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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03
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Polly Prout, Who ordereda a new "ban9"
of glossy cheanut- hair 70, the occa-
sion, which we~ad have been quite per
feet IL it had matched her back braids
little more exactly, and had a pair Of
green satin sandals made by the village
shoe maker. tnd n-mosquito pole gilded
tto represent spear by the picture
frame dealer
''One likes to observe all the nice
ties" said Miss Polly, while in her mid
cic-aeed mind rose mp the -delusive idea
that perhPs some inature nasqnerader
of the 6pPosite sex might perceive in
her some greater attraction than the
youthful rosss and girlish graces of the
eight grsdu sting girls
(.'Stranger things have happened"
compiatrntly Thought Miss Polly, as
she stitched away at the satin r"settes
'--.'~s,-.'zere 70 modernize her green
gown aowx
But In spite Of all her precautions,
tho Hrst sleigh-load of laughing girls
started without her, while she was
tying her fur hood over the tinfoil
e.met
"yyhat. gone aIready9" said Miss
Prout, angrily. "why didn't they waltz
What right had they 70 go on without
notifying me?" .'- t.f't.
Don't mind. Polly" said Nine. Mo-
rini, sootbingly. Eight was all the
sleigh could carry besides the driver.
Michael says his orders were to bring
the cutter for youL"
Orders shrilly repeated Miss Polly.
''But whose orders? Does Kate Kelsey
manage this institution, or do land
you? Me crowd into q cutter, indeed
with a staring irish lad like Michael to
drive? A pretty arrangement" s.r
But. in spite of her Indignation. Miss
Polly Prout was compelled finally to
| accede to the obnoxious plan.
.'Drive quickly. Michael" she said to
her young Jehu. ''for it's getting dark
already, and don't like the woods that
we have to go through. Why on earth
those girls couldn't have waited
But the jingle of the sleigh-belis and
the sudden start of the horse brought
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03

shouted in the sweetest OF slvery So
pranos from the top of desk. Nine.
Morini's young ladies were enjoying
their noon recess on this bright, gilt
tering February day, and every one
knows what n noise twenty schoolgirls
can make II they choose.
"a masquerade said Marian Hamp-
shire. .How delightful" Ff
''Can we select any dress we piease?
said beautiful Miriam Holley.
would it be scion les regss to go with
out any especial dress, if one has
fresh white muslin?' timidiy asked
/. Alice Appleton, whose mother was
poor, and who earned her own board
and tuition by giving lessons to the
smaller girls.
WIN N adame consent?" bre eathlessly
questioned Louise Hayward.
MADAME will consent to anything
that Neil Evans chooses to ask" tri-
umphantly announced Ida Cotton
''Nell was one of madame's graduates,
you know, and a pattern damsel in all
respects. And If Nell were to request
that we should AL attend the masquer-
sde costumed In pink tinsel, and walk
ing on our heads, madame would say:
Quite right, my dear, a very sensible
idea of yours. ] shall be delighted to
have my young ladlcs go.
There was n general laugh at this,
and then CONNIE need the joyful tasks
Of selecting personalities, studying up
the costumes In old cngravinRs and
antique fashion plates, and turning
over the com bi ned stores OF the whole
school in sash ribbons artificial
flowers, jewels and plumes. For al
though the graduating class, which
alone was invited. consisted OF only
eight young ladies, the interest con-
cerning Miss Evans masquerade party
was disseminated through the whole
school in no measured degree.
And Alice Appleton's gentle heart In
particular beat with innocent anticipa-
tion. for she had sometimes fancied
4hstfapt Hugo Evans, the brother OF
the pretty hostess, had looked upon her
with q teuderer glance than he vouch-
safed to the other young ladies of his
acquaintance To be sure she had no
party dress, but the individuality sug-
gested By Marian Holley, "a Snow
Hake," would be sufficiently inter
preted by her simple muslin gown
with a few starry white flowers OF the
Catalouian jasmine in her hair.
"But you're not going to let thos'
girls go alone said Miss Polly Prout
VINO was NINE NOboAh. fShSS
Keeper and chief counsellor.
.'Certa My am" said Mime. Morini
why should / not? 1t is only to dea
Nelrs house"
1T wouldn't be at all proper" saiS
Hiss Polly, pursuing up her thin lips
and the hearts of the eight young girl
sank simultaneously into their boots
'Such n party OF giddy girls with NJ
responsible companions, Nine. Morini
wonder at you. II would not be al
iowable, unless, indeed"
"Cnless what? said Mime. Morini
and the eight lassies listened breath
lessly for Miss Polly Prout's reply.
"Unless I am to GO, too, as thei
ebaperone!" said Miss Polly. ts-
''Ob, that wouldn't be according .
etiquette." cried the girls in chorus
Nell did Mt invite Miss Polly Frout-
And Nine. Morini, who was an amia
Bile, easy-goi ng lady, governed in mos
matters by her cousins energetic vii!
finally gave way and announced he
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03
lin the enrlr middle ages gloves be.

