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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-11-24

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LONDON (By Cable). A dispatch has been
received from Ladysmith giving news up
TO November Is, on which date all was
we'll On the 9Th the Beers attacked the
British camp early in the morning. and,
under cover Of a fre Of guns. started to as
cend the ridges overlooking the defenders
position. The British troops, who were
standing to arms in their camp. conformed
20 the movement by lining the crest OF the
neiRhts, and though the burghers dis
played unusual activity iu tho attack. and
efept sktifully upward from cover to cover,
stne BRITISH infantry beat them back with q
steady, well controlled musketry fire.
The Beers opened fire from every
eminence around Ladysmith, but their
main short was made from the northward
by troops mass the angle formed by
lively 70 Il B. 4 p 1enuiss re Fpe@
this point tnas b. H. MI yieor and
more than the electionA Asuccess. al
snouga \faE the AdminiA INTO action.
guns aass sanits l commers We British
When the Asoers ReaSy retired discomht-
ed they were shelled by the English artil-
lery. and two battalions OF infantry also
inflicted sharp punishment upon them.
Ihe rffe brigade crept unnoticed Into their
nltcn ana lined the bank With skirmishers,
who poured volleys into the Beers at close
quarters as they galloped headlong toward
them. The Manchesters also were able to
enflade q ravine In which detachments of
boers were taking cover from the artillery,
D Aired long range yolleys into them
with much effect.
The Beers suffered SO severely In this &C.
ton, their losses being estimated at seven
hundred to eight hundred killed and
wounded, that up to the Fourteenth they
did not attempt anything further than a de-
sultory shell fire. On that day a successful
Reconnaissance by General White drove the
Beers back on the right OF the new Colenso
road.
Lyddfte shells are reported to lave had a
most terrifying effect on the burgbers, who
nre also said to be suffering greatly from
~dysentery, The dispatch adds that Lady,
smith can hold out for months.
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Lost Three children From D~iphthsria.
Ethel, the two-year-old daughter oil
George II. Gaskill, OF Long Branch, N. j.,
died a few days ago from diphtheria. Mr..
Gaskell lost two children two weeks ago
from the same disease. The two remain
ing children In the family are recovering.
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Bonn FLAGS OVER COLONY TOWNS.
Prociamaticns Annexing British Terri
tory Are Declared Null and Void.


CAPE Town tBy Cable. The Boer com.
mando from Rouxville, fifty strong, en-
tered Altwai North a few days ago and
hoisted the flags OF both republics in the
market square, proclaiming the district
republican territory. The British were
given fourteen days notice to quit. The
Bosrs also occu pied Burghersdorp.
Advlces Just received here show that a
considerable force OF Free State and Trans
7aal burghers occupied Colesberg, Cape
Colony, without opposition by the resi-
dents, and proclaimed the district to be
Fres State territory.
Sir Alfred Miner. Governor Of Cape
Colony, and British High Commissioner,
has issued a proclamation declaring that
the Boer proclamations, annexing terri.
tory, impressing men or selling goods, are
null and void, and should not be obeyed.
He promises full recognition OF and fair
compensation for actual injury, resulting
from loyal adherence to British allegiance.
Judging from present Indications, so far
from there being a prospect of a Dutch
rising, the fact is that many of the Cape
Dutcirssfos 81. inceDsed at the loss Of their
property and the, destruction OF railways
and bridges that they are even beginning
to favor the annexation of the two repub-
lies, One prominent politician goes so fai
as to sav 1t may possibly happen that the
0utlanders will be the chief opponents oil
annexation,
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Secretary Long in Warrington.
Becretary and Mrs. Long returned to
Washington from Colorado Springs, COL,
where they took their daughter. VINO
Is III.
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THE TuRKeY TESTAMENT.

I'm a melancholy ~turkey-std am l.
For n reign of awful terror drawcth nigh.
How l dread the smell OF pie,
And the cakes and tarts piled high,
For I know that ! must die
Thanksgiving Day.
What avail my 81 arkling eyes, just like jet.
Or my slim and stately neck. proudly set?
Though my glossy feathers shine,
On my fiesh will people dine,
And pronounce mo lusclous-hne,
Thanksgiving Day.
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Papa-"Well, Billy, what are you
the most thankful for to-day"
BilIy-"I don't know If Tn the
thankfulest COS I amt a girl or COS
/ amt q turkey"
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A Now rlam raddIns Recipe.

