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The herald., 1894-02-25
HOW HE LAID TRACKS.
A Story about The Santa Fe's Vic,
President.

A Story about The Santa Fe's Vice.
President.
Gan Francisco News Letter: Colonel
his friends call him, first vice. president
and general manager OF the Santa Fe
system, comprising dozen or fifteen
railroads. is out here on another visit.
Robinson, who is az handsome as he is
bright and sprightly, is one of the
most practical railroad men in tae
country. LikeM r. Towne, of the South
ern Pacific, he was brought up in the
service, and he can do anything, from
coupling a car to laying FIVE miles of
track day just little better than any
one under him.
And by. the-bye, Robinson has the
record for the most rapid piece of con-
struction ever accom- plished. Back in
the early 70's he was superintendent Of
the New Orleans, Mobile and Chatta-
nooga railroad, with headquarters at
New Orleans. He wanted to build a
spur along the levee within the city
limits under legislative grant, but his
company wac at war with Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas road, afterwards
acquired by the Southern Pacific. and
the city authorities and police were TAX
ing sides with the Morgan company.
Robinson went to Judge Dibble. his at.
torney, now q resident of San Frsncisco,
and asked if it would not be possible to
tie up the opposition by an injunction
until he could get the track in.
"How long will it take you ?" asked
the lawyer, thinking of the possibility
of the dissolution of the writ upOn bond
which was allowable under the code in
that state.
'Let me see,' said Robinson. 81
can put hundred men on and do the
work in 10 days." The attorney shook
his head dubiously. and then explained
the difficulty. "Well. them" said Rob.
inson. II can put thousand men on it
and do it in one day"
THAT sounds more like it," said the
Judge. And it was done.
The herald., 1894-02-25

An American dealer sold last year
1900, 600 birdskins. All were used for or
namenting woman's attire. Women ought
to cry down this ranity that feeds and
pampers the destruction of the feathered
tribes. The birds sacrificed are of course
those of richest plumage, and of course
also those that will be least easily re-
placed. In fact, if this thing continues,
American bird life of the gentler order
will pretty soon become extinct. Is not
the warfare the American Humane So
ciety has opened upon the birdskin traf-
fc wholly justifable? We think so. The
destruction referred to contributes not
one whit to human need or human COM
fort. 1t adds nothing to the intellectual,
nothing to the mental. 1t is simply wan
tonness practiced at the beck of fashion,
and as silly and meaningless fashion,
too, as ever was spawned from the brain
of man milliner. There are birds in
plenty that shed their plumage to supply
the vain demand for flaming headgear.
Why should the fashion monarchs be in
exorable and also demand the bodies of
our feathered songsters? = Sacramento
Union.
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edged with fur and forms a big pleat in
the back which makes it about Is inches
shorter there than at the sides. The
garment hooks in front and is garnished
with ornamented buttons, while the
fronts must be OF sufficient width at the
bottom to permit the edges to be laid
against the side seams where they are
apparently fastened with other similar
buttons. The cape is cut with long
ends reaching to the hem OF the jacket,
which are draped at the bottom and
faced with light brown silk. This is but
one OF the abundant novelties in outside
garments which are being offered for late
winter and early spring wear. One
other striking sort 10 an Inverness cloak
made up for the tailor made girl in exact
imitation of those planned for her
brother. They are very effective. and go
dressy and convenient that even girls
who are not strictly tailor-msde wear
them.
1t is difficult thing to understand the
system which governs the production of
these new things, and it sometimes
seems az II even our everyday garments
are planned to show the characteristics
of carnival season in their fantastic
and odd arrangements. Such thing
as an old-time winter coat lie altogether
out Of the question. The lucky owners
of carriages revel in the most gorgeous
cloaka and elderly matrons give de-
cided preference to costume made of
heavy cloth which combines dress and
coat and is usually trimmed with rich
furs, passementeries or jet. The same
applies to younger women, with this
difference, that they affect a
more youthful and jaunty style
and sometimes even wear whole cos
The herald., 1894-02-25
ENGLISH In Spanish.

