The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

TSTRADYFODWG LOCAL BOARD. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AND FEVER. DANGEROUS AND AWKWARD PLACES. The fortnightly meeting of this Board took piaee on Friday, when there were present Mr John Davies, J.P. (in tho chair), Messrs W. Lax, E. Evans, E. Davies, W. Jenkins, J. Walters, and Dr. Idris Davie. The clerk (Mr W. H. Morgan) read a letter from the County Roads Board stating that J615 a year had been votnd towards the repair of Pontypridd Bridge."—The Chairman said he had never heard of it Gefore.-It was deoided to do the necessary repairs and apply for the money thus said to have been voted to them.—On the motion of Mr E. Evans, seconded by Mr Lax, it was decided to take over Gelli Road and Taff Street, Ferodale, and issne the necessary notices concerning them.—A lengthy disonssion took place with reference to Mr D. Evans's claim for .£50 for the land used in slop- ing the new Cwmpark Road, Mr Jenkins and others peintingont the difficult position in which the landowner would place himself if he sold all the alope which gave him access to his own land. It was also said that he only asked X27 for the whole of the land at first, but that when compulsory powers had to be applied for to get the Bute land he raised his price to J5130, and now he wanted £50 extra for the strips of slope on the roadside. —Ul. timately, on the motion of Mr Jenkins, seoonded by Dr. Idris Davies, it was resolved to get a plan prepared shewing what has already been taken, to- gether with the slopes, in different colours.—A letter was read from Mr Frank James, Clerk to the Ystrad Gas and Water Company, stating that the damage to pipes through the raising of the roads l. ii n j J ,»_ i_ • j by the Board aad the subsidence of land through colliery operations, &o., beoame so serious that the company would have to get compensation.—In re- gard to some instances quoted in the letter, the Surveyor (Mr J. W. Jones) said that the Company knew ef the removal of the pipes at Yayshir, for their own contractor did the work, and as to the raising ef the road at Clydaeh Vale, Mr Williams obtained his (Mr Jones's) permission to do what was done, and it had improved the road. Both the works mentioned were really necessary.—Mr Lax: I am inclined to think the Gas Company's people do more harm than anybody elae.—The Clerk was directed to write to Mr James stating that the Board denied any liability in the matter. -The question of diverting the road at Blaenyowm was next discussed, the diversion being rendered necessary by the river undermining the bank.—Mr E. Evans thought it would be better to have the road on the other side of the river.—The Chairman thought it might be left for the present, although il might be fenced.—Mr E. Davies said it had now been proved to be dangerous, for a man had fallen into the river just at the spot.—The Chairman Yes, dangerous if intoxicated people go there; so is Craigyllyn and many other places.—Ultimately, it was decided that the Roadt Committee should visit the spot and report.—The Clerk then pro- ceeded te read a letter which had been received from the Local Government Board calling attention to the fact that the returns of the Registrar General for the quarter ending December 31st showed twelve deaths from fever te have occurred in the registration sub-district of Ystradyfodwg. As this mortality appeared to be somewhat un. usual, they requested the Looal Board to instruct their medical officer to prepare a report, if 1-e had not already done so, showing hew many cases were true typhus, and giving information as to the other non-fatal as well as fatal cases, the purity of the water-supply, drainage, and how they dealt with the sewerage. It was pointed out also that there were 38 asasns due to measles, and the Local Government Boacd desired to know whether it had been confined to children, or had adnits suffered from it.-Dr. James, the medical officer, had writ- ten to the Clerk to say he would prepare a report but he added that he saw nothing extraordinary in the number of deaths mentioned; be only hoped it would always keep as low.-The Chairman It is a very large district.—The Clerk I expected they would write as to the drainage.-The matter then dropped, it being left to Dr. James te prepare the repert.—The Surveyor read his monthly report ia the course of which he reoom mended the construc- tion of a footpath and kerb along the roadside from Llwynpia Station to opposite the Thistle Hotel.—Mr Lax said the Colliery Company would gladly give additional land if it should be decided to widen the read, which he admitted was narrow, but at present the condition of the road was very bad.-T.e Chairman quite admittod the plaoe re- quired attention, hut just now would like to con- centrate all the energies of the Board upon the drainage Mheme.—The Clerk said they might do tfais work out of the current rate, if they liked, but could not use any of the £6000 loaa for it.—Mr Lax considered the work a necessity, and it was understood that the Surveyor's recommendation was adopted.

