Th® fruity FASHIONS IN SHOES. Bow th« Fancies of Men and |Women for Foot Coverings Have Changed. cribed as “galoches.” They were, in fact« leather overshoes. save that the protection came to the sole of the foot rather than to other parts. The proto type of this shoe was the ancient “ctog.” which, indeed, was worn as a shoe or foot covering, instead of as an extran eous protector. In later years the ■‘patten" of England was kindred to the “galoehe." There was always some thing natty in the appearance of this article, and the facility with which it could be donned was "in its favor as well. \et, woe to the individual who attempted the use of a new pair iq»on icy walks where the hard and smooth soles beguiled frequent downfalling to the uninitiated. The original vulcan- ized rubber shoes had a leather bottom, and it constituted an objection hard to overcome because they were so slippery. I he use of rubber bottoms came as a benison to the appreciation of this spe cies of footwear.—/’row* the Shoe and Leather Reporter. There have been notable changes in the fashions of footwear within a gene ration. In earlier days males wore long top boots the year round almost exclu sively, only varying in thickneee. Even in this respect the variations were fre quently limited to a process of oiling or •:greaaing." The women stuck quite persistently to low-cut shoes, or.to speak precisely, to slippers for Summer, and buskins for Winter. These dainty slip pers laoed with galloon upon the ankle produoed a bewitching effect. Occa sionally one saw a woman in bootees. These were the pioneers of sidelaoe gaiters which came along later. Of course there was some better protection required to overcome the discomforts from deep snows and weariness of trav “Are you superstitious, my dear? el, for whioh the facilities were then so meager, and these were afforded by the •aid Miss Birdie McGinnis to a newly- ubiquitous woolen socks which were arrived stranger in Austin, to whom worn over the shoes and ankles. Save •he had become engaged. “Not a bit, in large cities or villages very few of the but why do you ask?” replied the new rubber shoes were worn. These youth. “Nothing except you are the were luxuries seldom indulged in, be thirteenth gentleman to whom I have cause of the cost and of the lack of been engaged.”—Texas Siftings. knowledge as to their repellant quali We don’t suppose there is any truth ties, as well as to the labor required in in the rumor that reaches us from confirming the ungainly things to the Washington to the effect that tho Con dhntour of the shoe. In the course of gressional Record has joined tho syndi events customs have changed materially. cate which prints illustrated stories With the incoming of women’s gaiter and portraits of “Men of tho Hour.” boots men began to grow more partial A change in the literary character of to shoes, and gradually discarded the the Record is desirable, but it already long-leg appendage. The prevalence prinrts too much fiction.— Norristown of hoop skirts among women rendered Herald. a species of protective footwear necessa An English paper is of the opinion ry, while on the other hand the style of that the power of the dynamiters in tight-fitting trousers with men made the this country should be curtailed. legs of boots an incumbrance. Rub We second the motion, us did the ber shoes, meanwhile, have become old darky in the congregation when cheap and popular, so that both sexes the preacher prayed that the power of are on a plane of equality in the matter satan be curtailed. He said: of covering for the feet. “Yes. amen! Bress de Lord. Cut Alluding to oiling or greasing boots his tail smack, smoove off.”— Texas in early time for Winter service recalls Siftings. the cheerful fireplace where the opera A little boy was told that he must tion was conducted. This was before never ask for anything at the table, as the era of stoves, when sitting around the ample wood fire of a Winter’s eve I it was not good manners to do so. The ning was a signal for conviviality, consequence was that he was frequent with such wholesome refreshments as ly overlooked. One day his father said: apples, pumpkin-pie and sparkling “Johnny, get me a clean plate for ciaer, and such amusements as check- era, fox or geese or 12-penny morris. my lettuce.” “Take mine, pa; it’s clean," and he The operation of greasing was usually performed with melted beef fat. though added, with a sigh: “There hasn’t many affected neatsfoot oil as superior. been anything put on it yet.”