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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD:
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SATURDAY MARCH 26, 189a.
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SOCIETY GOSSIP .
And I (rut* of Fnuhlan «• InlrrMt Our
Liidr Kfndrrs*
The New York Weekly gives the
following tulvlce to lovers. Agree
with the girl’s father in politics and
the mother In religion. If you linve a
rival, keep an eye on him. If he is a
widower, keep two eyes on him. Don’t
put too much stuff on pnper. If you
do you will hear it read in after years,
when your wife has some spec'al pur
pose in indicting upon you the sever
est punishment known to n married
man.
Considerable interest in physical
oulture hns been aroused among the
young misses.
Could you visit their morning class
you would be quite charmed with the
exhibition of grace and skill by those
who have improved the opportunities
that the Clmutauquas have given them.
The girls have outgrown the idea
that it is unladylike to be physically
energetic, and the ease with which
they swing dumb-bells, nnd Indian
clubs, nml handle the mimic swords in
fencing would turn the boys’ souls
quite green with envy.
Many of the girls show plainly 111
their every movement the effect of this
careful exercise. It Is well to see that
muscles are nil well under control,
and to watch them reminds you of
smoothly running, well oiled mnclilii-
ery.
It is much to be hoped that the in
terest will not die out with the depart
ure of the Chnutnuqua instructors.
A woman’s pocket, that much slnn-
dered, never retaliating essential of
feminine dress, Is 110 longer burglar
proof. All the old taradiddles and
jokes fall flat, for the pocket hns been
given a conspicuous place.
It Is cut in the hip of all street
skirts, even the plainest, with the
pooket-liole neatly finished off, some'
what in the same manner as the side
pockets of men’s pants. Pants’ pock
eta and suspenders!
What next?
The genial landlady of the Mayo
has engaged Smith’s orchestra for three
evenings of next week for the delecta
tion of her expected guests.
She will give a german on Thursday
and Friday evenings, and one earlier
in the week.
Thu Mayo is sure to be full during
the assembly week, and a little dance
three evenings out of the week will
add greatly to the pleasure of her
guests.
Word has come to 11s of a young
lady living in a sindll Georgia town
who has exeroised the matrimonial
privileges that leap year gives her,
and the papers say that the affair is
liable to terminate happily.
This is woman’s year, and the ques
tion naturally arises in the minds of
many, should woman woof Mrs.
Amelia Barr says:
“Women are more lit to take the In
itiative in love affairs than men. In
the main, men are too passionate, too
impulsive, too effective, while women
are instinctive, intuitive and more
spiritual. Men choose life partners
who cater their fanoies and whims,
while women are more apt to choose
husbands among those who show
mental and spiritual, as well as phy
sical, adaptability. In other words
men are active in their love-making
and not thoughtful and reflective
enough, while women are passive. 'It
is truly a great' problem to solve
whether woman who hns remained all
these years a silent ilgure in matri
mony, should not become the prime
leader. Just take the query right
home to yourself, and imagine your
self quietly and thoughtfully taking
a choice among our gentlemen friends
and proposing. Do you think you
would like the change?’’
Tim card of the banking house of
Hobbs & Tucker takes its place in tile
advertising columns of the IIkrai-o
this morning. This bank is one of the
strongest banking concerns in South
west Georgia nnd nn important factor
in the commercial business of Albany
and surrounding country. While
their methods nrc “strictly business,”
yet they have nn agreeable nnd accom
modating wny of dealing with their
customers and all with whom they have
business relations that hns won for
them a large share of the banking
business of Albany. Messrs. Hobbs &
Tucker represent a good line of insur
ance companies and do an extensive
insurance business in connection with
their banking business. <
'—I'irst Orthodox Minister—'“The ad
vanced theologians are* at it again.”
Second Orthodox Minister—“At
what?” First Orthodox Minister—
“Trying to abolish hell. I’m going to
sec what I can do to combat tins
heresy.” Second Orthodox Minister—
“I would goeoftly, brother. Speaking
in confidence, I think it will be a good
thing for all of us if they succeed.”
—The little boy picked himself out
of the puddle where his rude play
mates had thrown him. He wiped the
mud from his velvet trousers, liis silk
stockings and his lace collar, and
straightened out his long, golden curls
as well ns their demoralized and . be
draggled condition would permit.
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“This,” he said, bitterly, “is what
'• ‘ a’sli
comes of being mamma’s little pet.”
WHEN A MAN IS IN THE V/AY.
A Country Houma.In n Hntl Place to Visit
When There Are Lovors About.
