Ligonier Banner., Volume 35, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 January 1901 — Page 2

THE OLD CIDER MILL.

You would scarcely call it music, that loud noise we used to hear, And the big machine was rough and ing artistic in its gear, But we loved it, yes we loved it, and we ‘loved the nectar tide - That came flowing from the old press standing there near to its side. It had stood upon the old farm since our great-grandfather’'s days, ; In the snows and winds of winter, in the summer's sun’s hot blaze— Stood anear the fruitful orchard, and it ‘may be standing still, Doing duty in its loyalty, the old cider mill.

We would hitech the old mare, Betty, to its long and crooked sweep— She that always stood so quiet, half awake and half asleep— Put a freckled kid upon her and around .the ring they’d go, He as proud as any rider in a gilded circus show. : Such a grunting and a squeaking and a squashing it would make, How, as if in fit -of ague, it would tremble and would shake, As the wooden jaws so hungry we with rosy fruit would fill; Oh! It had a hired man’'s appetite, that old cider mill!

Over yonder in the orchard, underneath the laden trees, Faces ever fresh and rosy from the Kisses of the breeze, All the boys and girls were busy shaking apples to the ground And in piling up the beauties till the wagon ! came around, Then we’d load the juicy treasures and we'd pile up on the load - i And would jolt along in rapture down the dim old orchard road, All the echoes having trouble with our screams so loud and shrill . 7 On the way to dump our cargo at the old cider mill.

Even yet we hear the humming of the hungry honey bees Coming from those days of childhood borne on recollection’s breeze, And can see them sip the sweetness from the old mill’s grinding maw, While we'd suck the same rare nectar from the big tub through a straw. No champagne of costly vintage nor no celebrated wine From the cellars of creation ever tasted so divine As the sweet, delicious droppings that the monster tub would fill - : ; From the press that stood compamnion to the old cider mill. —Denver Evening Post.

MM*WHWM $ After Many Years $ % By George Grantham Bain. 1 b 4 T . (Copyright, 1900, the Authors’ Syndicate.) ;

i ES, he’s rich enough, Jack, but }. Y not happy.” : “*Rich enough to buy paintings at the ‘asking’ price?” “You mneed not worry about prices if you catch his fancy. He has a pret.ty fair‘®idea qf art values, too, and knows something about color and atmosphere. He isn’t buying daubs, and yet he hasn’t had any technical training, I'm sure. It's instinct. He says he just ‘knows what pleases himm. He employs me to expert nis purchases, but he doesn’t meed my services very much.: However, I am not silly enough to tell him so. : *Made it all in mines, I believe. Began that way, anyhow. There’s a romantic story about his starting froin. Illinois to find an uncle in Conrecticut and landing in Colorado I don’t know the whole of it, but there seemed a guiding hand in almest everything he undertook. Now ke lives in Chicago half the year and Newport and New York the other | half, with side trips to. Paris.” “‘How far away Paris seems after five years,” said Jack Liscomb. ‘Dear ‘'old Mother Paris! I never hear her -name without invoking a blessing on - her. Think of the Cremerie, Fritz, and the Hole-in-the-Wall, and look on our nresent state. Who envies a Colorado millionaire his millions!” “I'm sure 1 don’t., He’s far +too melancholy to be a subject of eng. I have some hope, though, that tgis last bit of yours will brighten him for a moement,” It’s capital, old man. Let’s have a look at it.” Jack Liscomb took the frame from the floor and set it on the easel. “It needs one more sitting, Fritz,” he said. “I'm not quite satisfied with that bit of drapery. Belle is coming this morning for the final work.” The art critic moved from one side to the other, studying the canvas. It was a rural scene, all tender greens and soft yellows. In the foreground stood the figure of a young girl, in simple country dress. ier right hand supported her head. Her cheek was slightly sunken and there were hollows under her eyes, which strained at the far distance as though they saw the faint first sign. of an approaching figure. All the melaneholy of the face only added to its beauty “T call it ‘Waiting,” ” said the artist. “Belle is perfect in studies like this,” said Fritz Helmer. °‘‘She iz always sad. Is that she?” There was a quick knock at the door and it opened without summons to the model’s hand. “Good morning, Miss Belle,” said Liscomb. . “You won’t mind Helmer, will you? He’s waiting for a friend who wants to see the picture. Now if you’ll get in place.” . The model threw aside her wraps. She had worn her professional drapery under them, and with but a moment’s delay she struck ihe familiar poese. ’ : _ “That’s fine,”” said Liscomb, picking up his brush and palette; and with a quick glance at the light and shadow of the drapery of the left arm, he fell to work on the canvas. He had not-been working more than five minutes when there was a rap at the knocker on the outer door and Helmer, going to investigate, came back to announce his patron. - “Keep him in the outer room, Fritz,” said Liscomb. *“Miss Belle doesn’t like visitors. I'll bring the canvas in in a ~ minute. Take him the round of the old : "hings-” ga 3 ~ “You've some very interesting work ~ here, Mr. Liscomb,” said John Har- ~ rington, a few minutes later. He was ~ & tall, well dressed, smooth-faced man, ~ with features that seldom changed ex- - “Ihaven't donie ¥esty myich,” said Lis- _ fomb, NISRANEER pestic, “but I think 1 ihinks i fhe Best I have done. Shall 1 N et i sel b e tbl o D Bae. e ;@@%ﬁ*,

