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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Fer the Week enaing Nee. n.
The Central house at Wadena. Mimi,
was burned and two men lost their
lives.
Three heavy earthquakes were felt
along the southern coast of Santiago
de Cuba
William Black. one. of the most pro-
life writers of fiction, died in London,
aged 50 years.
Samuel Mckee, a member Of congress.
from 1864 to 1869, died in Louisville,
KY, aged 65 years.
A fire in the works of the Standard
Oil company at Los Angeles. CAL.
caused loss of $225, 600.
Jake Glover. (colored) was taken
from the Jail at. Monticello. Ga, by q
mob and hanged for murder. i.
John Andersen, the murderer of Mate
Saunders, of the schooner Olive Pecker,
was executed in the jail at Norfalk, Va.
Advices from Cairo say thatthe gov
ernment has decided to prohibit the
sale of alcoholic liquors in the, ,Soudan.
The agricultural department figures
place, the 1898 crop Of corn and oats as
worth $50 100000 more than the crops
of 1897.
Rev. Theodore N. Morrison, pastor of
the Epiphany Episcopal church in Chi
cago, has accepted the Office of bishop
of Iowa.
While en- route from Boston to Lon
don the steamer Londonian was lost at
sea and Capt. Lee and 24 of the crew
perished.
The official count for governor of
South Dakota shows: Lee (fusion), 49,
a1e; Phillips (rep.). 36,e4e; Lewis
(pro.) se1.
Kansas negroes are pushing move
ment for the deportation of 2,O00, 900
negroes to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
and Africa.
Judge John William Showalter. of the
Seventh judicial district of the United
States circuit court, died in Chicago,
aged "a years.
Jordan Webb (colored), who commit
ted,a criminal assault upon Mrs. Lucy
Bowden, an aged lady, was hanged at
Courtland, Va.
In fit of insanity William Hitchings
killed John Hunt and wife and Thomas
Haywood, of Free Soil. Mich, and then
took his own life.
In a fire in fat building in Brook
lyn, N. Y, Joseph Noblett and his wife
and her mother and Thomas Whine
were burned to death.
A blizzard prevailing in Ell Paso, Tex,
and vicinity was the worst since 1891
and would result in great damage to
cattle and other interests.
Safeblowers wrecked the big safe in
the Bank of Antioch, Ill. with dyna-
mite and robbed it of $500 and some
valuable papers and escaped.
The private bank of Taylor & Nc
Clure at Arrowsmith, ILL.,, was entered
by robbers who secured $4,000 worth of
negotiable paper and escaped.
Henry Mortimer Plat died in New
York, aged 7e years. He established in
New York city the first gold and sill
yer refinery in the United States.
Ephraim Keigwin, known far and
wide as the Marrying Squire" and
who has welded $4,000 couples, died in
Jeffersonville, Ind, aged 67 years.
The report of the commissioner of
fish and fisheries shows an expenditure
OF $1s7,soo for the propagation Of food
fisheries during the last fiscal year.
Karl Decker, known all over the
country as the prince of forgers. was
sentenced to seven years in prison at
San Quentin, CAL, for defrauding a
bank.
Ernest Clevenger, of Missouri City.
Mo-, shot and instantly killed George
Allen and fatally wounded his cousin,
Della Clevenger. Jealousy was the
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Murder and Suicit.e,

Fort Madison, Ia. Dec. 7.-Frank
Brush. prominent business man. mur-
dered his wife and then committed sui
eide. They had lived unhappily for
sevexal years.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-15
Patent once Figures.

Washington. Dec. s.-The total re-
ccipts of the United States patent Of
flee during the past year were s1.2s3.
04s.44. The expenditures were sl.0sl.-,
Gs3.79. leaving surplus Of $l72.3l4.6sA.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-15
Under Tons Of Coal.

West Superior, Wis. Dec. s.-Thc
dock of the Lehigh Coal company here
caught fire and caved in and four men
were buried under thousands of tons
| ct burning coal.
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Elected President,

Cleveland. O., Dec. Sat the annual
meeting in this city of the National
Nonpartisan Woman's Christian Tenn,
perance union Mrs. Howard NJ. Ing
lam. of Jefferson. O.. was elected presi-3
dent = y :. Z.
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Fatal Explosion,

Wilmington. Del, Dec. 10. = Three
men were killed and eight injured. three
fatally. by an explosion in the Dupont
powder works.
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Did Great Damage,

Brooklyn, Dec. 12.-By the burst
ing Of water pipe in this city prop
erty was damaged to the extent of
$1,O00,000
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Pablo Buildinr..

