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THE PAULDING NEW ERA.
JAM. BRECKENRIDGE A CO., Publishers.
“ONWARD AND UPWARD*'
SUBSCRIPTION' : $1.50 Per Annum.
VOLUME I:
DALLAS, PAULDING COUNTY. GA„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1883.
NUMBER 39.
GENERAL NEWS.
The population of Chattanooga is said
to bo 20,660.
Malaga grapes are snoeessfully grown
in Hillsboro oouuty, Fla.
Eiouty cents per hundred, is the price
offered for good limes in Jacksonville,
Florida.
Fifty-five thousand dollars worth of
Bpongo wore sold at Key West, Fla., last
Monday.
Eroirr and Ihreo-qiiirler million dol-
lors is the valuation of proporty in Flor
ida for 1883, an increase of four millions
over last year.
VicKsnmo, Miss., wells sunk about
200 feet roach tlio gulf level and an
abundance of excellent wator, with line
Band anil sea shells is found.
The Charleston, H. 0., Nows mu’. Cou
rier reports great injury to the cotton by
drouth Mil groater injury threatening
upland crop.
South Carolina, a 'cording to the cen
sus, is the most illiterate stnto, 48.2 per
cent of tlio population being uuabic to
road, and 55.4 per cent unable to write.
From present indications it is probable
that Galveston, Texas, will receive for
the season 1882-83 about 900,000 bales
of cotton,' leaving every port except. Now
Orleans in tho race.
A committee is canvassing for sub
scriptions to a steamship line between
Augustivijnd Snvannah. It is thought
that ithrill tic a success. When the con
templated improvements in tho river are
inado steamo s can run all the year.
Tup, German colony located at Pick-
onsvlllo, Al.i., apprehend realizing noth
ing froju .their crop, on account of the
droutjij and have entered into negotia
tions to furnish staves to tho Mobile
market from tho timber along the upper
Bigbce.
Tim work in tho harbor at Vicksburg
will not be abandoned. It iB confidently
believed that a sufficient depth of water
can bo kopt in tho west pass of tho lako
to allow tributary boats to land at tho
city landing during tho lowest stago in
tho river.
Tim'Board of Directors of tho Florida
Ship canal and Transit Oompnny adjour
ned at JJpw York yesterday, after a four
days’ session, Work will probably com
mence on the canal within the next
ninety days. Its estimated cost is $46,
000,000.
Western North Carolina is certainly
a great soctiou for fruit. In Watauga
county is an apple tree fifty yoars old
which lias on it about fifty bushels of
line apples, and lms nine large branches,
which give rise to thirty-two branchlets,
is soven and a half feet in diameter and
covers twenty-nine yards.
Two of tho best farms in Culpepper
county, Va., exchanged hands recently.
One of them, containing 1,300 acres, sit
uated on tlio Rnppanonnoek river, was
purchased by Thomas B. Nnlle for $50,-
000 cash; tho otlior, containing 200
acres’ near brandy Station, was sold at
$10,000 to tho County Treasurer, S.
Russell Smith.
A two-thousand dollar Jersey cow,
owued in Baltimore, Md., lias recently
earned the reputation of being the best
butter producing cow . in the United
States, having, in seven days’ test, given
327 pounds of milk,-which made twenty-
five pounds two and a half ounces of
butter, lieing one pound of butter from a
little less than thirteen pounds, or six
and a half quarts of milk.
Georgia, Tennessee and other south
ern states c&mtflnin that dogs kill their
sheep. ^In England pet dogs are becom
ing a senoUB draiu upon Ike edible ne
cessities and luxuries of life. Many
pups are"-fed on toast and tea and eggs,
and lamb chops. One gentleman daily
orders a beefsteak and two glasses of
wine for his dog. Some ot them take
brandy and soda, eheeso and pickled
oysters. _
Mr. H. J. Gauhet, Bnllock county,
Ala., is engaged in making syrnp from
melons, and has already made 300 gal
lons. This sells for 75 cento per gallon.
An ordinary melon will make two gallons
of juice, and it takes twelvo gallons to
mnko One of syrnp. Estimating the
yield per acre 1,000 melons, which will
give 2,000 gallons of juice, or 106; of
syrup, atf-75 cents per gjillon, the pro
ceeds will be $125.
make it hum for us, and if things con
tinue this way for nnother year a line of
Aphorisms of nolmcg.
