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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
The Fashionable Cashmere.

1t is said that i'll her day the Empress
Josephine wished a new, softly draping
textile, extremely fine in weave and
with silky llstcr. The manufacturers
made stut.y of her order, and the re-
suit was the invention of cashmere, be-
loved by Frenchwomen to this day, and
just now favored by fashion everywhere.
The material was said to be eminently
suited to the perfect figure of the en-
press, at once Greek and creole, and it
is still adopted where special effects in
drapery are desired. A soft gray cash
mere is particularly becoming to clear
complexioned brunettes with color
Made upwith soft white silk vest and
"a little handsome silver and opal trim
ming, the complementary effect of the
tint is greatly enhanced. The skin if
not perfectly white looks much clearer
in contrast with a soft gray tone and
gives much more youthful appearance
to the wearer than any sort of dull
black gown possibly could, no matter
how elegantly Or elaborately trimmed.
Pink vests or other small accessories
in pink often render gray dress ex-
tremely becoming to either fair or dark
women, and again small amount Of
rich velvet and some handsome deep
cream lace work miracle ON some
what trying gray toilet. Of course judg-
ment must be exercised, and when the
figure is large it is unwise to emphasize
its outline by wearing light colors in
any material whatsoever. Gray cash
mere soils TOO easily to be considered
useful wear by many, but with ordinary
care this objection cannot be raised. 1t
is less inclined to show marks than GER
tain shades of green, mauve Or blue.
The new double faced cashmeres are
this spring made into extremely hand
some gowns for both outdoor and indoor
wear. Black, gray, green and ruby vel
vet ribbons are used upon dressy gray
gowns, and lace insertions, gimps and
accordion plated chiffons on gray even
ing toilets. New York Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
), Md, SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1897.

for his plea is wanting, and for this rea-
son, that, while he complains that wom-
en- do not sufficiently do their duty as
mothers, he does not adduce one fact to
show that women who perform public
functions or advocate woman suffrage
are liable in any special manner to this
charge. From experience much longer
than his should judge the contrary.
My old friend, John q. Whittier, used
to give as one reason for the support Of
woman suffrage his lifelong observation
of Quaker women. Among them, he
said, those who were most eminent in
public service were also uniformly es-
timable as wives and mothers. His solu-
tion was that the same conscientious
ness and mental capacity which fitted
them for the one sphere fitted them for
the other also. This has, at any rate,
been my own observation as to the
woman suffrage women Of the country.
Not only have many Of the best sug-
gestions as to education, hygiene and
home sanitation been due to them, but
i'll their actual service and success as
wives and mothers they have almost al
ways been worthy of admiration. In
the long line of leaders, beginning with
Lucretia Mott and continuing through
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone,
Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Julia
Ward Howe, Mary Livermore and many
others, their households and their chill.
dren have been their sufficient testimo-
ny. Had there been any very marked
exceptions we may be very sure that it
would have been proclaimed in thou
sand newspapers.
There is, no doubt, a general tenden-
cy in New England, under the pressure
OF that atmospheric influence which the
late Tom Appleton called "the whip of
the sky" to overwork and attempt too
much, but l do not see the smallest evil
dence that this has any particular bear
ing OH the parental relation or on the
function of suffrage. Under the present
improved methods of voting-an i'm.
provement which practically dates from
the admission of women to school suf-
frage-a mother needs to leave her ba-
by for 10 longer time in order to drop
her ballot into the box than to post a
letter at the street corner. AS for the
aim III voting, it is primarily for her
baby that she votes.-T. w. Higginson
in Boston Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
Women as Farmers.

