Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 44, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 October 1898 — Page 2

FOR WOMAN AND HOME

ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Some Current Not- )f the Modes -An 1 nii.it: Oowa for .1 Baubling lrl UrailStMi for AltWBI' Pity for the I'uiini' l Paris M iiliuer. .' : :i Sedan. he ; dressed in an exquisite sown The reassiesl :-:ik you may buy. Her shoe was so small that it must have cc:r.- doWfl From Fairyland ui in the sky. Btr tp it was light, though her trusses trc white For fashion h . Med the plan): And she wended ber way 10 a dance or a Stay In the lovettesi little sedan. 1 happened to meet her cni night in the year Lut why need I mention a iate? S:fi;re it to .ay that she sat in her VtM . r" Wita the rr:7- of i princess in state, JLad th- chairmen Who strode through ' ' - mol in the mail That followed Jh- gay caravan Were . i; r;r aloud to the carious crowd: Mak way fur my lady's st-dan"' They stepped at a spot where a miniature beau Was Waiting Jier coming with pride; His coat and his wig were as white as the snow And he carried1 his hat by his side, .As he handed her out with a welcome t:. ;out My !.t,iy abandoned her fan. And. raising h. r dr. ss. like- a little princess. She stepped from h r silken sedan. Ah. Me! Iseh a-day! it was only a dream Of days that we may not re all; For bdi a compelled to go on with the strea m While all that I saw was a ball, When .i gay cavalcade in a mixed masnerade. From Alfred to Mary and Anne, Had made me believe we were just on the eve Of the days of the dainty sedan. I?ut cut In the street I could hear from afar The ntmhbrs of srrowiors galore. The w hir of the y. How electrical car. While hansoms drew Bp at the door. And "my lady in socks and the shortest of fro'-ks. Arid shos that were possihly tan. Would rm- with SI orn w hen she Waked on the morn What she thought of that "silly sedan.' The Sketch. Tity the Inlovcd. "How often one sees such a one in train or omnibus, her eyes, maybe. spKIiuü the precious spikenard of their maternal love on some happier woman's child. I noticed one of them withering on the stalk on my way to town this morning. She was, 1 surmised, about 28, carried a roll of music and I had a strong impression that she was the sole support of an invalid mother. I could scarcely resist suggesting to one of my men companions what a good wife she was longing to :nafce, what a sleeping beauty she was, waiting for the marital kiss that would set all the sweat belli of her nature a-cüime. I had the greatest difficulty in preventing myself from leaning over and putting it to her in this way: "Excase me. madam, but I love you; will 70U be my wife?' And my imagination went on making pictures; how her eyes would suddenly brighten up like the northern aurora, how a strange aloom would settle on her somewhat weary face, and a dimple steal into her chin; how when she reached home and sat down to read Jane Austen to her mother. h-r mother would imagine roses in the room, and she would blushingiy answer; 'Nay, mother, it is my cheeks,' and presently the mother would ask: 'Where is that smell of violets coming from?" and again she would answer: Nay, mother, it is my thoughts." and again the mother would ay: 'Hash! Listen to that wonderful bird singing yonder!' and she would answer: Nay, mother dear, it is only my heart. Olmrs Bvoafeag Costa Evening gowns for young girls should be made of muslin or mousseline de soie. The delicate shades of j,tnk, green, blue and yellow may be selected if white is not desired. Simplicity of design j.s essent ial, as well as modest eoloring. The soft green of the sea was used in a silk underdress of plainest cut. Over it was a simple garment of white organdie. The Beek was low and square, the garment sleeveless. The skirt was gored, with circular flounce. The unique part of this gown was the soft, fiVh u- like drapery which outlined the deiolletage. The straps over the arms were formed of a similar drape, y and ended in knots on the should' srs. Marie ' Dtolaette fichus are coming flatly Ifito vogue; not, however, as a separate scarf to he thrown over cne's shoulders at will, but as a part of the

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costume itself. They will probably appear on most of the evening gowns this winter. THE LATEST.

