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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-10
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
THE HOME DRESSMAKER.
items of Information Regarding the
Latest in Styles and
Fabrics.

Summer hats are more universally
worn over the brow than back from it.
Sheath skirts have but one dart over
each hip and these must be fitted on the
wearer; when carefully pressed one can
hardly discern the seam.
Belts.-A belt of the silk elastic now
worn will fit snugly, and small clasp
will not add to your waist measure.
The front edges of close-fitting waist
need bone halfway up.
Black nets at 80 cents are made up
for evening wear and are of the Brus-
sci net weave requiring silk lining.
yelling or grenadine may be lined
with silky percaline, but of course
taffeta is handsomer.
Girls organdie frocks are most elab-
orately trimmed with lace, or quite
plainly trimmed with tucks. Organdie
seldom looks we'll after it has once been
washed, and much pressing seems to
take all the body out of it.
Surplice fronts are on some of the
newest silk waists, each front being
tucked diagonally or straight, and the
Tapped edges finished with a frill, leav-
ing space for V made of tucks or of
lace. Everything is tucked this season.
A Dressy Coat.-Use the five yards of
black satin for a dressy coat with long
revers made in tailor style to wear with
a satin skirt, line with white silk, and
in the early fall or cool summer days
wear this with chiffon, lace or tucked
silk front.
Fall silks will include taffeta, satin
Duchesse, peau de sole, gros grain and
brocades. Some manufa cturers predict
the return of surah, but in the mean
time [ would not advise you to buy
either it or faille, but would choose
satin or heavy taffeta in preference.
Plaid Cheviot.-Four yards and half
of double width goods will cut you a
sheath skirt to wear with odd waists,
but you cannot cut it on the bias and
match all of the lines down the seams
without wasting a great deal OF ma
terial. Patterns for these skirts cost
from ten to twenty-five cents.
Bingham does not shrink as the ma
terial used to do, but it is still wise to
allow a deep hem on the skirt, extra
.ength tucked at the top Of the sleeves,
and long waist in this fabric. AS a
change, trim some of the frocks with
blue and white, or red and white. en-
oroidery instead of all white or the
usual white background.
Plaid silk used to lengthen a plain
cloth skirt should be sewed on the lin
ing as a sham with the former skirt now
worn like a long overskirt; the plaid
toreappear as lining to the cuffs, tucked
collar, belt, and loose froat over which
Is placed the second front, slashed in
several places and cut low in the neck
to show the plaid.-Ladies' Home Jour
aal,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
ONLY ONE ON RECORD.
40 Other Man Ever Came Out Ahend
of the Faro Game in Jack
son City.

The electric train from Alexandria
was halted along toward three O'Clock
n the afternoon at the south end OF
Long bridge. A boat was making Tor
the draw from up the river, and the
train had to wait for the draw to close.
One of the passengers in the smoking
ear was a seedy, brOnZed, emaciated-
cooking soldier, the crudely- painted
number on the side of whose frazzled
campaign hat showed that he belonged
to one of the mustering-out immune
regiments. On the right of the point
at which the train halted stands one of
Jackson City's faro shacks, and a man
IN the seat behind the soldier pointed it
out to him.
Game going on jE there now?" in
CURED the soldier, with a Shcw of in
terest.~
Yep. All the time,' reptile d the man.
''Well. here's where l git action on
my last fiver.'' said the soldier. and he
hoped off the train and made for the
faro layout. \ Post man followed him
in just to see how quick m~uey could
be taken off the person of a soldier.
t'Hain't got no time to fool with
chips" said the soldier. in a estern
greasy five-dollar bill out of his trou-
sers pocket. He studied the cases kept
by one of the seedy-looking pikers for
minute and then put the five dollars
down on the ace to win. The ace won.
Then he coppered the ace with the ten
dollars, and the ace lost. Then he
PLAYED the king open with the $50, and
the king came out on the right side.
He was going to put the $40 on the king
to win again. when the dealer called
him down, telling him that the game
was a S25-limit affair. The soldier
PLAYED for ten minutes longer at the
S25-limit game. and then a man who
has the interests of Uncle Sans soldiers
at heart kicked him on the shins be-
meath the table and nodded toward the
train.
The soldier picked up his bunch OF
$500. said $50 long to the disguised
dealer and caught the just-moving train
by hair.
(Which feel moved to say" said the
soldier, with an ear-to-ear grin on his
drawn, hungry-looking features. count
ing out his big bundle of bills in the
car. that. fer bein' dead easy. that beat
| anything 1 ever see, an no mistake
Then the only man on record who
ever got away from Jackson City with
money stuffed his roll into his clothes
and told how he'd seen the day. down
| in Cuba, when he'd given the whole
| bunch. and dead willing, for one large
| comprehensive bite out of an apple pie
like his mother used to make.-Wash.
| ington Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
Spinach a Ia Normandie.

