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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

that you are anxious to sell the land
where you live and move to Missouri [
have been thinking OF this ever since, and
cannot but think such notion is foolish.
What can you do in Missouri better than
here? is the land any richer? Can you
there, any more than here, raise corn and
wheat and oats without work. VIII any
body there, any more than here, do your
work for you? If you intend to go to work
there Is no better place than right where
you are If you do not intend to work
you cannot get along anywhere.
'Squirming and crawling about from
place TO place can do no good You have
raised no crop this year; and what YOU
really want is 20 sell the land, get the
money, and spend 1t. Part with the land
you have, and, my life upon It, you will
never after own a spot big enough to bury
you in. Half you get for the land will
be spent In moving to Missouri, and the
other half you will eat, drink and wear
out, and no foot Of land viii be bought.
Now, feel It my duty TO have no hand
In such piece of foolery. / feel that II ia
so even on your own account and partic-
ularly on mothers account. The eastern
forty acres / intend to keep for mother
while she lives: Il you will not cultivate
1t, IL will rent for enough to support her
at least, 1t viii rent for something Her
dover in the other two forties she cam
let you have, and no thanks to me. Now,
do not misunderstood this letter; do not
write it in any unkindness. / write It in
order, If possible, to get you to face the
truth, which truth is, you are destituts
because you have idled away all your
time. Your thousand pretences for not
getting along better are all nonsenses
they deceive nobody but yourself. Go to
work is the only cure for your case"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

There's no use talking, girlsY The
young woman leaning across her wheel
took off her sailor, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer, and famed herself violently.
you can't help it. You may say all you
please about the good, healthful color
and all the rest of it. I've never seen a
girl vet that looked decent when she was
all sunburnt. Look at met She stopped
and laughed as she mopped her face Am
I not a sight? Why, brother says he
hasn't seen a pretty girl this summer
Oh, we don't look so bad in this riggingp'
She gave a quick glance from her linen
shirt to her corduroy skirt and leggings.
But I'm thinking of the garden party to-
night. Thkk when 1 want to be arrayed
in dainty white and lace and be the sweet
" pretty summer girl once more. 1 tell
YOU" she gazed dolefully around, IN
be a dead failure
A cool looking girl in a linen gown join
ed the cyclers. The speaker turned to her
and went on: Now, here's Janet Jorden.
She rides a wheel; yet, what on earth do
you do, Jane? You don't look like a lob
steri'
Eyes" said the cool-looking young wo-
man, Il ride about as much as any OF you.
but I'll tell you how I do it. In the first
place 1 don't ride in the heat Of the day
like this. I usually go early in the morn
ing and at nights No. I don't wear a veil
l consider that a sure mark OF weak
mindedness. wore one of those chiffon
things once, and the light shone through
in little streaks from each side. couldn't
see a thing Then as soon as I got a lit
tie warm it stuck to my face in the most
uncomfortable fashion. But I'll tell you
what to do. When you come in from rid
ing don't wash your face the first thing.
Rub some cold cream on, lanoline or any
thing of the kind. Stay in your room
awhile. for you won't look very nice Lie
down and nap a few minutes If you can.
Then get up and bath your face again and
again in as hot water as you can stand.
Keep laying on hot cloths until you get all
the heat out Of your skin. Then dust your
face with some cooling powder, and you
are ali right. often when
know I'm going to be in the
sun It is a good plan to cover
the face well with talcum powder I look
n little white. but It Is a good protector.
But II you do these little simple things
every time you'll not be so dreadfully sun
burned. You may run the risk Of being
called q 'primper.' but Il pays When you
put on your white dress - the evening
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30


