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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-03
MIGHT Change His Mind.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: sTheir
marriage was rather hasty, wasn't it?',
YES, but they couldn't delay. Her faith,
er had promised d check as a wedding
present. and he changes his mind fre-
uuently."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-03
Fertile in Expedients.

New York sun: DeGarry-You ler
the other fellow put his arm around
you.
Polly-Pshaw! We were dancing.
DeGarry-But I can't dance.
Dolly-Then why don't you take ma
out for a sleigh ride?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-03

Bishop Westcott: What we can 10
for others is the test OF power: what
we can suffer Tor others Ia the test Of
love. -
The sun., 1903-05-17

to shut into cases of fancy shape-hearts,
crescents or medallions handsomely enam-
elled or decorated with crest or monogram,
All the caskets and treasure boxes of rare
wood and leather, gold mounted. which
the jewellers provide are fitted with keys
OF distinctive pattern and workmanship.
Some Of the gold keys made to order
have gems in the top or semi precious stones
introduced unobtrusively. Even the keys
small enough to be concealed in the corsage
are designed SO as not to tarnish or damage
delicate fabrics.
People inclined to be careless like key
OF such precious nature that it will impress
Itself on the memory, And travellers
setting out on long trips frequently provide
themselves with at least one key that can
be appropriately worn as a trinket and be
kept constantly in view. Such trinket
keys are sometimes used as bangle on a
bracelet.
Key rings never were so ornate and indi-
vidual. OF fine silver. bright or oxidized
OF parti-colored gold with characteristic
clasp or fastener, they are brought out in
wide variety. Rings are fashioned of
curiously chased or enamelled pieces.
Sometimes it Is collector of curios, of
autographs, fans or rare laces who orders
key for her cabinet OF such size and work.
manship that she can wear it on her chate-
laine and thus keep her treasures perpetu-
ally secure. Sometimes & girl going OF
to college gets specially fine lock fitted to
her writing tablet, the key to be worn con-
stantly as an amulet.
Rich women with the genealogical bee
in their bonnet, who count their titles TO
the patriotic societies and the family papers
among their chief treasures get special
cabinets in which to enshrine these valu
ables, and have fancy keys made to fit them
OF the sort that can be worn for charms.
And business women having valuables
which they must be separated from all day
secure them in lockers the keys to which
are presentable enough to dangle from
neck chains and watch fobs.
The sun., 1903-05-17
LETS THEN SEE HIM DRESS.
A Variety Actors Plan for keeping the
Spectators Interested.

One Of the acts given in a variety theatre
asst week shows to what extent performers
will seek for originality and it also illus.
tratee the curious things that sometimes
interest an audience.
This actor has for some years made q
good salary in the music halls by initiating
famous men. The great danger of such an
act as his is the probability that the audi
ence will become bored while he is making
the changes, which in some cases REQUIRE
several minutes.
He has made an effort to remedy this
defect by means OF radical innovation, and
it has met with success. After he has
appeared for inst lance. as Theodore Roose-
Welt, he does not disappear behind the cur
tains to rig himself up as Bismarck or
Bryan. He steps backward as the cur
tains forming the background against which
he has acted are drawn aside. 10 reveal an
actors dressing room lighted by electric
bulbs and supplied with every aid TO skill
f,ll coetuming and disguise.
Here stand three dressers who spring
to the assistance Of the actor and aid him
in the work of transformation. His back
ia turned TO the audience as he manipulates
the paint and whiskers that are TO make
him whatever historical character the
programme calls for
The dressers hustle about him officiolsly
and speed seems to he the purpose that
inspires them. In few minutes. the cur
tains fall toget her, shutting from view the
dressing, room. The stage is quite dark
for second, and then, in a fash Of light the
actor Is seen in the character he is repre-
senting.
Between the pictures, there ia this change
in view of the audience, and il keeps them
interested and at the same time gives them
an entertaining view OF what happens
behind the scenes.
The sun., 1903-05-17

