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VOL. XLII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1885. NO. 7. De Law?f Am Smilin*. Da sun's growin* * ?.hd, an' it makes de niy' jrorsinjr, ' De Lav.-d t <t> f-r smilin* on de lan*; Ah. dea'raiy mir.hty pleasant at de summer t'li't ?>' sj>ri? ?. D<- Lhwi; am or smilin* on de lan*; De liumlde l? e* i er borin' o'er de top de cabin ^ do*: Do La"**? am or smilin* on de lan*. An* de awft:! young wuspors am or crawlin* on ?1<i.v l. iw.l am ?-r finilin* on do lan*. Oh. smilo on. sinile on. smile, oh, good ^ Lawd. keep on \vi4 de bright lijrht, -4^ Sing on. sing1 on, sin?, oh. sinner man, way up in yer hijrli might. Oh, dc *<rih! sallct's growin' in <!c corndcr o^ * j fence, p "Oe Lawd nm cr smilin' on <le lan': -* " ?? dHjrlity cld?* piekin", but it save or heap cr 'sjx'U* . I)c- Land r.o. cr smilin' oil tic km*. <JIi. de hojr's jowi ?ii* dodjrcr ila will fetch or iiuin tor ta-1-, Dc I.:nyl t- i cr sioiiin' on <le !an"; An* cr Jroo<l sakct. cr iilx-. how da works cr nigger's , k Dc Lavrst tm cr smilin* on de lan*. Oh, snrfiv on, smile on, smile, oh, good LavrJ, keep on wid de bright light. Sing on, sing on, sing, oh, sinner man, way up in yer high might. ?Arkansaw Traveler. '? . "... - BOSTON BOB. No one was belter known in the neighborhood of the Battery ten years ago than old "Boston Bob." Bob was o fliMmrtnv. His surname was Stewart, but few of his roost intimate acquaint^ a!:cc< dared to call him anything but * Bo:i his fnoc or to speak of him behi::?1 his back by any other name than Boston Bob. Although Bob was very clo*.- in money matters there was nothing mean about him. No one ever saw him spend any money except for the absolute necessities of life, yet no one L ever spoke of him as a miser. W Tiie unfortunate ones always had Bob's sympathies. His advice and any assistance that lie could render which P did not cost money was freely offered to whomsoever stood in need of it. He always seemed cheerful. Ho was always ready to listen to a good story, and never failed to repay his eutcrtainer with an anecdote equally arnusfepc ing. He was not usually averse to a moderate amount of iiquor, but lie onr Unf lin woa -U'wVVi. WU^UI. **?.* J^UV UV *v tw never known to hang around a barroom in tlie hope of being invited to drink. He knew several hotel-keepers, . and if one of them offered bim a bottle of liquor he accepted it and put the bottle to the best use he eould find after he had seen its contents safely out of harm's way. Bob was fond of reading newspapers, but he never purchased out\ and, although always ready to ac; cept papers, he rarely asked for one. He did not object to tobacco, but he rarelv purchased or iasked for any. F. And yet, notwithstanding Bob's habits of extreme ecouomy. no one ever spoke ill of him. Before the East Side Elevated Railway began running a line of hacks had its headquarters in the neighborhood of the Staten Island ferry houses. Boston Bob Was a sort of runner for : the hack line. By prudent management he succeeded in saving something over $5,000. It was a pleasant sight to see one line day the owner of this respectable sum seated alongside ^ the driver of one of the hacks and treating a number of listeners to origi? -x . , >' nai remarks 01 a iiumoruus nature ^ while be awaited the arrival of a Stateu Island ferryboat. There was a I pleasant smile on his somewhat fur^ rowed, but fresh looking countenance and a jolly twinkle in one of his eyes. The other eye was unfortunately unequal to the task of twinkling, as it was a glass one. No casual observer at such a time would have imagined that Bob indulged to-excess in th<T vir. % tue of economy. Bob was a quick-witted fellow. He once received a check payable to his order on a Broadway b:ink. When he took the check to be cashed, however, the paying teller informed hini that he wouki have to be identified before ho could receive the t ruuiiry. ^ r.-' won't know any oho around here X- or a:jy unu anywhere eke who you would be likely to know," exclaimed Bob. "I can't help that," replied the cashier; "I am obliged to follow the rales % of the bank." Bob scratched his head with a puzz, - led air for a moment, and then his 1 countenance suddenly brightened. Looking around to make sure that there were no ladies present, he quickly pulled up his vest and dragged out into the light of day the little "buttonhole lappet which was at the lower end of the bosom of his shirt and on which ^ his name was written in indelible ink. "Do you see that?1' cried Bob, rising *on his tiptoes, and holding up the lappet toward the astonished teller. "Ave you satislied now?" The teller cashed the check without any further hesitation. When the elevated railway began > -running there was little business left fc for the hacks. Their proprietor was. ^ compelled to withdraw them, and Bob was thrown out of employment. He had So,000 in* the bank but he was unwilling to invest this ,in any business for fear that he might lose it. He"rcceived several offers from men who dcsired a partner with a little capital, but he was of the opinion that these ? people wanted his capital much more than they did him. Bob was offered a . share in a good paying saloon, but he . very promptly refused this. "I do not know," he said to a friend, "whether there is or isn't a hereafter. If there is I don't want to answer for selling whisky to my fellow creatures. And if there isn't any hereafter I don't want just the same to have it on my con science that I've sold whisky to my fellow creatures." Bob would spend ^ hours in watching the elevated trains, By, which had been the means of his losing his position. They were in his eye L very useless, bungling affairs. "If T' those engines and cars could blow up," he once remarked, "and that railway ^ fall down without it hurting anybody, I should like to sec the thinsj done." Bob hail a wife, but no children. l That wife was the apple of his eye. r They lived in neat little rooms on the top floor of a house on Battery place. It was Bob's great delight to see his wife in the street di*essed up in her Sunday finery, with which embellish raepts siie appeared to considerable advantage. But lie rarely accompanied her at such times. He would watch her from across the street with a look of mingled pride and tenderness. If any of his acquaintances were with him at the time he would point her out to them. "Do you see that woman?" he would exclaim. "Well, she's my ^ wife. Look at that shawl. She got it at such and such a place, and only paid cr\ -fro* if" rlynsyc OV