Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1890-04-19
she secs 3 sassafras vender canling
in at the side gate.
She will fry beefsteak and en-
pect the man of her choice to eat it.
She is altogether a loveable cre~
ature and she knows it.
Egyptian Stocking.
New York Ledger.

AlulS tliltA Gilt hlipNS lts
| Egyptian Stocking.
New York Ledger.
| The Egyptians Of the present.
kepts as we'll as Arahs-rnn about
with bare feet. The ancient Egvp,
! tlans, on the contrary. who are now
only to be seen in dried condition
IN museums. possessed Il very good
method Of knitting stockings, as is
shown in the collection at tho
Lourve, in Paris In the grave OF
a mummy there was found Il pair
of knitted stockings, which gave
the surprising evidence, firstly. that
short stockings. resembling socks.
were worn by the ancient Egyl,-
taiiss; and secondly, that the art of
Knitting stocking had already az
tanned great perfection in ancient
Egypt These curious stockings
are knitted III a very clever man
ner, and the material, finc wool Of
sheep, that might once have lccn
white: is now brown with age. The
| necdl;s with which the work was
,, .'cna must have tccn a little thick
II than we should choose for the
same purpose, and the knitting is
loose and elastic. The stocking is
begun just as we make the design,
only in the simplest manner, with
single thread but in the continue
tion Of the work il is not simply
plain, but fancifu]. The usual lor-
der Of the stocking which prevents
the rollin up of the work is narrow,
consisting of a row Of turrcd-up
loops; ard tho circle, tic nicely
shaped heel, which is little diff
fercnt from our method, show n
very skilltul hand. But in the
point Of the stocking there is a
characteristic difference between
the Egyptian stockings and mod
crn socks Egyptian stockings run
out in two large tubes Of equal
width, like the fingers of a glove.
This strange shape is made to suit
the sandals, which are furnished
with Il strap fastened about the
middle of the sandal; and as the
strap had to be laid over the stock
ing the division is needed.
Origin of"ltobbing Peter I" Pay
Paul"
Detroit News.
This preston arose thus: On
December 18th, 154D, the abby
church Of St. Peter, Westminster,
was advanced to the dignity Of 4
cathedral by letters patent; but
ten years later it was joined to the
diocese of London again, and man.
Of its estates appropriated to tn"
repairs of St. Paul's Cathedral.
One hundred years later, in 1G40,
we find him in "Outlandish Prov
cribs" selected By Mr.. George Her
bert, priest and poet fclassic re-
nown, the subject of one of 'Wal-
TONS Lives" the provcrb altered
and set forth follows: "Give not
st. Peter SO much, to leave St. Paul
nothingp This provcrb is quoted
by Francis Rabelais early in the
sixteenth century. Upon the death
of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,
in 1878, each Of the metropolitan
cemeteries laid claim TO the honor
of burial. The City Of London
argued that so great statesman as
William Pitt should be buried in
St. Paul's, while Parliament took
the ground that the dust of SO great
a man as he should come near TO
the dust Of kings, and that not to
bury him in Westminster Abbey
would again be 'robbing st. Peter to
pay ST Paul"