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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
TEA TABLE TALK.

Plain silk, black silks especially, are il
Ugh favor.
Wooden crochet trimmings resembling
ich appliques, are used upon cloth gowns.
Electric blue and moss green are ingeni-
,lsly blended in some of the new trim
! lings.
| A favorite design for braiding bodice is
n V shape back and front, widening into a
,oke as it reaches the shoulders.
Bonnet strings are now secured with visible
pins, the head being set with single pearl,
topaz, garnet, amethyst or other stone
Cut steel ornaments are in vogue again,
and the steel passementeries are among the
most beautiful Of the seasons trimmings
Elegant wraps for evening wear are made
Of white cloth having velvet like finish.
and braided all over with gold cord in
stripes.
Ostrich feather boas are tasteful novelty.
They are made of feathers in all the natural
shades or all in black, or black and white
together.
Colored lace balayeuses upon evening
lresses are new. They keep clean longer
than white, but are not SO fresh and dainty
when new.
A novelty in bracelets is composed of mar
row ribbons of gold, which are tied in
double bow knot for clasp, which is set
with pearls.
Some OF the newest tea gowns have i'm
nense angel sleeves, which are put on with
apaulcttes at the shoulders, and fall like huge
wiags to the floor
Gimp, the veritable article of dozen years
ago, has returned to us. Various sizes of
tine cord are utilized, and the patterns are
very finely wrought.
Walking gloves of Swedish kid or finely
dressed dogskin are worn with promenade
costumes. These come in most of the cloth
shades to match the toilet.
Bretelles are a feature of many of the new
costumes, and very elaborate epaulettes are
sometimes attached to trimmings for the
front OF bodice, to be put on as braces.
Except in jet beads are largely giving
place i'll dress trimmings to metallic threads,
which are used for appGques or other era-
broideries, either alone or mixed with cord,
Shot stockings are shown to wear with
evening gowns. Some of these have OPEN
work stripes in relief, which run from the
foot to the ankle, then cross the leg hori-
zOntally.
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toned toF'

SWELL l had not done anything, but had a
| good general education and could take notes
in shorthand if man would not talk too
fast. l could also soon learn to operate a
typewriter, / think"
"You had read in the papers, then, about
The young women who came to New York
md. after playing ON the typewriter for six
months in the office of wealthy widower,
married hiAl?"
eyes, l had read that, but did not expect
% do so myself"
II am glad you did not, for you would have
oeen disappointed, perhaps. The opportuni-
les for a ydeng woman to obtain a situation
II the office of a middle aged capitalist whose
wife is consumptive and trying to draw to
hectic flush are getting to be rare, and though
you might win the esteem OF such one and
ull him to rest by knocking few low,
ihrobbing notes ont of your typewriter, yet
would advise you not to depend on finding
uch a situation as that"
"Then what would be your advice?"
"You say you never stenographed very
much?"
"No, but I studied it at school and can
make all the characters after think a little
while"
"You think you could take down in short
hand the address of a deliberate talker-his
postoffice address, l mean"
"Oh, now you are guying me- Of course l
annot write shorthand very fast, but l
would be willing to learn"
"What salary would you expect while
earning"
''Oh, would not demand large salary at
1rst, but l would try, oh, so hard, to learn
'apidy."
"You never tried other work, did You, such
Is plastering, plotting on a steamboat, train
lispatching, lion tanning, surveying, butcher
ng, piano tuning, pugilism, searching for the
iorth pole, singing bass in minstrel COM
oany, catching elephants for the trade, brak-
ng on passenger train, acting as the fore
nan of grand jury, breaking colts, dealing
.aro. grinding scissors, jumping off the
Brooklyn bridge, selling lightning rods, rum
ming for sheriff, tending bar, robbing trains,
numbering, chiropodiziug or shoemaking"
"No. sir, l couldn't do any OF those"
"Then, if l were you, l would go home. /
would abandon New York to its fate and re-
turn to my parents. There you might teach
school next winter, perhaps, and do well.
"With your knowledge OF stenography you
might successfully teach it. no doubt, but you
rould MOI practice it. business man who
was in hurry would hesitate about employ
ag you it he thought you would have to go
o the bottom of your trunk for your DOCK
very time you struck a hard word"
Happening to look down to the pier at that
Instant l saw that my steamer was lmpa-
iently waiting for me, and so, bidding my
Unknown friend adieu, after telling her 20 De
careful not to breathe any OF the night ar,
which is so prevalent at Coney Island TINS
rear, | touched my hat, with well bred ar
hat would have fooled most any one, ana
vas soon lost to sight.-New York World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
WHAT THEY WERE.

