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SUNDAY MORNING. IN HAUNTED WAYS* In haunted vavs I sot my feet. When pales the wistful after-glow; The ghostly presence is so sweet. No lightest fear ray heart may know! The sign of darksome boughs 1 hear- - One spell the whispering leaves repeat; One only voice, in al\ I hear, One only face 1 meet! In haunted ways I set my feet, By day, by night—'where’er I range; I he ghostly presence is so sweet, IMy heart, forsooth, desires no change! Clear rings the thrush’s matin call. The wakening eyes of flowers I greet; One only voice l hear in all, One only face I meet! In haunted ways l set my foot, Where’er I go—where’er I go; The mystic thralldom is complete; And yet, it was not always so. I only loved since yester-year— Then first my heart did truly beat! Since then ope only voice l hear. One only fare l.roret! —Edith Thomas, in Harper's Bazar. | A Prescription For Two. Di;. GILMAN rapped briskly on front door and drew the col lnr of his fur coat higher to shut out the sharp north wind. Inside the house there was a moment's confusion, and then Mrs. Green, assisted by six litile Greens, opened the door. "V\ hy, doctor!'’ site cried in surprise. The little Groins lined up and held their mouths onen. “The governess. I hear, is iii.” i)-,-. Gilman announced the fact dcHborate ly. He stepped into the hall, holding his medicine case with one itand while 'vit!i tile other lie made an opening in the line of little Greens. .Mrs. Green closed the door and pro tested. “The governess is bore, but she isn’t ill. That is, no more'n usual. She s always ailing,’’ iu a disparaging voice. "Hid site send for you?" The doctor ignored her question. He threw off itis fur coat, picked up his medicine ease again and asked calmly: “Where is she?" “In the sitting room," replied >lrs. Green, iter arms akimbo. It.siamiy six small voices cried, "in her..." and the noisy troop made a dash for a weary-looking figure lying on a couch near tho tirepiace. Doctor Gilman pahl no aitenii.ui to the figure on the couch, lie blockt I the entrance against Mrs. Green and said fifntly: "Come, children. I’m here to visit the sick only.” The Greens, unused to obeying, looked sulky. “Hurry up.” came t!;•* doctor's strong, cheerful voice, and as Uvy filed slowly past him, casting longing glances be hind, ho added: "Now don’t let me see any of you hack here again until my visit ends." His glance included both mother and children. Thru he closed the door, drew a chair In front of the conch and sat down. “I have come to proscribe for you. Miss Eggy.” he said, looking for the first time at the girl on the couch. At his abrupt entrance Becky Gggy had sat up. Kl.a leaned an olbtw against the hack of tho couch and rested her throbbing head on her hand. She was perplexed at this masked call from Dr. Gilman. Life was always offering p. rul. xiEos to Becky Eggy. The first had been her queer litile nanr-. and la • la t and greatest was what to do wish her queer Utile self. At least Becky Egg.v had though! she must be a queer litile self because ev erything she loved had been taken away and so many things sli • did not iove lied bc-n substituted, while she stood by, powerless to shape her life, fn file midst of such great perplexities Dr. Gilman's visit was the Las;. "I am tiu! iii. doctor." -hr .-aid. in" a wondering tom . Dr. Gilman smih-1 in ratably a! tho fire and held his pain:.; up to the warmth. Then he turned s tddruiy and looked keenly at Becky Eggy. She fidgeted n : votisly with h< £ dre -.s with one transparent hand. What was going to happen? Had. lie come to tell her she must give in her little school? Poor little Becky Eggy! What would become of her then? All her faults swept in order before her; she could not make the big boys mind. How was that possible when she had not strength enough even to shake the little ones? Her head ached so badly she often hod to rest it on rise desk; perhaps ho had heard how. only a few days before, she was so tired she had insisted iliar, sis times eight are fifiy-fonr. Sitting there before Dr. Gilman she felt painfully ignorant and weak. She looked at the doctor's hand lying on his knee. Once, when she had been so ii! that even site was obliged to