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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

Those dear old housewives of half a
century ago who wore their shoulders
round, their hands red and their tenn
pers sour emulating the kitchen queens
of Plymouth Rock days would be
amazed at the ease with which the cul-
tured women of America are solving
problems in domestic economy. The
best material in the field is college
bred. II comes from Smith, Wellesley
and lIolyoke; from Ann Arbor, De-
troit, Evanston and Lake Forest in the
West. and from Nashville, Marshville
and st. Louis in the South. 1t comes
in all the beauty of neatness and all
the radiance of knowledge and enthu-
siasm.
Over tailor-made frock, delicate
ruche ard chatelain a kitchen gown is
thrown that ties about neck and waist
with a draw-string. This garment is
a mere slip or surplice as the dairy
bellies about the Exchange for Women's
Work call it, made of crash, seersucker
or ticking. A substitute for the NOR
tarboard is fashioned out of white pa
per, and when the young woman who
has taken the spr cial course in one col
lege and perhaps is postgraduate in
another, has drawn on pair of white
rubber gauntlets which are buttoned TO
her elbow for support, she is ready 10
make pie, soup-siocks, mayonnaise,
bread or fire. These gloves are sold
by all rubber firms. They are water
proof, durable, and so admirably wo-
ven and dressed that there is not a
particle of wear or any smell TO cling
to the dish in process of construction.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

THAT which is life to one is poison
to another, be joven' calculated one
dude, as he removed the stub end of
his cane from his mouth to express
his disgust at the sight of q fellow
dude who was lighting a cigarette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

MEXICAN hotels are said to be very
poor, the best of them not being equal
10 third-class houses in the United
States. Tourists, although delighted
with the country, do not stay there any
length of time because the comforts
peculiar to American hotels are not
obtainable anywhere in Mexico at any
nrioa
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

1T can scarcely be said to be credita-
bic to the literary taste or to the moral
culture of the English speaking world
that the novelist Ouida has made as
much money with her off-colored pen
as Patti has made with her three thou
sand dollar-a-night voice.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

The Vale of Avoca has been bought
by an English company. and the
woods will be swept away in order to
make matches. There is great con-
sternation in the district, where the
memory of Tom Moore is cherished
with fervencY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

NOBODY who lives in the past is
worth his room in the social world,
and the rule applies to communities.
states and nations. as well. Why
Is the savage and the barbarian super
seeded In the race of life? Because
they will not move forward. but cling
to the ways of the past So it is in
civilized communities they stagnate
unless they move abreast with the pro-
gress OF the time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20
Care in Strengthening Cattle for Food.

The safeguards with which Hebrews
rurround the selection and slaughter of
cattle to be used for food might be
profitably initiated by people not of
their faith. There is little danger of
diseased or tainted meat finding its
way into an orthodox Jewish family.
Moses may, according to Bob Inger-
soil, have made mistal es-but he knew
considerable about the laws of health
and sanitation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20
Connecticut RennhlIcRns.

a special convention of the State Repubi-
can League was held at Hartford, Conn, Feb.
IL. Delegates and alternates to the conven-
ton of the Republican League OF the United
States, to be held at Nashville March 4, were
appointed as follows: First District, A. b.
Gillette, E. A. Welch alternates, c.. NJ. JAR
Wis, w. ii. Taylor; Second District, Major
Briggs, {. f. Turner; alternates, l.. l. Mason,
c. r. Lewis Third District, E. n. Wheelock,
w. 7. Lane; aternates, L. II. Fuller, J. B.
Grinnel: Fourth district, A. B. Beers, o. X.
Fyler; alterDates, +. J. Steele, f. A. Mason;
delegates-at-arge, f. S. Henry, C. f. Thomp-
son; alternates, f. a. Mitchell, II. W. r.
Hovt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

The Indian who commits a murder
expects to die for it il he is caught
and he takes his punishment stoically.
He has no excuses to offer, no pleas
for mercy TO make, and he knows
nothing of the emotional insanity
dodCe
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