— Texas The task was usually allotted to one of Siftings. Adam Smith was a cattle-dealer, and the youngsters who rubbed the grease in with bare hand so long as the leather was a verv wieked man. A camn- thoroughly heated by the fire, would meeting was in progress in bis locality, soak it. This proceeding rendered the and among many others who were con surface impervious to water, kept it soft verted were several members of his and pliable as well, and helped to ex family. At last he consented to visit clude cold. The objection to this treat the meeting, and during the progress ment was that boots could never be of the service one of his daughters polished,but plain country people didn't came around to where her father was do that much, unless it might be some sitting, and in tears she said to him: “Father, I am wedded to the Lord." young men with a taste for sparking. “Wedded to who, did you say, Mary The custom of measurement shoemak- ing that formerly prevailed so extensive Ann?”’ “The Lord, father. ” * ly is worth mentioning. Sale work, “ If that ’ s so, b ’ gosh, the Smithshave called derisively “slop work,’’ was rare ly seen or handled. A shoe store in the got into a good family at last.”— Pretz most populous towns was a place where el's Weekly. Mrs. Judge Peter by of Austin em ready made shoes could be procured, though the largest portion of its custom ploys a colored cook named Matilda ers left their measures, which were in Snowball, who is a great favorite with turn transferred to various cordwainera the sterner sex, but who is very high- to be attended to. Many of these latter toned nevertheless. “Who was that horrid-looking negro made periodical visits to the house of customers and supplied their wants. I saw prowling around the back yard?" The nicest boots were found among the asked Mrs. Peterby indignantly. “Dat’s a feller I keep company wid importers. We had not then acquired the facility for producing a boot equal on week-days.” “On week-days?” in style and fit to the French article. “Yes, mum; yer don’t s’pose I’d be When shoes began to supersede boots, over-gaiters came into use and have seen wid sich a bandy-legged, goggle- been worn ever sirtce with scarcely any eyed moke liko him on Sundays, does change. Not a few persons use them. yer? Yer orter see de cullud gemman There was not much difference in con I keeps company wid on Sundays. tour or construction between the gaiter You’d be s’prised, yer would. — Texas of 1840 and that of 1885. At one period Siftings. an alteration was tried, a steel spring Our agents are advised that we can was substituted for buttons, but it was an unsuccessful experiment, and was not pay commissions upon reduced followed by a return to the original prices. The Reporter for all of 1887 method. will be $1.50 (to Jan. 1,1888), but the The immediate predecessors of india- subscriber must remit us the full rubber shoes for wear in cities where amount. Remit money by Postal paths were prepared during the snowy Order, Registered letter or express, at seasons, were articles technically des our risk, but not at our expense. The Kinds of Lift» Not Worth Living A life of mere money-getting is al ways a failure, because you will never get as much as you want. The poorest people in this country are the million aires, and next to them those who have $500,000. There is not a scissors grinder in New York or Brooklyn so anxious to make money as those men who have piled up fortunes for years. The disease of accumulation has eaten into them. That is not a life worth living. There are too many earth quakes in it, too mans' shipwrecks, too many perditions. They build their castles and open their pictnres galleries and make every inducement for happiness to come, but she will not. So also a life that chiefly strives for wordly approval is a failure. The two most unfortunate men in the United States for the next six months will be the two Presidential nominees. Two great reservoirs of malediction have been gradually filling up, and about midsummer they will do brimming full, and a hose will be attachod to them and they will begin to play on the two nominees, and they will have to stand and take it—the falsehood, the carica ture the venom, the tilth, and they will be rolled over in it and choked with it The same thing is seen on a smaller scale in the strife for social position. Good morals and intelligence are not necessary; but wealth, or the show of wealth, is absolutely indispensable. It don’t make any difference how you get your wealth, if you only get it. erhaps you get it by failing four or five times—tne most rapid way of accumulation in