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About The Irwin County news. (Sycamore, Irwin County, Ga.) 189?-1??? | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1897)
Irwin Cony lews. SYCAMORE, GA. More than one-third of Great Bri¬ tain is owned by members of the House of Lords._ Nearly 4,000,090 women, or eight¬ een per cent, of all women in tho United Stales, were in 1890 engaged in earning their own living in some trade or employment. During the last sixty-five years the inorease of population has been : In France, eighteen per cent.; Austria, forty-five; Italy, forty-eight; United Kingdom, sixty-three; Germany, seventy-five ; Russia, ninety-two; Brit¬ ish colonies, 510; United States, 62(5. With tho great bridge across the St. Lawrence at Quebec, which the Canadian Government proposes to construct at a cost of $3,000,000, an¬ other bond of union between the Do¬ minion and the United States will be added to those which commerce has already established. Germany is invading England upon her own ground, and there is a loud call iu the “tight little isle” for pro¬ tection against goods “made in Ger¬ many.” The ability with which Ger¬ many has developed her industries at home and her markets abroad is con¬ summate. Her diplomacy has even outrivaled her technical skill. An engineer of the far-seeing sort proposes to utilize enormous water powers, like Niagara Falls, to compress air for transmission, at tremendous pressure, through pipe lines to distant points, there to supply power for til sorts of purposes. Wilder things have been dreamed of—and accomplished, muses the American Cultivator. Horses are valuable in Alaska. They are driven up over the divide from the Canadian plains, and they have to be transported eight to sixteen miles by ■water. The freight on them for this distance is forty cents a pound, so that a 1000-pound horse gets to be worth $1 a pound by the time he nears a place where he can be of good service. A good, strong dog is valued at $75. The balance of trade in favor of the United States in foreign business dur¬ ing the last eight months is about 312§ million dollars. The total merchan¬ dise exports for eight months, ended February were nearly 735 millions, compared with imports of 4224 mil¬ lions. Daring the corresponding eight months a year ago we shipped abroad more merchandise than we imported by 61 i millions. It is said that every part of a shoe can made by machinery. Indeed, machinery is now so wonderfully made it can do the work of mankind in the most accurate and labor-saving way, and man’s brain is required for direc¬ tion, at the present time, where his fingers were formerly needed for ac¬ complishment. Every stitch and eye¬ let about a lady’s fine shoe can now be put in by a machine. The Boston papers are making a crusade against water gas as “an ever¬ present source of danger.” An old law prohibited the manufacture of gas containing an excess of ten per cent, of carbonic oxide. This law was re¬ pealed, but owing to the many deaths which have occurred recently,through inhailingthe illuminant served oat to the good people of the Hub, there is now a demand for its re-enactment. Work has been begun at Philadelphia to restore the historic Independence Bali and the famous old structure will be preserved as it was when it played fiii'li a 2 >romment r>art in our history m iking. The front of the Hull itself wili not be altered to any great extent. The old embellishments ot' lamps, lin¬ tel”, etc., will be be put back and a general renovating given. The east, or Independence Chamber, will under¬ go a trausformation. The little panels which now incumber the east wall will all be torn down and in their place will appear a dignified and classic effect. “President McKinley’s plan for ereat- i* a currency commission to consider ;be financial question, as outlined in his inaugural address, will probably await the regular session of Congress next winter,” observes the New Eng-, land Homestead. “It was President McKinley’s intention to follow up his tariff’ message with another, after the tariff bill got through the House, re¬ commending legislation to create the currency commission, but be is being advised by Republican leaders in Con¬ gress not to press the matter before next winter, an.1 is likely to yield to this advice.” A SONG OF GOLDEN