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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05
THE COMMENCEMENT GOWN
How 1t Should Be Made For the
Sweet Girl Graduate.

How 1t Should Be Made For the
Sweet Girl Graduate.
A young girl just about to graduate
from her school is as perfect crea-
ton as can be found. | believe I would
rather see one than a bride with all
the pomp and circumstance of church
and the other things that go to make
wedding a wonderful thing. A woman
may be married several times if so she
wills, while a girl is never graduated
from school but once, and if she were
a second time she would never be SO
sweet again.
This season there are so many dainty
commencement gowns that one can do
no more than choose few for descrip-
ton and as guide for mothers and
girls. Silk null and chiffon, white
swiss, white mercerized null, clairette,
organdie, white china silk and some
Of the dainty zephyrs-all are seen in
the graduation gowns. And they are
in whatever color best pleases the fair
wearer White, however, is the choice,
for with white any kind Of color, as
ribbon ornamentation or flowers, may
be worn, while those in colors can af-
ford no such variety. And a gradua-
ton gown Of white can be made very
useful affair for many other occasions.
I give an illustration of one which is
peculiarly girlish and dainty. The en-
tire skirt Is tucked all around, the
tucks reaching lower in front than in
the back, and they end above the knees
to let the rest fall out like a 1ounce.
The very bottom has a ruching Of the
eolienne bordered at both edges with
q narrow lace to match that employed
on the waist. The dress is white. The
whole waist is made Of falls of wide
white lace, the two lower ones being
gathered to the foundation to form the
blouse. At the top a square yoke is
formed Of the lace, and the sleeves are
also made by setting one line above the
other. The draped belt is Of louisine
satin ribbon of the same color as the
ribbon to tie the essay. The sleeves
are in this instance made to the elbow
but others reach to the wrist.
Crepon is pretty for graduation dress
es, and so is delicate organdie. saw
some organdie where the flowers wer'
80 faint in tint that they scarcel,
showed until the material was lai'
over white. There was border Of tn
same design to use as founce or a
bands for the blouse and sleeves.
The slippers for these young girl
are the prettiest slippers in the world
They are made of black satin kid or Q
white kid. The black satin or XII
seems to be the best choice. The heel
are higher than they have been, an
there are some with straps, other
with fancy jet headings and other
with tiny bows of black ribbon or We
vet with minute steel or jet buckles
Gloves are governed in length by tn
shape of the sleeves, and they in turl
are governed solely by the wish Of tn
wearer. Long sleeves do not hav,
quite so festive an effect as elbow
ones, but the long gloves cost NOR
than the long sleeves.
For the hair the most appropriate
dressing is to have the arrangement al
girlish as possible. A flower may b,
placed wherever it seems the most be
coming, or a Marie Antoinette band o
steel covered with twisted ribbon, end
ing at the sides with small bows Of tn
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05

so much that
the clever girl
with a small in
come is learn
ing to do these
little things for
herself. For ex-
ample, take the
embroidered
medallionsw with
a lace border.
Pale tt n t e d
mousseline de
sole is cut out
In an odd shape
and basted in
the center of a
design for re-
naiSsance lace.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05
or INTEREST TO LADIES.

dotted white net, with narrow valen-
ciennes at each edge and crossing the
ends several times. This is still longer
than the others and goes twice around
the neck and ties, the ends falling be-
low the knees.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05
1t wouldn't work.