Washington, Dec. 12.-The annual re-
port of James X. Taylor, supervising
architect of the treasury, shows that
during the last fiscal year ten public
buildings have been put under contract
and Is have been completed and oc-
o1,nie6
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Two Men Ereexe to Death.

ouray. COL. Dec. s.-George Howard
and Frank Howard, miners. wandered
cff the road in the mountains. near
Ironton, and froze to death.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-15
Want. 1OO.OO1, M.u

Washington. Dec. 7.-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles in his report to Secretary Alger
says that standing army of 100, 600
men is public necessity.
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: Poisoned Six Huxban ds.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 12.-Mrs. Lulu
Johnston, of Pond Creek, O. T., is in
Jail and will be tried on the charge of
poisoning her sixth husband in this
city.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-15
Newspaper once Burned.

Pekin, ILL.,. Dec. o.-The Office of the
naily Morning Post was almost de-
stroyed by fire. with loss of about
$1,000.
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tell. ~. 4i.,uI.nlr which she then formed has
remained s,cnlfast to this day.
The shadows OF Salnt-Amaud's chronicle are
in those chapters relating imperfoctly enough
the story ~ the Crimcan War. This contest
which had IT'S seeming origin in the dispute Oh
the Latin and the Greek churches over inc
guardianship Of the holy places of J"rnsalcn'
vas the elimination OF many rcscntm"nis ana
ambitions and Vas based on many a
question which stu remains unsettled In"
rureror Nicholas's sick Man" VIII not
recover for years TO come While our
authors treatment Of the political questions
involved IS unsatisfactory. and his implication
,bo, the French did nearly all the fighting be
tore sebastopol is amusing he has managed 10
Give a wofll picture Of ihc awful surcrings of
the Allies while engaged in the reduction q
tho CITY, cold dirt starvation and the torture
=, INTENDED wounds combine to make the mar
-o,ive a narrowing one. the more narrowing i"i
tho realization that all this misery was abso-
,,,clv slthout any good result. The only llghi-
orinr OF the shadow is in the letters home %
..r,l or the French commanders letters
,,,o,cd nv the author with the evident conviction
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,rnejr nowcry senumcntallty IS striking Illus
,.,,,o,, or tho tcmperamental difference between
ho latin and tho Anglo-Saxon. brave men both
This book IS more or less agreeable ana uselul
o., ,ho nurposcs Of a ladies' literary club. As
,o have before limited. ii IS not serious history
:, ,ivce nothing more than sugar coated sug-
pestion Of what the real student needS 10 Know
hu, # will possibly lead such a reader to the
works Of more thorough. frank ana ph"oSop"'
writer's
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THIS book are uniformly NIthlz"d "y genuine
feeling. II ihr Jcw is 10 bc made sympathetic In
fiction. then this Is the way In which he Is TO be
INTERPRETED. hc is 10 be painted as Mr. Cahan
paints him. not as though his exotic character
siics removed him from our ken and made him
more mysterious than a Kamuck or an Esqu-
maui but a. a bciu; Ike ourselves. whose emo
lions are only the more poignant because they
throb beneath such narrow boundaries ~ social
and intellectual habit The pathos. bordering
on tragedy. which belongs to the Initial story,
The Imported Brdegroom." has n simplicity
and suhtlcty hy virtue ~ which the outlandish
dcnizcns ~ the East Side become fairly com
parall 10 the severe New Englandcrs OF Miss
Wilklnss stories and beneath the sordd Gle
m.nts in ~ Ghetto Wedding" one meets the
appeal Of a really touching sweetness. Mr.
Cahan IS on tn right track
We wish Mr. Kcstcr could borrow little Of
Mr. Cahans ease and artlcssncss, for his gypsy
tales are good in everything save their style
80 doubt the author does not mean to be arti-
fetal The appeal Of nature he sincerely feels
and in the wild LIE Of the Egyptian wanderers
but in his apostrophes t. cleaning ivers and the
smoke Of yAgrAnt camplrcs we detect more OF
an emulation OF George Borrow than Of
spontaneous passion for nature. Mr.. Kcsters
EFFORTS TO strengthen his pages by a liberal
sprinkllng OF gypsy words has only had the
effect Of turning good dialogue narrative into
icrky confusion Between the reader and the
substance Of these stories veil OF artiice seems
suspended But when the veil Is once pushed
aside Mr. Kester Is decidedly readable Ills
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gypsies have the true flavor OF the roads ana
OF the immemOrlal past.

