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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30
Ends for tho Fair Ones.

A little distinctive originality NAV
often be far more effective than lavish
floral display at dinner table.
Cold water congresses on the feet
and around the ankle at night fire.
quently act as a sleeping draught.
Embroidered tea cloths in I~ised
colored flax etching thread are intro
duced in exclusive English shops.
Never buy cheap cooking ware for
the kitchen. Once the surface is worn
off, you never know what may mingle
with your TODD in cooking.
is your sofa or lounge somewhat
soiled? Pile it up with cushions, soft
and full covered with the dainty art
silks in every variety of color and
form.
White linen embroidered with an
ali-over pattern done in white silk
makes a lovely cushion. A full ruffie
of coarse white lace should trim it all
around.
The very acme of artistic furnishings
for country homes will be likely
reached next summer. Form was the
fad last year and color this. New a
perfect combination of both will leave
nothing to wish for.
In selecting rattan furniture, take
the unvarnished, and when it becomes
soiled, and it will, whether vanished
or unvarnished, it can be renewed with
painting or decoration of ribbons or
upholstering, and appear as good as
new.
One need not be extravagant nor
even rich to refurnish rooms in good
taste for the heated term, as dozen
bottles of enamel, two yards of figured
China silk and an oak and cherry
stainer for even two days will work
wonders.
For teas are shown pretty cloths and
napkins made of tinted linen, en-
broidered with silk and gold. These
give bright and pretty look to the
supper room, and the linen retains it's
color remarkably well if no washing
soda Is used when IL is Numbered.
In these epicurean days when the
great competition in the art of giving
dinner parties makes novelty so diff
cult, the mind of hostess must often
be exercised as to the way in which
her table can be arranged without
looking like the fac-simile of her
neighbors
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30

BILE for me TO outline the plan of a
pretty outdoor costume for Indian
summer, when for ten days or more
autumn tufts "A warm breath in our
faces and indolent buds make haste to
burst into bloom before nIpping frost
cuts off the chances This pretty out
door costume is charmingly pictured
in my third illustration. 1t is foulard
with flower pattern, made in princess
form, bordered with a ruche of crepe
de chine, and there is also very
stylish yoke of the crepe de chine
garnitured with a plated bertha.
There is a slight cutout which is fin
ished with small ruche of the crepe
de chine. The sleeves have bouffants
of the crepe de chime at the shoulders
and also little ruche at the wrists.
AS foulard silk is rather sleazv, you
must exercise great care in cutting the
bias strips upon which the ruchings
are sewed. The seamless front of the
bodice must be gathered some
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30

what at the waist. There need be no
foundation left under the yoke.
The dinner party, that most starchy
and ceremonions of all parties, will
soon begin to assert its sway, for,
strange to say, people give dinner
parties, no because they desire to do
so, but because they are obliged to do
SO. The iron bound code of etiquette
forbids you not to decline an invitation
TO dinner, and, naturally having ac-
cepted you must make good your social
obligations by giving dinner to
those who gave you dinner. Moth
ing viii square this dinner account
but something exactly in kind. You
may repay theater party by a swell
luncheon. or you may settle small
dance account by giving a card party
with fine supper at -, but a dinner
party calls for vengeance. You must,
WITHIN n reasonable time, set about
the task of causing your friends all
the discomfort they caused you, make
them sit up just as straight,
act in just as dignified man
ner, and possibly suffer the same
pangs from dyspepsia Therefore,
the thoughts OF the lady of fashion are
already upon the subject of dinner
toilets. AS You can act at a dinner
party as You do anywhere else, 50 you
can t wear at a dinner party what you
would wear at any other kind Of a
party. You must have dinner dress,
and n different dress, too, for every
dinner, for it's natural that when a
man and his vie, against their Will,
eXpend several hundred dollars TO give
a dinner that they should expect their
guests to wear new and expensive
dresses. We are strange creatures, we
feel our misery less when we see Others
in the same predicament.
One cannot fa.l to note that many oil
the prettiest autumn costumes are ex.
ceedingly simple in make, it being the
manifest intent of the designers to
gain effect by contrast in color or by
some elaborate trimming of lace OF
guipure. The insertion guipure,
with long points on each side
is very flexible, and readily adapts it
self TO a variety of shapes, but is more
especially novel in application when
used TO cover completely corselet OF
deep Swiss belt Many of the lace and
fancy guipure yolles extend down the
front, and sometimes the back, as a
pointed plastron, which gives very
dressy effect; but many plain corsages
have insertions laid on the outside, and
they appear. to all intents and purposes
as specially made yoke and plastron
combined.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30

man Is old twice as long as he is
young. --Atchison Globe.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30
He Was a Stayer.

