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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C , WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1886. VOLUME XXX. NO. 44. I WOMAN AND HOME. Explicit directions concerning J the care of the bed-room. "?harms of California Widows?Gravid- [ Mother's Cooking?Plea for the Children j - ? -_'v I ?Advice to Girls?Baby management,? . i?ome Hints?Items of Interest. At night clo?e the blinds, pull down the ! shades and light the gas 01* lamp. Unless j there is running water in the room carry j away waste water, fill pitchers and bring j fresh drinking water Take off large pil- j lows and shams, if used, and bedspread if | _ desired and lay them carefully on a chair. | Turn the gas down low before leaving the room. In the morning go to the bed-room the first thing after breakfast, open the windows, beat up the pillows ami lay all the beda;r I?noms should be left to air | VJVUuoij w M*>I at least one hour. If thj weather is very I stormy the windows must not be opened Do not put the bedding whero it will show , lrom the street; it looks badly. Hang a 1 "tii-htgojvn in the closet; it is not healthful j to roll it up and put it under th3 pillow. Before beginning to make the bed carry j away all soiled clothing, towels, eta. taking I 'care to dry carefully all damp articles. j . Empty all waste water, and after rinsing j the vessels wash them thoroughly with hot 1 suds and dry them thoroughly with cloths kept for that purpose Never wipe toilet I sets with the soiled towels. Take to the bed-room a pail of hot suds, i ?.n 1, with a sponge and cloth, wa->h and | "wipa everything on the washstand. In the ca e of a stationary washstand especially the bowl must be carefully washed every morning with hot suds, or a black scum will settb on it. Should this occur, scour the j basin with borax aud water. i Fill tlie pitchers with ftvsh water and place ci.au towels ou the rack whin neccs- j Siiy. W bile doins this work protect your dress j t with h cons'apron. You are now rea-ly : 'to i ernove this wisli your hands and begin 1 .your bei making. Thiee thuus are necessary to a well- ! ina lc bed: it should bo level, square and ! smooth. T > keep it level the mattress, if mad9 of leathers or straw, should le thoroughly ! 'shaken up and turned ? very ^a-1". Featucr* i should l e fre uent y expose I to the sun and ! air to keep th.-iu sue t and dry. If tie anattruss is made of La r or cotton it should ! l>e turned twice a wee'e, once from head to > foot and once from side to s'de Mattresses j made in two pieces are so easily, managed i *- X1 ? otrofv rlfiv' TH;t lilitJ.V i uii w iu muv.v.j . To make the bed square fold the clothes i careiully at ihe corner; and s'des. To make it smooth draw all the clothes, ! specially the spread, very tight. When you take the clo'hes olT to air the | bed and when you put them back to make : it, stand at ti e same side of ths bed, j ?therwisa the clothes may get turned a? out. j The lower she; t should be put on ri^Lt , side up, with the wide hem at the top of the ! bed. Tuck it in smoothly before putting on 1 the next sheet Put the upper sheet on right sdds down, so ' that when it is turned over the right side of J the hem will be on the outside. Allow this ! Jshoet to come above the blankets enough to ' turnover welL Tr, rtn tha blankets be careful not ' | rto Wt them come too near the ton of tbe bed. j When double blankets are used tho opsn end should bo at the head of the bed. If the "blankets are single and narrow the upp?r one may le laid from side to side instead of i lengthwise. If the bedspread is to he removed at night, *f6l& the sheet back over the blankets and under the spread, which should bo tucked in tight aill around When the ;-pread is le t ' <on the bed tu n its top under tbe blankets ' iand bring the up er sheet o>er all, laying it j down smoothly on the out-ide. Tuck iu tae j clothes smoothly on all sides, drawing the ; spread tight and making the corners square, j He careful to have t <6 clothes at the foot of the bfed folded under tbO' mattress. Next lay on the bo'ster carefully and set Jthe pillows evenly against the he id board, j If shffcns are used pin them to the tops of j ? :n*.rIr?L- Yvn< info tho h*vl. I JMHU*1 \ l/v uwv ww*v? jf? ? w-? I stead. Last, look under tbe bed to see that none of the clothes hang down in sizht Aftor the bed is made brush up tire room, ! uung whis'.c-brcom and dust-pan or carpet- ; sweej*tr. Once a week bed-rooms should he thoroughly swept, at which time the beds should be covered Dust daily with a soft cloth. Remove ! fmger marks from ] aint or mirrors with cloths wrung out in hot wate'-. Alcohol <used instead of water is excellent for clean- 1 ing mirrors. Keep the wo :>d-work of a . . room clean, especially the base-boards and -all the, wood about tbe windows. Inside ! blinds require frequent dusting and brushing. ! Empty s -rap lias :ets and hair bag. The I contents of the latter should be burned, and j oiever allowed to get iuto any the water- J ji;Ks; it clogs them Put the furniture in place and arrange | !the curtains and shades neatly befere leaving the room. Rooms that art: kept clran and cool and tree from dust will seldom be infested with ! bugs. Orice a month bedsteads should be well washed If thj beds are old wash with j strong brine or alum water, and U5e insect ; powder in cracks and joinin s. Twice a I year put mattresses out in the sun. In ! Felifruary and March examine beds often j and'carel'uUy.?Cleveland Plaindca'er. The Charms of California Widows. The number of youthful widows who ! grace the promenades is a subject of sur- I prise to the stranger in the city. No statis- j tician has ever compiled figures bearing upon this question of the early bereavement of California ladies. But that there is a surprising frequency of blooming young women clad in weeds of woo is apparent to e\*ery observer. The same remark does not apply to the cemeteries The widows who, bearing water-pots and wreathes of immortelles, traverse the melancholy highways of the city of the dead, are for the most part laiddleagod woinea Occasionally a young mourner is se?n in tho group, but only oc n? rriL. casionauy. lUO jycau luajuiujr ui I relicts appear in the trainings of grief upon l t4>o streets. The fascination this class of females have j for the other sex is incomprehensible, but i tharo can be no doubt of its existence. Men ! who rarely turn to look after a pretty maid j ?r matron will almo.