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THE CONTENTS OF A GASKET.
3n a Bed of Death a Guilty Woman Confesses a Sin-The
Telltale Letter Destroyed— Forgiven by a
Noble Husband.
"Not two hours to live "
1 heard them say it. The grave-faced,
lolemn-voiced^men summoned to my
.edside. "Not two hours to live "
What think you, my sisterhood of
fashion? How if you, like me, lay help-
less beneath the stroke of the avenger,
with no time for what good people call
"preparation"— even such prepara-
tion as would destroy the petits secrets
In the dressing table drawers, or the
compromising letters that bespeak a
'•fashionable flirtation."
"Not two hours to live "
1 lay there helpless as a chained log
and heard it— lay there amid the luxury
and beauty of my beautiful chamber -
helpless, inert. The only sound that in
any way roused me or appealed to my
numbed senses was a low, hoarse sob—
a man's sob in the silence of the room—
a sound of sorrow and regret for one so
worthless as the woman he had called
wife.
That sob startled me. It seemed to
Bet in array all the folly and worthless-
ness of these three past years— my
coldness and neglect— all the pain I
had dealt so recklessly— all the pa-
tience and tenderness and forbearance
with which 1 had trifled. Had he cared
_o much— did he care— still?
1 could not speak— I could not move,
and my senses were strangely acute and
my will was battling against bodily
feebleness. Oh, to rise, for even two
brief moments— Oh, to secure that
fatal packet, and see the free, fierce
flames destroy its crimiating contents.
For who would believe, who would
credit me with nothing more than
folly and vanity, and that easy drifting
into* doing as "other women" do, that is
one of a false society's most fatal and
alluring sophistries? Who? Not he,
not the husband whose love I had
never valued, whose presence I had
never voluntarily sought whose gold
i had squandered, whose honor 1
had trifled with oh. surely, surely,
not he of all who might learn my folly,
when 1 1, Frances Deverell, should
be no more. If 1 nad known if even
as I had dressed for to-night's ball
ray last ball— I had known— how easy it
would have been to destroy those fool-
ish letters to have left the court of
life without "a stain on my character,"
as the wise judges say to the acquitted
prisoner How easy Ah. dear
heaven! as if life was not full of such
'iionies such easy possibilities that
one small untoward circumstance is yet
all-powerful to overthrow, or turn into
bitter tragedy.
Two hours! now many precious mo-
ments had passed since 1 heard that de-
cree? Something already of the al-
lotted space had faded into the past,
lessening, by sure degrees, the interval
between what was and what would be.
The doctors had gone— the maid had
passed into the adjoining dressing-room.
- — Beside me. his face hidden on the
silken coverlet, his strong frame con-
vulsed by those suppressed sobs, knelt
ray husband— and there among the lace-
edged pillows I lay: 1, Frances Dever-
ell, who shall soon cease even to be— 1
—that important and egotistic person-
ality whose- representative would fain
claim for itself the care and homage of
the universe since in its arrogance
and self-sufficiency it lives and breathes
with the idea that the universe was
created specially to supply its wants
and minister to its desires. H*~f
They say that to the drowning man
all his life flashes back on the electric
current of memory, in some such
fashion all my life flashed back to me
and overwhelmed me with bitter shame
•and unavailing remorse. Childhood,
youth, womanhood, each had its record,
and each showed to me the same list of
wasted opportunities, foolish vanities,
ignoble pleasures, misspent hours.
"Two hours more to live!" — Already
they had lessened their little span of
moments. Already the chill shadow ap-
proached ray scarcely breathing form.
Bodily pain had passed. Numbed, cold,
still, 1 lay there in the luxurious softly-
lighted room, and with sick and awful
despair waited— waited for my doom.
*•_»** » * * «
As I heard those deep sobs, I thought
to myself, "To-morrow he will know my
falseness— to-morrow he will not sleep,"
and impelled by some awakening force
of will, my eyes turned to that spot
which guarded my secret— which held
those fatal letters— the letters of my
lover.
Oh, why had I treasured them— why
had I not* destroyed them while yet life
and health and opportunity were mine!
I thought of nothing else save of hiding
my sin from the man I had wronged and
the longing and desire grew intolerable
within me, like struggling demons
mocking my helplessness and shrieking
ever and always in my ear. '•To-mor
to-morrow! * * * The man
who has lived and believed in you shall
know you as you are !"
"Shall know you as yon are!" Think
of it, my sisters*, since for you it is I
write this warning. Picture to your-
selves the one dread hour that surely
comes to the rich and poor alike— and
while you think, remember that in all
your nakedness, your cheats and shams
and hypocrisies you will be known at
known not to man alone, but to
that great and majestic and allwise
Being, whom your puny will has
mocked, and your faulty human reason
has arraigned, and your weak and evil
human nature offended and insulted
with every year of its wasted life.
And while those demon voices mocked
and jeered, and while in anguish and
despair beyond all power of expression,
my torn and aching heart panted and
pulsed with vain remorse, a sudden
quiet fell upon the air and upon me.
The voices were stilled— the racking
sobs no longer burst from the breast of
the kneeling man— his face was hidden
on the coverlet, and 1***1 opened
my languid, heavy eyes, and saw stand-
ing beside me a tall and beautiful figure
With face of God-like pity, and eyes
whose very look was love and tender-
ness most infinite. I looked and looked,
and with every wondering glance the
deepening sense of peace and rest stole
over my anguished soul.
Then the radiant Being bent gently
over me, and 1 felt a touch, soft and
cool as dewy rose leaves, on my brow,
and my eyes closed with the weariness
of approaching sleep— being closed,
saw vividly and distinctly as ever— in-
deed more clearly and vividly than any
bodily vision.
They saw the whole room and the
shadows of dark forms flitting to and
fro, yet kept back and apart now from
the circle of radiant light that spread
around the beautiful form by my side.
