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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1902)
I M ., fi V 'i' w I' (KJbJCeg3CC3g2g'ggg ti J? Up-to-Date Sofa Pillows. The newest sofa pillow covering Is of velvet or suedo ornamented with nppllquc designs In leather of con trasting tones. A moss-green velvet In nppllqued with the rich-hucil disks of the sunflower marked by the pyro graph with brown shadings. Foliage And stems arc also burned. A poppy design In red and anode has a back ground of tan-colored suede. Pictur esque heads cut from leather and brought Into relief by the pyrograph's etchings aro also appllqued on suede. Both sides of the pillows are of Via leather laced closely with thongs at the sides and decorated at the cornets with leather tassels. Colored suede skins tanned whole ore as popular as ever for table co'cr Ings and sofa plflows. but are less fre quently thnn formerly decorated with the pyrograph and brush. Two of the skins are used for n pillow, which is laced between them with leather thongs nnd the extra length nnd breadth of the leather Is lolt hunting loose. Often these Irregular sides niu slashed Into fringe. Some Gown Effects. A pale-green zlbellne has a long skirt richly nppllqued at the top and down the lint seams with broadcloth of the samo hue. The contrast In material Is decidedly smart. The bodice has blouso fronts garultured with folds of panne velvet of a deeper green overshot with black baby velvet ribbon. These fronts open over a vest of white chiffon done In soft folds and 6pangled In silver nnd strapped with black velvet ribbon an Inch wide. A distinguished street costume, re cently from Paris, In steel gray cam el's hair, Is'nppllqucd In a very light shade of the same material. A black broadcloth has a blouse heavily embroidered In Persian de signs and colors. The skirt is np pllqued In black zlbellne, elaborately stitched. Tho sleeves are of the broadcloth, nppllqued near the shoul der with the zlbellne, with the lower fullness confined in a band embroid ered in the Persian design nnd colors. Peculiar Combination. One of tho new nnd pretty flat neck ruffs Is composed of white plaited chiffon rulilos that fall pracefully about tho shoulders. This Is not pe culiar. Hut tho long ends arc. They are composed of latticed corda (soft, heavy cords aro bigger than one's little finger) that aro caught together with little tufts of white chenllo showing threads of block. Lest this fall In a Jumble at tho foot there's a broad ruftlo of white taffeta. It Is edged with big balls of black-marked white chenllo. All these combina tions sound peculiar, but when they arc the result of skilled designing and workmanship most of them nro as pleasing as they aro novel. Most of CLOTH GOWNS Tho first gown Is of drab home spun. The skirt Is plaited In tho back, plnln In front. The blouse, gath ered In front, plnln In the back, has n double basque, the under one of the cloth, tho other of deep violet velvet ornamented with buttons. This basque Is attached under the girdle, which is of the velvet. Tho blouse fastens a. little on one side, under a band of tho velvet ornamented with buttons nnd cut with little straps, also fastened with buttons. Th shoulder collar 13 of white silk, trimmed with wide band3 of tho vel vet almost covering it. The llttlo nquaro yoke Is of guipure, tho stand ing collar trimmed with a bias band of the white silk, bordered with vet vet, which forms a point In front and continues on round tho neck, A band of velvot finishes the top of tho col lar. The sleovo Is plaited at tho top, lull at the elbow, whero It Is gathered ZSgSv" '"Tv??-sc-1&kra ing.7&n w&TH xrv &im jmm JViJV" a 4 sri-Jw k WV1 iTT TC--5 V " W .)?vT1fcAr!TlWiPi3MlGk2ft2SSka jejmw YJin3'j-"vw"',iMnr-. )' w rwm txsv mwmSoM 3.yl WtW ' 'V I r.ecdeil them Paris. nro Importations direct from Silk Evening Gloves, elbow sleoes of the summer all womankind to take an In In silk gloves and openwork So we all laid in a stinnlv of Tho foi eed teiest mitts. them, nnd most of us hne them yet an fresh as oer, for when the ther mometer was below 70 degrees wo PRETTY GOWNS The ilrst gown Is of pearl gray crepe de chine. The skirt has a deep hlpoke composed of tdinpcd bands of the mateilal, and falls In the form of a long tunic over an underskirt, also of the crepe de chine, the edges of euch finished with a band of gill puie. The blouse Is composed of the fitted, or shaped bands, over which tlieie Is a bolero Hlmllnrly made and edged