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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
THE END.
A Story of Mailer Scott.

New stories of Sir Walter Scott are
continually cropping up, just as they
are Of Abraham Lincoln, and | am
strongly of the belief that many Of them
have been invented since the death OF
those great e
Recently I heard the following story
Of Sir Walter in Edinburgh, and my in
formant vouched for its truth:
Sir Walter was sitting in his library
n day when a tall highlander who
had been building an inn near by came
in and said:
May it please you. Sir Walter, l am
going to call my place The Flodden
Inn,' and as we've writ a poem on Flod-
den Field it struck me and the guild
wife that you might gle us a line for a
motto"
Have You read the poem." asked
Sir Walter.
No, sir. I'm ma a reader"
Then you know nothing about it,"
:Nothin, but I've heert them say as
knows that it's a vera fine thing"
well, l would advise you to take a
verse from the poem itself"
And what'll that be-"
Drink. weary traveler-drink and
pray"
But my inn wull ma be a kirk, ,"
said the man, land the more prayin
there is the less drinkin there'll be. and
I ma want that"
"Oh," laughed Sir Walter, Il think
I a fix the verse by leaving out one
letter, an T."
How will it be them"
Drink, weary traveler-drink and
pay"
BE Ailsie craig, that's just the
thing!" shouted the man, and he Went
away Observation-Disclosures
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12

gather the skirt to this. Rip off all
superfuous trimming, arrange the neck
surplice fashion with a bit of lace or
embroidery basted IA. and you will have
a neat dress. Another way is TO gather
a full width to the back Of the basque,
cut the front yoke fashion and make a
full loose front which can be confined
by a ribbon. With most made overs
this will require piecing. but if done
nea the waistline the ribbon will con-
ceai 1t. A rufle of different material
will seem to lengthen the skirt. Both
these can be worn without corsets. and
are very easy if there is any fullness in
the skirt.
When a basque has done good serv-
ice, rip it apart and make an under
waist out of the lining. This will serve
to keep the underclothes clean while
doing Homework. The lining of skirts
can be utilized by making into aprons.
They are a great saving, as they are
easily washed, require no starching and
not much ironing. Stockings that are
past repair can be roughly sewed to-
gether and make acceptable scrub
cloths. If you cannot use things your
self, do not keep them to look at, but
give them to some one less Fortunate
Minneapolis Eousekeeper.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
White

Next to the threatened return of the
crinoline, the revival which is making
the most sensation in fashionable circles
is the return of white stockings. For
months past there have been various
prophecies and not a few announce
ments of the coming of this revival.
But for various reasons, and possibly
the good sense of women, with the ez-
ira expense of white stockings, which
must be changed more frequently than
colored ones, the coming has been post
poned. Dark hosiery has had a long
span of life, and a remarkable one,
when it is remembered that in former
times only servants wore colored stock
ings. 1t was not until the end of the
last century that a lady of fashion en-
deavored to introduce black stockings
into vogue, and she did not succeed.
Even now there are many dainty and
elegant ladies in France who never wear
colored stockings, but leave them to their
servants. Without doubt black and
colored stockings will be worn for walk
ing out Of doors all through the winter
months, but by next summer those near
the throne announce that white stock
ings will be universally worn where
money is no object" and laundry bills
are beneath Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
StifHy SEARCHED Skirts.

A swell dressmaker confessed recent
~ that the reason why some of the far
ing skirts hung out around the bottom
with such a graceful fare was because
of a flexible steel a quarter Of an inch
in width which run through the hem.
Some of the latest silk %petticoats have
two of these wires run through the
folds, one at the hem and another a few
inches above. Evening skirts are now
made with heavy founces stif1y starch
ed in the old fashion, and more than
n skirt is worn. Some of the new
white starched skirts have three over
tapping hounces reaching from the belt
to the hem in the back, and one full
founce extending all the way around
the skirt to the knees. All these hounces
are stifened. but not to the point of
rafting, and help to hold out the light
skirts Of the evening gown. Indeed II
is claimed that the starched white skirt
for daytime wear will soon take the
place of the silk p%etticoats that have
been popular during the past few years,
because those colored skirts have been
copied in cheap material, and besides
there is something in the freshness Of q
starched skirt dainty and luxurious
New York Correspondent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12

