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MUCH TALKING
ABOUT SILVER.
Becond Day's Debate of the All-En
gaging Question of National
Finance.
TEE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. AUGUST 14, 1893
HARTER IS A HOMEOPATHIST
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Washington. Aug. 12.—The house of
representatives has determined to hold
tessions for debate only. The attend
ance on the floor is generally very un
satisfactory, and it was so today, ns
the average number of representatives
present did not in the six-hour session
t.f the house exceed 125 members. The
largest audience was present when Mr.
Hendricks of Ne\f York was making
his maiden speech. He was attentively
listened fc> and made a strong impres
sion.
But the speech of the day was made
by Mr. Harter of Ohio, Who, while, de
nouncing the Sherman act. eulogised
the gentleman whose name it .bears, and
while declaring the Republican party
was primarily responsible for the pres
ent situation, did not exempt the Dem
ocrats from blame.
Mr. Bowers, Republican, of California
was the principal Republican spokes
man, but he spoke from a free coinage
standpoint in'opposition 40 ths bulk of
bis party associates.
When at 4:50 o’clock the house ad
journed till Monday at 11 o’clock there
were not more than fifty representa
tives in the hall.
On motion, of Mr. Richardson. Demo
crat. of Tennessee, a resolution was
adopted for the printing of 20,000 copica
of the president’s message.
Wlieelrr** Speech.
Mr. Wheeler of Alabama opened the
debate, continuing his speech begun
yesterday. He warned the bouse that
a repeal of the purchasing clause In
the Sherman act would never be fol
lowed by any silver legislation. The
moment the purchasing clause is re
pealed the power of the millionaires will
b> strengthened, and they will exercise
Mr advantage with relentless cruelty.
’Among other things he mid:
"They say our change to the worse
itnoe 11(0 Is owing to Idleness. Our peo-
p> make three times as much cotton,
• mjk three times as hard and are three
times as poor. Arguments are mad* to
me that my personal inrerests are not
It silver coinage. That U not the
question. Ths Interest of 90 per cent,
of my people ia for frea coinage and
my hsttls la for them."
Gen. Wheeler read from Jackson’s
messages and ths Democratic platforms
of 1140, ’41, ’41, ’52, ’56 and ’», all of
which he amid denounced In unmeas
ured terms the pernicious financial sys
tem which has been fastened upon us
by Republican legislation.
Gen. Wheeler was followed by Mr.
More, Republican, of Massachusetts. He
was heartily in favor of repealing the
purchasing clause of the Bhcrmsn set.
but the remainder of that act declaring
a parity between the two metals was
line statesmanship and should stand.
Bo much of the president's message
as related to the currency met with his
moet unqualified approval. So much of
the message was good Republican docj
trine. I
Mr. Harter's U'mrdles.
Mr, Harter of Ohio, speaking In td
vor of the repeal of the pmpoeltio/.
likened Uncle 8am to a man In the. loft
stages of alcoholism: a drunken mb
taken to an emergency hospital to Is-
rive a treatment by the doctors v/io
V'iuM agree upon their treatment, jut
Uncle Sum’s doctors didn’t aeemjto
•tree m the diagnosis. /
Mr. Gmsvenor of Ohio Interrufed
to Inquire what the gentleman wwld
think if the physicians who wen in
the cases should simply stop th<| ad
ministration of liquor, but who pre
scribed nothing for the future. (L igh-
ter).
Mr. Harter replied that he was ome-
thing of a homeopathist and he bi eyed
that sometimes mild remedies ould
< ure when radical treatment wou kill.
There were gentlemen on this f >r of
the national and International puta-
tlens Who would till Uncle 8st with
more silver. Ills view was to s p the
Purchase of silver. It bad* be said
by the gentleman from Misaou that
every Western man who voted >r the
repeal of the purchasing clau*« would
b“ relegated to private Ufe. 11 con
gress give the country an hon t cur-
rf hcy and he (Harter) waa w ng to
•b^Jce the dust of Wsshlngtc from
bis feet and nevsr enter the : us* of
representatives again. (Appla e).
