News Of The Week

It is belie ved some of the aged clerk ia the PostfifHee Deparlment will be we?dd out on th first of the raoatb. Many o( them srrt eaia to ba incapacitated for duty and th filJiog of their placee bocomo a neceesity. SÜNDRÏ CAPITAL NOTES. ■ Ex-Seeretary of the Interior Kirk wooil b Pre3ideut of thu new national ban! authoriziwt to begin business in lowa City. PoBtmaster-íieneral Howe saya that he ha no intention of resigning. From a s'alement of the Bureau of Statistici it appears the value of exports of petroleum and petroleum producto from th United StatcB during September was $3,410,965, making the total value of exporte for the nine mouths ending September 30 f34.355,921. The Secretary of War has approved the recommend of the Chief of Eagineers that the contract for dreiging the Potomac Rivet near fta?Ljiuguiij, uuuoí me IBUBUtauí, oí UOIigí 0F8, bt) awardeá to P. Sanford Bosb, nf Jureey City, wtio was the lowest responaible Udder aud ihe coutract will beawarded to hito. It ís ostitnated tbere will be öfty conté sted c;.B98 in the Houso of Represen tatives in the next Cougre88. Ex.Senator Darsey has arrivod at the captal f rom Naw Mexico for th parpóse of being present at the commencemntfif hi no w trial. THB POTOMAC FI.ATS CONTBACT. Murmurs of dissatisfaction come rom Wastington at the award by thegovemmcnt of the contract to dredge the Potomac flíits to a bidder at 21% cents per yard, while another man is said to have fiffered to do the ob for 19% cents. The diffurauca in post will be alinost $20,000. The 19% cnt man was thought to be irresponsible. CHILI'S GAINS. The foreign mail oífieo of the U, S. ppBtoffiae department is mfoimed by the postuuion convention that Autofagosto, íq tíovU, and the entire sea coaet, has been annex ed to Chili, and that port wlll hereafW be a station from which jiostal unión correspondeDCW)llb delivered. Mails f ir Peru are stiil handled by the Chi.ian autborities. BOOT SDBKENDEBS . Thomas E, Root, colored, charged with jury fixing in the Star Boute trial, rendercd himsalf ai Washington and was released oa bail. A CONTEST ANNOUNCED. It is announced that Parson Maasey, Democratie candidate for Congressuian-atlaree in Virginia, will conteet tbe eeat of Beadjuster Jobn 8. Wie' , who has been declared elected. AN EXTRADITIIION TBEATI. The President has signed an extradition treaty bttween the üüited States acd the Belgiaa GnverntneDtF. A HOEDE OF H BD CASES. Peter Eonan, the Indian agent of the Flat Had Rservation in Montina, advisas the war department that an immenso crew of railroad construciors, consistingof 7,400 men, lewd women, ex convicta, gamölers, etc, are grad ually working thtir way toward the ïeservatioD, accompanied hy portable saloons, ganit'ling housen, otc. Indian Commissioner Price has requested Secretary Lincoln to seud troops from Fort Mlssirla to the sgency to keep the camp fi llowers and lcwd women out of the rt-servation, and to prevent the sellingof liquor ui.u uinmi vt ) i ij LL1O -LUUInllE. A MOOFST GLAZIBB, The Gardeld Board of Audit has rectiived a characteristie letter from Christoph T. Logeketiep, a glazier, icto whose putty box one of the búllete fired by tíuüeau at President Qarfield lodged. The writer saye: "I wiBh to be underetood that 1 arn far from making alleged c'aimp, but I hops your honorable body will aseist me in my endeavors to make an honest living by ictrustinz to me tbe position of watcbmaD, or a similar e(fica ia tbe goveT.ment departments." BAUM ON THE EBVENÜE. Cominissioner Raum ia reported as saying that ihe revennes of the country ought to be redttWd to the extent of f 80,000,000. Pope will not become a major general without some oppigition, Friends of Fitz Jotin Poiter cense l'ope of instigatiBg tbe overthrow of Porter, aud this, togelher with fope s weli-kno wa anti-Dsmocratic princip Vb, wil], it is thought, combine all Democia's agarast bim. He hap, too, a few enemins in the R-publican party, and it is eaid thrce Republicaa Senators will vote againat him. FOOTE BAILED. Thos. E. Foote, the alleged star route Inry brib?r has been releaaed on f2,000 b?.il to appar when wanted. AUDITINO THE DOCTOB'S CLAIK9. At a late session of the Garüeld andit board anumber of discrepancias in details were discovered which necepsitated the calllig on of