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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-29
unDardOnable,

II have long thought" said the phil
osophical boarder, "that mendicancy
is contagious disease"
"Well," remarked the professor,
dropping for once into the slang of the
period, "it is the next thing to it. It is
contiguous. 1t is to say, it touches
you."-Chicago Tribune.
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MOfherlv S0nl.

Deity she dresses the turkey,
She murmurs song of Joy,
She carefully stuffs the fowl-and then
She recklessly stuffs her boy.
Chicago Tribune.
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what Could Sic Have Meantr

Mr.. Wicks-What do you think Of
man trying to shoot himself four times
and not succeeding?
Mrs. Wicks-It seems dreadful hard
luck for his wife Brooklyn Life.
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He Believed Him.

First Stranger-Say, that's my UNI
brella you have.
Second Stranger-1 don't doubt It,
sir; got it at pawnshop.-Harlem
Life
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Il thought she was going to marry
Lord Harry"
swell, her people objected, and then,
100, he wouldn't propose!"-Judy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-29

tISIy,s. ruQely Sweep
When snow is on the meadow,
Where the violets lie asleep:
When outward, drifting, drifting,
The Old Year goes forlorn,
In the mystic hour of midnight
The glad New Year Is born.
Last night watched in sadness.
The passing of the year,
For 1t bore from me record
That cost me many tear.
But gentle voice has whispered
That the past I must forget:
Nor waste this precious season
In useless, vain regret.
o! the coming Of the New Year
Fills my soul with thoughts sublime,
Precious seem the golden moments
Onward borne by fleeting time:
And spirit stirs within me,
Urging me to nobler strife,
With an earnest, brave endeavor,
For brighter, better life.
And with grateful heart and lowly,
I thank the Power Supreme,
Who extends my days in mercy
That the past may redeem;
For His loving hand that keeps me,
For His voice that speaks to me,
For the opening Of the New Year
Though its close may not see.
-Gracia Southworth, in Western Rural
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RELIEF FROM PAIN.
Women Everywhere Express their
Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham.
hrs. 7. A. WALDEN. Gibson. d.. writes:

hrs. r. A. WALDEN. Gibson. d., writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-Before tax
ing your medicine, life was a burden
to me. never saw we'll day. At
my monthly period suffered untold
misery, and great deal of the time I
was troubled with a severe pain in my
side. Before finishing the first bottle
of your Vegetable Compound could
tell it was doing me good. Icontinued
its use, also used the Liver Pills and
Sanative Wash, and have been greatly
helped. would like to have you use
my letter for the benefit of Others"
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SuperhuOus Material.

UNuVcI1a1s
He-So Jack has made a century run.
He will have something to boast of
now.
She-Yes, but he didn't require it.
He could boast just as vigorously of
mething less importantly. Y.
Truth.
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The Christmas Package.
There is one thrill ever joyous,
Tho we've known it oft before;
IT'S now as keen as it was last year
The expressman's at the door!
Chicago Record
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VERY SOON SETTLED.

Visitor Ito little inquisitor who has
been putting some stiff ones)-You
can't exactly answer every question.
you know. For instance, how is it you
love your brother and sister?
Little JIM don't!-Ally sloper.
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||&IF5ts Rtiz!5izd 81
He Knew HI. Neishbor..


A knowledge Of human nature 10
everywhere serviceable. Witness the
following dining-room scene:
Scene-The breakfast table of West
end boarding house.
Mr.. Smithers-Pass the salt. please.
No notice is taken.
Mr.. Smithers (raising his voice)-
Pass the salt, please.
His neighbors are absorbed in their
conversation and his request remains
unheeded.
Mr.. Smithers-Have you heard the
latest scandal?
Everybody (eagerly)-No; what is
it?
Mr.. smithers-Pas, the salt, please
Boston Journal.
Different.
$50 you've invented an airship?' said
the skeptical friend.
"Yes," answered the high-browed
young man.
"You're aware, Of course, that a
great many airships have been invented
in fact, that they are being invented
all the time?"
eyes. But have a new idea, differ
ent from all the rest. Mine isn't cigar
shaped" -WashinptOn Star
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Ate at S:S.

