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The appropriateness of theae Parcels as Wedding presents la I ODTiotis to those seeking some appreciable token of feeling to a S bestow upon friends or relatives contemplating marriage, | We make these Parcels up to the value of Ten Guineas. All §§ ffooda seat carriage paid on receipt of P.O.O. Quality and H§ Quantity according to the price charged, in each case we M Cuarantee the best value procurable. BROOKFIEI,fi^i Market S<| STAFFOaU, THE MYYYRIAN ARCHAIOjjOGY OF WALES By WILLIAM OWEN PUGHE, D.C.L., F.A.S. (Idrison); EDW. WILLIAMS, (Iolo Morganwg), and EDWARD JONES (Myfyr). r NI1 Wnw^r6 THRRWF1 Notea ^p°n the GODODIN and an English Translation of the K.AVF8 0F WL. a GLOS3ABY of the Terms used therein. Also an Explanatory Chapter SiM tk k! THOMAS (Penctrdd Gtnalia). The present edition contains the whole of the Original Work j besides the above important and interesting additions which have been made to it. one veInBM) 22 In boards. The tort dltfao waa ooaaidered M vaku»bl« that MB/ eeptw bav«;et«a tald for £ f 19,
CAMBRIAN GOSSIP.
CAMBRIAN GOSSIP. "r. The many friends of the Rsv Henry ReeR, of Bryngwran, the well known sou of a well- known father, the late Rev. Dr. William Reea (Gvviiym Hiraethog), will regret to learn that he is indisposed, and has for some time past been unable to preach. 000 A well-known Welsh ballad singer," Bardd Crwst' (Abel Jones), died last week at the Llanrwst Union Workhouse. For over 50 years Bardd Crwst, who was in his way quite a national character, and a master of his art, went from fair to fair in North Wales singing ballads of his own composi- tion, to the music of old Welsh airs. 000 The Weish Eisteddvod having been im- ported into all Celtic countries and the British Colonies, has now made its appear ance in far-of India. The Friend of Sylhet,' in its June number, gives a report of an Eisteddvod held in Sylhet. It had of course been organised by the Welsh mission- aries, but it seems to have captured the fancy of the natives, who flocked thither in large numbers and entered heartily into the spirit of the affair. The Sylhet Eistedd- vod will rank probably as the first ever held in India. 000 In Welsh Wesleyan Methodist circles the question of the hour is that of dividing the North Wales District into two separate synodical divisions. The leader of the party for dividing the district is the Rev. Dr. John Hughes (Glanyitwyth), and the opponents are led by the Rev. Hugh Jones, the present chairman of the North Wales Synod. The representatives of the British Conference who attended the meetings of the last Welsh Provincial Synod appear to be in favour of dividing the district. » 000 The election of the Rev. William James, Aberdare, Moderator of the South Wales Association, to the Davies Lectureship for next year completes the list of connexional positions he can possibly hold, Mr. James has presided over the General Assembly before presiding over the Synod of his own province, Not only has he been examiner at Trefecca, but he acted as Deputy Pro- fessor of Theology during the priocipål's absence in the East. He is the second minister of the same name to hoid the coveted lectureship. 000 How do you know where your 'mute, in- glorious Miltons; may be found?' queried Sir William Harcourt, in the debate on the Education Bill, on Tuesday evening in the Commons. And che hon. member for West Monmouth added :— I have heard in Wales many instances of miners who have come to these schools utterly ignorant, naturally ignorant from the life they have spent, but whose ambition it was to gain some know- ledge. They have come at a comparatively advanced age, and by the help of the educa- tion that has been given to them, have risen to high distinction and large emoluments.' 000 Rev. Stephen Thomas, minister of Biaen- y-coed Congregational Curch, Conwil Elvet —the mother church of Elvet, and his brother, Professor T. Lewis, M.A., B.D., of Brecon Memorial College, and other, issued for the recent centenary services a very in. teresting booklet, giving a brief history of the church and its ministers for the past 100 ysars. The book also contains a brípf chapter from the pen of Elfed, dealing with the history of Stephen Hughes, of Mydrim, the father of Nonconformity in Carmarthen- shire, and James Owen, one of his disciples, who laboured with much success in North Wales. 