Mr. Harter was frequently Ini rupted
with questions, and so me o his re
plies were very pungent. In sponsc
lo a question by Mr. Hend ion of
tows. Mr. Harter said it the
•thermsn act had been passed
bj s Republican hot!* end
» Republican senate and H been
»4>Woved by a Republican esideni.
( -mootutic applause). He Jed par-
4,3 tor btevlng made this (ply- »
*“ not his Intention to rslsdhe Issue
c ‘ partisanship. The. questions* too
*"»ve, the situation was too Hou. for
»en In their right minds to Irmlt the
•sue of partisanship to be lerjeoted.
tnder the circumatancss God new that
J* was umhHlng to Introdl' politics
® to this discussion. He th**fpxv'dcd
" hark out his plan of pmjdtire. He
V'uld havt this congress Ins extrmor-
®; !,a *F •vision repeal thtltrchasing
clans* of ths present tawauthorlss
"Y'OnaJ banks to issue Cfilafirm to
r. '"i 1 “tax of their his snd dl- I
I’~ t the^secretary of ihefiasiury to |
vide for the Issue of colbo . •
th S . Ir r ®^ r ‘ of California spoke for
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solemnted° f()*5n.vtMn^!° BWty
Delegate Re.w'nng of Utah lent hi*
vo.ee in favor of free coinage T h«
tear made by thc-anti-sifver men
lar ernratnt wa “ Issuing a do]-
absiSS * n was ,i vorlh but 50 cen, » was
UnitM Ht^i the crp nsI Mutton of the
toooaaS^? e J3 re *‘ power was Stvon
KS * and ro *“>ate
crnm.il ’ U ^ n 4 er . that power the gov-
rt n VSV' n ‘ had <J«l»red that the silver
do S tV\ihi ,ual ln valuo t0 the sold
r '„ t s congress adjourned with-
Uon re,* Uler f be a deprecia-
tTOuld h. tt fV^, u V’ on of * llver 'hat
won-M h-i fri8httul t0 contemplate and
onei W iire. ln £ 0 c a ,noneta ry panic at
er of was the '“tspeak-
SUIT AGAINST BRECKENrTdGE.
Young Wo m « n 4; It urges Him With
ttroaeh or Promise.
Washington, Ang. l’.'.-ln the su
preme court of the District of Colum
bia today suit was filed for 550,000
for breach of promise against Repre
sentative William C. 1’. Breckinridge
Of Kentucky by Madeline V. Uoll.ird.
J'(“, Plaintiff charges that in April,
lb84, when she was 17 years old and
5,, . of Wesleyan Seminary at
Clucinnatt, she was met ou the train
traveling from school to li'rankfort,
Ky., whore she had beeu called ou ac
count of the grave Illness or her sis
ter. by W. O. p. Breckinridge, who
made her acquaintance on the plea of
his knowing her family, and that she
was flattered by his attentions, know
ing who he was nud regarding him as
a very prominent man, and the 3d day
of August, ISM, he came to see her at
the seminary and got permission of
the president for her to i(Jne with him,
and by wiles and artifices and pro
testations of affection, subsequently
took advantage of her youth and Inex
perience. The birth of her two child
ren, who died, and the premature birth
of a child, are alleged ns the result of
the intimacy. From time to lime the
plaintiff alleges the date for the mar
riage was postponed, until, on the 18th
nay of July, she alleges that .Mr.
Breckinridge wrongfully and Injurt-
ously married another woman, Mrs.
boulsA Wing, who was then a resident
of the city of Louisville.
The plaintiff In the case was for
Romo time an employe In one of the
departments here, but shortly aftejr
the death of tlen. ■ Sherman ■was. dis
missed. It was said, for the making of
a derogatory remark respecting the
dead general. The announcement of
her engagement to Mr. Breckinridge
and the subsequent breaking off of
that engagement trail Mr. Breckin
ridge's marriage created a sensat.on
In the capital.
MOVING THE
COTTON CROP
CLEVELAND AT GRAY GABLES.
He Will R,matu Till Mrs. clev.iand Is
Heady to Return.
Buisards Bay. Aug. 12.-prc«ident
Cleveland arrived at Buzzards Bay this
morning at 7:3 Oo'clock on the train
connecting with the Fall River boat.
