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The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 12. WOMAN AND HOME, r. . Mistakes of making children slaves to their clothes. Hints to Young Lad lew Who Rusticate. Helen Hunt. ?T:ick.son?I.oro and I<loaI> izlng rroccM-Marrj ing a Poor Man. ^ Paragraphs and Items. ' One of the most frequent minor mistakes of parents is the making of children slaves to their clothes. I know whole families of childi-en who havo never really breathed a free breath, so many cautions have they received about soiling or tearing their clothes, and in such fear have they stood of the consequences of such j>etty disasters. It is wicked and cruel to dress children in such a manner that their freedom is restricted by thoughts of their clothing and all the frolicsome pleasures of childhood practically forbidden to them. There are few things which make one more unhappy than to see a number of little girls standing around on a sunny % e " nil rirossp/i in inv 1UM U Ul a juviiuu^ ??. ... maculate fiherv, and with dainty shoes upon their foot, to whose existence one solitary childish romp would prove fatal. I have seen them many a time standing around in this manner, not daring to do a single natural or c hildish thing for fear of their clothes Ix'ing soiled and they being reproached therefor. It is pitiable and exasperating. The folly of such mothers is only equaled by their cruelty, for it Ls both foolish and cruel thus to repress young children. How can .such children have health?the dihivtiirinttt. nf nil children? How .can they develop any of their natural powers! Sow can tliev by the foundations of an}* education which is worth tbo name unless thfty are allowed a chance to make their own free observation of the phenomena of the natural world.* A perfect unconsciousness of their clothing is one of the natural rights of children. They should ho so dressed that they shall not feel their clothing as restricting any natural action, and in such material as can be easily cleaned?made so simple that the number of pieces which goes to tire laundry is of no imiortance. Thus only can they be really happy and free, and capable of developing their bodies and minds in a natural manner. {Strong, heavy shoes, free from the bigh heels which make cripples of so many of our little girls, are indispensable. A girl has as much right to these things as a boy. And she has the same right to ruu and romp, to race through the dewy grass, and to climb the highest tree if she lie sc mimled. If she could be saved from her clothes, Lilieratcd from her shoes, emaiicipafcxl from her complexion, and allowed t<3 lead a natural, simple life till she is obliged tc assume the proprieties of young ladyhood, there would be more healthy and hearty and happy women in this land, more happj homes, ancl fewer little graves 011 the hillside. The slavery of dress will begin soon enough for all girls; lot them at least bo fret from its tyranny in childhood. They need not be tastelessly or unattractively attired even t<> do this. Simplicity in dress is always charming in ?lie young, ami for children it is the only propriety. .And with simple attire give them plenty of freedom to enjoy it Don't lay too many restrictions ujxm them Let them enjoy life in then- own way. Don't try to cramp them all into one moM Lei eaeli one develop along the line of his own individuality. Thus only can there be anj originality i:i this connnonplaco worldChicago Tribune. II?1pk Hunt Jackson's Seniltlvencai. No one loved Iwauty more than she; nc one could depreciate the body more when il began to lose its fi-eslmess. For stroiij young men in their prime, for blooming giru and mature womanhood, she had nil admira ticuosfra?:k and almost as unqualified as ? Greek's. But her very adoration of physica loveliness made her peculiarly sensitive t< imix-Tfection and the dismal accompaniment: of tickncss. In her own ease, when accident fcrought infirmity upon her, it was receix-ed at first with a shudder of disgust, a kind ol quick impulsive scorn, of which, perhaps only nol >Ie natures are capable. She spoke ol her illness as "a career of disgrace."' It wai not, probably, for the loss of creature com forts, nor even the long train of aiflictiom which it entailed; these she could endure they proved, in fact, a field for the cxercLa of a fortitude which was little short of heroic Health meant liberty, its loss an endles series of restrictions affecting her activity and the free play of her intelligence. Shi resented them as something outside of liar self, which deserved only contempt anc chastising. Her soul, she thought, could lifi itself abore them?was above them. Throughout her sufferings, she kept bed sunnincss of spirit, her serenity and elas ticity. And she continued to work. This, in deal, was an integral part of her creed. T< idlers and dilettanti she had always turned t cold shoulder; they had no place in hoi scheme of things. If her antipathy assumei at times a humorous form, it was none tin less real and deep seated. It would liav< ' gratified the most rigid economist to hav< IK'firU ult sci iuih1 11113 whtsis vi ill c an i period of active production. She rejoiced t< call herself, and be called, a working woman there was no bettor title under heaven to ho sense, and her life was a long enforcement o the belief, a fruitful illustration of how i could be practiced with diguity and success ?Princeton Review. Tho Disillusion of Matrimony. As lore is always an idealizing processtind it is the charming craft of the girl to aii and abet the illusion of the devoted lover b; a thousand exquisite arts that he never sus pects?the chances are that in nine cases ou of ten the first she months of married life ar months of disillusion. The sense of possession, which plays so ira portant a role in the consumption of love, ha n finality with her that he cannot understand This is the end of her drama. But ho doesn1 want it to end. It was tho delicious littl actress that he admired without knowing il and now she insists upon turning off the ga and washing off her paint and prosaically ir forming him that the curtain is down. Ahii'! how ninny women have awakene from their long dream of a hero, and in th silence and desolation of their chamber hav