CURLS. Stay a little, golden curls—twinkling eyes of blue; Stay and see the violets, for they are k!u to you; Linger where the frolic winds around the gardens race, 5 Cheeks like lovely mirrors where tho red roso seeks its face. “Sweet—sweet!” All the birds are singing! “Sweet—sweet!” The blossom-bells are ringing; Kisses from the red rose— Kisses from the white, Kissing you good-morning And kissing you good-night! Stay a little, golden curls— brightening eyes of blue; Tho violets are listening for the lovely steps of you; The white rose bids you welcome, the red rose calls you sweet, And the daisies spread a carpet for the fall¬ ing ot your feet, “Sweet—sweet!” All the birds are singing; “Sweet—sweet!” The blossom-hells are ringing; Kisses from the red rose— Kisses from the white, Kissing you good-morning And kissing you good-night! —Frank L. Stanton, iu Atlanta Constitution. “There’s Many a Slip—” AM very sorry to have to cause you m this disappoint¬ 'llKfr ment, Mr. Neal. I m esteem and thank you for your offer, WMf hut my pledge is i.V. already given to . Li", another.” NS. “And that other , is—” exclaimed the young man, almost yijy y' involuntarily, and without removing his intent gaze from the girl's beauti¬ ful face. A vivid blush suffused Rennie’s fair cheeks for a moment; then her lips parted in a frank, happy laugh. “I do not mind telling yon, Mr. Neal, since you will know so soon. I am engaged to Roscoe Farnham.’’ For the first time Neal’s eyes dropped away from hers; but the look that flashed through them during that brief interval was as quickly veiled as he said, in tones whose slightly trem¬ ulous accent seemed quite natural under the circumstances; “Accept my sincere congratulations, Miss Lawrence!” Then with a pressure of the hand, he was gone. Once outside of the house, however, the mask fell from his countenance. “So,” he hissed between his set teeth, “Roscoe Farnham, tho only rival 1 feared,' has supplanted me! But let him beware! his apparent suc¬ cess in no way weakens the force of my determination to win Rennie Lawrence for my wife. Ho has a pledge, but he has not yet the lady; and the old adage holds good, that ‘there’s many a slip ’twixt cup and lip.’ What luck has won, craft may despoil him of.” secretly But no threatening of the vowed revenge was apparent for a time. The young men met each other on apparently the most friendly terms, and Neal had promised to be best man at the prospective ceremony. Calling upon Mr. Lawrence one evening, Neal desired a private inter¬ view, at the close of which Rennie was summoned to the library. “My child,” said her father, with manifest excitement; “you have bestowed your affections upon a man devoid of honor or principle. Tell her, Neal.” “Spare me, Mr. Lawrence,” said Neal, averting his face. “You tell her. I will assist you if necessary. ” Between them the story was told. How Neal, in consequence of alleged suspicions, had been investigating Mr. Farnham’s antecedents, and had learned that his Iqvo affairs in various places were quite notorious. That, just prior to his engagement to Rennie, ha had cruelly broken a previous betrothal, and finally that his employers were even then investi¬ gating grave charges against him, which were likely to lead to his dis¬ missal from the firm. “Now, my daughter,” said Mr. Lawrence, in conclusion, “will you wait to bo publicly involved in this man’s inevitable disgrace, or will you act the part of wisdom by dismissing him at once?” Rennie had listened without word or sign, but now she raised her beautiful head proudly. “1 will do this,” she answered quietly. “I will send him a letter by James this very night, and by his own answer will I judge him. If he is in¬ deed dishonorable and unworthy, no letter that he can write, no matter how skillfully worded, can hide it or disguise it from me?” And without another word she left the room. Twenty minutes later William Neal took hiS leave, walked a few paces away irom the house, then returning, concealed himself at a convenient point and waited. Presently a servant man emerged from the lower part of Mr. Lawrence’s house, followed by a rosy-cheeked chambermaid. “It is too bad, sending you all the way down there to-night,” the girl was saying. You could huve dropped it in the post box just as well.” “Miss Kenuiesays it’s to go