parties interested The claims of the ohysieians were submitted to a searching examination. Adjourament was ieached without a daciBion havin? ben arrivad at. AN AGED VAGHANT. Henry Brooks, an aged colored man, who nlaim8 to have been a body servant of Gen. Guorge WabiDgton, and says he bas roted for thirty seven Presidents and nevpr took a drink or uttered an oath in hls iife, went to the Work Hous in Washington for three montbs fr vsgrancy. BBEADSTÜFF EXPORTS. The Bureau of Statistics reports the value of expone of domestic breadstuffs during Oet"bT, 1882, as $15,205,103. In th sime monthof 1881, the value was $14,8]9,9H. T; total for ten montbs ending Octohr 8), 1881, was $19229í,65í, agaínst f 149.137,96) for the same pnod in 1882. PBOPOSED LliTTEB POSTAGK REDDOTION. The proposition to reduce postage to two cents bas recdved pretty thorouh alten tionby the house committee. Congressmau Hili, who introduced the measuro, is coEfiilent it will pass the coming scseion. NICHOLSON'S CBU1SE. Bear Admiral NichoJson in his report to the navy dppartment regarding the recont cruiee in the Grecian Archipelago sajs he eallcd at Potas, Greece, a rapilly growing port of 35,000 inhabitants. at which an aver age of one vessel per day now touches, and iu an interview with the American consul there was informed that this was the first time ao American man of war had visited that port for 25 years. , CAPTAIN HOWAKD'S EXCU'E. Capt, Howard, who is on trial before the niival board cbarged with desertlng hip post at Pensacola, on the appoarance of yellow fever, claims that he was ill before the fever broks out, and as proof produces a phyeiciaiis' certifijate of diaability given three wisekt pre v0U9 to nis alleged desertion. MILII'ABY DEAJt-BEATS. Judge Advócate-General Swaim decides that the failure of army offlcers tosatis'y an ndebtednesi fairly contracted would not be a violation of the sitxy-first article of war. In reply to a question whether or not a charge of conduct unbecoming as ollicer and gentleman under the sixty-first article of war is proper to b. brought againet cffieers of the ariDy who;negiect to payjuatdebtsincurredby them, and by thair manner of life and current expenditure fail to exercise euch proper economy as might enabla them in time to save from tbeir salaries amoants Bufflcient to Batisfy thuir creditors in whole or in part, he answers in th negativa. THE TABIFF COMMISSION. President Hayes, of the ïariff Commisslon, is in Washington. Ha giys, notwithstandiDg newspapfira to the contrary, that the comtnission has been doing work wMch will be recognized when its report íb sabmittcd to Congreas. It is understood th draf tof a bilí covrinar changes in the tariff wLioii teeomniissidn thiuk necessary, will lso be enbmitted to Cons;re6s. 1HK CHIHKSB LEG&TIGN. It is stated at the Chinese legation n Washington that tbare is no ioundation for tbe Btatemect tbat tbn Chinese Minister aad suitu wül be withdrawn from the üuited States on account of legislatura restrictief? Chinese lminigration. THE CASK OF INSPECTOR FOLLOCK. Indian Inspector Polloek arrived in Washington the nthai day. Pollook was sent out to investiga! th charges preferred by ftd 'ioui against Agent McGillicuddy, at Pino Ridgt Agency. H exceedtd bis authority in piimmarily dismis'ing Ihe agent, in wbich action he usurped the power of the Sfcretary, wbo reiostated the agent and suspended the uspector. In the meantlrae Pollock published lis rport on p.lïairs and made seTeral unkind eflections on the Sscretary for his aetion in uspending bim, It is for the purpoaa of exilaining his couise that hels in Washington, ío time has ben set for an interview yet. CTITMK. TEBEIBI E TBAQEDÏ. A well-to do farmer named Jasper pauldiBg, living three miles from Baub, Iud., rat knocked senselesa his little son and wife with a wh ffintree and tíien cut their throats with a razor, after whioh ho cut his own iroat with tbe same weapon. His mothern-law, on visiUns Spauldiug'a residencc, iecovered the wbole family lying dsad oa the oor of tha kitchen Xh cause wa3 insaniA POL1TICAL BOW. Information of a disgraceful affair lat took place in tbe mountain distncts of Keiitucky on ekction day was not received uctil the 180i inst. The contest in the Tenth Consreesional District cf Kentucky, between Jobn