Farming as an occupation for women
may not sound attractive to ladies of
culture and refinement, but it has been
demonstrated by three young women in
Illinois that it is both lucrative and
enjoyable business for the gentler sex,
and also that they need not lose their
taste for the finer things of life in this
humble employment They believe that
woman can properly manage any bust
ness if she is trained for it and will
closely observe all the details and at
tend to it herself. Experience has taught
them that agents were not success, as
they very soon began to trade Oh the
supposed incapability of women as bust
ness managers and tried to deceive them
by charging for work which was never
done. Their farms, which aggregate
4,2O0 acres, were inherited from their
father, John D. Gillett, well known
man i'll Illinois, who owned 1900
acres in Logan county at the time of
his death, nine years ago. The young
women are practical agriculturists, hav-
ing picked up much of their knowledge
going over the farms with their father,
and yet they are finely educated, speak
French, and have a taste for art, liter
ature and music.
They devoted their entire time to the
farms for the first few years after they
assumed the management, and now the
land yields twice as much as it did at
the time of their fathers death. Corn
is their principal product, and the av-
erage yield is 60 bushels an acre. They
have drained a lake of 400 acres by dig
ging ditch mile and half long.
The farms are divided into small Sec
tions, which are titled by tenants with
whom they divide the crops. These
women ride 80 and 40 miles day on
their tours of inspection, which are not
at stated times, SO the tenants have no
way of knowing when they are coming.
Miss Nina Gillett says there is no work
she would prefer to farming and thinks
woman who has a knowledge of the
subject and some experience is just as
good a farmer as man. Miss Amy is
quite as much in love with the business,
and, while they believe in all the sci
ence which can be applied to agricul-
ture, they rarely indulge in expert
ments, but trust to the agricultural ex-
pertinent stations to enlighten them as
to what may Or may not be done with
land. Times Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
A Calm Thief.

There was brief but engrossing in
cident in a woman's life the other day,
and she has not realized yet the full de-
tails Of situation which stunned her
completely for the few minutes it lasted.
She had gone into one of the big depart
ment stores up town and was standing
at a counter waiting for the girl to at
tend to her. Then she felt woman's
hand in her pocket. Involuntarily she
seized her skirt and was fortunate
enough to catch the woman's hand This
happened in second, and none of the
women about her had noticed the Incl
dent The pickpocket struggled to free
her hand, while the other woman clung
to her wrist not with any desire to ar
rest her or even to retain her, but merely
with the feeling that she was doing
something. Neither had spoken word.
The first to act was the pickpocket Her
hand was still held. and, with pretense
of grasping the other woman's hand, she
cried out:
"This woman is trying to rob me-
Everybody turned to look at the two,
and in her astonishment the woman let
60 the thief's hand. The thief drew her
hand suddenly out of the pocket, and
while those about them were gaping at
the innocent woman she darted through
and escaped. The other woman's head
swan, and there was dark shadow in
front of her eyes for second. But the
women about her realized the true situ-
alton in a moment, and their sympathy
was all for her. They helped her to re-
cover her composure and get into the
open air as soon as possible. New York
Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
HYMEN's WEDDING TORCH.

ceiyahle design, often so wonderfully
and fearfully made that it is no Won
der the fashion was soon on the wane,
and that many now feel that they never
want to see embroidery again.
Yet real embroidery is still in de-
mand. There is difference between
the mass OF limitations and the needle
work that is an art, for embroidery in
its perfection is an art. To be such it
must not only be faultless, but each
piece must be specially designed for the
purpose for which it is used. The de-
sign, in fact, is the most important
part of tie work, as shown by the sue
cess Of Mrs. Clara Kellogg of Westfield,
Mass. Her work has taken medals at
the Paris exposition, the Worlds fair
and at many other exhibits, yet much
of the actual embroidery is done by en-
ployees who work from her designs. She
plans each piece of every order received,
and no two are ever alike.
Some Of the designs represent par
ticular age or country, or are made to
correspond with the tone of the room in
which they are to be used. For instance,
i'll Turkish room the portieres, table
cover and pillows must, of course, be
distinctly oriental, while in another.
modelled after the renaissance, they
would follow the idea Or the decorations
peculiar to that period.
In the selection of materials and their
arrangement there is considerable
field for the display of taste and origi-
nality, and in this is the severest test,
that of being able to follow out the idea
of the architect and decorator so that the
embroidered hangings and covers will
fit i'll with the furnishings and decora-
tions, making harmonious whole.
Most of the portieres and covers for
the drawing room orslibrary were done
on satin sheeting. This material is par
ticularly we'll suited for rich renais-
sance effects. One of the prettiest por-
there's was in light blue gray.
For the bedroom there were the dain-
test of bureau sca1fs and table covers
on the sheerest linen and finished gener-
ally with an openwork border or in
sertion of honiton braid. One of these
was a scarf with border of roses work
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
COCOONS THAT JUMP.
They Can Throw Themselves Several Inche
Into the Air.

