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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
CURRENT MODES.
A Few Fresh Notes on the Styles In WO-
mans Dress.

a rev treSh NOtes on inc SCyies IN NO-
mans Dress.
One of the most fashionable combi-
nations of the hour is black and cream
color, which is not only modest and
ladylike, but universally becoming.
The soft, uncrushable and durable
regence silk is much used for costumes
of ceremony. Brocaded regence silk is
quite new and in many patterns is very
rich and handsome.
Among the new hats and gowns for
early fall which are already here in
the hands of the wholesalers, not only
is green combined with blue, violet and
amber, but blue and green are mixed
to form peculiar shade.
There can be no doubt that very ele-
giant brocades in gorgeous colors are
to be worn next season as they are al.
ready manufactured in forty-eight'
inch widths, so that the width of the
goods makes the length of the skirt.
The latest thing in fabrics for tailor
made dresses is variety of homespun
of pure wool, woven as thin and a:
light as grenadine in quarter-inch
stripes of white and color. This
goods is made up over rustling taffeta
silk.
Satins which can be compressed
within the smallest space without
creasing are known as liberty satins
These durable and dainty fabrics are
not only used for waists, vests and
other accessories for cloth gowns, but
for entire costumes.
With summer costumes are boas full
and short, which encircle the neck but
do not conceal the frills and flummery
of the corsage. Some of these boas are
of ostrich feathers, others of box
plated French lace, or satin-stripeG
gauze or of large-meshed net.
Black MORE, which is always il
vogue in Paris. is used in wide ribbon,
for ruches and collarettes edged will
rows of jet spangles, A single full
ruche of black MORE ribbon with dou
bic capes below it reaching to the tip
of the shoulders is modish worn will
toilets of various colors.
One of fashions dictates this season
is that something, however bright i
may be. shall be worn around tn,
;houldens. For this purpose modiste
are importing pretty collarettes o
black mousselaine do sole in two frill
edged with narrow white guipure, dis
posed one above the other quite like
lamp shade.
As useful as it is fashionable is 9
box plated ruche of black satin ribbon
which is worn as boa with differen
costumes 1t should be very full Il
give q thick, round effect, and tn,
plaits should be tackled only on on,
| edge instead of through the middle il
the usual way. Double-faced satin rib
bon three inches wide is required.
Prominent on the French color card
! for the coming season is a series o
luminous blue shades in which Their,
) Is very palpable admixture of green
There is also n series of pinkish purple
tints beginning with bengale and au
bus son pink, and deepening to the au
bergine and dahlia shades so long il
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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08

by Carrie the
year before, in the heart of the Cats
kills.
We had to ride many and many a
long mile to reach the aforesaid center,
and the line Of stages that led to our
little nook was owned and run by two
stalwart, steadfast men named Potts
and Kramer.
Potts was lively fellow, as round
and as rosy and as shiny as fresh, rcd
checked apple, Kramer was taller,
darker, more taciturn.
Potts entertained his passengers with
a series of jokes, squibs, anecdotes,
mysteries legends and tales. Kramer
attended strictly and solely to the bust
ness of driving his four horses.
So it was no wondc: Carrie screamed
out to us: ''Be sure you ride with
Potts.
On the Catskill landing we asked for
the Potts & Kramer line.
Here, ladies'" said tall man, whom
we knew must be Mr.. Kramer, motion.
ing us to half-flled stage.
1--WE don't want to ride with you,
said May, with charming candor; 1--WE
want to ride with Mr.. Potts, because
he talks the most"
"Ha! ha! hat shouted Mr.. Potts
"Well, ladies, appreciate the compli
ment; l really do; but it's impossible
for me to add another fare. You'll
have to ride with Mr.. Kramer"
We meekly got into the half-fillet
stage and wound our way up over the
long hills, with Mr.. Kramer sitting boil
upright In front of us, looking neither
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
led you any better than that if he had

