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such revealer of the character. Some
women will drag it tight up to their shout
ders, and stick out their elbows in defiance
beneath. Such are of the independent class
with strong opinions. Others let it hang
loose and lstless like an idle sail, losing ali
the beauty Of the outline-both moral and
physical. Such ladies have usually no
opinions at all, but none the less very
obstinate will of their own" A real lady
hits by intuition the happy mean; she does
not put on a turban to drink tea with
two people, or an innocent white frock
for party of 20O;" she does not appear as
a milliner popped out of a and-box, or as
an artist just stepped from picture, or as
an antiquary kept usually as curiosity I'M
der glass case; she moves at respectful
distance from the extremes Of fashion. and
though society does not "know what she has
on" she is not in danger of being mistaken
for either Aspasia or Queen Anne. What
she wears, though perchance homely, is al
ways good; not scrap of tinsel or trumpery
appears upon her; she deals in no gaudy
confusion of colors, nor does she affect a
studied sobriety, but she either refreshes you
with spirited contrast, or composes YOU
with a judicious harmony" And the secret
of her success simply consists in her know
ing the three grand unities of dress-her
own station, her own age, and her own points.
And no woman can dress we'll who does not"
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The POnca Indian Business.

The troubles of the Ponca Indians have
excited considerable feeling for more than
year. The Indian department has been
roundlv abused for alleged i'll treatment of
these people, ana on the other hand have
been held entirely blameless. Chiefs rep
resenting every band of the tribe were allow
edte go to Washington and tell their own story
Secretary Schurz held council with them
in the presence of Gen. George Crook, Mr..
Stickney and Walter Allen, three of the
Ponca commissioners lately named by the
president, Gen. Miles being out of town.
The Ponca chiefs declared unanimously
that they desired to remain in Indian Terri
tory, and to make permanent homes there,
to sell their Dakota lands and acquire title
to their reservation in Indian Territory.
They said further that there had not been
any sickness among them for year. They
we're emphatic in declaring that they wanted
Tibbles and other white men who had been
trying to get them back to Dakota, and thus
interfering with their working and becoming
prosperous, to let them alone henceforth
This testimony is exactly opposite to the
tenor of that taken before the congressional
committee last winter. The secretary will
recommend congress to grant their request
and exchange their lands
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
A Bright Boston Boy.

Capt John Goldman, in a letter to the
New York Post, relates this anecdote of q
Boston boy: Passing up Beacon street I
met little boy with small library of books
slung over his shoulder by strap, and re.
quested him to direct me to the Meionaon.
This he did with so exceeding poiteness
that having curiosity to know why public
hall should have such queer name. Iasked
him il he could tell me why it was so called.
Certainly, SIR he replied. 1t is an adjunct
to the fremont Temple, and it's derivation
is from melon, smaller, and naos, temple
Thank you, my boy said. You seem
to be well up in the languages; thank you
very much. Tiny 9 pas de quot, Monsieur,
me chance to learn Of his bis r GYM in
Latin and Hebrew, which was no doubt
equal to that he had acquired in Greek and
French y
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the testator in :
his presence and in

II compared the scraps Of paper with the
copy found in the trunk, and it was without
doubt in the same handwriting, I would
have turned to the clerk, whose name stood
first as witness, but he was dead, or to the
one who had written and Witnessed the
original will, and who at this moment, I felt
sure must know something of this fraud,
but he had gone all to drink year or two
before, and had been reluctantly COM
PEELED to part with him. asked if anyone
had got his address, and by strange coinL
cidence letter had come from him that
very day to one of my clerks, asking for
him to call, for he was very i'll. The mo-
ment I gotthat started for Peters lodgings
in cab. found him in bed, evidently IN
in rapid consumption, and had only
to hold up the forged will and say signi6-
cantly, How on earth did you come to do
this?' to make the blood leave his face. He
would not confess, however, until gave
him pledge that he Would not be punished
for his share in the forgery, and that was
more than could take upon me to promise;
SO I left him and made my way to the mis-
cradle home Of the Morleys IN Golden lane.
By miserable ] don't mean unhappy, but
poor. When was admitted to the house
found they occupied two rooms on the Sec
ond floor. The heiress Of Stokes, larRef for
tune was busy on her knees before the fire,
toasting bread for her husbands tee, and
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POlygamY in Idaho.

