The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-18

WEIGHT IN GoLD-FAsHIoN's
FaNcIEs-HoUsEHoLD NOTES.
One day as I wandered / heard a COM
And saw a poor woman the picture of
She sazed a, the mid on her doorstep
and ibis was her wall as she welded
her broom;
''oh. life Is 3 toll and love is a trouble,
And beauty viii fade and riches will dee,
And pleasures they dWindle. and prices
And nothing is what / could wish it
There's too much Of worrlment goes to
Too much q ironing goes to a shirt
Ihers,s nothing that pays for the time
For there's nothing that lasts US but
trouble and dirt
'In March It Is muddy. sIush In peccm-
The midsummer breezes are loaded with
In fan The leaves litter, In muggy septem-
The wall paper rots and the candlesicks
rust.
There are worms tn the cherries. and
And ants In the sugar. and mice In the
The rubbish of spiders no mortal sup
with ravasins reaches and dam'Gtng
with grease n with Crime from corner
Forevsr N vr.r ana trr.ya- at.rt
No rest for my soul. lest the enemy enter
spend my whole nfe In a struggle with
dirt.
tits sweeping at six, and it's busting at
IT'S yietuals at eight, and It's dishes at
rs PstsInF and pannlns from ten TIN
We scarce break our fast ere we plan
how to dine.
Last night in my dream I was stationed
Or a little bare isle III the mids: Of the
Ny one chance of lie was 4 ceaseless en-
TO sweep on the waves ere they swept
OIL poor me!
"Aias! twas no dream, again ! behold t.,
I yield, / am helpless my fate to aver"
S"~ EaNA- ~ tANNFF@N $500
she folded,
Then she lay down and died, and was
From an OLD English magazine.
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The prevailing fashion. which adorns
my lady's furs with a p~rofusion of fur
tails. says cioaks and Furs. has cleared
the worlds market OF these caudal ap-
pendages in such a rnanner that fur
Iiers were forced TO exert ingenuity 20
find a substitute.
IttsowinY to an American furrier that
fur heads. VI which about ten times as
many are made as skins exist, are to-
day made OF fur pieces, and EuTpass In
natural appearance the real head. Ar
tifcial fur heads. with celluloid skulls
and glass eyes and hard rubber noses.
are sold to-day for about one-third
what the real head would cost. and an
expert can hardy tell the difference.
Another ingenius American has in
vented a machine on which fur tails, to
take the place OF the real article, can
be made in unlimited quantities from
regular skins.
Tho fur In cut into u long strip Of
about o%ne-eighth OF an inch In width.
and this IL spun on q strong cord The
finished product cannot be distinguished
from the real article. except by touch.
Fancy dyed skins are employed as
material to make natural colored tails.
Thus American oposaum skins, when
dyed, arc made to represent stone n
baum-marten tails, sable and marten
tails. and uIuskrAt skins, dyed for the
purpose, are made in perfect imitation
Of mink and otter tails.
These imitation tails compare favor
ably In price md appearance with the
real article. Whereas q real cable tail
will easily fetch about 81. a good imi-
tatioB tail can be had for about forty
cents.
Stone marion tails are often split In
halves, and two tails are the result.
Such tails are always skinny.
Fisher tails are worth about 81.
Stone marten tails retail for 81.
Baum-marten tails bring Sl.j0.
Sable tails from 80 to So.
Mink tails. rs cents.
T;rmfne tails are worth about 70 cents
each.
RIAL skunk (so-called marten tails for
brushmakers' u6e) are worth ? cents
each, while the Imitation tall ls worth
about q cents.
The tips of sable, fisher and marten
tails. from which artists brushes are
made, are sold by the ~pennywelght and
ounce.
The tails OF marten and sable skins are
sometimes worth their weight In gold
for brushmakerS' use.
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