ried you any better than that if he had
tried
what did do? sat down and put
my head in my hands and groaned.
What had been fighting for with all
my strength had come to pass, and l
was more unhappy than l had ever
been before in my life.
"You see, | wasn't thinking of my
self at all. I was thinking of Fanny.
What if she should ia Ike it hard! OF
course should never claim her as my
wife unless she chose to come to me of
her own free will.
81 thought about it all night, and
then concluded | must see Fanny and
find way out of the trouble if posi-
BILE.
81 found her quiet and self-possessed,
but her eyes had suspicious redness
around the rims ! plunged right into
the subject and said:
Fanny, | have come to tell you how
sorry I am that little joke happened,
and how serious it seems to be. Ned
Soaring says it looks very much like a
legal marriage.
"Fanny's face grew white as cloth
at this.
"'God knows, Fanny, if could have
it undone again would do SO. l have
been ready to marry you any time dur
ing the past year. but | never want
ed to force you to anything like this.
" AS it is, the ceremony makes no
difference to me. have thought and
thought over the matter, and | have
concluded there is way out of the diff
fculty. will go away, and then, after
awhile you can go to some other state,
and get divorce from me for desertion.
Long before | had finished Fanny
was sobbing as if her heart would
break Said l. at last: Fannie, won't
you say good-by to me? ! may not
see you again, as am going away SO
SOON
"And then, instead of saying good-by
and letting me go, she few to me and
put both arms around my neck, laid her
head on my shoulder, and said, between
her sobs: 4 will never let you go;
thought didn't love you, Sam, but do
| dor
"By and by we got more composed
and sat down to talk matters over, and
then it seemed as if we had suddenly
changed characters, for Fanny wa:
all meekness and submission, and
was the one who made terms and con
ditions
eff all the lawyers in the state pro
nounce that a legal marriage said !
at length, i will never call you my
wife till you come to me of your owr
free will in the old church down yon
der, and promise before the dominic
and all our friends to be my true anC
loving wife.
"And she did God bless her! ShC
!, did."-Boston Pilot.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
AN ARAB RIDER,
Horse and Horsemsn In the Algerian Cav.
airy Service.

airy Service.
The Spahi retains his national dress,
furnished up to make him feel proud
lie rides in a saddle which is all but as
bad as the one the Indian used to make
with straight up-and-down pommel and
cantle. The tree and bearings are
long. The pommel is coarse, and rises
with scarce slope to about the waist
band when the man sits down. The
cantle rises almost perpendicularly,
and is two inches higher-really above
the small of the back. Saddle-cloths
ad libitum; woven girths and leather
fittings. The stirrup leather hangs
from the middle of the tree, and the
foot is thrust way into huge metal
stirrup, with a foot-piece square and as
big as platter. A breast-strap holds
the saddle in place for lack of body,
and the horse is bitted with gag held
in a peculiar bride with binders. The
Spahi's sword rides under his left leg,
like the Mexican's; his carbine he car
ries or sings. He has revolvers in his
holsters-all of the best make and
pattern.
His seat is peculiar. 1t is from the
side view much like the type of the
aboriginal Indian of our plains. When
he sits in the saddle he is apt to lean
forward; from hip down to knee the
leg is all but perpendicular, and from
knee down it is thrust back at what we
civilized folk deem most unhorseman
ike angle. He hates spurs, because
they prevent his drubbing his horses
Hanks with his heels, as well as OF
holding on by them. Still, fashion
often claims him for her own; he uts
on spurs and tries to keep his heels
where they belong. He is very expert
in the saddle, both in the way of tricks
and at drill.
Most Arab saddles have such an alb.
normal breadth between the legs as
obliges you to spread your knees. II
| You want to try the way OrientaE
usually sit in the saddle, get an extra
wide cane-seat chair, sit astride i,
facing the back, and then put your
heels up on the side rounds. Don't
lean on the chair back; imagine a
cantle behind you about two inches
above the buttons on the back of your
coat, and you have it exactly. If you
want to ride this way, make up your
mind to the acme of discomfort until
you are used to il. Your feet will &C
TO sleep, and your hips will get tired
enough to make you howl before you
have covered ten miles Even an cic
horseman who is used to IN English OIL
to our military saddle must undergo
the same trial.-Col. T. a. Dodge, il
| Harner's Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08

81 PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE"
to the right nor to the left, and obliv-
ious to all remarks that might be made
behind him.
At last Mr.. Kramer suddenly stopped
before little wayside inn, and landed
all our dusty and tired fellow travellers
at their destination.
Then we went on our way again, sole
occupants of the capacious vehicle.
May yawned again and again. At last
she gave heart-breaking sigh and ex-
claimed;
What dreadfully dreary ride this
is, to be sure!"
Mr. Kramer turned his head ever so
slightly and looked back at her, For
once his lips parted on their own &C.
cord. He was going to say something
without being asked.
do you see that house over there?''
asked he, pointing to a pretty cottage
half hidden by clsmbering vines and
surrounded by mass of brilliant flow
ers: that is where | live"
"Ah." said May, adjusting her blue
glasses firmly upon her nose, what a
dear coy little place-the prettiest one
we've seen for miles"
Are YOU married?" she continued,
fearful that the generous impetus to
speech would dry up forever.
YES" Mr.. Kramer replied, looking
back at us with a curious twinkle in
his eve. 81 was married sort of acct
dentally."
Dear me- cried May, with vivacity,
II am certain from your manner that
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
THE HAPPY HOUSEHOLD.

