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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03
HATS.

AS part Of a woman's garb the
new hats are unique. Their proto-
types have existed among mems head
coverings for several seasons, but
nothing quite SO eccentric has been
seen for women's use for many day.
The modish hats are of all shades OF
felt; have high crowns (like the
quondam Alpine hat, withoutits dent)
and rather wide brims. 1t is in the
brims alone that one can be individu-
al. They are turned up before, be-
hind on the sides, at the corners
wherever fancy prompts, in short.
Velvet and repped silk, of shades
contrasting with the felt, with short
feathers of all kinds-ostrich, heron,
cock, duck, peacock, partridge, robin,
and every other variety of wing
form the principal portion of the trim
ming. Inevitably, there is an abund-
ance of jet interspersed, in the form
of buckles, pins, sprays, and fringes,
while blue steel holds its own. But,
as jet and steel are not happily adapt
ed to every color, there is now and
then q surcease Of them. The brims
of these hats are not wired; conse-
quently they are so softly flexible
that, while they are turned up on
one side, they can be turned down
upon the other, producing singular
ly "radish" effect. These hats have in
| fact too great tendency in this di.
| rection and require unusual taste
and discretion in their use. The usu
al garniture is a binding Of velvet
VIDE or narrow, as preferred, pipe'
with repped silk; finger wide band
also of velvet, round the crown; ;
bunch of loops Of the combined sill
and velvet securing the brim agains
the crown-these, in turn, surmountet
by such feathers as may be used, ant
the flowers and leaves, if any are em
ployed, tucked in with the rest, form
ing a general conglomerate. Flower
are rather less in favor than usual jus
now, though it may be only becaus
every one is wearing felt; and felt AM
| flowers are naturally incongruous
Such flowers as are worn, however
are mainly of a deep rich red-a CO.
or, by the bye, especially fashionabl
this season.
| Bonnets do not differ essentiall
from those of last year, except in bf
ing rather larger. They have tn
same irregular shapes and superh'
} Gus decoration as before, but al
chiefly of darker tints; even receptio
and opera hats being black Or near]
so, picked out with white or son
very pale contrasting hue.-Scr'bn'
:, for December.
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NEW FREIGHT RAILWAY
From tue Chicago Tribune.

from hc Lhtcngo tribune.
If there is any truth in thestatement,
for which the New York Graphic is
authority, that Vanderbilt and his
people propose to build a double
track freight railway from New York
to Chicago, the farmers Of the West
certainly have cause for devout
Thanksgiving. The plan unfolded by
the Graphic is simple and reasonable.
The New York Central Company will
soon have completed two additional
tracks between Albany and Buffalo
and the possession Of the Harlem and
the Hudson River Railroads by the
same corporation gives it practically
four tracks between New York and
Buffalo. 1t only remains for the
Company to lay double track be-
tween Chicago and Buffalo in order
to complete a freight railway between
the West and the East. With this
advantage the New York Central
Company would be able to cut under,
not only the Baltimore & Ohio rates,
but any schedule that could be framed
by a company having smaller facili-
ties. Grain could be carried on such
freight railway at rates scarcely ex-
ceeding canal tolls. The promise is =
glorious one; but it is only a prom
ise. Great expectations should not
be predicted upon it. The New
York Central Company we presume
is in no condition financially to under
take a work Of such magnitude. The
alleged statement Of its purposes is
chiefly interesting as a forecast of
what must be eventually, and may be
soon, the solution Of the transporta-
! ton problem.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03

The great bugbear with the
Western railroads nowadays is illegal
fare" Passengers have been in the
habit of getting aboard trains and
paying legal fare. To prevent this
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad devised a means of forcing
passengers to pay full fare. 1t was to
make them show tickets before get
ting aboard. At Burlington, the
other day, passenger bought ticket
and took his seat. He then passed il
out OF the window to a friend who also
took his seat, repeating the operation
until the car was filled up. Wher
the conductor came round there wa
but one ticket, and legal fares enough
to keep the Supreme Court in contin
uous session for 3 century.
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ENGLISH SCENERY,