poured bitter tears out to their mii-rors, bt jrauso chivalry and poetry and sentimeu have resolved themselves into common mas culinity with a large appetite and a disp< eition to get weary of tenderness now tha there is no bar to it. IVhero is the man or woman who can touc fcheeo intricate and absorbing themes outeid of fiction with the deft fingers of tmth an esntiaient.?Nym Crinkle in Kew Yor World. \ Tonng Lni'ies in the Country, "It is well enough to go into tho countr and p'ay tennis and croqucfc, go on fishin excursions and picnics, and sit in tho hot su half of the dr.y, but what shall one do wit then* completion.'" lamented a fashionab young lady the other day. Some one suggested that it was fasliionab! to return home as brown as an Indian. "But I do not get brown," she exclaimed. ' turu a horrid red, and then my skin begins 1 come off, and my face gets rough and does n< 'tocfe Rt all pretty.", For the benefit of such young ladies the following items were givon by an old lady of CO, who is still considered a beauty, and who retains a complexion noted for its delicacy of coloring: Wear a large white sun hat when outdoors in the daytime, even if sitting in the shade. The neck should never be permitted to be sun-burned, and to avoid this wear thin flannel underwear, with a lawn or muslin dress, and tie a silk handkerchief about the throat when out boating. ; A cheap toilet water is made out of a half , pint of water, n small cup of cider vinegar, and the same amount of milk. Put into a jar or bottle, and apply to the face with a , soft sponge. Let it remain over night or until perfectly dry, and then wash it off with warm water. It will remove tan. ; A shining face may l>e avoided by ladies who do not use powder if it is bathed over night with warm water and the e3*es only sponged in the morning. A {tomade for the face, to remove tan am! whiten the skin, is made out of an ounce of I almond paste, the juice of two lemons and a little eau de cologne. It is to be applied at bed time and left on the face until morning. Gloves should be worn constantly to pre' * ?-- ' * * * Tl? ...f vent iue uanus irum wuuuu^. iuc mvou.^i viceable are largo ones of dog skin of a dull tun shade, and these are suitable for most | country pleasures. ' Rain water is the best for toilet purposes , and keeps the skin soft and smooth. Boiled rain water is considered as effective as a Turkish bath in removing tan. Masks of white cloth, dampened with warm water, are worn at night by ladies who have , the courage to stand their unpleasantness, and are considered most effective for beautii fying the complexion. Dark colored veils of heavy gauze are a protection against the suu when driving or i riding.?New York Journal. In Marrying: a Toor Man. An advantage over a poor girl that the rich one bas in marrying a poor man is that a woman of the world, who has seen much of society, rarely suffers from that morbid sclfi consciousness which is the most frequent form of snobbishness to be found among small i gentlefolks, and which makes them ever prone to take o tie use and to think that ever}' little [ action of their neighbors is the result of dei liberato intention. Half the "slights'' and ' I "insults" of which such people complain are i quite unintentional, and are caused l>y that i ! forgetfulness which is the natural outcome of i | the hurried existence of those busy bees of , i 'ashion or of hard work, who are the most t j usual offenders. | The adaptability of woman is truly won j derful, and tho poor man'a wife will, if she > i has ?ven moderate Intelligence, in a short > i timo emerge from the anxious, over-careful i ! peiiod of her early married life; and, having 1 | discovered the scale at which her new income ' I will jx?rmit her to live, she will find that her I previous knowledge of bow things ought to i i be done will enable her to become that most > ; excellent ty]? of a housewife, one who can I \ combine elegance with economy. 1 ! N'c do not mean to assert that even' rich > girl is fitted to be a poor man's wife, or that < | every poor girl is unsuitable. In every posi) : tion there arc women unlikely to be good . : wives to anybody, and others who could , j hardly fail to do their duty in an}* state of ; i life to which they may be called But, tak> nvnciirn rr/vvllU>CC Oll/l !? ' | *4lO n?VICl^\? W.W4..QV..VV, i it will be found that the rich ones are more ' | often happy and contented in small houses I than those who have never lived in anything else.?Loudon Queen. Whnt Will Happen to Girls. ? Thirty-nine girls. t In ten years fifteen will have married. I ! In ten years seven of the fifteen will be > j widows dependent upon their own exertions j for bread and meat i j In ten years fifteen of tho remaining I twenty-four will be sleeping beneath the nod. > ! And how far apart they will bo sleeping! One 5 ! iu Georgia, one in California, one in Ohio, t ' one in Virginia, another, perhaps, in a misl . sionary's grave in China, another amid tho E ashes of the aneient Aztecs of Mexico, on? ' other?but only time will tell where they all f [ will sleep. i j In ten years, the nine I have not yet men tioned will begin to loso their sweetness and > develop something of the sourness supjx>sed to i ! be inseparable from women that ore destined * | to be old mauls. * I In ten years, not one of the thirty-nine but * j that will have tasted of the bitterness that < ! -jomes in time to all human beings. Hope s ; will be blighted, loved ones will l>o claimed - by that same skeleton you beheld just now, 1 sorrow in a hundred forms will l>e exuerit | enced?indeed, to every one a surfeit of dead j ;ca fruit will be offered.?Atlanta Constituf tioiL . | Curtains for u ISadly I.if:lite<l ltoom. ) ! The following advice is given by The Art i 1 Amateur to a correspondent who wants to r know n cheap but. effective way of curtaining 1 the narrow and disproportionately high i windows of a poorly lighted sitting room: 5 ;'Cut off from the upjwr part of the windows a enough to make the height of the window j >ro* ' portionate to the width, and fill the upper > part with Japanese lattice work, which can ; be bought very cheap at almost any of the r 1 Japanese stores. Below have a narrow brass f ; pole, with the usual brass rings. From this t | suspend 'Crete' curtains, which are transpari ' rent, but heavier than tho similar grenadine I ~(i4A/)AW.n ? ltruu ? i, .