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r ^WOMAN'S" WORLD. , PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. Amber Ornaments. The growing fashion for amber ornaments is a simple and inexpensive one. i It appeals more strongly, perhaps, to the i brunette than to the blonde, tnough it may be becomingly worn by both. The , opaque is seen to advantage in aars nair, ; ttnd the clear-cut amber makes a brilliant ' -ornament for either light or dark hair. : The earliest mention of amber is in ' Homer's "(Jdyssey," where, in the list of ' * jewels offered by Phoenician traders to the C^ueen of Syria, is mentioned "the I gold necklace hung with bits of amber." | with age the light straw color of amber , darkens to orange, witl ^ lmost a ruby j tint. The cutting and po^shing is done , in Vienna and Berlin, no process of polishing being known here.?New York j Pros. Seafaring Irish Women. The women of the Irish coasts and islands are as skillful as the men in . handling the oar and rudder. They know every sunken rock and dangerous current of the intricate channels between " the great island of Aran and the mainland, and take boats in and out in all weathers. Tor many years a ftraee Darling of this western coast, the ? daughter of a pilot who lived on Eights Island, went out in storm and darkness . with her old father, never trusting him Ion?, as she knew his weakness fcr the whisky. This brave girl never Hitched from facing the wildest gales, fearing disaster mivht befall her father and the vessels it was his business to guide to a sale anchorage if she were not at the helm. Many a iihip's crew beating about between Aran and Owey owed its preservation to Nellie ; Boyle. Two sisters have t iken the postboat into Aran for many years past, their father, John Nancy, being now old and infirm. ? Woman'# W^riu. The A.rt of Whistling. The London Saturday Btv!eu>, speak ing of Mrs. Alice Shaw, the American lady whose whistling pcrformauces have been astonishing London society, says that many people have been asked out to hear her, regarding the whole thing as a joke, and have come away in sample wonder at the unlooked-for display of her powers. They have found her a sound music:an and a subtle mistress of her particular art. They have found that, through her special medium, she could fiil C'ovent Garden with ecstatic ' trills or sink into the softest whispered ( notes, I he execution of which onlyjyears of reheaisal could achieve. It may be difficult to conceive a whistling prima donna; but the fact is that whistlinir as a fine art is worthy of attentive study. Those who have once heard Mrs. Alice Shaw cannot fail to realize that, if \ -whistling were cultivated as a fine art by - those who, in ad'ditiou to musical endow- ; >ment, have strength ot vocal chord, a .high-roofed palate, and a flexible buccal aperture, they might be trained to take j part in a concert, as of many clarionets, with an effect more thrilling than the 1 .most exquisite instrumental music has ever conjured up, and which, from its novelty alone, would be more surprising than any concert hitherto heard, whether instrumental or vo^ al. r'' ? Different Ideas in Style. The beauty of Catherine of Russia, it is said, consisted in her green eyes. A damask cheek, history says, is about all that was required to captivate the . poet Cowper. Queen Elizabeth had red hair?not the , . gorgeous Titian red?but an out-and-out > carroty red. Lueretia Borgia was a model of beauty in her time, and i9 said to have had scarcely any neck at all. A Kamschatdale belle is four feet high, and one of Patagonia ranges anywhere from six to seven feet. Lady Jane Grey had a long, thin neck and a multitude of suitors who were always discoursing on her beauty. Ben Jonson was inspired to write of a beauty with "dowing hair, a sweet neglect, and a face marked with simpliciThe beauty Byron dwelt on mostly is said to have had y lossy hair, slanting eyebrows, glowing ch.'elvs and constant blushes. ..." The Circassian beauty is a young woman with dark, piercing eyes and kiuky ha:r, standing straight c it around her head. i ins is tne way spencer, tney sir, described his beautiful lady: "He. eyes1 are like sapphires, teeth like pearls, hair like gold, aud her hands arc of silvery ^ whiteness.'' j Cleopatra's loveliness,?t is said,made a great impre.-siou upon both Marc Antony and Ciesar, but if the (^ueen.of Egypt was like the re>t of her race, as shown iti tablet, tomb aud monolith, s>he was far from beautiful. Helen of Troy had a long nose, ending in a good deal of tip and running down in a st aight liue from her forehead. Vet - bo'.h by Menelaus and Paris, and indeed by the entire Trojan and Greek nations, she was considered one of the hand-; aomest women of the age. Energetic x ew York Ladies. "With the establishment of salesrooms in th:ee out-of-town localises, the Kx* j change for Women's Work," said a lady to a New York Telegram reporter," iseu- j abledtomake up for c.ty dullness in , business. The sales at J.ong Branch have been uncommonly large. The other ! * brunches, located at Pittstield, Mass.,and at New Loudon, Conn., arc stocked with the same varieties of fancy articles. The work of greatest consequcnce with "the association in town is in the cake and preserve department, with orders for fru!t preserving given by ladies before leaving for the season. As the different varieties of fruit come into > market the work is carried on by a large number of persons. About two hundred -.. are represented in this single depaitmeut. As now extended this class of arrange ^ meats, including lunch, requires the a d of five young women at the rooms. A large amount of cake i3 sent during the ^ season to various resorts?even to distant localities in the Adirondacks. Calves' loot elly, Iceland moss, and ali varieties of delicacics for the sick, a:c iu constant demand. In frequent case3 ladies have developed a marked skili in the pioduction of a single article, a*d thi? means popularity and good fortune. One of the consignors, for example, has madeasucceas with chicken pattie?, sold only at ten cents each. Almost the whole year thete have been sent out in numerous ordered