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THE SEDALIA WEEKLY ISaZOO. TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 18fc7. 5 SOCIETY NEWS. lay item" of interest soluble far Hn depart in 'BU frm edsli or neighbortcg places, are re apeitfally solicited. Wa wan; & -iTaciaax, acUve and eneerr ladr correspondent in all the neighbor Ukf towns tributary to Sedalia. Address all scb eommanications to Koa Pearle, society reporter Baaoo a Ace, Sedalia, Mo. SEDALIA. Miss Ida Clapp was the guest of Miss Potter last week, Misg Anna Kaiser was the guest of friends in Jefferson City last week. Mrs. Phil Chappell has returned from a visit with Jefferson City friends. Mrs. Reed Quaries and little son Bnn cie, are guests of friend- in Boonville. Miss Emma Webster, of Independence, visited Miss Opal McMillan last week. Miss Haliie Jackeon, a pretty St. Louis girl, is the guest of Mias Blanche Latoar. Miss Myrtle Sturtevant returned last week from a visit with friends at Boonville. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rood have re turned from a visit with relatives in Kan sas. Miss Stella Boatwright has been the guest of Miss Stark, ol Boonville, during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. F. Donohoe returned from a visit with friends at Lexington Friday evening. Miss Hattie Belle Trader assisted her aunt, Mrs. Judge Philips, of Kansas City, to receive yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bay, of Emporia, Kan., have been the guests of friends here during the past week. The many friends of Mrs. Dr. Jones will regret to learn tbat she has been quite ill for the past few days. Mrs. Bevis and her daughter, Miss 8ylvia Sheldon, spent the past week with Miss Nora Cochran, of Holden. Miss Katie Mauten who haa been the guest of the family of S. B. Sturevant, will return to her home in St Louis this morn ing. Mrs. J. L. Parish and son Charlie, It ft yesterday for Hannibal, where they will be the guests of Mrs. S. Parish, a that place. Miss Eva Johnson spent a part of last week with Miss Eva Gentry at the resi dence of the latter's father, Maj. Gentry, in the country. Miss Nellie Ingram gave a reading in Warsaw, Thursday evening, which was largely attended and which was much en joyed by those present Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Pottinger, who have have been visiting friends in Kansas, are the goests of relatives in this city. They are enroute to Fairmount, Ohio. After the reception at Judge Richard son's yesterday afternoon, Miss May belle and her guests proceeded to the home of Miss Aggie Stewart and spent a most de lightful evening. Miss Falstein, of Sedalia, visited the Misses Kipper, in Paris, the first of the week, and attended the grand social at the Glenn Houte, on Monday evening. Son roe County Appeal. -The ball of the Emmett Guards last Wednesday night was largely at tended and very enjoyable. The managers of these balls always know exactly how to entertain their guests. The social party ghen at Hotel Sicher last Thursday night was a most ea- joyable attair and was well attended. Nearly all the society people of the city were present and some very handsome costumes were worn. Mrs. James Story entertained a small number of friends very handsamely jast Tuesday night at her residence on Ohio street, music and.the partaking of light re freshments were part of the programme and the entire affair was very pleasurable. The reception given last Thursday after noon by Mrs. D. H. Smith was very largely atUnded and the guests present united in praising the per fect arrangement of the affair and the grace and bearing of the hostess and her assistants. There was a party given at the resi dence of Miss Ida Whitrock, on Center street Tuesday night in honor of Miss Maud Pugh, of Sedalia, who is here visit ing Dr. Lorance. The evening was enjoy ably spent with music and an excellent supper. Springfield Herald. The wedding of Miss Anna Thomas, formerly a well-known and well-liked voung lady of this city, and Harry S. French, also formerly a popular resident of this city, will take place Bext Thursday at the residence of 'he bride's parents in Reads vi lie, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. French will reside in St Louis. Mr. Sol Kingsbaker left last week for Allegheny City, Pa., where he will attend the wedding of his brother. ' Mr. Louis Kingsbaker, a wholesale cigar merchant, of Quincy, 111., and Miss Hannah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lehman. The wed ding will take place next Tuesday at Con cordia