<P I L^UVUd UllIOl ?UUU(U 09, II IbU U il^Ut WIUL U1 I rich cream-color window stinde as a back' ground for the latticework, as it will - ' be if the shades are kept down a foot or 1 two, you will retain more light in the room 7 than you could secure by the use of any other > kind of curtains and have an artistic effect at t a snail expense. "?Exchange. b Secrot of Being Well Dressed, i- Nowhere is an American woman dressed so a well as in New York. An Englishwoman is I ; dressed well nowhere. The American woman t will not have a dress made in London if she e :an get across the channel to be measured on French soiL It will not do to employ a i dressmaker in England, althongh rank and t* wealth there command the best modistes. It does not answer to say that their art detorid orates, like the flavor of Beaujolais, by transo | portation, for when the Englishwoman goes e ! to France to be dressed she, like the New y \ York woman, comes back no better dressed it than when sho left home. "Dress!" exclaimed >> \ \ Chicago girL "It all depends on tho way f : you swing it. " luaii is iuu kitci uiKjr mi. 11 The Englishwoman cannot swing it at all; the American woman swings it pretty well, but h the swinging of a Frenchwoman is a poem.? e Courier-Journal. d jp j The "S?ry?i" of the Food Mother. The good housekeeper forgets that tho large house with its wealth of furnishings and its many cares to which she steadily devotes herj ; self has anything to do with it Oh, these g | houses! and tbo fond mother so proud of her n (vell-dressed children, and, perhaps, proud as b' well of the fact that it is all her own work, 1? ' never thinks that theso millions of beautiful j stitches aro in any way responsible for tho [9. tremor and tho hoi Cash that the slam of a door will produce, or for inability to bo pail tient with the precious charges that need such xj careful guidance. What loving wife, whose vj ' heart rises in hor throat" at the seeming abitraciioa of her bushand lo business, or noma* thing beside the joy of her presence and of home, ever thinks that sbo has imparted her nervous depression to him, from which, possibly, if he be sensitive and never bo loving, he cannot rally??Cleveland Leader. Uncivil Manners lletween Boys. There Is a good deal of rudeness between boys in their intercourse and bearing with one another that Is not really intended as such, but is not, therefore, any the less to bo disapproved. It is often simply the overflow of excessive high spirits. But the very best good humor, unrestrained by proper bounds and limitations, may become the most positive incivility. We often apologize for the coarseness of people by saying "He means welL" It is well if we can make such an apology fo? them, for if their rudeness is really inteutional they are not fit to be received into any worthy person's society. But thoy who mean well i .. . . ,1 ?J e | j should also uo wen, ami iue nayo ui jwuianess arc nover so easily learned as in .youth. Tho boy who is habitually coarse and rude in his bearing toward other boj-s will be such as a man toward men, und all his life will never gain the reputation of being a gentleman.? Philadelphia CaJL What "Father Says" *n<l Pops. If parents think that children do not notice closely everything they do they make a serious mistake. Children see quickly and reason with marvelous exactness, and are not easily deceived. They are more likely to notice every littlo act of the father, because he is not always at home, and what I "ittt'ucr says" and what "father does" are the things they most wish to say and do. No matter how dearly they may lore their mother it is undoubtedly ttuo that children imitate the father far more closely than they do tho mother. So, therefore, the fart a lamer Dears m mo iramuig <jl tumu cu ? very, very important one, and ho who shirks '% throwing it all on the shoulders of tho already overburdened mother, will have a serious sin to answer for some day.?Cleveland Leader. Peculiar to a Boarding ScliooL There is a fashionable boarding school in New York where the "young ladies" are taught to enter and get out of a carriage. A vehicle with tho proper jwdal arrangements for this sort of exercise, which determines a lady's breeding and claim to social position, is kept in the back yai\l of the educational establishment, and there the "carriage classed are put through the most arduous training. Another accomplishment, peculiar to this giltadgoJ academy, is learning to eat asparagus, oranges, grapes and other juicy and unmanageable viands, hi a style that shall represent the perfection of table manners.?Good Housekeeping. What Becomes or vaunr Mmienu. Out of nearly 700 Vossar graduates about 200 have l>een drawn in nuptial noose. The full-blown buds left have taken up various callings. There tire 17 physicians, 2 organists, 10 bookkeepers, 5 chemists, 15 school principals, 2 farmers, 1 census clerk, 2 insurance agents, 2o0 teachers, 0 artists, 1 law clerk, 5 librarians, 1 copyist, 12 music tcachers, 3 astronomical assistants, 2 journalists, 3 gymnastic teachers, 2iiussionaries, 3 public readers and 4 authors.?Chicago Herald. How to Choose Wall Pnper. Light wall paper should bo chosen on a sunshinj' day, and dark paper in a somewhat shaded corner. The reason for this is that tho light paper is lighter and reflects brightness, and the dark paper is really darker, on the wall than when ono side only is shown in the lighted room! It would be well if ]?per hangers h ut a corner rack, that is one with a right angle in it, to judgo of tho reflections of two walls of any sort of paper.?Cleveland Leader. Should Harden tho Little Bodie*. To get tho full benefit of the summer vacation, little girls should not l>e dressed every day as though on a Sunday school picnic or in training as embryo belles, but their wardrobe should be simple and comfortable, permitting the freest action of lungs and limbs. It is not enough that when they return they be "as brown jis berries," but digestion should be imj proved, endurance increased and muscles hardened.?Dr. J. 11. Klpiey 111 isauynooa. Several il7ellinil.4 of Itemovln-; Stain*. Table linen and other articles that