They Can Throw Themselves Several Inche
Into the Air.
The curious movements of jumping
beans have lately attracted some atten-
ton, though to style the spasmodic
jerks of the beans jumps is to court
disappointment Some jumping CO.
coons," described by DR.. d. Sharp in
The Entomologist were, however, re-
markably good athletes, for they could
spring out of a small vessel, such as a
tumbler, i'll which they were placed.
These cocoons were from South Africa,
but i'll spite of their exceptional gym
nastic efficiency DR.. Sharp hardened his
heart and sacrificed them upon the altar
of science, in the hope of discovering
something unusual that would explain
the powers of jumping.
The cocoons looked like niece of
oval pottery, about millimeteS long,
and having a rough surface. In each of
the two investigated pupa was found.
The two were similar in every respect,
and they no doubt belonged to the larvae
that made the cOcoons. "This little
pupa," says DR.. Sharp, sis shut up in
a remarkably hard, thick cocoon, and it
has to get out. Nature has not provided
it with caustic potash for the purpose,
but has endowed it with mechanism
of complex perfection to accomplish this
little object. On the front of the head
it has a sharp. chisel edge, and with
this it has to cut through the pottery,
contracting itself to the utmost in the
posterior part of the cocoon and retain
ing itself i'll this position by the hooks
OH the mobile part of the body. 1t is a
condition of elastic tension in conse-
quence of the other side of the body be-
ing so differently formed and immobile.
Therefore, releasing the hold of the
hooks, the pupa is discharged forward,
and the chisel piece strikes the front
part of the cocoon. Repeating this an
enormous number Of times, circle may
be gradually inscribed ON the inside of
the far end of the cocoon, which gives
way when sufficiently weakened and
the insect becomes free. In both the
specimens the inside of the cocoon is
about half cut through. Either this is
done as the result of prolonged series
of wriggles Or of shocks such as l have
described. It is by no means improbable
that the early part of the performance is
carving the groove by wriggling, the
latter part knocking it off by jumping
against it. " The pupa is thus most
interesting one to entomologists. The
order of insects to which it belongs ap-
pears to be somewhat uncertain, but DR..
Sharp thinks it will prove to be an
anomalous lepidopterous insect allied to
trichoptera, and possibly somewhere
near to adela.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
LONDON IN 1772.
1t Was Considered Joke to Turn Cattle
Into a Ballroom.

1t Was Considered II Joke to ,lurn Cattle
Into a Ballroom.
Can any one tell me anything of the
city assembly rooms and the assembly
rooms on the Surrey side-i. e., South
wark-about the year 1772? The social
side of the city about that time is Curl
ously difficult to get at satisfactorily
For instance, when Catherine Hutton
went to London in 1888, being then 81
years of age, she went with certain
Mr. j. Woodhouse and his mother They
the gentleman being dressed in suit
of pale blue French silk, spotted with
pink and green, the coat lined with
pink silk, his hair in bag, white
feather i'll his hat, sword by his side
and his ruffle and frill of fine point lace.
This seems very splendid. At the as
sembly the men were chiefly in "dress
coats ts'-meaning probably of blue or
pink silk, like that of Mr.. Woodhouse.
Those who were not wore "cloth coats,
trimmed with narrow gold lace, with
waistcoats of silver tissue,'' and the
hair "in a cue, with curls flying out
on each side of the head''
The other ladies were covered with
diamonds The subscription to the city
assembly is 3 guineas There are 200
subscribers and late nights. The sub
scribers are the first people in the city.
The rooms are lighted with wax. The
branches for the candles, the urns for
the tea and coffee and the baskets for
the cakes and macaroons are of silver I
want to know more about this assem-
bly,.
AS regards the Surrey assembly, all I
can tell you about it is that the room
was on the ground floor, and that Oh a
certain night-the opening night of the
season of 1772 (?)-while the dancing
was at its height some wag threw open
the front door and gave admission to
drove of oxen, which began to run about
in most terrifying manner. Some of
the men drew their swords valiantly,
others tumbled down. The ladies faint
ed and fell over the men. Caps, hoops,
tippets, handkerchiefs, were lying all
about the floor, and the oxen beloved
and ran about, threatening with their
horns. What would have happened one
knows not But "the sprightly Mrs.
Hanniver' ver''-presumably lady con-
nected with the supper department.
looming from the Lactarium with bub
for the gentlemen'-" "bub" is defined
by Webster as a strong malt drink
snatched from the master of the cere-
monies his mopstick-did the M. G. ON
the Surrey side carry mopstick as a
wand Of office?-and, with so much
spirit belabored the horny tribe that
they fed incontinent.
When the company gathered them
selves together and picked up what they
could, being horribly dishevelled, amid
the general wreck-hoops gone, wigs
pulled to pieces, headgear destroyed,
dresses torn-they proceeded, I suspect,
to refresh themselves with the sprightly
Mrs. Hanniver's stimulating bub. If
any one will tell me more about this
assembly, shall be grateful. Sir Wal
ter Besant in Queen.
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Lady Aberdeen on Clubs,

