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THE LITTLE MEETING LASS.
When mating L^Ils l>egan to toll*
An<l plou* folk* b«»?#n to p\a»,
Bh« deftly find her bonnet on,
The little sober meeting lass,
All In her neat, white-curtained room, be¬
fore her tiny looking glmw.
Bo nleely round her lady cheek*
Hhe smoothed her bands of glossy hair,
And Innocently wondered If
Her bonnet did not make her fair—
Thefl sternly chid her foolish heart for har¬
boring such fiincln there.
Bo square she tied the satin strings,
And net the bows beneath her chin ;
Then smiled to see how sweet she looked ;
Then thought 1i<t vanity a sin.
And she must put her thoughts away before
the sermon should begin.
Ilut, Rifting 'neath the preached Word,
Demurely In her father's pcw ;
Bhe thought about her bonnet still—
Yes, all the parson's sermon through,
About Its pretty bows and buds, which bet¬
tor than the text she knew.
Yet sitting there, with peaceful face,
Tho reflex of her simple soul,
Bhe looked to be a saint —
And maybe was one oa tho whole—
Only that her prolty bonnot kept away tho
nuroolc.
—Mary E. Wilkins.
Widow Muggins’s Revolt,
R8. MUGGINS
stood at tho door
of tho little two
h story house i n
which she and her
two brothers had
lived since Mug¬
gins had been re¬
if moved from the
responsibilities of
life through tho
convenient agency
of a railroad smash-up. His widow,
capable soul that she was, felt more
keenly the financial smash-up than the
other one, that had forced her into
unbecoming mourning attir°, and
when, after a sift ing out of a-sets and
liabilities, she found herself with less
than $1000 to call her own, sho de¬
termined to put pride in her pocket
ami go back to tho little home on the
edge of the prairie, from which she
had walked proudly forth u bride
some twenty years before.
When the letter announcing Mrs.
Muggins’s intention of taking up hor
abode with them reached tho two
brothers it created a distinctly disa¬
greeable sensation. Henry and James
were “sot, in their ways,” as tho
neighbors would have told you, nud
the thought of breaking up the regu¬
lar routine of their existence, even for
the sake of their only sister, was n
bitter pill for tho two old bachelors to
swallow.
“Thank goodness, she ain’t got no
children,” exploded Henry, ns lie
tipped his ohair ntill farther back af¬
ter having refilled hispipo for its final
duty, just so many pipes being a part,
of tho regulation ev ening
“Yes, how,” wo echoed couldn’t JidHj ayA|
great booW^iu
woefully blaze a pair holey of de<$fle|
The gray
light of these
evidently furnished Henry with foou
for reflection, for after a few minutes’
silent puffing he remarked : “p’raps it
wouldn’t bo such a bad idee after all.
Seems if we kinder need a woman to
look after us. Phuabo Jones is all very
well as long as the cookin’ goes, but
there’s other tilings—look at yer socks
for instance. Looks as if they’d been
chawed, an’ mine’s jest 0 / bad. I kin
remember wo didn’t hev no sich look¬
in’ rags when mu wuz alive to look
aider ’em.”
“No more we didn’t. P’raps now,
come to think on it, Mary’s
coinin’ might prove a savin’.
We kin do away with Phoebe
Jones’s help, and she writes she’s got
some little money of her own, so she
won’t expect us to give hor no clothes.
We’ll let her come, though I s’pose
it’ll sorter upset our eveniu’s.”
“I’m ’/raid it will,” responded
Henry, “but then she’s our blood re¬
lation, an’ there may bo a savin’ in
it.”
