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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24

and does not that settle it? And after
all, is there anything prettier?
Doubt not, though deplore you must,
the accordion plat. This freak Of ac-
cented longitudinality has not even
beauty to excuse its lank lines and
meaningless fuIlness, but eats it's
yards of material not for the greater
glory of woman. but for her undoing.
Yet English modistcs, who more and
more rule the waning or swelling tide
of women's whims, are using it very
much even il dresses Of high quality
and prime importance. A Vatican
plat at back and front may be we'll
enough, but these straight lines en-
tirely surrounding the figure and fall
ing from bust to boot are anything but
graceful.
Doubt not, and deplore or welcome
as you will, the skirt lounce-a kind of
dado of lace or embroidery, clinging
close to the fabric of the latter, flying
loose and doubtless festooned, if the
former, which, when your eyes would
fain rest upon a pretty face still strives
tO'drag them down again. The skirt
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24

hounce is pretty in itself. az is all dec
grafton, but would advise only plain
faced women with pretty feet to MAXI
the bottom of their dresses more orna
mental than the top. That is no
natures law, which ever supports he,
leaves and flowers on stalks unorna
mented.
Doubt not, and be joyful thereat, tina
walking dresses are to be distinctly
shorter. Speaking OF pretty feet mad,
me think Of it. Let the hem of YOU
street dress clear the floor by an inch
certainly, two inches if you will; foI
in this respect the reign Of common
sense begins again. The tailed street
gown with its dust provoking unclean
illness is not for this year. Pray that
it may never come again.
Doubt not that this is to be year O;
the blouse. the frock, the Jacket AnC
here let me drop phrophecy and tel
about the most beautiful jacket.
1t was at Lakewood in the pines
where the air seemed just like spring
and any woman with new costume
might easily lie forgiven for venturing
out without her wrap. She was just
at the door bidding good-by 10 my
friend as | arrived, and in the sunny
square hall ! saw her clearly-a pic
ture Of grace and beauty, her head
backward tilted and hep sweet face
sidewiSe turned. She wore q pretty
velvet toque with frolic luXuriance Of
plumes en- couchant and en- rcgariant.
Her skirt was skillfully cut, perfectly
plain. from material of a curious mot
tied darkish green. And about her
waist was 4 satin ribbon, and up the
front and about the high collar and
from elbow 10 the waist ran garniture
OF white lace and embroidery, and the
waist beneath was pink silk, and pink
silk was the natty ribbon holding TO-
gether the lapels of that ravishinc
jacket with its dappled green hue and
its slashes OF velvet and its wide roll
ing collar. A very short jacket it was,
ending two inches above the waist line
at least.
have said that the day was sunny,
as az Lakewood is almost always the
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
Some Things Whose Coming l1ay
Not Be Doubted.
GLANCE at the Future and Random OBJ
serVations ut a Lakewoo Fete-Ny
Hostess Gymnasium Gown
The Plated Dress.
ICcPYEICHT, 1894. J

lCCPYEIG FIT, 1884.
Doubt not, though deplore you may,
the return of jet.
1t is cumbrous, heavy, thralling II
weighs down the movements, and the
heart too-for does one not endlessly
fear that at any moment she may he ar
the rattle Of the escaping beads along
the floor? Saleswomen hate it-so
they tell you with Dated breath when
the floor walker is at a distance-be-
cause it is so cruelty heavy to handle
and keeps the needle SO busy in con-
slant repairing, but
They-the mysterious they" who
must be obeyed-arc going to wear 'et;
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy
VIII Cure Eczema.

LAGRANGE. y. C., Sept. 20.
Mrs. Joe Person. kittUcii, y. e:
DEAR MABAH-l have used your valuable
Remedy with satisfactory results in very Sc
we're case of Eczema. ~ j. highly important 10
iI-c he wash in connection with the Kennedy.
Wishing that success may attend you Ia your
noble Undertaking, / am. respectfully,
Mis- Henry T.. DILLON.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
nH. -. d. GisFLl'.

