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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1879. NO. 42. VOLUME
Deacon Tlirnsh in Meeting.
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letter from hannah brown to sister httldah
Dear Hclot.?i must tell you about the way that g(
our new deacon
Has sot the church-folks by the ears?to use that
mode o' speakln'. a
It's jest that orful voice of hls'n? But, law! I'd
best begin
Aad tell my story straight ahead, or else things w
wont fit in.
Last spring we felt that we was blessed, to think
that Deacon Thrush <3
Was comin' up from Simpkiusville to live in Cedar- fi
brush.
" He'll be a piller in our church," says father, the
first thing. tl
I wish he was a piller, Huldy, for then he couldn't ^
BUM/,
He bought the Joneses' farm, you know, and moved ! ^
in last of May.
But that first time he came to church?I cant for- j
git that day. j '
The openin' hymn was skursly read, tho choir was i tl
w- just arisln', j
When everybody turned and looked, a sound came j y
so surprisin'. | J
Twas something like the old church-bell, 'twas
somethin' like the ocean, j
Twas most like 'Bijah Morrow's bull, accordin'to 7*
my notion. w
It fairly drowned my playin' out; it left tho tuno _
behind; ^
I never thought that such a voice could come from
human kind. W
Like thunderclaps and factory-gear through all our p
beads 'twas ringin'. y
And Huldy, it was nothin' else than Deacon Thrush Hi
a-singin'!
Yes, there he sot, with bock in hand, as peaceful
and as calm I St
As If he thought his dooty lay in murd'rin' that poor i
psalm.
He never see the old folks' smiles; he never heerd
the giggle I
That went up from the gallery. I watched our parson
wriggle
And flc'get in the pulpit, while poor father's head ID
was shakln';
But on went Deacon Thrush, and seemed real com- i
fort to be takin'. ^
And when we stopped he couldn't slop, he'd got tl
sech headway on; t?
His voice went boomin' up and down, and flattin'
so forlorn | 0<
That, though be tr?ed to cnoKeu on, 11 mixea uji i y<
with his text,
And made poor Parson Edwards skip his words,and .
then look vexed. j IE
I couldn't hear that sermon, Huldy; my thoughts ja
was all astray,
A-woDderin' ef Deacon Thrush would sing agen
that day. SO
. 1 might have spared my thinkin', though, for that *?
misguided man
Jeat started off the same old way before the rest fl'
began.
But when the second verse was reached, the choir
put down their books ; St
I stopped my playiu'; back and forth we cast
despairin' looks:
The boys set up to laugh agen; the parson raised w
his hand W
And shouted, but the noise was sech we couldn't
understand; ,
While Deacon Thrush was leanin' back, his eyelids 10
nearly closin', tt
A-singin' like an angel on a bed of clouds reposin', i 111
have to cut my story short. Next day they called 1,1
a meotln', &T
Resolved to keep poor Deacon Thrush sech singin',
from repeatin'.
They 'plnted Dncle Job to go with father and re- tt
quest /-i
That Deacon Thrush would kindly leave the singin' ^
2 ' to the rest.
Perhaps you think he took the hint? Then, Huldy, J1
you're mistaken. ,
He listened till they'd said their say; then, with 01
the smiles abreakin', st
He answered, jest as cheerfully: " Yes, breth'ring;
. yes, I know o'
I have my faults; I sometimes git the tune a leetle St
alow, a,
And sometimes, tryin' to ketch np, I take an extry
flight; ^
But, takin' one verse with the next, that makes ei
things jest come right.
Now when you ask me not to sing, why, breth'ring
' I cant do it; W
Singin'8 my dooty and delight, and I must jest <j(
pursue it. 1
And while I tread this vale of tears, a sinful child lc
of dust, ai
Bejoiciu'is my privilege?rejoice I will and must." y
Well, 'twa'n't no use, as Uncle Job and father said S(
next day;
The deacon, though a pious man, was sot in his m
own way. -*
He's sung in mecuir ever sence?-mere s not n seal vj
to spare; ]a
And, oh! Bech sinful whisperin' and nudgia'
everywhere!
Then when the hymns is given out, voull hear a u<
gineral " Hush!"
While everybody's eyes and ears Is turned to Deacon
Thrush. tr
He's skeered the little children so that most of 'em f j
keopn cry in';
The very horses in the shed won't stand no more 01
thout tyin'; tc
He makes tae onconverted laugh, while godly souls
are grievin', "
And yet he'* sech a Christian man, it's almost past fc
believiu'.
They're talkiu' now of tryin' law, but father be ,
opposes, ill
And so I'll write agen next week to tell you how it gt
closes.
p.s v<
Oh, Huldy! eech a euros thing! As Deacon Thrush
was bringing te
His apples home, he thought to cheer the way by
sacred slngin'. :
His team took fright and ran away. The neighbors le
found him lyin'
All in a heap, and took him home, and now the
good man's dyin'.
And, Huldy, ef it isn't wrong, I'm glad to think e~\
he's goiu'
Where all the folks know how to sing, and he can .
getashowin'! ?Harper's Bazar. d<
THE RIGHT MAN AFTER ALL ?
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viola's lovers. ??
bl
Yiola had found a lover; or, at least, wi
John Ellsworth aspired to that distinc- of
tion. He had known Viola since she
was a little girl at school, and now was
trying to win the first place in theyonng
lady's affections.
Two years ago, the paternal Ellsworth ta
had given John, on his twenty-third vj
birthday, a deed of a small, good farm
near his own.
John Bet abont making a home for ce
himself, with one of his half-dozen sisters
to manage it, and went at his farm- re
ing in earnest. And all the gossips of
the neighborhood went about with na
chins elevated and noses wrinkled when
he was mentioned. And the younger lafemale
portion thought him rather a ar"
desirable object to maneuver for. ^
Perhaps that was one reason why Wf
Viola had been so gracious to him. It
was something to secure without an ef- to
fort attentions that all the other girls Yc
schemed for. But John Ellsworth did tic
not realize her ideal Under her calm fai
exterior, she dreamed romances of the ^
most vivid rose-pink. She had heard
hints and echoes of a world that lay out- m(
side her own sphere?a world of lights v0
and music, and gay dressing; a holiday au
life, with opera and theater-going ca
nights in it; and days full of unlimited
pleasure-seeking. ar:
One June night, driving over to see a0
hislady, John found her with an unusual U9
flueh on her fair, calm face.
She rode with him?accepting his in- 0ll
yitation in a mauer-oi-course way tnat
was dreadfully discouraging.
It came out, after a little. Mrs.
Mornington?a great aunt?liad sent for 1 ^
her photograph a month ago, not hav- an
ing seen her since she was a little child. en
Two days ago had come an invitation for j0
Viola to spend a couple of months with
her?the great aunt?in New York, and uj
she was going to-morrow. wj
" It's no use denying," the young man ^
said, his voice growing husky, "that th
I'm sorry for this. I don't know what ac
will come to you from this. You are tii
not contented here; you never will be Wl
till you have had au experience beyond w;
it?perhaps not then. I am not wise to fi,
tell yon now, I suppose, but I love yon, Ti
Viola. Mind, I do not ask you now for
any retnrn. I will wait for what the
future shall put in your heart to say."
It was a long speech, certainly, for a y
proposal; but Viola listened very attentively
to her first proposal, and her blue tb
eyes softened. f0
" Indeed I do care for you, John, and
you can't blame me for wanting to go. rc
Aunt needs me, turn no one aoes nere, tu
particularly. And I've never seen any- in
thing of society." n<
"I know, clear"? tb
"And I shall not forget yon," inter di
rupting him. " I shall always think of oi
yon," giving him her hand. lo
"For two whole months 1" a little g]
sadly. "Good-by, then," kissing the p<
hand ha held. And then Viola found ee
herself alone, and went to finish her pi
packing. w
Viola's next two months were delight- rc
fuL 8he was always prettily dressed, hi
and Frank Thorpe passed his valuable tt
time beside her. SI
Mrs. Momington watched the girl
narrowly, and when Viola came home hi
the seoond week in September, it was hj
with an invitation to stay through the oi
winter. si
John Ellsworth called on her the nigl
Fter her return.
