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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-06-28

Father -'1 don't sec what makes that
boy Of mine 80 thin. lie seems TO get
worse aud worse every day. Doctor,
wonder IL ! turned him over To you, you
could do anything with himf
Doctor Certainly I could disscct
him. - In.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-06-28

he said, 81 but you may rest assured that
II he did kill the wretch he has never
regretted it."-AtlaRta Constitution.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-06-28

THE Russian Government viii permit
women 10 become pharmaceutisfs III they
pass the same examination 90 which mon are
subjected. Apothocaries receiving female
pupils viii not be allowed 10 receive males
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
A MOOD.

II is good to strive against wind and rain
In the keen, sweet weather that autumn
brings.
The wild horse shakes not the drops from his
name,
The wild bird flicks not the wet from her
wings,
In gladder fashion than toss free
The mist-dulled gold of my bright hairs
flag,
What time the winds on their heel-wings
lag,
And all the tempest is friends with me.
None can reach me to wound or cheer;
Sound of weeping and sound of song
Neither may trouble me: l can hear
But the winds loud laugh. and the sibi-
liant, strong
Lulled rush of the rain through the sapless
weeds
rare, dear days ye are here again!
| will WOO We as maldens are wooed OF
With oaths forgotten and broken creeds!
Ye shall not lack for the suns fierce shin
With the gold Of my hair will make ye
glad;
For your blown, red forests give no repin-
ing
Here are my lips; will we still be sad?
comfort We, comfort We, days of cloud,
Days of shadow, of wrath of blast
who love We am come at last,
Laugh to welcome me! cry aloudl
For wild am l as the winds and rains
Free to go and come as they:
Loves moon sWays not the tides of my
veins;
There is no voice that can bid me stay.
Out and away on the drenched, brown lea
Out to the great glad heart Of the year!
Nothing to grieve for, nothing to fear;
Fetterless, lawless, maiden free!
-Amelie Rives in Harper's.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

to the professional uphoIsterer. Some
times this individual will turn out an
artistic and pretty piece of work, but
oftener, perhaps, the result will be Sc
we're and ungraceful, lacking the deli
cate touches which feminine hands
could give it.
There are many ways in which girl
can add to the beauty of her room at a
very trifiing expense by using her own
taste and ingenuity. The result will al
ways crafty the eye, and, besides this,
there is rare pleasure in watching some
thing grow breautiful under the work
of ones own fingers. Here, for exam
pie, is a cut of French draped easel.
The woodwork is either natural or
stained and any carpenter or furniture
store will furnish it, all ready for the
trimming, at very small cost. The
draperieS shown in the cut are vieuX-
vert plush and Pompadour broche on an
cid pink ground.
This mode need not be followed, how
ever, and better that it should not be.
Let the girl exercise her own taste. She
will find among cast-Off silks, ribbons,
laces anu such things all that she will
need to make pretty effect. With an
eye to ease and grace i'll arranging the
drapery, and to harmony of contrast, so
to speak, in the combination of cOlOrs,
she will make with her own hands
more tasteful article than any uphol.
sterer could furnish.
Here is another design in which the
wood is cherry ebonized and the drapery
garnet plush and Pompadour silk bro
cade on cream ground. The ball
fringe combines the colOrs of both ma
terialS.
When the c. Sci is finished stand on it
a framed engraving or other picture,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

