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FOR THE LADIES. Spring Fashien Notes. The soft, Persian tinted lace introduced last autumn promises equal popularity for dressy summer wear. Hats are very high in the crown and more or less conical; their brim is of various shapes, turned up sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other. Gloves have few new suggestions as far as kid gloves are converned, but io silk gloves there are some very elegant novel- ties promised. High-shouldered effects continue popular and are 80 especially becoming to many ladies that they are not likely to be avan- doned very soon. A pretty novelty in jackets, likely to prove a favorite with young ladies, is made of atockinette, which is embroidered by a new patent process after the jacket is made up. + Hat trimmings are in great variety, but those most popular will be the moyen age searfs of coru canvas with quaint printed designs in dull colors audgold. Thegrouod material is not ualike rather heavy, round thread scrim. Bilk mitts are very much in demand. The fiser grades of black and colored mitts are almost perfect works of art, and with the improved shape they fit the wrist as closely as they could do rf they were but- Lapis lazali ball handles, with gilt claws, are much used jast now on parasols, an antique and highly-carved ones. Also white muslin parasols, matching the mus- lin bonnets, are to be the newest thing this year. Prench faille in black and every color, which isnow made with a strong and rather rough suface, will play a great part in the costumes for summer, as it drapes well and makes charming ornamentations. Galloons studded with steel dots or stare are used for trimming spring jackets aod mantles which are made of fancy speckled cloth, lined with thin silk; they are fas- tened at the neok with a steel clasp ; the sleeve is semi-wide, with velvet facing. J ast now fashion’s whim ib a tea-jacket, made in soft silk, with lace or goid and silver trimmings, as dressy as possible. It is a thoroughly comfortable article, in- tended to be worn for home-dinner, either with any convenient skirt or before a low bodice is put on, with o full-dress evening A novel trait in epring costumes is that the sleeves are very much trimmed; the trimming is put on on the inside from the — = wah A Ted sists of passementerie tringe, woollen lace or braid ; if the latter, it is put on in several rows close together and fioished in Chaussures.—House shoes of fine kid, with # pattern of flowers embroidered over slippers of black satin, with border and emmall bow of black satin and red silk lin: Walking-boots of black kid faced wi shagreen, low heels, pointed toes, fifteen emall buttons; and fancy boots of fise French kerseymere in a tiny black and white check, made gaiter fashion, and faced with patent leather; fifteen very small black buttons. Cotton goods are running @ very suc- cessful rivalry with wool fabrios in point of beauty, and certainly bave the advantage of them in chespness. The new satines are wonderfully attractive. ‘There are the prettiest orape-fiaished cotton goods, dainty armure-woven materials with buoches and sprays of flowers and leaves, a new cotton fabric known as toile de Jersey, and s material with a orinkled scrface called Kensington crape. Then there are batistes and linens for warm days. The Sootch ginghams are almost as pretty as summer silks. They come in very fiue checks, pin stripes and a sort of chine effect, and, stylishly made, could not, at a little dis- tanoo, be distinguished from silk goods. The general aspect of spring fashions denotes the most extravagant fancies in the way of hatsand bonnets, The latter are, , the most bizarre of the two. Some ve @ small conical crown placed very high on the top of the head and a border lying flat upon the hair; others havea crown, rising straight up from the back of the bead, and # border raised from the forehead and laid close over the tem- ples ; others, still more fanciful, are in the — of @ square cap slit open im the idle of the front; — is no pew ed S epeak of; the edge is generally trimm with beads. Ln ll. | Me ve tty little capotes 01 pure, an vibers of colored crape, embroidered with silk of a darker shade. Seansonable Recipes, Rhubarb Pie.—Peel off the skin from stalks of young rhubarb, and out them obliquely into pieces of about an inch and a haif (some kinds need no peeling), stew slowly in sugar, or ia butter, and a little water till soft; sweeten and make into a covered pie. Rhubarb Pudding.