-t dislocate the neck in | pet-ring along the wake of a sable-clad j widow. They are a dangerous class of per- I sous because tbe history of humanity shows j that the woman who buried a husband while j i4ie is yet between the ages of *:$ and ~.r> will ' Usually plant another to keep him company j before settling down to final matrimony or j final widowhood. Maidens have a poor chance in tbe race with widows. To uso a | sporting phrase, in nine cases out of ten the widows will give them odds and beat tht-m ffiiL Lean widows are an exception in this state, and plumpness the rule. In the east a California widow is the terror of society, because, added to the attraction of widowhood, is the glamour of tataes and boeauzos. So tho fair maiden* of that chilly clime haVo to take a back se.it when any of our crape-shrouded ladios cross the continent They are never too old to marry, and their choice lies almost invariably among the very young. Th *re are not a few gentlemen in this town to-day ; who wear tine clothes and tread lightly on the cobble? who would be pouring over the ledger or patekkig the Calilo -nia codes about the courts for the us > of their lawyer-masters but fortius trait in the constitution of our widows.?San Francis, o "Wasp Dear Old Grandmother's Cooking-. Mo-it of our modern dishes are very delicious. Catherine Owen and Miss Parloa are blessings to mankind, and yet I often j wonder tfhy so many of my grandmother's dishes are olsolete. AY ho knows what i "eumnoddle'' is.' All I know is tuafc it's a dainty bit of lean pork roded in some kind * ? i 1 ! of a mixture ana irtea very uruwn. xuj i knowledge ends here. I may r.ot have the j name spelled right, but that is the way it is I pronounced. And 'scrappil/'?our butcher I says he has "scrappel," and such staff as it I is: not the least earthly resemblance does it j bear to the serappel my gr.indrnother made. , And how many housewives make ' sduso-' in ; this day and age o!: the world; It is twenty ! years since I ate "souse" that was "souse"' and not a pasty, lumpy,-tasteless mixture of j pig's feet and vinegar. It always reminds me of glue. >Toodlo soup is so simply and easily made that anyl ody ought to be abl? to make it wel1, and yec I defy Miss Parloa herself to make it so that it will look and taste and smell just like my dear old grandmother's ! noodle soup. I remember ihat her favorite seasoning.was "passiy,'' and it don't seem to mo that it is used so very much new. The T iUn U^r.4- ! last noouie soup i ate was ai uiie ui mo u?? hotels in America. Tho noodles wore in great, hard, white-looking chunks. Asrain I have had a string or two of vermicelli or macaroni put into a weak broth and set Lefore mo as "genuine noodle soup." The cookies of the present day aro good? so gootl, indeed, that I ol'tsn feci, like rebelling wheo Airs. Dane doles hers out to 1110 j in beggarly lots of four an 1 live at a time, i Thoy are good, but they are not like Grand- I mother Dane's cookies of twenty j'ars ago. j Hers were yellow and half or three-quarters I of an in h thick, and all speckled through and through with caraway or anise seeds, j and they tasted?well I can't begin to tell how goo.l they did taste. May be it was because I stole them tuat tuey tasted so bWJI somctim?s buy "cottage cheesa" of our milkman. My grandmother called it "smearcase." I spall it just as she pronoun-edit She use! to mix it with eg; and sugar and spices and make som; kind of a pie With a i swe^t crust that was ever so gooJ. Who i knows anything about it? Her ginger-bread, ginger cookies an;l raised doughnuts were things I like to think about whe \ lam very hungry. But I never worry my wiw with these reflections. ?Zenas Liana, in GooJ Housekeeping. A Plea for the Children. I am daily surprised to see how many thoughtless, careless mothers there are, bringing up their little ones (as wo might say) hap-ha :ard, wita scarcely a thought of anything l.eyond th3 present Our little f.ilL-e ara nnHrnl V films of ll.nl li t", nnd if good habits are not formed early, Lad ones will certainly bo formed lat*r. Every mother, I care not what her station in life, or her duty to society, should have tho oversight and care personally of her children, and as soon as able after their birth, should bathe, dress, and feed as nature intended her own baby. We who have done this lor each precious one, know the pleasure and satisfaction to be found in the work. This bath should always be given at tho same hour of the morning, then the little one, tired and hungry after it, should be fed, when it naturaliy roliows a long, quiet nap will be the result, and thus (to use a common expression) Logins the day ' right end first." Let this become a lixed habit and let it once be broken in upon and watch the result. A shorter nap, cro-ser child, a harder day and worst of all a iretful, woin out mother. Try the sumo experiment with older children and what follows? '1 ha next morning tells the story. It is harder to get started for schojl the hour for the mus.c lesson sejms longer, clothes don't feel right, books c^n't bo fouad, tears are shad, and everytning goes wrong, all for the lost hour o. thi night before. Early hours by all 11 dans for our children; and, in th so days when our girls are full fie.lged young ladies at li and j 14, I feel a; if every thoughtful moth.