000 Mr. L. J. Roberts, M.A., R.M. inspector of schools, had a good joke to relate the other day at the speech day of St. David's College, Lampeter, of which the Bishop of the Dio- cese is visitor. About ten years ago, said Mr. Roberts, an editor of a paper published not 50 miles from Lampeter asked him to write a short note about his Lordship, and he (Mr. Roberts) said something about his Lordship's ubiquitous activity.' A com- positor on that paper was dismissed within a few days for publishing the statement as the 'iniquitous activity.' In the loud laughter that followed no one joined more heartily than Bishop Owen himself. 000 The interesting lecture by Mr. John Evans, F.L.S., Merthyr, on Nature Study,' has just been issued insubstantial pamphlet form, under the auspices of the local Teach- ers' Association. In the course of the pre- face Mr. W. Edwards, H.M.I.S., says:— Unfortunately the education of teachers either has been exclusively literary, or if partly scientific, it has seldom included that kind of nature lore which is specially useful in connection with outdoor object lessons.' He welcomes most heartily the publication of the address by hi. colleague, Mr. John Evans, whose intimate knowledge of the circumstances of the schools in this district, and life-long study of the subject, combine to make his suggestions truly helpful and inspiring.' 000 TheWelsh language wiM never, never die Cadvan swaars it, and C ,dfan is one of the shining lights of the O )rsedd. Welshmen on the borders and in ti d populous districts of the Southern counties lament the appar- ent decline of the ancient British tongue, and the rapid Anglicising of Welsh churches, but Cadfan, living far away in the mountain fastnesses of the North, is not troubled in the least with these trivial details. The Epglish tongue—the 'seductive stranger' will find it easier to hurl the Great Orme into the sea than to stamp out of Wales the ancient tongue of the Cymry.' But no prosaic paraphrase can ever do justice to Cadfan's own pronouncement in the intel- ligible, the chaste, the eloquent' language that will be loved while sunbeams play on harpstrings.' 000 One of the finest appreciations yet written of the late Principal Viriamu Jones is that from the facile pen of Professor J. Young Evans, which is given the place of honour in this month's 'Trefecca Magazine.' Wherever one met Viriamu Jones,' remarks the writer in his concluding paragraph, 'one was struck with bis earnestness and catholi- city of spirit. His natural dignity needed no assumption of aloofness for its protection, and its humanity needed no affection of triviality to avoid the appearance of pedan- try. His geniality was an element of his greatness and an index to it; his conversa- tion was no less stimulating than pleasing, because he knew the right degree in which to fuse in whatever society he found him- self-the scholar and the citizen. He lived conscious that he had a great work to do, and who would not prefer his portion of a busy, intense, many-sided., and fruitful life to any monotonous, slothful, and obscure length of days V 000 The Echo de Paris' reports that a Par- don '—which among the Celts of Brittany i» ft r«ligious*eum-fMtiT« function, and re- is ft ireligious-cum-foative function, and re- Ambles the Eiste 'dvod of Wales—was held last Sunday at Montfort l'Amaury, under the presidency of J, Claretie. A special P train Jeft the terminus, Moutpar- nasse, at 848 a.m., where the party were joined by Bourgault-Cuconoray, choice frag- ments of whose unpublished opera, Bret- ague! were beard during the day also Beral and Kermorvan, the singers, took pHt in the meetings; and Ch. le Goffie, the poel; Paul Lobil!It, the folkiorist; Mal ap Gwilym, the Druid Niao'c'h Euz ar Garrek, the barriers Telen ar Loc the zither player; and finally, Leon Derocher, who brandished the standard of the Duchess Anne ot Brit- tany. Several laureates were initiated and received the crown. The Parliamentary depute Jacob organised the Arm-orictin dances, A number of delegates were ap- pointed to attend as representatives at the Pan-Celtic Congress to be held next month at Dublin.