John Malone was LAWYER.
Stuart Robson was printer.
Frank McNish was plumber.
Joseph Wheelock was sailor.
Anna Dickinson taught school
John I. Raymond was clerk. !.
Fink Dobson was hotel boy.
George E. Atkins was a weaver.
Sarah Bernhardt was dressmaker.
Edwin Forrest was q cabinet maker.
Adelaide Nelson was a childs nurse.
Edward Harrigan was a ship calker.
Myron Leff1ngwell, ST., was printer.
LARRY Miner was a New York druggist.
+. !. Barnum was country storekeeper.
Augustin DAILY was newspaper reporter.
Mile. Albani was choir singer in Albany
George Spear was harness maker in Bos
ton.
Robert c. billiard was in a brokers' of
Gee.
Denman Thompson was farmer and sol
dier.
o- % A' HOA, IAo c1OWu, was IN Cne
army.
Manager McCaull was a colonel in the
army.
Emma Abbott was choir singer in New
York
Christine Nilsson sang for pennies at coun-
try fairs
Gus Phillips was New York newspaper
reporter.
Ada Rehan was school teacher in Con-
necticut
Emma Thursby was choir singer in
Brooklyn.
John Mccullough was a foundryman in
Pittsburg.
Mark Price was a factory hand in Law
renee, Mas
Barley Campbell's first employment was
in brick yard
Frederick Warde was articled to a law
firm in London.
Maurice Barrymore was at one time
lawyer, in London.
The great Rachel was street singer and
tambourine player
Richard Mansfield was reporter on The
Boston Daily News.
William e. Sheridan was a captain in the
United States army.
A. M. Palmer was librarian of the Mercan-
tile library, New York.
John A. Mackay was cash boy in a store:
then call boy in theater.
Tony Pastor, Ben Maginley and George R.
Edeson were circus clowns.
Lolita used to dance and sing for the sboysn
IN the Sierra mining camps
1t is said that more BARRIERS turn actors
han people of any other trade.
Frank Bangs took to the stage because he
could not make money at the law.
Theodore Thomas was a fiddler at 50
week in the old Broadway theater
Kyrle Below was sailor. His father, J.
q. Bellew, tho reader, was clergyman.
Lawrence Barrett was once waiter in
estaurant. He also served in the army.
Maude Granger was an employee in the
Weed sewing machine factory in Hartford
Nate Salisbury was an artilleryman, a cow
10Y, a restaurant waiter and house painter.
"Billy" Florence used to peddle papers and
at peanuts in the gallery like others of his
ind.
Harry Richmond and Ackland Won BOYLE
brothers, whose name is Boyle were stenog-
aphers.
Maurice Strakosch was a tenor in Agram,
ghere his manager considered him worth
My Sc month.
Col Mapleson was baritone in an opera
horus-or tenor; nobody who heard him
ouh tell exactly which.
ltalo Campanini, the tenor, was a black
NTH, and received the scar on his cheek |
lille SarYinp Under GaIihaldi
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
The Conquering of Self.

Dramatic Critic-I can't imagine how yop
can appear to be so carried away with you.
part when according to your own admission
you do not feel word of it.
Great Actress became proficient in that
art by long course of training before went
on the stage
cat dramatic school?"
"No, was sales girl in millinery store,
and when customers were around l had to
admire all the new bonnets Omaha World
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Won ans Ways.

When lovely woman's feet are sevens,
And such size her soul abhors,
What does she then! Why, gracious heavens!
She squeezes them in number fours
And when the years come onward pa, ing
And show her waist increased in size,
What does she! Flies to tighter lacing,
And shows her suffering in her eyes,
And when old age draws nigh and higher,
What then does lovely women do?
She makes herself a right down l-r,
And says, III soon be thirty two"
j. Capp in New York Mercury
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Good Wages Assured.