are liablo to be stained should bo carefully examined before washing, and such spots removed by soaking in niilk or dipping hi melted tallow; fruit stains disapj>ear when equal pails of kerosene and soda are applied; cover wine cliscolorations with salt, dampened. Her Measurement* Strangely Accurate. Women are much given to talking When you encounter a woman who also thinks, you shall hear many unflattering truths. Her measurements of human motives are strangely accurate.?Signor Max. Will Make Good Ironing Holders. The tops of leather boots, not too heavy, | enter into the manufacture of good ironing j | holdei-s, as leather is a non-conductor of heat Cover with two thicknesses or uiu cotton j flannel. In every woman's soul is reared a house of love, and man may dwell therein if he can find and keep the key.?Signor Max. We commonplace fellows seldom cut a very inspiring figure in duels with the woman who thinks.?JSignor Max. A school for training nurses is to bo established iu Japan under charge of a lady from Boston. Isinglass or rice water makes delicate starch for muslins. All colored goods should be dried iu the shade. Gallant lletcue of an Gnzllnh Tourist. Word comes from Fortress Monroe, Va., of the gallant rescue of an English tourist, Thomas Cunningham, of London, from drowning in the bay by Dr. Irving C. Rosso, a noted swimmer, formerly surgeon of the Corwiu during the Jeannette search expedition. Cunningham, confident of his strength, had wagerei that he would reach tue rea buoy, a quarter of a mile out beyond the float anchored a short distance from the shoro. Beyond the float tho current was strong to seaward, and only a vigorous swimmer etui hold his own against it Dr. Rosse, while j resting on the float, observed the English i j swimmer throw up his hands in distress, and I ! the doctor plunged to his rescue. On reach-1 j ing him tho doctor called out: "If you obey j 1 my orders I'll 6ave you; if you don't I will let' | you drown." Tho Englishman obo3'ed, and ! I by feebly treading water enabled the doctor I j to grasp him by the nape of the neck and hold ! him until he recovered his breath. The doctor j then succeeded in pushing him in to the shore, j ?Baltimoro Sun. Polltonois of a Newport Coachman. A wealthy New Yorker had engaged a splendid cottage at Newport, and also a new ! driver for his horses. The driver was advised 1 to be very polite if ho intended to keep his place. Accordingly when tho master went to j the Queen Anne stable tho following dialogue ' enrued: Master?Well, John, how aro tho horses? Coachman?They are quito well, sir, thank you, and how ore youHBoston Beacon .. - . PEOPLE WHO EAT CLA1 PECULIARITIES OF THE SANDHIL ERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Kaolin as an Artlclo of Food, ?vl Yellow Marl for Dessert ?A Di Which Trcvents Dyspepsia and Lai Troubles. It is not generally known, but is true, tb there exists not far from 1 Liis city a race white people called "Sanclhillers," who o veritable clay eatei-s. This morning, in co: pany with a young physician of this cil your correspondent was enjoying a jaunt ir pine groves which skirt this eastern confii of Columbia, and we were proceeding towa the sandhills when, wo were accosted by aged mendicant, who, 1,hru.-;ting an c greasy piece of paper ii to iny unwilli: hand, exclaimed pitcousl3*: "For (jod's sal read it, gentlemen." My friend, who \v prejudiced against beggars in general a "Sandhillers*' in particular, was for stera rebuking the old man, when something j fAu/ilimop J t.lin n rmli rent's Innk i V. UlieII IJ LVUV-Ulilg All Wivy rested that uncharitable purpose and L pelled bim to heed the whisperings of I nobler nature and to relievo the distress the poor wretch. I, too, could not rcstra a Christain impulse, and bestowing wb alms I could afford I glanced at the paf which had been forced ini;o my hand. Tl was what it contained: To All Whom It May Coxcerx: This ci tiflesthut the bearer, who is both worthy a needy, is over Ohe hundred yeftrs old. Assist hi all who can. I handed tho centenarian his docume and he shambled off, chuckling over his go fortuno and jingling the coins in his bo, hand. Hero, then, was a genuine center rian, a:id wedid not begrudge what we h given liiui. i V ITVT? A TJTUT V VTCAflW. But what a strange looking being how; flow unearthly his visags, how yellow 1 complexion, how shrunken his cheeks, wl: pleading yet lusterless eyes, and, withal, wli a miserably emaciated and dravvn-up bod Such a type of a man is not to bo met wi every day. I had, it is true, encountered tho stnjets of Columbia men and women 11 unlike him, but never beforo had I gaz upon his identical counterpart. "Do you know that he is a real clay-catci asked my companion. "A v.'liatj'' exclaimed I. "Why, a man that lives on clay?one wh< principal diet is 'kaolin,' or a sort of sraool gritless, moist, white clay which aboun hereabouts." "But j-ou don't think I'm so credulous as believe that this man, who is over 100 ye; of age, has achieved this remarkable Jongt ity by subsisting oil tasteless clayf "It is strange, but nevertheless ti*ue. I ho made a long study of the subject, and ha ascertained some curious facts concerning t clay eating habit Now, to begin with, have seen the 'sandhillcrs' of North a South Carolina, some of them not ten mi from Columbia, while taking their mej and have olaerved them consume conside: ble quantities of clay such as I described. . deed, I have myself partaken of their fruj repast." "Well, what does it taste like, and how d< it. nflV-t one!" I Queried. "It is almost tasteless, but somoof thoe euros profess to eujoy it because of the d< cate llavor it possesses. It is perfectly wb and wholly devoid of grit In fact, it nothing more nor less than the 'kaolin1 which plates, cups and saneers are inai There is nothing disagreeable about it nml may lie with impunity taken into the sto aeh. As an aliment it is not hurtful. It contended that it is productive of longevi and that it wards off several diseases. Tin are well authenticated instances of surprisi longevity among clay eaters, ami it is ? understood by such of tho faculty as ha studied the subject that they are exempt fn dyspepsia, never suffer with indigestion, a one has never been known to dio of coilsuii tion or to be