Bargaining With a Pump.
Some thirty yoars ago, an intemper-
bo inaugurated per necessity,
this six miles are the towns of Rav
wood, Pittmnnu (now consolidated), Al
toona, Honoywel), Glendalo and Uma
tilla.
street cars and street lamps will have to , Y °" Bot 14 Ao ™ M . ol,mo "»rty years ago, an mumper-
, . ,, .. admits of few exceptions, thnt those whu ate mail was reformed hy being refused
bo inaugurated nor necessity. Within ask your opinion really want your praise, one cherry. Penniless, lie went to the
davens- Memory is a net. Ono finds it full of public houso one morning, where ho hod
fish when ho takes it from the brook, ' squandered many a shilling, to get a
but a dozen miles of water have run drink “on tiok.” Tho landlady refused
through it without sticking. | to trust him. Seeing a plate of luscious
God bless nil good women 1 To tlieir ripe cherries on tho bar, ho asked for
Anew cavo lins boon t iso o.'crod in'hands and pitying hoarts wo must hut ono. “Save your money and buy
Pnr.iiin-i Tt w Wnicl nn *i,„! nil come at lost. your own cherries,” was tho reply. “I
’ ' Put not your trust in money, but put will,” ho said, and ho did. His wounded
your monoy in trust. prido forced him fo retlect; reflection
When a strong brain isweighod with a ensured nmendmant. From that rnoiu-
truo heart, it Booms to mo liko balancing ing lie was reformed,
n bubble against a wedge of gold. The following story tolls of a flannel-
Controversy equalizes fools and wise . • . .
Tounessoo river in Swain eouuty, near
tho mouth of the Nnntihnln. A blast
wnB put in tho month of it and a way
opened for entrance. On j large room,
boaring beautiful stalactites, was ex- men in tho mime way—nud tho fools
plorod and a small aporhiro leading to know it.
(mother room was found, but for want ^ Hie gront tiling in this world js
e ...... , . , not so much whore wo stand as in what
of proper lights tho exploring party i ro C tion wo arc moving,
went no further. Tho railroad runsim-] If the sonso of tho ridioulou* is one
mediately by it on tho river. The land side of an irrepressible naturo, it is
is owned by Maj. J. W. Wilson, about very well; but if that is all there is in
tho largest landholder iu North Carolina.
The cavo is in tho groat marble belt of
the west, which crops out at Marble gap
on Valley-river monntain.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The sum of $931,600, bequeathed by
J. B. Oardnor, of Boston, to help pay
tho National debt, was received at the
Tronsury Department and placed to the
credit of patriotic donations.
A Reno saloon-keeper kept a botllo o
pitch pine splinters sonkod in spirits of
turpontino for tho uso of ousto.i ers who
toll tho bnrkcepor to hang it up; but tlio
beverage became so popular in Reno
that it was considered too good for that
class of customers.
A gold idol weighing thirty-two and
one-half pounds was recently excavated
in Calistlahauca state of Mexico, by
somo Indians. Tho idol was composed
of a group of figures, but it was broken
up by tho Indians and divided equally
Only nine of tho thirty-eight Bintes
have furnished tho country with presi
dents. These States are the following,
and tho length of time tho several States
liavo held the office is also indicated i
Virginia 36 yoars
Massachusetts 8 yoarB
Tennessee 16 years
New York 10J years
Ohio 4] years
Louisiana 1 year
Now Hampshire 4 years
Pennsylvania 4 years
Illinois 12 years
Total from 1789 to 1885,... .96 years
In tho seventy-two years prior to tho
civil war, tho South possessed tho Presi
dency for forty-nine years, and as good
ns possessed it under tlio eight years of
Pierce, of Now Hamskire, and Buehnn-
nan, of Pennsylvania. In those days it
made no difference where a man came
from, if ho was in spmpathy with the
dominating Southern oloinon t. Tho ex
traordinary contributions to the Presi
dency, wore due, not at all to her loca
tion, but to tho UNUsnal relations of her
strong men to tho Government during
the period of the Revolution and settle
ment of the Constitution. Virginia has
furnished no presidents siuco Monroe
went out in 1824.