They saw that form, majestic with the
majesty and kindliness of purity and
perfection, and with eyes where dwelt
the pitying love of that great Soul of
Love, whose empire is of all aud over
all. - . •'• - ■:'.::
How pitifully— how sorrowfully their
look dwelt on me— on me, whose little-
ness and worthlessness swept with
crushing and ever recurrent memory
over every record of this vain earth
life. «vir •
Then quietly and gently the hand was
withdrawn. My pulsing heart grew
still. A voice came to me. sweeter than
all music I ever heard, "Bise," it said—
"rise and follow me."
I was conscious of no effort, nothing
beyond mere acquiescence of will; but
suddenly 1 seemed lifted up, and float-
ing free as air, and buoyant with a new
and exquisite sense of life above that
earthly figure of myself, lying pale and
motionless on its death bed. 1 seemed
to be poised above its semblance and to
take in with wondering gaze the
shrunken features, the gray hues of
death, the ashen lips, the feebly flutter-
ing pulse.
Then the voice spoke again, and
obeying it, I found myself before the
massive wardrobe at the further end of
the room, and on the shelf before me
lay the casket with those fatal letters.
As I gazed at it it opened, and I saw the
well known hand, and seemed to read
once more the passionate words of love
that had been so fatally sweet, that had
lured me. along that perilous road, that
had almost, almost— oh, thank God. not
quite— taught me forgetfulness of duty,
honor, puritv; all save itself and its
passionate pleas and and selfish allure-
ments.
Involuntarily, so it seemed, I tried to
grasp hat fatal packet; the one desire
lor safety, for concealment, for the
preservation of my poor shreds of dig-
nity and honor alone pre-eminent. But
again 1 heard the voice, and it stayed
the impulse, and trembling and wonder-
ing I obeyed its will. "Listen," it said,
"for 1 am permitted to offer you one
chance of expiating your folly and your
sin. You may leave this earth life, the
hypocrite yon know yourself; you may
stand in your husband's sight the cold
and pure and stainless being he has
worshipped with all his great trusting
heart. For his nobleness far exceeds
vour worth as the eternal love exceeds
the finite. He believes in you.
Will you leave him in that belief or
will you take his scorn and con-
demnation as your just punishment.
and in humility and pain take up again
the burden of years that you have spent
in folly and vanity? The choice • is
yours. * Yet let me warn you that even
as every human sin is known to the
soul that commits it. so by that soul is
it judged and punished and expiated.
This is the law of the Eternal.this is the
secret of every life that lives, and
which it must learn and from which it
can not escape. What you see on yon-
der bed is but the poor, plastic, perish-
ing shell to which you were lent for a
brief space. That which is yourself in-
habits it no longer. See how poor a
thing ii is! Where is its beauty, its
grace, its charm, that won for you its
impotent prise of huamnity itself?
—Gone!— Gone Tike the breath on a
mirror, the ripple on a lake, the breeze
that sighs and is not. And for that—
for that frail, perishable thing you have
held that life is all-important. For that
you have schemed and planned and
decked yourself in gay apparel and
costly gems; for that you have sinned;
for that you have forgotten your Master
and Creator. For that— its poor
shred of conventional integrity, you
would even now close your life record
with a sin— sin of deceit— There
is your casket. Take it if you
will. There kneels the man you have
wronged. Leave him to his self de-cep-
tion Leave him and take with you
the remorse that is God's only hell— the
pitiful, humiliating sense of what you
are, and from which you cannot escape.
Leave him thus, or return to yonder
shell, and with your last breath be hon-
est to that better nature which God has
given every mortal. Confess your
wrong doing Yea, even at the cost of
his long-wasted love, and the gain of
his scorn aud contempt, make your ex-
piation."
1 listened. It seemed to me that I
cowered and trembled beneath those ra-
diant eyes, that a strange sense of
nakedness and coldness, and small and
pitiful meanness was all of which I was
conscious at that moment. No excuse
offered itself. No platitudes and pretty
sophistries such as in my gay worldly
hours I had heard and used a thousand
times. No extenuation of a lonely life,
an uncongenial home, a temperament
and nature misunderstood, such as
many women shield their actions
with, while they all too eagerly
palter with temptation, lacking
the moral courage to speak of
sin as it is, of themselves as they
are! No, plain and clear as light itself,
1 saw my folly and read my condemna-
tion, and suddenly a wave of intense
and terrible agony seemed to over-
whelm what was sentiment and reason-
able within me, and in bitter grief I
cried out, "Let me return! i will con-
fess ! I will be honest, cost what it
may!" ;-
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My eyes opened. A mist seemed to
clear from my. brain. Feebly 1 moved
and Stretched my hand, and another
hand closed over it and a voice— dear
God! how tender and how brave its
faltering tones— murmured in my ear,
"I am here, my dearest. What is it
you wish?"
1 think I could have wept then, but
my anguish was too great for tears. His
dearest— 1; and I knew it was true. I
knew that never by word or deed had
the faithful nature swerved from its
duty or the true heart failed In its love.
There "Hay the bitter sting of my humili
ation. There lay the punishment of
sin.
"I have something to tell you," I said.
"I know I am going to die— but 1 can-
not die with this on my soul "
"Do not trouble yourself, dear heart,"
said the brave and kindly voice. "There
is nothing you have done I cannot for-
give- . Why speak of the past? . It
is over now— *—. I am not blame-,
less . My love for you made me self-
ish. You were so young, and I should
have remembered that and been more
generous to your faults."
"More generous to my faults!" The
greatness of this love ; the strength and
tenderness of this nature I had disre-
garded, how they crushed " me to the
heart now. Now, when it was too late.
Aye, think of that, oh sisterhood of
mine— the rank of cold, selfish and ne-
glectful wives. Think of it when your
hour too shall come as mine came, and
your soul shrinks aghast in shuddering
horror from the sight of yourself as you
are!
