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The times., 1898-09-25

day there is color, and there is a doZ-
en- of every garment belonging TO the
set. thus making several dozen of every
thing-a very pleasant and agreeable lit
tie lot, OF dainty things for underneath
wear that no woman would despise.
She has a specially constructed trunk
for the carriage OF this delightful cor
BELLE, or rather a portion of Ii, for, of
course, she could not travel with the en-
tire riches of so voluminous a wardrobe
This trunk has seven trays, and each tray
is labeled with the day of the week, and
as the front of the trunk let's down these
trays can be pulled in and out as If
they were drawers, and without disturb
ing the upper or lower trays
To add and enhance the originality Of
her trouseeau this bride-elect has a
special silken satchet blanket for each
of her seven trays in the trunk The
Sunday scent is white rose; Monday,
new-mown hay; Tuesday. violet: Wednes-
day, lilac; Thursday. sandal wood; Fri
day, orris and Rhine violet, and Satur-
day, of course, cherry blossom.
The times., 1898-09-25
A Helpful Guest.

When you visit your friends. try to
pay for your board by being a helpful
visitor" says Alice II. Poore in the La
dies Home Journal. 81 do not mean that
you are to pay in dollars and cents. Your
entertainers gives to you that which cam
not be measured or handled. 1 know
there is joy in giving, hoping for nothing
in return, and a hostess, If she be one in
he fullest sense, bestows far more than
food upon her guests. She gives to them
free entrance to one of the most sacred
shrines upon earth-the home Do not
fail TO show that you are appreciative of
the efforts made for your comfort and
pleasure. If you do this in sincere and
pleasing way, IL will carry you far into
the good graces of your entertainers
Said a friend to me not long since: II
visit q great deal-often without hope of
entertaining my friends in return / am
not brilliant, but 1 can make buttonholes
well, and l am pretty sure to discover
that that is something my friends dislike
to do for themselves Now, the spirit
which prompted the little buttonhole-
maker was better than the work itself,
and both would be appreciated by any
busy hostess"
The times., 1898-09-25
ABOUT ANKLES.
Do You Know Their Shape Depends
ON Shoes:

Shoes:
For the last few months 1 have been
trying to find out whatever has happened
to my ankles-they are simply awful"
said a pretty tailor-made girl to an at
tendant in a fashionable shoe store as
he unfastened her dainty slipper
in the first place" she continued.
they are nearly twice the size they were
three months ago. All shapeliness has
disappeared. I am not exactly vain, but
l have always prided myself on having
a rather neat ankle. At first l thought
my ankle was merely swollen, but it did
not resume its natural shape and gave
me no pain, and l began to worry Last
night my brother happened to see my
ankle, and he said, Why, Nellie, you
have an ankle like a washerwoman
Now. ! couldn't stand that. l made up
my mind to come right here to see you
think these slippers you sold me are
the cause
$50 do l." said the attendant gravely
well" replied the girl, flushing with
anger, ''how dare you sell slippers. and
then actually acknowledge that they are
not properly made!'
81 did not say that" answered the at
tendant II said that they were the
cause OF your ankle enlarging. You see
they are strapped over the instep, press
ing down the arched flesh, which, natur-
ally seeking an escape, crowds against
the ankle. The ankle has no support, and
the entire weight of the body rests on it.
What wonder. then, that the poor, dainty
little ankle becomes large and protrud-
ing? 1 can always tell by woman's S
foot whether she is in the habit of wear
ing shoes or slippers. There is we'll
known Delsarte teacher, a customer of
the store, who has one of the most beau
tiful pairs of ankles in New York, and
she has never worn slipper in her life.
She claims that well fitted shoe not
only incases and supports the ankle and
instep. but assists in firmness and elias
ticity in walking"
The times., 1898-09-25
Blushing in Order.