dozens. The special ability of another is connected with apricots, and this p3r>on has her hands full with the one product when so much prized a fruit is ripe. The cauning of asparagus and peis in glass jars is a recent feature in this branch of work. A lady in Brooklyn is fi-tat^ trying the experiment. In providing cordi'ati for medicinal use the association conducts one of the most useful forms of its industry. The water ices and summer drinks made by the ladiee also suddIv wants in another direction, as when two dozen bottles of I shrub or sherbet are ordered for & lawn I tennis partyJapanese Bride and Groom. Quite as interesting as tl e scenery, : writes a correspondent of the Gloie- ! Democrat from Japan, were the move- \ meats of the bride and groom in the same car with us. We afterward learned that he was a Nagoya youth who had gone to Kiota and prospered in business, and had just been down to Nagoya to marry the | yonng girl chosen by his parents and a go between friend of the family. He was a raw, callow youth in appearance, and spreading his rug on the cushions, lay down at half length and obliged the i bride to sit bolt upright in a small space. When he did sit up it wa3 he who j leaned against the bride's shoulder, ia stead of resting her head on his shoulder i in true wedding journey style. For the whole day that we traveled together it was his comfort and not hers that was considered. The groom hurried on board the steamer and into the next train of cars, and, helping himself o the only remaining chair or seat, looked around curiously t > see where she was going to c-if Tho Kmiled nwreblv all the time and did not seem to think it at all out of the way for her to be a cushion or footstool or baggage porter for her lord, j She wore a dark striped silk kimono | and an ecru obi, brocaded with pine needles in black and gold. The Japanese j reverse our customs in traveling, and wear their best cloth%3 when oil on a journey, in order, they say, that their 1 station may be known and proper atten- ! tion paid them. The bride's attention | was much occupied with h r new gold ring, the wedding ring being a foreign ; fashion that they have taken up with en- , thusiasm. The gold band on the finger is fast replacing the shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth that used to distinguish the married women, but they ad- ! here to the change in their ha r dress- j ing and after marriage red is no longer ( worn. Tne gay red crape petticoats, the red folds in the neck of the kimono and the bits of red crape tied in the hair disappear on the wedding day, and the Japanese have the bitter but sadly true mixim: "Love flies with the red petticoat." Any demonstration of affectior between a married couple is not only considered bad form, but most disgusting by the Japanese, and kisses are unknown, except for babies. Men, or ; rather lubberly schoolboys, and great, j V>nllrinor TTrtunor jsnlrlifira ar? often seen in i J WW"Q ^ - j the street holding hands, or with their arms around each other's ne.ks, but | there are no sentimental tableaux to be ; seen between maidens and youths in the ! ideal lovers' lanes with which this pic- i turesque country is 3eamed. Fashion Notes. Nun's veiling is as_ popular as ever. Bonnets made of tulle and crape are ' pretty. j Black hats are worn with dresses of j any coior. Tucked waists are a feature of thin j muslin dresses. "White wool costumes are effectively , trimmed with mouse-gray velvet. There is a decided revival of black in Paris for dresses; indeed, whole toilets ? are black. Embroidery will be much worn in the coming winter. Clothe3 will be made very heavy and massive. Charming toilets are made of shot silk, plain or figured, with small bouquets, together withgauie embroideries. Frenchwomen are arranging their hair in large, braided coils at the back of the , head, or in the hanging cotogan loops. Irish la-es will be worn again. They ' are said to be in some respects prettier j than the finest Venetian or Brussels ' point. Ladies wno wear silk petticoats should bear in ruma tnat rasmon aecrecs mat ; they shall be of a corresponding color tothe dress. Young, girls are wearing hats with the , brim turned straight up from the fore- j head. The brim should be lined with blue or pink gau:.e. New faus of painted gauze are in the j form of a butterfly, with the head 1 turned towards the mount and the wings j spread out and forming the fan. Japanese cottons, showing all sorts of impossible blue figures upon their white grounds, are made up into serviceable ! and quaint-looking parasols for country i use. The old-fashioned corded and crossbarred organdy muslin is again iu high favor, as well as lace-striped batiste, i and chambray aud Scotch ginghams as well. The present rage for blouses has developed two distinct styles, the Russian j blouse, wh:ch is cut in one piece, and the plaited blouse, which is set into a yoke. The real novelties of the season in ribbon are those of faille, which are striped | with white or with several shades of one color, or nave narrow sirxpes 01 wnno and gold. A visiting dress is made of plain and striped silk, with trimming of embroidery ; atid bows. The skirt should be draped, j and the bodice has a plaited chemisette ; and reverse. India pongee grows more and morel the rage, and is used indifferently for gowns, hats, wraps or blouses, which are \ usually trimmed with a aharply contrast- j iug darker hue. Among flower-bonnets lately seen abroad, one especially notable was of : i realistic red clover, and another of thistle ! aud four o'clock? upon a foundation of : I twisted grasses. A very new and very French fancy for i j waist trimming U a corselet of wide rib- 1 ! bon, not fitted but held in place by pins, j and ending in a knot and long end to fall over the skirt. | Drapery is worn very little now, and, as pongee is not very suitable for tunics, j another idea has been resorted to. A ' skirt is made of tine 6tripcs. trimmed with flowered sash ends, which are fast > ' i 1 ??? tv, . enea wxcn uows 01 uui-ru? nuuuu. u.?o | i costume may be completed with a | : pointed bodi'.e having the same trim- I : mings as those of the sash. A Patent Shoe lllack Stand. A young gentleman residing up-town | has invented a patent shoe black chair, I which is operated on the same principle j as the patent scales, which are made to i do their olfice by dropping a nickle in I the slot. The contrivance is very in- I ! genious. The party desiring a shine seats , himself in the chair and drops a nickle j in a slot just o\er his right shoulder, i The weight of the coin sets the ma- J chinery in operation, and the patent blackener spreads the blacking and the automatic brushes complete the shine. The machinery works as long as the seat is occupied.?New Orleans Times-Democr.it. -Si. V." .