autumn leaves painted upon it. Still
another cashmere shows the shower
rose leaf design, a bunch of roses paint
ed in me corner, with their loose petals
dropping all over the square. Lovely
colored linens are shown for bedspread
and pillow cases in pale pink and grays.
These made charming sets for the pretty
enameled wood and metal bedsteads.
Tea cozies hold their own faithfully. A
black satin one, made with four panels.
is painted with a circle of children,
hand in hand, whose gowns and en-
vironment indicate the four seasons
Detroit News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Riding Man Fashion.

The popularity of bicycle riding
among women has made it more posi-
BILE for women to accept the idea of rid
ing en- cavalier, an idea which is being
put in actual practice in the west. In
other words, cross saddle riding with
divided skirts has gained a certain
amount of recognition in a number of
localities. 1t has been found that la
dies look well, ride more safely and get
better exercise in the new way. The
practice Of side saddle riding is attrib-
uted to the vagary of a queen who was
too deformed to use the cross saddle.
There has been a vague idea that any
other method would be injurious. AS a
matter of fact, the practice of using the
side saddle has been adopted because it
adapts itself to modern dress, and be-
cause without a special dress no other
method would be suitable. But
saddle riding is the safer way, it per-
mits Of a better and freer use Of the
limbs and makes the exercise more eff
fective. All this will not make women
adopt it, however. A large number Of
lady riders take the exercise to avoid
the unpleasant effects of too much fat.
Side saddle riding does not make fat
women thin, however, but if anything
enlarges the hips. Cross saddle riding
is more effective, because a wider range
of muscles can be used and harder rid
ing INDUCED in.-New York Medical
Record.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Some BernharJt Gowns.

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt wears Some
gorgeous gowns at the Renaissance the
alter. There is a widows second mourn
ing gown Of pansy satin, embroidered
with jet spangles and bordered with
velvet pansies in relief. The under
dress is composed of black tulle, starred
with jet, and a jet veil of black spangled
tulle falls from the Jet coronet. Another
marvellous robe is Of tournesol satin.
embroidered with gold and outlined
with yellow rose petals, which opens
over a tablier of yellow tulle worked in
gold. The sleeves are yellow satin.
covered with gold guipure set with
turquoise, and a puff of black satin at
the elbow falls over the cuff.-Petit
Journal,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
A Sheer

What the writer evidently consider
ed a Touchdown argument was publish
ed lately at the expense of women vot-
ing when, as was sneeringly asserted,
more than m girl had been questioned
as to the term of Office of a member of
the legislature, for instance, and could
not tell how long it lasted. The au-
thor of this singing satire seemed to
forget that there are women and women
as well as men and men. Moreover, it
is not SO very strange that a question
which does not bear upon them, while
they are not voters, should be pushed
aside by other matters that do come in
contact with their daily lives.
One woman who has, from lifelong
connection with a newspaper Office, be-
come pretty well acquainted with poll
tics, is astonished, on her part, by the
profound ignorance of the average man.
Yet she does not, on that account, be-
lieve that none of them should be allow
ed to vote. Those of US who questioned
u brothers and husbands and lovers,
a few months ago, at the beginning of
the silver talk, as to what it all was
about, were not very greatly enlighten-
ed, were we? The fact is that, outside
those whose bread and butter it is, and
outside the repeating a catchword or
two in a wise way, there is not one man
or woman-in a hundred who knows
what his or her party principles are
OF should be. But this is of course be-
tween Us women!-New York Mail and
Exuress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
An Inyeterate Smoker.