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WMVmm 1111 1—ww— «»»■■—KMM.ia.iwa— THREE MEN DROWNED AT BEWDLEY. The Bewdly police received information on Sunday that three men had been drowned in the Severn. The man who brought the news stated, that lie and a companion were walking down the riverside when he saw three men fishing at a ford. While he was watching them one man apparently walked into deep water and disappeared. His two companions tried to help him, but each in turn disappeared in the river bed. A boat was taken to the spot, and three lifeless bodies were found. The dead men are strangers to the locality, and have not been identified.
IN JOHNSON S MEMORY.
IN JOHNSON S MEMORY. MUSEUM AND LIBRARY OPENED AT LICHFIELD. Lichfield," that city of philosophers," indulged a very proper pride in itself on Saturday as the town where the great Samuel Johnson was born. Thither travelled from London the members ot the Johnson Club to participate in the public deification of the Johnson Museum and Library. In full civic pu* the mayor and cor- poration walked from the Guildhall through crowded streets to Johnson's birthplace, where Mr. G. Birkbeck Hill, D.C.L., LL.D., for- many dedicated the museum as a "shrine to all Johnsonians of the immortal memory of dear Samuel Johnson." The party were entertained at the Guildhall by Lieut.-Colonel Gilbert, the donor of the Johnson House and afterwards they listened in the large hall at the palace-placed at their disposal by the Lord Bishop—to obiter dicta by Mr. Augustine Birrell, an ardent John- sonian. Mr. Birrell remarked that concerning Dr. Johnson they possessed unusual original sources of information, notably a great biography, the work of a man unusually richly endowed with the rare faculty of human appreciation. At the Johnson Club supper in the George Hotel-where Johnson stayed in 1779--Mr. H. B. Wheatley read a paper on "Dr. Johnson in the Midlands," and Mr. F. Carruthers Gould, Mr. Clement Shorter, and others took part in the discussion which followed.
BARNUM TRAINS COLLIDE.
BARNUM TRAINS COLLIDE. Early on Saturday morning two trains belong- ing to Barnum and Bailey's show came into colli- sion at Bethen Goods station, Upper Silesia. The collision was a very violent one. William Smith, John Waldson, and John Smith were killed; and William Waldson, David Adam, George Illart, Stephen Brott, Leo Bere, and John Thumb were seriously injured. Others were slightly hurt. All the injured were taken to Bethuen Hospital. Several horses were killed. The collision was brought about by the failure of the compressed air brake. The performance took place as usual on Saturday.
THE MURDERED MISSIONARIES…
THE MURDERED MISSIONARIES IN NEW GUINEA. Reuter's Agency is informed that full details have just been received of the murdtr of Messrs Chalmers and Tomkins by the natives cf New Guinea and of the subsequent expedition organised by the Government, in which Mr. Le Hunte, the Governor, and his force were re- peatedlyattacked by the natives. The Rev. Archi- bald Hunt, who accompanied the expedition in a despatch written from the Government yacht Meirie England, Aird River, New Guinea, says: It is with unspeakable grief that I have to con- firm the news of the massacre of Messrs. Chalmers, Tomkins, and 13 mission natives." The first report of the massacre was brought to Port Moresby on April ^7, and on hearing the n wa Mr. Le Hunte, the Governor, at once decided 00 go with the Merrie England and investi g;¡ (J. Several Government officials and a large part.: of z, native armed constabulary subsequently w< re aken on board the vessel, Oil which Messrs Hunt I andf, two C.M.S. missionaries, were a!, a taken. Mr. Hunt says: On May 2 the Merrie England, accompanied by a small steamer, anchored off Goaribari. The Governor, with the whole expedition, con- sisting of 20 Europeans and 40 natives, ail armed, were then divided into six parties, and embarked on small boats for the purpose of landiu.r, As they rounded Hisle Point, they saw numerous natives attempting to cross in catamarans, but on seeing the launch they fled into the swamp. Later in the afternoon the steam launch and boats were attacked near the beach by a hundred armed natives, who rushed out of the swamp and fired volleys of arrows. The Governor then gave the signal and several volleys were fired, and the party landed and rushed after the fugitives. Meanwhile firing was heard from another village, whither pax i of the expedition had gone. The Governor