O MY BBAD! MY HEAD Why should people suffer when Hughes's Blood I Pills at once remove the pains. They act directly opou the hver and stomach and nerves, so that head. acbes of all kinds at once give way to them. One of the greatestbles- sings ever came to the knowledge of human beings. Sold everywhere at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Ask your chemist for them.

DARING AND FATAL ATTACK ON A BANK. By telegram the suspension of tho Commercial I Bank of Australia lias been annouiiLi"! The mo- J nieut may therefore be opportune to give details of a daring attempt which was made to r>b one of the branches situated 111 Iloddlu Street North. Tho j manager, Mr. lliil, went t > the branch as usual on manager, Mr. lliil, went t > the branch as usual on the 12th nit., and placed the cash, between and £400, in the trays, afterwards putting his loaded revolver by his side. In a few moments the door was opened, and four men entered. Mr. 11 ill seized his revolver, and Hred. 'l'he shot went over the heads of the men, and one of the fallows seized Mr. Hill, and attempted to wre.-t the revolver from him. Several shot were fired, and when Mr. Hill had re- covered from his surprise the men liad made off. When he went round the eounler Air. Hill found the lifeless body of Mrs. Ravenseroft, the keeper of the building, who had been shot through the li"a 1. A crowd collected, and two of the villains wore seen making off. One gentlemall who endeavoured to overtake them received a blow in the groin from a stone flung by one of the men. Another gentleman, however, on horseback rode one of the fugitives down, and he was ta.ten into custody. The police arrested a second man the same day on the charge.

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COMPETITIVE MEETING AT TIE TABERNACLE CHAPEL, PONTYPRIDD. On Thnrsday evening last. a somewhat long bat interesting competitive meeting was held at the Tabernacle Chapel, under the presidency of Mr W. Griffiths, Taff Villa. Adjudicators :-Coin poritions, ar, recitations, poetry, &c.. Rev. Dr. Roberts; singing, Eos Rhondda handwriting, Mr J. Davies, Graig school; the prize bags, Mrs. Davios, Berw-road; conductor, Mr LI. Richards. Aeoompanist, Pro- fessor Z. P. Mills, Pontypridd. The meeting com- menced at six o'clock and lasted until nearly mid- might, owing to the enormous number ef competi- tors. After a short address by the chairman, Mr D. Chubb gave an opening song. The competitions were commenced by a reoitation by those under 15 years of age of two verses (lenan) from Plant y Tlotty, best Master Taliesin Hughes, Pontypridd; solo (girls under 15) "Love at Home," eight con. petbd, after which the two best, Miss A. A. Morgan, Rhoadds-road, and Miss E. A. Williams, Market. street, were scleoted to sing a second time, and the prize (2s 6d) was divided between them. Adjudi- cation on the best handwriting of the 117th Psalm, by those nnder 10 years of age, divided between Master Joseph Z. Gronow, and Miss R. Mills. Pontypridd. Alto selo, The Lifeboat," beat Miss E. A. Morgan, Rhondda-road. Adjudication on the best summary of Dr. Roberts' sermen of Sunday evening, Feb. 14th, divided between Mr S. G. Jones, Forest Factory, and Mr E. Davios, Tramroad-side; recitation, Y Bywyd-fad," ten competed, beat Mr B. T. Morgan, Rhondda-road. Bass solo, II Y Mynydd i mi," beat Mr D. Chubb, Llantwit Fardre. Violin solo, "The Ashgrove," only one tried on this piece, viz., Mr Thomas Williams, who was deemed worthy of the prize. Ittcromott speech best Mr David Evans, Treforest. Tenor a*lo, Hiraetb," 10 competed, best Mr J. Leyshcn, Pon- typiidd; for the best englyn to the organ, the prize WAS awarded to Carnelian. Duet, Y ddau forwr," beat Messrs W. Keen and T. Jacobs. Ad. judication on the best handwriting of the 23rd psalm, prize divided between Mr Evans, of Haw. thorn, and Mr W. Williams, Eggairdawe Board schools, Llandilo. Quartette, '• Ehedydd bach inwyn, three parties entered for this competition, the best being that of Mr W. Humphreys'. Ad- judication on the love letter, eight were received, best Mr W.George, Shlem Honse, Ferndale. Read. ing music at fiist sight, about twenty competed, and the prize was divided between Messrs W. Humphreys, B. Morgan (Coedpenmaen), and W. Rees. Miss Morgan, vlorgan street, was adjudi- cated the winner in the prize hag competition. Next came tho chief event, viz., the party com- petition en Cydgan y Morwyr." Three parties sang: Seion, Pontypridd; Porth party, and Taber- nacle, Pontypridd. The prize was divided between Mr W.Lloyd's (Sf ion) party and Mr J.John'a'(Taber- nacle) party. The meeting waa brought to a close, with votes of thanks to the Chairman, the adjudi- cators, and to Mr J. Crockett for kindly allowing the free use of his pianoforte. There was a good meeting and a very large number of competitors- ■I ■Mill I ■ !!■ Ill—Kg

