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Newspaper Page TextT HE ! CLEVELAND PROGRE ISS. Rj Jons it. ai.Rif. DKVOTKI) TO rim MWntO, AGRICULTURAL AND If DUO ATI ON A L INTERESTS OP OLSVELAND, WHITS OOUNTT AND NORTH-KART GEORGIA. TERMS:— One Dollar Per Year. VOL. TT. CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY. jFL FRIDAY. KHI'TEMHI5R |. |s»3. — : — . ■ .".'a NO. 35. CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA. Spring Term Begins January 2d, ISOS. Fall Term Begins July 10th, 1803. Tuition in all Classes per lout $1.00. In connection with the Spring and Fall terms, will he taught the terms of the public schools. For further particulars call on or address ALBERT BELL, Principal, Or C1IAS. W. MERRITT, Assistant. Sash, Doors and Blinds! CLAKK, BELL & < 0., THJi.WiOOlflj DAY mvWE’S SON- RMON. 4 -Wntimu. BEST FITTING, BEST WEARING, MOST DURABLE AND A QUICK SELLER. x Agents Wanted. Send for catalogue, terms, &c. Western corset company, ST. LOUIS, MO. Tl ie M iller Manufacturers and Dealer* in- Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets. 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Hie im.-t v.ih,d Hknown to ncilic.-.l science. It , Ejnny offensive t, lor completely i H second as well as the cause- of the odor, | and arresting the Text: "An patted to tfhunem] xbh/rt Teat” a great yuan.*'—II Kings tv.. 8. Tho hotel of our timo had no counterpart In any entertainment <\i Wden (line. Tho vast majority of travelers .must thou bo en tertained at prlvato ubpile. Hero comes Elisha, a seryant of tho .Lord, qii Rdivlno mission, aiid ho must shelter. A bal cony overlooking tho vfljWy Eadmelon is of fered Him in a private «kpse, and it is es pecially furnished Tor lUa to sit on, a table from \©h stick by which to road Blumbor —tho whole os to a great and good worn Her husband, it sooth was a godly man, but ho was out truly ovfcsbadoWivl by his \ylf(4H eXcClleiK'leSt itlst aS How YOU some time And In a household flie wife Hie centre! of dignity ami ihttUelleoWnd pofreh not by nny arrogance or hresmnpiiori: biit by Superior intellect and force Bf moral Mature wielding domestic affairs and at the same timo supervising all llnauninl and business atTairs, the wife’s lmud on tho shuttle, on tho hanking house, on tho worldly business. You soo hundreds of men who are successful only beoauso thorn la a reason at homo why qtduy that Elisha ocupaney—a chair ll to eat, a candle- A bod on whioh to Lntnont belonging ........... w. .uu hmi wan umy a lypa oi thousands of men and women whs oemo <lo\yn from tho mansion ntul from the cot to do kindness to the Lord’s servants. I stip- poiothe men ofShunem lmd to pay tho bills, but it was tho largo hearted Christian svmpn- the women of flhunom that looked After thu Lord s messenger, Again, this wonmrt ill the toil was great ill her behavior under troiiblo. i , w ?, n l y 8 9 n had died on hor lap. Avery bright light went out In that household. Tho s ierod writer puts it very tersely when he hm.vm 4 Ho sat on her knees until'noon, arid then ho died. Yetthe writer goes on to say that slm exclaimed, “It is well!” Great in prosperity, this woman was great in trouble. >\ here are the feet that have not been blis- ter'Ml on the hot sands or this great Balmru? \\ hefe Utn t he shnulder.1 that have not boon bent under the burden of grief? . Whet's is the ship sailing over glassy Rea that has not alter awhile been oaught in a oyolono? Where is the garden of eartliiy comfort but trouble hath hitched up its llery and panting team and gone through tt with burning plowshure of disnsterV Under the pelting of ages of milTerlng the great heart of the world has burst With woe, Navigators toll us about tho rivers, and the Amazon and the Danube and the Mississippi larodj but who eail tell the thereby prr a pread i n g of :. l Icon! a out d i seas Vouched for !