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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-09
Hnthinc and Nose Blowing.

A number Of people come home from
the seaside quite deaf. and very many,
If not deaf. are much harder OF hearing
than when they left home. The cause
of this is blowing the nose after bath
ing.
OF course one blows his nose because
there is some salt water in it. which
makes him uncomfortable. This water
he forces into the little euStachian tube
that runs from behind the nose to the
ear. Here the water remains for days.
and the particles of salt set up inilam-
nation The next step is that the eu-
stachian tube gets blocked and remains
more or less so permanently. causing
partial deafness.
You should always wait some time
after your bath before blowing your
nose. and then you should do 1t gently.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-09

II was merely slip of the tongue"
pokrd the mating with my cane. 1T
is high NOON We lad best hunt up
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10

| shuddered at my own voice; know
II sounded like the voice Of doom 10
them.
Clare gave one quick. sharp cry. and
pushing him violently from her, turned
and fed away In the darkness.
Oscar said nothing. ! was glad he
| did not ask me 10 forgive him; II would
have seemed so heartless then, so ter
ribly cruel.
"DO not grieve." I said, at last, for
saw that / must speak. 1T is so much
| better that should know now than
| afterward. She will listen when you
! speak 10 her again, and-she will love
| you. Good-bye-be happy"
| / don't know II he answered an
thing; didn't hear him. / found my
way through the darkness 10 the
| house, and 10 my own room. When
| came down stairs In the morning
Clare was gone. and we never met
again.
But she wrote TO me about year
later. She did not marry Oscar Eek
strom she married a man who had
loved her long and quite hopelessly.
She made him understand that his love
was no longer hopeless. On the day
she married him she wrote last good
bye TO me, for she was going with him
to India as a missionary. They both
died there within few years. and t
was with n thrill OF triumph that re-
allied how my own familiar friend,
though tried and tempted sorely, had
not after all been faithless 10 me.
When I next saw Oscar Eckstrom
he was nobler and better man; his
face was furrowed and his dark hair
was streaked with gray, and had
not grown younger. Ny dear mother
had died, and was alone in the world,
and | had never ceased TO love him,
and he knew IL.
"And / never ceased 10 love you,
Ella" he said, meekly enough. but
very sincerely. Believe me, dear, /:
was mere midsummer madness; tho
glamour thrown me by her beauty;
every moment Of the time my soul was
true 10 you. Forgive me, dear one!
The years are going fast-let us waste
no more OF them"
Well, | answered nothing much then;
but somehow Oscar got in the way Of
coming as he used TO do, and one day
poor woman came begging for wor.,
and, as she could sew nicely and bt
dresses, turned over the cedar-chest
I'm which l had laid away the wedding
garments begun so long ago.
The long.neglected sewing was all
zone at last, and in the springtime Of
the year-in the autumn OF our lives
Oscar and were married. The lilacs
an6 peach trees were in bloom, and
the robins twittered and sung, and,
yes, | may as well confess 1t, in my
heart was beating the same old tune
we call Loves Young Dream. WAY
erlcy Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
AAp-hmgs-
Ms9~m~We'r

Large and heavy ostrich feathers
have the stem and full length white.
A great many tea gowns are being
made of light blue cream and tones of
violet crepe de chine, swathed to the
figure in graceful lines.
Many of the new fiat topped hats
are trimmed solely with wreaths of
roses. which are sold in the shops
especially for that purpose.
Leghorn is being revived for the
summer, and has a touch of novelty in
the lace insertions which appear both
in brim and crown. Narrow velvet is
often run through the insertion with
good effect.
The newest idea Of 4 prominent mil
liner is TO turn the fat hats upward
on each side, after a decided dip in
front, the under part Of the brim being
filed in with wings or a whole bird.
Floral garniture is prettier, however
Beware of stiff collars if you would
follow Dame Fashion. Soft, pliable silk
folds. finished with dainty velvet and
lace "turno' with perhaps a gold
button cleaning here and there, are
the correct things nowadays. The
stiff high backs and dogs ears have
entirely disappeared
\ pretty satume is made of accor-
dion pleated pale blue muslin over
taffeta of the same color. The founda-
ton skirt is circular in cut and is fin
ished with muslin rutlie edged with
narrow ruche. The muslin skirt has
three founces, the highest one headed
by band of butter colored Cluny.
The shirt waist has reached the dig
nifty of getting into a beautifully flow
cred box OF the beautifully fowered
box has attained the distinction OF
getting on the outside of the fine waist,
and the woman who buys the waist
is made thrice happy. Some women
would almost buy the waists for the
boxes.
The smartest of the new bolero jack
cts for dress uses are formeC OF
| guipure lace cut low and rounding in
the neck, curviDg up slightly on the
| back. above the corsclet or girdle, and
! also under the arms. enough to show
a little of tn silk or satin blouse be-
meath, and reaching below the waist
in a point on the front.
Like everything else in fashions do.
main. parasois supersede all previous
efforts in the way Of variety. lnscr'
tions and designs of lace are inset in
various ways in white and black silk
parasols, showing dainty colored lin
ing through the meshes. and then there
are plain silk parasols in all colors
with fluffy chiffon ruflcs around thg
edge. Rather startling combinations
are seen-red and blue-lnd black. for
example. the blue forming the lower
and larger half. the red and biacS
stripes running around the other por
| ton
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
worlds Longess stairway.