QUEEN VICTORIA is a very fearless
woman. Although republican mutters
ings are plainly audible on every side,
she announces her intention to issue
another volume of extracts from her
private journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

SAID Chicago wife: 1T is real
mean for Charlie to be so good to me !;
l want to get divorce and go on the
stage; but he is so kind | cannot help
loving him, and that is what makes
me hate him sou
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20
News and Citizen

IT is not generally known that Mex
leo has public school system which
provides instruction for the children
OF all classes. including the Indian
f1.ih.as
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

a couple of years ago Miss Frances
Willard began writing book,
"Glimpses of Fifty Years." which she
finished early this year. Being his
tory of the w. c. T. L., and an auto
biography as well, the work sold as
fast as it could be printed. Last No
vember the Union celebrated it six
teenth birthday at five-days' conven-
ton in New York and to the surprise
of her friends Miss Willard offered the
entire tum due her from the sale of
the book. The offer was rejected, but
President Willard refused to withdraw
it, and the ladies were obliged to accept
from their leader the largest contribu-
ton ever made to the W. &. T. L.
Miss Willard is as poor as nun. She
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20
THE one fashionable terpslchorean

The one fashionable terpslchorean
recreation-the waltz, is on the de-
cline. 1t is doomed. 1t is being
is tabooed in the best society
circles OF the world. That which
Fastening its doom is the fact that
Herr Strauss, who may be regarded as
the creator of the modern fashionable
waltz, has pronounced against it. and
substituted in It's stead what no calls
conversation dances"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20

The Republican House and Senate
of Montana, was in session till $50 Sunday
morning Feb. ., and passed eight appropria-
ton bills. Becker, the Democratic senator
who was brought in by Deputy Sheriff Parker
took no part in the proceedings, but was
counted present by the Lieutenant Governor,
thus making quorum.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-20
To Those Who Save.
JUST CONSIDER THIS.

The tollo,eing table shoecs the sarpris
ingly large sums eehich savings Of one, flee,
ten, t,genty fve, fifty aud 100 cents per day,
compounded semi annually, at per cent,
.oiIl amount to in 5, 10, 20 and SO years:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
A Brave Maiden.

Apretty girl and a shotgun put to
fight a party of tramps at Olathe, Kan,
recently. mr.. and Mrs. Frank Duffy left
their farm house the other morning in
charge Of their daughter Clara, 3years
old, and her brother, a boy Of IA. The
house is near the Fl. Scott and Gulf
Railroad, along which tramps swarm.
Just before supper three rough-looking
men entered the yard and demanded
supper, threatening dire consequences
if they were refused.
Fearing trouble, Miss Duffy said:
"Wait q minute" and running into the
house seized a shotgun. Two Of the
tramps we're already making away with
the boy, while the leader was coming
up the steps into the house. A charge
of shot met him and he ran from the
yard yelling: "Im shot! I'm shot!"
Without stopping, Miss Duffy fred the
remaining barrel into the other two.
The shots took effect, and she was left
with her brother master of the situa-
ton. The tramps came to Olathe, en-
ployed a surgeon to dress their wounds,
and hastily disappeared. They were
badly sprinkled, only the tineness of
the shot having prevented serious re-
sults.-Chicngo Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
All Girls Should Row.

xceng women should conquer the
tlm1uity that they feel the moment they
set foot in q row-boat. Ayoung man Of
the right sort has no patience with the
want of confidence women have in
themselves and in his care for them.
Bear in mind, courage is a quality not
to be despised, and can be worn becom-
ingly by any girl. 1t will come to you
and perchance has, as it does to all wo-
men in some time of great emergency,
and yet you are here afraid of that
which an Ida Lewis has mastered when
at its worst, and which, if once under
stood, would give you pleasure and
greater bodily strength. Some good
oarsman will show you how to sit in a
boat and how to row with one oar and
then with two. He will teach you the
strokes and other matters necessary to
be acquired. Enjoy your rowing as you
would your bath or your breakfast, be-
cause it is good for the body and helps,
as does all physical exercise. to prolong
life. Swimming, girls take to even
better than boys, and are much more
graceful; and every girl should, if pos
sible, understand this most useful of
pastimes ELLEN LIE Garde, in Ladies'
Home Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Is Raxelli Jealous Of PATTI

