four and one-quarter yards fifty Inches wide, will bo required. INTERESTING VJOfID HISTORIES. Odd Derivation. nt Mnuy Common Its, nroaatdii*. Somo words have histories- Ollier words embody history, ns for example, the word rigmarole. Everybody un derstands It an signifying n confused nnd mennlngless jumble, hut precious few recall tho fact that It comes from rngnum'a roll. Now, the rnguinn'c roll Is o crown document of no small Im portance. It Is a real roll of ancient pnrehmeut, nnd records categorically the Instruments nnd deeds by which Scotland's nobility and gentry gave In their adhesion nnd swore allegiance to Edward I. of England toward the close of tho thirteenth century. Venison, which nowadays means al ways nnd strictly the llesh of a deer, Is truly nny llesh hunted—thnt Is, meat of vonery. Yoiiery Is the old name for hunting—thus foxes- nnd wolves nnd badgers furnish venison no less than tho lordly stng. Cur, the synonym of a worthless dog, has somewhat tlio same derivation. In feudal England the dogs of tho vllllcnugc, no doubt mostly starving mongrels, were by law required to be curtailed; thnt Is, have their tails cut Bliort, so they might bo readily distinguished from the stag and boar hounds of the lord nnd gen- tlomon. Another wonderfully cxpresslvo phrase also comes from tho hunting field, where It Is to this day lu com mon use. It Is “to run riot." Fox hounds ruu riot when they leave the drag of tho fox and go racing nnd chasing off upon tho scent of linroB and rabbits, whoso company tho fox seeks when he finds himself pursued. Indeed, In fox hunting pnrlnncc, lmre- scent Is known ns "riot.” Lombards, money-changers of Ven ice, sat on benches around tho plnzn of St. Mark’s. Banco Is Italian for bench.' When ono of tho money chang ers defaulted tho others fell to and broke Ills bench In little pieces. After ward ho was known ns a “bnneo-rup- to’’—that Is, tho man of tho broken bench. Hence comes our word bank rupt.—Washington POBt. WISE WORplh Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.—Young. Borrowing Is not much better than bogging.—Lessing. Truo blessedness conslstoth In a good life and a happy death.—Solon. A chill air surrounds tlioso who aro down In tho world.—George Eliot. A bravo spirit struggling with adver sity Is a spectacle for the gods.—Sen- pen. . Assure yourself you have accom- .plIshBd no small feat If only you have learned- pntlonco.—Goethe. Tho host way to do good to ourselves Is to do It to others; tho right way to gather Is to scatter.—Richter. Nature ofton enshrines gallant nnd noble liearlB In weak bosoms; oftenost, God bless her, In woman's breast.— Dickens, It Is wonderful wlmt strength of purpose nnd boldness nnd energy of will nro roused by the ussurance thnt wo nre doing our duty.—Scott. Generosity during life Is a very dif ferent tiling from generosity lu tho hour of death; one proceeds from gen uine liberality nnd benevolence; the other from pride or fear.—Horace Mann. Tim I.olallon of Afghanistan. Wlillo Chinn lu In upheaval In Its ef fort to rid Itself of foreign Influence, tho Ameer of Afghanistan lias suc ceeded In almost completely Isolating himself nnd his country from his In dian neighbors. By the Imposition of heavy duties nnd prohibitory regula tions ho has nil but annihilated tho trade with India by Dnkkn and tho Khybcr Pass. Ills Inst net lms been to crcnte a monopoly In postons of sheepskin coats, nssafoetldn, almonds and pomegranates; he has altogether prohibited tho export of horses nnd mules, nnd the import of Indian salt. In 1800-1800 only thlrty-threo horses ranched Peshnwur from Afghanistan; ns against 200 In 1808; while lu the inntter of salt, the figures wero sixty- two camel, mule and bullock lpnds, against 2885. The tax on sheep Is now so high that the export of them to In dia fell fri ro 10,187 to 0182 In o:ae year. Tills policy of the Ameer Is strongly resented In India, but he pnys no at tention whatever to the representa tions that have been addressed to him, •and since the beginning of the Boer wnr ho 1ms taken ndvantnge of tho ■ltuatlon It created to rid himself of nearly ever ono of the foreigners that were In his service. Of bis relations with Russia very little appears to be known, but his great aim appoarp to be to avoid all Intercourse with his Eastern neighbors.