The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, May 05, 1898, Image 2
; ' 'j-- ' vyy .. aw AS YE WOULD. If I should see brother languishing in sore diatreiw. And I should turn and leave biai com fortless When I mitfbt be A mew tiger of hope and happiness, flow could I ink to bate what I denied lu my own hour of bitterness supplied? If I mif.-lit.Bing A little sod to cheer a fainting heart. And I should seal my lipn and ait apart When 1 might bring A bit of aunshine for life'a ache aud mart. How could I hope to bare my grief re liered If 1 kept aileot when my brother frieved? And ao I know That day la lost wherein I fait to leud A helping hand to tome wayfaring friend, Bat if It abow A harden lightened by the cheer I send, Then do I hold the golden norm well spent .And lay me down to aleep in aeet con- tent. Jewab Comment. A STROKE OF LUCK. DEACON WADE wa boeing In the garden, close by the road, on the morning when the Idea came dim that It would be a good plan for i! n to get married again. The way In wblcb the Idea came to t'.ni wan thin: Just as he reached the end of the row nearest the road, some one said: "Good morning, Deacon Wade," In a voice that made uiui think of blackbird and bobolinks and he looked up, to see Kboda Mason smiling over the fence at bin). "Good morning, good morning," re sponded the deacon, delightedly. "Beautiful morning, isn't It?" "Charming," answered Khoda. 'lion's Sire. Wheeloek? Well, I Mip xwe" . -She's gune over to her son's again." tuswered the deacon. "She went yes ;erday some of the children sick. 1 be lieve so Hob and I are keeping house alone. I'm getting about sired of it. urn! so's Bob. lie was telling rue, this morning, that he thought it would be a good idea for one of us ro hunt up a housekeeper; and I don't know- but he was right." Pretty Khoda's face got as rosy as the blocsonis on the damask rune-bush by rhe gale. The deacon wondered why he had never noticed how pretty i:e was before. . "1 see you've got a tine (Top of straw berries." said bola, pretending to be greatly interested in the long rows of ripening fruit. "Ours are a failure this J' ear. Mother said she didn't believe we'd have enough for a shortcake." "! v::!-.t to know'" exclaimed the dea tot.. "That's too bad, I declare. Wc:ii Uic more than v. e cau use, and I'!! trirg yon over miiu just as soon as they're ripe enough to pick." "Thank you, ever so much," respond ed Citobi. "I know mother'U be glad to git ihe'u. But I ntut le going, or I WOl. Sill; wit: l t- u a y h.n : get back by dinner-time," and vw-ii her way, leaving the deacon a new idea in bis head. 'jMike folks would :-ny It was fooi .r an oid fellow !i;.:r me to marry img girl like Hlioila." he said to !!!'. as ho turned ur.ck on the next i'i sweet corn. "Hut other men, older than I am, marry young wives; bo why shouldn't I't We need a good bousekei'i-er here. It's getting so we can't depend on Mr. Wheelock. She's gon ii.ilf tiie time, and we're likely to Jose he;' :i';o-'e! her, inmost any time. tf course,- folks 'II say that Hob ought to get married instead of me; but be tiea't seem to have any idea of It, aud I ;m't put Hie idea in his head. Ehoda'g a gtr-it. Oeal younger than I am; but Bite's a sensible girl, and I'm sure she'd make a good wife. I wonder why I never thought of it lcf re?" The more Che deacon ti.oneht of It the more in earnest be g t. O.i Saturday h pl' ked a basket of luscious straw berries, and that afternoon he took them over to th Mason homestead. "I declare. If I ain't rather excited," said the deacon, as he mured HUoda's borne, and f "It his heart bearing quick find bard. "I thought I'd got over that years ago. If I feci this way no-.v, bow'H I feel when I get there? Of course. I'm not going to propose to ber rigbt away. I'll just kind o' Mm at matters and things, enough to set her to thinking. "Tain't l-st to be In too great a hurry about such things." ' Rhoda wan sluing on the front porch, shelling peas. I'retty as she had looked Lhat morning in the roadside, she looked far prettier to-day, the deacon thought "O, you've brought Hio-se berries you promised nsi haven't you?" cried Rboda. "It's so kind of you; Mother was delighted when'.' I Jtold her what you were going to do. I'm o sotTy she Isn't at home thin afternoon. She went to caji on Mrs. Perkins she's alck, you know. But come In and sit down, and maybe ahe'll be beck before you go. I hope she will, for I know she'll oe real disappointed to mlstt your visit." "O. that' nothing," a!d the deacon. "I I can come over again, you know." "I wlah 70a would," Mid Kboda. "Mother wan aaying