Thus it was that the Widow Mug¬
gins received a terse, cold letter nu
mmuoing that she could once again
take up her abode iu the house of her
youth, the selfish sentences winding
up with: "Ef yer had had children we
couldn't have stood it nohow. ”
Ten vears had passed since the day
the little pale faced widow arrived at
the old farm, and as she stood at the
open front door, shading her eves
xvith her hands, one could s>.e the
change that soft* the years had brought to
her. The brown eyes had in
them the look that comes to those ac
eustomed to viewing great plains, tc
gazing out and beyond, away off into
another world from which the gazer is
shut by the unvarying tedium of daily
toil. There was a wistful hopelessness
in their depths intervals\uch that crept there onlv
in those brief as now.
when she waited for the men folks to
come to meals or puuUl dream by the
viiulow of her little room,
“I wouldn’t care,” murmured Mrs.
Muggins as she entered the kitchen to
place the last dish ou the neatly
spread board, “if they would only say
a kind word onee iu a while just to
show that they appreciated what I do
for them. The only way to make them
appreciate me would just be to go off
and leave them in the lurch, but that
would be so mean,” she added as an
afterthought, seeing through her
mind’s eye the two helpless old men
stranded in the old farm house without
a soul to perform the hundred little
offices that she was accustomed to
shouldering.
“Pa sou High druv by tho lower
rneuder this mornin an* he says as how
hu :>e Jones is terrible bad with
fever, e-aid Henry nsthetwo sat down
to the bountifully spread table, for
though the brothers were
to the verge of miserliness in other
mutters they never stinted their stem
acbs * though they never would have
forgiven Mary if she had ever ven
ttired to give > ' much as a stale bis
cuit to a tr * m P or any of the poor
families living iu the vicinity.
“How long has she been sick? ’
queried Mrs. Muggius, as she passed
the speaker a fragrant cup of tea,
which he at once proceeded to turn
into his saucer before appearing
»<nic« the question)
“NigU onto tea days,” he
*fl« &f*i gttJjpt
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA*, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1895-EIGHT PAGES.
"I heard she was sick atmeetin’,”
pnt m James who was a regular at
tendant at all religions services, bat a
most reluctant giver when the plate
was passed.
You knew she was sick . , last , Snn- Q
day and never told me,” here put in
Mrs. Muggins, with more spirit than
she had ever shown in the whole ten
years of her service in the old house
on the edge of the prairie.
“What was the use? When folks is
sick they ain’t no account, and there’s
no sense of well folks bein’ worried
about’em. I thought as how ef you’d
a knowed Phiebe wuz took down you
might er had some notion of goin’
over to see her, and knowin’ it wuz
soap-makin’ time I thought I’d better
not.”
Mrs. Muggins only bit her lip at
this typical selfish explanation, but
her hand trembled as she refilled Hen¬
ry's cup, and into her eyes crept a
look of determination such as they had
seldom worn since Muggins died.
“I s’poso the pa’son wanted some¬
thin’. ’Pears as if that man ain’t con¬
tent with a decent house and $150 a
year for preachin’ only twice on Sun¬
day. Homo folks never know when
they’re well of!'.”
“A hundred and fifty dollars a year
ain’t much when there’s five mouths
to feed, nud besides, you know he
don’t get that regular,” put in Mrs.
Mugging the new spirit of resistance
making her feel inclined to urguo
every question that was raised. The
brothers looked at each other in
alarm. They did not know what to
make of this outbreak from the usual¬
ly passive third member of the house¬
hold. James, who recovered first,
evidently thought it best to nip any
such argumentative tendency in the
bud, so, with an impressive cough and
a look indicative of the pride he felt
in thus suppressing the offender, he
said :
“Mary, wimraen folks wasn’t made
to think. What Pa’son High’s salary
is, or how it is paid, is no consarn of
yourn. I think your kittle has biled
over. ”
When Mary went to look after the
imaginary trouble on the stove he
turned to his brother and as nearly
winked as he had ever been guilty of
doing, aud then took up the thread of
tho interrupted discourse.
“What did the pa’son say wuz ailin’
Phoebe?”
“Fever,” laconically answered
Henry; “it’s some kind of catchin’
thing, an’ no one’ll go near her. Sho
ain’t go no doctor, nutlier, but pa’son
knows a good bit about medicine, an’
he says sho’ll die ef some one don’t go
an’ nuss her pretty quick.”
