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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

crate creations Of puffs, embroidery
and lace, while those designed for
everyday wear are Of India linen or fine
cambria gathered into band at neck
and waist, edged simply with narrow
embroidery or lace.
Girls in their teens, as rule, have
gowns that are miniature pictures of
those their mothers are wearing, with
blazers and blouscs, revers and lace
trimmed yolses. This is really too bad.
Many girl has been dubbed an "old
maid at twenty-five simply because
at sixteen she put on long dresses and
young lady airs and went into society.
Girls, don't do It, Be young girls just
as long as you can. Youth Is short
enough at best, and once out of that
happy, care-free time you can never,
never go back.
But my mission IS not to preach, but
to record the fashionable frivolities of
la mode, and Just now lam haunted by
visions Of a dress met this morning.
1t was o lovely dress worn by o lovely
girl just turned sixteen, red In color,
which, might remark In passing,
will be q most popular shade for early
fall wear. This particular red dress
was of crepe, made with o full skirt
ornamentcd by flounce with a row of
black lace insertion set on near the
bottom. AS Is the case with all pretty
dresses nowadays, the style or air was
In the well-ftting bodice with its deep
plated collar of red chiffon and very
large sleeves decorated with two bands
Of insertion. The crush collar was
finished with harlng bow and Jet
buckle, and similar one held the band
Of rcd ribbon on the black straw sailor
hat.
With It's accustomed regularity the
little reefer coat has come to town.
This year 1t is more fanciful than ever
before Some are Of scarlet cloth, gay
with gilt buttons, while others are in
the lavender blue shade, now so fashion
able In Paris. This shade is also
known as bluet blue and promises to
be an important color In the autumn.
One little cont that struck my partic-
ular fancy was ofreversible tweed that
Is in small checks on one side and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

seminary in 1865, and two years later
was married to DR.. J. II. Woolley. In
1870 they removed to Chicago, where
she busted herself with contributions
In prose and verse to journals both east
and west. She was the Chicago corrc.
spondent of the Christian Register Of
Boston for eight years, and, in 1890, be,
came assistant editor of the Chicago
Unity, holding the latter position for
nearly three years. Her first assay In
fiction was short story published in
Lippincott, which periodical has pub
lished much other of her work. Tho
title of Love and Theology" has, in
later editions been changed to Rachel
Armstrong" while two other novela
from her pen have also appeared, "a
Girl Graduate" and Roger Hunt"
Mrs Woolley has been and is con.
spicuous member of that conspicuous
organization, the Chicago Woman's
club For two years she was Its presi-
dent, and she is the present leader Of
its browning classes her long expe-
ricnce MS thinker and lecturer amply
qualifying her for such responsibility.
Nlllln JIle DtLSJ low WGShS bLlG CluD nag
appointed o committee Of twenty-five
to organize political equality
league" Mrs. Woolley serving as chair
man. AS lecturer and parlor reader,
she Is perhaps better known In the
west than in the east, although she IL
always sure to win appreciation, what.
ever the slocnlity. During q recent
visit to Boston she was the honored
guest of those two formidable soclties,
the Browning club and the New Eng
land Woman's club. Like her books,
her talks" are a mixture Of literary
interests with social problems Vol
tsre, Ibsen, Margaret Fuller, George
Elliott, Shakespeare and Tennyson
each finding place on her programme,
Mrs. Woolley was deeply interested in
the Worlds Parliament Of Religions,
which distinguished body she had the
honor TO address upon "Thc Worlds
Religious Debt to America" Alto
gcther It Is not as the brilliant novelist
that she IS to be regarded, but MS the
earpest and sincere thinker, eager to
receive the truth, strong In the cour-
age Of her convictions, and successful
In field where but few women have
been successful.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