In this day. when the laws Of health ara
understood as they were not fifty years
ago. people inveigh in voice and print
against the evils Of candy eating and chil-
dren, hearing the protest, feel their httla
hearts sink within them. IL Is natural for
the babies to love sugar plums, and it is
the abuse, not the use, OF sweets that is
reprehensible. One man with superb de
gestion and a normal appetite says he
has always made it his custom to eat sew
eral pieces of candy after his monday
meal, and that he has never felt any evil
effects from the practice. A little sweet
following a meal VIII not harm a healthy
child, but the mother must judge as to
the quality and Quantity. She may keep on
hand a box Of simple peppermints or plain
chocolates, and after dinner give to the
little one as many as she deems prudent.
The stomach often Graves and usually di-
gests readily, sweets after a hearty meal.
The perniciOus habit Of allowing children
to purchase candy galore and eat it ad
abftum is what ruins stomachs, perverts
the appetite, and destroys teeth Until the
child is old enough to discriminate and ex-
ercise self-controi, the mother must choose
for him. But in exercising this right she
must try not to carry 1t TO an unreasona-
bic extent. and deny her little one that
which used judiciously will not harm him,
and which forms one of the chief treats
Of childhood. The words candy and 'lce
cream" convey to the childish mind depths
of bliss such as a grown woman can
scarcely conceive of. Let not US, who
have passed that happy stage when the
sight of bonbon caused a thrill Of delight
deny too vigorously to our little ones the
simple sweets of life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

One of the leading fads this summer has
been collecting monograms and crests
from stationery. Anybody with a swell cor
respondence or having friend fortunate
in this regard was an object of envy Be
sides arranging them in books, fans were
decorated with them and other similar
uses were found by inventive minds and
busy fingers. The mOnograms and crests
from members of foreign embassies and
legations were, of course, only to be had
by the favored few and so interesting did
this search become that the heads of the
plainest business paper emanating from
these sources were highly treasured.
Some of the monograms of Washington
ladies are really very pretty, while those
who use crests, large and small, score a
point higher in this game. Possibly of
those in private life Mrs. Hearst has a
more costly monogram than any other
lady in Washington. Her note paper has
her initials prettily entwined in silver on
a raised purple disk, not as large as a sill
yer three-cen piece. Each separate one is
painted, and it is here that the cost comes
in.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

The smallest prayer book in the world is
that published by the oxford University
Press. of England. Such is the delicacy Of
the workmanship and the compactness of
this diminutive prayer book that it can
easily be put into the waistcoat pocket or
into the purse. Bound in morocco and vel
vet the tiny volume weighs about three
quarters of an ounce, and Is only one inch
in breadth, three inches in length and one
third of an inch in thickness. To get $40
pages and two morocco covers into the
thickness of one-third of an inch is a mar
vel of paper making and binding. An edi-
ton issued without the calendar and oc-
casional services is reduced in thickness
by One-third and in weight to half an
ounce. A book called the Priests Pocket
Bible" also printed by the same press,
contains the Bible, including Apocrypha,
prayer book and the new and complete
edition of hymns. ancient and modern. 1t
is printed in diamond type on India paper
measures AZ inches by inches by III
inches and weighs only seven and a fourth
ounces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

tiny maid of four years Old, says the
New York Tribune.was taken for a long
walk by her nurse on her arrival at a sea-
side place, and, coming to an inlet of the
bay which INSTRUCTED their return, the lat
ter noticed boat moored to the shore,
and thought she would lessen the distance
by polling the skif across the shallow
water to the opposite shore. Miscalcu-
lating the drift of the current, however
the boat was carried to a considerable
distance down the opposite side, where
they landed. The woman, ignorant of the
rough character of the country told the
little one to run to the house, which was
in plain sight, while she padded the skiff
back. promising to rejoin her as soon as
possible So the child set out for home
over a way that proved to be long and
weary, over hillocks of sand that appeared
as mountains, and gullies that seemed
veritable creVasses to her childish mex
perience. until the house, where she met
her mother, and ran into her sheltering
arms.
"Were you frightened, my sweet" eX-
claimed the latter pityingly, as she caught
up the tiny traveller to her breast.
II felt very lost" said the child, simply
land very far from home; but I sang
Lead, Kindly Light, TO myself all the
way" The moor and fen, and "crag and
torrent" We're very real terrors to the
poor little thing. but her faith was reward
ed by the "angel face" of her mother
which, lost awhile smiled on her at
last.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