A Thanksgiving plum pudding REQ
commended by Mrs. Lincoln, as rich
enough, but not tna rich to disturb
the digestion of the children, is made
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When a new clerk is hired in a
store. the other clerks divide their
work with him, and another clerk is
needed. -Atchison Globe.
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, Fits permanently cured. No fits or Us
ness after first days use of Dr.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trialbottle and treatise free
DR.. r.. H. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
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The tongue Of a ~full-grown giraffe Is
about eighteen inches long.
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a Wofdl Thanksgiving
BY Marion Hdrldnd:
FACT was we bad never

spent "a Thanksgiv-
ing" in the country.
And in town the Pill
grims' holy day has de-
generated into an AIRY
and 'Arriet tsblowout.
It was decided in
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That big family paper, The Illustrated Weekly
OF Denver, Col, founded 1880 will be sentter
weeks on trial for l0c; clubs of 8, soc; Il for 81
Special offer solely TO introduce it. --latest
mining news and Illustrations of scenery. tru,
stories of love and adventure. Address al
above and mention this paper; stamps taken
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Insc Piso's Cure for Consumption both IN
my family and practically y. W. fAirhH-
son. Inksfer, Mich, Nov. 9, lS9f-
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
zsks csscarets Candy ca.hartis, lcc OF Csc.
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liam SO grateful to you for what
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me that l feel as
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To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. fun of life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
BAG, the wonder-worlser that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
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your heart in against her art, and she
beats Jon nine times out of ten.
The best place to break a bone with
q fair widow is in the corner OF 4 snug
sitting room, with the lights turned
low. A mans heart fire glows more
wildly upon his cheeks then; also it
is more fun for the widow. She quite
prefers esrnestness Of purpose and is
ever ready for a tilt of hearts against
arts. You might win q prize in the
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Educate Your Bowels With CascArets.
Candy Cathartic: sure constipation forever
i0c, 25c. II c. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
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Il II believed that In China there is twen-
" times as muchc GOAL as in all Europe.
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The number of newspapers and periodi-
Gals published in Paris is 1855.
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The area of the worlds coal fields is ALL
800 square miles.
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The finest emerald known are said to be.
long to the Spanish Grown.
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A cat in a Stockton, CAL, store killed
1900 worth Of canaries in one night.
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People of meIancholic temperament rare
ly have clear blue eyes.
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HRFAKlNc THE WIsHeoNe.


when 10 Lose tho wish and Whom %
win 1t.
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The first law school In America was
opened In Philadelphia in 1880.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
MARGARET oLlPHANT.

Mrs. ELEPHANTS biography is worthy to
be kept on the shelf where one preserves
what she most prizes among the books
that live Her letters, which form part
of the volume, are less interesting, be-
ing mostly on business to her publishers,
or when written to friends touching only
the surface of things.
The impression made on the readers
mind is, on the whole, a sad one. There
was so much sordid care, SO much anxiety
about ways and means-the strain of
living was always so tremendous But
these were not things which troubled Mrs.
Oliphant. Her brave nature and buoyant
temperament fitted her to be a bearer of
burdens; if her home was happy and her
children well, she did not mind work
was glad to have II to do. She was fated
this tenderly loving mother, to lose her
children one by one-Cyril in his early
manhood, her nephew Frank in the be-
ginning of his career, her darling son
Cecco when he was &c. and but for her
adopted daughters two dear nieces. she
was left alone. Never was there a woman
to the flbers of her being more the moth
er, and never was mother more a Mater
Dolorosa than she. A story of sorrow.
but of dauntless courage, is that of this
gifted novelist Why make comparisons
with others? 1t is enough for us that
she was herself ., ana did her days work
6arper6 SBazRrf~ - ,,.-.S
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
NEWPORT CHILDREN.
Astor, Frederic Allen, Jr., Ma
rion Tiffany and Others.