robes for their very small girls made
entirely of real lace, to be worn over n
silkcn foundation. saw a quite ex-
quisite one yesterday composed of al
ternate bands of lace insertion and
edging, the latter being lightly fulled
in Aounce fashion. The little Lace
bodice was high in the neck, and the
full sleeves of lace were drawn In at
the wrist with narrow satin ribbon.
Accompanying this robe were three
silk slips, one in rose pink, one In pale
blue and the other in pure white,
each edged at the bottom with q tiny
frill of fine lace.
OF course, such dress is quite be-
yond the reach Of those not to the man
ner born, and perhaps therein lies its
greatest charm.
Another pretty style Of froclt for
little girl from one to three years Of
ago is like the model in the picture
The skirt is laid in box plaits and hangs
from yoke of plotted silk. The sleeves
are very full, ending in a deep cuff Of
silk, while the bottom of the skirt Is
finished by narrow silk flill put on in
shell pattern and headed by band of
deep embroidery. A pretty and de-
cidedly chic appearance is given by the
addition Of little cuirass Jacket, dec
grated with embroidered bands If
made Of fawn-colored cashmere, with
salmon pink silk for trimming, the re-.
suit will be an up-to-date little gown.
The dresses worn by girls from six
to ten years Of age are equally pretty
as those Of their smaller sister; and the
materials chosen ore the soft clinpinr
ones so becoming to children. Serge
and stout cloths IN oil colors are in
great demand as outing and school
frocks. Among anumber of such prac-
tical dresses recently mado for a vouag
school girl was an olive green cloth
made with zouave jacket and frill of
silk of darker shade and trimmed
with narrow gutpuro. FUN sleeves
with deep cuff and collar, trimmed
with three rows of guipure, finished it.
A hat Of dark green straw with pointed
crown and loops Of ribbon to match
will be worn with this frocls.
Another gown that pleased mo much
was fine smooth-faced cloth. tan in
SNiOii 9UruPPeu dcfOSS thc yoke with
four rows OF gimp. Full gigot sleeves
tight at the wrist, with stripes of gimp
and broad sillien sash in vandylsc
brown gave it the desired style. A
pretty hat Of ecru and brown straw.
trimmed with large cluster of Grim
son roses was the hoadgcar, adopted
by the little girl who called this pretty
frock her own.
The little maiden of ten or there.
nbouts goes in" for dances und parties
quite MS enthusiastically as do her
elders; and, of course, must be pro-
vided with suitable raiment. Froells
for these occasions are made more elab-
orately than school dresses and house
gowns but at the present moment it Is
not considered good form TO have them
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

delivered into her hand, for surely she
had never before seen that writing.
MIR. Graham put Oh his specs ana
looked 1t over, then held it up to the
light, and after both had wondered
and guessed and turned 1t over q dozen
times or so, Mrs. Graham finally sat
down TO open it, which after many un-
successful attempts she succeeded In
doing, when out dropped not only the
letter but q check sufficiently large to
call forth from Mr.. Graham a sur
priscd: "Wal." Then his good wife
opened her letter which read:
"DnAa Mr. AND MRS. GRAHAM: l have been
thinking ever sinco l came homo about that
trip, and the more ! think about It, tho more
certain am it's just what you both need more
than anything elso and Mr. Mills agrees with
mo IN thinking you have fairly earned vaca-
ton want you should take tho trip, and lot
me feel l can do this little for one who helped
me take such good caro- OF my sick baby. l
rather think my dear friends that Cod
thought I owed you this, so sent me over TO
you this morning ana surely you will not
quarrel with His way Of doing things. Afico-
tionatoly your friend HELEN MILLS"
oval, Hulda, what do you think
about the Lords being agin it now?"
exclaimed good Father Graham.
"l'm sure l don't feel He wants us
to take this money just because / had
to 60 and tel Mis- Mills our troubles
yesterday" And good Mrs. Graham
looked doubtful
wal, l think Mis- Mills Is right,
guess lie does Then believe Mis- Mills
would feel better to do It, so | guess
we had better take their gift as they
wished us to do, and take our trip
after all"
Pcrhapsit was foolish for two such
old people, but Mr.. and Mrs. Graham
certainly behaved in a most undigni-
fed manner all that day; both insisted
on talking at the same time, so eager
were they to tell each other what they
thought about the matter, discussing
the ndvisability of taking the morning
train, or the advantages to be gained
by waiting for the evening train;
would it be best to go the first of the
week or wait until the middle, and
various other items of like Importance
to these would-be travellers
mir. and Mrs. Graham are home,
Helen" said Mr.. Mills to his wife one
day about three weeks later "a saw
John as was coming to dinner, and
he said it would do you good to see
them and hear them tell Of all the
wonders of that journey"
And to think" said Mrs Graham.
that night after they got home, that
l thought the Lord was agin' it be-
cause when He found we two poor old
things after trying our best for two
whole years couldn't bring it about,
took it out of our hands altogether"
"His ways are not our ways, either"
said her husband.-Lizzie It. Tichenor,
In Christian Work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