Col Thomas Wentworth IIigginson was
the possessor OF the most famous library
eNtant about women. and he has just given
II 70 the Radcliffe library. The collection
was started in lS46, and two continents
We're ransacked in the making Of 1t. 1t
contains hne account of the famous wO-
men scholars and professors in the Ital-
ian universities in the middle ages. and
Of many now forgotten women who con-
trlbuted to literature i'm Italy, Spain, Port
ugal, France, Austria, Germany, and
Great Britain before this century. 1t has
complete records OF another strange field.
The women who have distinguished
themselves in European warfare are all
there. The list, which is an unknown one
to-day. includes women of title and Of the
bourgeoisie who wore armor. led troops.
and fought battles. The largest number
or these hero.ues is found in the north
OF France, in Brittany and Normandy,
where the fierce blood Of the Norsenen
had made itself felt. Another section of
the library is DEVOTED to women who have
made names in abstract sciences, philos-
ophy, and professions; women who ex-
celled in commerce and manufactures,
and those who attained fame as rulers are
also IN the list.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

Before any girl determines upon out
side training for outside work would she
not do well to weigh and measure strict
ly her capacity, opportunity, need. and
be relatively sure of all?" inquiries Mrs.
A. D. T. Whitney in September Ladies
Home Journal. Are you capable, in any
marked and special degree, for one partic-
ular pursuit and use? Is it right and
feasible, in the apparent providential or
dering, that you should take time and
money to fit and equip yourself for L,
and then can you seasonably expect
chance and scope to do your chosen err
rand? Is there need of others to meet,
need of your own to supply? Answer
truly. Do not resolve to be this or thar
because you think it a pretty thing to be,
or because some one else has succeeded
in it, 1t may have been her work, and
yet not be yours. A young girl once wrote
me, I have set my heart on being an au-
thoress. If l cannot be one my life VIII
be a failure Her letter, and the specI-
mems of authorship Enclosed, were them
selves argument for, at least, very patient
study and practice. She needed, also, TO
live longer and deeper before she would
find a true message to deliver. L told
her so, in the solicited answer. 1 tell
them so; for this was only one appeal VI
many. = To you others, who only
have a little more time than money, and
would like something to busy you and
help fill your portmonnaie, there are diff
ferent things TO say. Compare your need
with that of others before you take up
occupation that may be their livelihood.
To intrude into a crowded rank Of work.
ers only to add pleasure or an elegance
to your comforts would be EXTREMIST frac-
ture of the eighth commandment. For
bearance from this might leave many
chance open to real necessity which now
is barred, or neutralized by cheapening
competition. Make conscience Of this, as
you would make conscience against rob-
berry direct"
Those who are used to the comforts Of
life as we understand them In America,
says the New York Tribune, sometimes
find II difficult 10 exist without them IN
European travel The lack of bathrooms
characterizcs the most luxurious foreign
hotels The thing which Is a necessity 20
the American IS regarded as a superhuity
on the continent, and II one doesn't care
20 use the one general bathroom one has
TO accept the portable bathtub Of Great
Britain as The best substitute. The man
or maid who brings pail on pail Of warm
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30
White Frog Found at Bedrocls.



Duluth, MINI, Aug. 22.-wen diggers
made a peculiar find on the property of
w. B. Hartley in this city. They were
down fifteen feet below the surface IN, an
excavation for a well, and had blasted
through six feet Of solid rock, when they
struck spring gushing up through a Gre
vice. Gaily disporting itself at the mouth
Of the frog species about an inch long in
body and three inches long from tip of out
spread forefoot to tip of its hind feet
The frog is Of a white and light brown col
Grand apparently has no mouth, although
It Is possessed Of bright black eyes. It
climbs up and down the smooth sides of
the glass Jar in which II is confined with
as much ease as along the bottom It's col
or proves that Il mas been long since 1t
has seen daylight, and in all probability
It came up into It's secluded retreat in the
bed of rock By way Of the hidden spring.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

or cold water wherewith 20 I'll 1t, giggles
ulcOntrollably at the ahsurdity OF mon
suier or madame in requiring bath every
day. And this is not in the small hotels
only ltherein you don't always find even
the general bathroom or the portable bath
tub, but in the great hotels whose bills
mount up into startling sums.
IL is odd that in these days when pec-
pie OF wealth travel continually, the for
eign inkeeper has not adopted the COM
Portable American fashion of suites OF
rooms with accompanying bath. His prices
are certainly large enough TO justify this
improvement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