—New York Sun. Tim Origin of Greenhouse.* William Watson, of Kew, says thnt the first greenhouse erected In Eng land was In the Apothecaries’ Garden, at, Chelsea, In 1084. It merely had glass sides, and wns heated by a kind of oven. In 1717 a glass-roofed house was built by the Duke of Rutland at Belvolr Castle fpr foreign grapes, heated by furnaces placed under the floor of the house. Steam was first used In 1788; nnd hot water soon at terward was applied to a small house In the Jardlr des Plantes at Paris.— Meelmn's Monthly. An Unusual Catch of Flslj. One of the clover Princess Bay fish- ermen had a strange experience a few days ag;o. Hts catch was as follows: One weakfisb, six porglcs, seventeen toad-fish, a crab, a fluke, a dog-fish, one lafayettc and a green turtle weigh Ing about sixty pounds. Tho last named he lost, having no means of getting It Into the boat. Variety Is the spice of life. A few skates might Save made his happiness complete.— fleif Ulrk Press. ' it S*KtK<tRTtM>8*H m ^ood j^oads f^oies i Mow York's Highways. ~r '.I' Is stated thnt Erie County has I become so Impressed with tho | fnct that good roads are lmpor- 5” taut aids to prosperity that It will ahsorb about one-third of the fund of $150,000 which wuS appropriated by the last Legislature. A few days ago nt Albany State Engineer and Bur- vcyor Bond opened bids for construct ing eight roads, In counties outside of Erie—In WestchcBter, Albany and Ul ster. According to the law governing the disbursement of the appropriation the county or town which avails Itself of this gratuity must Itself contribute as much ns It draws from tho Stitto ns an earnest of Its good faith. It Is dltltcult to understand why tlio good ronds movement lias not made greater progress lu tills wide-awake commonwealth of ours. New Jersey anil Massachusetts, not to speak of other States, have set us a good ex ample. Since New Jersey wolto up to the necessity of Improving her high ways she lias spent considerably over $2,000,000 upon them, nnd now can boust of over 4?0 miles of ronds which limy be said to have been scientifically built. Massachusetts has expended a still greater sum,anil competent judges state that the ronds upon which it 1ms been employed wl)l compare favorably with the best of tho splendid highways of Europe. Now York 1ms no such crcdltnblo record ns tills. There nro some fine macadam ronds In Westchester,Queens nnd Richmond Counties; a movement Is being vigorously pushed looking to the building of two ninciulnui roads to extend through Westchester Conn- ty; Onondnga built a few miles of tlrst- elnss road last yenr, while something lins been done In tho same direction In Erie, Onoldn, Rensselaer, Columbia anil Schcncctudy nnd possibly lu a few sthcr counties. But taking our Stuto as ft wlinlo It Is to be said to Its dis credit thnt It tins not yet addressed It self earnestly to this highly Important matter. Signs nre not wanting, however, which Indicate thnt public sentiment at Inst Is beginning to make Itself felt pretty generally in all sections of tho State. One obstacle Is tlio expense. The roads built 111 Onondnga County Inst yenr cost between $8000 anil $12,- 000 a mile. The State Engineer nml Surveyor In Ills last annual report stntcd thnt the average cost of high way Improvement under the Illgblc- Armstrong law, so called, has been $707-1, but that the average cost for a thoroughly good ronil sixteen feet wide Is between $8000 nnd $0000. Not unnaturally, conservative tax payers In Jlie rural districts shake their heads nt these flgurcB mid sny to ono nnother thnt they really cannot afford the "luxury" of road t'eforni. But reflection cannot fall to convince Intelligent laud owiiers that the cost— which Is twenty per cent, below what Massachusetts has paid for her ronde ls n first-class Investment, Good ronds menu less, went’ nnd tear on horses and wagons going to .anil from mar ket; good ronds meun tho transport ation of bigger londs nt a higher rate of speed; good ronds mean nil appre ciation of the value of surrounding property.