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IN wide effects. 1t is. indeed, very strong
and durabe-provided it is kept dry.
SHE TOOK THE CAKE.
Engine Whose Name Sounds Like Tele.
phone Call was the Swiftest.
From the Mexican Herald.

FTOW me WeLtcun HFuTd
Lying IN the Central yards and under goln e
the process Of being dismantled is an old
engine No. O3, once one Of the finest and fastest
engines of her class To-day she represents
nothing to the casual observer but an old
scrap iron pile. yet thirty-odd years a9o tho
cows got out of her way and the amazed
spectators clapped their hands and shouted
their applause when she passed by under
full speed. running at the rate Of four kllo-
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white lace. BY Ill the laws Of ahinity .
GOAL scuttls bonnet should be worn With
this costume, but in its place smart. mod
ern felt Of maize uncut velvet b selected,
shirred and trimmed under the brim with
red autumn leaves and blue poster foliage.
A New York girl who has bsen permitted
to ssleoe many Of her own coming out
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gowns has had designed a plum bloom
silk muslin. The color Ia simply wonderful,
like the silver bloom on = Damson plum.
It d combined with chiffon velour Of the
color Of the plum without the bloom, and q
soft cream lace is laid over plum chiffon.
The fashion Of the gown suggests an old
folks concert. The skirt Is al full a. q
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FOR THE DEBUTANTE.
Frocks Of the Girl Making Her
Bow to Society.
SOMETIMES SHE'S ALL In WHITE
New Notifications of the Quaint
Styles of 1880

Trsusseau OF the Lucky Debutante-Typea
Of the Dancing and Reception Cos
tumes---Morc Extravsgancc in Decora.
tion--variations Of the Ruined skirts
-Pale Silver Blue to he Worn Much
BY Detutantes--A striking Opera
Cloak-some Pretty Luncheon Gowns.
The modern American deb'rante is an
expensive luxury. Millions o, dollars are
expended annually on her.
The day Of the shrinking ingenue is past.
Shyness with white muslin and red gera-
riums n out OF date. The girl who makes
her bow to the world or rather to her own
particular set at this season is not built
on shrinking lines.
She is. In fact sometimes much taller than
and quite a. robust as the men she bows
TO- In place Of white muslin, her gown is
painted or embroidered silk gauze, and the
perfume Of gardenias is all about her. As
for red gsraniuns. they are vaguely as
sociated b her mind with Fifth avenue
window flower boxes In summer.
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It ID . far reach from the red gerant,lm
girl, who .wept with delight when you gave
her smile. and trembled with fear at your
frown,' to her distinctly athletic grand
daughter Of to-day. who seldom weeps
with delight except at matinee, and who
regards q frown as several removes from a
tragedy. And the difference n not wholly
Coral or sartorial
IL ID the training the dSbutants receives
from her cradle up. from = woman who
was trained In the same way, that makes
the girl of 1903 q marvel Of beauty and
strength, good taste and pretty frocks
"A beautiful girl in beautiful frock' is
her paraphrasing Of an old saying that in
the original had something about mind
h II.
The nursery training Of the debutante
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gowns appear trimmed elaborately with
the silky fabric, and others are wholly con-
str,icted Of 1t. But few women who pur-
chase IL dream that they may share tho
fate OF O fashionable French woman who
wore such q gown, costing more than a
thousand francs, TO the races recently.
She looked lovely, but there came up a
drenched and Immediately began to resolve
into It's native elements. The lady drove
home. dragged of the fragments and threw
them into a corner The story seems to
point moral: Either do not indulge In
hbre laoe or-to use colloquialism-keep
out OF the rain.
Fibre lace Ia made up into fine Cluny
and Spanish lace limitations, into renais-
sance and other rich effects. and appears
In silver and gold effects. in white--whioh
has the 6 lint Of moonlight IN it-and in many
,soft colorstsu 20 lovely that the new trim
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scallops in an embroidered pattern In black
and with medallion passernsnterie of mar
row seals<in and fine si,. needlswork.
The skirt has an extraordinary uneven
fiounoe set on In squares and inset with
the seal passemsnterie. The sleeves are
q now design OF graduated balloon puff.
very simple and graceful and made ap-
propriate for the street by the addition
Of long gloves.
gown that might easily have been In
herited from white muslin and red &C.
ranium grandmother will be worn by one
Of this seasons debutantes for matinees
and afterpoon teas. There u notAAnodeCn
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DISSOLVING GOWNS.
A New Kind which Are Beautiful Only
When Kept Out Of the Wet.

