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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1898)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE .-ELECTION OF INTER ESTING n EMS. Consents and CriticUnie l.rd Upon b HaipeninCa ot tbe lir-Historical and Ncwa Notra. France wU3 make no mistake in fliag- Ooslng the pyfns affair as a case of Intermittent fever. Spain Is In a position to take the head of the line !n the Czar's uulver al disarmament condition. When more or less freeboard Is men tioned as a characteristic of men-of-war bow do the Cuban insurgents un derstand It? Belgium. It is said, has more cycle paths than any other coun-ry In the world. In th.s country we run large ly to cycle pants. Jamaica wants to he nnnexed to the United States, but, really, we don't need ber. Haven't we shown that we are full of ginger? With regard to general disarmament, when Russia becomes a hear In the market. It's not strange some don't take any stcek in It. Aguinaldo, who Is full of what he in tends dolus in certain contingencies, is always pictured bareheaded. .Maybe be wore out his hat talking througu it. New Zc-alatu! N plague probh i.. bits for the liiii bunny this Is ci. game. Bolving her rabbit- refrigerating rab- . i arket. For poor mi ;. a "freeze-out" Will the Delaware candy poisoning case affect the trade In confections as a feature of lovers' affection? Nut to the extent of giving each other tally any way. j A young fellow about to get married doesn't ihi; 1; atitieiing so much can!) I as li rtpivsemtfj lu the Philippines very great, lie himself golug to an nex what's the whole world lo him. With Ktissla, Germany and England all quarreling over their "rigij:' In China where they have no possible rights under the sun we will have to bunt hard for an excuse to au.iudon tho I'hillppliies. A Wcvern poet regrets that, he did n't eriib t so that he might return home tiow and have bis II pit "banged out of fhapo by barer! -s of Id.ss." It d-n-s cfin a shame that he didn't get to t lie front in some way or other. A doctor advances the theory that 1 it is the oxygen in the lungs and u-'rt the heart that circulates the blood. If j the theory will do away with the j "heart failure" verdict when a men h is been run over by a locomotive it will l eagerly accepted. Telephones are still comparatively rare lu the gn at city of London, the gnat nierchiiUts holding it to be a rather muiignliled contrivance. I"ossi bly a 'phone may yet be invented which will not suffer a man to be called up by anything short of bis so cial equal. Ella Wheeler vilcox protests against the leaving of a fortune to any one when their receipt of It depends upon the death ot uuother pers m. Some 1 other reforms are necessary in the mat- ! ter of willing property. Legacies have j done much harm. Many a young man I would have lived longer and happier j had he never owned a dollar beyond ! what he had himself earned. It Is charaetor'itlc of the arroga:ie of the French press that every paper In Pari, little or big. Jumps to- the conclusion that the czar's proposal for International disarmament Is intended to restrain the mii'hty French army from wresting ttack Alsace and Iir raine. The French soldiery, they say with Gallic Ingenuousness, compose the nest terrible body In Europe, as llu sla. In Common with all oilier nations, recognl.Ks, Admiral Dewey apparently thinks that there are better names for ships of war than Harvard nnd Yale. He recently remarked that, since the N'evy I'eptrtment was giving the names of ediie;il'ionul Institutions to ships, he would follow suit. Tho microscopic gunboats captured from tho Spanish, called the Caliao and Leyte, he has de cided to rechristcn, and be suggests that the Hist be called The Philadel phia College of Physician and Hur peo . . and the cond The Massachu setts Institute of Technology. The Ilaytlau (Jovernment refuses to permit the establishment within Its ter- j ritoty of a United States Weather ; Bureau station to enable early uotlee j to be given of tornadoes originating In ; tbe West Indies. This refusal need j not excite much surprise. Haytl has not progressed In civilization, eduea- j tlon, litlSiticss, iimuBiriMi pursuits, or the arts nnd sciences during the last Iimi years. It has been worse than stationary. It has gone backwards. It will continue to retrograde towards barbarism tintlf white men Anglo Saxons or Teutons take the Island In hand and direct matters. The rulers of Haytl are unfit to govern anybody. They are asked to allow something to be done for the purpose of saving ves sels, their cargoes and their sailor, They do not care whether commerce la carried on or not, so they refuse. Jb The dedication of a monument to Francis Scott Key In bis native city was chiefly a tribute to the man who wrote "The HUr-8pn;ltd Banner." 