He was accompanied by. Dr. Bryant.
The president was met at the station
and conveyed in his carriage to Gray
Gables, lie. appeared somewhat tired.
The president will remain until about
September 1, or until Mrs. Cleveland
is ready to return to Washington.
GEORGIA’S SCHOOL CENSUS.
A Splendid Showing f-r tha Pnbllo
Nrlinrlt. •
-N'T 181 .12*—(Special.)—State
School Commissioner Bradwell this afler-
neon com pitted the consolidation of (he
public school census which was recently
taken In the various counties of the stats.-
the consolidation shows an Important
point In the advancement of education
in Georgia. There has been In the last
five yean au increase ot about « per
ctnt in the school population and tha
dwrease In Illiteracy has been marked,
jlevannah leads oil other cities In the
(tale In this particuler. Out of every 400
f hliee there is only 1 who cannot read
fch' 1 Write in that city. Commissioner
Bradwell la of the opinion that no other
klty In this country can make such a
remarkable showing. The credit for this
ey»<jem. 8 * V * nn * h e splendid public school
In •a. there ware 140,000 men In Geor
gia who could not read and write. The
percentage of Illiteracy among the whites
isnow eleven snd twenty-seven among
the blacks. There are more males in the
public schools In Oeorgls than female,
the total number of males being
snd females U4.M4. Six hundred and four
thousand nine hundred and seventy-one
te the total school population, and there
has been an Increase ot 44,mo since tea.
Atlanta a school population baa Increas
ed 23 P*r cent. In five year* among the
whites. One In one hundred between the
ages of to and 13 cannot read and write.
The average of white and black being
five in the hundred. There are 356,3*0
white Illiterates In the state, end 71.5*9
are colored, or u per cent of the white
population and 37 per cent, of the colored
population te Illiterate. Georgia has 4,606
white schools and 2,660 schools lor col
ored people, snd the number of teachers
in these schools Is 10.000 in round num
bers Twenty-live thousand five hundred
and thirty-one children In the state have
never attended public school, and 6,600
have attended private school*, but never
went to the public schools. The smout
of money appropriated for common schools
Is 11.50,000.
CONDI (ION OF COTTON.
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Southern Bankers and Cotton Men
Laugh at the Talk of
a Crisis.
WHAT BRADSTREET'S SAID
Leading Ouelneii Men or the Big Cotton
Towns Repress Themselves ns
Confluent ofa Plenty
of Money.
August, Oa., Aug. 1'-'.—Tho Augusta
exchange today epitomized report*
from 120 correspondent* Id counties
of Georgia nail South Carolina tribu
tary to Augmtn. Ninety-nine reply
that the condition is more favorable
than last year, It) not so good, one
hundred report sufficient rain, 20 that
cotton Is shedding on account or too
much rain, 87 that the yield will ex
ceed last year and 12 that it will equal
and 20 report a falling off from 2U to
30 per cent. In reply lo a question to
atate explicitly the opinion ronued on
tbr growing crop In the neighborhood
aud deduction therefrom of a concen
sus dt opinion, with the exception ot
a few localities, seems to indicate a
very Ilalteriug crop condition and trill
no doubt be blessed with an abundant
harvest this season snd with a big
icrop of cotton, corn, peas and oats.
QUIET IN HEACHAM BEAT.
The leaders Killed or Run Out of the
Country*
Mobile. Auffuit 12.—A apecUt lo the
Resist*r from Jackson. Ala. My* that
IK* trouble In Metchlm Beat la at an
end. The pou* has disbonded snd quiet
reigns supreme. Babe Burke. Jim Jor
dan snd Mick Burke, three of the worst
men of the s*nf and acknowledfed lead
ers, escaped by taking refuge In ifeUlps
swamp, ktrt James was killed last right.
