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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-07
NoTIcETo CREDITORS.

Estate OF Samuel w. stilsinR, deceased; Patrick
Fl. Augent. administrator with VIII annexed OF
samuel w. Stilsing. deceased. by order OF tha
Surrogate of Hudson County. dated September q.
1871, HEREBY gives notice. 10 the creditors OF said
Gle cedent 10 bring in their debLs. demands and
claims against the estate OF snid decedent, under
oath or affirmation within nine months from the
date OF said order. or they Will De forever barred
OF ANY action therefor againss said admlnlstrator.
PATRICK HI. NuGENL.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

Many thousands Of our New York wom-
en- will not wear elastic carriers; it stops
the circulation and makes the lower part
of the leg unshapely. The same objection,
though in a lesser degree, applies to elastic
bands. Then the latter kind are constant
ly untying or slipping down, which is the
chief mark Of slovenlness. For this rea-
son the supporter" is largely used, and is
made at all prices, from the simple cotton
band and pendants TO the elaborate silk,
with satin applique and every ornamen-
tation that the needle can devise.
The structure Of these conveniences is a
belt passing around the waist, to which
is attached V shaped or other kinds OF
pendants, which grip the stocking and
hold it snugly up in place. Supporters
for children, without the belt, are sold for
ten cents, but those with the belt may run
from fifty cents TO fifty dollars. With gold
and silver monogram clasps and adorned
with jewels they run up to prices almost
fabulous.
Just to get an idea Of the garter rage in
New York it Is necessary only to go into
any notion place, from the little Bowery
shop up, and you need stop but minute
before the jewelers. to have garters staring
you in the face.-Cor. Louisville Courier
.Journal
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
Boarding versus Housekeeping.

The question of boarding versus house
keeping has so far been discussed almost
entirely from the standpoint of city life.
But in the country we have more people
than in the cities The average country
girl would consider it fearful extravaganza
to go boarding. 1t is quite possible in the
country for young couple to keep house
and live well on what it cost the husband
for his board alone say thirteen dollars a
month. To pay the double Of that for
board would absorb the entire income,
and, of course, is not to be thought Of But
aside from the question Of expense, most
country girls prefer housekeeping, as it
gives them feeling of independence
They are doing something for a living as
well as their husbands. 1t would be Just
as well If city girls had more Of this spirit.
The divine ideal of a wife is helpmeet for
a man, the boarding house idea is simply a
help-eat. What does she do with her life
anyway She begins, perhaps, by weaving
crochet or some species of fancy work, reads
a little, grows weary Of being alone, and
strolls away for gossip or a filtration with
some one who is as idle and useless as her
self She is offering premium to the gen
tleman who "finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do" and if he does not avail
himself of his opportunity it is because he
is too busy with others of her class
When Charlie comes home he can't catch
her up in his arms and give her big hug
and kiss as he could and probably would
do In coy little home of their own. All
this must be suppressed, and if the woman
considers having nothing to do as an
equivalent for what she misses in this line,
she is a mercenary little wretch unworthy
the love of good, big, warm, honest heart.
But probably she does not love him. AS
like as not, for those girls who are board
ing are usually such as would never have
married poor man, but who are willing to
marry any man who asks them, provided
he is able to give them a good time either
in a stylish house with retinue of serv-
ants or in a boarding house with nothing
to do.
When the love is all one side it does not
last very long, and boarding house is as
good place as any for it, for even home
would soon cease to be a home to the man
who has married a woman without heart.
If the parties are mutually in love when
they marry, a boarding house will starve
their love to death or at least 70 emacia-
ton. Don't risk it girls.-Cor. Toronto
Globe
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