this country. If a man fails once he is not so very well off; but if he fails twice he is comfort- ble, and by the time he fails three times he is affluent. But when you really lose your money, how quick they will drop you! High social life is constantly in a change—insecurity dominant, wretchedness dominant and a life not worth living— Dr. Talmage. NEW TO-DAY. JOHN J. SAX» Has his Feed Chopping MUI In Running Order, —AND— Will chop Feed for $2 per ton or one-tenth toll. ---------(o)--------- 1 armers and others having grain to chop oan oome to my mill, and attend to any business in the oity to better advantage than driving two miles out of town to get their ohopping done. JOHN J. SAX. McMinnville, Or. Thi Central Hotel, Dining Station of the 0. G. R. R. McMinnville, Oregon. F. Multaer, Prop. (Late of the St. Charles.) This Hotel has just been refitted and new ly refurnished throughout, and will be kept in a first class style. The table is supplied with all the market affords, and guests can rely upon good olean beds, and oomfortable rooms. Special accomodations for oommeroial travelers. SEVENTH ANNUAL A Shying Horse. To the inquiry, Why does a horse shy? the National Live Slock Journal re plies: Because he sees something which he docs not understand, and is filled with a greater or less degree of fear, something as the boy feels when he shies at the burying "ground, and goes around to keep clear of it. It may be some new or unusual object that tho horse sees, or it may be an imperfect view of it. Even a familiar object, if it comes to view suddenly and unexpect edly, will cause a horse to shy or jump, just as an unexpected object or sound causes a nervous person to start. When a person is so startled, how much would it improve the matter to be scolded at or given a cut with a whip? Just as much as the same treatment would in the case of the horse. Harshness only aggravates the matter. The more the horse is scolded and whipped, the more nervous he gets; and every time he passes the place where the fright and whipping occurred, he will recollect the unpleasant affair, and he will begin to prick up his ears and fidget, ready for another jump. Give him the lines, and he will go by in a hurry. The proper way is never to strike or scold a horse that is startled or frightened. Speak to him coolly, calm ly, and kindly; give him time to see and collect his scattered senses, and make him feel that you are his friend and protector. When he sees that all is right, there is an end to all further trouble. We have seen a horse retuse to cross an unsafe-looking bridge; but when the driver took him by the bits and walked ahead, the horse cautiously followed. Next time he required no coaxing or urging to cross the bridge. He might have Deen whipped into it at first, but was not the milder course, although a little trouble, the better one? The horse showed his confidence in the driver ever afterward. FIREMAN’S FAIR —OF THE— McMinnville Fire Department, —AT— Garrison Opera House, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, February 22d, 23d and 24th, 1887. * LIST OF PRIZES. There will be prizes given on the following named exhibits: 1st and 2d prize for beet and 2d best ex hibit of Kensington painting. 1st and 2d prize, for best and 2d best ex hibit of Kensington embroidery. 1st nnd 2d prize, for best and 2d best ex hibit of outline work by a child under 14 years of age. lHt and 2d best, for best and 2d best "ex hibit of work of any kind by a boy under 14 years of age. 1st and 2d prize, for best and 2d best ex hibit of crayon work. There will also be a prize given for the heaviest, lightest and prettiest baby under 1 year of age. Following isalistof prize« offered: For the prettiest baby, gold necklace; lightest and heaviest baby under one year of age, each a gold ring; outline work by a ohild under fourteen years, first prize, ear rings, second Srize, scrap book; kensington embroidery, rst prize, napkin ring, second prize, box writing paper; kensington painting, first prize, manicure set, second prize, bracket; orayon work, first prize, paper holder, second prize, pitcher; boyfs work, first prize, paper holder, second prize, inkstand. Parade of Firemen Tuesday af We are ternoon. Bring on your- job work. now prepared to do job work in the latest and most approved style of the Doors will be open at 7 o’clock, p. in. dally, during the art. Fair. The Weekly Reporter, a faithful —All arc invited to Attend— and complete compendium of the week’s news, is furnished for 12| cents Admission 25 Cents. a month. By Order of C ommittee .