He was captured In bta field and nut in
charge of a guard of eight men and icdyed
In jail. A mob of 1*) took him from the
guard, tied his hands behind him. piacM
him in front of an oak tree and riddled
his body with bullets, lie nwkee the
third man killed. A plot to whip to
death several lending negroes who voted
for Jonee In the Jonea-Kolb gubernato
rial contest, waa unearthed.
tlsens nf Mearhlm Beat are panic
litri h-n. Many haw ill out and tho**
M •*—* —refuser* have «fcan-
and left. It fa row
brother of the
1 forces
win moaw^Thi
for little folks.
York’s Frro Pla/c^ouiul.
At the corner of Fiftieth street and
Eleventh avenue, New York city, is a
largo lot fenced in by high palings and
rough walls. This is a free playground
for the poor children of the neighbor
hood. It is in ch&rge of four teachers
aud a janitor, who are paid by 6Qme gen
erous citizen whose name is a secret.
Tho teachers aro young women of edu
cation, und they know how to amuse and
train tho urchins, and tho best of order
ia always maintained. .
CLCLn n nnnnnnnn
Kew York. Ang, 12.—Braflatrcct’s
*ay« today: Special telegram* to Brad-
street’s and Information through the
trade and press within a few days have
Indicated the likelihood of n crisis In
the cotton regions, owing to theit 1 in
ability Of banking Institutions there to
advance tho fuuds necessary to move
the cotton crop with anything like the
usual freedom. It had become plain
that few If any of tho Southern banks
would, if they could, advance funds
to cotton buyers to enable tho latter to
hold the staple for an advunce and
the recent disturbances among South
ern financial institutions began to raise
the questiou of how the cotton ’crop
was to be moved at all. Inasmuch ns
it costs IS.50 a bale for picking, ginning,
pressing aud baling cotton, or about
350,000,000 for gathering and preparing
tor shipment a crop of 6,000,000 bales, It
becomes plain that the phrase "ad
vancing funds to move the cotton crop”
nas a real.and living meaning. A con
siderable proportion of the cotton crop
is raised by tenant planters, and own
ers of laud as u .rule are expected to
make the necessary advuiices to the
tenant to provide tor picking, ginning,
pressing nud buling cotton, but with
southern banks using clearing house
certificates and In many instances per
mitting depositors to withdraw only
trivial sums of money dally, the prob
lem how to borrow |50,000,u00 or more
lo move the cotton crop had become a
•eiious one. it is with considerable
Pleasure, therefore, that Bradstreet's
teams that nrrangementa were made
yesterday by the secretary of the treas
ury in view of the emergency referred
to by which the government on deposit
of currency with the sub-trensury at
Kew York will, on being advised of
the fact, telegraph sub-treasury at New
Orleans an order to pay a ilka sum of
Aiuuuy in silver dollars. This arrange
ment must go tar to relieve the financial
stringency 'in the south with respect
to the col tou crop.
Aloud*, *• stria 9af«.
Mobile. ARla.. An*. 12.-Rel»ttve to
Bradstrset s report of a pnbable
i ’ cotton region, several
leading bankers bore hooted the Ides.
One said Bradstrceis wss a little pre
vious. and that money to move the
w£S/. WOI i>2 ISi 5® needed for three
.iP 1 ' b ank* are preparing to
?£2 d L t ]‘ e "°W <md „|11 be In p.sl-
d ? •? When the time arrive*.
Another bank president said that so
JY a *’ be Mobile district Is concerned
4he money would be forthcoming when
the cotton Is ready to move. "Theri>
_“ n ^ been s day since December."
wd he. ’that we o«j|d not find 5210.
2?> a currency to advance on cotton
the matter a second
thought. There Is an abundance o?
«,*Oiivy In Mobile and tt will come out
when the cotton Is ready to be brought
to this msrket.”
surprise to Mrmphls.
Memphis, Tenn.. Aug. 12.—Brad-
strssts report to th» effect that a
crisis was Imminent with regard to the
cotton crop was a great surpriso to the
bankers and merchants of thl*. the
largest Inland cotton msrket ln the
W .° r ,£‘ i" 1 ** 1 » crisis the solution
of ih* financial problem Is looked for
confidently with the advent of the f ot-
ton aason. The opinion Is uanlmous
that there will be ample fund* to move
the crop with ease and expedition. The
•Huatl in. la much Improved ln Mrm
phls snd a -better feeling exists. As an
evidence of this It may be stated that
for the past two months New York
exehsnge was discounted at 330 on the
11.600 by Chicago, which virtually pro-
w b !A—.’h'J 111 * of Chicago products in
Memphis. Today New York exchange
was taken at per and many large satee
were made as s consequence. *
No Trouble tn .llouigomerf-.