AN EASTER FLOWER LdcH Uuu Is no
BONNET. longer than half
inch and peeps from the velvet like an
arbutus bloom from a messy bank. l
think it will look remarkably well with
Mrs. Whitney's gray hair"
An artistic creation ordered by a de-
vOut little actress for Easter will doubt
less attract many eyes as it hobs about
at high mass at the cathedral on the
little blonde head of the wearer. 1t is
made of vivid crimson silken tissue,
the form much-pointed poke princess,
and it is edged with tiny crimson
peoples.
What makes it curious are half
dozen big golden balls on spring wires
smothered in the Silken tissue. AT
every movement the little springs make
them appear alive and endeavOring TO
escape from the red prison. That hat
cost "half a century," as the slang
phrase is, and was made especially to
order.
"Gray will be the prevailing color for
modest Easter hats" said fashionable
milliner. Il venture to say that we
have sold ten hats and bOnnets of that
one color to one of any other. You see
it is a becoming color to most people,
and then it will go well with any dress.
with gold, green with silver, blue with
white and black with pink and GRIM
son. Very few large hats have been
sold for Easter, close-ftting turbans
and small bonnetS having the prefer
ence.
PRETTY AND QUAINT PARAsoLS.
ParasolS are almost as varied in style
this Easter as are the dresses and bon
nets. The plaineSt of silk shades, with
natural wood handles, are considered in
fashion, and also anything from this up
to the hand-painted and embroidered
ones, with lace coverings and insertions
and golden jeweled handles.
''Oh, yes! ParaSolS are not expensive.
You can get neat one of shot glace
silk, with a twisted bamboo handle, for
$25, and quite a beauty for $50. Most
of our customers give from S25 to SIS
for parasols. You see, really these are
needed for the season, besides those
made of pOngee or Sateen of the dress
material.
"These latter, of course, come
cheaper. But plain silk sunshade
which can be used in case of sudden
shower, handsome promenade and
church shape of glace or brOcaded silk,
and fancy lace, satin or crepe parasol
for the carriage or special festive Occa-
sions."
A perfect dream of beauty which is 70
wave over the head of some favoris9s
maid is of white silk crepe, finely
crinkled and embroidered in a wreath
of buttercups and wild roses. The
handle of white enamel has tiny
cologne bottle in one end and silver
chatelaine above it.
Another model, quieter in tone, is of
- l.
silk and embroidered with three alli-
gators in black and brown. This is one
of the few novel yet ugly spring para
soils,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

my lady's boudoir, and in some cases
each room in the house has one. So
popular have they become that form
of jar worship now prevails. AT ladies'
teas the latest designs are discussed
and raved about, and every new acqui-
sitiOn is hailed with delight. This his
tory of the evolution of the rose jar is
quite romantic, and reaches back some
distance into the past. The rose jar
proper was in the shape of,an urn, and
originated with the Turks cen
turtles ago. They were usually
made of lead, and were one of the indiS-
pensable adjuncts of the harem. The
Old palaces of Oriental countries were
without windows, and the rooms were
inclosed by rough walls which were
covered with various colOred haDgings.
These apartments were decorated most
sumptuOuSly, and the atmosphere was
rendered delightful t. the senses by
perfumes emitted from urnS containing
rose leaves. Their use extended
throughout Turkey and Persia and even
to India, where they are still employed.
An importing house of this city hay
ing business representatives all over the
world looking for curioS and antiques,
first introduced the rose jars into this
country. Their trade extends as far as
Japan in one direction and to CONSTANT
nopIe in the other, and they conceived
the happy idea of applying the Japan
csc tea jar to the Turkish use as a re-
ceptacle for rose leaves. The tea jars of
Japan had their origin with the establish
ment of secret society called theCha-no-
you, about 400 years ago. This society
was a strong political power for many
years, and, as cover to the real pur-
pose of meeting, tea drinking was in
dulged in, and tea jars employed. These
jars were used to hold tea leaves and
were made of china and porcelain. The
best skill of the country was applied to
making fanciful designs. The customs
of the society were handed down from
generation to generation, until they
have become matters of history.
hus the rose jar of to-day
is combination of the rose urn
of the ancient Turks and the
tea jar of the japanese. They are being
imported in large quantities, and the de-
mand for them which started in this
city is spreading all over the country.
A prominent Broadway dealer has i'm
ported 400 different styles of jars. They
are of every conceivable shape and de-
sign, and cost from ID cents to 5000 each.
Small cans containing small potpourri
of rose leaves and spices are kept for
filling the jars. Some ladies, however,
prefer to fill the jars with rose leaves
from their own gardens or cOnserya-
tories. The craze is confined to Amer
lea at present, but is expected to extend
to Europe by next summer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
THE CHILDREN's SYMPOSIUM
Wit and Wisdom of the Rising
Generation.
MYSTERIES OF THE SANCTUARY.