in the early middle ages gloves be.
came quite common Knights, priests
and ladies uSel them, and they received
different synbolical signitcations OF
love. challenge. submission, etc II
was not. however, until the age OF
Louis XIV. that they became part OF
elegant dress in general During this
French king'sreign. the glovers of Paris
became a very important community.
They were styled msribaDds, maitres,
rantiers, parfumeurs, and alone had
the right to sell or prepare gloves Be
fv-a,p 16s4 aud 1850. Louis XIV. issued
several edicts prohibiting the use ot
gloves embro dered with gold or silver
Gen;lemen's gloves at this period were
made with eauntlets. those worn By
ladies covered the arm
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03

termination, ana away tney went over
the frozen road
Not far, however. Just within tho
dsrksome limits of the cedf- woods,
where the purple dusk that still
fingered in the open feldH seemed
turned to the gloom of absolute night,
a tall, white figure, with "a black mask
covering it's face, stepped forward aud
seized the horses head, while, par
TALLY hidden by the droo?ing ever
green boughs, a little group OF other
figures fingered
"Burglars." shrieked Miss Polly
Prout dropping Minerva's gilded spear
into the snow. "Assassins! Masked
robbers! Oh, kind gentlemen, spare,
spare my life, and sll my jewelry Is
yours
And tearing her gold-plated bracelets
from her wrists, she flung them and her
| watch into the road
''Arrah, the saints betunc US and all
harrumt' squcaixed Mickey, the Irish
lad. as he covered down IN the bottom
| of the sleigh.
"Descend-and departr' uttered q
deep voice. Look behind at your
peril!''
"wh-where shall we go?" suffered
| Mickey. ....#-a
ITO the place whence you came"
| was the stern reply. And at the risk
| of your lives be speedy and secret!''.
Half an hour afterward the Iuckless
i pair arrived, half frozen and worn out
| with fatigue, at the Morini institute,
with a gruesome tale of having been
| arrested by masked robbers, and hav-
ing only escaped by the most marvel
Gus good luck from being murdered out
right The gardener and two men
\ L
once detailed in p ursuit of the robbers,
but when they reached the scene of nc
tion, ali that they found was old Dob
bin shivering by the roadside, with tho
| cutter turned over ON its side where he
had dragged it into deep snow.
The eight young l aides. however. en-
joycd n most delightful evening at
Evansdalc, quite free from Miss Polly
| Prout's malevolent supervision, and,
strange to say, expressed no sortof
surprise at her non-appcarance ON
the scene. Bat they took good care
to leave behind them at Evausdale
eight black satin masks and eight white
sheets, when they once more entered
the double sleigh to return home.
Miss Polly Prout transformed herself
in to heroine the next day, as she re-
lated her adventures.
she to the girls. Not even molested7
Well. well, how singular! l really
think if we hadn't made such brave
resistance ! should have been carried
away by main force-a regular abduc-
ton, You know and Miss Polly SIM
pered-
How many rufiiaus were there?" in
nocently questioned Kate Kesley-
Fifty at least SAID Miss Polly.
| "Great. coarse bearded villains, with
their eyes covered by masks
Dear, dear, how dreadful. cried Ida
Cotton
And the eight fair young conspirato-s
looked archly at each other. as Miss
Polly hurried off to check the washer.
! woman's bill, and cried, in laughing
chorus:
What a very romantic asiventurel
I And what a very narrow escape foE
poor Miss Polly Froutr' - Hostea
J BUdget
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT HUNT
~ ing on the Resale and Itnwood plan,ati,Soh, iS = !,
in This pari<h is prohibited Niols tors VIII o
prosecufeS 10 the full extent Cf the law
PiO7 ROBT. II. BARROW.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03

