r THE LADIES' OOLUMII, StlU HarpiDs on the Biutle. The Princeia of Wales recently appeared at a fate in London in a baatleleaa gown, and Bome two dozen leaders of fashion have since followed her example. The dress was not ilat in the back, bat was made to carve gracefully by the aid of two amall reeds, the appermcyt one placed aboat eight inches from the belt line. Big F««t Look Best In Black. When will women learathat big feet look their beat iu black? Not in shiny black, like patent leather, which natarally attracts the eye, bat iu dull black, like soft kid. They can wear lovely slippers or low shoes of this kind in the morning, and for even- ing a black satin one ia always good form. A very high heel will not make a large foot look amall. It simply pats is apon a pedestal, and the lookers-on have an oppor- tanity to measure its length. A black vel- vet slipper can only be worn by Cinderella, and the foot of Cinderella must be slender, else the pile of the velvet will make it look thick. A large buckle is never desirable, eicept with a slender foot and very low inatep; when there in a tine arch a small backle or bow wants to be adhered to, so that the natural beaaty may be shown to great advantage. â€" Bab in Sew York Star. What the CuDneiiiara Clouk U Like. A specimen of the Connemara cloak, which Mrs. Cornwallia West haa lately in- troduced from its native bog into London society, was lately seen at a Narragansett hop. It is, when on ita native heath, made from the tinest black cashmere, bat that worn by Mrs. O'Donnell over her bare shoulders and thrown aside at the ball- room doors, notes the Providence Journal, was of soft gray staff- This cloak has hun- dreds of small plaits hung from a amall, well-titting shoulder- piece, the plaita being flat at the top and the fulness coming out over the skirts. The secret of ita manufac- ture ia in itj home, Ireland, and the gar- ment to be correct, like the one at the pier, mast be imported. Neither Han Be. Mother (returning home)â€" W'ell, how have the children been behaving while I've been away ? Fatherâ€" U, they're cross and bad tempered. Motherâ€" Is that ao ? Well, where did they get their bad temper, I should like to know ? Fatherâ€" I declare I can't tell. Bat I am aare their mother basm't lost any of hers. She SIxed Up the Situation. Dainty little maidt'O. prithee toll mo why, With all yuur winsume (jricos, CupiJ goes you by.' A TBAOIC LIFM HI3TOBT. How Beaatiful Minnie Wallace roucht to Prove Herself Innocent of Murder. Perhaps not one out of the many per- sons who see a beaatiful, dark-haired young lady pass throagh the corridors of the Grand Pacific every day would gaess at the tragedy and romance that surround a period in her life history. And yet she haa pasaed throagh acenes that would have placed the marks of care in the face and silver strands in the hair of a woman less brave. As she passes to and from the dining-room in the hotel every eye is turned towards her, and her coming ia looked for again. Minnie Wallace ia certainly very attractive. She is slight, graceful and well- formed, with hair black aa midnight, soft, shining and with a tendency to wave and carl caressingly about her shapely neck. Her hazel eyes are large and honest, un- derneath eyebrows that are well-arched. ! by the sheep market Her features are regular, lips^ch in color, I rendered " sheep pool, gleaming teeth, ahapely ha%s and feet and^tk smooth, white akin, with enough color in it to brighten up the whole face. In addition to all these personal charms she ia wealthy. Those who see Minnie Wallace now would THE POOL or BBTHK8DA. It Has Been Olseorered at. Last With Beasonable Certalntj. " We have generally an announcement to make, but not often of so mach importance aa that of this day. It ia the discovery of the Pool of Bethesda." So writes Mr. Walter Besant in the Quarterly Statement, issued by the Palestine Exploration Fund. He is jubilant, aa all Palestine enthuaiasta are likely to be, that a vexed question in regard to a site is apparently settled for- ever. Bethesda is mentioned only by the fourth Evangelist. In the fifth chapter of his gospel John says '. " Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market (or gate) a pool which ia called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having hve porches." The word translated " pool " in the authorized ver- sion is given by some authorities aa swimming bath," and the phrase " pool ia poasibly better Eusebias explains the occasional red color of the water of this " sbeep pool " as being a trace of the carcasses of sheep waithed in It before sacrifice ; hence the name. There are, according to the Evangelist, five porches, oi porticoes, around the