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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1895)
'J' HAS been stated, and very truthful ly, loo. that women as a rule drew to please ini'ii. Ortain it is that ni'iir thought In given to a toilette which is to grace an assem blage nt which both men n ml women arc present th in for function which an Ad- ri s4 ainless Eden. 1 1I So a dressing women "pfjJ forget In striving a tier eneci to ne particularly careful In the mutter of detail, and, after all. It Is the men who are the greatest crit ics in this line. They appreciate a pleasing ensemble, lnit they are likewise more than quick to note any little delect, and thereupon Judge the whole costume accordingly. In a large shop where Imported con tinues are siid the writer waited her turn to he nerved. While she was do Ins this a young saleswoman began to dress up one of the figures used to dis play the gowns. In a moment up rush ed the head of the depart men t -u man. let It he staled and said he: "Miss FIVE JMAtiES An investigating photographer has re- ceiiilv produced a queer result with mir rors, i. p.. lie has taken live distinct phuto Traphs of one head, live different views of it, with one exposure. The subject is placed with her back to the camera. In front of tnr are two mirrors, forming lilank, Is It possible that you would put on such n handsome gown over Uticll a soiled petticoat':" The w riter then noticed that the llg nre that was being arranged in the most exquisite evening creation had on s a foundation for all that silk and lace a petticoat which may have been white once, but which at that time was Hidly bedraggled. The man who had noticed this turned to the writer and eald: "Isn't that Just like a woman T Now, sisters mine, was he tmthful or was he not? We hnve but to question our own Inner selves to answer this query. It Is humiliating to admit that. In our de ulre to please with the outer semblance of elegance, we are apt to slight the loose button on the shoe or the frayed flounce on the ettlcoat Innate breeding shows In these trifle and the genuinely refined woman would as soon think of going out with a dirty face as to slip on her outer gar ment over petticoats that were not potlely white. If you cannot wear silks don the plainer fabrics with the knowledge that even though you are not regally cloth- d you are at least well groomed from bead to foot There Is no elegance In silk attire that covers untidy linen and soiled Ince.' Be dainty; bo scrupulously neat, nnd you will possess a beauty far more potent than can lie attained through the medium of shoddy finery. Ex change. Are Women Ahneed br Men? , It seems to be a fact that a majority of women, married or single, believe they are abused by tlio men Just be cause the latter happen to have control of business affairs, run politics and do the courting. The woman of marriageable age who Is still living at home feels that men are cot doing right by her. 8he naturally wanu to marry, have a big wedding, go on a tour of the Kaatern States or Western, na the case may be. But she hits to go on waiting because no man jtka her to Join him In these festivities. Far tbla reason she feels that she Is an abused creature. The old maid who settles down to Hrn her own living Just hates the men, because thy allow ber to wear her finger nals off scratching for bread. The alf of maa walking comforta bly alotf th 4rMt, or driving, or even iMBglaf swrtMniO. aoaa reaort, causes tiki aw k W K7mr mm her indignation to rise to the top notch. Why do they thus continue to alius her? The shop gir wonders why the mi do not gather round her and nsk her K. fliooKe one of them to Is- her def let nnd supporter. She Is ipilte certain that she should not lie permitted to live ly the sweat of her lirow, and tin whole of the blame Is placed on the young men who are earning money enough for two and spending It for their ow n comfort. Married women are the loudest cnni plainer and their complaints are gen erally against their husbands. It Is all right during the honeymoon, hut when hat Is over and they turn to face the rcnlff lea of life they feel that they are being abused. Her household duties are heavier than when she wasat home, her husband Is not the singing lover who filled her heart with Joy and her day are not as thickly Interspersed with picnics as when she was a girl. As she thinks over this she becomes more and more deeply convinced that she Is a much abused woman; that bus bands are not half as nice as