*< Vyv QUAINT ST. PIERRE. / lilFE IN AN ANTIQUATED WEST INDIAN CITY. The Isle of Martinique. Where Dwells the Fino9t Race in the Antilles ?Stately Women in Fantastic Costumes. St. Pierre, Martinique, writes a correspondent in the Times-Democrat, is the quaintest, queerest and the prettiest withal among the We9t Indian cities, all stone built and stone flagged, with very narrow streets and wooden awuinsjs, iron ba'conie? and peaked roofs of red tile pier< ed by gable dormers. Most of the buildings are painted in a clear, pale yellow tone, which contrasts beautifully with the burning blue ribbon of tropical sky above, and no street is absolutely level. Nearly all of them climb hills, descend into hollows, curve, twist, describe s"udden aud amaziug angles. These is every where a continuous chant of running water pouring through the deep gutters contrived between the paved thoroughfare and the absurd little sidewalks varying in width from one to three feet. The architecture is very old; it is seventeenth century probably,and it reminds one a great deal of that characterizing the antiquated French quarter of New ( rleans. But one must imagine New Orleans idealized by artistic conception, made intensely tropical aid projected audaciously upon the side of a huge volcanic hill. All the tints, the forms, the vistas would seem to have been especially selected or designed for aquarelle studies, just to please the whim of some extravagant artist. No ruin was ever more picturesque than these living streets in their pcrfect solidity and undilapidated qua ntness. The windows are frame!ess openings without glass; some have iron bars; all have heavy wooden shutters with movable slats, through which light and air can eater as through Venetian blinds. These are usually painted green or bright bluish gray. And everywhere rushes mountain water, cool and crystal clear, washing the streets. Every few squares you come to some fountain dinging ita silver column to the sun, or showering d amondbright spray over a group of brazen A?? Klortlr KrAnvo Trifnna 3YYUIJ3 Wi LTiUVa wivutiv 4 ? MVWW . Tritons on the place Bertin you will not readily forget; their torsos might have been modeled from the forma of the same sinewy ebon men who toil there all day tirelessly in the heat, rolling hogsheads of sugar, puncheons of molasses, casks of rum. And very frequently you see little fountains contrived in the stone walls that border the mountain roads or that inclose the parks?glittering threads of water falling from lion lips of stone. Some m >untain torrent, skilfully divided into a thousand .streams, is thus pepetually purifying the city, feeding ! its fountains and cooling its courts. A population, fantastic, astonishing? a population of the Arabian Nights. As ; the general tone of the town is yellow, | 30 is the general tint of the people yellow, in the interbending of all the hues characterizing griffone, mulatresse, metisse, messive, chabine, capresse, quadroon? i general effect of rich brownish yellow. You are in a population of half breeds, the finest mixed race of the Antilles. Tall, supple, straight as palms, these women and men impress you powerfully 1 by their dignity of carriage and easy ele- j Stance of motion. They walk without J any swinging of the shoulders; the per- j fectiy set torso seems to remain rigid; yet the step is a long, full stride, and the whole weight is poised sprightly on the very tip of the bare foot. All, or neatly all, are without shoes; the passing of all these hundreds of naked feet makes a great whispering over the burning pavements But what produces the most novel impression on the stranger i3 the singularity and brilliancy of the women's costumes. They were developed at least a hundred years ago by a curious sumptuary law, regulating the dress of slaves n/iniilo n f f roo rand if-inn, a UJIU I-UIWI OVA v* a?vv ? ^ . J law which allowed considerable liberty | j as to material and tint, prescribing only ! form. Bnt these fashions suggest the , Orient; they offer beautiful audacities of . color contrasts; and the coiffure, above all, is so strikingly Eastern that you 1 cannot help wondering whether it was not first introduced into the colony by ] some Mohammedan slave. ( It is simply an immense Madras hand- ( kerchief, which is folded about the head ] with admirable art, like a turban; one , bright end, pushed through at the top , in front, being left stickiug up like a ] plume. Then this turban, always full of . bright canary color, is fastened with j great golden or silver brooches, one in . front and one at either side. As for the . remainder of the dress, it is simple , enough; an embroidered, low cut gar- ] ment with sleeves; a skirt or jupe, quite , short in front and very long behind, but ^ caught up and fastened in front below ] the breast so as to bring the hem every- 1 where to a level with the end of the long . garment; and finally a foulard, or silken ( kerchief, thrown over the shouldets. ( These jupes and foulards, however, , nre exquisite in pattern and color,bright 1 crimson, bright yellow, brignt mue, , bright green, lilac, violet, rose, some- j times mingled together in plaidings, or , checkering*, or stripings; block with . orange, sky blue with purple. And , whatever be the colors of the turban, ' which vary astonishingly, the brighter ( parts must be yellow?brilliant, flashing yellow: the turban is certain to possess yellow stripes or yellow squares. To this display add the effect of costly and curious jewelry; immense earrings, each pendant being formed of fivefold cylinders joined together (cylinders sometimes two inches long and an inch at least in circumference); a necklace of double, trip'e. quadruple, or quintuple rows of lar^e hollow beads (sometimes smooth, but generally graven), the wonderful collier choix. Now this glowing jewelry is not a mere imitation of pure metal; the earrings are worth $ >5 a pair; the necklace of a Martinique quadroon may cost $100 or even $200. It may be the gift of her lover, but such articles li_ am flmo Krr email ire usuany purcuascu vll ??