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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
ANCIENT BRIDAL LACE.

Tho Crcsts and symbols OF the Two Families
Part Of the Design.
The Jenness Miller Magazine.1
Since lace was first used for personal
adornment 1t has been considered the correct
thing for ornamenting bridal robes. This
lace was carefully put away after the mar
riage, and was often handed down as an
heirloom Of great value. The custom OF
uniting the crests and symbols OF the two
families to be joined in wedlock was often
followed in Italy and France. The Empress
Josephine was married in dress trimmed
with rare lace, and veil presented by the
city of Brussels-an exquisite affair Of point
with the imperial crown and cipher, encir-
cled with wreaths, wrought in each corner.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
1048-BEHEADMENT.

An overcoat may be worn out.
And still not be threadbare:
For you can wear it out to church
Or out to snuff the air,
Attending ON some fair
Young lady who in furs arrayed,
OF young La Grippe" is not afraid
A combination coat is one
To wear out or wear in
Reversible, in final words;
When out, to come up to the chin,
When IN. and here we'll stick pin
To turn back and with inside out
Make one u gentleman no doubt.
No total here; just shift the sides
When you go in or out,
And you will have coat 20 fit
A garment that no one may flout
So of material it is stout:
And hence in closing we'll declare,
A coat worn out Is not threadbare.
ASPIRE.
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Queen Victoria wore wedding dress and
veil of English Honiton, probably the
handsomest Honiton lace ever produced.
Nearly all OF the English princesses have
worn the Honiton lace for their bridals, and
when the Princess Alexandra of Denmark
was married to the Prince of Wales her
laces were also those of her husbands coun-
try.
The bridal lace in vogue at the beginning
of the 18th century in Italy was similar to
the reticella. The design above shows an
Italian bridal lace OF that period with the
devices OF the two contracting parties inter-
woven
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
LATEST SOCIAL FAD.
Washington Ladies Organize to Practice
Economy in Entertainments.

Washington Ladies' Organize to Practice
Economy In Entertainments.
New York Times.I
Washington society is coming 10 its senses
Useless display and lavish expenditure are
10 be things Of the past. Two clubs have
been organized, which In every instance
limit the expenditure for entertainments at
their various meetings to specified sum-
The first OF these. the Breakfast Club, 10
composed Of six menbers, and, like the sec
ond, the Lunch Club, 10 an organization Of
some OF the most fashionable women In
society, the majority Of whom, should they
so desire are able 10 entertain In the most
lavish manner. The rule Of the Breakfa
Club IL that no one meal at which the MEM
are entertained shall cost more than 50, eI-
elusive Of flowers. At each meeting the
hostess OF the day has the privilege OF in
wiling one young lady who IL the only out
side guest present.
BY lar the more interesting OF the two
organizations, however, is the Lunch Club,
which numbers nine members, for which
each hostess must exercise her ingenuity
10 devise course luncheon at the outlay Of
S3. That the thing is not only practicable
but that II can be done with happy result
has already been proved o number OF times
by the various hostesses, each OF whom vies
with her predecessor In devising q menu
which shall combine the qualities OF variety,
simplicity and plenty.
The following. menu served at one OF
the recent luncheons, will be read with in
terest by every woman, whether she be In or
out OF the social swim:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
1O47-rHE PUZZLE OF AUTHORS.

-Four persons were playing at the game called
authors" Only two books remained In the
game. each player holding two OF the cards. A
book consists Of four cards, each bearing the
name Of n work by the same author. Each per-
son in turn asks for one card from the other
players. II he has correctly located the card
he receives 1t, ana Is entitled to another call.
In the contrary event he loses his turn, each
PLAYER knows what four cards constitute each
book. but no player can call for q card belong
ing 10 book Of which he has not at least one
card,
In the present instance the two books COM
prised the following cards: L Pickwick
Papers. David Copperteld, Bleak House. Old
Curiosity Shop. z Vanity Fair, Pendennis
Henry Esmond The Virginians.
AS hand consisted of the cards VANITY
Fair" and "Plckwick Papers"
A asked d for BLEAK House." but did not
have IL.
asked D for Henry Esmond," but d did
2 asked D for David Copperaeld." but D did
not have IL.
D asked A for 'Pendennis," but A did not
have IL.
After this unsuccessful round A, who had
attentiVely listened to each CALL was able to
locate every card, and succeeded in completing
the two books.
What were the cards in each players hands1
j. II. FEZANDIK.
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one-in which case his rivals will do II.
In view OF all these possibilities I feel
like q public benefactor in writing this
brief but valuable essay. For propose to
give the true secret Of the famous "chalk
process" for committing criminal libel
pictorially. I got 1t from artist Frank
Verbeck, who says that he has frequently
used it upon his enemies. This process has
recently been the subject Of acrimonious dis
cussion in q publication devoted to the
interests of journalism, and as Verbeck and
his works got mixed up in the debate, he
naturally fell to talking about 1t when I
dropped into his studio few days ago.
''In the first place" said he, this process
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
io5a-A PAHApoxtcAL SET.