-• i • hl;jb« st Sail Authorities. r.SrtiU . UHED BY THE ■a 1 9 I JOB PRINTING s ilHOIMNHFOLIS CHEMICAL C0.,[ 3 iu3l:SCH I!y8.,in1l3na30ll3,lntl. ti atZS-Z.ZZZSXZZZ-ZZiZZZZOS-JKSaiJsS they aro suoocssfuh If a man marry a roo,\, hoasst .oil 1, lio makPB his fortimo. IF ho marry a fool, tho Lord holp hint I Tho Wl(o may ho tho sllont port nor ia tho firm, t horn may bo only masoullne volooK down on oxolnthyo, Init there oftolitlmo oomea frdm tho lidnio dlfulo » potontlal and eleretlnv Inflnoned; J’lils wHniait hi my toil was t ho superior of bnrhuabaud. He, as Inr as I can hndor stand, was what wo often soo In our dev- a man of laryo fortimo and only n modicum of hralii, intensely qulot, sitting a Ioiik while In tho same piano without moving bond or foot —If you say "yes," responding "y,. H |f you say "no," responding "no"—Ineno, eves lmlf shut, mouth wide open, maintaining 'file position in souloty only because ho has a largo patrimony. But his wlfo, my text says, tYas a groat woman. Hor nemo has not oomn down to 11s. film belonged to that aolleotfpn ot people who need no name to distinguish thorn. What would title of duchess or princes, or queen— what would escutcheon or gleaming diadem —tie to this woman of my text, who, by her Intelligence and her behavior, olmllongce tho admiration of all ages? Long after tho bril liant women of tho court of Louis XV have boon forgotten, nnd tho brilliant women rtf the eourt of Spain have hoop forgotten, and : the brilliant women whose! on mighty thrones have boon forgotten, some grandfather will put on his spectacles nnd holding tho book the other side the light road to Ills grandchil dren the story of this groat woman of Hhu- nom who was no kind and courteous and Christian to tho good prophot Elisha. Yes. slm was a gropt woman. In tho first place, aim was groat In Iter hospitalities, Uncivilized god barhurious tmtloui honor this virtue. JUpller lmd tho surname of tho hospitable, and lie was Haiti especially to nvengo tho wrongs of strang ers. Homer exalted It In Ills vorso 1 ho Arabs are punctilious upon this subject and among some of thoirtribes It is not until the ninth tlay of^iirryliig^tlmt tho occupant hits t> right to "risk his guest, “Who ami whence art thou?" If this virtuo Is so hon ored ovon nmoog barbarians, how ought It to bo honored among those of us who bollovo In tho Bible, which commands us to nso hos pitality one towurd nnotbor without grudg- 8f course I do not moan under this cover to glvo nny ldoa that I approve of tlmt Va grant class who go around from plnco to pluoe ranging their whole lifetime perhaps tindor the auspices of somo benevolent or philanthropic society, quartering themselves on Christian families, with tt grout pile of trunks in tho hall and oarpolbn^portontoua of tarrying. Thero is many a country purson- n#o that looks out wook by weak upon tho ominous arrival of iviifcon with oroaklim wbool and lank horsoand dilapidated driver, oomo under tho uuspb’oa.of sonio olmritablo lust itut Ion to spend a f«w weeks and canvass tho neighborhood. Lot no eitoh millions tramps take advantage of this beautiful vir- tuo of Cliristinn liosj)itality. Not so much tho sumptuousnes of your diet and the regality of your abode will im press tho friend or tho stranKer that steps across your threshold no tho warmth of your greetIiik, tho informality of your reception, the reiteration by grasp and by look and by a thousand attentions, insignificant attentions, of your earnestness of welcome. Thero will be high appreciation of your welcome, although you hnv) nothing but tho brazen oandlcstlck nnd tho plain chair to offer Kilsba whon ho comes to Hhuuont. Most beautiful is this gmeo of hospitality tvlicn shown in the house of God. 1 am thankful that I am pastor of a church where Blrangers are always welcome, and thero is not a Htato in tho Union In which I have not hnurd tho affability of tho ushers of our church eomplimontod. But I have entered ehurchos were thero was no lipspltality. A stranger would stand in the’ vestibulo for nwhilo and then niako pilgrimage up the long aisle. No door opened to him until, flushod nnd excited and embarrassed, he started back again, and coming tosomo hull- flllod pc# with apologetic air entered it, while the occupants glnrod on him with a look which seemed to say, “Well, if I must, I must.” Away wJtli nioh accursed in decency from the house or God ! Lot every <diuroh that would maintain largo Christian