7 b memorial UkawlM fcoMrt om who wrote to Ijh friend, John Randolph of R'-acoke: "1 agree with you that the 'state of society i radically vicious,' aid that l! U there (he remedy Is to l pplieij. I'm down pany spirit; stop the i orruptions of party elections; leg islate not for the next il 'ction, but for 1V r.i r.t ccntt:r,v." Pew statesmen sre poets, and pei!nr s It Is we!! that prnsr? wrlling law-makers are in large majority. K y, h .wvvor, showed a spirit worthy of htirh statesmanship when he wrote ih" sentences quoted, which are hlt.-ost sitr.cloui lo intitle h!:u to ho called ati early reformer of the republic. Cive us clea:i fairs! Let not the ag ricultural s'u w heth. r local, euun'.y, district cr sf.-i.e, 1 e turned Into a echwil of vice. ') hi!'- whit some of the so-called n:: 'ie .1 oral exhibitions are. They teem v. ith d. -rices lb swindle the unwary, tha' rmse many to distrust reputable (-., h. '.it ,rs an! dealers and thus injur.' : 'i ri:tt: rt.il Interests of the whole exhibit. nn. Hut rob1 ring people of their money by fake schemes Is un important compared to t Ut- robbery of innocence that Is boldly permitted at many fa rs. I. s. pure or outrlsht immor al "attract ions" are allowed at too many a fair. Miiy a youth can trace his fall lnt Rb'fbi wavs to s.tch Influ ences at an ''agricultural fair." Many i a girl has been eirt.iced from the paths of virtue after witnessing the glitter of ! immodest women hi some "midway ; side show." To thus mar the purity ' of youth is a wrong that all the good done iu ot'.n-r dir.-ctlons by a fair cau never couipensa.ie for. We certainly voice the seniimeuts of the great peo ple In denouncing all such shameful adjuncts, and In de.iiaii'iiiig that the fairs Ih- held to a strictly moral stand ard. Tic-re are Inlluenccs enough at work r drag down youtig and old, without, (-n'agiag the fairs in such lu hiaity. There was n tnue, rot ninny years S'-w ;ug machine busl- 1 ago, when t he lies was so lu ll k that even the people w ho had no use whatever for the ma constantly r.-m. tided of i chines w ere them. L'. pensively furnished shops were given up to the sale of theifi. i agents were numerous and active, and ! the mimes of the various makes were ! familiar to the whole world. The traf fic was evidently v ry profitable until i suddenly, the "bottom dropped out" by reason of the expiration of patents, and In a little while the sewing ma i chine trade seemed to have vanished off the facy of the enrih. There were no more big and sboivy shops, the bland ami in-jrati.i.lng agent ceased to seek purchasers, and a careless p;tbllc vaguely assumed tliaf every pi'SMiite purchaser within the boundaries of civilization had been supplied with a machine. It Is of Interest, therefore, to note the manufacturing siuilsth s which show that ."0 '.otiil s.-wlng ma chines arc made hi this country lu a year, and that not less than sixty-five factories are in operation, giving em ployment to lO.Oi 0 persons, and hav ing annual receipts of more than $15,- . (t .t i) i. It. appears fr mi th-s.t rather . impn ssive figures that this t;i-f,sl In j vetitlon has lalren Its place am;utg the i things Indispensable to d )ines;ic com- fort and no longer nerds a brass band to call the m trillion of "the lady of the hi, se" to Its merits. England Is determined to keep h"r naval strength twice as great as that of any otir r power. It is only common prudence that sh- should. Her col- : onion In every s -a and bitr vast tnarl time Interest demand it. And moro than that, there Is every prolMiblllty that when she is called upon to stand up for her rights she will hare to fight j not one nation, but two or three. The I time will come when. In the natural ' course of events. England and Amerl , ca, with minor help, will be compelled ! to stand against the rest of the civil ized world. This great struggle, though possibly far off In length of time, is certain to come as certain al j most as fare. The commerce of the . world is slowly but surely drifting to tho United Stats and England. We are feeiking millions and extending our manufacturing ' imprests. English goods go eve.-y where, and English cap-1 Ital follows fi'st and close af.er. Xo'r that the two nations are to work har moniously their victories of peace will be more striking than the victories of war. but no less galllncr to the Latin and Slav. In time the tremendous bal ance of power will tell, it will lead to a mighty conflict, a conflict confined aim' t exclusively to the sea. Of course, America will not prepare for such a struggle, but she will be strengthening her navy for the next ten or fli'te -n years. Even now. with tbe additions wb.1 -h will materlallzi with in a f -w years, our navy In absolute utility will be s c.md to none save Eng land. Ami add to this the skill, cool ness and daring of the American sea men, and It will then be a fleet re rtpected In every harbor on the globe. The naval pret-tlgr already gained in this war, and the commercial advant age sure to follow, are easily an off