Ate at S:S.
There was young fellow named TAFT,
Who dined with his girl at 8:8.
But cannot relate
What this chappie named TAFT
And his tete-a-tete ate at 8:8.
London Truth.
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Too Full for Utterance.
'Blood will TELL" the adage says.
But blue blood never shows,
Or speaks of it's connection with
The man with a crimson nose.
Chicago Daily News.
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HIS. W. r. BATES. rlaassssa, L., Wits.

HIS. W. r. BATES. naas0ssd. L., wsstsss
"Before writing to you I suffered
dreadfully from painful menstrua-
ton, leucorrhea and sore feeling in
the lower part of the bowels Now my
friends want to know what makes mo
look sowell. Idonot hesitate one min.
ute in telling them what has brought
about this great change. I cannot
praise Lydia e. Pinkham's Ve9etabIe
Compound enough. It II the greatest
remedy Of tho age"
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''No, no, Grannie; no fortune-telling
to-day. You always say the same
thing-a lady witty and beautiful"
"What would we, then-two plain
f:,ols together?''-
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Hrs. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, SIS nalbsssy
st., Lancaster, Ohio, writess
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-For two
wears l was troubled with what the
local physicians told me was infamma-
ton of the womb. Every month suf-
fered terribly. had taken enough
medicine from the doctors to cure any
one, but obtained relief for q short
time only. Atlast I concluded to write
to you in regard to my case, and can
say that by following your advice I am
now pefectly well"
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Wants q Creditable Showing.
You said Buster was getting ready
to fail.
He is; but he hasn't got his liabili.
ties big enough yet. Chicago Record.
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Hoods pills cure sick headache. q cents.
The record-union., 1898-01-19

was in the chair, held that Bailey's
point of order came too late. This an
nouncement was greeted with Demo-
cratic jeers
Il would appeal from that decision, .
said Bailey. were il not that two ap-
peals are not in order at the same time
There was no break in party lines on
this motion, which was sustained-153
to 49,
The question then required on the ap-
peal from the decision of the Chair. A
solitary Democrat (F'leming of Georgia.
voted with the Republicans to sustain
the Chair No Republicans voted with
the minority. The Chair was sustained
-152 to IA No applause marked the
announcement.
The Clerk proceeded with the read
ing, but at the next paragraph, appro-
priating S175,000 for ambassadors to
Great Britain, Germany and France,
Williams CD of Mississippi moved an
amendment to appropriate $1,000 for an
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Republic OF
Cuba The Democrats cheered.
Hit raised the point of order that the
amendment was also a change of eX-
isting law.
Williams argued that as there was no
law on this subject this could not be a
change of existing law.
On this amendment also De Almond
urged the Democrats to assert them
selves and overrule the rules. If the
Republicans did not, he said, they must
accept the responsibility. Professedly
for Cuba, now was the time. I'm the
presence Of your master. ruler and
leader" he shouted, ''in whose pres
ence you scarcely dare to think, ask
you to give freedom and liberty to Gu
ba, or meet your outraged constituency.
Let US see which course you will fol-
low" Oproarious Democratic APP
plause).
The Chair then sustained the point OF
order, and on motion Of Hit the COM
mittee rose.
The Indian appropriation bill was pre-
sented, and at $40 the House ad-
journed.
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NEW YoRK's STEADY GROWTH.
The City Has Never Halted Since It
Was First Fairly Started.

Ernest Ingersoll writes a paper on the
Greater New York, entitled Reason
ing Out Metropolis" for the January
"St. Nicholas" Mr.. Ingersoll says:
The people Of New York, Brooklyn,
Staten Island and certain nearby
northern towns resolved to join them
selves together into one city, which Is
now the Greater New York 1t en-
braces 341 square miles of territory,
and includes a population of nearly
3, 400, 600.
Beside these, at least another mill
ion people dwell on the New Jersey
side of the Hudson River, quite as
near and as closely identified with the
great city on Manhattan Island as are
those of the northern and eastern sub
urbs. This makes population OF
| nearly four and half millions which
may be said to belong to New York,
making it not only by far the Largest
center of human life and interests in
America, but, excepting only London,
the most populous spot on the globe.
How has it happened that this vast
city has grown up where 1t stands!
Why did not the American metropolis
| arise somewhere else? Is its position
all an accident, or does history show
sound reasons for its situation? The
earliest settlement here was merely
trading station that gradually became
a small seaport, like a dozen others
along the coast. Before the year 100
these We're so nearly alike that he
would have been a wise prophet VINO
truly foretold which would thrive. In
deed, many men of that day firmly be-
lieved that Newport and Annapolis
were to be the two great American sea-
ports.
Great cities arise at the points where
the greatest number of people find 1t
convenient to meet at first for business,
and later for pleasure. You cannot
force a city to grow in an immature
or unsuitable situation; and it is no
easier to prevent a city from growing
in it's proper place. But the condl-
tions that change a village into a Dig
town, and expand the town into city
or metropolis are not the same in dlf-
ferent parts of the globe, and vary
with the march of the centuries; so
that now many an ancient world mar
ket, like Nineveh or Memphis, has to-
tally disappeared, while towns like Ber-
lin have lately increased with amazing
rapidity, after a long history as small
and insignificant places. AS for New
York, it has never halted nor gone
backward for a moment, since it was
fairly started on its career in 1913.
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DESPERADOES AT LARGE.
A Dozen Prisoners Break Jail at
Bentonville. Arkansas.