influence in community, culture Hnbbath by Babbath tills beautiful grace of Christian hos pitality. A good man traveling in the far west, In the wilderness, was overtaken by night and storm, and ho put In at a e/ibin, lie saw fire arms along the beams of tho cabin ; and ho felt alarmed. Ho did not know but that lie had falb >1 into a den of thieves. Ho sat thero greatly perturbed. After awhile tho man of the house came homo with a gun on his shoulder and set It down in a corner. The stranger was still more alarmed. After awhile tho man of the house whispered with his wlfo, and the stranger thought his de struction was being planned. Then tho man of the house camo forward nnd said to tho stranger “Stranger, we are a rough and rude people out hero, and we work hard for a living. We make our Jiving by hunting, and whmi wo come to tho night fall we arc tired, and we aro apt to go to be I early, nnd before retiring we arc always in the habit of reading a chapter from tho word of God and making a prayer. If you don't like such things, if you will just step outside the door until wo got through I’ll bo greatly j obliged to you.” Of course the stranger tar ried in tho room, nnd tho old hunter took hold of tho horns ot tho altar and brought down the blessing of God upon his house hold nnd upon the stranger within their gates. Kudo but glorious Christian hospi tality ! Again, this woman in my text was groat in herkindm ss toward God’s messenger. Elisha inay have been a stranger in that houshold, I but as she found out ho had come on a divine mission he was cordially welcomo. Wo have a great many books iu our day about tho I hardships of ministers and tho triuls of Christian ministers. I wish somobody would | write a book about tho Joys of the Christian 1 minister—about tho sympathies nil around I him, about the kindnesses, about the gcuiul | considerations of him. ! Does sorrow come to our homo nnd is thero a shadow on the cradle, thero aro hundreds of hands to holp, and rm^y who weary not through the long night watching, and hun dreds of prayers going up that God would restore tne sick. Jsthejp a burniu J, brim ming eup of calamity pilled on pastor s table, are thero not mapy to help him to drink of that eup and who will not ho coni- : forted because he isHtrioHonV Oh, for some body to write a book abait tho rewards of the Christian minister—miout his surround ings of Christian sytopatpy. have tlufith t.r loligftt cif (ho Lt'oat rltor"of 'sorrow tw°. ”P of tram mill blootl hilllrti; tlirckijrH all iMtuin and (Ul.Qgcs, bearing tho wreck of families and of communities and of empires wrlthin & boiling With tho agon ies of (.000 years? Etna and Cotopaxi and > osuvJus have been described, but who tins cv»'r sketched tho volcano of suffering roach- ingup from its depths the lava and tho scoria and pouring them down the sides to whohn tho nations? Oh, if 1 could gatlior all tho heartstrings, tho broken heartstrings, into n imrp 1 would play on it a dirgo such as was bevel* sounded. MytboiOgists toll tlfi of Gorgon and Con nor aiid Titan, atid geologists tell tls nf ex tinct fipoelcg or monsters; bdk gfeatei 1 thnri Gordon Or raognthorlUm, and hot belonging to the realm bf fithle, add not of an extinct species, is a monster with iron jaw and iron hoofs walking across tho nations, nnd his tory and poetry and sculpture, in tholr at tempt to sketch it and describe it, have scorned to sweat groat drops of blood. Hut, thank (loci, there aro those who can conquer as this woman of tho text eonquorotl and say t “It is well I Though iny property bo gone, though my children ho gone, though my I onto bp broken bp, thoitgh mV health be sacrificed, it is well, it Is Well I” 'thero is no storm on tho sod but Christ Ift toady to rlso in tho hinder part of tho ship odd hush it. Thorn is no darkness hut tho constollo tions of God’s eternal love can illumine it, nnd though tho winter comes out of tho northern sky you have sometimes soon tho northern sky nil ablaze with auroras timt seem to say i “Como un this way. Up this way arc thrones of light, and sons of sap phire, and the splendor of all otofrlal heaven. Come up thin way;” Wo may, like thustiln*. by tdmpcMt 1w (oA.od On (jcrllniie (hqitha, but cannot bo lout. Though Hiitnu fiirufto tlio wind and tho tide, T.m iiroiidBn aMUi'CM un the Lord will provide. I hoard an echo of my text in a very dark hour, when my father lay dying, and the old country minister Bald to him, “Mr.Talmago, how do you feel now as you aro about to pass the Jordan of death?’’ He replied—and it Was the last thing he ever said—“I feel well; I feel very well; all is well/’ lifting his hand in a benediction, a speeohlnsfl bortediotiOn, Which l pray God may go down through all the generations. It Is well 1 Of tiotirgd it was well. * gain, this woman of my text wa? grout Jn hor application to domestic duties. Every picture Is a homo picture, whether she is entertaining an Elisha, or whether Bho is giv ing careful attention to Iter sick hoy, or whether she is appealing for the restoration of hor property —every picture In her ease is a home picture. TIioho who are not disci ples of this Hhunomito woman who, going out to attend to outside charities, neglect the duty of homo—tho duty of wife, of mother, of daughter; NO faithfulness in public ben efaction can avor atone tat domestic negli gence. Thero has been ninny a mother who by in defatigable toll has roared a largo family of children, equipping thorn for tlio duties of life with good manners and largo Intelli gence and Christian principle, starting thorn out, who has done more for tho world than many another woman whose name lias sounded through all tho lands and ull tho centuries. romeinbor when Kossuth was In this country there wore some ladies who got reputations by presenting him very grace fully with bouquets offlowers on public oc casions, but what was all that cornparod with tho work of tho plain Hungarian mother who gave to truth and civilization nnd tho cause of universal liberty a Kossuth? Yes. this Woman of my text was great in hersimpllcity. When tho prophet wanted to rownrd her for her hospitality by asking somo profer- nt from tlio king, what did sho say? Him dined Jt. Him said i “I dwoll among toy own people,” as much as to says “lam satisfied with my lot. Ail I want is my family and my friends around tno. I dwell among my own people.” Ob, what a rebuke to tho strife for precedence in all ages ! How many there are who want to get great •ohitnoture and homes furnished with all art, all painting, nil statuary, who have not enough taste to distinguish botwoon gothic nnd byzantino, and who could not tell a figure in plaster of i’aris from Palmer's “WhitoCaLtlvo,” and would not know a boy’s penciling from Bierstadt’fl “Yosomito”—men who buy large libraries by the square foot, buying the.80libraries when they have hardly enough education to pick out tho day of tlio almanac ! Oh, how many there are striving to have things as Weil as their neighbors, or better than their neighbors, nnd in thu strug gle vast fortunes are exhausted and business firms thrown into bankruptcy, and men of reputed honesty rush into astounding for geries. Of courao I say nothing against roflnomont or culture. Splendor of abode, sumptuous- nefes of diet, Invishness in art, neatness In ap parel—thero is nothing against them in tlio Bible or out of the Bible. God does not want us to prefer mud hovel to English cot tage, or untnnned sheepskin to .French broadcloth, or husks to pineapple, or tho clumsiness of a boor to the manners of a gentleman. God, who strung the boaoh with tinted shell and the grass of tho field with the dews of the night and hath exquisitely tinged morning cloud and robin red breast, wants us to koep our eye open to all beauti ful sights, nnd our ear open to ull beautiful cadences, and our heart open to all elevating sentiment. Hut what I want to impress upon you is that you ought not to Inventory tho luxuries of life as among the indispcnsables, nnd you ought not to depreciate this woman of tho text, who. whon offered kingly prefer ment, responded, “I dwoll among my own people.” Yes, this woman of tho toxt was great in her piety, faith in God. ami she was not ashamed to talk about it before idolaters. Ah, woman Will never appreciate what she owes