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The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08

MusTc.--Having reorganized our
string band, we are now prepared to
furnish iirst-class Wusic for balls. par
ties, and entertainments of all kinds
at reasonable rates. Can furnish three
or more pieces, as required. Fol
rates, etc, apply to or address
w. II. MARscHALK,.
Care Reyeille, Port Gibson.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08

AsslGNMgNr-i.ast Saturday night
'grocery 6rm Of /. E.kellcy OF which
!. Kelley was manager, made a gen.
assignment for the benefit Of cred
siae home creditors being prefer
y J. !. Allen is the assignee. The
pfes,edconliliou Of business togeth-
slhpooF collections brought about
allure. Mr. kellcy's friends hope
'al NE affairs OF the firm will soon be
.la'led 90 as TO permit a resumption
] business.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08

Go to Marks for bargains in plcw
stock.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08

@IHg LaruRg.-lsev. d.. Blacks
ne On Gcpe,i, and Geology" last
hyu.ghi al the female college was
0amlluc,iyc and entertaining. I'm
6nnaie.y ihe wreichcd weather
rard Gle attendance OF a large
niG who hal intended 90 go. and
lelheauiiynce rather small. Those
10 did venture out were delighted
|hDr Black, treatment of his sub
The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08

We notice that Capt. W. t. Faulk OF
4ello has announced himself as a
,'alaale for the Office Of circuit clerk
Jefferson county. The captains
uay irienls 10 Claiborne will wish
" success 10 the race. knowing his
ulHg qualities and his fitness for a
'""loa ol trust. lie is a man of uu-
'nlshed character and of rare I'M
guy and both in peace aud Ia war
"Sueea ,s a faithful citizen. If the people
emerson county elect Capt. Faulk,
lucy y" Wlll find him a competent aud
wuscicuii0us official
The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08
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FEBRUARY. 1895.
r'1 ON; New moon Feb. 2i'h.
n9Qp WEATHER.
81 NlN Rain forenoon 4 night
p p Cloudy
" Three.fourlhs q Judy
Z. Three fuurlhs fair
4 % % Cloudy
; n n Ciuudy
The Port Gibson reveille., 1895-02-08

f0a STATS SENATOR.-We. the un-
Hnnel, citizens and voters Of Clai-
ae county, do hereby request and
gNG jaime, Il Moore to make the
g bfaalc senator; aud we do here
\ ft'ge him oar earnest support.
IA. Regan, samuel Farmer,
RS Byrncs, y. n. Morchcad,
/ S. Drake, ID. 5. Davenport,
T. Ellis, J. ID. Roberts.
C.L. snyder, And many others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
WOMAN'S WORLD.
MRS. COCHRAN, WHO HAS WON Sue
CESS AS AN INVENTOR.

The Progressive Woman-Newest Styles In
Collars-Elinbeti Cady Stanton = The
Passing Of the Apron-The New Woman.
Too Many Beds.
Few people living in Park Manor,
one of Chicago's pretty suburbs, are
aware that the quiet little woman liv-
ing in transformations manner at 6S25
Anthony avenue is Mrs Elizabeth CARTS
Cochran, a name familiar to inventors
the world over, for Mrs. Cochran is her.
self an inventor and the descendant of
an inventor. Add to this the fact that,
unlike most inventors, Mrs. Cochran has
herself handled her inventions, man.
aging and attending to the smallest de.
tails Of the large business she controls,
and one sees an interesting personality
i'll the bright faced, dignified woman.
Mrs. Cochran's chief invention, q dish
washing machine. occupied conspicu-
Gus place in Machinery hall during the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
Tho Progressive Woman.