Wash one pound of potatoes, peel
them and cut them in half lengthwise
Bake till soft and brown, with piece
of good beef dripping as big as a wal
nut on top of each. Pick off stalks,
weeds and rubbish from two pounds
of spinach, and put it into a saucepan
with half a pint of water, a tablespoon
full of salt, and small pinch of soda.
Cook quickly for ten minutes, press
ing down with a wooden spoon, and
don't let it stick Drain; chop fine, melt
two ounces of butter in a saucepan,
elrn in the spinach to get thoroughly
hot, then put it down the center of a
hot dish, in straight heap. Put the
baked potatoes down the middle of the
spinach, letting the slices overlap;
pour around one pint of tomato sauce;
and put half pint of peas, either fresh
or canned. in four heaps alound the
dish.-Housewife
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
NzH7EZfK|,}SE1{GlENEsl
IS y<I!zQ 5
POPULAR IN LONDON.
Mrs. Craigie, an American Writer,
Has Become the Fashion In
EnEIand's Metropolis.

An American girl is the rage in Lon
don; not Edna May in the BELL of New
York. but John Oliver Hobbes," Mrs.
Craigie, author of the successful play,
''The Ambassador and the writer of
many other dramas.
Mrs. Craigie began playwriting
some years ago and won success
from the start. The last two years she
has devoted herself to it entirely, and
has now reached that delightful stage
of a writer's career when everything
she writes is engaged before it leaves
her pen.
Thirty-two years ago there played in
Boston little girl, Pearl Mary Theresa
Richards, tall progressive little girl,
who could be very serious at the slight
est appeal to her imagination. Her
pastimes were dolls and a stage, also
whole lot of writing materials.
AS the girl grew up she was taken
abroad for education, and on one of her
visits she married Reginald Walpole
Craigie. She was then only 10 years
old; and in the next four years she suf-
fered much unhappiness, out of which
grew the flower of genius.
Mrs. Craigie, at "a, secured divorce
and the custody of her boy; and with
the child went to live with her father,
DR.. Richards, editor of the Athenaeum,
who resides in a splendid mansion in
Lancaster Gate, near Hyde Park, Lon
don.
One day Mrs. Craigie sat down to
think. She had written d little and had
an audience who admired her under the
name of John Oliver Hobbies. Why not
go on writing. She came of literary
stock. Her great-grandfather was the
founder of Auburn Theological semina-
ry, her grandfather was the noted New
York clergyman; her father a we'll
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
GREAT REVOLUTION.
to BE Used In Place Of
CameIs to Traverse the Des-
erts of Africa.

It seems likely that trade in the d6S-
ert of North Africa is going to under
go a startling revolution. The long
caravan of camels, with their tinkling
| bells and white-robed drivers, may
shortly become nothing but poetic
memory and live only in verse, says an
exchange.
1t is the autocar which is to effect
this revolution, and the way has al
ready been prepared by the adventurous
tour of two Belgian noblemen, Baron
Pierre and Baron Joseph de Crawhez.
The tour lasted three months and eX-
tended over vast tracts of northern At
RIGA.
Baron Pierre is the winner of the
great Observation-Disclosures autOmo-
bile race and it was with the same We
hicle, which he has called the ''Devas-
tation,' that he undertook the journey
into Africa. From Brussels the broth
ers drove to Paris and from there made
their way through Spain, where they
took ship for Algiers.
They traversed the valleys and
gorges of the Owed Dilemma and made
their way to Sakkamodi after a diff
cult climb of nearly 20 miles. At this
point the real novelty of the attempt
began.
The brothers, as they encamped upon
the heights of the Tablat oasis, were
about to do what no one had ever before
attempted-to enter the desert upon
a motor car.
1t was with very varied feelings that
they slowly descended the heights and
came out well provided with water and
provisions, upon the actual desert.
There are no policemen or traffic reg
ulations in the desert, and the drivers
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
THREE DOG STORIES.
they illustrate the Jealousy Which
Is Sometimes Manifested by
Household Pets.