" You look well and happy," he sail
janning her face.
"I am," she said, and she told hi:
11 about her delightful visit.
"And you are going to settle do^
ith us now ?"
" Oh, no ! I shall stay here only a fo
ays. Aunt is Dining for me as she r
lrns from a visit she is paying."
John Ellsworth went away early i
ae evening, having said no word i
hat had been in his heart all thei
eeks.
*' Pnor follow!" Viola Baid. as si
ent down the moonlit road. An
len Frank Thorpe's dreamily sad gra
v-es came up before her, and she forg<
ohn Ellsworth's shadowy brown one
Mrs. Mornington came and took tt
Dung lady away, and Frank Thorj
as once again hanging about her?
lost formidable matrimonial prize.
The Christmas holidays came an
ent. Frank Thorpe lounged in c
hristmas day, and was paler and moi
3tless than ever.
"Frank Thorpe, you are utterl
upid. What is the matter?" aske
[rs. Mornington.
"A general giving way of the syslen
should say."
"Nonsense! General laziness. I
,y day"?
"Oh, my dear madam !" starting u
armed. "Indeed, I'll reform,
link I'm batter already. Miss Violf
m intensely interested in the subje*
:cupying yonr thoughts at present,
ju'll tell me what it is," anxiously.
"I was wondering if you were ev?
i love, and how she treated you,
ughed Viola.
Over Thorpe's face rushed a flood c
:arlet. He glanced up, caught Mrf
[ornington's sharp eyes" upon him, an
nshed again.
Mrp. Mornington gave her first bit c
ivise to her young charge that nighl
"Frank Thorpe is not a man to trifl
ith, my dear. I think he is in lov
ith you. You could hardly do better.
"Do better!" raising her broad lid
r a full, steady look. "I hadn1
lought there was to be any calculi
on. No; Frank doesn't care for m?
int."
"If he is in love with you, so muc
le better. But come; Mrs. Grove'
hristmas ball must be attended."
And Viola went to the ball, and froz
rank Thorpe, who, unconscious c
Tense, languidly assumed his usut
ation near her. There was somethin
[acial and tremendous in her genera
yle that night that provoked an
rinsed Mrs. Morningtoru But sh
as beautiful, too?more beautiful tha
rer?and so her aunt forgave her.
Among Mrs. Grove's guests that nigh
as a rather grand-looking man, wh
srtainly was no longer young. Havin,
?st one wife, he was now looking fo
lother. When he was presented t
iola, she was barely civil. Mr. Nico]
>n seemed to like it.
Frank Thorpe had cea3ed being frozen
0 tell the truth, Viola made the ad
tnces. There was a shade more c
nguor in his manner, and his sad gra;
res had an added shadow, but he sough
) explanation.
Restored to sunshine, he accepts
lit, too, with no particular demonstra
on, but he seemed to enjoy it. T
itside lookers-on, the matter seemei
1 lie between him and Mr. Nicolson
hose attentions were perfectly straighl
irward and business-like.
One frosty, sparkling morning Viol
id been out for a walk. On the wa
le had met Frank Thorpe, as she wal
?ry apt to do.
He accompanied her home, and es
red the Louse with her. There, Viola
eling unusually bright herself, bega:
cturing him on his purposeless life.
Tf T o '' omi^kofiAolItT
JL1 X WCIO O Luau J
"Thank heaven you are not! How
rer, go on."
" You put me out. Mr. Thorpe, wh;
jn't you do something?"
"Do something? Don't I? I an
3ur devoted attendant three-fourths o
y waking life."
" Yes; and get yourself and mo talkei
>out by everybody. Not that I care
rtainly," hurriedly, to cover he
under. "I shall choose my friend
here I please!" making matters worse
coarse.
He sat up with sudden energy.
'' Miss Viola, if I were a woman
"Thank heaven you are not."
" Exactly. However, if I were, I cer
inly would not flirt with that antedilu
an relic, Mr. Nicolson."
" Mr. Thorpe, I don't."
" Miss Viola, I beg your pardon, yoi
rtainiy do."
She looked at him with an astonishec
d in her cheeks and light in her eyes
len she laughed frankly and good
iturediy.
"Ton see,"?leaning forward anc
ying his hand confidentially on he:
m?" I can't bear to see a clear-heart,
honest girl lowering herself to th<
iys of these artificial, brainless girls
10 have been bred up all their livei
the bnsiness of catching a husband
m don't need any such paltry ambi>n.
Wait till you find a man wortl
lling iu love with, and then marry him
ait forever, if you don't find him !"
Viola sat motionless with astonish?nt.
If any dumb thing had found i
ice, she cauld not have been more
lazed. And she had felt so fullj
lied to administer advice.
While she sat, his hand still on hei
tn, and her eyes still on his face, the
or opened, and John Ellsworth was
hered in.
Viola Rwept toward him, with eager
tstretched hands.
"Why, John ! Why, John !" was al
e could say.
And Frank Thorpe, being disturbec
r this new comer, who was called Johi
id received with such an ontbreak o
ithueiasm, gathered himself np ant
unged away.
John Ellsworth was in town for a fort
ght. Mrs. Mornington treated hin
ith great politeness, and was always ii
:6 way in tbe most natural manner ii
;6 world, when ho came. Viola alway
sccpted his invitations, and when th<
me came for their fulfillment, then
as some unavoidable obstacle in th?
ny. Meantime, Mr. Nicholson's atten
:ms grew more pointed, and Franl
borpe kept out of the way.
Then Lent came, and there was a sud
;n cessation of gayety. John was call
I away by his father's illness, am
iola felt the inevitable reaction. Am
ie did not know that she would liv
irough it, and be ready and eage
r another season when the time came
It was alike everywhere. In the nai
iw circle oat of which she had com
iere were jealousies, and heart-burn
gs, and petty scheming?no better an
) worse than she had come to know i:
ie past weeks, though possibly les
sguised by smooth, conventional polis
: manner. Wait till she met a man sh
vedl She might wait till she wa
ray and blind. There had never ap
sared one to whom she would give
>cond thought, unless it were?well
arhaps, John Ellsworth, if the life ths
ould follow with him were not too nar
>w to breathe in; or Frank Thorpe, i
b were not too lazy to speak. An
ten, by contrast, there came a vision c
r? ?? j .11 t-i Ui.
ir. rucoiBon, ana ?u ma wetum.
If she had shown the first symptom c
Br moods tpyMr. Nioolson, he wool
ave desisteu from his attentions ?
ice. Here was youth and beauty in
ataegque state o! perfection. That ws
it what he wanted?the statueequeness;
and everybody considered it a settled 3
3, affair.
I think Yiola began to consider it herm
Belf. She had just one letter from John r
Ellsworth after his return, and he had
71 said: "I love you, Viola, and am wait- t
ing for you." 1
w She did not answer the letter. But c
e- she was cross even with Mrs. Morning- b
ton for two days after it. c
in Then she was seized with a fit of
Df homesickness, and but that her friend \
3e was taken suddenly and really ill, nothing
would have kept her there. Mr.
"? nftwtA rvi flian <
lO 11IWIDUU uauic uivio uo^uvumr luuu
id ever; in his way very kind and consider- t
y ate. Frank Thorpe was in and out, not
jt so frequently as before that morning J
b. when John Ellsworth had come, but
ie often enough to keep him in her a
>e thoughts. - r
a One night, in early spring, Frank
Thorpe came and took Viola out for a f
d drive. c
n " You were looking tired. We may j
:e not have another such night in a month,'' t
Frank said. I
y In the half-hour they did not speak r
id half-a-dozen sentences; and yet when he \
set her down at her door, and held her
1, hand for a minute, as he said, " Fare
well I" Viola felt they were nearer each
n other than before.