to Christianity until sho knows and secs the degradation of her sex under paganism and Mahommedanism. Her very birth considered a misfortune. Bold like cattle in tho sham bles. Bluvo of all work, and at last her body fuel for tho funeral pyre of her husband. Above tho shriek of tho fire worshipers in India and above the rumbling of the jugger nauts i hoar the million voiced groan of wronged, insulted, broken hearted, down trodden woman. Her tears have fallen in tho Nile and Tigris and tho La Plata and on the Steppes of Tartary. Sho has been dishon ored in Turkish garden and Persian palace and Spanish Alhambra. Her little ones have been saoriflcod in the Ganges. There is not a groan, or a dungeon, or an isluud, or a mountain, or a river, or u sea but could toll a story of tho outrages hoaped upon her. Hut, thanks to God, this glorious Chris tianity comes forth, and all the chains of this vassalage are snapped, and she rises up from ignominy to exalted sphere and be- -comes the affectionate daughter, the gentle wife, the honored mother, tho useful Chris tian. Oh, if Christianity has done so much for woman, surely woman will become its most ardent advocate and its subjimest oxomplificfition I Whon I oome to speak of tfcfmnn|y Influ ence, my mind always wanders off to modet- th* aged one who, 27 years ago, we put away for tiff! vesurreotion. About 87 years ago. and just bef’Tc tliolr marriage tiny, my father and mother stood “p .in the old meeting house at Somervillo. N. J., and look upon them tho vows of the Christian. Through a long life of vicissitude sho lived lMftlllwMly ami usefully and came to hor end in peaod. Nd child of Want over catno to hoi doof nnd was turned empty away. Noons In sorrow came to hor but was ddnifortcd. No pnp asked her the way to be saved but slid pointed Win tp the cross. Whon the angel of life came to n “oigbhor's dwelling, 8U0 was there to rejoice at the ttrtfUng of an other immortal spirit. When tho litigfl death came to a neighbor’s dwelling, shflf was there to robe tlio departed for tho burial. Wo bad often heard her, when leading mttjlly prayer* in tho absence of my father, say, “(J Lord, 1 tkjk not for my children wealth or honor, biii J did toll that they nil may bo the subjects of Thy eoiftjfdftiifg grace I” Her 11 children brought into the kingdtfrtt of God, sho imd but one more wish, and tlmt was that Bho might her long absent mis* Hlonaryson, and whon tho ship from China anchored in Now York harbor and tho long absent one passed over the threshold of hie paternal homo she said. “Now, Lord, lettnst Thou Thy servant depart in pence, for mine even huVo seed the salvation,” The prayer \Vhs rtodrt answered. It was ait nutdmrwil day when wo gat bored from atnr nnd found only the house from which tho soul had fled forever? She looked very natural, the hands very much an whon they woW employed in kindness for leer' children. What eve# Also we forget, wo never forgot tlio look of mother's hands. As wa stood there by tho casket wo could not help hut say, “Don’t she look beautiful?'’ It was a cloudless day when, with heavy hearts, wo carried her out to tho last resting place. Tim withered loaves crumbled under hoof and wheel as wo passed, and tho sun shotio od the Raritan River until it looked like fire ; but more calm nnd beautiful and rudiadt was tho setting sun of that aged pll* grim’s life. Nd metre toil, no more tears, no more sickness, no mdr'd (lentil* Dear mother! Beautiful mother! ftwiTt Is the nlumbcr beneath tho nod, While the pure »plrlt re*tt* with Qod. I need not go hack and show you Zonobia or Homiramis or Isabella or even the woman of tho text ns wonders of womanly excellence or grontucss when I in tills moment point to your own picture gallery of memory, and show you tho one fneo that you remember so Well, and arouse all your holy reminiscences, arid start yoii id UcW consecration to God by tlid pronounointiou of f lmt tender, beautiful, glorious word, “Mother, mothor!’’ Medicine In the Middle Ages* In an entertaining article in tho Nineteenth Century on mcdiioval med- ioiuei somo curious prescriptions aro given. A person whoso right eye was intlumed or bleared was recommended to “take the right eye of a Frogg, lap it in a piece of russet cloth, and hang it about tho neck.” The skin of a raven’s hocl was prescribed for gout. Diffident young men will bo interested in this: “If you would have a raau be- como bold or impudent, let him carry about him tho skin or eyas of a lion or Cock* and lm will 1* fearless of his enemies; nay, lie will bo very terribla unto them.” The tendency to reti- conce, whioh is so common a fault of parliaments, municipal councils, etc., might bo cured by this treatment: “If you would havo him talkative, give him tongues, and Boek out those of water frogs and ducks, and such crea tures notorious for their continual noise making.” If a man had a “sounding or a pip* ing in his ears,” ho was recommended to put oil of hompsood, warm, into them, “and aftor that let him leape upon his ono loggo upon that side where the disease is; then let him bowo doune hys care of that syde, if haply any inoysturo would issue out.” Tho remedy for nose blooding was to “beat eggo shales to ponder, and sift thorn through a linneu cloth, and blow them into liys nose ; if the shales were of oggos whereont young chickens aro hatched, it were so much the better.” Powdered onrth worms mixed with wine were recommended for jaundice. Toothache might be relieved by an ap plication of tho fat of “little green© froggos,” or of the “graye wormn breathing undoT wood or stones, hav ing many fete.” Frogs and toads were favorite remedies, especially when treated in somo grotesquely barbarous manner. Popular prejudice ngninst medical seieuco to-day is declining, and will probably disappear alto gether ; but in the Middle Ages it seems to havo lmd a very rational basis. —Toronto Globe. Saved by a Blotter. A commercial traveler writes to the Ht. Louis Globe-Democrat: “The blotter in a hotel writing room onoe saved mo from very considerable loss. As a general rule the blotter in a writ ing room is so dirty and covered up with ink marks that tho whole presents tho appearance of un Egyptian hieroglyphics. Put on this occasion, as luck would have it, tho blotter was absolutely now and clean and could bo examined very closely. Tho last man who had been using it was also the first, and as ho used rather a liberal mtpply of ink and wroto rapidly liore- produced almost the entire letter upon the blotter before folding it up. I knew him to bo tho representative of a large Eastern house in iisimilnr though not rival capacity to our own, uud without intending to do so, I found myself glancing at the reproduction of his letter on tho blotter. 1 was struck at once with tho iiamo of the house from which I lmd the previous day taken nn exceptionally largo order, and reading on I found tlmt ho had notiiicd his firmIhut, noting under advice from a very reliable source, ho had decided not to carry out his in structions and Roll this firm a bill of goods. I went out at once and made a few inquiries which convinced mo tliut not only wan the house in ques tion in difficulties, but tlmt it was also contemplating a fraudulent transfer to defeat its creditors. I promptly wired the house I represented to ignore my letter by mail containing this order, giving tho reasons briefly, and following up tlio telegram by an ex planatory letter. Some rather indig nant correspondence followed, but this was ubruptly terminated by the suspension of the latter and the ab sconding of one of the partners. X lmve always held a clean blotter in a hotel writing room with a feeliug of veneration eyer since.” Uncle Sant h rh 200 female clergy men. Ono New York lady of fashion owns a solid silver foot bath. Tho girl of the period’s alpenstock i must, needs be mounted in silver. Mrs. Maokay is popularly referred to in England as “The Silver Quoen. ,L The fortune of Mrs. W. IT. Vander bilt, of New York, iscHtiiliatcdnt $30,- 000,000. An expensive ruffle on a chcnp shirt ! waist is one of the prevailing incon sistencies. A small silver heart with plush bind ing is the latest thing in pocket pin cushions. Tt may safely bo declared that com mon sense women wear a common i sense shoe. j Dow knot rings of gold