He had stayed and stayed the night
before until the girl was mad enough
to say anything. and she did the next
day when she met him.
81 had perfectly delightful time at
your house last night" he murmured
when he met her.
"Time?" she said CURLY. 1T was
more like eternity. Washington
Star.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30
Mosquitoes I'm Jersey.

The boy was n small one, who lived
in Paterson. n. j., and some malicious
person got hold of him, one day. and
said; We'll jamie are there many
mosquitoes in Jerseyp" "Oh. about
half and-half" answered tho young
ster composedly. Half and hall
whatP" pursued the questioner Halt
air and half mosquitoes, said the
youngster, quietly. -Argonaut
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30

at each shoulder, The cuffs were like
wise of the ribbon. and at the elbow
the bouffant sleeves had bands of the
velvet ribbon.
AS the cypics Of all ages have taken
particular pleasure in lnstitutiug com
parsons petween us women and the
weather, rsssiSly it might be advsa-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30

"When see "A child, always feel safe
with the women folk, for have always
found that the road to n woman's heart
lies through her cbiic-Most men like to
be thought knowing va the subject of wo-
man.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-05-05
RANDOM NOTES.

Time and tide wait for no man, but
they pause frequently at the behest of
woman.
The Rev. F. L. Sweeney consel gen.
eral at Constantinople. has resigned to
accept charge of church at Kokomo,
Ind.
Twenty veterans OF theThird Georgia,
c. S. A., dined in New York with their
old opponents on the battle field, the
Hawkins ZOuaves.
Malvern Hill, twelve miles below
Richmond, Va, the scene of a famous
battle of the late war, has been sold TO
w. H. Hale. of New York
Sugar is so cheap now that the man
who buys carload of sand may be for
given if he inspects it carefully to see
If it is adulterated with sugar.
A gentleman shot another gentle
man the other day in a Texas saloon.
The casus belli was a refusal to drink a
glass of water. A Texas jury will re-
turn a verdict Of ''justifiable homicide.
Mrs. Helen Cougar says she has kept
a record of the accounts OF wife murder
II IL
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-05-05
Opposed to a Third Party.

ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Mr. U. S. Hall,
president of the Missouri farmers ALI
ance is, according to published inter-
view, opposed to the third party conven-
ton to be held in Cincinnati May 18Th
next. Speaking as an individual and
for the Alliance of Missouri" he said.
~ am not in favor OF the scheme and
most emphatically decline TO issue a call
for the alliance of Missouri to send del
egates to that convention. The project
is too big and it will fall to pieces of its
own 1vaiUht
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-05-05
Drove the Agents or.

ABILENE, Kas April 27.-Lightning
rod agents have been quilting the farm
ers of this county with misleading con-
tracts which cheated them out of from
81 to 5000 each. After taking legal
advice several farmers armed them
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-05-05

Edmund Yates writes that 3O3 eIlu
were shot during last year in the forests
of Norway, the majority of them being
taken in the district of Namdals, where
the forests are LET to English tenant.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-05-05
Eighty Mormons Among the 1927 Foreign
ers Who Arrived in New York.

NEW YORK. April 27.-The spring
tide of immigration continues unusual
ly large. To-day there are 1927 immi-
grants to be landed at the barge Office.
The steamer Waesland from Antwerp,
brought 1913; the Spree, 455 from Bre-
men: the Wisconsin 64S from Liverpool,
and the Scale 761 Bremen. Among the
passengers landed at the barge Office
from the steamer Wisconsin, were
eighty Mormons, in charge of two
elders. on the way to Utah. This is the
first batch of Mormons arriving here
under the new immigration law,
which excludes polygamists.
From Indiana comes an awful
warning to young men of the peril of
cigarette smoking. George Stark, a
brakeman died of excessive .cinaratto-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09
FUR, FEATHER AND FLOWER.