Il found" said the man who fire.
quents the races, "that l seemed to
win every second day, SO l made up
my mind to take fresh start and bet
bnly every second day"
"And how did you come out?"
swell, l think I must have started
the scheme on the wrong day."-Chi-
cago Post.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05

GOWN FOR THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.
same ribbon, may be worn. These
bands, called snoods, are very pretty
and have the merit of being novel, and
they may be worn with any costume,
while ''roses bloom and then they with
err"
One Of the prettiest Of these COM
mencement gowns was made Of swiss
striped at quite wide intervals, and
between the stripes was set a trim
ming of cream lace motifs in form Of
butterflies. Around the bottom was
perfect fun of narrow shaped rutfies.
each being edged with cream lace
The blouse was high in the neck, and
the sleeves were very wide bishops,
but made narrow at the top by clusters
Of tucks, with the lace butterflies set
along wherever there was room. This
plan Of having the lace made in de-
signs and different sizes and widths Is
an excellent one The wide lines are
for the skirts and the narrow ones for
waists and sleeves. Nearly all have
set pieces where the central figure In
the insertion or edging Is wrought sep
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05

and lastly the
point of the nee
die is "a 8 8 e d
through directly
under the place
where it first
came up. The
t b r e a d mean
while must be
held down gen.
thy but firmly
W | t h the other
hand.
Satin stitch is
used to work in
the more solid
parts of a de-
sign. 1t is a
straight, simple
s t / t C b brought
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05

Ferguson, the two-handed store
man, sells everything at second hand
prices.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-05
SUMNER
F A N CY
WORK y
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

r course every woman wants
a bit of fancy work to take
~ away with her in the sum-
mer. 1t may lie on her lap
idle half the time, but it serves as an
excuse for sitting on the piazza and
joining the circle Of gossipers.
Embroidery has ceased to be unprac-
teal. This year many Of the newest
specimens of fancy work are to be
used on dresses or shirt waists So
much embroidery is now being utilized
on fashionable costumes and it costs
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

Herald, The title exactly describes their business. On some railroads they are called travelling car agents. The department head who employs them IS also called variously the car agent, the car accountant or the superintendent or rolling stock. These officials have as many as 20 assistants on some Of the great roads, nine or 10 being clerks at $50 or $40 a month and the rest helnS "chasers," who travel all over the country on free passes hunting up missing cars, and who receive Sl2o or Sl0O month and expenses.
 Great railroads have immense num- bers of cars. The Central railroad of New Jersey has about 50,00O of all sorts, the Pennsylvania railroad in the neigh borhood of 100000. These cars are at the present moment in every state in the Union, They go wherever the freight with which they are loaded is billed, and thus are scattered from Winnipeg to Mexico and from Los Angeles to Bangor. A most minute and thorough system obtaining on all r'il- roads except the very smallest record every movement of every car
 These notifications are made by postal cards, In each general office car ac- countant books are kept, and the move ments of the company's own cars are recorded from day to day. Whenever a loaded car is emptied on foreign road that uses it to carry back a load of freight in the direction of the road to which the car belongs.
 It pays at the rate of 7s cent mile for this use of it's neighbor's prop erty in this way, and if it should hap pen that there was no freight to be able time the empty car is sent along shipped in that direction in reason able time the empty car is sent along and the mileage is paid on it as though it were laden.
 It is when cars are lost that a travelling agent is sent out. Some times it happens that the cars are on little branch roads, idle and overlooked; sometimes they have happened to get into the hands of a company that is short of cars and full of business and is using every foreign car that it can get
 If it is in use by a company short of cars that company pays mileage on it until it sometimes happens that car is worn out and paid before it is re- turned, or else it is never returned at all. If "car chaser demands the re- turn of his company's cars they are sent home, but often others are seized and used when his back is turned and he Is travelling elsewhere. If car is smashed up in a railroad accident it is either rebuilt, new one is made or the price of the car is paid to the owners by the company on whose track the "smashup" occurred.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
JOSEPH BURKE DEAD.
A Galway Man Who Was Soloist For
 Jenny Lind.