pocl never imagine that she was Minnie Wallace These, Dr. Geikie thinks, charity built for Thus the little maiden : Foolish is the lassie who ' Sir, I'To always said, will luvo or wed ' But, my little maideu, I am sort) afraid. Kue will be your ilowur if you stay a maid. Then the little maiden dropped her modost eyes. Said : •â- Good sir. the foolish wed. but who, alas is wise '.'" Nine Women to One -Man. Probably there ia nothing in any other part of our warriujj world just like the state of affairs described in a bouth Amer- ioan letter to the Boston Traiucript, aa indicated thus : Nothing astonishes the visitor to Para- guay 80 mach aa the vast preponderenoe of the female over the male population. The proportion is something like nine to one. This ia the result of a long and very fierce war, in which the Oaaranians followed and supported a cruel and ambitious ruler throagh indescribable hardships and suffer- ings. This war ended only with the death of the man who waged it, and has reduced the whole population to about one- sixth of what it was twenty years ago, leaving only women and boys. These women are as beautiful and fair to look upon as can be found in any part of the world. They are of mediam height, rather slight and lithe, with finely moulded limbs, small, pretty hands and feet, and Ugurea of matchless grace and beauty that would serve for models of a aculpt'or's art. Their carriage ia so easy and natural as to be almost the poetry of motion, for the freedom from high- heeled boots and tight clothing has left their step light, supple and strong. Their dress ia of the simplest form ; a short tanio or robe, not unlike a skirt, falling to below the knees, and a shoulder covering not unlike a shawl both pure white and adorned with pretty native lace. They are gracefully worn, and bewitchingly serve to half reveal and half conceal the form be- neath. Latest rashlon Notes. There is a decided revival of black toilettes in Paris. Fashion says the bustle will be worn smaller or entirely discarded the coming season. Ear-rings are no longer considered an essential part of a woman's toilette. Two or three small scarf pins are worn by young ladies, thrast in the front or side of the high atandiug collars of EngUsh gowns. Jet beads are being combined with stee and with crystal beads that are gold in the centre, in the paaaementerie, in preparation for autumn wear. Black hats are worn with costnmea of any color, a convenient fashion doing away with the necessity of so many different colored head coverings. An exquisite costume for autumn is made in mahogany-colored wool, with long, full drapery, caught ap on one side with heavy cord and tassels; collar, cuffs and epaulettes to match in passementerie. Belts are more worn at this season than later, with heavy wool gowns. Some new designs in leather show repousie designs, like fish scales or fine ivory carving. Steel and oxidized chains around the waste con fine the fullnesa of some makea of gowns. Walkup, the heroine of one of the most exciting murder trials which ever was re- corded in theannala of the State of Kansas. She was born in New Orleana in ItjfjU. Her father ia J. E. Wallace, one of the leading lawyers of that city. She waa reared in laxary, for her father always had a good practice and lived well. She attended school at the St. Louis Institute until she waa 15 years old. At 16 she was married at Covington, Ky., to James U. Walkup, a very wealthy cattle dealer, of Emporia, Kan. Her husband was a well-preserved man, 52 years of age, quite tall, and of fine appearance. The marriage took place July 22ud, \SHo, Minnie's mother being present. Minnie and her husband went to Emporia at once, where an elegant home waa open to receive her. Her husband had been a widower and had two grown-up daughters and a son who was married and had chil- dren of his own. Yet the girlish bride was happy. It ia true that in the course of the trial in which soon after- wards she took such a prominent part ahe teatified that she did not love her husband, but added that she never loved any other and thoaght more of him than of any man she had ever met. Whatever happiness there was in this strange marriage waa destined to b« of short dura- tion. On Aug. 22nd, just one month after the wedding, Jamea K. Walkup died and the surrounding circumstances warranted thtr belief that death had been caused by arsenic poisoning. He had been sick for several daya and had been nursed by his child- wife, which caused suspicion to fall on her. She was indicted by the grand jury, and in the following October the trial, which lasted several weeks and created interest all over the country, came ofi, when beautiful Minnie Wallace asserted her