beaux and Is quite certain that she never would have married had It not been fur the men. A Fault in I'iuno I'luying. A well know n paino teacher suys that ( lie of the most common faults In plane playing Is the practice of playing tie two hands out of time w ith each other Nine players out of ten permit the left hand to lead the right, when the two should strike the keys simultaneously I' Is a sort of swagger that produces a very inartistic effect. Of course there ate rare cases where this dllntorlnoss of the right hand may tie legitimate,' but it should be remembered that in gener ai It Is reprehensible and should be carefully avoided. If the composer In dliates the simultaneous performance of the notes belonging to the two hands l t not the slightest discrepancy In manifest. To play the two hands out of time with each other is to be not only Inaccurate, but to appear affected ON ONE PLATK. nearly a right angle. Of course, both mirrors retleit the subject find each re flects an image which the olhrr has re ceived, milking in all five heads. The different angles give different views of the head, and the result is apparently a group of live. Shallow players resort to such devices to cover up the lack of ability to play with expression It fakes the place of shading and phrasing with the super ficial. Muffs Are Small and Dainty. Muffs are fancier and smaller than they were Inst winter, nnd, like other articles of dress, are made of all sorts and kinds of materials velvet, fur, laco, feathers and flowers. Those sketched here show fashion's latest caprice In London. One Is made half of fur and half of velvet, with the Inevitable bow at the top. In the fur muff a boa would seem to- have been turned to account, both the head and tall of the animal being "en evidence." A border of Thibet fur trims a satln llnod black velvet muff, with a butter- TIIKBE MLTKH ABE SMALL AND QUI81TE. EX- fly bow on top. The last Is Intended for dressy occasions. The band in the cen ter Is fastened with a Ithlnestono buckle. Feather aigrettes appear on the left side, while on the right the vel vet bow forms a cushion, as it were, for a bouquet of flowers. . To Please the Raby. A pretty baby's rattle Is easily con st meted by winding a steel or Ivory ring with colored ribbon. Sew to this at regular Intervals short ends of blend ing tints In ribbon. Attach tiny bells to the pointed ends of these rfbbpns. An English peeress. Lady Qarilaia, la training aa entire staff af wena to take charge of ths a-mrada of bar ax teualre catata ia York. Otc. ... , . j O- rr ' " a.-. a I. (tie - . i. ....... , :.. . Ami iiitl r l!. i.;. -- .: .i ..... .;. I le lies llli.i !.c ,!. , . .. , I.;.,;- . , ; i f buttles fiill'fi . .iln' -I vi. ?., ,( s A .li. Of a Tongs o'ert hr.. u :iin! of n-.i dwiS done. I If the valor til III he .(.! !l r.ive f,t..e il.i.. er the hiiU and f.-irn'. ai Over the li i : 1 f and fiir away! Over the hill. jim'I li:r u'.vay. It's oh f.r the il,e iiv.-i. tig day! Kilt it nun len 'li m I to the s , 1 1 ethnne With 'he lovr I' 'en ii.i.l p.cwr und OlKie! lii. ( i loan! v. I ,n is high - 1 1 i.. i1'. --.I i '. ;. ..til j' . . . . i. .!. of .'i. Over the lulls iitid fir it'vny Over the lulls a ii' i far ! Over the hills and far hwh, Ati old ti:t,i hner at i-l .se of day, Nov that I'is j'.'irncy is alniMsr dupe, I I is ha I lie f i .tight a i, 1 1 h.s vie t.iricB v on, '1 he old time Icier,; y hi- ' rult.. The trustfulness ami tie- ef.ds of jollth, 1 b. no- iiihI uiniScr .ilex are t hey V Ivcr tlie iiiil.i a ic! far n w ay - Our I he ;. ears, and fur away! A 'lllcup Kecnl. A JUS1IFUL .MAX. "If you will lake it, I,euh." Ai In : .Sherman . lid no ..i':i.s.te little fun in I eah Aylmer's hand. "If I will ml .- ti n, durling little fan: oli, Archer, indeed 1 will, and thank i on very much." And yet, Willi a Mrauge dltiiiience, he hi.d never dared !o t'-il her how iie wol Sl ipped her lie v i . cotiid loipiehUj liiiilli-SS li loaded ;i .oliem e; he, whose peii had i.f;i ti i.iweii dire consterna tion among his eiicmh s. This proud man was a couind vvheu he fain would pour out his soul ai the feet of this gir ; of i.H. I And Leah'.' Oh. she blushed Hud I smiled, and wonden-.i with a sly gluim , at his iii.'igiiilicciit nnd clear-cut fcai uies if lie could be vm.ii by her or any i ot her w uina u. For sue loved him betlc than she knew herself. Ii was the same Iciise. the very Kane j riom; and In the bay window pendnu baskets, covered Willi trailing vines j 1,1. d oaken vases wherein grew choic i