Of real valenciennes at throat and wrists.
II enabodies the latest old-new ideas In Ito
making.
The full shirred skirt has ruffies with
headings set upon it, not overlapping but
at intervals, in the fashion of our grand
mothers day; several rows of corded shirring
are on each ruffie. The full blouse is shirred
on cords, at intervals and over 1t runs
dainty old-fashioned pelerine spreading at
the shoulders and narrowing toward the
waist where it slips under soft girdle,
tabs appearing below the girdle, in the back
This pelerine Is made Of corded shirrlngs
bordered by two full frills. soft gayly
howered girdle completes the quaint old
world costume. incidentally, 1t may he
mentioned that, to make up for the sim
plioity of the frock, a slip being prepared
for wear under 1t is "a marvellous creation
of sheerest lawn inset with miles OF real
Valenciennes and with bewildering froth OF
Valenciennes-edged frills around the skirt
bottom; but the little frock would be pic
turesquely charming without such an ex-
travagant accessory.
Much OF the effect of the sheer frock does.
however, depend upon the slip or founda-
ton worn with it, and while the latter need
not be costly and elaborate, 1t must assuredly
be perfectly cut and fitted and daintily
trimmed for the new sheer frocks are loose
and unlined and are SO sheer that they
show the trimmings on the garments worn
under them The silk slip has been largely
superseded by the slip of finest lawn or
other lingerie material-lawn and organdy
being especially liked because, with all their
sheerness, they have more body than the
softer stuffs and hold the frock out in more
satisfactory fashion.
The well-ftted princess slip is probably
the most satisfactory model, but 1t is not
easily made and skirt and full but well
cut bodice, sleeveless and decollete does
very well. Many women wear an attrac-
tive corset cover and petticoat to match in
The sun., 1903-05-17
WOMAN on THE STREET CAR
Different Ways She Has OF Letting 1t he
known That She Would AIight.


known That She Would AIight.
Women in public places have typically
different ways Of getting their wants an
swered For instance in the comparatively
simple feat of getting a car to stop, a half
dozen women passengers will adopt as
many different ways Of attracting the con-
ductors' notice.
The efree-and-easy, mannish type Of woman
whistles If necessary to make the conducto or
look round and otherwise shows that she
is serviceable and independent in disposi-
tion and not averse to being looked at
The demure unobtrusive woman OF a
patiently considerate turn will ride two
blocks past her corner maybe before she
musters courage to let the conductor know
that she wants to get of. She waits in the
hope that he will look in her direction, and
only when things get desperate does she
jump up and motion to him or otherwise
call attention to herself.
The quietly confident. sef-possessed
woman. on the other hand, when the con-
ductor is particularly occupied or non-at- =
tentive simply rings the bell and steps
on, She believes her own convenience
Of more consequence than the stares Of
strangers.
The girl or woman of the dependent
trustful temperament appeals to the man
sitting nearest to her to stop the car, or she
will motion to some passenger near whom
the conductor is standing to make known
her need.
The nervous restless woman begins to
fldget and look anxious long before the time
comes for her to get of, If the conductor
appears engrossed with business or conver-
sation. And when her destination draws
near she will half rise from her seat and
flourish bag or parasol or handkerchief in
many attempts TO catch his eye before that
object Ia attained. Sometimes it seems
almost as If the conductor sees this sort of
woman all the while but purposely abstains
from looking in her direction just to plague
her -
The sun., 1903-05-17
FINCERHUT, s aARIkST, REST :sAH sAAHiI9EF' ST.
SEAM RIPPING.
A Colorado Woman Has Invent ed . Special
Tool for n DisaEreeable Task.

A Colorado woman, Mrs. A. NJ. Minter Of
Petersburg. has made bid for fortune
and the gratitude of the rest OF her ser
by nventing 7 row weapon for the sewing
table She calls it "A seam ripper.
1t is a double edged knife with one edg q
Jagged o do the ripping. 4 hook is attached
to the knife and with this the threads ot
ripped seams can be pulled out by sligl0
turn Of the wrist
The ripping of seams in making over ol<
clothes is the meanest part Of such A task
Mrs Minter says her implement makes y
easy
The idea came TO her where she was
ripping up some baby clothes. She had
worked ou them in turn with scissors,
knife, a razor and corn knife and none
Of these was satisfactory, 80 she invented
special tool
She las patented /, since, and she eays
she has received al offer Of 5000 for the
pa tent. hut she expects to receive even
bigger price for her simple contrivanos. :.
The sun., 1903-05-17
JEW ELLED KEYS.
4 New Field for Orna mentation Discoy ereti
by Women With Treasures.

