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EED CLOUD CHIEF
A. C. HOSMER, Proprietor.
RED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA.
YOU.
If I could have my dearest wish fulullcd.
And take lay choice of ull earth's treasures,
too:
And ask from Ileavcn whatsoe'er I willed,
I'd ask for you.
ICo man I'd envy, neither low nor hifjh,
Nor king n castle old or palace new:
rd hold Golconda's mines less rich than I,
If I liad you.
Toil and privation, poverty and care.
Undaunted I'd defy, nor fortune woo;
Having my wife, no jewels else I'd wear,
IT she were you.
Little I'd care how lovely the might be.
How graced with every charm, how foad, how
true.
E'en though perfection she'd be nought to me
Were she not vou.
There is more charm for my true, loving heart
In every thing you think, or say. or do.
Than all the joys of Ileavcn could e'er impart,
He-cause it's vou.
A CLEVER SWINDLE!?.
Tho Cunning' Schemes of a Most
Accomplished Scoundrel.
Thirty years in the livery business
gives a man a varied experience and a
knowledge of men as well as horses.
I was standing in the door of my
stable one afternoon just at the close of
the civil war, when a medium-sd,
hunch-backed man walked up and in
quired if he could be accommodated
with a first class rig for a few days,
saying that he wished to investigate an
extensive tract of mineral land in that
and the adjoining county in the interest
of a large syndicate in the East. I
exercised the usual precaution of ask
ing his name, where he was from, and
if he could give me references. He
readily answered my two first queries,
but stated that he was aatranger in the
place, but had letters, and produced a
half dozen introductory epistles from
as many gentlemen of national reputa
tion. One was from our Congressman,
whose handwriting I knew, and an
other was from the Governor of our
State. It struck me that his credentials
were strongly worded, but my desire to
please so good a customer, and one
associating with the clile of the land,
induced my willing acceptance, and I
ordered out the finest double team we
had. In fact, it was the only pair in
the stable that pleased him, and, as he
seemed to have plenty of money and
proposed paying an exorbitant price. I
saw no reason why Mr. Albaugh should
not have the pleasure of riding behind
1113- eight hundred dollar bays. As he
took the lines preparatory to starting
he turned, with the air of a man who
has forgotten something, and inquired
if I wished a deposit, stating that he
might not return before the third day.
I replied in the negative, wished him a
prosperous trip and bade him good day.
1 watched them disappear with a
feeling of pride proud to be the pos
sessor of an outfit-pleasing a man of
such fastidious tastes, and proud to
know that my name was so well known
with those occup3'ing seats so high in
public life.
The third day came, and the fourth,
and still no return of my team. Leav
ing my business in the care of an em
ploye, I started in pursuit. At the
railroad station I received a dispatch
from a party inquiring it I had lost a
pair of horses; if so, to await further
particulars. I wired that 1 had, and
demanded information about them.
The next train brought the author of
the message, who was the exact image
of the man who had hired my team,
excepting the hunch-back; the man who
drove my team away was in this par
ticular very much deformed, while this
one was straight of build and differ
ently dressed. This similarity was eas
ily accounted for. The man who hired
jny horses was his twin brother, and an
accident in childhood had occasioned
the deformity and affected his mind.
At times he imagined himself the
possessor ot property; and, during
these periods of mental aberration would
occasion his friends much trouble and
anxiety. One of these spells had seized
him after leaving my stable, and he
concluded to drive to his home in Cin
cinnati. While en route to that point
the horses had taken fright at a moving
train and ran awa'. The buggy was
dashed to pieces. Albaugh was badly
injured and death ensued, as the under
taker's ccrtilicate testified. One of the
horses was killed and the other so
crippled that it had to be killed. This
was all told in such an earnest, plausi
ble manner that it carried conviction,
and when he begged to know how much
money would settle the unfortunate
affair, I was more than ever persuaded
of the genuineness of the man's story.
I answered that one thousand dol
lars would not have tempted me to part
with them.
"Under the circumstances," said he,
will you take that? I am sorry for you,
but could you know what a life that
brother has led me. and the money his
kleptomania has cost me, you heart
would pity me I know."
And to tell the truth, I did pity him.
He had turned from the burial of his
brother to pay for his brother's folly,
and his crushed spirits showed the an
guish of his feelings.
