The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, August 06, 1891, Image 4

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    THE TWO WILLS.
. JoHphin Mnybew win left an or
phan iu br childhood, the sole inheri
tor of her father' princely fortune.
Her guardian conscientiously fulfilled
hi duty in the projier investment of
her money, but Is-ft her intellect Hiid
character to be formed by the servillu
crowd of money-worshijiers who sur-'
rounded her. Consequently she grew ; w
ud selfish and hauirhtf. impatient of
contradiction, claiming and receiving
homage and admiration as her right.
She possessed great beauty of both
face and figure, and was well educated
and accomplished.
Josephine resided with her guardian.
He was a widower, and his family coi -aisled
only of himself, Josephine and
his daughter-in-law, Sirs. Monroe.
Mrs. Monroe was a race, patijnt little
woman, scarcely more than a child in
years or strenirht of character, yet old
in sorrow and trouble. She had mar
ried George Monroe against the wights
of her parents, who saw and compre
hended his utter worthlessness, and
very soon she rued Iter Lasty s ep, for
be proved wild and dissipated and
careless of her comfort or pleasure.
Unlovely as was Josephine in many
respects, the rich treasure of affection
of many a manly heart was lavished
upon her; but her heart remained un
touched until she met Xorman Rem
ington. He was her equal in Li tti
and station, and greatly her superior
in moral worth and true digni y of
character. She soon loved him with
all the ardor of her passionate nature,
and gladly plighted to him her troth.
Xorman lavished upon her the earnest
devotion of a strong, loving nature.
He thought he saw beneath her appar
ent heartlessness some true womanly
sensibilities which he fondly dreamed
it would be his care to awaken and
develop.
Soon after their engagement Nor
man had expressed his disapproval of
Mr. Gasper Fenton, one of the most
persistent of -her followers. He was of
good family and of rattier prepusses
ing appearance, but be had a dissi
pated, unsettled look. Josephine, with
her womanly instinct, had mistrusted
him from the first, and had only per
mitted him to join the train of her ad
mirers that she might have the pleas
ure of scorning him when be should
presume to propose.
There was to be a large charity ball,
got up by the elite of the place.
Xorman asked Josephine to go, ex
tending at the same time his invitation
to Mrs. Monroe. Much to Josephine's
chargin aha accepted the invitation,
and when alone she petulantly asked:
"Why did you ask that low-bred widow
to accompany us? You might at least
have consulted my pleasure first."
"My dearjosephine, east aside all
such unwomanly thoughts and feel
ings. I pity her loneliness, and it sure
ly will not harm us to give her one
evening of pleasure."
Josephine shrugged her shoulders,
but remained silent. She did not care
for an open rupture wither lover,
but she mentally determined to punish
him by luring again to her side Gasper
Fenton, whom he despised and hated,
as did every honest man.
The ball had already begun when
they eute red, and Mrs. Monroe being
claimed by an old acquaintance for the
waltz just forming Xorman and Jose
phine were soon floating about in its
dizsy mazes. After the dance he left
her to speak to some friends.
Gasper Fenton, who had been yjfci
lng his chance, nowstepped forward
and paid his rsspgcts to the haughty
b"; She was all smiles. And em
boldenfe(j by his suave reception, lie
begged the favor of her hand for the
fetjust forming. She graciously ac-
ipted, darting a look of triumph at
Norman, who was just leading Mrs.
Monroe to form one side of tlie same
quadrille.
After the dance was concluded Xor
man led Mrs. Monroe to a seat and
hastily excused himself. Turning to
leak Josephine, Jw saw her j at step
ping through the open window to the
balcony. The silvery moonlight strug
gled faintly through the parted cur
tains, and glistened softly on her satin
robe as she swept from his view. lie
Hesitated a moment and then strode
iftor them. Walking up to them, he
sffered Josephine' his arm, without
noticing Fenton.
"The night air i too chilly," he said,
"after the heat of the dance. You had
better return."