White Cloth Frocks. Whits cloth costumes are now greatly in evidence. They ar extremely seasonable, are really not much warmer 'iian frocks built of silk. A charming model has two flounces, which open in front to show a panel. The bodice blouses slightly and is held in at the waist line by a belt of dull silver, etudded with rough amethysts. The long pointed collar of Irish crochet is square in the back, and is lined with purple atin. White serge frocks are made with many different kinds of packets. The zouave model Us very short and rounded at all the edges. The Etonö have usually curved fronts, with plain revers. and are cut straight across the back and fitted very snugly. What is known as the "mess" jackets have little points in the back, and are long enough to hide the belt. Autumn Headgear. Two styles of hats are striving for autumn supremacy the hat worn back from the face and that tilted far over the nose. The former is pretty, the latter smart; which explains why the "nose" hat is still leading and likely to remain so for some little time. The hat we have produeed here is ol fine gray straw, in one of the new autumn shapes. The brim, which is flat in front. Hares up at the sides and back. It is faced with green velvet ol the color of a well-kept lawn. Ostrich plumes, shading from white to a medium gray, rear their heads above a Hat bow of grell velvet fastened to th front of the crown. At back, beneath the brim, are ! masses of roses, in wonderful shades ol light and deep junk. They give the warmth of color needed in an autumnal ' hat. THE LATEST. I'aris Millinery. The very latest information from Paris concerning millinery is most refreshing. Hats, toques and bonnets are to be less elaborate, and after this past season of grotesque and elaborate head coverings the change will be most welcome. The chief feature of the new hats will be extremely long ostrich plumes and equally long quills. Jet will also be used in profusion in the form of large ball pins, which will decorate all of the latest creations. Large medium and small hats will be In order. All hats, either large or small, fox dress occasions will be composed chiefly of velvet. Most of the models, regardless of size, will be worn set well back on the head. There is, however, a broad toque that is placed over the forehead. A three-cornered hat will be worn which is constructed of both cloth and felt. One recently imported, of brown felt, has a bow under the hrim on the left side of orange velvet. Several loops of the orange velvet decorate the crown, through which is pierced a very long black quill. Picture hats arc little trimmed. One or perhaps two long ostrich plumes and smart jet ornaments are their only embellishment. Later in the season fur will be extensively used to edge many of the latest fancies in millinery. For outing and stormy weather the soft felt, fedora hats in gray, black and brown will be fashionable. A liriKht Woman. A Virginia woman who owns a little I land has gone into the business of raising sheep. She spent $20, paying $3 a head for ewes, and then turned her thick Into her pasture land. She raised what she could care for on her land, selling the rest as soon as they were of marketable age. She gave only about one hour a day to them and paid a boy M cents a week to keep the sheep sheds clean and the fodder cut up. She has been in the business about five years. The first year she came out $40 ahead on her experiment. At the end of the fourth year she had a flock of sixty ewes, all she could keep with her pasturage, and in wool and mutton she found she had a clear yearly income of $450.- New York Herald. I .i en o Cream. Soak half a teacnpfu of tapioca two hours in water (enough to give a chance to swell), then drain and stir it into a quart of boiling milk. Cook until the tapioca is well dissolved, and stir into it three well-heaten yolks of eggs, a teacnpfu of sugar, and a little salt after hoi Im; a few minutes, or until the eggs begin to stiffen, remove and add vanilla; heat the three whites stiff and fitir them very lightly into the tapioca, after placing it in a dish. To be eaten cold.

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Northern Minnesota Indians Still Hostile. GEN. BACON HAS RETURNED. Casualties Among His Forces During the Two lys' Fighting at Leeeh Lake Ke-iufareeiuentg Expected to Soon I'ut a I im I to the Trouhle. j ii i iu an iijjii. ui iiuiu sei- ( tiers in the Leech Lake. Minn., district GOV. (Tough has ordered batteries A and B, Minnesota artillery, to proceed at once to Walker, the sce-iie of the In- ; dian rebellion. Gen. Baton and the survivors of his command have returned to Walker. The casualties dur ing the two days' fighting at Little Hear Lake consisted of six soldiers killed, including .Major Wilkinson, and tea soldiers and five civilians woundad. The Indians are still in an ugly mood, but with the arrival of reinforcements the authorities are confident the trouble will soon be over. The number of Indians killed and wounded has not been ascertained. TEMPLE MATTEDROPPED. Illinois W. C. T. V. Hits Discontinued the Department. The department of the temple was dropped at the session of the Illinois Women's Christian Temperance Union. Hy a resolution introduced on the report of the executive committee meeting the department was discontinued until the midyear executive meeting, which will be held after the national convention in St. Paul in November has taken final action on the Question. VICTORY FOR LAYVIEN. Kock River Methodist Conference Indorses F.qiial Representation. With only six voted opposed to it. the proposition giving laymen equal representation with preachers in the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church wai paused by the Rock River. 111., conference. To Promote Admiral Dewey. President McKinley and Secretary of the Navy Long have determined to recommend to congress the revival of the grade of vice admiral to be filled by the promotion of Rear Admiral Dewey. Turkish Troops lust Withdraw. The collective note of Great Britain, Prance, Italy and Russia, demanding the withdrawal of the Turkish troops in the island of Crete, has been presented to the Turkish government. Two Regiments Ordered Home. Brig.-Gen. Ernst, with the Sixteenth Pennsylvania and the Third Wisconsin regiments, has been ordered to leave Porto Rico for the Cnited States. Both legimentr; have a number of sick. Have Not Time laiougli The Bnantnh government declares it will be impossible to repatriate the Spanish soldiers ; I Cuba within a month and a half, as the Americans demanded.