-r I should lay 1 his matter to heart an 1 help to keep her daughter*, swo.'t innocent faced litUe girls. Let us put them to bed with th:ir dolls in their arms, and don't laugh at tho.n for codding tlijm,?for, soon enough, we shall stretch out our empty arms, groping in vain for our babi.>s ihat have grown away from us. To me this sjems th:> saddest ti ne in a mother's liie. and ea-h day let us pray for strength to guide aright, that whm thut time s'na 1 eoino (us conn it must) they may not get so far awjy bu-; mother's voice and mother's love can call them Lack.?Harriet Tremaiue Terry in Good Housekeeping. noiiiv uuuu Auuue IU vuuuii j WHIN Before making the plunge into city life country girls should ask theins.-lvcs what- is really to be gained by it. Perhaps in their quiet rural homes ecme stray i.dvei tisement has reached them, prom sing to young women high salaries for light work. Hundreds of advertisements are framed for the purpose of deceiving tha unwary.' They accomplish their purpose, however, and large numbers of young girls rush up to the city, dazzled by the generous confusion of promises. A g.rl from the farm answers one of thess advertisements. Life may havo been slow at home, but there was always good food and plenty, and there was some one to care for in the old farm house. W. en she goesto the big city shi finds that the 'Tght work" consists in working all day in a badly-lighted and ill-sm.dling workshop, whw.-e scons of other girls and women are pmnlovpd at warns hardlv hicrh onoutrh to kbep bo ay and soul together. "We know what often comes nest. The girl has left homo: she is ashamed or unwii.ing to return, and she must take the Conse juonces, one of two things?shame or suffering. Many a girl finds first in tho frivolities and nei;t in the ini mity ot' the streets t lat excitement 1 y which regrets and remorse may bo dadened. If she is too strong in principle, too pure and elevate I in tone to sink down to one of the pitiful women of the street, she may find h. rself in some co d garret, lonely, overworked, despondent and miserable. Better remain at home than ; risk the failure which attends so many gir.s j who go up to th? city in pursuit of high pay j for light work. It is the sa idest of ail veil- ! ture-, forsaking a cour.t.y home for tho ; il usions and deceptions of a large town.? Providence Journa'. Tact in Managing tho Baby. The way to keep the Laby from becoming ; "spoilt"' is to let it cry as little as possible. It will gain strength of mind to endura its necessary ills all tho sooner if it is allowed to suffer as little as possible from ills that I tan be avoided. Its wants should be antici- ; ] a ted, its sources of discomfort should be r&- : moved as soon as they ari;;os without wail- | ing for it to cry5 it should be prevented iu every way from forming the habit of cryi:ig. Study its expression: when it is tired ] ^ of playing on the lioor take it up and dance j i it about iho roo.n, and lot it look out -of the ; J window for a few minutes. In a little while : . it will be glad to go back and play on the floor again. If it is necessary to resort to : discipline, be careful to sei/.e the right moment for it. If you want the baby to learn to go to sleep without being rocked, choose a day 1 when it has boen unusually bright and , J happy all the morning, wait until twenty ] ; minutes or so niter 111a re^uiur uuur iur nap, then cive a cup of milk particularly I sweet and warm and nice, make its liltlo lied soft an J cozy, lay it down gently and soothe it with a litMe kissing and patling, and, if it is not tL'ready too much spoilt, it will only be too happy to clo.->e its eyes in the sweetest kind of s.eop. If it does not, its fit of crying will be as brief and as little injurious as it can be.?Babyhood. The First Element of a Home. I never saw a garment too line for a man or maid; there was never a chair too good for a cobbler or cooper to sit in; never a hous2 too line to shelter the human head. These elements about us. the gorgeou-i sky, the imperial san, are not too good for the human race. Elegance fits man. But do we not value these tools of housekeeping a little more than they are worth, and sometimes mortjragj homo for the mahogany wo would bring into it' I had rather eat my dinner ofT the head of a barrel, or dress after the fashion o? John the Baptist in the wildernesi, or sit on a blocic all my life, than consume all myself before I get hom*1, and take so much pains with tlu outside tiaat tbo inside was as hollow as an empty nut Beauty is a great thing, but beauty of garments, house and furniture is a very tawdry ornament compared with domestic love. All the elegance in ttio world will not make a home, and I j would give more for a spoonful of hearty t love than for whole shiploads of furniture, i and all the upholsterers of the world could j gather together.?Theodore Parker. Director of a Publishing Establishment. ] Mile. Guil'aumin, who died recent y in < Paris, was lor twenty--ix years tbe director ' of La Revue des Economists, (in.I of a great 1 publi<h:ng establishment. This remarkable i type oc a Fiv nek old maid was petite, alerl in her movemen', gay and witty in couver- s sation, but too absorbed to bj co uittish. She lived in a handsomo Hat in the Ruo ] Hi helieu over her printing and pub ishing c ivh -rn slu> )iml hpr nrlifcor. s.il -editors, i prcxx-reauers ami nvmy of hr typographic stall' to dine with h r onco a week, and i WLsero. she often entert-iinod the young i womnfi who folded and stitched ^o urnes in i her oliictt irhj boasted that ?he never quarrelo 1 with any one in her employment. She believed in e ;uai righss, but vns toj bu y to c aim them. (Jne of he;* commonseiisic;.l notions wa; that n.en were nevei i actuated by chivalry in tra le relations, and she held that tho sooner women g-t over the delusion ihe better it would Lie tor them.? Exchange. 