King Solomon has just been contradicted
by that irascible old French chemist.
Baubet, who claims to have discovered
something new under the SUM- 1t is a
colorless rouge that shows no tint until
the wearer congresses her lips, when a
faint glow will flush the cheek and fade
or deepen, according TO the pressure
brought to bear Baubet, who owns to
hating women and gloats over the for
tune he has coined from the vanity of the
sex, calls his latest invention the ''twen-
tieth century blush,'' and claims for il
that when properly regulated 1t will ex-
press every emotion the new woman can
find use for, from the peach pink of maid
en- bashfulness to the peony red fury of
Shakespeares woman scorned.''
The times., 1898-09-25

of woman under the sun, except the
ordinary creature" and you won't run
across her from now till doomsday for
the simple reason that she does not, and
never will. exist.
Take any woman you are thrown with
say the one you most love or despise-
fit her into the required circumstances,
and l dare you to deny that she has teem-
ing within her the making of history, good
or bad. For history will insist on repeat
Ing itself. and Joan, who led the armies of
France; Agnes, who bowed her neck to
pagan sword, and Tarpeia, who sold her
Rome for gold, still live and have their
natures being in the Ordinary creatures"
of today.
The times., 1898-09-25

work is it's chief study. These children
are taken from the school into families
for house servants. while they are still
young, say eleven or twelve years old
The patron taking them promises good
home and kindly treatment. If she is
not satisfied she must return the child
to the institute. These girls make the
sort of servants that live with a family
till married or pensioned off in o,d age
They are the preferred stock in the mar
ket of servants, the very best house ma
chine ever known: devoted TO their work.
The duties of each servant are clearly
defined, and though the maids seem never
to hurry, their work is turned off with
apparent ease before the heat of the mid
day. The average household has three
servants. The cook attends to all of the
kitchen work. and in the city homes does
the marketing She never goes into the
house even in emergency. She prepares
The times., 1898-09-25

ments for which she is almost famous Is
skating, an exercise that she has devel-
oped into the most exquisite art. On her
very small feet she wears Dutch skates,
with points that curl up over the toe, and
at St Mority, where she first learned and
where many Of the best skaters In Europe
gather In the Winter, she is easily ad-
mitted to surpass them all. Added to
this, Lady Alice is a capable horsewoman
and an accomplished linguist. and her
mother has promised that she shall have
one season in New York society before
matrimony can fix her future.
The times., 1898-09-25

cooked up from wire frames lace jute
chenille and spangIes, That serves as
poor substitute indeed. The only pretty
things in a feathered way are the white
ostrich plumes and down tufts touched
with gray and black that seem prepared
for season of well-earned usage. Most
charming are the tufts of small snowy
plumes, powdered in very small black
polka dots, dyed in the white
Another plan is to dye only the quill
and spine of the plume black, else to dash
the white feather with fiicks of gray.
White duck wings are similarly spotted.
greatly to their enhancement in decora-
tive quality, but for all this black and
white is not the ruling combination in hat
architecture. 1t is difficult to say just
yet what is.
There is in millinery as in dressmaking
no modesty in color, and some of the deli
The times., 1898-09-25

is the Lady Alice, and though her beauty
is one of her strong attractions, her great
and chiefest charm is her amiable, Iowa
BILE disposition. Only last Spring she
made her debut and even at the most
splendid functions she wears no more
costly gown than a white muslin, with
tulle for great occasions. This type of
costume is not the eccentric preference of
the young lady, but the result OF her
modest circumstances. Her mother, the
duchess is far from rich, and Lady Alice
is surely no bait for young men who wish
to marry for money. The muslin gowns
are, however worn with so much dignity
and sweetness, and the love mess of their
wearer is so potent, that there seems TO
be small doubt but that this young girl
will have her choice of the best in the
matrimonial market.
During the season in London Lady
Alice lives in a small, pretty house with
her mother, and one of the accomplish
The times., 1898-09-25
A BRITISH BELLE.
She II About TO Enjoy New York
Sacfafx

Society.
Lady Alice Montague resembles her
handsome mother. who was Consuelo
Yznaga. only in her blonde coloring. her
features. SO say her friends, are a deli
cate counterpart of the almost classically
perfect outlines of her grandmother, now
the Duchess of Devonshire That is TO
say, her face is oval, her nose admirably
straight, her eyes a faultless almond
shape, and her brow low and broad Her
gray eyes are of a tone traditional in the
Manchester race, and her hair the rich
abundant gold such as her mothers once
was.
She is slender, delicate little person,
The times., 1898-09-25
ONE BRIDES OUTFIT.
Includes a Specially Favorite Per-
fume for Each Day.