Nothing prettler has been devised in a
long time than the new fibre lace and there
are women who hang in raptures over
a gown of the material as it sweeps about
them, its lustrous folds lending grace to
the figure, and the subtle effect OF light,
which see ms emitted from the lace, lend
ing beauty to its decorative pattern.
But the composition Of the material
has in il celluloid. sometimes spun glass,
and a glutinous substance Of the variety
used in France and elsewhere for making
-ll,st rous silk" The completed article
has a gloss that silk has never achieved +,
and is very lovely and-at present--very
fashionab bic. 1nnumerable models OF fall
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grapes In jade and Jet. Above the fring ge,
In way connecting it with the gown, is a
pattern Of leaves embroidered on the ohif-
fon in green and black.
A deep full frill Of chiffon hides the blouse
and Is trimmed with lace and overhanging
b,nches OF grapes. The yoke LIS white
velvet EN- mbroidered with gold, and long
cuffs are Of cream chiffon, held in place
with wonderful buttons Of carved Jade
and dull silver.
A black and white velvet hat Ia worn with
masses OF white silk roses having notice.
ably green centres.
Infinitely simpler in effect, but costing
a months income Of a we'll to do man, Ia
an afternoon calling frock Of chiffon velotrs.
the lightest weight and most adaptable Of
any Of the rich winter materials. Over a
blouse and sleeves Of pale brown chiffon
Is deep straight cape, elaborately trimmed
with Malta hand lace, embroidered in dark
brown silk.
The yoke and stock are a MAS Of hand
embroidery on pale blue chiffon In brown
and cream silk. The cape Is trimmed In
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Guns have plenty of uses apart from
killing. For instance. the signal gun
of ship is intended solely for an
nouncing her arrival on coast. Again.
in desert countries. where water II
often difficult TO collect out of n mere
dalnpncss of sand. gun barrel sunk
into the ground will collect moisture
in the bore. and many life has been
saved by Il timely suck mt the muzzlc,
Minute guns are fired for public
mourning. and national rejolcings Tue
the form of royal salute.
A shaver captured with II cargo of
slaves in the tropics was put In charge
OF prize crew. ON her voyage the wa
ter ran short and the slaves, slHvers
and prize crew were dying OF thirst
This set one of the marines, II sergeant.
thinking, and lac hit upon n brilliant
idea
After rcgaining reluctant consent
from the captain he took all the avaIla
Bile gun barrels, plugged up the brccch
ends Of IL few OF them, filed their bOres
with sea water and set them end up
among the Goals of the galley fra AZ
The steam rose he ran II through other
Eun barrels until IL got cool, The cool
ing steam collected in the shape Of OK
cellent fresh water, OF which he pro
cured steady though small supply
London Telegraph.
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A Dor.. Fidelity

