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Coral JeweIry,


"Has coral jewelry entirely gone out
of fashion," asked New York Telegram
reporter of big Broadway jeweler.
"The almost complete absence of coral
from the show windows" he replied, sis
a noticeable fact, and it cannot be ex-
planned why it is 80 little worn by the
present generation. Ifeel confident that
if more coral jewelry were kept in stock
it would, before long, become fashion
able once more. My reason is that coral
is becoming to nearly everybody. Its
brillancy makes the skin look whittier by
contrast, and with dark hair it harmon
ICES beautifully, while its effect is also
very agreeable when in conjunction with
blonde tresses.
Like all fashion in gems, this has
had its ups and downs; but it is always
in favor in some part of the world. The
taste for it is almost universal.
But it has been a long time since
it reigned in the fashionable
world here, and it would not be
surprising to see it come in again. 1t
is not 80 many years since it held high
place and furnished o prominent indus
try in France. The Empress Eugenie,
when she set the fashion for the world,
was extremely partial to ornaments of
this sort. The Russian ladies of to-day
wear thousands of dollars worth of coral
and among the Orie ntals both sexes de-
light to wear it. The artistic efforts
possible by a combination of gold and
coral are great; in fact, there is almost
unlimited scope for the exercise of the
jewelers. taste and ability"
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should tell me what I had hunted for,

should tell me what had hunted Tor,
and tell me there and then.
"Never mind that" he said, seeing!
that I was irritated. 'save yourself and
it will be in no especial danger"
ssI'll not leave it, whatever it is" I
said, ,resolutely.
"Come, come! this will be battle
field in few minutes"
81 won't stir step till you tell me-
what I want to know"
"Nonsense he said, severely.
The more severe his tone, the more
resolute I became. stood stock-still.
'sFor Heavens sakem he urged, be-
coming really frightened; ''the gunners'
are standing with the lanyards in their
hands ready to fire."
"Let them fire." I folded my arms.
A volley sounded short distance
down the line of forts to the west. The
captain tried to seize my wrist.
''Do come" he pleaded.
'sTell me what was the hostage" l
said, stubbornly.
"Heref"
"Here."
"No, no; this is not fit place to tell
you that. For the love of Heaven do
come away"
Vowed would conquer him or die on
the fed.
"You shall either tell me or I will stay
here till the battle is over"
He looked at the frowniug forts
anxiously, then back at me.
"You must know9"
eyes"
"Now2"
ssNow."
"Well, then, Molly dear, I left you my
heart"
81 stood as one who sees an engine
coming straight down on him, and
whose limbs are paralyzed from the sud-
denness of the discovery. Merciful
Heaven! what had 1 done2 What stu
pidity! The blood rushed in torrent
to my cheeks; I covered my face with
my hands.
"And now, sweetheart" taking one of
my hands from my burning cheek and
leading me away-''if you're satisfied
about the hostage, we won't stay here
any longer" -.
As he spoke there was an explosion in
the forts, and it seemed as if dozen
shrieking cats were whirling over our
heads, almost wished one of them would
strike me dead. The captain led me like
a child toward the forts through smoke
and noise and confusion. I didn't think
of the battle that was opening; I only
thought how immodest he must think
me, and that he never would believe 1
could be so stupid as not to know what
he meant by leaving hostage.
I have had to suffer all my life for that
one mistake. never can have my way
abolt anything; for when my husband
finds all other expedients for governing
to be failures, he invaribly taunts me
with having forced his secret at the can.
mons mouth. Weekly.
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Curious Wants ut Druggists Counters

The National Druggist gives the fol-
lowing amusing specimens as fair sam
pies of every day experience: -.
s'Send me some of your essence to put
people to sleep when they have cut their
fingers off," ~ want something to take
tobacco out of my mouth" "Send me
baby's top to a nursing bottle"
"Something for a sore baby's eye."
Enough ipecac to throw up girl OF
four years old" Enough anise seed to
take the twist out of a dose of senpa."
"Something for woman with bad
cough and cannot cough" Something
forgot the name of, but it is for a
.swelled woman's foot" 'sFor man with
a dry spit on him." ''For woman
whose appetite is loose on her,"
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Fashions in Fans.