The superficial observer has confused
tho term new woman with the real pro-
gressive woman. 1t is the fashion to take
women cranks, vulgar women who make
spectacle Of themselves, women writ
ers of vicious literature, and call them
new" women. This title is also indis-
criminately applied to the women of
broad and progressive culture. The real
progressive woman disclaims the term
''new." She is simply trying to develop
herself as human being along the lines
designated by her nature and her sur
roundings. She is anxious that all other
women should have the same opportu-
nifty for development. There is nothing
really new about it. For 200 years a
few women have insisted ON becoming
educated During the last so years this
class has increased, mainly through eff
forts along the lines of literature, art
and philanthropy.
Among women who thus worked
along individual lines are George Eliot.
George Sand, Rosa Bonheur, Florence
Nightingale, Emily Faithful, Julia
Ward Howe, Dorothy Dix and Elizabeth
Fry. Today this is common type. The
term new" woman originated in Eng
land with Mrs. Lynn Linton and her
kind, who are protesting against the
advance Of women in new fields In this
country this type was called women Q
rights" women at that time.
After the term new" was trans-
planted to this country it was taken up
H. L. L.
bioycle aad hlooner cEazs. and. the lar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Mrs. ELIZABETH GARIs-CoCHRAN.
Worlds fair, both because of its intrin-
sic value and the fact that it was the
only exhibit there invented by q woman.
Mrs. Cochran's inventive faculty
comes as natural inheritance. she be-
ing the lineal descendant of Fitch, the
steamboat inventor. Early environment,
no doubt, has also been a strong factor
in the bent Of this woman's genius, her
childhood having been spent amid the
surroundings Of mills and mill machin-
cry in towns along the Ohio river. Her
father had charge of wooden, grist and
saw mills, and it was among the flying
wheels of these that the little daughter
found her chief pleasure in play hours.
When her father died, Miss CARTS went
to live with sister in Windsor, Ills.
Here she met and was married to Will
liam A. Cochran, who, during his life,
was one of the most prominent men and
politicians in that section. One child
was born, who, with the husband and
father, has been dead many years.
1t was soon after her husbands death
that Mrs. Cochran conceived the idea of
a machine which would do the work
that had become such a drudgery to SO
many women. She had no knowledge of
drawing or the construction of model
or any of the principles of mechanism,
yet sho resolutely set about her task and
never wavered until the conception was
worked out in brass and iron, although
it has taken IL years and fortune to
do it.
1t is long jump from dishwashers
to elevators, yet it is nothing less than
passenger elevator for elevated railway
trains which Mrs. Cochran is now en-
gagged in perfecting. The unique idea in
this elevator is that the moving trains
themselves lower and raise the eleva-
tors, an incoming train raising the ele-
vatOr and the outgoing one lowering it.
The need Of passenger elevators in con-
nection with elevated trains was forcibly
impressed OH Mrs. Cochran's mind one
day, when, after a weary expedition in
New York, she stood at the foot of the
stairs ut the elevated station-which
wasn't elevated-and realized that be-
fore she could rest her weary self in a
seat she must climb those stairs. Then
the idea began to founder round in her
gray matter, and SO intensely did it alb
sorb the travellers attention that the
fight Of stairs was climbed, ticket
bought for she knew not where, Brook
lyn bridge was crossed, n couple more
tickets bought and railway lines ira
vcrsed before the dreamer walked and
found herself in an unfamiliar part of
the city and miles away from her desti-
nation.
But" she says triumphantly, my
elevator was all but tr'-Chicagc
Times Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

e wuaaen were more acceptable than
these Ct men. It was not to Be expected
that he would indorse q plan to put
women agents in stations where the
bold bandit might attempt to take un-
justifable liberties with the property of
the company. but this new woman has
demonstrated the practical utility Of
such an arrangement if all new women
are such as she is, and she wasn't the
regular agent either.
This woman's name is Mrs. Lena
Marshall of Baden, Cal. She was left
temporarily in charge Of the railway
Office at that place, and two bandits tried
to raid the station. She started to draw
a revolver when they entered and de-
manded the money in the safe. but one
Of them shot her through the arm. Un.
daunted, she emptied her weapon at the
robbers, and they fled.
Another forward march in the strug
gle for woman's rights. another victory
gained over poor, weak man, another
example of woman IS ability to do men I
work successfully. Get ont your note
books, o suffragists! Here's q good
point for your next speech. But mascu
line admiration of Mrs. Lena MARSHALL.
courage and pluck will not be withheld
Kansas City Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
Tho Passing Of the Apron.