Master Vincent Astor, son of Col. and
Mrs. John Jacob Aston, is one of the
youngest whips here, and can be seen
almost any morning driving a red
wheeled basket cart to and from
Baileys beach, writes a Newport cor
respondent. OF course, he is always
accompanied by maid, and in this
case at least he has the satisfaction of
holding the reins" Master Vincent is
scarcely over six years, with brown
hair and shadowy eyes, and bears a
strong resemblance to his father. He
usually wears a white duck sailor suit,
with knee trousers, and his straw hat
is finished with a blue band.
Beatrice Sorchon, baby daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Sorchon is a tiny
rosebud girl who grows prettier from
the suns kisses Her dainty white
frocks are finely embroidered, and the
string of coral beads that she often
wears contrasts prettily with them, and
is vastly becoming to her nut brown
hair and clear complexion, through
which, in her round cheeks, the pink
glow is constantly struggling for su-
premacy.
One of the prettiest sights at Bailey's
beach is the appearance Of the four lit
tie children or Mf. ana Mrs. fredeflc
II. Allen. Frederic Allen, Jr,, is evident
ly not more than six years old and his
three tiny sisters are younger. The
three baby girls, sun-bonneted and
clothed in white, are as chubby as
diminutive milkmaids.
One Of the bellies and beauties of ba-
bydom here is little May Ladenburg,
daughter of Mrs Adolph Ladenburg,
whose years possibly number six. She
belongs to the type of pretty looks in
which golden hair is coquettishly
blended with large brown eyes. She
wears white gowns with an embroid-
cred sunbonnet to match, which nestles
about her fair little face and tries to
hide the obstinate sunny curls which
will persist in peeping out. There is
only one thing that is saucy enough to
spoil these pretty ringlets, and that is
the rough old ocean. But the clever
fingers Of French nurse and a little
time are all that is needed to bring
them back again. This tiny miss is
quite proficient in French, and besides
is possessed Of other accomplishments.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20

She affects short sleeves and low neck,
which admirably suit her.
Muriel Winthrop, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr.,
enjoys herself with freedom afforded
to but a few of the smart children. She
generally wears blue apron while on
the beach, and her pretty frock thus
protected, she can roll and tumble in
the sand without stern reproof from the
foreign nurse. Renie d'Hautville, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Grand
d Hautville, was a symphony in pink
one day last week Her gown was of
this color, as was her sun hat, made up
of lace-edged ruffles, which shaded the
brunette complexion, brown eyes and
short hair of the same color, through
which runs a thread of gold
Marion Tiffany, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Tiffany, has brown eyes al
so, though her hair is inclined to be
light One of her last weeks effective
costumes was of white with short
puffed sleeves and sailor collar, edged
with light blue. Her large hat was of
cream colored straw.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20

most hardware stores. The blade is q
peculiar shape, short and narrow and
has a curve.
Have ready a teakettle of boiling
water, and hold the head of the feather
over the steam for few minutes Now
take the feather in both hands and,
spreading out the flues to their full
length, pass back and forth through
the steam, but do not let it get too wet.
In the same manner wave it from side
to side-not up and down-for a few
moments, to partially dry it, When
cry enough it is ready for curling. Be-
gin at the stem on the right side, hold
ing the feather with the fingers of the
left hand underneath and the thumb on
top. The motion in curling a few
fiues at a time, and the feather should
be so curled that the ends are hidden
or rolled under
AS the broad part of the feather is
reached, the knife must extend farther
out not making as abrupt a curve.
When the head is reached, a short
curvei is all that is required, and as you
begin to curl the opposite side you
change the position of the left hand;
this time put the hand over the father
instead of under, but the motion Of
curling is the same. After both sides
are curled, the stem at the head must
be concealed, and this is done by
"heading up" Holding the feather
firmly with the thumb on top, take up
a few flues, and pressing them sharply
against the thumb nail, lay them over
the stem.
Do the same on the opposite side, and
continue to do this four times. BY
looking at a well curled feather you
will get clearer idea Of this, as it Is
something that really requires to be
demonstrated. To curve the feather,
place the blade of the knife UNDER
meath the stem and press agatnst the
thumb. Beginning at the base, work
up to the head, until the desired curve
is obtained.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
A DAINTY GIRL.
A Compliment That Is Coveted by All
Women.