gypsies have the true flavor OF the roads ana
of the immemorlal past.
The scene OF Mrs. Higginson's stories is thsA
glorious rcgi)n Of the Northwest where tho
great snow mountains shine through the ross-
colored mists Of sunset like pearls upon the
soft blue or green Of the sky" Permeating an
these little tales Of homcly life one feels that
lovelincss Of nature and the authors delight IN
f. other than this there is no special, dis
tinctive note in her work It is admirable in i1
kind full Of tenderness pathos and humor Her
rustics real people. vividly portrayed under
the pressure OF everyday joys and woes and in
everyday situations 81 has gift for building
an Interesting drama very slight motive
Her style is rerrcshngy 81 lpe and clear. Al
together we may welcome her books
cccdingly creditahe and promising additions to
cur collection Of American short stories
II Mr. Crouch's novel. "Schorita Montenar," L.
not read for the sake Of the adventurous expert
ence which IT relates. 1t ought to be read at
this time for the glimpse it gives Of Chill in tho
earlier days IF the century. when patriot and
royalst were lighting it ont with great spirit
SPANS struggle for sovereignty in Cuba ought
70 make interesting reading IF book in which
her efforts 70 retain SOVEREIGNTY in Chilli are de
scfibed. The name - O'IIg,ns was in the news
papers only the other day. II appears in this
book frequently. But. last The historical char
acter II "Senorta Montonar" be exaggerated,
We hasten T. add that the career 81 an English
sailor. eliminating ia a pretty love scene. Is
really Mr. Crouchs chief motive His John
Niia-h is - prepossossiug hero who passes
through some thrilling situations fights brayely
r'I.r Lord cochran.. and WINS success in true
Romantic fashion.
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Mr "I't H'i'e mas No." collection Of verse
on ,"' press IL "lI dii'tr some time TINS year
under .he title ~ some Later Poems"
N.r'n Nm .riea'' IS almost completed. Hough-
, 11'' '...''" ~ 20 an,3I' me eie'enth 'ouine'
l"' N'A' 'o'u'"e VIII De me last
y correspondent 4 Notes and Queries" sends
70 that period raj translation II The descrip-
uon ln On" "Petersbur-skaya Gazeta" OF
gypsy funeral The lines make an interesting
IN another column.
I'he ~.fe OF gypsy .hef lately died In an
enctmpment ~ The tribe near a. smau German
town. ThcreuYon all tho tabor went INTO
mourning. t. o.. plated red and yellow ribbons
In their hair and H. the names II their horses
And every gypsy brought ap resent and placed
II On the bosom Of the deceased as she lay on
heT 'ouch. pack oi cards MAS spread out In
Then a tent was pitched. into which the collin
pah'rd daf" Iel was brought bonfire was
III before me tent ana the k!nsfok and friends
or the 'e'easci sat down around II. and sang
body .ay In the open collin bestre~n with
flowers ana hrSht-colored "reaths and
"rapp,i IN siken shroud. win Jewels inter-
a'ersei- FROM iAr ana near "ther sypsIes
n''Nri ," 20 ,tMe part IN me CEREMONIES. ana
~ Lt.,' ''.S On I'. 10 WIFI" '"eF haa
-, ',''. 10 - t"'I uS' 't"u.r OF i'Spccs.
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Present circumstances lend peculiar point 70
passage in one - Victor HUg0's recently pub
Ished letters. Writing % the Revolutionary
Committee II Porto Rico IN 1861 the Frcnchman
said: Spain out ~ Amerca' That must De
the great aim and that the great duty FOR
American cItI1ens cuna frcai ann,oijd nj.
,hose ,,-eo, d.s',,rs''
,rba ,rivofo e,rliar =, Cane To,vn vho vol
co,und Mr. Kl,linr ,hera Mn some rhymes nat
have zone tha round - The pross has written
with the death OF soldier The following
stanzas give an idea OF its quality.
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Renaoth 80 ginger air
ia ncrsonal attractions ven they wasn.t very
large.
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Mr. Paul Leicester Ford's edition OF the
writings OF Thomas Jefferson. which the Put
mans are publishing. is drawing toward COM
pletiou The ninth volume will appear this
spring. the tenth and last following as soon AZ
possible The nth and sixth volumes COM
pletlng the Life and Correspondence ~ Rufus
King are also due before very long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20
An Afghan New Woman.