*?..., payments, which may continue regularly for several years. Wasps are Scientific Ventilators. An English gentleman lately took a small wasps' nest, about the size of an apple, and after st pefying its inmates, placed it in a large case inside of his house, leaving an opening for egress through the wall. Here the nest was I enlarged to a foot in diameter, hrflding j thousands of wasps, and he was able to ! watch their movements, and noted one ! new fa t?namely, their systematic attention to ventilation. In hot weather, from four to six wasps were continually stationed at the hole of egress, and, while leaving space for entrance or exit, created a steady current of fresh air by the exceedingly rapid motion of their wings. After a long course of this vigorous exercise, the ventilators were relieved by other wasps. During cool weather only two wasps at a time were usually thus engaged.?Argonaut. . Facts About Billiard Balls. A New York Tehgram reporter is informed by an associate in an ivory manufacturing establishment that a new method is favored by the clubs in the purchase of billiard balls. "They buy the balls," he says, "in an unfinished state in the spring and keep the material during the season in the building where the balls are to be used. In the fall these blocks are brought back and turned and finished. "Half a dozen sets of billiard balls and two pool sets may be about the average supply required by a club. ''Ivory is very sensitive, and it is necessary to be careful about sending out balls in cold weather. No guarantee is placed on ivory at all. YYUen cracicea I and unfit for use the balls furnish small articles like dice. The small tusks are always cut up for billiard balls. The centre of the tusk goes through the centre of the ball for the better preservation of the spherical form. The material is received here from the London market in the form of blocks. The parts trimmed off in the lathe are sold as ivory scrap for making lamp black. "Any present substitute for ivory lacks the elasticity of this material, and is duller on the table. Ivory is used in all the best clubs and hotels. The Zanzibar variety i3 most valued for balls. "When well seasoned these will retain their form for six or eight months; if not well seasoned it does not take any length of time for them to get untrue. "In sending out balls we have them carefully wrapped in wadding in the boxes. after they are finished with sweet oil, and it is well to have them afterward kept so, when not in use. If used every night it is advisable to have them rubbed with sweet oil as often as three times a week. A window should never be opened on billiard balls when the room is warm. These balls you see, cracked entirely through from one end to the other, show the effect of temperature on ivory. "As a result of caution the Union Club now loses no balls. One man cares for them thoroughly. The regulation size here used is for almost every billiard room in the city. Balls exported to the West Indies reach as high as 3J inches diameter. The orders are given for ounces. The tables and cues of Cubans and Spaniards are correspondingly large." Peppermint Farms. The name "peppermint," is said to have been first given to the plant by Hay, in 1704. Its commercial history dates from 17.">0, when it was first grown in Michham, Surrey, England. It is claimed that Mr. Barnet, of Wayne County, N. Y , was the first to engage in its culture in this country. This was in 1916. In lSfr! it was started on White Prairie, Mich., and is still quite extensively grown there. The time for planting is in the spring. The underground stems are set in furrows two ana a nair leei apart, i ne 9econd crop is taken otf, as it gets too troublesome to keep weeds down. It should be harvested when the plant is in full bloom. The crop, after being mowed, is left to dry in the sun before being drawn to the distilleries. The annual production of oil of peppermint in this country is about 125,000 pounds, sixty per cent being raised in Mich'gan and forty per cent in Wayne County, n. y. About 2000 pounds of well-dried leaves yields eighteen pounds of oil. The yield per acre ranges from three up to twentyeight pounds, or say an average of sixteen pounds. Something like 10,003 acres are under cultivation in this crop, and $1.50 per pound is calculatcd 89 the cost of production, and a margin for profit. The balance is distributed among the manufacturers and refiners. The range of price in the New York market since 1831 has been as low as $1.75 last December, and as high, as $4 in March 1885. It is rarely below $2.50. In 1885 aud 188:3 it was over $3. It ra much adulterated, and this seriously affects the genuine article.?Prairie Farmer. They Eat Rice Like a Cliinanwm. No one unfamiliar with the subject ?an have any idea of the immense amount of rice consumed by the rice birds in L?uisuna. They begin their attacks when the grain is just formed and continue them through the subsequent stages of growth, and it is quite common to> lose is much as ten per cent, of the crop#from this cause alone. The bird-minders who are employed to keep the bird?