ad mit the fact, he had taken her head between his hands and pressed the ache out and she had slept. As if in response to .he memory Ihe doctor leaned forward and laid his hand a moment, in his most profes sional manner, on her hot forehead. Then he settled back iu his chair and said in a most unprofessional tone, "Tired little Becky Eggy." She rested her head against the high back of the couch and hastily closed her eyes, but not until the doctor, saw the gathering tears. He scanned the thin face and the shabby black dress with a curious expression on Itis face. Then he said abruptly, "Ko you are not 111?" Becky shook her head. She could not trust herself to speak after the sympathy In the doctor's voice as he said, "Tired little Becky Eggy." But his voice was cot sympathetic now. It was brusque. "People who are well usually have a little! color in their faces and plumpness in their cheeks.” "'lt’s walking so far i:i the snow and void.’’ said Becky, faintly. "Yon are not strong enough to walk. You ought to ride.” Becky attempted to smile. ‘ But the ‘ought’ doesn’t provide the horses." "it does in this case,” still more ab ruptly. Becky's eyes opened widely now. itt spite of the tears. Site made 1:0 reply, and he scented to i Xpert mine. . "Your school worries you, does it not? The big hoys are a tiresome lot.” Becky gasped. IS was the school after ail. Abe dropped her eyes and a pitiful expression came into her face. Her voice fail-red. •Til try to ii.) better, doc:cr. You see. I'm not strong enough to punish them. Perhapt if 1 tried harder 1 could manage all right -I'll try ” There was a click • in her voice. Dr. Gilman looked al the thin hands moving nervously on tho black skirt, and at Becky's strained, anxious face, bhe did not look equal to the emer gency of managing even the smallest Greenl The doctor's lips smile.!, hut not his eyes. They filled as they looked into Becky's, and her perplexity increased. His abrupt tone vautshed, and Ills next words were very gentle: "Will you take my prescription?" She glanced down at the medicine chest on tho door and said submis sively, "Are you going to give me a tonic?” Dr. Gilman laughed a litile and pushed the medicine chest away with His foot. "I brought that with me as a bulwark against tho Greens." liecky responded with a smile and went on more cheerfully: "I am will ing to take everything you advise, doc tor.” Dr. Gilman suddenly sat, up very straight. "1 prescribe a home ” He was looking at the lire now, but. lie saw Becky’s lip quiver and her hands touch her black dress, "and care and- love.” “Xo, no,” she whispered, “you know, perhaps you do not know they arc all gone. There is no otic left except me." Dr. Gilman looked at her with a smile which made his ragged face beautiful. "But It’s m.v home I'm pre scribing, dear little Becky Eggy. and my care, and my love. If they could bring you happiness ” The doctor did not finish the sentence, but looked wistfully at Becky. She gazed at: tho fire now. lis warmth seemed to have settled around her heart. She had felt so useless a tew moments before, so shorn of all womanly power and dignity. Now, iter soul suddenly expanded iu the knowledge of a satisfying love. She looked up shyly, and said, hesi tatingly, "If your home and your— love—would bring me happing ;s would I be the only one benefited by your pre scription?'’ "Dear bine girl.” said Dr. Gilman. He leant over and kissed her face, soft in anew pad; glow. “It's useless to confess lieu I’ve been prescribing for myself nil tho while.”—N, w York News. & **.Wootilng I'nr 'l’oskii lm*, “Shooting at game, unless ii is liv ing or running, is tin :;t nn- porisinaii lik”, I know,” sai l the Globe Trotter to bis companiota on the deck *f ;t transatlantic ::earner, "and should never fie indulged in, unless it be in tho ease of a lion, a fk: a or some other destructive qnat'.n’.pcfl. but f must, admit that f once found nyself enjoying it.,a::d the victim:: were '.kese harmless little erealures known as ’possums, i had sp i'.t several weeks in Australia shooting w: lor fowl, wild turkeys, quail, snipe aal the other game birds winch abound titer- dmT'.g the rainy season, am! had even In dulged in the somewhat drg • ro• t:; sport of chasing the