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TIIE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1893
: READING FOR WOMEN,
THINGS OF SPECIAL INTER
I EST TO THE FAIR SEA'.
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I Black roses are novelties in milliDery.
Fashion threatens us with "hand
painted furniture.
Accordion pleating has returned to
fasbionablo favor.
S Tho suinnier girl's bouquet is a single
long steuiuied roso.
Hatters threaten to revive tho flat
topped Derby this fall.
Mauy old futihiuiiH and styles have
lleen christened alter the Iofauta.
The reGned young lady will never tell
tier age. No mote will a cireus joke
The straw hat reigns.
Both russet shoes and outin" shirts
have gone in elegance beyond their mis
sions.
In piano covers, the newest extravagance
j js white Irish lace over colored satin.
A small silver heart with plush bindin"
is the latest thing in pocket pincushions.
It may safely be declared that common
sense women wear a common sense shoe.
Heart shaped luns, embroidered in
bright colored silks, are in tho novelty
hue.
An expensive rullle on a cheap shirt
waist is one of tho prevailing inconsis
tencies. Bow knot rings of gold are the latest
and arc intended to be worn on the little
finger.
FIRST SHOT OF THE WAR.
I X PUETTY TKIPLE EFFECT A
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JD A CHARMING HOMK SOWS.
Fancy stationery does not find favor
mohg poople who really know "what's
What."
I Colored kid slippers are worn with
afternoon gowns, this season, as they
" never were before.
y Gossip bags carried by the ladies are
now made of the richest and most expen
sive materials.
It is not liMy that facetious para
graphers' attacks on the shirt waist will
nffect its popularity.
I A fashion note records that the femi
nine arrangement of hair is for smooth
braids over the forehead.
:f Tho horsehair cloth, which takes the
; jplace of crinoline, comes principally in
,' lorrel, chestnut and gray colors.
To exhibit the now fashionable Napo
leon curl over the forehead, the girl of
the period need tilt back her sailor has.
Not every girl who docs not believe in
sleeves below the elbows has cither a
pretty wrist or hand, albeit one looks fcr
both with that fashiom
No nirl of the period's summer ward
robe is complete without at least one pink
gingham dress.
A Kansas man recently obtained a
divorce from bis wife on the ground that
6he was an idler.
Many may understand women, but it
generally puzzles her horso to tell what
she is driving at.
Good bye, dear, ho whispered. May
I kiss you? Yes, yes, she answered.
Don't waste so much time in talking.
The Identity of the Man Who Fired
It Seems to Bo Established.
Gen. Beauregard recently made
public a statement which seems to
settle tho identity of tho man who
fired tho shot that began the late
war. The General say3 that hist
April ho noticed a short article,
dated Aprd 15, 1802. in which it
was stated that Major W. M.
Gibbs, of South Carolina, claimed
to havo fired tho first gun against
Fort Sumter, on April 12, 1801.
Tho General says:
As Minor (lilibs' statement did
not agreo with my recollection of
tho event. I enclosed tho article to
Col. A. Clnshohn, of New i ork,
who was one of the aides. I sent
to Major Hubert Anderson, com
manding tho fort, to demand its
surrender, asking him, Col. Chis
holm, for his recolloction of tho
occurence. I received only lately
his answer, which I submitted at
onco to Gen. S. 1). Lee, who was
also one of my aides on that occa
sion, and happens to be now in
New Orleans. Ho confirms tho
statement of Col. Chisholm,
which agreqs with what he had
written on the subject, first on
Get. 7, 1882, and then on April
21, 1892, to Col. Stobo Farrow, of
South Carolina.
As my remembrance of the ver
bal report of those affairs of my
staff agrees fully with their pres
ent statement, I publish tho com
munication from Colonel Chis-
said, by General Lee, and ought
to settle tho question ot wno tired
tho first gun, signal shell, on Fort
Sumter on the i2tn ot April, isoi.
According to Mr. Chisholm tho
order to fire tho signal shell was
delivered to Captain George S.
James who offered tho honor of
firino- the shot to General Roirer
A. Pryor, who declinod. Said
Mr. Chisholm:
"Captain James, soeing General
Pryor, said to him: 'Mr. Pryor,
I have always been a great ad
mirer of yours, and now offer you
tho honor of firing the first shot at
Fort Sumter.'
"General Pryor felt flattered,
but with many thanks declined the
offer. I asked him why he did not
accept it. His reply was 'that it
would not do for him to firo that
shot, as his State had not yet se
ceded.' "
Oyster shells laid on tho hot
coal's in a stovo or range will
loosen clinkers on tho fire brick so
that they may bo taken off easily,
and a stovo that is rubbed off with
newspapers after ouch meal will
not need polishing so often.
A custard should nover reach
'the boiling point or it will curdle.
Washday is a good time to at
tend to the "manicuring" we are
all exhorted to do in tlieso days.
Whilo the hands uro well soaked,
with a little ivory implement that
comes for tho purpose (price, 10
cental, loosen and THlsh back tho
skin that grows over the nail at
tlio root, and with circular scis
sors trim tho nails iu good shape.