C4.V./4-*. AVA. AV AAAtAV U4\^CO AO <Jk ilUO one, and that only cost her so much. It was a bargain. Xow, how does that hat suit you? She got it at wholesale price. Oh, she's a daisy." On the New Years' Day after Bob lost his position a Stateu Island hotelkeeper made him a present of a bottle of liquor. That night Bob entered the Staten Island ferry-house, where ho ii: was well known, with a somewhat unsteady step. The ferry slip was full of i^e at the time. A few moments after?vard one of the gate men saw l>ob fall overboard from the end of the bridge. The alarm was instantly given, and Bob, who was found lying among tho cakes of ice. was fished ouL The next day he appeared as usual and allowed his friends to joke him about bis exploit of the evening before. A goodnatured smile was the only answer ...Klrvlt l.A + tllftjo incfc YA ADA YV lilV/U liU uv/ mwv v*-~ then suspected that when he went overboard he intended to commit suicide. During the following few months Bob made his appearance on the Battery nearly every day. He still told and listened to good stories, and did what he could for his friends, but, as usual, he refrained from spending money. But his intimate acquaintances remembered afterward that he dwelt more frequently than before on the fact that he could not ?ct employment, and as often remarked: "There is money enough for one, but not for two." One- day late in April he brought home a strong piece of cord, which he put ?\vay in the presence of his wife. She asked him what it was for. "Oh, it's handy to have in the house. We'll find some use for it," he replied. On the following morning the sky was gloomy and overcast, but Bob's wife expressed a desire to go out. Bob urged her to go. saying that it would do her good. Sin: put on her Sunday lincry, and Bob gazed at her with more than usual satisfaction. lie examined the shawl, the dross and the hat with as much interest as if he had never seen them before. lie rehearsed the price of cach article, and said what a bargain it was. Just as she was going out of the door he told her not to hurry back, and then asked her if she was goin<r anywhere in particular. "Oh, yes," she replied. "You know old Mrs. . who 1 told you yesterday was dead? I think I will go to the funeral." Bob gave a start, but she paid no particular attention to this at the time. She returned from the funeral, and, as she entered her home, she found that the window curtains had been pulied down, which made the room quite dark. A feeling of uneasiness crept over her, and she hurried to the nearest window and raised'the curtain. Then she discovered the body of her husband hanging near the door by the cord w hicii he. had brought homo on the previous day. On the floor was an upturned chair, from which he had evidently taken the fatal step. An inquest was held and a verdict in accordance with the facts rendered. Bob's numerous acquaintances discussed his character. Kis many good qualities were thoroughly canvassed, and his weak points were lightly passed over.. The public verdict was a favorable one. After the funeral Bob's wife examined his bank book. When she saw the amount to which she was entitled, and when she thought of the remark, which, according to his intimate friends, he had made so frequently during the last few months of his life, she began to realize in what a chivalrous light poor old Boston Bob had viewed the fact that "there was money enough for one, but not for two."?A'ew York Times. A New Use For Coachmen. The latest in fashionable eccentricities, says a writer in the New York World and Express, is for a gentleman when riding in an open barouche with a lady, to seat himself vis-a-vis and hold in range with his fair companion's eyes a hand-mirror, to enable her to see what is taking place in the rear of the carriage without the trouble of turning her head. This holding a mirror up to nature, oftentimes transformed by art, may seem easy enough to the uninitiated, but to do it with the I-amenjoying-this-immensely-you-know air requires hours of patient practice e'er you can attain just the right gracetui curve of the elbow and be able to converse at your ease at the same time. Now it seems to me a far better arrangement would be to insert a looking-glass in the back of the driver's coat. Of course that would necessitate employing short, broad-shouldered coachmen, but as everything has its day, our tall fiunkies must expect to be superseded some time, especially if fashion votes against them. "Fiom little seeds spring great mushrooms," so I shall not at sdl be surprised if some day I come across the following advertisement: ^ ? "Drescote, the tailor, presents ids' ! compliments to his patrons and begs ? to inform them that he has on hancLa * superb lot of coachmen's mirror-back'; coats, which he proposes to sell at a great reduction, owing to his firm belief in the motto, originated solely by himself, 'Lower your prices and increase your customers.' By the way, Drescote's motto might be utilized by some of our merchants to advantage. Reading on the Cars. And we see little children wearing spectacles in schooL Here is a reason for it: Every street car you enter you find it filled with fathers of little ones. Each of these fathers to save half an hour's time, is reading the morning newspaper. For years these fathers have ridden from one to three miles in this jolting vehicle, with the light changing at every turn of the wheels, and with the focus of the eye adjusting itself to the print with lightning-like rapidity: If there were a Hiding-glass made for reading on the street car, with visible mechanism so subtle that the focus could be self-ad justed with every trembling of the object?say a wheel should fly back and forth like the balance-spring of a watch?would not the reader in the car begin to un-' derstand the task which he puts on the muscles and nerves of his eyes when he opens a newspaper in the moving car? Ho may possibly not be wearing out his own eyes, but he is wearing out his future children's?and this beyond the chance of a doubt.