Viola was one morning summoned to
p the drawing-room to meet Mr. Nicol- ^
I son. In the occupation of the pa6t ^
i, weeks she had had very little opportun- ^
jt ity to think about him or his purposes. t
if No girl ever went to meet the final
question with less determination as to
sr her answer. She knew his errand the *
" moment she entered the room. Not that .
he was confused or hesitating, or in any a
>f way disconcerted.
i. " My dear young lady," lie said, ded
ferentially, " I want your permission to Q
ask you a personal question ?" a
>f "You have it, sir," she said. D
t. And then in a speech which was more
e like a set oration than anything else
e Viola had ever heard, he offered her his t
" hand and fortune. g
b The thought of saying no to such a
't stately piece of oratory as that frighteni
ed and fluttered her. But she did say
5, it, very sweetly and gracefully, but aleo fc
very decidedly, and Mr. Nicolson went ^
h away very red in the face and a good
8 deal crestfallen. B
She went up-stairs to Mrs. Morninge
ton. c
,{ "Aunt, I've done it! And I'm so
j surprised 1"
e "At what?" 1
j "I'v6 refused Mr. Nicolson." *
^ "My dear, I always thought you ^
e would." 0
a " Did you ? You astute woman I And ^
I always fancied that if he asked me to Q
be Mrs. Nicolson, I sould say, yes." r
0 " Perhaps you will be sorry by-and-by ^
g that you have said no." ^
? " Perhaps 11 Bhall never be surprised a
o at anything again t" S(
[. " From a worldly point of view, you rj
have made a mistake, my dear." ^
lt "Don't rack my feelings. They are ^
[1 sufficiently lacerated already." j(
,f A servant announced Frank Thorpe. 0
y "Aunt, shall I" and paused. j(
't Even in her reckless, over-excited
mood, she could not complete the sen- *1
a tflnnft. i_
k. " Shall yon be Mnder%to him than
0 yon have been to Mr. Nicolson ?" ?
3 "Don't ask me." &
! So Viola went down to see her visitor,
who was at the full tide of his
languid, tired indifference. ;,
a " How very entertaining you are to- tj
y day! Your conversational powers are r<
a something to be wondered at, "Viola said ^
at last, impatiently. w
"Entertaining?" opening his eyes
with mild wonder. " I supposed that ^
q was your share of the interview. How??
ever, if you like, I'll begin. You are ^
not looking so well as usual this morn'*
in2'" Dl
"Thank you. What a very promisy
ing beginning."
" But you have infinitely the advana
tage of Mr. Nicolson, whom I mot just ?
1 now. He seemed laboring under the w
; impression that there had been an j
j j earthquake." p
j Viola laughed, and ended with a half
r sob.
B "And so there had been. There, ,
(j talk about something else. You needn't P
' be entertaining any more."
" I wonder," leaning toward her, a m
slow fire gathering in his dreamy eyes, q
"if I should find an earthquake waiting
for me if I followed Mr. Nicolson's D,
; load I" "
"Miss Rawdon," the sorvant anI
normced, and that put an end to it all. ..
x Yiola reasoned herself into a convie
tion that she was in love with Frank
j Thorpe, or if not actually in that con- .
dition, that she might easily find herself
there. And because passive pa- ,
tience was not possible just then, she ,
j gathered up all John Ellsworth's gifts
r and letters and put them out of her ,,
sight, as if he had anything to do with ^
3 itl la
The crisis was not tar off. Coming in
3 from an errand that night ehe found all BQ
the dimly-lighted house empty, and
! went on from room to room till in the
x library she opened the door on Frank
Thorne. to
"Since you wore not at home, I came ar
4-r\ flrkrl fny mTraalf a vnlnmA Mrfl Afnrn- i
ington had promised me," he explaimed.
But he closed the door as he gave her a ^
chair, as if the tete-a-tete were part of
his plan. A.,
S be looked up at his pale face and
shining eyes, and felt her heart sink. ^
And yet this was the conclusion to which m
she had reasoned herself afewhours ago.
And then five minutes of talk, in which y(
her part waB monosyllabic, and Frank ^
Thome bad proposed and been accept- *
j e.l; and Bhe was crying quietly, with her
head on tbe library table, and ho was ar
walking the room in an agitated move!
ment. p?
i " We might as well begin with a clean fc
1 rccord," ho said with a great deal of
i hard earnestness in his voice, " You are
j not my first love, Viola. Not quite two
; years ago she jilted me. I was in an ,
r_n_ ? k*
2 uwiujiy spuiuiy uuuuiuuu?tuuio ? uu ^
8 denyiDg it; and, for a few weeks, thought ?
B it would be the death of mo. One morn- *
0 ing my letters and trinkets came back w
0 to me. There was not a word of expla- ..
. nation, and I did not choose to ask any.
ts When I had tired myself out, and was ,,
in a condition to lis down in dust at her
_ feet, the house was shut up and the
family had gone abroad. That's the ,
, whole of it. iJ<
\ " And the young lady's namo ?" ...
e " Emily P?encott." hl
rj " Emily Prescott ? Why, that is the
)t young lady I met this afternoon. Just 5fl
1 home from abroad?in Paris mourning.
e Her father and mother both died some- T
_ where in France, in the spring, and she r.
3 came home with the Mortons." I
a "Viola," staring at her with eager [w
~ T - >j. i i* :l >*
a ejeH, i uau l ueuevu ii/, uryppiug imu I
h a chair. "My poor darling"?
e A flash of color shot up into Viola's |
B face. Sho went and stood by him, with I
.. her hand on his shoulder. ^
a " It seems to me, Prank," in her most n
I, common-place, practical voice, "that ^
it the little arrangement we entered into 6(
ten minutes ago might as well be quietly ai
if annulled. Tour 'poor darling* is at ^
u present with the Mortons. Hadn't you ic
>f better go up there at once, and arrange
your programme ? "
>f "I don't know. Viola you will think b<
d me a sobundrel, but I believe I love her tf
it yet."
a " Of oonrse you do. Who doubts it? a
ib There, don't say a woman can't be gearf JE
- ^ ' '
irons. Think of my agony in releai
rou, and go as soon as possible."
"Ton are generous, dear."
" That depends on our relative <
nate of the sacrifice. Good-night."
After that nothing could keep he:
own, and three days after arrii
tome, driving her old-fashioned p<
hai8e through the green country r<
he came upon John Ellsworth walk
md he accepted her invitation to r
" It is so good to be here again,
pan thoronchlv homesick."
" When are you to be married ? "
" Never!" with a burst of vehemei
' unless you? oh, John ! " with a 1
erical sob.
At home a telegram awaited her ; J
llornington was dead.
Mrs. Mornington died poor. She
pent all her money. So poor Viola
lot an heiress after all.
And the neighbors said : " After
ound she could not get either of tl
ity fellows, and that old lady dii
>ointed her about her money, she 01
lack here and took John Ellswo
Lnd he put up with it; but then the
10 fool like a man when he's in ]
pith a girl like that.
Effects or Reading Upon the Eyei
M. Javel, of Paris, has recently m
, careful study of the effect of read
ipon the eyesight, and the resul
lis researches cannot fail to be of
erest to those in this country who spi
lours each day at this occupation ; \
icularly, as he gives methods by wh
he injurious effects of continuous re
tig may in some degree be obviat
1. Javel classes his reasons for thi
ag that reading is a fatiguing exen
s follows : First, it requires an at
utely permanent application of e
igbt, resulting in a permanent teng
f tlio organ, which cannot fail un
ny condition to produce weariness
;ot in time absolute myopy. To ol
te this he BuggeBts that the rea
hould rest at Bhort intervals, either
be purpose of taking notes, or to
lect upon what he has read, or evei
oil a cigarette. No matter what
eason may be. these rests of a min
r two are highly essential. Seconc
he printing of books and paperi
lack ink upon white paper strains
ye, by presenting at all times
trongest possible contrasts. 1
ould be in part overcome if the pa
ould be slightly tinted, and M. Ja
dvises that certain shades of yel
hould be used in the manufacture
aper stock, as these harmonize v
rith the intense black of the ink. 1
tiird difficulty lies in the arrangem
f the words in horizontal lines, o
rhich the eyes pass rapidly, often wi
ut movement of the head or book. 1
esult is that the same parts of the ]
aa are affeoted at all times, and a c
ition is produced similar to that wh
rises from looking long and intently
ome small and strongly marked obje
'hat is, as any one can soon demonstrf
ae eye gets the image in some man:
nplanted on the retina, and does :
)r a brief space quit its hold upon
ven though the object is no Ion]
joked at. This is exceedingly try
) the eyesight, and it is recommen<
aat small books be used tUat can
eld in the hand, and varied in th
osition from time to time. Lastly,
snstant change in distance between i
ye and the point of fiaxafcion on 1
ook is thought to be productive of m
mous coneequenoes than either
loae before mentioned, if not m
lan all of them combined. It y
jadily be seen that in passing from
eginningto the end of the line the i
ill have to undergo continual vai
one in order to accommodate itself
le difference in distances, and the n?