SLOAN SPRINGS (Ark), Jan. IL
At Bentonville last night dozen pris-
oners gained their liberty. Among
them was the notorious Dick Brandt,
the supposed train robber, burglar, horse
thief and murderer, wanted in Texas
and Indian Territory. Two other pris-
oners with criminal records were Jim
Merrill and Lum Carter. They bat
tered down one Of the prison doors.
Brandt stole a horse just outside the
town and made for the Indian Terri
tory. Officers are in pursuit.
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DORA RICHARDSON CLAY.
She Has. Returned to the Home o.
Her Aged Husband.

CHICAGO, Jan. IA special from
Valley View, Ky, says:
Dora Richardson, bespattered with
mud, her hair disheveled and scarcely
able to stand, has returned to Whitehall.
She was met at the yard gate by Jim
Littrell, who let her in.
Littrell says the old man held his wife
in close embrace for several moments,
and then led her into the house. He
thinks General Clay will not allow Dora
to leave Whitehall again.
It is generally believed that the Cen
eral will have Glenn Richardson arrested
for shooting at Dora, and will prosecute
to the full extent of the law.
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WHERE DID YOU
GET THAT HAT?

If you had bought it at our store you
would have saved money.
All our 81 90 values cut to 53c.
Alleour 81 so values cut to 93c.
All our 81 90 values cut to 81 4S.
All our 81 so and $3 values cut 20 81 SO.
Ask to see our New Block Monte Carlo
They come in blacks and browns.
CoIored Tag Price, 81 43.
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TESTED TROUSERS"

made of tested cloth for durability.
Blue or Black Worsted Stripe rants.
Regular 81 SO value, now CSC.
Our 81 so All-WooI Pants during TINS
colored tag sale. 81 IS.
We have an odd lot of Mems Pants some
sold as high as 81 so,
On Sale Now at 81 43.
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The. Best Hat
Going for 81.

There are many hat manufac-
turers in this country, but only a
few that make really firSt-class
hats. In the very front rank stand
John B. Stetson Co. For STYLE,
quality, finish and colors the goods
of this firm are unsurpassed. Ii.
YOU wear "Stetson' hat once.
YOU will not want any other.
We have all the new shapes and
colors in both soft and stiff crown
hats and note particularly that our
price is not S., but 81.
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Nominations Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Senate
to-day confirmed these nominations: }.
K. Pollard of Ohio, Consul General at
Monterey, Mexico; Louis Goldschmldt
of New Hampshire, Consul at La
Guayra, Venezuela.
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Wanted Authority.

Ethel, what are you doing with that
concordance?'' I'm looking through
the BIS, grandma, to see if there is any,
thing in the Bible about bicycle-riding
on Sunday being wrong. Household
Words.
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THESE SUITS ARE ALL OF
THE DHESSY KIND.

The cutaway in Black English Clay
Worsted, suit that you can't touch in
town under SIS. We have them also in
round or square cut. All high class de-
sirable garments In this
CoIored Tag Sale, So 95.
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The 1898
Humber is Here !

Yesterday we received the 1903
model OF the Humber Bicycle.
That it is a beauty goes without
saying.
Drop in to-day and see it.
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THEN THERE'S SOME
MEMS ULSTERS

with a big storm collar, and extra length
coat at that; double breasted, goods OF
dark cheviot. They are a kind that sell
readily in other stores at Sc 90. In THIS
Colored Tag Sale for $3 6O.
The record-union., 1898-01-19

When things are once come to the
execution there is no secrecy compar-
able to celerity.
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Death of an Ex-Congressman.