The ordinary method of construction
by which the Spanish writer places adjec-
tives after nouns has sometimes droll
effect if he chances to adopt English
words into his composition. Thus it
certainly sounds odd to read in La Ma
cion that 1.-The congress of the United
States has finally disposed of the danger
GUS Bill Sherman" and in II Concrete
of Lima that "the American congress
committee has voted for Bill Wilson to
kill Bill Mckinley. New York Re.
corder,
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minds trying to make out how she got
into her beautiful neck rig. 1t is a
shame to thus encourage surgery in lace
and to foster cruelty to women who sui
fer untold misery from wondering "how
she got into it,"
There was no more fur on the dress of
the third picture than there is in the
composition OF the fourth example
shown. Yet the former was an out O.
door dress which was especially de-
signed for wear without a coat, and the
latter is an indoor dress, Still both are
very stylish and entirely consistent
with present fashions which exhibit a
good many incongruitles. Pale tan
colored cloth trimmed about the skirts
foot with a rs inch band OF sable,
seems pretty warm sort of
house dress, but it all looked
very handsome and so positively new
Tabs OF the fur extend above this band,
as shown, and in the corners thus made
applique designs of heavy cream guipure
are put. The ornamentation Of the
bodice is in keeping with the design of
skirt trimming. The sleeves are made
of brown mirror velvet with lace APP
pliques on the puffs and eaole bands
come across the shoulders and meet in
point behind.
Fur adorns the right hand dress in
the last picture. too, and this time the
pelt is mink and the dress goods golden
brown cloth. The bodice lie tucked
under the draped skirt, and ia finished
with wide draped revers of MORE an
tique, bordered with fur and faced with
brown cloth. The plastron in front is
made OF brown cloth trimmed as shown
with silver braid, and the hem of the
bodice ia finished with narrow MORE
belt piped on both sides with the same
braid. The bottom OF the overskirt,
too. is trimmed with four rows OF it.
In the other dress of the came illustra-
ton return is made to first principles,
and jet embroidered tulle lace
is used for trimming, and fur doesn't
appear at all. The skirt is trimmed
with drsped fiounce seized into three
The herald., 1894-02-25
ELECTRICITY IN CHINA.
How the Mongolisns Take to the Eiec
trio Light.

How the Mongolians Take to the Eiec-
trio Light.
The streets are very narrow in Can
ton, as 10 the case with al Chinese
cities, says writer in The Electrical
World, being from say 6 to IL feet wide,
and are filled with hanging wooden
signs. Through these signs the wire
must twist and turn, because on no &C.
count would Chinaman allow sign
to be moved to make room for the wire.
as 1t would certainly mean bad luck to
hia business. In many cases the insu
lation has been strongly reinforced with
rubber and tape, to prevent abrasion
from the swinging signs.
The streets OF Canton are divided into
sections of few blocks each, and each
part is shut off from all others by heavy
gates that are closed at 8 o'clock in the
evening. The populace is so turbulent
that for many centuries the authorities
have made it practice to hold all the
people OF any section responsible for
any riot or tumult in that section. The
result is that the people have got in the
habit OF regulating affairs in their sec
ton without any reference to the powers
that be. The electrician OF the Canton
plant bad occasion to see the effect o.
this in an instance where store wanted
lights, but the wires could not be run
The herald., 1894-02-25

because one man objected to having a
hole cut in his house for securing pole.
The man wanting lights informed his
neighbors, and a delegation waited on
the individual and soon induced him
to withdraw bis objection.
At first there was considerable obIec-
tion to the plant being put up, but now
it has become very popular, and lie used
in houses and stores even fruit and nut
stands use them in the street, the wires
being led from the nearest house. The
light is now 60 popular that thousands
of lamps could be put in all over the
city il the station was large enough to
supply them, but its limits are now
reached and difficulty lie experienced in
building a larger one. IS the franchise
for the entire Canton province lie in the
hands of one man, and he wants to
make too much out OF it.
The Chinese are great people to ex-
pect private commissions on everything
they have a hand in, and the manage
ment of the company, one and all,
manage to steal something. One man.
who has the handling of the money, will
hold back needed supplies and wages,
another, less fortunate, will go to the
station and steal coal and oil, and if
there is any objection the engineer is
told it is none OF his affair. In fact,
though the plant is success from an
electrical and mechanical point of view,
it is kept running under considerable
difficulty. In Canton two attempts
we're made to steal the street wires soon
after the station was started, but, un-
fortunately for the thieves, the wires
were alive, and though no one was
killed, no attempts have since been
made, inhabited by bad joss, as they
are now thought to be,
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tucks at the bottom and festooned by
means OF bias folds, over which are put
jet nail heads and butterflies. The
blouse bodice hooks at the side and lie
trimmed with tulle lace having van
dykes OF black satin. The sleeves are
made OF satin with draped puff partly
covered with lace epaulsttes, and have
cuffs entirely covered with lace. wide
belt of folded black satin. which hooks
at the side, comes around the waist.
OF this pair, the first described shows
an unobjectionable sort OF overskirt, but
some of them are hideous things. One
OF these, though quite permissi-
BILE, gives plainly the effect OF
an abbreviated dress skirt worn
over another one. on the principle
that one had good top and
the other a good lower edge. the two
skirts may contrast most unpleasautly
with each other in color and material.
If only you will carry out the combina-
ton in the bodice. you have the sane
ton Of fashion for your attack upon
other folks sense of the fitness Of
things,
The herald., 1894-02-25