troubled with lung complaints allays hc.voer'.s pangs. "Of course, thcro is nothing succulent nutritious in clay, but it allays the pangs hunger. This it does by distending tho wr of the stomach. It is not to bo supposed tl ?lay can take the placc of bread and meat an article of food, but it does hi a. measi supply their place." The doctor paused while I expressed ast< ishmeut at what he told mo. Continuing, said: . "In my country practice, which occasii ally carries me out into the sand hills (oc rionally, I say, for although the \Sindh ere' are the sickliest looking, most cadaver* and woebegone beings in the world, they i tho healthiest). I liavc good opportunity study their peculiar life aiul habits. T1 can subsist 011 tho most limited quantities anira.d food; 111 fact, they get very lit meat?a poor quality of bacon about twin week. They are lazy and thriftless. Tl arc not happy. Discontent is their norn stiite of feeling. But they arc troubled tv very few wants, and tlie^o aro suppl easily." "Do they eat only the white clay J" I int rupted. "As a general thing," was the answer, "1 sometimes thoy vary their menu and gam tbeir board by the addition of a yellow sort of marl, which is said "o bo scarce, a which, it is claimed, possesses a sweet tai This serves them as a dessert. They, h( ever, uraw tiie line as r?;u nuy. jiua > even iheir iron-clad stomachs could digi I asked a gawky old 'Sandhiller' if lie e ate the red clay, and this was bis rcsj>oi] 'No, surree. I liev occasionally lied a br in my bat, but I'll be blamed if I ban! after turning my bowel:; into a brickyard. During our jaunt w* met several "Sai billon;" who verified much of what young physician had sc.id on tho subject clay eating.?Chicago Herald. The Keporter ns mi Interviewer. A reporter, in the eonrse of bis diurnal f nocturnal perambulation?, runs up ugains vast deai of human nature of 0110 sort ( another. The modem fashion of publish o budget of miniature interviews every d quoting remarks that probably the spea bad not the remotest idea wore going ii print, furnishes many illustrations, llan ? day goo? l>y but what somebody gets n anct says ne never s;uu ivjuh jie is qnoreu raying He demands a correct ion, and g eralJy gets it But he doesn't deserve it, r be knows it. The trouble is, not tbat lie did i say what was printec, but that he i not want everybody to know that be said And so be charges it all up to the repor and makes out that be- deliberately falsi I tbo returns. If the reporter was guilty one-half tlio crimes that aro credited to L bo would be a most monstrous monster.?1 neer Pivss ' Listener." Tho rope's l'uhllslitng House. It is reported that Pope Leo lias pntvha! the Mignanelh j>alace in Rome for tfc.e sum $:i(K),lXK), and is fitting it up as a j rirting n publishing oflico for religious work.?K York Graphic. Ofer you got plaindy vfcdom und not mi pluck, dor grass viU grow pooty A'cll y< foets under.?Car] Pretzel's National Week .4 \ . . ' . . "J. V_-. -'-I'AzJSbA* 1 V f .... - (t THE USE OF EYE GLASSES. Characteristics of People TFI10 Wear Spec* tacles?Craze or Necessity? "Is it a craze or a necessity?" was the ques? tion asked of a leading optician in regard to the use of eye glasses by the youth of the day. "A necessity always. There are few people F who do not have some defect of the eyes, j ct j Either it is nearsight or farsight or ono eye : ng Is larger than the other, or some visual imper-' fection exists that renders the wearing of spectacles imperative." "In old times young people and school children were not accustomed to wearing eye- tl ire I glasses!" | hi m- j "No! they bent double over their desks and di y, ! brought on consumption and diseases of the J Bt 'to j brain by wrong positions and overapplication ^ lC3 to thc;ir studies. Parents and physicians are . r(l wiser now and make a study of the eyes." I ' iin All this time the oculist was fitting a pair j ?I M of steel-bowed spectacles to the prominent nose ^ n5 of a woman who sat bolt upright and with an i hi te? expression as if she were in a dentist's chair, st cs fic had an alphabetical card with letters C! ?d rang ng in size from an inch to ordinary! H to- ?!..L tt l,n.!K-l?>mui]>l rf>nri ' el "J J>J mi. XiU >?iw UOlVlilQ ">-? w 1(V the smallest line, which he said was "normal s? print." I f "I don't know anything about normal; "s i print," she said, "but we have a normal school of in our town. Say, can I sew with those specs/" j k :'n "If you use tho lens that you do for read-. y ing, ma'am." I *r "I dou't know nothing about lens, but I can [ ^ il3 | sew with the best, and I want to piece a quilt 8 for our minister's wife. What I want to tl P*J know is, can I sew with them/" w *7 "If you use your needle about the same dis- h tance from your eyes that you would a book, r< nj; like this." I* pj "Young man, I don't hang my sewing on b Uy tho end of my nose. I expect to see to thread o: la. a needle and sew without squintiug all around, sf aj an' I jest want you to answer mo yes or P no, can I sow with them specs?" "Wo have any number of patients like that," j ?: , sairl the optician. "They want to be fitted / without any preliminaries; some of them get 1 very nervous." ' . "What class of 'patients' do you like to Is 1 servo best."' U v "Business men. They have no time to wait " j Tlioy havo faith that I understand their u 1,1 ni'Pils better than they do and they offer no p . ! resistance when I measure the eyo and lit the' li j glasses." | a .rt | "Do men or women lose then' eyesight car- b j liest ' "Women. Their work is not so steady, but j ft it is more complicated. However, they do s< J?5 not take kindly to spectacles, and few of them j o i' nro willing to admit that they need them for | c< old age. It is usually some other excuse." & "What about colored glasses?" c "Well, there fa the 'Arundel tint,' the rose- o J color, tho violet, tho blue glass, and the Jv" | smoked. These are all used, but the clear glass v I for reading and the smoked glass to protect k j the eyes, these aro tho standard styles." fl v 0 "Do you sell tho one-eyed glass?quizzing tl "J gln.'s?" i I '-(July to Englishmen and socicty swells. It b , ; Is hardly safe to use them in this country. I n ,cs j believe New York fops affect them some- t< what."?Detroit Tribune. 