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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27
she smiIes al Wreoks.

Every clever hostess must to all sppe,,
anccs he made of stone, so far as al
agreeable happenings are concerned. Erc
though n guest or careless waiter Io,1
vertcntly breaks bit of china which N
never he replaced she must smile on
though the loss of the entire set woul
wv emphasize the pleasure Of the els.
ing.
Her well.bred calm inspires her enes,
with a feeling Of confidence. and Though
her heart she may be very dubious ahsr
certain important details Of her dinner
dance. If she does not show her aaxist
everything will pass off to hippy ssI
cluslon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27

outer one which was II foot deep was
accordion plated with three rows OF rib
bon on the bottom The batste skirt was
hattlemented Woand the lower edge and
had its square cut border outlined with
white lace I'm design which seemed TO be
combination of Irish point aud hlCt.
About eight inches below The waist there
was an inset Of lace AT least half yard
wide. This broad band came hit higher
~ the back, anu as ii gently sloped toward
the front n was nterSected hy a pAnpl Of
lace, which extended the entire length Of
the skirt In addition to the Irish point
patterns, which had filet mesh back
ground. the embroidery wheels Of the
batistc were cut ont and appliqucd cffec-
lively upon the lace.
over blouse of finely tucked blue chif
ron there was holcro Of embroidery which
rounded out ut the throat to disclose the
dainty undcrwaiSt Of blue. Tho bottom
% the bolero was cut In square tabs aud
trimmed around With lace In the same De.
sign as the skirt. Coming high enough In
show the wide crushed sash az blue Llbirty
satin. the lace Looked extremely nrefty
against the dainty background of soft pale
The unique part of the gown was repre-
scented IN the sleeves. which were male
with tlght upper part Of batistc nit or
msiI1lsRl across the elbow From this line
I tncrc tell graduated dounce ot accordion
plated blue chiffon, which reached n lentb
! Of at least eighteen inches M the h,ck ~
ne arm This plating was Weighted on
while hcht band Of The som, I IriSn l&co
u 81
/ ne arm and, meeting at the ontside 49,
I !nere caught IN such manner thai Ii fcli
i'm q long single loop ~ iN''
Inc other gown on this page IS Of noIo
( plne suede cloth with plated biouse DYER
when Is worn charming coat of I,Ieb
! crochet lace The skirt. though sevsr',l,,
/ Rl1ih' is one ot the prcttlcst mndpb Nc
have seen. There are no tucks or NAM
/ ana around The bottom there Is two'in,.I
! nahd ~ crochet Insertion plared betuoo,,
/ the lace. '"'' 'ne Wluth or
I Nothing In the way Of feminine nove,t,os
! smader than the semlloose sacglie end
/ thoush thHcia and even linen are Ia he
/ very much worn lace Is ever The heiabt -
/ dalntiness and beauty, r's"' VI
Ims particular garment Is ornnmen.oa
/ Win the new silken cord and fassris v.hioh
! nt' used 10 close tho coat when n n hettrn
( ne 70 wear Z So. The lace Is NM uno', .
/ toahUatlQn of white mousspIine ovet 20
dsla, SO there l. nothing clumsy IN itt tim
! .ppeMnnce. The sleeves are made ofinir
! tny aceented mode-ihat Is with MN AZ ~
| y Flst n THIS case the fullness Is gunnlird
ny pele hlre chi0on, which Is drawn int
a wristhlnd ~ lace sewn with snsu
sllken cords and tasseis. 'Na''
SPRING MUFFs A FANCY.
While NUTS as a general thing sugeas,
| sharp, biting weather aud ,-int - =, 4 q /,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27
LIGHT GRAY WITH LACE AND CHENILLE TRiMMNes


another somewhat remarkable dena,int
from present modes Is observed IN II
eltlre absence Of pendant flowers Of Il,
pciies. r-'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27

Whlie NUTS as general thing sugeest
sharp, biting weather and winter annarel
tAe dainty article In this instance Is more
OF sprinslike accessory. In the arst place
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
NECK DRESSING FRIvOLITIES.
Suggestions Regarding the Proper
Things in Neckwear for Women
of All Tastes.

