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The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

q Etheldreda - Well - er-he might
have been even little more emphatic
81 don't remember ,.-s... Ii: =,
The Three (deprecatingly) ~ She
doesn't remember! AS il any girl il
likely to- forget . single, teentsy-
weentsy word that +. .::s2Ss :2s 1ss
Etheldreda-I believe he said some
thing about liking me some ever since
he was boy in knickerbockers and
q little girl with q pig-tail and aprons,
and 49,. ~
The Three How funny! Men arc
such frightful dissimulators! When
he was thinking about marbles and
tops and kites
Etheldreda (sternly)-George is the
most truthful man that ever lived!
Well, then, he said that he'd never
cared very much for girls. but that
The Three Exchanging glances)-
Well, he mayn't have cared really for
that mysterious countess at the beach
last summer-horrid thingl-but If he
didn't, why, he took q queer meth
cd Of
Etheldreda (haughtily)-That will
do, now! George has told me all about
that. She was almost old enough to
be his mother, and she had been
frightfully abused by everybody, and
George felt sorry for her-he is so
chivalrous-and in spite of every
thing he acted nobly in trying to
make it pleasant for the poor crea-
ture, who
The, Three Exchanging glances)-1t
was good of him, to be sure! The
countess was as handsome as a pic.
ture.
Etheldreda-He told me then that
he felt he was getting old-George is
all Of %, you know-but that he
thought he could make me hap
Imogene-But didn't Ne squeeze
your hand and tell you that
Alberta-Didn't he get all red and
hoarse Naturalization, and tell
you that he worshiped the air you
Edwyna-Now, Etheldreda Richpa.
you guilty creature, you know very
we'll that he kissed you about 500
Etheldreda-Tm sure I didn't count
the number of times he
lmogene-And did he esk you if he
was the first man you'd ever-er-let
salute you? I've been told that all
the poor, ignorant, benighted crea-
lures ask that foolish question when
they pro-
Alberta-And then they say that If
they thought for a moment that any
other lips but theirs had
Edwyna-As if girl had to wait
with her hands in her lap for just one
big, grown-up boy to come along and
Etheldreda-He didn't ask me any,
thing of the sort. If he had I'd have
told him that he ought to be suffi-
GENTLY contented to-
1mogene-Did he threaten to take
pulverized glass if you refused him?
Alberta-Or a solution of sulphur
matches?
Edwyna-Or go and fight for tho
Beers?
Misunderstanding of the kind.
There was no occasion for him to say
anything like that. T.
The Three-You don't mean to say
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OF P1NK1sH MAuvE CASHMERE.

both for morning and afternoon wear.
Society functions must be :, forgot
ten; nothing more elaborate than an
occasional afternoon tea is permissible,
and the makers of the dainty house
toilettes. were rushed with orders.
To secure information on this sub
ject visited my little friend who has
been SO successful in designing and ere
ating this class of gowns, end she not
only gave me the benefit of her knowl-
edge in this line, but displayed for my.
inspection number Of her creations
which had not at that time been de-
ivered to her wealthy customers. 4.
Speaking of materials, she said:SE
"Both fol. house gowns OF all kinds
and the beautiful 'at-home' evening
jackets which are, having such run
this year, there ore in use the beautiful
crepons, foulards, cashmere, nuns veil
ing and French flannel ard challies.
They are In the most delicate shades Of
yellow. bluette, mauve, maize and the
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Status of Birds Nests.