“A remarkable resemblance,” he said, speaking to himself. . “What do you think of it?” asked Helmer. Harrington stood motionless before the easel, only his lips twitching a little. Presently he recovered himself and turned to the artist.

“Forgive my abstraction, Mr. Liscomb,” he said. “This picture has brought memories which are both pleasant and painful to me. Tell me; is this a likeness? It must be. Such a resemblance could not be accidental.”

“It is in some measure a likeness,” said Liscomb. “We idealize, of course, according to our subject.” “May I know the model’s name ?”

“She is not a professional model. 1 am under a pledge not to tell her name o anyone.” “You will tell it to me,” said Har--rington, “when you know that I have spent five years looking for the woman whose portrait is there. I left home poor and without prospects. I was to return when I had ‘made my fortune.’ Inmyhome lived Isabel Beecher, about my own age. I was tocome back to her and make her my wife. On my way to my uncle’s home in Connecticut I met a man who persuaded me to go with him to Colorado. I had promised my father and mother that I would go to Connecticut. I was afraid to tell them where I was going; so I wrote only a line to say that I had changed my plans and started for the west. The man who took me to Colorado was a cardsharper and a thief. He wanted to use me. I broke away from him as soon as I learned his character. Then came years of privation. I sang in disreputable dance halls in the mining camps to earn my bread. I sold drinks for miners over a bar and waited on table in primitive restaurants. It was a dirty, mean life, and I was ashamed to write to my people about it. So five years went by and I never heard from home. Then I had saved enough to grubstake a miner. For a year I kept him going, through one failure after another. He was one of the first in the Oroide camp. You remember the big strike there? It made me a rich man. I took the first offer that came for my property and started for the east. When I reached my old home I found that .my people had gone. My father died within a year of my disappearance and my mother and Isabel had started for Connecticut to join my unecle. I went east. There I learned that my uncle had died while my mother was traveling to join him and that after settling his little estate my mother and Isabel had gone, no one knew where. I searched for a clew, and then, putting the case in the hands of a detective, T went back to Colorado. Since that time I have become rich. The newspapers have published hundreds of columns, I suppose, about me and my wealth. But my people would mnever recognize, under the name of John Harrington, the wealthy mine owner, the boy who left his home with only a few dollars 12 years ago.