r the face is to the book and the lonj
io lines, the more exacting this ti
i. In order to meet this trouble
art, M. Javel counsels that read
ion Id avoid those books and pap
hich are printed with broad undivic
iges, or with broad columns, as m
g a demand upon their powers of vis
ith which it is very injurious to cc
'y. _____
Satisfying Ills Patient
Common sense gener lly recommei
iiysicians as well as other men to po]
r favor, but there are exceptions wh<
imething uncommon is better receiv
he Hoosiers listened to a speech
eneral Jackson, but would hardly
itisfied that he was a grest man till
louted a string of Latin phrases, "
luribuH unum," "Multum in parv<
Sine qua nnn !" and then they r<
ie air with wild hurras for him.
ce invalid was even harder to satii
tan the Hoosiers. The first physic:
. his case was discharged because
as honest enough to tell him that
id a sore throat; and the seoond di
r, having some hint of the fact, e
rered the sick man, when question*
iat his case was highly abnormal, a
id degenerated into synanche ton
:ris.
" Oh, doctor," cried the patient, "
y that word again I"
" Why, sir, I said you were atpresi
boring under aynanche tonsilaris."
"Why, just think, dootor, that f(
Id me I had nothing but a sore thro
id I told him I had no use for suet
ince. Doctor, what did you call it
"I told you, sir, in plain terms, tl
e morbid condition of your system v
>vicus, and that it has terminated
nianchc tomilarix."
"Ob, doctor, it must be a monstrc
id complaint! Think you can ct
e, doctor?"
"Now, though your diagnosis is cle
)ur prognosis is doubtful; yet I thii
j prudent caro and skillful treatme:
)u may rccover."
"Ob, well, doctor, do stay all nig]
id I will pay you anything you asl
Ho got well of his sore throat, a
lid the doctor a generous fee.?P
r'a Monthly.
A Touching Incident.
A lady in the street met a Jittle g
jtween two and three years old, e'
mtly lost, and crying bitterly. T
dy took tho baby's hand and ask
here she was going.
"Downtown to find my papa," v
,e sobbing reply.
" What is yonr papa's name?" ask
:e lady.
" His name is papa."
" But what is hiB other name ? W1
)es your mamma call him ?"
" She calls him papa," persisted t
ttle creature.
The lady then tried to lead her aloi
ying: " You had better come with n
guess yon came from this way."
"Yes; but I don't want to go bat
want to find my papa," replied t
ttlo girl, crying afresh as if her hei
onld break.
" What do want of your papa ?" at
I the lady.
" I wiint to kiss him."
Just at this time a sister of the ohi
ho had been searching for her, ca
ong and took possession of the lit
inaway. From inquiry it appeal
rnt the little one's papa, whom she \
) earnestly seeking, had reoently di
ad she tired of waiting for him to oo
nrrtfl hful cnnA nntto find him CIr
ind Herald.
When electric lights supersede ke
me newspapers will be filled with
westing descriptions of enterpria
omestics blowing np cook-stoves w
streak of lightning.?iVorrftfo
let aid,
i * . * . - 'j
_j
3ing FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEH0L1
Prnnlnff.
isti- The season is now at hand for coi
menoing garden operations, and the fir
r in in order is that of pruning. Mo
ring shrubs only require to be thinned of i
ray- regular, straggling branches, or of tl
jad, suokers which spring up from the root
ing, Such shrubs as bear flowers on the la
ide. years' growth should be pruned ba<
, I but very little, as otherwise they con
produce but few flowers. Of this ola
are lilacs, syringas, spirwaa, viburnum
ace; culycanthus, hydrangeas, dentzias, ma;
lys nolias, rhododendrons and azalea
Shrubs such as the altbsea and rose
Irs. which bear flowers on wood of this se
son's growth, Bhould have lost yeai
had growth well cnt back, say to with:
was three or four inches of the old wocx
Roses should have the short wood <
she last year's growth cut back to two <
lose three bads, and the long shoots shot
jap- ened from one-third to one-half the
ime length ; all wood of over two year
rtb. growth should be entirely cnt out, as
ire's never produces fine blooms. Hone;
love suckles are generally allowed to becon
too orowded in their growth ; they wi
bear a good deal of thinning out, an
j. last year's growth should be prune
ft(je back to within an inch or two of tt
in_ main stems. If they have from negle<
* Vva/?a?v?a ol> 4-V*/x Vinffnm on/? /Mil
t of liaacu ?u vuv wuutvm, ?u\4 VUJ
jn. flowering at the top of the trellis, on<
en(j half of the main stems should be ct
)ftr. back to within a foot of the ground
this will cause a new growth of youn
|a(j. shoots to fill up tbe vacancy. Wistarif
should have last year's growth shorter
nk'? ed back so as to ieave only four to si
5^ inches of it, unless they are "new runnin
J80_ stems and it is desirable to retain them
,_e. they may, however, be shortened bao
Jjon one-third their length. Ampelops:
jjgy (Virginia creeper), bignonia (trnmp<
, j* creeper), and aristolochia (Dutchman
>vi- PiPe) on^ reqnke the cutting back <
^er the swinging foreright shoots, so as t
for give them a neat, tidy appearand
re_ Akebia and clematis scarcely requir
j ^ any pruning, all that is needed being t
kjje cut out any interfering growth that car
ute not be laid in on the trellis withou
jjy overcrowding.
3 in In pruning fruit trees reference mut
the of course be had to the kinds, their mod
the of growth and of bearing. Many peopl
'hie think that all the interior branche
per must be cut out, to give, as they sup
Lvel Pose> plenty of light and air to the cen
low ter of the tree. This is nearly alway
0 0f carried to an extreme, and the conse
rell quence is that the weight of the foliag
[he and fruit is thrown upon the outer end
ent of the branches, so that in high wind
ver or rain-storms they are broken off at th
th- trunk, to the eventual destrcotion o
Fhe tree. Large branches should neve
refc. be out off if it can possibly be avoided
on_ when it is absolutely necessary to do so
ich they Bhould be cut off close to the trunk
at without leaving any snags, and thi
sot, wound should be oovered with grafting
ite wax or some similar composition to kee]
Q6r out the weather. Apple, pear, cnerr
not and plum trees bear fruit cn spurs, am
it oare must be had not to cut them off
ger the young growth upon whioh the spur
ing are not yet formed snould only be short
je(j ened back about one-third of its length
he as a rule, for, if shortened more thai
eir that, the whole energy of the tree wil
the expended in producing new shoot
the instead of spurs, trainee trees produa
the their fruit on spurs whioh throw on
or0 long shoots, on the ends of which thi
0{ fruit is carried; the fruit-bearing shoot
ore of the previous year should be short
rili ened back to only two or three eyes, ii
the order to produce new shoots for nex
Sye year's fruiting. Pruning peach tree
-ia_ should be delayed until the buds begi]
' to to swell, as then the fruit buds can b<
,ar. distinguished from the leaf buds. Ver
ger kittle pruning is required by peach tree'
ask beyond shortening the previous year'i
cTOwth and cutting out anv dead wood
era ^ ifl especially desirable to keep then
ers compact in shape, as the weight of th<
je(j fruit on the ends of lone branche
ak- causes them to split off or break. Ever;
ion care must be "had to so prune them as t<
Iin. keep the interior of the tree supplie<
with young bearing wood, and thi* i
done by shortening back the shoot
sufficiently to oause the buds at the basi
1(jfl of the shoot to break and form ne^
au. shoots; shortening back about one-hal
0T6 will be sufficient.
ed. There are two systems employed ii
of pruning the grapevine ; one is ca)le<
be the spur system, and the other the long
he cane system. In the first the leadinj
1E cane is cut back to three or four feet
ot" according to its strength; the termina
snt bud continues the length of the cane
A and should not be allowed to bear fruit
3fy the buds below will throw out latera
ian shoots which will produce fruit; thesi
he are pruned back the next season to tw<
he or three eyes, which again prcduc*
frnif f,lia leader beinc shortened baol
in as before, and so year after year. Ii
ad, the long cane system the canes are pro
,nd duced by pruning back to within twc
si. eyes of the main stem, and when they
have made a year's growth, leaving th(
do strongest cane to bear frnit, but short
ening it baok to three or four feet, anc
snt letting the weakest cane make a season'!