Your story in recent number of the
Spectator of the dog who buried the
kitten alive may perhaps be corrobor-
Sated by two others within the expert
ence' of the writer. In both jealousy ap-
pears to have been the motive for the
interment of the rival. A mongrel ter
rier excessively devoted to his mistress
was very jealous of her love for kit
ten. Often when the latter had been
caressed by the lady the former would
go off and scratch a hole in the garden,
and then, fetching the kitten, would
bury it therein. To prevent the kitten
forcing it's way out the terrier would
post himself upon the grave, and so,
pnhappily for his purpose, would guide
TO the speedy rescue of the latter by
its friends Once he chose pail of SCOT
for the death tomb. At other times
The dog and the kitten were good
friends and playmates.
O Another dog, this time a spaniel, re-
sentful of the importation of tortoise,
which her master had bought for his
children and given the range of the
lawn, determined to put her rival to
death by the same method. Very short
ly after its coming, both the dog and
the tortoise could nowhere be found.
Presently the dog returned with her
Spaws covered with earth; not so the
tortoise. Suspicious of the spaniel, her
master coaxed her to come and look for
IT, when she guiltily drew off to the
garden and stopped before small
mound of earth, which, when removed
with a stick, revealed the tortoise. He
who hides can find.
Perhaps I may add a story of a skye.
He, too,' belonged to the owner of the
terrier, the culprit of the first story.
The skye's favorite place was, as it
should be, at his mistress feet. He was
generally quite well behaved, but would
have lost his character one day had he
b been without excuse. The skye was
Yunning in front of his mistress and her
husband, and suddenly surprised them
by flying at poor girl and holding her
prisoner. When they came to her res
rue they found her to be a child to
Nhom had been given a pair of the
skye's mistress shoes. To secure what
he deemed to be thief of his mistress
property, and this the shoes that had
80 tenderly rubbed him, was clearly his
duty, and he did it.-Spectator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04

MRS. PEARL RICHARDS CRA1GIE-
Dieter known as John Oliver Hobbes.'1
known man of letters to-day. Yes, she
would follow in their footsteps. For
while her mind turned toward religion,
during which she became converted to
the Roman Catholic faith; but her love
for the drama asserted itself, and she
began playwriting as a profession.
Within two years she had written three
plays, all of which were successes
Mrs. Craigie is a slender woman, not
very tall, but very we'll built. Her face,
eyes and hair are dark, and she has a
wonderful sort of personal magnetism
which her friends believe would have
served her well had she gone on the
stage.
Mrs. Craigie has the singular habit of
concentration, a rare gift to-day. When
she is about to write she sits long hours
and thinks about her plot. It's char
acters become human beings to her;
the scenes real places. To secure per-
feet quiet she goes in a convent, where
she engages room for meditation and
remains there as long as it pleases her
to do so. She cannot work where there
is noise and liability to interruption
vent to think and write if only for day
at a time. Her best scenes, the most
worldly, sharpest lines in her plays are
written from the walls of the convent
Mrs. Craigie has only just begun her
work, she believes. She wants to write
a comedy, a tragedy, another society
play and several curtain raisers in the
near future. She has contracted for
each one of these. She writes, when
once she puts pen to paper, very rapid
ly. and without erasure. She does her
thinking from beginning to end before
she begins, and when her thoughts are
completed she writes
Her library is a magnificent thing, on
the first floor of the great mansion. Her
fathers book shelves line the room, and
there are exquisite pieces of statuary
wonderful first editions on the shelves,
rarest objects of bric-a-brac from India
and rugs from Belochistan. 1T is the
ideal writing spot. Mrs. Craigie's boy
is an active little lad of eight years
whose instruction is left to a governess
and a tutor. He has nurse and a maid
who care for him when his mother is
busy. Mrs. Craig gle does not like to
leave her boy too much to hirelings, and
in spite of her work she manages to Be
with him a great deal. When putting
on a new play her hours are very irregu-
lar. The rehearsals begin at IL O'Clock
midnight and last until two in tie
morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04