“I am sorry to have had to take up your time with this long story. Mr. Liscomb, but I wanted you to know just why you must tell me where Isabel Beecher is if you know.” Liscomb exchanged glances with Helmer. ‘“We seldom remember the full names of our models, Mr. Harrington,” he said. “T’ll have to go into the other room and look over my address book. If her name is Beecher, T will bring you the address.” When Liscomb entered the studio the model was sitting by the window reading a magazine she had picked up from the artist’s table. She arose as he entered. “Pardon me, Miss Belle, is I ask you a personal question,” said Liscomb. “Do you know a Mrs. Harrington ?” " “She is my guardian,” said Isabel Beecher. “And her son?” : “John! Do you know anything about John?”’ She came toward him, the melancholy .of her face dispelled by the look of eager interest that came over it. “I think I do,” said Liscomb. : _ “Is he alive?” : “Very much alive.” . : ~ “Thank God! How did you know?”

-“Helmer found him. I'll send Helmer to you and he can tell you all about it. Will you wait here?” Liscomb passed into the next room, closing the door behind him. “Step into my studio, Mr. Harrington,” he said. As John Harrington passed through the door, pushing aside the oriental drapery that hung before it, Liscomb softly closed it. *Shake, oid man,” he said to Helmer.

The Prince of Wales’ Income,

The truth is that from the moment of his birth the prince of Wales has been splendidly rich. He was born, as the Irishman would say, with £60,000 a year in his pocket, and from that day to this the duchy of Cornwall has yielded him that magnificent sum. At 22 the prince married, and parliament gave him Marlborough house and“wgdding present of £40,000 a year’ That; too; has come to him regularly since ' 1863, yea#r in and year out. ' In 1889, when the prince’s family ran away with his ‘money, parliament -once more. came’ to his aid and nearly doubled the grant he had received since 1863. From. 1889 the prince has been relieved: of the anxieties of . a father for fhe financial welfare of his children by a special grant of £36,000 a year, which comes to him in quarter-' ly installments of £9,000. So that the public income of the prince is £136,000 a year. That is what it is worth to be prince of Wales.—Temple Magazine, ; %

Big Loss from the Smuta,

Some attempts have been ma(}e to compiie estimates ,of the loss from smuts in the different states, The estimates put the loss to farmers every year at tens of millions of dollars, Few farmers that suffer from the presence of smuts realize it. The heads that are smutted are stunted and do not show above the others, and some of them never get out of the sheath. So the farmer fondly dreams that he has no smut in his fields “to amount te anything.” This loss is one that should not be accepted as a matter of course. The proem;(éiﬁpigkg for getting rid of smut is well known and should be universally applied. =~ ' * E;&% e e T o e

GALES BRING DEATH.

Awful Work of a Hurricane on : - British Coast.

Many Vessels Are Wrecked and a Large Number of Lives are Lost —Destruction of Property on Land.

London, Dec. 29.—Storm-driven seas have besieged the British isles with great violence for the last 36 hours. Numerous trading vessels have foundered and many seamen have been drowned. - The names of the wrecked vessels ‘have not been ascertdlned in most cases. Among those known to be wrecked is the British bark Primrose Hill, from Liverpool December 23, for Vancouver. This ship went on the | rocks near Hdiyhead and broke in two. It was soon battered to pieces. There ' was a crew of 35 men, and only one of these was saved, so far as known, and he escaped in a lifeboat. ~ The Austrian bark Capricorn was %driven ashore near Bude, Cornwall. Nine of the crew were drowned, one was saved and four are still on board, with little likelihood. of being rescued, as they are unable to avail themselves of the rocket apparatus. Two other vessels are ashore' on the- Cornwall coast. Several were stove in at Ilfracombe harbor. ' The bark Ragna was wrecked off Trevine, near Cardiff, three of her crew being drowned and nine being rescued by rocket lines. " e [ Considerable damage to property inland is reported. At Oswestry a theater was destroyed. Near Taunton the breakwater at Wachet harbor yielded to the force of ' the gale and became a wreck, permitting a tremendous sea to have full play against the shipping in the harbor. Several vessels broke adrift, two foundered and five others were driven into a hopeless tangle in a corner between ~a pier and a wharf, where they lie grinding each other. Their masts and bulwarks speedily went and their hulls are greatly battered. The damage will reach thousands of pounds. ~Telegraph lines are down, and this -addstotheuncertainty of probable dis~aster. Several days may elapse before the extent of damage is known. The } Great Western Railway company’s steamer that plies between Milford and | Waterford is 12 hours overdue, and its | fate is a mystery that causes much | anxiety. The fate of some of the mail . steamers that cross the channel is also | in doubt. ! The gales sweeping inland along the | Yorkshire coast attained so high a veloeity this morning that several fish- ‘ ermen’s cottages were battered from { their foundations by mountainous | waves. The life boats at many life . saving stations were compelled to | abandon their regular quarters and seek safety higher up. on the clift sides. When their services were required they could work only by means ‘of the life line, it being impossible to launch the boat from the shore on the - North sea. | Winds almost equally violent raged along the west and south coasts all Thursday. | The loss of life thus far reported is regarded as remarkably small, since ~at least a dozen vessels have gone down and mariners are bringing stories of miraculous escape. London stood directly in the path of the storm. The wind roared | through the streets. Trees in the parks were blown down, and hundreds ’o»f people were injured by detached | tiles and flying signs. The shipping in the Thames suffered severely. The lowlands skirting the river between t Wimbledon and Epsom are under water. ’