Meeting his rebuking glance with de
Banee, she said, jocosely: "Excuse me,
Mr. FH)ton, I suppose I have to obey.''
Fenton bowed, saying, lie member
the next waits is mine."
Xorman hurried ber in without giv
ing her time to reply, lie said noth
ing: but watt a determintd, almost
fierce lost upon his face he led her to
the conservatory and, placing her in a
eat where they were hidden from view
he eaidJLhruptly, "Xow, Josephine, ex
plalipfimi i nniliii I "
- "BeaHy, Xormaii, your tone of com
saastd la highly offeusi re."
"Jssephlne, don't trifle with me.
Yew hate insulted me, and evidently
a purpose. I want you to tell me
wfty yen have thus openly defied ray
wish by receiving that bsxs
wttk freedom and suavity."
Test have a right to ipeax to me
1133 aa asjChoritaUvs manner. J rs-
seul it. You ( boon y iir own com
panions, and 1 claim the 1' tarty of do
ing the same."
"Josephine, once more 1 will suppress
my indignatiou and beg of you to shun
that man. He is, under the outward
semblance of a gentleman a b-ilJ, bad
man; an adept in ail manner oi evil, a
gambler and a scoffer at women. You,
know me too well lo tliink I would
j th in malign any one without umieni-
II is very presence is tou-
t imination lo any woman, and my
wife must never consort with such an
exceptional character."
She arose with a gesture of impa
tience. "Vou are really quite dramatic If
Gasper Fenton is so dreadfully wicked
why, your favorite Mrs Monroe, with
her over- abundant supply of goodness
restores the balance."
Fortran turned very white, but re
mained speechless. He followed her
back to the crowded rooms. As they
entered Fenton met them saying,
Our waltz
"Really, Miss May hew, I began lo
tliink you had deserted ma
is just going to begin."
She took his arm, her overweening
pride exultant at (bus defying her
lover.
Xorman did not come near her again
during the evening; but when she de
scended the stairs, shawled and
wrapped for home, he stood ready to
conduct her to the carriage. The drive
home was a silent one. Mrs. Monroe,
still excited by her unusual dissipation,
chirruped merrily about the pleasun-s
she had received; but the grim silence
of companions quickly quenching ber
flickering garety and she sank back in
the carriage oppressed she knew not
why.
Arriving home, Xorman conducted
the ladies to the house, and with a cold
good-night, retired.
Tutting on his dignity," said Jose
phine to herself as she went up to her
room.
Xext morning, after a restless night
a note was presented to her which, on
opening, made ber Hush with anger and
surpris. elt ran as follows:
"Miss Mayhew:
"I find that I was coronletelv mis.
taken in your character. We would
never be happy together, and 1 shall
consider our engagement annul.ed.
Yours, etc.,
"XoilMAN HKMISGTON." .
A variety of emotions struggled in
ber heart; she had loved Xorman Rem
ington passionately. Pampered and
spoiled as she always had been, she had
never once thought that her re ;tllio is
follov would lead to this. Pride and
resentment were dominant traits in
ber character, and she exclaimed, "He
doubtless thinks that he has inflicted
the direst punishment upon me for op
posing his wishes and means to return
to me when lie presumes 1 am suflici
ently humiliated; but he snail learn his
mistake. When l.e next addresses me
it shel be as Mrs. Gasper Fenton
One month after the eventful ball
Josephine married Gasper Fenton. It
was a brilliant affair, and the your.;;
couple started oil on their wedding
tour with all the pomp of circumstances
which wealth affords.
Two years of unmitigated misery
passed away. Josepiue's revengeful
act had recoiled upon herself. Her
husband had proved to be more despic
able than Kensington had assumed
Restraint no longer necessary, he at
tempted no concealment of bis evil
companiqngj;p "or his immoral "prac
tipet Xigbtly be either held an orgie
at home with companions as brutal as
himself or went abroad to some den of
no doubtful character. He had long
since ceased to treat his wife with any
semblance of respect. He taunted her
with coa.se allusions to her love for
Remington, which he knew she still
cherished, and never ceased to worry
her for sums of money.