Mr. Russell, a wealth y Miesissipp
planter, who f is nt Rockbridge Alum
SpringB, with his wife, lias with him also
an adopted child, twelvo years old, who
is a son of the late Gen. John B. Hood.
Of the Hood children, tho two eldest
daughters were taken by Mr. Maury, a
relative of Mrs. Hood, nud are now be
ing eduentod in Germany with his daugh
ters. John B. Hood, Jr., tho oldest boy,
is tho one adopted into tho family of Mr.
Russell. A pair of twin girls are adop
ted/ children of a Mr. Adams, of Now
York; another pair of twin girls are in
the family of Mr. McKee, of Mississippi;
another boy, Duncan by name, is the
adopted child of a wealthy maiden lady
of New York, and another, Oswald, is
in the family of another New Yorker, re
siding near the Empire City. Thus
have tho fatherless been cared for. A
singular coincidence is related iu connec
tion with three of the gentlemen
who havo thus taken tho place of fathers
of these interesting children. Messrs.
Russell, Adams and McKee were class
mates at Yide College. They are all
married, but have no children. Without
consent of action, or even knowing what
the others were about to do, each ap
plied for and was given the charge he
now has.
a man, he had hotter have liocn an ape
and stood ot tho head of his profession
nt onoo.
Travelers ckango their guineas; not
their characters.
There are three wioks to tlio lamp of a
man's life; brain, blood, and breath.
Press tho brain a little, its light goes
out, followed by both tho othei'B. Stop
the heart a minute and out go all three
of tho wicks. Ghoko the air out of the
lungs, and presently tlio fluid ceases
to supply tho other centers of flame,
and all is soon stagnation, cold nud dark
ness.
Tlio scientific study of man is the most
difficult of all branches of knowledge.
There ara a good many rcid miseries
iu lifo that wo cannot help smiling nt,
but they arc the smiles that make wrinkles
and not dimples.
Wo must havo a wonk spot or two in a
character boforo wo enn lovo it much.
Pooplo that do not laugh or cry, or take
more of nnytliing than is good for them,
nr uso anything lmt dictionary words,
nro ndinirablo subjects for biographies
But wo don’t onro most for those flat-
pattern flowers that press best in the
herbarium.
Faith always implies tho disbelief of a
lesser foot in favor of a grantor.
Tho Brond Church, I think, will never
lie based upon anything that requires
tho uso of language. Freemasonry gives
tlio idea of suoli a church Tho cup ol
□old water docs not require to bo trails
luted for n foreigner to understand it.
Tho only Broad Church possible is that
which lias its crocd iu tho heart, and not
in the bend.
Iwould have nwomnn ns time ns death.
At tho first real lio, which works from
tlio heart outward, she Bkould bo tender
ly chloroformed into a better world,
where sho can nave an angel for a gov
erness, and feed on strange fruits, which
shall make her all over again, oven tr.
her hones nnd marrow.
Why can’t somebody givp ns n list oi
things which oyerybody thinks niq>
nobody says, and nnother list of things
that everybody says and nobody tkinkH !
New England Woollen Mills.
In order to ascertain tlio extent of tho
depression in the New England woollen
industry, tho Boston Advertiser Bent cir
culars of inquiry to tlio 500 mills in those
Slates and has published the results of
tho replies received from 250. Tho num
ber of woollen mills in New England re
ported by tho census of 1880 was 490,
and the number of sets of cards was
2,922. According to tho Advertiser's
weaver who was induced by a surly nn-
swor to rofloot nnd thou to ninko a good
bargain with a pump.
This man hail saved a guinea for the
purposo of having n whole week’s dissi
pation. Ho began on Monday, spending
three shillings per day for seven dnyH ;
on tho morning of (lie eighth ho was
burning with thirst, but his monoy was
gone.
Judy, tho landlady, was mopping tho
passage; ho stood looking nt Judy, with
his cracked lips, parched tongue anil
bloodshot eyos, expecting her to ask
him to take just n drop; but sho did not,
and ho requested her to trust him for
only ono pint.
With an indignant look of scorn nnd
contcmptshoreplied, “Trust thee I tlum
dirty, idle vagabond I Bet a step ill this
houso, and I will dnsli this mop in thy
face."