{ A Galway Man Who Was Soloist F'ol Jenny Lind
 | Joseph Burke. who has been an in 1 teresting and picturesque figure in ar | earlier era of New York life, dieC
 yesterday at the Park Avenue hote
 after a short illness MT. Burke was
 taken sick on Thursday and within q 1 few hours there was little hope of his recovery. Two of his nephews were | with him at the time of his death. Mir | Burke was born about 87 years ago in | Galway, Ireland. His father was a noted physician there and his mother ] was member of the Blake family | highly respected in the western part of | Ireland. At an early age~Mr, Burke | displayed great musical genius. He is l said to have played the violin we'll at four His talents were cultivated, but | the sudden revelation of other kinds of genius adapted to public entertain ment changed for a while the character of his public career It was found that
 he possessed dramatic powers and as those were the days of Master
 Roscius," his talents were not to be neglected. Successful as he had been with the violin, he met with still greater approval as an infant phe- nomenon He travelled through the
 English cities playing Hamlet and other
 Shakesperean parts, to the delight of
 the multitude He was only child
 uttering in verse and posing in cos- tune but infant phenomena were en-
 joyed then and Master Burke" be-
 came famous In 1880 his mother
 moved to this country and the young
 actor came along. For several years
 he repeated his success here and many
 an old playbill contains his name. He
 was no longer an infant, however, and
 after a few seasons he gave up acting.
 never to resume it again. MT. Burke
 then began the study of the law in the office of Governor William l.. Marcy at Albany. He was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. He con tinued to play the violin as an amateur and was selected in 1851 to be the solost of the Jenny Lind concert company This led to an intimate friendship with the prima donna which continued until her death. MT. Burke possessed many souvenirs of the famous singer and at the time of his death, wore a ring sine had given to him. MT Burke was for some years active as a leader of the violin in this city. He gave that up about twenty years ago and has since then lived during the summer on his farm at Batavia and during the winter with relatives at Washington, paying occasional visits to this city. The interment will be at Batavia. a."-NeW York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

be taken, The fishing industry is to be stopped altogether in the period be- tween January 1 and April l, which is the spawning season. The gathering of shells from any one bed for two consec- utive years is prohibited. The fishing for mussels with certain sharp instru- ments that injure the shells of those not taken is also prohibited. The pro- posed law prescribes the size of mus sells which can be lawfully taken, the idea being to protect the young ones which have not attained a marketable size.
 This bill is backed by the United States Fish commission, and will prob ably become law. If 1t does it is to be hoped that the mussels will flourish again,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
noSonINa ADmInAn scHLEY.

Admiral Schleys trip in the South and West is making it plainer than ever that the people are with the man who did the work at Santiago and then generously proclaimed that there was glory enough for all. Crowds gather to see and cheer him just as they did when he rode in the Dewey parade in New York city. In Chicago he and his wife visited a public school which bears his name, and there he found nine hundred children awaiting him. The pupils made an arch of triumph for him with palm leaves and sang, See! the Con- quering Hero Comes" Then the chil- dren sang this song of their own:
 Who's the hero of our nation?
 Admiral Schley,
 Whom we greet with jubilatton,
 Noble Schley.
 Proud Columbia's joyful roar
 Rings aloud from shore to shore
 Hail the hero we adore,
 Winfield Schley. ly greeted by men and women in Chi cago. The people like fair play, they feel that Schey hasn't had it, and they don't care if they are ''rebuked" for ex- pressing their sentiments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
EASY.

l If some preacher was only smart enough to put a side door in his church he would have it filled with men who would go in from force of habit.-New York Press. The Game of Fame e.-Scribbs-Do you think your new novel will sell? l Stubbs--Sell? Yes siree; I've hired 8 Chicago man to come forward and claim the plot.-Detroit Free Press.
 A bill is pending in the New York leg islature for the eradication of daisies. It would serve a good purpose if it were amended to include those who think they're daisies.--St. Paul Pioneer Press
 Isn't that a brigantine that's just coming up?" inquired the first passen- ger.
 T think not" replied the seasick man near by. T don't remember haV- ing eaten a brigantine. Philadelphia Press.
 She Preferred it,-He--It is better for us quietly to live apart without the scandal of a divorce
 She--I don't agree with you. My so- cial position is not so strong at present that I can afford to neglect any means to make it better-Brooklyn Life.
 pr. Dosem--Yes, Miss Wunder we have carried the practice of vaccination to that point where it is absolute pro- lection against smallpox.
 Miss Wunder-But doctor, I don't see why they do not vaccinate the smallpox germs and settle the thing for good Baltimore American.
 What's the matter, little boy?" in- quired the kind lady. stopping before a sobbing urchin on the street.
 IT got boil on my neck" whin1- pered the boy.
 Yes, but just think how many boils Job had!"
 T know, but think uv tn patience he had, tool" replied the boy,-Ohlo State Journal.
 All in Knowing How.-She--I often wonder how you manage to dash off those exquisite little poems of yours. And what lot of money you must make!
 The poet-Oh, it's very easy It sit down in January and think until about August or September. Then in Novem- her or December, when the poem is completed, I sell it for five dollars, or sometimes as high as ten dollars
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
About the Sale

