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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03

of the coloriug. The women wear aprons
Of bright blue with d piece at the top of
the brightest possible plaid. The bodices
are of lowered chintz of bright yellow en-
broidered in different colors. and even the
sabots are grass green or yellow
The little girls dress exactly like their
mothers, and 50 do the little boys, in skirts
and all, until they are 7, when they are
put in boomers, and the only way they
can be told is by little disc the size of a
dollar embroidered on the back of their
tight little baby caps. The girls caps
haven't them, but as they are as vari-col-
Cred as Josephs coat it is hard to recog-
nize the little disc when you see them on
the boys.
These little caps are worn by the chill
dren over their white ones, but not by the
grown boys. All of them, from babies to
grandmOthers, have a long curl from each
side of the face, and bang that is treat
ed to a dose Of blue or something to make
it stick out IKE a single. the rest Of
the head is shaved. The children look
like little fairy princesses with their gol-
den curls and gay dresses, and when you
are there it seems as though you were lN-
ing a little fairy story while you are
among them.
When the people of Vollendam go in
tourists are also offered the hospitality of
one. A bathing machine is a nice little
dressing-room on wheels. 1t is driWeh
out into the water. So when you are
READY you open your front door and step
into the sea-a wise arrangement, seeing
that Dutch bathing dresses are perfect
horrors. The little room remains in the
water as long as you do, and when you
are safely in 1t again the horse is hitched
to 1t and you are driven up on the beach
and complete your twilight" at leisure
The people of Volendam never take up
new things. Even the children never
play new pranks on each other. They do
the same old tricks year after year, play
the same games ana hand down from gen
GRAFTON TO generation the same little play
things They arc sweet little things who
know nothing of the ways and wiles of the
American child.
But few days ago there was sensa-
ton in Nollendam, and it was caused by
the arrival of two American girls. They
were bloomer girls. who came over from
Paris TO see Holland. One of them was
from Chicago and the other from a south
ern city They had heard that there were
strange places in Holland, and they set
out to find one of them. When they left
Paris they discarded their skirts and put
becoming and graceful if it is made right
When these girls arrived in Vollendam
| they went to the hotel, and there prepared
to go forth, but when they came out they
found a crowd of Nollenders around the
door, Asking some one what was the
matter, they received the reply 1T IS
your bicycles"
Vollcndam never saw q bicycle before.
what. never saw a bicycle?" said the
| girl from Chicago.
why even in the conservative south
they have wheels" said the southern
| girl.
Then the Vollenders, seeing that the two
Americans were good-natured, gathered
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LoNDON's Dog CEMETERY.
Queer inscription ON Beautiful
Stone--NO Race Prejudices.
From the Figaro.

Near Victoria gate in Hyde Park there
is an Enclosure reserved as a burying
ground for dogs. Life is always full of
contrasts. On one side here we witness
the pleasures and the joys of life, and on
the other we find the vanity of all exist
ing things. That, at least, was the opin-
ion of the old keeper who brought me
through the burying ground cOnfided to
his care. The dogs grave digger is an
honest fellow with a face marked with
wrinkles. The place is about thirty meters
in length and twenty in breadth, and gran
lite and marble monuments with the names
and characteristics of the departed are
very numerous. This respect for animals
presents an unexpected aspect in which
the touching is strangely mixed with the
grotesque. There are about 200 tombs in
the Enclosure. The plots are given gratu-
itousy. The stones and the inscriptions
are put up at the expense Of the bereaved
families. Some of the inscriptions are
worthy of notice.
The first stone that meets the eye of the
visitor is erected to the memory of BE
loved Roby died Goth of August, 1896,
aged 10 months and a half"
Then comes Flick, a faithful friend,
and Maudie, an old friend
On another tombstone are the words:
Dear old Priny.'
But real grief is silent, or nearly so. and
the word Jacob" upon another marble
slab doubtless covers a heap of regrets
Further on there is another superb tomb,
upon which the name of the dog Is inscrib-
ed in very small letters and that of the
master in enormous letters. It is as fol-
lows: "Pompeii, the favorte dog of Miss
Florence st. John" And uader this is the
following quotation from Byroni
"In life the firmest friend.
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SLAUGHTERED THREE WOLVES
Lively Experience of the Wife of s.
FrOntiersmnn
From the New York Times.