with guipure. The sleeves are niado to correspond and are finished with cuffs of the guipure, of which the collar Js also made. The cravat Is of narrow black galloon, nnd tho gir dle Is of black velvet ribbon, knotted In tho back with long ends. The see- FROM PARIS. Into a deep cuff of the violet velvet. The other gown, of mouse gray cloth. Is worn by Mile. Mltzy-Ualtl of tho theatre de 1'Odeon, in the first net of "Monsieur lo Directeur." Tho skirt Is plaited all around except In front, where It Is plnln, forming a sort of tnbllcr. The plaits are stitched down In three places, thus forming three wide bands of lint stitched plaits, be tween which they open out uud again at the bottom. The blouso Is covered with a shoul der collar or pcplum, which extends over tho glrdlo and down to tho hem of tho gown in the back, forming a box plait. In front it forms a sort of blouso plastron, embroidered In tho same shade ns tho gown and fastened at tho top with a passementerie ornament. Tho sleeve Is plaited at the top, tho plaits opening out to form a largo puff gathered into an erabrold ored cfift. Lo Luxe. -- ff- -fltti M iwk M fill ,;A unmet I work, even if It was In August. Uut take comfort! We may even yet wenr those expensive mitts. Word conic from Pnrls that tho fancy Bilk glovo Is considered smart for dressy Indoor occasions. I.ndliw abroad like them far better than tho long white kid glove. To prevent n chceso from becom ing hard and dry keep It wrapped In u cloth wrung out In light ale or water, except during the short time dally when It appears on tho table. FOR WEDDINGS. ond gown Is of pink pongee. Tho skirt Is finished with a shnped llouuce headed by a band of guipure, In which a band of golden brown velvet ribbon is run. Above this is a group of tucks, ornamented in front with a row of gold buttons. Tho bodice Is In the form of a bolero plaited over tho hhouldets and bordered with tho gui pure and velvet. The plastron Is also of guipure, tho velvet run in the collar, unit is finished at the point with u knot of velvot, the ends of which nro finished with passemen terie balls or tassels. The blouso Is plaited pink tnoussclino do sole, as nro nlso tho sleovo puffs. The glrdlo is of the brown velvot. Welncr Chic. Dress Economy. "I havo made tho subject of how to make clothes last n study," says a society woman, "and It Is surprising how much dlfforcnco it makes how n gown Is donned. It should be put on slowly nnd carefully. A little pull or Jerk each time It Is put on soon ruins the best of gowns. "Never use pins. They not only tear tho fabric, but nro uncertain at all times. Do not economize, on dress makers. If you can't afford good ma terial and a good dressmaker also, economize on the former. One dress well made Is better than half a dozen poorly, made. In conclusion, buy ns good material ns you can. Havo It made by a good dressmaker, thou tako plenty of tlmo to get Into It. "When you nro in it, havo respect for this dress. Walk with a quiet, even stop; glvo It a good chnuco nnd It will do something for you. Remember thnt the best of gowns, like the garment of righteousness, must bo well worn." Race for Fur. This Is n good season to utilize tho old fur boa which you havo been sav ing so carefully. Fur Is used every where and anywhere, and a llttlo of It ns trimming will glvo a smnrt touch to tho homomade gown, cape or hat. A heavy band of fur just above tho llotinco of tho skirt Is especially styl ish. It may look as if you had Just fastened your last year's boa around your knees, Instead of at the neck, but a glance at the best show windows will assure you that you are In tho fashion. Jhc'cCatest Jdeas from Paris Tho flare Is entirely eliminated from tho skirt of tho now walking suit. Somo dressy winter waists aro of panne velvet with olaborato trim mings of Irish lace. Full-blown pink roses form one of the most charming of tho now band' tlrmmlngs. Pink taffeta, mink and Irish crochet lace aro employed In the making of a "dream" of a now hat. A pretty all-whlto hat In French sailor shapo Is of heaver folt with trimmings of whlto grapes. Matorlals of n reasonably heavy weight aro r.ll linod with soft silks now, but for diaphanous stuffs like chiffon, not, cropo do chine, etc., taf- tola, is still used :iriemm by sending tliom DWELL DEEP Dwell dorp' The ttil! thins Hint cbafi tlucll deep' 1'nrrjio Ibrt pleasure If It and fret, hrhiK O wustn not roIiIoii tioiirs lo rHc llirin KpkIccI f duly. eonrrrnti rnrh IiitiI! IIioiikIiI, The