ABERDARE LOCAL BOARD. At the fortnightly meeting of the Aberdare Local Board, cn Friday, Mr R. H. Rbys in the chair, the Medical Officer reported three cvses of typhoid fever, one death, one fatal case of soarlet fever and two oases of measles, one death, the figures in this last instanoe showing a decrease upon those of the last report of 57. A letter was read from the Postmaster-General acknowledging the receipt ef a communication from the Clerk, and stating that it was intended to appoint to the vacant postmastership of Aberdare as established officer of the department. Regret was expressed in the letter that the Postmaster-General had IROT as yet found it practicable to come to any decision in regard to the provision of better post-office accommodation in the town, but an assurance was given that the matter is being carefully considered. -The plan and estimate prepared by the surveyor, with iespect to the proposed footbridge over the Cynon, were referred to a committee to report thereon. Two tenders were received for the repair of Eiizibeth-street, and that ef Mr Griffith Thomas, at ii305 Is lOd, being the lowest, was accepted.

THE ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT AT TONYPANDY. At Ystrad police-eout on Monday (before Mr J. Tgnatins Williams, Stipendiary, and Air J. Davies) Mr Rhys applied that Daniel Dickens, reoently committed for trial on the charge of embezzling .£59 belonging to a Co-operative Company at Tony- pandy might be released on bait-The Bench con- sented, accepting bail-bimself in J6100 and two sureties 950 each.

CHIIBER OF TRIDE BANQUET AT TREHARSIS. The Treharria and Distriot Chamber of Trade held its annual banquet at the Assembly-rooms of the Navigation Hotel. on Thursday evening, whan a large company sat down to an excellent repast, prepared by Mr D. E. Jones. Mr W. Lewis pre- sided. After the loyal toasts had been disposed of, The Bishop, Clergy. and Ministers of all De- nominations was given—Mr W. R. Thomas, in repjy, said he was pleased to see the efforts of the several denominations in Troharris, and was ex- tremely sorry that the Established Church had, up to the present, done almost nothing to further the cause of Christianity in a town with a population of nearly 4000.—Mr A. H. Lewis responded on be- half of the clergy. Captain A. P. Jones replied to The Army, Navy, and Volunteer Forces." Harris's Navigation Company" was proposed, and Messrs J. Price and T. Hair responded. The health of Mr Forster Brown, the engineer, was drank. Our Parliamentary Representatives" jas acknowledged by Mr Rees Jones. The Presi- dent gave "The Medical Profession," coupling with the toast the name of Dr. W. W. Leigh, who re- Plied. Mr George Whitby responded to the toast M The Workmeo/' and Mr Bartletc, station- Master, to that of The Visitors." The Host and Hostess" concluded the toast list. Songs were giYen by Messrs Davies, Osborne, Lewis, and Whitby.

SAD DROWNING CASE AT BLAENCWM. On Wednesday night, as John William Hill, of laenyewm, was g'eing home drunk with another man named John Hill. the former toppled over a wall into the river, dragging his companion with him. William Hill's wife was near. but also too drunk almost to stand, though she managed to ar- ticulate a wafnxng to some one. John Hill managed to take William Hill a little distance up the stream, but he could not save him,, and he was drowned.