In the upper part of the famous Sc
man and his wife settled when the
country was new and wild. one Of the
first crops that they raised was II con-
siderable field of cotton When il was
ready 10 be picked they went out To-
gether prepared 10 make n holiday out
of this pleasant labor. Their one baby
WIS left In Il cradle nj the edge of the
field, and the faithful old dog was
instructed to watch the tiny sleeper.
After considerable time they lookcd
toward the cradle to see IL all was well
there. They were startled by the dis.
coyery that the little couch had been
turned completely over. The dog was
making queer dives underneath and
yelping as if In anger AZ they hasten
ed To the place they were Mortified To
find the animals Jaws covered with
blood and Instantly came to the con
clusion that he had been rcnding the
child with his teeth
The angry father hit the animal II
deathblow with cudgel and then
hastily turned the cradle right side up.
There was the baby all unharmcd, and
there I'm the bedding was an enormous
rattlesnakr. Killed by the faithful dog
after "A fierce fight, in which both com
batants had received many wounds
Springfield Republican.
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benson, t,ssie Fisher, Rella Kugler,
Anna Parker Jessie Bair, Mary Clark,
Herbert Holcomhe, May Jones, Reba
Slack, Bessie Slack, James Ledger,
Anna Cox, Bessie Schwartz, Emily
Maxwell, Mary Parrish.
"D" Grades per cent. and over:
l. Miridm Ennis : :. Eisic BoWbtda;
Helen Regan, Elizabeth Smith, Rich
ard Van Horn, Reba Camp, Mary Hunt,
Marguerite Black, Horace Farlee, Ma
mic Groginsky. 80 per cent. and I'M
der % George Taylor, Ethel Smith,
Alfred Bodine, J. Bradley Akers, Grace
Reid.
Names of those whose REGULATIONS,
including Department, have been conf
mendablc
FIRST WARD PRIMARY.
a. Grade-Leo Campbell, Edith
Blcu, Anna lodor, Elizabeth Ent, FL
In Fumcr, Anna Black, Florence Lewis,
Grace Diet, Ava Eye, May Cruthers,
Anna Morgan, Hazel Bayard, Helen
Lyons, ELLA Baeorn, Katie Ford, Ruth
Ford, Vera Sleifer, Tillic Schultz, Paul
Hoagland, Henry Morgan, Harold
Smith, Raymond Myers, Hymie Raph-
ael, Charles Weller, Leon Albeit, Al
bert Mathews, Erdman Hoagland, An
drew Holeombe, Harry Meehan.
"B y Grade-llarry Myers, Maggie
prutzman, Mildred Montgomery, En-
lille Wesner, Florence Helsel, Margue-
rite McQuillan, Anna Lerch, Helen
Clark, George Harrison, Anna Lennon,
Lizzie tfrbano, Edith NJ. Hall, Ken
meth Reed, John +. Ennis, Comfy Sine,
Douglas Pew, Raymond Danbury, Ad-
miral l.auer, Joseph Stockton, Earl
lIolCombe Walter Bair, Albert Hol-
combe, John Hoagland, Irving Hop
peck, John =. Norris.
THIRD WARD PRIMARY.
az Grade Bessie Ericsson, Made
line O'Neil, Minnie Moore, Marie Me
ginncs, Lizzie Lucas, Jessie Ewell,
Marion Reading, Violet Williamson,
Reba Rose, Avis Black, Mary Buck
man, Nellie Williams, Gertrude Como
YER Irene Foy, Artman Lambert, Roy
Price, Alexander Dilts, Douglas Dilts,
Howard Swift, Bradford rhorne, llar-
vcy Trimmer, William Hunt, Paul
Malloy, Walter Kerr, Stanley Hol-
combc, Robert Justice.
"B" Grade Ella Thorne, Margaret
Williamson, Madeline Holcombe, vii
liam Carkhuti, George Larson, Avis
Curtis, Alice Cunningham, Marion
Scott, Grace Malloy, Norman Hol-
comhc Albert Tomson, Grace 'romson,
Carrie Swallow, Lloyd Van Horn, Nio-
let Iolcomhe, Alice Allen, Mary Ew-
ing, Bessie Miller, Rachel Horn, Is
tclla Young, Freda Lambert, Hazel
Dyas, Elvira Cox, Fay Goodtellow.
ALIEN. =. KERR,
Supervising Principal.
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"Thcrc Is nothing admire In n eat
so much ma her absolute indepcnd
encc," said man as he watched II big
Angora sweep hanghtily around the
room. you are bound to treat n eat
kindly. If you abuse her or Ill treat
her she cares nothing more for you
Now. n dog will lick the hand that
beats him, but II eat Will have only the
utmost contempt for you This tcnden-
~ Of n dog to love its master even aft
cr it has been kicked may appeal to
Bomc, but | like the cats high, proud
spirit better This independent spirit
of the eat crops ont in many Ways.
You may slap her for stealing milk,
but the next time she gets u chance
she viii steal milk She viii appro-
pirate the best chair In the room and
endure with II Supercilious air your po-
lite hints or stern commands to her to
get down hut she viii never bulge
until the spirit moves her or you re-
move her by force. If she Is crazy TO
get I'm the window and You open IT for
her, she takes her time. stops to sniff
bit and does not allow you to think
for one instant that she was at all con
cerned over the opening of that win
dow They are beautiful animals, and
they know II, aud II You don't like
them they don't care a hang New
York Times
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lie had been away on II business trip
for quite long time and had brought
his wife handsome fan upon his re
turn
You're just perfectly lovely, Fred
she said. It's the daintlcst and most
beautiful fan | ever saw"
I'm glad you like it," he returned,
with evident qualification.
How could help liking anything so
prctiyf" she asked, and then she added
with sigh. Il only wish | could carry
ii some time
"Why can't youf" he demanded.
mo gown to go with It," she answer
cd promptly. 'There ought to be Il
gown to match or at least one that
wouldn't look shabby beside it If
She got the gown. He kicked him
self for two days and ever thereafter
bought fans TO match what she already
had New York Times.
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his temper rose. He looked off TO the
right for Il long minrte and then asked
severely:
WAS there anything at the Point to
loosen it,
Leda's mouth flew open in undis-
guised fright
Who told you we We're to the
Point"
Il knew II all the time"
She began to cry.
Il never will again, truly"
How could you behave so;" said the
lover. launching himself suddenly into
the full tide of his righteous wrath
You put me beyond all patience; go
ing off like that with Wrycroft. when
you know perfectly we'll that you be
long to some one else, and then actually
letting him"
I.eda seized his arm.
"Only once" she protested earnestly.
only once"
Once is once too often" said Hank
ness, great and exceeding bitterness
yelling up in his tone. "Oncc is II great,
great many times 100 often, COnSiuti-
ing the situation. Now, Leda, listen To
me-" he continued sternly. EITHER
promise me that YOU will never, never
again do anything In the slightest de
gree questionable or We'll call II all of
and you can give me back the comb
that you still have"
"Oh, I'll PROMISE" said Leda, with II
submissive choke. III never. never do
so again Truly truly Upon my word
and honor"
Hardness looked Ia the right and
left and behind Then he leaned down
and kissed her
I.eda smiled happily. almost forget
ting the side comb
shes n dear little girl" said her
lover, and, taking all the driving appa-
rntus into his right hand he thrust the
left into his breast pocket and drew
forth the missing comb
Icda screamed.
"Oh. where did You find IT."
Il didn't find 1t anywhere" he said
eoolly, ms he adjusted the reins again,
Il took II out of your hair myself last
night"
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Runeinnnn and Henley.