Fans this season will be OF every
variety of color, shape and design. They
may match the costume, or contrast with
it; be large or small, pretty or curious,
exquisite or plain, according to the
whim of the wearer. There are no
restrictions as to what style should be
used, and the fair purchaser will find the
fan counters at the stores loaded with a
bewildering variety. A wider range of
material and desig gn is employed than.
ever before. Delicate carving, exquisite
painting and even diamond ornamental
tion are lavished on the more costly fans.
The moderate priced article displays
wonderful taste and beauty, and even the
cheap fan is quaint and pretty.
Among the novelties is the ribbon fan,
composed of gauze, with rows of narrow
ribbon worked in and out between the
sticks, which are of mother of-pearl.
The ribbons are delicately tinted and
form a harmonious combination, pro-
ducing a rainbow effect. Gau-e fans,
with delicately carved sticks of ivory or
enameled wood, and ornamented with
spangles, painting or embroidery, are
popular.
Fans are made entirely of flowers to
match different costumes. Japanese fans
will be used by the masses as much as
ever.
Several pretty designs of feather fans
are made for evening use. They are
popular with debutantes. A handsome
fan that will be very popular this summer
is an arrangement of gossamer and gilt.
It has q lace border and is usually
painted with Watteau designs, or with
punches of flowers in delicate colors.
The ivory sticks are exquisitely carved
or are inlaid with gold. Elegant fans
made of satin, vellum and gauze and
painted by prominent French artists cost
from $50 to $500. The finest materials
are employed in making these fans. The
sticks are of amber, tortoise-shell, mother
of-pearl, sandal-wood, gold, and silver.
The painting is usually group OF fig
ures or q bit of Landscape. Flowers
usually encircle the scene, but are seldom
used alone to decorate these costly fans.
The most expensive fans are the jew
eled toys that are made to order. There
are white swandown fans with diamonds
and rubies set in the sticks, and point
lace fans with design picked out in
small diamonds, and clusters of precious
stones set in the bar. The cost of these
freaks of feminine fancy is from $500 to
$500. "
Society bellies usually have fan for
each costume. A dainty painted silk
and ivory fan serves for the morning.
A beautiful lace affair is used at the
afternoon tea. The elegant dinner toilet
requires an exquisitely painted study in
vellum or gauze, with amber sticks. In
the evening a fan of ostrich plumes,
spangled gauze or jeweled lace will COM
plete the costume. and Errress.
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determination OF the Birds.

The birds of the Florida coast are fast
disappearing before the guns of the
plume hunters. There is an especial
scarcity OF the great American egret, the
snowy heron, the Louisiana hen, the
reddish egret, Wards heron, and the
little blue heron. Birds that were com.
mon at Fort Ogden year and half ago
are no more TO be met with. The past
dry season has enabled the merciless pine
hunter of the border to penetrate dry
shod into the former impenetrable re-
treat of the birds.-Sauan',ab Nesos.
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Outdoor Games for Women.

It is not many years ago since the idea
of women joining in outdoor games was
regarded with aversion by most people.
Not until the Indian game of badminton
was introduced to English society did
people see that there can be great deal
of harmless amusement and genuine
healthy exercise derived by women from
such games. Tennis soon succeeded its
stupid elder sister and attained the popu.
larity of a regular craze. But novelty is
the order of the day, and cricket is now
being introduced among the fair tennis
players in many of the tnglish clubs with
considerable success. But the sport is
not we'll suited to women players, and
the game, as played by them, is shorn of
all its power, grace and fine points.
Nevertheless, a good deal of cricket of
that kind is being played.
There is at present in the West End Of
London a ladies' school which plays al.
most nothing else, and its first yearly
match is against the eleven of neigh
boring boys academy, in which it has
frequently proved victorious, thereby
arousing jealousy and dissatisfaction
among the boys, who arc not always chiv.
alrous enough to accept their defeat in
proper spirit. In the West of England
there are many women's clubs and pri-
vate matches, each side captained by a
gentleman. are frequently played.
Shropshire is the chief center of cricket
for women, and among the worst of
counties in tho ordinary cricketing sense
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A Queens Rebuke.