straight to his lodgings; and if you had seen the look on her faco you would have known she meant it,” answered James, “I’ll be back before long, for I haven’t got to wait for an answer.” He moved reluctantly off notwith- standing; and in another moment Neal touched him on the shoulder. “Is that you, James’” he called, cheerily. “Did I hear you Farnliam’B say you had a letter to take to Mr. lodgings? I am going that way and I’ll carry it if you say so, and sparo you the walk—and leave you that much longer for courting !” he added, significantly. sir,” “Much obliged to you, re¬ plied James. alac¬ And, resigning his trust with rity, he quickly retraced his steps to the house, knowing well that he ran no risk of betrayal from his pretty inamorata. For two days Rennie waited for an answer to the letter. On the afternoon of the third day her father, coming home earlier than usual, found her in a swoon upon the floor. “My advice is to take her called some¬ in where,” said Neal, who had opportunely. “If you have relatives anywhere in the country, take her among them and remain with her un¬ til she recovers in a measure from this sad blow.” “But my house here—how can I manage about that in the meantime?” Mr. Lawrence asked, in a stat3 of complete bewilderment. “You need not shut it up. With your permission I will occupy a room here, eothat I can receive and forward whatever mail matter comes during your absence,” Neal answered readily. The arrangement was concluded, and the following day Mr. Lawrence and his daughter departed irom the city, leaving Neal in possession of the house. Of the letters that came, he for¬ warded all but two, which after hav¬ ing been carefully steamed open and perused with evident satisfaction,were sealed up, enclosed in other envelopes, and returned to the sender. At Neal’s urgent suggestion, Mr. Lawrence’s absence was prolonged which from three months to five, by time he felt they could be Eafely re¬ called—he having learned that Farn¬ ham was preparing for a business trip to Europe, expecting to be absent two years. “that will do,” he ejaculated. “Long lefore he returns Rennie Law¬ rence wiil be my wife.” When the heart-broken girl re¬ turned, Neal was the first to meet her, and became her very shadow, offering no word either of confidence or love, but rendering the thousand little at¬ tentions which sooner or later win their way. For a while he used his influence to keep her from society, for the purpose of avoiding any chance meeting with Farnham, who was still in the city; but at last he decided upon attending a concert at which some celebrities were to appear, having been informed that the ship on which Roscoe had taken passage would sail early in the afternoon. It required considerable importun¬ ing on his part to induce Bennie to accept his escort or indulge in any recreation of the kind ; but sho yielded at last, and Neal felt that he had scored his second move in the game he was playing. him, list¬ For a while she sat beside, lessly indifferent alike to the concert and bis occasional whispered remarks. Neal was searching Rennie’s face with an expression of triumphant admira¬ tion, overcast, nevertheless, with a shade of anxiety, while the girl look, wore an absent-minded, far-away tinged with hopeless melancholy. But after a while some of the music seemed to arouse her attention and in¬ terest, and she listened breathlessly to the song in which the singer, a tenor of rare power and sweetness, was throwing all the strength of artistio skill and appreciation, bringing out its subtle sentiment with a power and pathos that stirred the tenderest emo¬ tions of her heart. And not less deeply concerned, but in a widely different sense, was William Neal. Ho saw that the wholo tendency of the programme thus far was to lead her thoughts further away from him and back to the past from which he wished to draw her entirely; and he watched her intent face with a furtive uneasiness and perturbation, conscious that he had made a grave mistake. Finally, as the curtain fell at the close of the first part, to be followed by a short interval, Neal rose with evident relief. “I see a friend in another part of the house to whom 1 wish to speak, if you will excuse me for a moment,” he said. Then with a forced laugh: “I hope they wiil give us something a little more