Wi. say - the ,.'tkeus ~ DuTn n and sur
-gur.4..y 81. .n.rg tat nave tA&.u CDuTsr
~ rrl.aa.o.r. az 10" LEONARD Medical school.
ia lgu. y. g.. ami pet cnuT-'- AZ ho@aid
I.1E..g-liy. ua-uEa4tyu. ID. g, where had
H. ali. auEag,- 81 friedman Ho~p ita!. which
,ouf.t rt-I - s-4-. - hire u.ariy cry dis asc
winch uEra..- u.arE4u1 is TT 4t.4- a nj hav-
ing .rsst.tssa4 ~.Fn honor OF my class. ] DOW
gasFssgrts. ..-s..l..r gylap etrll - 90 tn. work
o. a p-y-4e..sl. uLsr q } professional services
10 DURHAM t.4. surrounding FECIuty.
tsfE.e.- .s4rs- - = a H.. 10 p II tc
10 IN No. -gts. Man street.. kcnpuer corner.
IL. IL. GREEN. ". ID.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
Wives
andDaughters

Often lose the benefit of life
assurance, taken out for their
protection, because of ill-ad-
viscd investments. Again,
the intentions of the assured
sometimes fail of realization
through the prodigality of a
son to whom the sudden pos
session of so much money
proves too great temptation.
THE
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
Dk. ). j. TuANTOs,

Wllu .Ng gnsrs' evf@r-cnce a. a General
PraetGt.yarr. tsa-e.s H-> s.-rFscs-s - III" clil-
ks-r4E II b-r.-s4- iil. -p.cla.tl-=- sucous
Membrane. t.e..t- aaI Nerves .frc.Atr@ in
lrarr.r..s4r. -s-t.ys. bronchitis. =CrDiuia,
i.sl,E4 ga.it.rs ar.a falAcAC, ~tCgl4 tary and
Hereditary Disc. Home at g. II. Hem
tsuA 'JEaa-- s-r ones .JrvTesTy store. Once
hours so.earaa& d. - + ard from y. tn
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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24

Mr.. e.. H.ud-s-ru. general manager OF the
Cf!rtalaYZz.. Naa-.l..i and birmingham rail
so4a. -tl- ae dos not bs.lI"E' Tu"rc j. case OF
kncl....it.-.a winch Mrs. joe Persons kcmcdy
So. ll bot care. ami D. - tuc huest remedy Tor
INDIGESTION I'D. nal- ever eesu.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
~ur>c's Sore Mouth.

vv.s badly afflicted with nurse = sore mouth
and vas perfectly cured ty using Mrs. Joe
Persons icul"Iy. found u "A me tonic and
strcuzjhcucr u to" -y-tem.
Mh-. JOSEPH kinney.
sept 49, t-gl. LaGTaHsC, y. {.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24
Al lie ,lradouhrook Meet.

Van Snafle sjust introduced)-Are
you fond Of horse flesh. Miss Nerdantf
Miss Verdant-I really don't know,
Mr.. Van Snafie, l never ate any
Truth
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24

30 Gt-rDN. y. e., june -, !ss3.
Mrs. Ju.. P-r.5a. f. ltfge5l. y. g.:
D.AR MADAM lItE" used car kcTEcJy as
n Tonic and B.Jg4 FURTHER ana uuh"- !tAtla2!y
Ir5r.asg.s... j. fa, a-t that have tried. iceI
satisfied that sf sE.. siD all you claim for IL.
Is. h. LE4UEI.
Pastor Bapt&rt tnurrh.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-24

have u-,l Mrs.. Jos. Persons Remedy for
uur-c-s sore mouth. and was perfectly cured.
Mas. ". :. MCSAIR.
Jan. Is, l~aI. MaKtOn, y. Z.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
Turkish superssitions.

If a pair of scissors are left on table open it is a sign of a quarrel. If they fall upon the floor and stick up it means visit, and if an apple or other fruit falls from your hand just as you are about to put it in your mouth it is a sign some one envies you. If loaf or piece of bread falls to the floor it Is sign that some of your relatives are in want of bread in a strange place. To bite your tongue signifies that yor are not telling the truth. The little white spots which come under the finger nails mean various things, according to the finger. The right thumb nail means money earned; the left, finding money or a present. The first finger means friends, the next en- emies, the third journeys and the little one fibs. When an eyelash falls off and lies on the cheek 1t means 8 pres ent of a new gown or other article of wearing apparel.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
The Maidstone Myth.