The new woman has penetrated even
to the harem of the aneer of Afghan
istan, where she wears male attire and
does precisely as she pleases. The
ameer picked her up, says a writer in
the Ladies' Pictorial, on his return
journey from the northern part of his
dominions a good many years ago. She
had been brought before him by an in
dignant father and proposed husband
for punishment. She would not con-
form to the usage of the country, and
enter the married state, though she had
reached the age when il became in
cunbent unon her to do so. The girl
declared she had run wild all her life.
and did not wish to give up her free
dom ard he shut I'D in a harem- She
sought the ameer's protection and OBJ
tanned it.
IAN right" he said, since you want
% be free you shall be, but free you
must also remain; that is your pun
ishment You wish to live like a man;
you shall live like one. and for your
own protection you must wear mems
clothes"
On her arrival in Cabui she was given
the title OF older, or chief, and was
made the harem's messenger. She comes
and goes as she pleases or is ordered.
both by night and day, and no one even
in slanderous Cabul has ever breathed
{. word against her fair name.
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tiful and successful as this year. Ecru
guipures. imitation heavy bruges and
the costly Russian lace had the way IN
trimming summer wool and silk tap-
RIGS while a clear linen point, mechln
and all the grades of lierre have assunl-
ed the duty of garnishing our muslin
gowns Point de Paris, point desprlt
and antique valenciennes are consider
ed the trimmings par excellence for I'M
derwear, and yellow cherry and creamy
maltese are certainly not lacking IN
purchasers. This revival of interest IN
lace is shown by the unlimited numbers
of net dresses We are invited to wear.
every one. whether black or white,
deliberately treated with lace effects.
DRESSES OF NET.
There is nothing that will so clearly
demonstrate your claims to up-to-date-
ness in matters of dress as the owning
this spring OF at least one net dress
over a colored silk. The net ought to
be black, of the coarsest silk mesh, and
rather wirey, but deliberately inter-
woven with a heavy black silk thread
in elaborate lace designs. As the net, all
shaped and decorated in a. perfect skirt
pattern, is made up for sale, the COM
position OF the dress itself is not difi1-
cult One needs only TO buy, and have
the dressmaker prepare, the under silk
SID OF IduELd. TIE COlOl u Nll4IA4 PIC
ferably should be strong and clear.
Iron this the already shaped and
seamless net overdress is placed, and
the result is an admirable gown for all
dressy occasions. 1t is possible to buy
wool net skirts similarly arranged Tor
combination with colOred silk founda-
lions, or complete shaped skirts of
black guipure in wool or silk, treated
with chenille or black sequinS.
With every skirt of this type is sold
enough figured net, in the piece, to form
the body necessary, and if one wishes
to touch the crest of fashion there are
purchasable the most lovely shaped
oyerdresses of black chiffon or stout
black tulle, eXquisitely decorated with
designs in black spangles. Such a skirt
can be applied to an underdress of any
color, and the effect is gown of Won
derful magnificence, for we seem only
just beginning to learn the true uses of
spangles. Since the spring stock has
everywhere been opened. spangled trim
mings have come promptly to the fore
as the most prominent feature of the
season. The black or colored sequins
are usually laid down on foundation
of delicate net or stiffened chiffon, and
with great artistic taste the shining
scales are arranged in the chromatic
range of colors and in patterns that
fairly caress the eye.
Inlllly MoillSh liSSu Iiot ASeNi ei4eAN Gil
this loneliness is beyond their grasp, for
with the larger output of spangled
goods the prices have altered agree
ably, and it is possible to have lovely
evening dress, glittering with black Sc
gums over a petticoat of cerise and sill
yer taffeta, and have done no violence
TO ones purse at the same time. 1t is
true, moreover, that numbers of women
do their own spangling. That is, the
shreMd ones buy and make up black
chiffon skirt, and taking this TO an
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ever. being. in some instances, very
light, and in others tinged with deep
red; glance at a strawberry plant
will suggest this coloring better than
any written description.
The berries should be solid. of course,
in varying shades of red, tipped at the
base of same with light green, to sim
ulate the unripe fruit; small stitches or
French knots of yellow give the seed
effects on the berry itself. The green
stem and calyX should be paler in
shade than the foliage generally. The
blossoms are white, and may be worked
in either long and short or solid stitch,
the turnOvers of the petals being work.
ed over and over solid in lighter or
creamier shades of white, according to
that used in the main portion of the
petal. The centers have pale green
stamens and pistils tipped with yellow
French knots. L. @. ALLIGER-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20
CAKE WALK Is FRENCH.
When It Originated It Also Stood For
Marriage Ceremony.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: The
cake walk properly had it's origin
among the French negroes of Louisiana
more than a century ago. There is
little doubt that it is an OffshOot OF
some of the old French country dances.
1t resembles several of them in form.
From New Orleans IT spread over the
entire south. and thence north. 1t was
found Of convenience TO the plantation
negroes. They were not welded by
license, and it was seldom that the SER
vices of a preacher were called in.
At a cake walk u man might legiti-
mately show his preference for a wOm-
an. and thus publicly claim her for a
wife. In-effect, the cake walk was not
different from the old Scotch marriage,
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with a rather wide hem, the former
method being the best, however, as the
round dolly could not be hemmed.
rather hemstitched. while the circular
fringes is not difficult. Mark a pencil
circle around the design, stitch it about
on the machine, cut the linen around
the circle the depth required for the
fringe, then ravel out the edges, cut
ting off the superfiuous length on the
circular sides of the fringing where it
joins the machine stitching.
FOR STRAWBERRY TINE.
No. 3 is especially appropriate in de-
sign. as even now fresh strawberries
greet our eyes in the markets, at fairly
reasonable prices, and remind us that
before long they will be plentiful.
Could anything be fresher or more
dainty for the breakfast or lunch table
than an overlap worked in the graceful
design of blossoms and fruit given
herewith
1t may be worked in outline, as the
simple treatment of the drawing indi-
Gates, but it is greatly preferable in
richness and general effect if care is
used in executing it more deliberately.
If only outlined. the color of the berries
and also the leaves may be intensified
by the use of aniline dye, but as this
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FINE NEEDLEWORK.
Three Simple, Yet Useful Embroidery
Designs.