The sale made necessary by the retirement of certain interests is still in progress, and much remains of value and interest to the person who would buy an object of lasting value. A few of the special articles may here be enumerated:
 A bowknot brooch of Paris mounting, contains 34 diamonds and whole pearl center. The price on this has been reduced from $2O0 to s150.
 A brooch of 15 fine diamonds, re- duced from s260 to $2O0
 A diamond and pearl brooch from s12O to $95.
 A diamond and sapphire cluster ring of ten stones, reduced from $20O to $150.
 A diamond sunburst, brooch and pendant, very fine grade, reduced from s275 to $220
 Antique gold brooch and pendant of five large pearls and 16 diamonds, with finely wrought gold necklace, reduced from $175 to $135.
 A butterfly diamond, emerald, opal and ruby pin and pendant, reduced from s10O to $65
 A diamond brooch of seven stones, reduced from $190 to s100.
 All articles in the retirement sale at reductions of 20 to 50 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
JS PLACE AT HAND?

Well disposed people all over the world will hope that at last there is going to be peace in South Africa. Il seems to be a fact that the government of Holland has offered in the most friendly terms to help in bringing about peace In a communication to the Brit ish government the Dutch government suggests that it might be permitted to act as a sort of diplomatic agent for the Boer delegates. But the government expressly disowns any attempt at in tervention, and does not mention any terms. Just what this means is not yet made clear, though some infer that the Dutch government would not have moved unless it was convinced that the Boer delegates now in Europe were willing to accept the cardinal points of the British peace terms so frequently announced in Parliament.
 There has been quite enough fighting and devastation. The Boers have am- ply shown their bravery and patriotism, and it doesn't seem necessary for those who are left to persist In dying in the last ditch. There is time to fight and a time to surrender, and the Boers can gain nothing now by continuing to fight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
TO PROTECT MANAGED MUSSEIS.

The agery-hunted clans of the east ern seashore are not the only things in shells threatened with extermination. The mussels of the Mississippi river are becoming scarce, and the situation is such that Representative Rumple of Iowa has introduced a bill in congress to protect the fresh water mussels in the rivers of the United States. It was discovered some years ago that the shells of various species of mussels, in cludng the nigger head, butterfly
 mucket, buckhorn, yellow sandshel and black sandshell, contained material splendidly adapted to the manufacture of high class pearl buttons The duty on these buttons is high enough to pro- tect the local industry, and soon facto- ries began to spring up all along the banks of the Mississippi, in whose wa ters thousands of mussels thrive. The shells were stripped of their contents and were then stamped into forms. or blanks, which were later turned into buttons. Thousands of persons are en- gagged in the industry, but the activity of the mussel hunters soon began to af- feet the supply. Undersized ones are now being taken the beds are being depleted, and unless congress comes to the rescue the entire supply will soon be eXhaustd. MT Rumple's bill propos- es to save the mussels and the industry by imposing certain restrictions upon the number and size of the mussels to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
The Psalm of the Professors.