“Why don’t his wife go ef it’s so bad
ns nil that?” put iu James.
“’Nother baby,” gruffly replied
Henry.
“Goodness me,” said his brother y
jumping up ; “here we’ve set a talkin
and it’s ten minits past our usual time
for goin’ ter bed. Good night, Mary.
Henry, don’t set there starin’ like an
which tho other arose and the
■likjibovo aud were lost in
>re >d finished poor, tired,-Jittle ti,
ig up
candle waT^^jB midm^H
close ou to
meek little sister i
was busily cugaged in putting
of her belongings into the capacious
carpet-bag that she had brought out
West ten years beforo. “It s downright
heathenish, that’s what it is,” she said
to herself as she patted down an extra
nightcap. “If they want to go before
their Maker with that girl’s death on
their conscience it is more than I do,
and even though they turn me out of
doors, I’m going to go aud do my duty
by Phoebe—poor girl; many a time
she’s given me a helpiug hand when I
was ready too’, to drop, and she knew right
well, she couldn’t expect any pay
for it. I’ve got my $1000 and its ac
cumulated interest, and if tho worst
comes to the worst I’ll just pack up,
and when Phoebe gets well she and I’ll
go East and see if we can’t make a
living somehow. Land kuows I
couldn't work any harder than I have
in the last ten years if I had to go
into a factory. ”
Thus it was that in the morning
when the brothers came downstairs
they found a note on the table ex
plaiuiug the absence of the household
drudge, whose loss they already keenly
felt > vbe cold storo nad unprepared
breakfast teaching them very con
clusively that they needed a woman
arouud *
“Strange Marv never showed no
notion oi kickin’ over the traces
afore,” said Henry, as he tried to
drink a cup of very muddy coffee pre
pare'd by James. “Wirnmen is all
queer, an’ yon kin never tell when
thev’sgoin’ to break out. I must say,
however, I’m disappointed iu Mary;
it ain’t decent nor natural like to go
off nussin’ a workhus’ girl and leavin’
her own kith and kin to git along as
best they kin.”
“»’> “*P m.lin' time, too,”
.
“Yes, aud there’s all them pertaters
as need sortin’, and the apples’ll rot
ef some ua don’t can ’em or suthin' an’
the feather beds to be picked over,
an’ the socks, an', an’—Oh, Lor’, what
will we do!’’
“Do without her,” replied Henry,
who by this time had plucked up a bit
of grim courage as he saw how rapidly
his brother was losing that *eom
^
rnodity. But*as
the days went on thev found
they could not \lo without her. The
neighbors, who had alwavs been in
sympathy with kind-hearted little
Mrs. Muggins, now absolutely refused
to come to the aid of the helpless
despots, who saw their prettv, tidy
home assuming an uncomfortable,
slovenly appearance that had not been
there for years.
Mrs. Muggins, on her side, was iu
her element. She had found
Phcebe far on the ro.il to the other
world when she stepped into the little
cabin in the wee sma’ hours of that
morning when she had crept from her
brothers’ house like a thief. Good
nursing, however, had done wonders
for tbe girl, who was now able to sit
up. The plan to go East became more
and upftre a delightful prospect as she
t]i»iyght ot it, until so full of it was
that she confided in the minister,
W b 0 iu turn told Jam**! all about, it
When neat ha passed by the fi*id
whete th* ojfl wu» M w»rk,
information was the climax of the
brothers’ woe.
“James ” said Henry “Mary’s
prettier than I thought-ef she once
gits East she won’t come back, an’you
know how bad that nd look to the
neighbors. I think we’d better drive
over to Phoebe Jones’s and ask Mary
ter come back.”
“Ef it wasn’t for what folks nd say
I wouldn’t go near her—for we’re get
tin’ on very tolerable well without
her,” capitulated James, who on the
eve of surrender would not acknowl
edge how much they missed and needed
the sister who had been given so
grudging a welcome.