So I took the fellow's hand after re
ceiving the $1,000, and thanked him for
the gentlemanly manner in which he
bad tried to right his brother's wrong,
and we parted.
A few years later, I was attending the
fair at Louisville, and admiring the
beauty and speed of the fine horses ex
hibited on the track, when my atten
tion was directed to ft splendid pair of
bays drivc.i by a colored groom; they
looked so like the pair I had lost that I
took advantage of the first opportunity
to critically examine them, and from
certain peculiar marks soon satisfied
myself they were the identical pair of
horses the oily hunch-back had three
years before driven from my stable.
Finding the owner, I inquired of him
how lie came to find such beautiful
matches, and so like a familiar pair
that I once owned.
"I bought them in Cincinnati," said
he, "from an importer of blooded stock.
This was a picked pair from his impor
tation which he had reserved for his
special use; but urgent business calling
him to Europe, and not caring to leave
them in hired Jiands necessitated his
selling.
I bought the pair for 82.000, and
have many times been offered more
than double that money, but $ii.00U
would not tempt me. They have beau'y
and speed, and are to-day the fastest
double team in the. State."
"Could you describe the man from
whom you bought them?" I asked.
"Yos," said he, "the man from whom
I purchased was medium sized, appar
ently forty years of age, with hair
quite gray prematurely, I should
think and his ggftcral appearance
clerical. One would not have taken
him for a stockman. He was well in
formed and one of the most agreeable
conversationalists I ever met."
I explained my part in the history of
the horses and how I lost them. He
ignored my belief that they were the
same horses, but I brought forward
such overwhelming evidence in proof
of my ownership that hu agreed to sur
render. I paid him 01.000, the amount which
I received from the rogue, feeling that
he was the more injured of the two,
and received back my team, mutually
agreeing to spend another thousand, if
necessary, in bringing to justice our
i thief: for we were persuaded that the
hunch-back, the twin brother and the
clerical-looking person were one and
the same individual.
A minute description was given to
detectives in the various large cities of
our country: police reports were care
fully read, but nothing from our man
could be discovered. Finally, believing
that he had been picked up under some
assumed name and imprlsoucd, 1 had
almo.t allowed the matter to fade
from my mind, when one winter, my
health failing me, I heeded the advice
of my physician and went to Florida.
In St. Augu-tine I took board at a sort
of select hotel, patronized principally
by Northern families wintering there
for health and pleasure, and all of them
representatives of wealth. Among the
guests at the dinner table nry first
evening there, was a young lady of
rare beauty and engaging manners to
whom I was introduced as Miss Efiie
McKnight, the only daughter of a
widow from Baltimore.
Our landlady turned to the daughter
and said: "Miss Ellie, I have pleasing
news for you. Count Van Earl has
written, engaging rooms saying we
may expect him in a day or two."
At this announcement the count be
came the topic of conversation, and I
saw in the pleased smile which flitted
across. Miss Effie's face that the count's
coming interested her particularly; and
in the two days preceding his arrival,
I noted the eager interest she took in
every thing pertaining to him.
I have often thought that the pursuit
of any coveted object up to the very
eve of its possession is the most bliss
ful state of human existence; there is
nothing in the possessing of that object
that even approaches the dreamy, hope
ful, happy longing for the time to come
when the cherished idol of our hearts
will be ours to hold in contentment.
But this aside. Count Van Earl. I
learned, had not only an immense for
tune, but was heir prospective to an
extensive landed estate in England and
r Wales. He was an Oxford graduate
and had taken an extra course in Edin
burgh. His travels had taken in every
point of the compass, and he talked
like a book about the beauties of Sibe
rian wilds and the splendor of Oriental
skies; he had touched the mold and
must of ancient tombs, and walked
with the Turk among his modern
graves; in fact, this titled scion of no
bility was so promising an acquisition
to our select circle that it was not sur
prising to see an extra display of silver
on the table for the greeting of the
count.
I remember well the morning of his
arrival. My room opened fronting the
hall, and as he ascended tlic broad
stairway in company with his valet, 1
had a fair view of his face. It was the
face of my notorious swindler and thief:
a face that once seen could hardly be
forgotten, especially when the force of
circumstances had photographed it on
the memory, as in my case.
