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The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
A 5E,AU1ZTZ2L CONN

A marked feature of the present
season is the novelties which are ap-
pearing in the realm of fashion. Con-
spicuous among these novelties may
be mentioned the Japanese outline of
the bodice, which is permitted to
stamp its popularity upon the blouse,
notably upon the lace blouse which
looks very well. indeed, under such
conditions. / would quote n capital
example made in a combination of
thick white guipure striped with lines
of black velvet ribbon over a fine lace
front, and destined to be worn with a
fine lace skirt bordered with coarse
lace-a very good dress altogether.
Besides this, | would observe the
addition to the lace blouse of more
ordinary detail, of braces of ribbon,
short wide sleeves of ribbon, and a
belt with sash ends of ribbon. Such
ribbon could be chine with a satin
border. This needs a slim figure for
its best success, and those who are
at all stout should trust themselves to
the simpler belts of ribbon, kid, or
leather, or striped gallon. This last is
comparatively new, and is to be met
with the buckle covered to match.
The elastic belt continues to receive
it supporters, and shines beneath the
influence of gold and silver. 1t may
also be found faced with velvet and
only under one condition could / be
induced to recognize its plausible
charms.
But to proceed with my list of
trifles. / comment with joy on the
continued favor shown to the lawn
and linen collar, recognizing that the
former daily assumes finer aspect
and is traced with finer stitching, no
minute details of design seeming to
be too intricate to do it service. For
the prodigal, summer blouses are
made entirely of such luxuries as this
finely embroidered lawn, costing no
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
Talked Them Into Prison.

about 80 years ago Henry Clay
Dean, the eccentric Missouri lawyer
and orator, was attending a term of
court at which 1 was defending a
man on pretty serious charge" said
Judge Risdon of Kirksville the other
day to a Kansas City Star writer.
1.-TWO horse thieves that were in Jail
sent for Dean. He took their case,
and after looking at it from all sides
concluded the best thing for them to
do was to plead guilty and take two
years each.
His men baked at the idea of
pleading guilty. He told them that
the penitentiary wasn't bad sort of
place; he had been all through it and
knew. The warden-a personal friend
of mine-is one of the kindest men
that ever lived, said Dean; he never
makes you work when you are tired;
and when you are sick he always looks
after you like a mother. You get
roast beef and brown bread every day.
and pie and turkey on Sunday. Why,
when Bill Jenkins-you boys know
Bill-used to run little sawmill over
sent him up for-er-borrowing corn.
When he went there he didn't weigh
over hundred and thirty pounds, reg
ular skin and bones, and in six months
he weighed 800 pounds avoirdupois,
and was made captain of the guard
just getting along fine; said he
wouldn't swap his job for any other
in Missouri and wrote his folks to
come down and live with him. The
prison can't hurt anything but your
reputation and what does a fellow
who's been stealing care about repu-
tations, anyway?
1.-THE two horse thieves by this time
were dead anxious to plead guilty and
begin life in the pen. More than
that, all the other fellows in the Jail
who had heard Deans talk insisted on
pleading guilty and going along"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
Her Money Raising Scheme.

"Now, dear" said the red-cheeked
man to his wife, Il am going to have
a little poker game Wednesday night.
My friend and his wife are expert
players. 1 don't want you to distract
me-"
81 won't" said she. "I'll sit by a
little table way off yonder and trim
my hat"
That's what you can do" he assent
ed; "sit way off yonder and trim
your hat. Don't come and stand back
Of me and say: oh, what lovely
hand you've got! Where did you
get all those aces?' Or: My, but
all your cards are red, diamonds, only
that spade!' Don't do that. You hear?
But, above ALL please, If 1 should hap
pen to win pile of money, don't
reach out and grab handful and run
off laughing about it. Don't do that,
will you? That isn't funny. It isn't
funny at ALL"
"I'll try not to-" she promised, "but
you know, dear, that is the only way
| can get any money out of you. Make
you let me have it before company.
And then" after moment of thought.
you borrow it back the minute they
leave"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
Necessary Hours Of Sleep.