intensely in the heavens. The pavemenrs
heat, and poor Peter Carver was nearly
melted ere he espied his hopeful son and
heir, with Pet following.
Neither of them would walk-in fact,
the little wanderers were far too weary
80 Mr.. Carver mounted one on each
arm and carried them, limp and unre-
sisting, through the streets.
''Tll have nurse for you, my young
friends, before the world is day older"
he said, grinding his teeth with impotent
wrath as he deposited Pet and Tommy
on the floor and went YEARLY to his
household duties.
"How are you now, Carry" he said
about an hour afterward, throwing him
self into chair by her bedside and fam
ming himself with the newspaper he had
laid there that morning.
About the same, dear. How does the
housekeeping get along?'
at don't get along at all"
sis dinner ready"
Dinner" echoed Peter in sort Of
dismayed tone. why, / haven't got
through with breakfast YETI
But it is ~ o'clock"
Il don't care if it's % o'clock-a man
can't do 40 things at once"
Where are the children asked his
wife.
I'm bed. They were too much for me,
so l undressed 'em and put 'em to bed to
get them out of the way"
Poor things" said Garry.
Poor me, should think" said Car
yer irstely. l had quite enough to do
without EN-. I've broken the plates, and
melted off the nose of the teapot, and
lost my diamond ring in the ash barrel.
and cut my fingers with the carving
knife"
Have you looked after the pickles
and baked fresh pies?'
"Now
"Nor blackened the range, nor cleaned
the knives, nor scrubbed the kitchen
foor?'
No"
"Nor made the beds, nor swept the
chamber, nor busted the parlors, nor
polished the windows, nor heard the
children's lessons, nor taken care of the
canary birds, nor
"Stop-stop." calculated Mr.. Peter
Carver, tearing wildly at his hair "You
don't mean to say that you do all these
things every day.
81 do, most certainly-and long before
10 o'clock. And yet you wonder that
am not dressed and cultivating my mind
before II o'clock"
My dear Carry said Peter penitent-
ly, 81 have been brute. I'll have =
cook and nurse and a chambermaid
here just as soon as can possibly obtain
them. You shall be a drudge no longer"
A few minutes afterward the unskilled
cook was scorching his whisliers over
gridiron covered with Kissing mutton
chops, which would alarm him by sud
denly blazing up into his face without
the least premonitory symptom, when a
light step crossed the kitchen floor and a
little hand took the handle of the grid
iron from his grasp.
Garry"
81 release you from duty" smiled the
wife. my ankle is better now"
81 say CarryF'
"Well?"
"Tell the truth, now. Wasn't that
ankle business q little exaggerated?"-
Buffalo News.
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back and front, aud tight fitting. Over
it comes a small Figaro collar which
reaches almost to the waist line. 1t has
a turn-down collar OF the fur, and the
goods are gathered in front to form a
knot at the bust line. The sleeves are
very wide Bishop with double frll at
the bottom, and the last one is edged
with fur. The ruffies of the sleeves are
reproduced at each side of the muff
worn, and again the last one is fur
edged Lenten hop-sacking, a cloth of
very loose weave with thread of black
or white darned in and out through the
meshes, has been made up extensively
for street gowns of the present somber
season.
A dainty soft sort of collsrette is
really nothing but square of chiffon
with hole cut out OF the center. A elit
is made from the edge to the middle
where the opening is desired, and q
folded collar OF velvet is added as finish
to the neck. 1t ia worn 30 as to have
one point hang each side OF the shoulder.
The edge is finished with frill OF lace
set on an insertion heading. Rose pink
chiffon takes collar of Havana brown
velvet, cream and gray are combined
and purple and black. This style was a
great opportunity for one wicked little
woman who had real lace parasol top,
one OF those wee parasols. She cut tho
center out, following the design of the
lace, which showed points converging to
the center. She ran baby ribbon from
point TO point, strengthening the holes
for the ribbon with buttonhole
stitching. She made q yoke with
folded collar Of eminence velvet. This
being adjusted fret, bhe pulled the baby
ribbon as far open as it would 90, put
on the parssol cover over her head,
pulled the points up snugly at the base
OF the folded collar, tied the ribbon,
tucking away the ends underneath, and
then went about looking just as if she
didn't care how MANY peOple lost their
The herald., 1894-02-25