—New York Mall and Ex press. Country llon«ls, "An Observer” recently wrote tho Davenport (Iowa) TIiuob In this strain: "We desire the use of your columns to show those who hnvo the authority to enforce the laws, that wc, tho poo- plo of the country districts, fed an Interest in public affairs, nud tbe de velopment of our town nnd country alike. We know tliilt Bossier parish has the best public ronds In Nortli Louisiana, and that this fnct Is easily nccountcd for by the fact thnt Bossier adopted the proper methods. Instund of allowing a lot of convicts to lie about In Jail from year to year at,the expense of the people, they nro turned out upon the public ronds to work their time out. This enables the pub lic to-reach the towns of the parish with case anil safety to life find limb, which Is not the case here, we nre sorry to say. “Now, where does tho fault lie? Is It a fnct thnt the grand jurors have failed to sec these things? Is It true that none of the parish officials know anything of the condition of the roads? If not we would suggest that they ask of the farmers of this vicinity, nnd each will testify that unless something Is done traffic , and travel must stop." Goatl ltundi Ilrlng Free Delivery. An authority says that one romnrlt- able effect of the extension of the ru ral free delivery system has been the great Improvement It has brought about .In country ronds. The exten sion of the system being optional with tbe Government, the plan has been adopted of favoring those regions In which the ronds nre best, and as a consequence there lias been n general Improvement In the condition of roadb traversed by rural carriers. This lias been especially the'case in the West, nnd It accounts for the nppnrent pref erence accorded to Ohio and Indiana, In which States the construction of good roads has been a prerequisite to the establishment of a rural free da* livery service. In ono county of In- dlnnn the farmers Incurred nn expense of $2000 to grade nnd Improve a road In order to obtain free delivery. Accepted Without lleiltatlon. When the average man gets back a dollar too much In change lie doesn’t stop to see whether It Is good or not. —Chicago Timc8-Horald. There are 302 manufacturers of mo tor cars and accessories In England. THE HORRORS OF MAGDEBURG;’ No Such Victory Hlnco the Tailing of Troy, While Gustnvus wns hindered from coming lo lls relief Mndgeburg was In vested by tho forces of Tilly, with those of Count I’nppenhelm, who served under him, write* Stephen Crane In Now Llpplncotl. Ilnvlng or dered I lie elector of Saxony to comply with the edict of restitution nnd to order Mnilgebnrg to surrender, anil having received a firm Refusal, Tilly proceeded March 30, 1031, to conduct tho siege personally with great vigor, nnd finally, lifter a long, • heroic de fense, hla men carried It by storm May 20. Fnlkcnborg wns ouo of tho- first to fall. Then began tho storied horrors of Mndgeburg, tho slaughter of the soldiers, the citizens, the children, the murder of the women, many of whom killed themselves to CBCiipe tho demons let Ioobo by Tilly. Many, Gormans felt pity for tho wretched women delivered Into tliclr hands, but tho Walloons of Pnppeu- helm's army were monsters of brutal fury. The scenes of crime lu Mnilge- burg were unsurpassed In niiluml In sanity by anything that hns been re corded. When some officers of tho league, sickened with tlieBO sights, ap pealed to Tilly to stop them, ho snlil; "The soldier must hnvo some rownrd for Ills danger nnd Ills labors.” The Inhabitants themselves, It Is snlil, set fire to tho city In twelvo dif ferent plnces, preferring to bo burled under the walls to yielding, but somo authorities say It wns fired by Pup- penhelm. Only