The belief that the hours of sleep
should be artificially restricted is prev
alent Yet it is contrary to ordinary
good sense. If the human body does
not need sleep for the upbuilding of its
tissues it will not call for it. A rule
of health which can not be wrong is
to sleep, if possible. as long as any
inclination for it exists. The err
roneous view on this subject is un-
doubtedly due to the fact that when
the mind and body are thoroughly
rested it is often difficult to arouse the
mind from its comfortable lethargy.
On the other hand, the man who is un-
der a mental strain and sleeps only
FIVE or six hours at night is keen and
alert soon after awakening. But it is
an unhealthy activity. His nerves are
at q high tension. He Is on edge, so
to speak. Such a strain, long con-
tinued, results inevitably in a nervous
breakdown.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
CRITICAL MOMENT.
When John Wanted the Ring II Was
in His Sock.

John Jenkinson would not have ex-
lister, the prince of Wales or the drum
major of brass band.
Felicia Wilkins had answered Yes"
in voice as soft and gentle as the
sigh of music in a dreamless sleep or
the murmuring wall of caressing
breeze from lethean waters soothingly
tanning the whiskers of Father Time.
'Felicit Wilkins" he exclaimed rap
turously, as his left hand and arm
disappeared from sight with rapid
yet sneaking motion toward the back
of the sofa on which they sat, and
the fingers of his right hand appear
ed to be feeling for something in his
vest pocket, you have made me the
happiest man in the world"
The timid, upturned glance of her
liquid dark eyes, says Tit-Bits, and the
warm blush that overspread the happy
face of the lovely girl replied more
eloquently than words could have
DONE"
"And you will forgive my presump-
ton, darling" he continued, 'if, in an
siSAPosAOh VI yOul oWCl, nave Ncu-
tured to provide myself with-with-
a-with "a"
Jenkinson paused in some apparent
excitement, and his finger and thumb
nervously explored his vest pocket
without seeming to find anything.
Il must have lost it," he gasped.
Felicia, it was a ring! Ha! Perhaps
it is in some other pocket"
Rising to his feet he thrust a
trembling hand into his trousers
pocket.
There was a hole in that pocket
John" said Felicia, as she noted
with concern his CHASTITY face, on which
the light of a desperate resolve was
breaking, don't grieve over it. 1t will
turn up. You are excited. Is there any
thing can do"
YES" exclaimed John, in hollow
voice. Felicia, think l know where
that ring is. If you would do me
favor / shall never forget until the
last hour of my life, get me a shoe
horn and leave me to myself for few
moments"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15

less than eight guineas; and perhaps
their charm is only discernible to the
expert, and nine women out of ten
would be as content with the linen ba-
tiste blouse, bearing hem-stitched
tucks intersected with small satin
stitched spots, and to these latter l
confess / am much addicted, finding
they look equally well with glace
coats or cloth or serge
There are some pretty new models
in glace coats, some taking the
straight Japanese outline and being
covered with silken braid, others be-
the waist and an embroidered lawn
collar round the neck, and few black
tassels on the front, and the sleeves
striking a decorative note. The most
extravagant form of the glace coat,
however, is embroidered all over with
floss silk, and bears a thickly netted
silken fringe all round it.
The three-quarter coats, fitting al
most tightly, and bearing no fullness
in the basque, are suggestive of the
Directoire period with their large but
tons and the sleeves full on the top
but the absence of fulness on the
skirt contradicts this impression to
some extent.
All the best of the new skirts are
cut on the cross, with seam down
the center, and fitted tightly round the
hips, while their decoration is either
braid or flatly-stitched bands upon
the hem and above it, Besides this,
the trimming of the hour is embroid-
cry, and our taste for it grows apace.
l have just seen an advance sample
of summer millinery, entirely made of
embroidered batiste, this being work
ed into the crown, and a mushroom
shaped brim, and simply trimmed
with scarf of colored crepe de chine.
/ can look forward to meeting it again
with much pleasure.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
Wax Models Of ShIps.