1 Home I'cforo All Other Things. I see unrest, discontent, strife and sin: j I see girls?children in years?from whose ! cheek the lirst blush of innocence, from whose soul the last vestige of youth have < vanished, women sold to frivolity, wasting i most precious gifts, whoso ambition h is no ! higher object than to mislead and triumph ! over men: I see men grown hard, selfish and wicked, the slaves of their passions, going down to death, with no hand to save?and all for the lack of a trao home. Then I remember, sceinc all tins sin and wickedness, that the home is the true kingdom of woman, where her rights can never te dethroned, that ail pure love, all right thoughts, all religions. all governments, if wo could have them live and flourish, must have their roots beneath the altar. This conviction impels mo t,n ?nv to everv woman who has a homt "Let homo stand first before all other things;"?Mrs. Henry Ward Bocchor ill Brooklyn Magazine. j The Law of the Napkin. 1 The law of the napkin is but vaguely un- f derstood. One of our esteemed inetropoli- 1 tan Contemporaries informs an eager inquirer that it is bud form to fol I the napkin | 5 ufter dinner; that the proper thing is to ! f throw it with negligent disregard on the 1 table beside the plate, as to lold it would he a reflection on the host, and imply a I'amil- c iarity that would not befif an invited guest ^ But the thoughtful reader will agree with us 1 that this studied disorder is likely to be a ' good ddeal more trying to the fastidious 1 hostess that an unstudied replacing of the 1 napkin in good order oesiue cue visitor's plate. The proper thing is to fold the fab- 1 ric with unostentatious caro an: I lay it on ' the left side of the plnte, lar from the 1 liquids, liqueurs, and coffee, and thus test- 1 ify to the hostess t hat her care m preparing the table has been appreciated.?Household i Words. 1 i Guardian f?t>irits of Ancient Romans. 1 The Junones were fairies or guardian ] spirits of the female sex, one of wnich the j ancient Romans believed to bo born with ] every female, to attend and watch over her j through life, and expire with her at her , decease, precisely as tho Genii with males. 1 They wc ro represented as young girls with j , the wings of a bit or a moth, and entirely j draped Tho male spirits were generally | \ represented naked, or nearly so, ana wim i the wings of a bird.?Boston Budget , "Where Women Doctors Are Liked. Philadelphia appreciates women doctors. , Thore aro ei^bt i'ouial-j physicians there, ! who have an annual practice of ?20,(XX) j each. Thore are twelve whose incomes I , average alove ^>10,U()i> each, and there are | ^ twenty-two who earn over ?.3,01)0 a year ) each.?Chicago Journal. At tho Women's Normal College. | The average attendance at tho "Women's ] normal luuu^u m iiu? jum 10 uutwi 1 , l,."iU0, and tho results of tho system there ( aro particularly encouraging. It is said, , however, that the college rooms are dangerously overcrowded.? Exchange. ^ A colorcl woman. Miss Carrie Bragg, i< 1 editor of Tho Virginia Lancet, published in ! ( Petersburg, Va?the only newspaper in tho | ! Union conducted by ii colored woman. Girls desiring to have small mouths should ! very frequently repeat rapidly, "Fanny I 1 Finch fried live founder fish for Frances ' , Fowler's father." I , Signora Rubenstj;n lias received the high- ] est honors that can be awarded by tho (Jar- I ' u . | < man scuooi 01 puuuwpuv. Queon Victoria insists on reading and cor- ' 1 recting personally the proof-siips of The | Court Circular. | I 1 The only place in Massachusetts where i women do not outnumber men is in the , j prisons. Eighteen thousand female students are in ; attendance upon the colleges of tbis coun- 1 j | "\Vc\st of the Mississippi iiiver. 1 j In forming an idi-a of wbat west means, > it is stated that in the region west of tfcn i Mi w'ssippi >e?l states the size of Massach'i 1 setts could bo p'ac.d. 1 Coat Iup: Cleopatra's Needlf*. The climate of America is very trying both o animate and inanimate objects. Tie exremcs of heat and cold successively o:;pand mrl enntvnet all rahieral substances to such m extent that unless constantly watched and :ept in repair they ure finally disintegrated. L'he drenching rains are also very trying. REPAIRING THE OBELISK. The beautiful obelisk presented a few years *go by the khedive of Egypt to New York, md set upon its base in Central Park, way 'npidly going to destruction. It was chipring oir and crumbling away. Many suggestions were made for its preservation, among others the barbarous one of paiUUllg lb. -?\0 (I fiijAiui c ui |axi mum', rcosote and turpentine was dccidcd on. This is called a water proofing mixture, and jos been applied to buildings to a considerlblo extent. Tho coating was applied to the heated ;tono. Tho manner of putting it on was interesting. The obelisk is also called a "monolith," a word signifying that it is one stone. The column is covered to its top with figures and hieroglyphics. Into the crevices of these the heated coating hud to be driven with an alcohol blowpipe. Tho operation was successfully accomplished, and the stono is as imposing as before, the only difference boinp that it is slightly darker in color. It was sc lofty and slender that great care had to be exercised in erecting the scaffolding around it. l'he glaze-like coating brought out the carved figures hi tine relief. l!ana Catosbiamu Tliie ?o flin ImvikwI rmiiin r>P tlm nnmmnn bullfrog. Common as it is, it is safe to sa? "bat not oik? in a thousand of those who see it very year know its habits or how long it lives. BtLLFROO AND EEETUi. First the frog is hatched into a pclliwig, commonly called tadpole. "When it conies to ;hat how many of us ever know, without ooking into the dictionary, that the correct spelling and pronunciation, are found in the ivord "polliwig?" Again, how long does it take the little tadpole to push out its legs, ilough off ifs tail and develop into a full ;rown bellowing bullfrog that keeps people iwake nights? Well, generally it requires two years to proluce the full siztjd batrachian. It is hatched from the egg in the warm days of spring. If >.o;l is abundant, and it must be very abundant, and if the weather is warm and water is very plentiful, and so on, the little polliwig will develop into a frog before the winter. Bat, generally, it is not till the second sum:nrr that it can slough o.'L' its degrading can]al appendage and rise to the full dignity of 1 creature without a tail. In Canada it always requires two years. The illustration shows how tho frog snaps :ip a bettle with his long, lightning tongue. The bull fi-og Ls a most ravenous eater. He Ls carnivorous, eating every living creature that he can get outside of. Bugs, mice, birds, spiders, snakes, and sma'l turtles and grasshoppers and crawfish are nlik* fish to Iris net. lie is not particular, hut ho is iwfully hungry most of the time. (-iood sized pebbles have i.oi n found in his stomach. These frogs have been known to even gobble up young (tU-ks. I>ut on the other haud, young ducks also gobble up the. frogs when tli-y get the clianiv, so honors are easy. The tadpole of the bullfrog is huge and strong, mid grayish green in color. In winter the Did frog ceases to sing and buries himself in Liio mm I. i>UD pomwigs m urooKS ?aiu puois are common enough thoughout tho cold vvt;;i 1 her. This frog is tho one that is eaten. Only tlie hind legs are t;sed for this purpose, and they are a gn at delicacy, tasting more dainty than the finest game birds. In South Carolina tho hull lrog grows sometimes to be twenty-one inches long. It is caught for market either by shooting or by baiting a liook with a piece of red flannel or with an insect of some sort-. The creature is so voracious that it snaps nt everything it sees, and therein lies its destruction. The anatomical structure of the frog bears to that of a human being a weird resemblance that is startling. In swimming the motions Df the two are identical. This queer likeness suggests strange kinships. Astronomical Events for 1880. Tho principal astronomical event of 1S.SG will be the total eclipse of tin; sun on the 2!>th jf August. The line of totality in this eclipse ivill cross the Atlantic ocean, traversing land in the "West Indies just after sunrise, and in southern Africa toward sunset. On the coast af Venezuela the total phase lasts nearly five minutes, and at Grenada, in the "West Indies, th? duration will be nearly four minutes. It seems probable that in the latter part of April and first part ot' May wo are to have tho unusual spectacle of two fine comets visible it the saiwi time. Barnard's comet is increasing in brightness. Another comet was (lis covered by i'VUiry at tlio fans observatory, Dcc. 1, ami this will finally surpass Barnard's n brilliancy. It will bo seen in the north, md its position will be very similar to that of ,ho brilliant comet of 1S81. For a short time t will not set at all in our latitude, but will renain visible throughout the night. The comet; 6 now visible in a moderate-sized telescope, ma is increasing slowly in brightness. About A.prii 1 the V urease will become more rapid, | ind by the middle or latter part of thot aionth it -will undoubtedly become visible to 8{ the linked eye. Its maximum brightness, si ; iver (i(K) times as bright as when it was (lis* j jrf :overed. will be reached about May 1, when i b ! it will be situated in the sky, not far from fj( i Barnard's comet; mid by the end of May it 0] will have passed south of the equator, becom- 6i mg again a teiescopie object. Another fa- b vocable circumstance is noted in the fact that c] when the comet is at its bright ?st, thos e will n be no moon to detract from its splendor. Dr. b Weiss points out the possibility that on April b 21) or 27 the comet may be between as and 0| the sun, and may consequently be projected s-( on the sun's disk. * S( n Statistics of Suicide. p Tlie English journals contain an abstract of j B an interesting paper read before the Statis- ! n tica.i society, by Dr. W. Ogle, on "Suicides h li England and Wales in Relation to Age, Sex, K Season and Occupation." The proportion of <} suicides is 72 annually per 1,000,1)00 persons v iviiio- Thn suicide rate increases rapidly intil after middle life, lut," in the more advanced age periods, again diminishes. The maximum rate is in the i>>-05 years period, . j tvhen it reaches &>1 per 1,000,000. The malo Q* I "ate is far higher than the female, with the p exception of tlio period between 15 and 20 ! y'ears of age, when the female rate is slightly ' in advance. The occupations hi which micido rates aro lowest are those which ^ imply rough manuetl labor, carried on mostly out of docfe Tho occupations with tho highest suicide rates ai'e tho.so ^ which are sedentary, liko the learned professons, and also such as notoriously lead to in- p temperance. As regards farmers, suicides nearly doubled in the two years lS79-80,when ^ i li. 1 onn+iii or??l CI 111 agricultural CUM/IUr^R vttm iiiuou iwiu ****** ultaneously with this rise in their suicide rate j:, there was a corresponding rise in their regis- ^ tercd bankruptcies. The amount of suicides j varies with tbo Reasons, forming a regular y annual curve, of which the minimum is in n December and the maximum in June. The ^ commo; icst method of suicide is hanging; then y follow in order drowning, cutting or stabbing, poisonirg, shooting. Women, however, s:elect ? drowning before hanging, and poisoning before cutting or stabbing. Women take any j. poifton indifferently; men choose painless and sure preparations. The choice of method is also affected by age, the young showing a cc ruparative preference for drowning, poison- . in;; and shooting; by