For men are so much what women
make them that on womanhood shall lie
the larger blame when the impurities
and indecencies and shame and follies
of life pass in review before the Great
and All-just Judge! Where woman is
pure and brave and strong, so shall she
lift man up to purer life, and give him
freedom from slavish passions. For in
her weakness is her strength, and some-
thing also of divinity,
since through her shone the Godlight
upon earth. Let her debase that divin-
ity and man falls lower, and even child-
hood grows callous and impure, and
over the face of the sad and desolate
world creeps the plague spot of unbelief
and materialism, so that at last the In-
finite is challenged by the pigmies of
His own creation, and the pitiful
ignorance of a dull and clouded intel-
ligence sets itself in array against the
wonders it would fain deny.
Like a wav*e that lifts itself and is
lost, so rushed these thoughts through
my brain. Then I spoke again— feebly,
but with the impulse of an intense and
terrible desire:
"Oh, my husband, I have wronged
you— 1 have neglected you. 1 have
never-never for one hour of all our
wedded life been the wife you imag-
ined me. Other lips have flattered,
other voices whispered love, and I have
listened— yes, listened and thought it
no shame. Oh, you cannot surely for-"
give!"
Yet once again the brave, true voice
once again the pitying tenderness:
"My dearest, the world is full of snares
and pitfalls. You were so beautiful,
and I— was old, and may have seemed
to you harsh and cold and sympathiz-
ing; yet in my heart 1 loved you al-
ways— 1 shall love you all my life"
"Hush!" i cried "You do not
know all See there on yonder
shelf— that casket bring it here
Quick, quick, I cannot die till 1 have
told you my secret till I know you
forgive."
He rose, The casket was beside him ;
the key was in the lock. I motioned
him to open it. The lid fell back; the
letters lay there ; many or few I knew
not, since one would have sufficed to
condemn me. One out of all that
packet
"Bernard," I said* faintly, "will you
read them— now, before I am
dead, so that I may know I have not de-
ceived you to the last — -" - ■_
My eyes closed. A faint and deady
terror settled like a dark cloud upon my
failing senses. I heard the rustling of
paper; the faint subtle perfume of dead
flowers that had nestled among .the
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1838.— TWENTY PAGES.
closely bound sheets that my lover's
hand had traced.
Then a deep drawn breath— a step—
the sudden sharp crackling of flames,
and I opened ray eyes, and with some
strange sense Of new born strength I
raised myself on the pillow.
' My letters lay on the burning logs,
flaming and curling into tongues of
harmless fire. The casket lay on the
bed— empty !
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For a moment there was silence —
For a moment there was silence
deep, throbbing, wondering silence, and
my head fell on that faithful breast and
tears gushed in a flood of penitence and
remorse from my eyes.
"Oh?" I cried, "you should not have
done that. * * * I wanted you to
know my folly, my sin, my base ingrati
tude." . -.-;'••
"My wife!" he said tenderly, "1 know
all. Do you think I have been blind?
Do you think I did know that Leon
Tonesca loved you? Those letters were
from him. Why should I read them?
So much faith have I in you that I know
you struggled with temptation; you did
no weakly yield. I know how you
have suffered— and my heart bled for
you. Could I have given you freedom I
would have done so. but it would not
have meant happiness, fortius man is
utterly unworthy of your love, and you
would soon discovered it My dear
one, do not weep! Is life not full of
such errors as these? Are we fit judges
of each other's sins, since we know hot
the tempting that might vanquish our
own strength and dash our boasted self
sufficiency to the dust."
"And you— forgive?" I cried brokenly.
"_ou forgive!"
"As God judges and hears me, and as
I hope for His forgivness myself," he
said solemnly, and he bent and kissed
the tears from my eyes.
* * * • • •
Then a great peace and sweetness
stole over me. A flood of light seemed
to sweep over my numbed and dazzled
senses. My heart grew at rest. A feel
ing of overpowering love to that in
finite and glorious essence that is in
itself love burst over my soul and
awoke it to worship and to faith. I
bowed myself in shame and humility
before that Being 1 had so long forgot
ten. I seemed to remember by one
wave of remorseful thought all the ben
efits 1 had received and enjoyed and for
which I had been so long ungrateful.
Health— youth— beauty— life, and all
its blessings power to enjoy— the
mental force to appreciate art nature
the capabilities for doing good to others;
these, and a thousand other memories
crowded back to me, and even as I
thought of them and wept over wasted
opportunities — that cool, soft hand
touched once again mv brow, and the
beautiful remembered voice sounded
in its low and thrilling accents:
"Take back the gift thou hast so
nearly forfeited— take back the powers
that life and health liestow— give peace
and content to the noble "heart that
loves you, and let that love make vou
pitiful and humble henceforth. You
have faced the ordeal of one death, take
heed that its second coming find you
ready, for not to many is it given to re
turn as you have returned, and Inas
much as God's mercy is great, so also is
the responsibility that it grants to ha
man life!"
"She breathes! she lives! she will re
cover! Oh, God of Mercy, I thaukTbee
with all my soul."
"It is almost a miracle: but certainly
there is a change for the better. Her
pulse is regular; the color has come
back to her face and lips. * * * Yes;
with care, there is no doubt but that she
will recover."
1 looked up. The same room; the
same bed. On one side stood my hus
band, on the other, the grave-faced
physician who had pronounced my
doom. My eyes soutrht the clock. The
two hours had passed— and there at the
foot of the bed, on the silken coverlet,
lay— an empty casket.
Kita, in London Society
A Chance for Pretty Girls,
New York Sim
There is a new field open to good look
ing young women who do not object to
earning an honest dollar by means of
their beauty. A well known photo
grapher lias recently inserted an ad
vertisement something like this in the
newspapers :
WANTED— Yountr Indies of attractive np
peareance, with iaihiouable dresses,
as models for portraits.