A woman in Michigan has geranium
4 feet and inches high.
gentleman in Americus, Ca, has a cat
that has given birth to 353 kittens by act
nal count.
They tell you of geraniums in Califor MIA
that grow SO tall that you have to go up
into the window of the second story to
gather the flowers.
Hens and chickens worth g, 900 apiecs
attracted curious sightseers at the poultry
show in New York, while domestic fowls,
worth each few hundreds, were so COM
mon that they hardly won any notice
1t is stated that the muskrat is enabled
to travel under the ice of Il frozen river or
lake for a considerable distance by respir-
ing against the ice roof where the bubbles
of gas collect and getting a fresh supply
of oxygen.
A bear which weighed $40 pounds was
killed by Solomon F. Perry, of Ronceverte,
w. Va, who had followed the animal back
and forth over Sassafras mountain for
thirty-one days. The bear killed eleven
dogs. The bears hide showed twenty.
seven bullet wounds.
An enormous tree in the OcmulRee
swamp, near Abbeville, Ga, Is evidently Of
great age. The tree is hollow at the base,
with an aperture large enough to admit .
tall mau. The hollow extends upward for
. distance Of fifteen feet The hollow at
the ba.e is twelve feet in diameter
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09
HINTS TO HOUSEkEEPERS.

Rise in the morning soon after you are
awake.
To stop hiccough take q lump Of sugar
saturated with vinegar.
Rub your lamp chimneys after washing
with dry salt and you will be surprised at
the new brilliancy Of your lights
Soak clothes that fade overnight in water.
in which has been dissolved one ounce Of
sugar of lead to pailful of rain water.
When any one runs nail or a wire in the
flesh hold the wound over burning sugar as
soon as possible and it will prevent sore
ness.
Soak the feet and bind on baking soda
dampened, and in the morning you will be
surprised to find the soreness all out Of
corns.
Procure from your druggist a small!
bottle of tincture of benZoin, and apply
to any flesh wound. 1t will heal immedi-
ately and not get sore.
Two apples kept in the cake box will
cause moderately rich cake to remain moist
for great length Of time il the apples are
renewed when withered.
A dress will look entirely ruined by berry
stains on it, but if whisky is poured on the
discolored places before sending 1t to the
wash it will come out as good as ever
Always dissolve gelatine in an equal bulk
Of cold water; IL put into hot water at first
a strong taste will be developed. 1t will
take about fifteen minutes to dissolve, but
may stand two or more hours without
harm.
A teaspoonful Of camphor in q wide
mouthed bottle, well covered with boiling
water. produces warm vapor which can
oe inhaled for the relief of acute head colds
Ten minutes use, three times . day, will
suffice
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09
A Delightful Trip for Tourists.

''The Midnight Sun in Norway, the en-
campment off Lapps with their reindeer
herds and teppees, the brilliant glaciers
and snow-capped Alps of Norway and
Sweden" are some of the features offered
in handsomely illustrated programme
just published by the tourist agents,
Thomas Cook and Son, of New York and
London. A party Of ladies and gentlemen
will start on the Cunarder "Servia,"
June 9Th, and will visit Edinburgh,
Bergen, Drontheim, the North Cape,
Chris6ania, Stockholm, Copenhagen,
Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Paris and
London. The party is being organized
by Mr.. Harry Randall, of 368 West 5Sth
Street, New York, a Norwegian by birth
and an experienced traveller, who will
personally conduct the whole company
throughout the entire trip. He will be
glad to furnish the programme to any
body wishing it.
Among the illustrations is a superb
view Of the Midnight Sun, taken by Mr..
Randall July last. The picture shows
the sun only a few degrees above the
horizon, as it appears for several weeks
in this Northern latitude during the
summer.
That this first regularly organized
party of American tourists bound for
the North Cape will veagreat success,
il guaranteed by theperfect ARA ngement
of the tour throughout, and the price of
the tickets, which has been put at the
lowest possible figure.
What with excursions up the Nile,
around the world, through Palestine,
and to the North Cape and Midnight
Sun, the American tourist 10 recommending
to assert himself all over the Globe
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09

