The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 85, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 11, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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GEMS FOR THE LADIES IN POETRY AND PROSE.
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DOWN IN MOULTRIE.
Down li Moultrie. Colquitt County,
Wh#n there md to bit bounty
For tit* acalps of ku-klux raider*
And the "bqfu title" trader*.
Where the Hardahell Baptist* yearly
Moat, and all are ]fln«folks nearly.
Where the lawa are rerjr pliant.
Aa defined by Pegleg Bryant
Down In Moultrie, I remember,
How I drove, one bleak December,
Feeling most exceeding frisky
With a wagon load of whtaky.
There were many there to meat ma i
And the glrla came ont to greet me.
For among those wild-eyed bnmpklna
On that day I waa some pumpkins!
Cash was scarce and for a starter
I aet out to trade and barter,
With the folks who went to Moultrie
Swapped my stuff for eggs and poultry.
Beeswax, coonsklns, hides and tallow.
With those yahoos sad and sallow.
Often they make me feel creepy
For they looked so tired and sleepy!
But before three months had sped by
I found out I'd been misled by
Their appearance, felt less frisky.
For those yapa had drunk my whisky.
And I found that there In Moultrie
black lnce edge. The body of the
wnist Is of net, laid In finest pleats,
and under the arms and going down to
a decided point In front are bands of
black satin ribbon. Three bias folds
of cerise velvet show below the black
velvet, and a spray of shaded roses Is
on the left shoulder. The sleeves are
made of wide ruffles of the net, edged
with the black lace, and a roll of the
cerise velvet is put aroiiud the arm-
liole. All the black gowns are lined
with taffeta of the same shade, and
the trimmings used so that there Is an
air of finish in the smallest details that
s most attractive.
SOME ADVANCE AGENTS.
Entire gowns of net and mousseline
d« soie are seen, but they are really
advance agents of the summer fash-
ions. So exquisitely dainty are they
that it will be a hard matter for any
woman to deny herself one. In white
embroidered chiffon there are some
nm<la ovor wtiltp silk and satin that
are like cobwebs, so fine are they, and
the embroidery looks as though exe-
cuted by fairy fingers. These have
the silk linings, skirt and waist very
carefully fitted, and the material Itself
loosely draped.
In black net the Inevitable accordion
ness that Is most acceptable.
Embroidered chiffon and crepe de
clilne are also used for these waists,
and the desired effect Is that of loose-
ness and ease—nothing tight fitting or
with hard lines is allowed, and tho
greener the combination of coloring the
better. Cerise, purple, blue and a
bright orange are all In the race, and
some women try combining them all,
but the attempt is a dangerous one and
not to be rashly entered Into.
CONSOLATION.
LENTEN GOWNS,
H HI'I.K, M.ACK AND GRAY AHE
Tilt; I'HUVAIUXG COLUHS.
SKIRTS ARE NOT SO WIDE.
|«cl»tr linn Decided llint Separate
Waists Are Ko Longer l-'nxli i<> li-
able.
That generally accepted theory that
Lent puts an end to all social gayety
Is a great mistake. Balls are not fash-
ionable in the time set apart for
"prayer and fasting," but dinners, card
parties, musical eutertainuients, etc.,
are quite the thing.
Full evening dress Is, of course, de
rlgueur at all evening entertainments,
and as by this time In the Winter the
evening gowns made in the autumn
are likely to look Just a hit worn an/1
tumbled. It is found necessary in many
Instances to replace them with new
ones, or, at all events, to retrim arul
freshen them up sufficiently to pass
muster.
I'urple and gray are supposedly
Lenten colors, and there are many
gowns made up of these shades, but
they are worn at other times as well.
In pale gray moire a smart gown has
Just been turned out. The skirt is plain,
not quite so wide as last winter's
styles and without any trimming. The
waist,of the same material, is trimmed
with ruffles of gray chiffon, and the
minute sleeves are made of gray satin
ribbon. A broad girdle of gray satin
Is wide at the back, but In front tapers
down almost Into a point, and the ends
are fastened down with a rhinestonu
and steel buckle.
ANOTHEU I*HETTY GOWN*.