HONORED BY CONGREGATION ALISTS.

MhW Margaret .1. Evans of Minnesota, just elected to membership in the American board of foreign missions, is one of the most cultured women iu America. She is the lirst woman to be thus honored by the board in the ninety years of its existence. Miss Evans is the lady principal of Carleton college, Minnesota. She is thoroughly traveled and has the happy faculty of remembering what she neon. She has spent most of her life in Minnesota. At Winona she received her academic education. Then she entered Lawrence university at Appleton. Wis. After her graduation she went to the seminary at Fox Lake in the capacity of teacher. Her next position was that Protection for Catholic Clergy. The pope has charged Mgr. Bavona to prepare a memorandum, which will be presented t. the American and Spanish commumionera in Paris, in this memorandum his holiness requests protection for the rights of the Catholic clergy in Cuba and the Philippine Pro vlrtloim on the Yukon. An estimate of the quantity of provisions on the Yukon indicates that there will be no need of a government relief expedition.

THE TRADE REVIEW. Most I in. . of ltuiuess in Cood Condition The Failures. R. G. Dun & Co.. in their Weekly Review of Trade, say: "It can do no good to disguise the fact that the large eastern advances on wool to be held for higher prices have helped to retard the natural decline in that product The cotton industry shows better condition in spite of the fall of cotton to the lowest quotation ever known, and there is larger demand tor most staple goods. The iron industry still gains rapidly. Wheat has been declining a little, with foreign reports somewhat more favorable. "Failures for the week have been 1G9 in the United States, against 212 last year, and 23 in Canada, against 29 last year."

Corbet t Challenges the World. .lames .1. Corbet:, ex-champion pugilist, has issued a challenge to any man in the world to meet in a contest of limited rounds or to a finish, the fight to take place before the club offering the largest purse. Our Conditions of Vce. Report baa it that the Untied States intends to solve the Philippine difficulty hy insisting upon the session of the whole island of Luzon and upon the absolute independence of the rest of the archipelago. Parisian Workmen on Strike. About 60,00t Parisian workmen have gone out on strike and the situati. i is causing consternation. The Temps declares the leaders of the men ar aiming at a general strike, if not a revolution. I. ial.il It ies Are Very Heavy. The liabilities of the Tradesmen'?hank of Xew Yoi k will not be lc:s than $3,800,000, and will probably reach $4.000.000. This more than five times the amount of the bank's capital $TÖ. nun. Orevfus Case Is Opened. A formal application for the revision of the Dreyfus case was entered at Paris on the docket of the court of eassation. The procedure for reopening the case has therefore definitely commenct d. Workmen Strike at Havana. Six hundred men machinists, black smiths, skilh-d workmen and laborers have gone on strike at the Havana arsenal, refusing to work aniens they are paid five months' arrears of wages. Murder at Canton, Ohio. George D. Saxon, a brother of Mrs. William McKinley, war shot dead at Canton. Ohio. Mrs. Anna C. George has been placed under arrest on suspicion of the murder. Indorse St I.onis I'iatiorin. The Massachusetts republican state convention renominated Gov. Roger Wolcott and Lieut.-Gov. W. Murray Crane. The St. Louis platform was indorsed. McKinley to Visit Sprin ülieid. President McKinley has, ( hanged the itinerary of his western trip and will visit Springfield, 111.. Oct. !". and remain two boms. a tutor in German, Latin and Greek in the university from which she had been lately graduated. Her present forte is English literature, in the pursuit of which she has made several pilgrimages abroad, visiting libraries, the homes and association places of great poets and authors and adding much lo her knowledge of the history of literature. She has studied at Oxford. Herlin and Heidelberg, and is Veil fitted for her present post. The board of missions in making bei- one of its members recognizes the work she lias done in her fifteen years' service 11 president of the woman's board ol missions for the Interior. President Oierritlcs Court Marl ial. Col. Andel of the Fourth Illinois volunteers has been returned to active duty and will be given the full pay of his rank. The finding of the court martial was overruled by President McKinh y. Warships Oi lered to China. Secretary Long has ordered Admiral Dewey to send two wai ships Immediately from Manila to a point as near the Chinese capital as possible for a war ship to annroach,

