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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-10
Railroad improvements at Bozeman.

BOHEMIAN, July 9.-[Special. AT a meet
ing of the board of trade this afternoon, it
was resolved that tho city accept the prop
osition of the Northern Pacific railroad to
erect a depot costing $40, 900 and put S13, 600
in yard improvements, providing the peo-
pie of the town would put up $4,000. c. W..
Hoffman, Walter Cooper, j. Il. Martin, W..
w. Anderson and G. s. Hartman were APP
pointed the committee to collect the 5000,
j. Il. Martin, Walter Cooper and G. w.
Hoffman being appointed trustees to enter
into contract with the railroad company,
with authority to arrange for the payment
of the money.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-10
Spurgeon Worry Low.

LONDON. July 9.-Mr. Spurgeon is weaker
and delirious.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

overburdened with work that by distribu-
ton of labor would not be heavy on any
one, and is also weighed down by others
cares when she has enough of her own,
there being no promise that the back shall
be fitted to bear all the burdens. The acme
Of her folly is apparent when she defines a
Cooking well to the ways of her house
hold'' to mean ceaseleSs round of activity
and an incessant warfare waged against dirt.
The exchange from smiles to wrinkles over
such worries is foolish in the extreme and
a martyrdom to cleanliness and what is
known as thorough housekeeping has no
crown awaiting it. A clean, well-ordered
house has much of the elements OF home,
but one element is lacking when tired
wife and mother presides. Better is it that
there be cobwebs in the corners, less pre-
serves in the pantry, more of the good
woman and less of the notable housekeeper.
If there must be sacrifice let it be in the
line of doing less, worrying less and in
dividing labor with others, not so willing,
it may be, but more able.
That martyrdom is glorifed which en-
dures little less nicely and subordinates
the ruling passion of assuming the major
part of responsibility to a Willingness to
accept only a part and to allow others their
share-and thus forbear a shortening or
darkening of life in an attempt to be happy
by being miserable.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
HOUSEWIFE HINTS.

| Put old rubber rings into weak amonia
! water and they will recover their elasticity.
| This is quite an item when much fruit can
ming is done.
| To prepare soap bark for use--Pour boil
| ing water over the bark and let it stand for
day; then strain through thin cloth, and
it is ready for use.
| Floor mattings should be wiped off after
each sweeping, with a soft cloth wrung out
of cold salt water. This will keep them
| looking fresh and bright
When carpets are taken up quantity of
damp sand or SawduSt Sprinkled over the
floor will prevent the raising of the cloud of
dust that usually attends the sweeping OF
the floor at such times.
A tasty dish is made from half pint of
cold boiled tongue minced and mixed with
cream and the yolhs of two eggs well
beaten. Let this simmer two or three
minutes, then spread on hot slices of but
tered toast Eat at once.
In bottling catsup OF pickle boil the corks
or press them into the bottle while hot.
When they are cold, the bottle Will be
tightly sealed. Save the tinfoil from your
compressed yeast cakes to cover the corks
with, and your catSup will keep better.
When decanters and carafes become so
discolored inside that shot or fine coal will
not cleanse them. fill the bottle with finely
chopped potato skins, cork tightly and let
the bottle stand for three days, when the
skins will ferment. Turn out and rinse.
The bottle will be as bright and clean as
when new.
A pretty dish of sweets for the dinner
table is made with dates and peanuts. Push
out the date pit with the point Of pen
knife, keeping the date in shape as far as
possible. Insert in the cavity thus made Il
peanut, shelled, of course. Then, after
pinching the soft date a little into shape,
roll in granulated sugar and heap on bon
bon dish.
To cook rice-Rice before being cooked
has to be washed in cold water at least
twice, then drained, put in china vessel
and scalded by pouring over it some boiling
water, in which it is to remain about fifteen
minutes then drain again. To cook 1t
throw it into boiling water, one quart to
one quarter pound of rice, and two tea
spoonfuls of salt to this quantity. Allow
it to boil rapidly for twenty minutes, then
drain the water off and remove the rice, IN
covered. to the back of the stove, where it
must remain about fifteen minutes 70 get
dry.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
NOTES..
'India" is a new shade approximating in