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A lively air on a violin will sometimes set "a whole Hock of geese wild with delight. Ou ono occasion at a country wedding I was a witness of a curious performance by one of these fowls. After dinner a lady entertained the guests assembled on a lawn with music from an accordion. A llock of geese were feeding in the road just below the house and with outstretched necks answered back with notes of satisfaction. Soon a white gander commenced dancing a lively jig, keeping good time to the music. For several minutes he kept up the performance, to the great delight of the company. The experiment was tried several times for a week or more aud the tones of the accordion never failed to set the gander into a lively dunce. ? Tomsoiiloit (Aid.) Journal. Nearly all the London newspapers buy their print paper in Germany. EDUCATIONAL. D a Points on Education and Methods of v Teaching: From Various Sources- [ Tho Distinctive Principles of Normal S School Work.?The Normal Stu- f dent. r' NORMAL SCHOOLS. "A normal school in an institution i for the education of teachers" (Web- t sler.) It is not an attachment to a r high school, to an academy, pr to a e college, but an institution in itself, L "having a local habitation and a a name," equipped with a corps of t teachers, the course of studies, and the \ necessary appliances for the accom- j plishment of its object Its sole work t is the education of teachers. si "A thing is normal," according to Webster, "when strictly conformed to those principles of its constitution which mark its species." Tried by a this test, the education of the child and ? the teacher is normal when strictly , conformed to the laws of the physical and rational nature of man. An insti- . tution whose purpose is to educate } teachers according to this standard is properly called a normal school. Its J purpose determines the class of schools to which it belongs. Its excellence depends upon the quality of its work. J The teacher has the organization, the teaching, and training of the I school committed to his hands. He directs and controls the activities of the children while they arc forming s habits, and laying the foundation of f character. He should be able to train 1 the child in the right use of all his r powers. i The distinctive work of the normal i school is to educate the teacher ac- i cording to the normal standard. To < 4^*" A iUrt n/lnnf mnef Viotta T IIIIO CUU bUC JL1\JL liiai Obuuguu uuiv as definite and full knowledge of the I human body and mind as possible. By I careful study he may learn the struct- i urc of functions, and conditions of health t of the human body. Ho may learn ) the powers of the mind, the order of < their development, the objects upon < which they are employed, how they are called into right exertion, aud the s products of this activity as they crys- > talize into those habits of thinking, j feeling, and willing which constitute f character. By this study he discovers t the laws of human life and learns what t education is, as an end, and as a t means, and derives the principles ( which guide the practice in the normal c education of teachers and children. c This general knowledge of mind pre- f pares the teachcr for that close obser- j vation by which he may learn the pe- c culiarities of-each one of his pupils, so s that he can teach and train ca<-h one ? in the way he should go. ? The normal student must make a' careful study of the art of teaching and t training, that he may know distinctly t what teaching is, what training is, and the means by which he will sustain the t attention of his class, as dependent up- j on the knowledge of the subject; the t selection of the proper objects of r thought; the direction of the pupil's 1 thinking; the use of the best motives; j leading the pupils to acquire ideas, and t to their correct expression, orally and j. in writing; recapitulation and reviews; criticism by the class and teacher; daily ^ nreoaration bv the teacher; and the ( general culture of the teacher. The normal student must make a thorough study of the course of studies ^ in all its grades, as a means to teaching and training; that he may know what studies should be included in the course, and why these subjects should * be studied; in what order llio studies E should come, and the relation which } they hold to one another; in each study, ' what shall be taught, and whv; the c order in which the parts shall be con- e sideretf; and the method of teaching * and drilling the class upon all parts of * the subject. * The normal sLndeiTt must thoroughly s examine the subjoot of school organi- 2 zation. That hi? may know what it is ? to organize a school; the advantages of I a ^oo.l organization; the preliminary 1 preparations lor opening a school; how ' to open a school; how, to classify the j pupils; how to apportion the time and studies; and what provisions to make in relation to oraer. The normal student must carefully consider the- teacher^ moral duties, f witkrtference tothe need of moral a trahiing/ihe'C&jecrFof it, what moral t traminwTequires:for'the pupil, for the I teacher* the principled of^ovetnment; c' its necessity; how the end: "of ;^hool secured; the effect of the ' jfcbper a>- c rangement of the'exerdses;'-;tbe*?*ffect s of good management, "ijts requisites; fj the best motives, and how they shall t be used in governing; the teacher's ] personal habits, the" teacher's spirit, ( his love for his work, his "willingness to s sacrifice, his love for fc&popils, and his s honesty. t . He must stadyfhe history of educa- i tion that he may know what has been t attempted , and accomplished. He i *^"0* rv/\1 ] a tVC /Sf Hie OWn c UiUOi OVUUJf 1>UV OV/UVV& ^4* y w v* u.w ? ? fc State that he may know his legal stat- l us. c The teacher must have a degree of 1 skill in the application of these princL- ] pies and this knowledge as will enable ] him to organize and control his own school, and to cducatc his pupils. It i is the distinctive work of the normal i school to securc to its students this t knowledge and . skill according to the g measure of their ability. - ^ The first distinctive principle of nor- i mal school work is. that the normal 1 student is to be a teacher. He is to look at the acquisition of knowledge, 1 the teaching, the training, all the exercises of the school, his own spirit, purpose, manners, and conduct from the standpoint of the teacher. The acquisition of knowledge in this spirit is as much a part of professional work as j teaching is. iiie second distinctive principle is that the teacher is to be educated for his work. His mind is not only to be furnished with the knowledge of subjects and methods, but trained to comprehend and apply the principles of education. He must be required to imitate good teaching; to teach, drill, and examine in all grades of the work under intelligent supervision. The normal school is a training school in all its course. The third distinctive principle is that the method of instruction in the normal school is to serve as a model for the normal student. Not t' at it should be followed literally in all points; the teacher must always adapt his work to his pupils; but the principle, the arrangement, the spirit, the manner of conducting it will be imitated. The . unconscious tuition of the school in some things is more potent than the , conscious teaching.?Atbert G. Boy den, A. M. in.Journal of Education. , ? -- , PUBLIC OPINION. Before England can stand absolved J before tl-e God of Nations for the deso- j lation and suffering of Ireland, she i must make reparation to the land sho j has ruined, and such reparation can lot be made by tnero rescission of wickd laws that have done their work of wickedness. No reform less radical ban a conccssion of full and complete elf-government to Ireland Pill secure >rosperity and contentment.