Tho poor wretch hung down li's head
in shame. Ho was leaning against a
pump; and after a little study began to
talk to tho pump.
“Well, Pniqp,” said lie, "I have not
spent a guinea with tlico, Pump; will
thou trust mo a drop ?”
Ho lifted up the handle, put his burn
ing mouth to the spout, nnd drank his
fill; this done, hu again said to tin
pump—
“Thank thee, Pump ; «and now hem
mo, Pump. I will not enter a publi.
house again for seven venrs; nnd
Pump, thou art a witness,
Tho bargain was kept, and this nun
afterword bcoamo a respectable nit in-
fuoluror. and often said that it was i
grand tiling for him that Judy threat
ened to dash tho mop in his face.
Preserving Berries.
Fruit Juices.—Tho juices of many
kinds of fruits nro so extremely delicate
that they cannot bo preserved by tho or
dinary mothods of heating, so as to re
tain the flavor, this boing especially tho
enso with raspberries anil strawberries,
To moot this difficulty, wo arc advised to
take perfectly ripo, dry, clean raspber
ries, and to masli them in an earthen jar,
with a wooden pestlo, so as to obtain n
homogeneous mass. To this, five to ten
per cent, of grape or cone sugar is to bo
added, and tho wholo then nllowod to
stand, being stirred occasionally. An
nlcliolio fermentation will boforo long
take plaoo, ill tho course of which tlio
peotino will sepnruto completely, leaving
tho perfectly clear juice, which will bo
found to retain all tho peculiar aroma of
tho raspberry.
For preparing strawberries, two pounds
of borries aro to 1m selected, os directed
for raspberries, and placed in a largo-
mouthed bottle without mushing, so as
to fill tlio bottle one-half to two-thirds;
two and a half pounds of finely pulvor-
izcil sugnr nro to ho added, a 1 d tho wholo
shaken up frequently at tlio ordinary
temperature, without heating. Tho
sugar will oxtraet tho moisture from tho
returns, tho number of sets of cards" now I berries, anil form a clenr syrup, possess-
shut down is 759, or more than a third ing all tlieir flavor anil odor, wbicli may
of tho whole. The estimated daily con- ! bq separated by Btrnming. This juice
A Check fer Over Two Millions. ,
In April, 1881, Jay Gould, Bussell
Huge, General Dodge and ether New
Yorkers arrived in Philadelphia, Pa., to
attend a mooting of tho directors, nt tho
office of tho oompany, which it was snp-
posed, would trniisnot merely routine
business. Tho meeting wns to take
place nt 11 o'clock a. m., nnd Mr. Gould
nnd Mr. Sago came into Mr. Scott’s pri
vate office in tho Pennsylvania Railroad
building for tho purposo of having a pre
liminary talk on tho future policy of the
ronil, there being somo points ol differ
ence between Messrs. Gould nnd Sootl.
During tlio conversation, tho difference,
which was amicable, rntlior widoned, ami
finally Col. Scott said positively ho could
not ngroo to Mr. Gould's policy, and that
ho would rather noil out.
Wlint will you soil for?" asked Mr.
Gould.
Col. Scott promptly named his figures,
and Jay Gould wrote his chock for
$2,400,009, mul became the possessor of
tlio control of tho Texas & Pacific Rail
road Oompany.
Tho gontlomon then wont into the
room whore tho other directors were as
sembled, and tlio resignation of Col.
Soott wns tendered. This was tho first
notice to them that tlio anlu lmd taken
plaoo. Tho whole transaction did not
occupy ono hour, nnd neither gentlemen
had any previous idea that the milo would
oootir.
Tlio inciilont is a forcible illustration
of tlio aptitude of Mr. Gould nnd Col.
Soott for promptly arranging weighty
affairs of business. There wns never a
time when Col. Scott's mind was clearer
than on this famous day, though he was
physically vory woak from tlio diasnsL
which ended his lifo ayoor later,—Phil
adelphia Press.
Not to be Fooled.
A city missionary in t he employ of the
Albany Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion is middle-aged, of solid port, and
benevolent aspect, The cut of his cloth
ing is cnnonienl, and altogether ho de
notes his calling nt n glance. His spo-
oinl duty is to visit tho lioteln, make the
acquaintance of young strangers, nnd in
vite them to tlio meetings of the asso
ciation.