innocence and pleaded for her life. The prosecution waa urged by her dead husband's two daughters, who, in the event of her conviction, would have profited largely in the division of their father's estate. Minnie kaew DO one in the town, and every one's hand waa against her. Not every one, for Hon. William Jay, another wealthy citizen of the place, be- came her champion and spent 54,000 in her defence. He had never known her, but he looked into her eyes and thought he saw only innocence there. It was proven that she bought arsenic a abort time before her husband's death, hut she claimed that it was parchased at his request. Droggists from Cairo and elsewhere proved that he had been for years a oontlrmed arsenic- eater, and then the tide of public senti- ment began to turn in her favor. She showed that she had placed the arsenic in the drawer of a dressing-case and a servant had been bribed to hand the poison to her master. In his weak oondition he did not correctly gauge the dose, and before anything coald be done he was dead. The child-widow was placed on the witness stand, and when she told her story, a scene followed such as no contt ever saw before. Crowds had gathered daily, and on this day there was not a dry eye iu the court room. The jurymen, the lawyers, and even the judge wept, and the steno- grapher's eyes were blinded so that he could not see to write. The girl who had had but one friend to stand by her in her hour of trouble had now captured the hearts of all, and they were ready to swear that she was innocent of the heinoua crime laid at hor door. The verdict of aciiuittal waa returned, and Minnie Wal- lace Walkup wasaheroine. â€" Chicago Timfs. I He Struck It Rich. Stone â€" Hello, ITpson, old man, you're looking fine ; you must have struck luck since I last saw you. Downea -Yes, old boy ; I've struck the boas fake ; no more poverty (or me, no more small salaries ; I've written a book, and my fortune is made. Downea â€" I'd like to know what you could write about. Stoneâ€" Hush don't give it away ; great snap ; have written on " How to Live Comfortable on Ten Dollars a Week." Stoneâ€" But you never could. Downesâ€" Nor any one else â€" that's why they all buy the book to find oat. Stoneâ€" H'm, yes â€" I see. the accommodation of sufferers. It seems to us. however, equally probable that they formed part of the original scheme for the bath. Five porticoes would seem to imply a pentagonal structure, but this is by no means essential. A rectangular pool with a portico on every side, divided by one across the middle, would answer the de- scription. " Bethesda " (a Hebrew name which was very probably invented by St. John) may mean either 'â- house of mercy" or " the place of the pouring forth" of water. . At the northeast of inodL-rn Jerusalem, close to St. Stephen's Gate, stands the Church of St. Anne. At the time of the Crimean war it was a rained mosque, but when the French came into possession of it they restored the church and handed it over to the Algerian monks. It is near this Church of St. Anne, and in connection with excavation made around it that the real Pool of Bethesda haa recently been discovered by Herr Conrad Schick. There is a courtyard to the northwest of the church, which leads throagh a newly opened passage into another courtyard some fifty feet square. At the north of this latter courtyard there was at one time a small church. Beneath the floor of this aometime church are vaults, and throagh the fioor of these vaulta a cistern is reached, cut into the rock to a depth of 30 feet. The cistern is a portion of the original pool of Bethesda. There ia atill water in it, but it is difficult to say whence it oomea. This, in brief, is Herr Schick's report of April oth. Since then further excavations have been made, and he haa prosecuted more extended inquiries. A twin pool has been discovered. Further examination will bring more details to light ; but it may now fairly be assumed that the two pools, tanks or cisterns thus discovered really constituted the Pool of Bethesda, " having five porchea," where Chriat healed the paralytic of eight-and- thirty years' standing.