' growth, and then pruning it back U.
jol three or four feet the succeeding year
at, and cutting back the fruit-bearing cane
i a to one eye to produce another cane, anc
?" so alternately. The spur system pro
!at duces the most fruit, the long canf
ras system the largest bunches.
in The currant and the gooseberry main
ly produce their fruit on wood that if
ins two or three years old. After a brand
ire has produced two or three crops of fruil
it should be cut out and a younger ont
ar, be allowed to take its place. All thf
pruning they require is to out out old
at, wood, shorten the younger shoots, and
remove any suckers and roots that art
lit, likely to make too crowded a Head, at
C(" they should bo so pruned and trained at
nd to give them plenty of air and light.
ot. Raspberries only require the removal ol
the shoots that bore fruit last season,
and the shortening back of the last
year's growth one-half to one-third itc
,jrj length, according to the strength of the
^ shoots. Blackberries require the same
jj0 treatment.
ejj All pruning should be done with c
pruning-knife or with pruning-shears,
;raB but never with hedge shears; everj
branch or shoot Bhould be individually
;ed examined and pruned according to its
strength, growth, or position. The
operation should never be intrusted to
iat any but an intelligent person, or at leasl
under the immediate supervision oi
lie such a one. Ignorant, stupid laborers
will often do more injury in an hour at
1g> such operations tnan can oe remeaiea in
ie| a year; because they can handle a
shovel or a hoe, it does not follow thai
>k. they are gardeners, and we therefore
he advise such of our readers as are fond
lrt of their gardens to supervise such work
themselves, unless they can get the
services of a regularly-bred gardener.
Besides pinning the head or top of a
tree, pruning the roots is sometimee
](jf practiced to induce fruitfulness in trees
me that are either in too rich a soil or in a soil
tie tbat is very poor. When planted in toe
rich a soil, fruit trees are apt to make
yaB too Btrong a growth and run too much
0(5 to wood. .mining me tops or ueaas oj
m@ the trees in such cases does not make
ve. them fruitful, but has a tendency to aggravate
the trouble by causing the tree
to throw out large numbers of ne\*
iro> shoots in directions where they are no!
in- wanted. To counteract this a trend
ing about eighteen inches or two feet wide
ith and of corresponding depth,, according
u>n to the age and size of the tree, shonic
be dog oni half way round the tree, the
[). roots should be carefully pruned
sharp knife, and the trench ?
with fresh soil, but of poor <
n* rotted sods or the surface toil of
st meadow being excellent for th:
ist po8oj; this new soil must be irml
ir- den down as it is thrown in. T1
ae season the same operation muRt
,a. formed oa the other half of the
st The distance of the trenoh fr<
;k trunk of the tree must be govei
Id tlifl nnrAnd nf flio hrnnnVinn onrl
es of the tree; generally the trench
s, dug at one third or one half the
g- of the tree?in young trees near
8. in older ones. If the soil is ni
s, poor and cannot be readily enri
a- any other way, this operation v
's be of great service, only filling
in trench wich rich soil, or that moi
d. aoie to tne tree tnan tnat in wu:
of planted. By these means the gr
sr a tree may be readily controlle
t- far less pruning of the top be re
ir The pruning knife and shears wil
b* produce fruitfulness nnless the
it which promote the growth of t
y- are also under control. ? E
te Bazar.
]] Recipes.
d Coffee Caxe.?One cup of
>d Bngar, one cnp of butter, one
strained coffee, one cup of mt
3t three eggs, well beaten, one pc
y rasins, two cups of flour, two tec
fuls baking powder. Eat hot, for
it eon, accompanied with iced milk
? Spanish Pickled Onions. - Cut
8 into slices, put a layer of them ini
18 sprinkle with cayenne pepper ai
l" then add another layer of onic
x proceed as before. Proceed in tl
8 uutil the jar is full, and pour col
J gar over all till covered. They
. flt to use in a month.
18
jj. Russian Salad.? Cnt up raw
>B and every kind of available veg
into small slices, and lay thei
0 shallow dish, with salt, a little ^
, and pepper, and the best oil.
,e dressing mast thoroughly eaturi
c mixture for twelve hours, and th
salad will be not only a new but
it dishTo
Boil Rice as in India.?
saucepan of two quarts of water
e boiling, throw a tablespoonful o
e then throw in one pint of rice, i
8 has been well washed in cold wal
it boil twenty minutes. Throw
h into a cullender, and drain off the
B When this has been done, put t
back into the can or saucepan, di
e the fire, and let it stand near tl
a for some minutes, or until requi
8 be dished up; thus the grains
e separate and not mashed togethei
t
r
. A Thrilling Adventnre.
A merohant wishing to celebi
, daughter's wedding, collected a p
0 her young companions. They
- around her. wishing much happi]
? the youthful bride and her chost
7 The father gazed proudly on his i
1 child, and hoped that as brighi
; pects might open for the rest
s ohildren, who were playing amo
- guests.
Passing throngh the hall of th
l ment he met a servant who was ci
1 a lighted candle in her hand withi
0 candlestick. He blamed her fo
s conduct, and went into the kite
t see about the supper. The girl ret
a but without the candle. The mt
s immediately recollected that sevei
rels of gunpowder had been pli
1 the cellar during the day, and tl
t had been opened.
a ' Where is your candle ?" he inc
i in the utmost alarm.
0 "I oouldn't bring it up with i
J my arms were fail of wood," s;
9 girl.
s " Where did you put it ?"
" Well, I'd 110 candlestick, bo I
i it in some black sand that's in thi
0 barrel"
s Her master dashed down the
y the passage was long and dar
3 knees threatened to give way
1 him, his breath was choked; hi
b seemed dry and parched, as il he t
s felt the suffocating blast of deat
0 the end of the cellar, under tr
v room where his children and
t friends were reveling in felicity,
the open barrel of powder, full
1 top, the candle stuck loosely
J grains, with a long red snuff of
j wick. The sight seemed to wit
i his powor. The laughter of th<
? 1 _ lit.. l-l_ - 1
, pany SirucK niB ear iiiie tuts aj.
1 death. He stood a moment, unt
, move.
; The musio commenced above; tl
1 of the dancers responded with vi
3 j the floor shook, and the loose bot
) the cellar jingled with the motioi
3 fancied the candle was moving?f
c With desperate energy he spra:
i ward?bnt how to remove it.
- slightest touoh wonld cause the r
) wick to fall into the powder. Wi
equaled presenca of mind he pi
j hand on each side of the candle, p
toward the object of care, which,
I hands met, was secured in the cl
3 his fingers and safely moved awa;
) its dangerous position. When he r<
, the head of the stairs he smiled
) previous alarm; but the reaction ^
I powerful, and he fell in fits of th<
violent laughter. He was convey
> his bed senseless, and many
elapsed ere his system recovered
cient tone to allow him to resur
i business.
L ,i
b
) A Sad Story.