nimbi-' kangaroo, when my host suggorted Hint we go ‘mooning’ for ’possums. I didn't l:;;i w what, that meant, but I found that it was simple enough when ha explained it. and tin, night wo tried it. Waiting until the moon was hi;;!: up ir. the starry firmament we catered the forest: of stately eucalyptus trees, and, moving stealthily along with our eyes fixed on the lofty bran-'i-s, scanned them closely for the little black spots which were 'possums [ curled up for all the world like slurp, ins kitlens. A si *a-}y, careful aim, a , Hash from the muzzle of the gun. a crash like a p-al of thunder rciullng ] the stillness of th- night, the and lil s'iund of a soft object striking the ground after " fall fron a great height, and I bad enjoyed ray first, ex perience at ’mooning* ’possums. I say I enjoyed it, for. in spite of the unfair- i ness of ir, i:> very weirdac s;i fascin ated lue, and we kept it up for hours j in the brilliant moonlight that made j the forest almost as bright as day."— t New York Tribune. !i > Tim ir-.yuoln of tu, Ctnturj. The radical evolution in business methods, the long strides in .civiliza- i tion, the multiplication of inventions 1 and discoveries, along all lints, which i the past h.lf century has witnessed. I necessitate an infinitely broader and better training for men and women in every walk of life than was requisite twenty- -.<• or even ten years ago. i'he watchword of this country is "Excel sior.” Each successive year, fer example, in ! order that Die best results may be obtained, demands a higher standard of education than before for the youth who would become a merchant. A knowledge of "the three It's,” unless supplemented by unusual shrewdness and foresight, no longer suffices to en able a man to conduct a business suc cessfully.—Orison Sv.-ett Harden, in Success ,_.i _ THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. Interesting Agricultural Lore, Facta Gathered From History, Ancient anti Modern. dr, . kroh', t.Ewismxti, v\. Dr. Benjamin Knsli. Surgeon-General of the American Army in the War of the Revolution, has left the siaioment that the principal vegetables of his time were cabbage and turnips. va , ' Dr. Rush also says Dm; the first real gardens in America were made by the Hessian prisoners. * v * In IfiDOthc city of Philadelphia main tained a. “town bull." * * , Sixty years age the tomato was cul tivated us an oruamcutal plan;, und-' the name of “love apple.'’ The fruit was then thought to be poisonous. |* ' * it is said that timothy grass seed was j first, collected something over 100 years ago in a swamp in New Hampshire. From that first seed this valuable plant has been spread all over the oouutry. w * * The first Seckol pear tree was discov ered in a thicket near Philadelphia. The first Jeffries apple tree grew in a clearing near West Chester, l’a. * * * The first Concord grapevine was j discovered near Concord, X. H. The i Bartlett and Kieffor pears were both : discovered near Philadelphia. The j most of our valuable fruits are “chance” products and gifts of nature. , * a Dr. Benjamin Franklin was promi nent: in his efforts to induce the l'arm ! era of his time to use “land plaster”- | ground gypsum. * * * At the time of the Revolution all farm laborers wore leathern aprons, i similar to those now worn by biaek : smiths. . . c The seed of Iho first rice grown in America came from Madagascar. It was a “chance” importation. * * * Among the farmers of Cuba and Pono Itieo the wooden plow formed of ! a natural crooked stick found in the | woods is still in common use. $ * <■ The ox yoke used all around the Med iterranean Sen and in Spanish America consists of a straight stick of wood tied to the horns or foreheads of the cattle. Bows are not used in this yoke at all. V S’ i Tobacco, Die deadly nightshade. Die tomato, the potato, tile eggplant, the | cayenne or red pepper, the deadly | Jamestown weed (datura) anil the Car . olina nettle all belong to the same family. It: is a strange association of the noxious and tho wholesome. * * * A black walnut lias been discovered in Pennsylvania which ha:; the shell of ; a hickory nut. ■-> # :|> Rico is the cereal most in use by Die I human family. It is not: so nutritions ! as wheal, by which ii is