The general preference at present
seems to be in favor of high, close
stocks for outdoor wear, and fiat.
easy collars for the house gowns and
silk waists. Of course, it is only
given to the young and full throated
to wear fiat collars, and on cotton
country gowns they are to predom-
mate later over every other style of
neck finish. At the neckwear depart
ments of the big dry goods houses
they sell enhancing examples of this
model wrought out of heavy yellow
Irish, Dutch or Italian lace. in COM
bination with velvet or mirror velvet
cen; and from France they are send
ing over delicate lawn and linen flat
collars crisped around the edges and
on the points with white embroidery.
They are fashioned with big old-fash-
ioned cameo or seed pearl brooches.
Should woman prefer something
quite as airy, though less severe, than
a, perfectly fiat collar for wear, es-
pecially with her new spring things,
or even as a light touch to a winter
waist, she can do no better than wear
one of the new tucked silk muslin col
lars, the pattern of which only came
into being a short time ago, says a
fashion authority. The band of mus
lin that clasps the neck is tucked to
give it stiffness and body, and the
tie ends are tucked almost to their
tips, where they are finished with
rows of hemstitching or broad hem
briar stitched down. In some cases
single thickness of colored Liberty
silk is tackled on the inside of the
neckband, and often enough a cafe
au lait muslin is employed instead
of the ivory white.
Instead of French knots, once so
popular in the decoration of fancy
neckties, the humor now is for pref
t1ly beaded or pearl sprinkled stocks,
and for some of the fashionable new
spring tailor dresses the most Won
derful adjustable jeweled collars of
leather have been introduced. A
beautifully dressed suede or glace kid
is used for this. purpose. The collar
Is cut from one strip of delicate skin,
trimmed with fiat caboohon turquoise,
pearls or steel beads, lined with a soft
satin, and is hooked on any gown
with which it will harmonize.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
STANDS IN TWO COUNTRIES.
Post Office building That Is Located
ON Vermont and Canadian
Soil.

The most curious post Office in
America is the one which stands in
Beebe Plain, town half in Vermont
and half in the province of Quebec,
Can, says the New York Herald.
The old post Office was built about
Is years ago exactly on the line be-
tween the United States and Canada,
so that it stands in two countries and
serves in the postal service of two ma
tions.
The cellar of the building connects
the two countries, and some years
ago, when the post Office was gener-
al store, whisky was known to be sold
in one country and delivered in an
other without ever having gone out
from under the roof of the old struc-
ture.
This combination post office is now
being run by parent and child, the
father being postmaster for Canadian
Quebec, and the daughter postmis-
tress for Vermont.
Standing in front of this strange
post office is large post which marks
the boundary line, and it is said that
one time a man who wanted to get a
roadway to his premises moved this
post, and many thousands of dollars
and no little time were spent to es-
tablish the exact line again.
Until a short time ago a very Pc
culiar post office was used in Argyll
shire, England 1t was situated in the
lonely hills between Drimnin and
Barr, three miles from any habita-
tion, and consisted of simple slit
in a rock, closed up by nicely-fittine
stone.
When any letters arrived at Drim.
min for the district of Barr they were
conveyed to the rock by the first
shepherd or crofter going so far.
Having been dropped in and the slit
reclosed, they were left until a shep
herd or crofter from the other side
happened to come along, when they
were taken up and delivered at their
due destination. No letter was ever
known to be lost at this primitive
post office.
At Burra, Shetland, an old tin can.
lister, made water-tight with newspa-
pers and pitch, was once picked up on
the shore. 1t contained ten letters,
with the correct cash for postage.
With these was also letter for the
finder, urgently requesting the post
ing of the accompanying missives, as
they were important business COM
munications. After the letters had
been carefully dried they were at once
posted to their destinations, which
they reached without further adven.
ture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
Practically Starving.