= One of the comicalities of the pro-
tective tariff appears in the treasury
correspondence, where Assistant Sec
'retary Spaulding instructs the col
lector at Los Angeles that duty must
be assessed on Chinese birds nests as
'unenumerated. manufactured arti-
cles." Gen. Spaulding says that these
birds nests are manufactured" in the
sense of having been put through
cleansing to prepare them for market.
If anybody protests, the department
will welcome it as a means of getting
the question before the courts and hav-
ing it definitely settled. - Chicago
Chronicle. ..s,..g1.~ g.. Il. H. +.
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steamer costumes. which were worn,
but don't.
But one thing these trips did do from
which profited, and that is they
brought out the thin dress materials
unusually early. In every fashionable
store any number of the pretty mate
rials for spring and summer have been
displayed for several weeks, and, while
at first there was practically no call
for them excepting by the people who
are preparing to. fly southwark, they
still attracted much, attention from
everybody who cares for fashions.
Among these materials there are the
new muslins, the dotted swiss, tulles,
embroidered mulls and organdies.
Daintiness is to be found throughout
oil the new light materials, for in these
materials the designs are extremely
neat with dots, dashes and spots and
stripes that are very effective. For
swiss and organdies there are unique
and refining sprays with punches of
flowers. These are made up with mar
row and wide founces, the lower edge
being pinked or having ruched ribbon
around it, other fiounces having nu-
merous tucks and edged with lace.
There are great quantities of lace and
insertion used on the flounces and
straight up and down the skirts.
For the stay-at-home. people the sub
ject of the day in fashions has been
house gowns. The fashionable wom-
an, whether she be church member or
not, keeps Lent. Social etiquette lays
down that law for her, and it is one she
dare not violate openly, and, as result.
che creates demand for the beautiful
and expensive costumes for the home
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SIMPLY ASKED ME- IF I'D HAVE
HIM."
that you fell right into his arms and
promised instanter to-
Etheldreda-Well, to hear you silly
creatures talk you'd think I'd never
had single, solitary chance in my
whole
Imogene-Wouldn't he be whopping
mad if he knew about the horrid way
you Tilted poor Jack Quickclip when
Alberta-And what a desperate case
you had with Tommy Spendswift
last
Edwyna-And how Eddie Pulptop
went assigning out to Japan
Etheldreda- -Blackmailersl I told
him everything-everything-that is
-er-all that he had any right to-
The Three (rising)-Well. au revoir,
Ethiedreadful-we ferventiy hope
you'll be happy we, dears?
George is an awful nice old thing.
countess or no countess, and he's got
no end of-oh, does his mother know
about it yet?
Etheldreda-Oh,y yes. She spent the
day with me yesterday.
The Three-How bored you must
have been!
Etheldreda-Bored? Why, she IL
one of the loveliest of lace-capped
things I ever
The Three-Oh, yes; she wears lace
caps, doubtless. Well, gOOd-by. dear
Exit the three.)
Etheldreda (solus)-Jealous things!
The Three (before entering their
carriages)-Poor Etheldreda! She is
so trustful, isn't she?
Imogene-1t wasn't. bit like the
way George proposed to me!
Alberta-NOr to me!
Edwyna-Nor to me!-Washingtor
Star.
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Starting q Conversation.

"What q study the face Of that oldish
man across the room would make for
Max Nordau,' = he said, addressing the
girl to whom the hostess had just in
troduced him.
why? p she asked. - i=~. Z
Degeneration is 50 plainly marked
upon all his features. Jove! should
hate to have man with his Character
istics for my father!"
{. "Oh, don't know" she replied. 1T
isn't 30 bad. Come over here, papa,
and let me introduce yon to Mr.. Snive.
ly.-Chicago Times-Herald. Isas
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One Striking Advantare.

There is one point about clock that
strikes the half hours that may not
have occurred to the unthinking.
Papa" asked boy who had stood
in silent admiration, before the new
timepiece on the mantel until the bur-
den became oppressive, whats the
good of clock that strikes every half
hour?"
"Well, my son." replied his father,
after some reflection, IF you are.lying
awake at night and hear it strike one
three half hours in succession, you
know that when you hear it again it
will be two o'clock" Compan.
ion. ,s.~%& ....~
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Her Ref0ff.

"A lot of women love to get together
and talk over great mass of imprac-
tical SUBJECTS said Mr.. Blykins, land
then go home and leave the world no
better nor wiser than it was before"
"Yes," answered his wife, with Sc
rene amiabiity. ''sometimes women
do 50. But they didn't get up that
peace conference at The Hague some
time ago."-Washington Star.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

N:UR West Indian possessions saw
~ much Of New York society peo-
pie during the days of Lent. Sew
eral parties cruised about in private
yachts during the dull days Of the
1enten season and viewed for them
selves the sights, and conditions that
have been attracting the attention of
the American people in and out Of con-
gress for some time past. just what
these pilgrimages had to do with fash
ions is question which can hardly
answer. unless wished to describe the
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Craftiness OF Man.