—Put several stalks o: rbubarb, peeled, into a stewpan, with the rind of # lemon, @ stick of cinnamon, two cloves, and as much moist sugar as will eweoten it. Place over the fire and reduce it to a pulp, pages through a hair sieve, then add half a nutmeg grated, a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, the yokes of four eggs and the white of one. Mix all well together, line a pie dish with good ce paste, put in the mixture and bake for half so hour. or six gallons of water. Boil the eoap in small shavings in water till Ee eee edie eh a of | men $97 in Continental mone it looks whiter, then equeez: and press it, and rince in blueing water, and bang it in the hot sun to dry. Iron while it is still damp. a ee The Exploits of Gea, Komarod, (Prom the Pall Mall Gazette.) Gen. Komaroff distinguished bimeelf by military tact, audacity, and resourcefal- ness as well as psrsonal bravery in the Rarso-Tarkish campaign io Asia Minor in 1877, when he won his present ravk of general. After the capture of Ardahan, near the Ruwzo-Turkish frontier, Col. Komaroff was left in command of a detachment which bad the difficult duty of defending a considerable tract of the neighboring mountainous country, and of protecting the Russian frontier as well as covering the flank and rear of the army then operating against Kars. When the movemont urged by Loris Melikoff was made against Erzeroun, Col. Komaroff executed a very bold and successful manceavre. With a flying squadron he advanced from Ardaham, passed rapidly round jhe enemy's flank, and came down upon & part of the Purkish force which was holding the Panak Pass on the Saban- longh range, which commanded acovss to the town of Olti on the northern side, whence the Turks intended to attack Ardaban. Ool. Komaroff's unexpected appearance had such an effect that the enemy retreated at once without fighting, and the Russians were enabied to occupy Panak and Oiti, and to capture d | 2,000 rifles and 500,000 cartridges. When at a subsequent period of the campaiga the Russian troops were ordered to retire from Hadj-Vali, Col. Komaroff, with his detach- ment, found nimself placed io a very perilous position by reason of the with- drawal of the main column of the Russian force, from which he became separated by & distance of from four to five miles, while he was exposed to Turkish fice from the twin heights of Great and Little Yalta. By & dash he drove off the 200 Turkish cavalry who held the Great Yalta, stationed a body of his own men io their place, and under cover of their fire brought the main part of his own force round to the eastern slope of the hill, where after a time they were joiaed by reinforcements from the Russian army under the very nose of the enemy, and the whole force was enabled to retire in order, Daring the attack of the Turks on the night of July 31st (Aug. lst) apon the Rus- sian camp at Kiouriouk-Dara, Ool.—or rather at this date Gen.—Komaroff, for he had already been promoted to that rank, was charged with a detachment to take up @ position at Mount Karaal, four versts trom the Russian camp, and there act at his own discretion, It was on this occasion that he received a wound in the breast, which, however, did not prove serious, the bullet having struck a religious medal which he wore. Gen. Komaroff subsequently took in the storming of Kars, and contri- ted no unimportant share in that cele- brated action. At the conclusion of the ,| war be was made commandant of Batoum, on the Euxine. and after the Akhal Tekke expedition he was placed in command of the trans-Oaspian army. The Russians attribute the peaceable annexation of Merv ina measure to Gen. Komaroff's tact and in other than military matvers. Furniture Weeds. A generation or more ago the most admired wood for furniture purposes was mahogany. Uoatil quite recently the taste for mahogany has been held in abeyance, and black walnut bas long reigned the king of furniture woods. Before mahogany con- trolled the popular desire cherry was a favorite, and white walnut or hickory was used to a considerable extent, particularly in America. These old-fashioned woois are coming into favor again, and very fine effects are produced by the contraste of cherry aod hickory. Mahogany and cherry blend admirably as shades of color instead of contrasts. The so-called “ branch ” mahogany, thatin veneers on the fronts of bureaus and in the frames of mirrors formerly produced such impossible effecus of grain, has given place to that of plain straight grain, the effects of color rather than of grain being desired. Except yellow and black birch and the eatin and birdseye maple there are fow American woods that shows very distino- tive grain. This makes them valuable as foils to the more erratic grained woods of the tropics. One of these, coco bolo, of a red color, with broad striated grain, works up beautifully with the oherry, making & complement of tints, or with the hickory showing & contrast of color and of grain. According to the statement of o promisent dealer in furniture woods, Awerioan cherry and hickory are coming rapidly into demand, and for foreign woods the mahogany and the comparatively little known coco bolo are much called for by makers of fine furniture, oarvers and internal fioishers.