occupation, men preferring the instruments of their trades; by sea- * so.i, drowning being avoided in cold months. o ? Green Oysters. , 1 ' J. as J * Tlae green color wmen sometimes auetia ^ American as well as European oysters hag ^ .formed the subject of a late special investiga- ^ tion by a mieroscopist at the Smithsonian institution. Ho finds that it is the minute t "blood eel In Which become tinged with green, c and that these tend to lodge in the heart and . the gills in numbers great enough to give a r green api>oaraiice. The coloring matter, j. which may be vegetable or an abnonnal pro- t duct of digestion, is entirely harmless, and in g 310 wise due to a copper tincture, as is popu- j iarlv supposed. j. Facts of Interest. The government tea farms are to be aban- 1 | doncd. t j Diphtheria is tbreo times as fatal to black children as to white ones. The average change of temperature in Cali- f fornia the year round is only 'J degs. The national herbarium at Washington ti now contains over ^>,000 specimens. I A ff'l-nrm iq r?rn- ^ jected. It is to run through Siam from tho I British possessions. r Milwaukee beer decrease:! in 1S85 to the amount of '.'.OUO barrels. This looks as though the temperance people were getting in their * work. c Th'.i largest steel rifle ever made in this country has just been finished at tho Wash- <] ington navy yard. It is of 8-inch bore, oO s feet, long, and throws a ball weighing 200 s pounds with 173 pounds of powder. t I THE fesMMg; | M c S Spring Hon net. g TTe hnvo liore a graceful and becoming t bonnet for an elderly woman. It is stylish, t t. Ai which old ladies' s bonnets ought al- v ways to be. It is quite a mistake that as a woman becomes advanced in years she should pay less attention to her dress. On the contrary ,she should pay more, because then is the time Vr when she needs p&L dress to set her off. She need not wear ? P"1'1 anc* ^uo and ia giI1sy hat- bufc ?{%&lier clothes, though subdued in color, ^V'v"^ should be of handHOT tOXXm ?"'[ very carefully and B I fashionably made. A woman should bo I c ! pleasing in appearance to the jate.st day of ; her life. j | The illustration shows a black lace bonnet | which has a puffed crown of piece lace and a 5 j coronet of bronze beads, consisting of a drop { ; trimming of beads headed by beaded leaves. ] I A similar trimming of leaves and drops is at : the back. A lace scarf, seven inches wide, j extends across the front behind the coronet, ; and forms the strings. A large rosette of the I same lace, with beaded leaves at the center, forms the trimming for the front. Croon, rink and Iilne Dinners. | A green dinner is one given to tho girl wha : is to come out next winter. The tablo is decI orated with smilax and green leaves; all the names arc inscribed on green ribbons, which extend from the center of the table, radiating to each guest, with the name of the person to ] whom it is addressed written, in gold, on the ribbon. At ono opulent dinner table all the glaos was of that pale green tint which looks so cool, and china with a green edge was used. There were bouquets of green leaves of differ| cut tints, and a few buds still in their green i { sheath. All the varieties of green vegetables, I s I as asparagus, spinach, aiul lettuce, were ireciy i r experimented upon, and a salmon with a; t green sauce was of course in order. t At a pink dinner for a rosebud the wholo a table was couleur de rose; glass, china and table cloth were all of a roseate complexion. The pink lamp shades and pink roses, the ribbons and pink damask cloth, made for once a i pretty novelty. Pink fans, of course, accom-j t ! panied this pink dinner. This was given to a i j clebutantj as the first dinner of her coming- : ^ 1 out winter. In this one can see the influence j of "Wagner, who uses the diapason of color so ! i freely in his ojjcnis?a quulity much spoken [ i of bv Mr. Hawois. Thus every one rcinem- j s 1 icrs the whiteness of "Lohengrin," the swan | I being the keynote, and the redness of "Meph- F istopheles," and the yellow tones in thu ii j "Meistersinger," and the appropriateness ol, j Lis strtge setting, as to <?olor, was alwayf' y i noticed at Baireiith, ft I i-4-;.. * j . . V". , . , . A blu? dinner is far more difficult to man;e. It is an unbecoming color for lamp lades, making every one look ghastly. 16 therefore necessary to confine one's self ta . lue ribbons, ami almost tlio only blurt Dwer we have, the forget-me not, is not very' namental. Tliese dinners are given to lifc ary lailics, and have tJiis sole excuse for sing, that they bring oat the "old blue'' la lina, which is always worth seeing. Blue lenus and blue chairs, blue portieres and iue fans and favors, aro sometimes added, ut a blue table cloth is unknown. A pieco f rich embroidered blue brocade may be '.retched under the silver epergne. "We have c en a fine set of knives, carver ami all, j e. lounted in htjils lazuli handles, curios from I f 1'ussia, brought out for one of these dinners. j j, .ut the plain, simple, moderate hostess might a lake something pretty out of the idea if she [ ^ a/1 a mind to do so. Jockey caps of blue ! a itia and sashes and belts might be intra- tj uced. A lace table cloth over blue reps a ery pretty. h New Dress Good!*. p Nearly all woolen fabrics are called vefl b lg or etamine. The plain goods is Veiling, ? nd the fancy material etamine. They aro b ombined in one suit, as heretofore. All c olors aro to bo worn, but the various shades t f beige promise to be most popular. Both f wi/.u eiiifu oi'fl of ivnpcfwl pfliminM A laui UUVl 1 1V.U OUilO MAW VI. T. Wi UVN.V. w . i open work. The distinction is made be- a ween simple and elegant styles by the man- c er hi which they are lined. For instance, a t iwn-colored etamme, lined with cherry or s eddish gold silk, makes a most showy toilet v 'retty tissues in roimd open network are of c oarso tulle, with satin or jjlain stripes. ? 