We'll, wonder what will be the
sensation of the week. queried the
telegraph editor. IF | may be per
nitted to speak, veutured the horse
editor. 1t j. likely that the sensation
Of the weak will coutinne to be that
t;red feeling c-~-Iudiapapolis JournaL
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03
MASQUERADE FROLIG.
Why Miss Polly Prout Didn't Az
tend the Party. s.

IRIS, we'rs 70
ing tohave such
funr' said Ida
Cotton. /" Neil
Evans has in
vited us all to
Evsnsdale TO .
IN ssqu era d e
p Q = ty-a n d
you're to select
your costumes
at orcer'
There VAS .
universal ut
eryof goJ attAEs
ronunciameu-
to, which was
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
WILLIAMS WON'T EMIGRATE.
He Will Stick to Greenville and the
"Nsws''-A Victim of "Fakos''

Editorial in Greenville News
The editor of the Greenville News
does not know on what fact, if any,
the report Of his purpose to go back to
Virginia in short time is based, or
What motive, il any, there was=a:ss
spreading that report. He is, however,
under obligation to the author of it.
The State and the Spartanburg Herald
print the rumor and add comments
which are more than kind. The editor
of the News has read these with much
the same pleasant feeling that a man
must have in re"ding particularly
f1attering obituary notice of himself
while be is yet alive. He takes this
opportunity to express his cordial
thanks to his co-laborers who have
spoken 80 warmly of him. +
In justice to all concerned, it is well
to say that neither Colonel Hoyt nor
Mr.. Williams knows anything of the
suggested arrangement. They have
never considered or discussed anything
of the kind. Mr.. Williams has had no
proposition from any Richmond news
paper and has not made application to
any and has no present purpose of
going away from Greenville. For per-
sonal reasons he does intend at some
time in the future to return to Virgil
MIA, where he was born, and a state
ment by him to that effect may have
been misunderstood and have caused
the story above given. He has much
work to do, however, before be can be-
gin to think of removal. 1t may be
ten years, or longer, even.
The next Development regarding the
editor of the News will be awaited by
him with keen interest. Some months
ago he was announced as candidate
for Congress; he was next astonished
to learn that be had become a mental
and physical wreck from the use Of
liquor and opium; from way out in
Oklahoma Territory he received in
quires concerning his experience at
Dwight, whittier he was reported to
have been sent as a chronic inebriate;
now he learns that he has job which
he had no knowledge of and is about to
emigrate contrary. to his own purposes.
There is a good deal of fun in all this
and it does no special harm, but it is
lust as we'll to have the facts known.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
THE GIRLS COLLEGE.
Organization OF Board Completed.-Eids
to be Invited for its Locations.
rSnecial TO News and Courier.

Especial to News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA January 6.-The trustees
of the South Carolina Industrial and
Winthrop Normal College met again
this morning and transacted a large
amount of business. DR.. A. H. Fuller
and A. H. Patterson appeared to-day
and qualified.
The temporary organization as
affected yesterday was continued until
permanent organization car be had
and rules ard regulations adopted.
Mr.. Mayfeld, DR.. Joynes and Mr..
Braezeale were appointed a committee
to prepare such rules and laws.
Mr.. Patterson offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That after the visitation
and inspection of the Winthrop Nor
NAL College made this day the board
desires to place on record its seems OF
the efficient work aud excellent condi-
ton of the Winthrop Training School
under its present management, and its
acknowledgment of its valuable gift to
the State on behalf the former trustees
as an important factor in the future of
the Industrial and Normal College,
Resolved, That copy of this resolu-
ton be communicated to the chairman
of the former board
The committee appointed to recon-
mend measures concerning the pro-
perty and temporary management OF
the Woman's College reported the fol-
lowing resolutions:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13