— Timber. ee ae Duty and Taxes. When the late Chief Justice Chase chose to unbend himself he could be witty as well as wise. Ata social gathering at bis house during the war, the subject of taxa. tion having been mooted, a distinguished naval officer present said he had paid all bis taxes except the income tax. “I have & little property,” said he, “ which brings mein a yearly rental, bat the tax gatherers have not spotted it. I donot know whether I ought to let the thing go that way or not. What would you do if you were in my place, Mr. Chase ?” There was a merry twinkle in the eyes of Secretary Chase as he answered arealy : “I think it the duty of every man to live unspotted as long as he oan.”—Philadelphia Record, The telegraph wires between Macon, Ga., and Obaleu recently ceased working, and a search was made for the cause. The cable passed through the cellars of the excise office at Macon, and it was discovered that it lay over « rat hole and disturbed the rodent in its movements, The little animal ad gnawed through the covering of the eable and bitten through the copper threads, thus breaking the connection. While demolishing an old chimney in 8) county, New York, recently, work- Chicago News. Sif PETER LUMSDEN, Slow He Gaiued Valuable Intormation Disguised as a Moly Mau. Ose of the members of the English Lega tion at Washiugton furuishes some interest- ing gossip regarding Geueral Sir Peter Lumsden, of whom the papers speak daily by reason of his relatious to the Auglo- Russian boundary g 1estion in Central Asia. “From his yoush,” said this gentleman, * Lumsden has been @ man of war. He first saw it in the service of the Easy Ludia Company, and distinguished bimself as a youngster in the terrible meeting of 1857. Having talent for Hiudustani disiecis ne studied them patiently and carefully. Io this way Geo. Lumsden acquired a kuow- ledge of the seutiments ana character of the rank and file of the Iudian Army, so that bis service in the country has ceen sim- ply invaluable. When Sir Frederick Koverts was on his way toOaudahbar a few years ago it was of the utmost consequence that he should have some accurate knowledge of the route, aad the forces likely to oppose tim io the mountain passes. This infor- mation Sir Peter Lumsden, in bis own time and way, volusteered to obtain. Three days elapsed and he had not returned, and Geueral Roberts began to be seriously concerned for the safety of his daring svaff officer, aud fiually thought hs bad been murdered. The Geueral was sittiog in his tent late on the afternoon of the fourth day when a dakir, or holy man, suddenly appeared, riding fariously down the mountuin side, and wanted to pass the sentinel, who was @ grim old Hignlander. The sacred man was an extraordinary- louking creature, and the reverse of saintly, as he appeared to European eyes. He was almost naked, the garment he wore being 4 air of dirty trousers made of goatekin. is hair pearly reached to bis waist as it bung down his suoulders and back, and the lean, brawny arms were covered with o paste made of sandalwool ashes mixsd with castor oil, a decoction of peouliar sanctity aud a powerful smell. A uosegay of sandalwood, consisting of ninety-nine beans, completed the equipment of this wouderful object. The man dismounted from his beast, whose heaving flanks told of hard riding, and in a dialects of Pushtoo or Afghan asked to see the head sabib. The Highlander did uot understand and motioned him back. Just then General Roberts came out, and, keeping a wary eye on his visitor, asked him in Hindustani what be wanted. . The visitor, ia barbarous jargon, made the general understand that ne desired an interview. When they were alone the dakir said: “ Don’t you know me?” It was Lumsden, whose disguise, dirt, wig and all, had been so complete as to be even unsuspected to & man whose intimate friend be bad been for ten years. * Koowing bow superstitious the Afghans are, Lumsden bad selected a disguise they would not readily question, for they are dreadfully afraid of offending those ‘holy men whose superior sanctity is indicated by a degree of dirtiness that is to the civilized mind. He knew the sof the class he represented perfectly, and its —— stock in trade in quotations from the Koran, so whenever