that you weren't very neighborly. She didn't remember when you'd been here." "II want to tee your mother and have "a good, long talk with ber about boat an Man I've got," amid the deacon, by-and-by. "She know how mocfe we need a aooaekeeper, and I alwayi tboogbt bar a very aenalble woman, and I'm tore abe'd think Joat aa I do Kboatr-aboot tbla Idea of mine. At leaet, 1 hope no. I anppoae -abe'd faal abla to carry oa the honaework aa a plaee like tta alone, wouldn't etteT be aaew atvaag and healthy aa ever." "O, yea, wther'd manage that all fagftt," aanvarcd Rboda. "She often taSa- ataaa faart aaad any af ay help." tM fat the klea, plata eaoaali," Cjarhl the "aeon. In great delight, aa toU aaM anat. ' I'm gettiag along apleielidly. Sue' the BJt eullle g-irl 1 r mw, I wonKer how much farther I Im-Uit go now? Mayle I'd txtf ter wait, Jmt an I'd made up my mind to. ia' give her time to talk It over with her mother before I come right out itu the question. I will," and it was well that he came to thia decbdon, aud ad hered to It, as he conjratnlated himself a few days later. The deacon might hav maid nnrll Mrs. Masoa'a return, but a young girl friend of Rhoda'a came, and that put an end to his visit. "You can talk wirb your mother and see what she thinks about what I've been saying," be said, as he took his deiarture. "Let rue know the first chance you have." The next Wednesday evening Robert Wade was away from borne. About 1 o'clock hia fa the heard him come In. "I wouldn't wonder If Kob'a got an Idea of sparking somebody," thought the deacon. "Maybe it's like the measles when it get into the family, they all have it," and be chuckled to think his son might have caught the disease from him. "Well, Rob's a good boy, and I hope he'll do aa well in get ting a wife h I shall. If 1 get Rhoda Mason." The next morning Rob looked very wise as he sat down to breakfast op posite his father. "I've got a tuetisage for you." he said, by-and-by, when the houwkejer had left the rootu. "I was over to the Ma son place, aud when I came away Rhoda told me to tell vou that If tou wanted to know what her m.rther thought atiout your bouifkeping id-a you'd Ix-tter come ohh- and ialk with ucr aooui ;t. 1 was quite surpr.seo to . . .. . , . ,, , find ont you d got matrimonial ideas in vonr tie-id t.ut i iihi tv f ti... i think the plan a most sen-ible one. Mrs. Mason would make you a tip-top housekeojier, aud if you'll take the mother, I'll take the daughter. Indeed, I've made an arrangement to that ef fect. Rhoda and I came u a satisfac tory understanding last D-'gut." It was well for the deacon that the hotit-e-kecper came in Just at this Juncture. Hob went out. and he betook himself to his room to collect his licwildensl sense. "I begin to understand rt." be told him.4i.df, by-and-bv. "I've come dresid- fully near making a fool of myself. I guens I did make a fsi of myself, all right enough: but what I mean is, I came dreadfully near getting caught at it. But, by the greatest stroke of luck that ever happened to me. I have 11H I.OOKfclO UP AND SAW RHODA MASON SMILING n't been caught. I see how It la. Rob's j going to marry Rhoda, and be' been sparking ber all along, and the girl thought I knew It, and she thinn. It was her mother I had In view for a housekeeper. And, as luck would have it, I didn't say anything that'll give me away. If If I carry out the d wept Ion and marry Rhoda's mother. If I don't they'll mistrust something. It seems as If fate hud something to do with it. I never thought of such a thing, but I'm forced right Into it, so to speak. I can't help myself. And. come to think of 1t, It's the proper thing to do. It would have been a foolish thing for an old man like me to marry a young girl like Rhoda. Ain't It lucky, now, that I didn't say any more that day? I topped Just at the right time and place. It seems she's told her mother what I said, and I'm to come over and talk with her about It. I will." When Deacon Wade made up his mind to anything he was prompt to act. Saturday afternoon saw him setting out for the Mason homestead with an other banket of strawberries. The widow was at home this time, and wel comed him with a blush that made her look almost as pretty aa ber daughter. "Take a seat out on the porch, deacon, where It's cool," said the widow, "And I'll alt here and hull the berries while we vlaJt. Rob's coming over, by-and-by, kboda said, and both of you must etay to tea. I remember bow fond yon naed to he of shortcake, and we'll have one that'll make yon think of old times." "RolHTt," said the dicon, aa bi aen came up the path, about S