Although so much has been written
about the advent of the boomers as part
of the new wOman's dress, nothing has
been said Of the passing of the apron.
Fifteen years ago the apron was an es-
teemed adjunct to the costume of every
woman, no matter what station of life
she might occupy. The fashion books
supplied varying styles for the changing
seasons and different occasions. There
were bibless models and models with
bibs. Pockets and strings marked evo-
lutions in modes. Once the woman with
unique apron pattern achieved tenn
pOrary fame that was greater than that
enjoyed by the. wearer Of the most outre
bicycle suit of the present. Nothing so
distinctly marks the change in the fem
mime character as this almost complete
disappearance of the apron among the
women who are today challenging at
tention.
Once every housewife was proud of
her kitchen aprons of pretty bingham,
her sewing aprons Of sheerest lawn OF
linen, her fancy work aprons of dainty
silk and lace. The apron was the badge
Of the housekeeper. The memories Of its
numerous vacations bring back sort of
heartsick feeling to the man who re-
members the biscuits his mother used 10
make and the mittens his grandmother
was accustomed to knit long ago The
new woman has no time to wear an
apron. She has relegated it to the past,
when her sex was in the thraldom Of
home. II belongs to the person who
holds the position of nurse. cook or scam
stress 1t does not fit well with the
boomers. There is no place on the
mannish waistcoat for the bib that was
once SO highly esteemed.-Philadelphia
Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
Elizabeth Cady stanton.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton celebrated
her eightieth birthday on the 18th inst.
and the following letter from her, which
appeared in the New York Sun of the
4th inst, explains itself:
With reference to an article in your
journal of Nov. allow me space in
your columns to say that as the proba-
BILE recipient of proposed gift from a
working women's club I do not share in
the disapprobation of many as to the
nature of the gift.
AS tribute of gratitude to one they
may think has done much to open to
them the world Of work any useful gar
ment should be acceptable. Whatever
others may think of robe de mutt, do
not see anything immodest or improper
in such a gift, and hasten to say this
lest the working women's club should
change its minds and send the traduced
garment to the future Duchess of Marl-
borough, as none of the fashionable
world nor the metropolitan press has ex-
pressed the slightest shock at the details
of her wardrobe, although the most hid
den mysteries have all been revealed.
Why should anybody be shocked by
the garments worn in the sacred silence
Of the night, when the mind in sweet
dreams wanders with the angels in the
mysterious realm of the possibilities,
when the thoughts Of the sleeper may be
more refined and exalted than in the
glare of day or in an evening ball OF
reception?
All must admit that the robe de mutt
is more modest than the fashionable
evening dress and far more comfort.
able, graceful and artistic.
So, have no fears. dear girls, that ]
shall scorn your gift. With kind regards
and sincere wishes that you may evel
have good wages and plenty Of work t.
do, cordially yours,
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13


A little black eyed seamstress appear
ed the other day in the Office of we'll
known oculist, complaining Of her eyes.
"They are strong enough" said she,
'but they hurt me-"
"You have been focusing them, said
he, looking critically into their depths.
upon some minute object for many
hours at stretch There is coming a
small furrow between your brows, and
your eyes have weak spot in the nerves
at about sewing focus. Do you use the
needle much?''
Il don't know" hesitated she,
whether you would call it much.
sewed jet beads upon 80 yards of white
ribbon in wheel pattern, making hand
made trimming. Then I cut out the
edges IF tho ribbon down to the beads
and buttonholed both edges of the rib
bon, keeping the in and out Of the pat
tern, and then fitted the beaded ribbon
into pattern of jet beads upon the back
of bodice. There were. guess, mil
lion beads, and don't know how many
buttonhole stitches. There wasn't one
stitch as big as machine stitch.
"Ah,'' said the oculist, II under
stand. Go home. Know that you have
paid the price of lifelong neuralgia
with that beaded strip. But women
must be in the fashion. ''-Philadelphia
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Hatpins are growing in elaborateness
and expensiveness every day. Every con-
ceivable design is made in rhinestones,
silver. steel, gilt, gold and even jewels.
A round ball seems the favorite conceit,
and very effective it is in rhinestones.
steel or what is called agate-a trans
parent blue glass, set with miniature
jewels. The most useful and inexpen-
sive black headed hatpin is no longer
possible, alas! and if we cannot afford
real jewels, gold or silver we must deck
ourselves in gaudy limitations thereof or
be considered hopelessly behind the
times.
The designs in silver arc very varied
and sometimes grotesquely inappropri
ate. A small Cupid, poised ON ball,
may be artistic, but is certainly not ap.
propriate to hold ON q hat, and yet this
is only one Of many equally remarkable
pins. York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
Paper Confetti 1t weddinss.