then proceeded to Aidia, where he was again attacked, and fired upon the natives, who ran into the bush. Desultory firing continued in the three villages till dusk, when a loud explosion announced that at one of the villages a large war canoe had been blown up with dynamite. Afterwards, part ot the expedition reported the discovery of the anchor chain and an oar belonging to the boat in which Mr. Chalmers and his party had landed, and the capture of a prise nor. That night a sentry was shot at and two unsuccessful general attacks raacte on the Uubu or native dubhouee, where the party were encamped. Next morning the Governor reported abundant evidence of the truth of the murder. The prisoner had given the whole story, which was as follows: According to lfim the Nuir, with Messrs. Chalmers and Tomkins on board, arrived of Risk Point on April 7. Next morning a great number of natives went off and crowded the vessel in every part, refusing to leave when told to do so. Finally Mr. ^?jj^ierSrrfa^ W0U^ g° ashore with them, and told Mr. Tomkins to remain on board. The latter declined, and went ashore with Mr. Chalmers, fol- lowed by a large number of canoes. When they got ashore the whole party were massacred and their heads cut off, the boat being smashed and their clothes distributed. The bodies were also distributed and eaten. Mr. Tomkins was eaten at the village of Dopiina, where the party were all killed, and Mr. Chalmers at Turotere. where 1 :ni body was carried. My. Chalmers was killed by the fighting chief of that place. No remains of the bodies could be foui-d, but Mr. Chalmer's hat and pieces of the boat were dis- covered. Although during the expedition no natives were fired upon unless they first attacked, some 24 were killed and many more wounded. All the fighting men's houses and war canoes were destroyed, but no dwelling houses. The houses were filled with skulls. In one Dubu alone 700 skulls were found and in another 400." Mr. Hunt testifies throughout his despatch to the unfailing considerations of the Governor and his anxious desire to avoid any proceedings that might look like retaliation or revenge. r
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THE Queen and the Duchess of Fife were present on Sunday at morning service at Sandrinp- ham Church, at which the Rev. Canon Hervey officiated. J THE King and Queen of Portugal arrived at Lisbon at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon on their return from the Azores, escorted by the British cruisers Australia and Severn. The: Majesties, who were enthusiastically received, left for Cintra. THE mother and wife of the Khedive were peeeived in audience by the Sultan on Saturday In the evening the Khedive dined at Yildiz Kiosk tho Ministers, dignitaries of the palace, and suite 11M "I
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ——j
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. —— THE BOER REFUGEE CAMPS. A question by Lord Windsor in the House of Lords elicited from Lord Raglan on the 15th inst. the announcement that the Secretary for War had decided to appoint a Committee of ladies to go out to South Africa to visit the Boer refugee camps. Monthly reports would be published as to the con- dition of these refugees. He protested that the Government had no desire to suppress informa- tion. EVENING SCHOOLS. Lord Reay asked their lordships to disapprove of the minute of the Board of Education establish- ing regulations for evening schools and classes, which he contended was a most lamentable re- trograde step." On a division the Government had a majority of 51. VLAKFONTEIN. South Africa, as usual, was the subject of many of the questions in the House of Commons on tho 15th inst. Mr. Brodrick stated that Lord Kitchener was sending to Dalerey copies of sworn depositions as to Boers shooting wounded British at Vlakfontein. When, later on, Lord Stanley rose to reply to an interrogation of no importanc Mr. McNeill protested that no one below a Cabinet Minister should reply to him. Failing to brin g Mr. Brodrick to his legs, the hon. member met the Speaker's suggestion that he might raise the matter on the vote for the salary of the Secretary for War, with the rejoinder, I shall do that in great form." EDUCATION BILL. Short shrift was given to a number of instruc- tions to the Committee on the Education Bill before the Speaker left the chair, and then this measure was discussed at great length, with Mr. S. Wortley presiding in the absence of Mr. Lowther. Dr. Macnamara described the Govern- ment's proposal as an attempt to ham-string tli < school boards" by placing them under the control of the municipal authorities. The debate dragged on its weary length until midnight, when it stood adjourned, Mr. Wortley having no right of closure. Mr. Balfour, in fixing Monday next for its resump- tion, referred in tones of censure to the obstruc- tive tactics that had been practised, and hinted that on the next occasion the Chairman would have full powers. IRISH SCHOOLS.