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QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND EVENTS. Tie Ank That laid the C.otden Effg One Nature's lends Rome's Kvi! Monaldi The lirst Bollwsy Whoa Balloon Were Rare. At Cast. Gaze thro' the opal mist across the main On ancient walls that rose their grandeur hisjh Unto the kiss of a CastiHan sky. Pioklen the slory of that storied Spain. Heavy with coiuiutst and itj dazzlir.? Kain; Valiant the pride that only dared to die Kor honor's sak" never to question why; Mighty her prowess, its rcsi-tar.o vain. Gaze yet again thro' sulph'rous mist and fire. Another Spain yields up her heipkss wrecks Of stubborn pride to Freedom's last desire. No tyrant heel again shall tread their decks. And as th.oy molder on surrendered strands Spain's castles crumble into desert sa:: '.- Uto. E. liuweti in the Cbicaao Record. The Auk That UM the floMen EgSWhen hens go on a strike during the cold weather and the grocer charges you 30 cents for a dozen of eggs you are pretty apt to grumble a little and say: "Oh, dear, we can't eat very many eggs if they keep up this high." But if 2VL cents seems like a pretty high price for an egg what would you say to paying $8-40 for one? You would probably do a good deal of talking, but the chances are that there woul I be but very little buying. Yet a certain Mr. Field paid that price and thought he was getting a bargain. This egg was sold at Stevens' auction rooms, London. The opening bid was about $2G.50, reckoning in dollars and cents, or "0 guineas, English money. The bidding was kept up pretty lively for some time, but when Mr. Field said. "I ll give $S40" or its equivalent, in pounds and shillings the offer staggered his competitors, and as no one considered it a paying investment to give more than that for an egg it was sold to him. Don't t hink for a minute that this precious egg was laid by a common harnyard hen to subserve the commonplace end of omelette and custards. Oh, no. The great auk was responsible for it, and the great aSk, which was an aristocratic sort of bird of the aquatic species, being the northern branch of the penguin family, didn't condescend to lay eggs for culinary purposes. W hen the great auk laid an egg it was an event. She left the water and burrowed deep holes in the sand for her nest and deposited an egg the size of a swan's. There are very few of these eggs owned by naturalists and museums, comparatively speaking, sixty being the number so far as know n, and there is little chance of more being secured, as the great auk is supposed to be extinct. Chicago Record. The First Railway. We are so accus 'omed to steam railways that it is hard for us to rea'.iz0 that fifty years ago they were novelties. These railways of the eai ly years of the century were so primitive t!vi we would hardly condescend to ride in their cars today. England has the distinction of having first put into successful operation a railway system comprehending steam locomotion. On the 15th of September. 1S30, the Liverpool and Manchester railway was opened with imposing ceremonies. The trial trip of eight trains composing the dedication procession inauguarated steam railway locomotion as a practical business method of getting from place to place. Eaeh one of the eight trains excepting the first consisted of a locomotive and four passenger cars. The first train was made up of one engine and an elegantly equipped car. and it carried the famous statesman. Sir Robert Peel. Eah one of the other coaches carried twenty persons, hut crowded in much the same manner that people travel in ordinary road carriages today. The procession of trains ran from Liverpool to Manchester. It is a remarkable coincidence that at this first great trial of a steam railway should have occurred the first railway accident which ended fatally. Mr Huskisson, a prominent English statesman, became ttust rated at the approach of one of the locomotives while the trains were waiting to permit the engines to take in water. In his confusion he got in front of the locomotive and his leg was run over at the thigh. The unfortunate gentleman died before night. Among the prominent guests at the ccremoni?s attending the road was the greatest of English generals, the duke of Wellington. The builder of the locomotives was Rohei t Stephenson. Read the story of his life and experiments. WIMS BMUoSSM Were Rare. Odd as it may seem, Sept. 15 also witnessed the first balloon ascension from the soil of England, but this happened forty-six years before the introduction of the railway. Thus you Bee that the problem of aerial navigation attracted the world's attention long before steam locomotion overland was seriously thought of. The balloon was a French invention, and as England was at war with the French at t'.ia time the Britishers were slow to put faith in the new contrivance. Finally, on the 15th of September, 1784, Vincent Lunardi. a Neapolitan, ascended from the artillery ground. London, in the presence of a vast crowd. The balloonist descended in a neighboring parish, and so frightened some laborers in a Seid that nothing would induce then approach the aeronaut

or his balloon. He became the hero or the day. and made a great amount of money by exhibiting his balloon. An amusing story is told that the king anj his cabinet were closeted together discussing serious matters of state, when word arrived that Lunardi was about fo make his ascension. The cabinet ministers fidgeted for a minute or two, the king looked disturbed, and he finally remarked: ".My lords, we shall have an opportunity of discussing state matters later, but we may rer again see poor Lunardi: so let us adjourn tLe council and .-eo the balloon."