"Never again." said Ravelli, will II
sing with Patti. She is on the stage
one of the most selfish and inartistic
persons I ever met. She does every
thing for reclame. When I sang with
her we had a great success at the end
Of the second act of Lucia and the
public cry encore what does she do?
She goes before the curtain and sings
Home, Sweet Home
after the second act of 'Sonnam-
bula' we have also a great applause.
She goes and sings Home Sweet
Home After the great assemble in
the second act of 'Trayiata,' which is
always encored, she sings Home Sweet
Home .a..
after the great love duet in Romeo
and Juliet when we were received by
reclamation, she steps forward and
sings Home, Sweet Home
I'm 'Lakme,' at the end of the opera,
il is again the same thing, Home,
Sweet Home Patti never recognizes
that the other artists have contributed
to the success.
"She may not appear to do so, for
she is very clever, but she manages eV-
ery time to take all the glory for her
self, and she never responds to an en-
core of q duo, a quartet, an ensemble
except by o solo, and that solols Home'
Sweet Home"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Found a Giants Bones.

Cornelius Jones, a well-known and
wealthy landowner Of %spencerville,
Allen County. in this city on business,
said:
"By the way, there was a remarkable
discovery of prehistoric remains in our
section the other day. The instance
came under my own observation. Last
week l had occasion to visit the farm
OF j. Henly, about two miles west of
Kossuth, just across the border in
Auglaize County. Some workmen were
engaged in digging a well, and had
descended to a depth of thirty-two feet
when they struck a gravel drift, from
which they exhumed q gigantic skull
thirty-eight inches in circumference.
Further down the other bones of the
giant We're found. There can be no
doubt Us to the kind Of remains. The
thigh bone measured 3 feet 2 inches in
length, and the spinal column is four
feet two inches long. All the bones
were in an excellent state of preserya-
ton, and were probably those of a pre-
historic warrior who was killed in bat
tie, as the skull seemed to have been
crushed with a blunt instrument. The
whole skeleton measured eight feet
eleven and a half inches in height. and
when clothed with flesh must have been
o tremendously powerful man. A huge
stone axe weighing twenty-seven pounds
and a flint spear head of seventeen
pounds weight were found with the
boaes, and were, no doubt, swayed by
the giant with the greatest ease. A
copper medallion, engraved with several
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Edmund Russell on Dress.

"In DRESS" said Mr.. Russell in q
lecture recently, "the development Of
personality s the true basis Of the best
expression. The grace of a costume
depends mainly upon the proper pose
of the wearer. The most artistic gown
loses it's effects when worn by a woman
with a sunken chest, curvlng back and
projecting elbows. Repose, dignity and
grace of presence come only with the
realization OF De!sarte's idea of control
in the torso and freedom at the extremi-
ties. The becomingness of a gown lies
in its relation Of color and form to the
wearer. There is a relation, both Of
correspondence and contrast. Black,
by contrast, gives an added Wilderness
to the complexion, but by correspond
ence it deepens every line on the face
and increases the impress of age. Three
classes Of color are always harmonious
for the street, shades on the tone Of
the hair; for the house, the tone of the
eyes; for the evening, the tint of the
complexion. The dress should always
be subordinate to the wearer, the decor
alton to the thing decorated. Orna-
ments and jewels should harmonic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
IN hold her nose agin the shore
Iill TIE last galoot's ashore"
Parable for Mothers-in.Law.