The Philadelphia City Iall contains
the highest continuous stairway in
the world. and tourists who have
boasted OF their muscular ability in
climbing ne stone steps OF the Bunk
er Hill monument at CEarlestown.
the Washington monument or the
monument 20 General Brock. near
Queenstown. Ontario. will tell their
friends OF their feat OF ascending the
59S steps which lead rom the seventh
floor of the City Hall 10 the landins
about tho feet OF William Penn's :
statue. Ii extends from the seventh TO
the sixteenth floor. and contains 59S
steps of iron arranged about a squire
central shaft. in which runs an electric
elevator. To reach the 'ower stairway
the climber m mount 2I5 granite
stairs in the stairways at the northern
end Of the building. thus making a to-
tai climb OF I4S steps.
Tower climbing is one Of the fads OF
tourists. Hitherto the Bunker Hill
monument. with its 400 odd stone
steps. and TIE Washington monument,
which has n few more. have represent.
ed the acme OF opportunity for tests
OF physical endurance in this coun.
try Philadelphia Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
A Eish-and-Ilzard story

One afternoon thought l would go
down the river and troll. l had on
my hook live minnow, and in little
while had strike and l. hooked my
first fish. which seemed TO be quite a
large one. | rceled him wnere l could
see him and found II was a large pike.
twenty-five or thirty inches long.
pulled him up to my boat, but when
| lifted h m from the water he was as
light as feather. l measured him
and found he was just thirty inches
long. and should have weighed eight
or nine pounds, while he only weighed
two. He was just skin and bones. l
killed him. took my knife and cut him
open. and found a live lizard, five
inches long. in his stomach. The rep
tile was as black rs coal and very live
ly. living twcnty.four hours after l
took him from his prison.-Field and
Stream
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
Keen Your Children Busy.

Keep your children busy II you
would have them happy When the
occupations is some daily labor which
has been wisely allotted, see that 1t Is
accomplished as well az 1t Is possible
for the child TO accomplish 1t under ex-
isting circumstances. But whether II
be in work or play, let him understand
that no matter how well he may have
done to-day-and do not be chary OF
your praise-he has within himself
that which will make 1t possible for
him to do still better tomorrow. This
treatment, instead Of discouraging,
will encourage, by netting the child to-
ward even better work, and will early
implant that spirit Of divine discon-
tent which allows OF no absolute sat
isfaction in that which has been ac-
complished until the achi' yement
reaches perfection. This Is the dis
content which Emerson breaches and
which Is holy If doubt is not allowed
TO creep In to mar :he aspiration
Gertrude Okie Gaskell, IN the Woman's
Home Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
Flowers Dangerous to Singers.