Montgomery, Als., Aug. ‘ tt—Brad-
street's report that the Southern bank,
snd (tutors would not be able to han
dle the cotton crop his season oh ac
count of the scarcity of money created
*>me comment In commercial clrcl-a
here. Interviews with hankers, cotton
factors and cotton buyer* of Montgom
ery developed the unanimous opinion
that the cotton of the Montgomery
district would he handled here tills sea
son without friction. Just as tt has been
done heretofore. No uneasiness Is felt
on this point by ths cotton Interests of
this city.
.itiRaita Men Amuse«l.
Augusts, Oa., Aug. 13.—Bradstreet's
telegram about the probable crisis In
the cotton region ls laughed at here.
Bankers and cotton mm ny the money
needed to start the crop will be secured
with ease. Factors are amused at the
idea nf their hot holding over enough
money to pay for packing in case the
farmers Deed It. On* quarter of |50.-
poo.ooo needed la already in the hands
of the farmer* in the shape of bagging
and lira. It would not require even
fine twentlqth of 35.000,000 to start the - \ - •
crop. The first shipments will com- L AJ&e •i-
mand enough cash money to complsts
harvesting, pay back advance* aud put
tho farmers in s condition to hold cot
ton, for Hi** well known fact that the
farmers arc better able to life at home
this year snd not spend money for pro
visions than at any time since the war.
There aro swipes, "teeter totters."
wheelbarrows ami other thines with
which the little ones amnso themselves.
Beautiful white sand has been hauled
from the seashore until it covers the
greater part of tho playground to tho
depth of threa feet or more. Tho children
have great fnn on this imitation sea
beach, and one of their games is racing
with wheelbarrows. The elder children
wheel the barrows, each one having n
little tot for n passenger. They run the
course and at tho finish dump their lit
tle passengers into a heap of sand. This
is jolly fun for all, ns it gives excitement
with exercise, and no one is aver hurt.
Ths picture shows a little boy named
Johnny damping his passenger at the
end of a race. Johnny has won this
time. The teachers say ho nearly always
comes in first in tho races.
tvtiat a Boy King b-.ueM.
Not long ago there was terrible excite
ment nt tho royal coprt of Atiara. The
king, Thanh-Tai, wiio is new 14 years
old, was missing. Etiqnctto requires
that the Anameso king shall never
leave the royal gronnds. He is a kingly
prisoner. And that the king should not
only be absent from tho palace, but that
no one should know wliero ho was con
stituted an event ot anch direful conse
quence that tho wholo court was in dis
may.
But tho young potentate was not hard
to find. Though ho was n kina, he was
n boy, and it is natural for n boy when
he haa some money in his pocket to want
DRESSING IN
• HARD TIMES.
Olivo Harper Tells How It Can be
Done at an Expense o( $80
a Year.
COST OF A SEASONS OUTFIT
One Color or Tint at a Foundation—Som*
Very ^mlbls Imlt uctiout Woith
R«mrmlj*rtng—Counsel For
Haiti iinn.
W V HILE I fully believe with
c“> A Shakespeare that one's hab
it should be as costly as one’s purso can
buy, and that those who can afford to
fpend money on their personal adorn
ment should do so, I tbinlc it is quite
possible to dress well and nttrnctively
on a very email amount of money if one
only knows how to manage nnd can
spare the time to sow ono's own clothes.
Thero aro thousands of women nil over
the land who might be really well
dressed with lialf the money thoy now
Spend while looking all the timo next
door to shabby nnd ill dressed. I lmvo
made a theoretical study of this diffi
culty and have also reduced my theory
to practice for the lost fow years, and as
every proven theory becomes a valuablo
fact let me tell other women just how
to manage so that all they will have to
do will be to follow this oa closely as
seems advisable.