"Thea," and her eyes sought the last
embers of the oak block, ''you are not
kind as husband should be. You
n-never give me any, Jewels"
"Jewels!" and his basso voice seemed
to come from his heart. "You ask for
jewels? Anyone with diamond eyes,
ruby lips and teeth of pearls? Why,
the rarest gold could buy would only
be superfluous.
Then for the first time in days she
kissed him.-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
SOliCiru6e.

Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton, anx-
iously, chow did I do?"
"What do you mean? am the one
who made the speech"
eyes; but applauded. I wanted to
know if I cheered in the right places" :"
Washington Star.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
INDIGO IN COLONIAL TIMES.
1t Was Looked Upon a. q Sort
of Current Coin in New
EnRland.

The colonial ladies were great gar
deners, and the hours they passed with
their fruits and flowers must have
been moments of much pleasure in
their busy lives.
The most famous of these ladies was
the daughter of George Lucas, a
planter of Carolina, and at the same
time governor of Antigua, at which
place he appears to have resided,
leaving Miss Eliza at home. From An
tigua he sent her all sorts of tropical
seeds of fruits and flowers, to try if
any would take kindly to the soil of
Carolina. Eliza observed certain hope
full signs with regard to the indigo
and undismayed by repeated accidents
to the young plants, at length OBJ
tanned a good crop. Gov. Lucas was
so delighted at this unlocked for sue
cess that he sent over an Englishman
to teach Eliza the whole process of in
digo working.
The Englishman, bearing gifts,
seems to have been a rather sly and
tricky sort of person, but when ibid
England ever get the better of Amer
lea? The youthful Miss Lucas saw
through the Englishman's lodges (his
name was CromwelD, and finally OBJ
tanned a successful knowledge and ap-
plication of the complex and annoying
methods of extracting indigo" A
bounty of six pence a pound encour-
aged the planting, and through it's
profits more children were sent over
from Carolina to be educated at home
than from all the colonies put to-
gether. Indigo was looked upon at
last as sort of current coin, and it
is on record tiat when a little boy
was sent to school at Philadelphia he
took with him wagon of indigo to
pay his expenses.-Longman's Maya
zine
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Making the Best OF 1t.

"James," said Mr.. Tiff, to his new
son-in-law, 81 can't give you a building
lot, as had intended, because my wife
won't join me in making out the pa
pers."
'Then shall have to take the will
for the deed" replied the young man,
Town Topics.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Not Love Mt First sixht.

Her head rested on his shoulder, and
her little hand lay confidingly in his.
''Tell, me, Alfred" said the happy
maiden, chow you ever came to pick
me out as the girl you wanted to
marry"
'Well, Dora," replied the ecstatic
young man, in gush of confidence, 1T
was mother that put me up to it,
Stray Stories.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Wanted to See Big.

Little Harry (who has been admon-
ished to keep quiet while at dinner)-
I say, gamma, lend me your spec
tacles, please.
Grandma-Why, my dear?
Little Harry-Nothing, only Use an
awful appetite, and I want this little
bit of pie to look large.-Tit-Bits
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Another View Of II,

Marriages." quoted the moralizer,
'are made in Heaven"
"Perhaps they are planned there" :"
remarked the demoralizer, "but the
ceremonies are performed at safe
distance. Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
A Boer Snort.

A favorite Boer sport is to dig a hole
in the ground and put turkey into
it. Then they cover the pit with
cloth with hole in it just big enough
to let out the turkeys head. The head
Of the unfortunate bird II uaed - 4
target =. =, .r4s..%
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Rctort Of the Old Bachelor.
"And love restored his reason" said
the sweet young thing in concluding
her story.
1T is the first time," returned the
old bachelor, "that ever heard of in
sanity curing insanity" - Chicago
Post.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
The YOUNGER Brother.

Edith-Who gave the bride away?
Ethel-Well, her young brother
shouted: 'Hooray! she's married at
last!" right after the CEREMONY
Puck. e. -. .
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! tAppropriately Named.

'".Quite q colony Of Englishmen are
settling in that new suburban town Of
ours" said the big real estate operator.
'I'm thinking Of calling the town
Shilling" s:s u #5s- .=5
.'That sounds rather cheap, protest.
ed his partner. 1-I<.s. :s58.z ...cz. ..< +:
"Well, it's the British quarter, you
know. ''-Philadelphia Press. >.s +.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
An Ideal Home.

