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♦ Volume XI.—Number 81, HARRISONBURG, VA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1876. $2,00 a Year in Advance SLANDER. Kate colored, but made no answer. FALL FASrirt)^4$. Styles and patterns which has become are retained in bonnot8t while all that Dora I'cdro. as a she bear with (t sore ear. Pity, 'Twns bnt a breath— Tell a lie she dared not, aud what to • important and produced the most per- we see are taut, trim, and small, re- ain't it 7 Nice family he has, too." And yet the fair, good name waa wlltod; say she did not know. Latcst Styles and Best Goods. fect imitation of au India shawl which lieved of a prim and contracted effect BY BIZARRE. Bodwell was just getting back to his And ft-ieuda ouoa fond grew cold and stilted, "Come," said Dick, noticing her con- 1 —-— lias ever been manufactured. by the sauoy and defiant manner of ap- work when a little old man in a linen And life waa worse than death. fusion, "you know well enough; tell me The last roses of summer are drop- PIUNCESSB COSTUMES. plying the trimming. William Bodwell was a nervous, fid duster and a shocking bad bat, and One veuomod word. the truth. I don't care any way, only ping from their stems, and the world The French dresses imported for The shapes of the round hats are as gety and irritable old gentleman, with carrying a small satchel in his band That ntruck its coward, poisoned blow, I'd just like to know." of Fashion, like Nature, is easting qff models at the New York furnishing various, and in some iustanoes as ec- an apopleotio figure, a bald head, and entered, set his valise down on the In craven whispora, hushed and low— Kate saw Dick was determined to its present apparel to assume other houses embody tbe leading featnres centric and capricious, as those of tbe a let-mo-alone manner. desk, opened it, took oat some photo- Add yet the wide world heard. have an answer, so she laughingly gave more suitable to the season. Though and novelties for fall and winter attire. bonnets. We note particnlarly tbe "I see, William, that Dom Pedro graphs, and said: 'Twas but one whisper—one. n version of what Cora had said in the for a time, when the days are bright The word costume is used by the French "Gainsborough," with the crown more has returned to New York," remarked "I'd like to show yon some of the That muttered low, for very ahamo. forenoon. and warm, summer clothing may be modistes for walkiug-drdsses only, bnt nearly conical, and tbe brim a little less his wife, at tbe breakfast-table, as she finest pictures ever taken of the Em The thing the slanderer daro not name— passed up her plate to be helped. And yet its work waa done. "Zounds I that's the reason is it?" worn by tbe ladies, they know very well the late importations show princesse wide than tbo distinctive "Gains- peror Dora Pedro and the Empress." said Dick, giving his horse a sharp cut that the reign of light fabrioqi W. about costumes that are saitable for botu borough" of the summer. "Is be?" be avked, carelesslyj after "Take tbera away, and yourself, tool" A hint so slight, with bis whip, although the animal was over, and their minds are directed to a house and street. The first impression ohildrbn's fashions. helping her to a liberal slice of steak. interrupted B., savagely. And yet. to mighty in its power, "And I should dearly love to see A human soul In one short hunt going at a brisk pace; "I didn't know oonsideratiou of what is suitable and on seeing tbe new dresses is that they Fashions for children are, at the pre- "In this pbokigraph," continued tbe Lies crushed beneath its. blight I she was such a little Puritan ae all that. fioeeible to.be procured for fall, That are single garments pat and made to- sent time, at once very simple and very him, wouldn't you ?" she inquired, as peddler, "Dom Pedro is taken " One would think she expected to see lines are hard and mpney scarce only gether like gahrielle dresses, and very becoming. Tbe plain, princesse models^ be handed her plate back, and was "Are yon going out before I murder warns them that >n their selections elaborately trimmed. It is evidently the long waiets, tbe short skirts, the turning bis attention to bis own. you ?" screamed Bodwell, nearly /ran- CORA'S INFLUENCE. me lying in the gutter some day. I "Pshaw 1 you're crazy, what would I tie. hope you have more sense than to have greater care and economy