Fluffy hair, which was the envy of every
girl that did not possess it, has given place
to glossy, well kept locks, which, however,
are curled and ironed into the crinkley
waves which are very fashionable The
great fluffy bangs covering the forehead
and ears, and reminding one of a Shetland
pony, are today scorned. The smartest
way of arranging the hair is the way in
which a fashionable Paris hairdresser re-
Gently did it. Dividing the hair on either
side he pinned it upon the top firmly with
a little pin. He then braided it in one long
braid and doubled it underneath, pulling
it through a strand of the braid Mt the nape
Of the neck. In this way the braid does
not sag down or look ungraceful, but fits
to the shape Of the head, following its
curve up to the crown, when it is combed
apart, divided and the ends made into a
smooth, beautiful bowknot.
The bang he cut into different lengths
and curled it in five distinct curls, three on
the top, curling them crosswise. Next
taking all the remaining bang, save a very
little on the forehead, and curling it to-
ward the back Of the head, he finished it
by curling the remainder over the fore
head. He then waited until it was all en-
tirely cool, when he pulled the curls all
apart, touching none but the very light
bang on the forehead with the comb, in
this way keeping them in little curls set
ting close to the head.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
MOST MOTHERS KNOW HER.
The Thoughtless Woman Who flinders
Her Neighbors with Her Gossip.


Her Neighbors with Her Gossip.
We are all acquainted with her. the WON.
an who never goes who drops in for call
in the busiest part of the morning-it little
matters whether it is washing day or IRON
ing day. 1t is all the same to her. Your
irons may grow cold and the clothes NAV
boil over, but still she stays She usually
mentions that she has dropped in on a lit
tie errand. 1t is probably a borrowing err
rand. Only after she has exhausted your
patience and produced as much demorali
cation in your household as she can is she
ready to go.
But oh, the goingl If you have any idea
that she is really going you are quite Ger
tain to be disappointed. She comes back
to tell you about some neighbor you had
never seen or ever desired to see, to explain
the why's and wherefores of certain goings
on in the neigh borhood, in which you take
no interest, and then she fingers at the door
and keeps you standing far beyond your
strength. 1t is impossible to calculate the
time that is wasted by well meaning WON
en- in such ways as these.
1t would be an excellent thing if calls of
all kinds could in some way be limited to
ten minute rule. In the social world among
form to lengthen ones visit beyond a set
period, and when a woman has numerous
acquaintance she usually has a visiting
day and can be certain of freedom from in
terruption during the rest of her time,
There is considerable excuse for the much
abused mot at home" which is frequently
used by women of society, and which
simply means not at home to visitors, or
an nad md tbara fu
ones taking offense in the matter.
Only working women, the busy farmers
wives or women who do their own work,
are subject to the annoyance of the unan-
nounced visitor, who is bound by no social
law as to her arrival or departure or her
length of stay. She is oneuncertain guam
tity in all the routine Of the household. It
would take keen mathematician to calcu-
late the amount of spoiled dinners, spoiled
washing and actual loss Of money value
for which she is responsible, TO say nothing
of the loss of temper and general misery
consequent upon disarranged household
delayed duties and work put out of Joint.
The very worst effect is that upon the
visitor herself. Her own work must 20
awry while she spends her time gossiping
about the neighborhood. Her own charac-
ter deteriorates, while she becomes what
our grandmothers were wont to call
"gadabout." Though she may have the
most amiable intentions when she uncon-
sciously repeats the interesting stories of
the neighborhood, the temptation to en-
large, to impugn motives when possibly
there were no motives, is likely to render
her In time a veritable scandal monger,
upon whose word no person Of sense will
place any reliance.
1t is not necessary to dwell upon the folly
of borrowing, but it is enough to say that
all provident and sensible housekeepers
provide for the future and do not allow
themselves to impose upon the good nature
Of their neighbors.-New York Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

have renovated three large feather beds,
and found it so little trouble / would like
to tell my sisters how did it. bought
ten yards of cheese Gaping, cut it in two,
made a sack of each half by putting the
ends together and sewing up the sides.
then put half the feathers from the bed
into each sack and sewed them up. The
next morning put the boiler full of water
ON the stove When it was boiling hot
put one of these sacks of feathers in the
pounding barrel, poured in the hot water
and with the FOUNDER squeezed and turned
them until thoroughly wet. Then | laid a
board over the barrel and let them stand
until 8 O'Clock in the afternoon, turning
the feathers over and pressing the water
through them several times during the
day.
In the meantime my husband made a
rack. taking two long strips of board, a
little longer than my ticks, and mailing
iath on them like a picket fence, set
couple of sawhorses where the sun could
strike them all day, and laid the rack on
them. We turned the feathers from the
barrel, laid them on the rack, turned the
washtub over them and left them till
morning, when they were thoroughly
drained and ready for spreading out to
dry Served the other sack the same way.
Law them out Of the dew nights, and II
Won have hot, sunny days to dry them in
you will feel well paid for your trouble.
Get a new tick for your feathers. Take
the old one, rip apart at the sides, cut In
two, hem the ends, wash the pieces and use
to spread over the new tick, between It and
the sheets. In the spring feather beds
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