pianis, lent to the apartment an n peanince strangely familiar, ycl I st!nti"ely unlike. , In the days past there had been a; air of indescribable elegance and re liiieinent in the A.vlmer mansion; now when it had passed into the hands of Mrs. Albert l'ennoyer, it was c!:ara b -listed by the same high colored splen dor that that lady rejoiced in mtsoii ally. A slylish, handsome widow, now Juki Hi i. who had married Albert I'ennoyei fcr his money, and who now, mourn Ing dispensed with, was on a second loolioli t. Just now Archer Sherman was all tin rage, coiiseipn iitly Mrs. I'ennoyer's di light. lie was the rage for two r Hns; one, he was considered inviiln nd' able, almost, unapproachable; tin: other in nau just returned from it seven yiars' business connection Iti Chini ard was decidedly "new," even to "old' fr: mis. And among Archer Sherman's old friends was Mrs. Albert IVnnoyer. On this sunny January afternoon then, Mrs. l'ennoyer was elegantly dressed, and waiting for a promised call from Mr. Sherman. But of course I.eah Ayluier, as the maid showed her if to Mrs. l'eiiuoyer's boudoir, did not know that. She was as beautiful at 25 as she had been at li. She was Unmarried, and perhaps u trille paler than then; but. considering all the trouble that had been plied on her young shoulders, aht had preserved wonderfully. "Oh, It's you, Miss Aylmer! I wan ex peetlhg some one else. Will you sit down t "Thank you. I will detain you only a moment. Perhaps you will look over these" she uncovered u small casket "and select for your own use from them. Necessity compels me to sell my Jewels, Kate Mrs. l'ennoyer." "Oh, yes; you used to wear bucIi splendid ornaments when we were In the same set three or four years ago, hn't It? the time, you remember, when everybody thought you were engaged to Mr. Sherman? A sudden, swift pallor swept over Iran's face. She made no reply, but Mrs. l'ennoyer saw the white fingers tremble as they raised a pearl ring from Its violet velvet "You've a number of rings, I see Here is an amethyst Bet, too, but I don't like amethysts or pearls, either. I adore turquoise, only It would not go with my Indian skin-pink only does that Oh, Isn't that watch chain and charm expulslte? Miss Aylmer, I'll have that pink coral and gold chain for my neck, and that exquisite little fan for a medallion." "That alone Is not for sale," she said, huskily. "You may have the chain." "Not for salel Oh, to le sure; I under stind now. Let me six-, Mr. Sherman gnve you that didn't ho?":; , . , Her voice was full of malicious tri umph, as she sent the arrow to Leah's heart "It does not matter who was the do nor, Mrs. l'ennoyer. Do you wish any of these r ' "I do wonder which Archer would like me In best? These emeralds are dark; I'll wear them when he comes again. So" Leah's lip quivered under the crepe veil. It was so hard for her that Ar cher Sherman had Jilted her and would marry Kate l'ennoyer while she re mained so true. "I will not detain you longer, Mrs. Penneyer. If yon wish to purchase yoc can send your maid. I wish yon good-afternoon." Archer Rherman waa a good deal older looking, bat a groat deal baao aomer, thai wbea ba want away, and Mrs. PssuMryer, aa saw looked sarasaaly i I I V K- ' . i .i ;. .. fi.. -;, ., i-j many hi i in' vi-ii t seen our mutual friend. M''s Aylmer. since my return," he s.iid. niielessly. and then the black ees op, iii n m mh oi i -e. 'Mis.. A' r! Ij-a!i y.,i mean. Iear li'th tl.ing. J.i-t liei'ore hhe left New S ork sh;- gave me such a beautiful U'S'l.sal e." I 'nd -r hi .- full, drooping lids, she was watching I ; ' i n . ."nd she sa .' him start n-' if a (.-:. -ii i had tn ciied hun when -o 'me '.. his I I. i'li .yliucr't I tiie fan, :,i t . lie ha i given her .'. c:'i s ago. "She gnve you thb;7 May I ask when ''" "Let me think: It must be a year or more ago, just as site went away." "And you haven't seen her or heard of ln-r since?" "Not once; but how I would love to see her again' Leah was so beautiful, I always thought; didn't you' and when she Insisted on my accepting this little pink and gold toy I told her that A low rap on the door interrupted Mrs. l'ennoyer, ami then Ieah Aylmer entered unannounced. "if you please, Mrs. l'ennoyer, I ac i hlenlly left" Tin n she saw Archer Sherman, who sprang' to her side. A painful blush spread over her face, then she paled; then, somehow or other how she hated herself! the tears overflowed her sweet eyes. "Icah! I-ah! How could you give it to her?" cried Archer. "What do you mean?" He turned toward the chair where Mrs. l'ennoyer had been sitting, hut she had gone -why, he knew best. Then came explanations, and when a ah went out from her old-time home, h lining on Archer Sherman's arm, and the dainty little fan close clasped in In r lingers, he whispered, as they crossed the threshold: "My darling, when we are married we will buy your old hou buck again; shall we? for in it has ecu decided by fate the most moment ,us event of iur lives."