Recently the Queen of the Belgians
was driving through the Palace Royal,
at Brussels, when she noticed man
violently beating a dog who was at
tempting to draw heavily loaded bar.
row. The Queen at once stopped her
carriage and dispatched the footmsn for
gendarme, who brought the offender
up to the carriage, where he was sharply
rebuked by Her Majesty, after which he
was taken in charge for cruelty, and the
Queen drove off amid cheers from the
crowd.
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of the term. The women, however,
make ample amends for their husbands
and brothers, and even under unfavora-
BILE circumstances can polish off the
women of Lancashire or Nottingham in
o single inning. chicago Herald.
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WOMAN'S WORLD. .
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
Bogus Wedding Presents.

A correspondent of the Jewelers'
Weekly, says: 'I just accidentally
learned of new society wrinkle, which
I must say almost took my breath away.
A little while ago we'll known fashion
able lady came in, and after looking over
some silverware and jewelry asked me
how much I would charge to hire lot
of it to her. She said she only wanted
the use of it for few hours, and was
prepared to give ample security that it
would be returned in the same condi-
ton as that it IN which it was received.
you see.' she said, my daughter is
going TO be married next week, and I
want to make sure that there will be a
good display of wedding presents. You
can send up the articles I want on the
day of the wedding and they will be
safely returned to you as SOFA as the
guests have all left. I can't afforo to buy
the things, but am willing to pay any
thing in reason for the use of them
"As I never hire out goods l declined
to make any terms; but | have ~ doubt
there are plenty of places il the city
where she could be accommodated.
Queer idea that, of having bogus we'd
ding presents for the guests to look at
and talk about; isn't it9'
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Millinery Taught in Private.

Teaching millinery is business which
begins to thrive. The demand for mil
liners to 20 from house to house and
work by the day or the hour at rates
which economical folks can afford to pay
is at present greater than the supply.
Two millinery schools run by modistes
who originally learned their trade abroad
have sprung up, and have a good num-
Der of pupils each. The girls who learn
the trade range from eighteen years old
to twenty-five. They give three months
or thereabouts to diligeut practice under
training. Some of them fail entirely,
for only girl with touch of the artist
in her can be milliner, but others sue
ceed. When they are equipped they
find circles of employers waiting for
them, and they 60 from house to house
like the peripatetic dressmaker doing up
the family millinery by the day. 1t is
an immense saving when the results are
satisfactory, for they charge So to 81
for time in which to concoct four or five
$50 or $50 creations, and some Of the
more clever are establishing very well
paying lines of patronage. The house.
toulouse millincr is an Institution. She
has come to stay.-New York Mail and
Egrress.
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have been Ind an or Chinese to under
stand. Then more soldiers passed the
house from the South, tined, dusty,
grimed, some OF them running, some
Wounded and totterlng along slowly.
All passed in a steady stream behind the
forts.
Suddenly hosl eman dashed up to the
house--he was all dust and dirt, and his
horse was covered with foam. He threw
himself from the saddle and came up on
to the veranda.
Good gracious! the captain.
"Come away from here at once" he
said: "our men are re!reating; we are
going to make stand behind the
works. You are directly in range. Be
quick! the fire is liable to open at any
moment"
Then there was scramble to snatch a
few things. One took lamp, another
q pitcher, another photograph album.
It seemed as if everybody took the most
useless thing to be found. All except
me were hurrying down the walk to the
gate; I stayed behind. The captain tried
to make me hurry. He was stamping
up and down on the veranda and through
the hall, almost crazy at my delay.
"Come, be quickr' he said, as sharp
as if he were the general himself.
"Captain-" said, hesitating.
"What is it," he asked, impatiently.
s'The hostage"
"What hostage9'
ssThat you left when you went away;
couldn't find it. Must we leave it."
He looked at me q moment as If he
thought had lost my senses; then he
burst into laugh. -
1 never could stand to be laughed at,
and just then it was particularly obno1-
ious. I made up my mind that he
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
FISHING TACKLE.
How and Whore Rods, Hooks, Line
Reels and Floats Are Made.