"After few bottles of Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure my wife received perfect and
permanent relief from a severe and
chronic case of stomach trouble" says J.
R. Holly, real estate, insurance and loan
agent, of Macomb, Ill. "Before using
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure she could not eat
an ordinary meal without intense suffer-
ing. She is now entirely cured. Sew
eral physicians and many remedies hal
failed to give relief. You don't have to
diet. Eat any good food you want, but
don't overload the stomach, Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure will always digest it for you.
Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
There is a demand for guttapercha

There is a demand for guttapercha
600 times greater than the supply.
One of the finest bronzes known is
made of aluminium alloyed with cop
per.
DR.. A. Berger, of Sorbonne, suggest
ed in a lecture delivered before num-
Der of scientists at Paris the other day
that an international monument
should be raised to the memory of the
late Lieut.. Matthew F. Maury, of the
United States, the pioneer of modern
meteorology and photography.
Prof. Sydney R. Covey, principal of
one of the public schools of Utica, N.
Y, who has drunk nothing but steril-
lied water for several years, is dead
from typhoid fever, and an investiga-
tion shows that the well used by the
concern which furnished the sterilized
water is filled with typhoid germs.
A French scientist claims he can fix
the age of porcelain vases by testing
them with magnets. The iron in clay
is magnetized in the direction of the
compass needle, and this direction is
fixed when the clay is baked. Knowing
the "dip" and "declination'' of the
needle at various times in past CEN
turtles, the age of vases may be COM
puted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
King Edward VII. reads his speeches
rom tvDeWritten manuscript.

King Edward VII. reads his speeches
from typewriter manuscript.
Maine has two citizens who voted for
Andrew Jackson in 1S32--W. H. CHS
ham, of Augusta, and Capt. Joshua
Moulton, of Scarboro.
DIR. Edward Ever ett Hale, who will
celebrate his eightieth birthday on
April 3, persists in refusing to be
called a clergyman. He wishes to be
designated only as "Chrisitian min
ister."
j. L. Molloy, the well-known musical
composer, whose songs, "The Kerry
Dance" and "Love's Old Sweet Song"
lives retired life near Henley. AS
his name implies, Mr.. Molloy is an
Irishman. For several years he was
private chamberlain to the pope.
Mrs. Hayward Lynah, of Savannah,
Ga, has in her possession the missile
that killed Count Pulaski at the siege
of Savannah. Contrary to the general
understanding, it is not bullet, but
an iron grapeshot, not more than an
inch in diameter.
Edward Tuck, the wealthy Boston
ian who has decided to defray the en-
tire cost of erecting a free American
hospital in Paris, had been known pre-
viously as a philanthropist. Among
his benefactions were gifts to Dart
mouth college amounting to $4,000
Mr.. Tuck, who is silent partner in a
banking firm of Paris, has lived IN
the French capital for number of
YearS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
WHEN YOU STRIKE A MATCH.
An Interesting Problem Which May
Not Have to Come to the Notice
of the Many.

'How many matches are struck in
single day?" asked an enthusiastic
young statistician, according to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, land
how many cords of wood and how
many tons of sulphur and how many
units of heat are represented in the
worlds daily lyconsumption of matches?
Here is an interesting problem.
Matches, of course, are not used in all
the countries of the world. There are
many primitive peoples who are still
kindling sparks from fiinty substances,
just as our ancestors did in the long
ago, when they made pots and kettles
out of clay and stones and knives out
of bones and the harder formations
in the crust of the earth. Some coun-
tries are so damp that matches can
not be used with convenience. In
many of the tropical countries which
may be classed as civilized matches
cannot be struck on account of the
dampness except on the rough sandy
edge of the box.
''But in the great and more advanced
countries of the world matches are in
almost universal use. Exceptions may
be found in rural sections that are al
most completely isolated, like some
portions of agricultural Germany, or
remote parts of the United States, for
that matter, but these exceptions are
very rare. Getting back to the daily
consumption of matches, it is really
an enormous thing. The consumption
in the United States daily is some
thing enormo S. Roundly there are
S0,000,000 persons in the United States.
On the accepted allowance of five for
each family this means 10000, 900 fam
lilies, so right on the jump we would
have 100000 stoves which would
consume at the very lowest an aver
age of three matches each and every
day, or a total of 4S,OOO,0O0. In the
evening the lamps must be lighted in
each of these homes.
"Then there are the hotels, the res
taurants, the saloons and the business
places generally which keep open at
night, with their millions of gas Jets
and lamps, and it is reasonable to as
SNiAiS eIi"o 'hS SOh9uLl P1lOh VI hdJcHeS
in these places would equal, if it did
not surpass, the consumption in the
homes of the country. Mind you I
have said nothing about the factories
and institutions of that sort, and
nothing about vast quantities of
matches consumed daily by the smok-
ers of the country, the cigarette tiends
and the fellows whose pipes are al
ways going out. Why, fortune goes
up daily in matches smoke, and the
sulphur and wood and units of heat
wasted in this way is something start
ling. Electricity has to some extent
cut down the consumption of matches,
but the consumption is large enough,
and the fellows who are to come after
us may have reason to deplore our ex-
travagance in this respect, for wood
is getting scarcer all the time.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
A PICKWICKIAN CONTRACT.
Has Fun with an Over-Worked
Ticket Agent.