“Your name is Jarvis, I bcliovo,” he
said, in his politely insinuating manner,
to his guest.
“You are right,” was tho reply.
“You aro goiug to spend a tew days iu
the city?"
“Yus; I am.”
“And yon will havo somo leisure hours,
I presume ?"
“I presume so.”
Borne otlior conversation was of the
same import, ovinoing a desire for bc-
quniutnnco on the one side nud of ofllsli-
ucbh on the other.
“If you havo time to walk a couple ot
blocks with mo, ” said the missionary, nt
length coming to the point whore hu
meant to entice the stranger to tho ns
socintion building, "I will show you—”
“Oil, I know wlint yon will show mo,”
Jarvis interrupted; “you will show mo ii
place where you have drawn a prize, and
then you will try to ropo mo into a banco
game. That’s what you'll show me, if
I'll let you, yon infernal confidence
swindler. But you've wasted your timi
on me, you scoundrel. Get out, or I will
turn you over to a policeman.”
Albany (Fla.) Argus; Au immense
town is now being built on the line of
the St. J. i&: L. E. railroad. It commen-
ces at Ravenswooil, and continues all| still try to Run. Poor fellows!
along the line to Umatilla, a distance of | Umy^ust
six miles, of which Altoona is the grand) out of town> au( i are merely trying to
center, geographically. Five saw-mills ca t c h a train.
Summer primer—Why does those men
Run bo fast this Hot weather? Is any
body Dying? No. How Red their faces
are They will bust n Blood-vessel.
See. tbev are almost Faiuting, but they
. > A_ T»..„ D/vna follAlVQ I Have
sumption of each set of cards is 30U
pounds of wool. This would show a re
duction in tho total consumption of
230,700 pounds a day, or about 7,000,000
pounds a month. Tho actual reduction
is doubtless greater than this, for the
reason that tlio returns made do not? in
clude all of the stopped mills. Tho num
ber of sets of cards sliut down in each
New England State and the total num
ber in each as returned by the census ol
1880 are as follows :—
States. A7i ut Down. Census 1880
Massachusetts 306 1,356
Rhode Island 138 432
Maine 35 261
New Hampshire 83 2.13
Vermont 18 145
Connecticut 139 435
Total 759 2.922
The important bearing of this marked
depression on the wollen industry of the
country is apparent when it is remem
bered that New England is the chief sent
of that industry in tho United States.
According to the census of 1880, one-
fourth of all tho woollen mills in the
United States and more than a third of
the sets of cards nro in New England,
while New England mills consume more
than half of nil the wool used in the
couutry mid turn out more than half the
goods made.
At Home.—A Baitimorian lias a cage
of monkeys. By way of variety he put
a cat in with them, much to their de
light. On taking it or i the other day
there wns terrible howling on both sides.
The cat refused to eat, and the monkeys
sat licking the tears out of each other's
eyes for days. Finally the cat was put
back, and then there wns great joy. II
licked all the little monkeys, and tlio
big ones took turns hugging it till its
tongue stuck out.
Values.—Tho total assessed valuation
of the United States is aH follows: New
England States, $2,652,076,586 ; Middle
States, $5,567,073,818; Southern States,
$2,369,246,890; Western States, $6,180,-
524,614; Territories, $128,213,629. Total,
316,897,135,567. This is about 'one-
third the true valuation,
will keep perfectly by tho addition of
one-fiflh of its bulk of alcohol.
Pickled BAiuiEitniES. — Boil tho
bruised berries of a few bunches in salt
and water; strain und put u gill of tho
liquor to a quart of vinegar, with an
ounce of salt, u quarter of a pound of
loaf sugar, a quarter of an ounco of
pounded ginger, and ft little Sliced horse
radish; boil and strain it; then pour it
hot over tho barberries, the finest
bunches having been previously selected
and placed in jars; when cold, cover
closely with n bladder. They may also
bo kept in a jar with n strong brine of
salt and water poured over them. When
any scum is observed upon tho surface,
pour off tho brine and udd fresh.
Wicked Gypsies.