'here are also etamines with velvet stripes, i Dined by a woven piece hi open work. A e ark moss-green material of this kind has lands of velvet about two fingers wide, 'he open work is about half this width, 1 rith a stitching of ruby-colored thi-cad mining through the center. Another style is * ark navy blue in open network, crossed 1 rith stripes in relief in Turkish style, com- i rising two shades of red, white, green, blue, ] nd a little yellow. Breton costumes will be 1 een in these goods. The striped bands serve 3 or trinunings. 1 c Cliange in I)res? Cutting. French dressmakers have made a change in heir way of cutting waists. They now disease with nil daW;-;, even for stout figures, .nd the waists sit Wee a glove. Those waists ,re usua'ly open Over a plastron. There is a mall side piece under the arm, and then a ront piece cut bias and fastened to the plasron by a seam which extends from the neck lown to the basfjutJ, and gives shape to thd vaist. Tlie seam is ifuHr.p'ensahle, as it v&)laces the darts. f-triped fabrics are paricularly well fuited to this kind of waist,,be ause the front to cut bias and sewed to the ilastron, which is straight. The plastron nay be of the same goods, but it is better to lave it of striped or ribbed material, for then he contrast between the straight and bias joods is more marked. Wa'sts for young adies are very low in the neck, but they " t il. ? if i~.11 _ 1 ( lave small gunnpes uncierneaui 01 nuie mew, Waited 011 tl:e shoulder and draped on the ' nside of the waist. There arc also "eorse- ' ets." which are taken under the arm. but hese also have guimpos of plaited crepe lisse. I l'etticont*- in Paris. | It may, perhaps, not le amiss to devote a ] ?w lines to the sub jet b of petticoats?upper 1 > tticoats that are \v orn immediately under ! io dress. For dark toilets they aits made of 1 ?!ack or dark colony I silk; they are trimmed < vith n thick niche ofaille of the snme color, 1 linked at the edges, or jxrhaps with stn eral i uches of black 1? ce, which is very pretty, i >ut not so servicea )le. For the spring 1 here i ire being made pe ;ticoats of moire or wat ered I tuff in all colors. They are adapted to the i Iress with which they are to be worn, a dark tetticoat being v oni with a dark dress and a 1 ream or mastic petti< oat with a light r'less. Trio moire of w) ich they nro made is a cotton i tuff, whi ;h keeps its stiffness, and there are J teel springs in the petticoat to form the ( Ournure. Except for indoor toilets in tl e iimmer. 'vhito petticoats are no longer worn ; lirectly vnder the dress.?Haider's Bazar. < New Combinations. j There are Japauoso or Mikado borders, < Oriental, cashmere, mediaeval and mixed do- 1 ign bord ?rs in broche, of silk or wool, and in i ndless v; .riety and beauty. Plain g<x?ls come i vitli all 1 iese bordered and striped stuffs, to \ ?e eombi: ted with them in the composition of i nits whe se general outlines are simple and i s'hose m;.ke up is tailor-like.- 1 Men's Spring Collars nnd Scarfs. ( The plain round collar for gentlemen is rapidly going out, I p- ? -- | and pity, too, for it 1 lA is the most becoming neckwear man ^ ever wore. ?>ut it | *i\-?~S\ I is doomed, and its L \ \ / / J pi a rx? is being taken . by the pointed styles . * ^ "S. suown 111 liio mujjV -^7? tration. The points \\ ~/\ r;liri from small to j x., \ larS? and sharp, t? i meet the tastes of \ "* \/ \J wearers, whether ( Gentlemen's collars. tkey are content ( with being moderttely in tho fas!iion or desire tho extreme ( if it. , Tho Furnishing Gazette shows new pot- , ems of neck scan! and ties. * ( The one which has the effect of being a tie icarf is not really so; but is a made-up scarf ( o imitate the knotted one. It is called the | ^ Larchmont. | ( ^1P /s^ *i j ' vM Jj|j I ii ,pl 11 NECK SCAUPS. i *C It is now the proper thing l'or gentlemen to ^ lave a large variety of scarfs of various1 v hnpes to wear on different oeeasions. Bright S( * i i . i i_. ,i . t'cl ones variously stripeu nuu i-mn. jn.-u m c 0 onsidcrably worn. In truth, men nro got-: ing to ho jis proud nf their many nock scorl's ^ a; women are of their old laces. j ^ FASHIONLETS. [ f All sorts of straws will be worn ill hats and j e xmncLs this spring. j ^ The latest novelty in fane}' slippers are | hose embroidered with garnet beads. j f The latest fancy in splashers arc large j s nns spread against the wall behind the wash' j 0 tand. j r Borders for entire skirts for side and back ' ^ ancls and for parts of frocks are the featuru ^ .1 spring styles. The briifi>' of new spring hats are neither | p ride nor eccentric. They we nail-rower in tha i3 aek than in front. - -.'L. ...... . THE QUEEN'S CAIRt J VISIT TO THE ROYAL FARM AND ITS OCCUPAHY& : Peep at tho Poultry Hotinefr?Her Majesty's Favorite Pet*?Earthern Cans of . Milk and Delicious ltolls of IVutter? Milking Time. The Home park is about four miles m cit* umferdice, extending from the north and' xst sidag c/f the castle to ti e banks of tha'hflmPi nnrl- I'fttifcimintr nhnnf; 500 n/?rfis.< irgely studded with forest trees, wiltf venues of elm planted in the reign of Queenf Lnne, which throw a delicious sLtv-io alt bout in summer and afford a rest to the ir>id eye by their green umbrageous luxurinco. First of all the queen's aviary, or poultry ous s, claim our interest. These are a art of the homo farm, and are sheltered y stately clumps of elm trees on the southaafc side of the park. The fowl-house is a eautiiul somi-Gotbic building. There is a entral pavihon, a sort of resting place for bo royal family when they inspect the owl, or como hither for afternoon tea.' Vo peeped inside. It all looked very homely ind clean. T.ie chairs and ccutheswere overed in pretty, bright chintz. All about he room were cas?s of stuTed fowl of all orts and cases of stuffed birds beloved vke 1 in life by the <;tieen. One tiny, f.uTy Luckling, tbat she had nursed in her hand ind tried to keep warmth and life in, stood n a tiny glass case, as though quite frightued at so much posthumous honcr. HER MAJESTY'S FAVORITE DOVE. A ring dove came next "Ah! her majesty oved that pretty dear," said the mistress of ;he aviary. "It was the one thrown into ler carriage when she visited old Ireland vith the prince consort SIis took it as a jook omen, and was very fond of the dov?