--Califorlia School Journal. Superintendents. ? J.ay aside all >rejudiccs, all jealousy, .-ill party toeing, and labor to retain all tlie eompeeut superintendents. A now man, no natter how good a teacher, how well iducated, how popular and influential ic may be, will neeessariiy occupy coniderable time in learning the duties of lie office and" becomiug acquainted vith the teachers, school officers, and >eople. lie might do well, but let us lot turn out the tried and trusted for in uncertainty. ? 'Mm Iowa Teucher. Compositions.?The art of writteu :x[>ression, if properly taught and asaduciisly Cultivated, can be made :is jleasant as oral composition ur tailing. The same general method should K3 adopted iu both. We could uevor each a child to talk by giving it a subect upon which it must talk for ten uinutes or hulf an hour. Children thould be indueed to write down what hey have to any on any subject, or vhat they have heard others say. In )ther words, a child's first composiion should be confined to transferring >ortions of his conversation to paper. ?The Educational Weekly. Industries made but comparatively ;low progress while they were, carried >n by persons whose instruction was imited to apprenticeship. Gradually, ind in more recent times, the idea has nadc its way that the progress of an ndustry depends especially upon the legree of instruction of those who ex?rr?isA it. This led to the establish nent of industrial schools. Tho.com>etition of industries is rapidly mulri)lving these schools, and from present ndications these schools are destined 0 a development far beyond that as ret attained in the' most advanced :ommunity.?Hon. J. D. Phil brick, in Oily School SySlenis. The best kind of education can bo lecured only by employing teachers vho are adepts, artists, and then leavag to them the details of the art, so ar as is possible among schools.so inrimately related to one another, as hose in the city must be. Such a eacher, while following the outlines >f study as laid down in the printed lourse, will above all watch the effect >f his teoching and the pupil's own eforts upon the development of that pu)il's mind. The end he seeks is the education of the child in the highest ense, and not the mere absorption'of 1 few facts.?Supl. A. B. Marble, Worcester, Mass. Teachers Should Attend Conveniens.?The more the subject of education is considered in convention, or by :ach teachcr at his individual work, he greater does its importance seem, iow to do the work th:it we have to lo, to the besi advantage* how to use nost. economically and efficiently the neans that have been placed iu our lands, requires careful study and bought. There are loose, careless, lap-hazard ways of teaching, and there nay be a logical, systematic method. Che work comprehends a great deaL Correct teaching includes discipline, he imparting of knowledge, and the iwakening of the mind to investigate or itself.?Supt. .Wm. H. Leach, Madion Wis. Industrial Education?Must it be deerred to, as heralding a permanent innovation, or should it. be resisted as he froth of a temporary craze? The nnovation is predestined. - It will :ome, and it will remain; for it is a ;reat social want which is clamoring /vr if on lnat-ilxr ?a wnnf; of th* hpsrt'ftf he power which created and sustains he schools themselves. You cannot irgue it away,?you cannot ridiculei it iway. Even were it a something aterly inconsistent with, the recognized mrpose of a school, it would not avert he consummation. It is pleasant to beieve that no such inconsistency prerails.?>upt. II. ii. Harrington, Nero Bedford, Mas3~. A Dog with a Conscience. Stories of sagacious dogs are plentiul enough, but they always form pleasmt reading, c!>":oliy because they are rue. Here is jn dog with a conscience. Ie is a Skye terrier. 'Che owner had a lish of mutton cuiluts for his lunch. Vhen the repast was finished there vas one cutlet left on the dish. The gentleman was reaamg tne newspaper lqcI appeared, to be taking no notice, ["he dog saw th - cutict and bis mttlitli >egan to water. Then lie smelt at ft t was very nice. Doggy resolution ;ould stand it no longer. The terrier eized the outlet and bolted under the ofa. Still the gentleman took no noice. The terner paused for a mo nent, excepting to receive a kick or a orrent of abuse. Nothing of the kind? The master took no notice. Somehow ill the flavor of the cutlet seemed to lave departed. The conseiouee-strick:n terrier refused to touch it. He ooked pitifully around for a time. Jow could he offend so good a master? 3e would not He simply picked up the cutlet, laid t at his master's feet, bung his head n shame, and slunk away, with his Thole body expressing the sentiment of ;hame as plainly as anything this vorld bas ever seen. Ti?o master did lot beat tbe dog, but gave the cutict to iim. ?From Ute, Hour. Lne rnysicai xvcsua ui ^rciuauuu. A curious fact iu connection with jremation id the amount of ashes revived from a body and the disposition nade of them. The two largest bodies jremated in Philadelphia weighed two lundred pounds each, the ashes weigh* ng four pounds eight ounces and live jounds four and a "half ounces, respectvely. The largest percentage of ashes ;hus far received was from a body weighing 180 pounds, and whose ashes weighed five pounds and eleven ounces. Various disposition has been made of ;he ashes, in some instances the remains being buried, in some retained n the familv, and in others sent to Europe. 