being dis ' placed, for Du; use of wheat flour is ex lending into the vice eating coun tries. * , s In Japan the burdock is considered a valuable vegetable. The pigweed. Die purslane, the pokeweed, docks and other plants we call weeds are eaten by some people. * * The peach derived its name from ; Persia, where it was first cultivated, i The apricot Is named from Armen’a. , The cherry from Ccrrtisw:, a city in Western Asia, where the Romans found it in one of their campaigns. * * * It is not known who Introduced the potato into Europe from America, nor is it known that any tribe of Indians cultivated this tuber. The whole ;; .ni ter of its introduction is a mystery. * ❖ * - Tiir- turkey is so called because it was, supposed to have conic from the Turks. * * Indian corn was once called Turkey corn, under the belief that it came from the Turks. In Europe it is now known by its Indian name, maize. In Spanish America it is known by no other name. * 3 *■ In Porto Rico in IS9S, with 1,000,000 population, there was not a single power mill for grinding grain. The work was all dono in hand mills. V * ?• Coffee was introduced from Arabia and tea from China. Sugar came from the East Indies. Four hundred years ago our ancestors used neither lea, coffee nor sugar. * , Before the introduction of tea and coffee our ancestors used various kinds of beer, and their only substitute for sugar- was honey.* * n Buckwheat was introduced into Eu rope from Thibet about 100 years ago. Then we may suppose, they first hud buckwheat cakes and honey. .. . * The ancient civilizations knew noth ing of soap, an essential to our times. Soap was discovered by the Romans in use among Die people they called "the barbarous Germans.” When the Germans overthrew Rome they took soap along to clean up-their persons and the houses they occupied. * * 9 Five hundred thousand cubic feet of cedar wood is used each year by the lead pencil manufacturers of the United States. .... The finest cantaloupes are said to be grown in Persia. , *• -■? Our beans and pumpkins are natives nf America, and were cnnltivatod by 1 Die Indians. * * * Corks arc made from Die bark of an i oak tree which grows along the Span |Ml shores of Die Mediterranean. The : Halted States consumes yearly ■.-"f.fiaO,- i 1 oil worth of this baric. * -a lit IT Id CSOO!) was paid by I lie county rut humic-: of Pennsylvania for sqttir -1 tel scalps, which indicates (bat some j S-ld,ooo of these mischievous animals 1 were killed that year iu :hc State. * * * j Egypt furnished "P.OOO.OfiO bushels of ' grain to Rome annually. *s In Egypt incidfafors, much of 1 lie pattern as the: e now In use, were used -1000 years ego. * >:■ * The ancient K vypliar.s lirsl cured liny, lirsl pin-Herd rotation of crops aud slorcd grain in granaries. * * , Ancient paintings LOO years old ■ how plows, harrows and laud rollers in use in Egypt. * * * Job had 500 yoke of oxen for plow ing. , & * * There was enough "old corn" stored in granaries in Canaan to feed the whole body of invading Israelites for a year. They numbered 001,”50 llgiii ing men, their wives, children and camp followers. New York Tribune. Tho Policeman art a *‘lSo;;y tUnn.** One has only to sit for half an Hour among the mothers and children in tlie ! walks of Central Park to realize limy constantly policemen arc invoked or conjured up as aids to family disci*, pliue. "Look nut, tho cop'll gel you," "Here comes Die cop," are the most Trequeut notes of admonition or rc- KDcif ;o refractory boys and girls’. 1C is-so common Unit the children pay hardly more aiienUon than they would in tlie old "Hush, huso, hush; hero comes the bogey man.” A German girl, perhaps twelve years old, sat in the park the other day and watched her two small red-haired brothers uu lavflllijr throwing handfuls of grass in the swans in the lake. No avenger of the majesty of tin; law was iu sight, but the girl so: mrd in fear for k r brothers’ liberty. “Come back 'aero by me," she called; “see, do police man''’ But the toddling Teutons . itrtied around on their sturdy legs, saw hat the coast, we a really clenr, hurled .-mne more green stuff to the big birds, and, adopting Die dialect-of another nationality, mimicked her, saying: “Cheese it, do cop.” "lii, doro,” she .veiled, a riinuie later, "here comes a, truly cup.” Ii was true. Siic had not b" a crying "wolf.’’ As Die liluccoat: strolieil down tin; path, Die boys scampered before him, and 'sat down very dose to their sister. "You funny boys," she said, “I didn't • are about do grass and do gooses. I niy vauti’d you to coma vile I gaffs you ills candy.”—New York Post. A 3iyfcT.v of riant Life. ' In a recent article on plant life r. --• i" 111 1 si says Dull one of the most mar vi Jolts and mysterious phcnnntcnft about it is Dio power of one plant to | produce medicinal secretions from Dio ' ar.ii anil the air, end of another, ; i right by its side, to produce polsonou* j j ••••—rclious. The clow i students of nature stand ntlerly I'nml'onndcd be fore the fact that of several plants J growing in the same soil, suppi: <1 with im? water, stimiui:i> I with Die sane j ■lit’ performing the functions of life i : iaider the same condil ium one will '!. c limn food for ids natural wants; ’ .mother, medicine for his ailments: j a no! her, a perfume to delight him; an o'.her, a fetid odor to disgust him, auic ; a nothin',, a juice flint will kill him | i’gfiable biology is couf run bail witft this out; of ihe most perplexing qr.es ■ iocs of Die universe, and one (hat hat never boon explained. J-)vcr*M '* Idiuxcrr.” "I never heard of a ’lunger’ until 1 •vent to Denier to the re: cat Hiber nian convention,” said Edward Ryan, j who was a delegate in the great gailicr iag of Irisii-Ainericans there. “Soon i after 1 arrived in Denver I heard per- j suns using Die term ‘lunger.’ anil did not know what it. meant. ’Pretty tine city you have hi re,’ 1 remarked to a : policemen ala street corner. ’Wall, Ii guess it: would be a purtv good place ; to make a livin’ in,’ he replied, ’if it wasn't for the lungers.' ‘What is a ' lunger, anyhow?’ t asked. ’Why, a lunger, as we call him,’ he replied, ‘is a guy that comes out to Denver because ids lungs are bad. Thousands of them i rime here from all parts, and they are willing to work for one-fourth a man’s j .-.ages, so as to slay here.' These lung- i rrs make wages very law.' Philadel- ; : 'i;ia Record. Dot* Kiperiencu Teach? Experience teaches, they say, yet ! who Lathis by U! Death takes a dear one, but arc we kinder to those stiil living, who yet may have to go before we meet again?—New York Nows. A New (in>. A Cleveland scientist claims to have discovered a process whereby he can extract a clu-mical gas from ordinary air which will he both cheap and use ful as a fuel WOMAN’S © @ REALM. NEW OCCUPATION FOR WOMAN. Tlie Couiplicale-ii I*ut lCouiunerative ni*s of Koiiit'-lUaUinu'. A now occupation has been added to an already extensive list of what is politely termed woman's work. It is tlie complicated but remunerative busi ness of home-making. None of the seutiuy.’Htal. domestic train your chil dren mid the hired girl as they should go business, but a combination of the talents of interior decorator, art col lector, anil past mistress in the refine ments of housekeeping. Tho idea, like inventions, began with the mother of necessity. A woman who was known among her friends as having "such a knack" iu arranging her little home was forced by ill-fortune to give it up. She lived, not in a shoe, but in a fiat of minute dimensions, aud it was the most ‘fascinating spot i:i the big. over powering city which must hen; lie nameless. Whoever saw the flat was enraptured with it. Bill its occupant bad to give it up and store or soil all the treasures, and dissipate the evi dences of taste which made it home iu the best sense of that abused word. Friends said. "Let the place fur nished,” but one day somebody came along and said, "Soil it out to me. I'll pay you what you ask and lake the lease. Everything here suits me down to the ground!" This transaction gave birth to the "idea." Another individual, who wanted to set up a cosoy little apartment, hearing of this clever labor saving scheme, also engaged the woman to seek out. another fiat and to furnish it precisely "to suit herself.” No suggestions were offered, but a suit able sum fixed on, with Die request that the place might be ready for the new owner’s occupancy on such and such a date. From this tiny commis sion others followed, and now tills liomc-makcr declares she is in her ele ment, and only one part: of her busi ness distresses her. For, as soon as tlie borne is exactly as she wants it, with all the dainty touches laid on to her satisfaction, she must abandon it, and her client steps in and reaps ail the benefits. Surely an original means of earning a livelihood.