Washington and Southwestern Vesti-
buled Limited operated between Washing
ton and Atlanta daily, leaves Washington
II 4e.p NJ. arrives Atlanta 20 a m. Re-
turning leave Atlanta 10 10 a III, Charlotte
7e5 m, Salisbury 8 20 m, Greensboro
9 IS m; arrives Dauville IL 05 p m,
Lynchburg 20 m, Washington IS a m.
Additional train leaves Oxford daily ex-
IL o5 p m, returning leave Henderson 2 Is
n. daily except Sunday. arrive Oxford
s15pm.
No. 9, leaving Goldsboro 12 Is p m and
Raleigh Is p m daily, makes connection
at Durham with No. 40, leaving at 5 IS p m
daily. except Sunday for Oxford, Hender-
son and all points on o. & H., o. & q. and
I. 4 II. roads.
Passenger coaches run through between
Vest Point and Raleigh, via Keysville, on
D Aos. IL and IA, and Is and 13.
NOS. and 10 connect at Richmond from
AID to West Point and Baltimore daily ex-
apt Sunday.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On trains and 10, Pullman Buff
ist Sleeper between Atlanta and New
Iork; between Danville, Augusta and
HHason. and Greensboro {via Asheville) to
AorrlstoWn, Tenn.
On IL AID IL, Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington and New Orleans via
HontTomery. and between Richmond and
NaVills. Raleigh and Greensboro. and be-
Mse1 Washington and Augusta, and Pull
an eudet Sleepcrs between New York
soEhHpt,SS soE H1HS and H0ssP.inss via Asheyi.Ie T0R
iNns Manager. Gem. Pass. Agent.
W. a. TURK,
Div. Pass. Agent,
Raleigh, N. G.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09

WE cannot do better than urge upon
the attention of the farmers of North
Carolina the following advice given
by the Progressive Farmer: owe
advise our farmer friends again to
steer clear of debt in the arrangements
they are now making to start crop.
The farmers may not be able to take
this advice in whole, but they can take
it in part. That is, they need not go
in debt farther than is absolutely
necessary. Ler every man see to it,
that when his debts have been paid
this fall, he shall have some part of his
crop left over to take him and his
family through the winter. This ad-
vice is commonplace, but it is i'm
portant.'
1t is against the natural order of
things for farmers to go in debt for
supplies. They have to buy house
hold goods, and certain articles which
are not conveniently made on the
farm, but without doubt the prosperous
farmer should raise all of his farm
supplies. He may prosper and not do
this, but if he does it, he will prosper.
Avoid debt.-NeWs and Observe,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09
The Columbian CycIopedia.

The Columbian Cyclopedia is the new
name and new form of what has hereto
fore been known as Alden's Manifold
CycIopedia, and which has won great
popularity by it's high merit, combined
with it's amazingly low price.
The Columbian Cyclopedia will com
prise 80 volumes, of about eight hundred
pages each (the Manifold was 40 vols,
of $40 pasrS each), being about equal in
size to Appieton's Cyclopedia, and about
so per cent larger than Johnson's. The
entire set will contain about 1000 Illus
trations; it is very handsomely printed
and bound, and, like the Manifold, is
almost fabulously cheap, the entire set
being furnished in cloth for 925, 90, with
easy installment terms to those who
want them. OF course, subscriptions to
the Manifold will be completed in uniform
style with the early volumes delivered.
Whoever is interested in cyelopedias
will do we'll to secure (free) specimen
pages Of the Columbian, which may be
had by addressing the COLUMBIAN PUB
LIsHING Co., 800 Pearl ST., New York, or
242 Wabash Ave-, Chicago.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09
Feminine PRATTLE.