are to be ex- tbe design of the modiste to give the bows, tbe braids, tbe small buttons, and orcised. They may still have their effept of the princesse dress, yet these the stylish mode colors, nil tend to im- want to see bim for?" be asked. "And here again in another attitude "Come," said Cora Dean to her cou- such silly notions," said Dick, looking "Crazy, am I ? Well, I've got some we have Dom Pe " down with an admiring glance at Kate, goods made up in the latest styles and princesse.costumes have alwavs a sep- part real elegance to the most unpre- sin, who was visiting her at her elegant to the best advantage, and with a view arate lower-skirt, and their overdress is tending costume. consideration for other people's feel- * He never finished tbe word. The country home, "get your hat and we wb)ch made her blnsh brightly, as she ings and wishes t" she exclaimed, as people passing by were aomewbst sar- answered;- of lending some assistanoo in that di- quite as often ia two pieces as in tbe For tbe street, girls now wear as so- will go down to the lake and have a rection we present a survey of the field, single polonaise. The two pieces of ber neutral tints as their mammas, at she sweetened her second cup of cof- prjsed to see the office door fly open row. It is juet the morniqg to be on 'jOb, yes; I told Cora she was dread- fee. about this time, and Bodwell appear, fully foolish to think and talk so." made up from quch information as this over-dross are, however, so intri- least in winter; and in thick fabrics.— the water, and the walk Ut the lake is could be gathered here and from the cately and so closely combined that it Like older ladies, their attire vibrates VGocsideration I I don't know tbo dragging tbe little old man along to perfectly beautiful." "Ob, well," said Dick, "she may think man," he replied, crossly. the bead of tbe stairs, where be ttiolced so if she wishes; I don't care." . But pages of the beat of the.northern mag- is often difficult to tell where the basque between tbe two extremes of very dark "I will be ready, in half a second," azines. While it is not presanftd that leaves off and tbe overskirt begins, and and very light. In warm weather, or "Oh! that's always the way, if I bim down, heaved bis satchel after bim, answered Kate, as she threw the book daring the rest of the drive he seemed all of our lady readers will bo able, to the appearance is given of a close-cling- in-doors, with white dresses they wear chance to mention any little pleasure, and shaking bis fist, said defiantly; preoccunied and unlike .himself, and in which she had been engrossed upon procure silks, satins, and India shawls, ing polonaise. To do this the lower brown and maroon ribbons—in cool away you fly into a violent passion," "111 flog tbe next man that aays Dom the library table, and rushed up stairs Kate was glad when he turned the the mention of those precious goods is edge of the basque is left nntrimmed, weather, oat of doors, black velvet coats she said, bristling up, and looking dan- Pedro to me, it he shouid be as big as for her hat The girls were soon strol- horse's head homeward. not omitted. It is to many gratifying and tbe upper part of overskirt drapery bordered with gray fur or brown vel- gerous. the Post Office, aud I bad to hire a ling arm in arm down the long shaded After tea Dick refused all requests cornea up above the edge of the basque "You women, when yon get an idea ladder to stand on I Do' yon bear my of his sister and the two young lady to read about them, and to be kept in ■ vel, trimmed with cream cashmere lace; avenue, chatting gaily, stopping now formed as to what the favored dangh- aud oonceals it. toque to match. cross-way in your beads, are worse gentle voice 7" and then to gather flowers to fasten at friepds to take a hand at croquet on i, , . EFFECT OP THE CUIRASS. than the itob," he mattered, pushing the lawn—a most unusual thing for ters of fortune wear. At the same time SUITS FOR GIRLS, their belts—themselves so fresh, fair we refer particularly to artideB. and The effect of tbe cuirass is, however, Gray and marooa, or gray and gar- back his chair, taking bis paper, and Fokeveb Buohted.—They were fond and charming in their maiden beauty, him, as be was considered an exceed- obtained by hbpking or otherwise at- seating himself for a quiet read by the ingly obliging person.

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