Ever and anon crops up in print tbs
question of women smoking. London
Truth has just published a story from
Paris, by that most reputable of CORE
spondents, Mrs. Crawford, to the effec:
that in continental Europe, although
the cigarette has not quite found its
way with after dinner coffee into the
drawing room, it soon will. AT ali
the houses setting up to style it IS
served at intimate dejeuners and small
and lively dinners. Nobody is shocked
at ladies smoking, not merely one Gig
arctic apiece, but two or three. +
minister of Queen Christina told ne
that that highly respectable and re-
spected royal lady is an inveterate and
a veteran smoker"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12

On the empty cdsket / replaced the Skei-
CtOn.
to seize me that something terrible was
near. OF course the voice in the armory
I ascribed to overweight imagination,
and the excited condition | was in led
to it. When the day had dawned, I went
down to DUR little pier. Our yacht lay
at the wharf. 1 placed a box in a pri-
vate compartment, of which 1 had the
key, and during the day brought down
and placed in it the jewels and coin.
AS evening came on 1 had Pedro and
Manuel bring down some of my wife's
trunks and my own and / told Pedro
that we should leave him in possession
for a time, but that l would give him
his instructions in Coquombo. When
we had everything aboard, noticed that
the water seemed a foot higher on the
pier than 1 had ever seen it before, and
1 remarked it to Pedro.
Yes, senor," said he, 1.-THE sea is
high. The white caps are dancing a
dirge to my good old master. I never
saw the waves run as high before. A
storm must be brewing. Here between
the island and the mainland it is not
so bad, but once we run below the is
land, where the full strength of the
white caps will reach Us, I fear for the
yacht. And, senior, if the senorita and
little don go, I beg you stay yet till an
other day"
"well, we will wait till 6 O'Clock,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Now He Appreciates 1t.

On a recent afternoon a young plan
list, who is considered a musical genius
by his friends, was introduced to a
handsome woman by one of the teach
ers at Steinway hall. The teacher had to
leave the room for a time, and the lady
asked her new acquaintance if he would
not play something for her. The young
man sat down at the piano and played
several pieces. The lady listened with
a critical air, and when he had con-
cluded. thanked him very heartily.
Now" she added, won't you please
play something of your own compost
toni"
He complied, rendering a pretty song
which he had composed not long be-
fore. The lady expressed herself very
much pleased again, and said:
IF you will transpose that, l will
sing it at my song recital in Boston"
The young man bowed politely, but,
being unwilling to commit himself to
a comparative stranger, said nothing.
A silence ensued that would have been
embarrassing had it not been fortunate
ly interrupted by the return of the
teacher. The lady had some business
to transact with him, and the pianist
was relieved. When she turned to
leave, she shook hands with him heart
lily and again expressed her gratifca-
ton at having heard him play. When
she was gone, the pianist turned to his
friend and asked carelessly:
"Who is that LADY,"
why, ! told you. That is Mrs.
Story"
Yes, | know, but who is Mrs.
Story"
Good heavens, man. Don't you
know that Emma Eames is Mrs. Story
in private life::"
The pianist now appreciates the COM
pliments he received.-New York Let
ter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
"Corcto. ape orc snped,r

was at our very feet, all around US.
What is this trucking under the door
of room? Water, water of the
ocean!
"Coreta, Coreta, our time has come,
See, see, the carpet is covered! What's
that? What's that? A shadow in front
of the window"
"Senor Claudl Senior Claud,"
Thank Godl Thank God! Faithful
Pedro and the yacht at the window
ledge"
They dash in the sash and grappie
with their hooks.
Haste, haste. senorl"
Saved! Saved. Coreta, we are
saved!'
We are soon in the yacht-Coreta.
my boy, the maid and my dear wife
fainting in my arms. The yacht is
showed clear of the castle walls, her
sails fill. and we are off for Coquombo.
Faithful Pedro! He and Manuel We're
dozing in the cabin when they We're
startled by q tremendous lurching Of
the yacht. They rushed on deck to find
that she had broken the fastening that
held her to the pier and was drifting
out to sea.
"Senor Ciaud, said Pedro, the sea
had risen SO high that the pier was
many feet below the yacht, and only
for its breaking loose we would have
been deep down under the water.
I'VE speedily hoisted sail, when to
my amazement I saw the gray walls
Of the castle in the distance with the
waves dashing against them. We had
drifted past the castle. Then / real
lied that inatsad of drifting toward the
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
WOMAN'S WORLD.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE AS VIEWED BY
SOME NOTED CANADIAN DANES.