cheerful iu tho remaining numbers of the programme. This high-strung sentiment is rather too ratified for actual every-day experi¬ ence.” Ho turned away without waiting for an answer: and Rennie was sitting with her head bowed, and her eyes full of tears, when a step sounded near her, and a voice — vibrating with earnest pathos, sincerity and grief— said; “May I sit here and talk with yon for a few moments? May I, Miss Law¬ rence?” and lifting her head with a sudden start, she looked into the frank but troubled face of Roscoe Farnham. Where was doubt, mistrust, sus¬ picion now? Gone, before the whisperings of that truer voice, whose accents no heart could mistake or disbelieve— that voice that bade him welcome to her side. “I thought you had gone to Eu¬ rope,” she faltered, scarcely knowing what she said. “Mr. Neal”—then sho stopped abruptly. “Mr. Neal told you so,” supple¬ mented Roscoe, with involuntary bit¬ terness. “Perhaps it may prove to be not the first misrepresentation for which I ain indebted to Mr. Neal.” Then, with a quick movement drawing a letter from his pocket : “Tell me, Rennie, what does this mean? Did this indeed come from you? Itseems impossible, and yet the writing D -mi rs.” Mechanically Bennie took the letter he offered. A glance at the address brought, an expression of astonishment to her face. Then taking out the enclosed sheet she read it to the end. “The writing is not mine,’’ she said, trembling violently. “It is a clever forgery, I admit; but I never saw this letter before. I did write you on that date, but I did not direct it to that address, for I did not know you were out of the city.” “Thank Heaven!” ejaculated Ros- coe fervently; then, more earnestly : “Rennie, it is William Neal. But as I looked at yon both to-night from where I sat, I read admiration and triumph in Neal’s face, but neither love nor interest in yours; and in spite of all that had passed, my heart gave a sudden bound of renewed hope and courage. So when Neal left you just now, I resolved to avail myself of the first opportunity I had found to approach you since the receipt of that cruel letter. I am convinced that there has been some terrible wrong— some shameful treachery. Tell me, did you see Neal the day this letter was written?” For answer Rennie related briefly as possible what she knew of the whole matter. “Neal knew that I was called away from the city by a telegram that very evening,” said Roscoe. “He accom¬ panied me to the cars, and received a message from me to you, with the promise to write in a day or two—I expecting to be absent for about three weeks. He evidently thought that would give him time for his sinister work; and having heard you make the declaration that you would send a letter aud let me witness for myself, he doubtless contrived, by bribing the servant, or in some other way, to ob¬ tain possession of the letter, and imi¬ tated your handwriting in preparing this one—a very clever forgery. “During the period you were ab¬ sent, I wrote twice, begging you to explain that‘strange letter. Those letters were returned unopened—see, here they are—we can guess now by whom. Never mind, darling,” he added quickly, as he saw her turn deadly pale, “it is all right now, I hope. I will furnish your father any credentials he may require in refer¬ ence to my business and social stand¬ ing; as for Mr. Neal, his character is pretty thoroughly established. But see, they are preparing to go on with the entertainment. “1 will just add that I would have been on the ocean to-night, but for an accident to the machinery ot the vessel; and having nothing better to do, I concluded to attend this con¬ cert, which proved, after all, the very best thing 1 could have done. My sailing will be delayed for a week, and a great deal can be done in that time. To-morrow I will call upon your father and invite him to accompany us—you and I, Rennie—when we do go on our wedding journey. May I?” One glad, grateful, joyous look answered him ; and as he pressed her hand at parting, a step at bis side announced the return of William Neal. A dark frown overspread Neal’s face as their eyes met; but with a quiet bow Roscoe Farnbam passed him and returned to his seat. “Take me home, please!” were Ben¬ nie’s first words to her esoort. “I feel unable to remain any longer.” Without comment, Neal