Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1895, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OOTOBER 5, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. 15 Monday, the Beginning of the Week. MONDAY, Tle CGINNING OF Vile GLA OUT SA MONDAY, THE BEGINNING OF A BARGAIN FEAST, THE LIKE OF WHICH 2 We bought the e: We wanted the empty store. HAS WEVER BEEN SEEN BY MWANKINO. tire stock of Carhart & Leidy, and when we bought it we had this cbject in view. NOW WeE WANT TO SELL | AND WE WANT IT TO CLEAR OUT FAST. We know the way. Silks. 40 pieces of Genuire Wash Silks, all_col- ors, goods that wash and wear well. They sold for 29%. at C. & L.'s. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 5c. P’R YD. Fine Fancy Figured Changeable Silks, all the newest combinations, inches wide. Sold for ve. at C. & L.'s. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 3oc. Finest Black Satin Dr sse, brilliant luster, extra heavy, warranted for dress wear, ©. & L.'s price, $1.50, ss CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 98c. 30 pieces Black Brocaded G Grains, Bewest patterns, extra heavy quality, guar- anteed to wear. Cc. & L.'s price, ‘$1.20. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 75c. Fancy Figured Changeable Taffetas, in the latest patterns, all the best combinations. FZ AES mon-crushable. Sold for $1 at CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 69¢. Finest Black Satin Rhadame, 22 inches mies heavy quality. ©. & L.’s price was CLEAR. OUT PRICE, 85c. PR. YD Black and Colored All-silk Surahs. Sold for at ©. & L.'s. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 39c. Black Broeaded Satins, In new, large de- signs, superior quality. Were $1.50. CI_LEAR-OUT PRICE, 7s¢. Pink, Yeliow, Lavender, Black and Light pe Chrysanthemum Crepes, all silk. OQ. price, 75c. oc ‘LEAR-OUT PRICE, 390. Black Brocaded Satin Damasse, massive rh, extra Reavy grade. C. & CLE. Black Veaw de Sole, sublime quailty, zx versibie, 22 inches wide. C. & L.'s pric CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $1.50. Corsets. ‘a “CUIRASSE™ Corsets, glove C. & L's price, $1.75, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 79c. ee “R. & HL" Cometa. xe & pric CEEAR-OUT PRICE, soc. iy, & G. Comets that were $1 at C. * CLEAR: OUT PRICE, 6g. Misses’ Corsets, all sizes, G & L's Price. Tc. CL EAR-OUT PRICE, 39c. ‘Thompson's “E* Corsets, kid ‘glove At ting, C. & L.'s price, $1.75. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 98c. X. & G. Corsets, regular sizes, C. & L."e price, $1.25. *CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 3a Black Goods. pieces -wool French Imperial ses, 40 in ys eatra heavy quality. Se price CLEAR- OUT PRICE, 25¢. Fine Black Ir Sicilinns, 40 ‘inches wide, ster. taffeta Bulsh. 0. & L.'s pric CLEAR- ‘OUT PRICE, Superior Black Brocaded Novetti wool, 40 inches, new patterns, C. price, 73c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 39c. 46-inch ch Imperlal Sorges, dust a1 ereproot, elegant for wears CG. de L's e, $1. ™CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 4oc. est 'Priestley’s 46-In. Silk p Hen- 3 that ©. & L. sold for $: GL EAR-OUT PRICE, 98c. The very best Pricstley’s, Henrietta, stk warp, 46 Inches, C. $2.50 goods, CLEAR- OUT PRICE, $1.374. Figured Novelty Armures, in rest copceltt,/ 41 tnches- 6. & for § R-OUT PRICE, 98c. Wide Wale Diszouals. and up-to-date Xe L. cold lots of them at’ $1.2 ®“CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 6sc. ewest patterns in Ranma, Cloth, sll finished. C. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 60c. Black All-wool Henrietta 7 40 inches silk finished = C. “3yprice was “Ge EAR-OUT PRICE, 29c. lians, 44 Inches “wide, C. & L.'s $1.50 goods. ‘AR-OUT PRICE, 79¢. * Newest conceits im Rough Black Roucles, 50 inches wide, very curly. CG. & L.'s price, $1.50, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 98c. Domestics. ide Bleached Heavy Muslin. C. & Tia CLEAR-OUT PRICE, sc. YD. fnghams, fall styles. CLEARCOUT PRICE, 63c. Indigo, sues Gray and Mourning Prints. AR-OUT PRICE, 4c. cd = Pamomkenc, Apron Ginghams, CUEAR-OUT PRICE, 4c. ot aie reaped Bleached Sheeting. * CLEAR: OUT PRICE, 22c. Full 10-4 Lockwood Bleached Sheeting. ©. & L.'s price, 25c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 18c. MI. GOLDENBERG It’s the eager-to-own-system of merchandising. Put a price om the Goods and the people will buy. WE WANT EMPTY SHELVES and yeu’ll want the goods when you see the Price, t Coats, double-breasted reef- er, three buttons. Real value, §5. OUR PRICE, $2.98. Black Beaver Coats, three-button recfer, ripple back, melon sleeve, new lapel. This is a nobby garment. Real value, $9. OUR PRICE, $4.75. Finest Black Boucle Coats, large melon sleeves, Columbus lapel, deep collar. Real value, $10. OUR PRICE, $4.98. Imported Rough Boucle Coats, two-button reefer, Columbus lapel, ripple back, Franklin coliar’and fancy buttons. This is a “dead well” garment. Real value, $14. OUR PRICE, $7.50. Nobby Covert Ri and English Rovgh Boucle Jackets, with Franklin collars ard Columbus lapel, new full skirt, ripple back, some all satin lined. Real value, $21. OUR PRICE, $10.00. All Satin Lined Astrakan Reefers, fancy buttons, full ripple back, melon sleeves. Real value, $16. OUR PRICE, $8.00. a.oay Fnelish Boucle Jackets, meton sleeves ripple back. Teal value, ‘$25. OUR PRICE, $12.50. Capes. Appliqued Circular Capes, 145 inches sweep, handsomely embroidered, made on extra ‘quality beaver. Keal value, $8. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $5.00. All Satin-lined Astrakan Capes, fall rip- ple sweep, new storm collar. Werth $! CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $5.75. Rain-proof Plush Capes, full sweep, rha- dame lined, bear edge, storm collar. Worth git. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $6.50. Extra Quality Plush Euibroldered Capes, Angora edge, full sweep. Worth $14. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $8.75. Finest. Sik Astrakan Capes, all satin Uned, 36 Inches long. Worth § CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $10.50. Imported Beaver Appliqued Double Capes, storm collar, full sw a ‘True walne? 30. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $14.75. Russian Astrakan Cloth Capes, all satin Led, reat skuak edging, 170 inches sweep. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $15.50. Real Lizerine Plush Capes, warranted rain- Rroof, all rhadame lined, ‘fine bear edge. Worth $40. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $19.00. Fur Capes. Real French ie Fur Capes, all satin lined, storm collar. Worth $12, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $7.50. Rest French Coney Capes, 80 inches long, full sweep. Worth $i6. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $0.50. Real Electric Seal Capes, with fine bear collar and edge. Sells regular for $20. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $14.75. Russian Wool Seal Capes, thibet and bear collar, tine Rhadme lining.’ Full value, $25. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $17.00. Best Russian Wool Seal Capes, skunk col- By full sweep, 30 inches long. “True value, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $23.00. Genuine. Electric Seal Capes, real bear collar and cdge, fancy brocade, satin-lined, Sealskin facing.” Worth $60. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $33.00. ‘The very finest Russian Wool Seal Capes, Teal bear collar and edging. fancy brocade satin lning. ‘True value, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $36.00. Men’s Goods. ‘Men's Neckwear, in every ehape, light and dark silks. U. & L.’s price, 25c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 2 FOR 25c. Men’s Finest Silk Scarfs, in the newest shapes and latest weavinse; any Shape, L.'s price, 7c. and Sie. * CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 2sc. Men's Pure Silk Garters, In every colors full length; good width of web. ©. & L.'s price, CLEAR-OUT. PRICE, 9c. Men's Pure Linen Collars, In every size aud shape. C. & L.'s price, Le. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 5c. Men's Pure Linen Cuffs, 1a all shapes and & L.'s price, 25e. R OUT PRICE, 2 FOR 25c. Men's vu undered| Linen Bosom Shirts. Cc. & e, Hc. OUR PRICE, 39¢. Men's Laundercd Shirt: pure nen bosoms. C. ‘8 price, The. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 53c. Men's Fine Laundered Shirts, reinforced linen bosoms. “C. & L.'s price, $1. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 83¢. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 25¢. Laces. One lot of Torchon and Valenciennes La and a few cambric edgings, that suld al ©. & L.'s from 5 to 8c. per yard. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, tc. Better Torchon and Valenciennes Laces, new patterns. 0. & L.'s price, 10c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, Hamburg Edgings, all widths, pretty dew signs. C. & Li's price, 15¢. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, Medium and Wide Oriental Laces, an goods. ©. & L.'s price, 25c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, ric. Fino Irish Point Hamburg Laces, massive patterns. ©. & L.'s price, 35¢. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 15¢c. All the Laces that sold from 25 to 50c. at 0. & L.'s at the CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 19c. Extra-wide Orientals and Black Silk Bour- don Laces. C. & L.'s price, 60c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 23¢. Finest Silk Laces, in Bourdon and Point a'Eeprit, that were 69 and 75e. at C. & L.'s, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 35c. Ilem’s Hose. Lot Men’s Fine Fancy Hose, assorted colors and styles, C. & L.'s price, 25c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, gc. Men's Regular Balbriggan Hose,” high spliced heel and toes. C. & L.’s price, 2e. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 13¢. Mcn's Extra Quality Lisle Hose, siik em- broldered,’ black and colors, C, & L.'s price, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 23¢c. 's Fine SILK HOSE, double sole, high spliced heel and t C.& L.'s price, 79e. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 4ge. Men's All-wool Hose, double yarn, extra 8 price, 50c. T PRICE, 23¢. Hose, spi ay heel & L.'s price, 69 Ci se Rach Ladies’ Underwear White Wool Underwear, Cc. & L.'s price, #1. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, soc. Medium-weight Ladies’ Vest: long and and_s! ort sleeves. C&L price, SOc. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 2s¢. White Lamb's Wool Underwear. ©. & L.'s price, $1.50. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 98c. Ladies! All-vool | Red Medicated “Under. wear. C. & L.'s price, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 59¢. Ladies’ regular (FORMERLY GARHART & LEIDY’S.) ; 9 ad 928 SEVENTH STREET N.W. That’s the secret of the system. Linings. Best Cambrics. C. & L.'s price, 6c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 4c. Sllesias, in all colors. C. & L's price, 12%e, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 7c. Imitation Hair Cloth. ©. & L.'s price, 12e. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 5c. dyinen Finished Canvas. C. & price, “CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 8¢. Best Percaline and French Lining Sateens. 0. & L ‘8 price, 2c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 1 Alllinen Canvas. ©. & L.'s price, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 12$c. ggittuine Fiber Chamols. 0. & 1.” price, CLEAR: OUT PRICE, 29c. YD. Genuine Hair Cloth. ©. & L.'s price, 65¢. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 3oc. Blankets and Comforts. All-wool Blankets, full 11-4, in white only. Extra Leavy and soft. ©. & L.'s price, $6. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, "33. 50. Heavy White Wool Blankets, ae ace — Weight, soft and nappy. ©. & L.'s "CLEAR OUT PRICE, $2.00. White Wool Biases good grade, full size. C. & L.'s price, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $1.3 Gray Wool Blankets, good size and eke ©. & L.'s price, $1.50. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, gsc. oOi8y, Blankets, | good size and weight. ©. & L.'s price, ie. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 58c. Figured Sateen Comforts, in all See pretty, patterns; SES white cotton filled. & L.'s price, $3. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $1.75. Sateen Comforts, full Mned, large ©. & L.'s price, $1.50. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 95¢. Extra Fine French Sateen Comforts, real down, lined. C. & L.'s price, $7. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $4.98. Children’s Underwear. Children’s All-wool Underwear, regular made. C. & L.'s price. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 43c. Children’s Medium Size Underwear: & L.'s 50c. CLEAROUT PRICE, 29 Children’s east Size Merino Sey “a & L.'s 30c. CLES ARO OUT PRICE, 15¢. a Couldn’t get the store without it. J Empty shelves is the result. Ladies’ Hose. Ladies’ Fine Silk Embroidered Lisle Flosa, all colors. C. & L.'s price, 50c. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 23¢. Ladies’ Black 2y fancy seed double heel and toe. C. ‘ice, $1. CLEAR-OUT BRICE, soc. Saher oe tea pate = % CLEAR-OUT PRICE, Ladies’ BLACK SILK HOSE, Bh alice oo == extra fine quality. C. "8 "CLE AR-OUT PRICE, oBe. Ladies’ Black Lisle Hose, some ‘all binek, others with white heels ‘and toes, extra “CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 33 ‘One lot of about 100 dozen ees Noa Golored “Hose thot Carhart de Lely from 25e. to SOc. a pair. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 123c. 40 dozen, Black and | Colored All-wool Hose. C. & L.'s price, CLEAR- OUT PRICE, 25¢. Men’s Underwear. ors Fe 22 ipderwrenr, segulan ™CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 3o¢. Men's Superior Wool Underwear, full rege ular male. C. & L.'s price, $1. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, E, 560. ae All-wool_ Underwear, c. & L.'s price, $1.25. “CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 69c. aes ase goons Lamb's Wool Underwean, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $1.13. Men’s Red and el at ‘wool Underwear, winter weight. ©. & L.'s price, $1.50. CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 750. Men's Natural Lamb's Wool Tnderwean: G._& L.’s price, $2.50, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $ 9. Men's Pure Wool Medicated Red Under wear. ©. & L.'s price, $2, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, $1.19. ‘Men's Double-breasted Megieated Rea Underwear. ©. & L.'s price, CLEAR-OUT PRICE, Sr. 39. Children’s Hose. Lot 1—Children's White and Fancy Hose, regular made. C. & L.'s price, ee CLEAR-OUT PRICE, Lot 2—Children’s Fine White and Simen Lee double et heel and toe. ©. & CLI EAR OUT PRICE, ric. Lot 3 Culldren's Fine Lisle Hose, black gpd colors, double sole. 0. & L.'s price, “CLEAR-OUT PRICE, 25¢. |; — ASPHALT IN AMERICA Extensive Deposits in This Country Begin- ning to Be Used. SWhat It May Be Used For—Washing- ton Had the First Asphalt Streets. Many millions of dollars are going to be 4nade by mining American asphalt. Today almost all we use is shipped here from abroad. Yet it is claimed we have the best quality and the largest quantity of all countries, the problem being how to get It as cheaply. The geological survey will dur- ing the next year study the question from an economic view. A thorough chemical of all American as well as foreign asphalts will be made by Dr. Wm. C. Day, special agent. This will be the first inves- tigation of the kind made in this country. Yankee ingenuity has found hundreds of vses for asphalt. Paving 1s only one of them. One of the strongest houses in the world might be built of blocks made of hardened asphalt. These would be laid with asphalt cement.’ The foundation should be built upon a bed of asphalt and should be painted withir. and without with liquid asphalt to prevent dampness. The walls might be lined with asphalt paper, instead of felt, the former being found a Letter substitute. Instead of plaster light asphalt might be put on the walls, and over it wall paper tinted with lines made with asphalt coloring. The flooring might be of glazed asphalt blocks. The gas and water pipes should be preserved by a coat- ing of asphalt. The electric wires should be insulated by a gz of asphalt. The whole exterior might be primed with phalt paint. ‘The roof should be covered with asphalt water-precf liquid, the tank and sink japanned with asphalt javan. The fron fence around the house should be made to shine with asphalt varnish. Lead- ing to the a alt avenue upon which your asphalt mansion is built, you should have paths and drive sphalt block pav- ing. Your lawn may be kept green by an asphalt garden hose. While you are read- per printed with ink made wife may be waxing her yhalt. At the table you eat honey made in artificial combs, also of asphalt. When you drive your carriage wheels may be lubricated with asphalt axle grease, and on returning home you may light yourself to bed with an asphalt candle Widely Diffused. All of th applications of asphalt are realitie rned by the geological urvey, through recent investigation. This knowledge has been collected by Mr. E. W. Parker, one of the principal statisticians. Mr. Parker says that so far Uncle Sam's geolc ts have discovered asphalt depos in fifteen of cur states, including one terri- tory. These are West Virginia, Ohio, K tucky, California, Utah, Oklahoma, Mon. tana, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Oregon and Washingto: In ddition, there are doubtless many othe mines yet undiscov d. But ft tates make commercial use of their deposits—Cali- fornia, Kentucky, Texas and Utah. Dur he last year these four alone mined ove alf as many tons of asphalt as was import- ed into America. This rate will continue to increase from year to year, until we not only supply Gur own wants, but those of other countries. Asphalt used for paving the streets of most of our cities comes from Trinidad. Other of our foreign asphalts come from the mainland of South America, Syria, Ger- many, Switzerland and France. European asphalts, Mr. Parker says, are objectiona- ble for paving, because they contain very little gritty matter, and are slippery after hardening. America, he Is positive, can pro- duce the best asphalt in the world, both for paving and commercial purposes. That of all four of the states mentioned is found to be excellent for paving. California contains the most abundant supply of all American states, and therefore will offer the most of our native asphalt to the rapidly growing cities of the west. ‘Trinidad asphalt, although shipped all the way from the coast of South America, is now much cheaper in the southern and east- ern sections of this country than any mined by Uncle Sam. Found in Sotid Form. Most of our Ameriean asphalt fit for pa ing ts found in solid form, known as bitum: nous rock. This includes bituminous sand- stones and limestones, found most exten- sively in