Suppose a hard worked father can only
spare each of his dnnghters, wo will say,
$80 n year, or some loving but small
salaried young man lias restricted his
little wife to tho same sum. Now, let
us see what can bo done with $«0
stretched out so ns to cover a year.
This money onght to ho given into the
hands of tho person it is for in monthly
or quarterly parts, where it is possible,
for otherwise it is hard to systematize
Qusrauiini
night
and Mariana Rob-
died ef oh-d-ra at t
hospital. Th-'ir n
sted this mortunr.
Eefor.- noon tola
pec
t<tJ go out and spend it.
That was exactly what tho king of I iho expendimr^.
Ararat had'done. Entirely nlone, ho , Tho
woman who wiaht* to look nnd
had started on a ’shopjfing expedition : ,i ress well on a small or largo income
through tho of line. Of cotirso mns t choose one color as the foundation,
no oao knew him, becanso he had never ; nnd everything she buys should match
shown his faoe in pnblir. He was slm- that color, although it is not nectary
pl) a boy, like any other boy, and this that it should bo exactly of that sliail-.
was exactly what ho wanted. j Then when one garment is worn out the
Bnt ho was treated with great respect | rest of tho wardrobe will still match o
by tho shopkeepers, becanso ho seemed
to liavo plenty of money. Curiously
enough, the thing which seemed to at
tract him most was a head shearing ma
chine, or hair clipper, and when the
frightened pqbles of the court discov
ered him at last it was with this singu
lar implement in ids possession. No
doubt he intended to amuse himself by
shaving the heads of all his dependents.
—Youth's Companion.
An Ambitious Journalist.
Brooklyn possesses oneof the youngest
editors in tho world. Sho is a little 10-
year-old girl who brings out every week
The Pickwick Papers, written entirely
by herself. It contains a department
labeled “Jests,” a unique advertising
column, a fashion department, a society
budget, a poet’s corner and a story.
There is a range of versatility in this
which is denied to most geniusos.—New
York Sun.
Watering the I inner*.
“Ah. there'* rata," piped Robin Red,
Perched la hie peach lire tower.
"Now. krep away." the pnslee eatdj
"i'hj U a private sho- cr."
Tho robin looked end looked efaln.
And then he thought aspelL
""'hr. that'e no more a reel, tree rata
Than |.«ihlr.c down th* well."
—Thomas Tapper la BL Nicholas.
A trey's Natural Remark.
Lil tl<- Iloy I gu«*s everybody thought
I v is nlwai
% were inciiur-
* following *>
and irt.trV 'i*
Little Girl—Why-
Little Boy—'Can v *
it-rs come they alwa
h.ir.d* an «ay ft. "Why,
rery tinvany via- |
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how lie i grown!"
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in in. nr. j will |
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r.il K-pubh ait *■i'-rri'mt Th-r>- •
t t •>. trr;i • on?-** ? * •*• 5 ■ . - • •
. tiK th- r” 5- no [i 'i .i li” (1 f ,nv 1
new one in the same color. Brown,
bine, gray, black and heliotrope nro the
standard colors for the foundation of n
wardrobe, und rmo can bavo plenty of
variety with the different shade* nnd
complements of any ono of them.
It is difficult to make a beginning ln
the calculation, for a girl must always
havo some clothes to wear, nnd so ,we
will supposo that she has the remainder
of what sho has bought ths previous
year, but as she has not bought with
care nnd economy they nro worth little.
Still there will be, wo will say, three
good sets of undergarments, a pair of
shoes and six pair* of stockings, one
brown cashmere dress, an alpaca for
every day and three calicoes, n walking
jacket, one hat, two pairs of gloves, a
few collar* and bits of ribbon and lace.
It is not the stylo nowadays to havo a
great pile of muslin underwear, as it
used to be. Colored petticoats for ordi
nary summer wear and flannel ones in
gray or red are worn in winter, and
white skirts only on dress occasions.