ChiraI..-. 4~r insurance.
One of Bostcn's insurance men in
sured SMALL building which serves an
industrious Chinanan both as shop and
home. The policy covers damages
caused by fire and water, hut John
Chinaman evidently thought he WIS
protecting himself against losses due to
any cause whatever, as is shown by the
following letter addressed to the insur-
ance company;
Some bad boy brake my one glass. Now all
tore. Come YOU my house -look--ix now.
JOE LUNG.
Joe expected the company to make
good the damage done by the bad
boy" who is the Chinaman worst en-
envy in the city. Boston Traveller.
The herald., 1894-02-25

A Trustworthy Rome correspondent
telegraphs that the pope is so impresset
with the desperate condition of Italian
affairs that he has sought to ascertain
from the foreign representatives at the
Vatican whether they have received
from their governments instructions
what TO do in case of revolution. 1t is
understood that all tine replies were in
the negative
The herald., 1894-02-25

shoulders The psniers are of the lace
act on folded heading OF the velvet,
and they are to be attached to the edge
! oi the bodice. Many msde-up accesso-
ries come to be basted onto gowns, much
as real lace is, and in these, cafis are
added to complete the set. In tho
dress first shown here, the bands
oh skirt, bottom of bodice and cape
are handsome elk passementerie,
and the fabric used for the
dress is dark brown cloth, the skirt
panels and upper sleeves being black
mirror velvet. The bodice is garnished
sesith separate collsrette made of cloth
and velvet and topped by high Stuart
collar. 1t is designed for a calling gown.
A jacket OF new shape having bell
cape and also in brown cloth is the next
garment presented. Its chief novelty
is in the cape, which is cut circular.
The herald., 1894-02-25

A good deal of attention has been at
tracted to a reported utterance by the
queen regent of Spain, to the effect that
the friendship which she must Guilt
vate was that of France. These words
have been reprinted by the official organ
in Madrid of the government, with the
result that the German and Austrian
press have been much exercised over the
matter. - Madrid Letter.
The herald., 1894-02-25
Criminal Women.

Professor Lombroso, the eminent
Italian scientist who holds such very
strong adverse opinions as to the abil
ity of women to feel pain as acutely a
men do, has lately been pursuing hi
Investigations in another direction. an'
he has now delivered himself of tn
unqualified opinion that women of'th
criminal and immoral type are invari
ably larger of hands and feet and small
er in the head than average women.
The herald., 1894-02-25

The wedding ling in India is an I'M
mense nose ring which often hangs be-
low the girls chin. A beautiful little
girl of IL years was presented an Gle,
giant ring. Her father informed hei
that it was the gift of the husband, who
was coming next week to the wedding
feast. There is little or no ceremony
merely grand feast and an exchanss
Of presents. Upon the day appointef
the little one, bedecked with jewels, az
rayed in handsome clothing, i'll all he,
beauty, stepped forward to meet the
bridegroom whom she had never seen.
Behold, he was white with leprosy .
Turning an appealing glance toward
her father, who frowningly motioneG
her to advance, she approached the lep-
er. A priest mumbled few words,
threw a sash over their heads. and they
we're man ard wife. Oh, India!-New
York Advertiser.
The herald., 1894-02-25

A man was arraigned in a London
court for creating nuisance by play
ing bagpipe. The court ruled that
the bagpipe is a musical instrument.
and he went scot free. Whether or not
the decision is musical one is ques-
ton.
The herald., 1894-02-25

Goat raising is an important anC
growing industry in Oregon and som,
other northwestern states. One rancho.
in Benton county, Or, has fine here
of 400 goats. which INCLUDES number
of thoroughbred Angora bucks, Twen
ty-two cents pound is the lowest thi.
man has received for fleece in dozei
years.
The herald., 1894-02-25
NV YoNx, February 90.