hall, Allegheny City. A Bazoo representative, while in New York City last week, called at No. 57 West Thirty-ninth street, where were found Mesdames Smith and Cotton, two well known and highly esteemed Sedaliacs. They are comfortably located and enjoy ing themselves in a fine manner. Miss Alice Chappelear, who is with them has not been well for some time, but is improv ing. Miss Walker, daughter of the late Charles Walktr, of this vicinity, who is un der the care of Mesdames South and Cotton is industriously studying art and making rapid strikes forward. The entire party will remain about a month longer and will then return to this city. NEW YEAS OFFERINGS. Prof Gregg received from his wife a fine gold watch and chain. Mrs. Mark L. Priest received a hand some gold watch and chain. Misses Stella and Grace Smith received eight volumes ol Shakespeare, beautifully bound, also a pretty gold watch and chain, Miss's size. Mr. R. T. Gentry received a dainty little letter and a large portrait of his liitle niec Miss Ann Gentry Skinner, of Viniaa, Ind., and there were numerous other pretty and appropriate offerings. Mrs. J. L. Pariah and her daughter, Mn4 J. Bett . received from Mrs. Parish of Haanibal, an elegant New Year's offer ing in the shape of two very large and rich fruit cakes, carefully and artistically orna mented. They were much surprised and pleased with the kindly present. Some very handsome New Year offer ings were received in this city, notwith standing the peculiar dullness which at tended business circles. Miss Grace B. Mathews received a handsome cluster dia mond ring, a volume of Tennyson's "Day Dream," illustrated, and beautifully bound in blue and gold. sew year's receptions. 7 he ladies keeping open house this year were only few in number, but the callers were numerous and the entertainment offered was of that pleasurable and hos pitable nature which all through the moments of 1887 will go singing like a tweet voiced bird. Among the most no.ic able may be mentioned the reception of Miss Nellie Ingram, who received at her father's handsome residence in the south ern part of the city. The parlors were adorned with smilax, holly, mistletoe and evergreens and weie lighted with wax candles. The refreshment tablet were prettily laid and the refreshments of oysters, meats, salads, cakes, fruits ices etc, was carefully served. Miss Nellie, wore a gown of cream faille Francais, with an entire tablier of point lace, corsage decclette and fastened across with a point lace handkerchief, held at the waist line and left side with holly and tea rose, sleevless, long gloves of cream undressed kid, hair worn high, fan of cream marabout feathers tied with tea rose shaded ribbon. Miss Madge Sturgis, dress of ceil blue surah satin, with square train over a petticoat of ceil blue moire, corsage point ed V shaped at neck, Rex collar, hair worn high, and ornamented with ceil blue tips, ceil blue gloves and fan of blue ostrich tips. Miss Anna Richardson's dress of cream white bengaline silk, with plain petticoat, full long draperies, V shaped at the neck, filled with pampadour lace and high col lar caught together at the neck with a diamond bar, long gloves and white fan trimmed with tu . Miss Emma Longan, dress of pale pink surah, richly combined with pale pink moire, corsage decolette sleeveless, long gants de-seude, hair worn high and orna mented with pale pink pom poms. Miss Mamie Chappell, dress of cream China satin and moire, entire fiont laid in folds pointed laced bodice of moire, Medici collar, square neck filled point lace, gloves of tan undressed kid, diamond ornaments. The young ladies all looked lovely and re ceived gracefully and well. MRS. DAVISON. Mrs. L. E. Davison assisted by Mrs. B. F. Drake, Misses Isabel Daniels, Marie Annette Jones and Miss Minnie Packard of New Jersey, received at the family resi dence on iJroadway. Mrs. Davison wore a dress of cream silk with plain petticoat front entirely covered with cream sik mull, side panels of cream and golden brown velvet brocade, pointed corsage edged with golden brown velvet, decolette and filled with plaits of sills and u.ull, held in place by golden brown and cream ostrich tips, tan gants de seude,,fan edged with golden brown and cream tips, ornaments of diamonds. Mrs. B. F. Drake, dress of white China silk, edged with marabout trimming. svuare neck filled with point lace, caught together at the throat with a diamond bar. Miss Minnie Packard, dress of pale pink satin with an entire overdress of silver trilk mull, corsage decolette and filled