It is o custom among the Apaches
for q man rot to marry again until his
wife has ben dead year and a half,
though bad men, we are told would
marry befre that time. Their do
nestle arrangements are very peculiar,
with a little background of poetic
instinct, that shows through
all the hard, practical facts
of the ase the same old hui
man naturethat has gradually evolved
the love witch is stronger than death.
To beginwith, when q man marries
he is suppoed to belong no longer to
himself, bu to his wife's parents. He
is not permitted to speak much in their
presence, nd dares not look on his
mother-in-lw's face, shielding his eyes
from it, as rom the SUM-. The gift they
have bestowed upon him in their daugh-
ter is supposed to be SO valuable that
he not onlypays literally at the outset,
but any serice they may ask of him he
is obliged t render, so long as their
child remais his wife; when she dies
he cannot barry again without their
consent.-F'om Lend q Hand.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
A Woman who Hunt. Tigers.

The pursuit of "the grand sport" in
India has brongE. to the front a lady
tiger killer of great skill and prowess
in the person of Mrs. Evans Gordon.
This fearless lady, as a member of the
recent Cooch Behar hunting expedition,
shot an angry tigress who was rushing
v%iciously upon the party, and was
actually within q few yards of her ele-
plants trunk. Her shot, we are told,
was as we'll timed as it was we'll aimed.
for The other guns engaged, including
that of the lady sportsman's husband,
Major Evans Gordon, had failed to stop
the furious brute. 1t is added that this
brilliant achievement adds one more to
the many trophies already won by this
dauntless lady in the hunting grounds
Of Cooch Behar. -Levamt Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
She Was a Mascot.

Mrs. Millais, wife of the famous artist,
and ex-wife Of John Ruskin, is said to
be the happiest woman in all France.
By the painter she is regarded as his
mascot, his luck having changed almost
Immediately after her divorce from the
art critic. Her husband is worth over
81 1000, 600, and the model and inspira-
ton of his pictures lives like a Royal
Princess, followed by a staff of artist
cally dressed servants and surrounded
by every luxury that money and skill
can devise.
In face and figure she is still beauti-
full, and her manners and accomplish
ments are most captivating. There are
Oriental touches in all the apartments,
and so beautiful are her Greek dresses,
and so graceful her poses that every one
is an artists study.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Heroes Of the Mines.

The men who toll in Pennsylvania
coal mines are often reckless. but they
are never towards, says a Pennsylvania
paper. If, as was the case at Ashley,
it too often happens thai the terrible
loss of life follows the foolhardy act Of
M reckless man, it is equally true that
there are never lacking heroic fellows
to take their lives in their hands and
rush to the rescue Of their comrades. It
requires heoroism of a high type to
enter a working" mine in which a score
of men have just been entombed and
grope in pitchy darkness through gang
ways that threaten another fatal col
lapse at ahy moment. The flood Of con.
domination that would ordinarily follow
the awful results of Mine Boss Aliens
reckless lighting of his lamp in the
Ashley slope is partially silenced be-
IL he has paid for his rashness with
his life. In the whole dark picture,
however, the calm heroism of the volun-
teer rescuers stands out in glowing
colors.
At the blazing Nelson shaft at Sham
okin another band Of brave-hearted men
prevented what might have been an
other horror, fighting their way through
smoke and flame to save their endan-
gered comrades. The engineer who
stuck to his post even while the cylin-
der of his engine redeemed with the
heat, and drew the car Of rescuers and
rescued to the surface, while the very
pulleys that supported them were
afame, is no less a heroic man than the
famous Mississippi pilot who stood
grasping the wheel Of his burning YES
sci with the grim resolution,
III hold her nose agin the shore
/. Till tie last galoots ashore"
and then fell dead in the pilot-house-a
willing sacrifice to a lofty n of duty.
The miners constant familiarity with
danger breeds q contempt for it, which
too often results in fatal recklessness.
The Pennsylvania collier is often
rash, but b. is never craven.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
How to Treat a sweethea,t.