'The ashes of one subject ivere placed in a marble urn and deposited in a Masonic lodge-room, while ;hose of another. Miss Clancey, the ac;rcss, were divided, a part being buried oy the side of her sister in Baltimore md tho rest by her mother's side in Maine. The old notion of "combating" with medicines such diseases as lung inflammation has given place to more snlightened views. The system of the i - ^ tj 1 1} laie ur. nu^uca x^uucu u ucovnwu as "treatment by restoratives directed to farther the natural progress of the iisease and supporting the vita] strength." The Lancet states that the Doctor 1+ad 105 cases of uncomplicated inflammation of the lungs which he treated on this principlo without a single death FOR THE LADIES. n Social Standing of Ladles as Indicated d by Them? Fasionable I'erfamcs C of the Day. _ it Fancy Colors in Hosiery for Men and "Wo- ^ * m:n?Smart and Dressy Decoration of Hats. jj E' MODERN TASTE IN PERFUMERY. S( II Nearly every lady uses some sort of S( perfumery; her odor-case is an important if not indispensable adjunct to her 0 comolete and satisfactory toilet It j. was only a few years ago that some jj one declared that the use of %perfume 0 was plebian, that none but the French n peasantry in Europe employed it gen- ^ erally. The idea became American, a and for a time no woman who aimed g at social position dared commit the Indiscretion of using any kind of odor. t, "Its use is % p^HCtiekl admission of ua- v cleanliness,1' said Fashion, and what CT lady would dare make that admission? ? " "A great change has taken place *in tj rcspeci to me use v/i uuvna, aam a ^ prominent Broadway perfumer to a [t World reporter, the other day. "The perfume trade was never more brisk than now, and it is constantly on the increase." "What odor is the most popular?" r, asked the reporter. a "That all depends upon the purchas- Si er. Ladies do not buy odors at ran- Q dom, for their use has become a dis- n tinguishing feature of their toilet b Why, just think of it; what would be b your impressions of a well-dressed wo- c man redolent with the fames of patch- i( ouly? You would think her a woman t< of loud tastes, if not a fast one, and ti your judgment would be correct" 1 ti "Is it possible, then, to locate a s lady's social position by means of one's p olfactories?"" 1 "So far as her natural tastes and- 0 tendencies are concerned, yes; a ladyj n of delicate and refined tastes will use a a delicato odor in perfuming herself', u "What are considered the most deli-, 0 cate odors, such as a lady of sensitive: 0 tastes would select?" j a "One of the most fashionable per-j s\ fumes now used by ladies in New- o York's best social circles is one of aj p very faint but sweet odor. Thoso per-, s] fumers and chemists who have'the se-j g lect trade from Tifth avenue and adja-; a cent fashionable streets sell -this per-, a fume most exclusively. Next to it,' 8i however, are ranked those made from! d two favorite spring flowers." i Si "What are the distinguishing char- n acteristics of the perfume of which you' t< speak that makes it so popular with so- h cietv women?" ; p "Well, it is an extremely delicate b odor or combination of odors, which f< produces upon the senses of feeling a b delight, such* as is experienced by in- d haling the odors wafted from a garden lj full or flowers. The perfume is a bou- 0 quet, that is a mixture of many differ- d ent floral extracts." . a "VVDac oiner ouors jur penumea ^ would it be safe for a lady to r, " U3e without iucurring a risk of being fc set baclc in the social scale?" n "Perfumes Classify their odors according to their rank; this list is based upon'the fineness and delicacy of the p different perfumes from the manufact- n urer's point of view. There are eighteen perfumes of the first rank. tl "A second list, which occupies simi- D lar rank to the first, but which con- _ tains odors for which special tastes must be cultivated, comprises eight perfumes. Some of the odors in this list are the most expensive of any in use. The attar of one in particular S costs $50 per ounce. Yet a great many a people cannot use it; it is an odor S; which one must cultivate a tasto for. 0 Then there is another list of four odors ? which rank well, and whose use / is a " matter of taste. Musk is a periume * which few ladies use, not that fashion " has uttered its edict against it so much ? as the fact that the odor is disagree- ? able to many. It is the most lasting ^ odor in the world." A prominent society woman was r seen. "Why do you use perfumery?" s bluntly interrogated the reporter. ?' "As well ask why do I wear brace- " lets, rings, or other articles of jewelry. 8; It is custom, I suppose." The lady desired to know the object a of the reporter thus catechising her be- ? fore consenting to answer further ques- " tions. She readily, howevor, accepted a his explanation, and volunteered this y. information: "I think the average woman who aspires to- an observance of society's demands pays as much at- l< tentaoh to the selection of her perfumes c ..as to that of almost any article of dress. ~ ^siady should use odors of such a jjual- b l^rof combination and in such a man- 1 ner that a pleasant perfume may be de- " tected by those in her vicinity without " their being able to detect fehat it is or t whence it proceeds. Nothing is more s * vu^jar than for a woman to liiUi stifle 1 those in her presence with, it %&y be^ ? -an obnoxious nerfume. Such -persons | 11 v should be assigned a separate" apart- c * ~ment where they may enjoy their own 0 ~-iumes without disgusting others. I F have used tho f:.vorito odor you name, 3 but I am partial to ^pother, which is v extremely delicate and not sufficiently 8 powerful to offend the most sensitive S organs of smelL" o "How do you use perfumery to se- 1 cure the best effect? ? "I keep several pieces of pumice * stone which I occasionally saturate with perfumery and place them in my wardrobe, glove-boxes, etc. I find this a very simple, easy, and efficacious I way of distributing the odor evenly and e preventing an excess in quantity." t From the above testimony it. is seen c that it is eminently proper to use per- y fume in the toilet, that care should b? d exercised in the selection of perfumery t and that it should be judiciously ad- t ministered.?New York World. e a FASHIONS IX HOSE. s A fashionable haberdasher declares 1 t Hndno tkia cnmmov will rival thf> I V | ladies of last season in the gorgeous- e l ness of the stockings. * Some very striking designs in silk a have been imported for gilt-edged r youth, and will bo displayed this sum- c mer on the hotel porches and countiy c lawns, on the feet, of course, of their t fashionable possessors. L I One pair has by way of ornament a e euchre-deck of cards painted all over i it, another is adorned with billiard and ; t pool balls, and a third with dominoes, f f hey will be worn with low-cut patent- I teamer shoes. 