> The wife of a miner in Hopewel]
[ had yellow hair of wonderful leng
' abundance. It was so heavy as to
> bother, but her husband would r
' her cut it off, even when offered i
1 price by dealers in hair. Latelj
became scarce with him, and he d
^ know how to make a payment soor
' ing due oil his little House. The
k his home seemed probable. T]
' stranger came along and offered
5 for the treasured yellow hair.
> amount of money would raise the
gage on the homestead, and the
l band reluctantly made the sale.
, could not help shedding tears wt
r saw the stranger's shears despoilii
' wile's head of its beauty, and she
i when she looked at herself in the {
t but they consoled themselves wit
> crisp bank notes, and the buyer
i away with the hair. A few days
r ward the miner went to pay the del
i learned that the bills were all coi
> feit.
What Those Long Nights Mea
i Ah, yes, fond youth 1 It may b<
! nice to court a girl in the far noi
: countries where the nights are six n:
i long; but just think of the vast ai
of peanuts and gumdrops the ;
i man, when going to see his girl,
i lug along with him in order to kill
i and induce her to believe that his
1 tion for her is as warm aB ever.
< then the sad leavetaking a few wee
> fore sunrise I He whispers, "i
i night, love," and she softly mur
I "Good-night, dear. When shall
i you again?" "To-morrow nighl
replies, as he kisses her upturnec
j " To-morrow night," she replies, t
r voioefull of emotion. "Six long
b months 1 Oan't you call around
i days before breakfast, Charles?'
i nally Charles tears himself away,
r promise to write her one hundre
l sixty letters before the next day
i toadoB6.?Norri8toumHerald,
I with a ' FOE THE FAIR SEX. lace:
llled np seaso
quality. A Coop D'etat. rrru
an old If little fl0sda fey Blow degree . ^
is pur forth their leavea and flowers unheard;
ly trod Our love had grown into a tre?, queni
lie next And bloomed without a single word. ?
be per /,J~o
) circle. 1 haply bit on six o'olook, crape
Dm the The honr her father came from town; clothi
rned by I Bavo his own peculiar knock, mies
the age And waited shyly, like a down. Pre
_ u- annrle
IJJcLjr UO
i spread The door was opened. There she stood, textu
er than Lifting her mouth's delicious brim. mumi
iturally How could I waste a thing so good I this s
ched in I took the kiss she meant for him. Th<
rill also than
up the A. moment on an awful brink? brims
re Buit Deep breath, a frown, a fmilo, a tear; mingi
ich it is And then, "Oh, Robert, don't you think suppl
owth of That that was rather?carter
>d, and ?London Society. in all
quired. they
11 never *
, roots, Wl",n?' S
;he top, The Bazar says: Fresh importations
'arper's of rich millinery show many novelties . -v"
not yet mentioned. Bonnets of satin- P001?1
finished straw, of the yellow-tinted 1D?8 1
brown Tuscan braids, fine Leghorn, and fancy . or
cup of braids in lace-like patterns, are brought J?? a,,
)lasses over fr0D1 the best Paribian houses.
and of There are also tinted French chips in Son
ispoon- shades to match the new spriDg cos- an(l rc
lunch- tumes, such as pale blue and dark blue, theatr
taD, beige and cream colors, also brown, broide
onions gray? black aQ(i dark 8reen* These &
o a jar come in tne lar8? naring oonnets that oovrei
nd salt' considered most dressy, and also Floi
ma and' in tlie c^080 stapes that are be- stitch<
bis way comin8 to most faces, and are liked with as to i
d vine- 8*mPl0 costumes. The round hats are times
usually of black or white ohip, but these wide y
are also shown in colors. The dressy materi
. shapes have the wide rolled brims in Len
apples, peg Woffington shape, or the Turenne, 0n th
et.es or Devonshire. For plainer hats for They <
n. 111 a city use the turbans and English shapes wni b,
nnegar prevail. Turbans are as popular in are co:
, Paris as they are here, but are worn low
tn? on the forehead instead of on the back
en this Qf the head, as is the custom here. Seal
a good gome turbans have round crowns, while latest 1
others are indented from front to back. The1
Into a A new shade of blue used in satins aonai j
, when End in ribbons is oalled gendarme blue, ?
f salt ; and has green tints like the peacock . a_a
after it blue. The new red is brighter than car- ?qo '
;er; let dinal, and is known as Prince of Wales ^
it out red. The colors that will be most gen- ^ "
water. 6rally used are tan, cream and beige, carEa^
/i?6 some y0llow tints; and the at ner
ied by feature of the season will be the nse of A h
ae fire these colors in very light tints, bright- used 1
ired to ene(j by oombining them with very dark during
appear re(j or blue. Thus the ribbon on the wood ?
p* bonnet will be dark gendarme blue, and still b<
the flowers the palest cream-colors, or ill-fate
else the trimming satin will be ecru, and tion.
the flowers dark red artemifliaa in two or The
ate his three shades. origin!
arty of Soft twilled satin will be much used tions "
circled for trimming, out bias from the piece, from v
less to and arranged irregularly in loops and books
in one. broken plaits, not in set bows and stiff pitals,
!avored folds. It is also the choice material for and
; pros facing brims of bonnets and of round a
of. his hats, where it appears thiokly gathered ^
ng the in large shirrs on cords or reeds, or else floraj
in very fine shirring. Ribbons for ma^6(
e base- strings and for passing across crowns 86nt ^
irrying are wider than formerly, measuring r
out the from three to four inches; those with beauti
r such twilled satin on one side and gros grain {erns
hen to on the other, and of the softest quality, ^alls'
iurned, are shown in all the new tan, oream, __'
srohant blue and red shades. Another novelty
al bar- is black Brussels net embroidered on fJ?8!
iced in the edges with old gold or olive silks in tljat m
latone leaf pattern; this is folded double for ?n jf'
strings and an Alsacian bow on black 'e?t 0
juired, lace bonnets. Crocheted lace in ecru J? 2 1
tints of silk and of wool is also new for tbe tt0
ne, for trimming Tuscan and chip bonnets. Mrs,
aid the Still another novel trimming is cloth of lawyer
gold with the tinsel frosted over it; this the su
is used for facings and trimmings of was an
stuck black bonnets. A great many embossed theSe
9 sand- silks are also shown. Senate
Flowers and feathers will both be ^?n(lu
stairs; U0e(j> White and cream-colored ostrich Mess^
k; his plumes are much used on light chip ac
under bonnets, and in new ways. Sometimes ?* "ow
8 flesh fhfiv nnnear in the three feathers nf the Nov
Jready Prince of Wales, clustered together, numb<
curved nearly double, and nodding to- cently
ie very rar(j ^he front of the bonnet. On the twistec
their dressy, large bonnets there are often on the
two long Mercutio ostrich plumes, one Parian
? ?* which is posed to hang very low t?n> 113
? down on the shoulder on tho left side, 'rom a
the other wanders at will over the brim 8?^ gi
f/.aw! or crown. The only trimming needed e(3 let"
f, I with these is some soft, irregularly-fold- pearl i
, . ed satin on the right side, but there is Tinder
uaaally a bouquet also low down on the dies.