Designs.
The patterns given in the accom-
panying cuts are capable of either the
simplest or most elaborate methods of
embroidering, according to the taste or
ability of the worker, and in either case
may be most satisfactory in effect.
No. l shows a bold and free treat
ment of a chrysanthemum especially
adapted to outline work, although II
the petals have a few long and short
stitches at the ends and the leaves are
likewise worked in this manner, the
design gains much in richness, While
10 embroider it solid makes heavy
and elaborate piece.
1t may be worked upon any material
desirable and in any colors, the natural
flower affording so many varieties OF
shades to choose from as model, but
as it is a tea cozy, and, therefore, in
tended for table use, there is nothing
preferable to white. The cozy itself
may be made entirely separate. OF
white wadding, and then the embroi-
dered linen being cut the correct size.
it may be either finished with fine
cord around the edge or buttonholed
with a series of worked eyeiet holes
at regular intervals.
In the first instance it can be baSted
on the cozy, and in the second laced
over the edges, so that in either case
il may be easily removed for cleansing
purposes. Another pretty way OF
working ii is to applique white cord
with a pale yellow, or any delicate
shade of twisted embroidery silk. OF
course there must be two sides worked,
although but one pattern is shown in
the design.
FOR BEER AND CRACKERS.
No. is unique in treatment, and the
purpose for which it is intended, name
", as an adjunct to a rarebit party CO
refreshments of beer and crackers. The
round design is for the dolly, on which
to rest the stem on the polished table,
while the remainder shows half of the
pattern for the Oblong tray cloth for
the rest of the service. This may be
made as long as desired, the patterns
being placed at each end. and little
skill will readily admit of one cortinu-
ing the design along the side so as to
leave an unbroken border.
The hop vine chosen for the motive of
the design is peculiarly appropriate for
this service. Only green silks are
needed, but in widely differing shades.
The leaves and tendrils are to be
worked in dull, rather bronzy, greens,
while the blossoms are in light shades
of lily or napoleon green. The whole
pattern can be only outlined If desired,
but will more than repay the labor Of
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WHITE PIoUE FRocKs.

piled to the throat. the dressmakers,
for lack of some newer notion, continue
to finish off the necks of gowns with
Toby frills and wired Medicis collars
at the back.
The latest spring importations from
Paris have two broad lace leaves, far
ing Ear out back of the ears and held
stiff with wire, or, to vary this, the
neckband is shaped into points that run
up close to the skin and as high as the
lobe of the ear. Independent individuals
wear very pretty silk and velvet collars
fitting the neck very close, and decor
ated with tiny tucks, circling
the throat These free souls let