'!India'' is new shade apprOximating in
prune.
Silk is more used than it has been for
many seasons.
a creamy-white guipure is very much
worn on fashionable gowns.
Straight skirts and daintily fitted
simple bodices are now the rule.
Belts of the same material as the frock,
pointed in front, the ends crossing at the
back, are new.
Pale lavender gloves stitched in blank
or sef-color are considered very chic
with white, black or lavender toilet,
This spring there will be a complete
change in the make of shoes and boots.
The pointed forms will be no longer worn;
square or round ends will replace them.
Guimps of nainsook are worn again this
season and should be every season, for
there is nothing Drettier either for misses
or the little tots; they are so dainty and
girlish.
It is of interest to watch the evolution of
the sleeve. The shape 10 which it has now
come is quaint and curious pagoda form,
gathered at the top and falling in 4 bell be-
low the elbow.
Ladies who do not indulge in a great
number of dresses find it convenient to have
two waists, one with high faring collar
and long basque skirts, the other with
short or half sleeves and corsage more
or less low.
1t is thought that in our wild desire for
gilt embroidery we may come to gloves
like those worn in London in 1881, when the
tops of gloves We're of richly embroidered
''stuffs," which probably meant fine
leather, silk, brocade, etc.
Fronts are still Tapped to the left. many
forming point at the bust and another one
AT the waist line. Double breasted bodices
having point and tapered dots are becom-
ing to large figure. The back may be in
point or narrow coat shape.
New bodices for home gowns have a
drapery across the bust made by cutting
the fronts three inches longer and gather
ing this fullness in at the arm-sizes and
again at the center. Round fronts are worn
with pointed backs and vice versa
The blue blazers, wash silk or wool
taffeta blouses in blue and white stripes,
and blue, brown or gray skirts, are neat for
misses travelling, country and general
wear' dresses through the summer
Cheviot is the favorite, with cashmere,
Bingham and China silk for misses gowns.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
New Things in Hosiery.

Amy color can be matched for stockings,
and solid colors are worn. The chief nov
city lies in the somewhat elaborate silk
clocks which are embroidered on the out
side of the leg. In Paris there is a great
feeling for return to white stockings, but
England would adopt sucha notion slowly.
There is, however, a compromise-namely,
the Maggie, with white toes, heels and the
upper portion of the leg, the foot and well
above the ankles black. The plan is ap-
proved of on the score of cleanliness, but it
has a very hybrid appearance However, it
is supposed that the white is invisible. The
prettiest stockings for evening wear are Of
silver gray silk with openwork fronts.
They go beautifully with the fashionable
silver kid shoes. Shot silk stockings are a
good deal worn. The newest stockings for
brides are of ribbed white silk.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
HOUSEHOLD,

Paradoxical as it sounds when it is said
of a woman that she is never happy unless
she is miserable, it is not as far from cor
rect statement as it seems. There is germ
of the martyr spirit in most women, and
the better the woman usually the more is
there Of inclination to martyrdom. This is
noticeable in the bustling housewife-she
is so alert and so ready to do whateverthere
is to be done that the spirit of protest on
the part of the family finally dies, and it is
so easy to let her do as she wishes that nat
ural inclination is eventually the winner,
and mother, aunt or sister becomes the serv-
ant of all. On the injustice done by this
encouragement of selfshness it is not nee
essary to enlarge, the point in view is the
harm done the woman herself. She is
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

A useful little trimming which comes
within the scope of most women is single
deeply pointed vandyked scroll of silk,
which is used literally on wooden gowns,
and can be had in all colors. The fringes
that are most in fashion have single strands
of beads, and are in all kinds of widths,
the deeper the more fashionable. Sequins
also play their part in some of the fringes,
and drops of various kinds. Feather trim.
mings are wide and important, and naHs
varieties Of coque feathers seem to be newer
than ostrich. Embroidered wings and
beaded wings, united or single, are used a
great deal in millinery and for dress pur-
noses
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

would remain for the court to award to the
wife. Under the new law, says the San
Francisco Call, any conveyance of commun-
ity property for which reasonable equiva-
lent was not returned to the stock of COM
munity property would be Invalid. The
male half of mankind, with here and there
ACKNOWLEDGMENT indorse any amend
ment to the code which gives women legal
hold on property acquired by the husband
during the existence of the married rela-
ton The wife may not have figured
largely in the business of the matrimonial
firm, but she has an equitable and should
have legal right to one-half the property
either or both may have acquired Relisio
Philosophical Journal.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Tudor and Henry II Cares.