with point lace, held in place by -tsich tips ol pale pink and tea green, long tan glove?, ornaments of diamonds. Miss Marie Jones, amber satin petticoat with an entire front of irridescent embroid ery, pointed corsage of cameo pink satin, duuble frilled and very deep collar caught at the right side with knots of pale pink ribbon, pale pink ribbon knots djwn the entire front, court train lined thruughou. with amber satin ernamenis of diamonds in the shape cf crescent and bar, tan gant.s de seude, fan of amber satin tied with pale pink ribbon. Miss Isabel Daniel, costume of canary colored satin, with entire draperies of silk mull dotted with riots of canary colored chenille, corvage decolette, long tan gloves, fan of canary satin edged with cream mar about feathers and tied with canary coljr ed ribbon. Mrs. Davison's iefreshment tables were beautifully adorned with flowers and rare table ornaments and the refreshments of sandwiches, oysters, olives, ices, cakes, coffee, fruits etc., were carfully served. MISS RICHARDSON. Miss Richardson received at the resi dence of her parents on Broadway, and was assisted by Misses Stewart, Hagar and Scott. Miss Richardson wore a dress of black bengaline, over a petticoat of black and white satin, corsage cut high, point lace at the neck held by a quaintsilver pin, reverb of black and white satin, large bow of or ange satin ribbon knotted into the front of the corsage. Miss Scott wore black satin combined with canary colored satin and black striped velvet, corsage high, with vest ef the satin and velvet, ornaments of diamonds. Miss Stewart, dress of black satan rha dame with an entire jetted front and side panels, wide sash of black and white satin. Jt t and diamond ornaments. Miss Florence Hagar, dress of plum col ored tricot, richly combined with velvet of the same shade, irridescent collar and cuffs. Ornaments of pearl and diamonds" The refreshments were served in the large dining room from prettily decorated tables and consisted of meats, salads, ict, coffee, etc. The parlors were also tastefully decorated with d rapines of smilax and de signs in mistletoe and holly. MRS. D. H. SKITH. Miss Gertrude Smith, daughter of Mrs. D. H. Smith, received at the residence of her parents on Broadway, and was assisted by Misses Deitzler and Potter. Miss Smith wore a dress of black satin with an A tire front of pale pink satin, covered with thread lace, pale pink os trich tips at the corsage front, long gants de-seude, ornaments of diamonds. Miss Deitzler wore a dress of dead white cashmere and China silk, pompadour lace j garniture and ornaments of diamonds. Miss Potter wore a rich costume of black , s tin, black thread lace and jet, with ornaments of jet and diamonds. The refreshments were served from flower decked tables and the entire affair was carefully and excellently managed. y. m. c. a. pery and up the middle of the back. The At the Y. M. C. A. rooms, probably one ! amrteur dress maker will find this design of the largest and most carefully managed easily carried out, and can feel assured receptions ever given in the city was that, her simple dress is a stylish one. ' " Thp hnnn. n fmm 11 a J The wool overskirt may be made all in m. to 6. p. m. and during the entire time, n Piece W1h the a bottom, the house was comfortablv filled. The re-1 nP1J caught up in folds far back on freshment tables were most beautifully laid ffh hip, and draped to fall to two points and the edibles were of the choicest kind j hind ; or else it may be thaped breadths, and were all donated by friends of the I wttJh rows of stitching on the hem, association. These consisted of meats of I nd, Arab folds dropping from the many kinds, an abundance of salads, sand-1 J fh lt, where the great fullness wiches, fine cakes, fruits, ices, confec- ' u massd- . ' . a I a r i a Ti a a tioos and conee. Among the prized do- aiodistes who copy r rencn designs use nations was a magnificent cake most ' camel's hair and other soft twilled wool Written for the Sunday Morulas; Bazoo. NOT POCAHONTAS This Time, But Another Tells Some Queer Tales of Jef ferson City Officials. beautifully ornamented with raised icing, from friende of the association in East Se dalia, and also a large and finely orna mented cake from J. D. Sicher and wife. The East Seda ia friends also sent baskets of sandwiches, fruits, etc Quite a number of ladies assisted the as sociation in receiving, each church in the city being represented, and in addition, Mrs. Page Wing rove, the handsome bride of the secretary, and a number of young ladies were