Connecticut Man-You give your son a
classical education, that's my advice
Omaha Man-But the boy wants to be q
carpenter.
mo matter; have two sons and both work
in the same factory; one is d good Latin
scholar and the other isn't, and the one who
knows Latin makes twice as much a week as
the other one"
1Humphl what sort Of a factory is it,"
otis a violin factory"
"Wbat earthly use is Latin to a man who
makes violins?
"Well, ] swan! you westerners don't know
anything. How do you suppose factory
could turn out Stradivarius violins if none OF
the hands could write Latin inscriptions!"-
Omaha World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
A WOeful History.

Two friends are walking along tile street
One OF them, pointing to house, says:
"There's be autitul place, but it's enough
to make man sad to look at it."
"Why 500"
"On account of its history, for, despite it,
calm and serene surroundings, it was built
upon the groans, tears, wailings and blood OF
widows, orphans, old men and struggling
women"
"You don't say. Was it built by railroad
monopolist!"
Goa no; by dentist "-Arkansaw Traveller
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15

Looking for an Internal Improvement.
He sat ON log on the banks of all Arkan-
saw creek, when a traveller came along and
saluted:
"Good day, mister. Waiting for a rise?n
"That's just what / am waiting for" was
the reply.
SCOT a aatboat up stream?"
"No, sir Pm government engineer
Congress has appropriated S4S, 900 to improve
this river, and Pm waiting for a rise so can
find the stream. How long since you saw
anything Of itW-Wall Street News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Not So VERY Bad.

Featherly Ito Dumley, who has been to the
races)-You look as though you had had bad
luck, Dumley.
Dumley (bitterly)-Bad luck7 borrowed
$40 from Brown to put up on the election,
and I'm Mugwump if I didn't lose every
cent of it.
Featherly (soothingly)-Oh well, old man,
it isn't as if the money came out of your own
pocket, you know.-Tid Bits.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Her Greatest Domestic Act.

Tinid Young Suitor (who has won consent
Of papa)-And now may I ask you, sir,
whether ah-whether your daughter has any
domestic accomplishments
Papa (sarcastically) sir; she some
times knits her brows.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Kerosene Kate.

He scraped away the messy SPRAY :.
And scratched amid the lichen green, r.
Until he read: kate Kelly, dead,
Aged twenty seven. Kerosene"
Texas SiftingX
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
In the H1adding Crowd.

a. r. II. Ito prince)-You are very late,
Albert. You must have made quite call
IN Mr. Sullivan
Prince (wearily)-No, saw him only
few moments. TWAS standing on the line
that detained me-New York Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
The Child IL Mother OF the Woman

Edith-Here comes little Elsie. Shall we
speak to herr
Mabel-No; don't you see she's got her doll
in last years carriageATid Bits
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Modern Fiction.

Western Author Qn Now York)-Yes, the
scene Of my new society novel Is laid in Bos-
ton, and I have como On to take few notes
so as to give it . proper local coloring, you
know
Eastern Author-l don't see how you find
time to make such journey. I have never
been out of New York.
mot even for summer vacation7"
mot day; too busy. I write under con-
tract"
''Well, welll What are you writingT
"1ndian stories n1Cmaha World
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
why She Feared It.

Husband-A general war in Europe this
coming year would be dreadful thing.
Wife (who contemplates trip abroad
Yes, indeed. It would so interfere with our
plans for the summer-The Epoch.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
A Curious Oversight.

Husband full of fine humor)-There Is
something very curious about Henry George
Wife-What's curious about him?
Husband-Why, he hasn't got any last
name-New York SUM-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Prevention Better than Cure.

Prevention Better than Cure.
II hope, my dear" said newly made Bene
dict, "if l should happen to I've out nights
occasionally you won't be lonely"
ooh, no, DEAR" she replied sweetly. @If
you should find it necessary to be out I'll send
for ma to keep me company"
He's home early every night.-New York
SIM
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Their Luck.

A maid went out one summer morn,
She searched the fields all over;
When to her home she did return,
She brought four-leaf clover.
Her sister who remained at home,
To bake conceived notion,
And made some biscuits light as foam
That floats upon the ocean.
She's welded been who made the bread
For half a year and over,
But not sutton has the maid
Who found the four-leaf clover.
Boston Courier
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Popular Among the People.

FOpu1Hr AInOng ING People.
He latter church)-What a very eloquent
man the Rev. DR.. Whitechoker is, Miss
Breezy. was delighted with him.
She (of Chicago)-Yes, there are no flies on
Dr. Whitechoker.-New York Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
How He Got EN-.