Now He Appreciates It-A Sheer Resented.
Practical Hints In accomplishing
Man Fashion-white stockings-stiny
SEARCHED Skirts.
1t is instructive to read the objec-
lions to female suffrage made by Cana
dian women in our esteemed contempt
rary, The Coin du Ecu of Montreal, for
the reason that they are just the kind
of objections to it that used to be made
in this country 20 or 30 years ago.
Nine. Chapleau says that women ought
to reign in the home, while men ought
to attend to the government. Mime.
Marchand says that women have not
the opportunity of studying complicated
political questions, and 10 must seek to
gain an influence like that of the women
of the gospels. Nine. Desjardins has
no other ambition than the happiness
of her family, and willingly leaves the
franchise to her husband. Mime. Dan
durand believes that women are most
free when the public business is trans
acted by men. Miss Cowan does not
desire that women shall have the privi-
lege of voting, as even men abuse that
privilege. Other Canadians who were
interviewed on the subject by The Coin
du Ecu said that wone should keep
away from the noise of politics, and
that the family circle should be saved
from political pollution, and that wom-
anly virtues would be lowered in poll
tics, and that the ideal of womanhood
is apart from politics, and that women
ought to be content with their lot as
the angels CT the home. Lady Aber-
deem said that lin her capacity as wife
of the governor general of Canada" she
preferred to refrain from expressing any
opinion on the question.
Yes, these Canadian objections to
woman suffrage are just like the Amer
lean objections to it that used to be
urged years ago. All of them are very
familiar to everybody in this country
who has taken any interest in the de-
bate IN the subject. Yet the cause of
woman suffrage has advanced in many
of the states and has gained a COM
plete victory in at least two of the pro-
gressive states of the Astounding west.
We are not aware that womanhood has
ceased to flourish on account of that
success.-New York Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12

mainland we. had drifted across the
island, past the castle and out to sea.
! knew not if You were lost, but after a
time the sea seemed not so rough, and
l ran the yacht to the chamber win
dow. You know the rest. The sea in
its might has risen in a night and swai-
lowed up Chanson. Poor old Chansoni
Ny dear old masterl Juan and the lit
tie don's pony-where are they? But
look, senior. look!"
We gazed back in the direction of
Chanson. Only the towering chimneys
and high gables of the old castle met:our
view, and even as our eyes rested upon
them they disappeared forever from
the sight Of man. Higher and angrier
grew the waters. A tremendous wave
seemed almost to lift US from the bosom
Of the deep and hurl us farther on.
"Chanson. Chanson! My dear old
grandfather" said my dear wife. Are
you lost forever, or is it but for a
night?"
See, Senior Claud, said Pedro. 1.-THE
lights of Coquopbo."
What, Pedror What? Coquombo:
There, Coquombo, and the coast of
Chill, and not engulfed beneath the
waves! l see it all. Coreta, darling.
it was not the rising of the waters that
hid Chanson from view. Our island
home has sunk beneath the sea forever.
The waves of centuries have done their
work. The foundation gradually has
washed from beneath those huge bowl
ders that held the isle together, and it
has sunk to rest. Deep down in the
ocean lies Chanson. There the old cas-
tie, tenantless say by the fishes of the
sea, may strive to raise from its watery
bed. 1t is there forever. There is the old
armory and there yet Oh the walls that
vast array of weapons of other ages will
hang, never to be removed by human
agencies, but swayed back and forth by
the action of the mighty deep. There
is the vault with the bones of the pirate
kings. There is dear Don Ignace, the last
of his race indeed, to find a resting
place meath the soil of his ancestral
home. The island and Don Ignace dis
appeared together. There old MarteIl
still holds his vigil over the treasure
chest-the treasure chest? All, it is
empty. Its millions are in the Golfers
of the yacht"
We reach the pier. The waters are
no higher than usual. My dear wife
sits sobbing by my side, and my boy lies
sleeping on my knees. We are soon in
the hostelry of Don Miguel.
At dawn of day I leave my wife and
boy sleeping and visit the pier. It is
thronged with people, all talking wild
ly, g~esticulating and gazing in the di-
rection from which should loom up the
castle walls of Chanson. Naught but
a vast expanse of old ocean meets their
gaze. The white caps are dancing mer-
rily over the island of Chanson. Only
once more do I gaze in that direction
and that is when, with wife and boy,
the maid and faithful Pedro and Man
uel, l stand on the deck of an ocean
steamer whose destination is New York.
We wave a last farewell to the locality
where one stood Chanson.
The treasure Of the pirate kings goes
with US. Perhaps the curse will not
arise to follow it from the bosom of the
sea.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Louise Chandler r~iouIton.

Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, the
poet, is decidedly English looking,
with fine complexion and stately bear
ing. She has now returned to Boston,
after her usual annual visit in England,
and receives her friends in delightful
fashion once a week. Mrs. Moulton's
poetry is even better known in Eng
land than in this country. By the best
foreign critics she is regarded as the
representative American woman poet
Boston Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Helping the Barber.

Some men think that if they draw
down their upper lips 1t helps US in
shaving the lip, but it doesn't" said a
down town t~onsorial artist the other
day. 'On the contrary, it really makes
matters worse, as it is then almost i'm
possible to get at the corners of the
mouth properly. 1 always hate to say
anything about it, for some people are
easily offended, you know, and then
they are doing their best, as they think.
to help Us along."-Philadelphia Call.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
She Amassed Over Two Millions.

The late Mrs. Elise Frank was a re-
markable woman. She left an estate
estimated at So, 900, 900, and this vast
fortune was amassed for the most part
by her own shrewdness and sound judg-
ment. For the greater part of the last
SO years Mrs. Elise Frank has been a
power in Chicago financiering. She
appeared to know in~stinctively what q
good investment was, and she made
money and grew rich because her IN
telligence saw all the profits to be de-
rived from a combination.-Chicago
News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
An 0bservant Empress.

Empress Elizabeth Of Austria recent
ly was out riding and noticed a pile Of
stones placed across the track over
which the Buda-Pesth express was to
pass in a few minutes. Springing from
her horse, she ordered the groom al
tending her to remove the obstruction,
she herself assisting him. The work
was hardly completed when the train.
crowded with passengers, passed over
the spot.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
rIrs. Williams Fad.

Mrs. George Henry Williams of Port
land, Or, whose husband sat in the
senate and was attorney general in
President Grants time, is said TO be 1T
present the high priestess Of a small sect
of fanatical r~eligionists, to have with
drawn entirely from the world" to
live for 40 days at a time Oh crackers
and claret exclusively, and to be
prophesying the end OF the world
Portland Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Miss Morcland's Pictures,

The pictures Of women created Jy
Miss Alice Moreland have such deli
cacy, femininity and gracethat they sug
gest flowers. This dainty artist Of water
%colors, odd as it Is, has no especial
penchant for painting posies, yet her
women, in their soft gowns, represent
ing the gossamer textures Of chiffon.
null, rich silks and downy velvet,
easily remind the observer Of a group Of
~variegated blossoms New York Ad-
yertiser.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-01-12
Equality In France.

The question Of the social and legal
inequality in the standing of men and
women has been much debated recent
ly in Paris. Several women petitioned
the senators, not long ago, to repeal the
laws which are unjust to IN But
the fathers told them the complaint was
fanciful and said for them to write 70
the papers or call a meeting or do some
thing of that sort.-Paris Letter.