DEADLY DYNAMITE.

Attempt to Thaw It Out Results in the Death of Six Men in West Virginia.

Keyser, W. Va., Dec. 29.-—One of the most disastrous accidents in the history of railroad -building in this section happened at Baker Camp. near Durbin, Pccahontas county, on the line of the Coal & Iron railroad now building out from Elkins. As the result of a dynamite explosion six men are dead and several others are mot expected to live. The accident happened at noon Thursday while the men were at dinner. Some dynamite had been placed about the stove to thaw out, and shortly after a terrific explosion wrecked the.camp, killed three men outright and injured eight others, three of whom have since died. The dead men were blown to atoms, legs, armis and hands and even parts of their bodies being found in differ-

ent directions from the little building in which they lived among the wild mountains. Physicians hurried from Greenbank and worked all night with the wounded, some of whom begged the doctors to shoot them instead of helping them to live to be blinded or maimed for life. On account of indirect connections with the camp it is impossible to secure the complete de--tails. et 1 Threatened Strike Averted. Wilkesbarre,. Pa., Dec. 29-—TFhe threatened strike of the employes of the Wilkesbarre & Wyoming Valley: eleetric railway will not take place. The company and the men after several conferences have succeeded in effecting an amicable arrangement in’ which each side made concessions. . Great Railway Combine, Chicago, Dec. 29.—The Tribune says that J. P. Morgan and E. H. Harriman are backed by a syndicate with millions to control the principal railroads of the country in the new century, oS will Reduce the Per Capita, ‘Washington, Dec. 29.—After January 1, .in making the calculation of the per capita wealth of the United States, the Hawaiian islands, Alaska and the Indian Territory will be included. The probable effect will be to slightly re‘duce the per capita wealth, which now fs about $37. o 4 : o BN e Danville, ?aw?hster Griffin, wﬁc_ﬁjﬁ;mf;*gﬁ‘ﬁ ed Georgia King iy m‘ f July 30last, was hanged Mmyﬁ gmon ‘Was suecesstul. Griffin_and his victim were

THE TEACHERS.

Action Taken on Various Subjects by Organizations in Several States. .

Springfield, 111., Dec. 29.—David Felmley, president of the Northern Illinois normal university, was elected president of the, State Teachers’ association Friday. A synopsis of resolutions adopted follows:

Indorsing the declaration of principles of the National Educational association; urging congress to reorganize the bureau of education into an independent department; indorsing all well-directed efforts for the preservation of native birds and other wild life and commending Game Commissioner Loveday; recommending the enactment of a law incorporating ‘bird day”’ and Arbor day for special observance in the schools; requesting the enlargement of the powers of the state superintendent of public instruction; requesting the general assembly to provide for printing the proceedings of the association; approving the work of the state superintendent; looking to the improvement of rural schools, and petitioning the general assembly for permissive legislation for the consolidation of school districts.