''Here's something that will interest you,'' said physician, as he placed a lump of slaty-loolling stone in the hands of a scribe. "A patient of mine gave me that this morning with as grand an air as if she were giving me a silver dinner service. No doubt She thought it had as great value. It's a maidstone. You've read accounts of them. Put them on a dog bite and they will suck it and give off green froth, and all that sort of rubbish. There's no such thing as a maidstone in the world. Touch the stone to your tongue. Notice anything? Sticks, doesn't it? That is because it is anhy- drous. It has gone through a slight chemical change and has lost part of the water that was in it's original com position, so that it readily absorbs the moisture. It will stick to cut or bite or anything else that is wet, and that is all there is to it. But it's a harmless sort of superstition, and if it makes any poor devil comfortable, for goodness sake let him believe in it.''
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
TriE SiIAIE,S MOUTH.
It Is Well No Big Wild Beas. Has One
 Like 1t.

Like 1t.
 ''It is fortunate thing for man and the rest of the animal kingdo1n,' said the naturalist to New York Sun man, that no large wild animal has a mouth constructed with the devourisg apparatus built on the plan of the insignificant looking snail's mouth, for that animal could out devour anything that lives. The snail itself is such an entirely unpleasant, not to say loath- some, creature to handle that few amateur naturalists care to bother with it, but by neglecting the snail they miss studying one of the most in- teresting objects that come under their observation.
 Anyone who has noticed snail feeding On a leaf must have wondered how such 9 soft, fabby, sli1ny animal can make such a sharp and clean-cut incision in the leaf, leaving the edge as smooth and straight as if it had been cut with knife. That is due to the peculiar and formidable mouth he has. The snail eats with his tongue and the roof of his mouth. The tongue is a ribbon which the snail keeps in coil in his mouth. This tongue is in reality band saw, with the teeth on the surface instead of on the edge. The teeth arc so small that as many as thirty thousand of them have been found on one snail's tongue. They are exceedingly sharp, and only Q few of them are in use at time Not exactly only Q few of them, but few of tllem comparatively, for the snail will probably have four or five thousand of them in use at once. lie does this by means of his coiled tongue. He can uncoil as much of this as he chooses, and the uncoiled part he brings into service. The roof of his mouth is as hard as bone. He grasps the leaf between his tongue and that hard substance, and rasping away with his tongue saws through the toughest leaf with ease, always leaving the edge smooth and straight.
 By use the teeth wear off or be- come dulled. When the snail finds that this tool is becoming blunted he uncoils another section and works that out until he has come to the end of the coil. Then he coils the tongue up again and is ready to start in new, for while he has been using the latter DOT tions of the ribbon the teeth have grown in again in the idle portions the saw has been filed and reset, so to speak-and while he is using them the teeth in the bacl, part of the coil are renewed. So I think am right in say ing that if any large beast of prey was fitted up with such a devOuring ap- paratus as the snail has it would go hard with the rest of the animal king dom"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
PICTURES ou BOOK EDGES.
4 Form of Decoration Which Is Now Al-
 Inost Eorgotten.

most Forgotten.
 Of all the artistic branches of book making nothing is more neglected in this day than the ornamentation of the edges, once considered an essential clement in the get-up of fine works. While this fancy reigned many famous collectors. binders and artists devoted much time and money to perfecting this art, now almost forgotten, accord ing to the San Francisco Chronicle. According to the old mode of book decoration the volumes were nearly al- ways gilt-edged-that is, the edge of the leaves were gilded either before or after the application of the orna- ments. There were three kinds of gilt-edging. The first is now known as ''tooled" edges: the second, gliding OF marbled, painted or colored edges, and the third, gliding on landscape or figure painting. The first style orig mated and was brought to the highest stage in France during the reign of Louis XII, and all the books valued by him were ornamented with his arms and devices, which were i'm pressed on the edges The court fol lowed the tastes of the king, and in a short time the decoration of book edges became very popular. Accord ing to NJ. Cruel, an authority on the subject, the first book known to be so ''tooled" was book published by Fran cois Tissard, and printed at Paris by Giles de Cancourt about 1907. It is an octave volume, bound with the arms and emblems of Louis XII, and the or namentation of the edges was entirely worked by hand.
 The process of making this class of designs is very simple. After the edge is gilded in the ordinary way, it is given thin coat of sizing. When dry a coat of palm oil is laid on to make the gold adhere, and this is then cov- cred with gold leaf of different color from the first used. The tools for the design are then slightly warmed and impressed upon the edge. In France books are still frequently treated in this manner, but the decorators are almost entirely confined to books of devotion, which are of such stereo- typed design that they lose all attrac- tiveneSS.
 The second class of edge ornament ing comprises different modes Of paint ing and coloring the edges beneath or above the gold and requires much care and skill to obtain satisfactory results. One noteworthy example of this process is folio in the British museum. It is German binding of the sixteenth cen tury and is entitled De Maria Virgine, Canisus, Ingolstadii, 1577" It was in the library of Albert ". duke of Ba- varia. The edges are fairly well pre- served and the figure of the virgin and the child can be distinctly seen. An other work, a copy of the New Testa- ment and Psalms, in Dutch, gorgeous ly bound and studded with pearls, dated 1898, has an elaborate painting on the fore-edge, done in delicately tinted water colOrs. This is one of the rare specimens executed without gilt. The finest specimens of this class of decorating in existence is a seven volume edition of the complete works of Luther, in the South Kensington museum. They are decorated with the shield of Saxony and complicated ara besques and renaissance ornaments.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
REPRODUCING PAST CONDITION.