The Countess of Aberdeen, president
Of the National Council of Women for
Canada and wife of the governor general
of Canada, delivered the address at the
quarterly convocation of the University
of Chicago on April 1. Lady Aberdeen
said that the idea Of coeducation and
cooperation should be accepted through
out life. The forming of associations of
women has been necessary for training
and strength, but should be regarded as
temporary expedient to meet a tempo
rary need. "Man was not meant to live
alone, she said, "but still less was
woman. 1t may be well and desirable
at the present time to have our women s
clubs and councils, and let us put our
best effort into them to make them pro-
duce their best fruit, but let us also re.
member that they are but means to an
end and that the redemption of the race
can only be compassed by men and wom-
ell joining hands and making common
cause in every department of life-not
both necessarily doing the same work,
but combining to do each their own
part of the whole together"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
Dressing the Hair.

News comes from England that rev
olution has begun there-a revolution in
the arrangement of hair on the heads of
fashionable women. Of course this is
very important, and the report will re-
ceive serious attention i'll a country
where all things English are either ad-
mired and copied or hated and stunned
with fervid energy. Hints of the change
have been current in London boudOirs
for weeks, and already few women,
greatly daring, have displayed the new
style i'll pubic. The innovation, as usu-
al, is a revival and dates back not to
1880, that epoch of fashion, but to the
years Immediately preceding Queen Vic
torla S accession. Its salient features are
a boldly outstanding loop Or two of hair,
brought decidedly forward, ON the top
of the head, while the arrangement be-
hind tapers to point an inch or so from
the base of the skull The novelty which
renders it noticeable is the introduction
of scarf of soft silk gauze or lace twist
ed in and out of the coils of hair, which
are usually gathered slightly more to
one side of the head than the other, the
balance being created with puff or
bow of the material.
Both hair and gauze or silk usually
start from diamond comb, placed low
at the back of the head, and Il special
shape has been evolved for the purpose.
The hair at the sides is very slightly
waved, and Il great reaction has set in
against the "fuffed out" appearance
which has been general of late. 1t may
be added that the new mode tends to
place those ladies to whom nature has
not been kind i'll the gift of abundant
tresses upon an equality with their more
richly endowed sisters, as it is almost
an impossibility to form the loops i'll
front without the help of postiche of
false hair in which a spiral spring is
adroitly concealed. New York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12

In direct contrast to the large, vulgar
looking, Overladen hats, says a New
York fashion writer, there have been
brought out some tiny little bonnets that
are nothing more than straw caps. The
plait, as rule, is coarse and the color
more or less aggressive, but the trim
ming is simple, and the limited space
at disposal prevents the exaggeration
so conspicuous on most kinds of head
gear now worn. Green and blue con-
tinue to assimilate, and often very
harmonious effect is produced. The
green of the forgetmenot leaf and the
blue of the dainty flower furnish hap
py combination. Nature is safe guide
to follow where color is concerned, and
green and blue straw hat trimmed
with forgetmenots and loops of green
moire or velvet ribbon is charming. Lo-
bella blue flowers and foliage mixed
with valley lilies trim French bonnet
of green straw in openwork, through
which glimmer bits of the soft seashell
pink lining.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
A PURITAN THANKSGIVING.
The Model Bill of Fare For Their Annual
Feast,