In a paper. in the last atlantic
Monthly, E. S, Nadal shows some of
the "Contrasts Between English
Scenery and Our Own" This paper
contains numerous suggestive little
bits Of information, as, for instance,
that one great disadvantage for a per-
son desiring to look at an English
landscape in the absence Of good
fences to sit upon, the ground being
usually too damp. Mr.. Nadal missed
very much our good rail fences, with
which it has been quite the fashion to
find fault. You come, in England,
to fine prospect; and your legs are
80 tired that you can't enjoy it. You
look about for a place to sit down,
but the inhospitable landscape con-
tains not single invitation. There
is no stone in sight, and you can't
perch like bird upon the hedge.
How you miss the good old rail fence,
Of which the top rail is as comforta-
bic seat as a reasonable man need
ask! Another thing disappoints you
in England. The streams are un-
clean; the waters the poets have
made famous smell abominably. You
traverse North Wales by rail, and
the deluding Dee brawls along, for
many a mile beside you, with. a tu-
multi of green waters. Mr.. Nadal
stopped at Llangollen, to walk along
the banks o'Dee, and make it's &C.
quaintance. He found nice inn, a
charming landlady, pretty Welsh
girl, and good lunch. But he found
that the Dee washed noisome, i'll
smelling rocks, from whose neighbor-
hood he was glad to escape. England
is the prettiest country possible to
have a picnic in. The air is sweeter
and the sod greener than elsewhere ;
but its beauty pleases your eye with
out touching your heart. There is
too little spontaueity about IL. Art
is stronger than nature; indeed, ma
ture has been chased out of England
into the sea. But the English eli
mate is more comfortable to live in
than ours. The fashionable hour for
horseback riding in Summer is from
II to 2, time quite impracticable in
our climate. But the English Sum-
mer always seems a thing Of the fu-
ture or the past. Forever it is May
or October.
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1t would" indeed be a terribl,

1T would indeed be q terrible
thing if an Indian should be hanged,
especially such villainous savage as
Santanta.. The Presidenthas ordered
a delay in the execution Of this angel,
believing that the evidence in this
case will not justify harsh measures.
1t is probable that Santanta will be
spared to 60 on the war-path again
next year.-B,wlingtop Haaukeye.
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Twelve States. according to OF

Fl Twelve States, according to one
Of our contemporaries. have now laws
of greater orless stringency, enforcing
compulsory education, as follows: Now
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Kentucky, New York; Rhode Island,
(to 60 into operation January LIST,
1876 rNewJe Michigan, Kan
,sas, Texas, Nevada and California. Il
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Miss Adelaide Nelson told re-
norter of the Washington Republican
recently that she had been engaged to
Mr.. Strakosch for 100 nights at $500
a night, acting wherever he directs.
She also said she was studying the
characters Of Cleopatra and Lady
Macbeth, having already spent nix
years on the latter. :sz,ys, 81 s>=s >
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FOR THE LADIES.

Put on a bustle-it is stylish
again.
Skirts walking skirts-have all
the fullness behind, the front being
drawn by cords.
How shall l make over my last
years suit? is now the question asked
by the ladies whose pas are not as
rich as they used to be.
Irish poplins are much worn this
season. They are very handsome, for
a good poplin costs twice as much as
a good silk.
The numbers of buttons on kid
gloves increase. Ordinary street
gloves have six buttons and evening
gloves as many as twelve.
There are more kid gloves sold
in New York than in any other city
in the world, gloves to the value Of
$40, 100000 being annually boug ght
by dealers in that city.
Almost all bonnets have roll
pr twist of velvet and silk under the
| orim, thus making it look very high.
Contrasts of color are the exception
this season, though peach blossom with
brown, and lemon-color with myrtle
green, are used with good effect.
"A bonnet to match the dress is
50 universal that costume seems In
complete and ineffective without it.
Seal brown and invisible green are
colors milliners have most call for
there are also stone grey, plum color
grayish-blue, and pure dark blue
without any purple in it.
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There is something significant in
the fact that Tom Paine's grave at
New Rochelle was ploughed over the
other day and every trace of it oblit-
Grated. There is no more indication
Of the infdePs burying-place than
there was belief in his mind of a fu'
ture existence.
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!. The extravaganza Of the young
men of the present day seem as moth
ing beside old time wastefulness.
During the reign of Louis tXIV.1th
laees necessary: for !. gentlsemla'!n','sss l'!',s COS.
tune cost $4,000 50
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A GIANT ENGINE PULLING A GIANT
TRAIN.

Engine 953 of the Pennsylvania
Railroad left Trenton yesterday morn
ing for Amboy with 4 train of 14O
loaded coal cars, undoubtedly the
'>rsn-+ that ever passed over this
rOau S00 u Lne ueavIesU 1uvu,I.vv. y
in use by this corporation, its weight
being $4,000 pounds. The cylinders
are "a by 20 inches and Look like
hogsheads. There are eight driving
wheels, each supporting five tons
weight. The train was over one
third ofa mile long, and its total
weight, exclusive of engine and ca
boose, allowing nine tons to a car
with its freight, amount to 1890
tons, or 2,52o,o0o pounds. Mr.. Ely,
superintendent of motive power, ac-
companied the engine on its trial
trip.-N. Y. Sun.
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-Itis stated ct! !. on :g good authority b
that M, Is; Sims a Reeves, Rec the English is
tenor; who has Just signed contracts n a =
to come 70 America me- = next season 's tor t
10 series Of concerts, ''Et', is to receive $115''
600 for 100: nights; or $1,150@1 pei
night,asas @:sa 80 = -, ... t. :. -
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WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG,
BRET HARTE.