An Austrian Physicians Interesting Ex-
 periments With Q Human Subject.
 At general meeting held the other day by the Psychological and Neuro- logical Society of Vienna at the gen. eral infrmary Dr. Baron von Kraft, a physician skilled in the treatment of nervous naladies, conducted series of experiments intended to throw light on the possibility of the mental repro duction of an earlier condition of ex- istence, says the New York Evening Post. These experiments dealt, he said, with a question of the highest psychOlogicalintere is, whether it was possible by artificial means to put a person back into the condition of a former period of his life. Either what he had to shov them was a piece of consummate acting or repcrcep- ton of unconscious existence. In the latter case the experiments would prove that nothing which had once been experienced was so completely forgotten that it might not in certain exceptional circumstances be restored to consciousness. The woman upon WhOIu UIlS GA per IIIlCIlCS NCIS llciOC was thirty-three years of age, and had for four or five years acted as medium for an amateur hypnotizer-a fact in itself enough to excite suspicion. The doc tor said that he would succcessively suggest to her while in the hypnotic state that she was, first, at the age of seven, then of fifteen, and lastly of nineteen years, and take specimens of her handwriting at each stage of the experiment. Her manner, he said, would correspond to the various ages. The medium was then introduced and put through the experiments, in all of which she is said to have exhibited a marked naturalness and striking change of voice, attitude and move ment in accordance with the different periods of life, her handwriting also undergoing many changes. In the dis cussion which followed it was general ly held that the power of reproduction of past conditions of existence through hypnotic suggestion had not been established, and that the possibility of error or deception had not been ex- cluded. The experiments, however, were considered to be of sufficient in- terest to call for further investigation.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
SUNDAY BATTLES.
Some of Them Were the Most Famous of
 History.
knife. l

Some of Them Were the Most Famous of
 History.
 Many of the most famous battles of history have been fought on Sunday. To 20 on further back than the begin ming of the present century, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the battle of Eylau, won February 8, 1907, by Ma poleon over the Russians and Prus- sians, and the battle of Friedland, June 14, 1907, won by Napoleon over the same allies, were both fought on Sunday.
 On Sunday, May 21, 1909, Napoleon was defeated at Essling; on Sunday, May 3, 1913, won the victory of Lutzen, and on Sunday, June IS, 1915, was over thrown at Waterloo.
 Wellington, besides Waterloo, won several of the greatest victories at Vimeira, in Portugal, August 21, 1908; at Fuentes de Onoro, May 5, 1911; at Orthes, February 27, 1914; at Tarbez, March 20, 1874, and at Toulouse, April 10, 1914, all of these battles being fought on Sunday.
 During the civil war in this country the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, was fought on Sunday, and the battle of Chickamauga September 19 and 20, 1863, ended on Sunday.
 Vicllsburg was surrendered on Sat urday, July 4, 1863, and formally occu- pied on Sunday, the following day, and on the same day Lee began his retreat from Gettysburg. Petersburg fell on Sunday, April 3, 1865, and on the fol lowing Sunday Lee surrendered.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
THE BOSS BORROWER.
Eo Obtained a Miliion and Half With
 out Any Security.