set for the dollars and cents so far, or yet to spent The gain In ter ritory and strength Is net. A llont of Omcrat. An Italian named Oitbelllnl ha re cently made a boat of cement. Tbe framework Is of small bars covered with a wire netting, the latter being la turn, covered with cement. Tbe surface Is then polished. It Is claimed that sttch a boat costs less than a wooden one, and despite Its extra weight goei more easily through the water. Work for Mm Ptillatcl lata. Tbe various countries of the world now use 18,4X) different kind of post age stamps. Popularity often wine new acquaint ance mad loaea eld friends. i, .ft 7. '4 lfr 91 I- W AS HIS MOTHER USED TO DO. Fie criticised h"r jtinldirigs and be found f:iult willi her enke; fie wiKlied slie'ii make such biscuit as his mother used to make; Bhe didn't wash the dishes and she didn't make a stew. Nor even mend bis stockings, as bis moth er uncd to do. flis mother hud six children, hut by night her work was dune: His wife seemed drudging always, yet she only had the one. His mother always was well dressed, his wife would lie so, too, If only she would manage as bis mother used to do. Ah. well! She was not perfect, though she tried to do her best, UntiJ at length she thought her time bad come to have a rest; So when one day he went the same old rig marole ail tbrmigh. She turned and boxed his ears.'just as his mother used to do. Little .-1 Mention. If husbands only realized what the llttieattentlonsuiean to tho wives there would be many happier unions, says the New York Ledger. It Is not the cost of a gift that makes it precious to the recipient. A tiny bunch of violets brought homo at night betokens the thought given to her even while busi ness occupies bis attention; the most trifling souvenir cf a wedding or birth day anniversary bee-Olio's a sentiment underlying lis proffering. Women may be foolish, they may be all heart and very little reason; but tho man who un derstands their nature and caters to it Is the one who stands higher In their estimation than the one who acts as though nil he cared atniut was material comfort given with any sort of brusque rle. Of course, there are many mercen ary women thousands and thousands who can marry for a home anil for rich raiment. These pooh-pooh the violets and value only the diamonds; but the average feminine heart, the sort which a man wants to beat Inside his own, the foundation of truest sympathy and love, is moved more by the Utile atten tions In which sentiment is involved than by the great offerings represent ing only a stupendous sum of money. Woman Tennis Champion. Miss Juliette Atkinson, the Eastern tennis player, Is a wonder among wom ' en at hletes. She was brought up In j tennis courts, one may say, and while i lu her teens could handle the racquet I with a skill that was marvelous. She j has. In the past few years, won every championship worth speaking about. MI"S Jfl.IKTTE ATKINSOX. Rho has won the national and Interna tional championships and at .Magara-on-the-Lkc she defeated all the .best women tennis players of Canada, ! mk9 Atkinson lives in Rrooklyn, and it was in that city she learned the game that has made her famous. Women ns Unsiuem lvitern. It Is said that the only two countries where women are the leaders and men In leading strings are France and the United Stales. Frenchmen comment on the fact that. English and American women often are utterly Ignorant as to whether their husbands are making or losing money, while the French wom an, even In business, Is her buslxind's adviser, and Is made his eonlhlante In regard to all his business transactions. The critics think that the different po sitions occupied by American and Eng- I llsh women are due largely to ediica- ! Ktra a ml ivli-fn lk,. Inn. i.l n .... r ...I I.. now, inj. ..u ... ill t-ij in fll.-ll til the same schools In America. A Code of Honor for Women. , The advanced woman needs a code of honor. If she Is to compete with men In men's work, she must, adopt the one which men have found effective and practical. She must learn (o hold ber tongue, to respect other people's busi ness, other people's secrets, other peo ple's letters. She must not pry or tell white lies, or do little, mean, underhand act'ons. In fact, a mau's honor must be a woman's. Aa Antl'Worry 1'nrl. Among sure preventives for gray hsirs and crow's feet a certain busy woman sets down what she calls an anti-worry pad. She keeps an ordinary mite-sise writing pad on her dressing table, nnd on this she Jots down a list of engagements, lettera to be answered, business to be attended to, articles needed for the bouse or for pcrsoual nae, conveniences, charities and all the other Interest that enter Into a busy life, aa tbe come to ber mlnO. By this it" v tK "'Six:- .1 I ilk means she relieves herself of the ww rylrg sense of something forgotteu, which Is apt to haunt the woman or man whose days are filled with a multi plicity