MYSTERIES OF THE SANCTUARY.
Boston Commonwealth.
Children are keen observers, as every
one who has any association with them
knows. In fact, they often take notice
of details that are entirely overlooked
by their elders. Take the remark of a
little Back Bay girl for instance. Com
ing in from church the other day she
ran to her mamma and cried:
Mamma, what a funny place church
ISL
"Why, my child?" asked the mother.
sob, 'cos, when the minister said Let
us pray nobody but he said word !:
and pretty soon after when he said Let
us sing nobody but four people in a
balcony over his head sang note!''
OBSERVATION AND REPORT.
Hartford Post.
A Hartford mother was impressing
her acknowledgement daughter
with the presence of an Almighty
Power.
"Oh, is, l see bod up in the Ky" said
the little one.
GLOW did God look?" was the moth
er's query.
'DOd looks better"
Philadelphia Record.
A little pugilistic cousin, who per-
sisted in running in and out despite the
fact of his having a heavy cold, was re-
proved by me. l said: ",The first thing
you know you'll be taken out to the
cemetery" Il don't care" he replied
with the utmost nonchalance; II would
like ride, and anyway he added, 81.
could live up in Heaven" A little play
mate said eagerly: so, my two brothers
is up there" ''They are, are they?" my
cousin said fiercely; 'swell, you just
wait till get there, and Pll smash their
noSe!"
JOHNNIE THE PUNSTER.
Yonkers Statesman.
Johnnie-M Mamma, why do they call
ministers doctors?
Mother-I can't tell, Johnnie.
Johnnie-Perhaps it's because they're
the pillars of the church, mamma.
NOT ALTOGETHER INAPPROPRIATE.
Kingston Freeman.
A five-year-old Kingston girl went
home from School No. II the other day
and told her mother that she must fix
her nice. Her mother inquired the
reason, when the little miss replied:
"Why. there's going to be damnation at
our SCHOOL, The little girl had heard
the scholars say 6 Examination" and she
had found another word which sounded
like it.
STRUGGLE AND TRIUMPH.
Boston Record.
A child was more fond of candy than
her mother thought good for her. What
was thought proper share was doled
out to her one day. and the rest put
away on the high shelf of cupboard,
beyond the child's reach. Her mother
cautioned her not to attempt reaching
it and left the room. Returning after a
while, she looked into the room, stand
ing where the child could not see her,
and surveyed the scene. There stood
the child, her feet on the first shelf, to
which she had climbed by aid of a chair,
and her hand grasping the candy, which
she had reached to her lips. There it
paused for moment, the little face
bent in earnest thought. Suddenly the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

and see how beautiful the effect is.
Nothing in your room will please your
eye more.
These pictures are given simply to
illustrate the idea. Girls would not
only find pleasure in doing work OF this
kind for themselves, but they would
educate their tastes and be able, when
they come to preside over houses of
their own, to tell the upholsterer
what to do and how to do it, not
relying upon his infleXible rules and
often crude and uncultivated taste,
which are the same everywhere, with
out regard to conditions and surround
ings. When that time comes we shall
have rooms and halls furnished and
draped with some individuality of taste.
Next Sunday we shall have few sug-
gestions to make as to how girl may
use her taste in ornamenting the library
or the drawing room
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
WOMAN'S VOICE.

love low, sweet voice in woman,
1t brings baim to heart and ear;
1t can more readily snbdue man
Than eyes, however brightly clear.
The low, sweet voice speaks rarer. truer
Than all of beauty's charms combined;
To hear well you must come close to her
Another charm in that find.
T--dpa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

DOnneG just sent
to Washington for
Mrs. Whitney. 1t
is what is known
as the Alpine bon
net, clOse-ftting,
but having a high
crown, and is made
entirely of moss
green gauze dot
ted with little sill
yer balls very
charming mate
trial. The brim is
'Of dark fern-green
velvet, heavily
shirred and set
with very small
pink mOSS-budS.
EooI, lid -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

though a few of
h e En- gil S h
coaching para
soils and church
bOnnetS might
from contrast be
called so. Scar
let, grass-green,
jon quill yellow,
dove gray and
cOral-pink are
all used for
round hats and
bonnetS, with
out the mixture
of any other
color.
"Black lace ,
hats sell well
t h i S Easter, F."
said a Broadway
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

they are pretty. The aroma of the rose
leaves with which they are filled add a
pleasant perfume to the room. They
are employed, not only in par
lorS and reception rooms, but III
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

season. Gauzes, laces, wild flowers,
ribbon-like tints of the fruit blossoms,
straws as pliable as rose-petal are all
used.
1t is difficult to get anything at all
s'heaYY' among the Partisan goods. al
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

miIIiner. I'VE HAT.
Just sent one home for Mrs. Belmont.
1t is close cottage shape, made of tie
finest Chantilly, and is trimmed with
half wreath of very deep purple violets.
You know she is in half mourning. The
lace falls over the flowers, half hiding
them, and the entire effect is most ele-
CANT and Subdued.
Sin direct contrast to this is small
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
THE CRAZE FOR ROSE JARS.