nlKtit, flic HioiirIuIi'h nuihir. do Hi lleve limit In tho Rood of everything, ttioit fnrKcl, And Inmt that nil unto llm wIhi-ri mil Tit Holf-fnraot In orln other' need. li wottnhl Thou rnltli In (tod tliinunh low- fur limn HrltiK thou thH comfort unto nil wlw Mllillt kivp weep Dwell deep, nij siiill dwell diepl Dwell deep, my until, dwelldeep' Jultie.i lllli'liiinnn. " THEVlisSAQE FROM THE MOUNTAIN llv llliANl'lIK (lltKY .lOltDAK (Cniirrltflit, HV, j It had been day ami she ittich n trying, wearing wan so weary, no until- It was a blank, blank terahly tired. wall she faced and today her courage would not respond to her effoits. The weight of her nlTlletlon wuh m heavy and she so longed for lost. Years of gray monotony uud dependence stretching their soluble lengths beforo her. Years of dull Inaction nnd chnngoh'ss, level existence. Her tied. her Invalid chair, her roomhow her horizon hail narrowed. And It had ap peared bo broad, so beautiful, so glow Ing. Two hot, searing tenrs stole from between tho fringes of her eyes ns she thought that but for that fateful ride she should even now be realiz ing the most luxurious d renin of her life; ho should bu wandering through the memory nilntH of rich old Italy, finding on objective answer to (huso years of hard, ambitious preparation, which she had made, alio should rev el In the fact that for two years longer there would be nothing to do but to open her eyes nnd her heart to tho Impressions which travel would give nnd to storo Uioho Impressions nwuy to he metamorphosed later and touch tho minds of others through her songs ond stories. Surely If she had been broadened by this experience tho small success which had met her pre vious work would have been warm and triumphant and she would hove gained that place In the affections of a people that her ambition nnd her yearning lovo dcBlrcd. But It was gone now. The luscious dream hnd fallen Into nshes. Long, long years! Bleak, colorless yenrs! And alio so young! Her life thus nipped and marred Just ns It wns opening Into fullest rosehood. Tho dull heaviness of It all oppressed liar heart until tho tears wero weighted down and, stooped In utter life weari ness, she turned her head toward tho window, and gazed where tho pallid November sunset sank listlessly Into the west. Slightly toward tho Bouth. whore tho yollow hung most clear, a wooded hill aroso, tho bluish tenderness of the haze, which dlstanco loves to fold around all objects, clinging softly about Its base, though tho trees on the summit shook back their vestments and, bare-armed and dark, raised their many hondB In striking silhou ette, as If performing their evening snprlflcp. Onlv a nart of this hill and that part framed on cither Bldo by buildings near at hand, could be viewed from tho window whore she reclined, but there was enough to ense her eyes and her mind nnd to emanate n mighty vibration of peace that softly, gently, Imperceptibly began to roll as incense over that unhappy heurt.,- Si lently, unconsciously it diffused Its soothing benuty through her thoughts and changed their bitterness Into ten der melancholy. Gradually she felt her soul responding to the scene. A deep religious exaltation awoke In her breast, a strange, beautiful yearning, groping peace, a sensntlon that was a prayer, a longing thnt wns an apoca lypse. And llfo wns new. This was the beginning of an ah Borblng pcrsonnl love which tho girl learned to feel for that bit of wooded .hill. It was different from the lovo she felt for picture or other Inanimate object. Indeed tho hill was not Inan imate to her. It possessed a soul, a mighty soul, and It ctood beforo her as -somo strong, beautiful priest that was to purify her heart for perfect lovo of Nature and for tho Spirit that quickens and Is mnnitoBt In Nature. Kvcry morning sho longed for her first gllmpso of It ns some earnest souls long for tho moment of secret prayer. Every ovonlng she could not It was a message to her. permit tho lights to be brought until tho last vestige of color had faded away and tho hill had resolved Itself Into shadows. She learned to watch Its varying moods and to rojolco in each of thorn. A bond of mutual understanding drew the two together. Tho girl caught tho emotions of this bit of naturo nnd learned to find in them tho Interpre tation of hor tf"- self, Sometimes a trembling lino of smoke would rise from tho homes bo- tho' CliioT'' l)llj Story I'uli Co.) tweeti her and the little upland nnd her eyes would swell with teats of love