It takes but a minuto or two, men
with a touch occasionally through
tho week, they keep in creditable
order.
Tim fumes of a brimstono match
will remove berry stains from the
fingers.
Tt' mi uvtorv is cut. nress it be
tween the wound and tho heart: if
a vein is cut, compress beyond tho
wound.
No fruit loses flavor from being
carelessly handled more quickly
than apples. Apples which havo
been well stored will retain their
flavor throughout tho winter, but
those wliielf have been allowed to
lie about with decaying specimens,
or are stored loosely iu barrels,
either lose their flavor or acquire
a rank taste from the conditions
around them.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GEO. J. MORRISON. J- E. WUIThHOKMJS.
JNO. S. NORTHINCTON.
GEO. J. MORRISON & CO.,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY - GOODS,
No. 126, Sycamore st.
PETERSBURG, VA.
Spring C!y Stock
English (food Enough.
He prided himself on being an
extremely polished young man
and, at ho raised his hat politely
to the elderly woman who was
about to alight from her carriage,
ho said :
"Permit me to assist you,
madame."
"Thank you, monsieur," sho re
plied.
He felt somewhat flattered, but
he explained:
"Iain not a frenchman, mad-
ame.
"And I am not a French
woman, monsieur," she returned.
"But you address mo as mon
sieur," he said.
"And vou address me as mad
ame," she replied.
"Ana it should be madame: no
asked.
"The English word is quite as
respectful. I can see no reason for
using the French in this country,
sir."
He bowed again and said:
"T think von are riurht. madame.
I never looked at it in that light
before.'' Detroit Free Press.
Systematic Domestic Training.
While wo labor over tho un
trained majority there are hun
dreds of young girls in orphan
asylums and other institutions
who might bo getting a thorough
grounding in the fundamentals of
domestic work, and make, even
in two yoars, a change in present
domestic conditions. If it could
be made the fad, even for one year,
for intelligent women to give an
hour a week to this work, wo
Klionld be astonished at tho result.
To raise tho most independent girl
without a practical knowledge of
housework is cruel, but it bocomes
worse than cruel for the depend
on t. dusa. It cannot be that a
large per cent, of tho girls yearly
cared for by charity are to be
adopted in comfortable homo3 or
trained for well paying artistic
nmffwimis.
But who is to give this training?
Evidently- it cannot be asked of tho
faithful workers who are already
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overburdened witn tno prouieni oi
foodinir nlntliimr and shot terin
the orphans. An hour a week is
not much for others to give, the
work would prove fascinating to
mnnv mid tlmro are so many in
telligent women, and so much
time is wasted. More than this,
housework, well done, is a groat
nmvoii Hvn of both vice and dis-
nuun Jinniwmle out of ten are
sick -because thev do not exercise
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enough brain as well as uouy;aii
r.f.r,il. win i Hi-fi vicious are so be
cause they havo not been kept
healthfully and nappny uusy.
TTiiiiselvol-W. taught in tho proper
way, can be made a fascinating
occupation. I he time nas como
f, QoniA mini or woman to oniri
tlw fusliion of leavintr thoir
millions not at the top, but at the
bottom, to be used in an education
that will set the formation of
character above all else.
Now Full and Complete.
BLCK JlfiD COLORED DqESS qOODS,
CHINA SILKS A SPECIALTY.
Laces and Embroideries. Cassimeres and Domestics.
Mattings, Lace Curtail s. Velvets and Smyrna Kug,
Table and Household linens. Ladies' and Mens' Underwear.
Hosiery, Gloves, Etc., Etc.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO ORDERS. SAMPLES SENT ON APPLICATION.
BfiyOnr Prices are as low ns anv house South of Baltimore. 6-8-3m.
P. N. STAINBACK,
(at J. T. Gooch's old stand)
Weldon, N. 0.
Dealer in
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,HK LILY BODICE, THIS OTHER KW ONS AND TUB ROLLKD BACK STIIAW.
Mrs. Lolcy, a resident of Cineinnati,
although over 95 years old, recently
walked a distance of 30 miles in less than
a day.
Shall I have the pleasure of being
engaged to you this summer ? I am
sorry, Mr. Broadbrim, but my program is
full up to November.
Miss Mario Tempest owns a whistling
parrot which imitates a'l the operatic airs
it has heard its mistress sing wnue re
hearsing in her room.
I don't see why Miss Gobble should
: seem so attractive to all the gentlemen.
5 He The doctor has forbidden her ever
eating ioe cream.
She "Oh, you cannot always tell how
!,; one feels by how one looks. You might
i' ' ' think I feel perfectly well, but I assure
! - you I have no appetite at all. He (gal
' "'Jaotly) And yetyou look good enough
i to oat. ,
Rh us a t-ifle in arreurn of tho procession
who has not a sunshade for every costumo.
Although as a rule the girls uro no
udmirers of stioiriness, when the right
fellow come aloDg few of the fair ones
object to a certain degree of closeness.