- Pii/l Mall Gazette. New Wrinkle for Milkers. Says Farm and Home . Bome time ago there was an animated discussion in Farm and Ilome respecting the rdative merits of wet and dry milking. The plan which I am going to describe is both and neither. The milker works mostly by drawing out the teats between his fingers, but " full- handed," as it is called. That ia to say, he grasps the teats firmly, and B<iueezes out the milk by opening and shutting his hand without moving his position. When he can get no more, he takes from hia breast pocket a bottle of glycerine, pours aome in his hand, and quickly rubs it on the teats with hia fingers. This glycerine treatment leaves the teats beautifully sup- ple and tractable tor the ' full-handed ' process at the next sitting, quickly heals all sores, and keeps the udder and teats sound. It seems to make a perceptible increase to the yield. Will other milkers try it and report ? » Wiping the Bishop's Mouth. A lady, whose establisliment was very small, invited Dr. Monok, the Bishop of Gloucester, to dinner. She engaged, for the occasion, the services of an old butler, who had retired and become a greengrocer, and of a boy who knew nothing of waiting. The boy was as nervous as he waa ignorant, and annoyed the old butler by constantly asking lor instructions, until at last the man, in a moment of impatience, said : " Stand behind the bishop's chair, and wh- n his lordahip takes a glass of wine tale your napkin and wipe hia mouth I" The boy took the jocose reply for a seriona command. He stationed himself behind t)io bishop, waited until that dignitary had iliunk a glass of wine, and then, as deliberately aa nervousness would permit, wiped his lordship's moath.â€" London Society. PLANS FOB KBKPINO OBAPS8. How to Preserve Late Varieties at Small Ezpeadltnre. There are a number of methods in use for keeping the late varieties of grapes ao as to lengthen the seaaon for thia fruit. These methods all depend for their success on the same conditions. In the first place, it ia deairable that the fruit shall retain its bloom, hence great care in handling it is necessary to prevent the branches coming in contact with each other. It is also necessary that imperfect or bruised berries be clipped from each bunch. Following are two simple but effective systems that may be utilized to advantage, whether the amount of fruit to be saved be large or small. Both plans admit of the free circulation of an even temperature around each bunch and prevent the same from rubbing sgaiust each other. The firs: method ia to take new shoe or soap boxes, or any bo.x of about the same size, and nail cleats on the inside of the i;nds or sides about one inch from the top, and between them bars at various distances, as required by the length of the bearing shoot The bars are maie by nailing strip on top of each. As late as cat off the bearing shoots containing the bunches, with pruning shears, and shorten them so that they will go between the end of the box and the top part of the bar, resting on the bottom part, thus hanging their bunches in their natural position. By this method the boxes can be handled without shaking the shoots off the bars, carried to the light, each bunch e.xamined as winter advances, decaying berriea or bunches removed, and the best kept without any moldy taste, as is ao common when they are packed solid. The second plan is equally simple. All that is required are two or more iron or wooden hoops, two lengths of wire to every two hoops to hold them in position and some string, and the contrivance is complete. When hang up it is the easiest thing in the world to trim out decayed or useless berries ; in fact, the stock of grapes can be kept in good condition with- out even shifting the contrivance at all. varying cuttings, a small possible. It Made the Euglueer Cry. " Yea, indeed, we liave aomu queer inci- dents happen to ua," said the engineer. " I was running along one afternoon pretty lively when I approached a little village where the track cuts throagh the streets. I slacked up a little. buU waa still making good speed, when suddenly, about twenty rods ahead of me, a little girl not more tlian 3 years oI<i toddled on to tbe track. There was no way to save her ; it was im- possible to stop or even slack in ihat dis- tance, aa my train was heavy and tlie grade descending. In ten seconds it would have been all over, and, after reversing and ap- plying the brake, I shut my eyes ; I didn't want to see any more. As we slowed down my fireman stuck liia head out of the c<ib window to see what I had stopped fur, when he laughed and shouted at me, 'Jim, look here 1' I looked and there was a great big black Newfoundland dog holding that little girl in his mouth, leisurely walking toward the house where she evidently be- longed. She waa kicking and crying, so that I knew she wasn't hurt, and th« dog had saved her. My fireman thout.ht it funny and kept on laughing, but I cried. I just couldn't help it. I have a little girl of my own at home." m No Divorce for Mrs. Lungtry. Y'oar correspondent has definite news direct from the husband of Mrs. Langtry. A cousin of hia is Hillary Langtry Bell, an artist now residing in this city. He says that all overtures on the part of Mrs. Langtry looking toward the