The next day tho lumbering old
farm wagon drew up before Phcebe’s
door. Mrs. Muggins had seen it as it
crawled over the dusty roal, and,
feeling that her one chance of email
cipation was at hand, prepared to
make the most of it. Phoebe was
asleep in the room that answered for
kitchen anl bedchamber as well, so
Mrs. Muggins walked out to the roa l
as the ramshackle wagon drew up be
fore the door.
“Pa’son says yer thinkiu’ uv going
East,” was James’s salutation, as
though no long weeks of separation
had intervened since he saw her last.
“Yes, I’m off in a day or two, as
soon as Plicebe’s strong enough to
travel.”
Being thus admonished, James
looked over the head of tho little wo¬
man standing at tho side of the wagon
and stammered: “Yer brothers’
house is the place for you, Mary.”
i t I know that, James, but when
brothers don’t know how to treat a
sister as though she was a human be¬
ing, it s^ time for them to quit part
nersuTp.
( < Why, what do you mean? came in .
astonished chorus from the two.
“Haven t you had your board and
lodgin tree tor ten years .
And haven t 1 worked hard enough
to pay for it? You haven’t hired any
kitchen help since I came, You’ve
never had to give out any carpet rags
to be sewed or feather beds to be sort
ed, , and I ve served , and slaved until
m sick. Board and lodging, indeed.
and the little woman, who now real
ized that she had the upper hand,
sniffed scornfully.
lue truth of her words apparently
struct home, for James, after sundry
tclegraphic nudges from Henry, went
on: ba T 3 bav£ : bsea ban.,
Mary, . but if you ,. only come back
home and try us once more we 11 try
to do better; indeed, we will, and a
ray of kindness flashed for a moment
in the old man’s eyes as he surveyed
tho small figure bristling with the
same spirit of which ho was so proud.
“Will you hire Phoebe to help mo
in the kitchen?”
'‘Yes ”
“Will you carry out tho tubs to
catch the raiu water at night, instead
of letting me tote them when my
back’s niHi Vill,” onto broke?”
“VVe came the subdued
chorus
“And will Ton let me go to meetin’
when I want to and tovo company to
ten. and give nway cold victuals?”
went on t “ he little general, making
■ fry, Hr;---
1 if you’ll^ffiTy
I W& look arten ‘us as you
WN* ■Brhen, Dfl come.”
Mrs,.'' Muggins’s mutiny
'oVhze of glory.—Plnladel
P fmes.
q Winter Game tor Bright People.
Now > wuen t je lou S wmte r evenings
su SS est the idea of indoor games, it
uo ^ be ou ^ l dace to call to mind
a S ain that okl English game of
Crambo. It s not a game to play at
ab times aud with all people. If your
P la Y ers ha ven’t the knack of “playing
earnes t> if they haven t consider
ab t e literary sense, try something else,
Each, jihiyer writes ou a slip of
P a P er a word > and oa au °ther a ques
tloa - Tba sll P 3 r ‘ r ,° thea collected,
each kind by itself, and mixed up.
Eich P Ia yer then draws a slip with a
word oa xt aad another with a ques
tloa 011 xt - The ob i ect ' tbea is for eaab
to wnte a P iece of verse > introducing
Eie '' vord aud ft nswering the question,
m i Q,J t es or more may be allowed
i° r the purpose.
For ias * a nce, at a little party the
otber evening, one player drew one
shp with the word “love” on it amt a
8ec [> nd '™th the perplexing question:
! ^ bo s i l ’ uc | c billy x’atterson ? ’ Ibis
13 the resulting literary product;
(\yao smieTlittle Billv1
Tiie answer you n^yer will giin.
For no one here knows;
An! so l wh 1 Gos;*,
_ .
1
0ft f ? n tbe . answers are humorous,
n ccauona. y tney are uortay to ba
c f P oe ‘L v - e question asked
st ar s 011 a theme at once, and.
a f t t i a 1K 0 P ra -Dce a, the gc.me yon
U . : . yonrseh with witty
V surprise pro¬
A ere is specimen ot more
verse, written to answer the
fl^tion ‘ Do you like boatingr and
lucIude the word ehimt!3:
If!AmftfU' «i°f no 1
My sw.ft e.ino % my hurtling
Flu-sat my comm ml.