>. lYell, she brought it to Windsor, and frooi t came generations of doves?some of ih?fe4 rou see in their cotes above this little hous# ind on both sides of it She rote fefy* fbtii3 )f thatlriih dova" "What a pathetic aide' ? the character of the queteta that she should,- '- $ n the midst of her cares of state, fln^ timo a love her farm, with her cows and fowls! [n another case we See some game, shot by1 ;he prince consort in 18-18, kept sac edly irt ibis little nook. All the feathered pets are' ;hus kept in mercory. The queen often visits the little room, and ivhen her children were little they had tea )ir a l)1ug ana wane cmna service, wio . iiinple fare consisting of fresh mflk, egg8y ind buttered toast, with delicat3 cups o* ;ea. Inde.d, her gracious majesty is not d ait proud, but is quite as homely as any Dne, when she comes roaming about her farm, and every fowl on the p ace knows tier and the sound of her gentle voice. We rambled about, looking at the white turkeys, the golden pheasants, the Brahmin [owls, the Cochin Chinas, and the dozens bf Dther fowls of the rarest breed and beauty, ill looking monstrous wise as they strutt%J ibout in their grave, deliberate fasliion. milk CA'h And rolls of butteb. In the royal dairy were added proofs of bhe quoen's great love for her royal husL and. He it was who designed the beautiful tiled building. Marble medallions of the two?th6 queon and her consorts-are ob-' served as we enter. The cooling-room ii< tilled with the earthen cans of milk set to :ream. Tha walls are softly tiled, telling fcha story of the four seasons in their success sive divisions. The windows are double' ones, the inside windows being or colored glas>, showing the red and white roses^-1 bouses of York and of Lancaster?the this* ties of Scotland and the shanttoekof irel&fidj with buttercups and dther bibssom . Tho riairy mistress is a wholesome, cleauljr-looking Sc otch, woman. The pans of milk, the rolls of butter, and tha restfulness of the room are all refreshing to th& weary tourist sven to gaze upon. We learn that wh'rover her majesty happens to be she has her own batter sent 10 her for her private table use. After the cooling-room and the churning-room wo stray down to the cows. Theso are the choicest breodi?Jerseys, Guernseys, Alderneys, and also the big Lancashire cows. It is milking time, and the small breeds of cows look at us with fairly human intelli-" ' gence. Then, in the little housed pens, the tiny calves gaze in hulf-frightened love into into our eyes and bend their pretty heads to receive our caressing touch. Nothing is so motherly of look in its big, soft eyes as a cow Next to oUr human mothers there is a wondrous softness and maternity in the expression of a cow's eyes. We read in its ? $ depths patience, tenderness, faith, as nowt.ore else in the animal world.?Cor. Boiton Herald A New Circus In P.irls. It was chic to be at the opening of tbf new. Cirque Gller. This new circus occupies ti AL. -U tt^I?* *? 4.1 i)..? c me sue ui tuo uui v aivuuuu in uuo i>ue ?i. Honoro. It is a luxurious place,- ptovtfvti with comfortable stalls, a tier of bokes, and * promeuade-fumoir. Part of the boxes have baen hired by the year by the swell clubs, the Cercle de la Rue Royale, the Cercle des Champs Ely sees, the Union, the Jockey, the Eclaircurs, and the Cercle de la Rue \ olney. The mundane apostle of this :ircus has been the Prince do Sagan, and the organizer of the programme the gentleman \r \fnlior whn hna n nrivnt.A /*ir xuiawit* j AIA. *U</MWI j ?> ? j-. ..% -? :us of his own at Passy. The great nov.'lty of this circus is that 3urin;r the entr'acte the arena sinks into thai ;round, and discloses a piscine nine JeeV loop. At pivsont tha Johnson family per-' * form swimming feats in the water, but the* Prince de Sagan, the great lanceur of the . irciis, proposes shortly to strengthen the jjogramme by piscatorial matches, iu ivhich members of the aristoc-ra-y will conicnd with rod and lino and wriggling worm> ;he jo . key against the Union, tho dukes igainst tho counts. Tho puffery of this now iircus by means of names and titles is an Hustration oc a curio.is phenomenon of Renibluan society?tho hiring outof sociail influence, tho leaning of elegance for an eveung, just j:s certain specinl.stsloan out plate, lowers, or chain for a kettle drum.? Paris /6r. London World. How to Keep Oysters Alive. A discovery which will be interesting to ?iont-.ict? <rniirmnnrl<i. ami lishmonrrftrs hn? teen mado l-y M. VeriB, a French scientist, rho is studying the question of how to preprve oysters after tkoy have l otn taken ut of the water. Mr'.- Vet-ill found an old ottle, which had been picked up at sea, and o which several oysters were attached, tanging as a curiosity in front of a fishmonger's shop, where it had been on view or saveral months. On examination the ystcrs were proved to be all alive, with the xception of those the shell of which was not uite intact. The conclusion which M. Verill draws rom this fact, and from experiments of the ame kind which he ha3 made, is that, tf ysters with a perfect shell are plac.d in a eceptac'.e throu:h which the air can freely iass, cure b ing taken t:iat the wop^y part .f the shell is turned downward and the lingo upward, it is possible to keep oysters lerfectly fresh for itfveral month* Thti ilan is certainly wortl: trying, especially ai i ran be aone almost w'itnout any expense -Chi ago Tril une. I ' C* i ^ ;W: