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COLUMN FOR THE IMS. What to Wear for the Summer Months. - HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. fuhion'g Fancies ud Interettiae Notes for the Ladie<. Material* for lomiuer Uowo. The London ^^er-\ give* a* t very good ides of whtl it m tbe market (or tbe mak- ing of tammer sown*. The oottoni ace to templing, M far a* material and ttyle an concerned, and moreover, now lhi loose bodieea are Ibe faahion, it it possible to bay ready-nude waiting dreteei it mo reaeonabie priot *. In the bandi ol a good dreatmaker the ooet of making op a canon if almost a* mach ai making up a lilk ; the work of catting and fitting involve almotl, if not ;uiie, n much tronble, and yet it U bard to have to pay more for making tban tbe coil of tbe material. The lateeni have been brought cat with tbe aiaal pin n>3tt and other imalle^tcta, and ihe bir.i eje vogel U well to the fore. Bat the neweet deeigca are charming dowen, natoral in color and aue, rim in their effect, moelly thrown on to a gold groand. Skeleton dower* in ontlice on a contracting tone are new. and the*e arc generally white on a groand of tohd color. There ii a long rang* of cottoni in cash- marine coloring, and tbeee an really hand- torn*, bat would not tail all taitei. L.aoe- likt leave* in two vivid tonee are new, inch at red and Mae, green and brown, and ometifBM tpray* ol flow*** appear iu inch mixture*. Crepe oloth it a moet u*ef ol material made in cotton, which look* ma:h better than it it, and if often oted for jaiet even- ing dn****, or Ma jaokelt. or for the fronti of tea gowni. Thick white gown*, and white it likely to be moon worn, made of duck and the heavy linen oted for men * veeti, are to be m'ach Ike taahion. The** good* are united to tbe plain ityle of ikini now worn. If accompanied by a Looii XV. coti. with iteel or nlver battoni. and toll veeti of a totter material, or tight waictooat*. they make tingnlarly tman toileM. 1'b* white sateen* have many of them open-work itripe* woven like laoe. while tome have interwoven deeignt in t *pcie* of brooade which, mttead of being white, are in the natonl ocbr* of the tiny dower - ett, and are among the pnttiett thingi brought oal thit teaton. Colored tpott are alto thrown in white ground*. Printed voile* oome onder the head ol washing gownt. Bom* do not taffer by contract with the wathlab, bat nearly all will ttand being cleaned, and they an light and charmingly printed, being cov- ered with dower* in the pompadour atyle. Some paniie* on a voile groand in faithful coloring* of naton an among (he pretlie*! novelli** ottb* year. Th* deeign* an nearly tJwaj* large, and ohm* fleet* are faihioaabl*. M any of thaw appear in dark groand* reaeda, gray, bin* or brown which render them tollable for women of middle age, and fill a want which it rarely met a tollable gown for a matron to wear in the country. Som* of tb* narrow- tUiped wathing material* have a brooad* in whit* or eome tome eolid color thrown upon them. Flaidt have found their way to the ginghamt and thicker kio.n of walking material*, es- pecially the Mackenzie and Msodut tar- tan*. Crep* grounded cloth i have darker b*ll dowen and a re quite new, wa*h well and are not difficult to mace. The ikirl* are plain. Many of them very tall and with out any foundation. Som* have took*. oihen row* of inch- wide velvet ribbon tewed all round. A few an made with kiln bat ai a rule the front* and back* are plain, with a large *iuan pocket on either hip. tome gathered. ome arranged in doable-box plain. When gathered they often hook on to the back ol tbe bodice. The (nrplioe bodice it the b*t inited to waihing gown*. Tbe f rontt an gathered in each aboulder and OTOM on the ohe*t, tbe end* disappearing in tb* waittband, and the V lhaped opening at the neck can be filled in if on* like* with a ahirt or col- ored plattron. Make ome Hppf Don't that op yoar boa** lett the tun ehoald fade your carpet*, nor yoar heart* le*t t merry laugh abonld thaka down torn* of the mnety old cobweb* there. II yoa want to ruin your eon*, let them think that all mirth and eocial enjoyment matt be left on the thnahald without, when they oome home at night. When once a home i* regard 01 -' ' on '7 P 1 * " * *' Jrlok and tleep in, tbe work i* begun that end* in disappointment. Young people mart have (an and relaxation tomewher*. If they don't and Hat their own hearth* tonee, it will be tought at other and leu profitable plaoe*. Therefore, let Ibe dn bun brightly at najbt, and make Ihe hom*t*ad delight ful with all thoM lillle art* thai parent* *o perfectly understand. Don't repre** the buoyant tpirit of your children. Half hour of merriment around ihe firelight of a horn* blot* out many a oar* and annoy anoe daring the day, and the beil tale guard i :.ey oan takt with them into lh world i* the on**en influence of a bright little dom**tlc airole. Pal bom* Ant and foremo*! . for than will oome a tim* whan the home circle will be broken ; when you will " long tor tbe touch of a vanished hand, and tbe eound ol a voioe that it itill" , and whan yoar great**! pleaenre will be in remembering thai you did all in your power to pal a toog under every burden to make each other happ> . H> > 1 1-. a TTOB*M*>B. In baying a trootataa I advU* *vary young woman to oommeno* with under wear, glove*, thoe*. hoaiery and tuoh arti ole* a* do not change much in a year, while the hat* tad gown* thoald be the la*l elected, a* lh*n oo* it mor* apt to ha>e the latawl ttyle*. Too many gown* for ont't position in eociety.and loo few pieoe* of underwear, etc.. It better revernd. It Ik* brid*, to be. oan NT* a trifl* in the buying of her wardrobe, eh* will and that a email Mm Ii convenient to have to eipend in ptelty thinge for her new home, which cannot rightly be included with the turni Ion. In furnishing a home il in plan to boy (or tht kitchen firtt. teeu bed- room*, dining room, and iattly the parlor . for on* may do without many thing* in a parlor, but ' when it the man who will do without dining ?" o*W HomtJmtrna'. Goods for luamor Wear. Th* ntw goodt which appear from day to day for lommer wear are toll wool/, or opl and tUk weave*, which an light in eight, dainty in tint and i juitiie ia Milan, while the PrieMlev batitt*. in tag* green*, dark and light mixed gray*, it abcul Ih* fineel material (or lummer wear one oan find. Among tbe late*t invoice*, Mtidei the** aiik acd wool batiste* are tazalinci, many kind* cf grenadine* and fancy mixtd veilingi, taffeta*, in dan: - and satin aCeott, colored faille*, tartan plaid bengalicet, printed China crapti. ppphnt and camel'* hair bouictte. Th* champigdon ttriped crepon U another light wool, which in a Peril made coitome ha- a plain Lnglith ikiri, mutton-leg ileev** and round bodioe covered with an entire bodice of guipure laoe, in one piece, oiled like an armor, and fattened :n left ihoolder acd under the arm. The** wool* an combined black and are foacd decked with tpott, or roagh thread or line itripet. A tar- ;aoi** bla* flecked with ecru three 1 acd wrought with black iilk tpoti, ii ttrikicgly combined with a ihirt blouse front, box- jlerted, of black Sicilian, with tamed over x>llar and full aleevet of black. A black Neapolitan hat, trimmed with bine corn dowen, form* the coiahing loach to tbi* ail, enj dark blue ii common made up with red, which it loite Ruttian, while torqaoite-hlM i* a**d with black. T Ort a Good Skin. Do women nali/a bow important it U 10 take can of ih* *kin ? An cane* of preter- veuve it alway* desirable, and proper care never meant experimenting. Xany a woman through indi:!*r*noe in h*r ycath And* henelf al middle age with a - .. skin, when by a few timple precaution' the might have preserved all the :'rehneet and delicacy of her girlhood. Bathing the fs.-e each night in hot water not limply warm water, but 10 hct thai yoa wonder how van oan bear il - i* one of the mo*l ton and simple remedie* again*! rougnneii. A ihorough rubbing of tl-.e fao* each nigM and morning with a piece of rod dannol add* to Ibe toftneet and fre*hnc4 ol th* tkin. Bivto* Trurflifr. A t.tliup of Louiiou Style*. Two girlt in white -inn. tbe ikirtt very- plain and tight, had frilled tilk muslin arranged rojnd the shoulders in a very bewitching fashion. The tight jtirtt tbow pretty feel to gnat advantage, and alto, unfortunately . diiplav th* lei* pleasing varietie* rather ancompromisingly. One of Ih* mo*l effective drest** wa* all tod whiten*** in (ront with black velvet ai the back and juet appearing al the tide*. llMtjr," * L<n>A."t Truth. fa.hlon f. I't. Bonuett contiun* to grow imaJ.er, and halt larger. Yellow velvet ro*e*. withoot foliage, an popular for hat garcii ..-e*. Among old faeniooi revived i* thai of cording aaoh tra.ru of la* bod. s with tilk o a corner: .ding or harmonizing color. It i* now th* f athion (or girlt ander 1 1 yean of age to wear very abort ik.rtt Th* embr idereu na:neook gowu it much in demand thi* iumm*r (or girl graduate* and comm*no*m*nt dr*****. A timplt belt, collar and ca* of gold or tilver pa*etmentei. make the only trim ming* of maay lovely white immense men I gown*. All the ma*t fashionable women wee thtir tkirl* till in th* back, a little longer behind than in from and all the trimming placed at the bottom. Both tinted and pan white pearl buckle with ballon* to match, are in favor f trimming India tilka and thin wool dretcet figured with white. Cal 100 frockt (or ciai/a and bout* wear are made op with large c . '* and collar*, guimpw and wai-kvau of white pi.;ue duck, batcher'* linen or ecraoauvat. A plaiting of black lawn i* put under- neath tbe *dc* ot ualkum tkirt*. from which th* doit can ea*ily b* ibaktn out after it ha* been won, and il oan b* re- n*w*d often enough to keep the bottom tbe dree* always in good condition Fine, imootn woolen, i:: hair line* or trip**, an tb* favorite material* lor tailor-made ooalamet. The bodioe* moet approve*! oloealy reeemble those of riding habit* eo.l an to filled and canfolly prewed that at a .. tano* they have th efiecl ol Ih* new French Mam!<t comge. Flower ballt on a dinner or tapper table an novel and then it otoally a large one in th* centre and mailer one* around th* table. Th* flower* an bound ov*r a willow or wire f ram*, which it glob*-ibaped, with tevtion*. and not* it o**d to hide Ih* frame. An old roee oh*viol ha* a plain fall skirt, edged entirely around with nine graduated row* ol black velvet, while th* back breadth* are held in a large thpl* boi plait. A r-jaare Spanish acket. trimmed with black velvet ribbon, fall* over the full (ronl tf Ihe bodioe and the high ileeve is com pitted by a teoond sleeve from the elbow, al*o trimmed with rowt ot velvet Tl. * Work of Iht Jo.ggln. Th* Philadlphia f << tuggert* at another name far the Mc&mley Bill, An Act to prevent the redaction of tbe wage* of American labor to a tircpean basis. ' Waget are used to bay ceoewu-y tap- plie* tcr ;h* family. Now wage* an to be protected " by compeiang wag* earnert to pay more f.r all they bay. Whether a man worki is a factory or in the field it determined by the price) cf farm labor. Tbe American manufac- turer bid*, not againit the Earopeao manufacturer, bat againit the American farmer. Why U it that to-day, after thirty yean ( a protective larifi, it it necettary to go CocgTMd to get a law pasted to " prevent be reduction of the wit** of American abor I Waal Indaence* an at work reducing waget in America ? Plainly the depression cf agricultun. When, in America, agriculture proepen. age* advance ; when il it d*pre**e.i. agei in every factory in the land decline* lc 1S"7. I*"-- and I?":- (arm products commanded profitable price*, and every section bad a boom. ul in recent yean the tendency has >n oilierwit* . the chief agricaitcral crop '.3 been the crop cf mortgage*, with the esr.lt that wage* have declined in all in- aottrial oentre*. and ilhke* have main lied. New, w* are to have a bill to prevent he reduction of waget of American labor to a European baiu. How it it propoatd a do thit .' Bimply by moreaiiog taxa ion. llere it an illsjirat: B A firmer tends ome early itrawberr.et to hi* city mer chant and tells him to send in exchange iwelve do^en tin can* fcr paachee, totna- .oe*. tic., *te. Heretofore th* Government would lai* for revenue sj per cent., tbe armer would gel nin* oan* initead of a j CD B* find* this tax hai been in- natcd to five, leaving only teven can* in t ion or atven dozen in a groat. Il doe* not matter what the farmer aiks n eiihan,:* for hit product*, tbe effect of >he McKmley kill i* th* iam*. If b* want* 1 tail of cloth**, carpet, hooaahold ulenaili. farming implement*, knivei. u, (triij: :jr, anything or everything, be *nd* that in txchang* for hi* fruit* and eatable*, (or wheat or corn, for cotton or or cattle, by an increase ot taxation hi mult accept let* or he ma*t Mnd mere Thi* i* ihe way farm wage* an " in creaeed. 1 ' V ;ider th* indoeno* of in* tariff, agriculture bat declined, and wage* in tbe aciorie* and mill* bav* followed. Labor ia* been imported and it to day imported "ree of any tax, and *o between the poorly aid immigrant acd the poorly paid iarmer, th* laborer in the ciliee find* that ,he wag** and the wag** of th* English labonn approach *v*ry year nearer and nearer to a level. Wage* com* not from capital . they com* 'rom th* prod-:i ot labor. They an lighett when and where production u gbeft per band. Any natural or artificial impediment to tbe higheet production . any fricticn, any taxation, any tariff, IMMU* the producing power cf labor and reduce* it* reward* T* vaiion it alway* an tvil : it it tolerable only when impoeed to meet the require me. I* o( tht government When impce* to enrich Ihe nab. to add to th* 10000101* tiont of tht Forty Thief**, it it an outrage to every pereon. aad an e*p*cial harden upon American labor in th* field or lb factory. D*nv it a* our Kepoblioan friend may, th* tan2 i* a t*j -I u:i . - .'. OBI* Other Woman. When a man ha* done a foli*b thing he alwayi look* around qttickly to tee if any body taw him . whan a woman doe* bat who ever knew a woman to do a fooliah thing THI Hooh**t*r H .-'.:. 'J preeente tome itartling flgnre* at to th* oo*l of an election in that oily under Ihe to called Anttralian ballot iyit*m. Tht sammary ot axpent* at follow* H polling rooni*. rectal JO each I U| [art* ballot &<,*. t73 ach lart* waate ballot bot**,aJI*aeta 9M bvv-th* with OODT*! toc, Ml *ah... .T4 imivotort, AT* i;i sa*-b, an s>* oh I* t-allol clwk*. on* day. ai< M *h 7TX.060 ballots ITt i - _...___ _. i.>M oer heard potter* n ipvoial geard raillnr>. '>) Sundry *\pa*-_.... .- Total *o*to( oue election In Rocbettw Whan it it *ta*d that Ih* total txpente th* large*! eUclion held in that oily andcr ibeoidiTtteca wa* lea* than H.OOO, il ii evident that the AuhraMan mod* ol deoid ing al*o**ont M oo*tly. if nothiag !*. BOI N TC iav* " Th* p*Qttar rharacler iiMo of cltxioal niaiio it that II it nail; to muoh better than It eoundi. Lrttcr to th* Pop*. Tbe fjllowing letter hat bean tent to ?op* l*o XIII. from Penniylvania : Yoar recent atteranot* in favor of poor, down- rodden and i^Sering humanity havt affected m* very deeply. AJ on* cf Ihe war I thank yoar boiinet* moet tinaanly or your tympathy in oar behalf. About a year ago then came to my hand a paper, milled Back to tbe Land It wa* addreated To the clergy and laity cf la* aiocc** of Mtaib." Ireland, by Thomat tolly. Bubcp of Meath. I read it very carefully and al one* *aw be light, taw clearly and autinctly it on why The poor j* have with yoa alwayi." ni folly comprehended that all he misery, vice, involuntary poverty and lexradation was canted by not following he Lord, i command that Th* land shall not be told forever, for the land i* mm* ; an only tojocruen with me. ' Becom- ng intereiteu in the land jueitmn, I ooaiiered it my daty to mytelf and my alljwi to itudy the *a"bjcl mo*t carefully Th* coiclotion* arrived al are That this arih conwiat tccient wealth to give all , mocgh and to ipan . thai the invention | harden the fruit. tad ate of labor laving machinery, and the A difference of pretenl meant for exchanging product*, >hccid make u euier to earn a living, and ihould be a bleeung to th* laborer instead :' a curM that the Lord made toil earth u usufruct fcr j the ch l:r*a of mej : ihai il it. taerefor*. : :nif*iJ> wrocg to allow a tew m*n to own acd control the earth and make ciben pay f :r tbe right to '.T* , that we cannot do without land any more than without air and water . that the children o! men. by their pretence, give value to th* land which ii would otherwite not pMMti . that they also create govern- mental expeneet. and that, therefore, il ii only jail that tb* on* thoold be taken for the payment of the other. Tb: s tingle tax upcn tbe value of land, or ground nni. would bs jot and fair to all. Created by tbe pecple, 11 ihoold not. ae now, oe taken by individual*, bat shoald go wher* it properly belong* to th* pablic treaeury. Involuntary poverty and t vice* anting therefrom wc~U th'in be a thing cf th* past. I mo*i earnestly be- tecch yoar haliae** to give tb* lat.ect tb* attention u detervet. On* in your exalted position, one upon horn ihe whole world locki ea :h m .-ral teacher, ha* il ia hit power to guid* ut. 10 ihat we may not pray in vain : Thy .v.agJom come. Thy will be done on earth ti it it in heaven." Tbe tympalby and support ot your bolineet in thii move- ment of practical nlijtoa i* earnactly tiu^ht. atuallv C Trade. Retaliation against the McKialey B.'. ' - found a voice in Franc* in the adop lion of prohib.wry dnti* on Indian coru and now a report 'comet from Mexico thai an export duly will bt levied on tilver lead ere iu order to inpplemanl the effeci ct Ibe Tnatary regultlion* which ban interftred with thai growing and prodl* '.e traffic along -ur eonlbern border. Tb more we have of ih mutual crippling o: trad* the .'tier. Ther* i* a wide toop* f otetalnet* in ibe Mc'u.ia!y Bill. Il weak b* gc i thing if t'ent.ia. in retalialicn tor ih* trebling of our doty on barley. would trebl* her own duty on corn, ot which w* ell her -.000.000 to 10.000.000 bueheli annually, or about tb* lame ;aanlily ibe barley vr* bay from her. 1'he eye* of a good many people would be opened b) process of getting rub by taxation and mutual tcarcity We ihoold not wonder il Senator Uncock aj well at Congre**min Far jahar might learn something eventa ally by meant of the tax on barlty. Tb* Senator had a d bat* with Mr Plain, ol kanea*. a few day* ago in which he held thai importation wa* not no**aary to ex Donation, D*o*-.r it wt could Mil our pro ducti to foreign oountrie* in aoopetition with their own umilar product*, they 'oold b* obliged to pay u* m cold. A villa i* thai pr***n led to u* ot dett* ol teamer* tailing to Europe with oar pro daatt to b* told in competition with the* 1 ot Rouia. India. Australia and South America, and bringing bach nothing bat mall iron safe* containing a few gold bar* r bag* of coin. Of ooarte, onder inch aircnmitano**, ih* good* w* x port would hare to pay Joobli freight. ttnc tbo steamer* wouU com* back amply. Thi* wooU tettl* tb* ;ae*ti 'a of competition with Ha** India, etc . at once, and again*! at. Then th* ;ae*non would com* op : \Vha bouKl w* do with th* gold ? W* thooh g*l a 10:' .