Farmers Of the State what do you
think of our governor whom We elected?
I own l am ashamed I voted for him
and will never do it again. He has
deceived US Intentionally and badly
and has proven himself to be a fraud.
Tillman, realizing be has not made
good single pledge he gave US during
the campaign of 1890, that he brought
great pecuniary loss upon the State,
that his administration has been
failure and the people feel and know
it, is now trying to fasten the blame on
the legislature.
Farmers, merchants, business men,
citizens, all, let US come together. Let
all Of our efforts be for the common
good and general welfare. Our once
proud old State sorely needs the seryi-
ces Of every good and loyal citizen if
our Christian civilization and homes
are redeemed and saved from the vile.
Let every one do his duty to God and
his country. Danish all personal pre-
ferences. Let every community be
closely scanned and men, clean, capa-
BILE and loyal to principle alone, be
selected and elected to office. Elect
them whether they want the office or
not, and tell them they must serve. II
this is dore all will be well-the State
will be redeemed and saved, he people
again united and happy and Tillman
quietly laid away with eight following
his political corpse to its last resting
place-six pail bearers and two mour-
ners, Irby and Shell,
Respectfully,
ELLISON S. KEITT.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
The Milk Turned Sour

I will not tell you her name, but one
of the neighbors says that during her
brief visit the other day milk turned
sour. Her countenance looks a yard
long. She sighs perpetualy. The
cloud on her brow is deep. If beaten
out thin, l believe it would cover the
sky. Her voice is doleful,
and her eyes show no radiance. Her
wrinkles are numberless. She is a
sorry picture, and all because she is
the victim of one of those complaints
common to women. Her system is
deranged. She needs course Of self
treatment with DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. This will eradicate thor
oughly those excruciatins periodical
pains and functional weaknesses in
cdent To her sex, aud at the same
time build up and invigorate fer whole
system by its health-impartiEg influ-
ence. A tlial bottIe will convince.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
INCEND1ARISM IN LAURENS.
A Diabolical Attempt to Burn Boarding
House.
1Special 10 the State.7

LAURENs, Jan. S.-Incendiaries S. set
fire to Mrs. Richardson's boarding
house, near the corner Of Harper and
Laurens streets, at - o'clock last night,
but a boarder discovered the flames
before they had made much headway,
and they were extinguished without
much damage.
The incenGiaries went under the
house aud saturated the timbers with
kerosene The oil can be smelt on the
tinbers now. A beer bottle contain
ing kerosene was found on the spot,
and inmates of the house say that the
dining room under which the flames
were kindled, was filled with smoke
and the odor of burning oil. There
were eighteen boarders in the house,
some Of whom had not gone to bed.
Il this case the evidences Of incendi-
arism are unmistakable, and, in con-
sideration Of the early hour: it was a
remarkably bold attempt.
Our people are distressed at the fire.
que cy of the fires, &; feeling of
general uneasiness prevails.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
RELIl FOR RUSSIANS.
President Harrison Sends Message to Con-
gress on the Subject.

WASHINGTON, January 5.-President
Harrison to-day sent to Congress the
following message touching the efforts
to relieve the distress of the famine
sufferers in Russia. 1t was referred to
the committee en- naval affairs, for ac-
ton on the recommendation contained
therein:
To the Senate ard House of Represen-
tatives.
The famine prevailing in some ofthe
provinces of Russia is so severe and
wide -ad as to have attracted
sym ..ny and Interest ota large nung
Der of our liberal and favored people
In some of the great grain1za l
States of the West moyh
already been organized to
and meaf-for the relief of TN
ing Russian families, and the y S.
has been such as to justify theS belief
that q ships cargo can very soop be
delivered at the seaboard through The
generous cooperation of the transpor-
tation lines.
1t is most appropriate that people
whose store-houses have been so lavish
" filed with all the fruits of earth by
the gracious favor of God should mani
fest their gratitude by large gifts to HIse
suffering children in other lands. -
The secretary of the navy hasnoS
steam vessel at his disposal thatcouidjj
be used for the transportation OF tnF
supplies, and L therefore recommend
that he be authorized to charter suit
able vessel to receive them, if fssuffi-
cient amount should &c offered, and to
send them, under the charge OF naval
officer to such Russian port as may be
most convenient for ready distribution
to those most in need.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
Better and Better.