Another gray gown that is most at-
tractive is of moire percale—a real sil-
ver gray. The skirt of it is quite
plain—deml-tralne. The waist is
trimmed with three double ruffles of
white Brussels net, edged with mil-
liners' folds of pale gray satin. These
ruffles are put on to form n bertha,
but on the front of the waist they are
covered at one side and a long end
falls down to the very hem of the
skirt. The end is of the plain net,
with a ruffle edged with the satin to
match the trimming on the waist. Soft
bows of white ribbon caught down
with tiny steel buckles are put in the
bertha and a satin girdle is finished
with a long curved buckle of cut steel.
This Is quite a new fad. having the
long ends fall on the skirt of the
gown, but It is quite a pretty fad and
one that gives a slender, graceful line
to the figure. On a black moire bro-
cade gown, made with a black velvet
waist, the effect Is particularly good.
The bertha Is of wide dnchcsse point,
arranged on the front of the wnist to
show a full vest of cerise velvet. The
lace turns back from the vest In revers
and one end crosses and falls on the
■kirt, where It is fastened with a big
"splashy" bow of tbo cerise velvet.
On the left shoulder are also bows of
the velvet, and a narrow edge of It
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There's anotheS land and better.
We are told.
Where the slave shakes off his fetter.
And where worth is never debtor
Unto gold.
Thither often we are turning
Weary eyes.
And our heavy hearts are yearning.
Night and day are throbbing, burning.
For 1U skies.
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There that foolish superstition.
Pride of birth.
Finds Its sudden demolition.
And our being's final mission
Is of worth.
There the Insolence of power
Falls away:
And the proudest soul must cower.
For the spirit takes no power
From the clay.
Common lives have wondrous splendor
In that light.
For the spirit meek and tender
Puts to shame the king's defender
Shorn of might.
Natures touched with fires seraphlo
Shed their care.
And no peace-girt Islands Sapphlo
Far from fretful toll and trafflc.
Dream and dare.
Laws through years of wrong descended
There are changed;
Customs with Injustice blended.
Creeds for centuries defended.
Rearranged.
Heaven has solace without measure-
To* and I
Should not dream of earthly pleasure.
Bat should think about our treasure
In the aky.
—Chicago Times-Herald.
THE WORLD OVER.
EVEN* IN G GOWNS.
shows under the black girdle In a
clever way that makes the waist both
long and becoming.
GOWNS IN PURPLE.
In purple liberty satin an exceeding-
ly smart gown has Just been finished.
The skirt Is quite full and absolutely
plain. The waist, draped in folds
about the figure, has cap pieces, epau-
lets as it were, over the puff sleeves,
while a spray of purple orchids is
most gracefully nrranged across the
front of the waist.
Black is as fashionable as ever. A
black satin has a waist that is In-
tensely becoming, covered with Jet.
There Is a V-shaped piece of poln?: lace
on the front, which Is enshrined in sil-
ver and seed pearls. The sleeves are
ruffles of black chiffon and knots of
1 black satin ribbon, and the only con-
trast of color is the V-shaped piece of
; white lace, which Is so put on as to
; make the figure look very slender.
In black brocade and net, a stun-
! ning gown has a bertha of spangled
horse hair net, edged with a narrow
pleated effect is greatly In favor, and.
j when trimmed with rows and rows of
narrow black satin ribbon, certainly
| looks delightfully light and graceful.
| The waists are trimmed with ribbon,
! sometimes are made entirely of linen,
'crossed and recrosaed In a pretty and
| becoming fashion, which shows to the
greatest advantage with the full skirts.
Very firmly pronounced Is the ver-
I diet that separate waists are no longer
to be fashionable, and yet the dress-
makers are making them by the score
and the shops are full of the smartest
of styles. Mousseline de soie and chif-
fon in black are made up over colored
silks, and for theater wear are as much
in favor as ever. The latest fashions
show the thin materials made with
clusters of tucks, then a plain spacing
and again the tncks. OTer the sleeves
are cap pieces, trimmed with narrow
lace, either black or cream white
Black over pink or yellow Is • mod
combination, and a collar and girdle of
mirror velvet adds a touch of smart-
There was no demand for poultry.
And through busineas methods shallow
I went broke on hides and tallow!
In nlxty years the number of Episcopal
churches In Scotland has grown from 76 to 321.
The Governor of Minnesota, the State Super-
intendent of Publio Instruction, and several
of the State Senatora of that State are natives
of New Hampahiro.
The city of Montreal, Quebec, has already
contributed the liberal sum of $42,000 for the
benefit of the sufferers fram famine In India,
and subscriptions are atlll being made.