\way usually fail in their iuty. The sun isnow hot, and the water jf the rico fields is hot, and the birdminder, who is presumed to be on duty to iw/m'h tVioap HUftorrppiihlfi ronditions. us iially seeks the shade, while the confiding, but indolent, or shall we say tired, employer sitting at home simply trusts to luck and hopes the birds won't get the' whole crop. A few years ago a gentleman planting rice on the lower coast, andi realizing the destruction of the crop by birds, concluded to set apart a field ol ;ome thirty acres, about ten per cent, of the crop, for their exclusive use. His tope was that they would concentrate their attention upon this special field and would not attack the rest. And now :-omes the result They consumed this entire thirty acres, and it required as much vigilance as ever to keep them o.'I the rest. Tons upon tons of powder and jhot are consumed yearly to keep off the rice-birds, and probably twic? as much, should be used, for this work should be well done, for it is "penny wiseand pound foolish" to economize in bird minding and to then have them carry off the whole crop, as they are sure to do, if not prevented by a vigorous fight.?Planter and Sugar Manufacturer. Chinese Landscape hardening. There are said to be something like fiffw fVimunnd fharaeters in the written language of the Chinese. I am sure it would take them all to fully describe the queer sights and strange customs we witnessed in Pekin during the few days we rested there, at the cheerful United States Legation, before making our final start for the Great Wall. I had never known before that the twisted trees, contorted objects and queer architecture painted on Chineso punch bowls and platters are not droll caricatures, but the Chinese representations of Chinese art-ideas in the actual everyday sceno9 of Chinese lite. The grotesque figures which they paint on fans, or screens, nre all well known historical characters; heroes of fiction, or deified saints and philosophers, and each one carries to the Chinese mind its peculiar tradition or romantic association. There is very little picturesque scenery in China, and the few hills, streams and valleys which lovers of natural beauty have discovered, have done duty in decoration for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. But these outlines, made familiar by repetition, have a different meaning when the fact is explained that the skillful Chinese land- ' scape gardeners have made innumerable miniature copies of these few bits of scenery in the court yards which are enclosed by the inner walls of the houses | of the better sort. These courts, a few feet in extent, oblong or square, are laid out in little mountain ranges, showing caverns and lakes, trails and raviaaa ou every aid?,?Wide Awke* _ J tvk X . TEMPERANCE. ! Charlie's Story. The family pledge bung on the waH, And on it you could ??e The names of mamma, Mary Jana, And Charlie?that is me. We didn't dare to ask papa To write upon it too, So leftaspace for him to All; 'Twas all we dared to do. He Raw the pledge as soon as he Came in the door that night; And when we saw him reading it, It put us in a fright. He didn't say a word to us About the pledge at all. But oft I saw him look at it, While hanging on the wall. And every night when he came home. He stopped and read it through, We all kept still about chose words, Although we kuew them true. Four weeks had passed, and then one nigh* "When pa came home to tea, He took the pledge down fr>m its nail, And then lie turned to me: "Go get the pen and ink, my boy, And let me fill that space. It looks so bare," ho slowly said, A queer look ou his face. And then mamma sat down and cried, (She said it was for joy), And Mary Jane she cried some too, I didn't?I'm a boy. But papa says he did not drink Since that first night when we Had hung that pledge upon the wall Where he our nam.'S could sea And ever since that space was filled, Mamma just said to-night, Though dark may be our little local, One corner now is light. ?.4. H. Hutchinson. "England Made India Drunken. Archdeacon Farrar's declaration that England found India sober and made it drunken, has been called in question; but the pastor's assailant would have been more comfortable if he had kept still, for Dr. Farrar has proved beyond question that what he said was true. Mr. Barton, of Madras, declares that among the Hindoos "the vice of drunkenness had disappeared till re-introduced under British rule." The curse of the civilized world is strong drink. ! "Drink, Drink, Drink." The following extract is from a sermon delivered by a Birmingham, England, clergyman: " 'Drink, drink, drink!' It is the echo of the dungeon walls: the blight of each abandoned home; the dirge of each procession to the gallows'foot 'Drink, drint. drinkl' It is the felon's fortitude; the gambler's goad; the coward's courAge; the assassin's inspiration. 'Drink, drink, drink I' Poll all the wives in England, and bow they would condemn it! Canvass the cottages in Birmingham, and glean the suffrages of the women who sit beside their scanty fires, and who fly to the .pawn-shop for the children's crnst; >7here the baby's blanket and the wedding ring itself has Deen bartered to All the drunkard's glass; and learn the moral, as they hide their bruised and blackened bosoms and press their hands against their broken hearts, of the havoc of the 'drink, drink, drink}' Stop and think and you will vote 'Nol'" Drinking Among tlngllsh Women. It seems that the women of England are in a bad way as regards drink. Dr. Imlach has informed the British Medical Association that women drink to excess as much as men, and that in Liverpool it is the wives who driuk. The use of opium, chloral, and other narcotics is much more prevalent among women than among men. Women, however, have a better excuse for their excesses than the other sex. They drink, as a rule, because they have some worrying ailment, and keep on until the habit is settled upon them. With narcotics the beginning of the abuse is generally, traceable, says Dr. Imlach, to medical prescriptions. Miss Broadbent, the well-known missionary of the Church Temperance Society, gives the interesting fact that though women often drink heavily, the most confirmed drunkards among them are seldom attacked with delirium tremens. IX- - O 1 41 i 1 a OL1W ueuujrus l/uau ouo uaa uuu ocuu a oui^io instance of tbis disease among women during the last twelve months, although she has visited many cases of drinking women.? New York Hhh. Saloons Spread the Drink HaHt. "The Saloon creates a demand where nonebefore existed, that it may profit by supplying that demand. It artificially stimulate* an evil babit, that it may thrive