How and Whore Rods, Hooks, Lines,
Reels and Floats Are Made.
The grade of American fishing tackle
advances steadily, and so does the cost
in many cases, but there was little
comment when a well-know politician,
who used to angle for minnows in his
childhood with a bent pin, sugar cord
and the branch of a tree, paid $3.50 for
q fishing rod the other day that firm
at Sixth and Market streets had made
for him. It was one of the best split
bamboo poles that was ever made in
this city.
Few people know the time and trou-
BILE it takes to make a good bamboo
fishing-rod. The bamboo is imported
in big cargoes from Calcutta, India
The wood has to be well-seasoned, and
for two weeks the bamboo is dried by
steam. The rod is then split into six
lengths and cut into three sections, and
again dried for two weeks. The spliced
pieces are glued together. and it stays
in the glue for q month and Is then
wrapped with silk.
It is afterward jointed with ferrules.
Then it goes through the vanishing
process and receives four coats, each
cost Of varnish being given . week TO
dry. The pole Is afterward given Z
butt or handle Of ash, celluloid or
pearl. and at the end Of about three
months. and when the pole has eoae
through The hand of SIX WORKINGS, IS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
WOMEN FARMERS.

Those Of the Weaker Sex Who Have Been
Successful in Cultivating the Soil.
In California learn that women in
vest quite largely in real estate, says a
writer in Woman" The climate at
tracts many women from tho East, and
nearly all invest their surplus money in
lands. Many of them are managers of
farms. The culture and raising OF
fruit, as a business. received an i'm
petus by the abundant success of Miss
Austin. now Mrs. Blachley. who has
been leading spirit in company
formed some ten years ago for the pur-
pose OF fruit-grOwing and raisin-
making. The company consisted of four
schoOl-teachers, who put their small
earnings together and bought one hun
dred acres of uncultivated lands near
Fresno village. Two of the girls con-
tinued teaching. and the other two. Miss
Austin and Miss Hatch. went energeti-
cally to work on the land so purchased.
They employed help for the harder
work, but a great deal of the lighter
work was done by their own hands.
They learned their business as they
worked. and spared no pains to master
all the details, from the planting of the
vine all through the cultivation, the
picking of the fruit. the evaporating,
the packing and boxing and shipping,
etc. The company is known as the
Hedge-row Vineyard Company. and
their raisins are labeled the Austin
brand. They have now q large
business. chipping many tons Of the
very best raisins yearly. Thus an
encouraging example has been col
before California women. and nov
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
RIVERS AND VALLEYS.
How Trees Form u Natural Reservoir
Rain Waters.

How Trees Form Natural Reservoir fol
Rain Waters.
The valleys of most rivers arr
forest-clad. While these forests have
the gigantic growth characteristic Of
fertile districts in the tropics and the
temperate zones, or take the shape
of stunted woods, such as extend far
toward the poles, they in all cases
form beneath their branches, and
above the soil, a thick. spongy coat.
ing, which forms a natural reservoir
for the rain waters. In most regions,
this forest-sponge has depth of more
than foot; it not infrequently attains
thickness of two feet or more. II
can commonly take into its interstices
q rainfall of three or four inches in
depth. or from one-sixth to one-tenth
the ordinary annual supply. This
water is slowly yielded to the brooks;
it often requires weeks for a single
torrential rain entirely to escape into
the open channels which bear it to the
sea. Moreover, the fallen trunks and
branches of the trees clog the forest
shaded rivulets. making little pools,
which serve still further to restrain
the outgoing of the waters. Our
beavers. at one time the most widely
distributed of our larger animals. at
first making avail Of these natural
ponds formed by fallen timber, learned
in time to construct more artful dams
so as to retain extensive basins of
water. Thus, in the natural condition
of the North American rivers, as well
as those Of most other countries before
man began to clear away the forests.
tina woods constituted great system
of reservoirs, in which the rains were
retained into the period of Intervening
6roughts. -Scrtbner's Md00zipe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
WOMAN IN THE FIELD.