-i*ncy ot that metal it w* not a torSoiancv DOW. Bol tappet* that th* canning (onigntn *honld lake into their heaJi to pan McKinley bills o air own, at Frano* and Maxioo an doing _ threatening to do. We have no mono pary ot tariff*. Very likaly Ib* foreigner* Ming their gold going away to Ihe I'nit* would tay " It yoa will not bo; Mtkroduott. we will not bay yoar*." Thi* if *e*m incndible la Senator Bi*oook bejt *> will bav* a mach aimpUr o*>** t [with when the la\ ot JO cent* a bnhl po*d on barley. If at tbe same lime ol 15 par cent. wr* put on hid**), b* Id thing* mach mor* clearly. V r* A'rni* ; Pi>*f. Frail Canning U a mach l*tt troabl***me and more economical -ethod of patting up frmi* than ih* ;.ifa*hicned pound for pound : re*ervee of oar gracdmotber*' day* : b*> juiee it retain* aco mor* of ibe natural davor _f fr -ah fruit. When trait fail* to k**p, them i* al - *y a oaute, and if th* boa*akeepr who . J**D her frail will invMtigai* ii h* will *O*JB dieocver th* remedy. Sugar i* not eeeential in .-""i"g fruit, a*) ii lait* no pan in tbe preservation. For canning alwayi (elect tonnd, freeh fruit, a* if at all decayed il will ferment, thss oao- Lng tagar and time to b* lott. Lane, perfect trait being (elected, it ibouid be pared, thrown into sold wa prevent iiaaoloring . if not lender, it ib first bt boiled in clear wafr, then in a i tyrap, a* directed in variou recipe*. ' Berriet and all imall frail* will be 1st to retain their color acd thape more p fejily if tugared aad allowad to teveral boon before cooking. -?cje gO*)*l authoriiit* on the lub.ect *u>^ei the u**) of a ..itle alum, added to the lugar. la opinicn exiru a* to th*) o**t can*, though, doubtle**. there an) none better than the large- mouthed tetf- tealing jan with porcelain -lined top*. Theee iboold be thoroughly healed bcf jew filling, acd dUed quickly turoogh a f uutal ; the frail tboald be well pcshed down, th*> jan filled to th* t p and tbe tope ten wW on without delay. Aftei *ealing they ihoold b* wiped c? and let in a moderately w%m place over night. In the morning the top ihould b* given acoth*r turn to n^lit**! them, and then the trait ibouid be 1-1 in coal, dry, dark place. All trait *bcula b*) examine i every few dayt for a week or more 10 see if in good condition. If the** -lireoticn* an followed, the be** tngar ated and not too large quantiiia*) of fruit raok*c at cne time, ibe neult can not fail to be talufaetory. K ?:.-: nbietji* reported to prevafl at Dorcbeeter. near London. On tiaiurday Utt a farmsr. atveral dos.at well a* eawm, pigi and a hurt* were bitteu. Th* gift have since lhn given evidence of being affected, and th* farmer, although a* y* physically well, i* reported to be mentally ill. Tbe'Provinaal Board of Health DM mai* arrangement* to tend tb* bitten farmer to the Fa.teur Ia*titnle ia New York tor treatment Th Lottery ttd the FooU. Th* Lcoitiana Lottery bat cujred tht Stale cf LoQuiana a cool million a year for twenty fiv* year* for the privilege of ling lottery ticket* to foolt. It i* generally aad*r*tood that thi* cfr i* a proposition to divii* the fool'* money with th* State for th* privilege ot deecing ibe tool*. In other wcri* toe lottery mai.agtn in tb* iigbt of taair pat* tx- perienot expect to gather in 150.000.000 of foul * money daring ihi next twenty lire year* it th* State .' L ana will accept half the amount a* a bribe for allowing them to do it. The Lagiilaton of Louitiana hat tho* thru*! upon ileelf the rfpcc.- bilitv cf accpli: < or reject- ing thi* offer of a : irtoertbip ia th* b" -> of deecing fool*. Thai n ibo.'.d .- n.Kted i* tb* onanimoa* opinion i bane*! men. bat uafortanately hon**i> - -een't always -jntrol le<itlaliv* bodi**. and it i* col ai all impoMibl* that th* fool d**csag partnenhip may b* farmed. Twenty iv million* m fool* money w,- 'd tave tb* Slate of Louiaiana twenty-five million* 'n taxis, and even bonetl mer bat to pay laxee. Bui what a comment i thi* unblathing offer upon the exceedia,; fjcll.ha*** of tb* lottery purchasing f joU. To be publicly paraded in ih newspaper* at willing and even anxioot to tire the lottery iharp* a cool two million a year without a return, (bould. one W3uld think, open lh eye* cf ibe f.vli It probably will do nothing of ihe Kind, for .n* f j^l ha* not changed hi* nature unce i> wae written ol him that. though brayed in a mortar with a pe*tl*. yet would not hit fooliihoee* depart from him. Il i* a pity for aH that the poorfoolt thould have to mach gooi money to thro* away. THi; : .' 