California, but also appearing in Kentucky, Ohio, Montana and Okiahoma. Trey are mostly dry and solid, but readily melt w: refined to some e€: sed in paving. Am na liquid form form found in softening tha to a soiid roc for ps extracted from the sea sand : manner. ys that in Utah fs found pu and most valuable asphalt in the world. This is known: onite or gum asphalt. It fs very expensive, bring- be ing the pro mined from tle ov per to: nous rock costs but. One reason why Utan Gilson ive is because it must be hauled nearly a hundred iniles to the nearest railrog Its History a Problem, ‘The natural history of asphalt is still a problem before geologists. Dr. Day’s an- is is expected to clear up many obscure points concerning its deeply buried myster- ies. It is thought that asphalt in the pure state is formed from the pitch of trees bur- ied in the eart ck in the ages, and heated by i volcanic fir imal matter found in it has led others to the be- ef that it is due to animal rather than e shown Ancient ruins ha the most enduring ed in engineering. and other works made of it in Egypt and Arabia three thousand years ago are still dition. The aboriginal Indians rt of California coated their cance bottoms it to make them water tight. They cementing their stone uten- It was r mined from than thirty years ago, began in California. “ar ind in 1 : pplication ving nington ex in ot the use coal tar ment. The following year Trinidad asphalt was used on small por- tions of the streets of New York and Phil: delphia, resulting successfully. Pennsy nia avenue, Washington, was paved with it in the year of the centennial, it being the st continuous sheet of it in America. foday if all the asphalt streets in this coun- try were joined end to end they would make a continuous thoroughfare of the average eal to the At- VELVET AND SILKS. Handsome Patterns Shown in Some of the New Goods. Velvet is the coming material. It is so much cheaper than ever before, and the cotton-back velvets are so pretty and last- ing to what they once were, that one can really have a veivet gown at small cost. There is no prettier fabric for old or young, for it softens all defects in the roughest skin and makes the muddiest complexion seem fair. Some of the new silks are wonderfully handsome, and they ought to be, for th have gathered from the looms all the beau. ties that were once given to paintings by the old masters, and one wants to smeil ms which adorn m, they look so perfect. Some of the tins have arabesque patterns like hand- me lace, woven over the daintily colored groundwork, and over that are thrown the bunches of flowers which actually seem to give forth perfume. Some are striped, with ribbons tied in Watteau knots, In the real Florentine style, and they look as though the ends of the ribbons were fluttering in the wind! Plain satins are striped with branches of detached foilage which seem to be pinned on. And among the very andsomest of all are the palm designs laid in the soft Persian colors on sd blue ground: A pretty dress for a schcol girl is made of large flowered challie, a dark ground, with red autumn leaves or green trefoil, or some such design, with the seams strapped with cord or passemen- terie. The waist has folds of the cha laid over the plain fit- ted bodice, and it fastens nearly to the throat, where it lays in neat reve nin gement. the roses and other blo: th har A Neck Arrangement. A pretty arrangement for the neck may be made of either pink, yellow or white chiffon, like the filustration, the ruffles being trimmed with rows of narrow t or baby ribbon and rosettes to match the trimming in color. Accessories of this cter are almost a necessity for a well- ed girl, and they really cost very little when it is'taken into the reckoning how much they help an old gown, in freshening it up. A French woman will spend a lot of money on ribbons and lace, gloves and boots, and wear her old gown indefinitely, knowing that her smart neck fixings and fresh gloves make her look smartly dressed. seks Had Conscientious Seruptes. From the Beston Transcript. A correspondent has made the acquaint- ance of a pious tramp. Last Sunday morn- ing, just before breakfast, he appcared at the side door, and, seeing madam at a win- dow, inquired if he could be accommodated with a breakfast. The mistress of the dance with an invariable Will you work S dhe Goa an te can't work on the Sabbath day. turned away to seek some more orti household. ses A Mental Stimulus, The first installment of. the great mys- tery story, “When the War Was Over,” by Frederick R. Burton, will be published next Monday. Five hundred dollars in gold for the first correct solution. Particulars in another column. THE COMING GOWN. It is to Be the Princess—About Drap- eries and Overskirts. It looks now as though we