One cold, wretched day in winter, as
she sat by the window, gazing wearily
out at the wildly drifting snow, her
husband entered, and taking a seat be
side her he said, "Vou do not look
well, Josephine." f
"Indeed 1 am quite well," she re
plied; for she would never acknowledge
to 14m her ircreaaing weariness. She
well knew that he would rejoice rather
than weep over her death.
"Xo, you are not well, and have not
been for some time. You should see a
physician."
"Yes, and make my will, I suppose?"
site added maliciously.
A look of hatred flashed from his
eyes, but he answered quiet'y, 1 did
not mean that, but it is certainly every
one's duty, who hat much property, to
make a will."
"You are wonderfully anxious for
my death," she said bitterly. "How
ever," she continued, with the sem
blance of resignation, "perhaps It
would be as welL If you will bring
an attorney here this afternoon I will
ease your mind, if not my own."
His eye sparkled with this unex
pected compliance, and be said, unhes
itatingly, "and dare I will you ."
"Oh," she said, quickly, "to whom
should I leave my property if not to
you? I have uo near relatives or
friends."
With a countenance radiant with ill
suppressed joy he took her baud and
your forgiveness for my hershness
toward you. You see," be continued,
"1 was madly jealous of that Renting
ton, and feared you still cherished his
memory, and it made me act unbecom
ingly. Hut after such an unmistaka
Lie evidence of your love I can doubt
no longer. I shall return presently
with a lawyer." And be hastily left
the room.
Josephine cast a FcornfuL malignant
glance at the retreating figure of her
husband.
"Fool! does be think to blind nie
with his maudlin sentiment? I will
outwit him yet"
Fenton, fearing to let her resolution
coot, soon returned with a lawyer, and
a will was quickly drawn up and at
tested and signed. This will Jos
plane gave to ber husband with every
appearance of satisfaction, and Fenton,
locking it securely in his private sec
retary, muttered exultantly: "I never
hoped to secure it so easily. It shall
now be my care to see that she makes
no other."
Ilut Josephine was a match for his
cunning. The very next morning she
had another will drawn up, leaving
everything to some distance relative
whom she had never seen.
Her healUi gradually failed, and
wlien the cold, raw winds of March
swept dolefully around her dwelling
she was confined to her room, and soon
she was too weak to rise from her bed.
She knew that before the balmy, lire
giving air of summer would come she
would be lying in her grave, but the
thought of ber second secret will was
the source of an exultant joy even on
the borders of the tomb.
Fenton, too, knew that s'ie was dy
ing.
"I will search," I bought he; "she is
sly and crafty, and perhaps she has
eluded my vigilance and made a latei
will than the one I hold."
So he searched the house over, but
found nothing.
If she has any, it is secreted about
her bed," he thought; and he watched
her with cunning cautious eyes. He
soon detected her nervous habit of
feeling about her pillow, and once
thought he saw the corner of a paper
"The sly jade!" he fiercely muttered
"She has one beneath her pillow; but
by heaven, I'll have it and destroy it!"
atching his opportunity, he enter
ed the room where she had been left
alone. He had been drinking to drown
his anzcr mid disappointment and
when Josephine saw his fiend-like
face, she shrieked with fear.
Hush your noise! You thought to
fool me, but 1 11 have that will that
you've secreted about you, if 1 have to
choke you to get if
He made a rush toward the bed and
snatched the pillow from beneat her
head. Filled with fierce strength born
of excitement, his wife clutched him
about the neck with her attenuated
hands, thus impending bis movements.
He attempted to shake her off, but the
clung to him w.th a deadly grip. Her
sunken eyes glared frightfully; the
round, red spots on her cheeks deep
ened, showing more vividly the ghast
ly pallor of her face, and her shrill cry
for help rang through the house.