Paraffin wax models of all proposed
British battlsships are used by the ad-
miralty for tests before the keels of
the ships are laid down, the miniature
ships being tied in great tank. The
models are from IL to "a feet long, the
tank being 400 feet long and 20 feet
wide. The models are made of wax
because 1t is material which does
hot absorb water or change its weight.
alterations are easy and the parafan
ban be melted up and used again.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15

1t is the recognized fact In Europe
that American women are the most
extensive wearers and the keenest
critics of the shirt-waist, and for this
reason they are constantly on the
alert for new designs in that partic
ular article of apparel. The tailor
made shirt-waist is, like all made-to-
measure garments, distinguishable
for its smartness of cut and fit, and
more and more are women appreciat-
Ing this fact. The two strong points
In favor of the shirt-waist are the null
utude of shades and designs and
cloths in which it may be obtained,
md the comparative cheapness of this
Indispensable article of dress. Freshly
laundried, what looks fresher or more
attractive than well-made, well-fitting
shirt-waist The shirt-waist worn by
the lady to the right in our illustration
above is made in the gauze cashmere,
which, being pure wool, is absolutely
unshrinkable, Other good qualities OF
the goods and which should be sought
for in a garment of this kind are the
smooth, clean surfaces which are re-
tanned even after much wear and many
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15

washings and the happy knack of
neither creasing nor crushing. This
quality of cashmere comes in small
checks and other neat effects which
look SO well with plain coat and skirt
costumes, and which like so many of
the shirt-waists, is made with Or
dinary collar band, although this may
be changed to- suit the individual
taste.
In the central figure of the illustra-
ton is displayed a waist made of cot
ton material which is exceedingly
smart in its effect. 1t is of white body
ground, patterned with blue stripe.
Japleen is a new but very popular
material for shirt-waists, in fact 1t is
SO durable and SO desirable from ev-
cry standpoint of the shirt-waist re-
quirement that it is being more and
more used. Japleen is a material
made Of Egyptian cotton and silk, and
has a pretty silky appearance which 1t
retains to the last. One of these JAP
leen waists is sketched in our illustra-
ton and is the one to the extreme
left. The shade is delicate mauve
with little star-shaped spot in the
same color.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
Chance for PhiIanthroplsts.

There is a plot for a summer novel
In this advertisement which recently
appeared in the Lucknow India)
Daily Telegraph. Twill any gentleman,
educated. European, marry Cmmedt
ately) a young lady to save her from
. hateful marriage?"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15
The Best of All to our Readers.

The next big thing will be the Masons
picnic at Bloomfield park, Tuesday July
End.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-15

All things that are supposed to come
70 him who waits are subject to
change without notice.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
80 Per Cent in Mississippi.

jackson, Miss, Special. -Commis-
sioner of Agriculture Blakeslee gave
out a bulletin showing crop condi-
tions on June 8, and estimating the
average condition of the cotton on
that date at SO per cent. against tle
government estimate of IS per cent.
The difference is attributed to the con-
siderable bad weather between My
81 and June 3, the dates on which the
data was compiled. Blacksdale esti-
mates the cotton acreage at So per
cent. and the corn acreage at SO per
cent. or about normal. The average
condition of the corn crop je placed
at SO per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
NO. 80
LE.BLEssEDNEss GLUE


Fifteen girls at the University OF
Wisconsin have associated themselves
in what they call a single-blessed-
ness club. The penalty for getting
married is $500 and club dinner;
for dancing with man, 25 cents;
for walking with man, 80 cents: for
receiving flowers or any other gift
from a man, so cents. I'm sure it
will be success" says President
Hedwig e. Federale, because We
have a fixed purpose in view Once
/ belonged to similar organization
of ten girls, who were pledged to
celibacy, but now three OF them are
married and five are engaged But
we had no fixed purpose In that So
ciety-Hartford Courier.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Bradford Seeks Pardon.

Washington, special.-The depart
ment of justice has received an appli-
cation. for pardon from James L.
Bradford, a>wealthy New Orleans
lumberman who was convicted some
time ago Of land fraud in the New
Orleans district. The department
will ask for reports from the United
States attorney and the trial judge,
and until these are received no fur
ther action will be takn here. The
future course Of the department will
depend upon these reports.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Lumbermen Elect Officers.

Norfolk, Special. = The National
Lumber Manufacturers Association,
which met in annual convention at
the Exposition held a meeting at
Hotel Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort
and elected the following officers:
President, William Irvine, of Chip
pewa Falls, Wis; vice-president, Il.
A. Long, Of Kansas City; treasurer,
j. A. Freeman, of st. Lotus; secre-
tary, George K. Smith, Of St. Louis.
Minneapolis was chosen as the next
place of meeting and the convention
adjourned sine die.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Two Amendments are offered.