He was an elderly man, of dignified
mien, and looked carefully at the ticket
handed to him at the One Hundred and
Fifty-ffth street station of the New
York & Putnam railroad one afternoon
recently, says the New York Herald.
"Have you written authority to sell
me this ticket?" he asked of the agent.
Certainly, I have" came the quick
answer.
"Will you please allow me to see it p"
"Don't bother me-" replied the man
inside of the window. "There are per-
sons behind you waiting for their tick
ets."
'1t is not my fault that bother you,"
said the man, with deliberate words,
"but the railway company makes it
necessary, for this ticket reads: Good
only when stamped and sold by an
agent holding written authority and
1 want to be sure that l am safe in
buying it from YOU"
"That tickets all right" answered
the agent.
81 hope So" replied the purchaser,
"but under the decisions of the courts
think that this notice puts me on
my inquiry, and the well-known rule
of 'caveat emptor, applies. If you
have no written authority to sellit the
conductor might eject me from the
train, and I might be without a legal
remedy"
"The conductor will take that ticket
all right | saw and''-
''Yet," interrupted the man, "the
only safe way is for me to inspect your
written authority"
81 can't hunt that up" snapped the
agent. "Will you get out of the way
and let the others get their tickets?"
Certainly, as soon as know if 1 am
making binding contract with the
company. What is this condition
printed on the ticket for if I cannot
ascertain if you have authority to
sell it?"
"That don't mean anything!" ex-
claimed the agent, impatiently.
''Then it is to be taken in the Pick
wickian sense?" said the man, he
turned away, with slight smile that
showed he had been enjoying the
agents discontinue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
AN ANGRY COUPLES QUEST,
Husband and Wife Wanted Divorce
and They Wanted 1t Mighty
Quick,

An incident somewhat out of the or
dinary was noted the other day with
in the somber walls of the city hall. A
well-dressed couple-man and woman
passed through the main corridor of
the building, both glancing at all the
signs, as though in quest of some par
ticular office. 1t is by no means unusu-
al for welf-dressed couples to enter the
city hall, but for the most part they
are in quest of licenses to wed. The
countenances of this couple, however,
were too serious for the matrimonial
allegation to hold, says the Washing
ton Star.
"Where do you get divorces?" finally
asked the man, in tone almost savage,
of one of the court criers.
Although completely staggered, the
official managed to gasp: "What?"
"We want to get divorce, and we
want to get it quick" the angry stran-
ger explained.
The crier inquired if petition had
been filed and if the applicant had OBJ,
tanned the services of an attorney.
The answer being in the negative the
crier called a lawyer who was standing
near by, and the latter made clear that
certain preliminaries are essential be-
fore the matrimonial bonds are, as a
rule, severed. The indignant man and
the equally angry woman recited
their grievances. She was determined
to go on the stage and he objected.
This was the tale of woe in a nutshell.
The lawyer suggested that as there
had been no cruel treatment the sim.
plest ground on which to procure di
vorce would be desertion. That course,
however, would require at least two
years to obtain a divorce.
"Humph," said the woman, sneering-
ly, as she turned to her husband.
Your ignorance is appalling. You
told me all that was necessary was to
come here to the courthouse and sign
book"
"Pll admit ignorance or anything
else to get rid of you," growled the
man.
"Well, then, I'll desert you," replied
the woman. "These gentlemen are
witnesses to what 1 say. hereby de-
sert you"
The disappointed couple thereupon
departed from the building in COM
pany, and as they disappeared from
view were engaged in earnest conver-
sation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
The Great Dismal Swamp
OF Virginia is breeding groun