he approached an Afghan encampment he dashed fearlessly up to is, yelling: * Fab allah Mabomued resoul allab,’ the mystis words of the faith. ful, and, though questioned pretty sharply ounce or twice, his identity was never sus- pected. “The information he obtained enabled Candabar to be captured, and made the campaign the successful one ever made amid those bleak mountains, 80 often fatal to Eogland’s arms. For this dis. tinguished service Gen. Lumadea was, in July, 1881, commissioned a major-general of the Bengal staff, and given a large gract of money, amounting to about $100,000. This is the man on whose report and judy. ment, above all others, rest the chances of # war that may change the entire map of Central Asia.” The British Gap Factorics., The Royal gun factories consist of forges, smith’s shop rolling mills, pattern shop, brassand iron fouadry, gun-boring mill, tool rooms, turneries, liguting-room, field gun section, engine repairing shop, with other branches. In these various depart- ments are at work some 600 machines, lathes, and boring machines, drilling ma- chines, other machines for rifling, planing, slotting, shaping, milling, screwing, lopping, and wheel cutting. wenty weighing machines record and regulate the produo- tion ; two circular saws are at work, 240 vises are waiting to grip anything they can get hoid of. Then 54 furnaces continually do jmp with the aid of six a fans, wh ere is engine to extent of 700 horses, pee gah to @ much greater extent. And the factories can produce 6,000 tons of guns, from the light mountain howitzer to be carried on the back of a mule to the latest Woolwich infant of 80 tons or more, At the head of the factories are two or more artillery officers, while the staff consists of 24 clerks, draughtemen, and timekeepers, 24 foremen, 386 artiflcers, and 571 laborers and poys ; while as for total annual cost, the guns take in round numbers a quarter of million from the annual estimates. — Ali the Year Round. ‘The sappy Land of Japan. There isa remarkable absence of pau- rism in this country. The rich men are ew and far between—that is, counting riches as we count them in America—but a man with an inoome of $1,000 a year is considered a wealthy man, and a peasant or farmer who has $100 laid by for “a rainy dey” is ranked almost among the capitalists of his district. Iv all the empire it is eatimated that there are less than ten thousand paupers—a wonderful record for & population of 37,000,000. Not to make comparisons—which Mra, Partington says are ‘odorous”—I suppose you have at least ten thousand paupers in LIilinois. Perhaps your readers will begin to think I am falling into the habit—a habit as old as the days of Shakspeare—of travellers who raise everything in foreign lands and Ceptoctote everythingin theirown. There isa tendency in that direction when one compares the social life, the happiness and contentment of all here with the relative conditions which prevail in Ame- rica, I am not o to missions or om 1 honest! as may A} enligh apanese aries do much good in Amerioa,—Tokio Letter in Many white people patronize the Chinese theatres in Californian cities. Meme Items and Tepies. —"All your own fault If you remain sick when you can Get hop bitters that never—Fail. —The weakest woman, smallest child and sickest invalid can use hop bitters with safety and great good. —O.d men tottering around from Rheu- Ma&tivm, kidney trouble or any weakness will be made almost new by ‘using hop bitters. The Vienna Geographical Society will send its Beoretary, the well-kaown De. Oscar Lenz, next month on an exploring expedition into the country between the Nile and the Congo, where he will seek traces of Dr. Junker, Lupton Bey and others, who are said to be prisoners of El Mahdi. | “6 2 @& £6. 4:8 629 © 8 8.6 t= My wife and daughter were made healthy by the use of hop bitters, and I recommend them to my people.—Metho- dist Clergyman. Ask auy good doctor if hop Pitters are no: the bess family medicine On earsh!!! Malarial fever, Ague and Biliousness, will leave every neighborhood as soon as hop bitters arrive. “My mother drove the paralysis and ceuralgiaall out of her system with hop oitters.”—Ed. Oswego Sun. t=" Keep the kidueys healthy with hop bitters and you need not fear sickness. —Ice water is rendered harmless and more refreshing and reviving with hop bitters in each draught. —The vigor of youth for the aged and in- firm in hop bitters!!! (—“ At the change of life nothing equals ) ; sa Bivters so allay all troubles invident > \ beretu. ) —** The best periodical for ladies to take monthly, and from which they will receive the greatest beuefit, is hop bitters.” — Mothers with sickly, fretful, nursing cbildren, will oure the children and benefi: themselves by taking hop bitters daily. —Thousands die anoually from some Wee. S2RSEBET weer RS ASS SS Se 2 eee Se ee A RL LYDIA E. 