WOHlGns
The dainty girl is hard to find. One
sees handsome girls, and well dressed
girls and stylish girls a-plenty, but few
to whom this other adjective seems ex-
actly to apply. With the best intention
in the world it is almost impossible for
poor woman to be dainty, for even if
her time is her own and she can devote
it to keeping her hair glossy and in per-
feet condition, her hands beautifully
manicured, her skin soft and clear and
unlined, these efforts must be support
ed by sufficient funds to enable her la
dyship to have immaculate ribbons,
unspotted laces, interrupted muslins
and organizes.
Bath tablets and sachet bags in
abundance always form a goodly part
of her possessions, and there is not one
frayed skirt hem, nor one ripped glove
in the whole length and breadth Of her
wardrobe. Now look around and see
how many girls of your acquaintance
deserve to have this word applied to
them
Happily it has no age limit. 1t can
be used to describe with equal justice
the child or the woman of 20 years, and
is applied to the latter class of persons
more truthfully than to any other 1t
sometimes seems. IN ola age, Wnen the
tastes are simpler and the hair can be
smoothly banded back from the face,
when a snowy cap crowns the head, and
snowy cuffs and collar relieve the sew
Gritty of a simple black gown there is
daintiness for you that can hardly be
equalled by the fuzzy-haired girls %
the uay, no matter how hard they may
strive.
To be dainty is an expensive luxury,
and few but the favorites of fortune
ever achieve it, but there is perhaps
not a woman in the world who does
not long to be called so.--Exchange.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
IS VERBENA, THE. NEW SCENT, REPLACES VIOLET,

Whether the exclusiveness of the
violet has been harped upon so much
that the flower and its perfume have
lost distinction may be a question.
There is no doubt that another bios
som and odor are grand chic in these
later summer days. The verbena, that
sweet, spicy, old-fashioned garden
growth, is the favorite of the hour
with the Parisiennes. Therefore, with
the advance guard among American
women of fashion.
1t is the delightful and proper thing
for those who can afford the arrange
ment to make an early summer trip to
Paris, returning to Newprt or Nara
gansett with the latest costume for the
gay season at one or the other of these
representative resorts. 1 have had the
fortune to overhaul the trunks of the
knowing mondaine-though, [ suppose
II goes without the saying that a mon
dame is knowing and am informed
upon some of the latest phases of
French fancies.
one is, as previously stated, for an
unaccustomed perfume, the yerbena.
And it must be the white verbena,
partly from sentiment and partly be-
cause the white blossom of any spe-
cies has sweeter, stronger odor than
the colored flower of the same variety.
Whte, in every feature of woman's
present wear, is extremely chic. Her
gowns are uncolored, her hats. her
gloves, her parasols, hence her per
fumes.
Thus the ban which for half a dozen
years or so has been upon all odors ex-
cept violet is removed. And it NAV be
that the women of fashion keep their
equilibrium in this way.
The violet latterly fell into disrepute
". w lseacres called it Intoxicating; said
u. sllat the scent produced artificial exhil-
ration which was not ennobling,
whether or no, it is a matter of his
tory, not surmise, that the verbena. has
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
Scarf, and, cabrlolet

ment the slippery little length of
silk must be kept from falling. There
is no difficulty in foreseeing that the
Victorian scarf will never do for use in
the athletic hours of the fashionable
woman's busy day
'Jeweled brooches to catch the loose
strands of hair at the neck have gone
| out" said my authority Cheap Jew
elry and the general use of the brooch
have cut short its fastidious vogue
Shell hairpins are still worn, but it is
more individual to search for little or
big combs shaped in the peculiar way
which ones own head requires, and to
depend upon them for keeping in or
der rebellious ends.
Stocks and neck f1xings," said the
returned voyager, ARE high as ever at
| the back and behind the ears. But YOU
must make them from the sheerest
| material, boning them up and down
twice at the back and at the ears. Just
In front there is a stiff depth of some
coarse lining material, the color of the
| fabric used. 1t is as Well to have these
| collars not made on the waist Then
| there is little change between white
and blue one, perhaps, with the same
| gown
| Painted muslin has had great success
| in Paris this summer. But it's extreme
| perishableness is lamented. Painted
! hats, even, have been managed success
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20