husband's con- sent to a divorce have been repulsed anew. Langtry will not consent to a legal separa- tion. " There is a home here in England for my wife whenever she chooses to come to it," Langtry is quoted by his cousin as saying, "although not so good a one as ahe is able to maintain in America. It was her ambition to cut a dash in the world that separated us. She hasno ground on which to get a divorce from me, not even that of non-aupport, and I will contest any pro- ceeding which she may bring. Neither will I consent to a proposition that I myself obtain a divorce, which I could do, but which would enable her to marry again in the United States. Therefore, I do not believe that there will be a divorce of any sort very aooa." ^Seto York Currcipundent. Curious Case of Seasickness. The Albany Journal says ; One night recently a young mac boarded the Hudson Kiver steamer for New York with his wid- owed mother, who had never travelled on water, of which she had a horror. The old lady's step became more and more tremu- lous as she approached the boat, and after some hesitancy and expression of her fears of seasickness, she was escorted aboard and safely deposited on one of the comfortable cushions in the main saloon. Her son then left her, and returning half an hour later, inquired how she felt. She answered : " I am deathly aick._ Can't you do anything forme?" The son replied: " Mother, the boat has not yet left the dock." It: imagi- nation she had been tosaing on the deep, b it the son'a reply oared her sickness. Mr. Vanderbilt haa taken Lansdowne House, in London, and will probably enter- tain next season. Bev. Father Chiniquy isnow in Montreal. For bweet Houie's Sake. Mothers, wives, sisters ! why that patien t hopeless suffering, those pinched, melan. choly faces that sadden home and cause aD.\iety to loved ones, while ao potent and harmless a remedy as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can be obtained of your drug- gist .' i t is a panacea for all "female com- plaints," of marvellous ethcacy and health- giving qualities. The debilitated, and suf- ferers from those excruciating periodical pains, "dragging down" feelings, back ache and kindred female disorders, should use thia certain remedy at once, and be re- stored to the blessings of health for home's sake. Of draggiala. A Sagacious Tramp. Woman (to tramp) â€" If I give you a nice dinner will you help me put upsome patent self. rolling window curtains .' Tramp No, ma'am. I'll saw wood, carry in coal, or dig post holes, but I wouldn't help a woman on window curtains if she gave me a Delmonico spread. â€" .Vcio York Sun. with SaUsfaction. Polson'a Nerviline, the new and certain pain cure, is used with satisfaction in every instance. There is abundant reason for thia, for it performs all that is claimed for it. Nerviline is a never failing cure for cramps, pains in the side or back, lumbago, sore throat, chilblains, toothache. Nervil- ine is, in fact, a sure remedy for all pains, both internal and external. Try a 10 cent sample bottle. Large bottles only 25 cents, by all druggists and country dealers. HISTOBY OF A WUBO. An Albany Paper Ctoluix to Have Heeii the First to Use Xelegrana. It seema incredible that it waa only • little over forty yeara ago that the tale- graph was invented and put in praoliool use. It may not be t^enerally known that the Albany Utenimj Juuraai gave the word " telegram" to the world In ita files of April »j(h, ISi^ the following waa printe'^. and from this paragraph was derived the word " telegram, ' now found in every dictionary : A New Wobo. â€" A friend desires aa to give notice that ha will ask leave at some ounvenient time to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. The object of thia propoaed innovation ia to avoid tha necessity, now existing, of using two words, for which there is very frequent occasion, where jos will answer. It ia telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatoh or telegraphic communication. Thia word is formed according to tbe strictest laws of the language from which its root cornea Telegraph means to write from a distance. Telegram, the writing itself, executed from a distance. Monogram, logogram, etc., are words formed upon the same analogy and in good acceptation. Our friend, moreover, says that the House line, if disposed to be precise, should call their communicationa teletypes, as they are printed, not written. In a generous spirit of toleration ha proposes no action upon the last suggestion ; but as to everybody else, except the employers and customers of the House line, he would have them " held and tirmly bound" to speak, write, print and telegraph telegram, instead of any two words