Tae'suaYs^srt''thstbnsoumps Sweet jto.it toe -‘c'aim-s' -
To drift is hero. The nverV*aisle
D molten fire ; tbe so n >sr limes
Cast deep sba tows. Let’s dream a while,
No game that is distinctly a mental
exercise, while at the same time a real
recreation, should be despised. And
among the whole round there is none
better than Crambo. If you don’:
ba °Y if ’ il ’ 3 ™ ch lear ? ia 2j if voa
-
do kaow 5t , its worm playing.—
Washington Pathhxiuer.
.-lonso Catcher.
A hen that catches mice and eats
them is a novelty that has recently
come to light in Kansas City, Kan. A
widow, who lives in the outskirts of
that city, is the owner of this hen
with certain feline propensities,
Recently the widow heard a commo
tion in the barn yard and upon ail going
to learu the cause of it saw the
chickens and the roosters iu a circle
around the old hen, but a respectful
distance. They were clucking loudly,
The hen in the centre was industrious
ly pecking at an animated object. The
woman saw that it was a mouse and
called her dog. But the hen, when
she saw Fido coming, seized the
mousy, which woe yet alive, and swai
lowed H after two or three spasmodic
gulp*. Mfctf had Wb«o playing with il
m » kHtf^ *-£#««** fit? «t»r»
WlYU-WX M VJIAii 0 WOT? M Ull-LD* T T)
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PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
___
finds fayob in a queen s eyes.
Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh, wife of the
American Ambassador to Italy, has,
according to gossip from the Eternal
City, been quick to find favor with
Queen Margherita. She has shown
her special marks of distinction, to
which the Italian press refers as
highly complimentary to the Ameri
can Ambassador’s wife.- New York
Journal,
now FRENCH WOMEN KEEP YOUNG.
Am erican women might learn an ad
vantageous lesson of their French sis
ters in the art of keeping young. But
it is no recipe for cosmetics that they
would acquire. First of all, French
dames do not worry, or, if they do,
they conceal the fact admirably. They
are apparently on the crest of the
wave of good fortune perpetually.
Next, and almost equally important,
they decline to hurry. They take life
moderately, perform their duties
without haste and linger over their
pleasures. And in these two simple
rules lies a mine of wealth for her who
is wise enough to appropriate it. —New
Orleans Picayune.
THOUGHT SnE WOULD FILL THE BILL.
“Wanted—Young lady, double-en¬
try bookkeeping, stenographer and
typewriter, owning her own machine;
$5 per week salary to competent per¬
son.” In answer to this advertise
ment, which appeared iu a Philadel
phia newspaper a few days ago, a
l)right Roxborough girl wrote as fol
lows: “Dear sir—1 would very much
like to have the position and think I
can fin the |jill. \ was educated at
vassar, have had experience as book¬
keeper in a large city house, as en¬
closed testimonials in regard to fitness
and honesty verify. Can correspond
or speak in French, German, Spanish,
Italian aud Greek, with a smattering
0 £ Latin aud Hebrew, and have had a
supplementary course in a business
college> Ifthereareanyleisuremo
ments, would be willing to teach your
offspring cheerfully. I own a good
machiue wllic h will suit you. I guar
antee to keep it in repair at my own
eX p ense- Being o! an artistic nature,
could be used in home and social cir
clers flS piau ist. Can amuse babies or
help iu the kitchen if needed. Will
come on trial one month. If not suit
able no charge.’’—Atlanta Constitu
WOSIEN BARBERS.
y° n ever Happen to notice one of
the ba 5 be r allo P s b 7 wo
raen > o. wmch , . there are a dozen or
sca D ere d over town, you will
bnd tbe same B b mt of daintiness as
taking ^f^hieh establishment makes seem the under¬ almost
< * eerM - particularly true of
and managed by women,
bat 15 not 80 eilde in the cases
of men’s shops omen are
yhop
of her own on Cottage Grove avenue.