It's when the birds go piping and the daylight
slowly breaks,
That, clamoring for his dinner, our precious
baby wakes;
Then it's sleep no more for baby and it's sleep
no more for me,
For, when he wants his dinner, why, its dinner
II must bel
And of that tactical fluid he partakes with great
ado,
While gran mn laughs,
And gran'pa laughs,
And wife, she laughs.
And I-well. Ilaugh, too!
You'd think, to see us carrying on about that
little tad,
That like as not, that baby was the first we'd
ever had;
But sakes alivel he isn't, yet we people make
a fuss
As II the only baby in the world had come to us!
And, morning, noon and nighttime, whatever
he may do,
Gran'ma, she laughs,
Gran'pa, he laughs,
Wife, she laughs,
And l. of course, laugh, tool
But once-a likely spell ago-when that poor
little chick
From teething or from some such i'll of infancy
fell sick,
You wouldn't know us people as the same that
went about
A-feelin good ali over, just to hear him crow
and shout;
And, though the doctor poohcd our fears and
said he'd pull him through,
Old gran ma cried,
And grant pa cried
And wife, she cried,
And I-yes, cried, tool
II makes us all feel good to have a baby on the
place
With his everlastin growing and his dimpling,
dumping face;
The patter OF his pinky feet makes music
everywhere
And when he shakes those fists,of his, good by
TO every carel
No matter what our trouble Is, when he begins
TO COO
Old gran'ma laughs,
And gran'pa laughs,
Wife, she laughs,
And I-you bet, laugh too!
Chicago Record
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
MARRIED ACCIDENTALLY.
The Story Driver Kramer Told His
Passengers

CON- m sure you Ea44 ride
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
A Sure Cure.

Mr.. Nabor Ito his wife)-My dear,
Mr. Crosslots wants TO borrow one OF
the twins.
Mrs. Nabor lin horrorl-Why! what
does the man mean?
Small Girl lat the door, IN; Pas
got the insomnier, and he says please
lend him the one that cries all night
he wants to walk it awhile,--Puck
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08

Now, please state what conditions
YOU require on the part of the lady"
Suitor-"A pleasant exterior, twenty
thousand marks dowry, domestic train
ing and six and a quarter size gloves"
Agent-"May ask why you fix upon
the last-named condition?" Suitor-
well, you see few years ago l won
six pairs of ladies' gloves six am a
quarter size, in an exhibition LOTTERY,
and you can't expect me to Il row them
away!r --Seifenblasen.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08
A Prevailing Excuse.

Angie" said her mamma, as she
came upstairs little later than uaual
ct suburban hotel, Why did you stay
down stairs SO late?'
George and have been looking fer
the comet she said -Philado,phis
Times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-08

shouted Carrie,
after the boat
was fairly under
way, whereat a
little smile rip
pied across the
neighboring pas.
sengers' faces.
II was an odd
speech, but May
and / understood
it. We were 60
ing to a lovely
nook, discovered
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21
cRsisrnAs CAROL,

On winter night in the olden time,
When the weary world was sunk In ain,
And darkness reigDed. and the earth was full
or war and tumuit and hopeless din,
A messenger came from the world above
To bring the glad tldings OF boundless love.
lie was welcomed not by the rich and great,
No martial trumpet proclaimed bis birth,
Unknown, in a lowiy manger lay
The child OF Heaven and Lord OF earth
The messenger sent from the world above
To bring the glad udings Of boundIess love.
A star shown out IN the eastern sky
To mark the spot to a chosen few
Where the holy infant lay, who came
To light the bsnighted world anew
The messenger sent from the world above
To bring the glad tidings OF boundless love.
The Hight still shines with ceaseless ray
over every land and every sea,
Through storm and tempest and trouble and
strife,
For ~ am the light Of the world. " said He
The messenger sent from the world above
To bring the glad tidlngs Of boundless love
The light still shines through the clouds Of
sin.
And always points TO a better way,
Where rest aud peace and Joy are found,
For these are the gifts OF His natal day
The messenger sent from the world above
To bring the glad tidngs Of boundiess love.
Sing songs Ofprsise, o sons OF meni
For the Joyous gift OF the Christmas morn;
Open your hearts to all mankind,
And cherish the day when Christ was born
The messenger sent from the world above
To bring the glad tidings OF boundless love.
Our Dumb Animals.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21
FALKLAND FlNCIES.