When questioned as to the advertise
ment, the photographer said yesterday:
We must have handsome and artistic
pictures for exhibition at fairs, in our
establishments and in show cases.
Lately many fashionable ladies have
objected to having their photographs
exposed to common gaze, and as they
are usually our best pictures we are in
a quandary. The homely women are
the cause of it all. A handsome woman
is justly proud of her looks, and does
not mind having her picture on exhibi
tion: but her homely sister sees it, is
jealous of its beauty, and says: 'I
would not allow my likeness to be gazed
at by everybody. It does not show good
taste.' The handsome woman is con
vinced by her arguments, and forbids
us to use her photographs.
"Mrs. Cleveland, than whom there is
no truer lady in the land, does not ol>
ject to the exhibition of her photo
graphs. Why should the others? We
must have specimens of our work for
advertising purposes, so we propose to
pay handsome, respectable girls good
price to let us take their pictures for
these purposes. lam now getting some
ready for the American fair. Very few
suitable girls apply. A beautiful sub
ject applied this morning. Her features
and ligure were faultless, but the only
dress she had was a jersey, and, as that
would not do, we had to let her go. The
costumes must be modest and the girls
respectable."
A Girl Killed by Lightning.
London Telegraph
A curious case ol death by lightning
has just occurred at Puy-de-Fonrche, in
the department of the Dordogne. A
farmer named Verneuil was at work in
the fields with his family and some
neighbors when a thunderstorm came
on. The whole party had sought a
refuge from the rain under a large tree,
when some one remarked that this was
rather an imprudent step. They accord
ingly determined on moving off to a
small wood at a little distance, and quit-
ting their shelter they ran toward it as
fast as their legs could carry them.
When, however, they had got about
half way one of Verneuil's daughter, a
girl of fourteen, stopped suddenly and
slowly returned to the tree which they
had left. Some of her companions fol-
lowed to remonstrate with her on her
rashness, but ere they could reach her
they saw her throw her arms with a
smile around the trunk. A moment aft
erward the poor child fell backward on
the ground, with her arms outstretched,
quite dead. Very strangely they had
not perceived any flash of lightning or
noticed any clap of thunder at that
time. The girl, however, had been
killed by the electric current, as the
careful examination made afterward
proved conclusively.
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THE PICKPOCKET.
THE PICKPOCKET.
"Dear," she sobbed, timidly (she was a
brfde).
"My pocket has been picked 1" Without a
word
(She was a bride). he never once demurred;
But from his pocket took, nor even sighed,
A crisp new bid, and asxed: "What was
it, dear?
A ten or twenty? See, I have it here
(She was a bride.)
"Only ten!" with pretty blush she cried;
' But looked so sweet that joyfully he laid
The twenty in her hand, and thought he
paid
Small price for her quick kiss— she was a
bride
Then turned; but a low whisper met his
ear: ♦ **>-
"Perhaps— ought to tell you,
dear "
(She was a bride.)
Her voice sank lower still; she faintly
sighed,
' And sought for words she could not seem
to find;
At last: " 'Twas I who picked it; do you
mind?"
Of course he didn't mind (she was a bride),
But thought it such a pretty little trick,
He laid down twenty more for her to pick.
(She was a bride.)
—Alice Wellington Rollins.
DRESSMAKING AT HOME.
The Discouraging Experience of an Am-
bilious Girl With a Dress.
THINGS THAT ARE HATEFUL.
To Hake an Old Dress New No
Always An Act of Econ
omy.
E?llfll"fnilfll!I"!li_'?S'!-EF--^ a,e *'ew matters
ibout which a woman
L-Lt^-e1! an think, speak, or
11Hf\&4 il vrite with more feeling
=g «» han dressmaking at
HiL SBk.iP' ionic, particularly at
PPfflff flSTIBwim h ' s season of the year,
▼ when the first bright
sunshine makes winter garments look
so old and shabby, when on the count
ers and in the windows are displayed
gay, alluring spring fabrics, , bonnets
bright with spring flowers, everything
new, fresh, tempting.
The femenine soul rarely soars above
the love of things beautiful in clothes
or anything . else, and she wants so
much invariably while ordinarily she
must be content with so little.
Oh ! the rarity ot human charity.
These wants are of the kind that no one
helps to ameliorate; no one is ready to
give her that lovely hat, that some one
more fortunate steps in to buy; no one
stands waiting to say: "If you want
that pretty dress, which would undoubt
edly be so becoming, out of my plenty I
will give it to you." The gift of an Al
addin's lamp would not surprise her
more. Woman, the ordinary every-day
woman, finds early in life that she must
Stifle such wishes in her heart and study
out a solution to her problem alone in
her most secret closet. For what if
some one would give her the dress?
How coulfi she get it made? "Aye,
there's the rub."
'Tis then the thought of dressmaking
at home steals alluringly before her —
this every day woman — and she sees
visions of what can be done with her
own ideas, her own opportunities of
seeing what is pretty and stylish and
fitting, together with the aid ot a seam
stress at a dollar a day.
Why! summer clothes just grow by
magic and her closets hang full (in
fancy's eye) in no time at all. No
former experience holds her back; she
can do it, she knows she can, and save
all those abominable dressmakers' bills,
bhe refuses to remember that grapes do
not grow on thistles, nor can a silk
purse be made from a sow's ear.
The memory of that five yards of
black silk ground up to nothing in the
same mill only last fall, cut into a terri
ble misfit, thrown into the rag-bag: of
that last spring's suit, such a mass of
blunders that it now has to be made
over, cannot stem the tide of her pict
ure painting.
In a week, in two weeks, if she work
like grim death, and be tired and half
sick tor days after, she and this to-be
sought-for seamstress can put new
braids on all the left-over eowns, can
clean and press the cloth suits and re
drape and loop the draperies, remodel
that ball gown into a tea gown, and
make a simple yet neat little house dress
and, at least, the skirts of a new spring
suit.
AND TIIE WAIST?