—GOVERNMENT? BUILDINGS. In the House of Lords, on the 16th inst., Lord Chesham, newly returned from South Africa, took his seat for the first time in the present Parlia- ment. The noble lord was received with general cheers and with cordial personal greetings from several of the peers present. The Day Industrial Schools (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee without amendment; and a resolution moved by the Earl of Wernyss, favouring public exhibition of the models of the proposed Government buildings in Parliament-street and Whitehall, was carried against the Earl of Pembroke and the Marquis of Lansdowne, speaking for the Government, by 41 to 20. SPION KOP. During questions in the Commons on the 16bii inst., Lord Stanley repeated his assurances that no ground existed for the suggestion that the British soldiers who had fallen at Spion Kop had been carelessly and imperfectly buried. General ltiii Hamilton and au < fficer sent specially by General Buller from Ladysmith to see that all the bodies were properly interred were now cited by the noble lord in support of testimony. VLAKFONTEIN AGAIN. The ease of Sergeant Fisher, who was reported to have, by a slim Boer ruse, shot the Boer at Vlakfontein by whom his surrender had been demanded, was brought forward by Mr. Labouchore as an ostensible set-oil to the Boer slaughtering of the British wounded. 1,1 r. Brodrick said he did not propose to take any notice of the matter unless some official confirmation of the circumstances were forthcoming. THE TROOPS AT THE FRONT. Replying to Mr. W. Churchill, the Secretary of War contradicted the report published that day to the effect that large numbers of infantry were to be sent home from South Africa, and that cer- tain lines of communication now held by the British forces were to be relinquished. The re- port was wholly unauthorised," and also inac- curate," a turn of phase which seemed to convey an impression in some quarters that there might have been something in it after all. have been something in it after all. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. The House went into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates. A discussion upon the housing of the working classes arose upon the vote for the Local Government Board. Mr. W. Lorg, in reply, defended the attitude adopted by the Department in regard to the period of repayment of loans by local authorities, and maintained that when people realised that they themselves, and not their successors, would have to bear the burden, there was less danger of their undertaking hazardous schemes. Complimenting the right hon. gentlemen upon his consideration for posterity, Sir W. Harcourt expressed the wish that his example might be imitated by the Treasury. The vote was carried shortly after nine o'clock. The next vote—for the. Board of Agriculture—was agreed to after 18 protracted discussion, and progress was reporto.. FINANCE BILL THROUGH. Sir William Harcourt took the opportunity afforded by the motion for the third reading of the Finance Bill in the House of Commons on the 17th inst. to deliver a determined onslaught on the financial policy of the Government. He complained that increasing extravagance was accompanied by a growing disinclination to meet the conse- quences of prodigality. Sir David Barbour's recommendations for dealing with the revenue of the Transvaal he characterised as a shabby policy, and he foresaw international complica- tions as the result of the confiscation of the Ordi- nary stock of the Netherlands Railway. He poured derision upon the suggested methods of settling colonists on the conquered territories, which, he prophesied, would be found to be a burden to this country. In conclusion, however, he lavished praise on Sir Michael Hicks-Beach for the manner in which he had piloted the bill through its various stages. Mr. Chamberlain replied. He accused Sir Wil- liam of unfounded pessimism and unreasonable exaggeration. The Government, he declared, were not by any means committed to adopt all the pro- posals set forth in the reports of the three Com- missions which had been appointed to consider South African problems on the contrary, they refused to disclose the exact terms of their policy until they had had an opportunity of closely examining the ques- tion and discussing it with Lord Milner and other experts. It would be killing the goose that laid the golden eggs if they imposed on the gold industry such burdens as should hamper its free resuscitation and development. He had every con- fidence in the future of the new colonies, and believed that tho Orange River territory would soon be able to pay its way. Finally, he declared that the war was undertaken, not as a speculative enterprise, but as a vindication of the honour, an assertion of the rights, and an admission of the responsibilities of the Empire. Other speakers followed with the expression of familiar repre- sentative views, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer incidentally intimated that remission of the coal duty would this year reduce the revenue from it by £ 750,000. In the end the third reading was carried by 291 votes to 121, a maioritv of 170. J
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A MARRIAGE is arranged between Hon. Dudley Marjoribanks, Royal Horso Guards, only son of i ^■wep;<^11Jouth) and Miss Muriel Brodriek, eldest daugntor of Mr. St. John Brodriek. M.P. GENERAL SIR RED VERS lb lush on Sunday visited liton College, and attended .service he chapel. He was the guest of the Provost. COLONEL SUCILLON, of the French Colonial Infantry, and Chief of General Voyrcn's Staff in China, has just been nominated a Brigadier Geneial. The new Brigadier is a distil guished officer, who has given proof of his capabilities both m Tonqiun and Madagascar. He is the youngest General Officer m the French Armv, and is the first officer who did not take part in the Franco- Prussian War who has reached the grade of General. General Sucillon, at tho commencement of the war of 1870, had not yet attained his 17th iear, and it was only in 1872 that he entered tfa« 'efyteefente School.
WOMEN'S CHAT. ;
WOMEN'S CHAT. cut J The work of redecorating and aiid the Royal Palaces, is proceeding -JJ seems not unlikely that a public auctio shortly tike place of articles °r/urn'CUrn'asfcle tures", etc., taken chiefly from W indsor and Buckingham Palace. It is at thes 0j0g Palaces that the greatest alterations are wft3 on, and it is easy to understand that tne re3" a vast accumulation of articles and tre during our late Queen's long reign. If a selection is brought to the hammer, will be even more interest taken 'D. than in the recent auction cf Royal • regards Osborne and Balmoral, ^kerestii to be some doubt about the future oi the places. Rumours have been rife that to' .jon intended selling Osborne, or at least a P 0( of the property, but tbey can hardly seeing the great historical connection Osborne House and our late Sovereign- The terrace of the House of becoming more popular than ever a9. -oCj8l able resort for tea parties, and little ,a(,eg gatherings. As it is one of the coolest P in London, it is not surprising that, dun 8 .F hot weather, members prefer to entertain women friends on thei liverj front, to ,jcD ding to their legislative duties. More a ti' fl{B, is now paid to these social accoropaDl e pro, which will be further facilitated by d Ptbe posed addition of a new tes. room btbin Ladies Gallery, and other extensions 0^. dining accommodation at the Houeo ion of mons. The Whips never object to invao the Palace of Westminster bv worile n easy since they help to keep members withi reach of the division lobbies. *—0— ^0 The hot weather has again brought afl £ [ plague of mosquitos, from which wonie children especially, snfier. So many 0 m0st suggested remedies are ineffectual that people fbave giveD up the struggle, aa their bices' as best tbey can. Others such as satur !tiDg a cloth with petroleum, hanging it up in the room, are worse mosquitoes. Another, and inoffeBsiwe 0f 01 keeping room clear of flees, is a soiuf o]if0 one ounce of penny royal to one pint 0 i-jclcs* oil, placed about in any convenient 8i' All iiies have an intense dislike to oil ot P rJJJ. royal, which, though fatal to insects, is j8 less to animals. For mosquito bites, t ,jcv undoubtedly nothing better than the a™g0oH tion of napthallne to the puncture, after as possible. —0—- ^$ The Humanitarian Leagne has PreParcjje.c^ Bill to