THE RURAL'NEW-YORKER. 
October 7 
7 io 
From Day to Day. 
JOSIAR AND LOWEEZY. 
I never forgit the day 
That we went out a-walkin’; 
An’ sot down on the river bank, 
An’ kept on hours a-talkin’; 
He twisted up my apron string:, 
An’ folded it together, 
An’ said he thought for harvest time 
’Twas cur’us kind o’ weather. 
The sun went down as we sot there; 
Josiah seemed uneasy, 
And mother—she began to call: 
“Loweezy! Oh! Loweezy!” 
An’ then Josiah spoke right up, 
As I was just a-startin’, 
An’ said: “Loweezy, what’s the use 
Of us two ever partin’?” 
It kind o’ took me by surprise, 
And yet I knew 'twas cornin’, 
I heard it all the Summer long 
In every wild bee’s humrain'; 
I’d studied out the w r ay I’d act; 
But la! I couldn't do it. 
I meant to hide my love from him; 
But seems as if he knew it. 
An’ lookin’ down into my eyes. 
He must a’ seen the fire; 
An’ ever since that hour I’ve loved 
An’ worshiped my Josiar. 
—Lewiston Journal. 
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Among favorite leather belts at the 
present time are some ornamented with 
nickel nail-heads, and further adorned 
in both front and back by an elliptical 
nickel plate, 1 y 2 to two inches wide, and 
from 2V 2 to 3% inches long. This plate, 
rounded at the edges, is of polished 
metal, and it immediately suggests the 
name-plate on a dog collar or a street 
door. So far, none of the fair creatures 
who wear these belts has been noted 
with her name and address engraved 
upon it, but this style gives some 
grounds for the suspicion expressed by 
one man, who was overheard wondering 
whether the fashion was started by 
some one who wished to utilize a set of 
harness built for an English oulldog. 
These armor-plated belts are too “loud” 
for women of refined taste, but they 
have their day, like many other ugly 
fashions. 
* 
A swindler at Topeka, Kan., has 
fleeced, probably, 100 different men, 
mainly farmers in various parts of the 
West, of sums ranging from $10 to $30. 
He advertised in various German papers 
net is a Mary Stuart shape of royal pur¬ 
ple, trimmed with purple passion flowers 
and knots of husks 'in their natural 
colors. Mrs. Cusack’s bonnets form a 
famous feature at the Atchison Corn 
Carnival. Very pretty dolls are dressed 
in corn husks, some of them being quite 
elaborate, the prettiest we have seen 
being dressed in Quaker costume. 
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This season, women began to wear felt 
hats earlier than ever. Fall headgear 
appeared on the streets of New York in 
August, and though these felt hats, of 
the golf or outing shapes, were at first 
worn chiefly by women passing through 
the town from seaside or mountains, 
their example was soon followed by city 
women. The golf hats of gray felt, 
trimmed with bands of silk and long 
quills, soon become very common; the 
color is, moreover, unbecoming to a 
majority of those who wear them, so we 
think that their reign will not last. The 
shape is already being modified some¬ 
what and, in shades of brown and’blue, 
is much prettier than at first. Some of 
the alleged eagle quills worn in these 
hats were of truly terrific proportions, 
slanting off like the yard of a lateen- 
rigged boat. However, the modified golf 
hat in. wood brown, trimmed with band 
and bow of darker velvet, with one 
brown quill, or a bunch or pheasant’s 
plumage, makes a simple yet modish 
hat. It may be remarked that two small 
velvet rosettes, put under the brim at 
the back, one at either side, will be a 
great aid in making the hat si r . firmly 
in windy weather. Large hats having a 
flat wide felt brim and a beefeater 
crown of velvet, with one long quill at 
the side, are seen; they are usually 
light-colored, and very exaggerated in 
appearance. We would not advise them 
for adults, though they would be quite 
suitable for girls from 10 to 15. 
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If we may judge by the garments now 
displayed at the Fall openings. Winter 
coats will be very long, though jackets 
with suits will be decidedly short. Many 
of the long coats are of a graceful 
princess shape, fitting at the back, and 
are not unlike those worn seven years 
ago. It is noticeable, however, that the 
prevailing tendency in all the fashions 
now seen at the Fall openings is for in¬ 
creasing extravagance. Dealers say that 
the country is prosperous, and that this 
will cause increased expenditure. We 
do not consider it a healthy sign, how¬ 
ever, if this increasing prosperity is 
chiefly marked by extravagant dress and 
excess of luxury. Long driving coats, 
which come to the knee, and are loose, 
like the box coats, are shown, but they 
are totally unfitted for street wear; how¬ 
ever, women wear them for walking, 
just as they wear many other unsuitable 
things. Golf capes seem as much in 
favor as ever; they are extremely com¬ 
fortable, and are becoming to all except 
a short, stout figure. As an extra wrap 
to be worn when driving, a golf cape is 
very useful, and is a good investment. 
* 
A paper of tacks would not seem a 
very strong weapon against a band of 
savages, but Captain Slocum, who tells 
about his voyage around the world in 
his little sloop, the Spray, in the Cen¬ 
tury Magazine, describes the use of car¬ 
pet tacks in repelling a midnight on¬ 
slaught by Tierra del Fuegans. Alone 
in his little boat, Captain Slocum had 
been attacked by these savages in the 
day, and when he anchored in a little 
cove at niight, he felt sure that the at¬ 
tack would be renewed. Before lying 
down to rest, he sprinkled tacks over 
the deck, taking care that they stood 
business end up. The savages sneaked 
on board about midnight, but even their 
toughened feet could not endure the 
tacks, and they soon left, with howls of 
pain. Captain Slocum fired a parting 
shot at them, and then slept in peace for 
the rest of the night. It has been sug¬ 
gested that tacks will take part in the 
wars of the future, when bicycle corps 
will take the place of cavalry, but we 
th'ink that this is the first case where 
they have actually been used as a means 
of defense. 
as a young widow who wanted a kind 
husband, giving addresses at several 
different towns. To each applicant he 
wrote, offering to visit him and act as 
housekeeper for a few weeks on trial, 
if the man would send a sum sufficient 
to cover expenses. Some of the deluded 
ones, failing to receive a Visit from the 
mythical widow, complained to the Post 
Office authorities, and after a chase of 
six months through six western States, 
the swindler was finally arrested on the 
charge of using the mails for fraudulent 
purposes. 
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Corn-iiusk bonnets are among the 
products that come from Kansas and her 
“walls of corn.” Mrs. H. J. Cusack, an 
ex-milliner of Atchison, has achieved 
fame in this line; she has a secret pro¬ 
cess of her own invention by which she 
softens and dyes the husks, and the re¬ 
sult is said to be really beautiful. The 
bonnets are trimmed with corn-husk 
flowers and corn-husk bows, strings 
being knitted out of dyed and softened 
husks. Mrs. Cusack made for Mrs. Mc¬ 
Kinley an evening bonnet in black and 
cream color, and for Miss Helen Gould 
a high-crowned hat trimmed with 
shaded violets and blush roses, all being 
made of the corn husks. Mrs. Cusack is 
Irish by birth, and being an admirer of 
Queen Victoria, she has this year sent 
one of her corn-husk bonnets and a pair 
of busk slippers to the Queen. The bon¬ 
Hon. Thomas B. Reed 
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