How came you by that broken nose, pray,
How came upon your face that cruel scarf
called upon an editor one day
Last winter, and left his door ajar.
-Bogtop Courier.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
The News Editor.

Producing many brilliant gem,
A credit to his taste,
Tis hard TO think of each Of them,
The settings only paste.
Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
QA0nflv Rocking.

Gently Rocking.
On the porch . maid Is sitting,
Gently rocking;
And watch the rhythmic fitting
OF her stocking.
On the porch together sitting,
1nterlochng;
Sweetest foolishness committing,
Gently rocking.
Ina year the lady's knitting
Me a stocking,
And I'm by \ cradle sitting,
Gently rocking.
New York World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Adding Insult to Injury.

Mr.. Oldboy "a bachelor)-It's all over,
Gussy, my boy. Miss Smith has refused me-
Gussy-1 suppose she let you down easy by
promising to be sister to yous
Mr.. Oldboy (bitterly)-No, bthunder; she
said she would be daughter to me!-Texas
Sftings.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
A Doubtful Compliment.

Candid Critic-Good photo, madame, bu
it does not do you justice-in fact it does ne
give you credit"
Ancient Spinster lin a hutter Of righteou
modesty)-Oh, sir! you fatter me-
Critic-In fact it does not give you crod
TOR the last fifteen years Of your aS&-Jutg,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Untrue Because Unnecessary.

The force Of habit Is always strong. A
Baltimore young man who was calling on
street car conductors daughter says that the
father wandered in at rather late hour and
opening the parlor door, mechanically sx-
claimed, "Sit close, pleased" y Baltimore
American.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
An UItimatum.

Father trying to read the paper)-What
was that awful racket in the hall Just now!
Mother-One of the children fell down the
stairs
Father Grascibly)-Well, you tell those
children that if they cannot fall down stairs
quietly they won't be allowed to fall down
them at all-New York Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15

Too Much of a Good Thing, Etc.
They're tired of turkey, goose and pie;
They're sick Of celery greens,
And once again they sadly sigh
For hash and pork and beans.
Hotel Mail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Angels Without Wings Preferred.

Angels without Wings Preferred.
They were doing a little love making be-
tween acts.
Just as the curtain went up he called her
his. angel
'Say," said a man in the next seat back,
couldn't you get your angel to wear her
wings somewhere besides on her hatY'-Chi-
caRO Times
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Only q Little Word.

Only q Little Word.
1t was only word
That the silence stirred.
But an import sad had it
A knell of despair
To loving pair
Twas her fathers one word, "Git!"
Boston Budget.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15
Mustn't Fool with Dynamite.

10U5IH WICH
Some dynamite lay
In q key one day,
Which man kicked accidentally; -
Now he whangs the Tyre :
OF q celestial choir :
In the realms Of the sweet subsequently.
-Ogdensburg Earth.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-18
independent Ingalls,.

New YORK, March 16.-1he Her
AIDS special from Washington says
that within q week after the deIiy-
cry of his recent speech, Senator In
gals received 1,50O letters approv~
ing it.
In talking over the matter with
some friends this (Thursday) morn,
ing Senator Ingalls, said: We
have bern hearing for years that the
Democratic party South is the tail
that wags the dog. AS a matter OF
fact, the Democratic party Sont!i is
both head and tail of the Demo
cratic dog
But" it was asked where does
the Dem ocratic party N"rth come
imp" Amid laughter, the Kansas
Senator replied: "Oh, they are
hairs on the dogs tail"
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-18
AN ORDINANCE