would really have draperies early in the winter. The skirts come to us from across the water with great slashes in front and on the sides, showing simulated underskirts of velvet or heavy cloth, and a favorite style cf trimming Is the long panel. folds are so desperately unbecoming to an angular figure that something has to be done to relieve it, hence the foreshadowing of draperies and overskirts. These frip- peries come from the French, of course. They seem to think that a gown is not fin- ished that has-not a lot of puffs and slash- ed draperies, and the button fad leads up to draperies also, because a button is al- ways out of place unless it appears to bave a mission. For the princess gown there are now sets of lace woven purposely. They consist of long ieb like panels for the skirt, and shorter ones for the waist and sleeves, with cuffs and collars, jackets, belts and medallions of the specially woven lace. Some of these sets are very handsome, in- deed, but there are others in fine ivery wool and flat braid effect, while there are sets that go to the other extreme in quality and are of Chantilly and rose point. One of the odd uses to which these sets of lace will be put is to lay them in a setting of fur, or give them a narrow bordering of the fur,af- ter they are adjusted on the gown. It seems a little incongruous to place priceless old point in juxtaposition with fur, but when you remember that blue fox, for instance, is worth as much as the point, it does not look so odd. eS The “Broken Plate Club.” Paris Letter to London Telegraph. In a little village in the department of the Nord there exists a curious brother- hood. It is called the “Broken Plate Club.” ‘This Is its history: A few years ago some merchants and manufacturers were dining together when a plate rolled from the table and, falling into the fireplace, broke. As it happened, the number of the frag- ments exactly corresponded with that of the gu The coincidence was regarded as a good augury, and then and there a s ciety ‘was formed which imposed upon Its members the bonds of brotherhood. Each man as he left carried away with him his fragment of the plate.. According to the rules no new member was. to be introduced, and at each death the of porcelain h was in the possession of the de- ed is restored to the president, who the fragments together. The last viving member of the club is charged with the duty of cementing his piece to the rest, and when the plate has thus been reformed it is to be buried. In the Alps. From Feuille d’Avis de Vevey. On reaching a certain spot the driver turned round on his seat and observed to mgers: ‘om this point the road is only ac- ssible to mules and donkeys; I must trerefore ask the gentlemen to get out ard proceed on foot.” +o+ No Weathercock Needed. From the Humoristiche Blatter. A—‘My dwelling is bounded on the north by a gas works, on the south by an Inc rubbee works, on the west by a vin factory and on the east by a glue boiling ablishment.” —“A nice neighborhood, I must say.” Quite so; but it has one advantage. n always tell which way the wind blows without lesking at the weathercock.” PLAIDS IN EVERY FABRIC. They Are Very Popular and Make Up Well. Plaids are found in every fabric. In the velvcts they are simply superb, but should be used only for trimming purposes. The basket woven wools and cheviots are not so gaudy of cclor, but are elegant and fashion into most attractive gowns. One The coming } of the handsomest seen so far is of two gown is the princess, and its long straight dark shades of green in a basket weave plaid, with two threads of black run in like ‘a basting thread, and checked with red in squares six inches across. That makes the skirt. Of course this is essen- tially a street gown, and to wear with it vet jacket of hunter's green, the and edge of the double-breasted trimmed ‘with pearl and emerald The only hat to wear with big green velvet, twisted to suit the face and fastened down with plumes of black and rosettes of red. —— The Brightest Boy in School. From Harper's Round Table. Teacher—“Now, which of you boys can tell me what sea water contains besides the sodium chlorine just mentioned?” Tommy Tatters—“McGinty!” ——-—+0+ Nothing Like Moderation, From Iarper’s Bazar. front passamenterie. a toilet like that is a trme She—“Quite the contrary. - .