'iu r iu,. Tin record of fire to**** ia the L'aitod State* and Canada *o far tail year i* vary couraging. the figure* thowing a Heady reduction, at compared with patt >**>n. The following i* a tabulated i:atement - -:. . *:-9aSJOO *l-.TOO Mil^JOa b t .UT ... U4UJM :i<i .JOB T.JSTJI* M.r v; n _ - A ; glance al thi* tabl* will show iteady aaa great th* nduction ha* Each month ot 1-^0 i* charxeablt with l** loe* than any ot th* r.nl five months of 1 .-r 1" ei-tft Jaruar> 1 -- w.'-.ch wa* ar. e \jeptionally fortunate month aa regard* abarao* cf bordensom* An loaa. In May. '.-"--V than wen t> 5n of (roo* f 10.000 to * .'0.000 in deetrucitveoeee each ; 14 fire* of from < JO 000 to * 30.000 each ; M of from 540.000 to "0.000 each . 1 ol front :>0 000 to T5 000 aach . < of from ): .JOO to 1 100.000 each . 13 ot from $100.000 to tJOOOOO each, and 5 of over t -'00 009. Altogether. dunngSIay thin wen 111 3na, which involved a greater loe* each than $10.000. The fire 13 tbe >io^r Sewiav Machine Warki at Eh.-abelb. X.J., aaoatm a loe* ot abool J T50.000. apon which than wa* no miorano*. Tb* Laded* floor Mill properly ai Si Looi*. wb.cb (*d dame* last month* at an uprnie at 1115.000. wa* aniotared. The property barna at Middietboroogb. Ky . was lightly in-ur*d. Tbe paper thai *ay* somtthiag I about vou i* n*v*r lo*t in tb* mail*. D. C. . . WO. Whva H ! Hi* Bwt Suit of Clothe*." Look bow th**c price* affect the farmer : It now lake* a load cf potato** to buy a pair of boot*, a big ttecr buy* a plain rail of clothe* for everyday wear . it take* a good cow to buy a plain o%*rjoai . a loae cf corn lupplie* c*p and milton* . a load of oalt will furnnh a corresponding tail of under lothing. So that, when the farmer return* home from th* country (tor*, b* came* on hi* penon lb* valo* of a big ttter. a good oow. and thirty buthal* or mot* ot corn, of oat* and ol potato**. a*4 parLioalars ol *ocit ty TEN POUNDS TWO WEEKS THINK OF IT! A* a Fl**h Producer there caa W { a* fneetiea but vi ' For Hr Fa*>r. Butband of Aothoree* My dear, you are famoot now ' Yoar piotun i* in th* avwipaper. i Aathor*** take* on* glance and bout* into Man.) Hatband Why. my daar. what it th* malt**? Aathor*** Th* horrid thing* bav* mad* m* with latl yeai's bonnet on : Ignorance i* t power which deMroyiia a night what knowledge ha* built in a generation, and a good deed done badly it a gnat *vil. SCOTT'S EMULSION Of Pin Cod Liw Oil and Hpophosplut$ Of Lime and Soda it withomt a nrL Many hawa j nin*4 a foeod a day v th* aaa fit. It cmr*t CONSUMPTION, SCROFUL*. BRONCMITIS. CO. CHS AM COLDS. 4ND ALL FORKS OF W*ST1*G MS- EASES. -4S II' II iMf ! nllJ. ,i' reaper: at all 0-uff its We and f 1 I CURE FITS! Certain Colliatjwood i<arii** have r* oently received off*n to eell them ' green good*, and on* Thoma* Koper wa* gr-.-en enough to pay tflOO (or Jl 000 ol Ih* Muff. H* w*nt to Thombory and jol by ntnr*** an emoty box. On* Alex. Clint hat been arreileJ and committed for trial. fc*r* tS M.O, I Ml AN A * OICA L CO Ml. THOUSANDS OF GIVEN AWAY YEARLY. Wh?u I ttj Cr | do not ti.p them lor * time. * th e>r Palling; ichn*** a lite^oag study. 1 warrant ? imntdr to CMT* v Bciu other* h\- 'il*d 11 oj rvo (of not > recWrlnga or. ti.l > Pre> wttl* ol oij Inffellibl* Rmly. Oi t I: ,t<>t-. s or a trial, tad it will cur* TOU AddLreu -M. OrHc, o* WIST ADKLAIOC STRUT. TOMOMTO. TO VII V KIM'VOK: abov BAmrd A9t** By its tioi*> 1 shAll be glad tj trnA two bottlrt i sumption if thru will rnJ ne ttini b'\L>.<--. . A.t<lr M.O. > Yo.t MolAMt*. ft.. 60**TO, OMTMHO. d> FNCC to *< ol v. T. ,