o'clock, "I want to exchange congratulations with yon. Te've got the promise of the daughter and I've got the protnlae of tbe mother. I tblnk both of n deserve congratulatloae. We're In luck, my I boy." "hut' aUitii die way I look at it," said Kolierr, giving the blusiiitig .Irs. Mason a rousing kins. Just then It 1 1 l:t a.n-;ireil on the si-ene to an nounce that tea was watting, ami the deacon Mcppil up to ber and kissed her in a tno! latlierly manner, and then put ner hand in Rolwtn's, and aid: "BU. you. my children," in approved ftau'e fashion. "Hut wasn't I lucky, though, to get off so easy," be said to himself, more than once jifter that, as be thought over his narrow escape. "It makes me shiver to think how near 1 came to Iieiug found out for an old fool. But, by the great'tst stroke of luck I ever had, I come out of the scrape all rigai. and got Just the kind of a wife that I ought to have. I shall always buLeve in luck after thlti'' New York Ledger. j A l'e fur K.n lish Hparrows. i The crusade against the killing of out song-birds cannot but rei-cive the iti I dnrscmetit of eery rlght-lu'.udel worn I an. We are all ready to Join AuduUiii j societies, and to beip In every way to keep our foreMs pHp!ed with iKauiy i a ixl tuneful with song. Hut thre Is 8 ! little rowdy fellow beyotid the pale o 'our syuitthies-that wicked little j fighter, the iCnglinb siirrow. Iutivid I ually he Is barmUt enough, but eollcc I tlvely he is capable of the greatest nus i chiefs. Tb t-xlei iiiiuation of our soug ibirdi Is apparently the chief aim of ! his MlMcwe, cau u-ver forg:e mn our wra,u i mottled l aus.- of b: one redeem- 1 . . . . . , . l ; .. . . 1 1.1 H nt-he is g.s.d j p,e. lour tun , ' twenty" of him ould reproduce that - , 'il, .,1; ,,f ",...1 1 he in e,n 'i nt 1 v ! ; "'f anus of n-ea I..-U lie ,e .ou..iuti.v f I ki'.i! in our uarkets. and poised by, ; p'trehasern In the final act of disposing ; of him. So let us etijoy sparrow pie a in! out of w-uson, since w e may do iji without a moral twinge, and liubs-d feel that we are do.ng society a servicf. ; Woman's Home Coiiipaulou. i The History of Tailoring ' At a dinner of (tie Tailor's Society , in London Mr. Skinner,-of Glasgow,! graphically tnn-i.f the development of j (the tailor's art from primeval times, t when they stitched fig leaves together, ; t'ntii the present day. when the anxl- ! ety of so many Is "wherewithal shall I he clothed." He said the iutroduc- i tion of the sewing machine marked a i new era in tne nrr oi tailoring, in i i,w one Welsenthal invented a double-polnt- I needle with an eve In the middle. 11 1M. From this small beginning progresa was made, until In 18IM) H. Thluionler patented a sewing machine In Paris, m KU there were eighty of these ma chines In use for sewing the clothing of the. French army. But a mob of furious operatives destroyed these ma chines. Just us similar mobs had be fore that day destroyed tbe Jacquard loom and Ilnrgreaves spinning Jenny. During tbe revolution of 1H-1H Tbla tiler was again at work with other ma chines, capable of making stitches a minute. But once again tbe mob got .it them and destroyed them, aud poor Thiuionier died lu the direst poverty In the year lsr)7. Before that date, bow ever, Ellas Howe, of Massachusetts, had perfected the sewing machine, btit, meeting with do encouragement In tha United States, he came to England, and in 18-10 sold his machine to a merchant of Cheapslde for IZM. From that time onward tbe history of the sartorial art It largely a history of tbe sewing ma chine. New York Commercial Adver tiser. Claim l-ong Pedigrees, In a genealogical way the funnleat thing on record la that Menellk, Negua of Abyssinia, Insists on bla descent In a straight line from Holomon and tbe renowned Queen of Sheba. If thia should be questioned tbe auguat Ne gus would have your bead cot off, or If you hinted that there waa a bar alnlatai somewhere you might be Impaled. There la, however, a noble family la . rarce, the Count of Noe, who on their blaaon tbe Ark and tha adventurous voyager, Noah, and they claim that veteran aeamaa aa realty their remote anceator. . ' If you think yon are aoMd la try giving a party wtatowt rafreah meats. AT spa '- Tic ,r . . 1 Omenta. Cements of arious kinds should be kept lu readiness for accidents. Tue following cannot be exi-elled. For a china cement take the curd of m!!k. dried and imdend. In ounces; ijiiict lilne. 