Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-07
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dreSsy haSqueS.
Chenille trimmings appear on many
OF the richest wraps.
Satin dc Lyons bids fair Is 10 the
popular plain silk dress fabric.
Interest is the spur Of the people,
but glory that Of great souls,
An idle reason lessons the weight Of
the good ones YOU gave before.
SIN has 4 great many tools; hut n lie
is the handle which fits them all.
Ceremonies differ in every country;
hut true pohteneSS is ever the same,
All shades of green, ,,,le, dark blue,
yellow and bronze are fashionable.
Red, gold, old gold, bronze and pur.
pie are the prominent winter colorS.
Bows on Your dress skirt, If YOU like
but they must have SiN loops and two
ends
Rev, pr Talmage has invited his
congregation to call upon him New
Years.
II is quite natural that the Old year
should grow cold At the last end, being
the dying year.
The effective colors in plush are gar
net, Old gold, amethyst bronze, myrtle,
green and purple.
The FREELY only shines when IN the
wing. So is it with the mind; when
once we rest we darkcn.
Rows of machine stitching remain
the favoritc finish for cloth, cheviot and
frie2e cloth dresses.
Poverty often depriycs man Of all
spirit and virtue. 1t is hard for an
empty bag to stand upright.
Pictures drawn in our minds are
laid i'll fading co,ors, and unless some
times refreshed, vanish and disappear
All other love is cxtinguished Ivy
self-love; bene6cenec, humanity, JUS
tee philosophy, sink under it.
II is with youth rs with plants from
the first fruits thcy bear we learn what
may he expected in the future
The glitter of gold and the sparkle
of colored beads make dresses and bon
nets rarci, brilliant this season.
Miss Rosecans, niece of the Gcne-
ral, has been elected superintendent of
schools, Of kcokuk, Iowa.
Pearl trimming nearly half yard
wide goes well with mauve hrocade,
and costs only sic yard
Costumes for the coolest weather are
SO heavily trimmed with plush rs to
appear almu.: made of that fabric
Pale blue plush morning robes, worn
over SATIN petticoats of the same shade,
please luXuriously tasteful women,
The handsomcst things in fine knit
ted underwear are chcmiscS and draw
ers of wool Grape and silk Grape
Shirrcd waists Of white or cololed
Surrah silk are worn under bright col
ored velvet OF hrocadcd peasant waists.
When men are solely urged and
pressed, they find in themselves IL
power which they thought they had
not.
Nature makes us pourwhen we want
necessities, but custom gives the name
of poverty to the want of supertlui-
ties.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will
see the effect when the weaving of
lifetime is unravelcd.
Many Of the richest velvet brocades
have the flowers edged, ribbed and
ycined with gold, jet, pearl, and irrides-
cent beads.
Stylish walking costumes are made
af tipy abnnbnrJt, ,,l,;1 "a, t,,,,, "a lao
of some dark color combined with self
colored goods.
James NJ Stone, for twenty years
king Of the lobby Of the Massachu-
sets legislature, died at Boston last
week.
The princess of Wales has just pass
cd her thirty-siNth birthday. She spent
the morning of her recent birthday an
niyersary in hunting.
Archibald Forbes, the war cores
pondent was banqueted at Toronto
recently. Professor Goodwin Smith oc-
cupied the chair.
When your old furs get too shabby
to wear, you can make a very pretty
rug Of them, by simply sewing the
scra ps together.
The English silk vests are now so
graded IN weight and thickness that
many ladies wear them mt all seasons
Of the year.
Some very original dresses have been
imported M which yellow green-like
bronze is the prevailing color Of the
satin hrocade.
General Stoneman, who lives at Los
Angeles, California, il making money
out Of grapes. He has just sold his
crop Of the present year for $4,000.
Miss Foote, who was one of Mrs.
Hayes aids during her first two win
tiers al the White House, il to marry Il
Cincinnatian this month.
The centennial anniversary Of the
establishment Of the first Gniyersalist
church in this country was celebrated
At Gloucester Mass, last week
Mrs. NJ. i. Carrie, Of Bloomington,
ILL.,, widow Of an army medical officer,
j. a candidate for postmaster Of the
house Of representatives.
General Butler il TO be Governor
Sprague's leading counsel in the
Spraguc-C Chase divorce suit, which will
come TO trial at Providence in Febru-
airy.
Fvcrv9no an 4ha rnorniny nr tho