Xow here was a dilemma. This man
was society's pet and the affianced
husband of a beautiful and aristocratic,
lady, and I a stranger. But I resolved
to act, and act at once. So leaving the
house I sought and obtained an inter
view with a well-known detective who
earned the seal of authority, and ac
quainted him of the facts. Together
we returned to the house, and walked
boldly to the "count's" door. The
officer introduced himself by giving his
name, but not his business, and said:
"Here is an old acquaintance who
desires an interview."
"How do you do, Mr. Albaugh," said
I, "glad to see you."
"What do yon mean, sir," said he,
"coming into a gentleman's room in
this rude way? I am Count Van Earl,
sir; here is my card."
"And here is mine," 1 answered.
"You remember that team you hired
at my stable for a three days' drive. I
recovered it three years afterward,. and
now I want yen. Captain Bowen, to
take charge of this man;" and the
detective obeyed.
The rogue wilted at once and begged
to be shielded from exposure. The
affair had been so quietly worked that
when I went down and asked that din
ner be sent, to the count's room and ex
plained the rcn-on, it fell like a bomb.
Miss Ellie at firs:; spurned the idea of
his guilt; but the detective's shrewd
questioning secured such a confession
as to condemn him even in the mind of
his affianced, and she refused to see him
again.
That night he was quietly removed,
but while in the care of a deputy officer,
who was guarding him, he "managed
to escape, and was never again, seen or
heard of by me. He was without
doubt, the most accomplished scoundrel
on sea or land, and if living to-day is
sailing under brilliant colors some
where. Yankee Blade
COOKING AS AN ART.
The derating; Inltiuvicc of Domentic Outlet
Well Performed.
No fair-minded person, looking at
the subject through the clear medium
of reason, would say there was any
thing dishonorable in cooking, and
there is surely nothing that indicates
moral perversity in the acts of sweeping,
dusting and washing dishes. There is
noMiingin housework that vitiates the
moral or weakens the physical system.
And yet housework is the very employ
ment that working girls slum as if it
were pollution; the work which all
native-born American women regard
us a disgrace.
If the :;kill required in doing a class
of work may be taken as a standard of
its respectability, then surely cooking
is a respectable as telegraphing, or
book-keeping, or type-writing. Cook-
ing is a chemical process and the good
cook should know as much of the con
stituents with which she deals their
chemical atliuities the proportions in
which they should be mixed, and their
reactions upon each oth-.r, as the I cheek." A". O. Picayune.
chemists knows about his sails and j VJj,.lv is your home?" asked a
acids in his laboratory. It takes well- I man of a disconsolate-looking stranger,
nigh as much skill to manage a stove j I haven't any home at present," was
as it does to manage a chemist's retort. the nq)h "My wife's mother is mak
Cooking. rightly considered, is a mys- . jnir Jr x visit." Sowncrvillc Journal.
terious alchemy, a field of occult
science into which no untrained novice
should thrust her awkward
hands. ,
Down with the uneducated cook! There j "We'll probably be members of a ballot,
is poison in her baking-pan and death my iar."Xebraskit Slate Journal.
beneath her pie cnist. Raspberry jam is made in Boston
The good cook is the promoter of of glucose, gelatine, hayseed, aniline
peace in families, the friend of virtue, dye, and rotten butter. The consumer
the handmaiden of pict How can the should be made of cast-iron with a cop
priest mount his pulpit stairs with right J per lining. Alia California.
feeling towards God and man with his j First Little Girl "O, I do hate to
amateur cook's dyspeptic biscuit in his rip. Mamma wants :ne to rip this old
stomach? The. poor cook is the one dress all up.' Second Little Girl (who
general enemy of mankind. Fed upon boards) "Win- don't your mamma
her handiwork, the poet's airy dreams send the dress to a laundry?" Cu"
dissipate in nightmares, the statesmen's ' caqo Tribune.
schemes of statscrafc degenerate into A tramp is making $.;9 a month in
school-boy fancies, and the hitherto Indiana 1)3 feeling babies' heads and
victorious General marches his veteran predicting that they will grow up to be
army to defeat. great preachers, poets and statesmen.