This, says the Ladies' Home Journal,
is as great a convenience as preserves,
the preparation of apples for sauce not
being always convenient for the busy
housekeeper. Inferior apples may be
used in this way and the windfalls of
early autumn, when one is fortunate
enough to own an orchard, will be found
quite available. They should be peeled,
cored and freed from every blemish then
cut up in quite small pieces. A large
earthen jar with a cover should be ready
to receive them. Into this put first
liberal sprnkling of sugar, with CHINA
mon to taste, then a layer of apples,
then more sugar and cinnamon, and so
on till the jar is full. The sugar should
be regulated according to the tartness Of
the apples, from a quarter to a half
pound for one pound of apples be-
ing the rule. The jar should be placed
at the back of the range and the fruit
kept covered and gently simmering
through the day. 1t should then be set
away to cool, and the apples taken out
only as they are needed for sauce or des-
serts. Having no water mixed with them,
apples prepared in this way are very pala-
table.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

Failed But once.-"Don't be afraid.
Come right in-my wife's out. Have a
little something. Here's a nice quality
Of old"
Good heavens, man, you've got the
wrong bottlei Look at that label! Don't
you see it's marked poison2"
oh that's all right. That saves 1t from
the hired girl My own invention. you
know. Clever. isn't it? Never failed but
once"
How was that2"
"Hired girl couldn't read."-cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

A very chin woman looks her best in
a white foulard silk covered with queer
little black scrolls. In this case the vest
is composed of black mousseline de sole
over white satin. On the mousseine are
appliqued lace roses. The sleeves have
a very small puff and are ruched This
gown is so skilfully arranged that it can
also be worn with a fichu of black NOUS
seline de sole, round which is seen a knife
pleating of mousseline, which, in turn
is edged with a little Nalenciennes lace.
Foulards are exceedingly fashionable
and one having a white ground with a
blue pattern upon it, has lately been COM
pleted by a good woman. The bodice is
seemed in the center of the back, and
drawn in narrow folds to the front, where
it is fastened with rosettes ornamented
with diamond buttons A loose rever falls
on either side of the bust to reveal a hchu
and collar made of esprit net, outlined
with grass lawn embroidery frilled with
lace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

1t is rumored that no less than three
prominent authors are engaged upon lives
Of Chrlst-Hall Game, S. Il. Crockett and
Ian Maclaren.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

World.

kind 1t was surprising but most fascinat-
ING every time I was addressed by nv new
name. delighted TO refer TO my husband
OF 70 quote him as Mr.. Blank with true
marital familiarity, and altogether acted
eNactly as many brides before and since
my time have
II is the woman who does not ride a
wheel who is uncommon these days. but l
Ioolishly forget or ignore that and look
upon myself as remarkable person 1
still feel very conspicuous when am rush
ing over the road. and 1 actually have airs
IN talking wheel talk, in which doubtless
display my real inexperience every mo-
menJ II Is so true that We are so impor-
tant to ourselves and so unimportant TO
everybody else"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

The new girl was a treasure, and the
mistress Of the house is still quaking over
the narrow escape she had from losing
her the other day, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
On the morning of the day upon which
her wages became due her mistress re-
quested her to step into the study where
her master was waiting to pay her In a
few moments she rushed from the study
to the kitchen, where she had left her
mistress, and in less time than it take
to narrate had given the astonished lady
notice that she was going to leave.
But whatever is the matter. Mary?" in
quired her mistress. What has your
master said or done to annoy your"
He hasn't said nuthin'." replied Mary.
as she fiOurished a check in her mistress
face, but he's given me this for a month S
slavery. Not me; l amt no ortygaph
collector, l amt"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