present. All the ladies were handsomely attired and all rendered val uable assistance. The rooms of the asso ciation were beautifully and tastefully ar ranged throughout. In the evening, after the reception proper, the assembly hall was opened and a fine programme of vocal and instrumental music and recitations, by the blind elocutionist were given. In addition to the above among those who received were Miss Barrett assisted by a bevy of pretty and charm ing girls at the residence of her parents, ' Kden Farm;" Miss Shirley assisted by Miss Dorscy, of Illinois, at the residence of Mrs. A. H. Dempsey ; Mrs. Miller, as is ted by Mis i Hattie Miller at the family lesidence on Broadway and Mrs. W. McMillen, assisted by her daughter. Miss Opal, Mrs. Steel and Miss Webster, at their family residence on Sixth street. The gentlemen who gave the greetings were all handsomely attired in evening dress and many beautiful card souvnirs were presented. All praised the receptions and the hosi itality of the ladies and alto gether it may be said that the first day of the New lear proved lor both those who received and those who entertained most enjoyable. FAMILY RE-UXI02 One of the most delight ul entertain ments yesterday was a family re-union which was given at the residence of Mr. R. C. Sneed one mile and a half north o: this city. Mrs. Sneed is a lovely hostess and the re-union was most admirably planned. A novel feature of the affair was the serving of the refreshments. The guests were invited to the dining room and theie told to take their choice of a basket, and amid much laughter this was dose and lo ! the refreshments, consisting of oysters. salads, salmon, croquettes, veal loaf, turkey, egg salad, sandwiches, gelatin jelly and preserved cherries, trop ical fruits, cakes, etc., were found within. Coffee and wafers were also served with the refreshments. The baskets were almost square and were prettily and tastefully decorated witq curled tissue paper in bril liant colors, those for the ladies were in delicate light tints, those for the gentle men in dark. Each basket bore a card with "Happy New Year" and a pen and ink. sketcu, supposably a prediction of events in the year 188, as relating to the recipient. Some of the sketches were very grotesque and the gentleman were espec ially moved when it was seen "by card," that they would during this year be well castigated by their better halves' Another novel feature of the re-union was as follows : The invitation to each guest was supplemented by a statement that none should come without being piepared with a conundrum which was to be "fired" off' while discussing the refreshments, the one answering the most of them was to re ceive an elegant gold watch and chain. The fortunate one proved to be J. M. ueed, and amid much hilarious fun the presentation of the wa ch was made by John Montgomery of this city. The watch was composed of two tin pans carefully united so as to open and shut, heavily gilded on the outside and bearing a dial made of white paper. Inside was the in- scription : i am something ol a guesser myseli. lhe chain was of the ktud used to hang portieres and was indeed very long and "handsome." Those present were: Mr, J C. Thompson and family, J. M. Sneed and family, John Montgomery and family, James Montgomery an 1 family, Mrs. Dr. Montgomery, Miss Lutie Smith. Misses Mattie and Tedie eSneed, Mrs, Cammie Garrett and son, twenty -six in all. doll's reception. Miss Mabel Beiler, daughter of S. H. Beiler, gave a lovely "dell party" at her papa's residence on Broadway, vesterday aftenoon. She was assisted by Miss May Wheeler and the little ladies, their dolls and their friends had a most enjoyable time. Refreshments were prettily served. Among the guests were : "Mabel Van," doll of May Wheeler ; "Gertrude Garfield," doll of Jesie Landes ; "Byrdie Caldwell," doll of Rosa Haine ; "Mrs. Grover Cleve land," dell of Maude Ross ; "Maud Eng. ler," doll of Zippie McDougal ; "Matie Lincoln," doll ot Fannie Bard; "Nellie Grant," doll of Alice Merti; "Mrs. Martha Washington,'' dolT of Nettie Mertx; ' Helen As.or," doll of Flo? a Mack ey ; "Mrs. George Gould," doll of Irene Tea. pie. ! fabrics for winter dresses in preference to the smooth faced cloths used by English tailors. Thev are in solid colors for dressy costumes, and in fine stripes or checks for morning wear. The camel's hair cloth at $3 or $4 a yard make very rich dresses when combined with velvet or plush, or with all the accessories, such as a vest and f panels, made of for; indeed, the entire ow r