The sick are sloley improving.
Henry Hickox. Fred Langley and Ed Davis
paid Vinita q visit Sunday.
j. NJ. Templemsn, after years absence,
has come back to FAirland to stay.
.-Business seems on the Increase at present, /,
corn is coming In freely and brings a fair price
-Messrs. Adams, Ritter and Davenport have
returned from Tahiequah. after weeks
absence.
u b. Frhil left Us Tuesday for Monett to
take charge Of hotel and Mr.. John Washing
ton takes his place In the restaurant.
Joe Washington aud Lon Conner came
home from school at rahlequab Saturday,
both looking we'll and In nne spirits
DIR W. II. Ford went down to Muskogee
to attend the meeting Of the Territorial
Medical associAtiani he reports a good time
generally.
The festival held by N. Lance Aid
society at the NJ. Il. Church Monday night
was q complete success. only Steve Briggs.
he knows that he is not the --latest man In
town, even II the ladies did vote that way.
Married, on the 18th, at the residence Of S .
j Friend. Mr. Joseph W. sionlker to Miss
Mary Anderson. all Of this vicinity. Rev J.
II Hogan. as usual, did the job in his Gust ON
ary fine style. We wish the young couple all
the happiness that they SO we'll deserve.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21

The Odd Fellows held their semi.
annual election Of officers last Monday
night. Following are the officers elect:
j. p Scott, N. @ W. 4. Crockett, v.
g.; II O. Cook, treasurer; A. q. Hon.
man, recording secretary; A. II. Cook
permanent secretary. The installa-
ton will take place the first Monday
night In January.
Van Stewart and wife returned last
week from an extended trip TO their
old home in east Tennessee; they also
visited friends in portions OF North
Caroline and Georgia. Mr.. Stewart
relates that citizenship attorneys
from this nation are getting in their
work, and that great many people
are being swindled by them.
The present has been week of en- ..
tertainments for vlnita. Concert
Monday night; the Ladies' Missionary
society OF the Presbyterian church
gave box supper Tuesday evening at
the Mcclellan building; last night
closing exercises and concert at Willie
Halsell college, and something similar
will be repeated there tonight.
The NJ, X. & T. bridge and building
department is down here putting up a
water tank at Cabin creek. The water
will be pumped a half mile or 30
from the east, on T. f. Thompson's
land. Ifit be practical to pump water
this distance there seems n obstacle
in the way Of Vinita getting water
from Cabin, west of town a mile or so.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21

Judge Clark was up Monday, and on
being asked what he thought of the
political situation remarked, that he
did not care much about il, and the
same are the sentiments Of good
many others.
IL the landies of VInita who intend
TO entertain their friends upon New
Years day will send their names to
this Office we shall take pleasure in
publishing a list of them in next
weeks paper.
Prot. O. W. James and daughter will
give closing complimentary hop at
Little's hall tomorrow night, the oc.
casion being the close of his dancing
school term. Invitations were issued
some days ago.
George Blakeney has opened a gro
Gerry store in the Mcclellan building.
east Of the track. His goods are all
new and fresh and will be sold as
stated, at "hard time prices" Give
the gentleman call.
Ifyou have accounts OF any kind or
character to collect you will do we'll to
place them In the hands of Vinita
Real Estate agency. They have IA.
cilities for making collections that
render them very successful in this
business.
W. N. stinnett vent to Gibson Mon
day with w. l.. Marker who he checked
in as agent for the NJ. X. Il T. at that
point, relieving a man who is sick
From there MIR. stinnett came back AS
far as Pryor Greek and checked SNYDER
out for holiday vacation.
A masquerade ball Is to be given at
Little's hall IN this city, on Monday
evening, January LIST. IL is to be
strictly an invitation affair, which fact
will prevent any imposition by rough
characters upon the participants.
The OHIKFTAIE has ordered some mob
by programmes for the occasion
w. N. stinnett, agent for the Mis-.
souri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.,
| Nin''a' a. - N4VfzA VIII sell hoii-
day excursion Vul,VE tickets at one
aud One'third fare for the
round tri p. w. These tickets
will be sold Dec, 23, "a, 25, so, 81 and
Jan. /, good to return until Jan. 3.
The ladies' OF the Presbyterian
church have quite a good many beauli.
ful fancy articles left over from their
fair. Anyone wanting presents foi
their friends can buy them cheaper
than they can make them, as the
ladies will sell them at cost. Gall al
Mrs. w, w. Miller's and sec them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21

