Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — Page 3

CAP AND BELLS

LITTLE TOT’S READY ANSWER Fit Very Nicely, Considering Stepmother Got Her “Ready Made," Replied Miss Pollikins. She was a pretty little tot, and everybody who knew her took pleasure in pausing to ask her some kind of a question, merely to show an interest and for the pleasure of hearing the musical cadence'of her voice. Some of the questions were what might be termed leading, but for all she invariably had some kind of an answer. Among these latter inquiries wis one from an intrusive busybody who was old enough to know better, but who belongs to a class of person who never learn. Knowing that the little girl had only recently become the possessor of a young and attractive stepmother, with a curiosity inborn she asked her very frankly: “Well, Pollikins, how do you like your stepmother?"— —^ The child raised her blue eyes gravely, and with her face glowing with happiness replied: "Oh, very much, indeed, Mrs. Skillington! We fit very nicely, considering that she got us ready made.” — Judge’s Library.

Kept Her Word.

Senator Root was talking about a certain resourceful cofporation. “They can get around anything,” he said, a touch of admiration in his voice. “They remind me of a Narragansett girl. “A Narraganset girl, driving a 60-horse-power gray roadster, admitted: “ ‘Yes, I’ve accepted David.’ “ ‘Why,’ said the girl beside her, ‘you told me positively that if Dave proposed to you your answer would be a word of two letters.” “The other girl, blushing a little, said softly: “ ‘But I answered Dave in German.’ "

A Philanthropist.

A north side lumber dealer contracted to supply a lot of lumber to a stranger. On looking it over he found it full of knotholes and told his customer about it frankly. “You may not want this lumber,” he said. "Why not?” 'Til have to be honest with you. It is full of knotholes.” The stranger, only laughed. “I’ll take it,” be declared. . “The lumber Is to go around some baseball grounds. Knotholes won’t hurt matters any. I was a kid myself ©nee." ~T~-

HE KNEW.

Mr. Askitt —Why la It, doctor, that so many men are having nervous prostration. They didn’t used to have in the old days. The Old Doctor —No; in the old days, you see, we used to call it delirium tremens.

That Equalized It.

She (pouting)—You don’t love me as much as you did. You used, to hold me on your knees a whole hour, and now you tire in 45 minutes. He —I love you just as much, darling, but you know while you were away this summer you gained 25 per cent in weight

Business Ways.

"His wife is a business woman all right." “What makes you say that?" “She’s Installed a time clock in the hall, and he has to punch it when he goes out nights and when he gets back.”

At the Shore.

Henry—Do vou think she would aocept me if I rfhould propose? Ethel—Why, of course! She has accepted lots worse looking chape than you.

SATISFIED WITH OLD GAME

Provisions to Ante-Nuptial Agreement Suggested by Girl Cause Resumption of Love Making. "Before we proceed any further with our courtship,” he said, “would it not be well for us to consider the prenuptial agreement? All the best people, you know, are having pre-nuptial agreements now.” Miss Gaythorne looked at him in perplexity for a moment and then answered: ‘1 don’t believe I quite understand you." “Haven’t you read about the prenuptial agreement that was entered Into by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs. McKim?” “I don’t remember it, if I did. What was it?" • “They had a complete understanding concerning the divorce and the alimony and the disposition of the children and all thalt sort of thing, so that it yould be unnecessary f6r them to' have matters aired in court or published in the newspapers, if they ever decided that their marriage was a failure. “And you wish to have me enter into an agreement of that kind?” “it Arould simplfy matters in case we ever found that our wedded life was not what we expected it to be.” “Very well, I will enter into an agreement of that kind if you will let me add a few provisions.” “What have you in mind?” “Well, for one thing, you are to agree to always consider me the loveliest and most beautiful girl in the world. For another, you are to agree that you will never do or say anything Which might cause me to cease to regard you as the ideal man. It will be further agreed that neither of us shall cease to love the other without a sufficient and reasonable cause, and that—" “Oh, pshaw, Bessie,” he interrupted, “what’s the use of considering the matter an/ further. Come on over and let’s resume hugging and kissing where we left off.”*

NATURALLY.