surprising sweetness in grandmoth-
er gardens.
Among the lovely new things in the
trunk from Paris was a cabriolet, or
calash, bonnet, made of finest, thinnest
white satin, put on without a quicker,
trimmed with a wreath of white ver-
benas and their green leaves. The long
strings to tie under the chin and hang
away down were of pure white tulle.
The cabriolet, newer than the Span
ish toque, to which we were so devot-
ed, in contrition or compliment, earlier
in the season, is the afternoon or dress
head covering of first favor in Paris at
the moment, and among the leaders of
American fashions at Newport. Cab
riolets are made from tulle, straw and
rarely, of satin. This last may be a
foretaste Of colder weather. 1t nearly
always happens that the fashions of
August as known and illustrated by
the few are in vogue the following win
ter.
It is in keeping with the early Yicto-
rian revival that we should wear poke
bonnets. The cabriolet is like the scoop
bonnet of the Salvation Army lassies,
too. 1t spreads more at the sides, but
the general effect certainly will suggest
to any one familiar with War Cry mill
linery that our fashionables have gone
in for sanctified effects in their head
coverings.
The cabriolet is fashion which
adapts itself to older or younger wom-
en-, and no doubt will come forth in
rich velvets with the fall. Feathers
are used to great advantage in trim
ming the cabriolet, though, by all signs,
they must be Of the color of the body of
the hat-black. 1t seems that the next
is to be a peculiar season for harmony
in color Of costumes. We shall have
to spend much time in matching this
that and some other.
There were many scarfs in the
trunks from Paris-exquisite things of
thin silk, to be worn as a means of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
THE WAY TO CATCH THIEF

A lady in Paris is reported to ba,o loci
her purse in a dressmaker's estabiisbroesv,St
S S,it mad all the, young ladies' of the estab.
llshment called in, SO it is seriously re-
ported, and demanded from each one a
IIeh OF her mar, The tokens were then
owners tNo names, and as the customer Icft
the establishment she remarked: INV
purse mas been stolen, but as / do nnt
Nil, MIL 70 supiect innocent girls to the hu
tomorrow morning to subject YOUR haiy
ana handwritings to a somnamb1list ana
c cal 7, who will tell me which OF Of
s sUS rs me ne thlst In the course Of the
evening me lady received an anonymoms
parcel containing intact her purse Win ti,o1 ts
contents. -Philadelphia Record WIN us
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
FoR The Fall

me nuns yelling gown is intended for
MEG NEAR curing the cool days of autumn
Sr mS u NJ Is tucked in tiny ridges
a double skirt is worn. which o,,a ms Us
'front.' the. lower of the two consin w.
qulte to the ground in the back WIS
the upper one is much shorter. Tb n,
euges tall in cascades on each sida ~
iront. The bodices and sleeves are are
tucked. Epaulettes of lace are nlacad
over the shoulders and jabot Of the
same ornaments the front Of the bodice
Z "A leather girdle is worn and q bat 80
' 1sa as straw. trimmed with taffeta and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
HOW HE EXPRESSED 1T.

One hears many stories Of the fearful
blunders embarrassed young men make
when they go to ask papa's consent to a
union with his daughter, but here is
one on paterfamilias himself which
seems good enough to be untrue Per-
haps this particular head Of the house
bad not married off many of his chill.
dren, perhaps he was naturally a diff
dent man; at any rate, II is related that
after he had given his consent he broke
the embarrassing pause which followed
by saying; boy, you have got a
mighty good girl. You won't often
marry girl like Katharine, tell you.s
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
MULTIPLYING A TOILET.
The Admiral Revers Used to Great Ad-
vantage.

The Admiral Revers Used to Great Ad-
vantage.
Three sets of admiral revers of ma
rine blue, pink, scarlet or turquoise
blue pique, and the belt and neck rib
bons which suggest themselves, will
make one white duck costume multiply
itself in an amazing manner. When a
woman desires a change of toilet, it
does not necessarily imply that the gar
ment in question is ready for the wash
tub, but she dislikes being seen per
petually in one toilet. especially if this
happens to be wash frock (for her
more fortunate sisters order these made
up by the half-dozen). The revers Of
daintily pique, which wear wei.
and one or two good white pioue or
duck suits, solves the problem in a sat-
lstactory manner. These can now be
picked up very cheaply from the vet
unsold stocks Of summer finery laid in
by the large dealer