Matthew Arnold's sister, Miss Frznces
Arnold, has a fancy for collecting queer
advertisements.
Miss Aimee Rapin Is an armlees Swiss
artist who is beginning to achieve fame.
She paints with her toes.
Miss Rhoda Broughton, the novelist, h
described as q tall woman Of somewhat
imposing presence, her hair slightly gray.
Miss Alice Corbin Is a stylish girl, but
not by any means q beauty. She could
have been my lady" or q countess long
ago had she SO chosen.
Mrs. Arthur Wellesley, . grandniece Of
the Iron Duke, and Mrs Hesketh- Smith.
two members of "good' society, have re-
Gently opened flower shop in London.
The Duchess Dues, who spent fortune
in bolstering up the Boulangist party, has
been i'll in Paris with fever and ague con-
tracted during recent sojourn in Rome.
The household and personal expenses of
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard's family, of New
York, are carefully noted down, and she
annually gives away in charity q sum
equal to her expenses.
Cora Bacon Foster, Of Houston, one of
the most successful real estate agents in
Texas. has immortalized herself by voting
ut the election held recently in that CITY.
She Is the first woman who ever voted in
Texas.
one OF the handsOmest women in New
York is Miss Marie de Barril, niece of ex-
Peruvian Minister Berrada She is a deli
cate type of the purest Spanish woman
hood, is refined. dresses well and has a bar
rel of money.
Mrs. Eleanor Bakers large bequests to
educational and benevolent institutions.
amounting to $1,000, 900, represent monev
made in chocolate. She was the wife of
Walter Baker, who made large fortune
in the chocolate trade.
Secretary Fosters wife is a sweet and
gracious woman, with wavy gray hair and
an Intelligent and handsome face. She
has lovely family. They have always
lived in Fostoria, O.. which was named
after the secretary's father.
The walls of Lady Randolph Churchill's
London drawing room are hung in pale
gold, the window draperies reproduce the
same tints, the floor is of light colored
wood. highly polished, and the furniture
is all of the Louis XVI period, displaying
much gliding
Mrs. Rebecca Bean, of Petersburg, Colo.
is granddaughter of John Quincy Adams.
Her mother was Elizabeth Adams, the pres
ident's youngest and prettiest daughter
whose elopement with bsr poor but worthy
lover, Alfred Shinn, was the occasion OF
a national sensation.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-09
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

1t is now proposed to introduce electric
power in gold, silver and copper mining.
lighting plant of 5000 incandescent
lamps is to be installed in the imperial pal
ace in Vienna.
Thomas Edison says there is more than
s6Oo. .OO0, 600 invested in the electrical indus
try in the United States.
Electrical science will have prominent,
If not commanding, place in the forth
coming Frankfort exhibition.
Lady Siemens has recently given e6, 900
toward the foundation of an electrical
laboratory in connection with Kings COL
lcge, London.
A flexible glass interior conduit has Just
been invented by Alex P. Wright, of Bos-
ton. 1t Is perfectly waterproof and practi-
cally freproof.
An electrician who has made speciality
of spectacular electricity says the day is
not far off when electrical fireworks will
supersede those now used.
A lineman who received an electric
shock in Louisville, KY, has become In
sane, and believes that he is constantly
pursued by an electric ghost.
Any kind of cotton covering, when
soaked In solution of tungstate of soda,
is rendered absolutely incombustible. It Is
therefore useful in central station work.
One OF the most exasperating accidents
that happen in connection with the trolley
system Of propelling electric cars Is the
killing of horses by the breaking of the
trolley wire.
DR.. Foveau de Courmelles of Paris al
leges that he has succeeded in conveying
by the electric current to diseased internal
organs of the human body the constituents
of medicaments suitable for their recovery.
Professor Thomson has recently shown
very plainly that between the carbons of
an arc light there pours a steady stream Of
carbon vapor, and the light is derived al
most exclusively from the enormous heat
ed surface at which the evaporation takes
place.
The Electrical Engineer holds that the
problem of obtaining light without heat is
now one OF such immediate moment, and
the pecunisry reward consequent upon a
successful solution of the problem is so
great, that the energies ofinventors can be
bent in no better direction.
A novelty in electrical circles is the
handy incandescent drop light. by which
the current is switched on or off by pulling
the flexible cord that supports the lamp in
stead of turning key in the lamp socket
The switch is in the ceiling, and the slight
est pressure operates it. One pull will
light the lamp and another extinguish it.