- Tld Hits. l'ut I pon His I, .nor. In lMd, when bunds oi i- nlaws were i constant menace to lit, id property in Hungary, the widow oi a wealthy magnate was living in a lonely castle not fur from the principal route be tween Hilda and Vienna. This lady received one morning a polite note, re questing her to provide supper at ten o'clock that night for twelve gentlemen! There could be no doubt as to the char acter of her self-Invited guests; but she realized the futility of Bending to town for help, as every road would be u a tclied, and her courier waylaid. At ten o'clock that evening up rode an armed baud of twelve men. The cuslle gates were thrown open, and the mistress herself stood at the entrance to receive them, richly apparelled, as if to welcome honored and Invited guests. She took the arm of the chief und led the way to the dining hall. There a goodly feast was spread, the tables und sideboard being covered w ith a magnificent display of gold and silver plate, the accumulation of many generations. The leader of the robbers started in surprise, but quickly recovered himself and acted the part of a well bred gen tleman during the feast. At Its close he said: "Madam, the happiest mo nents of my life have always, been the shortest. In appealing to my honor an yo.; have done to-night you have suved nie from the commission of a crime. Bad as I uni, no one ever appealed to my honor In vain. As for you," looking sternly around with his hand on his pistol, "whoever takes anything from this house dies." Subsequently the name of the robber was discovered. He was an Impov erished younger sou of one of the noblest families In Hungary. His fate was Bad enough; he was captured a few months after the above Incident, and ended his life under the hands of the common hangman. Ills Hum. Kate Sanborn tells. In "Abandoning an Adopted Farm," a story of a big boy in a country school, who was clever enough In some studies, but hopelessly deficient In mathematics. The teacher, a man who had little mercy for a stu pid pupil, one day lost patience with him entirely. The boy had failed to do a simple sum In subtraction, and the teacher rubbed out the figures on his slate, put down six ciphers and six more under them. He drew a line, handed the slate back to the dullard, and said, gravely: "There! gee If you can Kubtract that." The poor boy gazed stolidly at the new sum. It looked queer and Hard. He tackled It aloud, making hideous grimaces as he progressed. "Nawthln from nawthln leaves naw- thlu. Nawthlng from nawthln leaves nawthln. Nawthln from nawthln leaves nawthln. Nawthln from naw thln . leaves nawthln. Nawthln from nawthln leaves nawthln." There he paused, confused, but rally ing all IiIh brain power, he exclaimed: "If I'm ever goln' to carry, I've got to carry now! Nawthln from nawthln leaves one!" New Mcdloal Treatment. A doctor, whose home Is near Frank fort, presents a new medical treatment, which couslsts In exchanging liquid for aerial draught. Live In a perpet ual draught, so he preaches, and you will never catch cold. And his prac tice la la koHplag with his precept At his establishment all of bla patients, many of whom are suffering from se rious diseases, are constantly subjected by day aad night to strong ourrenU of air, aad when they a oat generally dl- paaaa wKa bats and bonnets. . it ... i a oioo r l -iio-h ii a ii i. A CHEAP k i: HOI S'. NOT ATTRACTIVE, BUT IT WILL PRtSfcPWE ICE. How to Unlld the limine mid Fill It Trellis for Herry Huliei4-To Hyplion Uijiifdi from JIurrclH Direction lor htuckiujf Corn ! odder. I Valuable Farm Building. An lee-house need not be a costly structure, but if It is to be au attract ive addition to the farm or In keeping with other attractive buildings It can not bo built at a small cost I shall charge the cost against the elllciency us a preserver of ice. The require ments of an Ice-house are that it will hold sawdust nrouud the lce to keep the rain off und drain water. The nia. icrlals used In Its construction may be of the cheapest und rudest character mid yet keep the Ice lis