8 One young gentleman who makes' s himself conspicuous at winter gather- * ings by the singularity of his attire a has purchased eight dozen of these * , silken hose. They are of all manner t , of gorgeous colors, and are adorned t with extraordinary designs. Another young gentleman of the f-lnOTm o n frtWn Vi O O J fl I Loouiuuauig o>iuuii/ VL u^iuiuuwnu UM>, made up his mind, ii possible, to force t | the knee-breeches back into style this t summer. He has also laid in a stock a | of gorgeous hose. He lias one pair, 8 , it is said, that is covered from the knee a down with miniature lawn-tepnis balls c and bats done in embroidery. His fi hief claim to distinction, aside from is wealth and the splendor of bis ress, lies in bis feats in the tennisourt. Of course tbesc stockings were never itendod to bo worn, and were not rorn. But rich dudes, wbo relish othing more than a sensation of dress, bought that it would be an excellent clieme to carry out the idea with hose lade by regular manufacturers, and 3 they have started in. This extraordinary fashion owes its rigion to a fashionable kink that the idics took up last winter. Sonic of no younger belles conceived the idea f girlug as Christmas presents to their lale friends stockings woven in silk on ttle machines which they worked, nd also painted by them in fancy de igns. Another pair is adorned with longiadinal rod and black stripes. The aiua of these fancy appendage* to the eutloinen's wardrobes is exceedingly igh. The pool-and-billiard-ball pair, lie haberdasher asserts, is worth $100; iie pair with the embroidered lawninnis apparatus cost oven more than bat. "> BIBBONS AND DATS. Ribbons of all kinds are still in mach equest for the decoration of hats as s well as bonnets. Sometimes two traight rows of bows arc placed symletrically in front of the crown. They lay be made of ribbon of two colors owed up together, such as green and rown for brown straw, and blue and rimson for blue or black. This fasli)n of arranging bows is often applied 3 country and garden hats, and is paricularly suitable when there is a mixarc of two colors in,the straw. Goldpotted strings are also used for this urposc. Smatt, dressy hats are usually more r less trimmed with flowers. One in laroon straw, turned up on one side, - i i?:? i: i in LIU lUt) UL1LU illlCU Willi IC11VI lu latch, bud, besides a loosely-tied bow f shrimp pink gauze ribbon, a bunch f monthly roses, witn leaves, buds, nd thorny stems. Another, in whito traw lined with black velvet, is not nly tied round and round with a long rimrose crape-scarf, but has also a beaf of threu roses, with sprouts of reen, and a bunch of foliage below. l third, consisting of a coarso, fancy, lmond colored straw crown has a fine traw brim lined with brown velvet, is raped in the same way with a long ;arf of light brown crape, and trimied with crimson-velvet poppies, butjrcups, and grasses. Another brown at of the same shade has a pouf of ale pink crape in frotit, with a numer of yellow daisies placed along the )lds, while a third is draped with rown surah shot with terra-cotta, and ecorated with a cravat-bow of the ght shade in velvet and four shades f purple heather. Black lace hats of ifterent shapes are also fashionable, nd both for them and for black lace onnets yeiiow inmmings are preitrr3d. A very pretty hat - with a poke rim, made of Chantilly laco, is ornalented with yellow flags and green iaves. Three lovely Marshal Neil roses are laccd in the point of a black lace caote, otherwise trimmed with green lurel-leavcs ami the yellow flowers of le shrub, and tied under the chin with arrow, golden-yellow velvet strings. -Paris Letter. Tbe Girl at tbe Front Gate. Heaven bless the girl at the front ate with peach bloom on her cheeks nd love-light in her eyes. Men would hut her out of literature but I am not f them. The girl at the front gate an never grow old to those who have ecn there with her. Years may come nd years may go, but the mnsic of the )w voiee at the front gate will not be tilled, and the memory of the cherry ps wo kissed at the front gate will old out faithful to the end. What ii lie old gate does swag and its hinges attle and its latch refuse to hold it hut? What if its posts are snaky and ome of its pickets gone? We love the ear old relic still. We love it for the ake of the girl who used to stand out here by it with roses on her cheeka nd nectar on her lips. We held the Id gate up and counted the stars and id good-by and then counted the stars gain. How many times of a night ras good-bye said? llow many times id lips meet o'er the old dear gateJ 'he old gate knows but it will never elL The old front gate may have ounted the kisses but I never did. md I am sure tho girl with peachloom cheeks never did, And what o] he girl with peach-bloom cheeks? Ah, aei she married another. She forgol er vows at the old front gate, as some ;irls, and married a richer and handomer man. And 1? Well, I went ofl o another front gato where there wert ther peach-bloom cheeks and othei ips as sweet and just as many stars tc ount And now i have a front gate f my own and a girl of my owu witb icach-bloom eheeks who eounts the tars '.vith the boy of the girl whost ows made with me at tho hrst from ;ate were broken. But ho is a true, ;ood boy and my girl is a true, good Imorun hntli hey stand to-night ut the old fronl ;ate.?W. Scott Way, in Ike Ut. Louii Magazine. His Lost Fight. Col. Colborne, a member of Hick* 'asha's staff, has received from ar ye-witness the story of the final catasrophe of the army of his unfortunate hief. The narrator, a boy seventee: cars old, states that the Arabs swepl lown upon the front face of the Egypian square, carrying it away like chafi efore the wind. Seeing this, the othr side of the square turned inward md c6mmcnced a death-dealing fusil,de, both on the Arabs pressing intc he square and on each other crossrays. A terrible slaughter commcncid. Hicks Pasha and the very few Snglish officers left with him, seeing til liope of restoring order gone, spar ed tneir norses auu s^raug uut ui im loafuseti mas3 of wounded, dead, anc lying. These officers lired away witt heir revolvers, clearing a space foi hemselvcs,till all their ammunition was apended. They killed many. Thej tad got clear outside. They then tool o their swords and fought till thej ell. Hicks Pasha now alone remained, le was a terror to the Arabs. Thej aid he never struck a man with hi1 word without killing hfui. They nam :d him Abou Deraa Dougal, the heavy armed (or thick or brawny). He kepi hem all at bay, but he was struck