by pandering to it, It methodically breeds debauchery, poverty, anarchy and crime for pay. It purposely seeks to multiply the number of drinkers, and hence of drunkards. It in>vades every new community, demands tribute from every home, and lies in wait with fresh enticements- for each new generation of youth. Each one of our two hundred thousand drinking places forms a distinct center of aggressive forces and skillful devices for spreading the drink habit among men. Every plausible temptation and solicitation that trained talent can. suggest are used to entrap the young, the ignorant, the toiling and the homeless, with the knowledge that a customer once secured is usually a customer for life. Expenf Ampripan iciiuo iuuii;a*bco vuav *vui ?... drinking and; drunkenness is due in the first instance, not to any-natural appetite of our people, but to the presence and sleepless efforts of this- gigantic enginery, working seven days a week and twenty-four hours a day, unrestrained by any scruple and everywhere contemptuous of public and private ri?hbj"?Clinton B; Flak. Where am I Going? One Btmunsr evening, as the sun was going dbwn, a man was seen trying to make bit way through the lanes and cross-roads that lei to his village home. His unsteady way of walking showed that he had been drinking, and though he hai lived in that village home more than thirty years, he was now so> drunk that it was impossible for him to find his way home. Quite unable to tell where he was, he- at last uttered a great oath, and saii to a person going by: 'I've lost my way. Where ara I going?" The man thn3 addre<sjd was an earnest Christian. He knew the poor drunkard very well, and pitied him greatly. When he heird the inquiry, "Where am I going?"'i? a quiet, sad, solemn way, he answered: "To ruin!" ine poor staggering iiku aiaruu au uim wildly for a moment and then murmured with a groan: "That's so!" ; "Come with me," said the other kindly, "and I will take you to your home." The next day came. The effect of drink had passed away, but those two little words lovingly and tendsrly spoken to him, did not pass away. "To rum! to ruin!" he kept whispering to himself. "It is true Tm going to ru;n! Oh! God, help me, save me!" Thus he wa3 stopped on his way to ruin. By earnest prayer to God, he sought the grace that made him a true Christian. His feet were established on a true rock. It was a rock mighty enough t > reach that poor, misguided drunkard, aud it lifted him up from his wratchodnass, and made a useful, happy mm of him.?Children's Paper. Temperance News and Notes. Eighty-nine priests signed the Chicago Sunday-closing petition. There are fifty-nine county jails without inmates in prohibition Iowa. It costs the people of Australia ?1 14b. 6<L per head every year for drink. Ireland's drink-bill last year was $55,000,OrO. Whisky should be evicted. I Every town in Rhode Island, except one, has a Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Cn irch says that the liquor traffic cannot be licensed without sin. One of the strongest scientific temperance instruction bills ever enacted has lately received the signature of th:) Governor of Louisiana. Thirty-six States and Territories, embracing over three-fourths of the entire school population of the United States, now have temperance education laws. St. Louis Hygienic College of Physicians and Surgeons is one of the tew colleges whose dean is a woman, and one of a stifl smaller number that does not include alcohol in its prescriptions. The U3e of strictly hygienic agents is advocated in the treatment of tas sick, and its doors are open to both saxes.. RELIGIOUS BEADING. BnlldUf, Souls are built as temples are? Sunken deep, unseen, unknown, Lies the sure foundation-stone. Then the courses framed to bear Lift the cloisters pillared fair. Last of all the airy spire, Soaring heavenward, higher and higher, Nearest sun and nearest star. Souls are built as temples areInch by Inch in gradual rise Mount the layered masonries. Warring questions have.tbeir day, Slings arise and pass away, Laborers vanish one by one. Still the temple is not done, Still completion seems afar. Souls are built as temples are? Here a carving rich and quaint, There the image of a saint; Here a deep hued pane to tell 8acred truth or miracle; Every little helps the much, Every careful, careless touch Adda a charm or leaves a scar. Souls are built as temples are? Based on truth's eternal law Sure and steadfast, without flaw Through the sunshine, through the snows, Up ana on the building goes; Every fair thing finds its place, Every hard thing lends a grace, Every hand may make or mar. ?[From The Sunday School Times. Human J'ndg'itirnr*. Jesus never mentioned any of earth's great men (so called) with words of praise. There had been great conquerors before His time, like Alexander the Groat, but He never alluded to them. There had been philosophers like Plato and Aristotle and Socrates, but He never spoke of them. Rich men bad received the notice of their fellow men, but He never mentioned one of them by name. None of those of whom human history speaks most largely came in for a word o: commendation from Him or from his apostles in later years. This should bid us pause and make us stop and think whether our human judgments are not totally faulty. Have we not put the seal of greatness where it does 1 not belong? In what respect is the world better today for the existence of rich men like Croesus, of conquerors like Alexander, of philosophers like Plato, of authors like Cicero? What really valuable thing should we lose had such men never existed? Gather all the conquerors of the world together, and say whether they have been as useful to this world as one John Buayan or one John Wesley. Put all your philosophical books together, and declare whether they have accomplished as much for humanity as a# Paul fn tlio ftolationci Mfltnh Bismarck and Luther, and judge whether politician or preacher has the. best of it in the long run. On the other hand, if jou blot out Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David the singer (not David the king), Elijih, Isaiah, Jrhn the Baptist, Paul, from human history, you usher