IT Is related that shortly after Runci-
man, the we'll known writer on seafar-
ers and smugglers and poachers, had
bitterly fallen out with w. Il. Henley
he lay dying In London. To Henley in
Edinburgh. lame and Ill. came an In
direct message that Runciman believed
that If Henley could come and look on
him lac would get well. 1t WAS dy-
ing mans whimsy, but Henley took
the train from Edinburgh and arrived
In London to find his friend dead.
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Strictly IteKuIur

The darky's fondncss for chicken is
only equalcd 10y his dcXterity IL getting
possession of the birds. Weak consider
ations Of mine and thine do not trouble
him in the least. In any event his logic
Is equal 10 the strain of n good excuse.
Witness the following conversation:
81 see you have chicken for dinner"
'Yessuli," says Mr.. Erastus Pinklcy
II hope You bought the chicken"
well, no, but the transaction were
strictly regular. Dat chicken has been
rcstin' on my fence wifout pnyin' nuff-
in, an | reckonrd it were bout time to
f0hclosen'- Kansas City Independent
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The Claddagh wedding rings are alb
solutely different from the ordinary
plain gold finger band which n cynlc
once declared TO be the sign manual
Of a mans impertlnence and WON
ans folly" Those used by that pic
turesque colony, the Clnddagh fisher
folk, are In the form Of two clasped
hands holding II heart. IT is II quaint,
pretty and symbollcal design, and, odd.
ly enough, the very old specimens are
thought to be the most valuable
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The Touarags Of the Sahara are one
of the most curious races of mankind
The men never expose their faces TO
public view. They always wear
cloth mask. even when they are eat,
Ing and sleeping. II Is said that only
bne white traveller has ever seen
fouarag unmasked They think they
are dishonorcd II their faces ere un-
covered
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"ln some circles Of ancient magnifi-
ccncc," said the pcdantic person, st
was customary TO have n skeleton at
the feast
1--WE follow that custom at our
house" answered Mr.. Mcekton. I'VE
have turkey one meal and the skele-
ton for the next four Exchange.
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InlDreshiye

why did we arrive late and leave
before the opera was overf' asked the
youngest daughter. 1t was very Ell
joyable."
"Of course it WAS. answered Mrs.
Newrich. but. my dear. we had to
Show people that we didn't care wheth-
or we got our moneys worth or not"
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"Many people are entirely too hasty.
A man ought to think two or three
minutes before he opens his mouth at
oil"
at altogether depends. He ought to
think two or three years before he
opens his mouth to sing" Phlladel-
phia Ledger
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schnoIboy DefnItions.

These are two schoolboy definitions
illustrated by sentences:
"F'rantic means wild: picked some
frantic flowers"
athletic, strong; the vinegar was
too athletic TO use Little Chronicle.
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JInnlnx the scales,

"Confound IL" growlcd Closeman. Il
dropped Il dime in that weighing ma
chine instead of II penny"
"ITa, haw ehuckled his buifoon
friend Il guess that's when you tip
ped the scales. Philadelphia Record.
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You can hardly persuade Miss Old
girl That marriage is not II failure"
WHY She never did marry"
But she tried to AMI failed" Smart
Set.
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pIcnfY Hropncd.