or he wrist with a sword, and he droppec lis own. Then he felL Pi<*a hr-ivo lv?or? binwn tn livft to th< tge of twenty, and the rhinoceros t< wenty-nine. A horse has been knowx o live to the age of sixty-two, bu verages twenty-five to thirty. CameL ometimes live to the age of 100; stag) ,re very long lived; sheep seldom ex eed the age of ten; cows live aboir J teen years. A White House Romance. I heard this romance to-day in con, ne^tion with a young lady who was an occupant of the White House during Jackson's time, and who was married in the great East Room: Mary Easton was the daughter of a sister of General Jackson's wife. She went to live with < her aunt for a time in the Executive < Mansion. At her homo in Tennessee she had played when a child with a j boy companion named Pope. The two i became warmly attached to each i other, and as they grew the attach- ( ment became strongaffection. While ( 1 it was apparent to both that they loved each other; young Pope did not ask his companion to become his wife. ! Miss Easton came to Washington. s Her position and her intelligence and aeeomnlishments made her aonblv at , tractive in society. Young officers in < the army and in the navy were beside < lier at every opportunity. Captain Finch took the lead. He pressed his < , suit, proposed and was accepted. He , [ was possessed of considerable means j and gave her handsome presents. The wedding day approached. Invitations 1 were sent to the friends of the young ( people, asking them to come to the * White House to witness the ceremony. The prospective bridegroom went to Now York to get his prospective bride her wedding present ' Of the invitations sent to Tennessee, 1 one fell into the hands of young Pope. < It fanned the smothering love within his bosom into a flame. He wrote to ] Miss Easton, told her of his love since s childhood for her. He said that ] time and again he had been at the " point of asking her to be his wife, but on each occasion his modesty had pre- | vented him. Now he repeated his , love, and begged his to become his ] bride. Miss Easton read the letter and immediately replied, accepting his offer. Captain Finch returned from New York, bringing with him a costly dia- \ mond ornament. He called at the 1 Whito House to see tho young lady oc- 1 cupant. She was in her room with a j companion who was to be her bridesmaid when his card reached her. Tell him I can not see him," she ? said to her companion. < The latter went to the private parlor 1 where Captain Finch was seated, and, y after some heJitancy, said that Miss 1 Easton was indisposed. The Captain was alarmed, begged for more information of the indisposition, and asked that \ the present he had brought be taken to t the invalid. The young lady carried ] the diamond ornament to her compan- < ion. When Miss Easton received it ( she turned to her companion and said: t "Go take it back to him, and tell him r all. Tell him I am engaged to another." ; The youn? lady did as requested. ^ When she had finished her errand, j C.or.hin "Finf?Vi ?>rr>ar? wifchnnt lit tering a word, left the parlor. General Jackson was an^ry when he j heard of his wife's relative s action to ward his friend Finch. He had favored ' the match. In speaking to Miss Eas- J ton he said: "This action of yours, , Mary, has caused me to lose faith in * woman." He insisted that Captain e Finch should be invited to her mar- j ria^e with Pope. i 1 he wedding came off. The rejected } lover was present He stood directly in front of the bride during the ceremony, and never took his eyes off her J until with her husband she left the 1 room. Shortly afterward ho went to J 1 Europe. Wiien ne returned ne Dore * 1 the ? of an uncle?a wealthy En- J glr- Mrs. Pope moved to Ten; nco- is said to be living there now, y, with her children.? Wash1 ingLon jailer. > Beautiful Savannah. ! Every one has read or heard of the loveliness of Savannah. I was, therei fore, preDared for a modern Eden, | river, apple tree, snake and all?save only the original proprietors in decollete fig-leaf costume. If one enters J from the water front through the east , end he is apt to wonder at the unanimity with which previous visitors have | lied about the place. The sand is ) ankle deep in the unpaved streets, and the low frame houses are antiquated ( and dingy. It becomes better, nappi- i ly, as one gets up in the city. There j Y j !JJ1. A! i is as mucn sana in lae miaaie ox ] , streets, but the sidewalks are paved, < and causeways at the end of each i , block extend across from curb to curb. < There ought to be big money in a cigar 1 factory here. All that would be need- ] t ed is lime. Nature has kindly and conveniently provided unlimited quan- < titles of sand and water. i j Every street is fringed with rows of ; closely-planted trees. Some of the wide streets, like Broadway and Eutaw place, have four rows. The public squares, too, of which Savannah has ten to Baltimore's one, are well shaded. Altogether, it looks somewhat like a town in a wood, and hence the appropriate name, "Forest City." The old brick residences erected in the early part of the present century are quaint buildings. They have eel- i lars or cellar-kitchens, and the whole of the first floor (which is on a level nrtfVi t-Vio ofrootc^ is frpnnpnf.lv taken un f by the culinary and domestic departments. A flight of high stone steps leads up to the second floor, on which < are the parlors and dining-room. Accordingly, we find here the coal-bin, 5 cook-stove and pantry, where you have i 1 your upright piano, Persian rugs, ' Meissonier and open grate.?Baltimore, ' American. t Sensational Story-Tellers. f Nobody ever has suspected Senator , . Hoar of having much appreciation of . [ the ludicrous. Among1 the solemn he J . is the most solemn. The senate has , > among its members a large number of . good story-tellers, but their efforts up. on the Massachusetts senator have been . r for the most part in vain. "He likes ' P to entertain his friends," said one of I his colleagues to me to-day. "by re- j s lating funny incidents now and then, 1 I but he would spoil the most laughable , k story ever known in the telling of it." . As a reconteur. by the way, Mr. Vance, j of North Carolina, takes the lead among ' r his colleagues. Senator Vest follows j : a good second. Then comes Mr. Palr mer, of Miciiigan, and Mr.' Jones, of , Nevada. The latter is inimitable in , r his mining stories. His greatest rival } in this particular field is Senator Bow- < 1 en, of Colorado, who will tell the most . excrutiatingly funny stories with the t same expressionless face that he ast sumes when holding a full hand in a ( [ game of poker. Mr. Evart's fame as a story-teller is national. In certain directions he has no superior. Gen. Hawley is fairly good at telling a ' story, but his forte really consists in i singing. You must, have heard him ' sing 'The Two Grenadiers,' or something less solemn?a college song or 1 two after dinner, when the bottle has gone its rounds and cigars have been * lighted?to appreciate the Connecticut ? oonofni?'a mtnino A7i??