Have you over been in a house
where there is a couple courting!
It is most, trying. You think you
will go mid sit in the drawing room,
and you march off there. An you
open the door you hear a noise as it
somebody had suddenly recollected
something, and when you get in
Emily is over by the window, full of
interest in the opposite side of the
road, and yo«ir friend, John Edward,
is at tlio other end of the room, with
his whole soul held in thrall by pho
tographs of other people’s relatives.
‘Oh,” you say, pausing at the
door, "I didn't know anybody wns
hero.”
’Oh, didn't you!” says Emily,
coldly, in a tone which implies that
she does not believe you.
You hang about for a bit, then you
say: “It’s very dark. Why don’t
you light the gas!"
John Edward says ho hadn't
noticed it, and Emily says that papa
does not like the gas lighted in the
afternoon.
You tell them one or two items of
news and giye them your views and
opinions on the Irish question, but
this does not appear to interest them.
All they remark is: “Ohl” “Is it!”
“Did he!” “Yes," and "You don’t
say sol” and after ten minutes of
such stylo of conversation you edge
up to tlio door and slip out, nml are
surprised to find that the door im
mediately closes behind you and
shuts itself without your -having
touched it.
Half nn hour lator you think you
will try n pipe in tlio conservatory.
The only chair in tlio placo is occu
pied by Emily, and John Edward, if
tlio language of clothes can bo relied
upon, lias evidently boon sitting upon
the floor. They do not speak, but
they give you a look that says all
that can be said in a civilized com
munity, nnd you back out promptly
and shut the door behind you.
You are afraid to poke your nose
into any room in tho houso now, so
after walking up and down the stairs
for awhile you go and sit in your
own bedroom. This becomes unin
teresting, however, after a time, nnd
so you put on your hat and stroll out
into the garden.
You walk down tho path, and ns
you pass the summer houso you
glance in, and there are those two
young idiots, huddled up in ono cor
ner of it, and they see you nnd are
evidently under the idea that, for
some wicked purpose of your own,
you are following them about.
“Why don’t they have a special
room for this sort of tiling nnd mako
people keep to it!" you mutter, and
you rush back to the hall and get
your umbrella nnd go out.—Jerome
K. Jeromo in “Threo Mon in a Boat.”
A Mcdlioval .Survival.
It may interest some of your read
ers to know that tho archaic method
of reckoning by tallies is still in
voguoin Pnu. While there I saw a
bundle of tally sticks (there called
tailles) suspended in a baker’s shop,
and on inquiry I found that most of
tho poorer country people thus reg
istered their purchases until they
were able to pay. Tho tally stick
is cut down the center, tho baker
and purchaser each retaining a half,
and when a loaf is sold the two
halves are fitted together and a notch
made across them, the purchaser
thus keeping an exact check upon
tho baker’s score. Upon any pay
ment being made a corresponding
number of notches are shaved off.
I also well remember in the
fifties being very proud, as a small
boy, of being allowed to keep the
score at a local cricket 'match in
Norfolk by cutting notches on a stick,
every tenth one boing deepor. The
term “notches," forrunsis still often
used by modem crickot correspond
ents who may not havo had a simi
lar experience.—Cor. London Athen-
ffium.
The Ancient Egyptian Cuts.
The ancient Egyptian cat wns tlio
progeny of a species that is wild in
that country today, being known as
the fobs maniculata. This lattormay
be regarded as the ancestor of nearly
all existing pussies of domesticated va
rieties. Its descendants were brought
from Egypt to Greece and Rome,
whenco they spread over Europe.
When the Romans invaded Britain
they found plenty of wild cats in the
woods, but they owned no tame onos.
Tlio felis maniculata is of a yellow
ish color, darker on the back and
whitish on tho belly, with obscure
stripes on tho body and a tail ringed
toward the end. Doubtless somo do
mesticated cats are derived from dif
ferent origins, ns is presumably the
caso with the Angora or Persian va
riety, which is • thought to to de
scended from an Asiatic wild cat.—
Interview in Washington Star.
Statistic Cono.rnltnr'Vnbllo LllmtrH
Some library statistics show that the
European country which possesses tho
largest number of public libraries is Aus
tria. In Austria there nrc no fewer than
077 publio libraries, containing 0,470,000
—without reckoning maps and manu
scripts—a total which comes out nt 20
Volumes per 100 of the population.