A disappointingly small audience at
tended an excellent concert at the
Presbyterian church Monday night.
The selections we're chosen with taste
and judgment, were rendered with the
utmost care and skill. and we're en-.
Enthusiastically received, The unex-
pected failure to get a piano necessi-
-tated the omission OF several numbers
but the encores, heartily insisted up
on, made the programme full long,
Those who took part in the entertain
ment were Misses Rosa, Rena and
Carrie Bluejacket, Messrs. Geo. Pyke,
E. NJ. Lsndrum, J. T. Ratclif and W d.
5. and s. r. Crockett. All acquitted
themselves with credit and collectively
gave an entertainment which was al
together pleasing.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21
Vinita Real Estate Agency,
D. M. MARRS G. Co.

List Of property for Sale, Rent or
Exchange:
One lot in the southeast portion Of
town, at a bargain.
A 700-acre farm miles east OF town
for sale at II bargain.
A very desirable business lot 5Oxl50
feet. fronting illinois avenue, for sale.
profitable business in Vinita for
sale. Particulars at VinIta Real Estate
gency.
One business and one residence lot
in Atom were purchased when choice
was to be had.
For rent, farm of $50 acres on Rock
creek near Adair; good pasture in con-
nection. Apply early.
three-acre impro vement near the
fair grounds can be bought cheap for
cash. Ninita Real Estate Co.
A house and lot on north side of
Frisco X. X. adjoining residence prop
eTty Of L. N. Ratcliti on west. PIice
$3.50.
A 2 room house aud or acres
choice land for gardening purposes, in
mile of depots, for rent at IS per
month in advance.
A comfortable two room dwelling in
south part OF town with barn and
other conveniencies, for rent at g. 80
per month in advance.
A very valuable house and lot (eight
room house) near the center of the
city. for sale at bargain for cash in
hand, A chance for good invest
ment.
For rent, a farm OF 100 acres, and a
quantity Of farm machinery for sale
with IL on easy terms. Land in excel
lent condition for sowing fall wheat
crop. Apply at once. More land il
desired.
2S lots 50xl50 and 50xl7O In "Wal.
nut Grove" (RaymOnds's block) Just
west OF the Chouteau residence.
Prices and terms to suit purchasers,
Build yourself home aud cease pay
ing rent.
A farm with zoo acres under fence,
400 acres IN cultivation. three houses
aud stables, water at each place; room
10 take IN as much more; 10 miles
northwest of Vinita, between Big Cabin
and West Cabin; price $1,000.
A farm Of over 100 acres In cultiva-
ton, two dwelling houses, orchard,
abundance OF fine timber, u very dc.
sirable place, IA miles southeast oI
this city on Cabin Greek, near Grand
river, would sell or exchange for city
property, or farm near vinlta.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21
vinita's Oldest House.

Tuesday afternoon the house occu-
pied by Mrs. Jess Elliott in the south
part of town was burned down but the
contents saved. The lady had just
stepped across the street when some
one called her attention to the fire.
The flames started In the upper story,
most likely from the stovepipe. This
was the oldest house in Vinita, having
been the one built by Col. E. O. Bou-
dinot on the advent of the Frisco rail-
road in the hope of holding the land
upon which this town stands as a
claim on the public domain. In this
the colonel was unsuccessful as is
known. The house and some twenty
seven acres Of ground belonging with
1t have been in controversy in the
courts for some years and as the
property is increasing in value it may
be in litigation for some time to come.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-21
LOCUST CREEK ITEMS.

Corn gathering done and most everybody's
cribs we'll filled.
As result Of the extremely dry weather
wheat 10 looking very backward.
Since r. n Taylor and family have moved
from our community It seems as though one
was gone from the famiiycircle.
The box supper at Locust Hin on the night
Of the 9th was a very pleasant entertainment.
Ad Roach took an active part in bidding
against the boys but they were equal TO the
occas ion and spent their money freely. The
eighteen boxes brouyht az