signifying the same thing, under penalty of being considered verbose and tedious. A Sprained Throat. A little boy, whose father was a rather immoderate drinker of the moderate kind, one day sprained his wrist, and bis mother atilized the whiskey in her husband's bot- tle by bathing the little fellow's wrist with it. After a while the pain began to abate, and the child aurprised bis mother by ex- claiming, " Ma, has pa got a sprained throat?" The Mlst4ikes of Muses and Ingersoll are common topics of con- versation, but the mistake we wish to com- ment on hero is the great one so many people labor under that consumption i which is really only Scrofula of the lungej is an incarable disease, and that there is no hope for one suffering from it. This terrible malady that yearly fills so many graves, can be surely cured, if not too long neglected. He wise in time, if you are alMicted with it, and arrest the undermining influence that is sapping your life-blood, and hurrying you to an untimely grave, by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, a remedy that never fails in its life-giving mission, if taken in time. All druggists. A Close Observer. An English editor asserts that he haa noticed the growing popularity of the Uoyal Family in Ireland. That editor must be a very close observer to perceive such a small thing. He is almost as observing as Mr. Spriggs' aunt. " The days are growing longer," ob- served Mr. Spriggs to his family. " Oh, yes, I have noticed it," interrnpted the aunt. " They are half a minute longer," added Spriggs in the same tone of voice. â€" lexua Sij'tingi. • 9500 Bewnrd. For many years the manufacturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy have offered, iu good faith, a standing reward of JoOO for a case of chronic nasal catarrh which they cannot cure. No matter how bad the disease has become, or of how many years' standing, it yields, in due time, to their skill. This famous remedy is sold by drug- gists at 50 cents. Got Too Uig for the Cab, Daniel Kenyon, the oldest engineer on tbe Erie Railroad, has been made a ticket col- lector at the Pavonia ferry house in Jersey City. He ia <iO years old, and waa an engineer since i-Hl. He waa of slight build when he got his first engine. Several years ago he began to grow fat, and recently reached and passed the 300 pound mark. Then he waa not able to aqueeze into the cab of hia engine and had to resign. The place he now occupies was made for him. While an engineer he had charge of tbe fastest train on the road. He never had an accident happen to any train in bis care, and he travelled an average of 2,50U miles a month. A fugitive item says one of the wealthy passengers who recently sailed for Europe in a Cunard steamer wanted to arrange with the captain for the exclusive use of a lifeboat for his family, and "four sailors to row," in event of disaster ! " Yes," ahe said, " the waves in a storm remind me of our hired girls at home." " Hired girls, madam ?'" " Y'es, they are aoh awful breakers." Cardinal Howard has recovert d from hia recent illness. WHAT WARNER'S ? SAFE CURB ? CURES BACK ACHE, -*j BLADCEB TROUBLES RHEDMATISM, -^ NEDRALGIA, -»d HEAD ACBE, -*u NERVOUSNESS, ---j INDIGESTION. -«i fcs- ts- LS- L»- There is no doubt of this great remedy's poteney. It is no -XfW Disfovt-ry uiikciowu and mayhap worthl<>«>s, bat is familiar to the puolic for years as the only reliable remedy for diseases of the Kidneys, Liver and Stomach. To be well, your blood niu<<t b<> pure, and it never can be pure if the Kidneys (the only blood purifying organs) are diseased. DIZZINESS, -^ AGUE, -^ DYSPEPSIA, -^ FEMALE TROUBLES, BAD EYES, -^ IMPOTKNCY, -^J DROPSY, -^ rURED ^ ? WITH WARNER'S SAFE CURE. Ask your friends and neighbors what WAK>EK"«» •»AFE CIKE has done for them. Its record is beyond the ra»K*<' °^ doubt. It has t'ured inillious and we have millions of testimonials to prove our assertion. W.AK^EK'S »i.4FE CI KE will cure you if you will give it a chance. -iti ^ej !- -eJ 'Ri -sti MARVELOUS MEMORY DISCOVERY. Wholl3* unlike artltlclal systems. Cure of tuiutl waii.ieriii}; Auy iMiulL learuetl iu one retuliufj;. Classesof 1,087 at Ualiiiuora t.UO.> i^l^otrait 1,500 at Pbiladulphia, l.llJ ut Wubiucton 1,'^ld at Uostou, lari{-< classes ol ColULuLna Law students, at Valu, WollnBluy. Oberiiu, Uuiversity of l*euu., Miubi^au UuivorBit>. CUautauqua, etc, etc. liuJorsed oy Uuuaru f hueiuii, ilio ocien tist. Hods. W. W. Asiok, Judau I'. Benjaj«i3« Judge CiiusoN, Dr. Bhown, B. H. Cook, l-nu .N.Y State Normal College, oic. Taught by oonree- poudeuce. Prospectus I'usT kkkk from I'KOK. LOISETTK, «7 Filtb Ave., N.Y. D O X L. 30 BAKINQ POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIE?Mri