Slam's outspoken monarch 1* to visit Queen
Victoria at Wlndaor Caatle next summer. He
will go to Europe in his 2,500-ton steam
yacht Maha Chakrt. which was built for him
in Scotland four years ago.
They have Just discovered In France that
though the palace of the Tullerlea was de-
stroyed twenty-six years ago, four officials
charged with the preaervation and care of the
palace still bold office and draw their aalarles.
At an athletic contest held recently at Free-
mont. County Cork, James Loder, 83 years old,
covered 33 feet in three standing Jumps. Sev-
eral young men failed to come within three
feet of this distance. Old Loder weigh* only
112 pounds.
Five thousand two hundred and twelve per-
sons in Prussia laat year had fortunaa of a
million marks. $260,000, aa compared with
5.256 the year before. The richest Prussian la
Baron Rothschild of Frankfort-on-the-Main;
next cornea Herr Krupp, and than the Prince
of Plees.
Miss Caroline Shillaber. daughter of Benja-
min Shlllaber of Chelaea Mass., whoaa "Say-
ings of Mrs. Partington" were very popular
some years ago. Is to enter the lecture field
In New England. She Intends to give remin-
iscences of her father's Ufa and readings from
his Partington aaylngai
England uaea more of the 7,#00,000,000 quires
of paper produced annually by the 4,000 mills
of the world than any other country, the
United States coming next, followed In the
order named by Germany. France. Austria,
Italy, Mexico. Russia and Spain. Of the above
amount 600,000.000 qulree are used for news-
papers. of which the United Statea Is the larg-
est consumer.
In a new German ladder for flremeVa nse
more especially, the runes are pivoted In
channeled sides, so that the ladder may be
folded to preaent the appearance of a pole and
used aa a battering ram. It will also serve aa
a scaffold plank, ambulance stretcher, boat-
hook or aa a pole for hanging carpets for
beating.
A compound water proof material for in-
soles, damp-proof coverings for walla, roofs,
etc. la formed from a sheet of ductile metal
heated or coated with pitch or tar, and
pressed between two layers of bituminous felt.
Several layers of the material may be produced
at the same time.
Germany la the greatest potato-crowing
country of the world. The crop of the four
principal tuber raising countries of Bartms in
UN amounted to M.M6 000 tons, of which $4.-
481.000. a little more than halt, waa produced
la Germany; 21,000,000 in France; 7.068,000 in
England, and 1.*6.000 in Belgium. Four years
ago the total production waa leas than U.M*,-
OfiO tons for the same countriea. The United
States ranks after England. It ta not as-
tonishing to aee Germany at the bead of the
potato-producing countries of the world for
this precious tuber is nbt only employed for
food, bat enormous quantities are required tor
Industrial purpoaaa; for Instance, for ths dis-
tilling of alcohol sad
a Larch. The ""
ths globe is
that la. aboat MJMli
INTERESTING SMALL TALK.
It ts said that a dragon fly can fly back-
ward as rapidly and easily as forward.
It Is said that the priests of Paris have
been forbidden to appear in a theater in ec-
cleslastlcal costume.
A London butcher, who put up the Royal
Arms over his shop on the strength of having
sold some beef to Queen Victoria, has been
prosecuted by the "Incorporated Association
of Her Majesty's Warrant-Holders (Limited),"
and lined.
It Is estimated that the turkey trade of the
United States exceeds $12,000,000 annually.
The greatest of the turkey growing States are
Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio. In-
diana. Iowa. Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Texas.
Mrs. Frank Lord of Washington was one
of three ladles who were present at the for-
mal notification of President Lincoln of his
renominatlen. She concealed Verself behind
a stairway In the hall when the committee
enttred the East Room.
Thomas Sexton, who recently resigned his
seat In the House of Commons, is of the
opinion that the Irish party "must have bet-
ter discipline before anything worth labor-
ing for can be obtained from the Houae of
Commons even for the most palpable griev-
ances of Ireland."
LOVE LIVES ON.
I took from their hiding place last night
Your lettera, sweetheart, and read;
And their passion thrilled In the wan light.
Though I said, "My love Is deed."
But tears came back to my world-worn eyes
Aa I thought of a golden June
And -lovers who sang. "Love never dies
While boats drift under the moon."
For white wings come, and white sails go.
Drifting out into the dawn;
But memory cornea with refluent flow.