D. Whii,. ftimnhlipnn. tt i"!lni7 Pnnln the present incnmbent, and George M. Adsnis, Damocrat, former membsr and Cleik of the Lower House, gave White the following majorities ia tho monalain countits: Clay, 400; i"B!ie, 600; Perry, 300, and Harlai-, 700; tota!, 1 9J0. White is probably defeated, and the heavy Democmitc vote r.f the Big Sandy Valley and tbe blue grass counties of Clark and Montgomery wül probably givs Adama a majoriiy of 1,500. The day closed with an encounter between the rival factions o( the CouriiBes and Davideons. The oppoBing partis met in the street at Hszard, both well srmed, and fire arms were freeiy nsed, over l:l0 shots haviag been discharge d. Three men on the Courlis eide were wennded, viz., E;y, Hurrison and Augustus Courlis. The first was shot in the abdomen and will probably (ie. Alfred Everaale, of the Davidson party, was mortally wounded by a ehot through the bips. No warrauts have teen issued nor any attenipts made to arrest any of the parties. The feud ia one of long standing;, and the acihoritits are content to let the beliigerents fight it out in etiiet accordance with mouutain usage. DEED OP A L'ESPERATE MAN. Homer vv. Barnes, x 3'oung well-todo faimer of Brecksvüle, Oirio, last evening went to bis barn and fired a charge of buokshot into his heart. Death was immediite. domestic trouble ia alleaed. VIOLATING A SUNDAY LAW. Fred. Diebolt, a prominent saloonkeeper of Cleveland, Ohie, couvicted in tne pólice court of violating tDe Smith law, by selling üquor onSunday, bas beeu sentenced to pay $11)0 fiae and coets acd be imprisoned in the workbouse 10 days. The case will be taken to a bigher court, sentence msanwhile btiing suspended. A CATH0LI0 UEFAÜI.TEB. Bobt. Myhan, treasurer of theBrookiyn Roman Oatbolic orphan asrluni, is a defdulier to the extent of $16,000. He had been directed by the managers ío psy a $10000 mortgaje and it was then diacovered that the funds h d been U9(id. Myhan has aesigned all his property to the inetitotion, more than eovorinft the deCciency. LAND FBAÜDS. Indictments have been found by the United Statea gtatd jury fii Bt. Louis, Mo., against E. E. Carpen ter, Win. D. RuESall and J. D Cameron, bronght there from Dakota, charged with extensivo laúd frauds. HE TT 8 A OTES. WAS IT A MIBACLE? Eichard Hoffinan, of Somerset townsbip, D6ar Washington, Pa.. has been acripple for years, beicg paialjzed in bis lower liiubs so tbat he was compelled to use a wheel chsir. The other day he crawled beyond a barn, acd while engsgfd in prayer, hcard a voice saj : " Ariae and walk." H obeyed the eommanii and ha been walSing ever sinee. A CHALLENGE. The Corresponding Secretary of the Prohibition Home P'-oit-ction party has wnttan an open lotter frorn Chicago to Ihe Proel dent of tb Prsorwl Liberty Leare, challfDgiug a (Í8,:uHt! m of the points betweeo the two bo lies, the discusaion to be beid in the lsadiBg cities or the East &iá W5t. DEMOCBATIC JÜDGES, The Demócrata of North Carolina have electfd the en tire ticket for Jad ges of th Supreme and Superior Courts. hill's süccessob. Pope Barrows has beea elected to fill the unexpiKd term of Senator Bn Hill of öeorgia. 4. son of the deceaseü senator was bis OHly opponent, and the vote stood: Brrow, 116; Hill, 99. It was reported theeame day that ex-Gov. Colquiit was lected for the loug term cominencing Maroh 5. Ibis, howfver, was denied, it being said that Colquitt lack'id two votes of carrying the leeislature. A later dispatch from Atlanta coufirmed tbe newsof Ooiquiti's eltcüon. The vote stood: Colquitt, i22; Jackson, i i; Black, 33; Anderson, 20. alabama's debt. The governor's message to the Alabama legislalare, makea the follnwing exhibit as to tbe state's fiuanoes: The bonded debt of tbe sUto is $9,437,80 ■ and tbe anuual interest f3H,000. The csb in the treasury October 1, the close of the fiscal year, was $421,000. There has been a considerable increpas in the aEsessed valué of property in the state, being neariy twenty-five per cent, in the last thri-e jearp. A reduetion ín taxation is rcominended, as the Btate expenses have been ereatly redueed the last few yesrs. JOINT MANAGEMENT AGBEKD TO. Negotiation3 that have been pending for soiue time bfttween the Western Associated Press and Nbw York Associated Press have culininated in a unanímous agreement