1 ounce; camphor, 'J. dratiis. Mil and keep) in a closely stopped Ujttle. For Us- mix a little with water Into a paste ami apply quickly. A Rtror.f solution of common isinglass with n little diiutisl alcohol added makes an excellent cement for leather. For glass ware, mix live parts gelatine with o;ie part of a solution of acid clnoinate of lime, Cmer the broken edges. Join tie gel !ht and c.poe to the sunlight. W II with-iand boiling water. For mem! ing china, glass or wood, take ' .-t pound best white glue. , pound dry white lead, iut soft water. pint ahoao! Put titst into a dish, and the dUb in:o boiling water: let ImhI until dis.-olved. then add t hi' alcohol nnd boil again ,ni til well lui-MMl and add a little camphor. Makes articles as strong as new. 1 hi- t'U -lis K'ltivcf. In the kitchen of the large restaur.mf 'he lalsr sa cii-g devices are every day liccoiipii'j; iiiore con, in. in. One of the recent patterns of knife and for . - ' ea U) tig little li lies i m idu II here, the y H K AM I l lil A IX. rollers, which are revolved ley hand, are made of a special composition rub ber and are said to put the finish jhiI Ish on a silver-plated knife without scratching It in the least. The attach ment at the end with the grooves lu It Is for the purpose of readily cleaning forks and operates in the same man ner. Graham -Mtifliim. One and one-half cupful of coarse graham Hour, one teasssmful of bak ing powder, one j Hurler of a tea sii ttll of Kill, one egg, one teasillf ill of sugar, one labisSMinful of molted but ter, suthcieiit milk lo make a drop bat- r. .Mix together to the Hour, salt and sugar. Beat tliv egg. while and yolk, together, until very light, add one quarter of a cupful of milk and stir into tin- dry mixture. Add the tu.-i:,nl butter and suMiclent milk to tu;,ke a medium thick il-op Icitter. and Uat until air bubble appear over the sur face. Stir in the baking-powder, iuir Into well greased muiliii pans, and "bake In a hot oven about twenty minute. stnrtinsj I'lant l.uriy. Make little tioxcs of writing paper, fill with rich earth and set in a shallow box or on an oid fnshiotinl tray in a stintiy window. Sow your soi-ds in thce little Isixes, and keep just moist enough not to rot or tear the pajs r of which the Ikix Is constructed; when the plants are large enough and the Heath er penult of M-iilug tl.eiu in the gar den, bc.i'v Ihix and plant to the right depth for setting. Your plant will not ! know if has hem moved If you have iiaructiisi it py setting the trav oiit- I doors on line days. FaMcu tbe corners of your pajMT boxes with lieedie and thread if necessary. Vinrigur Cookie. Cream together one cupful of butter and two cupful of sugar; add two ta blospooiifuls of vim gar, three eggs well beaten, one half of a teasisjoiuul of wsia dissolved in one tablespisjnf ul of warm water and one-quarter of a tiitmpoollful of salt. Stir In slllticieut sifted Hour to make a soft dough, 'I out on a small floured board, cut Into any desired shape and bake In a niod erate oven. Him.. Clot lies turned right side out, care fully fohh-d and sprinkled, are half Ironed. Otilons are great absnrlMMju. They should Tot be left cut for any lengtti of time and then used. A soft corn can lie cured by placing a tuft of cottou wool, saturated with olive oil, between the toes and renew ing H every day. The corn w ill toon disappear. very If a small hook Is screwed on the utxier side of tbe dlulikg table at each corner and loops sewed on the corner of the felt undercloth, It will be found a convenient means of adjusting its length when the table needs to be msoe smaller. DM you ever suffer torment from a shoe tight In one spot? Here te a rem edy for It. Apply sweet oil to the stock ings where the rub cornea. It Is better than applying It to the boot, because It aoftena the Inalde of tbe boot, waere It la needed, Instead of the outside, Bruabea and broom would last long er and do better work if tbey bad aa occaatonal bath, Pour tabtepoonfule of household ammonia In two quart of lukewarm water are tbe proportlona for a good bath. Let tha brief) or at raw aland In the water half aa bour, then Daae thoroughly, and do not hang them by the heat, hut put la a oaai niaee to dry. - "W i 7 ii &r? 1 TKULY A C0MI'()1TK. RIG OF THE AMcR'CAN THIS SPHING. CIRL New License In Tailor Mlltlnery Hali Are Now Very Kluboratcl j Trimoaed-Tliree Tailor Dresaea (lot tan Up ia Varying Shade of Brown. fsnrprinea of the spring. York correspondence: T once dainty and saucy. In the same breath tailor-made and frivolous, Kng lish, French and American ad at once and In one rig that ia what the fashionable dress er Is accomplishing this season. The severe fit of the strictly tailor-made style has returned for the street cloth dress. The figure Is blocked out lu a square