The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-09-17
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E Ball fringe continues in favor,
White fans are used forfuIT dress.
This is the sloppy era in ladies' dres.
ses, t,s. y ..s..,s4... s..,.,s-. .....
Atootbpick isn't the worst toilet these
days. '1oiha'
Summer shoes and walking boots have
SQUARE box,toes3 syfa5 qft ~fq, Il
The wash-woman costume Is much
worn at the seaside.
Fancy and extravaganza will run riot
this fall in buttonsf e4
Button-hole bouquets made of wax
flowers are much worn.
Bunting dresses shake off the dust and
fwill endure hard usage. = - 81
A profusion Of ribbons are seen every
where as trimmings.
Excess of fancy now runs to trimming
the skirt OF chemise. so-st
Ladies in mourning wear black lace
mitts with cuff of Grape. SOD
The latest novelty in the way Of arti-
fetal flowers is a sunfower. hsa
Ladies' linen handkerchiefs have PEN
and ink sketches in the corners.
Wide belts, embroidered in gay colors,
are now decidedly fashionable. Sf "
There's worse things than getting m ar.
ried-hanging for instance-Elmira Ga
zetts. .g /.
| In Eagland q tiny thread of gold sup
porting solitaire diamond is the favor'
Encouragement ring. .y
What riles country postmistress is tt
havea postalc card come to the Office writ
ten in French. s. ~ ~
Before Ptevna7 900 men, just the mum.
Iher brought from India to Malta, were de
stroyed inithirty-three minutes. . ~
i A new cannon has just been tested il
|the Krupp artillery grounds, Bredelar
which Is fred At the expense OF $3.50 {
lshot. &c 49, lsFs i-flR -S.4.s 8
9Theres's no place like home" "-unles
MS some nice young girls home, whel
| the old folks are at class meeting, ant
1.-THE match box is empty.-Elmira Ga
zett .9 asE
jE All hair pins look alike to men, but let
wife 90 off on visit for month, ant
come home and find a hair-pin near tn
door, aud she can't wait minute to grow
red in the face "
Il There isn't as much fuss made owe
1.-THE Inauguration of a boys irst pant
lpocket as there is over the laying Of
corner stone, but there are more thing
Ito put 10 it.-Fnlten Times.
When you hear . lot Of women at
watering place hotel slandering another
You may be sure she has better ward
robe than they. and that she is mindinI
her own business.-Hotel Mail.
There's no need OF young ladies root
ing in rouge box to get up health
color, when little judicious applicatio
ofthe scrubbing brush to the kitchen foo
will accomplish like sults.-Elmira Ga
zette. -, yjs7. e,i sax , sI
John Stone, of Princetown, N. II
has kept three quarters of an acre Of po
, tatoes free from bugs by pasturing eley
en- young ducks there. A tub kept file,
, with fresh water answered all their need
for bathing. il irsai 7aH Hl 2
The man who can get through
Gro wded market without catching Gag
} gers from more than one pair OF indig
nant eyes belonging to q woman with
} torn dress is the one we want to shak
/ hands with.fie , .3s'F ,sHssWo@
According to Dr.. Fitch, there are no
less than sixty different insect that pre-!
upon the apple, twelve upon the peal
sixteen on the peach, seventeen on tn
plum, thirty-6ve on the cherry and thirt.
r on the grape. .a 4f,. a5
The ornamental young men who stan
3 at the pianos and turn the music for th
girls are disguised with q meddlin
) Dutchman, who has invented machin
With which the player turns the page
: with slight pressure of the foot. aa
: When mother is mendiDg her SON
pants, what pang it causes herto fiod
euchre deck and a pistol in his pockets
t And pang-or several OF 'em she eau:
E es the boy, when she interviews him
few minutes later on the subject.
Did you ever notice that the raggede
: and frayeder the neckband of your shil
grew, the more starch the washerwoma
' would put into it, and the harder an
glossier she ironed it2 (And the highe
you carried your head the more yo
r idgeted2)
The persistent wretch who is aiway
! asking, as this hot enough for you
{ will get his reverb one, Of these day
When q dark complexloned old perso
! with horns shall lead him in crying. 81
th;s hot enough for you2" be will unde
. lstand it.-Courier journal. .6era
A fashion journal informs US that g
pretty trimming for the bottom aof q
. oyerdress is to cut squares aud taste
: up one edge of the square with tin
!, l-bow OF ribbon" That must be neat
and might we suggest that the bottol
Iof pair OF pants would lock well don
8 up in the same manner2
:. The prompt and generous response {
all the cities and towns of the North
|. the call for help from the fever-stricke
: South, shows more clearly than anythin
: else that the old time sectional rancor
surely dying out and that it will ere Ion
90 out entirely. The generous respoI
Q ses that have been made every wher
8 show that the milk Of human kindnes
|. is by no means exhausted.
e An old fellow named Barney Moral
G who died recently in the workhouse
i Belliea, in ireland, revealed to the chal
: lain before his death that he was the ex
e cutioner of Robert Emmet. He was
young soldier at the time and preforme
the revolving office for reward. Nor
# but few officers knew who he was, an
e the secret was 80 well kept that It hs
y commonly been supposed to be past iii
e ding out. s'''''.' s
4 Just before the public schools in Ne
y Haven closed for the vacation, lad
n teacher In one Of the departments gay
out the word afob" for her class to spel
It After it was spelled, as was her custom
s she asked the meaning of it. No or
it knew. The teacher then told the clas
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