—Boston Herald. Selr-Defiiiise For Women. A Fcnnsylvauia girl of nineteen re cently gave a tramp a lesson which Is likely to last him for some time. Ha attempted to rob her while she was en joying a rest by tho roadside after a ride on her wheel, and sin; lold him lo depart. II” treated the proposal with scorn and started to seize her, when she caught bis liaml and gave it a twist that enlightened him. She then delivered a blow on the point: of the cilia which landed him on the grass, and he was only too glad to get away. It is op. unfortunate.! fact that, most country places turn n and as safe for lone women aw they were a g; iteration ago, and for many f those it is some thing of .; problem to know what to Cos about if. This particular girl hail taken lessens l.i boxing fn.: l her brother, and stud ied the science of self-defense. Luch knowledge is a fairly good substitute Hr strength when cue is obliged to cater ialo a physical argument with an antagonist who has only brute force and no brains behind if. Of eenrse, the experience of tills girl might have had a very different termination had rbe encountered a rulimi with both science and strength, but -r.s It was olio gave her assailant the surprise of iii.; life, and undoubtedly saved herself from an attack which would have been intensely disagreeable. It is not. likely that any woman will rashly take such risks, but it might lie r, good thing if more of then were pro part'd lo defend themselves. Ii such cases the surprise is half the battle. Biray scoundrels do not expect a woman to understand boxing, thong? they are not wholly unprepared to see her pull out a pis. 01. Cne woman en gaged in philanthropic work, which took her into some dangerous places, carried a paper of red popper iu her pocket, and on one occasion filing It in iii' face of an assailant. Before lie could recover from his surprise she had escaped.—Now York News. Tlin Average Mother in ■ iisulfistli. Y/hilo it is a common theory that, "o matter what the father and husband may be. the mother and wife must, rise superior to her environments, the faet remains that the home is as much the man’s as Die woman's, aud lie is re lieved of stone of his responsibilities because society assigns ii, to her as her special province. No man lias a right to shirk itis duly to. his ehiidren because, perchance, lie has a good wife anil they have a good mother. The wife and mother rules by love, if she rule at all; the father and husband may rule by authority as well as love. The wife and mother who finds that her love is losing i:s influent' • over her ehiidren requires, but la too often de nied, Die disciplinary authority of the husband and father. The wrecks of children may be traced oftener to the failure of tho husband to come to the assistance of the wife than to any fault of the latter. Too much, we believe, is said of the shortcomings of women in these days. Those mothers and wives who are neg lectful of their homes constitute the minority. The average American mother is serious, unselfish and loving. If this were not the case we should not have, as we have to-day, a higher aver age of young manhood than any other country on earth. The assumption that wives and mrthers are mainly to blame for the waywardness of children lis neither reasonable nor fair. It la | due usually to a few exceptional cases | which, because of their exceptional ! character, deeply Impress the observ j or. Di general woman’s devotion and ! love do not change ns the child grows olil, sav.” for the better.