- plicity and moderation!” , A TATTERED CHECK. Tragic Death of Custer Recalled at Bismarck. Bismarck Letter. The tragic death of General Custer and his gallant men at the hands of the Sioux Indians, in the massacre of Little Big Horn, was recalled here this week by the forwarding to Mrs. Custer of a check for $1,500, drawn to the order of General Geo. A. Custer in 1876. The check is dated June 25 and ts signed by B. L. Smith, at that time assistant paymaster in the army. It was on June 25, 1876, that the massacre took place. The check is still unpaid, and, soiled and tattered though It be, constitutes a valid claim against the government for the amount represented upon its face, which was, no doubt, intended as part payment of General Custer’s salary as an cfficer of the United States army. Where the check has been all these years no one knows, least of all Michael Francis, who found it in the street here last Feb- ruary and who has retained it in his pos- session until now. When Francis picked up the bit of paper it was almost as legi ble as when it was drawn, but three heavy creases in it showed that It had been worn through. ‘The parts were joined together by narrow strips of paper pasted on the back, and the edges were somewhat soiled, as though the paper had at one time been dropped in the mud. No indorsement appears upon the back of the check and the face shows the marks of no cancellation stamp, demonstrating that the check has never been presented for payment. The check was, no doubt, forwarded to the northwest before tha hews of the Custer massacre reached Washington. Had it reached those in ckarge of the dead sollier'’s effects it would have been sent back at once, in order that one payable to the heirs could have been sent on in its place. It has evidently been under shelter somewhere, ard the chances are that it was lost last February and swept out into the street, where it was found by Mr. Francis. a Swiss Advertising. From the Lady's Pictorial. The practical Swiss have hit upon an original method of advertising, which it is sincerely to be hoped will not become uni- versal. Visitors staying at the Lake of Geneva this summer have been astonished to behold the surface of the water orna- mented with the name of a certain paper sparkling in golden beams upon the waves. How this miracle was contrived was at first a mystery, but the explanation is very simple. Large black lacquered placards, with raised gilt letters coated with some varnish whic resists wet, are sunk and fastened securely to the ground, and of course the rays of the sun striking upon them brings the reflection to the surface. Some of the finest views in Switzerland are already sufficiently disfigured by advertise- ments—the majority, be it sald with sor- row, generally setting forth the superlative excellence of some article of English manu- facture; but the tastelessness of this latest idea would surely be difficult to surpas and happily it cannot be placed to our di credit. ne Houschold Repartee. From Londoa Tid-Bits. ‘The lady wa3 making some remark about the kind of clothes some other ladies at church had on, when her husband remark- ed: ‘The finest garment a woman can wear is ntle of charit, he snapped, “and it’s about the some husbands want their wives FOR STOUT WOMEN. An Example of Small Button Trim- mings and Strapped Seams. A recent feshion writer said that tl newest thing in gowns for stout women fs the “colonial.” It is really only a disguised princess style, being made with a lona well-fitted watst, coming down over th¢ hips, to join the skirt under trimming of some kind. For a young woman it may fasten up the back, but no woman of ma- ture years would ever think of wearing a gown that fastens up the back. The back fastening will be popular for young and pretty girls all through the season. As an example of small button trimming and strapped seams, the illustration pre- sents one of the most popular. The ma- terial is stone-colored broadcloth, strapped with bias pieces of itself, and trimmed with small silver ball buttons. The foot of each one of the gores is set with eight but- tons, and the bodice is decorated with clus- ters of five. It makes a charming model for a traveling gown. —— Deck Chairs, From the Beston ‘Transcript. Tho deck chair nuisance increases as ocean travel increases. It 1s modified on some lines now by the possibility of hiring a chair of the deck steward for fifty cents or a dollar, instead of cumbering one’s self with personal property in the line of trav- eling furniture, or by paying dues to a middleman in the form of an ocean dis- comfort company. This makes matters a little better, but why cannot the steamship companies furnish deck chairs as they do dining room chairs, including the charge in the passage money, and do away with all the bother and fuss now attendant upon deck life? A traveler says that in a recent voyage he had to rise from a sick bed every morning at 7 “and fight for my chair as IT might have ‘tought for my roof tree in the middle ages.” ——____-+«+____ Vicarious, From Motto per Ridere, Doctor—“Countess, I should be glad if you vould let me hear you cough.” Countess—“I don’t feel disposed to do just now. (To her maid) Blize, phase cougk as I did this morning.”