The Republican journal., 1893-03-16
Odd Things.

Odd Things.
GLEANINGs FROM THK EXCHANGE FIELD.
AN EXPENSIVE MISTAKE.
A Presque Isle potato shipping firm
made an aggravating and expensive mis-
take the other day. One eau had been
loaded with their potatoes and they order
ed an empty car to be set on the track
With it. Later they made out bill for
the empty car and shipped it to Boston,
only TO discover too late that the wrong
car had made the trip. The freight on
the empty car will amount To so, and the
other was delayed materially.
THE HOP WALTZ AGAIN.
The latest accredited rumor as to the in
tention NJ the Prince Of Wales to introduce
the hop step again into valse favor has
possibly as much truth IN it as that relat-
ING to his determination to ride bicycle.
If one may really conjure up troubles, as
though they did not come quickly enough
as il is think of the future ballroom with
the hop step style Of dancing and crino
lines ia vogue at the same time.
No Use FOR SPOONS NOW.
The teaspoon has been banished from
eai' ttolN VI tiiN ttItitt i.'o o'e ite'
long been forhidd II to assist in eating any
sort d kernel ana soft vegetables, but il
survived Tor a time as an aid to consuming
what cur elanllnothrls called sauce,
and toll certain desserts Of i cllstald nature
or ices and ice cream. Now its employ
memt is considered, as the fashionable
Woman told IitI child. ''M0r~u Than wick
rd-valgar iii any such service. The
teaspoon is restricted ~ tlc tearnp and
that alone.
run, MIN NOR rlN,vI, \Tr
" u 'tP'lVNoI lhe m0i''eh1 WIN 81,
tam sel 81 @llts no stl4Nv Ter iaus ana
1,,rl-s !, tl:,. 1.r+,'iS ,,i,,I.1,- y,,,,
enc W no cuul,ll / piu them in started the
fashion. saws the New \ DIRK Times. Just
as " air 1T tile opcra a few wears 400
found that a sore tlngel thlobbe,l and
.t..ilttl desperately ii Her hand lay on her
lal,, and was much relieved when She held
it upright 50 She sat all the evening in
i conspicuous box With one slender gloved
Land touching her check with the result
OF making the attitude a marked and rag
ing fashion That entile season
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Hoops are now On sale in all the dry
goods houses. says the New lork World.
There arc two styles, the funnel and the
empire. The first is the regular time
the hips. narrow at The knees and Two and
y nan yards round at the bottom The
vihl'ile mas a tape mont the sfeels extend
TT only y lhe >lde, ana there IS hustle
at the waist Tins is hlde"us con
intended NJ a
pile sa"h r. some oel1c'le texture. y
hs,"s I" ne aooo' as oehta'e as brldal
Neil; 50 Us n|l 70 press Gown on tlie "lre
~ TpiAs ~ eli"M ~ ~, leiiees ler"ald'
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SIZE = AFRAID or COWS.
Mrs. French Sheldon the African travel
Ter, advises any Of her sex who contem-
plate d similar excursion to tie Dark Con
1inent to overcome. if possible their natul
al fear of COWS Il Was in a land. she
says. .wlere women sold 1ur i've beads.
COWS for MISUNDERSTANDING this. presents
OF COWS were made 10 me all along NV
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mails had 10 conceal mi, t,,s, ,o,r -bn,a.
tIot onlv would mn hosts iYvp bnnr an,r,y
a. OH, savaot.> ,.;,, hron,, a,,n,.,- ],,r 5,,,
own Inen wnnld INV. heen vjllinu ia rn,r
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y\tat i suffered ~ ,,,as,.,.,., :, ..,I,, n,
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FASHION tlil.E 9i'olI. is VIENNA.
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= Ii - ''FS-
u I'M l'',i 3''l II go tiliie.
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THEN plated trcsses OF hair and tllen escap-
inc down side streets These ont,.9nrs;,le
dom, liz appale1tlt RESPECTABLE ne,t. a.
WHY'S we'll dressed and can have, mo object
III I'LL, dim i1nnntlrnt ,l,yiltry. i s,,e,.jrs ~
offence which ought IT, meet with drastic
The CORRESPONDENT uses the
VIA ,tashjo,.able' AZ lescrjbino this u
called sun.
iluflA " SEVEN THOUSAND ROOMS
The most extraordinary hotel which
las ever been built will OF course be found
III CHICAGO. SAWS tile Lady Pictorial Ii
win have nearly = 600 rooms but will not