Mrs. Mulvaney-An' how do yer hus-
band and yerself get along together,
Mrs. O'Brien? Good, hope?
Mrs. O'Brien-Oh, yis; very good,
Mrs. Mulvaney Here we've bin mar
rie6 goin' on six months, an I amt had
to call in the police but twice.-Tit-
Bits,
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Too Great 4 Risk.

Simpson-Why didn't you take a
chance at that cake at the church
fair? Were you afraid? .s
Sampson-Yes; it was one my wife
baked.-Harlem Life. ~.
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A Use for Baby,

A Use for Baby.
Grinder-What! asleep at your desk,
sir; and work so pressing!
Meekly-Excuse me, sir; baby kept
me awake all night.
Grinder-Then you should have
brought it with you to the Office
Brooklyn Life.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

reveal the neck. It had tight-fitting
sleeves of the lace finished with v
over the hand.
Another of these jackets was of a
bluette challie trimmed with ruchings
OF white mousseline de sole, and ro-
settes of bluette velvet ribbon.
SARAH DAVIDSON.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Logic IL Logic.

Logic Is Logic.
II wealth bequeathed one by his pa
Is called his patrimony,
That one inherits from ones ma
Must be his matrimony.
-ElliOtt's Magazine.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Worth Trying.

Heller heart is as hard as glass.
can't make an impression on it.. :
She-Have you tried the diamond ?
Tit-Bits.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
The Only Infallible Sign.

The Only Infallible Sign.
o let the robin sit
On the picket fence and sing!
o let the jaybird fit,
Let the lark be on the wing
Still the shirt-waist is the thing
That's the surest sign of spring.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Too Many Mem Men.

i there weren't 50 many mean men
IN this world fewer good men would
be under suspicion. Chicago Daily
News. XXI. - :.= ss,-
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A Climatic Sinner,

Nor forty days-nay-eighty would
Suffice me, If repent I could
OF all the mean things, massed together.
I've said about this winters weather.
Detroit Free Press
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Prlze.Winners and Losers.
Some sight a chance
With discerning glance,
And race till they gain crown;
Others there be
Who could not see
A chance If 1t knocked them down.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
"Oh, George, dear, the landlord
raised the remit"
HAS he? I can't."-Punch.
A Point of Formality.

"A Point OF FOrmality.
With thoughts of spring each heart is
stirred,
But citizens far-sighted
Won't look for spring until they've heard
The peach crop has been blighted.''
Washington Star.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Vanity of Vanities.

LADY, think you are the worst
looking tramp l ever saw
Tramp-Ma'am, it's only in the
presence of uncommon beauty looks
so bad.
Lady-Mary, give this poor man
something to eat.-Cassell's Maga-
zine.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
You've Got to Look Sharp,

To keep pace with the procession
AS 1t moves along. you know,
You must grasp new notions quickly,
Then as quickly let them go.
philadelphia telegraph.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Novel Booty Taken by'Thieve,


There are some remarkable thefts
that the police are called upon to hunt
down, but two of the strangest and
cheapest robberies that ever came to
the notice of the Seventeenth district
officers were reported few days ago.
In one case a ragman had pushed his
cart up an alley at Seventeenth and
Reed streets and left his conveyance.
which contained two bags of rags, to
enter the rear of house III search of
more rags. When he came out of the
house, three minutes later, his two bags
OF rags were gone. There stood the
empty cart. No trace could be found
of the thieves. Not square away.
about the same time, there was carried
of q tubful of infants clothes, which
had been put out to soak previous to a
washing. The thieves took the tub and
all. even the water in which the
clothes were soaking Philadelphia
Record. ss :, ss5==7s ~. !. 5. .5
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'Say, Jimmie, see yer goil goin' to
matinee wild Mickey, de messenger
kid" = -,
"Dat's alluz de way. Inever seen de
woman yet wot wuz proof agin de fas-
cernation OBJ uniformity. Y. Jour-
nal.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
A Bad Partner.