They seek our support, after hlehing from 10,
As often ~ not they're untrue To their promise,
And the brilliant effects guaranteed Ia pro-
fusion
Lie baeal med IN the waters Of eiFoumloeution.
Their appearance ID chronic, they're spelE By
ten letters,
OF ways that are dark" they are often Abst-
torsi
And your eyes may well open with wonder en-
panding
When / safely assert that they run when
they're standing.
UnGTammatieal men to whom wisdom Is worry,
They're made up of three verbs out OF Lindley
Murray
AT falsified figures but few can excel them,
And vet honest figures phoneticAlly spell them.
Their arithmetic seldom is markep by preos-
ion,
But OF all the four rules their hobby's dIyisiont
And when squarely divided without vote or
ballot,
You're two dainties to tickle the juvenile PAL
ate. w. WILSON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
1O46-ANAGRAM.

In Mardi Gras in New Orleans,
Amid the droll fantastic scenes,
Many tOhoLe in his disguise
Excites much laughter and surprise,
And often at a kind OF ball
The looker-on sees many an all,
Whose only object seems to be
To make himself an oddlty,
And many lady fair and gay
Is there disguised in the same way.
Such strange things are sometimes done
For nothing else but sport and fun.
In some queer druDSdS," too, whole
May play his part In such role,
In life's great drama oft we view
Those who to pature are not true,
Who're tainted with hypocrisy.
And are not what they seem to be,
Such men are UhoEes, though their disguise
IL quite apparent to the wise.
NELsoNIAN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
AN ARTIST:INVENTOR.
The First Combination of Genius,
Chalk and Steel Plates
AND THE WONDERFUL RESULTS
Artist Verbeck Tells Howard Fielding How
to Make Pictures.
STRUGGLE IN A ST. LOUIS TENEMENT
rYR1TTEN ron THE p1sPArcH.1

HE higher we climb
on the ladder of fame
the more certain we
are to get our pictures
into the newspapers.
I can imagine a man
with no personal
beauty contemplating
this prospect calmly,
but to some of us
handsome men 1t is a
serious matter. Any
little thing may draw
this calamity upon US
out Of a clear sky, so
to speak. We may be
elected to something,
or convicted Of some.
thing. or cured by a
patent medicine-in
which case the pro-
prietor will print our
DO rtrait-or killed by
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
MISREPRESENTATION.

A man of holy rites was known
To change his title, and twas shown
That he became a little fairy,
OF which some tlmid folk were wary.
The little fairy came to be
OF fruit luscious quality,
In suDerlative degree;
As 1t was growing on the tree.
Again, IL was transposed. and o,
IL hurt, for it became blow
1t changed again-O wondrous featl
And lett US something good to eat.
AIDYL-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
1t Was Biding Its Time.

Detroit Free Press,
An old building in Covington, KY, had
stood at pitch FOR ten years, but nothing
could induce it to fall down. The other
day, when couple OF workingmen sat
down in its shade to eat their dinners. over
went the old wreck and broke their bones
and laid 'em up for thres months apiece.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18

This picture is the first one produced by the
new chalk process, which we have secured at
great expense. andln which we have every con-
idence 1t represents portions of our esteemed
fellow-citizen, Major Rainwater. on horseback.
1t would have been our desire to print all of
him. The Major and his noble charger bear
many honorable scars, but we had no intention
of reproducing them in this cut. We expect
great things of this process, but at present 1t
will peel in places We also observe with re-
gret that the Major is represented as having
only one leg. This inaccuracy is chargeable
neither to us nor to the chalk process, but to
the artist, who is now beyond pursuit.-ED.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
MORE THAN ONE MADISON.
A supeI fluffy of Cities All Bearing the
Same Name.