The tudor cape is considered a very pict
uresque garment. As a matter of fact, i
only looks well on tall, slim figure; a litts
woman is lost in it. The Henry II cape i
considerably longer than the tudor and fit
the figure at the back. 1t suits matror
better than it does girl. The cape gen
orally worn with tailor made dresses re
sembles that worn by policemen in wei
weather, and save for bow at the neck has
no trimming. The interior, however, is o.
colored silk.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
BOOTS, SHOES AND SLIPPERS.

The Latest Novelties in Footwear Illus
trated and Described.
Fig. in the accompanying cut repre-
sents high buttoned walking boot, the
top of which is in fine gray tweed, bound
with black braid and fastened with black
buttons. The front and toe cap are brogued
patent leather. Fig. is known as the
tartan shoe, and shows an original design
in braiding. The patterns and combina-
tons are numerous. Among the most at
tractire are q bronze kid groundwork,
with double crossing of narrow pink rib
bon, finished with a small bronze and pink
bow.
The bronze kid shoe shown in Fig. has
butterfly embroidered on the front in fine
round gold beads, the wings icing orna
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

Black silk may be sponged with decoc-
ton of soap bark and water If very dirty
and hung out 10 dry, or if only creased and
needing to be freshened weak borax water
or alcohol, and where possible il is better
pressed by laying pieces smoothly and pass
ing them through the clothes-wrinSer
screwed very tight. Ii you must iron 1t
after the silk is dry between two dAap
pieces of muslin: the upper one may bftel
be Swiss, that you may see what yo{ are
doing through it. This is a little bo1Ss
trouble than ironing the wrong side OF u "
but you will be repaid; the hot iron sSses
the silk a paper-ike feeling; abare all
never iron silk wet, Or even very osfnp.
Satin may be cleaned by spongjfg length
wise-never across the width ben
zine if greasy, or alcohol, onborax waterS
this will mot be injured by direct co2Spet
with iron; press on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cloth may be sponged with ammonia and
water, an ounce of rock ammonia TO wine
bottle of water; or liquid household am
monia, diluted very much, may be used.
Black cashmere may be washed in boraN
water and as indeed may navy blue. 1t
should be rubbed only between the hands.
not on board. and the water only preSsedS
not twisted, out. Each width folded il
four as smoothly as possible, and run
through the wringer, then open and hang
up to dry, is the best way.
1GSlILtEc So lICdltll, IL II II u fSoOl
quality, viii look like new. Pongee silk +
supposed by many never TO look so *ell
after washing, but if properly treated it
may be made up again with new addeS. and
the difference cannot be seen. BTtE'Hs
usually washed it is several shades darker.
and sometimes has stiffness toit. although
it may not have been Starched; this change
of color and stiffness is due TO its being
ironed wet. Again, a pOngee dress will come
from the iaundreSs covered with dark spots;
thisi is where it has been allowed to dry and
then ''sprinkled down." the sprinkling
shows The remedy is simply to put it
again in water, dry it. and iron it when
quite dry. Pongee requires no more care
in washing than white garment; it will
bear hard rubbing if necessary, but it must
not be boiled or scalded. Treat il about
as you would flannel: let it get quiAae,
and if you use a quite hot iron, not hot
enough to SINCE, of course, all the creases
will come out and the silk will look like
new. The reason it darkens it to iron it
wet is this: If it were put into boiling
water the silk would darken as flannel
would. If YOU put hot iron on the damp
silk YOU convert what water remains in it into
boiling water: it is thus scalded. a silk
which has changed color in the wash may
be partly restored by washing again. Paren-
theJicalIy, may remark that this ironing
them wet is the reason gentlemen'S white
silk handkerchiefs become yellow with
washing - ICatharine Owen in Good
Housekeeping.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