RICHMOND Wa.), Jan. lex
Congressman Benjamin Herper died
suddenly at Sarahville this morning.
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Oil Heaters, S4 65.

We have sold more OF the Lit
tie Giant" Oil Heaters than OF any
other kind, and they have given
satisfaction right along. Hand
some iii appearance, with nickel
trimmings, Japanned iron base,
Russia steel drum. Place TO heat
water or cook on top. Price, 81 o5.
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It is a case of UNLOADING will,
us, and no doubt the men Folks OF
Sacramento and our customers
throughout the State will appre-
ciate our GRAND OFFERS.
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AND WE GIVE
THE BEST

Beaver Overcoat, in blue or invisible grey
silk velvet collar, corduroy body lining
plaid silk shoulder lining, satin sleeve I'M
der and chest. Cheap at SIS. Our price
during
Colored Tag Sale, 81 SO.
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This Is a SALE of GRANDEUR
and MAGNITUDE such as has
never been offered to the buying
public. We're q bit OVERLOAD
ED, hence these low prices.
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OUR STOCK OF FRENCH
PIQUE DRESS SUITS

are without parallel; in the latest cutawav,
round or square cuts. These goods are
guaranteed to be the finest manufacture
in the United States. Former price so So
Colored Tag Price, $14 As.
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BEAUTIFUL
THE GOOD THINGS
IN OVERCOATS.

No doubt you all know what a sterling
fabric Beaver is. We have an elegant
coat in blue, good deep velvet collar, Ital-
ian sleeve lining, welt seams, very stylish
and good length. Nothing in town like
them at 81 80.
Colored Tag Price, 81 45.
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THURSDAY, $50.
IZ,1OO Pairs of
AWool Hosiery.
I Also Kid Gloves,
4 Odds and Ends, Etc.
LOT 1-HOSIERY.

Over 2,100 pairs of Women's and
Children's Wool Hosiery. Comprise
chiefly the sample lines Of an Eastern
manufacturer. Much below value or
we shouldn't have bought them 1t will
pay you to buy for future as Well as
present needs at these prices.
Women's Wool Hose, plain or ribbed,
! with cotton heels and toes to insure
good wear; black or light or dark gray,
16c pair.
! A similar hose, not so fine, and black
only, 12c and 13c.
Misses Ribbed Wool Hose in black,
with cotton heels and toes. Special
prices, 9c. 10c and 12c.
) Infants Black Ribbed Wool Hose,
perfect goods and fine finished merino
heels and toes. Special prices, 6l4c and
, 8 SC.
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WHOLESALE LIQUORS.

HIGH CASEY Importer and Whole
iiOOiIS ShoLi saler in Foreign ana DO
mestic Wines and Liquors. Proprietor OF
1ento.
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School Caps.

Tam O'Shanter Sailor Caps OF
navy blue cloth, wide bands OF .
black or of gold or silver. Neat
for girls school wear as we'll as for
small boys. Price soc. You will
find them in the Mems Hat De-
partment. I
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CONGRESSIONAL
PROCEEDINGS.

CONTINUED from First Page.l
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"COLORED TAG SALE"

Boys Natural Gray Shirts and Drawers,
while they last, 19c.
Mems All-Wool Socks
Colored Tag Price, SC.
Mems Wire Buckle Suspenders.
Tag Price, &c.
BEAUTIFUL
AS "a Midsummer Nights Dream" is our
stock of Colored Shirts.
Stanley Shirts, Laundered Collars and
Cuffs, 21c.
Golf Shirts, 49c.
49c.
Unlaundered White Shirts. Colored tag
price, PIC.
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LOT 2-KID GLOVES.

Four button Gloves of high grade
kid, wide embroidery backs. Perfect
and clean goods and only reduced be-
cause the present demand is for clasps.
Colors English reds, green, navy blue,
slate. tan, mode and brown. Every pair
fitted to the hands. Sizes 512 to IA.
Have been selling until now at 81 so
per pair, Reduced for
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Wrought Iron
Candlesticks, 25C.