Milwaukee, Dec. 29. — The State Teachers’ association made some marked steps forward at the general meetings Friday. State aid is to be asked for the graded schools of the state, and a movement has been started with the indorsement of the association for a change in, the certification of teachers, which will result in vime in a much better class of teachers. W. H. Cheever, of Milwaukee, was elected president. . Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 29.—Before final adjournment at noon Friday the general association of the Indiana State Teachers’ association elected officers as follows: President, H. B.

Brown, of Valparaiso; permanent secretary and treasurer, James R. Hart, of Lebanon; recording secretary, Miss Lella Vaught, of Martinsville; chairman of the executive committee, Lawrence McTernan, of Anderson, superintendent of the schools of Madison county. . :

Des Moines, la., Dec. 29.—Prof. A. W. Stuart, of Ottumwa, was formally elected Friday morning president of the Towa State Teachers’ association, which closed its three days’ meeting in this city in the afternoon at three o’clock.

St. Paul, Dec. 29.—The Minnesota Educational association ‘has gone on record as favoring the election of state superintendent of schools by the people. The resolution was introduced by Prof. D. L. Keihle, of the state university, and provided that the official be elected, that the office be placed on a salary footing equal to that of other state officials, and that the administration office -be under civil service rules. 4

Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 29.—The Michigan State Teachers’ assoeiation closed one of the most successful conventions in its history Friday. and decided to come again to Grand Rapids next year, after a lively contest for the honor with Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Ann Arbor. Resolutions were passed indorsing the pedagogical creed of the National association; favoring a four-year term for county school commissioners, and recommending a revision of the library laws.

DE WET IS SLIPPERY.

Rumors of All Sorts Regarding the Whereabouts of the Boer Commander,

London, Dec. 29. —Persistent reports are in circulation in London and on

the continent that Gen. De Wet has been captured. The British Chartered South Africarn company received this information from a source in which it is accustomed to place implicit confidence. The war office, however, is without aany confirmation of the report. : ; Cape Town, Dec. 29.—Gen. De Wet’s attempt to break through the south has been frustrated, and he is now reported to be at Senekal with a large commando, holding the country between Fecksburg, Senekal and Windburg. Gen. Knox is holding the country between Ladybrand and Windburg. The eastern parties of invading Boers are being constantly harassed and driven back toward the Orange river.

Cape Town, Dec. 29.—The yeomanry who were captured near Britstown have been released. Gibraltar, Dec. 29.—The steamer Canada, with Lord Roberts on board, arrived here from South Africa Friday. The field marshal landed at noon and received a great ovation. :London, Dec. 29.—A dispatch from Plymouth announces the arrival there of Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Colville, whose resignation has been demanded hy the war office but who has refused to resign and has come to England from Gibraltar to demand a court-martial with reference to the responsibility for the yeomanry disaster at Lindley last May.

' Gives Himself Up. Decatur, 111., Dec. 29.—Anderson Burnside, who killed Richard Bivens with a cheese-knife in a fight in a Warrensburg restaurant, Sunday night, and who made his escape, came to Decatur Friday and gave himself up. He said that he struck in self-defense and would rather stand trial than remain a fugitive. i Alger Attacks Miles, * New York, Dee. 29.—The North American Review in its next issue will contain an article on ‘“The Food of the Army During the Spanish War,” by ex-Secretary of War Russell A. Alger. The article arraigns Gen. Nelson A, Miles for testimony anu utterances regarding rations furnished army during the Spanish-American war. Death of an Explorer. Lisbon, Dec. 29.—Maj. Alexandre Alberto da Rocha Serpa Pinto, the African explorer, is dead. He was born April 30, 1846. - , To Succeed Pettigrew. : Sioux City, la., Dec. 29.—A Sioux Falls (8. D.) special to the Journal says: Congressman Robert J. Gamble, of Yankton, will be practically the unanimous choige of the republican members of the?egislati:’i‘e‘ for the office of United States senator to sucteed Senator Pettigrew . Nemre Lynched, i ‘Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 29.—George Fuller, a.negro, was lynched Thursday night ngaixﬁn,vui’eﬁy county, He ‘was charged w tigﬁmjnin% the barn of Dennis Cummings, of whom he had "'ﬁ‘fen«a’i@nm%,,.‘,;ﬁ% e

ADVANCE IS STOPPED.