SHORT time
ago there was
a fad for rose
. jars. Now it
slS a craze.
b V cry b dy
has it. In some
drawing rooms
they are elab-
crate and cost
.ly, in less pre-
tentious apart
ments t h e y
are handsome
and effective,
and in ctiIl
h u m b | e L
aDartmentS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
Homemade Decorations That Add to the
Beauty Of Room.
TASTE IN FANCY WORK
Suggestions as to How a Young Lady
Can Beautify and Adorn Her
Room.

her dressing table; or perhaps with
hanging photographs and engravings on
the walls, she is apt to leave the more
substantial furnishing of her apartment
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
AMERICAS RICHEST CHILD.
Little May Sharpness and Her
Small Army of Dolls.

,HE richest child in
America has just gone
to Florida with her
mother for a few
weeks. May Sharp
less is her name, and
she is nine years old.
Her closest rival is
Jay Kingdom Gould,
the infant son of Mr..
an d Mrs. George
Gould, and the grand
son of Jay Gould.
Young Jay may be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

A SPRING PEIITION.
Bloomington Qll.) Eye.
Mother Ito hayward young SOM
Tommy, why don't you say your pray
ers like your sister Alice? Hayward
Son-I would, mother, if knew short
prayer like Alice says. '.Well, what is
it that Alice says?" "Why, she jumps
into bed and says: % Lord! L wish 1
had a new bonnet"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

Harpers Bazaar.
George comes down to breakfast with
swollen visage, whereupon mamma
says to the four-year-old: George,
don't you feel well? Tell mamma what
the matter is" George, full of infiu-
f goe 5fp mT syes o eae aG9 ddel well Of
my noses don't CO."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-15
Yhe Deon1ncrat,
RELIGIOUs BULLETIN.

CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE ConCEPTIon-ReV. John A. Mulcahy, pastor; Rev P. H. Finnegan, Rev James J. Walsh and Rev J. H. O'Donnell, assistants. Mass at TOO, 500 900 and 1030 a. m, Yespers at 3:30 p. m. sunday school at D. m SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev J. G. Davenport, pastor. Services at 1030 a. m. and : D. m. Sunday school at 12 m Young peoples meeting at 5:45 p.
 ST. PATRIcK's CHURCH-Rev J. II. Ducgan, pas tor; Rev J. Curtin, assistant Mass at 7:O0,S:3Q and 1030 a. m. Vespers at D. m. Sunday school at S:30 a.
 SECOND ADVENT CHURCH-L. F. Baker. cider. Services at 10:30 a. m and D. m. Sunday school at 12 m. Young peoples meeting at 5:45 p.
 ST ANNE's FRENCH) CHURCH-Rev Joseph W. Zones, pastor. Mass at S:30 and 10:i5. Sunday school at p. ID. Vespers at D. m.
 FIRST CoNsREGATIoNAL CHURCH Rev Joseph Anderson, D. D., pastor. Services at 10:30 Q. m and FOO D. m.; Sunday school at 12 m.
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CuURCH-Rev J. C. Eggleston, D. D., pastor. Services at 10:30 q m and p. m. Sunday school at 12 n
 CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART-Rev Hugf Treanor, pastor. Mass at S30 and 10:3O &. m Vespers at D. m.
 ST JoHN's EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev Edmund Rowland, pastor. Services at 10:30 a m and p. m.
 FIRST BAPTIST CHuRcH-Wm P. Elsdon. pastor Services at 10:30 a. ni and 7:C0 p. m. Bible schoo at F m.
 ZION A. NJ. F. CHURCH-Rev John T. Lloyd pastor. Services at 10:30 a. m and 700 p. m
 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CuURcH-Rev R. w. Micou pastor. Services at 10:30 and p. m.
 SIMoNsvIL-4E MIssION-Sunday school at 300 p m. Prayer meeting at 700 D.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-15
HalIOO Central,