/i Ynrk Tribune. j OVUtftW*. J ? - | FA KM NOTES. H^ns should always be provided with water. Two-lhirds of the wheat grown in this country is of the winter variety. Henry Ward Beceher says he knows of a pear tree that yielded 184 bushels of fruit in a single season. The Indiana Bureau of Statistics says that underdraining decreases the tendency to malarial diseases. Kindness in the care of cows and cleanliness in the care of milk are fundamental axioms in dairying. Have you provided partially dark shelter in pastures as a protection to stock against stinging flees in summer? Mr. Lawes, the English agricultural ^ writer, saysan . .aero of clorcr will jYaporafe dTgnt-tons of water in a June lay. The l'oullry Keeper says flew blood should be introduced into poultry yards jvery year or two, by the purchase of aew cockrels. The United States has more horses :han any other country in tae wona save Russia. Breed out the "weeds" and weed out the breeds. Frnit trees are so heavily laden throughout the Pacific coast region ;hat a heavy expense is being incurred ;o properly thin the fruit to prevent overbearing. A member of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association says enough corn stalks arc wasted in that State every fear to ki<ep all the stock in the State without Using any hay. After long and extended tests in iat;ening stock for market, the conclusion is that of all foods grain is the 3est, especially if fed in connection with a variety of other food. When barbarous women, says J. B. Jlcott, demand the heads of insectsating birds by wholesale for their hats, t will take a large book to tell the renote consequences from the increase )f predatory tribes in the unnatural aistory. Fowls like newly-cut grass. They should have all they want of it The jlippings from a lawn mower are just ;he thing for them. Sunflower seed, vhich can be easily grown without rouble, forms a food of which fowls ire extremely fond. A correspondent of a Scotch agricoltiral paper says his experience of twen - 1 _ J 1 1_ ;y years in a iarge ciairy nera leaus lim to believe that the sex of calves :an be largely controlled. If male salves are wanted see the bull is in beter condition than the cows. If fenales are wanted, the reverse. A soil that is rich in potash and vhich is composed of granite is not avorable for sheep, says the Western Rural. It is said that even turnips hat are grown upon such soil, will lave a very injurious $Sect upon sheep. 3ut a limestone or $ajidstone soil is ust what a sheep needsu* The Shropihire and the Leicester come from a , ed sandstone district; the Cotswold is l native of the limestone hills from vhich it takes its name. The Lineolnihire is bred upon soil that rests upon imestone; and in our own country the Vermont limestone hills produce the American Merino to perfection. Victis Magazine says if one would lave a good garden it should be free rom foul seeds. Nine out of ten of he gardens among farmers are alowed to mature a crop of weeds the attcr part of the season, and usually ;his is the result of carelessness. Aft;r June, or when such early crops as jeas, lettuce" and radishes have manured, no further use is made of the land, and, as it has usually been malured in the spring, it grows a lusty of jrop of weeds and fills the soil so full seeds as to quadruple the work of coloration of such plants as come up delicately, and which must be kept clean jy hand. The evil of ripening a crop >i weed seeds is not short-lived, for the seeds will remain in the soil for many fears and germinate when the spring jpens. .Jlucn aqo Aoont norses' Anent the pronanciation of horses' names, a little conversation reached my cars in the grand-stand at Jerome park on Decoration day. Two young dudes had been shown the way from the club-house to the stand by two iharming young ladies, and the quartet were "soon engrossed with the Harlem handicap "Chollie," remarked one of the ladies, "do you know I believe a Shauer ought to be good in a shower, and if you'll go and put $10 on Mycardo and he wins, I'll buy you a love of a scarf." . So Chollie llslied out a tenner and wended his way toward the bookmakers to invest his money on Shauer's mount. Mikado.- Having done so, he found his way safely back by the aid of his eye-giass. Reaching his companions, he remarked: "I had such a funny experience in the bctting-riug, don'tchcrknow. I said to tiic bookmaker, an, 'rut mo ten on My car Jo.' " " 'Put you ten on what?' 44 'My-car-do.' 4,He looked as dumb as a clam for a minute, don'teller know, and then suddenly seemed to comprehend, and, turning to the pcnci'Mhover, sang out: 'Thirty to ten on Mick-a-doo.' Most extraordinary pronunciation, 'pon my word."?Tutj\ field and Farm. Work for Women. Telephonic business will act upon language and condense it. The caller will soon omit "Give me 4005 please," md the girl at the ollice-end will soon lease to say "What number do you want?" The caller will hear the words "What number?" and will answer: "4005 " 4Helloa," "If you please" ind "Do you want" are doomed to pass away. Politeness on the telephone c:m be ?xpressed by t^e tone of the voice- It seems that at six o'clock the girls retire and men and boys take up the ofiice-w#rk for the night This brings in two kinds of night, particularly the night of barbarism. Some men or boys are polite, but generally they seem mad and scorn to own the world and to marvel at any poor soul that may dare riug them up. The t ..1 1.| I l LCiepilOLLU 5UUU1U. W iiduuvu vvp women. It is just their kind of art. They are fond of talking, they enunciate better than men, do not get out of patience, and never mistake a clerkship for an ownership of the whole concern.?The Current. The heirs of Jeremiah Millbank, who purchased the mansion and pleasure grounds of William M. Tweed, at Greenwich, Conn., have taken down the fine house and will rebuild it on tho edge of the hill, familiarly known as -Put's Hill," down which Gen. Putnam made his famous leap in escaping from the "redcoats." The new house tr.il! 5:1 (YK1 (VW) rr i*a. wdi v-*-? v vvr"