obeyed. The carriage was called, and a short time later Rennie was at her own house. “Good night!” she said, quietly, without offering her hand; and the next moment William Neal was stand¬ ing outside tho door, alone, in a very bewildered frame of mind, and in¬ wardly cursing the imprudence that permitted him to leave her for a single moment unguarded in a public place. Just what mischief had been done ne could not determine ; there was no help for it but to wait and see. His enlightenment came very soon in the form of a brief note from Ren¬ nie, informing him that their acquaint¬ ance was at an end absolutely and for¬ ever. Roscoe Farnham called the next day, had a long interview with Mr. Law¬ rence and a longer one with his daugh¬ ter, at the close of which Rennie whispered, as he kissed her for a brief goodby : “Let us forgive him, Roscoe, for ho did us one good turn in prevailing up¬ on me to go to that concert. If I had remained at home, as I wanted to, you would have left the city without an opportunity for an explanation, and wo should have missed our life’s hap¬ piness forever.” “ ‘There’s many a slip ’twixt the enp and lip,’” laughed Rcscoe, uncon¬ scious that he was quoting the very expression his rival had used, “But the slip was not ours this time, darling —and so we wiil forgive him.”—Dublin World. A Costly Clock. Baron Ferdinand Rothschild pos¬ sesses an old “grandfather’s” clock that originally Cost over $150,000. The mechanism records the day of the week, months of the year, the phases of the moon and strikes each hour. The quarters are chimed with a differ¬ ent bell, and (a rare thing with these clocks) it has a second hand. The case was made by Wertheimer and Btands fourteen feet high. It wa3 originally the property of Louis XVI. Romance of Czar and Czarina. Russians have a popular version of the Czar's proposal to the Czarina. When the young Czarowitz popped the question he said; “The Emperor, my iather, has commanded me to make you the offer of my hand and heart.” To which Princess Ali£ of Hesse re¬ sponded: “And my grandmother, Queen Victoria, has commanded me to accept She offer of your hand; your heart I will take myself.” And thus the royal troth was plighted. BISQUE AND WAIST. JAUNTY DESIGNS IN TIIKSB AR¬ TICLES OF FEMININE DRESS. Plain But Stylish Basque With the >ew Sleeve Models—Attractive Shirt, Waist Developed \n Flow Bred Dimity. ¥ ASTIC cashmere, green satin and Irish lace are here stylishly united in this plain but stylish waist, the front of which, writes May Manton, lies smoothly across the shoulders 31 2 M; zd kN I 4-7 Hi MI vm L ■’ i_c . ¥:a LADIES POINTED BASQUE. and bust with the additional fulness below laid in forward-turning plaits that meet at the centre-front in pretty pointed outlines. Glove fitting lining fronts, having double bust darts and closing at centre front, is the founda¬ tion upon which the fanciful front is arranged. Full double ruffles of Irish lace are sewed at yoke depth with three bands of satin above, producing a decidedly stylish and dressy effect. The closing is efiected invisibly at the left shoulder arras-eye and under arm. Smooth under-arm gores separate the front from the back, which is seamless; close overlapping plaits at the waist line, holding the scant fulness to posi¬ tion. The sleeves, exhibiting the radical difference between the new and the mi ’111 m Jft wfF "7ui rv /Si ■j fj YJiL e/J \\ 9 5 J ■ V v a / /. ft are A* r ' 7> / jli P lltl k Inn' j l j h:, .1 ; t 1 w 9 ^3 1/ ^ r ft (f %m A 1 ss w ✓ §§ IC V® WmiSjk JRP& LADIES’ SHIKT WAIST. late models, are gathered at the top and finished at the wrists with three bands of satin and a full rufiie of lace falling deeply over the hand. A standing band that closes on the left side, completes the neck, above which rise an upright ruffle of lace. The model will he found part icularly becoming to youthful and well deveR oped figures, affording a wide range of variations in the selection of materials and decorations. Blue bengaline, with yoke of all-over batiste em¬ broidery, in a combination of etamine in deep red in connection with black satin and ol iffon, would be exceed¬ ingly Frencn. To make this basque for a lady in the medium size will require three and three-fourths of forty-four-inch wide material. LADIES’ SH1BT WAIST. The shirt waist, says May