Kitchener Holds Boers in Check, But Fails to Expel Them from ; Cape Colony. 4

London, Deec. 28.—The latest dispatches from South Africa show that Lord Kitchener has succeeded in holding the invading Boers in check. But he bas not yet been successful in expelling them from Cape Colony, while small commandoes continue to display astonishing daring and activity over an immensely wide field. It is questionable whether his proclamation will have much effect until Gen. DeWet has been captured. The Boers are likely to regard it as a sign of weakness and to have a wholesome cread of DeWet’s vengeance if they surrender. - The proclamation is approved by the party at home that favors. conciliatory terms to the Boers as a step in the mght direction. Queen Victoria, it is said, has approved the proposal to institute a new order of knighthood to reward officers who have served in South Africa, The order will probably be called the Star of Africa.

- London, Dec. 28.—The Evening Standard Thursdav said it understands

that the squadron of yeomanry which, as announced in a dispatch from Cape Town Wednesday was entrapped and captured by the Boers whom they were following from Britstown, was released after the men had been relieved of their horses and other equipment. Ten of the yeomanry, the paper adds, were wounded.

London, Dec. 28.—The following dispatch has been received from TLord Kitehener: :

“Pretoria, Dec. 26.—Knox, with Barker, Pilcher and White, ia engaged with De Wet’s force, holding a position in the neighborhood of Leuwkop. “De Wet hopes to break through and go gouth again. ‘““The Boers’ eastern column in Cape Colohy is apparently headed by our troops about Reitport spruit. The Boers’ western column is reported to have gone north in two portions, 'one towards Prieska and the other through Strydenburg. They are being followed up.”

London. Dec. 28.—The following dispatch from Gen. Kitchener was received from Pretoria, under Thursday’s date: “Yesterday 200 Boers attacked a small police post near Boksburg. The police gallantly drove them off before reenforcements from Johannesburg arrived. The Boers damaged the mining machinery in the neighborhood. “The Boers attacked Utrecht at two o’clock this morning and were driven off. ‘“The Boers held up a train three miles west of Pan and were driven off.

‘““The eastern force of Boers in Cape Colony was headed yesterday and driven in the direction of Venterstad.

‘““The western force is still being driven north through Strydenburg.”

Cape Town, Dec. 28.—A small party of Boers attacked Burghersdorp -on December 24. They were repulsed after heavy fighting. The Boers are active and skirmishes in several places have been reported. A Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, Wednesday, Dec. 26.—There are renewed but unconfirmed rumors here that Gen. De Wet, President Steyn and Gen. Haasbroek have had a conference and decided to offer to surrender, provided the colonial rebels are not punished and the leaders, including themselves. are not deported. . Cape Town. Dec. 28.—Martial law has been proclaimed in the districts of Beaufort West and Carnarvon. Newcastle, Natal, Dec. 28.—The Doers celebrated Christmas in the district between Standerton and Ingogn by more or less determined attack upon every British garrison along thc lines of communication.. These., howcver, were in all cases successfully rcpulsed. At CUtrecht the Boer commandear.t sent in » demand for whisky, cigars, and Christmas luxuries, failing which he threateded to attack the town. His demand was ignored and the Boers attacked Utrecht in force Christmas morning. They were repulsed with loss, the British casualties being but slight.

London, Dec. 28.—The war office has begun the promised reform of the army in a sensational manner. It has demanded the resignation of Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Colville, commanding an infantry brigade at Gibraltar and recently commanding the Ninth division of the So#rth Africa field force. Gen. Colville refuses to resign, and is now on his way to England. The news is all the more startling as the question of Gen. Colville’s responsibility for the veomanry disaster at Lindlay -last May was fully investigated by the authorities when Gen. Colville returned from South Africa last summer. After the inquiry Gen. Colville was reinstated in his command at Gibraltar in September last. The attitude of the war coffice indicates that a new regime in Pall Mall will reverse the decision of Lord Lansdowne and Lord Wolseley in regard to some of the commanders in South Africa.