of demands, and who has no sec retary to keep him or her remember ing details. For such, the anti-worry pad is recommended as a nerve and temper tonic. Vogue. Itnndr ( atch-Atl. Many articles may be made by clever lingers not only to beautify home, but also to add to one's convenience while at work. A hanging catch-all near the work table or sewing machine may be made of any solid colored material . c; 1 1 i i: w "Vrv- i if ril ii A CATC 11-AI.L. liked; gray linen canvas would be pret ty. If made of soft goods an Interlining of stiffening should be added. The catch-all has four sections, which may be ornamented by embroidery or ap plique, the joining seams concealed by a rullle of ribbon, a tiny puff of silk or a cord like that which it hangs by Tills hag would also !k useful hanging by the toilet table as a receptacle for soiled handkerchiefs, collars anil cuffs. Fivr-.MItiute 1 cats. Few understand, except those who have had to resort to five-minute rests in order to keep up during a tedious convalescence, how much elasticity of figure Is unconsciously acquired if the body Is given periodic rests during the day. The cult of the five-minute rost ers is gaining disciples among women whose social duties are quite as wear ing as, those grimier ones of the kitchen Hlui.S or the working housewife; aud the fad Is such a wholesome one that the girl who wishes to keep her fresh ness and save her strength for con genial work, will do well to adopt it. In order to derive the greatest benefit from a five-minutes' rest, one must re lax all the muscles of the body aud of the mind, if possible. He a limp, inert, lazy bundle for a brief spell. Shut the eyes, let the shoulders and hands droop, relieve nil tension which dignity usual ly demands, and try not to think for 300 seconds. How to I. leach White Slrnwu. Leghorn and other white and cream straws may be admirably recleaned by the following means: Remove any trim ming and lining, pick out all ends of cotton, ami wash the straw under cold water, and scrub it with a clean nail brush. Then, in the bottom of a tin hatbox set a saucer of burning sulphur, and suspend the hat above this. Put on the top of the box. and leave the hat undisturbed for several hours, so that the fumes of sulphur may have time to bleach It white and clean. When set In the air for a little while all offensive smell will be removed from the straw. Ilcrtincd Hie Honor. .Miss Caroline Lewis Cordon, daugh ter of Ceneral John It. Cordon, com mander in chief of the United Confed erate Veterans, was mentioned as tbe e j ii II, 11 -I'll' ' 10 M1S (lolilio.V logical successor to Miss Winnie Da vis as "I laughter of the Confederacy," but she lias declined the honor. Heavy lior for Women. The use this past season by indies of mn's weight fowt gear lias met with great favor. The women who have long held the belief that their feet were too tender for any but kid glove shoes have found that tho stout soles and up pers, made on generous lasts, were at once the best protection aud the mist comfortable wear. Mr. Takahashl, whose Japanese bua bmnd Is tho publisher of tbe ShJnpo, Hawaiian newspaper, baa learned enough English In a year to become Ute business bead of tbe publication. r -r.u w -Ha MOKE FANCY Aibio. DESPITE THE PROPHETS THEY ARE STILL POPULAR. Three Example of Up-to-Dats Pretti oeoa in Thia btyleof liurinenta-Tai-lor Ireaes and r uita lor f-trcet Wear Are Made Tight. Sew York correspondence: BLIGHT has bit bfftgjf a erouusej uurasaion- waists. These handy and handsome gar ments have not gone oat, and apparently never will, for wom en apparently cannot make up their minds to that. Usps of fancy waists, how ever, are a bit differ ent from what they formerly were. Women who set these methods, and they're naturally women of extensive wardrobes, have gowns made with a view to wearing the waist not only with its own skirt but with others. The skirt, too. is planned for like double service, because fancy skirts are as much in vogue as fan cy waists are. A dress that was planned for this sort of shifting about is shown i above in the small picture. Of mull over THREE ATTRACTIVE silk, and all white, it was a dainty lot of pulling up to the yoke. The latter was brocaded vite satin, and an edge of lace was around the brocade. The skirt for this bodice had a finish of the brocade with an edge of laee, aud is planned for wear with other light bodices, while the dam!? bod:ce will be as pretty in itself with a dark skirt for dinner occasion, as it is with its own skirt when it makes part of a home or receiving afternoon cos tume. The place where puffed or tucked ma terials are most often seen is in yokes. This is because it is so diliieult to make a perfectly plain yoke set well. There is s fancy now, too, for making the top of the sleeves part of the yoke. This is to guar antee that the bodice is made with perma nent yoke that is not intended to serve In the afternoon