Union undergarments of gauze in sum
mer and flannel in winter take the place
of the chemise and drawers almost uni
versally. Tlireo gauze union garments,
three whito skirts, three corset covers,
one conet at a time, three long night
gowns and three dressing sacks are all
the underclothing now really fashiona
ble. Of course if one wants more they
can bo pnrehased, or new ones ^an be
added each year so that there aro always
six on hand, allowing for the wearing
out of the old one*.
Handkerchiefs, collars and other little
accessor-eg can be made to cost ranch or
little, ns one desires.
With reasonable cares jacket or wrap
bought new one v-ason will be good l >r
the next if it bo of plain and unpreten
tious style, and in r.ny case it conid be
worn as second best for s second season
and probably another by soma slight al
teration. Care must bo taken ln keep
ing tbs garments brtsAsd sat BNw
mended when laid sway. Nothing will
look well that is not well kept.
Now wo will begin our calculation.
The cashmere is soiled, perhaps faded in
streaks, which it is apt to be if gray.
Take it apart snd wash it in hark, iron
ing it while damp on the wrong side.
Remake it with the same, even mere,
care than if it were new, and with a little
▼eintina as trimming it will look like
new and be a good second beet gown at
a cost of not over 60 cents for lining snd
trimming.
Then see how much money you have,
if it is a quarter’s salary of you can
do much, Yoq can buy 10 yards of good
surah or pongee or faille at 75 cents a
yard If you go to the right stores and
watch the papers to see when there is a
"dm*-" lu <it t liu snrfaced
th* others < l.ar:g* n. s--.n.
wini* j Isin go *are always in fashion,
or von can g<-t s figure-1 china or India
tall or wanto a train. In that case ono
vard nnd a half more will lie needed.
This ft to lie for a best dress, und fur a
young person pongee, all black, is the
most useful. Color can bo added by
ribbons or flowers and evening effect by
fichu*, etc.
A frame for a lace hat costs 16 cents,
a pretty nutrimmed straw from 75 cents
to $1. A little lace, a bow of ribbon or
a singlu flower will trim it SInch can
bo pliod on, bnt tho less the daintier.
The summing up could be mado for
summer outfit:
lOyardsofsIlhatr-e.psryard, $7 50
Uidnfcs. trimmings aud pafitrn l to
tranisof best I oreouon bed ford. to
Ki yards entton challio for ordinary after
noon atSlio as
10 yards outing cloth for shin and two
hlnuees fi)
Matortal for loco hat 75
1 pair low shoes, fcood quality 1 73
3 pairs nice Sea Island stockings 1 CO
6 hemstitched handkerchiefs so
I pair silk gloves 35
New ribbons for bows, eto 7.4
« gaozo undergarments (union) lm
W yards muslin for white sklrta, eto to
913 05
This leaves a small amount over for
Incidentals and doesflot include a wrap,
M ono is not needed. For fall the money
can bo distributed thus:
4X ysnls cheviot for a dress. $( so
Lining, buttons and pattern i oo
A walking Jacket or fall wrap s 00
1 pair button boots 3 00
1 felt bat and trimming s 00
lpalrglorts too
$t9 50
This will leave 00 cents for hairpins or
any other trifle.
For winter:
3 yards storm $5 at
1 pair hravy shoes 3 to
t flannel union garments 5 00
1 flannel petticoat 1(0
t palm stockings 1 00
1 cardigan Jacket 75
910 73
This will lcavo a little mnrgln to buy
a fur bordering if so desired, for tho
storm sergo will make a skirt, waist and
walking jacket if carefully cut. With a
lining and a cardigan vest, this suit is
warm enough for tho coldest days and
always looks rich and seasonable. A
neat littio muff or a toque can bo mado
of tho scraps. A bit of bright velvet or
ribbon, n gilt buckle or a heron’s feather
is nil the trimming tho toque would
need.
During the winter tho spring purchases
aro mado nnd tho garments sewn, and
each season's purchases should bo made
early enough to allow the time to make
them. A waterproof cloak is a necessity,
and iv good ono can be bought for $2.50
and with care will last several years.
In the early spring there need bo little
cliango from the winter's garments, so
that they can ho worn to quite warm
days, with tho exception of tho storm
serge, which is winter goods, but thero
ara nqmbers of woolen fabrics that nro
suitable, and somo of them are cheaper,
but the cheap goods nro not so satisfac
tory ox durable.