0 ra- a ',l* lie Published Savage I.cttcrs. V Tho ruling class in Mexico, the Spaniards, c< cannot be trusted either to bo just or candid v ^ j Tlu-y are lazy, conceited, ornol, suiwrciiious, c " 1 1 ??? a! o suspicious, insincere ana mcuuuciuuB,u.-> u o P|" nile. As merchants tlicy try to make up in b . cunning what they lack in industry and en- o 1,0 torprise. Two j'cars a^o I spent more than a n " month in the City of Mexico. I wrote home to il ?* Antorican pawl's all I dared about the true P i 8ta?:o of things: That Mexico was not a republic '' 16 but a military despotism; that President Diaz M?" was an honest despot and Governor Fernandez 13 a shameless corraptionist, who sold franchises h v? of nil sorts for what ho could get; that a free n ?ro | ballot was unknown, and the election was al- I n? i ways dictated by the man in control of the p I troops; that there was not a newspaper at the ti lV0 i capital tliat was not either subsidized or tor- 1' Jm j rorized; that thero prevailed a cordial hatred t 1,1' of "the Gringoes" (monkeys) as Americans t 'P" were often railed; that a law enabled the n * president to drive out of the country "obnox-, 1' ions foreigners" without a hearing; that the v or j punishment of insurgents was generally death, t j and that manv other offenders were "lost" on n l*'s their way across the country to jail. Somo o Iat of these facts I stated only toward the end of t 83 my visit, and before the papers returned thero f il b I was onco more on the sea. f Six months afterward in New York I met a 5n" an influential friend recently from Mexico, k0 "After you left," said he, "Governor Fernandez c made most pressing inquiries after you, ask- " 3n" ing if you were going to return, and all about 1?a" you, and Anally remarked that Mexico would 11 no longer be a healthy country for you to c Jl13 visit." I felt honored l>y the attention, but I L' 1, 0 j am not in the martyr business and shall not r Co go back.?Washington Fost. c lev i: fl^ Held on Too Long. e L'a Two years ago oil was struck at the Mar- 11 3 111 shall farm, in Venango county. The farm * '?y contained S>*>0 acres, and before the oil was 11 found would have been considered a good salo s . ; at sIO an aciv. The well.i drilled on the farm " ldd i n-nm hi-r "mishers''. and opened ii|) a new oil * territory. A month after the first well was 0 er" struck tho farm was soM for $.T>0,()00. The * Bartley farm adjoining also proved to bo an * !u* i oil farm, and was sold for ?75,000. The 8 !, | school district of the township owned an aero ? 1 j of ground which, with a red schoolhouse, 0 '' j was worth ?500. The schoolhouse pro]x?rty was surrounded by^tlio big wells, and nil In- F >w* j dications were that the acre was the center * ll(? ; of a rich oil pool. | * I A prominent oil operator offered the school' u k ('r j directors $.*>0,01)9 for the acre. The offer was re- j !!*/ ! fused. Theylield out for $100,000. The would-) v I , bo purchaser raised his offer to $7.},000. This , J;r j was the highest price ever offered for an acre of land anywhere in the country. If it had i been accepted this rural district would have ? been the richest Country schoolhouso district c , in tho Union. It was refused. Wells were ! <' i - T.. f | put down an aroium uic ui-ru. mi iuuv.uu.iw . of time the school directors concluded to tap k I the rich veins of oil that were supposed to lio, ? md ^ under the red schoolhouso and its lot. At ail | ft 'i expense of several thousand dollars they I ind iKlvc put down wells, and the tract is found n i|!o ! to 1<5 as dry as a Lone. The selioolhousc prop | & J1)', erly is now rated nt its old value of $.">00,' u ^er tlio officials are very sick.?Alleatowu ! e ll,v> (Pa.) Register. 11 illy i t | I'linlsliln^ Crime in China. 61 1 j They have their own ways of punishing pn" ; crime in China. incendiarism has (riven , 1 much trouble in n southern district of tbo 1 'J. country and a penalty was extemporized 1 j : which will probably have a deterrent effect, j v ,t- ' A culprit taken ml handed was placed during ' " ! a long summer day in a cage, where his eye- j | * lids were burned with lighted incense sticks ' *; . ami hot incense <lu?t was blown into his face. ' |!ni! Aii ollicial report states that the women in Ei J0" the neighborhood, several of whom had lost C: children in the fires, were especially active in , ? milling to the severity of the punishment.? ** ;cd Brooklyn Eagle. J j Largest Clock rcmltiltnn. ',w i A flock pendulum nt Avignon, France? ^ c | the longest known?measuivs sixty-seven feet, carries a weight of l-'JJ pounds, and ; ? ich swings through an arc between nine aud ten ! * ?,P J feet in four seconds and a half.?Arkansaw j jjT | Traveler. ^ .... A IN ULD 15U0I1 YYU11M. /HAT HE FINDS IN A BOOK BESIDE THE LETTER ^RESS. ortnnes Jn Flno Hoolts?Lavish Expenditures to Illustrate Modern Literature. What New York Publishers Pay for Engravings and Printing. He was such a queor-looking old gentleman iat the writer paused in his walk to examine' iin more closely. He was standing in the aonvay of one of those dimly lighted book ores which line Nassau street, between Ful>n and Ann, eagerly scanning the pages of a Dary volume through his old-fashioned gold xjctarles. His wido-awake straw hat had rifted back to the apex of bis crown, and ad anchored itself permanently among the raggliug strands of snowy hair which iressed the frayed collar of his alpaca coat. !is white waistcoat was unbuttoned, and the ads of the black silk handkerchief which trved him in lieu of a necktie bristled deantly. "1 have just made an astounding discovery, r," remarked the old gentleman. "Have tho indness to look at this book and tell me what ou think of it." It was ono r?f a get of four volumes of the orks of Pliny the Younger, published in trasbourg in lo70. The type was good and ic book was in fair condition. The binding us vellum, and four tiny strings of sheepskin ung from the corners, in order that tho ?uler might tie the volume up securely when e was done with it. Thousands of just such ooks may be seen any day exposed for sale 11 the quays at Paris. They are theoutsourings of tho early French and German rinting houses, and can be purchased for a >w francs. The writer did not see anything rtraordinary about the