was shown some quite fascinating sets
of lingerie the other day that had just
been completed for the trousseau of a
lucky bride who is to spend her honey
moon next month on the Continent.
writes London correspondent to the
Chicago Times-Herald. She has had all
her articles of clothing made according
to the latest dictates of fashion, of the
very finest batiste so delicate in make
that it would easily slip through the
proverbial wedding ring" She has had
her things arranged in seven sets. one
for each day of the week, and for each
The times., 1898-09-25
AN ORDINARY WOMAN.
There Is No Such Creature in tn
WnrIH

World.
Some mistaken creature-man, Of course
has stood himself on platform and
charged an audience money for telling
them that the new Ydman does not begin
TO compare with those ancient heroines
who figure In the Bible and the early his
tories OF the world, He calls the lot of us
ordinary creatures,r = and that's where he
makes his mistake. Women there are
with intellects that shine out with the
steady glare of locomotive headlight.
and women again with wits as small and
uncertain as the chickering's of a blue
headed match. Sandwiched between the
extremes is world full of every sort
The times., 1898-09-25
sKETcH1Ne ON WHEELS.
Valuable Suggestion for Artists
Seeking Plain Air Effects.

As a group of festive picnickers were
passing some of the most picturesque and
lovely spots on Rock River, H., few
days since, they deserted curious look
ing object in the distance. 1t seemed to
be wagon, yet not all wagon. 1t was
certainly mounted on wheels and COM
Portable looking bay horse was grazing
under tree at a little distance; but ev-
cry here and there were extraordinary
excrecences.
Someone ventured to suggest that it
might be a popcorn roaster and soda
fountain combined, but was met with the
The times., 1898-09-25
financially Weak.

(From the Chicago Record)
Madam. you've already overdrawn your se-
count"
whats that?"
''You haven't any more money in the bank"
''The idea A fine bank, / think, to be QUE
of money because Of the little I've drawnl Well,
I'll go somewhere else
The times., 1898-09-25
TEE FLANNEL BLOUSE
Must Be of Dazzling Tone and
Daring COnfiguratien.
BOON FROM THE BARNYARD

Millinery Situation Saved by the
Humble Cock and Hen-The Sea-
SONS Colors to BE Gay and the
Patterns to Be Stripes, Spots or
PIaids.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-03

POWER NECESSARY TO MOVE THE
EARTH -Statistlcians sometimes
have queer ideas. One of them
has amused himself by calculating
how much energy, water, and coal
it would take to move the earth
foot, supposing that it was sub
jected throughout its mass to a
force equivalent to terrestrial gravi-
tation. This is a gratuitous sup
position, for in spite OF its enor-
nous mass the earth zVeigkS moth.
ing, and it is only by pIlIng up hy-
pothesis that we can get an idea
Of Archimede's famous lever.
Starting with the fact that the
earth's mass is about 8, 100 million
million million tons, our statistician
calculates that we should require
70, 900 million years for a 10, 900
horse power engine to move our
globe a foot. The boiler that
should feed this engine would
vapOrize a quantity oi water that
would cover the whole globe with
a layer 800 feet deep. The vapOr-
iZation OF this water would require
700 million million tons of coal.
This coal carried in cars holding
10 tons each, and having a total
length Of 80 feet, would require
400 million-million cars, which
would reach 50, 900 900 times
around the earth. This train,
moving at the rate Of 40 miles an
hour would take more than 5000,
900 years to traverse its own
length, 1t would require for stor-
age a shed that would cover a
thousand times the area of Europe.
If we realize that this iantastically
huge amount OF energy is as moth
ing at all compared with what the
earth possesses in virtue OF its
rotation about it's axis its revolu-
ton about the sun, and its transla-
ton in space with the solar system,
Of which the earth is but an in
initesimal part, and which itself is
but an inhnitesimal part Of the uni
verse, we may get some idea ofthe
importance OF man in the universe,
and estimate his incommensurable
pride at its just value.-La Nature.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-03