for joint management The work ot readjat,tment will continue nntil all diflarences are dispoaed of, and there will be but one general eervico. A new contract will be made with the Western Union Telegraph Company, MISSING riAMONDS. A package which ought to bave contaiaed diamonds lo the amonnt of abont $80,OtO, elipd on board the steamer City of Cbestflr and consigned to the firm of Louis Strasburger&Co.,MaidenLane, New York, was, on opening in the examining roem of the Appraisur's department, foucd stnffed with paper. The package, a rather dlsproportionally large wooden box wrapped In a paper cover, whieh appeared sealed and the seals apparectly intact, was received at the public 6tores in Washington street in the condition in which it was whn opened. The purser of the steamstiip testified that ha received the wooden box in such suspiciously bad ordr he hesitateë to receive it, but after haviDg concluded to receive it deemed it indispensable to cover it in order to incroase the safety of the outyvöCU UUUieUlB (ÍI IQtí paCKgÖ. TBLESCOPED. A stock train on the Chicago, St. Pan), Mianeapolie & Omaha road, at Bobert Station, was run into by a freiRbt train, and the caboose was set oa fi, rhs eajfineer and fireman of the freight juaipedin time to eav) their lives, bat thoae imprisoned in ihe caboose were in a trap from whicb. escape wts next to impoesible. IELLOW J.WKFLAYED OÜT. The gratifying intelligence comes up from Pensacila that the dreaded yellew f ever has subsided. AK KLÏCTBIC STOHM. Officials of the Western Union TeleSTaph Company siy the eleotrical disturbances in this country on the 17th were the most pronounced and widespread exoerienced for many yeare, if, indeed, they hava been paralleled, in som respecs, at any time. An electric storm of the greateBl violenceraged in all the tenitory from Chicago to a point beynnd Omaha, and from Kansas City north to the terminus of earapniccommunication, practically puttine a stop to the telearapbic service over the entire area. It first begaa to be feit about 3 o'clock in the morning, and increasel in intensity till 9:45, when communicatioa from erery directioa was cut off. The switchboard in Chicago was n fire a dezen times during the foreaoou, and half a d zsn keye of insituBients were meited by the current, which contiaued to pass through the scrow turned np and the points paried to the furlhest limit. Dúplex and quadruplex wires were rondeied entirely ueelee?, and at noon but a single wire of fifteen between Chicigo and.New York was in operation, aLd it was frequentlj interrnpted. Word was rfcaived from Milwaukee that ths atmoepbenc eltctricity coming in on its wires from the country had euch dynamic power as to stiffice for keeping aa electric lamp burning. MANNING DECLABEB KLECTED. Mississippi politicians are consideraMyexcited over the issue nft,h C!hn!inr-iV!.in. Ding eleciicQ coDtfst. Myers, secretary of state having canvasaed the votes, and declared Manning the winner and th governor haj issued a certifícate accordingly. PENFSÏLVANIA'S OFFICI4L VOTE. The total vote for Governor at the recent electioD, as received at the State Departmeutiis: Pattison, Democrat S55.791 Beawr, Bepublican 315,589 Stewavt, Independent 48,7t Armstrnng, (ireenback and Labor 23,484 Fettit, Prohibition ... 6,191 Total vote 743,808 Pattison's plarality 40,202 This is the largest vote ever polled in the SUte, with the exceptinn of the Presidentia! con tests of 1876 and 1880. A CONTBSTKD CASE. Il appears f rom reporta that in Tate cocnty, Sliss , the natne of Cbaiabless was inserted on an elecüon ticket tbroueh a clerical error, instead of Chalmers. The governor and seeretary of state Lave awarded a certifícate of theelestion to congrees to Mr. V. H. Maanmg, who would have been defeated if the clerical error had mot occurred. Cbalmers has commenced suit by appljiag for a mindauius to compel the secretary of statu to couatthe vote in Tate couDty, and the case will come up early in December. Chalmera charges that the returns were pnrposely con"ealtd to prevent any erors beiog corrected during the teu daye allowed by l?w for rnakingreturnp, and says the clerical error as to J B. Chambless would have been promptlj corrected if tfce returns had notbeen fraudulenta coLCsaled. The Commissioners of Elec tiou of Tate