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And simple pleasures that always
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
The Proper Method.
1Greenville Daily News. I

The best way in the world to make
hard times is to sit still, say they are
hard, depress everybody and chill
every movement in the direction Of
enterprise A good method Of chasing
hard times away is to get a move on
US, cultivate confidence in our future
and keep things going.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-13
RIFLES FOR THE PRIMARIES.

RULES FOR THE PRIMARIES.
Messrs Ira B. Jones and DR.. Pope
were appointed committee to draft
| rules and regulations to govern the
primary elections to be recommended
to the county conventions for adoption.
The chairman was instructed to issue
call for a State Convention to elect
delegates to the National Convention,
the Convention to be held on the Sd
Tuesday in May.
A QUESTION OF TASTE.
The question which produced most
argument in committee was an an end
ment to the resolutions above offered
by Mr.. Jones, Of Lancaster, that in the
interest of peace and harmony all
Democrats be permitted to participate
in the Democratic primaries. This
amendment, which was finally adopted
was opposed by Col. Haskell, Mr.. Dun
can, Mr.. Stanland and Mr. Sullivan.
Col. Haskell said that it was equiva-
lent to offering a pardon to those who
opposed Tillman, and that it would be
considered as and resented as an insult.
In the course of his speech he said that
there was no man in the State more
opposed to the action Of Gen. A. G.
Haskell in 1890 than he was, or who
labored harder to prevent it. While
he considered the course of the Till
man people as irregular in method, yet
when the August Convention passed
without fight against them on this
ground, and when the nominations
were made in September he considered
that the time for opposition had
passed.
Col. Duncan said that, in his opinion,
the victors could be magnanimous, and
that it were best to leave out the
amendment. That large faction Of
respectable and intelligent men in
Union had voted against the nominees;
that when be took the stump he had
to fight his friends and members of his
family. He would oppose it and vote
against it.
, The negative vote was sfour-Haskell,
Stanland, Sullivan and Duncan.
One of the last resolutions passed
was the following: That the represen-
tation in the next Democratic Conven-
ssiion De aetaS5ie aeettaa5ieeIot.Ase The members of the
General Assembly, and that the repre-
sentation based upon the House of
Representatives be upon the apportion-
ment under the Act of the last Legisla-
ture.
The following committee members
were present tonight: Ahbeville, A.
w. Jones; Aiken, o. c. Jordan; Ander-
son, W. A. Neal; Barnwell, n. H.
Stansell; Berkeley, T. w. Stanland;
Charleston. D. A. J. Sullivan; Claren-
don, NJ. C. Galluchat; Darlington,
John NJ. Waddell; Greenville, J. w.
Gray; Kershaw, T. J. Kirkland; Lam
caster, Ira B, Jones; Lexington, F. G.
Caughman; Laurens, J. L. NJ, Irby;
Marion, J. D. Montgomery; Newberry,
Sampson Pope; Richland, Willie
Jones; Union, D. P. Duncan; Williams
burg, T. G. Willoughby; York, D. E.
Findley; State at large, John c. Has
kell.
One of the member of the commit
tee, and who is high up in the councils
of the party, said that there would be
no further differences of opinion be-
tween the Alliance and the movement,
and that the ''goose was hanging
high"
Mr. n. H. Stausell, the sergeant-at-
arms of the House, gave an elegant
supper tonight to Senator Irby, Spea-
ker Jones, DR.. rope, Mr.. Bates, Gen.
Gray, Mr.. Neal and Mr.. Caughman.
NIT.