T.tie-. of Medical Men. The houst rargi on of a Loudon hospital was a: u nding to the injuries of a poor woman whose arm had been severely bitten. As he was dressing the wound he said, "I cannot make out w hat sort of a creature bit you. This is too small for a horse's bite and too small for a dog's." "Oh. sir." replied the patient, "it wasn't an animal; it was another lady." A Marquette physician had been back only a day or two from a vacation trip when he met on the street a sexton of one of the cemeteries. "How are you. doctor? How are you?" Inquired the sexton, with every shew of friendly interest. "Very much better." replied the dec-tor. "I find ray trip has done me a world of good." "Then you've been away on a trip?" said the sexton. "I thought as much. Why, it's been three weeks since there was a funeral." A French statistician has discovered 'hat in the sixteenth century the average duraUoa of a doctor's life was only thirty-six and one-half years. In the seventeenth century it reached fortyfive and two-thirds years, in the eigheenth century forty-nine and two-third-: years, and at the present time he finds it is fifty-six years. The same inquirer proposes to ascertain whether the average longevity of patients hai increased in the same proportion. One of Nature's I'eud. The cockroach has one enemy that pursues him with more malevolence than does the cleanly housewife. That is the spider. And not only is this hatred more deep rooted, it is more deadly. All things considered, the cockroach shows little respect for the human race. He knows that although he is small, he Is chock-full of inventive genius, and he laughingly scorns the futile attempts of men and women to circumvent and destroy him. So long has he been hauling for life against paris green, fly paper, hot water and wire cages that he has learned to saunter through green lanes of poison and wade rivers of glue without so much as soiling his toes, and when it comes to the scalding bath, he swims lightly out and wriggles his whiskers in derision at his wou'ul-be slayers. Rut he dares not treat the spider with such disdain. In fact, he doesn't have a chance, for the spicier outdoes evea the cockroach in cunning, and nabs him without the least ceremony. Still, it would hardly be advisable to recommend raiding a crop of spiders as a sure preventive of cockroaches, for in most people's minds the exterminator is more objectionable than his victim. Boaie'i Mon.irch. Eighteen hundred an ' two years ago tomorrow Domitian, one of the worst of a long series of evil Roman emperors, was assassinated in his closet while listening to a pretended revelation of a plot against his life. This emperor, who reigned for fifteen years, ranks as one of the most cruel and bloodthirsty in history. On one occasion he gave a grand banquet, and invited a host of his supposed friends and courtiers. As each guest entered the banquet hall he noticed that It was draped in black, and that funeiol torches were Mazing. Led to his seat, he discovered that back of him stood a coffin bearing his own name and the date of his death, which was that day. Each of the guests was then threatened with murder by a masked ir in costumed as a fury. The guests w :re the members of the imperial senate of the empire. They were permitted to escape after enduring some minutes of terror. It is small wonder that such a man was conspired against by those nearest to him, his own wife and family being parties to the plot tha resulted in his death. Loaraiag to Mwmin Heat. You all know what the Fahrenheit thermometer is, no doubt, and pretty soon you will be looking at the one that hangs outside the Iront door to find, out how cold the weather is and if there is danger of frosting your nose if you go skating. Prior to the seventeenth century people had to trust to their feelings entirely to ascertain the temperature of the weather, or of anything else, for that matter. Hut in 1720 Oahriel Daniel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer, aud one that is in common use today. Other experimenters had indifferently succeeded in making instruments that would gauge differences in temperature. These had been tubes filled with oil, spirits of wine or other substances and were uncertain. Fahrenheit was a native of the German town of Danzig, where he made a failure as a merchant. He then tuned his attention to mechanics and Anally invented the thermometer that bears his name, and ' which soon became popular through out the civilized world. He removed to Amsterdam, Holland, then a great : shipping center. 1 he inventor was such a quiet. uno?uming man that little is known about hint, the date of his death even being a disputed question. It is generally believed, however, that be died Sept. 1. 173& Why doesn't the pugilist who is looking for a scrap offer Uls services to j Uncle Sam ?