BRET HARrE
Over thechimney the night-wind sang
And chanted q melody no one knew;
And the Woman stopped as the babe she tossed,
And thought Of the one she had long since lost,
And said, as her teaz-drpps back she forced,
II hate the wind In the chimney"
Over the chimney the night-wjnd sang
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the Children said, as they. closer drew,
"'Tis some witch that is cleaving the black nigh
through
'Tis fairy trumpet that just then blew,
And we fear the wind in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night-wind sang,
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the Man, as he sat on his hearth below,
Said to himself, ut will surely snow,
And fuel is dear, and wages low,
And III stop the leak in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night-wind sang
And chanted melody no one knew;
But the Poet listened aud smiled, for he
Was Man, and Woman, and Child, all three,
And he said, 1T is Gods own harmony,
This wind that sings in the chimney"
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Here is another melting obituary
stanza from the Philadelphia Ledger
We had little Nichy once,
-. y. He was our only pride, =,
~ We, loved him, ah, perhaps too well,
~ " For soon he slept and died,
u Gone 10 meethis grandfithef'
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THE VACANT PARISH.

A Story Founded on Facts.
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JOB PRINTING
OF all kinds, plain colored executed on short
notice. in the best style, and at ST. Paul prices.-
Printing don. .in German and Norwe we,an, as we'll ~
In English, and warranted to give satisfaction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-29

You meet the world face to face when
you meet an actor of repute; he has
met his fate and conquered it; he has
outlived 10, 1000 uncommon experiences,
and nightly awakens the profoundest
emotions in the breasts of multitudes
who seem to see life and death weighed
in the balance. One of the pleasantest
theatrical episodes that we recall at this
moment is an, evening when truly
greatly actor was playing "The Marble
Heart" to a dense and enthusiastic
audience; he could not have played i'll
under any circumstances, but was nat
urally doing his best on this occasion.
AS the play progressed and Raphael be-
came more and more involved through
the arts of the marble hearted Mile.
Marco, his frame quivered with
genuine emotion and the house was
deathly still. But in the wings, we
who were supporting him, crowded to-
gether that we might watch his master
ly impersonation, and through all his
sorrows we wept manfully, for there
was an inspiration in every syllable he
uttered that affected us as sorely as
reality. What's Hecuba to him, or
he to Hecuba, that he should weep for
her?" Possibly something more than
we are acquainted with. It is seldom
that the companions of Mary Stuart
and Marie Antoinette, though they be
players, escape from the scene with dry
eyes, and there is a reaction after the
emotional dramas that leaves the par
Elephants sometimes quite exhausted.
You who picture the happy leisure of
the actor, who awaits his cue in the
wings, smoking his cigarette the while,
or flirting with pretty ballet girl,
have something to learn of the serious
side of the actors life, and when you
have once learned it perhaps you will
bemore considerable of occasional failure.
The actor is not uncommonly caluna-
mated personal experience has taught
me how hard it is to please the hyper
critical, and how easy is fault-fnding.
I have respect and love and sympathy
for actors; the memory of my associa-
ton with some members of the profess
sion is such as cherish among the
most agreeable of my life. ] believe
there are few, if any, professions that
will bear the critical examination the
theatrical profession is subjected to
with a better grace and know that
the best of us are subject to some sort
of weakness. And in this connection
let me add that there is q suggestive
little text that has something to say of
the possible beam in ones own eye,
and that it will do us all good to con-
slider, when we feel the old prejudices
beginning to discolor our vision
Charles Warren Stoddard IN the Atla1a-
Tic for November.
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"One evening she called me- 70 her

"One evening she called me to her
and said, John, there will be flag
held out tonight flag in the hand Of
Jesus. 1t will not be red flag, for
there is no danger; and it will not be a
green flag, for, thank God, there is no
doubt; but it will be pure white flag,
for all is perfect safety and peace, and
| am very nearly at my journeys end.
And that night my wife died. !"
/ cannot remember any more of the
old mans story, dear children; but
whenever | see the white flag waved, I
think of the evening at the little way
side station, where the sick woman s
earthly journey was ended, and in per-
feet safety she went home to God.
Would there be white flag or red
flag held out tonight if you were called
to your journeys end, dear child?-The
Christian
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JOhnsOn'S Ram.