We have no record of just how the
Puritans' Thanksgiving tables were set,
but from contemporaneous pictures we
can judge that there were few, if any,
forks, each guest being supplied with a
knife. They sat on benches and chests,
ate from pewter platters, and the table
was i'll most cases literally a board
placed Oh wooden horses. They had few
chairs or tables, but were plentifully
supplied with chests containing their
linen and wardrobes, and these served
in the place of chairs. In later colonial
times chairs and tables became more
plentiful and forks were more common,
but all preferred to eat with their knives
on account OF the dangerous, sharp, steel
points of the two pronged forks. The
table and dishes were arranged as fol-
lows:
THANKSGIVING DINNER OF 1850.
FIRST COURSE.
At the upper end of your table pike roast
ed with pudding within it, which you must
efterward remove mot the pudding, but the
fish,, for your gravy. scoup drown soup).
Under that venison patty and
Under that giblet pye.
On the further side of which place a fine
boiled pudding Ia rolly poly or suet pudding).
On the nearer side of the giblet pye place
some Scotch C Hops; croquettes of larded veal
fried in butter and served with spiced oyster
sauce favored with white wine.
At the bottom of the table place dish of
roast beef, with horse raddish and pickles
round.
SECOND COURSE.
At tho upper end of the table turkey roast
cd. with an oyster pudding within it.
Under that tansy Ga sort of baked custard)
garnished with orange. On the further side
place hare with savory pudding. On the
nearer side woodcocks with toast.
And at the bottom of the table place pump
kin pye.
Boston Herald.
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Westward.

In addition No. leaves Piedmont $40 a. m.
arrives Frostburg 1875 H. m, aud No. s, leaving
Frostburg l4A p. m. reaches Piedmont 2:3S p.
m, stopping at al intermediate stations.
son theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at HAYS street station. Cum
berland.
Nos. l. p 3, 4, ! and Sdaily except Sunday.
Nos. 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
and q. l.. Nj. HAMILTON,
July a5 Superintendent.
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WHo1r Nunprn, 1888.
klNSHIP.

There is no flower of wood or lea,
No April flower, as fair as she.
o white anemone, who hast
The winds wild grace,
Know her a cousin Of thy race,
Into whose face
A presence like the winds hath passed.
There is no flower of wood or lea,
No Maytime flower, as fair as she.
o bluebell, tender with the blue
OF limpid skies,
Thy lineage hath kindred ties
In her whose eyes
The heav'ns' own qualities imbue.
There is no flower of wood or lea,
No Juneday flower, as fair as she.
Rose, odorous with beauty Of
Life's first and best,
Behold thy sister here confessed,
Whose maiden breast
Is fragrant with the dreams of love.
Madison Cawein in New York Ledger.
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Suffrage Women as Mothers,

I regret to differ with my valued
kinsman, DR.. Walter Charming, in his
argument against woman suffrage. It
seems to me that the logical foundation
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His Sales.

"How's business?" asked one street
fakir.
"Not very brisk" replied the other.
"Sold anything?"
"Only three or four people go far
Chicago Record.
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Critic-The hero and the villain ha,
a duel last night on the stage.
Friend-Who got the worst of it?
Critic-The audience
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-12
To BE WORKED IN SOFT ORIENTAL COLOR
INES


INGS.
ed in old blues A table cover was in the
Russian style, worked in delicate pinks
and creams, in the peculiar cross stitch
used in such designs.
The colonial designs are used for ev-
prything, and of these, or, rather, of
their application to this kind Of en-
broidory, Mrs. Kellogg is the origina-
tor. She was the first to use in this
work the old devices peculiar to the
architecture of colonial days. This
work appears to the best advantage,
perhaps, on portieres and tapestries of
heavy cream satin sheeting, but is used
just as frequently to ornament any and
all of the dainty trifles made of linen or
silk New York Tribune.