from the New York Times
Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept. 1S-Otto
Gewehrson, a sturdy German farmer of
this frontier county of Minnesota. cana
into town last Tuesday to "prove M on
the claim he has "held down. for tho
last five years, and also to collect thu
bounty on three wolf scalps he brought
with him. As Otto said: 81 killed en- nor
init mine gun, aber mine woman killed EN-
nit elm axe" and the three hides bore
witness, mute but contestible, to the truth
of his words. All three were gashed ana
cut as if they had been through contest
with buzz saw, and no one seeing them
and hearing Otto's story would ever douh4
the proves of our frontier housewives.
Otto had managed, besides clearing IN
and breaking a nice little farm, to raise
an equally nice little family of copies Of
himself and flock Of fine blooded sheen
both of which did him great credit. Being
in the almost primitive wilderness, he had
suffered a deal of annoyance, as well as
Of loss, from the depredations Of timber
wolves, which abound throughout the thin
ly settled portions of Itaska county. Pl,
careful watching of his flock, keeping good
shepherd dogs, a liberal distribution of
poison, and the setting of traps for the
marauders of the forest, he had managed
to give the wolves an impression that his
farm was good place to fight Shy of.
During this summer he had no trouble
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was put on as though it were a chemi-
settle front and the girdle was elasped
over st.
Another waist trimming consisted of
blue taffeta embroidered and laid in lapel
form over broad blue epaulettes, also of
taffeta. This was to be put on something
Ike a bolero. 1t slipped on over the
shoulders and was then fastened at the
waist with a belt Of ribbon. The waist it.
self consisted of a thin goods in
sWirling design over taffeta.
The skirt was of blue cloth with panels
of the waist material laid in. There were
also trimmings OF the same.
Many Of these waist trimmings are made
up as parts Of suits, but the clever wo-
man can see how to adapt them to differ
lest lawn or foulard house dresses.
one Of the prettiest Of the early summer
sales in Paris is the sale of tea gowns and
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around them and asked questions, gestic-
ulating and making the most expressive
motions. The Americans knew little
Dutch and managed to answer their ques-
tons in way.
When they learned that Vollendam had
never before seen wheel. they were as
tonished. After a little persuasion they
kindly consented to give exhibitions Of
riding, and did such marvellous feats as
riding around in a circle, mounting and
dismounting, racing with each other, rid
ing with one hand on the handle bars.
and standing up on the pedals.
These small tricks, that are known to
every American girl who rides a wheel.
filled the Vollenders with wonder and
one of them, more venturesome than the
rest, asked to be allowed to sit on the sad
die. OF course, she had to be held there,
and this only increased her wonder of the
performance of the American girls.
When asked If they would like to have
bicycles introduced in Vollendam they
looked wistful, but shook their heads and
glanced furtively at the men, as much as
to say, "They would never allow it,"
One of the little boys of Vollendam cried
when the American girls started away, so
the Chicago girl good-naturedly brought
back her wheel and put the little fellow on
it, allowing him to rest his big wooden
shoes on the pedals. This 50 delighted
him that he stood up and lost his balance
and fell over the handle bars. He pointed
to his wooden shoes and laughed, as much
as to say that they We're the reason why
he had not been able to ride.
The girls, with American enterprise,
asked the hotel proprietor why he did not
attach a bicycle agency to his hotel, but
he, too, shook his head and said he was
afraid it would not be very popular. Not
more than dozen visitors a year come TO
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'Adored Spot" ''Our Friend Dar,,.
Chin Chin" and @'sweet Cairo" lie ' cinls
to each other. 0iose
Dear Minnie, brave. intelligent Ct,
a splendid monument. mas
But, as If to prove that race praiuaioo,
necessarily disappear with death in re-
cemetery of dogs there is a stone eractaS
TO the memory of our dear Attle cat