When he comes to see YOU. let mo
give you a few hints as to vonr treot.
ment of him: "
First of all, don't let him get an ide.
that your one object in life is to get all
yen can out Of him.
loon,t let him believe that you think
so lightly OF yourself that whenever he
has IN idle moment he can find Won
ready and willing to listen to him.
Don't let him think that Won arc o.
ing out driving with him alone. ever IL
your mother should be ~lenient eno,,oh
to permit this.
Don't let him think that you are going
to the dance or the frolic with him: YOU
are going with your brother, or else
you are going to make up a party which
will all go together.
Don't let him spend his money on
you; when he goes away, he NAV
bring you a box Of sweets, a book or
some music, but don't make him feel
that you expect anything but courteous
attention.
Don't let him call you by your first
name, at least not until you are en-
gagged to him, and then only when YOU
are by yourselves.
Don't let him put his arms around
you and kiss you; when he put the
pretty ring on your finger, it meant
that you We're to be his wife soon. he
gained a few rights, but not the one of
indiscriminate caressing. When he
placed it there he was right to put a
kiss on your lips; it was the seal Ct
your love; but if you give your kisses
too freely they will prove of little
value. A maiden fair is like a beauti-
full, rich, purple plum; it hangs high
up on the tree and is looked at with
envy. He who would get it must work
Tor it, and all the trying should be on
his side, so that when he gets it he
appreciates it. You know the story of
the man who saw a beautiful plum on a
tree, which he very much wanted.
Next to it hung another plum; it
seemed as beautiful, and it was appar-
emily just as sweet as the one he
wanted. The seeker for it stood under
it for a moment, looked at it with
longing eyes, and, behold, the plum
dropped into his mouth. OF what
value was it then? It was looked at
and cast aside. Now take this little
story, and make it point the moral that
l wish it to.-L0dies' Home Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
DOINGS OF WOMEN FOLK
NEWS, NOTES, AND GOSSIP ABOUT
FEMININE AFFAIRS.
A Woman Who Hunts Tieers-Sh. Wa. !.
Mascot-Edmund Russell on Dress-A
Brave Matden-All Girls Should Row
How to Treat a Sweetheart.

An American in London notices that
red gowns are affected by red-faced wo-
men, the rule being the redder the face
the redder the gown. He adds that
there may be philosophy in this, and
quotes Nine. Modjeska as saying: Red
worn below the face deadens the COM
plexion, worn above the face heiohtens
the complexion. If, therefore, a woman
wishes to subdue the color in the cheeks
she should wear q red gown or plenty
OF red ribbons about her throat; on the
other hand, if she wishes to give her
face a certain touch of color, let her
wear a red hat or red flowers in her
hair"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Story Of a Diamond.

"There's the most beautiful diamond
l have ever see during an experience
of thirty years with the sparkling
gems" said a veteran diamond mer-
chant, as he held up o stone that
seemed to live in fire.
From every facet radiated brilliant
that steely blue which delights every
connoisseur of the precious gems. The
diamond did not weigh owe six %carats,
but it was easily worth five thousand
dollars.
THAT stone has q tragic history"
continued the man of jewels as he laid
the diamonds to rest amid q nest of
snowy cotton. "It comes from the De
Beers mines, in South Africa, and was
discovered by a coolie employed by the
company. His practiced eye saw that
the gem was q marvellous one for
beauty of color, and a desire to steal it
overcame him. Well, he did steal it,
and to conceal the diamond about his
person-for the coolies work almost
naked in the diamond mines-cut a hole
in his flesh under the arm. But the
wound did not heal and the cbservant
eye VA 0uS 4OI0IAdu SaW WuGL was Ull6
matter. A few days after he charged
the coolie with having stolen a diamond,
but the negro denied it. When Jack,
the foreman reached for his sore arm,
the thief made q dash and ran toward
the outskirts of the camp like o deer.
The foreman followed him, but the
feet-footed negro outstripped him. He
knew that a severe punishment awaited
him if captured, and centered all his
effort on getting away with the stone.
whose value would have made him rich
for life. But Jack was equal to the
emergency, and, drawing his pistol,
shot the coolie through the back just
as he was taking to the hills. His dead
body was dragged back into camp, his
arm cut open and the beautiful gem in
the rough was taken from the inser-
tion. It's a tragic story, but true as
gospel, and only a sample of what has
happened more than a hundred times
in the diamond mines of South Africa"