Madison, Wis, Journal
There are % Madison postofices in % of
the United States, Madison, Wis, and Mad
ison, Ind, being the most noted. The post
masters of these cities advise each other of
uncalled for and undelivered letters in their
respective offices each week, and thus get
MANY letters for parties intended that would
otherwise be sent to the dead letter Office
and destroyed. A few days since letter
was advertised in Madison, Ind. It was
for Madison, Wis, man, and had $40
bill inclosed. Madison, o., and Madison,
Mimi, also receive frequent letters that
belong to Madison, Wis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
Spontaneous and Forcible.

A man in search Of information called on
one of the best meaning men in the city. He
found him at his desk, and the question was
asked. ST don't know anything about 1t, "
he replied. go into the next room and ask
-. He is an encyclopedia Of everything
that ought to be forgotten"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
DISCOVERING THE SECRET,

"But to return to the wolf. I let him
haunt me just as long as could stand it,
and then, one June day, as the sun was sit
ting over o number of things that never
wanted to see again provided that there was
any way of getting out of the town, reg
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18

is older than the hills. Its use is especially
prohibited by the ninth commandment:
Thou shalt not bear false Witness etc. 1t
is more prehistoric than the dodo. A chalk
plate is said to have been found in mound
builders grave, but whether it was the gen.
tleman's portrait, or whether he, as the edi-
tor of newspaper, printed the picture and
thus came to his death in a natural and vio-
lent manner, am unable to say. I believe
1t was because the Grecian papers got to
printing helen's picture by this process
that she fled to Troy with Paris, which is
why he was afterward called old Plaster-of-
Paris.
DRIVEN BY THE WOLF.
II first came across an account of 1t in
an old English book but never thought of
using it till struck st. Louis just after
the breaking up of hard winter, some
years ago. Up to that time nobody had
ever used the process with perfect success
though any quantity of people were trying
it. had no natural tendency toward it,
being Of mild and harmless disposition
and little given to injuring my fellow be-
ings for small money. But was driven to
1t by the wolf. There was q wolf at my
door. Every time went out fell over
him, or If didn't, lell over the landlady
with her bill, which was much the same
thing. determined 10 get at the real,
practical inside of the chalk process; for IL
was all that lay between me and al early
grave"
"By the way" said I interrupting Mr..
verbeok at this point, "what IL the chalk
process, anyway What does IL result In
after you've worked it7"
why" said he, ''you make some little
ehalk-ahd-water pics, 80 to speak, and bake
them on piece OF steel. Then. you scratch
the picture into the little square pie, steree-
type IL and print from IL. The value of II IL
that II q newspaper gets report OF an
earthquake In some remote corner of the
globe about / A. M, the artist can scratch
out some scenes Of destruction on the chalk
plates so ~ to give full pictorial details Of
the disaster In the edition which goes TO
press at $50, II you had 10 draw them and
photograph them IL would take longer. And
II the earthquake turns out to be eyeons
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
1050-HALF SQUARE.

/. A medicine. 2 The active principle Of
elaterium. g. Having no fixed term. l. Re-
peating. s. A city of Mexico. O. A place of
public contest. T. To cloud. !. Cer'aIn units
of printers measurement. o. Northeast.
(Abbr) 10. In THE DISPATCH. l. L. C.R.
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y
1045-ENIGMA.
draw and pierce (as verb you mind),
am a worm of certain kind,
In me a sort Of screw you find.
Again change: the gentle blow
That pert damsel gives her beau
Is what my name may plainly show.
And am what shoemakers do
When they are making boot or shoeg
am piece Of leather, too.
seem an odditY. no doubt;
Call me if you will a spout,
And see me letting liquor out,
When in barrel fitted snug,
Like cork inserted in jug.
You may consider me plug.
am bar as well as spile.
am a drink that can beguile,
And tipplers well may name and smile"
NELsoNIAN.
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ANSWERS.

1na5-A house divided against itself cannot
stand. TSee st. Mark, iii@25l.
I0S0-Witch. itch; Will, i'll; Fairy, airy, fairi
Devil. evil, Dell; Ghost, host; Shades. Hades.
lOI-Jane Eyre.
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1053-DoUBLE ACRosTIC.
THE APRIL TRIAL.

