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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
Fashion Notes.

FYeur de sole is soft, glossy silk,
very durable, and light in weight, de-
lightful to the touch, and well recon-
mended for wear.
The bolero, in all sizes and shapes,
is to be worn again, and it is some
times made of lace, quite close fitting
in the back and full in front.
In silk toilettes the black and white
effect is decidedly pronouncedin in house
and evening attire. Black jet, lace
and colored velvet are the fayorite
trimmings.
Many of the model costumes have
en- suite tiny stole-fronted shoulder
cape matching the gown, this little
wrap being very short, rather full and
exceedingly smart in effect.
Dog collars are made of cream or
black net with sprays Of old lace ap-
Piled on. Loops for the hair are also
formed of the same ornamented net,
wired to keep them in place.
A blouse without darts, yet snug in
fit. and with a fat basque, is one Of
the accepted styles for gowns Ct plain
or mixed goods. The basque part is
often dispensed with, but when there,
it is cut in tabs or not, as the wearer
elects.
Handsome mixed gray cloths show
heavy borders, with rich and orna-
mental designs in black. Checks and
basket efects are also seen in the
borders. Mohairs and cheviots will
bein favor together with fine diagonals
and red materials.
An especially handsome dress fabric
is the half-silk plaid. having black
corded checks. Other half-silk goods
are in piquelike effects, showing bright
colors, with the black cord check run
ming through them. These goods will
be among the newest for gowns.
Ready-made cuirass bodices are seen
in great variety in the ss-res. They
are dainty, picturesque adjuncts to
many toilets, and may be had in sill
yer or tinseled chiffon, spangled jet,
beads and steel and jewel embroidery.
Trimming to match may be had by the
yard.
One in two shades of cloth has A
yoke, collar and vest of the light
goods, with black braid forming VS.:
revers. collar. close sleeves, tabled
basque and blouse having underarm
seams only of the darker material
stitching on all edges and a black satin
belt.
The shawl-shaped cape made Of
black lace over coIored silk is one OF
the novelties in wraps, and the edges
are finished with ruches Of chiffon OF
lace. This will prove very useful
fashion for those who have lace snawls
slowed away in their cedar chests, fol
they can be utilized with great ettec:
in one Of these novel garments.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
How About This ?

We often hear it said that while
women are bright and quick they are
naturally deficient in analytic power;
that while they may become learned
they can never become logical; that
though they may write beautifully
they can never argue well.
This idea is based on theory which
was proclaimed before women, except
in the rarest instances, were permitted
to receive any sort Of intellectual
training. Since the education Of
women has begun this theory has
been knocked into snithereens. A
notable instance Of its fallacy was pre-
sented few years ago when young
woman carried off the highest honors
of Cambridge, both in classics and
in the analytical studies, over hun
dreds of 'slogical' competitors.
Another instance in kind is that of
young lady at Cornell.
The fifth debate between the chosen
champions of that institution and
those Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania was had at ithaca, n. Y, re-
Gently.
One of the three Cornell disp1tants
was Miss Abigail Laughlin. She was
the first woman who ever appeared IN
an intercollegiate debate in this coun-
try, and there was great curiosity to
see how she would acqult herself.
The Judges were unanimous in the de-
,ision that the Cornell debaters were
stronger in points of argument, but
may it be said that the two young
men who represented Cornell won this
decision? Not at all.
It was the universal verdict Of those
who heard the debate that the strong
est argument presented by any OF the
aisputants on either side was that Of
Miss Laughlin. The Philadelphia
Times declares that ':her logical
powers were unequaled by any OF her
associates.
What are those who contend that
woman is not the intellectual equal Of
man going to make out of this case?
Here we have the spectacle Of two
of the greatest aud most progressive
universities Of the country choosing
from their thousands of students the
six who were considered best able to
argue a question and the only girl
among them coming out ahead Of the
list.
We have no doubt that similar re-
suits would be seen at other intercol-
legiate debates if girl should be ad-
mitted occasionally to the list of dis
putants. Atlanta Journal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
A Queer Case.1