large plaids ON the other with edges
bound In leather matching the short
belt across the bnclt. Most of these
coats nre only designed for early fall
wear, but such a one as | have do
Rcribed would be serviceable until
time 10 put or heavy winter wraps.
The exquisite elegance Of the new
silk hosiery for children is enough to
bankrupt the most resolute mother.
Black silk stockings have Chantilly
lace Insertion up the front and daintily
embroidered tan ones have lace in
serted clocks up the sides. Besides
these are plain white, soft gray and
pale blues, keeping close company
with every variety Of design intcT.
woven in color with black.
KATE GARDNER
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

too fancy, but rather quaint as it were.
At a fashionable modiste's, who is also
an importer, saw yesterday a charm
ing dancing gown for ten-year-old
girl. 1t was of gold-colored chiffon
with raised pea spots. Tho skirt was
accordion plated, rather short and
bordcred with five rows of extremely
narrow black velvet ribbon, the baby
waist was decollcte, shirred at the
neck and belt, and ornamented with
five rows of herring-bone stitching In
yellow silk through which was thread
cd black velvet ribbon, the elbow
sleeves full and gathered into band
decorated with velvet and a frill of
chiffon, The guimpe was of pineapple
tissue, cream-tinted, shirred In loose
puffs-
Guimpes, might mention, are uni.
versally worn, dressy ones being elab,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20

Dr. J. L. Wilson, of Terre IIaute,
Ind, has In his possession bell with
m interesting history. 1t was cast In
Spain in 1908, and during Boaapartes
.nvaslon Of Spnin it was c9pturcl and
carried to Franco. In 1884 i was pro-
scntcd to Joseph piquct heading q
group of French cmiFnnts who finally
settled ut st. Mnry's, Jasper county, III.
Mr. Piquet presented it to the church
at ST Mnry's in 1859, ana it was used in
summoning the people to worship until
it was cracked by an accident upd had
to be removed. Recently IL attracted
the attention of (r. wilson, who gound
1t lying n the ahuchyard and he pur-
chaspd Il The bell weighs 227 pounds
and is made of copper, with mixture
OF silver, >,
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
HUMOROUS.
no more.

Every boy ought to be second edition of his father revised and inn proved Rams Horn.
 --''I beg your pardon, sir'- What is it?" ''Can you tell me where I can get the newest ideas in antiques?'- Hallo.
 -She--''George, I hear burglars Y He-''Well, keep quiet, they won't steal you. ."-Browning, King X Co E Monthly.
 There is good deal of quarreling in this would, and in a few weeks we may look to see the trees come to blows.-Lowell Courier.
 --'Is the bishop broad man and liberal in his views?" "Oh my, yes. He's abroad most of the time, and in giving his views he is most prodigal." :" Harlem Life.
 -Treecard-"Did your wife storm when you gotr home?" Twospec- Right away; and the cloud was larger than any mans hand in our party Kate Fields Washington.
 What sort of a collection have fOus " dohCo thC Nioieoi- VI haps can help you" 'Well, sir" said Will. I'm collecting American coins. ''-Harper's Young People.
 -Magistrate-"If you were there for no dishonest purpose, why were you in yodr stockinged feet?" Burglar-'T heard there was sickness in the family, your worship. p."-Pearson's Weekly.
 Not Failure. -Hudson-''Jones is very sick. Had an operation performed on him" Judson-"It wasn't success ful, then?" Hudson-"Yes, it was very successful. It was Wall street operation.
 Henderson (who is having his mustaches blackened) - Do you charge for this kind of work by the job or by the hour?' Barber (senten- tiously) = ''Per dye 'em. "-Boston Transcript.
 Didn't you tell me you could hold the plow?" said farmer to an Irish man he had taken on trial Be aisy. now" said Mike. How could I hould it. an two horses pullin' it away? Just stop the craytures an I'll hould 1t for "--Brooklyn Life.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
FORREST CITY, ARK. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 2o 1884,
WHEN JIMMY COMES.

When Jimmy comes from school, at four. J-e-r-u-s-a-l-e- ml how things begin To whirl and buzz. and bang and spin, And brighten up from roof to foor The deg that all day long has lain Upon the back porch wags his tail, And leaps and barks and begs again The last scrap Tn the dinner-pail.
 When Jimmy comes from school The cupboard-latches clink tune, And mother from her knitting stirs To tell hungry boy of hers That supper will be ready soon; And then slab of pie he takes cooSy, and a quince or two
 And Tor the breezy barlyard breaks, Where everything cries: How d'y do."
 When Jimmy comes from school The rooster on the garden fence Struts up and down. and crows and crows, As if he knows, or thinks he knows, He too, is of some consequence; The guineas join the chorus, too. And just beside the window-sill
 The red bird, swinging out of view, On his light perch begins to trill,
 When Jimmy comes from school. When Jimmy comes from school, take care, |, Our hearts begin to throb and quake With life and joy, and every ache Is gone before we are aware
 The earth takes on a richer hue, softer light falls on the flowers, And overhead brighter blue Seems bent above this world of ours
 When Jimmy comes from school! --Jsmes N. Matthews, in Ladies' Home Jour
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
PERSONAL AND LlTERA RY.