The jewellers and locksmiths have joined
forces of late in devising keys OF fancy
character. Keys Of cabinets, desks. ward
robes and jewel boxes are often made of
gold silver or other valuable metals in
such pretty guise that they can be strung
on neck chains or worn on chatelaine PEN
dants or watch fobs,
Some keys of ingenious pattern are
arranged ON swivel which enables them
The sun., 1903-05-17

place of a special slip and the shops offer
elaborate models for just such purpose,
but, on the whole, it is advisable TO have
slip designed especially for the frock and
always ready TO wear with it.
Apropos of foundations for the thin
frock, the shirrings, which are epidemic
this season, do require lining; and, if they
are to keep their shape and stay III place
properly, must be shirred upon some thin
material. This may be accomplished with
out using an entirely separate lining, but
In making frock with shirred skirt yoke.
bodice trimming, &C., many dressmakors
prefer to Use thin attached lining for the
whole frock, trimming it somewhat elab-
orately around the decolletage and the
skirt frou frou.
Shirring is in evidence upon almost all
Of the graduating frocks this season, hut
is used in many ways and in varied forms
Simple shrring, corded shirring, shirred
tucks. all have their vogue
The popular full skirt may be shaped
The sun., 1903-05-17

lingerie frock. real valenciennes is, beyond
doubt, the ideal lace; but in a large majority
Of cases its price bars it, and the imitation
vaenciennes or other lace must be used.
Point de Paris is effective but rather
cheap A very fine torchon, particularly
when combined with Valenciennes has it's
merits, This union of two, or even more,
laces prevails throughout all OF fashions
world, but in the graduating frock the
bizarre contrasts seen elsewhere are
infrequent.
A guimpe Of alternate rows of Torchon
The sun., 1903-05-17

or Judgment often overlook this fact; and,
particularly In the fashionable private
schools, one often secs wonderful and fear
full specimens OF the costly commence
ment frock But IL expense is an esse- tial
for satisfaction let the fond mother or the
ambitious daughter put the matter into
the hands of a dressmaker who is an artist
and the result will fulfil fondest desires in
point of cost while subscribing faithfully
to the eternal fitness Of things.
The ideal graduating frock is of finest
mousseline batiste or MULE, upon which
The sun., 1903-05-17

Seating effects, for hounces and berthas
and sashes. DC, is providential for that same
young girl.
:, The graduating frock should be girlish,
simple, deliciously airy and summerlike.
The simplicity may be of the costly kind,
I one chooses to have it so; but simplicity
OF eject there must be, if the canons OF
eood taste are to be observed, and the frock
that shrieks expensive" that is loaded
with heavy and costly trimming, con-
spicuously elaborate in its material and
detsiis, is as much out of place upon tho
girl graduate rs a diamond necklace would
be.
Parents with more money than taste
The sun., 1903-05-17

chine in it's lightest qualities combines
charm and possibilities of service, and
will be much worn by tho seasons gradu-
ates, yet the more diaphnnous fabrics have
first place among the fastdious; and Of these
thin stuffs. the finest lingerie materials,
French MULE and batiste have this season
the preference even over the ever popular
mousseline and chiffon.
Silk voile has considerable vogue and
sheer China silk is used. but other silks,
even Of the soft varieties, are not strictly
tho thing for the purpose Very sheer
white voile. nuns yelling or albatross
makes simple and inexpensive graduating
frock, and while not so desirable as a sheer
material is far and away better than a
heavy silk. and has tho virtue of dura-
bility
While the exquisite lowered materials
are not suited to the commencement frock
innumerable new effects are obtainable in
the all white thin stnffs, and the variety
offered should satisfy even an exacting
taste. The dotted, striped and embroid-
cred silk mo,isselines and chifions in all
white are legion, and the embroidered
mules and batis,es are lovely beyond
description.
The wonderful beauty OF the batiste in
sertions, embroidery edges and houncings
and all over embroidery has. this year,
made them powerful rivals Of lace as trim
ming, and many OF the most exquisite COM
mencement frocks now making are OF
batiste with aounoinK and other trimming
The sun., 1903-05-17

like lghtness that the embroidery-trimmed
frock cannot attain. The latter, however
has beauty and the indefinite something
which the French call chic and is trife
newer than the lace-trimmed frock.
All of the fine delicate laces and many
of the heavier ones are pressed into use
for the graduates frock, but the light laces
are certainly the more girlish. For the
The sun., 1903-05-17
"OH! HOW GOOD 1T FEELSr"