Ten miles west of Aurora, InC.,
making her home with her mother on
a small farm, lives Lizzie Windhurst,
aged thirty. About five years ago she
experienced a most singular dream IN
which her death on certain day was
foretold. She related her dream to
relatives and persisted in regarding it
as revelation of her approaching
death. As the time was near at hand
she prepared her burial clothes, then
took to her bed and awaited the dis
solution, which she believed would
take place on the 14th of the month.
The l4th passed and she still lives.
Her friends tried to persuade her that
she was not going to die, but she in
sisted that she was, and said it would
occur on the 18th of the next month.
She continued to lie in bed prepared
for the end. Another 14th passed and
she insisted that it would be the next.
She has refused to leave her bed.
Her faith in the revelation is no5, how
ever, shaken in the least, and she re-
fuses to leave her bed for even an
hour. She has prepared ali of her
shroud for burial while lying i'll bed,
and numberless times has Mrs. Cart
wright, kind nsighbor, washed and
irened the garment to humor the poor
girl. Four times she has worked 1t
over, but still the faith in the dream
is mistaken. She is seemingly very
rational on every other subj but
any allusion to her revelation lrrltates
her and she suffers physical pain.
Her relatives aud friends have at last
decided to let her have her own way,
fyting that excitement might kill her.
Her~ma!ady is considered monomanla.
CHICAGO Chronicle
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
BifdIess Hats.

The crusaders against the users of
feathers and birds are terribly in earn
est in England. At the annual meet
ing in London, recently, speaker
was applauded for the suggestion that
if women would refE.s to take for hus-
bands imen who crunched larks for
dinner and men declined to mate with
women who decorated themselves with
the feathers Of singing birds, the OBJ
iects OF the society would be attained.
Another speaker hoped that the pres
ent fashion for feathers would be
brought to the direct notice of the
Queen, whom she was sure would do
all in her power to discourage it.
The greatest card of the meeting
was letter from the poet-laureate,
written from Italy, in which he said:
''The greatest stigma on the fair
land from which write is the per
petual harassing and slaughtering of
birds by its entire population. Hence
their groves are too often in want of
the crowning sylvan charm, Of wood
notes Wild"
The annual report showed that the
membership OF the society had reached
1920,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

ticns for draping with exceedingly
thin fabrics. A young lady reader Of
the Ledger has white India silk that
is somewhat past its first freshness,
and she wonders what she can do with
it. It is well to have white or light
colors cleaned so is to make the shade
as uniform as possible. Covering up
stains and spots is by no means al
easy matter, and to clean one part Of
dress and not the whole Of it cannot
fail to produce an incongruity plainly
seen by one of taste. And as it is the
people Of taste We wish to please, it is
worth while to improve every oppor-
tunity to better the condition Of our
materials before going to the trouble
and expense of making them up.
4 skirt of white silk is to be cut cut
after the ordinary pattern of sored
skirts, and finished completely. It is
then put on a figure, properly adjust
ed and draped with diephanous ma
terial. Even if accordion plated
lace, chiffon, or tissue is to be used,
it is better to have the skirt on the
frame and allow it to remain there for
some time. If this were always done,
there would be fewer unsightly OBJ
jects in the way Of dropping draperies
and folds all awry. The waist is best
draped upon the wearer. It is NOT
necessary in refurbishing waist al
ter such a fashion to open single
seam. The material may be shirred,
pleated tucked and shirred on draw
strings, or simply gathered, the raw
edge concealed by band Of galloon
or gimp, the fullness held down by
similar pieces of trimming, and tbs
lower edge drawn under the bodice
and loosely tackled there. Sleeve
pufs can be sewed on by turning the
lower portion up toward the shoulder;
then bringing the puff back, fastening
it down at the elbow, and covering
the raw edge with band of trimming.
IF the slip is covered all the way down,
it may be desirable to make the COW
ering in two sections, joining them at
the elbows. Collars are best made de-
tachable, although this is not neces-
sary. One sometimes likes to vary
the colors, and a dress Of white India
silk, draped with cream-colored ga1ze,
may have ribbon collar, sash and trim
mings in pink, blue, green, heliotrope
or lemon color, and will furnish inf
mite variety by such simple devices.
It is hardly worth while to make up
white or creamScolored dress with
color that cannot be removed at pleas
ure. QfooNsse, if one has an extern
sive, wardrobe, this,uay be very well,
butt for the multitude, who haTTee-hbszattG t
twp or three best dresses at the most,
aN color should be detachable. By
gaving dresses made on this plan, one
fdoes not weary either themselves or
their friends -hEEzssthat everlasting
5iaaeazsFs>.-@1ow dress cf ners. i
The yellow could be taken. out, and
pink, green or gray worn, the criticism
would never be made. A dainty and
simple evening dress is made of fine
dotted swiss. There is plain skirt
and infant waist for a foundation.
Four founces of chiffon with ribbon
edge are set on the skirt. Epaulettes,
simulated yoke and a full cascade
down the front, with fluffy collar,
produce pretty and becoming effect.
New York Ledger.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
Fiye-FOot Soldiers.