with the yoke in the even lug without. Many women classify eeon-j W HERE TRIMMING MUST NOT f thnt sort as "so vulgar," which , h of us. Tnere is a better reason, Ji. The yoke can be basted In, and . .. of I hem are. This insures the set, 1 a 1 at the same time tbe bodice cun be re eved of tbe yoke at short notice. The 1 necond bodice the artist shows was made; ou this plan. Yoke and top to its sleeves eonid come out easily, and there were ai plain silk cap to the sleeve and a line of J above the ribbon-run edge which will show when this change Is made. The wnisi nas pnle green taffeta, the yoke puffed white chiffon over green silk, and the trimming was run with emerald satin ribbon nnd finished with narrow bending nf eiiMTnld stones. Though the blouse effect here wns not pronounced, the bodice wits far from being tight. Indeed, very few fancy bodices are made with lines 'loceiy following the figure. Next to this bodice is an Ingenious end pretty one thnt wss s devistlon from the prevailing yoke Idea. Tbe pictured design carried suggestion of cost about collar nml revers to fsk the place of the usual yoke, while the lower part of the bodice h'.'tig in blouse plests and finished in a round belt This bodice wss In bright pnr- Ht jS f3 j,.- lunnJalc, a iove.y material wove a) silk and very fine wool. The revers west covered with puffed white lawn and wsm run with narrow violet velvet ribbon. Th double low at the neck wss espeetajb) pretty. The white taffeta inside bow waa attached to an inside stock of white ta feta covered with white lawa. To tit a figured stuff and not get tat difficulties in matching the figures rtsiuine a good degree of skill on tbe part of the dressmaker. In the remaining one of these bodices this danger was overcome, for it was close fitting, yet without die figuring duns. It was of lovely orana silk brocade, the figure in satin inst a shade lighter than the background. Tbe milliner's folds of satin were a shade dsrker than tbe background. Tbe one shade of ivory white that blends with all these strong yellows appeared in the yoke, which was made of by-tbe-yard tucked satin aDd was as pretty as could be. The sleeve caps in this ease matched the yoke, which was not adjustable in any sense. While women have clung closely to loo.-euess in fancy waists and house dresses, they have surrendered pretty gen erally to tightness for street and tailor dresses. Iteady made blouses became very plentiful, some of them atrociously made; in these facts, perhaps, lies the reason. Tight fit doesn't necessitate plainness,' however. Many tight bodices are extreme ly ornate, and even in tailor gowns a sur-. prising amount of trimming is employed without ary interference with the fit or with close following the figure's natural bees. A striking example othis was the right hand gown of the three shown here with. Of dark blue basket eloth, it was trimmed with shaped pieces of broadcloth of the same blue stitched heavily with red. FANCY BODICES. The arrangement and shaping of these broadcloth pieces were very clever, and the management of the stitching was adroit. The fichu-like finish at the shoul ders gave width to the figure, and yet con formed absolutely to fitted lines. The un-iler-arm pieces were planned to emphasize slenderness and curve, and the way the stit;hes run added to this effect. Note, too, the very careful and well planned use of the little braid edge; not enough to look patchy, just enough to emphasize detail. Another admirable feature was the sim plicity gained by omission of bands on the skirt, while rows of braiding suggested hairmouy with the bodice. Another of these desiens also accom plished free trimming without interfering with the fit. It was in dark red cheviot stitched in black. Its long pointed yoke was of fancy vesting run with a little bright red stripe on black, the petticoat INTERFERE WITii 1 IT. panel matching. Don't risk such a coa ttime unless you are absolutely sure at . your figure and your dressmaker, for the bodice must fit perfectly over the hipn, i and the sheath closeness of the skirt must uoi ie interfered with by the slit at th front. A Jacket is a popular part of the esrlr winter tailor rig. The reefer the ridlni habit, the blouse, all appear, but the ex. elusive and characteristic design of tbe season snows a tight Htting coat with shield front prolonged below the sides of the bodice. That Is the model remaining In the pictures. This jacket I quite a wonder of tailor work. Absolute accuracy I uc ary for that single breasted shield front widening to the arms at tbe cheat, thus giving width and military flatness te the upper figure. The Inlaid velvet cottar I a feature of many jacket, and alma) finish that does not interfere whb lit ev with oneness of color scheme le la esce lent severe taste. The cottum shown 'wm heavy green broadcloth, It cent lateaill for ceM weather. Copyright, 180. Nothing agea like Miiliieg. C,! '