in blackness of darkness.??Rev. A. F. Schauffler, D. D., in S. S. Times. Mode tu an Aid to the GmjmI. In the beautiful home of Mrs. John Croeby Brown at Orange, in the ? neighborhood of New York, is one of the most remarkable collections in America, perhaps in the world. It consists of specimens of musical instruments from the primitive peoples of all quarters of the earth. There are striuged instruments of every shape and degree of complexity, from a single cord stretched over a small cup-like resonator to the kanu of the Arabs, which resembles the internal structure of a piano, but is play^ by a plectrum instead of a key-board. There are wind instruments, from the single reed and metallic trumpet or whistle to a small mouth-organ. There are drums of every shape and size, some of them made of wood, some of metal, some of clay; some simple and others compound; some with barbaric ornaments or painting, others variously inlaid and decorated by the higher art of India and the Mohammedan lands of Western Asia and Northern Africa. Then there are castanets resonant metallic bars, and sundry nondescript and to us unmusical instrumentsr suggesting an immense diversity of tastes. The chief interest of the collection, however, centers in tne iaea mat music is on eiiuunuHuu u w whole human race, and that it "hath charms to sooth the savage breast," as well as to entertain the mo3t cultivated of our kind i Those who have traveled in the east have been struck with the universal passion for nch weird music as Asiatics ana Africans love. Muleteers sing by the hour a? they trudge behind their animals over tbe stony roads of Lebanon. The Arabs sing and play on their rude pipes and drums around thecamp fires of the desert. The boatmen- of the Wile row to the melancholy dirges which have come down to them from the ancient Egyptian ritual of the dead. At weddings and at funerals, at births and letrothals, in joy and in sorrow, and especially in religioua worship, music is the solace and delight of tbe simpler races, even more than of their cultivated kindred. Missionaries have not been slow to perceive and utilize this fact. Music has been one of the most powerful aids to the spread of the gospel. Especially is this the case among tbe poetical races of Asia, and among none more than the Arabs. They have a passion for music, and a long line of musicloving missionaries has wrought out for them a system which combines tne culture of the West with the minor strains ard extraordinary intervals of the East Many scholars, native and foreign, have translated and composed psalms and hymns in the Arabic language. Dr. Lewis, formerly of PnllofrA And after him UUO WTUUil Xivivowuuv w Rev. Messrs. J>s-up, Ford and Mr. Hal lock, have elaborated a complete system of notation,. adapted to the reversed order of the Arabic printing, and arranged hundreds of the best tunes of 1 he East ana the West in. a hymn-book which rivals thone in use in our American churches for variety and adaptation. to social and church worship, and is in general u<e in the schools, families and churches of Syria. Kor has instrumental music been neglected. A harmonium is considered a necessary part of tihe apparatns of every school. In th? larger centers, pianos, and in Bbirut a fitae pipe organ purchased by local subscription,, help on the chorus of praise from voices-well trained in the service of song. Some of the missionaries carry a small travelling harmonium with them on their journeys, and find it of the greatest service in calling together an audience n the scattered villages among which they labor. It may encourage those who hive contributed to supply svchi instruments for schools and churches, to know that no sum of money given to missions does more permanent good than J hat spent in sup1 ' ?1a niAr, fn s?Aj1as>4riAM. nnrii piyiHg LUC5C ailll^io aiuo wvr VUv? wuv^ orgauizition of people for the worship- of God.?[Church at Home and Abroadi OoM thoughts, like the leaves, give oak a Bwiet smell if laid up in a jar-of memory. If rich, be not too joyful in having,, too solicitous in keeping, too sorrowful in toeing. Our own hands are heaven's- favorite instruments for supplying us with, the necessaries of life. The beginning of hardship is tike the firs! taste of bitter food?it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else tc satisfy your hunger, we takj another bit< and find it possible to go oa. Contentment produces, in some measure al! those effects which the alchemist usual,j ascribes to, what he calls the philosopher') atnnn and if it does not brine riches it doet the same thing by banishing the deaire foi them.?[Add;son. Religion gives to virtue the sweetest bopei to unrepenting vice, jost alarms, to true re pentnnce, the most powerful consolations but she endeavors above all things to inspir< in men love, meekness and pity for men.? [Montesquieu. Fire Water &n Indian Stumbling Clock. ' An Indian Princess writes to official circles in Washington: "One of the greatest wrongs is the introduction of fire water among my | people. I appeal to you as a nation to see that the Indians aro educated. Send less theology among them and more true Christianity. S^nd honest people, if you have any among you. An Indian despises deceit. "We have great reason to be proud that to are Indians. We have never been k.sown to manufacture alcoholic drinks to destroy body and soul. Neither have w% language to *ake God's name in vain.'