There are some flowers iu the window
and a flowered sash curtain across it.
There are pictures on the walls and
there is a glowing baseburner instead
of the dull cannon stove to be found
in most of the smaller shops.
“I have been taking care of myself
in this way for ten years,” says Mrs.
Marshall. “It is a kind of work that
a woman can do quite as well as a
man, and the number of women who
are learning the trade is increasing.”
Mrs. Marshall has a woman assistant,
and both of them aro kept busy.
“Most of my customers are men,” she
said, “and I never hear any of them
complain that the razor isn’t sharp
enough. ”
And didn’t Delilah show what a wo¬
man could do in the barber line sev¬
eral field centuries ago?—Chicago Tri¬
bune.
CHINCHILLA, THE POPULAR FUR.
If there are women who, wearing
that most popular fur this season—
chinchilla—wonder why it is so ex¬
pensive, their dismay at its cost
would vanish at a slight knowledge of
the difficulties that lie in the w ay of
procuring the skin. The tiny animal,
not more than twelve inches long,
with a plump little body on short,
stout legs, thrives only in the tropics.
New York’s supply of chinchilla skins
comes fx-om Peru and Venezuela
chiefly. The little beasts have to be
killed with the utmost precaution not
to injure their fur, that grows on a
skiu nearly as tender an l soft as a
web of silk. They are not common
animals, nor abundant in their South
American haunts, so that a perfect
chinchilla skin when it arrives, cus¬
toms paid, in the' port of New York
easily fetches $10 or $12 for its hand’s
breadth of fur. To keep in good con¬
dition the delicate pelt and the mak¬
ing up of small bits into the large bar¬
rel-shaped muffs and circular cape
collars worn this season, easily makes
a chinchilla wrap more costly than
ermine or sable. A perfect skin, not
larger than a small pocket handker¬
chief, is a revelation in fur growth.
The texture of every hair is finer than
floss silk, the length of it nearly an
inch, and the coloring about that of
the soft undyed marabout feathers.—
New York Sun.
ESKIMO LADIES.
“A fat old woman toddled down to
meet mo, her broa l face shining wrtb
whale oi), her drees inside out to keep
it clean, her husband's hair in a bunch
uu top of h V head, her toes turned in
and her elbows turned out—I felt that
I had fully ‘realized my ideal.’ With
convulsive giggles she grasped my
hand firmly with one of hers, while
with the other she patted me affec
tionately on the shoulder. Evidently
I impressed her as presenting an
utterly absurd appearance, for, after
looking me all over, siie would shut
her eves, shake her head frem side to
side aud go off into a fit of laughter.
Soon afterward another woman joined
her, the wife of one of the chiefs,
She was really pretty ; her teeth were
even and very white, her hands and
feet shapely, her eyes of a dark hazel
color, and a prettv tinge of red showed
through the clear olive brown oi her
cheeks. Her hsav/ black hair was
plaited cn cash side ci her head in a
short, doubled braid, aud she had a
hugs Miu* ?a tuy ?£ hu
like a handle. Tki. is mad#
f rom the hair from the crown of the
husband's head, which is shaved per
iodicallv and collected to add to the
wife’s top-knot. This woman wore a
beautifully sewed and elaborately
trimmed dross nmde of reimWr skin
with the hair on It consisted of a
s }jj rt an q trousers and shoes made i?
one garment, ’ the trousers of the white, j
g^t hair of t ^ e j e of the au
g ^ oes or moccasins of dresseA
sealskin. The upper garment was
trimmed with bands of the white deer
skin and strips of wolverine far, and
fk e immense * hood in which the babies
are carried, was edged with wolf’s fur.
An ermine skin, with head and claws
still on, and an eagle’s feather were
attached to the hood as ornaments.