well us If it cost $l.".i) or $2iki. A neighbor lias an Ice house erected at a very small cost, and yet his ice is preserved perfectly, 'ill" sides are of poles laid up Into a pen 12 ft wide, H ft long and 10 It high, the poles being notched slightly w here they cioks to prevent rubbing nnd to lessen the cracks between them. The gables 'are left open to give ventilation. A ' four is made and proper drainage ac quired by laying rails together a foot thick. The roof projecting tiiree feet a; each end Is of clapboards nailed to cross-pieces resting upon pole rafters. All the material except the nails und j tl e material for the door were worked ! out of the farm timber. I In lining this house, the blocks are laid within elghtenn inches of the poles and the space between tilled wdth saw dust as the ice U built up. Where tim ber Is not so plenty a serviceable strue- ; ture can "be built at a cost but little g: eater than the cost of this one. Ref use boards or slabs can be used for the sines, nailing them up or down nnd put ting on a board roof. The house should be built on high ground that surface water may not enter. It is well to cut a shallow ditch around the building. In filling cut the blocks as large us pos sible and pack closely. All crevices should bo tilled. In the spring atch !oi holes and close them as soon as found. K. II. Met 'ready, in Farm and Home. Stacking Corn Fodder. One of the most disagreeable things to do in winter is to go Into a muddy corn-Held to liiiul out foddor. This may he avoided by stacking it where it is to bo fed,, and every careful farmer will intend to this before bud weather comes on. Choose a damp day without wind und there will be no loss of blades and other valuable portions of the fodder. My method is to begin the stacking by setting the bundles In a standing posi tion until 1 have covered as much ground us I want the stack to occupy. )n tills I lay the bundles butts out be ing careful to keep the middle filled high enough that the water cannot run In form the butts. As the stack rises I ki-p drawing in, and presently the tops of the bundles will overlap In such a manner that the center will keep get ting higher, and by the time that the stack Is as high as It is convenient to pitch the bundles, It will be nicely topped out, and In shape to keep bright for an Indefinite time. Small, round stacks are better than ricks, be cause less surface is exposed while the fodder Is being fed through the winter. A. S. Rogers, In American Farm News. VacclnatinK Land. Impoverished land is now "vaccinat ed" on the continent of Europe. It Is generally known that land is enriched by planting It occasionally with a legu minous crop like clover or lucerne, the rots of which absorb more nitrogen than they take from the ground. Where the nitrogen came from was the prob lem. Messrs. Hellriegel and Wlllfarth have discovered that the absorption is due to minute organism, a sort of dis ease In the roots, which, when the sup ply of nitrogen In the soil begins to fall, appear as an excrescence, draw nitrogen from the air and so enrich the soil again. Experiments have been made In Franco and Germany to haRten the growth of the disease by sprink ling the fields with soil In which tuber culous crops have been grown or with water In which they have been steeped. In Prussia a field was sown with lupins, one part was then treated In the ordi nary way, the other Inoculated from au old lupin crop; the yield In the latter part Was five and a half times as great as In the other. One on the Knrmer. "They'se no use o'tryin'," declared the farmer to the denier, of whom he had bought a grinding mill; "I kaln't make 'or go.' She seems to have teeth 'nult till she gits to goln', an' then she's a reg'lar smooth bore. Jest notls r," and then he began to lambaste the indo lent mule that was expected to contrib ute the motive power. "See thar," said he, after the sweep had made a round or two, "she skacely teches hit" By this time the dealer waa laughing heartily and the farmer soon got so blue In the face that an explosion was only averted by a few Italicised re marks. When ha had finished the deal er asked: "Did U ever oaaar at yoa that yon are Irft-handed, and that ya hare baaa AN ICE IIOUHE. trying to run that innchine back wanly i.e-vaior ui.ii Oiuiii Trui''1 r plioiiiuif I.jr,iiilM from li.in.-l. 