skirt, or all that is visible of it, ia made of fur, so that the dress is a combi nation of wool and fur. A skirt of seal skin is a luxury for midwinter, and is worn nnder a snort polonaise of camel's hair of the same shade, or else of dark blue or mossy green. A brown camel's hair dress has all the lower skirt that is visible in the front and up the right side covered with dark brown mink fur, and another of drab wool is bordered all around with natural beaver, and there is a vest of the beaver in the short coat made to wear in the street. Leopard skin is used as a vest and on the lower skirt of brown vel veteen suits for voung ladies, and there is sling-sleeve cape, with a turbu anl muff of the same spotted skins. The home dress-maker who asks for details of basques may choose between the plain front", the vest front, and the tull pleated frost. Thus a plain front is liked iorstlish camel's hair basques that have trimming of passementerie, such as dark blue wool with black passemen terie in points on one edge, and with tiny balls or buttons on the other straight edge. The basque is pointed in front, short on the hips, and has two box pleats ending the middle form. The pointed passemen terie extends down each side of the small crocheted buttons that fasten the front (the points nearly meeting in the middle), and also along the hips and back next to the box pleats behind. The collar and small cuffs are; covered with tbe passemen terie, and inside the neck and sleeves is white feather-edged ribbon with a small bow and ends. The fine checked camel's hair and the hair-striped wools are some times cut bias botn in front and back of the basque. These are then tastefully trimmed with rows of the wool pinked in points alternating with plain points, laid together in a band, and passed around the neck and down the front, tapping to the left side like a fichu. Inside this band is a V-shaped vest of velvet of the same shade as the plain wool or in contrast Thus grey and b ue checked camel's hair has plain greyish-blue velvet and greyish blue wool with it, and the pre ty finish to the neck and sleeves is loops of white satin ribbon only a fourth of an inch wide, set on in three rows. in FASHIONS. The long maned black Russian lamb skin is liked with blue toilettes, and is prettily used as a border on a skirt of blue wool striped around with black bands that gradua'ly become narrower at the top; the drapery is plain camel's hair. Instead of folds or frills in tbe neck and sleeves, modistes now send home each dress waist finished off with ribbous, which may be white or in direct contrast with the dress material, as rose-pink ribbons are in mossy green silk basques, and red and orange in those of dark blue The gause ribbons with looped or tasseled or feathered edges are used for this purpose. They are folded over not quite double, so tbat both of the fancy edges will show just above the collar of the dress. A tiny bow is added in front or stands up on the left side, and similar bows are on the back seams of the sleeves just inside the cuff. Plaid velvet and plain plush lower skirts have found great favor this winter, and instead of appearing only as a panel on one side, they may be made quite full. and show on both sides of the apron dra- J. H. Hardin, at Canton. Society Elsewhere. CLIXTON. Mrs. Charles Gee is the guest of friends New York and Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Edmonson left for Montrose Thursday for a short visit. Miss Minnie Flannegan spent the holi days with her friend Mrs. Willie Roberts. Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Farrand enter tained the yoong ladies who are attending Baird college very handsomely Tuesday niSht. Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Emery and daughter, who have been visiting Jeremiah Burgess, left Wednesday night for their home in Logan, Ohio. Mrs. Pratt, Albert Lee, Minnesota, ar rived Thursday morning and will remain in the city during the winter the guest of their daughter, Mrs. J. La Due. HOLDEN. Miss Laura Stearns, of Kansas City visited relatives here last weea. Miss Mamie McNry, of the Warrens burg Normal, spent the holidays at hniue. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ciaig are visiting the home relatives and friends . t Harrison ville. Miss Gussie Smith and Miss Jessie Moses, of the Normal, spent last week at home. Miss Mary Rowe has returned, after a very pleasaut visit to friends at Topeka, Kansas. Miss Mary Anton, of Cameron, Mo., is visiting the family of Capt. Clark, and the Misses Rowe. Mrs. Dudley, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. David Colladay, has re turned to her home in Colorado. BUTLER. W. F. Duvall spent the holidays in Mackinaw, 111. Miss Mary Harrison spent the holi days with friends in Warrensbug. Miss Lyde and Miss Sallie Abell ar rived home and spent the holidays with their parents. Mrs. M. Levy snd Son, Arthur, and grandson, Harry, of St. Louis, are visiting the family of Sam. Levy. Miss Gertie Hannah came over from Clinton, where she is attending Baird Col lege, to spend the holidays. Miss Lucy Rief and Mabel Morrison, of Lamar, spent the holidays ia this city. The guests of Miss Myrtle Mc-Cride. HANNIBAL. Mrs. T. D. Wilson is in Barry. Mrs. Edwin Adams went to St. Louis Thursday. Miss Grctta Kettering left Thursay for Alabama. Prof. C. F. Dick spent part of the hol idays at Keokuk. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rem lev spent . . .at. w m I Lhrinmas in oevier. Mr. Stephens, of Frankford, is visit ing Mrs. M. Fitz pat rick. 'Mrs' Frank Henshaw went to Quincy Thursday on a visit Miss Katie Reed of Peora, is the guest of Mrs J. H. Rogers. Miss Sue Herrick is the guest of Mrs. I Jefferson City, Jan. 1. Did youev" er stop to consider how necessarily co3" mopolitan the society of a capital must be? How most ot the swells are depending upon their honest consti tuents, whom they dare not offend, least they loose their support and aid, in returning here, to the halls of comfort? and therefore Mis C. must do the polite to Mr. B. "'cause he gave papa the Tenth ward, you know f and so it is, even if Mr. B. is a rascal, a roue, etc., we accept him why ? because we don't dare to ex clude such a power to be, as it were, and thus you see politics make us a set of "toadies" (the most despicable race of people). But how are we to help ourselves ? "Papa needs every ward to pull through, next fall you know." The various vicissitudes of political life are such, that to-day Miss A may ride on the topmost wave of society, to-morrow the current may carry her down, and thus with examples of the ci devant glory of many politicians. WE ARE A LIVING LIE, but only breathe the knowledge of ourselves, and wonder if we success fully hoodwink our neighbors. Still the atmosphere around the capitol is renowued for its invigorating proper ties. It has been known to bring out the strangest species of the genus homo, fresh from the interior, with hayseed still clinging to his hair, into a howling swell who would out vie Beau Brummel in his exquisite tout ensemble, and the attitude upon all occasions, of, "I'm holier than Thou" is wonderfully refreshing. I have in my mind now, as one example, a young man, who came here with his father to fill a fat ap pointment under Ex-Governor Wood son (pater familias had the appoint ment.) Long, lank and gawky, with wide sombrero upon his crown, coat cut by the village tailor, made, no ooubt, by the fond hands of a good old mother and incased was his long broad feet in carpet suppers. Arrayed in all the glory of "White's Store," he re-called to my mind the picture Tennyson gives us in his "Locklesley Hall:" "Yearning for the large excitement that the coming years would yield, Eager-hearted as a boy when tirst he leaves his father field." Years have passed, since then and now behold the change. "Soloman in all his glory" could not compete with this young man. Learned in state cupidity and truckling to a dis honest master. He has actually for gotten THE USE OF CARPET SUPPERS and would faint at the sight of his faithful sombrero. If Father Time had one spark ot modesty he would b.ush at his work and 'tis ever thus that life here, (or the atmosphere), is "bringing out," as it were, honest people, teaching them the flow ery beds of ease and giving them a delicious smack of luxury before their constituents relegate them to private walks. I should like to tell you a little "tid-bit" that is now beiog whispered around, under breath of course, but cannot long be kept quiet for what everv one knows is no se- ar a cret. Once upon a time, as the nov elist James would say, there was a great and mighty official (in his own estimation) who had a little poverty striken clerk, supposably drawing $1,500 per year, anxious and eager to get the world by the nape of the neck, foolishly saved his money. One bright spring morning, in April, when na ture begins to flirt coyly with summer and the world is in love with itself, the great Roman calls up the little clerk, and in soft and persuasive tones confides to him these facts, viz : Wife has a different