Manton, has become a necessary part of every woman’s wardrobe, but the shirt waist of ’97 is like the wheel of ’97, inas¬ much as there are changes and im¬ provements. The sleeves are smaller ; the gathers at the wrists being very scant, while the fulness of the front in the model here shown is distributed at the neck and along the yoke’s shoulder edges. The waist depicted in the large engraving is an exceedingly attractive model developed in flowered dimity, and is neatly finished with machine stitching. The fulness at the neck and shoulder edges produces a soft and becoming effect over the bust, and is arranged at the waist line by overlapping plaits, the lower edge being concealed under the diesa skirt. A box-plait finishes the right-front edge, through which'button-holes are worked to effect the closing. The back is arranged in three graduated box-plaits that are widest at the top and joined to the lower edge of a short yoke which can be cut with or without a centre seam; the seam being de¬ sirable when striped material is used, as the yoke can then be shaped with bias black edges, las shown in back view. The stylish’sleeves are gathered j at the upper and lower edges, a straight cuff finishing the wrists, and openings being mndo in back ol sleeves that are finished with pointed overlaps. pletes A shaped nock band com¬ the neck 'upon which the r<j.- justable collar of white linen is ar¬ ranged. Serviceable and stilish waists cau cluding be made in anv fancy shirting, in¬ percale, dimity, batiste, organdy or gingham, with collar to match,or of white linen, as our model portrays. To make this shirt waist for a lady j n th 0 medium sizo will require three and one-half yards of thirty-six inch wide material, NOVELTIES IN BELTS. In belts there are narrow ones of leather in green, brown, gray, tan, black and white. The very latest novelty has an exact imitation of a harness buckle in gold, silver, leather covered or plain enamel. There are various new devices for holding the belt in place at the bacu. A novelty in a girdle belt is made of a square of plaid silk to match the necktie, nar¬ rowly hemmed on the edge and shirred across the middle from corner to corner to form a point in the neck. It is shirred again on either side and stiffened with whalebones, and the two remaining corners are draped to the point where the belt is hardly more than an inch wide and are fastened to¬ gether with silver clasps. The ends fall at either side. MISSES’ DOUBLE- BREASTED ETON JACKET. This jaunty little Eton jacket for young misses is carried out in red cloth with decorations braid in two widths. Smart walking hat of reel straw with narrow satin band encir¬ cling the crown, finishing at the left side with cravat bow and eoque feath¬ ers. The jacket, of becoming length, overlaps the wide belt, the front ex¬ tending in pretty pointed outline. The wide backs can be made with or without a centre-back seam, meeting the fronts, which are shaped with sin¬ gle bust darts. The garment laps in double-breasted style, closing at the left side with a decoration of black brandebourgs in true military fashion. The upper edges of the fronts are re¬ versed above the closing to form wide coat lapels that meet the rolling col¬ lar in uneven notches. A chemisette with bow tie is worn, and a wide belt encircles the waist. The coat-shaped sleeves lit the arm comfortably loose from the wrists to abovo the elbow, where the fulness stands out in stylish effect, and is arranged at arm’s eye in box-plaits. The free edges of the collar, coat lapels and sleeves are fin¬ ished with a flat braid in medium width, while the wrists have an addi¬ tional trimming above the flat braid. Jackets of this description are ex¬ ceedingly popular and may be devel¬ oped m serge, tweed, covert cloth, etc., in colors such as red, hussar, military or postman’s-blue, or a pretty (J Ay mms 9 £ y/j. y'/ is ' I i J i N/ % v I mm Z C mffl "■m < . w -A JAUNTY ETON JACKET. shade in dove-gray or fan. In waslid ble fabrics, canvas, duck or pique ca be employed, aud the garment can hi made to match a skirt,thus couipletid a costume, or worn independently aifl top garment. As a cycling jacket til model is exceedingly correct. J To make this jacket for a miss I fourteen years will require two a3 one-eighth yards of furty-four-inJ | wide material.