did not scruple to make the best pos
sible running. In the vast, sandy, bar
rem solitudes nothing was heard but
the painting, rafting machine which
was the pioneer of new era.
The vultures circled round the trav-
strange invasion could mean, perhaps
dimly feeling that this swift monster
had come to rob them of many a dead
camel or Arab sheik in the future. At
Aumale, a large French military sta
ton, IS miles southeast from Algiers,
the sound of the explorers horns pro-
duced Il scare among the native pOpu-
latiOn. The natives fiocked out of
their huts and escorted the autocarists
to the authorities, who welcomed them
with every courtesy.
The return journey back to the coast
was more adventurous. At Bonira the
road was swept away by torrent, ris-
ing from the rain, and they were
nearly projected over precipice.
Once they came to a river, but drove
boldly into the flood. The bottom was
very rough and the car bumped from
side to side, but after a most perilous
passage, being nearly swept away more
than once, they reached the other side
in safety. Their proudest achievement,
however, was the crossing of a ridge
of the Atlas mountains. through vast
snowdrifts, at the height of $500 feet
above the sea level.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04

perfect health was reflected on each of
their beaming faces. The children were
eXuberant, and their arms were filled
with roses and yiolets.
At Halsted street their laughter
ceased as they saw little girl of about
their own age being tenderly assisted
INTO the car. Her face was very pale,
for an accident which had happened 10
her some weeks before had made her a
cripple for life. AS she sat down she
crossed her lap with her crutches and
then obviously glanced at the little
girls opposite to her. In another mo-
ment two childish heads were in earnest
conversation. Then followed the swift
but clumsy movements of their fingers.
A garland was woven and they walked
across to where the cripple was seated.
lifted her faded hat from her head. re-
placed it with the wreath, kissed the
little sufferer and then took their seats
again.
Did anyone in that car laugh? No.
but tears of joy ran down a woman's
face. She was the mother of the two
little girls.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
THE MEDDLING HABIT.
Are Others-in-LaXy Much Addicted
to 1t as They Are Generally
Said to Be:

From time immemorial the mother
says the American Queen. 1t is in
frequent that one pauses to inquire
where, why or how she first earned her
unenviable reputation as disagreeable
and Objectionable person, and we fear
the inquiry would be futile and profit
less
How many of the mothers-in-law of
our immediate acquaintance deserve
the reputation with which they ara uni
versally accredited? Their Chi ef ault
(Which varies, according to all t-adi-
tion) is their persistent inclination to
steer and rule the private and domestic
affairs of their married sons and
daughters. That this meddIesome spir-
it exists, and in many instances is car
ried too far, nobody can deny-in-
stances are constantly exhibited, usual
ly more glaring in the early stages OF
young married life.
OF course, the explanation of this is
natural and eXcusable. The mother,
who for years has been in close SYM
pathy with the son or daughter, and has
known and gratified each wish and de
sire instantly, is suddenly called upon
to give up every claim. This is a SUI
able that for the first few months she
finds it an impossible one. 1t is Civ en-
to but few women to keep eyes and
ears and mouth shut when they want
most to open them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
A QUEER HOLE.

{ have heard of boy who lived long ago
For such boys are not found nowadays,
you know
Whose friends were as troubled as they
could be
because of a hole in his memory.
A charge from his mother went in one day,
And the boy said: Yes" and hurried away;
But he met man with musical top,
And his mothers words through that hole
aid drop.
A lesson went in, but-ah me! ali me-
For boy with a hole in his memory
When he rose to recite he was all in a
doubt,
Every word of that lesson had fallen out
And at last, al last!-oh, terrible lott
He spoke only two words: Il forgot
Would it not be sad, indeed, to be
A boy with hole in his memory?
advocate and Guardian.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
SELECTING A CAT.
Fnncier Imparts Some Valuable
Hints to Boys and Girls In
Search of Feline Pets.