pocketbook, and I have a young and growi g daughter, (ac cent the last syllable) who expects much of me, therefore you must place, every month, in a convenient nook a certain part of your monthly salary, all will be smooth, make it pleasant to the daughter." Now since the people have heard the story they wonder who bought the daughter's good clothes ? The Roman father or the little clerk ? In my humble esti mation Frank Stockton's story "The lady and the tiger," in tbe century, never left half such an enigma to be solved. Who will solve the problem, but the next general assemblys. "Truth is mighty" you know, "it will prevail" such is the drift of many amusing stories that the gossips now have, they are consuming their souls with the desire to know the sequel, and like all serial fairy tales, the end will come. But as to the sequel of the story it is short. Tbe financial trans action of the Roman official seriously interfered with the plans of the clerk's household, so the young wife offered her diamonds at half Jaccard's price, to the officials daughter, who accepts them and enjoys their liquid beauty at J AKI !0 POWDER Absolutely Pure Tbli podr!atfr Tanas. A marvel of 'jmrttT 'treBfth toe hGl0eoiBMMft. Mora eoaavMaiaa man the ordioarj kinds, and emonot oa raid t -xmpetitiac wna toe muJlitua of cw tra. snort volant alum paMaat xwaer -kld only n? aaa Royal Baling Powder Co.. If Wall t.( 9. T. CARTER'S llTTLE IVER CURE Biek Headache and rettere all the trochlea dent to a billon state of the tern, rack ea c i noes. Naaaea. Droweineee, Dictreea after Pain In tbe Side. Ac While their aao able success haa beea shown in carina; SICK Headache.yet Carter'aLittle LItst Pills are valuable in Constipation, coring and pre this annorins: complaint, while they also all disorders of the stomach, stimulate the 1 and regulate the bowels. Even if they only c HEAD krhti fh;v ann ii Kp mrvt nHrelpM tn thrwOP suffer from this distressing complaint ;ut forto- naceiT tneir goodness noes not ena aereiwaia www w - wKa rm trv tKetn will flnrl t habeas? 1 iff lp nilli able in so manv wets that they will not be wiliiaar to do without them. But after all sick bead ACHE Is the bane of so many livea that here is where ww make our great boaat. Oar puis care it while others do not. Carter's Little Liver Villa are very small anal very easy to tako. One or two pilla make a doer. They are strictly vein-table ana do not gnpe er purge, but by ih' :r g:iitlf action please all who ee them. In vials at J.) r-'nts; five for $1. Sold ty druggists everywhere, or sett by mail. CARTER MEDICINE CO., IfSMH YfI? Olfvf, several parties, then returns then with regret that "papa cannot afford them." (Impecunious father), but alter the denoument of the clerk, the great Roman official starts the story that the diamonds are spurious, hence their return. But with Jaccard's cei tificate of purchase and Porth's testi monial, the diamonds remain Jon ex- . hibition, and all SOCIETY LAUGHS AT THE LIQUID S0. TERFUGE. Can you think of any act smaller or more worthy the general condemn ation of honest people than this? Not content with extorting a portion of this young man's salary (which the re vised statues make a felony), be must seek to impugn the wife with dishonest intentions. But good friends always linger around the threshhold of the honest one, and they baffied these sinister designs. This story is no mere BAGATELLE, but the coming weeks will give oa more rare and racy tidbits to ponder over. My New Years' joy will only be disturbed by the knowledge that the Jefferson City Tribune will not copy my letter. Pocahontas has had her spicy letters republished. She stands in with the editor, but I am passed coldly by. Virtue has its own re ward, I shall feel amply repaid if the Bazoo will greet me kindly. Yours in sincerity, Not Pocahontas. A Cutting Creek. Kansas City, Jan. 1. S, W. Creek, M farmer who lives in Clay county, between Liberty ani Kearney, was arrested lawt evening for making an assault with m- 1 tent to kill one Thouiaa Evans. The weapon used was a pocket knife. Creek visited Evans yesterday, and after being at his house, near the distiller jr for aoanei time. he (Creek) charged him wiih assault ing his wife. Mrs. Evans ordered him oat of the house, and as he got to the door, he turned on Evans with the knife, cut ting a severe but not dangerous gash his shoulder. A Chicago Blaze. Chicago, Jan. 1. Fire damaged Block, corner ot Waba-h and V an Avenue, $40,000, to-day. Installed. New York, Jan. 1. Mayor Hewitt other City officials were installed