Our county fair is just over; but
Johnson's Cotswold ram did not take
the prize that was offered for the best
animal of the kind. Judge Pitman
was chairman OF the committee on
rams, and he manifested the deepest
interest in Johnson's ram indicating
clearly that if any sheep ought to take
prize that one ought to. Johnson's
ram was by itself in a pen with high
board fence, and before adiudicating
the prizes the Judge thought he had
better go in and make close examina-
ton of the animal for the purpose of
ascertaining the fneness of its wool,
etc. AS soon as the Judge reached the
interior he walked toward the ram,
whereupon the ram began to lower it's
head and shake 1t ominously. Just as
the Judge was about to feel the fleece
the ram leaped forward and planted it's
head in the Judges stomach, rolling
him over on the ground. Before the
Judge had time to realize what had
happened the ram came at him again
and began series of promiscuous
butts, each given with the precision and
force of a pile-driver. It butted the
Judge on the back, on the ribs, on his
arms, on his shoulder blades. on
the bald place on his head. on his
breast, on his shins it butted his nose,
it butted his watch into o mass of loose
cogwheels, it butted his spectacles off,
it butted his high hat into black silk
chaos it butted him over into the cor
ner and up against the fence, then it
butted four boards out of the fence,
butted down another of the committee,
butted three small boys into fits, butted
the money-taker at the gate, and then
fed out into the country, butting harm
lessly at the fresh air. The Judge did
not distribute the prizes that day.
When they collected him from various
parts of the pen, they wiped the blood
from his trowsers and the blood from
his nose and sent him home with a
perennial stomach-ache and a deter
mination to start after that wandering
mutton the first thing in the morning
with shotgun. Mac AdeIer.
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English " SpOrts.v

The bicycle mania in this country
soon yielded to treatment. It died
quietly, and the velocipede was rele-
gated to the occasional urchin. But in
England the velocipede is advancing in
popularity. The crude machine of six
or seven years ago has given place to
very light and durable affair made en-
tirely of the best steel, and with wheel
80 inches In diameter. The speed at
tanned in these improved bicycles
reaches Is miles an hour for short dis
tances, while runs of 60 miles are by no
means rare. Matches of 100 miles in
eight hours are common, and letter
carriers and messenger boys are bring
ing the bicycle into rapid. use. The
principal manufacturers are over
crowded with orders, and are weeks be-
hindhand in their fulfllment. The
London Standard gives an account of
match against time from Bath to Lon
don, distance of 107 miles, to be per-
formed in eight hours. The rider
would undoubtedly have won but for
an episode which, with others, shows
that the Briton's vaunted love of fair
play is not by any means as securely
founded as it should be. After meet
ing with an accident which knocked him
into the gutter, the rider reached
point near the city of Windsor with half
an hour to spare, according to the
schedule. This left him more than two
hours and half to do the remaining
81 miles, and as he had the best of the
road before him he wentleisurely to work.
At this point he was set upon by four
Grace course roughs," who had been
lurking in the hedge awaiting his COM
ing. He was nearly murdered, and his
bicycle so damaged that, on recovering
consciousness, he had to drag it to the
next station on the road, four miles dis
tant. Here he was supplied with an
inferior velocipede, and, manned and
faint, made his way into London 50
minutes late, losing his wager. The
roughs had evidently been employed by
sporting men who had bet against him.
The poor mans appearance confirmed
his story, and produced an uproar
among the betting men generally. He
declared that he could have made the
distance in seven hours and a half; that
he did it in less than nine under the
circumstances was still more remark
able feat,
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Eating When Sick.

1t is the custom among certain class
of people when member of the family
is sick to begin at once to ask, i" Now
what can you eat p Every one has
heard the old story of the man who ate
eighteen dumplings when he was sick.
On one occasion, when engaged upon
the eighteenth, his little son said, i" Pa,
give me piece !" "No, no, my son"
replied the father; ego away, pas
sick" When a young man has been
surfeited, in season and out of season,
until exhausted nature gives way and a
fever is coming on, the good mother is
in trouble. She anxiously inquiries.
" Now, John, what can you eat /? You
must eat something. People can't live
without food.'' Then comes toast and
tea, etc. The stomach is exhausted and
no more needs stimulating or food than
the jaded horse needs the whip. What
is needed is rest, complete rest. Nine
tenths of the acute disease might be
prevented by few days starvation
when the first indications appear. /
don't mean complete abstinence in
every case, but perhaps piece of cold
bread with cold water for drink. If
such policy were generally adopted
what ruin would overtake the medical
profession DR.. Dio Lewis.