Let us, then, be up and doing Things unorthod0X each day Ripping gospels up and strewing Old beliefs along the way. Be not like dumb, driven cattle That would be q foolish crime Flout the holy Bible, thatll Make you famous every time.
 Chicago Record-Herald
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
ADVERTISING RATES.

n
 Situations. Vents. Rents. and other slnaii advertisements. One Cent Woro each iI sertiou. Five Gents a Word for full weeH (seven timeRy. .
 Display advertisements. per i1ch, one in sertion. ST 20; each subsequent insertion, io cents; one week. s3.2G: one mouth, slo: one year. $40. ,n
 Obituary Notices. In prose ar verse, t' cents per line Notices of Births. Maryl ages Deaths, and Funerals 50 cents eacn' Locai Nnt.ces. 15 cents per line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

The Southern Congregationalist IS made by the types to say something 1t had not intended to say in the follow ing sentence: When pastor or an evangelist is guilty of immortality, and especially of impunity, expose him and let him suffer the penalty"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

Birds are made to take their own pictures by the ingenious apparatus of O. G. Pike, an English photographer. "A bait is placed on an electrical wire, which is so connected with the camera that when the bait is removed the camera shutter is released, giving an Instantaneous exposure of the sensitive plate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
RAILROAD GAR CHASERS.

They Keep Track of the Thousands of
 Freight Cars of Great Lines
 Among the most important employees of the great trunk lines of railroads are the ''ear chasers,' says the New York
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29
Some Bargains ln Women'S
 Coats.

HalfLong Coats of black all-wooI Cheviot, satin lineI throughout. finished Wilh velvet collar and pip- lngs, $8 now, reduced from SIS
 Coat of same length, made ot Oxford grey cheviot, lined with silk serge, goods all-wo5l, $7.o8, !noW, reduced from $Io.o8
 A lot of Misses and Women's Jackets, some worth as high as SIP, different colors, not cheap Jacket in the lot, now $3.9S and $4,9S
 Misses Jackets of dark blue Cheviot, I2,I4 and l6 years, they are satin lined throughout, are beautifully tailored and finished with velvet collars, $7.5o now.
 They were SIP
 Women's All-wool Kersey Jac- kets, dark blue, made with flare collar, bell cuffs and satin lined throughout, $Io now.
 They were $Io.5o
 Back Velveteen Skirts, trimmed with stitched taffeta bands, SIS Skirts, for $8.o8
 Tailored Suits, made of all-Wool Homespun, most approved shades of brown and grey, $8.o8 and $9.75 first price, now $6.o8
 Children's Golf Capes (25 inche plaid hoods and borders to match on plain colored cape, for $a.5o
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

MT Marconi has only claimed that the exchange of messages by his wire less system is practicable for distance of 75 or 80 miles at sea, but on the last trips of the Umbria and Etruria, mes cages were transmitted between them when they were 110 miles apart
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

There was a lively and curious scene in prayer meeting at the Tompkins Avenue Congregational church, Brook lyn the other night. A man. stran- ger to those present, rose and requested prayers for "a WayWard brother" iden- tifying the object of his solcitude as J. S. Ogilvie, the well known publisher. The man making the request grabbed his hat and coat and left the church. Prayer was offered as requested, then a concert of prayer was proposed when somebody got up and said MT. Ogilvie was all right and suggested that the man making the request needed prayers more than MT. Ogilvie did It was af- forward ascertained that the stranger was really MT. Ogilvie's brother but that he was the 'wayward" one, and had quarrelled with the publisher over a business deal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY u CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH ss TOR srx MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. IHE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-29

The government is preparing to estab- fish five experiment. farms and stations in the Philippine Islands to determine what may be accomplished in helping to push tropical production and more thoroughly equip the natives in the art of husbandry. This opens an opportu- nity for enterprising young farmers be- tween the ages of eighteen and forty- five for helping to subdue the islands to civilized uses. They will be required to file applica tions before March l for eX- animation by the civil service commits sion, and preference will be given to persons who can speak Spanish.