county have sent an amended return ehowing the vetes were cast for J. B Cha'mTs and not J. H. Chamblees. compëlled tosküidown. A telegraphic report comes from Chicago aud Joliet, III., to the effact that tho rolling milis at those two places, emplojiug between five and eix thousand men, have about decidod to shut down, owing to the low price that is paid for their producte, Jaouary or Pebruary is the time de&ignated It is also feired that the Democratie coDgrees will cause great reduction in the tariff so that foreijjn producís will bo able to compete in our markets. It is intimated that the talk of shutting down is for the purpose of influencing puolio opiuion snd preventinjf a rduction of the tariff by consrt 89. FUREIGy AVFAIltS. THE JOUHNAL AFOLOGIZBS. The Freeman's Journal is out with a leader in which it ( ffers an apolosy for lts recent accusations and harsh language against Gen. V0lBele7 and against offering him the freedom of the city of DabliD. It Wolseley has writtcn a letter staiiag it is nis earnest desire to see Ireland a ioyal, peaceful and proeperouB land. lawson opheld. In Commons the other day the -ommittee appointed to inquiw into the imprisonment of E. D wyer Gray, rep irted that Justice Lawson did bis duty in the cas. K3ÏPT'S FIN ANC ES. The Paris Firago has a dispatch f rom Cairo whicb affirms tbat the gevernments of England aod Frasee have entered into a df fi - nite agrennent in regard to the control of the finances of Egypt. It says that Prance bas ac cepted the offr of England that the presidency of the Public Debt Commiesion be given to Franoe aa coinpemsation for doing away with the present syetem of control. Other qaestions relating to the orgauization of the finances of Esyptwill be treattd by these two governmenlB in concert with the other great powers of Europe of their approval. Qladetone is said to believe that he bas already snfficient assur anee. THB LONOFELLOW MEMORIAL. The Prince of Wales will preside at the Iumgfellow meeting at tbe Lyceum to be held in January. The Dean of Westminster raisee no objection to plac!cg the bust of the poet in Westminster Abbey, bnt there is no room in the poet's corner beneath the bust table. THE STEAMER SAFE. Later reports f rom the North Sea are to the effect that tha steamer ed foundered with 40 persons drowned, has been eignalled and in cafe. THE BOAT WENT DOWN. The crew that left the steamer Westphalla soon after tbe collieion clï Beachy Head to search for the uaknown Bteamcr have landed at New Hav9D, and report that tbe other steamer went down with all on board. GBEVY SICK. President Grevy has been seized with sudden illaess. He has had two attacks of rneh of blood to tha brain, oaused principal!} by indigestión. The atack isapoplectic in its character. The exeitemeut ia offlciai aad political circ!eu is inteaBe, and the situation in government circlcs is still .'nrthereom. piicated by this unexpected factor. President revj's resignation. which has been forefhadowod (y cartain papers, may be expedited by his illnesp. Later adviees iudicata an improviproTement In tha preeidenl's condltion, he havins; so far recovered tht ha was enabled to drive out in his carriagt . EVIDBNCE AQAINST ARABI. buieiman Dauod was before the proaecuting coaimiseion at Cairo. Ha eoafessed to (iiving tbe erdor to lire Alexandiia after haviug received a peremjtory command irom Arabi Pasha. As tbe conflagration did not at first apyear to be general, Arabi Paha sent repeated orders throagh Mahmoud Samy to fire more places. SuJeiman also Btates that Arabi Pasha on Jnly 12, ordered him to takii soldiers to Hamleh Palace, and murJer.tiie Kbedive. While on the road to execute the order, he met me f resident of the Chamber uf Notables, who prevailed upon him to return ana reinonstrate with Arabi Pasha. Nouri Bey, an ofrbpr who had charge of the troops at Samleh Palaee corroborate3 Saleiman's statements. These reports are crowned with the following unpoliehd comment trom London: "SuIeimaD Daeui'e assertioaa, and Arabi Pasha's denial% by themselves, are valueles, as both have au equally wide reputatien as liars." AN IBISH OUTBAQE. A party of forty armed men attacked the hoaso of Rttdmoud Boach, Magistrate at Maglaes Oaiti(, Ireland, firing eeverEl shots and demanding adinission aud carryinff away