book, and ho said so ankly. BESIDE THE LETTER PRESS. * 1 ~1 1-1 1 UmkAMA men toe OKI gunucmaii i-uutmcu. iucro i something in a book besido tho letter press, jo printer's name and the date," he said. See here I" and with that he gingel'ly lifted p the odgo of tho vellum binding and exosed the fragments of two or three sentences iscribed upon it in black letter, with hero nd there an illuminated capital rich in araesquo and gilding. "That," declared the old gentleman, with n air of triumph, after surveying tho crabbed :rawl critically for a few moments, "was rigitially a missal transcribed with laborious are by some Twelfth century monk in the jelusiou of the scriptorium of a mediaeval loister. The old fellow probably took four r five years to complete it. "I tell you there was some chanco of a man rriting a book that was lit to read when he now beforehand that it would take four or vc months to complete every single copy liat was exposed for sale. "There have been great changes in the pub i : T ? ho ra. suing iJU.ini's.-* niiicu a ?< < ? u iv uj/f uvivlarked with a quaver in his voice, "changes, . ) my mind, for the better. Ono of my chief bjections to "printing used to bo that it did way with all that was beautiful in books. \*hat can compare in beauty with the Tenth entury missal' The gospels inscribed in silor and gold letter* on purple vellum; every apital a flower garden, and the very margin lorious with parti-colored figures of men. irds, bea>ts and fishes. Still, tliis objection f mine is slowly melting away. You see, in ay day the liooks we printed never had any [lustrations to speak of. A few wood cuts, erbaps, and more rarely a steel lino engravig, and that was all" CHAXCiE IN BOOK1IAKI.VG. The old gentleman was right; thirty years .as wrought a marvelous change in booklaking. Photogravure and the wonderful ves process, by which a fac-siniile plate is u-oduced directly from the object, have come a the publishers' aid. Etching has taken the lace of the old steel line engraving to a cerain extent, and probably there are not oneenth as many steel engravings produced an mally now as there were ten years ago. Only ist year an art critic wrote that tho peoplo rho prefer line engravings to etchings are ho same people who prefer white marble uantcls and horsehair furniture to carved ale and velvet plush. Fifty processes exist o-day where there were but one or two beore, and if tbeir development equals their ironiise tho book of the future will indeed bo marvelous production. One would natnrally suppose that tho in rcase<l facilities afforded by inese muiutuaiious processes would minimize the cost of ireparing a book for the market; but such is lot tho case. Each publisher vies with hU ompetitors in making the work upon which le is for the moment engaged as elaborate as losvible. Where formerly a few simple wood uts were deemed all that were necessary ha low presents the reader with half a dozen tellings or engravings, and thus ho is called ipon to expend an almost incredible sum beore any return is obtained. George P. Putlam, the father of the present publisher, isued an artist's edition of Wellington Irviag'a Sketch Book" in lS.'JT. It contaiucd 1-?J illusration*, all wood ruts, and Mr. Putnam paid ut $25,IMO before he got back one cent. In oso days X i us was coiisuicivu u luuuiuuo *ui o invest in 0:10 work, and the number of enravin^s contained within the covers of the ketch book were the wonder and admiration f the other bookmakers. The labor of preparing these volumes for nibli.-ation extended over two entire years, t w.u U^un in the latter part of I8i>4, and he first .opici were not tssn.Nl from the press ( ntil 1* -JT. This work pules into insignitiauoe before tlie princely fortunes invested j ach year in new hooks by the publishers of onlay.? New York Star. City Mull Delivery hi 1080. "In l'.!-':i su- h a thing as a postman or a arrier walking ten or fifteen hours a day 1 oliveri::;; mail matter will never be heard of, j or the simply reason there will bo none in ex- j >ic:r:o then," remarked a scieatiiio man the ther day to a reporter. ' JIow will the mail lx> delivered.'" ' Everything will Ire reduced to a tine system, id a letter will be delivered i:i three seconds fter i;s arrival at the pwtoIlW. Each house ! - 1 ' - ' - 1 : i 1 i.i ifiwt. i i si iirj Bit.v wiii uu i'i.uil-, c> i ?uii ..... nv.. j ral pa-tolilw or branch .station, ns the casa | iay !?>, with a pneumatic tube large enough j a carry a good-sized package. At present ucli a system of delivery cannot bo put into ractiee because it would Iie too expensive. l century li nee civilizati >n will rise to such a jgh tuid pro pcruus point that a sj'stem of luck delivery by means of pneumatic tubes rill eertjunly lie in vogue. It could be dono on-, only it would bankrupt a city. Tlio j :ibe from Twenty-third street to the Western i "nion building shows how nicely it works. I l letter or f.lc;rrap'iiji?e*-:ng?j takes just two ; ec id;: to t !:? I wo a:nl u iialC miles. The' uickest tu-ans of transit arc sure to be adopt-: J in the Ion:* run. It is the evolution of pro- j ress an i nothing ran stop it short of the uni-' erse. Not only will private houses huvo! jose tubes, tint all of our large cities will ha | ncunci'Jcal.'y c<?nneet??.l. Chicago will bo! srhnp-: t'*n seconds by letter from Xew York ml iS '.a Francisco n minute or so. 3i will liruig- a great many things an 1 do away rith th" fteasn cars as a mail carrier. The jrstein is yot Li its infancy.? ICew York Mail, nd r.:c;>r-".'5J. JL-. ' X*. *.. 'JTvL ' - . - - u-9r - ' /_ ui-itKuui) ut- int nuiLLo. gj. ????? v- jr"Sg Uncanny Ways of tU? Matato Children, of the Town?Jarcnlle Wretchedness. There in something uncanny about'these maturo children of the town. I was at tho Windsor hotel at dinner with some friends a > short time ago wb$n a pompous little woman j, strode down the lohg dining room," followed , . ' ]?