The servants rushed to the room, an J
dragged the infuratea madman from
the bed jiut as his frantic clutches at
the beJ clothes had disclosed a legal
lookuur docum nt. The dvins woman
sank back exhausted. The elarinz
01 R FARM DEPARTMENT.
if
Ke.M,b Hint About Poalirj.
v M.,rtiuier in Poultry Monthly
your fowls are drooping, examine them
for lice. H they are found, use insect
powder.
Separate the males from the females
as soon as they begin to mature; they
will thrive all the better for it
Turkeys are fond of potato lug",
if it becomes necessary to u pans
green in the potato patch, care should
be taken lo keep (he turkeys out, for
they will soon get -iiough poison to
kill theT. If fowls are penned up
n Very close qnarters, without legard
to the number thus crow Jed together
it is qmt Impossible for them to be
available as breeders, and Ihey il
quickly convince you a so, that in this
condition l.tns will lay you few t r no
eg :s.
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives this
remedy for "bumble foot" in fowls:
When toes and feet swell up and
with matter, wait tili each swei ing
ripens fairly, cut open the puffy pro.
tuberance and let out the gathering
puss freely. The incision Bhould be
made crucially (thus, x)and quite down
to the bone. Cleanse off the matter,
and wash in a mixture of equal parts
of alcohol and water.
How shall 1 start? We have the
above question asked very frequently
by those who have come to the conclu
siou that there is a fortune to be made
in breeding fancy jwmltry. To such
we would say start on a small scale.
If you have made a success of common
fowls this is to your advantage, for in
this way you have learned many of the
peculiarties of the birds you are to lian
dl
Don't build a large house, lay out ex
tensive yards and fill them with ex
pensive fowls. Far better Blart with a
single trio with a store box for your
house, and then grow up with your
business. Do not depend on dividends
the first year or two. Do not fitart in
unless you have a ltttle money to lose
in experiment. We have yet to learn
cf a poultry yard started on a grand
scale, the manager without successful
experience, that did not prove a fail
ure.
tvespf Hlmy and expressionless, the
taw dropped, aim Im neuCStrd hands
relaxed. She was dead. - "v
Gasper Fenton was handed over to"
the authorities, and the last will and
testament of the unhappy Josephine
t eggaiing her husband, was executed.
The Change of Time.
The other day he returned. He stood
again in his native village. He found
the can where he had hid it. He pro
cured a pint of milk. He went to his
old familiar boyhood's home, entered,
and in a hesitating and trembling voice,
said, "Father and mother, here's your
milk." He was given a warm welcome,
but he noticedtbere was a change in
his parents' appearance; they had not
the old familiar look. He questioned
them: explanations followed. The
young man discovered that, though the
good people were still his parents, the
change in their personal appearance
was readily accounted for. Shortly
after his sudden and mysterious de
parture from home his father died and
his mother married again. Then his
mother died and his new father mar
ried again.
Thus on his return the wandering
'joy found the dear old ho ue as he had
left it, the only difference being that
he had a new father and a new mother.
Verily, truth is stranger than Action.
Old Colony Gazette.
"My dear ' wife, 1 hope you my live
loaf to enjoy your wealth. 1 see 1
bavsmutaktn you, and I humbly beg
A ttheuniatlc Superstition.
Rheumatism is caused by the deer or
by the measuring worm, the idea being
: suggested in the latter ease by the man-
s t s ll
ner in wnicn me measuring worm
arches his body in walking, which is
supposed to be like the contortions of
a rheumatic patient On no account
must the patient eat a squirrel or touch
a cat, since the manner in which these
creatures arch the back Indicates an
affinity with the disease. Xor must
be sat the legs of any animal, since, as
every one snows, uie nmbs are moat
frequently affected with rheumatism,
and by eating the legs of an animal the
"dlsraes spirit" residing there might
be taken to. Youth's Companion.