Gov. Neil of Idaho, in his message to the
legislature, says that polygamy is being rap
idly introduced from Utah. The statutes
are defective as it is impossible to prove the
crime. The Territory is in danger of be-
coming second edition of Utah, and the
governor expresses the hope that the legis-
lature will adopt measures to crush out the
practice. He also advises Furnishing of
those who@dvocate and preach the doctrine
OF polygamy. He recommends that con-
gress be memorialized to amend the act of
1852 so as to make polygamous cohabitation
after marriage in another Territory an Of
Tense.
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Art and Dress Secret TO Success.
From London Good Words.

Scarcely Of less import than sex and age
are the height, size, and general proportions
of the figure. Tall and stumpy people can
not with impunity be dressed in one pat
tern, the stately lady sweeping through
marble halls can gracefully carry queenly
robes that would crush the pretty little lady
dwelling in. a cottage The present inclipa,
ton is to treet dfess Jag ntapery, and TO con:
slider the one as:smply ttilita1ian land: tie
other az # ct necessity, supremely, artistic,
The points Of As figure are used as negs
&henenpSn t9.ha1g OUT decorative .;fabIfds,
and POSSIBLY Sartoaf ResartuisI might stigma.
tie our living ladies as lay figures
and our intelligent men as stalk
ing clothes-hor Some dresses are
for sitting or standing only, some for
walking, while others reduce the free action
of the figure to physical endurance. A lady
making a morning call was asked to take a
seat, but she begged to be excused, because
having on "a walking costume, she could
not sit down. Yet nature in building up
the human frame work had more extend
ed scheme, which fashion would do well
not SO relentlessly to thwart. As to the
length of dress, that will much depend on
whether the feet are of a beauty deemed to
be worth displaying; if inviting to cast
glimpse on, they will probably be permitted
like little mice to peep in and out, hence
some ladies wear gowns always short when
other peoples are long, and go about hold
ing them up above the highest water
mark in fine weather !" The shout
ders, which call for at least as
much anxious care as the feet, admit of
varied decorations, as with scarf, shawl,
mantilla, veil, robe, toga. "a black scarf
carries an heir Of respect, which is in itself
protection. A woman thus alfred glides
on her way like small close-reefed vessel,
light and trim, seeking no encounter but
prepared for one. Much. however, depends
on the wearer; indeed, no article Of dress is
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FARM AND HOUSE.
Farmers Notes