for earth'n Immunity. Sometimes n storm of wind nnd rain would rage above Its Htimmlt and she would see it n llimnesn grow more stately and majestic ns II stood In si lent ucceptutlou or wiiat God snw fit to semi. Hometlmen through the powdered violet of twilight clouds she would see the evoultig utnr blaze out above Us forehead and her soul would drop lo Its knees In Intensity of woruhlp. Unconsciously the noble serenity of Its being grew Into her own life and "I have found my work ana my llfo Is rich and full." ihe became a blessing and an Inspir ation to every friend and acquaint ance. The young gravitated to her room for happy chnts for sho and the hill loved sunshine; the old came there for peaceful talks, for sho and the hill loved twilight. Gradually a broader culture spread through her circle, for one lived one's highest when In the presence of these two. who kept their faces so firmly turned toward tho puior light of Heaven. Once she grew very 111, and It seemed that she must leave, but as she lay weak and powerless a little neighbor's boy came. He pleaded and wan admitted, and, standing tim idly beside the bed, ho laid u bunch of trailing arbutus upon the pillow as ho i saui, i iouiki u on tno nut mat you ( can see from vour window." It wau can see from your window." a message to her and she knew that her work was yot unfinished. Then, when sho grow stronger again, with the pcarllsh tlntlngs of those dainty blossoms still a part of her soul, with the porfumo llko tho fnlntest sigh of an angel, still upon her, bho wrote her first nature poem, not for fame this time, but from tho necessity of lovo. Tho mother found It and sent it nWny ami when It met the eyes of a public they caught the rcfieshlng, pungeiiL ulr of truth to nature and they cuught tho dollcnto breathing of beauty exquisite. Happy work then followed, nnd when fume came soon thereafter it was sweeter to the girl because It came us the benediction of the hill. Ono day u "sweet girl friend had come for sympathy In a new found happiness. It seemed to enuoblo und sanctify her lovo still moro to confess to this gentle priestess and to fool Uiceo poet fin'gors upon hor hair. At last sho raised her fuce, tho blushes still showing warm In the sunset's afterglow. "You aro gaining strength, dear heart, nnd somo tlmo you, too, will lovo. But how gentle nnd true and noble must bo tho prince to chain your heart." Softly came the reply. "I thlnt not, dear. 1 have found my work, und my life Is rich nnd full." Her other hand dropped upon her latest book of poems, that which she called ".Tho Soul of a Hill," and as her eyes, glowing with faith and peace and deep serenity, turned through evening's grayness toward a wooded upland, sho murmured In beautiful contentmont, "And 'Naturo never did Ivtruy the heart, that loved her.' " Little Leaf From the Past. Joseph S. White of Now Castle, Pa., bas a relic of log cabin days In New Castlo In tho shapo of an agreement mado between Daniel Henderson nnd John Dickey in 180C. It is as follows: "Memorandum of agreement made between John Dickey and Daniel Hen derson, wltncBsoth, that tho said Hen derson doth promise and agree to and with tho said Dickey to deliver on tho bank of the Shenango at his, Hender son's house, 40 logs, howed In com ploto and workmanlike manner, each log to bo at least olgnt Inches In faco et tho top and to be delivered In. two months from tho date hereof, and In consideration hereof Dickey Is to pay to Henderson three shillings a log for each log 18 feet long, in witness wo havo hereunto set our bunds In faith of tho above agreoment." Tho signatures follow with Craw ford Whlto ns witness. Love inquires a perfect digestion. Even then It may swallow many things it will never be able to digest. Wi NWt'ii Cloud merchants. WHAT HE WANTED 8AVED. His Property Wac Burning But Appe tlte Was Uppermost. "Tho tnlleut. mini 1 ever saw," said n mini from Kentucky, "wns Jim Por ter, who used to bo ii noted character o.i the Ohio when I was a boy. Ho was seven feet right Inches, nntl the most awkward, worst put together man that ewr lived. When he stood up his huge knotted hnmlH dangled below his knees. Ills Joints wero four times tho sl.e they ought to havo been, uud he was altogether n Hort of walk ing senrecrow, not at nil overburdened by gray matter in his mansard, but good-natured, n good eater and per fectly hnnuless. About the only thing ho owned wns it smnll Interest In the steamer Nathan Hale, und tho Inst tlmo 1 snw him wns