Broke the Record. San Francisco, Dec. 28.—The new steamer Sonoma, built for the Oceanic Steamship company, has arrived here after a record-breaking run from Philadelphia. ‘She came around Cape Horn in 38 days. nine hours, mnaking no stops. The best previous time was that made by the Sierra, she making the run in 43 days. six'hours: She'stopped at Coronel, however. : Captain Seleetéd. ; Boston Dee. 28.—Capt. Hank Haff has been selected as sailing master of the Boston boat to be built to defend the America’s cup. He has had great experience in cup races. He sailed the Volunteer and Defender in 1887 and 1895. respectively. Grain Crop for 1900. Washington, Dec. 28.—The wheat crop of 1900 is 522,229,505 bushéls; area of winter wheat is 30,282,564, The condition of growing crop on December 1 was 91.1. The'production of corn in 1900 is estimated at 2,105,102,516 bushels. ¢ Double Tragedy, Los Angeles, Cal.. Dec. 28.—John W. Tinsley shot and killed his wife, Anna P. Tinsley; on the street Thursday,and then fired a bullet into his own head. dying instantly. The bullet that killed his wife entered the left eye and penetrated the brain. Domestic troubles led up to the tragedy. : Elect a President, - Philadelphia, Dec. 28,—The ninth annual meeting of the American Jewfsh Historical soeiety was held here Wednesday night. Many interesting j;%ﬁﬁ%’ﬁﬁ;‘%‘fi‘edd; Dr. Cyrus Adler, of New York, wan elected presdent,

The Frills and Fancies of Fashion as Seen in Paris ~ Elaborate Gowns That vW‘e‘re Prepared for the Holiday : i Seasqh—Other Fashion Notes

Gowns for the Netw Year Festivities in PATRIS OLIDAY festivities were - preH pared for on an unusuaily grand scale by the' fashionables of Paris. As I wrote before, the French woman cares but little for Christmas. but gives her attention to a preparation for New Year's gayeties, and the gowns that she has prepared for these this year are said to have surpassed anything that Paris has known for sev--eral seasons. There was not much in | the way of new designs and styles to choose from, avith the exception of the ‘ elaborations. 'The =season has not been productive of many novelties in RA A B T 3 R SRR S 2T ... A i,, 87 : - At ' L% . | ; s L E T e e Be B e . =BT RN M S B &g T R by e T . P O.- LIGHT BLUE LOUISINE. styvles. but the old ones have been so elaborated and trimmed as to make thein seem almost entirely different. This is especially true of the use of gold thread; everything one sees has this feature, and the demand for gold thread is said to have outgrown the ability of the manufacturérs to supply it. . | The dinner gowns that have been prepared for the New Year are among the most elaborate productions of the season. and show beautiful combinations of silks and laces and gold thread trimmings in connection with corded 'guuze novelties and Louisine. both ‘plain and printed, the latter of which is considered one of the most fashionable materials now in vogue. One of these elaborate dinner gowns that is destined to be worn first on New Year's dav is formed of aiternate panelsof cobwebby lace and white crepe de chine. both showered with wee gold paillettes. Through the thin crepe you can sce embroidered iris blossoms in natural shades ‘'of mauve and pink. To finish the skirt at the foot is black cobwebby lace insertion. This is in deep vandykes just below the knees, and extending from the waist line to the bottom of the skirt at the right side. A draped bodice with wide band across the decollette of cobs webby lace embroidered with gold. A gown made of the printed Louisine is a beautiful affair. The skirt of this is made -with very small tucks over the hips, falling in long, graceful folds. The hem of the skirt is trimmed tith a deep band of guipure insertion, this extending half way to the front gore. The bodice is of tucked chiffon. with a vest of turquoise blue panne, and fastened with gold buttons. Over this is a pointed bolero of guipure lace. ; A pretty evening bodice compesed of tucked lisse embroidered with gold

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back at the sides. On the crown the hair is fluffed up into natural waves, while the coil just above the neck is roiled up into as loose and artistic & knot as possible. - The description of the other was given about as follows: “The hair is twisted high on the back of the head into a loose projection. around whieh is tied a ribbon or bow of twist or chiffon. Over the head the.locks are arranged in thick, wavy masses suggestive of cushions underneath. The parting, which is a mere suggestion, comes at the side, where a couple of small curls are twined over ‘the forehead.