the cathedral and fifty bouses were left from tho conflagra tion; tho rest had gone to ruin, soot and ashes. At last on May 23, Tilly walked through the ruined streets of the city. Mbrc than (1000 bodies had been thrown Into the Elbe. A much greater num ber of living nud dead hntl been con sumed In the llamcs. Altogether 30,000 were killed. On the 14th a Te Doitm wns clinntcd In tho cathedral by Tilly’s ordofb, nnd he wrote to his emperor that since tho Inking of Troy nnd the destruction of Jerusalem no such victory hnd been seen. He then marched Ills men nwny through tho Ilnrtz Mountains, avoid ing a meeting with GUBtav.us. WORDS OF WISDOM. Nothing Is unnatural thnt Is not physically Impossible.—Trumbull. Any mind thnt Is cnpnblc of real Borrow Is capable of real good.—Sirs. Stowe. Everybody Bays that gentle birth Is nn accident, nnd everybody treats It ns an achievement.—Walter Besnnt. Every Ono' carries Ills destiny In his own bosom, Fnto Is the deepest cur rent of one's nature.—Dr. Bellegnrile. Wherever you find patience, fidelity, honor, kluiliiess, truth, there you find respectability, however obscure nnd lonely men limy be.—H. W. Beecher. If yon say to a child: “I will give you something," keep your promise; other wise you teach It to lie. Tho righteous promise little nnd do much.—Talmud. The hnpplcst lot for a man, ns far nB; lilrtli is concerned, !b that It should bo such nB to give him but little oc casion to think much nbout It.— Whntely. Ideas make their way lu silence, like the waters thnt, filtering behind tho rocks of tho Alps, loosen them from the mountain on which they rest.— D’Aubigne. 'I should bo virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know It, jUBt ns I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see mo.—Shaftesbury. Generosity during life Is- a very dif ferent tiling from generosity in tho hour of death; ono proceeds from gen uine liberality nnd benevolence, tho other from pride or fear,—Horaco Mann. Cannibalism In the Congo. Since first coming to tho Congo, tho further I traveled the further cnnibnl- Ism seemed to recode; everybody hnd It to sny that tliclr noiglibors on be yond were bnil, that they “cat men,” till I began to grow skeptical; but hero at Bnngnln I absolutely caught up with It nnd was obliged to nllow wliat I hnd hoped to. bo able to maintain as “not proven.” I will not sicken you with the details of the preparations, aS some of our boys gave them when tlujy came to tell me, In the hope thnt I should be nble to Interfere, but be fore they reached tho steamer the big drum’s duni diim announced tho final act. The natives could not, or nt least nppenred not to, understand wltf the white man nnd Ills people should tuko exception to their proceedings. "Why,” said they to one of our boys, "do you Interfere with us? We don’t troublo you when you kill your gonts. We buy our nynmn (meat) nnd kill It; .t Is not your affair.” From this point on the evidences of cannibalism were continually recurring, though the re luctant manner In which nt somo places the people acknowledged being “man-eaters” leads us to hope thnt a sentiment against It already exists.— From “Pioneering on the Congo,” by the Rev. W. Holman Bentley. British Ignorance or Canada. What would be tho answer of tho typical Intelligent Briton If -he wore seized without notice by an iusneotqr of schools, or by a board schoolboy In the sixth standard, and required to name the provinces-In the dominion of Cnnuda? It Is to be feared that lu nine cnseB out of ten, or perhaps more fre quently than that, our fellow-country men would find such a question quite beyond thelrdeptb.—London Chronicle. Tbe English peerage Is divided Into dukes, marquises, carls, viscounts and barons, and tlio spiritual peerage Into archbishops and blslsojtS. OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR. LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Tlio GiillotHl Girl — A Superior Gnino — Wnnteil to lie n Gentennrlnii — Await ing Dovolnpinniits m For llultor or Worse—Onn't Rule '13m, ICtc., lfitc. Tlio follow wns thrifty, / Tho maiden wns shifty, And she had her 6yes fixed on his pelf, Such shirt wnists she bought As would look, nnd why not? As if mnde by her dear little self. —Dotrolt JournaJ. S A Superior Gnme. “So you Ukcj polo bettor tlmn golf?