A band of fraudulent gypsies are on a
tour of Now England. They are pro
vided with a tent which lias been used
heretofore for a side show, and a lot of
old coHtnmes. The manager has hired a
knife thrower and an acrobat, in tho
guise of gypsies, and with them he ex-
pccls to win numerous wagers on fcntB
which he knows they can readily per
form, but which tlio unwary visitor will
deem impossible. He also has several
women who pass very well for gypsy bags,
and who will sell trinkets nnd tell for
tunes. But the girl who figures as the
pry pay queen is his chief dependence for
income. Hhe is rather handsome and
devoid of scruples. Bhe has learned her
lesson of fortune telling mummery, sho
is audacious enough to carry out the
masquerade, and that rustic will be lucky
who gets away from her without leaving
a much larger fee than most gypsy palm-
cressers exact.
Too Pretty.—Mary Bullock got n ri
diculously heavy verdict against tlio
English company on whose railroad sho
was slightly hurt. But a new trial lias
been granted, as expressed by the
Judge, that she and her sisters, who ap
peared ns her witnesses, were so beauti-
f.»1 <Un$ IVioif rihoFm rtf DPTHnn hfill 8(1DID•
A Mean Trick.
A mnn who probably bailed from Buf
falo played a powerful moan trick on n
Detroit bridal conplo at Niagara Falls
the other ovoning. Thoy went to n
hotel and registered, had supper and
then started out for a night view of tin
Mighty Roarer. They had not gone far
when a man called to them and said;
“Havo you just boon married?”
“Wo h-httvo," answered the groom.
“Going to stay herd a day or two?"
"Yes."
“Having registered at my hotel you
probably intend to remain there?"
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, I want to say a word to you.
I don’t want any dncky-dcary nonsense
around my house. I want no popsy-
wopsy business on the verandas. I want
no squeezing hands on tho balconies, or
feeding each other at tho table.”
The groom let liis arm fall from his
bride’s wiiiHt in a slow and painful man-
ter, and tho stranger continued:
“Tlio first timo you call her poaches
and cream or sho calls you her darling,
out you go I”
“Y-ycs, sir.”
“She’s no sweeter than ton thousand
girls, nnd you are no more of a darling
than I am, and I won’t stand lovesick
nonsense.”
Ho walked away with that, and the
people at tho Falls who knew tho bridal
oouplo were amazed to hear them address
each other as Mr. and Mrs., and to see
what precautions they took to proven I
touching hands or betraying any symp
toms of love. They put in two wretched
days, and it was only ns they were upon
tho point of leaving thnt they discovered
how a base villain had duped them.—
Detroit Free Press.
Checks.—A device lias been intro
duced at a Chicago hotel for the pur
pose of circumventing swindlers. Each
guest receives a small piece of cardboard
ou which the number of the room ho is
to occupy is plainly marked. This he
is obliged to present at the office when
ever ho desires his key. Another card,
on which the name of the bearer is
written, is a pass for the elevator, and it
is essential for a ride. Both these
Simple Grosses For Summer.
There lias boon suddenly developed,
says Harper's Jlazar, a fnney for simplo
dresAcs of plain fabrics and a single
color, by tho way of giving variety to
tho wardrobe, aiid prominent nmong
tlicso costumes is tho use of plain gron-
ndine with gros grain, ns opposed to the
riah. velvet-figured grenadines with
satin. When the dress iB colored—
dark red, copper, lapis blue, or guidon
brown—it is made of tlio smoothest silk
gnuzo of a single shade, or else change
able with black, draped over plain grim
grain or taffeta silk. If tho dress is
black, tlio material is tlio armnre-flg-
ured or square-meshed grenadine, anil
tho silk iH plain gros grain or ottoman
ropped. Laon is tlio trimming for all
such dresses, lmt this may bo confined
to tho basque, in which ease only tlireo
or four yards nro required for tho full
frillB on the sleeves, nock and down tho
front. Tho oeni embroideries tlmt nro
done on a not foundation, and resemble
'nee, nro used fur colorcc- grenadines,
while for black dresses tlio French,
Spanish, nnd guipure laces aro chosen.
At the best furnishing houses there
are black grenadines of nino quality
made up with tlio deep-pleated kilt
skirt, full apron drapery, and short
basque that constitute tho popular do.