Flowers, IL is said, are Injurious 10
the voice and many singers refuse TO
allow them in their rooms Christine
Nilsson once told of singer who lost
her voice for several months after
singing In a room in which the air was
heavy with the fragrance Of tuberoses.
Nine. Isaac and Emma Calve believe
lilacs TO be especially harmful Faure
calls the violet the great enemy OF the
singer. A distinguished French singer
discovered a diminution In the strength
OF her pupils voices when they wore
violets I'm their corsages. and others
testify that they will produce almost
immediate hOarseness. The fragrance
Of the mlmosa and hyacinths is also
said to be harmful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10

voting. the other has received the ex.
elusive privilege TO conduct cock-pits
In Manila.
An amicable arrangement is reported
In Holland by which Wilheimina Is
Queen and Duke Henry an obedient
subject two hours every day. The
rest OF the time the Queen is a loyal
and obedient wife.
Miss Bertha Lintz. OF Cleveland, is
the model who posed for the figure OF
Ohio. which is the centre piece Of a
group OF figures Of heroic size which
stand near the entrance OF the Ohio
State Building at the Buffalo Exposi-
tion.
A girl In the suburbs OF Chicago
adds TO her income by planning her
nelghbors' gardens for them. She has
arranged some beautiful lawns for
large country houses, but will. with
equal facility. transform a small one
into a beautiful garden spot.
An American woman has been dis.
covered who knew Queen Victoria
"well" In the person Of Nine. Boerin-
ger In 1910 she was employed in a
Partisan dressmakeT's shop. when the
Queen took a great fancy 10 her and
took her 10 England as a companion.
From 1910 10 1S45, when she married.
Nine. Boeringer was rarely separated
from her royal mistress.
Each year brings out original modes
by which women can either earn en-.
tire support or a liberal supply Of pin
money. A new field has been opened
by an English rector Of high standing,
who recommends the appointment OF
women curates, believing that in many
churches they can fulfill the office
more satisfactorily than men. Two
women have already been appointed
TO this position, and by their excellent
work are doing much to pave the way
for other women.
The daughter OF vicar of a rural
parish not very far from London col
lected all the buttons placed in the
church offertory bag OF the past twelve
months when special collections were
made for the charities connected with
the church. The young woman in
tends TO take part in local fancy
dress ball. where she will appear in the
character of Charity, and il is her in
tention, in an ironical spirit, to have
the souvenirs of meanness (the but
tons) sewed in patterns on her dress.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10

The favorite flower Of the forsup,
hunter is marlgold.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
PASSING OF FORT CHARITIES.
Famous Illinois Landmark Fast Being
Destroyed by Relic Hunters.

Destroyed by Relic Hunters.
Old Fort Chartres will soon be a
thing OF the past as the walls are fast
crumbling and being carried away as
souvenirs by the many relic-hunters
who visit the place each summer.
The fort was first commenced of
wood I'm the year 1918 and completed
In less than two years. Ii was located
twelve miles south Of Red Bud, Ill,
about three miles from the eastern
bluff Of the Mississippi River, and one
mile from the river. TIE fortress was
called, by way of emincncc, Fort des
Chartres," having n charter from the
crown OF France for it's erection.
The first fort contained all the ncces-
sary buildings to accommodate the
seat of government and garrison. The
quarters Of the officers and barracks
for the soldiers were finished in the
neat ana becoming style of the country
In pioneer times. Surrounding the
whole was erected a strong palisadc,
fortified with earth betwssp the walls
OF wood. until IL badc defiance 10 any
enemy that llight approach it in this
remote situation The headquarters
of NJ. Philip Renault were also estab-
lished in this fort IL was from this
point ne left Illinois in the year 1144
TO return to France. About the time
of his arrival in his uative land he
died.
Under the mild and impartial gov
,nment me country commenced to
grow and flourish. and the seat of gov
| crumcnt, Fort Chartres, became the
centre of fashion. business and gayety
OF all the Illinois country.
Under Governor La Buissoniere Fort
| Chartrcs was built entirely new. Its
reconstruction was of solid and dura-
| BILE limestone. The rocks were quar-
ricd at the bluffs, three miles east OF
| the fort. and then RATED and boatt
| over the lake TO the building. This fort
was constructed In the year 1906. In
l77G Il great flood swept over the Mis-.
| sissippi River Valley partly destroying
| the fort. The English Government
| then abandoned Fort Chartres and es'
tablishcd its authority at Fort Gage
on the bluffs east of kaskaskia.-Chi
| Cago Inter Ocean.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
- q Nas
.S4AN
A Reception For Rnby.