two gune. NOHTHCOTE TAKES A BEST. Sir Stafford, being compelled to take a rest aod get a change of air, has gone ou a trip to the Mediterranean. PABNELL INSTÜCTED. Parnell has been instrueted by Irish members of Parüainent to ask the governmnt what action thy üjtend to lake to ralieve the distress of the Irieh tenantry. AOriVB BOYALISTS The Royalist propaganda of France is actively engaged in spreading lts doctnuee, and mauy couverts are the roBUlt. GBEVï'S CONDlTlON The principal topic in the politcal circles of Frauee, at present, is the precarions condition of President Grevy's healtb, and hl probable successor has been named ae eithei uamDetta, Oen. Cbancy or Bresson, tbe lattei the favorite of tbe Moderates. DUFFERIN'S DOINOS. During Earl Duffeiïn's visit in Egypt he has held but very little ictercoureo w.th the Khedive, bat is in almost constant conference with government officials in re gard to the politica! and financial conditionof the country. He has sncceeded in opening negotiationa, the leaiiiug point being a convention, and limiting the term of the Eoglisb cccupation of Egypt to three years. He doe? not propose to coasult the Europeas power?. bat will retir to the Sultan after conclusiva and informal reengnition of bis rights aseuzerain. KILLED Bï A FALLING B0OF. The roof of au oíd d welling in the City of Mexico feil a few nights ago and seven persons were killed therebp. GKETï'S CONDITION. Figaro states that President Grevy's medical advisers are of tbe opinión that be has touched a delicate crisis ie (he period of old age wben it is necessary that there should be no mental disturbance and he shoulii have absolute repose. HEBOES FBOM KGTPT. Eight thousand English troops that took part in the Egyptian war were reviewed by queen Victoria on their return home. Vast crowdswerecollected. Tberoad and review grounds were kept clear by 7,000 pólice and a large number of volunieers and yeomamy Tbe guards, Highlandeis, a brigade of seaineu and marines, acd the Indiar. contingent about 30 strong, evoked a most cnthnsiastic welcoine At the review the queec presenten war medals totwo represen tatives of each regiment. A general pref sntation of medals 1b still to take place. STANLEY 1NTEBFERED WIT3. Advices from the upper Congo report that the Staulf y station thare has been atcackod bi hoetile nattvts. Mr. Lecheul, in charge of th station, was wnunded. GEBMANï'S DEFICIT. Herr Scholz, Trussian minister of finance, made a budget statement in the diet the othsr day. The deficit, which will bs met by a loan, is 81,000,000 maiks. The decrea'e in the revenue dun to the abolition of the lowest grades of the c!af 8 tax will be met by a license tax on the eale of liquor aud tobáceo Tte abolition of the above mmtioned tradep meets with approval but the nieans proposeel for covering the deficiency will probably berejt-cted. The national liberáis are forming a counter proposal. IBISH NATIONAL LEAGUE. Ten thousand persons attended the meeting of tbe Iiïsh National League at fule k Among the epsakur? were Sullivan and O'Kel ley, members of FarliameDt. The Jatter referred to what he called the efforts of Davit to split the Irish party, and said they were tantamount to etabbing Ireland in the back. Be threatened to resign bis seat if the conntry wavered in lts allegiar.ee to Farnell. He advised the farmers to take advantaga of tbe Arrears of Runt act. Votes of cenfidence in the epsakers were carried. THE POPE HOBBIFIKD. Freeman's Journal says the Pope at a recent interview expressed hia horror at the outrages committed in Ireland and charged the bishops to nse their utmost exertion? to prevent the people olïdndiug agair.st tl; laws. Fruit designs, such as strawberries, plums and pears, are on the neweat brocades ; horseshoe patterns are of raised velvet on a corded surface. The coiffure is still arranged in se vere simpiicity, close to the head, and with no false switches where tliere is even a passable amouut of natural tresses. New evening dresses of rich biocades and velvets have a square neck with an Elizabethan collar of beads, and the train falls from the shoulders instead of the waist. White gloves and white bonnets are once more in fashion, and will be used, together with a great deal of lace, to brighten dark dresses at the theater and opera.