Ihe Ciim7 HuiIinii,
In contemplating the present inag
nilude of the creamery business it is
iard to realize how short has been the
time thin has been required to bring it
to its present proportions. In a copy
of the New York Tribune of January
1, 18S0, we find the following trace of
its beginning in Iowa:
Messrs. Mosirt & Co. have established
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a butter busi
ness on a novel basis. They supply
farmers with p ins holding seven gal
lons each, in which to set niilK, and
every day or two send their own teams
out on a collecting tour of ten miles
circuit and skim and bring in the
cream for churning; some of it how
ever, is shipped from further points by
rail, and nearly one thousand live
hundred cows contribute. The dairy
men are said to be so well pleased with
the plan that they will double their
stock next season and, of its advaut
eage the Fort Dodge Gazette says.
We examined some of the butter and
found it excellent. Well, now, here is
a man buying cream from all sorts of
people people some of whom are so
unskillful and careless about making
butter thai Orsi-vxitttii IirVZi'iT u..u .
g V J OVM Ut
all, and when they did for only 4 to (!
cents, and this ma i has since last May
so educated these people to cleanliness
tluit l.e makes 32 cent buttr from the
cream of the milk of these tame cows
that before ma-'e only 4 cent grease.
From this "butter business on a
novel basis" in Iowa in lxso h.m
sprung up a butter business that in
1890 exported 73,5C77 pounds of but
ter, besides supplying a home demand
of as much more. The same copy of
the Tribune says:
a cauiornia correspondent of the
Rural Press sajs that the establish
mem ai iMHjuei turns out daily from
forty five to fifty barrels of white gran.
uiawu ugr, uiai at Alvarado from
thirty-live, aud prices are regularly
quoieu in uie ran r rancisco market.
ue anas that the factory at Isietou
complete, but now idle) will probably
run full Iihi.HawI '
au- uoou the sense of ft almost en
tirely. The affectionate and better na
ture must be appealed lo in training
boisesM well as in training children,
but if only the rios are e"-11
effect is depraving and injurious. This
This is a vital principal, ana can im
disregarded in the management ol sen
sitive i n 1 courageous horses only at the
risk of spoiling them. I have known
many horses of a naturally gentle char
acter to be spoiled by whipping once
whipping.
Slow drivers make lazy horses.
Good grooming is necessary for the
health of horses.
Do the greatest part of your farm
work with productive mares.
Horses given good care require less
food to keep them in good con iition.
While the feed has much to do with
the quality of milk the breed of the
cow has more.
The crea:nery docs ihe work of a
hundred hands and turns out a much
tii.ire even product
As a rule, after a cow passes tier
eighth ytar, she loses, to foineeitent,
hi r capacity forgiving milk.
Hogs will not do well if they are
coinH l!eJ to lie in the hot sun. They
suffer with the heat in-ra than any
other class of stwk.
If y. u are short of forage try some
of the new forage crops on a small
scale but make either corn or sorghum
the principal reliance until value is
definitely ascertained.
Under general conditions all around
farming will le found the liest but if
your soil seem especially adapted to
any one variety of crops and a good
ma.ket can be secured, stick to that.
ftucfriutful ll 14.
I'on't give calves wet, col 1 or filthy
quarters and expect them to grow and
look well. 'Tis against the rules of
nature and common sense.
If the k tin milk be thin and blue or
only w hey remains for the calves, add
a small handful of wheat middlings
and gradually increase the quantity.
When butter is gathered in the churn
in the form of granules it is never
over-churned. Gather it, wash it and
salt it there with brine and the most
fastidious customer w ill je pleased.
A. good showing is made by the Ayr
shire herd of J. D. Krebs of Orange
county, X. V. Eleven out of his herd
of 23 gave an average of MiST pounds
of milk in :tl(J days, and the 1h-sI rec
ord was 770 pounds in .'Clu days, while
nono were under &) pounds. '1 hey
had only pasture in summer, with 12 to
13 pounds of mixed grains in winter
and two feeds of hay per day.
I don't know of any spot iu which
fence can so profitably stand idle as in
two or three lung, narrow Lam or feed
ing yards When one has been tised
for, say milking, until trampled and!
filthy, turn Into the next and how or
plant it instantly. The. crop it grows
will exceed belief and can be fed green
in adjoining yarls, w hich can in return
receive the same treatment.