The Tragedian—They’ve sent poor Knight Stands to the almshouse. The Comedian —He won’t mind it. He’s been used to poorhouses for years.

A Childish Idea.

“Why is it, Willie,” his mother complained, “that you won’t study? You can never amount to anything in the world' unless you have an education, and you can never have an education unless you study. You don’t want to grow up and have to be somebody’s hired man all yoru life, do you?” “No,” replied Willie. “Well, then, what do you think is going to become of you if you keep neglecting to get your lessons?” “Oh, I can run a correspondence school of some kind, can’t I?”

That Was Different.

“Now, Noguchi, in the matter of ypur wages,” said Mrs. De Rich to the candidate for the office of Japanese butler. “Money no object,”, smiled Noguchi. “Oh, indeed! How nice!” said Mrs. De Rich. “You mean that you will work for nothing?” “No, no, no!” cried Noguchi. “Me mean me no object to money.”—Harper’s Weekly.

Publicity.

“So you have a grievance against the newspapers,” said the publisher, wearily. “I have,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. “If a man wants to start a business he has to pay for advertising by the mch. But when a candidate comes along it is handed to him gratis by the column.”

No Political Authority.

“What became of that smart little office boy you had all during the summer?” “The chief clerk had to fire him.” “Sorter fell down In his work, eh?” “Not altogether. It was all right as long as he was a part of the office’s baseball controversies, but when he started to butt in on some of the fall politics they had to let him go.”

Incompetent

Mrs. Kaller—Cooks are such lgnor> ant things* nowadays. Mrs. Just wed—Aren't they? They can’t do the simplest things. I asked mine to make some sweetbreads the other day and she said she couldn’t — McCall’s Magazine.

Stranger Than Fiction.

“Coming Into the city this morning, I sat just behind two lawyers." “Well, there was nothing remarkable about that” "There wasn’t, eh? They were not talking shop."

The CIVILWAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

November 4, 1882. General Sigel’s cook, with five other persons, was arrested today near Fairfax Court House, Va., charged with smuggling goods contraband of war through the Union lines to the Confederates. A quantity of goods in their possession included swords, Bhoulder straps, and gold lace. The Union pickets near Bolivar Heights, Va., were attacked by Confederates and three of their number captured. General Grant, with several divisions of his army from Bolivar, Tenn., and Corinth, Miss., occupied LaGrange, Miss., in a movement against Vicksburg. The English bark Sophia, while attempting to run the blockade at Wilmington, N. C„ was destroyed by the National steamers Daylight and Mount Vernon. The Darlington, with a small force of colored troops on board, continued its depredations on the Confederate salt works, destroying those at King’s Bay, Ga. The colored -force was attacked and severely handled by Confederates on their return to the steamer after they had finished their errand. November 5, 1862. The Confederate partisan Quantrell captured and partially destroyed Lamar, Mo., taking the place from the home guard defending it after a lively fight General Pleasanton’s Union force again fell counter of Stuart’s Confederate cavalry, at Barbee’s Cross-Road, Va. The Confederates withdrew, after a brisk skirmish. Salem, Va., was occupied by National cavalry under General Bayard. An attempt on the part? of Confederate irregulars to surprise ff battalion of General Shackelford’s cavalry on the Greenville road from Henderson to Bowling Green, Ky., met with disaster. Eight of the attacking party were killed, including their commander, Colonel Fowler. A detachment of Confederate cavalry engaged Colonel Wyndham, of General Bayard’s cavalry force, at New Baltimore Va., and gave him trouble before withdrawing to their main force. General Burnside was appointed to command of the Army of the Potomac to succeed General McClellan, relieved of the command. The 0 monitor Weehawken was launched at Jersey City, N. J. A Union force under General Negley drove off an attacking Confederate force under Gen. John H. Morgan near Nashville, Tenn. November 6,1862. Warrenton, Va., was occupied by General Reynolds with a Union force, the Confederates offering no opposition. The English schooner Dart was captured off Sabine Pass, Tex., by the United States schooner Rachel Seaman, while endeavoring to run the blockade. General Beauregard ordered all noncombatants to leave Charleston, S. C,., “with all their movable property r including slaves, to avoid embarrassments and delay, in case a sudden necessity should arise for the removal of the entire population.” Capt. Ambrose Powell, with a company of Union troops, severely handled a band of Confederate irregulars that attacked him near Leatherwood, Ky., driving them off with a loss of six killed and wounded, including their captain, mortally hurt. General Butler, commanding the Union occupation in New Orleans, issued an order from headquarters in which he quoted and reversed an order issued by the Confederate General Lovell. Lovell’s order was as followed: “All processes from any court of law or equity in the parishes of Orleans or Jefferson for the ejection of families of soldiers now in the service of the' government, either on land or water, for rent past due, is hereby suspended, and no such collection shall be forced until further orders.” General Butler’s order was that “The above extract from the order of the Rebel General Lovell is accepted and ordered as referring to families of soldiers and sailors now in the service of the United States.” November 7, 1862. Two companies of the Tenth Illinois cavalry and two infantry companies were taken at Big Beaver Creek, Mo., in an attack made on the blockhouse In which they were doing garrison duty. The attack was led by the Confederate Colonel Green, who had a large force and three pieces of artillery, with which the blockhouse was demolished. The defenders, taking refuge in a swamp, continued to fight for five hours, but finally surrendered. The Confederate senate adopted a bill ordering all persons residing in seceded states who were in sympathy with the North to leave 'the Confederate states withla forty days, on pain of forfeiture of their property. The bill also provided Immunity to all persons who, adhering to the JJnion, would renounce and take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. The United States steamer Dartington, with a force of colored troops on board, made another expedition against

the Confederate salt works, this time ascending the Sapelo river, Georgia, accompanied by the Union gunboat PotomskA. One large salt works was discovered and destroyed. The steamer was attacked from the banks of the river, but came away without harm. 4 Quantrell’s irregulars were held at arm’s length by one company of militia that barricaded itself in the court house at Lamar, and made it so warm for the Confederates that they withdrew, after several vicious assults. General McClellan issued his farewell address to the officers aud sol-' diers of the Army of the Potomac. November 8, 1862.