And It's true as ever It was, I know,
That love lives on and on.
It comes with the touch or the clasp of a
hand.
Or the glance of a stranger's eya,
Or a kindly act In a foreign land.
Or the gleam of a starry sky.
Or a drifting boat on a silver lake.
Or a Illy you tou<sh with your oar.
Or the sound of the winds and wavee that
break.
In melody, on the shore.
But as long as white wings come and go.
Or drift In the rosy dawn.
While memory comes with refluent flow.
It Is true ai iver it was. I know.
That love llvea on and on.
•-Emma Playter Seabury in New England Mag-
aiine.
The candy makers say that the most profit-
able part of their trade ts In fancy candles,
put up In ornamental boxes, the box fre-
uently cutting more figure In the purchase
' an the goods.
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Another eighteenth century fashion seems
to be reviving in England. London Is now
admiring a male soprano, thirty years of age.
named Steele.
FOR THE LENTEN SEASOJf
PEOPLE AND THINGS.
Two cows, two pigs, eighteen hens, a grey-
hound pup and a bull were given to an agent
by an Abilene (Kan.) farmer for a cabinet
organ.
Tim Hussey, who discovered mines In the
Cripple Creek district worth fully $1,$0O,OOO.
died penniless in the hospital of the grert gold
camp last week.
The Charleston "News and Courier" prints
pictures of the present State officers and mem-
bers of the Legislature. Of 123 men only two
wear eyeglasses or spectacles.
In Waterford, Me., there Is a pastor who
used to be an expert boxer In his college deye.
and this winter ne has been giving lesioifs In
the manly art to the youths of his neighbor-
hood.
Russian authorities ascribe the recent
marked decline In the Immigration of Polish
and Russian Jews Into this country to the tact
that South Africa has now taken the place of
the United States aa the bourne of the Hebrew-
exodua.
The new Canadian census shows the sur-
prising fact that seventeen In every thousand
of the Canadian population were born In the
United States. This is seven more in the
thousand than the number reported from all
European countries outside of Great Britain.
The number of persons In the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland who use
Gaelic as their native language, though con-
stantly decreasing. Is much larger than Is com-
monly supposed. It Includes 660,000 In Ireland,
350.000 in Wales and 230,000 In Scotland.
It Is asserted that the Gulf of Mexico has
risen one foot since 1850. With experts the
question is as to whether It contains mora
water; or has the erosion of the great area
draining into the gulf filled the bottom to the
depth of one footT Possibly seismic action
hss much, if not all. to do with the change.
A water-tube Jail la one of the latest achieve-
ments of Yankee Ingenuity. It la no longer
necessary to make the prison bars so heavy
and ao hard that cutting through them become*
very difficult; but. Instead, thay are
simply of pipes, forming pari of a hlgh-pres-
r system. Should any of these pipes
be severed, the water would escape and quick-
ly give warning of th< break.
Max Muller, in a recent lecture,
"Nothing Is so capricious and unreasonable aa
the spelling of English. Our preaent spelling,
which we teach with ao much trouble and fear
and trembling, was aettled chiefly at the time
of the introduction of printing, and the com-
be fore their
desks In the
posltors standing _ _
printing offices of England had much mora to
do with it than the composers of books sitting
I at their desks In their studies." •-
I A new industry has sprung up In Colorado
within the past few weeks—that of hunting
lack rabbits for their pelts. which find ready
sale to hat manufactories in the Eaat.
The new Canadian census ahowa the cur-
prtslng fact that seventeen In every thousand
1 of the Canadian population were born In the
United States. This is seven more In ths thou-
sand than the number reported from all
European countries outside of Oreat Britain.
The Socialists of Leek. Staffordahlre, Ens-
land. have purchased an old Quaker meeting
house and turned It Into a labor church. Ths
edifice ts two ceoturlea old, and atanda In a
well-tufted lnclosure, surrounded br tall old
trees, where open-air meetlnga will be held In
summer.
On the occasion of the semi-centennial an-
niversary of Glrard College. Philadelphia, a
bronze statue of Stephen Glrard will be un-
veiled. The statue will be of the heroic alas.
Glrard waa fairly diminutive. The statue
stands on a pedestal of granite nine feet high,
and the figure Is to be of the same else. Mr.
J. Massey Rhlnd Is the artist.
AN AMERICAN GIRL IN PARIS.
Gowns Being Worn During the Lenten Season.
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