DIR. LUCY c. WAITE has been elected
president of the Women's Homeopathic
Medical Society of Chicago.
PROF. MARIA MITCHELL has been Of
fered a home at Vassar College and the
free use of the observatory for the rest
of her life.
Mis-. GENEVA ARMSTRONG, the daugh-
ter of farmer in Western New York,
invented practical device for feeding
cattle on moving trains.
Mrs. HALL. the wife of Prof Asaph
Hall of the Naval Observatory at WASH
ington. teaches her boys Greek and
Latin. keeps pace with her husband
wanderings among the stars, is an ex-
pert hOusekeeper. a fine historical
scholar, and is said to write delightful
poetry.
REV. CARRIE j. BARTLETT has been
for 81 year and half pastor of the Uni
tartan Church at Sioux Falls, MINI.
The congregations have steadily in
creased under her charge, and a few
months ago the society moved into their
new edifce. the finest in the place. Miss
Bartlett was formally journalist in
Minneapolis.
Mrs. STANFORD, the wife OF the
California Senator, has just endowed
another $1,000 bed, making eight in all
in different charitable institutions in
Washington. She has endowed about
sixty-six such beds in California, and
probably a hundred more in various
parts of the country. She and her
husband are both advocates of woman
suffrage.
Mrs. MARY A. Brooks, associate ed
itor of the Won,dn's Chronicle, is a
daughter-in-law of the late Governor
Brooks of Arkansas In addition to
her editorial duties, she is principal Of
one of the large public schools in Little
Rock. Miss Ida Joe Brooks, professor
of mathematics at the Little Rock Uni
versity. is another daughter Of Gov
ernor Brooks
Miss WATERsroNE, N. D., formerly
a student at the London School Of
Medicine for Women. has won certid.
cate from the Psychological Society in
the examination in mental diseases.
This is the first time . woman has en-
tered for this examination. Last week
twelve students of the school passed n
the first and second examinations Of thu
Royal College Of Physicians and SuF
9eons. Edinburgh.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
THOROUGH CULTIVATION.

Condemnation OF . Practice That Many
Authorities Commend.
The cultivation of various farm crops
is beginning to receive intelligent at
tention. The idea that corn or pota-
toes or other crops do not need culti-
walton because there are no weeds is a
mistake, or that in blowing or cult
waiting the roots of the crops ought to
be broken, and the more that are
broken the better, is another mistake.
Or that We ought to use n bull tongue
pillow and run deep and close to the
corn until the last blowing. and then
turn the soil to the corn and hill it up
well. splitting out the middle, is an
other mistake. The neglect to plow
corn during harvest time for ten days
or two weeks, or let it go altogether,
is another mistake. Such mistakes
lose all the profit that there is in farm
ing.
The soil needs stirring every few
days, especially after each rainfall as
sooD as it is in condition. If made fine
and level 1t acts as mulch to retain
the moisture.
As 70 breaking the roots. let every
one with q thimbleful of sense ask him
self the question: What do plants grow
roots for? Answer: To support and
matpsc the stalk and seed. Does the
breaking of them facilitate their Office
work. Certainly not. First of all the
soil 1ceds breaking deep, and thorough
pulvsrization. After in cultivation the
soil should be kept in the best possible
condition to promote the growth of the
roots, retain all needed moisture and
admit the circulation of the air through
the surface soil. In doing this the
weeds should be destroyed. but the
soil stirred whenever It needs it, be 1t
ever 10 clean of weeds. Drainage Jour
nal.