But, in all seriousness, cooking is an It just tickles theirfond mothers almost
art that requires long practice ami to death,
much natural aptitude. This is a fact j POPULAR PHRASE.
that is recognized oy men wnose bust- I
r.ess Iargelv con-ysts in cooking, and OtmpfOe lustration or -Cominc oat of
. , - ., . , . , ., ' the Little Enl r the Horn."
the cooks of the great hotels of the ' , . - .- .i
country are p;uu as much salary as '
f, -1 i i I
our collcm imjsnlents. And vet, cook-
intr engine tt nn tin ono ortifttt tl tli
Uh t-llli VW Jj .rf "HU 4tVWIU t 'I tail
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Yankee Made.
UNDERGROUND WONDERS.
gubterranean i.akc Connected by a strong lows: upon a tree, whose branches ex-c-ontiniious
Current. , tend to each side of the picture, hangs
At Zirknitz. in the Austrian Alps, by a red belt with gold tassel an enor
there is an intermittent lake, that is a nious curved horn, the ends upwards,
basin which at one season of the year At the extreme left stands a man with
is filled with water, at another is dried black velvet flat cap. and surcoat
up and cultivated by the farmers of trimmed with fur, rough, and gold
the neighborhood. The imperial for- chains on the breast. He is snperin
ester has just examined the construe- tending the action 7f a man attired in
tion of that basin and found in one a purple doublet, profusely slashed,
part of it an immense cave called Kar- wJio wears a large felt hat and a cloak,
lovca, which, when the surface of the with a dagger in his girdle, and is en
water in the basin has reached a ccr- gaged in thrusting into the large end
tain height, begins sucking up the Gfthe horn an unfortunate wretch,
water until the basin is enqny-. This whose trunk and legs (the latter loosely
cave leads to a long series of under- bound together with a rope, the end of
ground lakes, all connected with one which is held by the gold-chained gen
another by a continuous current. The tleman) are inverted, and arc the
forester navigated the first five of them, j only portions of the body visible
Immense fields cf sand and gravel ac- at that part of the picture. But
cumulate and alternately stop the cur- ht the little end of the horn,
rent or are carried off by it. The roof aUout six feet away as the crow
of the caves in which this system of fiies (or across the radius of this in
waters is located at many places comes strument of torture), but nine feet
down very low, almost touching the aioug the curved surface, appear the
water, and in such places the moving unhappy head and one arm of the vie-
(ji,..1,iUuliill..1ul.,Hij t.i?3- urn. ai inc rigtiv sianus a man ciau
age and cause the waters to rise in the only in a shirt and ragged coat, wring
higher cave. The forester, with three ing his hands with a woe-begone exures
eompanions. was in one of the lakes sion depicted in his countenance. On
when the entrance was suddenly closed a black ground at the bottom of the
by a mass of rubbish tumbling down picture is the inscription: "This horn
from the roof. For more than eight cmblemehcrcdothshoweofovertishipp
hours they worked as hard as they t what harme doth growc from comeing
could until they succeeded in opening out tlic little ende thereof." Oa either
a passage by the side of the -main en- side of the tree are the words in semi
trance, which was happily still found gothic character: "ThcSeaofTrubblc."
diy, and they were enabled to reach Above the head of the personage in
the surface unharmed. But their boat the velvet cap is the citation: "Psalms
ind tools were left behind, and will be
recovered again after the water shall
have subsided. Christian at Work.
Got Used to Him.
Happy Man (o widow of three hus
bands) Whom shall I ask to perform
tne cercmouv, darling? That matter,
of course, I shall leave to 3011.
Widow (hesitatingh) Well, dear, I
haven't aii3 ver-particular preference,
although I've alwavs had the Rev. Mr.
Goodman. A" Y. Sun.
"I have a girl," sa3-s a Jerseyman,
"that's so modest she wouldn't even
learn improper fractions in school."
"My girl is more modest than that,"
retorted another, "she always goes into
the next room to change her mind."
mum
American wine firms import about
half a million dollars' worth of chain
paign corks every year.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A great many people are troubled
with disease of the I's. Pack.
Kind wuds er pleasant toe de eah,
hut meal makes hoceake. Judge.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
nothing so gentle as real strength.
The further a man getsaway from a
dollar the bigger it looks. Yonkers
CO
Statesman.
December comas in like :i silent
partner in a plumbing establishment.
Lowell Courier.
The majority of people are most
generous when they have nothing to
give. Whitehall Times.