Why! by a little white lying about
wanting a new bodice to an old dress a
pond dressmaker or tailor will be coaxed
to make it, and there she is, with her
summer wardrobe all in good order for
not much more than half the cost of
one handsome suit from a good place.
It sounds pretty well to read about,
doesn't it? It may not be a week or
fortnight of absolute bliss, but she is a
plucky little woman, anyway, to make
the attempt after so many failures.
Why, poor, misguided soul, she believes
that those very failures are only so
much schooling toward success now. It
is the old story over again, "this time it
will be different/i
She finds her dressmaker for that dol
lar a day— lo cents an hour. Their
needles fly, scissors go clip, clip, clip;
backs ache, heads ache, fingers ache,
temper is a little stirred when the first
thins goes wrong. A little more than a
whole day is spent taking out the work
of the day before, nerves grow strained
and rasped, husband and children are
scolded until mamma's frown is a thing
to be dreaded, and the two weeks end.
What is the result? So many yards of
silk wasted In trying to'niake a waist;
on one nail in a closet hangs two waists,
one only a little worse fitting than the
other, waiting for buttons to be sewed
on, seam* overcasted and all the finish
ing details. On another nail hangs a
wrapper, of which no mortal power can
make the two sides alike; it also with a
couple of days' finishing work to be
done on it. A skirt or two ready to be
looped, for, to the seamstress at ?1 a
day, fashion books are an impossible
luxury, and little -she knows about
draping,
The tired schemer has not the faintest
idea where she may get these dresses
looped; her money is spent, she cannot
take them to a dressmaker, even if she
could get one williug to do it.
The sight of the things is hateful to
her eyes; the prospect of all that finish
ing-oll' work is appalling. She doesn't
know which, way to turn, and even
though this "she" of ours may be a
sensible, clever, even middle-aged she,
at this point she collapses and bursts
into tears.
Nearly every woman can take this
story home; it is the truth.
What, then, should she do? Alas!
there is no remedy. She who would
throw herself, in complete despair and
disgust, upon a sofa, will dream anew
next fall that she alone can accomplish
the impossible, and will probably go
through just such a trial with anew
seamstress at a dollar a day next fall.
If she would remember that a good
seamstress who is capable of complet
ing a dress in gooe style cannot be
found for less than $3 a day, that a fair
one demands and gets S2, her next ex
perience might be different.
Another little thing might help. No
amount of turning or twisting or plan
ning can get a waist out of less than
three yards, nor a skirt out of less than
six yards, nor a stylish drapery with
less than seventh widths, nor a wrapper
of less than ten yards, all these of ordi
nary silk width.
As for any other help, sympathy
from the male members of the family is
what a woflran longs for, and she will
be satisfied to try the same old plan
over and over againif she only gets it
"Very Long Between Drinks."
The Epoch.
"Why, John, what is the matter with
baby?" she said as she came hastily
into the house, "lie is crying bit
terly."
"Yes," replied the old man, as he
handed the infant over, "he is evi
dently thinking of what the governor of
North Carolina said to the governor of
South Carolina."
The Blood
Is the source of health; therefore, to keep
well, purify the Wood by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla. This medicine is peculiarly
designed to act upon the blood, and through
that upon all the organs and tissues ol the
body. It has a specific action, also, upon
the secretions and excretions, and assists
nature to expel from the system all humors,
impure particles and effete matter, through
the lungs, liver, bowels, kidneys, and skin.
It effectually aids weak, Impaired, and de
bilitated organs, invigorates the nervous
system, tones the digestive organs, and im
parts new life and energy to all the func
tions of the body. A peculiarity of Hood's
Sarsaparilla is that it strengthens and builds
tip the system while it eradicates disease.
Scrofula, Salt Kheum, Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Liver Complaint,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, etc., are cured by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by druggiiti. #1; six for £5. Prepared by
C. I. HOOD & (X)., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
AN APOLOGY!
It is not often that we apologize through the medium of a newspaper,
but we owe it to ourselves, as well as to the ladies who had the kindness
to patronize us during the past week, to offer an unqualified apology for
any lack of attention they may have experienced in our establishment on
account of the GREAT BUSH we had in our
CLOAK DEPARTMENT!
But we wish to assure them that we have now increased our facilities
and are ready to handle all coni2rs with due attention.
THE RTUUZUR
STILL FAR IN THE LEAD.
f With the Handsomest Styles, Finest Qualities, Best Finished and Most
Perfect Fitting
NEWMARKETS,
RAGLANS AND
London Walking Jackets
At the Lowest Prices Ever Quoted in This City.
Our Plush Sacques !
Plush Wraps !
Plush Jackets I
We guarantee to be made of the world-renowned Mohair Plush manu
factured by Edward Lister, of Bradford, England, and dyed by Martin,
of London. The only Plush on the market to-day that can be relied on
not to Fade or Mat after a rain or snow storm. Every Plush garment
in our establishment, from the lowest to the highest grade, is manu
factured of this justly celebrated Plush, and made and finished in the
best possible manner, and that is the reason why we are Selling More
Plush Garments than any House in St. Paul.
$5 DEPOSIT will secure one of these garments and its free stor
age until wanted. Buy Now, while we have your size. Delay
may rob you of a bargain.
For the coming week we offer Exceptional Values in Ladies' and
Children's Fall and Winter
Underwear and Hosiery!
Just received, our second direct importation of Vienna
**£=» -Kir) C3-__jO"VE-3. *S®
Four-button length, handsome embroidered backs, fancy welted tops, in
all the new shades ot Tan, Brown and Slate, for Autumn wear. Every
pair warranted and fitted at 75c a pair, value $1.25.
The Ryan Bazaar!
128 East Seventh Street, St. Paul, Minn.
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Laura Avenue.
Office Board of Public Works, »
City of St. Paul. Minn., Sept.2B, lBBB. I
Scaled bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works In and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 m. on the 11th day of October, A. D.