CcGSWcL.S FOOT TON IL.
The ONLY remedy the market which coclA
soothes. rests and QetS hot, aching tired. nervous
feet. Allhys Inflammation, reduces swelling. In
falliblc remedy in the treatment OF chilblarS
bunions. and Sprains As cure for all Ordinary
foot aches and pains II stands alone. This mar
Nelous preparation is the result of years OF strdN
and research on thr part OF Dr CogSwel. for man
years the recognI ed authority on tc fr.i and the
ailments. Price ~ % per bottle Mail orders " ~
receive promp, attention. T.. y. COGSWRLl.
Dept. {, I.l3l ROADWAY New York.
The sun., 1903-05-17

OF batiste embroidery. Fine lace Ia very
often combined with the embroidery and
used for guimpes or insert in connection
with embroidered batiste medaflions'
Other batistc gowns have only lace Tor
trimming, and it must be admitted that
the lace-trimmed frock has flmy, cloud
The sun., 1903-05-17

and valenciennes insertion set together by
hand, long. close-fitting cuffs. made in the
same way. irregular vandyked Torchon
insertion elsewhere upon the frock and
Valenciennes edgings on all the hounces
and frills, constitute the trimming scheme
Of one handmade French frock of French
MULE which will be worn at the graduating
exercises OF welknown New York private
school. Another frock ordered by a girl
in the same class is the extreme of sim
plicity, though the wearer is the only
daughter Of an exceedingly wealthy family.
The frock which is sketched in the large
cut is of silk batiste and is entirely hand
made, but is self trimmed, save for touch
The sun., 1903-05-17

ception and the help Of a good dressmaker
she may attain self-approval and public
approval at one fell sartorial swoop.
The possibilities Of charming commence
ment frocks are greater than usual this
summer. There was never a season when
the school girl and the d6butante were more
conspicuously in the good graces Of Fashion.
The rage for sheer dainty materials and
the manufacturers response to the demand
have brought to the front host OF new
materials or new qualities of old materials
eminently suitable for young girls wear
and the fad for fine hand work, for full
The sun., 1903-05-17

though preferable to the ostentatious
sort, is not necessary. The fine sheer
material is practically a necessity for the
successful frock. but imitation lace will
effectively replace the real lace. and a little
hne handwork will 60 long way toward
giving distinction yet may be achieved
even by the home sea mistress.
Silk mousseline chiffon. batiste, MULE,
organdy. nainsook, very fine Persian or
India lawn, point d esprit, and Brussels
or other net are the chosen materials for
the commencement frook, and white is of
course. the appropriate color. Crepe de
The sun., 1903-05-17
The Pretty Frock Of the
.. Girl Graduate.
FRESH CHARMS IN IT this YEAR.
The Debutante Never More in
Fashions Good Graces.

Dainty Sheer Materials In Great variety
to Choose FrOn,--Beauty Of the Lace
trimmings Models OF Graduating
Gowns shirring Seen lpon Almost
All Of Them Devices for Obtain.
Ing the Long. Dropping Shoulder
Iine-Simpllcity In Costly Frocks.
The sweet girl graduate is agonizing
over her commencement essay and her
commencement frock. To speak more
accurately, some girl graduates are agoniz-
ing over essays and all girl graduates are
agonizing over frocks.
The essay is being gradually eliminated
from the commencement programme of
the average school for girls, but the gradu-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
HURRICANE WAS TERRIBLE.
Thousands of People on Isle of ia
maica Are Homeless.