THE LATE DUIvE OF ALBANY. The first stone of the chapel to be erected to the memory of the late Duke of Albany was laid on Saturday by the L'rince of Wales. The site of the chapel is on the south side of the Colline de Califor- nie, below the Hotel de Californie, and the sacred edifice, which will be built in the Angio-gothic style, will be twenty-eight metres long and twenty wide. His ltoyal Highness arrived at three o'clock, having on his arm the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, and was followed by Prince George of Wales and the principal members of the English colony. The re- ligious ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Gibraltar, assisted by ten clergymen of the English Church. After the singing of several hymns by a choir of ladies, to the accompaniment of a harmo- nium, the Prince deposited in a cavity made in the foundation-stone a bottle containing a parchment 011 which the names of the committee by whom the memorial has been organised were inscribed, and sealed with the arms of his Royal Highness. Prayers baving been said by the clergy, the stone was lowered into its placo, the Prince pronouncing the following words:—"Thus, thus, and thus, I lay this stone, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and may God prosper the work. Amen. Here let true faith, the fear of God, and brotherly love ever remain." The foundation-stone bears the following inscription I To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Leopold, Duke of Albany, this stone was laid by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. A.D. MDCCCLXXXVI."

THE LAW AS TO ARMORIAL BEARINGS At the Marylebone Police Court, London, Mr. John Roberts (better known as Arthur Roberts), comedian, of 90, Maida Vale has appeared to answer an adjourned sttmmons for, on the 14th of October, 1885, wearing and using armorial bearings without a licence. Mr. Powell appeared for the Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pain defended.—John Prout, a Revenue Otiicer, said he went to Mr. Roberts's house respecting his taking out a licence for having a man-servant, and in the front hall saw four chairs, on which there were armorial bearings. A notice was served on the defendant, bnt no licence had been taken' out. Cross-examined by Mr. Pain, the wit- ness said that when he called Mrs. Roberts's atten- tion to the chairs, she said that the chairs were bought at a sale, and that she did not know that the painting on the backs were armorial bearings. He would swear that the paintings were armorial bear- ings, but could not say of whom. The cost of the license was £1 18. Mrs. Roberts asserted they had no armorial bearings on their carriage, or, indeed, on anything they used. Witness had seen thousands of armorial bearings, and was positive the paintings on the chairs were Mch.—Mr. Pain contended that the paintings oa the chairs were not the armorial bearings of Mr. Roberts, who did not use armorial bearings. The four chairs were bought at a sale, and happened to have a painting on them. The officer said the paintings were armorial bear- ings but there was no proof of it; it was simply the opinion of the officer, and without proof he con- tended that the summons must fail. Anything painted on a chair might be said to be armorial bearings, according to the Iuland Revenue authori- ties, which of course raised a very important ques- tion. A person might innocently purchase an article at a sale hearing a crest and the next day he might be summoned for the use of it.—Mr. Pain then called witnesses proving the purchase of the chairs at a public sale and that Mr. Roberts did not use a crest on any of his furniture or plate.—Mr. de Rutzen, is giving his decision, said he and Mr. Wnde were agreed as to this case, that whatever were on the chairs were not used as armorial bearings within the meaning of the Act. A friend of his (the magistrate) recently bought at a sale some pieces of a beautiful set of china, which had once been presented to an illustrious admiral by the Cor- poration of the City of London. The arms of this person were on each piece of the set, and those purchased by his friend were now on a mantle-piece as an ornament. If the defendant had been guilty of using armorial bearings, so had the friend he had referred to, and so had hundreds of other people who had bought articles under similar circumstances. But to arrive at such a conclusion would be against common sense, and the summons was therefore dis- missed.—Mr. Pain asked for costs; but the magis- trate declined the application.—Mr. Powell applied for a case for the superior court, when Mr. de Rutzen st once granted.