LATEST FASHIONS N FOOTWEAR.
mented with imitation ruby jewels. The
Louis XIV heel is finished with fine white
stitching around the edge. Fig. 4 repre-
sents laced boot in kid with patent leather
fronts, brogued toecaps, and facing of pat
ent leather up the front under the lacing
holes. The front of the embroidered mule
slipper is worked in yellow and very pale
green silk on white cloth foundation.
The shoe is lined with satin to match the
yellow embroidery, and the heel covered
with the same material.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Pet the Eace.

DR.. E. Merrill Ricketts, states that<As
happy possessor of delicate sI6pnust
suffer to be beautiful wpay-and
forego the luxury of too much water and
the accessories of the bath. The delicate
skin must be petted, not combated as though
it were an enemy. Gentle measures here,
as in the sterner affairs OF life, bring about
harmony and satisfaction.-ENe New York Sun.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

The presence Of woman: the presence of light
The presence Of starshine abeam in the night;
The presence OF fragrance; the sweetness Of
dew;
The form at the hearts door. our spirits speak
through.
HUGH CALHOUN MIDDLETON.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

An attractive tea gown seen recently
was in rose and black. The petticoat, of a
delicate shade of rose color, was covered
with black grenadine, which fell in soft
folds and was finished with two founces
at the bottom. The long jacket bodice was
Of black brocade shot with rose, with flow
ers of q conventional pattern; high, full
sleeves, high collar, and a good deal of
soft black lace, caught in at the waist and
at the wrist with green velvet, toning with
the green of the brocade, completed the
trimming of most becoming bodice.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

The governor Of California recently
signed bill which provides that husband
cannot make gift of community property,
or convey the same without valuable con-
sideration, until his wife, in writing, as
sents. This is in line with other laws re-
Gently enacted in that state TO protect wo-
men in their just property rights. Under
the old law husband contemplating separ-
alton or divorce might make such q DISPOSE
ton OF community property that little
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

Some of the most prominent women in
literary circles at New York have on foot
a scheme for providing an apartment house
for educated, self-supporting women. Cap
italists have agreed to advance 500,
and the plan is to have 200 single rooms,
club rooms. Mrs. Candace Wheeler, who
heads the movement, is of the opin-
ion that the rent of the single rooms alone
at S a week will make an income from the
yearly rental of $4,000 a year. There is
nothing chimerical in such scheme, it is
apparent even il places no larger than this
town that one of the crying needs are
homes for young women who are self
supporting.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

develops faster than maturing is possible.
! a careful supervision of the COM
| panions, of the sports, and of the
| intimates, is duty that no
one having the guardianship of youth can
afford to ignore and SUCH surveillance, if
not carried on Extensively, is received in
kindness by those young people who do
live beyond the pale of good breeding.
-.
The comparative merits of the modern
novelists and those of the earlier part OF
this century are often discussed by readers
Of fiction and different estimates are placed
upon their work. Whoever the disputant
fayors not one ought to deny that the skill
of novelist is best shown in his deinea-
ton Of persons who have no very striking
traits and are not, therefore, beyond the
ordinary. If this is true, there are few
who equal Dickens and none to rival him.
Always showing the gentlest compassion
even for women who were odious, he did
not drag them to the lowest depths of in
fanny. He could create an Agnes or an
Esther whose virtues rendered them ador-
able and yet they were never insipid or
extensively intense His genius evolved
Aunt Betsey Trotwood and Miss Tox, at
whose excentricities the reader must smile,
but for whom one could not loose respect.
Whatever distinction other writers of fic-
ton may have attained, Dickens is pre-
eminent as the creator of lovely women.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02