ICHLY made eets
for adjoining gowns
now come iii two
pieces a collar,
with sll the neces-
asry Celebrations of
bertha effect, frill
add cape or collar
cite, and psniers.
A pretty design OF
this sort shows q
folded collar OF sage
green velvet, With
lace falling in cape
faahi0u nvar the
The herald., 1894-02-25

TO keep tortoise shell combs bright
rub them after each wearing with soft
leather. When they become dim, clean
with rotten stone and oil applied with
channels
The herald., 1894-02-25

tunes of fur. but more frequently short
jackets OF it. II cloth be chosen, then q
Figaro jacket of fur. or a double fur
cape, the upper one very much rippled
and full, giving sometimes an almost
trotesoue breadth to the figure, takes
: % place OF the customary coat. A
glance at some OF these elegant capes
and jackets is enough to convince that
no idea OF economy is furthered by leay-
Ing out the coat--fsr from it.
Many tipes, however, these short
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-28

he wished to hold communication With
her, to speak and understand Spanish.
1t was as comical as il was amusing to
see how she tanned him. When he
sought, in the early days Of his suhjuga-
ton, TO relieve his overstrsined heart by
abusing his father and mother, saying 10
them what he would not dare TO 50 much
as look at her, he met with violent and
unex bected check.
Ysabel was tenderly and gratefully at
tached to the old people. She would
roll those great black eyes on him, fairly
mailing him, and with her arm stretched
straight out at him, would calculate in
her sonOrous Spanish
What ungrateful one Wilt thou
speak 50 to my honored father and my
beloved mother? Go hence with the
evil worlds Take thy face away from
me till have patience TO look upon it
Coz
And AbsalOm would stand irresolute,
evading those compelling eyes. making
desperate efforts to get himself TO the
point of revolt but always doing event
uaIly as he was bidden. This fellow, the
holy terror of an entire section, was
thoroughly broke to ali sorts Of gaits and
any kind of harness by q little, soft,
plump crap Of girl that wouln't weigh
more than hundred pounds
He that was bellieose is meek he that
was insolent Is polite; he, the arch ty-
rant Of Finegan's speaks eiyilly to his in
feriors; he that thought il brave 10
blaspheme, and witty to be profane and
impious goes 10 mass-ay, to early mass
of a raw and nipping February morn
ing.
All these wonders were worked sim
ply by the ascendancy Of her strong, in
tent spirit over his noisy, ungOverned
weakness.
If she doesn't convert the goods she
has on hand into man. it will not be
from lack Of skillful, intelligent and per
sistent effort in its evolution, develop
ment, manufacture, manipulation; and
further, if she doesn't finally achieve her
idea Of Spanish gentleman. it will only
be because the stuff wasn't there.-AEce
MlcG0Caa "a California Tales.
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Figs and ThistIes.

The man who will steal chickens is
often found hiding behind bypoerite
in the church.
The glory Of love is that it delights in
doing fer nothing what others will not
do for pay.
You will miss it if you undertake 70
measure a mans relig ion By the length
Of his face.
The only giving that has any meaning
in the sight Of God Is giving that costs Us
something.
1t never takes much talk from theatre
going professor TO Kill prayer msetinz
stone dead.
The road TO heaven is very steep to the
man who is trying to get there without
doing any giving
The pastor v ho tries TO carry his whole
church on his shoulders will soon be
very lame in the back.
The man who howls at the passing OF
the hat in church will pay 4 big hotel
bill with a smile on his face.
When a man says amen right il Always
means that he Is willing to be put dOgn
for his share OF the expense.
The only reason Why some people are
considered religious Is becsuse they
make a good deal Of noise in church
R1ms H0ra.