Give me, please, Shoninger's Music store, Say Central, wont you please trans init the message to them-they are such a reliable house it is really not even neces- sary to examine their Pianos-that want them to send me a fine Weber Upright just like the one they sold Miss c, neigh bor of mine. It is just elegant, both in style finish and tone-and say, Central, tell them I shall expect hne stool and scarf, as gift, one of the Inducements they make for the holidays. Shoninger's is tAe only company that favors customers in that direction, but the other dealers, poor fellows they are so poorl I prefer to buy of reliable house one that I know will be here right along and always makes every promise good.
 This manner of buying piano may seem queer to some readers, but we assure you business has been done with us exactly on this plan, while some agents chase customers meeting them at every cross road in season and more often out of season, until the customers are afraid their con- panions will think they are in debt to the agents. Shoninger by honorable straight forward dealings steps in and makes the sale. Avoid such agents. They are considering your pocketbook more than the quality of the goods they are trying to sell you. We have no state agents, no county agents or town agents, because we combine all that ourselves under one head Manufacturers and state agents, and save you at least two proRts. Extra induce ments for the holidays.
 Please examine onr stock.
 B. SHONINGER & co.
 GEO L. PELHAM, Manager
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-15
YOUTHFUL THIEVES SENTENCED.

Young Brennan, the City Hall Bur-
 glar, Again in the Tolls.
 The police court played to the largest house of the season this morning, and the cast of characters included some we'll known people aud a few unknown tragedians and comedians.
 Thomas Kane of Newtown was the first victim. Tommy came to town yes terday, and after seeing the sights, be- ing tired, went into the Kendrick house on West Main street, where he was found asleep in the parlor. He was fined S5 and costs and the police instructed to arrest him if he showed his face in Wa terbury for the next three years.
 Patrick King was fined S5 and costs for | indecent exposure and S1 and costs for drunkenness.
 Cornelius Mack and Andrew Brennan, a cigarmaker and carriage maker ,respee- l lively, who claimed to have come to Waterbury from Rochester, New York, in search of employment. were arrested yesterday afternoon for vagrancy, but on promising to leave town were relcas- ed. They appeared at the police station last night for lodging and were locked up A sentence of ten days in the town house and costs was imposed in each case And" said Judge Cowell, iii you run away from the town house, steer direct for York state. If you come to Waterbury you will get year in state prison"
 John Brennan, 19, and Joseph McCann F, pleaded guilty to stealing four over coats from the rink building the night of the republican state parade. Brennan Il is the fellow who burglarized the City hall last winter. He was placed under bonds at that time in order to give him chance to do better and has not worked week since. He was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to six months in jail. McCann was fined S10 and costs with two months in jail. The police deserve credit for se- curing the conviction of these two young | raScalS. After the OVercOatS were stolen Brennan, McCann and young Keefe, who was bound over for burglary the othel day, went to Bridgeport, where they sold three of the garments. Keefe, who | had the other coat, was arrested fol stealing coats from the High school building in Bridgeport. Shortly after his arrest McCann went to the police headquarters and demanded the over coat, saying Keefe was his brother. In stead of giving him the coat, the police locked him up, and their being no evi dence against them for burglary bOtl were sentenced to 30 days in jail fol vagrancy The police in this city were notified. When McCann and Keeft came back to Waterbury last Saturday night they did not have the overcoat but it was subsequently, found in ; Bridgeport pawn shop by Officer Dodds It belonged to Harry Snagg. McCann on being arrested, acknowledged hi guilt, and told the whole story.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-15
A NOVEL IDEA IN BRIDGES.
Supt Crawford's Invention Applied to
 the Mad River Bridge.

the Mad River Bridge.
 A bridge has just been completed on the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecti- cut River road over the Mad river at Baldwin street. the like of which prop ably does not exist in the country. It is the idea of Supt c. M. Crawford, and is a unique and at the same time substan- tial exposition of engineering skill. The railroad, in making its course to the New England railroad, for connection, strikes the Mad river on a skew. The river is about fifty feet wide at the point where the railroad crosses, and the skew which the railroad makes would have 1 made the bridge 105 feet in length If this was put into one long span the bridge would have been very expentive, and the railroad company wished to build a pier in the center of the stream, making two spans fifty odd feet in length. To this the city would not agree, and the in ventive genius of the superintendent was brought into play. Two piers were built, one each side of the river at a point which would strike midway of the skew of the bridge. From pier to pier straight across the river spans of 5O feet were put up. Then the piers from which the railroad bridge spans would run were erected in their proper places, and from each of these, spans of 50 odd feet were run, the ends resting on the bridge already erect. ed straight across the river in the center of the bridge. This makes the bridge over which trains will run virtually in two spans, the ends resting on not pier | in the center of the stream, but on the cross bridge, whose ends in turn rest on piers on either side of the river.