1888, for the erading of Laura avenue,
from Carroll street to Marshall avenue,
in said city, according to plans and
specifications on tile in the office of said
Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
R. L. GORMAN. President.
Official: W. F. Euwix,
273-83 Clerk Board of Public Works
contract mm
Grading Arcade Street
Office Boarp of Public Works, )
City of St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2, 1888. J
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 m. on the 15th day of October, A. D.
1888, lor the grading of Arcade street to a
full grade, from Maryland street to Lake
Como and Phalen avenue, and to a par
tial grade from Lake Como and Phalen
avenue to the north city limits, in said
city, according to plans and specifica
tions on file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in
a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent of
the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject anv or all bids.
R. L. GORMAN. President.
Official: W. F. Erwin,
277-287 Clerk Board of Public Works.
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Lexington Avenue.
i
I Office Board of Public Works, j
Office Board of Public Works, \
Cray of St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 4, 1883. f
: Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 m. on the 15th day of October. A. 1).
1888, for the grading of Lexington ave
nue, from the north line of Warreudale
addition to St. Paul to Otto avenue, -in
said city, according to plans and speci
fications on hie In the office of said
Board.
' A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at last twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
! The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
R. L. GORMAN. President.
Official: W. F. Erwin,
279-89 Clerk Board of Public Works.
T. Holland, Pres. J. TV. Shea, Sec.
J. H. Bryant, V. P. J. F. Thompson. Treas.
HOLLAND & THOMPSON MF6. CO.
Office— Minnesota Strait.
Factory— South Park, St. Paul, Minn,
Steam Heating, Brass and Iron Fittings,
FOR STEAM, WATER AND GAS.
BRASS FOUNDRY;
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
County Auditor's Officr, )
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 18, 1888. f
Bias will be received at said County
Auditor's office until the 9th day of
October, 1888, at 2 o'clock p. in., for all
the combination fixtures (with sockets)
for electricity and gas, required for
lighting the court house and city hall.
Plans or photographs of each fixture
proposed, with specification and descrip
tion of system, structure and material
of fixture, and statement of number of
lights or burners for each room, must
accompan the bid. Application can be
made to E. P. Bassford, the architect, at
No. 28 Gilfillan block, for general in
formation. Bids to be addressed to M.
F. Kain, Secretary of Court House and
City Hall Special Commission, at said
Auditor's office. Bids must state the
shortest time required by bidder to
complete the work, and the price and
amount bid in a gross or lump sum, and
must be accompanied with the bond of
the bidder, with responsible sureties,
residents of St. Paul, in the penal sum
of ?1,000, conditioned that if a contract
shall be awarded to the bidder, he (or
they) will enter into such contract and
give the required bond for its execution ;
or in lieu of such bond bids may be ac
companied by the certified check of the
bidder for $1,000 on a bank in said St.
Paul, payable to the order of Robert A.
Smith, Chairman. The right to reject
any and all bids is reserved.
By order of the Court House and City
Bali Special Commission.
St. Paul, 18th September, 1888.
M. F. KAIN,
Secretary of Commission
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Minnesota Street
Office Board of Public Works, )
City of St..Paul, Minn., Sept. 28,1888. j
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 m. on the 11th day of October, A. D.
18S8.forthe grading of Minnesota street,
from Second street to the levee, in said
city, according to plans and specifica
tions on file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
K. L. GORMAN, President.
Official: W. F. Erwin.
273-283 Clerk Board of Public Works.
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Randolph Street.
Grading Randolph Street.
Office Board of Public Works, )
City of St.Paul, Minu., Oct. 4, 1888. j
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city, until 18
m. on the 15th day of October, A. D.
1888. for the grading of Randolph street,
from Webster street to Hamline avenue,
in said city, the same to be a full grade
from the east side of Toronto avenue to
Hamline avenue, and a partial grade
from Webster street to Toronto avenue,
according to plans and specifications on
file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
R. L. GORMAN, President
Official: W. F. Erwin,
279-239 Clerk Board of Public Works.
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4*otWS}^ MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RY.
XIIIO BEST FIPPED LINE
; To Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City.
' LEAVE. _5-_-_.S-_?-__-EF-_V TRAINS. ARRIVE.
M'.n*ap'ls. St. Paul. » Daily. t Ex. Sunday. St. Pattl. j Micneap'ls.
t 6 55AM 7 45 AM „.Eau Claire, Merrillan and Green Bay.- 7 10PM t 8 00 PM
* 2 20 PM 3 00 PM Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls and Elroy 1 50 PM * 2 30 PM
* 6 50 PM 7 30 PM Era Claire, Merrillan and Elroy * 7 30 AM 8 03 AM
t 9 10 AM 9 45 AM New Richmond, Superior and Duluth 6 05 PM!t 6 45 PM
* 9 00 PM 9 40 PM New Richmond, Superior and Duluth 6 55 AM * 7 35 AM
+ 9 10 AM 9 45 AM Ashland, Washburn, Bayfield and Watersmect 6 05 PM 't 6 45 PM
* 9 00 PM 9 40 PM Ashland, Washburn, Bayfield aud Escanaba. 6 55 AM* 7 35 AM
* 2 20 PM 3 00 PM ..Chicago, Madison and Janes vi lie— Day Express.. 1 50 PM * 2 30 PM
* 6 50 PM 7 30 PM Chicago Fast Vt-t-tibiileti Express 7 30 AM * 8 03AM
* 6 50 PM 7 30 PM ....Madison, Waukesha and Milwaukee— Fast Line.... 7 30AM * 8 03AM
LEAVE. I WESTERN TOaAINS. ARRIVE.
LEAVE. -CV_3S1,__:_Et_V _C-_E*____X_V_3_ ARRIVE.