*? Christian Advocate. I Fifty thousand dollars is called for by the [ National Temperance Society to carry on its temperaatt Missionary work thia year. ' M : - " " ~ " "r HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. The Philosophy of Boiling. r All cooks do not understand the dif^ ^ ferent effects produced by hard and softl water in cooking meat and vegetables. Peas and beans cooked in hard water,, containing lime or gypsum, will not boil tender, because these substances harden' vegetable caseine. Many vegetables, a# onions, boil nearly tasteless in soft water,< because all the flavor is boiled out The addition of salt often checks this, as in the case of onions, causing the vegetables to retain the peculiar flavoring prin- .i, ciples, beside such nutritious matter as might be lost in soft water. Fer extracting the juice of meat to make a broth or soup soft water, unsalted and cold at flrst, is the best, for it much more reaauy penetrates me ussue; out for boiling wnere the juices should be retained hard water or soft water salted is preferable, and the meat should be put iu while the water is boiling, so as to seal up the pores at once. ?New York World. ' . viS i ~2S <; Cauliflower Pickle. I know of no nicer pickle, writes s lady in the Prairie Farmer, than cauliflower alone. It is quickly and easily , ? made and is generally yery popular. It is always well to lay the cauliflower heads for a half hour or more into cold water before cooking to draw out any insects that may be hidden within. Boil " T the heads whole in slightly salted water, removing them as soon as the stems begin to be at all tender. Cut them into pieces convenient for serving and drain well. Scald just enough cider vinegar to bar?ly cover the cauliflower, adding to each pint of the vinegar used, two table^poonfuls flour mustard; or, if preferred. less of the flour mustard and a tablespoonful of French mustard can be substituted. Stir this smoothly into a little cold vinegar first ana into ine other when boiling.. Let it cook five minutes, stirring it all the time to prevent its becoming lumpy. Pour it over the cauliflower that has been packed closely in bottles. It ia soon ready for use. Coffee ^Taking a Fine Art. To make a really good cup of* coffee has always been ranked among the fine & arts, requiring considerable skill and experience. So much so, in fact, that many persons have tor a lifetime put up ? .:"S\ with a decoction that is coffee only in name. With proper appliances it-is not at all difficul t to make the very beat cup of coffee. In boiling coffee we lose all the delicate favors contained ih the berry, and bring out all the noxious qualities and bitter oils that tend to make consumers dyspeptic and biliou*. " A native of any of the countries wher / coffee is grown would ridicu'e and pu: away in disgust what the average Ameri- >can has grown accustomed to as his morrr ing beverage. In Brazil, Ceylon or Jav? . y af ter roasting the coffee it is ground to : 'r ^ fine powder, and instead of boiling,ver i ^ *? a? i j ii \. :i A tii not water IS puurtu uuvugu ill nuu Jittered. This gives a beautifully clea -1 and pure cup of coffee, without any bitter or pungent taste. By grinding the coffee very fine double the strength i? obtained, making the same quantity of coffee go twice as far as by the old- y fashioned way. There ia no waste in the ? coffee grounds, every available. pact of the coffee being used, and all the food properties and delicate flavors thoroughly extracted. To prevent the Sag grounds from getting into the liquid coffee a special fabric filter is absolutely necessary, as no perforated metal filter can be made fine enough to prevent the grounds from getting through.?New York Observer. Recipes. Canned Pears.?Pare, and remore the seed, make a syrup of one pound of sucar and a quart of water, boil thick. put in four pounds of pears, cook until tender and put in the cans. Lemon Pie.?To the grated rind and jnice of two lemons add .one and onehalf cups of sugar, a small piece of but- - ter, four beaten eggs and one pint of milk; bake with an undercrust. Egg Salad.?Boil the eggs ten min ? utes, remove the shells ana place in a cold place. When cold lay them on a" dish of lettuce and pour over a dressing made of vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Broiled Lamb Chops.?Cut not quite as thiek as mutton chops, and broil over a brisk fire; turn them frequently and cook a dark brown. When ready to ' serve sprinkle over them a little powdered sage. m Cheap Fruit Cake.?One and a half ' cups of brown sugar, two of flour, one each of butter and chopped raisins, three eggs, three tablespoons of sour milk, half teaspoon of soda, and half a cup of blackberry jam. Sour Milk Biscuit.?One quart of flour, two cups of sour milk, two level teaspoonfulso-f soda and two large tablespoonfuls of lard. Mix with the hand as bread-dough, only not so stiff. Roll out about an inch thick; cut and bake in a moderate oven. < Rhubarb Pudding.?Line a pudding dish with slices of bread and butter, cover with cut isp rhubarb, strew with sugar, then slices of bread and butter, then rhubarb, and so on until the dish is full, having rhubard and sugar on top; cover with a plate and bake half an hour. Eat it warm. ? ~ - ? <-l d?;i JfciGGLESS f EACH ICE UKKA.ti. ?U\Jll uuu quart milk, omitting enough to moisten half a cup of sifted flour or corn starch to stir in the boiling milk till it thickens; before taking from the fire add one pound pulverized sugar, stirring constantly; when cool add one cup of cream and two dozen peach kernels, blanched, mashed andi moistened with lemon essence ; if the flavor is not liked omit the kernels and add soft cut peaches to the frozen cream. Bismarck's Welching Chair. Close by the side of Prince Bismarck's bath, says the London Figaro, is a weighing chair, covered with red velvet, of the most modern construction, and the great German Minister never fails to "try his weight" at least once a day, or to record the result of his trial in the small dairy he keeps attached by a string to the arm of the weighing chair for the purpose. There was a time when the Princo scaled the somewhat Gargantuan waight of 247 pounds, but "much has happened since then," as his late friend Lord Beaconsfield once remarked. And. among other things, the Prince has taken not to "banting," but to a more recent system of dealing with one's "too, too solid flesh." Thanks to determined perseverance in tbe system, the German Chancellor was recently able to announce at the breakfast table, in a tone of triumph, that he that morning only weighed 1D0 pounds. Europe, which haa such a deep interest in Prince Bismarck'a continued life and good health, would do well, if possible, to secure for information a daily return ot' the weights recorded in the Chancellor's little diary. Tn a Chicago glacosc factory 3000 bushels of corn are converted into ghjcQS^ daily.