Chinchilla, poisoned July 1."
During my visit a live dog Somehow
got into the cemetery, and was chase
away by the keeper for irrevereutIv ar
tempting 10 bury a bone on one of the
graves of has fellow creatures.
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breakfast Jackets. together with the daint-
est lawn or foulard house dresses.
This season they were more ella borate
than ever, with lace, ribbons, plated
gauze and mousseline de sole frils trim
ming them in abundance.
The prettiest Of the silks were employed
in' making these garments They were
printed in the most unusual colors. vet the
combinations Of color were strkingly har-
monious
one Of the most attractive Of these
pretty house gowns was made OF pale
green foulard printed with pale-yellow
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An unusually chic breakfast jacket
made for a young girl of 10 was made of
a heavy quality of cream china silk print
ed in large rings of delft blue. The silk
was gathered very full at the shoulders
and neck, and over the fitness at the
front fell three broad box plaits that were
unconfined The square yoke was of delft
blue taffeta. II was draped in fiat horizon
tai folds, and ended at the left arm in a
broad frill that was faced with cream
china silk. The back OF the jacket was
full without the box plaits. 1t had short
yoke composed of horizontal fold of the
blue taneta. A narrow belt of blue taffe-
ia was drawn under the plaits at the front
and ended in short bow at the back that
was drawn through an antique silver
buckle. The sleeves of this jacket were
fun puffs, ending just above the elbow
with a narrow band OF delft blue taffeta
There are numbers of dainty lawn break
fast Jackets that are made up most elabo-
rately at the shops. They are mande
Valenciennes lace and boast no end OF
ribbon trimmings. The solid lawns in
pale yellow pale pink and violet are the
most popular for making these breakfast
Jackets.
A simple lawn house-gown that is es-
pecially adapted TO slender figures is made
of buff lawn with pattern in swirling
The skirt is a generous godet made up
over cream taffeta. IL is gathered on to
the waist and rather full at the front and
over the hips
The corsage is a fun blouse of the lawn
over a tight-fitting liuing of white taffeta.
Two broad frills of the lawn finished with
a narrow edging of deep cream Vaenci-
ennes trimmed the bodice They started
at the shoulder-seams at the front and
continued the same width to the girdle, to
give a broad effect to the corsage.
The sleeves are scant puffs that reach
barely 10 the elbow. where they are finish
ed with a narrow cuff of bun taffeta. The
toll straight collar is of the buff taffeta
Valenciennes lace. The same taffeta is
employed for the girdle. 1t is tail crush
girdle, with long. rounded ends, reaching
to the bottom of the gown. Tiny frills Of
deep cream Valenciennes edge the ends of
the girdle.
May Of the early dark dresses are en-
l.vened by rows Of white braid put on run
ming up and down, panel fashion, and a
broad lapel of white goods Is worn on the
waist. Big bows of plaid ribbon are also
seen. ana the hats are light and trimmed
with late flowers. They are loath, these
bright pretty birds of autumn. TO say
summer sweet, goodbye and you still
get glmpses Of summer.
Modistes say that outdoor dresses now
are not "toilettes" at all, but combinations
OF bright autumn hues. and that the wo-
man who Is going to be IN style later must
watch and be ready to catch the first
shopping opportunity or fashions will de-
eide themselves and prices jump up ac-
cordingly. Nina Goodwin.
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Of ribbon fastened together. They are ad-
justed to any waist and are used fer
waist trimmings. although nomlualy they
mold up the skirt.
Another very pretty waist trimming,
which ! noticed a young woman trying on
while her friends looked on spproving.y,
wac vest OF plaid silk which was fas.cn-
ci On hy ho9siug 70 around the neck and
betting Il under "a girdle around the waist.
The vest was only eight inches wide ana
was composed Of tiny tucks. which ex-
tended from the throat downward. 1t
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MISS INGALLS, TO BE A DEACONEss'
Daughter of the Former Senator 20
Join Church order.
From the Chicago chronicle


Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 2S.-Miss Con-
stance ingalls,. second daughter Of former
Senator John ]. ingalls,, has created
sensation in Atehison by announcing her
intention of becoming a deaconess IN tH7
Episcopal church.
Miss ingalls, win begin her studies in '''
church training schoo. in Philadelphia inc
first Wednesday in October. In addition
10 eight months of study at least ten weehs
hospital and other practical service Is re-
CURED Of all candidates for the othee o.
deaconess.
Since Miss Ingalls, was graduated TO-
a Roman Catholic convent near U.s.
ington she has been ambitious 10 deFos~
her life to charitable work. Although her
ambition had been generally known n
friends did not think she was consldol'-7
the matter seriously
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Paris. Sept 24-It is interesting to
watch a woman's face when she goes. on
her first shopping tour in October. after
getting back from the summers rest. She
has a bright eager look. for her purse is
filed with money, and for the first time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03

since last June she has an opportunity to
spend it.
And the shops. too, reward her for her
excursion, for there are new things now
being shown that delight the heart Of any
one who likes nice dresses. These are
mostly in the form Of little things, trines
that make the gowns very smart and yet
are not bright nor SNOWY.
watched an American woman buying
suspender trimmings for her waist These
are quite the Oldest things, unless you re-
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member seeing them a generation back.
They are straps that go over the should
ers from the belt at the back Of the waist
to the belt line in front, and they are
made of black velvet edged with lace or
Of satin heavily beaded; or of tiny straps
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Nollendam and these usually journey by
rail and stop only long enough to look at
the quaint old Dutch town.
But II should have place. in history, for
1t is the only city in the world that has
never had a bicycle in its limits until
now Owen I. Albright
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new THINGS FOR OCTOBER.
Here Are Plenty of Suggestions for Your
First Shopping Tour This Month.


DIS and IL For Hous
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What He Didn't you forget
something. sir?" asked the waiter. Eyes" 70,
replied Glmpy. reaching for his hat. you
were SO long bringing my dinner that
forgot what had ordered. "-Ph.ladelphia
North American.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-28

the local committees were considerably
chagrinned at such a peremptory mes
sage as that which they received, and
the action of the National Committee
is generally regarded in an unfavorable
light
WILL NOT GO TO CHICAGO.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. q. - The
Philadelphia branch of the National
Association of Letter Carriers to-day
received word that the annual conven-
ton of the national body, which was
to have been held from September Sth
to 18th in San Francisco, has been
changed to Chicago, because of the
former city's inability to handle 1t.
President Parsons of New York, it was
stated, has ordered a meeting of the
local branches throughout the country
to ratify the change.
The local carriers tonight wired Sec
rotary Treyber of San Francisco, and
received his reply that the change was
made without the consent of the San
Francisco men. and they are prepared
and anxious to have the convention.
Prominent members of the local
branch here state that they will go to
San Francisco, and will not recognize
any convention in Chicago unless a
meeting of the delegates to the ma
tional convention of last year is called,
and so decides.
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WANTED TO TRADE BACK.
A Rural Youth Who Snapped
Cow for a Wheel.

1t appears that Mr.. Bassett is quite a
bicycle rider and spends considerable
time on his wheel. AS he whirled along
the country roads near his farm the
riding was greatly admired by a sim
plem minded youth. who frequently laid
aside his hoe and gazed at the flying
wheelman in open-mouthed wonder
The boy finally got the bicycle fever
and one day offered Mr.. Bassett a COW
for his wheel. The offer was accepted
and the exchange made.
The next day the verdant youth in
itiated himself into the mysteries of
learning to ride the bike Temporary
success emboldening the young man,
caused him to grow reckless while
showing off before the neighbors. He
finally lost control of the bike, and with
a bloodcurdling yell went over a
twenty-foot embankment. The bike
was completely demolished and the boy
went home in dilapidated condition.
The next day he appeared at Mr.. Bas-
sett's house with the remains of the
wheel carefully nailed up in a box. De-
posting his burden on the ground he
said "he guessed he'd take back his
cow" Mr.. Bassett told him he was a
bad guesser. Failing to get the COW and
realizing that the bicycle was perma-
nently disabled, the boy wandered sad
ly home, declaring that life had lost its
charms.-Pittsburg Press.
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KINGS DAUGHTERS.
do the Work Next to You" Is the
Meaning of Their Cross.