St. Paul, -inne-p'ls. | » Daily. *v,x. Sunday. Minoeap'ls. i St. Paul.
t~V 60 AM ~8 25 AM ....Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Mitchell and Yankton.... 6 30 PM t 7 03 PM
* 6 00 PM 6 40 PM Fast Line, Sioux City, Omaha and Kansas City 8 55 AM * 9 30 AM
t 7 50 AM 8 25 AM Mankato, Lake Crystal and Elmore 6 30 PM t 7 03 PM
* 6 00 PM 6 40 PM Mankato, Tracy and Pierre. 8 55 AM « 9 30AM
Chicago Fast Day Express arrives Chicago at 7 next morning. Chicago Vestibule. Express arrives Chicago at
9.30 next morning. Through Sleeper to Milwaukee on Vestibule- Express arrives there at 7. 40 next morning.
Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars, the finest in the world, on these Chicago Trains.
Through Pullman Sleepers on Kansas City Fast Line to Council Bluffs, Omaha and Kansas City. Also Pullman
Sleepers on Night Trains between St. Paul and Duluth, Ashland and Tracy.
-«■■ . TICKET { St. Paul, I 59 East Third 8'reet and Union Depot, foot Sibley Street.
OFFICES: J Minneapolis. 3 Mcollrt House Block and Union Depot, llrld_e Square.
_.W.T_A8DALK, 0. II. PETSCH, W. R. WHEELER.
Gen'l Passenger Agent. City Ticket Agent, St. Paul. City Ticket Agt., Minneapolis.
M ST: PAUL *
MINNEAPOLIS IS
anitcbA
J. FAILWAY. _•»
T*hrou«»_t Trains to Principal Point'*
.. in Central and Northern Al inner
sota. Dakota, Montana, Manitoba
and lirltiHli Columbia.
" Leave Arrive
St Paul. St PauL
Morris and Wahpeton a8 :10 am a6:50pm
Aberdeen and Ellen-
dale Express. ..... 8:10 am 6:55 m
St. Clond, Fargo and
GrandForks a8:20 am "0:45 pm
Osseo and St Cloud. a2:30 pm all:55 m
Excelsior and Hutch-
inson a4:35pm a9:47am
Anoka, St Cloud and
Willmar a3:40 pm all:10am
Princeton and Milaca a3 : -10 p m all :10 a m
Watertown. Huron.
. Wahpeton, Cassel-
ton, Hope and Lari- '
more : b7:30pm c7:25a m
Crookston, Winnipeg
and: Victoria
Through Express. . 8:35 pm 6:55am
Fergus Falls, Fargo,
Grand Forks,Neche 8:35 pm 6:55 am '
Minot, Buford, Great
Falls, Helena and *
Butte d9:35pm :55 a m
AH trains dally except as follows: a ex
Sundays; b Saturdays as far as Wahpeton
only : c Mondays from Wahpeton only ; d ex-
cept Saturdays except -Monday.
Throng- sleepers to Great 'Falls. Mont.
and.points west of Gland Forks Mondays and
Thursdays only.
Through sleeping car service daily to Fer-
gus Falls, Moorhead, Fargo, Grand Forks,
Grafton, Wahpeton, Casselton, Crookston,
Winnipeg, Watertown, Huron and all other
important points east of ('rand Forks.
Short line trains between St Paul and
Minneapolis run frequently from Union
depot in each city during the day. W. J.
Dutch, Citv Passenger and Ticket Agent,
195 East Third st, St. Paul ; V. D. Jones, City
Passenger and Ticket Agent, corner Third
st. and Nicollet av., Minneapolis. Union '
Depot in both cities. i
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
The Dining Car Line to Fargo, Helena, Butte
and the Pacific Northwest.
~ Leave Arrive
Dining Cars on Pacific St. Paul St Paul
Express Trains. Daily. Daily.
Portland Express (lim- . *
ited) forFargo,Graud
Forks, Grafton, Pem- ■'■■'
bina, Bismarck, Miles
City, Helena, Butte,
Tacoma, Portland.etc 4:03 p. m. 5:05 p. m.
Passenger Express for
Fergus Falls, Wahpe- .
ton, Milnor, Fargo.
Miles City, Helena,
Butte, Spokane Falls,
etc 8:00p. m. 7:03 a.m.
Dakota Express for
Sauk Center, Morris,
Fargo and intermedi-
ate points *8 :00a.m. 0:37 p.m.
■-grJMPOKTANT— Pacific Coast
Express stops at principal peints only. PAS-
SENGER EXPRESS makes all stops. DA-
KOTA EXPRESS makes all stops. SECOND-
CLASS SLEEPERS are run on trains leaving
St. Paul at 8 :00 p. m. daily. *Daily except
Sunday. Through Pullman Sleepers daily
between St. Paul and Grand Forks. Fergus
Falls, Wahpeton. C. E. STONE, City Ticket
Agent 173 East Third Street, St Paul: G. F.
McNeill, City Ticket Agent, 19 Nicollet
House. Minneapolis.
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas Git/
& ' RAILWAY. '-
(Minnesota & Northwestern.)
Leave Leave I Arrive Arrive
Mp'lis. St Paul St. Paul Mp'lis.
A.M. A. M. P. M. P. M.
Chicago Ex. 7:05 7:45 2:35 3:10
F. M. I'. M. A. M. A. M .
ChicagoLim. 7:00 7:33 7:30 8:10
St Louis &) A.M. •**•* A.M. A*
KansasCity 8:,,° 8:35 10:2° 11:,'->
Express I -**■ *--• ***• M- "*"• M- **"• **•
express. ..j 7;1- 7;50 (.;4-| 7;25
Lyle, Austin. Dodge Center, Chatfield,
Plainview, Rochester, Peoria, Indianapolis,
Columbus, aud all points East South, and
West
' Dining cars, Mann Boudoir cars and Com-
pany's Sleepers on Chicago night trains.
Through Sleei era on Des Moines night
trains.
City ticket offices 19" East Third street and
Union depot, foot of Sibley street, St Paul.