Prize yfnners: ]. H. q. Burger, Alliance, o.
2. VIM. Hughes. Apollo, Pa. 3. Glass, Pitts
burg Pa nj w.
7. MIG. Gertrude Hunter. Chas. A. Emmons,
Iucinda' Ida Robson. Allen Mower, r. E. BusR
Edith May, Sphinx Light, Ellen 3. Farnham.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18

or only murder and suicide, the chalk
pictures will answer Just as well for gen.
eral view of the landscape or group pict-
ure of the coroner's jury.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
BAKING THE BATTER.

"Then pour on the batter from ladle till
II Is about an eighth of an inch thick over
the surface, being careful not to let II run
of, Heat gradually while the top gets dry
and then little more till the surface cracks
and peels off, The plate is now done. Try
1t with tool, and II II Is too hard add more
chalk; II too soft, more gum arabic; II you
don't know what in thunder is the matter
with It, throw II away and try new one.
Bake as many as you will want for two
or three weeks, and thus you will be able
In the meantime to keep your temper and be
OF some comfort to your iamily. Those who
have used similar plates will know how to
trim of the edges and scrape down to a
proper thickness for drawing"
"And do you mean to say that that's alp"
I exclaimed. "Have lot OF fellows aII
over the country been trying to find that out
and couldn't do it? Why, man, nv w1ie
has made biscuit by that receipt ever since
we were married"
"That's all there is in it." said Ver-
beck.
AS there has been some controversy in the
press, recently, about the authenticity of
interviews, think it is proper to state here
that, with the exception of the receipt, this
interview is mostly my own IF anybody
objects to anything that is in it, he will have
to fight at my weight and not at Mr.. Yer
beck's. HOWARD FIELDING.
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financial ghost walks regularly. and so
long as IL continues to do 10 the ghost Of the
man whose 81, 800 1 might have had II I
hadn't been 30 avaricious, will not trouble
me.
Here is the receipt SEQ how simple IL Is
after you know i'll
"Dissolvs pure gum arabic IN warm water.
Let II stand until II L. about as thick ~
mueilage. For every teaeuptul Of pre-
eipitated chalk add one teaspoonful OF the
gum arabic solution. Mix with water until
IL IL about the thickness OF batter for buck.
wheat cakes, or little thinner. Use plates
any size you like made OF saw steel. Remove
all rust with emery paper. Blue the plates
by placing them over hot FIRE. An oil or
gas stove ID the best, Lay plate over the
FIRE, and let II heat till you can no longer
bear your finger on 1t, Always give your
finger the benefit OF the doubt, II there Is
any,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18

The only extra allowed Is coffee, and the
invariable rule is that each hostess shall
have plainly market on the menu opposite
each article the cost price. Should there be
the slightest deviation from this rule the
hostess is not only fined 81 in each instance,
but what is far more to the point, is ad-
judged deficient in resources and below the
standard of her neighbors. These lunch
cons, it must be remembered, are not mere
commonplace affairs, the culinary express
sion OF women whose thoughts reflect the
interior workings of the dining-room or
pastry cooks art. but are very dainty and
are served and presided over by women Of
means whose names occur with almost daily
frequency in every list of fashionable enter
tainments during the winter,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-18
THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
A Collection Of EnigmaHCal Nuts for
Home Cracking.

address conln1untcGtfonsJo for this department
to E. r. CHADBoURN. Lel0tston, AGfne
Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
C.B. L. a.. CORNERS.

Mud, mud everywhere,
There was a social gathering and dance at
the residence of l. Rose last Friday evening.
Married. Tuesday. Nov. IL, at the home of
the bride, Mr.. James Lukens and Miss Vic.
tory Crosset, both of Taopi. The happy
couple, who are widely known in this vicinity,
were made the recipients. by friends and
relatives, of many fine and substantial pres
ents, in addition to which they have the con-
gratulations and good wishes of the entire
community which they greatly deserve.
Married, Nov. 5, at DEBORAH, Iowa, Mr..
Richard Brownlow of LIE Roy and Miss Fannie
Bucknel of the former place. The happy
couple returned to LIE Roy Monday of last
week, where their friends and relatives gave
them grand serenade and surprise. They
were also made the recipients of several fine
presents. Dick has rented farm and will be
a boy no longer.
The w. & 8. W. Railroad has greatly
increased Its forces In and near LIE Roy. If
the weather remains favorable the work will
be completed IN short while.
Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
bayfield,.