Rev. Lydia Sevton was born in Sussex
county (now Rockford), in the state Of
New Jersey, April l2, 1879, and is therefore
ninety-two years old. During the past
forty-nine years she has been preaching as
a Unity Brethren minister in various por-
lions of the country with remarkable sue
cess She is remarkably vigorous, and pre-
diets that she will live to the year 1900,
thus extending her life into three centuries.
Mrs Sexton was appointed chaplain Of the
Kansas state penitentiary on Jan. 1, 1870,
and held the office two years, during which
time ex- Congressman Harrison 9elley was
one Of the board of directors.
She has many relations in New Jersey,
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri,
Arkansas and Washington. Her memory
is excellent and her sight remarkably good.
While on visit to Little Rock recently
she made silk quilt. Her voice is clear
and melodious, and she delights to sing
sacred songs to the congregation. The
grandfather of this remarkable woman
was the French marquis, Anthony Cozot,
who came to America early in the Seven
teenth century. (Wash.) Letter.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
A Wealthy Widow.

There can be little doubt that a CHILEAN
widow, Donna Isadora Cousino called the
Countess Of Monte Cristo'), is the wealth
lest woman in the world, her coal mines
alone bringing her "A, 900 "A week. She is
the possessor of millions Of acres of land
as well as millions of money, is the owner
of coal, copper and silver mines, acres Of
house property in Santiago and Valparaiso,
a fleet of eight iron steamships, smelling
works, a railway, and other productive
property that yield her a stupendous in
come. Nine. Cousino owns every house in
the town of Lolita, and its 1000 inhabitants
depend on her for support. In Coronel
nine-tenths Of the 5000 inhabitants are on
her pay rolls.
: She pays about 5000 a year in wages
in these two towns alone, most Of which
comes back to her through her own supply
stores. The widow lives most of the time
in Lolita TO superintend her business. Her
vineyards supply nearly all the markets of
Chill with claret and sherry, and her eel
lars-a building 500 feet long and 100 feet
wide-are always full Madam is about
forty-fve years old, and says she will never
marry again. Tit-Bits
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
A Plea for Common Sense Dress.

80" wi common Dress.
The rain is falling in torrents; men, wo-
men and children are hurrying along, re-
turning from circus matinee
look with envy at the men SO placidly
enjoying the shower, as with umbrellas
over their heads they walk and talk. look
at the women, poor wretchesl and a groan
escapes me.
Why are they-why are we, so long suf.
fering?
Every one with wet ankles, drabbled
skirts, soiled shoes and rufIied tempers.
Nor does the mischief end here They 20
home nursing all sorts of ailments and dis
tempers which a wetting is supposed to
furnish, and as a matter of course "the
thlng they fear comes upon them" | am
going to ask you to give the matter Of
common sense dress some grave reflection.
When the matter is well canvassed and
understood let a convention be called, and
let those who have genius and artistic
ability take to this meeting costume to
be worn at the reception given. Also let
there be offered a medal of gold to the
woman furnishing the best utility suit,
the decision to be placed in the hands of
competent judges.
The idea OF prize would be to stimulate
some who would not otherwise make an eff
fort toward emancipation. This medal in
years to come would be an "heirloom" to
be proud of. The woman who emancipates
her sex from the slavery of petticoats-
more properly speaking, who gives woman
the freedom of her legs-deserves to be
"sainted," and she will be-
Is it not a reflection on the allwise
Creator when we assume our present style
of covering for our lower extremitiesP If
he intended us to use our legs as men use
theirs, we have no right to restrict their
freedom in walking. Let us either adopt
manner Of locomotion consistent with
our dress, which suggest be hop, skip
and jump, or let us adapt our dress to our
limbs and their free use-Ellen Packer
Pratt in Homemaker
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

