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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. ”
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ly is worth mentioning. Sale work,
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that
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so,
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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.
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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.
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