The classic evening coiffure is very: convenient for those who have short hair. The hair is decorated with wreaths of leaves or coils of ribbom, velvet or chiffon. with an upstanding twist of the material or a jeweled ornament in front. o For those who have naturally wavy ' hair a simple pompadour, either, combed straight back or parted, is the ‘most becoming form of headdress. If the hair is luxuriant it can be gathered into a plaited knot behind, with a large, ornamental pin just showing at one side. : - il g | The Profits of the PARISIAN Dressmakers, NEVER do I remember havingi‘ seen in print a statement giv- ~ ing the profits of any of the. great Parisian dressmaking establish-' ments that cater to the wealthy women of fashion of the world, and which are patronized liberally by the women of America. I cannot give such a statement, but’'it may be of interest to. get an idea of what the profits amount to on the ordinary gown which some of those establishments turn out, and of what their annual business amounts to. 1 was given a little idea along this line the other day from one ‘of tk%¢ designers attached to such amn establishment. He said to me that his concern produced annually $1,000,000 worth of ladies’ garments, on which the profits were not less than 15 per! cent. This was after taking into con-1

- e :.2 " £ i : E , T ' - E oot i Bagh b tion TR | | LRN e | (_ﬂ(; o : ;{;n,;< l@:fi;i’f':‘- 4 3 Ly B el if«” . #a"» o - : L B OF TUCKED LISSE WITH GUIPURE ; INSERTION. : sideration every item of expense that could .possibly come up. and included such things as the bad debts of the | house, which are mno small item, amounting to not less than 12 per cent. = of their gross business. ) Just for an ordinary gown. costing ! say $6OO. this man receives not less than $lOO for designing it, and, according to his figures, the work of making | the gown after it has left the cutter’s : hands does not bring more than $lO. Seamstresses in Paris, even those who { work on the most fashionable gowns, | are not overly well paid. 3 5./ SADIE MERRITT. | - VERY OLD CHECK CASHED. i It Was- - Drawn Over Twenty Years f‘ 3 Ago, But Was Good for ' the Money. In the year 1879 C. W. Merchant, of this city. was engaged in buying cattle § all over this part of Texas] says the Gal- § veston (Tex.) News. In those days Fort § Worth was the headquarters for bank-% ing business. and Mr. Merchant, in com- £ mon_ with all cowmen. had his money & on deposit in one of the banks there. - While in Haskell county that year he} purchased five head of beef cattle from § a Mr. Mobley and gave his check for% $lOO. On account of the distance from§ Fort Worth and the inconvenient fa-§ cilities for transacting such matters, & Mr. Mobley did not present the check for payment until six months after its § date. When presented the cashier in- § formeéd the gentleman that Mr. Mer-§ chant had long since closed his account with the bank. Nothing further was§ ever done to collect the check, until} recently both gentlemen met in the k town of "Haskell. just 21 years later, § and began talking of “old times.” : "~ Mr. Mobley suggested to Mr. Mer-§ chant that he held an unpaid check § signed by him and dated 1879. and wanted to know if it was still worth 100 cents on the dollar. He was informed that it was, and on inquiry as to how it came into his possession explanations followed and Mr. Mobley got his $lOO. ‘ . ; o In speaking of the incident to the News corresporident, Mr. Merchant said that in 1879 he purchased something like $60,000° worth of cattle. and most of them in small herds, gﬁa&,m a “saddle horn” for a memorandum book, it was very easy to lose run of & Swochesy. - . - .@ o - There Was No Momkey. GLiteTii) ded bt 1o shurel ot the %tﬂﬂ her return her | R bhus deaaa e