A new beet sugar factory has been built at
Franklin, Mass, to employ eighty hands.
Farmers along the Connecticut Valley are
represented to have made more money rails
ing beets at S. per ton than their tobacco
crop would have given them. North
ampton farmer produced 100 tons on a little
over three acres of land.
Onions will grow in almost any rich and
light soil, but they do best in dark vegeta-
ble-mould we'll drained and yet moist. Re-
claimed swamp land if light and mellow is
very choice for onions. Rich, sandy loan,
and cleaned willow lands are also valuable
for this crop. The best fertilizers are stable
manure, night soil, guano, and superphos-
plate of lime. If the soil is rich the crop
does better for several successive years.
A number of Los Angeles farmers have
planted small patches of Minnesota amber
cane, ranging from fifteen to twenty acres
each, and the cane is now being worked for
syrup and sugar at the different mills in this
valley. With favorable results, it is found
that a fair crop of cane will yield 200 gal
lons!of syrup, weighing IL lbs to the gallon.
When evaporated to about IL IL lbs. to the
gallon, it becomes mush sugar too thick to
dow. Prof. Hilgard's tests indicate that ~
lbs. OF syrup will yield lbs. Of cane sugar,
~o'"'AAA6 GA PoAuo VI BAaPo sugar VI SYRUP
The New York Nation advocates the erec-
ton of the Commissionership of Agriculture
to ministry in the Presidential Cabinet,
and sees no patent objections to the propo-
sition. The Department of Agriculture was
created in 1862, and its head was called
Commissioner, as now, with salary Of
5000 year. The Rural Neau Yorker
advocates the retention of Gen. LIE Due as
Commissioner
The fruit farm of R. McKinstry, near
Hudson N y, contains SO, 900 trees, his en-
tire farm of 300 acres being planted with
fruit trees. He has 1000 trees Of Rhode Is
land Greetings and the same number of
Baldwins, the total number of apple trees
being $4,000. Mr.. McKinstry has $500
cherry trees, the largest number of any sin
gle variety being 800 Black Tartarian; 2, 600
pear trees 700 of which are Bartletts, and
he has 200 each of Seckel, Sheldon and An
jou. There are also 1000 Concord grape
vines, 1000 peach trees and 200 crab apple
trees; and last, but by no means least, the
highway through his domain is lined with
$50 naples. Mr.. McKinstry's crop of ap-
pies two years ago was 10000 barrels.
Nearly all Of his crop is sent to Europe,
shipments beginning in August.
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he1own rosy cheeks 1t the same time, and
Morley himself seated in q corner Of the
room, writing with swift hand at the law
papsrs he spent his evenings in copying.
Mrs. Morley was quite young thing. and
SO good looking that could scarcely be-
ieve her the daughter Of my deceased eli
ent.
When told them of the death of old
Matthew Stokes, any one would have thought
they had lost their kindest friend. His
daughter was over come with grief. as
sured her that from what had heard her
father had forgiven her, and that if he had
known their address he certainly would
have sent to them. Both listened breath
lessly to my story, and then, when I gave
my opinion that nothing now could stand in
the way Of her inheriting her fathers wealth,
she simply went up to her husband, clasped
him tight in her arms and kissed him, and
then burst into teras. But when I
spoke Of prosecuting her fathers cousin,
she, with the true tenderness and tact Of q
woman, said, No; my poor father would
not have disgraced relative, even though
he deserved it. Perhaps if you wrote to
him telling him what you have discovered,
he will trouble us no more
was hard to let the rascal slip, but
wrote to Gunson accordingly, and if my pen
had been dipped in acid I could not have
written stronger. He needed no second dose.
Without even having the politeness to reply,
he was off to America by the quickest route,
fearing every inch of the way, expect, that
the police were in his wake. I got the whole
OF the details of the plot out of Peter Chips,
from which it appeared that Gunson no
sooner discovered that his cousin had really
burnt the will formerly executed in his ia.
vor than he sought out my late clerk as q
fitting tool to produce duplicate from the
draft. The price given was mere tride-
some s5 or E6; but Peter had resolved to
bleed his employer without mercy the mo-
ment he got possession of the old mans
money, by means Of the forged docu-
ment. Peter was dying when he made the
confession, but Mrs. Merely was at his
house next day, and took the poor fellows
breath away by telling him that she would
see that his wife and children were we'll
cared tor, The stricken man stared at her
some moments in, dead silence, and then he
feebly snatched at her hand and burst into
tears. He couldn't speak, but the simple
gesture said more than q thousand words
could have conveyed.
Mrs. Morley had not been spoiled by
her good fortune. She is the same gener-
GUS hearted woman that she was in poverty.
She declares to this day that she is not
whit more happy in her grand house than
she was in the two-p pair back in Golden lane.
And / believe she speaks the truth"
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Large German Emigration.
Letter from Berlin.

According to the returns just issued from
the Imperial Statistical Office the number of
Germans who during the first nine months
of the current year have emigrated to coun-
tries beyond the sea through the ports Of
Bremen, Hamburg Stettin, and Antwerp
alone amounted 1888, AZ, 329 Of these
being males and 81, 629 females. Most of
these fugitives-namely, 80, 753-went from
Bremen; and the greater part of them
namely, 76,629-went to the United States.
A slight comparison will here be instructive.
While in 1872, j. g., after the war, the num-
Der of German emigrants was 96,243, the
figures in 1878 had sunk as low as 1888.
In 1879 the number had again risen to u.s.
SAG, which has now been increased by a.
AIS, or more than two-thirds last years
rate, according to the statistics above men,
toned
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THE NEW ARISTOCRACY.