In each season tho unused garments
should bo laid asido carefully after hav
ing been thoroughly well cleaned. Chev
iot, camel's hair, sergo or other all wool
goods will last nicely with rcasonablo
caro for at least three season*, requiring
p rimps some alteration tho Inst ono.
For a spring outfit tho following is a
good model, knowing that there is n
fairly good foundation nlreadv laid:
0 y*r*ls of PrlMtloy's M»ck silk warp
hrnrletta Jfl 00
Ltnlitx-lrlmulDffs,paUern ISO
1 waterproof, If you havo nono Z GQ
SOysr-l-mn'hoforan-l'rzarm-n!. 1(0
1 pair corsets (cheaper ones can bo had,
even aa lowaatBcoeui 1 jj
10 yards of ratling, white or colored, for
evenlns or dancing 3 tt
1 pair slippers
1 pair gloves
ill eh
; run
aro not v>
I saw Hilk,
vith rod flow
r. 1 from that <.n
C 1» P’.lllv tho
il«. All - v $1 for
r..- lai »•. which nn
our. fourth
. ISC
. 100
918 63
This leaves a littio margin which can
bo applied toward n hat or a paraaol,
which can be purchased if the water
proof haa not to bo bought.
If a light evening drees is not required,
tho price of that can bo applied to some
thing dec. A Bilk warp honrietta ia
recommended because it ia tho beat valu»3
for tho money of anything I know of. It
will lact 10 years with reasonable care,
will wcali, and alwayn looks an rich a a
tho beet silk and i* better adapted for a
variety of mas, and if kotow and death
come it has only to “bo trimmed to bo a
mourning gown, and young and old can
wear it
i nns you eeo a woman* can havo uuit*
ablo garments for each icaeon on $*0 a
year, but the stricteat economy la nec
essary, and the having of all the old bits
of lining, trimming und buttons helpa
greatly. Great caro in cutting to ad
vantage is necessary and the making of
one's own garments essential, for no
woman c.in make ti good Appearance at
all time* for a year on so email a sum
uni* sho can make her garments and
hats, excepting cloaks, which it is better
to buy unless the lady is really expert
with her needle.
11 a woman cannot rrom lack of time
mak#j her own dresses, th« next beat
thing is to go to some reliable house,
spring and fall, and buy one good well
made drum of some all wool material,
and not trust to the cheap droesmakor.
The keeping of cloth™ neatly mended
and clean i* another rowential, and the
carefulness of putting off the beat for
cond b™t or simple calico as Boon as
tho special need for wearing one's beet is
over saves.
Tho number of y.irds set down U exactly
a.^ I havo tested it, but care must be taken
not Id waste. Plain goods cut to best
advantage. I have allowed eight new
dree*«a yearly. Some may prefer fewer
dre-^-s and more of something eln«», but
taking this outline as a guide, deviating
! wh**ro it is deemed advisable, it is not
impossible to bo not only decently but
w* 11 clothed on this sum. One of the
B')*t ••xpensive droe.-*s could l»* l«*ft out
to allow more gloves or other acces
sories. I wish every reader may have
at L’.iht $n) a year, and that, nono may
ever linvo less. < »uvp. Hari*kr.
nig P«B«lon Fraud*.
Litt> Tt v-k. Ark.. Aur. 1?-Thirty-
two pen-:' c frauds have been do^k^tM
lo the United States court darter tbm
I .st three weeks, all negro*». The t\ r *t
white man. Jackson E. McCool* of
Cleveland county, charged with Calsr-ly
altering affidavits for the purpo*<> «»r
securing a pension, was arrested this
morning.
U- August 12.-The three banks
Test National, lb# People's and
tnkaufs sUri -! an agreement
ifternoon to pay r.o more than tv>
crcncy to any one deport tor en any
ay. TW b la ore on chroks oe*r t •>
paid to certified <h*A*. The bank*
. v -i*. l .4* * -v # r m
. • ; »n L*« tly in \c.~
-:•!! *■ £> .--.tn r. I*
/ ^ :* late v. .num* r.a