fashion that gives value to ev- ", ''ry curve, and yet , seems to deny cor sets and squeezing. The skirt falls so close and smooth that femininity is not r bit insisted on lu suggestion, though It Is not likely to be forgotten in effect. Then the severity of fit and simplicity of outline are relieved by a little dash (as If all of a sudden the demurest pair of eyes twinkled with a little wink lu one of them) of braiding more or less elaborately applied to bodice and skirt. Tbe petticoat underneath is a daazle New i! i.m .j I 1 V. Tilt: LATEST BLAZER AND HON FRONT. tnd splash of brilliant color, and a naze of audacious frills. The hair there again is the flip of rontrast. It Is a riot of half beld-back waves and curls. Time was, you re oember, when the tailor-made dress Im plied hair austerely smooth, wound In tight and hhlny flat braids In the F.tig ilsh fashion, and any other coiffure would be dlcountcnaueed as "ruining tbe effect" of tbe tailor gown. It Is not t bit so now. Now the effect of the town Is heightened, aud the face set letween the strictly mannish collar and tie and the romping glrllshness of Crinkly hair Is simply lrrcslstable. Yet be does not stop there. On top of the American hair and saucy, Yankee-tilted chin and you-can't-catch-mc eyes, she seta a French hat or something of THRKK TAILOR RIOS WITH A 8UUPRIIH TO BACH American make ao tuggeetlv of the Trench milliner" taat and aklll aa to prove that there la no longer eieuao for buying headgear In Parla. Dree after tbe manner of the women pictured here, and few of you will have aa exeunt to bUme Nature very much for bar outfitting, lot from the girl dnaaad, ta the detail ef her droaa, la a aeaeenX That fact alone apeak vet- ef tt H. ntllivd product: for bow wcUwne usually are spe lOYntiona aa W Un latest styles. For the original of the Initial picture these were mod eoteied ( loth, glove t and trimming of fajKy steel passementerie. In tbe two Jacket of the second sketch are two distinct types of cut. The blaaer was dark red cheviot trlminc.1 with bias fold of black cloth, and was worn over as Im maculate waistcont of white broad cloth. The other was the newest box front shape, In bluet cloth, trimmed with black soutache that wna barday larger than coarse thread. Tbe question of bats for such rigs la a serious one. Of these two models, tbe left iiand one was a black straw shepherdess trimmed with cerhte ek and a fine bunch of white hydrangea. The other waa turquoise blue straav, trimmed with blue and white gaur.n, cock's feathers and a most assertively fanciful buckle. Tallormades Bav changed toward severity, hut what ia lost lu daiuty suggestion by taboohig highly w rought trimming, Is more than made up by the new license In tailor millinery. Very early this season vun of our lest known men's baiters as tounded bis women followers by dis playing a window full of salior trimmed out of all severity, aud of walking hats us gsy as a Turk's turban, with winding scarfs, up rising aigrettes and flashes of Jewels and buckles. As a last flirting kick at severity, behold! a tilt Is given to the brim of the walkk-ig hat that Is even more startling than the gaiety of Its composition. The artistic effect of tills contrast between hat and gown Is excelled by new fancies. It la one of those few complete change thut captivate tbe observer from tlic start, rather than filling her with doubts a to whether It ran ever le accepted. One of the best of the latest color o velopments consists of combinations of browns, from chocolate throng!) bronze Into nasturtium gold, and three rigs that carried out this scheme attractively are presented In the concluding sketch. j Right here It may be said that many of J the women who respond to changes of j style In hair coloring have dyed their .locks bronze. The lirst gown of thia trio wus a dull tobacco brown, bra bled j with tiny threads of red bronze. It waa made on a drop skirt of orange taffeta fluiBbed with lemon and tea color frllla and a chocolate brown belt clasped, with a copper buckle. Tbe cut was a aevere as that of a riding habit, so were the linen collar and the swagger of plalded yellow aud brown tie, but over all this, aa yet not seriously brokna austerity, was a hat of golden graaa wovea Into groat aoft earrea aad fa lahed by a auoatt riot of gouoa blooak la the aecond costume, though aquare-toed I hoe, Eagllah glove aad military aho older conveyed tha Idea af moat strict tallormad aaatortty, Uore oaeaped right under tha chla a frfll of go Idea rhlfea that aaatchod tbe daafe of wea aaa com taat oaaaUtwtod tha ever warn a pretty ohai wn gfc