Norfolk, Special.-The supreme
assembly of the: uniform rank,
Knights Of Pythias, convened in an
nual session at Jamestown exposition.
Two amendments we're offered at
the opening session, one changing the
style of the uniform, bringing it
nearer to the standard of the United
States army, and another providing
for a revision with radical changes
in drill regulations. These were :'e-
ferrcd to. proper committees. Both
amendments are favored and probably
will pass at this session.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Raise Railroad Assessment.

Jackson, Miss, special.-The Mis-
sissippi Railway commission sitting
as board of equalization, increased
the assessment of the property Of.
common carriers two and quarter
million. dollars, making the total as
sessment about $4S,000,00O. The
The heaviest increase was on the Mo
bile, Jackson and Kansas City line,
amounting to about one million. The
Cumberland Telephone Company was
also increased quarter Of million.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Death of a Bride.

Knoxville, Special. : Miss Nellie
Ruth Lyon, daughter of j. B. Lyon
well-known newspaper man of Greene
vile, Tenn, died at her home there
within twenty-four hours after her
marriage to Ellis E. Crabtrcs of Vir-
ginia, a student for the ministry in
one of the Boston theological semin-
aries. Some time ago they had ar
ranged their wedding AMI, although
the bride was ill, her condition was
not considered alarming at all. The
wedding was performed, she grew
rapidly worse and died.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
ouarintine Against Cuba.

Havana, By Cable.-As result of
the recent declaration Of a quarantine
against Cuba by The Southern States,
arrangements were made that all
persons not immune to fever bouctl
to the United States be interned i'll
mosquito-proof quarters at the quar-
intine station at Triscornia for i've
days, at the expiration Of which time
they will receive certificates permit.
ting them to land in the United
States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Hot Weather Refuge.

The Rev. E. w. Webber, a Maine
minister, who was located for a while
in a Georgia town as pastor Of a
Universalist church, occasionally re-
lates this story:
He was talking with William Dod-
son, ex-president Of the Georgia Sem
ate:
"I suppose you feel the hea. great
ly down here in the Summer, don't
you?" queried Mr.. Webbet, of the
Southern man.
"Well, It does get pretty warm here
sometimes" admitted Mr.. Dodson,
"but every time l feel too warm I
think Of the visit I once made to
Boston, and it sends the cold shivers
all over me."-Boston Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
THE JUNE COTTON MfO,sa
Acreage and Condition of the souta's
Great staple Comparison With
Former Seasons.

New York, Special.-The Journal
of Commerce has published its June
cotton report covering acreage and
condition. The report has been de-
layed one week, owing to the back
wardness Of planting. About 1900
correspondents have been heard from,
the average date of replies being
May Both, as at that date planting
was still incomplete and the replies
indicated an increase in acreage Of
LIZ per cent. This is less than .ex.
pected in view Of the high price. Of
cotton, and less than the best infer-
NATION suggested a month ago: So
much cotton has been ploughed up
and replanted that it is still too early
to ascertain the facts. a. to acreage
with satisfactory reliability. When le-
planting is finished it is quite possible
that the. above increase Id acreage
will be augmented.
Reports of the condition; aresexeead-
ingly poor, the replies indicating a
condition Of 96 per cent, compared
with 50 per cent in 1906 and TIA per
cent in 1905. This is Is per cent low
er than, the June government report
which placed the condition at 700
per cent, the lowest condition ns re-
cord at this season. Too low tenn
peratures and too much precipitation
were the causes of low condition.
While a late season is not always d
bad season, good weather is much
needed to Improve the condition and
the prospects are that there will be
a good demand for all the crops at
profitable prices to the growers.
Comparing with last years acreage
North Cardinals fgntres show 1851
per cent, South Carolina 127 per
cent, Georgia 1o1 per cent, Folrida
1921 per cent, Alabama '97.2 per
cent, Mississippi 95 per cent, Texas
1865 per cent, Arkansas 97.6 per
cent, Tennessee OIL per cent, Mis-
souri, 500 per cent, Indian Territory
l03 per cent, Oklahoma Jig per cent.
As already stated, the total acreage
is IL per cent over that planted last
year. So far as the figures of condi-
ton are concerned, North Crclina is
sO.2 against 76 last June; South
Carolina, II against SIG; Georgia,
.75.1 gainst S5.7; Florida, 500, against
S4.1; Alabama 61.,6 against 1913;
Mississippi 66.4, against SOL; Louis
lana 65 against S7.3; Texas6S against
S4.S; Arkansas 69.6, aaginst 81; Ten
nessee, III, against 72; Missouri n,
against 76; Indian Territory zoe,
against 79.6; Oklahoma ia, against.
S6.3. The average condition of the
entire cotton belt is 600 against S2.1
a year ago.
The season averages are nearly a
month late and many correspondent
refrain from committing themselves ~
close estimates until the crop has al-
6anced to further maturity. Much
of the seed has not yet sprouted, but
where stands have been obtained they
are generally poor, In regard to the
condition the. persistence Of unfayol-
able weather has discouraged plant
ers, a feeling which is reflected in the
wide distribution of reports describ-
ing the outlook as the "worst in an
experience of 40fto so years. There
is not an unusual scarcity Of labor
aud grassy fields are by no means
nannral -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
oregon Furniture Dealers Indicted.