South America has an umbrella
bird. It must be famous for dying away
and not returning. Puck.
The contributor who scarcely hopes
that his MS. will prove available usu
ally has good judgment. Puck.
A rightcr of wrongs is, a rule, even
more poorly paid than a writer of
poetry. Xeio Haven News.
One can not make a favorable im
pression by treading on another malt's
heels. Drake" s Magazine.
Some men ah so shifless dey ud
waittwell day wuz thustv befo' diggin'
a well. Jud-jc.
A 3'oting man whose father's name
is Smith. calls himself Smyth for short.
Drake's Magazine.
It is said that the bustle is going
out ot fashion and the blanket news
papers are vcr3 much concerned.
As between the cigarette and the
grade crossing it is an opm question
which is the more fatal. Piila lelpliia
Inquirer.
It is said that a lawyer can lay
down the law, but that is the only thing
he once gets hold of that he is ever
willingto lav down. . Y. Ledger.
When a man see a football match
for the first time he thinks it is two
base ball teams having their inning
with the umpire. Yirtccrs Statesman.
Giving uoth:ng3'ourelf ami asking
others to contribute to a monument is
; what might be called "monumental
Sentimental young huh- "I won
der where we will be a hundred vears
from now?"' I'raetieal vimm l:ntv
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discovered m a country shop at Rich-
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mond. Surrev, England, from which, it
1( - . 1
s supposed, this saving originated.
It
measures eighteen inches l- twenty
two inches long, is in a good state of
preservation, and is described as fol-
37. 2G: But he is ever merciful and
lendeth and hissede enjoyeth the bless
ing." The wearer of the gold chain
is probabh the sheriff, poosibh the
creditor, who has brought the poor
fellow- who was so foolish as to under
take sureteship, bound to the tormen
tor. He is putting him through the
horn, with elongates, and compresses
him in a most distressing fashion.
Whether the beggarly man, who is
wringing his hands, is the debtor him
self after his passage through the horn,
or one of his impoverished family,
there are no means of determining.
The picture, a mo3t graphic illustra
tion, at least, of the proverb, "Coining
out of the little end ex the horn," is in
a good state of preservation, though it
is thought to be upwards of two Tiun
dred years eld. lhe name of the artist
is unknown. Johannes Factotum, in
SL Limit Globe-Democrat,
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Bundles of cornstalks make good
banking for the cellar.
Salt dissolved in alcohol will re
move grease spots from cloth.
New oak barrels should not be u-ed
for vinegar, as the tannin contained m
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th things that lie closest to our daily
life and necessities.
Cracker Mince Pie: Three crackers
rolled line, two eggs, one cupful sugar,
one cupful molasses, one-half cupful
water, one-half cupful butter, one-half
cupful vinegar, spice to taste, and rai--ins.
This makes three pies. Toledo
Made.
Prof. Roberton. of Canada, claims
that cream raised by the deep cold
process produces a butter that is less
highly tlavorcd when first made, and
is. in fact, often insipid at that time,
but its flavor increases with age, and is
at its best when several weeks old.
Pickled 03'stcrs: Binse the iister3
in their liquor, strain it upon them,
and let them come to a boil: take them
out of the liquor to cool. Prepare ci
der vinegar bv boiling it with peppers,
a little salt, mace, cloves and nutmeg,
and when cold pour it over the 03-ster.s
and keep them in a covered stone jar.
Boston Budget.
One of the cheapest and best modes
of de.-tro3ing insects in pot plants is to
invert the pot ami dip the plants for a
few seconds in water warmed to '.'50
degrees. A German paper, referring
to this plan, sa's that the azalea will
stand l'i'J degrees without iivjurv-. Usu
ally heat the water pretty well, and
pour in cool until ISO degrees i
reached. Brooklyn Eagle.
(Jinger Snap: One large cup b:it-tcr-and
lard mixed, one coffee 'v.t su
gar, one cup molasses, one half cup
water, one tablespoiiiiul ginger, one
tablespooufttl cinnamon, one table
spoonful cloves, onetablespoonful -oda:
dissolve in hot water, ilonr for stiff
dough. Rollout rather thinner than
sugar cakes, ami hake quiekl-. liieso
ginger snaps will keep for weeks if
locked up. Exchange.
grassnd'clover.