The GLowwoRM's RAYS. The
glo oWworm' 5 light is said to have
been shown to be due to the ennis.
sion OF rays similar to Rontegen's.
Three hundred glowworms were
caught near Kioto and placed be-
fore Photographic plates screened
from the light by several thick
nesses Of black paper, together
with plates Of brass, copper, and
aluminium. A piece Of cardboard
with hole in it was placed be-
tween the metal and the photo
graphic plate, and for two days the
arrangement was kept IN a dark
cham Der sheltered from all foreign
lights. On developing the plate,
however, it was found to be black
ened, except the parS opposite
the hole in the cupboard. The
rays Of the glowworm would ap-
pear, therefore, to penetrate metal
andexcite luminosity in cardboard.
When there is nothing between
the sensitive plate and the glow
worm the rays are said to behave
like ordinary light; but in travers-
ing some metals and cardboards
they seem to acquire properties
like that Of an X-Tay, or It NAV
be that the ordinary glowworm
emits x as well as ordinary rays.
This account savours somewhat of
the improbable, and in regard to
the latter part oft, there may be a
third explanation.-ReJHe .ScteN-
Hfqae.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-03

OF the de5yiS, but the smoke nearly |
blinded and choked me, and the
stencil sickened me; the meat was
so tough and nauseous that / could
not swallow it. AT last | heard
lions roaring, and a report above
convinced me that the body. eX-
tended with gas, had burst. Now
all the quadrupeds and bipeds
could devour it; but would they
do so in time to save my lifes l
feared not. for hunger and want OF
fresh air were slowly killing me.
Driven to desperation by hunger,
| stepped ont Of my cave into the
trench, intending to cut out Por-
ton Of the now putr.d flesh, when
l telt a shower falling on me, and,
lighting one Of the few matches
left discovered to my horror that
not only was the floor covered sew
eral inches deep with maggo OTIS, but
they were raining down on me.
l staggered back towards the
cave, and there consciousness lett
me. When l regaineo my senses
I found myself in bed attended by
the missionary and his wife, and
It was many days before he would
relate how l came to be under his
care for, alas! / soon discovered
that | was bereit OF both my legs
from nv knees down. Then L
had a relapse, and lay between life
| erJ daath tor IullV three months.
can never sufficiently express
my gratitude to Mr.. M - and
his wife for all the kindness they
showed me, aud the care they took
| Of me When I was sufficiently
we'll to be carried into the veranda,
he told me some wandering bush
men, attracted by the chattering OF
the vultures, visited the spot
They heard groans, anc on drag
ging away the skeleton OF the levi
athan to extract the -tr5Hs, they
saw my legs hanging down from
the cave They lifted me
from my living grave and carried
me to the missionary station
where it was found necessary tc
amputate both my legs, for they
had been riddled through and
through and through by hundreds
OF maggots, and doubtless in a day
or two modification would have
set in. l had been imprisoned
eight days, and it was a marvel
had not died.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-03
State OF Ohio, City ofToledo,
Lucas County,

Lucas County,
Frank 7. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner Of the firm Of F J..
Cheney & Co, doing business in the
City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the
sum Of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case Of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FRANK ] CHENNEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day OF December,
A. d. 1886
Seal A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system Send
for testimonials. free
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 7sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Cañon City record., 1898-03-10
A s,c.mnn.,. rrhi.,lr .na Ren.


Three old steamboatmen stood
against the news stand of the St
Charles hotel and watched the passen-
gers come in from the late trains. Then
they got reminiscent and talked river
talk "Get an odd. musical whistle
said the leader Of the trio, land your
steamboat will be success. Get a
whistle that the darkies along the river
banks know and like, and they will
stay with you like hypnotized subjects.
There is nothing like low. musical
rumble, that is deep and sweet to the
ear, for catching the good will of the
blacks. l stood around the auction
block when the steamer Pargoud, which
went down at the mouth of the Red
river short time ago, was sold, and
heard President Van Nostrand. of the
nearly 5000 for her whistle. That whis-
tie was known by every darky on the
lower river. II was deep and low like
thunder. but pleasant withaL They
liked IL. and the whistle was largely re
sponsible for the success of the boat.
In another minute I heard the auc-
tioncer knock down the bell of the Par
goud TO President Van Nostraud for the
seemingly enormous sum of about $500.
That sounds big. doesn't il, but next
to the whistle comes the bell. After a
steamer once becomes known by her
bell and whistle, IL is death to the sue
cess of the steamboat to change them
N. o. Times n, mocrut.
Cañon City record., 1898-03-10
THE TicKErs ur