Flyttcr | suppose there's money to
be picked up in the stock market.
Fluttcrer- ought to be. Why,
| myself have dropped considerable OF
n there Boston Transcript.
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A Satisfying Portrait.

Mr. Roxe- This portrait doesn't look
like my wife ut all.
Artist know it doesn't, but II looks
ms she thinks size looks. Judge.
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So strong is Bank of England note
paper that u single sheet VIII lift
weight of loo pounds
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1t Is n great evil as well as mis-
fortune to be unable TO utter prompt
md decided no.-Slmmons.
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Every bird. SOONER or later comes
down from It's perch. Schoolmaster,
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lAMBERTylLlE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Report Of the Eambertvile Public
Schools for the tsccond) month ending
November I'd. 1903
Sharp County record., 1903-10-30
TEXAc.

Texas is a whopper. She's a
peach. She's the widest and the
widest and the broadcast and the
longest country on earth, extend
ing from east and west and also
from north to south. She could
put Rhode Island down in her
vest pocket. She could swallow
three or four states like Maryland
and Vermont and New Jersey,
and wash 'em down by drinking
the Mississippi river dry, and
could digest them without ever
having the collie. Texas is the
empire state of the union without
any Kaiser Bill for an emperor.
She's the chiefest among ten
thousand and altogether lively
and wild and reckless. She is
the pebble on the beach. She's
one of the old hens chickens.
She's the cock of the walk and
the democrat OF the world. She's
a wolf, and it's her day to howl,
Texas is bounded on the east by
Of Louisiana and the
huckleberry thickets of Arkansas.
She is bounded on the north by
the tomahawk and thewar-whoop
of the Red man. She is bounded
on the west by the chile con
carne of New Mexico and the hot
tamales of old Mexico. She is
bounded on the south by the
Gulf Of Mexico and if it wasn't
for that measley body OF water
she would extend beyond the
south pole. AS | said in the be-
ginning Texas is whopper. She
is a jim Dandy and don't you
never doubt it.-Vernon Hornet.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-30


would rather my own boy grow
up to build a great bridge, like
the Brooklyn bridge, than to re-
ceive the highest honor the people
could bestow upon him. | hate
10 hear persons talk in a pess,"
mistic strain to the effect that the
day Of opportunity in this coun-
try has gone by, and that the
chances for young man to rise
by his own efforts have passed
away. 1t is not true. There IS
room at the top, and there always
will be. ."-Grover Cleveland.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-30
The RepubIic'5 Great Offer.

Special arrangement has been made by The ST. Louis
Republic to furnish Old subscrit with TIE only
official and auhotized life Of Pope Leo Kill This is one
great volume bound in elegant cardinal coh gilt and ink
stamping with Papa coat of arms containing nearly 500
pages of text and illustrations The work prepared
and written by Monsgnor OReilp, D. D., L. D., D. Lit,
official bographer of the Pope The regular cash price
of this book is $3.50 Any remttng 81 so will be en-
titled to eighteen months subscription to The Twicea-
week Repnbc and copy of the book postage prepaid
This offer open to and old subscribers. The book
is printed in English, French and Germal and is now
ready for delivery Address all orders to the Republic
St. Louis, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-30

| Din /
/ RE- ]
hurch sec1
4 each mol
sy, pastor
II lSunday |
Morning 4
Wilson, su
&PreachiI
church the
Month by |
Sharp County record., 1903-10-30
Saturday Evening Post.

Saturday Evening Post.
"Down in Pike county," he
said, "wo had a trial attended
once where a man named Johnson
was on the stand. Johnson was
for the defense, and the way he
was settling things straight was a
caution.
" Here said the attorney for
the prosecution when he took
johnson in hand, 4 want you to
stop prevaricating, Don't you
know you are under oath?'
" Stop what?' asked the wit
ness,
Stop prevaricating.'
"The witness drew himself up
with great dignity. 'Well,' he
said, I'D like to know how man
can help prevaricatin' when he's
lost two front teeth. "
Sharp County record., 1903-10-30
Will Catch the Presidents Eye.

The Batesville Bee remarks:
"a colored woman in Ohio re-
Gently gave birth to four girl ba"
bies. Some Of the newspapers
are congratulating the little pick
aninnies upon the fact that they
have a mother who is sure 10 at
tract the attention of the presi-
dent"