The Union General Bayard, operating around Rappahannock bridge, where he had been the day before, succeeded in aHving off the Confederates In the morning, and taking possession of the bridge and neighboring fords. Durjng the day he captured Lieutenant-Colonel Blunt, of General Longstreet's staff, together with ten soldiers. Colonel Lee, of the Seventh Kansas regiment, made a successful reconnoissance with a force of .1,500 cavalry in the vicinity of Hudsonvllle, Miss. He fell In with a force of Confederates whom he outnumbered and severely handled, killing slxteeen and capturing over a hundred of them. The privateer Alabama, Captain Semmes, added another to the long list of her captures of American merchant ships, when she overhauled, boarded, and set fire to the T. B. Wales, on the high seas. General Pleasanton gained an advantage over the Confederate General Stuart in a lively scrimmage, capturing three pieces of artillary and a lieutenant The Richmond Whig declared that the success of the Democrats in the north would be “about equal to a declaration of peace.” Holly Springs, Miss., was evacuated by the Confederates. Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian minister of foreign 1 affairs, replying to proposals from Paris for mediation between the warring sections in America, declined to take part, stating that he believed nothing could be accomplished. A force of Nationals had a skirmish in Marianna, Ark., with a party of Confederates, defeating them after a sharp struggle. November 9, 1862. A Union reconnoisßance to Fredericksburg, Va., discovered unexpectedly a force of Confederates, and had a lively brush with them before they came off. A Union.force under Colonel Kelly, leaving New Creek, Va., •with a purpose of dislodging the Confederate Colonel Imboden, passed through Mooreiield In the morning and pushed on to the site of the late Confederate encampment, which they found deserted. They continued in pursuit sos fourteen miles, when they overtook Colonel Imboden’s force and drove It into mountains. A reconnoissance under the Union General Geary from Bolivar Heights, Va., drove the Confederates from Halltown, entered Charlestown, and reached a point in the vicinity of Front Royal, from which the positions of the Confederate Generals Hill and Longstreet were discovered. Two companies of Union troops had a rough time with a body of Confederate irregulars at the house of Captain Eversoll, on the north fork of the Kentucky river, in Perry county, Ky., finally driving them off with slight loss. General Butler, commanding the Department of the Gulf, Issued an order enforcing the Confiscation Act in the district of Lafourche, comprising all the the territory in the state of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, with the exception of two parishes. November 10, 1862. An expedition consisting of four hundred Union troops left Henderson, Ky., in pursuit of several bands of Confederate irregulars who had been making tremble in north western Kentucky. The punitive expedition, dividing, came up with and dispersed numerous small parties, and brought back many prisoners. A party of regular Union cavalry, in a foraging party ten miles south of Warrenton, Va., encountered a squadron of the Fifth Virginia Confederate cavalry, whom they put to flight by a sudden, unexpected charge. Officers of all grades belonging to the Army of the Potomao were ordered to join their commands within twentyfour hours. * Capt S. W. Gilmore, with a party of Union troops, made a reconnolssancs Into Greenbrier county, Va. Neal Williamsburg he captured a wagon train belonging to the Confederate General Jenkins, about to be . loaded with grain, and a number of prisoners, mules and horses. He set fire to the wagons and grain. General Burnside, in accordance with the orders of President Lincoln, assumed command of the Army of the Potomac. The legislature of Georgia passed a bill ordering the obstruction of the navigable rivers in the state, appropriating $500,000, and authorizing the governor to Impress slaves for the work. (Copyright. M 2, by W. G. Chapman.)

Worth Trying.

“What are yon thinking of?" rite asked. “I was. just thinking of the wonderful change a' man’s countenance undergoes when he lets his beard grow." “Oh, yea/ I’ve often thought of that Why don’t you quit shaving?"

WOMAN'S REALM

FOR THE GROWING MAID ECONOMY AND DISPLAY IN ARTICLES OF RAIMENT. If Time May Be Selected, Many Bar gain Possibilities Can Be Becured —Accessories That Are Always to Be In Mind.

Many a mother waits until this month before buying her young daughter’s new suit, feeling perhaps that the old one is good enough to wear until then, or, maybe, wanting to be sure of the styles. This delay, while impossible for the boarding school miss, often allows much more choice in models and materials, and, since the majority buy early, the late comer is generally rewarded with some delightful bargains. The ready-

Suit with the conventional lines liked by many misses and small women.

made frocks which have lost their first freshness with trying on> are then reduced, and there are numerous short lengths of material which it seems to the shopmen advisable to add to the bargain displays, even though the season for wearing these textures Is Scarcely begun. The dresses are. easily revived with a little cleaning, a few stitches and careful pressing, and as for the remnants any mother who knows how to sew is perfectly aware of their possibilities. Any bit of gay plaid, however small, checks, dots, stripes and bright plain goods will come in for the touches used on girl suits and onepiece school dresses, and one has only