Henri Rochefort began his jour nalistic life by writing pungent and witty articles for a friend whose name he signed. They received such fiatter- ing attention that he was prevailed to write over his own name.
 The duke and duchess of Fife are passionatelv fond of dogs, and when they travel they always take several canine pets with them. The duke is most fond of collies and Scotch ter riers, and the duchess of fox terriers and pugs.
 MT. Gladstone. in addition to five hundred thousand dollars left by his fla ther, has a rent roll of the Hawarden estate which came into the possession of his wife on the death of the last male Glynne. His annual income is one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars
 Mrs. E. D. E. N Southworth has just passed her seventy-fourth birth day. She is in fairly good health and may live to have her years equal in number her eighty novels. 1t is hard ly likely that she will write another book, though her mind is still active and fertile in invention.
 Tt is reported that Mrs. '. s. Grant has quite decided not to publish her memoirs of her husband, as it is her wish that this book shall not be pub lished until after her death Several publishers have had the opportunity to look it over, and it is said that one has offered fifty thousand dollars for the work
 MT. Stuart Rendel, the Welsh radical who has been made peer on the recommendation of Mir. Gladstone, is the father-in-law of .one of Mir. Gladstone's sons. He is one of the wealthiest men in Wales, and has been one of the principal entertainers of the liberal leaders during the last ses- sion.
 Jean Casimir-P Perier, who has taken upon himself, as premier, the perilous task of piloting new French minis try, has, like President Carnot, dis tinguished ancestry. He is both grand son and son of ministers. His grand father was the president of Louis Philippes council, and his father was a minister of Thiers.
 When Olive Schriner is in London she gives very curious little receptions. The guests are eclectic both in religious belief and literary taste. Tall, long, haired young men, vivacious, bright maidens earning their living by the pen or the brush flock to drink in wis dom from the lips of the writer of the 'Story of an African Farm" At the present moment Miss Schriner is back in her house near Cape Town, and the little fiat which she inhabited during her long sojourn in London knows her no more.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
MARKS MOTHER-lN-LAW.
A Story with a Moral for Married
 Men.

"Confound her." cried Mark Howell, Ward, his married sister, then on a visit to him, was sitting, quietly sew ing 'Confound her, she's always in- terfering!'
 His sister knew we'll enough of whom he was speaking. He was speaking of his mother-in-law, also on a visit at tbe Howells'.
 Mark" said Mrs Ward, looking up, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. am older than you. 1 have been, in some respects, a mother to you and, therefore, speak plainly And must say that l think you .allS scandalously of your mother-in-law."
 Why can't she mind her own busi- ness?" he said, wrathfully. Here she's been talking May over about the new nurse for Johnnie. The one like, I'm told, won't do at all; and it's all, l do believe, because the girls young, and has pretty manners Instead, they're to have some sour old thing as prim as drill sergeant and as ugly as Chinese idol"
 'T confess am on the side of your mother-in-law." his sister answered, quietly. ''The girl you fancied was en- tirely unfit to be put over Johnnie. He'd wind her round his finger. And don't believe she cares for anything but dress and admiration.
 This rather staggered Mark. who had been accustomed to regard his sis ter as the perfection of wisdom, espe- cially in housewifely matters. He looked blank, for moment, but soon rallied.
 That is not all. She has persuaded May to put long stockings on Johnnie, when there's nothing prettier than to see his fat chu bby legs"
 Nor anything more unhealthy. l pity the poor little legs on cold day. :"
 "Unhealthy. Half the children in town go barelegged."
 And the consequence is that half those who go barelegged catch colds and levers from which some never re- cover. You are fond of your bay mare. Mark; but you are careful in sharp wind to have horsecover put on her; while you never think of covering up poor Johnnies legs, no matter how bit ter the day. Do you suppose your child is stronger than your horse?'
 But it hardens him." said Mark. 8 little staggered, nevertheless.
 "Why wouldn't exposure harden your mare? No, Mark, you're wrong in both cases, and your mother-in-law IS right"
 Mark bit his mustache and growled: But a fellow doesn't like anybody in- terfering between himself ana wife, you see. Mays mother is very nice, generallysI admit; but let her keep to her own affairs"
 But are not these her own affairs? Johnnie is her grandchild She natur- ally wants him to be well brought up, and be healthy; and so in advising your wife about nurse, and persuading her to cover Johnnie's legs, she is only keeping within the strict line of her duty. You ought to be thankful that there is some mebody with greater experi- ence than May, to tell her what to do. No young mother can learn every thing at once. Besides, Mrs. Barker has never. so far as l have seen, forced her opinions on May. Has she?"
 No" said Mark. "She doesn't nag, if that's what you mean. But she talks May over"
 And naturally Come. Mark, be fair Look at the subject without prejudice.
 ''I do"
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
short-sighted.