The minimum height in the Af-
kados army is fraction of an ln5h
over five feet. that in the Italian arnfa
five feet one inch. AS the height ST
individuals in Japan does not often
exceed five feet four inches for males,
it follows that thereis a wonderful,rHt l,rHtfi-
formity observable in the physiqlie of
the troops, and this fact operates b 6ne-
ticially in long marches, very few all-
ing out of the ranks. What one ean
do ell can do. The Emperor is Him =
self much above the average stature,
and the Empress is just as tall as Ehe
Princess of Wales. Both are of 81 are
build.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
a STRANGE PRISON.
How a Town In Virginia Utiifzss a
Mountain Cave,

Speaking Of caves" remarked the
drummer whose territory extends from
New York to everywhere, 81 suppose
Fou don't know that down yonder in
the cave section Of Southwestern Ken
tuchy it isn't unusual for the towns
which are built over caves to use them
as sewers, and there's many kitchen
with It's sink leading right down Into
The depths Of the earth. But an even
oddec use than this to which nature
may be put discovered IN the cave
country Of Virginia.
<]The little town Of Eldridge, with
population Of 800 or TOO, has large
contingent Of miners to be handled by
the authorities, and when they get ugly
'>shey are ugly, indeed. Two or three
coolers for their accommodation when
drunk and diSorderly had been burned
OF torn down by theGa, and the town
marshal was hard put to know what to
do At last the editor Of the local paper
suggested that the cave in the noun
tain not 500 yards from the City Hall
would be just the thing fer calaboose,
and the marshal proceeded to inTestl-
gate. He found that the way then IL
use to get into it was down a ladder
thirty feet through an entrance six or
eight feet in diameter, and that when
once in the cave the air was dry and
good; there was @ stream Of fine water,
and that, though it was dark, the cleo
sric light could be introduced easily
from the town plant.
''That was his report, and without
saying anything much to anybody, beds
: and boards and few other pieces OF
necessary furniture were taken down.
and on Saturday night when the boys
began to whoop It up and were taken
sn they were carefully let down into
the cave by a rope on a portable wind
lass that had been rigged over the
mouth, and silence prevailed. on the
face Of the earth. The lights were turn
ed on and it was bright and cheerfuls
the boys had all the room they wanted;
they could do as they pleased clown
therel, and the loudest noise they could
make couldn't possibly be heard on
earth. That plan worked with eminent
success until one night there was Il
fight and a man was hurt, anC then the
authorities fixed up some cages OF pens,
and an officer went down fist to re-
ceive the visitors and care foc them on
their arrival. It has been working that
way ever since, and IS undoubtedly the
safest prison II the whole country, and
IS the cheapest and most enduring"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
Who Should Wear Necklaces.