Rice at weddings is doomed. A CORE
spondent informs us that in the upper
ranks of society the vegetable grains are
discarded and their place supplied by
paper confetti. These articles are about
half the size of an ordinary letter wafer
and are stamped in all colors. They are
soft and pleasant to the touch and fall
upon the brides shoulders like the gen.
tie rain from heaven without wetting
her dress or veil The confetti can do nc
harm either to hat, clothes or face, and
if a few stray down the back of brides
maid or the best man they cause no I'M
easiness at the breakfast table, for they
can be sat upon with a delightful sense
Of ease. Exit rice: enter confetti
Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
Emily M.lbone Morgan.

Miss Emily Malone Morgan has writ
ten an interesting little story, entitled
"a Poppy Garden" the scene of which
is laid in the town Of Blandford, Mass.
about 20 miles from Lenox. From the
profits of the sale of this little work
Miss Morgan has been enabled for the
last three years to support home for
working girls in BlandfOrd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

A new woman has signally demon
strated her ability as . station agent
under most trying circumstances. The
Times recently called attention to the
opinion Of a prominent railway official.
who asserted that at certain classes Of
railway Stations be bsl;eTed the se-Eicss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

agrsphist applied the term indiscrimi-
nately. particularly to the woman who
makes herself Objectionable and conspic-
nous On the other hand. the real pro-
gressive woman has the courage Of her
convictions and is simply carrying out
her own individuality. Instead Of honse-
hold duties merely she has q larger
sphere, greater work in society. After
all, she is the same woman Of old, with
the same loves and hatreds and family
ties. c. Sweet.
Newest Styles In Collars.
. Emma NJ. Hooper, in writing upon
Accessories For Dainty Gowns" in
The Ladies' Home Journal, states that
crush or stock collars will continue in
style made of velvet, silk CT satin, as
wooden goods are usually too heavy to
lie III loose folds. Rosettes at the sides
pre- rather passe, but points of the same
or a contrasting material form pretty
finish. These points are named after the
Partisan ,nodiste Paquin. One point is
turned over ON each side, being IL
inches wide at the top and sharp point
~ eAO oOttoih WAcIc IL is even Will tuc
lower edge of the straight or crush col
lar. Another style has a crush collar,
with two pointed tabs and q tiny knot
on each side flaring out like q pair of
birds wings. For demievening dress
collar that is very becoming to a;short.
full neck is Of velvet, forming a deep
point. S.@
The ends meet in front under. two
small rosettes, and the back is three
inches deep. To the edge of this is
sewed ten inch lace. which is shown its
full length front and back, while around
the points it is only three inches below
the velvet.
By adding this collar and belt
crushed or shaped in Il point-of velvet
house dress may be wonderfully fresh
ened. Pretty collars and belts of No.
IL fancy figured or striped ribbon are
made by shaping the center front with
V or dart. At the back the hooks and
eyes are concealed by four loops on each
side. Two long ones project sidewise
and two shorter loops are thrust straight
ont backward. Then for further decora.
ton straps of the ribbon may be added
over the shoulders, ending half way tc
the belt back and front under small
bow, which may hold fancy buckle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Hemstitching seems to be the one req
uisite to elegance in these days Pillow
cases and sheets Of fine cotton, as well
as those Of linen, are hemstitched-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Are white yeddins dresses going ont:
In Paris every wedding gown now 81
dered is Of ra.e pink CT ross co,cr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
The Fit Of Coats.