—Chicago In. tcr-OccKn. Ciiitdicu amt KiH*in s . Children should lie carefully Instruct ed and have it early impressed upon their minds to give and receive kisses only to and from those they lovo and wlio love them. Even then some re straint is obligatory upon adults who are not perfectly well anil iu the ease of a man who uses tobacco. Children and adults are alike subject to contagious and infectious diseases from kissing, and this possibility should In* a caution against the fashion of promiscuous kissing. Several cases of smallpox resulted from this iuilis- I't'.miwde kissing of a lady who was thought lo lie only slightly ailing. Do not i-xgrass your sympathy for i!::> sick by kissing. Parents should never allow their children to be kissed by si'’angers, and children should lie prohibited from kissing each other. Inrluen::a or the epidemic form of catarrhal fever is undoubtedly trans i:”'rcil from one child to another often. •Dinas by the contact of kissing. Scar let fever, measles, cliickenpox, whoop ing eougli, -mumps and diphtheria aro often eo’.umv.nh’sttod in this way. Squares and Mlitmttiuls. While iliscs and medallions will un dottbtcdly hold good, they will find strong rival;.; in tHo newer squares and diamond:--. These will be in cloth, heavy net and velvet, adorned with braid, embroidery, appliques or stitch ing. They are set. on tight together or in designs in which only the corners meet. .f A lovely new dress of green c-lotli' shows them in white elotli, edged In black cross stitch scrolls aud a dainty sprinkling of French dots. One in mode more on suit lines, has a row of velvet diamonds two shades deeper. Olie of those serves to catch 1 each pleat of the skirt at about the knees. They may figure very well on fragile costumes. As seen iu a frame of ap plique they are decidedly graceful. Simulated squares and diamonds will lie sect), too. A collar of velvet is marked off in these shapes by means of strapping or braid. Chains of hea Shells. Ear Western women have adopted a: new fashion the wearing of shell necklaces and chains. The shells are tiny and iridi .-cent, and come from the Eolith Pea islands. The Kan Francisco jewelers, who are directly responsible for the fad, say that the delicately formed shells suitable for my lady’s neck aro extremely rare, and that na tives grovel iu the sands for days to obtain a small handful. In California! aud the arid States the shell chains have become popular instantly, even without the approval i.f New York fashionables, and they may reach here by autumn.—New York Press. U.S.J A Dainty Stock. A certain pretty girl has made for herself one of Die prettiest stock col lars! And it is one which any girl who is at ail clever with her needle can copy. The material used was white liberty satin. Around the top were t wo rows of French dots in black, then: a row of baby ribbon, of a dainty pink, edged with black. Just below these are two lucre rows of dots, then an-: other double row of dots, making three double rows of dots and two of ribbon. Tlie decoration comes a little below Die middle of the stock. It is both dressy,, becoming and dainty. i fIRSTTY'IIj fcffBKiNSS TO\Y£AR4j® Semi-blind embroideries have super seded all other kinds in favor. Filet lace, both black and white, Is the popular fancy of the hour. Stock collar.; with a decided clown-* ward point in front arc very popular, j \ cil beads of Jet sewed on Has folds of black sal in make very effective gar. uiturc. Henry Vlt. and Mary Tudor are two of the coming shapes iu cool weather headgear. A line of braid an inch wide at each scam of the skirl is quite fashionable at present. White cotton fringe is the extremely novel yd, chic trimming used on’ the side of a beige linen blouse. Taffeta costumes are favorites for autumn and arc made comfortable by a cloth or knitted waistcoat. Hats of soft white felt trimmed in wings and scarfs; iu black and white arc: to be the* popular autumn head gear. j Garlands of small artificial flowers held together with bebe velvet ribbon effectiveiy trim mousseline evening gowns. A • The double t hi effect—that is two veils in one—o:ie to wear over the face cud one over Die !;a:, has only had very moderate success. The effect o." slenderness that is rather counteracted by the universal basque is given to the autumn jackets by strapping the scams in the back with bias bands of the material. The exceedingly loose coats, a sort of combination of cloak and coat, that were considered too extreme In the spring are now iu high favor, since Milady has become more accustomed to them. .. -,.„m j OCTOBER 19