be introduced into Parliament, to 'JD the destruction of birds for ornamental millinery and other articles of dress. f otber6> is no more likely to pass than scores of 0 # which are prepared with the best *?te 0f t&e Still, it may help to agitate the question gradual extinction of certain kinds oi audit will do ftoirse tood ii it assists to the cruelty whicu attaches to the taking jjjrd9 osprey. The Bill gives a schedule of ^h0j;greb to be protected, including of course, ibpfferiog the Kingfisher, and several others. bir(is* for sale, or wearing any part of the nd tbe would ba an offence punishable by fin0' confi cation of the article to which 10 attached. O' Ribbons according to Bob Cratchet s s. 'are cheap, and make a goodly show 10 &Te pence,' yet, nowadays,* though ribbon cheaper still, axpenny-worth make lit"13 si* on a frilly skirt. On a simple siik 4rqis'go1'' dozen yards are soon absorbed where frl j mount flounces, and are themselves tb0 gathered ribbons. Herein lies a trap unwary—in ordering a costume mention the ribbons are to be placed, or all sovereign soon melts away. —°— r8 0 Nothing gives the same effect, or ren'a ftgoB* old dress so up-to-date, as ribbon, flying able length is well expended for belt, or ends, and for edging bo a fichu. -b°uUliver, K edge of a frilly skirt, we should how waie of many rows, as they add ^ve gfcilL ^j ivea narrow ribbon can be overdone. 9ca is threaded in and out of lace insert! thus, when wisdom guides its use, really well. ~1, ifl 911 Taffeta, or taffetas, is a word fanii'^ fashion articles, but some haziness sti!$ as to what material is meant. The given to a thin make of glatc silk, ilr coS' and histrous, that is being largely use1J .g tumes and for bodices. Still morewid01^ 0ij fabric used for strappings, and wider 0 g|M ekirts and blouses of silk, clotb, linen, »",s> Is more, apparently, inappropriate mater jVetf looks bright enough, but is used too eX to be likely to remain long in favour. —0— Bizaire, again, is the look of light thin of holland, linen, and so on, straPP heavy cloth. Cloth ia colour like ug tion of the dress material, even finds on to gowns off >ulard, and other thin 6 oIjC6, these frocks should be worn hard, and {lii for tbey are so far eccentric as to w ^sSe& season, and, next year, few will care « in them. W —c— Jg n&t For the scarlet dresses which scaae g1 through the hottest weather, it is hard■ 0 word of praise. They are, mostly, ot .^0 linen, these gaudy costumes, and are ^ejU ditionally conspicuous by the sewing jj, tu black or white cloth applique shaPTbese nr form of hollow squares or lozenges. fo spangled hither and thither, or arra jfmen^9 mally, yet however used, are not or& > In cold weather bright dresses are o ,era^0, but in the glare of summer they arc m G0ff>e 0. Applique is nothing if cot bold, »n cij9r^ the newest certainly does not iail in t teristic. A side-board slip of linen to ftg a tf displays a design of pumpkins as larsLspon"JJl enp, and of flowers and leaves of °orfrait),,y ttl size, cut from warm golden (for ^0 lijJ low (for flowers), and green (for *0 f:0a- oa■ and lightly applique to the foun tbe8e 0 part of the embroidress is to secu epftt* 1 tions with stitchery, and to comp^If. flncb«9 \o by working in the already ^race%uia t»kelfty stems that make up the whole. eVetf y,oti long time to do, and the result is 1 epflred» satisfactory. Other designs are P the pumpkins are, on the whole, t ° Mie iDgeD^ni Further, they suggest ideas to l n0ij8s, f & that huge poppies clematis. u> je<, other blossoms could, with the g jjafiy -J florists' illustrated catalogue, *> col° eC- signed, and the sections be cut j,, linens, and stuck to the edle 01'kr ting details could be added with,
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BURIED TREASURE-^ Workmen engaged in laying court in the grounds of a newij # Wimbledon net far from St. Mary 01 utg? come across a large quantity of jew ,eJ. a foot below the surface, and » £ pd P ft tree. When carefully examined ,iaracter' 0ji to be of a very valuable 0' included gold watches, diaca" ■ptoce eto& chains and bracelets, apparently r a robbery from a jeweller's shop &d' a private house. The articles niust the buried for several years, certain *c@ se& joining house was erected. in K tjie pO» Touring to trace the source aj o^n robbery. In the event of the being discovered, the facts will 1 coroner for the district, who wi fcrovC* concerning the jewellery
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