It has beer said that only a woman
with very. beautiful or g very ugly
( throat should wear a necklace. The
idea is that the necklace serves either
to attract attention to adjacent beau
ties-like the patch on fair cheek
or to hide bones and wrinkles. In
the latter case more than a necklace.is
needed, strings and strings Of pearls,
dog collars and ribbons being worn e
the same time to cover up defeien;S
cies.
If the theory holds true, one must
assume that there are few women
with commonplace throat and necks
just now, for the jewel shops are full
of necklets, bands and collars. Beads
hold an important place in the compo-
sition of collars. For a youthful
throat necklet of rose-tinted coral
beads is quite the vogue. coral having
come into fashion with other obsolete
jewels. The usual way is to string
them in several rows, passed through
upright slides set in diamonds. A
newer way is to mount the beads on
light, invisible framework that holds
them in position. II diamonds are
added, it is in the form of pierced
beads, introduced among the others
so as to compose a geometric design
q check Or key pattern, for instance.
Diamonds set in straight rows are
treated in the same way, not placed
close together like the beads, but with
a wide space between each row, so
fastened to the frame that piece Of
wide ribbon velvet may be slipped in,
behind the jewels, Or narrower yel3
vet, Be laced backward and forward
IN Vandykes.
Pendants are out Of date, as are
most heavy ornaments. Jewelled
collars sometimes have afringe Of bril-
liants round their bases, the stones
set at extremities Of extremely atten-
uated blades Of metal, placed edge
upward, or a cross-b barred arrange
ment of such blades, with brilliants at
the intersections, coming down in one
deep pointed plastron in front, or
forming series of Vandykes all
round the collar. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
Mexico Rich in Precious Stones.

Mexico is richly endowed with
precious stones. The opals Of Quere-
taro. SAP Juan del Rio, and Tequis-
o,.apan are famous for their changing
fires. They are found in crusts on the
calcareous rocks, which are easy to
work. and also in the granite, which
has to be blasted, and this often
breaks the gems. The opal beds are
ar. seldom more than ten OF twelve
feet below the surface.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
uSnottsmeu" in Bohemia.

Bohemian sportsnen in the year 1895
shot and killed fifty men, women, and
children; and wounded 2,014 persons,
chiefly gamekeepers. They also Hlted
among either game, over $4,000 dogs,
1852 cats, Q horses, Is cows, 132
calves, 27e goats, and 129 sheep. For
this they had to pay collectively over
s5oo,00o for doctors, fines, and indemni'
lies and to spend 74,3SS days in jail
The Austrian government collects the
statistics -.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
The muttlated condition in which the

The mutilated condition in which the
body Of the insurgent, Gen. Aranguren,
was found illustrates the savagery OF
the Spanish soldiery. 1t IS said that
his clothes showed evidence Of twenty
seven wounds by bayonet, machete and
sword thrusts, besides two bullet
wounds, either Of which was sufficient
to cause instant death. Only saVages
mutilate their victims after death, and
the Spanish soldiery seem to be Of
them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
CURIOUS FAcTSl
The Hindoos were the & arst to use

The H1ndooS were tHe AfFst W use
playing cards.
On July 6 the earth is farther away
from the sun than OF any other time:
Stockings were first used in the
eleventh century. Before Nhat cloth
bandages were used on the g@et.
The average life of wIpnen in
! France during the last, Il tbirty-two
years has been thirty-eight u Rars, and
; Of men thirty-six years:
The largest telegraph afe in the
world is in the General IPostofhce
building, London. There are over
three thousand operators.
solomon's temple was )1O7 feet
long. thirty-six feet broad and fifty
four feet high, not being lager than
many private houses Of th4 present
time.
Connecticut claims a pafrot one
hundred and eighteen years. ola. 1t
has been for one hundred yea{rs in one
family, having descended fro4 father
to son through two or threet genera
tions.
Troy, with the ruins Schiie1 e1nann eZ-
plored, has been presented the I'm:
perial Osmanic Museum of al Fiqultles
at Constantinople by the dvner OF
Hissarlik, the Englishmank Frank
Calver]ey.
In an East Siberia gold nj pc in the
district Of Tomsk there has il lst been
found gold nugget weighin4g sixty
seven and one-third pounds. I tits the
largest nugget ever found in Russian
territory.
The brass drum is one Of th{ + instru-
ments of bands attending Regiments
of the Servian army. It IS Jed on a
two-wheeled cart, which is q rawn by
large trained dog. The drummer
walks behind the cart
For 5000 years the Hindoc STANDARD
of living has been almost the 81 Pame for
rich and Door. The Raiah's floors are
bare, and the rich man washeA in the
open air and dries himself IN he sun
like his poorer brother:
Oran, in Algeria, has por II health
officer still in active service atS the age
of 126 years. His name is TYemoull-
let. He was born in 1771, Fas cap
tured by Oran pirates in 1885, land has
never left the town since.
Winning race horses are generally
bays, chestnuts. OF browns; and for
every hundred bays among theI m there
are fifty chestnuts and thirty browns.
There is no record of an ind Sportant
race being won by piebald.
Ambassador White recently deceived
in Berlin request from an 0 Id lady
out West to procure the autographs OF
the Emperor, the Empress, tho Crown
Prince and Bismarck. The names
were signed on little pieces bf linen
for an autograph quilt.
|. Bamboo grows very thriftily in Cali
fornia bottom lands and is fouIS I'd to be
very useful plant. The seed Of
many species resembles rice aI y is al,
most as valuable for food Thse stock
may be used in the buildH ing Of
bridges, fences and barns and \ in the
manufacture of water pipes. furni,
ture and boxes.
The Chinese are said TO posa# #ess se
cress in the preparation Of sweH lets thai
ast5nish our most accomplished con
fectoners, They know low I'd remove
the eulp from oranges and sg2 bstltute
[ssss
tion sails to reveal any opening in
oisiop in the skin Of the fruit hey
perform the same feat with eggt
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all I'M.
purities from the body: Begin to-day to
ba9ish pPlss bG blotehss 5fskhgaas pa sTns
Cascarsts.-bearty for ten cents. All drug
gists; satisfaction guaranteed, l0c. Csc, Soc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
Simple Evening Dresses.