Sustentions Kel.'itinc to Karl See.tlnj; ami
the Jlamllii.tc of Seft.
I adopted the rule of early sowing
about ten years ago. after having made
Mime disastrous failures from late .sow
ing. Fanners on clay html can not de
pend on harrowing in the spring for not
more than once in three or four ycas
will the land get dry enough to harrow
before the wheat is too large to have a
harrow pass over it. I think more than
half the fanners in the countiy will teil
you that clover seed sown early will be
killed b3 freezing, and 3'et a little in
vestigation would show that there is
more danger of late sown clover being
killed, for the simple reason that there
has been no freeze to cover it. and its
sprouts lie directly on the surface, and
on account of not being covered it Marts
soemcr than the seeil which was sown
earlier and has been wil covered by
frost.
In regard to the handling of seed
clover, we can not 1.13' down a set of
rules which are never to be deviated
from. There is no difiieultv whatever i
in hulling ti.e mammoth clover from
the field, as it is cut tiie last of Jim or
first of August, when the ihn-s are long
and the sun hot, and two or three days
will dry it out perfectly after the heavi
est rain. With the medium or common
red clover which must often be threshed
as late as October, threshing from the
field is ver3 uncertain and unsatisfae
tor3 and in a neighborhood where near-I3-every
farmer grows clover seed, and
machines are scarce, the fanner will
often lose his crop unless he stacks it
or puts it under cover. In the fall of
188t there were thousands of acres of
clover cut for seed iu a radius of imx
miles of nn- farm, and not threshed at
all, because the machines could not gci
around to it. Often a machine could
not run until after noon on account of
hcavj dews followed by a cloiuh morn
ing; and a light rain, if followed by
cloudy weather, would keep the ma
chine idle for two or three da-s. I
should have lost 1113- little crop of ix
acres if I had not stacked it, but hav
ing it stacked and perfectly thy. the
machine came and we ran it through
before the dew had dried off 0:1 tne
neighboring farm where the closer
was in tl.eswath.
There is no difficulty in str.ehieg
clover so as to keep the water out. hue
the stack must be covered with s.mi t
other material. Cany the sides of 3 oiir
stack up peifecth- straight and build
the stack square at the ends. Make is
011I3- twelve feet wide and as long .-: is
neccsaiy, and top it out with a lnpu
toward the prevailing winds. Then hu
nt the top and also at the lower edge :i
four b3" four studding and put a boar I
roof on it, the boards hing directly "i
the clover and being nailed lighth- to
the studding. Arranged in this way
clover will keep dry and the huller ca't
come directh after a rain and thtv.-U
while your neighbor waits for his to
dry. It will probably be cheaper and
better in the long run to build barr.ic.vs
convenient to the barn yard, so the
clover straw can be run into the ail
and then the barracks can be fi'.h-d
with corn fodder for winter ue. Such
barracks need have no floor except a
temporary one or rails or poles to keen
the clover or fodder from the ground,
and can be used to shelter the tools
temporarily in the summer, or for driv
ing under with a load when a sudden
lain comes up. It will also be ve:y
convenient for curing ont beans or
broom corn or any of the catch crops
grown on the farm. W. F. JJroxn, in
Country Gentleman.
POINTS FOR LADIES.
Some La to Xoveltlei In tire.i Coo.U, Fn-x
ami Cofy .I.w.-Iry.
A little brooch in shape of a 1 mW
violet of grayi.-di purple eiia-u.-: and
with a tiny diamond Hs a deu-in.i
upon one of the petals U the favorit
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of jewels and are shown formin- tl..
u.:lvt. of flowers fr j.,,.,,
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Ultijrw.-.? .. w. iH'llliVb
tud ont-i-
mentai hairpins. They are in :.,
shades of blue, green, red and t.q.a
colors, and when formed into tinner
have usually a small brilliant x :n
center.
Buckles are vciy much worn. eo:r
ing in all styles of pearl, metal an .
enamel to confine the ribbon thnt de
fines the waist of long. French e r
sages. Some are very elaborately
ornamented. and most of them ar
long and narrow in shape. Tiro-. si:
with rhine-stones are not much worn.