out Any Security.
 "The man who can start in life on nothing and borrow million and half without security is q beauty" said a traveller to St. Louis Globe Democrat man. "Yet I know a man that did that identical hing. In fact, he was an uncle of mine, my mothers brother-in-law.
 He was a German, and lived all his life in Berlin. He was a very suave, smooth gentleman, knew everybody worth knowing, hobnobbed with the nobles of Emperor Williams court, and loved to live. He was engaged in liv- ing; that was his entire occupation in life, and yet he was one of the great est artists in Europe
 "Whenever he thought himself on the wanc among those who looked upon him as an idol he painted pie ture, put it on exhibition, had all Flu rope talking about it, and then he did nothing for couple of years.
 ''Some years ago the art fever broke out in a most malignant form among the wealthier Germans of Cincinnati. They meant to have the best of mod ern painters do 8 lot of work for them. My distinguished relatives name was well known among them, and he was invited to Cincinnati.
 He came over, and for couple of months he was lion. He was feasted and entertained most royalty. He sub mitted some ideas for painting, and the people who brought him over went crazy over his plans. Finally he in duced them to advance him seventy five thousand dollars on the work, and he returned to Germany to do his painting.
 "He died about year after, and when the Cincinna tians started to look up the paintings they found noth- ing but the original sketches. He hadn't touched them since the day he first submitted them in Cincinnati.
 'That started an investigation, and it was found that he had borrowed in the course of his career something over one million five hundred thou sand dollars. He hadn't dollars worth of security, and had simply de voted his time and talents to the pur suit of living"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
A Natural Preference.

An inpecunious man stood at the corner of one of the Jersey City cross streets during the recent bad weather, watching a brakeman as he helped to shunt a freight train into one of the great car yards. The roofs of the cars were slippery and wet, the brake wheels looked cold, the brakeman had red nose, watery eyes and a general appearance of discomfort, and he looked as if he had been out all night. Turning to bystander, who was also waiting for the train to pass, the i'm pecunious one remarked as he looked up at the dejected and grimy figure: ''On the whole, think I'd prefer to be a banker" -
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
The Bed of the Pacific.

If the Pacific could be laid bare we should have most singular spectacle. There would be a number of noun tains with truncated tops scattered over it, and those mountains would have an appearance just the reverse of that presented by the mountains we see aon the shore. The mountains on the shore are covered with vegetation at their bases, while their tops are bar ren or covered with snow, but these mountains would be perfectly bare at their bases and all round their tops they would be covered with beautiful vegetation of coral polypi.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
DIFFERENCE iN DERIVATION.

Psychological Distinction Drawn Between
 Apartment Houses and Tenements.
 The writer of an amusing article on apartment house life in the Cosmopol- itan says:
 ''The distinction between an apart ment house and a tenement house is somewhat hay until the etymology of the two words is considered. 'Tene- ment' is derived from the Latin verb 'tenere' (to hold), and is the name properly given to a building that is designed to hold or give shelter to the largest possible number of persons at the least possible cost to each indi- vidual tenant. Apartment, however, is an Anglicized derivation of another Latin verb, 'parsere' (to divide), and with equal propriety is applied to a dwelling house, of which the struc- tural and social intent is to separate family from family and to gratify the desire for privacy that every house hold naturally feels, at the same time reducing the expense of that gratifi- cation to low estimate that is prac- ticable only through cooperation in the fixed charges of domestic manage mont. Economy, therefore, is the pur- pose of the tenement-comfort that of the apartment"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-04
AT THE PHONE.
Emperor William Issuing His Imperial
 Orders by Wires.

Emperor William Issuing His Imperial
 Orders by Wires.
 Emperor William II. has his own inn perial way of using the telephone, says the Appeal-Avalanche. Despite mis- takes caused by the emperor's refusal to name himself at the opening of his conversation, as other people do, he invariably introduces his telephoned orders, merely with the words: q com mand that" and so forth. As soon as chief of department hears these words he motions that his subordinates must at once leave the room.
 The significance of this arrangement is supposed to be that the chief is having something like an audience with his majesty, and that it would be pre- sumptuous for person not summoned to hear the imperial voice to occupy the room into which it's tones are con- veyed At the end of the conversation the emperor walks away without say ing ''goodby," and the chief with whom he has conversed must listen for five or six minutes afterward to make sure that the imperial orders have been completed. Then he calls back his assistants, and the usual etiquette is resumed