City ticket office. No. 3 Nicollet House.
Union Depot, Bridge square, Minneapolis.
Change of time taking effect Sunday, Sept
2, 1.33.
Smj311______S
N. ———*___—__?_—__——__—____— esac__5r
MINNEAPOLIS. I leave. -I Aitmv-.""
MINNEAPOLIS. | leave., aiikiv_.
Chicago, Mu.wa.k_-,
Chippewa Falls.Eau fal:15PM alO:35A._
Claire, Neenah, Osh-j I
kosh. Fond du Lac'|
and Waukesha I l.a7:10r-_,' a4:10pM
ST. PAUL. leave, i AB-IV-.
Chicago, Milwaukee,
Chippewa Falls, Eau f a2 :00 m alO :00 am
Claire, Neenah, Osh- I
kosh. Fond du Lac 1 I
and Waukesha I a7 :45pm! a3:40rvf
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and the Can-
trals famous Dining Cars attached to all
through tr-ins6iTToF_ics^
St. Paul— 173 East Third street: c. K.
Robh, City Ticket Agent,
Union Depot— <_ Knebel, Agent!
Minneapolis— Nicollet House Block;
F.H. Anson, Northwestern Passenger ...cut
Union Depot— H. Martin, Agent
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% TICKET OFFICES:
162 East Third street,
& Union Depot, St PauL
A means Daily. B except
Sunday. C except Saturaay.
D except Monday. <
__ _ L. St. Paul. Ar. St. Pau
LaCros„Du.._fLo B 7:15 a.m. 8:30 p. m.B
Aberdeen & Far.o B 7:3(»a. m. 6:45 p. m. B
Pra.duC..M.&C.Ex B 9:40a. m. 5:55p. m. B
Calmer <_ Dav.Ex. B 9 :40a. m. 7 :53a. m.
Mil.,Chi.&Atl. Ex. A3:00p. m. 1:50p.m. A
Owatonna & Way . A 4 :35 p. m. 9:50a. m. A
Wabasha at Way.. .:'>0p. m. 9:50 at. m.B
Fast Mail Al>:40p. m. 3:lop. m.A
Aberd' & Mit Ex. 'AG: 20p. m. 8 :40 a. m. A
Mil-tChLYest b ie A 7:30 p. m. 7:30a. m. A
Aps.,Dub.<-ChiEx C 7 :_u p. m. 7:53 a. m. I)
'The Burlington?
Union Depots, Minneapolis, St Paul,. Chi-
cago and St. Louis.
Ticket Offices— St Paul, corner Third and
Robert sts. ; Chicago, corner Clark and Ad-
ams sts. ; St Louis, 112 North Fourth st.
Leave ' Arrive
St PauL St PauL
Chicago, St Louis and
Peoria, daily, 7:30 p.m. 7:55 a.m.
Chicago, La Crosse,
_ Dubuque.and Galena
9 Ex. Sunday 7:30a.m. 3:00p.m
Suburban trains leave union depot St.
Paul, for Dayton's bluff, Oakland. Highwood,
Newport St. Paul Park and Pullman avenue
daily at 7 and 10 a. m., 12:15, 2:30, 5:10,
6:20 and 9:30 p. m., nnd Wednesdays and
Saturdays only at 11:2) p. m. Returning,
arrive daily, at 0:50. 8 : 10 and 11 ;15 a. m.,
2,5, 6:10 and and 7:30 p. m., and Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays only at 1 1 :05 p. m.
MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY
ALBERT LEA ROUTE.
Lv.St.PuiillAr St.Paul
Chi. <_ Des Moines Ex. *8:45 a ml *7:2."> pro,
St. Louis _ Kan City Ex *8 :45 am *'7:25p_.
Watertown * Pac. Div. ■-;•..
Ex *8:00am «T>:35pm
Mankato Express *3 :50 pm *1 1:35am
St. Louis 'Through' Ex +0 :25 pm t9:00a__
Des Moines _ Kansas
City Express. d6:25p m ,d9:00am
Chicago "Fast" Ex.... d.:2 > p m di):Ol>a m
d, Dailv. * ex. Sundays, t ex. Saturday.
Ticket office, St Paul, corner Third and
Sibley streets, and depot, Broadway, toot of
Fourth street
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Cliff Street.
Office Board of Public Works, »
CiTYOFSr.PADL. Minn.,Sept. 28, 1888. f
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min-
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12m. on the 11th day of October, A. D.
1888, lor the grading of Cliff street from,
Forbes street to Dousman street, in said
city, according to plans and specifica-
tions on file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per
cent of the gross amount bid must ac-
company each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
R. L. GORMAN. President.
Official: W. F. Erwin,
273-83 Clerk Board of Pu blic Works.
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Lombard Street and
Ridge wood Avenue.
Office Board of Public Works, »
City of St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 4, 1888. F
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min-
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 m.on the loth day of October, A. D.
1.8-. for the grading of Lombard street,
from Milton street to the west line of
Ridgewood Park addition to St. Paul,
and Ridgewood avenue, from Victoria
street to St. Clair street,] said city.saicl
grading to be done under one contract
according to -Mans and specifications
on file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
In a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
* R. L. GORMAN, President
Official: W. F. Erwtx,
27D-289 Clerk Board of Public Works.
CONTRACT WUHK.
Grading Cleveland Avenue.
Office Board of Public Works, >
City of St. Paul. M:nn.,Sept. 28,1888. F
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Min-
nesota, at their office in said city, until
12 m. on the 11th day of October, A.
1). 1888, for the grading of Cleveland
avenue, from Lniversity avenue to
Summit avenue, in said city, accord-
ing to plans and specifications on tile in
the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two . (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
Tne said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids. '. •■. .;''-^_v..t
R. L. GORMAN, President.
Official: • W. F. Enwix. .
■"V**.-.** Clerk Board of Public Works,