BY the conventions of Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings another city cam
paign is fairly before us Two ticket,
are in the field, and IL is hardly proba
bie there will be more. These are put
up by the Reform Party and the Ia,
Payers Party. As Is usual in our city
elections there Is but one real issue be
fore the people. II is the sains old
question: Shall We, or shall We mol
license the saioonsy
As TO the real merits and business
ability of the men on the two ticket,
there is little difference. In the eiec
ton OF either ticket the city will un
doubtedly have good business admin.
istration. The candidates on the Re
form ticket are pledged To vote against
licensing saloons. while those or the
Tax Payers ticket will no doubt. II
elected, vote in favor Of again opening
them
The hold over aldermen stand two
against one In favor Of license. so as II
requires four aldermen to pass an ordi
nance the Tax Payers must elect all
three aldermen to accomplish their
purpose, while II the Reform people
elect one or more aldermen the city
must remain without licensed saloons
another year.
The RECORD under its present
ownership has always been opposed to
the licensing Of saloons. In this opin'
ion IL has not changed. Canon two
years ago elected Reform council
For n year and half no saloons hav,
been licensed. During this time Canon
has grown more and prospered more
than at any other period in her history
Her future development win depend
more largely on industries secured
within the last year and half than on
all others had before. These facts are
indisputable and prove at least that a
city can exist and even enjoy meas.
ure of prosperity without the open sa.
loon. There appears to the writer little
reason why there should be change
now.
Cañon City record., 1898-03-10
santa Fe Route-Calirornia Limited.

The California Limited now runs
twice a week between Chicago and Los
Angeles, via Santa Fe route. The
third annual season for this magnih-
cent traiu-
Equipment of superb vestibule,l
Pullman palace sleepers, budet-smok
ing car, and through dining car mana
ged by Mr.. Fred Harvey. Most luxuri-
Gus service via any line, and the tastes,
time.
Another express train, carrying pal,
ace and tourist sleepers, leaves daily
for California
Inquire Of local agent A. T 4 5. F
R.R.
Cañon City record., 1898-03-10

The bill appropriating s5o.ooo.ooo for
public defenses has passed the House
without dissenting vote. While In
the language Of its author, Representa-
tive Cannon, It is a ssace measure, It
embodies the sentiment Of the Ameri.
can people. It IL also refreshing to
know that partisanship can yield to
patriotism upon questions affecting the
national safety or honor. Not dis
oordant uttsrancs was heard during
the dsbats; north and sonth, east and
west giving their most enthusiastic
support 70 the measure. Another graft
fyius feature connected Herewith Ia
sAat ths norsy appropriated y already
available n ths naaieaai tzsasury.
Cañon City record., 1898-03-10
MONEY SHIPPED BY MAIL.
A state of Affairs That Makes Bills
Scarce Just Now In the Northwest.


A curious state of affairs prevails at
present in the banks of the northwest.
Go to a bank with a check. ask the teller
TO cash it. and he will pay you in gold.
Ask him for bills and he will tell you
that he cannot accommodate you. Cur
rency is so scarce in Minneapolis, st.
Paul and other northwestern cities
that the banks are compelled 10 pay in
gold. The reason for this state of af-
fairs Is that the bills are being shipped
to the east in mail sacks The cashier
of a Minneapolis bank gave the follow
ing explanation:
The reason why we refuse to pay out
currency is that we are sending remit
tances east through the mails, instead
of by express, as in the past, and, of
course, owing to the expense, we send
nothing but paper money. just al pres
ent the balance of trade is against us
and the money is flowing out. This
causes the scarcity of currency. and 1t
Is a fact that Minneapolis and St. Paul
are practically drained of all bills of
large denominations. In former days
we were accustomed to ship money by
express, and when we did that bullion
was sent.
Some time ago the companies raised
the charges somewhat, and the banks
refused TO accede 20 the increased rate.
Then the present scheme was devised
The money Is sent by registered mail,
and the cost between here and Chicago
is 20 cents per $1,000. BY paying an ad-
ditional 12 cents upon each thousand
the shipment is insured by London
Institution TIE express companies
were charging us so cents per thou
sand, but have recently reduced their
charge TO 65 cents OF course. we
should prefer to ship by the express
companies and are willing TO pay them
a higher price than the cost by mail.
but not the present difference.