& by two little girls hand in hand. Neithsfr of . them was more than 9 years Old! They set- ( - \ Jtied themselves in their chairs, folded .their ^ skinny little hands and then proceeded' to staro about them and comment upon their' fellow-diners. The elder of the two children,. after looking intently at a maiden lady of rather noticeable attire at an adjoining table, turned to her mother and said composedly: "What a really startling old frump-that is, mamma?" ">V men one, uuuri ushcu uue ttutt uuu plinarian of a mother. "The cheerful guy beside the bald-headed ' man over there." "Oh, yes," said the mother, with a wellbred smile, "I'vo seen her before. But ddn't ' bo so slangy, Marion. Have more tone. Order your dinner now and see that you let puree and lamb alone. It's too rich for you." Then to the waiter: "Take her order, Augusts " The waiter leaned obsequiously over the ' child, who was studying the menu with a frown on her little face. * .. "No soup, Ogecst," she said intently, "but a bit of weakflsh with egg sauce, an' a kidney omelette?not flat, you know, but nice and puffy?and artichokes " >. -' >3 "Ver' sorry, Mees Maryon, but there fa -no.. artic " "There, I thought so," said the girl, slam-', ming the card down on the table and biting ' ~?:her thin lips. "It's the most provoking thing I Whenever I set my heart " * Y : r. "We have some green corn??" * "i: . ta "Eat it yourself!" said the child in a hnff.:* The waiter was quite unmoved Ho seemed , 1 1 * -J nKnltifi'An. rtf fAmnai. - iu ue aucusiuuicu iu ouvu luuiuwiuvt >-tm and went on suavely talcing tho orders of the othei-s, while Miss Marion sat tho picture of *''*? overdressed, pampered and pouting discon* tent And the children of tho flats. Who over " hcai-s of these shy and melancholy little beings who 6poak in whispers and have been . yA bullied, reprimanded and scolded by servants, tenants, janitors and parents until they glide about liko shadows and daro not laugh for fear of disturbing some one? The joyousnoss , and life of childhood have been crushed, out * of them. And the children of the boarding ' house, who livo under a perpetual protest from the grim aud snappy landlady and tho testy lioarder of tho "first floor frost," who must have the house quiet so as to enjoy her afternoon nap. Nearly every boarding hooso , that advertises new puts forth the flat "No*. children," and the little ones are so thoroughly " cowed that tney are as pituui m mien t?, u? . body. Then there are the children of the tenements and the scuma There u no end to juvenile wretchedness here. For a place .; that children should be kept out of, commend r rac to Now York.?Blakely Hall's New York . ^ Letter. .. . , /Beating a Hotol lieepor. ' '-jj A friend of mine the other day camo to , settle for his night's lodging at a bedbnggy little holo in the wall near the railway station .. .''$51 here in Neuchatel called the Hotel des Alps. " t* In addition to the charge for apartment, ser- V $ vice, lights, etc., Was " the item, "TJn dejeuner. " I will put into plain English that which followed: ' , ? "But I didn't order any breakfast" i "That wad 110 fault of the house, mon- u sieur." "Do you mean to t611 me that yoti wish to charge me for breaicfast I neither ordered nor '.*! '"4 ate/" ' ' --pm "The breakfast was prepared all the same, . monsieur." ' > , .; ?? "You pretend that you provide a regular . table d'hote breakfast every morning and charge for it whether your guests tako It or . not}" # "Yes, monsieur. See the menu? Here it *. Is," and the firm, yet polite, landlord pro- . (lured liis resrular "a la carte.* My friend/ cj turned it upside down. Then he caref uUy-:-^ ? perused It, Then ho said: "How much of tliis do you servo as your regulur breakfast?" "Anything you like, monsieur." "Very well. Receipt the bill, and, as I am to pay for u breakfast, please God I will eat it. Bring me a lillet of beef with mushrooms, a half chicken grille, a rum omelet and a pint of Chablis. I shall wait over until the next train." Mine host of the Hotel doR Alps looked first stupefied :tnd then disgusted, and, finally ' grasping f ho situation, ho ran into his office, ultered his bill in conformity with the facts, and hurrying back, cried: "Here, monsieur,* here is your bill quite correct?six francs thirty-five centimes?and you will Just have * time to catch your train."?Heury Wattcrsou m Courier-JournaL , How They Work It. . ' J : "Peoplo get of? a great many very ahciout jokes about the big diamonds worn by hoU'l clerics," remarked a salesman at the Hotel " Anderson last night, "and us a result most ' persons have gotten tho idea into ihelr heads * that those same diamonds are nothing hut big chunks of paste." "Do you wish the great reading public to infer that they are anything elsef" "I do, jnst that. Most of tho diamonds worn by hotel clerks are genuine. Oidy la.?t week, while I was at Atlantic City, 1 saw a butel clerk from whose breait one of rho largest and purest diamonds I ever .<iw glit- * tiered. But, of course, ho didn't pay for it, and, to tell tho truth, it didn't beliwg to him." "It didn't belong to hiin?" ".No, my dear lwy, it didn't. lie was wearing it for an advertisement. A great many " jewelry linns advertise their goods in just J that way. Almost any watering place you may go to you will see the hotel elcrlis blazing witb diamonds that will make your eyea bulge ?uit. It's.) good dodge for the jeweler and it pleases the clerk." Hut how is the Jeweler benefited?" ' Well, it don't cost anything to let a cleric ' wear a diamond a few months, and durinjf that time rich visitors are stir* to inquire about the stone, nsk where it. was purchased, and so on. The cicr't of course tells whut heuse it came from, recommends the visitor to go there, and afteu gives him a card of in- troduction to the proprietor?see?"?Pittsburg Dispatch. "Colored Wen Made to Order." Ono of the oddities of n Parisian journal is this advertisement: "A factory in 13elievillo produces within a few days artificial negroes. The metamorphosis, which is entirely harmless, Li caused by iodine. It opens a brilliant' * future to young men, as black servant-?, circus .?</. m nIiv.-ivs in dinnniul. Pi'itiM Iil?iuv.l, WV., j- - low anil payment easy. Curling irons for tho manufacture of wooly hair always l:ept onhand."?Doston Journal Stas? littles In franco. JJi s II? Ion Dnuvray says: "French audience los? interest in the play during thehalflionr intervals !.< 'wwit (he acts. In my own theatre 1 .shall never allow an e.Ctress more ! than nine mirdres to change her dress, or a carpenter mors than eight to set the stage " ?iilsvhaugc ( . M . I vvi.:-- 3j| . 4