SHOCKING FRATRICIDE. A slacking tragedy has occurred at Rough Close, an agricultural village situated midway between Longton and Stone, in North Staffordshire, where a man named William Daniel, aged 42 years, was foully murdered by his brother, John Daniel, aged Bí; years. The deceased was a married man, but a few months ago he separated from his wife and went to live with his father at the Dale House Farm, Rough Close, where his brother John and his wife also resided. So far as is known at present the bro- thers were living on the most friendly terms, and on Saturday morning they breakfasted, aud after- wards went out to work on the farm together. About eleven o'clock John Daniel returned to the house, and taking a double- barrelled gun, which was kept loaded, proceeded in the direction of the field where William Daniel was working. Going up close behind his brother, John Daniel deliberately pointed the gun at his head and discharged one of the bar- rels, with the result that the top of the deceased's head was blown off and his brains scattered about, For some reason or other, which had not yet been explained, John Daniel's wife followed him on see- ing him take the gun from the house, and she wit- nessed the murder. Information of the occurrence I was conveyed to Police-constable Lloyd, and having seen the body he at once arrested John Daniel and conveyed him to the police Station at Stone. On being formally charged with the murder of his bro- ther, the prisoner simply remarked that it was done, and could not be undone. At present the po- lice can obtain no information as to the motive for the murder; but some light may possibly be thrown upon this point at the inquest which will he held on the body of the deceased in due course.—In the afternoon the prisoner was charged, before Mr. It. P. Copeland, at Stone, with having wilfully mur- dered his mother, William Daniel, by shooting him, at Hough Ciose, the l'o, ice- coil si., I)ie Lloyd stated that he was sent for that morning to the Dale House Farm, Hough Close, where he found the deceased in one of the fields. He was lying in a pool of blood, and his head had been partly blown away, apparently by a gun-shot. He arrested the prisoner, and charged him with having murdered the deceased, and he replied, "It's done, and can't be undone."—Upon this evidence the prisoner was remanded, and was conveyed to her Majesty's pri- son at Stafford the same evening. While being handcuffed at the police station the prisoner ap- peared quite unconcerned, and seemed to attach more importance to his father's overcoat—which at the time of his arrest he had put on in mistake for' his own—being returned than to the terrible posi- tion that lie himself occupied.—The scene of the murder was visited by some hundreds of persons from the neighbouring towus.