Webster Wagner, the Palace Car Man. How
His Great Wealth Was Accumulated.
New. York Ketter to Cincinnati Gazette
The recent Haynes Wagner nuptials calls
attention to another remarkable instance.
Wagner, it is true, is not as rich as Wander
bilt,. but in his case there was
no inheritance. Hence he is entitled
to 70 high degree of credit for genius
and energy. The Haynes Wagner nuptials
were the most splendid this city has seen
ina long time. Diamonds differed, satins
'rustled and the trosseau exhausted, the
highest combination of wealth and TASTE
How strange it seems in viewing such q
brilliant affair to recall the fact that Web
ster Wagner-the owner of so many palace
cars-begun life as wagon maker in far
inland village. Time was when it were q
hit for him to find sale Of a sleigh or bug
gy., At present, however, this man is worth
his millions.
The tale is q simple one. The wagon
maker finding business dull obtains the po-
sition of station agent at the same village
(Palatine on the line of the Central Hudson
ronte) and the trade he once carried on
leads to suggestions concerning car i'm
provements. Hesees how ventilation may
Oo AACIcabeu ny cAoSAtAuB paue1 III Tue
ceiling. He takes q patent for this idea and
sells it to the company for $4,000. This
was capital hit, and yet it was the merest
trifle compared with that which was to follow.
While pursuing the same effort for improve
ment, he invented the sleeping car, and then
all that was necessary was to interest the
magnates Of the road in the scheme. The
result is the formation of company whose
stock is distributed among those who con-
trolled the roads, and who thus held the
cream Of the travel, leaving the rest for the
other shareholders. Wagner's stock now
pays about SIS per cent. per annum. A car
which costs $500 viii yield an average
return Of 81 900 month. The system has
increased until Wagner's cars run from Chi
cago to Boston. This accounts for the fact
that the former wagon maker and sta
ton agent now appears in connection with
this glittering and gsudy nuptial occasion.
He is now member Of the new aristocracy.
Wagner is unchanged by this elevation.
He is plain unassuming business man,
and retains his residence in the same village
where he began as q wagon maker. The
fact that success has not turned his head is
one Of the best proofs of true manhood.
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Attorney General Start has rendered an
important decision in the case of the lands
Of the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railroad company against which tax judy
ments have been entered He holds that
there can be no abatement of taxes, as de-
sired by the company, after judgmentis en-
tered
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For the Ladies'.


No one may believe this story, but it is
true, nevertheless: One day not long since
q gentleman went to dine with the Princess
Louise, and there were apricot tarts for
dinner, at which he expressed his delight.
II am SO glad you like them," said the
Princess, "for I made them myself" Where
upon she gave him the recipe for the tarts
that he might tell it to his wife.
William Morris is undoubtedly an author
ity in matters of household decoration. He
censures the fashionable freak of painting
the outsides of houses red, chocolate OF
cockroach color. He also declares carpets
to be nasty and unwholesome, and he does
not like large windows; to please him they
must be small latticed ones. Mr.. Morris
furthermore, says green should be used
very sparingly in household decorations.
MILE DoDU, Nine. Abicot, and Mile.
Rosa Bonheur all wear the ribbon of the
Legion of Honor. The first won it by cut
ting the telegraph wires in 1870, thus inter-
cepting the enemy's dispatches at the peril
of her life; the second, who was the wife of
the Mayor of Osen, by defending the Mai.
RE against number of armed Prussians:
the third was, of course, decorated for her
artistic achievements. Five other ladies
all of them sisters Of charity and nuns.
possess the decoration, which was bestowed
upon them for their devotion to the sick
and wounded.
These are the English queens directions
for crocheting a Tam O Shanter bonnet:
Two skeins of four thread feecy wool; bone
hook No 10. Make three chain and unite.
Work in rounds of treble crochet, increasing
by working two stitches in one wherever
necessary, SO as to keep the work fiat until
your round piece measures IL inches. Now
begins the under part. Mark the last stitch
of the last circle by bit of white thread.
First and second rounds, plain treble Gro
Chef; third round, three treble decrease,
which means miss one); fourth round, five
treble (decrease); fifth round, nine treble
(decrease); sixth round, six treble; decrease
seventh; decrease every Goth stitch and then
do three rounds plain. Finish with round
of one double crochet and two single, just
to steady the edge.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05

The work on the Northern Pacific is to
be pushed with great energy next year, and
President Billings believes the road will be
completed in 1858.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
NV. n. U.
To Chohs and Musical Societies.