Franco possesses 000 publio libraries,
containing 4.008,000 volumes and 185,-
000 manuscripts, or 12 volumes per 100
of tlio inhabitants, Italy ranking next
witli 408 libraries, 4,840,000 volumes
and 880,000 manuscripts, or 10 volumes
per 100. In Germany the publio libra
ries number 808, containing 2,040,000
volumes nnd 88,000 manuscripts, or 11
volumes per 10# of the population.
Great Britain possesses only 200 publis
libraries, nccordtng to these statistics, the
volumes numbering 2.871,000 and tli»
manuscripts 2U,000. There are 145
libraries in Russia, with 052,000 volumes
and 24,000 manuscripts, or a fraction
over 1 volume to 100 persons.
It is noteworthy that in Bavaria nlono
tlio publio libraries number 100, with
1,303,000 volumes nnd 24,000 manu
scripts. Reviewing, tho principal libra
ries separately, it appears that tlio most
considerable in Europo is tlio Dibli-
othuquo Nationals, in Pnrls, with 2,078,-
000 volumes, whilo the British museum,
witli its millions of books, assumes tho
next place. Then comes tho Munich
Royal library, containing 800,000 vol
umes; the Berlin, Dresden nnd Vienna
libraries taking rank ns follows in tho
Bnino order: 700,000, 500,000, and 420,-
000 volumes. The Oxford and Heidel
berg universities encli possess about 300,-
000 books. At the Vatican tho mnmi-
sciipta attain almost as largo a total as
the printed works. The latter number
80,000; while tho manuscripts aru re
turned nt 25,000.—Home Journal.
Egypt’* Cotton Crop.
During tlio English protectorate
over Egypt irrigation has been ex
tended in almost every direction,
thus increasing tho agricultural pro
ductions to a wonderful extent.
Egypt raised 400,000,000 pounds of
cotton, or nearly one-fourth of the
entire quantity consumed in Great
Britain, in 1891.—Now York Times.
English anil Amnrlnnn Kltclinnt.
A Philadelphia lady who lias just re
turned from n long visit in London wns
recently discussing certain domestic
points peculiar to England nnd compar
ing them with relntiVu matters hero.
■Wo nil know," she said, “as housekeep
ers, tlio worry we hnve if our kitchens
aro in tlio basement, though they have
elevators and dumb waiters, stationary
wnshtuhs, hot nnd cold witter, ore carpet
ed and fitted with every conceivable con
venience. In a London house the
kitchens are always in the basement—no
elevators, no washtubs, ifiid by no
means any ‘frivolities’ in the way
conveniences. But ifn English
of conveniences. But ifn English
kitchen is a picture, nevertheless. The
bright tins and coppers, the burnished
covers ranged in sizes, the well
stored cupboards, the many tables for
every conceivable purpose, tho range of
tho most perfect make and large sizo and
the entire* absence of the dirty part of
tlio kitchen work, which is confined to
the adjoining scullery, make a contrast
ing picture of aggravation to us, who,
whilo we adore aU theso kitchen virtues,
seldom arrive at them. Though our
kitchens in Philadelphia be largo and
air}-, our liolp, as a rule, nro incapable of
the dignity of an English
sustaining
cook, who is n person "of dignity and re
spectability. We pay high wages, give
great privileges and are not allowed to
order our own dinners nnd, at any "rate,
aro not expected to reorder the remains.”
-Philadelphia Press.
A Trlek of Napoleon’* Partisans.
Archbishop Whntely, commenting
upon the effects produced by rumors,
mentions. tho great influenca of ono re
port which preceded Bonaparte’s return
from Elba.
When tlio return had been plotted, nnd
just before it was executed, Napoleon’s
inrtisnns went through Fiance seeking
and to purchase. When about to close
the bargain for a field, they would ask to
be shown the title.
If they found, as they generally did,
that the field was land which lwd been
confiscated at the Revolution, they broko
off tile negotiation at once. The title,
they declared, was insecure; for tho
Bourbon government of Louis XVUI did
not recognize the legality of the oot of
confiscation.
Their acts and words spread through
out France tho rumor that tlio BohrbonB
meditated the resumption of all theso
lands—tho chief part of France—to re
store them to tlio former owners. The
rumor, thus artfully Btartcd and spread
abroad, caused thousands of peasant pro-
letors to welcomo Napoleon’s return,
downfall of the
:auso thereby tho
Bourbona would occur,—Youth’s Com
panion.