S ;n Curious Tiling t.
Statistics prove that only one man in
a m llion lives to be UM years old. Del
1'ardo, Mexico, lias a Frenchman with
throe arms and six toes on each fool.
'o is ii rope maker by trade, mid seems
happy and contented.
Disasters to eyesight must lx; much
more common than is generally sup
posed. Two million glass eves are
OUR WOMAN'S DEPARTMEl
Fcru linen lawns with ,
thick raised cords are impJ
summer dresses. Tberts ...
i .
oiuiim-s or Binri waists or j,!,,,.
linen batiste made with deep
lar oi uie uausie aouoied, Urg ,
aim wiae currs. j uese are Worn
a skirt of blue serge attach
WL-tiatuiM"ktkAsl rursiilnf 1..
am or shoulder strain of Hsers
1..1-1.. t-.A .lI . '
.uie jucsei oi uie serge is aoiil
single breasted with a small Collr
the ecru sailor co'lar of il,e
worn outside ot the jacket
Dinen lawns, the coolest of all
uinav iVHIIUI L4BUK1 8U Hi!
gowns, and are also servicea!
iney ixi.ii wasu anu wear we,i j
are now to be had In India sillc desi;
of little rornpadoiir ooquets, jT
't.iu.... i.i
i.uLfvun, i wuuun, uiueva, aitQ 1
djts that are the merest specks of col
1 rench dressmakers use plain ii
linen lawn as waist lining and foni
ttou skirt of dresses of figured U
l.,,f 1. . .,, ,
for glniple gowns that have lnerel;
belled boa ice ana straight nkirt fi
yards wide. The top of the bodice
be tucked or pleated.
Dainty matinee gowns of linen la
that take the place of wrappers m
the speckled lawn, button-hole-stitc!
in scallops of red or blue to inuirh
dots. The long unllned bodice is tu.
ed by hand in the tiniest length
tucks from neck to hips, thence fall
plain to the scalloped edge. It is fine
to the waist in the back by a rib
)ii.wu iiuuiiKM n caaiug, coming oi
at the sides to tie across the froul
Leg o'-mutton sleeves have tmk
and scalloped cuffs turned back fro
the hand: the collar matches the cuffi
and In i r 'i! i h p isswl underneath ti
lie iu a sui.t.t utu ui the throat. TI
skirt Is tucked lengthwise from belt
knee in front and on the side, wbik
the back breadths are merely gat hernij
at the foot is a deep hem, with be ad in
at the top.
The llrd Faexl Albanian Woumi ib4
Thmr frailty CmIiuki.
In the ancient province of Plmkis, in!
the central part of Greece ,u-sthtid
among wild mountainous range, is i
little town called Dhistomo, tttien
uwen a riaruy, cruel race or people
called Albanians, where ihe wunu-u
are more like slaves than wives awl
the husband has as many of them as
he chooses, says the New York liven
ing Sun.
Their duties are to help in the cultl
vation of the ground, attend to the
household and bear children, while the
men range over the mountains Tot
game and guard the (locks.
1 hey are a dirly race of peijile, tlifl
women hard featured and coai-.VMlii
storm beaten compleixons and dark
skins. '1 hey have no b ds to sleep up
on, no chimneys nor ventilation lo
their huts. Their food is far Irom
luxurious, mid drunkenness is a com
mon vice among them. They are avari
cious to an extreme; will murder lo
pr. cure money and almost starve them
selves to keep it.