"The other day Colonel Nat Mckay re
ferred me to a very nice boarding house on
Madison square," said newspaper friend,
land | went over, secured the rooms and
sent my trunks up. That was on Satur-
day. had late assignment and didn't
go home Saturday night. Got wet on Sun
day, and finally turned up about 8 o'clock
Sunday evening, looking, | confess some
what soiled and bedraggled. had friend
with me to whom | had been Dragging
about my new rooms. Not yet having
been provided with a nightkey rang the
bell.
"'Well, now-what DO you wantY was
the greeting of the maid who opened the
door.
"My friend laughed, but retreated down
one step. was too much taken back to
reply promptly. The girl had the floor.
eco Tong away with your she snapped,
and slammed the door in my face.
Here was dilemma. My friend sug-
gested that perhaps | had mistaken the
number, but was certain | had not. The
girl had never seen me before, but TO be
taken for a tramp was funny. So we sat
down on the steps and laughed in unison.
Then | went up and yanked the doorbell
some morel
tell you you can't get noJnln herel
Go way, you lazy, good for nothin'-'er I'll
call the-here's an officer nowP
at was the only case | ever knew where
a policeman was on the spot. He must
have been under the stoop. But there he
was, and said with all my reportorial di
plomacy, 4 live here
"He don'tp exclaimed the excited girl
"'Come, come now, you fellers, move on,
move on, said the bluecoat, coming threat
eningly up the steps.
"'Will you be good enough to send for
the landladyp inquired, laughing in spite
of myself moved in my trunks yester-
day-the girl doesn't know me-
"All at once glaam of intelligence came
into the girls face. oh, is this Mr.. -
Why, goodness graciousl Why didn't you
say sou said she, throwing open the door.
Now what do you think Of that for re-
| ceptionT'-New York Herald
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

In order to fasten glass letters, figures,
etc, on glass (show windows) so that, even
when submerged in water for several days,
they will not become detached, use an
India rubber cement. The best for this
purpose consists Of one part India rubber,
three parts of msstic and fifty parts chic
reform. Let stand for several days at a
low temperature to dissolve the cement.
1t must be applied very rapidly, as II be
comes thick very soon.-New York Jour
nal
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
The Utility of the Pretty Girl.

The pretty girl is a universal factor in
modern life. She possesses the advantage
not only of ornament, but Of utility. She
has been utilized in an endless variety of
ways. She has become bowling success
in the operate ballet, and is as conspicuous
and as original in front of typewriter or
behind a counter as she is on dress parade
in new spring suit or luxuriously lolling
in big easy chair. But it has remained
for an enterprising Connecticut minister
of the gospel to introduce the pretty girl
in new sphere as church usher.-Detroit
Tribune
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

There was time when the corsets and
stays of the fashionable girl could have
told tales Of wondrous romance; of daunt-
less sailors fighting under leaden skies
against the monsters of the deep; of priva-
ton and suffering undergone by men
whose wives and daughters waited with
aching hearts for their return from long
and terrible voyages. That time has prac-
tically past, and its history is told by the
epitaphs upon the monuments in the grave
yards of the Massachusetts fishing towns,
or in the traditions of their groceries and
barrooms. Mercer.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
Kerosene oil and the Fire Test"

DIR. o. b. Bird, of New Jersey, says rea-
sonably; what we want in our families
is kerosene that might be spilled on the
carpet or floor from broken lamp and not
take fire from the burning wick falling
into it. Oil that is really $50 deg. fire test
will do this Such oil may be heated to 100
70 l4O, and even then will extinguish burn
ing match like water For the fire test
take a large coffee cup nearly full Of kero-
sene, place it in washbowl and pour warm
water around 1t, gradually increasing the
heat so that in five minutes the oil reaches
140 Hold any common thermometer in
the OIL with the bulb near the surface.
The test may be applied at frequent inter-
walls, always reading the thermometer be
fore applying it. Said test consists In pass
ing fame-a match will answer, but a
waxed threads If cleaner-over the oil, one
quarter Of an inch from the surface. When
ever It takes fire the figures on the scale
show the fire test 81"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS
FAIRHAvEN PosToFFIoE
Corner of Larrabee Avenue and Twelfth
Street

Street
Arrival and departure Of mail from Fair
haven, Washington, pOstOlcc taking effect
Wednesday July l5 1891:
MAIL CLOSES FOR
Port Townsend, Orcas. friday IIarbor and
British Co umba, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at $50 D. IN.
Scdro, Wooliey and Anacortes, local, at
$3.50 a. m.
Seattle, Tacoma and Eastern through mail
at 2 p. M. daily.
whatcom, West Fcrndale, Blaine, north
at G:I5 p. m,
MAIL ARRIVES FROM
Port Townsend, Orcas, Friday HarbOr
British Columbia, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at $3.50 a. IA.
Blaine, West Fcrudalc and WhatcOm, al
X: 10 "a N.
SedrO WoOley, hnacortes, Seattle
Tacoma and Eastern through mail at 30
p. m, daily.
Seattle, hnacortes, Woollcy, local mall, at
7:O p. m.
Fairhayen to Beach. closes at 7::O a. ~.
and arrives from Beach at p. IA. daily, cX
G, pit Sunday.
Fairhavcn 10 Chuckauut closes at . p m
Monday, Wednesday aud Friday, arrives al
. y. NJ
Office hours from < "A. N 10 6 p. N.
Sundays-Oncc hours from to p. m.
5. II. KELLER. T.. NJ.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

women require a larger amount of sleep
than men The nervous excitabilty of the
female constitution is generally greater
than is the case with the stronger sex, and
a woman's sleep is consequently lighter.
Her dreams are more vivid and leave a
more lasting impression on the memory.
Women addicted to dreaming usually sleep
an hour longer than those who do not
dream, for dreams induce WEAKNESS. Any
one who sleeps without dreaming rises on
the morrow refreshed from his couch,
which is otherwise not the case. "-Nueva
Reyista
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
A Notable Bedspread.

Mrs. j. Milton Gavitt, of Holden street,
has an old bedspread that was woven in
1859 AZ portion of the setting out of Miss
Vannie Hopkinson on her marriage with
John Rathborne, the great-grandfather Of
Mrs. Gavitt's mother. What makes the
spread such a choice relic is the fact that
Miss Hopkins was the great great-grand-
daughter of Stephen Hopkins, of the May
flower. It has been handed down from
one generation to another until it has
fallen to Mrs. Gavitt. 1t is very handsome
and has been carefully preserved. North
Adams (Mass) Transcript.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

An old lacemaker, who has woven many
a gossamer web for that connoisseur OF
laces Nine. Modjeska, and has taught the
fair actress to fashion some of the daintiest
patterns her deft fingers delight in doing,
gives this simple receipt for lace cleaning;
Spread the lace out carefully on wrap
ping paper, then sprinkle IL carefully with
calcined magnesia; place another paper
over it and put it away between the leaves
OF book for two or three days. All 1t
needs is skillful shake to scatter the
white powder and then 1t is ready for wear,
with slender threads intact and as fresh as
when new.-New York Herald.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
why lie Is Woman suffragist.

James w. Clarke, editor OF the Boston
Daily Globe, being interviewed, was asked,
you are a woman suffragist, are you
not" He replied: YES, and always have
been. | have four daughters of my own
rapidly approaching womanhood, and |
think they are as bright, as capable and as
worthy as the average mans four sons,
and ought to have exactly the same chance
in the world-industrially socially and
politically" Many other fathers think
the same thing.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

For tender feet take two quarts of cold
water and add one tablespoonful Of bay
rum and two tablespoonfuls Of ammonia
The feet should be soaked in this for ten
minutes, throwing the water upward to
the knees. Rub dry with a crash towel,
and the tired feeling will be gone.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20

should be laid out In the sun every day
until they are thoroughly aired Beat
them up, turn them over in the sunshine
and they will seem like new beds-Loisa
in Ohio Farmer
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-20
NJ. Henrlon de Pensey, of France, digni.

NJ. Henrion de Pensey, Of France, digni-
fies the culinary art above all other arts,
and says, 81 regard the discovery of a dish
as a far more interesting event than the
discovery of a star, for we have always
stars enough, but we can never have too
many dishes, and shall not regard the
sciences as sufficiently honored or ade-
quately represented among us until | see a
cook in the first class Of the institute"