From her waist was suspended a cord
of whaleskin, to which were fastened
needle case, seam presser, a shuttle
for making nets—all of walrus ivorv
—and little thimbles of sealskin shaped
like the end of a glove, with the side
seams open and fastened to the fore
finger by a loop of tho 6kiu.”—
Outing.
FASHION NOTES.
The new large hats have velvet oi
beaver crowns with felt brims.
It is noted that many opera glasses
in feminine hands have a bow of
bright colored ribbon fastened to tho
top.
Diamond tiaras aro displayed at the
opera in an abundance that makes one
wonder if diamonds are still precious
stones.
High combs, more or less Spanish,
are woven in the back hair; also on
side of the head or anywhere likely to
be seen.
Football souvenir spoons are tho
latest. The bowl is a football, and the
article is, perhaps, more ornamental
than useful.
Something new in stab pins is tho
everlasting football, and the golf
sticks crossod so as to form a many
pointed star.
Portrait breastpins, such ns our
grandmothers were wont to wear, aro
revived by those fortunate enough to
possess them.
The very newest crushed velvet col¬
lars have jabots of lace fastened in
place by small buckles depending from
either side in place of frills or ro¬
settes.
Veil fasteners are new. A butterfly
with graceful spreading wings, which
clasp the veil, are made up iu etched
silver and aluminum. This little ar¬
ticle does away with the heretofore
vexatious bow-knot.
Embroidered flowers in black and
white, the silk embroidery almost con¬
cealing the ground beneath it, is used.
This black and white work is most ef¬
fectively used as a jacket over nile
greeu, cerise or hawthorn pink cor¬
sages.
English turbans and Spanish sailors
are appearing in all the new colors.
The {Spanish turban is most becoming
to women with parted hair. It is
thrown up at one side by a twist of
velvet resting on the hair underneath
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Round and squaro mother-of-pearl
designs are already seen on coats and
tailor suits. They are very large and
are elaborately ornamented with
metal. One of the newest in all
metal buttons i3 the moire design,
very rich and beautiful.
A new evening bodice is almost en¬
tirely of passementerie with shoulder
straps of velvet on which are bows
fluted in butterfly shape. The effect
at a distance is that of a series of open
fans united at the handle and spread¬
ing about eight inches from front to
back.
Plain wool skirts and blazers with
blouses of tartan silk are fashionable,
and a new dress of black camel’s hair
has yoke, cuffs and belt of Victoria
plaid. Another black dress has tho
waist and cuffs of plaid with the top-,
of the sleeves in black to match the
costume.
Deep fringes of beads are much
liked for dressy wear. They are ar¬
ranged to fall from the belt or from
a pointed bodice, or shorter garni¬
tures are set on the waist draping and
half concealing the figure. When
properly used, this style of trimming
is exceedingly becoming.
Muffs, that is, muffs for use, are the
same stiff, medium-sized rolls that
have been known for some time, but
dainty trifles iu silk and velvet, and
hung with ribbons, heads and even
flowers, arc also shown. Correct tip¬
pets have only one head, and arc pre¬
ferred in sable, Persian or marten.
While fashion may sanction such a
I grotesque caprice, good sense certain¬
ly cannot approve the idea of making
the two sleeves of the dress of widely
dissimilar material and color. The ef¬
fect is too glaring, and subjects the
wearer to a suspicion of vacuity of
brains not supposed to be desired by
any well-bred woman.
A bed cover of canary colored linen
lately seen was wrought in an all-over
design- of large flowers done in white
silk, the flowers being connected by
the stems, which are wound about, so
as to make the pattern continuous.
The spread was edged, with heavy white
linen lace about seven inches wide.
Buttons have taken inches, and, it
may be added, dollars,' too. Six or
eight large buttons trim a bodice, four
being used in front, two set ou the
semi-position back, and often two
h '- arI or band.
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I To be worQ en smte ^*h the shaggy
tweed costumes and golf capes are
Hats , of rougn ie!t .->auglier felti
they are called olue, brown, anl tag
color, tha brims underfaced with the
Scotch plaid woven on the reverse of
the felt. On the outside eagles’
plumes, quills, and other stiff feathers
are secured with knots of vivid cnerry
or equally brilliant marigold-yellow
velvet.
Some stylish evening capes are made
of cerise red velours trimme l with
cut-jet arabesques of the richest de¬
scription. There is a high Medici col
lar, densely covered with the jet gar
niture, with the merest roll of otter
fur at ali the edges. Rich Russian
red camel’s hair or crepon costumes
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Public Schools for Indians.
It is the policy of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs to discourage the plan
of contract schools in their general
sense of denominational schools and
to abandon them as soon as possible.
This will be accomplished by trans¬
ferring Indian pupils as rapidly as
can be done from sectarian to public
schools. It probably will require a
couple of years to carry out this
scheme, as there are about 8,000 pu¬
pils now enrolled in the contract
schools. The change is outlined in an
official communication sent by Act
ing Commissioner Armstrong to the
superintendent of one of the largest
of these schools, where material re¬
duction in enrollment has beenmade,
“I would suggest,” says General
Armstrong, ‘‘to you as well as to all
the religious orders which have con¬
tract schools on the reservation, that
you prepare yourself for still further
reductions next year, as the ten¬
dency is now to gradually do away
with the contract schools and to
place the Indian children as far as
possible in public schools where it
can be done and in State agricul¬
tural schools and normal schools in
different States.”
The last Congress directed the Sec¬
retary of the Interior to report to the
coming Congress the best means of
abolishing contract schools, The
only way it can be done is by gradu¬
ally reducing, and this, I think, will
he the final outcome of all contro¬
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—[New Orleans Picayune.
The Modern Cowboy.
‘‘The cowboy of the story writers,
if he has ever existed, is practically
extinct,” says A. R. Frenzell, of
Texas, at the Gibson. “I have been
among them under all circumstances,
and as a rule they differ but little
from farm hands elsewhere. They
wear sombreros as a protection from
the sun, and these give them a pict¬
uresque appearance, but beyond a
pistol and a knife in their belt, made
necessary by the nature of their
work, there is nothing ferocious
looking about them. When they go
to town, as they seldom do, most of
them perform their errands and go
home as meekly as a farmer in Ohio.
A few of them will get drunk, but
you can find much wilder characters
in a city than you can among these
much-talked about men of the plains.
They usually drink quietly and go to
sleep in a chair, remain there until
morning and go home. There have
been cases where men have terrorized
Western towns and they are invaria¬
bly reported as cowboys, when as a
matter of fact they seldom, if ever,
are.”—[Cincinnati Enquirer.
One of the oldest boundary dis¬
putes in thi3 country is that between
New Jersey and Delaware over the
jurisdiction of the Delaware River
opposite New Castle and for some
distance above and below. New
Jersey insists that her jurisdiction
extends to the middle of the river
there as elsewhere, while Delaware
claims jurisdiction at that point
clear across to the New Jersey shore.
Charles II. granted to his brother
James. Duke of York, about the year
1688, a portion of the Delaware pe¬
ninsula. The grant specially gave
James a circular piece of land twelve
miles above New Castle, all islands
in the river falling within the circle,
and seemingly from the language
the bed of the stream. James gave
the land to William Penn, and this
land afterward became the State of
Delaware. It is upon the language
of this grant that Delaware claims
jurisdiction over the whole river op¬
posite New Castle. The matter was
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ors from the two States.
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“ And I suppose there will be a
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time!”
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and to subscribers and purchasers of
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FORSYTH, GEORGIA.
Hygienic Sanitarium.
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acute and chronic invalids of all kinds.
PRICES.
Rooms, board and lodging included in
all prices. Chronic patients will be
charged SI per day; fever and syphaletic
cases will be charged a reasonable price
extra for extra attention. Nurses will be
ooarded free if needed by the doctor, oth¬
erwise they children, will be charged. Adults, $10
per syphiletic month; $5. Bad fever and
cases must furnish their beds
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every hour in the day and night if neees
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three yards cloth.
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