a pretty idea this is--to introduce
the newest member of the household
to the family circle of friends on chris
tening day. and charming afternoon
affair o. the kind is described in What
TO Eat Invitations TO the ceremony
at the church and ry>~ption at the
house afterward Were sent about ten
days in advance, and on the appointed
day the guests walked from the church
To the home. which was only block or
two distant.
The receiving rooms had been rem
dered lovely by flowers and potted
plans - the color combination being
pink and white. Corners and recesses
of the apartments were hidden by tall
white lilies Mantelpieces and tables
were banked with pink rosebuds and
lilies es-of-the-yalley.
About thirty people bad been invited.
TO avoid any crowding the folding
doors between parlor and library had
been rolled back and both rooms given
up to the guests.
The father and mother Of the inn
portant small person received, assisted
by the godparents, The mother ana
godmothcr wearing pretty white
gowns Baby came into the room in
his nurses arms and remained few
moments only. He wore long christ
ening rooe OF white India muslin
trimmed with handmade Nalencien.
ucs.
After the newcomer had been thor.
oughly exhibited and admired he re-
tired smilingiy from the scene.
An informal little repast followed
served in courses and passed by a cou
pie of walters. 1t consisted OF chicken
cousomme in cups, cold game and
rolled cress sandwiches. tied with pink
baby ribbon; cold and delicious salad
with mayonuaise dressing, followed
| by individual ices. cakes and black
| coffee.
As souvenir OF the occasion cacl
visitor received a little white SAITH
box filled with sugared almonds. I
| French custom which is now being fol
lowed on this side OF the water. or
the lid. in decorative lettering. were
baby's name and the date OF the hap
| tism.
The christening gifts were arranged
| upon a pink and white trimmed tabl,
in baby's bedroom. and the womei
guests were invited upstairs for a peel
n; them. All manner OF iiliputian he
longings were represented. There wer,
fluffy baskets. silver-backed hrushe
aud silver articles of many other kinds
There were cups and spoons. linke'
buttons. caps. cloaks and afghans
books for recording the young person
clever doings and even gifts of ex
qulsite real lace for his trousseau.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
nought raul Ecycrc,s ncn.

Paul Reveres first church bell.
whose peals were heard in Boston
more than century ago. will be heard
again. IL having been purchased by st.
James's Episcopal Church of North
Cambridge. Mass. The bell was first
used In the First Church. at the old
North End. and held its place in the
towers OF the three different edifices
afterward used 10y the First Church.
When the society moved into a build.
ing on Temple street there was no
room for' the bell and It lay Idle for
some time. No provision was made
for the historic relic and recently {,
was voted 10 sell il for $500 Boston
Dispatch In New York sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
New Method OF Using Feathers.

Ostrich feathers are more worn than
usual at this season. The broader
brimmed hats are often trimmed WITH
them. As yet, this kind OF nat is some
what exceptional and is more often to
bc seen in black than in color.
4 new method OF adjusting Ostrich
tips is TO attach them TO the semi-coro-
net, which tits the hat or toque 10 one
side, so that they stand almost erect.
the points curling back over the Orims,
In this case the coronet may consist OF
semi-circular ornament in pierced
gilt metal or cut jet. The gilt orna.
ment is chosen for a toque, made or
pink lisse, arranged in "A quantity OF
fiat pleats, like the leaves of a book
encircling the edge of the brim; and TO
this are attached, in the manner just
described, two black ostrich tips. The
same arrangement is carried out with
white tips and jet ornament for q
white tullc toque, the turban border
OF which is yelled with black tulle
very closely sewn over with square
black spanglcs. - Millinery Trade Re-
view.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10

Women appeared in the news the
other day in two new ways. one was
arrested in Denver. Col. for illegal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
~ hEws t'hoTEs
Nv Wofn1EN m
Queen OF Holland q. Scientific

Among the many accomplishments
of he young Queen OF Holland Is her
devotion 10 the study OF natural his
tory. When she was in London dur
ing her minority a few years ago she
and her mother, Queen Emma, made
several visits 10 the Natural History
Museum, South Kensington, for the
special purpose OF studying the min
erals. Her Majesty is a diligent read
er OF scientific literature.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-10
NF5 F51h1AzzEES;:: ~ ! =: :
"Mine Own Familiar Friend"
By Elsie Snowe.