Tt is easier to be good in church and
in doing church work than it is to be
good at home and do the work there -
writes Mrs. Margaret Bottome of the
Kings Daughters in the Ladies' Home
Journal" ITO wear the cross means
to do the work next to you. 1t is much
easier for our girls to dress up and go
out to engage in some charitable work
or church work than it is to help their
mothers to keep the house in proper
order and relieve their tired hearts. and
maybe their tired feet. The work of a
Daughter in our order means home be-
fore the church or any charity work
All over this land the need for daugh-
ters is to be charitable to their moth
ers. and bear the burdens their mothers
will have to bear unless they take the
burden, and as the President of our
order / wish to emphasize this Our
daughters are to be the mothers of the
future, and we must have more perfect
daughters in our homes. No amount
of outside work can compensate for the
neglect of work that mother must do
If the daughters do not share the home
burdens with her. Unselfishness in
the home is the meaning of the cross
we wear. The priceless wreath of
character is made by willingness to
wash the dishes and sweep the rooms
which work the mother must do if her
daughters do not
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MURDERER HILL.
His Execution Will be Delayed I'm
til October, at Least.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.-Warden
Hale of San Quentin was somewhat
startled this morning when he called
upon Attorney-Gener Fitzgerald TO
consult him as to the action he should
take in the case of Benjamin Hill, the
Oakland wife murderer, for the latter
official, upon learning that Hills attor-
neys had applied to Judge De Haven in
chambers for their writ of habeas cor
pus, expressed the opinion that the
proceedings were irregular, and that,
therefore. he saw no legal reason why
the execution should be deferred.
Hills attorneys, upon being Informed
of this opinion, lost no time in applying
to Judge De Haven in open court for
the writ which was denied; and mo-
ton for an appeal to the Supreme Court
of the United States was promptly filed
and allowed. The execution WILL there
fore. be delayed until that body meets
in October and decides the case.
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Suit to Gust Supervisors.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2I.-The
trial of the suit of George K. Fitch to
secure the removal of the Board of SUI
pervisors for alleged malfeasance in
office will be commenced next Thursday
before Judge Wallace. The technical
fight of the Supervisors was ended on
Thursday, when the Supreme Court re-
fused to grant them a writ of prohibit
ton to restrain Judge Wallace from
trying the case. The Supreme Court
denied the writ, and directed the petit
TONERS to at once file their answer to
the complaint. To-day a general denial
was entered on behalf of the defen-
dants, and the case set for Thursday.
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TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Results of the Games Played at Del
Monte Yesterday.


DEL MONTE, Aug. 27.-The annual
invitation doubles of the Pacific Coast
tennis tournament were played on the
Del Monte court to-day. There was a
large and fashionable assemblage at
the court when the first games were
called, and as the play went on the
crowd increased. The drawings took
place last night. and the matches were
as follows: Whitney brothers and
Eckart-Godfrey Nicholson-Stone and
Drs. Rithganger- Decker, Jones-Harper
and McChesney-Gage, Roth liven
and Weihe-A. Danes, Bradshaw
Chesbrough and Sam Hardy Magee,
Prince-Hamilton and Code-O 'Connor.
The first match-Whitney brothers
won, score 81, 60, g..
The second NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stone
won by default.
Afternoon play began at 2:15, when
81, 81, 6-3
The fourth match-Weihe and Adams
won, score 60 81, 6-3.
The fifth match (he best contest of
the preliminary 'games)-Hardy and
Magee won from Bradshaw and Ches-
brough. Score 60, 6-3, 1913.
The runners-up matches began this
afternoon. In the first Whitney broth
ers won from Nicholson and Stone
Score So, SO, Sc.
The sixth preliminary-Ham and
Prince Won by default
One contest in the semi-finals was
also played. Whitney brothers win
ming from Prince and Hamilton. Score
3D., 6-3, 6-3
The tournament will close tomorrow.