GETS of standard books at halfprice, almost as
- good new. For choirs, set of twelve copies
Bakers Short Anthems and Sentences, 5000, worth
$2l For clubs or societies. nine copies Opera Chorus
Book, So worth $22.5O; thirteen copies Bakers
cantata The Burning Ship, $3.50, worth SIG 90 Ad
dress "a, care Pioneer Press, st. Paul
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
HIS FIRST LOVE.

member Rather funny,
Getting you Wasn't it?
Vows we plighted--
xty-two. Happy pair!
we're eating, How delighted
9TH Of us; People were!
the meeting But your father
thus: To be sure
dental, Thought it rather
! the road Premature;
timental And your mother
oisode), Strange to say
q gushing, Was another
~ were shy; In the way.
were blushing- What heaven
was I; Vanished then
8 smitten, you were seven,
were you I was ten)!
that's written That was many
sre netrue); Years ago
money? Don't let any
It bit. Body know.
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FLOORING Matched and Dressed, It, $50 90
I'd, 1928 90; Sd, $22 90; 18th, $19 90.
SIDING Dressed, LIST, 500 90; I'd, SIS 90;
Sd, 1922 90; 4th, $19 90.
SHINGLES NIX, SO 90; A star, $50 90;
<, 1925; Min, 81 so; No. 1, 81 90.
LATH AND PICKETS-Lath, So 25 per M;
Pickets, $13 90 @ $15 90.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-06-11
AN OUTRAGE.
Two Men try to Ravish Mrs O. O. Sex
ton near Milan last Saturday Night.

Two white men entered the
dwelling house Of Mrs. G.. c. Sex
toms, 3 miles east of town, on last
Saturday night. They entered
herroom about II O'Clock through
the window, and proceeded to her
bed, and woke her up. They told
her their intentions and grabbed
her and she scuflied with all of her
strength until she woke little
boy who was sleeping on the floor
who screamed and frightened the
would-be rayishers from their fiend-
ish purpose, and they took to their
heels. They used very abusive Ian
guage, but did not do any bodily
harm to Mrs. Sexton. She hast
cncd to Mr.. Zack Bryant's, who
lives about 800 yards from her
house, with her children in their
night clothing. She is unable to
describe the two rascals. 1t Is a
pity that such brutes cannot be
caught and the penalty of such a
crime be dealt out to them.
Mrs. S. is well-known as one of
Carol county's most amiable la
dies, and has many friends who
viii use all their energy in catch
ing the guilty parties.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-06-11

1t strikes US that while tn,
County is having her Jail rebuilt
it would be good idea to hav,
some work done ON the courthouse
and have the fence around it re-
built. Il is shame the way the
courthouse and fence are allowed
to remain in such 4 miserable con
dition.
Mr.. II. w. Lawton, conductor or
this division of the L. & \. rail
road, has been moved to the NJ. &
o. division Of the same road. Mr.
Lawton, by his genial disposition
and strict attention to business,
won host of friends while run
ming on this division, who regret
very much to loose him, and join
US in wishing him prosperous
life in his new place. We recom-
mend him to the good people in
the section of the country he, was
employed, as a gentleman of the
first waters.
The attention of our readers are
called to the local notice of Skiles'
Mineral Wells. These noted wells
are situated four miles northeast
of Trenton, and about II miles
west of Milan Mr.. Skiles has
spared neither pains nor money in
provid, hg ample accommodations
for the comfort and convenience of
guests. He will, as the 4th of Ju-
~ comes on Monday, give 4 grand
barbecue dinner and a ball at
night on Friday the 1st. Dinner
50cts, supper and ball, gents sl.00,
ladies free. We advise all who
wish to enjoy a day Of recreation,
to 90 there on the 1st, and, our
word for it, you will never regret
it. Mr.. Skies will use all his en-
ergy to make it pleasant day
to all who NAV attend.