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eomb db6s6makihg an excellent manner of remodeling a bslf- worn barque is shown ia figure no 68 thebodice ii cut off to form a round rraitt fio 58 and revere turned back facing them with velvet or silk or using the dress material striped with narrow ribbon the vst ia of a contrasting material and cither fastens in breton style or hooks invisibly the coat sleeves have cuffs of the vest fabric and the worn part under the arm a hidden by a draped scarf formed of a straight or bias piece a ribbon belt or empire sash may be worn narrow bands of embroidery finish the edge of empire bodice fronts and trim the sides of the soft wide sash when the eio 61 short wide directoire revers are lapped over the bust they are styled incroyable the designs in this department axe not given ae patterns unless for sine special reason but many of the home dress making designs can be moddled from different domestic patterns by using a little ingenuity tucked fronts are handsome on skirts of any material the lengthwise tucks are run by hand and are from a halfinch to an inch in width reaching from the waist to icned one remodels stylishly after thif a pretty fashion for trimming white or the knees and then flare like a refill below colored cotton dresses is to use large injroy- i a trifle more than twioe and a half as much of able revers of wide embroidered edging on the front of the round waist turnbaok cuff i of the same and a turn over collar cot with two points in front and three in the back the centre one forming quite a v if a straight round skirt is worn it may have a row of insertion set in above the hem figure no 59 shows a neat style for two woolen or cotton fabrics the skirt belt from the side seams cuffs plastron and v the material than tho space to be covered is required as tho edges of the tucks do not touch each other panels in this style are effective with a flat front of contrasting goods or one slightly draped at the top kilt or box pleated panels of india or thin bilk should be lined witn alerz 7 crinoline be fore they are pleated straight full backs of thin bilk skirts are made to look as though of rloher silk if lined with undress ed oambrio and interlined with ono layer of sheet wadding which is to be lightly tucked here and there to the cambric to prevent any sagging the wadding ending at the edge of tho hem figure no 62 answers for any ordinary cotton or woolen goods two materials ap pearing better than one striped and plain fio 65 design the back forms one and the front two points with revers and coat sleeves the square cut vest is of btooade or strips ed goods and the turnedback cuffs are o- the same fabric a deep knifepleating is the round tall cotton waists new fashion able are made with bag teams to prevent any scratching on the flish tight fisting waist axe lined with the thinnest of muslin cambric or victoria lawn and goodsized seams should be left as all cotton goods will shrink and have to be let out if shrank before making up the pretty ginghams soon soil and never seem as fresh to the nearer as they do when first made op untouched by water straight cotton skirts intended for house wear seldom have the lower edge dufigured by a braid either put three inch tncks above the hem of gingham skirts or turn in an inch or so at the top so as to have some to let down if it becomes short from shrink ing pockets in such skirts should of course be sewed in one of the straight seams faced inside with the goods and stayed from the belt with a tape to prevent sagging figure no 67 illustrates one of the fash ionably full sleeves now worn of every material this is of an ordinary coatshape out large enough to lay in three pleats to ward the back from the shoulder to the wrists with a band of fur in its season passementerie galloon ribbon etc four inches above the edgeto imitate a cuff at the top is draped a puff whioh is gathered in the arm sin drawn down toward the elbow and ended under a bow of ribbon or passementerie ornament litbbcoloahbws fio 59 in the back are of plaid striped or figured materials the polonaise has a coat back in crincesse style with tho fronts cutoff to the waist line the apron is only slightly draped ihowing the skirt on the sides the sleeves are coat shaped and the pleated plastronis almost covered by the jbot cra vat of crepo silk lace or mull as it may he the protective pleating is rarely put on the edge of skirts nowadays many of the best modistes are binding skirts with a cord- ing of velvet in place of braid which rubs the shoes inabby and soon wears out silesia as a facing over canvas rears long er than alpaca new skirts are two and three quarter yards wide with a small pad hustle and one reed hems are about five inches wide insertions that are set in full round eklrte are generally two inches wide snd three in number with an inch of the goods between figure no 60 illustrates a sleeve suit- the tribune j is published every friday at the tribune printing house main street stouffville subscription 100 per annum first insertion pa line solid nonpareil 8 ot tach subsequent insertion perllne 4 professional cards per year 4 is rates under contract occcotoinn per year hair column one year 30 quarter column one year is m ejghth column one year 10 os for ix months or three months in the same ratio hoioge bros publishers and proprietors oentenial shaving parlor cirst- class shaving parlor fitted up in neatest styles hair cutting and shaving equal to any city isarber shop indies and childrens hair dressed in tho latest fashion ladies please do not call on saturday after 5 p m wm a bovair uuikhotders mock stoukfviile fig 66 set under the lower edge of the basque and sleeves and two rows form