TO PROVIDE THAT TBF FCAED aF ALL rlalEy uF
THE CITY AsHEvILLE MAY NEGOTIATE :
LEAN OF SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS Fer THF
USE AND BENEFIT OF SAID CITY, AS SET FORTH
IN SAID ORDINANCE.
Be 1t ordained by ne Board Of 4 dry,0e,. Cttl,
C1tV Of ASheriEe:
That for the purpose of oht- ining the con
sent Of q majority Of the q ,alIfieh and regis
tered voters of the city, that the Board IF J.
dermen OF sal city may b rrOw the sum of
Sixty Thousand Dollars, to lie apI lied to the
constructlCn of a system of Sewers and OTHER
necessar, p rmanent Improvements an election
shall be held on Tuesda>, 3rd day of April, A.
D. 1888, at usual voting pla e, and under the
rules and regulations governing such electi rs
in said city; and if tt c consent of the required
majority shall be obtained at such election
then the Board OF Aldermen may bO' row said
sum of money upon he bonds ot id city, to
be made and iss ed in theiI d scretion, IT, tnt
denomination of Fifty, One Hundred and Fl e
Hundred Dollars, with interest coupons at
taehed.
The said bonds shall become due and paya-
bic thirty years from their date, and bear in
terest. from their date, at the rate of six per
centum per annum, payable semi-annually. ac-
cording to the c. upOus att ched. on the first
days of January aud July, in each and every
year; and tn y sh. Il be signed by the Mayor
and countersigned by the Treasurer, and be
under the seal of said city
The said bonds shbl in no case lie dis osed
Of, sold, assigned or transferred for less
price than PAR.
The coupons of said bonds shall be at sll
times, when due, rec, ivable in payment Of
taxes due the city.
BY order Of th' Board of Aldermen this the
24th day Of February. 1888.
n b. S. HARKINS, Mayor.
All persons desiring to register and vote at
the election ordered BY the foregoing ordi-
nance will call on Mr.. G. W. Malone, at the
Office Of the Superior Court Clerk, i'll the Court
House. II. M. AILLER, City Clerk'
2 EkebQ9d1m
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-18
WHITLOCK'S
Scw zEs,s:si.ag Department

u order to supply our nurnero rous
fs;tr rs with 1ew class of Clothing for
Men. Boys ana children. l have opened
q new p!H"e so doors below "Whitlock's
Corner" where an prepared to otfer
c0n3D'f'G uc" stock Of the most stylish,
best fitting, and best made ,HI1e clothing
that lave vet been put on this MAI ket.
The prices Will he reasonable and
,Dyifo5m 10 al.
| sill devote Hy personal attention to
this branch, and can safely assert that
there are fctr men IN dny State who are
b tier equipped with experience and
IA ,i!itics to furnish the best class of
Clothing 81 lowest possible prices than l
pm | can save y0u the trouble Of order
ing from abroad. | guarantee satt &ac.
sion in all classes and lit y0u better than
you can get anywhere else.
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT.
VII make Clothing % order of the
hest GrodcS Of Imported and Domestic
goods only.
I can safely promise you as good
fitting, ana stylish garments as the best
merchant ;ailOrs i'll the largest cities can
produce at less than city prices fol same
lass Of work.
20 mj&tts 1cW be passed 20 a1ly customer.
One trial viii convince the best critic of
custan3 clothing that IeNaggerate nothing:
Respectfully,
A WHTLoCK. Agent.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-18
Cleveland Again Sits Down on Sher-
man.


WASHINGTON, March IL. - The
President to-day sent the new Chi
nese treaty to the Senate, but it has
not vet been laid before that body,
as no secret session has been held
since its arrival. Its main features
have been from time to time pub
lished. 1t is understood that the
President recommends in his mes
sage OF transmittaI, that the injunc-
ton of secrecy be at once removed
from the treaty. An accompanying
paper by Secretary Bayard explains
the features of the treaty and gives
a history of its negotiation from the
time the present administration en-
tered Office.
The treaty, by its terms, runs
twenty years. A Chinese laborer
who has one thousand dollars We h
of property her at amount due
10 him here mo has a lawful
husband, o i lie. or parent, or child
in this country, may, ii absent, re.
turn within one year, or if detained
by sickness. the time may be ex
tended to two years. No other Chi
nese laborers may o~me in on any
terms. Chinese merchants, schol-
ars and students may come only
when provided with certificates is
sued by an American consul. The
treaty binds this country to pay 10
the Chinese minister s276,OO0 with
in one year, which snail be accepted
as full settlement of all claims
against the United States or her cit
liens for loss, or injury suffere by
Cinnamon here.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-18
Republican Cussedness,

WASHINGTON, March 16. - The
ways ard means committee again
considered the internal revenue sec.
ton of the Mills bill to>day and
completed it with the exeeT ton of
the paragraph relating to the de-
struction of private distillery appa-
ratus and to the trea 'ment Of pris-
oners whose health was jeopariized
by confinement. Over thsse sec
tions there was some difference of
opinion and it was evident that the
Republicans will vote against them
when the committee meets again.
There was also strong opposition on
the part of the minority to the mo-
ton made by Mr. Mills that the
House be requested to grant tie
committee leave to sit during It's
session, but it carried, nevertheless.