Kingston, Jamaica.-There are
heartrending scenes all over this ISL
and. At Port Antonio thousands of
homeless and starving people have
sought shelter in the old prison and
the few other buildings which sur
vived the hurricane. Those who could
not be thus accommodated are COVER
ing in the lee of ruined walls and dis
mantled piazzas. The railroad sheds
and waiting rooms are filled with wo-
men and children. The merchants are
feeding the hungry to the best of their
ability, but the majority are subsist-
ing on the unripe bananas knocked
down by the storm. The bananas are
boiled in kerosene oil cans over open
fires made from the debris of de-
stroyed buildings. This is their sole
food supply, and it will be exhausted
in nine or ten days.
Similar conditions prevail at other
seaports. In the interior the distress
is equally acute. Scarcely a peasants
home is standing. Even the planters
dwellings, which are built of stone,
have been unroofed with few excep-
lions. The homes and the belongings
of the peasants have been blown away,
and they are contriving rude shelters
from fallen trees, palm boughs and
banana leaves. Owing to the contin-
ued unsettled weather, with occasional
torrential rains, these shelters afford
little protection. Unless immediate
shipments of foodstuffs come from
America, death by starvation is inevi-
table for many.
The hospitals in the windswept re-
gions are crowded with injured and
the death list is increasing. One man
was beheaded at Port Antonio by a
flying sheet of galvanized roofing.
Many were seriously wounded by fall
ing houses, trees and walls. Several
houses on the banks of streams were
carried away by floods. The fate Of
their inmates in unknown, but it is
feared that there have been many
deaths from this cause. 1t is thought
that the loss on the island will reach
$15,OOOOOO.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
TRADE REPORT.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade says: Earnings of railroads
for August thus far show an average
gain of ~ per cent over last years
figures. Distribution of merchandise
is very heavy, with more interruption
to traffic being recorded, and in sta
pies prices are steady. Preparations
for fall trade are vigorous, many man
ufacturers working overtime to fiji i'm
portant orders. Foreign trade at this
port for the last week showed a loss
of 81 ,461 ,O49 in exports, compared with
the same week last year, and imports
decreased S2127,575.
In the iron and steel industries the
week has brought no developments in
the price situation, but there is a
steady gain in purchases of pig iron,
although the meeting of the leading
concerns committee failed to decide
upon placing new contracts, which
was a disappointment to some pros
pective sellers.
Some lines are slightly recovering.
Failures last week numbered TIA in
the United States, and in Canada %
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
OREGON NOTES.

Around Heppner harvesting is pro-
crossing rapidly. Heading is nearly
completed and threshing is in full
blast.
The La Grande school board has
purchased rs tons of coal at $5.75 per
ton. Wood prices are prohibitive, so
the board decided to use the other fuel.
A forest fire which has destroyed
millions of feet of timber and is
threatening the large sawmills and
ranches is raging in the mountains
near Sparta.
Charles Cunningham, one of the lar
gest sheep raisers of the Pendleton
district, has just returned from San
Francisco, where he purchased a car
load of Rambouilett bucks. He in
tends to stock his ranch with blooded
sheep.
At Joseph recently 40 people barely
escaped with their lives from a fire
which destroyed the annex of the
Mitchell hotel. Those who had rooms
lost all their belongings. The dam
age to the building was $4,000, with in
surance of $4,000. 1t is not known
what caused the fire.
The 10 year old son of Elmer Thorn
burg of Granite was burned to death
recently. The lad was playing around
brush fire and fell into the flames
His clothing caught fire and before it
could be extinguished he was so bad
ly burned that death resulted soon.
Joie Gill, a young man who was
working on the Deer Creek road a few
days ago, was bitten on the hand by
rattlesnake one morning while still
in bed. He Immediately started to the
nearest house, several miles distant
He had not gone far when he became
blind and weak, and was compelled tc
lie down by the roadside. Two mer
came along, and supposed at first thai
Gill was drunk, but were made to un
derstand that he was snake bitten
They Immediately cut a deep cash il
the finger where it was bitten, anC
after sucking the wound for a time
bound a piece of tobacco around the
finger. The young man was thorough
ly recovered within a few hours ant
resumed work on the road.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
Chicago is a Century Old.

Chicago. Aug. 1S.-Tuesday was the
one hundrdth anniversary Of the per-
manent settlement of Chicago, August
II, 1903. when Lieutenant Swearingen
of the United States army landed with
company of troops on the lake front
and began the construction of Fort
Dearborn. Chicago will celebrate the
anniversary tomorrow in a small way,
but the real jubilee will take place
September &c to October I. The citi-
zens committee has progressed well
in perfecting plans for a celebration
extending over a week.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
Cyclone in Yucatan.

Merida, Yucatan, Aug. 1S.-The eff
feet of the tropical cyclone in this city
and Progresso were widespread and
terrible. The wind commenced in the
early hours of the night and panic
quickly seized the community. Little
by little the wind increased and soon
it was tearing up great trees by the
roots, blowing roofs away and destroy
ing houses and plantations. Great
damage was done in very short time
Naturally the cyclone was more ter
rible along the coast. Great efforts
were made to save small vessels but
to no avail and 20 of those lying in
the port of Progresso were cast upon
the shore.