Hign this season for tho simplest wool
dresses. The gronndino killing is in
wide pleats, nnd may bo edged with lace
which falls nt the foot upon ono or two
narrow linifo-plealiligs tlmt lire needed
to relieve tho long straight effect of the
lengthwise pleats. Tlio upper drapery
is not cut out by any pattern, but is nr-
ranged in inexplicable folds on tlio top
of the skirt, in any way most becoming
f to tho wearer. Tlio lower edges of the
groundiuo are most often turned under
above a kill-pleating, but if it is meant
that tlio front should be decidedly ill
apron shnpo, it is edged with lncofouror
live inches wide; ns this luce must not
on tiic back drapery; only two yards lire
needed, and this is put on iu a gathered
frill without beading, tho edge of tho
lace being passed under tlio wide hem
of tlio gronndino; ono-tbirdextra fullness
iu all tlmt is added for laco. l’leated
luce is not used.
Tho trimming width of locos for
basques is about three inches, while tlmt
for aprons nnd for flounces on skirta
varies from tlireo to eight inches in
width; when two different widths nro
used they should havo tho snmo design,
and indeed tlio snmo patterns may Ixi
lmd in three different widths, the
third width being used for frills around
Ilia hips, which arc either laid upon the
wortugndm puff, where they will appear
just below tlio short basque, or elso they
lira attached to tlio basque itself under
tho slender scallops that arc cut along
its edge. Thb French laces that imitate
Chantilly designs arc used for such
dresses iu pretty patterns of shaded rosos,
rose-buds, palms, and feathers; tho prices
of these beg n as low as 25 cents a yard
ill till) tlireo inch widths, and increase
up to $1.50; excellent designs are sold
for 85 or 50 cunts n yard.
A Iluppy Thought.
“While I was defendin'} Dr. Mudd,”
said a legnl gontlomnn in Washington,
“a littio tiling happened which I rani re-
momber, though in the lapse of eighteen
yours I have forgotten almost all tlio de
tails of tho trial. A colored woman had
boon found with some evidoneo tending
to romovo a very bad impression from
Dr. Mudd, and sho was brought up to
Washington City. I lmd my carriage
I bore, and Mudd’s brother-in-law put
the woman in with us to take her down
to tlio court-room. Ah wo were about
to start tlio question was asked; ‘Sally,
have you lmd any breakfast? ’ She said,
’No,’ Wo both thought that she ought
to eat so as to bo able to tell her story
without being shaken or weak. Tho
other gentleman drew out a five dollar
bill nnil handed it to her, telling her to
go nnd get her breakfast and then eomo
back to tlio carriage. I don’t know
wily, lmt fur some reason hardly intel
ligible to myself I reached out nnd sniil,
1 No, don’t give her five dollars. Toko
her to gut her breakfast at the hotel and
thou eomo back anil join me.’ Wo pro
duced tlio woman in court a littio later,
and tho very first question Judge Holt
asked tho woman was: 1 Sally, lms any
body given you any money since you
liavo been in this city ? ’ ‘ No sir,’ said
the woman innocently. Now, suppose
she hail taken tlio five dollar bill? Do
you see wlint an impression it would
liavo produced ou tlmt court, and gone
to Dr. Mudd’s prejudice?”
A Story of Backug.
Nothing could liavo been more oofln-
tcr to the truth than minstrel Backus’s
answer to tho nightly interlocution oi
tlio end-man:
“Well, Mr. Backus, how do yon
feel?”
“Oh, I feel vory happy; I’m n married
man, you know.”
“Then your wife is with you, is
she?”
“Oh.no; slio’s spending tho snmmei
in Europe.” [Laughter.]
Then Backus would look up into the
box, and bow to his wifo, whom lie loved
so well, and all tho time the audience
thought ho was flirting with n young
lady in tho audienco.
fill that their charm of person had seem-1 checks must be returned to tho cashier
ingly deprived the jury of common when the departing visitor pays his
sense. Dill.
Katie, a person well-known to many
of our readers, recently said to her mis
tress: “I know a girl who has been
keeping company tlireo years with a
young nuui, and was married two weeks
ago, and last night he was run over by
the cars and killed. Ain’t that discour
aging?”