Man Crying on spectacles) How much are these glasses?
 Salesman-They're no glasses-only the frames.-Hallo.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-20
N ANY M ALTERS.

God Save the Queen" is sung in
neariv twenty languages.
sixty-six per cent Of the inhabitants
of Milwaukee are Germans
1t would require 1000 cholera
microbes to form procession an inch
long.
1t is estimated that !, 700, ,O0) square
uninha bited or ownerless.
A Texan has invented device which
will couple airbrakcs by steam or
electricity.
There is natural fountain in
Dauphiny, France, which emits an
inflammable gas after every rain.
The smallest tree in Great Britain
grows on the summit OF Ben Lomond
1t is the dwarf willow. which is
mature when it attaius the height of
two inches.
Your Chinese immigrant is an
insidious cuss. Some weeks ago the
British steamer Danube reached Port
land with SOB Celestials Every
mothers son of them is now on shore.
Elmer James of Philadelphia tied
sinkers to his feet before jumping
overheard from yacht at Atlantic
City, n. j. He also held the captain
at bay with n razor, as he was bound
to shuttle off.
Mr. Edward Connolly of Birming-
ham, Ala, has curious Irish potato
that he raised in the Likeview gar
den. The center potato is surrounded
by seven smaller ones. 1t is a family
potato, and all the members of the
family are united by ties of sap. 1t is
a multiplication of the Siamcse twins.
Mr., Connolly sees in this union potato
a prophecy of the success of home
rule in Ireland
An ingenious chicken raiser lives
near Milton, Wash. lie was brought
to the verge OF ruin by large quanti-
ties of sualses that migrated to his
neighborhood and swallowed his eggs
and his chickens, and tried many plans
designed to tispersc the reptiles and
save his stock and fortune, but un-
availingly. A happy thought struck
him two or three weeks ago. and he
bought big lot of porcelain nest
eggs and scattered them promiscu-
ouslv over his premises. The snakes
were marvelously fooled, and have
been swallowing them with avidity
and with fatal results ever since 1t
is assumed they die of indigestion,
though tmay be chagrin.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-20
INTERESTING ITEMS.

An insurance journal suggests a
company toguarantee the gcnuneness
of alleged foreign noblemen.
A calf with two well formed tails is
the curiosity of resident of Marshall
county, Alabama
The smallest child in North Caro-.
lima was born to Mrs James Delap of
Thomasvillc, n. c. 1t weighs only
two pounds and is alive and doing
well
The British tars get s12 month.
the American Jack twice as much and
better treatment. This difference is
supposed to account for the desertions
from the British feet in the port of
New York.
A New York woman hearing a
burglar in her house noiselcssly left
her bed, and, going to the room
whence the noise came, locked the
who captured the thief and handed
him over to the police.
Under law passed by the last
legislature of New York, the salary of
the mayor of Long Island City was
raised from 5000 to 81, 500 When
Mayor Sanford went to draw his sal
AIRY for the first time under the new
act, he refused to accept the increase,
Some men who were digging a well
at Live Oak, Fla. found about ten
feet below the surface of the ground
tree that was pctrified only on the
outside. The trunk was split open
and the inside was found to be filed
with honey, which had been shut up
in the tree for many years.
AT the Riverside park, New York,
the other day, comparatively young
man shot himself while sitting on a
bench, but attracted no attention, and
carriage after carriage, filed with CAV
occupants rode by the corpse without
suspecting that it was dead body.
For several hours he lay there until
dilatory policeman, thinking he had
SLEPT long enough. touched him and
the deud body rolled from the bench
70 the pavement