A Bad Partner.
My wife is very dense at whist,
It really is no use;
No matter what card may lead
She's bound to play the deuce.
-Philadelphia Press.
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A Fair Imifafi0n

! 'What is perpetual motion, Uncle
Jim?' :. - .<..>.- s.s 81. -; II;
Its the way some politicians run for
years and never get an Office. Chicago
Record. b - z
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
How She Judred

'"That must have been awful raed.
ieine you gave my husband yesterday.
doctor" x.
DO you judge by the face he
made?" -,sg~
mo; by the language he used
Yonkers Statesman.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

ri Look, mamma, that artist will be
punished"
= ''Why, my dear?"
Because the dog has no muzzle OIL"
Blaetter.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

She thought when she resolved to wed,
A duke would be 50 nice:
But when she asked her pa he said
He didn't have the price.
-n160o
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Mike-Say, Dolan, sure and I'm a
wiser man thin Solomon.
Dolan-And phwy is thot?
Mike-Oi' have only wan wife.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-07
Iie Had TOO Many Names.

About two years before Mr.. Sawyer
retired from the senate his mail Cue
morning clrtained touching Letter
from a man IA Maryland whose home
had just been frightened by the ar
rival of bouncing boy. The foud
parent went on to tell that the bog
would be named philetus Sawyer
Jones and expressed the hope that the
child would grow up an honor to the
name and the possessor of the fine
traits Of character that distinguished
the generous hearted man whose name
would be borne by himself.
Senator Sawyer went to the senate
chamber with warm glow in his
heart and the determination to send
that fond parent nice big check. He
felt so good that he showed the letter
10 Senator Allison. The Iowa man
chuckled as he read it and produced a
letter almost identical, except that the
young prodigy was to he named vii.
liam Allison Jones.
1t was too good to keep, aud they
told the story to Senator Edmunds Of
Vermont. That stately old gentleman
melted sufficiently to smilingly produce
letter of similar purport. Then there
ensued comparison of senatorial
notes, showing that the youthful Mary
lander had been fairly loaded with dis
tingulshed names from Justin Morrill,
Jones to Don Cameron Jones. That
Maryland infant received no birthday
present.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-07

The Great Falls Tribune issued a
special Fourth Of July edition last
Sunday, whose gorgeous appearance
and gigantic proportions afforde d
astonishment to all beholders 1t
was printed partly in colors, and
contained 36 pages Of generous and
general boom matter for Great Falls
and the surrounding towns. 1t is a
little weak on Cascade county's re-
sources, however, supplanting what
seems to us more appropriate with
uninteresting personal writeups
from towns hundreds of miles away.
But it is great edition and does
credit to ''The Monarch of Montana
Dailies."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-07


When the matron called upon the
bride of three months, she discovered
her in tears.
"Why, my dear, what is the mat
ter" she cried.
81 want to die! l want to die~ Sob
bed the bride.
''There dear. there! What is the
matter"
"It's-it's Harryr' sobbed the girl
wildly.
''Has he been abusing you"
"No-o-o, hut-oh, dear, what shall
do?
"What on earth is the matter, dear"
"He-he-oh, can't tell your
"You must. Has he been staying
out late nightsY
"No-o-o!
''Has he been drinkingY
"No-o-o"
"Then what is the matter?'
"He-he doesn't love me any more"
The matron drew the sobbing girl to
her side.
"Now tell me all, DEAR" she whis-
pered.
"When-when he c-came home last
night, he didn't k-k-kiss mev she sob
bed.
"My DEAR" said the matron, you'll
get over that. When my husband came
home last night, he did kiss me, and l
have been wondering ever since what
he has been up to."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-07
DIAM OND r CONCENTRATES.

Last Saturday marked an epoch
in the history Of this camp, seeing
the first shipment of concentrates
from the Diamond r mill. The
three cars sent are but the precursor
of many thousand tons of such pro-
duct, as the mines yield the ore and
quartz mills are built to prepare it
This present mill, treating 200
tons of ore daily, is equipped to
make shipments of concentrates up
on every train, and the output sent
to the smelter will range from 400
to 6OO tons per month, and may
even exceed that figure.
This u eek is doubtless turning
point in the camps development,
and the people feel to praise the
Diamond r company for thus dem
onstrating the feasibility of a sys-
tenn which means so much for the
development of Neihart