** SPRING SUITS.
PMtel Painting In England:
Pastel painting is once more finding
patrons in England. The splendid por
traits which Alfred Stevens lately exhib-
of latest Styles and Novelties. Men’s Suits o
taining regular sizes; long and slim for slen
build, fat and loose for stout men. Prices of Sui
ranging from $9.00 to $27.00, also Cheap Sui
from $6.00 to $9i00. Extra Pants all styles
patterns and sizes.
Pity the Poor Woman.
A Stato street physician gives it os his
opinion that four-fifths of tlio earnings
of Ills profession aro derived from wo
men, though in this estimate he docs not
includo tlio very large and prosperous
class of specialists whoso services are re
quired by men only. It is a sad com
mentary upon the morals of tlio com
munity the existence and prosperity of
hundreds of such special!'.. for raen, and
the picture is less encouraging on the
other side, where so many women with
health impaired by foolish dressing, im
proper diet and violations of the laws of
nature, maintain an army of medical
practitioners. It is only among civilized
peoples that women arc less healthful
than men. Let doctors and the common
surmiso toll why this is so. Tile fact re
mains that there may be seen on tho
streets of Chicago twenty strong, hand
some men above the ago of 80 to ono wo
man. Tlio woman who is able to retain
her youthful comeliness beyond 80 is tlio
exception. Good looking men of middle
or even adttinced ago are as common as
flagstones, while a handsome matron Is
almost a curiosity.—Chicago Herald.
Bran EzUngqlxlivn Fire.
To extinguish an oil fire, bran or
qny kind of mill feed thrown upon it
will to found to to effective.—New
York Journal
ited in Brussels were enough to mako
fashionable people eager to relive the
art. In Paris there is a society of pastel
painters. One of the members, M. La-
coze, lias discovered a process by which
permanency Is Insured to the colors, and
it has received tlio official approval of
tho society. Hitherto a fixing process
lias always diminished the beauty of the
colors, and hence pastel painting; having
to depend on the crayons aldlio, was re
stricted to countries where there are
fewer atmospheric changes than in Eng
land.—Home Journal.
We wish to call to attention one of the best
lected stocks of
GENTLEMEN ® BOYS’ SUIT!
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Boys’ Suits, 14 to 19 years, (long pants) ham
some Suits at $6 to $17, also fine line extra Pi
Boys suits, 5 to 14 years, (short pants)
lection of stylish colors, $3 to $10. Also 1
extra pants. Kilt Suits also kept.
We have a very nice selected stock of Gent
Furnishing Goods, Umbrellas, Shoes and Hat
Our styles of Straw Hats will suit the most fast i <
ous gentlemen and boys. As for Scarfs and Ti
we defy competition. We leave no stones unturnc
in our eftorts to please customers. We invite
to come and examine our stock before purchasi
We are making prices to suit the times.
Very Respectfully,
Cutliff & Jordan.
KEEP IN MIND |
When you start out to pur
chase any article of
FURNITURE
That I can supply you with.
BEDROOM SUITS
ill Walnut, Oak, Ash anil Poplar.
PARLOR' SUITS
In Walnut and Oak.
HALL TREES
Iu Walnut and Oak.
LOUNGES,
RATTAN CHAIRS,
FANCY ROCKERS
EXTENSION TABLES,
BABY BUGGIES,
WINDOW SHADES,
CURTAIN POLES
ood i Times j
ON
WASHINGTON!
Do you want to feel good in the
midst of these hard times ?
Well then go to the
And every tiling in the Furniture
Line, from a
KITCHEN TABLE
m SUB STORE!
up.
My Spring Stock ia arriving and being
placed in position ns rapidly as possible.
The public is cordially invited to call
and we will take pleasure in showing
■OU the largest and most .complete stock
' ” ' ’ aling and
you »um *“* • —• - ——fw—
in the city. Honest dealing
teous attention to all.
stoci
cour-
JOS. T. STEELE,
’PHONE 19. WASHINGTON ST.
and examine the new line of Em
broideries, Laces, Hosiery, Shoes
and other Notions.
We sell for cash only and there
fore we give you very low prices.
Cal! and see.
J. D- HOPE & BRO.
Have established u steam
srui enmii 1
Near Oakfield, eighteen miles from
Albany, on the A. F. & N.
road, and nrc now pre
pared to fill orders
for ail kinds of
LUMBER!
Our timbor has never been terpen
tined, and the lumber that we saw wii
all be flr&f-class.
We solfcit orders from dealers and
builders, and guarantee satisfaction.
Write ns at Oakfield, or orders left
with S. B. Brown in Albany will reach
us promptly.
J. D. HOPE & BRO
Waldrop & Williams.
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