There is nothing prettier OF more
for evening wear than In
dia silk. White and the lighter tints
are ideal materials for simple dresses.
They also furnish admirable founda-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

70 &ris tobacco easily and forever, be mag
cetic. 1ril OF lie. nerve and vigor, take No-To.
Sac. the Eonderworker, that makes weak men
strong. AliSdruggistss SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teea BookleS and sample frea-AGdress
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago OF New YORK.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

Don't TRY to keep house without Blue
r. 3. ?. Company, Richmond, Virginia.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
Cure Corns With Physic.

Might as well try that as to attempt the cure
of letter, Eczema, Ringworm and other Gu
taneous affections with bood medicine. 7 ct
remedy. VIII it cue $ SIRE. It's an ONT
rneut. 80 cents at druggists or by mail f, Soc.
n stamps from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

The sharp business man Is always pre-
pared sor duh times,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take CascaretS Candy Cathartic. 100 c. 80.
Is Q. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund EonaY
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

FJ. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., Props, OF
Halls Catarrh Cure. offer 500 reward for any
case Of ca; arrh that cannot be cured by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton allays pair, cures wind collie, 25c. bots!,.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

ST. yITUs' DANCE, SPAsMs and all ;ner:
vous diseases permanently cured by the use OF
DR.. K ines Great Nerve Restorer. Send for
FREE SLIGO trial bottle and treatise to Dr. T.
II. Kline, Ltd, 93l arch Street, Phila.. Pa. ~.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

Don't let your neighbor know The full ex-
tent Of your ignorance.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

Educate Your Bowels With CascarosS
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
NC. sc. II c. c. G. fail, druggists refund 1aopes.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12
uan away.

The young onion IS very seductive
vegetable, but 1t Invariably gives a
Uan away.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

Don't put off till tomorrow the thing some
body will do for you today.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-05-12

syes and would BE- oecc"ee oss"-. .....
come blind. My nerves were IN saea aslat'
that 8 step on the floor unsettled me. ~
"Eminent doctors, skillful nurses, me
best food and medicine ell failed; Ihen
Consented to an operation. That, too,
failed. and they said another was necessary:
After the second I was worse than ever anu
the world was darker than before;
TT was then I heard OF Dr. Wliilams
Pink Pills for Pale People. heard tnss
they had cured cases Ike mine and 1rieo
them.
shine to nv life and filed my cup with nap
piness. The headache is gone; the tT.ssh, On.
Inc is gone; tho nervousness IS gone; tas
trembling has ceased, and have galne9
twenty-slx ponds. Health and strength
is mine and am thankful to Dr.: Williams, J,
Pink Pills for Pale People for che blessng:
These pills are boon to Womankino'
Acting directly on the blood and nerves,
they restore the requisite vitality to al
parts Of the body; creating functional rege.
iarity and perfect harmony throughout
the nervous system. The pallor OF the
checks is changed to the delicate Dlush OF
health: the eyes brighten; the muscles
grow elastic, ambition IS created and gooo
health returns.