, , x right. Very fine willow feathers are
-to* dipped with straw. The feathers of the W(
ilflH n imPe7an aD(* ?* ?^er blue-green or Thei
Ha green-blue birds have been stripped ciaDs ii
I",.. and formed into mammoth butterflies leant t
acrfr?' or bee8' 8reen leaves *or trimming sculpt(
The white bonnets are made up of the nat- selecte
fid hot ural tinted breasts of humming-birds. statue
M mi Very large flowers will be used, eepe- lady la
laced a cially roses and chrysanthemums. These ers, sol
t d are made of silken petals or else of trans- a multi
? h Parent crape. The roses or the chrysan- ants in
laetfof tbemum8 form a wreatn lor tue crown, editorB
7 from without any foliage, and are bo large torians
Cached on^ 8*x or ro8ea are nsed, in this
at his an<* these a1"6 ^wo shades of deep red, or revelat
ras too Palo pink with tea-roses. There are also and mi
j m0Bt moss wreaths with red berries in them, cretia 1
fed to an^ wreat'18 ?* green leaves of fine crape Anna I
weeks beautifully veined. Bouquets of wild art in f
L suffi- ro8e8? or rosebuds and mignonette, decorat
ae his are a*80 8^own; the buds ^ave 1?D? thewoi
stems of rubber tubing, and are tied to t;.al dat
show the stems conspicuously. Steel talent i
beads are strung on the edges of brims, posed i
and there are many pretty ornaments ity is o:
of polished steel and gilt. of cand
I, Pa,, trimming is very simply yet taste- Progre
fch and fuiiy arranged. A fine Tuscan bonnet
0 be a ^yitli flaring brim has merely one long
lot let w|jite Mercutio plume drooping low on
1 good the ghoulder, and fastened high on Prof<
work the side by an irregularly looped bow of states I
id not cream satin ribbon. Tho brim has no toads 1
1 com- jn the edge, and is bare inside at which 1
loss of ieaBt an incij. then the facing is set on, The ai
ien a and quite under the brim on the left is being q
a bunch of wild roses of pink and cream drawn i
hades. A similar bonnet of Leghorn legs be
n?ort" has a black velvet facing inside, and menls,
"IL8" dark red and yellow artemisias, while and ok
outside is folded satin and ecru crochet- they sc
ien he 0(j wjtj1 a single long ostrich and she
t plume. they hi
wept score ol
fhathe Fashion Note.. mud 11
went Ragusa point is the coming lace. doubt i
after- Breton is the lace of the passing mo- and as
btand ment. that of
anter- Coteline is another name for printed winter,
dimity. prolong
The tendency is to make short skirts continu
n. still shorter. and
9 very Seaside grenadine comes with greatly
them improved texture this spring.
tonths costumes are dc rigeuer combina
noun* ti0D8 0f Several materials this season. li
^mnsfc Jeanne d'Arc cuirass corsages and A. Bu
, paniers are coming in vogue for street denoun
affe wear. s?on as
^n(j The Psyche ooiffure is in the highest e^?"10
knbfl. favor at present as showing the shape ? " Yoi
Good- ?' ^e k?ad fication
murs, Embroidery or clooking, both, all bearing
I see around the leg of the stocking is a new a Poem
b," ho feature in spring hosiery. Whei
I face. Garnet, with all the kindred reds of p?\8t?, *
71 th a Bordeaux, ruby, maroon, cardinal and J i fu
weary naoarat is immensely popular. '
?a Lace gloves with fingers as well as 8w?re
.,f " with long wrists are worn, as well as
d and ^aoe n"'ts an(* half-fingered laoe gloves.
draws The gloves of the season embrace a Paris ?
wider variety in Lisle thread, kid, aad of pota
?yj-v;. +' ^i ' **: \ , - .a
mitts than ever before seeuS^. o]
n.
e new kid gloves are welted at tl
rith three welt*, half an inch apai
0 this a lace frill at the top is fr
tly added.
immy cloth is so named fromi
-like teitnre resembling the oottc
s in which ancient Egyptian mun
are fonnd.
mch, English and American dree
i, whether wool or cotton, sho'
re with double twilled or satteei
my, armure, and coteline effeel
pring.
3 bonnets of this spring are large
those of the passing season; th
1 flare, bnt there are no face trin
_ 11.. T- . 1 3 #_11 *
s, tat) xiuir ueiDg ureasea lau i
y the deficiency.
3 new Lisle thread gloves are see
the kid colors and pare whitt
are silk finished and "regular
, imitating kid so well -as to pit
I for full drees wear.
i handsomest novelties in sil
y are the boot hose, with clocfc
and embroideries in contrast^
to the npper part of the leg, form
simulated boot npper cloth, whil
ipper forms the foxing.
ie of the most delicate tints of bin
)se are seen in the Lisle threa<
ical hosiery this spring, tbe em
>ry on the same being in brigh
ones of maroon, red, navy-blue
?, or porcelain-blae and black,
ances are laid in side plait?, an<
3d about an inch from the top &
nake a standing beading. Some
the side plaits are separated fr
>lain spaces and fans of a differen
Lai are sewed into eaeh plait,
gthwise trimmings are to be usee
e side and fronts of overskirts
conceal alterations admirably, anc
9 in high favor with ladies wh<
mpelled to make their own gowns,
New* and Note* for Women.
skin parlor mats are among tiu
Fashionable affeot&tions.
y give ladies premiums for per
leauty at Minnesota State fairs,
re is a Mohawk Indian girl in hei
at Millpoint, Canada, who weight
innds.
'aaViinotor. xanrn ft Tirrpaf.Vi c<\
ions, instead of orange-blossoms,
wedding the other day.
idy in Hungary ha? the distafi
oy Marie Antoinette in spinning
; her imprisonment. Ic is ol
ind ivory inlaid with silver, and
jars the hemp left upon it by the
id queen on the eve of her execuladies
of Memphis, Tenn., have
ated what they call "book recepand
entertainments, the profltf
phich are put to the purchase ol
and papers for the inmates of hos
alms-houses, houses of refuge,
en jails.
kettledrum, given by a fashion'
idy recently, among the eleganl
decorations was a large kettl?
sf flowers, so arranged as to pre
le appearance of a steaming ket
Che parlors and dining-room wer<
fully decorated with flowers am
and evergreens ornamented th<
.Chester, N. H., points to awomai
t. with he aw. rich, brown hai]
easures from seventy-two to sevve
inohes in length. She is five
nr and a half inches high, anc
she stands erect her hair trails oz
or from eight to twelve inches.
, Belva A. Lockwood, the female
; whose admission to the bar oj
preme court of the United States
thorized by the bill which passed
nate, placed on the desk of each
?r who voted for the bill a small
et of flowers; and on the desks oi
j. McDonald, Sargent and Hoar,
ivocated its passage, large baskets
ers were placed.
elties in jewelry are increasing in
>r. In a New York theater rea
lizard of gleaming colors
3, squirmed and wriggled on a bow
head of a young lady. A lady in
rears on her hat a dancing skelelade
of white enamel, dangling
goiaen giDoer. jtvais warning on
ridirons, green worms on enamelres,
two monkeys struggling for a
int, and skeletons in armor and
umbrellas are ecarf pins for laDmnn'i
Sphere In Phlladelphlat
e are about forty female phyaii
Philadelphia in fall practice, at
en artists (paintera), and one
)r, Miss Blanche Nevin, lately
d by the State to execute the
in marble of Muhlenberg. Of
wyers we find no record; of printaool
and musio teachers, there is
itude; of lady clerks and attendshops
and stores, an army; of
, correspondents, novelists, hisand
scientists of the gentler sex,
city alone, the roster would be a
ion. Among leoturers, preachers
nisters, we merely mention Lutfott,
Hannah Whital Smith and
)ickinson. The stage, the opera,
InnoM toot la/io nnnfnmcis nnd
lions, are largely represented by
nen of Philadelphia. Even para
prove a vast amount of female
n many of the employments sap;o
be limited to men. Opportullaly
necessary to attraot thousands
id'ates for occupation.? Forney's
88.
Torpidity of Toad9.