the frenoh col lar the upper row is sewed to the top of a straight collar and turned over on the right side figure no 64 is appropriate for any two ordinary materials of contrasting colors or fio 62 cheviots are shown in shades of gray with steel buttons for the simple trimming such a combination would be excellent for a traveling dresr the plain goods forms the full straight back right side and apron the latter rounding- up on the left where it is draped to form short jabot folds the striped material is used for the front and left side of the skirt the bodies has enfft collar ves and able for any thin or soft goods that drapes gracefully tho design is out like a coat sleeve only larger and longer in the baok at the wrist it is caught up in three tiny pleats at the inside seam and a deep band cuff attached the top is gathered and a standing frill of lace added which ereot over the shoulder like a ruff though it is easily omitted if pref erre i accordion pleating requires three times as mnoh material as the space to be covered by the narrowknife pleats a new skirt baok has one width of silk gathered in the centre back and a width on eaoh side laid in kilt pleats turned toward tho back and held in place by tapes loosely tacked be neath figure no 61 shows a style of basque especially becoming to a slender form the back is out in a rounded point whioh may rest under tho skirt back so often hooked np over the bodice or on tho outside the fronts form a cutaway j icket ornamented with revers of the material ontlined with a velvet edging tbo vest hooks and has a slender v and collar of the velvet matching the pointed cuff three largo buttons trim either si e of tho front below the revers wide sash belt of the plain fabric and fas tens in breton style sewed down on one side of the front and hooked over on the other the baok is gracefully rounded or nay be pointed and the centre seam left open to the waist line figure no 63offers a dressy model trim- fio 64 roedwlth the latest fad in the way of a knifopleating of ilk thebaiquomay be of woolen or silk materials and an cld-fash- plain and brooaded or striped troods the nigh collar coat sleeves and sham skirt are of the figured or darker material the plain round waist hooks invisibly and is worn with an empire sash of ribbon about tour inches wide which is passed through a buckle in front and tben allowed to fall in ends and loops the drapery is straight and round with a funnel pleat on the left side and two arab folds dropping from the baok of tho belt such a drapery should be abont three and a half yards in width figureno 65 is a charming design for cot ton or woolen bordered or plain materials if of the latter rows of silk or velvet trimnlhg may be used as a trimming in plaoe of the woven border illustrated the round skirt ia slightly lifted on the right side to show the sham skirt beneath and the left side is trimmed with a row of tho border ut on length- wise the basque has the skirt hooked np over the back and the front slightly pointed the lining is fitted with darts as usual while the outside fronts are bordered lapped and laid ia olose overlapping pleats at the lower edge the slender v thus left may be of either goods embroidery silk or velvet aocordiug to the dress fabrio used the collar and band cuffs are of the border and the sleeves are slightly fulled at the arm- sizes and in the cuffs full straight skirts of gingham lawn and olher wash dresses do not need a sham skirt beneath sateen ohallle india silk cashmere and others hang better over the usual lining skirt embroidered goods do not need as full a skirt as plain material does four and a half yards is the smallest allowance for a stylishly full round skirt a handsome dinner or theatre corsage is represented in figure no 66- velvet silk broohe tinsel bead or some of the real laces form the dresty garment the back is cut in a round point and the front opens over a low vest oi ono of tho abovementioned trimmings laid over plain colored silk the medio collar ends in tapering rovers is lined with the contrasting silk ccjjed with lace and wired to keep it properly ereot gold lace whitb faille franctiso and colored broche make an elegant coiiago of this description the coat sleeves lava puffs of the stlk at the wrists and shoulders the rivers in dumfries district are to be stocked with trout a cross between the loch lwen and loch skene trout the leith bakers have reduced the price of bread to slxpenos for the best 4 lb loaf and 5d for aeoond quality a reduction of jd the royal botaniu garden edinburgh opened on the 7th for the first time on a sunday when it was visited by 1746 people the glasgow mail says daring the last month or six weeks a very general epidemic of measles has prevailed in airdrie coatbridge and surrounding villages and in most cases the measles seem to be of a bad type in airdrie and coatbridge the school children have been warned not to attend if measles is in their homes six deaths have occurred during the last month in airdrie seveal have proved fatal cues in coatbridge and five and seven are re ported dead from bailleston and genboig within the last week or two some of the schools have had to be closed euterio cfeverand diphtheria also lumbar several asei in airdrie and coatbridge the returns for the last quarter show a considerable increase in the foreign ship ping trade of the clyde not only when com pared with the immediately preoeding quart- rs but with the corresponding periods of proceeding years last quarter 358 vessels aggregating 338592 tons arrived in the clyde from foreign ports showing an in crease of 7000 tons on the preceding quarter and of 33000 tons compared with the cor responding quarter of last year ot 42000 tons against