tho night she burned In tho river at Shlpplngsporti Jim wns In town, drunk ns usual, when she caught lire, but somebody carried tho news to ti t in nnd he put out for the liver at once. He had a small wugon, an itnder-sled horse, nnd a tlwnrf of a man who always drovo for him. We could hear him bellowing lor half a mile before he emtio in sight. Then he rattled down to tho shore, waving his Immense sombrero and howling like u wounded wolf, and ns he cntne we heard the words he wns yelling. Over and over he ronrcd: "Land's hake, save tho kitchen! l.and'H snke, save the kltchen!" Wushlngton Post, IT WAS EVER THE CASE. One Tlilnn That Fills a Woman's Heart with Absolute Despair. Sho ennui Into the room whero ho sat alone with a glittering knife In her bund, whkh she held hidden nmld tho folds of her dress. Her fnco was white and drawn and her eyes wero wild mid huggnrd looking. Her husband sal by the fire deep In thought and never heard the slippered footfulls of the beautiful woman, who now stood beside his chulr with a strange, cold smile upon her lips. Suddenly with n gasp she cast the knlfo from her toward tho glowing coals, but It stink silently Into a uofa at the other end of the room. "1 cannot!" she tuoaued wearily; "I cannot!" And she fell Into a white heap upon tho floor nt IiIb feet. A pitying, ten der expression broke across tho gran ite of Ills check and he murmured In deep, tender, heavy-dragoon tones: "What Is It, durling?" Biifvihe spoko not a word she only ralsel i one white hnud toward him, in whlci.fshe clasped n lead pencil. Shf had been trying to sharpen It, tmnra irlrl ! Dutchman and Don. A Ihitchmnn, addressing his dog, Buld:l "You vns only u doc. but 1 wish 1 vohVoii. Ven Von go mil the bed In. you shiest tltirn round dree times yttf lay ilown. Ven I go mlttJrcWa In, I huf to lock up rte"Dfii(.e and vlnd do clock uniPiiHc-o'c cat oud und undress myself, ufid my vlfc vakes up und scols me, ,cn ,i iiaby crt.s ,ln,t i bar to vnlk i.in. n un,i down; den mnype ven I shust go to j0ep, it's time to ged up ngaln. Ven you Kct up, you shust stretch yourself, und htrntch a couple of times, and you vns up, I have to light do fire put on de kettle, scrap mlt my vlfa nlrendy, uud mnype get somo breakfast. You play round all lay und bar plenty of fuiin. I haf to vork all tay an hnf plenty of droublo. Ven, you die, you's dead; ven 1 die, I haf to go to hell yet." Unidentified. A Memory. I rcinemtier the tune that you plnyed. lliixltlliK over tho keys. It wns "Dl." Just n trumpt-iy tune, for the utter cun- tvinpt of tho wine; yet I mIk)i When I think It Im (lend. 1 would keep It iillvo for the nuke of thnt duy When you Jlnftlc-i tho notes nnd took hold of my heart, by tho way. Thern wero daffodils uoddliiK their hcndi III n vnse on your rlKht: I clone my eyes now and nm Oiled with the ttouml nnd the sight, Tho commonplace tune nnd the flowers that nod ns you pluy, Tim minliciima that dance through tho window und llnuer and stay. Ami you you nro phantom, Indefinite, Kouo years iiko: I can i-tirijuio you up, bright nnd frolic it frill and a bow, A curl uud u tlchu, lace, ullk-and the tune, "Dl, Dl, Dl," miiklne mirth In the soul of that dead afternoon. Manufacturing Statistics. Troy makes 80 per cent of tho linen collars nnd cuffs used In the Unltod States; Bultlmorc cuns 04 per cent of tho oysters: Gloversvllle and Its notch. , bors make G4 per cent of tho glovos; Connelsville district, 48 per cent of tho coke; Wllkesbnrre, 47 per cent of the brabswure; Philadelphia, 45 per cent of tho carpets; Providence nnd its vicinity, 45 per cent of tho Jewelry and 3C per cent of the silverware; Chicago slaughters .15 por cent of the meat and makes 21 per cent of tho agricultural implements; Merlden makes 32 per cent of tho plated ware and Patersou 24 per cent of the sIIk. Uncle Sam's Capitalists. Farmers, so far as actual wealth Is concerned, are the capitalists of tho United States. The census bureau re port on tho value of farming property of the country estimates that tho 5,739,057 farms of tho United States are worth J10.C74.CII0.247. Of this amount. J3.G00.198.191, or 21.4 per cent, represents tho value of buildings, and J13,114,492,050, or 87.0 per cent, tho value of land and Improvements. Farm Implements and mnchlnery are worth J7C1.2C1.BC0, ond live stock Is worth J3,078,050,041, making tho total farming wealth over J20,514,000,000. A womau hates a Jealous husband but gots mad If ho Is not Jealous (but you never can please a woman).