The fashion of wearing maty silw
bangles has returned, but at present
none of them are hung with pendant
or show much diversity of de-igu. the
ten or fifteen which it is noces-.tiy to
wear to be supcr-chie being siinph
alternately plain and twisted silver
wires which slip over the hand an.l
clatter loosely about the wrist.
The tendency is strongh- towards as
increased masculinitv in dress, and
even at concerts and at the theater the
3'ounger girls and debutantes dress :i
the severest fashion with cape coats,
plain felt hats, whose only trimming is
ribbon bows, and English walking;
gloves, made of heavy kid. with broad
stitchings on the back in a contrasting
color.
White cloth with Turkish embroidery
of gold is used for dress bonnets, being
emphyed usualh" as the soft rrnwti of
poke shapes, with dark velvet edging
the front, as golden brown velvet, terra
cotta, or the shade called golden-green
To show the variety there is in c.i i
nations this white and gold cloth i
seen on London bonnets forming th-
draped front, while the crown is ot
black lace drawn on wires and left
transparent.
Bonnet pins to hold the strings in
place, and those thrust in the hair at
the back to keep the bonnet firm, aiv
veiy elaborate in design. One of tin s
latter was of blond shell, and tTie
elaborately carved head was eruste I
with tin3 diamonds. It was worn with
a theater bonnet of wine-colored velvet
trimmed with black lace, and with
black lace strings fastened under the
chin with diamond bees.
Garnets are very popular since tin
Bohemian soety presented a set to
Mrs. Cleveland which was made to
order in Bohemia. They are set as
bangles, pendants, long clasp pin,
buckies and upon gold-linked bands an
inch wide, that clasp closcl around
the throat. Some of them are very
richly colored, ,he3 light up well at
night and are extremely effective when
worn with costumes of black lace or
Brussels net
The rage for fur has grown such
an extent that at a recent Englis.t wed
ding the bridesmaids wore gowns ofv
white velvet cordurov trimmed withKr
I otter fur. The bride's dress was of
white broadcloth looped over a skirt of
white velvet which wasdeeph bordered
with the same sort of fur. At after
noon teas the hostesses wear tea gowns
j of pale mauve, pink, old blue or white
bordered with hnx fur. This rage for
fur is the result of the craze in Pari?
for eveiy thing Russian, which extends
into eveiy department; of fashionable
life and effects tho styles of equipage
and the servants' liveries as well as the
mistresses' gowns.
A charming dress worn lateh- at an
afternoon tea had a skirt of white r.ioinr
which was trimmed with applique gold
braid, which comes made up in pat
terns reaihr to be applied. This was a.
foot and a half deep and of a pattern
which formed long points going up
ward. The drapery was Gobelin-blue
cashmere, extremely full, drawn high
on the left side, and with very rich,
thick folds. The bodice was of cash
mere, the right side gathered on the
shoulder and hipped diagonally- to this
waist line, the left side being smooth,
of white moiro braided with gold.
There were narrow white cull's of the
moire, but the gold braiding w:is deep
and readied nearly- to tho elbow. With
it were worn Gobelin-bhie gloves and a
toque of the same shade of moire,
covered with a stiff gold net and bor
dered with a narrow band of black
ostrich feather trimming. The wrap
was r Gobelin-blue plush trimmed with
oassementerie. A". J". World.
A New Idea In Rins.
A leading jeweler in town his solved
an idea for rings this seasoa which L
destined to inspire coveU-.tsm-ss. if it
has never beeir inspired before, in the
female breast Of course, nothing tva
be done to him for thus setting lovely
women by -the cars; there is no lau
that can reach his case that I know of:
therefore all we can do is to submit
gracefully and make some sweei.
creature ecstatically' happy by givl:i g
her a "tripartite" ring. The saying
that two's a company and three's a,
crowd must be regarded as altogether
fallacious in the matter of rings. This
one in particular, at all event" consist
of three separate circles, each set witli
a row of five diamonds, saupb-res,
rubies, the red. white, and blue form
ing a mn3t brilliant combination. It
wouldn't be wise to say jusfc hov.
effective these three indepc-ndent
clusters are on a pretty hand, because
every: girl can not have such a fuelling;
present, and the majoritv of iXorallo
uiviuiiy muss oe contented m wear
some other stvles. Neverthell
triplets" is quite the gem ofthis rin
ivuix-iuuc 01 year. jsatitm xizrald.
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