~ - IS Iunny" says a woman TO the New
fimes who has just accomplish
e- IT, but now that / have learned ~ ride
" heel ! feel about IL as I did in NV bril-
- aays about my marriages. II the ex-
.l'eHce was one peculiarly and especially
A..tnough the world was fun OF women
Hesed TO be addressed by the title OF
tt..' shnred the notion Of most brides
,lAt my acquisition of the rleht SINGLED
"'' 0lI somehow from the rest Of woman
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

Am I afraid of lightning?' repeated a
young woman the other day in answer TO a
question: L used TO be until a man 1 met
told me was in much more danger of be-
ing murdered than of being killed by light
ming. As l have never lain awake O.
nights fearing TO be murdered, began to
lose my fear of electric storms. and now
one has to be very severe to alarm me-"
Statistics show that there is only one
chance in a million of a house being struck
by lightning An eminent scientist who has
recently been investigating the matter
says that the only precaution necessary is
to avoid a draught. Shut your doors and
windows when a storm comes and YOU
are as safe from lightning as it is possible
to be safe from anything in this world Of
surprising happenings.
Put little turpentine into the tepid wa
t. in, hi1l, IL. ILL.,. .t....l
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

Put little turpentine into the tepid wa
ter in which the delicate colored stockings
used with evening dresses are washed for
the first time. II will prevent the colors
from fading, and if the hose are allowed to
soak a few hours in the water it will be
better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-31
THE PERFECT MILLINER.


Originality and Neatnsss Are 9ho Thinss
That Count.
Originality in designing and individu-
atty in style are qualities which count
for most in the milliner of to-day.
Variety is now the keynote. Instead
of one particular style there are many.
The day OF "one idea'' in q season has
passed.
To discover some new arrangement
for prevailing trimmings, to put a new
curve into a popular and becoming
shape, these are marks of genius.
Just such ideas as these or the lack
of them, simple and Insignificant as
they may seem, make the difference
between the high-salaried and poorly
paid milliner, and bring success or fail
ure to the department. in which she Ia
employed.
Perfection In detail Is another essen.
tial to the successful milliner. To be
artistic the trimming on hat must
in effect be careleesly and gracefully
arranged.
Stiff and prim looking bats are rare
~ becoming, yet at the same time, how
ever careless the arrangement NAV
seem, the must be no slightdng Of the
work.
NC hAOSb AOSdA peSeEOAS VIII 0cGOAAS
disguised with stitches that loosen
after few times wearing, leaving hovv-
ers tumbling of, feathers awry. and
ribbon bows at ''sixes and seVens."
To genius in designing and pains
taking work add artistic taste for col
ors, which must include not only a
knowledge of harmonies and contrasts,
but also good Judgment as to becom-
ing shades for individual types.
Combining these three qualities in
one individual, you have what is rare
indeed, the perfect milliner.-Chicag
Inter Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-31
CGArO
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

a time and fasten and pin together. After
this was done came the finishing part and
how carefully this was done can be attest
ed to by any one who has pulled down an
old house Of 100 years ago. The nails Of
wrought iron seemed to hold forever; no
give or break to them. The oak and chest
nut boards and beams as hard as iron
seemed determined to stay where they
have been so long. The shingles on the
roofs, made by hand and secured to oak
lath by wrought iron homemade nails,
were then in shape to last as long as the
house. have myself, 25 years ago, taken
shingles OF this kind off a roof where they
had been over 100 years and had the butts
cut off and replaced and they were then
better than any new ones the market could
supply, and they are good for years yet.
Stability was the great watchword, and
it was a good one, and we would do well If
we could get little more Of it infused into
our modern work Build good and strong
first and be sure you use only good, sound
materials, and time viii then prove the
wisdom of so doing.
This cottage for small home to fit these
modern times is a model 1t is 80 feet
front and % deep; cellar feet, first floor
9 feet, second floor feet high. With two
good attic rooms finished it makes a coy
home for quite a large family. The hall
and parlOr combined are very effective and
such as to give character and contentment
to any one upon first entering and are fea-