Of Virginia is a breeding ground
of Malaria germs. So is low, wet
or marshy ground everywhere.
These germs cause weakness, chills
and fever, aches in the bones and
muscles, and may induce dangerous
maladies. But Electric Bitters
never fail to destroy them and cure
malarial troubles. They will sure
ly prevent typhoid. "We tried
many remedies for Malaria and
Stomach and Liver troubles, y
writes John Charleston, of Byes-
vile, o., "but never found any
thing as good as Electric Bitters. y
Try them. Only SOC at DR.. Kinks
drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25

In America the SunflOWer is not
grown to any great extent as a
farm crop, its uses being principally
confined to ornamental purposes
and poultry food. In Russia,
where the numerous religious
feasts restricting the use of meat
lead to large consumption of veg
etable oils and oily foods, the sun.
flower seed has become almost a
staple article of diet. 1t is eaten
raw or roasted as peanuts are in
America, but much more exten.
sively. If the beef trust keeps
raising the price of meat in the
United States we will therefore
have recourse to new food. Sun
flower oil and oil cake are also
being manufactured on a CONNER
cial scale in parts of Russia. The
Oil expressed from the seed is high
ly priced as an edible oil, and one
which, more nearly than any other
known vegetable oil, has the gen
eral properties of the oil of the
olive. The oil cake left after the
extraction of the oil by pressure is
extremely rich in nitrogenous mat
ter, and has food value equal to
the cake resulting from the express
sion OF maize oil or linseed oil. In
addition to this, it has the advan-
tage of being more palatable and
therefore will be eaten with more
avidity than the other oil cakes
mentioned. The suntiower seed is
also Il valuable food for stock when
mixed in proper proportions with
other food products, and has great
medicinal qualities.
Rev. R. w. Todd gave an inter
esting talk on the raising of COW
peas as followed in Sussex county,
Delaware, where the crop is used
instead of hay.
The host when called upon for
an essay responded with the
following:
GOOD ROADS.
The people of Cecil county seem to at
last have awakened to the fact that it is
economy to have good roads, even if they
pay more tax. Does farmer ever think
how much inconvenience bad roads put
him to in hauling out his crops and haul
ing home his fertilizer?
I have been hauling hay, $500 lbs. tc
the load, when rain would come, and
1000 was harder on the team than the
$500 on good solid road, making the
cost of hauling about so per cent more
aud not only the extra cost in hauling
but we have to do the hauling when we
should be on the farm, for wet weather i.
not good weather to plow or work on the
farm, aud think it time that we have {
lroad system with a competent man at th'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
Saved Many A Time.

Don't neglect coughs and colds even if it
is spring. Such cases often result serious
ly at this season just because people are
careless. A dose of One Minute Cough
Cure will remove all danger Absolutely
safe. Acts at once. Sure cure for coughs,
Group, grip, bronchitis, and other throat
and lung troubles. 'I have used One
Minute Cough Cure several years." says
Postmaster c. o. Dawson, Barr, Ill. "It
is the best cough medicine on the mar
ket. 1t has saved me many severe spell
of sickness and warmly recommend il. :"
The children's favorite. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25
A Doctors Bad Plight.

"Two years ago, as a result of a
severe cold, I lost my voice."
writes DR.. M. L. Scarborough, of
Hebron, Ohio, "then began an
obstinate cough. Every remedy
known to me as practicing physi-
clan for 30 years, failed, and 1
daily grew worse. Being urged to
try DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, l
found quick relief, and for the last
ten days have felt better than for
two years." Positively guaran-
teed for Throat and Lung troubles
by L. R. Kirk. druggist; SOC and
$l.00. Trial bottles free,