" INCE the time when my mem
~ ory goeth not back 10 the con
| y trary, we had been so poor In
worldly wealth that / hope IL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
About Sweat Shops.

land seeing good deal In reference
to the sweating system in some Of
the larger cities. Work in those
places goes on day and night. In
the busy season thirty to forty
hours at stretch, the toilers often
eating while they work, if they
eat at all, and all this eXertion to
keep body and soul together.
There are about seven hundred
sweaters dens in one OF the large
eastern cities and six hun
dred Of this number are in an
area Of one square mile, in a
neighborhood celebrated for foul
odors and stagnant cutters.
Inside the houses the sanitary
condition is worse than in the
streets. The rooms are small,
crowded and poorly lighted. In a
room ten feet by twelve will be
found huddled together seven or
eight people and several machines.
Air space is contracted; you can
stand squarely on the floor and
lay your hands flat against the
ceiling. The walls are as grimy
as though they had never known
the use of brush and water.
The floors are at times inches
deep with dirt and scraps of
clothing, while the whole place
reeks with putrefaction. In
some Of the rooms it would seem
there had not been a breath of
fresh air for five years. One
Whit of the foulness is enough to
give you typhoid fever; yet
what you cannot endure for five
minutes, these people live in from
year to year.
in those human sites the crea-
lures who make the clothing we
wear, work, eat, sleep and perform
all the operations of life Some
times they have not the time, at
others they have not the spirit,
to clean the apartments, while some
of the abominable kennels no
amount of cleaning could improve.
The men and women who bend over
the machines and ironing tables are
ill-fed, unwashed and half clad.
Proprieties do not count for much
in sweat shop, and conveniences
and common decencies are I'M
known. Nothing counts there that
cannot be turned into hard cash.
The dearest things on earth are
given for that, and health goes with
the rest. The toilers' hands are
damp with slow consumption. Their
breath is like fumes from a char
mel house.
Even the children's lives are sac
rifced to get the work done, and
the child is set to work as soon
as it can draw thread. The
factory age, at the time Of which
write, in most of the eastern
states, was thirteen years. The
little ones knew this and if you
asked them their age, even if they
could not yet speak plainly, their
prompt answer was "thirteen."
The toilers get for their work
about following prices: For over
coats, 40 to 95 cents; frock coats,
40 cents to ST.; trousers, 25 to
80 cents per pair; boys knee pants,
IS cents to 81. per dozen pair.
One man we saw was making
wrappers and was able to earn
about 60 cents per day; another
earns a dollar day, but has ten
mouths to feed, and pays Sc a
month rent.
On one of the streets lives man
who does only custom work. His
life is being eaten up with cancer,
but he eats, sleeps, and works in one
room. The disorder of the place
is frightful. One physician says
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
The Luxurious Elephant.
usanlnuslssssssui

The elephant is, as we all know,
a large and luxurious animal, and
was created to be the biggest thing
on legs. He was built on such a
liberal plan in order that he might
do as he pleased and not have to
take sass from anybody. While
the elephant does not drink, his
eyes are small and look dissipated
and his complexion is bibulous.
The first thing a small boy does
when he sees an elephant is to
wonder if he can lick a buffalo
bull. He can, and has been lick
ing them ever since the world was
created, and he intends to go on
licking them until the COWS
come home. He eats bull buffa-
loes with fork.
When the elephant is coaxed,
even a toddling child can lead
him, but when you sic him on and
seek to drive him he utters roars
of defiance and does things with
his front teeth. If boy could be
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25

You can see workingmen wear
ing the coats given them to make;
you see coats and filthy bed
clothes tumbled together; you see
sick babies lying on bed OF coats,
while another stack stands by it's
side to keep the child from rolling
onto the floor, and in this fashion
the filth.of the slums comes into
our own homes.
There is hardly clothing house
in the east that is not patron Of
the sweat shops. [ have seen
with my own eyes, attached to the
goods, the labels Of some of the
largest and best known clothing
houses of the coast, firms whose
names are household words among
us. All sort of goodsare ''sweated. y
Ready made clothing is sweated,
of course, but so are letter carriers
and police uniforms and even
custom-made clothing. To pay a
high price is no protection to you,
for you very often find custom
suits in those dens Of filth, with the
buyers name on them. The price
you pay seems not to be an ell
ement in the system.
BARLEYCUTTER.