Most of the cats that children have
for pets are never chosen at all. They
just wander into a house, purr con-
fidingly about some member of the
family, are given a saucer of milk.
petted a bit, and, before anybody re-
allies it, the stray visitor has settled
down in the household.
That is the way cats are usually
adopted, and sometimes these chance
pussfes make the best sort of COM
panions. But now and then boy OF
girl is promised a eat and given an
opportunity to pick one out at regu-
lar cat store. Then, of course, the
greatest taste and care are exercised
in making the choice. Here is some
thing a cat fancier has to say about Sc
lecting a pet.
10 find a good-natured cat. just the
sort of one for children to play with.
look for well-developed bump on its
head. between the ears. 1t should have
Il nose that is round and short, kind OF
a pug. and full cheeks and upper lip.
THE cat whose nose is thin and
sharp. and whose ears twitch nervous
ly, will never make good pet. AS
for mousers. they are rather tricky
when it comes to petting. The keen
mouser has full, sharp and eloquent
eyes.
1.-The best and gentlest of cats,
though, can be ruined by overlooking
Too much meat is always bad, but
especially in warm weather. Cats, as
well as people, grow cross and irritable
if their stomachs are out of order
n. Y. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04

with turn bands of linen hemstitched
and turned over the edge.
An ethereal design is suggested by
the ''Loie Fuller" which has a stock OF
dark satin finished with bows of chit
Ton tied la papilion-
The twentieth Century" is, natural
", very ''nannish," and simple. 1t is
rather narrow, finished with two little
points of lawn scalloped at the back,
and a small bow in the front.
The broad puff is as stylish and be-
coming as ever. Its newest feature is
that it is made wider and comes in Z
sreater variety of fabrics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
Children as Verse wr,ter.

A lady who makes songs for children.
and makes them well, urges the cultiva-
ton of the verse-writing faculty in
little ones. and says: "A mother who
kept the most characteristic lines writ
ten by her children would have some
thing much more precious than photo
graphs, by which she could bring to
mind in later years the days of their
childhood; and she would have glimpses
into their little souls when those souls
were most innocent and full of hope"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
NEW NECK FANCIES.
The Princess, the LOie Fuller and
Twentieth Century Among the
Latest Novelties.

Fancy neck trimmings play such an
important part in summer neckweaI
that the designers must needs keep con-
tinually at work to supply the demand.
Three new fancies are shown in the
Princess" the ''Loie Fuller" and the
twentieth Century, with an i'm
proved edition of the broad puff tie,
making the fourth.
The princess is a prim little affair
consisting of plain band of stiff goodT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
True Courtesy in Children.

The trend of the home training shows
itself carly in a child's life, and often
by single small acts it is made evident
that the principles OF courtesy are in
culcated- The expression of thought
fulness on the part of young member
of the family for the comfort of a guest
is always pleasant sight, sand docs
more honor to the mother than costly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
EXQUISITE snchet Perfume

Lavender flowers, one ounce; pulyer-
lied orris, two drschms; bruised rose
mary leaves. one-ha1f ounce; musk. five
grains; altar of roses, five drops. Mix
well, sew up in small, fiat muslin bags
and cover them with fancy silk or tint
ed lawn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
STREET CAR EPISODE.
Two Sweet Little Chicago Girls
Crown a Crippled Child with
wreath of wild Flowers.

ON street car coming in from the
western limits of the city on Saturday
afternoon last were two little girls who
had spent the day in the woods ard
among the wild flowers. The picture of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04

Prof. Darwin, of Cambridge, prophe-
sizes that the moon will ultimately re-
turn to the earth, whence it was cast
OFF In the remote past.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
He Got Even.

She-I woundn't marry you if you
were the last man on earth
He-You wouldn't get a chance, I'd
surely have my pick then.-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
wa. . Con.cient,ou. Pasient.

COMsCItMtEOuB
'sNow, don't fail to take my advice -
said DIR. Pillbox to the sick Mr.. Rafferty,
''Shure I won't, docthur." Mike re-
piled. Before er afther males ?"-Kan-
sas City Independent.