A ladies' tailor says that coats should
fit well about the armholes and neck to
secure comfort as we'll as good appear
ance. 1t is mistake, too. to select too
heavy cloth to make these garments.
ns when lined with the highest Of lin
ing the weight is trying. Nor are they
any warmer than lighter. closely WOW
en- cloth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Three generations have been reading THE
ARGUS. 1t was good enough for the old
grandfather. and as the years sped by it was
found equal to the requirements of the son.
Today the grandson finds it has kept pace
with progress, and he too is satisfied. The
old grandfather's taste wasn't very fastidious,
perhaps-but the grandson isn't so easily
pleased, and the fact that THE ARGUS
pleases him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Mrs. Elizabeth Phipps Train, the an
thor of "A Social Highwayman, is q
Bostonian. She is between 10 and 80
years old and greatly prefers living in
Boston to living in New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

In a recent lecture ON dress before the
Hartford School of Sociology Mrs. Clara
Colby Of Washington, who is an author.
ity ON physical culture and hygienie
dress, described the corset as the cause
Of more tumors than any otherQpe thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13

Mrs. Clare de Graffenreid is the ouly
woman in the labor bureau in Washing
ton. Her reports Of investigations amoni
the working classes in Belgium, Eng
land and elsewhere abroad are full o
interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-13
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24
CHICAGO ENGLISH.
New Dictionary Needed Every
Week to Understand II.
From the Chicago Record


From the Chicago Record.
A slang dictionary needs revising every
week.
Each day, it would seem, some new and
expressive word or phrase is either born
or adopted into new meaning.
The other evening a police captain was
telling of a robbery case that had come
under his observation.
Said he: That fellow had no business
to go into the place. AS soon as he went
in they spotted him for a live lobster"
For a what?'
For live lobster. Haven't you heard
that before?"
What does it mean?"
"A live lobster is a man with money.
That's what he is called by the people who
are after his money If they size him up
as having no money they call him a dead
lobster.
Another slang phrase occasionally heard
in the streets, and probably destined to
long career of usefulness, is ION the
ice"
A man who askes a favor of another
and is refused, says he is ION the ice.'
1t is equivalent TO saying that he got
the marble heart"
Any one who is kept in a chilly condi-
ton by hard luck is supposed to remain
In the office buildings there is a. new
compound word which is most expressive.
During the cold snap hundreds of pc
destrians passed through the warm cor
ridor of the long Monadnock building
every day.
This route was not only the short
cut between Jackson and Van Buren,
streets, but it permitted people to escape
the freezing winds which sweep along
the base of every sky-scraping building.
The pedestrian who comes in at one
end Of the building and goes out at tho
other with no purpose in view except to
keep warm is called by the attaches Of
the building a "walker-through
The building is crowded to-day" re-
marked some one to an elevator man.
Yes" he replied, but most Of them are
walkers through"
Such a word is actually useful IN dos
ignating a certain class OF busy people.
English Traveller: What Is tho mat
teri
Valet: on. SIR, Tho vessel has struck
on a rock and is sinking.
English Traveller How annoying NV
doctor has forbidden me 10 swim So soon
after having dined.-Harpcrs Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24


That very night the dying squire sum-
noned his nephew to come to his bedside.
He went. the young man with his heart
warm with love and hope, to the old man
whose heart was cold. and for whom all
hope had passed away. For a moment
they looked at each other in silence
the old Hugh Roden. and the young Hugh
Roden-and then the young man spoke
with quick pity in his tone.
4 am sorry you feel so i'll tonight UNI
Gle" he said.
The old man moved his hand as IL TO
indicate that such speech were now
waste of time.
Il have sent for you, Hugh" he said,
Ito make a last request-to give you, in
fact. a last command
What can / do for you, uncle?' asked
young Roden.
L have left you everything Hugh"
proceeded Mr.. Roden. everything" he
added with bitter sigh. but there is
4 condition attached
Well uncle?" asked young Hugh, and
he grew little pale
"A condition" went on the old man.
land that is that you marry suitably.
| have heard of some folly" he con-
tinued, some folly about you and the
parsons daughter Winny Southwell but
this will not do. Nay. ] have especially
named II in my will that you are forbid
sen 70 marry her If you become my heir"
And Mr.. Roden peered as eagerly as
nls aim eyes could in his Bephews face.
Young Hugh Roden, who had before
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24

English Traveller: What rs tho mat
teri
Valet; oh. SIR, Tho vessel has struck
on rock and is sinking.
English Traveller: How annoying NV
doctor has forbidden me 10 swim So soon
after having dined.--Harpcrs Bazaar.