Their life, when not engaged in war,
is one of utter indolence, lying on their
mats iu the sun for hours at a time,
asleep, or gathering iu groups by the
wayside, singing songs of war to the
weird music of their guitars. The men
are irritable in temper, never forgiving
an Injury or a blow,
'i ho women dress In a most pictur
esque manner. They first wear slung
white linen undergarment called s
run full handed the comii,
and that a new one will put up in Los
i Vf.,J?e two u"Bin8Se. both seeming
w.c experimental stage in isno
the creamery business has developed
i - ... w . j i i u 1 ,
Whipping. Hoi-wi.
ir t i-
t. : " wr,l'tr upon Ihe
suojeci oi whipping horses, savs
i... n,!..i. .i . . ' MJ-
..7 ....... mey are aoing finely and
c ""uu mem success 111 horse
".iiog oy means of severe whipplnir
or otherwise arousing or stimulati,,;
the passions, and through necessity
crushing the will thr0llgh wJfh
resistence is prompted. N0 mil(Uke
can be greater than this, and there i.
nothing that 10 fully eihlWto toe ftU,
ty, Judgment and skill of the rea.
horseman as the care displayed in win
ning Instead of repeIgtlMS .
hi. mind. Although it may be neces
saryto use the whin m.H
should always be applied judiciously
and great care should be tak.n not to
arouse the prions or excite the ot
Unacy The legitimate
use of the whip is calculated to oX
manufactured every year iu liermany i keinise. It reaches to the ankles, has
large flowing sleeves and a bright
colored border around the bottom of it
over this they wear a little tight
sleeveless jacket, open In the front. It
is made of soft white woolly material,
has a bright border around it which
goes up at tho side seams and Is long
enough to reach to Uie knees and a
a ,d Switzerland.
Proprietors of the, I ullinan car in
vention report that paper car wheels
have run 400,000 iiiilej under their cars,
while the average running power of an
iron wiieel is but 53,000 miles.
At Crow 1'otnt, S.Y., (here is a
handsome granite monument which
was erected to the memory of a horse-! lo"(r bright colored woolen sash is pic
1 ne norse was "Old Fink," an 1 the
monument was ertvtel by (Jen. John
Hammond, who rode the old war-horse
during the rebellion.
The "S ihhath Day's Journey" of the
Jews was 2,000 yards. This was the
traditional distance from the end of
the ark of the covenant to the end of
the Israelites camp when Ihey were in
1..0 Himeniess wnere the Sabbat Ideal
law was given.
Christmas is often wriiten Xmas
The X Is supposed lo represent the
cross upon which our Saviour was cru
cifled, and is used in ph,, 0f the
name (Urist. Those who think it
new-fashioned way of spelling Ci.rist..
mas, will be surprised to leiru that it
wasinuseov.rathousanl years ag')
The 'bolls of Jove" seem to I,...
special spite at the Frencli farm which
'les between Flint and Flushing Mid,!
gan. During the last dozen m.lr. n
uome. imve neen Killed bv l!v.t..i..
on this farm, and nearly every tree on
. Place , nattered by ,,e electric
fluid. ,1
Dr. Miirtrof the
?.f nbl'K'' ""mates the ,Z ;
Humboldt'
turesquely tied about Uie waist.
The sashes are of a different colors'
the girls wearing only red ones while
the married women wear them of dif
ferent colors, blue or yellow, etc. Over
(he sash and tied with long red strings
is a fulfca, or apron.
The heeled shoes are ornamented on
the pointed, turned up toes by a tassel
or bow. The headdress Is not unlike 1
Turk's fez.
m.iiirl.llM"!rrt'"c ' ly 22 i..re
n.Und
A dress in gray bengallne is made
with a bias skirt each seam being cord
ed and finished at the bottom with
putting of the same material The cor
sage is made without darts, the full
ness being gathered to a point at the
belt under a motif of jet A shower of
fine jet falls from the edge of the cor
sage, forming a point half way down
the skirt
The largest importation of cotton
goods this season seems to be ginghams,
exquisitely fine Scotch weaves, Jllua,
(rating mans new devices of pattern.
The most notable features are extreme
ly large plaids of gorgeous colo ing,
closely Imitating the tartan and the
clan plaids, and the combination of
groups of varlgated fine stripes with
wide white sateen stripes.
UrrlBg Umtm '.
A Pomona (CaL) woman has devised
a br gress for drying rose lesves so a9
to retaiu tbelJkrafrancc, and has se
cured a market for all she can prepare
uith a New York firm.