the same quarter of 1887 and of 48000 tons contrasted with the first quarter of 18s6 the sailings last quarter also show considerable increase on those of the corresponding quarters of reoent years list quarter 371 vessels aggregating 397- 1 936 tons left the clyde an increase of 7000 tons on the corresponding period of last year of 63 coo tons over that of 1887 and of 97000 tons over the first quarter of 1886 news was received recently from may island lighthouse firth of forth that on the previons night the keepers had an un usual experience a foreign seaman smash ed one cf the windows of the lighthouse and pnstied a boy into the apartment fol lowing immediately himself in the room several females were sleeping and these at once raised an alarm the keepers soon appeared and the seaman explained that he was the oaptin of a norwegian schooner which had just been dashed to pieces on the island his vessel wi bound from norway to grangemouth with battens bnt he lost his way and did not owing to the rain and fog see the light on may island when the vessel struck he and his companion kept upon the rooks the mate followed but was drowned as were also the other members of the crew one of the lighthouse keepers went out to len if he oould aid stabffomhrcsyc lhat0uscolt the missing men and in the darkness he fell i yours truly cnas a sxydee over a cliff 20 fceb high breaking several of his ribs medical aid was sent to the is- 1 land on april 6 the two survivors of the j wreck were landed at leith where they are now in the sailors home lmmbef yard w iv hahtnett keeps constantly in stock a full supply of lumber lath shingles salt plaster coal water umjj plaster of paris coaltar tar paper eire brick firk clxv etc etc j cash paid for hides wool sheep skins and all kinds of grain- rail warehouse oppositewajstatisbstoaffrillt tito most successful ttomedy ever dlscor ered as it is certain in its effects and docs not blister read proof below kendalls spavin cure office of chaiues a sjjtoeb 3 bftkedtn of clevetakd bat axd tnotxuto eued horses r v rr eljiwood ill nov201ss8 dit b j kendali co kendalls spavin 6ure brooklvs n ynovombcr3 1ss8 dn b j kzfldatr co bear sirs i ilcslro to glvo you testimonial ot my good oplnionor your kendallslpnvlu cure i have used it for innicncs stiff joints find bnnvlnn and i havo found it a sure cure j cordi ally recommend is to all horsemen yours truly a it gnbirt manager troy laundry stables ho boom for the jhinese there is a little question nnder discussion between australia and china which is of considerable interest to british columbia kendall s spaveh 0ur and in fact to canada generally a steam- 1 a wrtto c 0 dca ship loaded with chinese emigrants arrived dr b j kkkdaix co at melbourne and a demand was made that wh the chinese should be allowed to land the australian authorities refused the chinese a landing the refusal was reported by the chinese minister to the english govern ment accompanied by a demand for the payment of a sum of money in consideration of having denied the chinese a privilege accorded to other nations and based npon treaty ated to easy way out of the controversy would be to soiid by aijtj duuggists pay the bill in the communication of the english minister to the colonial authorities a passage was quoted from the chinese min isters letter to the effect that the chinese would no longer submit to the aotion of the united states in disregarding treaty obli done ore i havo cured twcntyjlvo horsis that hod hpnvldi trn of ulna botip nlno oflllcted with bit head and seven ot lllsjavr rlnce i hnvo linil oneot your books and followed tho directions i havo never lotn cttsoofanyklnu yours truly avonrw traxra hurmj uoclo spavin gure curiosities of the english sohools the following were recently among the written answers in examinations on the gations the chinese government was soriptures by her majestys intpootora of waiting to see what the courts would do schools and if the courts failed to enforce the treaty who was moses he was an egyp- the chinese government would then h i ln a hark mado of bdies consider what course to pursue we d he kept a golden carf and worship are thinking the chinese government had bra snakes and he hot nothin but better take as long a time aa pos- qwah and mannor for forty years he sible to consider it course for if it under- was kortby the air of his ed while ridlu takes to quarrel with england and the united states at one and the same time its hands will be pretty full under a bow of a tree and he was killed by his son abslon as ho was hanging from the bow his end was per ce what do you know of the patriarch the public will highly approve the deci- abraham 1 he was the father of lot slon of the education department to allow ttn had tew wives one was called his- an examination in temperance and hygiene m and tother haygur he kep wnn at to bo token at the december examination home and he hurriecf the tother into the for entrance to high sohools as bonus snb- 1 de w he become a pillow of salt re jects on the samebasls aa agrlcultu the the daytlms and pillow ofro at nite maximum of marks to be allowed is 76 writ0 an acc of tho good samari- a minnesota man has set up a bear ranob tan a certain man went down from where be feeds cornmeal to the bears he jerslem to jeriker and he foil among thawnr traps just as he would do hogs till they are iod the thawns sprang np and choked him in prime condition when ho slaughters whereupon he gave tuppins to tho hoast them and besides selling the meat at high and said take care on bim and pot bim on the hair is dressed with a white pompon and figures gets a good many dollars for eaoh of his hono hass and he passed by on the aigrettes i tho pelts bother side- london times