Miss Sarah Holton Is home on a visit.
Rumor has it that we are soon to have q
new hotel. ~
W.B. Sleeper, of Brownsville, was in town
Tuesday last
Mrs. C. G. Hartley took the train for Dodge
Center Saturday.
Mrs. A. Hanson was visited BY friends from
kasson the past week.
A. G. Ingorsoll, OF Blooming Prairie, was in
town on business Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Stimson, of Udolpho,
visited with relatives over Sunday.
Miss Hannah Cole. formerly OF this place,
visited friends here the fist of the week.
The ladies OF the W, G. 7, U. met on Thurs
dsSs af+t ff+ernoon with Mrs. F. NJ. Mccartney.
There was Gospel temperance meeting
held at the school house last Sunday evening.
Miss Emma Symes, of Blooming Prairie,
who has been visiting friends here returned
home Wednesday.
Miss Nell Van Arnun went to Mantoryille to
attend the wedding of her old classmate; Miss
Emma Adams, on Wednesday evening.
Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
OSLO.

O. Hankom has bought a horse OFT. Thor
ness.
dance at 8. s. Gilgerhaus's Wednesday
and q good time to all.
0. Hanken has bought the farm where l.
svnRums once lived. 1t contains forty acres.
A. O, Dale has rented his fathers place ir
Hayheld.,
Miss Bessy Amundson is in Dodge Center
this week.
A dance was held at Furnland last satur-
day evening.
81. Happen has put fence around bis farm
the same to be the style nowadays.
Miss Louise Estele has returned from Lyle,
where she was at work.
Tergen has put up a windmill to do his
pumping work.
Tom Boe of North Dakota has gone back,
after two weeks visit.
E, Himle has built new stable.
Miss M. Malm has gone to Northfield on a
visit. ..=.' .sE
The Vernon debating society will have q
debate at Thoe's school house, Saturday even
ina, Nov, %, at 8 O'Clock p. m. An interesting
time is expected. - = r.:st,,-
Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
FRANKFORT.

Emma Lamb is contemplating a trip to
Spokane Falls soon.
John Hawkins is going to Dakota soon to
accept position there.
Add1e Goodsell has been engaged to teach
the village school this winter, commencing
December l.
Mrs. l. Taylor died Saturday morning, Nov.
Is. She had been a great sufferer for some
time.
Mrs. A. J. Leane and her two sons. Dannie
and Elmer, of La Crosse, who have been Wis
iting their cousins, Miss Lizzie Anker and
Mrs. s. E. Boyes. have returned home.
John Hawkings Sr. and Ineer Nelson were
married Nov. 9Th, at the NJ. E. parsonage in
Spring Valley. Congratulations are profusely
bestowed upon the worthy couple.
George Loucks has improved his place
greatly this fall by building a new house and
barn upon it and moved his esteemed family
there from Fillmore county.
Lizzie Wood commenced term of school in
District 10, Nov. 10. She has just returned
from school in Spring Velley.
Brice Ennis and family of Wauby, s. D.,
have come down to spend the winter with
relatives and friends. They will return in the
spring.
Rumor says We will soon hear wedding bells
ringing merrily.-Record.
Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
An Important Matter.

Druggists everywhere report that the
sales of the Restorative Nervine 9 nerve
food and medlcine-are astonishing; ex-
ceeding anything they ever had, while it
gives universal satisfaction in headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, sexual de-
bility, backache, poor memory, fits, diz-
ziness, etc. Taylor Bros. of Bryon, O.;
Ambery & Murphy, of Battle Greek,
Mich; G. B. Woodwork & Co., of Fort
Wayne, Ind, and hundreds of others
state that they never handled any medl-
cine that sold so rapidly, or gave such sat
1sfaction. Trial bottles of this great
medicine and book on Nervous Diseaees,
tree at tTryon & Mull's, who guarantee and
recommend it. .> - ~ .s.>'.s = r
Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26
ROSE CREEK.
Last weeks items.)

(La6t weeks ltems.)
Hog day Saturday.
School IN District 81 is being repaired.
Old king winter gave us a call last Saturday.
Why not a word from Rose Creek once in
while?
J.J. Mcbride is firing on the c., St. p. & K
C. Railroad.
E. D. Giggs is with us once more, some i'm
proved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nike Keighan are the happy
parents of boy.
Buyers are paying from so to 60 cents per
bushei for potatoes.
A. Nye, who has been visiting in this vlcin.
ity, reports crops in most parts Of Dakota q
failure.
C. Kordis and wife were pleasantly sur.
prised last Saturday evening by number
of their friends.
We noticed the ladies of this place and
vicinity came to the front and voted which
shows they mingle with politics as well as the
men. Why not?