The Georgia Me heal Association, at
its recent annual meeting, admitted its
first woman member. No objection was
made, and her eleotion was unanimous.
A ladv at Dalton, Ga., owns a gold
breastpin of great antiquity, and within a
circle of diamonds of the brightest lustre
is a lock of George Washington's hair.
The Outlook nan discovered that it is
tho thiuif uo to present to a young girl
on the announcement of her engagement
a cup aud a saucer. - She has the spoon.
Orauce Itlnssomsi at Weddinrs.
A fliarmiiiLr Spanish legend
holds sentimental Sp.iin responsi
ble for the pretty custom of wear
ing orange blossoms at weddings.
" One ot the epanisn Kings, to
ran i ltb Wend. "hud an imported
orange tree of which he was very
proud, and ot wnicn me r rencu
ambassador was exiremui v wuium
to obtain a slip. The gardener's
daughter was poor, and, requiring
a dowrv in order to marry iter
lover, she obtained a cutting of
tho orange treo and sold it to the
ambassador tor a hign price. At
lmr wnililincr she wore a wreath of
orange blossoms in her hair in rec
ognition of tlio plant to wmcn sue
owed her happiness."
TOO GOOD FOR THIS WORLD.
She 9 li pretty malili-n with
Tho lnvi'Hirlit I" lii-r c.vo.
A ChrWtmin (rift for Alifuruua
She sturteil imt to buy.
With dread unii-rtnliity of mind
Sh went from shop to nhop.
Tin- worn mid weary mlivitien there
She kept "iiinu tin- hop."
Here 18 a suiokuu mt that's niots,"
One eam-r shopman cried
"He rtoi-sn't nso toluu-io. sir!"
She m-orutully replied.
"A dainty little brandy tlosk
InlniJ with silver link "
Her face took on a humility loolc
"Oh, no, he never drinks."
"A neat and novel box for o.irdi,
A poker set, ymi know!"
"He never touches p aying cards,
lie's often told uie so."
"A pair of opera glasses, then
A novel pat turn, quite:"
"lie nevi-r goes to theaters,
Ho doesn't think It right."
Then loudly did thut shopman ory
At she approached tho door:
"Our harp and erowu department, mist
Is on ti.e upper floor!"
High-class stationery in decor-
Choice Recipes.
Htjipp Oatsitp. Boil seven
pounds of grapes, merely Picked
from tho stems and washed in a
l.nu-1 Kotin a. kettle of boiling
water. When they havo cooked
in this way for an hour, strain
through a "sieve lino enough to
i-.,r, '!!wl.- Tim skins and seeds.
Add a 1-2 pounds of sugar, a pint;
t ,.;,inY!ir n tinsnoonfid of cinna
mon and the same amount of
sieves. Cook tho mixture till it
is thick.
Rowdoin Pudding. One
(mart of milk, one-third of a box
,.P ,.,.l..tino anllL-fwl ill the lllilk 0116
1,1
hour. One cup of sugar, yolks of
h.m.t ml0-J lioiitixn trm-nthor: add to
liuur i-uf,- - r-
the cold nulk. cook like sott
soft custard. B-at the wtntes ot
tho eggs, and stir into tho pudding
inst its' vou take it from the stove.
1 1 1 v'n fi 1( ; KK11KK AP. Two
c-uits of inoLuwos, two thirds of
cup of butter or lard. Halt a cup
of warm water, two t- uwionfuls
. f u.u-i mm of iriwr. Hour to roll
as soft as you c.tn; wot mo iop
with milk and sitt sugar over u
Ivilriiiir
Apple Ch.vklotvk. L,me a
buttered loaf-tin with thin slices
f lwmimniulrt bread: dip the ed'"1"
of the bread in white of egg aa.l
(ill !., atv.mn with a smooth apple
JU,wo hohki mod with lemon rind
and nutmeg, or cinnamon; cover
the top with strips ot bread; piu a
small quantity of butter on top,
aud bako ono nour.
Ovster Salad. Clean on a pint
f ,..i,Hf fi.lr.rv. nnd cut into tine
Ol , -
pieces. Season with salt, iarboil
one pint of ovsters, drain, aud
when cold mix them witlui French
dressing. Put a layer of shredded
lettuce in A salad-bowl, sprinkle
with u French dressiug, add the
ysun and celery, cover with a
Mayonnaise dressing, and garnish
with pickled barberrkis.
Full line Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Crockery and Glass ware,
Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Furniture Cooking stoves,
Busies, Koad Carts and Wagons.
18ns & Metallic Burial Gases.
SPECIALTIES'.
rT7T r T TPTD'Q Finc SHOES iVr Lb.IS.s, oil styles.
Zjlii L Vjriii-li O New Fort tics sbd Slij iers are beauties this
season.
1 iiiite inbection(f my stock feeling aund 1 cr,n j.liaMt.l) quality and piiccs.
P. W. Squire, of Northampton, is
with me and will be glad to see his
many friends.
WE STUDY TO PLEASE.