OF USE TO THE TRAVELER

Uttle Workbox That May Be Bald to Be Almost an Indispensable Adjunct. Men who travel much frequently find themselves without the possibility of help when such a Uttle disaster happens as the losing of a button, and as often as not the necessary articles wherewith to remedy thb defect are absent. Under these circumstances a small case fitted up In the manner

ihown in our sketch will prove a most acceptable gift to any man who may oe called upon to do a little needlework for himself. It can be made with any email cardboard box of a suitable else, and If the lid U not already hinged on tt should be fastened on by pasting a piece of broad tape across the back. The front of the box should be cut suspended two reels of cotton—one ant and hinged on at the lower edge In the same manner, and the whole box can then be neatly covered with silk or linen. A piece of wire la ran through the Croat part of the box, and-

to pay a visit to fibs smartest stop to find this out. A conventional suit —the sort of thing all the shops keep—is shown, and the model is mnch liked by th» small women who buy their garments in misses’ departments. The jacket la double-breasted, with shawl collar and enffs of a contrasting fabric, the buttons also matching this trimming. The skirt Is one of the many tailored models which run to a side plaiting for the sake of more ease In walking. Accessories for the girl’s practical coat suit are as sensible in style, the hats being very plain, neckwear simple and boots and gloves stout. Some very smart little ready-to-wear hats, which have quite a distinctive air from their very plainness, are round affairs of felt in colors to match the gowns—different shades of blue, fiambolee, a shade of plum now allowed young girls, green, brown, etc. The sole trimming of such hats is an edge , and a side fancy of suede leather in a contrasting color or in a matching one several shades deeper than the hat. Deerskin gloves, mads gauntlet fashion, are smart hand coverings, and although these cost about two dollars they are so durable that only one pair will be needed the whole season. About the smartest boots are those of patent leather with cloth tops, these being made on very straight lasts, with flat heels and round toes. One shop makes such boots to order, using material like the girl’s suit for the uppers, and eharglng little more than the usual price for the special work.

BETTER TO PATCH DAMASK

Method of Repairing That la Superior to the Old Idea of Darning the Goode. Plain damasks may be darned, but if the damask is one of the pattern weaves, a patch can be made more invisible than a darn. The patch shonld be either an old napkin or a piece of damask that has had some wear, and if at all possible match the pattern. To apply the patch, cut away an the worn parts and shape the hole into a square or oblong, then cut the patch so it will exactly fit the hole, and use fine drawing stitches, which should also be very cloAe, says the Pittsburg Post. The drawing stitch is so called because the two edges, that of the patch and material, are drawn together and held in place by it. It can best be described as a fine stitch in the patch and a fine stitch In the material. These stitches should be vertical, and as they alternate you can readily see how they would draw the patch and material together and hold them in place. If the slanting drawing stitch is easier, it can be used, but for a patch of this sort the verticle stitch would be best. Unless the quality of the linen is very fine and close, a few darning stitches should be used when inserting the patch before beginning the drawing stitch.

Fashionable Coiffure.

At present the most fashionable style of coiffure, completed with a short light fringe resting on the frawhead, demands a circlet or bandean of some sort. For day wear this may be in dark or blonde tortoise shell, but for evening there is nothing more becoming than* diamonds.

the ends bent upward and cut off with a pair of snippers. On this wire are black, the other white, so that they will revolve freely as the cotton is drawn from them. Directly behind the reels a small cardboard partition Is fixed across, making little compartments for various kinds of buttons,, tape, etc. On the inner side of the lid two straps are sewn, one for & thimble and the other for a pair of scissors. On the front of the box, which falls forward in the way illustrated when the lid is raised, two small pockets are arranged, in which packets of needles may find a place. A small pincushion and a with. flannel leaves, some black and' brown boot buttons and shoe laces* might also be stowed away at tho the back, and would no doubt oomet in useful.

To Make Fur Bands.

When you desire to cut fur in narrow bands place it hair side downward upon a marble slab and measure off the desired width. Mark with a pencil and cut with a, sharp knife, following the pencil marls indicated. Care must be taken not to mutilate the fur. If you . desire to join the hands, neatly overcast them with linen thread on the skin side.

Embroidery Freely Used.

Lingerie dresses show combination* of embroidery and maiiaa laces; twenty-seven-inch embroidery flouncing, forming tunics or skirt draperies, is mounted on soomdton plaited batiste* or net foundation skirt. Allover embroidered batiste and cotton form .it ■et?! ,A wfcJy'-