Portland, Ore, special.-In The
United States District Court here in.
dictments were returned against 1SC
furniture dealers in Oregon, Washing:
ton, Idaho and California, for alleged
violation Of the Sherman antitrust
law. The list includes nearly every
manufacturer and jobber in the
States named and large number OF
retail dealers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Dead in Bed With Gas Turned on in
Room.

Washington, Special.-Arthur Lu
dewitzhe, of New Orleans, Confnd-
crate veteran, formerly of the Louis
ana "Tigers," who came here from
the Richmond reunion for a few days
visit, was found dead in bed in a local
hotel with the gas turned on in his
room. The police believe Ludenwitzhe
turned the gas op by accident.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Anti-Race Track Law Knocked Out.

Memphis, Tenn. Special. : Judge
Palmer Of the criminal court of Shell
by county held in test case that the
anti-race track gambling bill passed
by the recent legislature was uncon-
stitrtional, because the caption con-
tains more than one subject. The race
horse owners are iuhliant, asserting
that the decision will permit racing
in Nashville and Memphis in the fall
as the case can not reach the supreme
court for several months.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Methodist Missionary Beaten.

London, By Cable. "A special dis
patch received here from Hong Kong
says that Mr.. J.: Pollard, a Methodist
Missionary at ,Chao-Tung-Fu has been
mercilessly beaten by the Chinese.
His lung was pierced by weapon.
The missionaries are focking into.
Khoi districts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Representative in Florida Legislature
Dies of Typhoid Fever.

Tallahassee, Fla, Special. = Repre-.
sentative John R. Dudley died this
morning and his body was taken to
his home at Plant City, in Hillsbor.
ough county. Mr.. Dudley was seized
with typhoid fever shortly after che
convening of thcI Legislature and his
seat was vacant during the term. The
remains were accompanied bysan IS
cort composed of members of the
House.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Baseball Heroes Stop Great Plant.

steubenville. Ohio, Specialize
Acme glass works here are idle and
1900 men are walking the streets just
because some of the men at the works
laid off to welcome Needham and
Bates, of the Boston Nationals, who
arrived in town. Some of, the night
men laid, off and crippled the works
and many of the day men. were miss
ing and it was decided to shut down
altogether.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
"Night Raiders" scrape Several
Dozen Kentucky Tobacco Beds.

Henderson, KY, special.-A report
received here states that several DO
zen tobacco beds near Jordan Springs,
KY, were scraped Friday night. The
plants destroyed would have been suf-
fcient to set out seevral hundred
acres in tobacco. The work is sup
posed TO Shavs been done by "night
raiders.''
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-12
Big Fire at Ashezille. N. G.

Asheville, N. c., Special The
Hans-Reese tanery is Turning. The
fire broke out shortly after midnight
and threatens to destroy the entire
plant, which is said to be the finest
Of the kind in the South. At 1880
the hair-house had been consumed a1tl
flames making headway toward the
main building, which is 400 feet long
and is used as the tanning house. The
origin of the fire is unknown. About
$4,000 is said to be involved.