Fancy, graceful shapes OF black
wrought iron. Stand 7 inches
high.
Don't let the present price OF
&c rnislead you. These candle
sticks used to sell for great deal
more.
The record-union., 1898-01-19

We shall also take from stock al
gloves slightly soiled, or damaged by
trying on and reduce to 25c, 3Sc anc
SOC.
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Danger in Ia ir Ornament:.

Many, indeed most, of the combs
and hair-pius W orn by women Of the
present day are Of celluloid. Indeed,
so excellent au imitation is it of she'll
that in the finer grades the only infal-
lible test is that Of fire, q test injurious
to shell and destructive to celluloid.
The London Lancet, that staid and
sober journal which has never been
accused Of sensationalism, warns its
readers of the dangers OF new comb
which has recently been patented IN
London and New York. 1t is double,
being two combs which are joined by
q hinge, and which, when closed, hold
the hair tightly in position. A physi-
clan, writing to the Lancet, reports o
case in which the comb, when fast
ened in the hair, came in contact with
the hot curling iron with which the
hair was being waved, and caught fire,
emitting dense fumes, producing severe
burns and practically destroying the
hair.
The explosive and combustive prop
critics of celluloid are undoubted, and
it would be well that women should
bear them in mind. The heat of a
curling iron at the point requisite to
curl the hair is quite sufficient to
ignite celluloid, and the Lancet as
serts that the material burns much,
more readily in hair than when out OF
it, as was proven by experiments with
wig.
Severe concussion is also sufficient
to produce combustion, and an in
stance is given where blow on the
head by violent contact With an open
door ignited an ornamental comb,
which, however, was easily detached,
so that the results were not very seri-
Gus.
Some years since bride, who was
on her wedding tour, arriving at a
hotel, on opening her trunk, found
her trousseau practically destroyed by
fire, the only possible source of which
must have been the explosion of a set
of celluloid brushes and combs. 1t
was coniectured that the explosion was
caused by its rough handling which
the trunk received from the baggage
men en- route.
Under ordinary circumstances eel
luloid may be used with safety. but
care should be taken to keep -, like
other inhammable substances, at a safe
distance from fire, and also from con-
cussion, while ladies who make use of
curling irons must be careful not to
bring them into contact with celluloid
hairpins or combs.-Chicago Times
Herald.
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strongly, the sky was clear, and the
moon shone very bright, so that any
thing might be perceived at short
distance. After the cattle had been
quieted again, and the chief of the
party had looked over everything, he
missed the sentry from before the
tent. On calling as loudly as possi-
BILE, but in vain, he came to the mel
ancholy conclusion that the poor man
had fallen a prey to the invader.
Three or four men then advanced very
cautiously to the bush, which stood
exactly opposite the door of the tent,
to see if they could discover anything
of the sentinel, but they returned
helter-sk kelter, for the lion, who was
still there, rose up and began to roar.
A hundred shots were again fired at
the bush, without, however, there be-
ing any appearances of the lion. This
induced one of the men to approach
the bush with a fre-brand; and as he
advanced the lion roared terribly and
leaped at him; but the monster was
COulDCIleu W IttIlC ny lAO III Dt''AN,
which was hurled at him, and the
shots by which he was assailed.
The ire-brand fell into the midst Of
the bush, and, favored by the wind, it
began to burn with a great flame, so
that those assembled could see into the
bush aud through it. They continued
their firing into it; the night passed
away and the day began to break,
which induced everyone to fire at the
lion, as lie could not lie there without
exposing himself. Some men posted
at the furthest wagons watched to
take aim at him as he came out. At
last, just before it became quite light,
he walked up the hill with the dead
body of the sentinel in his mouth;
about forty shots were fired without
hitting him; and, persisting in retain
ing his prey amid the fire and shot, he
carried it securely off. But short
lived was his safety, he was followed
and killed before noon, while stand
ing over the mangled remains Of the
unfortunate sentinel.
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4 Novel Veil.

One of the latest novelties is a veil
of cream applique. This is quite an
unusual style, yet one likely to take
we'll with the seasons hats. Finely
spotted wells are popular. A new one
if of yelontine, and it has very fine
mesh. 1t is soft, with tiny dots. This
veil is extremely becoming to the
maiden with bright color. Black and
cream chantilly wells have delicate
little sprigs scattered over the surface,
with the edge finished with border.
For the seasons service no wells are
so serviceable as the ones "that will
wash" The white tulle is also worn,
as we'll as the black, with tiny dots in
black and white.