'i be acc .iupa,;.; iilufiiullon, taken from the American Agriculturist fchows a ready means of drawing off liqubbj from a barrel having no faucet. A rub ier tube a collide of yaids In length lias one end pusseif throngh a bit of pine wood and glued tightly Into posi tion. A hole is now bored through the. top of the piece of wood into this tubo and a short piece of niblier tulie Insert ed and tightly glued into position. HKVICK F OH DRAWING LlijUIHS. I'lace the other end of tlve long tube in the barrel, pinch the lower end with the fingers and draw out the air from the tube by applying the mouth to the upright ph-ce of tubing, when the long tube will lill with the liquid which will How steadily through it when the lower end of the tube Ik released, al vays providing that the end of the tube outside of the barrel is lower than ti c end which is within the barrel, as this Is the principle on which the sy phon works u long arm and a short arm. Care should be taken in drawing the air out of the tulsj not to proceed 8) far that the liquid will rise to the mouth In the upright tube. This might very well bp of glas. us glass tubing; can be hud at any druggist's. Fall Miinurinif of tbe Garden. The earlier manure Is drawn upon a garden the better will be Its effects, provided the garden Is not liable to be wuiilied by running water in winter or spring. If there are underdmiiis three feet deep to take off surplus water it Is very little fertility of any kind that in , our climate will be carried away by drainage water. If there is any nitro gen in the water passing through the subsoil, most of it Is lost In the first few Inches of soil that it is filtered through. If the underdraln were tilled by a stream of surface water fiqwlng In from the top, some nitrogen and even mineral fertilizers might be carried away wdth it. But with filtered water there is no danger of anything of ma uurliil value going Into the underdraln. TretlU for Berry Iiuahes. American Gardening gives a sketch allowing a good trellis for raspberry and blackberry bushes. It has only sin gle strands of wire, and the bushes must be tied to them In some way. The trellis, therefore, although cheaper thad the double trellis, is hardly as convent' vnt, but it will answer, and surely makes a little patch of raspberries or blackberries appear neat and tidy. When blackcaps are grown for evap orating purposes, as a farm crop, they must of necessity be grown cheaply, and spending a lot of money for posts und wires Is entirely out of the ques i Hon. Close pruning is the only practi cable method of keeping the bushy growth within bounds, and providing convenient chances for gathering the berries. For the home garden, how ever, there is no excuse to allow this state of affairs. A good trellis can eas ily be provided for the small patch of A GARDEN TRELLIS. berry bushes, and It will pay many times Its original cost In the greater at tractiveness of the garden, in conveni ence of gathering the fruit, and In satis faction generally. The Rnaalan Thistle Scare. . J. S. Wilson, Badger, South Dakota, writes: "I have had eight years' experi ence with the Russian thistle, and can say that on my farm It has not caused as much damage as the common bull thistle, also a native of this region. With due respect for the opinions of legislators who are endeavoring to se cure additional aid In suppressing this pest, I think that appropriations for that purpose are entirely unnecessary." Farm Notea. Oats are excellent for laying hens. It Is cheaper to make a road than It la to drive over a bad one. Strict cleanliness is one of the requi sites for successful dairying. Italians produce a larger number of bees than blacks, and so, Indirectly, more honey. Canning frufta with the stones in them is known to add greatly to the flavor of the fruit Spraying is only in Its Infancy, but it Is a good, healthy Infant and promises a great deal at maturity. Wide tires, with axles of different lengths, on heavy wagons, would be a great help to road-keeping. I'lan to grow every crop on the farm that will help toward tho sustenance of tbe family and of the stock. Give a colt plenty of opportunity to exercise and he will grow faster and make a better horse when matured. Good dairying cows, .winter dairying, cheap food and plenty of It, are the four essentials of success In dairy farm ing. Cattle should be kept comfortable. What Is lacking In warm and dry shel ter we pay for In feed and uumed fat of the animals. Ws can gae rally Judge from tha barnyard what kind of a farmer a man la. No portion of tha fans shows mora tha rxhlieiss or earafalnaaa with wMea tha farm wat la aatited om. -i 5 i' t.i' 1 ? r - " .'V H if V