* “Ob, yes; In polo you enn l)lqffio tlio bud plnyu on your pouy/’—Ohlcngo Hecord. Wanted to Do h Contotmrlnn* Doctor—“You’re oil run down.'Wlmt brnln work have you been doing?’’ Patient—'“Been trying to memorize nil those newspaper rules for longev ity.” ATrul11iik Developments, Ada—"Why docs Clara speak of George ns her intended? Are they en gaged?" Alice—“No,but slio Intends tlioyBbnll bo."—Tlt-BltS. For Hotter or Worse, Slio—“I do liopo I'll lin'vo a fine day for my wedding. Goodness knows I deserve It!" He—"You ilo, Indeed. You'll liavo plcuty of stormy ones nftor It.” Can't Suit 'Km. "When he hustles, they sny It’s nil for offeet." "Yes.” "Anil when ho quiets down they sny he's posing."—Cleveland rinlu Denier. Correct Rending. Nell—“Do you know tbo lnngungo of flowers?” Bello—“I know that when bo sends mo ti $25 bunch of American Beauties It doesn't menu ‘I bate you.'I’hila- dclphla Record. _ In l'arli. "Wlmt did you Hud to bo tbe mosi entertaining exhibit at the Paris Ex position?" “My husband's exhibit of American French seemed to entertain everybody tlio most."—Chicago Tribune. Misses No One. "Mr. Blnx very frequently boasts that bo never forgets a friend." “Yes,” nnBWcrcil tbo , acrimonious person, "I bavo observed thnt. When ever he starts on a horowlug tour he Invariably calls nt every station.’’— Washington Star.' Tlio Uinlirelln. Jack—"I made two calls, tills after noon, nnd I must have left lny umbrel la nt the last plnco I called." Tom—"How do you know but that you left It at tbe first place?” Jnok—“Beenuse there’s where I got lt."-r-Ohlcngo News. After tlio Weeding. She—"You haven’t told mb you loved mo ouco to-ilny.” He—“And you haven’t nskeil mo if I loved you since dny before yoster-. day.” The honeymoon, shuddering, saw Its Dulsb.—Indkinnpolls Press. Sura Thing. Edith—"I would bo willing to marry tlio mnu I loved even If bo wasn't capable of earning over ten dollars a week.” Ethel—“So would I. Sueli men ns that almost always come of rich nud Influential families.”—Puck. A Feacorul Kxlt. "Did you over have nny words with your mistress which caused you to Jeavo your last place?” "NIver a wor-ril. Sliure an' 01 locked her In tbo bathroom, and tuk all me things, nnd slillppeil out ns quiet ns yez plase.”—Harper’s Bazar. . Literature Vi. Love. Jasper—I have hit on a npw stylo of proposal nnd am In doubt what to do.” Jumpuppe—"Wlmt Is your trouble?” Jasper—"I can't decide whether to write a short story nrounil It or try to capture nn heiress with It."—Town Topics. Wit Knongti. First Bookkeeper—“Thnt Jinks Is the wittiest man In the office! Second Boookkceper—"I never heard, him sny a bright tiling!" First Bookkeeper—"No; but he’s got 1 wit enough'to laugh heartily every time the boss tells tlmt stale old chest- nutty Joke of his!”—Puck. Another One of Thom. Browns—“I’vb discovered that yon wero right nbout Borum.” Towne-7-“Wlint about him?” Browne—“Don’t you remember you remarked nbout that bad liablt he 1ms of saying: ‘I told you so?’ Well, I " Towne—“Hal ha. Didn’t I tell you?” —Philadelphia ProsB. A Bright Youngster. "I suppose yon expect him t6 grow ftp to bo a bright hoy?” i snld the friend patronizingly. “Well,” answered tho young father. "I think I detect tendencies In that direction. He wants, to eat the quick silver off my pocket mirror and suc ceeded In making a meal off a package of stove polish.”—Washington Star. . It Dior Be Fu.h or It Mmy Be Fall. Politician—"My boy, tho door t<» every successful business Is labeled ‘Push.’ ” Thoughtful Yontli— 1 "Isn’t your busi ness a successful ouo, sir?” Politician—"Well, yes, I flatter my self that It Is very successful. Why do you ask tlmt?” Thoughtful Youth—“Beenuse, sir, t «eo your door Is labelled ’Pull.’ "—De troit Free Press.