3?80r J. A. Allen, of Cambridge,
that he saw a large number of
afeen from tho mud of a well
lad been closed for twenty yearp.
limals -were apparently lifeless,
[uite motionless, but after being
up and exposed to tho air their
)gan to twitch after a few moand
their eyes slowly to open
op. In three or four minutes
) far recovered as to hop about,
)rtly after became as bright aa if
ad not been asleep for the last
f years. The temperature of the
n which they were found was
forty-five degrees, which was no
naintained throughout the year;
this corresponds very nearly to
ponds where they hibernate in
Professor Allen thinks that this
jed torpidity was oaused by a
ied uniformity of temperature,
at he 8ee3 no reason why it
not have been protraoted in'fr
nrdette's "Hawkeyeteins."
rlington man, a night watohman,
ced Edison as a fraud, just as
he heard you couldn't use his
i light in a lantern.
a could tell, by the easy verei,"
remarked the barber, on
; " The Raven," 11 that this was
Po-made. It's so.slick."
a an editor jabs his pen into the
)ot, and tries to cleanse it by
and violent exclamations, he
at the " pen is mightier than the
?>
eful investigation of all the exats
in that line, reveals the fact
takes abont fifty cents worth of
rreen to kill fifteen cents worth
to bug.
ie ITEMS OP ISTfeKESr. v H
ie cheat proteotor?The baggagee
Some men sro like brooks, th9T A-^B|
ta A "button in a very bu^I CT?nfcw^|&jH
in is always coming off. ;:,iB
x" A paste-pot doesn't denote tifegqf *fi|
it is known by its stick. kK
w Electricity exerts a peoaliatM^K Hj
j derfal effect on some plants, J'lgw
^ Fancy wood- sawing is now made^SU
occupation of insane patients. \:4 '"JH
r A bird-fancier calls his c4narie?rtlM?W
e es " because thej have wings.1
i* Women are hereafter to be pcrmflS?BB
o bacome notaries public in Ohto. --&] : m
The largest metal statue inth^; tomt?
a is situated near the oity of Arena, Italjl flj
I) If a girl's hair is pMted. 'yoq oiiS M
with propriety say she haagolden W
A run Ut 1?? hi Minife "Bi
k J Onegirlia, because there is cmlyopegra M
^ ?' husbandry'' to harrow up tbe^IingH n
A felon generally appearson
of the fingers and thumb*. SometfaMfsE
j on tbe end of a ropo H
t can hear the rope walk the^bnH^
lf the gum drop, or the fall of tbe year. -J fl
The number of deserters from tfey JH
I British army, advertised during l8?s|
3 was 8.060, being 300 in exceas of tWq
7 Chicago doctors consider the lioqa^
t furnace as their beat friend. It gV7*$SH
them more cases of lung troablo thanfl
j other influences, "H
Ask an asanming man to " aaroinae^MB
1 little matter " for jou, and- you ?nddfl?^ B
> ]y discover he is the most nnaasaming^fl
, person in the world. SH
When a Mongolian wash-Uoosc in
troit took fibre, "John" pickadqp lgjEJM
3 shirts and murmured: "The Ohin^tjH
mnaf rr/\ 1* ' *. ; '
UiUOH gvi A / W4 ? WO* - V>Xin^H
" Exouse haste and a bad pen," as
dirty porker said when it rushed ont ?$| 9
its sty and knocked over the man
i lavender pants .?Borne Sentinel. IE
Mexicans subdue fractions hones
f haviDg a hood so arranged aa to
i pnlled down over the eyes of- the h07jljspfl|
as soon as he manifest snneaaine?-8e^ ?
f eral applications subdue the horeet ^ fl
I WUEQta TBS OBSBIv - - fl
1 An editor wore a green coronet, :-sWi
> Ab if he had been a fresh baronet. > *
Twaa a shade for bla eyca, ;c H
Tamed np toward the tkiec;
'Twas a way he got into of vearteML-. ,;^
' Hon. J. D. Cox describee what is aid" '8
' to be the smallest insect known.
. hymenopter of remarkable delicacy
beanty, parasitic on the leaf-cnttear bea^B
Ita body is twelve-thousandths of anf&nE^B
' in length, and its ten jointed aatehnfe&B
twenty-thousandths, v K
I " 8ound," said the sohooInutsUir, "$S| C
: what yon hear. For instance, yoti;$fH^ 9
not feel a sonnd." " Oh. y^joaci^l^ flj
said a smart boy. " Jonn Wifitins,*j?|H I
' torted the pedagogue, " how do JOftug 3
, make that out? What sound can voa y
* feel?" "A^ sound thrashing," replied . |
1 Talk not to ua of woman'*'smile? 1
" Her tears are moreeffective far;
How aweet their influence# are*- I
How strong and yet bow soft the while!5g| fl
The rain that patten day bjr day ' - - MfaSgl I
Disgolvea the adamant ox yean.' .
And so may woman's silent tears 9
Wear e'en the stoniest heart away. .:
Aye, as old Father,Time goes reaping, jfegjyM
He still finds woman on the throne? i'TfJS
Her Bcepter is her broom alone, . .. I
And she is monarch when ^be'i sweeping.
Another collection of one millioneancelled
postage stamps is explained,. ;' !
Some time time ago a Philadelphia gen- vr|
tleman oflFered to obtain for an old lady I
a life residence in a home for the fn&w--~Tii
less if she -would collect suoh an an onnt I
of stamps. The undertaking enheiod , 1
the attention of Miss Ohloe I^nkton,^ -. '.:!
New Hartford, Conn., who began to I
assist the old lady. The result is th?* I
the million of stamps have been gather- I
ed. the sum of $800 has been mid foe i&Sl
them, and the oolleotor is now enjoyiM ;
a comfortable home in the MefchodiA!*'
house in Philadelphia.
BY BAXOOKY.
Til tell you a tale and it's strictly true;
It hasn't a title to bother yoo;
Tis bloody, and horrid, and something new. _ v"
And as to the subject I'll give a olew
By stating in writiDg a word or two,
That sprinkle and speck the narration through- -i
Shoe, drew, knew, bine, /^???
ntAto O4A?0
VUU| uon, ujorr) D(??fi
Queue, drew, too, who,
Crew, flew, to, brew,
Blue, ewe, Blew, new,
Do, few, chew, glue.
Perhaps you imagine I wish to guy!
That soon is the oaee I at once deny; ' *
Tis not in my nature te tell * lie.
And can't you discover,.discern, descry,
The pciats I am giving yon on the aly ?
Then finish the story and guew, or try? -** &
High, shy, tie, fle,
Dry, cry, sigh, die; ??
My, oye, sky, high, >?
Fly, pie, sty, fry, . ~
Boy, rye, tri, ply, ':**]
Why, pry, thigh, wry.
*
The plot of the tale is so deeply la
3o mixed and confounded, I'm half afraid 'j.
You'll think it a manlao's wild tirade.
Bat no?'tis a story expressly made ^
To show the people the stock in trade ?rv- vf
Of doggerel poets of bumble grade?
Staid, maid, weighed, braid,
Aid, Jade, wade, glade, - *jj
Paid, said, frayed, shade, .
Bade, played, raid, blade, %- '*&^ V
Delayed, decayed, evade, fade, .
Decade, brigade, lemonade. ? ..
? Yonkert Gazette, r- \
'^fW' *
Another Deluge Cora lug.
A Belgian professor has published a * ;*
work in whioh he warns ns that we may g
be on the lookout for another deluge of ***' },
the world. At certain regularly- reen*.
ring in terrain, he maintains, the water*of
one hemisphere are suddenly precipitated
across the equator and flood the V
other. The last ol the delngee, whioh-'". *i
always flow from north to south, of -V
from south to north, was that of Noab'e
times, which was from the northV *
Hence the explanation of the great pre- '
ponderance of water in the southern i
hemisphere, and of the general southern ' J
trend of North and 8onth Americo, * ?J
Africa, and many minor peninaujafr? *The
next of these deluges will flow frafe *.v-v
11 *v * _ xv _ LL ftila T.A
me eoutn ro me uunu, iuv ?u?, ^
argues, is the alternate increase and de - . ji
crease of the ice-caps at the poles, and" / v
the consequent change of the earth's - *
equilibrium. Since 1248 the eonth pole Jhas
been continually enlarging, Mliile
the north pole has been proportionately ? f
diminishing; to-day the diameter of the : V
southern glacier being about 3 000 * J
miles and that of the nortLern 1,500. ' I
When the two glaciers shall have arriv- "
ed at their maximum and minimum -extension,
then will the earth tilt over and
be submerged by another great flood,
the fifteenth of the kind that has -?- ^
occurred. In view of this impending >5j
and somewhat serious probability, the
question arises* What are we going to '
do about it 1 If no one oan offer a bet- -f ]
ter suggestion, would it not be advisable
that each of us resolve himself into b? . !
own ark by wearing night and day one '
of Paul Boy ton's rubber swimming oos-- " <
tomes ??Louisville Courier-Journal. ' *.
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