I FROM CITY CORRESPONDENTS- IT is very probable that when Mr. Russell Lowctti conies on ins visit to England in the course of afe weeks he will come for goid. America, at the presciitiiiolielit, is s(iiii(!w'it bereft of tii, l.i,,hest literary society. She has no coiiiiuiinding ot-ator; Whittier is her greatest poet; un<l her academic life is sparse and poor in coiiiiinr.siiii with t o full and helpful literary academic life of England. iiked Air. Lowell when ho was here as American Minister, and Mr. Lowell liked us, so that it extiemely probable he wid make his home us. and seek his yrave in estiniuaiei- Abbey. IT mny interest my readers to learn that the most elaborate preeaul ions continue to be taken—anrf wiiSdy-to protect the various Government office from the cowardly and murderous dynamiters, and; that this useful, necessary, and sleep'less vigilance fr niaiuiainud notwithstanding the present inactivity of the" gang." A seli-ct corps of fie ablest and" most experienced Irish detectives a-e pi sied in plaii* clothes at the entrances, where they under the guise; of messengers examine and scrutinise carefully all callers for tear of any attempt being made upon thf office. Arnopos of the resignation of Sir Edward Hen- derson, the Chief C ommissioner of Metropolitan- Police, which everyone expected, I hear that morw "resignations" of prominent officers are expected, and one of the first will be that of Mr. District Superintendent Walker who is almost an octogen- arian, and who was hustled, bonneted, and robbed on the occasion of the recent riots. The feeling among the police of all milks is that the "force" will never be rendered thoroughly efficient until pro- motion s allowed from the lowest to the highest posts in the service. In fact, that every young con- stable who joins sees the prospect before him, bY diligence, steadiness, and ability, of one Jay obtain- ing the inuch-coveied post of Chief Commissioner itself. j THE professional billiard people arc at their ivite t end for novel entertainment for their patrons. When 1 someone invented the game in which the spot stroke < is barred there was a great revival of interest in the j pastime, and since then the exhibition games played 4 at the Aquarium and elsewhere have been largely < attended. The spot-barred matches ill their turn. palled upon the people, and this week a match has been played in which the opposite extreme has been resorted to. Peall and Kolxirts have been playing afternoon and evening throughout the week L game" on the spot. The player, on beginning a break, places his ball where he likes, and performs solely on the spot. l'eall, who was expected to win the championship this season, has shown to great ad- vantage. lie is clearly the lIJost brilliant and con-- IL distent hazard striker that ever was known. THERE are many other uses to which cork may W put besides that of making stoppers for bottles, but I think one of the most ingenious ways in which it has been used is to check the recoil of guns aftel discharged. An eminent firm of engineers are making experiments with a view to bringing the theory to a pratically issue. The carriage is in the form of two pistons connected with the gun by two rods. The pistons are filled with cork and water, and the recoil of the gun forces the rods back and. so compresses the cork, the water assisting to check: the recoil. The great expanding properties of the' cork in turn force the gun forward and so bring it- again into the loading position. The invention it-' simple and ingenious, and should, if successful, br. proportionately cheap. *5 THERE are three Beer Adulteration Bills intro- i duced into the House of Commons this Session ia. jf identical terms. They provide that every perwa, selling beer, brewed from or containing any ingre- m dients other than hop» and malt from barley, shall M keep conspicuously posted at the bar a legible '• notice stating what other ingredients are contained in such beer, under a penalty of 40s. for the firsth- and £ 10 foc ^ny. suliaeqjtMit offence^ the penaUiafc: to be recovered by any informer. STiouW any these Bills pass there will be a new field of itf dustry opened for beer tasters, who in a town of any size could no doubt live on the fines obtained from publicans who sell other than genuine beer. I should like, however, an amendment making the brewers a little more responsible in the matter tbaa, the sellers. d THB MOST REVEREND PRIMATE did not go far to worship on Tuesday, but he went to good purpose. lie preached at Lambeth Church, which is next | door to liie own palace, at the commencement of a | mission. The highest non-royal subject of her I Majesty will rise greatly in the estimation of all-wlio I hear him preach. His manner is gentle and dis- I passionate, but has none of that weakness which | is too apparent in his efforts of ecclesiastical | oratory. His grace preached a model sermon-a hopeful one, too; a sermon tending to smooth the way to goodness and to encourage both the comfort- able and the uncomfortable classes to walk therein. By the bye, when the banns were published—and as Lambeth is a great parish the askings were nu- merous—I observed that a great many of the persons who violate at an early day Punch's advice to persons about to marry were read out as minors. Is not this new ? Is it an effort to stop or at least to discourage the practice of marrying young ? THE gentlemen who voluntarily made soldiers ot themselves to maintain the security of our hearths and homes are raising their voices in the land. Cockney volunteers enjoy nothing better than their annual pic-nic, and great things are hoped of this. year's Easter manoeuvres. Still they are not per- fectly happy, for they do not consider that the- Government treats them fairly, and something like a unity of effort is likely to be made in hopes of in- ducing the powers to increase the capitation grant. A deputation of officers commanding the Volunteer corps ill the West of Scothmd has arrived in. London. I understand that their cause is to be taken up pretty warmly- They want first of all the f capitation grant and the proficiency grant in- creased, and a demand is furthermore made for an increase in the company allowance. Their greatest grievance, it seems to mc, is the fact that they are not allowed overcoats. Last year many men re- ceived their death of cold through manoeuvring in uniform. These deaths would have been averted had they been properly clad. They might have had overcoats had the authorities listened to their prayer and petition, for thousands of them were lying nn used in the military depots. LADIES may with advantage ransack their ward. robes just now for odd fragments of plush, Terry velvet, brocade, or anything eise of the kind that may be lying discarded among forgotten relics for ftdorniuent. lashion decrees so many styles of somewhat patchwork character in the making of dresses that no one even with scauty purse need ba much wide of the mark during the coming spring months. The materials in use have altered little except id variety, everything in the "canvas" way being still in vogue.^ In some of the newest fabrics cords are woven in imitation of braiding either in monotone or in mixed shades named Breton colours, because of their resemblance 10 the tints met with in Breton embroideries. Others are striped with plush or Terry, in shades red, blue, brown, or al- most any other colour, 011 fawn-coloured ground. Then we hear of numerous Oriental patterns, and of one very distinctive novelty described as an analagous fabric called ratapoil—quite half an inch thick, and yet of no perceptible weight." Til this curious article stripes are again the leading feature. Yet trimming, combined with light and dark fabrics, will assist in dazzling the eyes of partners in ball-rooms, and on tho whole much i taste is at present being displayed in the manufac- '[ ture of evening toilettes as in walking dresses. 1

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