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Letters confidentially answered, * No family should be without LYDIA EB. PINKE. LIVER PILIS. They cure Constipation, B: Torpidity of *he Liver, Scents perbox, © »§ © « sam” None genuine without a bunch of green Hups on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous stuff with “Hop” or “ Hops” in their name, — Patiing Out Fires in Bu@aiec. “ Yes, I live in Baffalo,” said an elderly aesepger, sadly, “and I'm going to bicago to see the fire department there. We havea fire department in Buffalo, of course, but it isn’t a success. I6’s too slow. When a fire breaks out the man that dis- covers it goes and wakes up & policeman, the policeman runs around and finds the sergeant of the beat, the sergeant goes home and gets his key to the box, returns and sends in the alarm. At the fire tele- graph office they cali the fire chief out of bed by telephone, be wakens bis hired man and hired man bitches y the chief's horse and waggon; then the chief goes around to the stations and wakes up the men. The men dress, hitoh up the horses, og kindling under the steamers and start or the fire. There is a city ordnance against running borses ia the streets, and so the steamer horses are trotted to the fire. They usualiy get there about the time the walls are falling and the insurance men are fixing up the losses. There iso’t any reason why we shouldo’t have agood fire depart- ment in Buffalo, as we have lote of fires for the men to practice ou. We're way up on politics in our town, but when it comes to putting out conflagrations we admit that we are a little behind the times.” DON. L. 20 55. TO DEALER AND CONSUMER. We import only the finest qualities o* Coffee and Spice. Our o.EeNDED Correr, sold ground and unground in 1b. tins, is a perfect luxury. Our 10c. tins of Pure Spice are perfection; all our goor's branded “; “ire” sve guarantecd free from adul’< :ation. Dur~’s Baxrve Powper, is“ Th. Vook’s Beat Friend.” A Question. How can we raise more corn to the acher ? The Ts i. = = Why, of course, by using Purxau’s Conn . rl 1D. ad pplie d W oe Exrucron. Putnam's Paiwless Corn Ex.| W hole ivoast: ( Grounc tractor has given universal satisfaction, for| (‘offees in AIK SACKS, OF it is sure, safe and painless. Like every article of real merit it bas a boss of imita- tors, and we would specially warn the public to guard against those dangerous substitutes offered for the genuine Putnam's Extractor, N. 0. Polson & Co., proprietors, Kingston. 25 1b. tins. Prre Grounp Spices in all sized packages, W. G. DUNN & CO, CANADA MILLS, HAMILTON. J. WINCKLER PATENT Eoglish people are drinking more beer and less spirits. The revenue is less this year by $1,300,000. Beer pays a light tax as compared witb liquor, ——The medical profession are slow (and rightly 80) to endorse every new medicine that is advertised and sold; but honest merit convinces the fair minded after a reasonable time. 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By druggists. \ ) Charles O'Connor is said to have enunci- ; ated the principle that ‘a reporter should S MPTION get all the news he oan and give it to the s world, but # lawyer should get all the news| | Ehare » positive remedy for the above disease, by ite he can and keep it to himself. qeoadis [have boon cared. lnaury ay ther with a VALUABLE TREATISE on this dt wo y eullorer, Give Express and P.O. address, ae DR. Young menor middle-aged ones, suffer. T. & SLOCUM, 181 Poart 8t., New Yor™ ing from nervous debility and kiadred weaknesses should send three letter stamps for illustrated book pe cy meaus R. U. AWARE ot cure. Address World's ioal Associa- d tion, Buffalo, N. Y. Lorillard’s Climax Plug F th L _ —_ 1 A ri Sorry a — tag ; = pote 4 ‘rom e ondoo Times: ourious 4 - ose Len ne Gut; that Lorillar: case came before the Derbyshire Charter Serz Ciigeings. hgh. bo. ~15) snes Sessions. Mr. J. B. Cowoliffe, manufac. turer, Glossop, appealed against a decision of magistrates, who fined him five shillings and costs for indecent behavior in Charles- worth Church. The appellant" smiled ” at the surpliced choir, and, as they were marching back at the end of the service, he observed that they ‘ looked well in their night shirts,” Mr. Horace Smith argued buat there was no indecency or disturbance of the service within the meaning of the Act and toe Court heli that the conviction could not be maintained, Want of prudence is too frequently want of virtue. EYE, EAR AND THROA?. dial SET