arc tho latest, and are intended to bo worn on tho ! little finger. ! She is a trifle in arrears of tho pro cession who 1ms not a sunshade for every costume. Society girls are wearing the ring with the precious Btonc for the mouth they were born. Gossip bags carried by tho ladioHaro now’ made of the richest and most ex pensive materials. Oolorcd kid slippers aro worn with afternoon gowns this season us thej aevor were before. No girl of the period’s summer ward robe is complete without at. least ono pink gingham dress. Marquise fans, recalling a kind in fashion long years ago, have coiuo among this season’s revivals. Laco of every kind plays a part this season in the trimming of gowns that is almost as extravagant as it is boun tiful. Tho fashion of wearing flowers at the corsage with afternoon and evening toilet has been revived at the watering places. The women on the Saratoga piazas aro carrying a single flower with a long stem, oftenest an American Beauty rose. To exhibit the now fashionable “Na poleon curl” over tho forehead, tho girl of the period must needs tilt back her sailor hat. Novel French skirts aro shaped with many gores, then gathered front and back, but loft with a plain smooth gore at tho sides. Mrs. Abram S. Howitt has inherited Peter Oooper’aold Dutch Bible, which, with its data of family history, makes very curious reading. Black chiffon edged with white lace is partially successful as a fushionable material for the fichus women aro try ing to wear this season. Not every girl who does not believe (n sleeves below tho elbow hos either a pretty wrist or hand, albeit one looks for both with that fashion. Hoveral years ago, when Miss Carrie Astor, of Now York City, became Mrs. Ormo Wilson, $10,000 worth of roses ifero distributed at sick beds tho next morning. Tho Dolsarte methods turn out osthetic young ladies, who hang their arms and hands and heads und who uro monoohromatio instead of poly chrome even to their finger rings. White muslin is worn by young girle for ball dresses, with moire or satin Empire sleeves and a susli deep in front, narrow toward the back, and finished off with a small bow and long ends. | Thero is a sudden revival of all tho rich and pale shades of brown, from auburn, chestnut, Vandyke, etc., through the many handsomo half tones, to beige, fawn arid pale amber brown. t Miss .Jeannette Gilder is said to be tho author of tho remark that New York men divido all women into two .lasses—fools and rogues; uud that they prefer tho rogues, although they marry the fools. i Tho day is fast approaching when overy ono in the feminine world abovo soveuteon years of ago will again have a “beBt black silk,” which this fall will be of satin, bongalino or satin- figured gros grain. “Novelty” hop-sackings and dainty mountain suitings are set forth by loading Broadway importers this wook. Those two fabrics uro excellent in quality and especially well adapted for traveling, beach and mountain cos tumes. They aro fifty inches wide and cost sixty-five cents a yard. Tho Pratt Institute, of Brooklyn, teaches twenty-five different branches to women, among which aro dross* making, millinery, cooking, laundry work, sewing, typewriting, bookkeep ing, normal training in art education, designing, art noedlework, photog raphy, wood carving, architectural drawing and library training. Miss Harriot Eliza Green, who died recently at Oakland, Cal., was ono ol the leading authorities on library cataloguing. For many years she had boon employed in the Boston Public Library and tho Boston Athoueum. She was also connected with the Co lumbus Coilogo Library, where she gave instructions to students in her department. The size And color of hat has n marked effect on tho apparent stature of a woman. A black hat takes inches off a tall woman, while a bonnet lighter in color than the dress will make a short woman appear tailor than she is. A bunch of flowers under the brim of a hat is u commendable style for those who wish to add to their appearance gf height.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cleveland progress. (Cleveland, White County, Ga.) 1892-1896, September 01, 1893, Image 1