days ago. saying it was a present to the
twins of whom he IS the father. Her let
ter further states that she wished it under-
stood that the gift is a token of sy mpathy
and not to be construed as her approval
of such proceedings.
When Mrs. John Barrett. of Millville,
came down stairs early Sunday morning
to commence her housekeeping duties Tor
the day. aud while feeling around in the
kitchen, where it was still qnite dark, her
hand came in contact with a human face.
A tramp had sneaked into the house dur
ing the night and made up a cozy bed on
the settee. Mr.. Barrett hurried down
stairs in respons to his wife's scream and
belabored the tramp with his boots, and
then oh sed him away with a gun
Albert Dennis is the oldest resident of
Dennisviile, Cape May county. He will
be eighty-fve years old in February. For
a number of wears he wasa school teacher
and was the township assessor for thirty
nine years. The house in which he lives
is standing on its third foundation, hav-
ing been twice removed to a new locality.
Its present site on The South Seaville road
was chosen in 1881, II was then in the
woods quite Il d%i~tlnce from any other
house. and Mr.. Dennis couId shoot SPUR
rels from his back door,. Now the house
is nearly in the center of a live and pros
porous village.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02

September. 1881: application was made to tho Board
merly ana others for the Improvement OF
avenue, in the following manner. including ali
intersections:
graded to the established grade by excavating or
filling the same to the established grade.
10 have the .carriageway paved with Belgian
TO have the present bridge.stone crosswalks re
laid and new bridge stone laid where necessary.
TO provide for the flow o. the surface water and TO
complete the Improvement in a good and substan-
Notice is also given that on the 23d day OF
November. 1891. the Commt ssioners OF Assessment
filed with the board of Street and water Commis-
sioners their pref minary sketch. showing what
properly Will probably be assessed and the prob
able amount OF benefit 10 each. lot or parcel or
land; also the propable amount OF asse sment PER
foot or frontage for the snid improvement and
the same fs now open to public inspection in The
Water Commissioners.
And notice is also given that tAe following
are included in said asse ssment;
Jackson avenue from Newark & N. 7. R.R. TO
Claremont avenue.
virginia avenue from Jackson avenue to a point
about $50 feet south thereof.
Ege avenue from Jacksoa avenue about 5il4 feet
Kearney avenue from Jackson avenue about OLA
feet north and 1853 feet south.
Orient avenue from Jackson avenue about 1851
feet north and 2iLa1 feet south.
Claremo mt avenue on the east side from Jackson
avenue about 6'.56 feet north and 72.21 feet south
And that the 18th day OF December. 1891. at y
O'Clock a. m, and the meeting room or the Hoars
fxed as the time and place When End where the
Board of street and Water Commissioners will
meet to hear parties Interested in said application
ana all remOnstrauce against the ~at1 improve
ment that may be presented in wri ing.
. order OF the eoard or street anu Water Com
GEO. T. BoUToN:
,oo,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02

no S. DAVENPORT HERMAN HAM
l. burger, George II. Meyers, Francis p. Osborne
Charles Tracy, George W. Wbyard
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector OF Jersey City, on the
2lsI day OF April, 1881. l purchased for the sum OF
two hundred and forty dollars ana forty.one cents
alt the land and real estate situate in Jersey City.
fronting on Vroom street, which is laid down and
designated as lot No. 70 in block number lS upon
an assessment map annexed to q report made by
lon ers OF Adjustment" appointed in and
for said City by tho Circuit Court OF the County OF
Hudson. a certified copy OF which report and map
was nled in the onict OF the CITY Collector OF Jer-
sey City on the 1th day of April. 1890, said report
and map and said sale being made pursuant to the
provisions OF an act Of the Legislature OF New Jer
sey, passed March 30th, 1856, entitled;
An At concerning The settlement and coilec-
ton Of dtTeardgeS Of uppdtd tGces, assess
ments and luGter rate or tcdter rem S IN
cities of thts State, and imposing and tery-
inQd too, assessment aud lien IN lieu and
instead Of such diqedFd1es, ard to enforce
the pahmta thereof and to provide for the
sale of lands subjected to future t~dration
and assessments"
And the seueIdi supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you appear to
have an estate or interest in said land and real
estate ard unless the said land and real estate
the expiration OF six months from and after the
service hereof. a deed for the same will be given
conveying to the purchase TIL Q Zee simple OF sal
land ana real estate according TO the provisions OF
The said act.
slS75 Purchaser.